The Christmas List 09

Already? Ah well. Santa, I hope this year doesn’t freak you out any more than last year’s. Heh. You might need an extra sack. Here it is, the third Christmas list.

1. For Jon, a big bowl of hot soup, and a day off. Oh, and it has to be a warm day with lots of sunshine. /twinkles/

2. For Stu, a puppy or a kitten. I would say a new laptop but he already has one… :P

3. For Fred, one of Spiderman’s web-shooters and a bunch of baubles. LOL.

4. For someone (oh you know who), a manstick. Ahaha.  j/k xP

5. For someone else (again, you know who), a tank. I think it would save on bamboo shoots and you can trust that someone knows what to do with it. I promise there won’t be any (read: much) destruction, it’s just for show.

6. For all my girlfriends, a beanie baby. Ryn put me up to it from her yahoo status message and they’re cute and we can’t all have Taylor Lautner and Eddie Cahill has always been mine. Any more objections? xD

7. For my piano, a metronome. Don’t ask. o.O

8. And for all the people out there in the world spending Christmas away from home, a great big hug and Santa, I know you can do something about it. You know what they’d all want most.

Okay, Santa. That’s pretty much it for this year.  Take care and don’t let Rudolph in the eggnog.

Love,
Xacrest

The Long-awaited List

Behold! A list.

1. I am happy.

2. I am free. (sort of. read: occupied fully with things I like.)

3. I am reading The Gathering Storm. I am devouring every word of it.

4. I am looking forward to FRIDAY.

5. I have cleared my room. Muahahaha. No, the world is not going to end.

6. I am drawing again. OOOH.

7. I <3 Mat Cauthon.

My idea of fun. I'm the dragon, of course. Heh.

Did I mention I am happy?

The Gathering Storm

Wow… it’s been a while since my last post on rl. But anyway, this is such great news I just HAVE to share it with everyone!! Behold the List:

1. The late Robert Jordan only managed to finish 11 out of his 12-book epic saga, the Wheel of Time.
2. Before he passed on, he told close family members and friends the details of the plot for the final book.
3. Brandon Sanderson was tasked to write the twelfth and final book of the Wheel of Time, to be titled The Gathering Storm.
4. It was published and…

5. I HAVE IT. Muahahahahahahahaha. … but…

6. I have to wait till I’m liberated from the public exams before I can read it. Oh well. It’s just so nice to look at it and feel happy ^^ <insert dweeb laugh>

Let the dragon ride again on the winds of time.

Halloween tag :O

1. What is your favorite written work of horror fiction?
Uh. I don’t have a favourite one but Dracula is a classic I love to reread.

2. What is your favorite work of science fiction/fantasy?
Too many to list. Terry Brooks, Tolkien, Robert Jordan, anything in an anthology collected by Gardner Dozois, Jim Butcher, etc.

3. Who is your favorite monster?
Lol. The drain monster xD

4. What is your favorite Horror movie?
Omg I don’t care to choose a favourite seeing I almost never finish any due to cold feet. Probably… the Village although I don’t know if that qualifies.

5. What horror movie gives you the most chills?
Mirrors. o.O

6. What character from any horror film would you most like to play?
Doesn’t matter what film. I want to be the one who actually makes it to the end of the movie.

7. Freddy or Jason?
Ew neither. I only date non-psychos.

8. What is your favorite Halloween treat?
Well, candy isn’t seasonal here… Mars Bars? ^^

9. Ghosts or goblins?
Ghosts are more dangerous I hear but they’re a bit more normal than goblins.

10. Friendly-faced jack-o’-lantern or scary one?
Friendly. What kinda question is that?!

11. What is your scariest encounter with the paranormal?
I only have imaginary ones. And I plan to keep it that way!

12. Do you believe in ghosts? Why or why not?
Kinda. I mean, if you’ve ever watched Ghost Hunters it’s tough not to.

13. Would you rather be a zombie, alien, or psycho?
Alien. Heck, I’m already halfway there.

14. Favorite Halloween costume?
I’d go as a hippie! j/k. Probably a ghost would be the easiest. Big tablecloth and so on. Come to think of it I already have all the black necessary to be a modern witch.

15. Best thing about Halloween?
People post all sorts of weird things on their blogs and channels.

16. Person in your family who most likes Halloween (not counting yourself)?
Erm… we’d all like it more if it were a holiday =P

17. Are you superstitious?
To an extent.

18. Share an unusual Halloween story.
Last Halloween, I stayed home and chatted online. /boggle, I know.

The Cocktail Terza Rima

It took two sazeracs before I could see
all I taken too long to realize
For in every glass that they brought to me

Your taste lingered in absinthe and crushed ice.
I tried to bleach my mind with batidas
But forgetting comes with too high a price

I washed it down with three blue margaritas
Tinted an indigo I had never tried
And I even had a burning sakerinha

The memories blazed, scorching, inside
So I had something sharp, a Death in the afternoon.
All I could think of was still green eyes.

The City Villanelle

In the silent hour between dreams and the sun
I woke up and looked out upon the city
As night was fading but the day had not yet begun

They say that in the city a day is never done
And there is no such thing as stopping, not even
In the silent hour between dreams and the sun

From windows static whispered like threads spun
from silver, trailing into the smoky sky
As night was fading but the day had not yet begun

I tasted the neon glow and watched the lights run
Swirling into a midnight cocktail streaked with colour
In the silent hour between dreams and the sun

And I understood, then, in a heartbeat, how anyone
can get drunk on pleasure, fall into sweetest sin
As night was fading but the day had not yet begun

Some of the things that decide how the war is won
are the thoughts that pass through countless minds
As night was fading but the day had not yet begun
In the silent hour between dreams and the sun.

-note: kind of a blank-verse-villanelle, not using the second line rhyme system xD

The Heart Sestina

It was a long, cold autumn day
When rain fell like liquid silver
And sunlight was swallowed up by the dark of night
Weak warmth yielding to skies stormy black
Like so many moments frozen in time
Memorized and carved onto a stone heart

It was a tired, cold heart
That wasted and waned on an autumn day
Having spent too much time
Watching crimson stain flakes of silver
Under star-studded night
Reflected in still waters icy black

It was a still, cold night
When glass shattered in a painted heart
Turning every colour to black
In the weary light of winter’s day
As the ground was carpeted in sheets of silver
Edges of memories were blurred by time

It was a quiet, cold time
When they waited impatiently in the night
As glittering steel and burning silver
Etched and tattooed patterns into a heart
Which would bring each day
Back into the sunrise from midnight shadows black

They were tired, cold eyes of ebony black
Watching the world go by in exact time
Knowing that with every passing day
Closer crept the night
To fetter and bind each stolen heart
In spiderweb chains of immortal silver

It was a cold hour of brilliant silver
When all was tainted black
As the first rhythms whispered into a crystal heart
Reworked in an endless moment of time
Searing through flickering illusions of night
And murmuring new life into a cold autumn day.

More days came, filled with crimson and silver
Streaked with nights draped in aether shades of black
But time filled the emptiness and blunted the edges
Of memories left by every season in each fading heart.

DQ

DQ = Depth quotient. Like IQ = Intelligence Quotient, and EQ = Emotional Quotient. Used to gauge the depth of thought and capability to hold a significant conversation. Not like IQ which is a gauge of one’s ability to learn and understand, not like EQ which is a gauge of the ability to inherently identify and empathize with emotions, DQ is a new quotient that recognizes how some people can be intelligent but philosophically deficient (i.e. ‘I just aced that exam! Yeah, but it goes against everything I believe in.’), and how others can be empathic but not able to provide realistic support (i.e. ‘Aww, it’s okay…  just keep hoping and maybe it’ll all work out okay…’).

Potential questions used to gauge DQ:
1. Why did you pick the last flavour of ice-cream you picked?

2. Do you watch soaps? If so, why?

3. It doesn’t matter. Why?
‘… whatever’ or ‘I don’t understand’ and so on do not qualify as answers that will give a satisfactory reading of DQ.

4. What was the last thing you read?

5. Have you thought about the meaning of life and what you hope to achieve in ten years from now?

Feel free to drop any other suitable questions in the comments.

Note: The author is not implying that she has a superior level of DQ. Just thought that it would be interesting to have another quotient to look at. DQ is entirely a figment of imagination and not professionally endorsed as a measure of individual personality.

Mikkel Lentz - MLTR

In all the weirdest places

Since somebody is bugging me about not posting enough ‘rl updates’ I’m finally writing something a little bit more relative to life

Inspiration is a funny thing. It comes in all the weirdest packages. For instance, in all the emotions you least expected to find it. Sadness, for example, is a particularly peculiar place to find it. I mean, you’re supposed to be so upset that you can’t think of anything else but the reason you’re sad. But inevitably, there’s a little part of most people that doesn’t seem to mind being sad; might even say that somehow we like being upset. Savour the misery. You know the deal.  Weird, but so true. Being miserable and feeling like, well, crap, is actually inspiring. Anybody who doubts this can go listen to All-American Rejects ‘When the Wind Blows’ or Blue October ‘Black Orchid’ and see what that feels like. And it’s funny, but when I was last sad, I wrote this:

you know that the rain
won’t take away the pain
though the tears you cry
can be dried
they have to come from you
nobody else can
shed the tears that
you were meant to.

o.O, I know. You know that feeling of ‘I-just-want-the-world-to-leave-me-alone’? Well, sometimes, after a little while, there’s the feeling that ‘I-could-actually-write-this-down’. And then the words just pour themselves out and out and out and half an hour later the feeling’s numb and you just want to sleep.

Okay. This has officially turned into an emo post >.< Sorry about that. Haven’t seen this tag in a while, eh. So yes. I will stop spreading emoness all over the internet and hogging webspace. lol. Whee.

The Song Tag

INSTRUCTIONS: Using only song names from ONE ARTIST, answer these questions. Try not to repeat a song title.

My Choice: Linkin Park. Will also include ideas for another answer from different artists (cause I’m just free that way).

-Are you a male or female?
Uh… is this the first question? Because there’s no song title that says ‘girl’ or ‘female’ xD
Alt. answer: She – Grand Avenue, Woman -  Maroon 5, She is – The Fray

-Describe yourself.
In between.
Alt. answer: Complicated – Avril Lavigne, Colourblind – Darius xD, Minority – Green Day

-How do you feel right now?
No more sorrow.
Alt. answer: Feeling good – Muse, All shook up – Elvis Presley (that was just for laughs =D)

-If you could go anywhere, where would you go?
Somewhere I belong. rofl. So cool.
Alt. answer: Boston – Augustana, California – Savage Garden

-Your favorite form of transportation?
Easier to run? lol!
Alt. answer: Chasing cars – Snow Patrol? (same thing as my answer anyway), The angel on my bike – The Wallflowers, Company car – Switchfoot, Valkyrie missile – Angels and Airwaves… lol. long list, that.

-Describe your morning routine.
Uh… Faint? Oh, I know! Crawling. lol
Alt. answer: It’s all been done – Barenaked Ladies, What is happening – Alphabeat xP

-Your best friend is:
With you. Not bad, eh?
Alt. answer: Superwoman – Alicia Keys, True – Ryan Cabrera

-What’s the weather like?
Shadow of the day? C’mon, nobody calls songs ‘Cloudy’ anymore.
Alt. answer: Rain – Breaking Benjamin (so much more sense, I know xD)

-Pet peeve:
Nobody’s listening o.O
Alt. answer: Why does it always rain on me – Travis, Learning the hard way – Gin Blossoms

-If your life was a TV show, what would it be called?
Erm. New divide?
Alt. answer: Stuck in a moment you can’t get out of – U2, Hey tonight – CCR

-What is your fear?
By myself. Or Numb.
Alt. answer: Everything I don’t want to be – Michael Ritter, Boulevard of broken dreams – Green Day

-What is the best advice you have to give?
The little things give you away.
Alt. answer: Let it rock – Kevin Rudolf, You get what you give – New Radicals

-If you could change your name, you would change it to:
Omg. There’s really nothing to use. Let me see, how about Figure .09? Or Papercut? Lol, either way.
Alt. answer: Jainy – Five for Fighting, Jenny – The Click Five

-What do you say when you are frustrated?
Bleed it out, because that’s the title that comes the closest.
Alt. answer: Typical – Mutemath, I just wanna live – Good Charlotte

-Thought for the day
One step closer.
Alt. answer: Where are you going – Dave Matthew’s Band, One love – Blue

-How you would like to die?
… Hands held high. Or In pieces (but that sounds so violent).
Alt. answer: Out of love again – Five for Fighting, 2000 watts – Michael Jackson >.<

-Your soul’s present condition:
Forgotten? So emo -_-
Alt. answer: Bigger than my body – John Mayer, Not falling apart – Maroon 5, Blueside – Rooney

-Your motto:
From the inside, Breaking the habit.
Alt. answer: I’m still here – Vertical Horizon