A woman arrived at a party, and while scanning the guests, she spotted an attractive man, alone. She approached him, smiled and said,
"Hello, my name is Carmen."
"That's a beautiful name," he replied. "Is it a family name?"
"No," she said. "As a matter of fact, I gave myself that name. It represents the things I love most in life: Cars and Men, and so I chose, "Carmen". What's your name?"
He answered: "B.J. Titsengolf".
Laughed for about twenty minutes at that joke, and I hope it brightened up your day as well! Everyone, thank you SO much for the encouraging messages, and comments on my last blog. This is why I LOVE SG to death---because I can be my 100 percent self on here, and not have to hide how I truly feel, unlike on facebook. They probably would have called the cops on me if I'd said one half of the stuff I did in my last blog, so you all are really understanding and I love you all.
Thank you.
SO! Let's get on with this short blog, shall we? It's November 1st, and that means....NANOWRIMO (National Novel Writing Month) HAS OFFICIALLY BEGUN!!! 50,000 words! 30 days to do it! I'm already so stoked, but guess what? I haven't even started ONE CHAPTER of my submission hahaha! For shame! I really haven't had time (uh-oh...excuses already!!), but I'll churn out something soon! Add me on NaNoWriMo! I'm Kurosune on there as well!
We're supposed to include a short exerpt from our story, as well as our story summary. This year, I'm submitting to the "Other" genre, and calling it, an "Interracial Action/Romance" which is what my story falls under. The title is called, "She Who Is Yakuza", and it's an action/romance love story. Here's the story summary, as well as an excerpt (that I wrote having NO clue what to write about lol)---
Mine (pronounced "mee-neh", meaning "Beautiful Sound") Kotobuki is a bird that can never leave her cage. She is never seen, nor heard, and for good reason. Her father, Shingen Kotobuki is the head of the largest Yakuza branch in all of Japan, and while he loves his only child and daughter dearly, to reveal her to the world as his successor would only mean certain death for her, and not because of his power, or of his status--but of the color of his daughter's skin. Mine is the product of unconditional love from her Japanese father, and her African-American mother, Xaya. This alone marks Mine as a "blemish" on a powerful family and culture that believes the whiter your skin is, the more "beautiful" and "pure" one truly is. But, when Shingen decides that his daughter no longer needs to live in the shadows, and names Mine as his successor, it becomes open season on Mine's life. Determined to honor her father's wishes, regardless of the threats against her life, and the enemies she makes, Mine begins her ascension to power, violently carving a place for herself in a world that has none for her, and with a little help from a few "friends of the family", as well as the discovery of a long-lost brother, Mine will come to find that she does hold a place in the world--- Even if she's the only one standing in it."
That was the Summary, here is the Excerpt:
Mine rounded the corner, sliding on wet pavement as she came to a dead-end in the alley. Staring up at the rain torn sky with tears streaming down her face, she placed her hands against the brick wall, her hands clenched into fists. How? How could she have been just so...
At the sound of footsteps behind her, she whirled around, her brown eyes grazing over all seven of her assailants, but never once breaking away from the man standing in front of all of them. Again, she wondered to herself how she could have been so blindsided. Backing up against the wall like a cornered animal, Mine lowered her head and prepared to take her final stand as Takumi approached her, jet black hair sticking to his face and placing a gun directly between her eyes.
"Don't take this personally, Mine-chan."
Mine stared down the barrel of the semi-automatic, breaking into a cold sweat that had nothing to do with the freezing rain. She listened to Takumi cock the gun, wincing as he dragged the cold metal slowly down the bridge of her nose, covered in that sun-kissed caramel covered skin he so loved about her, before shoving it in between her full, dark lips, and judging by the smug look gracing his features, the innuendo was far too obviousclearly reminding him of...various similar acts they'd done together in the past. If Takumi were totally honest with himself, he knew hed miss the time they had spent together, but not much else could be done. After all, she was a great lay, but a dangerous woman. Perhaps when he was an old man, he would reflect fondly upon the memories hed made with her, there certainly wouldnt be any reminiscing this night.
"Sayonara, Mine.
Hed barely squeezed the trigger when the sound of thin metal cutting through the rain resounded, and he could hear the screams of his men from behind him. He yanked the gun from Mines mouth and turned to see five of his seven men cut down into bloody bits, with pieces of shurikenthe infamous ninja starsprotruding out of the their throats and foreheads.
Before he could even make a move towards his accomplices, a thin, metal chain suddenly appeared from the darkness, wrapped around the ankle of the man closest to him, and yanked him straight upwards. There was a horrible slicing sound before eviscerated bits and pieces of flesh rained down from the sky and scattered amongst the alleyway. Takumi backed up in pure fear as his remaining henchman visibly shivered, firing blindly into the darkness before he watched two more shuriken flash right by him and sever his hands holding the large shotgun. He was still staring at two bloody stumps, shrieking in horror when a third one got him right between the eyes, and he fell dead at Takumis feet.
Mine could only watch in abject horror as Takumi turned to her hate and blood contorting his features as he raised and aimed the gun at her.
I dont know what you think youre planning, but! The sound of steel tearing through flesh at an almost lightspeed sound was the last thing Mine heard before she watched Takumis head fall completely off. It rolled just behind a nearby trashcan as his body fell to the ground, dead. Mine scrambled off the ground, all but shrieking, only to see a shadowed figure jump down from one of the two roofs that flanked the alleyway. Mine prepared to run, but with her back against the wallliterallyshe knew she was all out of options. If she had been screwed earlier, now she was royally fucked.
And this is what you get for lying to daddy about where you were going, the strange figure chuckled. Mines eyes widened at the purely female voice. A woman? As she emerged from the shadows, stepping into the alleys only light, Mines eyes widened in both shock and refusal to believe what she was actually seeing.
A Kunoichia female ninja. And not just any Kunoichi. With her dark skin, vivid purple eyes, and legendary style of finesse while killing, Mine knew she was standing in the presence of none other than Moriizuka Tenryuthe legendary, Kuro no Kunoichi; the Black Kunoichi. Tenryu approached Mine, extending her hand out to her with a smile. Nice to see she wasnt the only dark face in Japan, though after thirty-something years, she knew better. But apparently, Mine did not.
Kotobuki Mine, my name is Tenryu, she helped Mine to her feet, easily reading the shaken look in her soft, brown eyes. Your twentieth birthday marked open season on your life, more so now that you possess that tattoo on your back, and have been announced as your fathers heir to the Kotobuki-gumi of Japans largest branch of yakuza. I suggest you take great caution to not let yourself be fooled so easily by a man."
Mine bit her lip, a scathing reply on her tongue, but Tenryu shot her down quickly.
"Am I wrong? If so, feel free to tell me, but since I am not, allow me to offer you one more piece of advice," Here, Tenryu began to lead Mine out of the alley, to where a familiar, luxury car belonging to Mine's father, was awaiting the both of them. Tenryu paused just short of opening the car door and stared up into the storm-torn skies. "You are the heir to the Kotobuki-gumi. That means you will have suitors who will try and court you for all of the wrong reasons. If you're going to love, Mine," Tenryu turned her vivid, amethyst eyes on the young woman, and Mine could very easily see she was speaking from personal experience. "Love carefully. Now, come,"
Tenryu opened the door for Mine, all too ready to get out of the rain. "Your father is expecting us."
Hope you guys enjoyed it! I am personally very fond of the Japanese culture (If someone cracks one joke about me liking Asian guys...(MILLOUX) lol. But I usually don't see the AMBW pairing a lot (Asian Male/Black Woman) pairing, so I'm looking forward to this one! Tune in (eventually lol) and check out more chapters as I add to my word count! I WILL finish this, dammit!!!!!!! XDD
Meanwhile, last night SG's party was an absolute blast, and I'm going to leave it at that! Me, Milloux, Vivid, Bradley (who I absolutely fucking LOVE now that we've finally met!!!), and Ackley were all Gogoing at the event! I had to leave early for some personal reasons, but overall, it was a gigantic blast!
I've finally gotten the hang of special fx makeup, and whipped up on makeup in ten minutes! So excited! (Don't ask what I was, I have no clue either haha). EVEN BETTER:
I finally got to meet Pax_ (Formerly NeptuneFairy) who I love SOOOOOO much!!! She and her husband was there, and I regret not getting a picture, but we had SO much fun!!! *HUGS YOU PAX*
And that's all the news on my end! OH! One more thing----
I am finally registered for CNA classes, but they pushed back my Start Date to December 10th! Boo, but at the same time, YAY, because more prep. It sucks because it's around Christmas, and all, and could possibly screw with travel plans, and I wanted to be done sooner, but people in hell also want ice water, so I've gotta deal! I'm so happy either way! So, a list of events for November:
NOVEMBER 2nd: ME AND MILLOUX'S RECIPE GOES UP FOR THE SUICIDEGIRLS RECIPE PROJECT!!! I have a MASSIVE sweettooth (it's inhuman, I swear), and so mine will be a dessert! Check it out! Milly is having a main course as hers!
NOVEMBER 3rd and 4th: The SuicideGirls will be at Long Beach Comic Con!!! Come on by and say hi to us!!!
NOVEMBER 9th-13th: Gonna be in Kansas City!!! Hopefully get to see Civil_!!!!!! (Also, question for everyone: Who all has the birth control implant that lasts five years in your arm? I'm getting it a couple of hours before my flight, and I've never had it before, and I'm nervous as all hell, so please tell me if it hurts, the pros and cons and all that)
NOVEMBER 19th: MY SET WITH WAIKIKI GOES UP!!! Please be sure to give it lotsa, lotsa love!
And that's really it for now! I love you all, and thank you so much for your encouragement and inspiration. <3
"Hello, my name is Carmen."
"That's a beautiful name," he replied. "Is it a family name?"
"No," she said. "As a matter of fact, I gave myself that name. It represents the things I love most in life: Cars and Men, and so I chose, "Carmen". What's your name?"
He answered: "B.J. Titsengolf".
Laughed for about twenty minutes at that joke, and I hope it brightened up your day as well! Everyone, thank you SO much for the encouraging messages, and comments on my last blog. This is why I LOVE SG to death---because I can be my 100 percent self on here, and not have to hide how I truly feel, unlike on facebook. They probably would have called the cops on me if I'd said one half of the stuff I did in my last blog, so you all are really understanding and I love you all.
Thank you.SO! Let's get on with this short blog, shall we? It's November 1st, and that means....NANOWRIMO (National Novel Writing Month) HAS OFFICIALLY BEGUN!!! 50,000 words! 30 days to do it! I'm already so stoked, but guess what? I haven't even started ONE CHAPTER of my submission hahaha! For shame! I really haven't had time (uh-oh...excuses already!!), but I'll churn out something soon! Add me on NaNoWriMo! I'm Kurosune on there as well!
We're supposed to include a short exerpt from our story, as well as our story summary. This year, I'm submitting to the "Other" genre, and calling it, an "Interracial Action/Romance" which is what my story falls under. The title is called, "She Who Is Yakuza", and it's an action/romance love story. Here's the story summary, as well as an excerpt (that I wrote having NO clue what to write about lol)---
Mine (pronounced "mee-neh", meaning "Beautiful Sound") Kotobuki is a bird that can never leave her cage. She is never seen, nor heard, and for good reason. Her father, Shingen Kotobuki is the head of the largest Yakuza branch in all of Japan, and while he loves his only child and daughter dearly, to reveal her to the world as his successor would only mean certain death for her, and not because of his power, or of his status--but of the color of his daughter's skin. Mine is the product of unconditional love from her Japanese father, and her African-American mother, Xaya. This alone marks Mine as a "blemish" on a powerful family and culture that believes the whiter your skin is, the more "beautiful" and "pure" one truly is. But, when Shingen decides that his daughter no longer needs to live in the shadows, and names Mine as his successor, it becomes open season on Mine's life. Determined to honor her father's wishes, regardless of the threats against her life, and the enemies she makes, Mine begins her ascension to power, violently carving a place for herself in a world that has none for her, and with a little help from a few "friends of the family", as well as the discovery of a long-lost brother, Mine will come to find that she does hold a place in the world--- Even if she's the only one standing in it."
That was the Summary, here is the Excerpt:
Mine rounded the corner, sliding on wet pavement as she came to a dead-end in the alley. Staring up at the rain torn sky with tears streaming down her face, she placed her hands against the brick wall, her hands clenched into fists. How? How could she have been just so...
At the sound of footsteps behind her, she whirled around, her brown eyes grazing over all seven of her assailants, but never once breaking away from the man standing in front of all of them. Again, she wondered to herself how she could have been so blindsided. Backing up against the wall like a cornered animal, Mine lowered her head and prepared to take her final stand as Takumi approached her, jet black hair sticking to his face and placing a gun directly between her eyes.
"Don't take this personally, Mine-chan."
Mine stared down the barrel of the semi-automatic, breaking into a cold sweat that had nothing to do with the freezing rain. She listened to Takumi cock the gun, wincing as he dragged the cold metal slowly down the bridge of her nose, covered in that sun-kissed caramel covered skin he so loved about her, before shoving it in between her full, dark lips, and judging by the smug look gracing his features, the innuendo was far too obviousclearly reminding him of...various similar acts they'd done together in the past. If Takumi were totally honest with himself, he knew hed miss the time they had spent together, but not much else could be done. After all, she was a great lay, but a dangerous woman. Perhaps when he was an old man, he would reflect fondly upon the memories hed made with her, there certainly wouldnt be any reminiscing this night.
"Sayonara, Mine.
Hed barely squeezed the trigger when the sound of thin metal cutting through the rain resounded, and he could hear the screams of his men from behind him. He yanked the gun from Mines mouth and turned to see five of his seven men cut down into bloody bits, with pieces of shurikenthe infamous ninja starsprotruding out of the their throats and foreheads.
Before he could even make a move towards his accomplices, a thin, metal chain suddenly appeared from the darkness, wrapped around the ankle of the man closest to him, and yanked him straight upwards. There was a horrible slicing sound before eviscerated bits and pieces of flesh rained down from the sky and scattered amongst the alleyway. Takumi backed up in pure fear as his remaining henchman visibly shivered, firing blindly into the darkness before he watched two more shuriken flash right by him and sever his hands holding the large shotgun. He was still staring at two bloody stumps, shrieking in horror when a third one got him right between the eyes, and he fell dead at Takumis feet.
Mine could only watch in abject horror as Takumi turned to her hate and blood contorting his features as he raised and aimed the gun at her.
I dont know what you think youre planning, but! The sound of steel tearing through flesh at an almost lightspeed sound was the last thing Mine heard before she watched Takumis head fall completely off. It rolled just behind a nearby trashcan as his body fell to the ground, dead. Mine scrambled off the ground, all but shrieking, only to see a shadowed figure jump down from one of the two roofs that flanked the alleyway. Mine prepared to run, but with her back against the wallliterallyshe knew she was all out of options. If she had been screwed earlier, now she was royally fucked.
And this is what you get for lying to daddy about where you were going, the strange figure chuckled. Mines eyes widened at the purely female voice. A woman? As she emerged from the shadows, stepping into the alleys only light, Mines eyes widened in both shock and refusal to believe what she was actually seeing.
A Kunoichia female ninja. And not just any Kunoichi. With her dark skin, vivid purple eyes, and legendary style of finesse while killing, Mine knew she was standing in the presence of none other than Moriizuka Tenryuthe legendary, Kuro no Kunoichi; the Black Kunoichi. Tenryu approached Mine, extending her hand out to her with a smile. Nice to see she wasnt the only dark face in Japan, though after thirty-something years, she knew better. But apparently, Mine did not.
Kotobuki Mine, my name is Tenryu, she helped Mine to her feet, easily reading the shaken look in her soft, brown eyes. Your twentieth birthday marked open season on your life, more so now that you possess that tattoo on your back, and have been announced as your fathers heir to the Kotobuki-gumi of Japans largest branch of yakuza. I suggest you take great caution to not let yourself be fooled so easily by a man."
Mine bit her lip, a scathing reply on her tongue, but Tenryu shot her down quickly.
"Am I wrong? If so, feel free to tell me, but since I am not, allow me to offer you one more piece of advice," Here, Tenryu began to lead Mine out of the alley, to where a familiar, luxury car belonging to Mine's father, was awaiting the both of them. Tenryu paused just short of opening the car door and stared up into the storm-torn skies. "You are the heir to the Kotobuki-gumi. That means you will have suitors who will try and court you for all of the wrong reasons. If you're going to love, Mine," Tenryu turned her vivid, amethyst eyes on the young woman, and Mine could very easily see she was speaking from personal experience. "Love carefully. Now, come,"
Tenryu opened the door for Mine, all too ready to get out of the rain. "Your father is expecting us."
Hope you guys enjoyed it! I am personally very fond of the Japanese culture (If someone cracks one joke about me liking Asian guys...(MILLOUX) lol. But I usually don't see the AMBW pairing a lot (Asian Male/Black Woman) pairing, so I'm looking forward to this one! Tune in (eventually lol) and check out more chapters as I add to my word count! I WILL finish this, dammit!!!!!!! XDD
Meanwhile, last night SG's party was an absolute blast, and I'm going to leave it at that! Me, Milloux, Vivid, Bradley (who I absolutely fucking LOVE now that we've finally met!!!), and Ackley were all Gogoing at the event! I had to leave early for some personal reasons, but overall, it was a gigantic blast!
I've finally gotten the hang of special fx makeup, and whipped up on makeup in ten minutes! So excited! (Don't ask what I was, I have no clue either haha). EVEN BETTER:
I finally got to meet Pax_ (Formerly NeptuneFairy) who I love SOOOOOO much!!! She and her husband was there, and I regret not getting a picture, but we had SO much fun!!! *HUGS YOU PAX*
And that's all the news on my end! OH! One more thing----
I am finally registered for CNA classes, but they pushed back my Start Date to December 10th! Boo, but at the same time, YAY, because more prep. It sucks because it's around Christmas, and all, and could possibly screw with travel plans, and I wanted to be done sooner, but people in hell also want ice water, so I've gotta deal! I'm so happy either way! So, a list of events for November:
NOVEMBER 2nd: ME AND MILLOUX'S RECIPE GOES UP FOR THE SUICIDEGIRLS RECIPE PROJECT!!! I have a MASSIVE sweettooth (it's inhuman, I swear), and so mine will be a dessert! Check it out! Milly is having a main course as hers!
NOVEMBER 3rd and 4th: The SuicideGirls will be at Long Beach Comic Con!!! Come on by and say hi to us!!!
NOVEMBER 9th-13th: Gonna be in Kansas City!!! Hopefully get to see Civil_!!!!!! (Also, question for everyone: Who all has the birth control implant that lasts five years in your arm? I'm getting it a couple of hours before my flight, and I've never had it before, and I'm nervous as all hell, so please tell me if it hurts, the pros and cons and all that)
NOVEMBER 19th: MY SET WITH WAIKIKI GOES UP!!! Please be sure to give it lotsa, lotsa love!
And that's really it for now! I love you all, and thank you so much for your encouragement and inspiration. <3
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good luck with the BC, I'm off that shit and wondering if it was actually for the better or not. but meh.
and yay, I was just about to ask what's up with your next set! can't wait.
x0!