Inspiration!

I just love being inspired.  Having this awesome, rushing feeling inside you, making you excited and finding the good in everything because you're so happy and thrilled.
I love it.  I've been inspired the past few days by my amazing best-sister Tara, who provided me with amazing ideas and plot points for a story we are now co-writing....aren't we Tar?  ;)
I love having this feeling...where I feel like I could go for days with this energy, writing and getting all the scenes out on paper.  I plan to do just that.

I also hope to focus in on the school work I need to finish (I'm almost there!!!! One paper and I'm done with 9th grade!!!) so that this weekend we can all go on a very relaxing vacation.  *sigh*  I can't wait to go on vacation again!!! :D

So today's post I bring to you is on inspiration.  The best inspiration comes from God, putting the right ideas in your head, or in my case, the right people around to help.  ;)  I'm so very blessed by all the amazing friends who help me through writers' block.  ;)

I thank Jesus for the incredible inspiration I've received the past few days, and I am planning on putting it to good use!!!!  Stories shall be written, shared and fangirled over, and hopefully, I'll learn in the process.  Thank God for inspiration!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :)

Now I'm off to write....but I had to put this out here to share how excited I am!!!! :)

In other news, Celebration VI is only 30 days away and I CANNOT WAIT!!!!!!! :D

Crunch Time

Oooh......*cringes* It's been a while, huh?  Hehe...I sincerely apologize for neglecting my blog....I have posts in my head that I just need to get out onto paper...or rather, a document or draft! :P  Oh well, better late than never, right?

Let's catch up shall we?  Since my last post, I've....
Gone to the Keys on vacation (I'm heading back in a few weeks!! WOO!!)
Almost finished 9th Grade (shush mom)
Completed a few fanfics (OC stories mostly...)
Started more fanfics (I can never be finished with anything, can I?)
Watched movies (lots of movies...will get another post)
Watched Avatar: The Last Airbender (I'll have to do a separate post for that...)
Prepared for CVI (39 DAYS!!!! :D)
Went to a country music concert
and more.

Crunch Time is the title of my post.....wanna know why?  Because I feel the need to brag a bit about my gym. XD I have been going to a fantastical gym entitled "9Round" for several months, and I really love it.  It's kinda like a family....everyone knows each other and has a great time.  The owners of our location (Michelle and Larry) are super awesome people, and we always have a great time whenever we go to workout!! :D
At 9Round, I've lost some weight, gained a lot of muscle, and strengthened my core (I'm getting abs! O.o).

We kick box!!  It's fun beyond belief...and almost every workout we use Star Wars references (my mom and I....we're workout buddies...my sister too!).  One trainer is quite evil, and we call her Saba Sebatyne because she's so tough. XD  We do Jedi training all the time at 9Round....I call my mom Leia, and she calls me either Fallon or Mara, depending on who I want to be that day. XD ;)

I learn technique, kicks, punches, self defense, and much more!!! I feel strong and confident, and it's awesome.  :D  So YAY for 9Round!!!! :D

sometimes it's a "three ring" workout kinda day XD

Okay!! I think I'll unpack my list of things because there's a bit more I'd like to talk about!!! :D

Crunch Time can be a universal title for this post....because the next thing I'll talk about is that it is only 39 DAYS UNTIL CELEBRATION VI!!!!! :O

I've been anticipating CVI for literally 2 years.  Now it's getting to be crunch time.....only a little over a month until it's here!!!!! :D I have outfits to make, things to buy, things budget for, scheduling to do once they release official stuff....friends to meet/see, parties to attend...........;D  I am SO EXCITED!!!!!! *squee*

What else......ah yes.  I went on vacation!!!! :D
I am sooo incredibly blessed to have such an awesome place to go for vacation.  We stayed for five days, and had a total blast.  :D  We went NUTS with pictures, so those of you with instagram, find me (@marileesunstar) or my cousin Embie (@embersparkstone101) or even my lil' sister, (@noelofasgard) ;)  We posted SO MANY pictures of sunsets, water and each other it's not even funny. XD
We celebrated Independence Day and Steve Rogers' birthday with tons of fun, fireworks, songs (oh ho ho ho....we bring down the house every year with our patriotic sing a long) and Embie and sparklers!!!  Embie and I partied all night long by pulling our first true all-nighter. ;)  It was quite thrilling, if not stupid.

Here are a few pictures from our trip...;D

This is possibly my favorite picture from the trip.....Glory looks absolutely adorable and sweet. ;D <3 *MWAH*

FEEEET. XD Embie learned how to walk in flip flops during this trip. Her feet are so tan compared to mine. XD  ;)

I hope you all enjoy these pictures....Blogger's being a pain to upload them. XD  Those were our glowsticks....we had a bit too much fun with those. ;)

THAT is my favorite picture actually.....LOOK HOW COOL!!! ;D

Okay, so ends my vacation pictures. ;)  I have a BILLION more. XD And more to come since we're going back!!! *dances*

I'll talk about the concert we went to before signing off this post.....because I have more to write!!! ;D  Heehe!!!

My mom, dad, sister and I went to see the country music band "Gloriana" the other night!!! :D It was REALLY fun!!!!!!  Besides the cigarette smoke and drunk people, we had a fantastic time!!! The band sounded great, we had fun singing and dancing, and we got some good pictures!!

SEE? :D SO AWESOME!!!!

My dad had his brush with fame when Rachel (the girl singer) shook his hand after we literally ran into them after the show.  ;)  He had the cutest fanboy grin on his face the rest of the night. ;)

So that's it for now.....I'm going to write a post about movies I've watched (movie review posts FTW) and then an Avatar: The Last Airbender mega-post. ;)

Friendship Is A Blessing

So ends the best weekend of my life.....
Savanna, mentioned to come over to my house in the previous post, did just that.  She came, we partied and had the best weekend ever, and now I'm sitting here pretty darn depressed.  We spent four whole days together.  It seems the longer I spend with my friends from the internet world, the harder it is to say goodbye.  I decided that I absolutely HATE goodbyes.  I also discovered that when you're genuinely sad and trying really hard not to cry, you automatically frown.  Like, a lot.  I didn't really realize that until yesterday, when my face hurt from frowning.  I frowned a lot apparently.  :/

So I hate goodbyes.  They hurt.  Every time I say goodbye to an internet friend who I see in "real life", it's very painful.  When I said goodbye to Savanna the first time I saw her IRL, I cried the entire car ride back to our hotel.
When I said goodbye to Tara after seeing her for the first time, I sobbed the whole way home.
After spending the day with Autumn and Savanna in Disney World, I cried myself to sleep.
I thought maybe I was getting better at this post-seeing-internet friends-irl thing.  But nope.  Not really.
I spent four days with Savanna.  She slept in my room, she watched movies on my TV, we skyped our friend Chris from my computer, TOGETHER.  We fangirled over our fictional boyfriends together, we hugged a bunch, we went out for ice cream, we went to the beach, we got stuck in the rain, went to the movies....we did so much, it's literally hurting me to type this.  You can read her not emotionally angsty blog post about our weekend HERE.

But instead of listening to me whine about how pathetically lonely I am now that she's gone, I'm going to write about how blessed I am to have such amazing friends.  :3  (aren't I sweet?)

me and vanna this weekend <3

Before I found the internet, I was pretty lonely.  I had a few friends from various activities, but other than my cousin Embie (who still remains the closest person ever to me) I didn't really have any one good friend.  I can remember praying and wishing that God would send me a best friend, or a few friends even, people who I could be excited with, talk to all the time, love on, and would love me the same way.  (I won't go into the drama my IRL friendships caused me previous to homeschooling and more recently)  God answered those prayers with my internet friends.  So many of you (you know who you are) are blessings to me every day.  I have my friends on The Lakehouse who I can always count on to pray for me and check up on me, who care about me and share my interests.  I have my twitter and facebook friends, who I connect with on blogs and tumblr and other places.  Instagram friends, who I also deeply care for, and somewhat stalk thanks to the wonders of the picture sharing site....  And I have a few friends who know me better than I know myself.  You guys are so special to me....you take me as I am and I don't have to pretend to be anyone around you.  You don't think I'm insane for my obsessions...in fact you share them with me!!  You write with me, or enjoy my writing, encourage me in all I do, support me and make me feel loved.  I don't know WHAT I'd do without you.  <3

The coolest and my favorite part of the weekend I spent with Savanna was when we watched Captain America.  Most of you know my obsession and deep love for Steve Rogers/Captain America.  I have seen the movie well over 40 times.  Probably closer to 50 times!  I can recite the entire thing, word for word.  When I do, however, my family will often yell at me to shut up, or tell me that I'm being annoying and they want to hear the TV, not me.  The moment I knew that Savanna was a true and best friend was when she looked at me as I started mouthing the lines to the movie and was genuinely surprised and impressed that i knew the words.  I apologized for being annoying while she was trying to watch the movie, but she said "OH NO!! That's the coolest thing I've ever seen!!  Go for it!! I want to see this!"
I was freaking out.  I can only think of one other person who wouldn't care if I said the lines out loud (*coughTaracough*) because she'd probably say most of them herself.  XD
Savanna liked that.  I said the entire movie out loud, word for word, even the foreign languages.  XD  She STILL thought I was cool.

I watched the Legend of Korra season finale on Saturday morning (don't even get me started....ajajdsaja;js) and sobbed my eyes out in a fit of total fangirl hysteria on the floor, upset, screaming, and crying like an idiot (not kidding at all), and Savanna STILL thought I was cool.  Slightly more frightening, but still cool.

We saw Avengers together and I could quote the majority of that movie, and she STILL liked it.
We watched Empire Strikes Back and I ranted about tons of EU things and little facts that I know about the movie and the backstory of the movie and SHE WAS IMPRESSED!!! SHE THOUGHT IT WAS AWESOME I KNEW EVERY MEMBER OF ROGUE SQUADRON BY NAME AND KNEW ABOUT THE DROIDS ON ECHO BASE AND COULD NAME THE EVENTS THAT TAKE PLACE IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE MOVIE IN THE EU.

we were caught in the rain and got TOTALLY soaked XD

As you can tell, this left an impression on me.  It showed me that I can be myself 100% around Savanna, and she'd STILL like me. XD I didn't have to be super sweet, or tolerant or hide what I truly like to avoid being awkward....I was true to myself and I had a blast.

I know at least (least) two other people who I can be that way around.  Not including Embie (she's a given XD We've been together since she was 1 and I was 2....I think if I'm not myself around her we have a problem XD)  I am so happy that I have these people in my life.  Thank you so much for all you do for me friends!!! I love you all. <3

This has been a ranty "feelin' the love" post intended to make Savanna cry (did I do it?!?!) xD Love you guys, I hope you realize how much I appreciate every single one of you.  Without the friends I've found these past two years, I guarantee I'd be a very different person today.  So thanks.  :)

Hugs and Kisses!!
Fallon <3

Busy Like A Bee

I've been so busy!!!! Sorry that I haven't done a decent post (or any post really) in ages.  :P
I am working on a picture-post with photos from my trip to Orlando a few weeks ago.  :D  A LOT went down then, so I'll save that post for later.  ;)

Right now, my laptop (Delilah) is being repaired, so i'm borrowing my parents' new iMac.  This thing is beautiful!!!  XD  I love it and it doesn't crash on me!!

Anyway....a lot's happened in the past week actually!  My bedroom was completely redone.  New paint, new furniture (desk at least) and very much cleaned out.  :D  It looks fantastic!!!!!!!  I'm thrilled with how it turned out. HUUUGE Thank you to my mommy for painting everything and making it look so amazing!!!!! :D  Here's her blog post on my room... CLICK HERE

Here's how it turned out....

My new bedspread and the walls.  ;D  That little pink dresser will be painted the same yellow to match the boarder paint. ;)

My beautiful HUGE new desk!!!!!  It's decorated, but I don't have a picture of that on this computer. XD It has all my Star Wars books lined up on top, comic books and toys and things on display as well. ;)

Our house is old, and it came with an Intercom system that never worked.  Most of the rooms in the house have it torn out, but I wanted to paint it silver, (my mom added the blue accents) and turn it into a Star Wars comm-station!!!  I added a keypad (an old calculator I modified and taped to the wall) and wrote down all my "comm frequencies" on a little dry-erase board next to it.  ;)  SO COOL.  I FEEL VERY OFFICIAL.  XD

Aside from my room, I've been getting some stuff done in Fandom too.  ;)  I am currently quite obsessed with Avatar: The Last Airbender as well as Legend of Korra.  :D  Korra's season finale is this weekend and I am positive I will die.  XD
I watched ATLA in its entirety in about a week.  It was FANTASTIC.  I loved it!!!!!!!!!!

My favorite characters are Toph, Sokka, Zuko, and Momo.  XD  Seriously!!!  Momo was the best one!!! ;)  No, really, Toph is my favorite character, closely followed by Zuko.  ;)

Legend of Korra still remains my favorite show right now.....it's too good for words.  My emotions are constantly tortured by that show!!!!! XD

Since this is a filler post until my laptop is back and I can write a quality one.....I'll gush a little bit.  ;)
I am SO excited for this weekend.  I previously mentioned that the Legend of Korra finale is  this weekend, and that's true, but that's not what I'm excited about (I'm dreading it actually bahahaha).
This weekend, Savanna, will be sleeping over at my house.  For THREE WHOLE DAYS.  We'll be spending four days total together!!!!!!  I cannot wait to see her again!!!!!!!  I haven't seen her since Star Wars Weekends (the best day of my life thus far....) and now she'll be coming over for a sleep over this weekend.  We've got a lot of fun planned, from showing her around our city to going to the beach and the movies!!!!  We'll be seeing the new movie by Pixar, Brave.  :D  I can't wait!!!!

So I'll be continuing this busy streak I suppose....but once I have Delilah back I can complete more posts!! ;)

Love you all,

Legend of Korra (among other things)

Okay, so I really ought to be packing for my upcoming trips and tomorrow's Dance Rehearsal.....but I want to type out my thoughts. :)

First of all, yesterday I met Tara in Disney and OH MY GOODNESS BEST DAY EVER!  :D  It was perfect.  I /think/ she doesn't mind me posting pictures, so I'll post two of us.  ;)  We got to see Avengers together!!!! THAT was amazing.  We'd literally been dreaming of doing that since finding out the release date for the film.  :)

Here's us before leaving (both of us started crying later....XD)

And here's us in front of the movie theater!! :D

Alright.  Now for the title of this post.......Legend of Korra.

Now I knew this show existed.  My tumblr dashboard was constantly full of Korra spam and I had no clue what it was.  Eventually I narrowed it down to it being about some people named Korra, Mako, Bolin, Tenzin and the evil guy Amon.  I also found out that Pabu was some kind of ferret mixed with a red panda and was super cute.
And a lot of people ship Mako and Korra.
That was where my knowledge ended.

This morning I was babysitting my sister while my parents ran some errands.  We finished our chores and we decided to watch a bit of TV.  After seeing some rude homeschool-bashing humor on Disney Channel (I ranted about that to poor Glo-Girl for about ten minutes....XD) we flipped to Nickelodon.  The new Legend of Korra episode started, so I decided to watch since I knew how much the internet and several of my friends liked it.  :D

I WAS SO SURPRISED.  It was fantastic.  :D  I loved the latest episode, and then (while simultaneously doing math homework (which I finished)), I watched all of the released episodes.  :D  It's so good!!!! I get the plot, even without watching the first Avatar series.  This one is great.  :D

So overall, here's the plot.  There are these people who can control the elements.  They're called the "benders".  The people who can't control the elements are called "nonbenders".  The Benders are often trained to use their powers.  Others aren't.  Korra is a young girl who discovers she can control many powers.  She can use all the elements, making her the Avatar.  :D

The last Avatar was Aang, who ended the Hundred Years War, and brought peace to the world.  He also created Republic City, a capitol for all the people to live together in peace.  Well, everyone can guess how that ends.....politics falls apart and the city is kinda hanging on a thread.

Tenzin, who is the son of Katara and Aang (heroes from the last series) is the airbending master, and takes on Korra as his apprentice.  Korra can easily control Earth, Water, and Fire bending powers, but Air Bending is much harder.  She learns to use her gifts and new ones along the way.

Korra meets Mako and Bolin, who are "pro-benders" (people who use their bending powers for sport) and they become friends.  She watches their pro-bending tournaments, and then ends up joining their team.  They become better friends, but her being the only girl with two brothers ends up to some awkwardness around episode 4 and 5 (especially episode 5 gahhhh).

Now here's where it gets REALLY interesting.  :D  Amon is the guy who wants to get rid of ALL the Benders, and create "equality" for all.  He leads the group of people called the "Equalists".
I can think of SO MANY ways of how Amon and his band of useful idiots (the equalists) really compare to today and today's political system.  Let's make everyone equal and give everyone the same opportunities because it's only fair.  No one can be gifted or blessed because not EVERYONE can be, and it's just not fair to all the un-gifted people!!  It's offensive and oppressive!!  (I hope you're catching my sarcasm about now....)

If there's anything I can't stand, it's "social justice".  Guess what?  Life's not fair.  A lot of people have to learn to deal with that.  You can't run to the government or anyone to fix your problems.  Only God has the power to fix you, and you need to let him first.  Putting everyone on a generalized level is a way to gain control.  Legend of Korra proved that .  When you have enough stupid people willing to fight for your cause and support you, you can take over anything.

Those are my two cents on that whole deal.....now I'll talk a bit more about fun stuff.

My favorite characters are Korra and Bolin.  Bolin reminds me of Wes Janson, with how funny he is and how immature at times.  ;)  He's really adorable, and can be tough and protective when he needs to be.  Totally Wes Janson.  ;D

Korra is just too awesome for words.  She kicks butt, and she isn't afraid to really show the bad guy's who's boss.  ;)  Her voice is just beautiful too.  And she's a great friend! :D

Also there's Pabu.

So overall, I'll be tuning in every Saturday morning now.  Or at least watching online.  I'm interested to see where the whole Equalist thing gets everyone. XD  I have more political speculations, but to avoid ticking anyone off, I'm going to click publish and start my packing.

Alright everyone, goodnight!! :D

P.S. That whole Korra summary was on the spot with my knowledge from today's episode watchings, so ignore any mistakes.  XD

P.S.S. In other news, I am listening to the Avengers Score Soundtrack and it is beyond beautiful.  I want to see the movie for the 5th time sometime soon. :D

I'm Preparing...

For the best two weeks of my life thus far. ;)  Though I have to say, 2012 has been treating me pretty darn amazing, I'm looking forward to the next two weeks SO MUCH.  This week is included btw.

What's going on you might ask?

picture by me ;D

Well, starting on Thursday, my life gets hectic, crazy, awesome, and FUN. :)
Thursday is dance day.  Our last day of PE was last week (praise the Lord) and this dance class will be the LAST ONE before the Dress Rehearsal (which is just as important as the real Recital).  I'm working this recital, as well as dancing.  I have a total of 12 dances to remember, as well as timing, the show rundown, and cues.  I'm actually getting to be the personal assistant to a little girl who has like eight numbers.  FUN! ;)

Thursday night I have a hair appointment......which is a big deal since my hair is getting so long and heavy I am desperate to cut it.  I have a few styles in mind....would you, dearest friends, care to help me choose?

Option One

picture from pinterest

Option Two

picture from pinterest

Option Three

picture from google images

I'm leaning toward Option Three, since A. I Love Peggy Carter, and B. My hair is really curly and would probably end up looking like that. :)  I like the length.

Anyway, all that is trivial stuff.  The important stuff happens on Friday!!!! One of my BEST FRIENDS in the WHOLE WIDE WORLD, the ever lovely JediKnightGirl/Tara, is on a trip to Walt Disney World this week.  My amazing Daddy is taking me to go meet her for the day (what's a three and a half hour drive for friends?!?) and we'll spend the day together, fangirling over Avengers (which I'll get to later in this post) and Star Wars and all our other favorite things.  I cannot WAIT to meet her.  She is so amazing. <3 I love you Tar-Tar, when you eventually see this!! ;)

After Friday, which is sure to be one of the best days everrrrrr, I have to pack and prepare all day on Saturday, whilst going through post-friend-meeting depression, and then Sunday I have the dance rehearsal.

Monday is my sister's piano recital, math class, and that's all, since Orchestra ended yesterday. *sob*
Tuesday will continue with packing, since on Wednesday.....

My family will be going back to Orlando for the annual FPEA Homeschool convention (which I look forward to every year *eeeee*) and we'll probably go to Downtown Disney on Wednesday. :D  Thursday will be fun as well, since I'll be going to the convention, a homeschool party thingy, and meeting our school supervisor lady for lunch.  :)

FRIDAY WILL BE AMAZING.  :D  Savanna and her family do all the Star Wars Weekends, and as one of my best friends everrrrr, she and I naturally wanted to go together.  Her mom and my mom have been planning for a while now apparently (we only found out a week ago) that we WILL be going to weekends together!!!!! FRIDAY MAY 25th I will be at Star Wars Weekends!!!!!! :)  BETTER YET, another one of my best friends, Autumn, will be at Weekends that day too!!!!!
So essentially I get to spend time in Disney World, during Star Wars Weekends, meeting characters and actors and seeing shows and riding rides, while being with my sister and two of my best friends.
To say I might explode with excitement is an understatement. :)

The homeschool convention is sure to be  incredible fun.....thinking back, I had a great time last year, and I can't wait for it again!!!  Last year I brought a little Anakin Skywalker action figure with me to the convention and SWW....this year I'm debating between my Hobbie Klivian action figure, or Captain America.  :P  Any help there guys? ;)

Alright, alright.  So this post was pretty self centered.  Good news!  I have two things that will leave promise for better, NOT selfish posts. ;)  The first is a post all about The Avengers and a SPOILER FREE review of the movie that I have seen three times already.  :)
The second thing is that I have a few more "inspirational" posts in my head.  As soon as I get a chance to sit down and write them out, they'll be published.  I hope to get at least one more post in before my crazy week starts!! ;)

I hope to talk to you all soon via comments or whatever. XD I'll do some more self promotion,
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Enough about me.  Leave me a comment, how are you? ;D  Anything you're looking forward to this month?