Around the world

There are people all around the world who use these sites, and I am friends with a girl from New Zealand. She has posted on this blog, and we often talk to each other through other sites similar to this.

My Challenge: Find someone in another country, by blog surfing, and post something on their page, then show the link on a post on your blog. There isn't really a point to this except to find people all over the world. I also find it quite cool to think that I am talking to someone often, who lives over 11682 miles away. 

There you go

Deadra xxx

Summer goes by way too fast

Wow!!! Summer has gone by sooooo quickly. I am having a great time and I cannot believe that 2 weeks are gone already. I miss all my friends, but I have spent the last week camping with guides with some of my friends, so I am happy.
Camp was very exciting, with lots of activities and rain. We spent most of our time singing and stayed up most the night. We cooked on fires and even managed to fit a shopping spree into it all!! Because of all of this activity, the holidays have gone really quickly, and I didn't want to go home. When I did get home, I just flopped in front of the TV and watched the Olympics (SOOO EXCITING!!). I was really really REALLY tired though, so I did have an excuse for flopping. Although, I am planning on doing it again today as well!

Sneak Preview to Three Cards

Here is a sneak preview to the book I am writing - three cards. Please leave your comments and say what you think, good or bad.

Deadra xxx







Three cards, all different, but all the same. The meaning means nothing to anyone but me. the order changes around and sometimes one disappears entirely, only to be replaced by another.


Anagrams


Gramansa, margsana. Work this one out: 
Rex Norabir
Briar Roxen. A name, which means nothing and belongs to me. If I have family, they are insignificant  and irrelevant to this.


The first card to be there, was the Ace of Hearts. Number one in this, even though, it is number three. Numbers one and two don't belong now, and hopefully never will again.


The Ace, was there on its own, for a long time. Occasionally, it was joined or replaced, but it always found its way back, and probably always will. The cards joining it where low numbers. Twos and threes. Maybe a four, never reaching higher than a five.


What you must realise here, is that what I am playing with these cards, is not a simple game. This is a game of skill and luck. Sorrow and joy. Death and life. Hate and love.


The other two cards, are currently battling with each other for first place. One is winning, but its place is unsteady. This is the red Joker. A ready smile and jest, always on show, for all to see. But the Joker has many followers, although not all of them for the same reason. In all places, a Joker is followed for he has a sharp tongue, and you want him as a friend. The reason I follow him, is different from many of the rest though.


The other card, still holds the secret, as to why it is there. It is the Jack of Spades, the lowest member in the court. It requires skill to get there, but it is not skillful enough to get any higher. This card, unlike the Joker and Ace, has few followers. Friends of the Jack, are close and few.

These are my cards, and I do not know what to do with them.






Briar Roxen, means old fashioned heather, or exotic heather. What a stupid meaning. If someone asks what does my name mean, there is no way I am saying old fashioned heather! I will say: rose out of the fire. That is me, rose on fire. Actually, I'm not sure how well that would go down, as there have been lots of fires recently. And floods. And roses are turning out to be a thing of the past. I've seen pictures of course, and once, I saw a petal, lying on a pool of mud and debris. The insignificant woman nearly cried. 


That is what I am calling her now, the insignificant woman. Because if I act like I don't care, it helps me think I don't care. I don't want to remember that night. Many of the desrilos came. That was when my parents had to become the insignificants, as I could not bear to think of them any other way.


I thought I had lost the card holders, the meaning of those cards. Why I had an Ace of hearts, a red Joker and a Jack of spades balanced precariously on my windowsill. If I had lost them, and the insignificants, what did I have to keep me alive? Even though I tell myself I want to find the Joker first, I still go looking for the Ace. I cry his name into the devastation. No answer. I do what I can think of, and go round and round till I see a body. As long as it is not the Joker's....no, I'm lucky, for once. I then change tack, calling out in turn for the Joker, and the Jack. I find the Jack of Spades first, and he is unscathed. It is worse with the Joker. I call his name again and again. Jack even helps, although it will not benefit him, if the Joker is found. I find him on the ground, and I fear the worst, until he moves. I see him, he is in a huge crowd of bodies, but he is alone. They are dead and he is not. 


That pile of bodies holds none of my cards, but it holds memories for me. Tears are shed, but time is not lost. It is getting very dangerous for us and for Ace. If he is not found, or we are found, that will be the end for all of us. I am worried, my pack of cards is dwindling. Then the desrilos come. We act dead, but if we do not escape, we will certainly burn. On the cart, we meet many, some are old cards, some were to be new. That is not possible now, as this is the truck for the dead. I cannot tell the future, I can only read my feelings, but I thought the Ace was near. All we could hope was that he wasn't too near. When we get to the fires, we see many run from the trucks. They tried the same as us. We missed our chance. However, Joker just said the best time to go, is when the bodies start to burn.


The smell of singeing skin increases, and we wait for our chance. Then, I see my Ace flee, into the forest. We will not miss him. I take my chance and go, leaving my cards in the pack. They follow, and another tries. It is not so lucky. I do not know what will happen now, the desrilos saw. Will they give chase? We leave, free for now.


...to be continued...

Photos of Herstmonceux

Here are all the pictures I took yesterday, when I went to Herstmonceux. It was really sunny (for a change) and I thought I would take the chance to use my camera. Some of them have been edited (you will be able to tell) and I did that on Picasa. I am not sure how this will turn out, as it has come from a link on Picasa, and it might not work. Here they are. Please leave your comments on how I can improve, which ones you like and which ones you don't like.

 

Thanks for looking. My text has gone a bit weird, it is all to one side. So, sorry about that. Just to let you know, there is a reason if I haven't put up any blogs for a while, and that is because I am actually attempting to write a story on my blog. It is taking a very, very long time but I will post it as soon as it is finished for all to read.

Thanks for everything
Deadra xxxxx

Justice

Justice. What is Justice? What does Justice mean?
Obviously, there are the logical answers to this question, but I thought I would ask people what they thought about Justice.

What is Justice?

-Being fair
-Doing what is right
-To do with Law and Lawyers
-When the right decision is made

Deadra xoxox

Notepads for writers

I have been told, that all writers have notepads. And I was wondering what kind of natepads they would have. Would they have:

A swirly, flowery one?

A little girly one?

One with flowers?

A cute one with cakes on?

A designer one?

A recycled one?

One with lots of words on?

A Union Jack one?

A spotty one?

One with birds on?

A multi - coloured one?

A flowery Union Jack one?

A pink and blue stripy one?

A green and blue stripy one?

A patterned one?

A polka dotted one?

What kind of notepad do you think a writer would have? What kind of notepad would you have?

Deadra xxx

Randomness

I saw this when I was blog surfing, and I really wanted to fill it in. Also today, Rorry was telling me that I haven't posted for 5 days, so I thought I should.

Outside my window... It is raining, and disgusting, and depressing.


I am thinking...Why should I be thinking, what am I thinking about. Wow, I have not played that game for ages, This is going to sound so weird.


I am thankful... That I have guides tonight, as I feel the beginnings of boringness creeping over me.


In the kitchen..I ate my tea. I felt a bit sick.


I am wearing...Having read this, I just went and got changed, so I wouldn't have to say what I was wearing. I am wearing now, trackies, a blue top and my guide camp hoodie.


I am creating...this blog, I suppose. And a noise, because of the typing and a mess because of clothes scattered everywhere from just getting changed.


I am going...to go to guides and have a great time (even though my bestie is away and I miss her loads and it will be really lonely without her)


I am wondering..how our sponsored walk will go tomorrow.


I am reading... Girls under Pressure (by Jacqueline Wilson)


I am hoping...for something to happen, but it won't (probably), and I can't really write it on here, as everyone will read it and I definitely don't want the whole school knowing.


I am looking forward to...seeing Charlotte and Emily again, and SUMMER HOLIDAYS!!!




Yeah, that is today today today.


Deadra xxx


(it is so weird signing my name as Deadra)

Scorpio Races

By Maggie Stiefvater

I have just finished it and it was great! Although, I must admit, I was expecting a good book after all the other great books she has written. It was all about the stormy October and November, the sea and the horses which race along the beaches. There was love and romance, fear and anger, pain and longing. The problem presented is going to be very tricky to solve, and obviously, nothing turns out perfect, does it? It is a great book and I would recommend it to anyone who likes: horses, the sea, little islands, adventure, reading, books, legends and myths, romance (there is only a bit, don't worry), pain and a GREAT read!

Random Note

This blog has really got me thinking about further research with books. For example, after reading the Wolves of Mercy Falls trilogy, I googled it and found out about fans and adverts and casting and who people liked and other reviews. With this book, I looked more at the legend behind the capaill uisce and where that idea came from. With the Hunger Games, I looked at pictures of the cast, to compare them to my imagination, and I did this really cool name generator. That is quite random but yeah.

Deadra xxx

Hunger Games

OMG I can't believe I haven't talked about this before. THE HUNGER GAMES!!!! They are so good. I finally started to read them and once I had started I couldn't put them down. I have finished them all and am in love with them. I think I am team Peeta due to whart happened in Mockingjay, but before that i was definately team Gale. My hunger games name is Briar Roxen and my bloggers name is Domitia Fairbain. Although, it does change the name each time you do it but hey! Yes I love them and I want to write more but we are going to lunch in a minute.

Deadra xxxxx

Sense of Humour

Sense of humour's are really weird and unique. I was wondering what people found funny and so I am going to show a whole load of pictures and then can you maybe rate them out of ten and then I want to see what are the best overall.


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Also just for you to know, I am thinking of starting to write a dream diary, but I probably won't put it on here, as it is private.

Deadra xxx

P.S. I will rate them too