bury it and rise above

Welcome to my blog! I hope I'm doing this right. Anyways, 30 something, somewhat employed lady in the city. I think that's about all I have to say for now.

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prompt 1: karen’s room

Karen decides to make her room as bright and colorful as possible. Not only a nice change from what the room originally looked like, but also  a new look from her old apartment. A nicely organized desk, some business casual attire, and little room decorations make Karen feel right at home in Elysium. 

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prompt 5: 25 songs found on shuffle in Karen’s music library

Hurricane - MS MR

Deep Red Bells - Neko Case

Judas - Lady Gaga

Bury It - CHVRCHES

Little Bit - Lykke Li

Lullaby For An Insomniac - Kate Nash

Ghosts - Ladytron

I Drove All Night - Celine Dion

Manhattan - Sara Bareilles

Thread - Now, Now

Mad World - Tears For Fears

Party At A Rich Dude’s House - Ke$ha

This Woman’s Work - Greg Laswell

Clocks - Coldplay

No Shade in the Shadow of The Cross - Sufjan Stevens

Sea of Love - The National

Such Great Heights - The Postal Service

Title And Registration - Death Cab for Cutie

Watch It Die - Eisley

I Walk the Line - Johnny Cash

7/11 - Beyonce

Float On - Modest Mouse

Pieces Of Me - Ashlee Simpson

Beautiful - Christina Aguilera 

Criminal - Britney Spears

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Being a resident of Elysium wasn’t exactly what she had expected to happen when she volunteered to assists the legal team that was working on the accords. In fact, Karen doubted they would even let her help; her legal experience wasn’t exactly in international politics. Instead, the group had decided that, rather than legal skills, they could utilize her “non-threatening nature” (as they had said in one conversation). Better yet, place Karen in as a listening ear, a counselor of sorts, for the residents of Elysium who were actually required to be there. 

And in this position, she was also expected to fulfill a sort of double agent role; reporting back to whatever government or legal agency if she uncovered information that may be useful to them now or in the future. It wasn’t exactly something Karen felt comfortable doing, but she hoped that this would open a door or two for her, to bigger and better things. 

This was what she kept reminding herself as she opened the door to her room and saw how barren and empty it was. Or when she spent most hours alone in the small office they had provided her, waiting for someone, anyone, to pop in and just say a hello. Most of the time was spent on the computer, keeping up with what was going on in Hell’s Kitchen and how this whole Accords situation was affecting the rest of the world. A few of the others had come in, mostly just to check her out, analyze if she was a threat or if she had could be trusted. It seemed like the jury was still out on that one. 

Karen had spent the last few minutes trying to not check the time in the corner of the computer screen, literally counting down the seconds until she could go back to her room for the rest of the evening. The day had been slow, like all the others before. No one had come in, not even a note or a call to schedule anything. She wondered if they would pull her out soon, it wasn’t like she was getting much insider info or tips. Karen sighed and began to shut down the computer, staring at her reflection in the now dark monitor.

She was beginning to gather her things to leave when there was a knock on the door. 

Immediately sitting back down and attempting to quickly tidy up the (few and mostly unused) office supplies on the desk, Karen called out, “Come in!”.