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Friday, June 13, 2008
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FRIDAY THE 13TH ALL-KNIGHTER!
Current mood:  mischievous
Greetings, Friends!
In honor of Friday the 13th, I felt it would be appropriate that I take advantage of the day...or, better yet, seize the night (or, should I say "knight") and pull another all-knighter. Of course, I'll be working on the Vampires Daughters Novels...
As you may already know, I am currently marketing THE BECOMING to publishers. I'll keep you all posted if any good news arrives. And, if you know me, you know that I am very protective of my artistic freedom. This said, I have chosen my submission choices very carefully and if I do not get the offer I am looking for, I plan to publish the entire series myself. I kind of like the idea of being my own indie publisher....I am a grown up now, afterall.......
So, tonight is the night of yet another all-knighter for me as I write more about my beautiful rockstar superheroes! THE GHOSTS OF T.REX and THE KNIGHTS OF THE SUPER BUS are coming along nicely, and I am ready to work through tonight on my journey to get them finished! There's just something about writing at night...all is quiet in my house in the woods...and with the magical vibe of Friday the 13th, there will be no stopping me tonight!
I will be checking email and myspace frequently and I just love getting messages from friends! If you're awake at any hour of the night tonight and if you are so inclined, drop me a message! And...for those of you who have my phone number, call me at any time tonight if you want to say hello! I might even reveal to you a secret or two about the current location of the super bus!
Have a magical day (and knight),
Daphne Maidstone
Novelist/Writer/Bohemian
Knight of the Super Bus!
PS Happy Birthday to Fran from MCRmy Mexico!
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Friday, June 06, 2008
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BAND OF BROTHERS PREVIEW
Current mood: READY TO GET THIS SHOW ON THE ROAD!
Category: READY TO GET THIS SHOW ON THE ROAD! Writing and Poetry
THE BECOMING by Daphne Maidstone
BAND OF BROTHERS PREVIEW
DISCIPLES OF THE SUPER BUS
As I sit here on the super bus as we travel on I-77 headed toward tonight=s venue to spread our rock and roll gospel to another show of thousands of screaming teenagers, I make mental notes of what I think of all the guys. They entertain me constantly. Thomas is singing that old T.Rex song again and doesn=t realize how loud he is being with the headphones on. Bobby is playing poker with Mitchell. Grant is looking at the road map of Texas, and we=re not even playing there...we=re in Cleveland.
THOMAS TRUE
The singer.
The sex symbol.
The leader.
The genius.
My best friend.
In some ways, Thomas is the most annoying person I know.
He=s extremely ornery and eccentric.
His is secure enough in his manhood to wear eyeliner.
He can wail like no other.
He can sing gospel just as good as screamo.
His favorite singer is Marc Bolan and his favorite song is ABeltane Walk@ by T.Rex.
I think he is still in love with Evangeline.
Kind to children and animals.
He wants to buy a farm with horses and cows in the middle of nowhere someday.
He sleeps longer and through more noise than I thought possible on a tour bus.
He is the coolest person I know.
He is stable, contrary to popular belief, and a strong creative force of our band when he is sober.
I respect him more than anyone.
He=s been to the gutter and back with virtually no visible scars.
He=s tough.
A rock and roll warrior.
I would serve him and do his bidding if he asked.
He is my brother.
MITCHELL HART
The best rhythm guitarist I=ve ever seen.
Lighthearted and goodhearted.
He keeps saying he wants five kids.
Stable.
A joker.
Clever.
Can talk his ass out of absolutely anything.
The happiest person I know.
The seventh son of a seventh son. No shit.
When he laughs, I can=t help but smile, even if the joke is on me.
Keeps amazingly cool under pressure.
Ornery but somehow innocent.
Has dated the same girl since the sixth grade.
Wants all of us to find someone special so we are as happy as he is.
Brutally honest.
He never did like Kristian, my ex. Hell, no one did. But Mitchell actually called her an Aevil f**king gold-digger bitch@ to her face when he was helping me move out of our house. I gained even more respect for him that day.
His favorite song is AThe Things We Do For Love@ by 10CC.
An evil genius.
I would give him one of my kidneys.
He is my brother.
BOBBY MICHAELS
The bass player.
Quiet at times, but not shy.
We all listen when he talks.
Looks out for Grant.
The youngest of our band of brothers.
I think he is as lonely as I am.
The absolute worst poker player I have ever known.
Collects Transformers and Frankenstein memorabilia.
He is almost as tall as me.
Sleeps naked...and I really wish I didn=t know this.
Secretly likes disco. The Bee Gees are his favorite...and he thinks nobody knows it.
I have smuggled unnamed items across the Canadian border for him.
I=m not sure if he=s ever really had a real girlfriend.
I would steal for him.
He is my brother.
GRANT DARLING
The drummer.
Very shy.
Kind.
Honest.
Has an old soul.
Mysterious.
Sad, sometimes, I think.
His mother has been married five times and he moved with her twenty-seven times when he was a kid. That=s twenty-seven different schools. His mother is currently single.
I can still see him holding Thomas=s hair back while he was puking. That=s love and friendship for you.
He always seemed to stay the most sober of all of us and drove us in the van more miles than anyone...and we kept track.
Has the best poker face on earth.
Is obsessed with the state of Texas and I don=t know why.
Is strong.
I would duel in his place in a showdown to protect his honor.
He is my brother.
ANTONIO
To be fair, here=s the dirt on me...
Antonio was Grandpa Meso=s first name. It is my middle name.
My initials are R-A-M.
Or, backwards, M-A-R.
I=ve always thought it was neat that my initials worked out that way. And, my birthday is in March, so it=s even cooler backwards.
So, on March 11, 1977, I was born to Bartholomew and Annie Meso. My parents had only known each other a few weeks before they created me...some sort of love at first sight thing. I was born seven months after they married.
I speak fluent Spanish. Grandpa Meso taught me but never taught Dad. He was trying to Aright a wrong@ or something. He regretted not teaching Dad Athe language@ and swore not to make the same mistake with me. It would have been cool if Grandpa Douglas would have taught me Gaelic (but I don=t think he knew the language).
I dig Carlos Santana, Queen, T.Rex, Segovia, Sor, Ray Toro, Jimi Hendrix, Eddie Van Halen, Blur, and the soundtracks to all the Star Wars films.
I loathe country music.
My favorite tv shows are Hercules and Happy Days.
I still watch Sesame Street and own all of The Muppet Show episodes on DVD.
I love playing for a living, but, I don=t like the constant traveling and lack of sleep. This life is not what I expected.
When I think back on my childhood, three things stand out.
One, my parents and their constant verbal fighting. They yelled and screamed at each other daily. When I was caught in the crossfire of their battles, I=d walk on eggshells as fast as I could and retreat to my room. As a result, I realized in my twenties that they were the reason I was such a shy kid most of the time. I was always afraid I was gonna say or do something wrong. This is why it was so easy for Kristian to take advantage of me.
When I met her, we had just started the band. She stayed after a show to ask for autographs. You see, at that time, very few kids would ask us for autographs and no one ever waited for us by our van. Kristian was tall, bleached blond, and stick thin with a sweet smile that could turn dangerous in a split second. Needless to say, she used her powers for evil more than good.
Like the idiot I was back then, I found her attractive and asked her to stay with me for a few drinks. This was my first mistake.
The second was sleeping with her the night we met.
The third was asking her to marry me.
F**k, we even bought a house together. What in the holy hell was I thinking?
If I am completely honest with myself, I have to admit that knowing I had someone home waiting for me was the sole thing that kept me going on the road in those early days and that is why I rushed into the engagement with Kristian. I have my parents and Emilio, but they are my family. They are supposed to be there for you. There=s just something special about having a girlfriend at home waiting for your return. Someone who loves you in a romantic way. Someone who wants to be with you. Someone who accepts you as you are with all your quirks and bad hair days (which is just about every day for me). Someone who wants you like a woman wants a man. The feeling of knowing you=re needed and wanted by another human being who has chosen for you to be the one they are with.
Long story short, I arrived home from the road earlier than expected and found Kristian in bed with someone from her office. I want to say I was pissed, and I was at that moment, but a part of me was relieved as I turned around and walked out of the bedroom. She didn=t even know I saw them as she was screaming so loudly in her disgusting ecstasy.
I think I knew all along, at least suspected, she was only after me for the prestige of what I did for a living. The thought of me being in a band was attractive to her and she wanted to ride with me on the waves of my success. Instead, I found her riding Greg.
Some things just are not meant to be.
I chalk this up to experience.
It wasn=t even all that difficult for me to move on.
I realized it really wasn=t love with Kristian, just a mutual physical attraction and certain needs being met by being together.
We were not soulmates.
I don=t hate her. Looking back now, I=m glad it happened. It was a lesson well learned for me. Looks and bleached blond hair aren=t the answer to true love.
I let her keep the house and the payments that remained. I=ve heard from the grapevine that she=s had five live-in boyfriends since we called off our engagement three years ago.
I think of the whole situation as the best learning experience of my adult life so far. Hell, most of my high school friends have been divorced at least once by now. I like to think of my broken engagement as skipping a divorce.
Now, here I am, in my thirtieth year. Single. Lonely. Thinking about the future. Wondering what children with Violet might look like...
Ah...but I ramble on...
Another thing that stands out from my childhood is my job at Dairy Queen. I wanted a guitar so badly. I knew Mom and Dad couldn=t afford to buy one for me at the time, so I begged the manager of our local Dairy Queen to hire me at age fifteen. I had it made at that job, really. We were allowed to eat whatever we wanted, but had to weigh the ice cream for each customer. It took me an entire summer of working and saving to have enough money to buy that beat up acoustic at the pawn shop. I was so proud the day I walked into the store with enough money to finally take it home.
I was such a loner in high school. It wasn=t until my senior year of school that I actually hung out with friends on a regular basis other than in the cafeteria at lunch.
With all of this time on my hands, I strummed the guitar for hours every night teaching myself from a stack of music books Mom bought me at a yard sale. What surprised me was how quickly I caught on.
This reminds me of the other reason why I practiced my guitar for hours every night...sometimes I was afraid to fall asleep due to...the nightmares.
They were always the same.
The blood, the hearts.
I can still see it. Red everywhere. The feeling that someone was trying to eat my heart from my.... chest.
The first time I recall this nightmare was in kindergarten. I think I only had it once then. It did not return until I was fifteen. I had the same nightmare for two weeks straight, coinciding with the time I bought my first guitar.
Odd, huh?
The nightmares ceased for a while but became recurring the summer before my senior year of high school. Almost every night I dreamed the same thing. I felt like I was laying in a pool of blood and would wake up in a sweat.
I can=t imagine a horror movie worse than that nightmare and I hope I never have it again.
But...enough of those morbid memories...
My life, at this point, has all boiled down to this...
I am lonely.
I want someone special who I can trust.
I want a woman who will use her powers on me for good instead of evil.
I want a life that is my own, away from the chaos it has become.
I want to move out of my apartment and live in the middle of the woods.
I think I am falling in love...for real, this time...and I have to find a way to make it last.
I want to make a difference...
Is it possible to do all of this?
It has to be......
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Friday, May 30, 2008
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THERE’S JUST SOMETHING ABOUT BEING IN YOUR THIRTIES.......
Current mood: SATISFIED
THERE'S JUST SOMETHING ABOUT BEING IN YOUR THIRTIES.......
WHAT A DRAG IT IS GETTING OLD...38 years old today!
Okay...so, maybe it's not that bad.
Another birthday...another year older...
This year, I've decided I'm staying 27 forever. Everyone always picks 29 as their forever birthday age, but not me. I'm doing it a little different, as usual. Anyway, 27 is one of my lucky numbers....
Or, maybe...I'll just tell everyone I'm 80, then, they'll say "damn, woman, you look FANTASTIC for your age!" Yeah...that sounds good!
The past year has brought about many changes and a couple of epiphanies! It has been amazing and magical!
I will continue to strive forward in the next year. I can see the result at the end of the path, but how I'll be getting there is the great mystery. Good thing I like a good mystery! (I wanted to be a spy when I was a kid...so the next year should be fun!)
Honestly, if 50 is the new 30, then, I'm only 18 this year! Haha!
I remember when I was 18 and knew everything! Those were the days! Still, I would not want to go back and do it again. I actually like who am I these days...
I have found that I am constantly learning...this is a good thing. I can dish out advice (without being asked) like a wise sage, and take advice from others (even if they're younger than me) and appreciate it.
I have made many new friends and acquaintances this year and hope to make many more.
And, it's true...there's just something about being in your thirties. Here's my attempt at explaining it:
*When you're in your thirties, you finally begin to figure everything out.
*You really don't care what people think of you anymore.
*You discover that little things just don't matter. There's no need to get all worked up. You have to just go with the flow, man.
*Material possessions are no longer important, nor is status, salary, what kind of car you drive or how big your house is.
*You are who you are...and you like it!
*You finally know what you want to do when you grow up!
*You know EXACTLY what you want and you get it!
*You learn how to have fun, again!
To all the people who have entertained me...THANK YOU!
To all the new friends I've made...THANK YOU FOR BEING A PART OF MY LIFE!
To my family...I LOVE YOU GUYS SO MUCH!
Take care, my friends...and keep following your dreams!
Love,
Daphne
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Tuesday, May 06, 2008
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THE CHURCH OF MCR
Current mood: SAVED!...AND I KNOW WHAT I WANT TO DO WITH MY LIFE
THE CHURCH OF MCR!
Sunday, May 4th, 2008
Lifestyle Communities Pavilion
Columbus, Ohio
Almost a year ago to the day, The Black Parade was scheduled to march through Columbus, Ohio. The show was rescheduled three times. Usually, three's a charm, right? Not in this case. Not when contaminated chicken wraps are involved. I will not delve deeper into this story for it is too painful and is in the past. I will say...the show went on this time and the boys from My Chemical Romance rocked the house on Sunday at The Church of MCR...along with a few thousand of their most faithful followers!
Spreading their gospel like true rock and roll disciples, MCR ripped through a loud, thundering repertoire with gritty diligence. Punk evangelists to the end, I witnessed the following with my own eyes:
The band's performance made the sun set.
Young teenage girls transformed into kangaroos at the bidding of Gerard Way.
A crowd of thousands raised their hands to testify by singing along with the band to every song.
The children were saved and did not sink into the depths of hell through the mosh pit.
Is this band saving lives? Who am I to doubt... Some angels are in disguise...and I cannot tell you how many young people I have talked to who tell me the same thing...this band got them through some hard times...Some things happen for a reason. I will continue to follow the path.
With love,
Daphne
AMEN!
PS My sincerest apologies to The Police and Elvis Costello who were performing across the street...the screaming, singing, cheering fans from our show must have been a huge distraction for you!
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Thursday, May 01, 2008
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MCR/DRIVE BY/BILLY TALENT SHOW THIS SUNDAY, MAY 4TH IN COLUMBUS, OHIO!
Current mood: Ready to Rock!...Back in Black!
Category: Ready to Rock!...Back in Black! Music
Greetings, Friends & Knights of the Super Bus!
I will be at the MCR, Drive By, Billy Talent show at the Lifestyle Communities Pavillion in Columbus, Ohio on Sunday, May 4th and will be filming another mini-rockumentary. I want to interview as many fans waiting in line as possible...so...don't be shy! If you see me, introduce yourself! I'm pretty easy to recognize....
Have a magical day and I look forward to meeting old friends and new in Columbus!
Daphne Maidstone
Novelist/Writer/Bohemian
Knight of the Super Bus!
PS For those of us who attended the Cleveland gig...we know we're in for a rockin show! Can't wait to see you all this Sunday in Columbus!
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Thursday, April 24, 2008
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A FUNNY THING HAPPENED WHILE I WAS WAITING IN LINE AT THE AGORA!
Current mood: ROCKIN & SLEEP DEPRIVED!
Category: ROCKIN & SLEEP DEPRIVED! Music
A FUNNY THING HAPPENED WHILE I WAS WAITING IN LINE AT THE AGORA!
Hello, Dear Friends & Knights of the Super Bus!
On Tuesday, April 22, 2008, Lovely Rita (Mom and my partner in crime and camera assistant) and I arrived at the beautiful Agora in Cleveland, Ohio! To our surprise, we were early enough to get in line very close to the entrance. This is funny, because those of you who know me know that I am late for almost everything by at least ten or fifteen minutes. I never used to be this way. As I get older, I am becoming more relaxed and am realizing that life is short and if we really do live only once, I am going to take my time living. In short, I am certainly not going to be obsessed with time. That's just how I roll these days. So, it was a miracle that we got in line so close to the door!
The MCR show was full of pizzazz! Those of you who were at the show know exactly what I mean by that. Here are a few highlights that my fellow friends from the show will understand:
*Ray Toro's hair is how long? It looked awesome! And I know he winked at one of his young fans…we saw it happen, don't deny it!
*Mikey Fuckin Way…that's all I have to say.
*T.Rex Toro.
*Gerard was just full of pizzazz!
*Frank is multi-talented and can smoke and play at the same time.
*Bob needs matching socks…and we love his new long hair, too!
*I know for a fact that Mr. Iero was kind enough to talk to some of the fans waiting by the buses. How sweet!
*The dude who almost fell off of the table he so intelligently decided to stand on…he nearly crashed into me in the mosh! I was concerned.
Highlights for me included hearing "Dead!," "Desert Song" and "Kill All Your Friends."
The energy was amazing from both the fans and the band! MCR seemed very relaxed. It looked like they were having just as much fun as we all were!
Just so you know, this was my first mosh pit experience of that magnitude…and it was pretty tame. It was Mom's first mosh pit experience ever! Thank you to all the nice kids who looked out for her for me! She ended up standing a few feet from Ray. She was loving it! Ray really is the guitar god of the new millennium! You should see him up close in action…WOW! The solo on "I Don't Love You" was beautiful. As I tried to keep standing in the mosh, I was completely entertained just watching him play. I was amused.
It was fantastic to see MCR in a smaller venue. It is so much more enjoyable for me to be up close and personal and not squinting to see or watching the entire show on a huge screen. No matter where you were at the Agora, you had a great view of the show. I have always thought that places like this are the best for gigs! It's like seeing a band in their natural habitat.
Drive By, what can I say? I am impressed. Their stage presence captured everyone's attention. They put on one hell of a show. I have been listening to their brand spankin new CD, A Delicate Situation, since I got it in my hot little hands Tuesday night. It has been on a constant loop on my computer as I've been working this week. The songs are melodic, beautifully written with intelligent lyrics. Proof of this is in "Catacombs." What a lyrical masterpiece. Mom and I were able to say hello to them for a bit. If you'll be at any of the remaining shows, run, don't walk, to the merch tables to buy their CD. They were there signing them after the show. Nice young men! You are welcome in the great State of Ohio anytime!
I had never heard Billy Talent before. Apparently, I was the only one at the show who hadn't. The kids around me were singing their songs by heart. I was entertained. Their set was wild! I will be getting to know them better.
Friends, My Chemical Romance are The Beatles of this generation. Do you realize that? To get to see them at these smaller venues after the massive success of The Black Parade is a gift to us. If you have not yet purchased your tickets for a show to see the rock gods, do it now before everything is sold out (if they're not already).
See you in Columbus next week!
To all my virtual friends, please introduce yourself if we have not yet met in person. I will be filming another mini-rockumentary and would love to interview you! And, just so you know, I do not get paid to do this. I do it because it is fun and I enjoy talking to all of you!
Keep rockin!
It's magic, you know!
Love,
Daphne
PS Thanks to the nice young ladies from West Virginia who shared their story about meeting MCR at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame! It is nice to know we have such nice neighbors to the south!
PPS Another thank you goes out to the nice man who worked at the Agora that brought me a bottle of water in the mosh. I must have looked pretty hot (pun intended!).
PSP Most of all, thanks to everyone for being such good sports and allowing me to film them for my mini-rockumentary! It will be posted soon!
PSS I offer both my thank you and apology to the nice young man who called me at the show as the doors were opening. I could not hear you due to the obvious noise. See you in Columbus when I will tell you this in person.
PSSS I hear that Drive By likes cookies.
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Tuesday, April 15, 2008
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MCR IN CLEVELAND APRIL 22!
Current mood:  adventurous
Category: Music
Greetings, Friends & Knights of the Super Bus!
I will be at the MCR, Drive By, Billy Talent show at the beautiful Agora in Cleveland, Ohio on Tuesday, April 22 and will be filming another mini-rockumentary. I want to interview as many fans waiting in line as possible...so...don't be shy! If you see me, introduce yourself! I'm pretty easy to recognize....
Have a magical day and I look forward to meeting old friends and new in Cleveland!
Daphne Maidstone
Novelist/Writer/Bohemian
Knight of the Super Bus!
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Wednesday, March 19, 2008
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THE BECOMING SYNOPSIS BY RONALD MESO
Current mood: Magical
Category: Magical Dreams and the Supernatural
THE BECOMING SYNOPSIS
IN THE WORDS OF RONALD MESO
Hello. I’m Ronald Meso. You may have heard of my band, Vampires Daughters.
Yeah, it’s me, the lead guitar player.
Don’t believe me?
Well, sometimes, I have a hard time believing it myself. And, yes, guys, I’m very aware that our initials are "VD." Cut us some slack, okay? Just roll with it.
So, this is my story.
I know, you’re not quite sure why I would write my story. You want to hear about Thomas True, our lead singer, right? That’s okay, I’m used to that. I’m cool with it, really. He is my best friend, after all.
I guess I just wanted to tell my story, to write it down just in case I ever forget. Right, like that could ever happen! My life has been a whirlwind for the past seven months!
You see, everything in my life changed when I met her. Violet Vance. Just thinking her name makes me smile. From the moment I first saw her, I knew something was different about her. Something magical.
In the past months, Violet has showed me many things.
You know all those things that go bump in the night? The monsters, witches, werewolves, zombies, and even vampires?
Well, kids, I’ve got news for you…they’re real!
Don’t believe me?
You will after you read my story.
I sometimes wish I didn’t know all of this, but one thing’s for sure, the good things that have been revealed to me definitely outweigh the bad, especially where Violet is concerned. She’s unveiled to me a power I never imagined was possible and it has been unbelievable and amazing! An intimate power; that’s the only way I can describe it. I can’t tell you any more about it here. Just read the story, it will make sense later, I promise.
Wanna slay some demons?
If so, join my band and me on the super bus. I hope you enjoy the ride!
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Tuesday, March 11, 2008
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO RONALD MESO!
Current mood: adventurous
One year ago on this date, I had a great epiphany.
Like magic, an inspiration hit me for a character, Ronald Meso, the lead guitarist for Vampires Daughters.
Ronald Meso.......
A very special and talented young man embarking on his first headlining arena tour.
A man living his dream.
A lonely young man.
A man touched by magic with a destiny to save lives.
I realized on this date that Ronald deserved the right to tell his story, and this story became "The Becoming."
I had set out to write a stand-alone novel a few years before called, "The Ghosts of T-Rex." Little did I know that this once, stand-alone story would evolve into a trilogy about rockstar superheroes called "The Vampires Daughters Novels" and would also include "Knights of the Super Bus" as the third installment.
I have never felt so passionate about a project in my life.
Once in a lifetime, an inspiration such as this comes along and I have chosen to seize this opportunity and have been rewarded with kindness, signs, magic, and many new friends!
So, tonight, I raise a glass of non-alcoholic grape juice to my beautiful myspace friends and Knights of the Super Bus, Vampires Daughters, and most of all, to my muse, Ronald Meso!
My sincerest "thank you" goes out to all of you who have supported and encouraged me through the many stages of writing this novel. I am happy to say that the story is now ready for professional editing and then, for submission. I will keep you all posted of any news as I dig my way through this process.
Have a magical evening,
Daphne
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Wednesday, February 13, 2008
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WHAT 37 LOOKS LIKE!
Current mood: gallant
Greetings, Friends & Knights of the Super Bus!
I have added a new photo album entitled, "WHAT 37 LOOKS LIKE," to my site. You may be wondering...what's so special about that? Well.......
The photos have absolutely no touch-ups!
It's true!
I feel very strongly that we should all accept ourselves and each other for what we are. I see so many people trying so hard to look younger, thinner, prettier...it is just sad! It breaks my heart to see young people starving themselves for fashion. With this in mind, I decided to take a stand and post my latest photos...most from a recent shoot at my home...some from my personal family albums...online and untouched...I even left the photos with "red eye" untouched...when I say no touch-ups, I mean it! (and no, contrary to popular belief, my eyes really aren't red...they're green!)
I refuse to believe the media and the cosmetic industry when they try to convey to me that I "need" to look younger, undergo plastic surgery, or use a new skin cream to be beautiful!
Am I wearing makeup in the photos? Yes. I am a woman, after all.
Are the photos touched-up? Nope!
Have I ever had plastic surgery? No way! Everything about me is natural, folks!...all the laugh lines, skin imperfections, etc.
This is what 37 looks like...and it's okay!
Have a magical evening & be happy with what you've got!
Daphne
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Monday, February 11, 2008
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"DARK CIRCLE" LYRICS BY RONALD MESO & THOMAS TRUE!
Current mood:  inspired
Greetings, Friends!
Ronald Meso and Thomas True of Vampires Daughters have asked me if I would like to post lyrics to their new song, "Dark Circle" on myspace site to share with all of our friends! I, of course, said "yes!" Here they are! Enjoy!
Have a magical evening & keep rockin,
Daphne
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Dark Circle
Around I go
In the night of the moon
Not waning, but wanting
It's full but I am not
The heavenly hell of my transformation
The pleasure of the pain
My body is waxing, not waning
Becoming full
In the ancient tradition of my fathers
When the moon is ripe
My skin burns and changes to a black, soft pelt
Until morning sheds my delight
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