Dunananannnan.

***Eclipse Quote of the Day*** (7/30/07)
“Maybe you should pick on people your own size.” — Charlie Swan

Yes, indeed. Go away, you puny vampiress. I am a POLICEMANNN. :)

Suzieshots.

***Eclipse Quote of the Day*** (7/30/07)
“Would you please tell me what you are thinking? Before I go mad?” — Edward Cullen


Ahaha. :)
Iloveyou,EdwardCullen.

ANNNDDD...
This is Suzie.



...And this is Suze and meee. :)

You're not the only one, Jess!

***Eclipse Quote of the Day*** (7/29/07)
“I feel like screaming!” — Jessica Stanley

ABOUT WHAT?! TELL ME NOW OR I'LL SCREAM!
Arghintheface.
These clues are killing me.

This Funny Feelin' Inside

***Eclipse Quote of the Day*** (7/28/07)
“I offered eternal servitude, remember. I’m your slave for life.” — Jacob Black

Aw, that's really sweet. Can't you imagine him saying that with this funny smile on his face, kind of shrugging? ....Yeah, okay, so it's probably just me.

Anywho, so Casey went and saw Hairspray last night, so of course, she got to brag about it to me all over the place, hah. I'm jealous majorly, but I think we're going to a movie tonight, so I can't really complain.

Peggy leaves tomorrow. I GET MY BED BACK. FINALLY.

You are the music in meee....

***Eclipse Quote of the Day*** (7/27/07)
“It’s a good thing you’re bulletproof.” — Bella Swan

Okay. So. I'm better. I'm not upset anymore. Thank goodness.
If you've watched Disney lately, you may have noticed that song, "The Music in Me" from HSM2!! It's been stuck in my head, and I don't even know all the words. I LOVEEE ITTT.

Just, ya know, saying. :)

Why Lauren is Scared of Dating.

Alright. So before I post, I must explain that I love this girl to death, so this is slowly breaking my heart. We have so much fun talking to eachother, and then things like this come up and we have to get serious.

[00:36] ThatOneKiddAllie: haha.
[00:36] ThatOneKiddAllie: um..
[00:36] ThatOneKiddAllie: [12:35] Ziggy: alliza... you hopped into a pretty advanced relationship. ive had sex twice, and done a lot of others tuff thati shall spare the details on... you have only been in 1 serious relationship, and you still got 3 years of school... waht ive been thinking about lately, is i think you should find someone who can take a relationship at your speed...[12:35] Ziggy: there i said it \=
[00:55] ThatOneKiddAllie: [12:54] ThatOneKiddAllie: Do you want me or not [12:54] ThatOneKiddAllie: It's as simple as that.[12:54] Ziggy: i wish i could give a yes or no answer[00:56]
[01:23] ThatOneKiddAllie: he told me he wanted to touch me..
[01:23] ThatOneKiddAllie: like.. southern.. front..
[01:23] darnedpencil: um... whoooaaa.
[01:28] ThatOneKiddAllie: i actually feel
[01:28] ThatOneKiddAllie: like throwing up at the moment.
[01:28] darnedpencil: I can't say that I wouldn't blame you.
[01:33] darnedpencil: So what's he saying? "Let me touch you or else you should probably find someone else?"
[01:33] ThatOneKiddAllie: [01:31] ThatOneKiddAllie: It's your choice. [01:31] ThatOneKiddAllie: Do you want to keep this going [01:31] ThatOneKiddAllie: or do you want to finalize it. [01:31] Ziggy: i dont... want to break up because it sounds like im breaking up with you so i can have sex with some other chick... [01:32] Ziggy: and people are gonna see me as a dick for leaving you to try and get in someone elses pants [01:32] ThatOneKiddAllie: well... you are a dick for doing that [01:32] ThatOneKiddAllie: technically =\ [01:32] Ziggy: yeah
[01:34] darnedpencil: ROFL.
[01:34] darnedpencil: I'm REALLY sitting here, laughing, that you said 'technically'.
[01:35] darnedpencil: Even though I agree completely.
[01:36] ThatOneKiddAllie: [01:33] ThatOneKiddAllie: so, what, you won't break up with me because of what other people will think of you? [01:34] Ziggy: i... think, i dont know?

This guy, "Ziggy", is her BOYFRIEND.
After that last quote, I unleased some censor-worthy words.

//Edit//

New stuff:

[01:57] ThatOneKiddAllie: [01:40] ThatOneKiddAllie: I'm in a freaking relationship where the guy just wants to cop a feel. [01:40] ThatOneKiddAllie: And if I won't let him [01:40] Ziggy: partly [01:40] ThatOneKiddAllie: he wont break up with me because he's afraid his friends will be mean to him and people will talk about him. [01:40] ThatOneKiddAllie: Then why don't I do it. [01:40] ThatOneKiddAllie: Well. [01:41] ThatOneKiddAllie: If I broke up with you, people will ask me why, I'll tell the truth, and you'll look like more of an ASSHOLE than you already are. [01:41] Ziggy: i woulod deserve that
[01:57] darnedpencil: Ain't that the truth.
[01:58] darnedpencil: I have just decided that you're my Oprah. I love you.

ALSO.

She's just told me that they're okay, and that she's not giving up on him yet --- She's going to try to pull him out of this.
This is why I couldn't be good at dating. No way.

Who Let the Dogs Out?

I DID! I DID!

So, my mom and my great-aunt showed up at the house today, as, um, expected (Wow. That was an awkward sentence.), bringing along Molly, her older mini-shnauzer, and Suzie, her going-to-be-a-year-old-in-September dog of the same breed.

As it turns out, SURPRISE!!!! WE'RE KEEPING SUZIE!!!!

She loves me more than my mom, which is a first from ANY dog we've ever owned. She's black and freakishly adorable, not to mention that she loves to play and snuggle.

I AM SO HAPPY AND EXCITED.

OHkay. Breathe.

So, Colorado is cancelled. I'm here for the rest of the Summer, or so I've been told. It bummed me out, but now that Suzie's here, I really don't care as much. Mazie, our min-shauz, doesn't like Suzie yet. We'll give her time, though. Plus, Mazie loves Mom. Suzie loves ME. FINALLY.

Vicky?

***Eclipse Quote of the Day*** (7/26/07)
“The stories say that the Cold Woman was the most beautiful thing human eyes had ever seen. She looked like the goddess of the dawn when she entered the village that morning; the sun was shining for once, and it glittered off her white skin and lit the golden hair that flowed down to her knees. Her face was magical in its beauty, her eyes black in her white face. Some fell to their knees to worship her.” — Billy Black

...And then she slaughtered them all, laughing while she did so.
Just kidding.
So anyways, who's this Cold Woman? I mean, she fits the description for a vampire, duh, but... Wait a sec... What color is Victoria's hair? It could be irrelevant, but still.
Jacob's the Legend Kid, I've decided. He's bringing all of these creatures into Bella's mind, and really, considering what she's been through, I don't think he should be telling her more of these "true legends."
Ah, whatever. It obviously makes for a good story.

Oh, I finished my English reading for the summer. Now all I have left is the crappy symbolism worksheet, analyzing the characters, a mind map, and a two person poem of 20 lines. Woo-hoo.
By the way, I hate symbolism. HATE IT.

I ♥ THE VAMPIRES.

***Eclipse Quote of the Day*** (7/25/07)
“I was just wondering why you stabbed him. Not that I object.” — Edward Cullen

AHH. YES! WOOO! GO BELLA!
:)

Okay. And.
WHY COULDN'T I PREORDER MY BOOK, DANGIT?!?!?! Some copies of Eclipse were actually shipped by accident... Meaning that some people who preordered already HAVE the book, and the company can't take it back. AHHHH. I'm furious. But excited.

Golden Rule Days

So, orientation is coming up... Again. Except that I've turned into this big mushball who's scared by the idea of high school.

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHh.

And, if it could possibly also blow up and create loud noises, I told people. Who think I'm paranoid. But when I tell things to them, they don't understand that the out-of-this-world, crazy-faced, ougoing girl named Lauren is the exact same Lauren who tells adorable foreign guys that yes, Americans really do kick people in the head as a greeting. Idiot.
Okay, so I mean, I've MET a bunch of the people I'm going to school with next year, and they're all cool. But there's always, as I was explaining to my mom, those people who let it get to their heads that they're older than me, and I end up having to run away and be all shy, like I really am. No lie, here.
Anywhom.
August eighth, I go to get my schedule and pay for parking decals and stuff. Not that I use them, but hey, whatever. It's school policy. I'm just a peon.

I started working on that crapolic story about the girl who's really a trained assassin in the older ages, or whatever, that almost kills her brother, except I've totally revamped it, and yeah, my grammar's gotten a TON better since then. Plus, I now know that 'I' and 'Her' cannot refer to the same person without being a total screw up. Jeez.
Ummmm....

Yeah. So. That's my life, up to the moment. I'm learning how to make flower baskets tomorrow (woo-hoo) from my Aunt (by the way, that woohoo? That was actually weird, and shouldn't be there. I WANT to learn this.), who's actually making me one for my room that has to be clean tomorrow, and THEN, I have to clean out the fridge and do my summer homework that my LOVELY English teacher that I haven't even met yet has already given me. Joy. To. The. WORLD.

So, if you don't see much of me tomorrow, you know why. I promise, I'm still alive. Maybe. :)

Anna-ster Input

***Eclipse Quote of the Day*** (7/24/07) “Do you think either of them would give up if you died? They’d still fight, we all would. You can’t change anything, so just be good, okay?” — Alice Cullen

[14:28] missannapants: ....Bella's thinking about DYING??? :O
[14:30] darnedpencil: See, I don't know.
[14:30] darnedpencil: Like... I think Alice is just warning her.
[14:30] darnedpencil: And talking about the two guys.
[14:31] missannapants: Yeah... or Bella could be being stupid again...

Ahaha. True dat.

Japanese Culture Talk.

[23:08] LizAliz: do you know anything about Japanese Culture
[23:09] laurenreynolds@swbell.net: Absolutely
[23:09] laurenreynolds@swbell.net: Not.
[23:09] laurenreynolds@swbell.net: Except that it involves a lot of rice and callouses.
[23:09] LizAliz: callouses?
[23:09] laurenreynolds@swbell.net: Ci.
[23:10] LizAliz: how so?
[23:10] laurenreynolds@swbell.net: ...What?
[23:11] laurenreynolds@swbell.net: Callous --- [KAL-us] hard spot of skin that Lauren often references to concerning rice farming.
[23:11] LizAliz: lmao
[23:13] laurenreynolds@swbell.net: Why do you ask? :)
[23:13] LizAliz: Butch has a homework assignment
[23:13] laurenreynolds@swbell.net: Ahaha.
[23:13] laurenreynolds@swbell.net: I mean, oh.
[23:14] laurenreynolds@swbell.net: I'm boycotting my homework.
[23:14] laurenreynolds@swbell.net: Until, um, tomorrow.
[23:14] LizAliz: lmao

I should really consider a job in Japanese Culture. Better yet, a World History teacher. Dear lord.

Iconilation.

***Eclipse Quote of the Day*** (7/23/07) “Besides…the more time I spend with you, the more human emotions seem comprehensible to me. I’m discovering that I can sympathize with Heathcliff in ways I didn’t think possible before.”
— Edward Cullen

Em-em-em-BRY.

***Eclipse Quote of the Day*** (7/22/07)
“Hey, vampire girl!” — Embry Call

Ex-CUSE me? When did *he* find out about this? Is he turning into a werewolf?
I like his name. :D

Harry Potter is OVER.

I'M FINISHED. IT'S DONE. I CRIED, BUT LOVED IT.
:)
Soforserious, I'm totally upset about the dead.

***Eclipse Quote of the Day*** (7/21/07)
“Did you seriously just stamp your foot? I thought girls only did that on TV.” — Jacob Black

ROFL, Jacob. Rofl.
I'm ready for Eclipse. HP made me depressingly serious.

Z0MG@WALMARTTTTTTT.

I HAVE THE NEW HARRY POTTER.
BY THE TIME I MAKE ANOTHER POST, I WILL HAVE READ THE ENTIRE THING.

...And.
*if you know what I'm talking about, it's a spoiler, unless you've read the flipping book*
Katie --- CONGRATS! Your wish FINALLY came true! I'd like to let you know that I did a little dance in the car on the way home for you. :D

Emmett is MY Teddybear.

I love Emmett.


***Eclipse Quote of the Day*** (7/20/07)
"Fall down again, Bella?” — Emmett Cullen

ROFL.

Just Another Disney Princess.

So I was sitting in my dad's recliner today (well, yesterday... It's after midnight), with my head on one armrest and my feet dangling off of the other, thinking about what I wrote in my last post -meaning the story, not the CTS-, and what Anna had asked me about it being related to the Jase* story. To tell the truth, it was, by all means, supposed to be. But it veered way off track, and turned into a harsh monster who eats good writing for lunch.
Oh, and by the way, did you notice Katy isn't Katy anymore? Yeah, I think that's permanent. And Steven's going to be an add-in somewhere in the actual story.
ANYWAYS.
So, I'm laying in this really comfy recliner all awkward, and it kind of feels like someone's picking me up, in that whole damsel-in-distress manner, which gets me to thinking about writing a modern-day damsel part to the story, where the MC is so weak that someone has to come in and drag her back into normality.
...I did --- The weak part, at least. And I love it. Except, well... Someone had to die to cause this part to happen, and that someone had to mean a lot to the MC.

And frankly, I'm not letting THAT spill for a while. :)

So I won't be posting this story. Not until I get enough beginning-ness and stablity to have a base to make this work. But I PROMISE to spring it on WR in the near future.


*Why is it called the Jase story?! Jase was only the supporting character, Katy being the MC --- Her name's now Arienne, though. But hey. I like calling it that in a weird way. :)

Character Therapy Session

C-T-S.
And guess what?
That's what this whole entire flipping post is about.
Because what happens when I break my writer's block? Yeah. My characters decide to take a personality vacation.

Check it out here, but I have to warn you, it's on a crappy Freewebs site I set up JUST so my post wouldn't be long.
Yeah, I know. I care. :)

This is one of my other ideas, twisted around and played with to no extent. But you can't tell that yet. All there is, at the moment, is a whole bunch of characters that I'd rather kill than use.
FunFact: I stole Arienne's name off of a girl I went to Europe with. Am I a great writer yet?
This is my brain function at the momento:

Arienne: What're we doing here?
Kelsey: This SUCKS severely. I want to go to bed.
Me: Hey. You guys. SHUT UP.
Steven: EXCUSE ME?! YOU CAN'T TELL ME WHEN TO SHUT UP! YOU DON'T CONTROL... Oh, yeah, I guess you do.
Me: Aha. So. We have a very important issue to discuss today.
Arienne: Are you freakin' serious? It's literally 1:14. In the MORNING.
Kelsey: Idiotic writers.
Me: WOOHOO. I'M THE AUTHOR HERE.... Okay. So, here's the deal. I want-
Steven: You know what I want? *I* want to go home. *I* want to not be a part of this story, because originally, *I* started out as a friendly guy who worked in Starbucks, and you turned *me* into an evil, funny, freakishly sexy supervisor. In a bookstore, nonetheless!
Me: At least you're not dorky anymore. You turned HOT. You owe ME.
Steven: (mumbles something about stupid book lovers who shouldn't be writing.)
Kelsey, accusingly: At least you're not a SLUT, Steven.
Me: It's not my fault that you wanted to take over the story and become the very bane of it's existence.
Kelsey: (shrieks) I DID NOTHING LIKE THAT.
Me: YOU DID TOO... Well, okay, not the 'bane of it's existence' part. But because you wanted to be the star, I forced it on you.
Arienne: Hello? I'm still here... If I'm not needed, can I go home?
Me: (sigh) Arienne, TALK, dear. That's really your only problem. And, slight question, but why are you so pathetic? Honey, Kelsey's a mean, slutty-
Kelsey: I AM NOT A SLUT.
Me: I MADE YOU, AND I SAY WHAT YOU ARE OR ARE NOT, IS THAT CLEAR?
Steven: You're really screwed up in the head, aren't you, Lauren? Drugs, I presume? I mean, look at THAT. I just went SMART and said PRESUME.
Arienne: It's not a bad thing to be smart... I mean, like, I'm all googley-eyed over a jock-that's-not-a-jock that my whorish best friend- No offense, Kelse...
Kelsey: None taken... Maybe it's alcohol, Steven...
Arienne: -is going out with. I mean, seriously. AND, I'm shy, AND, I think I'm falling for you, Steven, which isn't supposed to happen. Thank you, spank you, Lauren.
Steven: ...Oh, really? Falling for moi? I might be able to go with that. (grins)
Arienne: Yeah. Well, what's really bad is that I'm SUPPOSED to be going to fall in love with this guy that only I can see, which is kind of the whole main plotline, but since we have an insane author that isn't getting anything done and would rather have therapy sessions with the characters in her mind...
Me: (flails around, throws hands up in the air.) THAT'S IT. I HATE YOU ALL. I'M GOING TO BED AND I'LL KILL YOU LATER.

Oh, the fun we shall have.


-----EDIT------

***Eclipse Quote of the Day*** (7/19/07) “Well, that just sucks! I guess I’m stuck with Mike Newton after all.” — Bella Swan

...I really think she's teasing. Haha.

Bored-ers.

THIS. LAYOUT. IS. SLOWLY. KILLING. ME.

Anyways.

***Eclipse Quote of the Day*** (7/18/07) “It’s the thought that counts. I ought to know.” — Edward Cullen

Haha. Yes, he does know. But he's got some weird definitions of 'thought'.

Oh, man. I'm so tired.

Went to Bored- er, Borders today, and I sat there for two and a half hours to read 'The Off Season", the sequel of "Dairy Queen". I thought it would be good, since Dairy Queen was.

I hated that stupid ending.

---SPOILERS AHEAD, BECAUSE I'M JUST THAT BOLD.---

Okay, so I know that Brian was being jerky to her, with that whole 'face' thing everytime she showed up when he was with his friends, but a) I don't understand WHY he did it, and b) WHY DID HE HAVE TO DO IT IN THE FIRST PLACE?! He was ssooooooo sweet.

*runs off to spork the author.*

DundunnaNAH.

Shocker.

I have THREE quotes, today, only because I *just* looked on Steph's MySpace to find the OTHER one for today, and someone had posted something on LJ about the one on her MySpace from yesterday:


***Eclipse Quote of the Day*** (7/17/07)
“I think I might have been wrong before, you know, about not being able to be friends. Maybe we could manage it, on my side of the line. Come see me.” — Jacob Black

“The way you regard me is ludicrous.” – Edward Cullen (This is the MySpace one from yesterday)

“None of those freaky Virgos here." - Jacob Black (Today, MySpace)

TO THE FIRST QUOTE - Oh, thank goodness. Jacob's growing some sense. And becoming sweeter, which I throw in for Anna's sake. Ha, ha.

SECOND - There's a background to where I got this quote; on the girl's LJ (Live Journal), she said, and I quote, "and since i figure he's talking to bella...". Is it really me, or do I think he may be talking to someone else. In face, I REALLY think he is. Even though, as seen before, I could be absolutely wrong. It's happened.

THIRD - Ha-ha, Jacob. Ha-ha.


Okay. So. Dad's fine, la-de-da, everything's mostly back to normal. It's GORGEOUS outside, though hotter than heckfire, so I'm trying to stay inside and admire it.
....
OKAY. I KNOW I SAID I'D TALK ABOUT MYSELF MORE THAN ECLIPSE, BUT THIS DROVE ME CRAZY:

I MEAN, EXCUSE ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT THAT'S ECLIPSE. WHERE'S MINE?!?!?!

Juniper? Jasper? What?

***Eclipse Quote of the Day*** (7/16/07) “I didn’t have quite the same…upbringing as my adopted siblings here. My beginning was something else entirely.” — Jasper Hale

JASPERRRR!
Oh, man. Jasper's one of those guys that's really sweet, but really really really really (get the point?) dangerous. I want to hug him sometimes --- He's not always given enough credit.
I was rereading Twilight today, and when Edward talks about him, the visual I get is of this blonde little kid calming a mall full of people. Haha.

Anywhooo.

My dad's in the hospital since yesterday morning. It's REALLY not a big deal, since they can't find anything wrong with him; the only reason he went to the ER in the first place is because it was a stabbing pain in his side and he was in major pain. But they transferred him. And he spent the night. And he'll be home by "bedtime" tonight, or so the doctor says. If he starts feeling bad after that, we'll have to take him to the hospital... Again.
It's been a WAY exciting couple of days, let me tell you.
So, I spent most of today (five hours, at least) up at the Hospital in Norman. Borrrinnnggg stuff, there.
We've got a guy coming over in a few to fix the tractor-mower. Eeh.
Anyways, I really need to write. About what, I don't know, but I need to. Haha.

Shape of my Heart - BSB.

So, I'm looking back on this month, and realize that I've only posted two or three things that are actually about me*. And while I know that yeah, Eclipse is a HUGE part of me and Edward and I are going to get married one day, that just analyzing the quotes isn't making this my* blog.
So, I'm doing the quotes... & a post. Everyday.

See you guys tomorrow... There's a lot to tell, let me just let you know now.

It's been a long day.


* - Yeah, I know. As uninteresting as my life may get sometimes.... Hahaha. I love you guys. And yes, I was just kidding about that uninteresting part. :)

Oh, happy days!

***Eclipse Quote of the Day*** (7/15/07)
"You aren't exactly the best judge of what is or isn't dangerous."
— Edward Cullen

Darn right! And from the lips of an angel.
I'm pretty sure this one's easy to analyze: Bella's *working on* getting herself into more trouble. It seems she can't ever really avoid that.

A Rose Without Thorns.

***Eclipse Quote of the Day*** (7/14/07) "Would you like to hear my story, Bella? It doesn't have a happy ending—but which of ours does? If we had happy endings, we'd all be under gravestones now." — Rosalie Hale

FINALLY, I GET TO DISCUSS ROSALIE. She's just so enigmatic.

Rosalie is beautiful. She's gorgeous, she's angelic, and she's in love with the teddy bear Emmett.
But, up until the end of New Moon, everyone slightly despised her --- Both her and Bella didn't, under any circumstance, get along.
I think that since it's practically her fault that [beloved] Edward almost died, she's really trying to be nice to Bella - Without Bella, Edward would've met his untimely fate outside that clock tower.
And none of us would've wanted that. NO ONE.

I really believe Rosalie's going to grow on me. I mean, Alice is amazing now. But I think Rose is really going to pull together and get close to Bella.

...I hope.

Sarcasm ROCKS.

***Eclipse Quote of the Day*** (7/13/07)“I already know how strong you are. You didn’t have to break the furniture.” — Bella Swan

AHAHAHAHA.
I adore Bella. She's so strong in the human way, but looks PATHETIC around all these mythical creatures of the night. Hahah.
Oh, Bella. Your sarcastic innocense is priceless. No wonder you got the guy. :)

Writing a Poem for a Scholarship

I dug this up today, and even after the shock of an Edward quote, thought it was pretty darn worth posting.
Background story: This poem was written, literally, after I'd written five gooey, mushy, deep feeling ones. I hated them all and always ran out of words to rhyme. (As you know, I'm not a poet. Really.) I was trying to write it for a scholarship, which I'm already starting to flip out about -Don't ask me why-, and was irritated to the point of stabbing my computer when out popped this poem. It's dumb, funny, and stupid, but I meant every stupid word of it. :D

Writing a Poem for a Scholarship
By: Lauren Reynolds

This is my fifth and final try
To write a decent poem,
So I had to use a rhyming dictionary
To proceed without anymore proem.

I’ve crossed out lines and pulled out hair
All the while with a banshee-like scream,
Trying to include the imagery and word choice
Wait - What the heck is my theme?!

I can scribble, act, or novel-write,
But poems, you’ve got to be kidding!
The more I write, the more I stink;
The submit button looks very forbidding.

So, pretty much, I’m trying to say
That I suck in writing in rhyme,
But in imagination, I don’t lack
(You could even say I’m ‘sublime’.)

FINALLYTHANKYOU.

***Eclipse Quote of the Day*** (7/12/07) “Do you ever think that your life might be easier if you weren’t in love with me?” — Edward Cullen

Poor Edward. I can't even begin to imagine the super uber-grief he's feeling at the moment. Well, not even the moment --- All the time. Bella's life is constantly in danger because of him (according to his mind anyways --- I don't think it's occurred that he's the one SAVING her life) and that's the worst possible thing he thinks he can do to someone he loves.
Edward is my baby. I love him so much.
You know, Ed's way wrong. We know this. New Moon SHOWED us this. Bella's life got SO much harder without her vampire, and even if new problems happen when he's with her, it's still easier - No hole in her chest, no aching heartbreak...

Edward, SHUT UP. We all love you and want you to say. You're the sweetheart, here.

OH, JACOB!

***Eclipse Quote of the Day*** (7/11/07) “Does my being half-naked bother you?” — Jacob Black

Ahahahaha. I love Jacob in a I'd-like-to-kill-you,-but-you're-too-freakin-funny way.

I'm beginning to think that Jacob's showing up a LOT in this next book, which is really scaring me. WHERE'S THE EDWARD QUOTES?! Ugh. I miss him. :(

But... Doesn't Stephenie adore Edward?! Doesn't she absolutely want both he and Bella to stay together? What's going on here?!!

I'm slightly panicked.

She Said - Brie Larson

Yeah, she said (she said)... Get outta my way cause I’m goin' somewhere, This is not where I wanna be...

So, it's been a fairly long day. When I say long, it's long as in "I've spent too long without any time to myself. Anna bears witness to this. Errggh.

You can say what you want, You can tell me I’m wrong, La dee da, La dee dee...

I'm very sick of staying with a billion people in mi casa. It's not fun. AND, to make matters worse, I don't even get the couch tonight. I get the LOVESEAT. I'm 5'7" people. You've got to be KIDDING.

Get off of my back, stop sayin' that, Cause I’m not afraid a heights, I may never get where I’m goin', Yeah, but then again I might.

Oh, and by the way, I've got writer's block the size of Canada. This is serious, ladies and gentlemen. I haven't written SQUAT of anything good, meaning that I'm going to die very shortly if I can't think of SOMETHING. But I still have that problem where I can't get a beginning out. Dangit.

I know it’s a long way down,
But you can’t walk the wire,
For anybody else,
I might hit the ground,
But at least I’ll have a story to tell.
She said,
I gotta find out for myself.

Alice Cullen is NEVER wrong.

***Eclipse Quote of the Day*** (7/10/07)
“This hostage stuff is fun.” — Alice Cullen

Haha. I love Alice TO DEATH. If you don't like Alice, I truly think you are a heartless person who hates fun, love, and spikey hair.
I LOVE ALICE.
She's so spontaneous, ya know? She just kind of leaps out there and takes you totally by surprise. Plus, she sort of brought Edward back to Bella, and of course, making me ever in her debt, saved his immortal self.
Which, in it's self, is enough said. :)

My cousins are here, and my Cambodian wonder child would like me to inform you that she's a level nine in gymnastics --- Really getting up there. This makes me excited, though I haven't a rightful clue what it means, but she wanted to tell anyone who read her story, since she's VERY proud of that.

Dads.

***Eclipse Quote of the Day*** (7/9/07)
“I never thought I needed to teach you how to throw a punch. Guess I was wrong about that.” — Charlie Swan

Ooh, Charlie. He's so adorable for a dad, ya know?

Sweet, darling Angela...

***Eclipse Quote of the Day*** (7/8/07) “Edward’s only human, Bella. He’s going to react like any other boy.” — Angela Weber

If only she had a clue. Hahaha.

You know, I really like Angela. She's one of those characters that you almost want to BE, while this whole thing's going on, and she's really sweet (as has been adknowledged by Bella AND Edward) and kind, which makes it even better. She's filling. Icing. Whatever.

Anyways, Talon has been slowly getting better, though I haven't written anything in a long time... Well, okay, in a little less than a week. But still. It feels like I'm missing an arm.

Jase makes me smile. But I can't do that intro. I'm firmly against making him the main character, even though it would be funny.

Sigh.

I read the first chapter of Midnight Sun again yesterday, getting back on the subject of TwiNeMoEcli. It really makes me just want to hug Edward, which I'd totally do anyways, even more than usual. He's so... vunerable. But at the same time, he was kind of hurt that she was doing that to him while he was, admittedly, planning her simple death.

That would suck, I really have to say.

Anyways. If you haven't read Midnight Sun, or you just want to renew your love for stone-cold sexiness, go to Stepheniemeyer.com. I'm too lazy to post a link. But trust me - It's worth it.

A full moon has NEVER been this tempting.

**Eclipse Quote of the Day*** (7/7/07) “Here’s the thing… I’ve already gone crazy once. I know what my limits are.” — Bella Swan

Yes, yes, she has. And you know what? I think she DOES know what her limits are. Just because, saying this again, she lost Edward --- She's been through a romance housefire, per say, where she's lost everything, gone through the depression where you want it back so badly, and then ended up finding her favorite necklace, the one that her favorite grandmother gave her (all figurative here. Necklace = Edward.) in her backpack all along.

That was a horrible metaphor, but the idea still stands.

I love her. But I swear, I will die if Edward ends up getting the boot or something in this next book. I do like Jacob, but I love Edward. Edward and Bella combined make the books way worth reading.

***Go HERE to read the first chapter of ECLIPSE.***

Excuse me, Ms. Meyer.

***Eclipse Quote of the Day*** (7/6/07) “I’m really glad Edward didn’t kill you. Everything’s so much more fun with you around.” — Emmett Cullen

Do you even SEE that?! "Edward didn't kill you"?! WHAT?!!!

I'm slightly concerned. Of course, Stephenie could be taunting us, and it's just that Edward got mad or something. Really. That sounds likely.

But on the other hand...

I WANT AN EDWARD QUOTE, dang it all. Or Bella ABOUT Edward. Not any more of this crap.

Ooohhh... What if Emmett's not talking to Bella....

[Add-in: Recognize the layout colors? Oh, yeah. I'm fluent in Blogger.]

All of You.

***Eclipse Quote of the Day*** (7/5/07)
“I don’t have any leeches on my speed dial.” — Jacob Black

Because, of course, that would be horrible.
Fireworks = Amazing. I met up with Amanda and her friend Ashley, and we sat on the back of Dad's pickup and watched the city fireworks. I wouldn't shut up, so I missed half of them.

Happy Fourth of July!

***Eclipse Quote of the Day*** (7/4/07) “There’s something…strange about the way you two are together… The way he watches you—it’s so…protective. Like he’s about to throw himself in front of a bullet to save you or something.” — Renee Dwyer

Oh, yes. You really see that.

It's an Eclipse quote.

I'm not magic, nor do I ever actually intend to be, but this is an out-of-context quote from Eclipse, the third installment of Stephenie Meyer's Twilight Series. And no, it's not made up.

Haha. Every day, on her site, until the day of the release, there's going to be a random quote from the book posted on her "News" section. Go see and adore. There's nothing more to say about that.

Enjoy. I thought you should know about the amazingness.

Verbatim

ver·ba·tim [ver-bey-tim]–adverb
1. in exactly the same words; word for word: to repeat something verbatim.

I was randomly thinking up titles today, and the word 'verbatim' popped up in my head. Not many have this kind of revelation, but for the story I was trying to put my hands on, I think it works perfectly.
The story is fairly easy to follow, which, I guess, could be a delima. But this is my second official shot at writing third person, and to my huge surprise, I'm loving every second of it.
But it wasn't the story that came to me. It was three hug-worthy characters.
I'll be the first to admit that my characters NEVER come easy. First the name, then the filling... You know the drill. It's usually me, trying to fit my characters into a story. For the first time ever, I'm building a story on incredibly amazing characters.
First, there's Katy. She's a very strong character, and my favorite out of anything so far. She's plain, with freckles on her nose, hazel eyes, and longer chestnut hair that's known to frizz out randomly. She's not skinny, really, but has an athletic build and doesn't look like the wind could knock her over. She's a pain in the butt to the people she doesn't care for, loves french vanilla anything, and never cries.
Then, I thought of Danny. Danny was a little bit harder, because while the person popped up in my head, he really didn't have a name until I kind of realized who he "was". Danny is Katy's "big brother" who loves Katy no matter what, including the fact that they aren't related. He's, literally, a guardian angel that no one, besides Katy, can see, who died in an accident when she was nine and he was seventeen. Katy was the only witness to that accident. He's brunette with gray eyes, stands a little over six foot, and is kind of lanky. He's very blunt and sometimes almost rude.
Jace came next, the final of my three main characters, or so it seems. He's Katy's best friend who likes to bake desserts and, when needed, goes beyond all boundries to help her out. She jokingly tells him he should've been gay, just because all the girls can't get enough of him or his cakes. He does have girlfriends, but they usually leave because they get annoyed at the time he spends with Katy. [No, Katy and Jace don't fall in love. :O] He's into bright colors, has a severe thing against wearing pink, has spikey, massively highlighted blonde hair, and is only a little taller than Katy. Oh, and he's very call-it-as-I-see-it.
And, to top it off, it's going to be called [po-see-blay] Verbatim, because it's about Katy remembering back to when she was little, when so many things happened that she suddenly seemed to forget, and step-by-step retracing her past with Danny, while digging up sudden shocking secrets and problems that pop up along the way, dragging both her and Jace [and whoever decides to show up] into a complete mess.
Anywho, I wrote the prologue -ahemahem- already, but I'm not giving it away, just because there's so many questions someone could ask about it that the story, if written right, should tell.

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Chapter One:

Katy knew it was stupid, but it still felt like her guts had been pulled out. Curled up pathetically in the corner of the handicapped bathroom stall in the girls bathroom, she felt so incredibly lost.
Jase, Katy’s best friend, sat opposite of her against the stall door, his head leaning on his arm, his knees pulled up to his chest. They’d been like this for the whole of fourth period, just sitting there, every now and then with Jase spurting out something against Chris.
Jase sighed. “He was a jerk, Kat.”
She nodded glumly, and Jase went quiet. Katy never cried at anything, but he would found her sitting alone, deathly silent, if anything really bad had happened to her, and only rarely. In truth, she was the bravest person he knew.
This situation, he knew very well, would’ve led to some major tears from any other girl. For Katy, it was just a depressing silence that was, at least to him, worse than trying to console a crier.
Katy swallowed. “The party was tomorrow.”
Jase felt himself becoming more and more furious at Chris. The jerk had dumped his girlfriend a day away from their two year “anniversary,” just to go hook up with some lousy cheerleader he admitted to cheating with Katy on anyways.
And, of course, there was always that resentment he had towards anyone who left Kat with empty eyes that bore into him as he picked up the pieces. He hated that.
“I’m still bringing cake, as you well know.” He said, smiling weakly.
Kat rewarded his efforts with her own small smile. Jase loved to cook. He’d planned on making her a cake for her two years with Chris, as he had for every boyfriend or special event that arose, and obviously was now headed towards the idea of comfort food instead of celebrating something. There was no way you could stop him; he was a dessert baking freak.
“Thanks, Jase.”
“Anytime.”
A stall door slammed amongst the usual chatter of uncaring gossip and someone let out a annoyed high-pitched scream. “Is there a guy in here? Oh, gross! Get out, you perv!”
Jase’s expression turned from morose to wickedly amused in only points of a second. Without even turning around on the disgusting linoleum, he retorted, “Dana, no one in their right mind would try to be a pervert to you unless they were either mentally ill or gender confused.” Dana Leehaven squealed, sounding more like a pig on fire than an appalled Senior. “Well, seeing as how you’re gay and everything, Jase, I would expect that kind of expertise from a fruit like you.”
He rolled his eyes, and Katy smiled at her friend. He was completely unaware of how cool he was – that no matter what he did, he had a demeanor around him that just sucked everyone in to attention.
“Alright. Bathroom poll. Say “I” if you think I’m gay.”
A loud “I” erupted from Dana, but everyone else stayed hilariously quiet.
“And now say “you” if you think that Dana needs to keep her trap shut, go home, and take a long look in a mirror somewhere before accusing me of being gay.”
“Yous” bubbled up from all around the bathroom. Dana swore explicitly at Jase, who in turn, gave her the finger from under the stall door, and stomped angrily out into the breezeway.
“You know,” Katy informed her friend who was soaking up the applause that had began after Dana had left like a sponge, “being gay would completely suit you. Girls love you anyways.”
He grinned. “Yeah, but then you’d have to start sneaking into the guy’s bathroom to get a little uproar out of people.”