Catching up:

Yeah, Djaq, I was sick all last week with some kind of flu. I think I'm finally over it, though. Thanks for the well wishes!

*wonders absentmindedly what 'Team Hoodie' is* I'm sure it's been explained here numerous times, but I'm too lazy to go search the threads.

*waves to Bella* Hello to you as well! Eh, I'm sorry to hear about your troubles with school. Sounds kind of like me. I've been having some difficulties as well, and unfortunately I tend to dwell only on the negative aspects of life. But. There are so many reasons to be happy, as well! In fact, they often outdo the unfavorable ones, when you come to think of it. Glorious weather, scented flowers, painted sunsets, spectacular mountains... It makes one feel pretty small, but important all the same that our Great Creator would design all this just for us!

Anyway. Sorry to ramble on so.

Oh! And I almost forgot to say how much I like your avatar. It's lovely! It reminds me of a storybook full of adventure and imagination. Did you make it?

I hope the recital goes well! What piece are you playing?

Thank you! I'm terribly nervous already. And, uh.... *runs to double-check*... It's Concerto No. 9 in A Minor, Op. 104, written by Charles de Bériot. Kind of a long name... But it's a really, really beautiful piece. Difficult, but beautiful. There's probably a recording of it online somewhere. I've looked, but the only ones I could find were played either very badly or incorrectly.. ://

Thank you so much for the well wishes! I'm feeling quite better now.

*waves to lover or narnia* Hey! I don't think we've met. (I haven't been around here in ages!) I'm Rose, Rosa, Miss R... whatever you prefer.

Heh, I've been wanting to read the Attolia series as well for a long time, but never got around to it. Hopefully I'll be able to check them out from the library in one of the next several weeks.

*waves to Anna* Nice to see you again!

Anyway, thought I'd pop in and let you know I haven't died.

That's quite relieving to know! :// How is your story coming along? Are you still working on it?

And sure, I'll keep your sleeping trouble in my prayers.

You're sick as well, Glenstorm? Eh, I'm sorry. Get well soon!

*finishes her catch-up with a sigh and collapses onto a square bench, looking up at the square trees above her before slowly drifting off.... to.... sleep.....*

*wonders absentmindedly what 'Team Hoodie' is* I'm sure it's been explained here numerous times, but I'm too lazy to go search the threads.

it's a fanclub for the BBC show Robin Hood.

You're sick as well, Glenstorm? Eh, I'm sorry. Get well soon!

Thank you . I'm very tired to and I have to go to the store . Oh well I'll just go to bed early tonight .

Hello, hello, hello!!! *bounces up and down* Last night was so, so fun!!! *breaks into song* I could have danced all night, I could have danced all night....
Okay, well a lot of you want to know about the night in detail, so here goes. I went over to a friend's house before the prom. A group of us were meeting early; we had a formal dinner, and hung out for an hour, then headed over to the party! The first hour or so was contra dancing. Fun, fun! Then we did "normal" dancing, until I was exhausted... The cold thingy didn't help. So one really nice guy kept me company. I got to meet a lot of new people. T'was fun!

Yay! We're soo glad to have you join! Yes, actually, there is a very tough initiation that you must go through first. . . Only kidding. We'll let you be a member without it.

Yeah, you should have to watch all the shows like 10 times or something Heh, I don't even think I've seen all of the episodes once.

How's Script Frenzy going for vous? =]

Very well. I have 61 pages. I'm a bit behind on my personal schedule, because I haven't written for the past two days. But hey, I've got the rest of Sunday...

Hehe, interesting dream, Bent.

It's good to see you too! You're going to prom? How fun! I'd love to see pictures (at least of your dress)!

Becca, Attolia is awesome! Tell us how you are enjoying it.

Well...I guess I'll leave you guys with one photo of me. http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash1/hs450.ash1/24787_114440751909327_100000302089202_167418_1210065_n.jpg

*waves on the way out*

Mortereve all!

Lol, that is kind of interesting/amusing, Nick.

'Tis interesting! So, how have you been of late?

Well, they don't really break up...Marian just gets mad at Guy and there's a bit of a rift between the two.

Oh, I see. Yeah, I suppose that's a good point.

"Grandpa heard his father say "treasure map"...then there was a commotion." When I turned our Blu-Ray player on, it was already at that part of the movie. We're getting used to this.

"Ok, I've got all that. Was there anything after that? Anything he said? Something he did? Anything at all?"
Ah, cool. Yeah, I think we have the hang of this. (That's awesome you have a Blu-ray player, BTW!)

"I would never sass you, Grandma!" Princess Diaries 2.
It wasn't too bad. I enjoyed reading through all of the conversations. (Of course you won't!!!!!!!)

"Why do I get the feeling you're lying?" (That's in the special features of NT2. Sorry for the obscure quote, but it's what came to mind.)
Yeah, true. Doesn't the old forum look strange, now?

Yeah, you're used to me being wrong, right? (we like to contradict each other a lot )

Well, if I say yes, saying you're wrong, then you'll actually be right. If I say no, that you're right, then you be wrong. It's a paradox! (Indeed we do, but I'm not going to agree with you. )

Right! Of course. Does that mean that I have to ask your opinion on all of my ideas?

Naw, some of them I don't care about. And some of them, you'll know what I think about it even without asking.

You're so far ahead of me! I'll try to listen to one today. *goes to download the new ones*

Well, I'm subscribed to the feed, so anytime there's a new one, it automatically downloads to my mp3 player.

I keep forgetting to ask you...Would you like to join Team Hoodie? It's a Robin Hood "fanclub" that flam and I started. All it involves is putting "Team Hoodie" in your signature. But, if you'd like to join and not put it in your sig, that's fine too.

Oh yeah, I've read you and flam talking about it. Sure, I'd love to join. *puts in sig* How's it look?

There is Little John, Marian, Roy and Carter. I think those are the ones that are left...We have a Djaq ( ), Allan (flam), Much (Ben), Will (sweeet) and a Nightwatchman (greenleaf).

Aw, too bad Allan's taken. But, I really liked Roy, while he lasted, so I shall be he.

Very cool about your Little Women play, Aiden! Judging from the while ago that was posted, I take that your play is closer than 5/6 weeks now? I hope you all perform fabulously!
How have you been doing of recent?

I'm not sure what I said when, but the play is two weeks from Thursday. Thanks!
I've been great, thanks! How about you?

*waves back to NN95*!! How've you been?

I've been well, thanks! How're you?
So you're a Robin Hood fan, too?

it's very selfish of him .

Indeed it is! Someone must talk to him about this...

Our DVDs and the online stuff are both unlimited. With the DVDs we can only have one at a time though. So we have to wait in between movies for shipping.

Ah, so do you have a pretty high-end plan?

I'm off. Mortereve all!

Good Monday Square Onions! I know, I know, I have no right to be here after such a long absence. My plate has been so full lately that I had to adjust priorities; Internet connections had to be limited and I'm so sorry it has taken me several months, and fifty-five pages to come back. But don't think that I pushed you to the back-burner on my stove of life. I have missed you all a ton, and I mean it.

Now if you mean for me to catch-up on 50 pages, I'm afraid you're sadly mistaken. I have only a tidbit of time on my hands tonight ( ) and I'm afraid that a catch-up would only discourage me. Oh well, I'm kind of feeling up to it. Last weekend, we took four days and skedaddled to "The City!" to spend a few days with my brother. We went swing-dancing the first night, and that is always fun!! I learned how to salsa, and we also danced the cha-cha as well as the swing and waltz. It's a really cool club that plays '40s type songs for dancing. Really nice! The second night, we went to church and had a great service with my brother's young-people group. Then Sunday we went to church again, and that evening, we went to see Vocal Spectrum (men's barbershop quartet from St. Louis) in concert. It was awesome!!!! I can't even describe it; they remembered us ('twas our fourth time seeing them) and we're all chummy now. It's awesome. We got pics and hugs from them...wow, "livin' the dream, baby!"

We got home and I got 52 chicks to start feeding and growing for butchering later in June. Normally Dad does the blood and guts part, but he's gonna be busy re-roofing, so I took on this project in full knowledge that I'd have to butcher all of them too. I can read the headlines now: "THE AWFUL TRUTH ABOUT A NEBRASKA TEEN COMES OUT! She is a murderer! A head-chopper, a gutter! Shameless and cruel..." 8 of the chicks died last night though...smothered each other. Not good.

How is everyone doing? How is school for everyone? I bet you're all as excited as me that summer is so near, eh? Yay summer break!!! I'm so near to being done, the smell of freedom is tantalizing my mind like the smell of freshly baked bread tantalizes the taste-buds!

Then again, I might attempt a catch-up after all. I tell you, these first four months of 2010 have just flown by too fast. I don't even remember when I was here last; January? Ridiculous!

Hey Queen Susan, Narnia Girl, Mel, Winter, and Ruby, how are you lovely ladies doing this spring? =]

Nutty! What's up, man? How'd the play "Little Women" go? (you've performed, I take it)...You're still so lucky to get to do it while I twiddle my thumbs theatrically and wish upon a star to be involved in one. BTW, I had some WONDERFUL chocolate the other day. Mouthfulls of bliss, I tell you! And actually, I have reformed my ways so much as to say that *too* much chocolate IS bad; most anything in excess is. So there, I came halfway, will you come the rest of that half?

Hey Cor, how's the royalty? *sustains a long wave in the Prince's direction* Is anything new in your neck of the state "Clearers of the Thicket"? (it's what the name of your state means) Nothing too terribly new here.

Djaq! Your last metaphor, being drawn from bees, is very serious! "So serious, in fact, that I think you cannot be quite well!"

Did anyone here watch Masterpiece's "The Diary of Anne Frank"? I watched it online just today, and my oh my it is good. I love movies from that era; I love their accents; and even though the end is sad, the movie was great. =] I wanna be Anne Frank...

I've been reading Oliver North's "Mission Compromised", and "The Jericho Sanction" this past week, and I've been doing a lot of thinking about technology and communication as a result. No one, in these books, can hide or avoid communication from anyone because of satellite, GPS, message-tracking, and even "secure" phone calls aren't secure...I kind of want to go back to the time when communication was limited, slow, and safe. It's kinda freaked me out that anyone can find you anywhere... :-/ Lol, you're probably thinking I'm crazy. Any of you read those books and know what I'm talking about?

*sends hellos to Malkah* How are you, mm?
Hi, Lover of Narnia! Don't believe we've met; I'm Jojo. =]

Bella! Great to see you here!! I know I'm always complimenting your avatars, but I LOVE this one that you have now!! ^_^

Glenstorm the Great (or did we decide on "The Great One"? ) How are you today?!

Heeeey, it's Miss Rosario!! I'm so glad you're over the flu; that's no fun!! Stay well, ok?

Hey Valia! (back on page 105!) Gooooood to see you again!! Come back soon so we can catch-up, k?

*quickly greets all other Onions*

I am afraid that's all I have time for now. "I'll be back when you call me, no need to say goodbye!"

Toodles and God bless!
~Jojo~

*Cor and Vern enter the Square discussing the lovely weather Archenland is having today*

Mortereve all! Ahh, it actually feels like Spring outside! The temp is in the low 70's with a nice breeze. *sigh* It feels great....

I trust everyone had a good weekend? Ours was very nice. On Saturday, KingLune and I went to the local dairy farm and then stopped by one of our favorite hamburger joints on the way home. On Sunday, I was able to spend the majority of the day with my cousins, which is always a blast. We stayed outside most of the time, playing Godzilla: Unleashed on a portable TV and then cooking marshmellows and spam over an open fire when it got dark.

*You smelled like burnt logs when you finally got home.... *

An unfortunate side effect of cooking over an open fire.

Well, I suppose I should get on with making a catch-up post....

*The Prince and Dragon take their usual seats at the fountain*

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@ Mal. *squints at Mal* Hmm, you look like someone I used to know who stopped by the Square... Kidding! Welcome back, Mal! I hope you can stop by more often.

@ NN. Well, on.... Friday, I believe, I finally watched episode 7 of Robin Hood. "Brothers in Arms" was the name of the episode, I might have the number wrong... Anyway, I enjoyed it, though I think I'm a little more partial to the Merlin TV show. Still, I really enjoyed Robin Hood.

*hums "Changing Seasons, Wild Horses, Tristan's Return" from Legends of the Fall*

@ Rose. ROSE!!!! So good to see you around again! Glad you're finally over being sick. Being sick with anything is a real pain....

*Rose! Tis good to see again! Cor told me you were under-the-weather. Glad to hear you are on the mend now, though. How are you and yours?*

@ Djaq.

Shhh! Well, that's part of it. Then there are times when I decide to ramble about nothing in particular and that increases the length of said post which in turn makes it a stand alone piece of art that is only attainable with....quote boxes...I really have no idea what I just said!! I was rambling to prove my point.
Moving on...

*finishes eating a chocolate and peanut butter covered apple and looks up at Djaq* Oh, were you saying something, miss?

You had better not.

Oh, don't worry. I would never, ever wont to get on the bad side of a Mod. Especially a female Southerner Mod....

*That's not what you told me, Cor. *

VERN!!! Shhhh!

True. Nothing serious at all.

*Exactly. *

Great! I was planning on doing something, but I didn't really know what. I had a few ideas but I wasn't sure about which one to use. Then most of the mods planned the Alice in Wonderland thing on the night before, so I decided to join.

I wondered if the whole Wonderland thing was pre-planned or spur-of-the-moment. It was a very good April Fools joke, especially with everyone playing their parts so well.

@ Bella. They seem to be my specialty now. I can also make great sweet tea and cream potatoes. Oh yeah! and a pizza!

So, lots and lots of..... starch.

@ Rose, again. Dahhh! You stopped by a few more times and I missed you.... *sigh* Well, I guess we're back to our old rutine, eh?

@ Princess. Glad you had such a good time at the Prom! The photos of your dress that you posted on FB looked quite lovely.

@ Jojo. We are all doing very well, thanks. Not much to report on here. As you already know, I got a few CD's recently and graduation is coming up, but besides that.... not much.

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Alright, I think that gets everything. Time to get back home and finish school.... I'll be so glad to be off next week.

Hope everyone has a splendid Monday!

*Cor and Vern exit the Square*

*Lady Amalthea calls from just outside the Square*

Cor, dear, could you and Vern come home quickly? Your father, Fine King That He Is, decided he wanted to go horseback riding.... while playing his guitar. I keep telling him that the chord isn't long enough, but you know your father. Since I don't play the instrument he won't listen to me. Perhaps he will listen to you - and Vern. I would most sincerely appreciate it!

*Lady Amalthea sneaks up to the chocolate tree and retrieves a chocolate/peanut butter/caramel covered apple in an attempt at healthier snacking *

I saw that, Narrator!

* *

*Your father is trying to ride a horse..... with an electric guitar? *

Eh, you know Dad, always trying to be like the old country singers. I wonder if he realizes that most of those movies had the actor on a board in front of a screen.....

*Vern rolls his eyes at the Prince and gives him a firm, yet gentle nudge towards the exit*

Oh yeah, almost forgot we need to leave..... Bye all! Hopefully we'll be back.... soon-ish.

*Cor and Vern exit the Square discussing the best way to "help" KingLune*

Not to worry, Dear Lady A and Cor (fine lad that you are)! I have a length of genuine Little Giant extension cord, procured from the Acme Extension Cord Outlet of WallaWalla, Washington. I shall quote from the label: "This cord is guaranteed not to slip, flip, drip, chip, or..."

*JERK*

"Horseyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

*sigh* That's how it always starts.... "Ooh, Ahh" then there's running and... screaming.... Vern? *Cor gestures towards the direction of the faint screaming*

*Alright, I'll be back shortly.... Vern flies off to rescue the distressed King*

*Lady Amalthea enters the Square, giggling*

Thank you, Vern! There will be an extra helping of smoked salmon for you tonight!

Thank you, too, Cor. I don't know what we would do without the two of you. Of course, I might still have my old tapestries....

Greetings to the Fairest of Hobbits, Johobbit.
A royal curtsy to the Most Excellent astronomer, Stargazer.
Favorite drinks and refreshments of every kind to all the Sqare Onions: Jojo, Djaq, T'iana, Miss Rosario, NarniaNut, Peterpevensie, Cepp & Gorse, Forever Fan, Pels, Winter, Ruby, Flam, and.... Oh dear! My Romper Room mirror just went blank.

*bangs back of mirror with her hand*

Well, that didn't help. Must be all that volcanic ash tampering with the reception. Hope you all have a wonderful week this week. I must get back to Anvard and tend to King Lune's bruised... ego. Vern hasn't quite learned how to judge his grip on the poor dear.

*Lady Amalthea leaves by way of the chocolate tree, and we all know what that means....*