30 Day Photo Challenge

Most of you have probably heard about the 30 day photography challenge from Phoebe's blog, and I decided to start doing it myself! ^-^ One of my only doubts that I have for the challenge is that I'm not really allowed to have a picture of my face on the internet, so day one is going to be... interesting... But, I figured that I'll just kind of "cheat" and use a self portrait I drew a couple weeks ago! :D That way I can incorporate my art into it which is something I really enjoy doing... ;)

In case you weren't already familiar with what you have to do, here's the list for every day; just to give you an idea:

1. A photo of yourself
2. A photo of what you wore today
3. A photo of your favorite place to be
4. A photo from a high angle
5. A photo of whatever you please
6. A photo from a low angle
7. A silhouette photo
8. A photo of something close up
9. A photo of something from a distance
10. A photo of whatever you please
11. A black and white photo
12. A photo experimenting with bokeh
13. A photo edit that you like
14. A photo focusing on eyes
15. A photo of whatever you please
16. A photo experimenting with light trails
17. A photo with street lights
18. A photo depicting an emotion
19. A photo that involves landscape
20. A photo of whatever you please
21. A photo of the sunset
22. A photo of the person you love
23. A photo that makes you think of childhood
24. A photo that has a color scheme
25. A photo of whatever you please
26. A photo playing with shadows
27. A photo using the sun as your lighting
28. A photo that incorporates motion
29. A photo with clouds
30. A photo of whatever you please

Well, that's it! That's all I have to do for thirty days! Since I probably won't post EVERY day, because I'm SOOOO focused when It comes to posting on a regular basis, I'll probably just post every few days with like, three or four photos instead of every day. (^_^;)"

Oh, and there was a problem for with Blogger so my poll wouldn't come up, but now it's there, so please be sure to vote on it! :D

~Miranda

Can you believe me I am, Still Alive!

... Much to your dismay. XD But really, the title is part of the lyrics to a song from a game called Portal. (Yes, I'm THAT big of a geek. XP)

But, anyway, the reason why I'm posting today is... well... I'm not sure. But, I guess I could/am going to tell you about the one thing I have planned for my dolls next! :D

BUT FIRST!!! I have a question. Would you like me to post some of the drawings I have done so far on my blog? If you want to answer, check my poll with your answer RIGHT NOW. (I'd prefer if you went back and read the rest of this post afterwards! XD)

So, my mom is starting to sort of buy a new sewing machine since our "good one" like, imploded(lol not really) so it doesn't work anymore. But, aside from this "minor setback" that keeps the two of us from quilting, we still have a really crappy sewing machine from the 1980's. :(

Why am I telling you this? Well, my point is that I plan on sewing special outfits for my dolls. Yes, special outfits.

If you remember on my doll's blog, Gwen mentioned that everyone portrays a country? Well, since I'm that big of a geek(with the emphasis on THAT) I'm going to be sewing little cosplays for them! :D I figured out how to draft my own patterns for them, and since I REALLY do like sewing, I figured, "Why not?" and I'm probably going to start it really soon. :3

On a similar note, I already explained to my mom that I'm going to be starting to make a Fem! Canada cosplay. So, since I can't knit to save my life, she's going to be knitting a hooded red cardigan with a white band across the bottom with red maple leaves inside the band (yeah, I felt really bad about asking for something ya know, THAT precise/intricate, but the event is like, in January, so I'm giving her lots of time to make it... ) (._. ) And I'm going to be drafting the patterns for the "suit" and sewing it myself, so THAT will certainly be interesting! (^_^;)"

Haha, what I do in my free time. Or, at least, plan on doing! XD

So, to sum things up, I'm going to be sewing outfits that look like the ones worn by characters in an anime(and manga, btw) for my dollings and myself. ^-^ I'm super excited, but It'll be... interesting... to say the least! Heh heh...

Oh, and my birthday's on the 23rd, just in case anyone was wondering about that. .___.

So, uhh... yeah. (I fail at ending posts, as you can tell. *nervous laugh*)

~Miranda

Oh joy.

Whoopee. *sarcasm implied*

Well, I know that I shouldn't clog up my blog with weird/negative/uninteresting posts all of the time, but I think today would be a nice exception; and I have a very good reasons.

Gone.

Not just gone, as in it'll come back someday, but gone. And, what exactly is gone, you're probably wondering?

All the files and pictures and favourite sites and the updated Internet explorer and games and everything else that was on my computer. T^T (Not to mention a Language Arts assignment that I was going to turn in tomorrow (even though it was due last week! (^_^;)" )that I kept forgetting to print.)

Yep, my life sucks.

I'm like, even sadder than I would normally be if this happened because some things that were deleted I had spent five years working on, and you know what happened to those things?

Gone.

And, for all the sites I had put into my favorites section because I probably wouldn't find them again?

Gone.

The "new" version of Internet explorer I initially hated but came to get used to?

Gone. (But I can redownload that.)

Picasa web albums and all the pictures I saved; some of which are of my now deceased pets and I can never retake?

Gone.

I'm going through a pretty big crisis right now, because I like, actually really needed this computer, so... yeah, I'm screwed. Like, more screwed than I thought I was last August when I unknowingly delted most of the pictures I had ever put on my blog.

~Miranda

Excitement!

Yeah, since nobody even tried to guess what I was excited about last Wednesday, (T^T *sobs in emo corner*) I'll just tell you.

I GOT A FRICKING TYPEWRITER!!! :o

Status of my lifelong dream: ACHIEVED!!!

Yeah. Since a few of my Hetalia friends and I are weird and take being countries to the next level, I decided to type up a War Declaration and an official Alliance sheet! :D Now, you guys probably don't really care about it that much, but I take my (hilarious) historical anime VERY seriously, folks. ;)

I also typed up a few more papers of like, a "personal" diary or something along those lines, but I ouldn't really CALL it a diary, because it's pretty much just me spazzing out and being all, "OMG OMG OMG I'M ON A TYPEWRITER!!! X3 WHOA THE MARGIN IS SOOO TOTALLY AWESOME!!!" and stuff, so nothing people would really care about. XD

And, I ran out of the ink ribbon on Friday, so I ordered some more online. :P

Well, I KNOW you guys would probably want to see pictures, but I just... don't really want to. They take FOR-EVER to upload onto Blogger, and I haven't really been in the mood to take pictures lately. I would much rather spend(waste, as some would say) my time watching anime or spazzing about anime or thinking of some stuff I SHOULD do rather than watching anime.

So, to sum up this post, I got a typewriter, and I'm an anime nerd. Anything new with you guys?

~Miranda

Guess what I just got!

I decided to make this into a contest!

The rules are as follow...
1. Read the hints I have given and guess what I got!
2. If you guess it right, you can have a free blog button! It doesn't shoot out rainbows and stuff like other buttons out there probably do; it's just a picture that says "I won! :D" or something like that on it. But, it still gives you bragging rights (and isn't that the BEST?!)

It's that simple!

Okay... here are the hints

Hint #1 It makes a plinking sound.
Hint #2 I told you guys I wanted one waayyy back in June. (or maybe I just think I did)
Hint #3 It is REALLY heavy and came in a huge case that made me think I was getting a saxophone.
Hint #4 As a reference to three, it's not a saxophone. XD

So, uhh... Whoever guesses it right, I can make a blog button for, if they would like one... I don't think I've ever really done a contest kind of thing, so I think this is my first... ?

~Miranda