Living Alyce
Thursday, January 13, 2011
Oh, Yeaaah...
Thursday, November 18, 2010
Came as a Surprise...
Sunday, October 24, 2010
The Cycle
Life is a plot that spins and spins.
Why is it so hard to accept life as it happens?
You said, “Well, it really just depends.”
I say, “Love is a circle…”
“And it never ends.”
So live in the cycle,
See if I care.
History,
I’ve had enough of my share.
So live in the cycle,
See if I care.
I’ve seen it once.
I’ve said it again.
I’ve said it once.
I’ve seen it again.
I say, “Life is a circle…”
I repeat, “and it will never end.”
Flow in the cycle, never end.
Same thing, over and over again.
Flow in the cycle, never end.
Same thing, over and over again.
So live in the cycle,
See if I care.
History, I’ve had enough of my share.
Live in the cycle,
See if I care.
So, Live in the cycle,
I won’t care.
Flow in the cycle, it won’t end.
Over, and over, and over again.
((It is, in fact, supposed to be repetitive. Enjoy!))
Cheers!
Alyce
Saturday, October 23, 2010
Don't Let It Get To You
Monday, September 20, 2010
South of Eden
No matter which way I turn, I'm the bad guy. Except for maybe from my point of view, but... No. There is still guilt.
Guilt molded by indifference. My indifference to you.
I think I'm inspired. For the first time in a very, very long time. I think my complete and total lack of feeling actually towards something caused me to feel again... Or... something.
"I wonder what you would say if I walked up to you today and confessed that I feel nothing. Well, not nothing. I do love you. As much as a friend can love someone they've known for most of their lives.
But do I smile over just knowing you're standing somewhere nearby? Do I want to be near you? Spend all my time with you?
Time is an important thing.
No. No I don't.
For a long time I was told that I was 'The Heart.' People have told me that they've never known anyone quite as empathic as I, but I doubt the truthfulness behind those words. It's impossible to understand another's heart when you lack one of your own."Wednesday, September 8, 2010
Writer's... Block?
It's been a long time, and it's starting to make me ill.
My senior year of high school, as great as it was, still had it's... Lameness. I've always prized myself on my writing, and near the beginning of the year I wrote a lot. I even became the Prose Editor of my school's literary magazine. (Who could ask for more, right? Allow me my bit of selfishness.) I think I just sort of expected to be in the magazine. I believed myself a good writer, so I thought that something I wrote would get it.
I entered five stories. Five. And I got nothing out of that.
So I've been really self conscious ever since. Maybe I just didn't push it enough? No one in my group ever gave me a real answer as to what they thought of the stories. I know that my teacher liked them, she'd read them and was later shocked upon realizing that I wasn't in the magazine.
It sort of just makes me wonder. All those things I wrote that my friends and teachers praised, were they really any good? I know that my Ad. Lit teacher mentioned that all of my teachers talked about what a great writer I am, but... Well, I don't know.
So here I am. Forcing the words. Forcing them. I haven't had to do this in a long time. They used to flow. Now they are reluctant and my stomach churns with each word I let out. Like I'm afraid. Afraid of something I really enjoy doing.
Expect a forced story soon. Probably something short and terribly lame for nothing else than to just get my mind functioning once more. If I expect to try writing as a career choice, then I seriously need to get my marbles back.
So, until then. This is Alyce signing out... or... something.
Alyce
Sunday, August 15, 2010
Connected
I believe that we are connected.
But if you’ve been reading my blogs, you already know this.
I know that I somehow have something to do with that stranger that I walk past on the street. Maybe something I’ve said to a close friend once upon a time has traveled all the way to this stranger’s ears and has made some sort of a difference in their life.
You know, you can all me crazy. But this is what I believe.
So I’m writing my next story about this. I’m going to choose a few of my already written short stories and bring them together into one novel with some other new material. All these stories will be connected in one way or another.
It sort of reminds me of “Bleed” by Laurie Faria Stolarz. All the characters in that book were connected in one way or another. I loved that book. We do in fact, all bleed.
That’s all I really have to say for now. Expect some stories from my Connected Project to show up on my SeventeenthStar blog soon!
Smile,
Alyce
Listening To:
“Paper Bag” – Anna Nalick