“I don’t know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve.” -Bilbo Baggins
Today, on September 22nd, marks the birthday anniversary of two of the most beloved fictional characters created.
Our dear Bilbo Baggins-
And, of course, Frodo Baggins-
I thank Tolkien for these dearly loved, inspiring heroes, and want to wish them both a very merry (and hobbit-y) birthday!
Happy birthday, Bilbo and Frodo!
I’ve been in a bit of a blogging rut as of late, which is probably evident in the fact that I haven’t posted in a month and a half. I’ve been suffering from blog post block, which is like writer’s block but with blog post ideas. Add that with a touch (okay, okay, a lot) of laziness, and my blog is off to the land of abandonment.
I blame the summer. (Are you saying I should blame my own laziness? Pft. That’s ridiculous.) Upon summer days, comes, what I like to call, the “don’t wanna’s”. I don’t wanna do this. I don’t wanna do that. Yep, lazy summer days are what they are. (There. See? I blamed my own laziness a bit.)
But then something happened.
Just a few days ago, I opened up the front door, expecting a blast of heat and misery, only to find my skin did not melt upon contact of the outside air. “What is this?” I thought. “Could it be…”
Fall!
Just a tiny hint of fall was in the air. The unbearable heat was beginning to leave. Now when I say leave, I mean the temperature went from the high 90s to mid 80s. Yes, that’s a hint of fall for us. But that’s okay. Fall is around the corner and my heat hating soul leaped for joy.
I always get excited and reenergized come fall. The long, summer days are over only to be replaced with crisp air and bustling hours.
Just as my blog has been in a rut, so has my soul. The Lord has been working through some things with me and revived my heart and soul. Add this with a hint of fall, and out comes an invigorated, alive, ready for life and all it brings me. Let me just say, God is good. So, so good.
Beautiful bird image from Little Birdie Blessings. Alterations by me.
So, with my soul restored and the excitement of fall around the corner, I’ve had all sorts of things in mind to do. And that includes…
Blogging! Yay!
Being as how I haven’t blogged in a very long time, I thought I’d throw out a post of all the random things I’ve been doing as of late.
My latest endeavor has been a full-fledged, major cleaning out and cleaning of my room. This has been something I’ve been needing to do for months and thought with the excitement of fall coming, now would be the perfect time.
Three and a half full days I spent cleaning…and cleaning…and cleaning. I’m very much a perfectionist, especially when it comes to cleaning, and it was high time my room got a good cleaning and organizing. So I was very happy to do it.
I just accumulated so much stuff that desperately needed to be rid of.
Sometimes I wonder where all the things I have come from.
It is fun searching through the old treasures though.
These little self-put-together sock dolls used to be very dear friends of mine. The green one on the right, fondly named “Socky”, was my favorite but one very sad day was chewed up by one of the dogs. Poor, poor Socky.
Oh the things one finds while cleaning out…
Mom randomly presented this rubber ducky keychain to me one day, claiming it’d be the perfect keychain for when I get my first car. I approved greatly. Now if only I had a car and car keys for it..
I had a heaping mess of jewelry that had no proper home for years.
That was remedied by recruiting my brother to place a few nails in the wall of my closet--
After a major cleaning out of my closet and drawers and any other random items I found about, I brought out the big guns.
I was determined to be rid of every speck of dust that resided in my room. My mom asked me what I was going to clean, and I told her, “You point at it, I’m cleaning it” aka EVERYTHING.
Boy, did it feel fantastic to get done! What a satisfying feeling! Me and my perfectionist self sure does enjoy clean things.
And, amidst cleaning, I stumbled upon Chris Tomlin’s CD And If Our God Is For Us, something I had no clue I had.
Now, how I had no clue I owned it, is still a mystery to me. Chris Tomlin and Owl City are my two most favorite things to listen to. I’m still baffled by owning this CD and being completely oblivious to the fact. Regardless, the moment I found it, pop it went into my laptop, and pop went my eyes when I listened to it. Chris Tomlin did it again with his brilliant voice and fantastic lyrics. I’ve become obsessed with the song Our God especially on that CD. I don’t even want to think about how many times I’ve listened to it since I found the CD.
Another thing that has coupled with the anticipation of fall is a renewed interest in photography. Having a mother and many friends whose passion is photography, it’s just something I’ve always been surrounded by. I like it a great deal, but I rarely pursue it. Yet, through the years, I occasionally get on these photography kicks for a couple of months, and it has come again. Now, I can’t boast any great skill, but I enjoy doing it nevertheless. I’ve been quite in the shutterbug mood.
Which is a good thing since I want to start blogging regularly. Blogging and photography often go hand-in-hand, yeah?
Others things that often arrive with fall is new seasons of TV shows. I’ve been very much spazzing over the new season of Doctor Who.
Thus far it’s been quite a fantastic one!
Why yes, I am a major Whovian. Have I not mentioned that yet?
Writing is something else I’ve been quite busy with. I just recently finished writing a novel and am now trying to hurriedly finish editing it so I’ll have all of October to start planning for NaNoWriMo. Because, oh yeah, the coming of fall also indicates NaNoWriMo will soon be upon us.
I’m both excited and flailing about in terror over that, but we’ll worry about it when it comes.
Those are a few of the random things going on in this elf’s life. I do very, very much want to become a devoted blogger. A dear internet friend of mine suggested I make a list of blog post ideas, so I think that’s just what I’ll do. I’m determined to fight off this blog post block, even if it means pulling out chainsaws and sledgehammers to do it.
You will not defeat me, writer’s block!
Ahem. So yes. Hopefully there will be more posts to come sooner than a month and a half away.
Happy coming of Fall to you all!
And it’s very bloggy.
I should probably post occasionally.
But my brain refuses to produce even vague ideas for blog posts.
But I do have a blog.
Though it’s very neglected.
Poor Bloggy.
So this is a post for Bloggy.
Hopefully soon I’ll actually post something for real.
If my brain ever cooperates.
I’ll stop making these short, pointless sentences now.
Hey, that last one wasn’t quite as short.
Oh yeah, I’m stopping.
I shall consult my brain to make more interesting, less pointless posts next time.
Promise.
Yes.
Have a great day!
Except it’s actually evening where I am right now.
Hm…
Have a great [place correct time here]!
My little sister’s mind probably looks something like a tornado made of bright rainbows. Her creativity has no bounds. So, often, when I get writer’s block or need ideas or inspiration, I consult Miss Rainbow Mind herself. She’s my own personal idea dispenser.
Thus, when I’ve been having a severe amount of blog post writer’s block but have been desperately wanting to post regularly, who do I go to for ideas?
BATMAN!
Er…no wait, sorry.
My sister, yes.
One day we were sitting in the car and I looked around for the button upon my idea dispenser. I must have pushed the wrong button though, for the ideas that popped out were…different, to say the least. Not exactly topics I would be interested in writing for my blog, but entertaining nonetheless. We sat there for probably 15 minutes laughing hysterically at all the random ideas she kept producing.
So what was suggested that I should blog about from probably the most random person on this earth? Well, let’s see…
-Mailboxes (Er…?)
-Purple Squirrels with polka dots (To which she claims runs her mind.)
-Jerry Maren (Who apparently was a munchkin in the Wizard of Oz. How she knows this? I have no idea. She always has random trivia like this.)
-Robert Clark (Some random guy from a show she likes.)
-The grass and how green it is (and how brown it is.)
-The moon (What would I write about it? It’s round an
-Street signs (Exciting things right there!)
-Bees (They…buzz…?)
-The word “uh” (‘Tis a good word, I have to admit.)
-Ants (I am no scientist, what would I write about them?)
Things like this kept coming and coming. It was very entertaining, but nothing quite hit me as something I would blog about. Although street signs and mailboxes are exciting things, don’t you think?
After a while of this, it hit me. She had provided me with a blog post idea. In a very round about way, but a post nonetheless.
My little sister’s mind is always…interesting. Random. Crazy. Amazing. And as I like to say, all around epic. But mostly just random. *cough, cough* But that’s why we love her!
And who knows, maybe someday I will write about one of those things…
This is Larry--
When I was shopping around the internet for a laptop, I hoped very much that I would get a pretty pink one. But instead I found Larry… Ahem, yes. As I like to say, “At least he’s pretty on the inside.” (Yes, I refer to my laptop as a he, not “it”.) Perhaps the strange lightning bolt looking thing on the front does not flatter him nor me (who is a very pink, flowery, cutesy type of girl), but I still love him. He had all the specs I needed, quite a powerful little thing, and all right in my price range. He has been my faithful laptop for over fives years now. Larry and I have gone through a lot together and I don’t know what I’d do without him.
…Or do I?
This is Larry’s power cord--
Larry’s battery life is nothing to boast about. When fully charged, he’ll usually give me abut 45 minutes to an hour and no more, quite literally. So it’s extremely rare that I even bother to use his battery life. I usually only use Larry at home anyways, so I keep him plugged in at all times.
Thus, as you can imagine, that charger there has gotten in much use.
As a result…
Whoops.
Larry’s poor ol’ power cord had finally had it. It slowly became worn until it tore completely just about a week ago. There was no using it in such a shape. In fact, it began to spark while fiddling with it.
This, of course, was a big no-no--
Because it could result into this--
We certainly don’t want that.
Now the big problem here was that I had no power cord anymore, which meant I could not plug Larry in anymore. And, as mentioned before, Larry has barely a battery life. To put it short, no power cord, no Larry.
For me, no Larry meant the end of all things. It is true I spend way too much time on the computer and rely on Larry heavily.
Not a good thing…
Something I should work on…
But I really, really needed my Larry back!
So off to the internet to find a new power cord it was.
Fortunately, we found one for Larry’s model for quite cheap. I was very happy.
The only problem? No Larry until the power cord actually got here.
So the big question is, what did I do during the terrors of my Larry absence?
Why, abduct my mother’s laptop of course!
Alright, alright, so perhaps she let me use it because she’s wonderful like that.
It wasn’t easy though. Using someone else’s computer is not the same as your own personal one without all your things and settings on it, plus I didn’t like hogging mom’s all the time, but, somehow, I managed to survive.
Then, Monday, June 25th, I got a surprise in the mailbox.
Shiny new power cord!! Much sooner than expected at that.
I finally could plug my dear Larry back in.
Which made for a very happy Lauriloth.
And…
