A tag to let you all know I'm not dead

Because I am not dead, not at all. I actually have a good excuse for disappearing from the blogging world. My very special friend is up visiting!!! I'm planning on doing a giant post about all the fun we have been having these past few days, but for now I'm just going to do a tag to tide you over.

Rose tagged me with the Liebster Tag! Thank you Rose!!

RULES

Acknowledge the blog that nominated you. (See above)

Answer the 11 questions the nominated blogger created

List 11 bloggers with less than 200 followers who deserve some recognition (Ha. Ha)

Post 11 questions for them to answer

Notify them that they have been nominated.

The Questions

1) An anonymous someone drops a note on your front porch saying that they will fund a trip to either England, an African Safari, Prince Edward Island, or Italy.  Which do you choose?  Why?

I don't tend to trust strangers, BUT if I did choose it would be Prince Edward Island. Or Italy.

2) You're being forced to re-do your room.  What color do you paint it?

Purple. Not dark, dark purple but kind of a soft purple that looks happy and fairy-ish.

3) Do you have a particular song that you listen to often, but it never seems to get old?  If so, what is it?

Hm. It will have to be a toss-up between Demons and Its Time to Begin. I listen to both those songs all together too often. I'm kind of obsessed with Imagine Dragons on the whole. They are very addicting.

Its Time to Begin...

 

THIS IS MY KINGDOM COME!
THIS IS MY KINGDOM COME!!!

4) Would you rather be lounging in the sun on the beach reading a good book or adventuring in the waves?

I've never been sailing and the thought of it freaks me out a little, so I'll go with a good book. About a Thief. Who can steal anything. Even a queen.

You suddenly end up with two twin kittens.  One is a girl; one is a boy.  What do you name them?

Amy and Rory

You're organizing a get together with friends.  Would you choose a picnic or a movie night?

Movie Night! With popcorn, lots of popcorn. And juice!!!!!

What is your pet peeve?

having my bedroom door left open. If I am in a room, the door MUST BE CLOSED. I will wake up 3:00 in the morning, realize the door has been cracked open and get up to close it. There are few things that can make me more frustrated or twitchy then the door being left open. Especially when a certain sister ignores your urgent calls to "Shut the door on your way out!!!" and leaves the room with the door WIDE OPEN. That makes me soooooo angry.

Taylor Swift

Is there a new hobby you've been wanting to try out?

Not really. I'm not super big on hobbies. I'm trying to write a book and become an actress. That's enough for me right now.

If you could pick one instrument that you would (without any effort on your part) instantly master, which would you choose?

Guitar. I really, really want to learn guitar. If I could play guitar I would lay out on the grass in cowboy boots and a hat and strum away, feeling all western and awesome.

Jensen Ackles

Would you like to be snowed inside for a week?

No, not particularly. I get stir-crazy if I have to stay in for too long. I would like some snow though. We've only had two storms all winter and only one was worth talking about. Its kind of sad.

Pick the closest book to you that you've read.  What is your favorite character in the book?

*Leans over and scans the room* The Hobbit. I see The Hobbit. My favorite character in that book will have to be Bilbo.

I will try to nominate a few people, but I don't know whose already been nominated. So.... I'll just do Five. And if you all have already been tagged, you do NOT have to do this tag, Okay? I know how hard it is to have bunches of tags dumped on you.

 

Kellie

 

Natasha

 

Amy

 

Hilda

 

Mahri

My questions.

Would you consider yourself a geek or a nerd?

Do you know when National Pie Day is?

What is the first thing you think when you see salt?

Do you spend most of your time inside or outside?

Range Rover or Land Rover?

Did you know they are making a sequel to The Incredibles?

Do you like Raisin cookies?

Do you own more than ten CD's?

What does it mean to have cat-like tread?

Have you read The Hunger Games?

Do you ever wear a robe?

That's all you nutters. I'm tired and I want to go to bed. I'll be back after my AMAZING visit is over to rave about all the FUN we had without you losers! Mwahahahahaha!

Jared and Jensen

 

God Bless!

~Bella

NaNo and Doctor Who

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Can you tell its NaNo week? I can. I'm freaking out because November is drawing to a close and my 'NaNo' book is at a terrible place. I actually have been working on it, which is a big break-through for me, and maybe I'll make it, maybe I wont. All I know is come November 30th I'll know I at least tried.  Though if I don't finish then I'll probably curl up with my music, eat chocolate and try not to cry because I couldn't finish my epic story in time.

I MUST NOT FAIL! 

My characters should be nice to me.

My characters are never nice to me.

Especially Iago.

Iago is evil.

But anyway I decided to be brave and share a snippet from my story with all of you. Its only fair that I give you a bit of an idea of what I'm working on, so.... BASIC PLOT!!!!

Iago and Beth are born at the exact same time on the exact same day in the exact same moment on the exact same place - in two opposite worlds. This enables them to cross between worlds, and even see  a second world beneath the layer of our own. Like seeing a reflection in a shop window. The two children end up meeting and start crossing together. But one of the times they cross something goes wrong and it shatters the balance between the worlds. what erupts will raise a breath-taking battle. And a choice.

Now for the snippet. This is the only bit I feel brave enough to share right now, the rest is still to close to me. I wrote it half-asleep so be kind. Its pretty .... hard.

For Becky it was a new experience. She felt the wind striking her hand and touching her eyes in slow motion, she felt the touch of the cold snows on her hands and the taste of salt on her lips. Though her passing between worlds was fast, she had never spent so long in a moment – it was as if her second in time had been slowed to days, even weeks, but was over as fast as a well-earned holiday. In a cascade of color the world cradled her body, turning in through its vortex of emotion with all the constellations laid out before her. She was suspended, nothing but a tiny creature in a world of monsters. She could feel the weight of the universe crushing her being and driving her spirit out, the immense volume of the stars dancing in her eyes and blinding her. Her head swam as her identity was slowly pulled from her reach and she fell, a helpless rag doll, into the pitiless world below. Darkness washed over her in a wave, first here eyes, than her ears and last her eyes. Nothing remained. Nothing.               

 

The girl awoke. Her eyes blinked heavily and her body stirred, more through instinct than through her will. She felt heavy as one would when returning from a long swim. Her hair hung about her shoulders in limp folds, her hands were numb and stiff and her legs were strangely leaden. She rose slowly and glanced about her. She appeared to be in some sort of enormous0 cave with many tunnels. A strong, silver light came from above, casting the world into a type of crystal-like realm. Silvery, ice-like trees were all about her, though weather they were blew and appeared silver or silver and appeared blue, She did not know. The ground under her feet felt unstable but she could not get a look at it, for there was a heavy fog lining the earth. The beauty of the forest was all about her, odd sounds echoed off the cave walls and mumbled back to the trees below, soft but resounding and full of life. Lights shone among the leaves and pieced the forest lands, only to be suddenly snuffed out by the vicious fog below. There were many small, winged creatures that would swoop low over Her head, some silent, some calling out an ever-strange tune which joined the other echoing sounds that occupied the forest. In the shadows where no light struck, odd figures darted in and out, some almost human-like, but She could never see them properly. They were too fast, perhaps timid. It was a beautiful wood, but there was something not quite right about it. Everything, though lit up, was shielded and cold; this was a place that wished to be left alone. And rightly so. Nothing from the Real World belonged here. This land ghoulish and unreal, bending in and out of focus, nothing  appearing to have a permanent form of its own. It made no sense in the realities of our own world but here it made sense in itself and was in perfect harmony with the order of its nature. She felt different here. Different? Is that what this could be called? To be so fragile but stronger than ever and so fake but more real than she’d ever been? She was cut off, almost as if She were somewhere else and was watching but a shadow of herself, stumbling alone in a forgotten world. Here it didn’t seem to matter who you were, where you’d been or what you were heading to. All that mattered was that you were here, now, and free of any bond. Why, you could do as you pleased here. The girl fancied you could do just about anything you wished. She reached out her hand and touched one of the trees. She bent it to her will, and it did as bid, melting away into a shower of rain drops and rushing off her fingers, frilling itself out as butterflies and becoming lost among the trees above. A small, intent smile played on the girls lips. Her eyes shone with a clear, bright light, and her hands trembled in anticipated excitement. From behind she saw a tall, long form, peer at her from behind the trees. The minute she laid eyes on it, it scampered off through the trees. She tilted her head and the forest branches bent back for her, opening a path. She pocked the gold watch started off after the figure. It didn’t matter why she wished him. What mattered was, she did.

 

Sound okay? its a rough-draft, but what do you think? horrible?

 

I think its horrible.

 

*sigh*

 

Anyway.....

 

I feel super bad because I've been terrible about blogging since the 30-day song Challenge was finished. A lot of the reason is because I don't have my computer right now. Another reason is because.... I don't have much to blog about. Its been pretty quiet at my house, though we've had a semi-vacation these past couple of weeks. Not away from home or  anything. See, my dad went out of town. So we've been a bit more....Epic Weird these past couple weeks. We've been having girl time. I'll be sad when its over. I love girl time. Its so much fun.

 

Before I toddle off and give the lap-top I'm typing on back to its rightful owner, I have something exciting to announce. November 23rd is Doctor Who day, and the 50th Anniversary will be airing that night. And because its the FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY I've decided to do a Doctor Who Weekend. Starting Thursday I'm going to have a Doctor Who Semi-blog-party. Anyone can join. Anyone can be a part of it. There aren't many rules. Just blog about anything you want, whether it be favorite companions, best episodes, greatest Doctor, fun facts, costumes, or tags. You can do whatever you feel like, just so long as its Doctor Who related. I'm going to go all Whovian. And its gonna be awesome. Cause it'll be me. And when I fangirl, I'm get SERIOUS.

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Now I'm leaving. I hate to go, but I was supposed to be off some time ago and its nice of the person to let me blog on their technology at all. So be glad to have heard from me. Not everyone is so lucky!

 

God Bless!

~Bella

Happiness is music

Hey guys! This is gonna have to be a really fast post cause I've got a lot of stuff to do tonight and an amazing book to finish. Seeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeew

A song that I listen to when I am happy.

Long Live

This is my ultimate 'go-to' song when I feel happy and full of life. It gives me a warm, fuzzy feeling everywhere, especially the bit where it goes "I had the time of my life - With You!!" I love that part so much! It makes me get all choked up and emotional so that I cry and I grin like an idiot 

This is one of my favorite songs ever because it reminds me of friendship. It describes a quest, a journey. And I love that about it. Its not just a song, its a story and that is the best type of music for me. I love songs that tell a story, they are so beautiful and wonderful and full of character. they make me want to write. Which is upsetting because at the moment I have such a case of writers block that I've basically built myself into a fenced field. The kind with barbwire. I'm a wee bit frustrated with myself and my writing. I keep telling myself I'm done, WALK AWAY. But  I can't seem to let this one story go. It needs to be finished or I'll go nuts. I tell people I'm not an author, and I'm not. I'm an eccentric writer who thinks she can leave a story unattended and not be haunted by it. HAHA. yeah. That's not happening. Your character will never give you peace again. Ever. 

On a happier note, I've finally finished the second season of Once Upon a Time and have started the third. I'm on a bit of a fangirl buzz and have decided that when I have the time and stamina I'm going to do a review. But for now I'm just going to say that Neal Cassity is AMAZING!

This guy is awesome. I love him to bits and pieces, he is just so down to earth and honest. He's got a lot of character and charm and a really interesting back story. We need more of him.Lots more. *WRITERS!!*

That's all for now folks! Tune in next time to learn what I listen to when Sad! It should be epic *grin*

God Bless!
~Bella

"I'll bring the dip If you bring the Dostoyevsky"

I have a story which I have been working on for a little more than a year. basically it is about a girl, Beth, who was born on the borderline of two worlds and therefore is able to live in both of them: Parallel worlds and parallel lives. You can't stay in either world for too long, other wise the other life will become dim and hazy like a dream and you'll start to forget. Beth has never had trouble alternating but now her two lives start colliding and she needs to make a choice.

     The first time I wrote it I got so discouraged that it ended up in a dusty closet and didn't resurface for a good three months. I started work on it again back in May, and, AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!

For those of you who write, we all know what a struggle it is. We all know how it feels when you are merrily going along with your story and your own words suddenly turn on you and your whole plot changes drastically? The story you thought made perfect sense starts crumbling around you and its all you can do to not to scream. So you just kill all your characters, burn down your castles and kill your Griffin. Then press backspace. I had to do that yesterday and it was perhaps the worst thing I'd ever done. Lets be honest, backspace is terrifying. But it turned out to be a good thing. You see, I've been stuck on chapter 14 of my story for almost six months, but after pressing backspace, Inspiration struck! Out popped my notebook, down went my pen and out came my partner in crime, the EDITOR. I ripped down the beginning and took a different slant to my story. I was so excited that I had to jump up and down and listen to loud music. My book finally was making sense! I pulled out my mind castle and let the Sherlock take over.

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I got my character out of the dungeon, erased a balloon from existence and created a fracture in the fabric of magic. All in all, a good writing period. Thank you Moffat, I learned from the best.

So that is why I haven't been blogging much lately. Well, that and the fact that all my favorite TV shows have ended with horrific cliffhangers and my mind has been too harassed to concentrate on blogging. Netflix will be haunted until the S2 of Once Upon a Time comes out. I'm waiting! 
 
So, how was your 4th? Ours was something EPIC, seriously. We played all sorts of ridiculous games, ate s'mores and dressed in red white and blue. Best of all was when we sat around the bonfire and started up a story. It was an pass-on story, which are the greatest when done right. What happens is, one person starts the story and sets a scene. The person on their right adds something to it and then the next person builds off that person and so on. Between my sister, the flames and the overall set of the night, we got one very exciting story with villains, heroes, magic, quests and all! In fact it was so good we recorded it for future reference.*sigh* I love my family. And summer. Summer is just awesome. I was so tired of cold, rainy days and having to curl up in bed with cold sheets. The sun if finally giving us proper 80 degree weather and that means a lot of walks, watermelon and catching butterfly's. I love summer :)

One more thing: I've decided that I really love Taylor Swift. I've always liked her enough but ever since I heard the Album "Speak Now" I just love her. Not only is her voice good, she seems super decent and really cute. This particular song makes me cry.

 (From the Album "Red") 

 

Bonus points if you can guess what my quote is from!!

~Bella

Washington's Birthday and a Cover song

First I'd like to wish you all a very happy February 22 - today is Washington's Birthday! *Happy-Birthday to you*

I know the quality isn't so good but I couldn't resist sharing this. It is funny anyway.

Second -
I'm feeling adventurous today and will be sharing a cover of "I'm not that girl." from Wicked. I'm singing and I thought I did fairly well.

"I'm not that Girl." - Cover

My second music/Fan video is coming along very well - it is really my first Official video since the real First One was incredibly short - 19 seconds :-/ (I still love it though. "Demons Run..." EEP!") My question - Do you want to see this music video when its done, even if it is a Fan video?? Also, do you want to hear some more covers and, if so, do you have any requests for a certain song you'd like to hear me sing?

recently I've been listening to -

I LOVE Josh Groban's new CD!!!! One of my favorite songs is this one -

Happy in my Heartache

"I can't find a reason, to be happy in this heart-ache..." :'( It makes me feel so achy and sad inside. Especially the end. I also really enjoy Taylor Swift - I just can't listen to too much of her at a time. The only thing I find a bit annoying is that she never knows how to end a song. Instead she repeats the refrain or ends with how the song began. "We were both young when I first saw you..." If I listen to her for a long amount of time that starts irritating me. But if I listen to her CD all the way through once, I thoroughly enjoy it, with no irritations.

Lastly -Our public library is hosting an Avengers movie for free. So my sisters and I are going to see The Avengers again, on the 'big screen' for free. We even get pizza!! Jealous yet? *Grin* Because of this I need to go off. Adios!

God Bless~
Bella



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