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[the chested cage of bluebirds]
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August 7th, 2012 @ 6:08pm
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There's a bluebird in my heart that wants to get out, but I'm too tough for him. I say: "Stay in there, I'm not going to let anybody see you."
There's a bluebird in my heart that wants to get out, but I pour whiskey on him and inhale cigarette smoke. And the whores and the bartenders and the grocery clerks never know that he's in there.
There's a bluebird in my heart that wants to get out, but I'm too tough for him. I say: "Stay down, do you want to mess me up? Do you want to screw up the works? Do you want to blow my book sales in Europe?"
There's a bluebird in my heart that wants to get out, but I'm too clever. I only let him out at night sometimes, when everybody's asleep. I say: "I know that you're there, so don't be sad." Then I put him back, but he's singing a little in there, I haven't quite let him die. And we sleep together like that with our secret pact and it's nice enough to make a man weep...
But I don't weep, do you?
|Bluebird - Charles Bukowski|
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October 7th, 2007 @ 3:44pm
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Someone just PMed me on FF.net and asked if they could borrow my fanfiction writing style.
I mean, its a nice compliment, but I told that it wasn't socially acceptable in the world of authors, unless you're writing a satire. I told her very politely she would get nothing out of the experience, given the fact she would be unable to replicate it, as it all comes down to individual function, word choice, et cetera. I told her it would be much better to stick with her own, individual style, as people value uniqueness in voice when reading.
I hope she listens, we don't need more mimics in the writing world than we already have.
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October 4th, 2007 @ 9:08pm
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MEME TIME. Yes, I am spamming your journals because I happen to like doing so, so please keep in mind that at least I'm posting at all. ♥
Sam. I need to stop stealing from you. :D
( Ten fandoms. Ten characters. Ten pairings. )
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September 22nd, 2007 @ 12:46pm
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A list of five facts you did not know about me. (taken from: betterifbruised)
1. I like to drive in the later hours, when the roads are empty and all I can hear is my own music blasting and the way my voice sounds in the din of the night. When, in my fingers, I can feel the roughness of the handle as I roll down the window and crane my neck, and smile because no one is watching and no one can see, in my eyes, what I am truly thinking.
2. On dark roads, I turn off my headlights and take to the other side of the street. It reminds me that I am young, "immortal," and free. It reminds me that I do not have to know a single, truthful thing. (I have time.)
3. In my childhood, I would always wake up early and just so I could taste the air in the morning and see the world as I thought it should be, foggy and coated with aerosol-golden-gleams.
4. I did not start writing one day and decided I liked it. I just wrote, because it was the only thing that was forgiving of me. (Paper does not judge the hands that touch it, at least not always.)
5. I have always liked being left-handed. I like the smudges. The darkened way of graphite on my palepale skin and the way my hand twists to conform to odd, irregular shapes. (It reminds me that I am, no matter how hard I try, vulnerable too.)
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