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Really good story
Well cool gimme more!
Not all blondes are dumb, some of us can talk!
Madeline Anafrid Bell
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Thanks Maddy! More coming soon!
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I am really enjoying your story, Lilith. I think you have created some very interesting characters, especially Casidhe! and I love the humour.
Looking forward to the next episode...
Pleione
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All the characters are based on people I knew back in High School. The jokes have been updated to protect my actual age. (wink) High School wasn't that long ago... really! Hall & Oats are still a hot band, right? Just kidding. Sorry, I saw a Hall & Oats add at the local Casino. I was like, 'who the hell are they?'
"Whoooa, here she comes... she's a Man-eater!" (snicker) I downloaded a song and almost fell out of my chair, laughing. Give me quintessential artists like Britney Spears any day.
That was a joke.
More coming. I have to write it first! Yay!
Lili
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Hey! What's wrong with Hall and Oates?
Nothin' wrong with older music! Then again, I collect old records, eight tracks, and so on. Apparently I'm the only person in my age group who includes Blue Oyster Cult, Uriah Heep and Jethro Tull in my list of favorite bands.
I really love the characters in your story. Right now, I'm not sure if Ted is sitting in the 'cute geeky crush' section of the stands or the 'creepy obsessive crush' section, but there really hasn't been enough information yet to figure it out. I'm hoping for the first, though.
Falling for the captain of the baseball team, huh? Won't that be fun to watch!
Melanie E.
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LOL!
Eight tracks still work?
Ted... is Ted. You'll find out more on Sunday... their Sunday, not yours.
Mark has a girlfriend! Gasp!
Thanks for reading!
Lili
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Get me some blank 8 tracks, and I can record on them
Am I really that old?
Yes :(
And yes, I do have a working 42 year old Akai 8 track recorder, not just playback.
It’s not given to anyone to have no regrets; only to decide, through the choices we make, which regrets we’ll have,
David Weber – In Fury Born
Holly
It's nice to be important, but it's more important to be nice.
Holly
Hell...
Somewhere in a box, I have a wire recorder from the late Fifties. I tend to hang onto things...
Puddin'
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As I write this ...
... I'm listening to a valve (vacuum tube) VHF radio dating from 1958. It's in almost daily use in my study cum workshop. The frightening thing is I used to repair identical models when they were brand spanking new and the latest technology ... gulp!
We sold wire recorders and I can remember the shock of hearing my own voice when secretly recorded. Sounded awful and nothing like it sounded to me - the accent for a start :)
There's also a valve hifi amplifier in an oak cabinet my dad had made when I was at school. It still works very well. I really must eBay it - it weighs a ton (almost literally) and really gets in the way.
Geoff
LOL!
All of this from a Hall&Oats comment... I love you guys! Real people.
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UM, what is a wire recorder?
Does it actually use wire? I never saw one. Were they in homes or was this a military thing?
Gwendolyn
They were basically consumer items...
...but never became very popular. Mine is a German model. It's terribly cute, but not very practical, as the recording time topped out at around half an hour, and was expensive compared to the tapes which came along later. You can still find them on eBay, if you just *have* to have one.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wire_recording
Puddin'
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And if the wire breaks, it takes more than a bit of hi tack tape
to fix it, though often they were welded back together with a hot cigarette. Of course, the magnetization at and near the weld was destroyed by the heat.
The other and more common problem was 'knotting' or snarling, which might make the wire jump from its track, also leaving a small gap.
The first tape recorders were also wire recorders, but in a flattened ribbon form that was less likely to twist, snarl or break, but eventually the plastic ribbon tapes took over for many reason, including better fidelity; lower speeds, which meant longer record and play times; and easier to build mechanisms.
Early development was by Brush Development company which licensed it to AMPEX's Alexander M Poniatoff. where the first practical monaural home recorders, stereo recorders, and the first video recorders were developed.
Puddintane, if you think your wire recorder devours wire, the first video recorders used 2 inch wide tape running at 15 inches per second, with a rapidly spinning head giving it an effective speed of 129 FEET per second.
It’s not given to anyone to have no regrets; only to decide, through the choices we make, which regrets we’ll have,
David Weber – In Fury Born
Holly
It's nice to be important, but it's more important to be nice.
Holly
Early Domestic Tape Recorders
In a comment I made earlier (below somewhere) I mentioned my cousin who bought a tape recorder in 1951; it was a Scophony Baird see: http://www.vintage-technology.info/pages/domestic/scophtape.htm
My cousin's interest in tape recorders began during his army service during WW2 when he worked on captured German tape recorders. Magnetic recording tape was invented in Germany by Semi Joseph Begun.
see: http://inventors.about.com/od/bstartinventors/a/Joseph_Begun...
Gabi.
Gabi.
This story is simply brilliant
I can't wait for the next chapter! Great characters, great humor and a fresh angle.
I love it!
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Thank you for your sweet thoughts!
My characters thank you, my sense of humor thanks you and angle "72 degrees" thanks you. (wink)
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This is still brilliant ...
... and getting brillianter by the episode.
Ted should take great care of his hand. The human mouth and teeth (even orthodontised American teeth) house huge numbers of micro-organisations that can cause all kinds of blood poisoning-type problems. A ex-work colleague of mine admits to thumping someone in the teeth during his misspent youth and had more problems with his fist than the guy who lost the fight had with his broken teeth. So think on!
On rows and columns: If Ted was also on the back row in home room, wouldn't he have been 3 columns over rather than 3 rows? I'm assuming rows go across the class room and columns extend front to back (or vice versa). Not that it matters much, of course.
Blatant cliché count appears to be close to zero in this episode - keep it up :)
Geoff
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I'm sure Ted will find out exactly how much trouble his hand is going to give him. Hopefully the TroglaGreen had his mouth closed when Teed was whaling on him.
Columns don't exist in the classroom, only rows. This is because of the constantly moving desks that the students can't seem to keep in one place. Even the rows aren't in order. Yeah... that's it.
Yay! No blatant Cliches!
Thanks for reading!
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Keep it Coming!
ZOMG! I couldn't stop howling at this latest installment! I have to start wondering if these people and their voices live in your head and actually talk to you and stuff, cuz let me tell you! You have some awesome characterizations going on and I can't wait for more!
Beverly Colleen
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Shhhh, don't announce it to the whole frikin' world! (wink)
I won't go so far as to say that the characters speak for themselves, but that's a pretty apt description. I'm just typing away and blamb! they won't shut up!
Thanks for reading, Bev... and by the way. You have awesome hair!
Lili
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wonderful
It's really one of those wonderful stories I really like. Life seems so great when you read it.
I'm a bit set off with the "You're a boy." from Chloe, I found it pretty hurtful, especially since now, Casidhe seems to even be forgetting she's not like any other girl.
Even though I agree with Chloe, I don't seems to like her being with Mark. I think I prefer Ted. Not that I have something against Mark, but the whole baseball captaincy don't do anything to makes me like him. I think I don't like sports that much. On the other hand, Ted seems to care more for people and I think he would be a better boyfriend for Casidhe.
That's me rambling, but still, I think that perhaps Cas should consider an hormonal therapy. She'd need hormones anyway (I was told that the body can't do without for long), it's not as if her body could produce any. So she might as well start with oestrogens.
Thank you
Mildred
In Ireland...
Casidhe is more common for girls, although there's a lot of confusion with "Casey," which comes from all over and can easily be a boy's name.
I believe the name comes from Ceann (Kyoun - shortened to Cai) Sidhe, "Fairy Head," which can refer either to the reputed cleverness of the Sidhe (Shee or Sì) or to their curly blonde hair.
Puddin'
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Thanks for the heads up about the name. Yes, I specifically chose Casidhe because it was the Gaelic female version of the name.
A little back story that won't appear in the actual story:
Cas's parents (Americans) chose Cassidy after David Cassidy since Mom was a big Partridge Family fan. Cassidy in my neck of the woods is both a boy's and girl's name. So Mom found an alternate spelling of the name and popped it on her unsuspecting child.
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Cassidy...
as the family name (even when used as a given name) is usually spelt as Caiside, and usually said to mean "curly hair," but *we* know they're really the same thing, just looked at in different ways...
Oh, and Casidhe is usually pronounced "Casey" in English, as in Casey at the Bat, although I suppose you could do it any way you liked.
Those baby name books can be deceptive, as most don't include pronunciation guides, just meanings, and sometimes meanings that skirt the core of the matter. It too is unisex in some books, and female in others, depending on who they've collected information from. Spelled Casey, it's totally unisex almost everywhere. Casidhe is mostly a girl name, but sometimes labeled as unisex.
Puddin'
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The more you squint,
the better you can see it.
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Thanks for your thoughts!
I plan on taking the "you're a boy" in a different direction. Don't worry. Remember, I'm the anti-cliche queen.
Aww, give Mark a little break. He's really a nice guy. You'll see. I can't give away what I have planned so I can't say any more. But remember... I'm against the cliche 'heroine hooks up with the athlete,' stories.
Don't forget to check the keywords in the story titling. Hormones are in the future.
Lili
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What about
The cliched 'heroine ends up with the geek who really turns out to be a studly guy' story, Hmmm? ;-)
Gee, Chloe really knows how to bust a bubble! But her comment is only technically correct, and Cas's current behavior might call that into doubt. BTW, your give and take banter between Cas and Chloe can be a bit hard to follow at times, a bit more attribution would be nice.
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Ah, echic, Casidhe isn't with anyone yet. She's got someone that is a little obsessed with her at the moment. Remember that I like to take cliches and do other things with them. I'm not saying that she will or won't be with him. It just won't be what you think.
Yes, Chloe means well, it's just her delivery that sucks.
And thank you for your suggestion for dialog.
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Lili
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Do it right 3
Hey Lilith. I have proof this is one heck of a good story so far. When you can drag some of these commentors out of the woodwork and get them to write glowing remarks like they are, its a good thing. The interplay between your characters is superb. Right out of real life. It was superior when she stood up in the classroom and took on the trog. Cut him right off at the knees. Of course, the baseball player is gonna be trouble. Hope the geek makes it out okay. The way he lost it and went crazy is so real it was scary.
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LOL! I'm all about bringing people from out of the closet, whether it be for commenting or the fun stuff.
Yes, I think Ted was a ticking time bomb ready to go off. We'll see how that turns out. As for Mark... well we'll see. (wink)
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From Zero To Hero
Poor Ted! A knight in shining armour and immediately shouldered aside by Prince Charming (glass slipper and all! Such symbolism!). Cas is a wonderful character and I am panting to see how she develops. A very nice slant on the high school TG story,
Joanne
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Don't count Ted out yet. Remember he gets to spend time with Casidhe all week long to catch up on his studies.
Cas is about to get a dose of reality in the next chapter, so lots of character development to come!
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Lili
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Still simmering away nicely
This episode has all the ingredients which captured my attention when I read part one.
As usual, I particularly enjoy the humour, the banter and the way you observed the characters ("her face all scrunched up like someone just squeezed a lemon up her butt") and look forward to reading more of this engaging tale.
Susie
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I was wondering when someone was going to bring up the Lemon thing. LOL!
It's all fun and games until someone slips and winds up with a lemon in their butt.
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Lili
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Casidhe Is Already Endearing Herself
Casidhe is already endearing herself to a lot of people. She has a guy fighting for her and a girl ready to pick a catfight with her. I believe she needs to invest in a pair of breastforms that glue on. I believe that Lisa is just itching for a showdown very soon and Cas had better have all of her bases covered because she risks exposure for her lack of anything up top and extra bits below if Lisa starts anything. Great job so far!
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Thanks for the suggestions. I believe that Casidhe noticed that she needed a little help up top as well, in this latest chapter. We'll see what comes of that. Lots of changes in the very near future.
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Whoa!!
Well that was nice. Nothing as good for a cliffhanger as a good swift kick in the teeth.
Geez, what a harsh hurtful end to a chapter. Now you have to post the next chapter really really awful quick,
Jo-Anne
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I'm shooting for tomorrow evening. Poor Casidhe.
D:
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You have a nicely warped sense of humor
Parts of this chapter were knee-slapping funny.
I like how you have taken clichés or is it more correctly archetypes and twisted them. That's something I like to do and it’s not easy, I don’t always manage it to my satisfaction. You need an odd sense of reality or at least being able to look at it that way.
Our hero(ine) got a dose of reality in being reminded she is still marginally a he. Now grampa was a doctor, did he have the child examined? Not all of the sex hormones come from the ovaries or testis but still you need something or bone density and other things aren’t right. He was just shy of when most boys start to grow fast -- the girls usually beat them by a couple years – when he was mangled and castrated in the blast that orphaned him. Has he ever been evaluated medically since? If not, grandpa for all his former brilliance as a neurosurgeon was a fool. I don’t remember, have you hinted he was TG or at least ambivalent about his sex prior to the blast but then he was still a kid and they are generally fairly amorphous/androgynous until puberty hits.
Lots of questions for him/her to ask the medical specialists and he/she needs to ask them NOW. Meanwhile we get treated to a cast of funny yet believable characters and the heroine’s very wry take on life.
Eagar to see how you work it out for her, she deserves happiness and a bit of a late childhood as grandpa unreasonable isolated him/her as he regretted in his message to him/her in the lawyers office. I got the impression grandpa figured she would end up a girl but couldn’t bring himself to intervene.
I ramble.
Great stuff, keep it up, metaphorically speaking
STOP SNICKERING, people!
-- boy what a bunch of pervs, you make one LITTLE double-entendre oops and … ---
John in Wauwatosa
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Very good points that you made, John. We haven't really gotten into Casidhe's medical history all that much so that is undecided at this point. I'm not an endocrinologist, or really even all that good at anything medical so I'm at a disadvantage as to exactly what is needed for her condition. But I'll bring those points up later so as to maybe explain some decisions Gramps made.
Yes, Gramps was stupid at points in Cas's social upbringing, but he had reasons to be, which you'll find out later.
No, I have not really mentioned anything pre-embassy about Cas.
As to how Gramps thought Cas would end up... I think you've hit the nail on the head with that one.
Thanks for reading!
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I'm guessing on this for the most part but ...
perhaps the injuries from the shrapnel were very obvious if you saw him in the locker-room, his empty, scarred scrotom, maybe part or most of his penis missing(?), whatever, it had to be something grandpa feared would put his grandchild at risk of severe bullying, bullying that on top of the trauma of his injuries and parents disintegration by the bomb that might have drive him to suicide. Gramps was a too protective and realized that too late to do anything about it.
I wonder about that, is he cried out and acceptant of his parent’s horrid death or was it a long time ago, all but forgotten but the monster of PTSD is lurking? Did he ever get to grieve? Did he ever get any counceling? Are there another blood relatives alive or is he all alone?
Still I worry that his/her skeletal and other development has been severely set back and is potentially incomplete or defective. He/she is only a few years away from bone growth ending -- for most men the groth plates fuse by the early 20s at the latest, girls earlier -- so if he or she it to be anywhere near their normal height and build and are to have a strong, healthy bone density intervention is needed now, while it can still be effective. Also if she goes the female route now hormones and human growth hormone would have time to have a significant effect on her body, easing transition, amking her look more a genetic girl.
You likely have some tricks up your sleeves so I wait eagerly. Lord knows if I am close or off in left field and this is a swim meet.
John in Wauwatosa
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Lilith Well what can I say about this story when you even get a great comment from Maddy B. The story is great and can't hardly wait for more chapters!!! Richard
Richard
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I hold all of my comments at equal value... unless there is a published author or publishing house that want's to comment and maybe sign me up... well, I have to give them more weight, yeah?
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I do believe that Mr. Walsh
I do believe that Mr. Walsh was shocked to find a student that appeared to know the handbook better than he. That sort of stuff does tend to "deflate your sails". I really love your characters that you have created, you have made them all so very lifelike. Looking forward for chapters, Hugs, J-Lynn
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I think Mr. Walsh has realized Cas isn't your average High School teen. True.
I'm glad you've enjoy what I've created!
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Great Story
First I want to say that I am really enjoying this story. It's quite well written with excellent dialogue and believable characters. I can't wait for the next chapter to come out.
Secondly for me personally Chloe's comment at the end of this chapter does not bother me at all. We need to remember that Chloe has talked to Cas about this whole thing. Cas has confirmed to Chloe that at this time he is a bisexual crossdresser. He hasn't expressed any desire to become a girl yet. Although as we all expect this will likely change in the near future. As far as I am concerned until Cas makes an outright statement that she wants to be a girl then it is perfectly fine what Chloe said at the end of this chapter. Just my two cents worth.
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Tasha, well said!
That's exactly the way my thought process is working at this point. Chloe was bringing Cas back to reality for a moment. She did is a little rudely, but, that's Chloe. She doesn't hold back any punches.
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Great Story
Lili
This is a lovely story, I'm really enjoying it.
Thanks for posting.
Hugs,
Alys
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Thanks you Alys!
It's always nice to hear that!
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I wouldn't be at all surprised to find out that ...
... Mr. Walsh is well aware that Casidhe is biologically a male.
RE: music. I can remember 1956 when Elvis came out with "Heartbreak Hotel" I was in 7th grade and bought a 78rpm copy; awhile later I bout the 45rpm version; I became a rock 'n roller right at the transition from 78 to 45. Oh, yeah, I had a wire recorder. Tape was scotch :-)
GREAT story!
I'm rooting for Ted. I was him.
"All the world really is a stage, darlings, so strut your stuff, have fun, and give the public a good show!" Miss Jezzi Belle at the end of each show
BE a lady!
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Hmmm, I will not confirm or deny what is in Mr. Walsh's mind. LOL!
But good observation.
Let's see, we have several Ted fans. No, Mark fans. One Chloe fan. And you all haven't even really met Joann (Monday's tutor session)
Thanks for reading!
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Doing It Right
Not much to add to everyone's comments. I've no real idea where this is headed in the long term (or even how much of a long term we're looking at), but I have the feeling that what we're seeing here, at least potentially, is what people found in Ellen Hayes's Tuck saga before things over in Tuckburg got more serious several years ago: a light touch, classic conversation, memorable characters and an author who would rather buck convention than follow it.
Not that this story is heading in the same direction as Tuck -- Casidhe's a much more self-assured individual than Tuck may ever be, and of course their family situations are totally different. But the appeal seems similar, and like most people who commented here I'm enjoying this a lot and really looking forward to seeing how things resolve themselves.
Eric
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Very good observations, Eric!
I can see certain parallels between the two stories. Not plot, so much, as the points that you made.
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Great work!
Great work, look forward to more.
I like your cliche busting approach, but there is a lot more to it. You did very well in sweeping the readers (at least me) into the perception of Cassidhy as a female and hence your part 3 punch line worked very well. Love the style of humour.
Georg
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That is one thing that was planned from the beginning. You were meant to view Cas as solely female and mostly forgotten of as male. Then BAMB! Reality. Chapter 4 will be a turning point for her.
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Every Day, in Every Way…
…this story is getting better and better.
I'm really enjoying your writing, Lili, it's lucid and gramatical in spite of the occasional typo. I'm greedy for more, so please serve up daily helpings. ;-)
I once had an 8-track player in a car (many, many, many years ago—early 1960s, I think) and I have a fine collection of early vintage tape recorders (Ferrograph, Uher, EMI etc) as well as more modern DAT, mini-disc and hard disc recorders. I became hooked on tape recording when an older cousin bought one of the first domestic tape recorders around 1950. We used to have such fun writing and performing police thrillers—I was always "the Inspector"!
Ah, happy days.
Hugs and thank you, Lili, for another excellent posting,
Gabi.
“Nostalgia ain't what it used to be!â€
Gabi.
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AAArrgg, the typos. LOL. I do occasionally throw one or seven in a chapter. Meh. As far as daily helping... I'll try. Right now I am on a writing spree that I haven't seen in years. As long as the characters are fresh and I don't write myself into a hole, I should be able to keep it up.
And thanks to you for reading!
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Wow! Very good.
Okay so let me see. Casidhe came to Ted's rescue by agreeing to tutor him, and Ted defended Casidhe's honor in the lunchroom by beating up the TroglaJerry. I swear though, that it could have been avoided, and taken care of after school. But Ted beat up the poor trogladite, whose brains are somewhere other than his head. Then Casidhe defends Ted's honor by arguing with Mr. Walsh that Ted should only be suspended for a week, but then TroglaJerry should be suspended for a week too. Then Casidhe goes home and cleans up really well, with a shampoo and a nice lavender scented bath, and then agrees to tutor Mark, who just happens to be Lisa's boyfriend. Hmmmm. Suspense, suspense, suspense. I can't wait to find out what Lisa has in that slinky little rebellious head of hers. Will she spill the beans that Casidhe is really a boy? I hope not, because if she does, she could be in trouble for wilfully misleading the teachers into thinking that Casidhe was a girl. Then Casidhe gets slapped in the face like in the Sonic commercials, by being told she is really a boy by Chloe. Hmmmm. More suspense, suspense, suspense.
I really love reading this story because it gets more and more suspenseful as it goes along. A real nail biter, but since I don't bite my nails, I am anxious to see what happens next. Thank you for sharing.
Love & hugs,
Barbara
"With confidence and forebearance, we will have the strength to move forward."
"With confidence and forbearance, we will have the strength to move forward."
Love & hugs,
Barbara
"If I have to be this girl in me, Then I have the right to be."
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I'm glad you are enjoying the style I set, Barbara!
One point. Cas made a point for equal punishment for Jerry the troll in her talk with Walsh.
The way you condensed the last chapter made it sound all 90210! LOL. Plot within plots.
Lisa seems to be the key to Chloe being outted. Hmmm, maybe. I cannot confirm nor deny what is in her mind at this point. But I can tell you that she doesn't know that Cas is Cas ... yet. Cas didn't bring her lavender backpack with her this time and she looks much different than the ragamuffin boy she was on the first day.
Thanks for not biting your nails... blech.
Lili
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old time recordings
Right now I am trying to save this story on a wax roll in my Dictaphone, attached to the cassette port on my TI-994A, takes a long............time to down load.
Seriously Lilith, I'm enjoying the character development, something that I am still learning
Is?
Is TI still in business?
I wrote Fan fiction for years. It helps for character development.
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Lili
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Who's Hall and Oats?
I absolutely love this story Lilith. Can't wait for the next installment. I was looking for Hall and Oats in my record collection, but I don't think they recorded on 78's. I believe they would have been between Ellington and Glenn Miller, no? Very well written, Arecee
Soft pop group from the 80's
But not the 1880's, when the big hits were When the Foeman Bares His Steel and When a Felon's Not Engaged in His Employment by W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iAc5Z89SjH8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzSTTTCOHr4
Hall and Oats were much less satisfying:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAaFt7_6qvk&NR=1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vouDK-LELEU
I found them pretentious and self-absorbed, but then I didn't much care for boy bands at the time.
Puddin'
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Hopefully I'll have something this evening.
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Lili
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Feisty girl
Where to now for Cas? Seems to me our feisty girl has got it bad!
Perhaps all that money might just come in very handy for Cas?.Chloe is a true friend,one that will lookout for our new girl!....Something she may need with a jealous Lisa around.
loving the way this story is going your writing just gets better
.........Hugs Kirri.....
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Thanks Kirri!
Keep reading, girl. Casidhe's life only gets more complicated!
Lili
~Lili
Write the story that you most desperately want to read.
Evil...
... thy name is Lilith Langtree!!
"Evil?" you say, looking shocked!
Yes, and here's why.
Normally, "Crossdressing/ wants to be a girl in high school(or any school, I suppose)" leave me torn. On one hand, I empathize with the character to a degree. Believe me, having been the personal target of my fair share of bullies, I know how life can suck in H.S. However, a lot of stories lean on the 'whine' principle... the more one whines, the more 'real' it is.
I am sure you can see that isn't my favorite.
Then there is the much more rare 'balanced' story, wherein the hero(ine) has some strength and backbone. These I enjoy more, though often there are character/plot holes you can drive a truck through.
Finally, there is the rare jewel. Where the characters feel real. Where at least, in your own head, you know you thought the same things they do(even if you never acted on it!). This is one of those rare jewels.
You make not only the primary characters(at this point, Casidhe and Chloe) real and fleshed, but even the secondary characters feel like they are more than pieces of cardboard set up for props.
And, there is the whole tossing little gems like the following:
... that make one fall out of one's chair, laughing one's fool head off!!!
Most distressing, you toss them around like they are industrial diamonds, hardly even worth mentioning. God, I hate you.
Oh, why the Evil comment at the beginning? Because YOU ARE! You are EVIL, Ms. Langtree!!!
.... and addictive. Like Heroin! Grrrrr
(Love your stories. This, and the center, and the others I've read. Keep it up, Girl! You're great!)
Still brilliant!
I love the lawyer bits - especially the home room comparison between Mr. Head and Mr. Green.
Meanwhile, there's still one tutorial position to be filled, and two possible students vying for the slot.
It wouldn't surprise me in the slightest if Lisa is one of the candidates... just to add a bit more tension to the story.
As for Chloe's comment at the end - I don't think it was meant with malice - just a reminder that getting into that kind of relationship is a seriously bad idea while Casidhe still has a pygmy python...
Now I wonder if by the end of this series we'll have an "Appliances attached" episode (very cliché), or whether Casidhe somehow manages to remain celibate (anti-cliché)...
--Ben
As the right side of the brain controls the left side of the body, then only left-handers are in their right mind!
Either Do it Right, or Don't Do it at All (Part 3)
That redhead seems to be a trouble magnet, which is what's so much fun about the story.
May Your Light Forever Shine
May Your Light Forever Shine
Go get'em!
I just love how Casidhe puts the teacher in his place!
And her conversation with Chloe had me gigling!
But Mark commenting on the "murder plot" just took the cake!
"Cas," ... "You're a boy."
Is she? ;))
>i< ..:::
her face all scrunched up like someone just squeezed a lemon...
Up her butt. You have such a way with word. Good one, thanks
Uhoh
I think something just broke inside her.
hugs :)
Michelle SidheElf Amaianna
"Cas, You're a boy!"
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