Sunlight dances upon
the frost covered branches,
unsure whether to warm up
enough to bring the tree
back to life.
Silently, the maple waits
for its leaves to bud and
the sun to shine with bright enough
force to warm its core.

My heart lies dormant
like the tree
with shallow beats and
colorless dreams,
until one day you come to me—
my sun, my daughter, my taught womb.
For you are the unborn light,
warmth and comfort that my
long lost heart will continue to wait for.

 

© alyson stock

 

There was a sale at Hot Topic, and there are some really cool shadows that I've always wanted, but could never justify spending the money for them.  Well, they were on sale for $.98!  So exciting :D





From left to right: Neon Green, Teal, Neon Yellow, White and Purple.



These are the swatches without a base. . . That's just how they look on my pasty white skin.





These are cream shadows.  I don't have photos of the swatches that I did for them, but these cream eyeshadows aren't all that pigmented, and they aren't cream-to-powder or anything like that.  They are closer to a lip gloss, so I suppose you could use them for that.  I would use them underneath the powder shadow to help it stick better.


Sooooo yeah.  That's all I got for today.  :)

Gym class is a time for social activities, sports, and, in my case, making a complete ass out of myself.  Since kindergarten, I went through gym skimming by on my attendance and uniform points because I don't have an athletic bone in my body.  However, there was one sport that I couldn't wait for during gym class; it always got the least bit of attention, and all of the other girls were afraid of screwing up their hair and make-up, smelling bad and the guys thought that it was 'gay'. . .

Swimming.
That was/is my sport.  I don't do much of it now, but when I was still in school, that was the one thing that I was proud of myself for.  The one thing that I was better at than everyone else.  My heart always lept at the teacher's announcement at the beginning of December noting our decent across the parking lot to the High School pool.  It made me laugh when kids would "forget" their swim suits, or in later years, "get their period."  I'm sorry, but 15 girls don't just conveniently get their monthly gift on the same week.  (Although in truth, that did happen to me one time.  The only reason why I didn't swim that week was because it was the first time I had EVER received that. . . uhm . . . gift, and I didn't know how to use a tampon.)
But, I digress. 
I guess I never saw the big deal in swimming during school.  I mean, sure, it wasn't flattering to walk around smelling like a vat of chlorine, but in reality, who cares?  I walked around (as well as the rest of the 10 others on the swim team) for months smelling of chlorine.  It was my natural odor, I guess.

I also found it funny when girls would show up to go swimming during gym class in a friggin bikini.  WTF?  Swimming laps and bikini's don't go very well together, especially when you need to dive into the water.  I had to do that once, also.  Not fun at all. 

Swimming was the one thing that I was better at than all of my peers.  Since swimming isn't a 'cool' sport, it was overlooked and other students would pass off their lack of floating abilities to not caring because they thought it was dumb and unimportant.



Okay, so I guess I ran out of things to write about this story.  Thought that there would be a bit more to go on, but hopefully you all enjoyed reading this none-the-less.  Does anyone have a sport that wasn't popular that they were good at?  Did other students make stupid and ridiculous excuses to get out of said sport?  I would love to know in the comments :D



© alyson stock 2010

 

So apparently I can't copy and paste the picture here to show you all . . .  I've copied and pasted the description from the website, and I'll put the link in here if any are interested in what it actually looks like.


'Beautifully detailed, fitted bodice flows into a soft and flowing chiffon skirt. Empire waist is accented with exquisite, hand-beaded lace and ruching detail. Strapless A-line silhouette is universally flattering and oh-so-comfortable, making it an easy customer favorite. Back of gown is absolutely gorgeous with beaded lace detail from waist to hem. Chapel train. Available in Ivory or White. '

(ignore the blue--they were links on the site)

Link.

Those liquid diamond eyes
penetrate my own.
I hang onto his every word,
like a thread; a fine, frayed thread.
The words he speaks are whispers,
False hopes that drift through the
open space between us.

No matter how hard I try,
the strength if takes to finally
snap the thread,
seems to disappear.
Strength is gone.
I am weak,
so
very,
very
weak.

|© alyson stock|  1.19.2010