Human Interaction Is Hard, Okay

My family and I went out for the day to go Christmas shopping to eat a nice lunch together. (Yes, we do our shopping approximately 4 days before Christmas. Everyone does, right? Haha ahem anyway....)

We went to this awesome restaurant that serves some of the greatest quesadillas and salads on this planet. I was really excited to eat the meal, which must have led my brain to my first mental fumble of the day, which went something like this:

Waitress: Soup or salad?

Me: *hearing "super salad" and thinking, "yep, I definitely want a super salad hur hur hur"* Yes please.

Waitress: .....So which do you want?

Me: *stares blankly until my mum and sister tell me what she actually said and I start breaking down with laughter* *chokes out the word "Salad."*

We ordered desserts (as seen above) and, well...

Waitress: You guys enjoy your desserts!

Me: *automatically* Thanks! You too!

She was sweet about it though, and laughed along with everyone else as they laughed at me as I laughed at myself.

Stay warm! Eat super salads! Only four more days til Christmas!

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Twinkly Lights and Hard Crunchy Bites

#this is the face of pure happiness #NOT

Merry Christmas! I hope you all are feeling the lovely Christmas spirit and enjoying the smells of cinnamon and gingerbread cookies baking. I sure am, mhuahaha... *cackles as I nom another gingerbread cookie*

Okay, speaking of which, I BURNT THE COOKIES BY ACCIDENT. *cries* Note to self: when your family gets a new oven installed, do NOT bake cookies from a recipe that you have only tried once before in your life. You are still not sure a) how hot the oven gets or b) how long or short of a time the cookies actually need to bake in the oven. Ahem. (It's all good, we covered them in frosting, so you can barely even tell anyway. ;)

Anyway, make snowmen, deck the halls, bake cookies but be careful and have an awesome holiday with your friends/family/loved ones! Merry Christmas once again!

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In Memoriam...Of A Stereo

We are gathered here today to mourn the loss of a mighty fallen soldier.

My beautiful, lovely stereo system, who has officially given up the ghost.

...Yeah. My stereo system died. I received this handsome thing for Christmas a couple years ago, and I have loved it every second it was still working. I used it almost every day whenever I was crafting, drawing, or just being in my room. It had two large, lovely speakers and very useful Bluetooth capabilities.

It basically worked perfectly up until a month ago, when it just wouldn't turn on. This little guy was just done. #reallywhatcanyoudo #technicaltantrum

Yesterday my dad opened it up and checked inside to make sure the problem wasn't fixable before we threw it out. (Sadly, he called it. This Insignia radio was declared officially dead.) I will say, the 'tech surgery' was scary and everything, but it was awesome seeing all of its 'guts'. Seriously, just look at this beautiful chaos. XD

We've been through a lot, this little stereo and I. It's so hard to see him go.

I'll never forget you, little buddy. *presses hand to heart* So long, so long, and thanks for all the music. X)

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I Actually Fell Off a Hill

'Ello mates! :)

Okay. So. Long story short, my friends and I went to a park in search of a good swingset. We found an awesome park that had a sledding hill nearby. It was an arduous climb up, but of course we had to scale it! (There was no snow – we just wanted to check out the view.)

So, I happened to be wearing my Sherlock-y coat, and the sharp angle of the hill just reminded me of a certain shot from (you guessed it!) the Reichenbach Fall. So I did what any decent fangirl would do.

I made my friend take pictures of me being Sherlock. XD

#nailed it

Okay, so it might not look it, but... this hill was really steep.

Really steep.

Aaand I was leaning forward. (I had to get the full Sherlock effect, right?)

Well.
(I'm not kidding, guys. In this shot I am falling. Down a hill. This is what we fangirls do for a photo op.)

(Spoiler alert: I was okay. ;D)

Have you ever actually fallen down a hill? Please describe. xD

Do you guys miss swingsets too?

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#I Chose the Fandom Life

AHAAA I finally did it – I carved an apple like Moriarty did in The Reichenbach Fall! 

(I was crazy proud of this thing okay it was ridiculous. I couldn't stop giggling to myself. XD )

If you haven't seen Reichenbach... well, you're lucky. Your heart will most likely still be intact! XD Oh dear. I watched this episode of Sherlock (BBC) with my family a month-ish ago. I was an emotional wreck after watching this episode!! (And still kind of am if I think about it too much.) It's really good – fantastically written, really well-acted... but wow, it hurts. (Why do I still recommend this show to everyone I meet...?)

Anyway, that's all for now. :) Don't be boring, blame Anderson, and have an awesome Thursday!

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Sketch Compilation – Dragons, Star Trek, Sherlock

Hey all! I've been sketching a lot recently and I wanted to share some of the pictures with ya.

I love to design characters from TV shows as dragons, so that's mainly what you'll see here. The two fandoms in the sketches here are Star Trek (which is a very recent fandom for me) and Sherlock. Hope you like them!

First, the Star Trek stuff: 

Jaylah, from the newest Star Trek movie Beyond

Captain Kirk

Spock as a little wrymling!! He's facing a Vulcan elder.

"'You did well, Spock.'

For a half breed, came the unspoken comment."

And now for some Sherlock sketches – the first picture is of Moriarty.

"the reckless king"

Hope you enjoyed! Let me know which one's your favorite! :)

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Purple, Cashew-Scented Fingers || Jammy Dodgers

DO YOU SEE THAT FIRST PICTURE? Notice how both my hands are in the shot? That was a timed option on my iPod. Yes, I was holding my iPod with my chin. XDD

Anyway. In relation to a craft I'm doing right now, I had to cut shapes out of plastic. The closest plastic material I could find was an empty container of cashews. I traced the shapes I needed onto it with – ta-da – yes, a purple marker. Well, the more I cut the plastic and held the container to steady it, the more the ink rubbed off onto my hand (as well as the residual cashew dust!). The result was nutty-smelling purple-Smurf fingers. XP Worth it!

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My friends and I made Jammy Dodgers today! (Find recipe here.) Yes, the Eleventh Doctor inspired this.

Me: Guys wait I want to get a picture of these before we eat them

*They respond by making sure to get their hands into every shot*

To get revenge I decided to post the pictures here. >:D

Have an awesome weekend! :)

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