Hey again

Ooooh.

Not been very good about posting, have I?

Yeah. Well, it's 12:15 now, so.... maybe tomorrow, if I remember to. :(

Ahaha

Hahaha, what a lame blog: one sometimes-commenting reader with who I now connect elsewhere, and my last post being over a month old. Wowwww. *winces* I'm really sorry about that. I post most of my stuff at Donteatacowman.Livejournal.com now, I guess mostly because I'm encouraged in that other people actually READ it. But I guess this makes this more of a private journal I write in when I don't want other people to know but I want to get things out there. I'll try to write more later, maybe...

Unrelated:

Updates

I guess I haven't been posting here much lately. Rambling time!:

As of right now, it's 11:07 PM on a Friday night and I'm a bit tired though not as much as I could be.

Online friends-wise (mostly for my own reference, I guess, unless you are/know one of the people on here), Tenkan's not been visiting RS Net much lately. For the past two weeks or so, though, we've been corresponding via Youtube messages, so we're still in touch. Over at LiveJournal, I've made several good friends, like SMBShaneomaniac and Jamie55 and more, so that's mostly where I've been updating on my life, since Cassandra's on Twitter. I haven't been to RS Net a lot. Twila and I don't talk much... Jim and I do private message each other there though.

Real-life-events-wise, my wrist's been inexplicably hurting the past week-ish. Hoping that'll end soon; it's in a Walmart-bought brace right now. I'm on this wheat-free-diet for a long and complicated reason I don't completely understand, but I've been allowed to cheat once every two weeks or more often, so I guess that's okay--I have a certain kind of bread I can have, so I still have daily sandwiches. School's only got six more full days (next Monday, the 25th or so, we have off for Memorial Day, I think), plus three half-days of finals. I had to run a mile in PE today, which I really didn't like. What else? Oh, yes, I'm going to Florida for two weeks next month! :D I have a really good friend who lives down there and who flies up to visit once a year, and this time I'm repaying the favor. Cheap plane tickets for the win! I can't wait to see her, and it sounds like there's a lot of fun ocean- and Disney-related stuff down there!

I just finished writing Going Against the Grain this week and I'm going to post the last chapter around Monday, maybe sometime this weekend. I'm excited! But I don't know what to write next... It really only works when the inspiration strikes. It's somewhere around 24,300 words (including disclaimers and author's notes), which is by far the longest story I've ever written. In fact, it's almost twice as long as I Think Some Serious Physics Just Happened. I'm hopefully improving! ^^

Oh, also, I've been watching How I Met Your Mother on TV after seeing almost the entire archive of episodes during spring break. So yeah. Neil Patrick Harris is officially my favorite actor?

As for my relationship with God, it's been less steady lately. I really need to spend more time reading the Bible. :-[

I guess that's mainly it, for the most part. (There went almost 20 minutes of my time! Who knew?)

So, woo!

--Donne

Dr. Who/Horrible

So my friend, Tenkan, has been trying to get me to watch Dr. Who for a little while now. It was on last night, and my mom (who was watching with me) is a fan, so I watched it. After some research online I conducted today, I found the episode was called "Love and Monsters." The ending was pretty creepy, yeah. If you've seen it, you know what I'm talking about.

But the thing is... the main character of that episode (not one of the recurring characters like the Doctor or Rose or something, I guess), Elton, looked remarkably like Billy, of Dr. Horrible fame.

I kid you not.

So, for more of my reference than for any readers' (yeah, plural... I'm hoping), I'm going to post some picture links cross-examining them:

http://ashley.tacular.net/copperminefolder/displayimage.php?album=10&pos=277

VS

http://doctorwho.sonicbiro.co.uk/gallery/displayimage.php?album=50&pos=68

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http://fray101.fotki.com/screencaps/dr-horrible/act1/kmp-dvd0450.html

VS

http://doctorwho.sonicbiro.co.uk/gallery/displayimage.php?album=50&pos=67

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http://fray101.fotki.com/screencaps/dr-horrible/act2/kmp-dvd0851.html

VS

http://doctorwho.sonicbiro.co.uk/gallery/displayimage.php?album=50&pos=64

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http://ashley.tacular.net/copperminefolder/displayimage.php?album=9&pos=242

VS

http://doctorwho.sonicbiro.co.uk/gallery/displayimage.php?album=50&pos=322

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http://ashley.tacular.net/copperminefolder/displayimage.php?album=11&pos=662

VS

http://doctorwho.sonicbiro.co.uk/gallery/displayimage.php?album=50&pos=648

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http://fray101.fotki.com/screencaps/dr-horrible/act3/kmp-dvd1964.html

VS

http://doctorwho.sonicbiro.co.uk/gallery/displayimage.php?album=50&pos=111


Spoilers if you care about them:
So, video blog for Elton and Billy.
By the time Elton got to the laundromat, I was pretty much squeeing at the coincidence.
Not to mention when he got his girlfriend, you know, dead in the second-to-last set. SAME LOOK on his face. (Fortunately he got her back... in a really creepy way. But I suppose that's normal for Dr. Who?)

<3 Billy lookalike

(Also--fairly obviously, I didn't make the screencaps. Just to get that out there)

Penplots

So I met up with my friend Ally today, and found out she had a blog on here. She told me about this-- an original story with chapters written by different people. I'm going to contribute, so that might be what you see on here soon-ish. ;)

Hopefully, it'll help to be writing again. Trying to work on "Going Against the Grain" over spring break, but it's going pretty slowly; Captain Hammer's hard to write for. Yesterday was pretty much spent at the computer, being comatose. :P Fortunately, today was different-- I woke up at 8:30 and read in bed (the book Evil Genius by Catherine Jinks; I'd recommend it) until about 10. Got up/dressed/ready for the day. Then I left with my mom for breakfast, coffee, library, etc. Saw Ally (as said above), then got home at 3:30-ish. On the computer for the first time today. :)

Just accidentally posted it in PenPlots, actually. ^^; Gonna have to get used to being able to post in two different places. Prepare for many mistakes and mix-ups on my part.

Yee-ah...

Sorry I haven't been posting lately, story or otherwise! Livejournal and Twitter have just about blogged me out, but have no fear! I'll still post here! As I said on LJ:

Ugh, I am so sorry, everyone, that I haven't posted anything in weeks! The reason? Well, some of you may know that I'm in a play, The Hobbit, and it's been taking up anywhere from 2-4 hours of my day. Factor in school time, eating, sleep, chores, and friends, and my writing time is pretty much dried up. . . . Fortunately, the play "premieres" this Friday and goes for only a couple of days, so I'll probably be back, bored and writing, in a week or so! :D Until then, please forgive my slowness...

So that's about it for now, except that I just got two new shirts that look awesome! :D And that my evil laugh has been slipping of late. :( Practice, I must...
...Anyway. I guess what I'm trying to say is that I haven't forgotten my blog! Incidentally, if you're wondering how I'm doing at a certain time, click on the link on the right to my Twitter, or just click this text. I've gotten past 300 less-than-141-character updates, and I do update pretty regularly, so check it out if you like! ^^

A good-bye is just a greeting warped back in time!

--Donne

Villain/Hero generator

Dark-Hearted-Rose did one of these at http://www.cpbintegrated.com/theherofactory/. Supposed to be a hero. *snorts* Slightly edited. Of course I added the apostrophes myself. I'd have made quotes ("merciful"), but no room. I didn't choose the name, so. Pretty cool though, eh?

News Flash! Self-Ego-Swelling Ahoy!

...That is neither news nor a flash! Well, sort of.

Just wanted to write that Going Against the Grain, my Horrible and Tie Die fanfiction, is now spanning 22 1/2 pages on Microsoft Word and, if its measurements are correct, is 11,761 words long. Since it's not going to be done for a while, I would bet money that it'll be longer than my longest fic (or story, for that matter), which was 12, 457 words long-- plus the text of 12 disclaimers and some author's notes.

8-)

My first "official," original story, three years ago, was under 2000 words long. My first chaptered fanfic, last year, was almost 9000 words long. Someday I hope to be able to write a novel or something-- they're, what, 100,000 or more words?-- so I'm glad to see that I'm building up to that and improving. :D Of course I'm not making the quality suffer, either.

Twitter

Yeah, just hopped on another internet sensation. :P Mostly because the Dr. Horrible crew as well as Felicia Day post there. It's so hard to limit what I say to 140 characters! D: At least here, I can go on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and no one ever cares! :D Yay for lots of letters!

Yeah, don't own the base for the lyrics. :P

Go ahead – read away!
Say it was excellent
Spread the word – tell a friend
Tell them my tales
Read my fics – see my blog
Fannies are over with
Look at them – not a word
Work to no avail
But soon I’ll win – soon I’ll get
Everything I ever
All the love– all the fame
And critique exchange
Anarchy – that I run
It's Donteatacowman's turn
You people all have to learn
The Fannies are going to burn
Burn
(yeah, it's one "e". D, O, N, T, yeah, right.)
Burn!!!

...Maybe not. :P

Short post--

--Because I was supposed to be going to bed 20 minutes ago. And I need it.

Two guy updates: "Freddy" stopped to tease me in the hall. Not meanly, just messing around and being a guy.

Sweet guy talked to me for a minute (that's all we had) in the hallway. Asked each other's grade (that is, class level, like 9th or 10th or whatever) and found out we were the same, just we have no classes together. Smiled and said I hoped to see him soon.

Good day today, mostly, because it started well. Going full-swing after missing a week so I'm playing catch-up, plus I'll be at school from 7:40 AM-8:15 PM tomorrow, working the whole time, so :P.

Sorry about my mood swings lately, just my time of the month. Maybe I shouldn't have done the Chick rant. Just felt sarcastic and I let off some steam in the comic's direction. Maybe I should delete it....

Hoping to hide a valentine in the sweet guy's locker on Friday. Nothing over-the-top, just a hi-happy-Valentine's-Day thing. :)

Had play practice from 6:30-8:30 tonight and 4 hours tomorrow, which is why I'll be staying late and probably why I'm so tired. Today I only had one line, too. :P

But the weather's so much nicer! It made me remember life's worth living! :D Ice is melting, going outside without a coat, and wonderful smells. Probably won't last long but I'll enjoy it while it lasts!

Started a forum for Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog over at fanfiction dot net. Once I posted it to LJ several people started coming. Nice to talk with a lot of fans!

Might have more to say but I'm gonna go to bed now. Flip side. *does cool waving motion before she drops, unconscious* G'night!

Yahoo! Answers

I just...

It could be that I'm PMS-ing, but...

I like answering questions on there. It's really fun. But lately, well...

For example, I answered a question that said "In college or older and still can't spell a lot correctly? [the title] I just can't get over the fact that most people still spell a lot incorrectly. I learned in probably first or second grade how to spell it and never forgot. I mean there are professors that still spell it ALOT and I just want to scream at them and say it is two words not one. How hard is it really? Even newspapers spell it wrong sometimes. I guess it is just a pet peeve of mine. I can't handle it. I get so mad because it is not that difficult."

I read this as the phrase "a lot" rather than meaning "people cannot spell many things correctly." Apparently, the person meant the latter and awarded me the best answer because, in their own words, "you can't read. I miss spelled it on purpose. If you had read it you would see that I was making a point."

Of course, they now have also misspelled "misspelled," but I didn't point that out. :P

On another question, "What are you? describe yourself . plz descibe ur self !!!" I replied jokingly, "I am a person with a crippling phobia of revealing personal information online.

Oh my goodness! *calls her phobia hotline* GAHHH!"

I added a clarification that no, I was not actually phobic, because there are many that would take me seriously. *rolls eyes* I wasn't expecting to get the Best Answer, but I did, with a rating of only one star and the comment "it funni nd your pic iz even funnier den the whole entire joke," which, translated, I took to mean "That's funny, and your picture is even funnier than the entire joke." This is my picture:



I think it looks like me and is actually flattering.

I know I shouldn't care about rude strangers' opinions of me, but...

...

This is the third time I've cried today.

"People who need people are the happiest people," my foot.

I just got some espresso-flavored dark chocolate, and that seems to help. So did writing this. Thanks.

A Discourse on Jack Chick's "Papa"

I wanted to write this, so here it shall be posted. And here is the link: http://www.chick.com/reading/tracts/1057/1057_01.asp?wpc=1057_01.asp&wpp=b. I own none of this except for parts of my comments.

Why didn't the Vatican just use their Youtube channel? And what is the point of the umbrella? Really? Just to hold it a foot away from the guy sopping wet with a mic in his hands? What is that cat doing? Watching the news? Why are these men ignoring this cat? And has Jimmy been living under a rock all his life? That's right, Jimmy. The Bible will only confuse you. It's not what you think. The altar boys were Flannigan's cover in his take-over-the-world plan. But don't worry; he'll be back. Those Catholics always are. Yes. The pope has complete legal authority, can execute anyone at will, is not adverse to killing any possible usurpers... Et tu, Mr. Powell? "Absolute power corrupts absolutely." "Jesus is God?" "Absolutely!" :| Make no mistake, Jesus is God, but I'd say that these guys are going to be busted by the Reasoning Police pretty soon. Aside from that, have you looked at Ceasar lately? What does this guy do at night, mad science? Wow, I actually agree with this panel. O_o What is with that cartoon devil? Why are they making Satan look like a faun that's hit the potato chips a little too hard? And isn't that the Washington Monument? ... Didn't the Western Roman Empire fall? Like, 1500 years ago? And the Eastern 500 years ago? And why are the people ignoring this giant faun that's standing right in front of them? And why is Protestantism considered annihilated? Who was making this tract, the Cardinals? Look at the Pope's eyes. LOOOOOK! They shall haunt you in the night! ♪ Every limbo boy and girl All around the limbo world Gonna do the limbo rock All around the limbo clock... ♫ And that family has issues. Really. How are they "lovely" and "old"? Half the people are infants! Aside from that, I actually do agree about not baptizing children. :| If only they'd present their message in a way that I can't make fun of. "Bondage": "For just as you once presented your members as slaves to impurity and to lawlessness leading to more lawlessness, so now present your members as slaves to righteousness leading to sanctification." (Romans 6:19b, English Standard Version of the Bible) And his priest claims to be equal to God? I don't know what Bible they're reading, but that's blasphemy, which would win me over to Chick's point if I knew that any Catholics believed that. Feel free to correct me, please! Wait, what? He claims to be "inferior to God"? What about the last panel in which he claimed to be equal to Jesus? ...And if the guy on the cloud isn't Jesus, who do they think he is? Just look at the guy running into the cracker and tell me you wouldn't look like Anthony does not if you had to eat it. On a more serious note, I also do not believe in transubstantiation, or the idea that the wafer literally becomes Jesus' flesh. However, communion, or the breaking of bread among believers in remembrance of Christ's death, is outlined in the Bible: "Now as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and after blessing it broke it and gave it to the disciples, and said, 'Take, eat; this is my body.' And he took a cup, and when he had given thanks he gave it to them, saying, 'Drink of it, all of you, for this is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins. I tell you I will not drink again of this fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father’s kingdom.'" (Matthew 26:26-29, English Standard Version) I guess the main difference is that we take it figuratively while Catholics take it literally. :| Why are all the priests always so grumpy and evil-looking? Pardon me for my ignorance, but what about "That fire will be more grievous than anything a man is capable of bearing in this life" implies that the speaker will be going there? Some context would be nice. ...Jesus will destroy the Vatican? Is that in the Bible? I pray that nobody was so influenced by my snarking to disbelieve Christ. I kind of wanted to reaffirm my own beliefs here. If you're interested, please contact a pastor in your area, or me! ...Try Bible.com for a free online Bible. It's a little closer to the source than these tracts, I assure you. :|

Now I shall take the time to state my own beliefs about Catholics
from what I know. Feel free to disagree, and maybe even talk
about it with me.

I think some Catholics are people relying on good works to get to
Heaven, as Chick claims. However, some so-called "Christians"
are the same; they are not truly Christians if they just pretend to
be. And I also believe that some Catholics are Christians with some
practices with which I do not agree, and I'm sure people have
debated over that a lot. I don't have any Catholics here, though,
so I guess the point of this was not to start a debate but to inflict
my mood swings on Chick.

Sorry, Jack Chick. Sorry, any offended. And thank you for reading.

Also, wonky formatting, so sorry for any weird line breaks and
small images. :P

The 411

Ooh. Eegh. I really haven't updated on here much at all lately, have I?

I guess I can give the down-low. For the past week or so I've had a head cold or something, which has given me time to read Stephenie Meyer's horror/sci-fi/whatever/non-Twilight book The Host. Some parts of it were creepy, but some were beautiful and it had a happy ending. A part I liked, a chunk I didn't, but we can't have everything now, can we? New Moon finally came in at the library, and now that I've actually read the rest of the Twilight series, I'm rereading it so I can understand it. And before everyone grabs their pitchforks and hunts me down, I'll say it: It's true; I do like Twilight. I'm not a fanatic, I don't have a crush on Edward, I'm not in love with Jacob, and I realize that, in real life, some aspects of the relationship could be viewed as unhealthy. As my mom commented, it's not abusive because it's reciprocated in both ways. Yet Bella and Edward's relationship remains complete and utter fiction.

But anyway, since I've been sick, I've missed my play practices (did I mention that I'm in a corny-comedy version of The Hobbit?) and some assignments, although I'm half-caught-up. Also, I've been writing more fanfiction more regularly lately. Specifically, my Dr. Horrible fanfiction "Going Against the Grain." Unfortunately, Billy there needs a spectacular plan, and with my brain fizzed out, I'm not providing it. You could call it Writer's Block, although it's more like a brick wall: once I'm over, it's clear sailing.
Hm. Blocks, brick walls, going over something, and sailing. I need to work on my metaphors.

As for the infamous "Freddy," well, there's nothing to report but nothing. I don't know whether I should be upset or relieved, but he finally seems to have lost interest in me. I don't have a crush on him, but still, it'd be nice to know if I look horrible or something now.
Heh, Horrible. I seem to be attracted to fandoms that require disclaimers for a lot of words that invoke lazy puns. Horrible, Moist, Impossible, Possible, Unstoppable, Stoppable, Will Do, She Goes... and those are just the ones from Horrible and Kim Possible.

Speaking of guys, I have had weird stuff happening in my head lately.
So what else is new?
I mean hormoney stuff. Like I want a boyfriend. Weird, right? And I mean with all his clothes on, but for kissing and hugging and stuff.
Bleah.
So there are two guys right now whom I see everyday-ish, both of whom I'm interested in, but not butterfly-in-my-stomach interested, yet. One guy is not handsome per say, but he's really sweet, and I think he's kind of shy, and seems like the kind of person who I'd like to get--
*facepalm* Just stop right now.
Right, anyway. He smiled at me at lunch today. ^^

Another guy, though. I overheard him during a class a month or so ago and was intrigued by what he was saying. Like, practically supervillain-inclined.
*gigglesnort*
Obviously not that level. :P But I was interested in that, and I've started to notice him more, in classes in which I didn't know I had him because I didn't know him, and that kind of thing. And once we had to do a short, in-class project and he asked me if I wanted to be his partner. I said yes, but we weren't flirting or anything. It was kind of cool, with amino acids and we saw my DNA--
*coughs discreetly* Anyway...
But that's pretty much the boy sitch. Except for--
*rolls eyes*
Yeah, anyway. Sorry. Oh, and I had a dream that the second boy kissed me. On the cheek, but I was happy in my dream.
Of course, that was the night after I dreamed I was making out with Edward of Twilight.
Erm. He just looked like Edward. And we were flirting, not making out.
...

Okay, totally different subject. Online fanfiction awards, how about? The Kim Possible fandom at fanfiction dot net has annual awards-- this is only the fourth-- that I just missed when I signed up. I had five or six nominations, which for a beginning writer is quite a lot! But because the finalists are measured by the bulk of each nomination, I got knocked out right away. I was disappointed because I wanted to have a Fannie to my name--
Oh, please. Don't make me spout out one of those terrible puns.
--But my new story was nominated for the best work in progress at the Horrible awards, so I'm still hoping for that, though the KP one was my best bet.

And please pay no attention to the italics. I'm not going crazy--
As if you aren't already. As if everyone isn't.
--clinically. I'm just... typing to myself? Sarcastically? And why am I referring to myself as a separate entity?
Me I me me myself me... Happy?
Better... I guess... My point is that I'm just acting weird. And maybe putting off doing the dishes. I dunno. But I'm not making new personalities. I just...
Want to be sarcastic at yourself without being self-detrimental?
Ooh, big word. We must be feeling smug tonight.
Gah, just-- just go blog, okay?
You know, maybe I'll stop. This thing seems to be having a bad effect on my mental health.
Am I actually going to post this?
Why not?
...No reason.
Good. I'll just push the "PUBLISH POST" button.
Go ahead.
Maybe I will.
Your loss.
What do you--

Creative Pursuits with GarageBand!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tt7Dy8R0T6E

...Lyrics © me, though.

And yes, that is my voice. See why I'm a hideaway? Haha, of course I used some cool effects to make me sound like a really large guy instead of a medium girl.

Very fun to make. Made a couple hours speed away. :D

Signing up for LiveJournal...

And a Pedicure!

I had a pedicure yesterday, at a beauty college! It was extremely fun, my first time. I loved it! And my mom and I were given a coupon at the end, so it only cost $15; 1/4 what others would charge for two of the same.



Azure, with a French tip-type thing! And free flip-flops.

WHAT TIME IS IT!?!

That's right, SELF-RIGHTEOUS RANTING TIME!!!

(Whee!)

Today, we have a message directed to the teen girl's magazine teenVOGUE. In reply to their business letter, I wrote:

teenVOGUE:

I recently received your offer for "FREE! A year of TEEN VOGUE plus a FREE GIFT!" I must say that it certainly surprised me to start to read the check-boxes (on card TVFM8A) proclaiming "Send me my FREE Tote Bag now. Payment enclosed. Make check payable to TEEN VOGUE." Confused, I looked up the word "free" in the dictionary, thinking that perhaps my vocabulary was in error. Yet, to my dismay, the applicable definition (since I assume that you meant "free" in some manner other than personal liberty or a [lack of] obstruction to use) was "provided without, or not subject to, a charge or payment." I implore you to research this yourself and correct your mailings accordingly, as it reflects negatively upon a company to misuse words in its (presumably) native language.

One of the enclosed fliers (labeled TVBMBA) reiterating your point stated, "It's got the clothes you love. In the styles you wear. At the prices you can afford. Plus beauty secrets that give you the look you want." Ignoring the last two incomplete "sentences," this compels me to ponder where you got your information. No sources were listed, which worried me. How did you find out my personal taste? What gives you such certainty that I wear the styles you list? And how in the world did you research my current monetary state!?! If you have been committing illegal activities to reach these ends, I petition you to stop immediately. Your disturbingly complete knowledge does not intimidate me enough to keep me from contacting the authorities if the situation should become dire.

As for your sheet TVLM8A, ignoring the similar questions to the above that it raises, I am even more perplexed. How will your paper magazine introduce me to models? What is my "fashion dream job"? And who are Kirsten Dunst and Rihanna?

However, I would be pleased to take your survey if it did not entail giving you money for what may be a flawed and/or illegally advertised product. Please, either discontinue sending me these mailings or simply give me the survey without the bells and whistles; I would be happy to give you my opinion.

Thank you for your time,

[my real name]