escapades of a musical narniac

Definitely going to have to take some time to figure out how to navigate around . . . yes, I am ashamed to say that it’s been that long since I’ve been on here. *Intense blush*

In recent news, there is way too much recent news, so I will condense. First, I am officially a high school graduate, as of last Saturday. Where I live, the HEAV (Homeschool Educator’s Association of Virginia) holds a ceremony every year in which 200 graduates participate in a legit ceremony, with your name called and a stage and walking up said stage and everything. (Which is a lot more nerve wracking than it seems at first!) It was a really nice day, and tons of fun. Plus I’m enjoying being out of high school, finally! The only catch is that now, everyone and their second cousin asks me “So Megan. What are you planning on doing now?”. (Don’t get me wrong; I love when people ask. It’s interesting how many people are actually personally interested in what I plan to do with the rest of my life!) Maybe I’m irresponsible, but I honestly don’t know! My stock answer has now become, more or less, “Getting a job, saving for school, unless something comes up before that can happen.”. The job hunt is pretty relentless; I’m praying that something comes up soon! Next week is going to be “application week”, so hopefully my optimism will overpower my lack of confidence!

Secondly, my family has moved. Nothing super serious, just about 20 minutes from where we used to live. However, this has caused me to be very busy, hence one of the reasons I haven’t been blogging for almost a year, what the Tash!! Lord knows how long. Packing/unpacking/settling is not one of my favourite things to do! But I now have a walk-in closet, which is cool enough on it’s own, and makes the horrid sound of cardboard scratching cardboard almost entirely worth it. (;

Thirdly, my sister got married in July, and I got my first taste of what it’s like to be a Maid of Honor! It’s not too much hassle, just a lot of planning, plotting, setting up, cleaning up, and, yes, dancing. Oh yes, ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls: Lady Megan of the Two Left Feet actually broke it down on a dance floor for a couple hours. *Wild applause*. We’re waiting on the photographer for pictures that haven’t appeared on Facebook yet; I’ll be sure to toss a few on here when we get them! It was definitely one of the greatest days of my life, and I’m so happy for Renee!! It’s sort of weird, and hard to wrap my mind around the fact that she doesn’t live with us anymore, but it’s a part of growing up.

And now that all the huge life-altering things are out of the way, the smaller-but-just-as-exciting-in-my-mind things. Tomorrow my mom, little sister, and I are headed to the beach for a few days with one of my mom’s friends, which I’m most looking forward to because we’ll be staying in a camper and roasting things over a fire pit, and it all just sounds like an adventure. My little sister and I are playing a few Nancy Drew games we got recently, and the one we’re currently working on is set in Canada, so we’re joking about being at the beach during the day, and Canada by night. Mostly, I’m just looking forward to being away for a few days, relaxing, and taking a deep breath, because that doesn’t happen too often. Ahh. Just thinking about it makes me excited.

Finally, I’ll finish with the fact that you, my Dear Blogging Friends, are always on my mind and in my prayers. Though I may have been on world’s longest Megan-blogging-hiatus, I was constantly reminded of your still-wonderful presence in my life. Hope all is going well with you and yours! Until next time,

DBF out!

xo M

So you know how I was stressing over ye olde awkward situation that was taking place tonight? Well I ended up going, after a long time of being absolutely petrified of venturing into the outside world, and I ack-chellay ended up having a pretty fun time! I can only hope that at this point, things stay uncomplicated. I can only hope that my intentions were clear.

So now, I sit in my room, listening to Feist, and contemplating what I will wear to church tomorrow, as I’m running camera again. Comfort is key! Unfortunately, it’s still too warm outside to even begin to think of things that will go good with my spiffy new coat. Ah well, it’s gotta cool down eventually! (:


This is an abnormally short post for me, but I’ll wrap up by saying that if you haven’t gone to see October Baby yet, you really ought to. It was a very beautifully done film! As of right now, the decision to attend tonight was a good one. Here’s to it being a good one tomorrow, the next day, and the next as well!

DBF out!

Well, Sister Bonding Day was today! We went to see The Hunger Games, which was pretty fantastic! I don’t want to spoil anything just in case, but it really came through at moments, though there were a few puns from the book that were omitted from the final piece that I missed. Overall, it was really well done. The effects were better than in most movies I’ve seen recently *coughcoughBREAKINGDAWNcoughcough*, the cinematography was really beautifully grafted together, and I thought they really handled the overall violent concept rather well, getting the heart and soul of the book across. Also for a while, I didn’t have complete faith that anyone could really bring the characters that grew on me so rapidly to life, but the entire cast really went well above my expectations. (A special nod goes to Jennifer Lawrence for bringing the Katniss I always saw and had a considerable amount of relate-ability, thus, affection towards in the book straight from its pages to the screen.) Cheers for good filmwork! (:

(I also find it completely important to include that the spell checker on Windows Live Writer wants to correct “Katniss” to “Catnips”. Oh Sir Spell Checker. You’re so clever. xD)

After the movie, we went to lunch at Cracker Barrel (which is now a S.B.D. tradition), then shopping. Per standard policy, I have to find a white dress to wear underneath my gown at graduation. SO. The hunt both began and ended today… in the same store, no less! The dress is really quite pretty; I wish I had thought to snap a picture of it earlier. It’s more ivory than stark white, and it’s one of those dresses that you don and automatically want to begin twirling around in. I also managed to get this really lovely coat at Macy’s that was originally $50 for, and I kid you not, I bought it on sale for $5.24. It’s a dark mauve-ish color with a black sort-of plaid pattern on it. I have this not-so secret affinity for jackets of all sorts, so this was a real steal for me.

Post-talking to my mom about aforementioned awkwardness in my earlier post, I’ve decided to give this “hanging out” business a shot. The situation has gotten slightly less complicated (going to see a movie --- “October Baby” --- with a group of kids from the youth group at church), while at the same time getting rather more complicated (dude-friend is taking me to dinner beforehand). I do hope I’ve made it clear enough what I consider this to be without sounding too terrible. Hopefully this “hanging out” business doesn’t turn into anything more because, quite frankly, the thought scares the Henry out of me! (Erm, not that I had much of Henry in me to begin with, persay…) But I’ve placed it in God’s capable Hands, so I’m completely alright now I won’t be quite as timid as I usually am. (I know, can you imagine a quiet, shy Megan??) Now. To more pressing matters than such imaginations: What on earth do you wear for such an occasion?…

Musically speaking, if life events I never saw coming keep cropping up and sending me on an emotional roller coaster as they have been, I’ll be arriving at 350 songs and beyond before I can even think about baking that cake or purchasing that muffin I mentioned before! Which is pretty thrilling, I’ll admit, though whether the emotional toll it’s taking is worth the lyrical products of my day-to-day frustrations is still up for debate. Tack that debate onto the fact that I discovered the other day that my one-woman-band name (I’ve been formally known as “lessthanthree”) is indeed taken, taken, taken… well… let’s just say that the odds are not exactly in my favour! (; But, luckily for my musical career, perseverance has never been an option in The Life and Times of Megan Huffman; it’s always a requirement. Thus, from here on out (thanks to Wikipedia’s “random article” option), they’ll call me “Private Wire” on my side of the musical spectrum. No, I’m not kidding. I literally went on Wikipedia, clicked on “random article”, “Private Wire” was the first thing that came up, and I went all crazy cause I realized how simply perfect it was. I enjoy the abstract, obscure sound of it; it definitely sounds like the name of a band or singer that I would give a listen to. And what good is a mock band name if it doesn’t sound like something that I would enjoy myself? Ahh, I tell you. There is no critic I will ever fear more than myself. (: Plus, it makes for an interesting conversation…

BOB: Oh, hey, you’re that chick who writes those songs. How’d you get a name like “Private Wire”?
MEGGO: Oh, you know, like all the greats in music… the “random article” link on Wikipedia.

Editorially speaking, however, I seem to be at a comedic loss for what to do for the joint-birthday-bonanza-supreme-event-of-the-century-possible-video-of-awesome-ninja-proportions. (Oh yeah, that’s totally catching on!) As you can imagine, I’m not used to being in a creative slump (what with those 300 songs, small army of Blunderkinds, other special occasion videos, and other whatnots), so either my brain proceeds to work with me, or I very well may have to go to war with it! Speaking of war, once this creative rut is conquered, if Movie Maker refuses to cooperate with me… I tell you, it’ll be curtains for that software of doom! CURTAINS I say!

Well, looks like today will be a bigger day than I originally anticipated, so here is where I must depart, sadly. Hopefully your weeks are full of all sorts of pleasantries. (: Until next time, my dears! And, of course… “May the odds be ever in your favour!”

DBF out!

p.s. --- Thinking about changing the layout up a bit, although I’m dreading the comment-banning consequences of this… so just shoot me a message on Facebook if I do change it and commenting gets disabled again, and I’ll be sure to fix it up! (:

How do I always miss the important things. @.@

Prepare for a double birthday collaboration!! (Since I'm sort of still holding it over my own head that I never did quite finish Caroline's birthday surprise...)

And, somewhat informal, but HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY, KELLIE! Hope it was what dreams are made of! ♥

*Meggo goes away snickering and talking to herself in a creepy, Gollum-ish fashion whilst plotting and planning and conceptualizing... >:D*

I’ve come to the conclusion that it’s rather relaxing to listen to the happy little birds tweet away. It almost makes this horribly hot weather that’s been trending around here tolerable!

Well, have I got a lot to blog about!!

First off, might I say how absolutely greatly I’ve been missing my DBFs? You guys are constantly in my thoughts and prayers. I’ve got a LOT of recapping to do once I’m done here!

Well Kellie, you’ll be proud; I’ve finally leapt onto the Hunger Games bandwagon. I’ve gotten through the first book (FANTASTIC!!) and half of the second. My sisters and I are going to see the movie tomorrow morning. Or, should I say, in a few hours. Who needs sleep anyways? Cinematically speaking, I’m sad to say that I haven’t visited the glorious theatre since Sherlock Holmes several months ago. Hopefully today’s visit will be just as wonderful an experience as the last!

Really, in all aspects, life’s been pretty good. Everything has been rather chill: I completed my final annual test as a high schooler and am awaiting the results of said test with as much patience as someone with my low level of patience possibly can. (; I’m officially into my last quarter of 12th grade, and then I am finished. Which is such a surreal thought! Graduation is on June 9th. It’s silly, but it keeps reminding me of how much I have to get a job soon, haha. I don’t know what I’ll do with myself once school is finished! Things have been going well in basically all areas: I’m working on something for the youth group at my church which I’m hoping will go over well, my family’s all doing good, and I totally called who A was on the PLL season finale. Muahahahaha!

And now, the most exciting bit… I’ve officially joined the main media ministry at my church! I’m still working in youth, but my training began a few weeks ago for running various stations during the services and other special events, like lights, word projection, and so on. I’m actually running the camera this Sunday. I did it two weeks ago, and oh my word, I could stand there forever. Never thought that a camera could be such a thrilling experience! I’m so anxious to see where God takes me in that area.

And now… the awkward part.

I’m about 78% sure that a guy I consider a good friend just asked me out, and I know that if I ask him if that’s what he means, and he says yes, I’m going to end up hurting him, which I absolutely hate. I really just can’t think about a relationship right now, and also… I’ve never really seen him in that light. And it’s really awkward. But I hate hurting people… oof. This weekend is surely going to be a big bucket of interesting.

Older Sister’s wedding is getting really close too, and we’ve actually found bridesmaid’s dresses! Myself and Little Sister tried them on and fell in love with them. I have to admit, I was really crossing my fingers for some sort of elven/Narnian feel (What can I say? Old habits die hard!), but these are really quite elegant in their own right. I’m just really glad I’m not related to someone who would’ve put me in something completely blinged out. That would’ve been a little odd! I’ll have to get a hold of a picture of the dress to post on here.

Oh, and when you get a second, look up the music of both Barnaby Bright and The Civil Wars. Really great folk-y/country sounds on most of their songs, I love them. And speaking of music… WA-LA! I’ve hit my 300 song-iversary! I may just bake a cake tomorrow to commemorate. Or stop by Wawa and get one of their red velvet muffins of magic, hope, and wonder. Mmmmmmmmm. I’m doing a lot more driving now, too, which is so thrilling. The first time I drove home from church, it was ack-chellay night, so I felt rather proud of myself.

And so, here is where I must sign off. Contrary to what my brain would have me believe, I do really need to sleep at some point. (x Here’s to a fantastic week ahead! ♥

DBF out!

p.s. --- It is now 2:12, and the birds are still singing! (:

Well well, long time no blog, eh? Once again, I should probably explain where I have disappeared to for the past month lol.

Thankfully, sickness was not the reason for my absence this time around. However, I’m surprised that I’m not sustaining injuries from being buried underneath a Megan x3-sized pile of schoolwork, preparing for my sister’s wedding, work applications, and volunteer work at church. Luckily I have some time to myself to once again post to my blog. (Which, by the by, I’m thinking of changing it up a bit . . . any input?)

Working at church has many a merit, but it’s also pretty intensive sometimes. I mean, the worst that can happen is getting a pretty nasty papercut, or accidentally hitting the blackout button on the lightboard and instantly shutting down every light in the youth room while at the same time effectively dropping your dignity with no chance of recovering it, but as I’m hoping to work with the main media team after I graduate, I’ve really got to make sure that I pay attention and take in as much as I possibly can. However, eventually I’ll have to begin saving for a automobile, and that requires an income of some form. Enter: job search, stage left!

Mid-last week, I applied and had a short interview at one place, then had a second interview yesterday at the same location, which ended with the verdict that I’d know today whether I got the job or not.

So I waited.
And waited.
And waited.
AND WAITED.

And now here I sit, 8PM, blogging, listening to Native American flute lullabies (I find some pretty awesome-yet-strange stuff on Amazon’s free MP3 list…), still jobless, with no call or anything, and absolutely no way of knowing whether I got the job or not. So, since orientation is tomorrow morning, needless to say, I’ve spent the past 30-odd minutes putting together a list of places to apply, along with a list of my availability, strengths, experience, and other things I’ll need to know off the top of my head during my next interview. Which I will admit, I’m bummed about, but I know that everything happens for a reason. God’s got a plan, and I know that He will supply me with the right job at the right time. Now, if only a Barnes and Noble would open up closer to my house....

With that also comes the impending question, “how on earth am I going to work full-time AND keep up with school?”. My answer? Uhh... veeerry carefully. June could not come fast enough!!

I’m not 100% sure if I mentioned this before or not, but my sisters and I went out and saw Sherlock Holmes 2 a little while back, and… HOLY HARFANG it was AMAZING! I loved it even more than the first one, and that is saying something! I couldn’t help but think of you guys while we were watching it (particularly you, Kellie!), which I do quite often. Other than that, my cinematic life has been rather depressingly uneventful. I think that the next Percy Jackson film comes out later this year, which I am determined to take my little sister (and myself, of course) to see. Until then, who knows? I may have to stick with DVDs and television for now, though the only show I really follow is Pretty Little Liars. (Which also has it’s merits… I happen to think that Lucas is rather adorable, slightly creepy at times or not!)

Also yesterday, my mom, my sisters, my sister’s fiance’s mom and sister, and I went to try on bridesmaid’s dresses, which was a TON of fun! Some of the dresses were nicer than others, but it’s always fun to dress up in and stand in front of the huge mirrors and see what they look like. It made me feel somewhat like a princess at times. As each thing gets done for the wedding, I feel more and more excited for it. It’s going to be beautiful, I just know it!

And with that, my dear blogging friends, I must part for now and attempt to think of more strengths going for me than just “technological experience” and “organization/filing skills”, which I’m not sure will get me a job much of anywhere outside of a Radio Shack/secretary’s office crossover store. With any luck, I’ll be able to post soon about something more exciting, haha. Hope you guys are having a FANTASTIC week so far. Until next time!

DBF out!

 
First and foremost, however, I’d like to apologize for this post’s tardiness… I was rendered so busy, I was unable to make it even close to the ol’ PC till this time today! And, I was also mortified to realize that my original post for our one-year DBFiversary never posted to my blog… so this is pretty long overdue, but here it is.

I cannot tell you how much our friendship means to me. I’ve always had a hard time holding a friendship together, and up until recently I’ve felt as if I didn’t really have anyone to call a friend. However, the fact that I knew that I could always post on here, and you guys would never fail to respond, always made me feel like I fit in, as if I never had a single problem with it before. My friends, you are beautiful (inside AND out! (:) and it has been nothing short of a pleasure getting to know you over the past year. All of the jokes, the Narnia-isms, the art, the music… it all means so much to me. I hope we never fall out of touch, and that someday soon, we can meet face to face and go on all sorts of wonderful adventures. Here’s to another year, and many more, of DBFness. Cheers!

And, in case you were wondering, here’s my current profile picture on Facebook…

…taken during filming for the Christmas pageant a few months ago. My sis and I were sent to grab the squirt bottle labeled “Jesus”, we found a spare helmet, and… well, the rest is pretty much history. Tis a bit blurry, though, and I struggle sometimes to find a picture of myself with a serious face haha, so here’s this one for the heck of it:

And, furthermore, my last name is Huffman, but I’m on Facebook as “Megan Brittany”. And since there are apparently quite a few Megan Brittany’s in the world, all you have to search for is “Chelsea Fernando”… which is quite the story, ack-chellay. (x I shooooould appear in the results for that. (Apparently, there are less Chelsea Fernando’s than Megan Brittany’s… can’t imagine why that is at all…)

The thing that I had planned for our big celebration is running a wee bit late as well, so that will be delayed until (hopefully!) New Year’s Eve at the latest. I’ll be posting it right on here when it’s done, so keep an eye out for it!

I’ll toss a separate post detailing Christmas a bit more in a minute, but before that, I have GOT to get this posted lol. I earnestly look forward to talking with you guys soon!

Merry (late!) Christmas, here’s to many more!

DBF out!

p.s. – I just remembered this picture before I posted, and I had to put it on here! (;

Well, it’s official: after 5:19 PM, I’ll be considered an adult! Pretty crazy. Time flies so fast!!

Unfortunately this will probably be a pretty short post cause I want to make sure that I spend the maximum amount of time with my family today. We’re planning on going to Red Robin for a late lunch (where I will be ordering a rather large fried chicken salad, mmmmMMMM <3), and then possibly Sweet Frog for dessert.

Fortunately, in the meantime, I have about ten zillion posts to my Facebook to catch up on, good music to listen to, and…. *drumroll*… several new Blunderkinds to post, as promised! I would have posted them earlier, but I got rather sick (would you believe that MRSA had struck again?). I’m a LOT better now, although the site of the infection was much more gruesome this time around… I literally had a hole about an inch deep the size of a dollar coin in the back of my shoulder. Not. Fun. However, it’s only about the size of a dime now, and I can hardly even tell it’s there, so it’s all good!

So anyways, without further ado, ye olde Blunderkinds!

   
Also, there is this pic, which I cannot take credit for, but as soon as I saw it, I thought of you guys and simply had to post it. (:

Hope you enjoy! (; And Merry Early Christmas! Here’s to a fantastic week, leading up to an incredibly exciting Sunday!

Until next time,

DBF out!

p.s. – I’ll be attempting to put something special together for tomorrow, which happens to be our official one-year DBFiversary! Be sure to watch out for that. (: (If I can’t get it ready for tomorrow though, it’ll definitely be up by the end of the week.)

Long time, no post! I’m afraid that my blogging has become rather lax in the midst of all the crazy stuff that’s been going on… hopefully that will change, as it’s getting closer and closer to that magical one-year DBF anniversary celebration! (Which, by the way, I am beyond excited about!!)

Where to begin, where to begin… well, first off, if you’re ever considering caving and going to see Breaking Dawn? Spare yourself a few dollars, cause it was terrible. I’m not sure if that’s just my own opinion or not, but there was very little that I really enjoyed about it. My mom, sisters, and I went to the midnight showing though, which is always loads of fun. But personally? I think I’ll just bide my movie-going time until Sherlock Holmes hits theaters!

As we’re getting well into December, excitement is mounting greatly for the big one-eight on the 21st, delayed only by the great excitement that comes with my church’s annual Christmas pageant! It’s been running since Tuesday --- with the last showing being Sunday afternoon --- , and it’s pretty spectacular. The pageant is a really big deal here, and a ton of people are putting their time and talent into making it happen. One of the things I really love the most about it this year is helping backstage, which I haven’t done before, and will surely be returning to do again next year! Basically, our job is to wait for blackouts and move the props around to set the stage for the next scene. It sounds pretty simple, but when you have about ten seconds to transform a 1940’s USO center into an apartment before one of the cast members walks in and begins her scene, things get pretty crazy! However, it’s fun all around, and the people I’m working with are so nice and funny, so it’s all good! I also take a certain amount of pride in being the youngest person working. It makes me feel like I’m representing for the youth in a way. (It’s also cool to have to dress all in black to blend in, as we’re really not supposed to be seen… I keep telling everyone that I’m a backstage ninja. ;D)

In creative news, I succeeded in writing approximately 56,215 words for National Novel Writing Month, which is a new personal best for me. I’m pretty proud of myself! There’s some massive, massive editing to be done, but I’ll definitely post some new tidbits once it’s all ready. I’ve been working on a few new Blunderkinds as well, so hopefully those will be ready to post super soon!

And can I just add that I can’t wait to graduate? Haha, I know it’ll be here before I know it, but I still can’t help but anticipate it.

On that note, my friends, I bid you a temporary adieu. Hope that you’re having an absolutely wonderful December so far! I am constantly thinking and praying for you. (:

DBF out!

p.s. – While digging through my closet this morning, I found myself donning a familiar green shirt with cameras on it… thus reminding myself that I needed to quit procrastinating and post something new. (;

Also, here is the link to my NaNoWriMo page if you're interested in following!

http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/participants/theotherpevensiegirl

(I feel so productive tonight, haha)

These be the first of many! (: As soon as I can find more caption-worthy pics, I'll edit them and toss them on here.

It’s official: the last of my local friends is in a relationship, putting this mock-matchmaker temporarily out of business. It’s a wee bit bittersweet I’ll admit, but I love seeing everybody so happy, so no complaints here!

Well, my mom has decided to have a Twilight movie marathon in the living room, so here I am, hiding in my room, dreaming up some new Blunderkinds. I figure that, even though Movie Maker is (STILL!) being silly, I can always edit pictures to my heart’s content! Which is good, because I just discovered that I have an entire folder of blank pictures to put captions on! It’s like Christmas on my computer! Craziness shall ensue shortly! (:<

The other day, my little sister and I painted pumpkins to decorate the house with. This year, we actually had a theme: Mario-inspired mushrooms! They turned out really cute-looking, I’ll definitely have to snap some pictures to post. Maybe next year we’ll do Animal Crossing characters, to keep up our game-inspired themes.

Last night, my mom, younger sis, and I all waited on tables at our church’s Global Impact Conference dinner, which was an absolute BLAST. Two of my friends were there serving, and I ack-chellay became acquainted with another one of the servers who was very nice and hilarious, which made it all the more entertaining. Everything went really well, and the food was fantastic. All in all, a great night!

Welp, here’s where I sign off! Hope everybody’s having a fantastic week! :D

DBF out!

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

Figures; the moment in which I finally have a moment or two to update the ol’ blog is right before we get hit by a tropical storm and face the prospect of losing power for several days. (However, that’s probably worst case scenario, thus hopefully unlikely. Aha, the optimism lives on!)

So I’ll just have to make sure I cover everything I can in this post!

Needless to say, my family and I aren’t making it to the beach tomorrow, haha. Which really stinks, but at least we may or may not be able to salvage a day or two, or else just go to Busch Gardens for a day or something to compensate. Right now we’re just trying to make sure that we’re prepared for whatever is going to happen over the next few days.

In musical news, I have, at long last, made it to my next songwriting milestone: 250 songs! *party poppers, wild dancing, and other celebratory means ensue* That’s pretty big for me. I may bake myself a little cake or something to celebrate. (Even though, technically, I made it to that mark about 21 and a half songs ago. Details, details. d:) Piano is going pretty well too, and I finally broke down and took my new strings off of my guitar to put the two old ones back on (which I’m pretty sure you’re not really supposed to do, but the new ones had the opposite of the sound I was going for, and I like to stick with what I know works for me). Thankfully, I’ve been getting a lot more writing done on it since.

Okay, you may think that I’m crazy, but I seriously can’t wait for school to start again. *hides behind nearby pillow*. I’m not completely sure why; I guess I just miss having a regular, structured day where I don’t have to wake up and wonder what I’m going to do with myself for the next 12 hours, haha. It could also be that I’m seriously jazzed over this being my last year of school…that’s been known to excite a person.

In literary news, I have successfully taken a bazillion (okay, okay, 14) books out of the library, and yet, I find myself curling up with the Diary of a Wimpy Kid books that my little sister requested. Somehow, I feel as though I am enjoying these more than I (at my age) should. Oh well. I’m a little kid at heart! They’re super easy reads, but perfect if you need a smile. The movies are great too: there’s a lot of light humour, and it impresses me that the younger cast is actually good at acting, which you don’t see a whole lot nowadays. And, well, it helps out a bit that I find the guy who plays Rodrick quite attractive, to be honest.

In cinematic news, I haven’t been to the movies since Harry Potter, which is pretty depressing, haha. I guess I’ve just gotta take a deep breath and wait until my older sister and I can go and see The Three Musketeers. (What was I just saying about attractive young men just now…? (;)

In editing news, WIndows Movie Maker has decided to not allow me to save anything that I work on, so, until I can remedy this rather irritating stumbling block, I’m going to have to once again mehhhh postpone everything that I’ve been trying to accomplish on there this entire summer. Arf. Between that and Irene, this is going to be quite a weekend!

In traveling, as is normal, the most I’ve been around the past month or so has been around my house lol. I can’t wait to start driving for real, so I can start going places. :D

And now I believe that we are running out one last time before these storms hit. Hope that all is well with you guys! My next post may at the earliest be in a day or so, and at the latest in a week, but I’ll see what I can do. So, until then…

DBF out!

P.S. --- A little while back, I revisited our first conversations on NarniaWeb; turns out the day that we “met” was the day after my birthday! (: Just a quick fun fact for ya!

Did you guys feel the earthquake today?? Hope everything is okay where you are! ♥ (I promise as soon as I get more than ten seconds where my internet, computer, Blogger, and fingers are all working accordingly, I'll put up a proper post!)

So apparently the bug bite that I had was from a poisonous spider (likely either a brown recluse or a hobo), and I had MRSA, which is an aggressive form of infection spread by certain spider bites that resists antibiotic treatment if not dealt with in enough time, and is known to cause major organ failure and, in some cases, death.

Thankfully, neither of those things occurred in my case; the bite is almost completely healed, and I am no longer experiencing any of the symptoms. So, basically, I am very, very, VERY happy to be around to type this!!

Despite that, I actually managed to finish what I decided on doing for Skandar's b-day project. The picture mosaic that I planned didn't work out because I was unable to find a compatible software to use that wouldn't cost me an arm and a leg, so instead, I made a Google Search Story video documenting how I came to be a fan up until current time in about 32 seconds. Pretty impressive, those search stories. I'm having a bit of an issue with my converter right now, otherwise I would post it.

OKAY, this is the third post I’ve put up in two hours, but I got on Facebook and the first thing I saw was THIS!

http://uskandar.org/?p=122

We should totally put together some graphics or something for our favorite Skandar’s 20th! (Not to mention the only Skandar I think exists at the moment, haha). I’m thinking about doing one of those things where you take one picture, and make it by putting together a thousand little tiny pictures within the picture. I may use all screencaps from Narnia and other such pics. I’ve never done one of those before, so this ought to be interesting!

Let the brainstorming begin!!

DBF out!
(AGAIN!)

This is what I live for. (And no, I don’t mean “toastie”. (;)

Okay, so while catching up from my three-week absence, I noticed that Kellie mentioned wishing that you could get The Call by Regina Spektor without having to purchase the entire Prince Caspian album. So it hit me that, if I get the proper plugin for Windows Live Writer, I can probably upload the MP3 that I have on my iTunes and, thus, make the world a more musical place. So, if this works right, you should be able to right-click the text below and say “Save target as…” or something of that nature, and then save it and open it with iTunes or whichever music media base that you use and VOILA!

And if this does not work, I’ll have to weep. (Probably not, but it’ll be a bummer, haha.)

http://www.mdn.fm/files/320638_oetvh/13%20The%20Call%20%28Film%20Version%29.mp3

DBF out!

(Oh, and lest I forget... I believe that it was Caroline who mentioned a few posts ago wishing that keyboards had a music note key. In a way, they do. You just have to hold in the "ALT" key, then type "14" (without the quotation marks -- just 14) on the numeric pad on the right side of the keyboard, and a music note appears! It's the same with "13" as well. Observe: ♪♫. :D You can do that with a ton of other number combinations, too (well over a hundred, if I remember correctly)... I'll put a grid below.)

alt + 1 = ☺
alt + 2 = ☻
3 = ♥
4 = ♦
5 = ♣
6 = ♠
7 = •
8 = ◘
9 = ○
10 = ◙
11 = ♂
12 = ♀
13 = ♪
14 = ♫
15 = ☼
16 = ►
17 = ◄
18 = ↕
19 = ‼
20 = ¶
21 = §
22 = ▬
23 = ↨ (same as 18)
24 = ↑
25 = ↓
26 = →
27 = ←
28 = ∟
29 = ↔
30 = ▲
31 = ▼
32 = (space)
33 = !
34 = "
35 = #
36 = $
37 = %
(and I believe from here on out it's standard keyboard symbols and the alphabet/numeric alphabet. Pretty nifty, hu? (:)

Recap of the past three weeks begins now!

First off, I have to explain the propping. Remember a while back when I said that I had some sort of infected bug bite on my knee? Well, I got another one last Sunday, and it’s just now starting to shrink down. So, naturally, I’ve been couch-ridden with a heating pad on my leg for the majority of the week, not getting much done but putting a considerable dent in my reading list.

Other than that, life’s been pretty swell! We went to Pennsylvania last week (we used to live there till we moved a few years back) to visit some family. I keep forgetting how much I miss it there. (:

Then we kept up a 4th of July tradition and went to spend the day at the beach on Monday, which was awesome, except that it stormed really hard the entire way back home, which meant that the fireworks for the night were cancelled. Big bummer, but at least there were some great waves to ride!

My older sister and I went to see the first two Transformers movies together, and we’re planning on going to see the third one soon, but my little sister wanted to go with us, so we re-watched the first two to refresh our memories. That was a ton of fun – those movies rock. So between that and Harry Potter (IN FIVE DAYS ASDFGHJKL), I can practically hear the cinema calling my name.

I’m missing voice lessons terribly, but I’ve come up with a solution: COVERS! I’ve been making a list of songs to cover on piano and guitar over the summer, and so far have seven “albums”, so to say, lined up. If you have any suggestions for songs, let me know! Then as soon as I have them ready, I’ll get recording (erm, on my camera, that is) and have it up here.

Also, I have this rekindling fascination with chess. My older sister has a really sweet virtual version of it on her laptop which is a lot of fun, but unfortunately I’m $498 short of being able to get one of my own so that I can see if I can beast the computer haha. Epic fail? Will have to be patient until birthday/Christmas at this point? Desperately need a job? I do think so.

Last night my mom, sisters, and I watched The Social Network, which was really fast-paced, but a fantastic movie. It was funny getting on Facebook after seeing all that it took to get it to the point it has arrived at now.

I’m sure that there’s a ton of other things that I have forgotten to mention, but they’ll have to wait until I’m not on super strong Motrin for le annoying infection to be recalled *blushblush*. So, until then, my friends, I bid you adieu. Hope that the sun keeps shining for ya!

DBF out!

The trickiest part about sharing a piano in your sister’s bedroom is that at ten o’clock at night when she’s getting ready for sleep, one does not simply walk into Mordor her room and play her piano. *sigh*. I’ll just keep dreaming, then. (:

OH MY GOSH I HAVE MISSED BLOGGING!! So much has been happening, it’s insane.

Well, first off, my computer is being such a pain that I have begun the tedious task of trying to save up for a laptop. The one I have my eye on is $500, but I’m sure that if I keep up chores and such, I’ll be able to get one before I’m 20. (; I think what I’m most looking forward to about this is the blu-ray capability, and if I get a certain bundle, I can pick two free blu-rays to go with it. Can you say “Percy Jackson/Alice In Wonderland/Voyage of the Dawn Treader in BR HD”? I do think so. :D

Second off, I am addicted to Mario Kart. Short and to the point, yes, but if I start going I probably won’t stop. >:D

Third off, I’m working on convincing my mom that if we don’t somehow make it to the Narnia Exhibit in Kentucky, I might not make it to see 18. So far not so hot, considering we’re trying to make sure that we can pay for vacation ‘11 and whatnot, but I’ll just keep my fingers crossed for that one. If not, hopefully it will stop by Virginia one of these times!

Fourth off, my sisters and I may very well be going to a midnight showing of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part Two in compensation of my family dragging me to see Breaking Dawn at midnight in November (or is it December?). (Despite Harry and Peter’s frequent feuds, I am ack-chellay a big fan of the Harry Potter series. And, though both parties insist that I should pick a side and stick with it, I refuse to side with just one or the other lest I start the biggest Narnian/wizarding war there ever shall be, even though my loyalty so obviously lies with the Narnians.) Okay, not really in compensation, but I’m not exactly an overwhelmingly huge fan of vampires that sparkle and adult werewolves that fall in love with babies. AWKWARDNESS. Just saying. So I’m hoping that this will null the blech-ness of having to go to that at the end of this year, so that if anyone happens to ask me, “Hey Megan, didja see any good movies this year?”, I can answer, “Why yes I did. I went to see Harry Potter at midnight.” and not have only Breaking Dawn as my answer.

Fifth off, I won’t be going to Summer Camp at my church next month, or the mission trip to Italy, so that will give me the entire month of July free; PLENTY of time to work on all of the videos that I’ve displayed in my Summer 2011 trailer. YAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAY. I’ve missed doing that so much, you have no idea.

Sixth off, I may or may not be out of the state all next week, so I more than likely won’t be posting much. If I do, I’ll try to take some pictures of where I grew up to share. I happen to love it. (:

Seventh off, I hope you’ve got your thinking caps on, because in the first video that I’ll be posting (which I’ll attempt to edit this weekend because I’ll be gone next week), you’ll have to guess WHICH PERSON IS ME! >:D (I feel so evil right now, it’s ridiculous.)

And finally, I’ve been making quite a dent in my summer reading list with the Percy Jackson & the Olympians series (AWESOME books, just finished them all!), and this series that my older sister suggested to me, which I have yet to start: A Great and Terrible Beauty, Rebel Angels, and The Sweet Far Thing, all by Libba Bray. I’m less-than-patiently awaiting the release of Forever, which is the third and last in the Wolves of Mercy Falls series by Maggie Stiefvater, which I happen to love. (I’m not usually into the new age werewolf nonsense, but, as far as those sorts of stories go, these are pretty decent). I’m really hoping that I don’t run out of books before the summer is over! As far as movies go, as I said, hopefully HP at midnight is in my future, and my older sister and I are keeping up a tradition and going to see the new Transformers movie when it comes out. We’ve gone to see the first two and loved them, so this one had better be just as good! Unfortunately other than that, it probably won’t be a very theatrical summer for Megan. I’m still trying to convince my sister to take me to see Pirates of the Caribbean, but it’s not looking like that’s gonna happen. d:

Well, I hope that you guys are having a fantastic week so far! (:

DBF out!