Olivia got The Ultimate Guide to Percy Jackson and the Olympians for Christmas, and she was kind enough to let me look through it. There is a quiz in it that determines which god or godess (if you are, in fact, a demigod)is your parent. Of course I had to take it, and, voila; "My father is Poseidon Apollo." Just a little fun thing I thought I'd share with you guys.
Kellie has inquired of me in my last post how one might go about getting turkish delight. Now you could cross your fingers and walk into a wardrobe, chance upon a white witch in a sleigh, and kindly ask her for some (if her dwarf doesn't kill you first). However, I do not recommend this method, as your turkish delight will likely be enchanted and make you feel horrible. Instead, try Ross or Marshall's or T.J. Maxx. They generally carry such treats. I believe it is also sold on Amazon.com.
And it's been a while since I've posted music, as I was reminded when I last visited The Girl, The Blog, and The Painting, so here is my favorite Mumford and Sons number:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlnhH85JYYs
Also, in case you're wondering why I've posted so much lately, I'm almost at one hundred posts, and I thought it would be a reasonable goal to reach the big one zero zero on New Year's Day.
Lemon rose. Pretty tasty. Though I must say, eating it by the case would be rather "repulsive." Poor Skandar.
It is so delightful to have at last friended you guys on facebook. I have to restrain myself from going crazy commenting on everything like I do on the blogs. The only thing is, now I'm even more impatient to meet you guys face to face. Maybe if that Narnia exhibit comes back to Kentucky....
"Stay There for a While." I believe that's what I'll call it. The ukulele is my new best friend, as far as material best friends go. Strumming out chords as words come to my head is pure delight. There is precious little in this world that makes me happier than the act of creating.
Of course, watching movies is a delight as well (why is that I can't stop using that word "delight"?) I recently saw Super 8, and aside from the bleep-loads of cussing, I really enjoyed it. As did Isabelle and Olivia. I think perhaps a certain young actor Joel Courtney may have had something to do with that. ;) Oh, aaannd, I FINALLY watched the first Sherlock Holmes! That was pretty awesome. I like the setting, and loved the end where everything is exposed. And I loved the soundtrack (Hans Zimmer? Of course!) It was, erm, a delight? I'm probably going to wait until Sherlock Homes 2 comes to the Asheville Pizza and Brewing Company (where tickets cost $2) to see it. My next trip to the cinema will likely be for War Horse. Not only does it look like a great movie, but also there are, of course, British actors....and there's this one....Jeremy Irvine.....who seems rather....um, delightful.
I must needs now return to me songwriting, and then to put a good dent in Pride and Prejudice. Which is, I daresay, quite a delighful book.
No Christmas snow for us Appalachian mountain-dwellers, but it has been a wonderful Christmas, nonetheless. I am just now sipping down my first cup of egg nog this year, sitting at my grandparents computer, and kicking myself for not making the little "Merry Christmas" message video I had planned on.
After my little sister woke me up this morning, attempting to lure me out of bed with promises of "tons of presents" and "this big one for you," we opened our gifts, ate the breakfast of spinach quiche and cinnamon rolls that I had prepared yesterday, played a game of crazy eights, and went to church. I got The Hunger Games trilogy, a Union Jack shirt and music shirt from Delias, and.....an ukulele!!! I've been tuning it and messing around with it all day. Methinks some serious song-writing will be occurring this week.
Anywho, it's been a good day spent with the family. Now, for the Facebook swappy thingie (I'm sorry, I just have a thing about calling it that). As you may have guessed from the post title, my last name is "Hughes." But, there are a lot of Caroline Hughes-es out there, so, I may have to temporarily change my profile publicity so you guys can ack-chellay find me. Also, if you have any trouble, you may want to try narrowing the search by typing "Parkway Playhouse" for work.
Can't wait can't wait can't WAIT to chat with you guys!
One whole year. I'm so glad we kept it up; Kellie and Megan, you guys have been such a blessing to me, and I'm honored to be part of this unique friendship. This is another one of the many reasons why Narnia is just all around awesome ;)
Right, so, on to the celebrations. I thought first I'd list the quirky cool words, plots, terms, and Skandarisms we've created over the course of the year (remind me if I've left some out)
DBF (dear blogging friend)
ack-chellay
Skedmund
The Potter Plot
Skandarific
Blunderkind
The Epic Battle of the Hair
Skantastic
Here is the Blunderkind I promised. The quality is kind of meh *scowls at Windows Movie Maker* but I'll type the plot underneath so you can get the idea of it:
So glasses dude is hitting on Susan and asks for her name. Susan is already in a relationship with Caspian, and so lies about her name. Peter, however, is still trying to get back at Caspian, so he keeps exposing Susan's lies. Susan gets fed up, calls Caspian, and kisses him in front of glasses dude. This doesn't really discourage him, so Caspian threatens him. Thu End.
Not the best, but practice makes perfect, eh?
Of course I had to go back and read the comments from that happy day the three of us decided to comment on Narnia Web. I must say, I was a bit immature, or overzealous, perhaps is a better word, but whichever word best describes crazy little 16-year-old me, I thank you two for putting up with me lol. I did say that I would post "Changed" and so now, one year later, I shall, even though my inner critic is giving me a fit. Shut up inner critic. You're a jerk.
Changed
V 1
Well here we are once more,
Right where we were before.
Circumstances are still the same
Here on the other side of the door.
Take a look back now
At what we've just come though;
That whole wide world behind us
Has made a difference in me and you.
CH 1
And now we've got the strength to make it here;
Our lessons learned to overcome our fears.
Though the wonders, victories, and pains,
I know that we've been changed.
V 2
The journey may've seemed long,
And at times we were wrong.
But what brought us here in the first place
Has been guiding us all along.
It's getting stronger now,
That calling deep within,
And though our quest has been fulfilled,
I have a feeling we'll go back again...
CH 2
Because we don't know what the future holds,
But promises have been fortold.
No, life won't stay the same,
And we may yet be changed.
BRIDGE:
A little bit braver,
A little bit stronger,
A better sense of purpose...
A little wiser,
A little bit kinder,
More willingness to trust.
Yes there were wonders, victories, and pains;
And life won't stay the same;
Yeah this is why we came,
All was for this change....
We've been changed.
Ta-da! I apologize for the absence of musical accompaniment, but if I waited until I got that together...well, you guys know the story lol. Which reminds me of a delightful thing I found on facebook that I wanted to share with you guys:
Well, while I'm posting facebook pictures, I suppose I'll go ahead and throw this one in here:
Last Tuesday, I was out Christmas shopping with me sisters and mom and grandmother, and Earthbound in the mall had all these wonderful masks. So naturally we tried all of them on. It was jolly good fun, and I wish you guys could have been there. Anyway, I put the pictures on facebook, and made this one my profile. Here's another picture of me, unmaksed, as Lady Caroline of Rohan:
Welp, there you have it. Caroline Autumn ______ (to be announced on a later date)
Okay, I believe I've rambled on quite enough now. You guys are awesome and I love you and I thank God that I came across Narnia Web.
I must close this anniversary post with our signature sign-off:
Christmastime and theater: they'll keep a girl from her blogging, that's certain. But, I managed to find this little time slot here on a rainy day between decorating the Christmas tree and performing a musical tonight. Both of my little sisters and I were in Beautiful Star: An Appalachian Nativity, which ran last week. I was a musician, playing my mandolin, singing harmony and two solos. Pretty fun...until I got a sore throat. Thankfully, it healed in about two days. However, I didn't allow myself enough recovery time, because I was hoarse the following two weeks. Which meant singing in front of a live audience songs in which I have to shoot into my head-voice with raspy vocal cords. But, I managed to make it through with relatively few embarrassments (upon returning backstage after singing a particularly tough song, Olivia came up to me and said encouragingly, "Your voive only cracked twice!" Ah, little sisters; gotta love 'em.) All in all, it was lovely. Here's a picture from the Noah's Ark scene:
I also wrote, directed, and acted in the Christmas program at church this year. It was somewhat difficult trying to work with people who aren't as passionate about theater as I am to put together a play, but it came together alright in the end, and I'm glad I did it.
Tonight and tomorrow night the youth drama group that Olivia and I are in is performing Bugsy Malone, a musical about kid gangsters who shoot each other with whipped cream guns called "splurgers." Our stage manager spray painted toy guns and taped cans of silly string to them, and that's our splurgers. I play a character named Bronx Charlie, who basically goes around "splurging" people. And at one one point I get Flash Frankie, played by my little sister. And there's lots of singing and dancing throughout, and it's really, really fun.
Aaannddd, aside from theater, I've been trying to get in some schoolwork and figure out a celebratory post for Christmas....the facebook swapping thingie day! Just nine more days....wow. Time flies when you're an artistic human who knows awesome people.
Anywho, once Bugsy is over, hopefully I can get around to making this Blunderkind video I've been thinking of for months. Until then...
