Ridiculous Old Fan Fiction

I was encouraged by a friend of mine to type up the old POTC fan fic that I wrote in high school. Its unfinished, but its still rather extensive. I had to stop after a couple of pages because it was so ridiculous. I sent him a link so that he could read it, but I'm rather embarrassed that it even exists.

I have this horrible habit of putting myself into a story and making the fictional world mimic real life in an escapism type way. This is a huge part of that fan fic.

I'm really hungry so I should probably eat something. I'm not really doing anything interesting today. Just texting andrew and typing and spending time on tumblr.

-EW

Unfair Wake Up Call

I fell asleep and started dreaming almost as soon as my family left the house this morning. Its kinda hard to stay asleep while they're moving around and getting ready to go. Normally, I get out of bed an hour after they leave. I even have an alarm set for 8:00. But not today. No. My grandmother on my dad's side called at 7:30 on the dot to ask if I could go with her to take sewing machine lessons. So I was interrupted from a pleasant dream, and I had to crawl out of the top bunk, half blind because my contacts werent in the right place in my eyes and make my way through the maze that is my house to my parents bedroom to answer the phone. And after a 60 second conversation, I crawled back in bed and pretended that I was sleeping for another 30 minutes until I convinced myself to get up. *whimpers because of lost sleep*

I was dreaming about an adventure where I was floating across a lake with a friend of mine on a giant beanbag chair. It was really cool and I would have loved to know how it was going to end.

In other news, yesterday was wierd. We went to my grandparents church instead of our home church because my dad's childhood friend was visiting. I like their church and I like their sermons, I just don't like people coming up to shake my hand and talk to me and stuff. I swear I shook 25 hands yesterday at least. *shivers in disgust* Then we went out to eat with them at this really horrible Chinese  buffet in town, at which I didn't really eat much because most of the food was too hot or cold and tasted funny. I did get to test out my book on a new audience though. The childhood friend that was visiting had two adopted kids. I got to read my book to one of them who seemed to enjoy it and was asking if I could read it again.

Then there was this crazy racist old man that came up and told off the parents for something really miniscule that one of the kids was doing (crushing ice that fell on the floor). The guy was literally across the room from the kid, so there was no way he could have been bothered by it. Plus, the kid had done that about 5 minutes before the guy even came up and said something. And it wasn't in his place to say anything. But the two adopted kids were black (not going to use a specific label because I'm not sure where they were from exactly, not because of racism, just lack of the proper word) and the parents were white. Freaking racist son of a gun. And as we left the restaurant shortly afterward, his daughter apologized to us, saying that he was crazy. Maybe people should start keeping their crazy relatives on a leash or something (said sarcastically, not meaning to hurt feelings or be mean).

I have homework due today. Ick.

But good news, we have less than a month until the Disney trip, and I bought a new backpack purse and some tank tops that were on sale yesterday while we were out. And my mom is against me getting an Instamatic camera for the trip. Dang it. But she seems to be okay with the idea of the FF5 concert later on in March though.

-EW

Harry Potter and Audiobooks

Something that not many people know about me is that I get carsick kind of easily. It used to be really bad when I was younger, and I would puke because I got too hot or we were on winding roads or I was reading or playing video games or anything. I'm grown out of it a bit, but I still have problems on long trips.

Something everyone knows about me is that I love to read, I always have. I came home from my first day of kindergarten upset because I wanted to learn how to read already (I've always been impatient too!). I started reading chapter books as soon as my teachers would allow and I consumed them like crazy. I was one of the few people that the librarian in middle school, who was mean to everyone, liked because I was in there almost every other day checking out a new book. And these were huge novels. I have a kindle (finally) and I have three shelves overflowing with books. And my youngest brother loves reading too. He's only in second grade and he's reading Diary of a Wimpy Kid already!

I love that I finally have someone in my family that shares the same love of reading that I do. My mom and dad like reading, but not as much as I do. And my other brother (the middle child) isn't that into reading because its difficult to find books that he likes. I have recommended tons of books to him, but he hasn't read any of them. I'm not into picking favourites, but I love my youngest brother quite a lot, and his love of reading and nerdiness is part of it.

Anyway, I love audiobooks for this reason. I can't really read books on road trips, even though I would love to, and it bothers me. I would really love to get my brother into harry potter. My mom says he's too young, but I don't know if I can wait. I mean, would it be so wrong to show him the movies at least? And maybe start reading the books to him? I'll reassure him that he can't go jumping off of tables with a broom thinking he can fly and that wizard magic" isn't real (*sob*).

Starting today, I am going to be re-reading the harry potter series. Currently, I only have books 1, 5, and 7, so I will have to buy some of them, but I want to read them all before spring break. During spring break, our family is going to Disney in Florida, and (i think) one of the places we are going to visit is Universal Studios, which is where the Harry Potter rides and shops are. I want to go to Olivander's wand shop sooooooooooooo badly.

I also plan on making a playlist on a cd for the road trip there and back, and getting some audiobooks to listen to on the trip. I really want to get harry potter because I know that will be entertaining to everyone. I'm not sure what else my parents will enjoy as well as being appropriate for my youngest brother. If you have any suggestions, please leave them in the comments, because I'm rather desperate.

I also implemented the alarm system on my phone and I've been following the schedule and being productive for most of the day. WHOOO! Lets keep it up! Now off to listen to an audiobook of the reading for English class (it helps me focus better, plus I can multitask) and do some homework and chores.

-EW

African Flowers and Schedule Issues

I finally figured out how to crochet African Flowers today, so I spent a lot of today making them. They look like the ones on this bag. I hope to make mine into a bag that looks similar. Mine is pink and white and purple.

I also started watching Lost today on netflix. Its okay. It reminds me of Lord of the Flies, a book I had to read in middle school and I really enjoyed. You should read it if you haven't because its great.

I have a scheduling problem. One that only I can fix. I think about my day the night before it happens. And I plan out all of the stuff that I need to do so that I get an idea of what I'm going to do the next day. I'm always more optimistic the night before, because I rarely follow that plan. I thought about planning out an actual schedule or setting alarms on my phone. I might do the alarm thing, but I still am not sure if it will work.

I've become rather lazy and reluctant to do things. I hate it so much, but I don't feel like doing the things that I need to do, almost in a depression-like way, and that is exactly what I need to avoid. I can understand some of the things that prevent me from being productive. I often wake up really tired and I can't get motivation. And some days, like today, I feel sick. I spent most of this morning trying not to puke.

And some tasks just seem like they are too daunting to tackle. Like the dishes that need to be washed (we don't have a dishwasher) and the clothes that need to be folded. I also need to work on my homework so that I can get ahead. And I should be making more crochet stuff and putting it up in the store. And my website needs to be updated. And filling out scholarship applications is a good thing that I should be doing too. And I need to see about getting my manuscript ready so that when we get more ink in the printer I can print it out and send it to a publisher for consideration. And working on writing my novel. But that little voice in my head that normally makes me motivated and helps me do all of these things is apparently on holiday. And no one I know can help either. AAAAAAAH!

I'll start off with the alarms on my phone first. And I'll see about updating my website today and working on my homework a bit. Do you have any tips for not getting overwhelmed and convincing yourself to do things? Because I'm up for trying anything.

-EW

The Day I Was Very FRUSTRATED!

I am just so angry and frustrated at everything today for absolutely no reason. GAH!!!!!

This morning I woke up and laid in bed for about an hour watching adventure time. I finally got up and got dressed and sat crocheting a hat and watching the rest of the episodes of adventure time on netflix. Then I had almost finished the hat when I got frustrated to the point that I gave up and put some clothes on to wash. Then I took the dog out for a walk. She didn't want to come back inside for some reason, so I chased her around the yard for an extra ten minutes or so. I did manage to shoot a short test video on my dad's new action cam though. I'm looking forward to how it turns out. Then I got on the computer and I should probably be working on my homework.

BLECH!

I'm also on my kindle looking up recipes on pinterest to find out what my lunch is going to be. I think I might have fries of some sort. I'm craving fries.

They have a half day at school today, but teachers have to stay all day, so nobody will be back until 4:00. I just want to fast forward my day so that I'm done with homework. I have a discussion due over "The Open Boat" by Stephen Crane. I found the audiobook on youtube, so I get to listen to someone read to me for an hour before I do any actual work.

Last night, I had planned to be productive today, but I'm not sure that that is going to happen. I also might get in trouble for my attitude. I'm not trying to be angry, I just feel needlessly angry, which often gets me yelled at and sometimes I cry.

-EW

The Day That James Had Energy and I Wanted to Go ADVENTURING!

So, James stayed home today also, but he has felt a lot better. Like, he actually got out of bed and we had some crazy random conversations. I started watching Adventure Time because I have never watched it and I wanted to know what it was about. This put us both in the mood to watch Chowder, one of our favourite shows to watch together when we were little, so right now that's what we're doing.

I really want to go adventuring, and I don't have the ability to. If James wasn't sick and it wasn't raining, we might, but that is not the situation. My version of adventuring is something that I haven't done in a while. Since last summer at least. Basically, its packing up snacks and flashlights and wearing rubber boots and heading out into the woods or down a road until you find something interesting. I went in an abandoned house once, and I've been blackberry picking in a neighbor's cow pasture and almost gotten into poison ivy. I've followed a little stream into the woods and found some old jars and bottles. I've gotten in trouble with a crazy neighbor for being in the woods near his property (but not on the property, mind you) with some old boards and a ditch, trying to build a bridge. I've run over a tree on a four wheeler in the woods and gotten stuck. I've heard people on a nearby piece of property and spun around, flinging rocks james-bond-style on a four wheeler. I freaking love that stuff. I have a few friends that enjoy doing that stuff with me.

I am totally craving an adventure right now. And with my new-found love of cameras and video, I totally want to video some of it. I think the only well-known person that I can relate this to is the adventures of this author, who does this type of thing in research for his books. I'm not as great at adventuring or as brave as he is though.

So, yes. If any of my friends wants to go adventuring some time soon, I am totally up for it. If not, maybe I'll just go out one weekend soon and adventure on my own, though its better when you can do it with company. Maybe I can convince James to come along. John still gets scared.

-EW

The Day James Got Sick

James has maintained his status of "healthy" over the past little while, whilst the rest of the family took turns being sick. However, last night he got a stomach bug of some kind, and is home sick today. So far, I can say that I am pretty sure he has a fever, and I gave him some ice water to drink. Its days like this that I feel like an old-timey nurse maid. You know, the ladies who would spend like 90% of the time taking care of the children of rich families as a job?

Right now I'm watching TED talks and drinking coffee while he sleeps. I feel bad for him, because when James gets sick, he's really sick, not barely sick like JT. John Thomas has energy and is playing video games and making jokes within a couple hours of being sick (most of the time anyway). I don't feel that great either, but I'm praying and trying to convince my immune system for me to not be sick.

I went to see Frozen with Sarah yesterday (finally) and it was awesome. At times I was fighting back tears, but other times I was smiling and laughing. I loved it and I can't wait to get the cosplay stuff so that I can dress as Anna. I have to wait until later on this year though. Right now, I'm saving money for the Disney trip.

I plan on buying a polaroid-type camerato bring with me, along with plenty of film, so that means $100. Then I need to get some more clothes and comfy shoes, so thats a bit more. And I only have one princess gig between now and then. I'm praying for another, and also some more later on this year. I haven't sold anything from my online store yet, but I'm making more crochet items constantly, hoping that someone will find something that they want. I haven't even sold the valentines hat.

I did get the facebook page for my store up though, and it would be great if you all could go like it, regardless of where you live ( https://www.facebook.com/lizzieslux). Just a reminder, I don't have a physical store, I make and ship the items from my house. I also plan on shipping any orders as quick as possible, like, within 24 hours of getting the order. And please check out my store if you haven't already (http://lizardbreath.storenvy.com)

I have three seperate assignments due today, so I gotta go.

-EW