Late for Hope

I'm really sorry I haven't posted. I've been really honestly busy, as we all are at this time of year. So I will tell you a bit about what's been going on.

I have Visual Arts every day at fourth period. I get quite a bit of homework from that, to some extent. And I'll probably post some pictures of my sketchbook assignments.

I feel sick. I found Pillsbury pre-cut cookies in my fridge. I ate some of them. Ugggghhhhh.....

We got a new cat. My hands ache from her lethal kitten claws. She's bad luck. Ebony is almost entirely black, and she almost broke a mirror.

I suppose you could say I'm busy. It's a lot, I guess. I honestly don't have much to do, but really, my memory is said to be worse than a sieve.

So, moving on, I'm just going to write a bit of a story here. I'm not sure how good it is, but I try my best.

"The world is turning beautiful."

That's what she always said. I watched as she spun, the autumn sunlight shining weakly through colourful leaves, like a spotlight.

That's how it aways was. Sierra was a dancer. I was an artist. She stood on a stage. I hunched over my sketchbook. She got a standing ovation. I had my pieces hung on a wall.

I didn't mind. That's how it's always been. And really, I still don't.

"Wait for me..." I called, tucking my sketchbook under my arm.

"Slowpoke..." she drew out the 'slow'.

"Hey...!"

"Okay, okay. You do have too much stuff, though," Sierra said.

I shrugged. "I guess. I.. wait did you give me back my pens after science?"

"Yeah."

"Okay, if you say so."

Days could go by like this. I wouldn't have noticed the passing months, years. I guess happiness, sheer bliss, doesn't last. Someday, I would learn. I would learn why I had to go through this. The tears shed, hope shattered like broken glass. I would someday learn why you had to leave me heartbroken, alone. No hand to hold, nothing to keep me from falling, to keep me from falling endlessly. Eternally.

-Camille. I guess that's it.

Time Travel

I really ought to have posted sooner, but I guess that just forget. What usually happens, though, is that I start a blog post, and I'm halfway done, then I think "Wow, this sounds really stupid," and delete my draft. That, and my procrastination issues are what been causing my blog post delay. That sounds a bit weird, but it's true. I'm looking at my hockey schedule, and just about gaping. There are 11 teams in my 'loop' and 35 teams in my division. Oh wow. I am so frustrated that this team is not in my loop. Because I lost Milly after a game against that team. I guess you could say that I'm obssessed with Milly, which is, pretty much, true. I'm kind of sad about Milly. I miss her. It's a little irrational though, 'cause she's a stuffed cat. But I miss her all the same. Besides Milly, I don't have much else to talk about. I intended for this to be a longer post; but it won't end up that way.. Oh well. I haven't uploaded my pictures from my trip, so all the pictures in this post are rather old.

-Camille
P.S. The Title: Time Travel? Well there is quite a time difference between France and North America. France's Time Zone is several hours ahead of mine. Therefore; we did time travel to return home.

Mind the Gap, please

So I have not posted in what, two weeks? Sorry. Thanks for the nice comments, though. We've been busy. Well, I've been busy. My family and I have traveling (with Gris-Gris, of course). The first destination was London, England. I had to ride the 'Tube' quite a bit, so writing this title makes some amount of sense to me. We did your typical tourist-y stuff; visited the Tower of London, went to see the changing of the guard at Buckingham Palace... went on a bus tour, saw the Tate Gallery of Modern art. Lots of stuff. My brain is malfunctioning, so I can't quite remember what else we did. But London was cool.! Next we took a train to Paris... and did the tourist-y stuff there; visited the Eiffel Tower, l'Arc de Triomphe, Musee D'Orsay, the Louvre, etc., etc. I'm going to try not to ramble and wrap this post up.

-Camille

P.S. These are pictures from my trip. Top to bottom: A desert from a little cafe in Paris, Gris in front of the Eiffel Tower, a Double-Decker bus in London. (I just couldn't resist taking a picture!)

Poems and Updates

I haven't posted for awhile.. :P I'd say I'm busy, but I don't think playing on http://www.buildabearville.com/ counts as 'busy'. I'm a bit of a sucker for cute toys.. Well aside from that- Yesterday my mom, my sister and I went uniform shopping. I ended up getting several polo shirts, three pairs of pants, two kilts, a blouse, socks... a sweater... the list goes on. My sister got a new sweater, 'cause the sleeves became too short on hers, and more polo shirts. Then we picked up my friend for a sleepover, so I stayed up until 2:30 a.m. Which probably wasn't too smart. Then today we started the 'Marathon Doctors' appointments'. And now I've run out of things to talk about. Maybe... Oh yes, and I still have a bunch of poems to post.

Haikus

Pale autumn sunlight

Shines through tall maple branches

Gently shedding leaves

Winter winds, whipping

Cold, white, frosty snowflakes fall

Storms of ice, swirling

Scars slice 'cross his face

Ancient battles remembered

..lost old warrior

From Seasons long passed

Branches, once young, now withered

The wise old Oak tree

A few haikus for you to ponder.. they aren't all that good, though. I'll try and post once a week, an comment on my readers' blogs (a.k.a. you), but I can't really make any guarantees, since I'll be traveling for the next while or so. I can't promise pictures on my posts abroad, either.

-Camille & Co.

P.S. If you're wondering, I'm bringing Nicki and Ruthie if I can bring two dolls. Otherwise you might see alot more of Gris than you already see.

Moonlit Days

I have a lot to say... and I'll start with my post titles. No doubt you've wondered about that. I like doing poetry; which is mainly very abstract, and sounds completely irrelevant. Moonlit Days? Of all things. I don't do very much much poetry, though. I'll post a Romeo & Juliet poem I did for school. It's kind of strange.. I might work on a poem throughout this poem, and I'll add it in at the end. So, following that, I'm working on doing something else that is abstract. It's a music video to the song 'Human' by The Killers. It's going to be kind of abstract; mostly live clips of things like dripping faucets. And wind whipping through someone's hair, that kind of thing. I like the song, because you can really put your own meaning into the lyrics. I don't think that in all terms; but it has a very loose meaning, close to none at all.

I don't really want to just ramble; but I seriously don't have much of anything else to do. I have nothing to do. Seriously. I'm timing how long it takes to write by listening to a a playlist of Taylor Swift songs. I'd much rather be at the Ikea. I'm supposed to be getting a bedframe from there.

The way ashes fall

After a fire

Voices ring out in the night,

lost, confused

Hope is not gone.

The way tears stream

Down your face

Crowds of faceless people,

bitter, angry

Hope is not gone.

The way waves lap

At a shipwreck

Sailors row lifeboats,

lifeless, dull

Hope is not gone.

The way moonlight shines

On broken glass

A figure stands in the window,
grief, loss
Hope is not gone.

The way you stand
Head held high

Insults lost on you,
hope, warmth
Once lost,
but found,
You are the hope.

I'm not sure how good a poem that is; but I think it's fairly okay. I'm going to try and post once a week. So next Friday, or Saturday, I'll post again.

-Camille & Co.

P.S. Comments are highly appreciated. :P And I appreciate that Gris-Gris isn't being made fun of.. that's what many other people do.

Photography on Monday

I haven't posted in a long time. So now I am compelled to write (or type) everything down. Gris-Gris (little gray cat) is going travelling. And will probably go to some sort of Tower. And be dropped. :P So I have to make him a harness of sorts. And... I have also been doing quite a bit of photography with nature.. and flowers. I still have to upload a bunch of pictures to my flickr page, but if you want to check it out, click here. And a parcel arrived in the mail on May 7th, I believe. Ironically; it looks a lot like my friend, who celebrated her birthday, that day. So, if she ever reads this; Happy Belated birthday, An.! (An. is the first two letters of her name. I know much too many 'A.'s.) And my other friend, E., celebrated her birthday May 25th. So, happy birthday to her too. And, among other things, I'm on my school yearbook committee, and I've finished that- mostly. I had an orientation last Tuesday (Jun. 1st), which was pretty cool; for an orientation, anyway. And I have a four-day school trip, starting tomorrow. I think that pretty much sums it up.
-Camille & Co.

Laughter

Hi, everyone. I realize we haven't updated in a while.. sorry. We have a lot to do.. besides which; Camille has been busy. With her sketchbook. And sits in front of the television. Watching reruns of 'The Vampire Diaries'. And draws while she listens to Elena and Caroline and Bonnie and Stefan and Damon and Jeremy and.. and.. I don't actually remember all the character names.. :D

In other news.. Camille got her bottom braces on. Did we mention that she has braces? I guess not.. But, I'll move onto a more pleasant topic. Books! [No, we're not doing proper paragraphs and all that jazz here today. Much too lazy.] Most people have read Harry Potter, I believe. Really, honestly, reading J.K. Rowling's books will be the best thing you ever do with your life. Aside from publishing your own books.. and getting a job and a family. When you're older. Although I think some people dislike the she Rowling writes in third person.., I believe that they're biased. [I'm not! I read anything with some semblance of a plot that I can get my hands on!] The books are really magic. Metaphorically speaking. And then; I suggest you read Rick Riordan's novels. The Percy Jackson & The Olympians series was fabulous. And tomorrow, his first book of a new series, The Kane Chronicles, is out in stores. It sounds interesting. I think it's centered around Egyptian Mythology, rather than Greek Mythology. And another fairly good author is Erin Hunter. Who is actually three different writers. Pretty cool, huh? She writes the Seekers series and the Warrior[cat]s Series. And then.. there is Melissa de la Cruz.. author of the Blue Bloods series. And Lisi Harrison, author of The Clique, and Alphas. Then there is Sarah Dessen.. she writes many good books. And.. hmm. I'm trying to think of more. And just to mention this; the vampire novels are rather 'edgy' compared to others.. Oh. Wait. Here's another good author: Ally Carter. Author Of the Heist Society series and the Gallagher Girls series. I've written a little more than I intended to. Ah well. Congrats to Sitara from Mari Luna's Wonderful Blog at opening her Etsy shop; and finishing her movie, Cloak and Dagger. I think that is it. Sort of.

-Nicki Fleming

P.S. The cat in the picture is Pud, Camille's family's first cat. Well as a family. Her parents grew up on farms that had many cats. Her dad only ever got to really named one cat, who he named Baba Looey, after the character from the Quick Draw McGraw television show. And her mom's favourite cat; a pure white female, was called Bobby. I thought that was kinda funny.

P.P.S. (or P.S.S., I'm not sure which one it is) You can see Camille's legs and crocs in the picture of Pud. It would be helpful if you just look at Pud.