Darkthorn’s Blog

Gah, COM14 has stupid news stories to write. Remember when I told you about those a while back? All those wonderful ideas I had? Well, I can easy write 300 words on each, but unfortunatly I have to do at least two face-to-face interviews for each one. And I have to write three news stories [...]

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Sarah dragged her feet down the stairs. The school had hired a couple of bouncers to keep the yet unworthy from its lower levels. This would be the real test. The actual results didn’t matter so much, she just needed to proceed downwards. “Halt.” The bouncers were just automations after all. Sarah had never been [...]

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No, I haven’t stopped writing or anything else important like that. My exams are over! Yay. This makes me happy for a change. Three whole weeks to work on my writing. Hopefully I will come up with heaps of new stuff for you all to read. On the way home from my exam I wrote [...]

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Hesiod, Works and Days 42-105 – The creation of Pandora because of Prometheus’ trickery – Prometheus tricked Zeus into accepting the bones and fat, so that humans got the better deal of the meat of sacrificial animals. – She is a temptress of aesthetic beauty, external beauty, evil interior – Zeus’ children will destroy the [...]

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Julia drifted off to sleep, still tormented in her dreams. She ran, her legs carrying her quickly though the forest. Suddenly she tripped and fell, breathing heavily. Escape. She couldn’t escape. She crawled towards the base of a tree, noticing that her skin was beginning to weep blood from the scratches on her arms. She [...]

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Well, actually, no surprise. I think David and I had forgotten that it was just, you know, that time of the month. Which of course makes me irritable and more prone to getting all depressed and mopey. At least I remembered before it was too late. Today is our 9 month anniversary. Happy anniversary my [...]

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Well, a lot of things are almost done. I’m almost done with exams, only one left: Cells, Tissues and Organisms. Today’s exam wasn’t too bad, I think I passed at least. Only took me about 2 and a half hours to finish out of the possible three. I was slower than I thought I should [...]

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- ritual, re-enacts a fairly short sequence of events, commemorating gods/heroes taking place in/around religious locations – death with birth, death and growth, very secretive – initiation/mysteries/rites of passage, sexual initiation, resurrection as an adult – Eros is a creative force, dependant on females, necessity of reproduction, while also showing the dangers of courtship and [...]

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Feedback on the novel, and the site in its entirety would be much appreciated. Whether this means you simply participate in the poll (it’s anonymous, and you can only vote once), you leave me a comment or email me (note that any great emails may be posted up on the site), I would really appreciate [...]

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My relationship with Kate had a rocky beginning. It all started about a week after she had joined my class in the middle of year 8. I suppose I felt jealous, because she was coming into MY class from an ordinary class. We had our first argument in sport class. I hd never liked sport, [...]

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