Pallas Goddess
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The Reading Center
(Because there is literary life outside of fan fiction...)
The Picture of Dorian Gray, by: Oscar Wilde
I read this in high school, but that was a long time ago, and when I came across it at B&N, I figured, why not. I vaguely remember enjoying it when I was 16.
Plus there's something to be said for reading British Fiction. It's just... different. It's a nice change of pace every once in a while.
Quotes to Live By
"Your life story would not make a good book. Don't even try." -Fran Lebowitz
Tilda's character to Leo's character in The Beach: "Get some sleep. I may wish to have sex again before breakfast."
"Don't use words too big for the subject. Don't say 'indefinitely' when you mean 'very'; otherwise you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite." -C.S. Lewis
"I like my money right where I can see it... Hanging in my closet." -Carrie Bradshaw, Sex and the City
A Step onto the Soap Box
I've been going back and forth about whether or not I'd post something here about the ugliness that is going on at The Canvas. But
the fact remains, TC was my home for quite some time and what has happened there in the past few weeks has affected me, and it's hard for me to stay
silent.
The issue has gone beyond the claim of ownership. Had it remained only an issue of ownership, I would have stayed out of it because (while I do have my
opinions on who the owners of TC are/should be) that is an issue that needs to be addressed by Casey, Koko, Brooke, and yuku.
Unfortunately, this no longer remained just about the ownership issue and it is because of that reason that I must speak my peace.
I no longer post at The Canvas. Anger fueled my declaration to no longer to post my fiction there, and indignation made it easy for me to delete my membership
from a board I no longer recognized.
And now, I'm saddened.
I'm saddened by the loss of a place I called home for eight years. While I left, more than once, I have always returned and always felt welcomed back.
I'm saddened by the unrecognizable change that has happened to that board. Gone are the days when Liason fueled discussion, which led to conversation,
which led to friendships.
I'm saddened for the new Liason fans at TC - those who will never get to know those of us who have left. People who will never laugh with Huma, or look at
Tigg's beautiful art, or read Susan's fiction, or get into Jason's head via Dana.
I'm saddened by the loss of the voices of so many. Years ago, I helped Caryn with a little project called the Canvas Awards. Awards not to celebrate
Liason, but to celebrate US - awards to celebrate the individual members of TC who made that place such a thriving community. They were awards created by
Canvas Stretchers, voted for by Canvas Stretchers, and won by Canvas Stretchers.
One of the categories was for Board Rabble-rouser. If that's not a sign of how much things have changed, then I don't know what is. In those days, we
celebrated a rabble-rouser. We gave an award to a member who disagreed and instigated because they ultimately started discussions, often the discussions we
remembered the most. We celebrated someone who chose not only to have a different view point, but voice it as well. How many people would even recognize a
board rabble-rouser if they saw one at TC these days?!
What I am most saddened by is the loss of history. That board didn't just contained the history of Liason, but it contained my history. And
your history. And the history of any member who contributed to the community with a post. I grew up at the Canvas. I met lifelong friends at The
Canvas. I celebrated birthdays and graduations at The Canvas.
I became a writer at The Canvas.
I applaud the authors who no longer post at TC, because the idea of posting creative writing at a place so quick to unjustly censor its members rubs me the
wrong way. I understand the desire for authors to have their works taken out of the archives because I would have done the same thing had my writing ever been
archived there.
But at the same time, it saddens me, because we are losing so many good stories. Authors are bravely taking down their stories, even if they do not have an
alternate home for them.
So to any author who needs a home, PM me and I will help you find one. So many of us have lost TC already, and even if a resolution is found, things will never
be the same again… And I don't want to lose any more than we already have.
~Pallas
Pallas
Sometimes, there are more important things going on than Lord Byron....
The peculiar evil of silencing the expression of an opinion is, that it is robbing the human race; posterity as well as the existing
generation; those who dissent from the opinion, still more than those who hold it. If the opinion is right, they are deprived of the
opportunity of exchanging error for truth: if wrong, they lose, what is almost as great a benefit, the clearer perception and
livelier impression of truth, produced by its collison with error.
-John Stuart Mill, On Liberty, 1859
We can never be sure that the opinion we are endeavoring to stifle is a false opinion; and if we were sure,
stifling it would be an evil still.
-John Stuart Mill, On Liberty, 1859
But words are things, and a small drop of ink,
Falling, like dew, upon a thought, produces
That which makes thousands, perhaps millions, think
-Lord Byron
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My Favorite Stories
The Right Girl by: Huma (JZ/NC)
Quagmire (c) by: ILETUDRIVE
Runners by: susanem
Shaken, Not Stirred by: Joy
The Battle of Who Could Care Less (c) by: Huma
The Ripple Effect by: ILETUDRIVE
Dream a Little Dream by: eliza
Angry All the Time (c) by: khalakh
Amazed by: Lady Puck
Touching Water (c) by: CatMomJen
Once Upon a Time (c) by: eliza
Tequila Sinful (c) by: JewelTones
Bride on the Loose (c) by: ILETUDRIVE
A Distinguished Gentleman (c) by: LeaB72
Bikes, Cars, and Submarines (c) by: ILETUDRIVE
Lila's Will (c) by: cheryse
A Scene From the Park by: northoftheborder
Blaze (c) by: Huma
Ellamental (c) by: Danigirl32
Tangle by: LissieLove
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deannagallie
05/08/09
I strongly believe that Jason and Elizabeth should finally come together and begin their family. He has always been there for her and supported her to the fullest and same goes for Elizabeth looking out for him. They have always ran to one another for help and support...no one else. If they could finally realize what they ment to eachother they could go above and beyond in life. They have always understood one another and obviously cared deeply for one another. Even when they come across obsticuls in life they always manage to find one another. They are true to one another and just for that they absolutly need to get together it would make me so happy to finally see them happy once and for all! Alos with Jake being Jasons son Jason has every right to be in his life and raise he own son, he is a good father he is also willing to take on the responsibility of cam, he is willing to be a father he wants it so badly and he will be a great father if the writers would give him a chance.Jason should get the chance to save Elizabeth for one of luke and laura's past enemies so Elizabeth can see its not just Jasons life that has Danger, anybodys does.I wish they could just get the chance to go away and find a safe place where they can just be with eachother and bond so they can finally find out what they mean to eachother, so they can both get the chance to see whats it is like to be together as a family. Jasons mom has every right to know about Jake being Jasons son, Monica needs something in her life right now she has lost so much and that would help her get through everything. I am sorry if not everyone agrees with this but i have been watching this show since before 1999, and everything have seen proves to me that they belong.
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07/28/08
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JASONLUVSLIZ
04/24/08
Yea, but I don't drink that much coffee like my family I'm surprised there teeth is still white..
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JASONLUVSLIZ
04/24/08
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