Alaeha

1. a Pen Member -- Tralla 2. Past Tense Verb -- Galumphed 3. colour -- Hot Pink 4. time of day -- Happy Hour 5. adverb -- already (Note: It is an adverb. It modifies a verb or an adjective. ) 6. verb - lipwalk 7. plural noun -- dirty old men 8. noun -- fire hydrant 9. adjective -- salty 10. adjective -- dark 11. adjective -- imperfect 12. plural noun -- multi-vitamins 13. Past Tense Verb -- swallowed 14. a body part -- left ear lobe

I'm extremely sorry for the delay in this. For those unaware, the discussion thread for this is here. Anyways, I'll start this off and begin the second phase with fingers crossed. *Hopes there are still people willing to participate*

Ditto. Err... I mean... Happy Birthday! *Hugs*

Belated Birthday Hugs. Haven't even logged in here in a few days. *Hugs*

1) A Nonsense Word: Slartibartfast 2) Adjective: mimsy 3) Plural Noun: liters 4) A Verb ending in "ing": spring (;P) 5) Adjective: shaken 6) Plural Noun: stir sticks 7) Verb: skewer A Location: Under the bed 9) Name of a Pen Member: Salinye 10) A style or font of writing.: Cosmic 2 11) Plural Noun: cows 12) Something Red: A banana! No. Wait. The guy who slipped on the banana! 13) Something White: The Banana! YEAH! The Inside is white! 14) A Color: Cow Color 15) Adjective: Frumious 16) A State of Mind: Maine 17) A Rank: Secretariat, in the third *tips imaginary hat to Skippy* 18) Plural Noun: Elk 19) Adverb: very 20) A Proverb: 21:19 "It is better to dwell in the wilderness than with an angry and a contentious woman."

I wondered where you'd run off to... I was worried I'd find you lying face down in a ditch! ;P However that works, since I don't know what you look like or anything... Oh well. Now I know that someone or another will find you face down in a swimming pool though. *Hugs* We'll miss you.

Yay! Happy Birthday Wyvern. It even still is, I think. *Hugs*

Heh... my inner cynic comes out: More of a poison. Sort of like arsenic. It tends to drive you insane before it kills you.

Katzaniel - You don't have to write blurbs for the ones you nominate, though the more writers we have, the better. And if you want to toss in a few questions as well, feel free. They're just not required. And for myself, I will nominate Orlan and Mr. Bunny. When the "Accepted" list has reached... about six, I think... I'll hope to start up the "results" thread.

I'll submit any of my characters to your play... Pair Alaeha, Jirah, Aleyn, or Zyleth with the actor/actress of your choice. Or my psychotic massmurdering exhealer, Arian, if you'd really like.

And he can be the Lord of other people's pants.

Yui - Graphics would be entirely optional... I have no artistic abilities myself, but if we have people who can draw or scavenge pictures, that would be nice. Quincunx - Sorry to be unclear, I meant the blurbs. *Laughs* In fact, that's the word I used on numerous occasions while I was kicking the idea around with the loremasters. Will edit my post to include the example I composed. But don't forget the Lord of the Pants-ness!

Hmm... how about this? Post the nomination in this thread, and either before you do, or very shortly after, PM the person/people in question to call their attention to it in case they've been too busy to check in. When the actual writing phase comes around, for the most part, the "result" is about the character, their role, etc. Not so much the person behind the character. And, of course, avoid derogations and character worship.

Since my last attempt at Quill Quest-age died with an ignominious "sputter, sputter, hissssssss," back in... november? I think I'll try again. Most netsurfers are familiar with the basic pretense of Online Personality Tests. There's everything from Myer-Brigg's wannabes to "What random object are you?" and, my personal favorite, "The 419 Question Freak Test". Most of them follow a similar format. They generally have a small picture, about two to six lines of text on average (in 1280x1024 resolution, anyway,) and should not be taken seriously. Those unfamiliar with the basic idea should go to www.quizilla.com and be cured of this blasphemy at once. Anyway, this figures into my Quill Quest in that I intend to follow a similar format. I don't want to actually make a "What Pennite Are You Most Like" test -- the coding would be nightmarish, and it would take days to use Quizilla or some such for it -- but I want to make a list of "Quiz Results" for such a test. So this is at least a two part process: 1) Nomination of a member of the Pen. The member in question has the right to decline this nomination. Nominating one's self is allowed. I'm not forcing people either way. 2) Writing of the results for any member who has been nominated and has accepted -- by someone other than the member him/her/it -self. Results will be like the little "blurbs" at the end of a quiz. They should look something (though not exactly) like this: Results will then be compiled in a separate thread. Bear in mind when questioning whether to nominate someone, that we're looking for major personalities. There's more to it than being a nice person or even a talented writer. That's all good, but you're looking for someone that's an entity throughout the pen. Example: Nearly everyone knows Wyvern, even outside of the Recruiter's Hall. He's got a great character, etc etc etc. He would be good for nomination. Other favorites such as Melba, Guido and Nuncio, etc would be good as well. The friend from your creative writing class that you talked into joining yesterday? Not likely. Just ask yourself how likely it is that, if asked, a random generic pennite named Bob would know the person and have something to say about them. Thus the term member. Hmm... I think I've rambled on enough for now. If any have actually read this post in its entirety, I applaud you and give you a flower. Edit: List of Nominees collected below Accepted: Stick, Gwaihir, Deg, Peredhil, Orlan, Wyvern, Yui, Ayshela, Falcon, Waterlily, Gyrfalcon Pending: Quincunx, Zool, Rosemary, Rydia, Melba, Mr. Bunny, Ozy Declined: Vlad

Heh, as Ayshela noted, I wrote it in response to a "poetry" reading (read: mockery) I attended. It's sad when it takes four readers on an open mic to get a decent poem in. Even sadder when that poem is an angry feminist poem. It's the problem with free verse: When read aloud, nine in ten free verse poems are either short stories or angry rants better suited for a blog than a poetry reading. The other one is incoherent. ;P But thanks to both of you!

Reminds me of the Belgariad... but it is funny to watch a couple of people writing out my views on something without any prompt from me.

I've noticed that the poets like to think themselves unique, when they themselves conform to mediocrity. Ergo, the mink they claim to hold is just a writhing worm within the rotting carcass of a horse. Though once a noble, mighty beast, it fell. The soft, fine fur is now stiff, brittle, coarse, and nothing has the power to compell the eyes which see, the ears which hear, to turn away. This farce must one day reach an end, but now, the best that one can do is spurn the worthlessness of such a "unique" trend. I've noticed that we poets like to call ourselves unique. I loathe -- detest -- such gall.

please don't click this link if you're politically intolerant. I don't think we have people like that here, but I'd hate to offend someone inadvertantly. Found this while I was looking for online resources for an essay on Feminism: About the Busty Blonde Image (Or as I like to call it, Turning the Tables) My single favorite statement: "Feminism is about tolerance, and that means embracing the woman who wears any cup size be it an A or J. It means embracing the woman no matter what her waist size, 24 or 64" *Hugs* Apologies if I offended, or placed this in the wrong forum.

*Dittos Elvina*

Happy birthdays you two. Happy birthdays you two. I'd send you a gift but I'm broke. Hugs will do? *Hugs!*

Hmm... I'd say to retitle it, myself. "The things we remember" is a little bit more interesting, I think. But that's just me. I've been the exception before. I stand for my right to be wrong! *Hugs*

OOC: This'll hopefully be a relatively brief one, but... I might as well try to get the membership of the Pen in on this story, right? Alaeha sat in the corner of the Cabaret, paging through the book Wyvern had pressed into her hands. "101 Heavy Metal Spellsongs?" She mumbled to herself, "I don't see the Almost Dragonic Logo anywhere..." She had shown it to Melba, and to her surprise, Melba said it had come from a reputable publisher. The book included the openings to some of POOL's best songs, some of SHO's best chords, and even some of Custom's and Their's melodies. There were songs that would literally boil the blood in your veins if played long enough, (though that would take long enough that the notorious poison Ex-Stacy would be more efficient - especially in conjunction with its elder sisters: Her Own and Calf Fiend,) and lyrical suggestions that would drop the temperature of a room by five degrees. It was all useless though. She didn't have an electric guitar, or an amp, or a mixer, or even a good pair of speakers. And she didn't know where to begin looking, either.

Slightly to moderately dumb question, if I may...? I'm pretty sure this was covered, but am I only allowed to join one guild? Or if I can join more than one, is there a time delay expected between them?

Alaeha looks at the fortress for a moment, assessing the architecture. Shrugging, she takes a random box and scratches out "Aardvark", replacing it with "Alaeha". Yay! I heart boxes!

*Hugs* Happy Birthday!