Hello All,
For those of you out of the loop, today a 24-year-old man entered Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newton, Connecticut this morning and began shooting, killing 27 people (that we know of) and at least 18 of them were children. The shooter's mother apparently worked as a teacher at the school and was supposedly one of the victims.
This is only one is a rising number of school shootings happening in America, including the Sikh Temple shooting in Wisconsin, the Aurora, Colorado shooting in the movie theater, the Oakland, California shooting in April, the March shooting in Jacksonville, Florida, and the Chardon Ohio and New Hampshire shootings in February.
That's all just in 2012.
This is becoming a serious issue, and I don't think anyone has any way to solve the problem. Many high schools have metal detectors, but not all of them. Are we going to install metal detectors and have airport security-like checks in every public building we enter? Cavity searches before going to the movies? See-through backpacks and purses when we go to school? Daily locker checks? Will the new fall line feature bullet-proof fashions next year?
This is getting ridiculous, and I think I have what could be a successful, albeit expensive, solution to this problem in the long-run of things.
Make it a requirement for every child in the seventh and 10th grades to go through a rigorous psychological interview with a crew of hired psychologists and psychiatrists. Should the child be found to have a normal psychological constitution, they are free to return to their classes and not have to return to counseling until 10th grade, when this psychological interview will resume again to make sure no mental issues or problems has risen in the last 3-4 developmental years (unless otherwise specified by their parents to receive personal counsel).
Should the child be found to have questionable mental health in either year, they are scheduled to have individual and group counseling 3-5 times per week, in place of a class.
I think these sessions and early checks for mental health issues in young adults will help catch issues that could develop into serious problems that result in extreme acts of violence, such as shootings like what happened on Friday, December 14th, 2012.
It is my hope that, with a program like this, we will have less parents and families burying their loved ones just for going to school, or out to the movies or to Temple or where ever else is no longer safe for daily public use.
Friday, December 14, 2012
Thursday, December 6, 2012
A Poem
Disappointment
disappointment isn't a stab to the heart
it's a slow, eroding poison around the eyes
seeping deeper under the skin, causing sobs
and tears until it eventually easts those away, too
until there's nothing left, not even bitterness
just a lowness you can't quite lift yourself
high enough out of to feel "good."
Amy Liz
disappointment isn't a stab to the heart
it's a slow, eroding poison around the eyes
seeping deeper under the skin, causing sobs
and tears until it eventually easts those away, too
until there's nothing left, not even bitterness
just a lowness you can't quite lift yourself
high enough out of to feel "good."
Amy Liz
Thursday, November 22, 2012
Why I Should Have My Own TV Show...
Hey All,
Normally I'm not that kind of person. You know, that writer that goes to write in some local coffee shop because Starbucks is too mainstream, and God FORBID if you ask them about what they're working on because that just opens it up for them to brag about how they've had this spectacular and mature idea since they were about 7 and that it's only manifested itself on paper a few years ago and that now that the first draft of the manuscript is done, it'll be published in no time, they just need "the right kind of agent" to represent them. Or the kind of girl that is so obsessed with herself that she's literally thinking "OHMIGOD, I'm SUCH a big f**king deal, everyone NEEDS to know all about me and like, right NOW" -you know the type, don't try to pretend you don't.
In fact, I'm usually the opposite. I stay as quiet as possible in class, thinking "all of these people are probably a lot smarter than me and are really eloquent and if I speak up and say anything they're all going to know I'm an impostor and that I really AM wasting all this money to go to this school."
And GOD FORBID you ask me about what I'm working on right now. You'll be lucky to get anything out of me beyond "lunch?" or "oh, it's just a thought right now" -it doesn't matter how much I've got down, it'll ALWAYS be "just a thought" when you ask about it.
Or even in my group of "friends" most times, they'll be talking about stupid stuff or funny stuff or technical stuff around me and it makes me think "oh yeah, I can totally jump in on this!" and I'll say something and then the conversation dies with a "uh, yeah something like that."
And then I learn to keep my mouth shut.
But my roommate and I have been joking/talking about something for about a year right now, and sometimes I really think it should happen:
A docu-reality show about our lives.
BEFORE YOU CLOSE THE TAB!
I know that sounds absolutely ridiculous -why the HELL would I want to watch a show about two average college girls living their lives?
Well...
We're pretty f**king weird. Reason number one, above all other things. Not like, I collect all of the eye lashes I've ever shed and she doesn't wash her socks kind of weird -that's just creepy.
I mean, like, we can actually understand what the other wants just by shouting out "meow!" through the apartment, or, heck, we have a Poop Diary -a journal we keep hanging by the toilet so when we're in there for "prolonged periods of time," we can write down our "oh so refined" thoughts.
We're not hideous. My roommate is super tall and pretty, and her senior photos make her look like a supermodel version of Taylor Swift. I'm not too shabby -not supermodel T-Swift level or anything, but I don't break mirrors, either!
When I get angry, no one can predict what comes out of my mouth.
Some precious gems include:
-(to some hoe "shut up"-ing my "excuse me" when i was trying to get off the train) "Nah bitch, you shut up and move so I don't have to say it in your face again!"
and
-(to a homeless man who flipped me the bird when I didn't have any change for him) "No, YOU fuck off, I'm a college student -I'm living off debt as it is -I'll be you in two years."
I'll be alcohol legal in a few months, so bar trolls might be an interesting endeavor, especially considering my wild temper flares.
Normal girl drama -my roommate and I, who are normally attached at the hip, had this out-of-proportion text fight the other day that was WAY more dramatic than it needed to be (we're besties again, don't worry), but it was still pretty entertaining to the people I was complaining to.
Boy drama -My roommate thinks she has no luck with guys, but there are 2 completely devoted, hopelessly in love boys (one in Boston, one back home) that are begging to be her boyfriend again, and another back home that gets jealous every time he hears that she's been talking with her best friend/ex-bf here at school and keeps asking to see her when she comes back for break. Her "non-existant" love-life is a soap opera; as if I could be so lucky with more than the occasional 40-year-old creeper on the train that tries to offer me a flower and some kind of "marketing" internship after talking to me for 20 seconds (with a built-in not unattractive 20-something hype man that's just as tall as he is imposing). I just want the guy at school that I like to look and talk to me like he does to my best friend -he totally loves her and she won't accept that.
And we both have enough friends/interactions with interesting/fucked up people that (if for SOME DUBIOUS reason we weren't enough to keep an audience's attention), they're issues would totally rank in the ratings.
Like my roommate's almost daily crossings with her ex-ex-boyfriend's ex-hoebag that came out of no where when she and the douche were still dating and was like "oh no, she's my gf now, not you." But I think that after my roommate punched this asshole in the FACE freshman year, the bitch is still afraid of her.
Seriously, though, I think we would be so much more interesting than 60% of The Real Housewives of Bumblefuck Whatever, Here Comes Boo Boo Chiiiiilld, and every single one of the Teen Moms and the 16 and Pregnant idiots.
That's all for now!
Thanks for reading!
Amy Liz
Normally I'm not that kind of person. You know, that writer that goes to write in some local coffee shop because Starbucks is too mainstream, and God FORBID if you ask them about what they're working on because that just opens it up for them to brag about how they've had this spectacular and mature idea since they were about 7 and that it's only manifested itself on paper a few years ago and that now that the first draft of the manuscript is done, it'll be published in no time, they just need "the right kind of agent" to represent them. Or the kind of girl that is so obsessed with herself that she's literally thinking "OHMIGOD, I'm SUCH a big f**king deal, everyone NEEDS to know all about me and like, right NOW" -you know the type, don't try to pretend you don't.
In fact, I'm usually the opposite. I stay as quiet as possible in class, thinking "all of these people are probably a lot smarter than me and are really eloquent and if I speak up and say anything they're all going to know I'm an impostor and that I really AM wasting all this money to go to this school."
And GOD FORBID you ask me about what I'm working on right now. You'll be lucky to get anything out of me beyond "lunch?" or "oh, it's just a thought right now" -it doesn't matter how much I've got down, it'll ALWAYS be "just a thought" when you ask about it.
Or even in my group of "friends" most times, they'll be talking about stupid stuff or funny stuff or technical stuff around me and it makes me think "oh yeah, I can totally jump in on this!" and I'll say something and then the conversation dies with a "uh, yeah something like that."
And then I learn to keep my mouth shut.
But my roommate and I have been joking/talking about something for about a year right now, and sometimes I really think it should happen:
A docu-reality show about our lives.
BEFORE YOU CLOSE THE TAB!
I know that sounds absolutely ridiculous -why the HELL would I want to watch a show about two average college girls living their lives?
Well...
We're pretty f**king weird. Reason number one, above all other things. Not like, I collect all of the eye lashes I've ever shed and she doesn't wash her socks kind of weird -that's just creepy.
I mean, like, we can actually understand what the other wants just by shouting out "meow!" through the apartment, or, heck, we have a Poop Diary -a journal we keep hanging by the toilet so when we're in there for "prolonged periods of time," we can write down our "oh so refined" thoughts.
We're not hideous. My roommate is super tall and pretty, and her senior photos make her look like a supermodel version of Taylor Swift. I'm not too shabby -not supermodel T-Swift level or anything, but I don't break mirrors, either!
When I get angry, no one can predict what comes out of my mouth.
Some precious gems include:
-(to some hoe "shut up"-ing my "excuse me" when i was trying to get off the train) "Nah bitch, you shut up and move so I don't have to say it in your face again!"
and
-(to a homeless man who flipped me the bird when I didn't have any change for him) "No, YOU fuck off, I'm a college student -I'm living off debt as it is -I'll be you in two years."
I'll be alcohol legal in a few months, so bar trolls might be an interesting endeavor, especially considering my wild temper flares.
Normal girl drama -my roommate and I, who are normally attached at the hip, had this out-of-proportion text fight the other day that was WAY more dramatic than it needed to be (we're besties again, don't worry), but it was still pretty entertaining to the people I was complaining to.
Boy drama -My roommate thinks she has no luck with guys, but there are 2 completely devoted, hopelessly in love boys (one in Boston, one back home) that are begging to be her boyfriend again, and another back home that gets jealous every time he hears that she's been talking with her best friend/ex-bf here at school and keeps asking to see her when she comes back for break. Her "non-existant" love-life is a soap opera; as if I could be so lucky with more than the occasional 40-year-old creeper on the train that tries to offer me a flower and some kind of "marketing" internship after talking to me for 20 seconds (with a built-in not unattractive 20-something hype man that's just as tall as he is imposing). I just want the guy at school that I like to look and talk to me like he does to my best friend -he totally loves her and she won't accept that.
And we both have enough friends/interactions with interesting/fucked up people that (if for SOME DUBIOUS reason we weren't enough to keep an audience's attention), they're issues would totally rank in the ratings.
Like my roommate's almost daily crossings with her ex-ex-boyfriend's ex-hoebag that came out of no where when she and the douche were still dating and was like "oh no, she's my gf now, not you." But I think that after my roommate punched this asshole in the FACE freshman year, the bitch is still afraid of her.
Seriously, though, I think we would be so much more interesting than 60% of The Real Housewives of Bumblefuck Whatever, Here Comes Boo Boo Chiiiiilld, and every single one of the Teen Moms and the 16 and Pregnant idiots.
That's all for now!
Thanks for reading!
Amy Liz
Monday, August 27, 2012
Work is Paying Off: Music
Hey All,
So today was the shooting of the first episode of the show my TV partner, Tara, and I have been working on for too long now (like 4 months -way longer than 5 episodes should take).
But yeah, we had singer-songwriter Caitlin Timmins on the show this morning, and she's amazing, everyone should check her out on Youtube and iTunes. It was incredible seeing everything we've been working for so long for come together into this beautiful video, so everyone should check it out:
Fast Forward Rewind Music, episode 1
Tuesday's show is going to be great, too, because we have two members from Me vs Gravity on the show, lead singer Zach Nelson and drummer Ben Meyers. They are amazing, they've been on Good Morning Emerson before, but we love them so much that we couldn't resist having them on again for Fast Forward Rewind. Check out their songs here and here.
Here's the link to the episode!
On Wednesday we had pop-rock singer Melanie Lynx in the studios to perform for the Fast Forward Rewind Music Series, and she sang her original songs "First Love" and "Impossible to Leave." She sang them acoustically with her guitarist Anthony playing, and we loved having her in today.
She was so sweet and excited to sing, and the whole studio crew has been singing her songs all day -they're that catchy!
Take a look!
That's it for now, I'll keep updating as the week goes on.
Thanks for reading,
Amy Liz
So today was the shooting of the first episode of the show my TV partner, Tara, and I have been working on for too long now (like 4 months -way longer than 5 episodes should take).
But yeah, we had singer-songwriter Caitlin Timmins on the show this morning, and she's amazing, everyone should check her out on Youtube and iTunes. It was incredible seeing everything we've been working for so long for come together into this beautiful video, so everyone should check it out:
Fast Forward Rewind Music, episode 1
Tuesday's show is going to be great, too, because we have two members from Me vs Gravity on the show, lead singer Zach Nelson and drummer Ben Meyers. They are amazing, they've been on Good Morning Emerson before, but we love them so much that we couldn't resist having them on again for Fast Forward Rewind. Check out their songs here and here.
Here's the link to the episode!
On Wednesday we had pop-rock singer Melanie Lynx in the studios to perform for the Fast Forward Rewind Music Series, and she sang her original songs "First Love" and "Impossible to Leave." She sang them acoustically with her guitarist Anthony playing, and we loved having her in today.
Take a look!
That's it for now, I'll keep updating as the week goes on.
Thanks for reading,
Amy Liz
Sunday, August 26, 2012
I'm Setting Some Goals for Myself for this Semester
Hey All,
Again, it's been too long since I've been back here and updating on a regular basis. I'd like to have a good reason, like I'm too busy co-producing a web show for the freshmen at my school, or preparing to move into a new apartment. But in all honesty, I've had plenty of time to go on the Internet and goof around of Facebook and Tumblr, so I have no excuse for not showing up here other than being lazy.
Well I want that to change. This year I'm going to set some goals and goddammit I plan on meeting them by New Years.
1. All A's in my classes this semester.
2. Produce the best 4 episodes of The Lowdown that Emerson can handle!
3. Production position on Good Morning Emerson.
4. 50-100 pages of "The Weaver Journals" completed.
5. SAVE MY F***ING MONEY
6. Make this (or something very similar):
I mean, I work in a costume shop and stock room, I should be able to figure out how to make one of these, right?
Because it will be a cold day in Hell when I pay $160 for a fleece jacket that probably doesn't even keep me warm. Screw that, I'll make it myself (with a little help from my friends and bosses).
(For those of you rich enough to dole out the cash for one of these: http://www.etsy.com/listing/107317627/water-tribe-fleece-avatar-the-last?ref=v1_other_1)
OK, so six things may not seem like much, but it's gonna be hard to do, I can already tell. Classes haven't even started yet and I'm already feeling overwhelmed with all that I still have to learn about producing (not to mention actually paying attention and retaining whatever's being said in my classes).
It's going to be tough, and I'll probably be missing out on some sleep most weeks (aka don't call me on the weekends, because I will be dead in my bed) because it's now about a 40 minute ride to school four days a week.
Awesome.
But the only way I can make things happen is if I set my bar and run for it.
That's all I wanted to say today.
Sorry I've been away for so long.
Thanks for reading,
Amy Liz
Again, it's been too long since I've been back here and updating on a regular basis. I'd like to have a good reason, like I'm too busy co-producing a web show for the freshmen at my school, or preparing to move into a new apartment. But in all honesty, I've had plenty of time to go on the Internet and goof around of Facebook and Tumblr, so I have no excuse for not showing up here other than being lazy.
Well I want that to change. This year I'm going to set some goals and goddammit I plan on meeting them by New Years.
1. All A's in my classes this semester.
2. Produce the best 4 episodes of The Lowdown that Emerson can handle!
3. Production position on Good Morning Emerson.
4. 50-100 pages of "The Weaver Journals" completed.
5. SAVE MY F***ING MONEY
6. Make this (or something very similar):
Because it will be a cold day in Hell when I pay $160 for a fleece jacket that probably doesn't even keep me warm. Screw that, I'll make it myself (with a little help from my friends and bosses).
(For those of you rich enough to dole out the cash for one of these: http://www.etsy.com/listing/107317627/water-tribe-fleece-avatar-the-last?ref=v1_other_1)
OK, so six things may not seem like much, but it's gonna be hard to do, I can already tell. Classes haven't even started yet and I'm already feeling overwhelmed with all that I still have to learn about producing (not to mention actually paying attention and retaining whatever's being said in my classes).
It's going to be tough, and I'll probably be missing out on some sleep most weeks (aka don't call me on the weekends, because I will be dead in my bed) because it's now about a 40 minute ride to school four days a week.
Awesome.
But the only way I can make things happen is if I set my bar and run for it.
That's all I wanted to say today.
Sorry I've been away for so long.
Thanks for reading,
Amy Liz
Thursday, July 26, 2012
It is truly amazing...
The lengths I will go to not do work.
Like, I haven't updated this in FOREVER because I got a little too excited about The Legend of Korra and my new Tumblr so I just sort of...forgot I had a real blog.
Oh well, past is past.
Well, I don't want to go write this email or those thank you letters, so:
I'm listening to fun. "It Gets Better"
I'm watching "King of Queens" on TBS
My phone has been dormant since I left work
I'm reading a few things, including Jodi Picoult and Sam Van Leer's "Between the Lines", oh and my best friend's dad's book "The Fourth Trail." He's kind of new to this whole writing game, so I'm going through it and making comments as I read. I'm ignoring grammatical errors, though, or else I'll never finish the darn thing.
I'm wearing a t-shirt and dark-wash skinny jeans
Oh, and I changed the channel. "Victorious" is on Nickelodeon.
I should be making progress in my Weaver Journals manuscript, but because I'm a lazy fuck, that's not happening. Or technically, I should be writing an email to this guy's manager so we can get him on my show in a few weeks -and that will happen shortly. Or I really should be writing thank you letters to the people responsible for getting my scholarship for the 3rd year in a row...
God, why am I so lazy?
Thanks for reading,
Amy Liz
PS
one more pug gif:
Like, I haven't updated this in FOREVER because I got a little too excited about The Legend of Korra and my new Tumblr so I just sort of...forgot I had a real blog.
Oh well, past is past.
Well, I don't want to go write this email or those thank you letters, so:
I'm listening to fun. "It Gets Better"
I'm watching "King of Queens" on TBS
My phone has been dormant since I left work
I'm reading a few things, including Jodi Picoult and Sam Van Leer's "Between the Lines", oh and my best friend's dad's book "The Fourth Trail." He's kind of new to this whole writing game, so I'm going through it and making comments as I read. I'm ignoring grammatical errors, though, or else I'll never finish the darn thing.
I'm wearing a t-shirt and dark-wash skinny jeans
Oh, and I changed the channel. "Victorious" is on Nickelodeon.
I should be making progress in my Weaver Journals manuscript, but because I'm a lazy fuck, that's not happening. Or technically, I should be writing an email to this guy's manager so we can get him on my show in a few weeks -and that will happen shortly. Or I really should be writing thank you letters to the people responsible for getting my scholarship for the 3rd year in a row...
God, why am I so lazy?
Thanks for reading,
Amy Liz
PS
one more pug gif:
Tuesday, June 5, 2012
Review of Black Dawn; Morganville Vampires
Amazon summary:
Ever since the draug—mysterious creatures that prey on vampires—took over Morganville, the lives of student Claire Danvers and her friends have been thrown into turmoil. Most of the town’s residents have evacuated, but Claire, Shane, Eve and Michael have chosen to stay and fight.
Using the city’s water system to spread, the draug have rapidly multiplied. Things in Morganville look grim, especially since vampire Amelie—the town founder—has been infected by the master draug’s bite.
Now, if Claire and her friends don’t figure out how to cure Amelie and defeat the draug, it looks like Morganville will become little more than a ghost town…
The Morganville Vampire books by Rachel Caine are a great way to lose yourself for an hour or two. They are quick and easy reads, and Caine really knows how to write fast action and make the reader's pulse race with excitement and anticipation.
The plot for the 12th book of this series, I felt, moved in circles. Morganville is being terrorized by a vampire-eating monster called the draug that showed up in the last book (Last Breath), and for some reason Claire, Shane, Eve and Michael are the only (semi)normal people still in town. Morganville Founder Amelie is dying from getting bitten by the Master Draug, Magnus, and no one knows how to fight these water-infesting monsters. The fights between the main characters and the draug got very repetitive very quickly.
The self-hating Shane that we experience for the better half of the book reminds the reader that Shane's character has addressed most of these issues in other books, and I wondered how much those dreams/nightmares really could have messed up his head in such a short time.
The sidelines story with Naomi and Oliver fighting over power that supposedly hasn't been relinquished yet came out of no where. Naomi wasn't really in many of the books, despite Claire meeting (rescuing) her in, like, book 4 or 5. So this sudden run for the title of queen seems random, and a radical change of the character she's been the few times we did hear from her after first meeting her. That demi-plot also went in a wide circle, as well, with Naomi saying she deserves to rule and being shot down, to trying to kill for it -then being shot down again, to thinking she has a little more power than before -to being shot down yet again. To me this just looked like a roundabout way to make a new possible enemy for Claire (and Eve, due to Naomi's weird obsession with Michael) to have to worry about later.
The final twist with Myrnin kidnapping Claire to use her as bait for Magnus came out of no where. I don't understand why Claire couldn't have been forewarned about his plan, if nothing else than for her own safety. What if Magnus had showed up and killed everyone before Claire regained consciousness? Then everything would have been ruined.
The added bit with the teen psychic Miranda read like it was a last minute inclusion. It looked like Caine needed a way for Claire's friends to all get to the Glass house without just "guessing" that's where Myrnin took her. Oh, and she needed someone else to die that wasn't one of the Glass house roommates. I don't like the idea of Miranda being the new ghost/spirit of the Glass house. I personally didn't like Miranda's character and internally groaned whenever I saw her name coming up on the pages throughout the books.
Overall, I still like Caine's writing, and she really has a talent for making me feel the action of what is happening in these stories, but I think Morganville has run its course.
Personally I give this new edition of the Morganville Vampires 2 out of 6 stars.
I think the draug-plot had the potential to be a big Morganville finale, but instead we "found" a new attitude in Amelie to be afraid of. I am still interested in where this story will end up, especially if someone else is influencing Amelie's new attitude and how the town will be rebuilt.
Monday, May 28, 2012
Review of: Linger, Wolves of Mercy Falls
Front Flap Summary: (from Amazon.com)
the longing.
Once Grace and Sam have found each other, they know they must fight to stay together. For Sam, this means a reckoning with his werewolf past. For Grace, it means facing a future that is less and less certain.
the loss.
Into their world comes a new wolf named Cole, whose past is full of hurt and danger. He is wrestling with his own demons, embracing the life of a wolf while denying the ties of a human.
the linger.
For Grace, Sam, and Cole, life is a constant struggle between two forces--wolf and human--with love baring its two sides as well. It is harrowing and euphoric, freeing and entrapping, enticing and alarming. As their world falls apart, love is what lingers. But will it be enough?
Once Grace and Sam have found each other, they know they must fight to stay together. For Sam, this means a reckoning with his werewolf past. For Grace, it means facing a future that is less and less certain.
the loss.
Into their world comes a new wolf named Cole, whose past is full of hurt and danger. He is wrestling with his own demons, embracing the life of a wolf while denying the ties of a human.
the linger.
For Grace, Sam, and Cole, life is a constant struggle between two forces--wolf and human--with love baring its two sides as well. It is harrowing and euphoric, freeing and entrapping, enticing and alarming. As their world falls apart, love is what lingers. But will it be enough?
Amy's Review:
I love Maggie Stiefvater's writing. If you've never read anything by her, go pick up "The Scorpio Races" -that's my Stiefvater favorite right now. She has this weird style of writing, like everything is a musical poem. Most books in first person "speak" as if the character is talking to you, but even through the multiple views that The Mercy Falls books take us through, there is the rhythmic quality that makes the writing beautiful.
As for the plot of this book, it moved a little slowly. There was a lot of exposition from two previously secondary characters (Isabel and Cole) that was, plot-wise, next to useless. It interrupted the flow of action between the main characters, Grace and Sam, and made the book seem a lot longer than it needed to be. The first 200 pages moved a little slowly because we had to be introduced to Cole St. Clair and his moody, depressing and drug-filled rock star background, but I would have appreciated more about his relationship with his ex-girlfriend and his best friend and bandmate, Victor, whom he also had made into a wolf -"for the high of it." More details on these characters and Cole's relationships with them would have made me feel more sympathy for Cole later on in the story. The story following Grace and Sam moved a bit faster, especially because Sam had to rediscover all of the possibilities life can now offer him and his wolf-less state. Grace's parents needed more of a reason to dislike Sam (at least before they found them in bed), and more of a reason to become so overprotective and authoritative. Also, Grace's illness/the wolf's death at the beginning needed more connection. The reveal at the end that they went hand-in-paw was a little far-fetched because in 300 pages it wasn't brought up after the initial discovery of the dead wolf.
The emotional impact of this book is powerful, especially if you've been with Sam and Grace since Shiver. I found myself crying at the end in a few places, mostly when Sam couldn't bring himself to change back into a wolf to be with his Summer Girl. Stiefvater definitely knows how to squeeze a few tears out of a reader, and she did it well in the conclusion of this book.
Overall, I give Linger, Book 2 of the Wolves of Mercy Falls 3 out of 6 stars. Despite its slow beginning and questionable attempt at a connection to science, the characters of this world have intricate and beautifully tragic personalities and lives, and the musical quality of the writing kept me reading until the end. I will most certainly be picking up the final book in the series, Forever, to see if Grace and Sam can be together for, well...forever.
Thank you for reading.
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
Help Me Get Some Writing Done
Hello All,
So it seems like my biggest problem with writing is that I'm easily distracted and start working on another project just as I start growing bored with the one I'm working on.
So I need some help.
I'm going to introduce you to three different characters from three different novels. One is from a possibly trilogy, a "journey" story, and the other two are fairytale retellings.
Tell me what you think when you:
Meet Maya:
She's a princess, with a dangerous secret:
She's a fire weaver.
All of the weavers of the world have been killed because they are too dangerous for normal society, especially the fire and earth weavers, who have the ability to cause so much destruction.
She's been sent on a mission to save her people and her kingdom.
She's on the brink of losing everything.
She's scared, but she keeps moving forward.
She is in a lot of danger if anyone finds out what she is, and who she is looking for.
Meet Phyre, the Valley Princess of Fire.
Meet Cordelia:
She's looking for her sisters and trying to break a curse that she's lived with all her life
-she turns into a swan.
She knows her father isn't quite what he seems, but she never thought it could be as bad as it is.
She knows she shouldn't trust anyone with her secret.
She knows her father will be furious when he finds out what she's been doing.
She knows the woods are dangerous, but
she also knows that Samuel will die if she doesn't help him find his way out.
She doesn't know that she's falling in love, and
that's the most dangerous thing she doesn't know.
Meet Cordelia, the Swan Princess.
So what do you think of these lovely ladies? I know it's not much to go on, but I can't reveal much more of their characters without divulging too much of their stories and plots, and I don't want to do that just yet.
So please please please! Comment or FB or Twitter or Tumblr message me what you think of my girls, so I can pick a story to stick to this summer!
Thank you for reading,
Amy Liz
So it seems like my biggest problem with writing is that I'm easily distracted and start working on another project just as I start growing bored with the one I'm working on.
So I need some help.
I'm going to introduce you to three different characters from three different novels. One is from a possibly trilogy, a "journey" story, and the other two are fairytale retellings.
Tell me what you think when you:
Meet Maya:
She's wanted for a crime she didn't commit.
She's trapped in a castle with a self-loathing monster.
She's timid and loyal to a fault.
She will risk her future, her life, and her love.
She can see beyond the exterior and understand a person's true soul.
She will be forced to choose between being with the one she loves, or allowing him to live.
Meet Maya Frye, a beauty stuck in a beast of a situation.
Meet Phyre:
She's a fire weaver.
All of the weavers of the world have been killed because they are too dangerous for normal society, especially the fire and earth weavers, who have the ability to cause so much destruction.
She's been sent on a mission to save her people and her kingdom.
She's on the brink of losing everything.
She's scared, but she keeps moving forward.
She is in a lot of danger if anyone finds out what she is, and who she is looking for.
Meet Phyre, the Valley Princess of Fire.
Meet Cordelia:
She's looking for her sisters and trying to break a curse that she's lived with all her life
-she turns into a swan.
She knows her father isn't quite what he seems, but she never thought it could be as bad as it is.
She knows she shouldn't trust anyone with her secret.
She knows her father will be furious when he finds out what she's been doing.
She knows the woods are dangerous, but
she also knows that Samuel will die if she doesn't help him find his way out.
She doesn't know that she's falling in love, and
that's the most dangerous thing she doesn't know.
Meet Cordelia, the Swan Princess.
So what do you think of these lovely ladies? I know it's not much to go on, but I can't reveal much more of their characters without divulging too much of their stories and plots, and I don't want to do that just yet.
So please please please! Comment or FB or Twitter or Tumblr message me what you think of my girls, so I can pick a story to stick to this summer!
Thank you for reading,
Amy Liz
Saturday, April 21, 2012
Absence...
Hello All,
Sorry I've been a little absent lately, but you see...I made a tumblr.
It's mostly about what I love best about Disney with some splashes of whatever I'm currently obsessing over at the moment, like Legend of Korra, Smash, and stuff like that.
Also, the semester is almost over, so there's been a lot of homework and a lot of projects, finals to get ready for, and my shows are closing up, not to mention the literally CONSTANT search for an internship that won't completely waste my time this summer.
Another thing consuming my brain-space is the thought of what I'll be doing next semester in terms of working at school with the Emerson Channel.
My friend Tara and I have pitched a show and we don't know if it's getting picked up or not and it's been like two weeks since we've heard anything, but we keep hearing rumors that we're not sure we can trust but how freaking AWESOME would it be to produce our own show?!?
Also, even though I've been on the show since forever, I always get nervous at the end of a semester about my status on Good Morning Emerson. I love this show and would literally sell my soul to the devil to keep working on it, and I always pray that the new producers won't be like "well, we should give someone ELSE a chance to work on this show," so there's that stress. I eventually want to senior produce the show with Tara, but right now I'm still figuring out what that might entail, so I'm working on just taking on more responsibilities and learning more about all of the different positions and stuff.
Which brings me to... figuring out what I want to do for OTHER shows next year.
I am 1000% positive that I never ever EVER want to segment produce again, because it is the most annoying job in the world and I have so much respect for people who do it over and over again.
I really want to get into technical directing, which can be super difficult because you work with this:
SO
MANY
BUTTONS!!!
I know a lot of people really respect a good TD, so I'd like to be one of those. Or a good director, but idk if I have the attention-span for that kind of work.
So yes, I hope to be getting back to blogging very quickly, now that things are winding down.
Thanks for reading,
Amy Liz
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Tuesday, March 27, 2012
10 Reasons to Read The Iron Fey
Hello All,
So clearly I failed at my drawing challenge (saddest day ever), but it was because I was just so distracted all during February...and March! Mostly with homework and midterms, but I have also been completely wrapped up in this new-to-me book series called The Iron Fey, by Julie Kagawa.
If you haven't heard about The Iron Fey, or if you have and you, like me one month ago, don't think you like books about faeries, you need to take a look at my list of 10 reasons why you should read this series, or at least give the first book, The Iron King, a fair and unbiased shot.
Reason #1: A Strong, Relatable Heroine
Meagan Chase is the main character in this series. At first she seems like any other ordinary teenager, unpopular, totally in love with the hot-shot jock, and a goofy best friend by her side...until her little brother is stolen from their home and Meagan starts seeing crazy magical creatures all over the place. Suddenly Meagan's world is turned upside-down as her best friend turns out to be the most infamous trickster faery in the world and her search for her brother takes her into the beautiful and dangerous world of the Nevernever, the feary world, too dangerous for mortals.
Meagan is an awesome heroine because she has no idea what the heck she's doing, and that fact is completely believable to the readers. It's also great to find a girl who is so determined to reach her goal that she's willing to do anything, even if that means traveling to a poisonous world where no one can protect her! Meagan is clumsy, strong, full of love and passion, and totally and completely believable.
Reason #2: Comedy
These books are hilarious. That's not to say that there isn't a lot of action and drama happening, but the tension is often broken up to let the reader breathe during these high intensity moments -like right in the middle of a life-or-death battle!
Most of this comedy is brought on by Meagan's best friend, Robin Goodfellow, aka Puck from "A Midsummer Night's Dream" aka the most awesome MoFo ever. He has some of the best one-liners in these books, tossed out so non-chalantly in the middle of a serious moment that you HAVE to laugh out loud...even if you're in the middle of your Psychology class -oops!
Reason #3: Grimalkin
The coolest cat you will ever read about in your life. A mix between the Cheshire Cat and (am I crazy?) Professor Snape, he is wise and more than a little blunt. He is an essential character to each book's story arc, because without this feline, Meagan and crew would be stuck chasing their tails, so to speak, never getting anything done. He has a nasty tendency of disappearing at the slightest hint of danger and not returning for some time, but he really does know everything, and grows a reluctant fondness for the heroes of these stories -but he'll never admit to it.
Reason #4: Literary Antagonists
We've all read Shakespeare, some more eagerly than others, so readers should recognize King Oberon, Queen Tatiana, and Queen Mab of the Feary Courts in the Iron Fey series. Mab, mentioned in "Romeo and Juliet," is the cold ice queen of the Unseelie court, the icy, heartless and cruel fey who are constantly at war with the Summer court, where King Oberon and Tatiana from "A Midsummer Night's Dream" rule the Seelie fey, who are equally cruel, but take great and obvious pleasure in tricking and riddling their prey. The two Queens are definitely not Meagan's allies throughout these books, for a multitude of reasons, and Oberon isn't always on her side, either, but he's more "lenient" -if that's what you want to call it -with her than the others. It's really cool to see these characters and their larger-than-life personalities brought to light out of their original stories, especially when Kagawa alludes to their well-known histories in Shakespeare's works.
Reason #5: A Real Sense of Danger
I won't reveal any major plot points here, but just know that all of your soon-to-be-favorite characters are going to be in serious, life-threatening danger in these books. And each book raises the stakes of that danger just a bit more, bringing more tension and urgency to each chapter. Come prepared with a box of tissues and an oxygen tank, for when you start hyperventilating.
Reason #6: A Menagerie of New Magical Creatures
If I tried to name all of the faery creatures in these books, I think this post would be as long as its own novel. Basically every faery-related creature you've ever heard of makes at least a basic appearance in one of these stories. Some of these things include giants, trolls, goblins, wood nymphs, satyrs, unicorns, sirens, kelpies, redcaps, and even The Big Bad Wolf -that's right, THAT one. These creatures are all characters in themselves and often move the plot along or turn it around in a new direction. Otherwise they paint a very colorful backdrop to this already technicolor story.
Reason #7: The Hot Guy
Ash.
'nuf said.
Once you read the books, you'll understand. Strong, beautiful, hiding a dark and brooding past -love him. You'll have no choice.
(Team Ash)
Reason #8: The Forbidden Relationship
Meagan's a human, Ash is an Unseelie prince. All the rules of nature and the Nevernerver say it's impossible for them to be together. What better reason to try it? Love, duh. I love these two together, and screw everyone and anyone who tries to tear them apart! I died a little inside every time Ash had to push his feelings for Meagan away and pretend like it didn't matter! (But not in a Twilight-y way, more like a more intense and they-will-actually-kill-us-if-we-do-this kind of way).
Thank Goodness for The Iron Knight. It restored all of my faith in princely heroes, long nearly unattainable quests, and the possibility for happily ever afters -not that they belong in every story, of course.
Reason #9: The New Enemy
Everyone who reads faery folklore knows that the fey can't stand the touch of iron. Well what could possibly be more dangerous to a world of fey than an enemy made completely out of iron and as powerful as the imagination can dream? No one has ever thought to create this kind of bad guy, and it puts a very interesting twist into the storyline of these books. It makes winning for the good guys ten times as difficult as it would have been, and it puts an extra edge of tension to every encounter with the antagonists.
A brilliant idea for a new twist to the folktales.
Reason #10: A Fun and Easy Read
I hate it when teachers try to make you read books, because those literary fiction novels are so hard to read through with a looming deadline. For those kind of books, you need to be in a specific state of mind and have oodles of time to slowly absorb the atmosphere that the literary fiction is building. I have a short attention-span, and I don't have time to wait for that atmosphere to build.
That's why I like YA so much. It lays out an entertaining story very simply, so you can get lost in the story, not the words.
You will get lost in the Iron Fey. There's no question about it -the descriptions are too vivid and the characters are too lifelike for a reader to remain firmly planted in the real world. The action of the story takes you away from your reading room and into the Summer Court, or the through the halls of the icy palace of Tir Na Nog. There is no escape -once you're in, you'll Never -never! -come back out.
And you won't want to, either.
Thanks for reading,
Amy Liz
pictures courtesy of:
DeviantArt user: http://skellingt0n.deviantart.com/art/Iron-Fey-196138057
Fanpop.com
NewBookReleaseDates.com
So clearly I failed at my drawing challenge (saddest day ever), but it was because I was just so distracted all during February...and March! Mostly with homework and midterms, but I have also been completely wrapped up in this new-to-me book series called The Iron Fey, by Julie Kagawa.
If you haven't heard about The Iron Fey, or if you have and you, like me one month ago, don't think you like books about faeries, you need to take a look at my list of 10 reasons why you should read this series, or at least give the first book, The Iron King, a fair and unbiased shot.
Reason #1: A Strong, Relatable Heroine
Meagan Chase is the main character in this series. At first she seems like any other ordinary teenager, unpopular, totally in love with the hot-shot jock, and a goofy best friend by her side...until her little brother is stolen from their home and Meagan starts seeing crazy magical creatures all over the place. Suddenly Meagan's world is turned upside-down as her best friend turns out to be the most infamous trickster faery in the world and her search for her brother takes her into the beautiful and dangerous world of the Nevernever, the feary world, too dangerous for mortals.
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| DeviantArt user: http://skellingt0n.deviantart.com/art/Iron-Fey-196138057 |
Reason #2: Comedy
These books are hilarious. That's not to say that there isn't a lot of action and drama happening, but the tension is often broken up to let the reader breathe during these high intensity moments -like right in the middle of a life-or-death battle!
Most of this comedy is brought on by Meagan's best friend, Robin Goodfellow, aka Puck from "A Midsummer Night's Dream" aka the most awesome MoFo ever. He has some of the best one-liners in these books, tossed out so non-chalantly in the middle of a serious moment that you HAVE to laugh out loud...even if you're in the middle of your Psychology class -oops!
Reason #3: Grimalkin
The coolest cat you will ever read about in your life. A mix between the Cheshire Cat and (am I crazy?) Professor Snape, he is wise and more than a little blunt. He is an essential character to each book's story arc, because without this feline, Meagan and crew would be stuck chasing their tails, so to speak, never getting anything done. He has a nasty tendency of disappearing at the slightest hint of danger and not returning for some time, but he really does know everything, and grows a reluctant fondness for the heroes of these stories -but he'll never admit to it.
Reason #4: Literary Antagonists
We've all read Shakespeare, some more eagerly than others, so readers should recognize King Oberon, Queen Tatiana, and Queen Mab of the Feary Courts in the Iron Fey series. Mab, mentioned in "Romeo and Juliet," is the cold ice queen of the Unseelie court, the icy, heartless and cruel fey who are constantly at war with the Summer court, where King Oberon and Tatiana from "A Midsummer Night's Dream" rule the Seelie fey, who are equally cruel, but take great and obvious pleasure in tricking and riddling their prey. The two Queens are definitely not Meagan's allies throughout these books, for a multitude of reasons, and Oberon isn't always on her side, either, but he's more "lenient" -if that's what you want to call it -with her than the others. It's really cool to see these characters and their larger-than-life personalities brought to light out of their original stories, especially when Kagawa alludes to their well-known histories in Shakespeare's works.
Reason #5: A Real Sense of Danger
I won't reveal any major plot points here, but just know that all of your soon-to-be-favorite characters are going to be in serious, life-threatening danger in these books. And each book raises the stakes of that danger just a bit more, bringing more tension and urgency to each chapter. Come prepared with a box of tissues and an oxygen tank, for when you start hyperventilating.
Reason #6: A Menagerie of New Magical Creatures
If I tried to name all of the faery creatures in these books, I think this post would be as long as its own novel. Basically every faery-related creature you've ever heard of makes at least a basic appearance in one of these stories. Some of these things include giants, trolls, goblins, wood nymphs, satyrs, unicorns, sirens, kelpies, redcaps, and even The Big Bad Wolf -that's right, THAT one. These creatures are all characters in themselves and often move the plot along or turn it around in a new direction. Otherwise they paint a very colorful backdrop to this already technicolor story.
Reason #7: The Hot GuyAsh.
'nuf said.
Once you read the books, you'll understand. Strong, beautiful, hiding a dark and brooding past -love him. You'll have no choice.
(Team Ash)
Reason #8: The Forbidden Relationship
Meagan's a human, Ash is an Unseelie prince. All the rules of nature and the Nevernerver say it's impossible for them to be together. What better reason to try it? Love, duh. I love these two together, and screw everyone and anyone who tries to tear them apart! I died a little inside every time Ash had to push his feelings for Meagan away and pretend like it didn't matter! (But not in a Twilight-y way, more like a more intense and they-will-actually-kill-us-if-we-do-this kind of way).
Thank Goodness for The Iron Knight. It restored all of my faith in princely heroes, long nearly unattainable quests, and the possibility for happily ever afters -not that they belong in every story, of course.
Reason #9: The New Enemy
Everyone who reads faery folklore knows that the fey can't stand the touch of iron. Well what could possibly be more dangerous to a world of fey than an enemy made completely out of iron and as powerful as the imagination can dream? No one has ever thought to create this kind of bad guy, and it puts a very interesting twist into the storyline of these books. It makes winning for the good guys ten times as difficult as it would have been, and it puts an extra edge of tension to every encounter with the antagonists.
A brilliant idea for a new twist to the folktales.
Reason #10: A Fun and Easy Read
I hate it when teachers try to make you read books, because those literary fiction novels are so hard to read through with a looming deadline. For those kind of books, you need to be in a specific state of mind and have oodles of time to slowly absorb the atmosphere that the literary fiction is building. I have a short attention-span, and I don't have time to wait for that atmosphere to build.
That's why I like YA so much. It lays out an entertaining story very simply, so you can get lost in the story, not the words.
You will get lost in the Iron Fey. There's no question about it -the descriptions are too vivid and the characters are too lifelike for a reader to remain firmly planted in the real world. The action of the story takes you away from your reading room and into the Summer Court, or the through the halls of the icy palace of Tir Na Nog. There is no escape -once you're in, you'll Never -never! -come back out.
And you won't want to, either.
Thanks for reading,
Amy Liz
pictures courtesy of:
DeviantArt user: http://skellingt0n.deviantart.com/art/Iron-Fey-196138057
Fanpop.com
NewBookReleaseDates.com
Thursday, March 15, 2012
Days 11 and 12 Drawing Challenge
Hello All,
So, I pretty much failed at my Drawing Challenge, as you can see in my utter lack of producing new pictures every day. But I will be completing the challenge (obviously out of the time limit) hopefully over the next month.
So here is Day Eleven of the Challenge:
A Turning Point in my Life.
The turning point that I used for my life is my admission into Emerson College.
I have learned a lot in my short time at Emerson, and I hope to continue learning in the time I have left.
I don't know how to convey exactly what I've learned, other than the vague idea of 'how to be an adult.'
But obviously I'm still in school, and I'm clearly not enough of an adult to be financially stable on my own, or to know how to rent an apartment without my parent's help, or all of those other things that parents just apparently know how to do, like taxes, and ...stuff.
I know that college seems like a cliche to use as a turning point, but that's because it really is a huge change in a person's life. It takes the familiar atmosphere of learning in a classroom/controlled environment, but it also takes the next level of learning by placing a person in a new city/state and living with people they have never met and they are expected to thrive by taking care of themselves. It's a huge difference between living with their parents taking care of them and being out on their own.
Day 12: Most Recent Accomplishment
My most recent accomplishment is my new position on Good Morning Emerson, Production Supervisor! I'm so happy to be learning more in producing and learning more about this wonderful and fabulous show. I've worked on GME since my very first semester at Emerson. I started out as a lowly little teleprompter, and I worked my way up to a year of associate producing, which was taken over by my brilliant friend, Tara, this semester, who is just so amazing and smart and knows how to do, I'm pretty sure, EVERYTHING that's involved in television.
My job this semester includes building "the rundown" for each episode. A rundown is a second-by-second outline of the entire show, and it changes for every episode, depending on what the hosts and correspondents are talking about and which videos they decide to use during the episode, and which guests we have on the show, too. If the rundown is built just right, we get a show that looks like this!
Don't forget to press PLAY!
So that's all I've got to give today, and I'm so sorry I haven't been updating regularly.
I'll work on that.
That's all for now.
Thanks for reading,
Amy Liz
So, I pretty much failed at my Drawing Challenge, as you can see in my utter lack of producing new pictures every day. But I will be completing the challenge (obviously out of the time limit) hopefully over the next month.
So here is Day Eleven of the Challenge:
A Turning Point in my Life.
I have learned a lot in my short time at Emerson, and I hope to continue learning in the time I have left.
I don't know how to convey exactly what I've learned, other than the vague idea of 'how to be an adult.'
But obviously I'm still in school, and I'm clearly not enough of an adult to be financially stable on my own, or to know how to rent an apartment without my parent's help, or all of those other things that parents just apparently know how to do, like taxes, and ...stuff.
I know that college seems like a cliche to use as a turning point, but that's because it really is a huge change in a person's life. It takes the familiar atmosphere of learning in a classroom/controlled environment, but it also takes the next level of learning by placing a person in a new city/state and living with people they have never met and they are expected to thrive by taking care of themselves. It's a huge difference between living with their parents taking care of them and being out on their own.
Day 12: Most Recent Accomplishment
My job this semester includes building "the rundown" for each episode. A rundown is a second-by-second outline of the entire show, and it changes for every episode, depending on what the hosts and correspondents are talking about and which videos they decide to use during the episode, and which guests we have on the show, too. If the rundown is built just right, we get a show that looks like this!
Don't forget to press PLAY!
So that's all I've got to give today, and I'm so sorry I haven't been updating regularly.
I'll work on that.
That's all for now.
Thanks for reading,
Amy Liz
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Days 9 and 10
Hello All,
So I've been really behind on these drawing challenge posts, but I've been swamped by life lately, so I figured no one really minded all that much if I settled those issues first.
Day Nine: Favorite TV Show:
I don't know what my favorite show of all time is, but right now in this 2011-2012 season, my favorite show is "Once Upon a Time."
I love it, it's got so many layers and story lines going that it's just complicated enough to keep you interested while still being simple and engaging enough to understand on a week-to-week basis.
For those of you wondering, my new favorite character is Mr. Gold/Rumplestiltskin, because of the episode "Skin Deep," a spin off of the Beauty and the Beast tale. I love him and my heart breaks for him and now I am completely convinced that the Evil Queen is a cold-hearted bitch and she must be defeated! Emma and Henry need to get back on track with having these characters remember who they are and NOT have some tragic heart-attack making us cry two weeks before Christmas (RIP Sheriff Graham!)
Day Ten: Favorite Candy
There's really not that much to say about this one. Chocolate. Peanut Butter. What more could Heaven give us to tell us there is a Paradise?
So I guess that's about it for today. I actually have the pictures for Days 11 and 12 completely finished, but unfortunately my scanner is being lame, and I can't figure out how to work it out right now, so all you guys get is 9 and 10.
Thanks for reading!
Amy Liz
So I've been really behind on these drawing challenge posts, but I've been swamped by life lately, so I figured no one really minded all that much if I settled those issues first.
Day Nine: Favorite TV Show:
I love it, it's got so many layers and story lines going that it's just complicated enough to keep you interested while still being simple and engaging enough to understand on a week-to-week basis.
For those of you wondering, my new favorite character is Mr. Gold/Rumplestiltskin, because of the episode "Skin Deep," a spin off of the Beauty and the Beast tale. I love him and my heart breaks for him and now I am completely convinced that the Evil Queen is a cold-hearted bitch and she must be defeated! Emma and Henry need to get back on track with having these characters remember who they are and NOT have some tragic heart-attack making us cry two weeks before Christmas (RIP Sheriff Graham!)
Day Ten: Favorite Candy
So I guess that's about it for today. I actually have the pictures for Days 11 and 12 completely finished, but unfortunately my scanner is being lame, and I can't figure out how to work it out right now, so all you guys get is 9 and 10.
Thanks for reading!
Amy Liz
Friday, February 10, 2012
Day 8 of my Drawing Challenge
Hello All,
I'm still a few days behind, and probably will be for the rest of the month, but here's day eight's picture:
Day Eight: Favorite Animated Character
My favorite cartoon character has always and most likely will always be Ariel from Disney's The Little Mermaid. Whenever I was in the pool, or when we went to the beach, I always pretended like I was Ariel and started singing "Part of Your World" out of no where, often scaring and just as often annoying the people close by. I mean, who else but a lunatic six-year-old suddenly starts singing Disney songs at the top of their lungs out in public?
So yes, Ariel. I think the actual drawing of her came out fine, I just wish I was a little better at drawing water and the waves. But I'm not usually a stickler for background details, so I also didn't really try very hard to get the waves just right.
For those of you who haven't seen the movie (for some ridiculous reason), this is the scene when she is singing the "Part of Your World Reprise" after saving Prince Eric from drowning. It's, like, the most epic of all final notes, and the waves are all cool and crashing around the rock she's on, so it's basically awesome embodied in about 15 seconds of animation.
That's it for today.
Thanks for reading,
Amy Liz
I'm still a few days behind, and probably will be for the rest of the month, but here's day eight's picture:
Day Eight: Favorite Animated Character
My favorite cartoon character has always and most likely will always be Ariel from Disney's The Little Mermaid. Whenever I was in the pool, or when we went to the beach, I always pretended like I was Ariel and started singing "Part of Your World" out of no where, often scaring and just as often annoying the people close by. I mean, who else but a lunatic six-year-old suddenly starts singing Disney songs at the top of their lungs out in public?
So yes, Ariel. I think the actual drawing of her came out fine, I just wish I was a little better at drawing water and the waves. But I'm not usually a stickler for background details, so I also didn't really try very hard to get the waves just right.
For those of you who haven't seen the movie (for some ridiculous reason), this is the scene when she is singing the "Part of Your World Reprise" after saving Prince Eric from drowning. It's, like, the most epic of all final notes, and the waves are all cool and crashing around the rock she's on, so it's basically awesome embodied in about 15 seconds of animation.
That's it for today.
Thanks for reading,
Amy Liz
Thursday, February 9, 2012
Drawing Challenge Days Six and Seven
Hello all,
Sorry I've been a little slow with these updates. School is kind of kicking my butt right now, so i just haven't had to the time to keep up with it.
Here is a combined picture for both days six and seven:
Day six is my favorite book character, which is the original Winnie the Pooh. I obviously grew up on the Disney cartoon version, and I only recently discovered the A. A. Milne books for children. They are beautiful and clever little books, and I love them. While my tastes for books and novels are constantly changing, I think it's probably easiest to claim fond childhood memories as favorites.
On day seven I had to draw my favorite word. Very few people know this, but my favorite word is "balloon" and since one of Winnie the Pooh's most memorable moments is of using a balloon to reach some honey, what better way of combining the two days into one nice beautiful picture, right?
That's all for now, days 8, 9 and 10 are on their way.
Thanks for reading,
Amy Liz
Sorry I've been a little slow with these updates. School is kind of kicking my butt right now, so i just haven't had to the time to keep up with it.
Here is a combined picture for both days six and seven:
On day seven I had to draw my favorite word. Very few people know this, but my favorite word is "balloon" and since one of Winnie the Pooh's most memorable moments is of using a balloon to reach some honey, what better way of combining the two days into one nice beautiful picture, right?
That's all for now, days 8, 9 and 10 are on their way.
Thanks for reading,
Amy Liz
Saturday, February 4, 2012
Day Five Challenge
Hello All,
I'm sort of absurdly proud of this day's challenge, even though I know I'm not an artist (clearly) but I think I did pretty well on this one (Taylor looks, like, too skinny -and half of it is my bad artistry skills, and half is that she was the only one with her hair up- on the left though, and for that, I apologize profusely).
These two girls beside my have seen enough of my hysterical tears to flood the Atlantic Ocean. I can't imagine my life without them, and I don't think I've spent more time with any single person in my entire life than these two girls.
This drawing doesn't do any justice to these beautiful people, but I think that (so far at least) it's the best of my drawings. I was copying past profile pictures, so that's why they look more "real" than my last couple of drawings.
From left to right, it's Sara (2006), me, and Taylor (2010).
So that's it for today's post. Sorry it's a few hours late.
Thanks for reading!
Amy Liz
--the years in parentheses are the years that I met these two lovely ladies.
I'm sort of absurdly proud of this day's challenge, even though I know I'm not an artist (clearly) but I think I did pretty well on this one (Taylor looks, like, too skinny -and half of it is my bad artistry skills, and half is that she was the only one with her hair up- on the left though, and for that, I apologize profusely).
This drawing doesn't do any justice to these beautiful people, but I think that (so far at least) it's the best of my drawings. I was copying past profile pictures, so that's why they look more "real" than my last couple of drawings.
From left to right, it's Sara (2006), me, and Taylor (2010).
So that's it for today's post. Sorry it's a few hours late.
Thanks for reading!
Amy Liz
--the years in parentheses are the years that I met these two lovely ladies.
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
30 Day Drawing Challenge: Days 1-5
Hello,
So I decided to take up the 30 Day Drawing Challenge that I mentioned in my last post.
The first challenge is for the artist to draw his/herself, so this is what I came up with while I was bored in my Psychology class.
So I'm not really happy with this first production because it's been drawn on the lined notebook paper, and I shaped my face kind of weird. Also, my eyes are a little narrow, so I look a little Asian, and my eyebrows are really high, like I was super surprised to find myself drawn on this paper.
As a bonus, those clothes are the exact outfit that I was wearing today! I was feeling really uncreative, so I didn't want to think up another one of my outfits, so I just drew the one I had on at the moment, even though I think the babydoll style makes me look a little chubby in the tummy.
So that's my drawing for today, January 31st, 2012.
Day Two: My Favorite Animal
I have loved horses pretty much my entire life. I have no idea where it started, or why, but they have been as much a part of my life as my favorite Disney movies. My bedroom is covered in horse puzzles glued together and framed, I've framed some of my paint-by-numbers (remember those?) of horses and put them up on my walls, I have too many pony plushies than I can fit on my bed at one time, and even my wallpaper is horse-themed.
When I was eight or nine my mom gave me a month's worth of horseback riding lessons and you would have thought she'd bought me the damn pony I was so excited! I kept going to these lessons every week until I was fourteen, when I decided I was "too cool" for public school and "just haaad" to go to private school. So we couldn't afford the lessons anymore, and it broke my heart, but I still love horses, and I hope to get back to riding again soon.
So anyway, I had a hard time with this drawing because every time I started drawing the body, the head looked too small, so I'd fix the head, then the leg would be too scrawny, and once I'd fixed that, SOMEHOW the head would be all wrong again! So this was the final product, and I'm decently happy with it, I guess. I haven't had much practice drawing them in a while (all I did as a kid was draw these things -serious, I could paper a whole house in all of the horse pictures I have from when I was little), so this didn't come out as FANTASTIC as I hoped it would. I just wish my scanner had been working, so I could have uploaded a better quality version of it.
Oh well.
Day Three: My Favorite Food
I scream, you scream, we all scream for ICE CREAM!
I have always loved ice cream, and even when I worked at Cold Stone Creamery and got so freaking sick of smelling and scooping and mixing ice cream everyday, I still enjoyed going home with a bowl of Love It sized vanilla with chopped up cookie dough bits!
My current most favorite dessert (of my own making, not from any particular restaurant or anything) is a warm brownie with vanilla ice cream on top.
I couldn't think of any "real" food to put down as "my favorite" and I just kept going back to desserts, so that's what I finally decided to go with.
This drawing is okay, in my world, because I have never been very good at drawing foods and like daily inanimate objects and such. Incase the colors are weird or whatever, it's vanilla ice cream, with chocolate syrup, whipped cream and a cherry on top in a cute little glass bowl/cup thing.
Day Four: My Favorite Place
My favorite place in the world is some place warm, where I can completely forget about work and stress and any kind of issue that I am dealing with that day. Since Paradise has yet to be found, I picked the beach. I wish my beaches looked this tropical and beautiful, but I just have to work with what I get.
I originally started drawing the Disney Cinderella Castle, but it turned out the paper that I'm drawing these wasn't going to fit it to the proportions I was drawing on, and it's technically past "day four" so I just went with my second choice of a nameless beach because, as wonderful and amazing as DisneyWorld is, I can't always get there, so the beach on a sunny day is a fabulous second choice. I finally figured out my scanner, but my drawing pad is too small to fit right, so I might have to revert to using my precious computer paper for these drawings (I'll use both sides, don't worry -I love trees).
This picture is kind of rushed, but I think it came out all right. I like the way all of the blues in the ocean mix together like they do in the real sea.
Day Five [coming soon]
Thanks for reading!
Amy Liz
So I decided to take up the 30 Day Drawing Challenge that I mentioned in my last post.
The first challenge is for the artist to draw his/herself, so this is what I came up with while I was bored in my Psychology class.
So I'm not really happy with this first production because it's been drawn on the lined notebook paper, and I shaped my face kind of weird. Also, my eyes are a little narrow, so I look a little Asian, and my eyebrows are really high, like I was super surprised to find myself drawn on this paper.
As a bonus, those clothes are the exact outfit that I was wearing today! I was feeling really uncreative, so I didn't want to think up another one of my outfits, so I just drew the one I had on at the moment, even though I think the babydoll style makes me look a little chubby in the tummy.
So that's my drawing for today, January 31st, 2012.
Day Two: My Favorite Animal
I have loved horses pretty much my entire life. I have no idea where it started, or why, but they have been as much a part of my life as my favorite Disney movies. My bedroom is covered in horse puzzles glued together and framed, I've framed some of my paint-by-numbers (remember those?) of horses and put them up on my walls, I have too many pony plushies than I can fit on my bed at one time, and even my wallpaper is horse-themed.
When I was eight or nine my mom gave me a month's worth of horseback riding lessons and you would have thought she'd bought me the damn pony I was so excited! I kept going to these lessons every week until I was fourteen, when I decided I was "too cool" for public school and "just haaad" to go to private school. So we couldn't afford the lessons anymore, and it broke my heart, but I still love horses, and I hope to get back to riding again soon.
So anyway, I had a hard time with this drawing because every time I started drawing the body, the head looked too small, so I'd fix the head, then the leg would be too scrawny, and once I'd fixed that, SOMEHOW the head would be all wrong again! So this was the final product, and I'm decently happy with it, I guess. I haven't had much practice drawing them in a while (all I did as a kid was draw these things -serious, I could paper a whole house in all of the horse pictures I have from when I was little), so this didn't come out as FANTASTIC as I hoped it would. I just wish my scanner had been working, so I could have uploaded a better quality version of it.
Oh well.
Day Three: My Favorite Food
I have always loved ice cream, and even when I worked at Cold Stone Creamery and got so freaking sick of smelling and scooping and mixing ice cream everyday, I still enjoyed going home with a bowl of Love It sized vanilla with chopped up cookie dough bits!
My current most favorite dessert (of my own making, not from any particular restaurant or anything) is a warm brownie with vanilla ice cream on top.
I couldn't think of any "real" food to put down as "my favorite" and I just kept going back to desserts, so that's what I finally decided to go with.
This drawing is okay, in my world, because I have never been very good at drawing foods and like daily inanimate objects and such. Incase the colors are weird or whatever, it's vanilla ice cream, with chocolate syrup, whipped cream and a cherry on top in a cute little glass bowl/cup thing.
Day Four: My Favorite Place
My favorite place in the world is some place warm, where I can completely forget about work and stress and any kind of issue that I am dealing with that day. Since Paradise has yet to be found, I picked the beach. I wish my beaches looked this tropical and beautiful, but I just have to work with what I get.
I originally started drawing the Disney Cinderella Castle, but it turned out the paper that I'm drawing these wasn't going to fit it to the proportions I was drawing on, and it's technically past "day four" so I just went with my second choice of a nameless beach because, as wonderful and amazing as DisneyWorld is, I can't always get there, so the beach on a sunny day is a fabulous second choice. I finally figured out my scanner, but my drawing pad is too small to fit right, so I might have to revert to using my precious computer paper for these drawings (I'll use both sides, don't worry -I love trees).
This picture is kind of rushed, but I think it came out all right. I like the way all of the blues in the ocean mix together like they do in the real sea.
Day Five [coming soon]
Thanks for reading!
Amy Liz
Friday, January 27, 2012
I have stuff I should be doing instead
Hello All,
Do you ever get into those kinds of moods when, you know you have a bunch of stuff you should be doing -like reading for class, or homework, or regular work, and all of the stuff that you do to avoid finishing these projects, like washing the dishes, doing your laundry or making to-do lists to pretend like you're actually getting some of this stuff done -but all you want to do is draw?
Yeah, me neither.
Haha, no that's not true. I'm not a very good artist, but recently all I've wanted to do instead of my homework and the other things I have to do is draw. Which is weird because, as I said, I'm not very good, and because when I purposefully sit down to start, I consistently have nothing to draw, sketch, paint, sculpt, carve or build. My mind's just a blank.
So naturally that's just as frustrating as not getting my work done when I need it to be done.
I found this 30 Day drawing challenge online that I think I might try to do next month. It might be fun. It might also be frustrating as hell, but at least it will be something, right?
Maybe I'll even put the pictures up on here!
Check back often, okay?
Thanks for reading,
Amy Liz
Do you ever get into those kinds of moods when, you know you have a bunch of stuff you should be doing -like reading for class, or homework, or regular work, and all of the stuff that you do to avoid finishing these projects, like washing the dishes, doing your laundry or making to-do lists to pretend like you're actually getting some of this stuff done -but all you want to do is draw?
Yeah, me neither.
Haha, no that's not true. I'm not a very good artist, but recently all I've wanted to do instead of my homework and the other things I have to do is draw. Which is weird because, as I said, I'm not very good, and because when I purposefully sit down to start, I consistently have nothing to draw, sketch, paint, sculpt, carve or build. My mind's just a blank.
So naturally that's just as frustrating as not getting my work done when I need it to be done.
I found this 30 Day drawing challenge online that I think I might try to do next month. It might be fun. It might also be frustrating as hell, but at least it will be something, right?
Check back often, okay?
Thanks for reading,
Amy Liz
Thursday, January 26, 2012
Things that I really Wish I could do
Hello All,
I'm bored, so I'm going to tell you all of the things I wish I could do, or at least, wish I could do well:
ballet.
swim really fast.
math.
manage my time productively.
resist the call of chocolate and other sweets.
I'm bored, so I'm going to tell you all of the things I wish I could do, or at least, wish I could do well:
not spend so much time and energy here ^
Know how to navigate this thing without getting it virus-ed and sick.
curl my hair.
photoshop.
keep my mouth shut when all i want to do is bitch someone out.
talk to boys.
save money.
I'm sure I can go on for hours and hours and hours but, I'll leave it at these things that just came off the top of my head.
Enjoy being better than me at one, more or all of these things.
I hate you.
jk
Thanks for reading!
Thursday, January 19, 2012
Momentary Judgements on my New Classes
Hello All,
So you're probably wondering why you should care about what I think my classes are going to be like this year -I'll tell you why!
Because reading about this keeps you away from your work for another 5 minutes, that's why! And isn't that why we're all here? To not do work, together?
Okay, so my first class of the semester was my Intro to Magazine Writing course, and the workload had me RUNNING for the doors! Omigoodness, there is so much research and active participation involved in this class that I just don't know if I'll have time for all of it. I immediately began searching for alternatives that would fit my schedule, but everything that had openings in it would either mess with one or more of my other activities and classes, or it wouldn't help me at all with my requirements and be a waste of time. So I decided I'd just have to stick it out and see where this class takes me. Hopefully not below a B, so I can keep my financial aide and scholarships, but we'll see.
UPDATE:
It's been a week and only four classes, but I think this is actually going to be a good class -I'm glad (for now) that I didn't drop out. I really like the teacher, especially compared to the other Magazine Writing teacher I could have had. My roommate has her, and apparently she's um, well lets just say she's a newspaper short of a few headlines. My professor is thankfully not INSANE and she really seems like she actually wants to help get us published, which is awesome! My first piece for that class is an article about procrastination.
Story of my life.
My second class is an Intro to Psychology class, and I knew it was going to be a lecture-based class because it has so many students in it, and the teacher seems very nice and incredibly qualified, but he's also very strict. I can tell he's the type to be annoyed if anyone moves around too much near the end of class, and he'll keep us to the very last second every day. I just hope that the topics will be interesting enough to keep me awake for two hours after a long shift at work... and just in case I'm trying to remember to bring Coca-Cola every class ;P
The next class that I have is a history class, and not even something cool like ancient civilizations or something. No, this is a class we've all had since 3rd grade -History of the United States. I can tell this will be a frustrating class because there's a LOT of reading to do for every class, and we have to post comments about each reading an hour BEFORE class starts so he can call us out on something we said. We absolutely 100% canNOT have our laptops in this class, so there's no chance of salvation, either. The thing is though -the teacher seems really cool. Well, dorky actually, but funny, too. I just hope he's more realistic about the readings than he acted yesterday.
My last class is a fiction writing class, and I haven't had it yet because it's only on Mondays. I'm not sure what to expect from it, but I hope it's more than what I've gotten in the past, particularly last Spring.
UPDATE:
I had my first fiction class, and the teacher is so chill and cool about life. My roommate had him last semester and she says he's really relaxed and doesn't really care all that much about deadlines and stuff. And even though it's a four hour class, it went by really quickly because the professor's cool and funny and we've got some pretty cool students in the class as well. There's even some of my friends from my writing class last semester!
What I hope will happen this semester:
I want to be the associate producer for Good Morning Emerson again.
I want to have a crew position on Speechless.
I want to be more than halfway through a manuscript.
I want all A's this semester.
I want to apply for a publishing internship.
I want to apply for a tv studio internship.
I want to meet a nice, straight boy.
I NEED to find an apartment in Boston, comfortably fitting at least 3 people with a rent less than $700.
I NEED to see my best friend Kimberly.
I NEED to save money to a) see Kimberly, and b) rent an apartment.
If anyone can help me with any of these things, let me know haha.
I guess that's it for now. Maybe I'll make a small update on how my fiction writing class is, I don't know yet.
Thank you for reading!
Go back to work now.
Amy Liz
P.S.
I just noticed how boring this post is to look at, so here!
Isn't he ADORABLE?
So you're probably wondering why you should care about what I think my classes are going to be like this year -I'll tell you why!
Because reading about this keeps you away from your work for another 5 minutes, that's why! And isn't that why we're all here? To not do work, together?
Okay, so my first class of the semester was my Intro to Magazine Writing course, and the workload had me RUNNING for the doors! Omigoodness, there is so much research and active participation involved in this class that I just don't know if I'll have time for all of it. I immediately began searching for alternatives that would fit my schedule, but everything that had openings in it would either mess with one or more of my other activities and classes, or it wouldn't help me at all with my requirements and be a waste of time. So I decided I'd just have to stick it out and see where this class takes me. Hopefully not below a B, so I can keep my financial aide and scholarships, but we'll see.
UPDATE:
It's been a week and only four classes, but I think this is actually going to be a good class -I'm glad (for now) that I didn't drop out. I really like the teacher, especially compared to the other Magazine Writing teacher I could have had. My roommate has her, and apparently she's um, well lets just say she's a newspaper short of a few headlines. My professor is thankfully not INSANE and she really seems like she actually wants to help get us published, which is awesome! My first piece for that class is an article about procrastination.
Story of my life.
My second class is an Intro to Psychology class, and I knew it was going to be a lecture-based class because it has so many students in it, and the teacher seems very nice and incredibly qualified, but he's also very strict. I can tell he's the type to be annoyed if anyone moves around too much near the end of class, and he'll keep us to the very last second every day. I just hope that the topics will be interesting enough to keep me awake for two hours after a long shift at work... and just in case I'm trying to remember to bring Coca-Cola every class ;P
The next class that I have is a history class, and not even something cool like ancient civilizations or something. No, this is a class we've all had since 3rd grade -History of the United States. I can tell this will be a frustrating class because there's a LOT of reading to do for every class, and we have to post comments about each reading an hour BEFORE class starts so he can call us out on something we said. We absolutely 100% canNOT have our laptops in this class, so there's no chance of salvation, either. The thing is though -the teacher seems really cool. Well, dorky actually, but funny, too. I just hope he's more realistic about the readings than he acted yesterday.
My last class is a fiction writing class, and I haven't had it yet because it's only on Mondays. I'm not sure what to expect from it, but I hope it's more than what I've gotten in the past, particularly last Spring.
UPDATE:
I had my first fiction class, and the teacher is so chill and cool about life. My roommate had him last semester and she says he's really relaxed and doesn't really care all that much about deadlines and stuff. And even though it's a four hour class, it went by really quickly because the professor's cool and funny and we've got some pretty cool students in the class as well. There's even some of my friends from my writing class last semester!
What I hope will happen this semester:
I want to be the associate producer for Good Morning Emerson again.
I want to have a crew position on Speechless.
I want to be more than halfway through a manuscript.
I want all A's this semester.
I want to apply for a publishing internship.
I want to apply for a tv studio internship.
I want to meet a nice, straight boy.
I NEED to find an apartment in Boston, comfortably fitting at least 3 people with a rent less than $700.
I NEED to see my best friend Kimberly.
I NEED to save money to a) see Kimberly, and b) rent an apartment.
If anyone can help me with any of these things, let me know haha.
I guess that's it for now. Maybe I'll make a small update on how my fiction writing class is, I don't know yet.
Thank you for reading!
Go back to work now.
Amy Liz
P.S.
I just noticed how boring this post is to look at, so here!
Thursday, January 5, 2012
Uneventful Day
Hello All,
Today was completely uneventful and has me begging for the fast-paced lifestyle of my Boston school life. I don't even care that I will obviously need to do homework and classwork and lots of boring textbook readings while I'm at school, at least I'll be working, and I'll have my friends back with me, and I'll be doing SOMETHING productive!
I was really sore from the gym the last two days, so I took a day off today, and I think it really messed with my day's motivation, because I told myself that I was going to write at least 10 pages of one of my stories, but I got down maybe two pages of one story, and then I started to switch to another but I got distracted by a twitter video from Disney and from the fast-fading light of the day outside, and it's difficult to write in bad lighting.
Also, am I the only person in the world who still writes their stories in a notebook? I realize this probably makes finishing something that much longer to accomplish, but I just feel like it's more personal and more a part of me and my mind and my soul if I take the time and energy to carve it out on lined paper and pen ink. Don't you? Or am I just being a sentimental, tree-killing fool? Even if I am, it will probably take a long time for me to change my ways, anyway. Probably the only that could give me a motivation to do such a thing is a VERY high paycheck, and even then I'll probably still try to write as much as possible down in my favorite college-ruled notebooks.
I've also learned something today:
Writing while watching movies/tv is not very productive, writing-wise. Its just plain distracting, and it throws off your focus and makes it difficult to concentrate on either project, the story or the movie, and you just waste time. Music has a similar affect on me, unless it's wordless background music. If there are words, and I know them, I won't be writing, I'll be singing, and I can't do both.
I'm watching Miyazaki's "Spirited Away" right now and it's SUPAH cute! Love this movie so much.
also, just saw this commercial when I signed on to YouTube to look for the "Spirited Away" commercial. Cute and it gets right down to the point, plus I LOVE FUNIMATION Studios!
That's all, I guess.
Oh! Also, I finished "Clockwork Prince", by Cassandra Clare, and I think it's my favorite. I am in love with Jem. I'm only very scared that he won't get a very happy ending in the last book, "Clockwork Princess," but I hope to God he does -he's my favorite character right now, and I really think that if Tessa could man up and give him a chance, she and Jem could be very happy together.
But anyway, you should read the series. Start with "City of Bones" and go on from there.
It's an AMAZING series.
That's all,
Thanks for reading!
Amy Liz
Today was completely uneventful and has me begging for the fast-paced lifestyle of my Boston school life. I don't even care that I will obviously need to do homework and classwork and lots of boring textbook readings while I'm at school, at least I'll be working, and I'll have my friends back with me, and I'll be doing SOMETHING productive!
I was really sore from the gym the last two days, so I took a day off today, and I think it really messed with my day's motivation, because I told myself that I was going to write at least 10 pages of one of my stories, but I got down maybe two pages of one story, and then I started to switch to another but I got distracted by a twitter video from Disney and from the fast-fading light of the day outside, and it's difficult to write in bad lighting.
Also, am I the only person in the world who still writes their stories in a notebook? I realize this probably makes finishing something that much longer to accomplish, but I just feel like it's more personal and more a part of me and my mind and my soul if I take the time and energy to carve it out on lined paper and pen ink. Don't you? Or am I just being a sentimental, tree-killing fool? Even if I am, it will probably take a long time for me to change my ways, anyway. Probably the only that could give me a motivation to do such a thing is a VERY high paycheck, and even then I'll probably still try to write as much as possible down in my favorite college-ruled notebooks.
I've also learned something today:
Writing while watching movies/tv is not very productive, writing-wise. Its just plain distracting, and it throws off your focus and makes it difficult to concentrate on either project, the story or the movie, and you just waste time. Music has a similar affect on me, unless it's wordless background music. If there are words, and I know them, I won't be writing, I'll be singing, and I can't do both.
I'm watching Miyazaki's "Spirited Away" right now and it's SUPAH cute! Love this movie so much.
also, just saw this commercial when I signed on to YouTube to look for the "Spirited Away" commercial. Cute and it gets right down to the point, plus I LOVE FUNIMATION Studios!
That's all, I guess.
Oh! Also, I finished "Clockwork Prince", by Cassandra Clare, and I think it's my favorite. I am in love with Jem. I'm only very scared that he won't get a very happy ending in the last book, "Clockwork Princess," but I hope to God he does -he's my favorite character right now, and I really think that if Tessa could man up and give him a chance, she and Jem could be very happy together.
But anyway, you should read the series. Start with "City of Bones" and go on from there.
It's an AMAZING series.
That's all,
Thanks for reading!
Amy Liz
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