Somehow I didn't expect the twelve pound medicine ball to weigh so much. I managed to stop it just as it hit my face. It only busted the inside of my lip. No real harm, no foul...the workout went on.
Unknown "Art istic" Neglected - 16 years, 2 months, 23 days ago

My brother and I used to sing when we were young. We sang all the time. Most of my early memories of playing together have a song associated with the moment.

This morning I realized the true beauty of those moments. Two innocents in sympathy. It's no wonder we still think similarly, we spent so much time being one in song.

I stopped singing a long time ago. I rarely sing even in the presence of lovers, and never in public. I wonder if singing together...real singing, not singing with the radio...I wonder if singing together would have the same power it used to.

The soundtrack is there. I couldn't suppress it when I was a kid, but now as an adult it is lost in all the noise. If I listen closely I can hear it in the rhythm of my breath. There are moments of joy or despair when it swells to fill me completely.

Wouldn't it be great if I could share Charlie The Musical again?
Unknown "Art istic" Neglected - 16 years, 2 months, 27 days ago

From the Profile Pages of Ali O'Rourke "Dragoness"
1. Grab the nearest book.
2. Open the book to page 123.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the text of it and the next 3 sentences on your tales along with these instructions.
5. Don’t you dare dig for that "cool" or "intellectual" book in your closet! I know you were thinking about it! Just pick up whatever is closest.

From A Treatise on Ceramic Industries by Emile Bourry (1911)

"For pieces requiring care (plates, dishes, etc.) and a compact body free of bubbles, it is preferable to make the "batts" on the jigger, the head being replaced by a disc (Fig. 85) on which is placed a piece of body which is pressed into the form of " batt" by means of a profile mounted on one arm. When the body is very open (porcelain) it is preferable to use a wooden ring covered with a stretched skin, mounted on the head. The helicoid profile descends vertically and the " batt " Obtained is removed from the ring. Plates abd similar articles are made outside the Mould (Fig. 86), the " batt " being placed on or in the mould, the jolley being set in motion and the body pressed close to the mould.

(Really, this is the first book I pulled out of a box!)
Unknown "Art istic" Neglected - 16 years, 3 months, 10 days ago