Today I:
Made two batches of two different kind of breads...two loaves of Challah & two loaves of Amish Friendship bread. (Is it just me, or is putting chocolate pudding in bread just weird?)
Did three loads of laundry. (Socks galore. Yay.)
Practiced piano. (Ludovico Einaudi soothes me.)
Uploaded photos and a video. (Per request of Hannah)
Looked for heels online. (Possibly found a pair! *hopes*)
Twittered. (Like a bird...)
Cleaned my room. (It needs to be vacuumed still. It amazes me how much dirt gets in there.)
Talked to my sis. (When are we going to do that when she's married????)
Got a book ready to mail. (Paperbackswap...yay, a credit!)
Gave Jules a bath. (We tried to name her ducky, but she said no to: Hezekiah, Bob, Zaccheus, Claudius, Carter, Broccoli, Freddie, AND Juliana.)
Read "Flipped". (Loved it just as much as the movie!)
Listened to Red, Owl City, and "The Hunger Games". (Red is my new fav. fav. fav.)
Friday, December 31, 2010
Monday, December 27, 2010
Randomities of my day
We had our first blizzard of the season...here I am, sitting in the comfort of a blanket on the recliner...I already braved the out doors to walk down to work and back home again. The wind is pretty harsh, and sneakers aren't the greatest things to walk in through the snow, but oh, well. :P
As you all (or at least, the majority of you, I believe) know, I work in the children's room at my local library. This week, the children's room is closed to get a new carpet put in, as well as have the walls painted. Today my brother (who also works at the library) and I trudged our way down the street to the library to help with moving. Everything had to be taken out...tables, chairs, desks, books, bookshelves, displays, etc. It took some time to empty each bookcase, cart the bookshelves down the hall to the Activities Room, then replace the books on the bookshelves, where they shall remain until the carpet is down...then there'll be the whole process of moving everything back into the children's room AND organizing it all! :P
Once everything had been moved out, up came the carpet that was already in the room...and that was a job in itself...It's a large room, so the carpet was really 3? 4? large pieces that had been glued? together...they had to be pulled up, pulled apart, then each rolled. Then came the matting that was underneath the carpet that had to be rolled as well. After that was accomplished, everyone left except for my boss, her daughter, my bro, and I...we stayed long enough to sweep up the mess, and wait for a guy who was coming to take two big pieces of the carpet.
Then, after four hours, Jon and I trudged back home...tired, dirty, and huuuungry. :P
At the moment, I'm listening to music while I type up this blogpost...just long enough to stretch the fingers in my left hand out, as they got all cramped from knitting for a good hour or so.
What am I listening to? Boyce Avenue's cover of "Teenage Dream", which I greatly prefer to Katy Perry's version. As several of you know, I feel pretty strongly about Katy Perry's version...it disgusts me, to put it bluntly. But when I heard Boyce Avenue's version, I had to smile...Boyce Avenue took a song that disgusted me and made me love it with the very few changes they made. :)
I've been watching "Little Dorrit" lately...just whenever I've been working on my sweater. I'm one of those people who hates watching a movie without having something to do with my hands, or working on a mindless project without busying my mind as well. Thus: knitting and movies or audio books go hand in hand. :P
Anywho, watching "Little Dorrit" just reminded me how highly I think of the heroine, Amy (aka "Little Dorrit"). A gentle, sweet, yet firm personality that sees the good in others and bears the annoyances and slights from her family without coming across as a goody-two-shoes/little-miss-perfect. A solid, great character, who should rank up there with the more famous classic literature heroines. She may not be as spirited as Elizabeth Bennet, charming as Emma Woodhouse, passionate as Marianne Dashwood, intriguing as Jane Eyre, interesting as Bella Wilfer...she's normal, yet not normal. She blends in and yet stands out. The kind of woman every girl should want to imitate in many mannerisms. The kind of girl everybody cannot help but love.
And yet, what about books? I have so many books stacked up in my room, waiting to be read. At the moment, I'm currently reading a sequel to "A Little Princess"...I discovered it in a magazine at the library, and I was interested enough to inter-library loan it...just to see what it was like. I am no fan of sequels written by totally different authors...they tend to annoy me to no end. They can never capture the magic of the original story...and so far, it is the same with this sequel. The author tries so hard to capture the characters the way Frances Hodgson Burnett invented them, but she fails, for the simple reason: she is NOT Frances Hodgson Burnett.
As you all (or at least, the majority of you, I believe) know, I work in the children's room at my local library. This week, the children's room is closed to get a new carpet put in, as well as have the walls painted. Today my brother (who also works at the library) and I trudged our way down the street to the library to help with moving. Everything had to be taken out...tables, chairs, desks, books, bookshelves, displays, etc. It took some time to empty each bookcase, cart the bookshelves down the hall to the Activities Room, then replace the books on the bookshelves, where they shall remain until the carpet is down...then there'll be the whole process of moving everything back into the children's room AND organizing it all! :P
Once everything had been moved out, up came the carpet that was already in the room...and that was a job in itself...It's a large room, so the carpet was really 3? 4? large pieces that had been glued? together...they had to be pulled up, pulled apart, then each rolled. Then came the matting that was underneath the carpet that had to be rolled as well. After that was accomplished, everyone left except for my boss, her daughter, my bro, and I...we stayed long enough to sweep up the mess, and wait for a guy who was coming to take two big pieces of the carpet.
Then, after four hours, Jon and I trudged back home...tired, dirty, and huuuungry. :P
At the moment, I'm listening to music while I type up this blogpost...just long enough to stretch the fingers in my left hand out, as they got all cramped from knitting for a good hour or so.
What am I listening to? Boyce Avenue's cover of "Teenage Dream", which I greatly prefer to Katy Perry's version. As several of you know, I feel pretty strongly about Katy Perry's version...it disgusts me, to put it bluntly. But when I heard Boyce Avenue's version, I had to smile...Boyce Avenue took a song that disgusted me and made me love it with the very few changes they made. :)
I've been watching "Little Dorrit" lately...just whenever I've been working on my sweater. I'm one of those people who hates watching a movie without having something to do with my hands, or working on a mindless project without busying my mind as well. Thus: knitting and movies or audio books go hand in hand. :P
Anywho, watching "Little Dorrit" just reminded me how highly I think of the heroine, Amy (aka "Little Dorrit"). A gentle, sweet, yet firm personality that sees the good in others and bears the annoyances and slights from her family without coming across as a goody-two-shoes/little-miss-perfect. A solid, great character, who should rank up there with the more famous classic literature heroines. She may not be as spirited as Elizabeth Bennet, charming as Emma Woodhouse, passionate as Marianne Dashwood, intriguing as Jane Eyre, interesting as Bella Wilfer...she's normal, yet not normal. She blends in and yet stands out. The kind of woman every girl should want to imitate in many mannerisms. The kind of girl everybody cannot help but love.
And yet, what about books? I have so many books stacked up in my room, waiting to be read. At the moment, I'm currently reading a sequel to "A Little Princess"...I discovered it in a magazine at the library, and I was interested enough to inter-library loan it...just to see what it was like. I am no fan of sequels written by totally different authors...they tend to annoy me to no end. They can never capture the magic of the original story...and so far, it is the same with this sequel. The author tries so hard to capture the characters the way Frances Hodgson Burnett invented them, but she fails, for the simple reason: she is NOT Frances Hodgson Burnett.
Wednesday, December 22, 2010
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
Happiness
Spending the evening journaling with candlelight and my Bible. It's the little moments that count.
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
Narnia...
I think I may be the only one of my friends who has seen the latest Narnia movie so far that did NOT like it.
Don't get me wrong, it's not like I hated it...that has yet to be determined. ;) It has some really good bits, but for me, I think the bad outweighed the good.
WARNING: SPOILERS BELOW.
Let me cover the good bits first:
The ending. SO good. I literally pumped my arm when I heard Aslan speak his famous line. I was so relieved that they actually kept it in there!!
Eustace...was just about perfect. Just as I imagined Eustace in the books. I was very happy about that. :)
Reepicheep...love him. :)
Beautiful ship! Beautiful costumes! Beautiful scenery! Lucy...you just have to love Lucy. :) For the most part I loved Edmund as well!
Okay, for the bad...
Overall...to me, it just didn't feel like Narnia. It wasn't...magical for me. Now, I realize that it's a whole new director, new screen writers...I know about all the different people that worked on it, but...I was originally THRILLED about that. It was like...a whole new chance to make a FABULOUS Narnia movie! But I wasn't so thrilled when I watched the movie. It just felt flat and not the same Narnia.
Now, I realize that they managed to keep in the basic storyline...they didn't even take out huge bits of the story...they just added in huge chunks. Now, I wouldn't have a problem with them adding stuff...but the stuff they added? Green mist?? SERIOUSLY? You should have been in the theater to hear my sister, and my best friend mocking this movie with all it's similarities to other movies:
Green mist? "The Ten Commandments".
Swords that glow? LOTR!
Caspian's new look? Will Turner Wannabe!!!
Just three examples that we threw out there!
What the heck is with the White Witch? Okay, I realize, she may be Edmund's worst nightmare, but seriously? It just does NOT make sense! She's defeated in "The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe"...they drag her back in for "Prince Caspian", which I managed to get over. But to have her coming back and tempting Edmund in the 3rd movie just does NOT make sense. HE was the one to "destroy" her in "Prince Caspian"...when she was "seducing" Peter and Caspian did Edmund fall for her tricks all over again?? No. He destroyed her. He knew not to trust her...not to fall for her! So why the is he doing it again in the third movie? Grrr.
I really disliked the scene where they're battling the "green mist/temptations" and the Sea Serpent...in the book, Lucy calls out to Aslan for help, he sends the albatross and that's what gets them out of the darkness. In the movie, the albatross comes, sure, when Lucy calls for Aslan, but it's not Aslan who saves them! It's Eustace-the-dragon-turning-back-to-boy who saves the day by putting the last sword on Aslan's table. It's just NOT the Narnia story of the book! It's Aslan who saves the day!! Not a human!
To return to the swords...okay, so I realize they needed something to tie the story together, to string the movie along, give them a kinda purpose. But seriously? Glowing, magic swords?? Doesn't that defeat the purpose of the Telmarines? They came into Narnia and pushed the magic under...they didn't LIKE the magic of Narnia...so why the heck do they have magic swords? Glowing swords?? *sigh*
Another bit that disappointed me was the whole Eustace-turning-from-dragon-to-boy scene. It was just like, "Wait! What? That's it??" To me, it seemed to defeat the whole story of redemption in the book, where Eustace has to learn to change as a dragon, and it's only when he changes and talks to Aslan...that he has to ask Aslan for help getting out of the dragon suit that he turns back into a boy. In the movie, it's like...he's a rotten boy. Then he's a dragon. And immediately, he's sorry and changes right away into this nice dragon. Then when he saves the day, he's like "earned" the right to change back into a boy! It wasn't through Eustace's "heroic deeds" that he turned back into a boy! It was through Aslan! The scene was just lacking. So disappointing.
Cheesy lines. I mean. Come on. I was cringing. Several times. I wanted to blush for the screen writers.
And one line that particularly bugged me was towards the beginning when Reepicheep is singing his song and Lucy stops to talk to him. Speaking of Aslan's country Lucy says, "Do you really believe there's such a place?" (my wording here...). Wha?? Of all the people to ask that?? Lucy? Doubting that there's such a place as Aslan's country?? Good grief! Now, if it were Caspian saying that, I wouldn't have batted an eye lash. But LUCY?
The soundtrack. Okay, so I know the soundtrack really isn't all that important to most people...but I was severely disappointed. A whole new composer...he could've done anything he wanted, and that's all he could come up with? So sad.
I don't think I'll be able to decide how much I really dislike the movie until I see it again a 2nd time...being prepared for it all, perhaps I'll have a "softer" look on it, but at the moment, my overall impression was one of great disappointment. I felt it held SO much potential...so much great potential, and it failed to deliver. Perhaps I expected too much out of it...I honestly didn't think so! What with a new director, new studio, new screen writers, new composer...I thought it would be great! But I fail to see how overall it was great with so many flaws. It definitely is my least favorite out of all three movies. All I wanted was the magical Narnia I know and love from the books, and I didn't get that overall. Sure I got it for the ending, but is it really worth the entire movie? At the moment, I don't think so.
Sunday, December 5, 2010
10 Things
10 Things That Make Me Happy
1. Music & Hoodie. Music on Hoodie makes me terribly happy. (In case you didn't know, Hoodie is my ipod.)
2. Photography.
3. Writing. Novels, journaling, blogging, you name it...
4. Talking with my best friends. (You know who you are...)
5. Stargazing. Love the stars.
6. Daffodils. "Aren't daffodils the friendliest flower?"
7. A love letter from the Man of my life. He knows who He is. ;)
8. COFFEE. Yes, it so needed to be put in caps.
9. Brand new journals. Fresh, blank, empty, waiting to be filled.
10. Random phone calls, texts, hugs, talks, and notes from my besties.
What are 10 things that make YOU happy?
1. Music & Hoodie. Music on Hoodie makes me terribly happy. (In case you didn't know, Hoodie is my ipod.)
2. Photography.
3. Writing. Novels, journaling, blogging, you name it...
4. Talking with my best friends. (You know who you are...)
5. Stargazing. Love the stars.
6. Daffodils. "Aren't daffodils the friendliest flower?"
7. A love letter from the Man of my life. He knows who He is. ;)
8. COFFEE. Yes, it so needed to be put in caps.
9. Brand new journals. Fresh, blank, empty, waiting to be filled.
10. Random phone calls, texts, hugs, talks, and notes from my besties.
What are 10 things that make YOU happy?
Friday, December 3, 2010
Interesting or gorgeous
I am posting due to a command from the Ducky gal. Command, might I point out. *ahem*
"As you wish"...to go all Princess Bride-y on you.
Right then. Because I don't know what the heck to post about, you are all in for a rather jumbled post of mish mash. I like that, don't you? "jumbled mish mash". It's so much fun to say.
Oookay. Let me see.
I bought and downloaded 5 Dr. Who episodes from Amazon today. Two from the 5th season, which makes me terribly, terribly happy. I've been dying to see the 5th season, but it's not yet available for inter-library loan. I'm enjoying it so far. I love Amelia Pond. Great name, btw. Matt Smith is not my favorite doctor, however. No one can beat David Tennant. Still, Matt Smith is good as well...I just need to watch more of him before I decide just quite how much I like him.
I have been crocheting. On my third square tonight...and it'd be awesome if I could make 5 in all tonight. Terribly awesome. We shall see.
Today, while doing all my chores and stuff, I was just remembering again how much God loves me, and it just excites me. I mean, just the fact alone that He's watching out for me all the time is wow. And not wow in a Edward-Cullen-stalker-freak-me-out-creepy-sort of way. But in an amazing-awwwww-wow-He-loves-ME-enough-and-cares-about-me-sort of way.
Be jealous gals...I've got a wicked awesome guy who LOVES MOI. :)
Ice skating tomorrow night. Squee! First time this winter...in my own pair of skates. I'm really looking forward to it!
My friends, the E- gals claim I say some words funny...like "else". They say I say it weird...like "elsed" or "elst"...I don't know how they say I say it...bottom line is I say it weird, and I totally don't hear it. I think I sound like I'm saying exactly like everyone else. :P And another friend says I lisp...I don't lisp! I just pronounce my "S's" so that everyone can hear them. *nod* I'd say it's a New England thing, but apparently it's not really...ah well. At least I have some sort of accent...it'd be so extremely boring if I didn't have an accent.
My left hand feels cramped from crocheting. Meh.
I'm trying to decide if I want the entire "Flipped" soundtrack album or not...because it is not available in just single tracks...you have to buy the entire soundtrack or nothing at all, which is so extremely lame, in my opinion. And I really don't know if it's worth spending $9.99 for the tracks I know I like, and trying to decide if I like the other songs enough...*sigh* I COULD just go get the rest of the "Inception" soundtrack instead...
Going to pick up my bridesmaid dress and order my shoes on Monday. Yay! Finally get to see it in the actual color and get to pose in it for pictures.
Okay, Ducky, you'll have to be satisfied with this, because I really am drawing a blank of what else to say...too tired to think of anything particularly interesting. Is that a sign that I'm not a particularly interesting person? Because, if one was a truly interesting person, shouldn't they be interesting all the time? But on the other hand, do I want to be a truly interesting person? I mean, who would want to be that interesting all the time...you'd never get any alone time...everyone would be stalking you, just because you're so interesting. Unless, of course, they were all too busy stalking the gorgeous people...because looks are more important to some people than interesting-ness. But I mean, why is the gorgeous more important than the interesting? The interesting should be more important than gorgeous, because what if the gorgeous, just because she's gorgeous was rather stupid...but then being gorgeous doesn't make you stupid, so that's an invalid statment...but say you were gorgeous and stupid, then when the people stalking you find out that you're only gorgeous with no brains, will they stop stalking you to find the interesting person instead? Or will they continue to stalk you just because you're gorgeous? Gorgeous is not better than interesting. Where would the fun be in just being gorgeous but not interesting? You'd just stand there like a Barbie doll. No, being interesting is more fun than being gorgeous. But being interesting all the time has it's own let-downs, so I wouldn't recommend that either. Let's be boring sometimes, shall we? Okay, great.
Ciao.
"As you wish"...to go all Princess Bride-y on you.
Right then. Because I don't know what the heck to post about, you are all in for a rather jumbled post of mish mash. I like that, don't you? "jumbled mish mash". It's so much fun to say.
Oookay. Let me see.
I bought and downloaded 5 Dr. Who episodes from Amazon today. Two from the 5th season, which makes me terribly, terribly happy. I've been dying to see the 5th season, but it's not yet available for inter-library loan. I'm enjoying it so far. I love Amelia Pond. Great name, btw. Matt Smith is not my favorite doctor, however. No one can beat David Tennant. Still, Matt Smith is good as well...I just need to watch more of him before I decide just quite how much I like him.
I have been crocheting. On my third square tonight...and it'd be awesome if I could make 5 in all tonight. Terribly awesome. We shall see.
Today, while doing all my chores and stuff, I was just remembering again how much God loves me, and it just excites me. I mean, just the fact alone that He's watching out for me all the time is wow. And not wow in a Edward-Cullen-stalker-freak-me-out-creepy-sort of way. But in an amazing-awwwww-wow-He-loves-ME-enough-and-cares-about-me-sort of way.
Be jealous gals...I've got a wicked awesome guy who LOVES MOI. :)
Ice skating tomorrow night. Squee! First time this winter...in my own pair of skates. I'm really looking forward to it!
My friends, the E- gals claim I say some words funny...like "else". They say I say it weird...like "elsed" or "elst"...I don't know how they say I say it...bottom line is I say it weird, and I totally don't hear it. I think I sound like I'm saying exactly like everyone else. :P And another friend says I lisp...I don't lisp! I just pronounce my "S's" so that everyone can hear them. *nod* I'd say it's a New England thing, but apparently it's not really...ah well. At least I have some sort of accent...it'd be so extremely boring if I didn't have an accent.
My left hand feels cramped from crocheting. Meh.
I'm trying to decide if I want the entire "Flipped" soundtrack album or not...because it is not available in just single tracks...you have to buy the entire soundtrack or nothing at all, which is so extremely lame, in my opinion. And I really don't know if it's worth spending $9.99 for the tracks I know I like, and trying to decide if I like the other songs enough...*sigh* I COULD just go get the rest of the "Inception" soundtrack instead...
Going to pick up my bridesmaid dress and order my shoes on Monday. Yay! Finally get to see it in the actual color and get to pose in it for pictures.
Okay, Ducky, you'll have to be satisfied with this, because I really am drawing a blank of what else to say...too tired to think of anything particularly interesting. Is that a sign that I'm not a particularly interesting person? Because, if one was a truly interesting person, shouldn't they be interesting all the time? But on the other hand, do I want to be a truly interesting person? I mean, who would want to be that interesting all the time...you'd never get any alone time...everyone would be stalking you, just because you're so interesting. Unless, of course, they were all too busy stalking the gorgeous people...because looks are more important to some people than interesting-ness. But I mean, why is the gorgeous more important than the interesting? The interesting should be more important than gorgeous, because what if the gorgeous, just because she's gorgeous was rather stupid...but then being gorgeous doesn't make you stupid, so that's an invalid statment...but say you were gorgeous and stupid, then when the people stalking you find out that you're only gorgeous with no brains, will they stop stalking you to find the interesting person instead? Or will they continue to stalk you just because you're gorgeous? Gorgeous is not better than interesting. Where would the fun be in just being gorgeous but not interesting? You'd just stand there like a Barbie doll. No, being interesting is more fun than being gorgeous. But being interesting all the time has it's own let-downs, so I wouldn't recommend that either. Let's be boring sometimes, shall we? Okay, great.
Ciao.
Monday, November 29, 2010
Entertaining Sam...
Oh me, oh my. Life has been crazy lately. With my birthday, Thanksgiving, and all that's been going on!
I went to see Michael Buble in concert! The best birthday present I got this year. :D From my bestie, Joe. It was AWESOME to say the least. I had a fantastical time. And he sang my favorite song!! *sigh* I'm sure I had the stupidest sappy grin on my face during it. *sheepish*
My brother took me to see "Tangled" last night as a birthday present. I thought it was adorably cute. :D Definitely one I'd love to see again sometime...I do think I can wait to see it on DVD before I watch it
again though. ;) I thought the characters were great...Eugene was cute (haha), and Rapunzel...whoo! Girl power. :D I loved the fact that in spite of her fears, she could look out for herself...rise to the occasion and take on the bad guys when she needed to. She wasn't the helpless princess who needed the "hero" to save her all the time. But they didn't make him the bumbling fool, who need her to rescue him either! They helped each other equally and were equally capable of fighting for themselves...AND for each other. Very cute.
I was surprised to find out that there was singing! I wasn't expecting that, and while yes, the songs were cheesy, I found them fun as well. It was refreshing, too, to find that the "bad guy" wasn't a witch! In fact, she was just an old woman who was controlled by her own selfishness and greed. A nice change from the witch in Snow White or the evil, witch doctor-like dude in "The Princess & the Frog"!
I've been slacking off in NaNoWriMo in favor of working on my best friend's birthday present (squee!) and *sheepish* reading. And what is it that I've been reading?
The autobiography of the actress who played Nellie Olsen in the tv series "Little House on the Prairie". It's quite funny how Melissa Sue Anderson, Melissa Gilbert, AND Alision Arngrim all came out with their autobiographies around the same time. I've already read the two Melissa's books (well, skim-read them...) and just about finished this one by Alison Arngrim. While I cannot recommend them (they all had really rough childhoods...Alison's the worst, I think...it was so horrible all that she had to go through!) because of reasons I shall not mention...I have found them to be interesting. At least the "Little House" part of their lives. I always love hearing the "behind-the-scenes" stories, so it's been interesting to read about all that went on behind the scenes on the sets of "Little House".
And what have I been listening to lately? Because, we all know I'm always listening to SOMETHING...you will never find me without my beloved ipod, "Hoodie". :D
"Singin' in the Rain/Under My Umbrella"...a mash-up by Glee that I absolutely loved to pieces the first time I heard it! I'm a huge "Singin' in the Rain" fan and was wary at first when I heard they did a mash up of the song with another song...but as soon as I heard it, I fell in love. So much fun! And actually the scene from the episode is so much fun as well! With the choreography...it's just fun to watch! And it certainly must have been fun to actually film! And interesting fact: that's Gwyneth Paltrow actually singing the song! Wowee! Who knew she could sing! I mean, she's not exactly my favorite singer, but she has an alright voice! :D
I've also been listening to Cascada's "What Hurts the Most" (Yanou's Candlelight Mix)...now, I'm not saying I"m a Cascada fan...I merely listened to the song at a friend's recommendation, and I ended up really liking it! Sad, slightly depressing song...but such a pretty sound...soft and soothing. In that slightly depressing way. ;) But as for the rest of Cascada's songs...no idea what they're like, as I haven't listened to any others, other than "Every Time We Touch", which wasn't a favorite of mine. :P
And besides "Tangled", what have I been watching? Two series, actually! Whenever my bestie,
Amy, and I just need a relaxful evening (need to unwind, etc.) we will watch an episod of "Lark Rise to Candleford" together...we're making our way through all three seasons, and are on the last episode of the first season. I am a "Lark Rise" fan, I'll admit it! I love Laura Timmons and her family...and yes, I LOVE Fisher! I love Daniel too! Yup. Strange, I know. My favorite season is season 2...uh, can anyone say: Fisher!!! But the third season was also great...the first season, while great too, is just not my fav. of all three. ;) It's dramatic, romantic, funny, sweet, touching, and a period film by BBC! What more could a gal wish for? ;) Let's just say, Ame and I really enjoy our movie nights together!
So yup...just an update in the "entertainment" part of my life...I shall have to do a post soon, updating my work/photography/writing life. :) For now...ciao!
I went to see Michael Buble in concert! The best birthday present I got this year. :D From my bestie, Joe. It was AWESOME to say the least. I had a fantastical time. And he sang my favorite song!! *sigh* I'm sure I had the stupidest sappy grin on my face during it. *sheepish*My brother took me to see "Tangled" last night as a birthday present. I thought it was adorably cute. :D Definitely one I'd love to see again sometime...I do think I can wait to see it on DVD before I watch it
again though. ;) I thought the characters were great...Eugene was cute (haha), and Rapunzel...whoo! Girl power. :D I loved the fact that in spite of her fears, she could look out for herself...rise to the occasion and take on the bad guys when she needed to. She wasn't the helpless princess who needed the "hero" to save her all the time. But they didn't make him the bumbling fool, who need her to rescue him either! They helped each other equally and were equally capable of fighting for themselves...AND for each other. Very cute.
I was surprised to find out that there was singing! I wasn't expecting that, and while yes, the songs were cheesy, I found them fun as well. It was refreshing, too, to find that the "bad guy" wasn't a witch! In fact, she was just an old woman who was controlled by her own selfishness and greed. A nice change from the witch in Snow White or the evil, witch doctor-like dude in "The Princess & the Frog"!
I've been slacking off in NaNoWriMo in favor of working on my best friend's birthday present (squee!) and *sheepish* reading. And what is it that I've been reading?
The autobiography of the actress who played Nellie Olsen in the tv series "Little House on the Prairie". It's quite funny how Melissa Sue Anderson, Melissa Gilbert, AND Alision Arngrim all came out with their autobiographies around the same time. I've already read the two Melissa's books (well, skim-read them...) and just about finished this one by Alison Arngrim. While I cannot recommend them (they all had really rough childhoods...Alison's the worst, I think...it was so horrible all that she had to go through!) because of reasons I shall not mention...I have found them to be interesting. At least the "Little House" part of their lives. I always love hearing the "behind-the-scenes" stories, so it's been interesting to read about all that went on behind the scenes on the sets of "Little House".And what have I been listening to lately? Because, we all know I'm always listening to SOMETHING...you will never find me without my beloved ipod, "Hoodie". :D
"Singin' in the Rain/Under My Umbrella"...a mash-up by Glee that I absolutely loved to pieces the first time I heard it! I'm a huge "Singin' in the Rain" fan and was wary at first when I heard they did a mash up of the song with another song...but as soon as I heard it, I fell in love. So much fun! And actually the scene from the episode is so much fun as well! With the choreography...it's just fun to watch! And it certainly must have been fun to actually film! And interesting fact: that's Gwyneth Paltrow actually singing the song! Wowee! Who knew she could sing! I mean, she's not exactly my favorite singer, but she has an alright voice! :DI've also been listening to Cascada's "What Hurts the Most" (Yanou's Candlelight Mix)...now, I'm not saying I"m a Cascada fan...I merely listened to the song at a friend's recommendation, and I ended up really liking it! Sad, slightly depressing song...but such a pretty sound...soft and soothing. In that slightly depressing way. ;) But as for the rest of Cascada's songs...no idea what they're like, as I haven't listened to any others, other than "Every Time We Touch", which wasn't a favorite of mine. :PAnd besides "Tangled", what have I been watching? Two series, actually! Whenever my bestie,
Amy, and I just need a relaxful evening (need to unwind, etc.) we will watch an episod of "Lark Rise to Candleford" together...we're making our way through all three seasons, and are on the last episode of the first season. I am a "Lark Rise" fan, I'll admit it! I love Laura Timmons and her family...and yes, I LOVE Fisher! I love Daniel too! Yup. Strange, I know. My favorite season is season 2...uh, can anyone say: Fisher!!! But the third season was also great...the first season, while great too, is just not my fav. of all three. ;) It's dramatic, romantic, funny, sweet, touching, and a period film by BBC! What more could a gal wish for? ;) Let's just say, Ame and I really enjoy our movie nights together!I've also been watching "The Pacific" series by HBO...ya know, the whole Tom Hanks/Steven Spielberg series..."Band of Brothers", "Saving Private Ryan", etc. Anywho, I just watched the first episode and am already hooked. I am a WWII movie enthusiast. I love WWII movies. I do. *nod* However, as much as I am enjoying the series so far, I cannot recommend the series fully...due to the extreme violence (disturbing images!!) and the language. Language is always high on the list in these series...and the violence...well, it's only a taste of what the war was really like, but it isn't for the weak-hearted to watch. I just know I'm going to cry over this series. I just know it. Well, hey, it's pretty obvious...I did cry over "Saving Private Ryan" AND "Band of Brothers"!! :P
So yup...just an update in the "entertainment" part of my life...I shall have to do a post soon, updating my work/photography/writing life. :) For now...ciao!
Sunday, November 14, 2010
Just for fun...
How well do you know me? Perhaps there is something you don't know about me...I'm a very open person, so practically everyone who knows me, REALLY knows me...but perhaps there is just one or two things here that you don't know! Or perhaps you don't know me at all and are just starting to know me! If that is the case, hello! *waves*
I love coffee
I love accents (especially British ones)
I love photography
I love writing
I love children's books
I work at a library
I love daffodils
I love bright colors
I love talking
I love laughing
I love jokes
I love music
I wear black nail polish
I am not a goth
I wear several hair elastics, a purple wristwatch, a silly bandz, and a charm bracelet on my left wrist but nothing on my right wrist.
I have crazy, curly hair
I am sarcastic
I am a Sabbath-day keeper, who is not Jewish nor 7th Day Adventist
I am completely head-over-heels in love with my Savior and King!
I want a pony
I want a puppy
I hate peas
I hate rainy days
I am a sunshine and puppies, and butterflies and bubbles kind of gal.
I love making up words.
I love crazy quotes
I write mysteries
I am nicknamed Rabbit after Rabbit from the Winnie-the-Pooh books
My favorite singer is Michael Buble
I am a planner
I like lists
I laugh way too easily
I cry over WWII movies
I have a thing for Medics in WWII movies
I am half extrovert, half introvert
If I were to be a character from the "Anne" series by L. M. Montgomery, I'd be Phillippa Gordan.
I have an Anne/Diana friendship with the most awesome girl on the planet
I have about eight best friends. It is possible.
I am a fan of the music from Glee.
I am a jeans and t-shirt kind of gal.
I am a fan of bare feet!
I am a bit of a feminist...don't worry, I only hate guys every blue moon. *wink*
I have started the FFFFFF (Fellow Fearless Feminists Fighting For Freedom) Club. (Yes, this is a joke...)
I am crazy in love with the books: James, I & II Corinthians in the Bible right now.
I am a children's writer.
I am an aspiring photographer.
I have a best friend who is a guy. Yup.
I hate the color pink, except on a rose.
I love purple and blue eye shadow.
I feel naked without nail polish.
I am crazy on caffeine.
I am in love with mocha iced lattes.
I love coffee
I love accents (especially British ones)
I love photography
I love writing
I love children's books
I work at a library
I love daffodils
I love bright colors
I love talking
I love laughing
I love jokes
I love music
I wear black nail polish
I am not a goth
I wear several hair elastics, a purple wristwatch, a silly bandz, and a charm bracelet on my left wrist but nothing on my right wrist.
I have crazy, curly hair
I am sarcastic
I am a Sabbath-day keeper, who is not Jewish nor 7th Day Adventist
I am completely head-over-heels in love with my Savior and King!
I want a pony
I want a puppy
I hate peas
I hate rainy days
I am a sunshine and puppies, and butterflies and bubbles kind of gal.
I love making up words.
I love crazy quotes
I write mysteries
I am nicknamed Rabbit after Rabbit from the Winnie-the-Pooh books
My favorite singer is Michael Buble
I am a planner
I like lists
I laugh way too easily
I cry over WWII movies
I have a thing for Medics in WWII movies
I am half extrovert, half introvert
If I were to be a character from the "Anne" series by L. M. Montgomery, I'd be Phillippa Gordan.
I have an Anne/Diana friendship with the most awesome girl on the planet
I have about eight best friends. It is possible.
I am a fan of the music from Glee.
I am a jeans and t-shirt kind of gal.
I am a fan of bare feet!
I am a bit of a feminist...don't worry, I only hate guys every blue moon. *wink*
I have started the FFFFFF (Fellow Fearless Feminists Fighting For Freedom) Club. (Yes, this is a joke...)
I am crazy in love with the books: James, I & II Corinthians in the Bible right now.
I am a children's writer.
I am an aspiring photographer.
I have a best friend who is a guy. Yup.
I hate the color pink, except on a rose.
I love purple and blue eye shadow.
I feel naked without nail polish.
I am crazy on caffeine.
I am in love with mocha iced lattes.
Bub or The Very Best Thing by Natalie Babbitt
As a part-time employee in the children's room at my local library, I am always running across all these great children's books. I cannot begin to say how much I LOVE children's pictures books. They are pure awesomeness.And "Bub" by Natalie Babbitt is one of my favorites. It's not my most favorite children's book, but it is an adorable story with adorable illustrations.
The King and Queen disagree about the best way to raise their darling Prince son. The King thinks that toys will make the Prince turn out soft and silly, while the Queen thinks that too many lessons will make him dry and dusty. What they do agree on is that they want the very best for him. But what IS the very best thing for him? They set out to discover, each in their own way, the answer to the puzzling question. The King goes to look for the answer in his books, while the Queen walks around the castle asking each person she bumps into what they think. Is it really vegetables and plenty of sleep like the nurses say? Or songs like the Court Musician recommends? When the kitchen maid suggests they simply ask the Prince what the best thing they can give him is...His answer is "Bub". But what exactly does "Bub" mean?
As I said, "Bub" is an adorable story...the illustrations are colorful and bright and beautiful. It is one that I have since added to my own, personal library.
Day #30 of a Meme.
Day 30 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Writing for NaNoWriMo is a challenge for me. I know, sometimes, I may say that it's easy and I rave about how much I love it. But it is a challenge for me, and there are days where I hate it...there are days when I simply do not want to write. And that is where it becomes a challenge for me. The challenge isn't when I get stuck in writing or have writer's block...when I come to those, I just throw in an extra murder and get past it. It's when I do not feel like writing that I get challenged. Because, then at that point, the only way I continue is by disclipline.
I am very lazy and do not like being discliplined. It's hard for me to simply get up at the same time every morning! Or to even eat breakfast every day! Disclipline is hard.
But every year, during NaNoWriMo, I have the pressure on me...I am so competitive, that I feel if I do not reach the end, then I'm a failure. And so, the dread of being a failure overcomes the desire to give in and not be discliplined.
Shouldn't it be that way about everything I do in life? That I push myself in that way for everything...that I do not give up in my walk with God. My walk with God is like a competition...it is even likened to a race in His Word. It is something to be discliplined in, and if I give up, it's failing in the race.
Here I am, competing in a competition where the prize is merely the honor of saying that I wrote 50,000 words in one month...maybe I get a free, published copy of my book...maybe I get a banner declaring me a winner. But all in all, what is that all worth? Nothing!
Compare that to the prize I will win at the end of the spiritual race! Eternal life! In the presence of God!
And now, compare which of the two competitions I show more disclipline in! Ouch. Wake up call!!
And just how often am I like that in all the competitions in my life? Am I more discliplined in the competition of pursuing my dreams than in pursuing God?
Am I more discliplined in pursuing the things of this world than in pursuing in God?
OUCH. Wake up call again!
I'm discovering more and more, that I am most discliplined in pursuing things for myself, for my comfort, than I am in pursuing God.
I can't merely say that I can't be that discliplined...because I prove that I can be discliplined when I don't even want to be! When I don't want to write, I still move on with my writing...all for the sake of avoiding being a failure. If I can do that, surely, I can be discliplined enough in my race for a life with God! Which is more important? Failure in a writing race? Or failure in the most important race of my life?
The choice is up to me...I know it's IN me to choose to become discliplined. I may not have the strength to keep it up, but that's where I get a benefit! God is there to give me the strength I need! See, I even get help when I need it! But it's me who has to make the decision to actually choose to even compete. And it's up to me to bide by that decision.
Anywho, sorry for the ramble...just some thoughts that have been running loose in my head! :) And, the meme DID say I could write whatever I fancied. :D
Writing for NaNoWriMo is a challenge for me. I know, sometimes, I may say that it's easy and I rave about how much I love it. But it is a challenge for me, and there are days where I hate it...there are days when I simply do not want to write. And that is where it becomes a challenge for me. The challenge isn't when I get stuck in writing or have writer's block...when I come to those, I just throw in an extra murder and get past it. It's when I do not feel like writing that I get challenged. Because, then at that point, the only way I continue is by disclipline.
I am very lazy and do not like being discliplined. It's hard for me to simply get up at the same time every morning! Or to even eat breakfast every day! Disclipline is hard.
But every year, during NaNoWriMo, I have the pressure on me...I am so competitive, that I feel if I do not reach the end, then I'm a failure. And so, the dread of being a failure overcomes the desire to give in and not be discliplined.
Shouldn't it be that way about everything I do in life? That I push myself in that way for everything...that I do not give up in my walk with God. My walk with God is like a competition...it is even likened to a race in His Word. It is something to be discliplined in, and if I give up, it's failing in the race.
Here I am, competing in a competition where the prize is merely the honor of saying that I wrote 50,000 words in one month...maybe I get a free, published copy of my book...maybe I get a banner declaring me a winner. But all in all, what is that all worth? Nothing!
Compare that to the prize I will win at the end of the spiritual race! Eternal life! In the presence of God!
And now, compare which of the two competitions I show more disclipline in! Ouch. Wake up call!!
And just how often am I like that in all the competitions in my life? Am I more discliplined in the competition of pursuing my dreams than in pursuing God?
Am I more discliplined in pursuing the things of this world than in pursuing in God?
OUCH. Wake up call again!
I'm discovering more and more, that I am most discliplined in pursuing things for myself, for my comfort, than I am in pursuing God.
I can't merely say that I can't be that discliplined...because I prove that I can be discliplined when I don't even want to be! When I don't want to write, I still move on with my writing...all for the sake of avoiding being a failure. If I can do that, surely, I can be discliplined enough in my race for a life with God! Which is more important? Failure in a writing race? Or failure in the most important race of my life?
The choice is up to me...I know it's IN me to choose to become discliplined. I may not have the strength to keep it up, but that's where I get a benefit! God is there to give me the strength I need! See, I even get help when I need it! But it's me who has to make the decision to actually choose to even compete. And it's up to me to bide by that decision.
Anywho, sorry for the ramble...just some thoughts that have been running loose in my head! :) And, the meme DID say I could write whatever I fancied. :D
Saturday, November 13, 2010
Day #29 of a Meme.
Day 29 → Hopes, dreams and plans for the next 365 days
Okay. Find a job.
Either go to school OR take private photography classes OR both.
Get contacts.
Drive more. Get my first car.
Draw closer to God.
Um...survive the weddingness.
NOT make a fool of myself at my sis's wedding, especially as the maid of honor.
And finally: get myself a rich, handsome, British boyfriend. lol. Sorry, I just had to throw it in. :P
OR! Better yet! A tall, smucho, mucho, macho cutey with a shot of beast and a dash of danger! Yeeeeeeeeeeeees. :D
Okay. Find a job.
Either go to school OR take private photography classes OR both.
Get contacts.
Drive more. Get my first car.
Draw closer to God.
Um...survive the weddingness.
NOT make a fool of myself at my sis's wedding, especially as the maid of honor.
And finally: get myself a rich, handsome, British boyfriend. lol. Sorry, I just had to throw it in. :P
OR! Better yet! A tall, smucho, mucho, macho cutey with a shot of beast and a dash of danger! Yeeeeeeeeeeeees. :D
Day #28 of a Meme.
Day 28 → This year, in great detail
What? You gotta be kidding, right?
Ugh. Okay, let's see...my bro went off to the air force. Miss him.
My best friend came down for several days and I got to hang with her. Love that gal.
Still working at the library.
Had another best friend over for a weekend. Love that gal.
Got my ear pierced. Hung out with friends. Worked. Did photo shoots. Started a photography course. Re-did my room. Had a blastastical birthday party. Stayed with some bestest friends for a couple days. Am turning 21. My sis got engaged. My bro got engaged. Thus, wedding plans! A couple BBQs...
Yeah, my year. Not much in it...but it was a pretty good year. :)
What? You gotta be kidding, right?
Ugh. Okay, let's see...my bro went off to the air force. Miss him.
My best friend came down for several days and I got to hang with her. Love that gal.
Still working at the library.
Had another best friend over for a weekend. Love that gal.
Got my ear pierced. Hung out with friends. Worked. Did photo shoots. Started a photography course. Re-did my room. Had a blastastical birthday party. Stayed with some bestest friends for a couple days. Am turning 21. My sis got engaged. My bro got engaged. Thus, wedding plans! A couple BBQs...
Yeah, my year. Not much in it...but it was a pretty good year. :)
Day #27 of a Meme.
Day 27 → This month, in great detail
Sheesh, another one?
Um...well, there's not much details to give. Lots of writing. Some wedding plans! My sis is getting married, so that means going wedding dress shopping and bridesmaid dress shopping!
Two day vacation with friends = total awesomeness.
And...lots of writing so far. Yup. Later this month there'll be birthdayness! Yay! I turn twenty-one, and my future bro-in-law is taking me into Boston for an evening out. Um, my bestie is giving me what is supposedly the "best bday present" I'll ever get. Um...I'm giving myself a bday gift. I get to go dress shopping (wah). And I want to go ice skating! :D
Then there's Thanksgiving! W00t! :D
And that's my month.
Sheesh, another one?
Um...well, there's not much details to give. Lots of writing. Some wedding plans! My sis is getting married, so that means going wedding dress shopping and bridesmaid dress shopping!
Two day vacation with friends = total awesomeness.
And...lots of writing so far. Yup. Later this month there'll be birthdayness! Yay! I turn twenty-one, and my future bro-in-law is taking me into Boston for an evening out. Um, my bestie is giving me what is supposedly the "best bday present" I'll ever get. Um...I'm giving myself a bday gift. I get to go dress shopping (wah). And I want to go ice skating! :D
Then there's Thanksgiving! W00t! :D
And that's my month.
Day #26 of a Meme.
Day 26 → Your week, in great detail
Okay...let's see.
Sunday - I wrote all day. Literally. I got 8,000 words written then hit my dead spot at like 5:00 p.m. and couldn't write anymore. So instead, I watched "Gilmore Girls".
Monday - I babysat the kiddos in the morning, while still writing. Then I went to work, then to staff meeting, back home, and did more writing.
Tuesday - I went to work in the morning (was on desk duty), came home for about an hour or so, went back to work....came home, started packing my bag, did laundry, ate supper, etc. As soon as Krista got home, I took her car and ran out to the grocery store, came back home and finished packing, then did a little writing in the evening.
Wednesday - I got up early, showered, dressed, finished packing my bags, and Mom drove moi and Olivia halfway down to CT, where our friends picked us up and drove us the rest of the way to their house. At their house, there were hugs galore then we talked, watched a movie, ate lunch, talked, hung out, Maddie & I did some word wars, played a word game then Scrabble, oh, yes, and we made a yummy dessert...we watched an episode of "Lark Rise to Candleford" while the boys made pizza for supper. We ate the pizza (delicious!!) then tried to decide on movies to watch that night. We finally settled on renting "Leap Year", then watching "That Thing You Do". Once Maddie and Han got back with "Leap Year" we girls watched it with their parents and Joey.
As soon as it was done, the kiddies and the parents went upstairs, the girls kicked the boys into the basement, and we changed into our jammies, made REAL coffee (note: this was at 10:00 p.m.), ate some dessert, and settled onto the couch to let the caffeine kick in while we watched "That Thing You Do". Boy, did the caffeine kick in. After the movie, we were up til 2:00 singing and dancing to music. Then we hopped into our beds, shut off the lights, and stayed up til 4:00 talking.
Thursday - We woke up at 8:30, sat in our beds talking for a bit, then got up and had breakfast...got dressed, and sat around lounging and talking. Just relaxing...I read a couple books to the kiddies, and watched some of "Batman and Robin". Then we had lunch, afterward, sat around playing a Quote game, then watched some old, home videos...then we headed outside for a photo shoot and some funness. Back inside to sit around and talk and read books to the kiddies, which is when Mom arrived. We all had supper together, and sat and talked for a while, then it was time to leave. We packed up the car, hugged everyone, and drove away. *sniff* When I got home, I put my stuff in my room, hugged Juji, and uploaded all my photos while watching "That Thing You Do" with Mom.
Friday - Got up early to get ready for work, uploaded more pics onto Facebook, headed off to work...at work, I shelved books, prepared new books, checked in books, looked up books, tidied shelves...after work, I ate lunch, made bread dough, cleaned/washed the upstairs bathroom, ironed my clothes for Sabbath, braided the bread dough, then did devotions with the fam. for the start of Sabbath. Then it was supper time. After supper, I wrote 3,000 words. Then talked to Dad. Then went online. Then went to bed. Heh.
Saturday - So far, I've only gotten up, drank my coffee, and gotten online. We'll see what happens later. :P
Okay...let's see.
Sunday - I wrote all day. Literally. I got 8,000 words written then hit my dead spot at like 5:00 p.m. and couldn't write anymore. So instead, I watched "Gilmore Girls".
Monday - I babysat the kiddos in the morning, while still writing. Then I went to work, then to staff meeting, back home, and did more writing.
Tuesday - I went to work in the morning (was on desk duty), came home for about an hour or so, went back to work....came home, started packing my bag, did laundry, ate supper, etc. As soon as Krista got home, I took her car and ran out to the grocery store, came back home and finished packing, then did a little writing in the evening.
Wednesday - I got up early, showered, dressed, finished packing my bags, and Mom drove moi and Olivia halfway down to CT, where our friends picked us up and drove us the rest of the way to their house. At their house, there were hugs galore then we talked, watched a movie, ate lunch, talked, hung out, Maddie & I did some word wars, played a word game then Scrabble, oh, yes, and we made a yummy dessert...we watched an episode of "Lark Rise to Candleford" while the boys made pizza for supper. We ate the pizza (delicious!!) then tried to decide on movies to watch that night. We finally settled on renting "Leap Year", then watching "That Thing You Do". Once Maddie and Han got back with "Leap Year" we girls watched it with their parents and Joey.
As soon as it was done, the kiddies and the parents went upstairs, the girls kicked the boys into the basement, and we changed into our jammies, made REAL coffee (note: this was at 10:00 p.m.), ate some dessert, and settled onto the couch to let the caffeine kick in while we watched "That Thing You Do". Boy, did the caffeine kick in. After the movie, we were up til 2:00 singing and dancing to music. Then we hopped into our beds, shut off the lights, and stayed up til 4:00 talking.
Thursday - We woke up at 8:30, sat in our beds talking for a bit, then got up and had breakfast...got dressed, and sat around lounging and talking. Just relaxing...I read a couple books to the kiddies, and watched some of "Batman and Robin". Then we had lunch, afterward, sat around playing a Quote game, then watched some old, home videos...then we headed outside for a photo shoot and some funness. Back inside to sit around and talk and read books to the kiddies, which is when Mom arrived. We all had supper together, and sat and talked for a while, then it was time to leave. We packed up the car, hugged everyone, and drove away. *sniff* When I got home, I put my stuff in my room, hugged Juji, and uploaded all my photos while watching "That Thing You Do" with Mom.
Friday - Got up early to get ready for work, uploaded more pics onto Facebook, headed off to work...at work, I shelved books, prepared new books, checked in books, looked up books, tidied shelves...after work, I ate lunch, made bread dough, cleaned/washed the upstairs bathroom, ironed my clothes for Sabbath, braided the bread dough, then did devotions with the fam. for the start of Sabbath. Then it was supper time. After supper, I wrote 3,000 words. Then talked to Dad. Then went online. Then went to bed. Heh.
Saturday - So far, I've only gotten up, drank my coffee, and gotten online. We'll see what happens later. :P
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
Day #25 of a Meme.
Day 25 → Your day, in great detail
Okay, so since today is just starting, I'll do yesterday.
I set my alarm for 7:00 Sunday night, but slept through my alarm and did not get up until 8:30...yes, I was thoroughly lazy. I climbed out of bed, grabbed my ipod, started a load of laundry, went and exercised, got a drink, read my Bible, went online, started writing the blogpost I did yesterday, stopped to do devotions with the fam., finished my blogpost, showered, dressed, fixed my hair, babysat the kids while Mom took Nate and Mia to the dentist...while babysitting, I worked on my NaNoWriMo story, all the while texting a couple people. Then I practiced the piano a bit, worked some more on my story...then Mom got home, and I worked more on my story. (Yes, worked on my story constantly and only got 3,000 words yesterday. I am ashamed.) Lunch time...made my lunch, ate my lunch, then brought Juliana up for a nap while STILL working on my story. Afterward, I came downstairs, packed up my bag for work (water bottle, umbrella, and any stuff that I needed to return...), ate a pear, played on the piano again, then checked out a photographer's website that Mom sent me via e-mail. Then I brushed my teeth, grabbed my bag, and headed out the door. Walked the five minutes down to work, put my bag in the office, and began to sort books to put away. First I put away all the DVDs, then the VHS's, then the board books, then the fiction, then the jj fiction, then the non-fiction. When that was done, I put away a game some kids had left out, then did some straightening, checked stuff out to people, answered the phone, then sat thinking...
Then, I got to lock up at 5:30 and shut everything down before heading upstairs to the adult section of the library, where the staff meeting was. I grabbed my water bottle and and a chair and made myself comfortable. Sat and listened for the duration of the staff meeting, then walked home in the pitch black darkness of night. I got home, washed my hands, opened my mail, ate supper while reading a letter I had received, then brought my stuff upstairs. I grabbed a piece of Snickers, and my laptop and went downstairs. I uploaded one of my pictures to mom's Shutterfly account for her, then worked on my story again, while going on Facebook and texting several people. I chatted on AIM with some friends for a little bit, then buckled down and finished my last 800 words. Then I ran upstairs, kicked off my shoes, grabbed my blankie, and came back down to the recliner, where I sat and watched a couple episodes of Gilmore Girls while chatting with a few friends, and Skyping with another friend. Then, I closed up my laptop, went into the bathroom to wash my face...went upstairs, got into my pjs, brushed my teeth, set my alarm for 6:00, and climbed into my bed with my ipod...I listened to "Glee" until 11:30, turned my music off, prayed for a while, then next thing I knew I was waking up in a panic at 6:30 this morning, going, "NOOOOOOOOO. I SLEPT THROUGH MY STINKING ALARM."
:P
Okay, so since today is just starting, I'll do yesterday.
I set my alarm for 7:00 Sunday night, but slept through my alarm and did not get up until 8:30...yes, I was thoroughly lazy. I climbed out of bed, grabbed my ipod, started a load of laundry, went and exercised, got a drink, read my Bible, went online, started writing the blogpost I did yesterday, stopped to do devotions with the fam., finished my blogpost, showered, dressed, fixed my hair, babysat the kids while Mom took Nate and Mia to the dentist...while babysitting, I worked on my NaNoWriMo story, all the while texting a couple people. Then I practiced the piano a bit, worked some more on my story...then Mom got home, and I worked more on my story. (Yes, worked on my story constantly and only got 3,000 words yesterday. I am ashamed.) Lunch time...made my lunch, ate my lunch, then brought Juliana up for a nap while STILL working on my story. Afterward, I came downstairs, packed up my bag for work (water bottle, umbrella, and any stuff that I needed to return...), ate a pear, played on the piano again, then checked out a photographer's website that Mom sent me via e-mail. Then I brushed my teeth, grabbed my bag, and headed out the door. Walked the five minutes down to work, put my bag in the office, and began to sort books to put away. First I put away all the DVDs, then the VHS's, then the board books, then the fiction, then the jj fiction, then the non-fiction. When that was done, I put away a game some kids had left out, then did some straightening, checked stuff out to people, answered the phone, then sat thinking...
Then, I got to lock up at 5:30 and shut everything down before heading upstairs to the adult section of the library, where the staff meeting was. I grabbed my water bottle and and a chair and made myself comfortable. Sat and listened for the duration of the staff meeting, then walked home in the pitch black darkness of night. I got home, washed my hands, opened my mail, ate supper while reading a letter I had received, then brought my stuff upstairs. I grabbed a piece of Snickers, and my laptop and went downstairs. I uploaded one of my pictures to mom's Shutterfly account for her, then worked on my story again, while going on Facebook and texting several people. I chatted on AIM with some friends for a little bit, then buckled down and finished my last 800 words. Then I ran upstairs, kicked off my shoes, grabbed my blankie, and came back down to the recliner, where I sat and watched a couple episodes of Gilmore Girls while chatting with a few friends, and Skyping with another friend. Then, I closed up my laptop, went into the bathroom to wash my face...went upstairs, got into my pjs, brushed my teeth, set my alarm for 6:00, and climbed into my bed with my ipod...I listened to "Glee" until 11:30, turned my music off, prayed for a while, then next thing I knew I was waking up in a panic at 6:30 this morning, going, "NOOOOOOOOO. I SLEPT THROUGH MY STINKING ALARM."
:P
Monday, November 8, 2010
Day #24 of a Meme.
Day 24 → Whatever tickles your fancy
NaNoWriMo...why not? It's what my life has been wrapped around lately. So far this year, I've been told I'm: crazy, obsessed, beyond obsessed, and completely weird for writing three novels in all this year, let alone doing NaNoWriMo at all. My Dad's been telling me every day he's going to put "this NaNo thing to end!" So far, it has not been put to an end.
Three novels...that is 150,000 words in all. In one month. That's 5,000 words per day. Okay, so maybe it is a little crazy. I just wanted to see if I could do it. The first year I won, I managed to complete 50,000 days by Thanksgiving. My second year, I set out to write a one novel, but 100,000 words long instead of just 50,000. When I reached the 50,000 mark by the 20th, I realized I hated my story. So, with just ten days left of the month, I decided to write another novel 50,000 words, hoping that it would turn out better. And I did it. I wrote 100,000 words that year. I reached the 100,000 mark a couple hours before the midnight deadline on November 30th, 2009.
So, this year, I wanted to challenge myself even more...so I added on another 50,000, raising the bar to 150,000.
I'm actually finding it much easier than I thought it would be. 5,000 does seem like a lot to write per day...but I have a system. I'm writing three novels. So, one day I'll write 5,000+ words in one novel, the next day it'll be the next novel, and the next day the third novel...and so on over and over in that pattern. So every three days I return to the first novel, which by then I'll have figured out the next step in the story. It really does make it much easier to get so many words per day.
However, I do not think this is my best year story-wise. I am not impressed with my stories, and while I have fallen in love with several new characters, the stories are starting to grate on my nerves a bit on just the eighth day of NaNoWriMo. I know I will need to turn them around and figure out something to fall in love with them again, before I go absolutely crazy and decide to start them all over again.
Every year during NaNoWriMo, I rediscover just how competitive I can be. I set a word goal for myself each day, and if I do not reach that goal, then I become very crabby and very disappointed in myself. For instance, yesterday, I wanted to get 10,000 words written, reaching the 45,000 word mark, but it just did not happen. The halfway mark was easy enough, but after that, it went much more slowly. I managed to squeeze out another 3,000, but after that I just could not handle any more writing. Try staring at the computer screen all day with my eye sight and you'll understand. I gave myself a two hour break from writing, but it didn't help. By eight, I finally gave up trying to write, and decided to try relaxing (not that that worked either...I couldn't help but feel so disappointed that I could not even write 10,000 words in one day. Like I said, I am competitive. Too much for my own good, apparently.).
Today, my word goal is 7,000 words, but it's staff meeting at work tonight, so we shall see how much I can get accomplished before work, then after the staff meeting.
And what are my novels about? Well, like I said, there are three...and they are all mysteries. Again, another obsession of mine. Heh. It's not so much that I'm obsessed with mysteries, (I am, but that's not exactly the reason I chose all mysteries) but also that I find mysteries much easier to write than a normal novel. Normally, for NaNoWriMo, I just think up a brief plot and start writing with that. This year, I came a bit more prepared. I wrote down an outline of the plot, I listed a bunch of clues for my "detectives" to find, I wrote down a cast list, I made sure I had a solution for the mystery written down for each novel. I knew WHO the "bad guy" was, WHAT he or she did, WHY he or she did what they did, WHEN they did it, HOW they did it, and WHERE they did it.
(Note just to add: Titles are not definite, set in concrete. They may and will most likely be changed to suit the stories better once they are completed.)
It Ends in Murder: A Mark & Karrie Mystery: Book #3 in my Mark & Karrie series. (Book #4 was written last year...yeah, long story.) Set in Boston, Massachusetts during WWII, Mark & Karrie are a young couple, who team up together as a private detective team. In this particular mystery a few things were changed from the plans I drew up beforehand. Originally the mystery surrounded Mark's young cousin, then a young friend of his, but eventually it ended up being a complete stranger to Mark, but a good friend to Karrie's cousin Reggie.
Amelia Daniels is training to be a nurse at Boston City Hospital. She befriends a young woman who was in an accident in a factory at the Boston Naval Shipyard, where ships are repaired during WWII. As the woman recovers, Amelia bonds with her. Something is troubling the young woman, and finally she confides in Amelia with a secret that has been haunting her. The very next day, the woman is released from the hospital before Amelia can ask her any more questions. And when Amelia goes to the woman's apartment, she finds her dead. She cannot go to the police with the secret, so she calls Mark Ingleford for help instead, having heard about him from Reggie. She arranges a meeting with him, so that she can tell him what she knows. But she never shows up, and when Mark and Karrie investigate, they find she has disappeared altogether while another murder occurs. It's up to them to solve the mystery and find Amelia before she too is killed.
Snapshots
This is my modern-day mystery. Hayden Cooley is a young woman who goes off to school with her best friend. They share an apartment together, and are just starting to enjoy college-life when Hayden's world is turned upside down. As an introvert, she already finds it hard to deal with change. One day, she discovers an envelope full of candid photographs pushed under her apartment door. All of the pictures are of herself. First suspecting the young man from her photography class who just so happens to have a crush on her, Hayden puts it out of her mind. Until a week later when another envelope is shoved under her door. This time, the photographs are Polaroids of her inside her apartment...taken only minutes before being shoved under her door. Someone is stalking her, and she has no idea why.
Drawn to Death: An Eliora & Simon Mystery
Set in London & Eastborne, England in the late 1800s/early 1900s, my story is about twenty-year-old Eliora Gayle. Her mother died when she was very young, so she grew up with only a wealthy father for family. He, however, dies unexpectedly, and Eliora finds her new guardian to be her father's younger brother, the uncle she hasn't seen since she was a little girl. She must remain under her uncle's guardianship until her twenty-first birthday, when she is to become "of age" and inherit all of her father's wealth. Eliora is an obstinate, headstrong young woman, who embraces her new family. Her uncle is married to a widow, who had one son from her previous marriage. Simon...Eliora's step-cousin...is her total opposite, with his cheerful, laid back, and easy going nature. In spite of their differences, they become good friends. The mystery begins when Eliora begins to receive suitors. Each time a suitor comes to call, the poor young men are killed in horrible accidents only a day or so later. People begin to call Eliora a jinx, and meanwhile, Eliora cannot just pass the deaths off as accidents. It is too much of a coincidence for her to accept. With Simon's help, she is determined to find out the truth behind the deaths, and no one is going to stand in her way.
Maybe I make it sound like I don't find NaNoWriMo that difficult at all, but that's absolutely not true! NaNoWriMo is an enormous challenge! I have to literally push myself to actually write every single day. It calls for late nights, leaving you tiiiiiiiiiired, and it calls for you to actually THINK. Writing 5,000, even 1000 every single day is not so easy, especially if you've got writer's block! You're forced to stop and mull over your story...to try to get past the boring spots, you're forced to think through things and look at your story from different angles, trying to figure out which scenario would benefit your story the most. You can't just sit down and write. You have to know what you're going to write to actually get any writing done! And some days, your brain just does not want to think anymore! Here are some things I do to get my words done for the day:
Sam's Personal Crazy NaNo Tips (aka SPCNT):
QUOTES. You cannot begin to imagine how much of a help quotes can be! I will keep a note book or my laptop handy while watching movies, that way if I hear a quote I love or think is especially hilarious, I'll jot it down onto a list...and whenever I have writer's block in my story, I can go to my list, choose a quote and challenge myself to work it into my story somehow. This REALLY helps in getting past the writer's block, and yes, NaNo DOES allow it!
BREAKS. It is very important for me to get up, step away from my computer, and just walk around for a few minutes every hour or so. Otherwise, my eyes will start to glaze over and I get tired more quickly. Don't follow my example and be so competitive that you push yourself to the point of a migraine! Get up, get a drink, go for a walk, practice the piano for a little bit, read a book, eat a snack, go shower...do what it takes to clear your head a bit and relax your body.
HOTPACK. My new best friend. I don't know about any one else, but I find when I get wrapped up into my stories, I sit hunched over my laptop, my shoulders getting VERY tense as the mystery progresses. I get too involved with my stories, let's just say. *wink* So believe me, a hotpack is VERY welcome after a long day of writing!
WORD WARS. These things are amazing. What is a word war exactly? Well, it's where two people get together, and decide to challenge each other in writing. Set a timer for a certain amount of time (my friends and I usually stick to a 5-10 min. time period), and as soon as it starts, you both write like crazy in your story. When the timer beeps, you both count up how many words you wrote in that time, and whoever has written the most words has won the "Word War". This is also another great way to get past writer's block, as it challenges you to think of a solution much more quickly. So what if what you write is extremely silly? The point of NaNoWriMo is NOT to get quality but QUANTITY.
QUANTITY NOT QUALITY. Again, to repeat what I just said...NaNo is NOT about quality...it's not about writing a best-seller! It's merely a challenge to write as MUCH as you can in one month! It is about QUANTITY. So don't waste your time worrying about how much your story stinks! Forget about a good story...just write, write, write like crazy!
MOOD MUSIC. Music is one of my highest inspiration sources. It sets the mood for me, and really helps me set my scenes. I'm finding dark-sounding/epic-sounding soundtracks to be the genre of music for me this year. Trust me, it really helps with the mysteries!
SURPRISE. Whenever I get stuck in my stories, I just throw in an extra loop to my mystery...another murder is very popular with me, it seems. It really does give a TON of words and helps you get past the slums. But it doesn't necessarily have to be a murder. It could be a totally different kind of clue discovered by the detective. It could be a brand new character appearing on the scene. It could be the murderer actually confessing ahead of time! It could be a piano falling out of a window! It could be a duck flying by and hitting a window. It could be a crab latching onto the pant leg of my MC! It could be literally anything. The crazier the BETTER.
LONG CONVERSATIONS. Another fav. of mine...looooong, weird, crazy, stupid, silly, funny conversations between my characters. They may not make much sense, but in a way they give off the personalities of the characters, lighten up the stories, and make it actually fun to write! Arguments are great...you get to just go back and forth, back and forth with the characters for a while.
ENJOY THIS. Like I've said repeatedly, I am way too competitive. So, I know too well what it's like to get way too caught up in being MAJORLY serious over this contest. And that's NOT the point of NaNo. NaNo is not about being serious! Sure, NaNo is about being discliplined and dedicated to writing every day...but it's not meant to be a chore! It's supposed to be FUN. Don't ever get too caught up in being too serious about writing to ever let it become a chore instead of fun. Yeah, some days you're going to hate your story, and not feel like writing. Don't SWEAT it. And yeah, while pushing yourself is a good thing...don't become obsessed about it. Just sit down, think of something fun to add to your story, think of something different that will help you get the words down. Relax and enjoy this time to the fullest!
BE CRAZY. Yes. Be crazy. Go all out with your story. Do the unexpected. Love what you write. Love the craziness. Embrace the craziness. It only happens once a year!
And here I am rambling on and on about NaNo in a post when I really should be writing. Haha. Here I go! 43,000 words down, 107,000 to go. Happy writing, peeps.
NaNoWriMo...why not? It's what my life has been wrapped around lately. So far this year, I've been told I'm: crazy, obsessed, beyond obsessed, and completely weird for writing three novels in all this year, let alone doing NaNoWriMo at all. My Dad's been telling me every day he's going to put "this NaNo thing to end!" So far, it has not been put to an end.
Three novels...that is 150,000 words in all. In one month. That's 5,000 words per day. Okay, so maybe it is a little crazy. I just wanted to see if I could do it. The first year I won, I managed to complete 50,000 days by Thanksgiving. My second year, I set out to write a one novel, but 100,000 words long instead of just 50,000. When I reached the 50,000 mark by the 20th, I realized I hated my story. So, with just ten days left of the month, I decided to write another novel 50,000 words, hoping that it would turn out better. And I did it. I wrote 100,000 words that year. I reached the 100,000 mark a couple hours before the midnight deadline on November 30th, 2009.
So, this year, I wanted to challenge myself even more...so I added on another 50,000, raising the bar to 150,000.
I'm actually finding it much easier than I thought it would be. 5,000 does seem like a lot to write per day...but I have a system. I'm writing three novels. So, one day I'll write 5,000+ words in one novel, the next day it'll be the next novel, and the next day the third novel...and so on over and over in that pattern. So every three days I return to the first novel, which by then I'll have figured out the next step in the story. It really does make it much easier to get so many words per day.
However, I do not think this is my best year story-wise. I am not impressed with my stories, and while I have fallen in love with several new characters, the stories are starting to grate on my nerves a bit on just the eighth day of NaNoWriMo. I know I will need to turn them around and figure out something to fall in love with them again, before I go absolutely crazy and decide to start them all over again.
Every year during NaNoWriMo, I rediscover just how competitive I can be. I set a word goal for myself each day, and if I do not reach that goal, then I become very crabby and very disappointed in myself. For instance, yesterday, I wanted to get 10,000 words written, reaching the 45,000 word mark, but it just did not happen. The halfway mark was easy enough, but after that, it went much more slowly. I managed to squeeze out another 3,000, but after that I just could not handle any more writing. Try staring at the computer screen all day with my eye sight and you'll understand. I gave myself a two hour break from writing, but it didn't help. By eight, I finally gave up trying to write, and decided to try relaxing (not that that worked either...I couldn't help but feel so disappointed that I could not even write 10,000 words in one day. Like I said, I am competitive. Too much for my own good, apparently.).
Today, my word goal is 7,000 words, but it's staff meeting at work tonight, so we shall see how much I can get accomplished before work, then after the staff meeting.
And what are my novels about? Well, like I said, there are three...and they are all mysteries. Again, another obsession of mine. Heh. It's not so much that I'm obsessed with mysteries, (I am, but that's not exactly the reason I chose all mysteries) but also that I find mysteries much easier to write than a normal novel. Normally, for NaNoWriMo, I just think up a brief plot and start writing with that. This year, I came a bit more prepared. I wrote down an outline of the plot, I listed a bunch of clues for my "detectives" to find, I wrote down a cast list, I made sure I had a solution for the mystery written down for each novel. I knew WHO the "bad guy" was, WHAT he or she did, WHY he or she did what they did, WHEN they did it, HOW they did it, and WHERE they did it.
(Note just to add: Titles are not definite, set in concrete. They may and will most likely be changed to suit the stories better once they are completed.)
It Ends in Murder: A Mark & Karrie Mystery: Book #3 in my Mark & Karrie series. (Book #4 was written last year...yeah, long story.) Set in Boston, Massachusetts during WWII, Mark & Karrie are a young couple, who team up together as a private detective team. In this particular mystery a few things were changed from the plans I drew up beforehand. Originally the mystery surrounded Mark's young cousin, then a young friend of his, but eventually it ended up being a complete stranger to Mark, but a good friend to Karrie's cousin Reggie.
Amelia Daniels is training to be a nurse at Boston City Hospital. She befriends a young woman who was in an accident in a factory at the Boston Naval Shipyard, where ships are repaired during WWII. As the woman recovers, Amelia bonds with her. Something is troubling the young woman, and finally she confides in Amelia with a secret that has been haunting her. The very next day, the woman is released from the hospital before Amelia can ask her any more questions. And when Amelia goes to the woman's apartment, she finds her dead. She cannot go to the police with the secret, so she calls Mark Ingleford for help instead, having heard about him from Reggie. She arranges a meeting with him, so that she can tell him what she knows. But she never shows up, and when Mark and Karrie investigate, they find she has disappeared altogether while another murder occurs. It's up to them to solve the mystery and find Amelia before she too is killed.
Snapshots
This is my modern-day mystery. Hayden Cooley is a young woman who goes off to school with her best friend. They share an apartment together, and are just starting to enjoy college-life when Hayden's world is turned upside down. As an introvert, she already finds it hard to deal with change. One day, she discovers an envelope full of candid photographs pushed under her apartment door. All of the pictures are of herself. First suspecting the young man from her photography class who just so happens to have a crush on her, Hayden puts it out of her mind. Until a week later when another envelope is shoved under her door. This time, the photographs are Polaroids of her inside her apartment...taken only minutes before being shoved under her door. Someone is stalking her, and she has no idea why.
Drawn to Death: An Eliora & Simon Mystery
Set in London & Eastborne, England in the late 1800s/early 1900s, my story is about twenty-year-old Eliora Gayle. Her mother died when she was very young, so she grew up with only a wealthy father for family. He, however, dies unexpectedly, and Eliora finds her new guardian to be her father's younger brother, the uncle she hasn't seen since she was a little girl. She must remain under her uncle's guardianship until her twenty-first birthday, when she is to become "of age" and inherit all of her father's wealth. Eliora is an obstinate, headstrong young woman, who embraces her new family. Her uncle is married to a widow, who had one son from her previous marriage. Simon...Eliora's step-cousin...is her total opposite, with his cheerful, laid back, and easy going nature. In spite of their differences, they become good friends. The mystery begins when Eliora begins to receive suitors. Each time a suitor comes to call, the poor young men are killed in horrible accidents only a day or so later. People begin to call Eliora a jinx, and meanwhile, Eliora cannot just pass the deaths off as accidents. It is too much of a coincidence for her to accept. With Simon's help, she is determined to find out the truth behind the deaths, and no one is going to stand in her way.
Maybe I make it sound like I don't find NaNoWriMo that difficult at all, but that's absolutely not true! NaNoWriMo is an enormous challenge! I have to literally push myself to actually write every single day. It calls for late nights, leaving you tiiiiiiiiiired, and it calls for you to actually THINK. Writing 5,000, even 1000 every single day is not so easy, especially if you've got writer's block! You're forced to stop and mull over your story...to try to get past the boring spots, you're forced to think through things and look at your story from different angles, trying to figure out which scenario would benefit your story the most. You can't just sit down and write. You have to know what you're going to write to actually get any writing done! And some days, your brain just does not want to think anymore! Here are some things I do to get my words done for the day:
Sam's Personal Crazy NaNo Tips (aka SPCNT):
QUOTES. You cannot begin to imagine how much of a help quotes can be! I will keep a note book or my laptop handy while watching movies, that way if I hear a quote I love or think is especially hilarious, I'll jot it down onto a list...and whenever I have writer's block in my story, I can go to my list, choose a quote and challenge myself to work it into my story somehow. This REALLY helps in getting past the writer's block, and yes, NaNo DOES allow it!
BREAKS. It is very important for me to get up, step away from my computer, and just walk around for a few minutes every hour or so. Otherwise, my eyes will start to glaze over and I get tired more quickly. Don't follow my example and be so competitive that you push yourself to the point of a migraine! Get up, get a drink, go for a walk, practice the piano for a little bit, read a book, eat a snack, go shower...do what it takes to clear your head a bit and relax your body.
HOTPACK. My new best friend. I don't know about any one else, but I find when I get wrapped up into my stories, I sit hunched over my laptop, my shoulders getting VERY tense as the mystery progresses. I get too involved with my stories, let's just say. *wink* So believe me, a hotpack is VERY welcome after a long day of writing!
WORD WARS. These things are amazing. What is a word war exactly? Well, it's where two people get together, and decide to challenge each other in writing. Set a timer for a certain amount of time (my friends and I usually stick to a 5-10 min. time period), and as soon as it starts, you both write like crazy in your story. When the timer beeps, you both count up how many words you wrote in that time, and whoever has written the most words has won the "Word War". This is also another great way to get past writer's block, as it challenges you to think of a solution much more quickly. So what if what you write is extremely silly? The point of NaNoWriMo is NOT to get quality but QUANTITY.
QUANTITY NOT QUALITY. Again, to repeat what I just said...NaNo is NOT about quality...it's not about writing a best-seller! It's merely a challenge to write as MUCH as you can in one month! It is about QUANTITY. So don't waste your time worrying about how much your story stinks! Forget about a good story...just write, write, write like crazy!
MOOD MUSIC. Music is one of my highest inspiration sources. It sets the mood for me, and really helps me set my scenes. I'm finding dark-sounding/epic-sounding soundtracks to be the genre of music for me this year. Trust me, it really helps with the mysteries!
SURPRISE. Whenever I get stuck in my stories, I just throw in an extra loop to my mystery...another murder is very popular with me, it seems. It really does give a TON of words and helps you get past the slums. But it doesn't necessarily have to be a murder. It could be a totally different kind of clue discovered by the detective. It could be a brand new character appearing on the scene. It could be the murderer actually confessing ahead of time! It could be a piano falling out of a window! It could be a duck flying by and hitting a window. It could be a crab latching onto the pant leg of my MC! It could be literally anything. The crazier the BETTER.
LONG CONVERSATIONS. Another fav. of mine...looooong, weird, crazy, stupid, silly, funny conversations between my characters. They may not make much sense, but in a way they give off the personalities of the characters, lighten up the stories, and make it actually fun to write! Arguments are great...you get to just go back and forth, back and forth with the characters for a while.
ENJOY THIS. Like I've said repeatedly, I am way too competitive. So, I know too well what it's like to get way too caught up in being MAJORLY serious over this contest. And that's NOT the point of NaNo. NaNo is not about being serious! Sure, NaNo is about being discliplined and dedicated to writing every day...but it's not meant to be a chore! It's supposed to be FUN. Don't ever get too caught up in being too serious about writing to ever let it become a chore instead of fun. Yeah, some days you're going to hate your story, and not feel like writing. Don't SWEAT it. And yeah, while pushing yourself is a good thing...don't become obsessed about it. Just sit down, think of something fun to add to your story, think of something different that will help you get the words down. Relax and enjoy this time to the fullest!
BE CRAZY. Yes. Be crazy. Go all out with your story. Do the unexpected. Love what you write. Love the craziness. Embrace the craziness. It only happens once a year!
And here I am rambling on and on about NaNo in a post when I really should be writing. Haha. Here I go! 43,000 words down, 107,000 to go. Happy writing, peeps.
Sunday, November 7, 2010
Day #23 of a meme.
Day 23 → A YouTube video
Okay! Okay!! I confess!! I am a die-hard Robin Hood fan. *sheepish* I nearly cried the first time I saw Marian died, and then actually DID cry the 2nd time I watched it. *sniffs* And I had...(er have...) a massive crush on Robin Hood. ;) lo
Okay! Okay!! I confess!! I am a die-hard Robin Hood fan. *sheepish* I nearly cried the first time I saw Marian died, and then actually DID cry the 2nd time I watched it. *sniffs* And I had...(er have...) a massive crush on Robin Hood. ;) lo
Saturday, November 6, 2010
Day #22 of Meme.
Day 22 → A website
jamiedelaineblog.com
Okay, I seriously love that blog. Jamie Delaine is photographer (my age!!) in Canada, and her blog is made out of awesome. Beautiful photos and...hilarious, encouraging, and interesting blog posts about her life. She has a talent for writing as well as photography, and I love the fact that she's so in love with God that she has no fears about proclaiming it all over her blog. I give this blog five stars. ;)
jamiedelaineblog.com
Okay, I seriously love that blog. Jamie Delaine is photographer (my age!!) in Canada, and her blog is made out of awesome. Beautiful photos and...hilarious, encouraging, and interesting blog posts about her life. She has a talent for writing as well as photography, and I love the fact that she's so in love with God that she has no fears about proclaiming it all over her blog. I give this blog five stars. ;)
Friday, November 5, 2010
Day #22 of a Meme.
Day 21 → A recipe
All right. A recipe...here you go!
Cucumber Sandwiches
1 8oz package cream cheeses, softened
1/4 C mayonnaise
1 Tbs snipped fresh dill
1 Tbs lemon juice
1/2 tsp Worcestershire sauce
1/8 tsp cayenne pepper
Mix all ingredients thoroughly. Spread lightly on two slices of bread. Place a layer of thinly slices cucumber on one slice and top with the other. Cut off crust and cut diagonally or into quarters.
All right. A recipe...here you go!
Cucumber Sandwiches
1 8oz package cream cheeses, softened
1/4 C mayonnaise
1 Tbs snipped fresh dill
1 Tbs lemon juice
1/2 tsp Worcestershire sauce
1/8 tsp cayenne pepper
Mix all ingredients thoroughly. Spread lightly on two slices of bread. Place a layer of thinly slices cucumber on one slice and top with the other. Cut off crust and cut diagonally or into quarters.
Thursday, November 4, 2010
Day #20 of a Meme.
Day 20 → A hobby of yours
A hobby? Uh...well, blogging. I like blogging...I know my posts haven't been all that spectacular lately...I'm totally blaming it on the fact that it's only 8:00 a.m., I got up at 6:00, exercised, showered, fixed my hair, ate breakfast, did my devotions, and am STILL not awake. I'm a very slow morning person, apparently...at least inwardly. Outwardly I may appear awake and functioning normally, but that's cuz I hide it so well. Really, if you watched me closely, you'd still me moving much slower than I move later in the day, you'd see that I'm not talking NEARLY as much...yeah, okay, getting off topic.
Hobbies. Playing the piano, crafty stuff...like knitting and crocheting and scrapbooking, reading...no exciting hobbies, I'm afraid.
A hobby? Uh...well, blogging. I like blogging...I know my posts haven't been all that spectacular lately...I'm totally blaming it on the fact that it's only 8:00 a.m., I got up at 6:00, exercised, showered, fixed my hair, ate breakfast, did my devotions, and am STILL not awake. I'm a very slow morning person, apparently...at least inwardly. Outwardly I may appear awake and functioning normally, but that's cuz I hide it so well. Really, if you watched me closely, you'd still me moving much slower than I move later in the day, you'd see that I'm not talking NEARLY as much...yeah, okay, getting off topic.
Hobbies. Playing the piano, crafty stuff...like knitting and crocheting and scrapbooking, reading...no exciting hobbies, I'm afraid.
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
Day #19 of a Meme.
Day 19 → A talent of yours
Okay, so talking to one of my dear friends, I asked her what my talents were...and she said writing. :D So I guess I should believe her. I've always loved to write and I know it comes a bit more easily to me than other people. I've always enjoyed participating in NaNoWriMo and coming up with my own stories. I certainly don't think I'm that talented in writing...I'm not a genius, and I don't think that my stories are all that great. But they come easily to me and I love writing them, so I stick to it. I especially love writing mysteries, which a lot of people tell me are too hard to write...but I love them and I find them easier to write than a normal story. I'm not saying I write good mysteries, because I don't. But I do love writing em. :D
Okay, so talking to one of my dear friends, I asked her what my talents were...and she said writing. :D So I guess I should believe her. I've always loved to write and I know it comes a bit more easily to me than other people. I've always enjoyed participating in NaNoWriMo and coming up with my own stories. I certainly don't think I'm that talented in writing...I'm not a genius, and I don't think that my stories are all that great. But they come easily to me and I love writing them, so I stick to it. I especially love writing mysteries, which a lot of people tell me are too hard to write...but I love them and I find them easier to write than a normal story. I'm not saying I write good mysteries, because I don't. But I do love writing em. :D
Tuesday, November 2, 2010
Day #18 of a Meme.
Day 18 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Random stuffage:
I am doing NaNoWriMo and have 7,000 words so far. I hope to double that later today.
It is COLD out. And my hands are freezing.
I am majorly tired. Sleeeeeep sounds wonderful.
I have this thing for oreos...I love em. Simple as that.
I wants to go ice skating. But first, she needs her own pair of skates.
I enjoyed the latest SH episode. Very interesting.
I am reading "City on Our Knees" by TobyMac.
I am listening to Glee.
I am loving my Eliora & Simon story for NaNo. It has the most words out of all three of my novels so far.
Random stuffage:
I am doing NaNoWriMo and have 7,000 words so far. I hope to double that later today.
It is COLD out. And my hands are freezing.
I am majorly tired. Sleeeeeep sounds wonderful.
I have this thing for oreos...I love em. Simple as that.
I wants to go ice skating. But first, she needs her own pair of skates.
I enjoyed the latest SH episode. Very interesting.
I am reading "City on Our Knees" by TobyMac.
I am listening to Glee.
I am loving my Eliora & Simon story for NaNo. It has the most words out of all three of my novels so far.
Sunday, October 31, 2010
Saturday, October 30, 2010
Day #15 of a Meme
Day 15 → A fanfic
I'm not a fan of fanfic. Hahaha. Sorry. Anyways, yeah, not a fan. I don't know, it's just...fanfics are trying to get the same feeling as the book and it drives me crazy because they never do. They don't have the FLAVOR of the original story and it's just WRONG to try to write someone else's story. It's a cheater's way of writing...take someone else's characters and don't come up with your own. ;) lol. Okay, okay, I'll admit it! I gave fanfiction a shot one time...I tried writing an Albert Campion fanfiction. Never finished it. :D It was just way too hard to write him and try to capture the Albert Campion of the movie series!
So, nope, no fanfic for me, thankyouverymuch! :)
I'm not a fan of fanfic. Hahaha. Sorry. Anyways, yeah, not a fan. I don't know, it's just...fanfics are trying to get the same feeling as the book and it drives me crazy because they never do. They don't have the FLAVOR of the original story and it's just WRONG to try to write someone else's story. It's a cheater's way of writing...take someone else's characters and don't come up with your own. ;) lol. Okay, okay, I'll admit it! I gave fanfiction a shot one time...I tried writing an Albert Campion fanfiction. Never finished it. :D It was just way too hard to write him and try to capture the Albert Campion of the movie series!
So, nope, no fanfic for me, thankyouverymuch! :)
Friday, October 29, 2010
Day #14 of a Meme
Day 14 → A non-fictional book
Yet another children's book...but I love this book to pieces! I've always been interested in Anastasia and the Romanov family. It's always fascinated me! This book is fascinating...not because it's a history book about the family...at least not in word-form. It is a history of sorts, but in photographs instead of the written word. It has photos of the Romanov family that I had never seen before...it gives you a glimpse into their lives, from when Anastasia was little to when she was a young woman. I highly recommend it! ;)
Yet another children's book...but I love this book to pieces! I've always been interested in Anastasia and the Romanov family. It's always fascinated me! This book is fascinating...not because it's a history book about the family...at least not in word-form. It is a history of sorts, but in photographs instead of the written word. It has photos of the Romanov family that I had never seen before...it gives you a glimpse into their lives, from when Anastasia was little to when she was a young woman. I highly recommend it! ;)
Thursday, October 28, 2010
Day #13 of a Meme.
Day 13 → A fictional book
Okay, so I'm this ENORMOUS children's books fan. No, really, I am! I love picture books! Some picture books are better than chapter books! And "The Pigeon Wants a Puppy" is NO exception!
Mo Willems is a genius, let me just put it that way. ;) He has this fabulous sense of humor that's great for kids! His stories are WONDERFUL for reading out loud...I should know! I've read "The Pigeon Wants a Puppy" to my little sisters more times than I can count, seriously. Mo Willems has also written the Pig & Elephant books and the KnuffleBunny books (both are also fab, especically the KnuffleBunny books! Go read em!) But the Pigeon books will always have a special place in my heart...they were my first Mo Willems books, and "The Pigeon Wants a Puppy" is my favorite. *heart*
Now, in the story, the Pigeon wants a puppy. Moooooooooooore than anything!! He begs, he pleads, he makes deals, he PROOOOOOOMISES to give the puppy water and sunshine EVEEEEEERY day! Then! He gets his wish! And things aren't quite what he imagined! It's cute, it's funny, the illustrations are so simple yet they capture the story so perfectly! The emotions of the Pigeon are fab...especially to read out loud. It's hilarious, to say the least.
So, yeah, BIG Pigeon fan here! Go read em!! :D
Okay, so I'm this ENORMOUS children's books fan. No, really, I am! I love picture books! Some picture books are better than chapter books! And "The Pigeon Wants a Puppy" is NO exception!
Mo Willems is a genius, let me just put it that way. ;) He has this fabulous sense of humor that's great for kids! His stories are WONDERFUL for reading out loud...I should know! I've read "The Pigeon Wants a Puppy" to my little sisters more times than I can count, seriously. Mo Willems has also written the Pig & Elephant books and the KnuffleBunny books (both are also fab, especically the KnuffleBunny books! Go read em!) But the Pigeon books will always have a special place in my heart...they were my first Mo Willems books, and "The Pigeon Wants a Puppy" is my favorite. *heart*
Now, in the story, the Pigeon wants a puppy. Moooooooooooore than anything!! He begs, he pleads, he makes deals, he PROOOOOOOMISES to give the puppy water and sunshine EVEEEEEERY day! Then! He gets his wish! And things aren't quite what he imagined! It's cute, it's funny, the illustrations are so simple yet they capture the story so perfectly! The emotions of the Pigeon are fab...especially to read out loud. It's hilarious, to say the least.
So, yeah, BIG Pigeon fan here! Go read em!! :D
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Day #12 of a Meme
Day 12 → Whatever tickles your fancy
It is a rainy day and very humid. I mean extremely humid. Ugh. Believe me, my hair hates me. lol.
Okay, so today I plan to:
Clean my room
Write a couple letters
Upload photos to my blog
Go to work
Journal
Start putting together a playlist of music for NaNo
Start putting together a list of quotes for NaNo
Random thoughts:
I do not like the rain. I always feel slightly depressed when it rains, because it brings back memories from horrible times.
I love my new photography t-shirt!
I'm loving re-reading I Corinthians!
God has shown me just how amazing He is in the past few days.
I have some pretty terrific friends.
My boss and co-worker always make me laugh, even when I'm most down in the dumps! Every time. I swear!
It is a rainy day and very humid. I mean extremely humid. Ugh. Believe me, my hair hates me. lol.
Okay, so today I plan to:
Clean my room
Write a couple letters
Upload photos to my blog
Go to work
Journal
Start putting together a playlist of music for NaNo
Start putting together a list of quotes for NaNo
Random thoughts:
I do not like the rain. I always feel slightly depressed when it rains, because it brings back memories from horrible times.
I love my new photography t-shirt!
I'm loving re-reading I Corinthians!
God has shown me just how amazing He is in the past few days.
I have some pretty terrific friends.
My boss and co-worker always make me laugh, even when I'm most down in the dumps! Every time. I swear!
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
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Friday, October 22, 2010
Day #7 of a Meme.
Day 07 → A photo that makes you happy
You'd think this was easy, but it's not...cuz there are SO many photos that make me happy! :P
This is a recent one that makes me happy...celebrating my birthday with so many of my closest and dearest friends. :)
You'd think this was easy, but it's not...cuz there are SO many photos that make me happy! :P
This is a recent one that makes me happy...celebrating my birthday with so many of my closest and dearest friends. :)
Thursday, October 21, 2010
Day #6 of a Meme.
Day 06 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Hm...what to write about! Okay, well, know that song from "You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown", "Happiness"? Okay, well, happiness might not be "two kinds of ice cream" for right now, but it would be...
Happiness is...
Strawberry yogurt
Claddagh rings
Favorite movies
Silver nail polish
Texting best friends
Silver eye shadow
SLEEPING IN (what does that feel like?? zzzz)
Ludovico Einaudi's "Nuvole Bianche"
New music!
NaNo plans
Hm...what to write about! Okay, well, know that song from "You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown", "Happiness"? Okay, well, happiness might not be "two kinds of ice cream" for right now, but it would be...
Happiness is...
Strawberry yogurt
Claddagh rings
Favorite movies
Silver nail polish
Texting best friends
Silver eye shadow
SLEEPING IN (what does that feel like?? zzzz)
Ludovico Einaudi's "Nuvole Bianche"
New music!
NaNo plans
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Day #5 of a Meme.
Day 05 → Your favourite quote
So many favorite quotes! I quote myself and my friends conversations a lot. If that just shows how much of an ego I have. *sheepish* No, but seriously, we have some pretty hysterical conversations...conversations that sometimes don't make ANY sense to anyone BUT ourselves! I keep threatening to make book of all our chat conversations. I'm positive it'd make for a very entertaining read, if not for anyone but ourselves. ;)
Like:
Amy: So anyways, Robin Hood is on his way to you!
Sam: for REAL???
Amy: For REAL!
Sam: SQUEE! Is he single??
Amy: He's in a nice little box, and yes he's single.
Sam: YAAAAY!
But I also like real quotes from...dead people. ;) Like
"We are all worms, but I intend to be a glow-worm." ~ Winston Churchill.
That's definitely one of my most favorite quotes ever. :)
So many favorite quotes! I quote myself and my friends conversations a lot. If that just shows how much of an ego I have. *sheepish* No, but seriously, we have some pretty hysterical conversations...conversations that sometimes don't make ANY sense to anyone BUT ourselves! I keep threatening to make book of all our chat conversations. I'm positive it'd make for a very entertaining read, if not for anyone but ourselves. ;)
Like:
Amy: So anyways, Robin Hood is on his way to you!
Sam: for REAL???
Amy: For REAL!
Sam: SQUEE! Is he single??
Amy: He's in a nice little box, and yes he's single.
Sam: YAAAAY!
But I also like real quotes from...dead people. ;) Like
"We are all worms, but I intend to be a glow-worm." ~ Winston Churchill.
That's definitely one of my most favorite quotes ever. :)
Day #4 of a Meme
Day 04 → Your favourite book
Yet another unfair question...let's see, what's my favorite book at the MOMENT. Hm...
I'm going to have to say "Nightbirds on Nantucket" at the moment. I'm not saying it's my favorite book ever...there are a TON of books I like better than it at the moment...but I was flipping through it yesterday afternoon and just remembering why I love that book so much! Yes, it's where I got the name for my blog...it's a quirky, funny story that is so unrealistic, it's believable. lol. It's part of a series, but it was the first book from the series that I had read, and when I had first read it, I didn't realize it was a series. So I *guess* you could say it stands on it's own...I had no trouble reading it, assuming it was a stand-alone. But, I mean, if you want to find out how and why Dido Twite was found in the ocean, then you'll have to read the previous books. :) Anywho, Dido Twite is a young girl who is found floating in the ocean, by a whaling ship. She is in a deep sleep and sleeps on for a looong time (so, yeah, can't remember how it was :P). When she does wake up, the Captain requests her help with his daughter. After her mother died, she locked herself inside his cabin and refused to come out. Dido's task is to befriend the shy Pen. While befriending her, Dido stumbles on a stowaway and a mystery that surrounds the first mate. The mystery follows them back to Nantucket, where things just go from bad to worse. Anywho, just read it. :D It's funny, it's quirky, it's charming. :) And! It has a pink whale. Lol. This is a horrid book review, but it's all I could come up with in two minutes!! So, yes, it's a children's book that I completely love to pieces. Literally. My first paperback copy is starting to shred. :P
Yet another unfair question...let's see, what's my favorite book at the MOMENT. Hm...
I'm going to have to say "Nightbirds on Nantucket" at the moment. I'm not saying it's my favorite book ever...there are a TON of books I like better than it at the moment...but I was flipping through it yesterday afternoon and just remembering why I love that book so much! Yes, it's where I got the name for my blog...it's a quirky, funny story that is so unrealistic, it's believable. lol. It's part of a series, but it was the first book from the series that I had read, and when I had first read it, I didn't realize it was a series. So I *guess* you could say it stands on it's own...I had no trouble reading it, assuming it was a stand-alone. But, I mean, if you want to find out how and why Dido Twite was found in the ocean, then you'll have to read the previous books. :) Anywho, Dido Twite is a young girl who is found floating in the ocean, by a whaling ship. She is in a deep sleep and sleeps on for a looong time (so, yeah, can't remember how it was :P). When she does wake up, the Captain requests her help with his daughter. After her mother died, she locked herself inside his cabin and refused to come out. Dido's task is to befriend the shy Pen. While befriending her, Dido stumbles on a stowaway and a mystery that surrounds the first mate. The mystery follows them back to Nantucket, where things just go from bad to worse. Anywho, just read it. :D It's funny, it's quirky, it's charming. :) And! It has a pink whale. Lol. This is a horrid book review, but it's all I could come up with in two minutes!! So, yes, it's a children's book that I completely love to pieces. Literally. My first paperback copy is starting to shred. :P
Monday, October 18, 2010
Day #3 of a Meme.
Day 03 → Your favourite television program
My favorite? Hm. Well, I love my mystery shows. :D Psych, NCIS, Burn Notice, White Collar, Lie to Me, The Mentalist...as to my favorite? Oh, gosh. That's hard. I love the first couple seasons of Psych, but sadly, the last couple have been "eeeh". It's getting kinda old. White Collar though...ohGOSH! Talk about CLIFF-hanger! Sheesh. I'm really looking forward to when it picks up again! :D It's got the humor, it's got the wicked cute "hero", a plot that has kept me really interested (I have my own theories about it all *wink*)...um, I really like "The Mentalist"...great humor with the underlining mystery that has me reaaaally wanting more. I'm so hoping it doesn't end badly, because I really really liked the first season! :P Um, NCIS...I guess I'd have to say at the moment NCIS is my favorite show...oh, wait! No! Second favorite. :D At the moment. lol. It's so interesting to watch, I LOVE the characters...my personal favorite? Abby, the goth lab chick. Yup. :D She's made of awesome! And Gibbs! And Ziva! And McGee! And Tony! And Ducky! They're all great. :D
And my favorite tv show at the moment?? Dr. Who!!!!!!!!!! At least, the 3 seasons with David Tennant. BEST doctor EVER. But then, I haven't seen the new doctor yet. But I'm REALLY itching for season 5! :D
My favorite? Hm. Well, I love my mystery shows. :D Psych, NCIS, Burn Notice, White Collar, Lie to Me, The Mentalist...as to my favorite? Oh, gosh. That's hard. I love the first couple seasons of Psych, but sadly, the last couple have been "eeeh". It's getting kinda old. White Collar though...ohGOSH! Talk about CLIFF-hanger! Sheesh. I'm really looking forward to when it picks up again! :D It's got the humor, it's got the wicked cute "hero", a plot that has kept me really interested (I have my own theories about it all *wink*)...um, I really like "The Mentalist"...great humor with the underlining mystery that has me reaaaally wanting more. I'm so hoping it doesn't end badly, because I really really liked the first season! :P Um, NCIS...I guess I'd have to say at the moment NCIS is my favorite show...oh, wait! No! Second favorite. :D At the moment. lol. It's so interesting to watch, I LOVE the characters...my personal favorite? Abby, the goth lab chick. Yup. :D She's made of awesome! And Gibbs! And Ziva! And McGee! And Tony! And Ducky! They're all great. :D
And my favorite tv show at the moment?? Dr. Who!!!!!!!!!! At least, the 3 seasons with David Tennant. BEST doctor EVER. But then, I haven't seen the new doctor yet. But I'm REALLY itching for season 5! :D
Sunday, October 17, 2010
Day #2 of a Meme
Day 02 → Your favourite movie
Again, another hard question...I have so many favorites I don't think I COULD pick one. Hmm...I REALLY like "Saints & Soldiers" (*cries eyes out*) and the new BBC "Emma" *grin*.
I'm a sucker for WWII movies...seriously. (And it appears I have a "thing" for medics too! *wink*) I love em! I really do! They fascinate me! They're the movies that actually make me bawl my eyes out (I'm not a movie-bawling person...I'm not even really a movie-crying person!). "Saving Private Ryan", "Band of Brothers", "Flags of Our Fathers", "Life is Beautiful", "Saints & Soldiers"...and soon, I shall be watching "Letters from Iwo Jima" for the first time. :D
Now, about "Emma"...well, "Emma" is my favorite Jane Austen! I wouldn't say favorite book...because I don't think it's my favorite book. When it comes to the books I love "Sense & Sensibility", "Persuasion", AND "Emma" all too much to choose between those three. Movie-wise, I definitely like "Emma" the best. But, of course, like any other story that's been made soooooooo many times into a movie, they haven't QUITE gotten it perfect. Now, if they had Jeremy Northam in the latest version, it'd be perfect. Yes, yes, I know he'd be too old, but still....Jeremy Northam's version of Mr. Knightley was SOOOO much better than Mark Strong's OR Jonny Lee Miller's. Jonny Lee Miller wasn't that bad, just lacking in the most important scenes. Like the scolding scene for example. *sigh* Ah, well. Romola Garai makes up for it. ;)
So yes, WWII movies and "Emma" are my favorites right now. :D
Again, another hard question...I have so many favorites I don't think I COULD pick one. Hmm...I REALLY like "Saints & Soldiers" (*cries eyes out*) and the new BBC "Emma" *grin*.
I'm a sucker for WWII movies...seriously. (And it appears I have a "thing" for medics too! *wink*) I love em! I really do! They fascinate me! They're the movies that actually make me bawl my eyes out (I'm not a movie-bawling person...I'm not even really a movie-crying person!). "Saving Private Ryan", "Band of Brothers", "Flags of Our Fathers", "Life is Beautiful", "Saints & Soldiers"...and soon, I shall be watching "Letters from Iwo Jima" for the first time. :D
Now, about "Emma"...well, "Emma" is my favorite Jane Austen! I wouldn't say favorite book...because I don't think it's my favorite book. When it comes to the books I love "Sense & Sensibility", "Persuasion", AND "Emma" all too much to choose between those three. Movie-wise, I definitely like "Emma" the best. But, of course, like any other story that's been made soooooooo many times into a movie, they haven't QUITE gotten it perfect. Now, if they had Jeremy Northam in the latest version, it'd be perfect. Yes, yes, I know he'd be too old, but still....Jeremy Northam's version of Mr. Knightley was SOOOO much better than Mark Strong's OR Jonny Lee Miller's. Jonny Lee Miller wasn't that bad, just lacking in the most important scenes. Like the scolding scene for example. *sigh* Ah, well. Romola Garai makes up for it. ;)
So yes, WWII movies and "Emma" are my favorites right now. :D
Saturday, October 16, 2010
Day #1 of a Meme
Day 01 → Your favourite song
Okay, this really isn't a fair question, because I LOVE so many songs! But I guess it's safe to say that "Tennessee" by Hans Zimmer (from the "Pearl Harbor" soundtrack) is a good answer, because I listen to it every time I'm upset, I listen to it when I'm happy, I listen to it ALLLLLLL the time. Over and over and over...literally. And I never get tired of it. It's such a beautiful piece. *sigh* Go listen to it!!!
Okay, this really isn't a fair question, because I LOVE so many songs! But I guess it's safe to say that "Tennessee" by Hans Zimmer (from the "Pearl Harbor" soundtrack) is a good answer, because I listen to it every time I'm upset, I listen to it when I'm happy, I listen to it ALLLLLLL the time. Over and over and over...literally. And I never get tired of it. It's such a beautiful piece. *sigh* Go listen to it!!!
Friday, October 15, 2010
New Meme
New meme I'll be starting tomorrow! You all are probably SICK to death of me doing memes, and I promise to mix in some just-because posts as well! :D
Day 01 → Your favourite song
Day 02 → Your favourite movie
Day 03 → Your favourite television program
Day 04 → Your favourite book
Day 05 → Your favourite quote
Day 06 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 07 → A photo that makes you happy
Day 08 → A photo that makes you angry/sad
Day 09 → A photo you took
Day 10 → A photo of you taken over ten years ago
Day 11 → A photo of you taken recently
Day 12 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 13 → A fictional book
Day 14 → A non-fictional book
Day 15 → A fanfic
Day 16 → A song that makes you cry (or nearly)
Day 17 → An art piece (painting, drawing, sculpture, etc.)
Day 18 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 19 → A talent of yours
Day 20 → A hobby of yours
Day 21 → A recipe
Day 22 → A website
Day 23 → A YouTube video
Day 24 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 25 → Your day, in great detail
Day 26 → Your week, in great detail
Day 27 → This month, in great detail
Day 28 → This year, in great detail
Day 29 → Hopes, dreams and plans for the next 365 days
Day 30 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 01 → Your favourite song
Day 02 → Your favourite movie
Day 03 → Your favourite television program
Day 04 → Your favourite book
Day 05 → Your favourite quote
Day 06 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 07 → A photo that makes you happy
Day 08 → A photo that makes you angry/sad
Day 09 → A photo you took
Day 10 → A photo of you taken over ten years ago
Day 11 → A photo of you taken recently
Day 12 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 13 → A fictional book
Day 14 → A non-fictional book
Day 15 → A fanfic
Day 16 → A song that makes you cry (or nearly)
Day 17 → An art piece (painting, drawing, sculpture, etc.)
Day 18 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 19 → A talent of yours
Day 20 → A hobby of yours
Day 21 → A recipe
Day 22 → A website
Day 23 → A YouTube video
Day 24 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 25 → Your day, in great detail
Day 26 → Your week, in great detail
Day 27 → This month, in great detail
Day 28 → This year, in great detail
Day 29 → Hopes, dreams and plans for the next 365 days
Day 30 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Thursday, October 14, 2010
3 Wishes
3 wishes...
Travel - New faces, new people, a fresh start
Tears - No shame, no guilt, no fear
Peace - Love of life, no stress, freedom
Sometimes, I sit with my red and gold journal on my lap, feeling wishes. Now, it's kind of a routine to write down three wishes. Unrealistic wishes, hard wishes, full-of-dreams wishes, happy wishes, sad wishes, prayerful wishes...yet, that's all they are. Wishes. Here, there, everywhere, and at the same time, nothing...popped easily.
Is it wrong to make wishes and dreams and think them over. I suppose it could be...if I obsessed about them. Maybe sometimes I do.
But it must be even worse to never make any wishes. Because, that would mean I've given up.
So tonight I'll have 3 wishes like always.
Travel - New faces, new people, a fresh start
Tears - No shame, no guilt, no fear
Peace - Love of life, no stress, freedom
Sometimes, I sit with my red and gold journal on my lap, feeling wishes. Now, it's kind of a routine to write down three wishes. Unrealistic wishes, hard wishes, full-of-dreams wishes, happy wishes, sad wishes, prayerful wishes...yet, that's all they are. Wishes. Here, there, everywhere, and at the same time, nothing...popped easily.
Is it wrong to make wishes and dreams and think them over. I suppose it could be...if I obsessed about them. Maybe sometimes I do.
But it must be even worse to never make any wishes. Because, that would mean I've given up.
So tonight I'll have 3 wishes like always.
Monday, October 11, 2010
Meme: Day #30...Last Day!!
Day 30 – One last moment
Here we are!! The last day! What am I ever gonna post on my blog after this? ;) Another meme? Haha, you'll all think I'm so full of myself...if you don't already. :P
Okay, one last moment...I'm much too tired to think of a better moment, so I'll just stick with this one:
Staying up until quarter of one at night, being taught how to play Poker (and losing MOST of your pile of pennies) by your best friend. Laughing and poking each other, trying on a poker face, accidentally going "Dang!" when you have a bad hand, thus allowing your bestie to know that he should raise the stakes. Haha. Exchanging weird grins and sad puppy eyes whenever you're doing well or badly. Pandora playing Michael Buble and Hayley Westenra in the background. Making fun of each other and joking around. Silly funness....good times. :)
Here we are!! The last day! What am I ever gonna post on my blog after this? ;) Another meme? Haha, you'll all think I'm so full of myself...if you don't already. :P
Okay, one last moment...I'm much too tired to think of a better moment, so I'll just stick with this one:
Staying up until quarter of one at night, being taught how to play Poker (and losing MOST of your pile of pennies) by your best friend. Laughing and poking each other, trying on a poker face, accidentally going "Dang!" when you have a bad hand, thus allowing your bestie to know that he should raise the stakes. Haha. Exchanging weird grins and sad puppy eyes whenever you're doing well or badly. Pandora playing Michael Buble and Hayley Westenra in the background. Making fun of each other and joking around. Silly funness....good times. :)
Sunday, October 10, 2010
Meme: Day #29.
Day 29 – Your aspirations
My aspirations...okay well, they are:
- To live the life God wants me to live and to glorify Him in everything.
- To give HIM my entire heart.
- To become a published children's author.
- To become a professional photographer.
- To travel the world and see it through the eyes of my camera.
My aspirations...okay well, they are:
- To live the life God wants me to live and to glorify Him in everything.
- To give HIM my entire heart.
- To become a published children's author.
- To become a professional photographer.
- To travel the world and see it through the eyes of my camera.
Saturday, October 9, 2010
Meme: Day #28.
Day 28 – Something that you miss
I miss my besties!!!!!!! I miss HannahBeth! I miss Joe! I miss Maddie! I miss Amy! I miss Meghan! I miss Hannah! I miss Livi! I miss Gen! :) I miss my besties!
I also miss coffee. Like majorly. Last cup I had was last Sunday. Life. Just. Isn't. The. Same. Neeeeed. Coffeeeee. "RIGHT HERE RIGHT NOW!"
My miss my big bro.
I miss piano lessons.
I miss being a kid.
I miss the White Mountains.
I miss having no neighbors living right next door. :P
I miss having a baby in the house.
But most of all, I miss having coffeeeeeeee. Okay, maybe I miss my besties on the same level. Yeah. But...coffee. Coffeee. *sigh* ;)
I miss my besties!!!!!!! I miss HannahBeth! I miss Joe! I miss Maddie! I miss Amy! I miss Meghan! I miss Hannah! I miss Livi! I miss Gen! :) I miss my besties!
I also miss coffee. Like majorly. Last cup I had was last Sunday. Life. Just. Isn't. The. Same. Neeeeed. Coffeeeee. "RIGHT HERE RIGHT NOW!"
My miss my big bro.
I miss piano lessons.
I miss being a kid.
I miss the White Mountains.
I miss having no neighbors living right next door. :P
I miss having a baby in the house.
But most of all, I miss having coffeeeeeeee. Okay, maybe I miss my besties on the same level. Yeah. But...coffee. Coffeee. *sigh* ;)
Friday, October 8, 2010
Meme: Day #27.
Day 27 – Your favourite place
Favorite place...hmm...
Well, I am seriously in love with my bed right now. :P So much so, I wish I could spend all day in bed. *yawn*
Okay...well, I love New Hampshire and the gorgeous mountains! I love Concord...I love the historical buildings and just the old-fashionedness that's in the air there. I love Boston and it's gorgeousness! I love my room (but I'd love it more if it had a door with a lock...:P), I love the library where I work (most of the time *wink*)...I can't really think of one, specific place that's my favorite...but I do have lots of places that I love. :)
Favorite place...hmm...
Well, I am seriously in love with my bed right now. :P So much so, I wish I could spend all day in bed. *yawn*
Okay...well, I love New Hampshire and the gorgeous mountains! I love Concord...I love the historical buildings and just the old-fashionedness that's in the air there. I love Boston and it's gorgeousness! I love my room (but I'd love it more if it had a door with a lock...:P), I love the library where I work (most of the time *wink*)...I can't really think of one, specific place that's my favorite...but I do have lots of places that I love. :)
Thursday, October 7, 2010
Meme: Day #26.
Day 26 – Your fears
Fears? Me? HA! I have no fears!
*crickets chirping*
Okay, majorly untrue. :P I have a fear of trusting people...that sounds weird when I write it out. It's just that I do not trust people very easily, and at times, am afraid to confide in people.
I have a fear of driving. *sigh* There. My stupidest fear. I just can't like driving that much. :/ I freak myself out. If that tells you how well my driving skills are!
I have no idea if I have any phobias...for all I know, I could be claustrophobic...nah, I know I'm not from hiding in closets and under beds. ;)
I'm not really scared of spiders...nah, I can't say I'm scared of them at all. Sure I'd shudder and freak if I found a Black Widow crawling on me, but I'm not exactly the screaming type. ;) But I do hate spiders...naaaaaaaaasty things. I'm not afraid to touch them though...and I have no qualms about squashing them. :P
I used to have a fear of answering the phone. (Don't mock! :P)
So yup...I think that cover's fear.
Oh, wait...wait! I know what my greatest beyond alllll great fears is.
A coffee-less world.
*shudder*
Can you IMAGINE that? I don't even WANT to! Horrible thought!
Fears? Me? HA! I have no fears!
*crickets chirping*
Okay, majorly untrue. :P I have a fear of trusting people...that sounds weird when I write it out. It's just that I do not trust people very easily, and at times, am afraid to confide in people.
I have a fear of driving. *sigh* There. My stupidest fear. I just can't like driving that much. :/ I freak myself out. If that tells you how well my driving skills are!
I have no idea if I have any phobias...for all I know, I could be claustrophobic...nah, I know I'm not from hiding in closets and under beds. ;)
I'm not really scared of spiders...nah, I can't say I'm scared of them at all. Sure I'd shudder and freak if I found a Black Widow crawling on me, but I'm not exactly the screaming type. ;) But I do hate spiders...naaaaaaaaasty things. I'm not afraid to touch them though...and I have no qualms about squashing them. :P
I used to have a fear of answering the phone. (Don't mock! :P)
So yup...I think that cover's fear.
Oh, wait...wait! I know what my greatest beyond alllll great fears is.
A coffee-less world.
*shudder*
Can you IMAGINE that? I don't even WANT to! Horrible thought!
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
Meme: Day #25.
Day 25 – A first
A first...hm...which first though? lol. My first piano lesson? My first time driving? My first time knitting? My first time writing? My first time using Booth? My first time reading? There are too many firsts to choose from!
How about my first time driving? Should be amusing enough. I was...17? My sister drove me out to Walmart one summer night, so that I could practice in the nearly empty back parking lot. We switched seats, and she made sure I knew where everything was.
"Okay, go ahead." she said.
I stepped on the gas. Whoa. It REALLY makes you go if you REALLY step on it. Whoops.
I step on the brake and immediately lift my foot back up.
"Keep your foot on the brake!!!"
Whoops!
Finally I got more and more the hang of actually driving and braking...I won't say smoothly, because it was waaaaaay off from being anywhere near smooth. :P
After a bit, Krista had me drive down towards the front of the lot, where cars were still parked and people were walking in and out of WallyWorld. I went up and down the lot, only nearly hit one guy. And enduring the smiles from a Walmart employee who was taking a break outside, watching me...she obviously could tell I was new at it. :P I only nearly hit a few cars, and ran over one curb.
All in all, I think I did alright. lol. Okay, so I stank, but it WAS my first time ever behind the wheel. :P
A first...hm...which first though? lol. My first piano lesson? My first time driving? My first time knitting? My first time writing? My first time using Booth? My first time reading? There are too many firsts to choose from!
How about my first time driving? Should be amusing enough. I was...17? My sister drove me out to Walmart one summer night, so that I could practice in the nearly empty back parking lot. We switched seats, and she made sure I knew where everything was.
"Okay, go ahead." she said.
I stepped on the gas. Whoa. It REALLY makes you go if you REALLY step on it. Whoops.
I step on the brake and immediately lift my foot back up.
Whoops!
Finally I got more and more the hang of actually driving and braking...I won't say smoothly, because it was waaaaaay off from being anywhere near smooth. :P
After a bit, Krista had me drive down towards the front of the lot, where cars were still parked and people were walking in and out of WallyWorld. I went up and down the lot, only nearly hit one guy. And enduring the smiles from a Walmart employee who was taking a break outside, watching me...she obviously could tell I was new at it. :P I only nearly hit a few cars, and ran over one curb.
All in all, I think I did alright. lol. Okay, so I stank, but it WAS my first time ever behind the wheel. :P
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
Meme: Day #24.
Day 24 – Something that makes you cry
Someone being angry at me. :P WWII movies where the best character dies (why do nearly all the best characters die in WWII movies?? *sigh*). And music. :) Hans Zimmer's "Tennessee" can make me cry, Thomas Newman's "The Letter That Never Came" can, Ludovico Einaudi's "Nuvole Bianche" can, tracks from the "Saints & Soldiers" soundtrack can...all good pieces, by the way! :P Being depressed can make me cry! :D Extreme pain can make me cry! And, hey, I'm a gal...sometimes I just cry cuz I want to. :P But. I refuuuuuuse to cry in FRONT of people. :P
Someone being angry at me. :P WWII movies where the best character dies (why do nearly all the best characters die in WWII movies?? *sigh*). And music. :) Hans Zimmer's "Tennessee" can make me cry, Thomas Newman's "The Letter That Never Came" can, Ludovico Einaudi's "Nuvole Bianche" can, tracks from the "Saints & Soldiers" soundtrack can...all good pieces, by the way! :P Being depressed can make me cry! :D Extreme pain can make me cry! And, hey, I'm a gal...sometimes I just cry cuz I want to. :P But. I refuuuuuuse to cry in FRONT of people. :P
Monday, October 4, 2010
Meme: Day #23.
Day 23 – Something that makes you feel better
Usually something very simple, like getting an "I love ya!" text from one of my best friends, or a letter in the mail, or a friend posting a hug to me on my Facebook wall...now, if I'm really upset, then a phone call from a bestie really perks me up. :) Especially if that bestie knows just what to say to make me feel better...(Hint: makin me laugh is always a big plus. *wink*). And if I can't get a phone call, then writing or doing some photography or playing the piano....there are different things that make me feel better. :)
Usually something very simple, like getting an "I love ya!" text from one of my best friends, or a letter in the mail, or a friend posting a hug to me on my Facebook wall...now, if I'm really upset, then a phone call from a bestie really perks me up. :) Especially if that bestie knows just what to say to make me feel better...(Hint: makin me laugh is always a big plus. *wink*). And if I can't get a phone call, then writing or doing some photography or playing the piano....there are different things that make me feel better. :)
Sunday, October 3, 2010
Meme: Day #22.
Day 22 – Something that upsets you
Anger. It freaks me out. It makes me want to curl up into a ball and disappear. It makes me cry. Can't stand it...plaaaaain and simple. And it's worse when it's directed at me. So...yup, don't get angry at me. :P
Anger. It freaks me out. It makes me want to curl up into a ball and disappear. It makes me cry. Can't stand it...plaaaaain and simple. And it's worse when it's directed at me. So...yup, don't get angry at me. :P
Saturday, October 2, 2010
Meme: Day #21.
Day 21 – Another moment
Another one? Hm...well, not much of a moment, but...
It was my second year of participating in NaNoWriMo, and it was Thanksgiving day. I had finished helping clean up the house in preparation for Thanksgiving dinner with the fam. I was curled up on the recliner in the corner, notebook on lap, and pen in hand, scribbling away as quickly as I could. I finally figured out exactly what I wanted to write, and then I was done. I counted my words to make sure, and yup. I had did it. I had written 50,000 words in less than a month's time. You'd better believe I jumped up and down, squealing...then rushed off to make sure my entire family found out. Maybe you've never participated in NaNoWriMo...if not, then you can't understand how THRILLING it is to win for the first time. :D It's amazingly good fun. :D And I was so impressed with myself...that I actually was able to do it! 50,000 words in one month always seemed impossible to me before. Heh. Now it sounds easy. *sheepish* And this year it's going to be 150,000 words for me. :D
Another one? Hm...well, not much of a moment, but...
It was my second year of participating in NaNoWriMo, and it was Thanksgiving day. I had finished helping clean up the house in preparation for Thanksgiving dinner with the fam. I was curled up on the recliner in the corner, notebook on lap, and pen in hand, scribbling away as quickly as I could. I finally figured out exactly what I wanted to write, and then I was done. I counted my words to make sure, and yup. I had did it. I had written 50,000 words in less than a month's time. You'd better believe I jumped up and down, squealing...then rushed off to make sure my entire family found out. Maybe you've never participated in NaNoWriMo...if not, then you can't understand how THRILLING it is to win for the first time. :D It's amazingly good fun. :D And I was so impressed with myself...that I actually was able to do it! 50,000 words in one month always seemed impossible to me before. Heh. Now it sounds easy. *sheepish* And this year it's going to be 150,000 words for me. :D
Friday, October 1, 2010
Meme: Day #20.
Day 20 – This month
Actually, it's a new month! Hopefully a better month! :) I love new beginnings...they're like a brand new notebook, and we allllllll know how much I LOOOOOVE brand, new notebooks. :D
This month will hold (I hope):
My birthday party...yes, I'm celebrating early this year, as Columbus Day worked out better for my friends than Veteran's Day...and what's a party without my friends??!
Planning for NANOWRIMO!!! Only 30 more daaaaaaaaaaaaays! (Not counting today, of course!)
Keeping up with my journal. I've been writing in it pretty steadily for the past month, and I want to keep that up. I really should say I've been updating it pretty steadily, because for the last week or so, it's been hard to write. Words haven't been coming at all, which is way abnormal for me.
Hopefully learn to control my emotions. Way too emotional and angry and upset lately. Gah.
My parent's anniversary is Sunday! Whoops! Don't have a card for them yet! Ack!!!
Dad's and Victoria's birthdays! No presents for them yet. *sigh*
Crocheting. Blankets, hopefully. :)
And that's all for now! By the end of this month, we'll really see what'll have happened! :D
Happy October!
Actually, it's a new month! Hopefully a better month! :) I love new beginnings...they're like a brand new notebook, and we allllllll know how much I LOOOOOVE brand, new notebooks. :D
This month will hold (I hope):
My birthday party...yes, I'm celebrating early this year, as Columbus Day worked out better for my friends than Veteran's Day...and what's a party without my friends??!
Planning for NANOWRIMO!!! Only 30 more daaaaaaaaaaaaays! (Not counting today, of course!)
Keeping up with my journal. I've been writing in it pretty steadily for the past month, and I want to keep that up. I really should say I've been updating it pretty steadily, because for the last week or so, it's been hard to write. Words haven't been coming at all, which is way abnormal for me.
Hopefully learn to control my emotions. Way too emotional and angry and upset lately. Gah.
My parent's anniversary is Sunday! Whoops! Don't have a card for them yet! Ack!!!
Dad's and Victoria's birthdays! No presents for them yet. *sigh*
Crocheting. Blankets, hopefully. :)
And that's all for now! By the end of this month, we'll really see what'll have happened! :D
Happy October!
Thursday, September 30, 2010
Meme: Day #19.
Day 19 – Something you regret
Way too many things...but which one can I actually tell you all about? Hm? I mean there are so many things that I've said that I regret, and so many actions...I regret my fights with my oldest brother, I regret not going up to this girl, who was visiting our homechurch, and saying hello (happened years and years and years ago...drat my stupid shyness.), I regret all the times I've gotten angry. I regret my mistakes. Lotsa regret here. :P
Way too many things...but which one can I actually tell you all about? Hm? I mean there are so many things that I've said that I regret, and so many actions...I regret my fights with my oldest brother, I regret not going up to this girl, who was visiting our homechurch, and saying hello (happened years and years and years ago...drat my stupid shyness.), I regret all the times I've gotten angry. I regret my mistakes. Lotsa regret here. :P
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Meme: Day #18.
Day 18 – Your favorite birthday
My favorite birthday was my 20th...I really should say my 20th birthday party was my favorite one. So far, at least.
I had a Jane Austen themed tea party with nearly all my bestest friends, where we each portrayed a character from a Jane Austen novel. (I was Emma Woodhouse. Dur. *wink*)
We had a tea lunch, all dressed up (some of us in period costume, some in just fancy dress), then had our photos taken, then I got to open my gifts, then we got to taaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaalk (I love to talk, just in case you didn't get that...)...and at the end of the day, I had four of my friends sleep over. My first real, girls-only slumber party, complete with popcorn, nail polish, and "The Princess Bride"! W00t! ;) Oh, yes, and staying up until...2:00 a.m. was it? And talking about how "Steak is at lace!" (Yeah, loooooooooong story there. Okay, maybe not long story...we were quoting one of our favorite movies and I was so tired I got the quote backwards....it was SUPPOSED to come out, "Lace is at stake!" but unfortunately, and most hysterically, it came out, "Steak is at lace." I've never lived it down. Not that I can't see why...it was pretty darn funny.)
And the next day, I got my bestest friend for the entire day...we went into Concord, I got to show her some of my favorite places, we played games, we talked...it was amazing. She was my surprise birthday present, if you remember that post not-so-long-ago. It was the bestest b-day I've ever had...
But!
It's less than two weeks away until my next birthday party, and I have a feeling it's gonna be even more of a blast! Double the fun, double the people, double the craziness...w00t! :D I'm looking forward to it, to say the least! :P
My favorite birthday was my 20th...I really should say my 20th birthday party was my favorite one. So far, at least.
I had a Jane Austen themed tea party with nearly all my bestest friends, where we each portrayed a character from a Jane Austen novel. (I was Emma Woodhouse. Dur. *wink*)
We had a tea lunch, all dressed up (some of us in period costume, some in just fancy dress), then had our photos taken, then I got to open my gifts, then we got to taaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaalk (I love to talk, just in case you didn't get that...)...and at the end of the day, I had four of my friends sleep over. My first real, girls-only slumber party, complete with popcorn, nail polish, and "The Princess Bride"! W00t! ;) Oh, yes, and staying up until...2:00 a.m. was it? And talking about how "Steak is at lace!" (Yeah, loooooooooong story there. Okay, maybe not long story...we were quoting one of our favorite movies and I was so tired I got the quote backwards....it was SUPPOSED to come out, "Lace is at stake!" but unfortunately, and most hysterically, it came out, "Steak is at lace." I've never lived it down. Not that I can't see why...it was pretty darn funny.)
And the next day, I got my bestest friend for the entire day...we went into Concord, I got to show her some of my favorite places, we played games, we talked...it was amazing. She was my surprise birthday present, if you remember that post not-so-long-ago. It was the bestest b-day I've ever had...
But!
It's less than two weeks away until my next birthday party, and I have a feeling it's gonna be even more of a blast! Double the fun, double the people, double the craziness...w00t! :D I'm looking forward to it, to say the least! :P
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
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Meme: Day #17.
Day 17 – Your favorite memory
My FAVORITE memory...I don't know which memory would be my favorite...so I'll just go with ONE of my favorites.
It's not much of a memory, but...once my sister and I had gone down to Virginia for a little less than a week to visit some friends. We had a blast with our friends and I loved flying (it was my first time! :D), but when it came time to come home, I was ready to come home. Stepping off the plane, going to grab out luggage...then turning to find Dad standing there, with a big smile. And just realizing how much I had missed him, I had to give him the biggest hug while he teasingly told us girls that we were never going anywhere again. It was...even in spite of loving the (short) traveling and visiting great friends, coming home after a while is always such a good, comfortable feeling. :)
My FAVORITE memory...I don't know which memory would be my favorite...so I'll just go with ONE of my favorites.
It's not much of a memory, but...once my sister and I had gone down to Virginia for a little less than a week to visit some friends. We had a blast with our friends and I loved flying (it was my first time! :D), but when it came time to come home, I was ready to come home. Stepping off the plane, going to grab out luggage...then turning to find Dad standing there, with a big smile. And just realizing how much I had missed him, I had to give him the biggest hug while he teasingly told us girls that we were never going anywhere again. It was...even in spite of loving the (short) traveling and visiting great friends, coming home after a while is always such a good, comfortable feeling. :)
Monday, September 27, 2010
Sunday, September 26, 2010
Meme: Day #15.
Day 15 – Your dreams
My dreams? Like dream-dreams or like dream-dream-dreams? Haha. ;) No. Seriously. The dreams I have at night in bed when I'm sleeping? Or the dreams that I have...like ambitions?
Dreams at night...well, the most exciting one I've ever had was the one where I was X-Terminator (whatever that means, right?). Basically, I was a kind of Transformer who went out and killed bad guys with X-Terminator 2 (who was some guy...don't know who he was.). It was fascinating. Also tells you I watch waaaaaaaaaay too many action/super-hero movies. *sheepish*
Dreams as in ambitions? To become a published children's/teen's author and a professional photographer. Short and simple...okay, maybe not simple. Cuz it's harder than it sounds. ;)
My dreams? Like dream-dreams or like dream-dream-dreams? Haha. ;) No. Seriously. The dreams I have at night in bed when I'm sleeping? Or the dreams that I have...like ambitions?
Dreams at night...well, the most exciting one I've ever had was the one where I was X-Terminator (whatever that means, right?). Basically, I was a kind of Transformer who went out and killed bad guys with X-Terminator 2 (who was some guy...don't know who he was.). It was fascinating. Also tells you I watch waaaaaaaaaay too many action/super-hero movies. *sheepish*
Dreams as in ambitions? To become a published children's/teen's author and a professional photographer. Short and simple...okay, maybe not simple. Cuz it's harder than it sounds. ;)
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