Let's face it: I love adventure and I won't be happy if my life is calm and boring. I don't want my life to be the typical, generic story: grow up, go to college, work, start a family, retire, and then DIE. If my life were like that, I'd kill myself before I'd even start a family. Today, I researched jobs that would allow me to travel. The jobs I liked best were:
1. Au Pair (nanny) for kids around the world.
2. Working on cruise ships. (Now that...I like).
3. A travel writer (hmm...it's hard to make money doing that).
4. A teacher for an international school.
5. Peace Corps (I like that too).
6. Work for a Non-Governmental Organization (very competitive).
7. A travel nurse.
I really like the idea of being an Au Pair when I graduate. I'll be young with a college degree ad hopefully know a foreign language like French. During college, I could work summers on a cruise ship (unless I have DVR).
But...I found another marvelous option: being a volunteer crew member aboard a sailboat. I have my license so I might as well use it for something! Besides, how cool would it be to say that I sailed to Australia or some ridiculous place like that? If I work out medications, it's definetly do-able.
Sigh...I'm already dreaming about doing that.
I also want to see if I can get a job as a janitor or something in Antartica. I hear it's REALLY hard to get jobs there, but hey-McCurdo Station needs to get clean somehow. It's not like the important scientists are going to be the housekeepers. I'm going to keep exploring options though.
Still...Wouldn't those jobs be awesome?
Monday, March 12, 2012
Tuesday, March 6, 2012
Decisions, Decisions...
I'm sick with (possibly) the flu and I'm pretty much comatose. All day I've been watching TV and blowing gunk out of my nose. It SUCKS. I'm also trying to study for Academic Bowl as well.
Last night, I had the WEIRDEST dreams too. I knew I was dreaming and since I am obsessed with lucid dreaming, I was trying to alter it like in Inception, but I could only alter it in a few ways. I suppose that's one good thing about being sick, I get cool dreams!
But that's not really what this post is about. I've had a lot of time to think (since I can't really do anything else) and I've realized that I have no idea what I want to be when I "grow up." I love to write, but how many writers actually make it? Not a lot. I have a scholarship to a college of science and I've put down my major as Biochemistry since I've always wanted to be a doctor growing up. Now that I think about it though, I think I would like to be an environmental scientist and save the sea turtles or be a naturalist. I've also considered nursing and teaching.
I think that I'm going to be one of those people that spontaneously join the circus after college or something. I have all of these plans, like joining the peace corps, hiking the Appalacian Trail, going to the Univerity of Edinburgh for a summer and getting a certificate in Parapsychology, and going on a road trip across America to visit haunted houses and amusement parks.
I've always loved to learn and as a result, I have so many passions and I have no idea if that's a good thing. Does it make me unstable? Restless? Even dangerous? I don't know. Right now though, it just makes decisons even harder.
Decisions, decisions...
Last night, I had the WEIRDEST dreams too. I knew I was dreaming and since I am obsessed with lucid dreaming, I was trying to alter it like in Inception, but I could only alter it in a few ways. I suppose that's one good thing about being sick, I get cool dreams!
But that's not really what this post is about. I've had a lot of time to think (since I can't really do anything else) and I've realized that I have no idea what I want to be when I "grow up." I love to write, but how many writers actually make it? Not a lot. I have a scholarship to a college of science and I've put down my major as Biochemistry since I've always wanted to be a doctor growing up. Now that I think about it though, I think I would like to be an environmental scientist and save the sea turtles or be a naturalist. I've also considered nursing and teaching.
I think that I'm going to be one of those people that spontaneously join the circus after college or something. I have all of these plans, like joining the peace corps, hiking the Appalacian Trail, going to the Univerity of Edinburgh for a summer and getting a certificate in Parapsychology, and going on a road trip across America to visit haunted houses and amusement parks.
I've always loved to learn and as a result, I have so many passions and I have no idea if that's a good thing. Does it make me unstable? Restless? Even dangerous? I don't know. Right now though, it just makes decisons even harder.
Decisions, decisions...
Monday, January 2, 2012
Book Reviews
It's January second and I am sorry to tell everyone that I did not reach my goal of reading the 13 books on my list. No awesome day for me. -Sigh- I am patting myself on the back for not trying to self-decept myself into thinking my complete failure was not completely my fault. I read eight out of the thirteen I planned to read. However, I did not stick to the list, I changed some of the books. The books I read are listed right here: Night by Elie Wiesel, Dawn by Elie Wiesel, Significantly Other by R.C. Lewis,Full Tilt by Neal Shusterman, Unwind by Neal Shusterman, Anna Dressed in Blood by Kendare Blake, Jonathan Livingston Seagull by Richard Bach, and Want to Go Private? by Sarah Darer Littman.
I will commence with the book reviews.
Night:
Night by Elie Wiesel was a very succinct, but very vivid and powerful memoir of his time in a Nazi concentration camp during the Holocaust. At the beginning of the book, Elie was a deeply observant and still very innocent Jew. However, as the book progressed you could see how his soul transformed into the darkness of night. I applaud him for somehow retaining his humanity through that despicable era in human history. As I reached the end though, I knew that Elie would never have that childhood innocence back.
Dawn:
The story is about a yound holocaust survivor named Elisha, who is a terrorist in Palestine and has been ordered to kill a man at dawn. This book tells the story of the hours before and slightly after his act of assassination. Elisha struggles with ghosts from his past, guilt, and God before the assassination. The writing in this book is, I think, superior to Night and it is well worth reading. Like Night though, the character also transformed into a darker version of himself. My favorite line is the last few sentences, "The night lifted, leaving behind it a grayish light the color of stagnant water. Soon there was only a tattered fragment of darkness, hanging in midair, the other side of the window. Fear caught my throat. The tattered fragment of darkness had a face. Looking at it, I understood the reason for my fear. The face was my own."
Significantly Other:
This book is by far one of the most orgiginal books in YA science fiction I've read for quite some time. Ziv is living in the not so distant future and is part alien so she has the mind-reading abilities and superior intelligence of the Grexul, the aliens. However, Ziv was a subject of a cruel experiement at the hands of Dr. Epstein so she has a slight case of PTSD. The story follows Ziv as she prepares for battle with aliens and tackles school (and boys) at the same time. Author R.C. Lewis makes Ziv a very believable, likeable, and relatable character. Simply put, she's a master in this genre and deserves to be published.
Full Tilt:
Neal Shusterman weaves a tale about a phantom carnival and the only boy who can defeat it--a boy who has been scarred by a traumatic event in his past and is chasing his little brother into the carnival. The boy has to finish seven rides before dawn--piece of cake, right? We'll just see how easy it'll be. Neal is easily one of my favorite authors with a wonderful writing style, original stories, and complex characters.
Unwind:
Unwind is one of my favorite books of all time. It's about how in the future, parents may choose to have their kids between 12 and 18 Unwound, where their organs and body parts are harvested for donor banks so technically, they never die. The story follows three Unwinds on the run, Connor, Resa, and Lev. This is a slightly disturbing, but facinating book that I would reccommend to anyone. I even wrote a fanfiction of it.
Anna Dressed in Blood:
I adore ghosts so I knew I was going to love this book. The story follows Cas, a ghost hunter and his kitchen witch mother as they try to take down an especially violent ghost, Anna Dressed in Blood. Anna has taken the lives of everyone who has stepped into her house and she mmight have killed Cas as well, but for some reason, she spares his life. This was a breath of fresh air in the YA genre with it's awesome sense of humor and facinating storyline. Read it in two days!
Jonathan Livingston Seagull:
Jonathan Livingston Seagull by Richard Bach is about a seagull who pursued perfection in flight and being limitless. Jonathan loved to learn and the Flock told him wings were just to help them get food so they exiled him. That is not where his story ends though, he goes on to become a limitless bird in a later life and eventually comes back to teach the Flock who once exiled him to fly. A very deep book with some complex thought that teaches just what life is for. I had a strong bond with Jonathan Seagull in this book and I think anyone who feels the same way would.
Want to Go Private?:
This was a very disturbing book that I would not recommend to anyone below seventeen. Abby is a very insecure, but likeable girl who is just starting high school. She meets someone in a chat room named Blueskyboi and forms a relationship with him. However, things start to get a little odd and then the day comes when she's just gone and her family is left behind, wanting to get her back. Yes, we've been preached at about creepy men that stalk young girls on the internet in school, but this really opened my eyes. This is VERY realistic guys and the author does such a good job that you might just stay away fom your Facebook account for a few days...
Those are the books I read, and I'll post something about my novel in the writing tab. Right now, I'm reading Pride and Predjudice and Zombies so I'm actually liking this classic...
Goodbye!
I will commence with the book reviews.
Night:
Night by Elie Wiesel was a very succinct, but very vivid and powerful memoir of his time in a Nazi concentration camp during the Holocaust. At the beginning of the book, Elie was a deeply observant and still very innocent Jew. However, as the book progressed you could see how his soul transformed into the darkness of night. I applaud him for somehow retaining his humanity through that despicable era in human history. As I reached the end though, I knew that Elie would never have that childhood innocence back.
Dawn:
The story is about a yound holocaust survivor named Elisha, who is a terrorist in Palestine and has been ordered to kill a man at dawn. This book tells the story of the hours before and slightly after his act of assassination. Elisha struggles with ghosts from his past, guilt, and God before the assassination. The writing in this book is, I think, superior to Night and it is well worth reading. Like Night though, the character also transformed into a darker version of himself. My favorite line is the last few sentences, "The night lifted, leaving behind it a grayish light the color of stagnant water. Soon there was only a tattered fragment of darkness, hanging in midair, the other side of the window. Fear caught my throat. The tattered fragment of darkness had a face. Looking at it, I understood the reason for my fear. The face was my own."
Significantly Other:
This book is by far one of the most orgiginal books in YA science fiction I've read for quite some time. Ziv is living in the not so distant future and is part alien so she has the mind-reading abilities and superior intelligence of the Grexul, the aliens. However, Ziv was a subject of a cruel experiement at the hands of Dr. Epstein so she has a slight case of PTSD. The story follows Ziv as she prepares for battle with aliens and tackles school (and boys) at the same time. Author R.C. Lewis makes Ziv a very believable, likeable, and relatable character. Simply put, she's a master in this genre and deserves to be published.
Full Tilt:
Neal Shusterman weaves a tale about a phantom carnival and the only boy who can defeat it--a boy who has been scarred by a traumatic event in his past and is chasing his little brother into the carnival. The boy has to finish seven rides before dawn--piece of cake, right? We'll just see how easy it'll be. Neal is easily one of my favorite authors with a wonderful writing style, original stories, and complex characters.
Unwind:
Unwind is one of my favorite books of all time. It's about how in the future, parents may choose to have their kids between 12 and 18 Unwound, where their organs and body parts are harvested for donor banks so technically, they never die. The story follows three Unwinds on the run, Connor, Resa, and Lev. This is a slightly disturbing, but facinating book that I would reccommend to anyone. I even wrote a fanfiction of it.
Anna Dressed in Blood:
I adore ghosts so I knew I was going to love this book. The story follows Cas, a ghost hunter and his kitchen witch mother as they try to take down an especially violent ghost, Anna Dressed in Blood. Anna has taken the lives of everyone who has stepped into her house and she mmight have killed Cas as well, but for some reason, she spares his life. This was a breath of fresh air in the YA genre with it's awesome sense of humor and facinating storyline. Read it in two days!
Jonathan Livingston Seagull:
Jonathan Livingston Seagull by Richard Bach is about a seagull who pursued perfection in flight and being limitless. Jonathan loved to learn and the Flock told him wings were just to help them get food so they exiled him. That is not where his story ends though, he goes on to become a limitless bird in a later life and eventually comes back to teach the Flock who once exiled him to fly. A very deep book with some complex thought that teaches just what life is for. I had a strong bond with Jonathan Seagull in this book and I think anyone who feels the same way would.
Want to Go Private?:
This was a very disturbing book that I would not recommend to anyone below seventeen. Abby is a very insecure, but likeable girl who is just starting high school. She meets someone in a chat room named Blueskyboi and forms a relationship with him. However, things start to get a little odd and then the day comes when she's just gone and her family is left behind, wanting to get her back. Yes, we've been preached at about creepy men that stalk young girls on the internet in school, but this really opened my eyes. This is VERY realistic guys and the author does such a good job that you might just stay away fom your Facebook account for a few days...
Those are the books I read, and I'll post something about my novel in the writing tab. Right now, I'm reading Pride and Predjudice and Zombies so I'm actually liking this classic...
Goodbye!
Sunday, December 4, 2011
Jr. NAD
Jaelyn and I headed for sunny Riverside, California over Thanksgiving break for Jr. NAD (National Assotiation of the Deaf). Only, it wasn't sunny. My little, black raincloud followed me to California and rained on our parade. Rats, I wanted it to be nice and warm, but nope! It didn't happen.
When I arrived, I immediatly started looking for people from YLC (Youth Leadership Camp), almost all of them wear green sweatshirts with the logo so they're easy to spot. Why was I looking for them? The letter said that they were supposed to mingle with other kids since they tend to stay in a tightly packed group. I have seen this happen with them at the Academic Bowl, but here, they took the letter's warning and mingled even though I know they wanted to be with their own kind.
Why am I concerned about YLC? There's a theory that YLC is actually a place where deaf kids get brainwashed. They go to that camp and come back hating hearing people. How this happens? I do not know, YLC campers never disclose their secrets. I make it a goal to get one of the campers to confess. Who do I pick on? I choose a guy named Raven Taylor, who is brighter than the average deaf person, and I already am familiar with him from Academic Bowl.
Later, I lose my iPod and by some mysterious coincidence, Raven is the guy who finds it. I collect it from him and decide to interrogate him later. During the conference, I attend workshops, like "Parliamentary Procedures" with Bummy Bernstein, a creepy man who's probably as old as a dinosaur. So while I'm getting yelled at by Bummy about how to second, I'm creating a plan.
On the last day of the conference, we have a sort of giant SBG meeting. Proposals were created by the Roundtable Project and I was in the Empty Bowl Project, so while I was painting bowls, they were creating proposals. One of these proposals is related to YLC and how there should be a scholarship fund for it. I don't want any more victims so I stand up and go onstage to oppose to it.
"President, I oppose that proposal because NAD does not have enough money for that and if a scholarship fund is created, the money would be better used for college," I say, walking off stage feeling stupid. Nathaniel Amann and Raven Taylor stand up to trash me and my head is boiling now. Okay, I think, NOW I'm going to talk to Raven Taylor. I stand up with everyone else to support the proposal so everyone thinks I'm just another sheep. A stupid one too. Baa.
I make my way to Raven and say, "You found my iPod, maybe next you can find my mind since I seem to have lost it."
Knowing what I'm referring to, he laughs. "Well, I hope you find it, and why did you decide to oppose it?"
"There's this theory that YLC actually brainwashes kids. You went there, does YLC actually brainwash kids?" I ask him.
"Well, YLC was fun, but I can see how some activities might be considered brainwashing," he confesses. My mouth almost drops. I got a confession! Instead, I just nod, thinking about what he just said, and I walk away from Raven Taylor, only speaking to him once more before I leave Jr. NAD.
I would have told you more about Jr. NAD, but then this blog would be REALLY long. I don't want to bore you to death. So instead, I'll give you a metaphor that accurately portrays my experiences at Jr. NAD. I'm walking down this forest path at dusk and evil creatures stare at me from the shadows. They dare me to walk into the darkness, to become a "leader." If I succeed in their eyes, I become another creature of the dark, one of them. If I walk in there, and I don't succeed in their eyes, I am beaten, cursed at, and pushed back out. Then, I am dared to walk back in again. I walk in and I don't succeed. I never do. It becomes a sort of cycle, walking in, being beaten, cursed at, and pushed back out to start over again. It doesn't stop until I finally come back home. Even here those creatures stare at me, but at least here I know I can just keep walking. I don't have to take their dares.
When I arrived, I immediatly started looking for people from YLC (Youth Leadership Camp), almost all of them wear green sweatshirts with the logo so they're easy to spot. Why was I looking for them? The letter said that they were supposed to mingle with other kids since they tend to stay in a tightly packed group. I have seen this happen with them at the Academic Bowl, but here, they took the letter's warning and mingled even though I know they wanted to be with their own kind.
Why am I concerned about YLC? There's a theory that YLC is actually a place where deaf kids get brainwashed. They go to that camp and come back hating hearing people. How this happens? I do not know, YLC campers never disclose their secrets. I make it a goal to get one of the campers to confess. Who do I pick on? I choose a guy named Raven Taylor, who is brighter than the average deaf person, and I already am familiar with him from Academic Bowl.
Later, I lose my iPod and by some mysterious coincidence, Raven is the guy who finds it. I collect it from him and decide to interrogate him later. During the conference, I attend workshops, like "Parliamentary Procedures" with Bummy Bernstein, a creepy man who's probably as old as a dinosaur. So while I'm getting yelled at by Bummy about how to second, I'm creating a plan.
On the last day of the conference, we have a sort of giant SBG meeting. Proposals were created by the Roundtable Project and I was in the Empty Bowl Project, so while I was painting bowls, they were creating proposals. One of these proposals is related to YLC and how there should be a scholarship fund for it. I don't want any more victims so I stand up and go onstage to oppose to it.
"President, I oppose that proposal because NAD does not have enough money for that and if a scholarship fund is created, the money would be better used for college," I say, walking off stage feeling stupid. Nathaniel Amann and Raven Taylor stand up to trash me and my head is boiling now. Okay, I think, NOW I'm going to talk to Raven Taylor. I stand up with everyone else to support the proposal so everyone thinks I'm just another sheep. A stupid one too. Baa.
I make my way to Raven and say, "You found my iPod, maybe next you can find my mind since I seem to have lost it."
Knowing what I'm referring to, he laughs. "Well, I hope you find it, and why did you decide to oppose it?"
"There's this theory that YLC actually brainwashes kids. You went there, does YLC actually brainwash kids?" I ask him.
"Well, YLC was fun, but I can see how some activities might be considered brainwashing," he confesses. My mouth almost drops. I got a confession! Instead, I just nod, thinking about what he just said, and I walk away from Raven Taylor, only speaking to him once more before I leave Jr. NAD.
I would have told you more about Jr. NAD, but then this blog would be REALLY long. I don't want to bore you to death. So instead, I'll give you a metaphor that accurately portrays my experiences at Jr. NAD. I'm walking down this forest path at dusk and evil creatures stare at me from the shadows. They dare me to walk into the darkness, to become a "leader." If I succeed in their eyes, I become another creature of the dark, one of them. If I walk in there, and I don't succeed in their eyes, I am beaten, cursed at, and pushed back out. Then, I am dared to walk back in again. I walk in and I don't succeed. I never do. It becomes a sort of cycle, walking in, being beaten, cursed at, and pushed back out to start over again. It doesn't stop until I finally come back home. Even here those creatures stare at me, but at least here I know I can just keep walking. I don't have to take their dares.
Thursday, November 10, 2011
GPSD in Wisconsin
GPSD in Wisconsin was definetly something. I would like to say that it was fun, but the only fun thing I can think of is hanging out with one of my best friends, Jaelyn. The rest just ranged from awful to eh. Yes, that's how pessimistic I am. Do NOT give me a lecture on how to be optimistic though. I just got one from my doctor and countless lectures from my mother. I know how to be optimistic, I won the dang optimist club competition!
However, I didn't win the optimist speech competition thing at GPSD. I think I should have gotten second or third since my speech was very well written. However, I decided to present my speech in spoken english instead of ASL and I got beaten down for that. I was the only person presenting in spoken english and that's not good in a room full of deaf people, a panel of deaf judges, and an interpreter who can't fingerspell. However, I thought the people chosen were good choices except for one. I thought Linzie, a girl who had a very well written speech, should have won. Oh well though. I can't decide for the judges.
We got sixth place for academic bowl. However, in our defense, the format was odd. The teams would take turns answering questions. There were no buzzers. One team would go first and answer that question first. If they got it right, they were given a point and a bonus question. The other team couldn't answer unless the first team got it wrong. It was stupid as poop. The questions weren't balanced out right according to difficulty. Sometimes the other team got much easier questions than ours. It was plain dumb.
I teased Jaelyn about Brandan, this weird guy who asked for her phone number. Thankfully, we had to leave for the airport before he had time to walk upstairs to get his phone. I felt sorry for the poor dork, he was relatively harmless. Let's see, what else did me and Jaelyn do? We sang songs from Spongebob, talked to our friend John (his name is actually Andy. I would tell you why we call him John, but it's a pointless story), and we talked a lot about stalkers for some reason.
I am so odd around Jaelyn, but hey, we have fun. Thankfully though, I keep my common sense. I love that girl though. She's so much fun to be around in small doses. I had my Jaelyn fix for the week. I'll get to travel with her next week to the Jr. NAD conference in Riverside.
The weather in Wisconsin was awful. It was gray, cold, and drippy. It even snowed on our last day there. Ugg. Not cool. I LOVE rain if it's at a mild temperature. If the water is on the verge of freezing, then it's just not fun.
The plane ride home was late at night, but I had a cup of strong coffee to keep myself awake to help Jaelyn with her homework. She wanted me to read a few pages of Night by Elie Wiesel to help her with questions, but I ended up reading almost the entire book. She didn't mind me keeping the book from her, she decided to just not do the homework since the directions weren't very clear.
It was an amazing book though. I'll provide further commentary when I do the book reviews after I have completed my 13 books for the Read-a-Thon thing.
That was my trip to GPSD! Not much of an adventure, but it was still fun and not so fun. Goodbye!
However, I didn't win the optimist speech competition thing at GPSD. I think I should have gotten second or third since my speech was very well written. However, I decided to present my speech in spoken english instead of ASL and I got beaten down for that. I was the only person presenting in spoken english and that's not good in a room full of deaf people, a panel of deaf judges, and an interpreter who can't fingerspell. However, I thought the people chosen were good choices except for one. I thought Linzie, a girl who had a very well written speech, should have won. Oh well though. I can't decide for the judges.
We got sixth place for academic bowl. However, in our defense, the format was odd. The teams would take turns answering questions. There were no buzzers. One team would go first and answer that question first. If they got it right, they were given a point and a bonus question. The other team couldn't answer unless the first team got it wrong. It was stupid as poop. The questions weren't balanced out right according to difficulty. Sometimes the other team got much easier questions than ours. It was plain dumb.
I teased Jaelyn about Brandan, this weird guy who asked for her phone number. Thankfully, we had to leave for the airport before he had time to walk upstairs to get his phone. I felt sorry for the poor dork, he was relatively harmless. Let's see, what else did me and Jaelyn do? We sang songs from Spongebob, talked to our friend John (his name is actually Andy. I would tell you why we call him John, but it's a pointless story), and we talked a lot about stalkers for some reason.
I am so odd around Jaelyn, but hey, we have fun. Thankfully though, I keep my common sense. I love that girl though. She's so much fun to be around in small doses. I had my Jaelyn fix for the week. I'll get to travel with her next week to the Jr. NAD conference in Riverside.
The weather in Wisconsin was awful. It was gray, cold, and drippy. It even snowed on our last day there. Ugg. Not cool. I LOVE rain if it's at a mild temperature. If the water is on the verge of freezing, then it's just not fun.
The plane ride home was late at night, but I had a cup of strong coffee to keep myself awake to help Jaelyn with her homework. She wanted me to read a few pages of Night by Elie Wiesel to help her with questions, but I ended up reading almost the entire book. She didn't mind me keeping the book from her, she decided to just not do the homework since the directions weren't very clear.
It was an amazing book though. I'll provide further commentary when I do the book reviews after I have completed my 13 books for the Read-a-Thon thing.
That was my trip to GPSD! Not much of an adventure, but it was still fun and not so fun. Goodbye!
Sunday, October 16, 2011
Halloween Fever
Ghosts, goblins, and ghouls, oh my! Halloween is here and those that know me well know that it's my favorite holiday. This year, my costume is going to be the mother of a zombie baby (yes, I know it's odd). Yesterday, I went to the Spirit Halloween store and bought myself the awesomest zombie kid ever. His name is Sammy Shivers (for the record, it was pre-named) and if you press a button, he shakes. He's probably always cold, poor thing! Either that or he has epilepsy baaaad.
So, to keep Sammy warm, I made him a bed in my baby crib. I put a few toys for him in there, but I'm afraid I have no food for him. I was going to get him some finger food (haha, get it?), but I didn't have enough money since I donated to the darn children's hospital. I thought it would be rude if I didn't give them anything. However, the Halloween store is awesome. They had neat animatronic horrors dotting the place. My favorite one was an animatronic Regan from "The Exorcist." Her head does a 360 and she looks really creepy. -Shudder- Imagine having her in my room. Sammy Shivers is bad enough and I have to cover his eyes at night since all he does is stare at me hungrily from across the room...
After the Halloween store, I went to this pumpkin patch with some activities like corn and hay-bale mazes. I didn't buy a pumpkin, but I will later. I'm not sure what I'll carve on it yet. Maybe an alien or a vampire Micky Mouse or something. Yes, I am also going trick-or-treating even though I'm probably too old for it. I don't care though, I'm seventeen so I'm still a minor. I will even have my pumpkin bag with my name on it.
I will also be going to a professional haunted house or two. I'll be going to 13th Street Manor (it's sister house, Primitive Fear, is REALLY scary) with a few of my friends and my brother. I am so not going in front, uh-uh. I'll also be going to a haunted corn maze and possibly the Zoo Boo.
I'm officially obsessed with Halloween and proud to be! It rocks! So readers, what will you do for Halloween?
So, to keep Sammy warm, I made him a bed in my baby crib. I put a few toys for him in there, but I'm afraid I have no food for him. I was going to get him some finger food (haha, get it?), but I didn't have enough money since I donated to the darn children's hospital. I thought it would be rude if I didn't give them anything. However, the Halloween store is awesome. They had neat animatronic horrors dotting the place. My favorite one was an animatronic Regan from "The Exorcist." Her head does a 360 and she looks really creepy. -Shudder- Imagine having her in my room. Sammy Shivers is bad enough and I have to cover his eyes at night since all he does is stare at me hungrily from across the room...
After the Halloween store, I went to this pumpkin patch with some activities like corn and hay-bale mazes. I didn't buy a pumpkin, but I will later. I'm not sure what I'll carve on it yet. Maybe an alien or a vampire Micky Mouse or something. Yes, I am also going trick-or-treating even though I'm probably too old for it. I don't care though, I'm seventeen so I'm still a minor. I will even have my pumpkin bag with my name on it.
I will also be going to a professional haunted house or two. I'll be going to 13th Street Manor (it's sister house, Primitive Fear, is REALLY scary) with a few of my friends and my brother. I am so not going in front, uh-uh. I'll also be going to a haunted corn maze and possibly the Zoo Boo.
I'm officially obsessed with Halloween and proud to be! It rocks! So readers, what will you do for Halloween?
Saturday, October 8, 2011
Paige's TBR Mountain
My Mountain:
1. Chaos Walking books by Patrick Ness
· The Knife of Never Letting Go
· The Ask and the Answer
· Monsters of Men
2. Significantly Other by R.C. Lewis
3. Fireweaver by R.C. Lewis
4. Shiver books by Maggie Stiefvater
· Linger
· Forever
5. Darkest Powers books by Kelly Armstrong
· The Awakening
· The Reckoning
6. Unwind by Neal Shusterman (sp?)
7. Plague by Michael Grant
8. Across the Universe by Beth Revis
9. Sarah’s Key by (I Forgot)
10. My finished novel: The Dead and Dying Embers!
The Deadline: Jan 1st, 2012
The Reward: A Totally Awesome Day
Yep, I am starting my own, personal read-a-thon with fourteen books to read and one of them written by me. I'll use NanoWriMo to motivate me to finish my book. Seventeen chapters finished so far! -Pat, pat-
I just have to finish the two books I'm currently reading: The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern and The Carrier of the Mark by Leigh Fallon. You think I can reach the finish line? I hope I do because I want that Totally Awesome Day (that will, of course, involve chocolate).
I encourage my blog readers (if I have any) to make your own TBR list! Come on! Do the read-a-thon with me! May the best reader win.
Ready, set, read!
1. Chaos Walking books by Patrick Ness
· The Knife of Never Letting Go
· The Ask and the Answer
· Monsters of Men
2. Significantly Other by R.C. Lewis
3. Fireweaver by R.C. Lewis
4. Shiver books by Maggie Stiefvater
· Linger
· Forever
5. Darkest Powers books by Kelly Armstrong
· The Awakening
· The Reckoning
6. Unwind by Neal Shusterman (sp?)
7. Plague by Michael Grant
8. Across the Universe by Beth Revis
9. Sarah’s Key by (I Forgot)
10. My finished novel: The Dead and Dying Embers!
The Deadline: Jan 1st, 2012
The Reward: A Totally Awesome Day
Yep, I am starting my own, personal read-a-thon with fourteen books to read and one of them written by me. I'll use NanoWriMo to motivate me to finish my book. Seventeen chapters finished so far! -Pat, pat-
I just have to finish the two books I'm currently reading: The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern and The Carrier of the Mark by Leigh Fallon. You think I can reach the finish line? I hope I do because I want that Totally Awesome Day (that will, of course, involve chocolate).
I encourage my blog readers (if I have any) to make your own TBR list! Come on! Do the read-a-thon with me! May the best reader win.
Ready, set, read!
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