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I've been busy at work recently. Haven't done much of anything MLP-related on dA, but I have been writing fanfiction: www.fimfiction.net/story/32366…

The premise is fairly simple: Fluttershy reminisces about her unrequited love for Rarity, and all the things that wound up keeping them apart. It was, in its nature, a challenge I made for myself to narrate in the voice of a character I wasn't totally comfortable narrating in. I think I learned a lot from the exercise, and I feel like I made something worthwhile at the same time, so it's definitely a win for me. It'll be even more so if I got a lot of other people to read it and enjoy it, of course, but such things come and go.

The first draft of the story is complete. Two chapters are already posted, and I'll most likely serialize the release of the remaining chapters over the rest of April. I might consider cross-posting it here as well, but I've not yet decided on that.

On other fronts, I've drafted several poems--or several cantos of a rambling long poem, not sure which--as well. It's difficult to get people to edit poetry, though, so they'll remain in handwritten first-draft form for the time being.

Stay cool, folks.
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Just realized that :iconmirahanplz: looks like a human version of :iconscootalooplz:.

:iconmindblownplz:
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I've been working on the railroad
Every pointless day!
I've been working on the railroad
While my life gets pissed away!
Can't you hear the whistle blowing
Shatter my dreams in the morn!
Can't you hear the captain shouting
I wish I was never born!

Composed by Ross Scott

www.youtube.com/watch?v=uO18jv…
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Looked at :iconampata:'s journal entry. Got interested.

1. Open your music library.
2. Press shuffle.
3. Press play.
4. For each question, respond with the title of the song that plays.

1) Opening Credits:
Heavy in the Game- 2Pac

2) Waking Up:
Pause 4 Porno- Dr. Dre

3) First Day at School:
Warning- The Notorious B.I.G.

4) Falling in Love:
Stop the World- Ne-Yo

5) Fight Song:
Childhood Memories- British Sea Power

6) Breaking Up:
Thugz Mirror- Nas

7) After getting drunk, you say--
Public Service Announcement- Danger Mouse

8) At your speech after you become prom queen/king, you say--
Stoned Junkee- UGK

9) Driving:
Samba Pa Ti- Santana

10) Flashback:
Who You Think I Am?- MF Doom

11) Getting Back Together:
Walk These Streets- Rakim

12) Wedding:
Rest of My Life- Nas

13) Birth of Child:
D'yer Mak'er- Led Zeppelin

14) Your Deepest Secret:
P.S. I Love You- Beatles

15) Night Before War:
Quit Hatin' the South- UGK

16) Final Battle:
Blasphemy- 2Pac

17) Moment of Triumph:
Minority Report- Jay-Z

18) Death Scene:
War With God- Ludacris

19) Funeral Song:
Hallelujah- Rufus Wainwright

20) End Credits:
Saturday Nite- Ghostface Killah

Not too random, some of those. Here's the "best of the moment" songs that I think would fit:

1) Opening Credits:
Still D.R.E.- Dr. Dre

2) Waking Up:
Kilo- Ghostface Killah

3) First Day at School:
Hustler Musik- Lil Wayne

4) Falling in Love:
You and I- Rakim

5) Fight Song:
Breathe- Fabolous

6) Breaking Up:
Just Fine- Chris Brown

7) Drunk:
Drunk by Myself- Nas

8) Prom King Speech:
Still Not a Player- Big Pun

9) Driving:
Empire State of Mind- Jay-Z

10) Flashback:
Memory Lane (Sittin' in da Park)- Nas

11) Getting Back Together:
Do For Love- 2Pac

12) Wedding:
K-I-SS-I-N-G- Nas

13) Birth of Child:
Fetus- Nas

14) Your Deepest Secret:
Mind Playing Tricks on Me- Geto Boys

15) Night Before War:
Stick Me for My Riches- Wu-Tang Clan

16) Final Battle:
Best Rapper Alive- Lil Wayne

17) Moment of Triumph:
Kiss the Ring- Raekwon

18) Death Scene:
When I'm Gone- Eminem

19) Funeral Scene:
Someday- Scarface

20) End Credits:
Young Forever- Jay-Z
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Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=caqQCQ…

Gather round me now
And prepare to fight
I will tell you how
This all ends tonight


Growing up I'd been always lonely and forlorn
But then mom gave birth to me, way before my dad was born
Which means: if time was on track, was my dad always the same?
Or did I send Kyle back to change who my dad became?
Any my mom was paranoid, she seemed crazy in the head
But then that's hard to avoid when a cyborg wants you dead
No one believes what she says, they all seem to just refuse
You would think the witnesses would be all over the news

Why don't
   they keep
      coming
         back to
            the same
               place in time?!

Skynet won't forget, it will just turn back the clock
Is the future written yet? No, 'cause fate has writer's block
Maybe we can change it all, if we teach them right from wrong
It's the Terminator's call; can't we all just get along?
See, not all machines are bad, just the ones programmed to kill
If your microwave seems mad, it's not the electric bill
It's a cyborg in disguise, hellbent on mankind's demise
He'll attack...
   "Say your goodbyes; I'll be back!"

Can we rearrange, just one person's past?
Would the future change, if we were recast?
I hereby proclaim, Man's Apology:
We are all to blame, for technology.


-Andrew "Goldentusk" Goldenberg
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