Okay!! The day is here!!!! I'm going to Sanibel for the weekend!!!!!!! We'll be gone four days, but I'm bringing my iPod with so I can keep up with emails and stuff. ;) If anyone needs me, my email in the About Me page is the best way to reach me. :P Ley and Amaranthine, if any major crisies happen with TLF (which I don't think they will) just let me know! Y'all know how to reach me!!! No fanfic updates or writing while I'm away, but thanks to the magic of Free Wi-Fi I'll be able to keep up. xD
Endor, my printer's still broken. I'll get you chapter 4 asap!!!! I'm going to try and get it printed before I leave so I can edit it and send it to you when I get back.
Thanks everyone!! I'll miss you while I'm away! Also using the magic of free wi-fi, I might be able to even blog from my iPod!!!! I have the app. I paid two dollars for it.....XD
Anyway, 'see' y'all when I get back!!!
Love ya and I'll talk to you later!!!!
Don't laugh, I will, and when I do, I'll kidnap Ley and drag her there with me. XD I already promised that on Lakehouse. Who's with me? *crickets, crickets* Really? No one? Well then, I'll give you reasons why I NEED to find Neverland. Or at least, really want to. :P
First of all, there's this song:
*starts to sob* I went hysterical over that song......Eh, that's a TOTALLY different story though. XD
Then there's this song:
What? It's a happy song? Well, yeah, I know, but you see, I've got MEMORIES from that song!!!!!! Happy memories, but still, they make me cry!!!!!
I've discovered that I am old. I'm the oldest kid of my family (at least my really close family) and I feel old. Like after your birthday and people will ask you if you feel any older, well, my half birthday was last month, and I FEEL OLD!!!!!!!!!!
I cleaned my room. Big mistake. I tore apart my bookshelf and went under my bed, and re-did my doll things, all while listening to Owl City. *headdesk* I shouldn't have done that.
I found books, journals, magazines, CDs, dolls, doll outfits and accessories, and SO much more that made me want to curl up and cry. This is why I need Neverland.
I was reminiscing about all the doll games I played with my dear cousin and sister, and it made me realize that.....I'm growing up. I'm going into high school next year, and I won't have time to be just a kid any more. I'm NOT a kid anymore. I'm a teenager, who is really bad at managing her time, who is trying to get good at the viola, teach herself and take on more responsibility with homeschooling. I miss playing with Chibi and Nutmeg......maybe we'll play another game this summer. XD
Like the Emma and Matt game.
One word to describe that /series/ of games: DRAMA. (or long)
Like, 100% drama. XDD If it were on fanfic, the genre would be Drama/Angst. XD Seriously.
I'm going to make myself feel better and have part of this post be on the Emma and Matt games. ;) I'll give y'all a run down of the events for the most part, even though you probably don't care. xDD
So, it started with twin sisters Emma and Emily. Emma and Emily lived with a bunch of other friends/sisters. They were orphans. Kirsten, Molly, Samantha, and Elizabeth were the other sisters. The villain of the beginning of the story was an old lady who used to own the orphanage the girls escaped from. The lady is offering a reward for the girls event though it's been several years. XD So she hunts them down, and somehow (i kinda forget now, this started probably four or five years ago) Emma and Emily left home and went into hiding. Emily's character (Chibi's character) was fairly hilarious. Emma (my character) was more practical. They both ran away from home with nothing but a bag of clothes and food, their dogs, and some essential items for their jobs. I think when we started this game, the girls were about 17......but I can't remember exactly. Even though they were old, Emily's personality (even years later) was that of a spunky 13+ year old girl. xDD She was awesome. We STILL laugh hysterically over Emily's antics.
Anywho, back to the story. ;) Emma and Emily went into hiding in the woods in the nature preserve at the edge of the town they lived in. (this is fairly modern day btw). The girls slept in tents (we had actual doll tents) and they got supplies from trips to town. Emily wrote (on her typewriter, no computers) for the town's newspaper, and Emma worked at the city gym, teaching different classes. She was also a dancer. Emma had a boyfriend. (even when I was young I liked romance!!! XD) Emma's boyfriend was Matt. (there were no boy American Girl dolls, so we just pretended that Matt was there talking to them. I did Matt's voice. It was actually very funny. :P) Emma and Matt went on dates and everything, and eventually he found out about Emily and Emma's living conditions and built them a cabin. He helped buy them food and got their clothes washed and everything. He was an ideal boyfriend in a ten year old's eyes. XDD
A bunch of other things happened, and Emma and Matt got married. :) Emily was all for it, Matt brought the food. :P
Now for the more hilarious parts. :P Whenever I did Matt's voice (I was like, ten, doing a grown man's voice wasn't easy for me!) I would often forget to make it lower sounding. xD So Chibi and I have this running gag where we'd go "hey dollface," in a high squeaky-ish voice, and then say "ooh, let me get my big voice on...eh-ah-ooh...Ooh!!" in a deeper voice. XDDD It was SO funny. We still laugh about it. :P Other running gags were when Matt and Emma kissed, (another thing a ten year old didn't really know how to do or sound out) we'd go, "Mmmmhhhhhhmmmmmmnnnnnnnnnhhhhhhh" over and over until we fell over laughing so hard. :P It was really, REALLY funny. :P LOL!!
Then there was Kirsten, Samantha, and Molly (Nutmeg's dolls) who were funny too. Crazy things happened to them on a side story. :P Molly's glasses were always breaking, Kirsten ate ho-hos to help with the grief of her sisters running away, and they'd send letters to Emma and Emily on the 'magic wind' which would somehow end up RIGHT in front of their door!!!!! AMAZING! XDDDDD I'm laughing so hard just thinking about it!!!! :P
Anyway, so concludes the first summer of Matt and Emma. These games lasted probably three summers in a row. Maybe even four! LOL! (well, not four because I didn't do one last summer. :P) Anyway, it was quite fun, and now we have tons of inside jokes about Matt and Emma. And Emily. :P I'll do Part Two of Emma and Emily and Matt's story later. xD
Okay! That was fun! :P Other games included the ultra long Barbie games, the Bitty Baby (also a branch of American Girl) games, the Littlest Pet Shop games, the My Little Pony games (seriously, my sister LOVES these things. I hate them, but we played with her so my mother wouldn't get angry for not playing with Nutmeg) and the all important Moxie Girlz games. I actually still love Moxie Girlz. They're like Barbies but a little different. :P I have.......five. One boy and four girls. (don't laugh) We (Nutmeg, Chibi and I) have played several games with them. The first and longest and probably the best game was played two summers ago (wow, time flies!!! XD) It was a game where my doll, (Becca) was a mermaid, Chibi's doll (Misty) was an elf, and my sister's doll (Sophina) was a fairy/genie. They went to this magical academy thing where they trained to be Wizards and their other skills (fairy/genie, elf and mermaid). It was quite fun......and I wrote everything down in a notebook to remember for later. I'm praising the Lord for that now, because I'm turning that game into a story. :P Who knows? Maybe Emma and Matt will be a bestselling story someday too!!!! xD That'd be so hilarious.
I have other things from my childhood that made me cry too......like Booger.
Booger is a tiny, 2 inch long green eraser shaped like an alligator. Chibi and I had two of them, hers a little rubber lizard and mine a little rubber alligator. Mine was Booger, hers was Snotrocket. :P When we were younger, we used to carry them with us EVERYWHERE. We have this running gag (surprise, surprise, another running gag......we have a lot of them. :P) I'd say "Down Booger!!" in a deep (ish) voice, and then the other person pretty much obeyed your command. :P Sometimes, one of us will randomly say, "DOWN BOOGER!!!" and then the other person will fall over and obey. XDD Just force of habit now I guess. I recently found Booger in a box under my bed. I remembered everything we used to play and felt tears.......coming.......dripping.........so I called Chibi and told her how much I miss our games and that I feel old. She made me feel so good! Here's what she said: "Awww!!!! Well, I know one thing that will make you feel better!! No matter HOW old we get, you'll ALWAYS be one year older than me!!!!! Making me feel young!" xD Gee thanks Chibi......you make me feel so wonderful. (sarcasm, sarcasm)
So.....*sniff* I'm old, I feel really old, but I'll just relive all these crazy things through here. :P
Plus, no matter HOW OLD I get, I won't be that old, because silly and crazy things happen ALL THE TIME!!!! Just like last week. We were swimming in the pool, and Chibi and I decided to go to the 'deep end' (vs. the shallow end) and there was a little tiny part covered in shadow. I said, "Come to the Dark Side!" and Chibi played along! So we went to the Dark Side, and we were being such dorks fighting over the shadowed part. I said to my sister, "Rule of two!!! No More, No Less!!! Sorry, you can't come to the Dark Side!!!" It was so funny. The sun was creeping closer to our Dark Side, and I looked at Chibi and calmly said, "I might have to kill you. There is not enough room for the both of us here." So we wrestled and tried to 'drown' each other while swimming in the dark side of the pool. XD Running gag from that: "Come the the Dark Side, we have Orchids!!!"
Those were the Orchids from the Dark Side. When you say Dark Side, you got to draw out your A sound to make it sound official. xDDD LOL!!
So......I guess we never really grow up, since that happened last week. Still, Neverland would come in handy!!!!
:) Thanks so much to my new followers!!!!!! I'm going to win this war yet! xDD Just kidding. ;)
God Bless and Lots of Love!!!!
(sorry for going on and on and on and on.......I felt the need to post about this. I got quite a giggle out of it! xD)
I cannot believe that another Easter has come and gone!!!! That was SO fast! I feel like it was JUST Christmas!!!! LOL!
My Easter was fabulous! I feel so blessed right now!!!!! My morning started very early because my sister had to be at church really early because she was in the service with her choir. ;)
OH MY WORD. Church was insanely, incredibly and amazingly wonderful! I could do a whole post JUST on church. XD But I'll just put it in with this post. ;) I'll go in order though. No need to get ahead of myself....xD
As tradition states, my sister's and I's Easter baskets outside the doors to our rooms, and we open them in the hallway. ;) I was really excited with what I got. XD I /finally/ got my Rapunzel Barbie doll from Tangled, (yay!!!!) and I also got the Lemonade Mouth and Tangled soundtracks!!!!!!!! I'm listening to Lemonade Mouth right now, and I LOVE THESE CDS!!!!!!!!!! So addicting. XDD I also got LOTS OF CANDIES!!!!!!! I <3 Candy. Candy is the only reason I celebrate Halloween. :P
My daddy made a delicious breakfast of french toast and pancakes, and then we (my sister and I) went out into our backyard to have our annual Easter egg hunt. ;) I got lots of Jelly Beans.
Then my sister got dressed, and I checked Blogger and email a little bit. ;) I also downloaded my new CD's into my iTunes.
I got dressed in my pretty yellow dress, my new high heel shoes, and I let my hair curl itself, and got ready for church!!
(Me in front of the big building we had church at. :) oh my gosh, I just posted a picture of me. :P ACK! I hope y'all like that pic.....LOL!)
CHURCH WAS SO AMAZING!!!!!!!!!! :D
I could practically FEEL the love for our God coming off in waves off the people there. Everyone was so nice, and so supportive and just so.....AH! It was awesome.
You see, my church is a pretty big church. It's out-of-the-box. It's growing. So, for this Easter, we went to the huge concert/arena place in town. I'm going to call it the BAC (that's it's acronym anyway, but I don't want to give away too many details. :P)
My sister was performing, so we had to leave early to go to the BAC, and my mom and I did How To Write A Story program while my dad took my sister back stage. EVENTUALLY we went in, and met up with my dad's friend from work, who sat with us. It was REALLY REALLY AWESOME! :DD Here's a picture of the BAC when it was filled up. :)
Actually, this pic doesn't do it justice. :P It was filled up even all the way in the top rows. The WHOLE thing was filled with church goers. :)
Then, the service started. I had so much fun. My mom and I were crying ten minutes into the service. xD The beginning music was AWESOME! Lookie! It's like a concert!!!
I love all the songs that they played. I sang, raised my hands, and praised the Lord with my voice. XD Make a joyful noise. LOL!
Then my sister ran out, jumped around with a flashlight, and ran off. I screamed for her. xD She was awesome!!!! They did a 'This Little Light Of Mine' remix. It was so cool! LOL!
My dad and sister came back, and the sermon started. :) It was really great. I cried probably five or six times throughout the service. :P The ending is what really got to me.
The pastor gave an old school Bible study this year, and he talked about a story in Luke 24. :)
It was about this man: Cleopas. Jesus (after he was Resurrected) came and walked and talked with Cleopas and his buddy Noname (no that's not REALLY his name, but it wasn't mentioned. XD) anyway, Cleopas and Noname were kinda blind because they didn't recognize JESUS was walking with them. They were chatting with Jesus about all the events that happened to the Son of God, and all this that and the other, and Cleopas schooled Jesus on Jesus! Then our Paster gave a talk where he named where Jesus is mentioned in every single book of the Bible. It was very impressive! :) The point of the story was that Cleopas had his chance to say yes to Jesus and live the rest of his life for him, but Cleopas missed his chance. He lost his opportunity. The pastor's message was all about not loosing out on this opportunity for an exchange. A Beautiful Exchange.
When you are saved, you die. The old you dies. A new Christ filled you is born. You are given a beautiful exchange. Your old sinful life is exchanged for a new, fresh and forgiven one. :)
This song was played during a very moving video. It showed very vividly just how the whole exchange thing works.
There were people in the audience (who were staged) who were wearing grey t-shirts that said something on them. Everything from "Divorced" to "Addict". They were all sins. There were videos about a bunch of the people, and it was so moving. I cried. There were TONS of them. Even the pastor was wearing a shirt. His said "Unworthy". The song came to a crescendo and then these girls came and painted glow in the dark paint on the two lead singers. It was EPIC. Then, at the big belt-it-out-you-are-saved part of the song, everyone ripped off their shirts to reveal these white shirts with paint splatter looking designs on them, with a big heart in the middle that said "Beautiful Exchange" on it. Then the lights went out and all the shirts glowed. I got a shirt. ;)
I cried so much during that service. During that song, our pastor did an alter call. ;) SO many people were saved!!!!!! It was amazing! I cried then too. So many lives were changed at that service, and you could tell! I was amazed. People from all over the auditorium came and were saved that morning. :) God is Good!!!!!!
Anyway, it was epic. I was amazed to see how the Lord works thru our churches, and I realized how huge it is when your life is beautifully exchanged. I feel blessed. :) I feel exchanged.
After church, we went to grandma and grandpa's house for dinner. It was very nice. We ate steak, had fun, got candy (and a bracelet and itunes card!) and I played my viola for everyone! :) It was so much fun!!!! Chibi, Nutmeg and I played outside for a while too. Tradition.
That was my Easter. :) I hope you all had as great of an Easter as I did!!!! :)
I've been trying to get my school work finished before I go on vacation. :) My family's going to Sanibel Island for the weekend in two weeks. We're going to go shelling, and swimming, and nature exploring and I CAN'T WAIT!!!!!!! LOL! ;)
Anyway, onto the day. :P
After doing school all morning, Chibi and my grandma came over for a while, and we played in our canal. It was FUN! It started with throwing a few mangoes that fell from our tree into the canal muck. Our canal is REALLY dried up, and it was funny to hear the 'squelch' and 'plop' noises the mangoes made when they hit the muck/mud. :P Then, SOMEHOW, Chibi and I ended up IN the canal, walking around on the dried up muck, catching tadpoles and baby frogs. We had so much fun, and we were halfway across the canal when we hit the deep muck. It was SOOO gross. I wore WHITE FLIP FLOPS into the canal. xD My feet got stuck more than once, and Chibi and I were joking that we discovered quicksand. :P LOL! Then, I had to get out of the canal and hose down the shoes, my legs, and Chibi's legs. :P We went in the house, and my mom and grandma weren't fooled. They were like, "You two weren't IN the canal were you?" Chibi and I were both like, "NOO! Who would do that?? It's a toxic waste dump!" And they knew we were lying. They knew we were in the canal. We left footprints. xD
Anywho...after the canal, Chibi went shopping with grandma, and I had to go to the podiatrist. :P I keep having problems with the second toe on my right foot. It's been hurting for a long time, and it won't go away. I have a dance recital coming up, and I kinda need my feet and toes for that, so my dad took me to get it checked out. xP Apparently, I've got an inflamed toe tendon at the joint, and I'm taking little pills to make the inflammation and swelling stop. If it doesn't get better in a week, I've got to go and get and MRI to make sure it doesn't have a torn ligament or hairline fracture. I don't know what I'll do then. :P Oh well. I've got to be careful from now on. I can't do the steps in dance where I have to go over my toes. I've got a few steps in my lyrical dance, and my tap dance too where I have to go either on, or over my toes. xD
OH!! I got my lyrical costume today!!!!! :D I hate it. XD
Seriously, I feel like I'm wearing a swimsuit with a not so covering up cover up. :P With a belt. A too tight belt. :P I don't feel covered up, and I don't feel comfortable. I look fat when I have to do a shoulder roll. :P It drives me crazy. xD LOL! I'll just have to grin and bear it.....I get my tap costume on Thursday. Yipee. At least I don't have to roll on the floor in tap.
Well, that's it for today. I'm watching Lemonade Mouth again. I LOVE that movie!!!!! LOL!
TTFN!
(kudos to whoever knows what that stands for)
Wow. I LOVE this movie. I've only seen it twice and I already love it. It's got a great message, and such a FUN story!!!! :D
I know a lot of my friends don't have cable, so I'm gonna give y'all a run down of the movie and songs. ;) I'm gonna turn it into a critique while I'm at it. ;) (hey mom.....extra credit???)
First of all, the plot is really nice. I mean, the overall plot is good, but the side plots with the personal characters are really good too.
Olivia, Wen, Charlie, Mo, and Stella are Lemonade Mouth. They are unlikely friends. They met in detention and start a band. This is not so original, but the characters themselves are original. And so is the band.
These kids all should be in therapy. :P
Charlie's trying to live up to his parent's overly high goals for him, set by his older brother. His brother is the perfect grades, perfect collage, and soccer superstar. Charlie likes the drums, and is an average student.
Mo has an overprotective father who wants her to be a perfect Indian daughter, when she just wants to be herself.
Stella's parents are geniuses. Her twin brothers are geniuses. She's just......Stella. Her mom is creating biodegradable plastic, her dad is working to cure cancer, and her twin brothers are rising robotic engineers who build their own toys. She's a 'rebellious' teenager with an attitude and a strong will.
Wen's parents split up and got a divorce, and his dad moved on an got a 28 year old girlfriend. (this guy is old btw. He's got a kid in high school.) Wen doesn't take well to the new girl friend, who his dad ends up proposing to.
Olivia's mother is dead. Her father is in prison. She lives with her grandmother in an 'old timey' house. Her only connection to her deceased mother is a cat. A very old, sick and dying cat. Guess what happens to that cat?
These teens (teenagers, kids, etc.) lean on each other for support thru their problems. :P
They form this band, and have these new friends when they all have sort of been 'strangers in the crowd' before. Olivia is the lead singer, Mo plays bass and is a back up singer, Wen plays keyboards, Charlie's on drums, and Stella plays guitar. They can all sing actually. xD The songs are all inspirational and very moving actually. I nearly cried during "Always More Than A Band". My favorite song is Determinate. :)
That's the music. :) I love it. The last one is another one of my favorites. :D
Time to learn the plot. xD
Stella is the 'voice' of Lemonade Mouth. (that's their band name) The music has a MEANING. Listen to the lyrics. They're good. :) (Ley will like this). Not only that, but the kids are strong willed and are standing up for their rights. The principal of the school they go to is a "Sports Are Life" kind of person. He wrecked the school's budget just so they could build a new gymnasium. He doesn't like people doing anything that ISN'T what he wants to see or hear. He 'kills' Lemonade Mouth, right after their first performance, because they begin to talk about standing up for what you believe in and standing up for what is right. Stella was explaining that people need to not let their school, or anything in their lives, rule over them, or let them treat them like they're less than they are. The principal gets pretty ticked off and 'shuts down' Lemonade Mouth. But it gets better, because they get a gig at a local pizza place. :) It's all good for a while. The whole town pretty much falls in love with Lemonade Mouth, and they support them. :) It so sweet! Then, (of course) things fall apart. You see, EVERYTHING falls apart. The band is supposed to go to "Rising Star" where the winning band gets a record deal and all that jazz. :P So, the DAY BEFORE Rising Star, one kid broke his fingers, the other got a black eye, two got sick, and they all ended up in jail. It's a long story. :P They still show up at Rising Star, and although they lose, all the Lemonade Fans show their support because they sing for them, when the band can't. It's actually really sweet. It's another touching scene. :)
Of course, everything gets better!!! (I mean, come on, this is a Disney movie). It all picks back up because when the band goes to Wen's dad's wedding, Stella sits next to the owner of the lemonade company that inspired their name. (you gotta see the movie for that part, it's another long story). Mel (the lemonade dude) sponsors them, and sponsors the school to open a music hall, and then gives Lemonade Mouth a record deal. The movie ends when they preform at Madison Square Garden. :) Happy Ending!!!!!!
Anyway, I absolutely love this movie. It has interesting characters, great music, and good morals. :) I'd say that it's more for kids from 9 and up, because the characters' problems are a bit......intense(ish). So yeah. But this is a Disney movie so it's good. xD My sister liked it too. I'm singing Determinate right now. :) I'm hoping for the CD for Easter or something. :)
Well, that's my Lemonade Mouth post. xD Hope y'all liked it!!!!!!!! :D For those of you with cable, I'd recommend watching it. :) It's airing again on April 28th, at 8pm eastern I think. Here's the website. CLICK HERE
1. Thank the person who awarded me!
THANK YOU ENDOR!!!!!!! *hugs*
2. Write seven things about myself.
1) I'm obsessed with Star Wars and Tangled. Right now. I change obsessions daily.
2) I have pet chickens.
3) I like the door to my room closed, but I love to be with people.
4) I love to go places, people watch, and shop. Even if it's just window shopping.
5) I become obsessed easily. If I like something, I usually end up LOOOOVING it about an hour or so later.
6) I do not have an account on Fanfiction.net, but I know a whole lot about the site. I've read more fanfics than I've read books this year.
7) I'm a natural born leader.
