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!

FOREVER ALONE

Valentine's Day.

Is kind of rotten for us single people.

POOOOR SINGLE PEOPLE.

Hehe. I'm actually quite content being single for the time being. I definitely want to get married and have a big family, but at the moment, I know I'm not ready for marriage. So being single's okay... except on Valentine's Day, because on this day, I want a guy. And not having one makes me sad.

Whatever.

Today was surprisingly fun.

Maria brought over pressies for everyone this morning...

And Annie and Cinta passed out the paper heart valentines they'd been working on all week.

Mine from Cinta

 And mine from Annie... Look, she made me a Dean Winchester paper doll!

AND he even has the necklace! CUUUTE!

So then I braided Chloe and Sammie's hair into heart shapes.

And moved to the kitchen, where I listened to sad single person music. (mostly Hunter Hayes, Josh Groban, and Taylor Swift... and it wasn't that sad.) I proceeded to drink coffee and draw.

And this is the picture I produced. It's fanart for Jack's book.

I wanted cookies.
But I did not want to make them.
So I convinced Bella that she wanted some too.
And she made them.
I'm so smart.
MWUAHAHAHA!

 It was quite delightful.

 Now I really want to watch an episode of Supernatural from the first season....

WELL, either that or something super chick-flicky and romantic.

Cheers and God bless, and Happy Valentine's Day!

GOOD MORNING TWO THOUSAND FOURTEEEEEEEEN!

Hiiiiiiiiiiii my fellow muggles!

 you have no idea how happy I was

to find that particular gif.

So, I decided it's time for an update on mah bloggy. I feel like all those commercials:

NEW LOOK! SAME GREAT BLOG! *fanfare music*

What do you think? Do you like it more? Less? Would you change anything? I like it. I think it's still me, but less teenager-y. I'm going to be adding a couple of pages over the next few days or so, so keep your eyes peeled for more awesome. Hehee!

Anyway. I liked doing Ally's tag last year, so I decided to redo it.  Tralalala-la-la-la-laaaa.....

Ehem.


1.) What did you do in 2013 that you’d never done before?
     I drove for the first time. It was interesting. I don't actually like driving. But I do it because I so ridiculously brave.

2.) Did you keep your New Years’ resolutions, and will you make one this year?
    

I don't really make New Years' resolutions. I don't like commitment, so I'll make goals, but it's never something that I feel like I have to do.

3.) Did anyone close to you give birth?
     Eh. No, but both my sisters are expecting!!!!

4.) Did anyone close to you die?
     Yes. My friend's dad passed away. He was really one of the coolest guys, so it hit me really hard.

5.) What countries/states did you visit? 
     Nevada, but that doesn't count, because we're like ten minutes away from the state line. lol.


6.) What would you like to have in 2014 that you lacked in 2013?
     A job. We needs it, Precious! We are so brokes!

7.) What date from 2013 will remain etched upon your memory?
     August 31st. That's the day the family reunion started!

8.) Did you move anywhere?
     Phhhht.

9.) What was your biggest achievement of the year?
     I illustrated Jack's book! You guys have no idea how excessively happy I am over that.

10.) What was your biggest failure?
       I still have no job. Or a license. But this year I'mma make it happen.

11.) Did you suffer illness or injury?
       I caught a cold once....

12.) What was the best thing you bought?
       Ooh. Oh. Um. I bought W.A.R.P. and United We Spy, which were both really awesome books.

13.) Whose behavior merited celebration?
       Um.

14.) Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
       I guess that's the good thing about being too shy to know people. I can't think of anyone who made me appalled and depressed.

15.) Where did most of your money go?
       Christmas pressies. I literally saved every penny and then spent it all on Christmas. It's the best way to use up all your money, really. Don't you agree? DON'T YOU?

 

16.) What did you get really, really, really excited about?
       Christmas! And Thor: The Dark World, actually. And more, probably, but I forget right now.

17.) What was the best concert you’ve been to this year?
       JOSH FREAKING GROBAN'S.

It's cool, because this was our concert. 

18.) What song/album will always remind you of 2013?
       Josh Groban's Changing Colors. (One of my favorites!) Hunter Hayes's Encore CD, and several Imagine Dragons songs, namely Demons and Monster (which sound like dreadful songs, but are actually really quite nice.)

19.) Compared to this time last year, are you:
       Happier? Yeah. Sadder too. Just older, I guess.

20.) What do you wish you’d done more of?
       Reading. Ha! You thought it was going to be something epic, didn't you!? TOOK YOU ABACK, DIDN'T I?

21.) What do you wish you’d done less of?
       Stressing out.

22.)What was your greatest musical discovery?
       Musical like musical, a show? or musical like song, or singer? Musical-like-a-show, I didn't discover anything new that I liked. But music wise, I found that I really like OneRepublic. (Counting Stars, anyone?) And Hunter Hayes. I like Hunter Hayes.

  

 

23.) How did you spend Christmas?
       Like a boss.
       It was lovely, like it always is. I am under the firm opinion that our Christmases are the best. *grin*

24.) How are you spending New Year’s?
       New Year's Eve or New Year's Day? Not sure what we're doing tomorrow, but tonight, we are going to stay up late and watch Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

25.) Who did you spend the most time on the phone with?
       Sammi! And Amy, prolly.

26.) What was the best book you read?
       Ooooh. Um. Gosh. OH! The Queen of Attolia. (Actually that whole series is awesome.) Eugenides is such a cool character.

26.) Did you fall in love in 2013?
       I did not. I am a potato.

27.) What was your favorite TV show?
       *Treskie cracks her knuckles* Oh yeah! A list! Oh yeah! Okay, so: Psych, Doctor Who, Leverage, and Supernatural.

28.) Do you hate anyone now that you didn’t hate this time last year?
       I don't hate anyone. "I am a friend to ALL OF nature!" (brownies to those who understood the reference.)

29.) What did you want and get?
       Lots of stuff, actually! I got the friendship bracelets from Sammi, and a freaking Dean Winchester necklace, (so now my Dean outfit is complete.) an impala keychain, and a drawing mannequin, which was a very thoughtful pressie from my Daddy.... You guys want to see pictures?

30.) What did you want and not get?
       A cellphone, but I got the closest thing to it, so that's okay.

31.) What were your favorite films of this year?
       *more knuckle cracking*

Thor: The Dark World

Rise of the Guardians

Tintin

Christmas Angel in the House

The Hobbit DOS

And defo more, but I can't remember them. *flinch* 

32.) What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
       I got books and went to the library, and ate cake, and watched Real Steel, and turned 18.

33.) How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2013?
       Um. Experimental. I started wearing shorter skirts than I normally did. Lots of thrifted outfits.

34.) What kept you sane?
       Doctor Who, Supernatural, and Psych.

35.) Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
       This pretty fellow. Not gonna lie. He's very decent and I like that.

36.) What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
       Being brave enough to get a job.

37.) What political issue stirred you the most?
       Politics are stupid. I avoid them like the plague.

38.) Who did you miss?
       Lots of people. For real.

39.) Who was the best new person you met?
       A friend of a friend who is very sweet and I'd like to get to know her better.

40.) Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2013.
       Uh. Don't plan on things too much. When they fall through it can be very terrifying.

41.) Quote a song lyric that sums up your year.

        "Take pictures in your mind, every childhood room. 

Memorize what it sounded like when your dad gets home. 

 Remember the footsteps, remember the words said. 

And all your little brother's favorite songs. 

I just realized: everything I have is someday gonna be gone.

I don't wanna grow up. 

Wish I'd never grown up.

Taylor Swift: Never Grow Up

42.) Five personally significant events of 2013:
        I drove for the first time
        I illustrated a book! THIS WAS HUGE.
        I went in for a job interview. (They didn't call me back, in case you couldn't tell. It was like, "Hi! Thanks for coming! Good bye! Call you never!"
        I started teaching my niece first grade.
        Um.

43.) Five things I want to do in 2014:
       Get a job.
       Get my license
       Draw more
       Record a song (or an album)
       Meet someone special. It doesn't have to be a guy, just someone I can go, "Oh, so-and-so is a wonderful person. I aspire to be like so-and-so."

44.) Five people I’d like to know better in 2014:
       My bloggy friends!!!!

And that is all. And it is late, and my mom is giving me the stink-eye, so I should definitely sign off.

I wish you all a very happy New Year!

How are you going to spend yours?

"You're crazy! I like that."

Today's song was hard. 

Because I have to pick a song that makes me happy....

And um... A lot of the songs that make me happy tend to make me sad at the same time, like a bittersweet sort of happy. 

Like

And then:

But I know I must choose one.

So I'm going to do Hunter Hayes' I Want Crazy. Seriously, listen to it. (The actual song doesn't start until about forty-five seconds in.)

I don't know, something about that song is just awesome. 

"But I don't want 'good', and I don't want 'good enough'.

I want 'can't sleep, can't breathe without you' love.

Front porch, and one more kiss

It doesn't make sense to anybody else.

Who cares if you're all I think about?

I've searched the world and I know now,

It ain't right if you ain't lost your mind.

Yeah, I don't want easy, I want crazy

Are you with me baby? 

Let's be crazy

I was so happy to finally find a song that expressed the way I felt about love. It's not something that can be labeled, really. It's wild, and unpredictable, and crazy. And it makes me happy.

I really tend to like country music anyway, and Hunter Hayes is one of my favorite country singers. His music is super awesome, and he comes up with some great lyrics. 

But, if that song doesn't make you go all....

Then here's the only acceptable version of The Weight, which also makes me happy. (Amy knows this, and goes around singing, "Put the loooaad.... right on meeee." in order to make me blush. The little stinker.)

Oh, and hiiiiii, new followers! You're awesome! Hello!

Cheers, people!