HAPPY HOLIDAYS

And a merry new year! :3
2012 and the future are coming soon and coming very fast indeed, and I don't want to be left behind!
Silence to Sound is going to be going through quite a few changes that will make it friendlier, enjoyable, and just plain fun to be on!
One of the new changes is the fish pond! You may have noticed that as you move your mouse over their pond they will swim up to your cursor, so click to drop in some fish food! Can you find the white fish?
Keep your eyes open for
NEW AND IMPROVED
changes and additions to keep your happy level up and your BOR-E-D level down.
Over and out,
-Silent Tigress

Gosh, this is overdue-'Just Out Of Reach'

Today, during announcements, but after standing up and saying the pledge,
A low buzz entered my hearing and dots swam before my eyes, covering the world so I couldn't see anything
But blackness.
The usual headache didn't happen, but my head felt heavy, as if it were filled with cotton.
I stayed there a little after everyone had sat down, swaying where I stood
Ever so slightly.
I could hear people talking, I knew where I was and where everything else should be,
But I couldn't see anything.
It's kind of like when it's dark outside
Really dark.
You hold up your hand to your face, and you know where it is in contrast to your face,
But you just can't see it.
Just out of reach.
So I stood there, not freaking out like I usually do, but calmly waiting.
For what, I didn't know.
My sight might not come back.
But I knew it would. And it did.
As my eyes and head cleared, I suddenly felt a little dizzy.
I sat down and shook my head, blinking a little.
I realized how close I had to come to realizing what some people experience every single day.
But some of them never even got to see at all.
So as I sat there, one thought swam around my head;
I'm lucky.
I can reach just far enough.

Children

Sorry for not writing for so long, but that's because I'm a child.

We forget things.

Our brains aren't widespread enough,

Our eyes haven't seen enough mistakes to remember,

Our cares less imminent.

In my eyes, children are and entirely different family.

There's something special about kids.

The way we're willing to imagine, create, express, and explore

(Most of this done without one thought for the consequences)

The way some of us see magic EVERYwhere, no matter whether it be a fairy or just a butterfly flying around in the garden. The way we draw exactly what's on our mind, though some of it may overlap what has been done before (Like crayons on a painted wall) and how we can see our rooms, the lobby, the playground, anywhere as a magical world ready to be explored.

Thats where we CREATE.

When we IMAGINE, we see other things that didn't seem important enough to be thought about. 

"The planets circle around the sun, sweetheart."

"But what if they don't want to?"

"Well, the sun is bigger then them."

"Well, you're bigger than me. But I don't always want to listen to you."

Imaginary friends can vary from a identical twin to an

"Alien from mars with a pet unicorn that eats rainbows and a bubble with a mouse inside surrounded by a green whale which ate them all up because they were being noisy."

And, the way we can explore everywhere and everything.

The closet in the guest room? Oh, it's already been used for putting clothes into. And we've lived in this house for 3 years. Surely you've already been there?

Oh no, this time we're pirates and the closet is a secret island on a treasure map. we've never been there before.

And of course, the woods out back are always more terrifying when there's a dragon stalking you.

But under the bed has never and will never be explored. No one wants to go down there. Uncharted waters, for now and forevermore.

And our ability to EXPRESS. (Because no opinion is more important than your own.)

Well, I know that yes, this blue IS nice, but I was thinking more one wall outer-space aliens planets and spaceships. 

And the one with the windows would be all gray, cuz it's a prison and the windows are the only nice things over there anyways. 

And of course that one would be all like a forest, with vines and trees and monnkeys and tigers and snake and elephants and ants and EVERYTHING.

And the door would be part of a rainbow, with some flowers and pirates and treasures and a unicorn. That's my pet unicorn, and I need him so I can fly away after stealing the treasure. 

But not many adults like that kind of idea.

And of course, the Christmas list.

Books

Pillows

Gum

Money

Remote-controlled rocket ship

Cars

Stuffed animals

Bobble heads

Glow-in-the-dark planets and stars

.....And the additional 486 items beside. I mean, he's SANTA! He's magic! He gives presents! 

And I NEED all this stuff!

So, kids are truly and always will be one of a kind.

And we never were babies. Nope. None of that diaper stuff. I never wore diapers. And Im never gonna grew up. Cuz that's Gramma and Grampa's job.

Not mine.