End of June Update.

So quite a lot has happened since the end of April.

I went to Misti-Con, and it was fantastic!!!  It was my 5th Harry Potter Con, and so far it is my absolute favorite con!  I don't know if it was because I made so many amazing friends, and got to catch up with old ones (Which I do at every con really), or if it was for the fact that it was a day longer than all the other cons. Either way was unforgettable, and I can not wait for Misti-Con 2015!

A week after I returned from Misti-Con, I broke off my relationship with Patrick.  I felt really bad for haing to do it, but I felt like in order for me to figure out what the hell I was suppose to do with my life, I needed to break out of my normal routine.  Our relationship to me felt like a routine that I just didn't want to break.  I didn't feel like I could go do anything that I wanted to because I felt like it would make him unhappy.  He always wanted me there, and as much as I thought I did too, I started to be more and more unhappy with myself, and that is not healthy.  I feel like the bad guy.  I broke his heart.  I didn't want to, but it was for the sake of finding myself and my future path.  Gosh, I feel like a bitch.

Since then, I have hung out with friends I haven't gotten to hang out with in over a year, and go to shows whenever I want.  I went to a movie documentary night at The Garaj Mahal two days after I did the deed, and one of the movies that was playing was "Finding Joe".  Talk about things that come at you at the most perfect time!  The documentary is basically explaining Joseph Campbell's Hero's Circle which is used in basically any story that you read in books or watch on the big screen that involves a hero type. It takes the hero's circle and compares it to real life because basically in order to find our bliss, the one thing in life that makes us unforgivably happy, we have to go through the hero's circle in order to obtain it.  They kept saying over and over again that the path to finding your bliss most of the time happens after a bad event whether it be a divorce, break up, death, etc.  This movie hit me SO HARD, that I was crying because it is what I needed to hear that the exact right time!  Because of that movie, I am on a quest to find my bliss no matter how far or near it may be.

I went to a couple of other things at the Garaj Mahal.  I went to another movie night that showed a documentary about girls in punk rock, which was awesome!  I went to the really really free market, which I ended up nerding out with a couple of the guys talking about all kinds of cool subjects (Harry Potter and Doctor Who included), I got a couple of cool things including books, a pair of awesome heels that fit, and a skirt which I want to re-purpose into something for cosplay.  I also was taught a couple of poi lessons by Tim (Who is really the coolest and nicest guy ever!), and I got to spin my rifle a little bit as well.

I started spinning my rifle and flag again.  I forgot how much I miss just spin my frustrations out.  It is so therapeutic.  I doubt I will ever do a drum corp anytime soon, but I would love to do one in the near future, so I have to train my muscles up again if I ever decide to go for it.

On the 10th of June, I decided to follow a ten plus year dream of mine.  I joined a roller derby team.  I am not that great.  I knew coming into it I would have to relearn how to balance on skates, I would have to learn to fall, and that I would be sucktastic when I went into the building.  With all of that said, I am having the time of my life.  It is so much fun being on skates again, and I feel like I have found something that I really enjoy doing.  It is a big thing for me to say that I am not the best in the room, and be perfectly okay with it.  And it's not like I am going to suck forever!  I will push myself to get better and improve, and I will be the best that I can be!  Now let's just hope that I do not fall on my ass again.  I don't know if I will be able to survive another fall like that again. haha

The last major thing that has happened in my life since is I went to an event called Mochi Day which was a day to celebrate Anime and video games, and I did something that I totally did not expect to happen what-so-ever... I met a guy.  Why the universe wants to work this way, I don't know, but it happened, and I'm not upset about it.  Mochi Day happened on the 15th (Which is a week and a day ago from this blog post.).  I just went to take lots of pictures in hopes of building up my portfolio, buy some awesome nerd merch (Which so totally happened), and make some friends because I love making new friends.  His name is Dado (That's his nickname.)  He was one of the first people to talk to me when I entered the building, and throughout the day we had multiple conversations, and we just clicked.  I took pictures of him trolling people, and we just hung out.  He is very sweet, and quite the gentleman.  I was very shocked when he asked me out because I am not used to guys asking me out in person.  In the past couple of years, I have only had guys ask me out online.  It was very refreshing to have that happen for once.  We had our first date Tuesday, and it was amazing.  I feel like we have a lot in common, and that we connect.  I am excited to see how this relationship works out.  We have our second date tomorrow, and I am super stoked!!!

So that is basically is it from me for now.

I love you all, and I hope you all are having a great day!!!

Best wishes, and DFTBA!

:)

50 States of Indie: An opportunity for authors and promoters to work together!

SideStreet Cookie Publishing is rolling out a long-term promotional opportunity for indie authors. We're calling it 50 States of Indie. We're looking for at least one promoter in each state to represent indie authors in their community. Your job is simple. Indie's will send you book swag to put in your local bookstores and paperbacks to donate to your library system. The goal is spread the word across the country about indie authors.

But that's not all. We are also looking for authors who want to get their name out there, and who doesn't? Author's will be responsible for their own orders, postage, and shipping, but it's otherwise free promotion!

If you're interested please contact Tyffani Clark, at Tyffani (dot) C (dot) Kemp (at) gmail (dot) com with your name, address, email, phone number, and whether you are a promoter, and author, or both!

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BEDA 2013 #29: Some people...

Two more day of Blog every day April!!!  I am sad, but oh so relieved.  I am starting to run out of things to talk about, and I feel like I am repeating a lot of stuff now.

I have a story for you all tonight.  I was at work, and this couple walks in.  The girl in the couple was wearing a shirt that had the Hogwarts crest on it.  In my mind I was saying "Yes!  A fellow Potterhead!".  So as she was walking up to the usher stand, Me being a Potter fan, I asked her, "Which house are you in?"  She starts freaking out looking at her ticket probably thinking that I asked her which theater are they in.  I thought she misheard me, so I replied with, "I was referring to your shirt, which house are you in."  She grabbed at her shirt so she could look at it and said, "Oh I don't know what this is, I just thought it looked cool."....... WHAT?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?  You bought a shirt of something you know nothing about.  I should have asked her if she had ever heard of Harry Potter, or said something along those lines, but I just let it go because I felt like it was a wasted cause.  I could have taught her the wondrous ways of Harry Potter, but they probably wanted to watch their move.  They also went to see Pain and Gain, so I lost hope.  I don't get how people could just wear something that obviously has a story behind the picture, but not know or not want to know what it is about.  The fact that she had no idea what Hogwarts was, just made me sad.  The worst part about it is I know where she got that shirt.  She got it at Kohl's, and it is hanging right underneath a Justin Bieber shirt in the juniors department.  Yep.  That's my little rant.

Moving on.  We got a Star Trek Into Darkness Standee in today, and Cooper, Katie and I got to build it.  That was pretty fun actually.  It is probably the easiest standees I have had to help make.  It was tall though, so that was the only problem.  It was funny because Coop was trying to flip it would be easier for us to attach the 3D effect piece on, and he started to walk backwards.  He got really close to the back piece, and I thought he was going to miss it, but he stepped on the first flap that was closest to him, and stepped right on the other flap causing it to rip in two places.  It was funny because he was like where were you two at.  I said, you said you had it, so I thought it was safe to think you had it.  It is too funny working with him.  Me and Katie were laughing.

Today's song is "Her Words Destroyed My Planet" by Motion City Soundtrack.  I need to start getting ready for Warped Tour and listening to the bands I want to see, and this is one of the bands I am super excited about seeing live!!!  I hear amazing things about them live, and I love their music, so it is going to be a blast seeing them!

Well until tomorrow, and the very last day of Blog every day April!

DFTBA

:)

BEDA 2013 #28: Eh.

Today has been a pretty lazy day for me.

I slept in until 1 o'clock which I normally hate, but I felt like my body needed the extra rest.  Why, I don't know, but I woke up feeling great! :)

I just read a lot!!!  I got a good chunk of the Legend of Zelda Hyrule Historia taken care of, and I got about sixty more pages of The Great Gatsby out of the way.  I was usher tonight at work, so it helped me get through the Great Gatsby.  I love being able to read at work even if it is a couple of pages.  It helps me to not get cranky at work when I work with people I don't like.  I tend to have trouble reading at work when I work with people I do like because I am having conversations and just enjoying the company.  It is very rare that I don't work with at least one person that I like, so it is very hard for me to read anything unless I am put up at the usher stand.  I tend to breeze through books when I am up there.  And to think that I used to hate being usher.  Though of course that was when I wasn't aware that I could have a book up there, and that was also at the time when I liked all of the people I worked with.  I also had a big thing for not wanting to be alone at that point as well.  It was weird.

Anyway.  I just got home from work, and I need to edit a video for tomorrow, and I also need some sleep.  Patrick and I will be going to the insurance place to figure out if anything new has come up about his settlement.  He also has to call the towing company, and have his car towed to his garage, and then we have to go and fill out his graduation forms.  After that I am hoping that we will get to go to the Greenville HPA meeting at the library!  I am excited that I have finally been able to find an Harry Potter Alliance group in the area.  I tried making one in 2010 in Easley.  I asked a bunch of people if they would be interested in joining, but nobody responded, so I gave up on the idea for a while.  Apparently it had formed just a couple of months ago, so I am not too late in finding it.  Again, I am super happy!

Since I talked about the Harry Potter Alliance, I thought it would be very fitting to play a Wizard rock song for today.  It is "The Weapon" by Harry And The Potters.  This song is basically one of the songs that embody the Harry Potter Alliance as a whole!  It is one of those songs that make you want to sing along once you hear the opening chord.  I love it, and I always look forward to hearing it.  It is one thing to hear a recording of it, and another to hear Harry And The Potters play it live.  It is an amazing experience hearing it live, and if you ever get the chance to see them live, DO IT!!!  They have an amazing live show, and it is by far one of my favorite shows ever!  I got to see them at a library show, and it was cool because it was right before Leaky Con, and I got to go see it with my friend Jordan who I was in the Final Battle with, and it was awesome getting to hang out with her before the con!  I also got to see my friend Keith before the con, and Harry year four had a red and gold saxophone, and it was awesome!  This version of the song is from Prophecy.

Until tomorrow, Just know that the weapon we have is love!

DFTBA

BEDA 2013 #27: Read-A-Thon Fail

My skin is still really really soft from yesterday!

I am kind of failing at doing to read-a-thon.  I haven't even started, and I only have a couple of hours before I go to work, so I might only get a little bit of reading to do.  I wish the read-a-thon happened on a day that I wasn't working.  I might just have my own read-a-thon on my next day off.  I can read for 30 minutes, and take a break to either clean, or figure out my make-up for Misti-con.  I hope to get a couple of pages read at work as well when we hit some down time and I am finished my top of the shows list.  I just need to read!  Besides The Hyrule Historia that I read at night before bed, I have started the Great Gatsby.  I am enjoying what I have read so far, and I am hoping to have it finished before the movie comes out.  If there is ever a movie to come out that is based off of a book, I like to read the book first if I can.  I sometimes wait until the last minute, and miss getting to see the movie in theaters which sucks, but what can you do.  This time I started it a couple of weeks before it comes out, and since it is only one hundred and eighty something pages, I should be finished before it comes out.  I would also like to be finished with it before I go to Misti-con as well, and if I am super motivated, I would like to be finished with it before this month ends.  That is my ultimate goal for it.  That way I have more than just two books to showcase in my book wrap up video for April.  I have kind of slacked off with my read.  It's not that I am getting tired of reading, it is just that I have a lot on my mind with Misti-Con, and getting ready for that, and also helping Patrick with various things related to his wreck.  On days where we both have time to do things together, I would rather drive around in my car, than have him drive the Bronco that he is using until he can get a better car.  I don't want to make him have to pay 70 dollars to fill up his gas tank.  He has helped me a lot, and I want to help him as well.

Eric is very sore from the seminar last night.  I am glad that he had fun, and that it was worth going.  It was definitely worth it for me, and I am pretty sure if you read my blarg yesterday, you know all about how I enjoyed Lush.  haha  I think I might be annoying my mom with how much I am talking about it, but it was awesome, and I really want to take her to one of those stores, so we can get free facials and hand massages.  I think she would love it.  She has a problem with harsh smells like I do, and it gives us headaches when it is too strong and bothersome.  I feel like she would love it because the smells are natural.  There are no harsh chemical smells in that store.  It was very pleasant, and not over baring to my senses.  She would love it.  :)  Mom, if you are reading this, I am taking you and soon!

Today's song is "Walking on Air" by Kerli!  I love Kerli, and this video was my first time ever seeing her.  The moment I saw the video, I had to get her album, and it is still to this day one of my favorite albums!  She is an amazing songstress, and has a dreamy, soothing, and enthralling voice, and her songs just make me happy.  I get hints of Bjork sound in her voice, and that is what made me so interested in her, and it just makes me smile.  It is just so awesome to know that there are honest hard working people in the music industry making amazing content and putting their souls into the music and on the line for their art.  She is one of those that use her talents for good, and it is just awe inspiring.  I also love her style.  Whoever tries and say she is trying to copy Lady Gaga need to check the dates.  This video came out two years before Lady Gaga was ever on the music scene.  I hope you all enjoy the music video as much as I did when I saw it in 2003.  I am a moon child for life, and maybe when you watch it you will become a fellow moon child as well.

Until tomorrow

DFTBA

:)

BEDA 2013 #26: Lush-oholic!

Today I officially became a Lush-oholic!

I went in there and all of the employees were super awesome and friendly, and it was probably the best customer service I have ever had (Thank you Rebecca and Sammy)!  All of the things smelled so good, and felt great on my skin.  Rebecca gave me a hand massage and let me try a bunch of the body and hand lotions, and Sammy gave me a facial.  All of the things made my skin feel great.  I am the kind of person who will put on lotion every once in a while.  I will start seeing that my legs or arms are ashy, and then start to use lotion, but I quickly remember why I never get on a lotion routine.  The lotions I try all are either too heavy, or too oily, and after a couple of days I quickly just don't like using it because it feels like it just doesn't work.  There are also times where I feel like the smell is too much for my senses, and I start getting a headache.  The smells are also never what they claim to be either.  The lotions that Rebecca let me use made my skin feel so amazing!!!  They absorbed into my skin really quickly, they didn't leave an oily residue, and they left a pleasant scent, and it smelled like it was suppose to!!!  She put this strawberry massage lotion on my arm, and it smelled of strawberries, and it made me think of picking strawberries (Which I am excited for strawberry season!!!).  She also put this rose body conditioner (which I will have to come back and get sometime in the near future), and it smelled like a rose garden, and felt so good.  I tried a body salt scrub and it made my skin soft.

Sammy gave me a facial, and she used a face wash, a facial mask and some facial lotion, and my skin feels so amazing, and looked brighter and healthy!  I have never seen my face look that healthy in a long time.

I might be speaking too soon (But I have a feeling I am going to be right), but I might not go back to any other type of face wash.  I got myself a hunk of the face wash she used, and I am going to try it out.  I might make a video on the stuff I use in the future.  I know that it takes a while for stuff to take its course and actually work, but I feel like I have found my cosmetic best friend.  I do wish there were a closer Lush store though.  I might request one, and if we do get one, I will work for it!!!  I would love to work there.  I can see why my friend Lena loved working for them!  I spent almost two hours in there, and one hundred dollars in there.  I have never spent that much on any cosmetic product before, and I feel foolish for doing so, but I love the way this stuff feels on my skin.  It feels way better than anything I have ever used, so to be honest, I do not regret it one bit.

I feel really bad for being bitchy about having to take Eric to his Wing Chun seminar.  It was really worth it.  I smell nice, and my face and hands feel amazing!

Anyways.  I am sitting right now outside of the Starbucks because they had tables and wi-fi.  haha  I have a couple of more hours to kill, and then I need to start heading back to where Eric is.  They are going out to eat after the seminar.  I hope we go somewhere good.  I love going to a city that is nowhere near where I live and eating someplace that is unique to that area.  It is really cool.  It makes me feel like I am expanding my horizons!  :)

Well.  I am tired of sitting, and I still have a whole mall to explore.  I would love to go back to lush, but I would be really tempted to buy more stuff.  I just need to get away from the food court as well.  I might be tempted to eat something before dinner.

Today's song is one of the songs that were playing while I was getting my facial.  It is No Doubt's "Don't Speak"  I do really love this song.  It is a sad song, and I don't know if I have mentioned this before on my blog, but I hate sad and slow songs.  There are a few exceptions to that rule, and this song is one of them!  I love the music video!  The song and the video expressions the feelings that were going on in the band at that time in their career.  It was at that time that No Doubt was starting to get big, but instead of magazines and media wanting to showcase the band as a whole, they really only wanted to push Gwen out into the spotlight, and that almost caused the band to break up.  Thank goodness they didn't break up!  They are still one of my favorite bands, and I am glad they are still around!  I was super happy when they released their new album!  So here is the song, and I hope you all love like I do!

So I did get to post after all.  I was afraid I wasn't going to be able to!

Tomorrow, I am going to be participating (until I go to work) a 24 hour read-a-thon.  I just found out about it this morning, but it looks like fun, and I need to catch up on my reading anyway by a LOT!  Here is the link to that!  http://24hourreadathon.com/

Alright Love you all, and until tomorrow!

DFTBA

:)

BEDA 2013 #25: All Is Well.

I needed to rant yesterday because right after I posted my blog yesterday, I felt twenty times better.  I felt like a weight was lifted, and Patrick was able to cheer me up to my normal happy self.  I have figured out a couple of things to do in the four hours I will be alone, so everything is perfectly fine.  The good thing about posting blogs is that it is kind of therapeutic.  It allows you to get negative feelings and thought out of you, and you can heal from there.  It might not be great to read, but you can also tell who is real with their writing.  I really do put my heart out there for the world to see, and sometimes it is pretty and sometimes it isn't.  That's just one of the things about being a human, you go through rough patches, but it is how you go through it and how you turn out in the end that really matter.  You will either come out of it not learning a thing and falling back into that kind of situation, or you come out a better person learning from your mistakes, and avoid those triggers.  I like to think I am the latter, but I know I sometimes don't learn everything that needs to be learned.

Onto what I will be up to while I am in the Atlanta area.  It is kind of boring, but I am taking the opportunity to do these.  I am going to two different malls (I looked it up, and apparently the area is chalk full of malls.  It is rather weird how many there are in just one small area.), and I will be going to both of the sephora's (Hopefully I will find what I need in the first one) to look for a Soap and Glory face wash that I recently have fallen in love with, and one of the malls I am going to has a lush store, so I am definitely going there!  I have always wanted to go to a lush store especially since I found out about them when I went to infinitus and they had a booth set up.  I wish I could have gotten something when I was there, but I was flat broke, and only could afford the bare essentials.  Luckily I get paid tomorrow, so I will be able to buy a couple of things.  I won't be able to go crazy because I still have Misti-Con coming up in two weeks (God time has gone by too quickly), and I still have my insurance on my car to pay for next month and I have to pay my taxes on the car as well.  It sucks how quickly money can deplete.  It's insane!

Anyways.  I probably need to get some rest so I am not tired when I am driving tomorrow.

Today's song is a good one.  It is Cherri Bomb's cover of "Pretender" by the Foo Fighter's.  It is really great cover, and it just shows that women can rock just as hard as men.  Another great thing about Cherri Bomb is that they are all under seventeen!  They kick so much ass, and sound way better than a good number of bands that have been out on the music scene for years and decades even!  It just shows that you can do anything if you put you mind to it, and that age is but just a number, and should not keep you from doing what you really want to do in life!  I know that Julia is no longer in the band, and that they had creative differences, but things happen, and they are still growing up, so they still have a lot to learn about the music industry.  All of the members will be great musicians, and regardless of if Nia, Miranda, and Rena  are still Cherri Bomb in the next couple of years, I have a feeling they will all go really far, and be magnificent.  I wish them all the best, and at least I got to see them at Warped Tour.  They were by far my favorite band of the day.

 

I hope you all have a great night, and I love you all!  I am not sure if I will have a blog tomorrow due to being in atlanta a good majority of the day.  If I can find a place that has wi-fi, I will definitely post something.  We will see what happens as it happens.

Good night, and until next time

DFTBA

BEDA 2013 #24?: Bi-Polar blog is Bi-Polar!

These first two paragraphs are rather depressing, so if you want to skip them, go ahead.  I would not blame you at all.  I just need to vent about how I feel today, and how I will be feeling about tomorrow.

You ever have those days where you just want to be void of all human contact.  Except for two people, those being my mom and Patrick, if I didn't talk to anybody else, I would be perfectly fine.

I have always been one of those people who could be a real people person, and love to make friends, then have my days where I am introverted like crazy, and not want any human interaction at all and be fine with it.  It really is a toss up when I am like that.  One thing that always causes my introversion was when certain people make me frustrated, push my buttons, or just use me basically.  I felt like yesterday, and it was not fun at all.  Yesterday was my day off too, so it just made it even more frustrating.  The next day off I have coming up (Which is Friday) is going to be filled with me taking my brother to Atlanta, and I am basically going to be driving for 2 or more hours, sitting in my car for the four hours he is going to be doing his Wing Chun stuff (Probably bored out of my mind, and with no internet.  I just have a feeling), and then driving home for another 2 or more hours.  That's a fantastic way to spend your day off isn't it?  Could you feel the sarcasm seeping from that sentence?  I hope so.  It would be fine if I had somebody with me that could drive as well, and if needed take over driving if I got too sleepy, or just to keep me company while Eric is doing Wing Chun.  I am hoping to find something to do for the time he is going to be doing his Lessons with a grand master, but I have little hope that I will find something that will catch my interest for four hours.  If any of you who live in the Atlanta area know of something that is free to do and can entertain for hours, please let me know.  I am very desperate to not be bored.

Yeah.  This is a pretty depressing blog so far.  I wouldn't be surprised if you didn't make it this far in my blog.  I will hope to be happier in the rest of this blog.

I finally found myself a dress to wear at the masquerade ball at Misti-Con, and I am super excited!  I feel so incredibly happy when I am at Potter cons.  I just ooze with joy, and it is the one environment where I want to be around people all the time.  My mom and I are going, and we are super excited, but I feel like the time for us to go has just crept up on us.  It just felt like yesterday that we had a couple of months to prepare.  Now we have a little over two weeks.  I still have a couple of things I want to do cleaning wise around the house and in my car, and I still have a few make-up and costume things I need to figure out for my cosplay.  I also have to create a to-pack list, and I feel like I am not prepared at all.  It is coming too quickly, and I am excited, but it could slow down a little bit.  Well at least until I have everything I need at least it can slow down, but after come as quickly as possible!

I want to play a happy song today for you all, so I am going to go back to the early 90's for R.E.M.'s "Shiny Happy People".  Even though this song is meant to be ironic, and was kind of rebelling against the poppy music that was coming out at that time, but I can't help but smile and be happy every time I hear it.  I just want to dance and sing along every time it comes on.  Here it is.  I hope you all enjoy it, and that it makes you smile as it makes me smile when I need it most!

This was a rather long, and almost bi-polar post.  Happy here, and depression there.  Here is to hoping tomorrow is a happier post, and until Tomorrow.

DFTBA

:)

I have been bad these past two days when it came to blogging.  Sunday, I only wrote a couple of sentences, and yesterday I didn't even write a blog.  Every time I have done Blog Every day in April or August or National Novel Writing Month (Or NaNoWriMo), I always find out exactly where my creative limits are.  It is always either the second to last week or the last week that I get extremely burnt out on writing.  Whether I want to or not though I always try and finish no matter what.  I like to write, and doing these month long writing sprees, it helps my writing more and more.  I love doing them, and even though I always get a little tired of writing, it makes me better.

Today I am hanging out with my friend who is leaving us on Thursday to move to Florida.  I am very sad about it, but I know that it is the best thing for her, and her future.  She is excited that she will get to go to school while she is there, and pursue the career that she has told me she has been wanting to do for a long time.  I am very proud of her for taking this leap because it is hard to leave a place you have gotten comfortable with for years, but I think she will do great things.  She won't be alone down there.  She has family to stay with, and if I get the chance, I will be visiting her as much as I possibly can.

I am going to end this blog now because I want to post how I am frustrated at my brother for this week in general, and how one of Patrick's friends just keep using him yet he continues to give them money, but I would probably get even more pissed off.

On that note, I am going to go.

Today's music video is "Break Stuff" by Limp Bizkit.  I am in one of those moods where I want to break everything, and not feel bad about it.  I think this song conveys my frustrations right now.

Until Tomorrow

DFTBA

:)

Today's blog...

...has been cancelled.  my head is hurting way to much for me to even think straight.  Good night everyone.

BEDA 2013 #20: Happy 4/20 Everyone

I hope you all celebrated it like it was a normal day.

I had to wake up super early this morning (try 5:45 am) to take Patrick to work.  He was involved in a wreck last night.  He is perfectly fine just sore, and our two friends that were in the car as well are also a little sore, but perfectly fine, which makes me happy.  Five Speed (His car) was not so lucky.  It is totaled.  :(  That car has brought many a happy memory, so I am sad that it didn't make it, but It kept my boyfriend and friends safe so it died an honorable death.  The accident was not his fault.  He was making a left turn at a green light that he had, and the people that hit him ran their red light and they were going fast too.  The only real good thing about this story is that there was a Cop car right there to witness EVERYTHING!  The cop car was making a left turn onto the highway Patrick had just exited, and knew that the people ran the light even though they tried to lie about it and say they had the green.  I am surprised the officer didn't do a breathalyzer test on the driver of the other vehicle.  The officer gave them a subpoena, but since he was Patrick's witness, he was not issued one!  Justice!!!  It is people like that who don't pay attention that make driving on the roads a living hell sometimes!

I am just glad and thankful that Patrick is safe, and that our friends are also safe.

I am just going to get to the song of the day which is New Found Glory's "My Friends Over You".  It came on my zune a couple of moments ago when I was on my way from Patrick's house, and I just love them.  I think they are swell.  This is the first song I had heard of theirs when it came out, and I have really been hooked from there.  The video is also funny at times as well, and that always helps for me.

Until tomorrow

DFTBA

:)

 

BEDA 2013 #19: Busy day leads to busy night.

Or slow night if I am lucky!!!

Friday's have become my super busy day as of lately.  Today was no different.  I filmed, edited, and published my weigh-in video (Which can be seen here), Took Eric to his Wing Chun lesson, went out to eat, then Eric and I went to Home Depot, back home to drop off my mom's food, hobby lobby, radio shack (for Eric twice), and Lowes.  We got back home at 3 where, I finished my weigh-in video (due to forgetting to upload one clip that was needed.), got ready for work, and I am now posting the blog while trying to get on my other computer so I can update my zune with some of my newer music.  I also got to fit in some reading which is always good.

 love busy days.  I don't care if I have said that before because it is just a true fact for me.  I tend to get more when when I push myself to be busy.  When I give myself a bunch of small things to do, I tend to have a better time getting it done than if I set myself one big goal for the day.  I have more motivation, and it is a great feeling when you know you get so much done throughout the day.

Tonight I work closing concession, and I have to clean the popcorn machine like I did Wednesday.  I have mixed feelings on how busy I think it is going to be tonight.  We only have one movie coming out tonight which is Oblivion with Tom Cruise.  I think that it will bring more of the older crowd, but not many teenagers (YESH!).  It is raining so that can either mean it will be slow, or it will be busy because there is nothing else to do when it rains in Easley.  Either way, I am ready to take on what comes at me.

Today's song is "Saria's song" from the Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time.  This is one of my favorite songs from the game, and I just had an urge to hear it.  :)

Until tomorrow!

DFTBA

:)

BEDA 2013 #18: A Quickie

I am still at Patrick's house, and I left my laptop at my house.  So it was either post a quick blog here, and drive safely, or try to drive home super quick to write a quick blog.  I think we all know which one won out.

I basically just cleaned my room today.  I vacuumed, and now I just need to figure out where things should go.  Vacuuming my room is my accomplishment of the day because my floor NEEDED IT!!!  While doing it I watched the rest of Josh Jepson's Ocarina of Time let's play while doing it.  He is one of my new favorite let's players.  I also caught up on The Runaway Guys LP of The New Super Mario WiiU game.

Either than that, I haven't done anything really of interest.

That was my quickie blog.

Until Tomorrow, and a better blog.

DFTBA

:)

BEDA 2013 #17: No Energy

Don't you just hate those days where you accidentally over sleep, and no matter what you do, you just don't feel energized or awake.  I HATE those days.

I am not a fan of over sleeping.  When I was younger I probably didn't mind it, but once I started band, I have grown to hate it.  My body can survive on six or less hours of sleep.  In fact I feel a lot more energized when I sleep less than six hours than I ever have with 8 or more.  I don't get it, but whatever.  I like waking early in the morning because I feel like I get more done throughout the day if I do so as opposed to waking up later and staying up later.  Once it becomes dark, my body just starts to slow down and not want to do anything.  I miss the days where I could clean my room until three or four in the morning with no regret, and waking up at 11 the next morning.  

It is also raining, so that is also making me even more tired.  Patrick loves the rain.  No matter what time of the year, if it rains, he gets all giddy!  He calls it frolic land.  I call it nap time.  

Patrick and I have been chilling today.  He took a nap, and you can tell how exhausted he has been because he was almost hyper when I went to take a shower, and when I got out o the shower, he was asleep.  He is cute.  :)

I have work tonight, and I am concession 6 (Or C6), and that basically means I have to clean the popcorn machine tonight and won't be leaving work until well after midnight.  Hence why the blog comes to you so early, and it is so short.  

Today's song is "From Fear Through The Eyes Of Madness" by Coheed and Cambria.  I asked Patrick to give me the first song to come to his mind, and this was it.  I was glad it was a Coheed song because I think they are pretty freaking awesome!  If you ever get the chance to them live DO IT!!!!  They are worth seeing, and they were probably my favorite live show so far!!!

Well until tomorrow.

DFTBA!

:)

BEDA 2013 #16: Cleaning and reorganizing my bookshelf.

I just now realized that I have yet to write a blog today...It is a good thing I looked at the clock when I did. haha

So basically the title tells you what my day has consisted of.  I have been needing to clean my room for the longest time, and I finally have a day off to do so!  Last time I worked on my room, I cleaned out my closet, and put my sock drawer in there to give me more room to work with.  Today I worked on shredding receipts and other things that have my personal information that I no longer have a use for, and the major thing being reorganizing my book shelf.  It has basically been collected more and more books, and the way I had it before made it hard to have everything shelved neatly.  Before going from top to bottom I had: my J.K. Rowling and Harry Potter Shelf on top. The books I have read with the small paperbacks lying down stacked on top of each other against the right wall and in alphabetical order. The first row of unread books all paperback just like the read shelf, but in no order. my second row of unread books with the normal row of books and two tall stacks of books in front of it. The bottom row consisting of random magazines, d.i.y. books, cook books, exercise books, year books, and random notebooks.  I organized it to all be in alphabetical order, except my top shelf.  It is still my potter shelf, but with a few added favorites to help fill space until I get books 6 and 7 back of Harry Potter (Griffin if you are reading this, which I doubt you are, I would like them back please.  They miss their home, I can feel it...Yeah I'm crazy, so what?).  Here is what it looks like after I organized it.

Those are my dreads in the middle shelf.  And the book that is lying down on the second shelf is the book I am currently reading, I just wanted to make sure I fit it into the shelf.

Well I better get back to work. (Also it is 7 minutes away from midnight, so I have to hurry this up.)

Today's song is "Fallen Leaves" by Billy Talent.  Why?  Because I wanted to listen to a Billy Talent song, and it was the first song to pop up.  I love Billy Talent.  I have yet to hate any of their songs, which is a quality I like in my favorite bands! Also I have been listening to them the past few days.  Their music never gets old, which is also another quality I like in my favorite bands! :)

Until Tomorrow.

DFTBA

:)

BEDA 2013 #15: Small accomplishment of the day.

I don't have much time to write this blog because I just got home...35 minutes after I was suppose to clock out.  I wouldn't be so flustered right now if I wasn't so close to going over our 28 hours week limit.  I just don't want to get yelled at.  Too much to do, and so little time to do it.  Maybe I should bit just a little bit less of a stickler to detail.  Oh well.

Since I don't have much time, the only thing I am going to do is my small accomplishment of the day.  I might do this more often or every day from now on.  It would be cool.

Well in 2009, I fractured my ankle, and since then I have't been able to stand on that foot on my tip-toe.  I like to dance just for fun when I am by myself, and I haven't been able to because it would hurt just for my foot to be even an inch off the ground without hurting.  Even wearing high heels hurt my ankle.  Well Today was the first time I have gotten to stand on it on it's tip-toe.  That made me happy because I have missed being able to do certain dance moves.  I don't know if it is because I have been working out, or if it just because I am a little bit lighter.  I don't care, but I am excited!  It opens up a bunch of new workouts for me to do.

Today's song is Don Henley's "All She Wants To Do Is Dance".  The song speaks for itself.  All I want to do is dance!  Also this has been one of my favorite songs since I was a little girl, so I am also happy to share with people my favorite songs!

I made it just in time, and now until tomorrow.

DFTBA

:)

BEDA 2013 #14: Happiness is a gift!

I watched a lot of good videos both last night and today that I want to show with you.

"Keep Smiling!" is a video my friend Charlie made and posted yesterday.  I was going to watch it yesterday before work, but I waited to watch it after work when I would actually be sitting still and paying attention.  It was the right thing I needed at the right time.  She is really awesome, and you should subscribe to her channel!

"Team Rocket's Motto"  Do I really have to explain this video?

"Vlog 70: I Hate Diets"  If you have never heard of David So, you are missing out.  He is HILARIOUS!!!  If you have the time go through, and watch all his vlog videos starting with vlog #4 where he is talking about Alexandra Wallace.  That is the first video I watched of his, and I was hooked from then on.

"Screen Grab - Simon's Cat"  Patrick ran by this randomly, and I thought it was the cutest video ever for being a cartoon.  The thing about this video is that I could actually see cats do this in real life.  I will let the video speak for itself.

They made me smile and/or laugh the last two days, and I hope that you enjoy them as well!

Today's highlight of my day is when my mom and I went to the store to get things for dinner.  The chicken we were getting was really thick, and mom thought about getting one of those hammer things, and I said, "I will beat the meat."  And she laughed.  Fast forward to when we are home, and I am hammering the crap out of the chicken breast, I created a song to go along with it.  The words of the song only included the words Beating the meat...  Yep.

Today's song of the day is the last video I watched today that made me happy.  It is a harp duo cover of The Ballad of the Goddess from The Legend Of Zelda: Skyward Sword.  The two ladies that made this cover are know as the harptwins: Camille and Kennerly.  They did the cover with electric harps, and I love it!  The Ballad of the Goddess is probably my favorite song to come from Skyward Sword.  I hope you all enjoy this.

Until tomorrow.

DFTBA

:)

BEDA 2013 #13: Throw Back.

I just want to make an addendum to a previous post dedicated to a certain someone.  I don't know your story, I get that, but I don't care about your business.  That's your business, and I respect that.  On the other hand, when you are at work, do work, and don't be a whiny little troll about it.  Myself and others get tired of having to pick up the slack.  It gets very tiresome.  This blog is my way of expression my feeling, frustrations, and thoughts.  I wouldn't have to post blogs like the one I did if there were no problems, and if you have a problem with that, then to use your own words, mind your own business!

Now that I got that out of my system, it can now be out of mind (hopefully).

Onto happier things.

I finally got my reading stride back, and have gotten through the book that I should have finished about two weeks ago.  I hate being distracted by other things.  It is not that I have no interests in the book I was reading, but Atlanta came up, and then I got the Hyrule Historia (Which I mention a lot because it is just that amazingly awesome!), and I just have the strongest urge to read through it.  I am getting through it pretty quickly, and I am loving it.  I just read it before bed, and get through about ten pages every night.

Patrick introduced me to an anime called Guyver; Bio-boosted armor, and it is pretty awesome.  Way before I even met him, he had bought a box set of the amine, but it was missing parts one and seven.  I bought them for his birthday this year, and as an added birthday present, I would watch the series with him since it is his favorite anime.  We are currently are on episode 5 and I am enjoying it so far. Apparently the manga that the series is based off of is 300 volumes long and still running.  That is pretty impressive for a manga.  Not many last longer than 50 let alone 100, so it must be a very successful series.

Toady I am going to leave you with the theme song from Guyver.  I think it is a pretty cool song, and the opening sequence to the show is pretty cool as well.

Until tomorrow.

DFTBA

:)





       

BEDA 2013 #12: Tired as f*@k!

As I am writing this, I am eating Peanut butter pie...probably not the best thing for me to eat at 11:30 at night right before I go to bed, but it's delicious!

I don't know why, but all day I have just been really exhausted!  It really baffles me because I slept well last night.  I was woken up suddenly by my brother.  He has Wing Chun private lessons every Friday morning, and because of that I have to wake up an hour before he does so I can do my weigh-in stuff.  He knows that I do this, yet he decides to wake me up an hour before we have to be at his class.  Not only does he do that, but he decides to take a shower after he wakes me up.  The thing is I know that he was awake at 7 because he doesn't sleep at night.  He could have at least woken me up at 7:30.  I at least need to be awake for two hours before I drive or else I will want to fall asleep.  I hope he learns from this.  Since I was driving him, he was on my time for doing that.  I weighed myself, and took my time.  If he had a problem with it, then oh well!

Anyways.  I lost 3.6 pounds this week, so I am happy.

I hate it when it is really bright outside when I am driving.  If I forget to grab a pair of sunglasses, I tend to squint.  Once I start squinting, I have the urge to close my eyes and fall asleep.  I blame my sleepiness on the brightness outside.  I came home and took a nap while waiting for a package to come in.  That was fun.

Today's song is "Cheer Up" by Reel Big Fish.  I listened to this song earlier to cheer myself up from the disaster of a morning.  Reel Big Fish is my go to band to cheer myself up.  It's weird seeing as how most of their songs are quite depression almost.  Oh well.

Until tomorrow.

DFTBA

:)

BEDA 2013 #11: Around Greenville

Today I spent all of my time in Greenville.  Why you might ask?  Because it is a hell of a lot more interesting than Easley.

One of Patrick's classes was cancelled today because his Teacher wasn't going to be there, and since it was his earliest class we decided to make a day of it.  He had to go to class at two, so we went to lunch, and hung out at the restaurant until he had to go to class.  I then had four hours in Greenville until Patrick finished with his classes for the day.  I decided to go to the mall to just walk around.  I am not a big fan of the mall.  I only like a couple of stores, so there really is no big reason for me to go to it a lot.  I like just walking around.  It is great exercise and a great way to waste time really.  

When I was walking around Hot Topic, I got into a conversation with the girl that was working about fandoms.  When she started working for Hot Topic, she got into Doctor Who.  I told her that it is addictive.  We talked about the original Mighty Morphin Power Rangers.  Apparently the reason why the original is become so popular again is because there is an animated version of the show in Japan.  Who knew.  I hope it makes its way over here because I loved the original Power Rangers.  I have started watching them again on Netflix.  

She also said that she wanted to see what all the hype was about the new My Little Pony, so she watched an episode just to see, and that she became addicted!  haha  She said because of her job at Hot Topic, she has become a fan of so many good stuff because it has basically become a nerd cave of fandom merch.  I told her that you can tell when a show or movie is amazing by the fact that it has a very active and growing fandom.  She was fun to talk to.  I would like to work there.  I have tried applying, but I never got a call back.  I might try re-applying after Mist-Con.  I have never had a problem talking with anybody that works there.

I went to Panera and had a tea, went to Spencer's and bought something for my cosplay at Misti-Con, browsed at Character World and wished I had more money, and went to smell random teas at Amanzi Tea.  That is basically what I do every time I go to the mall!  Except the Panera thing was new because I never really had a reason to go there until now with my Chrome book in tow.  I am addicted to the internet, so sue me.

I then went to The Barnes and Noble across the street for the mall where I looked at all the pretty books that I want for my own.  If I had the money, oh buddy would I need more book shelves!!!  I basically just sat at the cafe, and read my book which I need to be doing.  I am sooooooo behind on my reading.  It is either this Chrome book or The Hyrule Historia that is distracting me (Well at least with the HH, I am reading, but it is not the book I need to be reading.). 

I picked up Patrick once he was out of class, and we went to his place.  I read a little more and watched youtube videos, and He filled out his application to become a full time employee at his place of work.  :) Then he played Skyrim.  Skyrim is not really my type of game, but it is full of beautiful scenery!  It has amazing detail to the game, I will give them credit for that.

Today's song of the day is "Zero Gravity" by Kerli.  I have loved Kerli's music for years, and her videos are out of this world amazing!  I am proud to say I am a Moonchild!  Integrity. Love. Unity!  I hope you enjoy this video as much as I do!

Until tomorrow.

DFTBA

:)