A short story I wrote

I named it peacock. Not sure why.

Peacock
Out on the balcony, the woman stood; hands on the rail, her scarf blowing in the wind. Her eyes were closed, her breathing slowed. Behind her, a carriage sat, in wait, its pure white horses standing completely still. All time seemed frozen, except for the woman. She sighs. “All my life, this opportunity would have helped me…” A bluebird flies in from above, landing on her shoulder. “So, why does it feel like I’m leaving a place I want to be? Going into the unknown seemed daring then. Now, why does it scare me? Going forward blind was a challenge. Now, all I can do is hope that I’m going forward into better times.” She opens her eyes, turning around slowly. The warm night breeze pulled a curl loose from her bun, a tendril of brown softness. “Goodbye,” She whispers to the bird.

Time unfreezes, and she heads to the carriage.

A craft tutorial

Hey people of the web.

I found a metal washer-thingy in my room yesterday at precisely 9:56 PM (I checked the clock). Of course, me being me, I decided to crochet in it. It made a very cool charm thingy:

So, friends, here is my tutorial: How To Make A Weird Washer Charm Thingy.
You will need:                    Stitches needed:              For reference:
A metal washer                   sl st: slip stitch                yo: yarn over
Yarn                                    sc: single crochet            ch: chain
A crochet hook
Scissors

Step 1:
Make a slipknot with the end of your yarn. Then, stick it in the back of the washer so that it pokes through the frount. I like to imagine it saying, "Hey. I'm yarn. Teeheehee!" But that is just me. Now, stick your hook into the yarn from the front.
Step 2:
Now, very carefully, stick your hook back through the washer so that it (the hook) pokes through to the back. Pull up a loop, yo, and draw through the 2 loops on your hook. This equals your first sc.
Step 3: See step 4.
Step 4: See step 3.
Step 5: Continue the sc around until it looks full and luxurious. Maybe not that last one. For a washer about three-quarter inches in diameter, you will probably need about 11 sc. Once you are done, make a sl st in the 1st sc.
FINISHING:
ch 1, take your hook out, and enlarge the loop to about one inch in length. Cut the loop in half, and tighten the chain. Now, I reccomend tying a double not with the chain from your beginning slipknot and the tail you made when you finished. That gives a nice piece of yarn if you want to tie your washer charm onto something.


Congratulations, you are done!
Ideas:
See idea 8
Make it a pendant
Make 2 and turn them into earrings
Make it into a keychain
If you use an old, plain, thin bracelet, you can make a cool crocheted bangle
Friendship charms
Throw them at people
See idea 1
Make them out of nuts (as in nuts and bolts). This is only a tiny bit harder and makes exactly the same thing, just wider.
And so much more. You could also do another row of sc in the stitches, which makes it floppyer on the edges. I have a zillion of these charms around my house now. It's annoying.
And that, was Gwen's point of view!

The Mothership of Minecraft tutorials

Minecraft playing people, I believe I have found the best thing.
Not just a thing. Not any particular thing. Heavens no, not the worst thing.
The best thing.
Who knew that you could find tutorials on the Wiki? Not me. There are building tutorials, farming tutorials, heck, even advanced redstone tutorials. Tutorials for beginners, tutorials for people scared of opening a singleplayer world because hoards of Endermen are attacking them in the End. Tutorials of every single size, shape, colour, print, and pattern.
SO.
MANY.
TUTORIALS!

http://minecraft.gamepedia.com/Tutorial
Use your newfound knowledge and power wisely, fellow Minecraftians.
*tap dances away into the sunset*

:(

I do believe that Genie was one of my first role models.
We ain't ever gonna have a friend like him ever again.

Shmee shmee! Shmee shmee shmee.

Shmee shmee shmee, shmee shmee shmee SHMEEDLE shmee. Shmooshmee, shmee shmee shmee shmee, Shmee SHMEE'D shmee!!! Shmee shmee shmee shmee shmee!
Shmee shmee, shmee shmen's smee shmee shmoo.

I am quietly obsessed with Fabergé eggs.

Pretty self-explanatory, I say.

My thought process can get.....weird sometimes.

Here is my Chain of Thoughts in certain situations.
in Minecraft "Huh, this corner of my house looks a little empty. I'll add some cats. Nothing looks empty with cats."
"My platypus is one-eyed, I should crochet him a bright turquoise eye patch!"
"I'm bored. Hey, let's watch Bambi!"
to my cat "Mystique, you are so fuzzy. You are the fuzziest of all fuzzies. If there was ever a fuzzy as fuzzy as you it would certainly die because it realized that you are fuzzier."
"Ba pa do dee. Bleeble bada BOOM!"
in response to receiving a figure of the human body with removable organs "Awesome! I'm going to call him Freddy!" *
"Awwwww, this bug is so cute! I'mma call him Marvin."
"BUBBLES (my friend), DON'T MOVE! MARVIN'S ON YOUR BUTT."
in Minecraft "I'll add a cat here......and a cat here......oh, this one's name will be Lionel!"
"Hey, ZB, can I borrow a jar? I want to make a habitat for my plastic plesiosaur."
And this has been A JOURNEY INTO MY MIND!

*In case you would like to know, Freddy now proudly sits on my computer desk. My whole family calls him by name.