Brayon Posted January 21, 2019 Share Posted January 21, 2019 I have a new story set to drop in the next day or two. It's posted unpublished, so Cia can look over the tags and the story and chapter warnings. Had to slap a huge one on the chapter, due to a graphic scene. It's titled: Hello, my name is Eric. 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Popular Post Brayon Posted January 21, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted January 21, 2019 I miss your word of the day, Bro. But, I like that quote. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Defiance19 Posted January 21, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted January 21, 2019 Good morning everyone! Opened up the door this morning, it’s like this: nope, I don’t need the paper that badly... 2 hours ago, Mikiesboy said: Happens to us all usually. Good morning ... today will be a day filled with doctors and other B.S. i can hardly wait. Good luck, tim. I hope the doc can tell you something so you know. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorn Wilde Posted January 21, 2019 Share Posted January 21, 2019 2 hours ago, BHopper2 said: I have a new story set to drop in the next day or two. It's posted unpublished, so Cia can look over the tags and the story and chapter warnings. Had to slap a huge one on the chapter, due to a graphic scene. It's titled: Hello, my name is Eric. Can’t wait to read it. 1 hour ago, BHopper2 said: I miss your word of the day, Bro. But, I like that quote. Me too. On both counts. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikiesboy Posted January 21, 2019 Author Share Posted January 21, 2019 i just haven't had the desire to post anything ... sad cuz all i need to do is copy it... word of the day will be back.... 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brayon Posted January 21, 2019 Share Posted January 21, 2019 6 minutes ago, Mikiesboy said: i just haven't had the desire to post anything ... sad cuz all i need to do is copy it... word of the day will be back.... You look out for yourself first, Bro. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brayon Posted January 21, 2019 Share Posted January 21, 2019 Did my taxes for the first time since I went on disability, for the 1098-T tuition statement form. Went through the whole process, and ended up with a refund. Wondered why I did, shrugged said Oh Well... then it dawned on me... this is part of what I'm studying at college right now. Yes, I want to do payroll and bookkeeping aspects, but tax prep is part of it. Also, at the end of the program, one of the final classes is a Prep course for my C.P.A. lisc. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Moderator Reader1810 Posted January 21, 2019 Site Moderator Share Posted January 21, 2019 1 hour ago, Mikiesboy said: i just haven't had the desire to post anything ... sad cuz all i need to do is copy it... word of the day will be back.... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Moderator Reader1810 Posted January 21, 2019 Site Moderator Share Posted January 21, 2019 Good afternoon everyone... Its bloody cold today (-16C/3F but feels like -27C/-17F so says the Weather Network ) Thank goodness it’s sunny... @Mikiesboy I hope your doctor visit went well and that you don’t have to go out again. As for the rest of you, have a great day... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorn Wilde Posted January 21, 2019 Share Posted January 21, 2019 1 hour ago, Mikiesboy said: i just haven't had the desire to post anything ... sad cuz all i need to do is copy it... word of the day will be back.... You do whatever you feel able and comfortable with doing, when you feel like doing it. We love you regardless. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikiesboy Posted January 21, 2019 Author Share Posted January 21, 2019 Well that was fun... blood work fine, xray fine ... He thinks it's just a super virus that doesn't want to let go. Said there could be some bacteria hiding out even though it didn't show up, so i have a five day course of Azithromycin. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Backwoods Boy Posted January 21, 2019 Share Posted January 21, 2019 4 minutes ago, Mikiesboy said: Well that was fun... blood work fine, xray fine ... He thinks it's just a super virus that doesn't want to let go. Said there could be some bacteria hiding out even though it didn't show up, so i have a five day course of Azithromycin. I guess that's a good news/bad news thing, but the good news seems to outweigh the bad. I hope you feel better soon. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikiesboy Posted January 21, 2019 Author Share Posted January 21, 2019 1 minute ago, Backwoods Boy said: I guess that's a good news/bad news thing, but the good news seems to outweigh the bad. I hope you feel better soon. Thanks .. tomorrow it will be a full month.. i'm tired of it .. but i'm gonna go back to work tomorrow. i'm tired of being home as well. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikiesboy Posted January 21, 2019 Author Share Posted January 21, 2019 (edited) i am working on a Ballade ... which is a poem made up of 3 octaves, which is 8 lines and for mine i have chosen 10 syllables per line. The last octave is followed by a quatrain. The rhyme scheme for the first three octaves a, b, a, b, b, c, b, C. The rhyme scheme for the quatrain is b, c, b, C. The last line of each stanza consists of a refrain, (a repeated line), indicated as the C in the above rhyme schemes. i've written the first octave .... Edited January 21, 2019 by Mikiesboy 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorn Wilde Posted January 21, 2019 Share Posted January 21, 2019 5 minutes ago, Mikiesboy said: i am working on a Ballade ... which is a poem made up of 3 octaves, which is 8 lines and for mine i have chosen 10 syllables per line. The last octave is followed by a quatrain. The rhyme scheme for the first three octaves a, b, a, b, b, c, b, C. The rhyme scheme for the quatrain is b, c, b, C. The last line of each stanza consists of a refrain, (a repeated line), indicated as the C in the above rhyme schemes. i've written the first octave .... Sounds like a fun challenge. Good luck! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikiesboy Posted January 21, 2019 Author Share Posted January 21, 2019 Just now, Thorn Wilde said: Sounds like a fun challenge. Good luck! Fun? i don't know but defo a challenge, but i like to make them work and they have to just sound natural. And the refrain needs to work for each octave ... that's a lot of of rhyming words.. you'd need 6 for A, 11 for B, and 5 for C Here is an example: Ballade of a Ship by Edwin Arlington Robinson Down by the flash of the restless water (a) The dim White Ship like a white bird lay; (b) Laughing at life and the world they sought her, (a) And out she swung to the silvering bay. (b) Then off they flew on their roystering way, (b) And the keen moon fired the light foam flying (c) Up from the flood where the faint stars play, (b) And the bones of the brave in the wave are lying. (C) 'Twas a king's fair son with a king's fair daughter, (a) And full three hundred beside, they say, - (b) Revelling on for the lone, cold slaughter (a) So soon to seize them and hide them for aye; (b) But they danced and they drank and their souls grew gay, (b) Nor ever they knew of a ghoul's eye spying (c) Their splendor a flickering phantom to stray (b) Where the bones of the brave in the wave are lying. (C) Through the mist of a drunken dream they brought her (a) (This wild white bird) for the sea-fiend's prey: (b) The pitiless reef in his hard clutch caught her, (a) And hurled her down where the dead men stay. (b) A torturing silence of wan dismay - (b) Shrieks and curses of mad souls dying - (c) Then down they sank to slumber and sway (b) Where the bones of the brave in the wave are lying. (C) Prince, do you sleep to the sound alway (b) Of the mournful surge and the sea-birds' crying? - (c) Or does love still shudder and steel still slay, (b) Where the bones of the brave in the wave are lying? (C) 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brayon Posted January 21, 2019 Share Posted January 21, 2019 47 minutes ago, Mikiesboy said: Well that was fun... blood work fine, xray fine ... He thinks it's just a super virus that doesn't want to let go. Said there could be some bacteria hiding out even though it didn't show up, so i have a five day course of Azithromycin. 39 minutes ago, Mikiesboy said: Thanks .. tomorrow it will be a full month.. i'm tired of it .. but i'm gonna go back to work tomorrow. i'm tired of being home as well. Glad to hear it's nothing major, Bro. Get some Chicken Soup, and Ice Cream. Everyone feels better with ice cream. Just saw a weather report for the Northeast US and parts of Canada. You all stay warm up there. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikiesboy Posted January 21, 2019 Author Share Posted January 21, 2019 (edited) Michael often pats me on the head and tells me i'm adorable (that means i've done something silly, goofy or dumb). Well, after using Word for i dont know how long, and constantly growling about the default font (which i hate) i thought 💡 ahha!! i will look and see if i can change the default font ... and surprise you can ... 😕 so.. yeah.. LOL idiot. Edited January 21, 2019 by Mikiesboy 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brayon Posted January 21, 2019 Share Posted January 21, 2019 1 minute ago, Mikiesboy said: Michael often pats me on the head and tells me i'm adorable (that means i've done something silly, goofy or dumb). Well, after using Word for i dont know how long, and constantly growling about the default font (which i hate) i thought 💡 ahha!! i will look and see if i change the default font ... and surprise you can ... 😕 so.. yeah.. LOL idiot. Had to laugh, Bro... at myself. I didn't know that. 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikiesboy Posted January 21, 2019 Author Share Posted January 21, 2019 20 minutes ago, BHopper2 said: Had to laugh, Bro... at myself. I didn't know that. well there we are... LOL 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Moderator Reader1810 Posted January 21, 2019 Site Moderator Share Posted January 21, 2019 1 hour ago, Mikiesboy said: Thanks .. tomorrow it will be a full month.. i'm tired of it .. but i'm gonna go back to work tomorrow. i'm tired of being home as well. Glad to hear your test results were good, and here’s to a change of scene to distract you from your ills. Fingers crossed all your customers will be kind and/or rationale. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Moderator Reader1810 Posted January 21, 2019 Site Moderator Share Posted January 21, 2019 49 minutes ago, Mikiesboy said: i am working on a Ballade ... which is a poem made up of 3 octaves, which is 8 lines and for mine i have chosen 10 syllables per line. The last octave is followed by a quatrain. The rhyme scheme for the first three octaves a, b, a, b, b, c, b, C. The rhyme scheme for the quatrain is b, c, b, C. The last line of each stanza consists of a refrain, (a repeated line), indicated as the C in the above rhyme schemes. i've written the first octave .... I’ll read your example of this tonight when I have more time, until then I’m going to try and curb my coughing *sigh* 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikiesboy Posted January 21, 2019 Author Share Posted January 21, 2019 33 minutes ago, Reader1810 said: Glad to hear your test results were good, and here’s to a change of scene to distract you from your ills. Fingers crossed all your customers will be kind and/or rationale. LOL... like that's gonna happen ... maybe they'll leave me on e-mail for a day rather than chat. Results were great.. which is good .. but seriously what kinda virus is this thing?? Anyway.. i'll try and drink lots and get to sleep a bit earlier, plus take these pills... Been sleeping pretty well, in any case. 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorn Wilde Posted January 21, 2019 Share Posted January 21, 2019 1 hour ago, Mikiesboy said: Fun? i don't know but defo a challenge, but i like to make them work and they have to just sound natural. And the refrain needs to work for each octave ... that's a lot of of rhyming words.. you'd need 6 for A, 11 for B, and 5 for C Here is an example: Ballade of a Ship by Edwin Arlington Robinson Down by the flash of the restless water (a) The dim White Ship like a white bird lay; (b) Laughing at life and the world they sought her, (a) And out she swung to the silvering bay. (b) Then off they flew on their roystering way, (b) And the keen moon fired the light foam flying (c) Up from the flood where the faint stars play, (b) And the bones of the brave in the wave are lying. (C) 'Twas a king's fair son with a king's fair daughter, (a) And full three hundred beside, they say, - (b) Revelling on for the lone, cold slaughter (a) So soon to seize them and hide them for aye; (b) But they danced and they drank and their souls grew gay, (b) Nor ever they knew of a ghoul's eye spying (c) Their splendor a flickering phantom to stray (b) Where the bones of the brave in the wave are lying. (C) Through the mist of a drunken dream they brought her (a) (This wild white bird) for the sea-fiend's prey: (b) The pitiless reef in his hard clutch caught her, (a) And hurled her down where the dead men stay. (b) A torturing silence of wan dismay - (b) Shrieks and curses of mad souls dying - (c) Then down they sank to slumber and sway (b) Where the bones of the brave in the wave are lying. (C) Prince, do you sleep to the sound alway (b) Of the mournful surge and the sea-birds' crying? - (c) Or does love still shudder and steel still slay, (b) Where the bones of the brave in the wave are lying? (C) Wonderful. You understand why they’re called ballads when you read that. From the Latin for dancing. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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