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Me and life, we've been sort of eying things in a not-so-friendly manner.
I have been writing when I can, working at the flower shop a couple days a week, and doing my transcription internship, which, by the way, is jolly interesting. But it's keeping me busy. Like, "I-have-no-life!-*weeps*" busy.
Anyway, so there's this TV show Treskie and I started watching last month. (We finished the last episode two nights ago. Sorrows!) Me and Treskie usually plugged in our earphones into my laptop at around 10:00 pm and, depending on how intense the cliffhangers are, watched anywhere between two and five episodes.
The show is called Prison Break, and I gotta say, I didn't expect to love it as much as I did. There are only four seasons, but wow! Pretty much every episode ends with this intense "What happens NEXT?!" kind of cliffhanger, and you end up struggling to decide whether you can spare 45 minutes on another episode, or if you really need more than five hours of sleep.
The basic premise of the series is this: The main character, Michael Scofield, gets himself arrested and incarcerated in Fox River Penitentiary where his older brother, Lincoln Burrows, is being held for the murder of the Vice President's brother. Michael knows Lincoln is innocent of the murder, and he is willing to do anything, and give up everything, in order to break his brother out of prison. He gets a tattoo that holds the blueprints to the prison, as well as clues for how he is going to carry out the escape, and he has only about three weeks to accomplish this, because Linc is on death row and, if Michael fails to perform the escape, Lincoln will be executed.
I'm not going to say much more than that because I don't want to give away spoilers of what the other three seasons are about.
The show also features an origami crane. According to Michael, the crane stands for familial obligation. Since Linc took care of him when he was little (after his mom died and his dad vanished), Michael now feels it is familial obligation to take care of Linc... specifically, breaking him out of prison.
Throughout the show Michael pulls out these little folded birds and uses them to aid in his escape plan. So, I spent an obsessive morning learning how to fold them.
Obsessive might be too mild a word. I made a bunch, and one of them is now in my car.
So, that's what I've been up to in the wee hours of the night/morning for these last few weeks. I have a blog tag that Bella nominated me for, and that will get done eventually, but in the meanwhile I hope you give Prison Break a watch.
As a warning, it does contain some unexpected violent bits, some offish bits (mostly with T-bag) and the occasional scene (mostly between Sucre and Maricruz), but the overall portrayal of faith, forgiveness, duty, familial obligation and sacrifice are awesome. The character development throughout the show is awesome as well. There are some people you start out HATING entirely, and end up becoming ridiculously fond of later. The baddies get progressively badder, and you sit there waiting for them to DIE. The endings are, for the most part, cliffhangerish. Be warned.
Overall, this has swiftly become one of my favourite TV shows ever. Totally a five-star show.
God bless, youse all!
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Come out this week! 10 award-winning, critically acclaimed YA authors have brought together 10 amazing heroines in the GIRLS ON FIRE boxed set.
Oceans Deep - Box set releases today!
OCEANS DEEP - Twelve Young Adult romance novels for the price of ONE! Join us to celebrate sun, sea and love in support of World Oceans Day 2014. All proceeds go the The Ocean Project to support ocean conservation and environmental education. Comprised of young adult romances in a variety of genres including science fiction, fantasy, contemporary and mythology, the books all have one thing in common: they leave readers more in love with the ocean than they were before.
Novels donated by authors: Lani Wendt Young - Telesa, Elle Strauss - Seaweed, Kristen Day - Forsaken, Karen Amanda Hooper - Tangled Tides, Amber Garr - Promises + Betrayal, Cheri Lasota - Artemis Rising, Heather Allen - Just Breathe, Nikki Godwin - Chasing Forever Down, Leigh Talbert Moore - Dragonfly + Undertow, Amy Evans - Clicks
A Beauty So Beastly by Rashelle Workman
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What happens if the beauty is also the beast?
The stunning Beatrice Cavanaugh is considered American royalty. She has everything except the ability to love. Cursed on her eighteenth birthday, she becomes more beastly than ever, having a newfound craving for raw meat, and an undeniable yearning for the night. Bitterness is her only companion.
After accusing a maid of stealing, a disgustingly kind and exquisitely handsome guy named Adam shows up asking Beatrice to drop the charges against his mother.
Infuriated by his goodness, Beatrice vows to break him. Destroy him. Make him hurt the way she hurts. So she agrees. On one condition: Adam must take his mother’s place as a servant in the mansion.
Because Beatrice won’t stop until he’s more beastly than she is.
The Swift By Ali Cross (middle grade)
How far would you go to save the ones you love?
The night eleven-year-old Pete planned to shoot the winning goal in the championship hockey game was the same night his dad was lost at sea. Now, eight months later, his mom still cries all the time, his beloved grandfather, stricken with Alzheimer’s, can’t even remember him, and they’re about to lose their crappy old house to the bank. To make matters worse, his twin brother Henry blames Pete for all of it. After all, they were a family of fishermen—if Pete had gone to help on the boat instead of to the game, their dad might still be alive.
While searching the attic for stuff they can sell, Pete finds a battle-torn ship-in-a-bottle. When he and Henry show the bottle to their grandpa, the three of them are transported back in time—on board the very ship that’s going down.
Battling pirates and the raging sea, the boys must learn to work together to help their grandpa save his past. If they don’t, they won’t have a future to return to.
Beautiful Stranger by Alicia Kat Vancil
We all have that one thing—that one thing we wish for on every first star of the night. Wealth. Fame. Love. For geeky artist Patrick Connolly, it is the attention of his beautiful and seemingly unattainable classmate Nualla Galathea. There’s just one problem—he’s got less than a snowball’s chance in hell, and that’s being generous.
However, when a heated argument erupts in the halls of Bayside Academy forcing Patrick and Nualla’s paths to collide, Nualla surprisingly jumps at the opportunity to be his date. Patrick may think his wish has just come true, but this gentle boy will need more than artistic talent to combat the deadly secrets lurking behind his dream girl’s veil of normality. Like the fact that she isn’t even human.
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I went to my first Renaissance Faire on Saturday. It put me in a definite costuming mood. There was one outfit I loved. It was a Ranger-y leather riding skirt, sort of like this one here, except it was mostly green with brown rather than brown entirely.
It was really fun. We saw a jousting tournament - the Green Knight lost, which was expected considering the tale of Gawaine and the Green Knight, and the fact that the announcer made him out to be the Evil Knight, but I liked him better than the Blue Knight - and we listened to some storytellers. The Gypsy Time Travellers were pretty amazing. They are a husband-and-wife team. The wife, Christy Horne, tells stories (and she's quite good, by the way) while her husband Michael Olson does anvil accompaniment, creating little metal thingamabobs during the story. We heard the Un-Disney-fied version of The Sword in the Stone. Christy recited it while Michael created ten little salt spoons. It was quite a unique show.
There was a vendor selling bracelets that looked kind of like this:
And a vendor selling candles that looked kind of like this:
There was a Doctor Who geode candle I really liked, where the stone a swirly blue colour, and the woodcarving was of the TARDIS whirling through space. That one was my fave.
For some reason, there were a bunch of Doctor Whos walking around. Treskie said it was probably because of that episode where the Doctor marries Queen Elizabeth, and since the Renaissance Faire tends to have a Queen Elizabeth walking around the Whovians decided this was the opening they needed to appear as the Doctor.
A good time was had by all, I think. I want to go to the Faire next year, but I think, if possible, I might try to dress up... and in Ranger costume, if at all possible.
To finish off, here are a few pictures of my other nieces and nephews!
And NOW to life, and NOW to life. Until next time (hahah!)
God bless!
Cat
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Hey, yo!
Tweener |
Me and life, we've been sort of eying things in a not-so-friendly manner.
Dean sneer. |
I have been writing when I can, working at the flower shop a couple days a week, and doing my transcription internship, which, by the way, is jolly interesting. But it's keeping me busy. Like, "I-have-no-life!-*weeps*" busy.
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Anyway, so there's this TV show Treskie and I started watching last month. (We finished the last episode two nights ago. Sorrows!) Me and Treskie usually plugged in our earphones into my laptop at around 10:00 pm and, depending on how intense the cliffhangers are, watched anywhere between two and five episodes.
Obsessively fangirling |
The show is called Prison Break, and I gotta say, I didn't expect to love it as much as I did. There are only four seasons, but wow! Pretty much every episode ends with this intense "What happens NEXT?!" kind of cliffhanger, and you end up struggling to decide whether you can spare 45 minutes on another episode, or if you really need more than five hours of sleep.
I confess... I do this. |
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The basic premise of the series is this: The main character, Michael Scofield, gets himself arrested and incarcerated in Fox River Penitentiary where his older brother, Lincoln Burrows, is being held for the murder of the Vice President's brother. Michael knows Lincoln is innocent of the murder, and he is willing to do anything, and give up everything, in order to break his brother out of prison. He gets a tattoo that holds the blueprints to the prison, as well as clues for how he is going to carry out the escape, and he has only about three weeks to accomplish this, because Linc is on death row and, if Michael fails to perform the escape, Lincoln will be executed.
Le Epic Tattoo
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I'm not going to say much more than that because I don't want to give away spoilers of what the other three seasons are about.
Suffice it to say, this show is awesome for the fact that it is full of brotherly moments...
Michael and Linc |
Brother Hug |
Laughing! Awwww. |
The nicest friendship story...
Michael and Sucre |
Sucre and Michael |
Prison bros |
A family story...
A flavorful cast of characters...
One of the best romances I've seen in a long time...
Linc and LJ |
Linc and LJ... again |
The family... ish. |
A flavorful cast of characters...
John Abruzzi, mob boss |
Charles "DB Cooper" Westmore |
Haywire |
C-Note... meh |
Tweener |
Creeeeeeeeepy T-bag! |
McGrady |
James Whistler |
One of the best romances I've seen in a long time...
Whatever, I ship it! |
Michael and Sara |
That smile of hers... |
One of the best female characters I've seen for awhile...
Sara |
Horrifically BAD bad guys...
Bad guys turned good guys...
Seriously, the character arc on these two was incredible.
And best of all, faith.
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Michael and Linc |
Faith |
Origami crane |
Throughout the show Michael pulls out these little folded birds and uses them to aid in his escape plan. So, I spent an obsessive morning learning how to fold them.
Obsessive might be too mild a word. I made a bunch, and one of them is now in my car.
So, that's what I've been up to in the wee hours of the night/morning for these last few weeks. I have a blog tag that Bella nominated me for, and that will get done eventually, but in the meanwhile I hope you give Prison Break a watch.
As a warning, it does contain some unexpected violent bits, some offish bits (mostly with T-bag) and the occasional scene (mostly between Sucre and Maricruz), but the overall portrayal of faith, forgiveness, duty, familial obligation and sacrifice are awesome. The character development throughout the show is awesome as well. There are some people you start out HATING entirely, and end up becoming ridiculously fond of later. The baddies get progressively badder, and you sit there waiting for them to DIE. The endings are, for the most part, cliffhangerish. Be warned.
Overall, this has swiftly become one of my favourite TV shows ever. Totally a five-star show.
God bless, youse all!
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on 6/9/2014
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In addition to Unstoppable, here are a few new June releases to note:
Come out this week! 10 award-winning, critically acclaimed YA authors have brought together 10 amazing heroines in the GIRLS ON FIRE boxed set.
Oceans Deep - Box set releases today!
OCEANS DEEP - Twelve Young Adult romance novels for the price of ONE! Join us to celebrate sun, sea and love in support of World Oceans Day 2014. All proceeds go the The Ocean Project to support ocean conservation and environmental education. Comprised of young adult romances in a variety of genres including science fiction, fantasy, contemporary and mythology, the books all have one thing in common: they leave readers more in love with the ocean than they were before.
Novels donated by authors: Lani Wendt Young - Telesa, Elle Strauss - Seaweed, Kristen Day - Forsaken, Karen Amanda Hooper - Tangled Tides, Amber Garr - Promises + Betrayal, Cheri Lasota - Artemis Rising, Heather Allen - Just Breathe, Nikki Godwin - Chasing Forever Down, Leigh Talbert Moore - Dragonfly + Undertow, Amy Evans - Clicks
A Beauty So Beastly by Rashelle Workman
Preorder Now
What happens if the beauty is also the beast?
The stunning Beatrice Cavanaugh is considered American royalty. She has everything except the ability to love. Cursed on her eighteenth birthday, she becomes more beastly than ever, having a newfound craving for raw meat, and an undeniable yearning for the night. Bitterness is her only companion.
After accusing a maid of stealing, a disgustingly kind and exquisitely handsome guy named Adam shows up asking Beatrice to drop the charges against his mother.
Infuriated by his goodness, Beatrice vows to break him. Destroy him. Make him hurt the way she hurts. So she agrees. On one condition: Adam must take his mother’s place as a servant in the mansion.
Because Beatrice won’t stop until he’s more beastly than she is.
The Swift By Ali Cross (middle grade)
How far would you go to save the ones you love?
The night eleven-year-old Pete planned to shoot the winning goal in the championship hockey game was the same night his dad was lost at sea. Now, eight months later, his mom still cries all the time, his beloved grandfather, stricken with Alzheimer’s, can’t even remember him, and they’re about to lose their crappy old house to the bank. To make matters worse, his twin brother Henry blames Pete for all of it. After all, they were a family of fishermen—if Pete had gone to help on the boat instead of to the game, their dad might still be alive.
While searching the attic for stuff they can sell, Pete finds a battle-torn ship-in-a-bottle. When he and Henry show the bottle to their grandpa, the three of them are transported back in time—on board the very ship that’s going down.
Battling pirates and the raging sea, the boys must learn to work together to help their grandpa save his past. If they don’t, they won’t have a future to return to.
Beautiful Stranger by Alicia Kat Vancil
Patrick Connolly is about to get the one thing he has always wanted…kinda.
We all have that one thing—that one thing we wish for on every first star of the night. Wealth. Fame. Love. For geeky artist Patrick Connolly, it is the attention of his beautiful and seemingly unattainable classmate Nualla Galathea. There’s just one problem—he’s got less than a snowball’s chance in hell, and that’s being generous.
However, when a heated argument erupts in the halls of Bayside Academy forcing Patrick and Nualla’s paths to collide, Nualla surprisingly jumps at the opportunity to be his date. Patrick may think his wish has just come true, but this gentle boy will need more than artistic talent to combat the deadly secrets lurking behind his dream girl’s veil of normality. Like the fact that she isn’t even human.
For other great indie books, visit The Indelibles.
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Is it just me, or did it feel as though May went by very quickly? I can't believe it's already JUNE! I mean, gosh. If time could slow down a little, that would be great.
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I went to my first Renaissance Faire on Saturday. It put me in a definite costuming mood. There was one outfit I loved. It was a Ranger-y leather riding skirt, sort of like this one here, except it was mostly green with brown rather than brown entirely.
Yeah, I'd wear this, but with a camisole. :) |
There was a vendor selling bracelets that looked kind of like this:
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And a vendor selling candles that looked kind of like this:
Source |
There was a Doctor Who geode candle I really liked, where the stone a swirly blue colour, and the woodcarving was of the TARDIS whirling through space. That one was my fave.
For some reason, there were a bunch of Doctor Whos walking around. Treskie said it was probably because of that episode where the Doctor marries Queen Elizabeth, and since the Renaissance Faire tends to have a Queen Elizabeth walking around the Whovians decided this was the opening they needed to appear as the Doctor.
(Weirdly enough, considering it was TEN who technically married the Queen, most of the Doctors I saw were dressed as Eleven. Yay, Eleven!) |
To finish off, here are a few pictures of my other nieces and nephews!
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God bless!
Cat
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Hi folks! I am giving away a copy of Being Frank on June 14th! Here are the rules for the giveaway: 1. In the comments section below, share a time when you were too honest for your own good OR when someone was too honest with you (keep it family friendly!) 2. Share this post …
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all decked out in her pearls.
this will be the last mermaid/finished painting i post for a while, as i will be having some neck surgery next week and laying off the painting arm. for a bit...
i hope to be able to post some random sketches of cuteness throughout the recovery process, done from my couch. until i can get back to the *enchantment* that awaits at my easel, that is ;)
June is FOR SALE here:
along with a few other mermaids that can be found in my shop.
hope to be back to painting sooner rather than later!
until then....
happy painting friends!!! :)
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all dressed up with her pearl self!
that is the mermaid i am working on this week. intermittently that is because i am also working on a wonderful little baby boy's nursery art panels as well. cute little animals and bright colors are the theme? yeah, i think i can handle that...;)
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Alas, I am usually too honest for my own good! My most recent is when I thought I was guiding my husband’s cousin to help her make a smart decision whether to stay put at her current college or move back home. She told me I was out of line in giving her advice! I try.
Ahhh… those are hard moments. I’m afraid I’m too free with my advice, too, sometimes!
A relative/friend told me she recommended New Age and finding a spirit to talk to. I told her that was like seeking advice from the devil. She didn’t speak to me again for several months. I don’t ever bring it up with her now that we have reconciled.
A granddaughter-in-law did not follow the rules we sibs had established when my parents were breaking up housekeeping. She went directly to my mom and asked for a family heirloom (the only painting done by my grandmother we had). Because the rest of us were following the rules and not going around saying, “We want this, we want that, …,” Mom thought nobody else was interested in the painting and gave it to the GDIL, who had only been in the family a couple of months and hadn’t even known Nana. I expressed my opinion to my sibs. Should’ve kept my thoughts to myself.
I can understand why you were upset! I also know the feeling of ‘should have kept quiet’… but it is usually too late for me!
It’s hard to speak gently, sometimes, about things we feel very strongly about. Been there, done that, too. Glad y’all are reconciled. Prayer is a good thing!
Hi Donna,
Once my mom told me she got up at 2:00 a.m. and went outside to her storage building to operate a table saw. She had figured out how to resize a bathroom cabinet. My response: “Mama, you need to get a life.” Not my best mother-daughter moment.
I am writing a blog post at http://www.lindamartinandersen.wordpress.com and I will share a link to this site. It will be up by tomorrow, if not sooner. Please enter me in your contest. Thanks!
I LOVE Being Frank. It’s clever and cute and definitely slides the theme of tactfulness into the story. It’s a great PB. My grandsons think it is hilarious.
Awww! Thank you sooo much. And thank your grandsons for me, too!
I bet that did NOT get a pretty response from mama! Thank you for sharing!
And thank you for sharing this on your blog! I always enjoy your monthly activities and fun posts for the kids in my life (and my inner child)!!!