Snips and Snails and Puppy Dog Tales

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Ellie New Cat has communication issues with her automatic feeder

Sun, 09 Apr 2017 02:08:57 GMT

Crossposting this by hand from LJ. Reminder, if you want to see my LJ posts on DW, you can follow this feed: http://thistlelj-feed.dreamwidth.org/

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No matter how often she gently taps it, unlike people, the feeder just won't respond.

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A tale of two blogs

Sat, 08 Apr 2017 19:54:43 GMT

(Crossposting by hand from LJ.)

At first I was sad about people (again) jumping ship from LJ, but now I'm more annoyed by the situation than anything else. I've put way too much time and effort trying to figure out how to keep reading journals and not losing contact with people, but came up with no good solution.

There's no way to not lose quality in my posts. If I post on DW and let it crosspost to LJ, I lose icon selection, plus there's the whole locking issue. (Not that I often lock posts, but I darned well should be able to if I want.)

If I read my friends list on DW (using a RSS feed to bring the posts from LJ to DW), again I lose icons, but also formatting and other things. Plus I wouldn't see others' locked posts.

So sorry people who are leaving LJ. I like you all, but the best I can do is try to read my DW circle (or whatever the hell term they use). I can't promise I'll remember to on a regular basis, but that's the best I can do.

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92: I hurt

Sat, 30 Apr 2011 13:51:59 GMT

I am wounded. The diseases are more than I can control. I did not report for duty to the Blade. I fed my blade. I must feed it more.

I do not like the Blade. I went to many places to find better Knights. I found a strong one in Silvermoon City, but he got angry. He was wrong. He said Mornherald was a lie. He said some things which were right, but he said many things which were wrong. He was confused. He was bad.

A living elf bound me in chains made of shadow. I could not break them. I could not move. The bad Knight cut off my ear. He infected the wound.

He said Mornherald would die. He told me to kill myself. I did not obey.

I will not speak to him again. He is bad.

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91: Mute people cannot sing

Sun, 24 Apr 2011 04:07:45 GMT

I did not go to Story Circle. I was on duty. I earned gold today. I went to Silvermoon to spend it. I bought many good things.

There was an elf there. He was mute. He played an instrument. He played well, I listened to three songs. I looked at his throat and his mouth, but I do not know why he was mute. He could not tell me.

He tried to run when I checked him. I did not kill him. I chained him in place with ice, and when I was finished I released him.

((This is what he played. Everything from that soundtrack is amazing! Line this or this.))

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90: The living are bad. I am bad.

Thu, 24 Mar 2011 03:18:41 GMT

The elf with the beads is bad. He is not of use. He is bad. He was to sing the second song. He would sing it if I sang a good song. I did. I sang a good song and he did not sing the second song.

He said Mornherald would die. He said Mornherald would be hurt and die. The elf is bad.

I hit him. He is Llevelys's elf. Llevelys is senior. I am bad.

I would kill him if he were not Llevelys's and not of the Horde.

Mornherald will not die. He is strong. If he is hurt, we will feed our blades. He will not die.

((Haken sang the wonderful Great big Sea's Boston and St. John's. Lyrics, but even better: the song itself. I uploaded the CD version, because it's so much better than the live versions that are around on the net.))

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89: Words do not have souls

Mon, 21 Mar 2011 20:19:40 GMT

The living are bad. The useful elf with the beads knew two songs. He would not sing the second. I would learn both. The first was a good song about a fish. Fish are useful. I catch them every day for the village and for Dog and Little Dog. Dragon eats fish, but Hip does not.

The elf was bad, but he belongs to a senior knight. If he were my elf, I would make him obey and sing both songs.

The living are stupid. He said he would not teach me the second song unless I knew the words for the first. I learned them all. I sang the fish song. He said words have souls. The living do not make sense. Words do not have souls. Words are words.

((Song from the scene: Big-Eyed Fish, by DMB.

Also, I forgot to post this one here, so it's later on DW than it was on LJ. Sorry!))

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88: A story about a puppy

Mon, 21 Feb 2011 03:11:41 GMT

I told a story at Story Circle. It was about a puppy:

A puppy was born. It was a good puppy. It lived with its mother and with a family of the living.

The puppy grew. It played with the children. The children threw a ball and the puppy chased it. The puppy liked to eat.

The children took the puppy for a walk. It died. The children screamed. They ran away.

A death knight found the puppy. He looked at it. It was dead. Dogs are good animals, so he made it move. He ordered it to stand and to be a dog. It obeyed.

It is better now.

I brought the puppy in a box. I took it out when the story was done. It obeyed. I will make a bigger ghoul-dog next time. A puppy is not strong. It did not scare the living.

There was another knight at Story Circle. He had a dragon, but it did not obey. Dragon is better. She obeys. She will be big enough to ride soon.

I will write another story to tell next week.

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87: Story Circle returned

Mon, 14 Feb 2011 14:13:57 GMT

Story Circle is on a new day. It is good that it is being held again. There were many stories told. Some were good. Some were not good. A tauren told about Him watching over everyone, but he was wrong. He is a lie, He does not watch.

I told the story about Dragon. It is not right anymore, she may not eat those of the Horde, but I told it. Many clapped. I do not know why.

I will write a new story for next week. I do not know what it will be about.

I took the ghoul-bird to Silvermoon. The living did not like it. I will have many ghoul-animals. I will make a larger one next.

Soon it will be spring. I will plant my garden. I will grow many flowers.

I will have a bigger garden when we have our ranch. The ghoul-animals will live there. We will build a new home and places for many animals. It will be good.

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86: The living do not make sense

Fri, 04 Feb 2011 05:31:09 GMT

There is an elf who asks me many questions. He does not use my name. His questions are not good ones. Tonight he asked me to list all things which go. I did not.

He told me my hat is not scary. He is wrong.

There were trolls near us. They were slaves. He told me they had broken spirits. I made him explain, but he did not make sense. He said they were afraid, but did not show fear.

Next time I will ask him what he does with his slaves.

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85: Flowers do not taste like anything

Thu, 03 Feb 2011 04:35:00 GMT

I went to Silvermoon City. I did not use the ice wolf to find the elf with the books. I would not have it run away. It is mine, I will keep it. Little Dog tried to eat it. I told her she was bad and I made her go away. I made a pouch to keep it in. It is green and has bees on it. I bought it when I bought Mornherald's hat. There is only a small piece left. It is too small to use, but I would keep it. I will put it between pages in this book. It will be like a flower.

There was a wolf in Silvermoon. It was dead. A living elf owned it. She said it healed her. I do not know how a dead wolf could do that. It was interesting, but she could not ride it. Little Dog is a better wolf.

[Drawing by Haken, between paragraphs.]

There was a troll who smelled like flowers. He had many bags of them. He said they are good to eat. He made them grow and I ate two. Honey and oranges are better.

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OOC: To any who see this...

Mon, 31 Jan 2011 05:32:31 GMT

In going to edit my profile, I noticed there are some folks who have friended me. At the moment, I intend to use this journal to crosspost a low traffic IC/RP blog from LJ.

If you're seeing this journal on your friends list and you have no interest in following it, please feel free to unfriend me! No hard feelings at all. :)

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84: Useful Living Things

Mon, 31 Jan 2011 05:29:21 GMT

There is a useful living thing in Silvermoon City. Her name is Sorowyn. She has many books. She gave me three to keep. She will look at the books I have that are not in a language I know and tell me what they say. She has a book written in green glowing ink. She will teach me the language used in it. She told me the name of it, but I do not remember what it is.

It is hard to find one elf in Silvermoon City. She made me something that will find her. It is a small wolf made of ice. It sits in my hand and sniffs my finger. It scratches itself. I do not know if it eats. When I tell it to find her, it will, then she will come to me.

She is cold. She touched my hand and it was like ice. When she keeps her hands still, ice forms on them. It is not as bad being touched by her as it is by other living things.

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((OOC test.))

Mon, 31 Jan 2011 03:30:52 GMT

((This is a test to see if it crossposts to LJ correctly, so I can post here for folks who don't like LJ at all, and still have it show up on LJ where it "belongs".))

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