QUITE A FEW MONTHS AGO[iSmith sits hunched on his knees in one of the spare Chateau bedrooms. There's an entire scale-built model of the Chateau spread out around him, fully built out of playing cards. He's been bored, and there were a bunch of cards around, why not ( Read more... )

I just saw that new Star Wars movie everybody's been talking about, and...

[sniffles, starts getting all worked up]

I can't believe Darth Vader is Luke's FATHER!

[rustles away, looking for a tissue again]

Hello, again! [waves, wrapped up in a fluffy dark purple towel ( Read more... )

( and just ONCE?! )

[walks up to the kitchen refrigerator-- the biggest one, anyhow, the one people are most likely to see-- carrying a sheet of paper in his hand; picks a free magnet and sticks the page up ( Read more... )

I've got the best Dad ever.

And even more than that, I've got the best boss ever. EVER EVER.

[hums dreamily, sporting quite the freshly-f~ed grin]

Sorry for not posting any awe-inspiring updates about my life, but there's been squat going on that's newsworthy. It's nice to see my dad, Sis, and the others having time to kick back and relax, but as I haven't had anything big happen in who knows how long ANYhow, no bad news just means more of the same old nothing, for me ( Read more... )

[sits on the starched sheets of an unused (not recently, anyhow) guest room bed; fiddles with small handpuppets crafted from some paper and tape found lying around ( Read more... )

..Oh, gosh... I can't believe I slept for so long! I hear it's almost Christmas already?!

Good thing the Merovingian found me when he did. I'm so sorry for anyone who was worried. I had no idea just settling down for a nap could end up like THIS. I've gotta be more careful...

So, did I miss anything? [grin]

... [looks around for mistletoe, just ( Read more... )

[wakes up]

...

[sees eerily familiar surroundings, oblivious to how his boa is missing from around his shoulders; his eyes widen in slowly dawning panic]

..oh, no... noooo no, no, NO, NO--[He begins to laugh quietly at first, sounding forced, without a trace of humor to be heard in the noise. His voice builds to a desperate cackling before dying ( Read more... )