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Webcomics And Podcasts

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I thought I’d do something other than a book review today, so I’ll be talking about webcomics. 

I don’t know why it took so long for me to start reading them.  I’m reading Ask Dr. Eldritch right now, which is really amusing. 

 I don’t think it’ll take me too long to catch up, since reading them goes pretty fast.  But there are close to 700, so who knows how long it’ll actually take?

I heard about it when I was listening to Greetings From Nowhere, and there are some links to some other webcomics on their website, so I’ll have to check those out too. 

Speaking of podcasts, just when I started to get caught up on everything, I found some new podcasts to listen to.  I’ve been going back and forth between This American Girl’s Ride, Cocktails and Creampuffs and the Satyrsphere.  I tried listening to Big Fatty Online, but I couldn’t get into it. 

I still need to get through Hello Nessa, and I need to listen to Flat 29’s Big Book of Everything, Pink Wheelnuts, Q’s House, Vera Speaks, Flat Twenty-Rhymes: Just The Songs to see if I’m interested enough to go back and listen to all of the episodes.  I’m still trying to decide if I like Hardcore History, so for now, I won’t delete it. 

I’ve found that I’m not listening to as much music as a result of listening to all the podcasts, but they’re free, and right now, free is about all I can manage.  Most of them are personal journal podcasts, and it’s fascinating listening to people talk about what’s going on in their lives.  Sometimes, I really do find myself start talking along and jumping into the conversation…only to realize that it’s a podcast.  It’s probably good that I don’t have too much room on my iPod because then I might look a little strange when I’m listening to them out in public.

I think that’s enough of what I’ve been listening to and some of the non-book stuff I’ve been reading.  Have a great day!

Must. Not. Laugh.

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Sometimes, when I’m writing, I glance at the last few paragraphs, and wonder what on earth were my fingers thinking.  Because what comes out is always funny.  Today I thought I’d share some more bizarre writing, this time from Harry Potter and The Giant Prehistoric Chicken.

  • “So be patient, is what he’s trying to saym,” tinks said.  (Who’s Tinks?  Is she related to Tonks at all?)
  • “Kepp this up mrs weasleyt, and you’ll find yourself in detention.  (When did Mrs. Weasley show up?  And what is kepp?)
  • “Yes professor,” ginny frinned.  (Maybe Ginny should try grinning instead of frinning.)
  • “We like encoruage trouble hermione,” geokrge said.  “I have a feelinh this potion is imporant.” (How many words can I misspell in one sentence?)
  • It was the best polalce to hide in the libraruy as she could actually be in the library without anyone finding her.  (*headdesk*)
  • “this isn’t air.” (*headdesk*)

It really is interesting (and funny) what I end up writing sometimes.  Other times I want to bang my head against a wall or find a cliff or something, but it’s really entertaining.  And whenever I need a good laugh, I know I can always go to previous NaNo’s.

No Shortage Of Bizarre Writing

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I thought I’d share some of my more recent nano-isms.  Apparently, I’m still in “just write, and edit later” mode, which is fine, and works rather well for me.  Today’s nano-isms are from my fred and hermione fanfic.

  • “It’s time for dinnger,” sje said.  “Come on, you need to help.”  (Dinnger?  Sadly, it goes downhill from here)
  • “ron, shurt up,” ginny said.  (I had to giggle at this.  I have this image of Ron doing something funny with his shirt)
  • “Because she also doesn’tr trsut thw with harry or Hermione,” ginny said.  “She thinks you lot will good off.  But I’m much more likely to kill you so it isn’t that great of an aidea.”  (I don’t even know where to start with this.  Perhaps I need to go find that cliff I’ve mentioned a few times)
  • “You and fred and trwins, so if he can, it sohuldn’t be problem, George” mrs Wesle said.  (Where is that cliff?  Seriously, I need to go find it)
  • “Did you have a nice time exploring the area?” mrs. Weasley asked.  “I’m sorry, I forgot you were hgere draco.”  (I totally forgot about draco, and remembered he was there when he randomly appeared in the paragraph before this)
  • “Right, because there are so many pensieces laying around,” Hermione said. (Pensieces?  Are you kidding me?)

I remember when I would painstakingly edit everything I wrote.  Editing has so gone out the window at this point, and you can tell the difference in writing.  Most of it’s very nice- no typos or weird grammar, and then out of nowhere, there are red and green squiggly lines everywhere! 

I hope you enjoyed the randomness that is called my writing!  I’m sure there will be more to come.

More Thoughts On The Royal Wedding

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Now that I’m much more awake, I thought I’d talk more about the royal wedding.  I wasn’t all that into it, mostly because the amount of coverage going to it was insane, and I was really sick of it.  I did watch it, pretty much because I couldn’t sleep, and it was a nice distraction from everything going on in the world.  I was completely exhausted by the time I went to bed yesterday morning, because I had been up for nearly a day at that point.  At least I slept well.

Anyway, I loved Katherine’s dress- for the most part anyway.  I didn’t care for the lace. but overall it was a really pretty dress.  I didn’t care for the coverage before the wedding, so I attempted to sleep but I couldn’t, so I figured I might as well stay up.

Is it weird that I was bored?  I know people were all excited about it, but it’s a wedding.  Of a prince (with a bunch of other titles) to his college sweetheart who’s now a duchess of…somewhere.  I can’t keep track of all this duke and duchess and viscount and earl stuff, which means that I am going to have major issues when I get around to writing that historical fiction I’ve been researching.  Anyway, it was just a wedding of two people who just happen to be well-known.  Yes, it was nice to see, and yes, it was a nice distraction from everything else going on, but at the same time, why on earth are people so excited about it?  I.  JUST.  DON’T.  UNDERSTAND.

If only we had a DVR at my house.  Then I could have recorded it and watched it at a more reasonable hour.  But alas, I found myself awake for nearly 24 hours to watch a wedding.  My grandma was sad she missed it, but she ended up finding a replay of the wedding on some random station…and the commentators were translating everything into spanish, so she didn’t know what they were saying.  I guess she thought all the coverage started at 4 am, but didn’t get the whole 4 am on the east coast thing, so she ended up missing the entire wedding by a few minutes.

I have another funny story too!  My mom comes out into the family room wondering why me and my grandma are up so early, so I tell her we’re watching the wedding stuff.  My mom then asks me what channel it was on.

My response?

Pick one channel, any dang channel, and they’re probably showing the freakin’ wedding.  My mom’s like, okay, cool, and she wanders off.

Like, really?  It’s one of the biggest things to happen, ever, so like…hello.  Everyone’s going to be showing it.  Then again it was early, so she might not have been completely awake.

Have a great day everyone!

Movies And A Wedding

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Yesterday, I saw Water For Elephants, and I liked it!  I wasn’t sure what to expect, but it was really good.  It’s been a while since I’ve read the book, but it stuck fairly closely to the book, from what I remember.  There were a couple parts that were hard to watch, and I ended up not looking, but I got through it.  They left out a good chunk of the book, but despite that, it was a really good adaptation.  At some point I’ll probably give Water For Elephants another read, when I don’t have so many books checked out from the library.

One idea that has popped into my head is the idea of going to culinary school and become a pastry chef.  I have no idea where it’ll go, but I’ve discovered a love of baking over the last 7 months, and it seems interesting enough.

I stayed up to watch the royal wedding, and I will say that the hats brought up a couple questions.

One: How on earth did some of the hats not fall off?  They were at such odd angles for a hat, and yet were firmly on the heads of the guests.  I’m guessing they used bobby pins, or fastened the hats in some way, but still.

Two: How could some of the women see where they were going?  There were several very large hats, and from the camera angle, it honestly looked like they couldn’t see where they were going!  Furthermore, how did the people sitting around them manage to get a good look at the ceremony?

Maybe the weird hat angles were so people could see…like a response to the overly large hats.  I would like to say that I thought most of the outfits were ugly.  Not that ABC really showed anything.  Maybe I should’ve watched it on a different channel- actually there were some technical difficulties with ABC, so I switched to CBS, and the CBS guys weren’t nearly as annoying as the ABC people. 

Have a great day, and a great weekend everyone!

I Hate Lemon Meringue Pie

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It’s evil.  Very, very evil.  At least I tried making it, but sadly I failed.  The lemon wasn’t lemon-y enough because I forgot to add lemon juice.  And the meringue was not cooperating either, because it was not doing what it was supposed to.

So I gave up. 

That’s right, I gave up.  And I was so frustrated that I almost started crying.

And then I was like, why am I crying over a FREAKING PIE?  I mean, it’s a pie.  I’ve never made pie from scratch before, so of course there’s a chance it’s not going to turn out right the first time I make it. 

I think the whole crying thing is probably because I’ve had a weird week, and a pie not coming out right was the final straw in a way.  But I will try lemon meringue pie again one day, and I’ll get better at it eventually. 

I ended up buying a lemon meringue pie, because there was no way I was going to feed the pie I made to people. 

At least the cupcakes turned out okay.

Have a great day everyone!

What Do I Write About?

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I’m not really sure what to talk about for today’s post- absolutely no clue whatsoever.  I was hoping to have a book review done, but unfortunately, the book I was going to review is taking a little longer than I expected. 

I’ve been cooking and baking- I’m making dessert for Easter, which is scaring me a little.  I’m doing cupcakes (which isn’t scary, since I’ve made them before) but I’m also making lemon meringue, which is scary.  It doesn’t look hard, but since I’ve never made pie from scratch, I’m a little scared.  Well, it’ll be partly from scratch because I’m using a pre-made crust, and the rest will be from scratch.

Speaking of cooking, when I was returning a couple books to the library, I decided to go into the bookstore adjoining the library, and found a copy of Mastering The Art Of French Cooking by Julia Child!  I’ve been curious about Julia Child for a while, and so when I saw it, I got really excited. 

I haven’t been listening to a lot of music, mostly because I’ve been listening to a lot of podcasts.  I may do a music post one of these days.  I’ve actually been looking at a lot of “spa music.”  I’ve never been to a spa, but I imagine a lot of it would be played at a spa.  I’m still trying to find something I like, but previews only go so far.  Plus, a lot of it sounds very similar (if not exactly the same), so I can only preview stuff for so long.  I have to say that it seems relaxing enough, and honestly, if there’s anything I need to do, it’s relax. 

I’ve been doing a lot of reading this week, and with the small stack of library books on the floor, I’ll be doing a lot of reading over the next couple weeks.  And there’s a few books I requested that are on the way, so I have plenty of books to read. 

I think that’s it for today, because I think I’ve rambled on enough.