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avis · Librarian Joined: 18 Apr 2005 Posts: 802

Old thread here.

We spent six months on that thread... <sniff> Tongue

And if you're too lazy to check the last bit of that thread, the only real thing of significance that got discussed was that banners are coming later this week. Tongue

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Hpfreak_8 · Posted: Mon Jan 02, 2006 5:08 pm Post subject:

Six months? That's half a year!

*can do math!*
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"My father was a beekeeper before me, his father was a beekeeper before him.
I want to walk in their footsteps.
And their footsteps were like this...
AAAAAAAH! I'm covered in beeeeees!"

Ginnygirl7 · Posted: Mon Jan 02, 2006 9:10 pm Post subject:

Yay new thread!

*does new thread dance*
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Hermione_Roo · Posted: Mon Jan 02, 2006 11:18 pm Post subject:

*waves good-bye to old thread and sheds a tear of regret* Crying or Very sad

Six whole months! Wow, we don't post much, do we? Tongue

But that's okay, because we normally post pretty relevent stuff.
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hermione1533 · Posted: Tue Jan 03, 2006 12:04 am Post subject:

True. Not like a lot of threads, where half of the posts are things like, "Hi, how is everybody!" or, even worse, "bump". *shudders*

About New Year's resolutions...not procrastinating would be a good one, except it's already gone down the tubes, as I'm procrastinating doing homework by writing this post. (I still think that teachers are defeating the purpose of vacation when they give us homework.)

So my resolution is to write every day, even if it's just 100 words. Having a laptop will make that a lot easier, but I'll probably have more trouble with it when school starts up again. Also, I think I'm going to try Embodiment, where you write in a journal every day for the whole year. I need to get back into writing in my journal. Join me if you wish. :-D

Yup, yup. I suppose I should get back to the homework I'm procrastinating on. Tata!
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avis · Librarian Joined: 18 Apr 2005 Posts: 802

<gasp> Someone's caught on to me! Tongue

I used to keep a diary... wrote in it everyday for about five years, except for some vacations. Then I stopped. It became more like a chore to me--trying to find something to write about. It was a great chronology of my life's events, but not really anything other than that.

I could never keep a writing journal. It's something weird with me: Ideas never hit me from all sides. What happens is that I get a single idea that's so overpowering that I write it about a hundred different ways (I'm exaggerating, obviously Dork

) before I settle on something that I think I'll like--and even then, that will probably change. Or that's what I think. It's only happened twice, and it was more severe the second time around... It makes me think I'll probably not do well if I decide to take up writing as a full-time job. Not that my family would let me, of course... my grandfather's prepared to pay for my law school education--after I get my degree in computer science. Rolling Eyes

According to him, it'd be a waste if I went for anything less.
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Hpfreak_8 · Posted: Tue Jan 03, 2006 2:48 am Post subject:

I could never keep a diary either. I wrote in one for a couple of days and then forgot about it. The longest I've ever have written in was about a week, I think. I guess I never have liked writing about my days.
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"My father was a beekeeper before me, his father was a beekeeper before him.
I want to walk in their footsteps.
And their footsteps were like this...
AAAAAAAH! I'm covered in beeeeees!"

Ginnygirl7 · Posted: Tue Jan 03, 2006 3:07 am Post subject:

Interestingly the only kind of journal I've ever been able to keep is an online journal. Confused

I do have notebooks for when I get struck by sudden inspiration, but I wouldn't call them writing journals because I have everything in them from story ideas to sketches to poems to songs.
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Hpfreak_8 · Posted: Tue Jan 03, 2006 3:40 am Post subject:

Yeah, I keep my online journal updated a lot. I just put random things about my day into it. Emotions I keep to myself unless I'm really emotional. And if I have a creative burst, I usually just use a scrap piece of paper for it. I'm too lazy to get my notebook that I have designated for that sort of thing. Hasn't happened recently, though.
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"My father was a beekeeper before me, his father was a beekeeper before him.
I want to walk in their footsteps.
And their footsteps were like this...
AAAAAAAH! I'm covered in beeeeees!"

avis · Librarian Joined: 18 Apr 2005 Posts: 802

Ditto with the creative burst. I can never keep a notebook. I do have a notepad handy for when I'm out and about and I need something to write on--whether it's for a creative burst or other purposes--and I do carry a small notebook when I go on vacation, simply because it's bigger than my notepad ('cause my notepad is really tiny). But other than that? Looseleaf, all the way. Cool

I should be writing right now, but I'm too lazy...
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Ginnygirl7 · Posted: Tue Jan 03, 2006 3:47 am Post subject:

I loose everything that isn't in a notebook, so there you go. Tongue

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avis · Librarian Joined: 18 Apr 2005 Posts: 802

I pride myself on my (not very good) organizational skills, so there you go. Tongue

I think I'm going to write. Just one last question before I go--how does one person (who has the help of two others) get into a guarded room with only one entrance if the guards would recognize her instantly and receive her not very nicely? (It's also dinner time. I.e., busy time, and not lazy night time.)
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Ginnygirl7 · Posted: Tue Jan 03, 2006 4:54 pm Post subject:

They could go Mission Impossible-style and break a hole in the roof, they could attempt to hide said person under one of the other people's cloak, but the guards would have to be extremely stupid.... What kind of room is it? Is there a way the other two people could bring a cart or a very large basket into the room without causing suspicion? She could hide there I guess...

Hmm...*thinks*...
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