30 Day Challenge. Day Three.

Eeek. I forgot about this today. I have fifteen minutes to write this. Let's do this.

Ten Pet Peeves. (AKA, let's read all the things that Naomi hates and listen to her blather on about them.)

1) When people don't reply to my texts/emails/messages/phone calls/smoke signals/flares/etc...I think this bothers everybody, but I feel like it bothers me just a tad bit more than other people...and I mean not in a jerky way like "You better reply to everything I send" but if I have a question or need information by a certain time and I know that person has seen or heard my message and has yet to acknowledge it...it bugs me muchly.

2) When people smack their lips when they're eating. Self explanatory.

3) When the volume is on an odd number...that's probably just my OCD. Which I have not been diagnosed with. But still...it bugs me, for whatever reason. And most of the time, the volume sounds the best on an odd number. Go figure.

4) When I'm in a hurry and everybody else is going slow.

5) When I'm in the store in a hurry to get out and I'm walking really fast, on a roll, and the automatic doors open real slowly.

6) When Youtube videos don't load all the way and they skip in the middle.

7) When I'm listening to a song and I have to pause it. I tend to restart the song.

8) When people...er..."toot their own horn", to put it lightly.

9) When a book or movie is going really well and I really like it. Up until the ending when it turns stupid.

10) Unnecessary laughter. Now I know...some people do just laugh a lot. I know I tend to do it sometimes...but, at times, I can tell when people are laughing either to make another person think they like them or just to be dumb. Irksome.

Oookay. There we go. 8 minutes. Shortest time I've ever done a post. I bet it was horrible. I don't even know if those were "pet peeves" per se, but just go with it. :)

30 Day Challenge. Day Two.

Where I'd like to be in ten years.

Well. In ten years, I'd like to be a renowned journalist, living in a penthouse in New York City...
Kidding. Although, that would be pretty awesome...

But in all honesty, in ten years, I just want to be doing whatever it is that God has in store for me. I hope that by then I've figured it out or He's revealed it to me, even if it's not writing, and that I'm doing it to the best of my ability and for His glory.
And if it turns out that writing is my God-given gift, then I hope and pray that I'm impacting lives, even if it's only one or two people, as much as many authors have affected my life.

So, yeah. Pretty simple...clearly I need to work on dreaming bigger ;)

30 Day Challenge. Day One. Kind Of.

Hola.
So...I'm going to start my thirty day challenge today...the first one was originally "Post thirty facts about yourself" but the way I see it, ya'll already know plenty about me due to my tireless rants. So I changed it. To "One secret/confession".

Mkay. Hm. I don't know how much of a "secret" this is, considering the fact that it's not relative at all to my life right now. But I figure a lot of you wouldn't know it...The first guy that I really "liked" 's name was Joe...short for Johannon. I think I was...eight? Nine? I know I "liked" a lot of guys before that, but Joe's the first one that I remember ever actually...even relatively caring about. Hah. There's lots of crazy back-story related to him that I refuse to go into right now, but when I think back on it, the memories never fail to make me laugh.

So yeah! There ya go. One not-so-secret secret. Tomorrow's challenge isssssssssssss....
Just kidding. I'm not telling you.

Whew...

This has been one crazy week. And I suppose that it's technically not even over yet...but I figured I'd go ahead and post anyways...
This week has been so exhausting. Emotionally, for the most part. There has been so much laughter and happiness, but there have also been frustrations and tears.
My cousin and her son were down for a few days this week, and that was really nice. They live in Connecticut so we don't get to see them very often.
So that was fun, but there were some bumps in the road, as always...

Uh...sheesh. I should just get to the point.
You might have already heard about this on the news, but earlier this week, a girl in Annapolis passed away in a sailing accident. I never personally met her, but she went to my old school and we had a few mutual friends. It was still so emotionally taxing, though. Just realizing that she was so young and there was nothing wrong with her...and yet in the blink of an eye, she was gone. It reminded me and so many other people that life is a fragile thing.
And yet, I have never disagreed more with the saying "Live like you'll die tomorrow". I just don't like it. At all. I think that's a horrible way to live one's life.
Okay, anyways, I'll stop on that subject while I'm ahead. But if you think about it this week or anything, keep her family and close friends in your prayers.

Anddd...I shall be back later this week with my new thirty day challenge!  I couldn't find one that I liked so I'm compiling my own...heh.

JSYK

...do you know what that stands for?
It took me...so long to figure out. It's kind of embarrassing how long it took me, actually. So I'm not going to tell you how long it was. ;)
And for the record, it's "Just so you know"

So, JSYK, I'm currently on the hunt for another 30 day challenge. It's gonna be a good one this time. The last one was okay, but I want to find one that I like every single one of the days, so it might take me a while. But I figure that it will give me something to post over the summer, while I'm suffering from boredom/heat stroke/geometry overload/whatever it's called when you're stuck in the house too long.
Soooooo yeah. Be on the lookout for that!

P.S...I use the word "So" way too much...

Who's Afraid...

Of the big bad wolf?
I am.
I will openly admit that I scare easily. Which is why I don't watch horror movies or read scary books. But, ya know, sometimes one will come along that I just can't resist.
Like when I watched The Village.
Or, for instance, today when I read Red Riding Hood.
You'd think I wouldn't have gotten it, since I knew it was going to be a tad bit scary and all. But it looked good, and you know me, I usually won't pass up a good book. But I honestly don't recommend this book. First off, the storyline wasn't even all that great. It didn't really flow. And, honestly, it was just kind of bad.
So that's four hours of my life wasted...
And here I am, 2:42 in the morning,just finished the book, a little bit creeped out. I'm listening to Owl City's new album (which gets an A+++++) and trying to calm myself.
It really wasn't that scary, in actuality, but like I said, I scare easily. Especially at night.
So...that is all, really. Except that I read another book yesterday, Matched, and I loved it. And then I got really mad when I realized that the sequel doesn't come put until November. That's right. Five months. Grr.
Oh, one last thing.
I've come to a conclusion. Dystopian themed books are, like, 1000 times more romantic than a modern- set story. To me, at least. Because the two people only have each other...they're lost in this horrible, broken society, but they find hope in each other that doesn't exist in their community.
I feel like I should have something profound to say about this, but I don't...except that despite this, I still dislike dystopian fiction. A lot.
Okay, I'm done. I'm delusional with tiredness.
Maybe I'll get a life and actually have something substantial to write about.
Just kidding.
That would never happen.
;)
OkayBye.
(I really never know how to end these posts)
OkayByeForreal.

PS...my computer has an evil virus and I just typed this whole thing on my phone. It was a pain and a half and I sincerely hope you enjoyed reading this. Otherwise I think I'll go cry now.
Do you SEE what happens when I'm tired? I lose all ability to think of clever things to say. How embarrassing.
OkayByeForrealThisTimePromise.

Wow...

"Can you feel the urgency now?
It's time for us to love out loud
Take what we know and live it out, and live it out.
This could be the start of a new day
We could be the change
If we take this love and live it out, and live it out.
We are lost and broken people
Turned our crosses into steeples
Lets take them down and put them on our backs now
Keep your love on track now
Cause this is an emergency
Yeah, this is an emergency"

These lyrics just punched me in the stomach, in the best way possible.
"Live Out Loud" by Abandon.


& I totally found this song from hearing it on a Food Network commercial... ;)

Do You Ever...

Get sick of stereotypes? I know I do. Now before I go on, I will pause to say that I do tend to stereotype people sometimes. But that doesn't mean I like it.
I started reading a book I checked out from the library, a teen Christian fiction book. I should know by now not to bother reading them.
The rich girls are the stuck up ones who only go to church for popularity.
The poor girls are the ones who are "invisible" and are the only ones who are actually seeking God.
The guys only go to youth group to play basketball.
The youth group is just an extension of high school.
The parents force the kids to go to church.
The parents are going to force their child to go to Bible school and marry a pastor.
Oh, and all of this was only in one chapter of the book.
There's also an Argentine who is automatically "Mexican" and should be avoided at all costs.
And an Indian girl whose parents already picked out who she will marry.
And a Chinese girl who is the smartest in the school.
Now I understand that sometimes, a few of these are true ...but they're not always true [except for the one about Asians being smart...that will always be true ;)]. And it's just a tad bit overbearing to have it all thrown in your face at once, ya know?
Well now that all of that is out of my system...

I.Am.Tired.
I was up until four in the morning.
Writing.
My spy book.
And really...I'm not sure where it's going.
My characters are beginning to have minds of their own.
They're trying to do what they want to do, instead of what I want them to do.
 I bet I sound crazy.
But you see, what's beginning to happen is that as I develop my characters more and more with the story line, my original plan for them is starting to not fit so well. And as I try to fit that original plan in, the story stops flowing.
And the worst part is that I started writing it about a year ago, and now the beginning of it doesn't quite flow with where the story is going now, so I'm being forced to go back and change a lot.
Argh. 

My blog has been so dead lately. Darn tumblr. But I refuse to switch.  Ha, actually I'm just too lazy to use tumblr. On here, I can just post here and there, whenever I feel like it. But on tumblr, I would have to find all the right things to post and reblog and etc, etc, etc. So I shall stick to my dear Blogger blog.

I'm tired.

I'm rambling.

I'm leaving.

Kbye.

Because I Have Nothing Else To Post...

I'm going to try to start doing ten things that make me smile every week again. But no promises. I've caught Summer-itis. As in, I can't bring myself to do anything. Even though blogging is absolutely menial...it's just one of those things. So yeah. I shall try, but I shan't promise anything!

So this week....

1) Staying up until two and sleeping in until ten.

2) This.This is my library haul. I will probably only read half of these. But just knowing I have tons to choose from makes me smile :)

3) The Breaking Dawn trailer came out yesterday!!! It looks goooood. But still not nearly as good as the book. At all.

4) White Collar comes back tomorrow. This is one of the only TV shows that I watch.

5) So...I used to be obsessed with the Jonas Brothers. And I really do mean obsessed. I'm not gonna lie...I had all of the posters, magazine specials, CD's...you name it. And I got up early when they were going to be on GMA, etc. I went to two concerts, and was part of the fan club for two years. This is almost embarrassing...hmph. So anyways, when Nick Jonas came out with a solo album, I didn't buy it. And I would sit and laugh because all of the girls on the Team Jonas message boards were ranting that "If there's anybody that didn't buy Nick's CD, they're not a true fan!!!" Anyways, I found the CD today. For $3.99. I figured what they hey, I'll buy it. And when the cashier rung it up? $1.52, including tax. Can't beat that.

6) And since I'm on a roll, confessing my not-so-cool obsessions...and this is a serious nerd alert...I was super happy last night when the two hour season premier...of...Food Network's Next Star came on. I've been watching it since I was nine. Like...it's not Summer until this show comes on. But this season is super lame. They're a bunch of ex-models and radio people...come on now. Some of them even said they can't cook. Lame. 

7) This video. How could you not smile?

8) NigaHiga on Youtube. I've been spending my loads of free time watching his videos. Some of them are a little bit crude, but for the most part they're hilarious.

9) All the pictures I've been seeing of planking. It makes me laugh so hard. Every time.

10) I got to spend time this week with family that I don't get to see a whole lot. It would have been better if everybody could have been there, but it was still fun :)