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castlebangtan · 4 years

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Noble Artisans

This list is in alphabetical order and was updated on the [13th June 2021] it is subject to change as the network grows.

[Admin]

Lillia - @moccahobi

I am the UWU qween. Founder of Castle Bangtan. True gentle soul.

Jester - @youarejesting

I have many titles; Jester the Loyal, Jester the Fox Enthusiast, Jester the Devourer of Worlds, Jester the executor, and Jester the Admin of Castle Bangtan.

Kami - @solarisjoon

Seokjin-biased

Khoe/Kowi - @bratzkoo

I'm khoe (ko-wi), '02 liner, pls love me

Melody - @hoebii

I'm here for a good time, not a long time.

Meraki - @merakiierse

Hii I'm Meraki!! Giving a big, warm hug to you all. I hope you enjoy my writing and get sent to another world where you feel comfortable and loved!! <3

[A]

Ani - @crystaljins

I’m Ani and it’s lovely to meet you! I started writing fics because I wanted to make people smile so I hope that’s what happens :)

Araceli - @heejinnien

Ash- @joonswolf

It's her black wings that make her beautiful

Ashlyn - @burberryplaid

Libra | 19 | sucker for cute pick up lines | when i say 'not all men are trash' — i'm thinking of kim namjoon <3

[B]

B - @alpacaparkaseok

Hyung line trash & unofficial member of the maknae line

Bambi - @mimikookie

hopeless romantic who loves pasta, cuddles, and dancing ♡

Belle - @sope-and-shine

A little chaotic bean trying to draw and write 🖤

Blue- @buzzyybee

Hi! please take care of me, love, blue <3

[C]

Cam- @sunshinejunghoseokie

I wish I could be a piece of peace.

Cry- @yoingle-boingle

Forever hungry and tired. Writer/beta/libra/gay.

[D]

Dae/Via- @aglassofpinkchampagne

I'm a little kooky for Jungkoo! ...Please laugh...

[E]

Ellie - @wishesunderthestars

Hey, I’m Ellie!

Eomma/Julia - @yoongi-sugaglider

Everybody's mom friend~ Began writing fiction at 11 years old, poetry at age 9. Has a special fondness for the soft fluffy stuff but can angst it up with the best of them. My inbox is always open!

Eva - @aroseforyoongi

Eva- @dinamitae

your resident 134340 enthusiast <3

[F]

Fae - @sope-and-shine

Drafts too many ideas and writes fluff to her hearts content~🥰

[G]

Georgie - @saveme-imfine

She/her/they/them, Anime, Nintendo and BTS fan

[H]

Hazel - @hobipaint

I'm Hazel, and I'm drowning in WIPs.

Hikaru- @bangtiddies

bogan with luv

[I]

Isabella - @pjmsdior

Eighteen, writer/editor, vminkook biased, multi 💖

Isabella - @monvante

[J]

Jean- @eatjeanjin

Hi, I'm Jean. '95 liner. She/her 💖💜💙. I'm a writer who happily dwells in this castle.

Jiah - @dreamcatcherjiah

Hi! I'm Jiah! I would like to think I am a fun and approachable person and I hope my blog reflects that as well! I hope it is a place where everyone can have fun and enjoy together! I have many new ideas for the future and I am very excited to share them! ~Jiah🌺

JJ - @jjbeansies

Hi! My name is JJ! I'm 19 and I have been an ARMY since 2013! My ultimate bias is Jimin but I'm mostly Ot7. Please show my writings lots of support and feedback as I want to improve as much as I can! <3

Jumi - @jtrbluv

Yoongi luvbot ;w; who writes the occasional fic

[K]

Kas- @voiceswithoutlips

Hello, I'm Kas, she/her, 24, check out my blog ;)

[L]

Laralyn - @ thicccqueyoongimin

[M]

Maria- @joyfulhopelox

Hi, i’m Maria, 26, i got a serious addiction to caffeine and i didn’t know how to live in the real world so i moved into a fictional one. Army since 2014, I never feel my age as i’ve never grown up, i just know that i need to be polite in public. I have 1 bias 1 ex who never leaves, a wrecker and a lot of standby’s. I’m always happy to make new friends and chat ❤️

Michy - @redjoonie

si vis amari, ama. if you want to be loved, love.

Minnie - @armysantiny

16, she/her, Yoongi/Jungkook biased and a sucker for angst. What's not to love? Feel free to request something, or simply talk about anything!

[N]

Nelly - @Nelliiwrites

Currently running on redbull and coffee

[O] [P]

Parker - @tae-cup

Hello! I'm Marria and I'm very excited and honored to be a part of castle bangtan. This is my first time joining a community like this and I can't wait! I only write SFW and my biases are Yoongi and Taehyung. Reach out to me if you want to chat or anything! I'm free to talk, make some new friends, and just have a good time :)

[Q] [R] [S]

Soph - @tteokggukk

Banana bread and bts enthusiast

[T]

Tina - @hobicomeholla29

I’m shy, hungry and sleepy most of the times. lol please bear with me.

TJ - @tbtssstuff

Hello! :) I’m TJ and I like to write for Tae mostly even though he isn’t my bias. He just loves to live rent free in my mind.

[U] [V] [W] [X] [Y]

Yuki - @justimajin

[Z]

#members #noble artisans #castlebangtan members

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comicteaparty · 4 years

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June 13th-June 19th, 2020 Creator Babble Archive

The archive for the Creator Babble chat that occurred from June 13th, 2020 to June 19th, 2020. The chat focused on the following question:

What is your physical and digital workspace like when you’re working on your story?

🌈ERROR404 🌈

LOL it really depends on what stage I'm in of the process - My storyboarding space is at home, as comfortable as I can be, a beer and some food at the ready and pure silence. The cats have to be freshly fed, otherwise I'll be harassed and lose my headspace entirely LOL. I usually work on my story boards digitally, just at a very small scale, with my script/outline on my computer and working on my ipad! The double screen helps a LOT, although i would just print out the script if I had access to a printer, haha. When I'm working on the actual page itself, it's a very different story. I usually just try and work on it in tiny little batches during the day when I'm stuck at home, and usually work around the animals as best i can, lmao. Truthfully, I really prefer to be in a coffee shop when I'm working on finishing pages, it makes me so much more productive than i am in this house with so many things to take care of right in front of me, but, obviously, that's a bit difficult to do these days. ;; I usually reserve food and drink until after I pass a milestone in inking/sketching to help motivate me to keep going for as much as I can before taking a break, and I need some kind of music or video playing in the background to keep myself from being absolutely bored out of my mind. My shading process, since it's in black and white, is very easy and i can finish it in one setting, easy, no matter what I'm working with. I also work digitally for my pages, of course, although I don't need more than my ipad and clip studio for it!

DaeofthePast

freshly fed cats

🌈ERROR404 🌈

They are BEASTS when hungry, the little bastards (love them)

I may only work in peace when they're post-food napping lmao

DaeofthePast

we only have one, but same

LadyLazuli (Phantomarine)

I work almost entirely in the corner of my IKEA couch at home I used to work at a proper desk with a Cintiq, but when I switched to Procreate on an iPad, I migrated to the couch and surrounded myself with a nest of clothes and blankets and books and... here I am, bein' cozy. With terrible posture But when I was between jobs last year, I did rent a little coworking space down the street so I could get out of my pajamas and go get comic stuff done there. It was a godsend. I like drawing at my favorite coffee shop every so often too, but I tend to hide my work while I draw, and there, everyone can look over my shoulder The coworking space had a tall artist desk that was rarely used, so I often grabbed that one. Not cheap, but to stave off cabin fever, heck yes, worth it.

🌈ERROR404 🌈

Ahhh I've been really thinking about getting a studio space one of these days I really shouldn't rn, with my finances as they are, but I could REALLY make use of one recently

LadyLazuli (Phantomarine)

I loved the space I used last year. They recently had to close for... current-event reasons... and are going to reopen with all sorts of plexiglass barriers between the desks I feel so bad for them. Good studio spaces are wonderful, I would support them again if I ever was out of a job!

🌈ERROR404 🌈

it's good they've found ways to make it safer, though!

carcarchu

My old workspace was in the basement of my home in canada and it was always perpetually freezing even in the summer and i was frequently visited by spiders so my current workspace is a huge improvement in that regard. I do miss my old ergonomic desk chair though. I'm definitely not the kind of person who can draw in bed or on the couch. I need to be in workmode and having a designated space just for that is necessary for me to get in the right headspace for that.

DaeofthePast

my workspace rn is just my desk with my laptop and my drawing tablet. my laptop is stacked on top of a pile of books so i can see the screen (otherwise my tablet blocks my line of sight). it's kinda simple

chalcara [Nyx+Nyssa]

Depends. I have a Cintiq Mobile Studio, so I can draw pretty much every where and sometimes in the oddest position, but most of the time I am on my desk with the cintiq hooked up to a second monitor so I don't have to look down so much.(edited)

Holmeaa - working on WAYFINDERS

For Wayfinders: Thumbnails are somewhere cozy and the only physical work. Me and Q sit and plan them out together. The rest of wayfinders are made on Photoshop, and flat colors in clip paint studio. In the world I would love a nice studio place in an office with others. During corentine I have been working from home, and I am not that good at it, being quite the extrovert. Before corentine I was in a artist residency where I worked on Wayfinders which had a workstation and all the programs we could need. It is so nice and me and Q are going to return there when it opens up again!

Miranda

I have an iPad so usually on the couch, cozied up with coffee and pillows and blankets. But sometimes at the table. But usually on the couch like the gremlin I am

FeatherNotes(Krispy)

I have a large drafting table, a mini drafting table, and a lapdesk in my papasan when we ink/draw! Toning and letters are all done on the desktop in its own space

Miranda

I need to get a good lap desk. But that sounds like a grand setup!

Eightfish (Puppeteer)

My first time hearing about a lapdesk

Omg I need one

FeatherNotes(Krispy)

They are the best things ever Mine has just the pencil holder !(some come with cup holders and its a waste of space imo)

Joichi [Hybrid Dolls]

Wow I like your setup of the drafting tables

FeatherNotes(Krispy)

I wanna show pics of them....if im allowed in this chat?

Joichi [Hybrid Dolls]

I hope so, I'm not sure which channel we can post studio photos at? I did see some did before?

FeatherNotes(Krispy)

Ill post in shop talk since creator babble gets archived

Tuyetnhi (Only In Your Dreams!)

my current space is uh.... a bit better than my last one. I used to work on an old writers desk for a decade and I did most of my comic work sitting there cramped up with my desktop taking most of the space. Now I have an L shaped desk where I have my desktop on the shorter end. The longer end it's my pen, pencils, and watercolor stuff. my display tablet occupy the space at times so switching from digital and traditional without worrying about setup hassle is a lot better than what I dealt with before lol.

I'm glad the days I had to curl up and draw with no privacy are long gone now

kayotics

I’ve got a little drafting table where I draw all my comic pages. I’m messy with my pens so they’re kind of strewn about until I start to lose them. Then I put them back. I’m not particularly neat. I spend most of the comic process off the computer, so most of my digital work is just on an iPad where I can sit anywhere. I try to keep good lighting around my drafting table and there’s always loose eraser shavings all over.

Natasha Berlin (Pot of Gold)

I got myself a lil corner desk by the dining table. Not as well-lit as I'd like, but it's decently ergonomic and I started putting posters on my wall Plus I can leave work mindset easily by turning off my computer and forgetting about the dark corner in the dining room XD(edited)

sssfrs (JOE IS DEAD)

My desk is really sloppy and covered in all kinds of junk. I have a harmonica, a ball of yarn, a bunch of ink bottles, etc on my desk. I have my sketchbook under my tablet and usually a notebook somewhere for writing. My tablet sits to the right of my laptop (on top of sketchbook) while I'm not using it and when I'm using it it goes over my computer keyboard. I sometimes have a glass of water or some food sitting to the lefthand side

Eightfish (Puppeteer)

The only thing I wanna share about my workspace is this

once i spent over three hours looking for that damned pen

never again

🌈ERROR404 🌈

Ajkdhfkjs the models for hte magazine im crying

Cronaj (Whispers of the Past)

Oh my God

shadowhood (SunnyxRain)

mad giggling

Deo101 [Millennium]

youre gonna manage to lose the string

Tuyetnhi (Only In Your Dreams!)

omg

Eightfish (Puppeteer)

i know in my heart deo is right but still i hope

Cronaj (Whispers of the Past)

You should weld a metal chain to it

Eightfish (Puppeteer)

Watch me lose the whole tablet

Cronaj (Whispers of the Past)

Oh nooo

I believe in you!

TaliePlume

My workspace is a black table with a white, yellow, blue and green tablecloth with 3 black chairs. It's next to the kitchen. On it, is my laptop and the left side is my clipboard, 3 blue folders full of writing. Then above it, is 3 sketchbooks and another blue folder from a class that I took in community college.

June 16, 2020

sagaholmgaard

I have one long desk at almost three meters. On the left side is all my coffee and tea supplies, in the middle is my work space and on the right is my dining table xD I get everything done from there, despite having a mobilestudio so I COULD sit anywhere and work, lol. It's a blessing during holiday seasons to be able to bring it everywhere, but at some I like my designated working space. Although I am moving in a few weeks, so who knows what my new workspace will be

Moral_Gutpunch

My workspace is anywhere I can draw or write. It's more of a "Will I be interrupted over something petty or stupid" issue than space. Not that I don't want more space.

Mitzi (Trophallaxis)

My workspace is a big, broken corner desk I managed to lug out of an old apartment when it was gonna be trashed. Before then, I'd just draw in bed. I don't remember, but I'm pretty sure the folding chair I sit at is a similar affair. It's got a Dollar General throw pillow on it so I can at least say I'm trying to save my back. The top of the desk is a mess of mostly old bottles and cans, pencils, incense ash, and my old tarot deck. I love this setup dearly. This is the first time I've ever had my own desk space, much less a space I can decorate or leave as messy as I want. Got my own art up on the walls with sticky tack and all! Also the cat's scratching post is directly behind me, because we've learned the cat won't use it unless it's as in the way as possible. What can ya do, lol.

Cronaj (Whispers of the Past)

Oh cats...

Desnik

I got spoiled with an adjustable desk. It is six feet long, and has a whiteboard top for noodling with dry erase markers

my main computer is set up on an adjustable stand so it floats over the desk, and then I have my cintiq, which we tried to mount on a similar stand but then it was just too heavy

I keep my dice collection nearby because fidgeting helps think things through sometimes

and rolling to make odd decisions never hurts

lately during the quarantine I've been sharing the office with my spouse so we've had to establish rules over when it's okay to bug each other(edited)

oh yeah and we also have a whiteboard installed in the office, and it rules!(edited)

Shizamura 🌟 O Sarilho

Mine is pretty simple: I have a laptop that's long stopped being portable and is now mostly just sitting at my desk at all times and a 19 inch Ugee as my display. I usually keep a lot of stuff on top of my desk, but it's mostly just a mess because I have been using it for work too for a while now

Cronaj (Whispers of the Past)

I suppose I'll talk about my setup too :) My main setup is where I do digital art. I share an office with my SO, so we both have workspaces on opposite walls from each other. I work on a corner desk that holds my beefy computer, two monitors, and a Huion Kamvas GT-191. That's where I draw my comic and pretty much everything else done digitally. Ngl, it's a mess right now. I have comic notes and location floor plans in sketchbooks and DnD character sheets spread out all over the surface, and random pens and sticky notes. In the corner of the room, we have a nice large-format printer where I produce prints for conventions. I actually sketch my pages on an iPad pro in Procreate, so during the sketch phase, sometimes I'll just bundle up on my couch and do it, or before quarantine, sometimes I'd sketch on the go. My other workspace (which hasn't gotten much love as of late tbh) is a drafting table in the corner of our living room. I keep a tabletop easel on it and my Copic markers, as well as whatever I'm working on at the moment. (RN it's some ink washes.) The drawers hold all my ink, pencils, erasers, etc. Next to the drafting table is where I keep all my large charcoal, graphite, and oil pastel drawings (mostly school projects), and my large paintings. Other than that, I have a nifty little cart where I keep painting supplies :) I will say, this setup is by far an enormous improvement from my previous setups.

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st0p-thls-train · 4 years

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Goodbye Philadelphia, Goodbye Moon

June 13th, 2020

Today I moved out of Philly. On one hand, I’m sad to leave my old life behind. On the other, I’m relieved to finally let it all go. And most importantly, I’m excited as hell to start my next chapter.

Moon, I still love you more than any words or actions can express. I still dream of our paths crossing again. I still want you. But life is pulling me in another direction. I have to move away. I’m ready to follow my passion, but it is bitter sweet. Because I will always choose love over career... if ever given the choice. But since there is no choice in this case, I know this next step is the right one.

I have one last post for you. I wrote it almost 2 years ago and it’s been sitting in my drafts ever since. It was a month or two before we ran into each other at the pier and reconnected. While there are some sentences I would probably edit now, I decided to leave everything original. I considered just deleting it, but for some reason, letting the words go is so much easier when I share them with the world. I hope you do not mind.

I love you. I wish you nothing but the best - nothing but happiness, security, and growth with whomever you choose to spend your life with. Because I have never felt more happy than when I was with you. The truth is, we love differently. My heart chose yours, and your heart... well your heart chose mine, and a couple other hearts along the way too. Neither way is objectively better, but realizing this difference has made it possible for me to come to terms with our incompatibility. So now - I love you without expectation and continue to search for the person meant for me. Whether you feel the same or not, you are part of my soul. Thank you for teaching me unconditional love. It’s all yours, now and forever.

Alex

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September 2018

hi, so i just have one last question that’s been bothering me for about a year and a half now…

do you remember that one night fourth quarter of your first year when we ran into each other at that La Casa party? I don’t remember exactly when it was…. we hadn’t really been speaking much ever since you had chosen to stay with Him so I assume it was only shortly after Spring Break.

we ran into each other at La Casa and started speaking about everything going on between Zoe and Karina. and one way or another, we ended up going upstairs to the bathroom. and then… i just remember you sitting on the floor against the bathroom door and you started to cry. you said “when I’m with you it feels so different from when i’m with him.” you told me that you felt like I understood you, and while you tried to make him understand, he didn’t. You were sad because no matter how much you pushed us away or thought that you didn’t deserve us, both of us kept coming back to you. And all I could think to say in response was that we were just “friends with feelings.” That it was okay to be friends with feelings. I know because I wrote it all down in my journal (I would come to find out later that you guys had been on a break for that week).

I remember wanting to just scoop you up into my arms. I wanted to hug all of your sadness away. (but I also remember it being a bit awkward because I was wearing a blazer which isn’t the most comfortable thing to move in. and I couldn’t take it off because for some reason, I was only wearing a bra underneath - and i was afraid you’d think i was trying to get at something if I hugged you with just a bra on) so I did the best I could but you were still so sad.

Then when we came out of the bathroom, we realized that the whole party was gone (we found out later that the cops had come and cleared everyone out). We went upstairs to the third floor - i don’t remember why - but we stopped at the top of the staircase and I sat up on the banister. And then you came over and hugged me. you hugged me in such a way that made my whole body ache for you.

In time, we went back downstairs, but instead of leaving, we went to the balcony above the great room and i remember pushing you up against one of the walls. It wasn’t forceful - it was just a nudge to hug you closer and I remember just holding you there. We were talking about predictions and your funny sense of … sensing things. and then someone came into the great room looking for something and found us. i don’t remember if we had claimed we were looking for a room key we’d lost up there or if she had asked us if we could look for a room key for her but i do remember feeling like we had almost just “gotten caught” - whatever that means.

We left and walked back toward campus. But on the way we noticed the lights in the DC were on. And you being you, you wanted to turn them off. I found the switch in the utility closet of the DC lobby and called you over. I don’t remember who shut the door but I would guess it was me. And we spent probably another hour in there - just talking. Again, I pressed you up against the wall and held my mouth just centimeters from your neck as we spoke. And every minute or so, i would switch and move my head to the other side of yours.

Just as we were about to leave, we heard a noise from outside - it was definitely the janitor but we were scared shitless to leave and “get caught” (not that they would have done anything really) - and we also thought it might have been a burglar which seems a bit questionable thinking back on it now. But that prompted us to stay another half hour locked in the closet (the irony of this statement is KILLING ME) because I thought it was a sign that we were meant to tell each other the moments we had been most scared in our lives. I remember you telling me about the house you once lived in in Reynosa and that one bus ride in Texas. And I remember telling you about the time I thought I was going to be kidnapped in India.

Thinking back on it, I would have been more accurate to say that the most scared I had ever been was when I thought I was losing you (you know, when the Gods sent me that rotting pumpkin lol) - but I hadn’t yet realized then how possible it actually was.

And then, around 4 AM, we worked up the courage to run out and go home. I went back to leeds and you went back to gum. and I remember texting you the next morning to say that I thought the whole thing was magical.

But to get to my question - you kept saying something that night that I have never been able to figure out. You kept saying that I had kept “reading your mind” - that I would just do what you wanted me to do without you saying anything. You must have repeated it at least five times that night. And I took this to mean that you liked being pushed up against walls lol.

But you also said something else - at the very end of the night, you said that I had done everything but one thing. I had read your mind and done everything you were thinking except for one thing.

And I just have to ask -

did you want me to kiss you? were you waiting for me to kiss you?

I ask only because it took everything I had not to. I didn’t want to make the same mistake I had made during spring break by kissing you when you were already taken. Because I saw how much my inability to control myself destroyed you. So i didn’t. I didn’t kiss you.

To be honest, I immediately regretted it when I found out that you guys had been on a break but it was already too late by then. you had gone back to Him.

So there it is.

I guess i’m not really expecting an answer - i just wanted you to know that I still think about that night every now and then. That I still consider it one of the most magical nights of my life - a close second to our night in NYC.

And I guess what I am trying to say is that I have never been good at sensing what other people want. I don’t get many “hints” unless people straight up tell me.

I would have kissed you if you would have made it clear that you wanted to be kissed. or hell - if you had kissed me first.

And now, seven months after we broke, all I want to do is run to you and hug you. I still want to just scoop you up into my arms - to hug all of your sadness away.

But I don’t. I don’t run back out of the fear for the cold truth that I was the cause of your sadness - and really, never the solution.

I don’t run to you - I don’t reach out more than I already have. But I want you to know that every time I don’t, I almost do.

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atpeacewithme-blog1 · 7 years

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*November 28th, 2016

Hey. It’s been a while. Give me a minute to catch up and read what I told you last. Okay wow. Well where to start. lets see…… Well Beauty and the Beast went… well. it was odd. Two nights before opening night a mom/co-director yelled at the director in from of the whole cast and took her children out of the show. one of them was a lead role. we has to switch around role but we made it work. opening night was great but then Frank (The Beast) got horribly sick and couldn’t come in for the next show so our Gaston (Justin) stepped in as Beast, our feather duster (Pearl) stepped in as Gaston, and a tech girl stepped in as feather duster. It was rough but we made it work, that was closing night. I was in a small ensamble concert with a couple friends June 9th 2016. We sang a choral piece we did last year called can’t think of a fake song name so I am putting nothing lol. It is such a beautiful piece. I went to a shrink for the first time and got medication for my Bipolar Depression. I joined band CLASS for senior year playing Mellophone and that is exciting. I started practicing in May during my lunch and then went to all the summer lessons even though I didn’t really need to because they were doing music I wouldn’t have to do but I eventually to tested on that so I am glad I went to those. I got my senior pictures taken July 11th 2016 and most of them turned out horrible but I really wish we can still order them because come on they are my senior pictures. John took me to a fair July 13th for my birthday and I did some stuff for the first time. JULY 15TH 2016!!!! I took my drivers test and passed, went home to make sure we had everything for the dmv, went to the dmv, didn’t have everything we needed, went home to get my social #, went to dmv, went home because we didn’t have the little blue card, went to dmv, FINALLY got my license. I wore a really cute outfit that day with a cute skirt. a guy commented on my skirt as i was coming out of my car going to the fun group I am in bus for a weekend thing. It was fun, scary because one of the 2 girls (Cerena/Kirsten) were there, but fun. GOT MY CAR JULY 21ST 2016!!!! Here I said what kind of car I have. HER NAME IS GEM!!!I went to a week long trip with that same group and that was also VERY scary because both of those girls were there. some stuff did happen towards the end with them but it didn’t really matter because I did have a fun time. Sport I am in camp was too hot. we had people passing out left and right. the last day we had to take our water breaks inside because it was so bad. I could really feel a difference in myself because of the medicine that I was taking for my depression and that is great. I got out of bed more and hung out with friends and my boyfriend!!! the rest of the summer was pretty fun :) *Rrrrrriiiiiinnnngggg* now time to talk about the beginning of SENIOR YEAR. pf course my schedule was messed up it always is so lets forget about the first few days. I started off perfectly. doing ALL of my work and having an A+ in every class. on September 10th my school had there first football game and my dad let me go out with John afterwards. we parked across from the new pier in my town because the water was nice and I didn’t get home until sometime after 12 because…..well…. lets just say I did something else I never did before. ooh Marie invited me over for Rosh Hashanah and I felt so honored haha. I tell Marie every single little detail that goes on between me and John and she did the same thing to me about her and her boyfriend.Sep. 24th the sport I am in went to their first competition of the season and we won 1st place :) Since I am captain I accept the award with the “co- captains” (they are not really co-captains but idk what else to call them without giving it away. oh well.) and do the salute with them and that was so cool and fun. here lets see if I can write the salute down, this will be difficult. (1-2-3-4-1-2-step-forward-fist and arm point to sky- fist and arm point forward- armdown-look up-arm up and point like pointing to stars and drop it to the right for 5-6-7- look straight ahead- arms sharp low V- right hand salute left hand on hip, 1-2-3-4-right hand fist- arms in fists by my sides) Oct. 8th was our second competition and we got second BUT we went up 4 points, which is a huge jump!! Oct. 14th was Senior night and I felt beautiful out on that field, and yes I did ALMOST cry. Homecoming was nice, I went with Marie’s little brother and I felt beautiful again. The sport rally thing was soo much fun!!!! Oct. 23 was our next compitition because the one on the 22nd got rained out and we got i think it was 5th. we went up maybe half a point. Oct. 29th was John’s 20th birthday. I got him a picture frame with a collage of 3 photos of us. when he opened it he hid behind my shoulder and started to cry. I didn’t know what to do. I asked if he liked it and he said yes thank you so much I love it. I thought that he couldn’t be crying just because of my gift what was going on and all he said was “sorry, it;s just, my birthday is always very stressful.” I still don’t know what happened that day. but I had a great time with him and I hope he also had a great birthday. Oct. 30th was trick or treat and this was the first year i WASNT going door to door. instead I was at my friend Hunter’s house doing his haunted trail. I was the first person the the people walking through would see, I was in the asylum. sadly an hour in it started to thunderstorm. my friends were next in line to walkthrough.I was so upset because I was having an awesome time. Oct. 31st I dressed up as a Disney villain for school and that night was the halloween Parade and since I am the only sport captain I get to walk in the front all by myself!!!. I messed up a couple of times but that is because I was so nervous that I would mess up and the girls behind me would make fun of me.. which I think they did. anyway that night was still fun. My school’s first time going to a big sport’s competition was Nov. 5th and it was a long bus ride and we had to be there at like 4am. sadly we took 6th out of 8th but we moved up a little more than a point which is the good thing. I was behind on a lot of history work because everytime I had a college visit or a guidance appointment it was during third period. luckily I have a teacher who is still letting me make up all the work im missing. Nov 5-13th we had off for a teachers convention (this is including the weekends btw) and this whole week we were in PA and I looked and my 2 top colleges Seton Hill <3 and West Chester. they were both so beautiful. both so very different. but both so beautiful. Seton Hill is still my top school. Nothing else really has happened since then. I finished my first draft of my college essay today, yesterday I applied for the community college near me, and started on the applications to the other schools I want to apply to. hopefully Ill apply soon. Tomorrow (later today(it is 3am)) starts a few new clubs I joined so I am excited for that, and I believe this year’s musical’s info is coming out either tomorrow (later today) or tuesday (tomrrow). being sport captain is so so so so much fun but very stressful because I know the 4 years do not like having a 3 year tell them what to do. I hear the whispers I am not dumb. but i am putting on my brave face and ignoring it because that is what I have to do. oh and one last thing. Justin is like in love with me and keeps flirting with me. I told him to stop many times and then he does, but then starts up again, the last time he did it was very recent and John said he is getting real tired of it so I hope Justin really does stop this time because I want to be FRIENDS with him because he is a nice kid, but that is all i can and WANT to be, friends. okay now I think you are all caught up. Till next time. Peace.

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tinksandtanks · 6 years

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Sunday Currently // 3

Whew, I don’t want to explain no more why I wasn’t able to write Sunday Currently entries for the past weeks. It’s just that I want writing to be an effortless endeavor and not feel like a chore. Ooh, that’s one valid excuse right there. Hahaha!

By the way, I just want to share this quote/photo from Unsplash. I’ve found it really fitting for what I watched last night. It’s To The Bone, a movie on Netflix that deals about people with eating disorders. The main character, Ellen or Eli, suffers from anorexia for years.

The characters serve as Eli’s heroes in the story. First is Susan, her stepmom, who cares about her so much. She may sometimes be so chatty but you can feel her dedication to improve Eli’s situation. Second is Dr. Beckham, a specialist, who helps battlers by requiring them to be in-house patients so he can monitor their progress while they deal with their disorder. Third is Kelly, her half-sister, who tries to understand her situation and never leaves her side. Then there’s Luke, an anorexic patient himself, who becomes her friend in the program. Finally, the greatest hero in the film is Eli herself as she’s the one who has the capability to really save herself from it all.

It’s written and directed by Marti Noxon, and stars Lily Collins as Eli, who both admitted that they had suffered from eating disorders in the past.

So, back to this entry…

CURRENTLY

READING local news articles. Oh, god, what’s happening to this country?! Hmmm. There’s this quote by Thomas Jefferson that goes, “The government you elect is the government you deserve.” But do we really deserve this?

WRITING this entry and drafting my post for my movie challenge. I’m on the 13th movie now and I’m so sad that a part of the post is deleted.

LISTENING to Blackpink’s mini-album on Spotify! My girls have been on a roll since they’ve made their comeback last June 15. Their hardwork has paid off as they garner millions of views every day for their newest MV. They’ve also broken records and achieved a PAK, which basically means that they hit no. 1 on different charts.

THINKING about the meaning of my dream the other day. So, I was roaming around inside this building asking people where the main door was. Someone pointed me the way… But then I saw these stairs leading to the basement or underground whatsoever. I was maybe three steps unto it but I could already see that it was very dark in there. I felt like if I take another step further, I’d actually die in real life. IDK. It’s so weird!

SMELLING my morning coffee!

WISHING for a miracle to happen.

HOPING that I can write as many short stories that I can.

WEARING a black sando and blue striped shorts. Again, the usual lazy pambahay getup.

LOVING this youtube channel cos I get to learn a lot of things about books and writing. Ariel’s passion for knowledge is very contagious!

WANTING to go on a road trip but I don’t have a personal driver with me… LOL!

NEEDING inspiration for my short stories.

FEELING so sticky-icky. Why do we have to experience extreme weather conditions?! Haven’t we suffered enough?!

Credits to Siddathornton.

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sandinz · 7 years

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It won’t come as too much of a surprise to hear that blogging has taken a backwards step in our busy lives for the time being. We’re not boating until early April – instead we’re enjoying three months off, relishing the space-between-‘work’ to travel, and be with family and friends in the northern and southern hemispheres. I guess it’s a kind of self-imposed annualised hours contract!

A Nigerian adventure – and a surreal stool story

I had a fascinating and fun trip to Nigeria for ten days in January (read all about it here), to stay with my youngest daughter who is teaching there at an International School. Unfortunately this culminated with me being hospitalised, and isolated, five days after returning to UK with a possible ‘infectious disease’. Thankfully all the test results came back negative; whatever had hitched a ride in my gut worked its way out successfully (though revoltingly and painfully …). Having been a midwife for the last 25 years of my career, the ‘stool chart’ I was presented with to fill in for every toilet visit was quite an education (apologies for those of a weak constitution!).

Type 6 and 7 are in the shaded area on the chart, which is where my ticks were consistently placed.

Until Wednesday.

That morning the hospital chaplain popped his head round the door (best not to come in as you had to gown and glove up!) just to say a cheery ‘Hi‘, shortly followed by a text from the adorable Helen from Wild Side, reminding me she was praying for my health. Next minute the Gideon contact came to see if I had one of their bibles in my locker. I didn’t, so he replaced it. I thought I may take a sneaky peak as I’ve not read one for decades – but it came sealed which I thought odd. Till Helen’s detective brain suggested it’s because of the potential infection! So I opened it, and randomly picked a page – it was the story of Jesus healing the sick. That afternoon all my results came back negative, which was a shock for everyone, and from that moment on I started rising up the toll chart each day, without any medication, until by Friday all was ‘normal’ once again.

I’m not and never will be a ‘believer’, it’s just too far fetched and illogical to me. However I was impressed at the turn of events and extremely grateful to whatever force or sureal coincidences may have been on my side. I don’t do ‘ill’, and we’d got places to go and people to see …

Blacking Areandare

Barry meanwhile had remained in Birmingham while I was abroad, getting the boat ready for its BSC, aka ‘Boat Safety Certificate’ (a requirement every four years), which it passed smoothly hurrah! Once I returned we moved to Hawne Basin on 9th February, to begin the process of blacking Areandare’s hull – for the first time in three years.

It was a much-needed job. Barry had joked for a while that I’d find an excuse not to help him, and I’d insisted I would be there. I hadn’t anticipated being incapacitated and totally unable to do more than a bit of scraping on the first day! Maybe there’s some truth in the saying that “… you get what you wish for” husband lol?!

Bless him, he ended up doing it all alone – and a fantastic job he did. He totally deserves a break for six weeks.

Water blasted and ready to scrape!

Brand new anode looking smart

The new blacked bottom

Back into the water

Family times north and south

Last week we enjoyed time with our UK family at Northmoor House. As a family, we’ve gathered here many times since 1995, consequently it’s holds an abundance of happy memories and tales of times gone by. My younger sister had brought a video of two visits in 2000 and 2001, when dad was alive and energetic, which were heartwarming to watch and listen him chatting and laughing. This year there were 11 young children running around the enormous building, getting into all sorts of mischief, and loving every minute of it! I overheard my eldest grandson saying to his younger brother on their last afternoon, “I’m really gonna miss this place. Are you?” And he replied “Yes. I am.” Then they hugged each other tightly. Bless them.

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Tomorrow we’re flying to New Zealand, to see Barry’s family and friends – and won’t return to UK until 1st April. It’ll be the first time Barry has seen his daughter and son for three and a half years. His sister and brother who live in Australia are also coming for our last week there, I’ve lost track of when he last saw them (his other brother lives in Gisborne, where we’ll be spending most of our time).

The 2017 trading season

Our trading season commences mid-April, when I’ll be facepainting at Hadley Bowling Green Inn, then St Richard’s Festival Droitwich where we’ll both be trading for the fourth year running.

Our itinerary currently looks like this:

16th April – Facepainting at Hadley Bowling Green Inn

29th April to 1st May – St Richard’s Festival, Droitwich (Home Brew Boat and Funtastic Facepainting)

13th to 14th May – Burton-on-Trent RCTA Floating Market (Home Brew Boat and Funtastic Facepainting)

20th to 21st May – Mercia Marina Floating Market (Home Brew Boat and Funtastic Facepainting)

27th to 29th May – Fazeley RCTA Floating Market (Home Brew Boat only)

15th to 16th June – FAB Middlewich (Home Brew Boat and Funtastic Facepainting)

24th to 25th June – Chester RCTA Floating Market (Home Brew Boat only)

A bit of a break here in July, as we have some friends coming to stay from NZ, and we’re away for a week on a Scottish narrow boating holiday with a fellow trader (The Doggie Boat) and another 17 people! We’ll be doing The Falkirk Wheel twice – one of Barry’s dreams coming true).

29th July – Linslade Canal Festival (Home Brew Boat only)

12th to 13th August – Blisworth Canal Festival (Home Brew Boat and Funtastic Facepainting)

8th to 9th September – Black Country Boating Festival (Home Brew Boat and Funtastic Facepainting)

15th to 16th September – Tipton Canal Festival (Home Brew Boat and Funtastic Facepainting)

22nd to 23rd September – Huddlesford Heritage Gathering – (Home Brew Boat and Funtastic Facepainting)

Pay back time in the winter

We’ve applied to have our own ‘Calendar Club‘ store this year, which is likely to commence around the end of September/early October and will entail one or both of us being in the shop or Mall Unit seven days a week until early January. We won;t know until closer to the time where this will be, but it’s likely to be somewhere in the midlands.

While I’m away in New Zealand, I’ll do my best at some stage to continue drafting a post about our Calendar Club experiences and publish it – they’re looking for more store operators and the timings of this could suit many narrowboaters, especially traders.

Haere Ra UK – farewell for now, we’re flying south to the sun! So looking forward to being back in Aotearoa and catching up with so many beautiful people there.

Having a blogging break … It won't come as too much of a surprise to hear that blogging has taken a backwards step in our busy lives for the time being.

#Boat Blacking #Boating festivals #Calendar Club #Northmoor House #RCTA Floating Markets #The Bible #Wild Side

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