Fabulous Twain Quote

“Adam was but human—He did not want the apple for the apple’s sake, he wanted it only because it was forbidden. The mistake was in not forbidding the serpent; then he would have eaten the serpent.”          

-Mark Twain, Pudd’n-head Wilson

Morality 1

"What is the moral task of the artist?" -Bernard Blackstone
"With stupidity the gods themselves strive in vain." -Schiller

One Word provides 60 seconds of...

One Word (oneword.com) provides 60 seconds of...awesomeness! Essentially you click on the "go" button and it transfers you to a page with only one word and a 60 second timer. You have no time to think, you just write whatever comes to mind. Then, you submit and get to see what everyone else came up with. Pretty dang nifty!

This may be the only place I post for a while...feel free to join me there.

Okay...well, here and there
It's prettier and more user friendly than ... other places (-_-;)
Smoogles Folks!
http://boghollowjournals.wordpress.com/

oh, and for those curious few...."smoggles" means "cow kisses"

Perfect

"But words are things, and a small drop of ink,
Falling like dew, upon a thought, produces
That which makes thousands, perhaps millions, think;"
                                                                   -Don Juan by Lord Byron

Some Tips from Twitter@Advice to Writers

Characteristics of a good story:

• A single theme, clearly defined
• A well developed plot
• Style: vivid word pictures, pleasing sounds and rhythm
• Characterization
• Faithful to source
• Dramatic appeal
• Appropriateness to listeners

Adapting to our audiences:

1. Take the story as close to them as you can.
2. Keep it brief and simple
3. Stimulate their senses so they feel, smell, touch and listen and see vivid pictures.
4. Describe the characters and settings, and help them sympathize with the character’s feelings.
5. Aim your story at the less experienced when telling to a mixed audience

Read more: http://noisebetweenstations.com/personal/weblogs/?p=2211#ixzz1CHCE6ev0

So...I won...why am I not happy about it?

Well, I won the pseudo contest for receiving the Academic Excellence Award. Winning is great...right? Why don't I feel great about it?

Here are the quandaries (that's a lovely word is it not?) that might be hindering my pleasure in this win.........

A) Do I really deserve it?

Eeeehhhhh!!!! and Don Juan....

Lewis Carroll came up with the totally awesome word "chortle"!!!! OMG ^_____^
If you don't know what chortle means... really, how could anyone not know... but, just in case you have been stuffed down a rotting log for your entire life, it's a crossbetween a chuckle and a snort.

Also, if you've never read Don Juan, do it...now! It's a conversation you"ll really enjoy!

A quick review of the first day for a few of my classes....

My College Algebra class was at 8am. I have Mr. Frank Hendrick, who apparently receives mixed reviews, as my instructor. I think he's great! He has a pleasing voice and  smiles a lot. If  you are teaching something  I suck at then you could at least give an encouraging smile ever so often. It  also helps that he is a male and I  seem to learn math better when presented by guys. Strange? Not really, look it up. Apparently my math brain functions more like a male's than a female's. Females can be just as awesome in math, but the female brain tends to process it differently, which effects how they teach it to others, etc.

My British Literature II class great, as expected. Dr. Grace Wilson is as wonderful as always. I am unfortunately already annoyed with my classmates (especially the idiot-wonder behind me). Ugh! I am super excited about the selections in the book

A brand newish sort of semester....

It's official...I've gone nutsy! I am running at 20 credit hours.

• British Literature II
• American Literature II
• Women's Literature
• College Algebra (again--that's right, I failed it)
• Voice For Performance
• Psychology of Personality
• Aerobics I
• Walk, Jog, Run

I am scheduled to graduate in the spring and I haven't:

• Applied for the college I'm transfering to
• Appllied for financial aid
• Applied for any scholarships

I feel so completely unprepared...there should really be people that you can pay to take care of these smaller details for you. Blargh!!!

Ramble...ramble....ramble...

omg.-->>.. \_(ツ)_/..<<--.So  Cute.... anyway,  so  I've been thinking about family and why the bloody hell we tolerate and expose our tender egos to them even when we know they will do naught but harm us.

When I think of those "glass house" people, I picture various members of the family. They are exceptionally hard on outsiders and don't understand the idea that some folks just think differently. They are completely egocentric and ethnocentric and painfully prickly in temperament. If somethings goes wrong in their lives then the world owes them for its abhorrent cruelty--as no suffering should ever come upon them in their holiest perfection. In reality they're just ridiculous little crows.

Praise be to ye gods that....

that simply dreadful Christmas thing is over. It does precious little "in house" other than remind people like me of just how finantially troubled, misunderstood, undervalued, and horribly tender skinned we really are. So, to better prepare for the coming year, I have made my offerings. Oh, and I have also developed one serious grrring at the local misshappen Catholic Church--no, I'm not Catholic--they do not hold a midnight mass for Christmas....what's up with that? I was really looking forward to going to it :(

Taking leave...

...of my senses!
Nah, but I will be seriously neglecting my blogs (yes, all three) until after finals.

New blog news!!!

I dropped "My Pretty Excuses" blog because I didn't like it so very much. However, I have added a new one. "At Least 100 Words Baked Fresh Daily" is the new one which is devoted to motivating me to write at least 100 words per day of new material. We perfect our arts, gifts, and talents through the pursuit of their perfections...correct? The longer works and those for school will still be posted on "These Words Etched In Dust", and I may consider adding my forced essays for my classes to that one...maybe. But, my rambling bits of opinionated nonsense can still be found here. Anyway....both new and old can be reached by clicking on those buttons over there -->

Blarghhhh....

        Perhaps I have bitten off a great deal more than I can reasonably masticate.
        I have six classes right now: British Lit I, World Lit I, Creative Writing, College Algebra, Humanities I, and Intro to Sociology. And it's not like I do poorly in those classes, last I checked, I had an A average in all but math. Beyond all of that, I also work: in the library at night (a job I love), as a tutor between classes (also a job I love), and at Little Caesar's on the weekends (a job that I used to love).
       I am now very reasonably exhausted, so one would think I had perhaps learned my lesson on pushing myself to my breaking point. Nope, not so much. I an currently signed up for eight classes for the rapidly approaching spring semester. One of those (Fundamentals of Education) I will definitely be dropping. The other seven: British Lit II, World Lit II, American Lit II, Women's Lit, Voice for Performance, Walk-Jog-Run, and Aerobics I will still be taking. Obviously, I have learned nothing.

LOL! Love this photo!

Just thought I'd be kind and share my findings ^_^

OMG!!!! YAYYYYYYYY................................

Yay....I made this while eagerly awaiting the release.................horray for more of my two favorite characters!!!! Oh, and yes, I do have a bit of an obsession with Snape.....I knew he was a good guy from the start..............confused? You wouldn't be if you had read the books! Read all my little dearies! Read!

Oh...and if you want a copy of the wallpaper....go to
http://etched-in-dust.deviantart.com/#/d32zy6g

Bark damnit!

No, I'm not racist, I'm a self-loathing speciest!

Prepare thyself...this be a ranting moment.......................

So, have you ever been driving to no where in particular and your sweet and innocent little car suddenly starts emitting these dreadful metallic scraping sounds from beneath it's poor old hood? I have. Sadly, one night it grew silent. As is typical of my Irish luck (my Great Gran was an Irish import, and she liked to reminded all of us that when they referred to the "Luck of the Irish," they were not referring to good luck and "only an American who's had it too good for too long would claim elsewise!") when she (my car, not gran) began to run silent, I knew all was lost. $300+ dollars later, and the mechanic said my darling little Escort was fixed......
........
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......................oh no, it doesn't end there.....Irish remember......

Awwww....craptastic....really.

Well, I feel beyond pathetic. I have a friggin' A- in Creative Writing! An A-. Unbefrigginlievable!!!! And the minus is soooo minus that it's literally scraping the line between A- and B+. 90.6! .6 away from a bloody friggin' B, which may as well be an F! Here I was really thinking "this" could be MY thing...nope...not it....which means...what exactly? Well, I suppose it means it's time for me to choose a different concentration for my major. Especially since we're moving into poetry now...and "dramatic" scenes after that! So, there we have it! A double opportunity to smash my head into a friggin' wall!

Oh....and as if all that weren't bad enough, now not only am I supposed to be picking the folks that'll be reading my craptastic poetry, but they will be given an opportunity to choose from we creative writers too! Man am I ever just plain buggered!

I'm going to go sulk now thanks.............................