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Undigested Lumps

Created by Elliott, Mar 20, 2012 269 views
Megan Mweemba In other news (because I don't care for math and don't have any pie to eat), ONE WEEK UNTIL I LEAVE FOR MEXICO.
Isaac OH HAVE FUN I'LL MISS YOU
Isaac IT'S THE IDES OF MARCH

I THINK I'M THE ONLY PERSON EXCITED FOR TODAY
Jo YOU ARE NOT, EMILY.
Megan Mweemba EMILY IM EXCITED TOO

The goodreads quote of the day today was awesome.
Isaac WELL DUH IT'S SHAKESPEARE

AND "JULIUS CAESAR" IS LIKE MY FAVORITE

AND IT WAS MY TUMBLR BLOG TITLE THERE FOR A WHILE

I JUST LOVE JULIUS CAESAR OMG
Megan Mweemba Haha Julius Caesar was the first Shakespeare play I read in it's entirety, so it has a special place in my heart. :)
Isaac I just have a special place for 1st century BC of Ancient Rome in my heart
Brigid ✩ Taylor [formerly Timothy] wrote: "I want to get your opinion on something.

I spent a little bit of time reading up on the North Korea armistice dismissal. I guess I was thinking about the possibility of nuclear war too much becaus..."

It is kind of gruesome but I don't really have a problem with it. But also it's kind of a cliché.
Brigid ✩ Taylor [formerly Timothy] wrote: "I just realized, [spoilers removed]"

Oh yeah, I was going to say that but didn't want to spoil that book. :P And yeah. I think I've seen it in other books/movies as well.
Jo The first Shakespeare I read was Much Ado About Nothing.
Isaac Jo wrote: "The first Shakespeare I read was Much Ado About Nothing."

The first Shakespeare I read was "Romeo and Juliet" because of school although that probably wasn't a good first thing to read.

BUT THEN I READ JULIUS CAESAR AND MY LIFE WAS AWESOME
Taylor I haz another question.

I tried to join this group about an hour ago, and it came up with an error that said that the group's moderators did not accept my membership. Why is that, and how do I fix it? I tried asking the mod, but I don't think he knows because he just started making personal attacks for being dumb because I don't know. -.-
Brigid ✩ I don't know, is it a private group? Because in that case, the mods have to approve your request to join. And if they don't ... well, you can't really "fix" it besides maybe convincing them to let you join.
Taylor I figured out what happened -- the dork actually blocked me to prevent me from joining. He's never been super fond of me. Fascinating stuff, this Goodreads politics. Whoot whoot.
Jo MOAN is fantastic too! Not to mention Beatrice is my spirit animal.

I also loved A Midsummer's Night Dream, The Merchant of Venice and my all time favorite King Lear.
Megan Mweemba Aahh I love Shakespeare so much. I've only actually read three of the plays but I've seen way more. When I was five, my older sister was in some Shakespeare plays, and I would memorize her lines along with her. :P
Twelfth Night has always been one of my favorites. Also Much Ado About Nothing and, like, all of them...
Isaac Jo wrote: "MOAN is fantastic too! Not to mention Beatrice is my spirit animal.

I also loved A Midsummer's Night Dream, The Merchant of Venice and my all time favorite King Lear."

A Midsummer's Night Dream cracked me up BUT NO ONE AT MY SCHOOL READS SHAKESPEARE NOR WOULD FIND HIS HUMOR FUNNY
Isaac Holden wrote: "SHAKESPEARE *FLAILS*"
Poet in the Dark I have yet to read any Shakespeare. Don't hurt me...
But which of his works would be a good first read?
Taylor All of them. Read all of the works. I love Macbeth and Much Ado About Nothing and Othello and Hamlet and…yeah. There's a lot.

Start with Romeo and Juliet. Most people do because it's such an overdone plot.
Poet in the Dark All right, thanks for the suggestion. :)
Isaac Poet in the Dark, the PIXAR girl wrote: "I have yet to read any Shakespeare. Don't hurt me...
But which of his works would be a good first read?"

JULIUS CAESAR

JULIUS CAESAR

JULIUS CAESAR

JULIUS CAESAR

JULIUS CAESAR
Elliott Julius Caesar. Definitely.
Poet in the Dark Okay, thanks. :) I'll check it out from the library ASAP.
Poet in the Dark Maybe I'll just check them all out. XD
Taylor That's what I said before. :)
Poet in the Dark ^_^ Right, sorry.
Isaac Holden wrote: "Poet in the Dark, the PIXAR girl wrote: "Okay, thanks. :) I'll check it out from the library ASAP."

A Midsummer Night's Dream or Macbeth are my suggestions. Midsummer is a comedy, Macbeth a trage..."

A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM IS COOL TOO
Megan Mweemba Emily wrote: "Holden wrote: "Poet in the Dark, the PIXAR girl wrote: "Okay, thanks. :) I'll check it out from the library ASAP."

A Midsummer Night's Dream or Macbeth are my suggestions. Midsummer is a comedy, ..."

AACK I NEED TO READ THAT ONE

AND WATCH IT
Isaac Megan [find me somebody to love] wrote: "Emily wrote: "Holden wrote: "Poet in the Dark, the PIXAR girl wrote: "Okay, thanks. :) I'll check it out from the library ASAP."

A Midsummer Night's Dream or Macbeth are my suggestions. Midsummer..."

READ IT IT WAS SO FUNNY
Jo KING LEEEEEEEEAR~
Isaac Jo wrote: "KING LEEEEEEEEAR~"

I HAVEN'T READ THAT ONE YET

OR MACBETH

I NEED TO FINISH HAMLET

((Words cannot describe how much I laughed every time Hamlet yelled "GET THEE TO A NUNNERY"))
Jo OMG HAMLET SAID THAT?!?!? *life complete*
Isaac YES

AND THAT IS WHY I GET WEIRD LOOKS WHILE READING SHAKESPEARE IN PUBLIC
Taylor Lump that will never be digested:

So, the good news is that I'm getting published in a book of poetry by local teens. The better news is that I'm kicking off our show we're putting on to launch the book, which is quite the honor because I was chosen by my biggest role model in the poetry world.

The bad news is that I can't show off to my two best friends in the world, Hazel and Savannah. I told them that the show would be starting at 7 PM. Well, I got an email this evening clarifying that it doesn't start until 8:30.

Here's the thing. Friday is the last day of our school academic term. I personally have my entire world expecting stuff of me between Thursday and Saturday. Savannah and Hazel too. They'll be tired. I'll be tired. And to be there 8:30 to 11 is overkill for them. Furthermore, Savannah and I have a practice AP test at 8 AM the following day.

So, basically, neither of them can come. I'm crushed because I really want them to be a part of my poetry journey, because they've both inspired some really good poems. (Savannah is the subject of my favorite.) And they support me in all this crazy stuff I do and I feel more loved by them than anyone else in the world.

And so I'm disappointed, because everyone performing has close friends coming to see them. Except me. And I'll just be up there, on stage, wishing they were there, sitting in the front row. And it kinda takes a lot of the excitement out of it, because I was looking forward to sharing messages with the audience that only they would truly understand.
Isaac I'm sorry. :(
Sevania I'm so sorry.
Elliott D: That's sad.
Taylor I'll be fine…I hope. :D I'm getting used to the notion that my friends can't come.

I HAZ AN ANNOUNCEMENT

I need help picking pieces to perform tomorrow night. Please head on over to the poetry folder and look at my poems and pick one or two of your favorites. I just realized that there are three on top of "An Open Letter from Son to Mother" that I have to perform. And I don't know which!
Taylor Headed out in a little bit to perform my poetry. Y'all should totes buy the book (see topic in poetry section) and watch the YouTube videos I'll put up tonight or tomorrow.

Now if my hands would just stop shaking….
Sevania GOOD LUCK,

It's probably already passed by now so

How'd it go?
Taylor Awesome. Go to the poetry section -- the three topics that were last updated have YouTube videos.
Sevania Ooooh! I watched the one you performed last and that was amazing! I haven't had a chance to watch the other two but I will soon!
Jo Random positive? undigested lump.

So I was drawing yesterday under the influence of the Brave soundtrack, specifically track 17-Not Now (which, as you can recall is when Elinor loses it for the second time and Fergus goes after her). And it was so dramatic and desperate that when my sister, who walks making as much noise as a ghost, entered the room I sort of shriek-gasped. xD

She and I haven't spoken to each other in a year and she's been pressured by my parents to start again amd she was really upset about it but I found it hilarious. XDDD
Brody i am so very confused
Dana Ok guys I need your opinion about a new WIP I'm starting.

I've started it but I didn't make a topic for it yet because I'm not sure if it's even going to work.

My idea is: write the chapters from different objects' point of view. Like maybe "Chapter 1: Door" and "Chapter 2: Pencil" or something.

And then each object would say some stuff in their chapter like for example if the MC slammed the door the door might say some stuff like "Oh, I'm so old, why can't people be kinder to me" or something.

And then each chapter would show, from little things that the MC did (For example, she was very restless so she kept tapping the pencil), her personality and then it would all lead up to a big event and show readers why she did it. (I'm not revealing the ending yet :D) And because it would be shown from various 'little' things that she did it would be very clear to the readers, rather than a jumping-to-conclusions-obvious way that it might appear to be.

I was thinking of titling the chapters after whose PoV it is but I'm not sure if it will get too confusing after a while or if readers will even get it.

Sorry for this hugely confusing rant but I hope someone out there can help me out. (I also didn't know where to put this....?)
Isaac Oh, that would be interesting to read. It might be challenging to write, but cool.
Sevania Yeah that sounds super interesting, I'd read it!
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