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deviantART: by:Paladin343 http://search.deviantart.com/?q=by:Paladin343&section=today deviantART RSS for by:Paladin343 en-us Copyright 2009, deviantART.com Fri, 04 Dec 2009 09:26:47 PST deviantART.com http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://s.deviantart.com/minish/widgets/apple-touch-icon-precomposed.png BWEE! http://Paladin343.deviantart.com/journal/28725175/ http://Paladin343.deviantart.com/journal/28725175/ Thu, 03 Dec 2009 09:42:00 PST month on my portfolio for my Strange Stories class. I got it back graded yesterday.

12 out of 12 points.

Not only that, but my prof emailed me after he'd had a look.
"Also, I'd like you to know that your portfolio has been nominated as one of the outstanding portfolios in the entire first-year class! A very small percentage receives nominations, maybe 5%. About 6 of those nominated will be chosen as "winners" by the Faculty Writing Committee sometime next semester. Winners get a nice bookstore gift certificate, usually. I think you have a fair chance of winning, and so I'm wishing you luck! Even if you don't win, you've been singled out Â deservedly in my view Â as one of the best new writers at Coe College!"

And not only that but he also recommended something else.
"Finally, I'd like to encourage you to submit your story for publication in the Coe Review," our college literary magazine.

Erm, for those who were around in summer 2007, remember "Walk the Night," that dinky little piece I wrote? That's the one he's talking about. I'm posting the new version right after I post this journal.

...Okay, I'm done bragging. Sorry.

]]> ~Paladin343 Again? http://Paladin343.deviantart.com/journal/28564561/ http://Paladin343.deviantart.com/journal/28564561/ Wed, 25 Nov 2009 09:26:12 PST another vanishment. XD Basically, some painful stuff happened and I climbed deep into a pity hole for a while.

I'm better now.

]]> ~Paladin343 Aaaaaand... http://Paladin343.deviantart.com/journal/27091777/ http://Paladin343.deviantart.com/journal/27091777/ Tue, 08 Sep 2009 10:35:25 PDT Sorry about the whole vanishment thing. My puter needed some serious help and I couldn't get it until last weekend. It was literally crashing every day, because it didn't have enough RAM to read its own memory.

Enough about that though. It's GALLERYRAID TIME!

]]> ~Paladin343 Holy CRAP! http://Paladin343.deviantart.com/journal/26592398/ http://Paladin343.deviantart.com/journal/26592398/ Fri, 14 Aug 2009 15:12:15 PDT
Moving my sister into her college Sunday, driving up to my college Monday, moving in Tuesday.

...Holy CRAP.

]]> ~Paladin343 Help a friend help a friend? http://Paladin343.deviantart.com/journal/26063917/ http://Paladin343.deviantart.com/journal/26063917/ Mon, 20 Jul 2009 11:11:03 PDT [link]

Commissions + helping people = win. *firm nod*

]]> ~Paladin343 Been a while http://Paladin343.deviantart.com/journal/25832371/ http://Paladin343.deviantart.com/journal/25832371/ Thu, 09 Jul 2009 06:11:16 PDT
*nod*

...I has new books. GLEE!!

Okay, now I'm done. XD

]]> ~Paladin343 ...O.O http://Paladin343.deviantart.com/journal/24004072/ http://Paladin343.deviantart.com/journal/24004072/ Wed, 01 Apr 2009 12:06:06 PDT
Lots of new developments--on spring break for one and loooooooving it. Chose a college: Coe College, Cedar Rapids, IA. Some other stuff.

I saw this and I am STEALING IT MERCILESSLY. Because I felt like it.
~~
1.Grab the book nearest to you, turn to page 18, and find line 4.
...*looks around* Psych text is closest... "in the human family." Second line of a Maya Angelou poem, "Human Family". As for closest NOVEL... Mercedes Lackey's The Otherworld... page 18 is the end of a chapter and is blank. >.<

2.Stretch your left arm out as far as you can. What do you reach?
My elbow hits the pole that's holding up the ceiling in the basement. Otherwise, air.

3. What is the last thing you watched on TV?
...I am proud to say I cannot remember.

4. Without looking, guess what time it is:
2:00

5. Now look at the clock. What is the actual time?
1:45

6. With the exception of the computer, what can you hear?
Ah the hum and thrum of the other computers. And Linus purring on my lap, and the sound his claws make as they knead my shirt.

7. When did you last step outside? What were you doing?
...Monday, to take out the catbox

8. Before you started this survey, what did you look at?
This survey on Tally's journal.

9. What are you wearing?
Almost-black navy blue sweatpants, an old Reader's Digest Word Power Challenge t-shirt from 8th grade that's almost too small, my watch, my glasses and a cat. Does he count?

10. Did you dream last night?
I wish I remembered them. I really really do. So I could tell my best friend.

11. When did you last laugh?
...Last night when I made an epic typo and my best friend said "Ask not for whom the Epic-Fail Flag waves... IT WAVES FOR THEE!"

12. What are on the walls of the room you are in?
Pale, pale green paint, a couple calendars, a couple posters and pictures... About it.

13. Seen anything weird lately?
Yes. The chat I had with my best friend and a friend of hers.

14. What do you think of this quiz?
...Not bad, not annoying.

15. What is the last film you saw?
Good question! I think... The Dark Knight, on Mom's birthday. Yeah.

16. If you became a multi-millionaire overnight, what would you buy?
A plane-ticket to Washington, D.C., an empty lot on a hill and the expertise to build a house on it to certain specifications, and the rest would pay bills and pay off my college.

18. If you could change one thing about the world, regardless of guilt or politics, what would you do?
Get people to realize how much money is being spent on stupidities and have that money directed elsewhere.

19. Do you like to dance?
When I have a good partner and/or good music.

20. George Bush:
No (printable) comment.

21. Imagine your first child is a girl, what do you call her?
Alexa Casey

22. Imagine your first child is a boy, what do you call him?
Zander Casey

23. Would you ever consider living abroad?
...Possibly. Might be nice, actually.

24. What do you want God to say to you when you reach the pearly gates?
"Whatever made you think you needed a note?"

25.Tag six people who must also do this in THEIR journal:
Whoever wants to.

]]> ~Paladin343 Heh http://Paladin343.deviantart.com/journal/23389025/ http://Paladin343.deviantart.com/journal/23389025/ Tue, 24 Feb 2009 19:47:03 PST
I'll be putting up Niamh's story in a moment.

Oh and the musical is this weekend. WHOO. Aida. Good show.

Sorry, finding it hard to think of things to say.

]]> ~Paladin343 WHOO! http://Paladin343.deviantart.com/journal/23126749/ http://Paladin343.deviantart.com/journal/23126749/ Tue, 10 Feb 2009 17:58:10 PST
I am also writing a full fiction piece for my Creative Writing class, having taken one of my earliest failed characters and rewrote her. Her name is Niamh Tempus-Walker (N I A M H, rhymes with "sleeve") and she's pretty darn interesting so far. Once I finish and turn in the story, I'll put it up here.

Go check out this [link] . It's the beginning of a collaboration between myself and ~DarkDaria713 which will be updated occasionally. At this point, we are about 300 emails past the point that is up on the site, so buffer will not be a problem...

And finally, *ahem*. IT WAS WARM TODAY.

]]> ~Paladin343 Some random stuff http://Paladin343.deviantart.com/journal/22947598/ http://Paladin343.deviantart.com/journal/22947598/ Sun, 01 Feb 2009 16:09:29 PST
Two: I have been writing. I truly have. Granted, mostly I've been writing the (so far) two Memory Labyrinth stories, Memory Labyrinth and Vilcathlon, with

. But I also have been writing Paladin (slowly)

Three: If I've not been keeping up with your deviations, I shall. Truly, I shall. Sometime. Same goes for FP updates. If I haven't been keeping up, I'll get to them. Next day off I get.

Edit: Sorry, i keep messing up the number in ~DarkDaria713's dA name

]]> ~Paladin343 They don't rhyme http://Paladin343.deviantart.com/journal/22912223/ http://Paladin343.deviantart.com/journal/22912223/ Fri, 30 Jan 2009 20:15:03 PST [link] . In 750 words or less, write a memorable essay about how you are the best candidate to win $10,000.

Mine is about my name, and how hard it is to rhyme, and how that relates to my personality. *shrug*

]]> ~Paladin343 Huh. http://Paladin343.deviantart.com/journal/22696218/ http://Paladin343.deviantart.com/journal/22696218/ Tue, 20 Jan 2009 14:57:55 PST
I slept an HOUR past my alarm--thank goodness I eat breakfast fast, or else I woulda been REALLY late to school. As it was, I got there with a minute to spare. And then I realized I'd forgotten to do my homework all weekend (shh!!), and had to take two quizzes. Then was the inauguration, and that was cool. I liked the music, and the speech was awesome. And then I fell down the stairs between the assembly and my psych class, scraped a knee, bruised my shins and seriously twisted my ankle. And then I found out that I have two major assignments due tomorrow.

...In about four minutes, I gots to poof so I can do them...

And I wrote another page of Paladin in my notebook, will type it when possible.

]]> ~Paladin343 Something that looked interesting. http://Paladin343.deviantart.com/journal/22683096/ http://Paladin343.deviantart.com/journal/22683096/ Mon, 19 Jan 2009 21:12:17 PST

did this one tag on her journal, and I tried it, but then I realized that my messages were mostly the same. Concern, worry, wanting to hear from some but understanding that they were busy.

I'm a worrier, what can I say?

Nothing new from a writing standpoint, except that I wrote a flashfic in the A Small Exchange continuum for my Creative Writing.

First dance rehearsal for the musical I'm in. Heh. Because I put myself in the group on top of a six-foot platform, all I have to do is wave my arms around artfully, thankfully.

]]> ~Paladin343 Cold enough to freeze... http://Paladin343.deviantart.com/journal/22591950/ http://Paladin343.deviantart.com/journal/22591950/ Fri, 16 Jan 2009 08:41:49 PST
So here, I am, up far too early (got up at eight), home on a Thursday because the temperature on the thermometer (last time I checked) was -15 degrees (or -26 and change, Celsius), not accounting for windchill. Because that's dangerous for walkers-to-school and kids at bus stops, they closed the entire school district.

So forget snow days, I've got a COLD DAY! So far, I've spent it writing. Speaking of writing:

Story: Paladin
Date: 1-16-09
Wordcount (initial):20,789
Wordcount (current): 22,682
Wordcount (goal): 40,789

I know, halfway through the month and I'm barely there. Sorry.

(Edit: still here. Still waaay below freezing. Aaaand still in my pajamas at 10:40 AM...

)

]]> ~Paladin343 Aaaagh! http://Paladin343.deviantart.com/journal/22403789/ http://Paladin343.deviantart.com/journal/22403789/ Sun, 04 Jan 2009 21:05:47 PST
Quick journal before i'm frogmarched up to bed.

Story: Paladin
Date: 1-04-09
Wordcount (initial):20,789
Wordcount (current): 20,898
Wordcount (goal): 40,789

]]> ~Paladin343 JaNo http://Paladin343.deviantart.com/journal/22368998/ http://Paladin343.deviantart.com/journal/22368998/ Sat, 03 Jan 2009 07:36:32 PST [link] and scrolling all the way to the bottom, and I'm going to add 20,000 words to it, come hell or high water, by January 31st.

I know I owe

a journal-tag, but I wanted to do this first while I prepare that.

Story: Paladin
Date: 1-03-09
Wordcount (initial):20,789
Wordcount (current): 20,791
Wordcount (goal): 40,789

There's a cat on my left hand. That is all.

]]> ~Paladin343 so... http://Paladin343.deviantart.com/journal/22358208/ http://Paladin343.deviantart.com/journal/22358208/ Fri, 02 Jan 2009 16:37:14 PST
Yeah.

So anyway. Could those who have not and are fantasy-reader-types please look over A Small Exchange? I'm trying to improve it before I post it over at FP. (for those who didn't know, i have a page over at Fictionpress.com, at this [link] . Unlike here, you can review even if you aren't a member.)

i have the rest of today (the 2nd), tomorrow and Sunday the 3rd and 4th... and then I have to start getting up at 5:45 in the morning again. Piffle.

]]> ~Paladin343 why hello http://Paladin343.deviantart.com/journal/22291594/ http://Paladin343.deviantart.com/journal/22291594/ Wed, 31 Dec 2008 00:23:17 PST
Ekai is a character of mine, for those who don't know. Like most of my characters, he lives in my head, and takes up a bit of my mind at all times. Last night, he wanted to use the rest of my mind as a blanket and teddy bear. Thus getting the rest of me to bed despite what I had to say about it.

Anyway. What's odd is that, right about now on any other day, I'd be doing more than yawning occasionally. For one thing, I wouldn't be NEARLY so coherent.

I've mostly been spending this time since my friends went to bed reading webcomics and writing. Oh, and eating popcorn. I made that around 12:30.

Well anyway, it's New Year's Eve (it is, isn't it? Weeeeeird) and I ought to go to bed so I can get up so I can stay up later.

Oh! And random news: the orthodontist says I get my dang braces off in February. FINALLY.

I go back to school on the fifth. so I have six days left. I guess I'll start studying for those two finals I have left on the second.

It's cold, all the snow is gone and the world outside is dark and dreary. Ah well. That's why i spend my time downstairs in the basement, where there's plenty of light and color.

I oughta clean my room sometime.

]]> ~Paladin343 Deck us all with Boston Charlie http://Paladin343.deviantart.com/journal/22192315/ http://Paladin343.deviantart.com/journal/22192315/ Thu, 25 Dec 2008 14:06:00 PST

Yes, so a better day today. Woke up, opened presents, had breakfast, spent about two and a half hours de-icing the driveway (with a fifteen-minute break for unsticking Dad's car from a snowbank, with the help of my sister, mother, and my neighbor's sons and grandsons), and then the rest of the time I've been here. About two hours.

So what did I get? For one thing, my dad managed to somehow get a hold on a used laptop from my school. How do I know this? Same model, it's got a green sticker on it (means it came from the Humanities B laptop trolley), the battery's shot and I recognize the pattern of scratches on the top. I have called him Greyling, but I don't know how long that will last. I haven't tried him out yet, because Dad's still reconfiguring him, but he has WIFI!! WHEE!!

I also got insanely soft slippers, a dream journal and a stuffed sheep from one of my mom's friends who volunteers at church like Mom and I do (she's the one who lent me Cat Deck the Halls, which I was reading earlier, and told me about the author). I got a crystal star necklace from my aunt and uncle. My stocking had chocolate, an orange, an ornament and two wind-up toys (

). Mom got me a gift certificate for a salon down the street and some very lovely sweaters, Dad gave me Greyling (who may end up being called Brett in the end... Brett wants a laptop named after him), and Lan got me a Coldplay album (Viva la Vida).

Hee.

But really, the best Christmas present we got was a bunch of guys putting their shoulders to the back of Dad's car, for no other reason than that we had a problem and we were their dad/grandad's neighbors.

Oh, and my sister refuses to accept my apology for inflicting Twilight upon her--she wants to read it just so she can make fun of it more easily... and it was on sale...

Oh and the plan for next year is a round-robin art/story trade, whichever is easier/more fun for the participant.

]]> ~Paladin343 Holidays http://Paladin343.deviantart.com/journal/22174551/ http://Paladin343.deviantart.com/journal/22174551/ Wed, 24 Dec 2008 19:19:45 PST
Yeah, and then the year before that, I did that features thing.

So this is my third dA Christmas. I don't have presents for anyone, sorry. I'm working on some stuff though.

I owe Mayaj "Angel With the Devil Wings," I owe platinummyr "Wanderer's Lament," I have a chapter of Paladin and a chapter of A Small Exchange to write... Plus a picture in my head keeps buggin' me but I don't know how to draw it. And I need to find my camera's cord so I can upload a crapload of pictures. yay!

Sorry if I seem unhappy. I'm not. I'm just finding it hard to get in the spirit lately. *shrug*

]]> ~Paladin343 Tiny (NOT) go Poof http://Paladin343.deviantart.com/journal/22073860/ http://Paladin343.deviantart.com/journal/22073860/ Fri, 19 Dec 2008 19:26:20 PST
EDIT: He's still around. I call him Schroeder now, after the Peanuts character. Dad calls him Felix the Feral.

We think he's just trading off hiding spots, our porch and someplace else, and living off whatever he can find.

]]> ~Paladin343 wellllll http://Paladin343.deviantart.com/journal/22064081/ http://Paladin343.deviantart.com/journal/22064081/ Fri, 19 Dec 2008 10:01:20 PST
In the meantime, this means that you are about to be flooded with comments and very likely with faves too. It also means that FP people can look forward to a flood of reviews from me as I finally can get to the seventy-some stories sitting in my inbox since last June. I can write more, I can catch up on my comics...

these two weeks are going to hurt when they go...

]]> ~Paladin343 Finals. http://Paladin343.deviantart.com/journal/22005993/ http://Paladin343.deviantart.com/journal/22005993/ Mon, 15 Dec 2008 20:57:46 PST Wednesday: i forget
Thursday: i forget
Friday: Spanish final, Auto final

Also measuring for my costume for the play tomorrow.

Me go sleep.

]]> ~Paladin343 HOLY CRAP! http://Paladin343.deviantart.com/journal/21986064/ http://Paladin343.deviantart.com/journal/21986064/ Sun, 14 Dec 2008 18:18:58 PST
After many years of trying and failing, I finally got into my school's annual musical. This year it's Aida, the Elton John rock musical. I'm in the chorus for "Dance of the Robe" and "The Gods Love Nubia".

To really understand how awesome this is for me, you have to understand: not only do I have SERIOUS inferiority issues coupled with a love of singing and acting, but I also am naturally klutzy and unsuited for dancing unless I have a long time to learn.

My inferiority complex tells me that everyone else is better than me. When under pressure, I never see that the other people are making mistakes too, and all my mistakes are blown way out of proportion in my mind.

My love of singing and acting is usually shown through my participation in the school choir and when I read aloud. I like doing different voices.

I have three right feet. No, wait, that's my left. ...'Nuff said.

...Please pardon me while I EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!

Oh yeah, and those of you who did

's survey... [link] (the results)

]]> ~Paladin343 AWwwwww alert http://Paladin343.deviantart.com/journal/21969962/ http://Paladin343.deviantart.com/journal/21969962/ Sat, 13 Dec 2008 20:01:23 PST
Thursday, my mom discovered that there was a kitten living under our porch. We have a cement porch, but generations of chipmunks and ants have been digging under it, and there's probably a sizable hole under it. The kitten is living in that hole.

Yesterday she started feeding him--he's only about four or five months old, and TINY. I saw him last night, and then when he looked up and saw Charlie (a rather imposing figure, at five years old) staring at him, the kitten freaked out and squeezed into a hole about a handspan wide between two paving stones edging the porch.

This morning the cat came out again in daylight while I was near the window. It's an itty-bitty gray floofball. I immediately dubbed the cat "Tiny Cat" or "Tiny" for short. My dad has said many times that we would have no more cats (we HAVE three), but Mom told me in private that she'd already picked out a name for Tiny if Tiny is a boy. "Francis" for Francis of Assisi, the patron of animals. Given the pattern of our cats' names (Charlie, Linus and Lucy), I suggested "Schroeder" if Tiny's a boy and "Peppermint Patti" (Pepper for short) if Tiny's a girl.

We set up a box with a blanket in it on the porch, since the weather is getting nasty (snow and sleet, driving wind, lovely stuff) and we hope the kitten will use it. Next time I can get within view of Tiny with a camera, I'll take a picture.

All right, all together now...

"Awwwwwww!"

]]> ~Paladin343 whee http://Paladin343.deviantart.com/journal/21948650/ http://Paladin343.deviantart.com/journal/21948650/ Fri, 12 Dec 2008 14:31:05 PST
Agenda:
English: Sec 3 of paper (Mon), exam (Tues)
Psych: Paper (Tues), study guide (Tues), Exam (Wed)
Choir: exam, learn Haydn solo
Spanish: study, exam (Fri)
Auto: study, exam (Fri)
Math: study, exam (Wed)

I answers my comments, I goes to naptimes.

]]> ~Paladin343 ...so far so good http://Paladin343.deviantart.com/journal/21934778/ http://Paladin343.deviantart.com/journal/21934778/ Thu, 11 Dec 2008 23:34:39 PST
Agenda:
English: Sec 2&3 of paper (Fri, Mon), exam
Psych: Paper (Tues), study early chapters, Exam
Choir: 12-bar blues in F exercise (tonight), exam
Spanish: study (NEXT Thursday), exam
Auto: study, exam
Math: packet (Fri), exam

Been reading the Redwall series off and on lately. it's nice once in a while to read a book where the bad guys are always bad and the good guys are always good, and you can tell them apart really easily.

Edit: HATE ESSAYS HATE HATE HATE HATE goodnight. One down, three to go.

]]> ~Paladin343 Oh noes NEW INFO http://Paladin343.deviantart.com/journal/21902499/ http://Paladin343.deviantart.com/journal/21902499/ Tue, 09 Dec 2008 18:32:16 PST

I'm not sure how but my computer was infected by a Trojan (a VIRUS! Get your minds out of the gutter!) and because my computer is connected to almost every other computer in the house, my regular computer is now disconnected from the network. Huzzah that I have THREE PAPERS AND SEVERAL OTHER COMPUTER-RELATED ASSIGNMENTS DUE THIS WEEK!!

I guess I can write the papers on here, save them as .rtfs, and print them off at school.

Oh, by the way, if you like humor (fantasy OR sci-fi) I totally recommend Robert Asprin. The Myth series is fantasy and has lots and lots of puns (you can't miss them, the word Myth is in every title somewhere), the Phule series is more situational humor (though still with the punny titles; just look for Phule), and then Dragons Wild is the start of a new series that's mostly situational humor. what I mean by situational humor is pretty well described by one of my favorite sections of Dragons Wild:

"Tell me, Griffen," he said, "what do you know about dragons?"

The youth blinked in surprise at the sudden change of subject.

"Um... I don't know," he said finally. Mythical beast... big lizards that fly and breathe fire. Why do you ask?"

Malcolm smiled at him.

"Wrong on every count... except one," he said, ignoring Griffen's question. "Not surprising, really."

"Okay." Griffen shrugged. "We'll leave it that they're mythical beasts. What does that have to do with anything?"

Malcolm pursed his lips as if to whistle, then exhaled a small jet of flame to light his cigar. Griffen's eyes widened even more as his mind whirled.

"That wasn't the point you were right on," he said.

See? There's no outright joke... it's just funny because of the situation... a college kid who is certain that dragons don't exist, just got told by his uncle, a rich businessman, that not only DO they exist, he IS one.

so yeah.

]]> ~Paladin343 jiggety jig http://Paladin343.deviantart.com/journal/21757700/ http://Paladin343.deviantart.com/journal/21757700/ Sun, 30 Nov 2008 22:04:55 PST
Very late-late. I had fun. Never got to see Niagara Falls but that's okay, we missed most of the snow except on the way home today when it was all white and now it's slushy squishy. hope it melts away or freezes up so that it doesn't get in my shoes tomorrow when i'm heading back from the bus stop. I need new shoes, these ones are wimpy shoes that broke seams after only one year. I have old shoes that STILL haven't broken seams in.... six no eight years. Their soles are shot to hell but they NEVER BROKE SEAMS!!

I'm babbling sorry. Very tired. Psych paper to write because Lan wouldn't let me use her laptop for long enough on the trip. Piffle. Finished it at least.

No book of my choice for me, Tally, I never broke 10,000 much less 20,000. Oops. oh well, I'll finish up the story and then i can get back to characters who talk back.

Go sleepsies now. Will try to catch up with 317 devs and 25 messages tomorrow, not to mention an Inbox and bookmark folder full of FP stories to read and TOO MUCH CRAP TO DO goodnight.

]]> ~Paladin343 Estoy aqui http://Paladin343.deviantart.com/journal/21700424/ http://Paladin343.deviantart.com/journal/21700424/ Thu, 27 Nov 2008 13:48:19 PST
Now I'm in Boston (got in last evening) and I saw Tesh for the first time since this January when she came for my confirmation.

By the way, Tesh is

. XD

]]> ~Paladin343 Oh, right http://Paladin343.deviantart.com/journal/21655830/ http://Paladin343.deviantart.com/journal/21655830/ Mon, 24 Nov 2008 21:27:27 PST
Gonna see TESH! And Niagara Falls. And TESH! and Boston. And TESH!!!! Neehee! (I can see your house from here, Tesh... XD)

]]> ~Paladin343 NOTICE http://Paladin343.deviantart.com/journal/21651423/ http://Paladin343.deviantart.com/journal/21651423/ Mon, 24 Nov 2008 16:44:42 PST
I am disappointed to report that a commenter on one of my pieces had the temerity and utter ill-manners to deliberately pick a fight with another commenter, in public. I would have been far less pissed if they had taken it to notes, but this guy had to provoke it on a piece that had nothing to do with the subject of his rant.

This conversation has been hidden in its entirety and the problem person blocked. I hope this will not happen again.

Thank you, ~DarkDaria713 for bringing that to my attention.

]]> ~Paladin343 Check this out http://Paladin343.deviantart.com/journal/21613999/ http://Paladin343.deviantart.com/journal/21613999/ Sat, 22 Nov 2008 12:34:40 PST

, who is conducting some sort of psych survey. Really easy, just three questions. Click this [link] .

]]> ~Paladin343 The Official College Journal Entry http://Paladin343.deviantart.com/journal/21601520/ http://Paladin343.deviantart.com/journal/21601520/ Tue, 09 Dec 2008 16:43:11 PST
So far:
Accepted:
-Illinois State (invitation to Honors Program, no scholarship -yet-)
-Mizzou (small scholarship)
-Coe (decent scholarship, invitation to try for WAY more)
-Elmhurst (decent scholarship, opportunities for some more)
-Drake (no automatic scholarships, possibly try for more)

Rejected:
NONE!

Still to hear from:
Grinnell (?)
Wash U (Letter in March-April)
Lake Forest (letter in March)

]]> ~Paladin343 I can has cameo! http://Paladin343.deviantart.com/journal/21552916/ http://Paladin343.deviantart.com/journal/21552916/ Tue, 18 Nov 2008 15:27:08 PST [link]

heeheehee

Been sick yesterday and today. whee.

]]> ~Paladin343 Meh http://Paladin343.deviantart.com/journal/21471474/ http://Paladin343.deviantart.com/journal/21471474/ Thu, 13 Nov 2008 15:15:46 PST

) gave me M.

Ten things I like that start with the letter M...

1) Making up stories
2) Milk!
3) Morning-insulting
4) MMORPGs
5) Madefication(on my own terms)
6) Magic
7) Mountains
8) Music
9) Mythology
10) Muffins

If you would like, ask and i will give you a letter.

]]> ~Paladin343 please please please http://Paladin343.deviantart.com/journal/21445817/ http://Paladin343.deviantart.com/journal/21445817/ Tue, 11 Nov 2008 20:26:25 PST
]]> ~Paladin343 nano http://Paladin343.deviantart.com/journal/21411317/ http://Paladin343.deviantart.com/journal/21411317/ Sun, 09 Nov 2008 19:31:53 PST
Considering posting the rest of what I have of A Small Exchange and then using the other idea I had for the rest of NaNo.

Odd Thomas is awesome, by the way. I highly recommend his story, written by Dean Koontz. Odd Thomas, Forever Odd, Brother Odd, and the newest one, which I haven't read, is Odd Hours.

]]> ~Paladin343 no job http://Paladin343.deviantart.com/journal/21376337/ http://Paladin343.deviantart.com/journal/21376337/ Fri, 07 Nov 2008 17:09:02 PST
]]> ~Paladin343 ...This is crazy but true. http://Paladin343.deviantart.com/journal/21342268/ http://Paladin343.deviantart.com/journal/21342268/ Thu, 06 Nov 2008 17:33:56 PST
Today he calls me and says that the head manager said that if I could come in TOMORROW for an interview during my lunch hour, I was hired. Like that. I'm totally serious.

Now I just need a ride from school to the restaurant...

EDIT:

Here's the deal... it's 16 hours a week: four days in a row, four hours a day. This means i won't have as much time on here (much less time for homework) as I'd hoped. I hope to keep doing NaNo, but my Monday through Thursday is going to be tight-packed.

For 8.50 an hour though...

Those of you in the ranks of the employed... advice?

]]> ~Paladin343 DUDE! http://Paladin343.deviantart.com/journal/21304119/ http://Paladin343.deviantart.com/journal/21304119/ Mon, 03 Nov 2008 16:41:38 PST
That is all. Thank you.

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]]> ~Paladin343 A Small Exchange http://Paladin343.deviantart.com/journal/21267807/ http://Paladin343.deviantart.com/journal/21267807/ Sat, 01 Nov 2008 18:24:20 PDT
Rielle has a crush on Erik. Erik admires Rielle though he doesn't know it's Rielle he admires. Shi'hala is a High Fae with a claim on Erik that she does not want to forfeit, much less to some mortal snip of a girl. So she strikes a deal with Rielle. Meanwhile, Erik's father isn't above a little surreptitious sabotage. A little A Little Mermaid, a little Tam Lin, a little old-fashioned fae intrigue.

Having trouble logging on to NaNoWriMo.org, but that'll clear up soon enough.

Just finished Soul Music, Terry Pratchett. Susan Sto Helit has entered my list of favorite Pratchett characters.

EDIT: Am I the only one having trouble with the NaNo word counter?

]]> ~Paladin343 A Small Exchange meme http://Paladin343.deviantart.com/journal/21223703/ http://Paladin343.deviantart.com/journal/21223703/ Wed, 29 Oct 2008 19:59:43 PDT
1. choose a few of your own characters. Five at the most.
2. make them answer the following questions.
3. then tag three people.
4. feel free to go ahead and add some questions yourself!!

OCs:
Rielle
Erik
Shi'hala

how old are you?
Rielle: Seventeen.

Erik: Almost eighteen. Just a few weeks to go!
Shi'hala: I have lived through thousands of mortal generations.

what's your height?
Rielle: Um... five-six? I think?
Erik: Glad to be six-two. I used to be a shrimp.
Shi'hala: *raises eyebrow*

are you a virgin?
Rielle:

Erik: Yeah, so?
Shi'hala: *faint smile*

who's your mate/spouse?
Rielle: *quick glance at Erik*

Shi'hala: *GLARES AT RIELLE*
Erik: I don't have a girlfriend at the moment. *is completely clueless*

do you have any kids?
Erik: Of course not!
Rielle: No, of course.
Shi'hala: I would not lower myself.

what's your favourite food?
Rielle: I like beef jerky, actually.
Erik: Really? Me too!
Rielle:

Shi'hala: Food is irrelevant.

What's your favourite ice cream flavor?
Rielle: I like cookie dough.
Erik: Mint chocolate chip.
Shi'hala: *narrows eyes*

have you killed anyone?
Rielle: No! Of course not!
Erik:

Bugs, yeah. People, no.
Shi'hala:

do you hate anyone?
Rielle: No, I'd never hate anyone. I'm a very forgiving person, really.
Erik: There is a very short list. Pray you're not on it.

Just kidding.
Shi'hala: Prince Tryalan... *snarl*
Erik: Prince... Tryalan...? He was my imaginary friend when I was a kid!
Shi'hala: Imaginary friend, indeed.

have any secrets?
Rielle: *glances at Erik* Not any... worth mentioning here...
Erik: Sure, who doesn't?
Shi'hala: For once, child, you say something worthwhile.

do you love anyone?
Rielle:

Erik: You know, there's this one person who writes poems for the school literary magazine... I'm the editor-in-chief of it... she writes very well. If she'd put her name down instead of just L...
Shi'hala: Love?

what is your job?
Rielle: Student.
Erik: Senior in high school.
Shi'hala: I need no work.

boy or girl?
Erik: You wait until NOW to ask?
Rielle: I'm a girl.
Shi'hala: I am female.

what do you do to relax?
Rielle: I'm a poet.
Erik: I write stories, or go swimming.
Shi'hala: I... play... with people. *evil smile*

what do you think your life expectancy is?
Rielle: about as long as anyone else's. eighty?
Erik: Same.
Shi'hala: I have eternity, if I wish. He hopes for eighty? With his father's blood, he could live thrice that.
Erik: Who are you talking about?

Last words?
Rielle: Um... have a nice day. I'm not usually this... incoherent...
Erik: seeya
Shi'hala: Sweet dreams...

I tag anyone who thinks this might be fun.

]]> ~Paladin343 ... http://Paladin343.deviantart.com/journal/21222955/ http://Paladin343.deviantart.com/journal/21222955/ Wed, 29 Oct 2008 19:10:34 PDT I'm still tired, I can't afford to miss any more school, and I have to be at school forty-five minutes early two days in a row to make up those labs, and stay two hours after at some point to make up gym.

mother of GOD I'm so tired.... I fell asleep in math class. I haven't fallen asleep in class since the second grade... and that was deliberate.

Still can't find my dad's beloved old copy of Catch-22.

I'm so screwed...

]]> ~Paladin343 Someone just shoot me... http://Paladin343.deviantart.com/journal/21207355/ http://Paladin343.deviantart.com/journal/21207355/ Tue, 28 Oct 2008 18:36:50 PDT write and edit, ~~two math assignments,~~ Auto labs makeup 1 and 2, gym makeups one and 2 and two Spanish assignments to make up, I'm failing Spanish, I just had to tell a very sweet guy who's been dumped a lot that I wasn't interested that way, I've got a helluva lot of things i'm not sure about related to that, I'm still tired, I'm still a little sick and can't afford to miss any more school, and I have to be at school forty-five minutes early two days in a row to make up those labs, and stay two hours after at some point to make up gym.

Oh, and let's not forget that i have to calm down and apologize to a teacher whom I sent a request for a recommendation letter without asking her because I'd forgotten to... and i need to start looking for scholarships... and mother of GOD I'm so tired....

I think I've learned where senioritis comes from... all that at once and the temptation to just say 'screw it all' gets soooooooooooo good-looking...

Oh yeah, AND I lost my dad's beloved old copy of Catch-22 that HE got in high school and i expect it's in the school trash dumpster now because it was old, had tape reinforcing the binding and otherwise looked worthless.

Oh, and I caused one of my teachers to blow his stack and take back one of his favorite pieces of music from our upcoming Christmas concert because i kept coming in the wrong part and I didn't KNOW and he'd been having a bad day already and I just made it worse for him and it's all my fault.

And this is me ON my medication.

Screw it. I have a paper to write.

]]> ~Paladin343 ugh http://Paladin343.deviantart.com/journal/21132024/ http://Paladin343.deviantart.com/journal/21132024/ Fri, 24 Oct 2008 07:46:05 PDT
See, this is what happens when I stint myself on sleep for about two weeks in a row. Not like I could have helped it. But yeah. Going now.

Enjoying the Elemental Masters series by Mercedes Lackey. It's really developed since I read The Fire Rose my freshman year. Sometime around then. And brushing up on my Discworld. Looking for more for my bookshelves--I've got The Color of Magic, The Light Fantastic, Wyrd Sisters, Jingo, Monstrous Regiment, Feet of Clay... yeah that's it. I've read Night Watch, Mort, Sourcery, Equal Rites and the three Tiffany Aching books too. <3 Pratchett. Good Omens was my first, and (don't kill me, Allie) I like Neil Gaiman but it's Terry Pratchett who really appeals to me. I prefer humor, parody and satire fantasy to dark fantasy most days.

Going to sleep for real now.

EDIT: Still home. Less tired, will write. Got an idea for NaNo now. Must hold on to it without writing anything for it, damisai. I don't know how Tally does it, comes up with Buckley's Chance months in advance, draws PICTURES and does INTERVIEWS but keeps herself from writing *whimper*

]]> ~Paladin343 I must be insane http://Paladin343.deviantart.com/journal/21120073/ http://Paladin343.deviantart.com/journal/21120073/ Thu, 23 Oct 2008 03:06:28 PDT
Also, check out my Johari Window... follow the instructions in the [link] and maybe try your own!

]]> ~Paladin343 Stolen (100 truths) http://Paladin343.deviantart.com/journal/21100186/ http://Paladin343.deviantart.com/journal/21100186/ Tue, 21 Oct 2008 18:21:26 PDT 002. Nickname â Case, usually. Not much you can do with my name. Oh, and Munchy is my dAZine name.
003. Status â Eh.
004. Zodiac sign â Western: Libra; Chinese: Horse.
005. Male or female â Giiiiirl.
006. Elementary â I liked it.
007. Middle School â Indescribably awful.
008. High School â Awesome. Except rarely, when it's not.
009. Smart â I'd like to think so but I do stupid things frequently.
010. Hair color â Plain brown, with a little red in summer.
011. Long or short â Usually just past shoulder-length, unless I got it cut recently; then it's exactly shoulder-length.
012. Loud or Quiet â Sometime you can't get me to speak, sometimes you can't get me to shut up.
013. Sweats or Jeans â Jeans. All the way.
014. Phone or Camera â This is a very vague question. Yes I have both. Sophie, my phone, and the Camera. He refuses to be named. Rather like the Luggage.
015. Health freak Â You kiddin'? I try to eat balanced but I've a sweet tooth and a fondness for bacon pizza.
016. Drink or Smoke? Â Both are physically impossible for me, for various reasons. For this I rejoice.
017. Do you have a crush on someone? â Not now. ...In the process of trying to figure out what to do about someone's crush on me though.
018. Eat or Drink â Umm... both are necessary for life? What IS with these vague questions?
019. Piercings â Nope
020. Tattoos â Maybe later but not likely.

FIRSTS:
023. First piercing â Nope.
024. First best friend â ...a girl named Lindsay. We drifted apart.
025. First award â I graduated from Safety Town! XD But my first real academic award was WordMasters Regional Champion in 4th grade, along with about five others in my class.
026. First crush â ...three guys at once. One went to another school, and the other two are dating friends of mine, and I don't mind because I was in junior high at the time.
027. First pet â Remington Junkyard and Ashley Trashcat!

Long story behind those names... they were both cats, by the way.
028. First big vacation â ...Road trip in '93. But I don't recall it.
030. First big birthday â ...Never was one much for that. Unless you count the little-kid ones that seemed big at the time. In which case, totally Chuck E. Cheese's when I was 4.

CURRENTLY:
049. Eating â Just finished dinner. Pepperoni pizza.
050. Drinking â nothing
052. I'm about to â try not to think about homework just yet
053. Listening to â the computers humming. About to put on the Paladin/Ekai/

mix
054. Plans for today â Homework. catching up on comics. Reading. Maybe leveling my D&D characters if I've got time.
55. Waiting for â nothing in particular.

YOUR FUTURE:
058. Want kids? â Not now, maybe later.
059. Want to get married? Â Only if I find the right person.
060. Careers in mind Â Writer, psychologist, therapist, social worker, advice columnist.

WHICH IS BETTER WITH GIRL/BOY?
068. Lips or eyes â Eyes. Totally.
070. Shorter or taller? Â Same height, preferably, give or take a few inches, but I'm not picky.
072. Romantic or spontaneous â Romantic. Granted, my idea of 'romance' is a bit atypical...
073. Nice stomach or nice arms â Not picky.
074. Sensitive or loud â Sensitive. All. The. Way.
075. Hook-up or relationship â Relationship. I'll settle for no less.
077. Trouble maker or hesitant â Hesitant. But not too hesitant.

HAVE YOU EVER:
080. Lost glasses/contacts â Yes. For a day or two, found them under my bed, popped the lens back in and voila.
081. Ran away from home â Considered it as a kid. Talked myself out of it.
084. Broken someones heart â ...i might.
085. Been arrested â Nope.
087. Cried when someone died â Oh, yeah. I'm useless at a funeral.

DO YOU BELIEVE IN:
089. Yourself â Sometimes.
090. Miracles â I'd love to.
091. Love at first sight â ...Physical attraction doesn't work for me.
092. Heaven â Yes.
093. Santa Claus â no, but sometimes I wish I was still young enough to.
094. Sex on the first date â OH HELL NO
095. Kiss on the first date â ...unlikely but maybe

ANSWER TRUTHFULLY:
097. Is there one person you want to be with right now â not really.
098. Are you seriously happy with where you are in life â No. But it's not going to get much better than this.
099. Do you believe in God â Yup.
100. Post as 100 tru... ]]> ~Paladin343 STEAL! http://Paladin343.deviantart.com/journal/20882103/ http://Paladin343.deviantart.com/journal/20882103/ Tue, 07 Oct 2008 21:36:31 PDT Casey...
1.) is female.
2.) will be eighteen in a week and three days.
3.) is a senior in high school.
4.) is a lover of tabletop RPGs.
5.) is a lover of most art.
6.) is a bit of an scatterbrained klutz.
7.) seems unorganized but truly can usually find anything.
8.) hopes to be able to help everyone as much as she can.
9.) does whatever she's told. ...90% of the time.
10.) would like to be friends with everyone, but has been rejected enough to understand that some people don't feel the same way.
11.) is tired of, yet addicted to, living up to expectations.
12.) wants to write, help people with their emotional and behavioral problems, after college... both if possible...
13.) loves most music
14.) can sorta-kinda-ish play the piano and harmonica.
15.) still isn't entirely secure in her sexual orientation.
16.) adores webcomics.
17.) wants to finish at least one of the big stories before she dies. At least one.
18.) rejects both conformity and nonconformity as too fixed.
19.) takes four pills a day
20.) can yawn at will.
21.) names facets of her personality and calls them 'characters'.
22.) is a liberal-moderate Catholic.
23.) has a colder body temperature than average
24.) talks with her characters when walking a well-known path
25.) can change her gait at will
26.) is weird and tries to get others to accept this fact.
27.) has as much fun knitting as working on cars.
28.) has little to no sense of personal space.
29.) enjoys engaging in discussion over philosophical questions, strange phrases in the English language, and why zombies need brains.
30.) is an independent person... or likes to think she is.
31.) a somewhat creative writer with an odd sense of humor.
32.) adores a well-made, well-timed pun.
33.) wonders whatever will happen to all her stories that never got past the 'bits and pieces' stage.
34.) could never cross over to the "bad" side. Ever.
35.) mostly texts her mom.
36.) is capable of sitting still for hours.
37.) despises 'chick flicks' in general.
38.) would never fish for compliments, but often wishes she dared.
39.) hates makeup.
40.) can be picky at times.
41.) given enough time, can imitate an accent.
42.) easily places trust, until betrayed.
43.) Prefers email and IM to talking.
44.) can read music, if slowly.
45.) laughs with her mouth closed... a habit learned in a library.
46.) sometimes can't be made to speak... and sometimes can't be made to shut up.
47.) has never been good with crowds.
48.) wishes there were more time in the day.
49.) will one day have basic art skills.
50.) is willing to agree to disagree, and wish others in RL were as generous.

No tags, but if you steal, everything you put must be true.

]]> ~Paladin343 Oh no... and a rant http://Paladin343.deviantart.com/journal/20845237/ http://Paladin343.deviantart.com/journal/20845237/ Sun, 05 Oct 2008 15:56:34 PDT
I just registered to vote today. On that note, some things I think about voting.

Politics suck. They've sucked since the Gilded Age, when Grover Cleveland was lampooned over an unconfirmed allegation of siring a child out of wedlock. They weren't much better before, but that's when things really got bad. As far as I'm concerned, this country would be loads better if politicians kept their promises or quit makin' them, if they admitted that personal attacks really don't have much of a point and quit making those too... *sigh*

As it is, though, politics suck. That, however, is no excuse not to vote. Your vote may not seem to make a difference, but it does. Think about it. If you vote, you're making your preference known. You know you have preferences. You may not prefer one party specifically over another, but on at least one issue, you believe one thing or another. However, if you don't vote, the people who are supposed to be speaking for you have no idea what it is you want. Therefore, you're extremely likely to be stuck with what you DON'T want.

So what would you rather? A fifty-fifty chance of getting what you want out of your city, your county, your state and your country? Or would you rather play Russian roulette with your government's policies?

Vote, dammit.

ANYway... writing when I can. thanks to those who responded to the previous journal.

HUGS FOR ALL!

]]> ~Paladin343 ...help... http://Paladin343.deviantart.com/journal/20800313/ http://Paladin343.deviantart.com/journal/20800313/ Thu, 02 Oct 2008 20:29:55 PDT
All right, now to your part... I. Need. Help. It sounds nuts, since I copy-edit for fun, but I always have trouble editing my own work.

If one or two people who either are excellent essayists or have been accepted into college (preferably both, but I'll take what I can get right now) could note me please? I have three essays to work on, and two of them really, really need help.

In other news, I donated blood today for the first time and I am going to take pictures at the next band competition so you all can see the difference between band camp photos (yet to be downloaded... God I'm slow) and our three-quarters-finished product.

Writing. It keeps me sane.

]]> ~Paladin343 shocking, really... http://Paladin343.deviantart.com/journal/20744737/ http://Paladin343.deviantart.com/journal/20744737/ Mon, 29 Sep 2008 15:57:15 PDT
Maybe I should explain before people start freaking out...

Saturday was rock awesome (yes that seems to be my new favorite phrase). The marching band swept our class for the competition, and was one-third of a point from winning Grand Champion. So Saturday was cool.

Sunday... eh... late night, got up early, forgot to wear long pants so I couldn't be a eucharistic minister when they needed me, lots of homework. Sunday night, I was shifting my weight in my office chair, and the left armrest broke off completely. It's in my garbage can now. That's how completely it broke off. Problem was, there's a metal pole that's structurally significant next to where my left armrest usually is. So when my armrest broke, my left pinkie was jammed between the pole and the armrest. Now that was Ow enough.

(no break by the way, just a jam and a helluva huge bruise.) I'm right handed, mostly. (that is, most of my fine motor stuff is right-handed.) Buy I do a lot of picking-up of stuff with my left hand. but the inside of my pinkie is one huge bruise, so i can't grip right. so everything takes longer and i keep getting flashes of Ow every time i try to use the left-hand shift key normally.

so the inside of my left pinkie is purple. heehee pinkie is purple... nevermind. this is just randomness, sorry, it's just been bugging me all day how much harder doing stuff is with the loss of, of all fingers, the pinkie of my off hand.

]]> ~Paladin343 insert chapter here http://Paladin343.deviantart.com/journal/20661087/ http://Paladin343.deviantart.com/journal/20661087/ Thu, 25 Sep 2008 20:09:03 PDT
Note to any and all who had followed me on FictionPress (see website), I am, in fact, writing Paladin. Slowly, but I am. I realized I was burning myself out trying to force out a story and that totally screwed me up. I'm now trying to get a buffer of maybe three chapters before I post the next one to FP. I'm on the second of that three-chapter buffer now.

Gnight.

EDIT:

second chapter of buffer finished! One more and you can has Paladin!\

Also, considering which place to post The Vanished Prince, Soren and Flavian's story. Here or FP? Both?

]]> ~Paladin343 ... http://Paladin343.deviantart.com/journal/20512549/ http://Paladin343.deviantart.com/journal/20512549/ Mon, 15 Sep 2008 19:49:22 PDT
Okay. For one of my college applications the prompt asked for a piece of art that influenced me and why. Specifically, "Describe a character in fiction, a historical figure, or a creative work (as in art, music, science, etc.) that has had an influence on you, and explain that influence."

So I wrote about my all-time favorite webcomic, 1/0. 1/0 (read as "one over zero") concluded four years before I found it--it's only a thousand strips long, with only a dozen characters total... thirteen if you count the Running Gag. But it is the most complex and rich comic I have ever, ever read, with the best ending in the business, so far as I'm concerned. Go read it at this [link] .

Do it. You won't regret it. Unless you really, really think that a webcomic needs insanely-fantastic art to be worthwhile.

That's my shameless plug for the day.

]]> ~Paladin343 yeurgh. http://Paladin343.deviantart.com/journal/20489685/ http://Paladin343.deviantart.com/journal/20489685/ Sun, 14 Sep 2008 13:09:22 PDT
I've just been sleeping a lot and cleaning my room when i can, hoping that cleaning out the dust will make my life easier.

Doubt I'll be going to school tomorrow unless this breaks.

Ugh complaining over.

I actually got some writing done (like, updateable writing) so I'll be doing that asap. Like, when I can go two minutes without sneezing.

]]> ~Paladin343 Ugh vs Whee! http://Paladin343.deviantart.com/journal/20436494/ http://Paladin343.deviantart.com/journal/20436494/ Thu, 11 Sep 2008 10:15:00 PDT
I'm told that what comes out of my mouth/keyboard during "whee!" mode is hilarious, but right now I'm halfway between, just got up from sleeping for... eh... eight nine ten eleven twelve... five hours.

Oh mother of God my headache is back. It arcs around my right eye but it's centered in my upper sinus... mom thinks it might be an early sinus infection.

well, the good news is I'm here... XD

]]> ~Paladin343 How do you know if you're a pirate? http://Paladin343.deviantart.com/journal/20428768/ http://Paladin343.deviantart.com/journal/20428768/ Wed, 10 Sep 2008 18:59:01 PDT arr or you aren't.

I came up with that during my math test.

Today was Pirate Day at school, continuing the Under the Sea homecoming week theme. So I did what any good nerdgeekette would do.

I dressed up as a ninja.

In other news, I'm just this side of sick (tiny fever, exhausted, nausea from post-nasal drip), I had two tests today, some important school materials got lost in the mail, and I have to get better by Friday for the homecoming game.

Oh, and my dad got a new motor scooter so he was fiddling with it all day.

It's red and it has a pillion seat so if I wanted to ride with him i might be able to if it doesn't go over weight capacity.

I have pictures. I shall put them up at some point. Hopefully this weekend.

]]> ~Paladin343 Writing News http://Paladin343.deviantart.com/journal/20220238/ http://Paladin343.deviantart.com/journal/20220238/ Fri, 29 Aug 2008 14:29:41 PDT else could I have done?) and we worked out an agreement. This is how it goes, in part:

1) Finish typing up what I have of a story that used to be called Firechild and now needs a new title.

2) Denise and Danrys want some work done on Mirror Mirror, and a rewrite.

3) Miri wants more work on a subplot I just began, as well as elements from various RPs I've done with her drawn into the story itself. Backstory elements, the like.

4) Ekai wants more work on the Equals script, no matter what, come hell or high water. He's threatened to invite the rest of the main characters into my head to nag me if I don't.

5) Casey had some good ideas to continue the chapter I'm on, as well as commenting that she and I wear our purses everywhere, so I'll either have to invent a reason why she's not wearing it when she leaves or add it into the story. She also wants me to work on the Avaduri, Tul-Hamiken and Cylanese languages.

6) Brett wants me to work more on Shadowmind.

7) And then Lena popped in to remind me about Platinummyr's song, and convinced Brett to wait.

Therefore, the order of work is Alyx/Merc/WTN, Mirror Mirror, Outcast, Equals script, Paladin, Wanderer's Lament song, and then Shadowmind. Various RPs will be scattered within.

Yes, I do have coherent conversations with my characters. I'm on cordial terms with most of them, and I'm friendly with Casey, Miri and Ekai. I firmly believe that if you just take the time to talk, you don't have to force your characters to do anything. Also, characters work better if they get to make their own input.

]]> ~Paladin343 I tagged myself http://Paladin343.deviantart.com/journal/20173304/ http://Paladin343.deviantart.com/journal/20173304/ Tue, 26 Aug 2008 19:04:39 PDT I don't really know how to tell you this, but I'm in love with your brother. I think I realized it when I quoted Santa outside of Chicago and I saw you carve your initials into my father. I'm sure you're ashamed enough to understand how awful I've felt. I'm returning your memories of the military service to you, but I'll keep the oil stocks as a memory. You should also know that I never will forget the apartment building.
Go and drown yourself,
CASEY

Rules: Do the Letter MEME, Tag 5 other People and leave them a comment informing them that they have been tagged.

Then copy the "How-to" Letter Meme, and finish your Journal entry .

How you do the Letter Meme:

Dear (the last person who left a comment on your Journal),
I don't really know how to tell you this, but ___1___. I think I realized it ___2___ ___3___ and I saw you ___4___ ___5___. I'm sure you're ___6___ enough to understand ___7___. I'm returning ___8___ to you, but I'll keep ___9___ as a memory. You should also know that I ___10___ ___11___.
___12___,
-Your name-

1. What's the color of your shirt?
Blue - Our romance is over
Red - Our affair is over
White - I'll join the monastery
Black - I dislike you
Green - Our horoscope doesn't match
Grey - You're a pervert
Yellow - I'm selling myself
Pink - Your nostrils are insulting
Brown - The mafia wants you
No shirt - You're a loser
Other - I'm in love with your sister/brother

2. Which is your birth month?
January - That night
February - Last year
March - When your dwarf bit me
April - When I tripped on sesame seeds
May - First of May
June - When you put cuffs on me
July - When I threw up
August - When I saw the shrunken head
September - When we skinny dipped
October - When I quoted Santa
November - When your dog ran amok
December - When I changed tennis shoes

3. Which food do you prefer?
Tacos - In your apartment
Pizza - In your camping car
Pasta - Outside of Chicago
Hamburgers - Under the bus
Salad - As you ate enchilada
Chicken - In your closet
Kebab - With Paris Hilton
Fish - In women's clothing
Sandwiches - At the Hare Krishna graduation
Lasagna - At the mental hospital
Hot dog - Under a state of trance
None of the above - With George Bush and his wife

4. What's the color of your socks?
Yellow - Hit on
Red - Insult
Black - Ignore
Blue - Knock out
Purple - Pour syrup on
White - Carve your initials into
Grey - Pull the clothes off
Brown - Put leeches on
Orange - Castrate
Pink - Pull the toupee off
Barefoot - Sit on
Other - Drive out

5. What's the color of your underwear?
Black - My best friend
White - My father
Grey - Bill Clinton
Brown - My fart balloon
Purple - My mustard soufflÃ©
Red - Donald Duck
Blue - My avocado plant
Yellow - My penpal in Ghana
Orange - My Kid Rock-collection
Pink - Manchester United's goalkeeper
None - My John F. Kennedy-statue
Other - The crazy monk

6. What do you prefer to watch on TV?
Scrubs - Man
O.C. - Emotional
One Tree Hill - Open
Heroes - Frostbitten
Lost - High
House Â Scared
Simpsons - Cowardly
The news - Mongolic
Idol - Masochistic
Family Guy - Senile
Top Model - Middle-class
None of the above - Ashamed

7. Your mood right now?
Happy - How awful I've felt
Sad - How boring you are
Bored - That Santa doesn't exist
Angry - That your pimples are at the last stage
Depressed - That we're cousins
Excited - That there is no solution to this.
Nervous - The middle-east
Worried - That your Honda sucks
Apathetic - That I did a sex-change
Ashamed - That I'm allergic to your hamster
Cuddly - That I get turned on by garbage men
Overjoyous - That I'm open
Other - That Extreme Home Makeover sucks

8. What's the color of your walls in your bedroom?
White - Your ring
Yellow - Your love letters
Red - Your Darth Vader-poster
Black - Your tame stone
Blue - The couch cushions
Green - The pictures from LA
Orange - Your false teeth
Brown - Your contact book
Grey - Our matching snoopy-bibs
Purple - Your old lottery coupons
Pink - The cut toenails
Other - Your memories from the military service

9. The first letter of your first name?
A/B - Your photo
C/D - The oil stocks
E/F - Your neighbour Martin
G/H - My virginity
I/J - The results of your blood-sample
K/L - Your left ear
M/N - Your suicide note
O/P - My common sense
Q/R - Your mom
S/T - Your collection of butterflies
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), is looking for staff members. Some positions that are open include Traditional Art columnist and three different Scout positions.

I can say from experience that it's cool, it's volunteer hours for anyone who's interested in that kind of stuff, and it's only once a month, so it doesn't take TOO much time to help out an awesome 'zine.

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