12/31/11

BEDD: Out With The Old

     My last post of 2011. The year has been pretty amazing, with its own balance of rises and falls. Looking back, I wouldn't change a single moment of it. Each day that I have lived have brought me to this moment, and this moment is pretty decent. Sure, I want the clock to tick 12 o'clock, the dawn to bring a new day. In lieu of that moment, I am going to reflect upon some of the things I've done this year.

     Starting with the Big, Fun, Scary List of 2011. I honestly didn't look at this after I had written it until about mid-summer, and then only a couple of times after that, so I am not really sure how well I have done until now:

*survive 11th grade - I am happy to report that I did this, and I did it quite well. The marks that I achieved were mostly to my liking (stupid math and physics) and the times I spent in those classes have become nice memories.
*begin last year - Following the success of the prior, I have started gr. 12. I still don't think I have mentally accepted the fact that it is my final year, though, despite having applied to university and everything. Maybe that's the best thing for now.
*go to my first dance - Still have not done this, but it will happen. Not because I 100% want it, but because I will never be forgived if I don't go to prom at the end of the year. And the only other dance that I could have gone to was the Christmas formal; not my thing.
*get a radical haircut - SUCCESS! I don't think anything was more radical than cutting off my ponytail and adopting the short hair look. I don't think I will ever go back long, since this seems to be working for me.
*actually do NaNoWriMo 2011- I would like to say that I tried, that I started writing but life just got to me. Unfortunately, life got to me before NaNo did, and I made the decision to not procrastinate schoolwork by doing it. The bad thing about NaNo is that it is in November, one of the busiest school months. Plus I had English, which took up a lot of my time.
*read 50 books - Sooo close. I made it to 46 books by the end of today, and I know that if I hadn't had English I would have done it. I didn't read much during the last 3 months because of the stupid class. I mean, I read the required reading for it, but never had time to read my own novels.
*get my driver's license - Success was achieved in this one, as well as going to driver's ed (yet to complete that, bleh actual driving). Ultimatums do apparently work for me, when it gets to a certain point.
*get a job - I didn't get a job, on the premise that I am leaving soon and no one here is really hiring right now. I have been saving my money, though, and not spending anything from my allowance. It adds up pretty quickly.
*do more blogging - Things started good in the beginning of the year, but I think once I started writing on A Week of Awesome I kind of stopped writing here. The BEDD posts have really helped me to get back into blogging, and hopefully in the new year I will be more regular in my posts.
*try vlogging - I discovered that I am way to shy for this. I do not like the sound of my voice when it is recorded. Vlogging is not for me.
*do something completely selfless - There is really no way for me to guage this, but I have done some things this year that helped others. I watched StickAid 2011, staying up about 19 hours out of 24. I also aided my school in raising money to help the community Harvest Center; we ended up raising around $1,500. For a school of around 300 students, it was very heartwarming.
*lose weight - Not as much as I wanted, of course, but I did lose some. *happy dance* Better luck next year, I guess.

     As I said, I am really proud of the things I've done this year. I got back into writing for a bit, and drawing a lot more. I realized that I have a love and a talent for writing, but not a lot of time for it. As for drawing, well, I would say amateur. I discovered a new taste in music that I didn't think I would ever like, but has become a kind of sanctum for me, especially when I'm moody. I made new friends, who I hope to one day meet.

     A good year, not the first and certainly (hopefully) not the last. The future holds a lot, yet to be discovered. And I can't wait to see what it's all about. Don't forget to be awesome!

12/30/11

BEDD: Surprise!

     Lazy day today. Every day of the holidays is a lazy day, but today especially. We said goodbye to the family, and they departed in the afternoon. Then I spent the evening playing Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (because I'm oldschool like that) and drawing. I did end up doing some drawing last night as well, which kept me up late, therefore making today into the lazy day that it was. I might do some more, because I forgot how much I enjoy doing it.

     I really don't have a lot to say today. I have some ideas to flesh out for New Year's posts, but they are still really in the beginning stages. I may have to dig up some stuff to really be able to do them, but I have high hopes.

     Today's challenge is, of course, 'Surprise', which I really don't like because it's as bad as choose yourself or your choice. So I am just going to post a picture of the drawing that I worked on today, since it was a surprise to myself that I ended up doing it. And it turned out quite nice, much better than I had figured, especially since Midna's helmet thingy has so much detail. It and the other drawings I did are posted on my DeviantArt, and Midna already has a few favourites, which is a surprise to me. I guess she just has a fan base that I didn't know about.


     Of course, the one on the left is how it's supposed to look, and the right is my version. Longer legs and arms, but still recognizable. At least to me. And that's what matters. Don't forget to be awesome, and be ready for New Year's, it will (hopefully) be really good!

12/29/11

BEDD: Look into the Light...

     Today was a really boring day. I had so many intentions, so many things that I wanted to do and things to start and stuff. And then I didn't do any of them. I don't even know why. I woke up at noon, and then spent a good part of the afternoon reading some Marauders fanfic from the Shoebox Project, because it is brilliantly amazing. I love it because it is a story never told before. Like, there are tons of trio fanfics, and Weasley twin fanfics, but their stories have already been told. We have already seen them grow up, and learned the outcomes of their lives. With the Marauders, we only know the outcomes, so the whole 'how did they get their' is still a mystery. That, and I've always had a thing for Lupin. Quiet and smart, but with that mysterious dark side. *Sigh* Typical teenage girl thing, I think. And young him is just how I like them *wink*.

I didn't think the photos for today would turn out so good, because the challenge is Light, and I photographed the blue light bulb in my room. They miraculously became beautiful, and instead of only posting one as usual, I will show you the ones that turned out the best (so I can show off and because I can and because they look really cool). Not much to say about them, other than that it is a blue light bulb, in my room, that I tend to not use in favour of my bedside lamp. It doesn't really offer a lot of light, in terms of lighting the room.

     Now maybe I will go and do some of those things I intended to do earlier today. Or maybe I won't, and will read again instead. Or sleep. Or watch something. Listen to music. Possibly just lay here doing nothing. It's a world full of procrastination. Someone has to do it. Don't forget to be awesome!

12/28/11

BEDD: Uh-Oh

     So I clearly forgot to post yesterday, but that is because I started watching something and it ended after midnight, and I didn't realize that I had forgetten until my lights were out and I was almost asleep. And this post will be semi-late (ie. after midnight) because it will just have to be. I didn't think it was this late already. I thought I had at least an hour, but apparently that isn't so.

     I've also got to get used to typing on the new laptop, as it is much bigger than my old one and the keys are larger and farther from each other. This one doesn't have the French key setting like my old one, so I've also got to adjust to some key changes. Like the apostrophe, the question mark, and slashes. Those are the worst. I am liking that the speakers actually work, as the old ones were scratchy and useless. It's kinda nice being able to listen to music without headphones.

     These past two days have been really enjoyable. Yesterday we brought my niece out to the lake to try out her snowmachine that she got for Christmas. It was really adorable, and she picked it up really quickly. She can turn like a pro now (or at least as pro as you can get at 3 and a half). This morning we all went down to the arena to skate for a bit. I was a bit horrible, since I haven't skated in at least 2 years, but am glad to say that I didn't fall, not even once. Seventeen years old and that is a celebrated accomplishment. Yupp.

     I watched Neverland last night, which was a two-part special that was on the Space channel a few weeks ago but I missed. It is basically the story of how Peter ended up in Neverland, and the events that led to his becoming Peter Pan and being able to fly and hating Captain Hook. It was really good, much better than I had expected it to be. *Spoilers* It was a really cool concept too, that everyone was brought over from different historical times by a magical orb thingy. I had wondered why there were pirates and Indians, and why Peter and the Lost Boys seemed so different from everyone. I really liked the forest city that Dr. Flood made; I was so angry when it was destroyed. And the tree spirit city. I loved how they called them tree spirits instead of fairies or pixies. Anyway, it was a great show and I do recommend it.

     The photo challenge for yesterday was 'there's something odd about the picture...' which is a really strange yet interesting topic. Can you tell what is odd about this picture? Maybe it's the fact that my new computer is more than twice the size of my old one. Or maybe its the fact that I am just a supernerd and my backgrounds are all fandoms. The Marauders (Harry Potter) on one, and Jingle Bells written in Galifreyan (Doctor Who) on the other. Also, I need a new name for this laptop. My old one is named Sexy, after the TARDIS, because it is kind of like that blue, and the Doctor calls his TARDIS sexy when they are alone, as witnessed in the episode The Doctor's Wife. I don't know what name to give this one. It is white, and has this sort of golf-ball feel to it. It needs to be something nerdy though, in the spirit of nerdiness everywhere. Any ideas?


     Today's challenge is 'your favourite...?' I really could have gont any way with this, but since I want to show of my plant, I will show you my current favourite project. In our school's gardening club we are growing herbs, and I took mine home over the holidays so that my teacher advisor would not kill them. They have grown immensely over the week-ish that I have had them here, and I am so excited because I tend to be very bad with plants. But here they are, green and healthy and continuously growing. There are even a few shoots coming out, which makes me so happy because they weren't there on Wednesday when it left school. It means I'm doing something right.



     A bit late, but always worth it I hope. Don't forget to be awesome!!

12/25/11

BEDD: Merry Christmas!

     This day has been hectic and exciting and fun and all around crazy. I was woken up at 7:30 this morning to go upstairs to open up gifts. That is roughly the time that I am awake on a school morning. I guess that is the consequence of having a 3 and a half year old in the house. I think I actually miss the days when my sister woke me up at 9, and I thought that was too early to be awake for Christmas.

     The gift opening was fun, much more entertaining with my niece here. She has such a hilarious way of opening things, it's almost like she knows that Christmas wasn't made for the impation (ie. my sister). She would tear little strips of wrapping paper off of a gift, and then hold it up for everyone to see. And she did that for every single gift she had. And it was a pretty full Santa bag/stocking.

     My parents really surprised me though. I knew I was getting a new laptop for Christmas, to prepare me for univeristy and whatnot, so that they don't have to buy me everything come June when the time comes for me to get ready to leave. They were planning on buying a printer to go with my laptop for graduation, so that I wouldn't have to worry about running around to print assignments. I thought we were all done with gifts when my mom puts this huge, heavy box on my lap with this big smile on her face. I open it up (with some 'help' from my niece) and lo and behold, it's a printer. Not in a million years would I have guessed that. My honest guess what that it was a gag, since I had already gotten a laptop and everything.

     This next paragraph contains spoilers. I did get to watch the Doctor Who Christmas Special, The Doctor, the Widow, and the Wardrobe. I must say that it was not what I expected from the title. I refused to watch the trailer for it so as to be perfectly surprised for the episode. I really loved this episode, just because I loved the original foray into Narnia that occured in tLtWatW. I also loved the different spin on it, all Christmas-y and Whovian. Of course, the Doctor would trick out a house to make his guests feel welcome. Well, I know I'd stay there anyday. Despite the fact that the forest trees were kind of evil-ish, taking over Ceril's body, I liked them. It was neat seeing the spirits of trees sorta literally coming to life. The Queen looked more like a Princess though, in my opinion. I also have to admit that I cried in the end, when they were all returned, the forest souls were safe, and the husband was alive again. I think I'm just a sucker for a good Doctor Who ending, though.

     I love that today's challenge is colour. The true embodiment of colour today, Christmas Day, has to be the Christmas tree. So of course, I went and photographed the lights in the tree. It was slightly out of focus, but I think that made the picture look even better.

   
     I hope that everyone has had a very merry Christmas Day, and that it was safe and happy and enjoyable. All in all, I think mine has been the best so far, just because of the people who were here to celebrate with me and the new memories and traditions I have begun. Hopefully I will continue bloggig for years to come, and will be able to continue this as a tradition as well. Don't forget to be awesome!!

12/24/11

BEDD: So Nice To Relax

     I don't think sleeping in has ever felt so good. Weekends are alright, but they always feel rushed, like if I sleep too much on a Saturday I won't feel satisfied on Sunday, which will mean a late night and a horrible Monday. Or I'll have too much work to do and not enough time to relax and get it done. Which is why this feels so amazing. I got to have my sleep in ritual of waking up and falling back to sleep repeatedly in order to have different dreams.

     I also got some extremely last minute gift wrapping done today, which was difficult because some of them were really oddly shaped. All I say is don't criticize the wrap job or I will return the gifts. It was also difficult to get them all to fit underneath the tree. Since we have some family staying over for Christmas, there are a lot more gifts under there than there usually are. It's a madhouse, I'm telling you. Tomorrow will be crazier, because there will be cousins and such over for dinner.

     The photo challenges for today and yesterday both took on the same subject, but with their own thematic twists. Yesterday's word was motion, which took a lot of thought. I am not very good at photography, as evidenced by my failed attempts to capture the picture, and so this one is courtesy of my sister, who has a much better camera than I do and much more amazing skills. It is my ring, spinning in circles. Each time I tried, my camera would capture a single shot of it, with no motion whatsoever, or I would fail the entire process of taking it. I like that it sort of makes my ring look gold, which is completely false.


     Today's challenge was shadow, and I really enjoyed this one. It allowed me to take a picture that I have never really thought of taking before, but is really overdone. I don't care, because I love how it came out. It's also kind of an oxymoron, because I love my ring, the shadow, and the photograph, but I am really not enjoying the book. 10 points if you can guess which one it is.


     Also, my day in a nutshell right here. Talking with my sister, just randomly chatting along, and llamas enter the conversation. So I say 'obamallama', just because it rhymes and sounds hilarious. It makes her laugh, and I jokingly tell her to Google it, see if I have any competition with my word. Sure enough, there's fracking stuffed obamallamas. Our new joke: they will kill you in your sleep. Don't forget to be awesome.

12/23/11

BEDD: Freedom Tastes an Awful Lot Like Gingerbread

     Freedom has never felt so good. I am so exhausted, yet I have literally done nothing all day. Got to sleep in an extra fifteen minutes, which might not sound like much but it felt absolutely amazing. Ate pancakes and sausages when I got to school, and then spent period one lazing on the couches in the library. Period two included a movie, and more lazing around, this time on the top of the a science lab desk.Lunch went by rather quickly, with nothing really interesting happening. Period three was a nice surprise, just a quick note that I didn't write very well. No essay, which I guess I could have foreseen, since it's so near to Christmas, and my teacher isn't that horrible. Walked around the school most of period four, then played games on the smart board in the math class since their lesson was done. Then it was off the assembly, which was actually not half bad considering there was basically zero student participation. We had some classes from the elementary school present some stuff, which was both adorable and annoying, since I hate Christmas music. Then there were videos from the communications class that were (all but one) un-Christmas-y, a strange skit from some of the grade 9s, and a hilarious song number from a few of the staff. All in all it was an alright day. I spent the entire time at school wrapped up in my blanket, so it made the day even more cozy and comforting. And now though, I am so extremely tired. I even slept a bit on the couch this evening, and that didn't seem to help. Maybe it's just all the mayhem of the week collapsing in on me now that it's all over. Either way, I am going to go to bed now, and leave the photo for tomorrow, since I don't feel like getting up to take it. Good night! And don't forget to be awesome! (yay for one long paragraph)

12/22/11

BEDD: So Close I Can Taste It

     One more day. One more day. One more day. That is the only thing keeping me sane right now. If tomorrow wasn't going to be an easy-ish day, I would contemplate taking an early vacation. Well, that and the fact that I have to hand in a very important biology assignment.

     Today was a fun day, though. We ended up watcing Despicable Me in Biology, since we were just supposed to work on our take-home assignment anyway. So I just enjoyed the movie and left the work for home, where it was meant to be done. We will most likely finish it tomorrow, since classes are short and no one wants to begin anything new before the break.

     Today we also celebrated my friend's birthday, which was really fun. We decorated his locker, and had our cupcakes at lunch, and generally bugged him about being the birthday boy most of the day. Another awesome thing is that the photo challenge for today is 'highlight of the day,' so I took a picture of the decorated locker.


     Since I still have some things to do before I go to bed, I will leave this post short. Only a few more hours of torture until sweet freedom. In the meantime, don't forget to be awesome!

12/21/11

BEDD: Cupcake

     Today was an okay sort of day. I didn't do much in terms of school work, but since it's getting soo much closer each day, I couldn't care less. After school, K and I made some cupcakes for our friend's birthday tomorrow. It is the first year that we get to celebrate his birthday all together, since we are usually out of school at this time. The only bad thing is he and K have a physics test, so we will have to do the celebrating at lunch. Oh well, no morning cupcakes for me I guess.

     Yesterday, while I was being bored and looking around the Internet since I didn't really  have any homework, I came across a really awesome '12 Days of Nerdmas' on a Tumblr page. Unfortunately, I couldn't trace it back to the original post, but I am going to put it on here and say that it beats mine in awesome by a lot.
On the twelfth day of Nerdmas, nerdfighters gave to me,
Twelve Hanks a humping,
Eleven peeps for eating,
Ten faults in stars,
Nine in your pants jokes,
Eight giraffes in love,
Seven hanklerfishies,
Six yetis hiding,
Five pizza Johns,
Four corndogs,
Three French llamas,
Two Brothers Green,
and an online community.

     Of course, my favourite from this list is a toss-up between seven hanklerfishies, because I absolutely love the hankerlfish, and two brothers Green, because I love the Green brothers and the reference to the Brother's Grimm. Nine is a bit wordy in my opinion, but all in all it is a Nerdfighter wonderland of awesome.

     Today's challenge just happened to coincide with my day's activities. The word for the day was 'sweet', which went hand-in-hand with the cupcakes that were baked. Unfortunately, genius I am forgot my camera, so the photo is courtesy of K today. They are delicious, but you can't have any because they are too special. The green icing has nothing to do with the holidays, either.



     Hopefully tomorrow will go by very quickly, and then there will only be one more day left until break. Until then, don't forget to be awesome!

12/20/11

BEDD: Strange

     Today has been a blech sort of day. School was a mish-mash of good and horrible, which didn't help the day at all. The last week always seems to drag on, and this year it seems like that feeling is mutliplied by a million. I really, really, really just want the holidays to be here already.

     The word for today's challenge is stranger, and I went kind of, well, strange with it. I didn't really feel like taking pictures, so I just clicked around my room. I came away with two shots that I really liked. The first is the stuffed monkey that is magneted to my bedside lamp. It's kind of a stranger to anyone who sees it, but to me it just wouldn't be right if he wans't there. I think what makes this one 'stranger' is the angle that I randomly managed to get. I don't know if you would instantly guess lamp if you didn't know. The second is a snippet of my wall of stuff. It's just a strange assortment of things that I like, random pictures from the Internet. I have a few drawings up there, and even an old Itunes card stuck in there. Both represent the strange-ness of my room in the perspective of a stranger. To me, of course, they are just normal, everyday things. So yeah. Don't forget to be awesome, you strangers.
    

12/19/11

BEDD: 'Tis the Season... Finally

     I was planning on posting early today, but then I got caught up in the Internet, then taking pictures, and now I am right back to my more regular posting time. But whatever, I guess this is just when the universe wants me to write. Don't want to mess with the universe; bad, bad things happen.

     So, one day down, and four to go before the holidays. I am getting rather excited for them, especially when I woke up this morning and just did not want to get out of bed. It is getting increasingly difficult to want to go to bed at a decent hour each night, and to pull myself out each morning. It wouldn't be so bad if there were more interesting things to look forward too, but it's just regular school as usual. We aren't even having our Christmas concert this year, since none of the drama classes are willing to perform. That has always been my favourite part of the final week of school, too.

     Saturday's photo challenge was a close-up, and I finally got a more seasonal picture with this one. I found an old snowflake charm that I had in my jewelry box, and took a close-up of it. It turned out alright, kind of blurred, but the shadow behind it makes it look nice. I was thinking of wearing it, but I prefer my pocketwatch over it anyday. Plus, I've gotten used to the weight from it, and the snowflake was just too light.


     Yesterday's challenge was backlighting, which I am not really a fan of. I didn't really put much into this one, seeing as how the lighting in my room is horrible no matter where it's coming from. So a bit of nostalgia in this picture, my Game Boy Colour in all its glory. I still play it from time to time, and prefer it over any of the newer game systems. Especially when playing PokĂ©mon. Double nostalgia right there.



     Today's challenge prompt was time, and instead of taking a picture of a clock or something like that (since I've done the timepiece already), I was a bit more creative. I found an old cap off a Jones soda from my collection which had a quote/fortune/saying on it that was relative to the challenge topic. It says Donate your time, which I think is a really good thing to do and to remember. Especially around the holidays, we focus a lot about ourselves and our close families, but forget that there are others out there.


     I have a few special post ideas planned for some days this month, and am looking into more things. I figure if I am posting every day, then why not make some of those days more interesting. Especially on the days that I don't really have much to say. I am hoping to do some writing over the break, maybe also a bit of drawing if I get really bored or procrastinatey. Until then, don't forget to be awesome!

12/18/11

BEDD: Sigh

     There is only one more week of school to go before the Christmas holidays, and already I am wishing it were less than that. I really just want the holidays to start now, so that I don't have to think about a week's worth of work, or get up early for another week. The only good thing about it is that it means going back a week later after the New Year. Usually we return to school two or three days after, but this year its more than a week after. Which is great, because I tend to stay up really late the few days after New Year's.

     Some of my friends have already been accepted to some of their universities, and its making me really anxious about my admissions. I mean, the deadlines aren't even over, and replies don't usually come until after second semester has started, but knowing that some people are already being accepted worries me. I am excited for them, but I just wish I would hear some good news for me. Its really been bothering me.

     I know I said I would post pictures in this post, but I am really tired from travelling, and I don't want to stay up too late. So I will postpone them again, and hopefully I will write earlier tomorrow. In fact, I'll write myself a note to remind myself to post earlier. Anywho, don't forget to be awesome! Good night.

12/17/11

BEDD: The Nutcracker

    Today has been a really long day. I travelled into the city with K and her family, and we went to see the Nutcracker ballet. It was super amazingly awesome. I have never seen anything like it before. The backdrops were beautiful, with screens that backlit to change the scenes. I thought that was really cool.

     The dances were amazing as well. I still don't know which one was my favourite. The Dew Drop Fairy's was really nice, with the waltzing flowers. Very intricate. I also liked the Sugar Plum Fairy's dance, it was nice. I especially liked the music for that one. And now I have it stuck in my head. The Prince's first dance with Clara, right after he is transformed from being the Nutcracker, was also a really good one. Very romantic. I think that one might just come out as the top of my three favourites.

     I forgot my camera at home, so I will post the photo challenge tomorrow as a double. This day has been long but fun, and now I am tired. Don't forget to be awesome!

12/16/11

BEDD: Messy

     I am usually an extremely clean person. Everything in my room has a place, and I like everything to be in that place. I'm really OCD about it. Usually, my room is perfectly neat and tidy, nothing on the floor except my backpack (because my cat likes to sleep on it), and all of my shelves generally tidy. On occasion, I will become really lazy, or get super busy, and my room will end up looking like a huge mess (at least to my standards). That is what it is like now.

     Since I am going to be going away the rest of the weekend, I need to clean my room. Also, I believe my mother wants to wash my floors or something annoying like that, so I can't really leave anything lying around. She tends to not be very good at putting my things back in the right places. Or at least, where I believe they should be. So on top of finishing homework, which I rocrastinated all evening, I must pack and clean up. At least this is done.

     I liked the photo challenge for today, mainly because it involved a lot less creativity that usual. 'A Picture of a Picture'. How much easier can it be. So I photographed one of my favourite pictures that is stuck to my wall. It is the cover of a card that I received years ago, I don't even know who from or why anymore (would help if I opened it I'm sure). Anyway, I love it for its simplicity. I mean, when I was a kid, I was far too scared of falling to ever do that. I guess all you need to do is believe. And now I look at it every single day, and try to remember that as I go through the day, my life, whatever. Darn childhood, gotta go messing things up all the time.


     Anywho, I've still got some work to do before I tackle the rest of that list, so short post will be short again. I do have to say though, posting more frequently (though not ever day) has felt good. To see so many more posts is a great feeling of accomplishment. There are now as many posts in December as there were in 2010. It gives me a bit more hope for the new year. Don't forget to be awesome!

12/15/11

BEDD: GAAH Christmas

     Even though it only comes once a year, I have some very mixed feelings about Christmas. I mean, I like it and all, with family celebrating and being together, having a good time. Seeing people's excited faces when that gift that I thought about forever has made their day the best. But, I cannot stand Christmas music or Christmas shopping.

     There is just something about hearing the same music over and over and over every single year that bothers me. And the tunes are so annoying, and it's made even worse when singers and such try to remix them. Just leave it be. It's terrible enough as it is. I think my animosity towards Christmas music stems from childhood Christmas concerts, and being forced onto a stage each year to sing some wretched song with the rest of my classmates. Terrible idea. Twenty or so tonedeaf children singing something completely unoriginal.

     As for Christmas shopping, I just hate shopping in general. Add hundreds more intense, stupid, crazy shoppers into the stores, and you have put me into a nightmare. I am the kind of person who just wants to go in, get what I need (which I usually have already decided on), and get out. With Christmas shopping, you have to work around the idiots who cannot do this, who just walk around, browsing like there's no tomorrow. Honestly, sometimes I just wanted to run them over with aa shopping cart.

     Thankfully, today's photo challenge was freestyle, which ran on my attitude for the day. So I just went to the nerdy side, and took a photo of my 'Stone Angels.' Sometimes scary monsters can be adorable. There really isn't much to explain, other than these little guys sit on my bookshelf. I've had them for as long as I can remember. Freestyle, what else is there. Sleep. Don't forget to be awesome.

12/14/11

BEDD: Bad Blogger

     I've been kind of a bad blogger the past couple of days, what with the homework and procrastination and whatnot, and I'm going to be sort of a bad blogger today, too. I'm just going to post the three picture challenges that I missed, since I have to catch up on sleep and get up early tomorrow morning.

     Monday's challenge was reflection, so I took out my mirror again and actually got a shot that I really love. There is just so much going on that I didn't notice when I took it that it amazes me. Looking at it for surface value, you get the reflection of my drawings in their frames in the mirror, which was the original premise for the photo. I like it because I actually managed to get them both in their, and you can (hopefully) tell what they are supposed to be. If you look deeper, though, you can see the reflection of my hand in the right mirror frame taking the picture. That just amazed me. Also, my pocketwatch necklace made its way into this photo, which added a nice element of colour and contrast to it. The bronze/gold against the silvery colour of the mirror looks cool.


     Tuesday's challenge was 'Fool's Perspective', which took me a while to figure out something creative. I ended up photographing my doodle of infinity cirlces, which I drew last year during classes whenever I was bored. This represents a fool's perspective to me because to anyone who doesn't know or understand, it's just a bunch of circles in a bunch of triangles. But really, it's math. And math that I like, because it's an artsy math. I got the idea from a YouTube video done by Vi Hart. Technically, you can fit an infinite amount of circles into any triangle, except the pencil lead is too thick and math is too crazy.


     Today's challenge is called On the Floor, and this is about the most interesting this that resides on the floor of my home. It is a 'bear skin' rug which my sister used to have in her room, but is now in the rec room because her room is full of stuff. I think it is an adorable picture, and a good view as well. There were no lights on downstairs, and I think that just the flash from my camera was enough to make the picture really work. It illuminated the bear, which is the only part that was really needed.



     Hopefully I will be able to get back on track with all of this now. Who knows. Life can be annoying like that. Anywho, I'm going to bed now, so don't forget to be awesome!

12/13/11

BEDD: Once More Into the Breach

     I am again plagued by the evilness of homework, but it is finally not English! Yes, I am officially done with my ISU, and can party all night long (except not really. Homework.). I did alright on it, about what I was aiming to get. And now that that is over, I am finishing the coursework for my history class this week, and that will be awesome as well. Then it will be just the culminating essay, which is basically my exam for the course.

     It seems as though I will actually make it out alive this semester, which is great. I am really looking forward to next semester, mostly because it isn't this one. I will only really have one in-class course, which will be chemistry, which I love. The others are an online course (like my history), an indepenent course, and a co-op, which I am doing at the school. So really, next semester is looking great.

     I am not going to post anything for the photo challenge again today, just because I have spent enough time just writing this post. I will do all three tomorrow, when I know I will have more time, since I am not going to school on Thursday. So, in the meantime, don't forget to be awesome!

12/12/11

BEDD: Is Where I Wanna Be

     I just want to sleep. Forever. I have been working all evening on the oral component for my English ISU, as I must present it tomorrow and will have barely any time to work on it after tonight. After having worked on the stupid thing for approximately 3 hours, I think it will be alright. At least, the damn thing will finally be over. Sweet relief!

     Due to the fact that I just want to go to bed, since I was up kind of late last night, I am going to leave the challenge picture for tomorrow and do a double post. I am just out of my mind right now, and sleep is pulling at me. I feel like a zombie right now, just going through the motions trying to reach my goal. Which in this case is thankfully not brains or human flesh.


     Anywho, off to bed for me. I was hoping to be able to be early tonight, but what can you do. Life is life, and all you can really do is don't forget to be awesome.

12/11/11

BEDD: Sometimes I'm a Hypocrite

     I hate English. I also love English. I can explain this though. I like English in the sense of creative writing and reading and analysing (which most people hate). I love to write, and someday do wish to write an actual novel, or something resembling an actual novel. I love to read, and analysing novels can be interesting sometimes. I mean, it's interesting to see other people's opinions and have more insight on things that seemed to be so simple.

     What I don't like is writing essays. I don't like citing sources, and calling authors by their last names over and over again. I mean, some essays are fine to write, like the ones in which stories are told, but those that just teach you something lame are boring. And who cares where I got my information from, as long as it's there. Also, why can't Wikipedia be a credible source? Who cares if anyone can write an article; do you know how difficult it is these days to actually change something in those things? (Probably not difficult, but come on, they have all the information in one place.) As for author names, I am going to build a freaking time machine and meet these people so that I can technically call them by their first names in essays. (I wish)

     The love/hate thing is not the only reason I am being hypocritical in this post. I really do love English, and these things only annoy me when I have procrastinated a lot and have to rush to finish an essay. I am going to have to get used to these things if I want to get an English degree in university. *sigh*  I just like to rant sometimes. Especially when I'm tired and just want to read instead of doing homework.

     Speaking of reading, I started a book last night, and due all of the procrastinating I did today, I am almost finished it. I think the 50 Book Challenge will not be too bad now, if I can continue this way and not have too much work to do for the rest of the month. (Haha, funny. The next two weeks are going to be horrible for homework.

     Today's challenge word is love, a word which I really hate. So for the photo, I kind of translated it to heart, and something that I liked. This summer my family and I ate quite a few Kinder Egg chocolates, and I collected the plastic eggs. At first I had them in a chain, as my goal was just to see how long an egg chain I could make. Then one day my sister took that chain and kind of bent and twisted the eggs into the shape of a heart, and since then I have not touched it, despite having gotten a few more to add to it. And so that is the picture for today, a love/heart of Kinder chocolate.

     Anywho, I am exhausted, and just want to read before going to sleep. Don't forget to be awesome!

12/10/11

BEDD: Getting Closer

     Last night I finally finished The Diviners, a book I had to read for my English independent study. It has taken me forever, but now I can finally add it to my list of finished novels and can begin to read something new. I have to start Wuthering Heights, since it our final novel study, but I'm also going to start another book. I need to complete the 50 Book Challenge, and I only have 6 more books to go. I'm so close, and the end of the year is so close, I am beginning to get nervous that I may not make it.

     I am really not in the mood to write a lot tonight, so I'm just going to put up the challenge picture and end it. The challenge for today is gluttony, excessive drinking or eating, which happens to be one of the seven deadly sins. I took a weird spin on this photo, and it came out very different. I don't know whether to call this vampirism, cannabilism, or zombification. All I know is, I don't taste very good, and won't be chewing on my fingers, or anyone else's for that matter, in the near future. I just didn't want to go with the usual food/drink image that seems to do with gluttony. I went outside the box with this one, and it may or not have worked.


     And that's all, folks! I really don't have much else to say. Spent my Saturday playing video games, because I am nerdy like that. Now I must get all of my work done tomorrow, but that's alright. So don't forget to be awesome!

12/9/11

BEDD: 12 Days of Nerdmas

     I freaking love weekends. Except when I have tons of work to do. Either way, I get to sleep a lot, so it doesn't bother me too much. Mostly. Another good thing about today being Friday was that it was a  really simple day. This whole entire week has basically been easy. And I got my camera all figured out, with the challenge pictures all perfectly taken.

     I sort of worked on my Awesome Post idea during the day, but didn't quite finish it up until now. As the post title says, it is the Twelve Days of Christmas, nerd style, therefore the Twelve Days of Nerdmas. I have put a great deal of though into most of them, and I like how it came out. I'm just going to write it from the twlefth day backwards, instead of writing them individually or a million times over. I'd love to know which day of Nerdmas gift you would want to receive the most. Et voila!

On the twelfth day of Christmas, a True Nerd gave to me...
twelve bloggers blogging
eleven Timelords running
ten Tumblrs tumbling
nine Nerdfighter notes
eight Trolls-a-trollin'
seven years at Hogwarts
six Pokéballs
five John Green novels
four nerdy jokes
three Trock CDs
two sing-a-majigs
and a Timelord in a Christmas TARDIS

     As I said before, my camera is my friend again, and I have the photo challenge back together. Yesterdays challenge word was broken, and this took a lot of thought, since I tend to throw out things whenever I break them. But I ended up finding the perfect thing for the photo, aa birthday figurine from when I turned 8, which is perfect because this is for day 8. Part of it broke in one of the many moves in the past couple of years, and because I have been collecting one each year on my birthday since I was born, there was no way I was getting rid of it. Plus, it isn't like it was entirely smashed to bits.


     Today's challenge was an out of focus photo, which was both difficult and simple, since my camera can be horrible when it comes to focus. Th difficult part was getting the unfocused-ness to look good. I photographed a little plastic sand dial, and I think it came out quite all right despite my horrid skills. You can even see the sand running through it.


     I hope the week was good for everyone, and that you enjoyed this amazingly lovely Friday. I know I did. I am going to go to sleep now, since I am super tired from the week. Don't forget to be awesome.

12/8/11

BEDD: Procrastinate-y Horribleness

     Bad me has been procrastinating all evening, and is now stuck staying up to write my post. Bad me. It will be quick though, since I also posted on A Week of Awesome today. I will make tomorrow's post super awesome to make up for it though. I already have it planned (at least the idea), so that's a start. And tomorrow is Friday anyway, thankfully.

     Today was the first day of this week's doule feature of Grimm. It is the new show I have begun watching this year, and I absolutely love it. I describe it as a supernatural-police-drama version of Torchwood. Which is probably whhy I fell in love with it. It's got little romance, which tends to bore me after a while, and a lot of mystery drama, which I like to get into. I like to try to figure things out before they are revealed, to see how good my skills are (not very). But it's all in good fun. Anyway, it's a double feature because usually it only plays in Fridays, but it hasn't aired in two weeks, so this week they are airing two new episodes, one today and one tomorrow, which has me super excited.

     Today's photo challenge will be described and posted with tomorrows, since my camera decided to fail on me. I really don't know what is happening to me today with technology. My laptop froze like a bazillion times before I could log into Blogger, my camera is acting up, and the plug-in that I always use for my laptop is going haywire. So yeah, tomorrow will be super-duper awesome, I promise.

     Stay tuned, and don't forget to be awesome. Even though I seem to have forgotten today.

12/7/11

BEDD: Polar Bear

     Today was both a dull and exciting day. It was kind of a rollar coaster of feelings, you could say. I didn't really do any work in my classes, which was good, but also made for a boring day. On the bright side, I slept a lot better last night, so I felt much better throughout the day. Turns out when you aren't waking up 3 or 4 times in the middle of the night, you aren't nearly falling asleep in the middle of the day either.

     Instead of doing more review for a test in Biology class, we watched a Discovery Planet Earth video on ecology. It was really cool, and showed a lot of interesting animals and different natural habitats. There were the mating dances of a few birds of paradise shown, and they were really cute. There are a large number of different species of them, all with their own different ritual, and it was cute to see what some of them did. I mean, with humans we just get to know each other, decide if we can stand to live with each other (most times), and get married and stuff. In the animal kingdom, though, things are so much different. I think it would be cool if we had different selection rituals like birds do. At least, I think it would be cute if a guy danced or something to try to get my attention. I think it would be a sweet gesture. This is the clip from the video, and this is another, longer one, that I found on YouTube with more species of the bird.


     Another animal that was shown was a polar bear. It showed a mother leading its two cubs around, climbing and slipping over the ice and snow drifts. It was adorable. I've decided I want to be a polar bear in my next life. You know, if we get next lives after we die. I think it would be cool to be one of the largest predators in the community. Not much would bother me, I would be adorable, and who doesn't love polar bears? They're practically the kings of the bear world. They also have to be strong enough to survive in the toughest climates the world has to offer. So yeah, if the order of the world starts taking orders, I'd like polar bear in next life, please.

     I had fun with the photo challenge today. Portrait shot of a family/friend/pet, of which I chose pet because I love my baby. So I annoyed my cat, taking pictures of her, and came away with some nice ones. Like me, she doesn't seem to like having her picture taken, always turning her head away when it seems like I've got a really good one.


     Since last night's sleep went well, I am hoping that I will sleep well again tonight. Wish me luck. Good night, sleep tight, and don't let the polar bears bite! (Bet you thought I was going to say don't forget to be awesome, right.)

12/6/11

BEDD: Some Sad Relief

     I am so mad. I was working on my English independent study essay last night and forgot to post. I stayed up really late to finish it as well. The only plus side is that that part of the unit is totally complete, and all I have left to do now is the oral presentation Since I have a general idea as to what I am going to do, it is even more of a relief. Also, only like an hour's worth of reading left and I'll be finished the novel.

     We have started the Christmas baking here at my house, and it has been fun to do. My mom and I have made fugde, macaroons, and a Rice Krispie log. It's fun, and reminds me of how much I'm going to miss my family once I leave for school next year. I will, though, be stealing all of these recipes, because I love them so much. I am going to be making my chocolate chip cookies, but closer to Christmas, since you can't really freeze cookies.

     Yesterdays photo challenge was number photography. Since I forgot to post, I didn't think about it until today, but I thought of a really good picture. Unfortunetely when I took it, it didn't come out as I thought it would. But it still looks good. It is my pocket watch necklace, which I wear every day. The watch doesn't actually work, the face is painted on, put in this photo I don't think that fact stands out very easily. I really love how the roman numerals are noticeable. All in all, I love this one.


     Today's challenge is Mother Nature. Currently, mother nature is having a horrible tantrum outside, the wind is rattling everything around, snow is whipping against the windows, and it just looks dreary. Since the weather outside is frightful, I stayed inside with my camera and photographed my Christmas poinstettia. It, though, seems to be battling against Mother Nature this week, which is the focus of my picture.



     I am going to go to bed early tonight, since I haven't been sleeping well these past few nights and I stayed up late yesterday to finish that stupid essay. Alas, there seems to be less and less time. Bleh. Oh well. Nighty night. Don't forget to be awesome and stuff.

12/4/11

BEDD: Lessons Learned

     Today was an interesting day. I didn't really get any work done, because I felt like being procrastinaty. But I did end up doing some  progressive things. I went driving with my dad and sister, which I haven't done since my first driving lesson, which was way back in August. I also learned something new due to todays photo challenge.

     The driving was actually alright, not as bad as I continuously believe it to be. Unfortunetly this now means that I'm going to have to drive more often, which is both good and bad. I do need to drive more, and the confidence boost helped, but I do not really need or want any more responsibility. So a win-lose situation.

     The photo challenge for today is alphabetography, which I did not know of before today. Basically it is where you take a picture, and the subject of the picture depicts a letter of the alphabet. It's a really cool concept, and also a difficult one for the first time. I ended up with the letter O in my shot, as it is probably the easiest, and after looking around my house a bit it was the best thing I could find.

     I also spent some time hanging out with my sister. She was surprisingly good with driving, and wasn't annoying with me and my anxiety towards it. We hung out, played some Zelda, and chatted. I also drew her a picture on her white board, which turned out really good despite being drawn with stupid dry-erase markers. Being left-handed also didn't help with this, since everytime I went to make another line I smudged the one I had previously drawn. But it came out quite well. Darn Pikachu and its adorableness.

     Alas, tomorrow is Monday, which means school again. I really cannot wait for the winter break to just begin. It seems like Zeno's paradox all over again. The closer we get, the farther away it feels. Anywho, time for bed. Hopefully this week doesn't get too busy and I don't miss any posts. I've been doing well so far. Don't forget to be awesome!

12/3/11

BEDD: Forever Yours

     Another great day spent hanging out with K. Except I didn't get any homework done, which means that I'll have to do a ton of work tomorrow. Boo. But oh well. Two days of awesome is a good trade in for one of stupid homework. On the plus side, I am ahead in biology because I did it all but one question on Friday, and there are no more questions due for the Othello unit. Woo!

   So Alex Day and Charlie McDonnel collaborated and made a music video for Alex's new song Forever Yours, which I absolutely love. Both the song and the video. I have had parts of the song stuck in my head for weeks now, it is so good. I love Alex's music. The lyrics are catchy and meaningful, and the music is wonferfully amazing. And he puts so much effort into everything he produces. Makes the entire thing even better.

     The music video is super hilarious, and I love it. It is much different than all of the other videos done for their songs, which I think really suits Forever Yours, since this song is also different than any other song that Alex has produced. Either way, it's been a long time since they've done something music-y together like this, so it was really awesome.

     The photo challenge for today is to have the camera in the shot. I don't like this one, mainly because it's so ambiguous. I mean, it's basically saying to do anything as long as it has the camera included. Which I don't really like. Mainly because it means having to have a mirror or mirror-like surface. So I took this one a bit more creatively, and used a hand-held mirror. I also included my face, a bit, to make up for yesterdays horrible photo.


     What I like about this picture is that not only is the image in both faces of the mirror, but its also reflected onto the top of my laptop, which I had to use as a base for the mirror, since I couldn't steady my hands enough to hold both the mirror and the cameras to take a clear enough image. This one is my favourite challenge photo so far,  but since it is only the third day that is really nothing to judgde. The other two weren't very creative.

     Hopefully I can keep up with this creatibity and end up with a nice catalogue of BEDD challenge photos by the time December is over. Anywho, I am going to go read now. Listen to more Alex Day and don't forget to be awesome!

12/2/11

BEDD: I Didn't Forget!

     That's a half lie. While I didn't quite forget that I had to post tonight, I did get kind of busy and distracted. K is sleeping over tonight, so we did some awesome sleepover-type stuff. Well, our kind of sleepover-type stuff anyway. She helped me out with my Zelda game (Twilight Princess, because I'm oldschool like that), and then we rented a movie.

     Super 8 doesn't exactly sound like it would be a kick-ass movie, but it was mindblowing awesome. I mean, there were some moments where I was like how have you not died and such, but the concept was veery different to any other sort of alien/action type movie I've watched. Which is good, because I'm getting kind of tired of the clichĂ© aliens attack, hero saves the day movie.

     The photo challenge for today is supposed to be a self-portrait, which I am not exactly happy about. I mean, I hate my picture being taken. It's like my soul is being taken from me (at least, that's the excuse I always give). So I'm going to cheat but not cheat, and take a picture of something that is not my face, but mostly because my hair is just a mess right now.


     So yeah. Not very awesome of me, but I don't really care. I think the picture turned out alright, and it still fits the guidelines. It is a portrait of myself. Just, you know, my hand. In nerdfighter gesture.Don't forget to be awesome!

12/1/11

BEDD: The Quest Begins

     It may be a little late in the evening, but I have posted! I have just been working on today's photo challenge, and what I thought was going to be an easy one turned out to be a tad bit more difficult than expected. Day 1 called was 'anything goes,' so I thought I would talk a bit about the 50 Book Challenge, since I've been thinking about it a lot lately.

     The 50 Book Challenge was part of my Big, Fun, Scary List for the year. The point was to read at least 50 books by end of the year (duh), to see just how much people really read during the course of a year. For the longest time, my Challenge meter has been logged to 26 books, basically since I stopped the major blogging this year. But I never stopped reading (gosh, that would be worse than my heart stopping beating). So finally, I dragged up my memory lists, my Chapters list, and perused my bookshelf, and discovered that I was up to 41 books. Dissatisfied. So I read a book (a short one) that night, and then finished Othello today, which brought me up to 43. I messed up on my list though, so the counter says 44. It just means that I won't have to make a new one once I finish the next book.

     Anywho, back to today. I figured since I was so excited about being so close to my goal, I would make the first BEDD photo a picture of all of the books I have currently read. Of course, I don't have all of them (I borrowed a couple and 2 are novels from school) so I just put filler books into the picture with the spines turned away. But every other book is my own personal novel that I own and have read.


     Like I mentioned before, I didn't think that getting this picture would be difficult. At first I underestimated the pure size of 43 books. I had to find them all on my bookshelf and take them out, and then move them off of my desk and onto the floor to take the picture, since there is no room on my desk to take a decent picture. Then, once I had the picture, I had to move all of them back to the desk and put them back onto the bookshelf into their correct places. I am kinf of OCD when it comes to my bookshelf. Since there is no more room (I have a lot of books) everything needs to be placed correctly to fit. It's like Tetris, but for books.

     I am going to go to bed now (after reading a bit), since moving everything and my day in general has made me really tired. Tune in tomorrow for another post/picture. As always, don't forget to be awesome!

11/28/11

Pre-BEDD

     On the last days of November, a desperate blogger makes a mad dash at posts to feel better about the procrastinatio she has been doing for months now. Also, I really don't feel like working on my English essay. Of course, she always returns when there is other work to be done. Yeah well, I've gotten a lot of other work done today. Sort of.

     Anyway, I am planning my own sort of Blog Every Day in December, or BEDD. Haha. I am going to post a holiday themed picture, in a 30 Day photography challange. Mostly this is to make me more inclined to blog, and then hopefully by the end of the year I will have something to look back on. Also, I have a special Christmas Day post planned (well, not yet, but I will), and a New Year's post (which I do have planned). Now, with all of that, I aim for 30 posts in December, along with my posts on the Week of Awesome blog.

Without further ado, I present upon you my 'Christmas List 2011' :
1. Peace on Earth, and all the wondrous lands.
2. A wardrobe passage to Narnia.
3. Acceptance to Hogwarts. For reals.
4. A Jetpack.
5. Jetpack fuel.
6. A toaster that says "yum, yum, yum," when you stick toast in it.
7. A time machine.
8. Recipe to make homemade wizard lighting.
9. A rocketship to Mars.
10. To Catch 'em All.
11. Meow.
12. Peace on Secret Earth (The one we’re not supposed to talk about - the little one hidden behind the moon.)
13. Epic music that plays in the background of my life.
14. Jetpack betteries.
15. A genie.
16. A black unicorn. No glitter!
17.   5 Golden Rings!
18. No more homework. Ever.
19. More wishes.
20. An owl to deliver my mail. Or a cat that transforms into friends.
21. A flashdark. It’s like a flashlight but the opposite.
22. Sugarplums to dance over my head, and incite magical dreams of Christmas miracles.
23. A sideways trampoline.
24. A jellyfish. I shall call him Squishy, and he shall be mine, and he shall be my Squishy.
25. ALL THE PRESENTS!

   So yeah. If anyone can make any of that possible, you will be my overlord. Oh mighty Christmas gods, pleasepleaseplease! I guess I should do my homework now, since it's getting late and I want to go to sleep early tonight. December first! I will post. And then December second, and third, and so on.
Don't forget to be awesome, and have a good end-of-November.

10/5/11

Three Things and a Comic

     Well, I have not written in a while, and I do not really want to do homework, so I have decided to post. I really don't have much to talk about, nor the mind to talk about anything that is going on in my life right now, so I have decided to this. Woo for procrastination and this blog. So read or don't, I really couldn't care less. This is for me.

A. Three names I go by...
Deidra
Dee
Dandelions-Fly

B. Three 'jobs' I have had in my life...
babysitter
shelf-stocker
cabin-cleaner / bed-maker

C. Three places I have lived...
Klots Lake
Pamela Lake (this will always be home)
In Town

D. Three TV shows that I watch...
Doctor Who
Torchwood
The Bang Theory

E. Three places I have been...
Ottawa
Saskatchewan
here : \

F. Three favorite foods...
cafeteria meatballs and rice
perogies with bacon and onions
K's cakepops

G. Three people who might respond...
K, because she always reads
any of the other Ks, because I hope they read
anyone else who wants to respond, or post to their own blog

H. Three things I am looking forward to...
This weekend, this lovely three day weekend
Second semester; things will be interesting
Graduation, only nine more months!  o.O



     Oh, and don't forget to be awesome!

9/19/11

Bonne FĂȘte, Dandelions Fly!



     Happy one year anniversary to Dandelions Fly! Celebratory Internet cupcakes for all! And another special treat: If I Were...      Something that I found on this blog one day when I was bored. Don't forget to be awesome and hope you enjoy!

If I were a poptart... I'd be warm and toasted, and most definetely blueberry.

If I were a song... I'd be "Something Good Can Work" by Two Door Cinema Club.

If I were a movie... I'd be one with a confusing plot but the most loveable characters.  <3

If I were a tree... I'd be leafy and green and always blowing wildly in the wind.

If I were a salad... I'd be crazy and mixed up and full of odd ends.

If I were a chocolate bar... I'd be creamy and melted.

If I were a color... I'd be indigo blue.

If I were a season... I'd be winter, for its cold, bitter times, but also for its quiet misunderstood beauty.

If I were a beverage... I'd be cold and relaxing.

If I were a journalist... I would be freaking out about how my writing sounded and what people thought about it.

If I were a hockey team... I'd be falling on my butt everytime I tried to stop.

If I were shampoo... I'd smell wonderfull and make your hair soft and shiny.

If I were lotion... I'd also smell amazing and make your hands soft.

If I were a font... I'd be Vivaldi or some swirly type script like that.

If I were a cartoon character... I'd Perry the Platipus. *Agent P!* 

If I were a sweater... I'd be that cosy sweater that makes you feel amazing even on your worst day.

If I were a food... I'd be meatballs and rice from the school cafeteria.

If I were a berry... I'd be raspberry.

If I were a perfume... I'd be something nearly undectable, that you only get a scent of once in a while and it drives you crazy.

If I were a car... I be a flying car of future, today!

If I were a children’s book... I'd be Green Eggs and Ham.

If I were a dessert... I'd be the world's best chocolate chip cookie.

If I were a sport... I'd be falling on my face, because I do not play sports without doing so.

If I were an egg... I'd be scrambled, because that is the only way I can make them.

If I were a place... I'd Pamela Lake, Ontario. The one place I truly call home.

If I were a sandwich... I'd be peanut butter and raspberry jam, cut in half.

If I were ice cream... I'd be strawberry banana ice cream with strawberry syrop.

If I were a dress... I would not be myself. And everyone knows it. Holy boy, what am I going to do for prom?  :S

If I were a Pez flavour... there are different flavours of Pez?

If I were a Pez dispenser... I'd be a Dalek Pez dispenser, and I don't even care if they don't make those.

If I were natural disaster... I'd be a hurricane, very loud and windy and rainy.

If I were an accent... I'd be British.

If I were a potato chip... Eww.

If I were a Starbucks drink... I'd be hot chocolate, all warm and chocolate-y goodness.

If I were a book... I'd be dystopian fiction.

If I were a building... I'd be a treehouse of awesome.

If I were a lake... I'd be clean and cool, with no mushy stuff at my bottom or weeds at my edges.

If I were a store... I'd be Chapters.

If I were footwear... I'd rather not be, and go barefoot.

If I were a flower... I'd be something blue and pretty.

If I were a holiday... I'd be summer break.

If I were a painting... I'd be a Van Gogh. The man was a genius.

If I were a TV show... I'd be Doctor Who, of course. Who wouldn't want to travel time and space with a sexy man like The Doctor?

9/2/11

Allow Me To Sum It Up For You


     Before the summer ends, I thought it would be a good idea to post this. I recently found this on a blog, and thought it was a brilliant idea. It was actually harder than I thought  it would be. I mean, there are plenty of things that make me happy, but when I really think about them, these are the things that really make me feel good and happy through and through. As summer ends, and the school year draws nearer, it's nice to think of things that make me happy.


10 Things That Make Me Happy

1. A book so good I never want it to end
2. Music that sparks memories
3. Friends that know me so well that they know what I mean when I fail at speech
4. Falling asleep when my head hits the pillow
5. Getting/Making the perfect gift for someone
6. Getting something right on the first try
7. Warm sand beneath my feet
8. The first snowfall of the year; also, the last
9. A blank page
10. The inevitability that tomorrow brings a new day

     Hopefully I will find time to post during the year, and stop procrastinating it (and the homework). Until next time, don't forget to be awesome!