Poetry

Hello world!

My Winter Break has finally begun! WOO-HOO! *partay*

I guess the biggest thing this week (besides being the last week of school in 2013!!!!!!!) is that I have written some stuff, both for school and on my own time.

I don't remember if I've said so, but poetry isn't really my thing. They make you write poems at least once in a while for Language Arts, but it was usually necessary to rhyme in earlier years. I guess I had fun writing it, but I just didn't really feel like I put heart into it. (I do when I write in here and in my stories.) But this year they didn't focus as much into the rhyme, and more into the other aspects of poetry, and I had to write 2-3 poems.

The first one, he had us do for homework right after showing us a TED Talk about a lady who has been going around speaking at high schools and stuff to inspire people to write poetry. One of the tricks she used was that everyone had to write the first few things that they knew to be true that popped into their heads, no matter how trivial, and just used one of those things to write a poem. He had us do that too. The truth I decided to use was that I wanted to be a an elementary teacher when I grew up. (Have I talked about this either?) That lady at the end performed one of her poems, and I personally liked it a lot, and my own was inspired by it. I liked writing it a lot more, and I put in more thought and feeling into it. It rhymed, I think, but it wasn't in a stiff format. A couple of days later, my teacher said he liked it so much he made copies of it and was going to use it as an example for future students! Imagine my surprise, and how impressed the people nearby were. *Imagining that awesome moment...* Yup. It was great. I just want to get the original copy back but he still hasn't...

And last week (as in the week I was talking about in the last post) we had to work on a rough draft for a new poem, which when I heard about the assignment, could barely wait to start writing! It was that we were supposed to compare our minds to something, and keep that symbolism going throughout the entire poem. The only idea in my head was to make my mind a library, and after the teacher showed some obvious things I could correct to make the poem better (it was things I was doubting already, so I changed it gladly), I became extremely happy with my masterpiece. Few people have read/heard it so far, and they said it was quite good. I hope anyone reading this likes it too.

Would You Like to Read a Book From My Mind?

My mind is like a library.

Some sections have such few books it's like that genre barely exists.

Some sections are so overpopulated the poor shelves groan from the weight.

Some sections are clean, tidy, organized,

Some sections you can barely see the floor, depending on who last handled it

although sometimes that person is me.

There are fiction books,

dreams, fake scenes- from Percy Jackson saving Annabeth,

to Kira writing the next name to face his wrath- that play over and over in your head

so often it's like you live in this fantasy world orchestrated by the author

and you actually wish with all your heart it was real

to escape reality forever

but you know it's just a story.

There are nonfiction books,

memories, things of the past once experienced and learned

that are described in a way that you imagine being there, whether you want to or not

and these history books can span from the beginning of time itself to you right now.

There are the informational books,

that have been updated with vocab and how-tos since I was born,

because, after all, you learn something new every day.

There are my autobiographies,

records, diaries kept locked in the back of my library, in which only I have the key

that log not only my everyday events and emotions

but my entire way of being.

And those that are privileged to read any amount of these accounts

(or sneak a peek without my knowledge)

may have critiqued the writer badly too many times

simply because they didn't understand fully

the reasoning, the mindset, the way this very library was built-

and they never would in a million years.

Most reviews are silent, but they are knives that can cut deep.

This library is new, naive, and probably not filled with as much knowledge as it should have at this point,

and the deeper you go it gets curiouser and curiouser,

(and every once in a while you might find a cat softly purring in its sleep,)

but it's mine.

Do you like it?! If you do, please say something! *tear* Hearing more spoken poetry really made me appreciate it more, and I hope it would do the same for you.

 Now, the other work of art I have written! On Thursday I wrote my first fanfic, and I posted it yesterday! *freaking out internally* I had been seriously thinking about writing something, but couldn't find an idea in my noggin that I was happy with and knew I could write. Then suddenly, the night before, it smacked me in the face, and I rubbed the pain away with a smile, thinking about how it would go. I worked on it in the morning during school, during all the little breaks I could get (AKA a moment where I had finished my work already and didn't have to listen to the teacher.) I wrote the last few paragraphs when I got home from school, and I reviewed it a few times before sending it to my new bud, I Am Darkrai. (I have also become friends with Tterit.) I decided I needed at least one person to read it before posting, cuz I personally thought it was kinda boring, but he loved it. (Also, my idea was inspired by some one-shots he's posted, and wanted to make sure he didn't think I was copying him.) For anyone who wants to read my first story on the internet, and maybe for Future Me, here's the link. https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9944405/1/Al-Meets-a-Star

This was kinda a big step in my writing career, because it's my first story using a character that already exists. (Luckily, I hadn't decided to write his thoughts or anything too deep, cuz then I would've gotten too worried about whether that even sounded correct or not...) It was also big because it's the first story I've ever written that was in 3rd person (except for a Cinderella story I never finished in 2nd grade), as far as I remember. I have always just written in 1st person, where you talk with "I" instead of "he/she," or pretty much how I write in this blog, except for the times when I talk directly to the readers in the form of "you," or 2nd person. Writing in 3rd person had made me even more nervous because of how I was referring to the characters. The perspective was leaning more towards the cat, and I have no idea if cats can tell the difference between boy/girl humans, plus I figured Al wouldn't find it necessary to check the gender of the cat. Everyone is referred to as and "it," therefore. I tried my best to use it in a sense that wouldn't confuse people, but I may have... If you read it please tell me if it's confusing! (P.S.- It's a two-shot, so in a few days the second half will be up, and after that who knows what stories I'll write and when.)

Wow, the paragraphs in this post are huge!!! O.O

I'll probably be posting on Christmas or right after or something, cuz it's break and I won't have much to do, but just in case, Happy Holidays! *confetti and sparkles and tinsel* Muah! Bai!

♪Don't You Wish You Had a (Missionary) Like Mine?♫

Hello world!

I suppose a lot of you have at least seen from a distance the Mormon missionaries. They walk, bike, or drive around a lot of neighborhoods, and they always wear suits, have name tags, and carry a Book of Mormon wherever they go. I highly suggest you go talk to one. They will definitely help you.

Anyways, last week two missionaries came over for dinner. When they were coming in, I was in the middle of reading Bloody Monday on the couch. "You like manga?" One of them asked. I said "Yeah..." awkwardly cuz I was not expecting this out of a missionary. (Are they even allowed to talk about stuff like that?) Then he went on to tell me that he loves manga and anime, and especially drawing it. I showed him a few of my drawings, which he said were good. *blush* We went on to talk a little bit about drawing until my mom called us all to the kitchen.

Then he started drawing in my notebook and what a surprise! He is actually really good at drawing! Without references! And in pen! And then he told me that these were just quickies and some of the pooish ones he's ever done!!! WAT

So we all talked a while, him mainly saying how he used to draw a lot in high school and would even use his friends' stories to make comics. He also told that what he likes about Japanese animation is that they put more detail, like folds in clothing, compared to American. He's right, but I personally don't have the patience to learn all of that...

So, for my drawing of the week, I decided to imitate him a little. I only made half of it like his so it still felt more like I'M the one who drew this, but I look up to him now. He might teach me something.

Something about the way he draws is that it is more realistic. He told me he doesn't like drawing ginormous eyes and prefers to make them more like real eyes. Also, he draws hair this way than in large strands, which I guess is okay since he's not animating. (If he animated hair like this, it would probably become a big mess, in my opinion.) Of course, he made the head, eyelashes (for some reason I wanted to change the eyelashes so they were like that), and mouth more like a professional, and he actually drew an ear. But I just skipped that stuff since I have a thing about drawing like a normal person...

Also, I have made an online friend! *sparkle* He is on FanFiction, and his name is "I Am Darkrai." It started by me being a fan of one of his stories. We just started talking and he eventually decided it was a good idea to tell me his name and a few things like the color of his hair. I was a bit more vague with my reply back, but I think I didn't tell him enough to be able to stalk me... He could have been lying, don'cha know. 

So yeah. We're budz. I hope we get to have some very entertaining convos and some serious convos and be able to stay like that without him pushing me to meet him, because I think at that point I would stay away more. Please be cool Darkrai! I have heard a lot of stories about pervs online, and I wish with all my heart you aren't one of them...

One more thing! I am actually getting a lot of inspiration from fanfics, and with time I think an original idea for a story may brew up in my head! I can't wait for the day!!!

Make-a-Wish and an Angel Gets Baptized

Hello world!

This week was kind of awesome. 

MONDAY: a new Adventure Time comes out. On Facebook there is a post that says that a kid (who is 14, making this even awesomer for me) in Make-a-Wish wanted to do a voiceover for his fave show, and it was on this new episode! I watched the episode a second time and found him and I got all happies inside! (He deserved more lines, but it's still awesome that he got his wish.)

I really liked hearing about his wish because I actually started thinking about this a few months ago. I can't remember what got me on the topic, but for maybe a week I just thought about what I would do if I knew I would die in a certain amount of days or something. One of the things I was thinking about doing was going straight to Cartoon Network Studios and telling my situation and convincing them to let me do a voiceover for an episode of Adventure Time. So when I found out about this kid, it kinda shocked me and made me so happy. A guy exactly my age had the exact wish I did, and got to do it just months before I thought of it! (Episodes take a while to animate, you know.) I was even a little jealous that he beat me to it, but mainly happy that someone's mind works like mine. I kinda wanna meet him now. 

TUESDAY: we have an assembly at school about our fundraisers for the winter, and the main one was to grant a wish for a girl for Make-a-Wish! (I found it quite ironic.) I have already donated a few dollars and plan to ask for some more from my mom cuz I never have money cuz I don't have a job and so I'm broke. I really want to work, but I'm too lazy to look for it...

Also, I got to watch Tangled!

THURSDAY: 2 weeks ago a new girl and her brother came to my church branch. Her name is Angel (technically, that's her nickname so it's fine for me to use it here) and we all got to talk with her easily, and she seems to like all of the girls. For some reason, she is the closest to me. I mean, it's awesome, but also kinda confusing to me. Whatever. 

Anyways, so on Thursday was her birthday! And also her and her brother's baptism into the church! (I don't think I've really mentioned it, but I'm in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, although we are usually just called Mormons) I tried to keep most of my excitement inside, but a lot still shined through as she got in the water. It means so much more when you really know the person getting baptized. 

After, they held the refreshments and we talked some more. She mentioned that she likes anime, and when I said I do too, we both started to squeal and jump around and shout for joy (or in other words fangirl all over the place). As far as I know, we both have a mutual luv for Black Butler, and maybe we'll find some other ones. It saddened me, though, that she really doesn't like Fullmetal Alchemist, cuz it's perhaps my favorite anime, at least so far. 

Also, she can't really take a hint. My sister, when she said stuff before, would say stuff like "me and lilaclily00 (well, I'm substituting my real name) were at a family dinner at my grandma's house for Thanksgiving..." as part of her stories but Angel didn't even realize me and my sister might be related, so she freaked when I said she's my older sister. "What?! You guys are related?! I thought you were just friends!" She also didn't realize who my dad is and got surprised when she realized that my mom and dad are married... Later, to mess with her, I told her that a certain guy was my brother (have I said anything about my brotha from anotha motha?) and then it took a while for me and my sister to explain the real relationship.

FRIDAY: I watched Up and read a lot on fanfiction.net, pretty much until I went to sleep past midnight. One was just so messed up it made me feel feels I haven't felt with my feelers for a while. (Ahahahaha) [Edited 10/14/2017: removed some things I wish I hadn't said from this point on in the paragraph.] I don't even know what the weird feeling was, but it was like what happened when I read other fanfics a while ago that have to do with sadness and stuff that makes me really uncomfortable. What is this strange experience of experiences I am experiencing? (What is up with this paragraph?) [10/14/2017: That's what I'd like to know, Past Me, if this post had bothered me enough over the years that I literally edited some of it out. I know it's a diary, but it could still be read by other people, you butt.]

These past few weeks this blog has become a lot more like an actual diary. Is that a good or bad thing? I almost wish next week will be boring so that I will have to talk about different stuff. 

...K bai

Lily Says No Bewbs

Hello world!

And Happy Thanksgiving and Black Friday and 1st of December!!! (Well, the first two are late.)
I had planned to write on Friday, but my mom and sister were watching a movie in the living room and I accidentally got myself stuck watching it. Then yesterday we went on a little trip downtown for a few hours. We weren't gone long, but if my mom let me stay home by myself, I could've gotten it done. (My sister needed it for the rest of the day for homework and then for a freaking movie!!! RAGE)

ANYWAYS on Tuesday I did one of the greatest things ever to make a friend happy!

In seminary they do a thing, which I guess is done every year, where you give a few people a turkey-gram, or pretty much a little thank-you note, like a candy-gram but for Thanksgiving. I wanted to give one to Grell (who I mentioned before) because she suggested Fairy Tail to me, and I couldn't get enough of  it since I started watching. She also explained some stuff to me. But with something that could probably just seem so trivial to some people, I wanted to prove that I was grateful, not just by a note.

So, late Monday night, I cut out a piece of fabric and hand-sewed it so it was a reasonable length and width and practiced what I would do with it. Then in the morning I also downloaded a picture of the guild tattoo (it's a tattoo, right?) onto my phone for reference. Just minutes before the turkey-grams would be passed out in class, I worked quickly and quietly and got it done!

I dressed myself (right) up sorta so I looked like Lucy (left) from Fairy Tail! I drew her hand tattoo with a pink highlighter onto my hand (note: I drew it with my freaking left hand which make it much harder but all for the sake of authenticity) and tied up a side half ponytail with the fabric, which is her signature look, although she does change hairstyle a few times in the series. I also wore a shirt, with a pattern too hard to draw, that seemed like the most likely she would wear if she wore something with long sleeves from my closet. (DANG IT I just realized I forgot to draw the cuffs!) Of course, she'd wear it without the black tank top underneath from the impression I get from how she dresses... When I showed Grell who I dressed up as after she read my turkey-gram, I am pretty sure she got even happier inside.

I am quite pleased with the picture of Lucy, since it was my first, and I used a ton of reference photos on Google since she never used a pose like that. I guess the biggest flaw for the whole thing is that she doesn't have enough boob. I just have a thing where it's really weird for me when I draw bewb so I rarely do. The amount on Lucy is more than I ever do. I guess I'm embarrassed...

I am quite flat-chested, compared to probably most girls my age. And I like it that way. Apparently most girls want to have big boobs but I don't whatsoever. I guess the best way for me to explain it is that it's a sign that, well, I'm growing up. But like Peter Pan, I wanna be a kid forever! I don't want to be an adult, although there's some stuff that I have to be older to do. If I could be in elementary school until I die, awesome! But no, we all have to face puberty. I am dreading the day when I'll be too big for literally anything from the girl's section. I tend to cover up my chest so that people don't see that I am growing! (But I have been getting the skinny waist, or hour-glass shape, which I am actually fine with, for some reason. But no boobs. That's just crossing the line.) You probably now mistake me for a cuckoo bird. Well, you are wrong! Cuckoo birds are indigenous to my area. (...Oh dear, that's a reference to Ninjago...)

 Back to my sort of cosplay, she told me she wants me to dress up like that again next time we have a class together, and she'll dress like Erza and it'll be a Fairy Tail party all up in here! I'm just kinda wondering what she'll wear that won't seem weird for school...

On Wednesday, I finished all 48 episodes available on Netflix, and it ended on an episode where it realistically could've just ended. But from the pictures I saw on Google, there is deeeeeeefinetely more. On the very last one, I got a quote too great that I just wanted to save it.

This is held over your head and done with your right hand. However, when I did it with my right the camera flipped it and I couldn't stand it so I changed to my left hand. Most of the time I see myself in the MIRROR, so I had to change it so it looked right to me, like I was looking at a mirror. I also had technical difficulties drawing myself with Lucy, because I usually draw myself how I look in the mirror, but then if I did that then I would've had to flip Lucy instead to match how I look but then she wouldn't look right anymore so I had to force myself to draw myself reverse to how I usually draw myself and it pained me so. The biggest thing is that my hair part is always on the left, so I usually draw it how it looks in the mirror, which would change it so to others it looks like I have a right part so for that drawing I had to make it look like a left part like it looks to other people, but that's not how I see myself so it was harder to do. Am I confusing you?

I don't know, that quote just seems so cute, especially since it was from relative to relative. But it probably will just sound weird if I tried to explain it to someone. I started thinking that I would use it with my kids, like if they got lost in a store, I would tell them to go to higher ground and hold their hand up like that, and I'll also be holding up the sign while searching so it would be faster to find each other. I don't know, that could possibly work. But it just doesn't have as deep a meaning unless I did it with someone who also knew the show and this quote and what it meant. Sigh...

Also, on Tuesday and Wednesday I watched a lot of anime, and at one point I got so surprised that in my head I said "HOLY FREEZNUT" or something like that. I just kept repeating that and being like "why the heck am I saying holy freeznut or freeznit or whatever it's not even a word" but I just kept saying that at the intense surprising moments or similar so I guess it's my new swear word.

World: I grant unto you the new term "holy freeznut." Definition: just a word you say when something so awesome happens in your anime you can barely think correctly for a moment. ONLY used when watching anime. Alternate spelling and pronunciation is "holy freeznit."

OOH one for thing for today. Last Thursday I was put in a fanfic! The wonderful author TheGoldenApple10 on FanFiction wrote a story that's still going and I just love it. I asked if maybe I could be in it for a part, because he (I just assume this author is a he, for some reason) used a reviewer's name in one part, but I preferred more like me, myself, and I. I told that to him, and then through PM I gave him some ideas of how to include my name and explained what I'm like and stuff. About a week later I'm already in! https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9786779/29/Chris-the-Human Look for "Lily," because that's what he's using. (Of course, the whole thing makes much more sense if you start reading from Chapter 1.) The author just used a small piece of information where I said some phrases I use. I don't even know how to describe how happy I was finding myself there. The best part is that at the end, he tells me that my OC will pop up more in the future! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!!! My heart started freaking out ♥♥♥♥♥ and I could barely think straight for a while! The only thing is that it's not an OC, this person he's putting there is ME. There is a difference between someone you make up and someone who already exists, right? Whatever. I still fangirl all over the place whenever I think about the fact that I'm in such a great thing on the internet.

Peace out yo! Hopefully I'll get the next post done sooner. I'll have some interesting topics for you all...

Just Some Biz That Happened This Week

Hai world! (thanks to Broranges, I've gotten into the habit of writing 'hai' and 'bai' a lot)

So a friend of mine, who I've seen before but never actually talked to face to face, has been my e-mail pen pal for a while now. Something we discuss is anime and manga, and also we talked a little about fanfics. She told me that she was writing one, and I said the same back. However, don't remember if I've mentioned it, now the setting and stuff is all wacko in my story. I told her that, but she insisted that I at least give her a little piece of it, so I gave her the very first chapter. She told me that she's hooked! So it's already boosted my confidence, although it's still gonna be a while before I edit my book enough to give her more.

I have a sewing class, and for a few weeks we were working on a class quilt (and my square is beautiful, just so you know). At the end, she had us all use a quilting machine. But since the school has only one, only one person could go at a time, and so everyone else had to just sit around and do nothing. I couldn't take it anymore and started to draw. A girl who I think is my friend (she is such a complicated human being) was hanging around and we talked while I doodled. I took the opportunity and tried drawing her, cuz I think drawing real people helps my technique. She was really happy I did that, although she got annoyed it was smudged. (The only eraser I could find was really sucky. I wish I had remembered to get mine.)

(I learned from Fullmetal Alchemist and a drawing book that putting a little line for the eyelid makes it more realistic. I think it does look better, but to others it probably seems like it's supposed to be her eyebrow...)

I also tried redrawing the guy. He ended up looking a little better and nicer, but the hair was still freaking bugging me to death. I'm just too used to drawing girls, I guess. Then the second day we were there (this time I came prepared with my own pencil and eraser), I realized the hair just needed to texture. So I drew him again, this time adding more fly-away chunks. He looks so much better!!!

The thing is that although he seems much more like a guy than a girl, those are still big eyes. I can't get myself to draw smaller ones that don't look just plain wrong. So for the moment I'll just let people in his world call him a baby-face. (My sister has a friend who she calls Baby-face all the time, so that's where I got it. He really does look really young, so it throws you off when you hear his deep voice. I think it's almost as deep as Vin Diesel's. Almost.) I decided to base his first name off of my sister's friend, but it's not the same name, just similar. And my friend(?) drawn above just named off some last names and I felt like this one sounded right. I think I will have to change it, though, because I just googled "Justin Maller" and he already exists...

Oh, and I've already decided to name the girl Mausu Mumei, because it just seems to fit. (And another friend approved.) And so I guess people will just call her by either, like in a lot of manga.

Speaking of manga, a few weeks ago I checked out a book that had summaries of pretty much the most famous manga ever. I found some that I decided that I wanted to read, and so I've started on my list. I read some Astro Boy, which was cool, but I think I actually like the backstory on the movie version they made a few years ago. In the original, his dad sells him because he's all "If you were really my son, you would be able to grow!" That guy really pissed me off, even though he was only on few of the pages. 

I also read some Black Jack and loved it. It's by the same guy who did Astro Boy, but this was started in the late 80's, not early 50's. I highly recommend it.

I had noticed Case Closed on the library shelf, and that it had over 50 volumes, but since it had only a little boy on the front, it didn't seem interesting. Mystery novels are fun, but with a little kid as the main character, it seems like it's meant for little kids. But the book with summaries explained that it's NOT for little kids. So now I plan to read every single one available, cuz they are quite good. I'm just confused, cuz for some reason my county library system doesn't have #5... guess I'll have to skip it.

Psyren is new, unlike those other ones. In fact, I think #13 came out this year, and I'm on hold for it, but it'll take a while. I have a thing for reading books about people with powers. Something different about this is that all of their power comes from their mind. It's still things like blowing up stuff, healing, super speed, making stuff float in midair, and all that jazz, but it's done by them using more of their brain at one time. It has quite an interesting plot.

Last one for today: The friend who approved Mausu's name is the same one who told me to Netflix. (She absolutely loves Black Butler, so maybe her codename will be Grell?) She also told me that I should watch Fairy Tail, and I started last Thursday. I like it a lot, although there's something about it that's stopping me from obsessing about it like her, but I don't know what. However, something that I noticed is that they have a lot of terms said in English, not Japanese, like the name Fairy Tail, and their magic. ("Ice Make: Cannon!!!" "Dude, where'd your clothes go?!" *girlish scream*) I think one of my favorite characters is Gray. I just love that now that I've watched the episodes that give his backstory (gotta love dem backstories) I just laugh every time his shirt disappears. Although I think he seriously should've gotten rid of that habit by then...

Jeez, this post was long. I'm done for now. See you hopefully Friday or Saturday, cuz I don't really like using Sunday.

My Mom's Back!

Hello world!

Yep, after almost 2½ weeks, she is back. I know, I didn't mention it before, but my post was already long enough...

So, my mom needed to go to Mexico. We had a house back there from when my mom and dad just barely got married, and it still didn't sell. The paperwork just getting too hard to get done when it's done in another country, so she went to be there in person. She just got back on Wednesday, and it was so relieving. The longest I had ever gone without my mom was the 5 days at girls camp.

Literally that entire time I was eating pure microwave meals. I always have at least one per day, but one for three meals? At a point I felt like I was running out of options for food. And we had to do some chores. I rarely have chores, unlike most households. There is just that occasional "people are coming over, will you fix up the couch?" or "I have too much to do today, can get the rest of the plates into the dishwasher?" So we had to do more than usual, and even then I didn't clean as often as I probably should've.

Another two events. On Sunday, I read an entire book. I feel so horrible cuz I forgot to write down the name. (I'll probably try to find it again at the library and put the name/author on a sticky-note.) But it was a full-length novel. I haven't done that since I reread the Kane Chronicles books. It made my sister especially happy, because she doesn't really like anime and has been pissed off at me for reading pretty much Japanese comic books all the time. "That's not even a real book!" (An omnibus is probably as long as a novel, so whatever.) She still thinks I read too fast, though.

And last night, I watched the second half of all the Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood episodes they had. Earlier this week, I finally asked my dad for the login to his Netflix account, because a friend told me there was a lot of anime on there that see liked, and I didn't want to have to ask my dad to download so many series. So I watched a few episodes for a few nights, and I got up to about halfway through the second season, I think.

And yesterday was a half day. I started watching pretty much the minute I got home. I decided that to make it easier for everyone, I finally decided to use our sucky blue laptop for this, considering it was already in my room and no one uses it. So I was inside my room from around 1 PM to 1 AM watching Ed and Al. Even crazier than my Black Butler marathon! The dif in this one, however, is that I was moving around more often. I was switching between my bed for a few hours and then a few hours at my desk so it can charge. I was also switching between having the lights on or off. My eyes didn't end up really hurting as much, probably because of the fact that I got up more often.

I'm kinda mad, though, that they stopped at 4th season even though there's more after that! Apparently Netflix takes a long time to upload newer stuff to the site. (Like I think they had just barely put the 1st season of Adventure Time over 2 years after the series started. Sheesh, that was delayed.)

Ok, so I didn't really get as much time as I was hoping for to use the book to draw our Little Alchemist and his brother ("DON'T CALL ME SHORT") because we took it back to the library a week later. And I just wasn't really feeling like drawing in general, because I didn't really have ideas. (Drawer's block?) But on Wednesday morning, I became determined to learn how to draw a guy. Like I'm pretty sure I've said before, I am not really able to draw guys, especially their hair (or hair in general.) So I was practicing different eyes that I saw on teen boy drawings on Google Images. And yesterday, I figured how I wanted to do it, and attempted at the full head!

This is pretty much the first manga guy I've done that was my own character. I realize how belated this step in my career is, but at least it came. I figured this might be the guy that was wondering about my girl with the hat I made a few weeks ago. I'm guessing I'll make some adjustments to him and make a name too.

Speaking about names, I have decided between two names for my female. I think that giving her a name in JAPANESE will really make her sound unique and cute, since in my world most people have names in English. It will be either Mausu (Mouse, like I was talking about a few posts ago), or, to be ironic with my situation earlier, Mumei (Nameless). Maybe in the end her full name will be Mausu Mumei, and I guess at that point I just have to decide if people call her by first or last name.

Since When Were Fanfics GOOD?

Hello world!

And Happy Halloween!... last week...

I know, I'm still being pretty sucky about doing this weekly. I'm so close yet so far.

So, on Wednesday (or was it Tuesday?) I was extremely bored and just felt like searching up something random. I Googled "fullmetal alchemist fanfictions." This is weird for me because I am almost AGAINST fanfics. Why?

I had talked about a few weeks after starting the blog that I just get annoyed by love stuff. Bleh. And I already knew for a fact that a lot of fanpics and fanfics (rhymey whimey) have to do with shipping characters. I mainly know that from Finn, the human on Facebook, because now that page is pure Adventure Time pictures. I totally get ones like where in the show two characters actually had a relationship, like Finn and Flame Princess, but beyond that they can get... creepy.

And besides the fact that people's minds are weird in the way that they choose characters to hook up, they also tend to be PERVERTED. The older I get the more I feel disgusted by humanity.

So, knowing this, I just didn't even try to find fanfictions and etc. I would actually be interested in.

But for some reason, I felt like searching them. It redirected me to the Fullmetal Alchemist section in fanfiction.net. I was actually kinda pleased with what I found! The descriptions say what kind of story it is so I can just avoid the ones that say "Romance." I was amazed to find that there are actually really creative people that write well and know how to use certain characters and make up an original plot and make it interesting and be overall awesome. These are the kinds of stories that I try to sneak some time in to read on my phone during school. It has to be good for me to do that, I suppose.

After reading a few that I wanted to follow, I decided to make an account on fanfiction.net, and since then I have been getting on at least once daily to find more stuff to read.

This, ladies and gentlemen, is one happy customer. Especially because I don't have to pay.

Also, I later remembered that I'm writing my own... based off of another one... am I being a hypocrite?
I'm pretty sure that publishers wouldn't want to publish a book with Slenderman, considering I've never seen any at the library. So what if I post my book on the website and see if people even like it? Maybe if it becomes quite popular, it might help to boost my confidence on what the public think. And if not, then I know that I suck at writing. Plus, it would be good to get reviews from people besides myself on how to make it sound better and stuff. Is that a good idea?

Ed, Al, and Ciel

Hello world!

*Siiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiigh...* of course no one responded to my plea. I gave you people a whole week! I shall now just make the conclusion that I don't have any bros. Tear! 

Anyways, I started thinking about what I would do since it was most likely my question would not be answered by Internet folk. I have decided that I'll try to put some of all three kinds of posts in each post. It would probs make everyone happy, especially me in the future. 

Friday was a day off for me because it was the end of the first quarter in school. (Yay! Partay!) I knew that everyone would wake up a bit later because of that, so I woke up as early as I could while still sleeping 8 hours. It was actually pretty hard but I could. At about 8:00 AM I hooked up the laptop to the TV and began watching Black Butler. I wanted to try to get as much as I could before someone else wanted to watch TV, because I don't get golden opportunities like this often. 

No one tried. 

I sat there for almost the entire day having a Black Butler marathon. Obviously, I got up every few episodes for a food or bathroom break. Taking out that time, I watched from about 8-6. I repeat. I kept watching until past 6:00 PM. I stopped because I had watched every single episode done. I started at Episode 17 of Season 1, watched 5 of the 6 specials (one was of "The Making of Season 2" and it seemed boring), and all of Season 2. When I told my mom I had watched 25 shows in a row, she almost passed out. My eyes hurt a ton, but TOTALLY WORTH IT. 

I am actually proud of myself. Thursday night I thought "Tomorrow, I'll try to finish the series, or at least pack in as many hours as I can." I got to that goal! It was one of the most useless and happiest days of my adolescence. 

Today I finished Fullmetal Alchemist! Yesterday my dad and I went to our weekly trip to the library to pick up our holds, which I usually finish the next day, and this time was no exception. 

After about a month of reading, I finally got books 21-27 and enjoyed an awesome ending. I almost could no longer wait to see Alphonse in his body again. I really hate endings, because it means you will not learn of their adventures anymore. You are never 100% content, even with a good happy ending. Although I have to admit, the author did come up with a happy ending that was realistic and not TOO happy. Aragawa, you genius!

On our way back from the convention I talked about last time, I asked Broranges if he preferred Edward or Alphonse Elric. (You always have preference of one main character over another, no matter how slight.) He said Edward only because of the amazing thing he does at the end- "Oh no! I almost gave it away!" Thank you for not spoiling it for me Broranges, because I hate spoilers. But it just made me rage inside wondering what the heck that could be. I don't want to spoil it for anyone else, but I'll admit, once again, that the author is genius. 

But even after that, I still think that I like Al more. There are characteristics of him that I like more than his brother's, and lots that I have in common with him. For example:

1. 14 years old

2. Have one older sibling, that's it

3. Have been/are the same height as older sibling and/or taller

4. Trust in older sibling a lot

5. Am closer to dad than sibling

6. Interested in Xing/Asian culture

7. Love cats!!!

I'm already imagining meeting them and fangirling and hanging out with them and becoming buds forever. I have never felt more inspiration to draw a comic to express my feelings as ever. In fact, just a little bit after reading, I went to work to practice drawing them so I can do this comic. 

Strangely, I am quite incredible at copying pictures in books or on paper. Not tracing. Especially if I am copying it as the same size as the original. This was my first try at drawing them. I took it from one of the last pages in the last book. Only difference is that I had to take Ed's eyes from a different section, because where I drew this his eyes are closed and the point was I wanted to practice his eyes too. Obviously, I had eye resizing issues. When I saw what I did, I drew this. 

I really did nope away from the table in my head (hehehe that's sounds funny). 

Anyways, I plan to practice more on them, perhaps to the point where I don't have to copy a lot anymore. I even plan to do this at school. I really hope this helps with my drawing-hair issues... 

So... yeah.

My New Bros and Broranges

Hello followers!

What could I possibly mean by that? I mean you people on Feedspot following my blog! *gasp loudly* I never thought so many people were actually interested in this thing that can barely be considered a blog. After all, it's pretty much a private diary that everyone can see. (...) But considering it's the internet, I can do more than just talking about events. I could also express my feelings about certain topics and record my progress on projects. But now that I know others for sure are reading it, it's kind of gonna be more awkward writing on here...

So, now that I know for sure there are people reading my posts, I want to know what they want. I can mainly talk about life events, drawings, or opinions. I want someone to comment! Please! I don't know what my followers (or bros) want from me! DO IT! *said menacingly as I hold a gun against their head* (just kidding I'll just hug you if you do it)

But until that happens, I'll tell you about Anime Banzai! ♥

This was my first convention with cosplay, and honestly my dad and I were quite surprised by how many costumes there were. I don't have literally ANYTHING for cosplay, so I just wore some jeans and sneakers, and I put on my Hello Kitty shirt (so I had something to do with Japanese stuff). We brought Broranges, I guess as his birthday present. He wore a slight cosplay, but I don't think anyone realized it was supposed to be a character. He tried to copy Light Yagami from DeathNote:

It's a cool idea, except that you could only recognize him because of the DeathNote, and perhaps hairstyle would help too. Broranges doesn't have hair long enough and light enough, but he didn't have a wig. Yeah, people probably thought he was overdressed and was carrying around an apple, not as a prop, but as a future snack.

Anyways, so all Broranges and I did during the 2 hours (?) we were there was wander through the hallways and rooms and buy some junk. I got a cat ear hat for $13, he got a Pokéball plushie for $5, and we both got an L button for $2 each. (We also got some Ramuné which he was trying for the first time.) 

(My hat and button!)

Although lines were annoying, there wasn't enough space, and they didn't have as many activities as I'd like, it was still fun. My dad asked someone who worked there if they were switching to a bigger location next year, but she said they were stuck with this place through 2015! So I guess we won't go again until 2016?

I guess that's it... so remember bros to comment! Also, say if you'd rather be called something different, like friends, stalkers, peeps, internet addicts, or just followers. Tell me! You won't regret it!

Name?

Hello world!

Sorry, I accidentally missed a week!

Still practicing my character and figuring our her back story and all of that. I realized that as an artist I have to practice from different angles, like how they show in the books. It took some thinking, but this is what I got. Of course, the head is attached to a BODY, but I already know (somewhat) how to draw in profiles and stuff. Been doing it for most of my life, after all. (Sorry my pics are so bad as usual but you can still see it, right?)

I have figured out, through lots of daydreaming, that she is actually quite amazing. She has a ton of talents, like art, dancing, instruments, etc. but most people don't know that because she can't talk. I had the idea and it wasn't strange because I have a cousin who has problems with his throat, so it's hard for him to eat and talk properly. (He drools all over the place, which is quite gross, but it's not like he can control that.) But what this girl has might just affect her vocal cords or something because I don't think it would be hard for her to do anything, or if it did it was extremely minimal. She just has no voice.

Then I started daydreaming from the perspective of another person, who happens to be the new kid, wondering about her. 

(The thing resting on her chair is a binder, in case you can't read what I wrote above it. I imagine her to be one of those few people that don't even bother with a bag and just have a giant binder. One of my friends did that for a year.) (Also, I drew the desk how it is in my school district, where the desk and chair are one piece.)

Something I would do, if I was the person observing her (in a non-stalker way) would maybe ask someone who's known her longer about something I noticed. Such as, why does she have a hat? For stupid reasons my district doesn't allow hats, and it is enforced by those ladies in the hallways. (As my sister said, even if you don't think they are there, they ARE. Constantly watching... *shifty eyes*) Even if this character's school allows them, it would seem strange if the girl wore the exact same hat every single day. Their friend might say something like "I've heard in the beginning she got in trouble, but eventually the staff just ignored because without it people might not even recognize her." 

And as this scene I drew, she fell asleep during class. (I'm pretty sure it's impossible for me to fall asleep in school, no matter how boring. As far as I know, I never have. I just can't. Is that good or bad?) Apparently, it was obvious she was snoozing even if she doesn't snore, but the teacher didn't even bother. Then if this person ask their friend about this, they might say something similar to "I think her grades are so good that teachers don't care if she misses certain parts of class because it wouldn't affect her." And it is TOTALLY TRUE. 

And as the title says, I still freaking need a name for her! I keep thinking "Mouse," but I don't know if that sounds close enough to a name. But I still want something that has to do with the thing that she doesn't really make much noise in general. What is something quiet that would make a good name for this girl?

Oh, and last thing. Tomorrow is Brorange's birthday! D: I actually have the idea of what to give him, and it did take thought, but I plan to get it in an untraditional way. Can I convince my mom? I'll tell about what actually happens tomorrow or whenever I can. But prob tomorrow cuz I don't have school until Monday. Yeah, that's right. Word.

(P.S.- did you notice how many parentheses are in this post?)

SOME OF THE BIGGEST NEWS I COULD POSSIBLY RECEIVE AT MY AGE

HI WORLD!

Future me, do you remember the Adventure Time fan drawing you did in July?

Weeeeeeelllllll, Finn, the human (FB page) started this week a thing where the current admin posts fan art every Friday. I sent them the pic again last night, and it was posted! *fan girl squeal until pass-out*

I shouldn't be making such a huge deal out of it. After all, they probably just posted all of the pics sent on time. But it still feels like an honor because I wanted it so much for so long (not really, but still...). It ended up with over 175 likes!!! (last time I checked)

Of course, some people critiqued it, saying that it looks bad (one lady said "is this person five?") but I seriously don't care. I had literally used this app for a few DAYS before making the picture. And I obviously wasn't trying to make something super realistic and professional. I just did what I imagined in my head, and it came out how I wanted it. I am happy with my artwork, and that's all that matters, right?

Anyways, this was such a momentous occasion for me. It makes me happier that I started this blog in the first place, because writing something like this would have been harder on paper. 

Yup.

DP Comic and New Character!

Hello Earth! (that doesn't sound right...am I an alien now?)

Since last week, I started doodling more inside class. As I said before, this really surprises me. I'd always found drawing in free time fun, but I rarely have had free time since 7th grade. (I know, I'm a butt- I prefer drawing at school than at home, where I have all the time in the world!) But since a few weeks into the new school year, I finally got a schedule going. (I end up doing the exact same things on certain days, like talking to a certain friend before school on Tuesdays and Thursdays or something weird like that.)

My school is set up as A and B days, where you have 4 classes each day, and you go back and forth, like:
A: math, chemistry, drama, PE
B: english, spanish, foods, history (I just wrote random classes for the example)
So one week is A, B, A, B, A; and the next is B, A, B, A, B. Does this make sense?

Anyways, so on A days I go to a certain friend's lunch table (since he likes doing handshakes I'll call him Handshake). I usually bring lunch from home, so I finish earlier than some people. I leave, go up so I'm near the door to my next class, just sit on the floor and take out my notebook, where I guess I'll be keeping most of my drawings.

That's where/when I do most of my artwork now. Just from the few days I've been doing this system, look at what I've accomplished!

And I finally came up with a new character design. First I started with kinds of hats, then faces, and then the outfits. I experimented a little, and decided on the official characteristics. (Oh, and at the top left corner was an attempt at drawing my book character with different eyes... not good. I can't figure out how to draw someone I came up with myself!)

She pretty much has the hat I've always wanted. It looks kinda like Finn's hat. I saw one just like this but it had his face on it too, but I just wanted it white! Grrrrr Cartoon Network! Her hair is short, because I feel like hats look better with short hair, and I want it to look different compared to me, who has ginormous long permed hair. She also wears huge sweaters that always cover her hands, cuz I like doing the same thing, and I no longer have to worry about hands! (kinda like Mabel on Gravity Falls, but generally are simpler) She wears either skinny jeans or straight leg jeans (no conture). Her shoes will probably just be black with the white rubber stuff on the toe like Converse.

I tried drawing her sitting with her knees up, just like how I look while drawing her! XD

(the first she's looking up, and on the second I tried to get her to look more downwards, but it just makes her look sad)
I'm not the best at it, but for some reason I still like drawing like that sometimes.

She's pretty much done, except for her name...

Now to the other thing I was gonna talk about.

I discovered a fan-fiction comic book on Google while I was looking for pictures of Danny Phantom (I wanted to try drawing his hair cuz I suck at guy hair).  As usual, I found a ton of awesome fan drawings. Then I saw a picture that looked cool, so I went to the link. Turned out it was part of an entire book! So after that, every time I got to get on the laptop, one of my priorities was reading the whole thing. I finally accomplished getting all the pages downloaded onto my desktop so I can read it as often as I want until the laptop dies!
(Here is the link for all you wonderful bored people! http://slifertheskydragon.deviantart.com/gallery/293913)

Something cool I found was that the artist held a contest for other people on deviantart to send different versions of Danny with different back-stories, and he put a bunch of them into the last page ever made. I looked at all the submissions the internet let me see, and it was awesome to see all of the great Dannys created, especially the stories behind them. Oh how I love back-stories!

There is one thing that bugs me, however, is that on the last page, the artist tells that it's becoming hard to publishing the pages on a weekly basis and for people to be patient. I can't find the date where pictures are published on deviantart (which is stupid cuz I wanna know!) so instead I went to the earliest comments on there. Now get this:

The last one was done on Christmas of 2010.

I am super mad at them! He talked about how he was losing motivation to keep going with the story. But there were, I think, 43 pages of comments, all of them saying they wanted more. And they all started since the end of 2010! There was even one from a few days ago! Is that enough motivation, Mr. Artist?! I wanna rip him apart!

But it's not because he stopped posting on deviantart. Nooooooooo. He is still doing new artwork TO THIS DAY.

*deep breath* RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGE!!!!! *flails arms about and runs into a wall*

I love using the star thingies to show action! *stares upon all beneath her and smiles creepily* *thinks ooh, how I'd love to feast upon all your flesh and bring fear upon the world like Light in DeathNote* *realizes she's a horrible person and runs away shaking from tears* *then remembers slifertheskydragon and how he refuses to continue a story people have waited almost 3 years for* *stalks him on the internet and finds his address, shows up at his door, and go freaky insane on him and ends up torturing him to death* *escapes with no trace of her murder* *notices how much she enjoyed that experience* *now smiles creepily at the laptop screen stalking others, waiting for someone to annoy her and think I bet you taste delicious and continue with her crimes* *ends up worse than when this paragraph started and goes to an insane asylum and bring disgrace to her family*

...What's wrong with me?

I'm So Fashionable! *sparkle sparkle*

Hello world!

So, I have a notebook in my backpack that I just use for extra paper- it's not for a specific class. Sometimes, when I have free time, I doodle. I didn't really last year, so it's kind of a surprise, but I'm drawing cool stuff!

Around the same time as my last post, I felt like drawing a creepy picture. Here it is!

The thing on her arm is a branding of an eye inside of a triangle inside of a circle. When my mom saw this picture she freaked out and said "That looks like a ghost girl!" and I replied "...That was the point, Mom..."

Also, on Thursday, I wore a really cool outfit with all-new clothes. I don't brag a lot about my fashion (although I have to admit I have great fashion sense), but I couldn't help but take pictures of it. I wanted to share the concept with you internet people.

The leggings are black and white letters all over them. (I didn't color them in because it would have felt like too much black.) The shirt was neon peach with a black tank top underneath. The beanie was two different shades of gray. The shoes were just some black-and-white Converse knock-offs I've had for a few months.

Now, the most surprising thing about that was that I STRAIGHTENED MY HAIR. I don't use any heat in my hair, including blow-drying. The only products I use in my hair besides shampoo (and water) is maybe some leave-in conditioner or mousse. I might change if my hair is separated or in chunks of churros (if that makes sense), and at times I ask someone to put it in a French braid so it's crimpy. Do you now understand the craziness of me straightening my hair?! Well, actually, my mom and my sister straightened it for me since I've never used a straightener myself...

I felt experimental, okay? But it's going to be a whole lot of time before I do that again.

Also, in my notebook, I've been practicing drawing different hats so I can create a character. If I was ever going to be a character in a show or something, I want to be one of those that always has a hat or goggles or something on my head. I'd totally do that in real life if we could wear hats at school (such a stupid rule!). So I'm gonna create a version of me (or someone else if it doesn't seem like me) that always has a hat and add it to my collection. Maybe I'll make comics of them and other people I pull out my sleeve.

Lastly, yesterday, we went to the mall. And guess what I ♪gooooooooooooooooooooot?♫

BMO HEADPHONES!!! My life is now complete ♥♥♥♥♥ I've always wanted headphones, especially these, and I convinced my mom to buy them. I fell in love the moment I put them on. I've worn very few headphones, and they weren't fancy ones like these, and I didn't like them a whole lot. I had a good feeling about these, though. Totally worth it!

Go to Sleep

Hello world!

After all that big deal of trying to post more often, I missed a week! I hate procrastination!!! I wanna strangle it and let it die in the dust, but I can't do that since procrastination isn't a living thing. Even if it was, I wouldn't do it considering I could go to jail for murder. 

Anyways, it has been a while since I had written anything in my story, cuz I've got writers block! (Dun dun dunnnnn) the worst thing is that last time I hung out with Broranges, he pointed out all the details I missed. I had read his a long time ago, so I forgot that they were on an island, which means I have to change a lot of events. Now I have to keep that in mind with any new chapters, and it seems to be more difficult.

But a few days ago, I suddenly had a day where I was temporarily obsessed with Jeff the Killer. I did a creepy doodle of his face (just eyes and mouth), and to make sure I was doing it right I googled pictures of him. Some of this chiz is really cool! I downloaded some of them on my phone, and I will share with you my favorite out of all. It is now my phone wallpaper. For some reason, whenever I look at it, I get a weird feeling, like I'm mesmerized or something. I can't tell if it is good or bad, but it actually seems to lean toward good. 

After that, I felt like reading his background story on creepypasta again. The first time was with Broranges a few months ago. I also read a long 5-part short story and one about a brawl between him and Slenderman. 

Now, I'll tell you about a dream I had. It happened more during the 30 minutes when you are falling asleep but you are still half-awake. Apparently I was sleeping when Jeff somehow snuck into our house and went into my room. He was at the foot of my bed holding his knife and leaning in for the kill. Right before he touched me, I opened my eyes and gasped in shock and surprise. 

He probably expected a scared scream, but I actually did more of a fan girl scream. "OH MY GOSH JEFF THE KILLER?!?! YOU ARE REAL?!?!" He put on a really confused face on. "You've heard of me?" "Well DUH your background story is on the Internet, and there's a lot of drawings and fan fictions of you! Hold on let me get on creepypasta." 

I showed him the Jeff the Killer story on creepypasta on my phone, and he just scrolled down in awe. Meanwhile I went to the bathroom where I found my sister getting ready for bed. "Jeff the Killer is in my room!" Obviously she started freaking out, but I told her I was trying to stall and stuff, and she started calling the police. I went back into my room, and had a conversation with him. We started becoming buddies. We even took a snapchat together and I sent it to some people. 

The police did arrive, but it was too late. He had killed me on my bed by stabbing me in the heart and escaped before the cops could get him. I still think it was kinda a cool way to die. Getting to know a teen serial killer right before being murdered would be a more interesting story to tell in heaven than some other things. (Look up "dumb ways to die" on YouTube!) 

Anyways, having the temporary obsession gave me the idea for a section of my book. It will probably be later in the book, but I plan to have it there. Thanks Jeff!

Also, thanks to Broranges pretty much FORCING me to, I read some manga I've never read before. Another friend had requested some of them too, so I figured they were good, EXCEPT ONE. I planned to never ever ever read/watch Naruto.

I seem to have this thing where when something is extremely popular, I don't want it. Take Hunger Games. That book was super famous, and became even more famous after the first movie. Everyone recommended it. I didn't want to read it. My 6th grade teacher had read it to us, in which I remember almost nothing, and it didn't interest me much. When people ask me if I've read it, I tell them that and they are all "Well, then read it!" Then I tell them what little I remember I didn't like enough to read it myself. I REFUSED to watch the movie. 

Another example is Harry Potter. Once a long time ago I tried reading the first book. I wasn't even half-way when I couldn't take it anymore. I was almost falling asleep while reading it. I can watch the movies- in fact, I went to the premiere of the last movie. But I honestly like a lot of movies more than those. 

Now here's Naruto. It is so popular, there are over 60 books at this point (I think) and who knows how many episodes. But it just seemed so STUPID. Being the strange rebel-ish person I am, I refused to have anything to do with such. But somehow Broranges convinced me to read at least a little bit. (He can convince me to do a LOT of stuff... I just realized that...)

I got the first 3 books of Naruto, Bleach, Full-Metal Alchemist, and DeathNote. I honestly liked all of them. But I couldn't stand to liking Naruto. No one likes to be proven wrong! I kinda feel like a puppy with its tail between its legs walking away in shame. 

So, since DeathNote has only 12 books, I'm reading that one first. So far I love it. It is as messed up (never mind, more) than being temporarily obsessed with Jeff the Killer! There is just a quality of them that makes the back of my head whisper "This is so messed up" while I read it so intently my eyes start to go red. I am not sure if I am torturing myself or if I'm forming into an emo/goth, whatever the difference is. 

I think I'm done for the day. 

That's all, folks!

Backwards Shirt

Hello world!

Happy Labor Day on Monday! I feel bad about not remembering what it's about...

My whole family went to the mall that day for, what, 5 hours? We went to all of the usual stores for most of the time. When we were about to finish, we saw the greatest sale ever at a store we haven't gone in before. A lot of stuff was marked down 70-80%! By the time we got the receipt, you won't believe this: We paid about $150, and if we got everything at full price, we would have paid over $400!!! Too bad all of you people missed it! HA!!!

This week is Spirit Week at my school. Yesterday was Superhero Day, so about half the school was wearing T-shirts with Captain America, Superman, Spider-Man, and of course BATMAN!!! Today was called MisMatch, and I saw very few people that did anything. Most of those few people only did two different socks or shoes. The most interesting was a guy wearing a dress (over his jeans, of course). I was the only person I consider hard-core. I wore two different socks AND two different colored shoes (they were the exact shoe, but one pink and one black, cuz I liked both when we bought them). I also rolled up one of my pant legs a little bit. I also wore two shirts with bright patterns: the first was a fancy one, and the second was one of those that you are supposed to wear over a tank top or something. I'm so proud of it (even though my sister freaked out), that I will take a picture of it. But I still shall not allow my face to be shown!

Quickly realizing as I arrived to school in the morning that high schoolers are complete butts and don't try to do anything (which I should have remembered considering past evidence), I kept the top shirt buttoned like the first picture so I didn't look (too) weird. 

About 5-10 minutes before lunch ended, I suddenly had the idea to turn my shirt backwards. After all, we were outside for most of the period, and it was so freaking hot! My back got kind of sweaty, so I figured taking my top shirt off would help my back breathe, but I couldn't because the fancy shirt was spaghetti-strap, which violates the school code (as if most people follow it), so I couldn't take it off. I decided that putting the back in front and front in back would solve my problem! This is what I looked like:

I was dressed that way for all of the last two hours of the day and no one said anything until I got home! XD This has been my greatest experience at high school so far!

I'm so weird...

I HAVEN'T POSTED IN 2.5 WEEKS

...Hi world...

I feel extremely guilty about this. Stuff has been happening lately.

I already warned in the last post that I probably wouldn't be posting for a few days, but honestly I don't have very good excuses for why I didn't after. But so Future Me remembers, I shall tell about Vegas!

The whole time we stayed at Circus Circus. Unlike what people usually do at Vegas, my parents did NOT gamble, which I'm proud of. But I just don't really see what's so great about casinos. And they are literally everywhere. Circus Circus is supposed to be a kids place and it has a ton of slot machines! -_- But I did get to do stuff with my family. We drove around and saw some of the famous hotels in person. We entered Excalibur, which honestly was pretty boring inside. We looked at the Luxor (pyramid hotel) and the light that comes out of the top at night. My dad said that the light is so bright that pilots and similar have to avoid it or they are literally blinded! We also went to Madame Tussauds the wax museum (cuz we have a thing for wax museums) and it was super cool! That's pretty much all the fun stuff we did...

The day after we returned was the first day of school! I'm in freaking high school now! Even though I totally don't look like it! This is lame reason numba 1 for not posting. Second is that I'm used to watching TV aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaall day, so I have been trying to adjust to actually having stuff to do in the afternoon, which includes homework and practicing druuuuuuumss.

My teacher for Health is making us have a goal this quarter that we promise to work on at least every weekday (and if you want to or missed a weekday, on weekends too), and I chose to learn at least one new song on the drums every week for the goal, because I need to know songs if I want to play in a band, obviously. For this, I HAVE to practice between 4-5 (but obviously not the entire hour), so now I have something that forces me to get up and do stuff. So hopefully after today, I will be better about it.

My last reason is that now my sister has to use the computer for her school assignments, and it's even harder than a few months ago to get to the laptop. Maybe I can research when she uses it and work out a schedule to when I can use it to post. I can use my iPod as I did during vacation, but I prefer using a keyboard. But if it gets to the point that I have to use my iPod for my blog, I'll do it.

My New Book! (this post was done while in Mexico, but i accidentally did something that made it un-posted :/)

Hello world!

It's been a while since my last post. There is the reason: I am writing a novel! I have been going at it nonstop since Saturday night. My sister was impressed when I showed her how much I had done already. I have a little bit of writer's block right now, so until something comes into my brain I will do other stuff, like this post.

We went with my aunt with three cats again, and it turns out they have blank paper. I drew my book cover. It isn't very good, so if my book actually gets published, a professional illustrator will do a better version of it. 

The colors would be similar to these I think, but it wouldn't look so bulky. 

That looks really random, huh? That's cuz you don't know what the book is about. 

I was saying how my friend Broranges is writing a short story about Slendy a few weeks ago. Looks like he's finishing it. (I had only written two chapters in it.) I really liked the concept of the story and I had a lot of ideas flowing through my head. However, he already had how the rest of the story would go, so none of my other ideas could have gone into action. Then a thought hit me- why don't I just write my own version? 

Of course I would ask for Brorange's permission to publish mine since this story is based off of his, but even if he says no, it's been fun writing it. I could put it in my archives to read in the future. 

But I wanted to do it differently. I've written plenty of stories (almost all for school), but they always ended up as short stories. I wanted to try to write a full-length novel. It is harder than a lot of people think. I have to add a lot more events and stuff to keep it interesting. I think after a while I will be pooped from using my imagination. I might not finish the book because I can't think of how to end it. 

So Broranges, if you are out there reading this post, (which is highly unlikely,) will you let me send this book for publishing too?