tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32839621426443735572024-03-14T03:23:34.897-04:00Oru's Infinite CharacterizationOruhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16473360130780637032noreply@blogger.comBlogger304125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3283962142644373557.post-43984840853385317192024-01-25T23:23:00.002-05:002024-01-25T23:23:16.849-05:00Jump I stand as a shattered thingeyes turned, chin down, unsettleda weakness for deitiesbeautiful, talented, a little insaneand when something is all of theseI cannot seem to stay tameI am virulenta toxic tonic set to fizzleblood boils, heart pounds, skin sizzlesleaping without looking at the edgeand knowing a fall like that killsI stand as a shattered thingafter landingon my feet, still, Oruhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16473360130780637032noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3283962142644373557.post-39771301865509502212024-01-01T11:20:00.004-05:002024-01-01T11:21:29.336-05:00Farewell 2023 - Hello 2024 Ahh, the first of 2024. That gloriously awkward time, when one must continuously correct everything one needs to put a date on. What better way to bid farewell to the previous year, than to do a little "Spotify Recap" of events and fun facts?I wrote the first 2 drafts of a full length novel (130k+ words.)Come on, I have to start the list strong, or I feel like hot garbage, gimme a break.I Oruhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16473360130780637032noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3283962142644373557.post-56628721915287356732023-10-21T15:27:00.005-04:002023-10-21T15:27:44.875-04:00A Character's Poem A character of mine wants to write a poem.How do you think he did?~My grave was bare but I kept it well
Sealed within I kept company with
ghosts
Your eyes shown in the darkness,
peering in
brighter than Winter-moon when pain is
sharpest.
My life black ink on pale paper
standing still
yet your voice raised it into brilliant
song
I've felt the tender touch of cruelty
and called it love
but Oruhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16473360130780637032noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3283962142644373557.post-763418785769801542023-08-15T14:54:00.001-04:002023-08-15T14:54:08.166-04:00Lets make a poem! It has been a while since I've delved into my poetry, so here is something I came up with recently, for your reading pleasure. My old job was a huge disasterThat robbed all employees of laughterWe hated the wayThat the owners would brayand kill all our spirits much faster.Happy Limerick!(I know, it's terrible. I'm out of practice.)Oruhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16473360130780637032noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3283962142644373557.post-76723014459114002102023-08-04T11:51:00.002-04:002023-08-04T11:51:52.737-04:00Progress! The newsletter is up!My landing page has a review, and a picture, and a blurb! I'm halfway through draft 2.0, and it's being churned through my writing group!If my timing is right, the writing group should get through it in about 8 months. Which is plenty of time to cut and trim and adjust everything. THEN I can send it through another beta read!Go sign up for the newsletter if Oruhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16473360130780637032noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3283962142644373557.post-12712787198730873692023-07-14T16:59:00.006-04:002023-07-14T17:00:08.865-04:00The Blurb Here it is, A draft of the Blurb.Dani is new to The City and having trouble with life in general. Xe is in debt, behind on rent, and can't get past xyr writer's block. Not only that, but all the jobs xe is qualified for are taken by those in the supernatural community who are clearly better suited to the tasks. After a night out with friends to help clear xyr mind, a chaotic bout of Oruhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16473360130780637032noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3283962142644373557.post-8969567741713513892023-07-14T16:01:00.000-04:002023-07-14T16:01:00.208-04:00What's This? SUBSCRIBE TO MY NEWSLETTER!
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However, Oruhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16473360130780637032noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3283962142644373557.post-38638474224382214102023-01-14T18:28:00.007-05:002023-01-14T18:28:54.963-05:00The Cycle Born, live, school, sort of live, work, work some more, change jobs, work again, eventually die.Poem for the day.Connections are fluidmelding between people like water around rocks.We are different with animals.We say we're just like them, but we aren't, are we?We're the smarter, uglier versionsUpgraded with lots of bugs in the systemIt wasn't broke. Why did we fix it?How is it better Oruhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16473360130780637032noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3283962142644373557.post-70827550788301535682022-09-30T18:02:00.000-04:002022-09-30T18:02:27.462-04:00Project Oruhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16473360130780637032noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3283962142644373557.post-91435101807411151222022-09-28T16:33:00.002-04:002022-09-28T16:33:12.272-04:00PATREON! Heyo!Not that there are many of you who read this rant-poetry-fest BUT -I've got a new project!I have a Patreon!https://www.patreon.com/OruTheInfiniteStop on by!Oruhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16473360130780637032noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3283962142644373557.post-22721866374855143522022-09-17T10:37:00.003-04:002022-09-17T10:37:47.740-04:00Another Poetry Challenge Greetings to all my many invisible admirers, silent supporters, and mute cheerleaders. Greetings to all those to blip onto my page for just long enough to record the view, but not long enough to actually enjoy or read anything on the page! And hello especially and with the most enthusiasm to those who actually DO read my rants and poetry and more rants. Because you're angels and I love you Oruhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16473360130780637032noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3283962142644373557.post-17516683835691351432022-06-26T19:25:00.003-04:002022-06-26T19:49:29.481-04:00End of the world. I watch moviesAbout the end of the worldAnd I think how scary it would be.I see tides riseAnd comets fallSeas boil and mountains crumbleViruses plaguing the EarthFlesh eating monsters Alien invasions and explosionsSupernatural evils withSpiky, wicked tentacles Frost creeping like sinister mistPeople running and screaming and hidingCar crashes and falling planesDerailed high speed Oruhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16473360130780637032noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3283962142644373557.post-49507986061992755002022-05-21T17:32:00.003-04:002022-05-21T17:32:34.462-04:00Flute Sometimes I look overAnd I see two sleeping bodiesCurled into balls at my feetChests rising and falling just off rhythm.I hear music in my heada flute with just a few gentle chordsOne and two and a trill at the end?A slow, sweet melodyInexplicable, really.Sometimes I stand outsideAnd I look up at the sky There are clouds and maybe a birdI hear music in my heada flute with just a few Oruhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16473360130780637032noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3283962142644373557.post-72420566804924738162022-05-18T18:30:00.002-04:002022-05-18T18:34:10.371-04:00Villain Listen to me.If You're Dating Someone With Depression or Anxiety - know what you're getting into. People who say "DO this, and do that, and do this, and Never ever do that" have not dated people with Depression and Anxiety. The people who make ultimatums that sound nice have not had to do them themselves (I wager you anything.) The ones who say, "They need constant support, constant Oruhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16473360130780637032noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3283962142644373557.post-50691364528772764172022-05-16T17:03:00.003-04:002022-05-16T17:03:39.039-04:00How Not To Be A Jerk: Part 1 How Not To Be A Jerk is a simple list (with mild explanation) on how people can easily check themselves when dealing with other humans. Today, we'll delve into the Customer Service aspect.So we all know that the people in Customer Service are human beings. Intrinsically, we all KNOW this. Many of us have or still are IN the customer service industry. We wait tables, we handle complaints, weOruhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16473360130780637032noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3283962142644373557.post-67678054334136188482022-02-23T18:52:00.001-05:002022-02-23T18:52:27.754-05:00Good Things A friend of mine makes lists of all the good things they did or saw or experienced in a day. I think thats a beautiful idea, and I'm hoping it will help with my general lack of feeling, so here we go!1. I bonded with a co-worker today! She's really nice, and we chatted about hair dye and girlfriends.2. Several people got really excited about a Discord Role-play that I pitched, and they Oruhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16473360130780637032noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3283962142644373557.post-77034153970937581772021-08-24T16:51:00.002-04:002021-08-24T16:51:24.513-04:00Silhouette I am silhouetted.The line if my jaw uninterrupted,The slope of my nose goes carefully down,One hand, you can see, smooths down the side of my blouse.A stunning first impression, there.My best side forward,Just enough to catch the sparkle at the corner of my eye.But I am not a whole thingI am not just this image here, silly side-eye and a smirk,I am a broken thing, missing parts.You cannot see it Oruhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16473360130780637032noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3283962142644373557.post-70609112191646553272021-08-09T20:00:00.004-04:002021-08-09T20:00:59.464-04:00Stress My anxiety is going off the RAILS here. Never been on a plane by myself before. Never gone to meet people without a safety net.I'm terrified they're going to dislike me. Not hate. I don't think they could hate me. But I'm afraid that they aren't going to LIKE me. That I'm going to be a huge disappointment. A let down. A boring, lame, lack-luster new acquaintance.Help.Oruhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16473360130780637032noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3283962142644373557.post-71217114402778460272021-07-27T12:07:00.002-04:002021-07-27T12:07:44.478-04:00Work In Progress My hair was stunning when I was a kid. It had these glorious highlights and lowlights, this honey-caramel-golden-brown confection of wavy fluff.I don't get out as much these days. Don't get a lot if sun. Mostly because of the myriad of doubts and concerns I secretly have, and the serious lack of fucks I give in general.I imagine thats why my hair has dulled as it has. Its gotten Oruhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16473360130780637032noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3283962142644373557.post-12845202675883152272021-06-06T20:47:00.003-04:002021-06-06T20:47:55.565-04:00Avast Me Plotties UPDATE! Greetings friends!Avast Me Plotties has had 5 WONDERFUL episodes!As a thank you to all those who have supported us, We will be doing a LIVESTREAM interview IN CHARACTER!What character, do you ask?Well that is for YOU to decide!The date of the event is TBD, and it will be recorded for view later! FOR NOW: Cast your votes HERE!Oruhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16473360130780637032noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3283962142644373557.post-67705325403188283672021-04-06T10:12:00.003-04:002021-04-06T10:12:32.113-04:00Day 6 of Poetry Month April 5th:Things are still dark here not sure when they'll stop but despite the absence of light there is no absence of noise and each voice is innumerable though we cannot see the mouths that are speaking or the hands that are applauding it'll all builds into one lengthy crescendo that Towers like a tsunami and creeps ever closer and every marching step it takes in your direction forces Oruhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16473360130780637032noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3283962142644373557.post-60747619368552640812021-04-04T09:38:00.004-04:002021-04-04T09:38:41.632-04:00Day 4: Poetry Month Two more Haiku:April 3rd:My life is a blurOf inconsequential thingsMasked by my self doubtApril 4th:Speaking of our masks,I had mine newly polishedAnd now, off to work.Oruhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16473360130780637032noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3283962142644373557.post-60001183906993383422021-04-02T11:36:00.001-04:002021-04-02T11:36:22.967-04:00Poetry Month! Kicking us off with 2 Haiku!April 1st:I am not a foolBut in a world like this oneI wish that I was.April 2nd:Birthdays are so lame.Oh yes, please do remind meThat I have lost friendsOruhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16473360130780637032noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3283962142644373557.post-59847087186232108162021-03-29T02:50:00.004-04:002021-03-29T02:50:55.642-04:00Ellipses ...What, exactly, did past-me do to get this fucking karma?Also, FUCK YOU, UPSTAIRS NEIGHBORS.Thanks for coming to my ted talk.Oruhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16473360130780637032noreply@blogger.com0