Tsuyu no yo no
tsuyu no naka nite
kenka kana

A world of dew,
and within every dewdrop
a world of struggle

Issa (1810)

Hello! Hajimemashite and konnichiwa! I am The Solitary Kiwi, my name is Allegra. Douzo yoroshiku!

I am new at this, and I'm rather nervous that I'll make some big mistake and the cyber police of the fanfiction world will hunt me down and lock me up forever... so once again, yoroshiku!

(and yes, the pic on the left is of me... a long time ago.)

About me:

Ummm... me? You mean the short, long brown haired, sixteen year old girl sitting here in the corner trying not to be noticed? I'm not a very interesting person, really.

I like tea and comfy corduroy pants, and I read a lot. I'm home-schooled. I like history of the world variety, yoga, etymology, original practice Shakespeare (omg, you have to see some), and knitting. And manga and anime, obviously. I'm learning Japanese, and it rules. (When I do my homework... >_>) I get migranes, and they suck. Algebra II also sucks. (But not so badly when I do my homework... >_>) I play the violin and (try) to play the dulcimer. I want to play viola. I love singing, but I don't do it well. I love to dance! Argentine Tango, bellydance, contra dance, waltz... And I'm not single! Woot!

And that's me, pretty much. Nice to meetcha.

Oh, right! I'm on YouTube. Come check out my slideshows and amvs (omg, I've finally made a couple!) sometime; I'm called SolitaryKiwi and here's my profile:

http://www.youtube.com/user/SolitaryKiwi

Hum-te-hum. Will try to drabble/oneshot... will try... is bad at commitment

1. Get 24 boxes of condoms and randomly put them in people's carts when they aren't looking.

2. Walk up to an employee and tell him/her in an official tone,
" 'Code 3' in housewares"... and see what happens.

3. Go to the Service Desk and ask to put a bag of M&M's on lay away.

4. Set up a tent in the camping department and tell other shoppers you'll invite them in if they'll bring pillows from the bedding department.

5. Dart around the store suspiciously loudly humming the "Mission Impossible" theme.

6. In the auto department, practice your "Madonna look" using different size funnels.

7. Hide in a clothing rack and when people browse through,
say "PICK ME!" "PICK ME!"

8. Go into a fitting room and shut the door and wait a while and then yell, very loudly, "There is no toilet paper in here!

9. Get several bouncy balls and throw them down an aisle shouting "pikachu, I choose you!"

Repost this if you laughed...
Or are planning to do any of these things

(There were originally 16, but I just put the ones I liked best. _)

Verse upon verse as fresh as swaying pines

Upon a snowy hill. And yet I know

I have no power to sound the deeps below

The world of vision and of flesh and voice

Wherein we wander. You, my heart’s first choice,

Are as the flowing winds upon the lea,

And as the ageless earth and shimmering sea.

So I shall sing with silence and will gaze

Through all the beauty of the gathering days

To the dim mountain and the quiet haze

Marking the final hour.

And you shall guess

That all our years have only served to bless

The wind and earth and sea.

All words are less.

-Ansel Adams (to his wife)