So Very Close, and Yet So Very Far

My package. My wonderful package containing Tommy. My package carrying Tommy to me. It is literally thirty minutes away, as of yesterday. It should totally be able to arrive today, but noooo. It's still due on Monday! I seriously wish I could just drive over and pick it up! But that's not how mailing works. I suppose there's a smallest, tiniest chance that it'll come today. But I'm trying not to get my hopes up. It would be awesome if it came today though, then I would have it just in time for NaNoWriMo. Ach, does must this torment me so? It is right there.

So in chapter three of Gaelic I'm learning about names and introductions. One of the first things they're talking about is how Scottish (and maybe Irish) names very commonly start with Mac (I'm assuming that Mac and Mc are the same thing, based on other things I've read). Oh, random fact, David Tennant (who plays the tenth incarnation of the Doctor) his real name is David MacDonald. Yup, he sounds more like the Scotsman he is with that name, compared to Tennant. That would also suggest that some friends of ours, the McAndrews, are of Scottish descendant as well. That's pretty awesome. I'm a mix of lots of things, such as some German from my moms side, and based off our last name, French (Blanchard is a French name). I suppose if you go back far enough I'm really everything. It would be rather interesting to trace my family back to see if I'm related to anyone important. Of course, in my mind I'm racing us back to Revolutionary France (seeing as I would appear to have some French blood in me). That would be rather cool... but tough to trace I admit.

When Daniel and I finally get to move into the large office room I'm really, really hoping for a large empty piece of wall. Something I've wanted to do for a while, but just lacked space (ha, lacked space, story of my life :P) was to create multiple family trees of the royal families I like to study. In the end they almost always connect in a way. Mary Queen of Scots was Elizabeth I cousin. The last Empress of Russia was the granddaughter of Victoria. Those are a few that come to mind. Actually they could be it, but royals believed in marrying other royals for treaties, so there's a large chance I'll find out more (that's actually part of why many of the royals over the ages have been sickly, they kept marrying their own kin).

I'd also like a large stretch of wall to tape all my story inspiration pictures to. Right now I have a whole bunch taped under my bed. They're a bit beat up though, so I'd like a better place for when I eventually get that room. I love daydreaming about when Daniel and I will move over there though. It'll be so weird. When we do we'll be putting in a door. That'll be odd. And it'll be so big! I've always shared a room, and I've never had a large room to begin with.

Over the course of my life I've never successfully written a journal/diary. I started them, forgot to write for months, and decided to start over. Just repeat that a few times. Yeah. Well now that I've been trying to do school I've been writing in a journal everyday day (or almost every day). I've had it since October seventh of this month. It's actually kind of fun now, I'm not sure what changed. It's cool to think of someone in the future reading it, and being all excited because everything in it's true. That's how I felt about reading Olga Romanova's diary. It so so amazing, because I knew that on that date, she did that at that time. Like I never would have known that the royal family read A Study in Scarlet. I just find that really, really cool. Ahh... someday I want to visit Russia... maybe even learn Russian one day...

Okay guys, deep breath... today's Halloween... tomorrow is the start of NANOWRIMO!!! AHHH I'M SO EXCITED, IT'S TOMORROW, THE DAY HAS COME TO STAY UP UNTIL MIDNIGHT AND START THE CRAZY JOURNEY THAT ENDED IN WONDROUS DISASTER LAST YEAR!! Hoo... woa.. yeah. I'm really excited. Gah! :D

Back on the topic of Tommy. He's so close. Maybe the tracking information just didn't update. Maybe he's out for delivery. After all, I know from experience that sometimes the tracking information is wayyy off and you get your package before then. But I also know from experience that shipping company's don't focus entirely on you and my package will probably come Monday. Which is completely tormenting me because it's right there.

FIVE?!

Okay so I mentioned that I might try and learn both French and Scottish Gaelic at the same time. After today's practice I'm beginning to reconsider my idea. I still want to learn French, but now that I've started chapter three of learning Gaelic things just got real. There is literally FIVE DIFFERENT WAYS to say "am, is, and are." Like, the statement way, the question way, the negative way, the emphatic way, the question form of the emphatic way... Don't get me wrong, I love it. But can't you just use your voice to emphasis something, instead of changing the entire sentence? So yeah, after today I may not learn French just yes. There are still a few things I've learned that I don't quite understand, but I'm getting it. Maybe by this time next year I'll be fluent. ;)

I can officially play the entire song of Noble Maiden Fair on my recorder! Well, technically I'm missing a tiny bit at the beginning, but the tutorial didn't have that part, and I can't make my recorder hit low enough notes to do it myself. But I can play that, a very, very small part of A Window to the Past (from Harry Potter), the beginning of Concerning Hobbits, and the beginning of Magic of Love (by Brunuh Ville). There are a lot of songs I want to learn on recorder, and now that I've learned Noble Maiden Fair maybe I'll start a new one. But which one to choose?

My laptop, which I've already deemed Tommy, will be arriving Monday! Not before the beginning of November, but two days sooner than it originally said! I'm really excited! I remember getting my last laptop, the Dell. Ug. Never buy a Dell. Soon as they're out of warranty they just go downhill; and fast. Considering how terrible of a computer it was, it lasted pretty long though. I pretty much worked it to the ground, trying to make it last until I could afford a new one. I'm so excited! I decided to call the new computer Tommy in honor of Tommy Merlin (he's a fictional character, I know, but I like the name and it fits the computer). This is actually my first time naming something. I have a friend, Morgan, who names pretty much everything she gets (if you ever see this post Morgan, then hi!). Actually, I already have a name picked out for when I get a camera. I want one exactly like Tiana's, but since I'm usually poor (I just got paid, so I'm not now) I haven't gotten it yet. I would name it Chelsea if I ever got one.

Actually I'm not the only one getting a new laptop. One of my friends posted on Facebook the arrival of his new laptop yesterday. And one of my other friends mentioned that he was looking for a new laptop.

I'm in a very fantasy mood right now. Maybe it's because I'm listening to Brunuh and Adrian's music. Their music is perfect for someone writing fantasy. I also feel in a very... horsey-ish mood. I've been pinning horse stuff lately.

I can almost walk normally; now I can put my full weight on my right foot, and I can move it all the way around without any pain. I just can't put those two things together, so I'm still limping around the house a bit.

How To Train Your Penguin

I finally ordered a laptop! My dad and I did some searching last night, and we ordered it! I'm so excited! It;s not the color I wanted (red, or something cool). It's just black. But that's okay, the computer screen can flip around. Sadly it's not due to arrive until November 5th, and I was hoping to get it before November. They didn't offer two day shipping! Egah! And I didn't have to pay tax, so I could have afforded it too!

Oh, I finally saw How to Train Your Dragon. It was... interesting. I mean, it's just... AWESOME!!! Haha, yeah, I would say it's my new favorite movie. Toothless was awesome. Oh, and Daniel kept calling it How to Train Your Penguin. I dunno why.

Today I got myself a Chase card. Yup, now I'm officially employed and I've got a Chase debit card. I'm epic. :P Unfortunately I can't get the cool Disney cards! What the heck man? It's just because I have a high school account or whatever. That should be why I get a Disney card. Because I'm a kid... er... teen.

So quite a few people I know are learning (or want to learn) French. As it happens I'm in the middle of learning Gaelic, but French is the second language I want to learn. I'm thinking I might try to learn French alongside Gaelic. They seem like different enough languages (imagine learning Irish and Scottish Gaelic at the same time!). I haven't decided if I really will, but I'm considering it. If it gets too hard I'd drop French, and save it for after I'm fluent in Gaelic.

NaNoWriMo is upon us! Ahh, Tiana and I are so excited! We're coming up with all these traditions. I'm going to start a NaNo journal (handwritten of course). Each day I'll write a little about how my writing went, etc. Tiana is going to make a NaNo survival vlog, which I'll post to my blog when it's done. :)

Today, while getting my debit card, I zoned out as I watched somebody standing around. They looked slightly apprehensive, and I couldn't help but wonder why. Then I started imagining them as a character in a book, they were adopted at a young age, and were waiting to meet their real parents/family. But they're stood up- again. I don't quite know why that exact idea entered my mind, but now I've got little ideas running around in my head again. *talking to self* bad timing guys! I can't focus on you now, NaNoWriMo is too important to mess up for you! *back to you* Sorry 'bout that. :P

The Party

The party was Saturday, and it's Monday and I haven't posted about it. But I'm here now to record every detail! Okay, I'm kidding, I'll just give an overview.

The party was great! The turnout was smaller than I thought, but still fun. The skit actually turned out really well. Even though I was off stage and didn't come out except for the final bow I was really nervous. I wanted everything to go right, and I didn't want to mess up! I had to move props around in the dark and cue the lights and stuff. It all turned out well.

Actually, the party started out rough for me. Just after arriving (we were the second ones there) I had to go get my dads coat out of the car. I ran out, grabbed it, jumped out and boom. Twisted ankle. Basically imagine someone hitting your ankle with a hammer. Yeah, you get the picture. Because of my little mishap I was hopping around the entire night, and I missed out on the dancing. I really love dancing too.

There was lots of games, including death hand shake/mafia, signs, and my personal favorite winkum (aaaaand I probably spelled that wrong).

The different costumes were: Rose Tyler for Doctor Who, me as a Whovian, Annabeth from Percy Jackson and the Olymipans (I think that was it), Emma Swan from Once Upon a Time, Tristan from Weeping Willow, Astrid from How to Train Your Dragon 2, a Minion from Despicable Me, an army guy, a girl from the 50's, Monk and Herald from Monk, a cowgirl, and a pirate. I think that covers everybody.

So yeah, that's a bit of an overview of the party. Now on to other random things in my life.

NANOWRIMO!!! Ahhhh, it's so close. I'm really, really excited. Sadly there's almost no chance of me having a new computer before November (I haven't even found one to buy, and shipping alone takes around a week).

I want to write about a gypsy girl during the French Revolution. Okay, that was really random. But I do.

I Wear a Fez Now, Fezzes are Cool

Tomorrow is the costume party. Today I "finished" my costume. I'm going as a Whovian, and what complete Doctor Who nerd outfit is complete without a fez? I made it today, with some help from Tiana since she knows how to sew. I really like it, though there was the problem of it staying on my head... in the end I'm using bobby pins. I wish I could just have it loose, to take on and off, but alas, it would not stay on my head if I did. It's sort of weird wearing a fez, because it's just perched on your head kind of awkwardly. Because of this fez I know own two bobby pins! I've never had any before, but as I said I need them to keep my hat on. I'll especially need it during the bow, since our friends and us are preforming a play. I'm not an actor, but I'm in the final cast call as the producer. Really I'm more of a director/producer. I'm hidden in the back helping with costume changes, directing the lights, etc. It's kind of fun actually. Not that I'd want to pursue it for a career; but still fun.

I've been off of sugar for quite a few months now, and while I don't intend to go back I have cheated a few times. I couldn't help it, I just love candy corn and the Jo Jo's from Trader Joe's were taunting me. So now I've made a calendar to keep track of when I cheat and what I cheat on. This way I wont go back to my full sugar diet, but I can still justify a treat now and again. Especially during the holidays. I love candy corn. Like, I really, really love candy corn. It's amazing. Right up there with pretzel rolls.

Gosh I'm tired. I've been exercising, but Sereina got this Wii game called Just Dance. I've been doing my last two days of exercising on there. You really work up a sweat with that thing. It's awesome because there's a dance for Let it Go. I don't care how many times I listen to that song, I don't think it'll ever be annoying to me. It's just epic!

NaNoWriMo is almost here! Tomorrow will be the one week point (though because Tiana and I are staying up till midnight on Friday you can almost take a day off... you know, because we're not sleeping. Well, we are, but... eh, you know what I mean). The sad thing, as I keep saying, I'm getting really motivated to work on Heart of Fire. Ha, I just had a funny thought that borderlines of terrifying/insane. Trying to write two novels in November. Like you hit par that day, then work on the other until you hit par. You'd have to be crazy to do that. I remember last year, not to scare anybody off or anything, but there were days that Tiana and I hardly left our laptops. Ah, good times... good times.

I shouldn't have eaten all that pizza. I ate over half a pizza... but that's actually the norm now days when we get pizza. I eat gluten free, and so I get one third of each of the two pizzas to myself. That doesn't mean I have to eat them all at once, but hey! I was hungry. What can I say.

I've Started Exercising! (Again)

I'm really sore and shaky right now because I just finished exercising. Because I lack any strength (seriously, I can't do a pull op or push up) I've started doing pilates. Cassey Ho has a blog and video channel on YouTube, so I've got a workout all planned for me. I remember a while back when I was doing my own routine every other day. I felt really good and I could feel myself getting stronger. But then I just lost my groove and I intend to get back into it. I've been doing it since Monday, and I think today's workout was the funnest.

My hair is extremely big right now. Imagine Merida with brown hair. Yeah. I'm not quite sure why it's so big. It just does this sometimes. I usually have my hair up, because it gets really hot with so much hair, but I have it down now because I'm cold. It's actually pretty nice, I have a portable heater. :P

Today I worked more in learning Gaelic. It's so exciting learning new phrases. I'm almost done with Chapter Two! I wish I knew more people who wanted to learn Gaelic. Tiana is now learning French instead of German, because a few of our friends are learning French, and Sereina, at least used to, want to learn French. There are multiple languages I would like to know, and in this order: Scottish Gaelic, French, Russian. I would learn French with her, but though I don't really have many/any body to speak it to, I want to learn Gaelic first.

Finally, a week has passed and a new episode of Arrow airs tonight! It's hard to believe we're only on episode three! So much has happened. I want to just explode right now...

Looks like we're having another late dinner. Usually we have dinner around four, but it's a little past six and we haven't had dinner yet. Ug. I'm so hungry right now.

I think I shall go work on my Gaelic! I seriously am so excited for when I'm fluent. Or should I say flieanta. ;)

Daniel Wont Leave Me Alone

I am so hungry right now! We're having a late dinner tonight. Fooooood! I need food so badly; I'm so hungry!

In other news, Daniel is currently trying to keep me from typing this blog post, so I'm writing this post with one hand. Now he's plugging my nose. I'm not exactly sure how that's supposed to keep me from writing. Now he's covering my eyes, so I can't see while I'm typing this. It's not too hard, but sometimes my fingers get a little messed up. Great. Now he's plugging my nose. He really doesn't want me to write this post.

Okay, now I can see. Wait, no. I can't. Now I can. I have escaped! ...or not. Now Call Me Maybe is stuck in my head.

Daniel is still holding me captive.  Ohhhh... I have the perfect revenge! Now it is time to attack! He'll never see me coming! Except that he's reading this. So he totally will. Here goes. Actually, I'm not taking my revenge just yet. After all, I can't have him expecting it. Let me just say, be scared Daniel. Be scared.

More on my Favorite Music

I know I've talked about how great Jo Blankenburg is, but this guys music is entirely under appreciated. This guy is a genius and if my music making skills were half his I'd be happy. His music is just so amazing! I can think of no words to describe how epic it is. Not to say Adrian, Brunuh, Axles, or all the others music isn't good. But this guy's a professional. He should do a movie score. He'd be great!

My recorder practice has been going really well now that my hands have started to adjust. From what I can tell my recorder is made for bigger hands or something. I use video tutorials to learn songs, and everybody's fingers are close together while mine aren't. But that's okay, I still love my recorder. I learned the first bit of Noble Maiden Fair and have started to learn the rest by ear. There's just one high note that I can't figure out, so I'll go to the tutorial to see. You know, Magix can record instruments... though it might only record things that can hook up to the program. It seems like mixing a recorder, or any wind instrument, on a piano could be hard. I watch a live play of The Wolf and the Moon by Brunuh, and he'd play the tune of the flute with one hand and the... what did he call it? On the other. The uh... I dunno, but when the flute like... ug, I can't explain it.

I'm so hot right now. Seriously, I should be cold. Though it's not hot outside right now this heat will not leave us. I wish we had a huge freezer room like Costco, then I'd just hang out in there for a bit to cool down.

Really Low Budget

I just got back from an evening with friends. It was fun, we played a few games and talked a bit. It was nice to get out of the house (something that does not occur often, unless you count shopping for food). I'm really hoping we'll be able to get together again sometime soon. :)

In the meantime, as of tomorrow it will be exactly a week until our friends costume party. I've never been a huge fan of dressing up (though that's partially due to that fact that I've never had a costume idea that I absolutely loved). This year since I have no money to buy or make a costume I'm doing something really low budget. It's going to cost like... two dollars. Or something really close to that. I'm going to be buying eye liner! Yes, I can hear the collective gasp in the crowd. My first time buying make up. But this eye liner ain't going on my eyes. I need to be able to write on myself, but I can't use a permanent marker because it wouldn't come off for a few weeks. Any Doctor Who fans will know exactly what I'm doing. Basically I'm going to go as a... well... there's no real name for this costume. You just have to watch Doctor Who. I'm writing tally marks on my arms and face. It's... a long story.

Tonight we're having this new soup we tried last week. It's amazing! It's got bacon and sausage in it, along with potatoes and kale. It's so good!

I'm going to go do research for-

*roughly a half hour later*

Er, uh. Well. I was about to say I'm going to do some research on mythical creatures for my story Heart of Fire. But I got interrupted and had to do some work for my dad. Some more files had been sent in for the property's we're working on. For once the pages we the right way, and not sideways, but still I had to separate the documents!

More to My Job

So it would seem that Jo Blankenburg (one of my new favorite composers) has had his music featured in film promos for some big movies. His music was featured in a Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (part 2) promo, as well as How to Train Your Dragon, The Hunger Games, and X-Men: Days of Future Past to name a few. I think that's really awesome! Jo's music is amazing!

Around three months ago my mom found a stable and emailed them, asking if we could volunteer to work around the horses. I was so excited when they emailed back saying they were looking for volunteers! But as I'm coming to know, when someone owns a horse they don't seem to have much time to answer their phone or email. So we didn't go out to their place until today. We wanted to see what was up, since they weren't answering our emails and phone calls. Turns out they've been super busy, and I may not get to volunteer for quite some time since I'd need supervision while working with any of the horses. But I hold hope.

My job has now expanded. One a month I will be taking care of the bills of one of the company's my dad works with. I'm a little apprehensive, I mean I don't want to mess everything up! But after learning everything it entails I think I'll do fine. It'll just take a few times of doing it to know exactly what I'm doing.

Even with NaNoWriMo only fifteen days away I'm letting my mind wander. I have this other story, Heart of Fire, and it's been on my mind for a few days now. It's going to be a historical fantasy based off of fourteenth century Scotland. I'm really excited for that novel, though I haven't decided what approach to take. Halfway through the book my character loses her memory for a bit. So should I start the book right after she wakes up from losing her memory, so the reader is on the exact same page as the character? Or should it start at the beginning, so they know all the characters memories and are hoping desperately that she'll get them back? I probably wont start after she loses her memory, but that would be kind of fun...

Geeky Brothers are Awesome

Last night we finally caught up on Arrow! We've now see season three episode one, and I don't have to worry about all the spoilers I've discovered. Finally! It so exciting, I can't wait to see what happens next! A new character came in the last episode with the name of Ray Palmer (The Atom). Haha, I love having Daniel as a comic fan. If it wasn't for him I would have no idea who that is. It's so fun watching it together, because most of the time Daniel will freak when just a name is mentioned. Like Professor Ivo's boat is called the Amazo (Amazo is a robot created by Ivo which has all the powers and weaknesses of the Justice League of America). Or Daniel saw something about Ferris Air (which has to do with Green Lantern), and Cord Industries (Which has to do with Ted Cord, AKA Blue Beetle). Awesome as it is, I'm still sad at something that happened in the last episode, and of something that is sure to come.

So Kokopelli has always been an awesome cat, but he has this strange thing where if I play my harmonica (that is just make sound out of it, I can't actually play a song) then he'll come running to be and get all purry and cuddly. It's rather ironic, because he's named after Kokopelli, the music God (a God that we do not believe in). But I found out today, while practicing my recorder, that he will come to a recorder too. It's funny, he'll be sleeping and I'll play, his head will shoot up and he'll start purring and he'll come over and start marking his scent on the instrument and he wont stop until I stop playing. He usually ends up jerking the instrument out of my mouth.

I've decided I want to practice a bit of Gaelic today. I keep learning more of the language, and the page I learn it on tests me to see if I can figure out how to say sentences correctly. Lately I've been getting them right, and it's just so fun learning a new language!

More NaNoWriMo Prep

Tiana and I are deciding on what new NaNoWriMo traditions to start this year. We've got matching NaNo colored mugs that we're going to write the title and year of each of our books on. Every morning last November we would have hot chocolate. But as you may know I don't hardly eat sugar so I've changed to home made chocolate milk (and I can make hot chocolate too, but it takes longer). We're going to stay up until midnight so we can write as soon as possible, and we're planning to pick a special song to play just as the clock strikes midnight. We want to make this special, and we want to start traditions early.

Ow. For some reason my left wrist hurts, and I can think of no reason why. Sure, I did do some lifting when we took a bunch of stuff to our grandpa's basement, but shouldn't it have started hurting right after that, not an hour and a half later?

So my last post was technically this morning (12:42 in the morning). As I said, I couldn't sleep and I got bored so I decided to write a blog post. It was pretty short, and I luckily fell asleep; to wake up a few hours later. Let's just say I didn't sleep well, and so today I'm kind of tired.

I'm so tired. But I'll probably be wide awake and full of energy when I'm supposed to be sleeping. That seems to be how it always works, which isn't very helpful to me. I can't be sleepy during the day and wide awake when I can't do anything. Night is always when I get the urge to clean my room, or write, or something that I just can't do because it's midnight. :P

In Lego Batman 2 Daniel, on his game, unlocked Huntress and Hawk Girl. YAY! Those are two of my favorites, and now we just need to find Black Canary. Too bad they don't have a Green Arrow character, because that would be awesome. Then Daniel could be Green Arrow and I'd be Black Canary. Did you know that in the comics Canary and Arrow got married, and eventually moved to Seattle where they opened a flower shop called Sherwood Florist? Yeah, that's actually pretty awesome. :)

My dad is watching football. This is very strange, just because none of us are very big sports fans (though last year's Superbowl was pretty awesome). He was just shouting at the TV... :/ this is very weird.

Extremely Late Night Ramblings

It's a half hour past midnight and I'm not sleepy at all.

I may have already posted today, but I can't seem to sleep.

That was creepy. Okay, I'm laying in bed (I'm posting this on my phone) and I hear a meow. I sleep with ear plugs and so the sound was muffled, but it sounded like Doji (it was Koko though). Now I'm really sad because I miss Doji and the way he'd lay on me like he didn't want to put his full weight on you because he was too heavy.

Oh look, Sereina will be waking up to get ready for work in two hours. How lovely... I wonder if I'll still be awake. I doubt it. But you never know. My brain went from sleepy to wide awake the second I crawled into bed.

Oooo, an update from my game Commander! And Lilly poked me on Facebook! I guess she can't sleep or someething as well. I think I shall poke her back, then I'll try to sleep again. But we'll see how that goes.

Sea of Darkness

Another morning of waking up and going almost immediately to work (more stuff for Trebon). I had to create some things, but had some trouble and ended up doing it today instead.

So I just discovered that Pinterest limits you to three hundred and fifty boards, and one hundred thousand pins and likes. I'm not sure how I feel about this. I'm definitely a long way from hitting that limit, but if I ever did then I'd have to create an entire new account, and I'm not sure I'd want to do that. Oh well, that problem is not coming anytime soon. ;)

I just discovered what the next Nancy Drew game is (Arglefumph finished his blind play through of Labyrinth of Lies, but I didn't watch it). The next one is is Iceland, and is called Sea of Darkness. Even though the teaser was just a ship crashing into a dock, it looks interesting. I've noticed a theme with the new games: history, history, history. But hey, who doesn't like history?! Okay, I'm sure lots of people don't, but I love history. But I have mixed feelings about all the Nancy Drew games being history related (although I'll admit, Treasure in a Royal Tower is one of the main reasons that got me interested in Marie Antoinette). It seems like all the other games weren't all about history, but come to think of it they totally were. They just weren't as obvious. We'll have to see about this next one though!

I've been posting so often that I actually don't have much more to say... so I'll just be off now...

Me No Like Spoilers

If there is one thing I cannot tolerate, it's spoilers. I just got a huge spoiler from Facebook. I follow the Arrow site, but since we aren't current quite yet I got a spoiler. Now I wont tell you exactly what the spoiler is, but it contained the identity of a character that will die. I am devastated to say the least. Dang, spoilers are the worst!

In complete other news, this morning I did not wake up early at all. The past couple of days I've been waking a little before eight without setting my alarm, but this morning I slept in till nine. My dad came in and woke me up (my dad hardly ever wakes me up) and I had to get straight up and do some work for Trebon. I actually rather like my job, and since I've been learning what to do it's been pretty easy and fun.

I would make this post longer, but I have a list of things that needs doing. School (I know, I haven't done it yet! D:), research for getting a new laptop, finish up doing the laundry, etc. Then if I have spare time I'm going to do some fun stuff. :)

My Brain is so Rebellious

So now that I'm pretty much obsessed with Lord of the Rings (though I've yet to see the last movie) I've come to appreciate the Piano Guys Lord of the Rings song. It's amazing! I love it so much! Now I want the Lord of the Rings Lego game! Did I mention we finally got a new Wii? I forgot, so I may be repeating myself (it wouldn't be the first time).

I really need to write an apocalyptic story. There's this song by Jo Blankenburg, it's called Hymn to the Apocalypse. It's one of my favorites of his (though I love pretty much all his music). It really gets me in the mood for an apocalyptic story, though I have too many other stories to finish before I can even think about starting a new one. That's why after NaNoWriMo I want to get really serious about writing my stories. That way I can write lots of books. There's this one part of the song that I can imagine a really epic knife fight between my future protagonist and antagonist. Something similar to the knife fight between Cap and Bucky (that is Captain America and The Winter Soldier).

Ug. I was sitting on my feet, and now they're all tingly because I squished all the blood out of them. But they are slowly returning to normal.

Before I started this post I was doing some for my dad. You know, I'm sorta his employee. My official title is Administrative Assistant at Trebon Business Strategies. That just sounds epic, I mean how many fifteen year old's can say that? Well... only me because this is a small business. :P

Do you ever get the urge to sing along to a song that completely lacks lyrics? Yeah, me too. All the time. So I just do a vocal thing along with the tune. It's not quite the same, but it works well enough.

I've been getting inspiration for my story Heart of Fire now! AAAAarrrhhhhggg! Seriously?! SERIOUSLY?! My brain does not want to work with me here! It's side tracking me, and just, argh... I seriously can't wait for NaNoWriMo, so my mind will be totally in Believe, and not every other story I've ever thought of. Then when it's over, THEN and ONLY THEN can I allow myself to work on another story. Gosh, I can't wait until next years NaNoWriMo! :P Actually, between NaNoWriMo there are to Camp NaNo's, where you set your word goal, and you can join a cabin and everything. I did it last year with a goal of fifteen thousand words, which changed to twenty thousand and in the end I only did around eleven thousand words. But that's still good progress on my story! Course now I've been changing that story a lot (I came up with it when I just started to get back into writing, so it's a little weak and cliche).

Tiana just came downstairs (I'm on my dad's computer) and noted my extremely dramatic music. Yes, it most definitely is dramatic. Honestly, that's the way to go. I should add Jo Blankenburgs music to my blog. Maybe add more variety so it's not just Adrian and Brunuh's music. Yeah, I think I'll do that now actually...

*A little later*

What do you think?! I love it! I added a few Piano Guys songs, as well as a quite a few of Jo and Axl's (those are two new composers that I love!). Now my blog just got more epic. Ahhh... feels like home. :P

Yes, I Like School

For quite some time now I've been wanting to get back to doing my school. I pretty much didn't do it over Summer (because I forgot, not necessarily because I didn't have to). Luckily it isn't that big of a deal, all my school consists of is a little math on an online program, and a little handwriting. Easy, right? But I decided to add a few new things now that I've started school up again. Along with math and writing I've added practicing my Gaelic (or as it would be spelled in Gaelic, Gàidhlig) so I can get better and learn more and then I added music. I currently play piano and now I'm learning/teaching myself the recorder. I decided I need to do these things more regularly (after all, I know a lot of piano songs and I don't want to forget them!).

It might surprise people, but I actually like school. When I say this I'm not saying it's my life, and all I want to do all day is school. I'll even admit, there are days when I flat out don't want to do it, even though it's such a little amount (well... not anymore). But overall I like school. I've been having fun with math (even though I'm so out of practice and have forgotten pretty much everything I learned) and for writing I've started a journal. I try to write a little about an event or two that happened in my day; for Gaelic I either read through my book where I've recorded every word and phrase I've learned, or I learn new words on Mango Languages, or I go through a jar with words and phrases in both Gaelic and English so I can test my memory. Music is funnest though. I'm not learning to read sheet music (I have no interest in that) but I search songs I want to learn, and then I just learn them. Sometimes I play by ear (mostly on piano), but for my recorder I've decided to work on memorizing the different notes, even if I can't read sheet music. Knowing the notes makes learning songs wayyy easier, and I have two charts that are really helpful.

Maybe eventually I'll add creative writing to my list of school work. I would like to get in the habit of writing everyday (or plotting). But I don't want to overwhelm myself with school. I have to remember it's good to take small steps. I'm usually more like "go big or go home!"

NaNoWriMo is getting closer! I'm so excited, and can't wait to start writing Believe! Actually, I'm just excited to write. I really want to start working on my novels more often, but I've refrained for now because I want to be ready for NaNoWriMo. I'm not going to repeat history. :)

You know what's annoying about Chrome Books? You can't type accented letters. On a normal *shoots Chrome book an angry glare* laptop you could press Alt, then then a few numbers; voila! You've got an accented letter. But noooo, Chrome Books go all weird on ya, opening new taps and closing tabs and searching how to make pie and flying off into space! This is why I simply cannot do any work on my story Heart of Fire on this computer. It's a historical fantasy, set in fourteenth century Scotland (or has the general feel of that era) and quite a few characters have accented names, and some of the places too I think.

Remember how I mentioned having gotten a bunch of new clothes from an online site called Thread Up? Well I haven't worn them all yet, but I am wearing this really awesome button up shirt. It's green and blue and really thin; so you don't get hot while wearing it, but it looks really cool. I think it's probably my favorite new piece of clothing. I love them all really. It's so nice having clothes that I feel comfortable in, and can express myself in. Be gone the days were I bough the same exact shirts in the same exact colors and didn't ever where anything else *shudders* I had a terrible fashion sense, and I now have a strong dislike for small plain colors t-shirts.

Oh, Dinners ready (thank goodness, I'm starving! There's nothing to eat in this house!). So I'd better go. Beannachd leibh. ;)

Up Before the Rest

For reasons unknown to me I have woken up, without an alarm, unusually early. As sad as I am to say this, I usually wake up around nine in the morning. But my brain seems rather active today. I actually like being up early, but... well I think I still prefer night to it. Actually, I'd like everyone to wake up! Remember that recorder I mentioned buying? Well I've wanted one for a while, but I can't exactly practice it while everyone's sleeping. There's no volume on that thing like their is on our keyboard (that is one plus to not having a real piano, you can play whenever you like because you decided the volume). So I've decided to content myself by typing away on my computer, or just doing various things.

I'm reading Elizabeth The Princess Bride right now. So far I like it! It's so exciting that I'm finally starting to complete the book series I want to collect. For the longest time I only owned Cleopatra VII and Elizabeth Tudor. The Cleopatra one is okay, but not one of my absolute favorites. Then one day I got Anastasia and Marie Antoinette. I kid you not, I have read those three (meaning all the ones I own except the Cleopatra one) like a million times. Okay, that's an exaggeration (obviously) but I've read them over and over, one after the other. It just felt like a glimpse into their world. It's what got me so interested in them! I go back and fourth on which historical figure I'm the most interested in. Lately it's been Anastasia and her family. But I feel kind of like learning about Marie Antoinette a little now.

Anybody who knows me well might think it's kind of ironic that I like the story of Marie Antoinette, or more the period she's from. I haven't worn a dress since I was little and I don't like girlish things like make up, nail polish, getting your hair done, dressing up, etc. (Well, I might be interested in dressing up if they were the right kind of outfits). But I like her story and the eccentric period she comes from. Honestly, their fashion was beautiful, but hideous. Dresses so and hair so tall. Good grief, how on earth did they go about a normal life? Well, a normal life for royals/nobles during the late eighteenth century.

I forgot to mention yesterday that I also bought the book Black Star, Bright Dawn by Scott O'Dell. He's one of my favorite authors, and I now own four of his books.

Gah, I still can't believe I own the entire Lord of the Rings trilogy! It's so exciting! I love the boxes they come in! Eeek! It's just epic!

Well, I think I'll continue saving my forum posts from the NaNoWriMo site. They'll be resetting really soon, and I don't want to forget any of the helpful ideas people came up with.

Spending Lots and Lots of Money

So I finally got paid from my half work half training I did with my dad for Trebon. I'm rich. Or should I say was. :P We went out shopping, and I got a lot of awesome stuff. I got the first and fourth book in the Heartland series (for the longest time I've only owned the second and third books), and then I also got one of the royal diaries, Elizabeth the Princess Bride (I've been trying to get it from the library, but they didn't have it and wouldn't but a new one!). I also got a Lego minifigure from the new series that just came out, and two new white camasals! Oh, and my order from Thread Up came, so I have more clothes. Let's see, is that everything I got? Oh yeah, duh, how could I forget? I got the second Harry Potter book (hardcover of course). So now I just need the first and fourth ones! Whoop whoop!

Then today we went garage sale-ing. Oh my word, I got the best deal ever! I got all three of the Lord of the Rings movies (extended edition) in mint condition, for six bucks! I'm so excited, I can't believe I own all the movies now! :D I also got a new Schleich (baby penguins!) and a little figuring of a medieval knight. Then there's my second favorite purchase of the day, a recorder! I've been wanting one for a while, something to mess around with a bit. I'll admit there's a little more to recorders than I thought, but hopefully before long I'll know a few tunes! (I'm currently trying to learn Concerning Hobbits, which is one of my favorite songs from The Fellowship of the Ring).

Oh gosh, how could I forget! I got a steal on the Extint Animals expansion pack for the Zoo Tycoon 2 game! It's a great game where you build a zoo (that's kind of obvious by the title). It's really fun having dinosaurs that can break out of the cages and terrorize the guests (I try not to let that happen though :P).

I think I'm going to practice with my recorder a bit more now. My fingers kind of ach from stretching them so far though (it's a fairly big recorder). It's collapsible and made of a nice wood (it was made in England!). I wonder if the song Noble Maiden Fair or A Window to the Past would be easier? Those are two songs I must learn on my recorder. :)

I Love the Library For Many Reasons

OHMYGOSH YISSS!!! Arrow season two came in at the library today, and so we don't have to wait until the eighth of October, but we can starting marathoning today! Yayyayayayayayayayayay!!! Gah, I'm so excited, I mean finally an answer to the HUGE cliff hanger of the last episode! I mean, BARRY! Seriously, that is just epic that BARRY ALLEN is in Arrow! And The Flash starts this Tuesday, and of course Agent's of Shield is on Tuesday! Ahhh, finally, Autumn is the call of getting back into our usual shows! I love being a fangirl. :)

So I've been having fun working on Believe for NaNoWriMo, and I feel pretty confidant. But I've been feeling the urge to work on a different story. I must suppress it, at least during November, because my entire mind must be wrapped entirely around that story. But in the meantime I might work on one of my other stories. True Hero for instance. I'd say out of all my stories it's saddest (or it is in my head anyway). I found this song, which is like, perfect. It's called Say Something (I'm Giving Up on You). Now it's supposed to be a love song (I think) but the words fit quite well for between my two main characters. It just makes me sad, and for some reason helps me understand both Katie and Jade better (those are the main characters names). So I might work on True Hero a bit, but at least the week before November I'll indulge myself wholeheartedly in this story, because I must be in the mood. That's why I try to find lots of music that makes me think of that story, to help the creative juices flow.

I finally finished Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows. Gaahhh, it's sooo sad because of all the deaths in that book! But it was still epic, I loved every word of it. Now what do I read? Oh yeah, all those history related books I've started, such as The Time Travelers Guide to Medieval England, The Resurrection of the Romanovs, Castles, Customs, and Kings, etc.

So I've been listening to the Arrow soundtrack a bit lately (I love it so much). I think I've picked out a few of my favorite songs, I Can't Lose You Twice, and Chasing the Hood. Those two are epic. Well, once's epic and one's sad/pretty. I love some of the song names, something about the song name It Is I Who Failed This City just really gets me. I dunno, it's just really sad and like wow Ollie... Gah, Arrow is just really awesome. I kind of like the songs called The Count. It's just kind of a weird song, but kind of cool at the same time.

Guess what? Next year in May Tiana, my mom, some friends, and I are going to see Phantom of the Opera, live! It's Tiana's latest obsession (and by obsession I mean she talks about it everyday and doesn't stop singing and playing the music). I like the overall story, and the music is just inspirational. Though the best things is there's the skit done by three people. Oh. My.Gosh. It's soooo funny! You have to have seen Phantom of the Opera to get most of it, but it's hilarious. Even without having seen it you may still get a chuckle. Here's a link, because you just need to see it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A39BqNM-g74&list=LLln7ThlBcP6T_mFizcRiZSQ&index=9

I have also recently found all the vocal songs of Frozen only it's without the instruments. So basically it's like it would be in real life. It's just epic (though the illusion is a little ruined just because their voices echo slightly like their in a room, even though in that scene their outside). I think Let it Go is my favorite, net to For the First Time in Forever Reprise.