Je suis retourné
Yes, I am practicing my French in an attempt to ward off any talk of governesses. I don’t know why everyone puts so much value on speaking French. It’s not like Latin and Greek are chopped liver, you know.
Anyway…
As promised, I have returned. With a contest no less! Although I must warn you, it’s beastly difficult to come up with contests than can be run on a blog. But I have a few up my sleeve. So, without further ado, this week’s contest:
Create an acrostic poem, using my name! Like this…
T
H
E
O
D
O
S
I
A
And for each letter, come up with a word or phrase that describes, me, my adventures, my adversaries, anything at all, really. The more original and obscure, the better!
We’ll run the contest for one week, and the winner will receive a small, four inch high statue of the Egyptian goddess, Bastet, in her cat form. (Very much like the one I was de-cursing in the opening of The Serpents of Chaos.)
One entry per person, so take your time and make it the best it can be. The contest will close Monday, June 16 at 6:00 PST. I will announce the winner on the following Tuesday (June 17) so none of you will have to stay up past your bedtime. I do realize that some parents pay attention to that sort of thing.
June 9th, 2008 at 11:37 pm
OK! yay! well I do love writing, and I shall try to put my skills to the test.
The way I see things, well is a little differant.
Heroic! Oh yes, fighting off Germans is very heroic!
Extrordianarily gifted, with the sixth since I mean
Obviously prepared to decurse
Don’t be a bother and be thankful for the jam sandwiches father!
Oh my goodness, Bollingsworth is evil!
Shhhh Henry! Your feet sound like a dozen hipopotimi!
I never want to sleep in a small boat again!
American mothers are to keep an eye on when it
comes to bringing home arftifacts.
OK R.L an Theo I hope you like my writing!
Best wishes to every one!
June 10th, 2008 at 12:28 am
Here goes!!!! (Oh, a Bastet statue sounds lovely.)
—————beginning—————
The little well-known saviour of London, who could it be?
Have you heard of this hero? I’ll give clues and we’ll see!
Everything counts on their cleverness and skill
Or else the whole operation would have gone downhill.
(Do you have the gist? If not, another rhyming hint comes.)
Or you’ve seen how bravely SHE faced all that came, and how
She knew that it wasn’t even close to a simple game.
If you’ve guessed the identity of this young, smart girl….
Absolutely correct is THEODOSIA. Give that name a whirl!
———————end——————–
I know it’s bad…but oh well!
June 10th, 2008 at 12:29 am
Oh yeah, and SHE is capitalized so you know the hero is a SHE.
June 10th, 2008 at 1:23 am
Oh kiyura! That wasn’t bad at all! I found it quite lovely!
June 10th, 2008 at 3:27 am
The one that stars in that fabulous book
Hindrances bother not this heroine
Egyptian, the ancients, are who she can sense
Other people are not like her, no indeed
Disasters follow her like a shadow
Outraged at her brother Henry is she
So hieroglyphics? She eats them like cake!
Interesting contests she creates(like this one!)
A pickpocket befriender, that’s her!
June 11th, 2008 at 1:21 am
I’m pretty good at these types of poems. I sent a million of them to my friend in 1st grade, actually. but, seeing as i have never had much luck in these contests, i don’t know how i could possibly win?
To be a famous egyptologist
has her captive in imagination.ask questions:
entering the pyramid
or to stay idol at home?
“duh, the first” she would say,
“or are you thinking of another Theodosia?”
so it’s plain to see,
I think,
an adventurer she is!
ta da…
bye!
June 12th, 2008 at 12:34 am
I am a spelling and grammar freak!!
WHAT IS WRONG WITH ME?
I am cringing at many things that I see
Like a huge banner in a supermarket that says, “PRICES FOR YOU’RE SATISFACTION”.
Geez
I need to calm down
June 12th, 2008 at 12:40 am
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June 12th, 2008 at 12:40 am
Try to decode the message above! The “language” is called Haxor.
June 12th, 2008 at 5:28 am
it says:
if you can read this you are a true theodosia fan. this is because this language is like hierogliphics! this may not be perfect because some letters don’t represet a symbol. Enjoy!
Yay! I decoded haxor!
June 12th, 2008 at 10:31 am
Good job!
June 12th, 2008 at 9:14 pm
———–Beggining———–
Terrible spirits from tombs she can beat
Her knowledge takes her on an adventure to a land of heat
Eternal life she knows the sign
Of course, she deffinetly knows how to shine
Dad and Mom, they’re always busy, how down to her
Only she can see the dark magic that everyone denies
Serpents of Chaos, look out!
I bet I wouldn’t know and adore the hieroghlyphic signs more
And that’s what makes Theo Theo!
———-End————
Man, this was HARD!!
And some places ryme, others don’t. Hope you like it, Theo!! 
June 12th, 2008 at 9:17 pm
Wow, mine is really bad!!
June 12th, 2008 at 9:30 pm
i’ll do mine l8r. Emilee is making fun of me. so on the last day of school we had a promotion ceremony and there was a slide show and all the lights were off and Javan and I were snuggling!
later my funky gaters
i heart you/ =Dylan
teach me haxor k?
June 13th, 2008 at 1:11 am
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June 13th, 2008 at 7:39 pm
All right! That’s it! No one is allowed to say their acrostic poem is bad. No one! The truth is, they are all wonderful and it shall be very difficult picking a winner!
Got that? These are all fantastic!
June 14th, 2008 at 12:40 am
Theo, sorry for upsetting you.
It’s only that I am a perfectionist.
My own fatal flaw! (note that down in your little “Kyra’s flaws” book. Haha jk)
Perfect is such a LYING WORDDDDDDDD!
Okay, my daily rant and rave is done.
BIG NEWS!!!!
I GRADUATED FROM 5TH GRADE TODAY!!!!!!!!!!!
YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
AND NOO MOREEEE SCHOOOOLLLLLL THIS SUMMMMMMMMMMMER!!!!!!!!!!!!
Tomorrow, off to NYC and the London Hotel.
June 14th, 2008 at 1:51 pm
Sorry, Theo!!
I DID enjoy making my poem (I love making poetry) VERY much and I think it IS better than nothing!!
Good luck choosing, Theo!! And good luck everyone!!
MAIN THING: To have fun!!!
:)
June 14th, 2008 at 1:54 pm
It ends in 2 days!!!
And congradulations, Kyra!! I’m going to start 5th grade when summer is done!! When will you be back?
GASP
I hope you’re back in time to see the winner!! :0
June 14th, 2008 at 3:40 pm
Don’t worry, I’m leaving in like 20 minutes and I’ll be back on Sunday night!
June 14th, 2008 at 9:54 pm
Ohhhhhhh ok.
EEEK SO EXCITED!!!!
June 15th, 2008 at 2:20 am
Hey, did you know “theo” means god?
June 15th, 2008 at 4:14 am
i am graduating from 5th grade on tuesday, but the last day of school is the day after that (the fifth graders get a special promotion ceremony the day before school gets out).
yeah…
Oh, Kyra, i have a fake name on YouTube, which is Eemie Zamora (the serpents of chaos will not get me, the entire name is fake!), so could you cal me that instead (on YouTube only, of course!)
bye!
June 15th, 2008 at 11:42 am
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! yesterday i got back from disney world (just to let you know where i was) I ONLY HAVE TWO DAYS :0
June 15th, 2008 at 11:45 am
theo means god wow! my name is spanish for lucia (u pronounce that luu chhi aa) which is itialian for light to bad i cant glow
June 15th, 2008 at 11:48 am
gee i need to get some paper…. did i just type that out loud? nevermind
June 15th, 2008 at 10:25 pm
yargles. my last day of school was May 30th.
i feel like such an old lady..
i am going to be in 8th grade in the fall. but thas okay because 5th grade was the absolute WORST year of my life. i was lucky i survived
June 15th, 2008 at 10:27 pm
i still have gaping wounds in my soul from the demons in the hallways. in the old days, janitors actually DID their jobs, instead of the measly cleaning junk they do now… i mean, you don’t even need a stake or a wooden cross to apply for the job…
June 15th, 2008 at 10:44 pm
errr…. that sounds bad. i’m going to 5th grade next year i hope its not that bad. on the brighter news I have made a new
kind of thing. The :0 was one of them. I call it the messy face here it is :; I got the idea by looking my little sister after she gobbled down a chocolate chip cookie.
June 16th, 2008 at 12:09 pm
I am kind of upset, I just turned eleven and on that day (Saturday) it was totally wretched. I had no fun at ALL and we didn’t do anything special but go to NY, and then when got there we had to go to a horrible art gallery with disturbing paintings, and then a stupid restaurant that was disgusting, and I got no birthday presents at all and my mom said she hadn’t had TIME to get me any, and she and my dad were still THINKING about it, and they actually asked ME to chip in with my own birthday/graduation money to pay for a big present!!!!! And then my mom and dad left for their own stupid dinner and I had to put my younger brother and sister to bed by myself, because the babysitter was no help at all. And I got to bed at who knows when! To top it all off, my SPECIAL birthday day was rainy and thundery and lightningy.
My friends got like iPod touches for even GRADUATING. I got nothing, nothing even for my birthday.
And just got my birthday present from my aunt and uncle…and I already had it. My sister is turning 9 soon and she got one too, and we already had THAT, too!
Oh, I must sound soooo spoiled. But I am really upset! I just needed to vent. Sorry. Forget it!
June 16th, 2008 at 1:11 pm
Lucia….
START TYPING!!!!! IT ENDS TODAY AT 9:00, YOU KNOW!!! AND THEO (GOD) IS ANOUNCING THE WINNER TOMORROW!!!!
Welcome back, Kyra!! And happy b-day!!! No, you don’t sound spoiled. I sound like that too, sometimes.
Can’t WAIT for tomorrow!!!
June 16th, 2008 at 3:43 pm
Ch-ch-check ya email, Kiki!
Wow, that was weird!
June 16th, 2008 at 4:38 pm
that sounds like a terrible birthday.
YOU HAVE A RIGHT TO BE UPSET!!!
but i didn’t get a present for graduating 5th grade, either. I was reaaly mad. you should be too
June 16th, 2008 at 6:28 pm
Kiki! What a terrible birthday!!! Honestly! What is wrong with parents, anyway?? Don’t they realize that birthdays are Our Most Sacred Days? The one day when everything we want and desire is more important than anything else in the universe??
I’m so sorry yours was such a horrible day. You clearly deserve much better than that…
June 16th, 2008 at 8:49 pm
I REALLY agree with Theo and Lexi. That sounds like a horrible b-day!!If I had one like that, I’d cry. You have the right to sound spoiled! Seriously with parents. What do they think of kids PERSONALLY anyway?
June 16th, 2008 at 8:55 pm
My 3-year old sister Alexandra says hi. She’s to little to understand anything, but she can say Theodosia!!!
Alexandra says:
855
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(she typed crazily, she can’t type correctly yet)
Please reply to both of us, Theo. She would like that.
June 17th, 2008 at 4:53 pm
Awww Alexandra is (or sounds) so cute!
I am over my brief stormy moment of frustrated anger. Whee!
Okay, MY 3 year old brother will say hi now. IT’S A COMPET—–OOOOOMIGOSH TODAY THE CONTEST ENDS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Whoo go Theo, go Theo, you pick an A-CROS-TIC
!!!!!!!!!!
Here Nicky goes:
cc ddsxdcszsdaxdzxcdfz3rdsxcsdx4ed3esdcxeccfvddcx5d
(end)
Yeah, doesn’t he rock? His typing skills cannot be matched, we have tested throughout the land. The nation has fallen to NICHOLAS! The empire has died! The tyranny is dead!
I got the most awesome video game ever, called Endless Ocean. Since I want to be a marine biologist it rocks!
June 18th, 2008 at 2:35 pm
i’ve seen alexandra she is cute. and kira that birthday makes me rember the cool stuff i ever got. and the the next time you go to new york (i live there) but its state not city and if anyone here on this site does go Nyc you HAVE to see a brodway show.theese are the shows i’ve seen on brodway: mary poppins the lion king and beauty and the beast but i REALY REALLY badly want to see wicked.
June 18th, 2008 at 2:38 pm
my little sister thinks that going a blog is boring HOW WRONG SHE IS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! but i’m not going to show her how cool it is because shes going to but in to my conversations
June 19th, 2008 at 2:08 pm
Shyah!
What are little siblings’ problems anyways????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
June 19th, 2008 at 2:09 pm
Hi! I’m sherriff Uniqua!!
LITERALLY. I’m wearing the bandana and cow girl hat and jeans and everything.
June 19th, 2008 at 5:40 pm
errm okay :/
June 20th, 2008 at 3:44 pm
What the Backyardigans!! I really mean it!!
June 20th, 2008 at 4:36 pm
:> = Birdie!!!!
June 22nd, 2008 at 12:12 am
I GRADUATED IN2 MIDDLE SKOOL AND THEY DID NOT EVEN SAY CONGRADULATIONS!!!!!!!! THEY WERE HOWEVER MAKING FUN OF ME CUZ I WAS CRYING!!! AND NOW I HAVE A BLADDER INFECTION!! (WAT DO YOU THINK OF THAT THEO?) AND IT HURTS 2 PEE!!!
June 22nd, 2008 at 12:13 am
MY LIFE SUX COMPARED 2 URS
June 22nd, 2008 at 8:33 pm
UUUUUGGGHHHHH Hannaaaaaahhhh….
U know you really should start building a sense of Humor!!!!!
June 24th, 2008 at 7:08 pm
eerrrrr yow uuuuuuuuuhhhhhhhhhhhhhh i get the picture
June 26th, 2008 at 3:09 pm
I’m doing secret code:
I <3 GOD oh see ya! Key ruh tea chug meep Ha! Sore, kay? God oh see yah fans, prey butter thing suh for colde will gea t bet term when I’must taut Ha! Sore. Enter joy this unuh till that happ ensor!
Yeah, I know it’s BAD and TOTALLY CONFUSING but unuh till I’must taut Ha! Sore, this is wha ituh will lo.o.k like!
SUPRISE FOR WHEN I GET BACK:
I’ll do morse code!!!!
Bye! Enjoy!
See if you can figure it out before I leave for nine days tomorrow at Lunchtime!!!
June 29th, 2008 at 1:05 pm
errmm…. gee don’t challenge me!!!!!!!!!
June 30th, 2008 at 10:27 pm
Oh, for goodness sakes. IT’s good for you’re BRAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Not to mention it’s FUN!
June 30th, 2008 at 10:30 pm
DAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHH that was me.Me. MEEEEEE!
July 1st, 2008 at 12:06 am
i know it is But i do read and that counts
July 2nd, 2008 at 5:08 pm
UUUUUHHHHGGGGG fine.
I MISS YOU, GIRl!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
July 2nd, 2008 at 5:09 pm
Oh, and my computer must be busted because it keeps saying I’m Anonymous.
Well, FYI, I’m NOT
July 2nd, 2008 at 5:10 pm
DARRRRGG there it goes again.
August 22nd, 2008 at 12:50 am
no one types on the old ones do they. . . . .