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3-13 The Barbara  (18+)
Cortney was out of this world. Why did someone insist on calling her The Barbara?
this is terrible. At least I think so. No more procrastination.
Hey somebody tell me is this item viewable to the public? i just tried to change the privacy settings again...
 
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13-1:The Prisoners  (18+)
They're cursed with immortality.
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Hi -
Public can mean several things - it's viewable here but it's also viewable outside the site as well, to people who do not have Wdc memberships because you have chosen "Access: No Restrictions". If that's what you want, you're all set! If you want it only viewable to everyone on the site with a membership, you should up it a level.
Hope that helps.
Boooo-rooklyn - yeah it does! Thanks to you and Annette for double checking. Apparently I initially had it set to Private My Eyes Only. So embarrassing.*Blush*
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13-2 Heidi Shadow Encounter  (18+)
Shadows are just the absence of light. Aren't they?


For day 2 of 13!
Just before I woke up I had a weird dream about giant pitcher plants that the government had found growing in a swamp in Florida. These plants had mutated to grow at an accelerated rate and would soon be large enough to eat people!

If this made your October more spooky, you're welcome.*Wink* If this made you more afraid of Florida; don't worry it's just a dream...or is it?

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As a Floridian… please keep your man-eating plants *Laugh* Actually, there is a plant called nepenthes rajah in Sabah, Malaysia. It is a carnivorous plant that has been found to trap rats before. So, who knows? *Shock2*
Whoops! Privacy settings and the devil's in the detail...here's the link for my 13 assignment for today. *FacePalm*
Sorry, Cubboo! .

 
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13-1:The Prisoners  (18+)
They're cursed with immortality.
#2328968 by GhostlyPotato
Better late than never*Devilish*

 
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13-1:The Prisoners  (18+)
They're cursed with immortality.
#2328968 by GhostlyPotato
So wanna hear something ominous? At my last Gyn appointment they ran a DNA test. The lady in charge said they'd get the results on October 13th *Lightning2*

Today, almost two weeks before Halloween I got a call from my doc telling me they want to discuss the results.*Lightning2*

They scheduled the appointment for Dia De Las Muertas at 1330 hours.*Lightning2* *Skull* *Lightning2*

Seriously, can someone contact the omen fairy to cut it out!


Somehow this information is supposed to be good? I guess prevention is important*AwarenessP* yep its so fun!
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Smh, I thought we added a pink ribbon? That looks purple to me...just know that's supposed to be pink!
I wrote this for Octoprep. Please nobody curse me for doing this before Halloween. My novel's setting demanded it:
 
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Chanda's House at Christmas  (13+)
Inside a home in Los Lunas, New Mexico Christmas Traditions are underway.
I was reading about the Comanche chief Quanah Parker. He founded the Native American Church. He was quite interesting. One of the most heartbreaking stories I've read.

The thing that happened to his mother Cynthia and his sister is unbelievable. His dad raised him and his brother alone after Cynthia was recaptured.(Btw, she tried to go back to her husband several times.)

The link takes you to a blog entry about him if you're curious.

https://bewilderbeast.org/2017/07/12/quanah-parker-comanche-chief/
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Ride the Wind: A Novel Mass Market Paperback – November 12, 1985
by Lucia St. Clair Robson is one of my most read and re-read books in my library. Now digital.
I just found this in my inbox!
Merit Badge in I Write 52 Weeks [Click For More Info] Congratulations on earning this merit badge by showing up consistently during Week 17 through 20 in [Link To Item #2307927]

I didn't know I'd earned it but happy I got it.*Smile*
Stupid non-writing related question. Does anybody have any advice for what to do when your brain won't let you sleep? BC my brain is rehashing something dumb that happened where I could've died.

Aaand I'm probably going to regret writing this post. Sorry. Gonna go write about it then try again.
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HollisFrances - hot cocoa sounds good.
Thanks for all the advice. I followed some of it and got back to sleep. Thank you*Hug1**Smile**Hug2*
When my mind fixates on something to the point where I'm losing sleep or unable to focus on anything else, I find it helpful to do something completely different from my usual things, and bonus points if it's something that requires a lot of focus and concentration (to help get your mind off the other stuff). Some sort of physical activity is good too!
I remember being young about twelve years old, on this date in history, mom and dad took us to a Native American heritage museum in New Mexico. I got to grind corn and weave. Just like women in the old day.

While I was weaving, this white elderly guy came up to us and asked "Are you an Indian?" My mom told me to say "yes". He then asked "what tribe?" Mom said to say "Hopi" So I did, the old man says "Hopi buy from us."

It was so confusing.

Anyways to the people in what became the US—and the Cherokee and Navaho nations—happy Indigenous people's day.(idk if any extant tribes celebrate this renamed holiday. Sorry if it's offensive.)

I hope that in other countries around the world, there's days like this to remember their Indigenous populations.

Ok now that I have egg all over my face, I gonna drop a giphy and escape.

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In Germany, October 3 is Reunification Day.

It celebrates the annexation and absorption of the sovereign East-German nation into West-Germany.
To make it go down easier for the indigenous East-Germans, the direction parts of the name were simply dropped.
Now, instead of being East-Germans who lived a modest life, they became the designated poor people who were excluded from German prosperity for decades to come while West-German families demanded the return of "stolen" land and real estate.

In Germany, people can be native born citizens and still be pushed aside as a foreigner in the homes where they lived their entire lives.

"But Socialism"

Not everyone hated Socialism. They liked zero unemployment. Zero homelessness. Zero hunger. 100% free healthcare. What they wanted was the freedom to travel, more democratic elections, and some opening to the world.
In Australia, we celebrate International Indigenous People's Day (Aug 9), the first Monday after May 27 is National Reconciliation Day, and March 21 is Harmony Day.
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Remember Those Times  (18+)
Life throws weird crap at you. Sometimes it comes back midnight trouble.


Being alive is harrowing. You don't have to read it. Just know I'm feeling better and going to bed.
Last night and tonight I added my antagonist profiles to my portfolio.
 
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Mellisa's Loss  (18+)
A crisis changes everything. It can make a girl very angry.
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Disciplinary Action  (13+)
Xavier Gutierez, computer science wiz even by charter school standards, always in trouble.
#2328576 by GhostlyPotato
are about two totally different people attending different schools but both kind of end up antagonizing my future protagonists.(Depending on which "reality" of theirs is being "experienced" by readers.)
Once upon Friday bleary,
While I sat bleak and leery.

By chance I heard a neeping
In the hallway I went peeping
'Tis some device said I in need of....


Yep I tried to, but I'm no Poe. But I'm going just as loony as the protagonist in THE RAVEN.

I heard a smoke detector beeping...we have at least four mounted on our walls. I changed the battery in every single one...unfortunately SOMEONE bought extra and packed them away in a box...there are hundreds of boxes in this house. I stand zero chance of finding the stored...annoyance.

Quoth the Smoke Detector, "Neep!" Forever more!
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