Friday, August 29, 2008

the first week, over!

as i ride my bike down grizzly peak, faster than the wind to my house, i keep repeating a single line..two words really, from Shannon Hale's, The Goose Girl." Glory, Glory."
speaking of which, i freaking love that book.

anyway, so today is friday, and as i'm in high school, it was, you guessed it, FRESHMEN FRIDAY!" for those of you that don't know what that is, thats just sad. ask someone who's a freshie or was a freshi in recent times.

so i'm about to be late for a class, and these hulking senior guys are totally blocking the hall. now, i'm not tall. i'm short. and kinda..little, though not as small as some, thank goodness. so...they thought i was a freshi!
so i'm like, 'can u move? i'm gonna b late." because of course, my next class is on the other side of the freaking campus.
and there like " its a freshman! get the eegs' so i'm all, wth?
so i say" for the freaking tenth time today, im a sophmore! do you need to see my freaking id card?"
and there all , "oops" and let me through...so i call over my shoulder, just to perster them " and its not freshmen, its freshperson. be pc dudes!" and run. very fast... and just as i walk in to drama, the bell rings. mission accomplished.

so my first week, all in all, has been ok. i love  English class, as usual, and history has some promise. my mat class is in the morning, so i should be awake, after seminary. oh! soon i'll be a team blogger on the new, Berkeley ward earl;y morning seminary blog! if and when mr. mike sends me the link.

anyhoo.

uh....tonite i'm going to hang with my cousins and have a sleepover, and it is gonna fully rock! i love being with them, it makes me happy and not sad, and despite the happy tone of blog lately, i'm still a slightly depressed person... mostly because i miss summer and because i've grown apart from most of my friends, and i've just been melancholy for no reason. anyway....
thats all i have to say on this topic.

umm..... this is going to be a rather long post, isn't it? so i want more people to join my book review site and be active... and i finished reading miracle girls, and man, it had a great ending! i cried!!!!! i had never read the last part of vol. 9, and..i cried! it was soo beautiful and cheesy, but still i cried! so anyway, i'm also being very active on Y!A, (for those of you that don't know, thats Yahoo! Answers,) and racking up points! jsyk, on y!a, users ask questions, answers Q's and get points. its a help others thing. let me tell you, i've gotten sooo much info from it!
tomorrow is tyhe scotish games! its going to be a gazillion degrees, but should be fun!(if any of you blog readers that i know(no blog stalkers welcome, thank you!) visit the clan Rose tent. mom'll be running it and i'll be in and out. see you at the fair! oh yum, meat pies, fish&chips, nougat, carmel, mars bars,churros, i can smell them already!
fun fack* i got the idea for how Sondra, the faerie prophetess in  SOD, looks from i tee shirt i saw there.
i wish it was foggy...
random thought of the day. sooo
in english, the teacher told us to make a small pioster with a picture of ourselfs and a quote. i used one of pe with Little Bird on my head(i'll blog about him later) from about 2 years ago, or 3. the quote is' in life, don't rush. take a moment to stop and look up. you might be suprized by what's up there." she thought it was very funny.
*bursts into song*
and don't you wish you knew what i was singing.
its called "rain." and i wrote it, its mine, mine, mine!

so anyway, more later



Wednesday, August 27, 2008

i'm not dead..yet

i survived day one of year two of high school. hallelujah
mostly, it was just going over what this next year will be like.
i was soo tiered by the end, those classrooms are HOT!!!
on the bright side, i like most of my teachers. esp. my english teacher. she's funny.
so i made it, and i'm nort dead, although my back hurts, so i'm going to lie down for a while.
anyway, more later

Monday, August 25, 2008

is it monday already??

is it monday already?
eeep!
school starts soon!
see this?
:|
this is my 'i'm not excited for school' face
on the bright side..
i found my kitteh. he came back, and this makes me so very, very happy.
and my cousins, emmza and lara saharah are here. here as in, in the area. not 'here' as in, at my house. don't i wish!

k.
last night i had a seminary meeting, we met our new teacher,mr. mason, who will be working with mr. mike.
mr. mike is making a seminary blog' where we can all post our crazy stories. from seminary.
today i had a denits appointment. ugg.
at least this time i didn't puke!

so the scotish game4s are comming up this weekend, and this makes me pleased. i like the scotish games. i love the scotish games. they sell lots of yummy food!

thats all i can think of to post, so i'll be back!
anyway, more later!

Friday, August 22, 2008

DOTW, SOD

as requested, here are some excerpts from Sod and DOTW.
first, a mini synopsis/teaser thingy for DOTW. i posted one for SOD a few months ago.

Nerida, aka Nida, a 12 year old loner/misfit with a passion for the sea, learns that she is a 'daughter of the waves', the sole child of the sea spirit, with the powers of the ocean within her. The spirit had been destroyed only days after Nida's birth, and Nida was given a human form with the last of her mother's  magic, and sent to a small, landlocked city.  but now, a strange force wants her powers, and will stop at nothing to get them. With a single friend by her side, Nida must learn to control her powers in order to save her self, and prehaps all of humanity, from the Shadows.

and now, and excerpt.

I got off the bus  at my stop, but rather than head home, I picked my way to this little park, not very big, with a sand box, and other stuff for little kids. I plopped down on a swing and just hung there, staring out at the little clump of trees that blocked the view of the street. Without really caring, I started to swing. Aside from being in the water, or drawing, swinging was the one time I felt free, a time I felt like I could fly. My worries just vanished, left behind on the ground while I soared. The wind was picking up, swirling my dark hair around. The wind brushed past my face, like a breath of freedom. Wind was, in essence, the freest thing. The water was trapped by the tides, by the shores. But not the wind. The wind was something very different. Nothing could truly trap the wind, not forever. As I swung, lost in my thoughts, the sun sank lower. I glanced up, and realized I’d better get home. My mom would be back from work by now. With a final glance at the wild blue sky, I headed for home.

and now for a bit of SOD.

That night, Nadia slept fitfully, her dreams twisting, frightening. Then they changed altogether. She saw Sondra, faint and shimmering, heard Sondra’s voice, soothing at first. “Stones,” she began. “Stones, Ekasaf has found your town. He and his minions will be coming. I cannot meet you again, for though Ekasaf is in your world, my Isle is under siege. I will send help, if I can. Beware the Song. I tried, I tried, please, beware.” Nadia’s dream-self reached a hand out to the faerie. “What song? What do you mean? What’s going on?” she became frantic as the image of the faerie prophetess began to fade. “WAIT!”
“Forgive me. Please, forgive me. I am so sorry. Idid not mean to...forgive me.” The image of Sondra’s sorrowful face, eyes brimming with tears as she spoke, faded to nothingness.


and thats all for now!

on a sad note, my cat, walker, is missing, for over 24 hours now. most people think, thats not that long, for an outdoor cat. but walker's NEVER goone all night, and if he ever is, he's waiting to come in at dawn. he's lazy, he sits in the sun on the patio. but no one saw him yesterday. and he didn't come in all last night.
my neighbor said he heard a loud cat fight in the lot close by... i'm worried about my kitty! tcm doesn't think anythings wrong, but i'm not so sure. he didn't come when i called, wistled, or shook the cat treat box!
anyway, more later
anyway, more later








Thursday, August 21, 2008

oh, so happy!

hi!
so yesterday was bhs registration for 10th,11th, and 12th graders. my dad's reaction 'when i was that age, all you did was show up on the first day!'
I'm pleased w/ my classes, i got team sports, which is good, considering i had put 'soccer' as a second choice for PE. that's not so good. for my feet, i mean.
and i got dramatic arts. yay! last year i got put in a special drama class, and, since it was only for 10,11,12 graders, i had to drop it. (don't the admin people ever think?! goodness!)

back to why i am so very happy.
i spent 3 hours on the comp. typing. typing SOD. i went through my youtube playlist twice!
i listen to the songs while i type, you see, it helps me concentrate.
i said before i was at page 50. but...that was when , at the end of a chapter(I'm going to start chapter 10 today) i left the rest of the page blank. to conserve paper, and space and junk, i got rid of the spaces. and was at page 41....
so yesterday, i reached page 50. finally! it has been almost 1 year since i began. my characters have become more real,  and other things. I'm so very proud. sadly, i typed up all the untyped stuff i had(excluding, of course, my ending and epilouge possibilities)

as for DOTW, i am on page 12.  i have not divided it into chapters at all, and have about 5 pages in a notebook, waiting to be typed.  which i shall do today. or tomorrow.

umm...huh. i thought i had more to say... guess not.
next post i'll be posting a segment, just a tiny one, of DOTW or SOD. cast your vote in comments!
thanks!
anyway, more later

Tuesday, August 19, 2008

Oh! hi! um...i'm lazy..heh

so..i'm back from girls camp.
starclan it was fun!
i:
survived the 15(16 maybe..or 17, i don't know) mile hike, that included a 3/4 mile strech in which we rose 800 ft.  not to mention the 'dirt' was so dusty, it was
a) impossible to breath
b) so slippery ish that for ever 3 steps forward you fwell one back!

saw part of a meteor shower.

wrote 4 or so poems

hung out with sari and candi and ginny and all my ofther friends

read 15 childrens books on tape to send to dana(camp leader)'s sister who works at cihnacare, an orphanage in china, so the kids couldlisten to them and read along.(that was fun!)

played 'unexploded cow' with sari and candi and lost utterly.

almost pranked the third years by pretending to be a bear, but didn't.

taught the other 4th years what to do in an avalanche

read the final book in the 'book of mormon sleuth' saga

identified 90% of the birds i saw

killed my feet(ow! they still hurt!)

had fun!

on to other stuff!
tomorrow is BHS orientation. lovely. i don't wanna go to school!

i also discovered something that made me sad: i havent WRITTEN anything new in TSOD(hereby known as 'SOD')
i typed some new stuff, and edited, but other than that...nada.
sob.

on a happy note, i got lots of 'DOTW' so thats good.
time for a a bit of one of my stories...next post. comment and tell me which you'd prefer!

last but not least: i got a new cellphone. most of you know that i lost my cellphone while in utah/arizona....i got a new one. it has a camera! i love it!
anyway, more later!

Wednesday, August 6, 2008

oh gosh

how many of you do something when you're excited? for example, chew your nails, or hop up and down?
i sure do. so i'm reading one of my fave mangas, miracle girls,  when i notice. i'm biting my thumbs!! i know that daphne grimm, from the sisters grimm, bites her palm, but i nip my thumbs! strange.
well, for the first time, i'm reading book two of miracle girls. the library, curses, doesn't have it. nor does it have the final volume. when i read the seirs almost a year ago, i just passed over two, but i didn't understand some parts of volume three. that was it though, no all important clues. just a few 'huh? when did that...oh! musta been book two' moments. but today, i thought. i want to read miracle girls. mostly, my book cravings say 'i want happy, i want sad, i want battles, i want a mystery( only, i have no new mysteries, so they aren't as fun to re-read) but today it was particular, so i thought i outh to listen. come to find out, all the books that the library does have are checked out. so i remember what Holly A, from photo, said, about reading manga online. and after going through about 20 sites, i find one that has what i'm looking for, and i read, and i read, and before long, i'm biting my thumbs.
anyway, more later!

Tuesday, August 5, 2008

Starclan, i can haz Lolcats!

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this site cracks me up! thanks to zary and genun for the link!
link:http://icanhascheezburger.com/
(some are a bit confusing. sound out the 'words' if you get stuck!)
anyway, more later!

Monday, August 4, 2008

quick explanation, and random stuff.

first of all, relating to the last post: the reason i wanted no comments was because when ppl disagree with me or get mad at something i say, i go nuts, and feel terrible. as in, tummy aches, can;t sleep, ripping my hair out terrible. sometimes i should, i can have a big mouth, but  i'mso  afraid i'll offend people, that i start saying i'm sorry when all i did was express my opinon, and end up really depressed because i keep my true feelings bottled up.

moving on!

i finnished listening to Obert Skye's(leven thumps) latest book, pillage.
truly amazing. best audio book i've listend to in a while. and the story was gripping and fast paced, the charaters soo...real. i felt as though i knew them, at around the 3 disk. it had a great villian, though it(i shall not say if the villian is a girl or boy, or other creatur.) one of the best i'dcome across in a while.  the only thing i didn't like was..the dragons. they were..like a cat. worse, like a...snake. no thoughts, no feelings, nothing. might as well have been robots. but the descriptions were great.
i can't wait for Girls camp, i'll finaly see candi again!

tcm finnished the sisters grimm, and mom is now done with Fablehaven (thanks for lending us the book emmza! sahara, have you started it yet?)

tonight we begin 'dragon flight' i guess i need to get tcm into a new book.

what eles? lucy has been so cuddly since we got back, so has walker. he won'y leave us alone, particularly at night! oh, right, i forgot. it is my goal to learn how do make AMVs, before i'm 18. anyone know how? if not, i'll email some of my you tube friends.... it feels great to have acsess to you tube again, after so long without being near a comp!
i STILL need to finish Avatar! i forgot!
anyway, more later!

Sunday, August 3, 2008

The twilight tragedy. NO COMMENTS.

forget everything i said about twilight in the past.. i hate it now. nothing anyone says will change my mind. i was thinking about it, i found out how bk 3 ended. i started to think, how could i ever have liked it? its totally plot driven, which in and of itself is not bad, but I'd be nice to feel some attachment to the characters. and by that,I DO NOT, REPEAT, DO NOT mean fall in love and be obsessed with Mr. ed, Jake, whoever the heck it is.

today, i went online to Y!A, as i was very bored. i saw a question that utterly shocked me. i will not say what it was, for fear of spoiling what little plot there is for the rest of you. i will only state that i was completely shocked when i read the 14 answers, all the same. a single word.
it breaks my heart, to think that there are 12-year-olds and younger reading these books, rather than something wholesome, SM has created a problem. i fear i can no longer trust new and coming LDS authors, unless their books feature the church. i know I'm being ridiculous in that, fablehaven is fine, the 13th reality is fine, goose girl is fine.
but i can still no longer trust that even though a book is written by an LDS, who must be aware of the age of her readers, it will be good, clean. or will abide by the standards in my 'for the strength of youth '. this infuriates me to no end. what was she thinking? how could she!
sometimes my mother will be reading a book, and with out warning, throw it in the trash. she does this not because the plot is dumb, or the story not interesting, but because it does not fit her standards. if only every reader could have the courage to do that.
but my words are pointless, for who will listen? perhaps they are more for myself, to send my feelings out into the world, to free myself of the relentless voice that wails in my mind, why?, why?, why?
i no longer what to be 'the next SM'
i care about my readers, by younger friends, and  my characters. to me they are real. if i betrayed them, it would be as if i betrayed myself.
******I DO NOT WANT COMMENTS! DO NOT COMMENT ON THIS! I MEAN IT! THIS IS A POST I SIMPLY WANT TO SHOW MY ANGER AND FEELINGS OF BETRAYAL! NO COMMENTS!*****
anyway, more later.

Saturday, August 2, 2008

yes, i'm back!

things of intrest to me.
1. i now love the tv show 'psych'
2. i went to four corners
3. i have now been to the land of the freaking mormons.
4. i made about 6 vidoes with my cousins that will be posted on youtube within the month
5. i slept for 14 hours last night.
6. i spent over $104 on books in the past week.
7. i hiked up to delicate arch with lara and her brother. boy, that was tireing. ya see, a certain someone, who shall remain unnamed, got tired often....i gave him piggy back rides for most of the way back, and some of the way there. and we forgot to bring water bottles.
8. after 3 years, i finaly beat my chronicles of narina, lion, the witch and the wardrobe ds game. i feel so...depressed.it was to short!. ok, ao i cheated and used the computer. i still beat it in less than a week! anyway....
9. i read the 3 unicorn chroicles book. mr. coville, hurry up with book four! i am not waiting another 9 years!(ok, so i only waited 3 years. most people waited ten!(thats how long it was between bk 2 and bk 3))
10. i wrote three pages of DOTW on the plane yesterday. and started working on as very stupid, bad map that even Vicky(erin hunter number 3, hates drawing maps) could do better than me on, for TSOD.
11. bought birthday gifts for Zary and Genun.
12. got the link to emma's blog
13. FOUND OUT THAT THERE IS GOING TO BE ANOTHER BOOK IN THE DRAGON BOOKS BY JESSICA DAY GEORGE!!!!!!!!!!!!! i am so very, very happy.
14. Sarah Beth Durst's poster 'NO, i'm not Stephenie Meyer, but did she shlep herself to the mall to sign your books???'  is extreamly amusing. i'd rather have an autographed commy of 'into the wild' or 'out of the wild' than anything by SM
must go shopping  now, there is food to put on food(like creamcheese) but no food to put it on!
anyway, more later