New blog!

As promised, here is the link to my new blog: http://madeline-ashwell.blogspot.com/

This blog will be closed by the end of the year. If anyone is still reading, thanks for sticking around.

New Blog and apology

Wow. Hey guys, long time no see, huh? Yeah, I suppose that's a bit of an understatement...

I wonder if anyone will even see this. I guess it can't hurt to try.

Before anything else, I'd like to formally apologize to anyone who was still following this blog. I know I kind of just vanished without an explanation and I feel bad about it. You guys were always there and you're all awesome!

To make a very, very long story short, I had some issues that I needed to overcome before anything else. Thankfully, I've not only overcome them, but this year has been one of the best of all my teen years. I'm a much happier, more confident person, and I'm ready to really live my life. I'm so excited to turn eighteen next month!

I'm also happy to say that I'm coming back to blogger, although not to this blog. I'm creating a new blog which will also act as a personal site for my writing, (yep, I'm gonna be a writer!)

I will post the link on here once I am finished setting it up. In January 2013, I will officially close this blog.

It's kind of sad. I mean, I've had this blog since 2007. In fact, on Saturday, this blog will be exactly five years old!

But, I really do need a fresh start. So if anyone is still remotly interested in my life, check back soon for a link to my new blog.

Thanks for everything guys, you've all been so kind to me over the years!

~ Maddy (GeekSandwich)

Star Trek, website and walking in circles

I love Star Trek: The Next Generation. I've been saying it over and over for the last few weeks.
I know I'm annoying about it. I talk about it all the time, quote it, watch it at least twice a day.
But I can't help it. I just love it. I love the characters, the stories, everything! (except Wesley...)
I know I'm a bit obsessive when it comes to things I like, (e.g, Batman) but again, I can't help the way I am.

I'm a TNG Trekkie!!!

:D

As the title hints, I'm working on making a personal website.
I'm attempting to make it using iWeb, and it's actually going a lot better than I thought.
Knowing basic HTML really helps, too.
Hopefully it'll all come together like I plan.

Now, I'm sure you're wondering what I mean when I say "walking in circles."
Well, recently I've noticed a very odd thing that I do almost everyday.
At random times during the day I'll just start walking around the sofa in our living room, just thinking and talking to myself, (two more things I do quite often, actually...)
But the thing is, whenever I do this, I always get the best writing ideas.
For some reason, just walking around like that makes me want to start reciting things that I'm going to write out loud.
For example, I'm working on a fan-fiction, (I'm not going to say what of, but if you know me you can probably guess,) and I was having a ton of writers block. But every time I started walking in circles it was like this explosion of ideas.
It's really odd, but I'm not going to complain because it obviously works.

Summer is pretty much over now, which I kind of have mixed feelings about.
On the one hand, I'm kind of glad to get back to school. But on the other hand, we're going to get incredibly busy and I won't have as much free time.

It's all pretty bittersweet, isn't it?

Summer

Summer is almost over, and I, being the awesome person that I am, have hardly posted about it.

I guess I'll start with the big stuff. (I almost put "pig stuff.")

We got back from North Carolina yesterday, and I have to say it was a fantastic trip. We were there for a week and it was great. Spending time with my family is always fun! (:
The beach was awesome, and we had perfect weather the entire time! We rode bikes, went body surfing, took pictures and had fantastic homemade food. I even did a little shopping. (one of the things I bought was a rainbow umbrella, I just couldn't help myself!)
All in all, it was a great trip!

I've also been to the movies a lot this summer, which I don't think I ever posted about either.
So far, I've seen: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows part 2, Super 8, Winnie the Pooh, Rise of the Planet of the Apes, and Captain America, all of which I really enjoyed.

Aside from beach trips and going to the movies, I've spent time with family, gone to the pool, played Minecraft, and watched Star Trek: The Next Generation.

Yep, I'm so awesome, I bet you can hardly handle my awesomeness.

Blarararag!

Oh, hey there Nigel.

Anyways, I just wanted to get something up before I want past a week.

Today is the 3rd anniversary of The Dark Knight!!! (No, I still won't let it go...) And I'm ashamed to say that I can't actually watch it like I have in past years. ):
I'm a terrible fan!

Aside from that, I have done anything particularly news-worthy.
All I've really done is babysit, draw and watch Star Trek.

Why yes, I am a loser, thanks for noticing.

;D

What a weekend

Haha, not really. Well, kind of...

Look I promised I'd be completely honest, so that's what I'm going to do.

Being completely honest, I didn't really have a good time.
The talks were generic, boring, and not at all compelling or thought provoking. I was really disappointed, because I was expecting a lot more substance in these talks.
And the chastity talk, boy was that fun.

The music was, well, to put it lightly, it was very christian music. So yeah, not really my style. And they sure did play a lot of it. Oh, so much music...

The food made me sick. And when I say sick, I mean literally sick. The orange juice gave me heartburn, the burger almost made me puke, and everything else just made me feel nauseous. There wasn't a single healthy thing to eat, and I felt really gross after every "meal."

And to top it all off, there was this really stupid drama surrounding me. Heck, the drama was ABOUT me.
I can't really tell you the whole story, but I'll just say this; it was one of the most embarrassing experiences of my life. No joke. The story just get's worse and worse every time I hear about it. It kind of ruined whatever fun I did end up having on the trip.

I don't know if this is too brutality honest, I don't know if it sounds like I'm being a downer, but I did not have a good weekend. I was sick, tired, and the drama was unbelievable.

I've never been more happy to be home.

:|

Busy, busy!

I've had a very good weekend so far.
On Thursday night Lilly and I had a sleepover at our friend Dehja's house. We watched random movies and Lilly acted like a total spazz. It was fun.
On Friday I spent most of the day with my mom. We went shopping and just talked. Then we met my dad for a nice lunch. When we got back home we all went to the pool. It was a really, really good day.
Yesterday we went to my Abuelo and Abuela's house to celebrate my Abuela's birthday. We had a great lunch, and I had a great time visiting with my family, (I always do.)

Today we're going to the grocery store, (Wegmans!) and other than that I don't know yet.
Tomorrow is the 4th of course, so we're going to see fireworks with some friends.
My brother Sam's birthday is this week! He's finally going to be 13! I can hardly believe it! And just when I'm feeling a little more sentimental than usual. The years just roll by don't they?

This coming weekend Lilly and I are going to a Youth Conference in Ohio. I have kind of mixed feelings about going, (to be completely honest I don't really want to go at all,) but my mom says I'm supposed to go with an open mind. I'll tell you how it went when I get back, and I'll be completely honest, no sugar-coating it.

I love Summer.

:)