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An entry for therealljidol topic 17: "The caged bird"Nine years she's been gone - nine years that could have freed you, but have instead tied you more tightly. You spent days on the phone, at the house, at her bedside, arguing and cajoling and keeping watch as she sprayed the bitter poison from her broken heart - scattershot, never caring at all who got in the ( Read more... ) -
LJI recs, week 16
I suppose it's odd that I didn't start doing this until so long into the game, but (somewhat as one might expect, I suppose) the best entries are getting even better. And so, I bring you my number-one best-quality picks for the week.
diagenou knows what the best part of waking up *really* is.
emo-snal >em cracks my ass up.
imafarmgirl understands the beauty of the beast.
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Results Not Typical
An entry for therealljidol topic 16: "Breaking the fast"
Callie sighed heavily as she looked down at her Bistro Basile lunch. It was a gorgeous fruit bowl, full of perfectly spherical grapes, shimmering pineapple, delicate pieces of mandarin and mango - all of it holding a small, tender chicken breast redolent of garlic and dill.
But somehow, that didn't keep ( Read more... ) -
Such a week
This week in therealljidol has been a pretty intense one, but in ways that make me ever happier to have joined in. For starters, while there have been plenty of entries that touched my heart, or even wrenched it...this is the first time that Idol has made me cry, in the good way ( Read more... ) -
Returning
An entry for therealljidol topic 15: "Failure to communicate."
Darkness surrounded her, utter and profound, no sound but silence rushing past her ears. She was no longer even certain she had ears. Her limbs were heavy but weightless, floating but impossible to move.
Seconds or millennia passed as she drifted, knowing only her unknowing. She began to give in, ( Read more... ) -
Light and love
An entry for therealljidol . Intersect week 3, topic 14: "The place that cannot be." My truly fantastic partner lawchicky and I recommend you read hers first, but both are great read independently as well. Her entry on "Precognition" is here. Enjoy!
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Three: Lucinda
As we glide along the country road, I steal a glance at her in the rear-view mirror. She is oddly serene ( Read more... ) -
Don't ask
An entry for therealljidol. Intersect week 2, topic 13: "I don't care about apathy." For my partner impoetry's contribution - and his beautiful, personal thoughts on a similar subject - click here, and see below for an author's note.My mother didn't like her then. Convinced that Angel was corrupting me, every phone call consisted of Mom telling me how I'd changed, how ( Read more... ) -
Thought for the day
"You don't want to get mixed up with a guy like me. I'm a loner, Dottie. A rebel."
- Pee-Wee Herman, Pee-Wee's Big Adventure -
Fire
An entry for therealljidol. Intersect week, topic 12: "Sexual Ethics." For my partner talonkarrde88's contribution - and the other side of the story - click here, and see below for the author's notes.Every man in a 50-foot radius stops to look their fill as I enter. Who can blame them? I look like an honest-to-God pinup, all lush hair and killer curves and red lips - a ( Read more... ) -
Silent running
An entry for therealljidol topic 11: "Run, don't walk." Part 1 of ??? - a murder mystery told by Detective Lily Reynolds.Evidence card 1 marked a three-inch carbon mark on the pavement. A mere 20 feet away, the sheet draped over an unmoving figure didn't quite cover a sensible pair of Cole-Haan pumps ( Read more... )