[Linderel]'s diary
Written about Tuesday 2009-06-02
Written: (5606 days ago)
Ow. Combination of throatache and heat is very effectively holding back sleep. Am going to down a painkiller and hope for the best. Gah.
Written about Sunday 2009-05-31
Written: (5608 days ago)
I joined Dark Club over at dA (http://darkclu
While looking through files on my old PC, I found a couple of stories that I apparently never finished - one was started in October 2005, the other in February 2006. I found I liked them, and now I'm mourning the fact that I have no bloody idea where I was actually going with either of them. I doubt I can pick them up again after such a long time, either. If I'd done any planning, sure (I have some fanfics that I definitely intend to finish because I more or less know where I want to go), but there's none. Nothing. Nada. Booh.
Anyhow, I thought I'd put them up here in my diary anyhow for your entertainment.
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Demon of Light (horribly clichéd title, I know...)
Plunge into the deepening darkness and watch, with subtle impatience fluttering in your chest and making you restless, as the sun lingeringly kisses the ocean with its last rays, blanketing the horizon in magenta and pink and orange. Looking at the sky overhead, you know that the time will come soon. The glowing orb, the sun's sister, is blue tonight, nearly full.
You feel a smile creep on your face, and, closing your eyes, you spread your arms like the wings that were torn from your back only a short while ago. Banished to Earth for your crimes, the ability to fly and communicate with every living being taken away - that was your punishment. How amusing, you think, that both light and dark have the same methods of treating sinners in their ranks.
You really don't mind being here. The planet is beautiful to your eyes, a magnificent masterpiece, shaped by all things inhabiting it. What makes you mournful is the reason and the manner of your arrival.
Had one been deeply religious, one would not have believed that this place was what humans call Hell. No, one wouldn't even need to be religious to be highly sceptical. Admittedly, the landscape was barren, the atmosphere gloomy - but there were no glowing charcoal pits, no flames engulfing pitiful souls. It was not a cave, as one would usually imagine, but a plain stretching out as far as the eye could see, dotted with mostly dried-up skeletons of trees and bushes and framed by steep grey cliffs. The sky overhead was filled with dark clouds, and, if one listened carefully enough, one could hear thunder roaring somewhere in the distance.
At first glance, it would seem that not a soul was present. But once the eyes grew accustomed, it became clear that the place hustled with people and other--- things. Some of them so disgusting to look at that one could not possibly find the words to describe them. Everyone moving about aimlessly, most with hopeless expressions on their faces, some resigned, some determined.
Then, there were the demons. They were varied in appearance, although many of them looked what we usually picture angels to be like.
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Rune's Demise
Ashley cursed. Heavily. Repeated it for about ten times before finally attempting to calm down and assess the situation. So, she was without electricity. On peering down from the window, it was quite obvious that the whole block suffered a power outage. This was no problem in itself; she knew that most people could go for days without food or water, and anyone with enough brain for it could find other ways of entertainment while e-books were unavailable. Ashley personally had the remnants of a hidden stock of booze somewhere in her apartment, and she had hoarded old books, magazines and puzzle games from antiquarian bookshops upon moving to the city four years ago.
<i>What really worried her was the net connection. Only a decade ago, it wouldn't have been such a big thing to get cut off from the Internet, even for days at a time. In this day and age, however, it was considered a first-class disaster.
No one lived without the Internet anymore. No one could live without it. Not in places like Rune. It would have been suicide.
Ashley nearly jumped out of her skin when someone knocked loudly on the door. She turned to her computer-- and for a moment, she just stood there, dismayed, staring at a blank black screen. Laughter made its way out of her mouth then, starting from tiny snorts and giggles, escalating to hysterical howling that made her hyperventilate
Grasping a stunner gun from her work table, she made her way over and unlocked the numerous bolts. The person pushing their way in, covered in soot head to toe, collapsed to the floor in a heap of frantic, garbling sobs as soon as the entrance had been closed again. All Ashley could do was stare.
Echoes of words spoken barely a year ago rang in her mind, leaving her with only one coherent thought. This couldn't be happening.</i>
Call for prompts!
Please leave me a comment containing either a) four to six words b) a title c) a subject or d) a picture. I feel like writing a poem or five, but my muse needs a little push.
Word of the Day for May 24th, 2009
aspersion
1. a damaging or derogatory remark or criticism; slander: casting aspersions on a campaign rival.
2. the act of slandering; vilification; defamation; calumniation; derogation: Such vehement aspersions cannot be ignored.
3. the act of sprinkling, as in baptism.
4. Archaic. a shower or spray.
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Had a strongly bi-curious experience last night.
The family had been celebrating my uncle's 50th birthday at a Japanese restaurant in Helsinki, and later, most of us decided to go to his and his wife's apartment in Kerava. Stayed there for a bit, and then my cousin dearest dragged me off to dance at a club again. I had fun, and I kept eyeing this tall, dark-haired girl. Damn she was hot. Had the moves. I wanted to go dance with her and maybe even dare a snog, but of course I didn't. <_<
Written about Friday 2009-05-22
Written: (5617 days ago)
Word of the Day for May 22nd, 2009
discombobulate
to confuse or disconcert; upset; frustrate: The speaker was completely discombobulate
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Word of the Day for May 21st, 2009
precocious
1. unusually advanced or mature in development, esp. mental development: a precocious child.
2. prematurely developed, as the mind, faculties, etc.
3. of or pertaining to premature development.
4. Botany.
a. flowering, fruiting, or ripening early, as plants or fruit.
b. bearing blossoms before leaves, as plants.
c. appearing before leaves, as flowers.
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Word of the Day for May 19th, 2009
apprise
to give notice to; inform; advise (often fol. by of): to be apprised of the death of an old friend.
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See also: apprisal
Cherry blossoooooooom
I went camera-happy with our local cherry tree yesterday. Expect a few more photos to appear tonight. I'll also attempt to get back on schedule with the words and the Daily Poem... supposing Elftown allows me.
Word of the Day for May 6th, 2009
effervescent
1. effervescing; bubbling.
2. vivacious; gay; lively; sparkling.
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I started second-guessin
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Edit: Solved, thanks for all the replies. :3
Argh. Anxiety attack. Stress panic flail. I excel at self-sabotage and this is the price for it.
edit: Lulz. Merriam-Webste
Written about Monday 2009-04-27
Written: (5642 days ago)
Word of the Day for April 27th, 2009
dossier
a collection or file of documents on the same subject, esp. a complete file containing detailed information about a person or topic.
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Written about Saturday 2009-04-25
Written: (5644 days ago)
Words from [Teufelsweib]: assimilate, addiction, obsession, hounds, beyond, pit
Erm, yes, feedback would be nice.
Deep, dark, damp: your familiar pit
comfortable in its grim predictability
has become the home of your addiction
a terrible, shameful obsession;
the place where you nurture every one
of your hurt feelings, wounded dignities
and wonder, idly, when living in light
became so very difficult, so beyond
the hesitant grasp of your broken fingers--
and wonder, too, why every mouth
seems to hound you with endless questions
you never had the answers for
And so when the dawn comes after another sleepless night
you hide from the sun, hurl your curses at the light
wish, so fervently wish you could simply
be assimilated by the dark; be swallowed whole, and disappear--
perhaps then you could finally be happy,
wouldn't have to know
even saints wear black, fall apart at the seams
and lose themselves in misery
if they cannot find a way to
Stop.
Word of the Day for April 25th, 2009
intrigue
1. to arouse the curiosity or interest of by unusual, new, or otherwise fascinating or compelling qualities; appeal strongly to; captivate: The plan intrigues me, but I wonder if it will work.
2. to achieve or earn by appealing to another's curiosity, fancy, or interest: to intrigue one's way into another's notice.
3. to draw or capture: Her interest was intrigued by the strange symbol.
4. to accomplish or force by crafty plotting or underhand machinations.
5. Obsolete. to entangle.
6. Obsolete. to trick or cheat.
7. to plot craftily or underhandedly.
8. to carry on a secret or illicit love affair.
9. the use of underhand machinations or deceitful stratagems.
10. such a machination or stratagem or a series of them; a plot or crafty dealing: political intrigues.
11. a secret or illicit love affair.
12. the series of complications forming the plot of a play.
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Work work work work. Elftown work, that is. Gah. I've done just about all I can for Writing Contests for today; next up is Daily Poem. After that, I suppose I should get to that pesky real life stuff like uni assignments, vacuuming the apartment and looking for a summer job. Eating should go somewhere in there as well.
Written about Friday 2009-04-24
Written: (5645 days ago)
Word of the Day for April 24th, 2009
jaundiced
1. affected with or colored by or as if by jaundice: jaundiced skin.
2. affected with or exhibiting prejudice, as from envy or resentment: a jaundiced viewpoint.
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Good deed of the day: went to donate blood. Actually managed to do so this time, as my hemoglobine was a whopping 130. Usually it's been somewhere around 123. Pierced my ears as a reward since a jewellery store had an opening offer, 10€ per pair.
Now to accomplish more of the stuff on my to-do list...
Word of the Day for April 22nd, 2009
idiosyncrasy
1. a characteristic
2. the physical constitution peculiar to an individual.
3. a peculiarity of the physical or the mental constitution, esp. susceptibility toward drugs, food, etc. Compare allergy (def. 1).
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