NEW PROFILE TIME!! WHEEEEEEEE (:bashes on delete key:)

The Blog

1/22/09 - I am so evil. YAY BARACK. New Year, new shtuffs. Perchance a play? Je ne sais pas. (Wheeeee... I had chocolate) Oh, and I'm sorry for the random emo bit, I was feeling emo. Hence the name "ranodm emo bit." But the situation has been rectified!

12/27/08 - Merry (late) Christmas, everyone!! I have just bridged the gap between Twilight and Machiavelli. Dios mio.

12/20/08 - Break! WOO! Working on stuffs, just hold on... I'm also learning how to play the viola, so add that onto everything else.

The Basics

Name: Xela Tokrub

Age: Pick a number between 1 and infinity...

Religious views: Jellyfish-ism/Satire/SM-is-God

Political views: Liberal Democrat/Silly

Fav Author: Neil Gaiman and/or Terry Pratchett

Personality debriefing: RANDOMRANDOMRANDOM, musical, imaginative, eclectic, creative, thoughtful, odd, happy.

TOP THREE...

Books: Good Omens - Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett, The Count of Monte Cristo - Alexandre Dumas, Il Principe - Machiavelli

Movies: Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Foul Play, The Simpson's Movie

TV shows: BBC America's Robin Hood, Robot Chicken, Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog

Bands: Coldplay, Nickelback, AC/DC, (and Queen)

Genres: classical, alternative, comedy

Songs (not including the above): Rockin' the Suburbs - Ben Folds, Ikea - Jonathan Coulton, Pirates - Bullets and Octane

Operas: La Boheme, Madama Butterfly, A Midsummer Night's Dream

Composers: Dvorak, Schubert, Puccini

Musicals: Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Spamalot, Hair

Instruments: saxophone, cello, bassoon (But I play the violin and the viola)

"Work like you don't need the money, love like you've never been hurt and dance like no one is watching." - Randall G. Leighton

"Friendship is one mind in two bodies." - Mencius

"Without music, life would be a mistake." - Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

The Stories

(ToH) Token of Hope: COMPLETE - A short poem based off something my English teacher said while discussing the movie Awakening.

Heroine: COMPLETE - A five page poem I wrote for a project in my seventh grade English class. My teacher gave me an A, a feat damn near impossible. I feel extremely proud of this poem, and I hope you enjoy reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it. Rhyming is haaaaaaard... (NOTE: NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH THE DRUG HEROIN. I'M TALKING ABOUT A FEMALE HERO, NOT A DRUG. THANK YOU.)

Sculpting: COMPLETE - A short story I wrote for a project on the Italian Renaissance in social studies. It was supposed to be a short story detailing Michelangelo's sculpting process. For the record, I have ABSOLUTELY NO FREAKIN IDEA if he really acted like that. Call it poetic license.

Disbelief: COMPLETE - A true story. My dad's cousin's daughter was killed in the Virginia Tech Massacre. This was written to help get some emotion out.

Angels Never Die: PLANNING - Sybet and I have decided to do a co-written thing. It's about angels, and no, it has nothing to do with TFFG. Not posted yet, will be soon though. I hope.

(BC) Bunny Center: IN PROGRESS - Just a place to put all of my plot bunnies that jump out of my head. All ideas are up for adoption unless otherwise specified. There's gonna be stuff in here that I know I want to continue.

(1) TFFG - Prologue: The balance of power is about to be tipped... but to which side?
(2) A Girl Named Tex: Her name was Tex... and she was gonna let the whole world know it.
(3) Alex Sandwich: Two Alexes plus one Aaron equals hilarity, sugar, and annoying the hell out of Leigh.
(4) Eclipse: It was the end of the world, and she wasn't going to wait for him to show up.
(5) TFFG - Plans: A secret is out, and everything could be screwed up because of it.
(6) Seer - Daydreams: Not really telepathy, but sort of the same idea. Except not really.
(7) Astral Butterflies: She had a secret weakness for butterflies.
(8) Chairs: Chairs are EVIL! EVIL I SAY! ...And no, I'm not crazy.
(9) Abreotan: One word is all it takes... just one word.
(10) Seer - Silver Chain: Things like this did not happen to her, but the evidence was right there on her wrist.
(11) SILENCER: It looked so... real. So alive and real. And so young. I almost pitied it.

Turandot: PLANNING - "She was unattainable, and the large collection of severed heads proved it. A silly exiled prince would meet the same fate as all the rest... right?" For the record, yes, this is Turandot the opera in story form, with some of my bits added in. It's gonna be a fun ride...

(EoF) The Edge of Forever: COMPLETE - The sixth anniversary of 9/11 has come and gone. This is my way of praying for those who lost someone.

(SD) Silver Dust: COMPLETE - A little something I wrote out of boredom when I was in Maine. Enjoy my random musings!

Secrets: IN PROGRESS - Ooh, original title. :shot: Anyway, something I really wish had happened to me in school. Dedicated to Meredith Kennington. And now I've turned it into something of a series. It'll end when the secret is out. And if you have no idea what I'm talking about, you don't go to my school. So don't ask me about it. (I'm onto you, stalkers...)

Footprints: COMPLETE - Mm. Just a random thing.

Pennies: IN PROGRESS - Hey, I like this title. Anyway, this will be the 100 Themes challenge from dA. I know you're supposed to do it for a fandom but... IhadthisreallycoolideaforabunchofthemandnowIwanttodoitforeverythingelse... don't judge me. And it's called "Pennies" 'cos, like, it takes 100 pennies to make a dollar, and there's the old saying, "penny for your thoughts" and... yeah.
52. Deep In Thought - Writer's block sucks.

Hair: IN PROGRESS - A series of shorts heavily inspired by the soundtrack for Hair. And I don't care WHAT you say, THIS IS NOT A FANFICTION. Having gotten that out of the way... it's all from the point of view of some guy who I haven't thought of a name for. It'll probably be something biblical.

Thursday: COMPLETE - Yeah, I had a bit of an off day. So... don't take this too seriously.

(DoL) Differences of Light: IN PROGRESS - The sidekick story! Ta da! Chapters come slowly.

(WPB) Where Poppies Blow: COMPLETE - A Memorial Day tribute.

(SPW) A Study of Poetic Warfare: COMPLETE - My friend JC (not Jesus, as much as I wish it was...) wrote this weird poem on the English board, then he started challenging people to write their own poetry, and... it got crazy.

(NSYA) If I Never See You Again: COMPLETE - I was watching the YA acting class, and their last exercise got me thinking. Also, I tried styling the first part after Neil Gaiman's The Faery Reel. Don't know how well that turned out. You decide.

(TM) Theater Magic: COMPLETE - I love the theater. And Madam Butterfly. This was written in the middle of opera season. I've gone to see Butterfly four times out of four. Yes, I know I'm a nerd.

(OLD) One Lovely Day: COMPLETE - Hahaha, OLD!! That's classic. Anywho, a practice in romance.

“…And birds go flying at the speed of sound,
To show you how it all began,
Birds keep flying from the underground,
If you could see it then you’d understand,
Oh when you see it then you’ll understand…”