Hey Guys (An Apology, of Sorts, and an Update)

An apology to all my beautiful followers.

This blog is dead! I know. I even had a "I'm Back" post like... half a year ago? Which promised my return, and I didn't fulfill that promise. I'M REALLY GOING TO TRY TO POST MORE OFTEN, honestly.

Sooo... high school. *deep breath* For those of you who don't know, and those of you who have (with good excuse) forgotten, I'm in my first year of high school. And it's going... pretty well. Not all is fine and dandy, but the grades are good. Something finally clicked in my brain and I started getting all A's.

I guess the one big complaint all teenagers have about high school is the way you grow apart from friends. In my case, this is pretty true. I even remember thinking, Ah, that'll never happen to me, but it does. It did. We're growing up in different ways-- one of my closest friends has a boyfriend, and he's her new best friend and they spend all their time together. And suddenly, some old friends are starting to... annoy me? I feel so awful for saying that. But something in their personalities has started to clash with mine.

It's kind of weird more than hurtful. And I mean, that's life, right?

Wow.

I've gotten depressing.

Aaaanywaaayyy... I'm working on the second draft of my NaNoWriMo book! *whoop whoop!* Sort of half-heartedly, I admit; I should probably be working on it right now, but... I just... don't... feel... like it...

...

What's up with all of you, my darlings? Comment below!

Love, Emily

The 30 Days of Drawing Challenge

Usually, I'm more of a writing person, but this summer has found several pages of my sketchbook filled with drawings of people-- self-portraits, comic book characters, Maximum Ride-esque girls with wings. And of course, after a sudden spout of artistic inspiration, only one thing can follow: artists' block.

I had no idea what to draw.

Sitting at the kitchen table with my sketchbook open, pencil in hand, I stared at the blank page before me as all original ideas flew from my mind.

Luckily, Pinterest is a never-ending fount of inspiration, and I remembered that soon enough. So I spent a little while looking at ideas, and finally found this image:

So far, this is the only result:

Day One: Yourself

Due to a sudden discovery of my love of manga (I've devoured Death Note, and the series is heartily recommended), I decided to draw in the manga/anime style, producing the above.

Anyway, I'll be posting my drawings as I go, and I would love it if others would join the challenge and keep me updated on their art! 

It's the Last Day of School! (Plus: My Year in Review)

Next week, I'll have my graduation ceremony, and then I'll be done with eighth grade and on to high school. It's so odd... I feel like we just started school. Almost like my life is flashing before my eyes. Like one day I'll blink and I'll be 82 years old with twenty five cats and a parakeet named Polly.

Since exams are over and there isn't anything to do, I spent four hours playing poker with my friends.

Yes, four hours. It was great.

(We didn't bet actual money, don't worry.)

(If we had, I would be bankrupt by now. To put it simply, I did not win.)

So what has eighth grade been like? I think it was pretty good, overall. I liked all my classes, though I struggled in Geometry (I'm more of an algebra person. Proofs? Not my strongest suit). Theatre was probably one of my favourite classes, although my teacher is TOTALLY obsessed with Elvis. I mean, we spent an entire class period talking about the King of Rock and Roll, and I know SO many facts about this guy now that I didn't know before. Not sure if this is a good thing...?

For our final exam, I did a scene from Waiting for Godot, the absurdist play by Samuel Beckett, with a partner. It's a really, really weird play. I loved acting every second of it.

I made new friends, which is never a bad thing.

I went camping with Girl Scouts... twice. The first time we stayed in air conditioned cabins where the biggest sacrifice we had to make was a lack of wi-fi (which somehow I survived). The second time we were roughing it, and at night we could hear coyotes howling right outside our tent. Fairly terrifying. Extremely cool.

I read an amazing book called The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender which was, as the title suggests, both strange and beautiful.

I ate the best Thai food I've ever had in my life.

I wasted an absurd amount of time on Pinterest.

I learned how to play three different card games, and have overall played about 16 hours of each (which might be an exaggeration, but not much of one).

I wrote a book, which was a very stressful but very new experience. I'll definitely be doing NaNoWriMo again next year (and you should too!)

So that's my year in review, pretty much. No real adventures, but lots of new experiences. And, as Albert Einstein says, "The only source of knowledge is experience."

Love, Emily

Did You Think You Had Seen the Last of Me?

I'm back!

Wow, it's been awhile, hasn't it? I'm sorry to say that when I stopped writing on this blog because of the business of NaNoWriMo, I totally fell out of the routine and just never really got back on track. But here I am again. :)

School is drawing to a close, and both teachers and students are starting to wind down. Exams start this week, and next week I have only two days, which are devoted to the graduation of the eighth graders, so basically everyone's suffering from an extreme case of summer fever wherein very little work is done and lots of movies are watched.

Well, everyone's winding down except for my geometry teacher, who assigned us 160 problems to do over the weekend. I somehow managed to get them all finished, miraculously, but I was seeing equations in my dreams afterwards. Oh, and speaking of things I did over the weekend...

AGE OF ULTRON!!!

Let me tell you, I had sky-high expectations for the new Avengers movie, and thankfully, they were met. I won't spoil anything here, but it was fantastic, even better than the last one in my opinion, and Hawkeye was a larger character, and the two new characters grew on me quickly. Ultron was a great villain, and the "there are no strings on me" scene was legitimately haunting.

*explodes from geeky happiness*

Who else saw this movie? What did you think? I'd love to know!

I'm definitely going to post more from now on, and I'd like to extend apologies to June from weezasjournal.blogspot.com. You commented on my very last post in November, nominating me for an award, and I'm so sorry that I never responded. Like I said, I completely fell out of routine, and the embarrassing truth is that I haven't looked at this blog since November. Sorry!

An Update on my Life (or, In Which I Muse)

My life is terribly repetitive.

It's an odd thing to say, but I'm sure that everyone has felt thus in their life. I wake up every morning at the same time, eat breakfast, go to school. I sit for seven hours learning about a variety of things. Lately, even the more interesting things have begun to feel dull and repetitive. My schedule never changes. I come home, I write a bit and do homework, and then it's some reading and Internet, and then bed.

And then the same thing all over again. That's really all I have to say on that topic, but it's what's been on my mind lately. So in other news...

Last weekend, Halloween weekend if you want to look at it that way, was the first snow of the year. Which is insane because it was the last day of October/ first day of November and it never snows that early where I live. Typically there's some snow around January (last year it snowed a magnificent five inches one day and it was truly wonderful) but never ever in early November. Not much snow, but it was visible.

I've been writing furiously ever since the beginning of November because of NaNoWriMo, and I'm five chapters into my book. Five, you guys. And I got a good friend of mine to join in, and am very excited to see how that turns out. Unfortunately this means that I've been almost entirely disregarding my Christmas knitting, and I know that eventually I'm going to be in a panic trying to make up for the lost time. Ah well.

So that's my life at the moment. I know a lot of y'all are participating in NaNoWriMo this year, how's it going for you?

If Days of the Week Were People

Monday is the sort of person who always looks hurried. Its hair is always messy-- though on occasion it manages to find the time to pull a brush through it. It prefers comfortable clothes to fashionable ones and can be seen wearing a sweatshirt and jeans most of the time. Though Monday is reasonably intelligent, this intelligence is often marred by its constant exhaustion. Monday can often be found carrying a mug of coffee. Monday is nice enough, but don’t get on its bad side-- it can snap in an instant.

Tuesday is quiet. The sort of person who never answers a question in class. Shy, perhaps, but don’t be fooled-- Tuesday will talk your head off if it gets to know you well enough. Tuesday’s clothes rarely match but they make a statement nonetheless. Tuesday has a bad habit for drumming its fingers constantly against the desk or table, often irritating others... a sign of its love for playing the piano.

Wednesday is boring. You know the sort of person-- one who rarely talks and doesn’t seem to have much of a personality, who does average in everything. Wednesday wears clothes that don’t draw any attention to anything, except perhaps their dullness. Baggy and grey. Additionally, Wednesday checks its watch obsessively and bites its fingernails to the quick. It enjoys watching TV and eating popcorn (lightly salted).

Thursday is unfailingly optimistic. Notorious for wearing bright colors and getting overexcited about most everything, it constantly obsesses over the books, movies, and TV shows that it loves. Thursday has many friends, around which it is well-loved for its constantly happy demeanor. Thursday is extremely imaginative and has created whole worlds in its mind.

Friday gets distracted ridiculously easily. It can’t stay still and excels in a majority of sports. It dresses in all the sporty brands-- Nike, for example. It gets in trouble most often for not paying attention or being too aggressive in football. Unless playing a sport, it is also easily bored. Friday does not much care for reading, though secretly it has read The Wheel of Time series twice (there are fourteen books, it is quite an accomplishment), and would rather be running or throwing a ball to its equally hyper little brother. It loves many movies and TV shows, and dominates at board games.

Saturday is very laid-back and relaxed. Quick with a joke and easygoing, its favorite pastimes are surfing, rock-climbing, and canoeing. It never gets too competitive about anything, and its laziness can get tiring after a while. However it has a brilliant sense of humor and can often be found lounging on the couch reading or having Netflix marathons. It is the class clown and doesn’t much care about grades or school, though it can do very well if it puts its mind to it.

Sunday is genuinely sweet to everyone, always trying to be helpful and kind. It loves volunteering to help people and works at the local soup kitchen on weekends. It is an artist-- both with paintings and words. Its still lifes are vividly realistic, and it loves writing free-verse poems. One day it hopes to move to New York City, where it will buy a house with a room devoted entirely to its painting.

NaNoWriMo

I'm signing up for National Novel Writing Month (more commonly known as NaNoWriMo) and I'm so excited!!! This is the first time I've done it but I love writing and I'm always thinking about writing a new book.

I'll keep you posted on how far I'm getting. Are any of you signing up (if not, you should)?

Short post, sorry.

Oh, and I've finished 1/10th of my Christmas presents... only 9 more to go!

My Latest Great Endeavor

I know, I know. It's three months until Christmas.

But for Christmas we're having a LOT of family coming over. Meaning, besides my parents and my two sisters, there will also be: my aunt, uncle, and baby cousin; my grandparents; and my other aunt. And I will be knitting ALL of these people a present for Christmas, because all of them know I can knit, and all of them want something hand-knit.

Not that there's anything wrong with this. I'm happy to knit them presents, and I like knitting. But... ten objects (and nice ones, too: hats, mittens, scarves)... it's quite a lot.

• Two pairs of needles
• Eight skeins of yarn
• Two yarn needles

I'll keep you updated on finished projects as I go.

How much have you been thinking about Christmas? What are you planning on giving your family?

It's Autumn!

Today was the first day it really felt like fall. I know it's been autumn for a while now, but it's still been fairly warm. Today, though, it was really cold in my house when I woke up. And I was really cozy all curled up in bed... and only got up to get a hot cup of coffee and read my book.

My dad put on Christmas music to listen to because he says that it's October now and he's waited long enough. And so that just makes everyone feel Christmassy, even though we still have quite a while, but Christmassy is a wonderful feeling.

The leaves are starting to change colors, too. Mostly it's still all green, but there are spots of orange and yellow and red here and there. Not that I don't love summer, because I do, but I'm glad that we're entering fall.

Because there is really nothing like waking up when it's cold but you're warm under quilts, and the sun is warm, and you can wear long sleeves and a sweater but not a heavy coat.

10 Books That Have Stayed With Me

And here it is!  My first book-related post. I told you it was coming.

My mother challenged me to pick ten books that have affected me and that I think about; and then to post these books on my blog. So here we go: ten books. (I'm counting each series as one book.) These are in no particular order.

1. The Bible
2. The Harry Potter Series by J.K. Rowling
3. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
4. A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness
5. The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R Tolkien
6. The Narnia Chronicles by C.S. Lewis
7. The Penderwick series by Jeanne Birdsall
8. The Giver by Lois Lowry
9. The Hunger Games series by Suzanne Collins
10. Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery

All are extremely highly recommended, obviously. And it would be fantastic if other bloggers would post their ten books. I'm always trying to find something new to read!

20 Things You Might Not Know About Me

I was tagged for this by Sarah at foreverchanged13.blogspot.com.

The Rules:

1. Copy and paste the questions below and then answer and turn them into a blog post. Or, record a video answering these questions and upload it to your blog post.

2. At the bottom of your post, tag anywhere from 2-10 bloggers you want to see answer these questions. (I also suggest hitting up your tagged people via social media just to let them know you tagged them to do this tag challenge.)

3. Use the title: 20 Things You Might Not Know About Me Blog Tag. Once you’ve hit publish, leave a comment below with the link to your post.

4. Use the hashtag #20ThingsBlogTag when sharing on social media so we can all find your awesome posts!

Question 1: How tall are you?
I'm five foot three, almost five foot four.
Question 2: Do you have a hidden talent? If so, what?
Not really. I'm pretty good about solving riddles but I'm not entirely sure if that counts.
Question 3: What’s your biggest blog-related pet peeve?
Blogger typically won't let me go back to erase something without forcing me to rewrite everything else. If I misspelled Blogger, "Bogger," and went back to add an L it would do this: Blgger. And then: Bloger. And so on.i
Question 4: What’s your biggest non-blog related pet peeve?
I can't sleep without the bedroom and closet doors closed for some reason. 
Question 5: What’s your favorite song?
It was "Counting Stars" by OneRepublic for awhile but now I'm not sure. I have a list of 27 songs on Spotify that I love.
Question 6: What’s your favorite Etsy shop that isn’t yours?
I don't really go on Etsy. 
Question 7: What’s your favorite way to spend your free time when you’re alone?
Reading, writing, drawing, knitting, and lately, Pinterest.
Question 8: What’s your favorite junk food?
Fritos. I love them. It's a weakness.
Question 9: Do you have a pet or pets? If so, what kind and what are their names?
I have a dog named Nellie:

Question 10: What are your number one favorite nonfiction and fiction books?
Fiction: The Harry Potter series, hands down (I know it's a series, not just one book, but bear with me). Nonfiction: Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank, probably.
Question 11: What’s your favorite beauty product?
Uhm... Nail Polish? I don't wear makeup, so I don't know.
Question 12: When were you last embarrassed? What happened?
I would rather not talk about this :P
Question 13: If you could only drink one beverage (besides water) for the rest of your life, what would it be?
Lemonade!!!
Question 14: What’s your favorite movie?
I love the Lord of the Rings movies (and the books too). Favorite one: Return of the King.
Question 15: What were you in high school: prom queen, nerd, cheerleader, jock, valedictorian, band geek, loner, artist, prep?
I'm not in high school yet; that's next year for me. I'm going to assume nerd though.
Question 16: If you could live anywhere in the world, where would you live?
I would love to move to England.
Question 17: PC or Mac?
Mac, I think.
Question 18: Last romantic gesture from a crush, date, boy/girlfriend, spouse?
The last interesting thing that happened to me regarding a boy was when the kid with the locker next to mine asked how I did on the math test. 
Question 19: Favorite celebrity?
Emma Watson or David Tennant. 
Question 20: What blogger do you secretly want be best friends with?
 I feel like I'll hurt somebody's feelings if I give an answer and it's not them. I might be giving myself too much credit, but I won't post the answer.


Now for the people I'm tagging:
Eve
Ella
Lily
Morning

See you all next time!

Lots of Things

I have a lot of things to say, starting with, my blog was featured on Blogs by Kids which made me super excited! My online parties consist of Imaginary Cake. So here you go-- Imaginary Cake for you, and for you, and for you, in honor of my being featured.

I won't be able to post at all during the weekend because...

I'm going camping!!!

Which I am super excited for in case you can't tell. 

I also have yet to die during our football unit in P.E. That's this football:

Not this foot ball:

Really American Football should be called "Hand-Oblong-thing" because the ball isn't really a ball, it's an oblong thing, and you use your hands. 

Anyway. 

This week I will start posting my first book reviews, I PROMISE. I've been really bad about that (I keep on thinking, I'll post a review on the next book I finish) but this time I'm going to post a review.

All for now,

More Writing

today i want to realize
that i'll never be perfect

that no one is, really
that i should stop comparing myself
to people who aren't perfect either

today i want to realize
that i'm loved the way i am

with all my awkwardness
and jokes that aren't really funny
and all my mistakes
and with all the times i say the wrong thing

because i'm me
and i may not be gorgeous
or witty or graceful
and that outfit may not look great on me
but i'm still me
instead of a barbie doll
made up to look like everyone else

and yes, i spend too much time reading
sports might not be my thing

and yes, i do cry over fictional characters
i know that might seem ridiculous

but even though i'm more comfortable in a sweatshirt than skinny jeans
and i haven't worn makeup since... well, forever
i'm so very much me
and i'm loved by the one who made me
and in the end, that's all that matters

really

Finally posting after a good long while. (To my couple  large amount of readers: Sorry!).

Who's seen the two latest episodes of Doctor Who (who here even watches the show)? So far, my impressions of the Twelfth Doctor vary. In episode 1 he seemed OK but the actual episode had content that I could've gone without. In episode 2 he was a bit of an insensitive jerk but the actual episode was totally clean. I hope it's not one or the other!

I assume that most of you by now are back at school, or maybe have yet to be done with it, if you start the reasonable way (in January) and end in November. How is it so far? I realize that most of the blogs I read are written by girls a year my elder, so for all you new high schoolers: Terrifying? Less so? Was it all you thought it would be?

I finally recently got a Pinterest account, the link for which I will post later when I can.

All for now!

A Poem

A small something I wrote, for your enjoyment. Please do not use it as your own work!

This could be a fantasy-type poem, or a metaphor for something else.

Really, it's up to you to decide.

I know you in your palaces 
with your golden walls 
crystal staircases
and 
diamond windows
don't understand why I like my own little home
you think that it's too small
thatched roofs don't keep out the rain
lack of windows brings in the breeze
only one floor (how can you stand it?)
But I wanted to tell you
just once, though I know you'll forget,
My house isn't huge but it's cozy,
filled with stories told around a crackling fire
and laughter and family,
it's nice to see the stars at night
sometimes birds fly in
and sing songs to us 
You wouldn't understand
because you live in a palace
But though palaces are nice in their own way
I prefer my little house
and walls can be made of dreams and hopes
instead of gold.

Pictures

I'm not going to be able to post as often, because of school, which is unfortunate. But I'll try to write at least once a week.

I will start posting book reports soon, due to the fact that it might make life more interesting for all you readers. Today I'm posting a couple pictures...

I feel that this would happen to me. At least, Loki is my favorite Avengers character, which apparently is not as strange as I thought it was. 

I can't believe I never noticed this in Calvin and Hobbes. I love that cartoon to death. Anyway, you won't understand this unless you watch Doctor Who. If you don't, shame on you. Commence the watching!!! Now! I'm serious.

Also, I want this room so badly...

I just found this on the Internet, so if it belongs to someone I'm sorry. But I would love a four poster bed, and this room is themed like the Gryffindor dormitories. It's got brooms and everything!

All for now! Love to all you readers!

Lake Winnie Again

Yesterday I went to the birthday party of a friend of mine and had a really awesome time...

I posted before about Lake Winnie, remember? That was before I had gotten my bearings about my blog and was really being kind of goofy. If you want to read my rambles, you can read that specific blog post here. Anyway, the birthday party-- it wasn't really a party because there weren't a lot of people there and there weren't any presents-- was at Lake Winnie, the amusement park.

We got there at about 10:30 in the morning. As soon as you walk in the park, there is this giant ride called the "Fireball".

The pictures really don't do it justice. It's huge and extremely scary-looking, and the train goes in circles around it (upside down, too). One of the girls in our little group (let's call her G) started begging all of us to ride. "It's so much fun!" she insisted. I shook my head and said no thank you, I'd rather not die today, but at the very end of the day, at about 8 pm, G had gone on it 7 times, R had gone on it 6 times, E once, Mrs. C once, and me, once. 

I was pretty much forced to go on. *shudder*

I had a great time though. We also went to the water park, which was awesome. I ended up with a sunburn on my cheeks and nose and arms and pretty much everywhere that was not covered by my shorts and t-shirt. I still have it. My dad called me "tomato-face" today.

Tomorrow's school again! (sigh) I have Geometry homework to do... my teacher gave me homework on the very first day!!! Oh, the unfairness.

May the School Year be Ever in Your Favor (and books)

The weekend is back! My first two days of school went splendidly, thank you to all of you who wished me luck!

It's exhausting waking up so early. For my school we have to wake up really super early and my alarm clock is right by my head and extremely loud. So it was kind of painful being jarred from sleep. My sister (I share a room with her) teases me because this morning, as soon as the alarm went off, I turned it off and rolled over again.

Which is true, but hey, isn't that what most people would do?

My science class is going to be awesome, I'm certain! The teacher seems really nice and she says that she won't give much homework, which is great because my Geometry teacher gave us homework on the first day :P

So, I know most of you have school coming up pretty quickly and I'm wishing y'all (do I bother you by using my Southern words?) luck. Hopefully your year will be not a good one, but a great one.

Meanwhile, I am excited for tomorrow because I have a birthday party to go to....! And I get to sleep in, too-- you wouldn't believe how fast the early-rising catches up to me.

Oh! Book recommendations! Since now people are commenting on my blog I feel I can ask that without knowing I will get no replies. So, if you have any recommendations, go ahead. I always love to read new books. (However, I know someone will tell me to read the Infernal Devices series because I'm forever getting told to read that: I'm not allowed to read them, sorry.)

I'm thinking about putting book reviews on this blog, what say you? I think it's a good idea.

Lots of love and let the school year be ever in your favor!

My Last Two Posts, Combined

My last two posts were about the Beautiful Blog Award and School. So now, I'm writing about both.

I got nominated for the BBA again by O Williams (thanks so much! I feel so loved!)-- you can find the link to the questions and answers here since I don't want to write a super long post.

Also, my nominees (less this time):
-Hannah at In the Heart of Hannah
-MorningTime4 at The Ups and Downs of my Not-So-Average Life
-Julia at Running Through the Stars

My questions are the same as the ones on the last BBA post.

Thank you!

Now my next topic, school.

Tomorrow's my first day!!! My mom got me a new shirt to wear, and I have pants that will go with it perfectly (though not shoes, I wonder what I should do, hmm...) New classes; I have P.E. first which is a pain since I don't want to be all sweaty for the rest of the day. And I'm two years ahead of my grade in math-- I have Geometry this year and it's in the twelfth grade hallway! I'm in eighth grade, dear readers! What will I do?

I don't even know any twelfth graders.

And isn't my new design going splendidly? Thanks to Eve!!!

Thanks for reading, y'all, and good luck in the coming school year! Wish me luck, too, I'm sure I'll need it!

Beautiful Blog Award

I got nominated for the Beautiful Blog Award by MorningTime4... thank you!

It seems pretty much like the Liebster Award that I've been seeing a lot lately.

Rules:
-Answer the questions given to you
-Nominate others and pose questions for them to answer
-Tell the nominees that you've nominated them.

Morning's questions (and my answers!):

1) What fandoms are you are apart of?
Doctor Who and Harry Potter 2) What book/movie do you love but everyone else despises? None that I can think of-- however, vice versa, I did not like the Shiver trilogy in the least and everyone else loves it.  3) Your opinion on biscottis? Usually delicious but sometimes too dry for my taste 4) Lemon sorbet or key lime pie (for ice cream flavors)? Lemon sorbet!!! 5) Do you have any weird pet peeves? Probably, but they're not weird to me! Seriously, I can't think of any, but I'm sure that I have some. 6) If you could have any super power, what would it be? Why? Shape-shifting, because then you could become a bird and fly, or become a spider and be practically invisible... really, it's all of the superpowers in one. 7) If you could learn to do anything, what would it be? I would love to learn how to figure skate. 8) Do you believe in miracles? Oh yeah. 9) Finish this sentence  "There is beauty all around when ……" The sun first rises in the morning and everyone's just waking up; the air is fresh and cool; and it's a new day with no mistakes in it yet. 10) Why did the chicken cross the road? To show the opossum that it could be done.  11) Name one thing you would like to do before leaving this earth. Publish a book that would touch hearts around the globe. 12) What has been your biggest challenge? Being me when everyone else wants me to be everyone else. 13) If you could stay a certain age forever, what age would that be?

Eight or nine-- old enough to make jokes and understand a lot, young enough to still be cute and innocent.

Now my questions:

-Which fictional character are you most like? (be honest!)

-What made you want to start blogging?

-Where does your blog name come from?

-What is your least favorite subject at school?

-Favorite name for a girl? For a boy?

-Where would you like to live when you grow up?

-If you could live in any fictional universe, which one would it be?

And my nominees (no order):

-Bethan at Think. Read. Write. Dream.

-Ella at Simply Scribbles

-Eve at Eve of Womanhood

-Sarah & Bernie at Forever Changed

-MorningTime4 at The Ups and Downs of My Not-So-Average Life (this might not count)

That was a long post! Thanks for keeping up with me.