The Saga Continues – My Room

Hey, I never gave you all the update! I bought my bookshelf!

I built it mostly myself *casually brushes off shoulders* (...HAH! let's be real. I had a lot of help from my mum. XD) But look how impressive I am, guys. I even used tools and stuff.

The sonic screwdriver – a vital tool for any workman's belt.

We actually had to move the bookshelf from where it was originally meant to go – when we put it in the original corner, it looked way scary and imposing.

So it was moved to the other wall, taking the vanity's place (and the vanity scooted over in front of the window).

Anyway, I'm very happy with the bookshelf! I'm glad I finally got it. It has very nice, simple paneling detail on the sides, and the whole thing feels very sturdy. Just to give you guys an update!

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In unrelated news, editing is happening on my manuscript!! Whoo! *sighs* Do you ever do the thing where you change the plot of your story at the very last minute?? I DO. It's annoying.

Oh, The Joys of Writing

Hello everybody! Again! I've dropped back into the blogging hemisphere. And, clearly, I'm fiddling with the design again. Heh... just wanted to say it's good to be back!


I've been doing heaps of writing lately. For several different stories I've have to look up some things (to make sure that facts are accurate, etc.) Does anyone else have to Google some weird stuff on the Internet just for story-related purposes?

In the past week alone, I've looked up:
1) medical uses for lemon concentrate
2) tools needed for lockpicking
3) unique girl names that start with the letter k
4) animal with largest eyeball in animal kingdom
. . . all purely for writing purposes. xD Please tell me you have also had to look up some obscure stuff before!


>> Your friendly neighborhood Embers

My Weird Obsession

I have this weird obsession with taking pens apart. I don't usually take a pen completely apart like this while it still works, but once its ink runs out, I completely deconstruct the thing. (There actually isn't any ink left in the cartridge... it only looks like it's full.)

Also, I'm not at all opposed to having a cat on my desk. :3 Nova wanted to join in on the pictures.

What's a weird obsession of yours? I'm interested. :D

>> Ze Embers <<

The Saga of My Room

Hi everyone! I'm getting a bookshelf this weekend!!

Isn't it such a handsome little thing?? I've been looking forward to getting this for a while now – I'm currently improvising by using the top shelf-part-thing of a piece of furniture I already own.

*coughs* I was actually meant to get it last weekend, but *grumps* I got sick. 

Isn't that just how life works? So, as I'm writing this, I'm sniffling and trying to battle this cold. XP

... Please ignore the sad, empty fish tank beside it. There are a lot of things in flux right now.

I'll tell you all when it gets here and how it looks, all that fun jazz. ;) I've been waiting for a long time to get my room into check, and finally things are movin' along! Wish me luck! :D

>> P.S. Dirgun, wherever you are, hope you had an awesome birthday, my friend. <<

The world was wet

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I like rainstorms.
No, correction – I like lightning storms. Every time the sky flashes, I feel a pulse of hot purple electricity pump through my veins, just for a second, and it is magical.

The wind from my window came warm, wild, and smelled of young summer.

The sky in the distance rumbled, like the uneasily empty stomach of some terrible beast.

First there comes the flash of bright, impossible white that fills the sky, like God is taking a picture of the world.
Then, after the silence of sniggering raindrops comes the bellow of raw laughter. An invisible fist beats the taut skin of the sky like a drum, and the world just reverberates with the sound.

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It rained and thundered last night. Excited about our first thunderstorm of the year, I was awake at an hour way past being considered normal, by the light of my iPod, writing the above blurb in a notebook.
Summer is coming, and it is good. :D

Do you ever stay up past 12:00 just because you were suddenly struck with writing inspiration?

Do you like lightning storms?

journaling >> my weekend

Working in my journal = deliciously messy desk

Sketch of the inside of Eleven's TARDIS – soon to be colored!

I absolutely love painting in my journal... the pages get wrinkly and crisp, but the dramatic color is so worth it. X)

I hope you all are having an awesome weekend! :D

>> Embers

happy >> tagged :D

Even though I'm very late in replying to this, I still wanted to reply to Lady Emily's happy tag! Thank you for tagging me!

books: OH NO I CAN'T PICK THEM. Um... the Naughtiest Girl In the School, by Enid Blyton. Dandelion Wine, by Ray Bradbury, How To Train Your Dragon (the whole series) by Cressida Cowell. Oh, an also, this is a little bit of a kiddy choice, but the 'Dear Dumb Diary' book series is actually really hilarious. And it makes me happy, so there we go. XD

words: Raxacoricofallapatorious (haha, that had to be the first one), fantastic, geronimo, dizzy, algorithm, yellow, écoute (French for listen), endoplasmic reticulum, facetious

movies and tv: Doctor Who, definitely. Also Sherlock, House M.D., and How To Train Your Dragon. Also, ahaha.... *ahem* the Wombles. (its for kids but it is so so adorable)

scents: cold outside air, butter and vanilla, pine needles, cinnamon, upturned grass (like when you rip it out of the poor ground like a two-year old. Aah X), baking banana bread, baking cookies

songs: anything by Owl City, Sigh No More (by David Tennant and Catherine Tate), We Go Together (also David Tennant and Catherine Tate), Hold on Forever (PLEASE LISTEN TO THIS), TobyMac in general, Geronimo by Sheppard, and the Cave Johnson remix

miscellany: falling snow, my cat's soft fur, my River Song's sonic screwdriver, Christmas pajama pants, weekends, writing, my sister, laughing, the French language, this blog community in general :3


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