In which there is too much

Inigo Montoya: Let me 'splain.

[pause]

Inigo Montoya: No, there is too much. Let me sum up. Buttercup is marry' Humperdinck in a little less than half an hour. So all we have to do is get in, break up the wedding, steal the princess, make our escape... after I kill Count Rugen. 

I've been as bad as can be when it comes to posting, aren't I? or...haven't I? sorry, wrong phrasing. Aren't isn't right, haven't is. 

back to my point, eh hem. 

It hasn't been that I've had nothing to post, as I've had plenty, nor is it lack of time, as I've had plenty of that too.  I just...haven't.  

And so now, I sit down to make a post.

Now, when I'm about to leave for a photoshoot, and really should be packing my equipment, I sit my rear in a chair and begin a blog post which will include so very many things. 

I really need to get better at blogging daily....

So, there is really too very much to explain in any way other than in list form, and I simply love lists, so pleasing to my ocd, and so crisp, and organized, and perfect, and...yeah. you get the point. I have an obsession with lists.   

Photoshoot with Katy 

 So, my photography business (I really wouldn't call it a business quite yet...) has really been taking off, and it started with this lovely lady: 

She was such an amazing, and stellar, and beautiful person to...shoot. Not with a gun, good gracious, what do you take me for?  But with a camera. duh. ;)
Her pictures turned out so well, and it was quite a lot of fun getting to know her a little better, and, did I mention she is beautiful?

 Meeting Mirriam
Where do I even start?  That Mirriam (From Thoughts of a Shield Maiden) is amazing beyond all amazings? That she is so beautiful? That she is even more fun in person than over the WWW? That she is just fantastic?  
She is a very Sugarcalafragiclistic soul.

 We finally, finally, finally got to meet after knowing each other over the web for...a year? wow, only a year? O_O I'm pretty sure we've known each other all our lives, just didn't know it yet. 
We met at Books a Million, and spent two hours just talking about literally everything.  And, we could still have kept talking for days, in fact, we did. Only, it was over facebook. Finally, we are just beginning to not spend ridiculous amounts of hours chatting away.  
But, just look at her, will you? 
I know such pretty people. 
 

Volunteer Work
I've began volunteering at a local Woman's Pregnancy center that helps girls and woman who decide to not go through with an abortions. It offers monetary, spiritual, and mothering care, and is doing such an impact on our society.   
Technically, I can't start officially volunteering with the woman that come in until I'm 18, so I've been cleaning the facility once a week (Saturdays) for them.  It's nice to be able to do something for a nonprofit orginization that has the same views as I do, and while cleaning may not be much, it's something. 

Photoshoot with Joanna:

 And another photoshoot! 
This girl, srsly, I adore her too. 
We had so much fun during her photoshoot, even if we were battling with the rain for most of the shots, and I had to continually clean all the sky water off of my lens, and both of our pants got wet, and it was freezing, it was fun.  And her pictures turned out SO VERY WELL. Rain might be annoying, but I remain firm on my favorite days for photography are the overcast ones.    

The Fault in Our Stars

As you probably noted in my last post, I read John Green's 'A Fault In Our Stars'. I'm still trying to decide why I even ventured to read that book, and what drew me to it, aside from the fact that my Tea Spitters group spoke of it highly and lowly.  But, the moment I saw it at Books A Million (strategically placed near the front door....I saw it, and made a beeline, and refused to put it down for anything to do anything) I knew it would be coming home with me.
what I didn't know, was the sheer amount of pain I was bringing home with me.
I think, from here on, only GIFS can express what my heart did:

There was so much pain, I literally, truthfully cried, and pulled at my hair, and buried my face in a pillow and shook my fist at John Green.

I also hated him for two days, but I couldn't stay hating him.  Who can hate such a genius? Even if he is the Moffat of the Book world...

This book didn't just hurt my feels, it almost hurt physically....in a, nonphysical sort of pain....O_o Fangirls will understand.

This was me for...oh, I dunno...two hours. But, as I couldn't stay like that all day (or I would've)...

 

This was me for the rest of those 48 hours, or rather, the 48 hours I couldn't sleep.  But inside, I was going:

So, thats the story of a girl who will never be the same anymore because of a little book with such a cheery blue cover. 

It's deceptive. 

It isn't cheerful at all.

And, Do I recommend TFioS? 

Well, that answer will be a little harder to pin down.  As much as I loved, loved, LOVED LOVED, The Fault in our Stars, (again, only fangirls will understand the hatred you can have for something you adore) it did have a scene that was a little...eh. Thankfully, Mr. Moffat Green did it as tastefully as such a scene can be done, but I was still biting my tongue during it and having conflicted feelings for such a scene.  I'd much have preferred if Augustus and Hazel could've shown each other how much they loved each other without having intimacy.  But, this isn't an actual review, I'll get to that some other day. ;)

Writing 
And writing! I wish I could say I've been writing lots of brilliant things, but it's more like I've been writing small amounts of "wut" things...and I really need to get a step on the writing ball, as, if my count is correct, I am now writing 7 novels, and have finished none.  
Sure, writing isn't all about finishing, but it sure would be nice to actually have a finished manuscript for once....

So, once it all comes down to it, I do suppose there hasn't been a total amount of busy in my life...but, more like laziness. :P 
However, I shall get netter at blogging, I must, as my five year blogging anniversary is approaching, and eeeek! what shall I do for it? 
I've only got 63 days to think up something smart and witty, and fun, or otherwise, Cheerio's Fifth birthday will go by like:

  and that is just will be it.

So, I suppose this is where I go,

Cheerio me ol' Cream Puffs!

-Ashley   

Feels (In other words, just a plain, goofy ramble)

I have been running on feels all day. I know I'm going to have a break down, but, eh. I'm on cloud 9 with thunderbolts, so, why care? 

The sad thing is, I don't even know what is making these oh-so-giddy feels, or, what started them.  Feels rarely need any great thing to continue their burning, absorbing, devouring flame.   

I highly doubt it started with 'The City Of Ember', which, I read in about 5 hours flat.  And then, I promptly started reading Eion Colfer's 'The Supernaturalist'.  And ya know, THAT was what probably started it. I always get extremely giddy and exited and emotional when reading Mr. Colfer's books, even if they aren't that special. Which, is why I tend to have difficulties reviewing the books....I am very biased, and I know it, so, I take it harder on them, and look for bad things, but I don't believe the bad things and...ugh. I get in such a stinky, self made mess.  And to think, it all started because of a Naughty 12 year old boy who still believed in fairies. And happened to be a Criminal mastermind. With an awesome Butler, named, Butler. Yeah.

ACTUALLY, no. I just remembered, I now know, without a single doubt, WHAT started these feels which has led to this I-must-be-drugged-I'm-so-happy day.....

This Facebook page.

You simply WON'T understand the gloriosity of this page, the sheer epicness, the amazing delight, the supercalfragilisticexpialidocous of it, unless you follow THIS girl's blog, and have kept up to date on her Novel (Which will be published in May!) called 'Monster'.  So, if you want a giddy, I'm-drugged sorta day, I suggest you get to know Mir. He is a DOLL. Any girl would love him. Come to think about it, I can't remember if there is any girl who DOESN'T....

So, anyway, thanks to Mir having a facebook page, I've been happy, and giddy, and all around good natured. You want proof? I got up at 6 AM, and didn't kill anyone. Or yell, or throw something, or eat some one's brains (I get rather Zombie-ish during early mornings).   And, for the most part, I've just sang songs, fangirled over Scar, and saved the world from, ya know, normal things. 

And then I saw it.

I have no idea why I haven't seen it before, I mean, Honestly, I've heard of it, but how could I have missed up on seeing it?!?!?  

THIS. THING. I stumbled upon the Ranger's apprentice series. By mere accident, on Pinterest.....I didn't care what it was about, or who it was about, or if it was a cheesy book, or an awesome book, this was my reaction:

"THEY HAVE CLOAKS. AND ARROWS. AND HOODS. AND CLOAKS. AND HOODS. AND OH THEY ARE GUYS IN CLOAKS AND HOODS. FORGET VAMPIRES. THEY HAVE CLOAKS AND HOODS. CLOOOOAAAKKKS AND HOOOOOODS!!!!!!"

I say, I might have a slight mental problem when I see men in Cloaks and Hoods.

ehehehehehe. ^^^^^^ It even looks like me.....^^^^^^

But, nothing says, "I am a mysterious man, with a tragic back story to boot, so love me" more then a fellow wearing a cloak and hood.
And then, I rode my pink, puffy feels cloud over to Paperbackswap.com, where I discovered that, GARBANZO! ITS FATE!,  The first book is available, and I have like,2 or 3, extra credits to spend on whatsoever I please. 

So, I'm full of pink, bubblegum feels, and I discovered if you accidentally make a slip up while typing 'pink' it comes out 'oink'.

It has been said idiots are easily entertained, and I'm trying to decide if that's a hint in my life...


The girl with feels,
The girl who plans irony (Is that irony?),
and the girl who just ordered 'Wicked'.
Ashley

Tagged I have been!

I was tagged. Aren't you proud? ^.^  The rules say I must thank The Mad Elvish Poet, since she tagged me, so "THANK YOU!" and you guys should go follow her. yep yep. ^.^

 

Random ballerina GIF. Happy?

 

 

 

1. Go look up "A Spaceman Came Traveling" by Celtic Women. Make sure you get the concert video. Watch it. Did you drool over the dress?

 

 ERMERGERSH! ITS BEEEEEEAUTIFUL!!!!!!!!!!! 

2. When you get a new book, do you smell it?

 

Uh....Don't all people? No? Oh....

 

3. Have you ever found that book you really wanted in a secondhand bookstore, forgot to check the pages, and gotten home only to find that someone has scribbled in it? How mad did it make you?

 

Oh very. I felt like mourning over the poor book, and how it had been violated. And then I got all: "I will find you and kill you" towards whoever did that.  It's really convenient when they leave their name in the book too....

 

4. If you could be endowed with fluency in any language, which on would it be?

 

Elvish. Please and Thank you.

 

5. Do you prefer Tortured, Untrusting, Silent, and Darkly Mysterious male characters, or Open, Gentlemanly, Teasing and Sweet ones?

 

Option Number One! The Open ones are just to open, and sweet, and easy. Pshhhh. I want a Mr. Dark and Mysterious. And, you can just look at all my Heroes in my books, and tell that....

 

6. If you could be endowed with the ability to lethally wield any weapon in the world, which one would it be?

 

 Does Elemental bending count as a weapon? If yes, Then, That.  And if no, I'll settle for a bat'leth. 

7. What do you think of my questions in this tag?

 

I like them. They be fun. ^.^ "A Most interesting diversion". 

 

8. Which of your characters is the most precocious?

 

I had a hard time choosing between Chakra, from my NaNo novel, and Vevina, from Stranger Things. But I think I've picked Vevina.  That little girl should only be around 10 years old, but an...*coughcough* accident...of sorts...if you would even like to call it an accident...*glares at Sullivan*, she is closer to 200 years. She's just been asleep. As a little girl, aged, and, well, she is just very precocious, she can be a handful. Ask anyone. Ask Sullivan. 

9. What does he/she think of the questions in this tag?

 

Vevina? Ah, yes. I see...uhhum...Ahhh. Indeed.  you really shouldn't be wanting more- That's true....Ok, thank you dear.

She says that the questions are nice (But most things are nice), but she wishes there were more romance centered questions. And when I started saying she shouldn't be wanting more romance, her being a little girl, she insisted she is older then me, and can read romance if she wants, and Sullivan isn't openly opposed to it (Sullivan: NOT TRUE NOT TRUE NOT TRUE!. Shut up Sully, it isn't becoming of you to interrupt or yell like that...) so she may ask. 

10. Did you have to censor or threaten in order to get the answer you presented?

 

Nope. Not at all. Vevina always likes inserting her opinion, and since she comes from a good family, and was taught good morals, she would never dare curse. (Vevina: Or do naughty, mean things like Sullivan does..... ) (He is your brother, Vevina, and Lord Sanguini, you should be nicer, He is sorta sorry for what he did. Now, be a good girl, and don't pester him to much. Otherwise, he might feed you to his Cockatrice)

 

11. What threats to you use against your characters to get them to behave? Do they work?

 

Well, different threats have different outcomes of different characters. I rarely have to threat my girls, but my boys...

For Vice, I threaten with making him more monstrous. He pleads for me not to do that, and will do anything to guarantee that doesn't happen.  

For Sullivan, I threaten to let Canaan capture Paige. Oh ho ho ho. He hardly likes that idea. 

And, yes. It might take a lot of threatening, but it always works. ^.^

 

 

Now, I must make 11 Questions myself:

 

1- Pirates or Ninjas? Why?

2- Which Elemental bending would you prefer to have?

3- What are your opinions on Vampires? (Not the Edward Cullens kind. I swear, I think Tinkerbell had a son, and I think his name was Edward, and I think his Father was a Vampire...) 

4- What do you do when procrastinating?

5- Are you doing NaNoWriMo?

6- What are you currently reading?

7- What is on your reading wishlist?

8- Describe your emotions when you open a new box of crayons.

9- What is the most embarrassing thing you have done in public?

10- If an alien vessel appeared in your back yard, you would-

11- Whats the favorite character you've ever written? (Or, read, if you aren't a writer).

 

And, I'm to lazy to outright tag anyone. So, tag yourself.

 

 Signed with a Flop and a smile, because I'm tired, and lazy, and in a GIF-ish mood,

Ashley.

Hi. I've returned

So, when Ashley just goes 'Poof!' and disappears for a long long time, I could imagine Chaos ensuing, but you are all a good, level headed followers, and did in fact not start wondering if I was abducted by Aliens (And if you did, you kept your calm...good followers you are. freaking out gets one nowhere). but rest assured, I have not in fact been abducted, and now that I get to thinking about it, if I had been sucked into an alien spaceship, I'd end up becoming their ally, and I'd manage to get word to you somehow. Think of it, I could be the first intergalactic blogger!

Anyway, back to point,

I'm back!

So, I guess I owe an explanation, huh?

In my absence, I've done a few things, like:

1: I watched 'A Game of Shadows'.

Now, as some of you might know, I had HUGE HUGE huuuuUUUUuuuuge problems with RDJ's Sherlock. I wasn't a fan at all. In fact, I remember vowing to never watch them at all. *cough* I'm not going to make such vows anymore.
Downey isn't Cumerbatch, or Basil Rathbone, but he adds his own unique twist to the legendary Sherlock Holmes.
I really enjoyed this movie.
Besides Mycroft going nude around the house....O.o Yeah. They could've cut that detail out.

The humor of RDJ's Holmes was....hilarious.

And this lady. Was totally kick butt. Way cool is Madam Simza.

2: Babysitting

I think this little guy is one of the most easiest kids to babysit. I had so much fun, and learned a lot too! Like, I learned how to bottle Feed babies, how to eat and juggle and fussy baby, that housework is best done during naps, and its amazing what a body can do on just a cup of tea and chocolate milk...until about 2 PM, and then you start getting shakey, and lightheaded, and then its a good idea to eat.

3: Made a Tutu for Shiloh for her First Birthday

Isn't it cute? Isn't she cute? This sweet little girl turned a year old, growing up so fast its sad. :,-(

4: Watched some Star Trek

While I've watched most of TNG and VOY: I haven't watched a lot of the original Star Treks. So, I fixed that, and watched some while Ethan (The little guy I babysat. His parents had a HUGE Tv, and happen to be Trekkies themselves) was napping. Kirk is quite a characters. XD And Spock is as logical as usual. I thoroughly love Bones, I feel a sort of kindred spirit to him...Pessimism, we's gots it.

5: Got a Mockingjay Pin

Its moine! *grins and hugs it and runs in circles*
My little brother, Zeb, bought it for me when he went out with Mum and Dad for his birthday. Can you believe that? It was his birthday, and he got me something. I hugged him especially tight. Actually, I tackled him, and squeezed his neck, and nearly knocked him over by the sheer force of my strangle. I don't hug my brothers much, so I make sure to give them very exuberant ones when I do.

6: Went to Chick-Fil-A

Who else supported CFA on the 2nd? I may not have voiced it a lot, but I'm not a supporter of Gay rights.

Yes, Mikayla, I stole this from your blog. XD
I believe in one MAN and one WOMAN for LIFE. 
So when Mike Huckabee announced the Support Chick-Fil-A day, we all booted ourselves into the van, and stood in line with some of the most beautiful people I've ever stood in line with.  Honestly, there was A LOT of people crammed into the restaurant, but it wasn't loud, it wasn't crushing, and everyone was super polite. Letting others go in front of them in line, people who didn't know each other chatting, and one lady actually volunteered to go help the Servers at the cash register, and when they politely turned her down, she began stocking the Ketchup and Salt stuffs.
And then the cashiers.

See that Lady's smile? That was only a small bit of the pure joy and vibrant life that poured forth from those people. They were laughing, crying, and hugging random customers. It was so....precious. That event is one I shall remember all my life, it was so beautiful, and the whole feeling of unity that radiated from everywhere within that restaurant. The Joy everyone seemed to spread, these are precious memories. I'm glad to have a way to be vocal, and tell the Lesbian Community, there are still living, breathing humans who do not support Homosexuality.

7: I got Gum

It's really good. It tastes like mint, and the color pink. and smells like sugar.
XD

And, thats it. ^.^
Have you missed me, followers?

Today is an Awesome day!

 That picture probably sums it up. I shall include a BUNCH of pics and GIFS. You have been duly warned.

(I'm listening to Cantina Band on Playlist.com, BTW)

 Happy Force, uh, I mean..FOURTH!

This might be a Star Wars day, BUT, I am a Trekkie. Don't take it from me.

Darth Vader: [kneeling before Emperor Palpatine's hologram] What is thy bidding, my master?

The Emperor: There is a great disturbance in the Force.

Darth Vader: I have felt it.

The Emperor: We have a new enemy. The young Rebel who destroyed the Death Star. I have no doubt this boy is the offspring of Anakin Skywalker.

Darth Vader: How is that possible?

The Emperor: Search your feelings, Lord Vader. You will know it to be true. He could destroy us.

Darth Vader: He's just a boy. Obi-Wan can no longer help him.

The Emperor: The Force is strong with him. The son of Skywalker must not become a Jedi.

Darth Vader: If he could be turned, he would become a powerful ally.

The Emperor: [intrigued] Yes... He would be a great asset. Can it be done?

Darth Vader: He will join us or die, master.

 

Even when I was little, this scene made me so sad. "How is that possible?".

R2D2 always makes me go, "WHA?!?!" Why did that stinking little droid not spill the beans? Whats up with'im? Sheesh. R2, that was mean.

Some of the Universe's worst bad dudes.

Okie Okie. We say that a lot. These guys are hilarious. Even though you can't tell them apart...

This Fourth really is. But, its a happy madness. I'll be sad when this day is over.

Hey, know what you can get me for my birthday? An Iron Lady suit...

AND!!! I MIGHT GET TO SEE IT AT IMAX! Not promising anything, mind you. It's still in the Parental pass mode..so..pray and keep those fingers crossed, got it?

I wonder if I could rent a Black Widow outfit short notice from somewhere....

And, and, and because I just love Despicable Me as well.  

And, this:

One of my all favorite Sidney Paget pictures. And...now I just need to find a way to let Moriarty NOT die in my Miss Holmes novel.

Well, they say it best:

 And, you might want to assemble while at it.