Thursday, March 22, 2012

School Blogging!

Today in theatre we got a "free day" because a whole bunch of people were missing from class, so I asked and was allowed to get onto my fantabulous blog! YAY! So here are some quick updates:

Well, I'm seeing The Hunger Games at midnight tonight with my supercallll bucket buddy Kennedy Reeves!!! I am so excited, and I think I've told all of my teachers at least four or five times. The reviews from London say the movie is absolutely incredible, so I don't think I'll be very disappointed! We made shirts and I am going to post pictures of them later in the week, as well as amazing Sephora nail polish and epic gold eye shadow. Our eyes will be "Catching Fire", oooh we are so punny!

Having just auditioned once more for Lubbock Moonlight Musicals, I am waiting on pins and needles for the cast list to be sent out via e-mail. My life will come to a screeching halt until it arrives, and I am sort of freaking out MAJORLY on the inside. I cannot wait for the summer. Seriously.

Also, writing is still very much on my mind so here is a poem Iwrote:

My Dove

Gnawing into my deepest fear.
Letting go, knowing what lies near.
Living to the fullest with my love,
or watching her fly away like a dove.


Glowing skin with eyes that shimmer.
Her face painted in my mind that glimmers.
Should I let her fly to the above,
or waste my tender heart on a dove?
I love that one :)

New York City pictures are very soon to come!!!

Sunday, February 26, 2012

These are a Few of my Favorite Things!

Well, I have recently been obsessed with quite a few things, from Smashbook's to The Hunger Games. It's a wide variety and I decided I would list them out and tell you what they are! Here are a few of my favorite things, number one being the best in the world!

1. Neal Shusterman-
So this guy is the most amazing author in the world, atleast through my eyes. I read any of his books I can get my hands on, and he is the greatest. I have raved about his books (The Skinjacker Trilogy, Bruiser, The Schwa Was Here etc.) and I am so excited for Challenger Deep to come out! Also, Unwind (One of his best) is being made into a movie, which I will see with some of my friends when it comes out! I love him SO much, and he is my favorite thing ever.

2. The Hunger Games-

I am obsessed with The Hunger Games trilogy! I love love love the characters (especially Peeta Mellark) and how Katniss fights for what she believes in! (Unlike that annoying Bella character from Twilight, a series I despise.) I am seeing the movie (25 days!) at midnight with my BBF Kennedy Reeves, and apparently they are handing out pins? I dunno, but I really hope they do >:)


3. Smashbook's-

This is me and my Smashbook I got on Saturday! It's the "Simple Style" and it's really cool. They are kinda like scrapbooks, but simpler. You can put anything you want in there! It comes with accesories and things you can buy to make it all fancy! Made by k&company, they are really great for just about anyone.

4. The Civil Wars-

This is a band of two people (John-Paul White and Joy Williams), a piano, and a guitar. I love their music, especially these songs: Poison & Wine, Barton Hollow, and C'est la Mort. They won two Grammy's and were the opening act for Taylor Swift when she preformed there. They also were featured in Safe & Sound from the Hunger Games soundtrack, that's where I first heard about them. Their music is kind of folk/country, but it doesn't sound like regular country songs. It's somewhat confusing, but I love them a lot ;)

5. Adele-


I really don't care what anyone else says about Adele, she is marvelous. She knows exactly who she is and has a ton of talent. She also isn't afraid to show what she's thinking at all, and she is also just downright beautiful. Her music is amazing, and I think she is one of the best singers out there! -give me a fangirl moment- I love you Adele!! -done- ;)

So yes, these are a few of my favorite things! (Notice The Sound of Music reference there?) Well, there you have it!

Thanks for reading,
Livi <3



Marlowe!!

My BFFUTEOT told me to make a post about her, so here it is!!


Post about Marlowe Toney.

Sunday, February 12, 2012

Snow!

Today, we had something we rarely get here in Lubbock Texas. . . SNOW! It began falling on my side of town at about eight a.m. and I went outside and took pictures in it, very happily. I am desperetaly hoping to have a snow day tomorrow, or atleast a delay so I can not have to be dragged out of bed by my mother. It's 2:51 right now, and the snow is still thundering down. My family and I went out to get some last minute gifts for my boyfriend Chris, (But I'm not gonna say what they are just in case he's reading this(;) and we nearly drove into a ditch. Yep, the entire time my mother was going: "Oh, Jesus! Oh, Jesus!" and I found it hysterical. We have a blue table on our porch that has survived through a ten day ice-storm in Kentucky, but right now it looks like this:

I honestly cannot believe it hasn't collapsed. Oh, and the lights behind it are still shining. I guess the St. Peter's get pretty good quality items. I also would like to say I got a book called Clockwork Angel , the prequel to the Infernal Devices series. My good friend from Kentucky, John Burke, said it was phenomonal. (I believe that's how you spell it, but I could be seriously incorrect)

Oh, and also I just realized HOT TOPIC IS SELLING HUNGER GAMES SHIRTS!!!! I get a mini heart-attack everytime I say that. Sorry, it just kinda popped into my head, so I decided to share ;)






Here are the pictures I took that I was talking to you about in my first paragraph. The sky is totally grey and it makes it hard to look at the ground, because your eyes start to hurt because the snow is so white.                                                                  


 This is my new profile picture on Facebook, just sayin'.
This is something I drew in the snow for Chris!! The wierd little plus sign looking thing by my name is an and sign btw, it looks all awkward and deformed so i decided to share that. Chris has been feeling "under the weather" the past few days, so I decided to post this on Facebook to let him know I miss him!! :D

Well, that's about it for this week, I hope everyone has a lovely Valentine's Day and let's pray for a snow day!! (No rhyme intended)

Sunday, February 5, 2012

Superbowl and New Hair!!

Hey! It's me and for once my post isn't gonna be about writing! I'm gonna be short and sweet today, because I don't have all that much to talk about except:

My new hair!!! It's blackish, you can still see some of the blonde but once I wash it a few times I'm sure it'll be gone. I guess I was kinda tired of being blonde, but I am gonna miss being one of two seventh grade blonde girls at my school. Me and my BFF Rachel. She's beast. Nuff said ;) The first thing I ever said to her was:

"Excuse me could you please get your bag off my foot?" Haha, thats how I became peanut butter. THE END. hehe, nice story huh? We are both somewhat insane, we went to a halloween lock in as Bacon and Eggs. I was the egg. She was the bacon. Christian was THE KNIGHT. XD Haha, that night was beast. . . Especially considering almost all of us had all region the night after it and we kinda blew out our voices XD.... Ohhh choir. I <3 y'all. Here's a pic of me and rachel. It was hat day, but I decided to dress up like a pig (hence the pink long shirt). She wore a barret and I called her Raquel the rest of the day:


Sooo, the Superbowl is on tonight at 5:30! My family is for the Patriots because my mom thinks their players are cuter than the ones on the Giants. We don't really like either teams, but oh well XD So what team are you on?


Also, last week I told you I would show you a picture of the piece of paper with all of my editing stuff on it after I had made my short story excerpt thingy. Well here it is:

Haha, I am OCD all the way when it comes to my writing. I could hardly even read it when I was trying to type it on here XD So there you have it, me and my obsessiveness. Stay great and root for the Patriots!

Tuesday, January 31, 2012

To Whom it May Concern and Other Junk

Soooooooo the other day I went to rehearsal with my dad and (no offense) but I didn't really have much to do. . . So I ripped a piece of notebook paper away from my binder and just kinda began writing. Afterwards, I became my same ole' OCD self and went through and edited it like crazy. . . O.O' I'm gonna post a picture, when I become all energetic and want to do something like that. So edited and all that jazz, here is kind of a weird little excerpt from the story To Whom it May Concern ;D




As we arrived in the hospital I felt ready to hit something. It didn't seem fair Char and I walked away with only sprains and bruises while Maddox was almost turned inside out. The doctors had rushed my little sister back to an operating room and dumped Char and me into one of those small rooms that has the annoying curtain. You know, the ones with those cheerful little ducky and kitten prints, trying to make you perky but nothing about an E.R. was never perky. Though, our curtain was slightly ajar, and I could peer from the bed and watch the nurses that rushed past. It slightly offended me, for they acted like we weren't even there! The two teenage girls who had just escaped death.

Char's voice jarred me from my thoughts. She had walked into the room, and I was somewhat guilty for not even realizing she had left.  "Mom and Dad are on their way."

That certainly grabbed my attention, "Are they close? Do they know about Maddox? Are they mad?" Sighing, Char slumped down in the lumpy bed next to mine and rubbed a bandage that had been wrapped around her hand to stop it from bleeding anymore.

"Yes, no, and furious."

That was the moment I began to sob. It wasn't because I feared my parents, but it seemed to be the only time I was allowed to cry. I had been trying to be strong through it all, and show my sister I was mature enough to handle the whole ordeal. Flinging myself into Charrollette's arms, I cried and wailed until. . . well, I can't really remember.

It took around nine minutes for our parents to get there. I had to tell my Mother what had happened to us because Char and Dad had gone to see how Maddox was fairing. Mom dumped her heavy purse onto a tiny nightstand table and dumped herself into a chair. I don't think she could even glance at me until I was done, because I had blood matted in my hair, my wrist was sprained and I had bruises covering my entire body.

I must admit, I watered down the accident a little. I didn't tell her about when we flew, head on, into the stop sign the blue Kia had refused to stop at.  Her mouth widened with every word that slipped from my mouth, and once I had finished, it was as large as the Grand Canyon.

"Oh, Thalie. . . ." She continued to mumble throughout my tellings. Once I was done, her green eyes collided with my blue ones, sorrow and sadness dancing through her pupils. Though, it was suddenly replace with something I had never seen from her in my entire life. Fire.

It was frightening, and I was so thankful when my father and sister walked in. I wouldn't be for long.

His eyes were red. Her eyes were puffy. No.

The doctor fumbled in. My father collapsed into a chair and broke down in tears. No!

The doctor mumbled words my ears refused to listen to, but there were three that assaulted them anyway.

"Maddox is dead."

Spinning. Crumbling. Falling. Sobbing. Weeping. Screaming. Punching. Begging. Pleading. Pacing. Kicking. Holding. Praying. Blackness.






Okay, so I know the very last part doesn't make much sense with the whole -ing words and then the random: Blackness. It's because Thalie blacks out after doing all those things. I plan on changing the words so there are three for each stage of grief. It's kinda confusing, but insted of going on to the last stage, accepting, Thalie's mother stops at anger. Thats what causes them to move and so on and so forth ;)


There you have it, some of my latest writings and other things that I am to tired to go into further detail with.


LIVI WAS HERE




Saturday, January 28, 2012

Books, Coffee, and Neal Shusterman

I decided to share with you all an amazing bookstore/coffeeshop thingy today me and my dad found called Hardback Cafe. It is my new alltime favorite bookstore because they had ANTSY DOES TIME written by the AMAZING Neal Shusterman. Now I have read:

  • Everlost
  • Everwild
  • Everfound
  • Bruiser
  • Unwind
  • Downsiders
  • The Eyes of Kid Midas
  • (Halfway through) Full Tilt
  • (Got this one along with Antsy) Speeding Bullet
  • The Schwa Was Here
I HIGHLY suggest checking out his books, any of them are amazing. The reason he is my favorite author is because any one of his books I pick up, I am instantly hooked. Susan Collins didn't do that for me when I read The Hunger Games, then tried to read Gregor the Overlander. Erin Hunter (Vicky Holmes, Kate Cary, Cherith Baldry, and Tui Sutherland) didn't do that for me when I read Warriors, then tried to read Seekers. I first read The Skinjacker Trilogy by Neal Shusterman because chapter two (When Leif is parading through his forest from tree to tree) was on our first six weeks reading test, and once I read the entire series, I was itching to read more. After the trilogy I read Downsiders, which was marvolously crafted. Seriously, who thinks of setting up a city underneath the "topside" made of subway tunnels?! AMAZING. Then I read Unwind, and that book made me want to be an author.

It was fantabulous as my BBF would put it, with the three main characters running for their lives trying to stay alive. No. Not alive. In their own state of mind. They are running from being "unwound", where parents can have their unwanted teenagers be taken apart peice by peice and donated to sick patients. Oh my goodness that book was amazing. I'm gonna stop now because I will probably tell the entire book chapter by chapter if I continue. . .

Afterwards, I read Bruiser. That honestly might be my favorite Neal Shusterman book because of the poetry. Brewster seems like the horrid person through Tennyson's POV, but once it changes to Brewster's, you will sob loudly into your pillow. I love the way he describes the cafeteria as high schoolers practicing the art of preening and grooming one another. When his uncle hits Cody, but the pain goes to the Bruiser I was so prepared to leap into the story and drag those poor people out! Anyway, if you could only read one book in your entire life, this one better be it.

Now I am being thrashed about through Full Tilt, an incredible novel by the amazing Neal Shusterman, about a boy named Blake who's soul was thrust into- well. You'll have to read it first.