Hey, everybody! I'm writing to you from a hotel in Pennsylvania. I'll give you guys all a full report of the trip when I get back home!
Meanwhile, a vital question has been hounding me: where are all my lovely followers? I miss you all! I know I haven't always been good at posting regularly; I'm definitely not the most cheerful blogger on the internet; my freak-out posts can be a little overwhelming--and I'm sorry if any of those factors scared you away. But you want to know something? I love blogging! I am always proud when I get the chance to say "I am a blogger." It's a part of my identity; it's a part of who I am. And I want to share that part of me with the rest of the world. So come back; take some time to read this little blog. Comment. You're comments mean the world to me. If you've found something interesting, don't be afraid to share it. I am always open to your ideas and opinions. If you have any suggestions to make this blog better, I'm happy to hear them. If you simply want to drop in and say hello, feel free! My day always brightens when I see I have a comment or two. It's a great feeling for me--and I promise to return that feeling by ALWAYS replying to you!
So if you like this blog (or maybe you don't like it, and there's something you'd like to see changed about it), just let me know in the comments section. I will be delighted to hear from you.
Like I mentioned last time, I'm working on a few new projects that I'd like to fill you in on:
1) a TV series to be broadcast on YouTube starting Summer 2012, entitled Abandoned. Details to be announced soon.
2) A video blog series inspired by Alex Day and Charlie McDonnell. I've very nervous about releasing this to the public and need all the support I can get. Do you guys think I have anything interesting worth saying on video? Let me know!
3) The ongoing Hunger Games fanfiction dedicated to Jenna. It's taking a lot more time than expected, but I think it will be worth it. It's in dire need of an editing session, so it's going to be quite a while before this is released.
4) A novel based on a short story I wrote for Literary Magazine, entitled "The Nowhere Place." I've only started on the first chapter, so it will be a LONG time before this particular manuscript is released.
5) The novelization of the untitled story Hannah and I wrote for English. We've been talking about expanding the story for a long time now, and I think it's time for us to really get started on it.
6) A continuation of one of my past novels, "Emelia's Grave." I feel that I should at least write a few more chapters and edit what I already have before I give up on it completely.
Looks like I've got a lot of work to get started on. I look forward to your responses! I'll be sure to update soon with a full report of my family's trip to Pennsylvania (with pictures :D)!
Wednesday, April 4, 2012
Monday, March 26, 2012
DOCTOR WHO SEASON 7: THE FIRST TRAILER!!!!!!!!!
THE FIRST TRAILER FOR DOCTOR WHO: SEASON 7 HAS BEEN RELEASED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! TODAY IS ABSOLUTELY THE BEST DAY I HAVE HAD IN A VERY LONG TIME!!!!!!!! FIRST TICKETS TO VIDCON, NOW A TRAILER FOR AN AMAZING NEW SEASON OF DOCTOR WHO?!?!?!?!?!?!?! THIS DAY CAN'T GET MUCH BETTER!!!!!!! EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I'm going to VidCon!!!
I cannot even begin to tell you how overjoyed I am to get the opportunity to attend this year's VidCon! It's exciting just to know that a few of my favorite vloggers will be visiting my state, only about an hour from where I live--but it's a whole new level of excitement to know that I'll actually get to meet them! This is truly a dream come true!!! Though I'm a little disappointed that Chameleon Circuit won't be performing this year, I can't wait to see Alex Day and Charlie McDonnell--and maybe even get to meet the rest of the band, since I hear they'll be attending VidCon this year as guests (rather than performers). This is honestly the most exciting that's happened to me since I met Matt Smith and Karen Gillan! EEEK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
So, are you going to VidCon? If so, feel free to say "high" if you see me! Oh, wait, you don't know what I look like. Oops. XD
Now, I've got a challenge for you all--if you like this blog (and I sincerely hope that you do!) tell a friend about it. Tell one friend each day for the next month, and ask them to follow me (don't worry if--like me--you don't have thirty friends. Parents, neighbors, teachers, siblings, cousins, relatives, acquaintances, and fellow fangirls/boys count as well). If I have forty followers by the end of April, I'll release a video blog series I've been working on--but I've kept it to myself, as I'm afraid you guys won't like it! If you have a nice comment or a question you'd like to ask me directly, feel free to contact me at dontblink.weepingangels42@gmail.com! I look forward to hearing from you!
Yours Truly,
Annabeth713
So, are you going to VidCon? If so, feel free to say "high" if you see me! Oh, wait, you don't know what I look like. Oops. XD
Now, I've got a challenge for you all--if you like this blog (and I sincerely hope that you do!) tell a friend about it. Tell one friend each day for the next month, and ask them to follow me (don't worry if--like me--you don't have thirty friends. Parents, neighbors, teachers, siblings, cousins, relatives, acquaintances, and fellow fangirls/boys count as well). If I have forty followers by the end of April, I'll release a video blog series I've been working on--but I've kept it to myself, as I'm afraid you guys won't like it! If you have a nice comment or a question you'd like to ask me directly, feel free to contact me at dontblink.weepingangels42@gmail.com! I look forward to hearing from you!
Yours Truly,
Annabeth713
Sunday, March 18, 2012
An update, because I am bored.
Remember the time when almost all of my posts were about how bored I was? Remember how I promised to lighten up a bit and enjoy life? Well...that's not happening.
I guess the bright side to everything is that I'm not as sad as I used to be. But nothingness has replaced that sadness. And I don't know what's worse. Feeling sad sometimes and happy others, or feeling nothing at all. I feel numb. And I feel conflicted.
The thing about everything is that everything is only a matter of perspective. For example, what would you qualify as bullying? For myself, and many of my friends who have truly been bullied, we are unfazed by a rude comment or sarcastic banter. What we conciser bullying is when a person is being downright mean to another person, simply to get a reaction out of them--simply to make them cry. A few people I know, though, will take offense at anything. Most recently, a friend of mine was upset because she found out a boy lied down next to her while she was asleep at the Dance-a-thon. Even though the boy didn't even touch her, and was (probably) just trying to be sweet, she was very flustered and angry, and felt that this constituted as bullying and harassment. Ironically, this friend had been bullied before--but never in the way that she thought she was being bullied now. So even though most of us could see that what this boy did wasn't really bullying, we sympathized with her. We understood how she felt. Had it been us, we probably would have felt the same way. After all, none of us had been "sexually harassed," as this friend thought she had been. So we comforted her, knowing that she felt betrayed. It was all a matter of perspective.
I'll admit, even I can get worked up over "bullying" when I shouldn't--especially lately. Since my new school comes with the benefits of only a few bullies who have picked on me(and most of them left the school this school year), I'm not really used to being the victim anymore. So the other day, I got quite worried about what a classmate had said earlier that day--and I did not realize how silly I was being until I sorted it all out with a friend--and figured out that the classmate wasn't being mean at all.
But that's not the purpose of this post. Bullying is terrible, and definitely warrents a post of it's own, but for now, let me continue with my original intentions for this post.
You see, a little bit ago, when I was sad all the time, happiness was like an utterly calm spot at the center of the storm--blissfully peaceful and perfect. Attending the school dance, watching my favorite movie, even talking with my friends--the little nibbles of good seemed extraordinary in light of the bad. Now that I'm no longer very sad, I can't really enjoy the happiness in life--I just feel neutral all the time, even when I should be extremely happy.
Take today as an example. I had a few of my best friends over to watch The Adventures of Tintin (my favorite movie) with me. We had a great time, with lots of laughs. And that should have given me a source of happiness to feed off of AT LEAST for a day--right? But no. I was really happy for a bit--now I just feel normal again. Just...nothing.
What is going on? I don't understand it. I don't want to do anything anymore. I don't want to go to school, or see my friends, or write my stories. And it's not because I'm sad--it's just because it doesn't seem like it's worth it. I simply won't get the happiness out of those things that I used to get.
So, I sit here, bored. Bored out of my mind. I have a million things to do, but it feels like I have nothing to do. There are little things I can do to cheer myself up--like watching Doctor Who season 6 on Netflix (just came out!) or looking at comics on Equestria Daily, but those things only make me happy for a short amount of time, now. And as soon as it's over...things go back to normal.
I hate it when things are normal. Everything is so incredibly dull.
I guess the bright side to everything is that I'm not as sad as I used to be. But nothingness has replaced that sadness. And I don't know what's worse. Feeling sad sometimes and happy others, or feeling nothing at all. I feel numb. And I feel conflicted.
The thing about everything is that everything is only a matter of perspective. For example, what would you qualify as bullying? For myself, and many of my friends who have truly been bullied, we are unfazed by a rude comment or sarcastic banter. What we conciser bullying is when a person is being downright mean to another person, simply to get a reaction out of them--simply to make them cry. A few people I know, though, will take offense at anything. Most recently, a friend of mine was upset because she found out a boy lied down next to her while she was asleep at the Dance-a-thon. Even though the boy didn't even touch her, and was (probably) just trying to be sweet, she was very flustered and angry, and felt that this constituted as bullying and harassment. Ironically, this friend had been bullied before--but never in the way that she thought she was being bullied now. So even though most of us could see that what this boy did wasn't really bullying, we sympathized with her. We understood how she felt. Had it been us, we probably would have felt the same way. After all, none of us had been "sexually harassed," as this friend thought she had been. So we comforted her, knowing that she felt betrayed. It was all a matter of perspective.
I'll admit, even I can get worked up over "bullying" when I shouldn't--especially lately. Since my new school comes with the benefits of only a few bullies who have picked on me(and most of them left the school this school year), I'm not really used to being the victim anymore. So the other day, I got quite worried about what a classmate had said earlier that day--and I did not realize how silly I was being until I sorted it all out with a friend--and figured out that the classmate wasn't being mean at all.
But that's not the purpose of this post. Bullying is terrible, and definitely warrents a post of it's own, but for now, let me continue with my original intentions for this post.
You see, a little bit ago, when I was sad all the time, happiness was like an utterly calm spot at the center of the storm--blissfully peaceful and perfect. Attending the school dance, watching my favorite movie, even talking with my friends--the little nibbles of good seemed extraordinary in light of the bad. Now that I'm no longer very sad, I can't really enjoy the happiness in life--I just feel neutral all the time, even when I should be extremely happy.
Take today as an example. I had a few of my best friends over to watch The Adventures of Tintin (my favorite movie) with me. We had a great time, with lots of laughs. And that should have given me a source of happiness to feed off of AT LEAST for a day--right? But no. I was really happy for a bit--now I just feel normal again. Just...nothing.
What is going on? I don't understand it. I don't want to do anything anymore. I don't want to go to school, or see my friends, or write my stories. And it's not because I'm sad--it's just because it doesn't seem like it's worth it. I simply won't get the happiness out of those things that I used to get.
So, I sit here, bored. Bored out of my mind. I have a million things to do, but it feels like I have nothing to do. There are little things I can do to cheer myself up--like watching Doctor Who season 6 on Netflix (just came out!) or looking at comics on Equestria Daily, but those things only make me happy for a short amount of time, now. And as soon as it's over...things go back to normal.
I hate it when things are normal. Everything is so incredibly dull.
Wednesday, March 7, 2012
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