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zar_roc @ 2009-03-05T17:52:00

2009-03-05T23:53:20Z

Funny videos. Hilarious pictures. Weird websites. No attention span necessary.

zar_roc @ 2009-02-21T21:25:00

2009-02-22T03:25:31Z

www.bakeandbored.com
www.bakeandbored.com
Do you bake? Enjoy watching other people do dumb crap? Bored?
Funny videos and pictures, no attention span nessesary.
Add me on blogger and I'll click your adsense links.
Comment and enjoy!

zar_roc @ 2009-02-10T22:02:00

2009-02-11T04:02:22Z

MY NEW BLOG

Click my adsense links! It gives me money and I'm so friggin poor.

COME TO THIS! IT'S GONNA ROCK

2008-10-13T20:54:49Z

Hamline University opens its 78th season with Shakespeare’s ageless story of young passion.

ROMEO & JULIET...
... begins as a long hot summer in Verona inflames an old feud between the Capulet and Montague families. As the tension builds in the streets, two teenagers find love at first sight. This two hour tale transforms from comedy and action into a heart-stirring romance revealing a haunting reminder of the powerful force of love.

TICKETS

Adults - $7
ACTC/Hamline - $2
Students/Seniors - $5
Faculty/Staff - $3
Groups of 10 or more - $4.50

SHOW TIMES

Friday, October 31 - 7:30pm
Saturday, November 1 - 7:30pm
Sunday, November 2 - 2:00pm
Thursday, November 6 - 7:30pm
Friday, November 7 - 8:00pm <--Note this has recently been changed to 8:00pm. Some flyers might say 7:30. This is a lie.
Saturday, November 8 - 7:30pm

ROMEO & JULIET FACEBOOK EVENT PAGE

Reservations suggested as seating is limited.

Anne Simley Theatre - Drew Fine Arts Center
1530 Hewitt Avenue
St. Paul, MN 55104

tickets@hamline.edu or 651.523.2905

The Epic Battle

2008-07-16T15:18:53Z

Between Kimber the Pirate and The Fierce Matt Pierce
Green = Matt's writing
Purple = Kim's writing

Matt Matt
Rhymes with hat
I stopped by to have a chat
I was just bitten by a cat
How about that
And am now being summoned into combat

And lo did Kimber enter the fray
For she was determined to win the day
it seemed at first she'd won the battle
by pelting her foes with words...and cattle
but then alas! Oh rue the day
from o'er the mountains: "Callou, Callay!"
the call of a rider echoed loud
as the Jabberwock he rode, like a feathered cloud
swooped down to where Kim, impatient, sat
and upon its back 'twas no other than Matt.
"You're late, dude" she cried, "and what is THIS shit?
You brought your pet? That's cheating, you twit!"
"I'll get you for that!"
"Yeah? Well I'll skin your cat!"
"I'll throw you to the moon!"
"Well I'll beat you 'til June!"
"I'll torch you to cinders!"
"I'll give you eight billion splinters!"
"I'll kick, bite and maim!"
"Bah! Have double the same!"
"And what makes you think so? Some fanciful whim?"
"Please! Perhaps you've forgotten; you're dealing with Kim.
I have made kings cry with a single mad glare,
defeated 100 samurai with naught but my hair,
I bitch-slapped Cthulu back into his pit,
blink too slow and you just might miss my quick wit,
sarcasm like mine has never been heard,
I INVENTED awesome, I coined the phrase 'word.'
Who else could put your army all dead in a pile
and look so freakin' GOOD all the while?"
Matt brandished his sword from atop his beast
and with a crazed grin his face was creased
"You boast and you brag. Hey guess what? I can hear.
But I'm through with your talking; bring the fighting up here!"
Thus she charged up the Jabberwock with a murderous yell
What then? Only your next comment will tell.

Thus the second battle began with a thunderous roar
Kimber had summoned a Megazord, which was way friggin’ hardcore.
It rushed for the Jabberwock, while theme music played
Kimber smiled slyly, and took out her blade
“Your little pet is distracted, and he’s no match for mine
Come fight me yourself, unless you resign”
“Never!” Matt bellowed “You insulted my pet.
I can’t take that lightly, he’s rather upset.”
“Then bring it, bizatch.” Then leapt at her foe
With surprising speed that would make Keanu go “whoa.”
The two fought for days, still neither one tired
There was motion blur, techno, and a ring of cold fire!
On the 89th hour, still neither was slain
What happens now? Well, it’s your turn again.

Yet three days; nay almost four
these two had a duel like none before,
The two fighting masters, they slashed and they blocked
while with the battle of their pets the countryside rocked.
The Jabberwock, uncanny, and so strange a beast,
the Megazord could not compute in the least.
Then again, the 'Wock had never seen a mech
let alone a dino, so he's like, "What the Heck?"
And while Godzilla played out several stories tall,
two masterful fighters danced in a bladed squall.
He had practiced quite hard in every style,
while it came to her naturally through cunning and guile.
First stab and then block, now parry and thrust,
they swirled with great speed and kicked up much dust,
yet when it settled, there was only a Kim.
"I didn't think I was THAT good; I vaporized him!"
"Ah-ah-ah!" came a call from back and to the right,
"I just need a new strategy to win this fight."
She spun and she saw him: he was well away.
"Hey you, get back here! I haven't got all damn day!"
He merely shrugged and held his place.
"You don't seem to get it. With a blade you're an ace.
I've never 'til you met quite such a match,
so out of this stalemate a plan I did hatch.
The chance of my loss didn't seem very fun
and that's when it hit me: why not two against one?"
Sheathing his sword he dropped to a knee,
muttered some words and gathered his Ki.
She lost sight for a moment as he became a blur,
and then where one Matt just was, two now were!
"Cheating again!" she cried, "Well though this trick is new,
if you're not careful, I'll stop going easy on you."
"'Twixt genius and trickery is a wise connotation,
but I'll bet you're not here for Confucian quotation."
They crossed as they charged and came from both sides.
And then- well now, that's for you to decide.

They crossed as they charged and came from both sides.
But what befell next gave them both a surprise.
They stopped in their paths, mouths gaping wide
“Holycrapwhattheshit? My eyes must have lied!”
For between them stood badass, of an epic scope
It was Chuck Norris, grundle punching the pope.
“Enough!” He bellowed, post roundhouse kick to the head
“You’re annoying as enemies. Join forces instead”
He liquefied their weapons with the a twitch of the lip
And turned their pets to J-E-L-L-O with one finger tip
The as fast as he came, he was gone in a blink
Matt gaped at the air, Kimber reached for a drink
“We should do what he says, he’s badshit whacked out”
Thought out loud the Kim Pirate, who yet, had her doubts
They both stood unarmed, in silent frustration
Hey Matt, I’m outta rhymes, you finish the narration

With curious grimaces they, ponderous, sat,
Matt considering Kim, and she sizing up Matt
"Friends with her?" thought the Matt. "The idea doesn't thrill me
I've never been good with girls, especially ones that try to kill me..."
"Friends with THIS guy? I mean, it was an OK fight,
and ignore a few things and I guess he's alright..."
"Hey!" cried she, "Dude, step back a pace.
Remind me, why were we fighting in the first place??"
"Gladly I'll recount the most heinous plot!
It was...umm...er...well damn, I forgot.
So, friends it is! Let us from each other take cue."
"Well, now that that's settled, what do you think we ought do?"
And almost as if destined, in time person and place,
the same mischievous madness alighted each face.
"What if we two" said Matt, "were to defeat the Norris?"
"Why, they'd tell our praises" said Kim, "in poems and in chorus!"
Side by side these legends marched towards their next fray,
and that, children, is a story for some other day.

RIP Justin

2008-06-04T20:51:35Z

When will the dying end?

"Hide And Seek"
IMOGEN HEAP

Where are we? What the hell is going on?
The dust has only just begun to fall,
Crop circles in the carpet, sinking, feeling.
Spin me round again and rub my eyes.
This can't be happening.
When busy streets a mess with people
would stop to hold their heads heavy.

Hide and seek.
Trains and sewing machines.
All those years they were here first.

Oily marks appear on walls
Where pleasure moments hung before.
The takeover, the sweeping insensitivity of this
still life.

Hide and seek.
Trains and sewing machines. (Oh, you won't catch me around here)
Blood and tears,
They were here first.

Mmm, what you say?
Mm, that you only meant well? Well, of course you did.
Mmm, what you say?
Mm, that it's all for the best? Ah of course it is.
Mmm, what you say?
Mm, that it's just what we need? And you decided this.
Mmm what you say?
What did she say?

Ransom notes keep falling out your mouth.
Mid-sweet talk, newspaper word cut-outs.
Speak no feeling, no I don't believe you.
You don't care a bit. You don't care a bit.

Ransom notes keep falling out your mouth.
Mid-sweet talk, newspaper word cut-outs.
Speak no feeling, no I don't believe you.
You don't care a bit. You don't care a bit.

You don't care a bit.
You don't care a bit.
You don't care a bit.
You don't care a bit.
You don't care a bit.

You probably need these songs

2007-04-24T17:07:36Z

I have fun music and felt like sharing.

The Beets - I Need More Allowance

The Beets - Killer Tofu

The Beets - Shout Your Lungs Out

The Beets - Banging On A Trash Can (Think Big)

Green Day - We Are The Champions (Live)

Green Day vs Oasis vs Travis vs Aerosmith - Boulevard of Broken Songs

Dominic Monaghan (Merry) & Elijah Wood (Frodo) - Half Fling
^ very silly

Dominic Monaghan & Elijah Wood - Half Fling (song in reverse)
^ creepy and silly

Who remembers these songs?

Chumbawamba - Tubthumping

Len - Steal My Sunshine

Cards for Shane!

2007-04-15T23:29:06Z

http://www.shaneswish.com/index.php

zar_roc @ 2006-11-29T17:58:00

2006-11-29T22:58:54Z

This is Kim. Changed my username. Hooray for rename tokens! I was getting tired of kimberlywitch. It was a junior year of high school drama club nickname. Time for a change. Now I'm a badass evil sword. Neat. Time to go to lab now. Not so neat. School pretty much only pisses me off now.

Battle Royale anyone?

2006-11-19T04:41:32Z

Before I look to sell elsewhere, I want to check here first.
Does anyone want to buy my Battle Royale Special Edition Director's Cut DVD? Unopened/Brand New
There are lots of special features (Making of..., trailers, tv spots, photo album, art gallery, tv special)

Make me an offer if you want it.

zar_roc @ 2006-09-20T21:57:00

2006-09-21T02:05:26Z

THREE THINGS THAT SCARE ME
1 - not getting into the school(s) I want
2 - my yard at night when the porch light isn't on
3 - lawn gnomes (They come alive at night and try to steal souls. For real.)
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THREE PEOPLE WHO MAKE ME LAUGH: (I really wish we could include fictional characters)
1 - Henry
2 - Dane Cook
3 - My cat (he's a person too. Don't judge.)
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THREE THINGS I LOVE: (note: things, not people.)
1 - music
2 - Photoshop
3 - movies
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THREE THINGS I HATE:
1 - Bush
2 - people who believe kids don't have anything to say because they are "just kids"
3 - taking orders
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THREE THINGS I DON'T UNDERSTAND:
1 - Calculus (unless u + me = us. Points if you understood that, a cookie if you found it funny.)
2 - White guys from Maine and how they think they are black. Where did that come from?
3 - Reality tv
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THREE THINGS ON MY (computer) DESK:
1 - Lots of soda cans
2 - radio
3 - modem
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THREE THINGS I'M DOING RIGHT NOW:
1 - this survery
2 - listening to The Young Knives. I fancy them.
3 - procrastinating my essay once again
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THREE THINGS I WANT TO DO BEFORE I DIE:
1 - live in London for a year (the music *salivates*)
2 - go to Ireland
3 - skydive or bungee jump
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THREE THINGS I CAN'T DO:
1 - Sing well. I want to change that.
2 - Drive a standard. I want to fix that too.
3 - Turn into a cat
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THREE OF YOUR ABSOLUTE FAVORITE FOODS:
1 - Chicken Caesar Salad
2 - Blazin' Buffalo and Ranch flavoured Doritos
3 - Wendy's chicken nuggets
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THREE BEVERAGES YOU DRINK REGULARLY:
1 - Vitamin Water (lemonade or fruit punch flavours mostly)
2 - Diet Pepsi
3 - Mountain Dew
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THREE FAVORITE SMELLS:
1 - My sugar lotion
2 - Opium (*giggle*)
3 - Henry or the Tom's deodorant? (a boy that showers! Oh boy! Henry smell is a comforting thing.)
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THREE SHOWS YOU WATCHED WHEN YOU WERE A KID:
1 - Maya the Bee (no one remembers it!)
2 - The Magic School Bus (I still watch that though)
3 - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (mildly obsessive child)

All About Music

2006-09-05T23:10:39Z

Ok so I went to Bullmoose (The one in N. Windham is so small and lame) and actually bought some CDs. Four in fact!
This made me look at my sad, sad music collection. I do not purchase CDs, I download them. Mainly I just download individual songs and not the whole albums so I have like...4000 random music files on my poor laptop. I have decided I need more CDs. I need more music in general but I am looking for whole albums here. I compiled a list of one I need and ones I have already (or at least all of the ones I could find. Some have run away. )

So, If anybody has any of the CD's on my list of ones I want, would you want to be my bestest friend ever *bats eyelashes* and upload it for me so I can have it? Please??? I'll trade you one of mine even!

CDs I would Like:

Jane’s Addiction

Strays

Kettle Whistle

Rage Against the Machine

The Battle of Los Angeles

Rage Against the Machine

The Darkness

One Way Ticket to Hell...And Back

Stratovarius

Infinite

Stratovarius

The Clash

Combat Rock

The Zutons

~~Who Killed...... The Zutons~~

Tired of Hanging Around

Razorlight

Up All Night

'Bloc Party'

Silent Alarm

Hope of the States

~~The Lost Riots~~

The Futureheads

News and Tributes

The Futureheads

The Strokes

First Impressions of Earth

The Killers

Hot Fuss

The Distillers

Coral Fang

The Cribs

The New Fellas

Stereophonics

Language. Sex. Violence. Other?

British Sea Power

Open Season

The Stranglers

The Meninblack

The Undertones

Deftones

Adrenaline

White Pony

The Music

Welcome to the North

The Music

Zwan

TheFutureEmbrace

Mary Star of the Sea

Stone Roses

The Stone Roses

Sufjan Stevens

Enjoy Your Rabbit

Illinois

A Sun Came

Brendan Benson

The Alternative to Love

Doves

The Last Broadcast

The Raconteurs

Broken Boy Soldiers

Harry and the Potters

Harry and the Potters: Voldemort Can't Stop the Rock! (CD 2)

Harry and the Potters and the Power of Love (CD 3)

Draco and the Malfoys

CDs I have to offer:

AFI – Sing the Sorrorow

Alice in Chains - Unplugged

Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not

Arkarna – Fresh Meat

Audioslave - Audioslave

Blues Traveler - four

Blur – 13

Bob Marley – I’m Tellin’ You!

Bob Marley - Dude....Dont Be Such A Dink

Buffy Musical Soundtrack

Buffy TV Series Soundtrack (US Version)

Charlie’s Mix (from The Perks of Being a Wallflower)

Chevelle – Wonder What’s Next

Coyote Ugly Soundtrack

The Darkness - Permission To Land

Dead Kennedys - Plastic Surgery Disasters

The Decemberists - The Crane Wife

Donnie Darko Soundtrack

Drake Bell – Telegraph

Dream Theater – Awake

Dream Theater – Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence

Electric Lights Orchestra – Greatest Hits

Electric Six - Fire

Everclear – Songs from an American Movie

Evanescence – Origin

Evanescence – Fallen

Evanescence – Shut the Door Already

Even All Out – Things I forgot to say

Garbage – Beautifulgarbage

Good Charlotte – Young and Hopeless

Green Day – International Superhits!

HIM – Dark Light

(All HIM albums can be created. I have every HIM song ever made onmy computer)

Hope of the States - The Lost Riots

Incubus – Morning View

Jet – Get Born

John Mayer – Room for Squares

Kaiser Chiefs – Employment

KidneyThieves – Trickster

KidneyThieves - Zerospace

The Libertines – up the bracket

Life As A House Soundtrack (no score)

Lillux – Falling Uphill

LinkinPark – Hybrid Theory

LinkinPark – Reanimation

The Matrix Soundtrack

The Matrix Reloaded Soundtrack (only disc 2, can’t find disc 1)

The Matrix Revolutions Soundtrack

Metamorphoses Soundtrack

Michelle Branch – Spirit Room

Morphine – Cure for Pain

Muse – Black Holes and Revelations

My Chemical Romance – Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge

New London Fire - I Sing The Body Holographic

Nirvana – MTV Unplugged in New York

Our Lady Peace - Naveed

Panic! At the Disco – A Fever You Can’t Sweat Out

The Pete Kilpatrick Supergroup – Half Way Home

Punk Rock is Your Friend 5

Queen – Greatest Hits

Queen – Classic Queen

Queen of the Damned Soundtrack (retail version)

Queen of the Damned Soundtrack (Jonathan Davis voice version)

Radio Sunnydale [UK Edition] (Buffy Soundtrack UK version)

Regina Spektor - Begin To Hope

Rocky Horror Picture Show Soundtrack

Rocky Horror Punk Show

Roswell Soundtrack

Skindive - Skindive

The Slurpees – I smell a sitcom

Snakes On A Plane Soundtrack

Snow Patrol – Final Straw

Snow Patrol – When It’s All Over We Still Have To Clear Up

Something Corporate – Leaving Through the Window

Spice Girls – Spice

Spice Girls - Spiceworld

Subject Bias – Average potential

Tahiti 80 – A Piece of Sunshine

Tahiti 80 - Fosbury

Tahiti 80 – Wallpaper for the Soul

Tilly and the Wall – Wild Like Children

Titanic Soundtrack (score)

Tool - Lateralus

The Veronicas – The Secret Life of The Veronicas

The Who – My Generation

Zero 7 – Simple Things

The Zutons - Who Killed.......The Zutons

zar_roc @ 2006-04-19T08:37:00

2006-04-19T12:39:31Z

Cheer up emo kid, it's your birthday!

Woot!

zar_roc @ 2006-04-11T22:38:00

2006-04-12T02:39:55Z

So here's a question: Who wants to move to Minnesota with me? Because according to everyone I know, it seems to be financially impossible for me to do so. Plus, since it is so friggin far away I can't line up a job ahead of time so I am screwed. Happy Tuesday.

zar_roc @ 2006-03-24T16:37:00

2006-03-24T21:52:12Z

Ok so Ryan Smith just made the coolest LJ entry. I wasn't sure he'd appreciate me linking all of you to his journal, so I just pretty much copied and pasted his entry below. It is seriously the COOLEST thing ever. There are these awesome chalk drawings, and dude, you just have to see.

"More chalk drawings from Julian Beever. Scroll down slowly and stop at each new frame. Julian Beever is an English artist who's famous for his art on the pavement of England, France, Germany, USA, Australia and Belgium . Beever gives to his drawings an amazing 3D illusion.

People are actually avoiding walking in the "hole"

Which is the real guy & which beer is real?

The image below has been taken from a wrong angle:

Remember, both his feet in reality are flat on the pavement

Politicians Meeting Their End

This drawing of a Rescue was to be viewed using an inverting mirror

girl on a beach mat.

Make Poverty History drawing from the side(40 ft long)

Spiderman to the rescue

Batman and Robin to the rescue(SO COOL)"

This guy is my hero.

Car for sale

2006-03-12T18:07:13Z

Know anyone who wants to buy a white '92 Grand Prix SE? It's an automatic 2 door with power windows and locks. Ask me anything about it you want. Asking 1,600 bucks or best offer. I am making flyers this week and putting them up around USM and SMCC, but I thought I'd put something in here just in case. It will come with a full tank of gas and a complimentary cassette of "driving tunes." I don't have any pictures right now but if you go to www.autotrader.com I am sure they have some of similar cars.

My story for class

2006-02-10T04:09:57Z

(For one night only this will be a public entry, so those without livejournals may comment if they feel like. This story is copyrighted and if you steal it I will definitely stab you. So just don't.)

Untitled
By Kimberly Somers

Sean walked through the damp park on a Tuesday evening. She wants to talk. Yeah right, he thought. She wants to throw him to the gutter and never look back. An icy, nauseating feeling like his stomach had solidified made him stop and breathe for a second. He made his decision. He could not, would not, live without her. He wouldn’t let this relationship fall to pieces. He would accept her apology like the good boyfriend that he is, and that would be the end of the entire situation. She would never see Eric again, and that would be that.

Evelyn felt like a terrible person as she waited for Sean to meet her at their special tree in the park. This was the tree they had their first date at. It had been a sunny noontime picnic with lots of ants. She had gotten sunburned that day. Now it was absolutely freezing and she hugged her sweater closer to her body. Evelyn kept the picture of Eric’s face clear in her mind and told herself not to chicken out.

Frank cuddled with his bottle of mouthwash and pulled his newspaper blanket over his head. The bench wasn’t as cozy a place to sleep as the mossy area by the pond was, but it wasn’t as cold. Through his extremely blurred vision, Frank saw a girl standing against a tree talking to a young man. The radio in Franks head began again and he clamped his hands over his ears to drown it out.

Molly wiped at her tearstained cheeks and sat down on a swing. She hated when her daddy yelled. He always did it when he drank the stuff in the dark bottles. She liked the swing set in the park. It was up on a hill away from all the bad strangers her mommy told her not to talk to, and it was very close to her house. She went to the swing set when her daddy was yelling at her mommy at night. The metallic scraping noise the chains made when she swung just slightly was a comforting sound.

Sean saw her just 50 paces ahead. She looked radiant in the mist; almost ghostlike. He approached her and she blurted out some garble about not loving him anymore and that her true love was Eric. She said she was so sorry for the pain this was causing him and then something else about giving him back the ring. Sean couldn’t understand why she had such a grave look on her face. He told her he accepted her apology and that everything was okay now. They could be together again, like before. She pulled away with the most troubled look on her face.

Sean was now in front of Evelyn with a weird smile on his face. She could smell the whisky on his breath. She told him how incredibly sorry she was for Saturday night and she hadn’t wanted him to find out that way. She told him as nicely as she could that she was in love with Eric now, and that she hoped he didn’t hate her. Sean just gave her his usual goofy, drunken smile and said that it was all going to be okay and that she was forgiven. Evelyn was starled and bgan to slowly back away. He was acting too weird.

The explosions in Frank’s head weren’t enough to drown out the noise those two brats by the tree were making. Young kids go to the park every night to smoke their marijuana cigarettes but none of them were as talkative as these two. He hoped they would go away soon. The radio was getting louder and telling it to stop wasn’t working anymore. He burrowed into the newspaper blanket more and tried to fall asleep.

Molly stared at her pink shoes and counted the pebbles under the swing. She began to swing higher and felt happy for the first time since dinner. Down the hill by the trees she saw a guy and a girl talking. She wondered if he was yelling at her like her daddy yelled at her mommy.

Sean had to chuckle at Evelyn when she asked him if he’d been drinking or doing drugs. She was being so cute. He said that he wouldn’t allow this relationship to end. They were meant to be together, he knew it. She made accusations about him being drunk or high and this got him angry. Why didn’t she understand him? He wasn’t speaking French. She’s probably just confused and thinks that Eric is her soul mate, but she’s mistaken. He would just have to show her that she was his. She tried to leave but he wouldn’t let her turn her back on him again. He told her that she was his, not Eric’s and that they were the ones meant to be together. He tightened his grip on her wrists and told her he loved her. She looked scared and started to yell. He explained to her that yelling like that would make a big scene and that could get them both into trouble. She wouldn’t stop screaming and squirming.

Evelyn asked Sean how many drinks he had had or if he had been doing anything else. She tried not to sound like his mother but he still got incredibly angry. His face contorted into a look that told Evelyn to run. She attempted a mad dash but he grabbed her by the waist and pulled her back. He knocked the wind out of her by doing so and her knees felt weak for a moment. Was this really happening to her? She wondered. He managed a firm grip on her wrists and she was stuck. Evelyn was well aware how many hours a week Sean spent at the gym. He was too strong for her and she knew it. She tried to yell for help but all she could think was shit he’s going to kill her. The park was deserted. No one would ever hear her yell but she had to attempt it anyway.

Frank awoke from his battlefield to hear that young lady yelling at the top of her lungs. Don’t young folks have any respect for others nowadays? He was trying to sleep and she was making it very hard. He sat up and took a swig of his mouthwash. It was extremely minty and made him cough a little. The radio came back on and Frank feared he would never get any sleep tonight.

Molly saw the guy hug the girl and she smiled. She liked it when grown ups were nice to each other. She swung higher and higher and soon she felt like she was flying. Her untied shoelaces made funny patterns in the air on the way down and it made her giggle. She heard the grown ups yelling a little bit down by the trees but that’s just how grown ups are sometimes. Molly wondered if some day she could swing over the bar.

Evelyn flailed like a fish pulled out of the ocean and Sean could hardly hold onto her. Why wouldn’t she be quiet and listen to him? She was making this so much harder than it had to be. Sean felt the cool blade of the knife he kept in his pocket for emergencies. She kept screaming four letter words like help, rape, fire, shit, help and just wouldn’t stop. She bit him when he tried to kiss her and the taste of pennies filled his mouth. He told her she had to be quiet or they would come for him. He had to make her be quiet.

Evelyn yelled anything she could think of that might draw attention. She knew “rape” definitely would get a responses and she had read someplace to yell fire. The distant clang of metal chains on metal told her that someone was on the swing set on the hill. But whoever was up there didn’t stop swinging to come to her aid. He tried to kiss her and Evelyn was scared he’d try and rape her. He pulled her in for a kiss but she bit him hard on the lower lip. His blood dripped down his chin and stained her sweater.

Frank was getting fed up. He downed the rest of his mouthwash and attempted to gather the energy to sit up and tell these young folks to go away. His head hurt from the bombs and his fingers were cold. Frank was cranky tonight and all he wanted was some peace and quiet for a few hours.

Molly swung so high she thought she might get stuck up in the stars. The yelling from her house stopped and she thought about going home. If her mommy knew she was so far from the house she’d be in big trouble. She dragged her feet against the sand under the swing and hopped off to tie her shoes. The lady down by the trees seemed to be dancing with that guy. She hoped they were having fun.

Sean didn’t know what else to do. There was no reasoning with Evelyn, all she did was scream and flail. Passing cars might see them or a cop might come by soon. He has to make her be quiet. He felt the blade in his pocket once more. He promised himself he wouldn’t live without her, but he wanted Eric to live without her. She made a swing for him and caught him in the eye. He was stunned and she broke free. For just a second Sean hesitated, and then he lunged for her. The rusty blade cut through her silky skin like a butter knife through a hard-boiled egg.

Sean kept telling her to shut her mouth and that it would all be okay. She fought with every last ounce of her strength but she just could not get away. Tears stained her face. This wasn’t the Sean she knew. He let go of her right wrist for a moment and she swung hard and fast at his face. He cried out in pain and grabbed his eye. She took the opportunity to run as fast as she could. She thought she was free of him when she saw him leap at her, the blade in his hand shined in the moonlight.

Frank stood up and was about to yell at the two kids and he felt suddenly sick. His dizziness got worse with the last swig of that mouthwash and all he wanted to do was sleep. Frank sat back down on the brown park bench and saw the young boy jump on the girl right as the radio took over and he passed out.

Molly saw the guy and girl stop dancing in the park. They looked like they were playing tag now. She would have tried to join but they were strangers and she had to go home. Maybe there were cookies left. She pulled the knot on her left sneaker tight and turned toward her house. She wished she understood grown-ups.

Constructive criticism is welcome. This includes punctuation, grammar, spelling errors spell check may not have caught, or just things that don't sound quite right and may need tweaking. NOT THINGS THAT WILL DRAMATICALLY CHANGE THE STORY. I am bringing this to class tomorrow. I don't want to read it out loud though. I hate doing that :( I never do things justice with my stammering and stuttering. I may have to though. Tell me what you think please. If I read this in class and you were asked by the teacher to react to it, what would you say? I want to be prepared. Also, any ideas for a title?

[EDIT] Feedback i just recieved from a girl in my class, and my replies:

hey kimberley,

i'm quite impressed that you've already written your story in, what sounds like, one night. alright, here are my thoughts:

evelyn's fear could be presented better; she must be horrified, but you mainly focus on sean and his emotions. talk a little more about what she must be going through and the terror she is experiencing, especially in the end when she gets stabbed.

i'm not sure how believable it is that molly doesn't realize what is going on. her parents fight a lot, so she must be used to scenes like this. don't you think that she would associate the situation between sean and evelyn with the situation of her parents? maybe molly should have a different background (=intact family) in order to highlight her innocence more.

what happens to evelyn? i'm curious; does she get killed? you probably wanted to keep the reader in the dark on this, which is probably a good idea. i also think, like you've mentioned, that you should start the story with molly, so it will be more rounded. this way, the focus will lay on her a little more, and the contrast between innocence and brutality will be highlighted more as well.

one little thing: instead of talking about the 'radio' in frank's head, you might want to call it 'voices.'

besides this i think that you've done a great job with your first draft!!

annette.

"evelyn's fear could be presented better; she must be horrified, but you mainly focus on sean and his emotions. talk a little more about what she must be going through and the terror she is experiencing, especially in the end when she gets stabbed."

Yes I was trying to but it just got late and I was tired haha. I had originally written more from Sean's point of view (in my pre-rough draft writing I guess I would call it) so that's probably why there is more focus on him. This is just my first draft so I will try and concentrate on her more when I re-write it. Lots of people have been saying to concentrate on Evelyn more so I will make it my number one priority for the re-write. :-)

"i'm not sure how believable it is that molly doesn't realize what is going on. her parents fight a lot, so she must be used to scenes like this. don't you think that she would associate the situation between sean and evelyn with the situation of her parents? maybe molly should have a different background (=intact family) in order to highlight her innocence more."

hmmmm good point. I pictured her as being like...maybe 8. her house is right across the street from the park (She is allowed to cross the street because it is deserted, not that she's allowed to be out in the first place but that was my mini story behind her.) I need a reason for her to be on the swingset though. Hmmmm. I will think about that one and try to figure something out.

"one little thing: instead of talking about the 'radio' in frank's head, you might want to call it 'voices."

I thought about that but I figured it might be too cliche. Plus i have taken lots of psychology classes and lots of schizophrenic people say that what they hear is like a radio in their heads that won't shut off. So I used that idea. I can take it out but i kind of like it. I will try to clarify it more though.

Thank you so much for your reply! I will fix it up when I get home tonight. :-D

[/EDIT] Feedback on the feedback works too. Do you agree? Disagree? Any sugestions?

zar_roc @ 2005-10-30T11:56:00

2005-10-30T16:59:27Z

GO HERE!

Make sure you make your person and then click "watch me change"

You will need sound as well.

This makes me kind of like the Gap now.

zar_roc @ 2005-10-12T16:06:00

2005-10-12T20:10:11Z

I had to go Trick or Treating Twice. Damn knowing so many people...

My LiveJournal Trick-or-Treat Haul
kimberlywitch goes trick-or-treating, dressed up as A Spork.
arsenic_on_fire tricks you! You get a rotten egg.
edan_elandili gives you 8 light orange cola-flavoured gumdrops.
inhuman_a_bomb tricks you! You lose 1 pieces of candy!
jibbermaster tricks you! You get a dead frog.
ladylazarus53 tricks you! You get a piece of paper.
lizabethlizard gives you 5 softly glowing cinnamon-flavoured nuggets.
lordhenry4000 tricks you! You lose 6 pieces of candy!
nayrj84 gives you 19 red-orange chocolate-flavoured wafers.
tomthefirst tricks you! You lose 9 pieces of candy!
whiteclaw48 gives you 12 tan pineapple-flavoured wafers.
kimberlywitch ends up with 28 pieces of candy, a rotten egg, a dead frog, and a piece of paper.
Go trick-or-treating! Username:
Another fun meme brought to you by rfreebern.

Round two

My LiveJournal Trick-or-Treat Haul
kimberlywitch goes trick-or-treating, dressed up as A Spork.
anexparrot gives you 7 dark blue cinnamon-flavoured nuggets.
elfmaster gives you 11 light orange coffee-flavoured jawbreakers.
ghettofab18 gives you 1 brown banana-flavoured jawbreakers.
kiyara gives you 14 orange cherry-flavoured wafers.
minnightsky tricks you! You lose 12 pieces of candy!
nin_veleth gives you 3 light blue grape-flavoured jawbreakers.
peggyvo tricks you! You lose 14 pieces of candy!
roach3222 gives you 15 mottled green evil-flavoured pieces of bubblegum.
ryanequalssexy tricks you! You get a used tissue.
wingsofashes gives you 1 milky white orange-flavoured pieces of chewing gum.
kimberlywitch ends up with 26 pieces of candy, and a used tissue.
Go trick-or-treating! Username:
Another fun meme brought to you by rfreebern.

Not as exciting. You boring people you.

I GOT A DEAD FROG!!!!!! That's cool!!!!!!

IMPORTANT

2005-09-28T17:26:13Z

Dear _hunnybunny_ , absent_prophecy , apricanicus , bella_muerte919 , bornofsorrow , buckeyealum ,caninepaws , catharsiskoala , crimson_ash , crystalserenity , dalic07 , a_blue_moon_cat , desolatedcorpse ,evil_kingdom , fatal_fate , fire_rag , gladiator_girl, gravitygurl , ice_queen_mean , insaneandcomfy , jeffliles , luxluna , martinz , noahana , pyromaniac_fire , ragebrokenheart , samanthaisaturk , scarling_heart , seraphellion , sexylittlefeet2 , she_electrikk , skittles7842 , strippingpope , the_crestfallen , thepainoflove , thousandfeather , unknown_diva , wildheart49 , x_makemebreakme , xbox_chick , xemo_poserx , xheavenz_a_liex , xmessrprongsx , yavanna_june ,

You added me for my graphics (I assume) and have not joined my graphics community yet. There will be no more of my graphics here at this journal. I want it as my regular LJ from now on. Any public posts I make will not be of graphics and will show up on your friends page if you do not take my name off your friends list. You do not have to join my graphics community, but that is where my graphics are from now on.

You may keep me added to your friends list if you want, but I am just warning you that they won't be graphics posts that are public. And no, I still won't add you back.

I will put an alert in this journal as a public entry letting you know of the next graphics post I make at damned_icons , but it will be the last one I make. Please click the damned_icons username to be directed to the community. There are also links in my userinfo and in the sidebar of my journal layout.

Thanks,

zar_roc

OMG!!!

2005-09-27T03:33:52Z

This is the funniest blonde joke I have ever come across!!!!!!!

zar_roc @ 2005-09-23T19:21:00

2005-09-23T23:22:47Z

Just made a graphics post at damned_icons .

If you love me you'll join it :)

IMPORTANT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2005-09-22T23:23:12Z

TO ANYONE WHO HAS FRIENDED ME FOR MY GRAPHICS
(Or anyone who likes my graphics in general)

I will NO LONGER be posting my graphics here.

I have a graphics community now. All you have to do is join it. This journal is going back to being my personal journal again, so if you don't want to see my occaisonal public post of ranting or randomness, then you might want to take me off of your friends list.

The graphics community will be easier because there is a memories section so it will be more organized. I am too lazy to bring all the graphics I have made already and put them in the comm, so the graphics that are already here in this journal will stay here. I will make another post or two about this in case anyone misses this post.

The community is located here:

Please join it!

Oh and if you added a button to your userinfo about my graphics here, you can either replace it with one of the ones on the userinfo page at the community, or you can just leave the old one. It will still indirectly lead them to the community so all is well :) Thanks!!!!!!!!

zar_roc @ 2005-09-08T18:22:00

2005-09-08T22:24:04Z

icon_charity

I didn't make it, just found it. But it is a good idea. Obviously won't bring in millions, but every little bit helps.

How to credit icons

2005-07-28T06:02:52Z

Ever wonder what people mean when they say "credit in keywords?" Ever get yelled at for crediting wrong? It isn't your fault! You just don't know how!!! Well this is where you can find out! This tutorial is made so even people who just got a Livejournal today can know how to credit icons in the keywords.

-Writing that is not in bold is part of an image. Don't get confused. You don't even need to read the non-bold text if you don't want to-

Step 1:

This is where you upload the icon. You do not need to host the icon on any site, but it must be in a valid format (.gif, .jpeg, .png Note: .bmp will NOT work!!!) Click "User pictures"

Step 2:

A page will come up that will look like this. Click the default button if you want this icon to be your main icon. Don't click it if you do not want that. When people say "keywords" they mean one of these two areas "Comment" or "Keywords." But if you are crediting with an lj user tag (the way 99% of people prefer and the way this tutorial is referring to) the tag won't work in the "keywords" part. Just the "comment" part. Why? I have NO idea. (People still mean credit this way when they say "credit in keywords" though. The just don't want something like "icons by blah blah blah" someplace random in the userinfo.)

Type in what you want to name the icon "keywords". Name it whatever you want. If you have an icon of Buffy name it Buffy. It doesn't matter and does not have to be the file name. It is mainly for you when you are chosing what icon to use when you update and comment.

Credit as follows: <lj user="kimberlywitch">

You may copy and paste this exact thing into the "comment" box if you wish.

Step 3: It should look like this:

Step 4: Now that you have done that, click okay and you are done! But what about your credit? Sure you followed the tutorial but did it come out okay? Here's how to check!

Click info

Your info page will come up. On the right will be your default icon. It is actually a link to your usericons. Click it.

It should look like this in the end. If it doesn't, comment here and I will try and help you :) I don't want crediting to be hard, I just want it to happen heh

Hope this was helpful!!!

Yes, you may use, add this to memories, link to, or do whatever with this tutorial. Feedback also welcome! Let me know if I need to be clearer about anything, or if I forgot anything! :-D