escapades of a musical narniac

Two months.
Two. Months.



I have officially failed at blogging. (;

Well, better late than never! However I regret to say that in the course of two months, I have enough things to blog about to create possibly the longest post there ever was. (Surely the longest one this particular blog has ever seen, so get ready my friends, for this shall be a novel!)

I should probably start with Hurricane Irene. No, it did not blow away any part of my house, but several trees fell, which was really scary, but not nearly as frightening as having to sleep without AC . . . I hope I never have to do so again. *shudder*

After the storm passed, we ack-chellay got the clear to head to the beach! Our vacation time had been cut down to four days instead of seven, but it was still awesome. In fact, I have taken the liberty of listing all of the things I want to blog about, as well as snapping a few photos, which I plan on having up here as soon as I can get them to send to my email.

First off, the house we rented for the week(ish) came fully stocked with a rather impressive video library, among which were…wait for it!…the BBC versions of The Silver Chair, and Prince Caspian/Voyage of the Dawn Treader! I was pretty excited about this because I feel like I haven’t explored every nook and cranny of my Narniac-ness without experiencing the films in every form. I’d be giving a detailed description of what I thought of them had we stayed the entire seven days, but most unfortunately for me, there wasn’t time between all the things we wanted to do while at the beach for me to sit back and enjoy the company of the alternate versions of some of my favourite people in the world. Arf. Good thing there’s always next year!

But I believe that the most monumental part of vacation was my older sister’s boyfriend coming down to visit…and propose to her! Yup; as of September 2nd, my sis is engaged! Words simply cannot express how happy I am for her. ♥ We even went out to look for dresses, and she found the one that she wants already. It’s all very exciting, but rather bittersweet at the same time. She’s been my best friend my entire life, and it will be awfully sad to see her go when the time comes, but till then, I think I will just enjoy her company as much as possible.

More recently (actually, this past weekend), my little sister and I had the opportunity to be a part of a film crew (yes, you read that right). Each year, the church we attend does a HUGE pageant production for Christmas, and this year, about half of it is going to be a feature film, which is being produced and shot right at church! I don’t know too many details as of yet, but it’s based around World War II, and it’s gonna be pretty epic. And I have to say, sitting in the woods until 12:30AM, going home, and then getting up and having to be back at 6 makes one really feel like they’re part of a film crew. We did a lot of setting up, running extension cords, and my main job was working the fog machine (which I had a love/hate relationship with the entire time). I now know how to make fake blood, set up and take down various pieces of video equipment, and how to catch a runaway blue screen when the wind picks up…which is an adventure all in itself! Hopefully we’ll be called back in this weekend as well. Surely this is something that I can include in my portfolio when I start looking for a professional filming job!

School finally started also. So far everything has been relatively easy and smooth, which I am most thankful for. My first read of the school year was Till We Have Faces by C.S. Lewis, which was FANTASTIC. I think I’m going to make it my goal to read (and re-read) every book he’s ever written. (Of course, you can see how this would most benefit my inner Narniac. (;)

Brainstorming has officially begun for National Novel Writing Month, which is in November! If I haven’t shared about this already, NaNoWriMo is when writers all across the globe take the month of November to attempt to write a 50,000 word novel before the 1st of December. I’ve participated twice in the past, and succeeded both times. Hopefully I’ll be able to keep up my winning streak this year!

I haven’t been able to get out driving as much as I would like, but the great job hunt has officially begun! I’ve got a list of places to apply, so hopefully I will be an employed avid blogger soon!

Cinematically, my sis went out and bought Thor the other day, so hopefully we’ll get a chance to watch that soon. Also, it’s become something of a treasure hunt to attempt to find Transformers 3 on Blu-ray around here…when we went to WalMart, they were completely sold out. That pretty much blew my mind. It would seem that what is apparently the action movie epic of the year will evade my waiting audience for a little while longer!

And now, we get to the part where Megan despairs. For this entire time, since we returned from the beach, I have been battling mercilessly with Windows Movie Maker, who does not seem to get the fact that poor Caroline’s birthday was about a trillion weeks ago, and I still. Have. Yet. To. Post. Her. Birthday. Video. On top of the fact that it was indeed our dear Skandar’s 20th birthday recently, and I still. Have. Yet. To. Even. Conceptualize. Anything. For. That. Birthday. Video. On TOP of the fact that Kellie’s birthday will undoubtedly be here again and it most likely still. Won’t. Let. Me. Make. An. Entire. Video. To. Celebrate. Her. Birthday. Either. As you have probably guessed, this is rather frustrating. But I shall never surrender!! They may not be around for a while (mehhhhhh…) but I will not rest until all video projects have reached completion! I will not EAT. I will not SLEEP. I will not BLINK. I will not…

…okay, maybe I’ll do all of those things, too.

But I do apologize ten thousand times over on my computer’s behalf. However, come Tash or high water, I will win this battle! HUZZAH.

Also, I have added another project idea onto the list of things I have been unable to accomplish yet *cringe lol*…a one-year-DBF-anniversary extravaganza! I figure that if I get started on that now, it should be done by the actual one-year mark (December 22nd!). My only setback? I have virtually no idea what that should be d:. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

Well, I believe that I will leave it at that. With any luck, tonight’s epic struggle will leave me with a vid to post tomorrow (if not tonight!). But, until then, I hope that you guys are having a fantastic week! So till later…

DBF out! ♥
^ I’ve missed saying that, lol. :D