I'm BlackestOpal. Because BlackOpal was taken.

I'm a 17-year-old girl and proud of it.

I like concrit. I LOVE concrit. All I want is concrit.

That's a lie, I like regular reviews too.

But I crave concrit.

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"An eye for an eye leaves the whole world blind, but a review for a review leaves all of fictionpress happy."

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Things I like (as if anyone would read this, but I feel obligated):

Music

Iron and Wine

The Postal Service

Death Cab for Cutie

Dispatch

Books

The Chrysalids

The Artemis Fowl Series

Wicked

Anything Gregory Maguire

Anything Tamora Pierce

The Book of Lost Things

Harry Potter

The Bartimaeus Trilogy

His Dark Materials

Most things Margret Atwood

Movies

Pan's Labyrinth

Indiana Jones

Pirates of the Caribbean

Little Miss Sunshine

Juno

Musicals

Wicked

RENT

Pippen

Chicago

Jesus Christ Superstar

Godspell

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Sort: Category . Published . Updated . Title . Words . Chapters . Reviews . Status .

1. October reviews

A poem on fleeting adolescence and the changing leaves. "Each slow second makes them catch their breath as they grasp the pure joy and the debilitating sadness of it all."

Complete - Life - Fiction Rated: K - English - Poetry/Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 150 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 10-21-08 - Published: 10-21-08

2. September reviews

Musings on the start of a new school year and the lack of enthusiasm involved in it. "We half-heartedly dig up our hopes/From the pile of disappointments lying at our feet"

Complete - Life - Fiction Rated: K - English - Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 130 - Reviews: 3 - Updated: 10-19-08 - Published: 10-19-08

3. Canoe reviews

A poem on being in the middle of nowhere with just about nothing. "The taste of salty sweat leaks onto dry lips. "

Complete - Nature - Fiction Rated: K - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 99 - Reviews: 11 - Updated: 6-8-08 - Published: 6-8-08

4. On Existence » reviews

Poems with the theme of existence. Added "On Conchs, Democracy and Ideals" and "On a Lack of Shoes".

Haiku - Fiction Rated: K - English - General - Chapters: 9 - Words: 93 - Reviews: 12 - Updated: 6-7-08 - Published: 5-9-08

5. Fragile Stance reviews

A poem on debating an impossible, heartfelt ideal against a logical one. "Tiptoes resent their fragile stance..."

Complete - Life - Fiction Rated: K - English - General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 22 - Reviews: 8 - Updated: 6-4-08 - Published: 6-4-08

6. Holy War reviews

A poem on the dangers of open mindedness and the pain of seeking spirituality. "I am left naked and alone to the mercy of..."

Complete - Religion - Fiction Rated: K - English - Spiritual/General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 46 - Reviews: 9 - Updated: 5-27-08 - Published: 5-27-08

7. Peonies reviews

A poem in exactly fifty words on peonies. "Whites soiled, deep red stains sink into the ground's veins and flow down from the sky." About honour, success, and shame.

Complete - Life - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 48 - Reviews: 5 - Updated: 5-25-08 - Published: 5-25-08

8. The Forest Weeps reviews

The forest weeps/Its tears fall fast/It cannot sleep/It will not last. A poem about life and nature.

Complete - Nature - Fiction Rated: K - English - General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 43 - Reviews: 7 - Updated: 4-12-08 - Published: 4-12-08

9. White and Black reviews

A short Catherine De Medici and Dian De Poitiers faction. 'I could only bow my head and blush. "What is my colour?" I want to know what will please her. The Queen of France is reduced to a simpering child begging for praise.'

Complete - Historical - Fiction Rated: T - English - General/Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,331 - Reviews: 2 - Updated: 4-10-08 - Published: 4-10-08

10. I Am reviews

I am Macbeth. My inactivity is my evil... Pondering about self.

Complete - Life - Fiction Rated: K - English - General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 101 - Reviews: 6 - Updated: 4-9-08 - Published: 4-9-08