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LJ Idol 7, Week 18: Jetsam
There is an old tradition stating that any encounter with the sea is preordained and that any interference in such encounters will cause the sea's wrath to turn back on the interferer. In other words, if somebody falls in the ocean, no one is allowed to save them. Occasionally sailors will come to the edge of the rail and shout down things like " ( Read more... ) -
LJ Idol 7, Week 17: Open Topic
(The first part of this story is here, but you needn't read that one to understand this one.)
Old Aunt spoke true: she never lived long enough to like Meabh. In the early spring, Meabh's fourteenth, Old Aunt closed her eyes and saw no more. Perhaps the old woman had seen too much in her time, perhaps her last vision had been enough for her to ( Read more... ) -
Morning Music for the Early Evening
This is the song I was going to post this morning as a wake-up tune . . . except it ended up being a little too sleepy to wake up by.
Still quite awesome, though.
Imagine-a-jump-john-lennon-vs.-van-halen by jackstanleywp -
LJ Idol 7, Week 16: Open Topic
A few things you have to understand about Toby and me before we begin:
We lived on the same block since the day we were born, although we didn’t notice each other until we got put in the same classroom in first grade. Well, I noticed him, anyway. Everyone noticed Toby the first day, for two reasons: one, because the kid’s eyes were so bad that he ( Read more... ) -
LJ Idol 7, Week 15: Nimbus
It was a bright, cold noonday in winter, with a clear blue sky that would likely not come again until true spring. Meabh did not ask to go out, and no one invited her. She was either disappointed nor envious. It was simply the way of things. She stayed in the tent with Old Aunt.
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LJ Idol 7, Week 14: Cracks
The endings were written before the stories ever began. One by one, each resting on its own cushion, epilogues line the shelves. In rows of six: not for any particular reason but because it makes for easy inventory.
One day a shelf collapsed, and to my surprise, there were six small smashes on the stone floor, water and words and shards scattered ( Read more... ) -
LJ Idol 7, Week 13: Inside Baseball
For the past few days I have been stuck between assignments and entertaining myself by listening to Indigo and Brown having one of their day-long epic debates. "Debate" is too mild for what they're having, actually: debate implies formal rules. Last time Indigo slung her tea in Brown's face--and it was hot tea, with sugar, and so had the strategic ( Read more... ) -
Bananas
I have an ad-sponsored journal here. I don't mind LJ making money, considering the services it provides, but some of the advertisements are just . . . strange? Just now, it popped up with an advert for "Five Foods You Should Never Eat" and there was a picture of a banana. Those are still good for you, right? Bananas? Full of potassium and all ( Read more... ) -
LJ Idol 7, Week 12: Sincerest Form of Flattery
There are, statistically, more Elvises now than when Elvis was alive. If the Elvis population continues to grow at its present rate, one-third of the world, or approximately two billion, two hundred ninety-nine million, two hundred sixty-eight thousand, four hundred sixty-seven people, will be Elvis by the year 2019. Including, apparently, my ( Read more... )
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