A bit of Daily life.

Shawn

I sense that you missed me.

Well I'm here!! and guys!!!!! I have amazing news to share with you all!!! I found a story!!!

Donna

It was a miracle! I was going through my emails from some months ago and I discovered one of my stories from my old computer just lurking there. It wasn't my NaNo story (unfortunately) but it was one of my favorites, one that I started working on last Christmas and then lost.

I started going through and reading it and I realized I have a lot to work with. I have to get rid of a few of the characters and maybe a griffin, and I have a lot of pulling and editing to do, but I think its gonna be okay. But I'm going into this book well armed and prepared, for in the editing process, anything could happen.

Merlin

I hope I can write this story for real, I actually found myself smiling while reading it. I've never smiled while reading my own story. I need you all to wish me luck and pray that I don't lost my inspiration with this. Cause there is a lot of good in it and I don't want to let these characters down. Its one of the first times I actually feel like my characters mean something.

Gus

I've been a giddy, happy mood all day. Mostly because yesterday was St. Nicolas Day which is one of my favorite days in December, right there with the other 29. There is a tradition we have in our house, where the night before December 6th, everyone puts out their shoes for St. Nicolas, and the next morning you wake and he's left a couple little treats in the, Nothing extravagant, just some chocolate and maybe a small trinket of some kind. But its fun, and it starts the day of with a Christmas-y feel.



After that, the Christmas music came on, the decorations came out and the Christmas-Stuff began. We put up the tree and played with the lights for a bit, finally managing to make them shine and blink for us, and then we made pizza and had a fun show to go with it. And because this is a Feast Day, I got to have a bit of chocolate.
I love Advent. It is possibly the best four weeks ever invented. Yes, you give up a few things and make a few more sacrifices than usual, but it doesn't feel sad or depressing. You just feel this wild anticipation and hope, this warm joy that the Saviour is on His way and you are here to welcome Him. The penance is worth it when December 25th roles around. Its always worth it. Advent make me feel all inspired and happy with hope for the new year.

I need to try and keep that buzz the other nine months. It isn't always easy.

I've taken to reading Brian Jacques again, because I'm in That sort of mood, and I just finished The Angels Command Part One.

Snow White

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It is one of the best books I've read in a long time, I totally and completely loved it. It was sad yes, but it had its funny and brilliant moments and I really love Ben and Ned, his ever faithful dog. Brian Jacques writes the best characters. *sniffle* they are brilliant books, I would definitely recommend them. But start with The Castaways of the Flying Dutchmen. That comes first :)

Oh and another bit of new. I woke up to snow today. Lots and lots of snow. 

So much snow we almost cancelled the Day-Out we were suppose to have. Then we did cancel it. Then it was back on. Then we cancelled again. And then the clouds went away and we took off after all, in my sister FABULOUS Land Rover. That thing is a beast man. A beast.We had no problems what so ever. We spent the day window shopping, finding a few Christmas gifts and stocking-stuffers, listening to loud Christmas music while driving and having way too much fun escaping home. We even dressed up. Hats and all.We looked amazing. We got a lot of compliments too, one guy even thought we were from Paris.

Emilie de Ravin

I had a lovely day. And now its getting late and all that excitement has my rather tired.  So I have to go.

See ya later losers, I'm going to Neverland!!

No, wait, Neverland is evil.

I'm going to the TARDIS!!!!!

God Bless!

~Bella

The first Sunday of Advent

Well its December!! How are all my writers? Returned to the land of the living have we? Unfortunately, I feel a bit rugged and let down, especially since I wasn't able to finish my NaNo story. Losing my story has really hit me hard. Not finishing NaNo has hit me hard, its really depressing. Oh well. One has tried one has failed, one can do no more.

Who am I kidding? I FAILED!!!!!!!!!!!!


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*sigh* oh well. I'll try again. Maybe.

On a happier note, today begins the first week of Advent. Well, actually yesterday was the first Sunday of Advent, but this begins the first DAY. and that makes me absurdly happy. I've been feeling Christmas-y since..... Wellll, October I'd say, maybe September. Ever since my best friend up the street started listening to Christmas CD's. Which she always starts playing months in advance because she adores Christmas too. Tell you what guys, listening to "Oh Holy Night" before Halloween could make anyway crazy. And knowing you have a Christmas Present ready before Halloween, that puts you on a Christmas high. So now, finally the season has begun.

Advent is my favorite time of the year. I love the anticipation, the feeling of expectancy that hangs in the air. I love all the preparing that take place as the family gets ready for Christmas. I love putting out the Nativity scene for the first time and setting up the Advent wreath to count down the Sundays until Christmas. I love the traditions we have. One of my favorite is the Nativity scene. We never set all the statues out at once. We space out the statues, putting another one (or two) in every week, until, by Christmas Day, the Baby Jesus is the only statue left. We put him in on Christmas morning.

I just love Christmas.

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I hope we get snow soon. I don't mind snow, in small doses, and it would suck to have a green Christmas again. Green Christmases seem surreal in Tahoe.  Because Tahoe is.... Tahoe.

That's all I have for you tonight! Have a lovely evening and enjoy the first days of the Christmas Season!! I'll leave you with one of my favorite Christmas Songs. its so Perty :)

 

God Bless!

~Bella

A Bit of this and That.

Soft Kitty

Warm kitty

Little ball of Furrrrrr

Happy kitty, sleepy kitty

Purr, PUR, Purrrrrr!

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And that's the song that's been stuck in my head all day. I'm a bit stir-crazy because I've been doing Math all day and have decided it doesn't matter how long it takes Roger to get there or how long it is until Pamela catches up, so long as they get to there destination. Where are they going that's so important I should waste my time on them anyway?

Anyway, before I get posting I have to tell you all some very sad news.

My computer is never coming back. ever. Its gone, gone, gone, gone, ruined beyond fixing. Apparently what the virus did was so terrible It burned everything. nothing was saved not even the stories or music.

Meaning I last 1/3 of the NaNo story I was writing on.

I hate to break this to you, but I don't think I'm gonna reach my word count this year. There's nothing like losing Eight thousand words to freak you out a little bit. I got super depressed. It didn't settle in for a while, I was like, "Whatever, its just a story. I'll write it again, I remember well enough." But then it hit me good and hard, once the cold shock which sent me into calm mode went away.

MY BOOKS WERE GONE! Books as in plural. I hate more than one story on there. Pretty brilliant ones too. And they're gone. It was like losing a friend.

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Then I realized this meant I had to work on a borrowed computer for........

 

 

Well, a very long time at least. Its not like a lap top is going to magically appear right??

 

All this means, I'm not going to be able to post so often. Maybe twice, three times a week.

 

I was so depressed I had to curl up with a blanket and lose myself in a book.

 

The book I got lost in is called The Castaways of the Flying Dutchmen. Its by Brian Jaques. I've read it before, but it was so long ago I don't remember much about it. Reading it again is like visiting a long missed friend, like stepping into the town you grew up in. Its familiar and has a nice, homey feeling, but it also has a nice, expectant feeling. I'm loving it so far, and I think you should all try it.

 

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I was going to blog about my FABULOUS Thanksgiving, but none of the amazing pictures we took our showing up on Blogger. BLOGGER WHY YOU DO THIS TO ME??? So you'll just have to take my word that it was brilliant! We ate, drank and were merry. We played a rousing game of Crack the Case, solved a murder or two, waved our hands over who was right and then joined the land of the living for dinner. The family dinners my family has on Thanksgiving are the third best of the year. We're pretty epic at the dinner table. You should hear our conversations. Of course, the dishes are quite horrific, but if you just whistle while you work its done in a jiffy.

 

Lame?

 

Then my amazing big sister brought out the Surprise Desert about which she had been talking about all night. And we squealed ridiculously. When the dishes were put away, we feasted on chocolate reeses peanut butter cups that were like.... HUGE. And luscious.

 

Weep my friends, weep.

 

With desert we watched Holiday Inn with Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire. It is one of my favorite Christmas-like movie because it sort of starts off the Christmas season.

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I love this movie, it always gives me a nice, achy feeling inside. Its our tradition, to watch it every year on Thanksgiving, and its what really marks the beginning of the Christmas season. At least for us. Its when we start preparing for Advent, planning for presents, writing up chores to earn money for said gifts, and start playing the Christmas music. That's the best part of Thanksgiving. Playing "Oh Holy Night" for the first time in months and getting that Christmas spirit in your blood. My dad always plays Nat King Coles version first. That's how its always been, I don't remember a Thanksgiving when we didn't turn it on. After that we turn on Josh Groban. Because Thanksgiving isn't compete until we listen to Josh.

 

 

I like Josh's version a bit better, but maybe that's just because I'm such a fan of his. Its the Fall on your knees, bit that chokes me up.

 

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We finished the night off with coffee and highly enthusiastic talking and stumbled off to bed, well into the night, humming Oh Holy Night and duly prepared for the month of December.

 

Well, goodnight then. Sleep well. I'll try posting again, soo-nish.

 

God Bless!

~Bella

50 YEARS OF DOCTOR WHO

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In case you didn't know today Whovians everywhere are celebrating 50 years of Doctor Who.

50 YEARS. That's half a century you guys!! that's a long time for any show to be airing. It is a pretty big thing for all us fans out there. We were pretty thrilled. My sisters and I are all big Whovians so we went a bit Fan-Crazy and dressed up as characters from the show, hung up Doctor Who decorations and baking TARDIS cookies.

They were pretty delicious if I may so say so myself.

As for my outfit, I was trying for an Amy Pond thing. I think I did a pretty good job with that.

I'm such a geek *grin*

It was a lovely day, really. We spent the rest of the afternoon making TARDIS garlands, listening to Doctor Who theme Music and having quote offs. Its was a blast!

But want to know something funny? My sisters and I have been looking forward to watching the Doctor Who Special for months. And then today came. And we realized.

We had no idea how to watch said 50th.

The Once-In-a-Lifetime event and we were about to miss it all because we didn't have cable. And nothing on line was working.

We actually looked up how to watch it on youtube, Quite by accident we ran into a Doctor Who interview that rapidly turned into a countdown. A countdown to the special. They started at Ten. And we were all like "NOOOOOOOOOO!!!" - WE WERE MISSING IT!

Then we remember that our amazing friends up the street had cable.

And in our desperation we crashed their house, with permission of course, and settle down on their couch to watch the Doctor Who 50th.

Okay, Bad first. I was a teeny bit disappointed at the end. It felt like, after all the hype and build up there would have been more. I think I was expecting something a lot bigger and as it was, it was just like a really good episode in a normal series. It didn't feel like a 50-year Special. I wish they had brought in more of the other character and references, and maybe made the overall feel a little more intense. It was good and I liked it, it just wasn't as good as I was expecting. It was amazing to see Matt and David work together and John Hurt, though still absolutely NOT the Doctor was better than I thought he'd be.  The Special was a great experience and I was very glad I hadn't missed out on it. Eleven and Ten together was brilliant and funny and there were a lot of great moments. I'll probably like it better the second time around, now I know what to expect.

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Anyway, to Celebrate this MOMENTOUS day in Doctor Who history I have decided to follow in Treski's lead and do Tasha's Doctor Who tag from last year. Enjoy :)

Eleventh Doctor

1| If you decided to name your first born child after any Doctor Who character, male or female, who would it be?
If it was a girl I would name her Amelia and if it was a boy I would name him Arthur - Rory for short.

2| What is your favourite colour of the Doctor's shoes?

I really liked the Doctor's red converses. They are amazing.

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3| Look around yourself and name the one thing that is TARDIS blue in your house!
The office chair in the piano room
4| If you could pick who plays the Twelfth Doctor which actor would you choose and why?
Well.... The actor is already chosen, and actually I think he'll be quite good.

5| The Doctor is going back in time again, which historical era should he visit?
He should visit the American Revolution, or maybe see Arthur and his knights of the round table.

6| Would you REALLY go with the Doctor in the TARDIS?
Would I? I don't know honestly. A mad man comes sailing into my backyard, hops out and says "Hey, travel the Universe with me?" I dunno if I'd run into his arms or panic. I've never been anywhere on earth let alone any of the planets in space. So I may or may not go travelling. I probably would. But if I did I'd be the Clara type of companion. Pick me up, drop me off. Pic me up, drop me off. Pick me up drop me off.

7| Who's your favorite Doctor and why?
It took me a long time to answer this question because I was trying to decide if Nine or Eleven was my favorite. After deep thought I finally mad a decision.

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I have been trying to pin-point what finally sold me on Eleven. Nine was my Doctor for a very long time,  and it took me a until Season 4 to get over his regeneration. I think he will always be my special Doctor, but I don't think I like him more than Eleven. I just love him in a different way, a more special way. He introduced me to the fandom and he was the reason I got hooked. So I'll always have a soft spot for him. That being said, I think Eleven is probably my favorite Doctor. As his time comes to a close and we are faced with his regeneration, I realize more and more how much I love him. I don't want him to leave. I hate change. Especially when the change it going to be traumatic. Which it is.

8| Would you be afraid to spend Christmas in London?

No. No I would not be afraid to spend Christmas in London. And if anything did happen, which of course it would, be London, I'm sure the Doctor would sort it all out. And then I could meet him. Which would be brilliant.

9| Do you look at an ordinary screwdriver and think 'this could be a bit more sonic?'
Yep. every single time.

10| Angel statues, plastic mannequins, Christmas trees - what ordinary everyday object would you love to make an object of terror to Whovians were you Steven Moffat?
Radios. Radios should be the next horrible thing

11| The TARDIS lands in your garden and the Doctor steps out. What is the first thing you say to him?
"What? You're real? how can you be real?!"
12| Who is your favorite actor who has played the Doctor so far and why?
Matt Smith is my favorite actor so far. He is just super sweet and kind and he seems to be the Doctor on set as well as off it. He's just amazing. I love him.

Matt Smith

13| Have you seen any Classic Doctor Who? If so, which Doctor/episode(s) is your favorite?
 
I have watched Classic Doctor Who, but not many of them. I've watched some of One and Two and a little bit of Four. My favorite episodes are with Four. He's kind of like Ten. Or Ten is like him. Or whatever.

14| Which are the creepiest, scariest and all-out meanest baddies in all the Who-niverse?
The Angels started out really creepy at first but they've gone down hill a bit, so not them. Let me think... There is this one alien. Not sure what its called. but it looks... well, kind of.... you know I can't really describe them. They're just... I dunno. Aliens. Creepy freaky aliens.

Oh well. I would show you a picture but none of them seem to work, they're just blank. So you'll have to try and find some yourself.

What's with the marks on my arm?

15| Who is/are your favorite Companion(s) and why?
As you already know, Amy and Rory Pond are my favorite companions. I love their character, their relationship with the Doctor, the fact that they're husband and wife, I love everything about them

Amy&Rory

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16| Did you cry more watching Doomsday or The Angels Take Manhattan?
I hate to say it but I actually cried more with Doomsday. The Angels Take Manhattan was heartbreaking, it was. I sobbed. I was devastated. But mostly I was just angry. I was angry that the Ponds were gone. I was angry that they left without reason and couldn't come back just... because. It really upset me. I think I had equal amount of feels, Doomsday just had me crying harder.

17| What is your favorite quote from the show?

 There are so many great ones I actually had to play the close-eyes-and-point-game. My finger landed on an Amelia Pond quote.

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18| Which Doctor (including all previous regenerations) would you most like to be the companion of, and why?

I would love to travel with the Eleventh Doctor. Because out of all of them he is the kindest and the most wild. He's the 'friend' the helper, the mad and impossible big brother that everyone wants. And travelling with him would be the best thing in all the world.

19| Which of the following are you more scared of, the Daleks, Cybermen, or the Weeping Angles?

Weeping Angels are the worst. I hope Moffat, or whomever keeps directing Doctor Who takes them back to how they were in Blink cause in the beginning they were freakin' terrifying

Do

Not

 Blink

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20| Who are some of your favorite guest stars in the series?

Carey Mulligan, Colin Morgan and Simon Pegg.

He doesn't usually look like that *grin*
21| What was your first experience with Doctor Who and how did you hear about the series?
My first experience with Doctor Who was when I accidentally clicked a trailer on the Youtube sidebar and decided it look silly and it must be one of those sci-fi shows everyone is into but me. Our Whovians friends from Mass soon fixed that, lending all the seasons and getting us hooked on the show. I'm such a hug fan now. How could I have ever thought it silly?

22| The Ninth Doctor said, 'Fantastic!', Ten said, 'Allons-y', and Eleven says, 'Geronimo'; what would you like to be the signature exclamation of the Twelfth Doctor?

The Twelth Doctor should say "Ach, well" or "Fascinating." What does the Doctor say?

Who?

Who?

Who?

23| If you were trapped in an episode, which one would it be?

The Power of Three because I love that episode way too much and its just the place the Doctor and the Ponds might run into me.

24| Which is your favorite episode with each Doctor (Nine, Ten and Eleven)?

WHAT? Narrowed down to one??? *Headdesk*

With the Ninth Doctor my favorite episode is "Bad Wolf/The Parting of Ways"

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 With Ten it was Doomsday or Journey's end. Those were both brilliant and you can not make me decide between them. I refuse.

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Eleven? Eleven was either Vampires in Venice or The Power of Three.

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25| After watching a certain Doctor Who episode, did you summon up the courage to try fish sticks and custard?

I want to eat Fish Fingers and Custard, I really do. I tried buying some today, but it didn't work out. however, the minute I do try it I'll be sure to share the experience with you :-)

Well! that was fun!! Happy Doctor Who Day all my fellow fans and I hope you all had a very Whovian Saturday. Long Live Doctor Who!

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Confetti it's a parade!!!

God Bless!

~Bella