Technical Dificulties...

*groans* 

So,... basically I got this blogger app on my phone but it's being a horrible pain.  I tried posting with it and it's getting all glitched up because of all my gif usage... and the formatting is really pathetic. 

 It's really really making me go crazy..... 

I DON"T UNDERSTAND!!!!

 

So.... until I figure this out... well.... I haven't thought it through really.  I just thought I"d post and update you all on what the heck is going on.  

Anyway, 

 

I might just post with really bad format... but I don't think I could bring myself to do that... we'll see.... Anyway, I'll go back to researching and trying to figure it out.

Until then there's nothing you need to see, I'll be posting, you'll be checkin'.  I"ll do my best to keep it up to date. But we've all experienced how well that works....

Bye....

Truly yours,

Belle

Packing!!

Well,.... posting on Mondays was a lie... I'm sorry about not posting.  Life got in the way.

Anyway, I've been crazy busy packing for college. 

 Which yes, probably seems super premature seeing as I'm leaving in early August and it's only the 23rd of June...  But as my friend Scar taught me, one should always

Therefore, I'm packing early and preparing like crazy.  Unfortunately, I'm going to end up getting there and forgetting that ONE thing that I cannot live without and will die if I don't have it.  But... I don't know what that ONE thing is right now so I'm not sure if I've packed it yet....

Also, there are like a bajillion blogs and websites out there giving college lists but none of them help me much since I'm so disorganized and I'm stuck going,

 

And in the end I'm almost positive my suitcase is not going to be able to fit everything

BUT I've got a plan

I just don't know what I'll need.  I mean, what if there's rain, what if there's snow, what if there's a very probable rebellion against the government, or a mildly conceivable zombie apocalypse?

 The possibilities are endless!

Plus, packing up your entire life, all  of everything that you might need to go live out of state for an entire semester is kinda a big deal.  I basically just want to dump my room into my suitecase.

But, also along with me trying to pack, my mom is being super awesome and helping me shop and telling me all the stuff I'll need,

Like, who would have ever thought I would need laundry detergent?

Wait........ I have to do my own laundry?

College just got a whole lot scarier.... 

  It'll all be okay.  I just have to breath. 

                                                         The breathing isn't working!!!

   

*takes a deep breath*

                           Anyway, ahem, I will be fine I'm sure. I just have to get my act together.  

    ........………you know..... You guys are probably wondering where the heck I'm going and what I'm studying... That'd be kinda smart to post about....... Yup..... I'm not that smart xD Oh well....

Truly yours,

Belle

I've Gained Back My Gravity

I'm alive.  

I know I dropped off the face of the earth and that was rude.  I'm very sorry, but it really wasn't my fault.  I lost all my gravity entirely and just dropped off.  

But, 

It doesn't matter since I am back. ;) 

I'm graduated,

 and have now started the vicious cycle over again in becoming a freshman again. 

It feels pretty good.  I can't wait to get to college but I'm also dreading it, ya know?

Probably not.... 

Anyway, 

I'm sorry about leaving for so long,...

Forgive me?

Yay! Thanks xD

Okay let's get back to business.  

This is my college blog now and I intend to write on it regularly.  Once a week hopefully or more.  My day that I will try to write on it for sure every week will be Monday.  Monday sounds like a good day.  Most people have bad days on Mondays so my blog will hopefully give you a smile and make you feel a tad bit better on Mondays. ;)

After every post I'll try to give you an estaminet on how long you should wait to check again for another.  Hopefully I'll be accurate.  I'll try to be.  I promise. 

Today I'm leaving my post as this, but I'm going to try to post on Saturday. 

I shall see you then!

Look Up!

Look Up!

I'm posting this video for all of you.

Please give it a second, or... well... 5 minutes to be truthful.

It's so good.  THE best I've seen.  There are tons of videos telling people to get off their phones and computers and most of the time when I see them I get mildly annoyed and get kinda defensive.  Which is silly because the amount of computer time I spend every day is insane.  

I wish all my friends were here in real life.  I'd like to venture to say I'd sell my computers if they were.  I wouldn't need them, and I'd be happier, I know.

I'm glad I have computers and know the people I do, but I can't wait for the day when I can be with these people I know over the net in person and speak with them without the distraction of a screen or chat windows.

So, look up from your screen and do something today.  Do something good and something worth while.  

I challenge you readers to go out every day with a goal in your head.  Please say hello to a stranger, or friend before you come back to crawl into bed.

Please take a single moment and live life as it comes.  Don't let your phone do it for you.  Be smart instead of dumb.

So go out! Be present, be aware of the people God has placed in your life.  Show them how much you appreciate them by giving them your time and focus.

I'm not saying give up computers, but don't let them consume you.  You master them, not the other way round.  And if you spend a lot of time on the computer, maybe try to counter it by taking the time to have an in person interaction with someone near by. (: 

Truly yours,

Belle

The Underappreciation Of Galavanting

((I'd like to dedicate this post to one of my favorite movie characters.))

In our modern society the focus is all on going, rushing, and doing.  There's hardly time to stop and smell the roses.  In the words of one my my favourite movie characters,

So I decided to take advantage of the day and do something fun.

Just like Ferris I'm leaving for college and I want to have a good Senior year.  It was a Beautiful sunny breezy day. 

 Me and my friend went out to a shopping mall and bought really nice dresses and just walked around in them to all the stores we walked to.

 

 We grabbed our underused bags of confidence and went and had a great day!

I can't say I've had a better day in a long while.

If anyone looked at us funny we didn't give it a hoot and just kept having an awesome time.

But of course, as all great days have a beginning, they also have an ending.  I had to rush off to Theater rehearsals, yes, still wearing my dress, and happening to be just a bit late. trying not to disturb people as I ran frantically in my prom dress to get to theater.

I had a wonderful day.  I wanted to say thank you to my companion in this escapade.  I know I am quite embarrassing to stand next to at points, but you are such a sport about all the crazy things I say and do.  Thank you a million and a mile for everything we did together. (:


Truly yours,
Belle

The Facebook Society

I must admit with shame that I have now officially joined the Facebook society. 

Facebook is a very interesting thing.  After being on it for 4 days I have made a conclusion.  My conclusion is unbiased because, 1) I have not been on it long enough to be obsessed with it. 

And 2) I did not have a dislike for it before I got on.  I'd heard great things about it and everyone was telling me to get on since it was so great.  

So, in my opinion, Facebook is a waste of time. I was talking to someone on there and I told them I didn't want to get sucked in so I wouldn't be using it much and that person said something so true and yet a complete lie.  He said that there really wasn't anything to get sucked into.  It's a lie in the sense that you can do so much and be on there for hours without noticing. But it's also true because truly there's nothing you can really do.

When you get on Facebook there is nothing for your brain to grasp.  Therefore, it urges you to stay on longer so that it can find something, anything to grasp onto to help it grow.  The brain is constantly growing and learning, it gains some sort of knowledge from everything it does.  But when you present Facebook to your brain, you are asking for a buffering stall.  

Things you can do on Facebook:

Stalk people

Post insane amounts of random comments

Post stupid cat memes

'Friend' people

'Like' stuff

Melt your brain.

 You sit hours on facebook letting your brain melt and you get depressed because your life can't possibly be half as amazing as all these fabulous people you're stalking and so you walk everywhere head down and depressed about your life.

In your deperate state you try post things.  Lame selfies, hearts next to your significant other's name and other stupid things like what you had for breakfast.  At the end of the day you stare at the screen and wonder what the heck got into you to post all that stuff.

Don't be a Bookface. 

%Bookface

Truly yours,

Belle

The Deep Depths Of My Soul

When I was at theater today, sitting in the long grueling 9 1/2 hour practice I was given a sheet of questions to fill out for the bios.  These questions were deep and intense to say the least.  If I may say so, they were so personal and intruding of my personal life that I had a hard time answering them.  I truly know no one who would have asked me these questions.  No one in their right mind that is.

But yes, so I labored over these intense questions and had to ponder deeply on them making sure not to put the wrong answer for it would surely be detrimental to my entire life. Right? xP  And now you're probably sitting there going, 

Therefore I shall post up the questions and my answers because I'm sure you are all very interested to know now. xP 

1. How many years have you been in theater? Three  ((What is this, some sort of background check? What do you think I do with my life?)) 

2.  What's your favourite part?  The amazingly awesome people. (: 

3.  What do you love most about your character?  The fact that I'm the exact opposite.  She's such a judger. xp 

4.  If you were stranded on an island, who would you want to be with?  Definitely my true love.  I mean... It'd be a perfect get away. xP 

5.  Favourite Celebrity? Hugh Jackman

6.  If you could have a super power what would it be? ((I feel like this one is infringing on my personal privacy...  xP ))  Invisibility, no question.  I could play a million more pranks. xD

7.  What would you do if you won the lottery?  I would travel to Europe.  ((Are you planning on stalking me?  All I ask is that there's no flash photography because that would mess with the enjoyment of nature.))

8.  What is the talent you wish you had?  Photographic memory. Boom.  ((What is this?  Put down Belle day?  Point out her faults, tell her how incapable she is to face life because she doesn't have a photographic memory talent.  I feel insulted and degraded. xP))

9.  If you could breed two animals together which would you choose?  ((First off,... would this count as mutation/cloning and such?  If so I do believe this borders on the wrong in my religious beliefs. xP  Also, YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO STEAL MY SCIENTIFIC GENIUS!))  I would breed pigs and eagles = Flying pigs. 

10.  If you could steal one thing without consequence what would it be?  ((Are you implying that I steal things? Or that I want to steal things?)) And I would steal the heart of a man. ;)   Yes, deep.  I know. 

11.  Favourite Disney movie?  ((Alright, just stop.  You don't ask someone this question.... this is like prying into my childhood.  That's not even fair.)) Beauty and the Beast, for sure. ;)

12.  Favourite Genre of Music?  90's  ((Go a head, laugh and then go look up what the heck 90's music entitles. xp ))

13.  Biggest fear? ((f you're planning on making this come true I will kill you..... except for the fact that I would be dead if you made it come true..... ))  Drowning in a confined space. 

And there you have it!  All my personal questions. ;)  I truly loved the questions, I thought they were great, and funny.  Perfect for bio questions. ;)  I had fun answering them, but I was telling the truth that it took a long time to think them through and answer the right way. xp I go back tonight for another practice.  It's not quite as long, only *counts on fingers* 5 hours this time. ;) xP  I am having fun though. ;)  Don't worry. ;)

I hope you all have a nice day, but maybe not as crammed full as mine. :P

Truly yours,
Belle

Easter Monday Burnout

Gosh, Easter Monday.  I can't believe Easter is already done and gone.  It's not fair how fast life is going.   So Easter Monday is one of those days that you just don't want to get up in the morning.  But you have to because you've got classes.  So, your alarm clock blares into your ears and tries to drag you out of bed but if you're like me you are anything but willing.

You stayed up late last night, had way too much sugar and everything else you gave up, but the whole time you kept telling yourself,

It's Easter for Heaven's sake, the lord has risen, have another chocolate and glass of Soda. 

So, here you are the next day on your way to classes,

And in Math you use the poor guy next to you as a personal pillow for your nap that you have no say against.

At lunch you try to wake up with some coffee and caffeine because you've got a whole day ahead of you full of things to do. So you sit there looking awful trying to exercise your eyelids and master them so they don't start drooping again.

Course, then your friends come over and go, "You look kinda tired."

Yup.... you are a winner. 

So, at the end of the day you just want to go to bed even though you should probably be doing something productive.  I have a 9 1/2 hour Theater practice today that goes until 10:30 pm and I have an hour drive home so I shall come home and do this tonight:

I sincerely hope that your teachers or boss had pity on you and didn't make you work or go to classes on Easter Monday, but most likely they did make you step up and be a responsible being.  Or... as much of a responsible being you can be while in a zombie state. xP  But in that case, I completely sympathize with you and wish you the best of luck in your day. ;)

Truly yours,
Belle

P.S.  I'm sorry about not posting yesterday I should have said I wasn't going to post on Easter, but I guess I didn't think about how busy it would be. :P

Enchantingly Easter (:

So Easter is this Sunday.  I'M SO EXCITED!!  I always love Easter.  The spring flowers, sunshine, and it's just a light, sweet, and wonderful holiday. (:  So here are a few things that I love to do for Easter that are easy and super adorable. (:

Dip Dye Hard Boiled Eggs

First off, an all time tradition that's really great and fun for all ages would be dying the eggs. 

 All you need to do is hard-boil some eggs, then set up a few different colored bowls of food color dye and dip them in.  Sometimes you have to dip the a few times to get the color you want but it's really a great fun project for the littles if they want to get involved in the cooking. (:

 Just be sure to set it up where the dye wont stain anything.  Then you've got cutely colored eggs for eating and making deviled eggs with. ;)

If you want to get creative with it and have some extra time you could also take some silver or gold sharpie markers and put designs on some solid colored eggs for a little extra flare. (:

 Dip Dye Ballet Flats

 Now I really love this one.  It takes a bit more effort, but I saw someone doing it and I thought it was super smart.  Easter is full of light colors and there's nothing better than matching shoes so why not customize your shoes?

Materials:

- ballet flats (mine are poly satin and faux suede from H&M, but works best with natural fabrics like suede and cotton) (similar here)

- RIT liquid dye ( purple, fuschia, and teal)

- sponge brush

- measuring spoons

- gloves

Steps:

1. Create your dye baths. First, boil water. You will need about 4 liters.  For the fuschia dye bath, pour about 1 1/4 liters of water, along with 3 tablespoons of salt into a container. Then, add about 3 tablespoons of fuschia RIT dye. For the purple dye bath, pour about 1 1/4 liters of water, along with 3 tablespoons of salt into a container.  Then, add about 2 tablespoons of fuschia RIT dye and 3 tablespoons  purple RIT dye.  After, for the teal dye bath, pour about 1 1/4 liters of water, along with 3 tablespoons of salt into a container.  Then, add about 3 tablespoons of teal.

2.  If your ballet flat has a bow, you can tape it to the inside to prevent it from dying. Then for the fuschia/pink ballet flat version, quickly dip the front end of the flat into the fuschia dye bath. Then dip only about 1" into the dye bath for a couple minutes, so the tip of the flat is richer in color. Let this dry. For the purple/teal ballet flat version, quickly dip the front end of the flat into the purple dye. Then dip only about 1" into the dye bath for a couple minutes, so the tip of the flat is richer in color.  

3.  To finish up the purple/teal version, paint on the teal dye with the sponge brush.  Leave a gap of about 1 1/2" unpainted.  

4. Afterwards, run the sponge brush under water until fully clean. Then, paint on water at the edge to smoothen the ombre. Let fully dry.

((From: swellmayde.com))


String Easter Eggs

These are the coolest.  I really love these and they're actually not too hard!

     

Just stick a chocolate or piece of candy in the water balloon and then mixing either craft glue or mod-podge glue with water and dipping the string into it to wrap around the balloon.  When it's dry, pop the balloon and you've got yourself a string Easter egg!

You can also make larger ones for decorating purposes by using bigger balloons. (: 

 Construction Paper Bunny Ears
Pretty plain and simple.  I'm pretty sure everyone made those Indian feather ones in grade school and this is pretty much the same.  Just grab a stapler, some scissors and some white (or brown if you'd prefer a brown bunny) and pink construction paper!

Bunny Cookies

This is for all the bakers.  If you are making some Easter cookies and you'd like to personalize them to make everyone compliment you, you might like this idea.  Hardly takes any time at all.  Quickly clip a bit for the ears and poke little eye dots to make your cookies little bunny babies. (:

I really hope you all enjoyed these ideas!  Even if you don't make them, reading about stuff you wish you did is still fun too. xP  Hope you guys have a bright and pleasant Easter. (: 

Truly yours,

Belle

P.S.  I will not be posting tomorrow which is Good Friday, or on Holy Saturday.  I hope your weekend goes well and you all rest up, unlike me, who will be working two shifts and on Easter Sunday.... *hd*  Heaven help me.  xP

Modern Music Agenda

I was in the car the other day and I heard a song that I really liked. (:  I thought I'd post it up.

John Legend - All Of Me

It's pretty slow, but it's got a really nice tune and sweet lyrics.  These days it's hard to find songs that are sweet and simple like this one.  Lately I've been noticing that most songs have to include some sort of innuendo and I really don't think it's necessary.

So I'm going along, you know, my usual ride in the car to theater rehearsals, listening to the radio

And I'm having a good time singing my heart out to '22' by Taylor Swift when 'Locked Out Of Heaven' by Bruno Mars comes on.  I like Bruno Mars.  He's got a great voice, but when I heard this song....

'Oh my gosh! A new Bruno Mars song, this is so goo--HOLY CANNOLI! DID HE SERIOUSLY JUST SAY THAT?!'

To say the least I was shocked and appalled.  Sure, whatever, sex is a word and it refers to something real and it's fine and all, but to sing about such things in songs, so blatantly is quite shocking.  

It's a very normal thing now, actually.  You're constantly getting songs with very blatant dirty meanings in them.  I don't care who you are, singing about sleeping with girl after girl or streaking in the park last Friday night isn't exactly stellar behavior.  I'm not saying they're not good songs.  believe me, they've all got great tunes and are fun to sing along to or play at parties, but if you think about it, our music industry is really going down a sad road.  

Only a little bit ago music still held some standards.  Honestly, you can make a good tune without throwing in dirty meanings. When I hear a great song that has things thrown into it just for the heck of it I can't help but face-palm

There are plenty of amazing songs out there without dirty meanings or cuss words thrown in so why do people feel the need for it?  It doesn't enhance the lyrical genius at all.  Love songs now a days are no longer about love, but about lust.  And that is a sad state to be in.  The guy that says your sex takes him to paradise is not worth dating because he's not looking at you and what he can give you to make you happy.  He's looking at your body and what he can get from it to make himself happy.  And taking that mindset and putting it into a song is sickening.

It's common sense guys, just think about it.

Which would you choose?  The man who would sing to give his all to you because he loves you and all your perfect imperfections?  Or the guy that says your sex takes him to Paradise?  What do we want to raise up in our generation?  Young men who genuinely care or boys who just want to use?

Das right, I went there. 

Truly yours

Belle