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[09 Nov 2006|12:13am] |
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Ski is currently: Sick and dying. ARGH. With a Bio exam tomorrow, Psych lab report due, Statistics test...not to MENTION the play premieres tomorrow. STRESSSSS. *death*
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[14 Sep 2006|10:57am] |
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He was low to the ground. So low that his underside was liberally smeared with thick mud thanks to last night's rain. If there had been a last night. It was hard to tell, because for the past week or so the moon had seemed to float, entirely unchanging, over the direct center of the plains, the Tesan. As though the heavens had frozen solid, and it was simply too far away to see the ice, the frost clinging to the moon's grey-yellow curves, the frozen fissures cracking and rubbing against one another's fault lines with tremendous noise within each crater. Of course, there isn't noise on the moon. His uncle had told him that; that there's a vacuum on the moon, and no air for noise to travel through. But how would his uncle know that?
He hated the moon.
He had come all the way to the Northen Cliffs, which now rose above him like a solid, unbroken line of sentinels. It reminded him of the demon hordes and how they had locked their shields together in front and on top, and then the ones in back would frog-jump to get over the top and spring on your head with their little knives. He dug his claws into the soft earth at the cliff's base, tentatively. It was damp, and a large chunk of moss and dirt slid off under this slight applied weight. It would be too steep to climb anyway.
His brother had told him that he had gotten up there once. The Alpha had spoken to his brother up there.
Tahovhan had never spoken to him. He wasn't important like his brother.
He debated using his wings. Why hadn't he thought of that before? Flight was a natural impulse, and the cliffs certainly were not so high that you could not mount them in the air. But he couldn't. That was the strange power of this place that the Council always spoke of; that you were unable to leave. Not physically...you just couldn't, something inside you stopped you. No one left. No one wanted to leave. Except for him.
She was out there. Somewhere. Probably. It was the likely place for her to be, because she wasn't in Elysia, the Seascape. She wasn't in Hell. She wasn't within the clan either, so she had to be Out There. She must have made it out somehow, maybe realm-jumping, shadowdancing. Whatever power she had posessed, he did not. But she would come back soon.
The cliffs were making him increasingly nervous. The moon was on this side, so they cast no shadow into the forest, but should the moon become obscured for a moment the cliffs would ensure that the darkness was that much more impenetrable, that it would sieze him that much more quickly. It was alright, because he was far away from everyone else, and there was no one nearby to hurt. But sometimes it was very hard to gain himself back afterwards, and that was when it was dangerous. Sometimes he didn't want to come back, and that was when it was very dangerous.
There were stars, too. Up in the riintea. There often weren't; the moon usually outshone them. But tonight the corners of the sky were rimmed with the little pinpricks. They were reassuring.
The wind was warm. It stirred his blue-striped feathers and the pinnae of his ear tufts. Crowan grinned slightly. The wind didn't want him to leave either.
Don't worry, wind, here I am.
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| A Status Report Summary |
[23 Aug 2006|08:29pm] |
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Ski Status
Current Location: Boston, MA Leaving for Williams: Early next week (Monday or Tuesday) Feeling: Is there a word for that combination of 'unbelievably excited' and 'scared shitless'? Wanting: Another bagel. Oh, bagels, I love you. I am now a bagel junkie. Being happy about: All my new college STUFF. Finally got a cell phone. Motorola, verizon. So expensive, jeez! I'm used to Bangkok prices in Baht. Also new clothing, linens, lamp etc. (Oh, and also that I got my period today, BEFORE the Williams camping trip. Phew. I'm very relieved.) Thinking: Aura was right about Boston drivers. However, since they are all ten times more competent at driving than Bangkok drivers, I'm not too bothered. Impressed by: English. People understand me. I feel the need to speak in Spanish just to be back in a minority language. It's...really, really strange. Looking forward to: Seeing my grandparents. And getting to Williams, naturally. Loving: Sunny, Brie, and Aura, in particular, for thinking of me and being so supportive and such. Thanks guys. (Sunny: OMG can't stop thinking about crows.) Wishing: my computer wasn't running out of battery power. Overall: I'm so weirded out to be back in America. I haven't lived here in so long. Every time I tell myself "You live here now" it weirds me out even more. It's so...civilized. And quiet. And green. And normal. I'm not sure what to make of it. It's so foreign to me, it makes me a little uncomfortable. Still, I'm glad to be here, and I'm getting used to all the new-ness fast.
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| More random stuff |
[12 Aug 2006|07:52am] |
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Because Silv commands it.
1. I'll respond with something random about you. 2. I'll challenge you to try something. 3. I'll pick a color that I associate with you. 4. I'll tell you something I like about you. 5. I'll tell you my first/clearest memory of you. 6. I'll tell you what animal you remind me of. 7. I'll ask you something I've always wanted to ask you. 8. If I do this for you, you must post this in your journal.
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| My life is apparently 66% happy |
[11 Aug 2006|11:49am] |
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Gacked from, eh, several people.
[ ] You have a boyfriend/girlfriend [x] You have your own room. [ ] You own a cell phone. (up until recently...) [x] You have an ipod/ mp3 player. [x] Your parents are still married. [x] You have more than 2 best friends. [ ] There is a swimming pool in your backyard. T 0 T A L: 4
[x] You dress how you want to. [x] You hang out with friends more than once a week. [ ] There is a computer/ laptop in your room. [ ] You have never been beaten up (I know he won't be beating anyone up again in a hurry, muahaha) [ ] You never cry more than twice a month. [ ] You are allowed to listen to the music you want to. [x] Your room is big enough for you. [x] People don't use you for something you have. (I don't think so?) [ ] You have been to a concert. (Never. Wow.) T 0 T A L: 4
[ ] You have over 50 friends on myspace (D< DIE) [ ] You have pictures on myspace. [ ] Your parents let you have a myspace (LJ, actually, they have no idea, but if they did they'd be grumpy about it) [ ] You get allowance. (I work) [ ] You collect something normal. (I agree with Aura on this: Since when is "normal" indication of happiness? I collect bird stuff.) [x] You look forward to going to school. [x] You don't wish you were someone else. [ ] You play a sport. (not in the traditional soccer/basketball/rugby sense) [x] You do something after school. T 0 T A L: 3
[ ] You own a car. [x] You usually don't fight with your parent(s). [ ] You are happy with your appearance (my hair drives me nuts) [x] You aren't self-consious at all (Neh) [x] You have never got a failing grade in your life [x] You have friends T 0 T A L: 4
[x] You know what is going on in the world. [x] You care about so many people. [x] You are happy with your life. (shouldn't this count as, say, 100% happy?) [x] You know more than one language [x] You have a screen name. [ ] You own a pet. [x] You know the words to more than 5 songs. (thanks mostly to you guys) [ ] You don't have any enemies. [x] You are a generally nice person. (I'd like to think so.) T O T A L: 7 Now count your numbers and multiply by three. Then title this "MY LIFE IS __% HAPPY" (66%)
I strongly disagree. I think I'm considerably happier than that ;) The stuff that matters to me just generally doesn't appear on these things. Plus the MySpace portion skews the results for all of us rebellious myspace-shunners.
And from Ashie (who else? :P)...
1. Grab the nearest book. 2. Open the book to page 123. 3. Find the fifth sentence. 4. Post the text of the next 4 sentences on your LJ along with these instructions. 5. Don’t you dare dig for that "cool" or "intellectual" book in your closet! I know you were thinking about it! Just pick up whatever is closest.
"The two girls had an enjoyable day and thanked Winnie, saying that they would like to return. As it turned out, this was not to be, for in travelling to Orlando they had, of necessity, sat in a non-White carriage. As a result, they attracted a great deal of attention and it was soon widely known that two Afrikaner wardresses from the Fort had visited Winnie and me. This was not a problem for us, bit it proved to be one for them: we never saw nor heard from them again." - Long Walk to Freedom, the autobiography of my hero Nelson Mandela, which I was lucky enough to be sitting next to
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| Here I Am |
[15 Jul 2006|08:47pm] |
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Sorry for extended absense. Mostly laziness-induced, since I now always have access to a computer thanks to my LAPTOP (!!!!), but I will blame it on jetsetting. Actually, whenever I'm not trying to be constructive, assume that I am jetsetting. However, I'm going to have my feet firmly planted here in Thailand for the next month since the Department of State finally gave me a full-time paying job on the embassy compound. I'd tell you what the job entails, but I'd have to kill you. -_- Seriously. Heh, actually I'm just creating the embassy newsletter, which is not even classified. "Sensitive but unclassifed" is the official label, I believe. There, now you know.
So, Mario is in Japan, Rachel is in Israel, Eleo is in Egypt, Elaine is in Montreal, Wilson is in New Zealand, Anna is somewhere between the French nunnery she's been living in for the past month and saving up enough to get to Ireland, and Soo is in Singapore. When attending an international school, it seems like all of your best friends immediately get up and fly to a new continent the moment they graduate. So I'm pretty lonely now that I've landed for a while. Mind you, Williams is in almost exactly a month from now (!!!!) so I won't have long to wait before I'm on a plane again. Naturally all the Aussies are still in Oz...a more homebody-bound culture I have never encountered. At least, I assume so. Fill me in, Ashie, Shivvy, Mari...you're all still in Canberra? I know Chrissy and Clairey are. But of course Sheree is off traversing Europe, and so is Anna, like I said.
So, I'm trying to remember the point of this...hmm. Mostly just to let everyone know I am alive and still happy and travelling. And apologetic to those at MassD. Yes, I recognise the irony of my poking all of you relentlessly to post and then not myself posting. I'll get right on it.
What else? Ah yes, Sun tagged me.
Name ten of life's simple pleasures that you like most, and then pick ten people to do the same. Try to be original and creative and not to use things that someone else has already used.
1. The feel of coldness just before you take a sip of icewater after taking a long walk through the sun.
2. When a bird tries to figure out how to preen your hair :)
3. Waking up in the morning in an unfamiliar bed and slowly realizing you're in a new country where you flew in too late last night to have fully appreciated it at the time.
4. Comfort food. i.e. Plain pasta with parmesan, dried apricots, triscuits, nachos, ice cream, maccaroni, salmon, corn on the cob, American rice (ooooh, I haven't had that in for-ev-er...), chocolate, cookies and milk, and my favorite, bananas with peanut butter.
5. Reading a book you just can't put down.
6. Plotting (read: evilly)
7. Hampster-piling with a group of really good friends.
8. Limoncello, tequila and tiramisu at an Italian restaurant on your birthday (what, too specific?)
9. Days when the news features stories about overweight kids or rescue workers who saved manatees (instead of about people being blown up), aka 'slow news days'.
10. Going to somewhere just dripping with natural beauty and being reminded that the world is really an incredible place.
I think Sun tagged some of the people I would have, like Mystix, Jodie and Silv, but I also tag Ashie, Shivvy, Mari, Hiko, Watergem, Aura and GP.
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| Popping in |
[24 Jun 2006|02:30am] |
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Lol! Thanks for this one, Silv.
And so persists a centuries-long tradition of no one listening to me when I'm right -_- :P
Sorry I'm not really reading people's blogs at the moment, everyone. I've been quite involved in RL stuff...well, not exactly. But at least non-online stuff.
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| A Toast! |
[15 Jun 2006|09:02am] |
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In honor of the anniversary of the arrival in this world of a very special and kind person, a brilliant writer and an inspirational artist, someone who's always lots of fun to talk to when you're happy and very helpful, generous and sympathetic when you're not, and a girl with such vast creativity that its a wonder it can all fit inside her head:
HAPPY BIRTHDAY AURA!!!!!
Love you enormously muchly *SNUG* Hope you have a fantastic day. Wish I could draw you something or send you music or transfer you a gift in some way, but I can devise nothing between my lack of artistic skill and snail-like upload speeds. I'll figure out something.
Yay for us June-born folk and Gemini!
EDIT: Oh, here's a thought, for starters (to see if it actually works or not). Aura, I'll buy you any song you want off of iTunes and send it to you. It'll be an interesting experiment, since I'm not 100% sure that the files can be easily transfered or that my internet will be happy about uploading it, but we shall see. Even if it doesn't work, it's only 99 cents (I got a $30 gift certificate from my aunt for my birthday!) and it'll help me learn the parameters of iTunes. And if it works I'll buy you another one ;)
EDIT #2: Haha, found this in one of your old journal entries. You find the best quizzes ever. I should add that to your toast speech.
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| More meme-age |
[09 Jun 2006|11:51pm] |
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Gacked from dearest swandog
If I were a month, I would be: October If I were a day of the week, I would be: Thursday If I were a time of day, I would be: nightfall If I were a sea animal, I would be: a seagull If I were a direction, I would be: North If I were a sin, I would be: pride If I were a historical figure I would be: Nelson Mandela If I were a planet, I would be: Neptune If I were a liquid, I would be: mercury If I were a stone, I would be: tiger's eye If I were a tree, I would be: a pine If I were a bird, I would be: a crow If I were a flower/plant, I would be: a frangipani If I were a kind of weather, I would be: overcast If I were a mythical creature, I would be: a gryphon If I were a musical instrument, I would be: a glass armonica If I were an animal, I would be: (if non-bird, which would obviously be my first choice) a wolf? If I were a colour, I would be: cyan If I were an emotion, I would be: elation If I were a vegetable, I would be: a carrot or corn If I were a fruit, I would be: a cherry or dragonfruit If I were a sound, I would be: a crow's caw, or the sound of wings If I were an element, I would be: air If I were a movie, I would be: Pleasantville If I were a book, I would be written by: Phillip Pullman If I were a food, I would be: pasta If I were a place, I would be: an untouched deciduous forest If I were a taste, I would be: strawberries in dark chocolate If I were a scent, I would be: dew on new grass If I were a religion, I would be: Pullmanism :P If I were a word, I would be: "flight" If I were a body part, I would be: an elbow? If I were a facial expression, I would be: a smirk If I were a subject in school, I would be: biology or english If I were a cartoon character, I would be: Bugs Bunny If I were a shape, I would be: a crescent If I were a number, I would be: 4 If I were a piece of jewellery, I would be: a necklace If I were a piece of furniture, I would be: a recliner If I were a car, I would be: a Holden cross-country If I were an item of clothing, I would be: a pair of really tatty, ripped jeans
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| Angkor Waat |
[25 May 2006|09:56am] |
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I'll be gone for the next three days. I'm going to Cambodia this time. Now, I know what you're thinking, "does that girl ever sit still?" Well, I assure you that in my spare time I spend several hours at a time NOT travelling.
P.S. I am writing to you with my BRAND NEW LAPTOP!!!! Eheheheh!!!! She's so beautiful and silver and /massive/. I had no idea how big 17 inches was; she's almost as large as Raven (my old computer). I named her Osprey, keeping to the bird theme. Just got her today; I think the embassy thought she was a bomb. Anyway, I'm rambling, but I'm all bouncy-happy-excited. I won the school English prize *beams* and I turned out to be Saludatorian after all. So life's good...great. I'm graduating, on my birthday, in about a week. Yay for everything.
See you all in a bit. I'm off to meet some more awesome Buddhists.
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| The One and Only Prom |
[21 May 2006|03:47pm] |
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I had my one and only high school prom last night. I was called the 'belle of the ball' by several people and was very pleased and now have an over-inflated head. I'm generally a pretty tomboyish dresser, so seeing me in a dress with my hair all done up and in makeup was a shock to most of my friends. Mario came and picked me up wearing a black suit and was very handsome. So, despite my gneral hatred of dances and pretencious formal functions, I had a pretty good time. It's amazing how much less of a big deal prom is here than I remember it being for seniors in the States.
Shivvy sent me Minish Cap. Kekeke. Still downloading, thanks to my sluggish connection.
Go post, Aura!
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I was tagged by e_mily!
10 years ago I was... - Damn, I can't remember what country I was in...that would be my 8th birthday...carry the 5...uh... - I think I figured it out. I'm pretty sure I was in the Dominican Republic, in the City of Santo Domingo, attending Carol Morgan International School (more aptly known as the Non-International School for rich Dominicans. What an awful, awful school.) - In third grade. My teacher would yell at me for reading too much, and for 'making up words' like 'paleontologist'. AHHHH! I had terrible elementry school experiences. - In love (or in crush) with a Dominican kid, Antonio, who would kiss me in art class. Then the other Dominican kids would tease us in Spanish and I'd beat them up.
5 years ago I was... - Thirteen? Boy, my math skills are up to par. - Clinically depressed at an Australian all girls non-international school for the first time in my life - Just discovering DM and the wonders of the internet - Developing my love of penguins into a general love of all feathered creatures
1 year ago I was... - Sixteen, just about to turn seventeen - Getting the lay of the land in Thailand (which proved much, much easier than in Australia) - Roleplaying at DM and sending constant emails to my Aussie friends. I've gotten really lazy. - Working my butt off
Yesterday I... - Hung out with Eleo and went across town to see the Middle School musical production "The Curse of the Mummy" which was the cheesiest thing I've ever seen, but really cute - Went to the tailor to see if my prom dress was ready (ahhh, prom is today! I hate these parties; I have to do them enough for diplomatic crap already) - Called Mario. We talked for about five hours about NOTHING. I love that boy. - Filled out forms for my new position at the embassy (they want my fingerprints and blood tests too; I feel like I'm applying for the CIA) and tried to help mom think up ideas for the CLO costume party. She went as the Pink Panther and then changed into Tinkerbell when she began frying under the fake fur :P
5 snacks I enjoy... - Nachos (i.e. chips with cheese melted over them) - Triscuits (when the commissary stocks them) - CHOCOLATE - Dried apricots and yogurt rasins - Popcorn
5 songs I know all the words to... - The songs from The Lion King...that movie makes me incredibly homesick - Most of the songs Sunny sent me months ago on the 'DM A list'. My favorites remain 'Achilles Heel', 'High Above Me', 'Beautiful', and most of all 'All The Pretty Ones'. - Most of the songs Mystix sent me. Except 'I Am the Walrus' (WTF?) - All of the songs on the Billy Joel CD I got several years ago at a sale somewhere, and I went 'ohhhh, so this is music...' - Uh...the Simpsons theme song (lol)
5 things I would do with 100 million dollars... - Buy that massive house my parents have always dreamed about - Start a bird/animal sanctuary - Hire an assasin. I won't say what for *shifty eyes* - Buy Clairey an art studio. And ship tablets to all of my online artist friends. - Buy loads of Nambroth art.
5 places I would run away to... - Fire Island (New York) - The Okavango Delta (South Africa) - Hobart (Tasmania) - Wellington (N. Zealand) - Winhoek (Namibia)
5 things I would never wear... - A leatard (sp?) - A mini-skirt...unless it was for a costume party or something - Real fur - Insanely high high heeled shoes - A see-through shirt with no bra on (why do people do that?)
5 favorite tv shows... - Scrubs! - The Simpsons/Family Guy/American Dad - Who's Line is it Anyway (I saw it in the states) - Gilmore Girls (a not-so-secret pleasure) - Anything by Sir David Attenborough on Animal Planet, BBC or Discovery
5 bad habits... - Biting my nails (me too, Sun and Liz) - Rescuing birds (when a bird runs into a window, I tend to spend the next several hours saving it, miss class, and get in trouble. That's happened three times now. NOT a good habit what with bird flu down here...) - Not emailing people or posting things - Speaking my mind about and getting really angry at idiots - Not making an effort to get to know people I've just met but didn't have a good first impression of
5 biggest joys... - BIRDS!!!!! - Writing - Hampster-piling with good friends and laughing - TRAVELLING!!! - Literature
5 fictional characters I would date... - Link (come on, he's cute) - Mercury (yeah, I know that Erash would kill me if he didn't, but he's my dreamboat. Oh, and Gekijin! Purrr. Never mind that I'm not a gryphon...) - Most fictional assassins. That Opus Dei monk from 'The DaVinci Code', that guy from 'The Bourne Identity', Kain from 'Dreamfall', any James Bond assassin, any fantasy assassins, and Talanion and Everette :) Baddies are hot. - Klaxtil *snuggles him* But I think Kio deserves him more. - Didi or Gogo from 'Waiting for Godot'
I tag...uh...all of you (boy I'm lazy)
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| Laughing is good for you |
[19 May 2006|09:30am] |
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Man, you guys are great. All it takes is a simple outpouring of soul from me to remind me how much I love you guys. Ah, if only all things in life were so simple.
So, my very late new year's resolution is to post in my journal more. Because it's a good way of keeping in touch, and I do NOT want to lose touch with all of you. It is an entirely selfish thing; you guys matter an enormous amount to me and make me happy. Deal with it.
Now as soon as I can think of something to write about I will. AHA!
Zelda. Yes, I recently re-discovered the joys of Zelda. I hadn't played any of them since beating the two Oracle ones on Gameboy a few years back, but then my friend got me an emulator with Ocarina of Time and I beat it and it was WONDERFUL. Egads. Now I've started on Majora's Mask and am finding the whole timing thing very frustrating and confusing. I seem to keep losing my saved games because I open a file and then quit without saving again and the whole thing gets deleted. Mrrr. Stupid owl statues! Sooo, now they have the new Nintendo Wii (which I will probably never own, but it sounds AWESOME) where the controller actually has motion sensors so the screen character will copy your motions. Hard to explain, go check it out: http://wii.nintendo.com/home.html And a new Zelda, Twilight Princess, in which you get to transform into a wolf, is coming out. I must somehow play this game. Oh, and I finally ordered a laptop from Dell! My very first laptop! Whoot! We got a fantastic discount through the embassy, too. I love being a diplomat (have I ever mentioned that?)
Okay, that was boring and useless, but I will endevour to think of interesting, relevant things. At least now you guys have a good opening for ranting about Zelda! (I'm looking at you, Shivvy and Aura)
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| Green Evil |
[17 Apr 2006|08:46pm] |
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Stole that from Aura. The only reason I ever seem to update anymore is with quizzes from Aura :P. I had a little happy explosion when I saw her new icon (*smooshes Klak and Kio*)
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[08 Apr 2006|08:58pm] |
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This quiz is hilarious. Probably moreso the later at night you do it. You MUST take it. Colleen got 'You say "I am Invincible!!!" too much" as her supervillain weakness. As for me...
Your Supervillian Weakness!
And this thing. I got curious.
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| A salute |
[18 Mar 2006|03:16pm] |
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HAPPY B-DAY MYSTIX!!!!! Here's a toast to a new 17-year-old who loves goldfish crackers and Trogdor and is a true champion and shweetie. And who also has a friend with an elephant-like memory who goes and spoils it all by announcing her birthday early because she lives in a TiMeZoNe Of ThE fUtUre, ooOOoooOOoo...
I love you, babe. Make this year a good one. My heart and best wishes are with you.
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| Parrot power |
[18 Mar 2006|02:37pm] |
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You're not going to believe who I found in the middle of the hallway at school yesterday.

According to Nambroth, he's a peachface lovebird. I found him, so scared and dehydrated that he almost couldn't move, on the way to history class. I put him in a cardboard box and took him home, and now he's flying around in the den. Mom and dad are NOT pleased. I hope I can find his owners, but it's not easy making posters, as I don't speak Thai and I don't know where he might have escaped from.
Last night he fell asleep in my hand while I skritched his neck. He's adorkable. Not that I'm getting attatched or anything, but...well, you guys all know how bird-obsessive I am. I named him Cuppa. As all of you Aussies will understand, like cuppa coffee. Because he looks like he has foam on his face.
Yeah, leave it to Ski to find a bird, huh?
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Uggggh, so tired. I can never sleep on planes, which is a real downside for me.
Sicily was amazingfantastic. I'll write about it when I'm not keeling over, heh. Made it back safe and really missed all of you chicklets.
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