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Day 23 of 30 Day Meme

2010-01-07T07:01:45Z

And day 23...

Day 01 → Your favourite song
Day 02 → Your favourite movie
Day 03 → Your favourite television program
Day 04 → Your favourite book
Day 05 → Your favourite quote
Day 06 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 07 → A photo that makes you happy
Day 08 → A photo that makes you angry/sad
Day 09 → A photo you took
Day 10 → A photo of you taken over ten years ago
Day 11 → A photo of you taken recently
Day 12 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 13 → A fictional book
Day 14 → A non-fictional book
Day 15 → A fanfic
Day 16 → A song that makes you cry (or nearly)
Day 17 → An art piece (painting, drawing, sculpture, etc.)
Day 18 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 19 → A talent of yours
Day 20 → A hobbie of yours
Day 21 → A recipe
Day 22 → A website
Day 23 → A YouTube video
Day 24 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 25 → Your day, in great detail
Day 26 → Your week, in great detail
Day 27 → This month, in great detail
Day 28 → This year, in great detail
Day 29 → Hopes, dreams and plans for the next 365 days
Day 30 → Whatever tickles your fancy

Day 23: A YouTube video that I will share is one titled There Is a Light [Harry Potter], which is made/edited by meeshell384. I have a good number of YouTube videos that I absolutely love and was blown away by and this was one of them. I chose this one because it depicts one of my favorite series (the Harry Potter series) and it really done in a beautiful and stunning way. The song is perfect for the series and characters and is set very well within the video with everything else.

Day 22 of 30 Day Meme

2010-01-06T06:48:19Z

Just going to keep looking up.... to day 22...

Day 01 → Your favourite song
Day 02 → Your favourite movie
Day 03 → Your favourite television program
Day 04 → Your favourite book
Day 05 → Your favourite quote
Day 06 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 07 → A photo that makes you happy
Day 08 → A photo that makes you angry/sad
Day 09 → A photo you took
Day 10 → A photo of you taken over ten years ago
Day 11 → A photo of you taken recently
Day 12 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 13 → A fictional book
Day 14 → A non-fictional book
Day 15 → A fanfic
Day 16 → A song that makes you cry (or nearly)
Day 17 → An art piece (painting, drawing, sculpture, etc.)
Day 18 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 19 → A talent of yours
Day 20 → A hobbie of yours
Day 21 → A recipe
Day 22 → A website
Day 23 → A YouTube video
Day 24 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 25 → Your day, in great detail
Day 26 → Your week, in great detail
Day 27 → This month, in great detail
Day 28 → This year, in great detail
Day 29 → Hopes, dreams and plans for the next 365 days
Day 30 → Whatever tickles your fancy

Day 22: Which to share, which to share... haha, I could definitely list one web site after another- most of the sites would probably be related in some way to one of the book/movie series that I adore but I'm not going to share those. Instead I'm sharing this site: http://www.shutterfly.com/. This site is one that I have frequented quite often most recently since I heard about it on Ellen about a year or so ago. On this site, one can upload one's photographs and make them into cards, stationary, calenders, put them into photo books, or just share or get those photos printed. Since I love taking pictures and putting them into something, this site is perfect for me and just plain amazing!

Day 21 of 30 Day Meme

2010-01-05T05:46:03Z

Today was sucky, here's day 21...

Day 01 → Your favourite song
Day 02 → Your favourite movie
Day 03 → Your favourite television program
Day 04 → Your favourite book
Day 05 → Your favourite quote
Day 06 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 07 → A photo that makes you happy
Day 08 → A photo that makes you angry/sad
Day 09 → A photo you took
Day 10 → A photo of you taken over ten years ago
Day 11 → A photo of you taken recently
Day 12 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 13 → A fictional book
Day 14 → A non-fictional book
Day 15 → A fanfic
Day 16 → A song that makes you cry (or nearly)
Day 17 → An art piece (painting, drawing, sculpture, etc.)
Day 18 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 19 → A talent of yours
Day 20 → A hobbie of yours
Day 21 → A recipe
Day 22 → A website
Day 23 → A YouTube video
Day 24 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 25 → Your day, in great detail
Day 26 → Your week, in great detail
Day 27 → This month, in great detail
Day 28 → This year, in great detail
Day 29 → Hopes, dreams and plans for the next 365 days
Day 30 → Whatever tickles your fancy

Day 21: I absolutely love cooking and baking and I believe I am fairly good at both so thinking of various recipes that I might share was pretty easy for me. But I didn't decide to share a recipe of something I cook or bake a lot, instead I want to share a recipe that I just found the other month and used for the first time around Christmas. The recipe is for cookies called Chocolate Cannoli Sandwich Cookies. They are absolutely delicious and a great treat! My sister and I found the recipe in the holiday Food Network Magazine. Here is the recipe:
Directions
For the Cookies:

Ingredients
2 sticks unsalted butter, cut into pieces and at room temperature
2/3 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup packed light brown sugar
3 tablespoons whole milk
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 cup mini semisweet chocolate chips (optional)
For the Filling:

1 1/2 cups chopped roasted unsalted pistachios
1 1/2 cups (12 ounces) mascarpone cheese
3/4 cup ricotta cheese
1 1/2 cups confectioners' sugar
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
3/4 teaspoon salt
Make the cookies: Beat the butter and both sugars with a mixer until creamy. Beat in the milk and vanilla until combined. In a medium bowl, whisk the flour, cocoa, salt and baking soda. With the mixer on low speed, slowly add the dry ingredients to the butter mixture and beat until combined. Stir in the chocolate chips, if desired. Scoop the dough onto a sheet of wax paper

and shape into a 2-inch-thick log. Wrap in the wax paper and refrigerate at least 2 hours or overnight.

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Slice the dough into 1/3-inch-thick rounds with a sharp knife. Place on the prepared baking sheet and bake 10 minutes. Cool the cookies for a few minutes on the baking sheet, then transfer to a rack to cool completely.

Meanwhile, make the filling: Combine 3/4 cup pistachios, the mascarpone, ricotta, confectioners' sugar, vanilla and salt with a mixer on low speed until just blended; do not overmix or the filling will be too thick. (It can be prepared a day ahead and refrigerated.)

To assemble, sandwich about 1/2 inch filling between 2 cookies. Repeat with the remaining cookies and filling. Roll the edges in the remaining 3/4 cup pistachios.

Day 20 of 30 Day Meme

2010-01-04T04:09:49Z

I really, really don't want to go back to classes.... day 20 is here...

Day 01 → Your favourite song
Day 02 → Your favourite movie
Day 03 → Your favourite television program
Day 04 → Your favourite book
Day 05 → Your favourite quote
Day 06 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 07 → A photo that makes you happy
Day 08 → A photo that makes you angry/sad
Day 09 → A photo you took
Day 10 → A photo of you taken over ten years ago
Day 11 → A photo of you taken recently
Day 12 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 13 → A fictional book
Day 14 → A non-fictional book
Day 15 → A fanfic
Day 16 → A song that makes you cry (or nearly)
Day 17 → An art piece (painting, drawing, sculpture, etc.)
Day 18 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 19 → A talent of yours
Day 20 → A hobbie of yours
Day 21 → A recipe
Day 22 → A website
Day 23 → A YouTube video
Day 24 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 25 → Your day, in great detail
Day 26 → Your week, in great detail
Day 27 → This month, in great detail
Day 28 → This year, in great detail
Day 29 → Hopes, dreams and plans for the next 365 days
Day 30 → Whatever tickles your fancy

Day 20: I have a couple hobbies but my favorite hobby would definitely be photography or taking photos. I just love taking photos of almost anything but mostly scenery but also buildings, objects, places, and people (family mostly). I love capturing life, ideas, situations, and memories through photography. Since I'm a really visual person and thinker, photography is really enjoyable for me and one of the hobbies that I have a passion for. Here are a few examples of some of what I have photographed--

It is Us

2010-01-03T08:51:42Z

(This piece I started writing a few months back and finished then but didn't type it up until now. I actually don't hate this piece and I (unbelievably) actually really liked how it started out but still don't think it's perfect...)

It is Us

Drag it through dirt and then I hear you call my name.
Weren’t we equally agreed in how over we’ve been?
Wasn’t it obvious you broke and I can’t stand your game?
It was thrown away long ago and it’s better left in the rain.

Don’t go fluttering around as if your touch can fix what it has broke-
You’re not the one meant to walk this road;
So give it up to truth and leave your lies unheard.
I won’t try this again, with how little its worth.

Push it around until it can’t find its way up,
But you’re a glutton for the fun so on its mangled feet it’s propped.
Why can’t you leave it when there is nothing for it to become?
Keep your own honor and let me escape this place now that it’s gone rotten.

You shove it on pins and needles when it’s already defiled and shamed.
There must be something wrong with your memory since you had chosen not to stay,
But here you come back to stand where you wish to decorate.
It can’t be cleaned, purified, or erased and rewritten so waste your efforts in some other place.

Drag it through dirt and then, again, I hear you call my name.
Do you really expect an answer as it shrivels on the floor?
There’s nothing here to mend, no cure that’d even work.
It has crumbled and the rain will wash it away soon, so let’s not do this any more.

Day 19 of 30 Day Meme

2010-01-03T07:31:43Z

I am now officially 21... on to day 19 =]

Day 01 → Your favourite song
Day 02 → Your favourite movie
Day 03 → Your favourite television program
Day 04 → Your favourite book
Day 05 → Your favourite quote
Day 06 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 07 → A photo that makes you happy
Day 08 → A photo that makes you angry/sad
Day 09 → A photo you took
Day 10 → A photo of you taken over ten years ago
Day 11 → A photo of you taken recently
Day 12 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 13 → A fictional book
Day 14 → A non-fictional book
Day 15 → A fanfic
Day 16 → A song that makes you cry (or nearly)
Day 17 → An art piece (painting, drawing, sculpture, etc.)
Day 18 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 19 → A talent of yours
Day 20 → A hobbie of yours
Day 21 → A recipe
Day 22 → A website
Day 23 → A YouTube video
Day 24 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 25 → Your day, in great detail
Day 26 → Your week, in great detail
Day 27 → This month, in great detail
Day 28 → This year, in great detail
Day 29 → Hopes, dreams and plans for the next 365 days
Day 30 → Whatever tickles your fancy

Day 19: Well, I definitely don't want to claim to have any talent that I don't really have, that is why I think it's better to ask the ones who know an individual what that person's talent is so to get a more encompassing or true answer. The only talent that I can say I have with no issue is my talent of deep thinking. I can definitely say there are times I think too deeply and that could be a fault of mine but for the most part I'd think being a deep thinker is a talent. I know that some of my family members and friends would say I have a talent for writing but I'm not so sure I'm all that great of a writer. So there you go... my talent... haha =] I'll be posting a new piece I wrote a little while ago soon for those who want to judge on whether I have a talent for writing (in this case, poetry).

Day 18 of 30 Day Meme

2010-01-02T07:11:40Z

My birthday is a-coming, so here's day 18...

Day 01 → Your favourite song
Day 02 → Your favourite movie
Day 03 → Your favourite television program
Day 04 → Your favourite book
Day 05 → Your favourite quote
Day 06 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 07 → A photo that makes you happy
Day 08 → A photo that makes you angry/sad
Day 09 → A photo you took
Day 10 → A photo of you taken over ten years ago
Day 11 → A photo of you taken recently
Day 12 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 13 → A fictional book
Day 14 → A non-fictional book
Day 15 → A fanfic
Day 16 → A song that makes you cry (or nearly)
Day 17 → An art piece (painting, drawing, sculpture, etc.)
Day 18 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 19 → A talent of yours
Day 20 → A hobbie of yours
Day 21 → A recipe
Day 22 → A website
Day 23 → A YouTube video
Day 24 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 25 → Your day, in great detail
Day 26 → Your week, in great detail
Day 27 → This month, in great detail
Day 28 → This year, in great detail
Day 29 → Hopes, dreams and plans for the next 365 days
Day 30 → Whatever tickles your fancy

Day 18: For my free choice pick I chose to share this-

These are photos from a photo shoot with the British actress Emma Watson who is best known for her portrayal of Hermione Granger in the Harry Potter films. I chose this because I'm really interested in photo shoots like these that are artistic and more "fashion" or dramatic and the such. Since I love photography as a hobby and in general, photo shoots really interests me and get me thinking and feeling creative. I also picked this since I love Emma Watson- I believe she is an amazing actress and a great role model for any female.

Day 17 of 30 Day Meme

2010-01-01T01:45:29Z

Wishing everyone a safe and fun New Year's Eve and wonderful New Year! Here's day 17...

Day 01 → Your favourite song
Day 02 → Your favourite movie
Day 03 → Your favourite television program
Day 04 → Your favourite book
Day 05 → Your favourite quote
Day 06 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 07 → A photo that makes you happy
Day 08 → A photo that makes you angry/sad
Day 09 → A photo you took
Day 10 → A photo of you taken over ten years ago
Day 11 → A photo of you taken recently
Day 12 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 13 → A fictional book
Day 14 → A non-fictional book
Day 15 → A fanfic
Day 16 → A song that makes you cry (or nearly)
Day 17 → An art piece (painting, drawing, sculpture, etc.)
Day 18 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 19 → A talent of yours
Day 20 → A hobbie of yours
Day 21 → A recipe
Day 22 → A website
Day 23 → A YouTube video
Day 24 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 25 → Your day, in great detail
Day 26 → Your week, in great detail
Day 27 → This month, in great detail
Day 28 → This year, in great detail
Day 29 → Hopes, dreams and plans for the next 365 days
Day 30 → Whatever tickles your fancy

Day 17: The art piece I'm going to share is one done by Claude Monet- an artist I absolutely love and admire the work of. There are loads of Monet's pieces that I love but I chose this one, it is oil on canvas and it is the piece that I chose when in art class in high school to base my own piece off of- as in the style and technique:

Day 16 of 30 Day Meme

2009-12-31T05:33:58Z

Ta-Da, day 16 has come...

Day 01 → Your favourite song
Day 02 → Your favourite movie
Day 03 → Your favourite television program
Day 04 → Your favourite book
Day 05 → Your favourite quote
Day 06 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 07 → A photo that makes you happy
Day 08 → A photo that makes you angry/sad
Day 09 → A photo you took
Day 10 → A photo of you taken over ten years ago
Day 11 → A photo of you taken recently
Day 12 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 13 → A fictional book
Day 14 → A non-fictional book
Day 15 → A fanfic
Day 16 → A song that makes you cry (or nearly)
Day 17 → An art piece (painting, drawing, sculpture, etc.)
Day 18 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 19 → A talent of yours
Day 20 → A hobbie of yours
Day 21 → A recipe
Day 22 → A website
Day 23 → A YouTube video
Day 24 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 25 → Your day, in great detail
Day 26 → Your week, in great detail
Day 27 → This month, in great detail
Day 28 → This year, in great detail
Day 29 → Hopes, dreams and plans for the next 365 days
Day 30 → Whatever tickles your fancy

Day 16: There aren't many things that make me cry or nearly cry, so there are very few songs that I could think of that make me or nearly make me cry. Luckily, there are a few songs that have nearly made me cry... so I do have an answer for this day. At first I was thinking of a select few songs but then yesterday I heard THE song that has to be the one I mention. The song is titled 'Down' by Jason Walker. I heard it set with a video on YouTube the other day and fell in love with it. I know further down the line of days I'll have to share a YouTube video but I just have to share this particular video that has the song that nearly made me cry in it. I wouldn't want to just show it with a still picture in the background. So here it is-- have a listen! =D

Day 15 of 30 Day Meme

2009-12-30T04:37:32Z

It seems only one person ever notices this but I shall continue any way... haha =P Here's day 15...

Day 01 → Your favourite song
Day 02 → Your favourite movie
Day 03 → Your favourite television program
Day 04 → Your favourite book
Day 05 → Your favourite quote
Day 06 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 07 → A photo that makes you happy
Day 08 → A photo that makes you angry/sad
Day 09 → A photo you took
Day 10 → A photo of you taken over ten years ago
Day 11 → A photo of you taken recently
Day 12 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 13 → A fictional book
Day 14 → A non-fictional book
Day 15 → A fanfic
Day 16 → A song that makes you cry (or nearly)
Day 17 → An art piece (painting, drawing, sculpture, etc.)
Day 18 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 19 → A talent of yours
Day 20 → A hobbie of yours
Day 21 → A recipe
Day 22 → A website
Day 23 → A YouTube video
Day 24 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 25 → Your day, in great detail
Day 26 → Your week, in great detail
Day 27 → This month, in great detail
Day 28 → This year, in great detail
Day 29 → Hopes, dreams and plans for the next 365 days
Day 30 → Whatever tickles your fancy

Day 15: I don't read fanfics, I haven't read one for over 8 years or so. Don't remember exactly when I last read one. So I will just lead you to something I wrote that was inspired by a certain book series known as the Twilight series...

http://nybornsilence.livejournal.com/4702.html Did it work?

Day 14 of 30 Day Meme

2009-12-29T04:21:13Z

Hm-Ha, day 14 is here...

Day 01 → Your favourite song
Day 02 → Your favourite movie
Day 03 → Your favourite television program
Day 04 → Your favourite book
Day 05 → Your favourite quote
Day 06 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 07 → A photo that makes you happy
Day 08 → A photo that makes you angry/sad
Day 09 → A photo you took
Day 10 → A photo of you taken over ten years ago
Day 11 → A photo of you taken recently
Day 12 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 13 → A fictional book
Day 14 → A non-fictional book
Day 15 → A fanfic
Day 16 → A song that makes you cry (or nearly)
Day 17 → An art piece (painting, drawing, sculpture, etc.)
Day 18 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 19 → A talent of yours
Day 20 → A hobbie of yours
Day 21 → A recipe
Day 22 → A website
Day 23 → A YouTube video
Day 24 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 25 → Your day, in great detail
Day 26 → Your week, in great detail
Day 27 → This month, in great detail
Day 28 → This year, in great detail
Day 29 → Hopes, dreams and plans for the next 365 days
Day 30 → Whatever tickles your fancy

Day 14: When I saw that I'd have to pick a non-fictional book I laughed to myself because non-fiction is definitely not my thing. I don't much like non-fiction as a genre, just doesn't interest me all that much. I tried to think over all and any books I have read that would be considered non-fiction and could think of only one that I read in its entirety and actually enjoyed reading. That non-fiction book that I really enjoyed reading was "The Color of Water" by James McBride.

I was extremely pleasantly surprised that I actually enjoyed reading this book and that it was actually entertaining since I wasn't expecting it to be anything worth the read. I had to read it for an English class in high school and I definitely would recommend anyone to read this. It is very interesting and lovely- capturing the reader up in the author's life and experiences.

Day 13 of 30 Day Meme

2009-12-28T06:27:05Z

On to day 13 then...

Day 01 → Your favourite song
Day 02 → Your favourite movie
Day 03 → Your favourite television program
Day 04 → Your favourite book
Day 05 → Your favourite quote
Day 06 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 07 → A photo that makes you happy
Day 08 → A photo that makes you angry/sad
Day 09 → A photo you took
Day 10 → A photo of you taken over ten years ago
Day 11 → A photo of you taken recently
Day 12 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 13 → A fictional book
Day 14 → A non-fictional book
Day 15 → A fanfic
Day 16 → A song that makes you cry (or nearly)
Day 17 → An art piece (painting, drawing, sculpture, etc.)
Day 18 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 19 → A talent of yours
Day 20 → A hobbie of yours
Day 21 → A recipe
Day 22 → A website
Day 23 → A YouTube video
Day 24 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 25 → Your day, in great detail
Day 26 → Your week, in great detail
Day 27 → This month, in great detail
Day 28 → This year, in great detail
Day 29 → Hopes, dreams and plans for the next 365 days
Day 30 → Whatever tickles your fancy

Day 13: There are a few fictional books that I would highly recommend to everyone but a couple of them are ones that most people I'm friends with on livejournal would have already read... so I won't mention those. So from a process of elimination I choose to mention the fictional book titled "A Great and Terrible Beauty" by Libba Bray.

This book is the first in a series of three books and is brilliantly and gorgeously written. It is captivating, thought-provoking, intriguing, entertaining, and amazing. The characters are deep and unique- all multi-faceted and complex with flaws and redeeming qualities. So it is a book that one can easily relate with as are the characters even though it includes the supernatural, mythology of sorts, a magic, and is set in the Victorian age.
Here is a sample of some of the writing: "But forgiveness…I’ll hold on to that fragile slice of hope and keep it close, remembering that in each of us lie good and bad, light and dark, art and pain, choice and regret, cruelty and sacrifice. We’re each of us our own chiaroscuro, our own bit of illusion fighting to emerge into something solid, something real. We’ve got to forgive ourselves that. I must remember to forgive myself. Because there is a lot of grey to work with. No one can live in the light all the time."

Day 12 of 30 Day Meme

2009-12-27T07:30:20Z

Voila... Day 12....

Day 01 → Your favourite song
Day 02 → Your favourite movie
Day 03 → Your favourite television program
Day 04 → Your favourite book
Day 05 → Your favourite quote
Day 06 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 07 → A photo that makes you happy
Day 08 → A photo that makes you angry/sad
Day 09 → A photo you took
Day 10 → A photo of you taken over ten years ago
Day 11 → A photo of you taken recently
Day 12 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 13 → A fictional book
Day 14 → A non-fictional book
Day 15 → A fanfic
Day 16 → A song that makes you cry (or nearly)
Day 17 → An art piece (painting, drawing, sculpture, etc.)
Day 18 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 19 → A talent of yours
Day 20 → A hobbie of yours
Day 21 → A recipe
Day 22 → A website
Day 23 → A YouTube video
Day 24 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 25 → Your day, in great detail
Day 26 → Your week, in great detail
Day 27 → This month, in great detail
Day 28 → This year, in great detail
Day 29 → Hopes, dreams and plans for the next 365 days
Day 30 → Whatever tickles your fancy

Day 12: So, I get to pick whatever tickles my fancy again... this time I decide to something that's pretty quick to explain. I chose to share one of my favorite desserts ever. My ideal dessert would be some cannolis and coffee, which is what I had for dessert on my 20th birthday last year.
Yummy cannolis

Yummy coffee

Day 11 of 30 Day Meme

2009-12-26T02:57:06Z

Get it here: Day 11! MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Day 01 → Your favourite song
Day 02 → Your favourite movie
Day 03 → Your favourite television program
Day 04 → Your favourite book
Day 05 → Your favourite quote
Day 06 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 07 → A photo that makes you happy
Day 08 → A photo that makes you angry/sad
Day 09 → A photo you took
Day 10 → A photo of you taken over ten years ago
Day 11 → A photo of you taken recently
Day 12 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 13 → A fictional book
Day 14 → A non-fictional book
Day 15 → A fanfic
Day 16 → A song that makes you cry (or nearly)
Day 17 → An art piece (painting, drawing, sculpture, etc.)
Day 18 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 19 → A talent of yours
Day 20 → A hobbie of yours
Day 21 → A recipe
Day 22 → A website
Day 23 → A YouTube video
Day 24 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 25 → Your day, in great detail
Day 26 → Your week, in great detail
Day 27 → This month, in great detail
Day 28 → This year, in great detail
Day 29 → Hopes, dreams and plans for the next 365 days
Day 30 → Whatever tickles your fancy

Day 11: Here is a photo of me taken recently... well I actually don't have a photo of JUST me that was taken recently (always has someone in it with me) so I chose this photo. In this photo, as you'll see, is my cousin Amara, my sister Elizabeth, my Aunt Becky, and myself at the farthest right. This was taken at my Uncle Dan's wedding that was the day after Thanksgiving this year (2009).

Day 10 of 30 Day Meme

2009-12-25T04:14:40Z

Day 10 is a-comin'... IT'S CHRISTMAS EVE!! =D

Day 01 → Your favourite song
Day 02 → Your favourite movie
Day 03 → Your favourite television program
Day 04 → Your favourite book
Day 05 → Your favourite quote
Day 06 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 07 → A photo that makes you happy
Day 08 → A photo that makes you angry/sad
Day 09 → A photo you took
Day 10 → A photo of you taken over ten years ago
Day 11 → A photo of you taken recently
Day 12 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 13 → A fictional book
Day 14 → A non-fictional book
Day 15 → A fanfic
Day 16 → A song that makes you cry (or nearly)
Day 17 → An art piece (painting, drawing, sculpture, etc.)
Day 18 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 19 → A talent of yours
Day 20 → A hobbie of yours
Day 21 → A recipe
Day 22 → A website
Day 23 → A YouTube video
Day 24 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 25 → Your day, in great detail
Day 26 → Your week, in great detail
Day 27 → This month, in great detail
Day 28 → This year, in great detail
Day 29 → Hopes, dreams and plans for the next 365 days
Day 30 → Whatever tickles your fancy

Day 10: So here it is, a photo of me taken over ten years ago. I think it was taken about 17 years ago when I was 3 years old or so. I'm obviously sitting in a pool on a deck... I was at my grandparents' old house in New York.

Day 9 of 30 Day Meme

2009-12-24T08:03:54Z

Day 9 is coming, day 9 is coming!

~~Day 01 → Your favourite song~~
~~Day 02 → Your favourite movie~~
Day 03 → Your favourite television program
Day 04 → Your favourite book
Day 05 → Your favourite quote
Day 06 → Whatever tickles your fancy
~~Day 07 → A photo that makes you happy~~
~~Day 08 → A photo that makes you angry/sad~~
Day 09 → A photo you took
Day 10 → A photo of you taken over ten years ago
Day 11 → A photo of you taken recently
Day 12 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 13 → A fictional book
Day 14 → A non-fictional book
Day 15 → A fanfic
Day 16 → A song that makes you cry (or nearly)
Day 17 → An art piece (painting, drawing, sculpture, etc.)
Day 18 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 19 → A talent of yours
Day 20 → A hobbie of yours
Day 21 → A recipe
Day 22 → A website
Day 23 → A YouTube video
Day 24 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 25 → Your day, in great detail
Day 26 → Your week, in great detail
Day 27 → This month, in great detail
Day 28 → This year, in great detail
Day 29 → Hopes, dreams and plans for the next 365 days
Day 30 → Whatever tickles your fancy

Day 9: I was pretty stoked to see that for day 9 I would get to share a photo I took since I absolutely LOVE taking pictures! Taking pictures is an obsession of mine... I just enjoy doing it so much! I was having a hard time picking which photo to post and finally decided I had to put at least two... though I'd love to put more. I'm making myself only put two though, one that is a 'scenery' shot and another that is a 'people' shot. So here they are:

This photo is one that I took at a local park while waiting for my youngest brother to finish up with his basketball practice that my sister and I had to bring him to. We decided to walk around the park and take pictures while letting our dog walk. I forget the name of the park but it is in Chino, California.

My other photo was taken while visiting family in Manlius, New York (where we use to live) in July of 2008. My mom, sister, cousins, grandpa, one of my brothers, and myself were walking a little trail that is in their neighborhood and I got this picture of my mom holding my cousin on her shoulders.

Day 8 of 30 Day Meme

2009-12-23T07:25:53Z

Here it comes... day 8...

~~Day 01 → Your favourite song~~
~~Day 02 → Your favourite movie~~
~~Day 03 → Your favourite television program~~
~~Day 04 → Your favourite book~~
~~Day 05 → Your favourite quote~~
~~Day 06 → Whatever tickles your fancy~~
~~Day 07 → A photo that makes you happy~~
Day 08 → A photo that makes you angry/sad
Day 09 → A photo you took
Day 10 → A photo of you taken over ten years ago
Day 11 → A photo of you taken recently
Day 12 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 13 → A fictional book
Day 14 → A non-fictional book
Day 15 → A fanfic
Day 16 → A song that makes you cry (or nearly)
Day 17 → An art piece (painting, drawing, sculpture, etc.)
Day 18 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 19 → A talent of yours
Day 20 → A hobbie of yours
Day 21 → A recipe
Day 22 → A website
Day 23 → A YouTube video
Day 24 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 25 → Your day, in great detail
Day 26 → Your week, in great detail
Day 27 → This month, in great detail
Day 28 → This year, in great detail
Day 29 → Hopes, dreams and plans for the next 365 days
Day 30 → Whatever tickles your fancy

Day 8: When I first saw that I would have to pick a photo that makes me angry or sad I first thought of putting a picture that represented dog or animal abuse or a sad dog... something along those lines since that is the thing that makes me the saddest. Animal abuse completely depresses me and enrages me but then I'd have to find a picture of it and I started doing that but I hate seeing hurt and/or sad/abused animals. I didn't want to get in a depressive sort of mood so I decided to steer in a different direction. I chose this:

This THING named Miley Cyrus disgusts me, enrages me, and makes me want to puke. She is a despicable thing and horrible role model (I don't even consider her to be one. NO ONE should look up to her). She has zero talent, no values or morals. She looks and probably is a skank and sleaze bag! She looks like a freaking cougar (WAY TOO old for her age). She is shallow, self-centered, conceited, dim-witted, and superficial! I can't stand her one bit so any photo of her would make me angry beyond reason and disgusted. Especially ones like this where she looks like the slut she is.

Day 7 of 30 Day Meme

2009-12-22T06:26:44Z

Here comes day 7...

~~Day 01 → Your favourite song~~
~~Day 02 → Your favourite movie~~
~~Day 03 → Your favourite television program~~
~~Day 04 → Your favourite book~~
~~Day 05 → Your favourite quote~~
~~Day 06 → Whatever tickles your fancy~~
Day 07 → A photo that makes you happy
Day 08 → A photo that makes you angry/sad
Day 09 → A photo you took
Day 10 → A photo of you taken over ten years ago
Day 11 → A photo of you taken recently
Day 12 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 13 → A fictional book
Day 14 → A non-fictional book
Day 15 → A fanfic
Day 16 → A song that makes you cry (or nearly)
Day 17 → An art piece (painting, drawing, sculpture, etc.)
Day 18 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 19 → A talent of yours
Day 20 → A hobbie of yours
Day 21 → A recipe
Day 22 → A website
Day 23 → A YouTube video
Day 24 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 25 → Your day, in great detail
Day 26 → Your week, in great detail
Day 27 → This month, in great detail
Day 28 → This year, in great detail
Day 29 → Hopes, dreams and plans for the next 365 days
Day 30 → Whatever tickles your fancy

Day 7: A photo that makes me happy would be any one that has my family in it... and I mean my extended family as well as my nuclear family when I say family. My family is everything to me and they are my number one priority. I have so many pictures of my family but not one with most my family members in it, this is mainly due to the fact that I have a fairly large family and it's not easy for all of us to be able to pick a time when we can all get together and then actually get a picture. I have more recent pictures (like from last year) of some of my family together but I decided on an older picture from around 2001 or so. I chose this older picture because it sort of represents my family as a whole (from my Dad's side of the family). In this picture are my cousins, my siblings, and myself. Since then there have been three more additions: two births of two cousins (one boy and one girl) and one brand new cousin through a marriage. Starting from the back left is my cousin Austin, my cousin Joshua, my cousin Sean, my cousin DJ (Daniel Jon), my cousin Jacob; then at the middle at left is my brother Stephen, my sister Elizabeth, and myself; and at bottom at left is my brother Benjamin, my cousin Ashley, my cousin Caleb, and my cousin Amara.

Day 6 of 30 Day Meme

2009-12-21T06:59:18Z

Here comes day 6...

~~Day 01 → Your favourite song~~
~~Day 02 → Your favourite movie~~
~~Day 03 → Your favourite television program~~
~~Day 04 → Your favourite book~~
~~Day 05 → Your favourite quote~~
Day 06 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 07 → A photo that makes you happy
Day 08 → A photo that makes you angry/sad
Day 09 → A photo you took
Day 10 → A photo of you taken over ten years ago
Day 11 → A photo of you taken recently
Day 12 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 13 → A fictional book
Day 14 → A non-fictional book
Day 15 → A fanfic
Day 16 → A song that makes you cry (or nearly)
Day 17 → An art piece (painting, drawing, sculpture, etc.)
Day 18 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 19 → A talent of yours
Day 20 → A hobbie of yours
Day 21 → A recipe
Day 22 → A website
Day 23 → A YouTube video
Day 24 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 25 → Your day, in great detail
Day 26 → Your week, in great detail
Day 27 → This month, in great detail
Day 28 → This year, in great detail
Day 29 → Hopes, dreams and plans for the next 365 days
Day 30 → Whatever tickles your fancy

Day 6: Since I can pick whatever tickles my fancy, I choose to talk about and share some pictures of my family dog. Though she is the family's dog, my sister and I take care of her most of the time and give her the most attention. Our dog is a female Yorkie-Poo, which is a mix between a Yorkshire Terrier and Teacup Poodle. Her name is Chewie... but we didn't name her, the couple we bought her from had already named her and that is the name they chose so we had to stick with it. Chewie is a huge part of my life and a key member of our family! We love her so very much and she gets pampered beyond reason. Here are a few pictures and a little video montage of her: Me with my Chewie The sleeping beauty

Day 5 of 30 Day Meme

2009-12-20T06:52:18Z

Onward to day 5....

~~Day 01 → Your favourite song~~
~~Day 02 → Your favourite movie~~
~~Day 03 → Your favourite television program~~
~~Day 04 → Your favourite book~~
Day 05 → Your favourite quote
Day 06 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 07 → A photo that makes you happy
Day 08 → A photo that makes you angry/sad
Day 09 → A photo you took
Day 10 → A photo of you taken over ten years ago
Day 11 → A photo of you taken recently
Day 12 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 13 → A fictional book
Day 14 → A non-fictional book
Day 15 → A fanfic
Day 16 → A song that makes you cry (or nearly)
Day 17 → An art piece (painting, drawing, sculpture, etc.)
Day 18 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 19 → A talent of yours
Day 20 → A hobbie of yours
Day 21 → A recipe
Day 22 → A website
Day 23 → A YouTube video
Day 24 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 25 → Your day, in great detail
Day 26 → Your week, in great detail
Day 27 → This month, in great detail
Day 28 → This year, in great detail
Day 29 → Hopes, dreams and plans for the next 365 days
Day 30 → Whatever tickles your fancy

Day 5: I have a good number of favorite quotes so I'll list those that are my absolute favorite. Though, it's hard for me to pick even a few favorite since I find quotes that I love in books I read and in other media.

"No one asks how or what I am doing. They could not care less. We’re all looking glasses, we girls, existing only to reflect their images back to them as they’d like to be seen. Hollow vessels of girls to be rinsed of our own ambitions, wants, and opinions, just waiting to be filled with the cool, tepid water of gracious compliance. A fissure forms in the vessel. I’m cracking open."
-A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray

"For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son. That whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life."
-John 3:16

“Don't get the impression that you arouse my anger. You see, one can only be angry with those he respects.”
-Richard Nixon

"Forgive me my nonsense, as I also forgive the nonsense of those that think they talk sense."
-Robert Frost

"In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on."
-Robert Frost

"Anger as soon as fed is dead. 'Tis starving makes it fat."
-Emily Dickinson

"Between sisters, often, the child's cry never dies down. "Never leave me," it says; "do not abandon me."
-Louise Bernikow

"It is the unknown we fear when we look upon death and darkness, nothing more."
-J.K. Rowling, "The Cave," Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, 2005, spoken by the character Albus Dumbledore

"Shall I tell you a story? A new and terrible one? A ghost story? Are you ready? Shall I begin? Once upon a time there were four girls. One was pretty. One was clever. One charming, and one...one was mysterious. But they were all damaged, you see. Something not right about the lot of them. Bad blood. Big dreams. Oh, I left that part out. Sorry, that should have come before. They were all dreamers, these girls. One by one, night after night, the girls came together. And they sinned. Do you know what that sin was? No one? Pippa? Ann? Their sin was that they believed. Believed they could be different. Special. They believed they could change what they were--damaged, unloved. Cast-off things. They would be alive, adored, needed. Necessary. But it wasn't true. This is a ghost story remember? A tragedy. They were misled. Betrayed by their own stupid hopes. Things couldn't be different for them, because they weren't special after all. So life took them, led them, and they went along, you see? They faded before their own eyes, till they were nothing more than living ghosts, haunting each other with what could be. With what can't be. There, now. Isn't that the scariest story you've ever heard?"
-A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray

"Everything I say I say to me first/ Everything I do I do to me first/ So what, I lied I lied to me too/ (so what?)/ So what, I lied I lied to me too/ Hold out for the ones you know will love you/ Hide out from the ones you know will love you "
-Dark Come Soon (song) by Tegan and Sara

"Second chances they don't ever matter, people never change./ Once a whore you're nothing more, I'm sorry, that'll never change./ And about forgiveness, we're both supposed to have exchanged./ I'm sorry honey, but I'm passin' up, now look this way./ Well there's a million other girls who do it just like you./ Looking as innocent as possible to get to who,/ They want and what they like it's easy if you do it right./ Well I refuse, I refuse, I refuse!
-Misery Business (song) by Paramore

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2009-12-20T00:04:01Z

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Day 4 of 30 Day Meme

2009-12-19T00:10:45Z

And onwards to Day 4...

~~Day 01 → Your favourite song~~
~~Day 02 → Your favourite movie~~
~~Day 03 → Your favourite television program~~
Day 04 → Your favourite book
Day 05 → Your favourite quote
Day 06 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 07 → A photo that makes you happy
Day 08 → A photo that makes you angry/sad
Day 09 → A photo you took
Day 10 → A photo of you taken over ten years ago
Day 11 → A photo of you taken recently
Day 12 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 13 → A fictional book
Day 14 → A non-fictional book
Day 15 → A fanfic
Day 16 → A song that makes you cry (or nearly)
Day 17 → An art piece (painting, drawing, sculpture, etc.)
Day 18 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 19 → A talent of yours
Day 20 → A hobbie of yours
Day 21 → A recipe
Day 22 → A website
Day 23 → A YouTube video
Day 24 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 25 → Your day, in great detail
Day 26 → Your week, in great detail
Day 27 → This month, in great detail
Day 28 → This year, in great detail
Day 29 → Hopes, dreams and plans for the next 365 days
Day 30 → Whatever tickles your fancy

Day 4: So... there is absolutely no way I'm going to narrow this topic down to one. I just can't pick one of the various favorite books that I have. So I will list my top favorite book series instead of just a favorite book. I'll start with the series that was the very first to become my favorite. This series opened my eyes to reading as not only something needed to be done in school but something to do for the fun and enjoyment. I'm talking about the Harry Potter series- each book holds a special place and there is no way I'd be able to pick from them all. Also among my favorites are the Twilight series, The Hunger Games series, and the Gemma Doyle series (A Great and Terrible Beauty...). Each of these series are so unique and amazing that I can't just have one I view as as my favorite. It's impossible for me since I enjoy them all equally but in their own differing forms and ways. If anyone really wants me to go in detail on the reasons why I love each of these series, feel free to ask but I'm not about to write a paper on here- no matter how much I adore and admire these books. But I will say that each of my favorite series are wonderfully and brilliantly written- obviously with the differing style of the author- and the characters are very well developed... making me grow to love them as characters.

Day 3 of 30 Day Meme

2009-12-17T22:09:17Z

Here it is... Day 3...

~~Day 01 → Your favourite song~~
~~Day 02 → Your favourite movie~~
Day 03 → Your favourite television program
Day 04 → Your favourite book
Day 05 → Your favourite quote
Day 06 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 07 → A photo that makes you happy
Day 08 → A photo that makes you angry/sad
Day 09 → A photo you took
Day 10 → A photo of you taken over ten years ago
Day 11 → A photo of you taken recently
Day 12 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 13 → A fictional book
Day 14 → A non-fictional book
Day 15 → A fanfic
Day 16 → A song that makes you cry (or nearly)
Day 17 → An art piece (painting, drawing, sculpture, etc.)
Day 18 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 19 → A talent of yours
Day 20 → A hobbie of yours
Day 21 → A recipe
Day 22 → A website
Day 23 → A YouTube video
Day 24 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 25 → Your day, in great detail
Day 26 → Your week, in great detail
Day 27 → This month, in great detail
Day 28 → This year, in great detail
Day 29 → Hopes, dreams and plans for the next 365 days
Day 30 → Whatever tickles your fancy

Day 3: I have to admit I have a few favorite television shows including CSI, NCIS, House, and Glee- these are the shows that are high among my favorites. If I have to narrow it down to one show, I'd have to say my very favorite is Glee. Even though Glee is a new show, it has easily become one of my favorites. Glee has a quirkiness and uniqueness that no other show demonstrates. It also has a great mix of humor and drama; then the music/songs adds just another dimension that endears me to the show. I love how the show takes songs and incorporates them with the show choir 'New Directions' at the school in this show. The characters make songs that have been heard before and make them into a slightly different and very enjoyable experience. I just love how they incorporate the music withing the show! Each character brings something special to the show and the whole feel of the show is brilliant!

Day 2 of 30 Day Meme

2009-12-17T00:07:26Z

So I'm not forgetting this day's question thing-y, I'll make sure by doing it now. =]

~~Day 01 → Your favourite song~~
Day 02 → Your favourite movie
Day 03 → Your favourite television program
Day 04 → Your favourite book
Day 05 → Your favourite quote
Day 06 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 07 → A photo that makes you happy
Day 08 → A photo that makes you angry/sad
Day 09 → A photo you took
Day 10 → A photo of you taken over ten years ago
Day 11 → A photo of you taken recently
Day 12 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 13 → A fictional book
Day 14 → A non-fictional book
Day 15 → A fanfic
Day 16 → A song that makes you cry (or nearly)
Day 17 → An art piece (painting, drawing, sculpture, etc.)
Day 18 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 19 → A talent of yours
Day 20 → A hobbie of yours
Day 21 → A recipe
Day 22 → A website
Day 23 → A YouTube video
Day 24 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 25 → Your day, in great detail
Day 26 → Your week, in great detail
Day 27 → This month, in great detail
Day 28 → This year, in great detail
Day 29 → Hopes, dreams and plans for the next 365 days
Day 30 → Whatever tickles your fancy

Day 2 is another hard one for me since I have a good number of favorite movies. There is no one film that stands out as a hugely predominant favorite but I have to say Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest would have to be pretty high up among the favorite-favorites. I love the PotC films because of the perfect combination of humor, drama, and action. They are hilariously funny, very interesting and entertaining. I absolutely love Johnny Depps and his character Captain Jack Sparrow as well as Orlando Bloom's Will Turner, and Keira Knightley's Elizabeth Swann. The acting is phenomenal and the story line and cinematography brilliant. Everything about the films make me like them. I picked Dead Man's Chest because in it, Keira's character tries to pass as a man on-board a ship and since it is second in the series the characters are starting to be one's you known and they grow on you, becoming more complex and having more depth. But I also love the Harry Potter films and Twilight films... So hard to pick just one but I did. =]

Day 1 of 30 Day Meme

2009-12-16T07:15:11Z

30 Day Meme

Okay, I know there is a huge possibility that nobody will even see this but I thought it'd be fun and random to do it, so I am.

Day 01 → Your favourite song
Day 02 → Your favourite movie
Day 03 → Your favourite television program
Day 04 → Your favourite book
Day 05 → Your favourite quote
Day 06 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 07 → A photo that makes you happy
Day 08 → A photo that makes you angry/sad
Day 09 → A photo you took
Day 10 → A photo of you taken over ten years ago
Day 11 → A photo of you taken recently
Day 12 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 13 → A fictional book
Day 14 → A non-fictional book
Day 15 → A fanfic
Day 16 → A song that makes you cry (or nearly)
Day 17 → An art piece (painting, drawing, sculpture, etc.)
Day 18 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 19 → A talent of yours
Day 20 → A hobbie of yours
Day 21 → A recipe
Day 22 → A website
Day 23 → A YouTube video
Day 24 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 25 → Your day, in great detail
Day 26 → Your week, in great detail
Day 27 → This month, in great detail
Day 28 → This year, in great detail
Day 29 → Hopes, dreams and plans for the next 365 days
Day 30 → Whatever tickles your fancy

This is an extremely hard one for me since I have so many favorites... but I'd have to say, at the moment, my favorite song is 'Brick By Boring Brick' by Paramore. It is so catchy and fun, in a way, yet is very deep and eerie. I love the lyrics and the whole band sounds amazing. Hayley sounds brilliant and the emotion comes through. Plus, it puts me in mind of Bella in New Moon. Song awesomeness as seen...