Book Challenge: Howl's Moving Castle

Book: Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones

Challenge: Read a book that was turned into a major motion picture.


For those of you who haven't seen Howl's Moving Castle, it's an anime about a girl who is cursed by a wicked witch and searching for the Wizard Howl to fix the curse. Sort of..in a nutshell. The book, however, is much, much different than the movie. Some people I've talked to who read it after watching the movie didn't like it at all. I enjoyed it. Yes, it was much different, but because I knew this going into the book, I tried not to hold too closely to the movie in predicting the book. It's a fun fantasy read.

Chubby Bunny

So, my friend Cait and I decided to play Chubby Bunny the other night. Unfortunately, I only had the tiny marshmallows, but it was still really fun. If you're wondering why this is "Chubby Bunny #1," we are going to be playing this weekend with the jumbo marshmallows. This was kind of a practice run. Please ignore the awful lighting and my creep faces.

I'm sleeping!

I just remembered why I do not want children in the near future, or ever. It is 7:52 a.m. My alarm goes off at 8:39 a.m. because twenty one minutes to get ready for class is all I need. It's more than enough. So, imagine my irritated surprise when my nephew bursts in at 7:52 a.m. to tell me to wake up. Naturally, I mumble some not nice words under my breath, and roll over. That wasn't a good enough, "Go away, I'm sleeping here," gesture for  he comes back again two minutes later. "T! Wake up! I'm here now! Are you going to class today? Papa needs you. T!" "Then tell him he can wait, I'm sleeping here!" He then goes into the living room to tell my mom I was in a bad mood, and she said, "Of course she is. She was sleeping and you woke her up!"

I was actually still irritated when I started writing this, and now I'm laughing about it. Ohhh, children.

Book Challenge: The Book Thief

Book: The Book Thief by Mark Zusak

Challenge: Read a book set in a place you would like to visit.

Set in Nazi Germany, The Book Thief is the story of a girls' life during the reign of Hitler as told by Death. Liesel finds solace in books why her world crumbles around her as she realizes the impact Hitler has had on her life. She finds she must decide for herself what to believe in. While this book is phenomenally depressing at some parts, it is still a wonderful read. I was very intrigued by the creativity of the narrator being Death himself.

Nails, nails, nails.

 I've become obsessed with lace and animal prints this summer. Anytime I see a leopard print shoe or lace tights, I squeal like a little girl (on the inside, of course). If only I had ridiculous amounts of money...-sigh-. One day, guys, one day I'll have a massive library and shoe collection.

Any who, I've been painting my nails a lot recently and I wanted to show you guys how cute my nails have been!

Cheetah print toes.

Neon colored cheetah print.

Attempted zebra french tip.

The last two pictures were inspired by Bubz, an internet beauty guru. Seriously, she's pretty awesome. Her videos are clear and straight to the point. She doesn't ramble or smack her lips. She has some funny videos posted on her blog as well, so she's not strictly beauty and fashion. 

Photography Challenge: Day 2 + 3

Totally forgot to post yesterday, so I'm combining days 2 and 3. :) I didn't post the link to the photo challenge in the last blog, so you can find it here.

Day 2: What you wore today

My oh-so-hot outfit for Day 2. 

Day 3: Clouds

There is not a cloud in the sky, so I drew you some. :)

Photography Challenge: Day 1

Okay, I'm finally starting this, haha.

Day 1: Self-Portrait