the_vernacular

LJ Idol Topic #17: Open Topic

the_vernacular Mar 14, 2011 23:43

I had my first crush in the third grade. His name was James. He was blond and blue-eyed and downright cherubic looking, when I look back at the images now ( Read more... )

non-fiction, coming-of-age, memoir, growing up

LJ Idol Topic #16: Open Topic

the_vernacular Mar 04, 2011 02:04

It was not so very long ago that gods were everywhere ( Read more... )

lj idol, folklore, fiction, storytelling, lj idol season 7

LJ Idol Week 15 Recommendations!

the_vernacular Mar 01, 2011 15:40

Hi, everyone!

I haven't done recommendations in a few weeks, but since I read all the posts this week (hooray!) I thought I would do some!

Tribe 1

amorphous-mess entry here. This is a great little horror story.
attheonesix entry here. A story about PMS!
thaliontholwen entry here. A cute story about a girl who reads auras.

Tribe 2

agirlnamedluna entry here. A story about endless childhood ( Read more... )

lj idol, lj idol recommendations

LJ Idol Week #15: Nimbus

the_vernacular Feb 24, 2011 00:12

I cough, loudly. The bad kind of cough, the asthma cough, the one that wracks my chest with a dry pain ( Read more... )

non-fiction, lj idol, memoir, fiction

Back in the Game!

the_vernacular Feb 23, 2011 21:19

My Back in the Game token is going to nyxocity! Congratulations and good luck, I hope you have fun with it!

Back in the Game Announcement

the_vernacular Feb 22, 2011 18:00

I'm going to play the odds and wait until the next cut is made, hoping that it doesn't include me. I'm basing this on the fact that I've gotten a ton of positive comments this week and I hope that equates to getting through this round!-- plus I figure that if up to fifteen people could be cut, there may very well be some more folks looking to use ( Read more... )

Back in the Game?

the_vernacular Feb 18, 2011 19:51

Hi, everyone ( Read more... )

lj idol meta, special power

LJ Idol Topic #4: Cracks

the_vernacular Feb 17, 2011 00:53

They make me mop the floors.

They call this Level Five. It’s called Level Five not because it’s five stories up, but because it’s five stories down. The lowest level in this subterranean prison.

( Cut for graphic descriptions of violence, gore, and physical pain. )

lj idol, fiction

LJ Idol Topic #13: Inside Baseball

the_vernacular Feb 11, 2011 01:26

I was twelve the first time Poppa Joe let me hold it ( Read more... )

history, lj idol, fiction

LJ Idol Topic #12: The sincerest form of flattery.

the_vernacular Feb 02, 2011 10:58

FYI, on the off chance that this is a problem for anyone, this post contains spoilers for Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope and The Wizard of Oz

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lj idol, plagiarism, parody, lj idol season 7