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Hylian maiden
Raelle
drawn June 22, ’04
posted for Feb 25, 2007
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This fair lassie’s full name is Raelleanoranda, because her mother is insane. (like Gaila – the stereotype I singlehandedly crafted of a stout, overbearing, ‘fashionable’, social-climbing mother). Raelle herself is a nice girl, called Ella by her girl friends, Ray by her father and her boy friends, and Raelle by everyone else. She has a sister named Chrysanthemum, married to a nice guy named Peter, I think. Raelle ran away from an arranged marriage to a fat, drunk general in the Hylian army and she ran to Labrynna. Can you guess where this is going yet?
Yes, I thought Raven was so handsome, and his marriage was guaranteed, that I took the liberty of making up a suitable match for him. She is cheerful, able to wield a sword, and likes fishing and gardening. Blonde hair, blue eyes. That ugly guy at the top was an attempt to draw Raven. I tried to make Raelle’s hair the kind of over-the-top waves like Nayru, the Oracle.
Today when I went to church, my faintness came back again badly… For some reason, I only ever feel like fainting in St. Andrew’s Cathedral.
The cherry trees along View St. are out in force! Preeeeeettttttyyyyy!
We also had an even better concert than yesterday. Lovely piano. Lovely dancers. Fun music.
My birthday present from Aunt Kelly was a lovely golden necklace, which she was anxious to know if I liked. Well, she’s the one with good taste in my extended family! Anyhow, I think I must be part pixie because I took one look at it and squealed “Shiiiiiiiineeeeeeeey!” I will now wear it for as long as I remember to put it on in the morning – I’m really bad with jewelry. I have a giant boxful of mostly nice stuff – well, it’s a box full of little boxes of nice stuff, so there’s not as much as you might think – and I hardly ever wear any of it.
Grandma said someone asked her if I was going to Quebec so I could start legally drinking. :p -> Blah. She gave me a lovely watercolour of me playing with a kite on a beach near Picton – can’t remember which… – taken when I was about eleven or something. Beautiful! It’s nicely framed, too, so I can hang it up right away. Right now it’s on my (violin) music stand, making an impression.
My brother gave me the miniature I wanted to make Idril out of (yaaaaaaaaaay) and the last volume of Nausicäa of the Valley of the Wind, which was very sad since half the main characters died finally – and they weren’t really the ones I was expecting. Also two of my pairings were incorrect, but oh well.
Mom and Dad gave me Sauron Defeeted – sorry, Defeated, which promises to be interesting.
Also, they gave me the BBC version of Pride and Prejudice (with Colin Firth and Jennifer Ehle) and I just finished watching the whole thing (more on that tomorrow).
Lastly, they gave me Twilight Princess for GC! EEEEEE! The anticipation of the weekend is so delightful!