Topic: ((Solitaire OOC Thread))

JewellRavenlock

Date: 2008-12-18 08:55 EST
For the OOC chattiness that may or may not happen.

Wyheree

Date: 2008-12-18 10:32 EST
::tackles!:: You live!!!

JewellRavenlock

Date: 2008-12-18 16:31 EST
::Hugs!:: I am alive and well most of the time. I have off from work starting this Saturday until January 20th, so hopefully I will be able to get some writing/posting/playing done. No promises, though.

Lain Amthras

Date: 2008-12-18 22:15 EST
*breaks into the box that holds hats and noisemakers for New Year's* Whoops~ xDDD

Hurray for backness!!

Alex Ravenlock

Date: 2008-12-19 01:08 EST
Slick, kid.

Keep on truckin'.

JewellRavenlock

Date: 2009-01-27 17:54 EST
Update:
-I am still alive despite popular belief. My random and seldom visits to the Inn are not me coming back from the dead to haunt you all.

-I know I said I was on vacation and would hopefully get some writing done. As can be seen, that did not really happen. I have lots of ideas floating around in my head and even threads to reply to (cue embarrassed glance at Lain) but my motivation level is like -83578371. I'm working on that.. kind of.

-I go back to work next week, but that does not mean that I still won't be trying to write! I'm just a little lost on Jewell's motives for doing anything right now. Ideas are welcome :)

-Opening those weird cylinders that contain insta-bake biscuits is nearly impossible if you've never done it before. Took me over five minutes.

Alex Ravenlock

Date: 2009-01-27 21:35 EST
-Opening those weird cylinders that contain insta-bake biscuits is nearly impossible if you've never done it before. Took me over five minutes.

I recommend a sharp knife.

Brian Ravenlock

Date: 2009-01-29 11:51 EST
Hey babes, good to see yer doing okay, drop us a line! ~Bri

Elessaria

Date: 2009-01-29 19:55 EST
::pouncepouncehuggle!:: Miss ya lots!!!

JewellRavenlock

Date: 2009-01-29 22:10 EST
::hugs!!:: Mwah mwah mwah!

I'm trying to inch my way back, ever so slowly!

JewellRavenlock

Date: 2009-02-04 15:02 EST
My rare appearances and postings shall now become even rarer for a while as I move from my mold-infested apartment into a non-mold-infested apartment.

Elessaria

Date: 2009-02-04 21:11 EST
Ugh... moving is not fun. Moving in winter even less so! But, congratulation on new, mold-free digs! May you fill it with happy times!

Necromesh

Date: 2009-02-04 23:19 EST
Nooooooes! Mold suuuuckzorz!!!

JewellRavenlock

Date: 2009-02-05 09:26 EST
Thanks Emore <3 Hopefully the move (once it's finished) will alleviate a lot of the stress we've been feeling.

I whole-heartedly agree, Skid-alink.

On the bright side, check out my new cool profile pic!! I made it on: Face Your Manage.

Elessaria

Date: 2009-02-05 19:52 EST


On the bright side, check out my new cool profile pic!! I made it on: Face Your Manage.

Wow! That's too much fun!!!! And yours is sooo perfect for Jewell!

Lain Amthras

Date: 2009-02-05 20:55 EST
*addicted to this new form of entertainment...*

Avvie programs ruuule. -o-

And don't worry about the negative motivation one bit!! You're not the only one that's affected by it. xDDD

JewellRavenlock

Date: 2009-02-10 15:13 EST
Update.

I am:
-Alive
-Somewhat unpacked in my new apartment
-Finally with internet again!!! Yay. Four days is a long time without it x.x I couldn't even check the weather!

Alex Ravenlock

Date: 2009-02-11 04:27 EST
IT'S GONNA RAIN

JewellRavenlock

Date: 2009-02-11 09:05 EST
You're gonna rain!!

Issy

Date: 2009-02-19 16:53 EST
From one long-lost soul to another, "HI!" ::furiously waving::

Miss you sweetie! I, too, am inching my way back!

JewellRavenlock

Date: 2009-03-05 10:23 EST
Inch back faster, Issy!!! I'm trying! Kind of!

"Playing Solitaire" is going to be Jewell's new journal. I'm up for suggestions as to a different name for the thread since I am not entirely thrilled with the one I have now.

Last Knight

Date: 2009-03-05 19:29 EST
RDI must have increased its gravitational pull lately, 'cause I, too, am slowly inching back. :) I'm gonna finish Twilight Exile if it's the last story I do, dammit!

Like the new digs, Jewell. ^_^

And mangatars! Yay!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v249/LastKnight/PaladinMangatar.jpg

JewellRavenlock

Date: 2009-03-05 19:59 EST
Woohoo! Everyone, inch back!

Cuuute Mangatar! So fun, right?

Luna Eva

Date: 2009-03-11 13:34 EST
Thank you for the really awesome compliment to my board! I appreciate it. It's great to have you back around and I'm looking forward to seeing Jewell around more too!

"Playing Solitaire" is going to be Jewell's new journal. I'm up for suggestions as to a different name for the thread since I am not entirely thrilled with the one I have now.
I've totally got it! How about: Solitairey Confinement

Get it!?

Not funny....?

Okay...

::retreats to her word nerd hovel::

Corlanthis Wystansayr

Date: 2009-03-11 14:26 EST
Jewell!

Sometimes I miss you so much it hurts!

I'm slowly easing back into playing myself. Which, y'know, would be more apparent if I were playing, but I've at least begun to reclaim the lobby. The Inn isn't far behind.

ESPECIALLY AFTER I STOMP TARA'S BUM IN THE ELECTION.

>.>

Yeah, I said it.

JewellRavenlock

Date: 2009-03-12 09:59 EST
Eva, that is actually almost perfect! I was thinking of Solitary Fae (as opposed to Troop Faeire, which Jewell technically is) but I love the play of Solitairey Fae! ^.^ You rock.

::glares at Cor as he tries to incite a Tara-Cor Word War on her board:: Watch it buddy, or you'll be inching a lot slower!

Alex Ravenlock

Date: 2009-03-16 03:45 EST
It's always good to see a Jewell inch her way back.

Good luck with it. :)

JewellRavenlock

Date: 2009-03-22 13:35 EST
The Dream Jewell talks about in the March 18, 2009 entry of Solitairey Faerie (her current journal) will soon be posted as its own, separate thread; it will be, in part, an explanation for her current romantic situation.

JewellRavenlock

Date: 2009-03-26 10:18 EST
Divergence takes place on the night of March 17, 2009 and is "the Dream" Jewell refers to in her March 18, 2009 journal entry.

It's probably going to take me a long while to finish the thread.

Necromesh

Date: 2009-03-26 22:00 EST
I'm totally loving Divergence!

SO MUCH KUDOS.

I can't wait to find out what she chooses! You know, since I forcibly un-remembered and will un-remember what happens from that point on in anything else.

JewellRavenlock

Date: 2009-03-27 09:12 EST
It is quite a mystery, no? And the future Jewell doesn't seem biased at all!

Thanks for the kudos <3 Very much appreciated.

Elessaria

Date: 2009-03-27 22:52 EST
Don't leave us hanging in "Divergence"! I love it! You cover such a broad spectrum of emotions -- everything is so "real".

Love it! You inspire me to improve my writing all the time!

JewellRavenlock

Date: 2009-04-05 11:21 EST
Aww Skyler's so cute, rehearsing his lines!

JewellRavenlock

Date: 2009-04-05 11:22 EST
Eless, I've been meaning to respond to your post but I couldn't even think of what to say. Your words are always so kind, and they buoy my spirits :)

Thanks for always being so sweet! I'll try not to leave you hanging. I know what needs to happen in the middle of Divergence, but I really only have the end actually written. Figures.

JewellRavenlock

Date: 2009-04-30 16:49 EST
Updated Jewell's closet with some spring wardrobe items.

Post replies forthcoming as I am going to the laundromat in ten minutes, and they will be written there. Lain, this hopefully includes a long overdue post for you as well, besides replies to Divergence, Solitairey Faerie, and Sinjin's Letter.

Sinjin Fai

Date: 2009-05-01 04:24 EST
Take your time! It's all good on my end, no rush and no worries. :D

JewellRavenlock

Date: 2009-05-01 09:16 EST
No no no! There must be rush and worries!

I suffer, like many others, from chronic procrastination. If I don't apply mental deadlines and people tell me not to worry, nothing will get done! Look at poor Lain-y, waiting over four months for what should be a simple reply, all because she is way cool and laid back. So instead of writing her response, I end up saying to myself, "Oh.. well, I could write but ohmygosh Law & Order SVU is on!" or "Avatar the Last Airbender is on" (totally a guilty pleasure--I love it!) and reason, "Well, Lain says she doesn't mind waiting sooo."

Therefore: bring on the pressure people!

I actually did get rough drafts of everything written, though. Time for typing.

JewellRavenlock

Date: 2009-05-06 14:48 EST
To the people who turned off my water for maintenance when I really need to spend the rest of the day cleaning my apartment: you suck.

JewellRavenlock

Date: 2009-05-06 17:45 EST
I came across this picture again the other day: pretty picture.

I had seen it years ago and was very excited to find it again. Whenever I try to describe Jewell's bone structure that ::points:: is what I'm talking about.

JewellRavenlock

Date: 2009-05-22 22:02 EST
I'll be gone until next weekend!

JewellRavenlock

Date: 2009-06-01 18:32 EST
I am home.

Expect more Divergence soonish and maybe a trip into the NeverNever.

JewellRavenlock

Date: 2009-06-18 15:48 EST
I love the Kitty Cat Dance so very much. Now I can get a shirt of it!! Glee!

JewellRavenlock

Date: 2009-07-03 10:53 EST
Snippets are scenes that belong to SLs that never actually happened in Jewell's canon or happened but were never fully written out. However, I enjoyed some of these scenes so much that I wanted to post them even though the entirety of the story will never be written. I even kept some of my notes in the posts.

JewellRavenlock

Date: 2009-07-03 16:46 EST
From Snippets:

Betrayal was an SL I started writing but never actually took place. Those events did not happen in Jewell and Stephen's life.

Memento Mori was written over two years ago as part of the Scathachian/Giminicka SL. We never got to finish it but I really love that post.

JewellRavenlock

Date: 2009-07-09 19:03 EST
Going away on vacation from Saturday, July 11th through Saturday, July 18th.

When I return, expect:
*Divergence to be completed (it's mostly done in my notebook now, just need to edit everything).
*Things Fall Apart to be posted, which is something new, unexpected, and hopefully well written.

JewellRavenlock

Date: 2009-07-19 10:05 EST
Home and trying to work on wrapping up Divergence now.

Elessaria

Date: 2009-07-20 22:37 EST
I'm on pins & needles!!!!

JewellRavenlock

Date: 2009-07-21 10:46 EST
Hopefully it won't completely disappoint :)

In the meantime: if anyone hasn't listened to the Humans are Dead by The Flight of the Conchords than you really need to.

Also, if you enjoy that I'd listen to Flight of the Conchords Hiphopopotamus vs. Rhymenoceros.

Warning: It contains a tiny bit of cursing.

JewellRavenlock

Date: 2009-08-27 20:08 EST
I am done writing Divergence; I'm just waiting for the okay to post it.

Things Fall Apart up next.

JewellRavenlock

Date: 2009-08-28 17:33 EST
"There had never been any words created for moments like this between a husband and a wife."

That line from Divergence is nagging me. I feel like maybe I read it someone and stole it; like it got stuck in my head and when I was writing this I just wrote it out without realizing it was from somewhere else. However, I can't recall ever reading it anywhere!

So, if anyone does recognize it, please let me know! Then I'll probably change it.

Necromesh

Date: 2009-08-29 14:46 EST
Divergence.

Wow.

Epic.

Wow.

Just wow.

JewellRavenlock

Date: 2009-08-29 15:58 EST
You are always much too sweet to me <3

Erinalle Dunbridge

Date: 2009-08-30 08:32 EST
Divergence was so good, I'm actually shaking at the end of it.

I missed reading your writing, and I'm glad I took the time to come and check. It really was absolutely amazing. I read every word and sat here sniffling for the past hour.

Thank you.

JewellRavenlock

Date: 2009-08-30 09:21 EST
Thank you!

I always value your opinion on writing, so thank you for taking the time to let me know :) It gave me warm fuzzies.

Alain DeMuer

Date: 2009-08-30 20:22 EST
Jesus H. Seconding what Erin's player said - Divergence was a tearjerker.

That doesn't do it justice, and I doubt this will either, but... it's really a very beautiful story, and tragic as it was, I enjoyed it immensely.

Elessaria

Date: 2009-09-02 16:04 EST
Jesus H. Seconding what Erin's player said - Divergence was a tearjerker.

That doesn't do it justice, and I doubt this will either, but... it's really a very beautiful story, and tragic as it was, I enjoyed it immensely.

Ditto!

Samilee Burke

Date: 2009-09-02 17:57 EST
And third or fourth that! Divergence was amazing and an absolute delight to read.

CptStephenKidd

Date: 2009-09-03 15:54 EST
Even though I knew about the sl and where it was going....I am still using tissues here. Jewell you are brilliant sweetie just brilliant.

Caitlin Rhovnik

Date: 2009-09-03 19:21 EST
Good God.

What an intense reading filled with emotion. I wanted to strangle Jewell at the end. I found myself talking to the screen. lol.

Fabulous! Thanks for the great read.

JewellRavenlock

Date: 2009-09-03 19:29 EST
Everyone has been soo so nice; I don't even know what to say. I honestly turn bright red every time.

Thank you all so much.

Scotty

Date: 2009-12-17 20:15 EST
Oh. Holy s***!

Scotty hasn't really played off of Jewell, but reading the burning of her life's work in Rhy'Din was just gut-wrenching. Really amazingly done.

JewellRavenlock

Date: 2009-12-17 20:17 EST
^.^ Thank you! I will admit to having a tremendous amount of trouble with it. I didn't want to fall into total melodrama. I also have no idea what it's like to be inside a burning building. Complications abound!

But thank you, it's much appreciated and just what I was going for!

Darien Fenner

Date: 2009-12-18 16:20 EST
THE most heartbreaking thing I've ever read. Holy crap.

We'll miss you. Be safe.

Elessaria

Date: 2009-12-19 01:20 EST
Your writing is as heart-wrenching as ever, Lynz. Please keep in touch and know that I will miss you dearly. You were one of the few who welcomed me back with open arms and I'll never forget that.

Love,
~T

Ethan Kaiser

Date: 2010-02-27 21:50 EST
Islanded in a Stream of Stars was beautifully written, Skyler. You have such a way with words and I enjoyed reading Sky's goodbye to Jewell.

-G

Skyler

Date: 2010-03-10 15:37 EST
Thanks Ethan. :)