to my MP3 PLAYER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i just got it last night! i'm soooooooooo excited! and the best part is, it was free! lol, jessica gave it to me b/c it came with something she bought, and since she already has an ipod, she didn't need it! thank you jessica!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i had to wait until after i was done with my school and chores to play around with it. so i'm just getting to do that. it's soooooo awesome!
oh yeah, pls go down to the bottom of the page and then go to the bottom of my playlist and listen to the song called 'gollum's song' it is soooooooooooo cool!!!! it's beautiful! it has this haunting sound to it, it's sooooooooo amazing! i LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!! man, i wish i could put it on my mp3 player!
anyway, i just wanted to share my awesome news! i'm soooooooo excited! :D
ipml!
~beth
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Thursday, February 19, 2009
while i'm on here
i'll go ahead and post the next section of my story! here it is:
Erin led them down another series of corridors until everyone except Erin had completely lost their sense of direction. Finally Erin stopped; she started feeling along the wall to her left. After a few minutes, she seemed to have found something. She pushed her palm hard into the wall. Nothing happened. She tried again. Still nothing.
Erin giggled, "Matthew, can you come push right here on this stone? I’m not strong enough!" she showed him where to push. He placed his palm on the stone and pushed, immediately, a door appeared in the wall. Erin slid a small latch over to the right and the door opened. She peeked inside, and once she was satisfied that no one was in there, she opened it all the way. They all went into the room. It was very dark, with only one candle lighting the whole room. Erin walked over to the candle and took it down off the wall. She then lit a few more candles. Now they could see that the room was full of treasures. There were tapestries lining all of the walls. All the sconces were made of pure gold. They saw piles of jewelry in beautiful mahogany chests. There were rich silk robes hanging from golden hooks on the walls. Next to each tapestry there was a portrait of the king that had owned it.
"This is the room of the past kings of Ymbrai." Erin’s voice echoed in the large room. "Each of these chests holds treasures once owned by one of the kings, and each robe also belonged to a king. My father used to bring me here when I was a little girl and tell me how one day he would be one of the kings in this room. I thought it was the most amazing thing. My father already has his chest and portrait." She pointed to a half-filled chest and a portrait hanging above it. "His tapestry is hanging in the throne room, it will only hang in here after his death."
Jacob walked over to the chest. "Do you think the Crown might be in here?" He started gently digging through the chest.
Matthew joined him at the chest. "I think that if the Crown was in this chest, it would be at the top. I doubt that the king would just throw it in a chest with other less valuable objects."
Erin strode across the room to her father’s portrait. "I didn’t say it was in that chest. I just said it might be in this room. If it is in here, there is only one place it would be. Behind each of the portraits is a little compartment in the wall, holding that king’s most prized possession. Most of them are incredibly valuable, that is why it was necessary to have secret compartments. I think the Crown might be hidden behind my father’s portrait." Erin shifted the massive portrait over with difficulty. Behind it was a small door, which Erin opened cautiously. Inside was a simple circlet of gold. It looked like two strands of gold yarn woven together.
Jacob moved quickly over to the little door. He reached inside and reverently lifted the circlet out of the compartment.
"Is that It?" Elizabeth asked. "I always imagined it more elaborate than that."
Jacob smiled, "That is exactly why it is not elaborate. The maker of this Crown predicted that most people would assume it to be fancy, so he made it simple. It is still lovely, is it not?"
"Shall we leave now? I expect the king will come here soon." Matthew suggested.
"You are correct, young man," a deep voice said.
Jacob quickly hid the Crown in his cloak. Erin leaned against the portrait and slid it back into place. They all turned around slowly. There stood the king of Ymbrai.
"Daddy! I was just showing my friends the portraits of the past kings." Erin falsely explained. She ran over and hugged him tightly.
"Erin, I told you this room was supposed to be a secret!" the king scolded.
Erin looked up at her father and made her best puppy face. "I am sorry Daddy, I just assumed it would be fine to show my friends. They will not speak of it to anyone else, will you?" she asked the others.
They all shook their heads. "Of course not, Your Majesty!" said Elizabeth.
Erin smiled sweetly at her father. "We will leave you in peace now, Daddy. I am sorry to have bothered you." She hugged her father once more, and then waved for the others to follow her. They all bowed to the king as they left.
Once they were outside the room, they ran as quietly as possible back through the maze of hallways.
"He will quickly discover that the Crown is missing," Erin panted. "We must hurry. He will come after us as soon as he realizes that It is gone."
"You will have to come with us, Erin," Elizabeth insisted. "Your father will know that you had part in taking the Crown. There is no telling what he might do in his rage."
"She is right, you must come with us." Jacob agreed.
"I suppose so," Erin sighed. "I will just miss my father very much. But I know that it would not be wise to stay here after what I have done."
They rushed until they reached the front entrance to the castle, where they slowed down and acted calm. They made it past the guards without any problems. Erin was able to easily convince them to let her and her friends through. After they were out of sight of the castle they started running as fast as they could. Finally they reached Elizabeth’s dragon.
Elizabeth mounted her dragon, Nomys, with Matthew close behind her. Then they realized that it would be difficult to fit all four of them. This was a domestic dragon, bred for riding. Those dragons were not as large as wild dragons.
"Oh no," Erin groaned. "I suppose I must go back and get my dragon, he is just so finicky. Jacob and I can go through the wood and get him. Our dragon field is on the other side of the forest."
They resolved that Elizabeth and Matthew would wait until they saw Erin and Jacob flying overhead. Then they would all fly together. Jacob gave the Crown to Elizabeth and told her and Matthew to go home without them if they had to. Then he and Erin left.
Erin led them down another series of corridors until everyone except Erin had completely lost their sense of direction. Finally Erin stopped; she started feeling along the wall to her left. After a few minutes, she seemed to have found something. She pushed her palm hard into the wall. Nothing happened. She tried again. Still nothing.
Erin giggled, "Matthew, can you come push right here on this stone? I’m not strong enough!" she showed him where to push. He placed his palm on the stone and pushed, immediately, a door appeared in the wall. Erin slid a small latch over to the right and the door opened. She peeked inside, and once she was satisfied that no one was in there, she opened it all the way. They all went into the room. It was very dark, with only one candle lighting the whole room. Erin walked over to the candle and took it down off the wall. She then lit a few more candles. Now they could see that the room was full of treasures. There were tapestries lining all of the walls. All the sconces were made of pure gold. They saw piles of jewelry in beautiful mahogany chests. There were rich silk robes hanging from golden hooks on the walls. Next to each tapestry there was a portrait of the king that had owned it.
"This is the room of the past kings of Ymbrai." Erin’s voice echoed in the large room. "Each of these chests holds treasures once owned by one of the kings, and each robe also belonged to a king. My father used to bring me here when I was a little girl and tell me how one day he would be one of the kings in this room. I thought it was the most amazing thing. My father already has his chest and portrait." She pointed to a half-filled chest and a portrait hanging above it. "His tapestry is hanging in the throne room, it will only hang in here after his death."
Jacob walked over to the chest. "Do you think the Crown might be in here?" He started gently digging through the chest.
Matthew joined him at the chest. "I think that if the Crown was in this chest, it would be at the top. I doubt that the king would just throw it in a chest with other less valuable objects."
Erin strode across the room to her father’s portrait. "I didn’t say it was in that chest. I just said it might be in this room. If it is in here, there is only one place it would be. Behind each of the portraits is a little compartment in the wall, holding that king’s most prized possession. Most of them are incredibly valuable, that is why it was necessary to have secret compartments. I think the Crown might be hidden behind my father’s portrait." Erin shifted the massive portrait over with difficulty. Behind it was a small door, which Erin opened cautiously. Inside was a simple circlet of gold. It looked like two strands of gold yarn woven together.
Jacob moved quickly over to the little door. He reached inside and reverently lifted the circlet out of the compartment.
"Is that It?" Elizabeth asked. "I always imagined it more elaborate than that."
Jacob smiled, "That is exactly why it is not elaborate. The maker of this Crown predicted that most people would assume it to be fancy, so he made it simple. It is still lovely, is it not?"
"Shall we leave now? I expect the king will come here soon." Matthew suggested.
"You are correct, young man," a deep voice said.
Jacob quickly hid the Crown in his cloak. Erin leaned against the portrait and slid it back into place. They all turned around slowly. There stood the king of Ymbrai.
"Daddy! I was just showing my friends the portraits of the past kings." Erin falsely explained. She ran over and hugged him tightly.
"Erin, I told you this room was supposed to be a secret!" the king scolded.
Erin looked up at her father and made her best puppy face. "I am sorry Daddy, I just assumed it would be fine to show my friends. They will not speak of it to anyone else, will you?" she asked the others.
They all shook their heads. "Of course not, Your Majesty!" said Elizabeth.
Erin smiled sweetly at her father. "We will leave you in peace now, Daddy. I am sorry to have bothered you." She hugged her father once more, and then waved for the others to follow her. They all bowed to the king as they left.
Once they were outside the room, they ran as quietly as possible back through the maze of hallways.
"He will quickly discover that the Crown is missing," Erin panted. "We must hurry. He will come after us as soon as he realizes that It is gone."
"You will have to come with us, Erin," Elizabeth insisted. "Your father will know that you had part in taking the Crown. There is no telling what he might do in his rage."
"She is right, you must come with us." Jacob agreed.
"I suppose so," Erin sighed. "I will just miss my father very much. But I know that it would not be wise to stay here after what I have done."
They rushed until they reached the front entrance to the castle, where they slowed down and acted calm. They made it past the guards without any problems. Erin was able to easily convince them to let her and her friends through. After they were out of sight of the castle they started running as fast as they could. Finally they reached Elizabeth’s dragon.
Elizabeth mounted her dragon, Nomys, with Matthew close behind her. Then they realized that it would be difficult to fit all four of them. This was a domestic dragon, bred for riding. Those dragons were not as large as wild dragons.
"Oh no," Erin groaned. "I suppose I must go back and get my dragon, he is just so finicky. Jacob and I can go through the wood and get him. Our dragon field is on the other side of the forest."
They resolved that Elizabeth and Matthew would wait until they saw Erin and Jacob flying overhead. Then they would all fly together. Jacob gave the Crown to Elizabeth and told her and Matthew to go home without them if they had to. Then he and Erin left.
hey, this is really weird,
i was checking the post i just did to make sure it looked ok, and i went down to my playlist to change the song, and the playlist looked totally different!!!! i don't get it! it's really weird. i mean, it looks like it does on playlist.com, and i had been hoping that i could figure out how to change it, but i didn't do it! it's very strange...
this is a very random
post. i'm just posting pics of symon for the sake of satisfying my dear friend matt. he thinks that i had posted pics of symon sometime in 2009 and they mysteriously disappeared. so, i'll just post these pics of my cutie pie so it can be said that i HAVE posted pics of him this year!
i LOOOOOOOOOOOOVE this last one!!!!!! except that i couldn't fix the color of his pupils. since it wasn't red eye, photo shop wouldn't fix it :( oh well. isn't he gorgeous though???
i LOOOOOOOOOOOOVE this last one!!!!!! except that i couldn't fix the color of his pupils. since it wasn't red eye, photo shop wouldn't fix it :( oh well. isn't he gorgeous though???
ipml!!!!!!
ps are you satisfied matt??? pls leave a comment!!!!!!!!!
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
well, i don't really have anything to post about,
but i just felt like posting something (lol, symon just jumped up on the keyboard and messed me up!). oh yeah, speaking of symon, turns out, he DOES have fleas. yeah, not pleasant. apparently we were s'posed to wait two days after his bath to put the flea treatment on him. we called the vet to see what we should do, and they said that we've done all we can for now. we'll just have to wait for the fleas to bite him so they'll die. apparently that's how the flea treatment works. oh yeah, while we were at gary and frankie's (wow! i need to post about that!) symon made a GINORMOUS mess on the basement floor near his litterbox. his litterbox wasn't even full!!!!!!!! i wasn't exactly pleased with him...
so, this past weekend we went to gary and frankie's house with erin and her family! it was soooooooooooooooooooo much fun!!!!!!!!!!! i just love them!!!!!! we always have so much fun when we go to their house. we didn't get to go last year b/c of daddy's surgery. but hopefully we'll be going every year from now on. we had so much fun! the first night we were there (friday night), gary took us to the beacon. it's this AWESOME restaurant. apparently all the food is really greasy though. we just had ice cream. i'll have to post a pic of it on here. the last time we went to their house, gary promised us that next time he'd take us to the beacon and get us 'the pig's trough' which is a massive thing of ice cream. he thought it was five gallons of ice cream, but actually it was ten scoops. but the scoops were huge. and each scoop was a different flavor, and then the guy making it put strawberry syrup, pineapple chunks, banana, caramel, peanuts, and prob some other stuff on it. and then he covered the entire thing in whipped cream and then put chocolate syrup on that, and then maraschino cherries!!!!!! it was AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!! and, to tell the truth, i thought it was gonna be disgusting, but it was sooooooooooo good!!!!!!!!!!! i think the flavors of ice cream we picked out were (well, first there was a base of a scoop of vanilla, a scoop of chocolate, and a scoop of strawberry) mint choc. chip, two scoops of choc. chip cookie dough, heavenly hash, moose tracks, cookies and cream, and one more that i can't remember. and seriously, it was goood!!!!!!! i'll prob never eat something like that again b/c it was so calorie laden, but it was AWESOME!!!!!!!!!
after that, gary sent the adults home, and he took me, erin, ben, and carlee to a random parking lot. then we got out and ran around the town. it was awesome! we balanced on the sides of fountains, jumped over bushes, climbed on statues, and played tag on top of a short wall. it was amazing! then we went home and watched fireproof (which gary and frankie hadn't seen yet *gasp*!!!), frankie really liked it (she cried through the whole thing!), and i think gary liked it too, but he insisted that it was a chick flic. oh well :)
we had alot of fun!
ok, this is sooooooooo random, but i would just like to say that if your reading this, you need to go down to my playlist and listen to 'smell the color nine' by chris rice. and if you have headphones available, listen to it with those, the effects are much cooler!!! also, you can listen to 'alien youth' by skillet. that song is awesome!!!
ok, i'm gonna go watch biggest loser (oh no! i've already missed nine minutes of it! whatevery will i do???!!!!)
ipml!!!
so, this past weekend we went to gary and frankie's house with erin and her family! it was soooooooooooooooooooo much fun!!!!!!!!!!! i just love them!!!!!! we always have so much fun when we go to their house. we didn't get to go last year b/c of daddy's surgery. but hopefully we'll be going every year from now on. we had so much fun! the first night we were there (friday night), gary took us to the beacon. it's this AWESOME restaurant. apparently all the food is really greasy though. we just had ice cream. i'll have to post a pic of it on here. the last time we went to their house, gary promised us that next time he'd take us to the beacon and get us 'the pig's trough' which is a massive thing of ice cream. he thought it was five gallons of ice cream, but actually it was ten scoops. but the scoops were huge. and each scoop was a different flavor, and then the guy making it put strawberry syrup, pineapple chunks, banana, caramel, peanuts, and prob some other stuff on it. and then he covered the entire thing in whipped cream and then put chocolate syrup on that, and then maraschino cherries!!!!!! it was AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!! and, to tell the truth, i thought it was gonna be disgusting, but it was sooooooooooo good!!!!!!!!!!! i think the flavors of ice cream we picked out were (well, first there was a base of a scoop of vanilla, a scoop of chocolate, and a scoop of strawberry) mint choc. chip, two scoops of choc. chip cookie dough, heavenly hash, moose tracks, cookies and cream, and one more that i can't remember. and seriously, it was goood!!!!!!! i'll prob never eat something like that again b/c it was so calorie laden, but it was AWESOME!!!!!!!!!
after that, gary sent the adults home, and he took me, erin, ben, and carlee to a random parking lot. then we got out and ran around the town. it was awesome! we balanced on the sides of fountains, jumped over bushes, climbed on statues, and played tag on top of a short wall. it was amazing! then we went home and watched fireproof (which gary and frankie hadn't seen yet *gasp*!!!), frankie really liked it (she cried through the whole thing!), and i think gary liked it too, but he insisted that it was a chick flic. oh well :)
we had alot of fun!
ok, this is sooooooooo random, but i would just like to say that if your reading this, you need to go down to my playlist and listen to 'smell the color nine' by chris rice. and if you have headphones available, listen to it with those, the effects are much cooler!!! also, you can listen to 'alien youth' by skillet. that song is awesome!!!
ok, i'm gonna go watch biggest loser (oh no! i've already missed nine minutes of it! whatevery will i do???!!!!)
ipml!!!
i found this
on splinters of silver and i thought it was awesome, so i wanted to share it on my blog as well.
wasn't that neat? it amazes me that a twelve year old gets this, but so many adults are clueless! this girl is definitely a public speaker!
well, i just wanted to share that. ipml!
wasn't that neat? it amazes me that a twelve year old gets this, but so many adults are clueless! this girl is definitely a public speaker!
well, i just wanted to share that. ipml!
Thursday, February 12, 2009
here's another section
of my story:
They left the dungeon, Jacob and Elizabeth hobbling along with Matthew in between them. Matthew suddenly started laughing."We are a pretty sad bunch, are we not? What are we going to do if we have to fight? I am going to be the only one capable of doing any damage!"
Jacob and Elizabeth laughed with him.
"I could fight if I needed to. I would just prefer to save my strength for now," said Jacob.
Elizabeth nodded, "The same for me."
"Wait a moment," Jacob said. "How did you get hurt, Elizabeth?"
Matthew answered for her, "She did it to herself. She used her dagger to gash her leg so we would appear as though we needed help. They let us in the castle because of it."
"So that is why you did not want to go to the physician. You were rescuing someone from the dungeon."
Once again, they all whirled around to find Erin behind them.
Elizabeth grimaced, "Um, we are taking him to the physician because –"
"Do not even try that," Erin told her. "I know what you are doing. I also know who this prisoner is. He is very valuable."
Jacob bowed stiffly, "Thank you, Your Highness."
Erin laughed, "It wasn’t necessarily a compliment."
"Your Highness? Why did you call her that, Jacob?" Elizabeth asked.
Jacob smirked, "Because she is a princess, why else would I call her that?"
"Well, she could have been a queen or something," Elizabeth replied.
"She is a little young to be married to a sixty year old king, don’t you think?" Jacob quipped.
"Anything is possible," said Elizabeth.
Erin rolled her eyes, "Can you two just stop? And my father is fifty-four."
Elizabeth nudged Jacob, "Ha! You were wrong, Jacob!" She whispered.
"How old are you two?" Erin asked.
Matthew decided to answer for them so they wouldn’t even have to open their mouths. "Elizabeth is sixteen and Jacob is seventeen. I know, they are too old to be arguing like that. I am sixteen, just in case you were wondering. How old are you?"
Erin laughed, "I am fifteen. And you are right, they are too old to be arguing like that."
Jacob cleared his throat, "Anyway, are we going to go now?"
"Oh yes, that reminds me," Erin said. "We are supposed to be enemies! So where are you going?"
Matthew laughed a sinister laugh. Everyone looked at him.
"We are not about to tell you where we are going, Erin! You just reminded us that we have to be careful what we say!" Matthew said.
Elizabeth shook her head, "Sorry if that scared you, Erin. Matthew can be very frightening sometimes."
Erin smiled, "I know where you are going anyway. You are going to try to get your Crown back."
They all looked at her in disbelief.
"You know about that?" Jacob finally asked.
Erin laughed, "Of course I know about it! It is the whole reason you were taken hostage. My father wants
to harness the power of that Crown. I don’t understand why he cannot just be satisfied with the power he has, but that is his problem."
Elizabeth corrected her, "Actually, it is our problem. And yours if you think about it. If your father wears the Crown on his head, he will be able to completely control everyone – including you."
Erin thought about it, "I suppose you are right. I will help you if you want. Like I said before, I know where everything is in this castle."
Erin took them to her room first; she had some bandages and things to help with their injuries. Then she took them to where she knew her father had the Crown. Erin went in first, then she signaled for the others.
Erin looked around, "Where is it? I know it was supposed to be right here on this table!"
Jacob’s shoulders drooped, "Maybe your father is already using it. We are too late."
Erin shook her head, "No, he said he was going to have a ceremony on Monday where he has the Crown placed on his head. It’s only Friday, so he wouldn’t have put it on yet."
Now they were all quite perplexed.
Erin sighed, "I am guessing this will be harder than I thought it would be. I have another idea of where it may be though."
"I think we should have a bag, or sack or something to carry the Crown in once we find it," Jacob suggested.
"Good idea," Erin agreed. She darted out of the room and returned in a couple of minutes carrying a small cloth bag.
Elizabeth looked at the bag, "Oh! This bag is from Kyera’s! That is my favorite clothing and jewelry shop! You must have bought a bracelet, that is the type of bag they always put bracelets in."
Erin giggled, "It is my favorite shop too! I did buy a bracelet! It is actually this one," she held out her wrist for Elizabeth to see.
Matthew groaned, "Girls! This is a serious predicament we are in! Would you mind waiting until later to discuss jewelry?"
i'm sorry if this sounds weird since i wrote it, but i just love the last part! it makes me laugh! =) and "kyera's" is supposed to be like claire's. i LOOOOOOOOOOOOVE claire's!!!!!!!!!!! except that claires doesn't have clothing.
anyyay, OH! the other day (maybe yesterday, i don't remember) i emailed laura a very random poem that i made up and wrote down as it came to me. it is very profound so i think i will post it.
roses are green
tulips are purple
green rhymes with bean
my brain feels like...uh....slurple?
the end
wasn't that amazing? the reason my brain felt like 'slurple' was b/c i could not for the life of me think of anything that rhymed with 'purple' and was actually a word. yeah, my brain feels like slurple every week day...when i'm doing algebra!
anyyay again, um....oh yeah!!! saturday is symon't birthday!!!!!!!!!!!!!! he's gonna be FOUR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! he is growing up so fast. ok, today i emailed all my friends and family a history of symon's life. so i'm gonna copy and paste it on here.
here it is:
after the death of my beloved cat, prescott, whom i had owned since i was about five, i think, my parents (to console me) said i could get a kitten sometime in the spring. prescott died in january. so i started reading up on how to raise a kitten. i got all kinds of how-to-raise-a-kitten books from the library (and from mamaw). then finally it was springtime. i started looking out for kittens. then one day my neighbors called and said they had a siamese kitten for me. they knew i was looking for a kitten because it was their nephew's dogs that had killed prescott. now, you would think that i would have been incredibly elated at this information, but the one breed of cat that i DID NOT WANT was siamese. my mom had owned a part siamese cat, and she had gotten to be pretty mean when she got older. so we didn't want a siamese cat. but i so desperately wanted a kitten that i put aside my prejudices and went next door to get him. when i saw him, i instantly fell in love with him. he was so little!!! mommy carried him home for me because i was so scared i was going to hurt him since he was so teeny. when we got home i started playing with him and tried to pick his name. my neighbors had told me that he was born on valentine's day, so i wanted to somehow incorporate this into his name. but unfortunately i couldn't think of any good 'valentiney' names that would work for a boy. so i gave up on that idea. then i thought of 'simon', it sounded somewhat like 'siamese' (not really, but i thought so at the time. since then, he has been *ahem* lovingly dubbed 'symon the symonese' by erin). i like to spell normal names in unusual ways, so i decided that his name would be 'symon'. only after he had been permanently named so, did i think of the name 'valentino'. thus, his full name became 'symon valentino beasley'!
i think it was a couple of days after we got him that we discovered fleas. this was quite a disturbing experience. if you know me well, i am sure you know how much i LOVE bugs (i just remembered how hard it is to recognize sarcasm in an email). but, after giving him a thorough washing in the bathroom sink, he was 'flea free'.
today, symon is certainly my most beloved possession. i love him so much! unfortunately, my family and friends do not feel the same way. so i am sure i will not recieve very nice replies to this email...especially from daddy. and jacob. and erin. and mrs. g. and abbey. this could go on for a while, so i will stop.
anyyay (no, this is not a typo), i would like to ask of all of you to please take a few moments to honor symon in your brain on saturday. i am very sad because i will not be present on saturday to celebrate my kitty's birthday, so this is why i wanted to have everyone else celebrate it at their own homes. when i get back i am going to make a cake for symon, and we will properly address the special day. please do not inform him of the cake because it is a surprise. thank you! and thank you also if you do take a few moments to think of symon on saturday.
i love you all, even if you do not love my kitty.
sincerely,
beth
surprisingly, so far most of the responses have been positive! i am very happy =)
if you are planning on celebrating this very special day, please say so in a comment. symon will appreciate it VERY much!!!!!!!! thanks =)
ipml!!!
They left the dungeon, Jacob and Elizabeth hobbling along with Matthew in between them. Matthew suddenly started laughing."We are a pretty sad bunch, are we not? What are we going to do if we have to fight? I am going to be the only one capable of doing any damage!"
Jacob and Elizabeth laughed with him.
"I could fight if I needed to. I would just prefer to save my strength for now," said Jacob.
Elizabeth nodded, "The same for me."
"Wait a moment," Jacob said. "How did you get hurt, Elizabeth?"
Matthew answered for her, "She did it to herself. She used her dagger to gash her leg so we would appear as though we needed help. They let us in the castle because of it."
"So that is why you did not want to go to the physician. You were rescuing someone from the dungeon."
Once again, they all whirled around to find Erin behind them.
Elizabeth grimaced, "Um, we are taking him to the physician because –"
"Do not even try that," Erin told her. "I know what you are doing. I also know who this prisoner is. He is very valuable."
Jacob bowed stiffly, "Thank you, Your Highness."
Erin laughed, "It wasn’t necessarily a compliment."
"Your Highness? Why did you call her that, Jacob?" Elizabeth asked.
Jacob smirked, "Because she is a princess, why else would I call her that?"
"Well, she could have been a queen or something," Elizabeth replied.
"She is a little young to be married to a sixty year old king, don’t you think?" Jacob quipped.
"Anything is possible," said Elizabeth.
Erin rolled her eyes, "Can you two just stop? And my father is fifty-four."
Elizabeth nudged Jacob, "Ha! You were wrong, Jacob!" She whispered.
"How old are you two?" Erin asked.
Matthew decided to answer for them so they wouldn’t even have to open their mouths. "Elizabeth is sixteen and Jacob is seventeen. I know, they are too old to be arguing like that. I am sixteen, just in case you were wondering. How old are you?"
Erin laughed, "I am fifteen. And you are right, they are too old to be arguing like that."
Jacob cleared his throat, "Anyway, are we going to go now?"
"Oh yes, that reminds me," Erin said. "We are supposed to be enemies! So where are you going?"
Matthew laughed a sinister laugh. Everyone looked at him.
"We are not about to tell you where we are going, Erin! You just reminded us that we have to be careful what we say!" Matthew said.
Elizabeth shook her head, "Sorry if that scared you, Erin. Matthew can be very frightening sometimes."
Erin smiled, "I know where you are going anyway. You are going to try to get your Crown back."
They all looked at her in disbelief.
"You know about that?" Jacob finally asked.
Erin laughed, "Of course I know about it! It is the whole reason you were taken hostage. My father wants
to harness the power of that Crown. I don’t understand why he cannot just be satisfied with the power he has, but that is his problem."
Elizabeth corrected her, "Actually, it is our problem. And yours if you think about it. If your father wears the Crown on his head, he will be able to completely control everyone – including you."
Erin thought about it, "I suppose you are right. I will help you if you want. Like I said before, I know where everything is in this castle."
Erin took them to her room first; she had some bandages and things to help with their injuries. Then she took them to where she knew her father had the Crown. Erin went in first, then she signaled for the others.
Erin looked around, "Where is it? I know it was supposed to be right here on this table!"
Jacob’s shoulders drooped, "Maybe your father is already using it. We are too late."
Erin shook her head, "No, he said he was going to have a ceremony on Monday where he has the Crown placed on his head. It’s only Friday, so he wouldn’t have put it on yet."
Now they were all quite perplexed.
Erin sighed, "I am guessing this will be harder than I thought it would be. I have another idea of where it may be though."
"I think we should have a bag, or sack or something to carry the Crown in once we find it," Jacob suggested.
"Good idea," Erin agreed. She darted out of the room and returned in a couple of minutes carrying a small cloth bag.
Elizabeth looked at the bag, "Oh! This bag is from Kyera’s! That is my favorite clothing and jewelry shop! You must have bought a bracelet, that is the type of bag they always put bracelets in."
Erin giggled, "It is my favorite shop too! I did buy a bracelet! It is actually this one," she held out her wrist for Elizabeth to see.
Matthew groaned, "Girls! This is a serious predicament we are in! Would you mind waiting until later to discuss jewelry?"
i'm sorry if this sounds weird since i wrote it, but i just love the last part! it makes me laugh! =) and "kyera's" is supposed to be like claire's. i LOOOOOOOOOOOOVE claire's!!!!!!!!!!! except that claires doesn't have clothing.
anyyay, OH! the other day (maybe yesterday, i don't remember) i emailed laura a very random poem that i made up and wrote down as it came to me. it is very profound so i think i will post it.
roses are green
tulips are purple
green rhymes with bean
my brain feels like...uh....slurple?
the end
wasn't that amazing? the reason my brain felt like 'slurple' was b/c i could not for the life of me think of anything that rhymed with 'purple' and was actually a word. yeah, my brain feels like slurple every week day...when i'm doing algebra!
anyyay again, um....oh yeah!!! saturday is symon't birthday!!!!!!!!!!!!!! he's gonna be FOUR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! he is growing up so fast. ok, today i emailed all my friends and family a history of symon's life. so i'm gonna copy and paste it on here.
here it is:
after the death of my beloved cat, prescott, whom i had owned since i was about five, i think, my parents (to console me) said i could get a kitten sometime in the spring. prescott died in january. so i started reading up on how to raise a kitten. i got all kinds of how-to-raise-a-kitten books from the library (and from mamaw). then finally it was springtime. i started looking out for kittens. then one day my neighbors called and said they had a siamese kitten for me. they knew i was looking for a kitten because it was their nephew's dogs that had killed prescott. now, you would think that i would have been incredibly elated at this information, but the one breed of cat that i DID NOT WANT was siamese. my mom had owned a part siamese cat, and she had gotten to be pretty mean when she got older. so we didn't want a siamese cat. but i so desperately wanted a kitten that i put aside my prejudices and went next door to get him. when i saw him, i instantly fell in love with him. he was so little!!! mommy carried him home for me because i was so scared i was going to hurt him since he was so teeny. when we got home i started playing with him and tried to pick his name. my neighbors had told me that he was born on valentine's day, so i wanted to somehow incorporate this into his name. but unfortunately i couldn't think of any good 'valentiney' names that would work for a boy. so i gave up on that idea. then i thought of 'simon', it sounded somewhat like 'siamese' (not really, but i thought so at the time. since then, he has been *ahem* lovingly dubbed 'symon the symonese' by erin). i like to spell normal names in unusual ways, so i decided that his name would be 'symon'. only after he had been permanently named so, did i think of the name 'valentino'. thus, his full name became 'symon valentino beasley'!
i think it was a couple of days after we got him that we discovered fleas. this was quite a disturbing experience. if you know me well, i am sure you know how much i LOVE bugs (i just remembered how hard it is to recognize sarcasm in an email). but, after giving him a thorough washing in the bathroom sink, he was 'flea free'.
today, symon is certainly my most beloved possession. i love him so much! unfortunately, my family and friends do not feel the same way. so i am sure i will not recieve very nice replies to this email...especially from daddy. and jacob. and erin. and mrs. g. and abbey. this could go on for a while, so i will stop.
anyyay (no, this is not a typo), i would like to ask of all of you to please take a few moments to honor symon in your brain on saturday. i am very sad because i will not be present on saturday to celebrate my kitty's birthday, so this is why i wanted to have everyone else celebrate it at their own homes. when i get back i am going to make a cake for symon, and we will properly address the special day. please do not inform him of the cake because it is a surprise. thank you! and thank you also if you do take a few moments to think of symon on saturday.
i love you all, even if you do not love my kitty.
sincerely,
beth
surprisingly, so far most of the responses have been positive! i am very happy =)
if you are planning on celebrating this very special day, please say so in a comment. symon will appreciate it VERY much!!!!!!!! thanks =)
ipml!!!
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
FLEAS???!!!!!!
right after i got home from church, i asked my mom if i could cut holes in my most raggedy jeans. i wanted to do this b/c i had realized from seeing a few ppl that had holes in their jeans, that i didn't have any 'holey' jeans!! isn't that awful??? anyyay (my new word), my mom said i could, so i went into my room and figured out where i was going to put the holes. as i was doing this (btw, my jeans are very light colored) i saw a teeeeeeny little black bug on my knee. i was like 'eeeewww!' and i was gonna squish it or move it or SOMETHING and then it HOPPED!!!!!!!!!!! AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!! plus it was the shape of a flea! AAAAAAHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! plus i had been noticing dirt in symon's fur that looked like flea dirt! AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! so then i freaked out for a couple seconds and ran out and told mommy that i saw a flea. then we discussed how symon could have a flea since he was inside. we don't put flea treatment on him b/c of that, but suzi does go outside, and since she DOES have treatment, that would mean that if she ever brought in a flea, it wouldn't stay on her and it might end up on symon! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! so then of course, i started feeling all creepy-crawly. eeeeewwww! then mommy called mamaw to see if we could have some of her cat flea treatment, and i went downstairs and got it. while i was down there i worked up the nerve to actually PICK SYMON UP!!! WOW! i brought him upstairs adn mommy and i checked his armpits for any sign of flea life. we didn't see any of the nasty, dispicable things themselves, but we did see some flea dirt (or so we think). but it was on the very top of his back, not in the places you would most expect to find signs of fleas. nevertheless (man, that is a weird word), we gave him a bath. he totally freaked out even before i started running the water. i've given him enough baths now that he knows the signs to watch out for. (ewwww! i'm like itching all over!!!!!) so during his bath he did really good. and mommy and didn't see ANY fleas! so maybe he didn't have them after all! we are still gonna put the flea treatment on him though. speaking of which, i really need to do that! hmm.....i hope symon isn't in the basement, i really don't want to go looking for him...
anyyay, that is my story for the day. i might be doing a special on symon tomorrow if i have time. his birthday is on saturday. seriously. i know it's valentine's day, but that is honestly when he was born!!! my little baby boy is gonna be FOUR YEARS OLD!!!!!!!!!!!!! he's growing up so fast (sniffle)!!!
ok, i'm gonna go do something...idk what exactly, but something.
ipml!!!
~beth (whoa, i just spelled my name wrong, that's pretty sad)
anyyay, that is my story for the day. i might be doing a special on symon tomorrow if i have time. his birthday is on saturday. seriously. i know it's valentine's day, but that is honestly when he was born!!! my little baby boy is gonna be FOUR YEARS OLD!!!!!!!!!!!!! he's growing up so fast (sniffle)!!!
ok, i'm gonna go do something...idk what exactly, but something.
ipml!!!
~beth (whoa, i just spelled my name wrong, that's pretty sad)
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
our spring resolve for debate
is:
in a democracy, civil disobedience is an appropriate weapon in the fight for justice.
so, this is what we will be debating about. i don't know yet what side i am going to be on, so right now i'm just looking for any information about civil disobedience. i've been googling 'examples of civil disobedience', and it's helped me find a few examples (i.e. rosa parks, nat turner, mahatma gandhi), but i want to find some that are not as well known. lol, i just thought of something, i was going to ask for any examples that you can think of, but then that would mean that it is pretty well known. oh well, if you know any examples besides the ones that i've already mentioned, please feel free to share them with me by leaving a comment. debate class is on friday. i suppose i will be finding out which team i'll be on (or if we are even doing teams this time) then. after that i can ask more specific questions.
ok, i have to go eat lunch now. ipml!
~beth
in a democracy, civil disobedience is an appropriate weapon in the fight for justice.
so, this is what we will be debating about. i don't know yet what side i am going to be on, so right now i'm just looking for any information about civil disobedience. i've been googling 'examples of civil disobedience', and it's helped me find a few examples (i.e. rosa parks, nat turner, mahatma gandhi), but i want to find some that are not as well known. lol, i just thought of something, i was going to ask for any examples that you can think of, but then that would mean that it is pretty well known. oh well, if you know any examples besides the ones that i've already mentioned, please feel free to share them with me by leaving a comment. debate class is on friday. i suppose i will be finding out which team i'll be on (or if we are even doing teams this time) then. after that i can ask more specific questions.
ok, i have to go eat lunch now. ipml!
~beth
Monday, February 9, 2009
ok, wow, that is really bad,
i totally said that i was going to post more tomorrow like, a week ago, and then i didn't! sorry about that! so i need to figure out where i left off in my story and put the rest of it on here! ok, brb!
ok, i'm back. i'm going to post another section of my story now. here it is:
Matthew and Elizabeth both whirled around. There was a girl that looked about their age standing behind them.
"Uh, we’re new here. We cannot seem to find anything." Elizabeth said.
"I can take you to the physician. Are you sick?" the girl asked.
"I just have a gash in my leg. I am fine, but I just want to rest. We need to get to the dungeon because that’s where my friend’s new post is. He is going to be a guard there," Elizabeth knew she was lying, but what else could she do?
The girl smiled, "Okay, I can take you there. I know where everything is in this castle. By the way, my name is Erin."
Matthew put his hand out, "It is nice to meet you. I am Matthew, and my friend is Elizabeth."
Erin led them down many corridors before they finally reached the dungeon.
"I am going to go back now, I do not really like going in there. It was nice meeting you! I am sure I will see you again," Erin smiled.
Elizabeth smiled back, "Thank you very much for helping us!" she really liked Erin. She seemed very nice. Elizabeth truly did hope that they saw each other again.
She and Matthew walked into the dungeon. The lighting was very dim. Surprisingly there weren’t any guards there! Matthew and Elizabeth started looking for Jacob. They looked through all of the cells, but they didn’t find him.
"Oh great. Now we are going to have to look somewhere else!" Matthew shook his head.
Elizabeth looked around, "Wait! Do you see that door over there? The tiny one? What is that?"
Matthew went over and looked in the door. It was so small that he had to get down on his knees.
"Elizabeth! Come here! I found him!" Matthew exclaimed.
Elizabeth limped over and got down on the floor. She peered in the door and saw her brother curled up in the corner of a tiny cell.
"Jacob! It is me, Elizabeth!" she yelled.
He looked up and saw his sister. He slowly moved to the door.
"Elizabeth! What are you doing here? And Matthew?"
Elizabeth smiled, "We are trying to get you out of here. Are you okay?"
Jacob tried to get out of the cell and winced, "I am not too great, but I will live. They knew I had It."
Matthew frowned, "They knew you had what?"
"The Crown," Jacob whispered.
Matthew and Elizabeth both gasped.
"You had the Crown? Why didn’t you tell me?" Elizabeth asked.
"I am your best friend, Jacob! You did not tell me either!" said Matthew.
The Crown was an object of incomprehensible power. Whoever wore it could easily rule the entire world. The Crown could be used for incredible good, or for incredible evil. It just depended on the person that wore it.
"I’m sorry. I couldn’t tell anyone about it. The only person that knew I had it was Father. He gave it to me when I was thirteen for safekeeping. Father knew people would expect him to have it, so he decided I should carry it. I never wore it though. I was just supposed to keep it safe. I have no idea how the Ymbrai King knew that I carried it." Jacob sighed.
"We can talk more of this later, we need to get you home," said Elizabeth.
Jacob crawled out of the cell. "We cannot just go home. We have to get the Crown back."
Elizabeth hugged him, "Jacob, you have to go home!" She looked at Matthew, "Can you take him home? I will attempt to get the Crown."
Matthew looked at Elizabeth, "Do you honestly think I am going to leave you here by yourself? Or that Jacob would let me leave you here by yourself? If we take Jacob home, you are coming with us."
Jacob coughed, "I am still here you know. And I do have an opinion."
Elizabeth laughed, "Sorry Jacob. So what is your opinion?"
"I am well enough to help you get the Crown back. It is my responsibility anyway." Jacob declared.
Elizabeth and Matthew looked at each other. Then Matthew said, "I suppose you are right. But we must see if you are even able to stand."
Matthew stood up and helped Jacob to his feet. Now that Jacob was in the light, Matthew and Elizabeth could see that his face was swollen and bruised.
Elizabeth gasped, "Oh Jacob, you look awful!"
"Thanks a lot!" laughed Jacob. "Now that you know I can stand can we go find the Crown?"
so....erin spent the whole weekend with us. it was awesome! she went home last night. oh yeah, the reason she stayed with us that long was b/c her parents were in pennsylvania helping her grandmother move down here. but anyway, yeah, it was awesome!
oh yeah, i never did get a pic of my car...the one that i made for the film festival....i'll have to do that. i still haven't thrown it away. ok, friday night at the film festival was soooooo much fun! it was like, waaaaaaaay more fun than last year! we watched 'price caspian'. i've seen that like, five times. but i sure learned alot i didn't know about it b/c erin and i sat with matt and john. it was soooo much fun! matt talked through the whole thing and that's how i learned so much about the movie. the only bad thing was that erin told matt to be quiet at the kissing scene at the end, and he was like 'oh, of course i'll be quiet at that part'. and then when that part came around, he started shouting at caspian and susan and telling them not to do it! erin and i were so mad at him! everyone cheered when they kissed though. oh yeah, and john hadn't seen the movie b4, so he was also mad at matt since he prob heard only half of the movie due to matt's chattering. but it made it much more fun for me and erin since we've both seen it so many times. oh, and the whole time erin and matt and i were trying to decide if caspian or peter is cuter. erin thinks peter is cuter, i think caspian is cuter, and, ok, i'll explain this first. erin asked matt's opinion and so he actually decided to answer (which i was very surprised at) and after MUCH consideration he said "let's face it, they're both cute, but caspian's cuter."! erin and i just cracked up! so after that, john asked me and erin if peter or matt was cuter and erin said peter, then john asked if he or matt was cuter. and erin and i both said matt. then erin decided to ask them if she or i was cuter. john said erin, and matt said me. as you can probably tell, we had quite an interesting time. i mean, this was what we talked about practically the whole time! except when matt was commenting on the battle scenes which were apparently 'beast'. and like, every time one of the narnians killed a telmarine (i have no idea if i spelled it correctly or not) matt laughed his creepy, evil laugh, and john cackled. it was pretty scary. but we had an awesome time anyway! lol
the cars that some ppl made were sooooo cool! i'm not gonna try to describe them though b/c i wouldn't do a very good job. but there was a noah's ark, a HUGE hummer that ppl could stand up in (it had speaker and provided the music for us), and laura and kat made a piano, and bri and miranda made a 'go green' car that was green and had different sections of the car representing different things to recycle like 'paper', 'plastic', etc. it was awesome! i think i might actually have liked theirs the best now that i think about it. oh, idk why i voted for the hummer! man! kat and laura's was adorable too! it really looked like a piano! it was sooooo cute! mine was a suitcase if i didn't already say that. i can't remember if i did or not. anyway, it wouldn't have looked anything like one if mamaw hadn't allowed me to tear her suitcase up and use pieces of it! i should NOT have used the swivel wheels though b/c then i couldn't manuver it properly! i was quite perturbed (ok, sorry, i know that didn't sound anything like my usual choice of vocabulary, but i'm in one of those 'fantasy story writing' moods. so i really should be working on my story...but first i have to practice piano. ok, i'd better go.
ipml!
~beth
ok, i'm back. i'm going to post another section of my story now. here it is:
Matthew and Elizabeth both whirled around. There was a girl that looked about their age standing behind them.
"Uh, we’re new here. We cannot seem to find anything." Elizabeth said.
"I can take you to the physician. Are you sick?" the girl asked.
"I just have a gash in my leg. I am fine, but I just want to rest. We need to get to the dungeon because that’s where my friend’s new post is. He is going to be a guard there," Elizabeth knew she was lying, but what else could she do?
The girl smiled, "Okay, I can take you there. I know where everything is in this castle. By the way, my name is Erin."
Matthew put his hand out, "It is nice to meet you. I am Matthew, and my friend is Elizabeth."
Erin led them down many corridors before they finally reached the dungeon.
"I am going to go back now, I do not really like going in there. It was nice meeting you! I am sure I will see you again," Erin smiled.
Elizabeth smiled back, "Thank you very much for helping us!" she really liked Erin. She seemed very nice. Elizabeth truly did hope that they saw each other again.
She and Matthew walked into the dungeon. The lighting was very dim. Surprisingly there weren’t any guards there! Matthew and Elizabeth started looking for Jacob. They looked through all of the cells, but they didn’t find him.
"Oh great. Now we are going to have to look somewhere else!" Matthew shook his head.
Elizabeth looked around, "Wait! Do you see that door over there? The tiny one? What is that?"
Matthew went over and looked in the door. It was so small that he had to get down on his knees.
"Elizabeth! Come here! I found him!" Matthew exclaimed.
Elizabeth limped over and got down on the floor. She peered in the door and saw her brother curled up in the corner of a tiny cell.
"Jacob! It is me, Elizabeth!" she yelled.
He looked up and saw his sister. He slowly moved to the door.
"Elizabeth! What are you doing here? And Matthew?"
Elizabeth smiled, "We are trying to get you out of here. Are you okay?"
Jacob tried to get out of the cell and winced, "I am not too great, but I will live. They knew I had It."
Matthew frowned, "They knew you had what?"
"The Crown," Jacob whispered.
Matthew and Elizabeth both gasped.
"You had the Crown? Why didn’t you tell me?" Elizabeth asked.
"I am your best friend, Jacob! You did not tell me either!" said Matthew.
The Crown was an object of incomprehensible power. Whoever wore it could easily rule the entire world. The Crown could be used for incredible good, or for incredible evil. It just depended on the person that wore it.
"I’m sorry. I couldn’t tell anyone about it. The only person that knew I had it was Father. He gave it to me when I was thirteen for safekeeping. Father knew people would expect him to have it, so he decided I should carry it. I never wore it though. I was just supposed to keep it safe. I have no idea how the Ymbrai King knew that I carried it." Jacob sighed.
"We can talk more of this later, we need to get you home," said Elizabeth.
Jacob crawled out of the cell. "We cannot just go home. We have to get the Crown back."
Elizabeth hugged him, "Jacob, you have to go home!" She looked at Matthew, "Can you take him home? I will attempt to get the Crown."
Matthew looked at Elizabeth, "Do you honestly think I am going to leave you here by yourself? Or that Jacob would let me leave you here by yourself? If we take Jacob home, you are coming with us."
Jacob coughed, "I am still here you know. And I do have an opinion."
Elizabeth laughed, "Sorry Jacob. So what is your opinion?"
"I am well enough to help you get the Crown back. It is my responsibility anyway." Jacob declared.
Elizabeth and Matthew looked at each other. Then Matthew said, "I suppose you are right. But we must see if you are even able to stand."
Matthew stood up and helped Jacob to his feet. Now that Jacob was in the light, Matthew and Elizabeth could see that his face was swollen and bruised.
Elizabeth gasped, "Oh Jacob, you look awful!"
"Thanks a lot!" laughed Jacob. "Now that you know I can stand can we go find the Crown?"
so....erin spent the whole weekend with us. it was awesome! she went home last night. oh yeah, the reason she stayed with us that long was b/c her parents were in pennsylvania helping her grandmother move down here. but anyway, yeah, it was awesome!
oh yeah, i never did get a pic of my car...the one that i made for the film festival....i'll have to do that. i still haven't thrown it away. ok, friday night at the film festival was soooooo much fun! it was like, waaaaaaaay more fun than last year! we watched 'price caspian'. i've seen that like, five times. but i sure learned alot i didn't know about it b/c erin and i sat with matt and john. it was soooo much fun! matt talked through the whole thing and that's how i learned so much about the movie. the only bad thing was that erin told matt to be quiet at the kissing scene at the end, and he was like 'oh, of course i'll be quiet at that part'. and then when that part came around, he started shouting at caspian and susan and telling them not to do it! erin and i were so mad at him! everyone cheered when they kissed though. oh yeah, and john hadn't seen the movie b4, so he was also mad at matt since he prob heard only half of the movie due to matt's chattering. but it made it much more fun for me and erin since we've both seen it so many times. oh, and the whole time erin and matt and i were trying to decide if caspian or peter is cuter. erin thinks peter is cuter, i think caspian is cuter, and, ok, i'll explain this first. erin asked matt's opinion and so he actually decided to answer (which i was very surprised at) and after MUCH consideration he said "let's face it, they're both cute, but caspian's cuter."! erin and i just cracked up! so after that, john asked me and erin if peter or matt was cuter and erin said peter, then john asked if he or matt was cuter. and erin and i both said matt. then erin decided to ask them if she or i was cuter. john said erin, and matt said me. as you can probably tell, we had quite an interesting time. i mean, this was what we talked about practically the whole time! except when matt was commenting on the battle scenes which were apparently 'beast'. and like, every time one of the narnians killed a telmarine (i have no idea if i spelled it correctly or not) matt laughed his creepy, evil laugh, and john cackled. it was pretty scary. but we had an awesome time anyway! lol
the cars that some ppl made were sooooo cool! i'm not gonna try to describe them though b/c i wouldn't do a very good job. but there was a noah's ark, a HUGE hummer that ppl could stand up in (it had speaker and provided the music for us), and laura and kat made a piano, and bri and miranda made a 'go green' car that was green and had different sections of the car representing different things to recycle like 'paper', 'plastic', etc. it was awesome! i think i might actually have liked theirs the best now that i think about it. oh, idk why i voted for the hummer! man! kat and laura's was adorable too! it really looked like a piano! it was sooooo cute! mine was a suitcase if i didn't already say that. i can't remember if i did or not. anyway, it wouldn't have looked anything like one if mamaw hadn't allowed me to tear her suitcase up and use pieces of it! i should NOT have used the swivel wheels though b/c then i couldn't manuver it properly! i was quite perturbed (ok, sorry, i know that didn't sound anything like my usual choice of vocabulary, but i'm in one of those 'fantasy story writing' moods. so i really should be working on my story...but first i have to practice piano. ok, i'd better go.
ipml!
~beth
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
you know that story
that i wrote that i said i would have to post sometime? i just remembered that, so i'm going to post it now. actually i'm going to post one section of it now, i don't want to overwhelm you by posting all of it at one time (well, that makes it sound REALLY long. it's a few pages, but it's not like a book or anything =). the characters are me (elizabeth), erin, matthew, and jacob. and i didn't bother making up names for all of us, so i just used our own names. well, here is the first section of my story (it doesn't have a name yet =):
Elizabeth sprinted up the stairs to the palace. She pushed open the enormous doors, she had to find her father quickly. She hurried to the royal officials’ meeting room. Elizabeth knew she was not supposed to interrupt these meetings, but this was very important. She took a deep breath and quickly gathered her swarming thoughts together, she had to give her father the news in a neat, orderly fashion. She opened the door and slipped into the huge room. Everyone looked at her disapprovingly. She darted over to where her father sat, at the head of the long table.
The King looked at her questioningly, "Elizabeth, what are you doing in here?"
She took another deep breath, "Father, Jacob has been kidnapped! A small band of soldiers from Ymbrai attacked the village. Jacob and I were trying to fight them off, but they overpowered us and captured Jacob! I escaped and came here as fast as I could to tell you!"
The King stood up, "How many soldiers were there?"
"About thirty," Elizabeth answered.
The King looked at one of the men at the table, "Mayloc, gather our troops. We must go rescue my son."
Elizabeth laid her hand on her father’s arm, "Father, I think it would be wise to use stealth to rescue him. You should send someone to the castle of Ymbrai. They can sneak into the castle and locate Jacob and then somehow smuggle him out with them."
The King thought for a moment, "Maybe that would be a good idea. But who would go? It would have to be someone that the guards wouldn’t suspect."
"I can go. He is my brother. And the guards certainly wouldn’t suspect a girl!" Elizabeth said.
"No." the King refused. "I am not going to let you just walk into such danger. Especially by yourself."
"I can take Matthew with me! He is Jacob’s best friend, I am sure he would insist on going anyway." Her father sighed, "Mayloc, send for Matthew."
"Matthew, do you think we’re almost there?" Elizabeth asked. "How far is it from Azmi to Ymbrai?"
"I think it is about two hours," Matthew replied. "We took off from Azmi an hour and a half ago. We are going to have to land soon so that no one will see us from the castle. Actually, we should probably land right now, your dragon seems to be getting tired."
They found a big open field where they could safely land. Once they were on the ground again, Matthew got out his compass.
"Ymbrai is North of Azmi, we’re facing North right now and Azmi is South of us. So obviously we just need to go north."
Elizabeth laughed, "That is exactly what I was going to say!"
So they started walking north. Soon they could see the castle in the distance. It was very large and imposing.
Matthew suddenly stopped, "Elizabeth, we have not thought of a plan yet."
Elizabeth stopped too, "I did think of one. I do not suppose it will work to try to sneak in a window or anything. It is too obvious. So somehow we need to convince the guards to let us in. I decided that I need to have an injury, and then you can act like we need help. So maybe if we both act desperate enough, they will let us in."
"What kind of injury?" Matthew asked. "It would not be very convincing if you just acted sick or in pain. They would have to be able to see something."
Elizabeth sat down on the grass, they were in a little grove of trees where no one should be able to see them from the castle. "I know, so I am going to give myself a cut with my sword." She rolled her pants leg up to her knee.
Matthew shook his head, "No Elizabeth, I am not going to let you do that. Your father told me to take care of you, and watching you hurt yourself would not be considered doing that. Your plan is very good though, so maybe I can cut myself instead."
"That would not work," Elizabeth said. "Whoever has the cut will need to lean on someone, you are quite a lot bigger than me and it would be difficult for me to support you. Plus, I would be better at looking helpless."
Matthew sighed, "Fine, but make sure that it is not too deep."
Elizabeth was about to draw her sword, but decided to use her dagger instead. She pressed it into her calf and drew it across quickly. It definitely hurt, but it didn’t feel too terrible.
"Do you have something to wrap around it? I should have thought of that before!" she said.
Matthew ripped a strip of his cloak. He knelt beside her and wrapped it around the wound. Then he helped her to her feet.
Elizabeth laughed, "I am not going to have any trouble limping!"
Eventually, the two reached the castle. The whole way there, Matthew had been practicing acting frantic. Elizabeth didn’t have to act like she was in pain, though.
They were at the door now, there were two sentinels posted there. They drew their swords when they saw Matthew and Elizabeth. Elizabeth was leaning heavily on Matthew.
Matthew held his hand out to signify that he came in peace. "Please let us come in! My friend has a bad wound and she needs medical attention."
The guards looked at each other and then one of them said, "Do you have any weapons?"
Matthew helped Elizabeth sit down on the ground, then he took his sword out of the sheath on his back and laid it on the ground. Elizabeth took her dagger and sword and put them next to his. Matthew had a dagger hidden in his cloak, but they needed to have some kind of protection, so he kept it.
The first guard nodded and said, "Come with me."
They followed him inside the castle. He led them to another man, and told him to take them to the physician. Then the guard left. The man signaled for them to follow him.
When they were in a corridor with no other people and only a few doors, Matthew helped Elizabeth lean against a wall, and then sneaked up behind the man and hit him in the back of the head. The man slumped and Matthew let him down gently to the floor. Then he went back and got Elizabeth. They went back to the entryway and started to look for the dungeon. They figured that was most likely where Jacob was.
Elizabeth and Matthew were starting to get worried, they had been looking for at least an hour and they could not find the dungeon.
"I think we have been wandering around for six hours!" Matthew exaggerated.
Elizabeth rolled her eyes, "Matthew, it has only been one hour! But seriously, I think I really do need some medical attention."
"You cannot find the physician?" a voice said.
well, i hope you enjoyed it! don't worry, i will post the rest of it, i won't leave you hanging, lol. i should make it more exciting:
who is the owner of the mysterious voice?
will Elizabeth and Matthew ever find Jacob?
is Jacob even alive?
find out tomorrow in the next episode of 'unnamed story'!
there. now are you dying to read the rest?! lol =)
oh yeah, ok, this has nothing to do with the story, but i would just like to say that, chris rice is now my favorite singer! i just love his music!!!! i'd like to point out a few of my favorite songs by him that i have on my playlist:
'lemonade'
'smile'
'everything's ok'
'smell the color nine'
'the face of christ'
'the best song ever'
and then this song isn't written by chris rice, but he sings it 'come to Jesus'.
ok, sorry, i know that was random, but i've had his song in my head for like, a week. i just love him!
anyway, um......let's see......ok, i don't have anything else to post about....wait! i just remembered, flannel and frappucino is on friday nite!!!!!! i'm sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo excited!!!!!!!!!!! i've been looking forward to it ever since last year! ok, just in case you weren't reading my blog last year at this time, the 'flannel and frappucino film festival' is a youth group activitiy we do at our church. we are supposed to wear flannel pants, and we watch a movie. but it's like a drive-in theater b/c if you want to, you can make a cardboard car. and they make 'parking spots' with tape on the gymn floor. it's even a contest to see who has the most creative, most functional, and cutest cars! i think those are the categories, not sure though. i'll have to see on friday. last year, mine was pretty lame. but it was also pretty big, so erin and i both sat in it to watch the movie. it was kinda comfy! and i liked the shape of it, but i didn't like the colors. this year i'm making a suitcase. ok, i know that's not a car, but hey, last year someone made a BANANA! so a suitcase isnt' that big a deal. and since erin is gonna be going to it with us, we wanted to make a car together, but she didn't have time to come over. but then we found out that she was coming over after school on wednesday! i've already gotten alot done on my car though, so she's gonna make another suitcase to go inside it (you know how suitcase sets come like that, a bunch of suitcases inside each other)! i'm not positive it's gonna work though, b/c first i have to finish the big suitcase, and then i'm gonna have to draw the design on the other box so we can just paint it when she comes over. but the thing is, the box was the one that my dad's leaf blower came in, and it's bright red with 'troy-bilt' written all over it (i think that's the brand). so yeah, idk if the red will show through the paint or not. we'll see...
ok, sorry that was so long! =)
ipmt!!!
~beth
Elizabeth sprinted up the stairs to the palace. She pushed open the enormous doors, she had to find her father quickly. She hurried to the royal officials’ meeting room. Elizabeth knew she was not supposed to interrupt these meetings, but this was very important. She took a deep breath and quickly gathered her swarming thoughts together, she had to give her father the news in a neat, orderly fashion. She opened the door and slipped into the huge room. Everyone looked at her disapprovingly. She darted over to where her father sat, at the head of the long table.
The King looked at her questioningly, "Elizabeth, what are you doing in here?"
She took another deep breath, "Father, Jacob has been kidnapped! A small band of soldiers from Ymbrai attacked the village. Jacob and I were trying to fight them off, but they overpowered us and captured Jacob! I escaped and came here as fast as I could to tell you!"
The King stood up, "How many soldiers were there?"
"About thirty," Elizabeth answered.
The King looked at one of the men at the table, "Mayloc, gather our troops. We must go rescue my son."
Elizabeth laid her hand on her father’s arm, "Father, I think it would be wise to use stealth to rescue him. You should send someone to the castle of Ymbrai. They can sneak into the castle and locate Jacob and then somehow smuggle him out with them."
The King thought for a moment, "Maybe that would be a good idea. But who would go? It would have to be someone that the guards wouldn’t suspect."
"I can go. He is my brother. And the guards certainly wouldn’t suspect a girl!" Elizabeth said.
"No." the King refused. "I am not going to let you just walk into such danger. Especially by yourself."
"I can take Matthew with me! He is Jacob’s best friend, I am sure he would insist on going anyway." Her father sighed, "Mayloc, send for Matthew."
"Matthew, do you think we’re almost there?" Elizabeth asked. "How far is it from Azmi to Ymbrai?"
"I think it is about two hours," Matthew replied. "We took off from Azmi an hour and a half ago. We are going to have to land soon so that no one will see us from the castle. Actually, we should probably land right now, your dragon seems to be getting tired."
They found a big open field where they could safely land. Once they were on the ground again, Matthew got out his compass.
"Ymbrai is North of Azmi, we’re facing North right now and Azmi is South of us. So obviously we just need to go north."
Elizabeth laughed, "That is exactly what I was going to say!"
So they started walking north. Soon they could see the castle in the distance. It was very large and imposing.
Matthew suddenly stopped, "Elizabeth, we have not thought of a plan yet."
Elizabeth stopped too, "I did think of one. I do not suppose it will work to try to sneak in a window or anything. It is too obvious. So somehow we need to convince the guards to let us in. I decided that I need to have an injury, and then you can act like we need help. So maybe if we both act desperate enough, they will let us in."
"What kind of injury?" Matthew asked. "It would not be very convincing if you just acted sick or in pain. They would have to be able to see something."
Elizabeth sat down on the grass, they were in a little grove of trees where no one should be able to see them from the castle. "I know, so I am going to give myself a cut with my sword." She rolled her pants leg up to her knee.
Matthew shook his head, "No Elizabeth, I am not going to let you do that. Your father told me to take care of you, and watching you hurt yourself would not be considered doing that. Your plan is very good though, so maybe I can cut myself instead."
"That would not work," Elizabeth said. "Whoever has the cut will need to lean on someone, you are quite a lot bigger than me and it would be difficult for me to support you. Plus, I would be better at looking helpless."
Matthew sighed, "Fine, but make sure that it is not too deep."
Elizabeth was about to draw her sword, but decided to use her dagger instead. She pressed it into her calf and drew it across quickly. It definitely hurt, but it didn’t feel too terrible.
"Do you have something to wrap around it? I should have thought of that before!" she said.
Matthew ripped a strip of his cloak. He knelt beside her and wrapped it around the wound. Then he helped her to her feet.
Elizabeth laughed, "I am not going to have any trouble limping!"
Eventually, the two reached the castle. The whole way there, Matthew had been practicing acting frantic. Elizabeth didn’t have to act like she was in pain, though.
They were at the door now, there were two sentinels posted there. They drew their swords when they saw Matthew and Elizabeth. Elizabeth was leaning heavily on Matthew.
Matthew held his hand out to signify that he came in peace. "Please let us come in! My friend has a bad wound and she needs medical attention."
The guards looked at each other and then one of them said, "Do you have any weapons?"
Matthew helped Elizabeth sit down on the ground, then he took his sword out of the sheath on his back and laid it on the ground. Elizabeth took her dagger and sword and put them next to his. Matthew had a dagger hidden in his cloak, but they needed to have some kind of protection, so he kept it.
The first guard nodded and said, "Come with me."
They followed him inside the castle. He led them to another man, and told him to take them to the physician. Then the guard left. The man signaled for them to follow him.
When they were in a corridor with no other people and only a few doors, Matthew helped Elizabeth lean against a wall, and then sneaked up behind the man and hit him in the back of the head. The man slumped and Matthew let him down gently to the floor. Then he went back and got Elizabeth. They went back to the entryway and started to look for the dungeon. They figured that was most likely where Jacob was.
Elizabeth and Matthew were starting to get worried, they had been looking for at least an hour and they could not find the dungeon.
"I think we have been wandering around for six hours!" Matthew exaggerated.
Elizabeth rolled her eyes, "Matthew, it has only been one hour! But seriously, I think I really do need some medical attention."
"You cannot find the physician?" a voice said.
well, i hope you enjoyed it! don't worry, i will post the rest of it, i won't leave you hanging, lol. i should make it more exciting:
who is the owner of the mysterious voice?
will Elizabeth and Matthew ever find Jacob?
is Jacob even alive?
find out tomorrow in the next episode of 'unnamed story'!
there. now are you dying to read the rest?! lol =)
oh yeah, ok, this has nothing to do with the story, but i would just like to say that, chris rice is now my favorite singer! i just love his music!!!! i'd like to point out a few of my favorite songs by him that i have on my playlist:
'lemonade'
'smile'
'everything's ok'
'smell the color nine'
'the face of christ'
'the best song ever'
and then this song isn't written by chris rice, but he sings it 'come to Jesus'.
ok, sorry, i know that was random, but i've had his song in my head for like, a week. i just love him!
anyway, um......let's see......ok, i don't have anything else to post about....wait! i just remembered, flannel and frappucino is on friday nite!!!!!! i'm sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo excited!!!!!!!!!!! i've been looking forward to it ever since last year! ok, just in case you weren't reading my blog last year at this time, the 'flannel and frappucino film festival' is a youth group activitiy we do at our church. we are supposed to wear flannel pants, and we watch a movie. but it's like a drive-in theater b/c if you want to, you can make a cardboard car. and they make 'parking spots' with tape on the gymn floor. it's even a contest to see who has the most creative, most functional, and cutest cars! i think those are the categories, not sure though. i'll have to see on friday. last year, mine was pretty lame. but it was also pretty big, so erin and i both sat in it to watch the movie. it was kinda comfy! and i liked the shape of it, but i didn't like the colors. this year i'm making a suitcase. ok, i know that's not a car, but hey, last year someone made a BANANA! so a suitcase isnt' that big a deal. and since erin is gonna be going to it with us, we wanted to make a car together, but she didn't have time to come over. but then we found out that she was coming over after school on wednesday! i've already gotten alot done on my car though, so she's gonna make another suitcase to go inside it (you know how suitcase sets come like that, a bunch of suitcases inside each other)! i'm not positive it's gonna work though, b/c first i have to finish the big suitcase, and then i'm gonna have to draw the design on the other box so we can just paint it when she comes over. but the thing is, the box was the one that my dad's leaf blower came in, and it's bright red with 'troy-bilt' written all over it (i think that's the brand). so yeah, idk if the red will show through the paint or not. we'll see...
ok, sorry that was so long! =)
ipmt!!!
~beth
Sunday, February 1, 2009
i just typed up the story
that matt and jacob wrote a while ago. ya know, the one i complained about? well, i'd been putting off posting it on my blog b/c i didn't want to type it (i only have a printed copy). but i decided i would do it tonight. so you can finally read it now!!!!
ok, here it is, it is in a complete and unaltered form (well, i did fix a few grammatical mistakes, but other than that, it's the exact same thing that matt and jacob wrote):
A Tragedy
By Matthew and Jacob
ok, here it is, it is in a complete and unaltered form (well, i did fix a few grammatical mistakes, but other than that, it's the exact same thing that matt and jacob wrote):
A Tragedy
By Matthew and Jacob
Erin’s heart pounded as she ran through the forest. She could still hear the animal’s heavily padded feet racing behind her. She didn’t know what it would do to her when it caught up to her, but wasn’t going to find out either. She raised the ring she carried on a chain to her mouth. "Quickly, you must take it to the temple. I wish you success in this matter, I have failed. Take it and go, now." In a small flash of light the ring was gone. She looked back in a futile attempt to locate her pursuer when she was struck hard on the head and blacked out.
A young defenseless girl darted in and out of the shadows. She glanced around anxiously, carefully hiding a glittering object under her hood. As she reached the outskirts of the small village she had traveled through, she reached a small wooden bridge. Only a few more miles, thought Elizabeth, for that was her name. She was on an extremely important mission for the king to deliver an ancient artifact to its rightful place of rest. Stopping near a small tree to catch her breath, she reached for the ring that rested on a gold chain around her neck. The "Tear of Light" as it was called, would bring unimaginable power when placed in the Temple of Light. That was her mission, and she was but a few miles away from her goal. All that stood between her and the temple was this small, rickety bridge. She ran quickly towards the bridge, her pace quickened by the closeness to completing her mission. As she crossed the bridge, a shiver went up her spine as a shining blade erupted from the ground. She quickly drew her own short sword as a towering figure emerged from the bridge. His massive sword knocked her dagger into the icy swirling water. "Give me the Tear of Light," said the figure.
"I will never surrender!" shouted Elizabeth.
"Then you will die." The sword flew towards the girl, ending her mission forever.
Erin awoke to find Matthew standing over her. "Where are you hiding the Tear of Light, weakling?"
"I no longer have it; it is on its way to the Temple. When it arrives you shall be vanquished forever, for you will never succeed."
"We shall see about that." Pain screamed from every part of her body, and the merciless blade of Matthew the Unrepentant quickly put her out of her misery.
A rumbling laugh echoes through the Temple of Light as Matthew and Jacob call forth the power of the Tear of Light. "Now nothing can stop us!" But all is not lost as Carlee, Guardian of the Tear of Light, awakens to a sunless morning.
A young defenseless girl darted in and out of the shadows. She glanced around anxiously, carefully hiding a glittering object under her hood. As she reached the outskirts of the small village she had traveled through, she reached a small wooden bridge. Only a few more miles, thought Elizabeth, for that was her name. She was on an extremely important mission for the king to deliver an ancient artifact to its rightful place of rest. Stopping near a small tree to catch her breath, she reached for the ring that rested on a gold chain around her neck. The "Tear of Light" as it was called, would bring unimaginable power when placed in the Temple of Light. That was her mission, and she was but a few miles away from her goal. All that stood between her and the temple was this small, rickety bridge. She ran quickly towards the bridge, her pace quickened by the closeness to completing her mission. As she crossed the bridge, a shiver went up her spine as a shining blade erupted from the ground. She quickly drew her own short sword as a towering figure emerged from the bridge. His massive sword knocked her dagger into the icy swirling water. "Give me the Tear of Light," said the figure.
"I will never surrender!" shouted Elizabeth.
"Then you will die." The sword flew towards the girl, ending her mission forever.
Erin awoke to find Matthew standing over her. "Where are you hiding the Tear of Light, weakling?"
"I no longer have it; it is on its way to the Temple. When it arrives you shall be vanquished forever, for you will never succeed."
"We shall see about that." Pain screamed from every part of her body, and the merciless blade of Matthew the Unrepentant quickly put her out of her misery.
A rumbling laugh echoes through the Temple of Light as Matthew and Jacob call forth the power of the Tear of Light. "Now nothing can stop us!" But all is not lost as Carlee, Guardian of the Tear of Light, awakens to a sunless morning.
The End?
there. now do you see why it disturbed me? and matt and jacob are very proud of this story. they are quite evil. jacob said he was gonna write a sequel, but i don't think he's started on it yet. i guess erin and i won't be in it....sniff.
oh yeah, this morning guess what song we sang in youth group? 'Your Grace is Enough'! can u believe that? of all songs! oh, and then we were doing an activity, and we had our Bibles open to...uh...2 corinthians something. and there was one line on the pages that i had open that was highlighted in red, so i read it since it stood out so much. it said, 'But he said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." ' (2 corinthians 12:9) Isn't that just weird?! it's so awesome!!!
ok, i just wanted to share that =) and i hope you enjoyed the story (ok, actually if u enjoyed it, that's just wrong, and i'm never gonna speak to you again! unless ur matt or jacob, b/c they can't help it, they're just like that).
ipml!
~beth
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