25.12.11

Mouse King Vs. Nutcracker



It was the night before Christmas.

Madeline and Aurora were sitting by the tree, enjoying the lights and presents.

Aurora: Do you hear something?

Madeline: Wait, yes, a strange rustling.



Rustle. Rustle. Rustle.

The mysterious sound grew louder.

And then suddenly, a noble nutcracker appeared.

He wore a red and gold jacket, and tall black boots.



The Nutcracker: Good evening, ladies.

Have you perchance seen my nemesis?

He is called the Mouse King,

and no one could be more dreadful.


Madeline: I can't recall seeing anyone like that.

Aurora: Nor can I.



But then, just as the ladies answered the noble nutcracker...

They heard more rustling...

And the Dreadful Mouse King appeared!!!



The Mouse King: Bonsoir, everyone!


The Nutcracker: So we meet again.

Never fear, ladies, I will protect you from the dreadful mouse King!




Aurora: He doesn't seem so dreadful to me.

Madeline: Mr. Mouse King, are you really French?



The Mouse King: Mais oui, mademoiselle! Yet I am trying to learn the English.

Perhaps you would be kind to help me practice?



At this friendly reply, the two ladies jumped out of their seats to admire their visitor.


Aurora: Look at his handsome whiskers!


Madeline: I think it is wonderful that he is French!


The Mouse King: Oh, ladies, how kind you are.



The Nutcracker: Confound you, Mouse King. You do this to me every year!

Humph. Humph. Humph.



Mouse King: Now, Sir, I am sorry. One should not be bitter at the Christmas.

I wish you very well and good cheer.



But the poor nutcracker went away in extreme annoyance.

He was lucky, however, for the noise had woken Elena.

And since Elena was no stranger to jealously,

she listened to the nutcracker's tale with great sympathy.



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The End

And Happy Holidays! :-D

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8.12.11

In the Thick of It



I've been meticulously placing sticky-notes in books for the last three weeks. It's all a bit over-whelming at the moment, but since the ordeal is as much temporal as it is intellectual (and very often it feels more temporal than intellectual), almost everything will be over by Saturday, for better or worse. >.<

20.11.11

18th Century Automaton

There are dozens of things I should be doing right now.

But having discovered this fascinating thing via The Ornamented Being, I decided that it was absolutely necessary to drop everything and make a link for future reference.

Hmm, yes. Necessary for science.



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13.11.11

A New Face







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I've been so busy with school and tired from odd hours that even though I intend to introduce my Iplehouse/Raurencio hybrid properly, it hasn't quite happened. As matters presently stand, I'm not sure when I'll be able to post a box-opening or pictures of the work I've already done on her-- so in the meantime, this is a preview, mostly just glorying in the beauty of the Raurencio Studio face-up.

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26.10.11

October 16th Halloween Meet Continued


Continued from this post. :0)

As promised, here are the rest of the pictures from the meet.

Also, my Raurencio Studio head is home! Soon, I will post the box-opening.

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just hope the spiders are only tickling her. :-O

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Someone put bunny ears on Eric.
So he decided to channel Samurai Lapin.

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23.10.11

October 16th Halloween Meet

I'm sick and have a worrisome amount of assignments due. However, here are the first of the photographs from the meet last weekend. I hope to upload more over the next few days or so.

Many thanks to the hosts and organizers! :0)

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