The Cereal Killer Conspiracy

NaNoWriMo 2011

2011-11-01T16:28:00.002-05:00

Yep. =D

My story is being very uncooperative right now, so I am basically doing anything but writing. Well, that is, writing for my novel. =P Hopefully a few more characters will come in and make it more of a party, but atm it's kinda dull. Probably because I'm writing like one sentence every ten minutes. Gina, you should know that the story will take forever to get anywhere if you don't write. I think I need some wordwars. Hm. P'rhaps.

So far it's about this gal named Atalanta (fabulous name), and it's on Nimba Jimba (but of course XD). Not much else has happened yet. Well, except Atalanta being rather violently inclined. =D

I keep getting distracted, also, by trying to find names, 'cause I'm incorporating friends into the story with little cameos, and I want them to have to spot the cameos, so I'm only giving subtle (or almost non-existent =P) hints. =P It's fun. ^_^

First day of NaNo. Checked in. =D

My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic Season 2

2011-09-27T01:48:00.003-05:00

SEASON 2 YOU GUYS. SERIOUSLY. YOU SHOULD WATCH MLP. IT IS AWESOME. (But the new one, not the old one.) Season 2 is being even awesomer than season 1. Oh my gosh. Seriously.

There's PONIES. And DISCORD. WHO IS EVIL AND AWESOME AND CHAOTIC AND MAKES THE SHOW SEEM LIKE A CHILD'S VERSION OF H2G2. I MEAN COME ON.

So go watch it. Pinkie Pie is teh win. Multiple times.

Darn you, Ruthiey. Now I want to go watch/listen to/sing ponies all day long. Look what you have done! (She told me to post, you guys. So blame her for any rabid pony-ness.)

Time For Some Whedon-y Gloating

2011-08-25T12:21:00.006-05:00

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So, I participated in the Whedonverse Swap Round 7 on Craftster.org. If you want to know what the spritz a swap is, you can ask me sometime through email or something. I'm too lazy to tell it again right now. =P

And no complaining about the pictures not being pictures but links to pictures. I hate putting pictures into blog posts because blogger is a total brat when it comes to posting pictures. At least in my experience.

Here we go:

First, an awesome hoopla of the same quote I sent my partner (how funny is that - well, she did say it was her favorite Dr. Horrible quote, so, not so surprising, I guess)! Also, her [b]very first[/b] hoopla! Wow, I'm impressed! And it looks way better than mine (which I'll post pictures of later, once I get them from Noah). Especially with the cute little birds. I gotta say, I love the addition of the little hearts. I was considering adding some to mine, but I wasn't sure how to do it. My brilliant partner beat me to the punch, all right. XD

http://www.craftster.org/pictures/data/500/183321_25Aug11_IMG_0368.JPG

Another fabulous Dr. Horrible quote: "Laundry day, see you there. Under things, tumbling." I love the cute little washer and especially [b]especially[/b] the teensy tiny underwear,, heh heh heh heh. Just too awesome. =D

http://www.craftster.org/pictures/data/500/183321_25Aug11_IMG_0367.JPG

Sadly, this picture did not turn out as well as I had hoped... The quote in full, for those of you who don't know, is a man playing with two plastic dinosaurs (a stegosaurus and allosaurus, apparently, in case you're wondering =P):

Stegosaurus: Yes... Yes. This is a fertile land, and we will thrive. We will rule over this land, and we will call it... This Land.
Allosaurus: I think we should call it your grave!
S: Ah! Curse your sudden, but inevitable betrayal!

It's one of my favorite funny parts of the whole series. One of many. XD Very many. ^_^ (Joss is just that much of a genius =P) She turned it into a pillow! I cannot wait until I have my own place so I can set this on my couch to show it off to all my guests. 0=) (And turn them into browncoats. BWHAH HAH HAH HAH HAHH!)

http://www.craftster.org/pictures/data/500/183321_25Aug11_IMG_0364.JPG

AND! Last, but most absolutely not least... The traditional, high-esteemed, fan-favorite: the manly man hat of the Hero of Canton! (aka Jayne ;)) Definitely my favorite. I received it first, the day before my birthday (coincidence? I THINK NOT! =P j/k). Sadly, that was two days after Serenity played at Riverview, so I did not get to wear it with geek pride in public... But, still! Jayne hat. Uber awesome. =) Originally, she forgot the pompom, but she is just so awesome that when she realized she had forgotten it, she sent me one along with the rest of my lovely loot, and it's so beautiful that I've only put the yarn end into the hat so it's on there, but not officially attached it. (It's too much fun to play with. -- I mean, have you ever had a giant pompom on a string?? Oh my gosh. Too awesome.)

http://www.craftster.org/pictures/data/500/183321_25Aug11_IMG_0374.JPG

All the loot in a happy family! (The Dr. Horrible picture is a calendar page which she wrote her message on the back of! So awesome. :D)

http://www.craftster.org/pictures/data/500/183321_25Aug11_IMG_0373.JPG

Oh, and she also sent me some extras (crafting supplies), which also included a cute little plastic T-rex! Mr. T-rex (who I really should come up with a better name for, but that was just spur of the moment) likes looking fierce:

http://www.craftster.org/pictures/data/500/medium/183321_25Aug11_IMG_0370.JPG

The Rainbow Patchwork Chronicles: Squares Pt. I

2011-06-19T14:14:00.002-05:00

So, I've got maybe 200+ squares cut out at the moment, including the 140 I bought online. I got a 100 no dups (well, supposedly... there was one dup, but I'm sure that was just an accident), which had some really pretty squares and two absolutely adorable Beatrix Potter squares (not the dups =P). I have decided I have to collect Beatrix Potter fabrics and make a quilt or something. I also have decided that I have to collect cute illustrated prints (such as the REAL Winnie the Pooh drawings and any fairytale ones that are pretty - hopefully some Arthur Rackham prints are out there somewhere...).

Anyways. The other 40 were batik squares which were sooooooo gorgeous. I think I might have to get more of those. They were just too pretty.

Basically, I've done the math for the skirt, and I need a bit more than 500 squares (originally I thought it was 450-ish, but that was because of an error in teh maths). The last tier will be the purple tier and it will have 200-ish squares, I think. (I can't remember for sure.)

I'm so exciiiiiiiiiiiiiiited!

There is other craft-y news, too, but I think I might save that for later. 0=)

Inspired!

2011-06-16T08:43:00.003-05:00

Okay, so I've been inspired to make another patchwork skirt. This time it will have smaller squares (I believe I did 6" before, this one will be 4"), be longer (hopefully floor-length), and, best of all, be a rainbow! Woooooo!

So far, I don't have any squares, but I think I'm going to start cutting from the fabrics I currently have (specifically, the ones leftover from the fiery patchwork skirt) and shrink the ones I'm not sure I've shrunk. I've also bought a two batches of colorful 4" squares from Etsy and might buy another from Ebay. And, hopefully, sometime this week I'll get to Joann's to get more quilting fabrics. Yaaaaaay! I'm excited!

I will be posting progress along with pictures (as long as I can figure out how to get them easily and put them on the computer - which probably won't be a problem). =D Heh heh heh.

My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic

2011-05-27T09:59:00.002-05:00

Really, it is.

Yeah... I just finished all the current episodes, and I am so going into withdrawal. Who knews such a girlie-looking TV show could be so bloody awesome!?

Pinkie Pie is freaking ADORABLE. O_O Augh.

What's even more disturbing is the show is very popular with young guys... Like highschool/college age. I mean, okay...? But I guess I'm not one to talk. Even if I'm not a guy. =P

Anyways, it's an adorable show. ^_^ And awesome. And hilarious. And addicting. So check it out. If you want. You may or may not get addicted. ^_^

WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

I can't wait for more episodes. ^_^

Easter = Resurrection = Zombies?

2011-04-27T11:07:00.005-05:00

On Easter Sunday, the pastor preaches about the resurrection. He says the traditional stuff about people coming back to life. I don't remember what exactly our pastor said, but I kept thinking, "ZOMBIES!"

If you've ever had the same problem, you'll know that it distracts from the sermon.

It really would give Christianity a bad name if everyone thought of zombies as resurrection. ~.^

And what's even creepier is I just discovered that my nemesis was thinking the exact same thing.

Life just throws you the weirdest balls sometimes.

Too bad Christmas doesn't have some random association with vampires... Associating holidays with creepy things is so much more fun than associating them with chocolate bunnies and peeps and Santa Claus. *sigh*

Have an awesome anti-Lent, folks. (Our pastor is awesome. ^_^)

You Humans Are Amazing

2011-03-28T18:02:00.002-05:00

Truly. I love humans. They're crazy, hyper, interesting, strange, happy, sad... You make things that are absolutely beautiful and so, so inspiring.

I especially love the human children. They're the essence of human awesome.

Anyways, the main point I decided, out of the blue, to post, was because I was hyper. Awesome things are happening this week. Tuesday is RUF Bible study (which is normal, but whatever), and Wednesday is LifeGroup (which is also normal, but it's at our pastor's house and his kids are there, and they're awesome, therefore going there is awesome), Thursday I might be having lunch with one of the RUF girls (who I knew before, and who is awesome), and Friiiiiday...

Friday is the long awaited Doctor Who get together. We're having two of the RUF guys (who are both wild Doctor Who fans - one has the 4th Doctor's scarf, and the other has a trenchcoat and sonic screwdriver) over to watch, you'll never guess... Doctor Who. =P I'm super excited. Doctor Who is awesome, and we're on season 5 right now, and it's brilliant.

Oh, and I watched the Comic Relief special FINALLY last night, and it was GREAT. I am so HYPED for season 6! Oh my gosh, I cannot wait for April 23rd. O_o Auuuuuuggghhh!

I'm Not Good At Sharing

2011-03-03T04:02:00.002-06:00

It's a fact. I may be a good friend in showing support and love, but I'm absolutely terrible at sharing my pain. I'm not sure why, but I guess I must think, if I don't share, I won't get hurt. Living through others is easier than living through myself.

Wow, when I think of it from that point of view, it's actually incredibly selfish. Yikes.

I'm most certainly not perfect. My friends may think I'm amazing, which is only true because God gave me the strengths I have. I never did finish highschool, I'm not going to make excuses, I'm pretty sure I could have finished if I had really tried. I have been "trying" to get a job for years, but not really trying. I may be stubborn, but it's almost never in the right areas.

Sometimes, it amazes me how anyone can believe that this is the way it is supposed to be. If this world is all there is, how can I go on living? Without heaven, and Jesus to give his blood for me to be there, there is nothing to live for. This world may be beautiful, but it is also terrible, ugly, cruel, and painful. I don't understand how anyone could live without God. I mean, not if they really understand their condition. Gosh.

Anyways, I didn't mean for this to be a depressing post, but whatever. =P

On the upside, I'm going on a mission trip to northern Minnesota next week. I cannot wait! Oh maaaan, is it gonna be awesome. Like, in the real sense of the word. And the other sense.

750words.com

2011-01-31T18:12:00.003-06:00

GUYS OH MY GOSH I JUST FOUND THE AWESOMEST THING EVER

Seriously. It's true. It's 750words.com and you're supposed to write 750 words a day (diary, blog, story, or whatever) and I just finished writing an entry (diary =P) and it has stats. I looked at them and OH MY BLOODY GOODNESS, YOU GUYS. IT IS FREAKING AWESOME.

Seriously. (There I go again with that word, man, I need help.) There are pie charts of what you were feeling like (it said I was self important... I didn't feel self important... ^_^) and what you were talking about (religion? I wasn't really... I just mentioned church and a Bible study ^_^) and my mindset while writing was apparently Introvert, Positive, Uncertain, and Feeling. Huh. Fascinating.

Anyways. I'm pretty excited. I think it's awesome. Bye now. Have a nice day. XD

Two's Company, Three's A Crowd

2011-01-21T06:17:00.002-06:00

The old saying - or should I say, statement - is not often quoted by most people in situations that it applies to (or, if it is, it is generally considered very rude), even though it applies in pretty much every single situation.

I think it taps into our longing for heaven. We long for a place that we really feel at home and whenever we are with more than one person, the emphasis that we are not there is even stronger. When we are with just one other person, the emphasis is our friendship (or enemyship =P) and usually is more based on just the two of us. When it is three or more, there are bound to be times when someone is being left out.

Highschool is one of the places this is seen the clearest. The sheer competition, bullying, and cliques brings the brokenness out into the open, whereas later in life, it is usually hidden. Even for homeschoolers, the cliqueyness of highschool (or, rather, kids their age) can be felt in other places, even if it's only church or a homeschool group.

I don't think there's any way to fix this, at least not in this life, and not permanently. There may be ways to overcome it at times, but even when we are with our favorite group of friends, there will always be those moments. At least, until heaven.

Gosh, I didn't think this was going to be such a depressing post. ^_^

I try not to leave people out, but I am sure that, even when I am mindful, someone is feeling left out. If I ever make any of you feel left out, I'm sorry. I don't mean to.

Welp, that's enough depressingness. Is two posts enough for one day? I say no. I need to write my review of Despicable Me. I've been planning to for days. This is really shameful.

Zorpia

2011-01-21T05:40:00.002-06:00

I just got an email from a 'friend' who is a member of the social network, Zorpia. This 'friend' has the name 'Maddie.' I do not have a friend by the name of 'Maddie,' therefore I was suspicious. So I Googled Zorpia. Ah, here we are, many, many pages of this Zorpia website. I don't think I'm going to click on those.

Anyways, after a bit of rewording ("what the heck is Zorpia"), I finally found a blog post about the website about how to delete your account. And from that blog post, I found previous blog post (by the same person) about joining it--with many details on how it repeatedly asks you to spam your friends while joining. Yeeaaahhh.

Basically, I'm just posting this to warn peops about it, 'cause it sounds like it's a pain to join and a pain to delete and just generally a pain in between those two. If you get any emails from Zorpia, delete them. You don't want to go to the trouble of reading any messages left (which were probably prewritten by Zorpia peops anyways...), even if they are from someone you know.

Aheader!

2011-01-17T11:31:00.004-06:00

Yes, I know it's not a word. The combination of 'a' and 'header' were just too much of a temptation for me. Weak is man. Or alien. Heh.

I really, really love it. ^_^ I made it on Noah's computer using his wacom tablet. It's so cute. *sniff*

I hope you like it. ^_^

Oh, and I am one of the scorners of huge headers, I admit (since it forces you to scroll down a bunch to be able to read actual posts and I'm a lazy bum), but the look of this header is reduced when you shrink it... SO YOU'LL JUST HAVE TO SUFFER. Besides, it's really pretty. ^_^

Review Blog!

2011-01-16T20:54:00.002-06:00

A new blog that will be a collaboration of Andrenaline and me! Yaaay! Many reviews and interestingness to be unfolded. Check it out. And then check it out again, a couple days later. Stuff will change.

http://theplottwist.wordpress.com/

The Cape

2011-01-11T19:08:00.003-06:00

Newest awesome show. Heh heh. It premiered on this last Sunday.

The show is about a cop who was framed for a crime he didn't commit (ah, cliche! but so many possibilities XD) and who goes into hiding after supposedly being killed. He becomes a superhero (well, technically not a superhero, since he doesn't have any special powers--basically, a superhero to the same extent that Batman is a superhero) and begins to fight crime and try to get his family back. (Since he can't see them without drawing suspicions back to himself.)

Enough of the plot. It has Summer Glau (River Tam from Firefly and also a smaller character in Dollhouse and in one episode of Angel and also one episode of Chuck), who is awesome. And a circus. And a family that is actually nice to each other. (Although that could very well change... I hope not, though, 'cause having good families on TV is very rare. XP)

But I guess I'm not really saying anything intelligent. It looks to be a cool show, but I can't say for sure how awesome it will be. Summer's part looks amazing, and the scheming and twists seem to be building up for something big, so I guess I have high hopes. I'm also a little addicted to superhero stories. ^_^

There are a lot of shows starting up again this month. I'm excited. =D

Friends Win

2011-01-02T08:39:00.004-06:00

They're fun to write letters to, hang out with, listen to, give presents to, play games with, and all sorts of other things. Friends are like the ultimate toy. Except they're not with you all the time.

Friends, you're awesome. You should come hang out sometime. Especially if you're not having a good day.

I love you guys. Including you, nemesissy. =P Ooh, the pain... Just kidding. XD

Animal Shaped Edibles

2010-12-28T14:24:00.003-06:00

I'm absolutely sure that they are made for those with violent tendencies. It's just so much fun to bit off the bodyparts of cute, delicious animals. If you don't admit it, you're lying to yourself.

Yes, this was brought on by candy... I just ripped the head off a gummy worm. It was fun. And tasty. Heh.

Now I'm just thinking of all the possibilities... Biting ears off chocolate bunnies, crushing animal crackers, squishing the guts out of those marshmallow chicks... Ah, yes. The gummy bears are another very, very wonderful toy.

Another thing: anyone who says you're not supposed to play with your food obviously never came in contact with candy. Candy is just like toys for your mouth... Hmm, that doesn't sound quite right ^_^ Forget that. ^_^

This post doesn't make much sense, but it's fun. Now go mutilate some animal shaped candies. It'll make your day better. Make the most out of it. Rip off some heads, smash in some brains, slit some throats and/or guts... Remember, violence is always the answer. Despite what Santa Claus or Barney may say. Or whoever else. ^_^

Settlers of Catan

2010-12-26T10:23:00.002-06:00

Is an awesome game. It's kind of like AoE except... in real life! Sort of. Anyways, it's super awesome. I might be so enthusiastic because I won my first game (and against overwhelming odds ^_^)... But even so, it's still great. If you haven't played it, you should.

We might have a New Year's party. With lots of games and staying up late and having people over... Yeah. It'll be awesome. If we do it. Which I kind of hope we do. (Unless someone else is having one and we're invited. =))

Anyways, we're going skating today with various Wieringseseses. (In other words, a lot of them. ^_^) And then we go to church and then come back and have them to our house and play games! Yaaay!

Merry Christmas!

2010-12-25T12:16:00.002-06:00

To one and to all! Even my nemesissy! Or nemebroey... Nemesibly... =P

Eat lots of candy and chocolate and sweet stuff! Don't be a pig about presents! Be nice to your family!

Merry Christmas! =D

Christmas Eve Breakfast

2010-12-24T13:50:00.007-06:00

A traditional feast of many scrumptious foods and delicacies spread upon a lovely table setting. Heh heh heh.

Yo-J. We always have Yo-J. It is the essence of awesome. Well, one of them. ^_^ Great stuff. We never, ever have it besides Christmas Eve, so it's really special.

Pomegranate. Another tradition. It's good, but a pain to eat and prepare. It's got those tiny seeds... and tiny little bits of fruit around the seeds... It's basically life in a fruit. ^_^ Very complicated and annoying, but tasty. (Life is tasty, apparently.)

Annnd, absolute best: monkeybread. (Normally, the tradition is caramel rolls, but caramel rolls are just a HUGE pain to make, so this year I decided to try making monkeybread. It turned out aweeeeesome.)

And the layout of the fiiiine feast. With an evil plastic cup in the mix. If you can spot it, you win awesome points. If you can spot it like a leopard, you get triple awesome points.

Last and least... =P Just kidding. Family photo with served food. Yum.

[Edit] Oh yeah, pictures thanks to Noah. ^_^_^_^

I Have No Idea What I'm Going To Say...

2010-12-22T07:31:00.002-06:00

...But I'm still posting. Is that a bad idea? Probably... But oh well. Bad ideas usually turn out to entertain me. Just like bad jokes and bad... other... things...? Yeah, whatever.

I'm listening to Sweet Caroline (Glee version ^_^) over and over and over again (it helps that the YouTube video I'm listening to has it twice 0=) 0=)) and drinking Sleepytime tea. Well, I should be drinking it. I just forgot about it while I was watching Princess Diaries (I felt like watching something fun/silly/not depressing).

I'm starting to think I really shouldn't be posting right now... I'm not in the greatest posty mood. =P

Yeah... Bye now. =P

I'm A Candy Making Genius!

2010-12-12T21:13:00.010-06:00

I made taffy a few days ago, and it turned out quite well, so I decided I might as well try some other things, since I felt like I could be a candy making genius. Here are pictures of my results, thanks to Noah.

Made today, fudge... (Very good. 0=))

And peanut brittle! (Not clear because of baking soda in the candy to make it easier to eat.) Also very good. 0=)

Glee

2010-12-02T19:48:00.004-06:00

Glee is interesting. Recently, I've become exceedingly more obsessed with it. It has amazing singing, and the character plotlines seem to be moving along much better than the first season.

I've been wondering why I've started liking it so much. During the first season, I was mostly meh. The songs were good, but the characters were selfish and annoying and were not progressing. (Plus, Schue and his wife were just... Yeesh. I get really annoyed when people in stories keep secrets and then it ends up ruining their relationships.) To a certain extent, the secret keeping and the relationship is still continuing and I pretty much try not to have any expectations for people staying together, because they're all doomed. That annoys me, but stuff like that happens in pretty much every single TV show. But I think Joss does a better job at separating people, because it's not just something stupid. (Unless you think death is stupid. XD)

Basically, the show is about the underdogs (or losers, heh) of highschool. I think that's the reason (well, one of them) that the show is so popular. It makes people feel like, even if they're not popular, they still have... community, I guess. Also, the music is awesome. ^_^

I don't think I'm going to try to be coherent right now. My back/neck/head is hurting and that doesn't really help coherency. Neither does listening to one song fifty times in a row. (Haven't done that yet, but I am headed there. XD)

I just felt like I should post something. Maybe I'll try posting a real explanation some other time. XD

I hope you guys are all doing awesome. =D I'm excited for Christmas. And next week's episodes. 0=) Heh heh.

Happy Thanksgiving, 2010

2010-11-25T10:17:00.004-06:00

So, here's the (sort of) traditional post of thankfulness. Wooo! Let me see, now. This could end up being really, really, REALLY long. ^_^

I'm thankful for food. Food is pretty much awesomer than amazing. ^_^ I love holidays that have lots of food. 0=) And traditions that include feasts. Heh heh.

I'm thankful to God for being awesome (in the real sense of the word ^_^). I've thought of many, many more horrible things that could've happened in the accident that did not. And it happened in pretty much the best place it could have. All our friends (well, a lot) were there to support us. Pure amazing. It made for a pretty interesting/awesome summer. =)

I'm thankful for NaNoWriMo, even though I had major suckage this year. It's still awesome, though my theories that I should write a 'serious' novel always turn out bad if I try to do them during NaNo. Ah well. Next year, I am SO doing a Nimba Jimba story.

I'm thankful for snow. It's just so bloody gorgeous. Sparkly (and not a fake vampire) and pure white and so bright... The beginning of winter is lovely. I keep feeling like it's Christmas and I get all happy, and then I get all sad because it's not...

I'm thankful for my friends.
(and, extensions:)

Mrs. Ahern, who was just generally amaaaaazing after the crash (and she was before, too 0=)) and is awesome in playing tricks on everyone and stopping a fan with her hand and totally pwning all the boys who were testing their 'MANness' as John said. ^_^ Yay, Mrs. Ahern!

John (yes, I'm being nice. Well, so far ^_^_^_^_^), who was an awesome distraction from thinking about the crash by being a silly goof (he was pretty hilarious, I'll admit it) and going around insulting people all the time. I'm pretty sure I would've had a breakdown if I didn't have him around to be an absolute dork. ^_^ Yay, John!

Andrenaline (also known as Dren, Anders, and sometime nemesissy - better known as Andre), who is the best nemesis I could ask for, since he likes most of the same stuff I do, and it's fun to yell at him (whether for ranting or nemesissiness). Everyone at the gathering thought he was awesome, 'cause he was. ^_^ In Ninja, Erin slapped him accidentally because he moved his hand, and I think he was the one who thought it was funniest. ^_^ Yay, Dren! It was amaaaaazing watching Serenity with him and Erin and Vicki. He and I laughed at Erin and Vicki so much. They kept freaking out. (Well, mostly Erin. ^_^)

Vicki, who is just great because she loves dinosaurs and made an awesome shirt and who I got to VISIT this year (in the hopes of moving down to AZ, which you will know if you have followed my blog, hem hem =P) and had a absoballylutely awesome time. We watched Firefly and Erin and Vicki freaked out about how cute Simon was (about River, that is ^_^) and Vicki was saying how cute Mal looked when he was all bloody. Now, every time I watch that episode, I remember that, and I'm totally like, "She is so right!" XD Yay, Vicki! *squish*

Erin, who I was tempted to shove in with Vicki, since they're practically appendages of the same person, and is utterly awesome for being schemey at the gathering and freaking out (and Vicki, too) about being a horrible person for playing a trick on peops. She was really amazing to me, too, (and Vicki, heh) since they were there right after the accident. It was so nice to be able to see them. Yay, Erin! *squish*

Kristen, who should just get a general awesomeness prize for being amazing. She sends you stuff more than anyone (and then you feel guilty ^_^ but happy) and is just bloody hilarious. She writes the awesomest satire/comedy you ever saw that was unpublished. Also, she has an awesome parrot named Rufus. Seriously. She, sadly, did not get to come to the gathering, and we missed her. But she was amazing and sent everybody stuff. *sniff* Yay, Kristen! =)

Um. Katie and Erin and Amy, who we (Ami and I) got to sew with this fall! Katie has finished her medieval gown and it's gorgeous. It was great getting to hang out with someone and they're really fun. =) We kept on watching/listening to movies while we were sewing. Tut tut. 0=)

The Wierings (MN sort), who we (Ami and I, again) got to sew with, too. They're amazing and really fun to hang out with. We watched Snow White and I almost fell asleep (seriously, Snow White is the sleepiest movie ever invented O_o).

Ruthiey, who took me out for coffee after I came back, and got rid of my ready-to-breakdown feeling by spoiling me rotten. I love her so much. And she actually posts on her blog, and I love it when my friends post on their blogs (even if they say next to nothing 0=)) because then I get to hear a little about their day or their life. Yay, Eoli! =)

The other Wierings (WI sort), who we only get to see a couple times a year (when they visit MN and have time) and have the hilariousest time with when we do see them. Often, we end up laughing our heads off (if for a funny video: Victor Borge, or because we were having a laughing or not laughing contest ^_^). We love our Wierings. (This time I am referring to both.)

Philip! Who is just generally awesome. =) Also, he's got a different time zone, so he's on at night. 0=) So selfish of me. He has a job at a Krispy Kreme, and I am utterly jealous. He also has an Australian accent, which is awesome despite what John may (jealously! hah!) say. Yay, Phil!

Okay, those are all the people I'm going to take time on right now. ^_^ Sorry, those of you that missed out.

I'm also thankful for the gathering this year. It was amazing. Especially since I got to stay two weeks. 0=) And laugh at John and make him nervous. Or paranoid. Or something. Heh.

Are you thankful? Oh yes you are! You're thankful that I didn't write about you! Ahahahah. Just kidding. Okay, have an amazing Thanksgiving, you guys. Eat lots of food. Get fat. Be merry. Be married, too, if you find anyone today. Make sure to check it with Lyss, though, or else she'll murder you before you have a chance to... uh... nevermind. ^_^ She's got a cellphone now, so you can contact her really easily. Don't be a sissy.

Happy Thanksgiving! =)

What I Love About WriMos

2010-11-20T18:44:00.003-06:00

That is, those who are part of National Novel Writing Month.

They wear geeky shirts. And they RECOGNIZE geeky shirts. I've had two people specifically recognize and compliment my 'Baking Is Science For Hungry People' t-shirt.
They love geeky stuff. Just a little while ago, a ringtone (alarm for the end of a world war ^_^) was the Death Star music and then they started talking about how they want to have the Tardis landing noise as a ringtone and how they have the 2007 and 2010 Doctor Who themes.... Seriously. I could die.
Umm. They... write?
Oh! And and and! They know steampunk! And LIKE it. ^_^

Those, I think, are the main reasons. There are no people like the NaNoWriMo people. I don't know why I am so surprised every time they say something that is just so, so something I agree on and I don't think anyone would ever agree on (well, except for my friends who I have indoctrinated), but I'm always amazed. It's awesome. (ANDRE, YOU ARE MISSING OUT. HAH!)

Blah blah blah. I feel like blah blahing. I'm scatterbrained. I think I might go home tonight, because I'm tired. And I don't feel like staying up all the time right now. Laaaazy, I know. 0=) But sensible. Who would ever guess such a thing of me?? Shocking, shocking.

The 28 Hour Writing Tour

2010-11-20T15:06:00.003-06:00

Bwhahahahh. That is where I am, currently. The second stop, Dunn Bros on some street and some other street. Not that other one or that other one... There are, apparently, a lot of Dunn Bros around here. ^_^

I got five thousand words written at the first stop, mostly because the computer I'm using wouldn't connect to the internet (which happened last year as well) and I wrote ramblingly whenever I wasn't trying desperately to connect to the internet. Now, I'm sure, I will be less productive, since I have internets. Very bad. But it's only been five hours of the writing tour so far. There are twenty three hours left. I think I can get quite a bit of writing done in that amount of time.

Also, Andrenaline and I are racing to fifty thousand words. Whoever wins gets a big glass of beer. Okay, not. But it's a cool though. (Although, personally, I'd like a really spicy mug of chai instead.)

I very well may post again in the next twenty three hours, since I will probably be dying of boredom at times. Oh, that reminds me, I have an email to send that I wrote when I had no internets. Heh.

And, last AND most importantly, I have reached forty thousand words! I totally pwn. Yeah, man.

Calling: Hospitality

2010-11-17T00:29:00.004-06:00

So, recently I've been thinking about callings, because a lot of my friends (and me) have been going through the traditional (as in, it happens every few months or every year or so, depending on the person) panic of what they're supposed to do with their lives.

I was just commenting on Ruthiey's blog about it and decided to make a post, because... I have a lot to say. So here I go preaching. =P Oh well. *g*

Whenever my friends get like that, it makes me sad, because I know they're going to do something amazing. It may not be giant or famous or anything, but it's going to be amazing.

That's dreadfully sappy, but it's still true. ^_^

I've been thinking about my calling on and off for a long time, and I recently figured out that one of my smaller (if a calling can be small, heh) callings is hospitality. Hospitality can be an absolutely beautiful thing. To explain it better, I have to go into a feeling that every person has.

A longing for belonging. (Why oh why did that have to rhyme? Now it sounds horribly cheesy.) One movie I really love is a wonderful example of this, The Nightmare Before Christmas. Jack Skellington is the king of Halloween, more or less. He's famed for scaring and just being generally amazing to the inhabitants of the land of Halloween. But he's getting dissatisfied with just Halloween. He discovers Christmas, and it gives him a wonderful feeling. A feeling of happiness.

Personally, I think that was the feeling that we all long desperately to have, a feeling of belonging. Like this place is ours. These people are ours. They love us, they appreciate us, and they don't judge us and mock us.

I tend to feel in place best when I'm with a small group of friends, and most when I'm with just one. It's probably a bit selfish, but when you're the center of attention, you feel wanted.

Then, when you're with a big group, the opposite is felt even more. You feel alone if you're not the center of attention. (Or, if you are the center of attention, you may be terrified. I probably would be, if it weren't at the gathering or something.) It's a painful feeling. That may be the reason a lot of people (including myself) are quite introverted. Being introverted is a kind of protection against that pain. If you just talk to and hang out with close friends, you're less likely to feel it. (Or supposedly. That very likely is not entirely true. ^_^)

Anyways. Hospitality is making someone feel at home. The feeling of wanting to belong is essentially that. Longing for our real home (which would be heaven). Sometimes we feel it, sometimes we don't.

Hospitality is an art of balance. Often, when you're over at someone's house, it's just amazingly clean. It's so clean you feel guilty about doing anything and also feel bad about the state of your own home. I think that having at least a little mess is a good idea (even if having a clean house is nice ^_^), since it'll make your guests feel more comfortable and, very often, the reason you have such a clean home is to make you feel better than other people. You may not admit it on the outside, but I know if I had a ridiculously clean house, I would be feeling dreadfully uppity. And that does not help at all with trying to make your guests feel comfortable and at home. Even if they don't consciously know what it is about your attitude, they will feel it. (Unless you're just amazing in that area. I know at least one person who is. And she's just bloody amazing all around. Not all those with clean houses are snobby. ^_^)

Um. What else. Okay, I pretty much totally lost my train of thought. Chatting with people and trying to write a serious, coherent blog post is a little complicated.

I think I will have to do a part two. This is enough for now. I hope it was... thought provoking, at least. And made sense. I feel like it was a little scatterbrained. ^_^

Television Is Awesome

2010-11-15T08:31:00.003-06:00

Seriously. I am so bloody addicted to TV it's not even funny. Okay, I lied, it totally is funny. ^_^ I laugh at myself about it all the time. Or make fun of. Whatever.

Anyways! Last night I was looking to see if Bryan Fuller (Pushing Daisies, Dead Like Me, and Wonderfalls -- all rather dark, quirky comedy shows, and all awesome) had anything new coming out. He didn't really (I think he's doing Pinocchio soon? A movie? That should be interesting. I'm excited!), so I looked to see if there were any other things he had made. Not really (besides writing some episodes of Star Trek and Heroes), but I did find a little something called 'The Amazing Screw On Head' which is by Mike Mignola (writer of the Hellboy and BPND or something, I can't remember, whose writings I enjoy - black comedy, they're dark and generally about supernatural things - vampires, etc. and they have an interesting theme of Christianity, although mainly in crosses and all that jazz). It was a pitch episode that was made from the comic book of the same name, but it never got to be a real show (sadly enough). I watched it, and it turned out to be pretty awesome. I mean, what thing with the quote "It's as I always say, all really intelligent people should be cremated for reasons of public safety," could not be awesome? And a robot that is a screw on head? How awesome is that? Man. Anyways. I liked it.

Secondly, I was watching the Sarah Connor Chronicles (Terminator TV show). Finished the first season and started the second. I enjoyed the first season, but I am freaking LOVING the second. It's got all sorts of mysteries. Such as who exactly IS Cameron (the terminator sent back by older John Connor to protect the teenage John Connor from the evil terminators) and will she end up betraying John by returning to her normal protocol (or is it all just an elaborate trick?! heh heh) or is she turning into something... else? Or is she turning into something else and, therefore, becoming a cyborg so powerful and incredible that she will, herself, start the apocalypse? Hmmm.

*reminisces* I'm so glad the second season actually has twenty two episodes. I was prepared to be disappointed and see that it only had some ridiculous number like nine or thirteen, since it was canceled (MURDER FOX).

I need to go chill in a freezer. Or watch more Sarah Connor. After writing some more words, of course. MAN, I love television. It's so interesting, and can be way more detailed and full of character arches than movies. You just can't do the same things with movies as you can with television. Or, well, maybe some people can. We'll see when The Avengers comes out. (Which is looking to be freaking AWESOME. I can't wait for all the leading up superhero movies to come out! There's going to be like one superhero movie coming out every two months. I am so freaking hyped. Man, I love superhero movies. Okay, I'll chill.)

I swear. I'll cool it. Okay, no, I won't. But whatever. Being hyped up is fun. Have a sweet day, dudes.

Special Effects!

2010-11-11T21:40:00.004-06:00

Hair dye, that is.

I ordered some. Bwahahahah! I'm not going to tell you what colors. But it's gonna be awesome.

Someday I will have a gigantic collection of blues, greens, purples, and pinks. And then I can dye my hair wonderful varieties of colors. Yaaaay!

Anyways. I just wanted to gloat. Or... something. ^_^ Yeah. XD

But there's no clue when it's gonna arrive since they don't have the bleach in stock. Lameness. =( Or, well, some clue. From two to four weeks, they said. I'm hoping it'll be two or less, 'cause I WANNA DYE MY HAIR. XD

Bye now, kiddos.

Must. Beat. Chicago.

2010-11-07T19:07:00.003-06:00

Yeah, so I'm on the team. And we're being beaten, but that's only because they have one person who's at like 100k right now... Without that person, we'd be beating them! Hah!

You can see the detaily detailiness here: http://utahwrimos.net/nano_stats/wars/stats/4cd4306d-63ec-47ce-ba9a-5e09d15a4996

I'm Jasper Illusian. Keh heh heh. }=D

Also, I cut my toe. It hurts. Boohoo.

I had a word war with Andrenaline and I totally beat him to a pulp. I got 2,770 words and he only got like... 1600 or something? I can't remember. Oh, wait, maybe it was like 1300. Something like that. I don't remember. But he lost. And I was happy, because I had beaten him and I got up to 21k. Which was pretty awesome.

I want bacon, but I don't think we have any. It's really tragic, especially since two of my characters got to eat a whole huge slab of awesomely delicious bacon all by themselves. What pigs. Wait, not really. Then they'd be cannibals. Hahahahahah XD

Anyway, folks. I... should do something. Like write. Or take a break. Or something. I don't know. We'll see. Bye! Have a nice evening! =P

Elite Awesome 25!

2010-11-04T00:29:00.005-05:00

Okay. There's this challenge between three cities for NaNoWriMo that has been issued from Chicago. It is between the Twin Cities, Chicago (duh), and the regional forum called England: Elsewhere. (I didn't know how else to describe it. ^_^_^_^) It is a battle for the highest regional wordcount! So, personally, I don't have much control over it, but WE TWIN CITY WRIMOS MUST MURDER THESE UNDERLINGS! (Currently Chicago is beating us, though. =()

There is also a second challenge. Twenty five of the Twin Cities WriMos and twenty five of the Chicago WriMos will go up against each other in an epic battle of wordcounts! I am going to try to be part of this elite AWESOME group and, if I do, I am going to change my goal from 50,000 words to 100,000 words like last year. I will probably regret this, but this will not change the AWESOMENESS of it.

As you might be able to tell, I'm pretty hyped up about this. NaNoWriMo brings out the ridiculously competitive spirit in me. (Almost spelled 'spirit' 'spearit.' Just goes to show you want NaNo does to a person's brain. Or, well, non-existent brain. ^_^)

I'm so excited! I freaking cannot wait for the 28-hour write-in (I blogged about it last year, I do believe). You write for 28 hours straight (although you don't really. most of the time you are posting on the forum to other people at the write in and listening to people talk about silly things and trying to connect to the internet which is being EVIL and travelling to the different spots of the write-in) and get barely any words! It's bloody awesome. =D

Anyways. I need to go cool off, because I am way too excited right now. And my shoulders are being evil (have you ever felt like your shoulders have fallen asleep? that's what it feels like, and it is so freaking annoying!).

I've got 9,022! Ha! >=D

GUYS GUYS GUYS

2010-11-01T04:25:00.003-05:00

HOLY PACMAN GUYS

I JUST REALIZED THAT SANTA IS SATAN

WE'RE ALL DOOMED

This is really scary. O_o

But I'm listening to Owl City. aw

NANOWRIMO IS HEEEEEEEEEEEEEEERE

2010-11-01T03:01:00.005-05:00

Heere at the wall. With two Es. NO IT'S ACTUALLY THREE, YOU BLEEPIN' IDIOT BENJAMING FRANKLIN BARKER OR WHATEVER YOUR LAST NAME IS

Sorry, guys. I'm a little psazystic. I mean spastic right now. As you can tell by my strange sentence structure and horribly deadly typing. (My hands are made of superpowers, dude.)

My story is gonna be freaking awesome. It's also going to be really confusing, because Lyss is a bad influence and I was talking to her while I was writing and then I invited her to see it and she was watching and it was creepy and I was like, "LYSS CREEPY STALKER MAN" or something. It was funny. (Saying 'it was funny' usually makes something not funny. It's an interesting fact of life. I should put that in my novel. Yay, inspiration.)

I think I know why I'm so insanityishtic. I AM DRUNK ON INSPIRATION. Or maybe just stupidity. Hahaha.

I love NaNoWriMo so much. It's like my mushy alot friend made of superpowers. Actually, alot is not mushy. (Wow, try understanding THAT sentence. XD) I want alot of superpowers. Wait, I've got alot of superpowers. And he's so cute. *sniff*

I better leave before I make everyone else as mental as me. We'll all end up in the mental asylum, and it's gonna be AWESOME. (Don't deny it.)

Okay, I really should go to write. Gotta beat Andre. And THEN The Duchess of Popcorn (she insisted I change it, but those of you who know her will know who I mean ^_^_^_^_^_^) BWAAAAHAHAHAHAH! Yere we go! (At the wall. ^______________________^)

P.S. The new codeword for the mental posts (and I mean really mental--the ones where Vicki or Kristen must've drugged me--or, as I like to say, drubbed) will be 'drub.' Admit it, it's awesome.

Stats

2010-10-27T17:33:00.003-05:00

Guys, I was just looking at my blog stats, and they are UNFORGIVABLE. I mean, come on! Obviously Internet Explorer is of the stone ages, so don't use it! You're messing up my stats!

Also, since when do people search for 'thecerealkillerconspiracy.bloodspot.com'??? I mean, I knew I was violent, but I didn't know I had (have?!) the power to influence searches. Wow.

I should post a real post, because this is just sad.

Oh yeah, apparently my 'So Thankful' or whatever post has the most views of all my posts. Like a hundred more than any other. That's really sad and really hilarious at the same time. XD

STALKERRRRRRR

(Ignore this post, guys. ^_^ I think Vicki and Kristen must've drugged me again today.)

Caffeine and Alternate Universi

2010-10-25T10:19:00.003-05:00

If you don't like universi, get over it. I like that word. ^_^ Mostly because I made it up during NaNoWriMo. ^_^_^_^_^

Anyso. (I'm feeling kind of hyper and crazy today. Don't blame me if I say weird stuff.) I figured out why coffee (and various other supposedly hyper-inducing edibles) does not effect me and I get hyper at other times for no reason at all. It's because there's another me, in an alternate reality/universe and she drinks coffee and stuff sometimes, too, but not regularly (thank goodness). Basically, when she drinks it, I get hyper, and when I drink something, she gets hyper. It's pretty freaky. I'm proud of myself for figuring it out. *pleased smile*

I'd better go do something...something...I dunno, but something. Have a fun life.

And The NaNoWriMo To Come

2010-10-24T11:28:00.004-05:00

Hahahah. ^_^ I started with 'NaNoWriMo to come' and then I was like, ooooh, THE NaNoWriMo to come! And then I was like AAAAAND the NaNoWriMo to come! Yeah...

Anyways! NaNo is in a WEEEK! I am so freaking excited! Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep. I think I will dye my hair purple and green (maybe, it may not actually happen, and I may just do one color highlights). I also need to stock up on unhealthy snack foods. And brainstorm some more. And get a good variety of awesome teas. And...um...uh...um...get some inspiration. And talk to my Muses. And try to convince everyone I know that they HAVE to do it this year. Especially the people in MN, so I can have write-ins with them. BWAAAAAAAAHAHHAAHHAHAHAHAHAHAH.

=D Yeah, you should all do it. I know Andre is going to (like he would ever NOT =P), but EVERYONE SHOULD DO IT 'CAUSE IT'S FREAKING AWESOME.

Oh yeah, and I just realized that Halloween is on Sunday (I realized that yesterday, actually) so I could wear a costume to church! yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay (I just have to figure something awesome out... =\) And that's also the day that I have to stay up past midnight to get started writing on my story! WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO NANO.

I'm so hyped up, dude.

A Liter of Chai

2010-10-21T14:24:00.004-05:00

That is what I am currently drinking. Out of a glass liquid measuring cup. It's fun.

I'm also playing Starship Edelweiss by Edelweiss over and over and over...and over again. It's really sad. Kristen is slowly and steadily taking over the world. *shakes head*

Check it out. It's super weird and super addicting. ^_^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eEpcjgYHE4U

I've done a bit of sewing recently, and finished my super awesome skirt that is three squares with circles cut in the middle for my waist. It looks so, so awesome. Someday I will do a photoshoot and post pictures. But for now you'll just have to wait. And wait. And wait some more. Yeah.

Also, I'm making a purple dress. It's looking to be summery. Yay. Sadly it is not summer anymore... I guess I need to make a fall/winter dress next.

Actually, I had a totally freaking awesome idea for my next sewing project. A geek dress. White, with various geeky things embroidered on it. Specifically the Tardis. Beyond that, I haven't come up with many ideas for the decorations. Maybe 42, maybe Serenity... Maybe Joss Whedon's head. (Okay, that might be a little to weird for a dress. But sewing that onto something would be so freaking awesome.) I'm really excited. 0=D

Oh yeah, one more thing. Andrenaline (real name Andre ^_^) and I are going to go to Comic Con in 2012. So I've been thinking about what costumes I'm gonna wear. All I have decided on so far is that I wanna grow my hair out and dye it GREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEN. Or greenish blue. And green. And maybe even with a purple streak. Oh my goodness I am so exciiiiiiiiiiiited. =D =D

Someday I will do a corpse bride costume. With awesome/freak makeup.

I'm kind of hyper right now. I'm excited for NaNoWriMo. And...stuff stufff.... I dunno what. But I'm sure excited for it! =D

AUGH SOMEBODY DO SOMETHING I'M SO EXCITED I LIKE TARDISES (Tardis? Tardice? XDDDDDDDD)

I need to go...um...mash in my brain? Bye.

= Awesome

2010-10-11T07:31:00.003-05:00

This post is dedicated to Kristen and Rufus, who, despite their penchant for forcing people to call them awesome, they truly are.

Also, happy belated birthday (again =P) to Kristen. And Rufus. (Or maybe early happy birthday to Rufus? 0=))

Seriously. Awesome. (TAKE THAT, ANDRE.)

A Billion Friends II

2010-10-08T18:10:00.003-05:00

A reply/whatever to Vicki's post A Billion Friends.

I have mourned the fact that you lose touch with friends many times before, as well. I had a best friend when I was pretty young (maybe 8-11? I'm not sure, maybe younger) who lived on the same block. We didn't actually have that much in common besides the facts that we were about the same age (I think she was a year younger) and that we lived on the same block. I haven't seen her for years and years (she moved away), and even if I did, by now we probably would have a hard time finding things in common.

Yet another barely best friend (I vaguely remember one of us saying we should be best friends, and we just did), who I don't remember having that much in common with (we didn't even live near each other) came and went.

Those friendships may not have been very real, but I still regret losing them.

But I was thinking a few nights ago about Vicki's post, and then it came to me. This attitude of "well, I'll fall apart with some friends someday" may be part of the problem. Sure, people change, but people also change in marriages--and are those meant to fall apart? No. They often do, usually because people aren't willing to make the effort to make it work (and other times because of genuine problems). Friendships may not be as important or binding as marriage, but we still could expend some effort in keeping them from falling apart.

I'm not just speaking from my mind, either. I know I've been a jerk (maybe not exactly a jerk, but thoughtless and selfish) to my friends sometimes, but they stuck with me, even though I wasn't giving anything to them. I was just taking, because I felt like I was having a hard time. One of my friends was absolutely amazing and kept on being amazing even though she felt unloved.

On the other side, I have fallen apart with another friend, but I'm working to recreate the friendship again because I think she is an absolutely amazing person who I do not want to lose touch with.

Friendship should not just be taking, but giving. (Okay, yes, that does sound preachy. XD) Not that I think any of you are not doing well. I have amazing friends that I hope to stay in touch with until I die, because my life would not be as wonderful without them.

(Vicki, just so you know, I'm not trying to talk at you or anything, I just think the view that you seem to have is a little on the pessimistic side. ^_^ Or maybe I'm just so obsessed with thinking I'll never lose my friends--because I really don't want to--that I have to make an argument so I can get everyone else to believe the same way. XD)

Chuck

2010-09-10T12:55:00.002-05:00

The newest version of favorite show. ^_^ 0=) (Okay, not version. Whatever.)

Chuck is about a guy who works at Buy More (parody of Best Buy) in the Nerd Herd (Geek Squad ^_^). He gets a computer full of all the NSA and CIA's top secret information downloaded into his brain and...life gets hairy (Harry Potter?! Noooooo!). The NSA and CIA both send operatives to retrieve the secrets, but they just end up protecting Chuck.

It's a pretty darn hilarious show. I really have a thing for shows with geeks (they just tend to be more amusing than shows with rich people or dumb people or whatever).

Basically, it's a spy show that's a comedy. I mean, it kind of has to be when it has geeks in it. ^_^ It's pretty epic. ^_^

I'm not very coherent right now, 'cause I just got the package of seasons 1 and 2 of Chuck and I'm exciiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitedddd!!! =D

Careless Driving

2010-09-04T20:13:00.003-05:00

Well, as you might have heard, I have been charged with careless driving and from what we've heard from the DA it sounds like it's going to end up on my record no matter what.

Just to keep those of you who don't know updated. ^_^ And I've not been so happy about it. ^_^

The most recent new court date (and hopefully the last) is September 10th, so...we'll know then. Yay? ~.^

Also, something awesome that Kristen just showed me, it's hilariously fantastic (Vicki and Erin, if she hasn't shown you it yet, then check it out, I think you'll like it ^_^):

http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/2ByDTD/www.plastic-castle.com/tom/tinies.htm

The A-Team

2010-08-26T13:59:00.002-05:00

Not the movie. The TV show.

It's become the newest obsession in our family. Everyone likes it--I expect mostly because of Murdock.

The show is about a unit of four Vietnam vets who went to prison for a crime that they didn't commit (or, rather, they did, but it wasn't a crime ^_^) who are underground (not literally, just figuratively) in California and help people in trouble. Every episode is more or less the same, someone comes to them for help, they help them (with many car chases, car crashes, plane flying, shooting, and no one dying), and then the happy ending. The characters are what really make it worth watching:

Colonel John 'Hannibal' Smith - The leader, he plans out all the take-downs and after the plans fall to pieces and they have to rework everything, they still win and he invariably says, "I love it when a plan comes together." He may not be certifiably insane, like Murdock, but his plans are always a bit on the alarmingly crazy side. He disguises himself as a Chinese laundry man (and numerous other random people) to scan their clients.

Lieutenant Templeton 'Faceman' (or just Face) Peck - The con and ladies man. He always manages to get whatever plane, tank, or truck that Hannibal asks for, no matter how much he complains about having to do it. He is deathly afraid of commitment and has too much fun using his cons to find and live in ridiculously fancy apartments.

Captain H.M. 'Howling Mad' Murdock - My favorite character: the pilot, the madman, the most interesting and fun part of the show. He's immensely entertaining when he talks to his dog (absolutely imaginary), Billy, and when he pretends to be the Range Rider (Lone Ranger copy ^_^) or Captain Cab. He says the darnedest things and yet, still, you are suspicious that the whole thing's an act. (I am firmly of the belief that he is not insane, but just pretends to be because he enjoys it and so he doesn't have to be on the run all the time, like the rest of the team. He just hangs out being crazy in the insane asylum. Just my kind of guy. =D)

Sergeant Bosco Albert 'Bad Attitude' (always referred to as 'B.A.) Baracus - The strong man, the handy man, the driver. He has a soft spot for kids, and is always nice to them. He hates flying (and, perhaps, because of that, hates Murdock). He and Murdock are the most entertaining duo. He is also my second favorite character.

In summary, I love the A-Team because Murdock is bloody hilarious. ^_^ So go watch it! =D

It's High Time!

2010-08-22T17:50:00.002-05:00

For another post. 0=) I'm so very bad. But I haven't exactly had any ideas for posts...

But! I decided I needed to post about sewing! And the O'Neals!

Recently, we had the O'Neals over the watch White Collar (a show we both like) and a few days later were discussing doing sewing together (us girls ^_^). So, finally, Tuesday (I think?) of this last week, we went shopping for fabric and all the other things we need. It took quite a while (picking out fabric is always hard), but we were all very pleased with the results. Both Katie and Erin are doing green medieval gowns (Katie's doing a dark forest type green, and Erin's doing more of a medium green). I'm so excited! The dresses are going to be so gorgeous!

We went over to their house...sometime this week (I haven't been so great at keeping track of the days ^_^) and did a bit of pattern tracing. Hopefully, this week we'll be able to get into some actual sewing! I'm making a skirt and a dress (not medieval, though). I like sewing. =)

The Biz

2010-08-03T17:14:00.002-05:00

As in business. As in being busy. A lot.

That's pretty much all that's been happening around here. I've been blackmailing John with incriminating videos. (Or endeavoring to. 0=))

Also, I'm looking forward to my birthday, which is in about two weeks. I think I'm going to have cheesecake and frozen custard. =) And maybe bacon cheeseburgers from Applebee's. We'll see how it works out, though. There're also showings of Serenity and Dr. Horrible on my birthday and the two days before. 0=) I'm hoping I can find some people to go with, now that Jared is abandoning the ship that is the North for hot and not humid AZ. The traitor. Hmph. =D

Yuppp. So I'm lookin' forward to the days ahead. And maybe having some more people over. I've decided I do like people after all. At least for now. ^_^

So Thankful

2010-07-20T13:25:00.004-05:00

Yay, thankful post time! I'm well overdue, especially with all the amazing (really, truly ^_^) stuff that's been happening.

Here goes. (The only problem I have, is I have no clue where to start. XD)

I am thankful (for)...
amazing friends (currently, especially Ruthiey, because she took me out for coffee and listened and talked with me)
being made a fuss of (by Ruthiey, again. It's so nice to be made a fuss of for once, even if it's only for a couple hours. It makes me happy. =))

And on to things specifically I am thankful for because of the accident...

I am thankful (for/to)...

...amazing people (Mrs. Ahern, especially. She is just so, so amazing and was such a HUGE help through everything.) -- the people in Grand Junction, our friends who came to the gathering (just everyone), people who prayed (we appreciate it so, so, so much--even if we don't always say it. Please continue to pray. There's still so much to work through), people with the airlines and on the airplanes... My friends who are so supportive and kind and helpful and flattering 0=) (And who I love to tease 0=)). Even John, who was a goofball (yes, John, really. ^_^) and helped keep me distracted enough that I could be helpful to Mommy and Daddy. My family, who has proved themselves amazing (especially Noah and Mommy and Daddy, who I am so, so proud of ^_^). Just people in general. ^_^

...God. He has done so much and is DOING so much through everything.

...that we didn't get more hurt than we did. The whole accident is a miracle (though you may think it strange that I say that ^_^). It's a miracle no one died, it's a miracle it happened right outside Grand Junction, where we had lots of amazing people to take care of us, it's a miracle that it happened THIS year and not LAST year when there was a carrier on top of the van which probably would've made the roof COMPLETELY collapse and we probably all would've been dead. It's a miracle that Noah isn't at the very LEAST brain damaged (I felt the back of his head after the accident--it was squishy like a pillow O_o). It's a miracle that Ami, me, Gabriel, Gregory, and Daddy made it out almost completely okay (just bruised and scratched--I mean, besides psychological damage or whatever). It's a miracle how it's changed me, and *is* changing me, and all of my family.

Heh, I feel like a huge sap now! *cackle* I'm just really, really thankful. Thank you to everyone who was there or not there and praying. We're really, really grateful. (And I have been revealed as who I really am--a gigantic sap! Bwaaahahahahahahh! =P)

On a less bright note: Mommy is going to be having surgery for her broken arm (which, apparently, is in four pieces--two larger ones, and then two smaller splinter-ish pieces) tomorrow. Please pray that she gets through that all right, and doesn't get any more stressed out than she already is (she was feeling sick yesterday--I think because the doctor said she needed surgery, and because she was just stressed from being in the car on the highway and feeling penned in). Hopefully she won't have to stay in the hospital too long, because just...bleh.

Anyways, we're busy bees! (but I'm still on the computer way, way, way too much 0=))

Headed Home, Finally?

2010-07-14T13:50:00.003-05:00

I'm partly glad and partly not. It'll be nice to be home and, hopefully, be able to get some rest. But heading home will also mean the long extended gathering will finally be over.

I just want to sleep once I get home. >.< But after that, there will be yet more to do. But I'm not thinking about that...yet. I think I might go to the cafeteria one last time and get french fries. I'd better go soon or else the Aherns'll be here and I won't be able to. Noooooooooo! 0=)

Well, see you (and maybe I will write some more informational and cheery posts?) once I'm home.

In the Hospital...Again.

2010-07-10T18:04:00.002-05:00

Not from more injuries, though, thank God. Just here to keep an eye on my mother. The rest of the family are driving back to MN today, hopefully they'll get there in three days with no accidents or trouble. Prayers are appreciated.

At this point, we're thinking Mommy and I may be flying back on Tuesday (if everything goes well). I'm just glad not to be in a car driving all the way back. XP Normally, I wouldn't mind, but if you're conscious and driving the car the rolls over, well, it's just not pleasant. =P

I took out my stitches (and my sisters 0=)) yesterday...and it was AWESOME!!! I got a video. 0=) (Or, rather, Gregory did.) I probably won't be able to put up any videos or pictures until I'm home (and John looks relieved and hopes that he can blackmail me into deleting the videos of him BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHH), so don't be impatient. (Well, you can if you want, but it won't do much good.)

I'm happily still thoroughly pwning John, even online. He is dreadfully disappointed. *serene smile*

(Oh yes, the gathering was fabulous. I absolutely pwned John. Many, many times. Just you wheat and see. Aha. Ha. Ha. Ha. Haha.)

Life...

2010-07-05T16:05:00.003-05:00

Is full of surprises you never saw coming...

For example, car accidents. ^_^

Most of you know already what has happened, but I figured I might as well write a post since some of those who read my blog may not be in the know.

Basically, we are on a trip for a gathering of friends from online schools and just as we were outside Grand Junction, we had a rollover accident.

Thankfully, everyone's okay (well, as in not dead ^_^), and everyone except Noah and Mommy have been discharged from the hospital (Mommy had broken ribs, broken clavicle, broken upper right arm, and broken elbow; and Noah has a broken femur and pelvis). Those two are in a bit of pain but they're doing amaaaazingly better than yesterday morning or the day before (they've been smiling and laughing when we've gone to visit).

So far I have not had time to think about much of anything (there has been sooooooo much happening), so I'm not sure how I'll respond once I'm back to my normal not having a life time.

Yay, chaos! =P

Oh, and I finally got to meet Andre (my nemesis), and he was horrible. No, he was pretty awesome. I picked a good nemesis. =P

New Look

2010-06-12T17:30:00.003-05:00

If I ever take a picture that I really like, or make one, I'll change the background to that. For now, something nice and alien-ish (well, it's an alien's perspective, anyways).

Yay, shiny new colors. I also decided to change the layout.

Job

2010-05-20T17:12:00.002-05:00

Oh yeah, and I forgot. There is a possible job in AZ that might be open to me. I just called (and left a message--I'm immensely proud of myself ^_^) and hopefully...HOPEFULLY something will work out.

Anyways, I'd appreciate lots of prayers for a job. I really need to get one. ^_^ Also, pray for Vicki. She's having a job interview for Chipotle RIGHT NOW. Eep. O_o She needs a job, too.

Currently Watching I

2010-05-20T11:05:00.004-05:00

Well, since I'm kind of hyper (probably from lack of sleep and too much TV) and jittery and wanting to rant about the TV shows I'm currently watching, I decided to make a list. Roughly from ones most recently been watched to...less recently.

Foyle's War - probably my favorite mystery TV show (that is, at least out of the old-fashioned types). Very likable (and utterly awesome ^_^) characters, interesting stories, and much WWII intrigue (and interesting history). One of my favorite shows. (Probably the newest ^_^)

Buffy the Vampire Slayer - yes, I am still watching it. ^_^ Not finished yet. I have one season of the TV show left (and then onto the comic book season number eight). The character arches get pretty amazing in the last few seasons. Someday I will buy all of Buffy... I just love it. One of my favorite shows, as well. ^_^

V - the new one. ^_^ (There *is* an old one, in case you hadn't heard. They have basic plot similarities, from what I checked, but quite a few differences.) Enjoyable, extremely suspenseful (if you don't want to die of suspense, I'd say wait until it's over and done with and then watch it all at once ^_^ but, of course, if you decide to watch it now, you can always go insane like me =D). It always has you questioning who's good and who's going to betray who (there seems to be a lot of it going around in this show ^_^). I'm a sucker for sci-fi, so...yeah. =P Not a favorite yet. Definitely a good/entertaining/interesting watch, though. (And it is one of the two shows I know of that have respectable preachers/priests. The other being Firefly.)

Angel - alongside Buffy. Pretty much the same, although I have more of a soft spot, I think, for Buffy than Angel. (Not talking about the characters, mind you. =P Don't like either of them that much.) Insane INSANE character arches. Joss seems to be good at that when he has time. Man, I wish Dollhouse had got the five seasons. Not yet a favorite (though it may have to, since it goes hand in hand with Buffy).

Babylon 5 - very interesting, not yet a favorite, and I have only watched one episode recently (since only two seasons of it are on Hulu, I'm dreading reaching the end of the second season--which I am close to--because the last season had a BLOODY awful cliffhanger), so I'm not terribly fresh on the reviewing. Plus I'm a bit enamored with Foyle's War at the moment.

Stargate SG 1 - Colonel Jack O'neill is the awesomeness of awesomeness. Without a doubt my favorite character. Sam (what is it with awesome Jacks and Sams?! Sam as in Samantha, always, too ^_^) is pretty great, too. I'm beginning to have a little heartache for this show, too, if I don't watch any for too long, so I guess it's steadily on the way to becoming a favorite. I'm very pleased to have found out that all ten seasons (yes, I am truly insane) will still be on Hulu (they were supposed to be taken down mid May) until January of next year. =D

Life - I love this show. ^_^ Probably because its main character is rather eccentric and strange. I always like shows that the main character is somewhat off in some way (I love House, I find him utterly fascinating). About a cop who went to prison after being framed for a murder (for years, I don't remember how long). He comes back out, after being proven not the murderer (and given outrageous amounts of make-up money =P) and goes back to his old job. Pretty interesting show. He also has an obsession with eating fresh fruit (it's quite amusing XD) because of not having any while in prison.

White Collar - faaaaaaaaaabuloussss. As I have said before. And probably will say again. One of my favorite shows. To return this summer (I can't wait ^_^). If you want to know more, go check for the old post about it (I remember doing one sometime), 'cause I'm really too lazy to repeat myself.

I'm also too lazy to do short whatsits on the rest of the shows I've been watching, but I'll try to give you a list of the rest... *brainfreeze* ...okay... Forget that. My brain is completely empty. I know there's at least five more that I have been watching on and off, but I just cannot remember them. I guess I'll have to do another post some other time. Heh. =)

Cheers. Bedtime for me. XD

New Hair

2010-05-14T21:44:00.002-05:00

Nope, no picture. I have still not yet come to the age of posting pictures or yourself (or much of anything). That time may come into existence for me soon, though, considering that I'm working on steampunk clothes. =P

Basically, it's just down to the start of my neck in back and below my chin an inch (or less?) in front. Pretty slick, if I say so myself. I cut it, and I'm thinking I'll probably use the leftover dye I have from last year and do something... I'm not sure exactly how I'll go about that, but we'll see.

Woo, hairchange!

Oh yeah, and, as usual, I did it myself. I wish I could turn my head all the way around. It'd make it so much easier. XD

Tropic Thunder (Not A Review)

2010-05-10T17:30:00.004-05:00

WOOOOOOOOOOOOO. I just got a package in the mail and you just guess what it was.

TROPIC THUNDERRRRRRR. I was grinning for like five minutes straight and then I started laughing my head off after I got it... Wow. I think I finally have slipped into the deep end.

And then I tried to calm myself down, but I said "Cool it, Benson" which is a quote from the movie... Sigh. I am so bad. XD

So I am happy. YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!

Oh, and now I'm suggesting to Andre that we name the evil lady in our webcomic Regina Victoria. I'm so dreadfully humble. Awwwww. XDDDDD

My Quest for Steampunk

2010-05-09T11:26:00.003-05:00

Okay, not quite. Kinda. I'm pretty much just making stuff. Quest sounds cool, though, so I used it.

Yesterday, I finally got to go to Joann Fabrics and get some blood-red brocade (with black flowers that sometimes look silvery) and some pretty silver-colored buttons for making a vest with. So far, I've cut out all the pieces and have sewn a few of them together. It's lookin' cool (and sewing with brocade and satin--for the lining--isn't as hard as I thought it would be. Satin's the stuff that's more slipper--so if I was doing something only out of satin, it'd probably be a pain) so far! =) Although (about easy-sewing-wise), I haven't actually started sewing the satin and brocade together yet, so I guess I don't know. XD I'm sure some point will come up that I'll be like "WHAT?! ARGH!" There usually is. XD (If not from complicated-ness, from boredom--for example, cutting out the squares for my patchwork skirt. Yikes. XD)

Besides the vest in progress, I've got a brown (that sometimes looks green next to other browns ^_^) skirt that is awesome and a shirt that I dyed tan with tea (it smells like PG Tips now XD). Awesome. I'm hoping to make a kind of bustle out of some dark green cotton I've got, but I'm not sure how to go about doing that (I want it to be a simple one, and not big--basically just like a kind of short, poofy overskirt.)

Yup. It's goin' good.

Oh, and Kristen sent me an Indian...hah, I don't remember what it's called (I'm sure she told me at least once upon a time)... But it's like the poofy pants and long tunic-dress. It's blue with silver stripes and pink flowers (or swirls or something, I can't remember exactly and I'm not in my room). I'm hoping to wear it to church tonight (but I might not be able to if I can't find any elastic.)

Also, happy Mother's Day.

GED, Achieved!

2010-05-04T20:58:00.002-05:00

I now am OFFICIALLY the proud owner of a nice, very shiny GED certificate. Okay, not shiny. It's just a piece of paper. But it has cool numbers on it. Let's see if I can type it in to make any sort of sense...

"Official Transcript of GED Tests Results

blabbedyblahbeddyblah

tuptuptup

Language Arts, Reading 620 (percentile rank 88)
Language Arts, Writing 660 (percentile rank 95)
Mathematics 790 (percentile rank 99)
Science 660 (percentile rank 95)
Social Studies 600 (percentile rank 84)

Total Score: 3330
Battery Average: 666"

And then it goes on to say how I'm in the top 3% of traditional high school graduates (well, sort of XD it's kind of confusing how they say it). Actually, I'm not sure if that's what it really means... this thing is bloody confusing. Either way, I scored good. XD

SO PARTAY TIME ALREADY DUDES!!!! =D =D =D =D =D

=P

GED, Pretty Much So

2010-04-27T15:09:00.002-05:00

Yep. I've got all my scores except for writing (since there is an essay included in that, which takes longer to score since someone has to actually read it) and since even with just adding those four scores together, I get over 2250, and since I'm not likely to score below 620 on writing (and to not pass, I'd have to get below 410), I think it's pretty certain I'll have my GED. (yikes, long sentence. =P)

You'll never guess what score I got on math, though. I'm still pretty unbelieving. I got a bloody whopping 790. Really. Seriously. I only got one question wrong. I'm so bloody shocked. It's ridiculous. I guess I should go into engineering. =P (That would be cool, but probably not.) I might take more math, though. We'll see.

It's making me feel bad about my other scores. I mean, for heaven's sake, it's 190 more than I got on...whichever one I got 600 on! Man! Preposterous!

So, yeah. I'm pretty pleased with myself.

Also, Andre (my nemesis, yes) and I are hopefully going to start a webcomic together! Of course, before we actually *start* it, we have to figure out the plot and stuff. But it's looking to be a post-apocalyptic steampunk story. Awesome or awesome, dude? Seriously.

Having A Life (And Some Other Stuff)

2010-04-25T19:10:00.004-05:00

You know, having a life is nice. Of course, when it suddenly disappears again you get all bored and depressed and start wondering what on earth kept you entertained for all those days before?!

I think I may be experiencing that. =P I should get a job. I think I might actually enjoy working. I enjoyed the GED prep, so. It's nice to be busy and not sit at a computer all day.

Also, I think I'm having RDJ (Robert Downey, Jr. =P) withdrawal. He's a pretty darn amazing actor (and amazing guy for coming so far). And, after a bad past (I guess mainly drugs and arrests), he knows not to take himself seriously and manages to make quite a few self deprecating jokes. I'm always very impressed with people who can do that (Joss Whedon is also among the numbers who do this--and he does it better than most, I think). Someday, maybe I will be one of them. Currently, I don't really think I am. But I think I may be progressing. Yay, progress. (Hm. You know, that just made me think of the contrast between 'progress' and 'change,' since everyone is calling for 'change,' but I'm not really sure everyone is thinking of the same changes. They all want change, but different kinds. Maybe that's why 'change' is such a good motto to run on...)

Anyways, I'll be taking the rest of the GED tests tomorrow (if I don't get really sick or break my arm or something), so hopefully that'll cheer me up. =D

Halfway to GED

2010-04-23T09:59:00.003-05:00

I got back the results for my tests yesterday and I did pretty good. I can't remember which got which, but the scores I got are 660, 620, and 600.

Also, I took a writing practice test (that is, practice GED test), and my teacher said the lowest score I'd be likely to get will be 620. So I may actually get 3000+ points (what I was shooting for, because I like round numbers ^_^).

Today, I am going off to do a practice math test, and get some pointers on what I need to freshen up on so I can do well on the official math test. Then, on Monday, I will hopefully do both math and writing and have my GED...soon!

(Sorry for the rather short post, but I need to finish the dishes... And get ready to go... Bleh.)

GEDness

2010-04-21T13:24:00.002-05:00

I went today to take the official GED tests. That is, as many of them as possible (there are five parts, reading, social studies, science, writing, and math). I thought I'd only have time for two, but I managed to do three! I am very pleased with myself. 0=)

I will probably take the next two this coming Monday (they only do GED testing on Mondays and Wednesdays), so I may have my GED in a week or two or however long it takes for them to get it to you.

They say you should get your results in a week, but I think generally you get them a couple days after you take the test (except with writing, since someone has to read the essay), so hopefully I'll have my (fabulous 0=)) results very soon. O_o

Yaaaaaaaay. Come over and celebrate with me! Let's watch stuff and eat awesome food and be hyper!

Evil Genius Looking for Minions

2010-04-20T15:27:00.002-05:00

That's me! Actually, not really, since I didn't get the rather awesome t-shirt that said that (plus a few other things). Instead, I got a t-shirt with the Joker on it! It's too big (so was the other one, actually), but either I'll figure out how to edit it so it fits, or just wear it. Big t-shirts are sometimes awesome.

The most impressive thing, though, was (I went shopping at Savers, in case you didn't figure it out) when I tried on this pair of brown pinstripe pants, they fit perfectly. That never happens. Never, ever, ever, ever. So I was pretty darn amazed. And they were comfortable. Also, I found a brown skirt that the zipper was busted on that will totally, totally work for steampunk.

Yes, so my after GED-prep-school adventure was an epic one. I even got a lot of exercise, biking all over creation. Yay!

And tomorrow is the day I take probably at least two GED tests! I have to get up at like eight thirty, though. (hah, the horror) I think I might try to take three, and then on Monday (they only let you take GED tests on Monday and Wednesday), I'll do the other two (writing and math, that is), since I want to sharpen up on the math and take the preview or whatever test for writing so I can get some pointers on the essay.

Exciting/scary/awesome!

(And I'm good at titles sometimes... the only problem is, it has almost nothing to do with the post. Heh.)

School: Take 2, Continued!

2010-04-19T19:12:00.004-05:00

Buahaha! So, I went to the place, got refreshed on some math and then took some pre GED tests and did good, so I'm going to be taking one (or maybe two or three, if I can handle it ^_^) of the official GED tests on Wednesday. Am I awesome or am I awesome? (Please don't answer that. I'm being dumb. =P) Hopefully, I will have my official OFFICIAL official GED in a few weeks. Oh yeahhh. Then you all can send me my graduation present money. Hah hah hah. Just kidding.

(Yikes, is Gina feeling saucy or what? Wow...)

Sauce, mm. (Barbecue, if you're wondering.)

Um. What else? I'm completely and utterly obsessed with Tropic Thunder (and slightly with Sherlock Holmes) and Robert Downey, Jr. He is absolutely amazing. O_o I'm thinkin' I might get Tropic Thunder as a reward when I get my GED. ^_^ Heh heh. Yep.

I also has ice cream. Cookies 'n' Cream FTW. And listening to Psychological Recovery, Six Months. Sherlock Holmes has awesome track names for the soundtrack.

School: Take 2

2010-04-18T21:11:00.002-05:00

Yep. Starting tomorrow, I am going to be officially working on getting my GED. Yay? I guess. But also intimidating, since I'm gonna be in a real classroom. O_o

But when I took the pre-pre tests they make you take to see where you'll end up in the classes and how ready you are to take the GED, I did good (at least compared with most, so...yeah). I'm happy about that (even though, technically, it might not mean that much =P).

Hopefully, then, a month (or so?) from now, I will be the proud owner of a GED.

...but I still need to get a bloody job. XP

Satire

2010-04-14T15:39:00.003-05:00

I have recently discovered that all my favorite comedies (movies, books, music, whatever) are satire. I love satire. I find it much more funny than anything else. I figured this out after watching (and loving) Tropic Thunder. I couldn't understand why I loved it so much until I realized that it was making fun of Hollywood and the movie making industry.

...okay, I admit it, I have no bloody clue where I am going with this. I just really wanted to list off a bunch of my favorite comedic movies. 0=)

Tropic Thunder - pretty bloody, pretty raunchy, gallons of swearing... I thought it was pretty awesome for making fun of the movie making industry and I thought Robert Downey, Jr. was absolutely stunning as Kirk Lazarus as Osiris, plus the fake trailers at the beginning were pretty darn awesome

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - mostly clean, a bit of humor that may be offensive to some Christians (though others may just find it amusing)... I just...don't really know how to describe H2G2. It's something that will always be a classic to some people (including me), just amazing. People who don't like satire may not enjoy it.

Bruce Almighty - swearing, a couple raunchy scenes, another one that will definitely be offensive to some Christians (since the whole plot is God giving his power to a man, basically)... Honestly, I really didn't consider it to be offensive. I thought they portrayed 'God' quite well (although I kind of would rather not say that, since I don't really think it's a wise thing to try to portray Him at all). I just love the plotline...and, well, I think I need to do a real review of this one sometime. So much to talk about. So, I think, I'm not going to give you anything real besides what I've already said. It's too hard to cover. (Need to watch it more. =P)

The Emperor's New Groove and Kronk's New Groove - from what I remember, both of these are pretty clean (if you want, check 'em out--although I don't remember if they have Kronk's New Groove on there--www.kids-in-mind.com)... I just love the general...feel of these movies. They have a great 'make fun of yourself' type feel. Plus not the traditional 'believe in yourself' thing. It's more of a...don't be a bloody selfish idiot. =P And Kronk is AWESOME. And they break the fourth wall. Gotta love that. (I do way too much of that in my own writings. ^_^)

Singin' in the Rain - pretty clean... I was pretty surprised when I FINALLY (this year) saw this movie. I did not expect it to be crazy, making fun of actors... Yeah. Plus being an amazing musical, just generally stunning.

UHF - violent (I think most of it was clearly fake, though), but otherwise clean... If you like Weird Al, SERIOUSLY go watch it. It's one of the most hilarious things I have ever seen. (Although I would recommend being familiar with Indiana Jones and Rambo, because he makes fun of both of those--and at least one other movie, though I have not seen it and therefore couldn't recognize it.) Of course, if you don't like wacky humor (or Weird Al), you probably would not like it. But I really cannot understand not liking it. ^_^ I guess I'm just obsessed.

Hoodwinked - clean... musical-ish (great music), mock stop-motion (it was actually animated, but they were going for a stop-motion look, before you go off saying how bad the animation looks =P). A 'what really happened' story of Little Red Riding Hood. Pretty awesome (although I have met a few people who did not like it, which...again, I just do not understand).

Okay, shockingly enough, I'm tuckered out of talking about movies, so that'll be all for now. Wow. I actually made a movie post. I haven't done that in like...forever. Bad, bad me. I should totally do a review of something (like Bruce Almighty or Tropic Thunder--nice and controversial, heh =P) soon. Anyways, I hope you enjoy reading about my favorite comedic movies. ^_^

Introducing Some Comics

2010-04-12T13:47:00.006-05:00

Comics for your entertainment... Hopefully. Someday I will figure out how to do pictures the way I want them. Until then, no complaining.

I made up these two characters at church yesterday (and a couple others, although I'm only sure that I'm going to continue one of those) and then did these at my computer after we came home.

Food Is Amazing Stuff

2010-04-05T20:44:00.002-05:00

I love making food. And eating food. And smelling food. And sharing food. It's just all so wonderful.

Today I made Amish Bread (also called Friendship Bread) that we got from the Wierings and it is amazing. It's like really, really good coffeecake. You can't make it without a starter, so it's...interesting. But pretty easy to make! Yum!

Also, I made cheeseburgers (for the first time! I've made burgers before, but not with cheese on top) and put some good spices on the top while cooking them, and the turned out, if I say so myself, pretty amazing.

On the side, we had tater tots (heh heh, mmm) and broccoli.

Yes, I love food. Making it makes me happy and sharing it with others who love food makes me happy, too.

Script Frenzy

2010-03-27T13:11:00.002-05:00

I keep on remembering that Script Frenzy starts in less than a week and then forgetting and then remembering and forgetting again... I had a story idea once, but I think I forgot it. =\ It was a cool idea, too. Maybe I should do The Nutcracker like I was going to before... That just means I have to get my hands on a good translation. Bleh. Maybe I can remember what my brilliant idea was. Hm.

I don't even have a bloody main character. (Oooh, blood. That's a good idea.) Which means I can't dress up as my main character. Saaad. I guess I'd better go brainstorm.

And in case you're wondering, still no word on much of anything concerning moving to AZ. Depressing, eh? =P

Arizona

2010-03-18T13:24:00.002-05:00

Well, I have returned from my mighty trek. No, I lied. There wasn't much trekking. Just a lot of applying for jobs and being dumb and having fun.

I think Vicki and I applied for like twenty jobs. Talk about insane. XP I hope we get them, even though I wouldn't be surprised if everyone who saw mine thought I was crazy for applying while still living in MN. ^_^

But now is the time to be sad that I'm not in AZ anymore and hope and dream and pray that everything will work out so I really will be able to move down in mid May. (I put May 31st as the day I could start working, so it would be good to get down there a week or two before then to settle down.) It's so SOON. If it all works out I'll be shocked and amazed out of my wits and be able to say, yet again, that God is truly, incredibly, and absolutely astoundingly amazing.

Now is the time to start actually working on stuff up here. XP Like cleaning my room and packing and finding some way to make some money and what I'm going to do for getting me and my stuff down to AZ... So much to do.

"Yaaaay," Says Vicki

2010-03-15T21:04:00.003-05:00

And snorts when I tell her. XD (She said 'Yaaaay' when I said I was posting on my blog.)

So, we're here in Vicki and Erin's room listening to Commentary: The Musical! (From Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog, which I forced Erin and Vicki to watch.) Erin is at clogging, sadly enough.

What happened was I made it through security at the airport without any trouble (except forgetting to take of my shoes XD) but then discovered that they had changed the concourse from concourse G6B to concourse F19. And then I was freaking out when I was walking there (it was quite a way, and I was out of breath once I got there =P), because I was afraid I would get there late (though, really, there wasn't a terribly large chance of that since there were still thirty minutes until the flight). I got there in plenty of time and everything else went fine. The flight was awesome (I wasn't really worried about that, I just thought it'd be awesome) and my seat mates were pretty great. Oh, and Vicki says I have to tell about her telling me to have gummy worms in the complimentary ginger ale (and Mommy was kind enough to go to Walgreens or something on the way to the airport to get my gummy worms and gum). It was...interesting. I love gummy worms, though. 0=)

I got to the airport and called Vicki on the cellphone as soon as they said it was allowed. She came, but got totally and utterly lost trying to find terminal three. She picked me up at the south side, even though she had initially intended to pick me up at the north (she asked me to walk through the terminal to the other side XD). Basically, we're huge clueless peoples. 0=)

Anyways, besides that, TOOOOOOOOOOOOONNNNSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS of stuff has happened.

We went to Mark and Virginia's twice (and watched UHF the second time! It was AWESOME!!!!). First time it was just Vicki and me and the second time it was me, Erin, Vicki, Calvin, and Ben.

We went applying for jobs. (So far, I believe, we've each applied for about fourteen--if you count applying for multiple stores of the same company. ^_^)

We watched the first episode of FIREFLYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And Erin was SOOOOOOOO hyper she was like rolling/flipping around on the sleeping bag. ^_^ It was amazing. Both Vicki and Erin loved it and I'm so happyyyyyyyyyy. Eeeeeee! (Spazz. ^_^)

Oh! And Vicki and I got to see the condo (that we might hopefully get to rent from her parents) the first time we went to Mark and Virginia's and it was pretty epic (it's basically the same as Mark and Virginia's except with different carpet and one more bedroom made from the room that in their condo connects to the living room). Also!!! Some freaky film people are moving in for a month there!!! O_o And I got a business card from them (Mark said he had a friend who was interested in film stuff XD). Yaaaaayyy!!!

Soo... Hopefully everything will work out and I will get a job and we'll be able to rent the condo and make it look awesome like Mark and Virginia's place.

OH! Gunnnnssssssssssssssss. Hehehehehehe. Yes, I got to see and touch a few of Mark and Virginia's guns (they have fifteen). Two Glocks were the ones that were passed around. Toooootallyyyyy AWESOME. I totally gotta get me a Glock. 0=)

Yeahh. ^_^ I figured I needed to post a spazzy post and tell you guys what's goin' on.

Hopefully, my three new pairs (THREE, can you BELIEVE it?!) of glasses will have arrived when I get back home. 0=) Yay! Anyways, bye, guys. I'm enjoying myself. For those of you who prayed, thank you very, very much. Please pray that both Vicki and I get jobs, because that would be AMAZING. =)

Today's the Day

2010-03-10T14:25:00.004-06:00

Or should I say THE day? =P

It's approximately three and a half hours (O_O TIME IS PASSING TOO QUICKLY! I STILL HAVE STUFF TO DO!) until I should leave for the airport (well, maybe four hours, but I want to get there extra early just in case anything goes wrong ^_^). I'm finished packing, almost entirely (only one thing, I think, that I haven't packed yet--oh, and my boarding pass). Unless I forgot something. =P

Tonight, at approximately 10:30 Arizona time, I will be...in Arizona and soon after that I will be talking to awesome people like Vi (aka Ghastly aka Vicki) and Rin (aka Sumpin' aka Erin). A few days after that I'll meet more awesome people. Be jealous. =P

So. Bye. Good riddance. (to Andre, and John, if he sees this =P)

7 Freakin' Days

2010-03-03T20:47:00.002-06:00

Yup, folks. I'm leaving this world, finally, never to be seen by a human again. No, I'm kidding. =P I'll just be gone a week to scope out the lay of the land in Arizona. (If you don't know already. =P)

I've been trying not to think about the whole deal, since every time I do I kinda freak out. =P It'll be my first time flying and, really, my first time away from my family. Should be interesting. ;P

Also, if anyone knows what the size of the underseat...space...in airplanes is, I'd appreciate knowing, since I want to make sure whatever I bring as a suitcase will fit. ^_^

I think once the whole flight is over, I'll be able to relax a little. =P And packing. ^_^

Sometime I should do a short review of all the TV shows I'm currently watching. ^_^ Or maybe just the good ones. I dunno. We'll see. I just started watching Reaper (which reminds me of Chuck) and Kyle XY (which I'm only continuing to watch because I want to know WHO/WHAT IS KYLE, FOR HEAVEN'S SAKE?! I mean, it's a cool idea. It's just not my favorite show ever. Obviously. =P).

I Am So Grateful

2010-02-23T07:08:00.002-06:00

I decided it is high time for another thankful post. It's a good thing to do regularly and I have a ridiculous amount to be thankful for right now. It's insane.

I am so grateful (for)...

Friends, as usual (especially Kristen, currently, who I am getting to know better and is absolutely amazing as a person in general =) Don't worry, rest of you. I still love you guys, too. ;) EXCEPT ANDRE. =P)
that I am going to visit Arizona in March (I can't wait to see Vicki and Erin and indoctrinate them into Joss Whedon)
staying up late (I really am not sure why I enjoy it so much. It gives me peace. It's like my special alone time. Without internet or anything. I guess that's one good thing about having parents who shut off the internet at night. =P)
Pixar (they make some of the most amazing movies out there. I just recently rewatched—for the who knows how many times time =P—Ratatouille and Finding Nemo. Amazing, amazing stories. So beautifully done. Absolutely gorgeous visuals, music... Great acting—it never ceases to astonish me how incredible the acting of virtual characters is. The animators are absolutely freakin' amazing! O_o I so, so, so hope someday I'll be able to work there. At least once.)
Crazy people (hehehe)
Buzz (surprisingly enough, it has turned out to be a good thing ^_^ although it is still a big time spender—it is good.)
Music (one of the most clear ways of expression. You can get across things in songs that are so much harder to express in real life.)
Joss Whedon (as always, he just amazes me. I keep wanting to watch Firefly—but I tell myself I need to wait until I go to visit Erin and Vicki. XD I hope I can get ahold of the sixth season of Buffy sometime soon. O_o)

Praise God for making life so amazing and for making us able to be thankful. If I didn't have thankfulness, well, I'd be a lot more miserable. =P And that is not a thing anyone wants. ^_^

It's like crazy late (or crazy early, depending on how you look at it ^_^) and I feel like blasting music and prancing around the house like a maniac. XD I am such a sad case of lunacy. I need to write! Yargh! I have all these stories overflowing in my head but they just are so hard to get out! runs off to try to start/continue some story—or SOMETHING

Drag

2010-02-17T11:13:00.000-06:00

You know the feeling, I think. After you've had a really exciting time and are all hyper and hopping all over the place and come back to normal life everything seems so...normal.

Along with that feeling I always get really, really lazy. ^_^ And I always have the tendency to get inspiration at night, which does not help, since the internet is not on at night and I can't go around being all noisy when everyone else is trying to sleep.

Anyways, I'm trying to find something to entertain myself with so I don't die of boredom before I go to AZ. Also, so I don't die of suspense. The only problem with finding something to do, is I have plenty to do (well, more or less), I just don't feel like doing it.

Never listen to Star Wars. Do not trust your feelings. Feelings are not trustworthy. I'm not talking about love (although that really depends on your definition of love--lust or extreme infatuation count for many people), but hot emotions of now. What you feel now can easily disappear later.

...and I have no idea where I am going with this--or really why I started on it in the first place. Oh well. I feel random. Also, this computer lacks internets so I can't finish watching the episode of Life that I was halfway through... ^_^

The Defeated Perfectionist

2010-02-15T11:57:00.000-06:00

Well, I've started yet another blog (and I also recently deleted two...oh, the shame), called the Defeated Perfectionist. It's currently a public blog, but I may make it private. I haven't decided yet.

Anyways, it's hopefully going to be a support group type thing (or, at least, with helpful posts or whatever) for defeated perfectionists, those who are such huge perfectionists that they give up on things because they aren't willing to give the effort (or just think they can't possibly do it anyways) to make it perfect. (Though our goal should not be to make things perfect.) Anyone who thinks they fit in that category (or not--this might benefit the rest of you too--we're all perfectionists to some level) is welcome to check it out (http://thedefeatedperfectionist.blogspot.com/). I'm going to try to build a group (probably with communication through email--so strangers will probably not be welcome to that--stalkers and all that may come around) so we can encourage each other and fight back against all the fear of failure.

So, please check it out (it's not a glorious vision yet, only one post and I haven't changed up the look to what I want yet ;P)!

(And I had an absolutely fabulous time at the L'Abri conference. Gotta love L'Abri!)

SUMPIN'!

2010-02-11T14:15:00.000-06:00

So. Guess what! I'm going to Arizona! To visit the Blakes (Erin and Vicki!)! To scope out the land! To look for jobs and look at apartments! To be hyper and spazzy! Oh yeah!

I'm gonna go during spring break. The ticket is bought (by my parents, I have to pay them still ^_^) and I'M GONNA GO.

So take that and stick it to your face! Ha! Just kidding. =P Eep! I can't wait! Four weeks! Argh!

Also, the L'Abri conference is this weekend. We leave today for Rochester (MN =P). Be there or get a sock in the face. That is, a punch, not a sock. Although, if you want a dirty one--well, sorry, I don't have any to spare. Pretty much all my socks are awesomesocks. *shrug*

How Are You?

2010-02-09T08:22:00.000-06:00

This question bugs me sometimes. (And, I've heard, it bugs a lot of other people, too.) I just got reminded of it by a post of Vicki's (http://thechickensarecoming.blogspot.com/2010/02/people-and-awesome.html) and began ranting about it, so I decided I'd better just make a post about it. (Which I have been considering, off and on, for a while.)

Sometimes, asking "How are you?" is fine. Close friends know that they'll get a (mostly--we're usually hiding something--and that's another thing I want to dig into sometime) real answer. And you know that they really want to know, because they truly care about you and are willing (usually ;)) to listen to your problems and joys and sorrows for a while.

But, oftentimes, the question grates (but especially when you're in a not so great mood) when acquaintances ask it. "How are you?" they ask politely. Some people even use it as a greeting, which really bugs me. This is a question that, if answered truly, the reply could go on for hours (in the worst case =P). When they ask the question, they don't expect an hour long answer. They expect "Fine" or "Good" or maybe "Fabulous" or "Not so great; I'm sick." Short, concise, to the point (for the most part) answers. Often, I just say "Fine" because that's a good answer that covers just about anything. If you're having a horrible day and hate pretty much everything in existence, but you don't want to talk about it (I'm a person who does that a lot ^_^), you say "Fine" to cover. Alternately, if you're having a pretty all right day, "Fine" covers that as well.

Goodness, am I going anywhere with this? I totally fell off my train. Oh well. But I'd like to hear what you guys think. ;)

The Long, Sad Story of Herbert N'Ville (Not Really)

2010-02-08T09:20:00.000-06:00

Okay, don't ask me where the title came from. There's an impostor inside my head. (I don't have a brain, but my brain has been acting weird today/this morning, therefore I have an impostor brain. My logic is infallible.)

Um. Do I have anything to say? No. Obviously not. I'm kind of (very) tired. My impostor brain is barely functioning, so it takes me about five minutes to figure out if there really is anything to say or not (and there still isn't).

I'll just give you a random tidbit about me, then. I am a klutz. Not a full blown klutz, thankfully, but a part-time klutz. I drop my CD player down the stairs occasionally, pour water all over the counters and the floor once ever month or so, and, once upon a time, I walked right smack dab straight into a closed door. It was rather painful. And slightly shocking (since it was so dark that I couldn't even see whether the door was there or not). This is why I dislike having it pitch black. I like light. Light is my friend. He shows me the way and keeps me (on the whole) from killing myself by accident. He also scares away monsters. Anyone who can do that definitely is worthy of having as a friend. Go find Light and make him your friend, too. He'll come in useful someday (if he isn't being useful to you at this very moment).

White Collar

2010-01-29T16:48:00.005-06:00

The newest favorite show of Regina Bertilson. Why? My goodness, you should not have asked that question. Bad, bad idea to ask this person about her favorite TV shows and movies. She'll go on and on and on and on for hours. Okay, that is not quite true. ;)

White Collar is a new (premiered last year) show that is about a criminal (a forger and art/antique stealer) who is offered a chance at relative freedom, after being captured for a second time, if he works for the F.B.I. by giving help on cases (since he's an expert on being a criminal in white collar crimes ;)).

The reasons I really recommend this show are numerous. It has a very sweet husband and wife relationship (as opposed to the popular horrible marriage relationships). Friendships and trust are very prevalent as well as sacrifice and love.

Also, I am one who falls head over heels in love with clever dialogue and storylines, which this show has plenty. I'm not going to tell you any more, besides this show is (so far ^_^) quite clean--no sex or nudity (or as far as that can go on TV ^_^)...yet. I'm hoping it'll continue on this path. I like having a show that I don't have to give numerous warnings about.

The Ranks of the Rejuvenated!

2010-01-26T15:34:00.000-06:00

"What the freak!?" you say. "Holy poodles!" you say. "Heavens above!" you say.

And I just say, "Heh heh heh." Come on! It's classic evil! Or something. =P

Anyways, I was just encouraging a friend of mine (Stella, actually) to join the ranks of the rejuvenated on Blogger! She says she'll try. It is hard to be a steady poster, and I have no bloody idea why I've been posting so frequently these last few days. Maybe some virus has penetrated my brain and is demanding posts or else it will reveal something horrible. Of course, considering that I don't have a brain (or, at least, it is on a permanent vacation), so I'm not really sure how that works.

So, join the ranks of the rejuvenated! Yay! (Okay, this was just plain random. ^_^)

PAN Day!

2010-01-25T14:29:00.003-06:00

(Yay! Haha.)

I FINALLY posted on Pontification Ad Nauseam after months of shameful inactivity. If you have read Ender's Shadow or enjoy Orson Scott Card's writing, I'd recommend it. (That is, the post. ^_^) I wrote it for my Critical Thinking class last fall.

Linkage:
http://www.pontificationadnauseam.com/2010/01/25/enders-shadow/

Residual Happiness!

2010-01-24T14:05:00.000-06:00

I had a brilliantly fantanbulous day yesterday. I also stayed up wayyyy too late listening (and singing along) to some songs and supposedly doing the dishes. *cough* The only problem was I was so happy that I surprised Stella and had such an amazing time that I couldn't calm down. XD

For example, some of the things we did (we always have an outrageously fun time when the Wierings come over--this time, though, it was only Stella and Anatole--but it was still awesome)... We played Character (an awesome game kind of like Charades) and then we discovered that they DIDN'T KNOW WHO VICTOR BORGE WAS. So, we got distracted because we must CURE this AWFUL disease and showed them some Victor Borge videos on YouTube. Stella and I totally died laughing (I got all hoarse, it was awesome). Another... I brought out the cake and put it on the table and said Happy Birthday! to Stella and she was all thrilled. Making people happy is so gratifying. I really, truly do love giving more than getting. It's much more gratifying (like I just said =P). Then I gave her the earrings I made, too (blue paperclip earrings ftw! yaaaay!) and she was thrilled again.

So, I was happy. I love being hoarse. It's like a novelty item or something. XD

Also, Vicki and I talked for like an hour (crazy!) on the phone. It was pretty out of the blue, since we were only planning on talking for like five minutes or something. And we both dislike phone-calling very much. But, we discovered that we do have things to talk about! We had a crazy idea for a movie. But I'm not going to tell you because it's going to be AWESOME. *cackles madly* I might tell you about it later. We'll see.

As I was saying, I have residual happiness from yesterday. And I feel like ranting and raving. =) I hope you guys have some fantastically amazing days, too (even if they *are* rare =)).

O, Thou Tragedy of Cake!

2010-01-23T16:50:00.000-06:00

I made a cake today. It was going to be a glorious vision of a two layer cake. A dark chocolate cake, with cream cheese frosting. But, tragically, I ran into multiple problems. First, I discovered that there was no sugar. That was surmounted by Noah going to the Global Market and buying some. Thank God for brothers who can be convinced to be helpful. The rest of the cake making went through with no problems. So did the cake cooling. But when I came, finally, to the cake layering. I discovered we had no frosting except ancient stuff (months and months old, and already opened) in the fridge. I decided to try to use the frosting that had survived from Biblical times. It was a bit dry, so I mixed some cream in with it. (During which I managed to spurt cream over my legs. I'm so dreadfully clever.) That worked, so I spread it over the layered cake. It looked rather drippy and hideous.

Oh well. Let us just hope that the cake is delicious despite the many impediments in its making.

Life, O thou one of infinite confusion and endless twists and turns!

Nocturnal Me!

2010-01-21T07:32:00.000-06:00

No, it's not a good thing. Well, I mean, it's interesting and stuff, but it's probably not very healthy.

But, to tell the truth, I actually am not really nocturnal. I just have really weird sleep patterns because I like staying up overnight randomly. And a couple times in November last year (and before then) I stayed up over 24 hours. It's pretty crazy. You have these (almost) overwhelming waves of tiredness, and then the rest of the time you're really...wacky. It's like being drunk or something (well, okay, I don't know--and it's probably not quite that bad). After approximately 24 hours if you try walking you kind of wobble. It's very interesting.

I have a strange habit of being very scientific about these things. I'm always studying my actions. It's very...interesting. =P Yeah, I think I like to use that word. Also, fascinating is a great word.

Another problem is I very easily digress--and talk a lot--when I haven't slept in a while. So, yeah. I think I'll go eat and then maybe sleep. Maybe.

A New Year

2010-01-15T12:30:00.000-06:00

Why is it every time a new year comes people always make resolutions? And then, when the next year finally comes, they realize they haven't kept them? But, even so, they have changed in amazing ways?

I'm hoping this year will be a year of big changes. Getting a job, moving... I don't make resolutions, because I'm horrible at keeping that (I figured that out last year =P). I have goals. Required goals for moving out. I need to get a move on in life.

Happy Belated New Year! May you change in unexpected and glorious ways!

I'm happy. I'm not sure why; I think it's a combination of a lot of things. I had the last of my wisdom teeth (top two) out on Monday (don't feel sorry, I'm doing absolutely fantastic XD), I've been sick (you can feel sorry about that--I have a stupid sore throat in the mornings, but that's fine XD), and my very unintelligent and spiteful ingrown toenail was infected again (it's mostly clean now, I think).

Not to complain. I'm not complaining. I just want you to understand how weird it is that I am happy right now. I guess the good things overwhelm the bad things in my mind. I just feel like making a good things list right now, so bear with me.

Good things right now:

*DOLLHOUSE! (We're going to Jared's to watch it tonight! YAAAAAAAAAYY!)
*Dennis Prager (He is amazing. I love, love, love, LOVE his happiness hour. If you haven't heard it, you really should. Just once, at least. He does it every single week on Friday.)
*Friends
*Life (Hate it, love it, up and down violently... Very confusing.)
*Thankfulness (if you're thankful for things, it's so, so, so much easier to be happy. If you require yourself to go through what you're thankful for you remember--oh! something good happened to me!--which you're very likely to forget because we're all sinful and selfish. I think that might be one of the things that has made me so happy this week.)
*Writing a magnificently wordified bill for ISLAS this week. Seriously, it was crazy wordy. I think I'll have to post it here just for your benefit. Man.

And, gotta say, when the oral surgeon dude found out that I hadn't taken the pain pills they gave me (I just took ibuprofen), he called me tough. That totally made my day. Well, besides the wonderful being knocked out for surgery. Man. I am so weird.

Okay. I'll shut up now and go away. XD

Sadly,

2009-12-18T13:34:00.000-06:00

I thought it would be interesting to do a title ending with a comma. But that is not what is sadly.

Sadly, I do not get to go to the ball. My ride's grandmother went blind and she and her husband have to take care of her. So, no ball. :( No pretty dresses. Oh well. Maybe I will get to go next year if I come back up here for Christmas.

On the other hand, since I'm not leaving for Iowa today, or staying there through Tuesday, I get to (maybe) go to a friend of mine's apartment (Jared, for those of you who know who he is) to watch Dollhouse! Oh my goodness... Alpha is killing people. I forgot. O_o AHHHHHH! Dude. Dollhouse. Man. Anyways, um, also, on Sunday Riverview is playing the entire trilogy of Lord of the Rings. The first two are going to be the Extended Editions and the last one will be the normal version. I'm planning on going. I'm excited. I might wear my medieval gown.

But, still, these things don't quite compare with getting to hang out for an extended amount of time with real life people. (That is, talking to them, too. Not just sitting next to them in a theater. That is not interaction in any way, shape, or form.)

But I will survive. ;P

Whew, Holidays

2009-12-16T18:08:00.000-06:00

Or, rather, Christmas. This is bad, the politically correctness is penetrating my mind! Ahhh! Zombies!

Anyways. Classes are finally over, so I can stop freaking out. I think I ended with a bang in Critical Thinking, but it seems like I may have just barely passed in Art History class. I definitely am going to have to study better if I take the classes for next semester.

Now I get to freak out about going to a ball and hope I remember everything I need to bring. Ah! I might be staying there for a few more days (well, like four, I think), so I need to pack accordingly. I think I have a tendency to pack to much. Especially entertainment stuffs. XD

Ah well. ISLAS elections are on the move, thankfully. We will find out who is the new ruler by Christmas. It's pretty much tie-ful right now. Well, not quite.

Vicki and I are going to paint our apartment with dragons. Hopefully. We will probably post pictures, too. Heh heh heh. If it happens, that is. ;)

I Won!

2009-12-06T20:00:00.000-06:00

Well, I won National Novel Writing Month! I got 100k (words, not dollars, fyi =P) in a month. Yay me! And now I feel kind of like I have nothing to do all day long. (For a whole month I was sitting on the computer procrastinating writing and actually writing. Interestingly enough, having something you're supposed to be doing makes you come up with all sorts of things to do instead. Heh. =D)

Was it good? No, of course not. More so than last year. I am not doing 100k again for...well, for at least a couple years. There were some good parts in it, though--and I think I could come up with a good story out of it. And, if I actually went through with what my story was *going* to be in the first place (about two old ladies doing crazy stuff, essentially), then I might have two good stories. But that is for...not now. I need a break from writing that story.

Also, though, I didn't actually finish the story. They have still not saved the universe. I am interested to see how they get around to it and accomplish it, but I can wait. A little while.

Surprisingly enough--at least for me--I really feel like writing. I have a little inkling of an idea for a story floating around in my brain, but it refuses to solidify. Oh, but I did have another, too. Hm. I seem to like putting Death in my stories. He/she/it is a very interesting thing to include. Makes for fascinating tales. =)

Well, I'm off to... do something, like eat or maybe write or brainstorm. I'll try to post on here at least a couple more times this month. ;) Exciting things are happening! (or, well, going to... =D)

Thankful!

2009-11-27T21:15:00.000-06:00

This probably should help me cheer up a bit, since I was in a failish mood earlier today (I am wayyyyyy behind for being on track for NaNoWriMo). I got two thousand words since then, though. (yay!)

I am thankful for:

friends
NaNoWriMo (I HATE YOU, NANOWRIMO! XD)
chocolate
JOSS WHEDON
television
movies
Malassandra, my computer (even though she *is* evil)
Crumpy Skilikin, my ancient iPod (he's not so evil)
FOOD (yum, yum, Thanksgiving celebration is tomorrow!)
writing
inspiration
insanity
my two classes (Critical Thinking through Film and Literature and Art Appreciation and History -- long names, eh? =P)
maybe moving next year (hehe!!)
Hannah's ball
the New Year's gathering
my wacky t-shirts
awesomesocks, epic socks
STEAMPUNK O_o
laughing
hair dye
hands and fingers (for typing to friends and cutting hair and drawing on!)
hyperness
looking forward to things

Hm. I think that is all. At least for now. ;) Have a lovely Black Friday. Don't get killed by crazy shopping people. Or, like me, don't leave the house in the first place. =D

I am off to type and write and, hopefully, pour out words by the gallon.

WRITE, YOU SLACKER!!!

2009-11-14T15:32:00.002-06:00

Gina, you are a bad, bad person. Shameful. You have been at this write in for quite a while now, and you have barely written anything. I mean, sure, a thousand, but come on! Shameful! SHAMEFUL. GO WRITE RIGHT NOW. (Hah hah...)

Yeah. 24 hour write in (that is actually 28 hours, but whatev). Supposed to be writing. I'm a brilliant procrastinator, and I'm kind of hungry... Not so tired now, thankfully.

On to 50k! I must make it by tomorrow! But...I probably won't. At this rate, anyways... Tut tut tut.

I Adore Dollhouse

2009-11-04T18:08:00.000-06:00

If Fox cancels Dollhouse, which they probably will, I will be very sad. This season has been absolutely epic so far. More psycho murderers, more shocking secrets (hm, that makes it sound like a soap opera...), more intrigue... The only lack that I'm mad about is that Alpha has not showed up yet, but I expect Joss is saving him up for a completely wild, crazy, nuts, hyperifying, pwning finale. Boy. O_O Wow. I sure wish it was showing in November instead of December... It just goes alone with NaNo so well.

Fox, please, please, please don't cancel it. It will be a huge tragedy. Dollhouse has huge potential. I mean, come on! Did you even watch the last episode of last season? Goodness sakes alive...

I think I'll go watch some of the Dollhouse episodes over again. O_O

Also, I have to post about my novel, 'cause it's going insane. It's so great. =D

NaNoWriMo in a Day!

2009-10-30T14:12:00.000-05:00

That is, not a novel in a day. The writing of thousands and thousands of novels around the world will begin in a little more than a day. A day and a half. Fingers will pound, words will accumulate, characters will form, muses will rebel... NaNoWriMo is a beautiful time.

AND I CANNOT WAIT FOR IT TO START. Yeesh. But waiting is one of the best parts of something. I always enjoy complaining about how something (a movie ^_^) is coming out next year and not nearly soon enough, but it's all part of the enjoyment. Waiting for something is half of the fun. The rest is probably obsessing over it. ;)

Time to stock up on junk foods. Chips (the really bad kind, like Doritos and potato chips), chocolate, random other snack foods... Hehe. By the end of this month I'll be sick of them, which'll be nice.

I'm excited. I'm considering making myself a poster thingee for my book for inspiration, because Gabby has an amazing picture that totally matches my story. (Maybe not quite *totally*, but pretty darn close.)

By the way, in case I didn't say it before, I'm going to try for 100,000 words this year. Crazy, crazy me. O_o Hopefully I'll be able to do it. I'm also considering doing two novels instead of one, because then I could flip between them (and I really am feeling homesick for some good Nimba-Jimbian fun =)). We'll see what happens.

More updates to come later. I'll let you know how I'm doin'. And if I've convinced anyone to do it. I can't really keep track of the people...

Balloons

2009-10-20T08:05:00.000-05:00

I adooooore balloons of any sort. Any sort being the kind with baskets underneath that humans (and aliens ;)) can go up in and the small kind that you can blow up with your breath.

My NaNoWriMo novel for this year is going to have some balloons in it. And I'm looking for nice balloony pictures to make posters and stuff with, and I found this happyifying picture: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mortimer/3758383978/

Here are some others:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/elementalpaul/2928068480/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/iceman9294/2813862145/in/photostream/ (love the BRIGHT COLORS!)

Can't wait for NaNo to start. I think I'm going to try for 100,000 words this time. Crazy, nutso me, man. I'm also trying to convince everyone I know who is considering doing it to do it. Most of them say they're too busy, sadly. But I may have convinced one...or two. Or just one. Or maybe zero. We'll see.

If you're considering it, and I haven't tried to convince you, you should. It's very fun, absolutely nuts, and...you get a lot of writing done. Check out the website www.nanowrimo.com

Cooking

2009-09-22T17:14:00.002-05:00

I have just becoming obsessed with making food. We have this cookbook, How To Cook Everything, that I absolutely love. The writer...I can't remember his name, and I'm currently too lazy to look it up (partly because I should start making supper soon ^_^)...does a really good job of describing stuff and he gives a lot of information about all the different kinds of food. It's really interesting to read. Especially when you're procrastinating on dishes... *cough* Anyways, it's an absolutely fascinating cookbook, and it's got some really great dishes. A lot of them are quite a bit of work (I haven't tried many yet ^_^), but sound really great and, hopefully, I'll be able to work up to them.

Today I'm hoping to make baked macaroni and cheese (it's got some bay leaves in it and stuff...should be interesting) and creamed spinach. YUM! I love food... =)

Geleynse for Prime Minister!

2009-09-13T17:14:00.003-05:00

I decided it was high time for another post, so I shall post on the most pressing matter. The campaign of Mr. Andre Geleynse. He is running for Prime Minister of ISLAS, the (unofficial) online fun forum for two online schools, RCA (or RCOA, as I heard it is now calling itself--yuck) and SO (better known as Scholars Online). I am his most impressive running mate, the Vice. (Or Vice Minister. Awesome, huh? =P)

Now, when a nemesis of mine and me are united, well, you should definitely vote for us, because together we're awesomeness multiplied. As our campaign motto states (or, rather, one of them does), 'two negatives equal a positive!' That is, negative times negative equals positive. Therefore, awesomeness, doubled. Because, without me, Andre is *not* awesome. (Actually, I just said that to be spiteful. He actually is pretty cool. I mean, he thinks Serenity is awesome, so...)

Remember to vote Geleynse-Bertilson this coming election! Help the positive overcome the schizophrenic! (In other words, help us overcome Denhoed, who is delusionally running with himself.) Also, help the supporters of the classic (and modern) pirate and birds overcome the tyrannical administrator who trying to seize more power! (Translated, help us overcome Lauren.)

All in all, we're stunningly intelligent and good-looking and all-race-oriented, so vote for us! You know you want to.

Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog

2009-08-20T13:52:00.005-05:00

Really. Joss Whedon is a genius. Really, really. I mean, who else would make their own online show if there was a writer's strike and then have it become a huge hit? And who else would make that show be about a bad guy who who like and a bad guy who is a totally jerk and have it all be a musical? Man. It's crazy the stuff Joss does!

Anyways. I'm having a huge love of Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog right now. Obsessed, yeesh. =P I love it, though. Singing along with the songs is so much fun.

(And, yes, I've decided it's high time for Joss to get his own label. I'm so obsessed...)

That's my rant of the day. If I continue the way I've been going, expect more rants about the same person. XD

Post-Gathering Depression

2009-08-04T15:37:00.003-05:00

^ That is the worst thing about gatherings. You suddenly get to see, hang out with, chat (if you're the talkative type--cough), laugh at/with, insult, dance with, etc. all these super great people. And then, after you've gotten relatively used to them, you have to leave. And then you don't see them for about another year (if you're lucky, usually, I think, it'd be more than that).

On the brighter side (if there is a brighter side), we get to see Erin and Vicki (probably) soon. And maybe Nathan, too. =)

And another up: John didn't execute me. Well, technically he didn't, though he did kill me in one of the acting games. It's too bad we didn't get a video of the one where John and Mark were yelling at each other. I think the grown ups were worried for a bit there (they were up at the house, we were a bit away from the house, at the firepit).

You'd never find kids who like singing Gilbert and Sullivan or stuff in Latin or hymns, and like dancing anywhere else besides a gathering of homeschooled kids. There might be a few here and there, but not many. If you haven't ever sung Gilbert and Sullivan with a group of your friends, you are definitely missing out. And singing it in for a school production does not count. =P

Anyways, I guess that'll be all for now, because I don't have much more to say on this topic. Have fun being bored without me. 0=)

The Beautifully Sad...

2009-07-20T19:37:00.002-05:00

I've decided, since this one scene from Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince has been haunting me, to make this post...about beautifully sad scenes in movies (if I can think of any others--oh, yeah, I had one more).

What does it take to make a really good sad scene? Well, I think one of the most important elements is the music. If you don't have good wonderful gorgeous music, the scene pretty much fails (see Harry Potter 5 ^_^). Also, it helps a lot to have an actor that can actually look sad, or else your viewers will not feel sorry for them (see Daniel Radcliffe... *cough*). (That second one was more just a poke at a certain actor. ^_^) And, the really important second one, is the atmosphere. I'm talking about the color, and scenery. Also, the surrounding material (mostly the stuff before it) really matters.

Two of my favorite favorite sad scenes (and I might add a third that, well, is a big classic, I guess, at the end--or, actually, maybe more than one, I dunno) are these (for those of you who haven't seen them, I'm going to put spoiler warnings, so no worries):

Up, by Pixar (of course =P)--SPOILER ALERT--when Carl is sitting mourning his wife at the funeral...with all the balloons. That whole montage before that is just so so beautiful and sad. Just amazing. And the balloons, for some reason, just add such a...I don't know... little touch. Like... Oh, I don't know. I can't think of it. It's escaped me what it is, but it's great. *g* --END SPOILERS--

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, when--SPOILER ALERT--Hermione is sitting all alone at the bottom of the staircase...with the little birds flying around above her, and the absolutely heartbreaking music playing. My goodness, that music is crazy sad beautiful. O_o The whole movie of the Half-Blood Prince was pretty much incredible (except for the cheesy romance stuff--blech!). --END SPOILERS--

And, the third (it's kind of old now... ^_^), The Fellowship of the Ring, when--SPOILER ALERT--Gandalf dies (or, rather, falls down into the chasm with the firey beastie, supposedly never to be seen again). That scene had lovely music, and all the actors did pretty great (except for OB...Mr. Baffled, yeesh. That elf needs a brain). --END SPOILERS--

Mmm. Lovely sad scenes. Oh, and feel free to tell me about your favorites, if you have any. But make sure to add spoiler alerts, if there are any. ;) Also, I might have forgotten a few of mine, but those three are the ones that stuck out. And I felt obliged to add FotR because it's a classic. XD

It's About Time She Posted!

2009-07-05T14:22:00.002-05:00

Well, it's been a long time since I last posted. Shameful.

Anyhow, my hair is now orange! Not bright orange orange, sadly, but more of a very orangey blond. And sometimes it looks a bit pinkish in places. "I thought you were going to dye it pink!" you say? Well, I was, and still am, but it turns out Strawberry Koolaid is red, not pink. So I decided to go through with it anyways, and just do it for twenty minutes or so, and it came out orangey! It looks pretty wacky. Next week I'm going to wash it out and do pink. Maybe with some blue. I'm not sure.

If anyone's interested in hearing about dying with Koolaid, after I've done it a few more times, I might put up a tutorial thingee.

And. Hum. Oh yes, my costume is coming along quite well. Jared got the tickets for the midnight showing (of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, in case you didn't know, on the 15th. Or, you could say, very late on the 14th. =P) a few days ago, thankfully, so I don't have to panic about that anymore. My so-called t-shirt (it's actually a tank top, because...well, you'll see) is finished and it looks FABULOUS. My pants are not finished, still, because sewing patches to stuff, if you do it well, takes quite a while. I'm not looking forward to doing the huge one(s) on the knees. XP My shoes look great, my socks look uber fantastic, my earrings are AMAAAAZING (heh heh, all I'll say is rainbow--you'll have to wait for the pictures), my choker and bracelet are lovely, and, well, pretty much everything rocks. Oh boy. I cannot WAIT.

When will you get to see pictures? Well, there will be no pictures till the 14th, at least, I'd say. Since I'll probably be uber hyper that day and have nothing to do, I'll probably be putting up pictures. Hopefully. Then you'll be able to see the full effect of the entire crazy costume. Boy.

Hm. In other news... I am doing JulNoWriMo, which stands for July Novel Writing Month. 50,000 words in thirty days. Woohoo! I'm writing about a guy named Buster Guy and a gal named Con...in outer space.. I'm not sure how to describe it without just telling you a short version of the story. ^_^ And it's not that easy to describe anyway. But it's fun. Yay crazy writing fastness... or something.

Oh!! And, it turns out, Riverview is going to be showing SERENITY on my BIRTHDAY. You know where I'll be then. Muahahaha. And they're doing PRINCESS BRIDE, too. Man. I'm so happy! Eee! I better sign off before I go insane with happy hyperness!!! See yah, peoples.

I Am Tonks

2009-06-11T13:22:00.004-05:00

Well, technically, not yet. But I will be in a month or so. And, man, will it be cool. I'm gonna run by you a few of my ideas (and suggestions from others)...

First, and this one is required, a band T-shirt. Personally, I'd like to make a Weird Sisters T-shirt, if possible. Not sure if it'll work out, though.

Then we come to the not-so-clear stuff.

I'm thinking wacky unmatched socks. I'm pretty certain I want to get these:

http://www.sockdreams.com/_shop/pages/socks_detail_ProductID_1339.php (the turquoise and green pair)

http://www.sockdreams.com/_shop/pages/socks_detail_ProductID_1178.php

And I definitely need to wear some fingerless gloves. My first choice is these:

http://www.sockdreams.com/_shop/pages/socks_detail_ProductID_1487.php

The only problem is I really, REALLY do not want to spend twenty bucks on a pair of fingerless gloves, no matter how incredible. I also am really tempted to try and find a pair of small leather fingerless gloves, because those would (hopefully) be cheaper (if I got them from the thrift shop or something) and I think they match Tonks.

For pants, Kristen said I should wear some hole-y jeans and patch them with purple patches. I was thinking leggings with shorts or something... I think jeans would be easier, and I've always wanted some patchy jeans...

So, currently, the outfit's gonna be band T-shirt, torn-up patched jeans, fingerless gloves, mismatched crazy socks--oh!

And, one last thing, converse. Preferably colorful.

I will be visiting a lot of thrift shops... (and I really should get on with it. ^_^) Yay for crazy clothes!

A Question

2009-06-08T08:00:00.001-05:00

I'm going (almost certainly) to Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince on the opening night at 12:01 (perhaps at the IMAX), and going to be dressed in a costume for it. My question is what do you think that Bellatrix and Tonks would wear? (I'm trying to decide between them--there's the insane fun of being Tonks, all colorful and crazy--vs the evilness--and stagemakeupness--for Bellatrix.) Also, please vote in the poll. ;)

Now, comment and tell me!