*Angry Treskie Noises*

It's been ages!

You guys are so Treskie deprived! (I know, such a loss.)


Here's the thing:

I am in a drawing funk. 

And it's the worst kind of drawing funk, because I want to draw. I want to draw all the things. I want to draw more Phantom fanart, because, believe it or not, I'm still in love with that musical. I want to draw fanart for books I've been reading. I want to finish that Supernatural fanart that I promised Cait forever ago. I want to draw Hannah's character. I want to illustrated songs! (Particularly Right Field and And Then He Kissed Me.) I want to draw and draw and draw!

And I can't.

Because for some reason, my brain and my hand aren't speaking to each other. (I think they had a fight or something.) And they aren't communicating. My brain goes, "Do this!" and my hand shrieks "NEVAH!" and it's all very irritating.

.... And by irritating I mean infuriating.

I'm sure anyone who does any form of art can understand this. Writers, artists, poets... whatever. There are just times when, even when you have the best of intentions, the art does not come.

I plan to watch this very soon.

I have tried to do art.

And after a good long while of sadness and wasted paper,* I resort to tears** and netflix.

*expensive wasted paper.
**not really.


In the meantime, since drawing is apparently not going to happen, I've been doing other stuff.*

*new stuff, old stuff, shiny stuff.

Mostly this other stuff is reading.

A.) THE NEW PENDERWICKS BOOK!!! Aaaah! It's so good! Definitely one of my favorites in the series. But I will admit, it has been a long time since I cried that hard over a book. So many tears. (And I'm not joking there, I was a wet mess.)

Ugh, just read the whole series.

THIS IS ANOTHER CAUSE FOR ANGRY TRESKIE NOISES! I want to fanart about the Penderwicks, and helloooo, drawing funk.


B.) I re-read the first Bartimaeus book, because Jonathan Stroud is basically an awesome author. I guffawed again, because Bartimaeus is a dork.

I want to draw fanart for that too. *Angry Treskie noises*

C.) Kat found a new series by the aforementioned Jonathan Stroud. How he wrote it without my knowledge is beyond me, but I am reading book one with voracious vigor, and I'm loving every moment of it. It's about Ghost Hunters and I feel creeped out sometimes, and it's delicious. (No, Cait, it's not a Supernatural rip-off, cool your jets.)

*Angry Treskie noises commence with angst, because the fanart that could be is not coming*


I lost my old kneaded eraser, which meant I had to open the new one that I've had since Christmas. AND THIS IS HOW WEIRD I AM. I COULDN'T USE IT. See, kneaded erasers are supposed to be squished and yanked and... well kneaded. They're like clay. You need to manipulate them, and work them in, so they erase beautifully. But they come in such perfect little squares that I couldn't make myself ruin the beauty of this symmetry. I posted on tumblr about it.

Yep. It took me three days to actually use it, and in the end, I had to get my friend to do the initial kneading of it, because I couldn't make myself. I AM A DORK.


We have started re-watching Monk. Monk is a dork.


I am working on a Defense of Raoul post. I was planning to decorate it with drawings. That won't happen. (See above for reasons.)

We've been listening to a lot of oldies at work, and it's really put me in an oldies mood, and I've listened to this song a ridiculous amount. (And this clip is hilarious.)

It's cute!

Well, he walked up to me
And he asked me if I wanted to dance
He looked kinda nice
And so I said, "I might take a chance"
When he danced, he held me tight
And when he walked me home that night
All the stars were shinin' bright
And then he kissed me

I took this picture today and it made me really happy.

I have to sing two solos for my voice class final on Tuesday!!! If all goes well, and I remember the camera, I might post videos of them later..... But until then, pray that my cold/allergies go away and I can actually sing.

Because I'm not sure if I have a cold or really bad allergies. All I know is that the air is pretty much green with pollen and I have a weird voice thing going on at the moment.

It's finally warm enough to go swimming, which we did. I'm very proud of being a mountain lake girl, I can swim in coooold water and it's not that big of a deal. Well let me tell you. IT WAS A COLD FIRST SWIM, OKAY?? FREEZING. My wrists were so numb my hands wouldn't stand up. Aaah good times.

We rewatched the Princess Bride and quoted the whole movie along with the actors.

We listened to this really awesome sermon.

I broke my favorite sandals.

I'm going now.

Baii.*

*I apologize for any typos in this post. I'm tired and I don't feel like proofing it. 

So many tags, so little time

It's funny how, when you get tagged, you like a million at once? It's never just one tag.

It's also funny, how when you're a new blogger, tags are exciting!

And when you've established yourself...  you get a tag and you're like.....

Hurray.

Anyway, I got tagged three times!! (hurray) Once with the Liebster Award and twice with the Sunflower Blogger Award.

Because both tags require me to ask you eleven questions, and because I'm feeling rebellious, I am only going to think up eleven questions and use them for BOTH tags.

This is going to be a long post, but I promise to break it up with hilarious pictures and witticisms.

Liebster Award Rules: Acknowledge the blog that nominated you (*waves at Rose*).
Answer the 11 questions the nominating blogger created.
List 11 bloggers with less than 200 followers that deserve some recognition. (*spews coffee and cries*)
Post 11 questions for them to answer. Notify them that they've been nominate

And Rose's questions are:

1.) An anonymous someone drops a note on your front porch saying that they will fund a trip to either England, an African Safari, Prince Edward Island, or Italy. Which do you choose? Why?

     You're making me choose between England and Italy?!!?Well an African Safari is never going to happen. No way. Nope. I think I'd choose England.

2.) You're being forced to re-do your room. What color do you paint it?
      Probably light brown with vibrant accents. I dunno, that just sounds cool.

3.) Do you have a particular song that you listen to often, but it never seems to get old? If so, what is it?
     At the moment, I've been listening to Because of You and driving my family crazy.

4.) Would you rather be lounging in the sun on the beach reading a good book or adventuring in the waves?
     I like both equally. I tend to adventure and then lounge and it is most delightful.

5.) You suddenly end up with two twin kittens. One is a girl; one is a boy. What do you name them?
     Jo and Dean.

6.) You're organizing a get together with friends. Would you choose a picnic or a movie night?
     MOVIE NIGHT! With coffee and cookies! And/or Popcorn and lemonade!

7.) What is your pet peeve?
     Gurrrl, I have so many, it's not even funny. But right now, the one that comes to mind the most is when I'm driving the speed limit and someone is tailgating. It's like, "DUDE. BACK YOURSELF UP, OR I WILL FULL ON DRIVE TEN MILES UNDER THE SPEED LIMIT."

8.) Is there a new hobby you've been wanting to try out?
     Erm. I really want to get good at guns.

 

 
9.) If you could pick one instrument that you would (without any effort on your part) instantly master, which would you choose?
     Guitar! I want to be like:

10.) Would you like to be snowed inside for a week?

11.) Pick the closest book to you that you've read. What is your favorite character in the book?
       I actually just finished The Masterful Monk, and it's sitting right next to me. (It sounds deadly dull but it's not. We swears.)
      My favorite character in that would have to be Eric, because Eric is a freaking saint and I love him to mieces and pieces.


For this, I nominate:

*Vicki
*Michelle
*Anna (HA! SUCKER.)



(Questions will be asked at the end of the post. KAY?)

Neeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeext up! The Sunflower Blogger Award from Bellaaaaa....

Le Rules:

1.) Share 11 facts about yourself  (WHY YOU HATE ME?)
2.) Answer the questions set by your nomination blogger.  (I CAN DO THAT.)
3.) Nominate 11 bloggers (THAT IS SO MANY.)
4.) Set questions for the nominated bloggers. (OKAY.)

Eleven Facts about Me:

1.) My brain freezes whenever someone tells me to tell eleven facts about myself.

2.) I think whoever came up with the Eleven Facts rule should be burned.

3.) I'm Jean Valjeaaaaaaaaan!

4.) I love the Cinderella Man

5.) My star sign is Cancer (haha. I'm a cancer. Haha.)

6.) I cannot get through a single conversation without quoting something. I even quote youtube videos, pinterest pins, and my family.

7.) If/When I get a car, I want our mechanic to teach me how to fix it... just in case.

8.) I have strong opinions when it comes to commenting on blogs. (You better answer back, darn it! lol)

9.) I ONLY HAVE TWO FACTS LEFT.

10.) I can wiggle my ears. (I have skillz)

11.) According to my family, I compulsively quote their quotes back at them. Like if someone says, "Oh, I'm a llama again! Wait." I have to go, "YAY! I'm a llaaaama againnn! ....Wait." because apparently my ego thinks that I can quote better than them. (I can, usually. That's another pet peeve. People who quote wrong. SO ANNOYING.)

That's it....

Bella's questions are:

1) Do you like Daylight Savings Time?
    I think Daylight Savings Time is a malicious plot to deprive me of my extra hour of sleep in the morning. It was probably invented by an Early Bird who thought he knew all the things.
 
2) What is one really good series which you have just discovered?
     Series of what? Books? Movies? TV show?
     I'm going to go with books and say the Thirteenth Child trilogy was tubular.

3) Are you a subtle fan-girl or more of a loud excited fangirl like me?
    It really depends on who I'm with. If I'm with people who are subtle fangirls, I fangirl subtly and with maturity. If I'm with Bella, I'm more of a ASDFLKJSFLKJASDFOSDK *dies*

 
4) Hamburgers or Hot dogs?
    Hamburgers! (do you have any idea what's IN hot dogs!? Ewww.)

5) Do you like wearing sweaters or do you prefer hoodies?
     I don't really own hoodies....

6) Do you like going out in the evening?
     I freaking hate going out in the evening. My evenings are mine! My own! Myyyy precioouuusssss. I will be fun and sociable all day, but around six pm, I'm like, "I want my home, I want my jammies, and I want my internets."

7) Did you ever play Truth or Dare and did you like it?
    Truth or Dare is the worse game ever invented. Seriously! You either suffer abject humiliation through a truth, or abject humiliation through a dare! It's retarded.

And Anna's questions:

1) Have you ever gone dancing? Of any kind? (But specifically swing or ballroom)
I've never gone dancing... ever. I don't know how to dance. But when I'm alone, and I know no one can see me and judge...

2) Would you rather be thrown into Middle Earth but you couldn't meet any of the characters from the books, or thrown into the Supernatural world, but you got to spend a lot of your time with the Winchesters?
     Oh you did not.
     You did not just ask me that.

I hate you.

If I was thrown into a world, I'd want to meet the characters, darn it!

Nope. Not choosing. So there. 
      
3) Favorite flavor of tea?
    I like Tetley's black tea, with a little bit of milk and sugar.

4) If you had to choose one, would you rather go deaf, or blind?
     WHAT'S THE DEAL WITH THESE QUESTIONS, ANNA? Deaf means no more music, no more conversations.... But blindness I wouldn't be able to see my family, or the ocean, or watch the sunset.

I think I'd rather be deaf..... 

5) What's your go-to song when you're feeling down?
     I tend to go to Josh Groban's You Are Loved.

6) Would you rather eat cookie dough uncooked, or just have cookies?
     I'm the queen of eating cookie dough. I love cookies too, but if there's cookie dough, I will go for that like I haven't eaten in days.

7) If you have graduated High School, how did you celebrate it and what did you get for a gift? And if you have yet to do so, what are your plans?
    I celebrated by doing the dance from question one, and then I did nothing.... it was delicious. And my uncle got me a laptop, because he great and wonderful.


                Alright! Now my questions are:

For those of you who got the Sunflower Award, 

just pick seven that you like.

1.) Are you musically inclined?
2.) Would you rather go to jury duty or get "sucked out of an airplane window"?
3.) What is you opinion on spiders?
4.) What's taters, Precious, eh? What's taters?
5.) Do you have siblings? If so how many?
6.) What sounds more appealing, skydiving or surfing?
7.) Would you ever have a nerf war with me?
8.) Movies or TV shows?
9.) If you were to give a fake name at a Starbucks, what name would you choose and why?
10.) Can you finish this quote? "Life is pain, highness, anyone who says differently--"
11.) If money and maintenance were not a problem, would you like to own a black, 1967, Chevy Impala?


For the Sunflower Award, I tag:

*Cait (I need you to do this. Okay?)
*Jonni
*Chelsea

I apologize to you poor people.
Seriously, if I had to do this, you should do this.
Love you all!

Cheeeers!