Warning! This post is damn hard to follow!

We all have the crucial few years of our lives when we grow from impulsive and selfish small children whose main focus is ourselves, to young people who have a mature realization of their impact on the world around them and their responsibilities thereof.

Heavy stuff, no, guys? That is the opening sentence of my To Kill A Mockingbird essay. Take that, Mr. M. The essay I am currently trying desperately - desperately! - to write. Gah.

Harper Lee's modern classic, To Kill A Mockingbird, describes the experiences during these all important years of one Scout Finch, a girl growing up in the rural Southern town of Maycomb.

My head hurts from the schoolishness. I can't write for more than a few words like that without getting a severe headache. Let's take a break and post some lyrics.

The New Marguerite, a Phantom inspired song, by Iced Earth. . .Yes, I have indeed been on a complete and total lyrics high lately, thank you very much for asking. And now, presenting Kat's list of requests. . .yes, I am trying very very hard to procrastinate. So first the list of drawing requests - if there's anything you'd like drawn, ask, ask, ask. I'll do it! Ask! I need an excuse to not do English work, goddamnit!

The Kat Request List

1. Elphaba
2. Glinda
3. Chistery - I'm looking forward to doing this one.
4. Mr. E. - Looking forward to this, too.
5. Phantom Chibi - I've done one. I'll do another.
6. David Chibi - Have you seen my chibis of real people? Max was the only good one.
8. A logo for my blog would be nice - Mickey, you are at Ben's tender mercies. I do no logos.

Lyrics to The New Marguerite

Follow my steps, cross the glances
I will bring you with me
In the other room, she lays her hands
Embraces the curtains
How could you leave me,
When I needed to possess you?
I hated you and I loved you too.
She lays her hands,
She embraces the curtain on the walls,
She's smiling and wandering, wandering wandering
"It's me,"
Christine, Christine took heat from ice, so cold,
I needed you, so cold
You, follow me and you will be young forever
You, follow me and you will sing forever
It's me, Christine, it's me.
She lays her hands, smiling, but she isn't happy. . .

Such a pretty, sad, beautiful song. (Music fades away to reveal Kat, Erika, and Ely, all sort of depressedly moping.)

Right then, moving on. . .gah, why are none of you online? This is my angriest post for a while. But, getting a fresh start on that bloody essay, let's see what we've got so far.

We all have the crucial few years of our lives when we grow from impulsive and selfish small children whose main focus is ourselves, to young people who have a mature realization of our impact on the world around us and our responsibilities thereof. Harper Lee's modern classic, To Kill A Mockingbird, describes the experiences during these all important years of one Scout Finch, a girl growing up in the rural Southern town of Maycomb. By the novel's end Scout has transformed from an unruly and aggressive tomboy who accepts the preconditioning of the townsfolk into an insightful, calm young woman with her own, more unbiased opinions and a strong ability to think for herself.

I hate my family.

Um. New subject.

I'm a wreck.

Ely: Stop checking the comments. You'll feel better. Not to mention your email.

Erika: They can't be on all the time. Doesn't they have lives of some sort?

Kat: . . .No.

Erika: Granted, but. . .Oh, the hell with you.

Getting back to the actual essay.

This change makes itself evident in many of Scout's actions, but perhaps most noticeably in her change in attitudes towards people who are different from herself. In the beginning of the novel, Scout reacts especially belligerently to a small offense of impoverished Walter Cunningham's - putting too much molasses on his dinner - and justifies this behavior by saying that he's just a Cunningham, so it doesn't matter. Her point being that since her is lower class than she, it is acceptable for her to mock him. As Scout evolves and matures, she sees life from the poorer point of view.

I have a DeviantART account now. Fear me, mortals. http://elymas.deviantart.com/ Visit me. And Spencer, I know you're a Deviant as well, so leave a comment. Many thanks and muffins to Mickey for the use of her scanner. She deserves to be cuddled by an Erik.

Mickey: I'll pass. . .

Kat: No accounting for tastes. All right, fine, she gets a kiss from Adam Pascal. And Anthony Rapp.

Adam: . . .What?

Anthony: Umm. . .I'm gay, remember? Oh, fine, I'll just leave now. . .

(Note: Adam is no one we know. He's from the cast of Rent. Anthony Rapp is God, but also from the cast of Rent.)

Throughout the novel, Scout visits the First Purchase Negro church, where she learns that the differences between the two races are smaller than she'd thought, meets the strikingly nonconformist recluse Boo Radley, who turns out to be unexpectedly kind and caring.

Gak. Go visit my devART account.

Quote of the Day

"Stalking is fun when you do it to your teachers."

- Gabe

I remain, gentlemen, your faithful and obedient servant,

J.G.