:P

Hey guess what! It turns out that, funnily enough, I did NOT reach my 2010 goal of posting 50 posts that year. Almost. Almost. Of course, it was probably because I grew steadily more obsessed with Homestuck and then with Harry Potter fanfiction. No, I'm not ashamed. I did watch HP and the Deathly Hallows part 1, and to be honest I was amazed that I actually liked it at all. I am avidly expecting part 2. Anyways, I doubt I'll really be writing all that much after this - really, I actually forgot it, instead of just procrastinating like last year. Later.

foooooouuuuuurrrrrrtteeeen

well, that's that. I am now 14. And I got some pretty cool loot. Not as cool as last year {tablet} but THAT is because I will be getting a laptop for Christmas, which basically means I won't get anything else exciting {from my parents at least}. It probably won't be a EPIC LAPTOP OF EPICALNESS, but I'm still pretty psyched about it. It'll be more portable, so I can take it on vacation, and... well, it'll be my own. YEAH. Also, my grandmother's dog is having puppies!!! I have not seen any actual puppies in real life since 4th grade. Apparently they'll be born by Christmas, which is when I'm going up there, so I expect them to be super cute!

Alright, now back to my science homework.

more 14th birthday shenanigans

So it turns out that my birthday party can be on the 19th after all! That's very good and I'm excited. The only thing is that I don't know what to ask for this year for a major-ish technological present. Three years ago I got DS games, two years ago I asked for and got an iPod Nano, last year I got a spiffy tablet. But, since I already have an iTouch (durrr durrr durrr) there's not much that I can think of that I want, other than my own computer. But I think my mom's against the idea cause then I'd be shut in my room all day, which is probably true. But the only things that I can think of that I want are soft stuffed animals that I can use as pillows, books, barnes+nobles giftcards, and itunes giftcards. Of course there are other cool things that I would be happy to recieve, but nothing major. I guess I'm just content with what I have :?

One good thing that I am very happy about is that I finally have a door. In 3rd grade when my sister and I's room was renovated, the door was removed so it could be painted, and then something happened and it couldn't be used anymore, and we didn't have a door (soon enough neither did my brother, for unrelated reasons.) Then in 7th grade my sister got her own room and I finally was left to myself again, but I still didn't have a door. Last summer my parents ordered a door. And now finally I have a door. And it shuts all the way. And it's magnetic. And it's painted the same dark purple as the far wall of my room. I like it a lot ^^

Okay one idea I just had for some Homestuck fanart is to design a set of Homestuck playing cards. There are 52 playing cards in a deck, so I figured I'd just assign each troll to a number, and draw each of them 4 times. That only makes 48, so I would draw 1 kid for each of the 4 aces. The way I'm imagining this I think it would be really cool but honestly I don't think I could make it turn out that well. Maybe if I had more time - and more skill.

Okay well I guess that's all I have to say for now! I'm glad that I manage to keep this blog going, even though probably only one or two people read it anymore. Derp!

shenanigans

Okay so my birthday is coming up soon and JEEZ I have not posted ANYTHING on this blog in far too long. I mean I haven't posted anything on my other blogs either but I've been especially inactive on this one. But, on the other hand, I have been getting a good bit more active on my DeviantArt!

Anyways. Back to my birthday. It's on the 16th, but my party is going to be a sleepover so normally it'd be on the weekend before or the weekend afterwards.. Turns out there are some problems with that. I really would rather not have it on the 12th or the 13th because then one of my best friends wouldn't be able to come, but my mom was planning on hosting some crafting party on the 19th so it can't be then. BUT three of my best friends wouldn't be able to come nearly at all if it was on the 20th! And the next weekend after that is Thanksgiving! Gaaahhhh! However, my mom said that she'd try to move the crafting party to the 21st. Maybe that'll work @_@

My nose has been very clogged up lately, and it's quite annoying. I've also been coughing a bit, but not nearly as much as my brother or mother, so hopefully I won't have to take meds for it. Part of it might just be seasonal allergies anyways. I really hate those, because they mean that my nose is runny for about 2/3 of the year. Ugh.

I am really beginning to enjoy my tablet, even moreso than when I first got it. I would definitely recommend it to any aspiring artist who has any interest in digital work.

Okay, I guess that's about it. Yay for [slightly] lengthy posts!

I am still alive.

Man, I just have not been updating this blog! I've been too obsessed with Homestuck, I guess. But let me just say that I've finally begun regularly writing/drawing again, even if it is just fanfic/fanart. Alright, that is basically it. Sorry for being veeeeeeeery inactive!

homestuck and civilization v!

so, first of all, Civilization V (aka Civ 5) came out on Tuesday. And we FINALLY got ahold of it. I'm installing it right now and expect it to be suitably epic. But I've been rather distracted from the whole thing today because of a certain webcomic...

No. Not Order of the Stick. OOTS is hilarious and one of the best webcomics ever. But that's just the thing, see. The time has come when I call OOTS 'one of the best' instead of 'the best'. Because in my mind, that top position has been claimed by..

Homestuck.

It probably has to do with the apocalyptic plotlines, all the epic music (music is the way to my heart. it's true) and the whole of Hivebent, the troll plotline from act 5. mmmm.

Ah! Steam has finished downloading Civ 5! Time to play!

birthday!

so today my friend and I had an inspiration: we will {EDITED TO PREVENT FRIEND FROM SEEING} birthday parties! {EDITED TO PREVENT FRIEND FROM SEEING}! it'll be excellent. I won't say just all of what it will involve, because that might ruin the surprise for those real-life friends of mine that are reading this. you'll know if i'm talking to you. 8D

also, the amount of planning i've put into my birthday party this year may well be more than all the other planning i've put into all my other birthday parties combined. i am so excited! i would elaborate, but i have to go to bed now. two months, four days. ^_^

school time

Woops. I didn't notice that the one year-mark for this blog was on August 8th. So.. Happy three-weeks-late birthday, Gosh's Erblog! >.< Yeah. In other news, school started nearly a week ago, and so I have the duty to post my schedule and comments about it, etc, etc. Luckily I already did that for le tumblr so behold!

Period 1 - Language arts with Mr. Lankford. SOOOOO AWESOME. And I’ve got several of my friends in there. Yeah, definitely one of my favorite classes.

Period 2 - Multimedia II with Mr. Black. I’m one of the only 3 girls in there.. but one of the other girls is one of my friends, who I haven’t had any classes with since third grade. Not bad. Plus the class is cool.

Period 3 - US History with Mrs. Moore. She’s okay, I guess, but the best thing about that class is that all my best friends are in it. Sweet!

Period 4 - Science with Mrs. Negrito. Ugh, she is soooo strict, and annoying too. I have a couple friends in this class, but her seating arrangement places me far from them.

Period 5 - Health with Coach Philen for half a year, and for the second half, PE. I’ll get .5 of a high school credit, which is all I’ll need for Health. And I’ve got friends in this class. Not bad!

Period 6 - Lunch. All my friends and I have the same lunch period. Nothing else to be said, really.

Period 7 - Advisory with Mr. Lankford. Advisory is basically a 20-minute study hall, but the cool thing is I have a bunch of my friends in my advisory (plus, you know, cool teacher.) Only thing is.. there are also a bunch of snooty “popular” girls in there. At least we have open seating!

Period 8 - Art I with Mrs. Benoit. It’s a high school class, so if I pass (which I’m fairly confident about) I’ll get another high school credit - this time a fine arts one. Also, I’ve got some friends in here. Nice.

Period 9 - Geometry with Mr. Carine. Annoying. First off, from the few lessons we’ve had, I can already tell that I don’t like geometry and Mr. Carine isn’t very interesting either. I’ve got a friend or two in this class, but.. ugh. At least it’s another high school credit class - so if I pass this, Health, and Art, then I’ll have 3.5 high school credits without even going to high school. (I already got one in seventh grade for algebra.)

Right, so.. I guess it’s time to work on geometry homework. WHY was I somewhat excited for eighth grade?! .-.

clumsiness troubles

Alright, so there's this one restaurant we go to a lot. They have a fountain outside that we always throw pennies into (for silly wish purposes). I step up on the ledge every time to try to get the coin to fall into the highest tier of the fountain. Except this time I tripped and fell into the fountain. Isn't that brilliant.

In other news, I'm back at home, and school starts next Tuesday for me. I'm kinda excited to see more of my friends again tomorrow at textbook pickup, and I can't wait to find out my schedule (we get our schedules + first day packets first period on the first day of school.)

Annnnndddd... I'm getting a bit obsessed with the Total Drama Island series, especially this season, Total Drama World Tour. It's probably not helped by the fact that this one user is releasing one episode a day, and they're on like episode 17, whereas only 10 have aired in the US. I especially love the music c:

I've gotta go now, apparently the approaching start of school means earlier betimes. Good night!

stormy alabama

Right, so I'm in Alabama right now, visiting my grandma. The trip to [undisclosed waterpark] was very fun, I'd definitely recommend it. I am... actually rather bored at the moment, but I felt compelled to blog and stay active while the internet is alive. By the way, I've been checking out this other blogging service called Posterous. It's pretty cool, I'd say, but also pretty small in the blog world. Also, I'm pretty miffed because it's been 10 days since the last OOTS strip. Maybe tomorrow will be my lucky day.

Alright, it's about to storm, so I'll just go ahead and post this d:

civilization

Well, it turns out that for my brother's birthday I, my dad, and my siblings went to one of those jumpy-thing places (you know, with the inflatable bounce-houses? hopefully someone understands what I am saying) while my mom went out to get presents and wrap them. Yeah, my parents are procrastinators too. And we'll go to that unnamed water park next week, before we go to Alabama again.

So.. September 21st! Civilization 5 is finally coming out on September 21st! Whee! I've been playing various Civ games since I was like 5, so I'm quite excited. I'll have to buy it straightaway c: For those that don't know, Civilization is an amazing build-an-empire turn-based-strategy game. Although people who would be interested in that sort of thing have probably already heard of Civ, but I digress.

Ah well.. gonna go play aramii now! *poofs*

titles are boring

So tomorrow's my brother's sixth birthday, and to celebrate this our family is going to this awesome waterpark. That will be fun, especially because I haven't gone to go anywhere decent in terms of amusement parks since third grade, seeing as around third grade my little brother was born and prevented us from doing that kinda thing. (Admittedly, had I taken orchestra, band, or choir in the past 2 years, I would've gotten an opportunity to.. but that's not the point.) So, that'll definitely be cool.

So, uh.. I'm listening to my whole music collection, shuffled, which I don't usually do (I tend to stick to playlists.) Yeah. Oh, and on Friday I hosted a sleepover that consisted of me and my 4 best friends. I hadn't seen any of them but one all summer, so that was fun. 'Course, a couple of them left stuff, but I'll be able to return said stuff at one of the friends' birthday part on the 7th.

So, uh.. yeah. I'm tempted to ramble on about some changes in one of my favorite sites, but no one would know what the heck I'd be talking about, so I'll shut it.

the 11th hour

Just watched this documentary called The 11th Hour. It was all about how our current model of economics and government is built for growth, but too much growth - no, the wrong kind of growth - will result in our downfall. Having watched this movie, I have come to the conclusion that we, as a society, will have to be obsessive about being environmentally friendly if we're going to change our ways. We'll have to put nearly everything else down for a while. Because for once, we'll have to read the Terms of Service of Earth, and act accordingly.

Woah!

I didn't realize that it's been a while since my last blog! Anyhow. I'm doing good - having sleepovers, playing computer games, stuff like that. I even got my brother to play some Civilization 4 with me in an attempt to make him forget about Order of the Stick. See, we got the OOTS board game, and Lucas is really into it. I had to put my OOTS books up high so that he couldn't reach them, as Mom has deemed them inappropriate for him, and I agree. Right now I'm playing Heroes of Might And Magic V: Tribes of the East, and typing up this post between turns. So, uh... yeah. I guess that's all I really wanted to say. -poof-

- Posted using BlogPress from my iTouch

security in being unknown

So, let's see. Today my mom took me to the college that she went to. It's also the college that my grandpa and uncle went to, and I believe I want to go there as well. The legacy was very interesting. And my little group of friends is planning a sleepover sometime in the next two weeks, and I wonder if I'd be able to host because I never host, probably because my house is almost never that clean, except for birthday parties. And with my birthday party, I don't limit myself to this group of friends (yeah, I'm talking about da5). So.. yeah, I'd have to ask. And I dunno what my parents say. And I doubt anyone will care about this, but I guess that's why I blog. Because I can assure myself that only a few people will read this, while also being under the illusion that it's more glorified than a journal. I suppose I'd let out more secrets if I knew that no one that I know in real life would read this. But, seriously. I tweet about this blog, and I have friends who follow me on Twitter (not that they get on usually.) It appears in my Buzz feed. I've even put this as my website on Facebook (not that anyone looks at that.) But seriously, I can count the number of people who read this regularly on one hand. If I had 2 or 3 fingers removed.

when i get really tired, things like this happen.

I read this paragraph and cracked up:

Albert Einstein's mathematics suggest it [referring to time travel] is achievable in theory but only towards the future and without a way back, and even then only with literally astronomical amounts of energy or possibly some kind of exotic matter with imaginary mass involved).

Exotic matter - with IMAGINARY MASS!

and CAPITAL LETTERS!

EXCITING ADVENTURES!
EXTREME A-SPLODEYNESS!

-explode-

good night.

some lyrics, from some song

alright, so i'm glad to be home (for realz this time.) i'm not going to be traveling again for two or three weeks this time, and when i do go it'll be with my family to my (other) grandma's house - the one that lives in alabama. but the only thing is, my sister's friend has a birthday party july 31st. but if we don't leave until after then, we won't come back in time for my friend's birthday party on like, august 6th. so it's guaranteed that one of us will miss out, since if we try to be back by august 6th we'll have to leave well before july 31st.

apparently while i was at camp, angelina (the brown tabby cat that wanted to be ours) died. it was kind of a shock (though i suppose not as much of a shock if, say, tasha had died) and very sad. :c

i've found this note-taking site called switchnode, which i find very handy and easy to use. i had been writing down various ideas for stories i've had, but the whole thing somehow got wiped, so now i've got to start over. ah well. so anwyays, check out http://www.switchnode.com/

apparently i've gotta finish this up; it is almost 1 am. good night.

home sweet home

inside,
what a wonderful,
caricature of
intimacy

-"Build God, Then We'll Talk" - Panic! At The Disco

Well, I was going to make a blog post yesterday, but I was too busy messing around with the design of the blog. The background might change a couple times more, by the way ;) But anyways, I'm back from camp now! It was quite fun..

Okay, and... I'm sorry I don't have time to upload my Europe pictures, but I'm leaving for my grandma's house later today and I don't have access to the computer I usually use to upload pictures (and besides which, I would only have time to compose a blog post with a couple teaser photos or something). But I'll be back by next week, I think, so then I'd be able to! Right now I'm using my mom's new Windows 7 laptop, which I'm pretty pleased with.

At camp I acquired a liking for a few more songs... looks like soon I'll have to get more iTunes money.

and i don't want the world to see me
cause i don't think that they'd understand
when everything's made to be broken
i just want you to know who i am

-"Iris" - The Goo Goo Dolls

p.s. happy fourth of july!

shopping and then the doctor*

*the title refers to a doctor's appointment, not dr. who. but dr. who is cool too c:

alright so on Saturday and Sunday my mom and i went shopping AGAIN, because i needed more evening wear for the cruise. i also got two more order of the stick books, yippee! like the five other books i got last Sunday, i'm not allowed to open them until i get on the plane. and i got some nice little black dress shoes. ugh. well, anyways. exams this week, but they'll be pretty easy, i think. school gets out on friday, and on saturday i fly to london! well, i'll fly to (undisclosed city) and meet my grandma and cousin, and from there we'll fly to some city up north, and from there to london. it's like a 12 hour flight, which is why i have lots of books!

oh yeah and today my sister and i got out of school early because we had to get physicals for summer camp. my brother went too because he needed shots for kindergarten, but he didn't get to miss school cause he got out of school last week. c: i had to get two shots, which still kind of hurt. my brother had to get four, and he was crying. my sister didn't get any, which was good, because.. well, i LIKE my ears, okay?

back to talking about preparation for my trip. i think we're done with all the shopping now, but packing.. well, i've packed some card games! heh heh.. heh. well, i have four days to pack. i think i'm good.

the untitled

We had these Award Ceremonies today, with awards for all the different electives and also for some competitions like UIL, plus some awards for being perky (no joke) and for having perfect attendance and all A's. The only one I got was the All A's award, which I'm fine with. At least I got something.

I'm not sure what else to say here. I'm excited for the cruise, everyone is excited for summer (my Facebook news feed is filled with "6 days left" posts) but that's not really new. However, I will try to get 2 more blog posts done in the next week so that May will have more blog posts than any other month yet this year and will have averaged about 2 blog posts a week!

also, i've been going on this one site called aramii a lot more. right now i'm organizing my camp. hooray for aramii!