Happy Halloween, everyone! Do you have any big plans for tonight?
Good old-fashioned, tried and true, trick-or-treating? Such fun times. The one and only time taking candy from strangers is encouraged.
Taking someone younger than you trick-or-treating? Do you still dress up? I know my mom never did, but I vaguely recall seeing other adult escorts dressed up.
Attending a Halloween-themed party? Kim Possible did it once. She tried to go as a princess, but her accidental accessory has a mind of its own. She ended up with an awesome suit of armor.
Watching a scary movie? This was almost a tradition at my house after my brother for some very odd reason decided he didn't want to trick-or-treat anymore and our parents decided to keep both of us at home. I'm sort of wondering if maybe this is on my own agenda for tonight, compliments of either my RA or the girls across the hall from me.
Or do you just plan to do nothing? I actually have quite a bit of work to do still, so I may just lock myself in my room and work on English papers, communications speeches, French flash cards, liberal arts speeches, and biology homework. Ew, I hate that list of stuff I have to do...
Anyways, regardless, I hope you all have fun today, and especially this evening! But be careful not to scare anyone who won't take it as a joke after the fact.
Thursday, October 31, 2013
Wednesday, October 30, 2013
Work
Ugh, I'm behind in my work currently. The reason is because I got very, very little work done yesterday thanks to volunteer work and a longer-than-usual lab and a meet and greet thingymajig.
So this post will be shorter than usual, because I really have to set distractions aside for today, buckle down, and get to work. So much to do!
Unfortunately, I really can't spare the time to wonder about what my topic will be for today's blog post. That's why you're putting up with my rant today about this.
Anyways, disregarding my very likely busy day, I hope you readers have a great day! Michael finished his blind playthrough of Nancy Drew: The Silent Spy; I recommend checking that out and also keeping an eye out for when he begins his actual walkthrough. =)
Bye, and have a terrific day!
So this post will be shorter than usual, because I really have to set distractions aside for today, buckle down, and get to work. So much to do!
Unfortunately, I really can't spare the time to wonder about what my topic will be for today's blog post. That's why you're putting up with my rant today about this.
Anyways, disregarding my very likely busy day, I hope you readers have a great day! Michael finished his blind playthrough of Nancy Drew: The Silent Spy; I recommend checking that out and also keeping an eye out for when he begins his actual walkthrough. =)
Bye, and have a terrific day!
Tuesday, October 29, 2013
Sirens
This morning, sirens were my alarm clock. Living on a campus in the middle of a bad part of town, sirens aren't so unusual, unfortunately. What I find unusual about this morning was they wouldn't seem to stop.
I don't think I registered them right away, probably because I was sleeping. But I'm pretty sure my subconscious picked up on the sound and I heard it anyways. I honestly don't know how much time passed before I did finally register them. And when I did, I just rolled over, thinking they're fade away soon enough.
They didn't.
I got up finally, and discovered it was five minutes before my actual alarm anyways. Still the sirens didn't go away.
I'm not sure when exactly the sirens did finally fade. Maybe it was after I was dressed. I wonder what happened out there...
May God be with that situation.
I don't think I registered them right away, probably because I was sleeping. But I'm pretty sure my subconscious picked up on the sound and I heard it anyways. I honestly don't know how much time passed before I did finally register them. And when I did, I just rolled over, thinking they're fade away soon enough.
They didn't.
I got up finally, and discovered it was five minutes before my actual alarm anyways. Still the sirens didn't go away.
I'm not sure when exactly the sirens did finally fade. Maybe it was after I was dressed. I wonder what happened out there...
May God be with that situation.
Monday, October 28, 2013
Fortieth Post
Woot, let's hear it for forty posts in forty days!
I never thought I would be able to think of enough stuff to keep this up for so long. Those of you who have seen several of my other posts know good and well I've included indecision into my blog posts more than once. I wish I could promise that from here on out, that will change; but let's face it, it probably won't.
But! I don't want to focus on the negativity here. We're celebrating, remember?
Speaking of the number forty, I have a tidbit of information to share. You may or may not know it already, but forty is the only number that is spelled with its letters in alphabetical order. (Conversely, one is the only number spelled backwards-alphabetically, if my wording there made any sense at all...)
And speaking of forty again, if it were years rather than posts, my blog would be a decade away from half a century! (Yeah, my pastor used that wording to tease my mom on her fortieth birthday surprise party. I just couldn't not use it here.)
Anyways, let's break out the fancy desserts, awesome balloons, messy confetti, and hang up streamers! Let's get fat from the desserts! Let's get high squeaky voices from the helium! Let's run around throwing more confetti that the cleaning crew will hate us for later! And let's leave the streamers where they are, because they won't look as nice torn from the ceiling. ;)
I never thought I would be able to think of enough stuff to keep this up for so long. Those of you who have seen several of my other posts know good and well I've included indecision into my blog posts more than once. I wish I could promise that from here on out, that will change; but let's face it, it probably won't.
But! I don't want to focus on the negativity here. We're celebrating, remember?
Speaking of the number forty, I have a tidbit of information to share. You may or may not know it already, but forty is the only number that is spelled with its letters in alphabetical order. (Conversely, one is the only number spelled backwards-alphabetically, if my wording there made any sense at all...)
And speaking of forty again, if it were years rather than posts, my blog would be a decade away from half a century! (Yeah, my pastor used that wording to tease my mom on her fortieth birthday surprise party. I just couldn't not use it here.)
Anyways, let's break out the fancy desserts, awesome balloons, messy confetti, and hang up streamers! Let's get fat from the desserts! Let's get high squeaky voices from the helium! Let's run around throwing more confetti that the cleaning crew will hate us for later! And let's leave the streamers where they are, because they won't look as nice torn from the ceiling. ;)
Sunday, October 27, 2013
Ella Enchanted
It's so hard to watch a movie based off of a book you've read. For me, though, if I watch the movie before reading the book, there's a higher chance that I will enjoy both.
Ella Enchanted, for instance. It was written by Gail Carson Levine, and made into a movie. I saw the movie before I knew the book existed, and I liked the movie. Then I read the book and really liked the book - once I got past how incredibly different the plotlines were. Now I like the book the best, but I still like the movie too.
Had I read the book first, I probably would've been upset with everything the movie changed, which was pretty much the entirety of the book other than character names. The protagonists' personalities were even changed, as was the way Ella's curse worked. Granted, Ella's curse was changed to be more dramatic/movie-styled, but I think Ella's and Char's personality changes would have really bothered me if I had read the book before the movie.
I think the movie also removed a lot of fans' favorite scenes from the book, particularly some things that revealed bits about Char, or represented a "pivotal point in their relationship," as I believe one fan put it. In the book, I suppose the pivotal point was the scene of Char and Ella sliding down a banister in the old castle. In the movie, it had more to do with the giants' wedding party.
All in all, I find both versions of Ella Enchanted enjoyable. Maybe only because I saw the movie first, but I do recommend both versions to all you readers/viewers who have yet to read/view either version. =)
Ella Enchanted, for instance. It was written by Gail Carson Levine, and made into a movie. I saw the movie before I knew the book existed, and I liked the movie. Then I read the book and really liked the book - once I got past how incredibly different the plotlines were. Now I like the book the best, but I still like the movie too.
Had I read the book first, I probably would've been upset with everything the movie changed, which was pretty much the entirety of the book other than character names. The protagonists' personalities were even changed, as was the way Ella's curse worked. Granted, Ella's curse was changed to be more dramatic/movie-styled, but I think Ella's and Char's personality changes would have really bothered me if I had read the book before the movie.
I think the movie also removed a lot of fans' favorite scenes from the book, particularly some things that revealed bits about Char, or represented a "pivotal point in their relationship," as I believe one fan put it. In the book, I suppose the pivotal point was the scene of Char and Ella sliding down a banister in the old castle. In the movie, it had more to do with the giants' wedding party.
All in all, I find both versions of Ella Enchanted enjoyable. Maybe only because I saw the movie first, but I do recommend both versions to all you readers/viewers who have yet to read/view either version. =)
Saturday, October 26, 2013
Chocolate
I love chocolate.
I'm pretty sure you knew that already, but I thought I'd make it clear just in case. Chocolate is awesome, and it comes in so many different forms! I won't be able to list them all here, but I sure can make a valiant effort anyways.
Three Musketeers. Mah. Fave. Just so... so... delicious! Hard-ish chocolate shell, inside chocolate fluffiness. Mmmmm!
Hershey's chocolate bar. Plain and simple milk chocolate, arranged to be easily broken into bite-sized pieces of paradise. Perfection hides itself in simplicity.
M&M's. All those colors, all those white m's, such unreproduceable goodness! Seriously. I went to Ryan's a few years back and got some M&M's that, as it turned out, weren't actual authentic M&M's. They were Ryan's candy-coated chocolate, and they did not taste the same. Still pretty good, but not the same.
Kisses. Little drops of chocolate wrapped in that almost-as-incredible invention that is so hard and yet addicting to get smoothed out without ripping it. The playing with the wrapper is almost as amazing as eating the chocolate. Almost.
Reese's Peanut Butter Cups. A perfect blend of chocolate and peanut butter for the fan who dares to wish for a bit of variety.
Yes, yes, all these are fantastic! But is there more? Of course there is! There's so much more out there that uses milk chocolate, and I haven't even mentioned the dark chocolate and the white chocolate! And even that has yet to touch on the different forms such as hot chocolate! It would take days, perhaps weeks (possibly even months!), to list all the different forms chocolate can take and still be delicious. Maybe I'll continue this later, maybe not.
At any rate, my overdue post about chocolate has been written. You're welcome.
I'm pretty sure you knew that already, but I thought I'd make it clear just in case. Chocolate is awesome, and it comes in so many different forms! I won't be able to list them all here, but I sure can make a valiant effort anyways.
Three Musketeers. Mah. Fave. Just so... so... delicious! Hard-ish chocolate shell, inside chocolate fluffiness. Mmmmm!
Hershey's chocolate bar. Plain and simple milk chocolate, arranged to be easily broken into bite-sized pieces of paradise. Perfection hides itself in simplicity.
M&M's. All those colors, all those white m's, such unreproduceable goodness! Seriously. I went to Ryan's a few years back and got some M&M's that, as it turned out, weren't actual authentic M&M's. They were Ryan's candy-coated chocolate, and they did not taste the same. Still pretty good, but not the same.
Kisses. Little drops of chocolate wrapped in that almost-as-incredible invention that is so hard and yet addicting to get smoothed out without ripping it. The playing with the wrapper is almost as amazing as eating the chocolate. Almost.
Reese's Peanut Butter Cups. A perfect blend of chocolate and peanut butter for the fan who dares to wish for a bit of variety.
Yes, yes, all these are fantastic! But is there more? Of course there is! There's so much more out there that uses milk chocolate, and I haven't even mentioned the dark chocolate and the white chocolate! And even that has yet to touch on the different forms such as hot chocolate! It would take days, perhaps weeks (possibly even months!), to list all the different forms chocolate can take and still be delicious. Maybe I'll continue this later, maybe not.
At any rate, my overdue post about chocolate has been written. You're welcome.
Friday, October 25, 2013
Autumn
Brr, it's starting to get colder. I guess fall has officially arrived, then? It's time to trade out my shawl for a legitimate jacket, at any rate.
The residence hall I live in has already begun the fall decorations, and some of the girls in my hall have long since begun decorating for Halloween. I'm not really opposed to Halloween decorations, but I do actually like the just autumn decorations better. It makes things seem warmer, somehow.
As part of my English class, I had to go to my campus library and read a magazine. I forget which one I read, but it was one whose editor (I think it was the editor... Who's in charge of controlling what exactly goes into a magazine?) decided against the scary theme every year. Instead, it was filled with all sorts of fall goodness and yumminess, stuffed to the brim with all those nice fall colors like green and orange and whatnot. I enjoyed it, even if now I don't remember the vast majority of it.
What do you think of when you think of fall? Leaves falling off trees? Colder weather? Red, orange, and yellow? Or maybe a certain movie or book you were waiting to come out?
Well, I guess this is a slightly shorter post than usual, but I'm going to end it here anyways. Happy Friday, everyone!
The residence hall I live in has already begun the fall decorations, and some of the girls in my hall have long since begun decorating for Halloween. I'm not really opposed to Halloween decorations, but I do actually like the just autumn decorations better. It makes things seem warmer, somehow.
As part of my English class, I had to go to my campus library and read a magazine. I forget which one I read, but it was one whose editor (I think it was the editor... Who's in charge of controlling what exactly goes into a magazine?) decided against the scary theme every year. Instead, it was filled with all sorts of fall goodness and yumminess, stuffed to the brim with all those nice fall colors like green and orange and whatnot. I enjoyed it, even if now I don't remember the vast majority of it.
What do you think of when you think of fall? Leaves falling off trees? Colder weather? Red, orange, and yellow? Or maybe a certain movie or book you were waiting to come out?
Well, I guess this is a slightly shorter post than usual, but I'm going to end it here anyways. Happy Friday, everyone!
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