Well, since I missed a grand total of three posts in April, I figured I'd make it up to you by continuing to blog for the first three days of May.
No more Screnzy updates, sadly. I really miss my script. I think I'll go back to it sometime next week, but I've got a lot of things going right now. I need to get on a routine with things. I've been talking about this since the new year, but I still need to work on it. I need to find a good schedule to do all the things I need to do, like my household chores, roleplaying, writing, and having some downtime. Do you know I haven't written a single book review all year? I've started to, but I haven't finished.
I'm falling behind on everything, I don't like it. I get stressed when I'm behind. And, as proven over the past week, when I'm stressed I have trouble falling asleep. And when I'm exhausted like I am right now, I don't want to do anything. It's a terrible cycle.
So, that's it. Tomorrow, despite having to work, I will do the following:
Write at least 2 roleplay posts
Write a blog post
Review my notes for Ghosts of Autumn
Attempt to finish a book review.
I own a laptop. There should be no excuses for my procrastination. I am going to work my behind off until I complete my list, and I'll continue like this until I'm caught up. Or, in the case of Ghosts of Autumn, until the novel is finished.
Tomorrow, I'll tell you all about the creative high I was on last night and today. For now, goodnight.
-Lizzy
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Sunday, May 1, 2011
Friday, January 7, 2011
Updates & What Happened to ME Time?
It's the last day of the first week of the new year (try saying that ten times fast) so I figured I should do this post if I wanted to stay on track with my new schedule.
First off, HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! Hopefully this year will be better than last year - for you and me!
Now that that's over with, you may notice I've made some changes to Shades of Lizzy, as I promised. At the bottom of the page are some nifty new tickers courtesy of the TickeyFactory. They're counting down how much I have to write, read and blog this year. Speaking of blogging, I've estimated that one post a week will equal 53 posts (please correct me if I'm wrong. My math is terrible.), so you should be getting 53 posts, unless I choose to do Blog Every Day in April/August.
Another, unexpected update was the design of the blog. I didn't really want to change the blue and black design, but the black background wasn't working with the tickers so ... oh, well. I may be getting a new banner to match soon, but as I'm short on time, I have no idea when that will be.
Which brings me to part two of this blog. My time. The schedule I said I'd be making? Pretty much non-existent. Work has been crazy, I'm considering quiting, next week (or the week after?) is going to be even crazier because we're taking on more jobs, and I haven't been sleeping well. However, since I have tonight and most of the weekend off, you can expect me to be catching up on some stuff, like my writing and role-playing.
So, that's that. Just wanted to do a quick post to keep you all up-to-date. =)
Have a fun weekend. <3
-Lizzy
First off, HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! Hopefully this year will be better than last year - for you and me!
Now that that's over with, you may notice I've made some changes to Shades of Lizzy, as I promised. At the bottom of the page are some nifty new tickers courtesy of the TickeyFactory. They're counting down how much I have to write, read and blog this year. Speaking of blogging, I've estimated that one post a week will equal 53 posts (please correct me if I'm wrong. My math is terrible.), so you should be getting 53 posts, unless I choose to do Blog Every Day in April/August.
Another, unexpected update was the design of the blog. I didn't really want to change the blue and black design, but the black background wasn't working with the tickers so ... oh, well. I may be getting a new banner to match soon, but as I'm short on time, I have no idea when that will be.
Which brings me to part two of this blog. My time. The schedule I said I'd be making? Pretty much non-existent. Work has been crazy, I'm considering quiting, next week (or the week after?) is going to be even crazier because we're taking on more jobs, and I haven't been sleeping well. However, since I have tonight and most of the weekend off, you can expect me to be catching up on some stuff, like my writing and role-playing.
So, that's that. Just wanted to do a quick post to keep you all up-to-date. =)
Have a fun weekend. <3
-Lizzy
Friday, December 31, 2010
Goodbye 2010
Last year around this time, I did a blog post talking about all the good and bad things that happened in 2009, and how I was going to make 2010 an even better year. Over the past couple of weeks, I've been thinking a lot about that post, and how much things have changed in a year, for better and for worse, and how I can do better in 2011.
First off, let's talk a little bit about things that have gotten better since last year. Some of you map remember that my parents got back together in April after a six-month separation. Obviously, that's the best news I've gotten all year. Also, I kinda got a job. Something that slightly ruined the way I spend my time, but allowed me to buy gifts for my parents.
I had another fabulous vacation, with much thanks to the new Wii. And there's a chance I may be going to either California or Florida sometime in the next two years. I've made progress in researching my family tree. Oh! And I went to see Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, part 1, and it's definitely the best movie yet.
My goal to write more than ever before certainly paid off. While I'm not sure if I reached 300,000 words like I wanted, I did do pretty awesome. More than six fanfics complete, another successful NaNoWriMo year, a failed but still lengthy movie script for Screnzy, and lots more started projects. My hope at reading more, however, didn't pay off.
Back in September, I was given seventeen books for my twentieth birthday (titles below). So far I've read nine of them, and am about half way through of the the six books I got for Christmas (titles below). Even if I miraculously finish that one by midnight, I'll have only read 14 new books this year. My goal was 50, so it's a bit of a let down, but I'm pleased with how much I did read.
Of course, with the good comes the bad. I had to give up a cat at the beginning of the year. Some people who I called my friends showed their true colors. And I did some things I'm not proud of, too. But, like last year, the good outweighs the bad.
So, here's what I'm planning for next year:
-I will read 50 books that I have never read before, write book reviews for each of them, and participate in at least five book challenges.
-I will write at least 300,000 words, keep a track of all words written, and continue to update my WriYe account with this number.
-I will participate and win both Screnzy in April and NaNoWriMo in November.
-Using a combination of my new Wii Fit and John Green's Fitness for Nerds routine (http://dft.ba/-johnfit) I will lose enough weight that I'll feel comfortable in a one-piece swimsuit by vacation time.
-I will keep a detailed schedule and check it every day so that I don't forget to do my household work, or neglect my friends.
-Using the webcam that I'll (hopefully) be getting around Valentine's day, I'll make a video for the Project for Awesome in December to raise awareness about Lupus.
-I will finish writing and editing Ghosts of Autumn.
-I will not be as angry this year. I will forgive myself more. I will let go of the little things. I will build my self-esteem up to where it needs to be.
-Lastly, I will update my blog at least once a week, so I'm not rushed to write an end-of-year post seven hours to midnight on New Year's Eve. ;)
It's a rather long list of promises, I know, but I really want to do this. Each thing is something I need to do to better myself, and better my life. I thought by 2010 I'd be somewhere completely different that where I am in my life. I have only myself to blame for that.
To make it easier to follow along with my progress through the year, without having to read through all my posts, I'll be changing the blog's layout a little bit. It's hard to explain right now, but you'll see soon.
If you're still reading this, then I have to ask you a favor. Post your New Year's resolutions below. You can do it anonymously or sign it. If you don't do the whole resolution thing, just tell me something you wish would happen to change in 2011. If you'll be keeping a blog next year with updates on your resolution list, link me to it. I don't want to do this alone.
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Before I go, I just wanted to do a little bragging about how awesome my parents are, and how well they know me. Without me putting the majority of these book titles on my birthday/Christmas lists, they got me:
John Green's-
Looking for Alaska
An Abundance of Katherines
Paper Towns
Maureen Johnson's-
Suite Scarlett
Scarlett Fever
Girl at Sea
13 Little Blue Envelopes
The Key to the Golden Firebird
The Bermudez Triangle
Garth Nix's-
Sabriel
Lirael
Abhorsen
Rick Riordan's-
PJO: The Lightning Thief
PJO: Sea of Monsters
PJO: Titan's Curse
PJO: Battle of the Labyrinth
PJO: The Last Olympian
HoO: The Lost Hero
James Patterson's-
Witch & Wizard
Margaret Peterson Haddix's-
SC: Among the Hidden
SC: Among the Impostors
SC: Among the Betrayed
SC: Among the Barons
Amazing, aren't they? =D
I'll stop rambling and go work on that schedule now. I hope everyone has a great night. Be safe, and have a Happy New Year!!!
Love, Lizzy<3
First off, let's talk a little bit about things that have gotten better since last year. Some of you map remember that my parents got back together in April after a six-month separation. Obviously, that's the best news I've gotten all year. Also, I kinda got a job. Something that slightly ruined the way I spend my time, but allowed me to buy gifts for my parents.
I had another fabulous vacation, with much thanks to the new Wii. And there's a chance I may be going to either California or Florida sometime in the next two years. I've made progress in researching my family tree. Oh! And I went to see Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, part 1, and it's definitely the best movie yet.
My goal to write more than ever before certainly paid off. While I'm not sure if I reached 300,000 words like I wanted, I did do pretty awesome. More than six fanfics complete, another successful NaNoWriMo year, a failed but still lengthy movie script for Screnzy, and lots more started projects. My hope at reading more, however, didn't pay off.
Back in September, I was given seventeen books for my twentieth birthday (titles below). So far I've read nine of them, and am about half way through of the the six books I got for Christmas (titles below). Even if I miraculously finish that one by midnight, I'll have only read 14 new books this year. My goal was 50, so it's a bit of a let down, but I'm pleased with how much I did read.
Of course, with the good comes the bad. I had to give up a cat at the beginning of the year. Some people who I called my friends showed their true colors. And I did some things I'm not proud of, too. But, like last year, the good outweighs the bad.
So, here's what I'm planning for next year:
-I will read 50 books that I have never read before, write book reviews for each of them, and participate in at least five book challenges.
-I will write at least 300,000 words, keep a track of all words written, and continue to update my WriYe account with this number.
-I will participate and win both Screnzy in April and NaNoWriMo in November.
-Using a combination of my new Wii Fit and John Green's Fitness for Nerds routine (http://dft.ba/-johnfit) I will lose enough weight that I'll feel comfortable in a one-piece swimsuit by vacation time.
-I will keep a detailed schedule and check it every day so that I don't forget to do my household work, or neglect my friends.
-Using the webcam that I'll (hopefully) be getting around Valentine's day, I'll make a video for the Project for Awesome in December to raise awareness about Lupus.
-I will finish writing and editing Ghosts of Autumn.
-I will not be as angry this year. I will forgive myself more. I will let go of the little things. I will build my self-esteem up to where it needs to be.
-Lastly, I will update my blog at least once a week, so I'm not rushed to write an end-of-year post seven hours to midnight on New Year's Eve. ;)
It's a rather long list of promises, I know, but I really want to do this. Each thing is something I need to do to better myself, and better my life. I thought by 2010 I'd be somewhere completely different that where I am in my life. I have only myself to blame for that.
To make it easier to follow along with my progress through the year, without having to read through all my posts, I'll be changing the blog's layout a little bit. It's hard to explain right now, but you'll see soon.
If you're still reading this, then I have to ask you a favor. Post your New Year's resolutions below. You can do it anonymously or sign it. If you don't do the whole resolution thing, just tell me something you wish would happen to change in 2011. If you'll be keeping a blog next year with updates on your resolution list, link me to it. I don't want to do this alone.
---
Before I go, I just wanted to do a little bragging about how awesome my parents are, and how well they know me. Without me putting the majority of these book titles on my birthday/Christmas lists, they got me:
John Green's-
Looking for Alaska
An Abundance of Katherines
Paper Towns
Maureen Johnson's-
Suite Scarlett
Scarlett Fever
Girl at Sea
13 Little Blue Envelopes
The Key to the Golden Firebird
The Bermudez Triangle
Garth Nix's-
Sabriel
Lirael
Abhorsen
Rick Riordan's-
PJO: The Lightning Thief
PJO: Sea of Monsters
PJO: Titan's Curse
PJO: Battle of the Labyrinth
PJO: The Last Olympian
HoO: The Lost Hero
James Patterson's-
Witch & Wizard
Margaret Peterson Haddix's-
SC: Among the Hidden
SC: Among the Impostors
SC: Among the Betrayed
SC: Among the Barons
Amazing, aren't they? =D
I'll stop rambling and go work on that schedule now. I hope everyone has a great night. Be safe, and have a Happy New Year!!!
Love, Lizzy<3
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
Travelling Blogger?
Hello lovely people.
I've had a wonderful ten hours, and I'm here to tell you all about it. =)
As you well know, yesterday I was all set on saving up to buy a webcam. And then for nine amazing hours, I thought I may actually have a chance at going to Infinitus 2010, the Harry Potter convention in Orlando, Florida this summer. Of course, I knew it was a long shot, what with the amount of money I'd have to save up to get a plane ticket, a hotel room, admission, not to mention worrying about getting a passport and other stuff for the trip.
I had planned on working my butt off for the next three months to be able to go, but I've since spoken to my mom and we've worked out a better plan.
For the next year - maybe more - I will be working hard to get in shape. It'll also give us time to save up for another trip for my mom and I. If all goes well, we'll be going to California in no more than two years. California. Now, while I really, really want to go to a Harry Potter convention, the main reason I wanted to go to Infinitus was to see Tippy so ... I think California's a nice trade-off, don't you? =D
Then I was back to where I started. Saving up to buy a webcam, maybe. And then I told my mom that I would disconnect my webcam after using it every time. Amazingly, she agreed! And that's also partly thanks to Tippy.
So, to recap, I'll be getting a webcam in about a month, and I'll be meeting my best friend in a year. Best day ever? Yesssss!!!
Now for the part of the blog where I for your help: I am so not tech-savvy. I need a webcam that is easy to install and use, and I guess video-editing software? I don't know if there's some program that comes pre-installed on computers for that or what. So if you own a webcam or know a lot about them, can you give me some advice? Price really isn't a big deal.
Ok, I'm gonna stop rambling now and try to get some sleep now, though I doubt I'll be able to get any right now. ^_^
Love y'all,
Lizzy<3
I've had a wonderful ten hours, and I'm here to tell you all about it. =)
As you well know, yesterday I was all set on saving up to buy a webcam. And then for nine amazing hours, I thought I may actually have a chance at going to Infinitus 2010, the Harry Potter convention in Orlando, Florida this summer. Of course, I knew it was a long shot, what with the amount of money I'd have to save up to get a plane ticket, a hotel room, admission, not to mention worrying about getting a passport and other stuff for the trip.
I had planned on working my butt off for the next three months to be able to go, but I've since spoken to my mom and we've worked out a better plan.
For the next year - maybe more - I will be working hard to get in shape. It'll also give us time to save up for another trip for my mom and I. If all goes well, we'll be going to California in no more than two years. California. Now, while I really, really want to go to a Harry Potter convention, the main reason I wanted to go to Infinitus was to see Tippy so ... I think California's a nice trade-off, don't you? =D
Then I was back to where I started. Saving up to buy a webcam, maybe. And then I told my mom that I would disconnect my webcam after using it every time. Amazingly, she agreed! And that's also partly thanks to Tippy.
So, to recap, I'll be getting a webcam in about a month, and I'll be meeting my best friend in a year. Best day ever? Yesssss!!!
Now for the part of the blog where I for your help: I am so not tech-savvy. I need a webcam that is easy to install and use, and I guess video-editing software? I don't know if there's some program that comes pre-installed on computers for that or what. So if you own a webcam or know a lot about them, can you give me some advice? Price really isn't a big deal.
Ok, I'm gonna stop rambling now and try to get some sleep now, though I doubt I'll be able to get any right now. ^_^
Love y'all,
Lizzy<3
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
My Dreams, Coming True
Ok, so as you may know, I've been kinda obsessed with getting a webcam or video recorder since mid-July when my best friend Tippy got one and started vlogging, and then I was introduced to the VlogBrothers and the 5 Awesome Girls and Alan Lustufka and Katie Campshure and ... now I can't go a day without visiting YouTube.
So of course I've been going on about this in real life as well. But I did get good (and more important) birthday presents, and my family didn't really give out presents last Christmas. Besides all that, my mom is sort of against webcams for safety reasons. I told her I could do the same things with a video camera - which she's wanted forever - but she's still undecided. So now that I'm getting my own money (well, my parents are paying me to clean the apartment while they work) and the desktop computer is now located in my bedroom, I asked my mom if I could get a webcam now.
Her answer was that we'd have a family discussion about it. Now, I really shouldn't be so worried. These things usually turn out to be in my favor. I'm not saying I'm spoiled, but ... well, maybe I am a little. ;) Anyway, my mom is really, really against this and thinks I'm going to get sick of the webcam and all that. I've brought this up to my dad before and he thought I just wanted it to make my blogging easier. Naturally I explained to him how I could never quit blogging completely. And there are things I would still do with my blogs that I couldn't do on camera, and vice versa.
My book blog, for example, would stay a blog. I may make mentions of what book I'm reading in a video like I do here, but that's as far as it'll go. "Shades of Lizzy" will continue on as a blog and a vlog, depending on my mood and time constraints. Sometimes I think it would be easier to talk to a camera than have to type everything. Also, I've had plans for videos since I was a kid. Harry Potter discussion things. And now that I've started watching YouTube, I'd like to be in a collab channel. Better yet, a while ago I found this project on the NerdFighters site for a Harry Potter-does-YouTube kinda collab thing that I definitely wanna restart and do a normal collab. Lastly, Tippy asked me back in December if I wanted to be a part of a podcast. I realize all I need to do that is a microphone, but why just get that when I can kill two birds with one stone?
So those are my ideas, and it's what I'm presenting to my parents. If you have any good ideas for things I should tell my parents, tell me. Or if you have ideas for what I should do with my blogs/webcam, tell me those too.
Love,
Lizzy ^_^
So of course I've been going on about this in real life as well. But I did get good (and more important) birthday presents, and my family didn't really give out presents last Christmas. Besides all that, my mom is sort of against webcams for safety reasons. I told her I could do the same things with a video camera - which she's wanted forever - but she's still undecided. So now that I'm getting my own money (well, my parents are paying me to clean the apartment while they work) and the desktop computer is now located in my bedroom, I asked my mom if I could get a webcam now.
Her answer was that we'd have a family discussion about it. Now, I really shouldn't be so worried. These things usually turn out to be in my favor. I'm not saying I'm spoiled, but ... well, maybe I am a little. ;) Anyway, my mom is really, really against this and thinks I'm going to get sick of the webcam and all that. I've brought this up to my dad before and he thought I just wanted it to make my blogging easier. Naturally I explained to him how I could never quit blogging completely. And there are things I would still do with my blogs that I couldn't do on camera, and vice versa.
My book blog, for example, would stay a blog. I may make mentions of what book I'm reading in a video like I do here, but that's as far as it'll go. "Shades of Lizzy" will continue on as a blog and a vlog, depending on my mood and time constraints. Sometimes I think it would be easier to talk to a camera than have to type everything. Also, I've had plans for videos since I was a kid. Harry Potter discussion things. And now that I've started watching YouTube, I'd like to be in a collab channel. Better yet, a while ago I found this project on the NerdFighters site for a Harry Potter-does-YouTube kinda collab thing that I definitely wanna restart and do a normal collab. Lastly, Tippy asked me back in December if I wanted to be a part of a podcast. I realize all I need to do that is a microphone, but why just get that when I can kill two birds with one stone?
So those are my ideas, and it's what I'm presenting to my parents. If you have any good ideas for things I should tell my parents, tell me. Or if you have ideas for what I should do with my blogs/webcam, tell me those too.
Love,
Lizzy ^_^
Monday, April 12, 2010
Mega Update
Hey, remember me?! I know, it's been a while. But I figured, what better time to start blogging again, then the month where EVERYONE is blogging every day?
Ok, so I'm not doing BEDA this month - maybe next year - but I am doing Screnzy, as I said I'd be doing months ago.
The screenplay of Ghosts of Autumn, the novel I wrote in November, is going quite well. I'm way ahead of schedule. My finishing/editing of the novel itself is not going so well. And I find myself wanting to write a Supernatural fanfic instead. I have yet to finish the Digimon fic I was working on through all of January even though I only have two chapters left in the whole thing. I should really get back to that. I have no idea about my current yearly word count.
As for the 6mo, 6no writing challenge, I'm through with it. I haven't been on the site since February, when I promised to try and revamp it and didn't. I know if I went on right now I could do all the work and it might restart it, but do I want to? Not really. I loved the idea of the challenge, but I'm just busy and tired.
If you follow me on Twitter, or we're friends on Facebook, you already know that my parents got back together just over a week ago. Yes, things are basically back to normal there. It's strange, I'll admit. These past six months have been depressing, but they've brought a lot of good things too, like my extreme writing and reading challenges.
Reading challenges... They were going well in Feb/March and then everything went down hill. I've been reading the same book for two/three weeks now. Ugh.
My role-playing has suffered. I'm still on Tainted Blood (and loving it) and I joined There Goes My Life - a site I've been keeping my eye on for over a year. I owe posts on both sites, but I just don't have the energy.
That seems to be a big problem lately. Energy. I'm tired all the time, stressed, over-worked... I'm putting too much pressure on myself again. I know it. I don't know how to get out of it though. I seem to have this thing where I think everyone is going to get mad at me if I take a week off role-playing or if I don't update my blogs regularly. So ... yeah.
I feel a little better getting this off my chest. Maybe I'll write again over the week. We'll see. Sorry for the depressing update.
Love,
Lizzy<3
Ok, so I'm not doing BEDA this month - maybe next year - but I am doing Screnzy, as I said I'd be doing months ago.
The screenplay of Ghosts of Autumn, the novel I wrote in November, is going quite well. I'm way ahead of schedule. My finishing/editing of the novel itself is not going so well. And I find myself wanting to write a Supernatural fanfic instead. I have yet to finish the Digimon fic I was working on through all of January even though I only have two chapters left in the whole thing. I should really get back to that. I have no idea about my current yearly word count.
As for the 6mo, 6no writing challenge, I'm through with it. I haven't been on the site since February, when I promised to try and revamp it and didn't. I know if I went on right now I could do all the work and it might restart it, but do I want to? Not really. I loved the idea of the challenge, but I'm just busy and tired.
If you follow me on Twitter, or we're friends on Facebook, you already know that my parents got back together just over a week ago. Yes, things are basically back to normal there. It's strange, I'll admit. These past six months have been depressing, but they've brought a lot of good things too, like my extreme writing and reading challenges.
Reading challenges... They were going well in Feb/March and then everything went down hill. I've been reading the same book for two/three weeks now. Ugh.
My role-playing has suffered. I'm still on Tainted Blood (and loving it) and I joined There Goes My Life - a site I've been keeping my eye on for over a year. I owe posts on both sites, but I just don't have the energy.
That seems to be a big problem lately. Energy. I'm tired all the time, stressed, over-worked... I'm putting too much pressure on myself again. I know it. I don't know how to get out of it though. I seem to have this thing where I think everyone is going to get mad at me if I take a week off role-playing or if I don't update my blogs regularly. So ... yeah.
I feel a little better getting this off my chest. Maybe I'll write again over the week. We'll see. Sorry for the depressing update.
Love,
Lizzy<3
Friday, February 5, 2010
Happy 1st Birthday!!!
Today marks the first birthday of Shades of Lizzy! Amazingly this is my longest-lasting blog, even though I kinda disappeared for a little while. Before this I had two, maybe three blogs that I could never get used to. I'm happy this one finally worked out.
On to other news. I haven't been able to write much in this past week. My little spare time (when I'm not unpacking) has been for compiling a list of books to get from the library and trying to catch up with friends. And the little I've been able to write hasn't been great.
There's a new blog post on Bookmarked - esbookmarked.blogspot.com
Life's a mess. What else is new? Somebody save me.
I know I had more to say when I started writing, but I suddenly don't feel like going on. Talk to you next week, I guess.
-Lizzy<3
On to other news. I haven't been able to write much in this past week. My little spare time (when I'm not unpacking) has been for compiling a list of books to get from the library and trying to catch up with friends. And the little I've been able to write hasn't been great.
There's a new blog post on Bookmarked - esbookmarked.blogspot.com
Life's a mess. What else is new? Somebody save me.
I know I had more to say when I started writing, but I suddenly don't feel like going on. Talk to you next week, I guess.
-Lizzy<3
Monday, February 1, 2010
January Review; Writing Stats
I talked a lot in December about how I was going to make 2010 better than last year. How I was going to finally make something of my life and not let the little things get me down any more. We're now entering the second month of the year, and some of you may be wondering if I still have high hopes, or if I've given up yet.
The answer is, I'm more optimistic than ever. January was a very crazy month. Some great things happened, and there were some set-backs, but overall I'm happy. I moved, and I'm really pleased with my new apartment. I picked up a story I'd abandoned months ago and am almost finished it now. I discovered some amazing bloggers and challenges. I wrote on all but two days! So yes, I'm still hopefull. This year has started out perfectly.
I admit, my writing did fail a little last month. I fell behind and never quite caught up. That being said, I'm about two thousand behind on the year's total (easy to make up) and probably over eight thousand behind on the story total for "Oh, Baby!" I am about five chapters away from finishing the whole fic, which is great! I anticipated having to continue writing the story into February, so it's no big deal. I'm going to keep at it until it's finished.
As scheduled, I'm going to get back to writing Ghosts of Autumn (NaNo '09) this month, and hopefully have it revised and edited by the end of the month so I can get my free bound copy of it from CreateSpace. I've already started editing a little bit by reading over the copy I printed out after NaNo. There were several spelling and grammatical errors I was able to catch, and some stuff that got mixed up when I changed character names, ages, and where they're from. I'm a little stuck on how to make it longer though.
In case you don't remember (or weren't reading back then) GoA is split into three short stories about the Naylor family, who start seeing and hearing ghosts. I finished the first story Sweet September, and am almost finished the second one titled Cold October. The problem is that SS is a lot shorter than CO. I have no idea how to fill it. I've always been terrible at fillers. I just like to get right to the point and write scenes that are important to the plot. In CO I was able to work on a ton of sub-plots and bring in new characters - that one story alone is about twenty-five thousand words.
I've been doing a lot of thinking about the characters in GoA recently as well. As I told Ari over at Reading In Color, I want to start writing more poc main characters. And what better way to start than with the novel I want to get published first. I just need to figure out which MCs I'm changing now.
Technically, there are about four main characters in my novel, and about four important side-characters. Six of these characters are part of the Naylor family, the other two are the Yardley sisters. So, no matter who I change, I'll have to do it to more than one. I think I've pretty much decided to switch the sisters, Annie and Kristen. I was never completely happy with the celebrity I chose to represent Annie anyway.
In other writing news, I was on the WriYe forums today and saw that they have a February mini-challenge going on. Romance. As I've said before, romance is never my main genre (well, once maybe) but it sneaks into almost all of my writing somehow. The challenge is just to write something - anything - romantic this month. Whether it be a short story, novel, or a fic. Ironically I came up with an idea for a romantic comedy a few days ago. I hadn't planned on using it this year as I'm already booked full, but I'm going to give it a shot until I get overwhelmed.
Basically, the idea is that three women attend a wedding and, over the course of the weekend, they all fall for different guys also attending the wedding. It might be another three-stories-in-one kinda thing, but I'm going to try not to turn it into that. I've been working some basics out for the past few minutes. I think it's going to take place in California (unless someone suggests another place to hold the wedding) and the names of the four main characters (including the bride) are going to be Diane, Avery, Willow, and Nathalie. These may change later, but I'm quite happy with them so far. And of course, at least two of them will be poc.
That's all I've got for today.
-Lizzy<3
The answer is, I'm more optimistic than ever. January was a very crazy month. Some great things happened, and there were some set-backs, but overall I'm happy. I moved, and I'm really pleased with my new apartment. I picked up a story I'd abandoned months ago and am almost finished it now. I discovered some amazing bloggers and challenges. I wrote on all but two days! So yes, I'm still hopefull. This year has started out perfectly.
I admit, my writing did fail a little last month. I fell behind and never quite caught up. That being said, I'm about two thousand behind on the year's total (easy to make up) and probably over eight thousand behind on the story total for "Oh, Baby!" I am about five chapters away from finishing the whole fic, which is great! I anticipated having to continue writing the story into February, so it's no big deal. I'm going to keep at it until it's finished.
As scheduled, I'm going to get back to writing Ghosts of Autumn (NaNo '09) this month, and hopefully have it revised and edited by the end of the month so I can get my free bound copy of it from CreateSpace. I've already started editing a little bit by reading over the copy I printed out after NaNo. There were several spelling and grammatical errors I was able to catch, and some stuff that got mixed up when I changed character names, ages, and where they're from. I'm a little stuck on how to make it longer though.
In case you don't remember (or weren't reading back then) GoA is split into three short stories about the Naylor family, who start seeing and hearing ghosts. I finished the first story Sweet September, and am almost finished the second one titled Cold October. The problem is that SS is a lot shorter than CO. I have no idea how to fill it. I've always been terrible at fillers. I just like to get right to the point and write scenes that are important to the plot. In CO I was able to work on a ton of sub-plots and bring in new characters - that one story alone is about twenty-five thousand words.
I've been doing a lot of thinking about the characters in GoA recently as well. As I told Ari over at Reading In Color, I want to start writing more poc main characters. And what better way to start than with the novel I want to get published first. I just need to figure out which MCs I'm changing now.
Technically, there are about four main characters in my novel, and about four important side-characters. Six of these characters are part of the Naylor family, the other two are the Yardley sisters. So, no matter who I change, I'll have to do it to more than one. I think I've pretty much decided to switch the sisters, Annie and Kristen. I was never completely happy with the celebrity I chose to represent Annie anyway.
In other writing news, I was on the WriYe forums today and saw that they have a February mini-challenge going on. Romance. As I've said before, romance is never my main genre (well, once maybe) but it sneaks into almost all of my writing somehow. The challenge is just to write something - anything - romantic this month. Whether it be a short story, novel, or a fic. Ironically I came up with an idea for a romantic comedy a few days ago. I hadn't planned on using it this year as I'm already booked full, but I'm going to give it a shot until I get overwhelmed.
Basically, the idea is that three women attend a wedding and, over the course of the weekend, they all fall for different guys also attending the wedding. It might be another three-stories-in-one kinda thing, but I'm going to try not to turn it into that. I've been working some basics out for the past few minutes. I think it's going to take place in California (unless someone suggests another place to hold the wedding) and the names of the four main characters (including the bride) are going to be Diane, Avery, Willow, and Nathalie. These may change later, but I'm quite happy with them so far. And of course, at least two of them will be poc.
That's all I've got for today.
-Lizzy<3
Saturday, January 30, 2010
Crazy, Crazy Day
I think the title says it all.
Finished packing and stuff on Friday night. Then, when my mom came home at eleven-thirty, we threw the last-minute stuff in boxes and hit the road. It was a twenty-minute drive to our new home (from Milton to Mississauga), and now we're in our new home! My mom and I spent most of the night moving boxes around together. You know, keeping kitchen things in the kitchen, taking all twenty+ of my boxes into our room... that kind thing. My dad got to sleep for a few hours since he had to get up and six-thirty and pick up the rest of our furniture (couches, hutch, armoir..) with his friend and bring them here.
When that was done my parents went back to the house to get our cats, since they didn't feel like cooperating when we wanted to leave. My oldest two, Smokey and Oliver, are here with us now. As mentioned in my previous post, Mickey could not come with us. My dad finally managed to get him in the box and take him to the shelter. I'm trying not to dwell too much on any of this.
So, I really like the apartment so far. The bathroom's huge, I'm sharing the master suite with my mom (computer's in my room!), we have a fireplace and a dishwasher now... It's very nice. The downfall is that it's freezing in here. It's only starting to warm up now. I managed to get a few hours of sleep between all the madness, but I should probably go back to bed room.
Now, onto more exciting things.
Bookmarked, my new book blog, is finished!! Yes, as soon as I finished dinner, I ran to the computer and got to work putting the finishing touches on it. It'll probably go through a few changes as I really start to use it, but it's fine for now. Also, I've already done my first review of a book I read last year. So, head on over to www.esbookmarked.blogspot.com to subscribe and let me know what you think. Okay?
xoxoxoxo,
Lizzy
Finished packing and stuff on Friday night. Then, when my mom came home at eleven-thirty, we threw the last-minute stuff in boxes and hit the road. It was a twenty-minute drive to our new home (from Milton to Mississauga), and now we're in our new home! My mom and I spent most of the night moving boxes around together. You know, keeping kitchen things in the kitchen, taking all twenty+ of my boxes into our room... that kind thing. My dad got to sleep for a few hours since he had to get up and six-thirty and pick up the rest of our furniture (couches, hutch, armoir..) with his friend and bring them here.
When that was done my parents went back to the house to get our cats, since they didn't feel like cooperating when we wanted to leave. My oldest two, Smokey and Oliver, are here with us now. As mentioned in my previous post, Mickey could not come with us. My dad finally managed to get him in the box and take him to the shelter. I'm trying not to dwell too much on any of this.
So, I really like the apartment so far. The bathroom's huge, I'm sharing the master suite with my mom (computer's in my room!), we have a fireplace and a dishwasher now... It's very nice. The downfall is that it's freezing in here. It's only starting to warm up now. I managed to get a few hours of sleep between all the madness, but I should probably go back to bed room.
Now, onto more exciting things.
Bookmarked, my new book blog, is finished!! Yes, as soon as I finished dinner, I ran to the computer and got to work putting the finishing touches on it. It'll probably go through a few changes as I really start to use it, but it's fine for now. Also, I've already done my first review of a book I read last year. So, head on over to www.esbookmarked.blogspot.com to subscribe and let me know what you think. Okay?
xoxoxoxo,
Lizzy
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Busy, Busy
Just a quick update because I feel really bad for not having posted since Sunday when so much has been going on.
Writing: Going good. I'll post my word counts at another time because I'm trying to make this a quick post.
Reading: I have started reading a book online, more on that later.
Book Blog: Bookmarked has been started. You can go and subscribe if you want, but keep in mind that it's not done yet, and may not be for a few more days.
Moving: I'm moving in two days. Ahhh! I still have a lot to pack, and my mom is sick so the packing is pretty much left up to me now. There's a pretty good chance this is the last time you'll hear from me in January.
Real Life: sucks. I have this cat, Mickey. He's great. He's a beautiful grey tabby, only a little over a year old. Unfortunately my parents want to let him go. Tonight will mark our fourth attempt at this - and probably our last as we're kinda running out of time before we leave. I thought last night was it. I did my job and helped my dad get Mickey into a box - and then he broke out when my dad was carrying it down the stairs. Lovely. So you'd think I wouldn't be punished for his mistake right? You'd think he would take pity on me and not make me trick my poor Mickey again. Ha. I don't know what he'll do to Mickey if we can't do it tonight. I really don't want to think about it.
Lastly, I've created a new email address for my blogs. So if any of you have comments or suggestions on my blogs, I'd appreciate you emailing me at blogsbylizzy@gmail.com - Thanks!
-Lizzy<333
Writing: Going good. I'll post my word counts at another time because I'm trying to make this a quick post.
Reading: I have started reading a book online, more on that later.
Book Blog: Bookmarked has been started. You can go and subscribe if you want, but keep in mind that it's not done yet, and may not be for a few more days.
Moving: I'm moving in two days. Ahhh! I still have a lot to pack, and my mom is sick so the packing is pretty much left up to me now. There's a pretty good chance this is the last time you'll hear from me in January.
Real Life: sucks. I have this cat, Mickey. He's great. He's a beautiful grey tabby, only a little over a year old. Unfortunately my parents want to let him go. Tonight will mark our fourth attempt at this - and probably our last as we're kinda running out of time before we leave. I thought last night was it. I did my job and helped my dad get Mickey into a box - and then he broke out when my dad was carrying it down the stairs. Lovely. So you'd think I wouldn't be punished for his mistake right? You'd think he would take pity on me and not make me trick my poor Mickey again. Ha. I don't know what he'll do to Mickey if we can't do it tonight. I really don't want to think about it.
Lastly, I've created a new email address for my blogs. So if any of you have comments or suggestions on my blogs, I'd appreciate you emailing me at blogsbylizzy@gmail.com - Thanks!
-Lizzy<333
Sunday, January 24, 2010
Help Us Search
Tonight I'd like to share with everyone something I've never told anyone before. I have a half-sister who I've never met.
She was born on March tenth, 1986 in Toronto, Ontario. My mom gave her up for adoption, and got to choose the family she went to. We know that her name is Martha, and she would have an older brother named Matthew.
Tonight my mom signed up on a site to start searching for Martha, so I'm doing my part as well. I know it's a long shot that she's reading this blog, but I've always wondered if we'd ever been close to meeting each other.
If your name is Martha, and you were born on March 10th, 1986 - or if you know that person - please send me an email at rowlingfan@msn.com. You have no idea how much I want to meet you.
-Lizzy<3
She was born on March tenth, 1986 in Toronto, Ontario. My mom gave her up for adoption, and got to choose the family she went to. We know that her name is Martha, and she would have an older brother named Matthew.
Tonight my mom signed up on a site to start searching for Martha, so I'm doing my part as well. I know it's a long shot that she's reading this blog, but I've always wondered if we'd ever been close to meeting each other.
If your name is Martha, and you were born on March 10th, 1986 - or if you know that person - please send me an email at rowlingfan@msn.com. You have no idea how much I want to meet you.
-Lizzy<3
Monday, January 18, 2010
Not Long Now
My living room is full of boxes, my bedroom is bare, and I have a large pile of laundry to do. What does that mean? Yeah, packing time. Uh.
So yesterday was the beginning of my family's journey of fitting everything from our house, into an apartment. We've been packing off and on for the past few months, but last night we really got to work and cleared things out. I'm not joking, when I woke up this morning the only things I had in my room were two shelves, an end table, my bed, my dresser full of clothes, and a box that will remain open until I have to move - at which point I'll throw my alarm clock and books inside and tape it up.
It was very strange to not bang into the half-closed door this morning (I'm clumsy) because my Harry Potter shelf was not behind it anymore, so the door was wide open. My desk is gone, too. Very large open space now.
Anyway, getting to the important stuff: my writing.
I had a couple of sucky days, but last night was great! After the WriYe Sunday Word Wars (I signed up for both) I wrote a total of 2,337 words yesterday. That makes it 12,484/30,000 words I've written for Oh, Baby! this month, and I've already written about 600 today. And 14,504/300,000 written for the entire year, when you factor in my role-playing applications.
Speaking of role-playing, the website I've been working on for the past month or so with Tippy is finally opening! It's called Tainted Blood, and it's the third in a series of rpgs Tippy's owned. I don't have much to say, except please join! Right now we have eight members - all of us amazing, of course - but we could use some new blood, pardon the pun. So, if you're a Harry Potter fan, and if you role-play (or not) join, pleeease! I play Fred, Luna, Joanna, and Patience at the moment, so contact me when you get over there. www.taintedbloodrpg.proboards.com
Unfortunately Tippy is sick right now (I'm praying for you, hun!) but the rest of us are still there. And once I'm finished my writing for the night, I'll be heading over there to finish Patience's app and starting some mega advertising.
That's all I have to say right now. Maybe I'll be back tomorrow. Doubtful as I'll have to get another newsletter out then. Maybe.
xoxo,
Lizzy<3
So yesterday was the beginning of my family's journey of fitting everything from our house, into an apartment. We've been packing off and on for the past few months, but last night we really got to work and cleared things out. I'm not joking, when I woke up this morning the only things I had in my room were two shelves, an end table, my bed, my dresser full of clothes, and a box that will remain open until I have to move - at which point I'll throw my alarm clock and books inside and tape it up.
It was very strange to not bang into the half-closed door this morning (I'm clumsy) because my Harry Potter shelf was not behind it anymore, so the door was wide open. My desk is gone, too. Very large open space now.
Anyway, getting to the important stuff: my writing.
I had a couple of sucky days, but last night was great! After the WriYe Sunday Word Wars (I signed up for both) I wrote a total of 2,337 words yesterday. That makes it 12,484/30,000 words I've written for Oh, Baby! this month, and I've already written about 600 today. And 14,504/300,000 written for the entire year, when you factor in my role-playing applications.
Speaking of role-playing, the website I've been working on for the past month or so with Tippy is finally opening! It's called Tainted Blood, and it's the third in a series of rpgs Tippy's owned. I don't have much to say, except please join! Right now we have eight members - all of us amazing, of course - but we could use some new blood, pardon the pun. So, if you're a Harry Potter fan, and if you role-play (or not) join, pleeease! I play Fred, Luna, Joanna, and Patience at the moment, so contact me when you get over there. www.taintedbloodrpg.proboards.com
Unfortunately Tippy is sick right now (I'm praying for you, hun!) but the rest of us are still there. And once I'm finished my writing for the night, I'll be heading over there to finish Patience's app and starting some mega advertising.
That's all I have to say right now. Maybe I'll be back tomorrow. Doubtful as I'll have to get another newsletter out then. Maybe.
xoxo,
Lizzy<3
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
The Decision...
Well, it's just after ten-thirty here, and that means the end of my writing for the day (ok, so I've been finished for an hour or so).
My final count for the day is 1,460 words. Pretty darn good. That brings my total up to 3,093. No, I didn't make my two-thousand goal, but I'm ok with that. There's also the writing course to think about. I think I'm going to join. I've been feeling really optimistic all day (all week...) and I'm going to try it.
In other news, my parents just found an apartment for us to live in. Um, I did mention I'm moving before, right? Yeah. Was November, then December, then January, now February first. Kinda fits in perfectly with my novels, doesn't it? Anyway, I'll probably be packing more than writing this month, but I shall continue.
Good night all, and happy writing,
Lizzy<3
P.S. I've got news on my 2010 stories tomorrow (more than six?).
My final count for the day is 1,460 words. Pretty darn good. That brings my total up to 3,093. No, I didn't make my two-thousand goal, but I'm ok with that. There's also the writing course to think about. I think I'm going to join. I've been feeling really optimistic all day (all week...) and I'm going to try it.
In other news, my parents just found an apartment for us to live in. Um, I did mention I'm moving before, right? Yeah. Was November, then December, then January, now February first. Kinda fits in perfectly with my novels, doesn't it? Anyway, I'll probably be packing more than writing this month, but I shall continue.
Good night all, and happy writing,
Lizzy<3
P.S. I've got news on my 2010 stories tomorrow (more than six?).
Thursday, December 31, 2009
Goodbye 2009
(Originally post on the 20th on my new LiveJournal) I said a couple of weeks ago that I would be posting some story ideas soon, and while I still plan to do that, I'd rather do it later this month. Right now I want to talk about my most recent realization.
I've said several times over the past couple of months that this has been a really bad year. The worst ever. When you consider the events of the past few months, I'm sure many people would agree. The funny thing is that I don't. I sat thinking about this Friday night and came to the realization that, despite all the many problems and stressing, 2009 was a really good year for me.
My close friends know about the problems I'm going through right now, and I'm sorry to say those haven't changed. If they miraculously did on Christmas day this would be the best year in history and nothing would ever be able to top it. But, being the optimist that I usually am, I'm trying to look past those things. I want to make this post so that I'll always have something to look back on to remind of the good things that happened this year. This is also my way of thanking the people that changed this year for the better.
In 2009 I helped my friends build an rpg that is now bigger than any other site I've ever made. Because of that rpg, I've made a ton of new friends this year.
In 2009 I finished the last three books in the Twilight saga and loved them. I later got my parents into the series and we've enjoyed both of the movies together.
In 2009 I read the published novel of my best friend and loved it. It now sits on a Harry Potter shelf beside my bed and makes me smile every day.
In 2009 I got a printer/scanner, a cell phone, and an iPod touch. Yes, the little things make me happy too. =)
In 2009 discovered the power of YouTube, Twitter and Facebook. However, I have every intention of using these powers for good.
In 2009 I started watching the vlogbrothers of YouTube. It's been about five months since I first saw their videos, but my life will never be the same. John and Hank will never know how much they've helped me, but I hope I'll be able to repay the favor one day.
In 2009 I participated in NaNoWriMo for the first time, and won. Through this I realized that pretty much anything is possible. I'm a procrastinator. I wrote a nearly-finished novel in thirty days.
In 2009 I rediscovered my passion for writing.
In 2009 I became legally able to drink and gamble in Canada - though I haven't done either yet.
In 2009 I had the best vacation ever.
In 2009 I found some great websites. Like BabyDow and AverageWizard In 2009 I was introduced to Huey Lewis and the News. They have been my favorite band for over six months now. <3
In 2009 I fell in love with several shows, new and old. Charmed, the Mentalist, Castle, Vampire Diaries.
In 2009, despite having never seen any Star Trek shows or movies, I watched the new movie four times in one week. I plan to start watching the shows through repeats and YouTube.
In 2009 I went to the drive-in more than I did in the three previous years combined.
In 2009 I realized I don't look that bad with short hair.
These are just some of the things that had gone right for me this year. Some of them may sound silly or unimportant, but for one reason or another, they're what made me happy. Unfortunately, I can't leave out the bad things that have happened this year.
In 2009 my parents filed for bankruptcy. We're moving next month. In 2009 my dad asked for a divorce.
In 2009 I thought I might have to give away one of my cats. That's still being decided. In 2009 I thought two of my friends passed away. One did.
In 2009 I had the worst nightmare of my life, that sticks with me every day.
I've cried more in 2009 than any other year. But I think I probably laughed more this year as well. The bad things still bother me. A lot. Hell, I had a breakdown a few hours ago. But I think the good has outweighed the bad. That has a lot to do with my friends. There's no way I can possibly name all of them, but there are a handful that made a big difference for me.
Tippy- I will never be able to thank you enough for sticking with me this year. I don't know if I would have been able to make it through these past few months without you. The thought of talking to you keeps me going on bad days. I'm so thankful for you.
Iris- Though we haven't talked in a while, I think about you all the time. I still consider you one of my closest friends and hope we'll be able to catch up soon.
Emily- You always bring a smile to my face, even if it's not me you're talking to. You're a very talented writer. I love reading your posts.
And, of course, the rest of the SW members. Jess, Hayley, Hadie, Kat, Leslie, Leah, and Sam. You're all wonderful.
I hope that 2010 is better than this year was. I'm going into the new year with a lot of goals and plans. I want to write almost every day, finish and edit my novel, stop procrastinating, and I've even added the common lose weight reservation. I want to read more too. I talked about doing a fifty-book challenge back in October but I had to stop because of the 'bad' list. Well, I want to restart that. I'll be talking more about my writing and reading in January. Like I said, I have big plans.
To everyone who read this, I hope you've had as good a year as I have. I also hope you join me in going into 2010 with a positive and optimistic attitude. Try not to let things get you down. Merry Christmas (or Happy Holidays) and Happy New Year.
-Lizzy<3
I've said several times over the past couple of months that this has been a really bad year. The worst ever. When you consider the events of the past few months, I'm sure many people would agree. The funny thing is that I don't. I sat thinking about this Friday night and came to the realization that, despite all the many problems and stressing, 2009 was a really good year for me.
My close friends know about the problems I'm going through right now, and I'm sorry to say those haven't changed. If they miraculously did on Christmas day this would be the best year in history and nothing would ever be able to top it. But, being the optimist that I usually am, I'm trying to look past those things. I want to make this post so that I'll always have something to look back on to remind of the good things that happened this year. This is also my way of thanking the people that changed this year for the better.
In 2009 I helped my friends build an rpg that is now bigger than any other site I've ever made. Because of that rpg, I've made a ton of new friends this year.
In 2009 I finished the last three books in the Twilight saga and loved them. I later got my parents into the series and we've enjoyed both of the movies together.
In 2009 I read the published novel of my best friend and loved it. It now sits on a Harry Potter shelf beside my bed and makes me smile every day.
In 2009 I got a printer/scanner, a cell phone, and an iPod touch. Yes, the little things make me happy too. =)
In 2009 discovered the power of YouTube, Twitter and Facebook. However, I have every intention of using these powers for good.
In 2009 I started watching the vlogbrothers of YouTube. It's been about five months since I first saw their videos, but my life will never be the same. John and Hank will never know how much they've helped me, but I hope I'll be able to repay the favor one day.
In 2009 I participated in NaNoWriMo for the first time, and won. Through this I realized that pretty much anything is possible. I'm a procrastinator. I wrote a nearly-finished novel in thirty days.
In 2009 I rediscovered my passion for writing.
In 2009 I became legally able to drink and gamble in Canada - though I haven't done either yet.
In 2009 I had the best vacation ever.
In 2009 I found some great websites. Like BabyDow and AverageWizard In 2009 I was introduced to Huey Lewis and the News. They have been my favorite band for over six months now. <3
In 2009 I fell in love with several shows, new and old. Charmed, the Mentalist, Castle, Vampire Diaries.
In 2009, despite having never seen any Star Trek shows or movies, I watched the new movie four times in one week. I plan to start watching the shows through repeats and YouTube.
In 2009 I went to the drive-in more than I did in the three previous years combined.
In 2009 I realized I don't look that bad with short hair.
These are just some of the things that had gone right for me this year. Some of them may sound silly or unimportant, but for one reason or another, they're what made me happy. Unfortunately, I can't leave out the bad things that have happened this year.
In 2009 my parents filed for bankruptcy. We're moving next month. In 2009 my dad asked for a divorce.
In 2009 I thought I might have to give away one of my cats. That's still being decided. In 2009 I thought two of my friends passed away. One did.
In 2009 I had the worst nightmare of my life, that sticks with me every day.
I've cried more in 2009 than any other year. But I think I probably laughed more this year as well. The bad things still bother me. A lot. Hell, I had a breakdown a few hours ago. But I think the good has outweighed the bad. That has a lot to do with my friends. There's no way I can possibly name all of them, but there are a handful that made a big difference for me.
Tippy- I will never be able to thank you enough for sticking with me this year. I don't know if I would have been able to make it through these past few months without you. The thought of talking to you keeps me going on bad days. I'm so thankful for you.
Iris- Though we haven't talked in a while, I think about you all the time. I still consider you one of my closest friends and hope we'll be able to catch up soon.
Emily- You always bring a smile to my face, even if it's not me you're talking to. You're a very talented writer. I love reading your posts.
And, of course, the rest of the SW members. Jess, Hayley, Hadie, Kat, Leslie, Leah, and Sam. You're all wonderful.
I hope that 2010 is better than this year was. I'm going into the new year with a lot of goals and plans. I want to write almost every day, finish and edit my novel, stop procrastinating, and I've even added the common lose weight reservation. I want to read more too. I talked about doing a fifty-book challenge back in October but I had to stop because of the 'bad' list. Well, I want to restart that. I'll be talking more about my writing and reading in January. Like I said, I have big plans.
To everyone who read this, I hope you've had as good a year as I have. I also hope you join me in going into 2010 with a positive and optimistic attitude. Try not to let things get you down. Merry Christmas (or Happy Holidays) and Happy New Year.
-Lizzy<3
Thursday, December 3, 2009
When Life Gives You Lemons...
... throw 'em back and ask for something useful. ;)
Sorry I haven't felt like updating this in a while. Um, shortly (about two weeks) after my last post, my dad asked my mom for a divorce. Yeah. That was eight days after they celebrated their twentieth wedding anniversary. They've been trying to have a baby for over two years. Aparently none of that matters to him anymore.
Long story short, due to our financial problems, we were planning on moving anyway. But because we're basically broke, we'll still have to move together. My mom and I will be sharing a room, and my dad claims he'll be cooped up in his for the six hours a night he'll be home to sleep. We move sometime next month, if everything goes according to plan.
Now, changing the subject, I participated in NaNoWriMo last month. Thank God for that! As much as I hated spending my days and nights feeling like I was avoiding my friends and mom - who's really needed me these past months - the writing got me through November. Well, I can't let NaNo take all the credit. I probably still would have gone mental if it wasn't for my friend Tippy, who gave me the push to keep writing when I didn't want to and made me laugh on my especially bad days.
The briefest description I can give you of my NaNo novel is that a family of five one-by-one start seeing or hearing a ghost. Their spirit guide, Annie. It's a three-story novel about this family learning to cope with these new abilities. By the end of NaNo I reached the 50,000 word goal and am almost finished the second story. I plan to continue writing throughout December and reach 8ok by the time I finish the third. I will edit this novel early next year, and already have a publishing company in mind.
And, because writing has helped me so much lately, I don't want to fall back into my old ways of only writing when the inspiration really hit me. I want to be an author. I have to act like one. I have to make writing work for me. My dad once told me I could be a writing and a teacher and still have a family like I want to. That's always sounded like a challenge to me, so I intend to prove him wrong. Hopefully by writing 50k, he saw that I might actually have what it takes. If not, I'm going to next year.
I want to make writing part of my daily routine, as crazy as that's going to be. But my mom just took on a full time day job, like my dad. And they both work (together - bleh) at a night job. So I won't be spending as much time with her as I usually do. My home chores are just dishes and laundry, which easily work around my other projects. The main thing I want to make work is my friend life and writing life. Both are unbelievably important to me. I could never live without both. Trust me. I've accidentally tried and it never ended well.
So, as long as I stick with the Something Wicked website, and push myself to make the posts there like I'm pushing my novel writing, I think I'll be just fine.
Ashley, a girl I met yesterday on the NaNo forums under the name of DragonYoga, came up with a brilliant idea of writing six novels a year in the style of NaNo. 50k in one month. A similar project to this, WriYe (writing year) has been running for three years or so, but I think that's a bit more demanding. At least I could possibly work six months into my schedule, right?
Well, we start next month. There are about twenty of us signed up so far. Few of us are actually trying for all six novels though. I promised them that I'd try my hardest, despite the months being pretty busy - like the big move next month. But I'm not going to put a ton of pressure on myself like I did for NaNo. I'd never survive if I did. But if I continue to push my writing, and just write without planning ahead or editing as I go, I might just make it.
I've also thought this would be a great way for me to incorperate fan fics back into my life. I still read them all the time - Harry Potter, Twilight, Charmed, Supernatural - but writing doesn't come easy for me. I have this small story that's a work in progress posted on fanfiction.net. I've been getting reviews for a while begging me to update. I'll probably work on that first.
I'll try to do another blog post sometime next week, or maybe later this week to let you all know how it's going, and fill you in on what stories I'll be writing. Right now, I'm super tired because I haven't had a full night's sleep in a few days. Plus I had about five nightmares last night (like, the worst I've ever had) and didn't dare go back to bed. And now? Now there are men fixing the roof. With very LOUD hammers and saws and things. =(
Anyway, I'm off to get more hot chocolate. Later.
-Lizzy<3
Sorry I haven't felt like updating this in a while. Um, shortly (about two weeks) after my last post, my dad asked my mom for a divorce. Yeah. That was eight days after they celebrated their twentieth wedding anniversary. They've been trying to have a baby for over two years. Aparently none of that matters to him anymore.
Long story short, due to our financial problems, we were planning on moving anyway. But because we're basically broke, we'll still have to move together. My mom and I will be sharing a room, and my dad claims he'll be cooped up in his for the six hours a night he'll be home to sleep. We move sometime next month, if everything goes according to plan.
Now, changing the subject, I participated in NaNoWriMo last month. Thank God for that! As much as I hated spending my days and nights feeling like I was avoiding my friends and mom - who's really needed me these past months - the writing got me through November. Well, I can't let NaNo take all the credit. I probably still would have gone mental if it wasn't for my friend Tippy, who gave me the push to keep writing when I didn't want to and made me laugh on my especially bad days.
The briefest description I can give you of my NaNo novel is that a family of five one-by-one start seeing or hearing a ghost. Their spirit guide, Annie. It's a three-story novel about this family learning to cope with these new abilities. By the end of NaNo I reached the 50,000 word goal and am almost finished the second story. I plan to continue writing throughout December and reach 8ok by the time I finish the third. I will edit this novel early next year, and already have a publishing company in mind.
And, because writing has helped me so much lately, I don't want to fall back into my old ways of only writing when the inspiration really hit me. I want to be an author. I have to act like one. I have to make writing work for me. My dad once told me I could be a writing and a teacher and still have a family like I want to. That's always sounded like a challenge to me, so I intend to prove him wrong. Hopefully by writing 50k, he saw that I might actually have what it takes. If not, I'm going to next year.
I want to make writing part of my daily routine, as crazy as that's going to be. But my mom just took on a full time day job, like my dad. And they both work (together - bleh) at a night job. So I won't be spending as much time with her as I usually do. My home chores are just dishes and laundry, which easily work around my other projects. The main thing I want to make work is my friend life and writing life. Both are unbelievably important to me. I could never live without both. Trust me. I've accidentally tried and it never ended well.
So, as long as I stick with the Something Wicked website, and push myself to make the posts there like I'm pushing my novel writing, I think I'll be just fine.
Ashley, a girl I met yesterday on the NaNo forums under the name of DragonYoga, came up with a brilliant idea of writing six novels a year in the style of NaNo. 50k in one month. A similar project to this, WriYe (writing year) has been running for three years or so, but I think that's a bit more demanding. At least I could possibly work six months into my schedule, right?
Well, we start next month. There are about twenty of us signed up so far. Few of us are actually trying for all six novels though. I promised them that I'd try my hardest, despite the months being pretty busy - like the big move next month. But I'm not going to put a ton of pressure on myself like I did for NaNo. I'd never survive if I did. But if I continue to push my writing, and just write without planning ahead or editing as I go, I might just make it.
I've also thought this would be a great way for me to incorperate fan fics back into my life. I still read them all the time - Harry Potter, Twilight, Charmed, Supernatural - but writing doesn't come easy for me. I have this small story that's a work in progress posted on fanfiction.net. I've been getting reviews for a while begging me to update. I'll probably work on that first.
I'll try to do another blog post sometime next week, or maybe later this week to let you all know how it's going, and fill you in on what stories I'll be writing. Right now, I'm super tired because I haven't had a full night's sleep in a few days. Plus I had about five nightmares last night (like, the worst I've ever had) and didn't dare go back to bed. And now? Now there are men fixing the roof. With very LOUD hammers and saws and things. =(
Anyway, I'm off to get more hot chocolate. Later.
-Lizzy<3
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Getting Back in the Swing of Things
Wow, I can't believe it's been five months since I updated last. Yikes. Really, really sorry about that. Um, things have been weird and hectic and stressful lately, but I'm going to try and get you all up to date in this one post. Wish me luck.
First off, let's talk about life in general. The basic changes are: there's still a chance we're getting rid of my youngest cat, Mickey (did I mention that before?); we're moving! Probably going to Mississauga, probably at the end of next month. I went on vacation and had a great time there. I got a new printer/scanner for my birthday, so hopefully I'll soon be able to upload a picture of myself. Speaking of which, I'm nineteen, yay!! For my birthday I also got my best friend Tippy's book, Etched in Stone ( http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Etched-In-Stone-Book-One-The-Skyla-Chronicles/Tiffany-Marie-Saxe/e/9781606933732/?itm=1 ) which I'll be reading very shortly, but more on that later.
YouTube has been a recent obsession of mine. First it started as just watching Tippy's vlogs (http://www.youtube.com/user/tiffanysaxe ) but then I found the VlogBrothers (http://www.youtube.com/user/vlogbrothers#play/uploads) who, in turn, led me to the 5 Awesome Girls (http://www.youtube.com/user/fiveawesomegirls#play/uploads). I'm a dedicated Nerdfighter and you can find me over at the Ning (http://nerdfighters.ning.com/) under the username of Elizabeth Sabourin. I'm also trying to save money to buy a webcam or something so that I can start vlogging, which will mean more updates than normal blogging! =D
Kristina of the 5 Awesome Girls gave me the idea for the Book Challenge. Last year she read 50 books in one year. I want to do the same. I'll be starting as soon as I finish the book I'm reading now. I'll start with Tippy's book, and I've already got about 45 other books picked.
I'm still doing the writing course, but I don't want to talk about that right now. Actually, while watching Tippy's latest video in which she talks about her book projects, I realized I haven't really done that yet. I mean, my mom knows about my stories cuz she's a writer too and it's great to have someone to bounce ideas off of, but I've kinda kept the ideas secret from my friends. Hmm. Well, I'll talk about them in my next post (which might be tonight it all goes well).
If you're into role-playing you should check out Tippy's Harry Potter site, Something Wicked (http://hoggydays.proboards.com) where you can find me playing about ten characters, most recently Fred Weasley. We're also working to revamp her old HP rpg, Marauding Mysteries.
Ok, that's all I can think of right now. I'll get to work on the book-ideas post. =]
DFTBA!
-Lizzy
First off, let's talk about life in general. The basic changes are: there's still a chance we're getting rid of my youngest cat, Mickey (did I mention that before?); we're moving! Probably going to Mississauga, probably at the end of next month. I went on vacation and had a great time there. I got a new printer/scanner for my birthday, so hopefully I'll soon be able to upload a picture of myself. Speaking of which, I'm nineteen, yay!! For my birthday I also got my best friend Tippy's book, Etched in Stone ( http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Etched-In-Stone-Book-One-The-Skyla-Chronicles/Tiffany-Marie-Saxe/e/9781606933732/?itm=1 ) which I'll be reading very shortly, but more on that later.
YouTube has been a recent obsession of mine. First it started as just watching Tippy's vlogs (http://www.youtube.com/user/tiffanysaxe ) but then I found the VlogBrothers (http://www.youtube.com/user/vlogbrothers#play/uploads) who, in turn, led me to the 5 Awesome Girls (http://www.youtube.com/user/fiveawesomegirls#play/uploads). I'm a dedicated Nerdfighter and you can find me over at the Ning (http://nerdfighters.ning.com/) under the username of Elizabeth Sabourin. I'm also trying to save money to buy a webcam or something so that I can start vlogging, which will mean more updates than normal blogging! =D
Kristina of the 5 Awesome Girls gave me the idea for the Book Challenge. Last year she read 50 books in one year. I want to do the same. I'll be starting as soon as I finish the book I'm reading now. I'll start with Tippy's book, and I've already got about 45 other books picked.
I'm still doing the writing course, but I don't want to talk about that right now. Actually, while watching Tippy's latest video in which she talks about her book projects, I realized I haven't really done that yet. I mean, my mom knows about my stories cuz she's a writer too and it's great to have someone to bounce ideas off of, but I've kinda kept the ideas secret from my friends. Hmm. Well, I'll talk about them in my next post (which might be tonight it all goes well).
If you're into role-playing you should check out Tippy's Harry Potter site, Something Wicked (http://hoggydays.proboards.com) where you can find me playing about ten characters, most recently Fred Weasley. We're also working to revamp her old HP rpg, Marauding Mysteries.
Ok, that's all I can think of right now. I'll get to work on the book-ideas post. =]
DFTBA!
-Lizzy
Monday, April 27, 2009
Sick of Life
I have a good excuse for my recent absence, I swear!! Well, if you've read my other posts you know that I'm a procrastinator, so there's no need to elaborate on that. Anyway, aside from real life being a pain with my parents threatening to take my youngest cat away (really heart-breaking, but I don't think it'll be happening any more), and my mom starting getting more contracts for her catering business (I kinda have to help with that), weather changes that are killing me (usually cold, then suddenly really hot), and on Wednesday I came down with a cold that left me stuck in bed. I feeling a lot better now, though not completely over it.
My writing career is up in limbo at the moment, which is also killing me. I wasn't able to write that article so I sent my wonderful instructor an email. And when that, for some unknown reason, wasn't delivered to her, I sent her a letter in the mail. I explained that I want to continue with the course, but I can't do that one assignment. I have yet to hear back from her.
I've been doing a bit of fanfic writing lately. Anyone watch Digimon? Well you really should. It's an anime show and probably designed more for older kids/younger teens, but in my defence, I was eleven when I started watching. I'm still really addicted to it. I haven't seen the fifth season as it is currently airing for the first time. The first two seasons were my favorite - who can resist TK and Kari? ^_^ So ... this fic I'm writing is a Digimon one. It's really funny and has new digidestined and an adventure and stuff. I might post the link when I'm finished. I'm working on the fifth chapter right now.
Role-playing isn't going so well. I'm currently a part of two rpg sites but ... well, I haven't been on Some Things Never Change in about a week, probably more. And I'm really angry at myself for that. But real life has to be the number one priority, right? The other site is Twin Flames - have I mentioned it before? - It's a great site, really. Amazing plot, good characters, nice people. At the moment I only have two accounts there, with two more thought up. I play Harry Potter's fiancee, though they've only just met (the Ministry is forcing them to marry). And I love the girl playing Harry. Theta is really great. She's an excellent writer; she give so many details in her posts ... I wish I could do that. But I say she's an excellent writer, not role-player.
Personally, I don't understand when role-players say they're not writers, but that's what you're doing! You're getting inside the head of a character and controlling their actions and feelings and history. That's writing. So, in my mind, all role-players are writers - but not all writers are role-players. You see, to be a good role-player you need to be able to work off of the opposite rp-er's actions and dialogue, and then add your own for them to work off of. Unfortunately, not a lot of people follow this rule. I've had to work with a lot of people who wouldn't give me anything to go off of, which only made my posts harder to write and therefore shorter. Questions are a great way to fill space in a post, and interact with the other character too. If only more people would learn to ask more questions in a post, these rpgs might last a little longer.
Anyway, I'm avoiding going back to Twin Flames because of this problem. Childish, I know, but I really just don't know how much more I have to contribute to a rp before people get the hint.
That's all the ranting my brain will let me do right now. I'm going to do some more writing now. Bye-bye.
~Lizzy <333333
My writing career is up in limbo at the moment, which is also killing me. I wasn't able to write that article so I sent my wonderful instructor an email. And when that, for some unknown reason, wasn't delivered to her, I sent her a letter in the mail. I explained that I want to continue with the course, but I can't do that one assignment. I have yet to hear back from her.
I've been doing a bit of fanfic writing lately. Anyone watch Digimon? Well you really should. It's an anime show and probably designed more for older kids/younger teens, but in my defence, I was eleven when I started watching. I'm still really addicted to it. I haven't seen the fifth season as it is currently airing for the first time. The first two seasons were my favorite - who can resist TK and Kari? ^_^ So ... this fic I'm writing is a Digimon one. It's really funny and has new digidestined and an adventure and stuff. I might post the link when I'm finished. I'm working on the fifth chapter right now.
Role-playing isn't going so well. I'm currently a part of two rpg sites but ... well, I haven't been on Some Things Never Change in about a week, probably more. And I'm really angry at myself for that. But real life has to be the number one priority, right? The other site is Twin Flames - have I mentioned it before? - It's a great site, really. Amazing plot, good characters, nice people. At the moment I only have two accounts there, with two more thought up. I play Harry Potter's fiancee, though they've only just met (the Ministry is forcing them to marry). And I love the girl playing Harry. Theta is really great. She's an excellent writer; she give so many details in her posts ... I wish I could do that. But I say she's an excellent writer, not role-player.
Personally, I don't understand when role-players say they're not writers, but that's what you're doing! You're getting inside the head of a character and controlling their actions and feelings and history. That's writing. So, in my mind, all role-players are writers - but not all writers are role-players. You see, to be a good role-player you need to be able to work off of the opposite rp-er's actions and dialogue, and then add your own for them to work off of. Unfortunately, not a lot of people follow this rule. I've had to work with a lot of people who wouldn't give me anything to go off of, which only made my posts harder to write and therefore shorter. Questions are a great way to fill space in a post, and interact with the other character too. If only more people would learn to ask more questions in a post, these rpgs might last a little longer.
Anyway, I'm avoiding going back to Twin Flames because of this problem. Childish, I know, but I really just don't know how much more I have to contribute to a rp before people get the hint.
That's all the ranting my brain will let me do right now. I'm going to do some more writing now. Bye-bye.
~Lizzy <333333
Monday, March 23, 2009
Pet Peeves
Current Mood: stressed, excited, creative
Currently Listening to: random rock music
So .... my main reason for posting right now is because I don't want everyone to think I've abandoned this blog. It's just that my latest assignment for the institute of children's literature was due on the twentieth and I thought it was later, and I haven't even started writing it yet. :(
My assignment is supposed to be an article written on whatever I want. But since I really hate writing articles - even though I'm decent at it - I've really been dreading this one. I have, however, come up with an age group and subject. I'll be talking about the responsibility of various pets, for a young child. At least that's the plan. After I finish this post I'm going to do some research - I really only know about cats.
On the subject of books, I got Eclipse today. I'm really excited about it, but I have to share it with my mom. And I'm not really allowed to read too much because of this assignment. That reminds me, have I mentioned how big of a fan of Twilight my mom is? Oh yeah, she's obsessed. She read Twilight and New Moon in like four days. She was more excited to see the movie than me! Then again, I really wasn't looking forward to it anyway. I mean, the Harry Potter movies have been pretty bad, I expected the same with this.
We did buy the movie this Saturday... or Friday night, actually. I was pleasantly surprised, but it wasn't as good as it could have been. I mean, Robert Pattinson as Edward? He's not even good-looking. And they deleted some of my favorite scenes and lines from the book. -sob-
My dad watched it with us today and actually liked it! Which is really surprising, because he hates a lot of movies. Now my mom's got him reading the first book. Tell me, is it a good or a bad thing that my parents have been calling each other Bella and Edward all day?
Anyway, I still can't tell you much about my rpg informational site/blog that I'm working on. Work is kind of at a stand-still right now due to my busy schedule. But I'm still on Something Wicked, and just joined an rpg owned by another friend of mine, Emily. It's an original storyline, kinda like X-Men. I'll give you the link in my next post. I'm also done an rpg of my own.
It'll be called Incinta Incanto, and it's a Harry Potter rpg. All the boards are put up and stuff, I just need to finish my character bios. I'm still not sure if I should open right now. I mean, what's the point on opening when my two best role-playing friends are so busy? Well, maybe I'll be able to do it the next couple of months. Fingers crossed!!
xoxoxoxo
Lizzy <333
Currently Listening to: random rock music
So .... my main reason for posting right now is because I don't want everyone to think I've abandoned this blog. It's just that my latest assignment for the institute of children's literature was due on the twentieth and I thought it was later, and I haven't even started writing it yet. :(
My assignment is supposed to be an article written on whatever I want. But since I really hate writing articles - even though I'm decent at it - I've really been dreading this one. I have, however, come up with an age group and subject. I'll be talking about the responsibility of various pets, for a young child. At least that's the plan. After I finish this post I'm going to do some research - I really only know about cats.
On the subject of books, I got Eclipse today. I'm really excited about it, but I have to share it with my mom. And I'm not really allowed to read too much because of this assignment. That reminds me, have I mentioned how big of a fan of Twilight my mom is? Oh yeah, she's obsessed. She read Twilight and New Moon in like four days. She was more excited to see the movie than me! Then again, I really wasn't looking forward to it anyway. I mean, the Harry Potter movies have been pretty bad, I expected the same with this.
We did buy the movie this Saturday... or Friday night, actually. I was pleasantly surprised, but it wasn't as good as it could have been. I mean, Robert Pattinson as Edward? He's not even good-looking. And they deleted some of my favorite scenes and lines from the book. -sob-
My dad watched it with us today and actually liked it! Which is really surprising, because he hates a lot of movies. Now my mom's got him reading the first book. Tell me, is it a good or a bad thing that my parents have been calling each other Bella and Edward all day?
Anyway, I still can't tell you much about my rpg informational site/blog that I'm working on. Work is kind of at a stand-still right now due to my busy schedule. But I'm still on Something Wicked, and just joined an rpg owned by another friend of mine, Emily. It's an original storyline, kinda like X-Men. I'll give you the link in my next post. I'm also done an rpg of my own.
It'll be called Incinta Incanto, and it's a Harry Potter rpg. All the boards are put up and stuff, I just need to finish my character bios. I'm still not sure if I should open right now. I mean, what's the point on opening when my two best role-playing friends are so busy? Well, maybe I'll be able to do it the next couple of months. Fingers crossed!!
xoxoxoxo
Lizzy <333
Monday, February 23, 2009
Getting to Know Me
Mood: cold, groggy
Currently Listening to: radio commercials
Okay, so I was just reading my friend's blog on (sucky) LiveJournal and I saw that she had taken this random quiz and I thought I'd post it here - with my own answers, of course.
Do you have any pets?: yes, three cats;; Smokey, Oliver, and Mickey
What color shirt are you wearing?: red
Name three things that are physically close to you: aside from the obvious chair, keyboard, desk and monitor;; radio, juice bottle, and a heater
What is the last book you read?: Twilight
Are you or were you a good student?: I was average
What's your favorite sport?: Hockey, I guess
Do you enjoy sleeping late?: I did today. lol. but I actually hate it because it gets me off schedule
What's the weather like right now?: cold, it snowed all of last night
Who tells the best jokes?: in my family: um, both my parents are pretty funny;; not in my family: Ryan Stiles and Colin Mochrie
What was the last thing you dreamed about?: I dreamed about Smallville today. gave me a great idea for a fanfic too. ^_^
Do you drive? If so, have you ever crashed?: I don't drive. :(
Do you believe in karma?: idk
Do you believe in luck?: um... kinda
Do you like your eggs scrambled or sunny side up?: scrambled!!
Do you collect anything? If so, what?: postcards from all over. I also want to collect spoons like my grandma used to.
Are you proud of yourself?: not at the moment
Are you reliable?: most of the time
Have you ever given money to a bum?: never had the chance
What's your favorite food?: my mom's homemade mac 'n' cheese
Have you ever had a secret admirer?: no :(
Do you like the smell of gasoline?: no
Do like to draw?: yeah, but I suck
What's your favorite invention?: everything
Is your room messy?: yeah
What do you like better: oranges or apples?: apples, but I only eat yellow ones
Do you give in easily?: sometimes
Are you a good guesser?: depends
Can you read other people's expressions?: depends on who it is
Are you a bully?: nope
Do you have a job?: no
What time did you wake up this morning?: 1:00 pm
What did you eat for breakfast this morning?: juice
When was the last time you showered?: yesterday
What do you plan on doing tomorrow?: updating my blog, of course! Booky Tuesdays!!
What's your favorite day of the week and why?: erm, Saturday because I get to spend the most time with my family, but Sunday because I get to spend the most time on the computer.
Do you have any nicknames?: Lizzy (thanks to Tippy), Lizzytcka (thanks to Iris), and Junior (thanks to the stupidity of my father)
Have you ever been scuba diving?: nope
What's your least favorite color?: orange, bleh
Is there someone you have been constantly thinking about? If yes, who?: i guess my mom, or rather, my future little brother or sister. :D
Would you ever go skydiving?: nooooo!!! dude, I'm waaay too afraid of heights to do that.
What toothpaste do you use?: Colgate
Do you enjoy challenges?: physically, no;; mentally, yeah
What's the worst injury you have had?: a swollen middle finger on my right hand because I fell down two steps of the stairs in my house. my hand was squished between my chest and the railing. it was a pain to use the computer mouse for the next two weeks, and typing was impossible. :(
What's the last movie you saw?: 1408
What do you want to know about the future?: my life (career, family), and will I always stay in contact with the friends I have now - cuz they're so amazing. ^_^
What does your last text message say?: idk, I was doing it for mom.
Who was the last person you spoke over the phone to?: mom
What's your favorite school subject?: English
What's your least favorite school subject?: math
Would you rather have money or love?: love
What is your dream vacation?: Ireland
What is your favorite animal?: cat
Do you miss anyone right now?: yeah, my grandpa
What's the last sporting event you watched?: hockey
Do you need to do laundry?: doing it right now
Do you listen to the radio?: all the time, like right now
Where were you when 9/11 happened?: in my living room, watching with my mom and grandpa
What do you do when vending machines steal your money?: never happened to me
Have you ever caught a butterfly?: nope
What color are your bed sheets?: lilac
What's your ringtone?: Higher, by Creed
Who was the last person to make you laugh?: my mom
Do you have any obsessions right now?: Twilight. oh, and preparing to be a sister.
Do you like things that glow in the dark?: no
What's your favorite fruity scent?: green apple
Do you watch cartoons?: sometimes
Have you ever sat on a roof?: no, heights again
Have you ever been to a different country?: nope
Name three things in the world you dislike: onions, dead sites, and ice (as in tripping on it.)
Name three people in the world you dislike: I'll keep the personal ones private. celebrity: Scarlet Johanson, Jennifer Aniston, Chris Columbus (the director)
Has a rumor even been spread about you?: no
Do you like sushi?: never had it
Do you believe in magic?: no
Do you hold grudges?: yeah
Thanks go to the Lovely Iris for that quiz.
I'll be back later with my Movie Mondays rant on 1408.
xoxoxo,
Lizzy
Currently Listening to: radio commercials
Okay, so I was just reading my friend's blog on (sucky) LiveJournal and I saw that she had taken this random quiz and I thought I'd post it here - with my own answers, of course.
Do you have any pets?: yes, three cats;; Smokey, Oliver, and Mickey
What color shirt are you wearing?: red
Name three things that are physically close to you: aside from the obvious chair, keyboard, desk and monitor;; radio, juice bottle, and a heater
What is the last book you read?: Twilight
Are you or were you a good student?: I was average
What's your favorite sport?: Hockey, I guess
Do you enjoy sleeping late?: I did today. lol. but I actually hate it because it gets me off schedule
What's the weather like right now?: cold, it snowed all of last night
Who tells the best jokes?: in my family: um, both my parents are pretty funny;; not in my family: Ryan Stiles and Colin Mochrie
What was the last thing you dreamed about?: I dreamed about Smallville today. gave me a great idea for a fanfic too. ^_^
Do you drive? If so, have you ever crashed?: I don't drive. :(
Do you believe in karma?: idk
Do you believe in luck?: um... kinda
Do you like your eggs scrambled or sunny side up?: scrambled!!
Do you collect anything? If so, what?: postcards from all over. I also want to collect spoons like my grandma used to.
Are you proud of yourself?: not at the moment
Are you reliable?: most of the time
Have you ever given money to a bum?: never had the chance
What's your favorite food?: my mom's homemade mac 'n' cheese
Have you ever had a secret admirer?: no :(
Do you like the smell of gasoline?: no
Do like to draw?: yeah, but I suck
What's your favorite invention?: everything
Is your room messy?: yeah
What do you like better: oranges or apples?: apples, but I only eat yellow ones
Do you give in easily?: sometimes
Are you a good guesser?: depends
Can you read other people's expressions?: depends on who it is
Are you a bully?: nope
Do you have a job?: no
What time did you wake up this morning?: 1:00 pm
What did you eat for breakfast this morning?: juice
When was the last time you showered?: yesterday
What do you plan on doing tomorrow?: updating my blog, of course! Booky Tuesdays!!
What's your favorite day of the week and why?: erm, Saturday because I get to spend the most time with my family, but Sunday because I get to spend the most time on the computer.
Do you have any nicknames?: Lizzy (thanks to Tippy), Lizzytcka (thanks to Iris), and Junior (thanks to the stupidity of my father)
Have you ever been scuba diving?: nope
What's your least favorite color?: orange, bleh
Is there someone you have been constantly thinking about? If yes, who?: i guess my mom, or rather, my future little brother or sister. :D
Would you ever go skydiving?: nooooo!!! dude, I'm waaay too afraid of heights to do that.
What toothpaste do you use?: Colgate
Do you enjoy challenges?: physically, no;; mentally, yeah
What's the worst injury you have had?: a swollen middle finger on my right hand because I fell down two steps of the stairs in my house. my hand was squished between my chest and the railing. it was a pain to use the computer mouse for the next two weeks, and typing was impossible. :(
What's the last movie you saw?: 1408
What do you want to know about the future?: my life (career, family), and will I always stay in contact with the friends I have now - cuz they're so amazing. ^_^
What does your last text message say?: idk, I was doing it for mom.
Who was the last person you spoke over the phone to?: mom
What's your favorite school subject?: English
What's your least favorite school subject?: math
Would you rather have money or love?: love
What is your dream vacation?: Ireland
What is your favorite animal?: cat
Do you miss anyone right now?: yeah, my grandpa
What's the last sporting event you watched?: hockey
Do you need to do laundry?: doing it right now
Do you listen to the radio?: all the time, like right now
Where were you when 9/11 happened?: in my living room, watching with my mom and grandpa
What do you do when vending machines steal your money?: never happened to me
Have you ever caught a butterfly?: nope
What color are your bed sheets?: lilac
What's your ringtone?: Higher, by Creed
Who was the last person to make you laugh?: my mom
Do you have any obsessions right now?: Twilight. oh, and preparing to be a sister.
Do you like things that glow in the dark?: no
What's your favorite fruity scent?: green apple
Do you watch cartoons?: sometimes
Have you ever sat on a roof?: no, heights again
Have you ever been to a different country?: nope
Name three things in the world you dislike: onions, dead sites, and ice (as in tripping on it.)
Name three people in the world you dislike: I'll keep the personal ones private. celebrity: Scarlet Johanson, Jennifer Aniston, Chris Columbus (the director)
Has a rumor even been spread about you?: no
Do you like sushi?: never had it
Do you believe in magic?: no
Do you hold grudges?: yeah
Thanks go to the Lovely Iris for that quiz.
I'll be back later with my Movie Mondays rant on 1408.
xoxoxo,
Lizzy
Thursday, February 12, 2009
Because I Can
Good morning dearies. Or, should I say goodnight? Well, while it is technically 11:44 a.m. here in Milton, I'll be going to bed after finishing this post. Why? Because I'm addicted to Facebook. If you play a little game called Pet Society on there, you'll know why. My lovely Alice is about to reach level 26! Uh, I'm getting off topic. I'll be posting again tonight, sometime between 7 and 11, when I have the computer all to myself - and I've had enough sleep so that I can type a decent sentence without having to rewrite it five times.
Anyway, I thought for now I'd introduce some new features to Shades of Lizzy that I'll put into affect later. Basically, the following few things are going to be put at the top of every post. Why? Because I always enjoyed the features on MySpace, and I want to use them here. In short, because I can.
Current Moon: tired
Currently Listening To: "Highway to Hell" by AC/DC on radio.
I may add more stuff as I think of it. But that's it for now.
Later I'll be discussing websites. One's I play on, ones I work on, ones I'm working and playing on. This is especially important because one of my bestest friends will be opening a new site in a few days, a sister site to an already existing one.
xoxo
Lizzy
Anyway, I thought for now I'd introduce some new features to Shades of Lizzy that I'll put into affect later. Basically, the following few things are going to be put at the top of every post. Why? Because I always enjoyed the features on MySpace, and I want to use them here. In short, because I can.
Current Moon: tired
Currently Listening To: "Highway to Hell" by AC/DC on radio.
I may add more stuff as I think of it. But that's it for now.
Later I'll be discussing websites. One's I play on, ones I work on, ones I'm working and playing on. This is especially important because one of my bestest friends will be opening a new site in a few days, a sister site to an already existing one.
xoxo
Lizzy
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