Medium Dawn Felagund of the Fountain

As most of you probably know, I do daily drabbles, usually based on the word of the day. However, for special occasions (for example, most recently, the autumnal equinox), I write drabbles based around that event.

juno_magic has exams tomorrow. I wanted to wish her some luck with a drabble (or two, if so inspired!)

I am not long out of university myself and will probably return some day. I'm torn between wishing to pursue a master's degree in psychology (although which discipline--clinical, counseling, social, biological--I don't know) and creative writing, so it will probably be that I will face my own exams, sometime in the not-so-distant future.

Exams always inspired conflicting emotions in me. On the one hand, if I felt the subject valuable and interesting, I knew that I had learned something important and that my studies had been worth it, aside from whatever marks I would get on the ensuing exam. What I learned in college has been valuable to me aside from the benefits incurred through being able to get a better job or being able to use my GPA/GRE scores as some kind of badge of superiority (although I try not to do this). Then there is the practical side: With this degree, I will be able to get a better job. I will be able to make more money. That money will allow me the comfort to pursue my less lucrative dreams: writing and entrepreneurship. And so while I felt that the exams were not a good measure of how much I appraised the knowledge to be worth, they were valuable in securing my ability to pursue happiness with greater ease.

If this doesn't make sense, my apologies :)

So today's drabbles will have to do with ambition and dreams and even a bit of luck...and in the end, appraising what is truly valuable in life.

The first is an attempt at Elrond. Now don't get to excited. It's First Age Elrond, but my first Elrond nonetheless. It's also a tribble (300 words) and my first attempt at that too.

( The Weight of Words )

I am supposed to be working on some reviews for Antithesis Common right now....

But Feany is sitting here, pouting because I had in mind a drabble about him, and I didn't write it. And Feany is so cute when he pouts....

( Watching the Path )

And to Juno: Best of luck tomorrow! You are in my thoughts :)

Today is Monday, which means a drabble series for my words of the day for Saturday, Sunday, and Monday!

Feeling a little cheeky, actually, I've decided to try something new: drabbles within a drabble.

I am going to start with a drabble. Within that drabble will be my three drabbles based on the words of the days.

Because we have drubbles and tribbles and quibbles, I was trying to think of a name for this kind of drabble. Perhaps it already has a name, somewhere, but I've yet to encounter it. Anyway. I am dubbing this drabble form the "drabunculus."

This, of course, is based of the word "homunculus," after my favorite of the primitive theories of thought (and, actually, reproduction too!), which stated that within the brain was a miniature version of you, and this miniature you was responsible for your thoughts and perceptions.

So, being as the inner-drabbles are responsible for the content of the outer-drabble: drabunculus!

Okay, I'll stop rambling about my made-up words and give you the three words of the days and my drabunculus.

( Word of the Day for Monday--effulgence )

( Word of the Day for Sunday--nadir )

( Word of the Day for Saturday--puerile )

( Maedhros. )
I'm not sure how well this works....

I do know that I am through with inventing new drabble-forms for a while!

That was hard!

As always, I value everyone's opinion :)

Squeaking in, just under the buzzer....

Well, not really. I still have two-and-a-half hours, EST, but tonight is Spooky Movie Night tonight for Bobby and I, where we watch the stupidest horror movies we can find. I think tonight's cinematic gem is called "Dead and Rotting," or something lovely like that.

And that starts five minutes ago, but I'm going to drabble first, as Bobby is currently attached to his lifeline 2K6 hockey game on Xbox. It's a DVD so, really, we can start whenever we like.

Okay. Stop rambling. Start drabbling.

The word:

( Word of the Day--jocund )

As those of you who have read AMC know, in Felak!verse, Macalaurë meets his wife at a feast in the forest, where they play together as musicians. The chapter where they first meet is told from Maitimo's perspective, so we miss the moment when Macalaurë first sees her. Here is that moment.

( First Love )

This one seized me. I am writing one for now, but might do more later. For now, I am working on my short story for digdigil's "Write a Strong Female Character" challenge over at silwritersguild.

( Word of the Day--halcyon )

Totally random: The kingfisher was my elementary school mascot! They're cute little birds.

( The Halcyon )

On another completely random note, to those who are waiting for the next scene in the stupid Sil play: It is coming, I promise. Formatting that particular piece for LJ is always an endeavour, and unless I have a good half-hour to set aside, I am reluctant to start work on it. And half-hours are in short supply at the moment! Thanks, though, to those who are bugging me (as I asked) about it! :)

Because yesterday was the Autumnal Equinox, I decided to do autumn drabbles instead of the Word of the Day. That leaves me with two words to do today.

As usual, you are welcome to add your drabbles to mine, if the inspiration strikes you. Personally, I find neither word highly inspiring, but one Elf's chalk is another Elf's Silmaril. Okay, I'm not going to try to write any more proverbs anytime soon.

And so ::drumroll:: the words:

( Word of the Day--adventitious )

( Word of the Day--modicum )

And ::extra-loud drumroll:: the drabbles:

( The Mask )

Well, it's official. I twisted my knee. I had group skating lessons tonight, and as I did a (hopefully) lovely exit from a spin, it was like EEK!OUCH! a sharp pain in the inside of my right knee. It seems to be only when I take a strong outside edge, but that eliminated all jumping (since few are the jumps that don't require a right outside edge, as it is the most common landing edge) and made me nervous on certain spins.

We did holds, though, and I did some lovely spirals, including some backward spirals on my right outside edge. And they didn't hurt. Weird. Perhaps because the knee is locked and not bent on spirals (whereas it bends to absorb the weight of landing a jump or leaving a spin).

I think it happened while horseback riding. My right stirrup was shorter than my left, and by the time I realized it, we were on our way. And it twisted my poor right leg most unpleasantly, and my ankle and knee hurt quite badly by the end. At least the ankle is okay....

Well, that's enough about my stupid knee that doesn't hurt except while skating...grrrrr....

I didn't drabble during the day today. Not because I didn't have time but because I was lazy and didn't feel like it. So I am drabbling now, an hour-and-a-half shy of my deadline to call it a "Daily Drabble" and not just a drabble that I do whenever.

( Word of the Day--capitulate )

( Forgiveness Lost )

Mondays are my favorite day for the Drabble of the Day because I generally don't drabble over the weekend (actually, now, I intentionally avoid it, just so I can have a lump of words waiting for me on Monday) and so I end up with three fresh, new words waiting in my inbox, just begging to be made into a drabble series.

This Monday, the words are a little weird, so the drabble series that is in my mind (I haven't written it as of typing this introduction) is also suitably odd for me. I have decided to take on some new (a.k.a. not Feanorian) characters, one of whom I am generally not very fond. (Although juno_magic began to nudge her into my sympathies with my wonderful birthday quibble.)

So I give you the Monday drabble series. I can't promise how this is going to turn out ;)

( Saturday's Word of the Day--xenophobia )
( Sunday's Word of the Day--bacchanalia )
( Today's Word of the Day--immure )

Oh, because I seem to be on a pervy!drabble kick lately, I should offer this series with a warning that it is best suited for adult audiences. If you are underage, go away or I shall taunt you a second time. If you are old and pervy like me, enjoy.

( The Spring Festival )

Jenni (digdigil) has said, "Enough talking about child molesters! It is time to move onto happier topics! Give us the drabble-word, dammit!"

Okay, so maybe those weren't her exact words, but here it is, nonetheless:

( Word of the Day--quorum )

Feeling a bit snarky, given my earlier post today, and having spent far too much time thinking about parole and probation (despite the fact that it is my job), I will ask to be pardoned from this really bad drabble. (Paroled, perhaps, as bad drabbles are hardly new to me?) The Halls of Mandos just always call to mind the Parole Commission....

Jeez, I need a new job....

( A Death Sentence )

I was a while in posting my drabble for the day because I found this word thoroughtly uninspiring.

Actually, more likely is the fact that I didn't want to be inspired and so didn't really think about it.

Nonetheless, I am inspired now, and so here it is.

( Word of the Day--officious )

( In Hindsight )

In other words, I am doing Saturday and Sunday's drabble in the same post.

The first one is a cutesy, happy drabble befitting the crazy word. For the second one, I 180ed to my normal, depressive style. I must warn you for depression, angst, and a possibly upsetting (but canon) topic. Read at your own risk :)

( Saturday's Word of the Day--hirsute )

( The Monster )

( Today's Word of the Day--tenebrous )

( Discovering Fate )

Edit: This has nothing to do with drabbling, but....

I am officially in the last section of AMC!!!

I figure it will be a long section, as there is a lot going on. A lot to resolve and (for once) a lot of actual action, versus all that internal, mental stuff. But then...it's finished!!!

And you all, wherever on this ball of dirt you are, will hear me carrying on all the way from here :)