Canderous and Cade's Crazy Cantina: a shiny new fanfiction social thread!

Not sure I remember those, but then I am a relative n00b.

 

Findswoman It makes you a waif in the woods...

Here, have a musical volcano!

 

You can always PM a mod and ask if you can start them up again.
But to answer your question, I would think the person who ran them (I don't remember who it was) either isn't around any more or just hasn't done them in a long time.

I think I've just recently become considered "midbie" at 9 years registered in September, so you've still got a long ways to go on being a noobie! The boards have been around since 1998, IIRC.

 

Welcome back to Hell, mavjade

So, highlights from your vacation? Any run-ins with the wildlife? Any travel hiccoughs? Tell us everything...

 

I just checked, and it hasn't been updated since December. Other than that, no idea.

Edit: ...or the idea was switched to this one.

 

At first I was really confused, because I've never heard of this challenge. I also haven't been here exactly the longest, but I'd like to think, as a mod, I'm fairly knowledgeable about such things. But I see that it is a NSWFF thing (as I saw by the links DaenaBenjen posted) so now I don't feel so dumb.

Mav, we want details of the vacation. Let me live vicariously through you!

I've been thinking about picking back up the cello again. I rented one last summer and, although Darth Cancer and Darth Death got in the way of me playing it lots while I had it, I really enjoyed it. I've been ooggling over cheapy electric cellos and they aren't THAT bad. I have yet to find somewhere that will ship one for less than $150 (and you all know how I HATE PAYING FOR SHIPPING) but I've managed to find a couple that are around $300. That isn't that bad considering it cost me ~$50 to rent one for a month.

 

Awesome, Bri! If you get good, you should totally make YouTube videos of your music!

 

I think I may drop some hints around my birthday But if I get it, I'd totally make youtube videos of my awful music. Part of me regrets donating my glockenspiel to that school in Cuba... but the glockenspiel isn't one of those things that sounds remotely good on it's own.

 

If you think your playing is that bad, then just dress up in costume and use a backdrop; showmanship can make up for a lot of flaws in technique and composition—just ask Lindsey Stirling!

Note: Not saying that you're bad or anything...

 

When I get a guitar, we could form a band! The band of out-of-practice/newbie player terribleness! XD

 

I bought a saxophone off of UsedVictoria, like, maybe a year ago now, used it twice. I really wanted to relearn how to play, so if I ever find the time I probably should

 

A barn owl has taken up residence outside my apartment. I hear it scream in the dead of night. To see if it was a barn owl, I played a call on YouTube and the owl outside responded with a scream. Quite creepy.

It's not a screech owl, as they trill. It's not a barred owl, as they hoot, same with Great Horned Owls (and the barred owls haven't been around since the barn owl showed up). That freakish inhuman blood-curdling screech is definitely a barn owl.

 

It depends on the hoot. Barred owls make a "who-cooks-for-who" call, along with "hoowah" and they'll caterwaul when other owls invade their territory. Great Horned owls have a "ho-ho-hoo hoo hoo" call which ranges in the amount of syllables. Both can be found in Wisconsin.

 

Beware of owls delivering letters...

 

Hogwarts, here I come!

 

Bit old for that particular letter, aren't you?

 

Re: Sentence challenge. It wasn't the NSWFF sentence challenge I was thinking of. It involved everyone being given the same first sentence and you had to write a story where that was your first sentence. The search doesn't seem to be working right now or I'd look for it.) Now that it's been on my brain for a night, I think DarthIshtar was the host.

Thanks!

We did have one sketchy adventure that turned out really fun! We book an excursion there at the resort, which was run by another company, but approve by the resort. So that morning we get into the van (with 2 other girls from our resort) and begin what we thought was 1.5 hour trip to a boat. About 15 minutes into the drive we pull over to the side of the road and pick some guy up. He seems to know the driver and turns and introduces himself to us and knows which resort we were from.

Then about 20 minutes later the van pulls off to the side of the road and the guy who had gotten into the van tells us all to get out and the van pulls away. We then get on a small bus with about 15 other people. After about 2.5 hours total of traveling we walk down a scary ally down to the water and get on a boat where people just start tossing you goggles and fins.

We then went out into the ocean and went snorkeling, which was fantastic, you could swim with schools of fish. I fed some of them which really made them swim all around you. We then went to the beach were you could snorkel more (there was a small coral reef really close to shore) and then we had lunch on the beach. A great day even though I got burned, even though I reapplied sunscreen 4 times!

The guy who had jumped into the van was our guide for the day and helped us out all day, but between our poor conversational Spanish and his poor conversational English, it felt a little sketchy and slightly terrifying at first.



I'll post a pic or two tonight when I get home. It was so warm and relaxing! We spent most of the time just laying on the beach and eating. The food was great!

 

Glad to hear you had a good time, Mav! Sounds like you really needed the break!

I've been snorkeling twice in the Keys, and it really is a blast to go swimming with the fish.

 

I think that was the First Sentence Challenge hosted by ophelia...maybe?

 

I can host a challenge like this if there's enough support and the previous hosts are unavailable/unwilling, etc..

 

Back home from the convention. I went to various interesting panels, such as one concerning paranormal pop culture and another about demonic possession. Cruised around the dealer's room, got a few things. Unlike most of the conventions I've been to, the average age of the convention-goers skewed higher to middle-age.

 

Posting today for the first time since...January, I think. Feels good to be back. I even worked on some writing today.

Some of you might remember me mentioning the bad car accident my oldest son was in late last year. He broke both legs, left arm, had a serious head injury and many cuts and bruises. He has spent the last the previous three months in a rehabilitation facility learning to walk and speak again. The walking has been the easiest thing for him, yet by no means has it been easy. The head injury has left him with a few impairments. The doctors tell us he probably won't get much better than he is right now. His thoughts and words come much slower than they once did. He has to concentrate on simple tasks so much more now than he used to. His legs ache when it's cold and he has a (most likely) permanent limp. He has limited use of his left arm.

Through all of this pain and adversity, I have watched my fifteen-year-old son (we celebrated his 15th in the rehab facility) struggle to say the word "Mom". I have watched him struggle to smile. I've heard him cry out in the night, plagued by nightmares of the accident. Yet, through it all, I've also watched him fight; for every word, every step, every milestone of his recovery. Before this, I never knew my son had such strength. I knew he was tough; he played football, baseball. He loved to wrestle with his brothers and their dad. These are things he won't likely ever do again, but he has a strength of spirit and a will, a fight that just won't quit. He's been such an inspiration to me and his dad over the last few months and I've never been more proud of him.

He'll be coming home in two weeks. I can't wait to have him home for good again.

Have I missed anything good over the last few months?