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I will be leaving for the cruise! Isn’t that exciting? Only less than that forty eight hours before I’m on the cruise ship! I suppose I’ve used enough ! for the beginning of the post so let us move on to other news.

Today packing went on fairly well and since Mom just picked out what she liked and packed it there really wasn’t much of a “Discussion” Fortunately I will be packing my carry on and then… Well suffice it say I’m packing enough to last me for the cruise if necessary. Mom didn’t want me to bring the small suitcase so I’m stuffing everything into a backpack and a small bag. Which means that I will have a lot to cram into a small space so packing tomorrow should be interesting.

Oh, I don’t know yet if I have gone into great detail about my new Monopoly and Scrabble game for my cell phone. It is really fun! Today we were in the car and I made a slight blunder and asked my older brother John who is a Monopoly Monopoly(I don’t feel like being clear right now…) to play a game with me. I got out fairly early in the game and then John had to find out if he could beat the computer………………… Big mistake. About 11:00 I finally got my cell phone back. But it is very fun to pull out a small handheld device and instantly have a monopoly game or a scrabble game I am really going to enjoy it on the cruise.

I had an accident today. I was riding my bicycle and usually when I ride my bicycle I am busy thinking up an epic story line and it is easy tell whether it is a very exciting point or not because when things of importance and excitement are happening in the story I ride my bicycle really, really fast and I usually forget to pay attention to wear I am going. So today in the middle of a sword fight with the villain(Or maybe it was when the heroine was escaping the molten lava… I don’t remember) I was turning and I turned to hard and somehow banged my knee really badly. It still hurts a lot and it doesn’t like to be stood on. My adrenaline was rushing so much from the story that I kept on going for a bit but I did slow down because my knee hurt. I hope it gets better soon because it does hurt a bit still. However I am thankful that I didn’t get hurt as much as some of the characters in my stories, there is nothing like having an example of something worse to make you more content with your own lot.

So, just ONE MORE FULL DAY left until the cruise. Two nights though but those don’t take as long. I am not really looking forward to waking up very early Sunday morning to go to the airport but the cruise makes it worth it.

I do want to write something just to get in the habit of writing something every evening because on some shore excursion days(Paris) I am going to be tired and I’ll need to write a post. Any way tomorrow Mom is going to go over my clothes with me and decide what goes with what and what goes on the the cruise and what doesn’t. Probably the few remaining bits of fashion ideas will perish tomorrow to lie smoldering in defeat only to reemerge later when I get to pick an outfit on my own and then make me look ridiculous to Mom. It is very unfortunate that the three sets of clothing (Things I like; Things I’d wear: Things Mom approves of) very rarely have anything in common. I like fancy clothes it’s just most of my fancy evening wear is dark colored(Evening wear=dark colors was pounded into my head, but surprise! Now all of my nice dark colored clothes are OUT and though I bought them for the cruise I can’t wear them:( So much for shopping only at the discounted areas where all of the winter stuff was on sale apparently.)

It is very pleasant being able to write all of this now that way tomorrow when Mom goes through my clothes I can nod and smile and say all right take out all of the things I like and insist on my bringing a whole bunch of clothes that I won’t wear and will only have to be lugged around in the airport to the great disconvenience of us then when the airline loses our luggage I will still triumph by bringing all of the stuff I really like in my carry on luggage and then proceed to wear it and if Mommy feels embarrassed to be seen with me when I’m wearing a beautiful dark green silk skirt and a white lace top that has lovely flowing sleeves I can go eat somewhere else and enjoy making a fashion statement and knowing that I don’t look half as ridiculous as most fifteen year old girls make themselves.

So now that I have a nice long piece of my mind on clothes I can go on about working in the shop. It is interesting how no matter how nice most of my life is I can always find something to complain about, something that could be better… Oh well, I suppose it is human nature but usually I am pretty content and happy and “It could be a LOT worse” is almost my motto. Anybody who says “It can’t be worse” here on earth is only asking for it to get worse. So though I am rather tired from a lot of shop work the knowledge that when my paycheck arrives and after the orcs have taken their plunder, I mean after the taxes have been deducted(I do have a high opinion of most of our government and taxes could be a lot higher and I do not mean to call all of the government officials Orcs, but some of them resemble them I think(No names mentioned but I would like to say now that I am a republican and Prolife and a Christian and I think that there is a definite right and wrong.)) Now if you can’t remember what I was saying before I reiterate or maybe I should just say what I was going to say which is, “I will be very happy when I get all of the money I have been earning.” “Work, Get Paid, Spend it” is a nice way of life just so long as you don’t spend more than you earn and don’t spend it too wastefully.

Wow this is a really rambly post that has a lot of different things in it! I must be regaining my ability to go off topic and change topics and write about a great many different things.

So now where was I? Oh I’m in my room… Any way I have been learning all of the songs from “The Mikado” and fortunately there is a nice website(Note the link!) that has all of the opera on it(In English of course, though it’s the English it was written in about a hundred years ago and the meaning to some of the words have changed.) On there all of the songs are midi files and you can open them in a separate window then read(or sing out loud) the lyrics to them. Just make sure you aren’t sent to practice in front of Madame Tussads Waxworks.(Let the Punishment fit the Crime) I really like the music to “The Sun whose rays are all ablaze”. For “The Flowers that Bloom in the Spring” my brother Daniel, Andrew, and I have our own variation that we sing when appropriate “Logical Reason and Sense, Tra La, Have nothing to do with this Thing(or Case or Point or Book or whatever…)”

So now that I have typed for about a half an hour(And I doubt it will take that long to read this) I am going to close this post and post it while I can still post posts. Actually “Post while you can still Post Posts” might make a good tongue twister. I am really going to miss internet on the cruise ship but I’ll have quite a few other things to entertain me. I just hope the television has a classic movie channel like the last cruise had because I am leaving a lot of DVD’s behind.

Now since I hope everybody lives happily ever after(except the Tax Orcs of course) I shall say “The End” and go to bed so I’ll have energy to go through my clothes:( Pack work in the shop:( and go to Walmart:). This time next week I’ll be on the Atlantic Ocean! I might be sick from eating too much ice cream and deserts but I hope that the fresh sea air and plenty of exercise will keep me from getting too sick.

Considering how tired I was when I started I really wrote a rather long post. Hopefully every evening on the cruise ship I’ll be able to write a post. When I get back I’ll have a lot of posts written(Hopefully…) to post.

This is the Post that never ends… It goes on and on my friend… Somebody started writing it not know what it was and they’ll go on writing it for ever just because this is the post that never ends… It goes on and on my friend… Somebody started writing it not know what it was and they’ll go on writing it for ever just because this is the post that never ends………………………

Well, just today I finally got the distinction of having a virus attachment sent to me! Fortunately having heard so much about these things I was able to spot it. I still haven’t received a Nigerian email asking me to transfer millions of dollars yet but I don’t need one.

The cruise is coming and packing is looming above the horizan. I have shopped, shopped, shopped but something occurred to me, with all of the stuff my Mom is taking with her(She is actually bringing flower arrangements and a toothbrush holder with her, It’s a five star cruise ship even! And the amount of clothes she’s taking… At least she is leaving the kitchen sink behind) I will be carrying nearly everything I’m bringing if not more. Soooo I am thinking that “Packing Lightly” might be a nice idea. Besides since I don’t think security would let me bring any of my swords with me I really have no need for a big suitcase. With a fairly large back pack and small suitcase I should be able to manage. After all I just need to bring: Eowyn and charger, Ipod and Charger, Cell Phone(It has a palm pilot built into it and I just bought Scrabble and Monopoly to play on it) and Charger, Tiny Kitty(A doll I have, she is very pretty and “Tiny”), Polly(My bear, very important), Lord of the Rings(I think I need a refresher course in Middle Earth Lore, I can’t remember who said “Now for wrath, Now for ruin, and the red dawn!”. I think it was Theodan but it might have been Eomir, also I need to learn how to spell the names because I don’t know.) and the Hobbit, my beautiful blue evening gown(Indispensable), and then some more clothes and shoes but I don’t feel like listing them, besides I don’t yet know which I’m taking and which I’m leaving but I don’t really want to take a lot. Just so long as I have enough and enough is not a great amount.

So I am really looking forward to the cruise. And it’s less than four days away, much less.

Also I have worked over nine hours in the shop this week, that may not sound like much but usually I do not work more than an hour a day with many days in which I don’t work. Considering the amount of money I spend and the things I want to buy it’s good that I am working more but a lot of my muscles are objecting to getting into shape.

Spending money reminds me, the Power Book is just a bit more than the Ibook so I might want to look into that later, maybe if it is much nicer I might wait a bit longer and get the Power Book, maybe…

For some odd reason those lines from “The Hobbit” came to mind. They were sung by goblins as they non-too-gently escorted thirteen dwarves and one hobbit down “Far Underground”. The song was much longer and had things about whips and darkness and plainly told what happened to prisoners in the goblin realm.

Now why that song should come to mind I don’t know… All I did was about three hours of shop work in Mordor(I mean the shop) today. But that was more than I usually do. Any way there are these boxes that were obviously made for the torment of man kind because they will not fold in the proper way and the clamps will barely fit in them and only one in five will actually permit me to put the lid on properly… I suppose I am slightly at fault because I am not good at them but… I don’t really like those boxes.

However since I have gotten an audio dramatization of “The Chronicles of Narnia” time does pass somewhat pleasantly in the shop, when I don’t have to worry about the boxes. I enjoy listening to the tales of Peter, Susan, Edmund, Lucy, Eustace, Jill, Digory, Polly, and of course all of the characters from the seven different books. I kind of like Lucy the best of all of the characters. “The Horse and His Boy” is my favorite of the seven books I think. I like the story of a young boy finding out that he is actually a prince, and a prince that is going to be king someday. It was also one of the few books that have personages get married in it. I think the only other book to have two characters marry each other is “The Voyage of the Dawn Treader”.

Speaking of Voyages it is only six days until the cruise. I am very, very much looking forward to it. Until we get on the plane is going to be slightly unpleasant because we have a lot of stuff to do before then but… It will probably be worth it. DESERTSSSSS MY PRECIOUS! Excuse the last remark but I seem to have Tolkien in mind this evening.

I know I’ve written quite enough for a post but I don’t feel like stopping. Besides I might be too tired tomorrow to write a post. I have a gorgeous dress in mind. I want to have a dress with pearl beads all over the overskirt and I have made several plans for a dress with that feature, it’s just I doubt I’ll have time to do make it and if I did make it the way I currently plan I doubt Mom would let me wear it. OH!!! I just thought of something, sitting in a dress that is covered in pearl beads might be somewhat uncomfortable… Maybe I should just skip it for this trip and concentrate on other things, like packing and shopping and other sewing. I still have a few shirts and blouses I would like to have, and I even have the material and the fabric for them. I just have to make up my mind and sew them. I do want to wear some designer clothes, with the designer being Elizabeth Von Fange of course.

Well, it is nearly Ten right now and though usually I am still up for about two hours I am rather tired right now since I woke up earlier, and did more, than I usually do. So, THE END

Your story was not accepted for the Neopian Times because you need to try and be more original. Choose a subject that has not been written about several times, this will increase your chances of being published.

Oh well, My Neopian Times submission that I sent in was rejected. At least it wasn’t rejected for bad grammar! Now to “Try, Try, Try, again” but I’ll probably wait until after the cruise. I suppose I should look through Neopia and see if I can’t find something that has never been written about before and then I would get a different rejection notice!

I plan to do another movie. I would like to do something with a sword fight in it but I am not very good at sword fighting and I don’t think my swords would stand being clashed together. Also I plan to do all of the acting parts myself. So… I just brilliantly figured out a way to save my swords and have an impressive sword fight in a movie and do all the acting. All I have to do is have a sword fight with an invisible enemy!!! Isn’t that a perfect idea! I just need to randomly wave my sword around and add in sound effects and I have it. So eventually when I have my new computer I’ll make a movie. In the meantime I can work on the script to make sure that there is more to it than just a sword fight with an invisible enemy.

Nine days to go until the cruise!

Well, I just submitted my article into “The Neopian Times” which, unless you play Neopets, you probably have never heard of. I’m posting my article on here though most of the jokes and humor of it can only be understood by somebody who plays Neopets but… I want to post it that way I shall know all of the mistakes that are in it when the rejection Email comes as it probably will. But if it doesn’t…. Well there will be great rejoicing in a post and I’ll probably try writing another article. So here is the article I submitted.

The Neopain Times is a place to find out information and not just a place to read the comics. Since most people want to know how to get neopoints there are always plenty of articles on that subject. Therefor since that sort of article is very frequently in the Neopian Times, it is probably a good sort of an article to write. Which means that a “How To” article on writing a “Get Rich” article might be useful to those wannabe Neopian Times writers out there.

Now I have reached the end of my article. I would like to repeat the part about being creative and unique. There are hundreds of ways to earn neopoints, though some(like playing games and restocking) are better than others(playing Scortchy Slots then spending all of your winnings(if any) on expensive food for your pet and hoping it’s gourmet) and some don’t work at all (Like going to the statue at the bottom of Maraqua and typing in “Give me Neopoints” and refreshing three times). So have a nice day and enjoy playing Neopets!

Once upon a time a long time ago a knight started walking across the courtyard of his castle. He did not look up and see a giant eagle carrying a captive princess and rush to save her nor did he see a band of ravenous vultures ready for fresh meat. Instead he made his way across the courtyard to the gate.

MORAL: Over Ninety Nine percent of the things that could happen don’t so don’t worry about things until they happen but always prepare for the worst and the worst probably won’t come.

I rather like having my story part be in Italics because it sets it apart from the rest of the post. I hope that story was rather interesting though I fear I didn’t put in enough things that didn’t happen. Oh well, it still may be interesting and I might print it off for lunch and see what the general verdict is.

Oh, and it is now ten days until the cruise!!!

I haven’t figured out a name for it yet but it takes place near and in Fange and I just finished writing the plot this evening. I won’t post the plot since I hope to write it in long story form and I may post it then if I ever write it. Currently I think the plot is much better than “The Royal Crown’s of Scotland”. It probably won’t be a humorous book with ridiculous plot twists but it will be interesting I hope.

In Fange apparently Nancealia is a very common name and usually the heroines of most the stories are named Nancealia. Since Nancealia is my favorite name and one that I am very fond of personally most of my books will probably have that name in it. I hope that makes sense but my brain went to sleep a bit ago and I am about to follow it’s example.

The plot is slightly similar to the last book as it is about four main characters and one of them is a prince but the circumstances are very, very different and there are no dragons in this story. And the villain is a villain and his name is Vark. I don’t know why I named him that but I did.

Also instead of Nancealia being the leader of the two girls she is actually secondary(in a manner of speaking) and Lellia is actually supposed to be the leader(but she isn’t). Lellia is a character that I made similar to the main character in a lot of stories I’ve heard about in that she doesn’t want to settle down and be a lady and wants to learn sword fighting, go off and have adventures, travel in the “Dark Forest”(a place of great danger near Fange that was named the “Dark Forest” in a burst of great creativity) and marry the crown Prince Richar of Fange. And since I was in a generous mood I have decided to let her do all of that but if she wasn’t very happy with the duties of a simple knights daughter I have a feeling that as a princess, and later as a queen, she had a great deal more “ceremonial bother”.

Well now you have a bit of a preview of “A Story of Fange 1″ as it is currently named. I’ll probably figure out a more interesting title later like “The Duke of Lorwith” or “Never imprison a Prince without good reason or suffer the consequences” or “Adventures in the Dark Forest”(That will probably be used later) or “Prince Richar” or perhaps “Nancealia and Lellia” would be the best as they are the main main characters. I might change Lellia’s name but I am not sure…

Today it is just eleven days until May 2 on which vastly important day I shall board an airplane and fly down to Florida where I will get on a cruise ship bound for Europe! I am looking forward to it exceedingly!!! Then for about seventeen to eighteen days there will probably not be any posts on here but when I get back there will be plenty of posts as I plan to write one everyday and save it is a draft. Then when I get home I will post them all.

It will be sooooo much fun on the cruise ship, 24 hour room service, formal nights, exquisite cuisine, fresh ocean air, exotic ports and shopping here I come! And did I say DESSERTS!!! If the desserts on this cruise ship are anything like the ones on the previous cruise they should be delicious. I’ll just have to exercise a lot to make certain I don’t gain any weight.

Today I just got another pair of glasses and since I have not written a “How To” post in a while, I think I will. To begin with I have 20/400 vision. Normally people have 20/20. Now 20/20 means what a person with good vision sees twenty feet away. 20/400 vision is basically what a person would see in detail 400 feet away I see in detail at twenty feet away… In other words I have bad vision, but only from a certain point of view.

20/400 vision is actually rather nice, if there is something you don’t want to see all you have to do is take your glasses off and viola, you can’t really see it. This is really useful in my room as I am not aware of the mess in it with my glasses of. So should you like to have such interesting vision that if you don’t want to see something in detail all you have to do is take your glasses off, follow these simple guidelines.

1. First if you don’t have glasses already go to an optometrist and get your eyes tested. While there and before he makes out your prescription say you want eagle vision and ask him to make your prescription stronger than you need. He’ll laugh and rub his hands gleefully(maybe not in front of you) and give you a stronger subscription.

3. In time you will notice that your vision is a bit fuzzy in the distance. When it starts getting really fuzzy head back to step one and keep on repeating the steps until you have very bad vision. I don’t know how long it will take to get to 20/400 vision or worse but it shouldn’t take too long.

Now congratulations on achieving interesting vision! You can now take your glasses off and walk up to total strangers and say “Hi Mom! Oh excuse me, I thought you were my mother” and go off and bump into several more people before you finally find the right person.

Now, supposing you tried the previous steps, you got your bad vision, and now you don’t like it. Your optometrist recommends surgery(or more glasses) but… Well, here are the steps toward achieving 20/20 and getting rid of your glasses and this works even if you didn’t use the above method for making your eyes worse. I am currently in the process of using it but I’m pretty lazy and my eyes are lazier so I haven’t been working on it… Your eyes are the laziest parts of your body and also the most complaining… They hate being exercised(which is what the following steps are) and will probably give you many bad headaches(I have had several) but in time they will get stronger and though I don’t usually like the saying “No Pain, No Gain”.

1. Take off your glasses and don’t wear them except for when you really need them.
2. Pick up a book or something with printing on it.
3. Put it to where you have perfect focas.
4. Move it back just a little bit so that it’s just a little bit fuzzy.
5. Stare at it and wait. In a little while your eyes will adjust and the words will go into focus, unless of course you moved it too far back.
6. Repeat steps 3 through 5 for a while occasionally taking your eyes off the book and looking into the distance and rolling them rapidly around, this is a very good eye exercise though I don’t recommend doing it when other people are around.
7. Soon as your vision improves you can go to the optometrist and this time ask him to make the glasses a little bit weaker. He may recommend bifocals and probably won’t be as happy as if you wanted stronger glasses but… Your eyes will start working more and thats the point.

Now even more congratulations as your eyes improve. Just don’t mention “Eye exercises” to your optometrist, they don’t like it. After all, peoples eyes getting worse is what they base there business on and they are going to do all they can for repeat customers. Doctors are that way too, and beware the dentist that gives out free candy to his patients.