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  1. Peach 00
    ...really, I'd like to say thanks for those who commented. It really made me consider things and see a brighter side. Everybody who commented made me feel a heck of a lot better than what I was feeling like before, and made me realize that sometimes getting angry at a lack of reviews is pretty stupid. You can't expect reviews to be handed to you on a silver platter - you must be patient.
     
    And with those comments, I noticed that lots of people tried to really cheer me up, which I really appreciate. I realized that people did kind of care for my well-being, whether it was in a small way or a little larger. It made me more or less see that some people do notice me, even if it isn't distributed into reviews or praise. It's in a friendly manner, which is much more worth having than critique in many ways.
     
    To everybody, thanks for the comments and making me feel better. I really appreciate it.
  3. Peach 00

    Contests

    By Peach 00,

    Why so many? We have the System contest, the RPG contest, the two SS contests - what's next? Of course, I don't mind it, but I just don't remember there being so many back on the old forums. =/
  5. Peach 00
    Well, because it's getting late, I figured I'd give random updates, news, quotes, and mini rants before I get to bed. Seems better to have a wide range of completely spontaneous subjects compiled into one blog entry than spread out into about nine.
     
    So, first, just like to get this out of the way: At my ballet place, my teacher has been telling me/my parents that one of my friends and I are the two most advanced students in the class. Despite the fact it's going to happen anyway because of my age, she's thinking of moving me up to the advanced 12+ class.
     
    As well, this Russian ballet guy is coming the day after my birthday (my birthday is January 21st), and because I'll be 12 at that point, I'd take the advanced master class he's teaching for a day. Now of course the other teachers, including the assistant teacher, will be in this exact class, and my teacher thought it'd be awesome if I were in that class. So, just to see what my best abilities are, I'm going to be taking that class. =D (But unfortunately for me this guy doesn't speak a word of English, so I'm going to have to be working on ballet phrases and anything that he will understand when in communication.)
     
    So that's update #1.
     
    Now secondly, my brother (Tifosi 94) is having his birthday in six days, which will be five days tomorrow, but still, can't wait for that. My mom and I will be making a chocolate cake, either that or a black forest cake. For my birthday, I'm wishing for the Portal cake - anybody wondering what specific cake-type that is or if anybody has the recipe?
     
    Annd for an entirely random part, I'm busy watching Cheers while typing this. It's interesting to see that there's basically a tie-in with about six other shows because of the producers/creators/directors of Cheers made those other shows. So, about all of them: M*A*S*H, Taxi, Cheers, Frasier, Wings, andone other one I can't remember. All of them are really cool shows. :'D
     
    And again, on an entirely different note, writing has been semi-good. I've been wanting to do a human-Bionicle story lately, but haven't gotten any good ideas for it. Anybody have any practical ideas for a story? I'm wanting to use some of the characters in Danger Close (which, by the way, could use some attention, people), but I just can't think of any specific story background. =/ Also, advertisement for the following stories:

    Wings by Inferna Firesword
    Divided We Fall by Grant-Sud
    Rebirth by Me (Self advertisement is pitiful, but what the heck)
    Danger Close by Me

    So, there's a small list, but deserves attention. Again, I didn't want to advertisement my own stories, but they do need some attention. Grant's story and my story are both SSC8 entries, so we'd appreciate views on both. Inferna's epic has had reviewers bail on her (No clue who those people are, but get with it, guys), and just about the same with Danger Close. Reviews for all those stories would be great.
     
    And last but not least, ask me stuff. No clue what, but just ask me stuff.
  6. Peach 00

    R . I . P. Harry Morgan

    By Peach 00,

    Apparently just recently Harry Morgan, known for his roles on M*A*S*H and Dragnet, died of pneumonia. It is sad to see this actor die - he played one of the best roles on M*A*S*H, playing Colonel Sherman T. Potter.
     
    Still, a tragic loss.
  7. Peach 00
    I remember Inferna Firesword did this a year ago, and because I was bored, I went searching for it somewhere in her blog so I could have a little fun with it. So, for those who don't remember and can take it and post the results in comments:
     
    1. Open your library to iTunes, Windows Media Player (WMP), or whatever music device you have
    2. Put it on shuffle
    3. Hit play
     
    Every question you answer with the song, move onto the next question. Just say what song played for the question. Here we go!
     
    1. What is my life's philosophy?
    "Comfortably Numb" by Pink Floyd (I have no clue what to decipher from this)
     
    2. What will my last words be?
    "Circle" by Sarah McLachlan
     
    3. How am I feeling today?
    "A Matter of Trust" by Billy Joel
     
    4. What is my theme song?
    "Where Did All the Love Go?" by Kasabian (Not necessarily my theme song, but my attitude about lots of things)
     
    5. What song will be playing at my wedding?
    "Have a Cigar" by Pink Floyd (OK, this is a little weird... >.>)
     
    6. What song will be played at my funeral?
    "Someday Never Comes" by Creedence Clearwater Revival
     
    7. How will I be remembered?
    "Money" by Pink Floyd (For some reason, I like this. =D)
     
    8. What is some good advice for me?
    "Hold On" by Sarah McLachlan
     
    9. What is my life's dream?
    "Building A Mystery" by Sarah McLachlan (...)
     
    10. What's my kind of lady/man?
    "Drivin' With Your Eyes Closed" by Don Henley (No clue what to think of this one)
     
    11. How do people see me?
    "Witness" by Sarah McLachlan (?)
     
    12. How would I describe this page?
    "Not Enough Love in the World" by Don Henley
     
    13. How would I describe my best friend?
    "I Will Remember You" by Sarah McLachlan (This sounds just about right in a way...)
     
    14. What's in store for this week?
    "I Love You" by Sarah McLachlan (My computer apparently loves Sarah McLachlan - but maybe this is a good sign...?)
     
    15. How would I describe my parents?
    "Fire" by Kasabian (Not fitting, not fitting at all...)
     
    16. If I had one wish, what would I wish for?
    "Bad Moon Rising" by CCR (Heh heh heh...)
     
    17. What do my friends think of me?
    "Big Shot" by Billy Joel (This does not comfort me at all...)
     
    18. What is said about me behind my back?
    "British Legion" by Kasabian (Wut?)
     
    19. What do I think of this questionnaire?
    "Life's Been Good" by Joe Walsh
     
    ~:~
     
    Well, there you go. It seemed like it went pretty well - that last one instantly made me laugh out loud. Still, enjoy - comment your results.
  9. Peach 00

    Hamburgers

    By Peach 00,

    Having that and hot dogs for dinner. All I can think of is putting cheese, pickles, and ketchup on top of my hamburger, taking a bite, and then start munching into the french fries I have with it - in the great words of somebody I probably don't know, 'OM NOM NOM'.
  10. Peach 00

    Best Quote Ever

    By Peach 00,

    "Have you ever heard the expression, 'When life gives you lemons, make lemonade, and toss it back in the face of the person that gave you the lemons until they give you the oranges you asked for in the first place'?"
    -- Bill McNeil
     
    BRILLIANCE.
  11. Peach 00

    Comics

    By Peach 00,

    Okay, I decided I'd take a look inside the proclaimed 'awesome' forums by so many comic makers alike, and viewed a few of the 'great' comics. I had gone there on the old forums, and looking at them now, they still aren't all that funny. No personal offense to the artists themselves, but I'm going to go on a rant about them and point out what I saw and the flaws.
     
    First, after looking at one artist who will go unnamed, I saw the comics and took a look at the first one. Of course, it was just an introduction to the PGS characters, so it wasn't supposed to be funny, I guess. But I looked at the next few comics, and I still didn't see it all that funny.
     
    So, let me tell you why: There's no wit. Wit. Yes, most of you might have heard of it. When making a comic, short or long, the potential subject should at least carry out a witty form of banter with characters, a subject that can produce interesting discussion between characters, when it might finally lead to a humorous end. Or, at least a similar comic type to that.
     
    So, next, I took at somebody else's comics who is named as a genius among the comic-maker community. After looking, not all that much of a genius. The comics have some funny points, but not laugh out loud funny. I viewed the first five comics and I wasn't impressed.
     
    ...
     
    Okay, well this wasn't all that long of a rant, but that's a miniaturized version of what I first intended to rant about. But, nonetheless, a rant.
  12. Peach 00

    Reviews

    By Peach 00,

    I need some for Danger Close. The review topic has basically died on the second page, and it has six replies in it, three of them if I'm not mistaken my replies to the measely three reviews in the topic. Guys, I know that I shouldn't force people to read the story, but it'd be nice if people did. I've worked a year on that one story, put in almost over 30,000 words, and 74 pages in it, not to forget eighteen chapters. I've worked hard and long on it, and I'm not about to give it up just because people aren't interested in reading stories on here anymore.
     
    Writers like myself love the criticism, the praise, the simplistic comments - we love it because it reminds us that people really like what we write. It gives us the pleasure of knowing that what we are writing, the emotions we put down in words are read. Even if it's a few words, we know people read our stories.
     
    I don't understand why people don't enjoy looking at the stories the writers put out. The only people reviewing our stories our fellow authors, which is always comforting at most because they can point out the small flaws we have and tell us how to improve on those imperfect portions. But others reviewing tells us other people besides the other authors read our writing.
     
    But I really don't understand this: Why do people care to sit in one topic for over hours, posting the same thing over and over? Now I'm referring to the games in CoT. How is that interesting? Maybe it's a different in interest. Maybe it's because people aren't always interested in writing. But try something new! It can always be a refreshing change.
     
    Maybe this is just me, but I haven't really been motivated considering the constant lack of view on my stories. I write because I enjoy it, and I write so others can have the pleasure of enjoying it, too. When nobody reads it...it disappoints me. It makes things a little more bleak for me, a little less motivating. When nobody reads, why should I write?
     
    Well, maybe this is just my version of a rant about writing. I don't think it's ever been writer's block stopping me at this point, but I think it's just the lack of my stories being viewed.
  14. Peach 00

    Snow!

    By Peach 00,

    Well, I finally got some snow, even though it wasn't a lot. It melted right when it hit the ground, but it was just too cool to see it in November. I have never had that pleasure before.
     
    Also plus the Danger Close chapter will have to wait. I might get into the SS contest after all, and I still have time to post the story, since it's all finished. I promised myself that I was going to get as much schoolwork done as I can so I can get in. Anyway, I'm going off for a day or two so I can put the nose to the grindstone on this. Wish me luck! ;D
  15. Peach 00
    So, I decided I'd finally check out the first episode. I only watched about roughly fifteen minutes of it, because I started to skew my attention more towards writing. Anyway, onto my thoughts.
     
    At first, I saw it being more of a feel-goodery type of story, because it being ponies and all the pink colors and whatnot. That aspect I started to pull away from when watching it, but it still keeps it. That may just be because I've only just been introduced into the show, but that's the kind of vibe I first got when watching the beginning.
     
    You can't exactly expect it to be awesome when you first see it, so I wasn't entirely impressed in the first few minutes. The whole evil sister story wasn't exactly the choice of story I would have had, but it's a show for girls around eight years old. So, again, you can't expect it to be great when first watching it. Still, it wasn't like it was stupid right off. It wasn't too bad, but it's not the best cartoon I've ever seen.
     
    When I was a kid, I liked watching shows like The Flinstones and The Jetsons, as well as Cyberchase and Bugs Bunny cartoons (I never saw a lot of them, sadly) because they had a more unique sense of humor than Cartoon Network's cartoons nowadays. Adults could laugh with the kids at some of it because it wasn't stupid cartoons. I found MLP to be similarly amusing to that of old cartoons, but not as good. However, I would prefer it over CN's cartoons any day of the week.
     
    It had an interesting cast of characters. Twilight Sparkle seemed like a bookworm that was well-educated, which none of her friends understood. Of course, friendship is magic (hence the show's name), but things like books and history can be cool in their own way, too. Rainbow Dash wasn't too bad a character, but she seemed to come off as an annoying show-off type of character. Not a bad character, but not my personal favorite, either.
     
    And, I didn't catch the name of the other characters, such as the one with the birds (That's about the time I turned it off because I was paying more attention to writing), and the one that helped Twilight with her hair. Never caught their names - if somebody could give me them, thanks. I'm pretty sure it was Fluttershy that had the birds, not sure who the other pony is...
     
    Still, the characters have strong points and weak points about them. Twilight has an idea of what friendship is, but can't really grasp it with those she knows. Or, that's what it appeared like to me when I watched the beginning. This is kind of a weak point with the character, as well as the stereotype that she does nothing but read books and actually would like to be educated in the finer subjects (in the story). I haven't really seen much of the other (what I consider to be) important characters, so I can't really judge them without either being wrong or right.
     
    With it comes a sense of a fairy tale, because it seems like it will always have a lesson at the end of it. And it seems like that, when you watch it, first thing you're going to assume is that the end is going to have a 'feel-goodery' sense to it because of the name of the show. That obviously comes with the show's name (Friendship is Magic), but you'll assume that it's going to come near the end. Of course, I didn't watch the end (again, busy writing), but I did have a feeling something like that was going to come at one point.
     
    Maybe because it's the first show I get some of these feelings, but it seems like it would probably be carried out through the show's entirety, whether it wasn't supposed to be there or it was.
     
    Now, although I don't feel like it's the best cartoon ever, I was still impressed and entertained by it. It tries to pull away from the same five concepts that have been repeated over and over again. It has a more unique sense to it that I haven't seen cartoons nowadays really have, so it seems good in that way. Of course, it isn't a show I'd watch all the time, but if I wanted to just watch something that I don't watch on a regular basis, I'd probably pick this among a few other shows.
     
    This is the one aspect though: When you watch it, you've got realize that yeah, it is a little girls' show, so you can't expect it to be great. Don't ever have high expectations for anything, otherwise you won't see the good in things. I didn't have huge expectations, but expected it to be like any cartoon would be. I was a little surprised by some of it, but I don't think it's the greatest show ever. It's good, but not the best. But, it definitely comes with it the sense that people should always value friendship, which is probably the best message anything can send.
  17. Peach 00
    Bad Company
    The Eagles
    The Who
    Pink Floyd
    Journey
    Men At Work
    Carpenters
    Jimi Hendrix
    The Beatles
    Loretta Lynn
    Patsy Cline
    Willie Nelson
    Kenny Rogers
    Gerry Rafferty
    Simon & Garfunkel
    Kasabian
    Paul McCartney & Wings
    Neil Diamond
    Santana
    Sarah McLachlan
    Robert Palmer
    ZZ Top
    Steve Miller Band
    Sheryl Crow
    Joe Walsh
    Don Henley
    Golden Earring
    Creedence Clearwater Revival
    Bryan Adams
    Billy Joel
    Bachman-Turner Overdrive
    AC/DC
    Aerosmith
    Led Zeppelin
    Guns & Roses

    Heh, long list, but all of the musicians there are worth giving a try. Just go look up any of their songs, most of them are pretty good. And, I'd like to see how many people notice that just about 80% of those bands are classic rock or just general music from the 60s' to 80s'.
     
    EDIT: I needed to add all those below BTO. Sorry, but those are too awesome to name. =P
  18. Peach 00
    I've been listening to this song all day. I figured out that playing Call of Duty while listening to it at the same time is an awesome combination.
     
    Also, besides just that, I really need motivation for Danger Close. I have no clue where I should go with it, even though I want to induce the action needed in it. I just need motivation to keep writing and not to stop - I can't let this story just fade and die in the background like a lot of my other ideas. I need to write more of it - I want to write more of it.
  20. Peach 00

    Skyward Sword Is Out!

    By Peach 00,

    And I probably won't be getting it, unless it's for Christmas or my birthday, which are both only a month apart. In exactly two months and one day, it'll be my birthday. In exactly a month and five days, it'll be Christmas.
     
    Buuuut that's beside the point. The more important part is, it's $50. I haven't bought a bunch of other games I've wanted, such as Super Mario Galaxy 2, Portal 2, etc.. Hopefully I'll buy it, but it depends on when I buy it. =/
     
    I waaaannnnt it. ;_;
  22. Peach 00

    Wings

    By Peach 00,

    Link.
     
    Seriously? This is an amazing story. If you read it, you really won't regret it. If you haven't read Inferna Firesword's previous epics, then you might want to check the story guide she has in the review topic so you understand the characters, or either read one of her previous epics. Nonetheless, this story hasn't gotten the attention it deserves, and truly is an awesome story - seriously, go read it. You won't regret it. ; )
  24. Peach 00

    Autumn

    By Peach 00,

    Yeah, I wrote this a long time ago when it was getting close to winter time. I couldn't resist posting it here. =P
     
    ~:~
     

    Autumn






     

    Summer’s leaves



    Fallen



    Turned to orange and yellow



    Found beneath the silver trees






     

    The colors in a swirl



    The brown and green



    Coursing with the yellow



    All in an autumn whirl






     

    The sky still holds



    The pearly clouds above



    The sun still shines



    On the faded green pines






     

    Colder weather



    O, don’t we love?



    The breezes flow



    Past the trees above






     

    The leaves begin to fall



    Representing the beginning



    Of the beautiful season—



    Autumn






     
     
    ~:~
     
    Well, there you go. I went in and out of rhyming, so that's why the last stanza didn't rhyme. Anyway, enjoy. =]
  25. Peach 00

    Submit Your Creations!

    By Peach 00,

    I've decided I'd have a little fun before my blog went away. For the last day, anybody can submit stories/art/MOCs and I'll be glad to check them out when possible. There are ten slots, and any extras I'll keep track of and try to review when I can.
     
    Slots:
     
    1. Xinlo: Spirit of Sonics Topic (COMPLETED)
    2. Inferna Firesword Topic (COMPLETED)
    3. Chi Keeper Cho Voxumo-Chan Topic 1 Topic 2 (AWAITING REVIEW)
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    8.
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    10.
     
    First slot is filled, and nine more to be filled! Remember, anything is welcome, even CoT topics. If all the slots are filled, you can also PM me for a topic link and I will still be willing to review it.
     
    EDIT: Eight slots left now. Remember, there's still plenty of slots, and I will do any comics, stories, art, MOCs that are asked to be reviewed. =)
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