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J. Magi
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I generally don't think of myself as a shy person . . . but then an opportunity arises that requires the tiniest bit of social initiative and then I immediately freeze up lol
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*Sighs wistfully while glancing out the window at the rising sun*
Another morning on the Shard, another LOVE-POTION-BREAKUP-HELP-CALL-NOW bot
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Happy Birthday!!!
(my friend who's never been on the Shard is looking over my shoulder and she says Happy Birthday too!)
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get ready for some chaos, I'm in a pfp changing mood . . . we'll see what I settle on.
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akjsd;flajs sorry
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Nah it’s wonderful
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lol I should be writing an essay but instead I'm changing my aesthetic
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My brain after taking the ACT: akjdf;lkajsdf;lkjasdfl'kjals;df
My brain after watching Dune part 2 not two hours later: akajsd;lfkjasldkfjask;ldfj (but in a good way)
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Spoilerheh I took the act today
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Bravo!! You've survived!!!
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Cool! That’s an achievement in its self, regardless of the result!
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Thanks guys!
I think it went okay, not great but it could have gone much worse so I'm happy with how I did. Hopefully my score isn't too bad.
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akjlkajsd;lkfj I'm watching Legend of Korra for the first time and it's so good!!!
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You don't like it?
Granted I've only watched 5-6 episodes, but coming to Korra after watching the new live action atla is like a breath of fresh air honestly.
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I...guess that's fair...maybe...
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It's obviously not as good as the original show, but you can't hold a sequel to that standard (especially when you take into account what an insanely well-written show atla was). It isn't really trying to be the old show either, and is leaning into new ideas, which I appreciate.
As someone who loved the original show my whole life, it's really cool to see more content set in the same world that isn't just an insulting remake of the original show. Korra reminds me of some of the post-atla comic series they did which I also quite liked.
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GUYS
My town hasn't had a public library for the past few years because they wanted to build a new building for it and that required destroying the old one, etc.
I got to go to the new today for the first time!! I'm so excited to have a library again! I got like 10 books!!! I shouldn't be reading manga I should be studying but who cares at this point!!!
anyway, I'm really excited.
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Oo hooray!!! Our library is getting added on to right now (it’s one floor and smaller than most houses) and I agree, it’s super exciting.
…is it good manga
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thats actually awessome!
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…is it good manga
yeeeess lol, I picked up some series I hadn't been able to finish so that's exciting!
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uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuugh I'm so done with ACT prep I just want to go home but I shouldn't but also I don't want to be here :0
anyway
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That is so beautifully passive aggressive lol.
I'm honestly considering it . . . we're supposed to do a mock math exam today (which I do need to do) but I can do a mock on my own at home using some online resources so . .
SpoilerI guess I just have to decide if I have enough self control to make myself do it tomorrow instead of today . . .
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That’s…a hard choice. Go home anyway.
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yeah I think I will . . . like I said, I can just do it at home.
I have to start studying at home anyway so It'll be alright.
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hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
I don't know what background color to do on my painting (badly photoshoped for convenience)
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Hmmm I like the very last one...but a really bright white or black would probably also be good?
Stark black was the original plan, but you can't really get an extreme black with watercolors (the medium I'm using), I'm also worried there won't be a big enough contrast between the black and the darker leaves, I don't want anything to get lost in the background.
I've also considered white, but part of me want the really light parts of the head (which are already white) to contrast with the background so it stands out more. That being said, if I can't decide, I'll probably just leave it white lol
Quotewhat about a muted gray-blue?
This is great idea, but I'm worried it'll look to similar to the shadows on the face. I may have to photoshop this as an option . . .
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Oooh, yeah that makes sense. I wish you luck in finding a good color!!
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Thanks!
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Always gotta love it when you get to school, ready for the Grind TM, but it turns out it's a half day and I had no idea . . .
I'm actually so happy that my math class is 45 minutes shorter, I hate that class so much lol, (and I probably won't have to go to ACT prep either!!!)
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The word 'destination' having 4 syllables is absolutely outrageous and infuriating.
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Yesss you got this
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"Destiny" only has three.
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...Not sure if that's helpful.
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I actually tried to use destiny and I couldn't cause it was too long lol,
I'm finding myself using really short and basic words because it lets me say more, it's difficult to balance things . . .
also I've got a good paragraph down now, but I'm thinking that the story should have a different opening scene, so I might have to start over
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(writing my thoughts here as I figure this hiaku story thing out)
Okay, I've started, and the main problem I'm running into is I'm not sure what the specific rules should be.
5,7,5 is a given, but that can't be the only rule because any piece of writing can be split into 5,7,5 increments, but that doesn't mean it's made of hiaku's:
ex:
into 5,7,5
increments, it doesn't need
to be a Haiku
I know for sure I want each Haiku to focus on one idea, and not have any unfinished sentences inside (like the example above)
The main issue is grammar, in a traditional Haiku, each line should portray and independent idea, but that causes issues with sentence building. For example, if each line were sectioned off as one sentence, then I think the writing itself would become really redundant out of the Haiku context-- which is the point of the project. I want the story to be able to work in both formats perfectly, the novelty being that it can switch back and forth.
Good and natural sounding paragraph structure needs variation in sentence length to give the writing good flow. I want it to sound nice lol.
I think for sure, I want to make sure that I don't have grammar in the center of a line, because as I said above, then anything can be turned into a haiku. However, I also don't know if I can really pull off each line being and independent clause, once again for the redundancy issue.
I'm thinking that I can allow lines to consist of dependent clauses, but punction should have to go at the end of each line (excluding commas, in some circumstances).
We'll see how it goes . . .
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The real question is, most every line line end in punction? Or, if the next line finishes the sentence, than it's alright if the previous doesn't finish it's thought . . . I'm thinking I'll allow it for simplicity's sake.
My current method has been using two docs, one with the haiku version, and one with the narrative version side by side, so I can edit one to fit the format of the other.
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*must every line end in punctuation
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What if--someone wrote like, an entire short story that if sectioned up correctly would make a perfect number of independently working hiakus
why do I keep having ideas that my brain isn't big enough to execute . . . now I really wanna try this
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that's what google said lol . . . I should clarify it's 1500 words, which could be a different number depending on the formatting, but still pretty short
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Wait wait wait
but- but what about the- “For sale. Baby shoes. Never used” short story? (I’m sorry if I got the wording wrong)
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but- but what about the- “For sale. Baby shoes. Never used” short story? (I’m sorry if I got the wording wrong)
I've never heard of that before . . . but after a google . . .
that would probably count as flash fiction, but do keep in mind that the lengths are general and there's no hard and fast rules. It's just good to know what to call your story depending on the length
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