Tuesday, August 31
Sunday, August 29
New Category- autumn2o1o
weekly agenda
I'm going to the beach tomorrow! FINALLY!!!! My last full free day of summer, and I'm finally getting the one indulgence I've craved all summer! HOORAY. My weekly awards should definitely be based off of that!
Oh..yeah..then there's school. Only two days left. On Tuesday is the orientation for freshman. And Wed. is the first day of school. Fun...
Oh, and I still have to review the Pecan Caramel Truffle. I don't have any pictures, but it was really good. I didn't like it only because I bit into it and the caramel just melted out, and it got really messy. But it could just be that I'm a messy eater, which is true. Have napkins when you eat this one! I was so worried about the messiness I didn't really get to taste it. So I'll let you know how I rate it as soon as I get the chance to try another!!
Awards of the Week (Aug. 22- Aug. 28)
So lets get right to it! Lyrics of the week: from Allie Moss' "Melancholy Astronautic Man"
The picture of the week:
This picture is from the Godiva Chocolatier store. Representing (obviously) the chocolate! Ths is the stand where they had the Ice Cream Parlor truffles! YUM!!! I got 8 harvest spice truffles, and four of the flavors mentioned before. So, at the end of the week..well after 6 days...i have only 3 harvest spice truffles, 2 of Mint Chocolate chip and Oranges&Creme, and 3 Pecan CaramelTruffles!! Needless to say they were delicious(:
And this week, I don't have a word of the week. No word has really represented my week, and no word has stood out to me as a particularly worthy word of the week. Sorry!!
Thursday, August 26
PICNIK PREMIUM!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Tuesday, August 24
GODIVA MONTH!
Mint Chocolate Chip- When I was younger I used to go to Friendly's (an ice cream place) that had Mint Chocolate Chip Ice Cream. I LOVED mint chocolate chip. I've kind of "grown out" of those taste buds now, and I usually go for something a little more chocolatey! But this truffle reminded me why I loved it that flavor. This truffle tastes EXACTLY like the ice cream, only if you eat it really fast, it doesn't give you a brain freeze! The inside is very smooth-- a ganache center--which contributes to the ice cream feel. The shell is chocolate and mint, and there are small bursts of chocolate chips inside the truffle. It brought me back to the days where I'd get ice cream after shots. It might not please people who don't have my taste buds, but I liked the themed flavor. 100% (:
The inside of it! (I cut it in half..) You can see the little chocolate chips! YUM!
There are four in each pint container. They don't really all fit..but they're still deliciouss hehe;) I ate one truffle along with Tea Forte's English Breakfast. It was a simple mix.
Monday, August 23
Back from The Big Apple!
Yankees Stadium (taken on the MOVING bus) =\ GO RED SOX! hehe
M&M man..disco haha
Saturday, August 21
School Countdown
Not happyyD'=
NEW YORK
Well, certain people are restricting some things from the trip, which is really making me less enthusiastic. I really hope that it all works out. Plus--there's another factor that will hopefully up my mood, but I really shouldn't be sharing it with the potential universe. So. I won't. But I will hopefully have tons of pictures when I get back (and the pictures probably won't be online until monday the earliest) and hopefully tons of news to share!
New-York-Good-Bye(: im ooberr excitedd=D
--see pictures of new york beloww!!--
(HERSHEY'S STORE)
Thursday, August 19
Weekly Awads (Aug 15-Aug 21)
Wednesday, August 18
life.is still not that great.
no phone until tonight..no, i didn't get it taken away from me.
hasnt seen eat pray love yet.
not feeling so great.
people still ignore me.
Tuesday, August 17
Life..is..eh..
see.? taylor swift has this obsession with this time of day/night. and i can't really understand it now because my 2am is feeling just like i have practically all day today, and it hasn't been a particularly good feeling, so...
feeling..iffy..=\
Sunday, August 15
Picnik Editing!
This is what just Picnik Editing and Touch-Up did, and it make a huge impact!!
And here is a collage of some of the variations of edits that I can do. The one in the top left it just the edited one. Then in comparison, the other three are there. And they look better when they're biggest. I don't like to mess with photos too much, I like to keep the picture the same, without cropping or using a focal tool, and I like to capture the entire picture. I often edit with color and the edges of the photo. The one at the bottom left is edited more than I usually do, and it's hard to see the background, and I also used Focal Zoom which is another tool I'm often against. I like the ones on the right, however. And if you saw their actual photos, you'd see that I used focals and Vignette but with a very wide focus.
And here is just what I did for fun: changed hair color, and the color of the scarf using the "Tint" effect. I like giving little "makeovers" because they look very natural and calm.
If you want to see more stuff I can do click "Picnik" under Labels to see some other pictures!
Saturday, August 14
OMGPOP
Fanta, the soda co. it i guess sponsoring OMGPOP. And all of these awesome new updates are available! I LOVE it!!!! I highly recommend this gaming site to anyone who has yet to fall in like with it[: I will be updating on this often!!! (Under the "random interest" label!)
And I want to post a QUICK shout out to two people (YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE IF YOU'RE READING IT) who commented and recently read my blog! Thanks! I'm honored to know that my feelings and my interests are being explored by others!! thankss!!!
Friday, August 13
Awards of the Week
I like these lyrics because I just like the meaning of it. A guy would have to be pretty special to make a rebel of a careless man's careful daughter, and I like the way it sounds. And then the final line of the chorus is important, so I added that too[:
And the word of the week:
Thursday, August 12
POLL UPDATE
A lot of stuff! Summerr continues(:
Wednesday, August 11
Yeah...pretty much.
Anyways, feeling pretty lonely. Hope to make summer worth it. It probably won't be a success. It was fun while it lasted, but I just want to get more of my life through with so I can make decisions on my own, and have my own life. I know, one needs school and college to have a future, but the journey to the end isn't always smooth.
Making a lot of simpler decisions on the way there. Changing things about everything. Hoping for a new room--not getting it soon. Life is...ehh..
I'm trying to make it better for myself and only myself.
...
Tuesday, August 10
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Why does this seem so odd? Well, I have yet to read over 600 pages of small-print-Old-English for school, my phone is broken (I left it on the rocks at the cottage and it must've gotten wetD'=) but it's slowly repairing..., not to mention the site I used to go to if I wanted to watch movies is like not working, and, of course, summer is almost over. So many unpleasant things, but I'm still feeling pretty good.
Meeting people laterr...hopefully nothing ruins this good moodd[:
fingers crossed(:
Saturday, August 7
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Well, the end of it anyways. Shark week: a week full of jawesome shark attacks and shark facts[:
This is my first shark week:) I've loved it! I've only seen like three days of it, but I think it's realllyy coolll!!!!!!! I'm going to miss it!!!!!! until next yearrrrr.....
See the mousepad^^^^^^^^^^it looks like a shark is coming out of it?! IT'S TOTALLY AWESOOMEEE...i'd soooooooooooooooo buyy it, but i can't find it in the store thereee
and this awessomee shark week hoodiee[: lovee itt! i'd buy it, but i dnt think my mom will lett mehh
Right now I'm watching 10 deadliest sharks!!! I'm still surprised the great white isn't first! instead, it's a FRESHWATER sharkk..oh no! i'm in troublee...my lake is freshwater, and i really hope there aren't any sharks on it!! but there havent been any sightings: I think I'm safe;)
Sunday, August 1
THE 100TH POST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This week's lyric of the week is from "Secrets" by OneRepublic.
JUXTAPOSITION- definition: (v.) the act of positioning close together (or side by side)
I was reading an interview of Jerry Spinelli talking about his book "Eggs" which is my book review today too! Anyways, i had no idea whatsoever what it meant, so i looked it up, and found the definition.
These awards will be posted weekly probably during the weekdays. The weeks will be Sunday-Saturday. So I will probably be posting awards from Monday-Thursday. I shouldn't post one on Saturday for one week then Sunday for the next week. So, enjoy! DONT FORGET TO NOMINATE SOME SUGGESTIONS[:
Maine: short and sweet visit! We're back already[:
We visited, nothing tooo special. Also, no beachD'= So no pictures of the beach. But our family might be going to Misquamicut in Rhode Island later this summer!! That should be just as exciting!! We shopped not only at Freeport but on the way home westopped at the Kittery Outlets, and both had great sales at some great stores(:
This was taken in the pool there..I'm the one struggling to smile under my sister's weight...thanks Kira..
Kira at L.L. Bean. It was the entrance to the Kid's shopping center, and this is her...posing...
This photo was just edited, before it looked worse. I just thought it was s good example of how useful the "Teeth Whitening" could be because it helped ALL of the smiles in this photo! Even mine...I'm the one all the way to the left with the green lei.
This was cool. I wish I'd had taken this before the colorsplash contest at the Picnik Help Forum because it looks really cool! I was jsut playing around with some effects and this was the amazing outcome[: I like how they're all different colors and stuff... It's cooll:i lovee itt
Kira i guess really liked this outfit, so she spent a good 5-10 minutes scoping out the outfit--it only should've taken like two minutes--and she needed a picture with it. No, she didn't want to buy it, just wanted a picture with it. Incredible.
Anyways, overall, Maine was a fun experience[: Next year, it'll probably happen again, and perhaps the Morrisons will come up and visit the cottage!! Hopefully next year I'll go to the Wells Beach like I did last year!!!!
Picnik has this feature called "Tint" which can not only be used to give photos a tint of color, but you can change a person's hair color, eye color, and give them full makeovers by giving them lipgloss or applying blush! Picnik has just become soo much more helpful, not that it wasn't absolutely my favorite photo editing site anyways!
I learned how to make a "Rainbow Eye" This is my friend's eye, and she has beautiful eyes, so I thought she'd be the perfect "guinea pig." Hahahahaa[: the first one didn't come out as well, but this one looks really cool. i've also learned how to make anyone's eyes different colors, even like a vampire red or a sea green!!! Just go to tint, and you'd have to make a stripe with each color, or you can make a target-type thing with the color going inwards. Just tint each color individually nd it should turn out awesome!
Now, time for a movie review!! **CAUTION. CONTAINS SPOILERS!** I've recently watched the movie "When In Rome." It stars Kristen Bell as Beth, a young single woman whose sister is engaged after knowing a man for two weeks. Beth has to attend her sister's wedding in Rome as a Bride's Maid. She meets the Nick (Josh Duhamel), the best man for the wedding, and he seems like the perfect man. After seeing Nick kiss another woman during the reception, Beth walks over to the Fountain of Love and not only dips her feet into the fountain, but proceeds to taking four coins and a poker chip that were thrown in by men wanting love. Little did Beth know about the curse: if you take a coin from the Fountain of Love, the person who threw the coin in the fountain will fall in love with you. So Beth has five men under a spell and, literally, stalking her insisting they truly love her. Beth only has two options to reverse the curse: either return the coins to the Fountain of Love, or return them to whomever they were thrown in the fountain by. And that's all I'll reveal!
This movie was definitely a chick flick, but it was cute, charming, and something I'd recommend the heartbroken to see to give them faith that love can still be found! Probably an 7.75/10. Only removing points because it was a little cheesy, but the overall theme was a little cheesy tooooo...but it was definitely cuutee[: also, PG13? I think there should be a PG10 because there's hardly any sexual content, hardly any swears that I remember, and the only reason not have it be PG is because the topic of love, and some of the content is a little more inappropriate but not that bad. So I'd rate the movie PG10.
Also, I'm counting down the days until the movie "Eat Pray Love" It looks like something I personally would love. In case you didn't know, I want to travel the world some day. I want to marvel at foreign things, explore new cultures and what not. And Eat Pray Love looks charming, romantic, and very funny. I will definitely be doing a movie review for that!
NEW POLL! It's a short simple poll just to see the ratio of females to males visiting my blog[: So are you a guy? A girl? Or were you born both or neither!? Or perhasp you're a moose, who captured some hiker's computer and are visiting MY SITE with your limited internet access, in which case i'd be honored[: So, answer!! This poll will be active until next Tuesday
Cottage this weekend!! Hopefully going to be having a sleepover with some of my dance friends!!!!!!!! Who knows?!? Definitely have pictures up! And I will be updating on that subject tooo[:
"Eggs" by Jerry Spinelli is my book review for the 100th post. David, (9 years old) whose mother recently passed away, moves with his grandmother and talks to her as little as possible. He meets 14 year old Primrose whose father disappeared when she was young. Both kids' parents who are still alive aren't always there like one would think they should be. So both kids rely on each other to learn from. Their only adult guidance is a man witha growing disorder who people call "Refrigerator John." Their friendship twists in between their two personalities. I personally find their friendship a result from their fragile egg-like similarities, and they could be very good siblings. Two people who aren't the best at making friends or reaching out to people reach out to each other and become friends unlike most.I give it a 9/10 only because the overall concept was a little odd and pretty unrealistic in the grand scheme: what grandmother wouldn't notice her child leaving the house almost every day at night and disappearing until past midnight? It's a little unrealisitc but it's definitely original, creative, quirky and it will definitely have you wanting to keep reading! loved it!
"Oh. my. Gods." by Tera Lynn Childs is the book I'm currently reading. I will have a review once I'm done with it. It's about greek mythology and how a girl named Phoebe moves to a small greek island after her mother gets remarried to a guy she's known for a very short amount of time. Sounds like a disaster right? Well, she has to move halfway across the world for her senior year in high school to a private school in which her new stepfather is the headmaster. But that's not her biggest problem. the school is so exclusive that nearly all of the students are descendants of greek gods or goddesses!! not to mention they all have superpowers! that's all i've read about so far, but when i'm done i shall give a full summary and review.
Got a new polish from OPI! It's called "Shootout at the O.K. Coral" It's a pretty coral from OPI's colorcopia collection! Swatch? I haven't gotten around to any yet. But my camera is stupid and doesn't allow very good pictures, so it's hard to capture the amazing colors in a flattering way. The actual polish is a bit more pink than in the photo. It's sort of like the color of this font! I'll take photos later, so look forward to those!!
And for the random interest topic: T-E-A! I love tea. It's soothing, and warm and lovely to have on a cold snowy winter day or a hot sunny summer day! I used to have it with sugar, but i don't anymore. Anyways, my favorite brand of tea is "Celestial Seasonings" they have many flavors of herbal teas which are my favorite. I love trying them all. I also love looking for teas wherever I go, and trying new flavors! I will, as a random interest topic and not a new label, I'll be reviewing teas as well--not as critically as books or movies, just saying whether or not they're good or if they're interesting or original etc.
My first tea review will be of the Celestial Seasonings "Tropic od Strawberry" On a scale of 1-5 i'd give it a 5! It's delishhh! I LOVE strawberries, and this flavor was just perfect for any strawberry lover! But I also enjoy other brands of tea. Originally, I drank only Red Rose tea with tons of sugar and that was the only way I drank tea. But without sugar is just as good! I recommend tea to anyone who drinks coffee;)
Oh! I also just made a flickr account! I'm jsut hoping to make my photography a bit more public. But I don't think I can committ to it. I don't think I'll be visiting it often, or updating it often. So, visit, but it won't be much from this blog. Anyways, wish me luck!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rainydayskeepmestrong/