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At first this was going to be my status message, but what I needed to say called for something bigger: a note here which I'll copy-paste onto my blog as a blog post. I am sick and tired of hearing stories from my sister in which her friends degrade themselves and call themselves "fat" when in fact they're skinnier than my sister (who's a normal weight for her age and height). And just now she

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Originally posted on the 10th of October 2010 (I was too lazy to copy-paste until now) School I knew I was going to be busy this school year, but oddly enough, all I’ve done since going back to school is: go to school do homework eat sleep go to school do homework watch TV a little bit of reading a teeny tiny bit of writing do more homework go to school some more go to ONE party sleep sleep go

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Posted originally on the 2nd of September 2010 (I was too lazy to copy-paste until now) So tomorrow I go back to school, and I’m freaking out. I don’t what class I’m in, who’s in my class and if I’ll know anyone who’s in my class. I haven’t finished the summer reading, or started writing my report on my two-week work experience. I also haven’t reached 55 000 words in “The Way Wars Are Won

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I don't know why but lately, well, look at the word count: 18th    Wednesday    245 19th    Thursday    1426 20th    Friday    277 21st    Saturday    0 22nd    Sunday    15 23rd    Monday    0 24th    Tuesday    0 25th    Wednesday   314 As for editing Kenna's Choice... It started out fairly well, but I haven't made any changes since... Sunday? I'm not actually sure. All I know is I've been

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Flatliners: There are some funny lines of dialogue, one of which is the title of this post, but that's not why I'm in awe of the scriptwriter. The premise of the movie is 5 people who kill each other to find out what's beyond death, then bring each other back. How do you transform THAT into an entire movie? But he managed. For some reason, I can't find anything else to say about this movie. Dr

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The Wolfman 2010: Meh. I started watching it a week or two ago and couldn't get into it. I thought it was because I was tired. Now that I finally finished watching it, I know it wasn't. So why couldn't I get into it? It's not a good movie. The make-up/special effects are really well done, but overall it's nothing special. I don't recommend it. Wrong Turn: I'd already seen it years ago, but I

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*****There WILL be SPOILERS***** (Search "End Spoilers") Inception: Oh. My. God. Wow. I mean not only is the idea of the movie very original, but you also get the sexy Joseph Gordon-Levitt who has grown up a LOT since I last saw him in "10 things I hate about you". Now this annoying kid critic, Jackson, said "Inception" was confusing—yes, it has the potential to be confusing, but I found it easy

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I've blogged about this before, so here's a little reminder so you can understand the rest of this post: In chapter 18, Fabienne, a French vampire, revealed something about herself. Something I didn't plan or know until the moment she revealed it. And then I realized that a few things I'd written earlier in the chapter now made perfect sense. At the time, I had no idea why I wrote those thing,

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Angela is an 18-year-old college freshman who lives in Tokyo, Japan. Other than reading and writing, her hobbies include watching zombie movies, looking up random facts about Regency England, and kickboxing. She is currently working on a historical novel about a young debutante whose London debut goes bad. She also hopes to dabble in other genres such as science fiction and fantasy in the future.

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Buffy Marathon: Oh yeah! My sister and I want to see in how little time we can watch the entire season 7. The only breaks will be: toilet and food. There are 22 episodes and each episode is about 42 minutes: 22*42=924. 924/60=15.4 That's 15.4 hours of Buffy. Broken up by lunch, dinner and toilet breaks, we should be able to finish our marathon Saturday, at 4 a.m. The latest. Wish us luck! "How

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And once again, I'm awake and blogging after 4 in the morning. My excuse? I wrote 846 words but am still 3926 words behind. I think that's reason enough to stay up late. But my main reason for this post is that my time line issues are over! It took me a week, lots of comfort food, music, tables and spreadsheets and multiple windows open side by side, but today I did it. With a bowl of my

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It’s half-past four in the morning and here I am, starting a blog post about the emotions TV shows can make me feel. But I really want to write this post now. See, I’ve been watching TV shows and movies since I was a kid, and it became a ritual to rent a DVD, buy a tub of salted popcorn and a packet of Maltesers and watch that DVD in the “green room” with my sister. The green room was

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The post title is a quote from "My Soul To Save" by Rachel Vincent. I'm back! And I've got lots of things to blog about: movies, books, writing, spending 6+ hours in a car stuck between my siblings. First, though, an explanation for the lack of blogging and tweeting: internet stopped working on my laptop. My dad and I fiddled with the settings to fix one problem and ended up causing another

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Note: This was supposed to be posted Friday the 6th of August, and it wasn't because the damn internet stopped working on my laptop. Sorry for the delay. I hope you enjoy reading Ashley's guest post. -Kayleigh How do I write? When Kayleigh first asked me to do a guest post on this topic, my initial instinct was “Yes! Of course! How awesome, what a great idea!” Now that I sit here figuring out to

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Megan is a 19-year-old writer who posts her stories and poems on fiction press. You can find them here: http://www.fictionpress.com/u/526555/VELVETxKISSES When I start a novel or short story, I’m not usually around a computer. So I start writing out the scene on paper, but as soon as I can, I type it up in a Word Document for several reasons: One, if I just keep the paper copy, I will lose it.

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On Wednesday, I got a haircut (hadn't gotten one in 8 months--maybe more) and at 7.30 PM, I saw "Priscilla, Queen of the Desert: The Musical." Having seen the movie 3 times, I was worried I wouldn't enjoy it as much. BUT the actors and actresses were so full of energy and so fantastic that I now love it even more. One thing you have to know to understand my favorite line is that Bernadette and

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I’m an 18 year old who goes by the name ‘Jessica’ in real life, but by the pen name Nikki-Lee Mars (mainly because people I known in real life aren’t supportive of my writing) on the internet. I’m in my first year of uni, studying Psychology. Sure, I love picking at people’s brains, but what I love most is reading and writing. I recently finished my first novel, Ruby Red, and am in the midst of

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a.k.a HELL!Well, okay, London itself isn't really hell, it's more the fact that I spent about 7 hours there with my family.We took the train at twenty to two in the afternoon and the first shop we went into was a South African one. We bought biltong there. Delicious, wonderful biltong. Last time we had any was in The Netherlands, 3 years ago!Our first official stop was at the Natural History

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Day 7: Friday: I think we stayed in. I wrote 413 words.Day 8: Saturday: I wrote 0 words. :( And we stayed in. Again. I don't mind, and it's actually partially my fault (I go to bed too late), but my mom's getting annoyed. Why? Because...Day 9: Sunday: Today we were supposed to go out. I don't think that's gonna happen any more. It's 1pm.Movies Harriet the Spy: Blogs Wars: Meh.I rewatched The

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Movies (SPOILERS) Panic Room: Good. Although they were some moments when the mother and her daughter were SO stupid, but it's to be expected in thrillers, I suppose. Valentine's Day: Good. Better than I expected. Did NOT expect Julia Roberts to be the little boy's mother. I admit it: I teared up. And a lot of people are saying Taylor Swift's acting was horrible, but I honestly thought it was

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Movies Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief: Eh. It was okay.Friday the 13th, Part 5: A New Beginning: Same.Another Cinderella Story: Meh. I REALLY liked the dancing scene with the mirror, but so many parts irritated me.Bring It On: Fight to the Finish: Ugh. When are they gonna stop making these movies? I loved the first one, but now I watch them to make fun of the dialogue and characters.Toy

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Hello! My name is Courtney. I'm a 24 year old student/teacher/blogger/daughter/sister/fiancée. I'm also an aspiring author of several genres of fiction. I write Paranormal Romance and Contemporary Romance, as well as Romantic Suspense, Urban Fantasy, and Young Adult novels. Writing is my passion; research is my hobby. There’s nothing else I’d rather do than sit down and create stories.You can

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Wake up at 8, go to ferry, breakfast, get on ferry, two hours to cross the Channel, lunch, and finally, at 5 pm, THE PENTHOUSE.It is awesome. Lounge, two bedrooms, two bathrooms, kitchen, dining room and access to the roof as well as the garden (where there's a ping pong table and a trampoline and a swing set thing and mokey bars). Also: my siblings and I got the big bedroom with the carpet. (Our

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This morning, I got to wake up at 8! And then we only had 3 and a half hours in the car! *sigh* I also read more of "A Clockwork Orange" and wrote 700 words. And it's only 5 pm.One thing we've noticed about the houses here, and everything else really, is it all looks so much like The Netherlands. Which makes us miss The Netherlands even more.Most people might think all of France is more or less

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You can just guess how much fun that was. 6.30 am: Wake up9 am something: Leave. Finally. Mom had planned to leave at 6.30. Ha!12 ish: Lunch. Waiters ignore us most of the time. I have pizza and didn't realize until much later that what I thought was tomatoes, which I don't like, was actually the chorizo, which I do like. Result: I appear stupid to my siblings. They take advantage and mock me.

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This will be short and to the point because I need to get some sleep. We're leaving early tomorrow for England, where I shall buy all the books I want. *sigh* Giant bookshop=my personal heaven. Movies I've seen recently: Pandorum: Fairly good.The Wicker Man--original: Good, strange, sad ending...The Wicker Man--remake: Shit. Absolute shit.Minority Report: Very good. Loved it.1408: Freaked the

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Maria, known as MariaSweet on Twitter, is 22 and will graduate with honours in International Journalism the 16th of July this year. She is addicted to reading, dancing (in the sense that she's had numerous classes, including ballet, since she was a kid) and she loves to write. She hopes to one day be a published writer. She takes an active interest in the publishing industry and is looking for an

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So. I saw Eclipse on Wednesday. Better than the 1st and 2nd, but I still hate the whole series. Bella and Edward were as annoying as ever with their dialogue. I truly realized how annoying Edward is when he wasn't present during most of New Moon. Absence can not only make the heart grow fonder, it can make you realize how annoying a person is. I appreciated the hot werewolves and--finally--the

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So. It turns out that all this time when I've been blaming the hot weather for my lack of writing, I was wrong. Partially. Yes, the hot weather makes it more difficult to write. I mean for one thing you're sweating. You feel more tired. The only thing going through your mind is "Kill me" or "I'm melting" or "I'll do anything for it to be 28 degrees (Celsius)" and you can't write in those

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Movies I've seen in the past few days: Banlieue 13: Loved it. Banlieue 13: Ultimatum: Loved it. Rain Man: Loved it. The X Files: Meh. Had never seen an episode, didn't know what to expect. Mercury Rising: Okay. I'd expand and say what I think, but I am FINALLY getting some writing done.

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So here's the book trailer for it: And a summary: Scarlett March lives to hunt the Fenris-- the werewolves that took her eye when she was defending her sister Rosie from a brutal attack. Armed with a razor-sharp hatchet and blood-red cloak, Scarlett is an expert at luring and slaying the wolves. She's determined to protect other young girls from a grisly death, and her raging heart will not

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Spirit Bound by Richelle Mead: Started the 22nd of June, finished the next day at 3 am. (Which is really the 24th of June, but to me a day is over when I go to bed, so let's say it was the 23rd when I finished it.) When do I start? I guess with the thing that really stuck out for me. (Search for the words "END SPOILER" to read the rest of the post.) ***** ** SPOILER ** ***** When Richelle Mead

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Hannah Moskowitz does fast-drafting. This means she writes her novels in 5 to 8 days, most of the time. (More about that on her blog: http://hannahmosk.blogspot.com/ which you HAVE to read. I mean she's 19, she loves Fight Club and Rent and her novel BREAK, about a 17-year-old determined to break every bone in his body, came out last year. And did I mention she's awesome?) How I write Now I've

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How on earth did I forget to mention that I saw Cruel Intentions for the first time in my life on Sunday?Maybe it's because I'm frustrated with the fight scene I'm trying to write. Maybe it's because I haven't left the house since last Thursday. (Although that's nothing for me. I once spent 3 weeks locked up inside. Yup. 21 days. BUT it was a holiday house, with a pool.) Maybe it's because I

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Now remember, my goal is to write 250 words every single day. Minimum.Sunday I wrote 102 words.Monday I wrote 16 words.So far today I've written 16 words. (But it's only twenty to 4 in the afternoon.)My goal for today is to write 632 words. *dreams of writing 1k a day* That'd be heaven...Total for the moment: 31 345/75 000I have weird dreamsSeriously. I don't even know where to begin. Okay,

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WARNING: This is just me thinking how the hell I'm going to achieve all my goals by the end of 2010.If I want draft #1 to be complete by the 4th of September, I need to write 500 words minimum everyday. But it'd be better if I wrote 600 everyday. (600 words everyday day for 88 days=52 800 words; that plus what I already have equals 83 670 words, which equals, hopefully, a complete novel.)Can I do

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From "Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewildered" [2.16] Angelus: Dear Buffy. I'm still trying to decide the best way to send my regards.Spike: Why don't you rip her lungs out? It might make an impression.Angelus: Lacks... poetry. Spike: It doesn't have to. What rhymes with lungs?Drusilla: Don't worry, Spike. Angel always knows...what speaks to a girl's heart. [source= http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/

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So my laziness wasn't enough to prevent me from making a blog on this site. I already have a blog on Wordpress and before that I blogged on Livejournal.My decision for finally creating a Blogger blog is to reach more people. (10 minutes ago I read that more people use Blogger and now I have a blog here.)I'm trying to import my blog posts from Wordpress, but it isn't working...Right, who am I?My

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