Remembering Cody

About two weeks ago, my dog Cody was diagnosed with lymphoma. Just last Friday, he had to be put down because of his condition. He was 11 years old and lived a good life, but it is hard to see my life without him. He has been with me for more than half of my life, and to have such an important member of the family leave is hard to cope with. He was the absolute best dog a family could ever ask for and he made us so happy. I will never forget all of the wonderful memories we had with him. From the very first time I held him, to the last time I hugged him tight before I went back to school, I will never forget such a perfect and beautiful dog.
Rest in peace, Cody. I love you so much. You will always be the best dog I've ever had.

My first ever VLOG!

I'm pretty embarrassed by any video of me talking directly to the camera, but I am a lady of my word. Don't hate on my n00b video skillz. You know they're awesome.

The good, the great, and the wonderful news!

So first off... my shirts came in the mail! I am extremely happy to say that I didn't get any shirts that were too lame, but I definitely have a favorite out of the 3 shirts I bought. All I can say is that for being random, they ended up being pretty cool shirts!

Now for some great news... I have been inspired by my friend Kelcey to do a vlog post! Since I just got these shirts, I might as well show them in a video instead of taking pictures of the shirts and posting them. I also have some fantastic holiday earrings I recently bought that I've been dying to show off.

In case that wasn't enough great news, I also finished my art project today! I am very proud of the way it turned out. I will actually share some pictures of it now since I promised pictures of my shirts and won't be showing those until I make my vlog post. Everyone wins!

I started off wanting to do a very Tim Burton-esque project, and I think it turned out quite well for what I was aiming for! I feel like I appear to be obsessed with Tim Burton now that I've brought him up two blog posts in a row, but I just admire his work. :P

This project was an altered book project and I used all Disney books. I made the Cinderella puppet out of paiper-mache and the pumpkin is actually made from a book. I tried to make this project into a darker outlook on romantic Disney movies by conveying the idea that Cinderella is still waiting for her "prince" and really doesn't do much to go out and find him herself or even develop confidence to stand up for herself. Without a fairy godmother to turn the pumpkin into a carriage, Cinderella would still be waiting and continue being miserable for the rest of her life until her "knight in shining armor" came to save her. Now don't get me wrong; I love Disney movies and Cinderella. I just think that it is important for everyone, especially girls, to understand that they cannot wait around for their prince to come and find them. To delve even deeper into the meaning of my piece, I must simply say this: it is important for everyone to go out find their own happiness. Don't wait around and expect happiness to find you, because chances are, that just won't happen.

As for the wonderful news, I am finally home at last for Thanksgiving break! I've been looking forward to coming home for weeks, so it is definitely an awesome feeling to be home with my beautiful and loving fambly. :)

If you would like to let me know what you think of my altered book project, please do so in the comments! My first vlog post will be up soon, so be on the lookout. Until then, thanks for reading and have a very happy Thanksgiving! :D

Still sick!

Man oh man, do I HATE being sick! Today has been the absolute worst day to be sick, but I somehow managed to get through it. I woke up this morning with a nasty eye infection. Yeeeeah. Disgusting, I know. I got very little sleep last night due to my horrible cough keeping me up and had to wake up waaay early for my Praxis test at 8 am. Fortunately enough, I passed my reading praxis with flying colors! It was quite the relief to see a juicy score on that screen after I finished racking my poor, tired brain for an hour. As for the writing, I feel as though I did well, but I get my results back from that section in a few weeks. We'll see how that turns out.

After the test, I skipped my math class and went straight to health services. It took a while, but I finally got to see a doctor! She was the same doctor I saw last week and she is just wonderful. She gave me all of the medicine I need for my eye and my cough. She hooked me up with some awesome cough syrup that will help me finally get some much needed sleep. :) Thanks, doc!

Oh, I should also mention something cool I found out while reading through entertainment magazines in the waiting room. Tim Burton is coming out with a new animated movie in October 2012 called Frankenweenie. This was something he actually came up with in 1984 and couldn't create a full movie because of budget cuts. Instead, he made it into a short film. But now... it's going to be a movie! I'm such a sucker for Tim Burton films, so I couldn't resist sharing the news.

Sparky from Frankenweenie

In other news, I gave in to shirt.woot's mystery shirt special once again... but this time I bought THREE shirts. The lucky number. For those who are not familiar with shirt.woot, it's a website where there is a new shirt every 24 hours for only $10 with free shipping. Every now and then they have a mystery shirt sale where each shirt is $6.66, but you don't know what's on the shirt. Most "wooters" say it's the safest bet to buy three shirts during these sales, so this time I did! At the last mystery sale I only bought one and received an awesome "Metro-gnome (Metronome)" shirt, art courtesy of Ian Leino.

You can't really see it, but I'm wearing the shirt in this picture!
Oh, and there's my super-cute brudder. :3

When I get the shirts in the mail, I'll be sure to model them for my blog! Woohoo! Until next time... :)

Late Halloween pictures and GUESS WHAT? I'm sick again.

Yeah, it's true... I have the flu. And it's absolutely dreadful. I always get sick at the worst times, but at least this week isn't as important as next week. I have to take my Praxis test next Monday, so I better get well before then! The good news is that I feel heaps better this morning than I did yesterday morning, so hopefully I won't have to skip any more classes. It seriously pains me to skip all of my classes today (because I'm such a good student), but my health is more important.

As for Halloween pictures, I completely forgot to post them!

My roommate and I!

Party time!

My friend Christina and I! We worked so hard on our costumes!

And there you have it! The costume was successful overall, except in crowded areas... which was the majority of my surroundings. It's still in one piece, albeit a little scratched up! Regardless, I was very proud to be the Death Star. :P

Alright, now it's time for me to kick this flu! Good morning and goodnight!

Spooky weekend and the unveiling of my costume!

Well, I'm a little late in giving an update on my weekend, but it was a pretty fun time! On Friday, my friends and I all went to Scarowinds and rode a couple of rides and of course went into a few greatly decorated haunted houses. Then on Saturday, we all took part in my friend Ashley's annual family hayride! We roasted hot dogs, marshmallows, played with glowsticks, and rode a surprisingly scary hayride. It was truly a wonderful vacation from school. Much thanks to Ashley's mom for taking pictures!

As for this week, it's been somewhat busy. I've been getting ready for Halloween, for it is one of my very favorite holidays. :) I finished my costume, which I will now reveal to you all! I am going to be the Death Star for Halloween. I based my costume off of another girl's costume that my friend Christina found online. I've been working on the skirt with Christina who will be my Death Star counterpart. While these skirts are definitely going to be hard to move around in, I think it's going to be a hit.

I'll post more pictures of me wearing the full costume later, but the skirt is the main event of the costume!

As for further decorations, here's what my room looks like for Halloween. It's not much, but I love it!

 

I bought the Jack-O-Lantern lights at an antique store last year and they're my favorite. As for the window clings, I actually got the Halloween Disney princesses at the Dollar Store! They reminded me of my childhood, so of course I had to get them.
Yesterday I carved pumpkins with Spencer, which was so much fun. We roasted the pumpkin seeds afterwards and they were absolutely delicious. We covered them in butter, garlic, and salt. Om nom nom! For our pumpkin creations, Spencer carved the Boogeyman from Nightmare Before Christmas in his, and here's mine! If you can be the first one to tell me what it is, you get major cool points.

Today I've been quite lazy, but I think I deserve to be for once. I skipped my morning class so I could sleep in, but then I walked all the way to my 2nd class only to find that it was canceled! So in spite of that, I walked back home and skipped my last class. I feel so rebellious and it's awesome!
Tonight I'll be going to see The Three Musketeers. It looks very well done, but I'll let you all know eventually. Ta ta for now! :)

Fall Break = Success!

Hello!

So unfortunately, I only managed to complete one of the things on my list of things that I said I would do over fall break. This ended up being... that I dyed my hair! I really like the way it looks; it's not too red, but still gives off a really pretty shade of auburn in the sunlight. Too bad the beautiful days in Boone are numbered! I think the weather is going to start getting colder by the end of this week. It's around this time that I try to wear all of my skirts and dresses before the cold weather decides to come and stay for the remainder of the year. Not that I mind wearing sweaters; I just love wearing dresses!

Onto what I was up to on my fall break...
I ended up spending a lot of my time with my mom and my little Jo bro! Josiah was sick with a double ear infection the last time I went home, so I was very happy to come home to a happy and healthy smile. His ability to remember people is getting better, so it was also nice that he remembered who I was and wanted to play with me!

Oh, and I also painted my nails! They're Halloween themed!

Aside from that, I went to the NC State Fair with my sister and some good friends! I had never been before, but I ended up having a great time! We went on a ride called Freak Out twice, rode the ferris wheel, pet some cute baby animals, watched the fireworks, and ate a lot of delicious fried food. I especially enjoyed the fried pickles. So delicious. After all of that fun, I think I just may love the State Fair quite a bit. I can't wait to go again next year!

This week will be pretty busy for me, but hopefully on Friday I'll be going to... Scarowinds! I can't wait! Hope everyone is having a fun and stress-free week. Enjoy the sun while it's still out! :)