What’s Up With You?
Current mood: tired

Just felt like writing and I don't have time to write on my story. Yes I'm writing one..*looks in my editor's general direction* HOWEVER...heehee...I'm just gonna say what I've been up to and you guys tell me about you, k?

I went to the movies this weekend! YEAH!!! Big weekend, folks. Grandma had the munchkin and we all know that for a parent that's like yelling "PARTY!" lol

I love movies so I went to 2! I saw Tropic Thunder and Dark Knight. Shhh. Yes, yes, I know people are protesting Tropic Thunder, but I'm an easy going type of person and I take humor like it's intended. I take it like it's humor and not something to be taken seriously. Robert Downy Jr. was fantastic, as was Tom Cruise. You guys should see this movie and be ready for the less than flattering descriptions of people.

THEN I saw Dark Knight. Holy crap, Batman! That was a good movie. Heath Ledger was amazing in his portrayal of the Joker. Darn it, I think he had to be a little insane to be that in touch with the insane mind.

((*Wakes up*))

HAHAHAHHAHAAA See? I can laugh at me too! *pokes finger in ear* Now shut up "little voice" and let me go back to what I was saying.

Honestly, those voices...*shakes head*

Where was I? Oh yes. The Dark Knight. This movie really digs into the human psyche and I love that. Just what is the determining factor when deciding if a person is insane? Are we all just one decision away from being considered insane? Wow. Wrap your mind around those questions. My story The Love of Her Death is all about that mind warping style of thinking.

*deflated stance* Then Monday hit. It hit me hard, folks. Teachers returned to work officially (I've been there 2 weeks now). I'm also team leader this year so let me just say this, I fell asleep in my recliner WELL before 8pm. Today I had to skip lunch and work straight to quitting time to get everything done and tomorrow is looking the same way. Sooo...*pokes editor*now you know what I've been up to.

What's up with you?

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Teachers Prepare!!
Current mood: anxious

There's a scene in "The Scottish Play", that play that isn't named for fear of...well, something. I'm not sure what is supposed to happen. Anyway, the scene I'm thinking of is the Double, double toil and trouble scene. Three witches stirring a pot and throwing in the eye of newt and hair of dog...*pauses for thoughtful tapping of chin* or maybe it's the tail of dog...anyway I like the scene and it represents what I'm feeling.

ACKKK! Bad image!

((*jumps and then shakes head in realization*))

I'm not feeling the tail of a dog!

((What are you talking about?))

I have mixed emotions...and colors to sort.

((About? And what does that have to do with colors and Mac...))

SHHH!! You're not supposed to say that name! *looks around in paranoid state*

((Why ever not?))

I don't know. Something about broken legs or some other bad thing happening to you.

((*addresses you, the reader* It was at this point that I took over the blog. She began prattling away about some concotion of Tums and wine and dancing around a table like the witches in the play she will not name. Shakespeare's work, you know, the one with the bloody hands.

*pauses to allow you a glimpse into Luna's world*))

*sorting through and stacking colors of Tums chanting all the while.*

Eye of bitch and toe of ho

Hair of boy and sock of stank,

Liar's tongue and condom's pack.

((*pulls away in confusion*))
(Found one once in my classroom. Oh yes I did.)

((*shakes head in pathetic way and looks back to you* It's the beginning of the school year. Most teachers do one of two things. Prepare for battle or cower in the corners. Luna will do a bit of both, but mostly suck on Tums and charge head first into the onslaught.))

*screams suddenly and reaches for toward the Heavens* TOIL AND TROUBLE

((Now you may recall that this little spell in the play was meant to cause mayhem. Not in Luna's skewed thinking. She's making trouble for the unseen forces of chaos. She swears that they haunt the halls of all school houses.))

COOL WITH THE BLOOD OF A BABOON!!

((Hey! You better not have anything like that! *points back at her*))

*stops and looks side to side as if guilty as hell* Uhh..uhh..of course not. PETA would hate me!

((*sigh* Things will only get more bizarre around here. Wait till the teachers begin turning on one another toward the middle of the year.))

*Slathers on woad* They turn vicious! Cannibal! *gently slides an orange Tum away from the red. Suddenly a strange little grin forms and brows lower.*

((*covers face with hands* She's plotting again))

I need the finger..

((I better go. *turns back to Luna* You need nothing of the sort!))

*beseeching look* The sting of a blind-worm?

((*laughs*))

*gasp* I just got that!

((No. That's not...))

Nasty teenagers! *looks around as if searching the room for them*

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Balls for Exercising
Current mood: bouncy

YES! It's true! I rolled off my exercise ball and hit my head. I rolled right off the back of the thing, slid on my back and hit my nightstand. What were the engineers of that thing thinking when they made it round?

((*holding stomach and laughing*It's a ball!))

Not funny! No one put a warning on the thing! It would sound stupid if they had!

*Assumes public speaking voice* WARNING: Ball may roll backward while you are trying to do situps.

Pfft! See what I mean? People would laugh at the warning and I don't think warnings are meant to be laughed at. They're serious business.

((*still laughing*))

Maybe it should say something like, "This is not true exercise equipment but a means to kill yourself". *sighs while staring at the purple torture bouncy device*

((*points and tries to talk*))

Sush it! Let me try to figure this out. I thought I was properly balanced on it. My feet were firmly planted. Who the hell thought of a ball for exercising anyway?

((The cat...*holds stomach*...the cat.))

What about him? *spots tail poking out from behind the ball* OMG!! TOMMY!! *hugs the kitty and narrows eyes on the purple toy of death*

Think about it! Overweight people lying prone on a giant ball! That can't be sane! There is only one conclusion to draw here. I bet the person that came up with this laughs his ass off whenever he thinks about it. AND I'm convinced that a man thought of it! I have a Celt butt people! Do you know what that means? Well, let's just say that two round objects don't roll in the same direction when pushed together!

The thing must die! *stroking kitty thoughtfully* But it deserves a fitting end. Things this evil must not only be destroyed but its evil must be purged.

((*crosses arms and waits* A psychic cleansing?))

*Rolls eyes* This is serious. The thing tried to kill me. It must be possessed!

((Possessed? That would make it a possessed purple product of pain.))

*drops kitty on the bed.* That's it! The Possessed Purple Product of Pain!

((Maybe it's just mad.))

Mad at what?

((You've been putting that fat butt of yours on it for some time now. That would make me mad.))

ACKKK!! *kicks the Possessed Purple Product of Pain at It* That's two birds and one stone!

(What's sad is that this is TRUE people!! Well, all except for the cat bit. He just sat there staring at me while I was struggling like a crab on my back to get up! I looked like the star of one of those retarded America's Funniest Videos! I was holding my head, the ball tucked up under my knees, my cat staring at me as if to say "I knew something like this would happen" and I was wondering how in the hell I would get up!)

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Sleeping At the Wheel
Current mood: crazy

*swerves and jerks awake*

((AGHHHH!!!!!))

What happened? *looks around to see if anyone saw that*

((You very nearly killed me! Wake up!))

*clears throat* What do you mean? I'm a wake. I have been the whole time. *grips wheel with both hands and adjusts still sleeping ass in the leather seat*

((You fell asleep at the wheel!))

*looks surprised* I did?

((Can't you tell? You almost missed the exit for Romantic Times. That would have been horrible since you got a great review! Not to mention several of your current stories are huddled in the backseat, very nearly dead of fear. Not to mention To Stay Forever is now at All Romance Ebooks waiting for someone else to pick it up!))

I...I don't know what to say.

((Don't apologize just get to writing.))

No. I wasn't going to apologize.

((*confused look*))

I was just surprised about being the one driving this thing. That is what you said, right?

((*deflated look*))

HAHAHAHAAHAHA!! Now that I feel like I'm in charge...Like I should be...I'm taking us back to where we belong.

((I know where you belong.))

*Laughing like a mad woman* I'm driving!!! *evil look* And I'm turning out the headlights.

((AGHHHHH!!!!!))

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Romantic Times Loves It!
Current mood: blissful

Check out the September issue of Romantic Times magazine! Four stars for THe Love of Her Death. Now I'm not bragging...

((Yes, she is.))

*swats at unseen person* I'm not bragging! It's true. The Love of Her Death was totally unexpected in the realm of romance. heehee Like I could write anything expected anymore.  It has taken critics by surprise! I can't believe it's in a magazine now and got a great review there too!

Pick up a copy of the September issue!

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Antiques, sheets, and the recliner!!
Current mood: talkative

*plops in the recliner* Yes! That's right! I said the recliner! Not the antiques in the livingroom, not the bed that I spent two weeks shopping for, I said the recliner. After all that shopping (which I don't really like doing) I return to my favorite spot, the recliner under my floor lamp and tucked away in my den. This leaves me to wonder (as if I do anything else. hahahaha *laughing at my own expense*) why do I work so hard to fill my house with nice things only to return to the beat up and very embarrassing recliner that no one sees?

I LOVE, let me repeat, LOVE old things. Antiques of all styles, black and white photos of people I don't know (maybe because I quickly give them names and begin imagining all types of stories for them) however I have a fondness for new in certain areas. I adore linens and I don't want old ones. New towels, new sheets, new fancy comforters and lovely tablecloths....ooohhh I just drool at the thought.

It's because of this love that I venture out to brave the deadly crowds. *narrows eyes* I said it. I meant it. Deadly crowds. I hate them!! I love sheets but I hate crowded streets. heeheee that rhymes! I could just picture myself skipping around singing "I love sheets, but hate the streets. I love sheets, but hate the streets!" *clears throat* Of course I wouldn't do that.  SHhhhh! At least I didn't say I buy sheets to work the streets! HAHHAHAHAHAHAHa!!!

*SIGH* I'm pooped! Only my fingers seem to work. Hmm...maybe I should write something? Nah. I don't know what I'd write about.

((*slack jawed*))

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Psstt....
Current mood: busy

*holding hand by mouth and whispering* Pssst...Happy Fourth of July.

((*cracks the whip* Who are you talking to?))

*Points* Them.

((*Look of confusion.* Are you seeing people again?))

They're looking right at us. I was wishing them a Happy Fourth of July.

((*big sigh* Just get back to work.))

I swear! They're there!

((Don't make me do it. *points to computer with whip*)

Gotta run! Happy Fourth everyone!!

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They
Current mood: animated

*searching, searching, searching*

((*nodding appreciatively*))

Go away! *never takes eyes from computer screen*

((It does a heart good. Mine anyway.))

Shhh!

((What are you researching?))

*Big defeated sigh* PFFT! I'll not say. They are listening.

((*shifts eyes from one side of the room to the other* Umm, who?

They, they, they. You know, the ones that always seem to be listening!

((*Wary look*))

How many times have you had an idea just to see it come out as a movie or a television show? *Insane chuckle* I can't tell you how many times I've thought about something and then seen it on a commercial.

((*shakes head*))

I'm serious! They are listening and just waiting for me to spill the beans. I'll never forget the whole "being stalked by a witch in the woods" scenerio.

((Good lord, for the last time you did NOT come up with the Blair Witch legend!))

*Haughty look* Let's just say I'm not giving anyone anymore ideas.

((You did not give those teenagers the idea. They couldn't possibly have known what you were thinking about.))

*Narrows eyes and stares pointedly at It* Not unless someone told them.

((*initial shock look and then big grin* How would I have told anyone anything?))

*pokes him* You just better not do it ever again.

((You're insane.))

Uh uh. Nope. The doctors disagree with you.

((*suppressing a smile*))

THey say that the term "insane" is a legal term and not a psychological term. It's a state of mind at the time of a crime and since I'm not commiting a crime I'm not insane.

((Great. I feel reassured now. Are these the same "they" you were so sure was ripping off your ideas? *little twinkle in his eyes*))

*GASP* THEY ARE THEY!!

((The paranoid. No one is easier to play with.))

Why do I feel like I just ended this blog like a Sunday Newspaper Comic Strip?

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Real or Imaginary?
Current mood: adventurous

*biting nails and backing away slowly*

((What the hell? *jumping* Where did you come from?))

I was in a plane over an island. What happened to this place?!??!

((AN ISLAND?!?! That's the biggest load of...))

No. No. It's true. I was. Look at this!!!

((*Stares at computer screen* What?))

Myspace has changed things around! Everyone knows that change is a scarey thing! I go away for one freakin' week and all Hell breaks loose!

((I really don't think this is "all Hell". Just why haven't I heard from you lately?))

I took a little time for family, pet, me...*waves flippantly* A gal has to keep things balanced. All internet and writing makes for a seriously disturbed individual.

((*Jaw drops*))

I'm serious. I had to take some real time.

((In a plane? Over an island?))

Yes and yes. A little cesna plane and a beautiful island. Damn it was hot though. I also did a little golfing with dinosaurs and built a few castles...

((*eyes widening*))

I photographed some sharks from under the water and...

((*Holds up hands and shakes head* You and your imagination.))

*smiles*...and shaved a mighty cat, okay I had him shaved but he still looks funny heehee, I saw giant alligators up close, and as if that wasn't enough I wrestled with the ocean.

((Either your reading a fantasy or your writing one. Which is it?))

Nope. I did it all. I did ride in a Cesna plane over the little island my family loves to vacation at. I did have my cat shaved for the summer and we did go minature golfing at the Dinosaur Adventure, we did go to an aquarium and photograph sharks from the tunnel in the water, and I built tons of sand castles and I did wrestle the ocean almost every day. *makes a face* Darn ocean won more than once! *shakes a fist in the general direction of the Atlantic and then makes a face at It* Don't you just hate when sand gets in the crack of your...

((*covers her mouth* You went on vacation! You sneaky little thing! You went away and told no one!))

*Grins and turns away* La la la...I don't tell you everything. Besides you would have disturbed my solitude.

((*grabs her pants*))

ACKKKK!!! *flailing and swinging through the air* WHAT THE HELL!!!

((There! You happy now? *swinging her higher*))

Put me down! *Covers face as I near the wall*

((Next time you want to go flying by the seat of your pants just let me know. Until then you write!!!))

*Starts laughing* I got a new idea!!

((*Lowers her* You do?))

Yep, yep. I spent a lot of my nights doing what I love to do.

((*covers ears* Please don't go into detail.))

*Laughs loudly* As if I would share that! Silly It! I watched some old black and white horror movies.

((*Wipes off forehead* I was scared for a minute.))

*Smile broadens to insane proportions* It's time for a little trip to...The ASYLUM!!!

((I thought they kicked you out.))

PFFT!! Now I'm talking about a fantasy.

((Ohhh...))

It's a sad world when people can't tell the difference between real adventures and make believe. Afterall, only real adventures involve riding floating logs down a waterfall.

((*whispers* Lunatic.))

I heard that! It's a theme park ride!

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A Bit of Nonsense Coming Your Way!!
Current mood: restless

*singing* If I only knew what to say...

((*covering ears and rolling eyes*))

*still singing* I'd write a blog for you today...

((*groans* Do you hear the neighbor's dogs?))

*stops singing* You know what? You're just mean.

((*uncovers ears* What did you say?))

PFFT!! I'm going to post a itty bitty story next. Will that make you happy?

((You're not going to sing are you?))

It's British Nonsense. Some have already read it.

((Ooohhh! Yeah. I remember that. You gonna finish it this time?))

I just may but that depends on you.

((Me?))

Yep. If you don't distract me AND if you stay nice.

((Mums the word.))

Okay. I'll begin posting it next. For now....*begins singing again* Doe ray me fah so lah tee dah!

((*covers ears again* I hate it when she's in the playful mood.))

*grins and pinches It*

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