School...and I'm in pain

So, 3rd day of school.  I'm awake!  I'm alive!  Now I know what I believe inside! Sorry, have been listening to too much Skillet this morning.

So, I had my first day working yesterday- I'm a writing tutor at my community college, and I tutored my first student!  I think it went really well.  And that's all you'll get out of me because I have to keep confidentiality, so yeah.

I'm taking Intro to Theater, Nutrition, Ancient and Medieval World History, and Environmental Ethics and Career Development online.  Spent an hour and a half outlining yesterday for History and only got through 5 of the 20 pages in chapter 1. yikes.  Haven't even looked at Ethics or Career Development yet, but I did finish Nutrition.

I went riding for the first time in a very long time on Sunday.  Horseback riding.  It was fun, though the horse I usually ride, Angel, is limping, so that's sad.  My neighbor has horses and she lets me ride them sometimes.  Anyway, the saddle I usually used when I rode more was broken, so I had to use a different saddle.  Well, the reason why I used the one particular saddle was because it was the only one with the stirrups shortened enough for me.  Well, the saddle I used Sunday had one of the stirrups (the right one) short enough, but the left one hadn't been shortened enough.  I could still reach it, but it was harder and I could only get my toes in.  So whenever we galloped, I lost my left stirrup and ended up holding on for dear life, bouncing all over the saddle.  I've also been having issues with gripping things-I played one song on the guitar and my hand just about killed me it hurt so bad.  I also had an issue writing half a page of Calista's character profile.  Yeah.  I don't know why.  So, I'm gripping the pommel or horn of the saddle and my hand is protesting in pain.  I knew I was going to get saddle sore, but because of all the bouncing, I bruised my legs and may or may not have done something to my lower back.

That pain may have more to do with my 23 pound backpack. (Yes, I weighed it)  So now just about every part of me hurts.  I feel like an old lady.

In good news, I finished Twice Upon a Time!  You can like my facebook page, www.facebook.com/3kingdoms2girls1fate My mom was visiting her mom last weekend and my grandma had just finished When the Stars Fall.  So my mom told her about me finishing my screenplay, and she was really impressed.  She says to me, "You know, my friend knows Dan Disney.  When you get it edited, I could see if he'll take a look at it"
ME: OoO or something like that.  Trying to keep myself from screaming in excitment.  Hello, DREAM. COME. TRUE.
Everything's extremely iffy so I'm not getting my hopes up too far, but still- MY GRANDMA'S FRIEND KNOWS DAN DISNEY!!! What?????


Yeah.

I got a laptop.  I found a mac (I need one for the music program at Concordia if I go there) for less than $500, so yeah.  It was about $370, but my dad wanted to get a warranty, so we got a 2 year warranty for $105.  It's coming Tuesday and I'm so excited.

Oh, am Disneybounding as Flounder today.  Having too much fun with this.  Tried to get Elli to be Ariel, but she was too lazy to figured it out.  Thinking I'll be Terence tomorrow and Marie (from Aristocats) Friday.  I have a flourecent yellow and aquamarine striped tank top on right now with a blue shirt thing over it.  Two of the three items I own from Aeropostale.  My mom decided I needed to get them.  Didn't realize at the time how perfectly they'd work for a Flounder Disneybound.

OK, gotta go.  Class in an hour and I need to read through some history.

My random project of the weekend: a mock-up cover of Beauty is Blind:

I love the black background- it really shows her living in darkness.  And the purple text is perfect-am not a fan of the font, but Createspace doesn't offer much for fonts.  And the painting is one by Diego Velázquez so it's now public domain since he's been dead for a long time.  I'm still going to credit him.  It's called "Portrait of a Blind Woman" and it looks EXACTLY like I imagine Calista.  The only thing I don't like is the fact that her eyes are closed so you can't see that they're purple, but still. It's perfect.

Dresses and all things Girly

I am currently babysitting and waiting for the girl's mom to get home, and I really need to be working on a scene in which I have "a character making a decision with unexpected consequences"  I have to give her "playable emotions" and put her "in an extreme situation and force her to face a crucial, pivotal decision that causes extreme emotions."  Though I am getting my period, I'm just not in the mood to write about extreme sappy emotions.  I currently have my main character If, a street rat (no making fun of names...) leaving her foster home to return to the streets with her friend Dodge.  They are then confronted by a rival gang (this takes place in Chicago) and Dodge is stabbed.  Because If decided to come with (she was the object of the attack...) Dodge is hurt.  NOW WHAT??? *sigh*

Anyway, the girl I babysit just lives with her mom, so the bathroom of their apartment is completely decorated Disney princess style, which is awesome.  And they have these magazine covers on the wall for decoration.  I looked them up and found a whole bunch and I will put them below on this post because they make me smile (and you should read everything on them...they're funny...)

of course I would start with Beauty and the Beast "a great novel" that's my princess

pink v. blue!!! haha  "I liked her before I knew she was a princess!" :)

Not terribly impressed, but I like the "gooseberry pie" bit

Prince Charming Confesses: "THAT'S NOT MY NAME!!!" hahahahaha...

Okay, Jasmine looks creepy in this.  "A Whole New Girl" is kinda funny... but "Rajah gave me RABIES!" has to be the best... though I must confess, I have no clue who Rajah is... can't remember.  must go watch Aladdin now...

Colors of the wind: the song Elli's skating to this year.  "Meeko takes a bite out of life... and everything else in sight." hey, that almost rhymed...

Reflections of mulan... according to Mushu.. Mushu!!!!  Must go find Mulan and watch it again now...

"We are the daughters of Triton!"  "I'm not allowed to eat crab or fish anymore!" hahahaha... I never thought of that!

Yeah, don't know this story very well... though I do remember "Friends on the other side..." and "Louis' big musical breakthrough" sounds cool...

Okay, just watched this...And this is GOOD!  I've always wondered how to make hazelnut soup.  FRYING PANS!!!  the SNUGGLY DUCKLING!!! FLYNN RIDER'S TRUE IDENTITY!! How can you not want to read this????? :D

Okay, Elli, here's to you... she loves Tink.  "We were only trying to drown her!!!" that's my favorite...  I wanna go to Neverland now! Darn it.  How to make a statement with just the ring of a bell...Glad to know that's in there... I've always wanted to know that.

At least out loud.... I won't say I'm in love...
hehe... AIR-HERCS!!!
Nut...Meg. :D that should be on here somewhere.  Funniest part of the movie.
Don't shoot me, but I did really like the sappy "I can go the Distance" song.  Really.  I'm serious.

Okay, moving on. I got a dress.
I can't believe how perfect it is.  Purple? check.  Roses? Check.  Shorter? Check.  Modest? Check. Affordable? Check?  Silver shoe compatibility? Check.  Pockets? CHECK!! :) Fits well? check.  Fits in an 8, six sizes smaller than the one your mom first picks up? check.  Okay, you're a winner.  I love this dress!   I ordered some silver "big girl" heels on Amazon and they're on their way (can't find size five shoes in the stores, ya'know) I'm so excited.  It's for my spring recital and Easter.

Okay, If is yelling at me, telling me I'm leaving Dodge bleeding to death on the streets of Chicago and that I should do something about that.  OKAY, IF, I'M COMING!!!!

Adios
Haili Belle... (I wish...)

I love my sister... and I'm having a wonderful day

Sooo... I had this plot problem in my story involving twins named Shepherd and Orion.  Orion, aka Rion, had snuck off to fight the bad guy Therottier and never came back, leaving his twin devastated.  I wasn't sure how I was going to fit this in my story, because I didn't want Rion to die, but I didn't want it to be cliche, either.  I was telling my sister this and she said three words to me that changed my life:

"That Maleficus thing"

So Maleficus is the REAL bad guy, not Therottier, and he can shape shift.  He will pretend to be the person closest to your heart and then put himself in danger.  If you save him "person you love" then you have to be his slave forever, it's like a magic spell or something.

So that's what happened to Rion.

My sister was the one to come up with the name Keidreiy as well.  I said, "Give me a name for a kingdom starting with... K."
And she said, "Kidri." (key DREE)  And then I screwed with the spelling and hence Keidreiy was born.
I would die without my little sister.  She's my dose of sanity.  Love ya, Elli!  (not her real name... she didn't want me to use her real name on my blog, so as far as you're concerned, she's Elli)

I am having a wonderful day.  I woke up this morning at 5:30, took a shower, got my hair to behave, had a pumpkin pancake for breakfast, was early, so I went downstairs to check my school email and discovered that my math class was cancelled!!! YAY!!!  (escpecially since I spent the entire weekend doing NaNo and did not do my math homework, so DOUBLE YAY!!!)  I then proceeded to discover that my scarf matched my shirt - (like exactly- it's kinda creepy) and I had chocolate soy milk... (I'm lactose intolerant - I can have milk, but unless I take a lactase pill beforehand, I get sick to my stomach)... and it was really good, which is saying a lot because it's soy milk. 

Oh, and did I mention my word count?  Yeah, that did wonders for my mood this morning: 42,424.  I'm going to make it, people!!!!!