Inkstitchling

[SIZE="1"][COLOR="DarkOrchid"]Out of sheer curiousity, why do you want to know all about our worst days? Perhaps to cheer yourself after yours? Just wondering... I've had a lot of "worst" days in my life, but the first thing that came to mind was this: Two winter vacations ago, my father had been fighting with my sister & I all day, until it got rougher than usual, and my sister decided to run to the owner's house (we lived in a very small trailer park then). I, of course, being rather unwilling to stay by myself, decided to follow. The park's owner's wife very readily helped us escape to another city about thirty miles away, where we ended up staying the night at a friend's. That same night, shortly after arriving at the friend's home, my sister called our godparents & found out that our godmother had died, & our godfather had been trying to contact us for some time. And of course we were very worried our father would call the police and tell them we were runaways. It was a very stressful day. I've had worse though, & I've learned they don't stay so terrible. Something always occurs to brighten things up. [/COLOR][/SIZE]

[SIZE="1"][COLOR="DarkOrchid"]I wasn't certain of what kind of font you were looking for, but I used two from my computer that felt like they fit the image. The fonts are Desdemona and Bleeding Cowboys.[/COLOR][/SIZE]

[SIZE="1"][COLOR="DarkOrchid"]Unlike most of my peers, I did not start with Sailor Moon. Nor have I ever seen Sailor Moon. I believe my very first anime was [B]Speed Racer[/B], though I remember nothing more of it than that. I did watch a small amount of [B]Pokemon[/B] in the third or fourth grade. It wasn't until the second half of my eigth grade year that I was formally introduced to anime and manga. My first anime as an "anime fan" was the series [B]Happy Lesson[/B], borrowed from a friend. I fell in love. My first manga was either [B]Kodocha: Sana's Stage[/B] or[B] Love Hina[/B]. I think it was Love Hina. For a first manga, that series is baptism-by-fire. I never read past the sixth volume though; my sister stopped buying them, and I could see where the plot was going too easily, even if I did love the characters. The first series [I]I[/I] bought was [B]Demon Diary[/B]. I've lost count of all the manga/manwha and anime I've read or watched since. My favorite manga artists are[B] CLAMP[/B], [B]Ai Yazawa[/B], & [B]So-Young Lee[/B] (manwha). I'm partly grateful I spent many years without cable or even a tv connection at home and therefore discovered the world of anime outside of Cartoon Network. I can't stand english dubbings.[/COLOR][/SIZE]

[SIZE="1"][COLOR="DarkOrchid"]My friend and I love 12 Girls Band. They recently performed for the Live Earth concert, in China, and I was disappointed I could not watch it live on television. [/COLOR][/SIZE]

[COLOR="DarkOrchid"][SIZE="1"]I have genres I generally avoid (country, r&b, rap, contemporary jazz), but I tend not to favor just one genre. My music collection includes mostly rock-ish groups in the US, and various artists from other countries. I keep finding music artists I love from the UK and Japan. What I really love are the groups that mix several genres into their music, until no one knows what to classify them as. If I absolutely had to pick a favorite genre, it'd be a tie between alternative & techno/electronic music. My father pretends to like my music, but only because he assumes I'll turn it off. When I play my Japanese songs, he gets angry.[/SIZE][/COLOR]

[quote name='Copycatalyst'] We love the orbit Of the human spin The constellations Of our human sins Though the Earth Is still what it is[/QUOTE] [COLOR="DarkOrchid"][SIZE="1"]Hello all, I've reappeared. And it seems in my absence my favorite poet here was banned. Mega-unjoy ^10. [B]Times Remembered [/B] (Yet another old poem because the muses have not favored my writing as of recent times) Memories . . . (am I sinking; have I drifted so far below the surface?...) Sunlight & warmth & laughter cool shadow & wind ruffled sourgrass black ant lines in the drive potted ferns & friendly cacti across the steps terracotta tiles & a worn piano a dilapidated chicken pen camouflaged against the time darkened wood fence... A silent film She does not want to lose to the years [/SIZE][/COLOR]

[COLOR="DarkOrchid"][SIZE="1"]This entire thread is making my mouth water... I love fruit. As for specific preferences, I like green grapes over red, possibly because green is my favorite color. Bananas are best when they're on peanut butter toast. My favorite kind of apples are Golden Delicious. I've been in love with them since my first grade teacher gave each of us a slice after showing us the "star" in the center when you cut one in half. Peaches are good in any form - I just had one sliced up in my cereal. I also love honeydew, cantaloupe, pomegranate, and mango. Kiwis are good occasionally, and persimmons are nice when fried. Dried fruit [I]is[/I] Love. Fruit flavored candy is horrible, unless I've got a massive sweet tooth. But then I usually go for chocolate.[/SIZE][/COLOR]

[quote name='Copycatalyst']Women are confusing because half the time they're neurotic erotic little barbie dolls of plasticine. Men are confusing because half the time they're robotic erotic little blow-up dolls of polyethylene. A woman was made, naturalistically, to confuse you, and you were built naturalistically to be the confuser of her. Most men and women let their genes and their natural instincts completely control their relationship. It's never anything more than just what it was for a man going out to hunt for the woman and the woman staying with the baby. Except now sometimes the man is staying with the baby. Or the baby is in a day care and the mom and dad are both out hunting for paper confetti slips. Women are confusing because they appeal to a lack of reason and rationality in most of their decisions; and merely rely on the guilesomeness of the physical bounties they've been given in order to seduce. It's really just an egocentric fashioning of their own inability to go beyond emotion and beyond being a little doll to provoke the statuemen. Homosexuals are hated in our society because they're outside the gender stereotyping and the various socio-naturalistic instincts that come into play when a man and a woman fall in love. It reminds me of Neo, always, and how he chose the door to go to trinity rather than right to the source. That's it right there. The type of love we have is only "homonuclear diatomic," which means it's only usually between two people--we reserve all our love for only one person then say we're good this and that when love is really universal and someone like me gives it to every single person he walks by, usually never to receive it on the other hand because people are schismatic fools. The type of love we still have, that of a man between a woman, or of one person to another, is only separating us even more. The fact that we say we are families and they're all different and not of the human family, again, is only separating us more. This is what Jesus was talking of, and what any knowing person has been talking of. It's what Lennon meant in his "Imagine" song--for the world to let go of its illusions and truly become in harmony. We let ourselves have faction-fraction harmony which endlessly separates us. I wonder when we'll finally quit being fools? Probably when the last man on Earth fades away in a wash of blood and has the thought, as his mind is rushing, and the realization--that we are all human beings and we should all love the same amounts, not in reserve to a few for the sake of most not getting that all of our love.[/quote] [COLOR=DarkOrchid] [SIZE=1]I completely agree. People specify & define too much; they don't bother to even try looking at the Big Picture. They're too busy squabbling about the little things that really only ever hurt. It's a maddening world. As for the poster of this thread, the only advice I will give is this: You'll never know until you try.[/SIZE][/COLOR]

[COLOR=DarkOrchid][SIZE=1]Boo likes platypus & scaring people? And um, silly things. Yeah, I'm not so great at deduction. But I get an A for effort, right? [/SIZE][/COLOR]

[COLOR=DarkOrchid][SIZE=1]I'm hoping to go see it this next weekend with a few friends. We all loved Tokyo Godfathers & Millenium Actress, so I was wondering how Paprika compares to Satoshi Kon's other work. [QUOTE]It's far from Satoshi Kon's best work, but still worth seeing just for its sly humor and freewheeling visuals.[/QUOTE] What do you think [I]is[/I] his best work? [QUOTE]I have the feeling that it would've benefited from extensive cultural notes[/QUOTE]Even for the Japanese culture obsessed? [/SIZE][/COLOR]

[SIZE=1][COLOR=DarkOrchid]My filesize was too large D: So here's a link instead. [/COLOR] [url=http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v348/SpiritBreeze/Soubi_desktop.jpg][COLOR=MediumTurquoise]Artists

[size=1][color=darkorchid]The more I read [b]Copycatalyst's [/b]poetry, the more it pulls me in. Long poems generally make my eyes queasy, but lines here & there keep snagging my gaze. So then, of course, I have to stop and read the poem. And read it again. And again... each time picking up something new, something different. It's fun to read. [/color][/size] [size=1][color=darkorchid][/color][/size] [size=1][color=darkorchid]And the mortality poem [i]really [/i]jumped out at me. The organization of it, the word choice, the subject & metaphor. I think it's wonderful. [/color][/size] [size=1][color=darkorchid][/color][/size] [size=1][color=darkorchid]Just to clarify, [QUOTE]To violent, itching, maddening thanatos[/QUOTE]what definition of [i]thanatos[/i] are you using in this line? Because I realized that my vocabulary tends to be severly limited at times, & thus hinders my comprehension processes. D:[/color][/size]

[size=1][color=darkorchid]Here are a few older pieces, for comparison I suppose.[/color] [/size] [b][size=1]Heart Pool [E][/size][/b] [size=1][color=darkorchid]A quiet poll[/color][/size] [size=1][color=darkorchid]lined with stones[/color][/size] [size=1][color=darkorchid]A reflection of clouds[/color][/size] [size=1][color=darkorchid]Something stirs within[/color][/size] [size=1][color=darkorchid]rises to the surface[/color][/size] [size=1][color=darkorchid]and disappears in a flash[/color][/size] [size=1][color=darkorchid]of orange & white & gold scales[/color][/size] [size=1][color=darkorchid]banished back to the dark depths[/color][/size] [size=1][color=darkorchid]leaving only ripples[/color][/size] [size=1][color=darkorchid]Then the water is still again[/color][/size] [size=1][color=darkorchid]This is my heart.[/color][/size] [b][size=1]Untitled [E][/size][/b] [size=1][color=darkorchid]Solitary confinement[/color][/size] [size=1][color=darkorchid]kept within the parameters of[/color][/size] [size=1][color=darkorchid]crystallized sugar delusions[/color][/size] [size=1][color=darkorchid]scented jasmine and tinted emerald[/color][/size] [size=1][color=darkorchid]delicately balanced en pointe[/color][/size] [size=1][color=darkorchid]amidst honey flavored illusions[/color][/size] [size=1][color=darkorchid]that deliquesce into amber mists[/color][/size] [size=1][color=darkorchid]and at the slightest breath of reality[/color][/size] [size=1][color=darkorchid]'tis all gone in a gasp and shiver[/color][/size] [size=1][color=darkorchid]"Untitled" is pure fluff poetry. I wrote this because I had the words [i]solitary confinement[/i] and [i]deliquesce[/i] stuck in my head, and wanted to put them to good use.[/color] [/size]

[quote name='2007DigitalBoy][color=darkorange']For future reference, you dont have to use the color and size markers on every paragraph. It makes you impossible to quote >_< Anywho, how on earth does the act of drowning come across as cute to you?!?! You did know that said 'gee' and not 'glee' right? 'gee' is a force of gravity...[/color][/quote] [size=1][color=darkorchid]I didn't realized I was using them for every paragraph x.x Sorry! And yes, I knew what you meant by "gee". It's just the lines are so short & simple & they rhyme. And for some reason the sounds the poem made in my head made me giggle. I have an unusual sense of humor- I find trivial things amusing. Seems like everytime we'd watch a film in class at school, I'd constantly find myself the Only One laughing & snickering at something...[/color][/size]

[QUOTE=2007DigitalBoy][color=darkorange]Feeling inspired by the beautiful works of his otaku companions, the digital boy was elated to compose a work of his very own right on the spot. Opening a rhyme website and a thesaurus as well as his imagination, he created this culmination of thought. [center][b]Heavier[/b] Amonst the hues; The blues of the sea; Feeling the weight, My fate, taking me Below the world I'm twirled; I flee Toward divorce With force of gee [/center] [/color][/QUOTE][font=Book Antiqua][size=1][color=darkorchid]Fluff! Or is it? It's so short and... and cute! It made me giggly. There are [i]rhyme[/i] websites? Fun stuff.[/color][/size][/font] [font=Book Antiqua][size=1][color=darkorchid][/color][/size][/font] [font=Book Antiqua][size=1][color=darkorchid]I haven't written anything new in about a month...? I attended a nearby poetry festival & it sort of had the opposite effect I expected - it uninspired me. But at last! After reading a few of the entries here, I became a poet once again! (Which is to say, I too found myself inspired) Not that I believe anyone who is once a poet ever stops being one...[/color][/size][/font] [font=Book Antiqua][size=1][color=darkorchid][/color][/size][/font] [b][font=Book Antiqua][size=1][color=darkorchid]White Destiny [E][/color][/size][/font][/b] [font=Book Antiqua][size=1][color=darkorchid][/color][/size][/font] [font=Book Antiqua][size=1][color=darkorchid]The helpless white of your mask shines brightest at the edge of destiny[/color][/size][/font] [font=Book Antiqua][size=1][color=darkorchid]reflecting firelight & supernovas drifting in demented skies[/color][/size][/font] [font=Book Antiqua][size=1][color=darkorchid]Held captive within a mirror woven of your own thread[/color][/size][/font] [font=Book Antiqua][size=1][color=darkorchid]pray to the Sisters of Fate in whispers to spare your ashes[/color][/size][/font] [font=Book Antiqua][size=1][color=darkorchid]That pale complexion will be your downfall.[/color][/size][/font] [size=1][color=#9932cc][/color][/size] [size=1][color=#9932cc]So, as expected, it has problems. The one big one that will nag & nag & nag at me until I do something about it is changing the phrase [i]demented skies [/i]at the end of line two[i].[/i] Demented just doesn't... sit well. But I wanted something similar to "disturbed" that also started with a D (for alliteration purposes), and I just couldn't think of anything. So for now, the skies shall remain [i]demented[/i]. [/color][/size][size=2] [/size]

[color=darkorchid][size=1][b]Copycatalyst[/b], although I found your poem hard to follow, this line caught my eye:[/size][/color] [size=1][QUOTE] Where's my ticket to the American dream?[/QUOTE] [color=darkorchid]Love it.[/color][/size] [size=1][QUOTE] [b]Boo [/b]said:[/size] [size=1]As the poet, you're all wrong, because that poem is awesome. The simplistic, yet describing style gives a great vibe... or something. Besides, I prefer it a lot over the standard dark poetry and it's a lot harder to write. So, props. :x [/size] [size=1][/QUOTE] [color=darkorchid]I do try to avoid writing the really-dark-stuff-that-eats-my-soul because I figure if it only makes [i]my[/i] mood blacker, then [i]what the hell is it doing to everyone else[/i]? No offense meant to all you dark-stuff poets. I guess I just like to think I'm offering a breath of fresh air, and I like keeping it "simplistic" because then I don't get lost while I'm writing it. And I [i]do[/i] write not-happy stuff too. In fact, most of my work isn't happy, but it [i]sounds [/i]nice & therefore I think a lot of listeners and maybe readers tend to associate it with happy thoughts.[/color] [QUOTE=Clurr][/size][font=arial][size=1]Welcome, Inkstitchling. I can tell you're going to be a very nice addition to the OtakuBoards community.

[QUOTE=2007DigitalBoy][color=darkorange]Interesting you should say that for several reasons. The first is because the stuff on the first page is stuff that I took to be reviewed by a professional, and I was told I needed much improvement. Over the course of the past couple months I've been improving upon my craft in many different ways. I've yet to create a poem that I can look at and be completely comfortable with. On the other had, I absolutely [i]love[/i] both of your poems, expecially the first one. I'm no good at critique, so I hope you'll manage to find someone to critique it for real, but I thought it was amazing.[/color][/QUOTE] [font=Book Antiqua][size=1][color=darkorchid]My favorite author, Robin McKinley, had this to say about writing stories (but I believe it applies to a[i]ll [/i]kinds of writing, poetry included, & I'm hoping you'll find it as useful as I have while you work towards that "poem that [you] can be completely comfortable with" ):[/color][/size][/font] [QUOTE] [size=1]One of the biggest, if not [i]the[/i] biggest, obstacles to becoming a writer is learning to live with the fact that the wonderful story in your head is never as good as what you're going to manage to get down on paper. (And if you ever think it is, then you've turned into a arrogant self-satisfied prat, and should look for another job or another avocation or another weekend activity.) So you have to learn to live with the fact that you're never going to write well enough. Of course that's what keeps you trying ? trying as hard as you can ? which is a good thing. As I started off saying, writing takes practise. More practise than you can imagine until you've been doing it for years and are beginning to suspect that you never are going to learn all the answers and even then all you've learned is that you haven't been doing it long enough yet, and that you'll die of old age before you do.[/size] [/QUOTE] [font=Book Antiqua][size=1][color=darkorchid]I don't mind the lack of critique, & I'm delighted thatyou "loved" my poems (I [i]still[/i] don't understand [i]why[/i] everyone loves that first one... as the poet, I think it's all wrong).[/color][/size][/font]

[font=Book Antiqua][size=1][color=darkorchid]So, I'm new. I really like the Idea of this thread. I even attempted to read most of the first page, but my eyes don't like it when I read lots & lots of text in a big chunk on the computer screen. I do plan to read all of it, eventually.[/color][/size][/font] [font=Book Antiqua][size=1][color=#9932cc]And I also [i]really like[/i] DB's poems. Even if they do tend to get overcrowded with "big" words & are rather angsty (I prefer simpler stuff). I used to have depression, [i]bad[/i], but I only occasionally have minor spells of it now. So I get it. [/color][/size][/font] [font=Book Antiqua][size=1][color=#9932cc]Anyways, before you all stop reading (if you're reading this post at all), here's a poem of mine. I wrote it about half a year ago, after attending my first poetry club meeting at my school. It remains to this day a favorite of the club. Enjoy (& give me feedback, please?)[/color][/size][/font] [b][font=Book Antiqua][size=1]Jacaranda Memory [E][/size][/font][/b] [font=Book Antiqua][size=1][color=darkorchid]Jacaranda blossoms scattered withered crumpled bits of lavender hues crushed under our feet into the smooth dark pavement of the endless driveway Silence around and grey sky above You paused "Pretty" you remarked or maybe I just heard your thoughts We gathered the purple flowers least damaged held them in our hands to admire and forgot ourselves in such simple pleasure I would have kept us there forever And I just decided to throw in another one. I believe my "depressed" poems are all a sort of quiet kind of sorrow. Or maybe that's only the way I feel. Hope you enjoy this one too. [b][color=black]Bird in the Dark [E][/color][/b] It?s too cold to fly And you find yourself caught by the ankle yet again Struggling against an intangible rope That only thickens when you flap your wings Watch as the orange glow of your hope fades Silhouetting dreams of the past And fears of the future[/color][/size][/font]

[font=Book Antiqua][size=1][color=darkorchid]So, I don't happen to have any[i] real[/i] advice (other than make sure you start as soon as possible on your costumes - you don't want to find out last minute that the sleeve lengths don't match! D: but I was wondering if you might be kind enough to send those free patterns my way? I've never seen patterns for lolita clothing, except a DIY headpiece bit that was actually quite helpful... which I need to find again... [/color][/size][/font]

[QUOTE=RiflesAtRecess][font=arial][size=1]Whaaaat? You're not bad at all, Ink. [img]http://photos-499.ak.facebook.com/ip002/v72/73/39/515250417/n515250417_66499_9383.jpg[/img] I vandalize all my pictures a little before putting them online, haha. [/size][/font][/QUOTE][font=Century Gothic][size=1][color=darkorchid]Aww, thank you! [/color][/size][/font] [size=1][/size] [font=Century Gothic][color=darkorchid][size=1]I LOVE your hair. o.o Is that natural or did you do stuff to it? And I know a lot of people like to "fix" their photos, but most of them would be alright without it. I feel like mine really [i]need[/i] some touching up before they're publicly Okay.[/size] [/color][/font]

[font=Book Antiqua][size=1][QUOTE] [/size][/font][font=Book Antiqua][size=1]Originally Posted by [b]Darren[/b][/size][/font] [i][font=Book Antiqua][size=1]Oh wait! I remembered why I pictured Lee Scoresby young: [/size][/font][/i][spoiler]Because doesn't him and Sereffina have some sort of fling going on for a bit before he dies?[/spoiler] [font=Book Antiqua][size=1][/QUOTE] [/size][/font] [font=Book Antiqua][size=1][color=darkorchid]I didn't even realize that was Lee in the preview. So NOT how I pictured... although I read the book more than 4 or 5 years ago, so I can't quite recall how I [i]did[/i] imagine his appearance. [/color][/size][/font] [font=Book Antiqua][size=1][color=darkorchid]I'm incredibly ecstatic about the movie. The first I heard of it, a friend posted in her blog about Nicole Kidman possibly playing Ms.Coulter. She certainly doesn't [i]look [/i]like the Ms.Coulter I had in mind, but I think she'll play the part wonderfully![/color][/size][/font] [font=Book Antiqua][size=1][color=darkorchid]I also imagined Lyra a bit differently, but this little girl will do just fine. [/color][/size][/font] [font=Book Antiqua][size=1][color=darkorchid]If I don't get to see this in theaters, I think I will just about die.[/color][/size][/font]

[size=1][font=Century Gothic][color=darkorchid]My goodness, you people are gorgeous o.o[/color][/font][/size] [font=Century Gothic][/font] [font=Century Gothic][/font] [size=1][font=Century Gothic][color=darkorchid]As for myself, I keep hoping I'm an ugly duckling... that eventually, I will transform into something beautiful & photogenic.[/color][/font][/size] [font=Century Gothic][/font] [font=Century Gothic][/font] [size=1][font=Century Gothic][color=darkorchid]For now: [/color][/font][/size] [font=Century Gothic][/font] [font=Century Gothic][/font] [url="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v348/SpiritBreeze/IMG_0170small.jpg"][size=1][font=Century Gothic][color=darkorchid]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v348/SpiritBreeze/IMG_0170small.jpg[/color][/font][/size][/url] [size=1][font=Century Gothic][color=darkorchid](I'm the creepy dark one o.o This was taken a few weeks after my birthday, in February)[/color][/font][/size] [font=Century Gothic][/font] [font=Century Gothic][/font] [url="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v348/SpiritBreeze/facepaintredo.jpg"][size=1][font=Century Gothic][color=darkorchid]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v348/SpiritBreeze/facepaintredo.jpg[/color][/font][/size][/url] [size=1][font=Century Gothic][color=darkorchid](About a year old; Emo pics are fun! :P)[/color][/font][/size] [font=Century Gothic][/font] [font=Century Gothic][/font] [url="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v348/SpiritBreeze/monalisasmile.jpg"][size=1][font=Century Gothic][color=darkorchid]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v348/SpiritBreeze/monalisasmile.jpg[/color][/font][/size][/url] [size=1][font=Century Gothic][color=darkorchid](Taken at my 16th birthday party a year & a half ago; my Mona Lisa smile)[/color][/font][/size] [font=Century Gothic][/font] [font=Century Gothic][/font] [font=Century Gothic][size=1][color=darkorchid][font=Century Gothic]All of these were tweaked on the computer to spare your eyes permanent damage. Enjoy![/font] [/color][/size][/font]

[size=1][b]1)[/b] What grade are you going into after this year? Are you graduating? Or did you already graduate? If so, what year?[/size] [size=1][color=purple]I also happen to be entering my senior year. Which really didn't hit me until yesterday after attending a close friend's graduation. I can hardly believe how much time has passed & how little still remains.[/color] [b]2)[/b] Are you, or were you, worried? What do you plan to do with your life or are you just as confused, (and in some cases, scared) about the future as I am? [/size] [size=1][color=purple]Absolutely terrified. I really don't know specifically what I want to do (& I refuse to get stuck in a job I do not love for the rest of my life), but it definitely has to involve art. Maybe a bit of technology too. [/color][/size] [size=1][color=purple]A lot of my fear comes from the uncertainty. Not just about what I want to Do with my life, but for other reasons as well. Unlike most people I know, I will be starting life after high school with no money & not much else. My parents have very little as it is; my father(who I live with - not by choice ) is currently receiving social security checks - they barely cover rent & bills & food - happens to be horrible with money management, and isn't quite right in the head. My mother(who I love very much) is having serious health issues due to her breast cancer reappearing, and can no longer work. Meanwhile, my stepfather & grandmother Are both working, but neither have any extra money beyond what they need for themselves & taking care of my mother.[/color] [color=purple]So as far as college goes, my chances aren't so great. And I'd [i]love[/i] to go to an art school. [b]BUT[/b], fortunately, I do have many dear friends who are willing to help me out in whatever ways they are able to when my time comes.[/color] [b]4)[/b] What sort of advice can you give to someone like me? (Someone in high school who is freaked out of his mind) [color=purple][i]The same thing I'm telling myself :[/i] Do your best & leave the rest to work itself out. Because I'm learning that life tends to eventually take you where you want, if you only let it. [/color][/size]