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LittleRoses297 2021-4-24 15:03: Hi, Crystal! Glad to see you're back! Your page is lovely with all the flowers and such! ✿ I like the pale pink base, too! Is this your favourite colour? <3

Jasper 2019-10-4 22:54: Springbrook: lol, you're welcome. (If you have a different song you'd like, tell me and I'll consider it.)
Enjoy the Silence by Depeche Mode <33

FloraSeastone 2019-9-3 00:16: Springbrook: I like writing poetry too! I don't know how deep or insightfull some of them are, they are mostly just poems that I think are funny. I write mainly fa ...
One of my favorite funny poems is "A Bug Sat in A Silver Flower" by Karla Kuskin (it's short and has an unexpected ending). I'm a sucker for sonnets, but I try to write some free verse or other structured poetry sometimes. My favorite is writing poetry about ordinary things in a way that makes them seem special. Other times I write about people I know, or nature, or my faith (I'm a Christian).
Ooh, your characters sound brooding and mysterious. Those types tend to be more interesting than characters who put everything out there. Hey, sometimes being original is less important than writing what you want to write about. What period is your drama set in?

FloraSeastone 2019-8-31 15:11: Springbrook: Congratulations on not having to do school anymore! I really enjoy creative writing as well. In fact I have no less than thirty-two (32) story ideas t ...
Thanks! (Can you believe I'm considering going back?)
32! Wow, you go! At least you're organized enough to count them. Haha, I believe you'd get that gold procrastination medal. Lately I've been writing more poetry than short stories, but when I write fiction, I like fluffy romance, magical settings, and/or characters I'd want to be friends with. I've always wanted to write mysteries/detective fiction, but I wouldn't know how to slowly reveal the clues instead of dumping them all in the third chapter. How about you?

FloraSeastone 2019-8-30 22:15: Springbrook: I can't actually decide if I'm exited or not. I'll have to see what my workload will be like, and how my professors grade. I'm taking some interesting ...
Yeah, the first week of school can be really different from the rest of the semester. I loved getting to pick the classes that interested me when I was in college (I graduated not too long ago).
I love writing. Creative writing is fun, but so is writing essays for English classes or other classes. Admittedly, getting started is the hard part--I've gotten better at not procrastinating, but I still find myself convincing myself that "oh, this is going to be so hard and boring, you better avoid it!" Once I settle in to a writing task, I can usually lose myself in it. That said, 3-4 essays a week?! That's a lot.

FloraSeastone 2019-8-26 20:06: Springbrook: Sorry for my late response, (I had a friend over and then school started). Honestly, while still cringe worthy for sure, your pun was much better than ...
Happy back to school! Well, I don't know if you're excited or not. What are you looking forward to and what are you dreading?
That's a good point. My sense of humor isn't very dark, and there's a lot of people who can make a joke out of things that I think aren't very amusing. And humor has changed a lot--what was funny thirty years ago isn't necessarily funny now.

FloraSeastone 2019-8-22 23:19: Springbrook: I'm sure that in this bonkers world we live in, someone has invented pain relieving nose drops. There are a lot of possibilities for a pun using bread ...
"Bread only brings me pain. . . " *groan* Yeah, pretty corny, but nice job. Here's one of the precious few jokes I know in Spanish: What kind of fruit waits at the bus stop? Es pera. (Es pera = it is a pear, espera = wait). (You can groan.)
I wonder too about different humor from different cultures. Which cultures have darker or dryer humor? Who prefers situational comedy vs. slapstick? I hear some schools are offering humor studies as a major, and while I know it's not all fun and games, I'm sure it would be fascinating.

FloraSeastone 2019-8-22 00:25: Springbrook: I know! It's pretty funny. Your nose actually gets sore, and it feels weird. I can imagine though that studying a language like German or maybe Norweg ...
That's wild! You have a point. I wonder if anyone has tried to develop gels or ointments for language pains. I'm sure regular antidotes work, like cough drops or . . . nose drops? Is that a thing? Maybe other languages might take a toll on your tongue or your cheeks.
I'm trying to form a bilingual pun about pain/bread, but I've got nothing. Do you know any jokes in French?

FloraSeastone 2019-8-21 13:45: Springbrook: Thank you so much for the recommendations! I will definitely check them out. I'm not exactly sure why I chose French, other than the fact that everybo ...
Good for you for trying something different. Oh no, does your nose really start to hurt?? That's pretty funny. I don't know any other language like that.

FloraSeastone 2019-8-20 00:50: Also, whether you had a choice of languages or not, I applaud you for studying French. I think it's a beautiful language, but I've always been intimidated by the spelling and pronunciation...

FloraSeastone 2019-8-20 00:44: Springbrook: I agree, I do like "When Can I See You Again" and most of his upbeat songs. I also occasionally tend to stray towards the somewhat depressin ...
Yeah, he does the more moody songs really well. I haven't heard "Waving Through a Window" yet--I should! Knowing if you'll like a song in the first few seconds is a neat superpower. I usually have to listen to it the whole way through and see if I would listen to it again.
I don't know French, but I've got two songs by the artist Lou that I like to listen to, so I can recommend "M'en aller" and "Une fille du soleil" by her. My friend once said she liked Indila's album Mini World, so there's another place to start if you want.

FloraSeastone 2019-8-19 23:33: Springbrook: I am actually really picky when it comes to music. I listen to classical music sometimes, but mostly I just listen to the random mix of songs that I l ...
That makes sense. I also took piano lessons when I was younger. I can technically still play, but nothing complicated--I mostly just re-learn the stuff I knew ages ago. I'd love to learn the harp or the saxophone.
I love Owl City, too! I like some of his pop-y and danceable songs ("When Can I See You Again?") as well as the slower descriptive ones ("Plant Life"). How about you?
My music taste is a mixed bag: instrumental/movie scores for working, pop and some songs in Spanish for getting stuff done, big band and jazz for relaxing.

FloraSeastone 2019-8-18 21:47: Springbrook: Hey Flora!
Thank you so much! The Swan is actually part of a fourteen movement musical suite by Camille Saint-Saens. It's called Carnival of the Anima ...
That's pretty cool. I should listen to some of the other movements. I don't know Yo-Yo Ma's music very well, but I do like his cover of "My Favorite Things" and some songs from his album called Obrigado Brazil.
Do you listen to classical a lot? Or do you play an instrument?

FloraSeastone 2019-8-17 18:10: Hi Crystal/Springbrook! "The Swan" in your music box is lovely. Is it from a movie? (Also, I don't know why I couldn't see the full message in your friend request, but we're friends now, anyhow. )

Jasper 2018-5-23 20:06: Hi I'm Jasper, welcome to FairyABC! Feel free to ask me if you have any questions, I hope to see you in-game :D

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