Meanwhile, in Rivendell . . .

Hi, guys!  My LRtC review is in the works, but I have a feeling it'll be a while before it's up, and even when it is, I'm not sure it'll be adequate, hehe;)  So in the meantime, I'm whipping up a quick post talking about how people react when they find out I'm a vegetarian.  Now, please, I don't want to offend anyone in this post, but I Must Speak My Mind now and then, and so this one might be a bit more sarcastic than usual. Here goes nothin'! "Why?" This is the #1 thing that it's almost guaranteed people will say to me when they find out I don't eat meat. Sometimes, the people who ask this have completely innocent motives and are just curious about why I'm voluntarily an herbivore, and they ask it in a very polite way.  But alarmingly often, people ask it in a tone that drips condescension and the clear intent to persuade me of the nonsensicality of my choice.  Sometimes this comes from good intentions, but trust me…it...

(I was reading  a certain blog post with a certain special announcement  and remembered how nice it is to use quotes as titles.  So, for this random update post, I did, hehe.  Also, all the pictures in this post are edits I've been working on recently.  I've been having too much fun with them:D) Well, I'm starting school again tomorrow, and thusly, I won't be able to post or comment as often as I have this summer.  'T'is a shame; I've really enjoyed having more time to hang out in the blogosphere during these last couple months.  But I'm sure it's all for the best--I can get some productive stuff done and you all can have a break from my persistent ramblings, haha;) As you can probably tell from the title, I've been reading a good bit of Jeeves and W. lately.  Wodehouse was a genius!  Those conversations!  They're hilarious!  I try to imitate the characters' way of speaking in writing, but I usually fail, haha.  ...

Hello, beauties!  I apologize for my slight absence recently--I was at the beach again.  It was fun (beach-combing is one of my new favorite things), but at the same time… Anyway!  While there, I suddenly got an idea for a post that I really liked ("People, I've had an epiphany!").  You guys probably know already that I have a bit of an obsession with musical theatre, particularly older musicals.  Y'see, the 1950s and '60s were the golden era of musical theatre, in my personal opinion.  (Also, I did a school project that involved researching musical theatre, and from what I read it seems that musical production was at its peak at that time, at least in America.  But I might have gotten that wrong, so feel free to correct me.)   I mean, think about all the famous musicals made in the '50s and '60s!   The Sound of Music, My Fair Lady, The King and I, Showboat, The Fiddler on the Roof, South Pacific, Oklahoma!, Singin' in the Rain, An...

'Eeeeello, 'ello, 'ello, all!  So two of my awesome blogging buddies,  Bekah  and  Morgan , have both tagged me!  Let's get right down to it. Bekah's tag:  The 5 Things I Like About How God Made Me Tag RULES 1. List 5 things you like about how God made you (God made everything about you; the family you were born/adopted into, the fact that you enjoy the stuff you enjoy, your looks, your personality; everything. So, it can't be too hard to think of 5 things you love about how God made you. Right?) 2. Tagging other people/excepting a tag is optional 3. If you are tagged (and if you except), link back to the person who tagged you 4. Have fun! (The accompanying tag picture!) Okay, here goes.  (I'm sorta grasping at straws here, so please don't think I'm saying any of this in a bragging way!  I'm really not trying to do so.) 1.   My eyes (let's get the shallow stuff out of the way first, shall we?).  I frankly have a...

[I received a free copy of this book from the publisher in exchange for my honest review.] In the spring of 1917, all of Britain's attention is on the WWI war front and the thousands of young men serving their country on the front lines.  Jack Benningham, dashing heir to the Earl of Stonebrooke, is young and able-bodied but refuses to enlist despite the contempt of his peers. A wealthy young suffragette, Grace Mabry will do anything to assist her country's cause.  Men like Jack infuriate her when she thinks of her own brother fighting in the trenches of France, so she has no reservations about handing him a white feather of cowardice at a posh masquerade ball. But Grace could not anticipate the danger and betrayal set into motion by her actions, and soon she and Hack are forced to learn the true meaning of courage when the war raging overseas suddenly strikes much closer to home and their fervent beliefs become a matter of life and death. I have a confessio...

Yup.  I always look this fabulous when I'm contemplative;-P I worry a lot. Sometimes it gets pretty bad, actually.  I'm sure most of you know the feeling--when you're having a miniature panic attack, and your scalp and ears start tingling with heat, and your stomach is roiling around, and you feel sure you're either going to vomit or fly apart at the seams in a matter of moments. Now, thankfully, it's rare that I have panic attacks.  Often I fret about things that aren't truly that momentously significant, so I'm usually able to repress anxiety when it comes, at least to the point that it doesn't hinder me physically.  Spiritually, however, it's a different matter. You see, I pick at myself, like most girls my age, and I pick at a lot of different aspects of myself--physically, emotionally, mentally, spiritually, etc. I worry over whether I'm too self-absorbed (which I probably am). I worry over whether I don't have enough fait...

*UPDATE*  I have removed the part of this post that talks about Disney's Pocahontas , as it contained an ignorant perspective on the movie's controversy.  Some of my more recent posts about the movie contain edits that explain things further.  Sarah over at  How To Watch A Movie  has tagged me!  Thanks a bunch, old thing; I was actually hoping for a tag right around now:) Rules: 1.) List 5 of your favorite female characters (book or screen). 2.) Tagging other people is optional 3.) If you are tagged link back to the person that tagged you. 4.) Link back to Revealed In Time Choose one character from each category: 1.) Protagonist 2.) Villain 3.) Superhero 4.) That I would want to be friends with 5.) That I wish had better development What fun!:D ~Villain~ Lady Anne Davenport from Hidalgo Lady Anne is a rather fascinating character to me.  She's conniving, ruthlessly ambitious, seductive, and shockingly cruel at times--bu...

(Meaning, if fangirling over The Lord of the Rings annoys you, you might want to skip this post.) I feel like  I know I don't post as much about LotR as I used to.  I don't think that's necessarily a problem, because, after all, I do have several interests, and I enjoy blogging about them just as much as LotR.  But sometimes one must needs pay the proper homage to an epic such as The Lord of the Rings , mustn't one? This artist is talented... I'm currently rereading The Fellowship of the Ring (I recently re-watched it with a friend, too), and *sigh*   I love this story.   It evokes so many emotions and reactions, and sometimes they're not always pleasant, but they're always real.  Sometimes I feel despair when reading these books--I feel a weight, as if the Ring were pulling at me, too.  (Interesting side note--it's rather fascinating how, even after so much exposure to this tale, one can still find oneself almost infatuated with the Ring...

People, an amazing thing has happened. I liked this one.   I know, right?!  Me, of the snarky opinions on practically all Christian fiction romance!  But 't'is true--I really did enjoy this 'un.  Now, admittedly, that shouldn't have been such a shock to me, since I have enjoyed some CFR before (i. e. Linda Chaikin's Heart of India ).  But since it's been rare, I guess it sort of threw me a little. First things first:  synopsis (taken from the back cover): With a possible serial killer stalking elderly women in Long Beach, California, homicide detective Abby Hart's best lead is Luke Murphy, an irritating private investigator who saw a suspect flee the scene of the latest homicide.  But as she works with the handsome PI to unravel the serial killer case, she must also confront the spark between them.  When Abby discovers that the most recent victim is related to the governor, she's anxious to talk to him about a cold case that's perso...