Wednesday, February 12, 2014

Imagine

Apparently I'll be appearing at the Imagine Festival in London this Monday, the 17th. I had a blast last year, where I showed clips from movies, but I'm not entirely sure what I'll do this time. I might read from one of the new short stories. I'd read from the ninth book, but there is nothing from the early sections finished, and anything read from later on would be a spoiler, so...

Oh, and speaking of Book 9, I have just reached the 75,000 word mark. Judging by this, the finished book will be at least 100,000 words, which is Mortal Coil length, and could be longer. LSODM will stay the longest, I reckon, simply because of the massive amount of characters involved. But because most of those characters are now DEAD, Book 9 allows me a smaller, more intimate story — while remaining as heart-rendingly traumatic as anything I've written before.

And speaking of heart-rendingly traumatic, I've actually written the last few chapters. Not to completion, of course, but I've written enough to know what happens, and how it ends, and who lives and who dies, and all I can say is...

I am MEAN.

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Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

*guess

Anonymous said...

Oh god... this is getting weird. Really weird. :D
A blue bird ate a stone and wept because he had eaten a magic stone that could fly and because it hurt.

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

DAMN IT.

Anonymous said...

*laughs*
Don't tell me that was right! :D

Maralie Lily Charm said...

no i'm not that heartless silente thanks

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

Ein Ei wurde eine Wand gedrückt, das Ei hatte einen sehr großen Fall, niemand das Ei auf allen beheben könnte, aber wer das Ei die Wand stieß sich

Anonymous said...

Sorry but that last thing doesn't make sense. Not at all. You won, Silente^^

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

Wait at I never called you heartless its just you were talking about 1D and Little mix concerts last night so I though it might be that

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

It was meant to say An egg was pushed off a wall, the egg had a very great fall, no one could fix the egg at all but who pushed the egg off the wall?

It was about Humpty Dumpty

Mycroft Holmes (Ember) said...

What are you guys doing?!

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

I was testing miths english

Anonymous said...

Oh... okaaaay... :D

Um, basically, I am trying to translate weird stuff from German into English... :D

Mycroft Holmes (Ember) said...

:/

Have I met you before? I think I have, but I'm not completely sure?

Maralie Lily Charm said...

nvm

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

No I don't think were met before Narvi so HEYY! HI NEW PERSON WHO IVE NEVER MET BEFORE! HI HOW ARE YOU"

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

Mara have I upset you? I'm sorry if I have. Plz be happyz

Mycroft Holmes (Ember) said...

What's on the first of March?

I was September Silver earlier, so we may have met... Or maybe I was Hallie Ella?

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

Ich kletterte eine Bohne. Eine sehr große Bohne. Es war ein Riese an der Spitze, so dass ich raubte ihm lief dann weg und tötete ihn, als er mich verfolgt

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

Nope not met you before..

Dragona Pine said...

Hello.

Anonymous said...

Hi Dragona!

*looks at Silente*
*tilts head*

Mycroft Holmes (Ember) said...

Hmmm.....

Anyway, I'm September Silver, general Mycroft enthusiast :)

Mycroft Holmes (Ember) said...

Hi, Dragona! I haven't see you for a long time!

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

Hey dragona how are you?

Maralie Lily Charm said...

no. i'm not upset.

just broken.

sorry i'm gone

Mycroft Holmes (Ember) said...

You're not broken until you give up, Mara. We decide when we break.

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

What's wrong mith? Can you not figure I out?

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

Highlights narvis comment agreed.

Maralie Lily Charm said...

i've already given up.

it's all my fault.

oh my fucking god.

sorry

i'm after having four panic attacks today so i'll probably have another one soon bye

Dragona Pine said...

Hello everyone!



I'm good, thanks Silente. I just started playing Mass Effect 2 for the third time... I have never played as a female-Commander Shepard before (since you can customise your character and stuff) and I haven't been Renegade either (Renegade = making rather amusing, but slightly bitchy, choices), so I decided what the hell and did both.

So far the best thing I've done is killing a guy in an attempt to sabotage a gunship he was repairing. He was working on it and then Shepard said, "You work too hard" and jabbed him in the back with an electric tool. Oh well. :)

Anonymous said...

I can't, Silente. You won again...

Mycroft Holmes (Ember) said...

You commented on this blog. You reloaded the page after you said you'd left. You're still talking. You haven't given up. Oh, and the next time you're having a panic attack, start doing your multiplication tables. It calms me down when I have panic attacks.

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

It said I climbed up a bean. A very tall bean. There was a giant at the top so i robbed him then ran away and killed him when he followed me

@dragona you and that game

Mycroft Holmes (Ember) said...

That sounds great, Dragona XD

Anonymous said...

I just found out that I am very very bad at reading notes. Gah.

Dragona Pine said...

I want to get to the part where I get to punch a journalist.


Silente, yes, I know I play it too much :P

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

Last one (I made it easier) Ich aß eine Melone Samen und jetzt ist mein Bauch ungewöhnlich Runde

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

You punch a journalist at one point? That's...okay then

Mycroft Holmes (Ember) said...

Punch? Pfft. Kick him in the balls.

Anonymous said...

Punching journalists is not okay! I AM a journalist! Kinda... :D

Mycroft Holmes (Ember) said...

(I love how we had three completely different reactions to the journalist thing XD)

Anonymous said...

@Silente: I ate melon seed and now my stomach is (???).
No idea, sorry...

Anonymous said...

Yeah, but I'm the only one who doesn't want the jounalist to get hurt... :D

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

Yeah punch...erm... well not a vamp, Cuz that's me....not a journalist, Cuz hats Mith.... punch a dickfaced jerk man slag!

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

I ate a melon seed and now my bellies unusually round

Dragona Pine said...

Throughout the 3 Mass Effect games there's a journalist who tries to make you look bad on camera. The paragon (good) option is to put them in their place. The renegade option is just to punch them.

Anonymous said...

Gah, then I would have been right! I was just not sure cause it sounded strange...

Anonymous said...

Well, I guess it's ok to punch mean journalists^^

Mycroft Holmes (Ember) said...

That sounds so fun XD

You should take that camera, start filming, and then shove it up his ass

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

Brb guys

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...
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Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

Am back had to fix a charger issue

Mycroft Holmes (Ember) said...

I hate those

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

Yeah they're annoying

Anonymous said...

Why is it still two weeks school until I have a week off??

Anonymous said...

Why is it still two weeks school until I have a week off??

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

Because schools stupid.... speaking of I think I have homework due tommorow

Anonymous said...

And why did my comment double?

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

Hmmm....brb guys, need to check something!

Anonymous said...

Okay, Silente!

Dragona Pine said...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9TgTLJXoD_o


Those are some of the renegade things... they're funny. ^^

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

Okay I'm gonna be a tad distant...

Anonymous said...

I'm afraid I'll have to go now...
See you guys!

Trip Castalan, Lord of The Hobbits, The Fourth Most Popular Folk/Parody Banana Thief In The Land said...

*whistles a long note. 3.482 centimetres to be precise*

#ChaseForBook9

Noelle said...

Bye Mith!

GAH just got my Internet... And I finished some English homework sooo

Fabi S. - Fashion-Conscious Fire Wraith said...

[She stretched out her hand and gently pushes the door closed]

Noelle said...

Hey Fabs!

Anonymous said...

Booo! I'm not gone! Yet.

Anonymous said...

But I might be distant...

Noelle said...

Heya Mith!

I'm a little distant as well..

Fabi S. - Fashion-Conscious Fire Wraith said...

[hugs Adra, Mith and anyone else who is here]

Anonymous said...

Hi Adra! :)

Fabiiii! *hugs back*

Noelle said...

What's everyone up to?

If nothing's happening, I might write a bit here. I hope no one minds :)

-

*She wakes up with a yawn, rubbing her eyes, her blanket wrapped around her*
*Scoots herself near the fire, cracking an egg over a pan and setting that over the flame, holding her belly carefully, sitting close to preserve her warmth*

Zanida Laufeydottir Queen of Asgard (Zafira Kerias) said...

Fabi sorry for poofing last night the wind knocked power out so i gave up when it didnt come on right away. I think by 12:15 i gave up

Zanida Laufeydottir Queen of Asgard (Zafira Kerias) said...

I'm going food shopping so wbd for a while

Noelle said...

K Zaf!

It snowed a bit last night... It looks lovely :)

Anonymous said...

Why can't we have snow in Germany? We got 15 °C yesterday! Fifteen!

Fabi S. - Fashion-Conscious Fire Wraith said...

I don't mind at all, Adra.

It's okay, Zaf, I needed to sleep anyway. If you want to continue at any point, just let me know.

Noelle said...

Whoa... That's actually pretty warm, considering.

I'll send you some, if you want.

Noelle said...

Thanks, Fabu :)

Anonymous said...

Yeah, it is...
Do send me some, Adra! I want snoooooow! :D

Noelle said...

The only thing is, we're supposed to get freezing rain tomorrow, so everything is going to ice over...? :/

But yeah.
*Blows wind over to Germany* Whoooooosssshshhhhhh~

-

*She meticulously takes her eggs onto her plate, and with some bread, eats both of them, leaning back into her pillows and watching the forest and the ground far below*

Fabi S. - Fashion-Conscious Fire Wraith said...

Bbs,breakfast,

Anonymous said...

SNOW!
*dances around in the falling snowflakes*

Noelle said...

Okay Moss

My mom loathes snow with the passion of a thousand burning moons.

It's a little annoying when the plows push it all in front of your driveway, though...
*Shrugs*
-

Anonymous said...

Dinner, bb later...

Noelle said...

Bye Mith as well!

Hmm...

*Holding up the fort*

Zanida Laufeydottir Queen of Asgard (Zafira Kerias) said...

2-3" monday into tuesday

Noelle said...

Ew :/

Anonymous said...

Back, but don't know for how long.

Noelle said...

Okay- *hugs if you go*

Anonymous said...

I think I'll be here for at least half an hour, Adra^^

Noelle said...

Oh- alright.

So how are things?

Fabi S. - Fashion-Conscious Fire Wraith said...

Back. [hugs]

Noelle said...

Hi Moss! Wb. Breakfast ok?

Anonymous said...

Fine - again. I think...

Fabi S. - Fashion-Conscious Fire Wraith said...

Yeah. Leftover pretzels.

Dad made them for lunch yesterday, but they weren't ready until 3:30, and by then most of us had already eaten. Otherwise, there wouldn't have been extras!

Noelle said...

Oh, right- sorry, I feel a little waterlogged.

Without the water.

Ah- sounds good! I don't really care for pretzels except the cinnamon kind... With dippy cheese.

Those are the bomb.com

Fabi S. - Fashion-Conscious Fire Wraith said...

These had poppy seeds and salt. Sometimes he makes cinnamon ones, though.

Noelle said...

Fun fact about poppy seeds- in a drugs test they can make you come up positive.

I like lemon poppyseed muffins

Fabi S. - Fashion-Conscious Fire Wraith said...

Weird.

So do I.

I like lemon in general, actually.

Noelle said...

I don't care for lemon bars that much.

Lemon sour patch kids are like drugs to me, I could eat that, and movie popcorn with lots of butter over it for the rest of my life

Anonymous said...

Sorry for poofing... got to fix some things..

Noelle said...

No problem, Mith!

Anonymous said...

My writing skills have all gone.
That is a fact.

Fabi S. - Fashion-Conscious Fire Wraith said...

Popcorn. :-)

Fabi S. - Fashion-Conscious Fire Wraith said...

Yeah, I've been feeling the same lately...

Everything I've been trying to write is just...stuck.

Anonymous said...

Completely stuck.
I have no idea what to do.
No, that's wrong. I've got lots of ideas but I don't know how to write what I want to write. You know what I mean? Cause I can't explain it in a better way, sorry...

Noelle said...

I have a couple things that could help you two?

You could try splurging out your thoughts. Just write, even if it doesn't make sense- even if it doesn't make a sentence. Just go for it, you know? Just take words, don't even try to make it a story. Just write.

There is always reading or watching a really well-crafted work for inspiration and it might make you feel like you ought to do something.

Make a list of things that might be good stories?

Make, like, goth-Disney princess stories or something (like an AU of something)

Just summarize a story that you know- no matter what it is,write down as much as you know.

Poetry, especially if you pick an era that you like (ie: Romanticism, Transcendentalism, Post- Modernism), and write in the style of a person or story? (Mimicry, basically)

Or you just try to make something new :)

Noelle said...

Movie popcorn makes me want to cry :P

Yeah ^^^ up there are just things that I might do... You can't force writing, and you can't force yourself into a mindset where your brain just might not have the energy to go, so you have to work with it a little

Unknown said...

anyone on?

Anonymous said...

Aw, thanks Adra! *hugs*
Okay, I'll try!
My problem is just that I have started some sort of short Sherlock fanfiction but I have no idea how it could end...

Fabi S. - Fashion-Conscious Fire Wraith said...

Mm... Thanks for the advice.

Noelle said...

Hello, Rueben!

And np!

Mith- I wouldn't really know how that feels, because I usually have a starting point, and an endpoint, and I fill the inside with useless things..
Again, it goes to the writing without thought- I rarely think about where the story is going, I just go, you know?

Anonymous said...

I usually try to do it like that, Adra, but this time I just have no endpoint... which is getting quite annoying. I guess I'll just stop for now and try again tomorrow^^

Anonymous said...

Hi Rueben! :) Have we met?

Noelle said...

That's always another option, too *nods*

Zanida Laufeydottir Queen of Asgard (Zafira Kerias) said...

Okay yay back

Noelle said...

Wb Zaf

Fabi S. - Fashion-Conscious Fire Wraith said...

Sorry, my laptop charge was jumping between 5% and 100%, and I had to figure out what was going on.

Anonymous said...

Very strange, Fabs...

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

Hey guys am back!

Anonymous said...

I'll have to go soon-ish...

Noelle said...

Hey Silente :)

*Hugs Mith if she goes*

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

Hey Adra how are you?

Anonymous said...

Aaaaaand I'm gone... see you guys! *hugs everyone*

Fabi S. - Fashion-Conscious Fire Wraith said...

Bye Mith [hugs]

Hi Tempest. :-)

Noelle said...

I'm... Well, I'm not sure. I'm doing well at being calm, and I hope I will remain that way :P

I'm also craving spaghetti with red sauce and turkey.

*Foams*

you?


Bye Mith!

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

Hey moss how are you?

Noelle said...

CAN ANYONE PLEASE GET ME SPAGHETTI WITH RED SAUCE

PLEASE

THIS IS WHAT I WANT IN LIFE

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

I'm fine Adra, I don't think I've ever craved turkey, mind you I've never had it so... *shrugs*

Noelle said...

Well, ground turkey. We eat ground turkey instead of ground beef in most of our foods....

asdfhjkl;'

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

Ahh okay then. Do you not have spaghetti in your house?

Noelle said...

Yes! And I'm more than certain we have red sauce as well, HOWEVER, the ground turkey is iffy...

And if we go to the store I might get sidetracked and get a lot of snacks

not that i have a problem with that.

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

Well, if you go to the shop and don't look around, just go straight to the ground turkey an buy JUST THAT then your craving will be satisfied, plus self control is a good thing to practice..

Zanida Laufeydottir Queen of Asgard (Zafira Kerias) said...

Yay we are in the contendings for a medal in partner skating our one team is in first and we find out after tonorrow's free skate

Yay USA

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

Well done. Either our athletes are shit or the Russians saw the gay mountain advert we made...

Unknown said...

Sorry I wasn't on then, I had to finish a homework thing! but I'm back for now, as its four thirty in the morning where I am, and no, I don't think we met before, Mithria!

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

Oh wait your american, you won't have seen the gay mountain ad will you?

Unknown said...

What are you talking about, Silente?!

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

Type 'gay mountain advert, into youtube and click on the top video. :-) You'll understand.

Zanida Laufeydottir Queen of Asgard (Zafira Kerias) said...

Silente you've got a group in the skating. I was going by flags and only saw your flag. I saw Germany too. No Aussies or Kiwis

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

Ah so they're not that angry

Zanida Laufeydottir Queen of Asgard (Zafira Kerias) said...

Oh. My. God.

*dies* Gay mountain.....okay you guys top screwed up commercials

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

It started airing a bit ago. I remember the first time I saw it I was like 'omg what the fuck?' Now its just really catchy gtg 4 T bbs

Unknown said...

is it the one where this guy starts singing gay mountain? because that's all I could find

Zanida Laufeydottir Queen of Asgard (Zafira Kerias) said...

For tea..sorry I really just can't get this image out of my head i mean nothing rude any Engliminions

When you guys say going for tea I just picture you guys sitting at a table drinking tea talking posh! I'm so sorry I sound totaly American

Zanida Laufeydottir Queen of Asgard (Zafira Kerias) said...

Yeah Rueben its the one with the guy singing.....*nods* im gonna show my friend the Brits top it

Unknown said...

Zaf, that's what I do sometimes! anyway, we shouldn't be talking together, we should be bickering, and preparing our sanctuaries for battle!

Noelle said...

Bye Silente!

-making rice-

Unknown said...

luckily not to many Australian mages were not in Roarhaven when the warlocks and Darquess attacked!

Unknown said...

Okay, I really need to go, its getting late (or early, if you must call it), and I'm really tired!

Noelle said...

Okay! Bye Rueben!

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

Okay I here again guys and Adra by having T I mean having the evening meal. Infact don't tell anyone but I don't really like tea, it makes me feel sick, infact it nearly made me puke once...anyway how did you like the by mountain ad?

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

No wait not Adra I meant Zaf. Sorry wrong name

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

Er guys..are you still on? Did I shock you into stunned silence with the tea thing? Hello? Were you both simutaniously murdered?

Noelle said...

Yeah, Rhy says that a lot... But he spells it out, so the abbreviation just threw up off.

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

Oh good your not dead. So did you like the gay mountain advert?

Noelle said...

I haven't had a chance to look it up, but I might later

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

You seriously should as soon as you can. Its actually FABULOUS. However I think it killed Zaf....or she blew herself up...

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

Oh o wait I think she's showing it her friends...

Noelle said...

Possibly.

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

Ah its amazing anyway bbs, we get pancakes now! Yum!

Noelle said...

K!

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

Watch it while I'm gone!

Lewis Ravenscroft / Rhydian Blake said...

Hello...?

Noelle said...

I am sorry I could not watch that all the way through...

I imagine many people would me insulted by it.

Hello, Rhy-

Noelle said...

*be

Lewis Ravenscroft / Rhydian Blake said...

Hey Adra! Insulted by what?

Noelle said...

The "Gay Mountain" commercial. It was... Well, it was a stab at Sochi, but the way that they over-did everything is certainly going to be insulting to many people.

Because all homosexuals aren't flamboyant and 'faaaaabulous!'

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

Hey guys I'm back. Yeah the advert was basically channel 4 taking a dig at Russia for being homophobic

Noelle said...
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Lewis Ravenscroft / Rhydian Blake said...

Oh.....Many people /would/ be insulted by that.



I've had a long week and feel like going into a coma. Just me or is school becoming more painful?

Noelle said...

*not all

not aren't

Shoot :P

Lewis Ravenscroft / Rhydian Blake said...

((Russia sound like twats then))

Noelle said...

There are many countries that do have anti-gay laws...

I dunno, I'm giving it a century tops before everyone gets their A-game. Unless it's a theocratic government, I'm not totally sure.

And I'm sorry to hear that, Rhyd

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

Yeah school is seeming more tireing recently. Especially since the government scared the s*** out of me by proposing long school hours (10 hours a day, YIKES!) and shorter holidays. Seriously terrified me

Lewis Ravenscroft / Rhydian Blake said...

I think I hate school. Genuinely. Mun said this morning I was kinda bitter. And so did Corvo. And dad mentioned I seemed to be in a kinda mood....school has broken me

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

Cheer up, holidays soon. (At least here they're soon)

Lewis Ravenscroft / Rhydian Blake said...

I dedicate this page to true friends.

Because they are always there for ya. That's all I really need to say I think

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

*Raises glass* to true friends, may they always be there for each other

Lewis Ravenscroft / Rhydian Blake said...

*raises glass as well*

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

To true friends!

Lewis Ravenscroft / Rhydian Blake said...

Wbd/msd/may not be here

Noelle said...

I want to go prospecting sometime..

Jai (Silente Tempest - St Of Sinners) said...

Leaving now bye!

Noelle said...

Bye Tempest!

Noelle said...

Since no one seems to be here...
-
*Adra finds herself downstairs in the lab, having the floors all cleaned up, she finds more and more alienated each time that she is there- too much has happened within it's walls, and the negative energy is more overbearing than homely*
*Yet, she finds herself there anyway, curled up on the couch with a sketchbook, drawing the straight lines of her alchemist city- the walls broken and crumbling, as they had been the day previous, and it broke her heart to see it like that*
*Sips some tea, concentrating on the drawing*

Fabi S. - Fashion-Conscious Fire Wraith said...

H jikq es ucapij lq zu oqes u lnge xvz qfh.

Noelle said...

Wb, Moss

Fabi S. - Fashion-Conscious Fire Wraith said...

Hi. [hugs]

Msd. My sister and I were going to do something, but then some statistics programming thing happened.

Noelle said...

Oh, I hate when things get interrupted :/
*hugs*
Hello, though, for however long you can be here :)

Emerald Melody said...

I have arrived but give me a sec, I'm just finishing a Goodreads review but I AM HERE!!

Noelle said...

Hello, Em!

Fabi S. - Fashion-Conscious Fire Wraith said...

Yeah, same.

Especially since she can program any time she wants to, since it's schoolwork and all. and we only have limited free sister-time...

Fabi S. - Fashion-Conscious Fire Wraith said...

Hi Em. [hugs]

Noelle said...

It's sad how well I know that feeling. *Hugs tightly* Sometimes you have to make the best of what you have.

Emerald Melody said...

Hello everyone!

Sorry I haven't been around much, I just feel like I'm starting to intrude on things these last few days.

I hope you're all well!

Star Inkbright said...

Okay, so my mum is organising this thing for work, and we had to help her. I found out on the the jobs was sorting out beads and I immediately wanted to do that. I got rather excited, actually.
I had a pot of beads and I was filling a paint pallet with them. I organised them according to shape. Sometimes you'd just pick them out, but more often I found myself slicing up necklaces and pulled the beads off or ripping up bracelets or threading apart sequin chains.
Eight hours I spent doing that today.
Eight hours.
Six hours straight, then I had to go for dinner.
It was a horrible addiction. I needed to go to the toilet, I couldn't bring myself to get up. I wanted to put music back on after dinner, but I didn't have the willpower to look away for a second to reach for my headphones and phone right next to me.
I imagine that is what it feels like to be OCD, but OCD is permanent. I have the joy of knowing my cravings to sort out beads will end when I've finished sorting the jar out. :P
(I'm down to the last scrabbly bits at the bottom. We had to go to bed and whatnot, plus my sister made me a really pretty bead star and I got distracted raving over that.)
After four or five hours, my mum came and helped me, and then my brother joined in, and my mum left, and then my brother got bored and left, and I was still sitting there.
I didn't move out of that spot for six hours straight.

. . .

I never want to do drugs. :P Addiction is scary.

#ChaseForBookNine

Noelle said...

No problem, Em.

And I read the first and last sentences of your paragraph (as I always do before reading through) and laughed, Star.

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