Random 30-Day Meme-ness

I don't even care what day it is. I feel like doing these. Hahaha. Yay me!

Day 08- Short term goals for this month and why.

Short term goals... Um...

1. Clean my room

2. Look in to getting a sewing machine

3. Not fail out of school

4. Read... something..... Phantom-y?

Day 09- Something you’re proud of in the past few days.

I LEARNED A LOTS OF VERBAGE!!!!! AUF DEUTSCH!!! WOO! \o/

Day 10- Songs you listen to when you are Happy, Sad, Bored, Hyped, Mad.

Hm... ok. YOUTUBE LINKAGE!!!

(I have several for each one, so I'm just gonna list the ones that come immediately to mind)

Happy: "Mon Essentiel" or "Hilf mir fliegen" ( <-- that one you may look up on your own. The song is AMAZING, but the fan videos on Youtube are AWFUL.)

Sad: "The Truth About Heaven"

Bored: "Words That We Couldn't Say" or "Call me Call me"

Hyped: "Jung und nicht mehr Jugendfrei" or "Shine"

Mad: "Beauty of the Beast" or "Labyrinth" (though that one is just awesome XD I listen to is ALL the time)

Day 11- Another picture of you and your friends.

No. Too many already. NO.

Day 12- How you found out about LJ and why you made one.

Well... I don't remember about livejournal. Or Blogger to be honest. I think I had to make a blog for a class or something? I don't know haha. Not interesting.

xXx

Ok, more on the "Labyrinth."

In case you haven't noticed, I am OBSESSED with Labyrinths. The movie, the song... the Percy Jackson book haha. I LOVE Labyrinths. I love the concept and I love the infinite number of stories that can stem from them. And yet... it's all the SAME Labyrinth, isn't it? There's always a great big Labyrinth, and somewhere inside it is something you want or need more than anything else. So you go through it no matter the risk and no matter the horrors you find inside. Unless, of course, you stumble upon the Labyrinth and are stuck therein.

See what I mean? Endless. I'll never get tired of stories that lake place in the Labyrinth.

And there's something innately beautiful about them, I think. About a puzzle that can never be completely solved. You may find the way out, but you'll never know everything inside it. You can't. It just isn't possible. And I love that. There will always be more doors to unlock and more pathways to take and dead ends to find.

The Labyrinth, no matter where I find it in media or any type, is always changing. It isn't the same. It can't be. That's the very nature of the Labyrinth - to change. In fact, chance is the only constant in the Labyrinth. It's just like life.

And I can't help but thinking that, though you fight desperately to get out, once you surface you'll always, at least in part, want to go back. There's something drawing about a puzzle that "can't" be solved, you know? There are just too many wondrous and terrible things in the Labyrinth to leave it alone.

I think my mind is something of a Labyrinth. I don't know where all the paths lead. I'm just taking this one until I find a different one that I like better haha. And there are always new things and many things that surprise me. I find myself meeting the same dead ends over and over again, so even if I feel like I'm getting somewhere, I'm really not.

It gets more complicated than that, but I won't bore you.

German and Isaiah tests tomorrow. Bed needs to happen soon. So yeah. Blog ends now. Bye! =D

Whoops

So I haven't really been working on this much. It happens. So I'm just gonna catch up now lol.

Day 04- A habit that you wish you didn’t have.

Hm... Well, I have this really bad habit of picking at my nails and nail-beds. It's not a good thing. It tears up my hands and looks terrible. I don't generally do it if I'm wearing nail polish, but people look at me funny when I have black nails and it's the only color I can stand for more than a couple days. Oh well. Decisions decisions.

Day 05- A picture of somewhere you've been to.

This was a LOT longer ago than I thought. I believe we went there in 2004 or 2005. So not a very recent trip, but I'm sure everyone I know is tired of hearing about Europe haha. That was the only time I have ever been to Asia, but it was amazing. I love Japan. I love the language, the people, the music, the culture... everything. I only wish I had the time and opportunity to study it more. This is, specifically, a picture of Kinkakuji (the Golden Shrine) in Kyoto. I personally loved Tokyo better since I'm more of a city girl, but Kyoto is, perhaps, the most beautiful place I have ever been (and, believe it or not, THAT is saying something). It was absolutely amazing.

Day 06- Favorite super hero and why.

Hm... Favorite super hero? I'm assuming this is talking about typical DC comics (or similar) type super hero and not just an amazing protagonist (because in that case it would probably be Kurosaki Ichigo haha). But, if we're going that direction, I'd have to say Batman. And the why... I liked him because he wasn't typical. He was the spoiled rich kid that was doing - quite literally - all he could do to help his city. I found the premise believable (unlike Superman because Krypton just doesn't exist and never could have - at least not in my mind). And, beneath it all, he's human. He can be killed, he can stop any time he wants to... but he doesn't. Take off the mask and he's Bruce Wayne. Batman was his alter-ego, not Bruce. For most heros it's the other way around. I've always liked that about him. And he's not perfect. He makes mistakes. It always seems like other heros are "perfect." Thrown out Robin, and Batman's amazing.

Day 07- A picture of someone/something that has the biggest impact on you.

This is Carolyn. From the moment I met her, she was my best friend. Really. We met... (we keep trying to remember and it never really works) almost 7 years ago, I think. We never lived very close to one another back in Pittsburgh, but out west (where we are now), up until last week we were a 10 minute drive away from one another. No matter how long we go without seeing one another, things never change. She introduced me to the world of anime and cosplay, which changed my life. It brought me new friends and, strangely enough, a larger view of the world as a whole. And it encouraged me to learn to sew, which I'm quite good at now. She understands the things no one else does. She even came out west, in great part, because I was here. I've never had a friend love me as much as she does and I don't know what I would do without her. She's amazing. ♥

30-Day Getting to Know You Posting, part 2

Day 02- The meaning behind your [blogger] name.

Well! This is not an interesting story as far as blogger is concerned. My blog name - "Walking the line" - came from Cirque du Soleil. I saw a show recently and one of my favorite things was watching the walkers on the tight-rope. It was incredible! And it required balance and extreme concentration. It seemed fitting. However, "walking the tightrope" wasn't a wonderful name, so I chose this instead. A friend once told me that, before practicing on rope, she practiced walking on a line of tape stuck to the ground so she would be more confidant when trying the low rope. And there you go.

My livejournal name is more interesting haha. "Eevil_hero" is a name I use for quite a few things.

A few years ago (well, more than "a few" now I guess) I went to visit a good friend of mine in Atlanta for her birthday. I met Gann Green there and she told me that "evil" spelled with two e's seemed like a much more "evil" way to do things. Or something like that. As a joke, we started writing it that way whenever we would email each other.

Now the second half. I think it actually came from RPGWorldComics (now discontinued I believe). I don't remember if it came from there directly, but I remember that I was reading it when the thought occurred to me. Some reference was made to Hero being evil (or maybe I'm making this up. Maybe this was a thought I had about Hero or some extrapolation thereof). It was a complete contradiction, so I couldn't help but laugh. The thought that Hero was evil was silly.

I put the two stories together and there you have it. Eevil Hero.

And fun times were had by all.

Back to homework! Reading research on Isaiah and 2 versions of Isaiah all together is hard work. The boy was CONFUSING. And intentionally so. Most evil holy man I ever knew of =P

(Jokes. I love my Writings of Isaiah class).

30-day Getting to Know You Posting

My friend Jamie (who lives in Japan) posted this on her livejournal and it seemed like a good idea, especially since this is a new blog and I'm not very good at introducing myself.

SO here we go!

Day 01 - Post a recent picture of yourself and tell 5 random facts about you.

This was taken during a photo shoot my friends and I did of Alice in Wonderland. I am the White Rabbit (sans ears). I am looking up at Alice in this one, exasperated by the fact that she is late. Again.

Random facts about me! =D

1. I like foreign music (particularly German and Japanese) better than English/American music.

2. My favorite color changes very regularly. In the past couple of years, it went from green to red and it's currently purple.

3. I love being up early, I just hate getting up.

4. I love writing, but I don't often finish the projects I start.

5. I would be a photographer if I thought I could make a living that way.

So there you go! Some fun little facts about me =3 Hope you enjoyed it. I thought it was fun haha.

In case you're interested, here are the prompts for each day:

Day 01 - Post a recent picture of yourself and tell 5 random facts about you

Day 02- The meaning behind your [blogger] name.
Day 03- A picture of you and your friends.
Day 04- A habit that you wish you didn’t have.
Day 05- A picture of somewhere you've been to.
Day 06- Favorite super hero and why.
Day 07- A picture of someone/something that has the biggest impact on you.
Day 08- Short term goals for this month and why.
Day 09- Something you’re proud of in the past few days.
Day 10- Songs you listen to when you are Happy, Sad, Bored, Hyped, Mad.
Day 11- Another picture of you and your friends.
Day 12- How you found out about LJ and why you made one.
Day 13- A letter to someone who has hurt you recently.
Day 14- A picture of you and your family.
Day 15- Put your iPod on shuffle: First 10 songs that play.
Day 16- Another picture of yourself.
Day 17- Someone you would want to switch lives with for one day and why.
Day 18- Plans/dreams/goals you have.
Day 19- Nicknames you have; why do you have them.
Day 20- Someone you see yourself marrying/ being with in the future.
Day 21- A picture of something that makes you happy.
Day 22- What makes you different from everyone else.
Day 23- Something you crave for a lot.
Day 24- A letter to your parents.
Day 25- What I would find in your bag.
Day 26- What you think about your friends.
Day 27- Why are you doing this 30 day challenge.
Day 28- A picture of you last year and now, how have you changed since then?
Day 29- In this past month, what have you learned.
Day 30- Who are you?