Too Lazy to Make Decent Title

Hello world!

First things first- my sister found out this morning that one of her friends from back where we used to live... his heart flipped out, so some surgeons are working on it, but who knows if he'll live through it or not.

I actually didn't hear what was going on until after I heard her sobbing downstairs and came to hug her. When I did... I started thinking about that time Darkrai almost died. It may have been a different reason, but he was also pretty close, and I felt so terrified. I'm glad he's still up and breathing... and I hope my sister's friend stays up and breathing too. She's already had to deal with so much lately.

Speaking of, a week or two ago, Darkrai's new account suddenly disappeared. I was like "WAT" and felt lost and a little worried. I figured it might have been that his mom made him delete it... again... I just found out today that I was right, because he messaged me with his new new account. *deep sigh* Dude, I luv you, but if being on this site (or any site similar) makes your parents so mad at you, maybe you could consider not sneaking around on the internet like that anymore? You can still text people, can't you?

Yesterday, I finished the Book of Mormon all by myself again! Yeah, it was so much faster this time, since I was already done with Doctrine and Covenants, so I wouldn't be reading both. Now I don't know whether to just start from the beginning all over again or to maybe try starting D&C again? Or Pearl of Great Price? When do you read that in seminary again?

Due to reading subtitles wrong, I have this line in my head: "I'm too busy blowing up the world." (It was actually 'holding' not 'blowing', but I feel like my version sounds cooler and funnier.) I just want to be able to put that into a song so bad! I still haven't had any inspiration though. *tear* I thought of a few other short little dorks, but not ones that could have this line in there. WHHHHYYYYYYR?

Oh! Inspiration! Okay, so, since they're two of my biggest fandoms, and I've already seen ones similar to it but with other crossovers, I thought of a cute little fic I could make of Zane from Ninjago possibly getting a repair by Winry from FMA? I don't know whether to do it or not, because 1. I doubt anyone would read it, and 2. It would probably end up too alike to stories I've already seen, which I don't want to happen. That's, like, one of my main goals in life. (For da record, I was new when I wrote the one about Ed turning into a cat! I didn't know that was most likely done a million times already!... Unless that really was original and the 3 or 4 I've seen after that are copycats... Hehe, copyCATS. I'll shut up now.)

Also, after taking a shower last night, I had the urge to go watch my fave AMVs again. I have a short list in my "Watch Later" playlist, so I look at them every once in a while. I actually got some of my songs on my phone from there, because I'd never heard of most of Viinurify's picks, and most are pretty good. She has good taste. And then... I scrolled down, and remembered that there'd been one that I watched a little after I discovered Viinurify, called "Traumerei". OHMYGOSH, that video is insane! I agree with one of the comments, that the first time I watched it I was a little mad, but after that you just fall in love!

It's one that's FMA, but it changes the storyline completely. I don't know HOW they managed it, but they somehow made new scenes with Ed and Al that look like they're really from the anime when they weren't! Were they seriously that good at editing? Did they animate part of it themselves? There's one or two parts that confuse me a bit, but otherwise... Wow.

That would seriously make one of the saddest and greatest fanfics ever.

So maybe I'll end up writing something based off of it, or at least inspired. We'll see how that goes, since I seriously struggle with sad.

I'm struggling in general, really. Considering most of what I've posted is one-shots, I got pretty good numbers of viewers and reviewers. That's just not happening with Family History, though. Besides two of my friends who always comment on my stuff anyways, I think I've only got one other review. I appreciate they my friends author and Scaehime are always doing that, but I still want some cred from strangers! Do I need to fix the summary again? Change the first AN? I'm still gonna post, because I'm not letting my hard work go to waste, but you can't blame me for wanting a little more attention. Just a leetle bit! Please?

That story that I'd been writing in Spanish? I'm stuck. Like, so stuck in a ditch somewhere. I was tired of seeing it not being added to for a while, so I decided already to start translating it to English, even though I'd planned to do that after I got the whole thing written. I figure maybe inspiration will come to me as I go through the whole thing again in English. Maybe.

The cast list got posted at the end of last week. I didn't know that, but Blondie had taken a pic of it with her phone, so she just showed me that on the bus later. And I...

wasn't on it.

She looked really surprised and disappointed that I somehow didn't make it. (I myself was, too, because, I mean, there weren't that many people that tried out, so I thought everyone was getting a part.) I shrugged it off, despite wondering why. I mean, I wanted to be in the musical, but at the same time dreaded it, because, if we really did move before the school year ended... I'd be in trouble.

As far as the plan goes now (said plan has changed a lot), I'll be moving when the school year ends. My sister is still gonna go to live with my grandma and grandpa... next week? (It's so close! AH!), then some time after that my dad will go to start working (at Nike! Cool, right?), then my mom and I will catch up with him when I'm done with 10th grade. We're gonna live in a different state in the west, though. We'll be relatively close to Utah, still, but not in Utah. It'll probably be an improvement compared to the South, though. (Sorry, Southerners, I'm just not like you. I do not live in the same ways and stuff. I'm sane. *sorrynotsorry*)

We had last Monday off (President's Day), so I spent the day doing more fanfic stuff, going through my clothes for stuff that doesn't fit and/or I don't want anymore, and... getting my whole head braided!

I guess they're called box braids, or maybe African braids... Whatever floats your boat, my sister did them on me. She didn't make the top super tight, so they didn't hurt, but they still looked cool. And it was weird that my hair wasn't so poofy anymore... I think they looked fine, but I don't think I'm gonna do that again.

On Wednesday, my 3rd day of having my braids (before I forget, we got 2-hour delays on Tue. and Thurs. because of the weather. Even though it probably really was crazy cold on those mornings, that just seems wimpy to me.) my mom twisted my hair into a bun. I really wanted to do that, because there's a girl at my school that has braids and put her hair in a huge bun all the time and it looks so cool. So here's mine! (Note: they're not all the exact same size; some ended up being a lot tinier than she thought they'd be, and she made the ones at the back a little bit bigger so it wouldn't take quite as long to finish. It took 4, maybe 5 hours to do my whole head. Yaaay, Roswell binging! *chuckle*)

I finally took them out yesterday while marathoning some Soul Eater (I'm a little disappointed by Soul's black blood, although seeing Maka go mad was crazy and kinda awesome. So did she just barely figure out what's up with him at that moment?) You can't see how my hair came out very well (just know it was super big hair with super tiny crimps), but here's a pic anyway.

I got this thing in the mail that said that because I was one of the highest scoring students on the PSAT and PLAN tests, I was supposed to get an award at a school district thing! I'm most likely gonna go, although I'm a little worried about whether other students will actually show up or not. I don't want to be alone up there! *anxious*

ARE YOU HAPPY FOR ME? BE HAPPY! *Titan Eren rawr*

(I've said "Titan Eren roar" to Darkrai more than once, and he's always just like "...?" I figured he'd already seen a bit of Attack on Titan, but I guess he hasn't? Or he's playing ignorant over text so his mom doesn't get mad at him? Idk. *melodramatic shrug*)

Hey, did I say already that I've upped the amount of exercise I do every morning? I'm up to 15 pushups on knuckles, 15 pushups on palms, and 30 situps, then stretching, every morning. Except for yesterday, because my alarm didn't go off, so I got up pretty late. *sweat drop* I thought that it felt like it should've gone off already! *grr*

Ninjabob!

(I thought I already published this last week!)

Ahoy world!

Ooooooooomygooooooooosh I got to see The Spongebob Movie: Sponge Out of Water!!!

That was one of the greatest movies I'd ever seen. And I'm proud to say I saw it with my dad yesterday morning!

Okay, so imagine this: a girl with a Patrick Star T-shirt, a Spongebob flatbill cap, and a necklace and bracelet with Spongebob and Patrick on them. I'm not kidding- I wore most of my merch. I could've also worn Spongbob pajama pants, but I thought that might be overdoing it, so I just wore brown pants (skinny jeans? They're skinny, but don't have the usual texture as jeans) that had a similar color to our favorite square friend's outfit. Few people saw it, I think, but oh well. It certainly made me happy.

 Guess what else happened this weekend?!

Okay, so I was watching the new episodes of Adventure Time and Amazing World of Gumball (the latter was pretty awesome) when I saw a commercial. It said that the 4th season of Ninjago was out!!! And on the Watch CN app!!! All ten new episodes!!!

So I had to download it (again... I used to have it on my iPod, but took it off to make space. This time it's on my phone) and, the next day (Friday), I marathoned it in the comfort of my room. With my lights off, cuz I'm not gonna waste the lights. Of course, that meant my family got worried about me holing up in my dark room all afternoon and evening, and actually thought I'd already gone to sleep at some point. But NOPE!

While the third season was cool, I'll admit I was a little eh about it, besides stuff like the costume changes. This new season, though... IT IS INSANELY GOOD AND AWESOME AND KICKBUTT AND I'm fangirling again, oh no. *sweat drop*

I knew they'd be bringing Zane back into the picture somehow (spoiler alert! But we all knew it, so whatever), but I'd been wondering how. I'm glad he's back, although he's a little different, I think. They also didn't really explain where he went between the third and fourth seasons. I hope they at least offer something next season. They better have another season, cuz if not, Lily's comin' for CN's hiney.

I've been reading this really good fanfic called A Boy Named Ed (FMA, of course), and there's a part where (spoiler alert again) Al writes about telling stories to kids about his brother; that he basically turned the Fullmetal Alchemist's adventures into bedtime stories. I suddenly got thinking earlier today... I doubt it'll happen, but what if there came to be a storybook about the Elric brothers? *snicker* I mean, you'd have to be really careful about stuff like their origin story, possibly find a way where it wouldn't have to be explained so that it's appropriate for the little ones... But, if it's possible to make okay bedtime stories out of the Elrics, I would totally tell them to my future kids. Even long before they discover anime, they will know the names of Edward and Alphonse Elric! (Also: would changing our last name to Elric when I get married to whoever-my-spouse-is a bad idea?)

Wednesday (I know I'm skipping around a lot. Deal with it), we couldn't go to Young Women's because my dad felt too sick to drive, so I decided: "Welp, since I'm not going anywhere, might as well spend the day as uselessly as possible." It'd been a loooong time since I just deeper around on YouTube, so that's what I did. I ended up listening to Lindsey Sterling music (I'd already heard her before and knew she was cool, but didn't really go see all that's she's done), then seeing some Vocaloid stuff. It seems there's different categories to that kind of music. There's the stuff I'd heard before, that there's a random video that just doesn't really mean anything, but then I saw more of the kind where they're really singing a story. Like, one was called "Bad~End~Night" (replace ~ with infinity symbol). It was cool, but it wasn't really the kind of thing that I'd listen to a lot. Story Vocaloid, that's more like the kind of thing that's only good with video and subtitles. I also heard, like, two Len Kagamine songs that were serious- it even said so in the description. They were kinda bleh to me. Otherwise, I've found more music that I think I might add to my phone when I'm willing to go through everything it takes to download stuff onto my phone. I usually have to do it with my laptop, so it's a pain.

I've gotten my country back (see post last week), so here's a pic!

KITTEH

Tryouts for FMA

Hey world!

A few important things happened this week. First, I wanna say that... Yesterday, I finished the FMA:B anime for the second time! *yaaay* I may have accidently skipped one or two of the episodes in the final season, but I already knew what happened there because the day before...

I finished reading the manga for the third time! *yaaaaay* I know! Finally.

As I think anyone can testify to, watching/reading through anything more than once, you start noticing things you didn't see before, and reacting to things differently. I can say that, seriously, fanfics have made me understand a lot better what went on in the actual franchise. Like, when Mustang says he's "going fishing", I didn't realize there was significance in that until it was explained in someone else's work. I'll admit, I've never been very good at figuring out riddles, or symbols, or mysteries... I'd never be able to become a detective. Neither could I ever be a super amazing writer, because none of my writing has a deeper meaning. *nervous laugh* That kind of stuff has to be explained to me cuz I'll never think of it on my own.

In the final episode, when Ed says that stuff to Winry... I'm never totally sure how to react. It's kinda cute, kinda awkward, but mostly me just wondering where that even came from and what are you even doing, Ed?! This time, though, I suddenly had a thought: what if, when a guy proposed to me in the future... he knew how much I loved FMA (even if it's not as BLAH-IN-YOUR-FACE FMA love by then), and so he said the same thing while holding out a ring (or just his hand, cuz I don't really care about having an engagement ring). If I really loved him, I'd probably just yell "85%!!!" and hug him to death.

Then I started to think about what if we'd been cosplaying for some reason and so we'd have to act out the whole scene even if it was a real proposal. Then again, though, we wouldn't be Ed and Winry cuz I can't have blonde hair. Whether I dyed it (which is NOT happening) or it was a wig, it would just look horrible. I think I'd only look good with dark hair. *shrug* Maybe we'd be May and Alphonse? I'd want to add in, "Are you copying your brother, Al?" but I think, otherwise, I would do that scene and everyone around us would laugh and aw. Then, when the scene was done, be like, "That was real, people! We're getting married!" *woopwoop*

That's still in the distant future, of course. Just my little imagination going off.

I feel a bit hypocritical. I had some huge rant a year ago about love stuff being stupid (which I still usually think), but lately I've been saying a lot more about it being cute and stuff. Is this what happens when you grow up a bit more? I don't know... I think my rant was more about stuff that I don't squee about, so I guess some aspects I'm okay with and others I want to throw a table?

Back to things that actually matter a bit more.

This week, we had auditions for this year's school musical, Oklahoma! They did it super late this year, for some reason. Cuz Blondie and I both have been in musicals and liked doing them, we tried out together. Having her there really helped me. I was still flipping out in one or two parts of the audition, but it's okay; I knew she was going to force me through it anyway. And I'm glad she did!

The first day, we did the dance audition. It was pretty easy, and quite fun. I think she did good, and she said I did good too.

The second day, we did the singing audition. This is when I certainly flipped out, because of doing a solo. I remember singing by myself for my audition back in 7th grade, but that time, there were just about 3 adults in the room, (one or two of then I knew well,) and no one else could hear you. That was still nerve-wracking, but not as bad as doing it in front of more like 10 complete strangers. Blondie had told me to just stare at the wall behind the group and act like there isn't people there, which really did help. I sang the first verse and chorus of "Mad World" by Adam Lambert. I thought it was funny that it was the same song that I first sang for my teacher when my sister and I started voice lessons years ago. I actually didn't like the song a ton then, but my sister insisted that it showed off my voice the best. I guess that's true, if I'm using it again.

I know my voice isn't super low or high, but Blondie commented after that she didn't think I'd be a soprano. I shall correct that statement by saying I'm not a full/real/whatever soprano. I'm more like alto-soprano, in the middle. It's like I sing parts that are high for alto and low for soprano. It's frustrating, trust me.

I'm not totally sure how I did in the chorus part (to see if you sing okay with a group). As I just stated, I couldn't do some of the soprano because it went too high, but the alto didn't feel totally natural either.

Oh well, what's done is done. It doesn't really matter anyway, because I just found out today I'm probably moving before we present. It could be as early as in about a month from right now. I'm not sure what to do, cuz I still want to practice with them, at least, cuz it's fun to sing and dance and be with Blondie, but I can't have a part in the actual musical! *frustrated grunt*

I'm guessing everyone knew what days Friday and Saturday were: Friday the 13th and Valentine's Day! Austin still gave me a little V-Day gift and note (even though we'd supposedly agreed we weren't Valentines anymore! *exasperated huff*), and I actually gave Blondie a little plushie. It was thanks for the Christmas gift she gave me, even though she made one for all her friends, and I hope she knows it's also just for being my friend. I know that Feb. 14 is more about couples, but it's technically also about friendship. (Future Me, remember that the history teacher in 8th grade would have a lesson on the origin of holidays?)

And Friday, because our school was in a basketball tournament or something, most people went to that instead of actual class, so guess what we did in my classes? Absolutely nothing! That's why I had the last 3 volumes of FMA with me, cuz I knew I'd finish them with time to spare on Friday. If we actually did stuff in school, I'd probably have finished next week.

Later, we went to a party at a ward member's house for Friday the 13th that was mainly adults. (They had said specifically NO KIDS, so everyone had a break!) I was the youngest there. I didn't talk a ton, but I did talk with a few people and had fun.

On Saturday (sorry I'm switching in between the days, heh) there was a short Chinese New Year's Festival. We didn't get to see most of it, but we did see some cool stuff, like one guy who did a stunt act called the tower of chairs. It was like those guys that do crazy handstands on a tall pole or something on America's Got Talent. That was so scary!!!

My dad recently bought my sister and I those hats that have scarves attached to them (they were pretty popular a year or two ago)- mine is a panda bear, my sister's a black bear. I'd already worn it once to school, and I decided I wanted to wear it yesterday too. I don't know what people were thinking at seeing a random girl wearing a panda hat to a Chinese festival, but let me tell you that the one guy that was in a panda suit was SO happy to see me and take a picture with me. I had commented to my sis when I first noticed him, "Hello, my brother!" (My family laughed, but of course no one else heard me. *phew* My jokes are probably really weird to people that don't know me.)

As is tradition (for me), I dressed up in holiday colors throughout the week of the holiday. I wore a variety of outfits that had pink, and maybe red or white. I was gonna list out what I wore each day, but it's too much effort for something people won't care about. Just know every outfit was for the season, but not tacky. And I looked adorable.

Blondie has made a quote that I'd like to share with you. It came about because she was telling me about this argument she had with a different friend where the friend overreacted without ever really giving her a chance to fully explain. I saw the texts myself- it was a little ridiculous. At least they made up the next day.

Real friends would know the WHAT, find out the WHY, and fix the WHY- without punishing us for the WHAT.

Also, if you're watching episode 57 of FMA:B, watch carefully in the fight scene while Mustang is on. I don't know what went wrong during animation, but it looks so wrong and wonky and I burst out laughing when I caught it. I'd seen this pic before, and found the part where it came from. This is real!

I can't remember what was written on the one that I'm thinking of, but it's the same pic otherwise. *bursts out laughing*

Dedicated to Blondie

More for the faith project.

I have my friend Blondie, who is this really awesome girl that I sit with on the bus. She was one of the first people I met when I moved, and she's really the closest friend I have right now. I don't know- we just clicked.

She's going through a lot of stuff. For example, her dad is in the Army, and he just went last fall to someplace in the Middle East, I think. Clearly, she's super worried about him and misses him a lot. There's also that she might be moving, which, while it isn't really a huge deal for me, it can still be nerve-wracking, especially if you don't know where or when. I mean, her whole future could change on this, especially now that we're a little close to graduation. It's just in a little over two years! Of course, she's also in a dance class that I think is daily right after school (and our bus schedule changed, so she has even less time at home to get ready for dance. Like, 10 minutes), and she used to be in color guard, and is in a school choir, and takes one or two AP classes... She has a lot of stuff going on. 

Ever since she found out her dad would have to go soon, I've seen her look pretty sad every once in a while, but this week I think she was at her worst. It killed me to see her like that when I saw her after school. She looked really sad and worn out, and maybe a little depressed... I got worried she would eventually just drop down and/or burst out crying. 

I mean, what's a friend to do? I tried to give her a small bit of advice, hug her, say something funny to lighten her up, and listen. There isn't really anything I can do besides that, but I still wish I could do more.

I suddenly realized something, on one of those days I hugged her the moment I saw her. The look on her face... It reminded me of my sister.

I have said stuff about my sister, but not a ton, because, really, I don't want to. In a much similar fashion, stuff piled on her, and it's difficult for all of us. It's not something I want to talk about. I want to focus on the small things in life, not the big stuff that is not very pretty. One of the biggest things is that she recently found out she had depression- the kind that's not from some traumatic experience, but a chemical imbalance. When things that's aren't good happen...

I've always been inclined to immediately hugging my sister whenever she was sad, but I've done so a lot more often throughout the stay in the South. It also gives me this horrible feeling of uselessness when I know I can only hug her. I can't help take the pain away from her.

Seriously, why couldn't I have been the one to get all the stuff she got? I would've been able to handle it better- at least the physical pain, maybe. I don't know, maybe I wouldn't! But I would let the things that plague her inflict me instead if I could anyway! I don't like to see her hurt. She didn't deserve any of it.

This must be why Jesus was willing to die for us... Because he felt this way...

When I think like this, I realize I sound a lot like the Elrics. *laughs mirthlessly*

Of course I wouldn't want anyone to be sad, but especially no one I'm close to. So that must be why I suddenly want to hug Blondie more than ever... I really started treating her like she was my sister on the bus later, and she gave me this weird look. I didn't really think about what I was doing.

One of those bus rides, after she had rested her head on her backpack for a while (and failing to feel any better- it's the bus we're talking about, how could she?), she checked her phone, and saw she got a text from someone. It was some lady (who I think was her dance teacher or something?) that sent a group message that said something about rooting for sophomores tonight, then (paraphrasing here), "Let me know if you need me to pray for you, for whatever reason."

It's interesting here, because most people are Christians, and are not afraid to show it. They're more likely to pray before a school activity, or have a club (there's one called the Christian Athlete Fellowship or something, which I personally think is a bit idiotic, but I think most clubs are idiotic, so don't mind me) or just wear some cheesy T-shirt (they love T-shirts around here) with a Bible quite on the back. She is an active member of her church, and often goes to youth activities there too. We've discussed the differences between our churches, and the results were interesting to me. Even though we're both very loyal to our churches, I think, I've still been considering more and more bringing her to my branch sometime.

Anyway, so some random lady sending that to girls was not weird in the slightest.

My friend quickly texted back, "Please pray for me, because I've been really stressed out, and I need some peace."

She'd been telling me jut a few minutes prior that she wanted some peace in her life (that's the way she talks- it's a little weird to me, but I understand what she's saying). It was surprising, though, for me to actually see her take up that lady's offer. 

I'd never been asked by someone if I could pray for them, or asked someone to pray for me. Yet, my friend was so stressed, and she so believed in the power of prayer, that this event occurred. 

I don't know if she knew I saw that, but I did.

I realized maybe there was more I could do for her, even if it wasn't much.

I didn't want to just say to her, "I'll pray for you too!" since that could sound like bragging or something, but I still made the promise to myself that, at least for the next few days, I would pray for her. (I kinda wonder why she didn't directly ask me- maybe she hadn't thought of asking me, or thought it too weird? Maybe thought we didn't know each other long enough?) So far, I think the only time I didn't include her in a prayer was once when I really rushed.

I have full faith that I'm being heard, but I'm still really worried about her. I hope by tomorrow she'll be less tired, and/or I'll be prompted as to something I can do for her.

Today, during class, my YW president actually mentioned this really cool experience she had that had to do with the premortal life, and they talked about how sometimes it feels like you recognize someone, and you become best friends immediately- that perhaps it's because you were friends with them all the way back then, so you really do know them already... I started thinking maybe I also feel so close to her (I mean, I don't think she even knows that much about me) because of that too. Maybe a long time ago, before we were born, we were friends in the premortal existence- spirit buddies! I like that thought.

Oh yeah- the reason this has to do with faith. Seeing Blondie trust in prayer like that made me think about how much prayer can really bless others. I'm hoping she will be very blessed, whether a lot of it has to do with me or not.

VICTORY FOR LILLIBY!

Hello world!

Before anything, my victory is... that I finally finished Family History! *infinite squeal of infinite eternity* I finished editing it yesterday, and was so happy when I finally could write the last sentences. It's done! The deed is done! And I'm probably gonna start posting it this week and put up a new chapter every week from there on. It ended up as 9 chapters (which is killing me a little, but I didn't want to fill it in more to make it 10 or something, everything was fine already), and, without all the ANs each chapter is about 6 pages. However, most chapters are the equivalent of 4 scenes and whatever extra I did, most likely adding about another page. The first AN I'm gonna explain what's going on, and then after that my ANs are gonna be pure commentary. *Ehehe...*

I'm not entirely sure how I'm gonna do it in Wattpad, since I plan to post simultaneously. Wattpad writers aren't much for ANs, so maybe I'll just do the first AN and then just not do any unless necessary? Also, should it be in the fanfic or short story section? When I moved my one-word prompts to the short story (when I arrived to the site you could do two different genres, but not anymore!) from fanfiction, it was noticed more, so I don't know.

Last Sunday, I tried looking at more LDS Youth music again, and found even more I liked! One song, "Wherever You Go" by Michael Richardson, I downloaded into my phone as soon as possible, and I found a liking to 2-3 others that I'm considering downloading too. 

I was reading in 3 Nephi the part where Jesus tells of the strait, narrow path (that's how straight is spelled in the Book of Mormon, which, honestly... makes more sense). I suddenly got this picture in my head. It reminds me of the story of Lehi's dream, with the iron rod, and Kane Chronicles when they're on a boat in the underworld, and there's the lost souls crying out to them... It's a little creepy.

I imagined this long, straight and narrow path, and it's bright white. Almost glows. On either side is darkness. The lost souls or bad people or temptations or whatever you wanna call it reach out to the people walking on the white path, trying to make them join in the shadows. At the end of the looooong path is the big gate to heaven.

So, in a way, I guess I was seeing symbolism for life? You know, you're on the path when you follow the commandments and make right choices, and then perhaps wander off when you do otherwise. And there are people out there that want to pull and drag you into the darkness with you, and will do whatever it takes. It was Satan and his followers on the sidelines of the white path. If you stayed on the path, or rarely strayed from it, or anything like that, then the gate immediately opened for you at the journey's end.

I started writing a story about this last night when we started a fast (I barely ate anything on Saturday, so when my mom announced we were gonna start the fast in a bit... Oh, poop.), and I don't think it's that bad. Well, it's more for me to just see what I can do with it, but I don't think it's gonna appear anywhere besides in my story archives. A lot of stuff just stays there... At least it won't be lonely...

Okay, I just have to say it. I skimmed a few of my older posts, and I realized I sounded a lot like this one girl that I think moved from FFN to Wattpad permanently(?) that always was a bit annoying during RP. *sweat drop* Well, the RPers did say we both were kinda spazzes, she's just... more... of a spaz. *i don't know how to react since I can't really defend myself right now*

Back to the blog!

So, for most of the week in World History, we did this little project to create our own countries. She said that, more than anything, it was so we could use our imaginations because it really does start to go away when you're older. I don't know, I guess I don't have as much imagination as before, but I still got some. I mean, what was that whole picture I described a few paragraphs ago? It was still fun.

*deep sigh* I forgot to take a picture of the poster before turning it in. It was colorful and had a lot of cats. Personally, I think I was creative, and my sister said it was very me, so my work here is done.

However, just before school began, I took a picture of the most impressive part of my poster (and the most random). I decided that my country's main industries included dragon-training (which are also part of my country's military's big guns), so I had to draw a dragon.

Prob, Bob, is that I don't draw dragons. I'd done a few that looked kinda like the Chinese dragons, but what I wanted was more of the European kind. And I'd basically never drawn one before. I didn't realize just how hard that was until I went home and Googled "how to draw a dragon". I actually looked at a few of the how-tos for drawing dragons, and I followed two of them, then practiced them on my own and added in a bit of what a different person had done. By the end, it looked mainly like the first dragon I copied, with influences from one or two other ones. Even just the head is impressive, in my opinion. Especially since I don't draw scary stuff. Creepy stuff every once in a while, but not scary and/or very detailed. Trust me, this is as close to that as I'll get.

I also asked my mom later her suggestion for the color palette, and she'd suggested gray with a bit of blue. That was just fine and dandy for me, since I just don't color very bright. I'd been worried I'd have to use dark red and black to make it scary!

The result of my first dragon!

I wish I'd gotten to try to retake the pic so it would look cooler. Oh well.

Okay, so the first thing I knew about my country was its name. (Then that there's be a lot of cats.) And that name is Lilliby.

I guess I've never talked about him (it worries me that there's been so many people that I've never talked about on here!), so I guess I'll have to come up with a code name. Or can I just use his nickname? I don't know.

The best name I could think to describe him is "Sweetie". That's embarrassing both to him and me, but he is just so sweet, and so it fits. (Also, his mom is a chocolatier. He has given me chocolate around Christmastime or whatever, and it is soooo gooood. I haven't really met his mom, but I already love her.)

I met him in 6th grade, around the end of the first semester. We just kinda clicked, in a way, and we were best friends since then on. Even though we often only had lunch and maybe one class together in 7th and 9th grade (remember that I moved away in 8th?), I still considered him one of my closest friends.

The name Lilliby came about during the first few months of friendship. We, unlike a lot of other 6th graders, still used the playground. We often were just talking while swinging or going down the slide or just walking around the playground, but we still used it. We actually had a little game, where we were king and queen of our own kingdom. Our castle was at the top of the slide, where we could stand above everything and see all that went on around us. I remember vaguely that there was one day where there was a thief loose in our kingdom, and we had to figure out how to stop them. I actually tried to incorporate one or two of my other friends into our game every once in a whole, even though I was a bit embarrassed by it.

We had to come up with a name for our kingdom. And he suggested we combined our names together. So it came out Liliby. (I now think Lilliby looks better, but it was probably just one l in the middle then.)

He admitted a few years later that he barely remembered anything that happened in 6th grade, but he did remember us being king and queen of the playground, our kingdom named Liliby.

(Some other kid from back in 6th grade I ended up having seminary with in 9th. I asked him what he thought about me back then, and he also said he barely remembered anything from then. So I guess I have better memory than I thought?)

So yeah. I just had to call my country Lilliby. Even though it wasn't a monarchy.

Sweetie, I'm sorry for leaving you... again... but my life is just constant change. My mom is thinking of moving back to your high school for senior year, so I'd get to graduate with good friends. If we get to do that, please don't move too! I already know The 1 and The 2 moved, and I would've loved to graduate with them too! *tear*

Last things real fast! I read what was available of the fan comic on DeviantArt (I think they'd called it a Round Robin thing?) called "Full Metal Legacy". It could've have better execution, I guess, but it's still pretty cool. And it actually has an interesting storyline! I wonder who wrote the whole plot?...

I found out that the school history textbooks lied about Joseph Smith!

I am not kidding.

You guys know how it really takes a lot for me to be furious? This was one of those things.

I wonder if anyone could notice my silent fury during class when I read that. If the teacher had actually said anything about that, I probably would've ended up ...making a ruckus... and gotten in trouble- or just weird looks. At least I calmed down when my teacher said he'd gone to Salt Lake City once and loved it there. So something ruined and made my day in the same class.

And... um... that same day, when I got home, my mom informed me that a cousin in Mexico died. It really is making a toll on my mom, sister, and family on her side, of course. Of course I'm not happy about it, it just... Doesn't really affect me. I barely remembered that guy. I feel bad about not feeling bad about it!

A joke I was told today to finish!

What's brown and sounds like a bell?

DUNG! 

*rimshot*

My sister and I seriously burst out laughing when we heard it. Make sure you say it kinda like "ding!" if you tell it, okay? Oh, that was priceless.