A bucket list (part two)

It’s been nearly two years since I’ve posted my bucket list. And by then, I’ve only done two of those things, learn how to drive and be a kid again for one day. The other items are still waiting, preferably when I have more time and a lot of money. So while I’m waiting for the chance to actually do it, I decided to expand my list by ‘a little bit’. 

• Piss off the patriarchy in some way. Preferably while wearing some sexy, red lipstick.
• Write a book that has an all female cast.

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• Attend the Twins Days Festival in Twinsburg, Ohio with my twin, Tracy.  
• Go to Vietnam and try out the food, all the while visiting some family.
• Go to the City Museum in St. Louis, Missouri

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• Go to the The Last Book Store in Los Angeles, California.
• Explore other independent bookstores in the world.
• Self-publish a book full of poetry.

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• Dress up like the Tenth Doctor from Doctor Who.
• Go to the Who Shop in London.
• If I happen to get an apartment one day: have the front door look like the front of the Tardis with a doormat that says bigger on the inside. And then make the living room look like one of the Tardis’s many control rooms.
• Own a Tardis dress.

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• Have cookies delivered to me at midnight from Insomnia Cookies.
• Have a hidden room in my house that is only used for stargazing.
• Play the game, Cards Against Humanity.
• Have a Disney movie marathon (with the 1997 Anastasia movie thrown into the mix).

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• Create a tumblr theme from scratch.
• Write an entire blog post in French, and wonder how many people will actually understand it.

note that the code that you see in the picture belongs to Hollywhood

And now the weather:

Sneeuwland by Oskar Schuster

~ Stacy N.

P.S. Here's part one of my bucket list.

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It's that time of the year again.

Text reads: Merry Christmas

And have a wonderful new year. ^.^

Music:

Jingle Bell Rock sung by Bobby Helms

I'll Be Home For Christmas sung by She & Him

Let it Snow sung by Michael Bublé

Silver Bells sung by Bing Crosby

Rockin’Around the Christmas Tree sung by Brenda Lee

~ Stacy N.

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This week month of the year

What my backyard looks like from afar. 

What’s been happening in my life lately July:

• My twin sister and I recently moved in with our older sister.
• Deer has been found roaming around the new place.
• I’ve been to the water park a few times.
• There was a lot of shopping for everyday items and food.
• I went to a friend’s birthday party and felt slightly sad because I probably won’t see them again.
• I also felt like a third wheel last Wednesday as my older sister dragged her boyfriend, my twin, and I to various places. 

And what my backyard looks like up close. 

• There has been a lot of sleeping in.
• I drank a few cups of coffee with a delicious French vanilla creamer.
• I planned and am still planning my book idea for this year’s nanowrimo.
• I’ve been studying chemistry and math.
• I haven’t been reading many books.
• There’s also the fact that I got yelled at for various things.
• And I’ve been getting scared at night.
• The feeling of nostalgia has decided to stick with me.
• I’ve been watching too much television.
• I wrote a story and plenty of blog posts (that won’t be seen by the public).
• I’ve watched a few movies here and there.
• My twin and I visited the new high school we’re going to soon.
• We’ve been putting away various stuff of ours.
• As well as dreaming plenty of weird dreams that may or may not become books of mine one day. 

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the sun is shining, the birds are chirping, and school is nearly out

Blue stock from here
Font is BD Toulouse and is found here

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It's scary just thinking about the future

* Notebook paper texture found here

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Full of books, February.

Currently, these are the books that I am going to read for the month of February.

• And Both Were Young by Madeleine L'Engle.
• The Girl in the Wall by Daphne Benedis-Grab
• Tempestuous by by Kim Askew, Amy Helmes
• Louder Than Words by Laurie Plissner 

This is pretty satisfactory, because with school and its love affair with homework, as well as midterms, and a slight tiredness that decides to visit my body most days, I don’t really feel like reading much  now days. However, these books are around two hundred pages, so maybe more books will find its way to my too-read-this-month pile…

 But, first, Tempestuous. 

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A nice Christmas break

Opening a bit too many Christmas presents
Silly little lies
Hanging out with my family

Testing out my new camera

Watching movies while eating cookie butter and drinking some peppermint tea

Playing with stuffed animals with my siblings (don't ask)

The chocolate factory
Shopping
Archery (resulting in a bullseye and slightly sore arms)

This song

Too much television 

Cooking too much food as well as eating  it  

Missing glasses (now found)

Watching too much season five Doctor Who episodes
Reading late into the night
As well as this song

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On 12/12/12 at 12:12 AM, I was...

A) Supposed to finish up homework
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B) Sleeping
Instead, I did this:

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Four weeks of inspiration (part 1)

Week one:
Be yourself because you want people to like you for you. You don't want people liking you because you're supposedly "that" when you're really not.

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Week two:

Believe in the practical things in life, the imaginary unrealistic explanations, or believe in a combination of both. 

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MIA no more.

I didn't have access to a computer for three-fourish days, and you know what? It felt (mostly) nice not to be on the computer because it meant that I was out somewhere living my life. However, it’s kind of bad because I’m far behind on my Camp Nanowrimo novel (that I most likely won’t finish, though I might work on it during November). But it’s good in a way because I have new stories to tell. Another bad thing, I have a lot to catch up on; a good thing would be is that I’m mostly ready for school. Bad, good, bad, good, I shall not bore you with all the bad and good things about not having a computer for three-fourish days.

Now it is time for you to listen to the stuff that I did in the last few days that doesn’t involve many pictures during the experience (that is if, I took any pictures).  

8/23/12

-         Going to the amusement park with my siblings. And that’s it, all it involved was an hour or so of silence on the car ride there. And going on rides, waiting in line, getting wet at the added in (small) water park, having fun, eating a churro, nachos, fries, and other classic and not so classic amusement park foods. It was fun, minus the fact that I got kind of sick after the whole thing was over.

8/24/12

-         Getting glasses.

Reminds me of one of those grannies that sits in a rocking chair, knitting. 

Or else it meant asking my friends to read the board for me again, (it gets annoying after a while).

-         Getting a haircut. No picture because I’m not feeling camera ready today but if you’re curious as to what it looks like… my hair got cut up to my chin which now frames my face. It’s short enough that I don’t have to brush it much or deal with it when I wake up, which is nice because it saves me time, meaning I can do something else (such as read) instead of mess around with my hair.

-         Watching two movies. The first movie I saw was this [To The Arctic 3D]; it was kind of boring, kind of interesting, and kind of sad. If you’re interested in the Arctic, then I would recommend watching To The Arctic 3D. The second movie I saw was this [Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted]; it was funny and well made. Most of the time it made me question the mechanics of the movie (how do they set up a circus without human help?) Even though, I didn’t watch the second movie, I understood most of what was going on, because it didn’t rely too much, on what has happened in the other two movies. It was also sweet and magical. The circus looks amazing filled with neon lights and stuff, it makes me want to go there now even though it’s fake. I also want to go visit the Circus of Dreams from the book The Night Circus. It’s black and white with a dash of red, filled with truly magical stuff that doesn’t involve illusion of any kind.

8/25/12

-         I went to my dad’s work picnic with my family which simply involved eating picnic food and watching my dad talk to his friends (makes me feel slightly lonely in this world).

-         Going to an Italian festival with my two sisters. That involved looking around at the booths and seeing inside the church filled with beautiful stained glass windows. It also involved a little prayer for the upcoming events in life.

-         Going to a South American festival, which like the other festival simply involved going around, looking at booths. It also involved in getting a lot of green and three non-green items, a scarf, headband, bracelet, a big flower… here’s a picture. 

-         Seeing two more movies. One of them was Born to be Wild; an amazing movie about people taking care of baby elephants and orangutans who are orphans that eventually gets release back into the wild. I would recommend it to anyone who likes documentaries about animals. Another movie I saw was the Katy Perry: Part of Me movie. It was surprisingly good, I learned about her childhood, her early career, to right now. And it was all filled with hardships and happiness as well as somewhere in between. I would recommend it to anyone that’s interested in documentaries that isn’t going to make you sleep.

Today

-         Look around at more booths at another festival, involving food and a lot of jewelry.

-         Get yelled at for reasons I shall not mention.

-         Get ready for school tomorrow.

-         A lot of looking and making creative stuff such as this blog post (though I don’t know if you would call this creative).

Now, it’s time for a goodbye. I’ll have another blog post that isn’t filled with what I did in the last few days. However, it might be filled with what has happened at school that day… It’s also going to have the inspirational Monday pictures. Also, if you follow my writing blog, I’m bringing back the, a school story a day thing. More information shall be found here.

Now, I have to finish planning for school and get to sleep. Have a wonderful day/night.

Love,

P.S, good luck to anyone starting school!

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Classes and such

Hello everyone, and welcome to Sweets Galore; if you’re following me thank you, if you’re just browsing then continue on, but if you want, you can stay.

School starts in one week from now and I’m absolutely terrified. I’m also really excited for school to start as well; it’s just that I’m not excited right now. I finally have my class schedule, which I will post in a minute. As well as new clothes and school supplies. I know that should be enough to get me through the ten-ish months of school. However, I feel like I should have something more, such as more locker decorations and/or a paying job [specifically at the library]. The locker decorations are easy to get but the job hunt is hard or will be hard if I started on it. I also want to drive to school instead of walk or take the bus but I’m scared of crashing or getting into an accident, especially if my loved ones are with me.

You know, the more I think about it, the more it’s true. Fear seems to be the only thing holding me back from achieving some of my goals such as getting a job and learn how to drive. And that’s bad because it means I’ll never achieve those goals if I continue to let fear get in the way.

It’s also a brave thing for me to walk to school, if I didn’t do that I’ll probably be stuck on the computer forever. And that is both good and bad; good because I’ll never have to leave the house and I’ll probably learn faster, bad because I don’t leave the house and I’ll probably procrastinate more often. So it’s a good thing I have school, homework, dances, any other school activities, libraries, and etc to take me away from the computer or else I would have became a  mindless robot by now.

Speaking of school, I promised to show you my classes, did I? Well here it is.

A day classes	B day classes
World Civilizations Honors	Graphic Communications
Biology Honors	College Prep class
Computer Technology	College Math
English Honors	French 4

I find it odd that my school is still keeping the A day classes and the B day classes when they’re going to do the regular eight day schedule (or so I have heard.) Wouldn’t it be easier for everyone to say first period, second period, third period, etc? Instead of saying, "Go to your fourth period class." 
"Which fourth period class?" Oh well, in my opinion it’s easier to write down 1A, 1B, etc, on a piece of paper and not the whole 1st or first period.

I need inspiration for the whole school year as well. So starting every Monday all the way to whenever the school year ends (or I might just continue it, who knows?) I’ll post an inspiring picture or two or five or so and I’ll try to look up to it and listen to it for the entire week or year. It will certainly help when I’m feeling down because of life.

And there will probably be a subject for the inspiring pictures, or not, depending on my mood. So it will begin today and today’s subject will be… fear because of my fear for completing some of my goals.

And here’s the first picture:

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Have an amazing day/night.

Love,

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Camp Nanowrimo update #1

13439/50000

Status: On track.
Chapter: Five
Character's POV that I'm writing about right now: Echo, Lana, Ethan aka Etho.
Bits and pieces from the story: (They're slightly edited)

While, sweet little Ethan just held me tighter, quietly listening through it all. ~ Echo.

I tilt my head a little bit more, confused. "Gallery? Why would I be going to the gallery?" ~ Lana

Darn, I’m screwed, I think to myself, while I stand up taller awaiting orders. ~ Ethan

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Words they seem to just flow through my fingers these days. Only they come at a slow pace because the internet keeps on distracting me like this picture.

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Eventually I freak out because a bit too much time (an hour or two?) passes by, and I've only written a hundred or so words. But as they say during Nanowrimo time, just keep on writing, just keep writing, just keep writing (in tune to the just keep swimming song on Finding Nemo.)

So if you're freaking out about having no words written for Camp Nanowrimo...

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Also...

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So it's a good thing that my notebook for my Camp Nanowrimo novel is sitting next to me. Despite my kind of messy handwriting, it has proven itself useful so far. 

Also words are nice, don't you think? You can say anything you want to say, make whatever you want that disregards the rules of reality, and well do anything you want, and it's yours because you're the one that is writing it. 

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And if you continue writing it, ignoring the negative parts about it, and finish your first draft. Then you're well on your way towards the middle, which is the editing/rewriting part of it. And then eventually you get through the middle and you are done with it. However, that's not the end because there are certainly more editing to come if you are thinking about publishing it. 

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And as for me, well I should stop being uncertain about my novel and just write it. I should just let my novel lead me to wherever it should go. After all, the fun novels are best written when you don't have a clue about where it goes. 

However, for the moment I would like to finish season two of Doctor Who with my new penguin friend, David. Who is named after the actor that plays the tenth doctor, David Tennant. 

I would also like to sleep but I doubt I'll get that soon. So I'll settle for a picture form for the moment. 

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Have an amazing day/night. 

Love, 

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The 24th of July

*Knows this is a two days late, couldn’t put it up the other day because she was tired*

If you live in a four-corner state with a salty little lake aka Utah, then you already know why the 24th of July is an important day for us Utahans. If you don't live in Utah or in the United States or even on Earth, then for you the 24th of July is just another regular summer/winter day. While for Utah, it was Pioneer Day where we celebrate the first Mormon Pioneers that came into Utah after getting kicked out of a couple of other states. It’s kind of like July 4, only it’s a smaller, one state version. And since it is a holiday there was a parade, fireworks, and other festivities in between.

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Upcoming movies that I want to see

Movie: The Dark Knight Rises
Movie Date: July 20, 2012
Book: Yes?
Have I read the book: No, and I'm not planning too.
How badly do I want to see the movie: Not that badly.

Other:

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Movie: The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Movie Date: September 21(?), 2012
Book: Yes
Have I read the book: Yes, and it was a great read.
How badly do I want to see the movie: Pretty badly.
Other:  It's amazing that the author is also the movie director. And the book is great, I recommend reading it. 

   

Movie: Rise of the Guardians 

Movie Date: November 20, 2012

Book: No

Have I read the book: N/A

How badly do I want to see the movie: I can wait to see it later on. 

Other: I always imagined Robert Frost as an old guy that wrote poems. 

Movie: Les Misérables

Movie Date: December 14(?), 2012

Book: Yes

Have I read the book: Not yet, but I will before I go see the movie. 

How badly do I want to see the movie: Half pretty badly/half I can wait.  

Other: I believe that is held during the French Revolution, just putting that out there. 

Movie: Oz The Great And Powerful

Movie Date: March 8, 2013

Book: No?

Have I read the book: If there was a book, I would most likely read it. 

How badly do I want to see the movie: I want to see it, but I can wait.   

Other: What is the plot about exactly? I know it has to deal with power. 

Movie: Catching Fire

Movie Date: November 22, 2013

Book: Yes

Have I read the book: Yes, but I'm going to read it again before the movie comes out. 

How badly do I want to see the movie: Really, really badly.   

Other: The people that are in charge of casting people should finish casting the rest of the cast and tell us who  Finnick is. The suspense is killing me (and a lot of other people) from not knowing. Plus, they should start filming by now. 

No trailer, but here's a fan made movie poster. 

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