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!

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.)

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!

Birthday Bonanza!

     Today, being June the first, is a very special day. Seventeen years ago on this day, a very special event occurred. My very best friend in the world, K, was born, and that means today was her birthday. So today we had a bit of a celebration. We had Chinese take-out food and awesome cake and the power went out for a tiny bit and we fed the birds and we played Wii a bit and it was awesome.

     I got her what I hope will be a really good book, Divergent, and I also bought her, for the first time ever, manga. I usually don't buy it for her because I don't know what she likes or reads, so this time she gave me a list of series she is into and ones she would have liked. So I got her one. It felt kind of awesome. We pretty much always get each other books. I also baked her cupcakes, and I gave them out to our friends in our math class, since there is only like 9 of us in it. They were delicious, if I do say so myself: devil's food cake chocolate with milk chocolate icing and chopped up bits of white chocolate left over from my Easter candy, since I am never going to finish it.

     I also got creative and nerdy and made her an acceptance letter to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. It was pretty simple, and I knew it would really make her birthday super special, since we are both Muggles (non-wizards). I just copied out Harry's letter from the first book (actually I Googled it since I don't have the first book), and made up the envelope, tracing the school logo on and sealing it with candle wax and a home-made seal (I carved the H out of an apple). Then I kind of failed at dripping the wax, but it turned out pretty good nonetheless.

     Now, she also wanted helium balloons for some strange reason (not that strange, helium balloons are fun) and I just don't have those kinds of resources, nor the kind of money to get the resources for it, so to substitute and complete her birthday wish, I give her this:



     And finally, because it is awesome and amazingly epic, I will leave you with The Birthday Song. DFTBA.

Forever Teasing Me

     I've never put a video into my blogs before, but this is a special occasion and I am SUPER EXCITED and I'm going to start doing it in the future so why not start now. Introducing the Forever trailer, complete with mesmerizing wolves, enchanting music, and a hidden story that I cannot wait for:

     I talked about Forever back in September. It was one of my first blog posts. I'm sure you could tell that I was super excited then, and if you haven't read that post, well you know that I'm super excited now. I mean, only a bit more than two months left until I can FINALLY read Forever. By the way, you can preorder Forever here. Not only preorder it, but preorder it autographed. By Maggie Stiefvater. (Duh). I don't think nerdlife could get any better sometimes.

     Anyway, the song from the video is "Summer Girl" from the novel Shiver and this version is done by Jonas and Plunkett. I love it. It reminds me so much of Sam and Grace and Mercy Falls and the wolves and how much I wished for summer to come so that they could be together. If you like it, you can get it here.

     So now I'll go back to counting down the days until I can stop wondering and I'll know what happened to Grace and Sam and everyone else from Mercy Falls. Until then, keep dreaming, and DFTBA.