Oh, hai.

When did I get so bad at blogging?

Well, since you last saw me, a lot of stuff has happened, and I can't remember most of it. My friends and I had a horror movie night on Valentine's Day (we're all single...), and then we followed that with and ALL DAY DOCTOR WHO MARATHON on President's Day where we watched all of series one. Some of us for the first time, some of us for the third.

And also, my mom and little sister are now on series four. Yay Donna! I'm also somewhat ashamed to admit I actually kindofsortofsometimesalittlebit feel some affection for Martha now. Occasionally. At the end of series three and in series four. I know! I hated her so much at first, and I still hate her at the beginning of series three, but...I don't know, she's grown on me. I still think most of her decisions are beyond stupid, but I kind of feel affection toward her sometimes now. I don't know.

I've recently been spending a whole lot more time on deviantART, and I'm actually working on a series of comics I'm going to post there, if you're at all interested. I just posted a preview for one of the panels I'm about 75% done with.

I'm also holding a contest over on my YouTube channel, which is still open for the next few days.

OH OH! I'm totally going to Disney World this week! I'm SUPER excited! My whole family will be making the oh-so-very-long trip up to Orlando on Wednesday and we'll be gone till Saturday. We haven't had a Disney vacation since my little sister was about two or three. She's thirteen now. I'm freaking excited.

And if you didn't catch the sarcasm, Orlando is only about two hours away from my house. . . .

I also went to an awesome Wizard Rock show in Orlando with one of my best friends, who had never been to a wrock show before and it was loads of fun, and I took a little bit of footage, so I plan on making a video about that soon.

Has anyone been watching the Olympics? I love it. Especially the figure skating. My god, I love figure skating. Ever since I was a kid, figure skating has been my FAVORITE part of the Olympics. The summer Olypics just don't compare to the winter ones because there is no figure skating. Gymnastics is kind of close, but not the same. The year she won, Tara Lipinski was pretty much my idol. I loved her all the way through the Olympics and was ecstatic when she won (funnily enough I just recently found out that one of my other best friends -- another figure skating lover -- HATED Tara Lipinski because she loved Michelle Kwan. Had we known each other then, we may not have been friends). This year, I was so over excited when Evan Lysacek took gold. Like seriously. Oh my gosh. I didn't get to watch the ice dancing from tonight yet, but I'm heavily rooting for Meryl Davis and Charlie White, though I also like the team from Canada. . . whose names I can't remember right now.

What about you guys? Do you have a favorite Olympic event? Who are you rooting for? Does anyone out there like figure skating as much as my friend and I? By the way, Johnny Weir is awesome. Crazy, but awesome.

And I will leave you with an excerpt from my novel. I kind of like that I'm showing these to you guys, because unlike all the other books I've ever tried to write, with this one, I'm not showing ANYONE anything from this first draft EXCEPT these excerpts. These are things that may change drastically in later drafts, but I'm having fun sharing these tiny bits for now.

“So,” Jal said, louder now, “I assume you know how to dance?”
Ronan laughed. “Not well,” she admitted.
“Damn,” Jal said, mockingly disappointed. “How am I supposed to impress the high of society when my date can’t dance?”
“Isn’t that why men are supposed to lead?”
“No, men are supposed to lead because we’re stupid and most of us can’t dance. We make the women look pretty and try not to step on their toes.”
“But you’re better than that?”
“Oh, absolutely,” Jal said, winking sideways at her. “Just you wait, Miss Stidolph, you are in for a treat tonight.”

Love and Lost-ers

Sooo...LOST was on last night! That was super exciting! I, for one, was very satisfied with the premiere. I can feel the answers starting to come, can't you? I wrote an article with just a few of the questions I need answered this season, which is here (awesome that two of those questions have already been answered...kind of). Do you guys have any questions you just NEED them to answer this season?

In response to a few of your comments, Meranichan: from looking at your picture, I can definitely see your resemblance to Emma Watson, which is awesome because she's gorgeous. Certainly a great person to resemble. :] From what I hear, Kate Nash is in a band I can't remember the name of, and she's coming out with a new solo album this year, so yay. AND I'm super sorry about the jerk boy who ruined "The Nicest Thing" for you! Part of the awesomeness of the song, I think, is that it's just SO relateable, any girl who had ever liked a boy who didn't like her can see herself in it (for me, the line "I wish that you new when I said two sugars, actually I meant three" makes me believe the song was written about ME, lol), so I can see why it would be a bit personal for you now.

CRUNKRacoon: After looking at your picture, I think you might look a bit like Penelope Cruz, or Cameron Diaz when she's brunette, or even Rachel Bilson. Maybe? Those are my two cents, haha.

I have a huge sinus headache right now and I'm trying to decide whether to watch till the end of Craig Ferguson, even though it's a rerun, to go in my room and watch the third episode of Being Human, or to go to sleep. I haven't decided yet. If I still don't decide by 1:37, though, I'll have, I suppose, chosen the first by default.

Oh, I've started watching Being Human, by the way. I've only seen the first two episodes so far, but I'm REALLY enjoying it! Like Doctor Who, it seems to have a really good grasp on friends who show affection to each other without having interest in the other's pants. Hugs don't need to be fueled by sexual tension, American television. Can we get that straight, please?

Also, my mom and sister are watching season 3 of Doctor Who now. I still REALLY dislike Martha Jones. I'm sorry if you're reading this and love her, this is nothing against you personally, I just don't like her at all. I'm looking forward to the episodes where she stops throwing herself at the Doctor so much, and I really miss Rose again. And I want Donna to come back, haha. Love Donna, adore Rose, not a big fan of Martha.

Also, I just tried to type "Love," and instead ended up with "Lost." Teehee.

I've started writing my NaNo again! I took about a month long break near the end of December, but it's SO good to be back to writing. I missed my characters a bit. I used to post excerpts from whatever I'd written that day on my blog, would anyone be interested in me doing that again? Let me know if you are, and I may start again.

Okay, that's it for now. I have to decide what to do before I sleep. :] My Scottish friend Martin is telling me not to watch Being Human, which makes me want to watch it more. He should be sleeping, anyway. :P

See you soon!
Emily

Current music obsession: Balloons by Julia Nunes. I mean, seriously.
Reading: The same thing, okay? I haven't had much time for reading lately.

"I wish that you knew when I said two sugars, actually I meant three."

I keep not updating this thing until really late at night when I decide not to because it's...too late. So here's a short one.

I'm sure you're aware, it's "doppelganger week" on facebook, which means a ton of people are replacing their profile pictures with famous people they've been told they look like. Well, the person I've been told I look like the most in my life is Audrey Hepburn, so I initially put up a picture of her, but then I was asking people who I look like, and I got some interesting answers.

A lot of people have said Kate Winslet, Florence Welch (of Florence + the Machine fame) and Anne Hathaway. I see it with some of them, but not really with others, I just find it super interesting to see how other people see me. Anyway, my friend Viki ended up suggesting Kate Nash (who I love), and I definitely saw some resemblence, and my mom did too, so that's who I ended up going with.

Who do you look like? It can be someone you're told you look like, or someone you've noticed yourself. I think we see ourselves sometimes differently than other people see us, so I like hearing who people think they themselves look like as well as who they think others look like.

I'm sorry if that's dreadfully boring. Or if it didn't make sense. I just need to post SOMETHING.

Also, I'm not sure, but this whole post may have just been incredibly narcissistic. Whatever.

See you soon!
Emily

Current Music Obsession: The Nicest Thing by Kate Nash. Which, yes, I've been listening to for years, but I just had it on repeat for a bit of my novel I'm writing. It's a brilliant, simple, gorgeous, heartwrenching song.
Reading: Doctor Who: The Taking of Chelsea 426 by David Llewellyn . . . still.

"My brother had a rabbit...that's it."

While this post may be trying to decieve you into believing I wrote it at 8:51pm, it's actually about 3:30am. I left it open for a long time. I really need to get to sleep to try to fix my god awful sleep schedule, so I'm going to make this one brief.

Over the past few weeks, I've gotten a few new regular readers, and so if I haven't said this to you already: welcome! I'm glad you're here! (also, for those of you who may not know, I have a youtube channel I'm trying to post on more regularly, and you can find it here)

I've been trying to work out a way to reply to your comments and continue on a conversation, because I really feel like, even though this is unarguably my personal blog, it's really a conversation between me and you out there. So, I've decided that whenever there's a comment I feel the need to reply to, I'll just post it in my entry.

Now, if I don't reply to all of the comments, it's not because I didn't read them or love them or have time to reply to them; it's just because I maybe didn't have anything to add. I just want to clarify that.

Okay, so here we go.

"CRUNKRacoon: I probably shouldn't follow everyone who mentions Doctor Who in their blog. X]
Any way you could post a link to that video? I'm trying to warm up to Matt Smith to avoid Post-Tennant Depression."

Absolutely! It's over here. I get what you mean about Post-Tennant Depression. I totally have it too! Don't worry, we'll get through it together. Another video I watch when I really need a boost is the Jonathon Ross interview with David Tennant and Catherine Tate, which can be found in two parts here and here. It's brilliant and hilarious and makes me laugh every time! The interview was held right before series 4 aired, so for those of you reading who haven't finished the show yet, you can watch it before you watch series 4.

Alright, I REALLY have to go to bed now. Love to all!

See you soon!
Emily

Current music obsession: Lady Gaga in general, and "Drumming Song" by Florence + the Machine
Reading: Doctor Who: The Taking of Chelsea 426 by David Llewellyn

"I like impossible."

Okay, well this bloggy window has been open for a really long time, and I just haven't had anything to say. I mean, I did when I thought "I should blog now," but now I don't, so it's stream of consciousness time.

I've mentioned before that my mom and little sister are watching Doctor Who for the first time with Rachel and I, and we're finally in season 2, which is personally my favorite. Season 4 is brilliant, too, but nothing really compares to season 2. We're watching "New Earth" right now. The Docter and Rose are just...aww! SO adorable. I love them too much! I love Rose and Nine, too, but Rose and Ten are unparalleled in their cute.

Also, David Tennant has freckles. It's adorable.

My band had its one year anniversary yesterday! We've been a band for a whole year now!

"It's like living inside a bouncy castle!"

"I shall proceeed...up the apples and pears!"

Possesed!Rose is genuis.

Annnd...snog.

Brianna (my little sister) just referred to the research laboratory in this episode as "the psycho ward in the Emerald City."

Okay, that's enough. I told you last time that I got that online journalism job. If you want to check out what I've written so far (and I'd love it if you would), my page with my work so far is here.

Aw. Ten's first full episode and he gets to save the world through hugging. Isn't that just like him?

Stream of consciousness over now.
Goodnight.

See you soon!
Emily

I GOT IT!!!

Okay, it's way too late for me to post a whole blog, but I just wanted to say that I GOT THE JOB!!! I am now the Science Fiction Examiner for Tampa Bay on Examiner.com!!!

Also, it's 34 degrees F right now, and I LOVE it! I live in FLORIDA. Land of the hot. 34 degrees is unheard of, and I'm loving every single second of it. XD

Okay, I have to go. Thanks for being awesome!

See you soon!
Emily

P.S. After watching an interview with Matt Smith, I'm actually way more open to him being the new Doctor, and actually kind of excited about the new season. I mean, he's no Tennant, but he's got quite the frenetic way about him, which I quite like.
P.P.S. I've also just realized that my last three blog titles have been in all caps.

THE END OF TIME AND THE WORLD TOO KAY BAI

Heeeey, guys. Sorry I haven't been blogging in a while. I was kind of taking a break from all things writing there for a while. It was nice, but now I'm back.

I have three major things to talk about today: Doctor Who, jobs and the end of the world. Allons-y?

So, right, Doctor Who. I finally caught up just in time for the End of Time episodes. Watched both parts on January 1st, and oh goodness. I thought my reaction would at least be comparable to when I saw Doomsday, but not even. Spoilers, by the way, in this paragraph. Skip on to the next if you haven't seen End of Time parts 1 and 2 yet. My sister, Rachel was crying on and off for the whole last half hour. I wasn't, I was trying really hard to just resist the whole thing. Sitting there going, "No, no, no, no, no, no, no!" over and over. But then, when the Doctor went to give Donna the lottery ticket, and mentioned her father to her mother, I started crying some. When Wilf lost it, so did I. Like really lost it. The second it cut back to Rose's street and I heard Rose's voice, I started to sob. At this point, I was well gone and it was really all I could do not to be too loud as I blubbed. OH MY GOODNESS MY HEART WAS BREAKING! And he was just watching her! If he hadn't made a noise, and she hadn't turned, he would have just WATCHED HER GO! Their scene was incredibly sweet and incredibly sad, and oh my lord, I couldn't stop crying. And then the OOD! All the Ood singing to him! And then he made it painfully into his TARDIS and said "I don't want to go!" which is just so human and speaks to the innate humanness inside of us all, and shows that the Doctor is more like us than he maybe sometimes wants to admit and OH MY GOD I DON'T WANT HIM TO GO, EITHER!!! And then he changed. David Tennant was gone, and there was some other man in him place. Honestly, even though there were kind of funny bits I was able to appreciate later, both Rachel and I were crying far too hard at this point to be able to appreciate them then. Long-time readers may remember that I detested Martha before I even met her just on the sole reason that she wasn't Rose, and Rachel and I were determined not to make Eleven the Martha of the Doctors, but we seriously failed for a few minutes there, I'll be honest. Going through tissue after tissue, Rachel was moaning about "geronimo", and I kept yelling "Who the hell is THAT?!" After we'd calmed down a bit, we watched the preview for next season and felt a little bit more open to him. He's still not the Doctor in my mind, but I'm becoming more accustom to the idea as time moves along. Once the new season starts, I'll probably be fine with him. Now, please, Doctor Who fans, tell me your reactions to End of Time! If you'd rather write a blog on it and link me to it, that's fine, but I want to know how you reacted! Did you cry? As much as I did? My friend Zack told me he had to accept Matt Smith's Doctor right away or he never would, whereas I need time before I can move on. Which way are you? Or do you feel differently even to that? I want to know!

Okay, that's it for the End of Time spoilers, people who haven't seen it. We're good now, you can keep reading.

So, the end of the world thing, yeah? The only reason I bring it up is because it's evidently armageddon week on the History Channel, and everyone is still talking about 2012 and whether they believe in it (I, personally, am pretty sure the Mayans just stopped writing down predictions, not that they thought the world would actually end, they just got bored or died or something). Ironically, my mom and little sister are watching Doctor Who series 1 for the first time, and during armageddon week, we saw the episode where the world ends. The one where the Ninth Doctor takes Rose to see the sun expand and destroy the earth. The Doctor has this amazing quote in that episode, and I love it, so I'm sharing it. He says:

"You lot, you spend all your time thinking about dying, like you're gonna get killed by eggs, or beef, or global warming, or asteroids. But you never take time to imagine the impossible. Like maybe you survive."

And, see, I love it because that's sort of what I believe here. I really don't think we're going to get wiped out by things like global warming or asteroids or random planets inexpicably falling out of orbit, even though nothing like that has ever happened before. I mean, call me optimistic or naive if you want to, but I just have more faith than that. We've survived this much, haven't we? We're a scrappy species. I think we can make it for a bit longer. Anyway, have you got any thoughts on the end of the world? Do you think we're gonna be gone by 2012?

And lastly, jobs. I just applied for one. It would be a blogging job and it's kind of perfect for me. I have up to two week before I hear back, but if you could all cross your extremities and pray I get it (if you're the praying sort)? It would mean a lot to me! THANKS!

Okay, I need to go and read a bit more of the Doctor Who book Zack got me for Christmas and then sleep.

See you guys soon!
Emily