As was recently pointed out to me, "Nerdy Dalek" is an anagram of my name, so I suppose it's only fitting that my birthday should be the day my Doctor Who story comes out on ebook. The Mystery of the Haunted Cottage is a Tenth Doctor adventure and I had unimaginable fun writing it. For those of you who don't read ebooks, fret not- a physical book, containing all eleven stories by eleven writers, will be arriving late next month.
Ah yes, my birthday. I am 39 today. Some people might worry about reaching that age — just one more birthday till 40, after all. But not me. I shall live forever. And I don't mean in a metaphorical sense. I don't mean I'll live forever in the hearts and minds of my readers. I mean I will literally live forever, drawing as I do from your pain and suffering.
Your pain makes me strong.
Today is the day I knuckle down and officially start Book 9. I've been writing bits and pieces of it for the last few weeks — I've got close to 10,000 words done — but today it kicks off properly. October 23rd is, of course, the day Skulduggery died, hundreds of years ago. Once again, I think it's only fitting that I begin his final book on such a date. Poignant, even.
Sniffle.
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«Oldest ‹Older 1801 – 2000 of 4985 Newer› Newest»☂Mind if I move in closer?☂
☂What's the sense in hurting my pride?☂
I really can't stay . . .
☂Oh, but it's cold outside!!!☂
Oh, but it's cold outsiiiiiiide!
☂outsiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiide☂
Outsiiiiiiiiiide!
((God I come on....im gonna go back to Spanish))
(*snort* Scared you away, eh!
I'm not really sure how this song started . . .)
(One more stanza!
We can do it!)
I've got to go home . . . say, lend me your coat . . .
Really? You came on? I must say, I hadn't noticed.
Good luck in your Spanish class, in any case.
☂(You were bored, you sang, you asked for requests, I like this song, so I asked for it.)☂
(Ah, yes! I remember now!)
*revolves slowly on the dance floor*
(Yes, good luck, Zafira! I took Spanish once, but never took to it. I switched to Latin instead.)
☂Oh baby, you'll freeze out there... it's up to your knees out there!☂
You've really been grand . . .
☂☂i forgot☂☂
(Aw, just hum your way through if you forget. I'm getting all this from a lyrics site.)
But don't you see . . .
There's bound to be talk tomorrow . . .
At least there will be plenty implied . . .
☂How can you do this thing to me?☂
☂Think of my life-long sorrow, if you caught pneumonia and died...☂
I really can't stay . . .
☂Oh... but it's cold outside...☂
Oh, baby, it's cold outside!
*dances cheerily*
☂☂backs away into the darkness☂☂
☂☂stands at the edge of a large, dark hole☂☂
☂☂falls back into the hole and disappeares☂☂
*sits down laughing*
Ah, that was fun.
Goodbye!
I hope you don't die at the bottom of the hole!
*snuggles up in a blanket*
#ChaseForBook9
Time is dead and gone
Show must go on
It's time for our act
They all scream at me
They cannot see
This curtain hides me
An amazing gift
So quick and swift
You were amazing
By myself I can't
They start to chant
Why are you not here?
Grinning at me
I lay on my knees
They want to hear me
Why can not 'he' see?
I want to see you
I need to see you
I have to see you
What happened to you?
We get up on stage
They jump to enrage
Why are you not here?
Why is 'he' so near?
'He' wants me to sing
I just can not bring-
I say 'he's' not you
What else can I do?
Singing it's silent song of misery
A monster lies trapped in it's own Nightmare
'He' is a tyrant, it lets out a plea
Why did she have to leave it all alone?
Bound to sing for us, a worthless monster
It never sees us, It despises us
Lying so useless, we start to holler
"Hey, get up you worthless Circus Monster!"
I lay all alone
I should have known
You would have left me
'He' smiles at me
I can not see
Why 'he's' in your place
They can't tell me why
You said good-bye
Right before our act
Those two young lions
Were always fun~
Why did they leave, too?
Roaring at me
I lay on my knees
What is happening?
I can hear you sing
They will not obey
They've been lead astray
Will I still see you?
I have to see you
I panic and flee
They both pounce on me
I fell to the ground
I can't hear a sound
I look up and see
You are not with me
Am I all alone?
Where could you have gone?
Singing it's silent song of misery
A monster lies trapped in it's own Nightmare
'He' is a tyrant, it lets out a plea
Why did she have to leave it all alone?
Bound to sing for us, a worthless monster
It never sees us, it despises us
Lying so useless, We start to holler
"Hey, get up you worthless Circus Monster!"
Singing it's silent song of misery
A monster lies trapped in it's own Nightmare
'He' is a tyrant, it lets out a plea
Why did she have to leave it all alone?
Bound to sing for us, a worthless monster
It never sees us,It despises us
Lying so useless, we start to holler
"Hey, get up you worthless Circus Monster!"
Singing my silent song of misery
This monster lies trapped in my own Nightmare
'He' is a tyrant, I let out a plea
Why did you have to leave me all alone?
Bound to sing for them, a worthless monster
I never see them, I despise them so
Lying so useless, they start to holler
"Hey, get up you worthless Circus Monster!"
Youch.
Hi Missy. How are you? It's been a while.
#ChaseForBook9
I want to draw some Circus Monster fanart... But idk.
I have so much unfinished art to do anyway...
HEY TRIP! *hugs*
I'm good, thankies!
And yeah, it definitely has!
How are you?
Absolutely tip top and dandy thank you for asking!
#ChaseForBook9
I'm on holiday right now, and you know what you don't get in other countries? Ever?
#ChaseForBook9
Savoury pies.
#ChaseForBook9
I'm bad at conversation...
#ChaseForBook9
*looks through all unfinished art*
Uh...
Trip, pick one. That shall be the one I continue with:
ITS
Madoka Magica 1
Madoka Magica 2
Madoka Magica 3
BRS 1
BRS 2
RDB
Vocaloid
BGS
Chariot
That's all, I think...
*waves hand*
Don't worry. I too, am terrible at conversations.
LUCKY ABOUT HOLIDAYS!
My holidays finished about 2 weeks ago... or something.
Eh, it's just half term.
Do Vocaloid, that sounds cool.
#ChaseForBook9
(I was never one for fanfiction, but I do love fan art. I draw a lot (though I'm not the best artist) and I love to collect fan art on my Pinterest boards . . .)
Hi Annika! How are you?
#ChaseForBook9
(I am doing well, Trip! Thank you for asking! The biggest grievance in my life right now is Social Justice classes, which are very dull, but I'd rather be studying that than a lot of other things.)
Vocaloid it is! :3
I don't mind fanfiction, I guess. But it depends on which direction it goes in...
I love fanart, though. :3
I especially enjoy anime fanart, because the character designs are gorgeous.
Oh, and also, hey Annika! *hugs*
Why are you talking in brackets?
#ChaseForBook9
(Hello, Miss Cain!
*hugs*
And I agree; I'm a huge fan of the anime style, though I also love black-and-white sketches.)
I dunno, it's a habit I've gotten into. I don't like to talk normally if I'm not RPing. It's a reflex to prevent making people confused.
Thank you for pointing out I was doing it. i'll stop.
*I'll
Yeah, I'm gonna drop back into the RP eventually. But not yet. :)
#ChaseForBook9
I'm not a RP person, really...
I'm just not on as often as I used to be, I guess.
I enjoy the RPing a good deal, but I won't deny that I tend to get sucked into Blogland when I really should be doing real-world things.
Same here.
#ChaseForBook9
Ugh. gtg, see yas all!
#ChaseForBook9
Aw, bye Trip.
*hugs*
BYE TRIP!
Ahhhh.
I'm sipping some tea, right now, and it is very delicious.
I looked at your art blog, Miss Cain (I like to briefly check out the blogs of new people I meet on here) and I was very impressed! You're an excellent artist.
hei...
Hullo, Emerald . . .
Hey Anni, how are you?
Hi Em
I am doing well, thank you for asking.
It got silent
I think everyone's just sort of half-there . . .
Smirking Girl, by Emilie Autumn
If you turn the pages of the past,
You'll often find a story without an ending.
No "Amen" to say it's over.
Just a name you would rather forget.
But it isn't over yet.
Not when you've built your castle out of barricades
Meant to guard against the fools you beat so long ago.
Long before you even knew they were fools,
And even longer since you saw a God in anyone.
And for such an independent soul,
You sure wanted to believe in someone else.
Can you blame them that you hate them?
Smirking girl, you ask too much.
Who said anyone would show you the way?
Who said anyone would care what you'll do someday?
You're all alone here
You can't buy what isn't there
You're all alone here
You can't change what isn't fair
How obstinate you are;
You can't forgive them.
All they did was make you cry
On every day that passed you by.
How wise they were to know you didn't like them.
How foolish they should have to ask you why.
Smirking Girl, by Emilie Autumn.
I'm reciting that later today. She has so many great poems, though! It's so hard to pick just one!
#ChaseForBook9
Hola Ari. *lays in grass* Zaffy in history but eh
I'm in school, too. I might write something. Not really sure, though. I guess I'll just see if the whim strikes me.
#ChaseForBook9
Ah hello, Aretha!
I believe that poem's by the same woman who wrote that 'Osmosis' one, right?
xD I'm supposed to be doing a Lorexis post but to be fair I have no idea where to start, Oh Kat's second drawing may be done today or this weekend not sure I see her next period.
I'm homeschooled, so technically I'm both in school and at home.
Ah-HA!
I've said this billions of times and I'll say it again. Sometimes, I meet people, on here or in real life, and I just know they're gonna be awesome. And then I get to know them and they are awesome. And it's awesome. :) And then sometimes, I meet people, and I don't like them that much. And then I get to know them and they're awesome and I'm just like WHAT THE HELL WHAT IS GOING ON WITH THE WORLD. And that's awesome too. :)
So, if you're someone like someone, and you've met people, and you don't think they're that awesome, get to know them, because chances are you'll find they are awesome. :) And also, if you go dissing people's friends on Blogland, people will end up hating you. It's like killing butterflies. Destroying awesomeness is not okay. You know when you squish a butterfly and it just sort of crumples, and all the beauty just sort of folds up and . . . *casually crying*
Well, it' not okay to just squish awesome people because you don't know them too well. They're so beautiful, and it's just not fair. And when you're someone, people are going to give you even less chances because you've screwed up so many times that there's barely any patience left, you've drilled so many holes in it with your screwdriver. So when you have a chance, you have to be extra-ly careful with it. Trust is like a mirror. Once broken, it can never be properly mended - the cracks still show. You've already cracked the mirror. You've cracked the mirror into many, many pieces, and whenever you so much as shift it's position, a few shards of glass fall off. So don't rock the boat. Because the mirror's in the boat, and when you rock the boat you rock the mirror and all this glass falls off it, and it gets further and further away from every being able to be repaired.
#ChaseForBookNine
Yep! I love her poetry. I've memorized... What... 6 of her poems in their entirety, and there are more I've memorized parts of, and more still that I haven't even heard yet, but they're all so good!! I love a ton of her music, too. You'll notice, as time goes on, that I do a lot of Emilie spamming.
#ChaseForBook9
*nods to Star* I agree.
I wish I could be homeschooled... I'm having serious issues with the public school system... I'm working on doing something about it, but it's slow, because I have to make sure the alternative is actually going to be better before I just jump into it, you know?
#ChaseForBook9
I'm sorry, did I accidentally diss a Blogland member . . ?
*looks smote down with grief*
I do Jekyll and Hyde spamming sometimes.....msd i do have history but heh Chinese civilizations
I don't think you did, Anni. I can't recall you having done that, at least. You're awesome- don't worry. :)
#ChaseForBook9
Well did you know I never will get 20th century history? I should but the courses got switched my grade loses it.
*it's
*its
*ever
#ChaseForBookNine
I...did? I dunno.
Oh, homeschooling is by far and away the best way to go. It's easier when you're raised into it, like I was, and the transition can be rough, but it's totally worth it. No offense, but homeschoolers generally end up smarter and more over-acheiving than their public school counterparts.
*straightens her tie*
I know a bloke, a good friend of mine, who took 4th place in the country for Speech and Debate. He was the youngest entrant.
I swear to god
ONE MORE TIME, CASTALAN. AND YOU'RE DEAD
GOD
DAMN
Awwww, someone thinks I'm awesome!
I don't know if I do spamming here . . . I suppose I burst into song rather too often.
I sang a duet with Mycroft/August earlier.
it was very fun.
That bitch
Aha ha ha ha haaha ha haaha!
I'm s-sorry Adra, I sh-shouldn't laugh . . .
*is choking with laughter*
Y-you and Trip keep come on and m-missing each other . . . oh my gosh . . .
Homeschooling is different for every family...
#ChaseForBook9
IT ISN'T FUNNY
GODDAMN
((I'm not RPing, btw))
BUT DAMN
And I have something to do later, and I guarantee I'll be gone when he comes on
GUARANTEE
I know you're not RPing, but it's still hilarious . . .
@Anni: I'm really sorry, but if I start answering one person, then everyone'll start asking, and then people will work out who it is. :)
Everyone should bear in mind, though, that everyone has positives and negatives, and that they wouldn't be able to have the positive without the negative (you can't be exceptionally determined without also being annoying stubborn sometimes) , and that if they have no negatives, they would be a blank slate with no personality and not really be a person at all. Luciana (who's an AUTHOR!!!!!!!!!!! :O) (AND I MET HER LAST SATURDAY O_O) (and she's awesome :)) often said that she loves us despite our flaws and because of them, and I feel the same. :)
#ChaseForBookNine
No, I know! That's why I want to be homeschooled! See, I have the most epic math and english tutors, and I go to see them for a bit every summer. My english tutor taught me so well that I can write nearly as well as Joseph Conrad (he's good. I was very proud of my emulation of him. XD) when I try, and I've never ever actually been challenged by a school english class. With my math tutor, I can learn a majority of the entire year's curriculum in 12 hours. And I just sit in math class doing absolutely nothing (it's gotten to the point where I'll have the whole packet of notes finished when the rest of the class is still on the second problem), and I'm just thinking about how much further ahead I could be if I took all the hours I've spent on public school math and changed them into hours I'd spent with her, and then I just get frustrated because I am wasting all these hours, and life is too short and too precious to be wasted like that. I want to do things, you know? I am not satisfied learning like this when I know I could be doing so much more. That's one of the things I meant when I was talking about becoming happier. I'm just trying to figure out how to get myself there, ASAP.
#ChaseForBook9
I will find you, Annika
UGH
I REALLY JUST WANT ADRA TO SMILE
IS THAT TOO MUCHLSIFBHVJH GODS
Moss also has a very good point- you have to make sure you do it right, which is why I haven't just immediately pulled myself out of public school. I need to know what I'm doing before I do it, as frustrating as it is in the meantime...
#ChaseForBook9
UGh, all my Tadra feels... They're so dead...
#ChaseForBook9
Star, you mentioned butterflies... [Hugs]
#ChaseForBook9
I agree, there's really nothing more painful than being forced to sit through a school lesson that you already know through-and-through.
Ugh!
Also, Star, you met Luciana!? That's awesome! I wish I could. It's always been my cherished dream to one day become a published author.
I think she's assimilated butterflies into her arsenal of analogies. *hugs Moss*
#ChaseForBook9
YOURS are?
DO YOU KNOW HOW I FEEL?
I FEEL LIKE A CANNIBAL HAS DEVOURED MY HEART AND THEN THREW IT BACK UP INTO A PIT OF LAVA
THAT
TIMES TEN
Story of my life oh my god it's so perfect I love one direction so much oh my god niall has two solos oh my oh it's perfect and beautiful and zayn is just so husky and gorgeous and I'm crying
Oh right. I'm taking "Europe and the Middle East" and it's just so boring because I know everything already
First of all, I must needs go eat lunch.
Second, I redid my profile, and you know that thing where a weird question pops up and you can answer it?
THIS WEBSITE HAS SOME OF THE WEIRDEST QUESTIONS.
Hi Mara!
@Anni: My mum's against private schools, because she believes that people have to learn how to work with and interact lots of different types of people . . . and at private schools, you don't get that variety, so you're not used to it. Homeschooling, I imagine, is much worse yet from a social point of view. However, I'm often frustrated at my school for the fact that people can't reach their full potential because *insert one of the various answers here*, so I can easily, easily, easily believe that homeschooling is much better as far as academic smartness is concerned.
It depends on what you value more - smartness, or the magic values of human interaction. *almost starts crying because of the magic being taken out of youth work and other things*
#ChaseForBookNine
Exactly... *hangs head in a mix of sadness/shame*
I want to do things with my life. Really do things, that help people. Leave an impact, like Tesla did. I want to do all the things that I've been told are impossible. But I can't freaking do that at my public school where they teach us to blindly memorize things for tests and they're so slow and put us all in boxes. I am so sick of living so much of my life in a concrete box. And now I'm just going to try not to cry in class...
#ChaseForBook9
[hugs Ari]
Adra, if I'm on next time he is, I can try to tie him to something until you get here?
Lucy is perfect.
Maraaa! [hugs]
#ChaseForBook9
Fabi, if by some strange chance he comes on, that would be helpful. Also tell him this (and quote): "Trip, you bitch i will find you boi"
*cuddles Aretha*
I plan on giving speeches about like, rape culture and feminism and stuff
I'm debating, btw. :)
Although, to counter my argument (whenever I'm arguing, I generally start arguing against myself. I'm such a fail, lol), I dislike some of the people at my school so much that I would be perfectly happy to just never see anyone like them ever again. :) Homeschooling = better schooling + better society :) :) :)
@Fabi: :) Yeah. :) It's one of those things you . . . not ENJOY thinking about, because it's sad, but you know . . .
Oh, and you know that video? With the snail? I was telling my friend about that. :)
#ChaseForBookNine
And I feel like I sound arrogant (I absolutely despise arrogance... It's probably the only thing that can make me feel immediate dislike towards a person before I've even properly met them...), but I think the school system is disservicing everyone, it's just that I'm the only person whose life I can change. And I do know that I could be doing more, because it's what I do every summer. And I am ambitious, probably excessively so, but really I just feel like I'm going to run myself ragged and try to do as much as I possibly can with every second of life I have left, because if I don't... Well, there's no reason for me not to. I mean, I don't believe in fate or destiny, I don't know if we were put on this earth for a purpose and frankly I don't really care. I intend to accomplish as much as I can, just to see how far I can get. It's like playing that game Temple Run. It has no actual end, but people play it over and over for hours just to see how high a score they can get.
#ChaseForBook9
Hiiiiiiiiii
The story of my life, I take her home
I drive all night to keep her warm and tight
Is frozen
The story of my life, I give her hope
I spend her love, until she's broken inside
The story of my life..❤️
... I didn't ded my page from yesterday, did I?
I'll have to keep that in mind, I guess. ^^
#ChaseForBook9
Mara! *hugs*
Taia! *hugs*
Oh yeah, I had a dedication from a few pages ago... So I'll ded to people being flawed and just doing the best they can.
#ChaseForBook9
[nods to Adra]
[Hums the snail song] [hugs Star]
Seeing both sides of an argument is good, though.
#ChaseForBook9
Oh yeah, no the school system sucks
Thanks yas Fabi *nods*
Gaaahhhhhhhhhhhh
I'm in this class where we do our own science research and I wanted to do wireless electricity because that's what I've wanted to do since 3rd grade because Tesla, and I finally found a whole community of scientists who are working on it, but it's so out of my league! Like, it's so complicated, and I barely know the first thing about electricity! And I'm just sitting here like, if I had been allowed to learn at a pace that better suited me, would I know this by now? And I've already wasted so many years of my life that I'll never get back, and I just don't know and I never will, and I can accept that and be ok with it, but I can't be ok with realizing this problem exists and not doing anything about it. This is just repetitive ranting by now, by the way, so you really don't have to read/pay attention to it.
#ChaseForBook9
[Writes a rant]
[Looks at it and realizes how absurd it is]
[Deletes it]
[Runs away and hides from all the people]
#ChaseForBook9
And - in my friend's English lesson, they had these objects, and they had to write a story about them (Me: YAAAAY! I love writing stories!) in groups (Me: URGH. I hate groupwork on things like that. And, how are you even meant to write a story in groups anyway! Everybody has different writing styles!). My friend's group members thought up a few stupid suggestions, and then they stopped paying attention and left my friend to write it all on her own (see what I mean about society here?). And my friend wrote this story about a girl called Lucy whose family wanted her to be perfect (Me: *yells really loudly* OH MY GOD!!!! *starts ranting about my blogfriend who is sometimes called Lucy is writing a story like that*), and she always had to do really well and get A*s in all her exams, except she never had any friends, and she went to Guides, and she bought a teddy saying Special Sister on it so it would look like she had a sister who loved her even though she was an only child. And she got a box of stuff to make Friendship bracelets, except she didn't have any friends to make them for, and she was just thinking how the word 'friendship' was so alien to her. And she just stared at all her badges and certificates and achievements, and she looked at her box of friendship bracelets , and then she got them out and stared making. And she made the bracelets in a circles, with a line from one part of the circle, and the last sentence was something like "And her feet lifted off the ground as she hung from the ceiling."
And she'd hung herself on the friendship bracelets and was dead.
And everyone in my friend's group was just like "Couldn't you have made it less depressing?", but I loved it so much. I just think it's one of the best short stories that was written in, like, fifteen minutes and apparently written really badly, ever. Because it just says so much and has such a strong message, and it's just one of those things you could reference and reference to. And it's so shocking, but that's what makes it so intensely good. And my friend is just a genius. She's the height of a genius, too. She's the same height as Einstein. ;)
#ChaseForBookNine
*follows Fabi and hugs her* *invites her to email me the rant if she doesn't feel like posting it* *insists that it is probably not ridiculous at all*
*hugs Star's genius friend*
#ChaseForBook9
MOTIVATIONAL SPEECH MODE ACTIVATED.
So what are you going to do about it Ari? Rant aboutit to people on the internet? Heck no! Go and rant about it to your headmaster (principle, whatever), the head of education, the president! Tell people, make speeches, see officials about it, start a campaign! Find others who share your views, and combine into a group larger than yourselves! In a world as big as ours, it's hard for a single person to feel as if the can make a difference. But I tell you, Aretha Tesla, whatever your real name is, you. CAN. So get out there, and make the difference you want to make, and don't let anyone, or anything, get in your way.
MOTIVATIONAL SPEECH MODE DEACTIVATED.
#ChaseForBook9
*hugs Ari* :( It's fine to rant. :) It's ranting that means something and is making a point. It's a good thing to tell us. *nods*
*hugs Fabi* :)
@Taia: THERE IS A TAIA. O_O Hello. :)
#ChaseForBookNine
TRIP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :)
@Fabi: *laughs* I rant all the time, about things nobody wants to hear that barely make sense some of the time. :P
Thank you, Ari. :)
#ChaseForBookNine
*hides with Fabi*
#ChaseForBook9
...
*hits him*
@Trip: I like your motivational speech mode. :)
#ChaseForBookNine
STAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :)
#ChaseForBook9
TRIP CASTALAN
YOU
LITTLE
*insert curses*
@Adra: *laughs* :)
OH MY GOSH IT'S HALF TERM.
Sorry, it just hit me. :)
IT'S HALF TERM, AND I AM GOOD AT FRENCH.
WHAT IS WRONG WITH THE WORLD.
#ChaseForBookNine
I'm sorry!
By the way, I'm not RPing right now.
That comes later... *evil laugh followed by a lightening strike*
#ChaseForBook9
ADRAAAAAA ARE YOU STILL HERE
[hugs Ari]
((I deleted it already, and it was pretty stupid anyway, but thanks.))
[hugs Star and her friend]
[hugs Taia]
#ChaseForBook9
Oh yeah.
My half term's almost over...
#ChaseForBook9
that DOESNT MEAN THAT IM NOT STILL GOIGN TO HIT YOU
yeah
when you eventually DO rp.
*laughs*
yer a dead man
Never mind that.
Hello Trip! I don't have to tie you to anything! This is a good thing!
#ChaseForBook9
Hullo, everyone! I'm here for a bit, but not too long.
On the subject of homeschooling social lives, I have over a hundred homeschooling friends that I am close with, see often, and have good, strong relationships with. And, frankly, homeschoolers can't really afford to dislike each other, considering the general stigma against home schools in this modern era.
*takes a deep breath*
Who wants pie?
I know, Trip, I know! That is my intention! That is exactly my intention! I'm going to freaking get out of this school and become a Tesla or something, and then I'm going to tell people, hey! The school system stinks! I got out, and look where I am! Look what I did! Now let's get these kids out of their boxes! But I can't do that yet, and that's what drives me mad! See, I fully agree with you- if you have a problem with something, you have to fix it, not just complain. But I'm already actively trying to fix it, but it's slow, because I have to get myself out first (the school system is liable to fight me if I just yell at all of them, and my parents really really don't need to deal with that right now, so I'm holding off the scathing complaints until I'm out). And I have to make sure my alternative is actually going to work for me. The thing is, I can't just instantly solve the problem, and while I'm in the process of solving it it is still driving me mad and I just... Aah... I mean, I'm a very just-do-it person. I hate doing nothing. It kills me. And I'm doing something now, but I haven't finished, so in the meantime it just keeps eating away at me...
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I WANT PIE. IS IT A SAVOURY PIE?
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It is rhubarb pie, my good man! Not savory, perhaps, but I'm sure I could find something palatable for you.
*looks in her pie box*
OH MY GOD IT'S HALF TERM
Or Mid Term. Same difference.
Sorry, I poofed already. I'll be distant, and msd-ly.
but HI.
*hugs all*
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Ah yes, but while you wait, things can be done. Letters can be written, speeches can still be made, people, can still be spoken to. Surely it is worth writing a book? Things can be done, Miss Tesla, even from within...
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I was going to say, is half-term what the *shudders* foreign devils call mid-term?
I kid, I kid. I often wish I were born in Europe, not America.
midterm was two weeks ago 0.0
Okay..
*sighs* I'm really sorry, I'll have to go. *hugs all*
Sorry... :/
I'll see you all later-
But probably not.
[Sneaks off and hides in the lost field of purple carrots]
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It's crazy though, because I've asked all these people (my brother is special ed, and all his life he's had to take hours and hours of tutoring every day just to keep up with his classes- we're almost opposite, in that sense, although he's a lot smarter than he lets on. Anyway, because of that, we know a ton of educational experts from all different backgrounds and everything.), and one of them told me that colleges are biased against homeschoolers, and the other told me that colleges are biased for homeschoolers, and other people have recommended really good private schools and I just don't know! I just don't know how to do this. I just want to get out. But I still don't know how.
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Here's fop
Finest in the shop
We've got Shepard's pie peppered with actual shepard on top
And I've just begun
Here's the politician so oily it's served with a doily
Have one!
Put it on a bun!
You never know when it's going to run!
I kid, I kid. This is perfectly respectable Shepard's pie, made with beef. No actual shepard involved.
Colleges are biased towards rich people and biased against poor people, and that's really my only experience with college bias . . .
I don't have time to write a book! You guys see a lot of me because I spend basically every spare second I have here, but I am very busy all the time. I have extra curriculars (sometimes two in one day) literally every day, and then I have homework and things, and I literally only see my friends about once a month (or less. And I'm being perfectly serious.) outside of school. Because if I'm not super busy, I feel like there's so much more I could be doing and it drives me mad.
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*slices trip a slice of shepard's pie*
*slices herself a slice of rhubarb pie*
*sits down and eats contentedly*
I want to go to college. I think our system sucks. I suck at math i am stronger in history English and languages, why do I need math and science? My goal has nowhere written in it for mayh
*hugs Fabi* *hugs Adra* Bye Adra. I hope I see you. :)
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Colleges need to see extracurricular activities and stuff, so that there's someone else's opinion besides Mom's. That's why I'm going to join this... Do you have Running Start where you live? I think it's a state program, but yeah...
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@Ari: That's fine is you want to come here less. :) I mean, we love seeing you, but don't feel forced to be here. If people want to force you, they're just screwing holes in the block of wood that is our patience, don't worry. :)
My mum said once that all these rich people go to these really excellent private schools and get really good grades and the like, and then they end up running the country when they don't have the actual talent to run the country. -_-
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Goodbye, Adra!
And I agree, the whole education system is going down the drain. But, sadly, it really can't be helped. With the economy and all, it's getting to the point (at least in America) where what we used to be able to do with a high school diploma takes nothing less than a college degree.
@Anni: Yep. :) We get a whole week off school at half term. YAAAAAAAAAAAY.
Hi Mara! :)
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Wbd/msd
But maybe if it was taught in a way that suited you, Zaf, rather than one-size-fits-all, you would actually enjoy math and possibly be very good at it.
And I don't disagree with you at all, Trip- I actually strongly agree- and I'm really sorry if I sound mean or something. I'm just basically tearing myself apart, and when I do that it's hard to not lash out... Sorry...
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When you grow up, you'll almost undoubtedly have to deal with complicated monetary stuff, no matter what you do.
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I don't know what Running Start is, but I'm operating through CollegePlus. To simplify it enough to put it in a comment, it basically means I get college credit for some high school classes and, next to regular high school, I take a lot of college classes online. I then can take a CLEP test for a lot of subjects so I don't have to do them in college. Essentially, this means that I will get an English degree from the second largest Christian college in America (online) at the age of 18. I am 15 right now.
*sees Trip isn't eating the pie*
*eats his slice too*
Frankly, I'm terrified of growing up. I don't know anything about money except it feels really good when I've got a lot of it.
Hello.
This morning at 5:45, I realised I didn't have to be in college until 12:05.
So I did the sensible thing, and played Mass Effect from 6:00 to 10:30.
I went on Gold difficulty as my Quarian Infiltrator. Which wasn't the best idea considering it has just average shields. I was in a lobby with two Americans people and an Irish guy, who were playing as two Geth Juggernauts and a Krogan Battlemaster (some of the strongest characters you can possibly be).
When it got to round 11, which is the part where you need to be extracted (and get points for doing so), all three of them died. There was a minute and twenty seconds until the shuttle came for extraction, and there was a large group of Reaper enemies moving towards me.
There was a Brute, a Banshee, several Cannibals and a Marauder.
Because I was constantly under fire I had to be in cover constantly.
To cut a long story short, I did a heroic run across the battlefield, killed all of the enemies with my shotgun then was the only person to get extracted.
Food brb.
*applauds*
I've never played Mass Effect, but I've often thought about it.
Running start is where you take classes at a community college during 11th or 12th grade. One has to be English or Math, and there's a placement test thing, but it's not that bad. And then for the other classes, you can take anything else you want (that's offered). If you go to College in Washington, the classes count as college credit, otherwise, they just look good on your application.
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You know, once we had an assembly which pointed out that Silverdale Road produced more table tennis champions than the rest of the country combined, and this was because they had a teacher at the school who was a table tennis champion and they had a 24 table tennis club and blah and blah and blah, and Sir doing the assembly used this to say that there was no such thing as talent, only practise. And we came out of the assembly and my friend just said "I'm sorry, but that assembly was a load of rubbish." And we talked about how it was, and how people did have natural aptitudes for things, but she also said "I'm not being funny, but that assembly could actually make someone commit suicide", because he was basically saying that they were champions because they'd been training from a very young age, and that now we were older than a very young age, we'd lost our chance and couldn't do anything anymore. And that's just such a sucky message to give out. And the fact is that some people just have a lot more opportunity than other people. People on Silverdale Road weren't better at table tennis because they had more dedication than the average person. They had more opportunity than the average person. And there are some people who are rich and go to private schools and just have everything, and there are some people who come from a crap family and/or a crap situation at home and go to a crap school and never have a fucking chance.
And my mum was working with this girl once, and she said to my mum that everyone expected her to be really bad because she came form a bad family, and it wasn't fair. And my mum said, but by doing what you're doing, aren't you proving them right? But anyway . . . my mum persuaded her to really start trying at school, because she was actually really bright, and one day she got an A in English and she was just over the moon, because previously she hadn't been trying and so she'd never done well. But she couldn't get higher than a C in maths, because that was how maths works, and she couldn't join a higher class because they'd already been learning all the higher stuff whilst she'd been mucking about and she couldn't jump ion in the middle, so she was stuck getting Cs when she could do so much better. And my mum said that in her day, everybody did the same GCSE, whatever level you were, and that on her first question in science she was basically told to count the dots on a leaf and she spent about half an hour looking at it trying to find some trick, because she couldn't believe it was so easy. But the thing was, everyone did all the questions, easy and hard. And even if you hadn't been taught any of the hard stuff, you could still have a go at it, and try and do the best you could do, so it was a fair test.
And I think they should go back to doing that.
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Happy Birthday. (I am late. I know. I am always late.) Good luck with the book. Don't you dare to write the wrong ending.
Not that killing off the last remaining main characters would give me pain. Never. I will be merely pouting
The reason they don't do that is because it is of no advantage to the education system. They aren't going to get what they need from somebody from a poor family as opposed to someone from a rich one. The reason mostly rich people go to big-name college is because that sort of education costs a heck of a lot of money. While it would be fair for everyone to have the same chance, unless our economy gets a major overhaul, it wouldn't be physically possible for that to happen, even if everyone in the public education system suddenly had a change of heart and wanted everything to be fair.
Hullo, Smiling Cat! May I call you Cheshire?
You know, because my mum was a youth worker . . .
@Dragona: Yay! :)
@All the interesting stuff above that I can't reply to individually because it would take too long: That's interesting. :) *hugs*
@Ari, about Zaf probably being good at maths if she was taught in a way that fitted her: I completely agree. :) Our school, and the type of school it is, not just our school in particular, our school in particular is awesome, it's just school systems in general, is sucky with the top and the bottom. The top people are held back and the bottom people aren't given enough support, I feel. This is rambling off a
bit, but once we got a sheet home saying how well the year was doing as a whole, and it was interesting to see how the subjects that were setted had students performing at higher levels than the other subjects, but also students performing at lower levels than the other subjects. I do better in maths and science with it being setted, because I'm good at maths and science, than in English, which I'm also good at, which isn't setted because sets in English are bad (says numerous English teachers and my mum).
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@Anni: *nods* :/
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I think I'm too competitive sometimes... Or not competitive at all, it's really hard to say. I should be going now... All this talk about education stuff... Yeah...
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@Fabi: I sort of get that. :)
Fours, if you're going . . .
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I should probably leave as well . . .
*strolls away, whistling '500 Miles'*
@Anni: Fours. :(
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Hey, Ember. :)
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Hello, Miss Inkbright.
I have decided to stick to being myself for a while, seeing as I haven't done it for quite some time and I need practice.
I so lost....
The particular thing about schools is that they dumb children down on purpose. Who wants a country full of capable adults? There would be too much change. Too much rebellion. Their plans would be uncovered. The leaders want to keep people under control, and what better way than to make them stupid?
Too many rebellions, I mean.
Also, about the assembly... Miss December's mother bought her books on the exact topic the man was lecturing to you about and forced her to read them. Every person she meets tells her she cannot be a violinist because she has not performed with an orchestra as of yet...
... although the best violinist she knows started at her age.
But it is true--dedication is a large factor in these things. That is the one thing Miss December lacks, and it makes her very upset. Strangely enough.
I'm baaaaaaaack! There was a city-wide power cut. But I'm back now.
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And everyone's gone.
Huzzah.
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I am still here.
Miss Inkbright is still here as well, presumably.
Oh good. How are you Mycroft?
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I am faring perfectly well, thank you very much.
And how are you?
I am...... ridiculously neutral.
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An acceptable state.
I am afraid I must take my leave for a short period of time, seeing as my dinner has been served. Ta.
Hello Dragona. Goodbye Mycroft.
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There's no such thing as permanence...
There's no such thing as permanence...
There's no such thing as permanence...
There's no such thing as permanence...
There's no such thing as permanence...
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Hey Trip! How are you?
Correct Fabi!
Are you becoming a buddhist?
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As I told Mycroft, ridiculously neutral. Yourself?
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I'm fine thank you. ^^
I also agree with Miss Fabienne.
And now I shall depart once more.
Whatever happened to Dead Reaping?
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*hugs Ember* :(
You're only around my age. Who's to say you can't be an amazing violinist? You've barely lived. :)
And - sorry for poofing. I stopped to rant at a Youtuber, and then it was dinner. :(
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I can have beliefs without being part of a specific religion. I've done it perfectly well for years.
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Of course Fabi. It's just, that's one of the three gems of Buddhism. I just wondered. How are you?
wb Star.
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Hello?
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Absolutely terrible, thank you!
Actually, not too too bad. My brain has gone into comedy mode, though, mainly because it hurts less, so if I make really bad jokes, sorry!
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HELLO
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@Fabi: *hugs*
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I ded the the power of the individual. It's easily forgotten, due to the nigh unstoppable power of a large group, but it's there. One person can make all the difference, they can save lives, create great things, and bring about monumental change.
It is because of this power, I beg to anyone considering, remember your power. Your power is greater than anyone's who is trying to change, hurt or suppress you. It may not seem that way, but it is. Don't let them think t is not there. Your power is real.
We may never throw fireballs, but we very well might do something greater.
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"Doc!
(I'm crying out louder and louder)
I'm dying!
(But nobody can hear my screams)"
The song that was released didn't have the whispers in. I don't think the song was better with the whispers in at the beginning. I think they unravelled it a little. However, they were incredible. They should have been put in some other song, somewhere . . . you know, before he died.
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That ded was amazing. :)
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Thank you Star. I aim to please.
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