Author Archives: Felicity Banks Books

Mum hung out washing and my heart stopped. She was sparkling. “Mum! You’re EMO!” I cried. She said, “Nonsense. Look again.” She was fine. * “Pi, I swear she was sparkling one moment and not sparkling the next.” “Impossible,” he said. I said, “You’re right. It must be the stress.” ————————————————– This week’s guest authorContinue reading “Daylight Day 45: Guest Author”

Ed said if I loved him I’d let him bite me. He was too weak to try, but I kicked him in the groin anyway. Suddenly my week got better. ——————————————– Right now for breakfast I’m eating the new dark Lindt caramel chocolate. It’s bitter and nauseating and impossible to stop eating. At the momentContinue reading “Daylight Day 44: Today’s Featured Chocolate”

2 Oct EMO used to stand for ‘emotional’ – the teen subgroup that’s only happy to be sad. Now it’s become a disease eerily similar to vampirism. * My name’s Bell. I considered being EMO once, but then I saw a pretty butterfly and got over myself. Got bored and decided to save the world.Continue reading “Daylight Day 43: Story so far”

In History, Mr Theo told us the World Wars were largely pointless. And so was the Industrial Revolution. And everything else. Still not EMO. —————————————————————– So I had a dream last night, and decided to base a novel on it. I also decided to write the novel this month (that is, in the remaining 19Continue reading “Daylight Day 42: NaNoWriMo”

Our French teacher lectured us today on the deep sadness of all European nations. Luckily, she did most of it in French. Still not EMO. ——————————————————————– Would you like your story published on the twittertales blog? Here’s how: 1. Write a story under 500 words (rated G or PG) by the end of this year.Continue reading “Daylight Day 41: Send me your stories”

For English, Miss Winter read “Wuthering Heights”. It was impossible to understand, because she was sobbing so hard. Still not EMO. ———————————————————– Where in the world* is this picture taken from? *Canberra

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Decided to confirm Pi’s previous experiment, and challenged Ed to fisticuffs. Beat him easily every time. Science is fun. ————————————————————————- This particular entry (from a blog I love) makes one realise that EMOs aren’t the worst thing in the world. http://hospitalnotes.blogspot.com/2009/11/sour-experience.html

Ed played “Bleeding Love” until I smashed his ipod speaker. He said I was unsupportive and tried to bite me. I’ve got to stay alert! ————————————————————– This picture really goes with yesterday’s entry –  Spent our date night feeding Ed different types of animal blood. He likes dog best. I chose not to ask whereContinue reading “Daylight Day 37: Mmm”

2 Oct EMO used to stand for ‘emotional’ – the teen subgroup that’s only happy to be sad. Now it’s become a disease eerily similar to vampirism. * My name’s Bell. I considered being EMO once, but then I saw a pretty butterfly and got over myself. Got bored and decided to save the world.Continue reading “Daylight Day 36: Story so far”

All TV cancelled in favour of OC re-runs. Pi and I sat watching Ed cry for two hours. His fringe grew visibly. Still not EMO (pretty sure). ———————————————— This is funny (and informative): http://www.poewar.com/want-to-write-a-bad-novel-heres-how/  

The newsreader said, “Our alert has been raised to red – a deep, emotional red. You may as well get bitten. What does it matter anyway?” —————————————————————————– Apologies if this offends. . . but it IS funny. Thanks go to http://steffmetal.com/ (usually a PG blog, and she warns readers when it isn’t – she’s all aboutContinue reading “Daylight Day 34: Mocking another social group”

The art teacher made us draw self-portraits. Most of the class mixed their paint with real tears. Went home and bashed head against wall. ——————————————————- If you’re interested in giving blood, you can get more info and/or make an appointment here: http://www.donateblood.com.au/ It takes 1-2 hours and you get free jelly beans and a freeContinue reading “Daylight Day 33: Tower Treasure Hunt #4”

Someone with a hand-drawn Red Cross badge came looking for donations today. I’m pretty sure they don’t usually collect blood door-to-door. —————————————————————————- Here’s two pictures of today’s road. Where is it?

Finally a weekend! No more sightings of Mr Joh and the principal sharing a tissue box. No more in-class essays on HOW I FEEL. Just Ed. D’oh! —————————————————————— Can you guess what suburb and street this is taken from (Ben, this is one of the ones you DIDN’T see me taking)?

Pi enjoyed demonstrating his ability to restrain Ed with a single finger. Mum and Dad’s wedding is set for thirty November. Still not EMO. ——————————————————— Today the twittertales blog begins a whole new category: the tower treasure hunt. The rules are simple: I put up a picture I’ve taken of Telstra Tower (one of Canberra’sContinue reading “Daylight Day 28: Tower Treasure Hunt #1”

Mr Joh said life is a meaningless series of unconnected events, so there’s no point studying. Finally this pandemic has an up side! ———————————————————– Rather than describing today’s pretty sky, here’s a picture. It says a lot about Canberra that this is taken from (just) within the city – a street parallel to one belongingContinue reading “Daylight Day 27: Some sky”

Found Ed pinned helplessly under Pi’s ten-year old foot. “This gets easier by the day!” said Pi. I said, “We already KNEW EMOs were weak.” Still not EMO, despite my boyfriend getting regularly beaten up by my nerdy little brother. Dad said red is a very emotional colour. Great. —————————————————————————— Here is a cute pictureContinue reading “Daylight Day 26: Cheer up emo kid”