Goodbye, The Lives of Swirly and Speed...

Megan/Speed: Vickii and I have both agreed that TLOSAS has had it's time, but now it has to come to an end. Vickii would like to have only one blog, and we both think it's time to move on. We have had wonderful memories here, and it will be hard letting go, I'll admit. All good blogs have their time, and there is an ending for everything. We're really sorry to all readers who loved this blog. But you can all visit our other blogs to stay in contact with us...

Vickii/Swirly Girl: I'm really sorry, guys. This blog has always been my output for feelings, emotions, and just plain randomness, I suppose, but now that is coming to an end. I've always loved The Lives of Swirly and Speed, and will, hopefully, never forget the wonderful time and friends it has given me.

If you wish to contact us (which we hope you will!) it would be lovely if you visited one of our other blogs or emailed us as follows:

Megan
Vickii

We will keep this blog open for three more days before we delete.

With thanks and love,

Vickii x
Megan <3

Mediocre...

Yep. Today is mediocre. Not good, not bad. . . . . I'm staying home sick. AGAIN. How lovely it is to be lying in bed most of the morning, and feeling terrible all day! (Not XD) How awful. I must be cursed. Or hexed. Meep!

Onto happier news, I guess. I've FINALLY decided to suck up the courage and to download a kit from Summertime Designs called Ring It In. Anyway, here is a freebie background! Enjoy! It's my first one using a kit! Squee! ^^

<style type="text/css">body {background-image: url(http://img404.imageshack.us/img404/6855/ringitinbackground.jpg); background-position: center; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-attachment: fixed; }</style>


I also made a header to go with it... unfortunately the header isn't up for grabs. Sorry. :( Here's what it looks like on an actual blog:

Like it? I thought it turned out pretty well myself! (For a beginner at least) ;) I know it's not really Winter themed, but I'm hating Winter right now. Butterflies are much more fun than a -17 degrees celcius temperature and snow squalls. Speaking of which, tonight we're supposed to get 30 cm of snow! I hope we have a snow day tomorrow.

Happy 1st of Febuary, everyone.

--

Speed

P.S. Whoever decides to use the background, could you please comment with a link to the blog you're using it on? Thanks! ;)

who - or what - am i?

Who am I? What am I? How would you describe me in six words?

Click on me to let me know!

I really am bad, aren't I? ;) See ya all in February. This is my final post.

the start of a beginning

Okay. So I'm a bad blogger. So I'm sneaking on here to type up this post which will, I imagine, recieve a comment of question about my break.

I'm still on my break. I just need to write this down somewhere. Somewhere where I know someone will read it and I won't feel so alone in my thoughts anymore.
*sigh* I do love you guys.

I love to write. I love to write stories, poems, song lyrics, cupcake recipes, even that dull English assignment most of my classmates have been slacking off on. If it involves pen and paper, I'll do it.

And I'll do it happily.

But when it comes to writing down that very first wordsentenceparagraphpage, when it comes to finding a suitable beginning to tie in with the plot, when it comes to even planning what to write and when to do it, well, that is when I stumble. Icannotwritebeginnings. I admit it now with my hands up, with my hand on my heart, with frustrated tears in my eyes

You see, beginnings come painfully slowly to me. I can never find that right combination of words to make up the beginning. I have no clue how to introduce the plot, or the main characters, or even that little old granny who lives at the corner of Second Street. Which is the reason why I

a) tend to start writing somewhere in the middle, then get confused and delete the document
b) take so long to actually write the novel (nope, I have never, ever finished a novel of any shape, size or form)
c) tend to give up after the first page

Oh, I can write. Not nearly as well as I'd like to, but I can.

❝I was standing in a baby-blue room, with a wide window to the side facing the glistening sea and scudding white clouds, and a tiny wooden frame of a bed tucked neatly in the corner. The glass was slightly propped open, allowing a cool, salty breeze to playfully ruffle my hair and the fringes of my shirt. I had an odd feeling that I was intruding in some way, playing a part in someone else’s life that wasn’t mine to take, but if this was a dream, what control did I have over it? None. But if the room wasn’t a figment of my imagination, then I couldn’t recall how I had gotten here, and why I had been sent here in the first place. The sunlight seemed too soft, too magical to be real, and I felt light, lighter than the air itself; if I raised my arms above my head, would I fly? My head drummed with the endless list of questions I needed to find the answers to.❞

And yet I can't write beginnings. Unfortunately, I never could. Endings and plots come natural to me, but beginnings are where I draw the line.

Help?

Changes!

Hey everyone! Speedy here. I just wanted to thank Shadowflower, Lilypetal, Goldenstream, and Sally for filling out the survey! Their comments and feedback were much appreciated. I've decided that they have said the same thing in some areas, so here are the things that I'm going to change around here:

- Post more
- Put more information in posts
- Maybe make posts a little more interesting
- Gain popularity XD

Suggestions are always welcome on the Suggestion page, which can be found on the sidebar. Thanks guys!

-Speed

P.S. NOTE TO ALL: Malory/Honey/Random Person is a sikko. She is probably a troubled teenager who expresses herself through Blogger. If you see her around, just ignore her comments, or ban her from your C-box/blog. Just something for you to think about, because she doesn't deserve any attention.

A Survey I made ^^

Hi everyone! I have created a survey/questionnaire for The Lives of Swirly and Speed! I'm looking for ways to make TLOSAS a better blog, so if you could take a minute or two to fill this out, it would be appreciated very much. :)

This is the link:

https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dHhOUmxXeGhPbWk3WkRuYUNacksxeWc6MQ

Thanks guys!

--

Speedy

Sigh... (Rubber ducks and more)

Sigh. :( If you've read the post underneath this, you would be as crushed as I am. I hope you come back soon, •SG•! We'll miss you!

Even though she's leaving for a bit, the show must go on..... I'll be posting more often (hopefully!) to spice things up a bit more.

Today, I am showing you people some cute pictures of rubber duckies! :) You must be aware of the awesomeness they have brought to this Earth!



Aren't they awesome?! I found then on my iPod, then saved them and uploaded them to here. :3

-Speed