Yes, Again

So you'll have noticed my new header. I'm really proud of it because I made it all by my lonesome, and on paint. Haha, that's like the ultimate handicap when it comes to editing. You can't do much, but I like it because I know what I'm doing. Unlike Photoshop. I've tried it, once. Not for very long. I need to try it again, but just haven't gotten around to it. Although half the time I don't have anything to do on it anyway.

I have really gotten into the Celtic music and art lately and now I'm interested in learning more about the culture. When I was searching for pictures for my header I thought, why not find out my animal. Like ah... you know, based on when you were born you have a certain animal and color and gemstone and tree and stuff. I'm a crow, black horse, and badger. My tree is Elder, my color, gold and my gemstone Jet. Yeah, lots of black. Ever since I've become more interested in it. My mind began to think of a Nancy Drew game I played, set in Ireland. It included some of that stuff and now it's really perked my interest. Now my interest in history has broadened considerably.

I've made a little more progress in my latch hook. I've had it for years and didn't work on it for quite some time. Then a few months ago I became obsessed with finishing it. Then that vigor faded and now I'm doing it casually. I can't wait till it's done, it looks pretty good so far, although only the top quarter is done. In the end it will be a cat.

Tonight Tiana, Daniel, and I have planned to do another movie night. Meaning well make a smoothie, popcorn and set up the chair to watch, guess what... Star Wars! Yes, this time we're watching Episode I, The Phantom Menace. We're hoping to watch all the movies in order over the next few days. That's something Tiana has wanted to do for a while, and now we are! It's gonna be fun!

Well, the super bowl is Sunday. But who cares because SHERLOCK is on Sunday! Hehe, yeah, I'm not much of a sports fan. I mean I guess it's sorta exciting that the Hawks are going to the super bowl but it's no big deal to me. Mostly the fact that our family and some friends will hang out and have fun is the reason I'm excited. Well... plus the corn dogs. Yeah, I like them. Actually I haven't had one in quite some time, but I think I'll still like them. There will also be onion rings, but I don't care for those. Or fried mushrooms. I don't really care for mushrooms in general. But there will be fruit and vegetables! I hope there will be carrots and brocilli along with ranch dip. That would be good. When it comes to fruit I have no preference... well there is one fruit I had. It wasn't very good. But it was frozen so maybe it's better fresh.

When it comes to weather I like the cold, but Summer is great because of fruit. Watermelon and cantaloupe are one of the best parts. They're so good! Okay, but mind is now wandering to when I was reading a book, The Misadventures of Maude March, and they had bread and a hard slice of cheese. All of a sudden I had a huge craving for bread and cheese. It was almost weird how good it sounded. So I had some, and it was good. Yeah... that was slightly random.

I just love the song Magic of Love. It's so pretty I could listen to it forever! But I also like Our Hero, the only vocal in my collection. Even though I know next to nothing about him that song makes me think of Braveheart. I think his real name was William Wallace. But I could be wrong about that. Yeah, it makes be think of him, but I have no idea why. Well... it is kind of a song about a warrior. So for some reason my mind has linked the two. That happens quite often to me, strange links.

So I remembered a book series, The Circle C Adventures. They follow Andrea Carter in the 1800's I've read them all, although there aren't that many. Now I just remembered two more books I've read, Shadow Horse and Whirlwind. Those were surprisingly good books, great character development. Yes, the two books are connected. I think that would be called a duilogy.... maybe.

I'm so excited with the progress in True Hero! I sorta... umm, started editing the prologue at the beginning. But quickly made my way almost back where I was slightly stuck. I love the beginning now, it's going so great! I wish I would say the same for Rocha... that's going. Slow. More like a full stop. My mind has just kept changing what I want to do with it. Now I wish I'd planned more ahead, but I didn't want to. Most of the time I don't, mostly because I have time to think about it as I write it so I don't need to. But for Rocha I didn't realize how much I would need it. Like True Hero, I haven't fully planned it out, but only have a thin outline in my head. I'm trying to come up with a way to plan that is different from the usual way. I've tried it before and it hasn't worked the best for me. So I'm trying to find the way that works for me.

Boy, I'm tired. But chances are I won't be tonight. Like last night, my body wanted to sleep but my mind/eyes were wide awake. Like I'd lay there and get relaxed and the bottom half of me would get sorta sleepy but then there's my head. It just wide away and I haven't found a way to fall asleep quickly. It's nuts how late I'm awake simply because I'm not tired. Yet I've been waking up at eight for the past few days. You'd think that'd make me tired at night, but it doesn't. At least I've been having an easier time waking up this past week then I've had before. I still have a slightly hard time thought...

Well, that wraps up todays post. Until next time my loyal subjects! Erm... wait, I'm not the queen. I'm just her advisory. Until next time peasants! Yeah, that's better... I think. :P

Music Continues to Tell a Story Where Words End...

Ahh, I love that quote.

Yet again I've added new music on my blog. Although I love them all and it's pretty much impossible to pick a favorite I'd have to say my favorites are Hero's Journey (Vocal) and Magic of Love. But I just love them and they're all amazing. I can't wait to make pieces like this, someday I will. I know I will. But yes, those are not the only new songs I added, although I didn't add that many. This blog is going to have so much music on it because all those awesome composers just keep making incredible music! Oh but wait, maybe one of my favorites it Winterwolf. Aagghh, see? See? I could never pick a favorite. They're all amazing!

So I woke up early again, yay! Eight, the usual. But it was raining so we didn't go on a walk. But we did do other things. Such as I've completed all my school (gosh I love math) and well... I need to make my bed. :P But already today I've made scones. I am the scone master. The recipe I use is so easy and quick. We're having company, that's what the scones are for.

I cannot get over how good my life is. Now that I've started waking up early (I know, less then a week but hey?) and doing my school and stuff, writing a fair amount. Getting around to doing stuff. Oh, I have possibly made a break through on the song I'm working on on the piano. Across the Stars, remember? Yeah, well I might have figured out the part that was stumping me. Yay!

Okay I just... I need to compose. Like really badly. Because the more I listen to this music the more I feel this indescribably feeling inside my chest. Like something is pulling me. It's an amazing feeling and I'm just so excited for no reason! Seriously, I just feel amazing for no reason and that my friends is the best happiness. When your happy just because you can.

Well, I suppose I'm excited for something coming up, although that isn't exactly why I'm so giddy. I sorta keep forgetting. But here it is, Agent of Shield is on this Tuesday! :D I'm so excited, and next Wednesday the next episode of Ninjago plays. Daniel and I love that show. I really like the way the Kai, Cole, Jay, and Zane joke around with each other. Hmmm... sorta reminded me of Katie from True Hero.

Last night Tiana, Daniel, and I had a movie night. I made a smoothie and Tiana made some popcorn and we turned off all the lights and pull the chair really close to the TV. Then we watch... get ready... not Star Wars! :P Yeah, that's the usual but we watch Indiana Jones. The third one, we like that one. But the first one is good to. I mean they're all good but... the second and fourth one are... slightly disappointing.

Speaking of disappointing my mind now wanders to Pirates of the Caribbean, On Stranger Tides. Yeah that... Black Beard wasn't that scary. Barbossa was better. I like Barbossa, he's cool.

Well as I said, we're having company. That means I've got things to do such as clean the house. Okay that's it. But I do need to do it now. Then I'll do other stuff and when I come back to my computer I'll either write and listen to music (you know what kind ;) ) or work on a composition. Namely I'll mess around with the Midi editor. Maybe I'll try a piano solo. That's easier and harder all at the same time. Fancy that, eh?

Okay, one last thing. If you need to calm down then listen to Magic of Love. It's so beautiful and calming. It just... okay you know what? If Adrian zon Zeigler or Brunuh Ville did concerts I would go to them. Not that they will, they're music is composed on programs like Magix. But my point is they're music is so amazing that I would go to a concert for it. I don't usually go to concerts, like... I don't think I've ever been to one before. :P But yes, their music is just... I love it. Ug, I need a better phrase because saying I love it just doesn't capture how amazing, incredible, and stupendous it is.

Cookies are Essential

Chocolate chip cookies are in the oven, and I can't wait. Of course they're gluten free, that's the best way to have them. Of course for me that's the only way I can have them. You know, can't eat gluten. I tested it and can't eat it. So now everything I eat is gluten free. It's so sad, I can never have the food I love most. Pretzels, soft pretzels or pretzel rolls. Those are one of the best things. Hmm, I suppose when we go to Disney Land someday I won't be able to have churros either. Or many other things. But oh well, half the time I don't feel different so I'm good.

Today I woke early, yay, and we went on another walk. I forgot to tell about this last time, so I'll tell it now. On our walk rout there is this lot we pass. They started it so they could build houses, they cut down all the trees, made the roads and side walks, then stopped. We don't know exactly why, but the point is it's been an empty lot for as long as I can remember. Well, during the time we did not go waking they started building. Now instead of an empty lot there's houses and people are even living in some of them. That sure is a major change.

Ooo, one minute left for the cookies. Then I check them and ... sorry about that. The timer went off. But I'm back. For like two more minutes, then I'm gone again. But I wont mention it next time. You don't need to hear all about that now do you? But yes, the cookie are going to be so good. They look and taste just like gluten filled cookies. I got the recipes from a friend, I went to their house and saw the cookies thinking, oh how nice, everyone else will get some cookies. But then I found out they were gluten free and I was shocked, stunned, whatever you want to say. That was pretty awesome.

I actually made the post on MAE history, so now there's a post about Anastasia Nikolaenva's childhood. Unfortunately it sounds quite a bit like the post on Wikipedia, but I did change things up a bit. That is where I got most the information. Now I've started a board on Pinterest for pictures of her, and eventually I'll get boards for Marie Antoinette, Elizabeth Tudor, Mary Stuart, Catherine the Great... need I go on? Yes, Eleanor of Aquitaine, and. Okay, really I don't need to go on. :P I just couldn't resist.

Good gracious! I keep getting interrupted by the timer. But I suppose that's what I get for making cookies. Besides, I'll get to eat them in a little bit. Ahh, I can almost taste it now...

When it comes to Livres Que J'ai Lu I think I've got most of the books I've read. I still need to do Nancy Drew books and of course that's not every book I've ever read. I can't remember everything I've read, I read so much, how could I? But I look forward to making the list longer. The neat thing is when I need to search for a book I can just search the page! You know, control F. Makes it so you can search words. So helpful at times.

I have been working on True Hero a bit, I'm working on this one part and well. I just can't get it quite right. It needs perfect pitch and poise if I'm going to pull it off. There are a few things that may need removing, a few things to add. But overall it's coming fairly well. Of course the part I'm talking about is only the prologue. I know, just the prologue? For all that? My reply: yes. It needs it, I need to show some things, not others. Perk the interest but keep 'em guessing. That's harder done than said sometimes, but I'm determined. I've been getting quite a lot of inspiration from Pinterest, mostly quotes. I find they're very helpful so I just scroll through lots of them.

The second batch of cookies are in the oven. Now to wait, then pull them out and relax. Well, sorta. I had the idea to create my own version of a piece of jewelry mentioned in the Eleanor royal diary. So I want to try that, and I want to work on another post for MAE history, but I also way to try and get a bit of work done of True Hero. I also need to challenge Daniel to a game of chess. I beat him twice while playing on my phone and we wants a real match. Gosh, that computer player on my phone has taught me a few things, just through beating me! I cannot for the life of me beat that thing on the easiest mode. No joke.

So I'm considering getting side swoop bangs. I think I want to do it, because I've learned. See, I've gotten them before then the next day when I took a shower and brushed my hair the bangs didn't look right. That's because I needed to part on hair on the side, not the middle. That goes to show how much I know about hair. :P But now I think I want them again. I just hope they wouldn't curl, that would not be cool. I have naturally curly hair. :/ As Monk would say, "It's a gift... and a curse."

Well, I suppose that wraps up this blog post. I'll be seeing ya tomorrow, Slan go fo'ill (Gaelic for goodbye, pronounced Shlan-ga-fa-ill).

And Then There's Sheep

I'm drinking a smoothie right now, it is one of the best smoothies I've made in my smoothie making career (I could not for the life of me remember how to spell "career" a minute ago). It's so good, it's got strawberries, black berries, blue berries, raspberries, pineapple, rolled oats, chia seeds, kale and other green leafy vegetables, a dash of vanilla, a bit of honey and rice milk. Yes, some of those things don't sound very good, but mixed with fruit they don't taste.

Today has gone well, I was up early and went on a mile and a half walk around the neighborhood at eight. I got home and showered before dashing out of the house to get groceries. Now I'm home, I've eaten lunch and am enjoying a smoothie, as I said above. You know, I was just thinking, why do some people say fruit smoothies? I mean isn't a smoothie blended fruit? Hmmm... maybe not always...

You have noticed the new page on my blog, Livres Que J'ai Lu. Of course most people wouldn't know what that means, except me and people who know French. That's right, Livre que j'ai lu is French and the translation read "books I read". Basically it's a book list. I didn't want to do just any title for it, so I did it in French. Originally it was going to be Welsh, but books I read in Welsh is like... unpronounceable for me. Here, I'll show you: Llyfrau Rwyf yn darllen.

So I'm sure you haven't noticed, I mean I just got it, but I've added more songs to my blog. You can get the names of the composers at the bottom, although not for the specific songs. These songs are what inspired me to get Magix. Yup, the music your listening to is what started my interest in it... well... sorta. :) Today I shall work on composing a song, if I have time. Busy life you know, got lots of things to do.

Since I've been out most of the morning I haven't done much. Well, I sorta did. In the car I finished the book Isabel, Jewel of Castilla. I've read it before, but I was reading it again. Then I started Kristina, The Girl King. I have also read that one, but am reading it again. I seriously need to post on MAE history. Like really badly. I'm so close to done on the one about Anastasia... gosh. I keep saying that, don't I? I am so determined to at least make that post. Ooo, and get more castle pictures for on the side bar. Some of those pictures look like fairy tales. Like Chateau Chambord, the favored castle of Mary Stuart and Francis II. It reflects the water nearby and looks incredible. I want to visit that castle someday. Heck, I want to visit lots of castles one day!

Well as you all know the super bowl is coming up. Usually I don't care, I'm just not a sports person. But I'm slightly excited just cause the Sea Hawks are going and they haven't since 2006. That's about the only reason... oh wait. Not the only reason, because for the occasion we're having company and deep fried food. Hehe, yup. We're making gluten free corn dogs. I love corn dogs, but then again my diet has changed so much I wonder if I still will...  that's something to think about, eh?

Totally random thing here, I know these two people who are totally unrelated and they look exactly the same. Well, not exactly. I mean at a glace they're like the same person, voices too. But I notice little differences. At first I was like "Is that Vanessa? No, it can't be. Working at the beach? But..." Then we found out she met Vanessa while walking her dog and they're dog walking buddies. The only reason we found out was because of me, I was wearing one of the Historic Flight shirts and she noticed the logo on the corner.

Daniel and I were talking with each other today, we were talking about Flash and the Weeping Angles. He claims that Flash is faster, but I think Weeping Angles are faster. But I suppose we'll never know, shall we? I mean, they're both not real so how can anyone really know?

Well, that about sums up what's happened today. Until next time. Watch out for weird people!

Feelin Good, Feelin Great, Feelin Grand

Well, what do you think? I changed my blog, yay! ...I feel like Rapunzel when she does her excited little dance. Anyway, this is my new blog, new title and everything. Now if you've been following my blog you'll understand the new title, it's the name of my imagination pretty much. Right now it's white for winter, but I might keep it that way in spring. Cause I love winter. Now, you'll have noticed the music. The songs are composes by the people I've talked about from time to time. There names are at the bottom of the page, I want to give them credit! Now, if you need to turn off the music the controls are on the top of the page. There are quite a few songs and they're just awesome. I love my blog now! :D

I woke up late today, but I'm determined to make if for the last time! Of course last night was Sherlock, so I had a fairly good reason to be up. The episode, The Sign of Three, was amazing! I mean when it comes to accuracy to the books not as much, but it was so good. Sherlock really is becoming more human, and there were quite a few funny parts again. Also, I didn't think I would but I love the character Mary Morstan. She's not the type who would keep John from danger buts he doesn't go all weird like "I'm coming with you, whether you like it or not!" So yeah, she's a great character. Fun fact, Mary and John are married in the show, and the actors are married in real life. Isn't that so cool!

Okay, I just can't get over my blog. I just really, really like it. When I found the program for the music, and that I could put YouTube songs on I just got so excited! So now my blog feels like a different place, but it's still the same old person. Same old me.

Yesterday I video'd my vlog, yay! But ah, I don't think I'll be using that footage. But don't worry, I've gotten the twenty facts down. Some are, not as little known as others, but that's okay. I mean it's hard coming up with that many! I'll be thinking about it between now and when I shoot the official video.

Speaking of shooting, my dad found this amazing looking rifle the other day. Called the Little Badger. It looks like a toy, in a sense. It's like it should't work, but it does. With a suppressor you could shoot it without ear protection! It folds, becoming quite small and just looks amazing to shoot! Anyway's though, it's just an awesome gun and I really want to try it out. It looks cooler then my grandpa's .22 take down. But his rifle looks prettier. ;)

Gosh, even though I've been waking up late life has been pretty perfect. Okay, okay get this, I like school. I might even go as far as to say I love it but I'm sorta in between like and love. When I do school I listen to music, much like the kind you are listening to now. Unless you paused it. Then, you know, you wouldn't be listening to it. Oh yes, scroll through and listen to one of my favorites, Fear no Darkness. I feel like people should be dancing, I just love it so much!

That title... I think it's from something... eh. I don't know, but it does explain how I feel. The weather is nice and no so nice some days. But then again to be there is never really not nice weather. It's all awesome. Although now I think I need to clean my room, my desk to be come precise. It sorta, hehe, um. Covered in books. Yeah, I've got a lot of books from the library and no place to put 'em. So they sit on my desk. Now I need to go clean, maybe make a fruit and kale smoothie. Drink raw apple cider vinegar.

Okay, let me tell you about that stuff. It burns. Like it buuuurrrrrnnnnnsssss. But it's so good for you! I'm getting in the habit of drinking a tiny bit each day. I can only take a tiny bit, like so tiny you would think it wouldn't do anything. But it makes you more healthy. That's what I'm striving to do, be more health. Tomorrow I go on a mile and a half walk at eight. It's a little late but it's kind of like my New Years Resolution.

I could sit and listen to this music all day. But alas, I've got things to do, places to got, people to see. Okay, more like a room to clean, a book to write, school to finish! Oh wait... I already did the last thing...

Until next time. Don't take any wooden nickles. ;)

Sherlock Tonight!!!

It's Sunday, and we all know what that means. Sherlock is on tonight! :D That's right, the second episode is on tonight, and maybe they'll... you know. ;) I don't give spoilers, it's just the way I work. Spoilers are no fun. So yeah, Sherlock tonight, and I'm so excited! Another late night... ug. But it is, somewhat obviously, gonna be so totally worth it!!!

Sereina pulled out the series, Monk, today. It's fun re-watching all the old episodes, they're so funny. Mr. Monk would make a pretty good butler, as seen in one of the episodes that I'm watching right now. Well, listening to right now, I'm typing. But if I concentration really hard I can type while watching. But I prefer to move my eyes from the keyboard to the screen. Focusing mostly on the screen.

Today I sorta slept in, sorta didn't. I woke at nine, but I usually sleep in till ten thirty but I want to wake up at least around eight. At least today was better then yesterday, even when I woke up around ten I was still really, really tired. But I pushed through and went out, as seen in yesterdays post.

So now that my NaNo is set in 1941 I need info, lots of it and quick. But lucky me, we know a lot of historians who know about WWII. My dad is going to possibly get me together with a guy who lived in Hawaii as a kid and I think was there during the attack on Pearl Harbor. As you know... at least I think you know, my novel is set right after the attack. Plus that fact that he lived on Hawaii and my character lives on an island near Hawaii just makes things more perfect.

I really haven't made much progress in editing True Hero... just need it sit down and do it. Like, I have but I haven't. Let's just say I've been busy. Like I've been drawing a bit more, I tried doing people and I did one that turned out really well. Considering I don't do people. Anyway, I also did my second try at Nala, it turned out fairly well, I mean there's always room for improvement. I also did... a wolf. Yes, another wolf. I'm a little out of practice but I think it turned out pretty well. So again I'm drawing and it's so much fun. Animals are my strong spot, humans my weak spot. Well... I started a drawing of Hawk Girl a while back and it looks good. But I was basing her off the Justice League series, so she's already cartoon-ish. She's not out of proportions but she's not super detailed. I still need to draw all my favorite super hero's, Hawk Girl, Zatana, Huntress, Bat Girl, Wonder Woman, Black Canary... hmmm, those are all the girls I can think of. Then there's Batman, Robin, Green Lantern (I like Hal Jorden best), and... ahhh... I know there's more. But those are all I can think of. Can you tell I like super hero's? Mostly I know about them from Daniel, the super hero dude in the house, and playing Lego Batman 2 for the Wii. Daniel and I love that game and super hero's.

Wow... that is a long paragraph. Almost too long, but then again can a paragraph ever be too long? They just look so awesome... well. Not always. Well... it just depends I suppose.

I have noticed my blog is very repetitive, I talk about a lot of the same stuff. So maybe I really do need to do a vlog. Ha, there I go again. I've talked about the vlog quite a bit and still haven't done it. I'm debating on weather I should just do a post with twenty little known facts about myself. I still can't think of very many... I suppose I'll come up with some eventually, I know I have some intersting things about myself.

Ahhh! My computer battery has got eight minutes left so I'd better scatter in a mad dash for a charger.

Vote for Holt, spread the word.

50th

Today is my 50th post on my blog. Already!? Wow, so soon after making it... erm, sorta. But then again I post almost everyday so it would make sense that I'm at 50. I feel so accomplished!

Another exciting thing today, I reached 2,007 followers on Pinterest! I actually did it, reached that many! It feels so cool, knowing people like my stuff. I think I have good taste, but then again if I didn't think I had good taste then there'd be something wrong with me.

The weather was so nice today that our family (excluding Sereina who had to work) went Geocaching! I found the most, oh yeah, I feel like a boss. Hehe, anyway. It was fun, there were some really tiny micro's in good spots. One I spotted from a small ways away. You just get an eye for those kind of things the more you Geocach. It was fun, then we stopped at a park and had lunch. It's been a great day.

Except I need to write 1667 words for my NaNo re-write. But I'm feeling lazy, the day's half over so yeah. Good thing I have more then a month to do this. :) But soon I'm going to contact a friend of ours, Alice. I don't know her last name, but since my novel is now set in WWII I need information. She's like a walking encyclopedia about WWII. Now that I'm writing a novel in that period I've become extremely interested in that era. So now the history I like is pretty much every royal and WWII era.

So it's cool because many of the people in history that I like are related. Like I think Elizabeth I and Isabel of Castile are wait... no. Sorry, Mary I and Isabel of Castile are distantly related. If I read the chart right. Those charts, to me, are very confusing. But Catherine of Aragon was on it and from what I could tell they were related. So in a sense Elizabeth I is related. Then there's Mary Staurt and Elizabeth I, they're cousins. Like second or third, I don't really know how that works. Oh! I think Eleanor of Aquitain is distantly related to Elizabeth I... or was it Marie Antoinette? I forgot, one of the two, but I think it was Elizabeth. That's the cool part about royal history, because of marriage alliances a lot of the people become distantly related. Gosh, I love history.

For my MAE history... I really need to post. Actually I need to get these false images out of my head. See, when I think of royals I have this fixed image in my head of what life should be like when in fact if I could see pictures from those days it would be quite different. So I need to learn more and get these pictures out of my head. But then again I suppose that brings me back to needing to post, the more I post the more I learn.

Oh my gosh I just love of the look of long paragraphs now. I used to think they looked weird... I have no idea why. But now they look professional, so I try and make my paragraphs in my stories longer. Then I feel professional. :D

I wonder... are Catherine the Great and Anastasia Nikolavena related? Hmmm, now I'm curious about that. I should find out. They were both grand duchesses of Russia, only one become Empress, Tsarina. AAHH! I still don't know what is up with that. Like seriously, you have different names for you monarchy and just some people are Emperor and others Tsar. Does it matter what you call who? Ahhh, I need to know, like really, really, really, need to know.

Well, I've got things to do. I think I've decided to take a day off my NaNo, I need more information anyway. So now I'm just going to relax. My feet hurt from walking...

And Then...

So my NaNo re-write has been going slowly, but so far it is so much fun! I'm coming to absolutely love the everyday lives people had during WWII. That's when the book is now set, and it's staying that way! The fun this is, since they're living on a fictional island, near Hawaii, then I don't have to get everything down to the dot. I can be a little lenient. It starts with Peggy's mother (Peggy is the MC) who is reading about the attack on Pearl Harbor. They're near Pearl Harbor, cause they're near Hawaii. But not really close. So yeah, basically it's the life of Peggy Scott during WWII. It's fun finding peoples stories and using snippets for the story. Like, not enough to where it's like, hey you stole that! But you just... yeah. It's fun.

I'm still really excited for Armikrog. When it comes out, June 27 I think, I'll have to see about getting it. Although I don't have a job anymore... so I don't really have money anymore... hmm. I'll have to see about that. :)

I am still stuck on learning Across the Stars. Not that I've gotten the tutorial out and practiced, but I know they keys. Just not the order exactly... it's complicated. :/ So yeah, that's about all the news I've for piano.

I just finished reading, for the second... third... ack, I finished reading Eleanor of Aquitain, again. I've read it quite a few times before. Actually that's how I am with most books. Anyway, on to Isabel of Castilla! This royal diary follows the girl who was queen when Christopher Columbus sailed to the new world. That's neat. Actually I'm reading it because it's the only Royal Diary from the library that's due... :/ I'm also reading Daughter of Venice, recommended by a friend. So far it's low key and written like someone is sitting across from me and telling me a story. I really like it so far, it's not action but it's still so good!

Today I'm determined to make at least one post on my history blog. I need to finished my post about Anastasia Nikolaenva's childhood... I think I'm just looking for picture to accompany the post. Then I think I'll do more beginning charts for... hmmm, maybe I'll do... Kristina, the queen/king of Sweden. Still need to figure out what's up with that... or Victoria. What's her major role in history?

Then again I really, really, really need to write my NaNo novel. I didn't write 1667 words yesterday, but I have time so today I'll just make sure I reach 1667 and go from there. But I'd better not do that every day... eh. I'll make it today, I've only got... about... 1000 words. So six hundred and sixty seven to go!

Armikrog

I'm so excited! Yesterday I found out that the makers of The Neverhood, a click and point clay-mation computer game are coming out with, what many consider a spiritual sequel. It's called Armikrog and it looks amazing. It follows Tommynaught and his companion Beak-Beak who crash land in a fortress called Armikrog. Their quest is to escape. It looks really cool, unlike the Neverhood it appears that there will be much more talking. Claymen, the dude you play in The Neverhood, hardly talks in the entire game. Of course, he's completly alone for most of it. The game is scheduled to come out in June, for computers and possibly Wii U! We don't have a Wii U, so I'm really glad that it's mainly for computers.

That's the biggest thing in my mind, it looks like a fun game. Though The Neverhood has always given me the creeps this doesn't so far. Of course The Neverhood has creepy, rattle snake music, and it's claymation which makes it weird. Even so I really like the game, the entire premise is awesome and it must have taken forever to make! What's really cool is the creators on Neverhood, and soon Armikrog, have gotten the same guy who made the music for The Neverhood to make it for Armikrog. So it really is almost like a sequel to The Neverhood. :)

Anyways, off the topic of claymation games and on to my life... I can't wait for Armikrog! Sorry, just couldn't help myself here. ;)

Today I've started the official re-write of my NaNo novel, Rocha Island. I'm not going to allow myself to change the plot anymore. I just don't have the time! Besides, I'm pretty happy with the new plot and can't wait until the tsunami so they can go through the portal and end of on Rocha. Actually I'm considering having there be a war on Gavilo. That's where my main characters live, it's a fictional island near Hawaii. But I mean, now day's war is so different. Like we're at war now, and no one seems to notice. So I'd have to be a big war. Maybe I'll set it slightly in the future and while I'll not specifically mention it it could be like, world war three or something. Just to keep things interesting. I just need something to keep myself interested in the story, because if I didn't get a free paperback copy I wouldn't be doing this, sad to say. :( That's why I'm planning out my next NaNo novel so I'll really like it, even if the first draft isn't very good. :)

Okay so... I've changed my NaNo novel... again. Yeah, I've been writing this post for a while so I wrote that last paragraph a little while ago... :P Anyway. It's not a huge different and I don't have to re-write what I've already got, well. Just a tiny bit. My book is now set during WWII, still on Gavilo. I'm thinking I won't have them get sucked through a portal Kenmore either, but I'll still have a tsunami that they'll have to endure. Along with bomb raids and stuff. :) So far I have 815 words... yeah that's... sad. Let's see, 815 out of 50,000. Yeah... that's sad. But it's the begining so it's not so bad. Next NaNo is going to go much better. I'm planning the novel right now, currently it's called Wolf Queen. :)

I know, I still haven't made a vlog yet. Sometime soon I will, maybe I'll get to do it today! That would be fun, I think today could work out really well.

Well, I'd better get back to re-writing my novel. I've got a long way to go. Well, not today. I've got less than a thousand words till I meet today quota. Then there's tomorrow, another 1667 words to meet the daily quote. Then so on and so forth until I've got 50,000 words. Then I'll edit, which the way I write now will hopefully make it go quickly. Just cause I'm not in a complete crazy frenzy. I'll take a little more time. :) Okay, seriously, off to write! :D

I Did it Again

That's right folks, I've gone and done it again. Done what, you might ask? Changed the plot for Rocha (my NaNo novel). I did it again, first it changed to complete fantasy about a war, then a diary about a girl who gets stranded on an island, and now finally it's much more like the original idea. Two girls, and now a guy, get stranded on an island after getting caught in a tsunami. But during the storm they are swept up into a portal into another dimension and now are stuck on an island, in another dimension. During a war, and they help fight it. So yeah, closer to the first idea, but still very different.

So I still haven't done a vlog yet. There are a few things I need, twenty facts about myself that most people don't know, a quite evening, and lastly, a camera. We have all those things, but I'd need help editing and working the new camera. Plus the quiet evening can be hard because I'd prefer pin drop silence.

Back on the topic of Rocha. Tomorrow Tiana and I are going to do like what we did in November. Wake up, make hot chocolate, write until we meet that days quote, then do other stuff. I need to get serious about editing/re-writing the book because I'm on a deadline if I want two free paperback copies. That's right, that's what we got from writing fifty thousand words in a month. But now I have to edit because the first draft is... it's a first draft for pete's sake, need I say more?

I like writing large paragraphs, especially in my stories. It makes me feel like I'm writing a big important book, so I strive to make then longer. My editing of True Hero is going good, I'm going over it a second time now that I've edited it. You know, to make sure everything goes smoothly. Then I'll show it to my family, get some feedback as I continue to edit. Soon I'll move on to chapter one! The entire beginning it sorta, serious. But that does change when Katie comes along. I mean the sour mood, feeling of revenge, deep anger, and her sorrow, that is what the story is all about. Without those things I'd be writing about a robot. Seriously, that's what all my previous characters are like. But... Nora is an exception. She's different, her entire back story is different. Although she needs a slight bit more emotion. I like her though, I like her a lot.

One day I'm going to have a bunch of published books, and I'm going to have a character from one book be in another. Then the readers will be like, oh my gosh it's Nora from the other series, in this books about aliens! Not that I'd write about aliens. It's just not my style. Of course, I need to publish a book first. Then a few more. :P

It's pretty late, I think dinner is soon. Ooo, dinner, I'm trying to think... what is for dinner? Mamma pulled out rolls (gluten free ones, yay!) so maybe... beef stew? Nah, wasn't in the crock pot. Hmmm... I honestly can't remember, or maybe I just don't know. In any case I hope dinner is soon, cause I'm hungry. :) Food is good. Actually I've been trying to get myself to like vegetables. Mostly salads are my weak point, most everything else is okay. Except brussel sprouts. They are my enemy and I would take salad over them any day. Pretty much any vegetable is better then zucchini or brussel sprouts. But yeah, as I said, overall I'm okay with most vegtables. I love carrots, and peas. broccoli, eh, I'm warming up to it. It's great with ranch dressing though.

...why on earth am I talking about vegtables?

So I was playing around with the trumpet on Magix, that's fun. But I haven't figured out how to record it into a loop. But I found the trumpet and drums. Although the drums aren't the type I'd like, they're for jazz music and rock. Although rock drums can work sometimes. But I want a more tribal feel to them. I haven't found bagpipes. Actually I don't think it has any. Boo hoo. But this program has extensions so there might be a bagpipe one.

I cannot wait till Sunday. The next episode of Sherlock airs then! I'm so excited because the episode is The Sign of the Four... or for some reason I think theirs was The Sign of the Three. Anyways, I've read the Sherlock book about that case. It's always exciting reading the book first. Like A Study in Scarlett, or as the BBC Sherlock called it, A Study in Pink. I can't wait to get to The Hound of the Baskervilles!

So far I am still at a stand still with learning Across the Stars on piano. It's just, complicated and slightly above my piano playing level. But I'll figure it out, I'm determined to. In the mean time I'm considering learning a new song or the more complicated version of He's a Pirate. I already know the easy version. :)

Sometimes I Wonder...

Actually, a lot of times I wonder. My head is always in the clouds, thinking of this thing for that. Sometimes I have a hard time concentrating because I end up in la la land. Okay, really that place needs a better name because it's so much better then what the name sorta implies. Let's see, I'm going to name the world within my head... Heirana. There we go, no longer is it la la land, but now Heirana. That is where every character I've made lives, every place, every scene. Everything I think about happens in Heirana.

I have been re-reading a book a read a few years ago. When I first read it I wasn't into fantasy, at all. Mostly because I'd never taken time to see what it was all about. Now that I'm re-reading it I'm just going crazy because, although it's not super fantasy, I love it. Now that I love wolves more I like the Kinderstalk more, when Annie (the main character) goes to the kings castle I get excited. Because you all know from past posts that I seem to like royalty (mostly old royals, I don't care about the ones now).

So as you know I listen to music quite a bit, and just recently I pulled out the old play list on YouTube. It had a slight layer of dust that I blew into oblivion before slipping it into the play. ...Okay, I just clicked on the play list and the music started, it's all online. :P But anyway, I listening to WoP Inspiration. WoP stands for The War of Prevlyon. It's a book I'm sorta writing. I'm taking a break, so I can meet the NaNo deadline and write in a few more fresh idea's that are just flowing right now.

Finally! I think I've finally come up with enough interesting stuff from my diary Rocha revisions. I figure, halfway through the book they'll become stranded on an island. But before that? Money troubles with the orphanage and (my favorite) a war. Yep, maybe... I don't know. Ten pages in, maybe sooner. Then a war will start, then financial troubles, halfway through the plague, then shipwrecks. That's a bit of stuff, but really it isn't when your trying to find stuff from the character to write about. You really have to get into their head and think, what did they do in their day? Besides the usually boring-ness I've written about already.

I'm thinking about doing a vlog! Actually... I think I said that before. But I mean it a bit more this time. There's no specific time when I plan to do it, but sometimes soon I think I might. :) I'll probably start with twenty facts about myself, and I'll make sure not to do things I've already written about.. like the facts that I love, love, love Celtic music and bagpipes. Yeah, I've sorta hinted at that. Actually I like most everything Celtic!

Okay... yep, ah huh, totally. I have got to do something with drums. Drums and flutes. But... but... the poor cellos. I love cellos, but I can still squish them in. Yeah... I'm thinking about my next composition. Guess I should have mentioned that. :P But yes, I'll do something along the lines of the song King of the North by Brunuh Ville. Oooo, vocal too? Yes, I'll try a vocal. Or I'll try something totally my own. It just these songs are all so epic I want something like it, AH! ...Maybe I'll try figure out the midi editor before I do any of that... yeah. But it's gotta be cellos. But cellos are hard, drums would be easier. Yeah, I'll do drums on the midi. :)

I think I'm going to go do stuff now. Like draw. Yeah, I think I'll draw, maybe I'll do the Justice League. More specifically Hawk Girl or Wonder Woman. Yeah, they're the best. Then again Bats is pretty cool to. Maybe I'll do a head shot of all of them, Jon Jones, Wonder Woman, Batman, Flash, Superman, and of course Shayera Hol (Hawk Girl).

And It was Like

Sherlock was amazing. Everything I could have hoped for, John shaved his mustache! Good for him. But in all seriousness, it was really, really good. There were quite a few funny parts, a Doctor Who Easter egg (two, sorta) and it was just. There are no words, it's finally here. It took John a while to get it in his mind that Sherlock was back and for him to not be mad at him. Actually they still haven't solidly shown how he did it. ***SPOILERS*** they still didn't show how he survived the fall. Well, sorta, but I don't know what. It started with one of Anderson's theory of how he survived (much like my friends and my's idea), then someone else (ridiculous, but sorta funny) and then Sherlock telling Anderson. Sherlock's account was a little far fetched but could have worked. But I'm not sure if I believe Sherlock yet. He is a high functioning sociopath. ***END OF SPOILERS***

It's safe down here, no spoilers. I mean up there wasn't huge spoilers, but if someone hasn't seen any episodes I don't want to give a speck of it away. When I started watching I knew about the thing so it wasn't as much of a shocker. :(

Ahhh, I still have a bunch of liked pins that need pinning. It's going to take forever, but it needs doing. Ug. I'll get it all cleaned up some day... soon I hope.

So I'm listening to some YouTube composers and just marveling at how good their compositions are. I have a much larger appreteation of their work now and I hope to eb inspired by their music. Soon I'm hoping to get down the entire making my own loops and instruments thing on the midi editor. It's ah... complicated. You need a sound in your head, then you need to know how to get it on the darn editor. That's harder said then done, but I will not stop trying.

Flutes, cellos, drums, chimes. Yes, I love the sound of those instruments. Cello's and violins are some of the best, but flutes can give a fantasy feel and chimes... it can give such a creepy or sad sound to the music. Thus far I haven't found a chimes loop and the flutes are minimal. But I can create my own instruments/loops so the options are endless. I could even record my own voice or instrument. That part I love, although I have no instrument to record.

Ah! The song Dance with Dragons just started, it's so awesome. Lets see... cellos... drums... and one of those things. I don't know what it's called, but it's round with metal pieces on the side and you shake it to make a sound that I have no idea how to explain... ah and now... voices. Just background voices. Such a masterpiece, maybe I should use it as a base for a song... or I'll just try making my own thing completely. BAGPIPES!!! Ha, those are awesome and they just came on in the song. Yes, it's so... awesome. Guitar, now theirs a guitar and a few instruments have faded. :)

So I think I'll end this post, I've got to do some math. Believe it or not I sorta like math. Something about solving the problems is so fun. As long as it's a challenge but I'm not completely stuck then I really do like it.

He's Coming...

SHERLOCK. AIRS. TONIGHT. Yes, it's finally come and I am so excited I feel like I want to explode. Really I haven't been waiting all that long, I only entered this fandom... oh, less then a year ago? Yet I feel like I've been it in for centuries.

In other news, Perter Capaldi. Yes, the next Doctor. It would seem, although we just met Eleven, that everyone is excited for Twelve, in other words, Peter Capaldi. Not that I want Eleven to go, he's pretty awesome. Kooky, just like all the pins say. That's a good thing, kooky. But I miss good old Brilliant Ten. ;)

Back to Sherlock, oh my gosh he's coming back! Okay, the Sherlock mini episode popped into my head. Mainly the part where Lestrade is just so done with Anderson that his head kerplunks onto the table. I don't know why but I just find that part so funny.

Today is the playoffs. Whoo hoo. Really I'm not that big of a sports fan, but I do want Seattle to go to the Superbowl. They haven't been since 2006. I know this only because my dad kept having me Google all these things about the Superbowl (who even came up with that name, what does it mean?).

Sherlock is coming, he is coming back! The first episode airs tonight! Ooo, then I'll read John's post about it on his blog. So, to all those Sherlockians or Holmies out there, there is a site you can visit. John's blog, just like in the show. Also there's The Science of Deduction and a blog for Molly Hooper. Get this, remember Connie Prince from episode three of season one? She has a blog. It's so funny, it really feels like Sherlock is real. So in the spirit of it all #Sherlocklives

I finished the initial edit of the prologue for True Hero. It is so much better now, although it still needs a little buffering before I move on to chapter one. For once I don't relate with the "chart of writing". It's a bunch of pictures of Robert Downey Jr. for the different fazes of writing. The editing one is the annoyed face he makes in the Avengers. It's all over Pinterest so I'm sure you've seen it, right?

Tonight is the night, Sherlock is on tonight!

Sorry about all the every other paragraph Sherlock stuff, but in all seriousness. Sherlock is awesome, I'm really pumped up for this, I'm staying up till midnight to watch it! Yes, that's when it ends. I can see the Brits now, rubbing their hands together in glee, "we'll keep all the American's up late to watch the long awaited Sherlock episodes!" (it's been four years between seasons) But ah, then again that's so un-British. Probably they're more like, "ah, to bad the American's have to stay up late to watch, or wait till the next day. Poor chaps. Would you like another cup of tea?"

Sherlockian or Holmie? That is the question. Holmie just isn't right when speaking, so I'll use that for the internet and Sherlockian for talking. Now, off to wait for Sherlock (yes, I will to more then just sit around and wait. I'll... I don't know, write a novel and get it published. It should be time to watch by then ;) )

Flashpoint!

Finally, I'm posting. It's later then the usual time when I post. Not that that really means anything... right?

Today I cleaned my room. Okay I'm still cleaning it, but I don't really want to finish. Because it's late. So I might shove all the random things on my desk and finished tomorrow. I don't know, we'll see how things turn out. I'm currently trying to find places to out all my books, I have to many. Well, one can never really have too many books. But what I mean is to many for my shelves.

Ah, I think I hear Sereina watching Flashpoint! I need to go watch, I just love the intensity of that show. Really, it's awesome and I'll have to share a photo next post, the beginners guide to Flashpoint. But hey, what am I still doing here, it's time to watch FLASHPOINT!!!

Need I Say More?

I like egg sandwiches. They're good, I'd forgotten how great they were. Even if you can eat gluten. Which I can't. So that is why I ate one for breakfast. With gluten free bread. It was great. Really great.

Today I help finish shopping because we didn't do it all yesterday, yay... oh wait. That means I'm not home. :P Now, I like going out, I just want to get that straight. :)

My mind is at a blank as to what to- oh how could I have forgotten! Silly me, yesterday I bought a guild! Yeah, it's so awesome, I'm so excited and... I suppose I should tell what a guild is because lots of people don't know. I didn't know until I saw it on the internet. Anyway, a guild is a... how to explain this? A board with holes in it, and you stick in pegs and wrap wire around them, and voila! You have wire pendants, necklace pieces, earrings, and all sorts of cool stuff. Currently I'm using an... eighteen gauge wire I think. I'm not entirely sure because this wire is from Loews. Yes, the hardware store. See, beading wire is expensive! But this stuff, not so much. Course, It's a bit hard to work with, but hey, it's savin' me money, so I'm happy!

How could I have forgotten the most devastation thing of all. The mall we go to is pushing the Disney store out. See, they're making the stores play more to stay in the mall. That store is a part of my childhood, it's always been there, always! Like like, the floor just outside the store, and the round room near the bad. The walls and the displays up front. How dare they! It's so sad, now the only good thing in that mall is the Lego Store. Lets just hope they don't get greedy enough to push them out to. :(

So I've got things to do, today post is short. But I'll be back.

Oh, one more thing (I seem to say that a bit, don't I?), yesterday... I didn't post yesterday. That's... not normal. :)

I'm Getting Better!

Yay, I feel so much better today! I think I'm on the mend, which would be amazing because that never happens this soon. Although I slept in this morning. By sleep in I mean it was ridiculous how late I woke up, but my body apparently needed it.

I just went like happy on Pinterest. See, I was to lazy to pin them on the spot so I likes them. I must have a huge amount to go through and pin. But they're all such cool pins! Before I would have lazily passed them up, but Tiana told me how she does that and so now I do. Maybe that isn't the best idea. Oh well. :)

My fingers feel really light on the keys. I still haven't decided if I like that feeling or not. It's so weird, it's just... explainable. 

Today I will work on my NaNo revision because I've had a new vision for it! It's more like the original plot... barely. But there's a better resemblance now, so that makes me feel better. I'm writing it like a diary and I have the same excited feeling to write in that as I do for this blog. It's an interesting experience and I rather like it so far.

My head feels like a balloon. I mean that in a good way, good because I don't have sharp pains anymore. Mostly I just hope my sickness doesn't come back. It's been known to do that on me. Sickness and I, we don't get along. At all.

I have 1,758 followers on Pinterest. Yeah! It took forever to get to one hundred, then a thousand, but now it seems to be skyrocketing. It makes me feel so accomplished!

Last night I couldn't sleep. Not because I had a headache, it had stopped. But I just couldn't sleep, so I grabbed my phone and downloaded HQ. Okay, really I downloaded Google Drive. But it's my story writing head quarters. Anyway, I wrote and wrote for a while. I was feeling inspired. So I now have more work done of my NaNo revisions, yay!

Yesterday I didn't do much, since I wasn't feeling well most the day. But I did get an insane about of reading done. The day before I had started the royal diary book about Mary Queen of Scots, and I finished it yesterday. I must have read over half the books that day, that's how sick I was. At least that's another finished. I've got so many books to pick up at the library, it's nuts.

Well, I think I'll go do some writing. Then maybe latch hook or drawing. Then again I could use the music maker.

Ah, speaking of the music maker, I have been experimenting with the midi editor and synthesizer. It's somewhat confusing and after working on a particular loop is when my head ache came on... coincidence? Eh, who knows. Back on subject, it's been so much fun trying to compose. I sorta have something working for me but ah... not so much at the same time. Major learning curve here so it's still gonna be a while. :)

Guess What? I'm Sick...

I'm not feeling very well. My head has this kind of dull throb when I move to much and my throat feels weird. I really don't want to get sick, and I'm on the brink of being sick. Ug.

So we have these round ice cube makers, the balls of ice a pretty large. About half the size of my fist, give or take a little. Anyway, I put them in these small plastic cups and they stick halfway out and I suck on them. It's great, I dunno why. Reminds me of when I was little and cups full of ice were out 'lattes' or some fancy drink. I'm sucking on one now and it's got a hole that keeps filling up with water. It's right i the middle of the cub, it's really neat for some reason.

I have to many things in my room that I move around to put other things in. Like books, mostly books. I just don't have enough space for all my books so they lie around and I had to move them from my desk to put my computer here this morning. The sad thing is I sorta feel an urge to clean my room and organize everything but I don't feel that good. Bu laying around makes it worse, but so does moving. Maybe I will clean, I mean for once I don't have the urge right before I'm suppose to be sleeping.

The next episode of Doctor Who looks intense. But that's okay, I like intense. In games and shows that is, like Epic Micky (the first and second game), I love the intense battle moments. Daniel, not so much, until recently. I like the action and mystery in those games. I laugh when I think about what I originally thought they'd be like. So painting game. Huh, they are so much more. I wish I coud write a spin off... dude I totally could. But not now, I must refrain at least until I've edited my NaNo. I'm on a deadline for that.

Ahhh, I just sneezed! That did not help the pain in my head. Oh my head...

There are little air bubbles in the ice cubs in a stripe design along the indent. The hole that is, and it looks really cool. I also failed in explaining that very well... oh well. My brain isn't thinking as fast as it usually does, it's still waking up (yeah, I sorta failed at waking up early. But I don't feel good so I have a good reason).

So Tiana found something, a mini spoiler to Sherlock. It was an accident, all the UK people are posting about it because they've seen it, but we haven't. I've refused to let her tell me, which is really hard. I questioned her and it has something to do with Molly. In other words, Sherlolly. People who think Molly and Sherlock should hook up (I completely disagree, he specifically stated, in the books and show, that he's married to his work). In any case, I have to wait until the nineteenth to find out. Of course that's only the first episdoe. There's two more to come before the season final. Yes, there are only three episodes per season, I have no idea why (of course each episode is an hour and a half long).

Gah! Finally, a new paragraph. I felt like I needed a new one but I'm pretty sure I didn't. Know what's funny? I thought because I wasn't feeling good that the post would be short, but posting is relaxing, gets my mind off of the pain. Good, that's the way with should be. Now, off to work on MAE History, there are so many cool photo's from Anastasia's time, squee!

Books, Piano, Stories, and Rain

I just went a little crazy on the library site and now I've got a lot of books on hold. Let's just say I have and am going to have a lot of reading to do. Actually I'm really excited because I haven't been reading as much as I used to. But I need to do more active things to, if it were Summer I'd roller blade. But it's Winter! Yet it's raining.

So far I've only made a little progress in learning my next piano song, Across the Stars by John Williams. I already know He's a Pirate (although the end keeps messing me up, I forget to practice it!) and Kate's Theme from Nancy Drew The Silent Spy. Those are all the songs I know and now I'm learning a new one. I know about forty seconds of it and there's a part that's really confusing. But I'm working it out.

For the NaNo revisions I've been thinking really hard. I have a basic idea of what's going to happen, and maybe I just need to write it like I'm doing NaNo again. But I'd like to plan it a little better. In any case I'm hoping to start writing frequently on it very soon. Haha, I was going to say by the start of next week, but that's tomorrow. I'll need a little more time to think it through, but I'm still hoping to work on it a bit. I just don't know exactly how to portray what's in my mind.

As I said, it's raining. I like the rain, being raised around it makes me enjoy it a lot. Sometimes during Summer I just want it to rain all day, because it had been really dry. Even better, thunder storms. They're so inspirational, especially when they're big ones. Now here in Washington we don't get ones that last more then a few minuets very often. But we had one that lasted, quite literally, all day. There was one boom that sounded as though a large building had collapsed, creepy and awesome.

For once I don't really have much more to say, so I guess I'll cut it off here (can you tell I couldn't think of a title?).

New Ideas for the Revision

So you remember that I participated in NaNoWriMo and wrote a 50,000 word novel in a month, yes? Well... technically I did it in 27 days, but that has nothing to do with what I'm about to say. See, the original novel was about two girls who are stranded on a deserted island after being caught in a tsunami. But the island has terrorists on it. Let's cut to the chase here, the terrorists killed the president but in the process were beaten. Really this still doesn't exactly fit with what I'm about to say, but it's leading up to it.

TEN IS DEAD!!! Sorry... that really wasn't suppose to come out yet. But I just remembered and didn't want to forget. Yes, we finished series four of Doctor Who and ten is gone. It was, so, so sad. All along, he died. But Eleven is here and he's... kooky. In a good way, already I like him.

Back to the original topic, I finished NaNo and because of that one of the sponsors is offering, to all the winners, two paper back copy's of their book. Of course I need to at least have a second draft because the first is... embarrassing. Anyway, I didn't plan this story out and I no longer care for it very much. Revising is about changing it, right? Introducing, a fantasy story! Yes, this story will be quite literally unrecognizable except for the title and location. The location is the title and the title is, Rocha Island! Out with the old, in with the new. Fantasy is the big thing in my mind right now.

Wow, those are long paragraphs. I think I'm truly getting the hand of it now because before that might have been a lot more paragraphs when it didn't need to be. Then again I could have had it right all along and now I'm messing things up. I'll have to find out someday.

Back to my revised NaNo book. I've been having major inspiration although I find the setting is sliding badly. See Rocha is starting to feel like Paradise Island (for those of you who don't know or have the answer on the tip of your tough, Paradise Island is where Diana Prince AKA Wonder Woman lived). So yeah, that's not good. I have men on the island, but I almost want only women for some reason. It would just fit, but that would not work because then it really would feel like the Amazon (another name for Paradise Island).

I really like the looks of these long paragraphs. Makes me feel grown up or something. Of course with the current settings on my blog they're going to feel huge. Simply because it's more squished, see when I'm writing it it's standard length of a begging blog template. But I got it there, moved a few things about and now it's quite costume.

Don't you just love how the British talk? I mean, flat instead of apartment, lift instead of elevator. It's so awesome, and a good thing to take into account when writing a British character. Of which I'm not. Was, but not anymore. He was in the old Rocha, but that's gone. Lost to history. Okay, not really because I still had it, I'd never discard it. Ha, discard. See what I did there? I didn't use the usual, get ride of it. Gosh, being a writer is awesome, it really opens the eyes.

Someday I want to go to France. Really badly, more now then before really. I've been collecting historical photo's for my MAE History (I love actual photo of Anastasia Nikolaevna before she died, so awesome!) and mostly I've been looking for a good shot of Versailles (did you know it's pronounced Ver-sigh. I pronounced it wrong for the longest time). So now I want to visit Versailles, especially see the Hall of Mirrors. That's where Marie Antoinette and Louis Auguste got married. Squee!

I love reading about Anastasia Nikolaevna because there are real photos, not painting. I know exactly what she looked like, no weirdness from a painting. That got me extremely excited when I first read about her, real photos! Although Russians can be a bit confusing. I finally figured out a bit with the middle names and last names and stuff (still nothing on the monarchy names, Emperor, Tsar, what's the difference?).

So I found a picture of Chateau Chambord, the favored castles of Francis II and Mary Stuart. It looks unreal, like from another world. I'd make a great reference picture for a story or something, and to think it's real! Good gracious, I need to travel someday. I would have so many places to visit and learn, it'd be amazing!

One more thing, I always though so much of history was a mystery. Yet we have so much information about lots of these people. I can even see pictures of the signatures of these royal people. In mind mind I always though that'd be lost, no one would ever know. But really my mind has been opening so much these past years, I've got an entire new world to explore!

This brings to mind the ocean. Bet you weren't expecting that, eh? See, the ocean is an entire now world. We know more about the moon and I think mars then we do about our own ocean. It's waters are filled with wonders and is quite freaky. I sorta have a phobia of the ocean because I don't like squids, octopus, sea stars (not star fish, they are not fish), barnacles, seaweed. That's only a few. Dolphins are cool, normal fish are cool sharks and whales are cool. But they're huge so at the same time sorta freaky, especially when they open their mouth and it looks like my house could fit inside.

Even so, the ocean is so awesome. Okay, i just have to say this, have you ever head of The Pea Sized Giganta Cyprus? Google it.No wait... never mind. I just did and there's no pictures, but it's a strange creature I learned about years ago and it's quite interesting. Round like a ball and orange. Also, Pycnopodia Helianthoides. They are giant sea stars, up to one meters long. Just take a second and imagine that on your floor next to you. Pretty big, huh? Kind of weird if you ask me.

So I think it's about time I actually write this new idea for the completely revised Rocha Island. I only have till the middle of the year, then the offer for the free copies expires and I really want them. I want to sign them, hehe.

Doctor Who Strikes Again

Joyous news everyone! I turned one of my friends into a Whovian! This is my first success and I think it's awesome. The more people to talk to about it the better.

I found out Catherine the Great's second name! Catherine Alexeyevna (Grand Duchess of Russia, Her Imperial Highness). Because I couldn't find that before it makes me proud to know it. Oh yeah, I say second name because Empress Elizabeth renamed her from Sophie something something something of Anhalt-Zerbst-Dornburg.

Emperor or Empress, Tsar or Tsarina? I've still got no idea how that works in Russia.

I feel like watching Doctor Who, maybe we will tonight. Ten... Ten dies soon. Regenerates that is, in three episodes he changes to Eleven. We really need to catch up because the rest of the fandom is at Twelve. Peter Capaldi is the Twelfth Doctor. It's funny because he played someone in a previous episode and so did the girl who later plays Amy Pond (one of the Doctors companions)

So I've revised the first chapter of my new novel I'm working on, The Shadow. It's a working title, but basically it's going to be epic. Now to just revise the prologue. I'm not sure how to pull it off because it needs a certain creepy level to it but I don't want to over do it so close to the begging.

True Hero has been going slow, I really should sit down and work on it. I mean, I sorta know what I need to write but mainly I know the end. Sorta. It's quite complicated and I'm sorta going with he flow. But I've got a main idea in my mind.

Can I just say I really like doing up blogs now? I recently did a complete redo on my history blog and I really like it now. There are so many great background I just want to make millions of blogs. But one I could never keep up with them and two what would they even be about? I guess I'll have to stick with my current blogs. I'm considering sprucing up my blog to fit with winter. That could be fun.

Okay my History blog needs a better title then, my history blog. But Royal History (it's current name) is a bit bland. Maybe I'll do like the URL, and go with MAE History. I dunno, maybe just for this blog.

Oh yeah, I've been meaning to create a favicon for this blog. I did it on the MAE History, it's a crown. For this blog I'm not sure what I'd do. Maybe... sorry I'm drawing a blank.

Who even came up with the word favicon? Oh, gosh. I just realized it quite possibly stands for favorite icon. But I still don't entirely see how that could relate to what it is. Sorta, but not completely. Ha! Google doesn't even recognize the word. But then again, there's a lot of words it doesn't recognize.

Good gracious I just scared myself. See I was looking for pictures of a modern day Versailles and I saw a picture of a couple in clothes from the 1800. The kind to be worn in the palace of Versailles. Anyway, they wore masks and wigs. EEEKKKK!!!

Okay, I suppose I should explain (and say I wasn't really scared. But it was a startling remindor of something). See, Doctor Who makes you afraid of ordinary things. What I just explained is one of them. I could write a small list.

Shadows

Santa Masks

Christmas Trees

Plastic

Gas Masks

Statues

Christmas in London

That sums up a few things. Over Doctor Who is awesome, just awesome. These things are what make it so great and it's things like Doctor Who (among a sea of other things) that make me push harder in my writing.

Oh last thing before I depart, last night I was awake late. I woke up for no reason and lay in the dark. Then a quote raced across my mind, "Hey, who turned out the lights?"

I Woke Up Early for Once!

I woke up at 8:30 this morning. That's pretty good considering I've been sleeping in quite a bit as of late. Hopefully I'll be able to drag myself out of bed around that time every morning.

Before I got really sick on our cruise I was up at seven sharp every morning. It felt so good, I never felt better. But now when I wake up I feel like I have not gotten sleep in days.

For Christmas Sereina made candy sleighs. They looked so cool, I only just stated to take apart and eat mine a few days ago. It was too cool to eat right away. Now I'm eating the base, in other words a Trader Joes's chocolate bar. It's so, so very good, chocolate is the best. Although fruit is better. I would take a smoothie or just plain fruit over candy and cake any day.

Okay, these Russians really have me stumped. See, in some parts of history their ruler was an Emperor or Empress, but in other parts it's a Tsar or Tsarina. No, it's not that they changed the name of the monarchy, they reference them as both. Like Empress Elizabeth. Then Emperor Peter III and Catherine the Great. I just don't get it, darn Russians. I'll have to look into it more, but I will find out.

Last night Tiana, Daniel, and I watched Thor. The first one of course. It was good, of course. I like how Jane kept hitting Thor with her car, that was just sorta funny. But overall I really like that movie, possibly more then before. Especially the part with Stan Lee.

Stan Lee. That's an interesting name, isn't it? I think his parents named him that way on purpose and can I just say, that was brilliant.

Ah, brilliant. Makes me think of Ten every time.

Agent's of S.H.E.I.L.D came back Tuesday, but we just watched it last night. Can I just say, tell me more! They're doing a much better job at keeping their word. Like before they took the month break they said they were going to reveal about Coulson's death. Now if it had been Revolution we would never really find out. But we did, sorta. Enough to keep the mystery alive but enough to feel content.

Also, in the preview they mentioned something about Sky's parents. I think they're going to reveal what happened. It just want Tuesday to be here. Like right now. This second. So I can watch it.

Good gracious this chocolate is good, I'd better be careful. It's just sitting there staring me down. Maybe it shouldn't be on my desk. A desk I spend a bit of time at because of everything I do on the computer.

So since I got up early today and got a good start on my day I'd better not wast it by writing this post all morning. I've got school to do, like math. I actually like math. When I know enough to where I can do it but it still presents some what of a challenge.

Messy Room and a Memory

My room is becoming a mess. See, I share it with my brother. Not that I mind, he's a great roommate. But he loves Legos. I do to, but he has a tenancy to spread out his Legos on the floor. Not that I blame him, the floor is a good place to build Legos, you can sit in a comfy position. Sitting on a chair at a desk? Hurts the back.

Luckily we have a wood floor in your room. That's not common for bedrooms, but this room used to be an office so that would be why. That makes it all the better for Lego's, no hairs in your creations. If there's one thing I detest more then mixing sets with random Lego's it's hairs stuck between bricks. That's just... wrong.

I just went a little order happy on the library website and ordered almost all the books from the Royal Diaries series. I love those books, although a few just aren't my style. Like the one's about tribal princesses, though it may be true I don't like the reference of lightning sticks for guns. Among other weird references. Just gets under my skin for some reason.

Under my skin, that is a weird reference and I prefer not to use it most of the time because of the mental picture that follows. Same with eye's peeled, when I was little it'd creep me out when people would say it. Because of the mental picture. Like in Scooby Doo. They said that and I would just shutter. It's just a weird thing about me.

Do you have any idea how hard it is to find a simple list of the pets Marie Antoinette had? It's really, really hard. Some say she had a Pug named mops. Other's a Spaniel named Mops. It just goes on and on.

Today I'm listening to the Sherlock soundtrack from season one. I seem to listen to music a lot, don't I? Although not everyday, I don't think Tiana goes a day without listening to music. Me, I don't seem to go a day without... breathing. Honestly it depends on my mood, I never really stick to one solid thing I do everyday. Although I read almost everyday.

Say, I haven't been reading as much. Like, I read little things on the internet and everyday stuff, but no good books. Well, I guess I've have been reading one of my Royal Diaries books, of which I just finished today. Next I'm going to continue reading the Boscomb Valley Mystery. It's a Sherlock Holmes story, by Conan Doyle. Anything written about Sherlock by someone else just isn't right. Unless it's the BBC Sherlock television show. But I was talking about books.

It's been a challenge reading the Sherlock Homes mysteries from the perspective of I need time. Lots of it. Because it's hard to stop mid chapter and come back and know what's happening exactly. Not that that's bad, indeed I say good work Arthur Doyle.

You know what's sad? The fact that Doyle once said, if I'm only remembered as the man who created Sherlock Holmes then I am a failure. That's sad, and I guess I'd view my work the same as well. But maybe he'd fell better knowing what a sensation it's become in these days. It really gets the mind thinking, doesn't it?

Of course my mind it always reeling at outrageous speeds and I don't think anyone could keep up with it. Sometimes people can't keep up with me when I talk. I've been known to talk as fast as the girl on the Cosby Show. Although it totally didn't fell like it. It never does, just out of the blue people will be like "Slow down and pronunciation your words, I have no idea what you just said!" I'm just standing there like, how could you not hear me, I was talking normal!

Oh dear, I can feel deep within myself the beginning's of sickness. I knew this would happen though so It's no shock. I'm always sick first or last. Really I don't like being sick, especially because I don't like to do anything to get better. Because everything tastes bad. I'm kind of a picky eater. I try not to be, but it's hard sometimes. It's a wonder I tried swordfish on our cruise (it tasted like chicken, but it was layered in some weird sauce so it was hard to truly tell).

Well I've got things to do, people to see, food to eat. I'm kind of hungry right now, but with this very slight feeling of sickness in my throat I almost don't feel hungry. It's a strange feeling.

One time I went almost an entire day without eating. I was really sick and slept most of the day. When I woke up it was painful so I slept some more. This happened on our cruise two years ago. No, I was not sea sick. I love the sea, sorta. It's a long story.

Anyway, back to the story. I was sick, and guess what night? Pirate Night. The one night I was really looking forward to (I love Pirates of the Caribbean). So I was laying in pain in the stateroom when the people came to make the beds. We came with our grandparents so I just swapped into the other room. When they were done I went back into the other room (my room) to sleep. Well they make towel animals and in honor of Pirate Night they made a monkey. It hung on the curtain to separate the two sleeping areas.

I, too sick and tired to notice, walked straight into the thing and freaked out. It shall be forever know as the freaky money. Anyways, that didn't help my sickness and finally I lay down and tried to sleep. I was sick of watching Tangled, which played endlessly on the TV.

I finally got better just in time for the last night in the coolest dinner room. So, that was my cruise. I hope to one day go on another because I want to get a non sickness experience. Oh yeah, and even though I was sick half the cruise it still felt like it lasted a few weeks. No kidding, it was awesome.

Okay, I'm seriously going to go get some food. I've got little time before I have to go do something important. So I'm outta here!

Growing in Popularity?

The page counter on my blog is at two thousand? Really, wow. I apparently had like two hundred page views today. So that means people in the outside world have read about my life, awesome! If one of you outside world people are reading this then leave a comment.

I looked at the thing and people from, Germany, Russia, South Korea, The United Kingdom, and The United States have looked at my blog. I'm getting world wide views! Actually I don't even know how people find my blog. Like, you can search for it, but obviously they weren't looking for it so how did they end up here?

Most of the views are from here, in the USA. But a few few amount of people from other country's have been here. I feel so accomplished.

Sereina got the Doctor Who music from Amazon yesterday. It arrived and the case is... I want it! Or maybe I just want a poster, because I'm not buying the same music just for a case. :P

Tiana is doing this incredible drawing of someone's Rapunzel cos play from the movie Tangled. Can I just say my drawings are nothing compared to that? I want to draw that good, although as I said, I want to get into concept type art. Practice, that's what I need.

So today I think I'm going to do more then just write. Maybe music making, possibly latch hook, maybe draw. I have an urge to roller blade, but it's raining. The cold isn't the thing, but rain? It's slippery, I know from experience.

That makes me think of a time my family went ice skating. That was before I was rollerblading so I was more award then a newborn colt. Anyway, I was finally getting the hand of it and not clinging to the wall so much and, no we didn't have to leave, I started going pretty fast across the ice and sorta ended up ramming myself into the wall.

It hurt, really bad. Mostly I remember the pain and almost blacking out. Luckily I made it off the ice and just lay on a bench. I don't think I got back on the ice and I haven't been since.

Next time we go, if that ever happens, I wont hurt myself. It took long enough to roller blade outside of our garage. I'm not a very daring person.

I'm so glad for this rain, I love rain. Really I love all weather, but because I have lived in Washington State all my life I really love rain. Winter and rain, two of the bests parts of life. Well, sorta. There's so much more to life, but when it comes to weather, those are the best.

Hehe, my mom and brother went shopping today. I just got an email saying they checked out my books from the library. About five minuets ago, so unless they have to go to Fred Meyer's then they should be home very soon. So I guess I'd better wrap this up.

So should I draw, write, read, make music, research history, do my latch hook, or something completely different? I don't know, to much to choose from. Maybe I'll mess around with Magix, then draw a little. After that do some latch hook and listen to an audio book. Then I can read the new history books I'll have gotten from the library and after that write a post for my history blog.

Chances are I'll get absorbed in once of those things and end up doing only one or two of them. :/

It's Postin' Time!

It's time to post again, yay! I love posting now, I look forward to it everyday and really I want to write multiple posts a day. But I don't, because that'd be a bit extreme.

I guess I could write a bunch of posts in one day and schedule them, but that's just not like my blog. Because one, I'd have a million scheduled posts and two, it wouldn't be from that day. So I guess I'll just have to wait.

So my new story idea is going pretty good and for the end of the first chapter there's going to be a really creepy scene with this girl who... wait. I'm not revealing it just yet. But if I can pull it off the way I see it in my mind it's going to make the readers fall over or something.

That's always what I sorta hope for, big reactions. Even to the small things. That makes me think of a writers tip, if it's boring to you it's boring to the reader. I agree, so I don't write boring stuff. Although sometimes I forget to have calm moments. :P

For my historical blog I already have Marie Antoinette, Anastasia Romanova, Elizabeth Tudor, Mary Stuart, and Catherine the Great (seriously, didn't royal people have last names?). I say that because I can't find Catherine the greats last name. Although it's confusing because her real name is Sophie. I'm not sure if her last name was changed.

Anyway, I'm working on a post about Eleanor of Aquitaine. Another person lacking a last name. I can't find it or it doesn't exist. She was from so long ago and it the only princess who 'defies custom'. She would read and write before girls were suppose to or something.

In real history that's really cool, in books or movies? No. Because most of the time it's a princess who doesn't want to marry (Merida for instance) and really she'd just have to. Plus she'd be a little more open to it because she would have been raised that way. Or they detest dresses, seriously? You grow up in a dress and you don't like them, you wish for pants? Another, a princess or prince who want's to be ordinary.

Now I'm not saying it can never happen, but when ever story does that it just becomes predictable and unrealistic. Royal's wouldn't give up their life of luxury for one of (not just freedom) but work. Lots of work.

I like the ending of The Royal Diaries about Elizabeth Tudor. She said something along the lines of, 'and for a fleeting second I wondered if I would trade my life for that of a birds, my castle for a nest, a realm for the sky?'

Personally I love that part. That is just... so cool. It's at the very end of the diary and I just love that part. It's just so... awesome.

Enough of my talk about that because honestly, who needs to hear that? On the other hand I could babble more about it but it would become repetitive.

While I was prepping dinner, I cook today, I was cutting food. Jalapenos for instance. Those things are horrid when you cut them then touch your eyes. I've never done it, but my dad has and it looks painful. It's bad enough when you cut them and eat finger food and your mouth starts to burn.

I've been thinking I might try and get good at concept art style of drawing. Like drawing people's expressions and places. Because that would be a great way to get some of these idea's out of my head and not just on a page. Okay so they'd still be on a page, but a drawing, not a description.

A phrase that Adrian von Zeigler has on his page came to mind, 'Music continues to tell a story where words end.' I like that phrase, it's so awesome. That's why movies are awesome. But writing is awesome to.

For a while not to long ago I was obsessed with my latch hook pattern. I was working on it almost non stop and I wanted to make millions of them. Of course this is the only one I've every done so I'd need to finish this one first.

I stopped working on it a while back because I though I'd gotten the colors wrong and felt discouraged. But then i thought, heck who cares? Now it's coming together and looks okay so far. It's a cat and I can see the ears and the top of it's head so far. That's always exciting.

Recently I've become slightly obsessed with the song, Part of Your World. I like it, a lot. So I am listening to it right now. Music is just awesome in general.

I've come up with a potentially perfect way to compose, at least in the beginning. Use a song as a base. Currently I'm using, dun dun dun, I am the Doctor. For the base, in the end, when I finished it, it will sound different, yet similar. I think.

Here's my little 'pattern' so I can know sorta how to do it: (RB stands for repetitive beats)

1. Sudden start, no build up

2. Eight repetitive beats on medium violin/cello - Low/medium pitched up and down on cello in background

3. After four RB

4. Eight repetitive beats, starting just before end of 2, on violin/high pitched cello - Low trumpets, 1 2 3 - 3 2 1 in background

5. After four RB of all instruments

6. Stick patting on cello

7. Three beat patterning of timpani, two beat break

8. 7 stops, high/ medium flute starts, 1 2 3 4 - 5 5 6

9. Background epic bass build up

So that's like a foreign language to everyone but me. It takes knowing the song to sorta get it. But I've been studying music in this way. As I listen things like this chart are going through my head. Music just got a hole lot more complicated.

I guess I've made this post long enough so I'll just wait until tomorrow to post. Now to decided, should i write or work on my History blog? Or I could do latch hook or draw! I think I'll write. ;) Oh... or make music. Ah, the possibility's are endless!

Food is Good

So I like the way my blog looks, but I'm the kind of person that, in certain areas, likes change. Lots of change. For instance, my Lego George Lucas's house, changes all the time. Well, not so much now that Daniel, Tiana and I build a gigantic house. We have a blog for the George brothers, they have an immense back story. http://thegeorgebrothers.blogspot.com/

Sorry we don't post there much, it's a habit that hasn't come as easily as posting on this blog. See this is my blog and I could post a hundred posts in a day and it wouldn't matter, to me that is. I'm not posting pretty and for my readers, I don't limit it to once a week. I have to much to see during the week, I can't wait!

I never plan my posts. Never plan ahead, that makes it fun. I think I've said that before... maybe not. Huh, who knows?

Back to the original topic, changing my blog. I'm considering changing it yet again, there's this really awesome black and white argyle background. But, it's just feels... no dark exactly, but the way my blog is now is light and happy.

If I knew anything about photoshop I'd make a costume one. Tiana tried helping me the other day to make one for the Royal History blog. I wanted a creepy old, slightly beaten up, abandoned castle. I figured it was fitting for the topic of which I'd be writing about.

Anyway, we hit a glitch and Tiana couldn't get it to work. Said it was most likely a problem in the HTML code and Sereina is the only one in this house to know enough to remotely help me. But she's sick so I have to wait. So maybe my blog won't change for a while.

My throat is a little scratch, no! Not good, I don't want to get stricken with the sickness Sereina. It sounds awful and I really, really don't like taking medicine. We usually use home remedies but I don't like the taste of those either. Like honey by itself, a big spoonful. Yuck, shudders, bleh. It's to sweet. It's like eating a date by itself. Dates are like pure sugar, and then more sugar.

Yesterday I had an explosion in my head. Yes, I'm fine, and I think I'm going to have to start writing now. Yes, it concerned a story. Again what started as a writing exercise ended in an entirely new story idea. Hero and now, Shadow, have such a different feel then the others. I can feel myself mastering characters. They used to be almost like robots. But now they have so much emotion, it gets me so excited!

So I've decided to lay all my other projects to the side unless I get sudden inspiration to work on Hero and Shadow.

Tiana is watch Star Wars this morning and Luke just saw Uncle Own and Aunt Beru dead. Oh the music, I aspire to be as good as John Williams. Among other people. I haven't been working as vigorously on my music making, but my mind has been occupied with history and now a story.

Okay, a commercial just played and it was funny. It wasn't meant to be, but it was a car commercial. The funniest parts were reading the, do not attempt, things on the bottom. Like one, fantasy course, do not attempt, then at the end, still a closed course and professional driver, do not attempt. For some reason those strike me as funny.

The mouse to my computer was not working, then worked for a while, and now it's glitch again. I wish it would just stay working, because I want to play a Nancy Drew game for a little while today and I need a mouse because I play at breakneck speed. I'm serious, I do.

My reentry into history makes me want to play a particular Nancy Drew game that includes stuff about Marie Antoinette. Really most of it's fake, like saying that Antonia was innocent of being an extravagant spender. Wrong! She was a huge spender. Either way, some of the facts are correct and just the music and setting of a castle are awesome. I'm trying to think... what is that instrument. Kind of a stringy noise, but like a tin can to.

So I think I'm going to go eat, then write or play Nancy Drew, Treasure in a Royal Tower.

Oh, I've been wondering if I should do a vlog some day. But I don't know, something about writing it out makes it more personal.

Another thing I need, a screen capture... oh my gosh I might have one!!! A screen capture program, to make Nancy Drew game walkthroughs. Why? Simply because it's fun and Arglephump inspired me to do so. I've mentioned him before, an YouTube walk through guy. He's don't every Nancy Drew game and many others. He puts in hilarious commentary and I want to do that to. So maybe I'll start a walk through today. Hehe.

Lot of Work

I have been working almost non stop on my newest blog for gathering facts about historical figures I like. Let's just say it's a bit of work, getting down all the dates and facts, making sure each person has the same chart filled out.

Would you believe that Marie Antoinette, (Maria Antonia Josepha Johanna), had fifteen brothers and sisters? Mostly sisters, and all the girls names started with Maria. I have no idea why. Of course three, at least I think it was three, died in infancy and one might have been a stillborn.

Now that I think about it the only historical figures at the moment that I like the entire family of are the Romanova's (no I'm not talking about Natasha Romanoff AKA Black Window). Not that I don't like the rest of these peoples families but their hole family was so interesting and played a huge part in World War I. Although mostly I focus of Anastasia because at one point, a long time ago, there had been rumors that she'd survived.

Russian's are confusing. Like Anastasia's last name is almost like two and most of the time they use her middle name. At least I think it's her middle name, all of her sisters have it thought. her brothers middle name is slightly different. Hum, oh well. :)

Anyway, away from historical facts the would bore many people, and back to the rest of my life. For once I haven't been writing a lot. That's not necessarily a good or bad thing. Mostly I've been working on the new blog. Music making a little in my spare time.

Music making is going slow, I'm currently trying to figure out how to make my own loops and sounds. Which is hard. So far I've only been able to "play" the piano on the program so it could be a while. But I'll get it. The program is so complex, major learning curve.

Sereina is sick, really sick. She can't really talk so she used a soundboard on her ipod to communicate. She has a noise for if we're wrong, to get our attention, and when we get something right. It's a very interesting way to communicate. ...Why does my mind wander to primitive cavemen?

The spoilers for Sherlock are everywhere on Pinterest. Luckily most of the boards I follow have to do with store idea's and stuff so I haven't really had many. I stopped following one person who pins literally everything related to Sherlock. So now spoilers for me.

I've ordered a bunch of books, okay not that many really, from the library. Really I'm not sure what has suddenly revived by historical pursuit, maybe it was rereading the book from The Royal Diaries, Marie Antoinette. Now I've ordered a few more from the library and it's back into my super bookworm self!

Don't think that means I wont post on here, it's fun posting on here. So, now it's back to fixing up a more professional way to do my new historical fact's blog. Already it's slightly chaotic but I'm going to make a chat to keep everything in order. So it's off to Google Drive to make a chat hen fix everything up.

Afterwards I might make a strawberry banana smoothie, that sounds amazing. Like really good. I think I'll do that after I fix up the post on Anastasia.... or maybe... maybe I'll make one now...