FINALS

it is that glorious time of the semester that brings finals. there's always a feeling of great satisfaction that comes with finals. end of semester.... it's such a happy thought. if i could i'd sing you a song about it. finals are so final. i never have to take these classes again. they are done. over. final. this also brings me one semester closer to graduation. by the way i'll be graduating in 2009. now THAT is something to be happy about. i hate school. i'm only going so i can get my bachelor's so i can get a decent job. if a college degree wasn't so vital in the job market i would not be going at all. this explains why i love finals so much. i am ready to be done. more than ready. finals.... they make me happy....

JOLLY HOLY DAY

i know i have mentioned this before, but i just want to say how much i LOVE holidays. they are so happy. everyone is happy and jolly and nice and actually care about others than themselves. ahhhh happiness is a jolly holiday. i think holidays are what keep people sane. i can not imagin a world without them. always working or in school with no breaks from the grindstone. we'd wither away and die without these holidays. it makes me happy that htey are scattered throughout the year. there's a holiday almost every month. thanksgiving is big so we can express gratitude for all the other holidays too. let's be more grateful for our holy days. for indeed they are holy. they brings us together in gratitude for something good. a person. an idea. an act. a remembrance.

HAPPY HOLY DAYS!

PARTIES

so my roommate's birthday is tomorrow, so we had a party yesterday. they started showing up around 7:30 and hit the pool and hot tub. we had refreshments in the apartment afterwards. mostly virgin margaritas daqueris and pina coladas. we made them ourselves. well we had music and nintendo. a bit of dancing. and people sandwiched everywhere. we had about 40 people smashed into our little apartment. good thing we had a balcony for overflow. around 11 we gave the security guy a shock by informing him that there was no alcohol. we were quite loud but not loud and rowdy enough for anyone to complain. our neighbors are really tolerant. things started to die down after that and about 1:30-45 the last people left. i was already asleep. i couldn't stay awake any longer. i tried. it was crowded. it was late. but it was loads of fun. i'm ready to do again... next month after i've recuperated from this one.

CREATING STORY

creating story is up a going! join the fun and get the imagination pumping iron! just do it. the first post for each member is anything they have written... poetry... fiction... non-fiction... we even have a petition! if by some chance you have never written anything that is too bad but repentance is around the corner! write something now! if your imagination is totally dead you can just jump in on our first writing exercise... character maps! (click creating story link on side of blog and read details there) anyway it's fun to see what others have written and what others think of your own stuff. there's no such thing as too many writers in this world.

WRITER'S BLOG

i've been thinking. i know many people who are writing stories or want to write stories. so why not encourage them? i was thinking maybe what we need is a writer's blog like the toon club blog. different writer's submit different stuff and everyone else comments. what you like and what you don't like and why. we can also throw out general suggestions and exercises to become better writers. sounds good to me. let me know if y'all are interested. i think it would be fun.

HOGFATHER

hogfather by terry pratchett is the best book ever written. seriously. read it. it's hilarious. terry pratchett loves to make fun of things and in hogfather he makes fun of anthropomorphic beings like santa clause and the grim reaper. as well as a few others. and yes it does have a definite story line. the first discworld books tend to be random nonsense that are too funny to describe but they soon develop full story content. and they are all hysterically funny. terry pratchett understands people and how they think. and he is good at getting them on the page. anyway in hogfather the hogfather (santa clause) is missing. and death fills in for him. someone has to do it. intrigued yet? imagine a scythe carrying skeleton as santa clause. there's a movie too. read the book. watch the movie. you won't regret it. find out the origin of the tooth fairy. wyrd sisters and soul music are discworld movies too but you have to get those at a library as they are not sold now except for a mint on amazon.

FOOD

i can't believe i haven't talked about food yet. i love food. it's so satisfyingly tasty. also cruel and treacherous. nothing beats a good meat and vegetable lasagna with red sauce. well except maybe an apple cider donut. or a well cooked steak. or possibly even high quality chocolate. mmmmmmmmmmm....... food is great. not only does it nourish the body but it also nourishes the soul. mediocre food fill the stomach but does not seem to satisfy. whereas exceptional food not only fills physically but also mentally and emotionally. you take a bite and savor it in your mouth for as long as possible as your body melts into it. that's where we get phrases like "mmmmmmm........" and "oh that's lovely" (ok so i stole that last from hitchhiker's guide) people who eat good food are happy people. that's why there are so many different foods. so everyone can have what they like best and be happy.
by the way i have to mention something my nephew said. well my brother and nephew and i were talking about food. particularly tomatoes and spinach. and my brother was saying that those things are really blah plain (i disagree) and he was saying that they were good in things like ketchup. and my nephew said spinach ketchup. and i said that's it! hey they've already made green ketchup. why not make the color natural with spinach. sounds good to me.

STORIES

ever get that crazy storyline that won't leave your head? what do you do with it? ignore it? drive it out? write it down you numskull! especially if it's twisted by weirdness. look at me i'm writing a story about the relationship between the grim reaper and mother earth. and another one about a book with a bad attitude. not to mention the fantasy series i've been working on. stories are fun and entertaining. even more so when they are your own. so indulge yourself and put that story in your head on paper... or plastic... or whatever you use.

DECEMBER JOYS

the 1st joy for this month is SNOW! it snowed all day yesterday. i'm happy now. snow is so cheerful.
the 2nd joy this month is the end of the semester. woohoo! hooray for finals! i LOVE finals. final. done. the end. need i say more?
the 3rd joy this month is the Christmas season. everyone is happy and cheerful. people are friendly and considerate.
the 4th joy of December is jolly happy songs that excite the soul.
the 5th joy this month is Christmas decor everywhere to cheer the heart and lift the spirit.
the 6th joy this month is Christmas eve. family. nativity story. hanging stockings. Santa Claus. more Christmas songs and Christmas trees.
the 7th joy of December is Christmas! it's a whole day of joy! presents. candy. family. the savior's birth. woot!
the 8th joy this month is new year's eve. party all night long and welcome the new year!

ME

tag i'm it. so 5 things unknown about me eh? well well well... aren't you in for a treat.

1 i was not born on earth. i was born on a world called orean. (hence the title of my blog)

2 i am not a human... well not human by your definition anyway... on orean the term "human" applies to all of mixed blood. i am half dwarf a quarter gnome and a quarter elf

3 my real name is delemetre (hence the address of the blog)

4 i have magical abilities and no i will not reveal to you what they are

5 i am currently chronicling the lives of my grandparents and the effects they have had on our world (orean not earth)

those are my secrets... the beauty of it is... none of you will believe them

tag to anyone who reads this entry

DISCWORLD

hilarity. the #1 thing to look for in good entertainment. that's why it's called entertainment. it's entertaining. terry pratchett's discworld is the funniest thing i've ever come across. it's hysterically funny and he nails human nature right on the head.
i tell you what. if you read it you won't be sorry. go to this site http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discworld and take a look. each book stands on its own so you don't have to worry about reading them in order (except the 1st 2-read color of magic before light fantastic)
however be aware that different characters show up in multiple stories. therefore i recommend starting at or near the beginning. like i said look at the website above and it will give you a rundown of the books with major characters and themes of satire. so pick a character and start reading! but like i said they don't really need to be read in order--it's just more fun that way because you learn a lot about characters and discworld itself through the course of the books.
my absolute favorite character is death. i laugh myself silly every time he shows up on the page. and i must say that my absolute favorite book is hogfather. which features death filling in for the hogfather (who is a discworld version of santa claus)

FRACTURED FAIRY TALE

I've started a new story. i think it's frankly hilarious and would love to see it made into a movie by pixar. i think it's right up their alley. or dreamworks. they'd love it too. anyway i think the technical term for what the story is is a fractured fairy tale. fairy tales have always intrigued me and i always wanted to write twists to the well known classics. sleeping beauty and snow white and all that. anyway I've got the story started and I'm anxious to see how it turns out. the problem is i still haven't finished my other books I've started. but i do plan this one to be a short chapter book for kids like the Cordelia story I'm working on. anyway I've got snow white, sleeping beauty, Cinderella, Rapunzel, and the last one is a mix of rose red, beauty (and the beast) and the princess from frog prince. and they're all sisters. well some are step-sisters. but they go through life together and have fun with each other's weaknesses and gullibilities. they also all get along well and love each other dearly. they're even loved by their parents. it's the princes that are the problem. well not all of them but some of them anyway. and some of them just can't help it. one is gorgeous but full of himself. one is hideously ugly. one doesn't want to be king. one falls in love with every girl he sees and with 5 beautiful princesses he seems.... well.... i would say 2-timer but he would really be a 5-timer. he doesn't mean to be he's just so in love with all of them that he can't make up his mind. another prince is just your average joe of princes. and another prince is maliciously evil. i may add more of these rescuers of damsels in distress as the story progresses. but that's what i have to start with. i hope it turns out as funny as i think it will.

IMMIGRATION AND ALL THAT ROT

this is something that was sent to me in my email and it illustrates my sentiments exactly on ILLEGAL immigration. LEGAL immigration is something else entirely. i'm all for people who come here LEGALLY either permanently or temporarily. but that is a horse of a different color. frankly there are ways of taking care of this problem that would hardly take any trouble for anyone at all to fix. it's all very simple really but politicians don't believe in simple. anyone with half a brain can see the solutions like a big red truck (i.e. fire engine) anyway until solutions are made this issue will not just go away. it will fester and build until it consumes but all that can easily be avoided. easily. and you thought i lived with my head under a rock in a hole in the ground. i do pay attention to things. more than you think. i'm just not loud about what i know. and view down there is amazingly enlightening.


Let's say I break into your house:
A lady wrote the best letter in the Editorials
in ages!!! It explains things better than all
the baloney you hear on TV.

Her point:
Recently large demonstrations have taken place
across the country protesting the fact that Congress
is finally addressing the issue of illegal immigration.

Certain people are angry that
the US might protect its own
borders, might make it harder
to sneak into this country and,
once here, to stay indefinitely.

Let me see if I correctly understand
the thinking behind these protests.
Let's say I break into your house.
Let's say that when you discover
me in your house, you insist that I leave.

But I say, "I've made all
the beds and washed the
dishes and did the laundry
and swept the floors. I've
done all the things you don't
like to do. I'm hard-working
and honest (except for when I broke into your house).

According to the protesters:

You are Required to let me stay in your house
You are Required to add me to your family's insurance plan
You are Required to Educate my kids
You are Required to Provide other benefits to me & to my family
(my husband will do all of your yard work because
he is also hard-working and honest, except for that
breaking in part).

If you try to call the police or force me out,
I will call my friends who will picket your
house carrying signs that proclaim my RIGHT to be there.

It's only fair, after all, because you have
a nicer house than I do, and I'm just
trying to better myself. I'm a hard-working
and honest, person, except for well,
you know, I did break into your house.

And oh yeah, I get a free education, where you
have to pay your own way through college.(TEEHEE)
And what a deal it is for me!!!

I live in your house, contributing only a
fraction of the cost of my keep, and
there is nothing you can do about it
without being accused of cold,
uncaring, selfish, prejudiced, and
bigoted behavior.

Oh yeah, I DEMAND that you learn
MY LANGUAGE!!! so you can communicate with me.
And don't forget to make sure your forms are in MY language - I need to understand them...

Welcome to America (--this last bit added by me)

DRAGONS

dragons are the coolest. i love dragons. so naturally there are dragons in my stories. dragons are intelligent and all the dragons have the ability to breathe fire and fly and a few other things but different colored dragons have different abilities.
red=lava
blue=water
green=healing
black=shadow
white=light
brown=earth
orange=alchemy
purple=jewel
silver=stone
gold=weather
these are things they can control and generate and use to their advantage (like camouflage and shape shifting).a dragon is always one of these colors. never a mix. a dragon has not been born that can do 2 (or more) color abilities. it is always one. no matter what color the parents are. now if 2 white dragons mate they are most likely to have white children but not necessarily. a red child is quite possible if one of the grandparents are red or even a great-grandparent. if a brown and a black mate most of the children will be brown or black but don't be surprised if there is a gold child.

HOME AND KITTES

they say home is where the heart is. i beg to differ. being transported by my ribcage inside my body my heart goes lots of places i would never call home. so i will change this only sometimes true statement to home is where the kitties are.
i currently have 10 cats and 4 kittens. and i know that makes you all green with envy. ha! ha! kitties! kitties! kitties! all for me! none for you! anyway in case you are ignorant of the improtant things the names of the 10 are (in order of age) princess, gwendolyn, uhura, polgara, belgarath, koren, fred and george (twins and hard to tell apart. only their eye color is different), ginny and frisky.
the 4 kittens do not have names yet but i know you are dying to know more about them. all 4 are girls. 3 are in a litter together (mom=uhura) and the 4th is a litter all by herself (mom=gwendolyn) all 4 are about 1 month old (i'll pause for your aww's............) the one by herself is orange and white and very fluffy. the other 3 are black, grey and butter (hard to say of she's yellow or orange but butter is the color (real not margerine)) anyway i was enjoying the 3 today. they're so cute. the black meowed the whole time. the butter hissed the whole time and the grey slept the whole time. talk about personalites. the butter colored one played with my hair a bit. she would swat at it then bite it like a snake. it was very funny.
well i am looking forward to spoiling them all rotten like belgarath (who is EXTREMELY lovey) but mom complains every time i pet them because we're trying to move and can't take the cats with us which is phooey. life without kitties is no life at all. oh well i'd better enjoy them while i can. and in the mean time i will gloat... i've got kitties and you don't! nya! nya! nya! (well... even if you do i have more AND kittens.... not to mention the pregnant cats which means MORE kittens) nya!