Plane ride went well. The three hours were consumed by a WWII movie called Defiance, which was based on a true story about Partisans. It was a pretty good movie. I recomend it to any of you WWII freaks out there. =P
The drive from the airport was a mess. ><
Sorry for any spelling errors and the lack of BBC. On my iPod =)
I'll be largely inactive until Friday after school. Here's a quick schedule...
-Mon: Revisting Boarding Schools
-Tues: Same as above
-Wedz: After school Boy Scout fundraiser
-Thurs: Meeting to decide which Boarding School I wanna go to.
I'll be on and here and there, and I'll be answering PMs and checking up on RPGs in that time (But not posting, most likely). I'll see ya all on Friday!
First off, I'd like to give credit to Crimson Jester for the awesome idea of using songs for themes of SS Contests....
So here are the details... =)
1) Your SS must revolve around some part of the lyrics in the song "Frgt/10" by Linkin Park. Could be the whole song, or inspired by one line. It really doesn't matter to me.
2) Your story should be around 1,000-4000 words long.
3) The deadline is Thursday, February 15th.
4) It can be PG-13 for violence and gore, but don't do overly graphic descriptions or anything.
The lyrics are posted below, but I'd also recommend Google vid searching the song and listening to at least part of it. ; )
"From the top to the bottom
Bottom to top I stop
At the core I’ve forgotten
In the middle of my thoughts
Taken far from my safety
The picture’s there
The memory won’t escape me
We’re stuck in a place so dark
You can hardly see
The manner of matter that splits with the words I breathe
And as the rain drips acidic questions around me
I block out the sight and the powers that be
And duck away into the darkness
Times up
I wind up in a rusted world with eyes shut so tight that it blurs into the world of pretend
And the eyes ease open
And it’s dark again
From the top to the bottom
Bottom to top I stop
At the core I’ve forgotten
In the middle of my thoughts
Taken far from my safety
The picture’s there
The memory won’t escape me
But why should I care?
In the memory you’ll find me
Eyes burning up
The darkness holding me tightly
Until the sun rises up
Listen to the sound
Dizzy from the ups and downs
I’m nauseated by the polluted rot that’s all around
Watching the wheels of cars that pass
I look past to the last of the light and the long shadows it casts
A window grows and captures the eye
And cries out a yellow light as it passes me by
And a young shadowy figure sits in front of a box
Inside a building of rock with antennas on top, now
Nothing can stop in this land of the pain
The sane lose not knowing they were part of the game
And while the insides change
The box stays the same and the figure inside could bear anybody’s name
The memories I keep are from a time like then
I put on my paper so I could come back to them
Someday I’m hoping to close my eyes and pretend
That this crumpled up paper can be perfect again
Yo, from the top to the bottom
Bottom to top I stop
At the core I’ve forgotten
In the middle of my thoughts
Taken far from my safety
The picture’s there
The memory won’t escape me
I’m here at this podium talking
The ceremonial offerings dedicated to urban dysfunctional offspring
What’s happening?
City governments are eternally napping
Trapped in greedy covenants
Causing urban collapse
And bullets that scar souls with dark holes
Get more than your car stole, some parts be blacker than charcoal, for real
This society’s deprivation depends not on our differences but the separation within
No preparation is made
Limited aid, minimum wage
Living in a tenement cage where rent isn't paid
Tragedy within a parade
The darkness overspreads like a permanent plague
I’m the forgotten
In the memory you’ll find me
Eyes burning up
The darkness holding me tightly
Until the sun rises up"
I bought Call Of Duty: World At War for Wii yesterday and fell in love with it. The campaign mode is dark and intense, with moments where the game seems throw all of heck at me, while the Multi-Player is explosive and action packed. Definitely one of my favorite games. ^^;
First things first, my grandma died yesterday, so I'm not going to be on Bzp for the next few days, 'cause I'm going to go to the funeral down in NYC...
Now that the grim news is out of the way, it's time for a funny little story that happened to me today.
My mom was picking me up at play practice, when she said she needed to go to her office to get her wallet (She works at the school.) So we go the the main office and find the door locked (This is long after school ended) So she tries opening the door, and right when she does that, the fire alarm goes off. Embarrassed, we quickly rushed out without being seen, get into the car and drives off.
So eventually my mom decides it would be better the admit what happened. So we drove back and my mom explains it to the janitor. Then he tells her that it wasn't a security alarm and was just a fire alarm that happened to go off right when she pulled the handle.
......Got kicked in the shin.... got a ball kicked at my neck..... somebody ran into me as I was trying to head the ball and and accidently elbowed me in the nose....
OH MY GOD I'VE BEEN SO BUSY ON BZP TODAY! I feel like there's a lot of stuff I have/want to do today, so apologies if it takes a bit for me to respond to something.
Anyhow, here's today's Blog worthy story.
So, earlier today I'm shopping for shtuff with my family in one of the larger towns in my pitiful state (it's about forty five minutes from where I live ><) and were leaving this on little shop that's about a block from the main shopping street and we here this shouting. At first I think somebody is trying advertise something or other, but then I realize it sounded like somebody was trying to disturb the "peace"- and doing a good job with that. So we reach the street and see a clearly insane man being dragged into a police car, shouting,
"IS ANYONE HERE A HUMAN BEING?! HELP ME! IS ANYONE HERE HUMAN?!
It was both creepy and somewhat funny, in a twisted and sickening sort of way...
Today the lake brought some heavy winds, make the cleating tests and races difficult as it forced fast and swift cleating, quick, reflexes, and constant leaning to prevent capsizing. Regardless it brought plenty of exciting and frantic moments, and was one of the most fun sailing experiences I've had yet. We placed first and third in two of the races but our rudder broke off and we hit another boat and we capsized. Got a bit wet, but we got the boat upright and back to shore quickly. Awesome day.
We fired some, partially because of labor day, partially because of the fact that it is the last weekend before I go to boarding school. I lit the fuse on almost all of them.
I liked the mad dash to get to safety the best, lol.