In which I celebrate Logan Lerman's 20th brithday two days late with a Blunderkind...

It was too good a picture not put a story behind it...

It learned the hard way: one does not simply insult D'Artagnan. It is folly.

Related news: I think the filming of The Sea of Monsters begins this year.  I am hopeful that this time around, they'll stay more true to the book.  Guess I'll have to wait till 2013 to see.  But I have The Hunger Games and The Hobbit to tide me over, so I can't complain :)

Here's a jus' for the heck of it/happy birthday picture (btw, in case you haven't used picnik lately, the site will be closed for good this April. until then, all the premium features are free as well)

hehe, kinda looks like nick jonas

'sall for now.  DBF out!



I have returned like the king...

...from the iTheatrics Junior Theater Festival in Atlanta, Georgia.  (We ack-chellay got back Monday) Had a fantabulous time; performing our fifteen minutes and doing the choreography workshop were the best!  Well, the Fabulous Fox was pretty darn amazing too; Annie was spectacular!  And on top of it all, our group,  Parkway Playhouse Jr., received the Outstanding Achievement in Acting award!  Five out of about sixty-five groups were given this award.  When they announced it in the big performance area, we all jumped up and screamed for a solid forty-five seconds.  Olivia cried.  It was awesome.  Here's some pictures:

At the Radio Disney Dance Party. It was my first time ever at a dance party, so I was a little shy and awkward, but I warmed up...I'm just glad there's no video of it lol

Bahaha



So, yeah.  I'm glad I got to do that before I go to college. Good times, good times.

DBF Out!

Going to Atlanta!

So, remember I posted in about Bugsy Malone last month with the splurging and everything?  Well, our group is performing fifteen minutes of the show in competition at the Junior Theater Festival in Atlanta this weekend!  We'll also get to take acting, dancing, and singing classes, see Annie at The Fabulous Fox Theater, and go to the Radio Disney Dance Party (I'm not exactly sure what that's like, but I believe I'll find out!).  So, yeah, I'm pretty excited.  I'll post about it when I get home, hopefully have some good pics.

Must go now, upload some new tunes for the trip down.  Happy weekend!

I randomly feel like watching Bridge to Terebithia

Well, maybe it's not so random.  Ever since I started reading The Hunger Games, I've been looking up stuff about the movie.  And then I found out Josh Hutcherson is playing Peeta.  I ack-chellay didn't really know who Josh Hutcherson is, but that's what imdb is for.  And so now I want to watch Bridge to Terebithia, or even Journey to the Center of the Earth.  I find it kind of interesting how Josh's characters in Bridge to Terebithia and The Hunger Games are both sensitive artists.

Here's a funny interview I found a few nights ago (this ack-chellay is random):

"I'm in my underwear!" XD  Devon just cracks me up.

Well, it's late, so I'd better call it a night. (oh snap, Mockingjay is sitting right next to me *_*)



In which I spill cream soda and tears at the theater...

Took a trip with my family to Asheville today to see War Horse.  I love soda in a glass bottle, so I eagerly twisted open my glass-bottled cream soda, on the floor, just in case. And it bubbled over. Then the movie started.

It's about a horse (no, seriously, I'm not kidding) and his life journey, from the safety of his mother, to bonding with the teenage country boy Albert, to the horrors of the battlefield.  Some of the scenes dragged somewhat, and some had my chest a-flutter and my eyes a-brimmin'.  I left the theater sniffling, and when I went into the bathroom, I saw my puffy eyes.  If you haven't seen War Horse yet, I recommend doing so.  I don't think everyone would like it, but it's difficult to tell whether one will or not.  I found it overall a very touching movie that I probably won't watch again for a while, but that I will most certainly seek out when I feel like a good cry.

There is this one part I have to tell you guys about though.  Albert is trying to enlist when the war starts, and the officer asks for his name. "Albert, sir."  His age? "Nineteen, sir."  Is he being honest? "No, sir."  I was surprised when I didn't hear another guy say, "Better luck next time, eh squirt?"  At least Albert was a touch more convincing than Edmund, as his name ack-chellay WAS Albert.  No typographical errors there.

Hope you guys had a happy first two days of the year.  May the remaining 364 bring you music, art, Narnia, and all manner of things hoped for :)

Autumn's Collection

I always save intersting tags from clothes, bags, etc., and I save and press rose petals, and I collected some of the brilliant leaves from this past fall. And my middle name is Autumn, hence, Autumn's Collection.  Here's an up-close of the phrase on the right side:

"Should I fall for you?" This is a line from a song (I hinted at this somewhat with the scattered music notes), and this presents the other side of this collage.  If you can remember my previous collage, Innocence, with the spring daisies, you can see Autumn's Collection as a kind of sequel, for the season has changed, and the daisies are exchanged for rose petals.  Green changes to red, and a pair of love birds begin to take flight (it's hard to see in this picture, but they're stamped onto a leaf).  But she can't help but ask herself, "Am I ready? Do I want to let the girl go?....Should I FALL for you?"

    

I know the collage itself looks kinda sloppy and confusing, but I guess growing up is like that sometimes.



Celebrating one whole year of blogging!

At this time, precisely one year ago, I was using this very laptop, sitting on this very bed, sitting not in this very room, creating a blog.  And if I recall correctly, Queen Elizabeth created The Girl, the Blog, and the Painting on that day as well.  And all I can say is, looking back on 2011, blogging was one of the best, most entertaining, most encouraging things I did.  So, a big warm virtual hug to my followers, aka, DBFs.

Unfortunately, I did reach my goal of 100 posts by New Year's Day, but I don't go down without a fight, so over the course of the day I'll keep posting until I reach 100.

I ate goat cheese pizza at Brixx pizza the night before last, and then I had "Love It" size Oreo cream filling ice cream with brownie mix-in from Cold Stone creamery.  These were some of the most delightful dairy creations I've ever consumed. I just thought I'd share that with you guys. Please don't think I'm weird because I love goat cheese. Or you can if you want. I don't really mind. ;)

I'm more than half-way through The Hunger Games book 1. Very much awesome. Can't wait to see the movie.  In fact, since it's coming to theaters in March, I have this fantasy hope that we three can get together and celebrate Kellie's birthday by meeting at some halfway point of these miles that separate us and seeing The Hunger Games.  Or we could wait and see if that Narnia exhibit comes to Kentucky again.

I am very sorrowful that I cannot find the video camera, because my laptop's camera is a pitiful little thing, and our Cannon has poor sound quality. So no music videos yet. But one of my resolutions is to post some of my songs, with music, on my blog.  It will happen. Unless something catastrophic happens.

Now I'm off to finish my autumn leaf collage.  Pictures to come.

As Tigger says, TTFN - ta-ta for now!