tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52262374627323678922024-02-20T00:08:14.332-05:00Sully ScribblesScribbling Through Life One Story At A TimeSully's Scribbleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11681030536657534855noreply@blogger.comBlogger38125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5226237462732367892.post-69497597411971970032011-11-29T11:50:00.001-05:002011-11-29T11:57:27.495-05:00Thanksgiving Success! Finding a Job Failure!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Thanksgiving was a success! The turkey came out scrum-diddly-umptious, there were no major blow out fights, and every thanks giving blooper we had we managed to salvage. Ahhh yeah that's right! Our turkey did not burn nor did it blow up! Trust me there were family members <i>rooting</i> for this to happen. Not that they were being malicious. My aunt just wanted us with the rest of the family for Thanksgiving and my mom just has a twisted sense of humor.<br />
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Hey I never claimed that I came from a normal family.<br />
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So after getting over the Thanksgiving - I ate entirely too much food - coma, which somehow seemed to last about three days, I wound up going back to my job search. I'm putting in applications, handing out resume's and doing my best to find something that's going to pay the bills. That and ya know, buy food. That stuff we like to eat. To survive.<br />
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I'm getting sidetracked.<br />
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There was a job fair today. I went. They lied. Honestly not one of the vendors that they said were going to be there were there. It was mostly no name companies (which I don't mind working for), but they were basically all looking for sales people. I don't mind doing that either. However there were only about six booths and two or three of them were educational places. Smallest job fair ever.<br />
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Then again it was the first one I've been to so I can't really say I've got something else to compare it too. Still a few people said they're going to be giving me a call. We'll see if it happens of if they were so politely declining to give me a job.<br />
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I really hate being out of work.Sully's Scribbleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11681030536657534855noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5226237462732367892.post-57586247784629063462011-11-24T10:19:00.001-05:002011-11-24T10:50:38.812-05:00Our First Thanksgiving<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Brian and I have had a string of bad luck with illnesses and other general 'we're in a recession and have no money' incidents. This is the first Thanksgiving we're having in our own place. So of course we said we have to cook. Neither of us have ever cooked a Turkey before, so we're using his mom's cookbook (which is pretty much his cooking bible and he holds it pretty close because his mom died when he was 15) and we've been going through the Thanksgiving steps this morning.<br />
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Let me just say that had someone not told me take my turkey out of the freezer on Sunday I'd probably be working with a frozen turkey. I had no plans to take it out until yesterday. So we were saved on that one.<br />
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I knew about taking the giblets out. My daddy is a good old country boy. I'm generally pretty good with cooking meat, but I've also heard a hundred horror stories about people forgetting to take out the giblets.<br />
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Brian and I go to do this, and he only finds a neck. He's adamant there are no giblets. I'm adamant there are. You don't get a turkey without giblets. So finally after violating the turkey cavity victory is ours and he's found the giblets.<br />
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While we're oiling, seasoning, and stuffing the turkey I decide to start hardboiling the eggs so we can make some deviled eggs. <br />
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Before I continue let me go back.<br />
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Thanksgiving Blunder #1 - While trying to get the plastic wrap out of the cupboard I spilled coffee all over the floor.<br />
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Not to horrible, but still it's a blunder and will be counted as such.<br />
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Thanksgiving Blunder #2 - While stuffing and seasoning the turkey I forgot all about the fact that I was boiling eggs. Can you guess what happened? Yup, that's right. They exploded. Brian is currently at the store getting more - wait strike that. I just heard the car. Brian is currently returning with new eggs. Wish us well on round two of the deviled eggs.Sully's Scribbleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11681030536657534855noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5226237462732367892.post-17268438591883545752011-11-21T11:15:00.001-05:002011-11-21T11:32:44.504-05:00Outlining and Me - Why it Never WorksSince I failed at Wrimo this year - which I think is for many reasons - I decided to actually sit down and think about a new story to write. Now, when I say sit down and think, basically what happens is I get a random idea which turns into a blurb. The blurb becomes what could either be a prologue, random musings, or even the start of the first chapter. From there I stop and think about where this could go and how it could work as a story.<br />
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My Wrimo novel however was just write and continue writing and see where it goes. That worked for a while, but then real life decided to rear it's ugly head. A close friend of the family died, I need to find a new job, etc and so on. I wound up missing a few days and my muse was just gone.<br />
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That's when I decided to take this new random blurb I wrote and form it into a story. To make it easier for myself, I said, "Hey let's plot this out a little bit. Make some notes using Storybook and go from there."<br />
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Which I did. It was nothing to elaborate. Even when I attempt to outline I don't like to make it too detailed so that I have some wiggle room for twists, turns, and roundabouts to make their way into the story. I never know when I'm going to get a burst of inspiration or a quirky idea that would fit the story.<br />
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So I made my note cards on Storybook. Not for the entire story, but for a good portion of it to see how it went. I start writing. Just beginning chapter two I've realized that these note cards and semi outlining is moot because already my characters have taken over.<br />
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Structure is not my friend when it comes to writing. It just doesn't work. I may want the story to go in one direction, but my characters tend to fight me tooth and nail. It can be frustrating sometimes. Not to mention the fact that I wasted half a day trying to figure out where I wanted the story to go only to be bitched slapped by my characters as they took control.<br />
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Honestly, I'm not sure why I attempted to outline or plot out this story. It NEVER works for me. I'm not a linear thinker. My mind is often chaotic. Even when I plan things out it never goes that way. Sometimes I wonder if I really do have multiple personalities with all the character conversations and arguments that go on in my mind and on paper. <br />
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Dear Characters,<br />
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It's come to my attention that you want to do what you want to do. My opinion rarely ever seems to count. While I understand that you are independent you are not always wise and should take my opinions into account. However, if you still wish to fight me tooth and nail I'll simply say this.<br />
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Sincerely,<br />
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Oh,
oh what's that symbol? That's right! It's the Pittsburgh Penguins
baby! I've got 5th row center ice tickets for the game tonight at the
Office Depot Center! Gonna be wearing my Pens shirt, got my Pens purse
and my Pens keychain/bottle opener. Damn straight! I'm gonna watch
them kick the ass of the Florida Panthers. No offense to any Panther's
fans out there, but they rarely win.<br />
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I was actually at
the Office Depot Center last week for the Flyers vs. Panther's game. We
had box seats. (A friend of mine works for a company that owns four of
them.) Let me tell how nice it is when each box has their own personal
bathroom. The seats were comfy, the boxes were warm, and the view was
phenomenal! The Flyers of course won (much to my dismay as they are the
Pens rivals and my best friends favorite team - oh the banter that
ensues!) and on our way back to the truck there were several little kids
standing on the curb.<br />
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Honestly, no idea where their moms were. I imagine they were
close by, but the parking lot was crowded with plenty of fans leaving.
These kids had hockey sticks and were banging them on the curb. I was
wearing an orange sweatshirt, not in support of the Flyers, but because
orange is my favorite color, and but the couple in front of us were
indeed wearing Flyers jerseys.<br />
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This was not okay to these Shorty Panther Fans. They started
banging their sticks harder and looked right at us chanting, "Flyers are
cheaters! Flyers are cheaters!"<br />
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Everyone started busting out laughing. You don't mess with the
the Shorty Panther Fans! They'll tell you how it is! The next time the
Flyers play the Pens, if they win (highly doubtful) I'm going to look at
my friend and be like, "Flyers are cheaters! Flyers are cheaters!"<br />
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If nothing else it'll be good for a laugh.<br />
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Tonight it's just me and the hubby. Unfortunately they're
remodeling the store at the Office Depot Center so all they've had is a
small kiosk with trinkets and such, so more than likely I won't get that
Penguin's Fleury jersey I've been wanting.<br />
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Yes, that's right. I said Fleury. I know everyone generally has Crosby and Malkin fever, but it's all about Fleury baby.<br />
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I'm kind of hoping that once the Penguins kick ass and take names
those little kids are out there chanting, "Penguin's are cheaters!"
Don't ask me why. I know I'm weird.<br />
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So recently I've had to start looking for a job. Here's the problem I'm running into. I have the experience but everyone wants me to have a (&#(&@(#$&@#() Degree. More specifically a bachelor's. Now, I have a degree in Massage Therapy (which I no longer due as it was ridiculously expensive to keep up with the license and besides my wrist decided it didn't really want to handle the stress), but alas, no one is going to hire me with an Associates of Massage.<br />
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Granted, I probably should have gone to school when I was younger. I imagine I'm in the high numbered populace of people going through the same problem. To be honest I fell into my last writing job because a friend of mine is in the business. She knows I have the skills even if I don't have the degree. Unfortunately no one else seems to care.<br />
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So, what does this mean? This means that I'm going to have to get a crap job while going back to school. I haven't been to school in over eight years now, but hey, I gotta do what I gotta do. A Bachelor's in English may be tough to get but I figure if I don't want to be fifty-five working at a retail store for minimum wage I should probably get off my ass and make something happen.<br />
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It got me wondering though, how many people went to college straight out of high school? How many people have gone back in later years? Do you know someone who is in their late 20's or 30's or older going back to school? Are you contemplating doing it yourself?<br />
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To be perfectly honest I'm petrified, but then again if I let everything that scared me stop me from doing something I wanted to do, well I'd probably live a pretty dull life.Sully's Scribbleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11681030536657534855noreply@blogger.com0Tamarac, FL, USA26.2128609 -80.249770726.1558784 -80.3287347 26.2698434 -80.1708067tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5226237462732367892.post-71940964997533892172011-11-17T12:59:00.000-05:002011-11-17T12:59:46.080-05:00THE BITCH IS BACK!!!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lusmm7ElQD1qjdrpl.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="156" src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lusmm7ElQD1qjdrpl.gif" width="320" /></a></div><br />
Did ya miss me? Did ya huh, huh, huh? <br />
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Okay so I'm a little excited. I fell off the blogosphere when life caught up. I MISSED it though. I know I never got to finish up with a lot of stuff I was doing, but meh moving and other such things got in the way. The hubby and I are in our place. Thank you powers that be! It was a long time coming and seriously, there's a lot less stress now that we're not sharing space with three or four other people. So YAY for being on our own!<br />
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I've been working on NanoWrimo, or rather I was except I got thrown off the last couple of days because I wound up at a funeral on Monday. No one likes funeral's or having to say goodbye, and it seems like I've been to far too many before I even hit thirty. (Still haven't hit it, just sayin'.)<br />
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I finished one novel though and I'm in the process of editing it. My Wrimo novel is sort of a sequel to that, but not. It was on a whim because November came entirely too fast. Still writing is writing and I love to write and figure that maybe when I start a project on a whim the crap will come out first before it starts to take shape. That's my story and I'm sticking too it.<br />
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Unfortunately I feel like crap today. My allergies are hitting me hard now that it's warming up again. Florida has plant life year round, so pollen, ragweed, all that lovely stuff that makes you sneeze ten ways from Sunday. Anyone want to exchange noses? No? Yeah I wouldn't want to trade with me either.<br />
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On that note, I really need to go and shower. My pup has an appointment at the vet for a booster shot. You'll be hearing from me soon. ;)Sully's Scribbleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11681030536657534855noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5226237462732367892.post-4006663741055553022011-04-10T17:29:00.000-04:002011-04-10T17:29:08.663-04:00Something's Gotta GiveI have been Missing in Action for a while. I know. Life caught up with me mostly. The hubby has been away for two weeks after we sat down and made a decision about our future. <br />
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Mainly, there isn't one for us here.<br />
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There are no jobs outside of the medical field. The economy is geared more towards the older crowd here and we're struggling too much where we are at. Basically I can work from anywhere as I do work for a publishing company VIA Email. Plus I work on my stories. Not that any of them have been published yet, but I'm going off track here. The point is I work from home. Brian doesn't. So we need to go where the work is for him.<br />
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So he's in South Florida now staying with his father at the moment. I grew up in Ft. Lauderdale, Brian moved there when he was fifteen. We know the area, we have friends, there's plenty to do, and lots of jobs to be had. He has another job interview tomorrow for an armed security task force for a private yacht club tomorrow. Cross your fingers.<br />
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Basically he's down there looking for a job, I'm up here, and I'm missing him IMMENSELY. It's put a damper on my writing. The good news is though, that hopefully after the interview he's going to come and pick me up. We'll head down there. I have to reorganize my work stuff to go off my laptop, but that's simple enough. Although someone has stolen my flash drive. Okay so I lost it, but it has to be around here somewhere!<br />
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There I go on a tangent again. So I'll be down there for him for hopefully a few weeks. In that time, we're hoping he gets a job. Then we can come back up here get our stuff and move down there...again. As long as we're making money, as long as we're progressing and not just...stagnant we're both happy It's just gotten to the point where something's gotta give.Sully's Scribbleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11681030536657534855noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5226237462732367892.post-81542555497729307422011-03-19T15:32:00.000-04:002011-03-19T15:32:43.553-04:00Just A Quick Update!The Second Crusader Challenge is up! Woohoo! Then I read it and I'm like uhhhhh. Okay then. I am a long winded writer. It is seriously one of my biggest flaws. This will be a good exercise for me when it comes to keeping my story concise and to the point. So once I finish up this blog post, I shall get to work on that.<br />
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I seem to have disappeared again. I know. No excuses. Excuse me while I give myself a quick, swift kick in the ass.<br />
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-Stands up and hops around, using the heel of her foot to kick herself in the ass before returning and sitting back in front of the computer.-<br />
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Ow.<br />
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What? I'm a little quirky. Have you not figured this out yet? If you haven't well...now you know.<br />
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Anyways, I'm going to go start working on the crusaders challenge. Good luck to everyone!Sully's Scribbleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11681030536657534855noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5226237462732367892.post-44181252278751290062011-03-13T13:16:00.000-04:002011-03-13T13:16:52.567-04:00Last Minute Mini VacationI woke up Friday morning with my husband sitting over me. He had a very long, sad face. I, with my worrisome nature, automatically thinks that something is wrong. So I blink up at him from the pillows and blankets.<br />
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Me: What's wrong.<br />
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The hubby heaves a sigh as I wait not so patiently.<br />
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Hubby: How would you feel about going to Ft. Lauderdale for the weekend.<br />
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I blink several more times waiting for the words to process through my sleep fogged brain, as I have not had any coffee yet.<br />
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Me: Huh?<br />
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Hubby: It's my cousins birthday and I know you've been wanting to go to the Renaissance Festival again, so I figured we should go.<br />
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Me: Today?<br />
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Hubby: Well we'd head down there today as soon as you wake up. We'd go to the Ren Fest tomorrow.<br />
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Insert conversation about finances here.<br />
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Me: I'm not driving.<br />
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Hubby: I'll drive.<br />
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Me: I'm not driving home.<br />
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Hubby: I'll drive home too.<br />
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Me: I need to find my corset.<br />
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Hubby: Is that a yes?<br />
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Me: I might blame it on my sleepy state later, but yes.<br />
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So we packed up and came to Ft. Lauderdale for the weekend to go to the Renaissance Festival. I used to go every year when we lived down here, but it's been a few years, and I was really excited to go.<br />
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It was a BLAST! Though I didn't get to wear my corset cause it was a bit chilly, and then warmed up later in the day. I should have worn it and dealt with it.<br />
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We spent five and a half hours walking around doing things, watching shows, drinking, and everything else. My feet hurt sooooo bad by the time we left. After getting back to the father in laws, I took a shower and changed into comfy clothes. <br />
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I admit, the bed looked so comfortable. I had to lay down for a minute. Of course that minute turned into a two hour nap. Whoops!<br />
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Anyways, I will get the scribbles up when we get home sometime this afternoon. This hubbies belly is jacked up so we're trying to give it time to settle before we hit the road for four hours. In our rush though, I forgot my flash drive with all my docs on it, including the next part of the story! Doh!<br />
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I'll post some pictures and things when I get home. For now I gotta go!Sully's Scribbleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11681030536657534855noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5226237462732367892.post-88604084989838760752011-03-10T17:04:00.000-05:002011-03-10T17:04:06.354-05:00More Awards!The lovely Zan Marie of <a href="http://intheshadeofthecherrytree.blogspot.com/">In the Shade of the Cherry Tree</a> as given me two awards! Thank you so much! Be sure to go and check out her beautiful blog!<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">Now, let's see, bloggers. Who to choose, who to choose?</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">1. <a href="http://jefritz.blogspot.com/">Still Writing</a></div><div style="text-align: left;">2.<a href="http://the-open-vein-ejwesley.blogspot.com/2011/03/machines-are-winning-vol-7-epublishing.html">The Open Vein</a></div><div style="text-align: left;">3.<a href="http://jeannekraus.blogspot.com/">Captive Audience</a></div><div style="text-align: left;">4.<a href="http://voicesofawriter.blogspot.com/">Voices of a Writer</a></div><div style="text-align: left;">5. <a href="http://thesurvivalmama.blogspot.com/">Survival Mama's Point of View</a></div><div style="text-align: left;">6.<a href="http://thefrogandaprincess.blogspot.com/">Live, Love, and Living in France</a></div><div style="text-align: left;">7.<a href="http://margokelly.blogspot.com/">Margo Kelly</a></div><div style="text-align: left;">8.<a href="http://www.ciaraknight.com/">Ciara Knight</a></div><div style="text-align: left;">9.<a href="http://www.damselinadirtydress.com/">Damsel in a Dirty Dress</a></div><div style="text-align: left;">10.<a href="http://ulbrichalmazan.blogspot.com/">Sandra Ulbrich Almazan</a></div><div style="text-align: left;">11.<a href="http://vrbarkowski.blogspot.com/2011/03/2011-february-reading-wrap-up.html">VR Barkowski</a></div><div style="text-align: left;">12.<a href="http://christinedanek.blogspot.com/">Christine's Journey</a></div><div style="text-align: left;">13.<a href="http://fallingleaflets.blogspot.com/">Falling Leaflets</a></div><div style="text-align: left;">14.<a href="http://lynnettelabelle.com/">Lynette Labelle</a></div><div style="text-align: left;">15.<a href="http://conch-to-be.blogspot.com/2011/03/my-favorite-picture-book-blogfest.html">There's a Place I Dream About</a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">Thanks again Zan and congrats to everyone!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div>Sully's Scribbleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11681030536657534855noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5226237462732367892.post-27118063576617414382011-03-07T12:38:00.002-05:002011-03-07T13:10:01.109-05:00Catch Me If You Can BlogFest!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://kaykays-corner.blogspot.com/2011/02/yay-for-game-plans-aka-catch-me-if-you.html" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijhIgdD6q2ss9lrw9gAh9Cesykmhdtwo7mJ3S0gmTFQXmabuWZHkGjjdS_gi5o8H5vGkl8s2flKa7JczfWfpFe5qYADR_yo_i6c_qLiUyvs6RYhQMLcQlkjA4egBBDYon1v71pq_rHm5g/s1600/Catch+Me+If+You+Can+Blogfest+Button.jpg" /></a></div>I really love all these challenges and contests on blogger!<br />
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<a href="http://kaykays-corner.blogspot.com/2011/02/yay-for-game-plans-aka-catch-me-if-you.html">KayKay's Corner</a> is hosting the 'Catch Me If You Can Blogfest'. It's really simple to sign up for and it seems like it'll be a lot of fun.<br />
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Basically the idea is to get some critique back on your current WIP. So today, I'm going to be posting the first 550 words of (for lack of a better title at the moment) Vengeance.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><u><b>Vengeance </b></u></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">“It’s a bad idea,” Derek said for the third time. Each time he said it his Puerto Rican accent thickened. “There are a lot of variables, which ups the risk. We need to keep it simple."</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> Lucy rolled her pretty green eyes and sighed in annoyance. “This is simple. Look as soon as I over ride the codes and loop the video—“</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">“I don’t speak geek,” He reminded her with a flat glare.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> She turned back to her computer screen. “You’d think after eighty seven years you’d have picked up more than just information on cars and women.”</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Derek leaned against the wall of the van and smirked. “Chica, I think you just wish you had the skills I have with women.”</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">I sat in the back of the van quietly. They’d figure it out. They always did. Derek’s face twisted and contorted, his eyes shot little red lazer beams at Lucy. I closed my eyes, willing the images to disappear. I’d waited too long between burnings and the flame was pissed. When I opened my eyes the images were still there.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> “This is efficient.” Lucy said changing the subject. Her words jumped around my head like ping pong balls bouncing off the sides of my skulls. I heard her, but I couldn’t quite comprehend it. “It’ll get the job done better than a back alley grab where any witness could be lurking. It’s a high tech age, get with the time wolf boy.”</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Derek huffed in annoyance but didn’t argue. His laser eye beams narrowed and suddenly he turned towards me. I flinched, expecting to get burned by the red lights, but they faded when he looked at me. “You all right, Hails?”</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">“Pretty lights can’t hurt me.” Wait that wasn’t right. Closing my eyes I shook my head as if that would get rid of the craziness. After a moment I peaked with one eye. Derek’s olive features were sharp, with a square jaw and strong nose, and they weren’t moving around anymore. A few strands of shaggy dark hair fell into his eyes. Taking that as a good sign I opened the other eye and said, “Yeah, what’s our status?”</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> Lucy turned to her laptop. “Guards make their rounds every hour on the hour.” She rolled her eyes. “Think they could shake it up a little. Not make it so easy on us.” She scratched at her scalp underneath all the red, curly hair that was piled on top. “The marks office is on the seventeenth floor, corner office on the west side. Now, trying to get you into the elevators on the bottom floor is tricky, so you’re going to go in the side fire escape door and up to the first floor. Then –</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">“Lucy,” I said pinching the bridge of my nose. She looked up at me questioningly, the freckles started dancing around on her nose and I suddenly had an urge to play connect the dots. My chest grew warm. The flame was anxious. “Take a breath between sentences okay?”</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</span></div>So the actual word count is 507. The next paragraph would have put me over.</div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;">I hope you enjoy, and this is just a first draft. I've learned that if I constantly go back and edit I'll never finish it. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">Oh and my email is Sullys.scribbles@gmail.com for anyone who may want to do a longer critique! </div>Sully's Scribbleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11681030536657534855noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5226237462732367892.post-35363740687375312412011-03-06T22:42:00.000-05:002011-03-06T22:42:04.614-05:00Sunday Scribbles! (Ha that's right! I'm doing it on Sunday this time!Okay if you missed the first part of Route 4 you can check it out <a href="http://sullyscribbles.blogspot.com/2011/02/sunday-scribbles.html">Here</a>.<br />
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<u><b>Route 4: Part Two</b></u><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal">My jaw was gaping as John Doe looked around.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He seemed more curious than frightened.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My heart was pounding in my chest.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His gaze settled on me, eyes grayish and waxy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Is this the morgue?”</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Unsure what to say or do, I simply nodded.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Was there protocol for when the dead sat up and started talking to you?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If there was I must have missed that seminar at the last convention.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This was a first for me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was very much a deer caught in the headlights.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">“So I’m dead…” He lifted his hands looking at them closely. “It would explain why I feel no heartbeat in my chest.”</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">“I suppose it would.” My voice was quiet, filled with disbelief.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was one thing to work with the dead all night.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s not like I haven’t talked to a dead body before.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Most often was something was eluding me to how they died.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They had never spoken back before.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was a little unnerving that John Doe was.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">He adjusted the sheet to cover him more comfortable and then rested his hands on the cold, metal table.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was a bit late for modesty.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I had already performed an autopsy on him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His chest and belly were sewed up in the stand ‘Y’ shape.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My eyes and hands had scoured every inch of his body searching for anything that would not only help the police find his killer, but maybe help identify John Doe as well.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">“How did I…?”</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">I pointed to his forehead.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“You were um…”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Shot in the head?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Had your brains blown out? Murdered? For some reason it seemed rude to say it in any of those ways.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Where ever the spirits went after death, it was the greeter’s job on that side to tell them what happened if they didn’t remember.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At least I would assume.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My job was figuring out the last message they left behind.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">He reached his hand up, fingers grazing over the bullet hole.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He opened his mouth slightly as realization hit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Oh dear, this is quiet embarrassing.”</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">I shrugged.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Not really.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve seen deaths a lot less dignified than yours.”</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">He raised a bushy eyebrow.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Really?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Anyone you can think of in particular?”</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Realization hit that I was having a conversation with a dead man.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Since he wasn’t overly scary and apparently hadn’t risen as a flesh eating zombie, I started to feel the same annoyance I got when around the living.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I hated chatty Kathy’s and gossip mongers.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">“Look, I’ve still got work to do.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I tried to keep my voice as neutral as possible.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“So maybe you can help me out by telling me your name?”</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">“I didn’t come here to tell you that.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He suddenly looked confused.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Not sure how I know that.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His gray eyes settled on me again.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“This is an odd predicament isn’t it?”</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">I held my thumb and index finger about an inch apart.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Little bit, yeah.” I shrugged.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“I’ve spent a lot of time speaking for the dead, but this is the first time the dead actually verbally spoke back.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I gotta tell you pal, it’s a unnerving.”</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">“Pal.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It rolled over his tongue.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He seemed to ponder the word for a moment before nodding.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Yes, Pal will do.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You may call me Pal if you wish.”</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">My eyes widened ever so slightly.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Right.” I lengthened the word.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was slow, drawn out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A soft word of sarcasm and surprise.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Somehow I don’t think the name Pal is going to help the police find your next of kin.”</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Pal gave a small smile.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Ahh yes, that’s why I’m here.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I remember now.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Reaching up he absently scratched the bullet hole.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Admittedly it was a little bit sickening to watch.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Said the medical examiner talking to the dead guy.</i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">I was beginning to think I was losing my mind.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was, after all, sitting here having a conversation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Pal had been sitting in silence for a few moments.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He had trailed off and was now staring at the morgue body coolers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Oh my, I’m a bit claustrophobic. I won’t be put in one of those drawers will I?”</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Usually by the time the dead were put in there they didn’t care.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Pal would be the first to even have an opinion on the subject.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Somehow though, I didn’t think that’s why he was here.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I snapped my fingers to draw his attention back.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">“Hey, concentrate.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What are you here for?”</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">He blinked and brought his gaze back to me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Forgive my rudeness.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Pal nodded. “I’m here because you are indeed a friend to the dead.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You often say for us what we can no longer say ourselves.”</div><div class="MsoNormal">I supposed some people could see what I do as noble.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In reality, the dead were a lot easier to get along with than the living.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I shrugged.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“It’s my job.”</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">“So it is, but what you do is still a favor towards those no longer living.” He held up a pale finger.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Thus the dead wish to return the favor.”</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">My eyebrows rose.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“You’re here to kill me?</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">He scoffed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Goodness me no.” He almost looked offended by the notion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“However would you be able to continue helping the dead if you died yourself?”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He waved the thought away.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“No my dear girl, I am here to warn you.”</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">“If you say I’m going to be visited by three ghosts I’m going to check myself into the psych ward.”</div><div class="MsoNormal">He smiled then.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“No ghosts.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Just me.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He adjusted the sheet again.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">“Well then could cut to the chase, Pal?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve got work to do.” Leaning back in my chair, I crossed my arms over my chest.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Maybe I had come off as rude, but I wasn’t a people person.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not even a talking dead people person.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Besides I was still debating on whether or not I’d fallen asleep at my desk or knocked my head on my something.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This could also be one very intense, very vivid hallucination.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">“Very well,” Pal said.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“If you insist.”</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">“I do.”</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">“No need to get your knickers in a twist.”</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">I cringed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“You’re dead.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Please don’t think about my knickers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s really creepy.”</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">“Just a phrase my dear, just a phrase.”</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">“Can we get on with this?”</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Pal made a movement that very much made me think he wanted to sigh.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then he straightened and looked at me with those dead, gray eyes.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">“Your normal route.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The one you drive every day to and from work?”</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">I raised a brow again when he phrased it as more of a question.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“What about it?”</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">“Take a detour.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Pal’s gaze was piercing into me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“We don’t wish you among the dead so soon.”</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">A chill slithered down my spine. Pal had been vague, but his point came across crystal clear. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Something was going to happen my way home.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It obviously wasn’t anything good.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact it would most likely result in my death.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then again I still wasn’t sure this was actually happening.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">“If I avoid my usual route, will it stop whatever it is that’s going to happen?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Or will someone else take my place?”</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Pal raised and dropped one shoulder.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A half hearted shrug.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“It isn’t for me to say.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Only for you to decide.”</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">“No pressure.”</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">He smiled. “Life is not easy, nor is death.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Every decision has consequences.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Pal looked off into the distance as if seeing something that I couldn’t. Something that was only meant for the eyes of the dead.</div>Sully's Scribbleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11681030536657534855noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5226237462732367892.post-7479450045354973322011-03-06T22:25:00.001-05:002011-03-06T22:33:23.229-05:00The Fifteen Blogs I'm Passing The Award Onto!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlLGwbUUc8URGczrzPHYuWGFsQ4v2nKbXZc4JhSypVMp7hq78hf7XL3PsHeANvV3j0ggxu053Za8PJ6zGeCS1kBdAaCYczF5ShdeSk58UQH5M0HcT6E9HUFFEe-b4qIvGXy_wY5H2rEG0/s1600/Stylish-Blogger.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlLGwbUUc8URGczrzPHYuWGFsQ4v2nKbXZc4JhSypVMp7hq78hf7XL3PsHeANvV3j0ggxu053Za8PJ6zGeCS1kBdAaCYczF5ShdeSk58UQH5M0HcT6E9HUFFEe-b4qIvGXy_wY5H2rEG0/s1600/Stylish-Blogger.jpg" /></a></div>1. <a href="http://havemercykillerreviews.blogspot.com/">Have Mercy! Killer Reviews!</a><br />
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Congrats Guys! Read the previous post for details! I got lazy :PSully's Scribbleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11681030536657534855noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5226237462732367892.post-87578137146875473302011-03-06T00:26:00.000-05:002011-03-06T00:26:55.538-05:00Woohoo!While I was off being sick I realized I recieved a Stylish Blogger Award from [url=http://cerebrallunchbox.blogspot.com/2011/03/for-me-really.html]Cerebral Lunchbox[/url].<br />
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1. Thank and link back to the awesometastic person who gave me this award. <br />
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2. State 7 things about myself. Lucky number seven!<br />
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3. Pass this award on to 15 bloggers of my choosing. <br />
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Thank you Cerebral Lunchbox! I love the unique name and reading your blog. I am honored to have received this award from you.<br />
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1. My favorite color is orange.<br />
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2. I hate Valentines Day because it's my birthday and I've always had to share my day with a couples holiday.<br />
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3. Macaroni Penguins (or as I call them Surfer Penguins) are one of my two favorite animals. They were my favorite long before the movie Surf's Up. Ever since I was a teenager and went to the zoo and little one armed penguin waved at me.<br />
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4. My name was a drunken mistake. My parents couldn't decide on a name for me for five whole days. I was just baby girl ..... My dad went to a bar one night and was telling his friend about the dilemma. Apparently he told my dad to name me Natanya Michelle. In his drunken state my dad wound up turning into Natasha Michelle (which I admit I like better!)<br />
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5. I am an avid hockey fan! Go Pens!<br />
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6. I have never seen snow! True fact.<br />
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7. I am an avid and rabid Supernatural fan!<br />
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There you have seven facts about me!<br />
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As for the fifteen bloggers to pass this onto? Well they shall be determined tomorrow! Good night folks!Sully's Scribbleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11681030536657534855noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5226237462732367892.post-30319932021065474732011-03-05T22:41:00.000-05:002011-03-05T22:41:28.965-05:00Exclamation Marks!Hyper!Mojo Monkey!<div style="text-align: center;"><u><b>Word Of The Day</b></u></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;">volte-face</span></span> </div><br />
I was lost for a week! Okay well almost a week. Close enough! Where did the time go? See what happens when I don't post for one day! Okay enough with the exclamation marks! That was the last one I promise.<br />
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So a week has come and gone. What do I have to report on? The writing side has not been going well, but I was sick. It was one of those I feel disgusting and don't want to get out of bed type sicknesses where your body is achy and feeble feeling. <br />
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However I have recovered and my usual spunk has come along with it. Which means my darlings, do expect regular postings from me again.<br />
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First off, congrats to all you winners of the Crusader's Challenge! Excellent job! I applaud thee of thy excellence. <br />
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I'm not sure if I've had sugar tonight or if it's just the fact that I feel so much better! I have so much energy.<br />
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Tomorrow is Sunday which means I will finally get the delayed Sunday Scribblings up. Woohoo! Yay for scribblings! Hopefully my muse will be around this week now that I'm feeling like a normal human being instead of a half dead zombie and I'll actually get something decent written. <br />
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Onto the word of the day. Honestly, I'm stumped on how to use that one in a sentence for this particular post.<br />
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Now, I understand the meaning and context. Maybe my brain is still recovering from being sick. I'm not sure, but for whatever reason I can't not think of a suitable way to incorporate this into my blog post. Mind you this post is mostly gibberish, but hey whatever works to get my writing mojo flowing again.<br />
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I know this post is wild and chaotic and probably doesn't make much sense. I'm just happy to be feeling alive again! It's ALIVE!!! Mwahahahaha. <br />
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And I'm going now.Sully's Scribbleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11681030536657534855noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5226237462732367892.post-27835192177261913762011-02-27T22:59:00.000-05:002011-02-27T22:59:38.951-05:00Sunday Scribbles - Postponed Till Monday.I know that it's Sunday and I know I'm supposed to be posting some more scribbling. That's not going to happen tonight. I have more scribblings, but they're hand written and I just don't have the energy to type it up at the moment. If this headache manages to go away I will do my best, but there's only an hour left in Sunday as it is. At least for me. So the scribblings will be up tomorrow.<br />
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That being said, I'm going to get some rest. Night!Sully's Scribbleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11681030536657534855noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5226237462732367892.post-74038828816624881972011-02-25T23:59:00.000-05:002011-02-25T23:59:54.934-05:00Blogging, Emotions, Writing.I realize I didn't post yesterday. I still have eight minutes left of today. Not much to talk about so here we go.<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">It's Friday night! At least for another six minutes! I don't really have much to say, but I know now that if I don't post regularly I will lose my mojo. Instead of being a day late it'll be two days late. Then I'll be posting once every three days. Then it'll be once a week! I will lose my schedule. I will forget my blog. How can I do that? </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">In all honesty when I was younger I blogged probably more than I did anything else. I have a creative group of friends. Some are writers. Some are artists. Some are just quirky and unique in their own right. We all got live journal accounts and chaos ensued! </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">I had and actually still have another blogger account under another email that was basically nothing but my personal feelings. It was everything and anything that was going on in my life whether it be good, bad or indifferent. It was all out there.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">It was out there how I was stressing because my husband had cancer. I was stressing because my sister was having a double lung transplant and then five years later died from Cystic Fibrosis. If you want to be technical she was my husbands sister, but we've known each other since we were fifteen. We were both born in the same year, even if it was at different ends. I was born at the beginning of the year she at the end. We both had the same middle names. The same hair color and eye color. We were in fact sisters.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">I realize how open I used to be whether it was simply to my friends or I let everything out in a blog post. I've noticed how not open I am anymore. How I tend to bottle things up and think I need to be the strong one. My secret for the Crusader's Challenge was how I am the secret rock, and I am.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">The question is....how much has that affected me. More so, at least for me. How has it affected my writing? </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">When I came out of my just-waking-up-sleepy-time fog this morning I realized I have over a hundred followers! I'm gushing over here! Thank you guys so much (and especially Rach since without her Crusade I doubt I'd have a fraction of that!) I've been going through and trying to comment on your blogs. So many interesting posts, so little time! </div><div style="text-align: left;"> <br />
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I also woke up this morning with my right arm extremely sore. I'm not sure what happened really. The only thing I can figure is that I somehow slept on it oddly. It's making sitting at my desk with my arms on the surface a bit painful. I hate taking medicine so I've avoided taking any IBuprofens, but it's really becoming bothersome now. I may have too at some point or I'm not going to get much of anything done.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;">Mostly all of what I said was true. I have always bitten my nails since I was a little girl. Whether I picked it up by aping my mother or it came to me on my own, I don't know, but it's always been there. My husband has been trying to get my feminine side to come out (as I am the t-shirt and jeans wearing woman) a bit more so I started doing my nails myself. I now substitute chipping off nail polish instead of biting my nails all the way down to the beds. So far so good.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">The secret was always true. I very much try to carry the weight of the stress so my loved ones don't have too. It's just the way I am. I take after my dad in the aspect. We're both very calm in chaotic situations, doing what needs to be down and then breaking down about it later if need be. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">An honest person indeed I am. I've never been one to keep the truth from someone for fear of hurting their feelings. When a female friend asks if a dress makes her look fat, I'll answer honestly. If it makes her look fat I'm going to say so. What's the point of lying? Then when you go out and she finds out from someone else that the dress hugs her in ways that are no where near flattering she's going to be pissed at me. If you can't hear the truth from your friends...well who are you going to hear it from? My husband and I are in agreement that this is my best character trait.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">Peeing before sex. Yes, it's true. It's an odd quirk. Apparently it doesn't matter where we are, what time of day it is, or if I'm so dehydrated that my lips are cracked and my tongue feels like sandpaper. I will pee before sex! So yes, it is true!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">I LOVE musicals! As a child and still as an adult I have an <b>edacious</b> addiction to them. I was raised on them and when there's nothing on TV, I tend to pop in Seven Brides for Seven Brothers or Grease. This is where the lie comes in though. I honestly thought that though it was subtle, it would be easily picked up on. In my experience, it is that us of the fairer sex, tend to enjoy musicals a lot more than men. I secretly think they like it, but don't say so because they're worried it'll ruin their manly image. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">My father was not the one who played them over and over for me. It was my mother. When Mamma Mia came out on DVD she played it over and over again. I can't count how many times I have looked like a fool dancing with her to 'Dancing Queen.' </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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All right, that being said. I'm not sure I've followed everyone. I honestly think I had a few problems with some Wordpress people. So I'm probably not eligible for the prize. <br />
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<div class="MsoNormal">Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens.<span> </span>Bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens.<span> </span>Brown paper packages tied up with strings.<span> </span>These are a few of my favorite things! </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Ahhh classic musicals.<span> </span>Who doesn’t love them?<span> </span>My husband for one.<span> </span>I however love them.<span> </span>The Sound of Music, White Christmas, The Wizard of Oz.<span> </span>These are movies my father played over and over for me as a child.<span> </span>I knew how to use a VCR by the age of two and constantly rewound the songs and dances.<span> </span>I think there were times my brother considering breaking the VCR just to make it stop.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal">I nibble on my nails like a rabbit nibbles on carrots.<span> </span>My husband <b>bloviates </b>on the subject all the time wishing I’d stop.<span> </span>It’s a habit I’ve had since I was a little girl.<span> </span>I’ve taken to chipping away nail polish as a substitute.</div><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">Something in the above 283 words is not true. Can you guess what it is? The answer shall be in a post tomorrow! Mwahahahahah!</div>Sully's Scribbleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11681030536657534855noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5226237462732367892.post-89710650197812408702011-02-22T13:49:00.000-05:002011-02-22T13:49:44.089-05:00Procrastinator's of the World Unite!......Tomorrow!<div style="text-align: center;"><u><b>Word of The Day</b></u> </div><div style="text-align: center;">Congenial </div><br />
Gah! I feel like I'm so behind! I still haven't gotten my Crusader's Challenge done. :( I know, I know. No time like the present. Especially since I'm writing up a blog post when I could be doing the challenge. Anything I say will be an excuse. I know that. I could say it's because I've been cleaning like a fiend, prepping dinner for tonight, or the fact that the phone has been ringing wildly off the hook. All excuses. None of them good.<br />
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I am really good at procrastinating. Which is really bad for writing.<br />
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In other news, I've followed all of you Crusaders. (I think!) So, if you're a Crusader and you come to my blog, and for whatever reason I may have skipped you just let me know. I'll scamper right on over and make sure that's corrected.<br />
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Looking at the first Crusader's Challenge and reading through some of the blogs, I feel like my vocabulary isn't as diverse as it could be. It's not that I don't know big words. I do. I just think I could learn more and maybe add some into my writing. Thus I have started getting the <a href="http://www.merriam-webster.com/word-of-the-day/">Word of The Day from Merriam-Webster. </a><br />
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It's easy to sign up for. Free, and each day I'll get a new word in my email. Some I may know. Some I may not. <br />
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</style> <![endif]-->The goal will be to somehow finagle that word into my blog post each day. Hopefully in the right context. It's a neat little personal challenge. I figured some of you other bloggers or Crusaders out there might find it <u><b>congenial</b></u> and decide to do it for yourself.<span> </span>It’s always good to expand your vocabulary!</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Okay, okay! I'll go work on my Crusader's Challenge! No more procrastinating! Twist my arm why don't you! </div><div class="MsoNormal"> </div><div class="MsoNormal"> </div><div class="MsoNormal"> </div>Sully's Scribbleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11681030536657534855noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5226237462732367892.post-29036023561780655622011-02-20T19:09:00.000-05:002011-02-20T19:09:46.978-05:00Sunday Scribbles!Happy Sunday everyone! I hope you all had a peaceful and relaxing weekend. I wish I could say that mine was, but it really wasn't. The hubby's been sick all weekend and we had to take a trip to the airport. We had to pick up my ninety-two year old grandfather and his car since his buddy was getting on a plane. It wouldn't have been so bad if they hadn't arrived way to early and not told us that they parked the car instead of waiting at the terminal. The airport became my own personal merry-go-round. We drove in a circle three or four times waiting on them. <br />
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I also think I'm getting whatever stomach bug the hubby had, which does not amuse me. I would rather have a cold for a week than the stomach flu for twenty four hours. Insane right? I'm one of those people who can not stand throwing up. I never could. Even as a little kid. It's just so blech!<br />
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Anyways, moving on!<br />
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<u><b>Crusader's News!</b></u><br />
I have followed over a hundred of you! YAY I'm getting there! I promise! I really can't stand putting all those codes in so I follow about twenty or so people, wait a bit and follow more. I'll have you all followed in the end though! <br />
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I also hope to have my First Crusader's Challenge up tomorrow. I have to do some work first, but then it's all gravy baby! Then again I really shouldn't say that and jinx myself. >.<<br />
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I still don't know why my Crusader pic is being all stretchy. I've tried putting it on the sidebar ten different ways and it just stretches. I don't think it likes me very much.<br />
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Moving on to writing news.<br />
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Since it's Sunday and I like the idea of Sunday Scribbles, I'm going to put a bit of a story in this post. Nothing spectacular or great, but hey, the more I write, the better I get. So without further ado.<br />
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<u><b>Route 4 - Part One</b></u> <br />
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<div class="MsoNormal">It started out as one of those days where despite the fact the sun was shining brightly overhead, the moon could be seen sitting across from it in the sky.<span> </span>It was as if the agents of night and day were at odds.<span> </span>They sat on opposite sides of the world facing off against each other.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Four in the afternoon was a late start in the day for most.<span> </span>I work the graveyard shift at the city morgue.<span> </span>I would be crawling into bed just as the sun was coming up to start a new day.<span> </span>I had a long way to go before then.<span> </span>My day was just beginning. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Standing on my front porch, a cup of coffee in my hand, I looked from the sun to the moon.<span> </span>A frown settled on my lips.<span> </span>My gaze kept flicking to and fro, wondering why they were once again at odds.<span> </span>Somehow, whenever they were battling over the sky, something odd was bound to take place.<span> </span>At least it always did for me.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">The sun and the moon were feuding.<span> </span>Something wasn’t right in the world.<span> </span>Okay a lot wasn’t right in the world,<span> </span>but whenever I saw them in the sky together odd things happened.<span> </span>Goosebumps brushed over my skin, despite the warmth of the day.<span> </span>Shivering, I wandered back inside.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">I dumped my coffee cup into the sink and rinsed it out, peeking out the window.<span> </span>After eyeing the sun and the moon for a moment again, I wandered off to the shower.<span> </span>As the hot spray of water washed away the remnants of sleep I thought about the last time the two had been feuding.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">It had been a quiet night at the morgue.<span> </span>Only two bodies had come in.<span> </span>One was from a car accident.<span> </span>Cause of death was blunt force trauma.<span> </span>The other was a John Doe that had taken a bullet between the eyes.<span> </span>They were both pretty cut and dry.<span> </span>It was up to the police to figure out who the John Doe was.<span> </span>My only job was to find out how they had died and why.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">I was transcribing my notes from the voice recorder to the computer.<span> </span>My assistant, George had gone home early.<span> </span>There was no sense in both of us staying on such a slow night.<span> </span>If things picked up I could always call him back, but it seemed doubtful.<span> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">George had a fiancé at home anyways.<span> </span>They were getting down to the final details and I didn’t want the bride to be calling the morgue all night having panic attacks because of some easily fixable problem. I prefer the quiet.<span> </span>It’s one of the reasons I chose to be a Medical Examiner. The dead don’t talk.<span> </span>At least not out loud.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">“Hello.”</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">I hadn’t heard anyone come in, but that wasn’t unusual.<span> </span>I tended to become completely engrossed in my work, often not noticing my surroundings. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">“I’m not done with the report.”<span> </span>I didn’t bother to turn around.<span> </span>“I told the detective I’ll have it ready for him in the morning.<span> </span>It’s not morning.”</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">There was silence for a moment.<span> </span>The sound of feet shuffling for the door didn’t come.<span> </span>I really didn’t need or want a cop staring over my shoulder while I put the report together.<span> </span>I’d been doing this for five years now and my work was always meticulous.<span> </span>Having a shadow hovering over my shoulder was distracting and annoying.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">“You can go now.” I snapped.<span> </span>“No reason to stay.”</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">“What is this place?”</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">I groaned.<span> </span>Apparently I’d been wrong.<span> </span>It wasn’t the cops waiting on the report.<span> </span>It was more than likely an Alzheimer’s patient that had snuck out from the geriatric ward and gotten lost.<span> </span>It happened from time to time.<span> </span>They were sneaky when they wanted to be.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Pressing pause on the voice recorder I swiveled around in my seat.<span> </span>There was a fake smile on my lips.<span> </span>I didn’t want to poor guy to think I was being rude.<span> </span>He was old and sick, and probably lost and scared.<span> </span>I may not like people much, but I wasn’t cruel about it.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">I had been prepared to face an old man, confusion wide in his eyes.<span> </span>What I had not been expecting was for John Doe to be sitting up.<span> </span>The gaping hole that looked like a third eye in the middle of his forehead really should have prevented that.</div>Sully's Scribbleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11681030536657534855noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5226237462732367892.post-74995045829866615002011-02-19T14:23:00.000-05:002011-02-19T14:23:53.642-05:00Dear Crusaders,I am clicking to follow you all as fast as I can. Blogger however, seems to think this means I am a spambot of some sort as now I have to type in a code so that it makes sure I'm human. This is slowing my down considerably! I'm not spambot, blogger! <br />
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Thank you to everyone who has followed me so far. If I'm not following you yet, I soon will be. I love your comments and will try to reciprocate them.<br />
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Also, not sure what's going on with my sidebar, but every time I try to post something for the crusade, it stretches like crazy! Has anyone else had this problem? It's problematic and annoying!Sully's Scribbleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11681030536657534855noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5226237462732367892.post-23876710392173289142011-02-18T17:12:00.000-05:002011-02-18T17:12:27.979-05:00Karma - What Goes Around, Comes Around<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f126/MaryCorinne123/karma.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f126/MaryCorinne123/karma.jpg" /></a></div><br />
I think I must have done something that Karma is getting me for. Why? Because in two days I have burned myself twice. In two totally different ways. Same hand different fingers. These things are supposed to come in three's. It makes me wary to go near anything that gets hot. <br />
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The first time I was straightening my hair and my bangs were in my face. I thought I went to grab the hot iron on the handle, but apparently I missed, and my thumb hooked around the fiery ceramic plate. I was not amused. <br />
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The second time was just a little while ago. I was cooking a sirloin on the grill. I went to grab the handle and somehow the knuckle on my pinky finger hit the roof of the grill. Again, not amused.<br />
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Now don't get me wrong. These aren't significant burns. So I'm thinking that whatever Karma is getting me for couldn't have been too bad. My pinky is just a little red, no swelling or anything. It stings a bit, but nothing of note. The only question is which finger will be next?!<br />
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Note to self: Be careful around things that get hot!<br />
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Of course I could always look on the bright side and imagine that my fingers are being burned because they're getting heated up to write something epic! See positive side to everything!<br />
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Speaking of, time to get some writing time in.Sully's Scribbleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11681030536657534855noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5226237462732367892.post-25173151519815518812011-02-16T15:30:00.000-05:002011-02-16T15:30:05.114-05:00So Close, Yet So FarLast night as I was dozing off to sleep I got a story idea. I love it when inspiration strikes. I started jotting down notes and ideas for it, but I'm so excited to actually start on it. It's always exciting to start a new writing project. It's fresh. New characters, new plot. All the details to figure out of this new world. It always excites me to start a story.<br />
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Which makes me wonder why I'm having such a hard time ending the current story I'm working on. I want to finish it. I love the story. Is it that I don't want it to end? Maybe I just can't find an ending that fits? Maybe I've lost interest in the direction it's gone? If I've lost interest than more than likely the readers would too. Except I don't know if that's the case and I'm just frustrated because every line I try to right is like ripping off my fingernails. It makes me want to scream. So close yet so far.<br />
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So, here's what I've decided. This new project, while I'll still write down ideas, and characters, and all the fun stuff like that, I'm not going to let it over shadow the project I'm currently working on. Meaning, I'm not going to actually writing the story, until I've completed this one. <br />
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Now that doesn't mean I'm not going to probably jot down short stories and things like that, but this new story idea wouldn't be a short story. I really want to finish the story I'm working on though and then while I'm going back to edit it, I can start the new project.Sully's Scribbleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11681030536657534855noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5226237462732367892.post-14255934183273145682011-02-14T21:09:00.000-05:002011-02-14T21:09:25.219-05:00Happy Valentines Day!To all of you who celebrate it. My husband and I don't, for the simple fact that it's also my birthday. He doesn't think it's right that I should have to get him a card and what not on my birthday so he threw it out the window. I honestly love him for that. Having to share your birthday with any holiday that means you have to give gifts or cards blows. Now see having a birthday on a kick ass holiday like Halloween would be awesome. Think of the costume parties!<br />
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So moving on.<br />
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I had to go to the DMV to renew my license. Apparently I couldn't do it online because when I moved I changed my address online. I think that's a stupid reason, but hey, whatever. I live in a small town so the wait wasn't long at all. However, apparently though having my license, passport, social security card and a piece of mail that proves I live where I live, isn't enough to renew my license. I was beginning to think I was going to have to offer up my first born child. I apparently needed two pieces of mail. I called the hubby and off he came to the rescue. He brought three more pieces just to be safe. The man behind the counter at least took me right back so I didn't have to wait in line again.<br />
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After that, I came home to a birthday cake. I have pictures of it, but I haven't uploaded it to the computer yet. Then my husband presented me with my favorite.<br />
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Chocolate covered strawberries. Seriously one day I may O.D. on them. It's probably why he only gets them for me on my birthday.<br />
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After the sweet presentation, we headed off to lunch and then hit up blockbuster and rented a bunch of movies. We watched three in a row and decided to take a break. It may not be the most exciting of birthdays to a lot of people, but for me, it was perfect. <br />
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I hope everyone out there is having a wonderful Valentines Day. Me, I'm just grateful for a wonderful husband and a perfect birthday.Sully's Scribbleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11681030536657534855noreply@blogger.com2