Life of a Random

I discovered the world of the Shadowhunters (I'm sorry but am I the only one, out of all you who have watched the movie trailer, who imagines Madame Dorothea's voice saying it every  time?) after I saw the trailer for the movie (City of Bones: The Mortal Instruments). And boy did I get into something. Reading these books are like stepping into a whole nother world for me where Nephilim teenage girls and guys my age fight to protect humans (or mundanes) from demons and mundanes discover hidden gifts and ancient runes drawn on skin protect and heal. Gahh! I can't even begin  to describe how awesome it is. And then when I reach the last page (and read it twice, by the way), I sort of absent-mindedly flip through the rest of the pages: the acknowledgements, the historical notes, the author's note. And I'm in a daze for the rest of the day just running over the events again and again. I've read books 1-3 in the Mortal Instruments series and book 1 of the Infernal...

I don't know what's happened, but recently it seems like the library has a lot more new books in the young adult section. Or maybe I just didn't read the same genres. I can't really remember, but ever since I discovered *jazz hands* dystopian and fantasy....it's been great!!! I never really loved  contemporary fiction anyways. As you can probably guess, I paid another visit to the library. ;) This time I got a GIGANTIC pile of books. I'm talking like ten or so (i still have some from last  time). Yeah. It's a disease. I'm gonna keep posting these types of posts once in a while because I've discovered a lot of great books that way on other blogs. My dream for a while has been to have my own personal library. And something I do (which might sound stupid) is I think about which books I would take with me if the world was ending like that black guy (the scientist) from the movie 2012. It's a pretty tough question, at least to me, because these bo...

So I watched the movie Hiding in Plain Sight  with my family today. It's about different families who are having a rough time financially and about different people who help them. I'm not talking a little rough, I'm talking homeless rough. When I watch movies like these, I look around at my house and think "I am SO lucky to have everything that I have."  Isn't it funny how we judge people by how they look?  Yeah. On another topic, I've been reading and lately I've discovered The Mortal Instruments series by Cassandra Clare and I'm really excited about reading everything and watching the movie. Also, I'm reworking characters and plot for a story idea I have.  I am not good with coming up with action. Or a plot. I usually start a book with a character. It's just hard to find something original that's all you and tell the story you want to tell without accidently copying another  book that's already been published....

Result of an experiment :) The picture above is the result of me following @lifehacks on twitter. Best decision I've ever made (just kidding, but it's really neat). They have lots of other cool tips and stuff to check out. I took this picture by cutting a tiny heart out of a circle of cardboard and taping the cardboard circle to the camera lens. I think I should cut the heart smaller next time... but it turned out pretty well. :) Also, I have some great news for you!! For all of you who've been reading my blog since it started, you know that I've been going through the process of completing the admissions process into a local community college for dual-enrollment. Today I opened my email and... *drumroll* I've been accepted!!! I'm really happy that that part is done and I can start worrying about other things, lol. How 'bout a list today? 1. My little brother is the noisiest toy player in the world. I'm pretty sure people on the other side of ...

I have read many books, and I have always been a total bookworm from the time I started reading. Proof: six years ago my family and I lived in a different state and I easily read 100 books each year of the almost two we lived there. Easily. Now I've finally caught on to the Goodreads trend and made an account. It's so handy! I can add different books to my read, to-read, or customized bookshelf. It's a reader's/list-maker's paradise. There are several dystopian/fantasy books I've wanted to read for a long time and I'm getting some of that reading done this summer. I just got another pile of books I reserved at the library today. City of Bones (Bk. 1, The Mortal Instruments) by Cassandra Clare Insurgent (Bk. 2, Divergent Trilogy) by Veronica Roth Scarlet  (Bk. 2, The Lunar Chronicles) by Marissa Meyer Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas I've already read Divergent (Bk.1) by Veronica Roth and Cinder (Bk.1) by Marissa Meyer. Both of them wer...

A while ago there was a sale on nail polish at a Walgreen's my sister was going to get shots at. Turns out she never got her shots there, but I did score a couple bottles of nail polish (blue & silver) for a good deal. And I am totally loving the blue polish... just had to show you :) I make sure that all my nail polish has a sort of sparkly sheen, but not like glitter, more subtle. Lacquer shine, or something, I believe it's called. Yesterday, I watched The   Host  (which is based on the book by Stephanie Meyer) and it was totally wicked! I haven't read the book, but I plan to try it out. If that isn't an indication of how good the movie was I don't know what is. At first, I wasn't really sure because the trailer seemed slightly creepy... and when the main menu of the DVD came up there were two guys and one girl, so I though "oh, great. just great. another love triangle" but no it wasn't that at all it was something entirely di...

                                 Recently my sister introduced me to manga art... I didn't really want to try at first because I'm more into realistic drawing, but then I was like "Why not?". I mean, if it is a way to draw reasonably nice people faces instead of the sharp-chinned, tiny-mouthed, mangled-nosed people I usually draw than I need to give it a shot. Even if it's only to know that I have drawn at least one  good person (face). Because usually the only thing that comes out right is their hair. I'm serious. Here are the products of my toiling: Sorry for the bad quality, I took them on my phone. I'm pretty happy with the results! :) I shall be doing more manga that's for sure.  I don't know why I keep putting lists but here are some things I learned: 1. Eyes are not that hard to draw. In fact, they are pretty easy *gasp*.  2. I have conquered the dre...

If you are like me then music is a BIG part of your life. Music is such an expressive way of showing emotion. It can be sad, angry, powerful, gentle, happy, haunting... anything. And that's why it's such an important part of fantasy. Actually, I think it should be a more important part than it is. Many different countries have different types of music (and singing), and this music defines their cultures.  When we write fantasy, we are building new worlds and, therefore, the music that is a really important part of it. It can really change perspective when you imagine a certain style of music for different things your fictional people do. Like what music they play at the local bonfire or what they play for the ceremony that welcomes their young people to adulthood.  Music is the language of the soul.  So enjoy the different types of music below. Right now I only have four areas up, but let me know if you would like to see more.    ASIA (China a...

I just visited the Notebook Sisters blog, which I love. It's so fun and random and basically reminds me a lot of me and my sister... :) Anyways, on today's post (which was titled-- "Turn to Page 45") Cait mentioned something she found on pinterest and decided to do. I am gonna have to copy her amazing idea here on my  blog. Ok, here goes: Well, I finished reading "Divergent" by Veronica Roth and it was every bit as awesome as I heard. I mean whoa  talk about mind-blowing, puts-all-kinds-of-questions-in-your-head! As I said. Awesome.  And the sentence is... drumroll please.... Marcus offers him the knife. No thanks, Marcus, I'm not hungry. For butter. By itself. Okay, that's not actually what it's talking about and this definitely doesn't describe my life. Knife has the connotation of violence which I do not participate in. Ever . Except when there's only one brownie left. That baby's mine.  Let me try a few more...

First of all, you all should know that I absolutely love traveling, and I've actually done quite a bit. For the fourth of July weekend me and my family headed out west. The best part was the Wichita Mountains in Oklahoma. The one word to describe it? Breath-taking. That's if I could  describe it with one word. View from Wichita Mountains There was a huge lake that we could see all the way up the road that took us to the top of the tallest mountain there. As we were driving up, there were birds flying around right next to us. Like soaring birds (if you know what I mean). It just made me feel like taking deep breaths of beautiful, clean air and spreading my arms out and letting the wind totally mess up my already messy hair. And that's exactly what I did once we got to the top.  I think I took about five pictures of the same view because it was so beautiful, and when you think something's beautiful you take pictures. I also saw some animals in their natural habit...

If you look at 'magic' logically, it's usually just a power or powers that people don't usually have. Changing a man into a frog, healing wounds instantly, controlling water,... they're all impossible according to the laws of science. But, if you look at it logically , so was Jesus' walking on water, multiplying fish and bread, and Moses dividing the Red Sea with God's power. Of course, all things have the ability to be either good or bad. There are good movies and bad movies. Good books, bad books. Holy power, evil power. So while magic (in the normal sense of the word)-- the art of producing a desired effect or result through the use of incantation or various other techniques that presumably assure human control of supernatural agencies or of the forces of nature--is considered evil or dark, and otherwise forbidden , it can be said that it's not good or bad by nature. It becomes good or bad according to the person who wields the power. In this case...