Redemption Installment 1

My story to redeem myself in my families eyes. ;)

Monday morning, August 21, 2007, at approximately 6:34 and 30 seconds, the ship landed at the docking site. All was quiet along the street as the Myantides quickly began the tedious work of extracting the specimen from its habitat.
By 6:34:45 the specimen was safely aboard the craft and the droid was ready to be inserted into the habitat. But the Myantide captain shut down the operation. There would be no need for a droid this time. The specimen’s habitat would not last to see its absence. 6:34:52, the ship was back in space again, the crew preparing for demolition.
At precisely 6:35:00, Joanne’s alarm clock went off.

A strange humming sound filled the room and awoke Joanne. She wondered what time it was, and turned to look at her alarm clock, but it was gone. Everything was gone. Instead of her twin size daybed, she was laid out on a cold stone table, and her mahogany furnishings were gone, replaced by absolute emptiness in a room washed in a brilliant blue light. Either she had been abducted by aliens, or she was dreaming. Figuring it was a dream she relaxed back onto the table and closed her eyes, thinking if she fell asleep, she’d wake up again back in her own room. It should be close to 6:35 by now. Any minute her alarm would go off and she’d get ready for another predictable day of work and school. The cold surface of the table stung her bare arms, and she pondered the strange way dreams could feel so real, and how one could sometimes control their actions within a dream.
Except for the humming everything was silent, and after a few minutes Joanne opened her eyes again and sat up. It must be a dream; aliens would have tied her up or something and be performing all sorts of strange tests on her. She got up off the table and wandered to a steel frame that resembled a doorway. Tentatively, she put her palm against it and pushed. The door swung outward, revealing a large tunnel with a few other doors like this one on each side. She ignored the doors for now, choosing to wander down the tunnel, where a green light was glowing. Her feet were bare, and she was still in her shorts and t-shirt, her typical summertime bed attire. The floor was a bit warm on her toes, and she moved quickly down the passage, feeling bursts of warm air flowing at her from the source of the green light. She wondered if this was the smartest thing to do. But this was a dream, the worst that could happen was she’d wake up and have to go to work.
Loud clicking noises emanated from a room just off the passage. There was an archway for an entrance, and Joanne stopped right in front of it to look around. The room was like something out of Star Trek. No, it HAD to be from Star Trek. Control panels, screens, computers, and a huge window that overlooked the galaxy. A tiny green and blue sphere seemed to rotate in midair outside the ship, and Joanne guessed that was Earth. She tried to remember what she had watched on TV the night before, but Extreme Makeover Home Edition didn’t seem a good excuse for this dream.
The clicking noises were coming from the people manning the craft. Well, they looked like people. They had the same basic shape and body size, two arms, two legs, most appeared to have two eyes, one nose, and a mouth, but their skin was anything but black or white. Iridescent was the best word for it. Some were green, a few blue, but the majority were an iridescent red. Joanne stood staring, wondering at the things her mind could come up with late at night.
A female with blue skin and dark black hair braided down her back spotted her first. She rushed over to a dark blue male dressed in a black uniform with multiple pins and stripes adorning his sleeves. Joanne guessed he was some kind of commander. She took a tentative step into the warm control room, and all movement suddenly stopped as every eye turned to look at her. The heat from the air vents rushed through her body, and she fell panting to the floor, breathing heavily as if she had just run a marathon.
The man in the black uniform pulled her to her feet and dragged her back into the tunnel. He propped her against the tunnel wall and a few clicking noises later, a few green men dressed in white had run off and through another door off the tunnel. Joanne stared blankly at the man kneeling beside her. His eyes seemed to laugh, but his face stayed serious as he looked her over. He was just as human as Joanne was, except the strange deep blue of his skin. She shook her head, feeling the effects of the immense heat wear off, and wondering how much more real this dream could feel.
The man opened his mouth and moved his tongue, producing various clicks and whistles that Joanne just couldn’t comprehend. She blinked rapidly, and shook her head vehemently, trying to wake up. Two large hands gripped either side of her head as she shook it, and the blue man clicked at her again.
“It would be best for you to stay still until you are feeling a bit better,” a mechanical voice came from above her. Joanne looked up slightly to see a man a few shades of blue lighter than the one before her, dressed in a red uniform.
“Oh good, someone in my dream speaks English,” Joanne laughed, but both blue men just watched her silently. She cleared her throat awkwardly. “So, what is this thing anyway?” She gestured to the space around her. “I mean, it’s my dream and everything, but I have no clue what’s going on!” She laughed nervously, looking from one man to the other.
The lighter blue man clicked at the darker one, who eagerly clicked back as he stared at Joanne. The second man nodded and spoke, “The captain wishes to welcome you aboard his ship. In your Earth tongue you might call it, a space craft. If you are feeling better, we would be glad to escort you to where your comrades are.”
“Comrades? I’m afraid I have no idea what you’re talking about.”
“Come with me,” the light blue man clicked at the captain, who smiled slightly, patted Joanne on the shoulder, rose, and went back to the control room where movement had started again. The light blue man began to walk away from Joanne, and she figured she should follow him. She pushed herself up weakly and struggled to catch up. Her body felt strangely heavy and tired, but she made it to the door the light blue man held open for her. “In here, I will not join you, but someone will be along shortly to feed you.” Joanne scratched her head, but entered the lightless room, which was much cooler than the tunnel. The door shut quietly behind her, and a few hushed voices came out of the darkness. A light suddenly turned on, and Joanne was startled to find various lumps scattered across the room writhing and kicking at her feet.
Before she could react, a head poked out of a blanket and shouted, “A newbie!” The other forms grew heads out of their blankets too and wide eyes looked at her in fascination as they came out of their cocoons. These people looked relatively normal, about as normal as a person could be. There seemed to be about nine of them, five men, and four women, a few black, some white, and others Asian. Joanne sighed at the elaborate designs of her mind. She sunk wearily to the floor, wondering how it was possible to need to sleep within a dream.
A small white woman approached her first, a few messy strands of red curly hair falling into her smiling face. The woman gingerly wrapped a blanket around Joanne and then sat back and stared at her, kind of like the dark blue captain had done, only this woman’s whole face smiled with her.

Normal Days...

Well...nothing to really "report". ballroom club just registered yesterday, no dancing yet. so Jen and Native and I just hung out. listened to some phantom of the opera songs and watched moulin rouge. ;) love that movie. ewan mcgregor makes me swoon. he has a lightsaber, and sings, not in the same movie, but still, it's pretty hot.

i still think they need a star wars musical so he can show off his hot voice. ;)

i really don't know quite what to say. everything's going fine. classes aren't too hard. i have a lot of reading, but...it's all pretty straight forward, so far. lol

i need to call in to take that next German exam. so far i don't have to take first year, duh. lol

and for a minor i just have to get through third year really. we'll see. i need to discuss that with my advisor.

i think i'll have to do research next semester for psych. which is fine. my 120 class can help me figure all that out. ;)

so, things are pretty slow. just...doing what i have to do to get by. nothing thrilling.

EXCEPT...

next week Rach, Dan, and Ky are coming!!! BABY!!! *squeal* can't wait!!! lol

all right, i got stuff to do...buy some shirts for some relatives, grandma will reimburse me ;), art stuff before i forget, read Black Death, look over a little of bio...we'll see what else i can think of. ;)

Later days,

Chelle

Weighed Down, or Lifted Up?

Today, I picked up my essay quiz from West. Civ. that we did Thursday and looked over the comments. He marked grammatical stuff, and at the bottom he wrote, "not bad, well written" and my score said, 8. Last time I had a 6, so I was like, hmmm, must be out of 10. That's pretty good! I'm getting better! I hadn't been sure of that essay either, so it's good to know I did what I was basically supposed to, though apparently I have a little more to improve on. Then, I look at the top of the quiz where it is printed, "8 points". LIGHTBULB!!! EXCITEMENT!!! I look at my other quiz. "8 points". 6 out of 8, that quiz doesn't even count, and 8 out of 8. *happy dance in chair* And I was worried I didn't know quite how to write these essays!


lol. just had to share that. now i have to keep it up though. not too hard since he basically tells us what the questions will be.

i had to go to Career Services for my psych class, i'll have to write a report on my visit. ugh. it was all right, but i didn't learn too much that i couldn't have from someone else. at least it was short. lol
i guess there's some internships i can look into...i kind of hate that though...looking for something. doing it and being involved and even applying, great, but trying to dig something up. lol
she mentioned a few volunteer and jobs that would look good on a resume for me and such, but i don't have a car, so it's hard.
there's a co-op thing, i can look into that in the spring for the summer. i can do it anywhere too.
first though, i want to find some research i can get involved in here. so i emailed a psych professor, hopefully we'll become best buds and he can help me. lol.

i really do want to try to minor in German and get an education degree or whatever, so i'm going to look through my course book at those requirements and such...

man...this process of getting to everything bugs me. i want to do something! not talk about doing it, or that i could do it later. give me what i can do now, and i'll do it! lol
Little Miss Impatient. ;)

so Chelle is tired. i'm happy, but it feels like i have a lot to do. i really don't, but...i make it hard on myself. ;)

The explorer,

Chelle

PS I will probably post the first part of my redemption-ness this week. ;)

Happy Monday! *whoa...did i just say that?*

Guess what? I did my own laundry today. And nothing changed colors. *bows* And you didn't think I could do it. lol

Doesn't exactly take a rocket scientist. *sorry daddy...;)*

Been working a little, relaxing some more. ;) Writing like there's no tomorrow of course. I think I'll go do my "redemption piece" we can call it. That way I can post the first part soon. ;)

Happy Monday everyone!!! WOW...a happy monday...kind of an oxymoron, eh?

Writing too much,

Chelle

Oh!!! and guess what? I found a new anime to watch!!! It's SOOOOOO cute! This hot, rebel like guy has to take care of a little girl...oh man...lol. I love watching a tough guy be moved by an innocent little girl. YAY!!! *Mel, check it out on veoh, it's called Aishiteruze Baby*

Today called for 2 pics. ;)

Annoying

You know what's annoying? It always sounds like someone is tapping on my door. So then I get up and open the door, and no one is there. But what if someone is there and I don't get up? You know? lol

And at dinner tonight, no, first on the WAY to dinner, some frat boys had music playing REALLY REALLY LOUDLY, and I liked the song, but it was ANNOYING!!! ACK...i'd love it if my life were a musical and music played in the background behind me all the time or something...but that was uncalled for. reminds me of the guard girls and the loud rap and hip hop filling the band hall. *shudders*
Then when I was eating, I guess this group of guys were trying to be cool because they started having a very loud conversation, and though I ignored it, sometimes it was hard to and they laughed ridiculously loudly and often...and they obviously wanted a reaction out of me because they'd look back occasionally at me, but I just had this look on my face that must have said words I would never verbalize, because they always looked away again. ;) But goodness, they were so stupid! And cute, but, that just made me sick, I hate attractive guys who act like 2 year olds. ICK
You think you leave them behind in highschool...but nope...


Another inescapable thing, allergies. You can escape the heat or the cold, leave behind really annoying people...haha...but allergies, at least for some of us, are always there. STALKERS!!!
i dunno what it is that makes my lungs give up though. It's quite annoying. Especially when I can't walk up the stairs to my room without feeling out of breath. And it's not like I'm "out of shape". It was like this in the middle of guard two years ago, I just coughed and couldn't catch my breath. Humph. Hope you find that medicine's name Momma, I need some drugs. ;)

Good weekend though. Went to an apartment for a small barbeque, which was really good!!! One of the guys is a great cook. We watched The Incredibles and Robin Hood. I forgot how great that movie was! I need to get it.

So, now I've been working on studying and such. Ok, mostly I've been a writing fiend. There's this application on facebook and I'm obsessed with it, because you write and add to people's stories...obviously my kind of thing. lol

I need to update my Muffin story. And I started the story I'm going to post here, but I want to get a little more before I post. It will hopefully redeem me from the anger of my family after my whole America rant. ;)

All right, biology calls! Yay sugars and carbohydrates! Hey...i could have some while i learn about what they're doing...how wonderful...*picks up bag of candy* "Hello biology project." *grins* Yes, i've gone insane.

Goofy,

Chelle

Army Boy

Hehe...got a pic of Beagle from one of his relatives. That's his grandpa with him in the pic.

Oops...Haha

Last night was crazy. Wow, that sounds bad. lol




I ended up going with Native and Jen ,*the girl i met at the hypnotist*, to see a movie. It was fun.

Then we hung out with her roommate and two other friends of theirs at their apartment. We played Apples to Apples *YAY*, which wasn't as fun as it was at my going away party, but it was entertaining, and we watched Finding Nemo. hehe
it's funny, a lot of people here remind me of people back home, and one guy there really reminded me of...a friend back in F-world. "Dragon". haha. If he ever read this, he'd appreciate that nickname i think. ;)

So, I ended up coming home after 3. yes, AM. YAY. lol

what can i say, i'm wild....*rolls eyes*

now mother, don't freak out. these are good people. we watched Finding Nemo! how bad can we be! lol

but i think they want me to come to a barbeque their having today, and it sounds fun...but Grandma had planned on making krumkaka with me i think. uh oh. i'm going to call her and see if i should just pop by to make cookies for a while. ;)

let's see...oh, well...i didn't get to bed until 4:30 am yesterday. I felt bad because i had told Beagle i'd wake him up, around 10 our time, and obviously it was quite past that time. so we talked a little bit, i mostly layed on my pillow and was lazy. lol

OOO...his dad emailed me! YAY!!! It was in reply to the letter I wrote their family. In German thank you very much. All of it. *beams with pride* Not that it was amazing, but it must have been understandable. ;)

class yesterday was ok. Art was crazy. we did gesture drawing, which is pretty much the opposite of what we've been doing. it was fun though. besides my charcoal pencils dying on me. lol

we did sketches of people which i love of course. i did one i really really liked. it doesn't look as good as i remember now...lol. but it's not too bad. obviously the head needs work...haha...but i like the rest of it. ;)







all right...labor day weekend...better get a move on. i need to stop sitting in front of my laptop. ;)

Love,

Chelle

This reminds me, I need to find someone to go see Rent with me at the Chest. Fritz!!! I want to go, but not alone. ;)