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LOVELOVELOVE:

Took a break from deviantArt after my break-up, as to keep my deviations clear of emo-ness, or your ordinary, boring, "now you're gone and everything is black" type of thing which might have spilled out if I had known there'd be an audience.

Just as an informative little thingy, uhm, my boyfriend of four months ~NinjaLoboBrother came to the conclusion in January that our relationship was a bit of strain -- which, I later realised as well, it was. Two teens in a long distance relationship that forced us to be apart for months at a time is never healthy.

We're still the best of friends, of course, so all's well when it ends well.

And with spring coming, the love bug bit again and I'm happy with an amazing guy in my Latin class. Spinning around like a butterfly all over again.

Gosh, don't you just hate hormones and what they do to you?


MISCELLANEOUS:

Portuguese weather is happily April-like, which is odd even here, where usually until March it's turtle-necks and woolly jumpers. We'll see where this year takes us.


WRITINGS:

I'll be taking part in a national youth writing competition which involves a prize of 500€, and which is being judged by three of the most renouned Portuguese writers. I'm entering "Raquel", "Für Elise", and a compilation of sonnets. Wish me luck!


SCHOOL:

Oh GOSH! Life's GOOD! History, Philosophy, Latin and PE have been so much fun lately, classes just fly by!

As for Geography, Portuguese and English, I won't get into those. Grades are high as usual, which is probably why I no longer consider either of these a challenge.

As of next week, my diploma will be coming back with a sparkling "A" on it. It represents my "Pass" in the ESOL Exam of the University of Cambridge -- "Certificate of Procifiency in English." It's equivalent to a college graduation in most countries.


TO THE DEVIANTS STICKING WITH ME:

I love you for your patience. I really do.

Enough blabber... Now I go off to clear out deviations. Pardon, friends *bows*

]]> ~Narabedla http://Narabedla.deviantart.com/journal/16531506/ http://Narabedla.deviantart.com/journal/16531506/ Wed, 23 Jan 2008 04:17:01 PST for hating himself
I hate him
because I have to share him
I hate him
for making me cry every single night
and mornings too
I hate him
because I can't stop loving him
I hate him
because he won't lie to me
I hate him
because he needs me
I hate him
because I need him
I hate him
because I can't
won't
mustn't
won't
can't
leave him.

]]> ~Narabedla http://Narabedla.deviantart.com/journal/16105436/ http://Narabedla.deviantart.com/journal/16105436/ Wed, 26 Dec 2007 07:31:01 PST hauntingmelody and ~seithrarget, here I am.

Three Things You Want To Do Before You Die:
_{(I have a huge list for this that Soph has seen)}
1.) See da FRIKEN WORLD
2.) Be satisfied about a piece of writing
3.) Get my diploma from the University of Cambridge ESOL CPE Exam.

Three Nicknames You Go By:
1.) Marta
2.) Alde
3.) Love (only two people call me this and only one of them means it, but I couldn't think of anything else)

Three Screen Names You Have Had:
1.) Aldebaran
2.) Narabedla
3.) Delanabren
(yep anagrams)

Three Physical Things You Like About Yourself:
1.) My hair
2.) My mouth
3.) My... uh... legs?

Three Parts Of Your Heritage:
1.) Bragança
2.) Galicia
3.) Portalegre

Three Things That Scare You:
1.) The possibilities
2.) Infinity
3.) Ignorance

Three Of Your Everyday Essentials:
1.) My laptop
2.) My phone (I can no longer afford to be incommunicado!)
3.) A notepad and a roller ball pen

Three Things You Are Wearing Right Now:
1.) Pyjamas with skating teddy bears on them
2.) Grey robe
3.) ...underwear?

Three Of Your Favorite Bands/Musical Artists:
1.) The Beatles
2.) Vienna Teng
3.) Hevia

Three Of Your Favorite Songs:
1.) "Como Hablar" - Antonio Vega and Amaral
2.) "Ce Soir" - KYO
3.) "Sleep" - Poets of the Fall

Three Things You Want Have In Your Relationship:
_{(because he's perfect and I have these things)}
1.) Mutual support
2.) Advice and intelligent discussions
3.) Not taking ourselves too seriously

Two Truths And A Lie (in no particular order):
1.) I can juggle
2.) I'm crazy in love right now
3.) I don't consider myself a poet

Three Physical Things About The Preferred Sex That Appeal To You:
(this is about body parts, I infer?)
1.) Curleh haaaair
2.) Smooth hands
3.) A heartfelt smile

Three Of Your Favorite Hobbies:
1.) Drawing
2.) Historical research
3.) Roller skating (though I haven't done that in over a year)

Three Things You Want To Do Really Badly Right Now:
1.) Write!
2.) Curl up with my boyfrand and just stay
3.) Go to the beach

Three Careers You're Considering/You've Considered:
1.) Translator
2.) Columnist/ Journalist
3.) College professor

Three Places You Want To Go On Vacation:
1.) Chile
2.) Austria
3.) Ireland

Three Names You Like:
1.) James
2.) Anthony
3.) Megan

Three Ways That You Are Stereotypically A Girl:
1.) I like hats and old fashioned spinny skirts
2.) I like colour
3.) I'm an utterly hopeless romantic

Three Ways That You Are Stereotypically A Boy:
1.) I say what's on my mind and I've been called insensitive a couple of times
2.) I talk about sex quite a bit more than I should
3.) I don't mind getting dirty, wet or lost in long hikes

Three People That I Would Like To See Take This Quiz Now:
...I really don't know. I think Rebecca's done this already, haven't you, luv?

]]> ~Narabedla http://Narabedla.deviantart.com/journal/15565448/ http://Narabedla.deviantart.com/journal/15565448/ Sun, 18 Nov 2007 16:27:49 PST

«I Love You Here

I love you here.
In the dark pines the wind unravels.
The moon phospours over the errant waters.
Same days chase one another.

The mist descends in dancing figures.
A silver seagull is apart from the susnet.
Sometimes a candle. Tall, tall, stars.

Or the black cross of a boat.
Alone.
Sometimes I dawn, and even my soul is moist.
The faraway sea dreams, snores.
This is a harbour.
I love you here.

I love you here and vainly does the horizon hide you.
I love you still amongst these cold things.
Sometimes my kisses go in those severe boats
that race through the sea until where they won't reach.

I see myself forgotten like these old achors.
The wharves are sadder when the afternoon berths.
My uselessly hungry life tires.
I love what I do not have. You are so far away.

My weariness struggles with slow twilights.
But the night arrives and begins to sing me.
The moon spins her road of dream.

The biggest stars stare at me with your eyes.
And because I love you, the pines in the wind
want to sing your name with their wire leaves.»


«Naked

Naked you are simple as one of your hands,
Smooth, earthly, minimal, round, transparent,
You have lines of moon, paths of apple,
Naked you are lean as the naked wheat.

Naked you are blue as the night in Cuba,
You have vines and stars in your hair,
Naked you are huge and yellow
Like summer in a church made of gold.

Naked you are small like one of your nails,
Curved, subtle, pink until the day is born
And you go into the underground world
Like in a wide tunnel of clothing and chores:
Your light goes out, dresses, sheds its leaves
And again becomes a naked hand.»

Sorry about the sad translating job -__-
Poetry fans:
Pablo Neruda = Must read. Look for something a tad more professional than what I just whipped up xD
And if you know enough Spanish, read the original. His language is not complicated at all and is well worth it.

Thanks for the attention!

]]> ~Narabedla http://Narabedla.deviantart.com/journal/14958679/ http://Narabedla.deviantart.com/journal/14958679/ Sun, 07 Oct 2007 16:11:30 PDT
I've been on the phone a bit over two hours per day. Maybe that'll make my children be born with two heads or something.

Meh, it's worth it.

And when he smiles on the phone, I can hear it in his voice, and it's the most beautiful sound I have ever heard.

]]> ~Narabedla http://Narabedla.deviantart.com/journal/14808577/ http://Narabedla.deviantart.com/journal/14808577/ Thu, 27 Sep 2007 02:44:28 PDT
Everybody cross your fingers! 8D

...then again maybe not. *acts really really ill*

]]> ~Narabedla http://Narabedla.deviantart.com/journal/14566796/ http://Narabedla.deviantart.com/journal/14566796/ Sun, 09 Sep 2007 19:16:05 PDT
I went out with my friends and shtuff. Unfortunately, two of my friends couldn't make it! (Yes, I'm looking at you ~Blue--Storm and ~AngelforSale) but it was still a fantastic day and I'm thankful to all of my friends. I was surprised to find out how well they really knew me, and how respectful they still are of who I am and what I want.

So now I have a new David Bowie CD/DVD Best Of, Michael Bublé's "Call Me Irresponsible", "Incógnita Alquimia" by Dazkarieh (well, it's on the way anywayz), a new BOOK, South Park the Movie on DVD, a new polo shirt (O.o) and a necklace. Like, yay.

Ah, and my dad got me A SUNFLOWER!

And despite the fact that I was forced to gobble down what was an undrinkable mix of every fluid on the table, which left me feeling pretty sick, it was a WONDERFUL day. I had 9 people over for dinner and I didn't regret inviting any of them.

I feel loooooved. And tallented. And ready to face whatever else a bitchy, PMS-ing Universe decides to throw at me.

]]> ~Narabedla http://Narabedla.deviantart.com/journal/14423052/ http://Narabedla.deviantart.com/journal/14423052/ Fri, 31 Aug 2007 09:15:44 PDT
I haven't been writing much, I admit it, but I have been doing a lot of planning. Right now, what I AM in the progress of writing/making is the following:

1 - Yet unnamed short. It's another one of those boy/girl interaction that goes along the lines of Raquel and Respect is the Word She Shouts, only while Raquel explores reencounter and Respect explores first encounter, this one explores two people who have known each other for so long that they are completely bored with each other's company, and still try and pull their friendship together just for the sake of tradition -- and maybe a bit because they're scared of having to meet new people.
'Tis fun. It'll probably be called Presque.

2 - When his Eyes Turn Blue. Nope, I have not forgotten. I've just gotten a bit pulled from the fantasy universe. WhETB is so shock-ful of clichés that I think it needs a major overhaul if I ever want to feel like it's completely mine.
I need to work on character development before focusing back on the plot, so I've written one or two character shorts that probably won't make it into the final cut. I may or I may not put them up.

3 - Better Than History Remembers. YES I am still working on this thing. All I have to say is pretty much the same as for WhETB. I've written one short which is nearly finished, I'll see if I like it enough to put it up.

4 - Van!verse (name is credited over to Andromeda). I am very much loving working with these characters, but the plot sounds iffy to me.

5 - That Spy Story. I've doing character sketches for the 6 main characters. Madalena, The White Ibis is the first one, but I've got Black Swan, Crimson Hawk and Crimson Eagle finished and waiting for scan, Speeding Sparrow waiting for colour, and Frozen Crow I'll start when I'm done with Sparrow.
As for the text... it's waiting for plot. For a SPARK OF GENIUS.

6 - Everett Rivers -- A Work of Literature, AKA the Fake-Biography. Nearly done, although slightly blocked. When I'm finished, I'll see how exactly I want to present it to you guys.

7 - Portrait Series. Blocked on Hugh Grant. Looking for a good reference for George Harrison, Conan O'Brien, Kate Winslet and Ethan Hawke (yes, the list got changed yet again).


Stuff I've got in mind:

1 - Girl/girl interaction at an all-girls private school is a concept that I've been thinking about for a while. Not romance, just wondering how to play with their relationships beyond the Mean Girls VS Nerd Girls which we always see on TV, which is ANNOYING. When I'm done with Presque I'll start on that one.

2 - Couple more Everett and June shorts planned that won't make it into the biography.

3 - June Rivers -- The Masterpiece, AKA the Fake-Biography-of-the-wife-of-the-first-biographee. She's just as cool as -- if not cooler than -- him.


Stuff I've decided to drop:

1 - Thom and Ed's Fridge. I doubt anyone remembers that, but I never made an OFFICIAL announcement that that was crap and was never going to be finished, so here it is.

2 - Werecat Wars, for those of you here from Shur'tugal, is never going to be completed. I just realised how very very very unnexperienced I am at playwriting, and I get very little enjoyment from it. Sorry to those who liked it and were expecting it finished. ...and even more sorry to those who considered it an example. I really suck at plays.

3 - The Rider's Fate, again for those of you from Shur'tugal. Soph, I think we should just call it quits, because without Josh I don't feel right writing it -.- he practically came up with the whole plot.


Thanks for reading! So those are my plans!

]]> ~Narabedla http://Narabedla.deviantart.com/journal/14222399/ http://Narabedla.deviantart.com/journal/14222399/ Sat, 18 Aug 2007 07:28:41 PDT xNeyu.

The rules are:
1. Post these rules
2. Each person tagged must post 8 random facts about themselves
3. Tags should write a journal/ blog of these facts
4. At the end of the post 8 more persons are tagged and named
5. Go to their page and leave a comment telling them they're tagged

Comment: 8? Why not 10? Much rounder number.
...not that I have 10 people to tag.
.......not that I have 8 people to tag xD

1 - I've been to 8 countries as a total (Portugal, Spain, Andorre, France, Germany, Italy, Britain and Monaco), plus three visits to the Azores, but I've never been out of the European countinent. My friends and I are planning on a roadtrip through Northern Africa before college, so I'm kind of leaning on that.

2 - I learned most of my English from Dexter's Laboratory when I was eight. The first unabridged book I read in English Iwas "Sourcery", by Terry Pratchett, a book written for adults which I read at 11 and originally thought was for children. I distinctly remember thinking "I'm a lot less smart than I thought I was."

3 - Although I snatched an A in the exam, I hate mathematics, because there is only one correct answer to each question, and you can't wriggle yourself a good grade through wit (as in pretty much every other subject *whistles*).

4 - I met my best friend when I was three months old, and we've never faltered in our friendship since. When people ask us why we don't get tired of each other, we shrug and say that we don't know what it's like being without each other.

5 - I first travelled by airplane when I was three, and I asked my grandmother how the plane flew without waving its wings.

6 - When I saw my brother for the first time, my father documents that my exact words were: "Is that thing my brother? On my lap, now."

7 - I've got two unknown great-grandparents. One of them was Gallego (from Galicia, Spain), and my great-grandfather on my father's side; the other one we really know nothing about, and is my great-grandmother on my mum's side.

8 - I brag that I speak four languages, but honestly, my French is so slow that my cousins have to pitch in all the time to help me out. -.- So technically, what I should say is that I can write in four languages, talk in three, and mumble in one.
And count to 999 in German *whistles*.

Now to tag...
Everybody I know has been tagged already! :'|
So I tag...
, , , ... and yeah, that's it. Sorry, guys.

]]> ~Narabedla http://Narabedla.deviantart.com/journal/14210345/ http://Narabedla.deviantart.com/journal/14210345/ Fri, 17 Aug 2007 11:30:46 PDT
I come to you today in a valuable mission! Advertise the work of my fellow Portuguese writer and friend, !

He's just now posted this poem: [link] which he called a "little piece of garbage" and I myself find very interesting. So please read it over and offer your opinions? I'm sure he'd value them!

*pokes ~NinjaLoboBrother* He's in need of feeling included into deviantArt

]]> ~Narabedla http://Narabedla.deviantart.com/journal/14191409/ http://Narabedla.deviantart.com/journal/14191409/ Thu, 16 Aug 2007 06:27:50 PDT I've got 36 unread deviations through which I'll make my way today and tomorrow, so expect comment spammage!

Meanwhile, this quiz: which has already been taken by the lovies *CrypticWritings and ~seithrarget.

LAYER ONE:
Name: Marta
Birthplace: Northeastern Portugal
Birthday: September 9th
Gender: Female
Eye Color: Black
Hair Color: Black
Height: Mmm you're gonna force me to go look in my other quiz... Blah, I'm 1,70 metres.
Righty or Lefty: Righty
Zodiac Sign: Virgo o.O
Elemental Sign: ...hah I don't know what that is.
Chinese Zodiac Sign: MONKEH!

LAYER TWO:
Your heritage: I'm Portuguese! Hmm though I'm one twenty fourth Galega.
The shoes you wore today: Sandals.
Your fears: Loss of control.
Your perfect meal with ketchup: Chips and a shrimp omolet.
Goal you'd like to achieve: Changing someone else's life for the better.

LAYER THREE:
What is...
Your first thought waking up: Should have closed the window last night.
Your best physical feature: I like my eyelashes.
Your bedtime: Usually between eleven and one.
Your most missed memory: London.

LAYER FOUR:
Do you prefer...
Pepsi or Coke: Mmm I do not support American imperialism.
McDonald's or Burger King: Mmm I do not support American imperialism.
Single or group dates: I've never actually been on a date, but I suppose the intimacy of a single date.
Adidas or Nike: I do not support American imperialism gosh darnit!
Lipton Ice Tea or Nestea: Nestea (three cheers for Fabricated in the EU)
Chocolate or vanilla: Chocolate *drool*
Cappuccino or coffee: Don't drink either. Green tea for me!

LAYER FIVE:
Do/Did you...
Smoke: Mmm I don't.
Cuss: Only in English.
Sing: OFTEN!
Take a shower: And take too long in said shower.
Have a crush: I'd like to say I've had a crush. Never had one. 0.o Well, unless you count that dude who used to host Globe Trekkers (only the best TV show ever -- after House --) whom I crushed when I was eleven.
Think you've been in love: Not yet. Not yet.
Want to go to college: Lisbon Letters!
Like high school: I do, I do!
Want to get married: Maybe, depends on who asks.
Get motion sickness: Never.
Think you're attractive: Mmm once in a while.
Think you're a health freak: Heh, sometimes I wish I were.
Get along with your parent(s): Oh yes. I tend to think that I have the best parents in the world.
Like thunderstorms: I like lighting candles to read.
Play an instrument: Unfortunately, no.

LAYER SIX:
In the past month...
Drank alcohol: No. I don't drink.
Smoked: No. I don't smoke.
Done a drug: No. I don't do drugs.
Made Out: Teehee no.
Gone on a date: Teehee... no.
Gone to the mall?: Yupperzz.
Eaten an entire box of Oreos: NOT THIS MONTH! xD
Eaten sushi: Never.
Been on stage: Not this month.
Been dumped?: Never.
Made homemade cookies: That would be a disaster. O.O
Gone skinny dipping: ...I've talked about it. None of the parties involved (including myself) had the guts to go through with it xD
Dyed your hair: Never.
Stolen anything: I borrowed an eraser once and forgot to return it. Does that count?

LAYER SEVEN:
In a guy/girl..
Best eye color?: All eyes can be beautiful if they tell a story. But heck, who isn't a sucker for green eyes?
Best hair color?: Dark. Black or brown.
Short or long hair?: Long enough to give me something to run my hands through.
Height: Talllllll.
Best weight: Scrawny.
Best articles of clothing: Blazers. Jackets. Leather jackets. Brown... clothing. Guy in brown is *drool*
Best Qualities: A sense of humour, good taste in music, quick thinking.

LAYER EIGHT:
Number of...
Number of drugs taken illegally: Zero.
Number of piercings: My ears WERE pierced before the holes closed up.
Number of tattoos: Zero.
Number of times name was in newspaper: Two or three in the local paper I believe, and in the school paper very often.
Number of scars on my body: Three.
Number of things in my past that I regret: Nil.
Number of things I hate myself for: Probably nothing. I don't hate myself.

LAYER NINE:
If I were...
If I were a month I would be: October! "Seasons changing, colourful leaves, all that crap!" (courtesy of Seinfeld)
If I were a day of the week I would be: Lazy Sunday.
If I were a time of day I would be:... ]]> ~Narabedla http://Narabedla.deviantart.com/journal/13954389/ http://Narabedla.deviantart.com/journal/13954389/ Tue, 31 Jul 2007 10:10:17 PDT
Tomorrow (Wednesday) we leave at roundabout six in the morning to Peniche, in the district of Leiria – central Portugal, very nice beaches I hear. I’m not sure when exactly we’ll be coming back.

Yes. My parents are not planners.

We’re booked until the fifth, but, according to mum, if there is a vacancy for three or four more days, we’ll stay (that’d make it the ninth) and if on the way up we come across a cool place, we may stay a bit longer still. Then again, my cousin’s baptism is on the 10th, so we need to be back North by then. I don’t know when I’ll be able to have internet connection again (the baptism is in my grandma’s village, which is pretty much in the middle of nowhere).

I should be back by the twelfth. If not, keep an eye out because I’ll let you know what’s going on – just in case you guys think I died or something

Either way: enjoy yourselves while I’m away, be productive (but not too productive, I don’t want to come back to a billion unread deviations), and be happy!

I’ll be back… eventually!


PS: I last used this mood thingy like a year ago, when I told you peepz about me going on vacation to Cannes xD

]]> ~Narabedla http://Narabedla.deviantart.com/journal/13672340/ http://Narabedla.deviantart.com/journal/13672340/ Mon, 09 Jul 2007 14:21:05 PDT
1. Put your music player on all your music, then shuffle.
2. Press forward for each question.
3. Use the song title as the answer to the question even if it doesn’t make sense. NO CHEATING!
4. with the answers, give your own comments on how it relates to the questions.


1. How are you feeling today?
"Basket Case" -- Green Day. ("I AM ONE OF THOSE MELODRAMATIC FOOLS! NEUROTIC TO THE BONE, NO DOUBT ABOUT IT!!")

2. Will you get far in life?
"He's a Pirate" -- Pirates of the Caribbean Sountrack. (...yea?)

3. How do your friends see you?
"Grace Kelly" -- Mika ("I tried to be like Grace Kelly... but all her looks were too sad... so I tried a little Freddy... I've gone identity mad!")

4. Will you get married?
"Tony the Beat" -- The Sounds ("Ohhh this song is not for you lovers!" -- sounds like a no to me...)

5. What is your best friend's theme song?
"Mr. Brightside" -- The Killers ("It started out with a kiss, how did it end up like this? It was only a kiss, it was only a kiss..." -- ...heeeey)

6. What is the story of your life?
"I've got the world on a string" -- Michael Bublé ("I've got the world on a string, I'm sittin' on a rainbow!" -- YAY!)

7. What was high school like?
"How to Save a Life" -- The Fray ("Where did I go wrong? I lost a friend somewhere along in the bitterness" -- does not sound like a good predicament)

8. How can you get ahead in life?
"Twenty Years" -- Placebo ("There are twenty years to go, twenty ways to know who will wear- who will wear the hat.")

9. What is the best thing about your friends?
"Other Side of the World" -- KT Tunstall ("On comes the panic light, holding on with fingers and feelings alike, but the time has come to move along.")

10. What is in store for this weekend?
"Flutuo" -- Suzana Félix (Translation: "Today I'll pretend that I won't return, I'll say goodbye to all that is closest to me, just so that I won't have to hear you say that everything will change tomorrow.")

11. To describe your grandparents?
"Mrs. Robinson" -- Simon and Garfunkel ("And here's to you, Mrs. Robinson, Jesus loves you more than you will know!")

12. How is your life going?
"So What?" -- Miles Davis and the Trane (ahh the joy of a good sax and some smooth jazz)

13. What song will they play at your funeral?
"Life on Mars" -- David Bowie ("She could spit in the eyes of fools as they ask her to focus on sailors fighting in the dance hall!" -- I'd love to have this song played at my funeral, actually )

14.How does the world see you?
"Crush" -- Dave Matthews' Band ("Crazy how it feels tonight, crazy how you make it all alright, love... Crush me with the things you do...")

15. Will you have a happy life?
"Passion" -- Dead Poets' Society Soundtrack. (This one made me smile)

16. What do your friends really think of you?
"Arrefece" -- Mesa (Translation: "I don't know why nothing happens, it's always the same life, always the same stress. I don't know why you miss me, every single day one of us grows colder" -- ...don't like it xD)

17. Do people secretly lust after you?
"She" -- Elvis Costello ("She may be the face I can't forget, a trace of pleasure or regret, may be my treasure or the price I have to pay.")

18. How can I make myself happy?
"Smoke on the Water" -- Cover by Iron Maiden ("With a few red lights and a few old beds we make a place to sweat, no matter what we get out of this, I know we'll never forget: Smoke on the water, a fire in the sky.")

19. What should you do with your life?
"Something Stupid" -- Robbie Williams and Nicole Kidman ("I can see it in your eyes, you still despise the same old lies you heard the night before, and though it's just a line to you, for me it's true, it's never seemed so right before...")

20. Will you ever have children?
"Whiskey Lullaby" -- Brad Paisley and Allison Krauss ("She put him out, like the burnin' end of a midnight cigarrette" -- but I wanted to have children... or adopt (

21. What song would you strip to?
"Bagpipes" -- Dead Poets' Society Sountrack. (...holy crud)

22. If a man in a van offered you candy, what would you do?
"Raquel" -- Ornatos Violeta (Translation: "Who knew I would someday see Raquel again? I stood in silence and I spoke very little. It's been such a long time since I last saw you! I even thought I'd... ]]> ~Narabedla http://Narabedla.deviantart.com/journal/13524729/ http://Narabedla.deviantart.com/journal/13524729/ Thu, 28 Jun 2007 11:37:53 PDT "Love is not a victory march, it's a cold and it's a broken hallelujah." ~Rufus Wainwright, Hallelujah.

One movie:
Peter Weir's "Dead Poets' Society", it makes me cry and it makes me smile more than any other film does.

One singer:
Michael Bublé, for his steady voice and his unsteady dance steps.

One band:
The Chieftains - bagpipes and voices that tell stories instead of singing.

One song:
Dave Matthews Band's "Crush". Romance, romance, romance.

One book:
Suzanna Clarke's "Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell", for being the one that made me realise a lot of things about myself that I wouldn't have gotten to understand on my own.

One TV show:
Need I say "House"? xD
Or "Blackadder", then again...

One sport:
Swimming! Quiet and relaxing.

One hobby:
Reading. Takes me the heck away from here.

One place:
London, and rainy evenings trapped inside the Fulham-Broadway tube station, waiting for the boys to come back from Chelsea Stadium so that we can head to the hotel together and play cards by the window until midnight strikes.

One person:
...... Rebecca, 'cos I miss her.



...stolen from... someone. Sorry, I can't remember! Feel free to take it if you want.

Oh, the title?
Got you here, didn't it?

]]> ~Narabedla http://Narabedla.deviantart.com/journal/13428543/ http://Narabedla.deviantart.com/journal/13428543/ Thu, 21 Jun 2007 05:34:41 PDT

I've been drawing a lot of portraits later, or using reference pictures to draw characters of my own. I think it's because I'm tried of being based off of bad anatomy in my head. I want things to be more realistic, more true, with more soul. I notice that whenever I draw someone, I always end up drawing them the way that I see them (you can especially see that with my latest portrait, Robert Sean Leonard, who looks younger, livelier, and majorly more like Dead Poets' Society Neil than like Dr. House's Wilson).

Now... quizzy thingerjigg that Rebecca (~CrypticWritings) has me doing. Wish me luck!

QUIZ:


1.Is there anybody you just wish would fall off the face of the Earth?
Umm... Do polititians count?

2. How do you flush the toilet in public restrooms?
I... flush. Push, water comes out, leave.

3. Do you wear your seatbelt in the car?
Always!

4. Do you have a crush on someone?
Unfortunately, no.

5. Name one thing that you start to get tense about if you are close to running out of it?
Battery on my laptop!

6. What famous person do you (or other people) think you resemble?
I've never been told that I look like any famous person...

7. What is your favorite pizza topping?
Pineapple

8. Are your nails painted?
I don't like to paint them. I don't usually bite them (only when I go to the cinema and don't have any popcorn) but when I do I don't like them tasting like paint.

9. Do you crack your knuckles?
Nope, but I can bend my thumb backwards to touch my arm. It's kind of a freakshow.

10. What song do you hate the most when it gets stuck in your head?
Anything by Nelly Furtado...

11. Did just mentioning that song make it get stuck in your head?
OH GOD!!!! ...why do all good things come to an end...

12. What are your super powers?
You make food, silly Rebecca! You had made a pie the day before we thought of that so... I make clothes. xD

13. Peppermint or spearmint?
Peppermint all the way.

14. Where are your car keys?
I don't drive yet, and won't until I turn 18...

15. Whose answers to this questionnaire do you want to hear?
Soph's . Now we'll reeeeally find out whether she has a crush or not...

16. What are your biggest "pet peeves?"
1. "Rebels" who are only "rebels" because they get into unnecessary trouble because of peer pressure.
2. People who mock my accent (as in, my accent speaking in Portuguese. Tired of that.)
3. Extremists.
4. Do NOT like people who talk to me like I'm stupid.
5. Patronizing teachers.

17. Where did you last go on vacation?
Well, we went to Islantilla in Spain during Spring Break, but our last BIG vacation was to Cannes, France, with quick stops in Saint Tropez, Monaco, Genova (Italy) and Bilbao (Spain).

18. If you could punch one person in the nose and get away with it, who would it be?
Peixoto. Then again I've slapped him before.

19. What is your best physical feature?
My french cousins say my eyes are really pretty and my hair is really black. I figure really black is good! I like my hair.

20. What CD is closest to you right now?
Chicago's "Love Story".

21. What 3 things can always be found in your refrigerator?
Strong orange juice, coconut yogurt and fresh tomatoes.

22. What superstition do you believe/practice?
I'm not all that superstitious, but I always get down on one knee and do the sign of the cross when I'm in front of or inside a cathedral or a church.

23. What color are your bed sheets?
Dark blue with pictures on them

24. Would you rather be a fish or a bird?
Birds all the way! I'd be an eagle. Yeah l... ]]> ~Narabedla http://Narabedla.deviantart.com/journal/13369894/ http://Narabedla.deviantart.com/journal/13369894/ Sat, 16 Jun 2007 14:28:21 PDT
"The Beatles are not your time! They were not even mine!"

I smiled. The next day, I showed him Black Eyed Peas, Akon and DJ Tiesta or whatever his name is... and told him "If this was the music of your time, would you not prefer the Beatles?"

The next day, my dad lent me his "1" and "White Album", the Beatles' two biggest Collections (before "Love" came out, that is). He also offered to lend me some Crosby, Stills and Nash, or the Chieftains, which I of course accepted with a loud screech.

It's good that my dad and I have something that we share, and that it is something as good as music.

My mother also lends me some CDs once in a while... and I record some of mine for her.

Because you guys are such awesome people, I have for you the lyrics to "I Wish I Was a Punk Rocker", by Sandy Thom, which I adore, because the lyrics are so gorgeous.



« [Chorus:]
Oh I wish I was a punk rocker with flowers in my hair
In 77 and 69 revolution was in the air
I was born too late into a world that doesn't care
Oh I wish I was a punk rocker with flowers in my hair

When the head of state didn't play guitar,
Not everybody drove a car,
When music really mattered and when radio was king,
When accountants didn't have control
And the media couldn't buy your soul
And computers were still scary and we didn't know everything

[Chorus]

When pop-stars still remained a myth
And ignorance could still be bliss
And when God Saved the Queen she turned a whiter shade of pale
When my mom and dad were in their teens
And anarchy was still a dream
And the only way to stay in touch was a letter in the mail

[Chorus]

When record shops were still on top
And vinyl was all that they stocked
And the super info highway was still drifting out in space
Kids were wearing hand-me-downs,
And playing games meant kick around
And footballers still had long hair and dirt across their face

[Chorus]

I was born too late to a world that doesn't care
Oh I wish I was a punk rocker with flowers in my hair »


When everybody else says "Why?" just smile and say "Why not?"

]]> ~Narabedla http://Narabedla.deviantart.com/journal/13300061/ http://Narabedla.deviantart.com/journal/13300061/ Mon, 11 Jun 2007 07:31:03 PDT
The person who catches my 1000th, do get a printscreen and send a note to me about it! I'd be glad to make you something as a present

Thank you to everyone who has watched me and commented on my works throughout my stay on deviantART.

When I reach 1000th, I'll see what I'll come up with to thank everybody.

]]> ~Narabedla http://Narabedla.deviantart.com/journal/13173580/ http://Narabedla.deviantart.com/journal/13173580/ Fri, 01 Jun 2007 07:30:17 PDT
After spending last night and three hours just now commenting through the 159 deviations that were waiting for me when I made my return to deviantART, I can announce that I have but 9 waiting to be read. ~CrypticWritings's Intervening Divinity, Dead Child, and re-write of Anchors, and ~DoctaPankake's Blood of Pristine.

Will get to all of those, but right now I'm going to take a rest...

I've got lots of drawings to scan from my nearly computerless time, and a lot of writing to type up and translate as well, so I should be flooding your devwatch starting next week, when school is finally and officially OVER!

Yours Truly,
Marta

PS: I'm sorry to everyone whom I flooded with comments. Can't help myself!

]]> ~Narabedla http://Narabedla.deviantart.com/journal/12668972/ http://Narabedla.deviantart.com/journal/12668972/ Fri, 20 Apr 2007 14:53:55 PDT
Let's just say it's about thirty pages long -.-

And it's gonna take ages.

So I'll leave the commenting for next weekend, when things have slowed down already. Okay sweethearts?

Ah, and I was tagged by Shouldn't take long...

1. Do you like animals?
I wanted to be a veteri... vetere... a vet until I turned 11. Love animals.

2. Have you ever met an online friend in person?
Unfortunately, I haven't. Situation will hopefully change next summer! (*wink* *hyper*)

3. Are you athletic?
I do yoga, and am very flexible, but I have the lungs and heart of a 3-year-old. Trust me.

4. Are you: thin, fat, athletically built etc:
According to Deathclock.com, BMI is Desirable. Meaning I'm Okay.

5. How much do you weigh?
114.638447 lbs. 52 kilos

6. What's your height?
5.577427 feet tall. 1.70 metres xD

7. Shoe size?
40 European. I am NOT about to look for a conversor of shoe sizes. (actually, I did look and I'm a 9 ladies' US and Canada xD I'm so lame!)

8. Girls - are you tomboyish, girly, normal, etc?
I'm uh... I have no idea.

10. How old are you?
14...

11. When is your birthday?
September 9th

12. Do you like to receive giftart?
Ohh yes.

13. Are you sociable?
Not really... I prefer to be with a small group of close friends than in a huge party with lots of people I don't know very well.

14. Do you have many friends?
Uh... well, there are a lot of people who say they're my friends but only like 5 that I really call true friends. And then there's Rebecca, who is a whole different category! You're a sweetheart. Oh, and all my online buddies.

15. What's your race?
Am I a Latina? I'm Mediterranean, either way, born and raised Portuguese. My grandma's dad was Gallego.

16. Do you like to talk on the phone?
OH YES! My friend and I tend to spend like 20 minutes talking about shoe sizes or about how fun it is to rip off gummy bears' heads, and then when we're about to hang up she goes "Oh right! What's our Maths homework?"

17. Are you single or taken?
Singllle. And despite what mum says, you don't have to have a boyfriend to be a normal teen -.-

18. Do you eat meat?
Yup.

19. Are you paranoid?
Not so much paranoid, more of an over-thinker. I over-think things so I'm always expecting them to go wrong.

20. Do you read a lot?
I really do. I read aloud, I read to myself, I read big books, small books, fantasy, science-fiction, biographies, history books, historical fantasy, books in English, books in Portuguese, fan fiction, amongst other... stuff.

21. Do you listen to music, what kind?
Musiiic. My friend Danny calls me a music-addict. Let me list this by influences:
Dad: country, celtic, 60's rock
Mum: ambience, 80's underground pop, 80's underground rock
Friend A (no names!): psychadelic, heavy metal
Friend B: Disney tunes, showtunes in general
Friend C: glam punk, punk rock

22. Do you play any instruments?
I play... this instrument which we call the flute (different from what we call the transversal flute - Rebecca, that's what you play), which's name I do not know in English. And I attempted self-teaching in piano. I sucked. I can read sheet music, though.

23. How long have you been drawing?
Since I could hold a pencil...

24. What's the meaning of life?
My purpose in life is replacing noise with music, smoke with perfume and guns with orange blossoms (*has a thing about orange blossoms*)

25. Now... ]]> ~Narabedla http://Narabedla.deviantart.com/journal/12484147/ http://Narabedla.deviantart.com/journal/12484147/ Fri, 06 Apr 2007 13:17:39 PDT

Rules
1. Choose a few of your own characters. at the most.
2. Make them answer the following questions

Characters Chosen
Erdestapire (E)
Aldebaran (A)
Seth (S) [from the upcoming story The First Flight of the Ibis]
Islanzadí (I) [from my Inheritance Fan Fiction posted on SFF – coming soon to dA]

How Old Are You?
E: Twenty two Springs, twenty two Springs, kiss me girl of twenty two Springs!
A: That song is getting quite annoying. I’m twenty. …I think.
S: Sixteen, youngest to ever be leader of the Wildbirds. Not that I’m very proud.
I: Eleven, but I will be twelve very soon!

Height?
E: Tall… ish… Tallish.
A: Taller than him, anyway.
E: Are not!
A: Am too!
S: *coughs* I’m kind of average in that matter.
I: I’m… tall for my age!

You Got Any Bad Habits?
E: I used to smoke a pipe. Yeah, that was a lame time in my life. I sing when I’m bored. Badly.
A: I get too melodramatic and tend to exaggerate and blame anything going on on me a lot. Pretty sad.
S: I’m depression-prone. And I always eat the last slice of pizza. Even if I have to fight for it.
I: I’m an elven child that screeches and jumps around and giggles loudly. That tends to get on people’s nerves.

You a virgin?
E: *coughs* Let’s just say… *blush* what person growing up in the Resistance doesn’t have some adventures during teenage years? Those parties can get pretty wild, Flame Whiskey doesn’t help, and when you’re sixteen even the accordion turns you on.
A: …a little too much information there, Erde… *coughs* I am…
E: Teehee.
A: You’re annoying.
S: …yes… why, are you going to mock me like Mojena does?
I: *smiles* What’s a virgin? What’s an accordion?

Who's your Mate?
E: Don’t have one, never had one, don’t intend on having a permanent one, ever. Unless she’s amazing.
A: …utter agreement with the Erde guy.
S: Had a girlfriend once… …don’t want to talk about it.
I: I am promised to be married with Evandar, who is promised to be king of the elves, so I will be queen soon! Fun, eh? Do you want to come to the wedding? It’ll be nice, all my friends will be there and my parents and –

Have Any Kids?
E: Nope. Unless that accordion thing spawned something that I don’t know about. *shudder* Wouldn’t that be frightening?
A: I thought I had said I am a virgin.
S: …me too… God, I’m sixteen, what kind of perverted mind have you?
I: I am a kid! *grin*

Favourite Food?
E: When you have my lifestyle, your favourite food is whatever the hails didn’t destroy.
A: Deer, roasted deer, *licks lips* roasted in the kitchens of the Fortress… The only thing that I miss about living in the Residence… the FOOD…
S: I dislike cake. I like pizza.
I: …Aldebaran, you eat deer?... You eat the KING OF THE FOREST, THE MOST BEAUTIFUL CREATURE, THE *begins to screech*

Favourite Ice Cream flavour?
E: …People eat ice?
A: Doesn’t all ice taste the same?
S: I like Vanilla. *stare* Do you two live in a cave?
I: …I live in a forest and I don’t know what the difference in ice flavours is.
S: Screw you all!

Killed anyone?
E: Not many… I hope. When you’re in battle, your mind blurs out and you can’t really remember. Oh, and there was this one guard, but that wasn’t purposeful, I swear!
A: I haven’t… I might just, if I get a chance.
S: Five or six. I’m not a trained assassin, but I do specialize in poisonings and what-not. I’m a chemist, you know.
I: …Am I surrounded by killers?! First you eat deer, and then…

Hate anyone?
E: *drops head* Besides the Empress?...
A: *growls* Besides the Empress?
S: Myself, often.
I: Grrr, those people who mock me because they don’t believe that I’m the future queen of Ellésmera!

Any Secrets?
E: *bites lip* Not that I can remember.
A: Only to some people…
S: …some things there are that I don’t like to tell everyone.
I: No… I’m a blabbermouth! *grin*

Love Anyone?
E: I loved my mother.
A: *looking at Erdestapire* Never knew you could be so sweet. I loved once too, Araphiw.
S: Loved. …don’t want to talk about it.
I: Evandar, of course!

TACOS?
E: …what the fuck?
A: I hate it when you curse… but must agree.
S: I’m Australian. There ya go.
I: Uh…

Ever slept in All day?
E: Best w... ]]> ~Narabedla http://Narabedla.deviantart.com/journal/12375161/ http://Narabedla.deviantart.com/journal/12375161/ Thu, 29 Mar 2007 12:19:09 PDT
First of all, an apology: I'm so sorry that I haven't commented on your story yet! So much has been going on that I've barely had time to be online... Hopefully we'll talk when I get back from holiday?

Speaking of getting back from holiday... I'm going on holiday tomorrow! So yes, I am at the moment in the middle of a huge mess of clothes, bathing suits, pencils and books, waiting to be thrown in the car. I'll be back on Thursday, so on Friday I'll spend the day commenting on whatever you clever people post while I'm away. Unless my friend decides to drag me around, then maybe on Monday.

My palpitations seemed to be having no changes until today... Today I haven't had any yet which is pretty nice, it means that the polivitaminicals are taking effect. Right now, the prospect of lying on a Spanish beach for 7 days is looking really appealing... and relaxing...

AND I'll get a chance to skip Sunday school!

On that matter: my daddy went to speak with the lawyer about him being too harsh and too overbearing on us, and of course the lawyer imediately started being all nice and happy and "oh yes, that was actually the priest's idea and not mine".

Let's just say my dad is well-known all over town.

And somewhat feared.

But we're not rich! =O

So either way... thank you all for reading and I'll see you when I'm tanned.

]]> ~Narabedla http://Narabedla.deviantart.com/journal/12298529/ http://Narabedla.deviantart.com/journal/12298529/ Fri, 23 Mar 2007 15:08:03 PDT
Soo I've got palpitations and am taking polivitaminicals. My heart has been going insane. I don't know what it is, but, at completely random moments, it starts speeding and exploding in my chest. It feels like someone is grabbing it and not letting it beat, so it starts beating a heck of a lot faster and it takes a lot more effort for it to do so.

So yeah, that sucks.

My dad did a quick Internet search and doesn't think it's anything serious. If the polivitaminicals do nothing for it, we'll go to the doctor next week. So far, no effect.

The Internet tells us that it's one of two things, probably: anxiety or post-traumatic stress.

Dad thinks it's post-traumatic stress, and I think there's a great possibility of it.

What's my trauma? Let me explain.

This is going to be a rant.

So I have this Sunday School teacher. He's a lawyer and a total jerk. He's fundamentalist, and we obviously don't believe in the same God. So, every Saturday (yes, Sunday School is on Saturday, I've heard the jokes) he would fill my head with more and more frustration last term. I would control myself, grit my teeth, grit my fists, grit everything that could be gritted as to not shout "SHUT THE F*** UP!"

I didn't shout, but by the end of the first term I was filled up with his crap. So I wrote a letter to the Sunday School staff, a polite one, asking them to treat us students as equals, to ask us our opinions, to let us share our doubts. I was looking for a healthy working environment where I wouldn't come out of church with fingernail marks on my palm.

Let's just say it didn't work. After the lawyer saw my letter, he started blaming every single thing that went wrong in the classroom on Marta and Peixoto (I could talk about Peixoto, but that would only make this rant more hysterical, so we'll leave it for another time).

"Oh, I would say this, but I don't think Marta would approve" followed by a pointed glare has become quite the rule in every class. A healthy discussion? Something I don't think that classroom will ever see.

Eventually in this term, I started feeling a bigger and bigger need to explode.

This need came to its epitome when we had our big "Abortion Discussion". This was something that us students had been looking forward to for a while: not only had we been promised a chance to expose our doubts and our problems, but also we were told that we would be able to explain our opinions as well.

I'll admit that I do not have a decisive opinion on Abortion (please, do not start an argument or even a debate about Abortion on your comments, I really don't want to talk about this subject right now), but I wanted to hear everybody else's, and explain my fears about the legalization (only recently - like a month or so ago - Portugal passed a law, after a referend, that legalized abortion before 10 weeks).

That, of course, didn't happen. The lawyer came in as though he were in a war against us students and all that he could do was win. He had to win. There was no other way out except winning. We stayed in the classroom for a half hour more than the time that we were supposed to, while he waved his hands in the air and shouted about how it was completely forbidden and there could be no other opinions. Some people (including myself) desperately tried to interrupt as to ask him questions or explain our feelings on the subject, to no avail.

What made me explode was one of his last sentences "If you do not share this opinion, the Catholic Church does not need you. God doesn't want everyone, he wants the good ones only, and the rest of you... go do something else with your Saturdays."

That... is the most frustrating thing anyone has ever said. God only wants the good ones? What the FUCK? I am not an atheist. I know that there is a God. I go to church and I attempt to be good, not to please God but out of principle especially. The fact that this bastard dares say that God does not want everyone...

What is the purpose of Church? Is it not to save all souls?

I had a panic attack when I got to the car that afternoon. Complete one, too: airways half closed, hands shaking, heart racing, and hysterical crying. I didn't (and still don't) want to sit there to be slowly brainwashed by some jerk who doesn't believe in the same God that I do. My parents decided to take me out of Sunday School, but because my best friends' parents refused to take her out I couldn't leave her by herself to face all that.

So yep, I still go to Sunday School, and I still leave Church with fingernail marks on my hands.

...trauma, much?

------------------------------''----------------------------------

On better matters... heheh...

~Narabedla http://Narabedla.deviantart.com/journal/12066923/ http://Narabedla.deviantart.com/journal/12066923/ Mon, 05 Mar 2007 12:15:38 PST
Not much to say, not much time.

I've got 7 tests this week and 5 the next. One down, 11 to go.

Mondays suck.

I don't think I'm going to have much time to write this week, which is somewhat depressing. Bored out of my skull and mother is calling for dinner and I'm well aware that I should be studying for the 3 tests I have tomorrow (French, Maths and Biology, in case you're wondering *weeps*).

Hugs and kisses to the peepz I like...

-Marta

]]> ~Narabedla http://Narabedla.deviantart.com/journal/11771872/ http://Narabedla.deviantart.com/journal/11771872/ Sun, 11 Feb 2007 10:56:56 PST My braces came off on Monday. So now I have teeth. And I can eat raw carrotts.
I only have one test this week!!
My friends are cheery and bright at the moment.
It's SUNDAY!!
I won a fan art contest for Juathuur with a poem I might post.

I'm sad because:
The one test I have this week is Maths.
Tomorrow will be Monday.
Valentine's day is coming up and I hate it.
I have no idea what my screen resolution is.

BUT ANYWAY None of those is today and there are more happy than sad. So I'm overall happy.

Moving on.

Tagged by (you're insane, gurrrl)
1. grab a book nearest you and turn to page 18, line 4.
"...happened. So he picked it up carefully." (IT'S ERAGON XD)
2. Strech out your left arm as far as you can:
I hit my desk. Yay. And now my finger hurts.
3. What was the last thing you watched on tv:
Will and Grace. -.-
4. without looking guess what time it is:
6:15?
5. what was the actual time:
6:40. Oh crap I've still got a thousand things to do.
6. What can you hear other than the computer?:
My dad helping my brother with his homework.
7. When did you last step outside:
Yesterday...
8. What did you look at before you started this survey:
Myst's journal.
9. What are you wearing?:
MY PRETTY PYJAMAS.
10. Did you dream last night.:
I did. I think 'twas more of a nightmare, though.
11.When did you last laugh?:
'bout ten minutes ago when my friend informed me that her goldfish has tried to eat a rubber thingy on its fishbowl.
12. What is on the walls of your room:
SO MUCH CRAP!!! XD I'll start from the left... A painting that my aunt made for me when I was born. Two statues of angels. A portrait I made in the 6th grade. A massively huge picture of me when I was three years old. A map of the stars which is just as massively huge. Lots of drawings I made. A massive Harry Potter poster. (does the closet count? There's a Chronicles of Narnia poster on my closet door). The Portuguese flag. More drawings of mine. A German flag signed by my German friends. About three squared metres of pictures of my friends and family. I mean loooooads. And yeah. I think that's it.
13. Seen anything weird lately:
Nicole Richie on the telly? The girl's a stick.
14. What do you think of this quiz:
Utterly useless and a waste of precious time xD
15. What was the last film you saw:
At the theatre? Well, at the theatre it was "The Holiday" with my friend. Which didn't go well with my parents, who disliked the fact that I was going to the cinema alone with a boy friend (notice the space) to watch a romantic comedy. They were ignoring the afore mentioned space.
16. Tell me something about you that i don't know:
I hate the bottom slice in the packets of sliced bread.
17. If you could change one thing about the world regardless of politics what would it be:
I'd make life play to the sound of music.
18. Do you like to dance?!
I can't, which doesn't mean I don't enjoy it. I make a fool of myself, though XD
19. George Bush?:
Meh. I've come to overall ignoring him and waiting for him to way.
20. What would you name your first child if it were a girl:
Madalena! Or, if she was English, xD, Madeline.
21. If your first child was a boy what you name it?.:
Seth. Or James.
22. Would you ever consider living abroad:
I would, I have. The UK would rule. Or Ireland.
23. 6 people who have to take this quiz:
(I know you hate this kind of thing, but owelllll) ~Narabedla http://Narabedla.deviantart.com/journal/11648405/ http://Narabedla.deviantart.com/journal/11648405/ Thu, 01 Feb 2007 14:11:08 PST So, here's how it works:
1. Open your library (iTunes, Winamp, Media Player, iPod, etc)
2. Put it on shuffle
3. Press play
4. For every question, type the song that's playing
5. When you go to a new question, press the next button
6. Don't lie and try to pretend you're cool…


The links are to the songs, in case you don't know them.

Opening Credits:
Like a Stone -- Audioslave. Interesting start. [link]C_8u_3_was


Waking Up:
She Moves in her own way -- The Kooks. Yup, I'd love waking up to that. [link]2llonevdKs


First Day at School:
Mungojerrie and Rumpleteazer -- Cats. A song from Cats. This just TELLS YOU I'm not making this up. I think it's pretty fitting, though. I could totally hum that on my way to school. [link]


Making Your New Best Friend:
Conventry Carol -- Loreena McKennitt. That's kind of sad. And a little lame. [link] (closest version I could find... just picture it with voice.)


Falling In Love:
Ain't Your Fairytale -- Sonata Arctica. Goodness. So far it's all been too, too, too unfitting. Althoooough. I could probably fall in love to this song. But try picturing it in a movie. No. No. No. XD [link]


Breaking Up:
I was Born (A Unicorn) -- The Unicorns. That is so fitting. I think it's perfect. [link]


Prom:
Chuva -- Mariza. God, my life is sad in this movie. [link]


Graduation:
Colors of the Wind -- Pocahontas. Indeed. Great graduation tune. [link]


Life's Okay:
I'm Still Here -- John Rzeznik. THAT IS SO NOT LIFE'S OKAY! XD! But I love the song anyway. [link]


Death Of A Close Friend:
Mrs. Robinson -- Pennywise. NO. It was probably not that close of a friend. [link] (try to listen to the background music and ignore the voices)


Mental Breakdown:
9mm and a Three Piece Suit -- Catch 22. Guess I'm more mentally broken down than I originally thought. [link] (ignore the dancing dudes. I guess they just had a mental breakdown too...)

Driving:
Pippin's Song -- Lord of the Rings. I think that's a great driving song. [link]

Flashback:
Passion; Kingdom Hearts II -- Hikaru Utada. Neat flashback! This one is great. [link]


Getting Back Together:
Le Chemin -- KYO. OH YES! The lyrics fit it greatly and fantastically! Best one so far. [link]


Birth of Child:
A Whole New World -- Alladin. Good birth song. [link]


Wedding Scene:
Under a Glass Moon -- Dream Theater. OH. MY. GOD. I AM SO HAVING THIS SONG PLAYED AT MY WEDDING!!! XD [link]


Car Accident:
She -- Elvis Costello. Pretty. I like the idea of this playing as I have a car accident. [link]


Final Battle:
Bustopher Jones -- Cats. RIDICULOUS. I'm probably battling clowns XD. [link]


Death Scene:
Smile Like You Mean It -- The Killers. Someone, please. When I die, make sure this song is playing. I can see it... [link]


Funeral Song:
Lacrimosa -- Mozart. ....fantastically fitting? Freakishly fitting? My Shuffle knew what I was up to. [link]8NsdGULsDI

End Credits:
Tsubasa Wa Pleasure Line -- Chrno Crusade. I love thi... ]]> ~Narabedla http://Narabedla.deviantart.com/journal/11421606/ http://Narabedla.deviantart.com/journal/11421606/ Sat, 13 Jan 2007 11:48:31 PST
People in my life that I care for:
Mother, father, Filipe, Marta, Sara, Kiko, Luís, Daniel

People on the Internet that I care for:
, , AJ

People on dA that I care for:
, , , ,

People who I watch and that you should check out, in no particular order:
(great writer, by the way)
(incredible artist!!)
(makes gewd Naruto fanart)
(photographer)
(brilliant photographer from my homeland!)
(same homeland, brilliant photographer as well!!)
(she's just great, can't praise her enough!)
(he's a good poet, but he doesn't seem to like dA all that much...)
(teh_ULTIMATE_PIE_MASTER: go make her feel at home)
(words don't describe this art! Just GO check it out)
(HE'S A WRITER! YES! DEAL WITH IT!)
(...if you don't like her art, then you're just plain weird)
(writer, drawer, digital artist... what ISN'T she?)

And most especially... the one who made me join dA in the first place... If you've never been to her page, you're uncool. So off you go!

]]> ~Narabedla http://Narabedla.deviantart.com/journal/10920679/ http://Narabedla.deviantart.com/journal/10920679/ Sat, 02 Dec 2006 03:12:04 PST
There is a blond girl sitting on the extreme left of the bench. Her hair is wavy, and if she were to care about it and spend a little more time on it every day, it would be particularly beautiful. In her arms she grabs onto her backpack, the backpack that carries her flute. At the moment there is a dreamy look on her face, perhaps because it is so early in the morning and she was woken by the dogs out in the woods. The blond girl lives close to the forest, and her white t-shirt, worn over a green turtle-neck, spells out "Save Wolves!". Her trainers are a little dirty from chasing the boy next to her around the parking space for the motorcycles.

The boy next to her is also a little messed up from running away from her, his hair is black dishevelled and messed up. He's wearing jeans, and dressed in Nike from head to toe. A Nike cap, a Nike sweatshirt, Nike trainers, and he made it a rule to show all his friends his Nike socks. Even his backpack is Nike, and the football under his arm is also Nike. The look on his face is that of who wants to look like he pays attention to what the girl on his right is saying, but it's not working very well.

The brunette is talking incessantly about the Opeth concert she's going to see in December and the dentist's son who is going to study in Braga university and her guitar teacher who can play the One (by Metallica) solo in a folk guitar. Her t-shirt says "Nirvana" and her platform boots that include buckles of steel and enormous soles to make her look tall are as black as the punk jeans she is wearing. The way she dresses is quite contradictory, but her mind is usually very set and she knows what she wants.

There is yet another boy next to her. He is, yes indeed, singing the showtune from Dexter's Laboratory. Dressed fully in blue, because he refuses to wear a different colour, and with his brown hair greasy over his eyes, he sits there singing. No wonder the two next to him are trying to put as much distance between him and them as possible in that bench.

He, the one next to the singer, has got curly brown hair and blue eyes. He's wearing a The Who t-shirt, jeans, black trainers. Under the bench he left his skateboard and behind it his guitar; the only thing he seems to have forgotten for the day is his backpack, not that he appears disturbed by that fact. He left his books in his locker, despite being advised against it by the school board: lately in that school there had been many robberies, and to tell the truth there was not one student in the school who didn't know how to pick a lock.

The last girl is black haired, brown-eyed, wears glasses. She is clad in black, not because she usually does, just out of casuality. A black "Celtic Art" t-shirt, over a black turtle-neck, and a black shawl that her mother knitted for her. Her jeans were bought at the local market rather than the shops, and she likes it like that, and her trainers have been worn so many times that it's hard to tell if they ever had a brand (although they did, and it was Nike, even though the girl hates Nike, Coca-Cola and McDonalds with a deep fiery passion, which she shares towards anything imperialistic).

The last girl is me... And the only thing that she is thinking is "Thank you", thank you to those people, the blond girl, the nike-clad boy, the brunette in the Nirvana t-shirt, the guy singing the Dexter's Laboratory tune, the dude with the skateboard. Thanks for making her life brighter every day!

]]> ~Narabedla http://Narabedla.deviantart.com/journal/10831830/ http://Narabedla.deviantart.com/journal/10831830/ Fri, 24 Nov 2006 08:05:38 PST
I kind of needed to do that 11 things thinger again. Too depressed to let it out elsewhere -.-

It's not going to be 11, this time, though. It's just going to be all about me screaming at people. Hopefully they won't read this. I'm just too tired of the front I have to put up. I'm too tired of having to pretend that stuff is okay for the simple fact that there are people who are off worse than I. I know people are off worse. It doesn't mean I'm not feeling sucky. It doesn't mean I don't get a chance to let my feelings out somehow. And dA is how.


This one's for you, you there in the corner with the black hair and the cigarette in your fingers. That's right. Guess what, I don't care any more. You can go and die in a corner. You can go and wither and start doing drugs and become distant and just DIE, I'm not giving a shit.

You're putting on a front too, are you not? You're concerned. Do you know it's gonna kill you? Well, you obviously know that, that doesn't bother you. "It's better to burn out than to fade away." You're fading away, buddy. Why is it that you're being so stupid? Actually, don't answer that. It's the drug doing that to you. 'Cos 'tis a drug, my friend, a drug. I don't give a crap 'ny more.

Actually... if only I could not give a crap. If only I could not care about you... I've said it once, I'll say it twice: I care for you too much to have you kill yourself slowly. That's all I gotta say to you.


This one goes out for my blondie (or light-brown-haired XD). I love you. I mean it when I say it. Right now you're the friend that I've always wanted you to be... and that you've always deep down been, although not always have you shown it. You know how people always ask why we haven't grown tired of each other over the past, what, 13 and a half years... Now I know! It's 'cos you care for me. And 'cos I care for you.


For you, ma' man!! They didn't hurt you too much, did they?... I hope you get well soon... "How I wish you were here..." All I have to say is, if the majority of boys had brains you wouldn't be in the friggin' hospital. You should have stayed out of it all... of course now it's too late, right? I lovas yer, ma' man. Rock on...


For the guys who did that to him... FUCK-YOU. Pardon my French.


You've grown, little one! Over the past 3 years I've seen you change like I never imagined possible. I really like the way you are these days... We went through some rocky patches back there but we're back now... and better than'ever! ...I just hope they don't hurt you with their words... I'm doing my best to keep them from hurting me...


Just a quick prayer... For my escape route's dad: get well, make the right choice, I pray for you.


Sorry for the long Journal entry. Needed to get that stuff off my chest.

PS: ZOMG I GET A ONE-WEEK REGISTRATION FOR FREE! SQUEEE! That improved my day! Thank you deviantART!

I'm actually feeling a lot less depressed now. ]]> ~Narabedla http://Narabedla.deviantart.com/journal/10560060/ http://Narabedla.deviantart.com/journal/10560060/ Mon, 30 Oct 2006 13:59:55 PST
Rules:


*List 11 things you want to say to 11 different people.


*Don't say who they pertain to.


*Feel free to comment, but don't confirm or answer anything.


*Never discuss it again.


1. This has to stop. I don't care what you say, I don't care if it's "not for you", I don't care if you "just carry". This cigarette has to be put out, that weed has to be out of your pocket and you need to get some bloody sleep. I'm not giving up on you just yet.

2. You're my best friend, but if we want this to work we need to commit more. You need to pay more attention to me and I need to pay more attention to you.

3. Lift that chin and bloody look me in the eyes. Who gives a shit what they're all saying?! For christ's sake! Be my friend, and if you want to be more than that... tell it to my face... I'll see how I reply.

4. I wouldn't trade what we have for anything. Don't let go of my hand.

5. Stop. Just stop. She could learn to love you if you weren't acting so much like a blabbering idiot and didn't... hurt her like you do. She needs your support, not your pressure.

6. I'm sorry that I haven't stayed in touch and that I haven't answered your letters. I miss you... so much. Please don't hate me. I swear I'll keep in touch from now on.

7. STOP PRESSURING ME! I don't need this from YOU as well! I need you to be there for me. I can't be like the other girls, so just... gah.

8. You're my mirrored image. I wish I could be with you. Just once. Just for an instant.

9. I wish I could take away what you've been through, what your country's been through, what your friends've been through. I wish I could sit next to you and hold your hand and tell you things will be okay. I wish we could be the way we used to be and that I could trust you again. I can't make this happen by myself. I wish you'd help me.

10. I take after you so much. I don't want to break away from you.

11. I love you for what you are around me. I love you for the way you smile, the way your eyes glitter, the way you tell stupid jokes and the way you sing. I don't like the way you only do this around me. You should open up to the rest of the world... They hate you for being so obscure and mean to them... I wish they could love you like I love you. I wish you could love them like you love me.

]]> ~Narabedla http://Narabedla.deviantart.com/journal/9928223/ http://Narabedla.deviantart.com/journal/9928223/ Fri, 01 Sep 2006 09:22:55 PDT DarkLillium 's Journal entry, without permission But I guess she won't mind.

*7 things that scare you:
1. Depression
2. Death of loved ones
3. War
5. Writer's Block
6. Midday
7. Heat

*7 things that you like the most:
1. Friends
2. Laughter
3. Chocolate and mint ice cream shared with the right people
4. Music
5. Books
6. Internet
7. Horses

*7 things you don't like:
1. Pain
2. Fear
3. Vanilla
4. War
5. Plastic supermodels
6. Missing a step on a staircase (depresses me)
7. MTV

*7 important things in your room:
1. Books!
2. Computer!
3. Window
4. Photographs of friends, family & favourite places
5. Stereo
6. Pillows
7. Teddy Bear

*7 random facts about you:
1. I learnt most of my English from Dexter's Laboratory.
2. I learnt most of my Spanish from Doreamon.
3. I learnt most of my French from Les Intrepids XD
4. I'm a quick learner
5. I like to sing when I'm all by myself in the house, and the song that I always sing is the theme song from Scrubs =d
6. I've had, over the course of my entire life, over 20 goldfish. Not one survived.
7. At the moment I am the proud owner of a blind turtle.

*7 things you plan to do before you die:
1. Go to New Zealand (for no particular reason)
2. Learn Italian.
3. Read O Pêndulo de Foucault, by Umberto Eco.
4. Be happy about a drawing.
5. Be happy about a text.
6. Be mansion buddies with ~CrypticWritings and ~KIRIC
7. Publish a book.

*7 things that attract you to the opposite sex:
1. Sense of humour...
2. Sensitivity.
3. Bravery.
4. Hability to sing in front of other people without blushing He doesn't even have to sing well...
5. Inteligence.
6. Hability to express love.
7. Eyes...

*7 things you say the most:
1. QUIEEEEEET! (my friends are noisy)
2. This is my serious stare. *stare*
3. Do I look like I'm laughing?
4. QUIEEEEEET! (yes, again)
5. Yay!
6. You're sitting across the table from each other, why shout?!
7. My eardrums have just been drummed out of place...

*7 Celeb or NOT-REAL Crushes:
1. Chrono from Chrno Crusade
2. Weijuaru from Juathuur
3. Rowasu from Juathuur
4. Dejoru from Juathuur
5. Thomil from Juathuur (I'm a Juathuur freak... they're all gowgeous...)
6. That dude from Mulan
7. Tuomas of Nightwish

*7 Favourite Drinks:
1. Water
2. Milk
3. Orange Juice
4. Sumol
5. Uh... I don't drink anything else. ]]> ~Narabedla http://Narabedla.deviantart.com/journal/9899038/ http://Narabedla.deviantart.com/journal/9899038/ Tue, 29 Aug 2006 17:24:50 PDT
You see, I'm a nightperson. Nightpeople get waaaay overexcited whenever night falls, and that is mostly *shrug* what's happening to me. I'm just gonna fill you in real quick on what I'm working on that I MAY post on dA:

1 - Character Art for ~CrypticWritings :

I'm doing this because a) she's my friend and b) she wrote me THE most amazing prequel for Beat of the Drums. Prequel, Prologue, whatever you want to call it. I loved it, and that's why I'm making sure that she loves my Character Art too.
So far the colouring on Page 1 is going well... While Tari's tan got a little (a LITTLE) out of control, I think I can probably cover for that on Paint if my scanner doesn't have another fit. It just kinda does that.
I worked for a while on the positions and what not... didn't want to make them seem rigid like most my drawings do. I don't think it worked too well, but I just inked it the way it was because I was too excited to get right on the colouring. Page 2 is going well too, but I don't expect to even start on it before I finish Page 1. I want it to be perfect, at least in paper, because I don't trust my scanner to much to make justice to my drawings. Anyway, we'll see what we get.

2 - Story about Alsa

Yeah... That isn't going so well. I dropped it for a while, may get back on it if I feel inspired.

3 - When His Eyes Turn Blue

This is something that I have been working on for nearly a year... It's 21 chapters long and has a lot of me into it. I have recently reached 35000 words, three cheers for me! I love that story, but I think it needs a bit of work on the early chapters. I can't really afford to spend time on it, so I don't think you'll be seeing any of it anytime soon. If I ever do post it, I would really like yall to have a look!

4 - Character Art for Atreus

I don't know if anyone had a look at Atrulean and Skolir, but more character art for Atreus's Atrulean's Tribulations is on the way. Should be good, and I hope you like it.


Above all that's it... A couple of one-shots/short stories in the making, nothing particularly promising. I do urge you, though, to have a look at my Tears Shed for His Home, here [link]
I'm very proud of this... I put a lot of feeling and time into it, so I hope you like it.

Yeah, that's pretty much it... Pretty long for a journal entry. And while it was 1:09AM when I started, it is not 1:21AM. And I'm just about 12 minutes hyperer. My hyperness will keep rising as the night goes on. Keep an eye out for it. ]]> ~Narabedla http://Narabedla.deviantart.com/journal/9805985/ http://Narabedla.deviantart.com/journal/9805985/ Mon, 21 Aug 2006 15:28:57 PDT
Strangely enough, I have to admit that I feel more compelled to write poetry while I am shuddering my shoulders off and my throat is so bloated I can barely breathe. Usually the little poetry I write is inspired by evil stuff like Maths tests and homework, so I guess that illness-induced trance isn't all that bad. I wrote a couple of poems based on this one. I'm just waiting for my next big fever to write a couple more.

I'm working on several stories at the moment, I mean, chaptered stories because I'm virtually unable to write one-shots without them lacking plot or being incredibly long... I'm thinking of posting one of them, but not before I figure out where it's going and whether or not it really deserves my time. It's called... well, it hasn't really got a name for the time being. 'Tis about a girl named Alsa living in a sort of future-alternative-reality-science-fiction or whatever, who decides to save a country from certain ail. She is aided by a neurotic ghost, a psychotic dude with green hair named Torr, and a foreign person who doesn't even speak her language.

No, it is not a comedy.

Why do you ask?

Anyway, wish me best of luck with my tonsils... I'll be having another fever-derange attack soon so perhaps you can expect some more poetry! Yay!

...why are you running?... ]]> ~Narabedla http://Narabedla.deviantart.com/journal/9773053/ http://Narabedla.deviantart.com/journal/9773053/ Fri, 18 Aug 2006 15:05:33 PDT CrypticWritings, who is a very tallented poet and writer and photographer and everything! I also have another friend here, ~KIRIC, who is an amazing writer and artist.

I'll be happy if you have a look at my for-now-very-short-gallery and left a comment or a message if you see this! I'm just a first timer trying to fit in! :wink: ]]> ~Narabedla