Hahahaha

I found these on Bekah's blog and had to share them.

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There were three groups of people arguing heatedly over who was going to have the privilege to go to Mars first: the Russians, the Americans, and the blondes. The Russians argued furiously, "We get to go to Mars first because we were the first ones in space!" The Americans retorted angrily, "No, we get to go to Mars first because we were the first ones on the moon!" The blondes spoke up smugly, "Well, guess what, we don't even want to go to Mars, we are going to the sun." There was a shocked pause, and then the Russians and Americans burst out laughing. The blondes yelled, flushed, "We're not stupid, we're going at night-time!"

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During a visit to the mental asylum, a visitor asked the Director, "How do you determine whether or not a patient should be institutionalized?" "Well," said the Director, "we fill up a bathtub, then we offer a teaspoon, a teacup and a bucket to the patient and ask him or her to empty the bathtub." "Oh, I understand," said the visitor. "A normal person would use the bucket because it's bigger than the spoon or the teacup." "No," said the Director, "a normal person would pull the plug. Do you want a bed near the window?"

Award

Thanks, Eldarwen. She awarded anyone who likes Galadriel, has watched all three movies, and read at least one book.

If you have read all three LOTR books, this is yours :)

100 Things About Me :D

1. I have short brown hair.

2. I have grey-blue eyes.

3. My favorite color is blue.

4. I have four fish, one cat, and one dog.

5. I love to deer and turkey hunt.

6. I love hanging out with my youth group, even if it's only guys.

7. I love staying up late, even all night.

8. My top four favorite bands are Relient K, Hawk Nelson, Kutless, and Philmont.

9. Other bands and singers I like are Anberlin, Flyleaf, Skillet, Keith Urban, and Taylor Swift (yeah, those last two really fit in :P)

10. I love music.

11. I can play piano and guitar.

12. I like manga (mostly Christian... it's hard to find any secular manga worth reading)

13. I LOVE God.

14. I am a forum moderator.

15. I write fantasy stories for fun.

16. I completed NaNoWriMo the first year I tried it.

17. I love reading.

18. My favorite genre of books is fantasy, but I'll read almost anything clean.

19. My favorite movies include LOTR, Narnia, and Veggietales.

20. I like taking pictures outside, especially sunsets.

21. I often dream about and pray for my future husband, even if I won't be marrying anyone for several more years.

22. I plan on getting a degree in multimedia when I go to college in a couple years.

23. I plan on graduating high school early.

24. I love doing things on the computer, whether photoshop, internet, or typing a story.

25. I also love to draw.

26. I am a very random person.

27. I am a loyal friend and try to always be there when someone needs something.

28. My favorite chocolate is Kit-Kat.

29. I am 5' 6"

30. My favorite genres of music are Christian rock, country, and some alternative.

31. I'm always willing to try something new (well, except drinking or smoking or drugs or something like that).

32. I'm a bit of a tomboy, but I can be girly if I want to.

33. I really do not like wearing skirts or dresses.

34. I will climb trees and rocks with boys, but I'm definitely a little more careful (or just chicken :P)

35. I never wear makeup.

36. I do not like Twilight.

37. I think screamo music is weird... that's taking rock music just a bit too far, IMO

38. I love to paint my nails.

39. I write articles for a web mag.

40. I love Converse or any shoes that look similar (I don't care if they're real Converse or not, they are still awesome).

41. I had braces for three years.

42. I do not have glasses (although I'm sure I will eventually because both of my parents have reading glasses).

43. I like to ride horses.

44. I DO NOT like mushrooms. Yuck.

45. I have a red electric guitar that I got for my birthday this year.

46. I am definitely a country girl at heart.

47. I would love to be in a professional band someday, but I doubt that'll ever happen.

48. I want to get married and maybe-probably have a couple kids someday (which is much more likely than the band thing :P)

49. This looks so much easier than it actually is... hmm.... oh, I've never had a boyfriend.

50. I don't plan on dating until I'm 17.

51. I love summer.

52. I like reading blogs.

53. I have three younger brothers and one younger sister.

54. I like pizza :D

55. I also like chocolate.

56. Tomato and basil crackers are good. And tomato and basil cream cheese on wheat bagels.

57. I don't really like skinny jeans (they look okay on some people, but I probably won't ever wear them).

58. I own a pair of neon orange leggings.

59. I actually wore said leggings in public. In front of everyone at church camp (it was part of my outfit that I wore for Bible Quiz. Our whole team had similar outfits).

60. I haven't worn those leggings since XD

61. I always pick truth over dare, because even though truth may be scary at times (although I don't really mind anymore), dares are crazy.

62. I don't like being the center of attention.

63. I love the 4th of July.

64. I love playing basketball, especially with my friends.

65. The smell of cold cooked spinach makes me gag and nearly puke.

66. There are very few things that gross me out.

67. I've never passed out, although I came close once when I sliced the end of my finger with a craft knife while working on my model car. It bled quite a bit.

68. I love cookies.

69. I also like cherry cobbler.

70. I haven't seen most of my cousins in a loooooong time. I saw two of them this year, but it's still been a long time. I rather miss them....

71. I haven't watched an anime (yet ;)

72. I think the original Pokemon are cute, but the newer ones aren't.

73. I think playdough is full of win ^_^

74. I have never read Harry Potter, Eragon, or Twilight.

75. I have however, read most of Tolkien's books (I think).

76. I think it would be cool to live on a farm someday.

77. I love paint splatters, plaid, and neon colors.

78. I'm homeschooled.

79. I've never even been inside a public school for any reason (summer school sounds interesting, though... although I wouldn't want to be there year round)

80. I've been sitting here for an hour typing this :P

81. I find it funny when so many songs sing about California, and it sounds cool, but I wouldn't want to live there.

82. I'm a Republican. *nods* That explains my last comment XP

83. I have worn boy's clothes before (It's all stuff I own... it's not my fault I can't find any shorts that are long enough. I'm probably going to get a few comments about this XD).

84. I tend to wait until the last minute (sometimes almost literally) to enter contests.

85. I have quite a few trophies from Awana stuff.

86. I played t-ball one year, and I'll probably play softball on my church's team next spring.

87. I don't think I'd want to move far away from my family, but I often wonder what it would be like to live in a different state after I'm married.

88. None of my family lives out of state except two or three cousins.

89. I like going to the zoo sometimes.

90. I have written two songs and at least 5 poems.

91. I have a bad habit of biting the inside of my mouth if I'm not chewing gum.

92. Some days I chew a ridiculous amount of gum.

93. I hate when people seem to think I think I know everything.

94. I also hate when people think I'm just a little kid that doesn't know anything.

95. I'm very easygoing and can take insults without getting mad at the person.

96. I'm running out of ideas here :P

97. I can't skateboard, but I want to learn how eventually.

98. I usually stay up too late (like until midnight)

99. I often work ahead in school.

100. I'm done!!

Whew, that took a while. Much harder than it looks. Thanks for reading if you made it all of the way through.

Post 99 and randomness

I noticed today my yahoo avatar and my friend's avatar say a lot about us :P

I am very observant when bored XD.

My next post is number 100. yay! :D When I first started this blog, I didn't think I'd be posting this much, but I guess I did :)

My next post, I'll list 100 things about me... but right now I'm waiting for my turn on the Wii. I'll do the next post later tonight.

Have you checked out Christianmanga.com? You should. And Passion Web Mag if you're a girl.

I've been thinking about doing some sort of weekly thing, but I'm not sure what yet...

What should I post about more? Any ideas?

Discussions Abound 11-28-09

Here are the links to the other girls' blogs (and yes, they might not post a discussion each week, but I'll forget to come back and link up the ones that did, so I'll just post links to all of their blogs):

Morgan

Emily

Nahla

Jillian

Rachel

Eldarwen

This week it was a tie between children and apparel for our discussion topic, so we're just picking which topic we want to talk about. I chose to talk about apparel.

The media tells us that we have to wear certain clothes to be accepted. They say if we don't wear the right clothes, we won't fit in. But do you really think that's true? We won't always fit in just because we wear the right clothes, and we won't always be left out because we don't. The world tells us all kinds of things that aren't necessarily true. Material things can't give us true happiness.

Just though I'd post a couple pictures of my dog and cat

Photo Contest

Marissa is having a photography contest. Check it out HERE

New background

How does it look? I noticed the black part touches my left sidebar, but other than that everything seems to be showing up for me.

Graphics

More graphics

Here's a couple more graphics I made. What do you think? I couldn't really think of anything else to type on them. I think the fall one is my favorite. I'm off to make a couple more.

Anything you guys would like to see?

I might think about doing a couple of free blog buttons (I'd make backgrounds too, but I need a bit more practice first) if y'all want.

Quirky Thursday

What are 6 things YOU are Thankful for this year?

1: God

He gives me everything, and life would be useless without Him.

2: Friends

I always have fun hanging out with them. They make me laugh a lot.

3. Family

Life might be a bit boring without them :)

4. Books

I love to read. There's so many things you can learn from books, and reading is a great pastime.

5. Computers

I know, I spend too much time online, but I still love internet and computer stuff. I couldn't have this blog without a computer either ;)

6. Food

Here I am eating a big Thanksgiving dinner while there are children who go days without food. It's sad to think about.

Happy Thankgiving!!

I'm off to gain a couple pounds :P

Playlist

I added some more songs to my playlist today. Enjoy! ^_^

Middle Earth Daybook: Week 1

Today... November 25, 2009

Time... 12:48 PM

I am wearing... black gym shorts and a yellow t-shirt

I am thankful for... my friends and family

A song I currently have stuck in my head... I Can't Stand To Fall by Philmont

A book I am currently reading... Deception by Randy Alcorn

One interesting fact about me... I love to write

A line from one of my favorite movies... "What's the Elven word for friend?" Frodo -- LOTR

On thing I look forward to this week... Thanksgiving

What I was doing before I got online... schoolwork

A picture I'd like for y'all to see...

(I drew it myself :)

Ending time... 12:54 PM

NaNo: Finished!!

Okay, now that it's not 1 AM, I'll write a longer post.

This month, I wrote a story. I actually finished a story for once. 50,000 words. About halfway through, that started seeming like a lot of words, and I wondered if I'd have enough plot and energy to make it that long. But nearing the end, the words cam faster, and it was awesome to finally write the epilogue and know I finally finished a story. A couple days ago, I didn't even know how the story would end, but I figured out an ending just as I reached 50,000 words. My story was just long enough to finish without having to stuff a lot of extra words in there just to get to 50K.

I made up a new race, learned a bit more about making believable characters (although I don't know if I actually accomplished that in my story :P), started working on a new world (which I'll write more stories about in the future), stayed up late at night (not that I mind... I rather enjoyed that part), and wrote 50K and finished a story. And my sanity is still intact... well, what little bit I had to begin with :P

I will definitely be doing this next year, and I've already got an idea for another story that I'll probably start working on as soon as I edit this one.

Maybe I'll post some of it on this blog, I don't know. Getting it published some day would be awesome, but there's two problems. One, I doubt that's going to happen anyway, and two, my story might just be 190 pages of crap that no one wants to read. lol

But regardless of how bad it might be, I'm still glad I finished and I'm getting ready to save it on my zip drive right now so I'll have it later.

Awards

I got awarded :) Well, kind of.

Eldarwen tagged anyone who loves Elves.

If you like Elves, go ahead and take this one.

This one was for any of her female followers.

If any girls are reading this, go ahead and take the award.

This one was for anyone who hates Twilight. Yes! lol

I award any Christians.

And finally, this one was for horse lovers.

If you like horses, I'm awarding you :)

YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I DID IT!!!!!!! I FINISHED NANOWRIMO!!!! My first year, and I actually wrote 50K!!!!!

*SQUEEEEEEEEE* Oh wait, I don't do that... oh well, might as well. *SQUEEEEEEEEE*

NaNo Update

I just might reach 50K tonight. Whoo-hoo!!!

Double TAG

...Well, in way. Eldarwen tagged anyone with naturally straight hair (well, mine is for the most part) and Rachel tagged anyone who likes to drink milk.

1- Have you been asked out? Yes, twice actually. I said no to both guys.

2 - Where was your default picture taken? Tell me what a default picture is, then I'll answer that.

3 - What's your middle name? Gail

4 - Your current relationship status? Single but not available *nods* I'm just waiting for the guy God has planned for me, and I'll guess I'll figure out who that is someday.

5 - What's the first thing you do when you wake up from a nap? What's that, again? lol... um, I don't take naps...

6 - What is your current mood? Excited about (hopefully) finishing my NaNo story tonight, and kind of thinking about the future and my friends, as always.

7 - What color shirt are you wearing? *looks down* The only yellow shirt I own.

8 - Missing something? I don't guess.

9 - Current Favorite Quote? there's a lot... hmmm.... Some Albert Einstein ones are pretty good. And there's a quote from Dr. Seuss that I really like. And numerous Bible verses and some song lyrics.

There are only two things that are infinite - the universe and human stupidity. And I'm not so sure about the universe. -Albert Einstein

There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.-Albert Einstein

Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by it's ability to climb a tree, it will spend it's whole life believing that it is stupid. -Albert Einstein

The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has it's limits. -Albert Einstein

Be who you are, and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind.
-Dr. Seuss

10 - If you could go back in time and change something what would it be? Well.... I don't know, I guess everything teaches me something. Although I guess maybe I could think of one thing, but I've probably learned a lot from that too... and who knows, maybe some things I'm unhappy about are things that will affect the rest of my life in a good way.

11 - If you must be an animal for one day, what would you be? Hmm... a small dinosaur, an eagle, or a tiger.

12 - Ever had a near death experience? If I did, I didn't realize it.

13 - Something you do a lot? Say random things and make myself look stupid :P

14 - The song stuck in your head? None at the mome-- wait... now I have Haight St. by Anberlin stuck in my head. Thanks.....

15 - Least favorite household chore? Depends on my mood...

16 - Name someone with the same birthday as you: none that I know of

17 - When was the last time you cried? Yesterday... before that, I can't even remember.

18 - Have you ever sung in front of a large audience? In a choir when I was younger.

19 - If you could have one super power what would it be? Invisibility would be interesting.

20 - What's the first thing you notice about the opposite gender? Usually their face, I guess... I don't know, I don't make a habit of staring at guys for no reason.

21 - What do you usually order from Starbucks? I haven't been to Starbucks enough to know, unfortunately.

22 - What's your biggest secret? I'm and Elf. *nods* You really think I'd tell you? Although I guess I don't even have any.

23- What's your favorite color? Blue

24 - Do you still watch kiddie shows or tv shows? No. I watch cartoons and Veggietales, but not kiddie shows. Well, I guess Veggietales might count, but I say it doesn't.

25 - What's on your walls? Paint. And one poster that is begging for company.

26 - What are you? A human girl and a child of God.

27 - Do you speak any other language? Not fluently.

28 - What's your favorite smell? Cookies, outdoors after it rains in the summer

29 - Describe your life in one word! random

30 - Have you ever kissed in the rain? I'm not married or engaged, so no.

31 - What are you thinking about right now? My mouth is very dry and I want a Dr. Pepper, yet I'm not thirsty. And I need to get to work on my NaNo story.

32 - What should you be doing? Working on NaNo or sleeping.

33 - Who was the last person that made you upset/angry? I honestly do not remember. I'm a rather easy-going person.

34 - How often do you talk to God? All the time

35 - Do you like working in the yard? No.

36 - If you could have any last name in the world, what would you want? Whatever my future husband's last name is ;P

37 - What is your natural hair color? Brown. Very light brown with some parts blond in the summer, and dark brown in the winter.

38 - Do you have many friends? Duhyeah.

39 - Who is your role-model? Jesus. But the people in my life influence me as well, somewhat.

40 - Do you like your life? Yep, mostly.

Wow! You actually read all of that? You're such a stalker ;P

jk,jk

I tag... any Christians who read this post.

Giveaway!

Maggie's having a giveaway on her blog. Check it out HERE

Post 80!

Yay! I think for my 100th post, I'll post 100 things about me. Any other ideas that I can do as well?

Word Wars!

They are awesome :) And very fun. And help boost my NaNo word count a ton. Now if I just have computer access so I can lol... of course, there are ones around 10 PM too...

YEAH!!

I just passed 40K in my NaNo story!! Less than 10K to go! I'm pretty excited, and not only am I ahead, but this is my first year doing NaNo. I am determined to finish, and right now it looks like it's going to happen! :D :) :D

My Facebook Status 11-21-09 XD

Sonia: "What was that sound? o.o" Elizabeth: "I think it was the sound of the fourth wall shattering"

Mom: No! It's the sound of Ashley losing her mind!

Me: hey, I didn't come up with that.

"The term also applies to the boundary between any fictional setting and its audience. When this boundary is "broken" (for example by an actor speaking to the audience directly through the camera in a television sitcom), it is called "breaking the fourth wall." This mostly is carried out by the character hinting that they are "aware" of the fact that they are in a TV show or movie" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourth_wall)

Friend (whose name will not be posted...): Losing? I think LOST would a better choice

Me: and I got the quote from a different site (http://gameplanmanga.com/?

action=askacharacter)
Scroll down to the one that says "The Melancholy of Kai"

Mostly I posted that quote because I almost did something like that in my story just now lol
My MC asked another character why she had to do something, and I haven't figured that part out yet. I almost made the character answer "I don't know, ask the author" but I decided not to.

Yes, I have lost my mind. lol
No, I don't actually think my fictional characters are actually real, if anyone is wondering lol

Mom: yes. I stand corrected. LOST

Me: XD

And for the record, my mom doesn't actually think I've literally lost my mind. I'm just silly. lol

The fourth wall just shattered

Well, actually, it didn't, but I thought about it. My MC asked another character why she had to do something, and I haven't figured that out yet. I seriously thought about having him reply "I have no idea. Ask the author."

Buuuut I don't do that. So the fourth wall is still intact and I'm trying to figure out what to have him say. lol

Thaaaaaaaanks, Ashley.....

Arphenion: I sound like an idiot.

Me: It's not my fault I have NO idea what to make you say.

Arphenion: Delete it then.

Me: Fine. Be that way. I'll have to humiliate you later to replace those words, though. I'm running out of ideas.

Arphenion: Oh boy... this can't be good.

NaNo

Two-thirds of the way through the month, two-thirds of the way through my novel. Yeah! I'm still keeping up with the word count, although I'm running out of ideas. But I've made it this far, I can't quit now!

I had a random brainstorm...

And I think I'm going to work on making more stuff up about the world my story is set in. Later I can write more stories about stuff that happens there.

Anyway, back to writing. I'm still a few hundred words behind on my daily word goal.

Is it sad that I can quote this from memory? XD

"Then I just sit there until the fire department came and broke the lock with a crowbar and I had to spend the next three months in lip rehab with this kid named Oscar who got stung by a bee right on the lips and we couldn't even talk to each other until the fifth week because both of our lips were so swollen and when he did start speaking he just spoke Polish and I only know like three words in Polish except now I know four because Oscar taught me the word for lip. Ousta!"

Random Quote Of The Day....

We're going to get nasty letters saying "Where's MY water buffalo?" "Why can't I have a water buffalo" and are you prepared to deal with that? I don't think so, so stop being so SILLY!

TAG

Eldarwen tagged anyone who likes blue. Of course I like blue! It's my favorite color.

Sense and Sensibility vs. Pride and Prejudice?

no idea....

Elinore Dashwood vs. Elizabeth Bennet?

Who?

Dashwood vs. Jane Bennet?

Huh?

The Lord of the Rings vs. Narnia?

ooh, that's a hard one.... but I guess LOTR

Aragorn vs Peter?

Um.... Peter, I guess.

Susan vs Arwen?

As much as I love Elves, I'm going to have to go with Susan

Seven Brides for Seven Brothers vs The Sound of Music?

Dangit, that's a hard one too.... Seven Brides For Seven Brothers.

Enchanted vs Narnia?

I've never seen Enchanted, and I'm sure Narnia would still win regardless.

Caspian vs Robert?

Caspian. Duh.

Giselle vs Lucy?

Who's Giselle? Lucy wins, of course.

Pirates of the Caribbean vs The Lord of the Rings?

You're kidding, right? LOTR FTW!!!

Will Turner vs Legolas?

You like hard questions, don't you. Grr.... Um... Will Turner, I guess. I don't know if I really have a preference.

Elizabeth Swann vs Eowyn?

Elizabeth. I never liked Eowyn a whole lot.

North and South vs Pride and Prejudice?

dunno...

Mr. Thornton vs Mr. Darcy?

??

Margaret Hale vs Elizabeth Bennet?

Might help if I'd heard of them :P

Narnia vs Pirates of the Caribbean?

Narnia! duh!

Jack Sparrow vs Edmund?

Hmm, that's tough. I like Jack Sparrow (he's funny), but Edmund is... can't think of the word... cuter, I guess? Idk... I guess I'll pick Jack Sparrow.

Elizabeth Bennet vs Lucy?

Lucy. duh.

Emma vs Persuasion?

No idea...

I tag:

Anyone who has over 100 blog posts

Yay!

Okay, I think I figured out the background thing. I can read stuff now. How does it look?

Background...

Well, I made a new background, but it's hard to read the blog now. Back to the drawing board...