This is what I do for fun. :)

So random thing about the fourm I am on (www.fairytalenovels.proboards.com)

There are several hundred discussions on there... I mean that seriously. This one topic was named "Knights and Ladies of the Sacra Cor" (if you have ever read Waking Rose by Regina Doman, you know what that means. Or if you are a fluent Latin scholar, you should have a WEE BIT of an idea).

Anyway, Lady Rose (a member of the fourm) made up detailing the discussions that had occured on the one particular thread. This list was made on page 63. It is now 218 pages long. :)

I assure you that after discussions about hair dying, frilly shirts, and cheese (including some wonderful poems on cheese), we got back on topic. In fact, we started a discussion on Catholicism vs. Protestantism, which got so large it got its own new thread. That discussion is wonderful, there are many Catholics and Protestants on the fourm. The discussion is very charitable, theological, and challenging. :) See what I do for fun? hehe

Introdutcions
the traditional roles of men and women
armour/weapons
chivalry/manhood
Sacra Cor guys
curtsies/bows
The Rebelution
Ladies uplifting Knights
prayers/rosary/sacrifice
Modesty
Elvish names
Strider/Faramir
Maidens wielding swords/self defense
Lecturing at Mass (reading the readings)
guns vs. swords
Master Xavier vs Rob in fist fight
Trebuchets
The wisdom of wearing cloaks while sword fighting
modern weapons
Wisdom
Virtue
politics
Women leaders
Homschool/socilazation
What should boys work on?
Dream husbands
Good qualities in a lady
difference between boys and girls
flirting
brothers
getting boys on the forum
Master Xavier's infamous boyfriend suggestion
getting married at a young age
Braveheart/El Cid/Gladiator
Pirates of the Caribbean (Will IS NOT a pirate!)
Orlando Bloom
Misspelling Tolkiens name
Japanese movies
Chivalry in Jane Austen
movies
swearing
cheese
Emma (different movie versions)
The Scarlet Pimpernel
Smeagol impersonations
conspirecy theories (Operation Cupcake!)
Doing Hard Things
acting
"Enchanted"
Sacra Cor Group/our own Mercy Collage
frilly shirts
Paul Xaviers's fiancees/dying his hair
Prince Caspian
taking things lightly or seriously
ILCHC/meetin Regina Doman
Having a fan get together
Accents or non-accents

I am easily entertained

Yes, I am easily entertained. Check out http://googlegooglegooglegoogle.com/
It has four Google browers, each working independantly. Because tabs are so passe.

I spent a full ten minutes opening up up the "four googles" website INSIDE the four googles website.

I got a grand total of about 200 Google browers up-- each one smaller than the other.

The quickest way to do that is to copy www.googlegooglegooglegoogle.com. Then, click the search bar. Press ctrl+v, tab, tab, and enter.

I am far too easily entertained.

Word is Weird

Microsoft Word is weird... Or rather, it's automatic summaries are weird.
I asked it to auto-summarize (under Tools) my entire manuscript so far.
A ten sentence summary yielded:

Edmund. “Claire? “EDMUND! EDMUND! “Claire!” “Claire!” “Edmund? Claire? “CLAIRE!” Claire!

A twenty sentance:

Edmund. Claire ran.
“Claire? “EDMUND! EDMUND! “Claire!” “Claire!” “Edmund? Claire? “Edmund! EDMUND!”
“Edmund! “EDMUND! “CLAIRE!” “Edmund?”
Edmund?
David, Claire.”
Claire stared.
Claire! Claire stared.

Click "read more" to read MORE summaries...

NaNoWriMo Widgets

I'm sure you've noticed my handy little countdown clock (see below) which is so kindly telling me that it has been 5 days, 22 hours, 34 minutes, and 20 seconds since NaNoWriMo began. Since NaNoWriMo is already begun, I am demoting the clock to this post (see below). For some odd reason, I have a little bit of affection for this effortlessly created, fully customizable, internet clock. Therefore I am keeping it (see below) for sentimental reasons. Did I mention that it is below?

I've also got this pretty little badge in the right hand corner of my blog. See it here, too!

 I am now adding this handy dandy little calendar, that lets you my friends feel like a true stalker by letting you see how much I have written on any given day- via my blog! It shows my overall progress, and how far I have gotten. Light green and light red show the days I am slightly ahead/behind of schedule, while bold green and red are reserved for days when I do exceptionally well or monumentally badly.

I feel like sharing these other, smaller widgets... for the fun of it. I love how NaNoWriMo makes all these free widgets, and you feel compelled to use them because they are so handy and/or cool.

This one changes pictures! *giggles* Also, you will hopefully see "WINNER" on it at the end of this month!

And this one is so cute, boring, and miniature that its just to fun to pass up.

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Make your own Countdown Clocks

Ink and Fairydust

I'm pretty sure that I have mentioned that I have written for the Ink and Fairydust, a publication of the FairyTaleNovels Fourm (fans of Regina Doman).
Here is the latest issue! It is very long, but worth reading! I wrote two articles and made one comic for it. I won't tell you what pages they are on- you must find them for yourself! My fourm name is Nenetta. :)
There were some conversion issues, so some words are misspelled (and almost all captial "N"s are invisible. Don't ask me why.)

Rather Annoying

I hate it when books or articles state quite explicitly that they are going to "present the facts" just as they are, without any bias or hysteria, letting you choose your own viewpoint after seeing the hard facts, and then go on to end with a major climax which culminates in the author stating, very decidedly, what his/her opinion is and how anyone who cannot agree with them is obviously an unreasonable, vindictive creature. If your writing is going to be persuasive, please do not market it as an expository one (and particularly not on the front cover).

NaNoWriMo Update

 Well, today is Tuesday, November 3rd. I have been writing furiously for NaNoWriMo these last three days. My total word count so far: 6,036 words! That is ever so slightly more than 2,000 words a day!

The computer is locking up... everything I type takes a good three minutes to appear... I don't have time to deal with this, so I'm not going to write as much in this post as I was going to. Anyway, here is my synopsis:

Nevdroonia
 
While playing pirates in a deserted attic, quirky Claire and shy Edmund stumble upon a mysterious door. On the other side, they find a land ridden with wonder and danger, friendship and enmity... and rumors of the Balmung, an evil sword that gives power to the corrupted ones. Claire and Edmund are unwittingly thrown into the middle of a conspiracy to undermine a witch's power. The conspiracy evolves into a quest to find the legendary Seeing Masks... and the fate of the world could rest in the hands of four young children.

 Please note that this synopsis is liable to change spasmodically as yours truly continues to change her mind. :)

Halloween

This Halloween was rather strange... I didn't trick or treat, and we didn't carve pumpkins. However, I did finish my Elf costume! William, Nicholas, and I all were Lord of the Rings characters!

The pictures were taken on Dad's camera, and they wound up with Grandma (since Dad is staying at Grandma and Papa's house during the week while he's commuting until we move), and she edited them and put them on facebook. Of course, these aren't all the pictures, but let's just call it a teaser, shall we? Someday I would like to do a true photoshoot. :)

Frodo, smoking the Longbottom Leaf of Hobbit fame as he stares, ponderously, into the distance. (Note that the Ring of Power is around his neck!)

< Frodo, in a very epic pose. :)Nicholas wore his Easter outfit from last year (I was the one who pointed out that the vest was quite the Hobbit style!), a cloak made by Mom, and the Ring of Power (from Ben's Lord of the Rings Risk game) around a chain.

Strider, a Ranger from the North

Elendil, king of Gondor and Arnor

Aragorn, son of Arathorn

< Aragorn, prepared to charge into battle. William saved up his money to buy a real (albeit unsharpened) sword- a replica's of Aragorn from when he was still known as the Ranger from the North (in other words, not the sword of Narsil). It is a very nice sword. William wore a "chainmaille" shirt found at Goodwill, a fake leather tunic made by Mom, jeans, Mom's boots, and a homemade cloak. He stole my Evenstar for the costume, and I also made him "The Ring of Barahir" (aka Aragorn's ring).

^The only picture of my cotume you'll get to see for awhile! I made the costume (jewelry included!) entirely by myself. Well, Mom helped me figure out the sewing pattern and she sewed the collar on. But other than that!

Okay, so Ben was just too funny. He sat there with the thing of candy, and would randomly start talking or moving. We got several screams!

Three our four people read the "Mean Ogre" sign. They read it aloud, and as they were finishing, Ben cried indignantly, "I'm not mean!"

The funniest incident was probably with a few teen girls. I didn't get to see this one, but from what he said...

The two girls walked forward and read the signs.

"Should I grab some candy?" (in a tone of surpressed horror)

"I don't know, its probably a person tricking us."

"I dunno, it doesn't look real."

"You get the candy."
"I don't want to."

"Is it real?"

"Let's throw a rock at it and see."

As you can imagine, Ben was rather concerned that they would chuck a rock at his head. Instead, they threw a bag of candy at him and then ran away without getting the bag or the candy from Ben. !!!

Marcus was originally going to be King Theoden (or at least, a king with a sword and all, us Tolkien geeks named him Theoden), but he wouldn't wear the costume. So he was a firefighter instead.

Adelynn was the most darling little pink bunny rabbit EVER!