S. Stormy

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  1. I HACKED THE PIANO!!

    Okay, so actually not hacked. It's an electric piano(but it sounds pretty real), so you can transpose the key it's in! So I can play the lame All I Ask Of You sheet music in a boring different key, but it sounds like the original key! It's so cool!!! 

    Also, if you hold down the sustain pedal while you turn my piano on, all the notes are permanently sustained and stop being sustained if you press the pedal. It's fun.

    1. Kajsa :)

      Kajsa :)

      mine does that with the sustain :P 

      THAT'S COOL THOUGH

    2. S. Stormy

      S. Stormy

      I know!! I was so sad that the sheet music was in the lame key, but it sounds SO gorgeous now!

    3. IheartKaladin4eva

      IheartKaladin4eva

      brooo i love transposing things, my favorite thing

  2. Vibrato slowed down is hilarious. Try the main theme for Phantom of the Opera as a reference.

    Oh, and it also sounds awesome on 1.5 speed.

    1. Lotus Blossom

      Lotus Blossom

      sing oOoOoOnce aAaAaAaAagAaAaAaAaAinNnNnN with mEeEeEeEeEeEeEeEeE

      oUuUuUuUr strAAAAAAAAnge duEeEeEeEeEeEeEeEeEeEeEeEeEeEet

    2. S. Stormy

      S. Stormy

      My dad heard it and was like, "[Shallan], stop torturing Sarah Brightman!"

    3. Lotus Blossom

      Lotus Blossom

      LOLLL SO TRUE

  3. I know I just did a status update, but...
    "There's still a lot of good in the world. Tell Dally. I don't think he knows."
    If you know, you know.
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    2. Being of Cacophony

      Being of Cacophony

      I honestly loved it.

      "Stay gold Ponyboy. Stay gold."

    3. Edema Ruh

      Edema Ruh

      It was honestly a really good book, but my English teacher was so bad it was impossible to enjoy it.

    4. S. Stormy

      S. Stormy

      Just rereading it, and it's seriously a good book!

  4. So you know how I was all excited about this play I'm in? Where I get to be a lead and have a bunch of lines?
    Well, it's not going great. Mr. and Mrs. Mouse (Mortimer and Myrtle) barely know their lines and giggle every five seconds and the two stepsisters will always go WAY too far with their argument(they start screaming at each other and the only way to stop them is to physically move between them).
    On the bright side, there are at least 6 kids who legitimately doing great.
    Oh, did I mention that the show is two days away?
    It's not a big deal... just a low-key play thing with only one performance... but I've worked pretty hard on this... and I'm frustrated.

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    2. IheartKaladin4eva

      IheartKaladin4eva

      Good luck!!! :(

    3. S. Stormy

      S. Stormy

      Okay so we did a dress rehearsal today and it went SO much better!! I'm so happy, and it's gonna be better than I thought.

    4. S. Stormy

      S. Stormy

      WOOO IT WENT WELL I'M SO HAPPY!!

      The culmination of two months, over in less than one hour. Wow. That's theatre for ya...

  5. You know that mom

    1. S. Stormy

      S. Stormy

      ;)

      By the way, I'm Shallan Stormblessed.

    2. Shining Silhouette

      Shining Silhouette

      I do know that mom!

      Lol my notifications have been so insane lately I just haven't been able to keep up so I just saw this :P

  6. Pop quiz for random bystanders! (no, not Random Bystander, although if you happen to see this, you can respond!;)): In Phantom, is the line "say you need me with you here beside you" or "say you want me with you here beside you"?

    Put your answer in a spoiler!

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    2. Lotus Blossom

      Lotus Blossom

      Spoiler

      oh i thought we were talking about all i ask of you when raoul and christine sing it :ph34r:

       

    3. S. Stormy

      S. Stormy

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      Ah, but I carefully phrased it to avoid that specification. I'm evil:ph34r:

       

    4. TheAlpha929

      TheAlpha929

      Spoiler

      Same :ph34r:

       

  7. Should I change my name to Shallan Stormy?

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    2. TheAlpha929

      TheAlpha929

      Haha

      Y’all have any ideas about what I should change it to? I’m thinking about Aloha, because in the SE game I’m in someone made a typo, and I said that for the duration of the game I would not respond to Alpha, only Aloha. But that is more a joke and I want some more serious and cool, you know?

    3. Edema Ruh

      Edema Ruh

      Everything is serious and cool here. 

      I quite literally named myself after a group of fictional traveling performers :D

    4. Robin Sedai

      Robin Sedai

      I was so confused when I got this notif, like what the heck who is S. Stormy and why am I following them :lol:

  8. For some reason, something about the way Michael Crawford sings at 3:53 of Down Once More/Track Down This Murderer creeps the heck out of me.

    This is all I have to say.

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    2. IheartKaladin4eva
    3. TheAlpha929

      TheAlpha929

      It’s throwing me off too. Especially the pic, I keep expecting to see Syl xD

    4. S. Stormy

      S. Stormy

      Yeah, I changed it for Mental Health Awareness Month, so bad timing. Sorry, still Shallan!

  9. Yesterday was a wonderful day. After school, there was a fundraiser(buy and paint ceiling tiles to go on the ceiling). Here's mine(I did it with a friend):
     
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    Also I had (marinated)caprese salad for the first time in a long time, and it was SO GOOD. As good as I remember.

    The highlight! I finally watched Phantom of the Opera! (not live. But the recording: the 25th Anniversary Phantom of the Opera at Royal Albert Hall or something like that.) I've listened to the songs plenty, but I'd never actually seen it! It was SO GOOD, you guys! I did not love Raoul(Hadley Fraser); his All I Ask of You was NOT comforting or sweet like I would have liked, he seemed more... annoyed with her than anything(although apparently he didn't know the song as well as he liked). But other than that, it was everything I dreamed. Which is happying.

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    I probably would have cried more at the end if I didn't know exactly what was going to happen. Also Ramin Karimloo is such a good Phantom. Him covering his ears at the end of All I Ask of You? 
    Perfection. Sad perfection. 
    Oh, and also! His sad, lonely, broken rendition of Masquerade at the end is absolutely heartbreaking.
    Someone on the Internet articulated why I love PotO so much: because Phantom is clearly the antagonist, but he is so sad and sympathetic. Murderer, stalker... but so sad.
    Also, Raoul didn't do a very good job raising up his hand to the level of his eyes.
    Oh, and at the end during the bows, the actor still has the costume on but he's acting like a normal cheerful, friendly person and it's very disconcerting.
    Bye, y'all!
    (this felt like a @Kajsa :) status update for some reason. Not a bad thing, just odd. Huh.)
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    2. Cinnamon

      Cinnamon

      Phantom is amazing. That is all I can say :P 

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      One of my friends likes to use his watch to reflect light into our eyes and whenever he does I sing "Keep your hands at the level of your eyes" (to block the light, not a noose) and then, we just start singing Phantom together. Its fun :D 

       

    3. Kajsa :)

      Kajsa :)

      We watched it in choir toward the beginning of the year, but all the kids were being so loud that I couldn't hear it...

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      (this felt like a @Kajsa :) status update for some reason. Not a bad thing, just odd. Huh.)

      lol this kind of does remind me of one of my own SUs.

    4. S. Stormy

      S. Stormy

       I find it hilarious how

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      Madam Giry is like, "now remember, KEEP YOUR HAND AT THE LEVEL OF YOUR EYES" and he's like, "yup, got it, will do" and then he confronts the Phantom, doesn't do it, and then Phantom puts a noose around his neck. Like... um, feel like you could have prevented this... pretty easily.

      Also, I asked IheartKaladin4eva if she knew how it ended, and this is what she said:

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      "Hmm.  I think so? Smt like, oh u have to marry me, and she’s like, imma take off ur mask oh no ur hideous imma run away now and then he like, dies from sadness? 

      Don’t tell me what actually happens"
      I'm glad she doesn't actually know. That will make it all the more tearful when she does watch it.

       

       

  10. All I Ask of You is a gorgeous love song.

    This is all I have to say.

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    2. Lotus Blossom

      Lotus Blossom

      (I told you I needed to get her on here)

    3. Shining Silhouette

      Shining Silhouette

      A beautiful song.

      Spoiler

      All I Ask of You ~ Phantom of the Opera | Phantom of the opera, Phantom,  Music of the night

       

    4. S. Stormy

      S. Stormy

      Kay so the Phantom is evil and messed up as heck, but I do feel bad for him. Which proves Phantom is well done.

  11. Limiting Internet time to 15 minutes per day, at parent's request. Still love y'all, but won't be on as much. If I do it well, I'll get Stormlight miniatures.

    Bye!

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    2. Cinnamon

      Cinnamon

      Good luck with your quest!

    3. IheartKaladin4eva

      IheartKaladin4eva

      oooohh if you're getting paid for it then it's defiantly worth it.

    4. TheAlpha929

      TheAlpha929

      Defiantly, for sure :P

      Spoiler

      No offense haha

       

  12. I'm so sorry

    I wrote fanfiction

    Save me

    (okay, it's not the worst thing in the world. But... it's weird)

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    2. The cheeseman

      The cheeseman

      Isn't most fanfiction a bit weird?

    3. Telrao

      Telrao

      I mean... Telrao's adventures is kinda fanfic... :ph34r::P 

    4. S. Stormy

      S. Stormy

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      Isn't most fanfiction a bit weird?

      Well, yeah, and that's what I mean. It's not that mine is super weird, it's just that fanfiction is weird, and I feel weird writing it.

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      I mean... Telrao's adventures is kinda fanfic... :ph34r::P 

      You make a good point. I feel less weird.

  13. Your profile picture broke my brain before I realized what was happening.

    1. Robin Sedai

      Robin Sedai

      That's the best effect :D Happy April Fool's day x

  14. I wrote a ketek about grief. Please note that my feelings over Ivan(my cat, for those who didn't know)'s death are not as extreme as presented in this poem, but I wanted to do something to be sad, and I also wanted to write a ketek. So yeah!

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    Lessen grief won't
    It is there forever
    Abating--but returning acutely.
    Never will it leave permanently.
    Pain won't leave.
    I'd love to forget
    Will emptiness hurt more?

    ...Yes. More hurt.
    Emptiness would forget love.
    Would it leave?
    Will not pain?
    Permanently leave it will?
    Never. Acutely return.
    But...
    Abating forever.
    There it is:
    Won't grief lessen?

    Also.

    Hehe.

    My first role with real lines I actually have to put in time to memorize.

    Turns out there are benefits of having a Drama class where people aren't as committed as one might want.

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    2. Edema Ruh

      Edema Ruh

      What play is it?

    3. S. Stormy

      S. Stormy

      It's called Cinderella Confidential, and I'm Deb Jabber. It's pretty short and small, but Deb is a lead role.

    4. Edema Ruh

      Edema Ruh

      That’s awesome! Break all the legs!

  15. So I finished Warbreaker, skipping all de sketchy parts.

    AAAAAAAAAHHHH that was a good book.

    I NEED TO REREAD ALL THE AZURE PARTS IN OATHBRINGER

    WHAT THE HECK HAPPENED THERE?

    1. TheAlpha929

      TheAlpha929

      I think that Breaths, like Hemalurgy, have huge Cosmere implications, what with the fact that anyone can have them. Well as long as you can get someone to give them to you 

    2. Odiumiumium

      Odiumiumium

      That was...fast. 

      Who was your favorite character?

    3. S. Stormy

      S. Stormy

      I gotta say Lightsong. He's so fun!

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      He... was... so fun. So interesting as well.

       

  16. I already posted this in the Bad Day thread, but:

    My cat, Ivan, passed away today. It was extremely sudden.

    I got home from school and he was yowling. He's old(16)... and I knew it was coming at some point.

    Just... sometime later. Tomorrow. Not today.

    Sorry, I got distracted, not making sense. He was old, and he didn't do much but poop in the wrong places and puke on the carpet. But... he was snuggly.

    We got him to the vet, and they said he had either a stroke or a mass in his brain. He was disoriented, and he couldn't walk. So they said the kind thing to do was put him down. 

    So... he's gone now. I'll be okay. It was just so sudden, and... 

    I don't know. I'll be okay, but it's sad now.

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    2. S. Stormy

      S. Stormy

      Thanks for saying that, Telrao-- it helps to know you get it. I appreciate it.

    3. Potato's Wit

      Potato's Wit

      Oh, that sucks. I'm so sorry. :(

    4. Thaidakar the Ghostblood

      Thaidakar the Ghostblood

      *Salutes Ivan*

      That sucks so much, Shallan. *hugs*

  17. OPENING NIGHT TONIGHT!!

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    2. S. Stormy

      S. Stormy

      Yeah, we did fine(except for the awkward 10-second-pause where the lights didn't turn off at the end of scene 8). Either Annie wasn't actually sick or she concealed it very well, because she did great!

    3. Edema Ruh

      Edema Ruh

      Hooray! Good job!

      Storming techs :P

    4. S. Stormy

      S. Stormy

      Wasn't really the tech's fault: we had someone who was supposed to go off-stage before the lights turned off, but they... weren't led off stage, so the lights didn't go off, so we didn't go off.

  18. Wingfeather Season One finale has come out. Since the Wingfeather thread died a while back, I'll put my thoughts in here. Sorry followers that don't know Wingfeather.

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    Soo... they moved My Love Has Gone!

    Which... I don't entirely agree with. I think it's perfect where it is in Book Three, with

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    Esben dying and Leeli singing to comfort him, and having that as one's first exposure to that song. Because he's really dying. And then he says the line from it (In death, my love, I loved you best) and those are his last words? Oh my gosh, it's so hard-hitting. And here? At the end of Book One? It just... doesn't quite live up to that part enough to claim My Love Has Gone Across the Sea. It's just Podo "dying", and then he wakes up and everything's fine. It just... lacks the tears. Although I did have the sniffles while Nia was singing. Maybe I'll change my mind when the end of Book Three rolls around in the show? I don't know.

    So that, above, is spoilers for book 3. And I just... I dunno. It's not the same. Still pretty good though, although they didn't hint at Peet/Artham's guilt over 

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    Esben

    enough. 

    I did love Nugget's deep barks and stuff, that was fun.

    Oh! And the warning at the beginning? Kind of odd, because if they stick to the book's plot, they'll have to put warnings for maybe older than 7-year-olds. Did that make sense? Anyway, they'll have to start putting that warning at the beginning of every episode. 

    Spoilers for Book One above.

    1. Cinnamon

      Cinnamon

      Oooh I need to catch up on Wingfeather. Angel is awesome.

  19. Ohhh your member title! I love that song.

    1. CalanoCorvus

      CalanoCorvus

      I also love it!!

      It's the first song I slow danced to with Luna, so it's SUPER important to me emotionally :DDD

  20. TECH WEEEEEEEEEEEEEK!

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    2. Shining Silhouette

      Shining Silhouette

      TECH WEEEEEEEEEK

      ALSO FOR ME

    3. S. Stormy

      S. Stormy

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      TECH WEEEEEEEEEK

      ALSO FOR ME

      WAIT WHAAAT

      WHAT ARE YOU IN?

    4. Edema Ruh

      Edema Ruh

      AH I'M SO SORRYYYYYYY!!!!!

      TECH WEEK....*sighs* 

  21. Oooh, I like the new profile picture!

  22. I already posted this on the Members of the Church thread, but it was an incredible experience for me, so I'm going to put it here too. It's about my beliefs.

    I had a really spiritual experience two nights ago.

    I haven't really mentioned this on here before but, since I'm the youngest in my family, I'm the only sibling at home. 

    And... it sucks sometimes. I miss my siblings so much. It's a big gap between me and my next youngest sibling... but we're close. And... it's really hard, knowing that to some/one of my siblings, my home... their home, once... will never be their home again. My brother... has a home of his own. And I barely remember the time before he left home. 

    And that hurts.

    And hearing in books about sibling rivalries and among friends... they don't seem to care about their siblings. They don't seem to care, when their brothers and sisters leave home, that the people they've grown up beside aren't there anymore. It feels, sometimes, like I'm the only person in the world who misses my siblings. I just felt... alone in feeling this kind of pain. I was curled up in the corner of my bed when I felt like I should go to the window.

    And then I looked out the window, and saw the moon and thought "we've been on that!" And it reminded me of this video:

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    It was unthinkable, unimaginable that we could be on the moon.
    And it was unthinkable, unimaginable that...
    Jesus suffered for us. For me. He knows every kind of pain. He's experienced what I'm experiencing right now. He knows what it's like to have siblings move away, and I am in no way alone. 
    And I realized that He knows the deepest, darkest, stupidest parts of our souls. And he loves us, wholly, purely, and completely, anyway. 
    The Spirit was washing over me, and I knew that Jesus knew exactly what I was feeling. I imagined Him sitting next to me and wrapping his arms around me and holding me.

    I have a testimony that He knows us. All of all of us. And He loves us. All of all of us.

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    2. Thaidakar the Ghostblood

      Thaidakar the Ghostblood

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      I'm so happy that I could brighten your day. Although saying I did isn't quite accurate... you know who I mean. I hope you can feel God's love during your trials.

      And to be clear, I'm not scolding people who aren't as close to their siblings. It's just that I think I'm uncommonly close with mine, and I'm sad that it sometimes seems like I'm alone in missing them.

      I didn't read it as scolding at all.

    3. S. Stormy

      S. Stormy

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      I didn't read it as scolding at all.

      That's good! I was a little worried rereading mine, seeing it from a scolding perspective.

    4. Edema Ruh

      Edema Ruh

      I didn't see it as scolding either, I think it's awesome that you have that.

  23. S. Stormy

    So

     

    A while back

     

    You posted on my story thread

    it was some show reference? You never responded to my response to you.

    1. S. Stormy

      S. Stormy

      Thanks!

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      Spoiler

      ...I get an email when someone posts on that thread... so, it was a little bit sad to not have it be relevant to the story... but yeah, we all do random stuff. Don't worry, I don't mind.

       

       

  24. ERAOJRFSOEFJODSIJFOIJSEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGHHHHHHH

     

     

     

    Why?

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    2. The Wandering Wizard
    3. Telrao

      Telrao

      YAH! As a Shade of Kaos, I shall consume the world with confusion and befuddlement!

    4. Wittles of Shinovar

      Wittles of Shinovar

      *throws hundred of Kaos muffins into the air*

      Yay!