tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-68103249325964390212024-03-18T00:42:23.587-05:00Dare To LiveWhoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it. --Matthew 10:39Ashleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03421711190266639686noreply@blogger.comBlogger526125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810324932596439021.post-51695566609971937252011-12-15T16:06:00.000-06:002011-12-15T16:06:00.920-06:00Bye!Well, kind of.<br />
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Side note: Yes, I'm still alive. Yes, I neglected this blog.<br />
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Anyways, I was just posting to say that I started<a href="http://ariasmyles.blogspot.com/"> a new blog</a> that I may or may not keep up with. But I'll try. And hopefully it'll turn out better than this one has.<br />
The first post is up, and I have two books that I need to review, three more on my desk to read and likely review, and a post on Harry Potter that I'm planning for after I finish the seventh book. So if nothing else, lots of book reviews coming soon! =PAshleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03421711190266639686noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810324932596439021.post-77254260191810006292011-10-30T21:24:00.001-05:002011-10-30T21:25:01.904-05:00269-277269. sunsets in the rearview mirror<br />
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270. bonfire weather<br />
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271. the smell of fire<br />
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272. books with good quotes on every page<br />
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273. variety in a week<br />
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274. visitors<br />
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275. big hills covered in golden and copper trees<br />
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276. a hunger for learning<br />
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277. foreign languagesAshleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03421711190266639686noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810324932596439021.post-72100188340618452172011-10-26T22:34:00.001-05:002011-10-26T22:34:38.838-05:00In which I feel bad that I never post anything good here, and resolve to fix that, starting with this:<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2J9aqLjfZhOUdzmvBhRYryiC7ArbRJRkJ1WxiJgjnYrLdQrIyKiZ1me_sdT3b9r6HauPyTKamcl3Tt7RBpcGxEJb7sNgcDaVY0Oc-rW_ecJSmghwa_89EKdBgjHEcv4fSX2i5GGW-n_M/s1600/beautiful+people+blog+button2-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2J9aqLjfZhOUdzmvBhRYryiC7ArbRJRkJ1WxiJgjnYrLdQrIyKiZ1me_sdT3b9r6HauPyTKamcl3Tt7RBpcGxEJb7sNgcDaVY0Oc-rW_ecJSmghwa_89EKdBgjHEcv4fSX2i5GGW-n_M/s1600/beautiful+people+blog+button2-1.jpg" /></a>So, there's this link-up called <a href="http://furtherup-and-furtherin.blogspot.com/2011/03/introducing-beautiful-people-blog-thing.html">Beautiful People</a>, and I participated once on my short-lived writing blog. Awesomely (yes, that's a word; spellcheck says so) enough, the challenge this month is to answer all of the questions in the archives in preparation for<a href="http://nanowrimo.org/"> NaNoWriMo</a>.<br />
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NaNo prep? Heck yeah.<br />
And yeah, I totally made up half of this as I went along.<br />
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Seeing as I've only bothered with one major character (Rowena is going to stay a mystery until I get that far... the other characters aren't developed because I haven't gotten around to working on them. Fail, I know.), that's the one I'm using. After I work on the others I'll see about doing another post about them.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><b><u><a href="http://furtherup-and-furtherin.blogspot.com/2011/03/introducing-beautiful-people-blog-thing.html" style="color: #669999; text-decoration: none;">March 2011</a></u></b><br />What is their full name? </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><b>Aidan. If he has a last name, I haven't the foggiest idea what it is.</b></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: x-small;">Does his or her name have a special meaning? </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><b>Nope.</b></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: x-small;">Does your character have a methodical or disorganized personality? </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><b>Yes. =P Methodical to the point of disorganization.</b></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: x-small;">Does he or she think inside themselves more than they talk out loud to their friends? (more importantly, does he or she actually have friends?) </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><b>Friends? What friends? He talks out loud to himself, you mean.</b></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: x-small;">Is there something he or she is afraid of? </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><b>People dying and not being able to do anything about it.</b></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: x-small;">Does he or she write, dream, dance, sing, or photograph? </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><b>He flies a sky-ship by himself and keeps the world from falling apart. That's plenty to keep him from getting bored, don't you think?</b></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: x-small;">What is his or her favorite book? (or genre of books) </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><b>Nonfiction.</b></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: x-small;">Who is his or her favorite author and/or someone that inspires him or her? </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><b>I don't have a clue.</b></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: x-small;">Favorite flavor of ice cream?</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><b> chocolate brownie something-or-other</b></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: x-small;">Favorite season of the year? </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><b>autumn</b></span><br /><br /><b style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px;"><u><a href="http://furtherup-and-furtherin.blogspot.com/2011/04/beautiful-people-round-two.html" style="color: #669999; text-decoration: none;">April 2011</a></u></b><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: x-small;">How old is he/she? </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><b>I'm still trying to figure out that part.</b></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: x-small;">What does he/she do with his/her spare time? </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><b>Travels. Ancient Rome and Victorian-era England are a couple favorites.</b></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: x-small;">Does he/she see the big picture or live in the moment? </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><b>You don't really get to live in the moment when you time-travel.</b></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: x-small;">Is he/she a perfectionist? </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><b>Not by any stretch of the imagination.</b></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: x-small;">What does her handwriting look like? (round, slanted, curly, skinny, sloppy, neat, decorative, etc.) </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><b>Digital. I'm sure if he ever writes something, it looks elegant, but he'd rather use a computer.</b></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: x-small;">Favorite animal? </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><b>Sea slugs. War elephants.</b></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: x-small;">Does he/she have any pets? </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><b>I wouldn't call it a pet, really... more of a little metal bug that he talks to. A little walking external hard drive that he uses to record his thoughts and to keep himself from going insane.</b></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: x-small;">Does he/she have any siblings? How many? Where does he/she fit in? </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><b>Apparently he has a younger brother somewhere that I wasn't previously aware of.</b></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: x-small;">Does he/she have a 'life verse' and if so what is it? </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><b>Can't say that he does. Still working on that part too.</b></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: x-small;">Favorite writing utensil? </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><b>recorded voice</b></span><br /><br /><b style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px;"><u><a href="http://furtherup-and-furtherin.blogspot.com/2011/05/beautiful-people-mayjune-edition.html" style="color: #669999; text-decoration: none;">May 2011</a></u></b><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: x-small;">What type of laugh does he/she have? </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><b>Like a mad hatter. Loud and maniacal. Not that he even finds something funny; he just likes freaking people out.</b></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: x-small;">Who is his/her best friend? </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><b>that little metal bug, sad enough</b></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: x-small;">What is his/her family like? </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><b>He lives with his aunt and uncle. His immediate family all disappeared, so he really doesn't know.</b></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: x-small;">Is he/she a Christian, or will he/she eventually find Jesus? </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><b>Still working out how that'll all tie in...</b></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: x-small;">Does he/she believe in fairies? </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><b>Do they threaten to take over the world or some other such cliche? If not, he probably could care less.</b></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: x-small;">Does he/she like hedgehogs? </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><b>They're creepy. Like ferrets.</b></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: x-small;">Favorite kind of weather? </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><b>Nice sailing weather. A warm breeze that threatens to lull you to sleep. Sunshine. Color.</b></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: x-small;">Does he/she have a good sense of humor? If so what kind? (Slapstick, wit, sarcasm, etc.?) </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><b>Sarcasm, heavily. Interesting ways of seeings things.</b></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: x-small;">How did he/she do in school, or any kind of education they might have had. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><b>Typical education; went to time-traveler school later on. Or something weird like that.</b></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: x-small;">Any strange hobbies? </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><b>Bounty hunting counts, right?</b></span><br /><br /><b style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px;"><u><a href="http://furtherup-and-furtherin.blogspot.com/2011/06/beautiful-people-junejuly-edition.html" style="color: #669999; text-decoration: none;">June 2011</a></u></b><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: x-small;">What kind of music does he/she like? </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><b>whatever happens to fit</b></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: x-small;">Does he/she like to go outside? </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><b>Indubitably.</b></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: x-small;">Is he/she naturally curious? </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><b>Observant, more.</b></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: x-small;">Right, or left handed? </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><b>Left. For no particular reason other than I felt like it.</b></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: x-small;">Favorite color? </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><b>Green. No idea why.</b></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: x-small;">Where is he/she from? </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><b>Another crucial detail that I need to figure out. For plot purposes, I would think it's somewhere on Earth, but I've yet to figure out where exactly.</b></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: x-small;">Any enemies? </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><b>Yep. If you were told to go after someone who was breaking time-laws, you'd have a few enemies too.</b></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: x-small;">What are his/her quirks? </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><b>Where shall I even begin...</b></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: x-small;">What kinds of things get on his/her nerves? </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><b>People who are too worried about themselves, and the here and now, to worry about other people or times. People who care nothing for history, who don't understand that we don't live in a little glass bubble. And various other odd habits that people used to have way back when.</b></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: x-small;">Is he/she independent, or needs others to help out? </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><b>Highly independent.</b></span><br /><br /><b style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px;"><u><a href="http://furtherup-and-furtherin.blogspot.com/2011/07/beautiful-people-julyaugust-edition.html" style="color: #669999; text-decoration: none;">July 2011</a></u></b><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: x-small;">What is his/her biggest secret? </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><b>He walks around singing loudly, off-key, when no one is around. O.o</b></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: x-small;">Has he/she ever been in love? </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><b>He'd never allow it.</b></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: x-small;">What is his/her comfort food? </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><b>It's food; anything works. Except odd things, like animals that should never be considered edible by a human being.</b></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: x-small;">Does he/she play a musical instrument? If so, what? </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><b>I've just decided he plays piano. (You heard that, right, Aidan? Get over there and get started. I may decide to give you a reason to use it.)</b></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: x-small;">What colour are his/her eyes? Hair? </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><b>grey eyes; I want to say blond hair, but I may make him a redhead for no reason at all.</b></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: x-small;">Does he/she have any pets? </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><b>I definitely already answered this one.</b></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: x-small;">What is his/her favorite place to be? </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><b>In the sky, where no other human being is around. In the middle of a crowd, where he doesn't feel alone.</b></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: x-small;">What are some of his/her dreams or goals? </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><b>Find his parents and brother. Keep the world from unraveling. Typical little details as such.</b></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: x-small;">Does he/she enjoy sports? </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><b>nope</b></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: x-small;">What is his/her favorite flower or plant? </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><b>a white rose</b></span><br /><br /><b style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px;"><u><a href="http://furtherup-and-furtherin.blogspot.com/2011/08/beautiful-people-august-edition.html" style="color: #669999; text-decoration: none;">August 2011</a></u></b><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: x-small;">What is their biggest accomplishment? </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><b>bringing in rogue time-travelers</b></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: x-small;">What is one of their strongest childhood memories? </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><b>that faint memory he has from long ago of his parents smiling down at him (yeah, I said faint... but even then it never goes away)</b></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: x-small;">What is their favorite food? </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><b>whatever is edible</b></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: x-small;">Do they believe in love at first sight? </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><b>definitely not.</b></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: x-small;">What kind of home do they live in? </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><b>a pirate ship</b></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: x-small;">What do they like to wear? </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><b>something comfortable and practical; and something that doesn't stand out is also helpful</b></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: x-small;">What would they do if they discovered they were dying? </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><b>probably laugh and not believe it</b></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: x-small;">What kind of holidays, or traditions do they celebrate? </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><b>haven't a clue</b></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: x-small;">What do your other characters have to say about them? </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><b>He's insane. Dead. Cunning. Intriguing.</b></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: x-small;">If they could change one thing in their world, what would it be? </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><b>He'd figure out what happened to his family.</b></span><br /><br /><b style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px;"><u><a href="http://furtherup-and-furtherin.blogspot.com/2011/09/beautiful-people-september.html" style="color: #669999; text-decoration: none;">September 2011</a></u></b><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: x-small;">Do they have any habits, annoying or otherwise? </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><b>Talking with his mouth full is pretty typical, I would think. Singing loudly and obnoxiously. Pacing up and down the deck of his ship out of boredom (how he gets bored I'll never know).</b></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: x-small;">What is their backstory and how does it affect them now? </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I think I've repeated the whole "family is gone" thing about a hundred times now, right? But anyhow, he doesn't believe what he was told about his parents being dead and his younger brother joining some kind of rebellion (wait, when did that happen?). Along with looking for them, he's afraid anyone else he trusts will leave him too</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif;">. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Or they'll die right in front of him.</span></b></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: x-small;">How do they show love? </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><b>By running them off so they don't get hurt.</b></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: x-small;">How competitive are they? </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><b>You get that way, hunting fugitives.</b></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: x-small;">What do they think about when nothing else is going on? </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><b>Why bother? People will tear the world apart with their silliness someday anyway.</b></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: x-small;">Do they have an accent? </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><b>Yep, but I dunno what.</b></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: x-small;">What is their station in life? </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><b>Time-traveling sky pirate bounty hunter. =P</b></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: x-small;">What do others expect from them? </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><b>Don't die.</b></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: x-small;">Where were they born, and when? </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><b>Somewhere, at some point in time.</b></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: x-small;">How do they feel about people in general? </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><b>They're fragile. And kind of stupid.</b></span></span><br />
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And we're going to ignore the fact that I have 3 more books on my desk waiting to be read now, all from the "children's" section.<br />
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See, my siblings claim they don't like reading, because there are no good books.<br />
I fixed that problem. XD<br />
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Even in our tiny library we ended up with 15 books total, and I didn't even look past the children's section because I knew that number could get way too big, and I still have the Left Behind series to read.<br />
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I think Melissa and Jason have just been converted to the bookworm side. Granted, some of those books were comic books, but I think I have dragged them over into this reading thing just the same. ;DAshleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03421711190266639686noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810324932596439021.post-17549425301986459052011-10-15T07:19:00.000-05:002011-10-15T07:19:08.628-05:00261-268261. staring out the window before Sunday school, listening to Casting Crowns and watching the trees dance<br />
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262. soft wind blowing through the window at just the right temperature<br />
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264. hearing/playing country songs that I haven't heard in years<br />
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265. the black silhouette of trees against a sunrise<br />
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266. listening to country music really early in the morning<br />
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267. thick, warm jackets<br />
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268. slip-on shoesAshleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03421711190266639686noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810324932596439021.post-13901087683446827562011-10-14T20:55:00.001-05:002011-10-14T20:56:02.865-05:00Project 365, take 2. (Day 48)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Today I filled out more job applications... and at this point I don't even remember how many I'm up to now.</div>
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Thankfully at least a few places are for sure hiring *right now* so I hope one of 'em will call me soon.</div>
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Other than that, I found a Pokemon blanket at one store, and O Brother, Where Art Thou (which I haven't seen in forever) at another when I brought some books there on consignment.</div>
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Kind of sad, though... finally found a decent bookstore (where I found the Spanish book), but of course they're getting ready to close.</div>Ashleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03421711190266639686noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810324932596439021.post-63551636164482581462011-10-13T20:30:00.001-05:002011-10-13T20:30:28.111-05:00Project 365, take 2. (Days 46 and 47)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Confession: No... this isn't actually from yesterday. I don't remember which day this week it's from.</div>
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And now I'm just sitting here on the computer. Typical evening.</div>
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Just, y'know... getting ready for NaNoWriMo, thinking about watching a movie...</div>
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Being stalker-ish...</div>
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y'know. ;D</div>
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Anyone else doing NaNoWriMo? </div>
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(username, please! :D I need to add people once the writing buddies thing is working again)</div>
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Also, I need some new movies to watch.</div>
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So suggestions, please? :D</div>Ashleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03421711190266639686noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810324932596439021.post-28159006172398534162011-10-13T16:12:00.002-05:002011-10-13T16:27:55.383-05:00Etsy<div style="text-align: center;">
Last week, I listed a few things on Etsy. I mentioned it on Twitter, but posting about it here slipped my mind. So, here you go: <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/Point35Studio?ref=pr_shop">Point35Studio</a>. Hopefully if things go well, I'll add a few more things later. I guess we'll see how it goes :D</div>Ashleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03421711190266639686noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810324932596439021.post-48430915620877579462011-10-11T14:17:00.002-05:002011-10-11T14:17:48.240-05:00Project 365, take 2. (Day 45)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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You're never too old to be amused by the toy section in Walmart.</div>
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If you are you need to grab a couple friends and go play Frisbee in the middle of the aisle.</div>
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Or toss a ball down an aisle and yell "Go Pikachu!"</div>
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just sayin'.</div>
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Um, yeah. I missed a couple days. </div>
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After adding some more songs to my folder today, I now have 52 songs saved on my computer.<br />
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(How many do I have memorized? None of them =P)<br />
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Green Day, Rascal Flatts, Anberlin, Tenth Avenue North, Chris Tomlin, Switchfoot, Relient K, Nickelback, Thousand Foot Krutch, Owl City, Skillet, Kutless, Hawk Nelson, Lonestar, JJ Heller, Sanctus Real, RED, Daughtry, Keith Urban, and Echoing Angels.<br />
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My goal being to actually be able to play all of those (some have odd chords, or I have to tune my guitar differently... doesn't happen often), and have them memorized.<br />
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This isn't even counting the Third Day, Chris Tomlin, David Crowder Band, etc. music that isn't on my computer.<br />
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It makes me happy. :)Ashleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03421711190266639686noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810324932596439021.post-78520184761063826182011-10-06T21:19:00.000-05:002011-10-06T21:19:18.049-05:00Project 365, take 2. (Days 41 and 42)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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And spent at least a half hour playing some new songs on guitar. ♥</div>
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243. Kit-Kats<br />
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244. knowing others think the same things as yourself<br />
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245. playing electric guitar until my left arm hurts from my fingertips to the crook of my elbow<br />
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246. reading my Bible in the middle of the night<br />
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247. poetry.<br />
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248. spilling my guts, whether writing or speaking<br />
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249. writing Scripture references on my arm in black Sharpie<br />
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250. 1 Timothy 4:12<br />
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251. Anberlin<br />
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252. my Dr. Seuss jacket<br />
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253. red high-top shoes<br />
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254. Pacman drawn in chalk in front of church where the Cubbies were playing<br />
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255. good ol' country. music or otherwise.<br />
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256. straightening my hair<br />
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257. laughing so hard my stomach hurts<br />
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258. my speech book for school. even though I hate it.<br />
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259. libraries<br />
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260. singing even when my voice doesn't cooperateAshleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03421711190266639686noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810324932596439021.post-19281145944360635992011-10-04T21:38:00.001-05:002011-10-04T21:38:53.974-05:00<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><i><b>Currently playing:</b> Whatever happens to be on the radio. Unless it's commercials or Taylor Swift.</i></span><br />
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I'm multitasking. Blogging, reading part of 250-some posts in Google Reader, tweeting obsessively, and wishing facebook would stop notifying me of pokes.<br />
And I swear I'll not let this end up like my Twitter is at the moment. Maybe.<br />
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NaNoWriMo.org re-launches in one week! =D I'm really excited to start writing. I pretty much have no choice but to write. I already love this character, and I've barely developed him or the story.<br />
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"Of course no one knows time travel is possible. You know what would happen if they did? I hate traffic enough without everyone and their brother clogging up the highways of time as well, just because they want to deliver that smart aleck comment they came up with two days after an argument. Everybody thinks they can change time, but you really can't. There's one reality, and that's what you have to live, whether you like it or not."<br />
"So why do you bother going back [in time]?"<br />
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Or this bit:<br />
"Respect? Of course I respect people of high standing! I treat them just like I do everyone else. What they don't tell you, even if they've realized it, is that it's very lonely to be treated like you're different from everyone else."
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I've also been reading, as usual, and I'm nearly up to 70 books so far this year (see my Reading 2011 page for a list). Finally started on the Left Behind series since I have most of the books now, and I have the last three books of the Percy Jackson series from the library that I need to read as soon as I go pick up books 3 and 4 --because wouldn't you know it, book 5 came in before they did. Then I want to read Sherlock Holmes.<br />
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Speaking of Sherlock Holmes.... =DDD<br />
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And because I got most of my randomness out of my system for the time being, I should go before this post gets any worse =P I need to work on my dear time-traveling sky pirate's story anyway.<br />
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Anyone else doing NaNo this year? Let me know if you are so I can add you as a writing buddy! =DAshleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03421711190266639686noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810324932596439021.post-7306371733204326382011-10-04T20:06:00.000-05:002011-10-04T20:07:03.604-05:00Project 365, take 2. (Day 40)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I'm not at all opposed to the fact that it's October and yet warm enough today to go outside barefoot.</div>
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It came in the mail today! =D</div>
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Out of the three movies I've recently watched for the first time, Thor is the only one that came out in 2011.Meh. Maybe I'm just biased against most Marvel movies --except X-men 1-3-- but I really wasn't too impressed with this one. It was... flat, for lack of a better word.</div>
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Thor seemed to have no feelings besides "Hey, let's pick fights with the Frost Giants and smash things with my hammer, because I am the Mighty Thor!" Yeah, there's a romance in there... and it's just as flat as the rest of the movie. The smashing the Bifrost Bridge is supposed to be dramatic, but who really cares that he'll never see the girl again? It's way too stereotypical for my tastes.<br />
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And Loki. I liked Loki. But I never could figure out what in the world was going on with him. I spent half the movie trying to figure out which side he was on, and although the easy answer might be that he's just on his own side, I didn't even notice that much. And then he just dies? Whatever then...<br />
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One of the free preview channels we had for a couple weeks was HBO, so I got a chance to watch Yogi Bear. Unlike Thor, I had veeeeeery low expectations for this one, and also unlike Thor, this movie lived up to them. I am so glad I watched The Voyage of the Dawn Treader last time we went to the movie theater, instead of Yogi Bear.<br />
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I'm not into the conservationist stuff that this movie had the air of, and there really isn't much else to the movie. "We have to save the park!" There were also several shots that added nothing to the movie, except to waste time and show how "awesome" 3D is. Watching the movie in 2D, I was wishing they'd hurry up and get to the next scene.<br />
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The mayor was just something else. I'm not even going to go there. I said "Well that was dumb" about fifteen times, minimum. Not worth the time it took to sit and watch the thing. <br />
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Thank goodness, this last movie I watched was much better than the others.<br />
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Much. And I have a tad more hope for movies based off Nicholas Sparks novels, because A Walk To Remember is far better than The Notebook (and if you haven't seen the latter, don't bother, IMO).<br />
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Aaaaaand I really don't have a lot to say about this one, aside from the fact that even though I don't typically like chick fliks, this movie was awesome, and I freaking cried. And I'd watch it and cry again. That right there should tell you something. =P<br />
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I've also watched Alice in Wonderland and How To Train Your Dragon (both of which my siblings now like. Whoo!), but I've probably already mentioned that I love those about a hundred times each.Ashleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03421711190266639686noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810324932596439021.post-4767664547277336352011-09-30T08:48:00.003-05:002011-09-30T08:48:58.294-05:00Project 365, take 2. (Days 35 and 36)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Breakfast this morning. </div>
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COFFEE. ♥</div>
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(and a bagel)</div>
Ashleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03421711190266639686noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810324932596439021.post-72241397211967124232011-09-28T21:26:00.000-05:002011-09-28T21:29:34.114-05:00Project 365, take 2. (Day 34)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Large blank spaces in our AWANA books.</div>
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Good for taking notes.</div>
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Also very likely for other people to attack my book with pen like last year.</div>
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I love them.</div>
Ashleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03421711190266639686noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810324932596439021.post-81398152188227597292011-09-27T21:46:00.002-05:002011-09-27T21:46:51.863-05:00Project 365, take 2. (Day 33)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This is what I did with part of my afternoon =D (the clay ones; the amigurumi are older)</div>
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Still gotta fix the propeller on that one...</div>
Ashleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03421711190266639686noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810324932596439021.post-62559418893723650952011-09-26T21:16:00.001-05:002011-09-26T21:16:54.161-05:00Project 365, take 2. (Day 32)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Roasted hotdogs today for the first time in forever =DDD</div>
Ashleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03421711190266639686noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810324932596439021.post-47071041936874719922011-09-24T21:15:00.001-05:002011-09-24T21:19:36.769-05:00Project 365, take 2. (Day 30)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I love yard sales =D</div>
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I have books 1-4, and didn't know which these were in the series before looking them up on Amazon.com, but hey, they're only a dollar each! =P<br />
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And I must note that no, I do not entirely agree with the author(s?), from what I've heard of their writings.<br />
Why am I reading the books? I don't guess I can offer a specific explanation.<br />
I don't agree with Harry Potter either, but I've read part of those.<br />
I have a reason, I'm just not sure how to actually type it out.<br />
Typical problem. *headdesk*</div>
Ashleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03421711190266639686noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810324932596439021.post-35958202529397010922011-09-24T18:11:00.000-05:002011-09-24T18:11:22.824-05:00So, I don't exactly like fall.<br />
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Stuff dies. Those leaves that are turning colors? They're pretty now, but they'll be brown pretty soon. Because they're dead. Like the grass in the yard. Run on that stuff barefoot and it just crunches, unlike the lovely green stuff that feels amazing on your feet. Besides, go outside barefoot in this weather and you'll freeze your toes off.<br />
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Have I mentioned that I hate cold?<br />
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But I'm not here to be a pessimist. Fall has it's upsides (quite a few, actually). School, for one. I'm actually liking school okay so far. Probably because I like knowing I'll be done before I know it. Then there's all the food (is it just me, or do I blog/tweet about food too much?)... pumpkin especially. The muffin I had the other day was amazing, and I want to try <a href="http://manyrandommusings.blogspot.com/2011/09/harvest-pumpkin-spice-bars.html">this recipe</a> and <a href="http://www.abigailkraft.com/2011/09/homemade-pumpkin-spice-lattes-questions.html">this recipe</a> soon. And I haven't had pumpkin mousse in forever.<br />
Oi. It's a wonder I'm no more out of shape than I am. But anyway...<br />
I'm also enjoying being able to wear pretty much whatever, without having to worry about sweating to death. And the sunrise this morning, over that foggy field we passed at 7AM on our way to yard sales? "Beautiful" doesn't do it justice.<br />
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So despite the fact it's too chilly outside for my tastes, and I'm not a fan of the color brown, I think I just might have to learn to like fall ;)Ashleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03421711190266639686noreply@blogger.com0