Too Much Stuff, Not Enough Space

I'm completely overwhelmed by everything/one lately. I can't seem to be able to function as a person. I also know for sure that I could never be a teacher. Never. Career list just got smaller.

I meant to post last week but fell very ill on Friday. So here I am, perfectly not okay. I don't want to complain, because I don't want to bore you, but I can't seem to do anything else lately.

I'm going to do some Chemistry work for a bit... hopefully I'll get it done so I can stop worrying about it. Nope. I was already a day late handing it in, because it was due friday. But then time decided to keep moving and I turned it in digitally at 12:10 am. Awesome. I'm going to continue posting since I'm already up.

I have hardly any recollection of the week prior. This week is still in my memory for now. I went camping with my class, a total of 42-45 kids. It was okay, but it rained a lot and tents were flooded, plans canceled. We didn't really get to do much. I just turned in the biggest weight on my shoulders. That Chemistry assignment was brutal on every fiber of my being. We had to create lesson plans to then be executed during a class period of 90 minutes. Never again. The career I've never wanted is to be a teacher, and yet I get stuck doing lesson plans for homework. Really not jokes.

I'm trying to do The October Fest that Carrie started, with my own books, but I'm not sure how accomplished this project will be for me. I'm still trying to decide whether or not I want to do NaNo this year. We'll see.

I'm that person who e-mails my friends funny videos from my subscriptions or articles I find on Twitter. And I've recently discovered that one of my old friends from middle school watches a lot of the same YouTubers. I think she might be a potential/ already Nerdfighter which is pretty awesome.

The Life of Pi is really great so far. I started reading Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman. If you have any scary books you would recommend that would be great because I plan on participating in All Hallows Read. You just read a scary book in the month of October or on Halloween.

Kayla I think your hair looks great. The style seems to really work for you. I never really thought too much about other people reading our blog. Strange. HELLO INTERNETZ! Anyway...

Campion to address both your questions: I don't play video games much. I like The Binding of Isaac. It's about all I really play. I've attempted Kingdom Hearts, but have never been very good at it. Scribblenauts is a fairly good game. And Tetris. Man I love Tetris. Otherwise I'm more of a music person. As for favorite fictional character... Too many. Books seem almost too hard so I'll stick with television. I like the show Once Upon A Time, and it just came out with its second season. The character addaptions are good most the time.I don't think I can choose one character from anything. Their each so different from each other.

Now I kind of want to talk about television. There is a show that just came out called The Partners which was written by the same people of the brilliant Will & Grace. That show is really awesome. It's almost like the web series The Husbands, but the characters are not both gay nor married to one another. I finished Sherlock. A million times better than Elementary, which I did watch the first two episodes to see what it was going to be like. Really awful compared to Sherlock. Utter nonsense. Also why is almost all crime shows based in New York? Like trouble doesn't happen anywhere else. Community is almost back. I can taste the awesome in the air.

I'm glad the Ponds are gone. I cried, I'll admit it. To be honest though I don't think Moffat is doing very well. The episodes aren't really stringed together and very wish-washy. Anybody else feel that? The guest writers seem to know more about Doctor Who than he does. 

Almost one in the morning. Hope I didn't leave anything out. Have a nice Sunday.

~Katie

My room is a mess, I have tons of work to do, and I watched Doctor Who because it's more important.

I need to get more sleep. All this week I've been up late and it is really taking a toll on me. I hope to catch up a bit this long weekend (Happy early Canadian Thanksgiving all!). But I also have to get a lot of studying done since midterms are coming up in a week. 

Hmm what else have I been up to... there's a Sears closing in the mall so they've been having a sale for the longest while to get rid of a bunch of stuff. I ended up buying a dress, a one piece outfit and a vest thing for 30 bucks. I love when things are on sale. I was also considering buying a mannequin but it would have cost me over 50 bucks and I couldn't think of any real good reason to have it other than I kind of wanted it. 


I went to the first Anime Club meeting on the weekend. I had fun, met some cool people. We didn't do much anime watching the first day, it was more of a social, get to know each other kind of thing. The day after I went on a tour of all the anime related stores within reasonable distance from campus. Needless to say I bought some manga, pocky, and this thing called a Giant Caplico. You guys have to try a Giant Caplico if you ever can, they are heavenly. They'd probably be found near the pocky if you find a store that has some.

I just watched all the Doctor Who episodes over the past couple days, I saw the last one just this evening. I agree with you Adam, I liked how the Rory/Amy story wrapped up. I also cried quite a bit, it was just so intense and really well acted out. On another DW note, I really loved Oswin. She seems like she'll be an interesting companion. It'll be interesting to see how the whole situation gets played out. 


In other news I got my hair cut on Monday. Some of you may have seen my picture on tumblr or facebook but I'll post it here anyway. I'm really liking the sidecut, it looks good when I leave my hair curly too if I do say so myself. 

In other not so fun news apparently there was a big recall of a bunch of beef products here in Canada due to it being contaminated with a bad strain of E coli. So I'm going to be staying away from eating any beef for a while if I can help it. 

I started watching Dexter (because I totally needed to start another tv series, it's not like I have a million others to finish already). It's alright so far, nothing too exciting but I'm enjoying it. My sister said her friend who was really into the show told her it gets really good by the 3rd season so I guess that's something to look forward to. 

HAHAHA haha ha hah ha..... Campion you are so funny. Yes it is totally possible for me to choose a favourite fictional character out of all the tv shows, movies, books, etc that I've seen. *note sarcasm* I can't even begin to narrow it down, there are just so many that I like for so many different reasons I really don't think I can compare them and choose just one that's the best.

Also I bought a bunch of posters so I'm just gonna post a bunch of pictures of them now because I can. (Still considering buying more Doctor Who, Supernatural and Sherlock ones... will depend on if I'm willing to spend the money)

Hope you guys all had good weeks and hope your next week goes even better!
DFTBA
Kayla

Is Anybody Out There?

     Another week gone by, and I feel like I have a lot of things to say today. I meant to write earlier today, but instead I lied in bed and listened to music. It was my alternative to napping, since I was up kind of late last night and then up early for class. 

     Doctor Who. I was at home this weekend and so ended up watching it with my mother and sister, which wasn't bad but not good either. I did cry, quite a bit, even though I have been waiting for Amy and Rory to leave. Well, more just Amy, but whatever. I didn't expect any of that, though. I though that they would die in a more action-y way, but the emotional ending was much worse. What I liked about it was that they are actually gone. Like, the Doctor can go and check up on his other companions (except Rose but she has her own Doctor), but he will never get to see Amy and Rory again. And now I can't wait for Christmas because then we will find out some more of the Oswin plot. 

     Sorry Adam and Kayla about all the work you guys have to do. Maths and science are rough programs when it comes to homework. I mostly get a lot of reading, and honestly I won't have that many assignments for the classes that I am currently taking. The true joys of being an English major. Speaking of reading, I borrowed A Casual Vacancy, J.K Rowling's new novel, from a house-mate. I'm less than 40 pages in, but it's pretty good. I will let you all know my recommendation once I am finished.

     Kate, you entered into what I call 'Walmart Time'. Basically, time does not pass the same as it does in the real world when you are in Walmart. It seems quick when you are shopping, when in reality a lot of time passes, and then seems slow when you are standing in line, when it takes forever and ever and ever and ever. At least here it does. I watched the movie for Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close during the summer, and it was fantastic. I was good then entire movie until the ending, and then I sobbed. I hope the book is even better than the film and that you enjoy it.

     Glad to hear you are enjoying your holiday Campion. In Canada we have our Thanksgiving this weekend, so I am hoping to get a lot of work done while I am home. I looked it up, and $40 New Zealand currency is $32.23 Canadian. I agree with you, it doesn't sound like a lot but any amount of money is good money. I don't think I am able to pick just one favourite fictional character. Between movies, books, and games, there are too many to choose from. I have a favourite from everything I have read, watched, and played, so I can't even think of a few most favourite ones. 

     So I was looking at the blog stats (because I do that periodically) and we have over 11,000 pageviews. I find that to be pretty incredible. I personally can't imagine anyone but us reading the blog. So my question is, if you are reading this and are not a writer for the blog, can you please comment? Or something, I just want to know if people just happen across here or if there are like, weekly readers. 

     Anyway, going home this weekend. It may or may not be fun. I hope you all have amazing weekends and weeks. Stay out of trouble, keep your noses clean. Don't forget to be awesome!
-Deidra

Just trying to get through everything

Well my first week of holidays is nearly over and so far I have managed to accomplish very little. I've nearly finished one of the seven paintings that I need to do, I finished half of Media Studies assignment, my film crew for my school film project have all but abandoned me so I'm pretty much screwed for that and I haven't even started on my art design project. Also I've caught a nasty cold, but beyond all that everything is going fantastic.

We are trying to move house and to help our house sell my parents built a deck out the front of it, a project which I had to help out with of course. It was alright I guess since I don't have time for a job and a little extra always helps to keep me sane. The $40 I got from the few days work may not be a lot to some (especially when you take into account that this is New Zealand dollars, so it's not worth as much as other currencies) but I am usually in a state of never having money so even having a little bit means the world to me.

Something else that I've started doing is doing some volunteer work at a local radio station (so apparently I have time for volunteer work but not a paying job, this is how my crappy logic works people). It's helping out with a talk show that interviews people about their daily challenges in life, like people who do work in the community or people who have disabilities. The guy running the show is actually mentally and physically disabled but he is still a pretty cool guy. I'm supposed to help run the recording equipment for the show and I have to go in for training next week.

Also I saw the movie Hotel Transylvania with some of my younger siblings. Advantage of having younger siblings, I never have to pay to go to kids movies because my parents will pay for me if I take my younger siblings and my younger brothers and sister also keep me from getting weird looks from the attendants at the cinema. The film was okay, the music sequences were painful to sit through but all in all it was a decent movie. The characters were interesting and the animation was pretty good. Also it has Steve Buscemi and Andy Samberg in the same film. Honestly never thought I would see those two together.

Well I'm glad that I'm at least keeping on schedule with my posts for the moment. Quick question before I go, who is your favorite fictional character? That is a question that I cannot bring myself to answer, I can list off some of my favorites like Vash The Stampede from Trigun or HK-47 from Knights Of The Old Republic or Seto Kiba from Yu-Gi-Oh the abridged series. But out of every fictional character I know I just can't pick. I was wondering if you guys could?

Anyway guys have a good week

DFTBA

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I have too many things to do and not enough time to do it. I''m exhausted.

I really really want to go through and reply to all of your posts, but I don't have time to do that. This is pretty much just a stop to make sure you all know that I'm still alive.

I'm reading about the Salem witch trials right now. Just about anyone accused was charged. And then they were hanged, or some other form of execution. Lovely, don't you think?

I didn't have enough time to finish this post last night, so I'm doing it now. And now I have to go. Bye!

-Kira

I Hope Someone Woke Up Green Day.

I swear I was going to write this two hours ago, but my dad took me to Walmart.  We were only going for a few things - snacks for volleyball and cooking oil - but somehow the trip managed to last an hour.

So, unfortunately a kid from school may have committed suicide over the weekend.  The autopsy hasn't come in yet, but people say he downed 5 months worth of his insulin medication.  I never knew the guy, didn't even recognize his face, and none of my close friends will knew him, but I found myself wanting to hug most of the people I saw crying.  Three years in a row someone close to people have died.  My freshman year, a kid from the towns Catholic school was killed in a car crash.  Last year, my sophomore year, a teacher committed suicide, and now this.

Doctor Who spoilers maybe?  Instead of going to homecoming (which isn't that much fun anyway), I went over to a friends house and together we watched Doctor Who.  I also believed Amy and Rory would have a nice ending, but, haha, no. I was wrong.  It definitely thought it was sad.  I think if my friend and I would have been watching the episode alone, instead of with each other, we both would have cried. Instead we just kind of laughed how random comments until the end in which we sat in silence.  I didn't even tear up. Though I have gotten teary eyed seeing gifs and posts on Tumblr.

My top five video games are as follows:
1. The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker
2. Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door
3. Pokemon
4. World of Warcraft
5. Sonic Adventure Battle 2

I'm prefer Nintendo overall, but mostly just from the Game Cube and earlier consoles.  All of these on the list have been in my life for years.  The Sonic one was a special favorite of mine. How I got into World of Warcraft is actually a (somewhat) funny story.

I was 10 and my brother was 15.  He had gotten into the game, but my parents weren't sure of letting him continue to play it.  That's when he decided he'd teach me to play so that I could be on his side when he told our parents it was a great game.  Once I actually got into the game, he regretted his decision as we then had to split the computer time and share an account.  I still play it every so often now, when I have money and I'm not busy all the time, and we both have separate accounts.

It's banned books week and my school's library actually has a shelf now dedicated to certain banned books. I picked up "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close."  I'm only 6 pages in, but I love it.  I hope I continue to enjoy it.

And, plot twist, O Pioneers! was actually a good book in my opinion.  Sure, this is the third out of all three books we've had to read for American Lit that had a bad ending, but I enjoyed more than Huck Finn nonetheless.

Too many feels.

DOCTOR WHO SPOILERS AHEAD.

I'm sorry this is a bit late but after I watched Doctor Who I just went straight to bed. It was so intense, I couldn't help crying at the end of it. I was sure Amy and Rory would go off and live their lives together but instead it ended so insanely emotionally. At the same time, I liked that they finally wrapped up Rory and Amys story completely without any loose ends. What did you guys think?

In other news, I concur with what has been said already about the heavy workload of college. I'm drowning in homeoworks and study for tests and lab reports that I have to keep up with. That said, in two weeks I'm going to FRICKIN EDINBURGH for an ultimate frisbee tournament. It should be great fun, I've heard Edinburgh's lovely. Plus I saw Brave during the week so I'm all pro scotland :) Brave is great by the way you should all check it out. Best pixar film I've seen in a long time.

Beyond that I have little to say, my favourite video games are probably Assassins Creed, Fable 2, Pokemon, Fifa and Portal.

DFTBA
Adam