BC #2

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airports, dallas, london, new york, writing

Yo guys!

Welcome back to my failing-miserably-at-writing series!

Last time I think I said something about BC being set in Dallas, New York, and Montenegro?

Scratch Dallas and Montenegro off the list. I’m rewriting the whole dang thing. The new settings are just New York and London. I’ve been doing a crap load of research about everything to do with these places (which my dad says is unnecessary. Um, I’m pretty sure I’ll need to know the most common car models and colors in London. Thank you very much)

It’s slow going. I’m keeping most of the beginning, but it’ll be heavily edited feom it’s original form. At least 3 characters are being completely changed, and I’m running out of Sharpies and sticky notes.

Anyway, I know where B will be staying, eating, working, which streets she’ll walk/drive down, but not what airports she’ll be using. Thats the most frustrating thing for me. I’ve never been on a plane, or even in an airport, so I’m basically going off of other book and movie experiences here. Any of you have suggestions?

K, I think thats all I’ll share for now.

Ty for reading! .)

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Halt!

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funny, halt, ra, Rangers apprentice

So, the other day my mom and I were going through FB, cuz why not? When I saw these-

The first thing that came to my mind was HALT WOULD WEAR THAT SHIRT!

Then, a couple minutes later, this popped up-

This could have come straight from a Ranger’s Apprentice book. So naturally I asked my mom to send me both pics.

Thats it. Thats the post. I just wanted to share these with y’all.

Have a great day!

What? Oh yeah! I have a blog!

I am back!!! For the past however long I’ve been gone I have been in a MEGA reading/writing/blogging slump. And also an anti-social slump. Idk.

I went to the night services of church camp and made some new friends.

AND I WATCHED ALL OF SHERLOCK AND I’M DYING CUZ THERE IS NOTHING ELSE TO FREAKING WATCH RN!

Ahem. Well. I turn 17 in less then 2 weeks. That’s new.

For my birthday I’m doing a Truth or Dare video on YouTube. (It’s also celebrating the fact that I have over 100 subs, but whatever)

Just comment your questions or dares.

Um…

See y’all Monday?

 

Waiting on Baby

Hey guys.

Life has pretty much come to a stand-still here. We’re waiting on the new baby (he’s 5 days over due) and have been stuck in the house for the past month or so.

On the upside (lol), I’ve started a new project. No details yet, but it has 2250 or so words. I’m really excited about this one!

Another good thing-

I’ve added about 100 new books to my collection since my last post!

The library book sale was a couple weeks ago and I got 30 then, some from our local thrift stores, and last night we went to the new Half Priced Books nearby. At least I won’t be bored waiting for the baby.

My computer stopped working on the internet, so I’ll probably be posting from this IPad for a while.

Well, that’s it! Love y’all!

A Job, a Blog, and a Teen Walk into a Bar…

HAY GUYS!!!

No, this isn’t a joke. That is literally my life right now.

Yep. I got a job. yay.

I work 4 days a week and earn 8 bucks an hour. Which I guess is ok, but I don’t have time to do much besides work, dishes, and God only knows what other chores my mom has me do. So, blogging, reading, and pretty much every thing else have been shoved to the back burner till further notice.

Not that I’m not reading. I’ve read like 15-20 books so far this year. And I’ve bought 70. So books aren’t really shoved that far.

I’ve also become obsessed with a game called MovieStarPlanet. It’s actually really fun, you get to dress up a little avatar, trade with people, and go shopping. My acc is AdrianMcCoy. (Ya know, if any of you guys play…)

AND!!! My tablet is broken, so until I get it fixed Some Semi-Charming Sims will have to be put on hold.

This is our evil cat. She’s actually much bigger now.

All my bookshelves.

Some of what I got for Christmas.

We finally watched Ragnarok. Mason and Gayle LOVE it. Mason’s favorite is Loki and he told me that Loki had fixed Mjolnir for Thor. BTW awesome movie.

I’m halfway through season 8 of Supernatural.

And that’s it! I think? I’ll do a book haul on ACB soon.

Love y’all!!!

We are Iced In!!!

Yep. It’s 22 degrees right now and it snowed. Not much, but it’s more than we’ve seen in years.

Anyway, the roads are iced over and our van won’t start. We’re stuck here. Together. For a loooooong time. Again.

But hey! On the upside we’re all feeling better! AND I’ve read like five books already this year, I have more time to write, and we completely redid the kitchen, so now I don’t have to bend in half to wash dishes!

Wow, look at me, being a little optimist.

My dad just walked into the kitchen saying “Hey, I have to go to work now.” And mom and Xander just laughed.

And then Xander said (imitating someone calling mom) “Um, your husband is making snow angels in a ditch.”

Which made my dad do his drunk dolphin laugh.

The one downside to being stuck here is that the antenna stopped working and my sibs say it’s all my fault that they can’t watch their Vietnamese soap opera.

But I’m like “Y’all don’t speak Vietnamese!” Yet every single one, from Xander down through Mason will sit and watch it.

Oh, I cut my hair again! .) My mom also bought me a dark green dress at Cato. I wanted to get a dark green Dean-looking coat that I could wear under my trench coat and be the ULTIMATE WINCHESTER!!!!!!

But, sadly, even on sale it was 25 bucks. *Sigh*

M’k, story time!

Last Wednesday, in Youth, my youth paster (lets call her Dixie) split us up into teams of three. Our goal was to make a tower using just newspaper and tape that would support an egg. The tallest tower wins.

So I got paired with two boys (Trump, a Hispanic boy who loves to make people laugh, and Smooth, who thinks he’s irresistible. [I grew up with both of them, btw]) They were freaking out cause they didn’t really know what to do. After about five minutes of mulling this idea over, I spoke up,

“What if we tape the egg to the ceiling and build the tower up to it?”

They looked like two year old set loose in a candy/toy store with no supervision.

They started squealing and rolling up newspaper and making a tower of funnels. We made it almost to the ceiling before Dixie called that we only had a minute or so left. So they used strips of tape to anchor the egg and set it in a nook near the top.

Long story short, we won.

Not only did we win, we were the only ones with newspaper left. So, naturally, I took one of each kind. Cause, ya know, I’m secretly an old lady in disguise.

But Ginger was FURIOUS! He kept saying we cheated, so we took down the tape the tower stayed up.

And that’s all!

Love y’all! Stay warm!

(My Alex thing isn’t working, so-)

Alex C.

Happy Thanksgiving!!!

I didn’t want to do anything time consuming for today, but I felt like I needed to say something Thanksgiving-ish-y. I’m not very good with words, but here we go-

Thank you.

All of you. Not just my followers, but the other amazing people I follow. It really brightens my day when I get the chance to talk to you.

I love reading the posts on your blogs, it helps me feel like I belong somewhere. Like I’m not the only one in the world who loves books and writing more than almost anything else.

Okay, now that thats out of the way-

We, the Charmings, are heading to our Gramma’s house today. She cooks so good, it would put a hobbit chef to shame! I hope shes making pumpkin pie!!!

“But Alex, aren’t you allergic to pumpkin?”

Yes, yes I am. But I don’t care. I’m taking my pills, so it should be fine. (I’m crossing my fingers for pecan…. Don’t tell Xander!)

But the drama doesn’t start till tomorrow. We’re going to spend the evening with my mom’s side of the family. Yay! All we do at Gramma’s is eat, watch tv, and play Clue. (Yes, I almost always win)

We’re taking Bob with us. SURPRISE, GRAMMA! Hehehe…

Anyway, thank you, guys. I hope you have a happy Thanksgiving  (or just a really awesome Thursday, for those of you who don’t live in the US of A)

 

Books and More Sheep

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books, Divergent, Sheep

Hey guys!

So, confession time! I bought 5 new books…

1. Insurgent by Veronica Roth (I’ve already read Divergent)

2. Fyre by Angie Sage (I finished this less then two days after I got it, and am now wallowing in a pit of despair because there are no more left in the series)

3. Curse of the Bane by Joseph Delaney  (Amazing series, btw)

4. The Seige of Macindaw by John Flanagan  (The 5th ended in a major cliffhanger and I almost died. [Not really, but ya know how it is]

5. The Great Hunt by Robert Jordan  (Read the 1st in about a month. What?! I was in a slump!)

The three new sheep we named Galadriel, Haldir, and Bob. (Yes, Bob.) Bob is our house sheep now, because he can’t stand up. There’s  something wrong with his back legs, we think it’s white muscle disease. We ordered the stuff to stop it, but there is no fixing the damage already done.

This is Bob. He wanted to kiss the camera, so I couldn’t get a good pic. But he’s the cutest thing and he loves to snuggle! He’s living in a baby doll bed by day, and a pet taxi by night. And when you scratch his head he smirks at you!

The other 9 are outside in a pen we set up for them. They’re all still on bottles and we feed them 3 times a day.

Anyway, thats all!

Happy Thanksgiving, guys!

Sheep, Glorious Sheep!!!

Hey guys!

Sorry it’s been so long (again), but things have been pretty busy for us. (I feel like I’ve said this before?) Anyway, lets get caught up, yes?

#1

Sheep

Guess what! We got some lambs. The total count is 12, but 4 have passed away and two we gave to our neighbors. So now we have nine- Sean (black and white), Pippin (brown and white), Logan (all white), Bon Jovi (all white with a brown spot on his eye), Legolas (all white), and Sandy (all white [she’s also a house lamb cause she hates being outside with the boys]), and then the three newbies we just picked up- Galadriel (all white), Bob (all white), and Haldir (all white).

The people that gave them to us have about a thousand sheep and they sometimes abandon their babies if somethings wrong. So we now have nine lambs, and the promise of more later.

#2

NaNoWriMo

I have gotten tons of plotting and world-building the past couple of weeks, but very little writing. I have 1300-ish words on one project, but that’s all. So, NaNo isn’t going well this year.

#3

Reading

Just to add more stress to my life, I have begun hording books again. We had to add two new floor to ceiling shelves, and I still have to have two rows on each shelf! To make matters worse, I have well over 200 unread books and Christmas is coming up! I’m still working on my list, but so far there are over 90 things on it and it’s mostly books. I’ve gotten a lot of reading done the past couple of weeks, but they just keep multiplying. I actually ordered five new books from ThriftBooks this morning…..

#4

My Social Life

Wait! Alex, you didn’t tell us you had a SOCIAL LIFE?!

But yeah, things are going great! Lots of friends, good times….

Ach! Who am I kidding? I don’t have a social life! And honestly?

#5

AN AWESOME THINGY!!!

I GOT THE TWO TOWERS SPECIAL EXTENDED EDITION AND THE SECOND DISK OF THE RETURN OF THE KING EXTENDED EDITION FOR $10 TOTAL AT THE THRIFT STORE!!!!

Alright, lets calm down! Whew!

Ahem. There are tons of scenes I had never even heard of, plus we got to listen to the cast act like idiots on the commentary.

We-ell, I just about peed myself when I found them. I had been on the lookout for some new books, but I’m glad how this turned out. .)

#6

Supernatural

I’m not sure if I’ve mentioned this yet, but I have become addicted to the show Supernatural. I’m somewhere in season two.

Do you want to know what bravery is? No? Well, I’ll tell you anyway!

Bravery is taking the trash can out to the road at 11 at night in town after spending 12 hours watching Supernatural. But, like, my siblings are terrified of the dark, while I’m like

And that’s all for now!

A Bunch of Posts I Started, But Never Finished (AKA, Lets See How High Alex Was)

Heyo!!! Today we are going to delve deep into the unknown! So, put on your seat belts and lets go!!!!!

We’ll be going oldest to newest and I won’t edit or add anything–

A World of My Own- Imaginary Friends (7 months ago)

Hey guys. I know its been awhile since I’ve done anything more than tags and awards. Sorry for the lack of good posts, I’ll try harder (no promises though).

This is the third post of my series A World of My Own. Pretty long post today.

Marvel Kids-

 

Flash and Regina Thunder are Thor’s kids. Flash is 19 and has a hammer similar to his father’s. Regina is 15 and fights with a weapon like Kai’s from Kung Fu Panda 3, except her’s are purple.

Chet Lokison and Vara Malum are Loki’s kids. Chet is 18 and Vara is 16. Darcy, from the Thor movies, is their mom.

Micki Fury is Nick Fury’s daughter. Shes 14 and uses a wide variety of knives and guns.

Nathaniel Banner is the son of Natasha Romanoff and Bruce Banner. He inherited his father’s anger problems, but he’s also trained like Tasha. Hes 18, and is based on one of my friends from church.

Toni Stark is Tony Stark’s daughter. She’s really smart and has many of her dad’s personality traits. Toni is 16.

Peggy and Jim Rogers are the twin offspring of Steve Rogers. Their 17 and both have shields like their dad.

Stephenie (Stevie) Barnes is the 13 year old daughter of Bucky Barnes.

Phylis A. Coulson

Silver Maximoff

Stella D. Quill

Mary Kate Maximoff

Iris

(OK, not so bad…)

Some New Blogs I found…. (4 months ago)

Melmakeup

aayushiim

Pumpkin Pie (4 months ago)

A couple weeks ago I bought a little pumpkin pie from Walmart. Unfortunately I am slightly allergic to pumpkin, so Xander, being the sweet, horrible sister she is, hid it from me. I FOLLOWED HER AROUND THE HOUSE FOR AT LEAST FIFTEEN MINUTES LIKE-

(I think the original, intended gifs are needed here)

And then I slowly evolved to-

She finally gave it up, and I ended up with a massive stomach ache.

A Writing Update (Hello again, Max) (3 months ago)

Yep. I’m working on the Max books again! I just finished planning the first and second (I’m making it a trilogy) and I’ve been doing a ton of world building and character work. The actual writing hasn’t started yet, I only just picked it back up yesterday.

List of posts that talk about these projects (for those of you who have no idea what I’m talking about[they aren’t in order])-

MAX IS BACK!!!!!! (I used way too many !)

Planning Max (sort of)

Is that all?! I couldn’t find any more! Huh, anyway!

I’ve been looking through

(Wait! What was I looking through?!)

“Hi.” From an extremely bored and uncomfortable Alex

“Hi.”

I’m not even going to apologize this time. I’m tired, sore, frustrated, and on RED ALERT. This morning was Park Day with the local homeschool group. I stayed at my dad’s office and read for almost two hours while the other kids went and basically bathed in their town sweat.

Anyway! I have about a dozen tags/nominations to work on, but I probably won’t do much today.

I’ve decided on a project for NaNo this year and the plot and characters are coming along nicely. I’ve been on Pinterest and watching Dan and Phil on Youtube.

And the woman in here talking to my dad said “nickels”, but it sounded like “nipples”? I am now laying on the floor, trying not to laugh too loud.

The Next Day (Wednesday) 6:09 pm

Still miserable. And still watching Dan and Phil and staring at Pinterest.

Wow. Most of them weren’t nearly as bad as I feared. Except the last one. OK then. Thanks for tuning in!

Love,

Mind Palace? Pssshhh! I Have a Mind Library, Peasant!

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library, mind palace, Sherlock

Hello, and welcome back to Lordofthetrekkies!

Today I will be telling you a little about what goes on behind the scenes of my gorgeous face. Introducing-

 

Yep. While other people have Mind Palaces, Attics, or whatever else is you weirdos are calling it, I have a library.

Not like an organized, regularly dusted, public library. More like that room in your great-grandma’s house that no one wants anything to do with so that keep it locked, never bother re-shelving anything, and only dust it once every ten years or so.

Lets imagine a huge room, so big you can’t see the ceiling or far walls, with rows and rows of shelves. And each shelf is full to bursting with various books, scrolls, binders, files, scraps of random paper, and anything else that can be used to store information (except electronics, nothing high-tech in here). Got a clear picture? Okay. Now, add countless stacks of even more of the afor mentioned materials strewn all over the floor and other furniture (such as tables, armchairs, coffee machines, snack bars, and the occasional canopy bed). Everything is coated in dust and nothing is where it’s supposed to be. Also, there might be quite a few “people” in there. I’m not really sure what all there is up here…

As you have probably guessed, I’m very forgetful and absent-minded. It takes a while to remember anything, and I’m easily distracted.

Well, that’s that! I hope y’all enjoyed reading about the inside of my head.

Love,

Just me griping and whining. Nothing important.

Hey guys! So far I am failing at everything this year (yar? Please cooperate, brain). I haven’t been working on The Oldest Waterpark EVER!!!, I haven’t been keeping up with school, blogging, or anything else. All I want to do is be a potato, sitting on the floor, eating salty foods, and watching AmazingPhil on Youtube. All. Day. Long. And I did just that on Wednesday.

I can’t remember if I’ve mentioned this, but I had to go on a very strict diet. Like, for most meals all I eat is an avocado. It’s awful. I’ve been doing this for almost two weeks and I am constantly hungry. Now, the reason for this diet is that I kept over-eating. I ate so much that I made myself sick. Of course, it didn’t help that I was eating crap foods. Pizza, soda, just all kinds of fatty, greasy foods. And I couldn’t fit my skinny jeans anymore. That was the main reason I stopped eating. I didn’t want to get chubby. I feel like I’ve lost weight, but I’m too embarrassed to try the jeans on again. I only have one pair that fit now, and my mom doesn’t like me to wear them in public.

Well, that’s all.

My Sweet, Innocent Sisters…..

Hello, all! I have been meaning to do this post for a while now.

Today I am going to tell y’all a “story” about my little sisters- Xander, Pumpkin, and Diva. We all share a room, so there’s not many secrets between us.

Some time ago, my sibs got addicted to Slither.io. You know, that game with the weird snakes sliding around killing each other. Anyway, one night they were up late (again) playing their various games. For some strange reason, when they play video games they will talk, constantly. Here is a list of some of the more appropriate things they said-

Diva(age 7)- (In a deep, menacing voice) “Chad.”
Diva- (In a sweet singsong voice) “I killed two people in a row!”
Diva- (Panicked gibberish) “Noodndooo! Get away from me!”
Pumpkin(age 11)- “Alright Morocco, you’re next.”
Pumpkpin- “I killed Morgana.”
Diva- “You just made me die!”
Diva- “Stop, I will beat you up.”
Xander(age 13)- “You just caused me to die!”
Pumpkin(freakin’ is her favorite word)- (Over and over) “Give me the freakin’ tablet.”
Diva- “(Some gamer’s name) Hello! I’m gonna kill you today.”
Xander- “There are some beautiful men on here.”

I am now very concerned with their mental health, and my personal safety. Some days later I tried the game. It’s fun, but not worth the heart attacks Diva has over it. I’d much rather play Pokemon Platinum/Diamond or Minecraft.

I’m glad I finally got around to embarrassing the crap out of my sisters doing this post. It was a lot of fun. 

Update for Everythin

OK, first off- I am working on my first Dream Journal post and have three debates in the works-

Morgana is a Ravenclaw

Merlin is a Slytherin

&

Professor Remus Lupin is a Wolf-Man, Not a Werewolf

So, as you can see, I’m very busy. Now, about Meme Monday- I am taking a short break from it. BECAUSE, I’m running out of memes. It takes a long time to sift through the millions of memes on Pinterest and etc. I’ll keep looking, but in the meantime it’ll be on hiatus.

(You like that? It’s a new post breaker I made. Granted, I’m not very good at designing these things. But I really like this one)

On to writing! Today I wrote 543 words (ish) and the total is 5,131. That’s half way through! I’m so proud of myself for sticking to it.

I might have to up the goal, there’s still so much left to the story and I’m only a fifth of the way through what I want to put into this book. Today’s excerpt-

“Sam!” Ann’s voice interrupted her thoughts.

“Hmm, yeah?” Calypso and Ann were staring at her. “What?”
“We’ve been trying to get your attention.” Ann cocked her head to one side. “Were you asleep.”
Out of the corner of her eye, Sam saw Jumper smile down at his plate.
“No, I was thinking.”
“Thinking?” Ann looked surprised. “What were you thinking about?”
“I dunno, home.” She shrugged. “I guess.”
Jumper coughed. “I think it’s about time the girls went back to the park, don’t you dearest?”
“Oh, yes! We shouldn’t be keeping you from all that fun.” Calypso grinned. “You will dine with me tonight, right?” Sam nodded.

I still feel the urge to go back and edit, but I can’t! OHHH! So frustrating! Anyway, no one, not even my parents or Xander, have read the whole thing. Y’all are lucky I’m doing these excerpts! .)

READING TIME!!!

I have been doing a reread of the Artemis Fowl and Alex Rider series, as well as working on several Agatha Christie books and others. Xander, Mamma Charming, and I are group reading Go Set a Watchman like we did To Kill a Mockingbird. I am only on the third chapter, but I already dislike it. TKAM was much better.

I am steadily working through me enormous TBR pile. Earlier this week I got an email saying that I won a giveaway connected to The Silmarillion Awards, I can’t remember which blog this one was hosted on. But I WON!! I never win anything!

I got an ebook of Songweaver’s Vow by Laura VanArendonk Baugh, a signed paperback copy of Elle Burton and the Reflective Portals by Peggy M. McAloon along with an Elle Burton bookmark. The paperback came in today, and I screamed like a little girl. Hopefully I can get some pictures up.

Last week I worked my butt of and my parents payed me by ordering 5-6 books from ThriftBooks. They haven’t come in yet, I’m hoping they will come tomorrow.

Also last week, I bought 14 books from the thrift store. I guess you could say that July is a really good book month for me.

As some of you might know, Lordofthetrekkies turned two not long ago. So, to celebrate, I am hosting another Q/A post. Questions can be asked here. GTG, see y’all soon!

Possible Future posts

Hey peoples! Sorry for the past week, I kinda fell of the face of the earth for a while 😉

I’ve been thinking about some post ideas for Lordofthetrekkies, and I think I’ve got a few good ones-

1. Character Reviews Instead of doing full on book reviews I will be reviewing characters.
2. Completely one-sided debates concerning things in various fandoms and such I’ve already started on one that I’m very excited about-

Professor Remus Lupin is a Wolf-Man, Not a Werewolf

and I have quite a few good arguments on this point. I also have another one (its not really a debate, more like a funny haha post) about how I am the Female Sherlock. But anyway, I love to argue. Unfortunately no one in my family feels the same 😦 So I will be boring you guys with my “debates”. Oh, I have finally figured out whats wrong with me! Its called-
I-am-far-away-from-my-peoples-(who have all congregated at Tumblr [where I am not allowed until I’m 18 and out of my parent’s house])-and-I don’t-have-anyone-to-fangirl-with-itis

Yes, its a real thing. It is more commonly known as loneliness. (This is all relevent to the posts mentioned above)

Another idea for a post is-

A monthly Q&A

If I decide to do this I will make a page solely for asking me questions.

WAIT WAIT WAIT! Before I forget- I have a new Goodreads group called Teen Writers that is for peoples under the age of 20 who love to write! (You can join even if your 20+, I’m not picky)

Ehhhh. I can’t think of anything else to talk about. Plus its 10:34 here. It would be nice ti fall asleep before midnight.

OMMAHGOSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

I just had another idea for a post series!

A DREAM JOURNAL SERIES!!!!!!!

Whenever I have a really good/funny/scary dream I’ll share it here! I am a genius! ,)

Well, goodnight. What do you think of my little ideas?