My Week(s) in Pics ~11/9 - 11/15~

Hey Guys!

Haven't been all that busy, but tomorrow's gonna try to makeup for it. The girls and I are going to see Thor 2, run a few errands (including hitting up our fav book store, Bookman's) and then meet up for editng, TV and good times! Hopefully...

But I need to bang this out real quick, so here's my pics:

 

Some of you may have seen my post about Mighty being terrified of the flyswatter, but Strider is terrified of the camera. He's totally panicking. Is it wrong that I find this hilarious? >:D

 

 

 

I hit one hundred followers on Pinterest last week! So excited! Thanks for all the love! <3 p="">

 

 

 

Tati, aka GlamLifeGuru is following me on Google+! So honored!!!

 

 

 

Okay, this pic looks akward, but it's the best I could do! Rocking a dark lip via Michelle Phan's tutorial! I got compliments on my hair, makeup and outfit at church this past Sunday!

 

 

 

Kandee's replied to me so often! Here she called me beautiful! I cried, I was so thrilled. And I meant what I said, she's such a beautiful person and so lovely, can't believe that she talks to me so often!!!

 

 

 

Another pin has gotten popular! Now it's close to 300 repins! I know, this is so little and doesn't really matter, but I get so excited about each repin and like!!!!

And isn't this outfit so cute?

 

 

 

Mighty has a new spot! That's on top of the entertainment center, about 10 ft up!!! He's such a climber, but unlike certain other kitties *coughAngelShadowcough* he hasn't broken a thing!

 



So that's my weeks in pics!

What are you plans for the weekend? Anything fun, or did you catch the flu like two of my besties???

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Worthless (Poem)

So I read this article that Promise Phan/Promise Tamang tweeted about, and it really hurt me. It was about how my generation and younger feel that they need a great job or not one at all. And something Austin Kutcher said just really hurt, because I don't have a job, but not because I refuse to get one. I simply can't due to various reasons my friends and family are aware of.

So I started asking some questions to myself, and it turned into this poem. Let me know what you think!

Worthless

 

What is worthless?

Nothing

No one

A word that shouldn’t exist

 

For God made us all

And made all

So there must be some worth in

Everything

 

And yet this label doesn’t cease to exist

It haunts the innocent

Victims

Of their own mind

 

A term the world throws around

Pretending that they

Who have worth

Can deem what does

Or does not

 

But who are they to judge

Rulers and workers

Can they decide?

Have they that right?

 

What of those who label themselves

Is it their right to choose

If they live up to this term

Or any other term?

 

Wouldn’t the world be

Better off

If perhaps someone

Everyone

Simply lived

 

No judging

No harming

No labels

 

Just living

 

But then again

Who am I

To decide if worthless

Is worthless?

Sweater Weather Tag - altered version by Missglamourazzi

Hey ya'll!

So tags aren't a thing that you really see on blogs, at least on the blogs I read, but I'm big into Youtube, where tags are EVERYWHERE! And I thought about it, because I love tags, but I don't have a camera/don't wanna be on camera, so I decided to just do a tag here on the blog!

Let me know if you like this and would like me to do some more!

 

1. Favorite candle scent?

The candle I'm so in love with that I refuse to burn it would have to be

 

 

Pumpkin Cupcake from Bath and Bodyworks. Seriously, this is sitting right by my head so I smell it anytime I'm relaxing :)

 

 

2. Coffee, tea, or hot chocolate?

As I'm LDS, and coffee and tea aren't even options, it's def hot chocolate! Although this year I'm not gonna have it very much. But I will be using hot water for my Attain GC Control shakes I have every morning :)

 

 

3. What's the best fall memory you have?

Since fall/autumn is all but nonexistant here (it didn't get cold until two days before Christmas last year. I mean, REALLY??!) my best fall memory is from last year, when my parents took me and my brother up north to Utah where we lived when we were really little. On the free weekend at National Parks, we drove the Alpin Loop, where I took about 1000 pictures, some of which my dad would drive super slow so I could get the perfect shot. Then we went to a small town and brought some things including this cute owl statue. That week long trip was super fun, and the Alpin Loop/shopping trip especially.

 

4. Which makeup trend do you prefer: dark lips or winged eyeliner?

As I have hooded eyes, winged eyeliner is super hard to do, so dark lips.

 

 

5. Best fragrance for fall?

While I'm obsessed with Forever Red by Bath and Bodyworks, their new scent of the season,

 

 

This is such a perfect scent for the season!

...whenever it starts here. We were cold around Halloween, but now it's warm again! boo.

 

 

6. Favorite Thanksgiving food?

It's gotta be my mom's mash potatoes! Nothing comes close (except my cousin Blake's fried turkey, that was just amazing).

 

 

7. What is autumn weather like where you live?

Well, for one week in the middle or end of October, it gets cold. Then it's hot again until about Christmas, then we go into winter until March. In fact, we've even had snow in the middle of April! *shakes head* I seriously wanna move north, you know, where it has actual seasons!

 

 

8. Most worn sweater?

My emerald green one I wore here:

 

 

Yeah, not the most flattering picture, I know, but I love that sweater! It's my fav color, and looks great on!

 

 

9. Must-have nail polish this fall?

Honestly, I don't have one... but I'd have to say a deep red, like oxblood from last year.

 

 

10. Football games or jumping in leaf piles?

Not a fan of either, so...how about Black Friday shopping?

 

 

11. Skinny jeans or leggings?

Skinny jeans

 

 

12. Combat boots or Uggs?

 

 

Combat boots all the way!

 

 

13. Is pumpkin spice worth the hype?

Oh yes!

Except Starbucks Pumpkin Spice Frappe. Now, I don't drink coffee, but some of Starbucks Frappe's don't have coffee in them. This one does. And it tasted terrible. But I've had pumpkin spice cookies, cake, hot chocolate, and of course, pumpkin pie, and I'm obsessed with it all! ^^

 

 

14. Favorite fall TV show?

Avatar this season didn't impress me at all until Beginnings, which was amazing. But as a whole, it hasn't lived up to last season.

But Agents of Sheild is just doing amazing. Arrow's pretty good, but as it's just starting in on this season, I'm gonna go with this

 

 

 

15. What song really gets you into the fall spirit?

Nothing, really. But fall starts before Halloween, so I have to go with this vid!!!

 

 

It's just creepy enough to get me into Halloween, which has me getting into fall!

 

That's the tag! Tell me your answers below!!!

 

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Drowning (Poem)

Drowning

 

I feel like I’m drowning

Like the waves are overpowering

Lost

Confused

Scared

Frightened

 

“Don’t let fear rule you”

But what if all you have is fear?

All that you can rely on

All that remains at the end of the day

Is the endless depth

That sucks you in

 

Believe

Believe in what?

That with some work things will get better?

Believe in trust?

Faith?

 

I hold onto faith

But it’s not enough

It’s never enough

“Faith without works is dead”

 

Where’s the works?

A bleeding whisper of a promise

Floating away on the wind

Trying

Pretending

To mean something

Anything?

 

No

 

It’s not enough

 

The burns and bruises haven’t faded

They never faded

Will never fade

 

I can’t see through the smoke

To the fire

Is it there?

Is it done?

 

Will anyone find me?

Will anyone help me?

 

The tears turn into a river

River becomes a sea

A tsunami wave

 

And I’m pulled  under

My Week Pics ~10/27 - 11/2~

Hey Guys!

I've been on a roll with these posts, yay! *Knocks on wood* Now to stay on top of it!

Anywho, so Thursday was Halloween! As I've said, it's my fav holiday with Christmas right behind. So of course me and my girls celebrated it by dressing up then watching some movies! I also have some other pics as well!

 

 

Here's the awesome boots I got for about $16 at Ross! I'm super happy because my old black boots fell to pieces on me this past February when I really needed them. So I def needed something, and I really wanted some moto boots. Just what I was looking for, and for a totally great price!

 

 

 

On the same trip where I picked the boots up, I picked up this little guy, Mummy Sock Monkey (yes, that is his name. Kinda a let down for a Beanie Baby, don't cha think?). I wore him from my wrist Halloween night, and he's staying in my personal Halloween decorations, along with my Tiny Beanie Baby bear in a ghost costume :)

 

 

 

Tried out my halloween look, and suffeciently spooked out my cats! They seriously ran away from me! >:D

 

 

 

Look who saw my comment on her video! Lindsey Stirling recorded a new version of John Legend's All of Me, with the man himself! It's really, really well done, so you should check it here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwsYvBYZcx4&list=PL53000F201951E566&index=46

 

 

 

When I picked this sweater dress, I immediately shrank it by not drying it properly, but I washed it again, pulled on it, hung it up to dry, and it went back to normal! And don't mind how bad I look, this is try number 4 or 5 to get this pic, so I was frazzled at this point.

 

 

 

The beginning of the Halloween pics! I did mine, Megan's and Ray's makeup. I'm putting some scales on Ray since she was the same type of elf as Prince Zhenjin from her Hellboy 2 Fanfic, Once Upon a Time

check it here: http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5161461/1/Once-Upon-a-Time

 

 

 

 

The three of us when we were finished! I looked a little creepy, smiling with those stitches...

 

 

 

Ray as a Fae! Look at those scales! And her hair's down, yay!

 

Megan as a Dead Bridesmaid. She looks suffiently creepy and pale!

 

And me as the creepy, stitching doll! I didn't scare any kids, but I felt the part, especially when I turned my head and went "Mama?" I gave chills to my friends and brother >:D

We ate too much candy some of which was sugar-free, handed out sugary treats to cute or spooky kiddos, watched lots of movies and just had a blast! Totally love this holiday!

 

 

 

This just happened today. In 3 or 4 days, 265 have pinned this and 51 have liked it! OMG, that's a LOT! Actually, I just checked it again, and it's 285 pins and 57 likes! WHOA!

You can see the rest of my boards and pics here, some of them are for LA Knight, and some for my own writing!

http://www.pinterest.com/llobrien13/



So that's been my week! How was your Halloween? Spooky, scary, or just plain fun?

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Happy Halloween!

Hey ya'll!

My favorite holiday is here, and I'm planning on enjoying it to no end with Ray and Megan! We're gonna watch some not-so-spooky movies, eat healthy-ish candy, dress up and just have fun!

But to kick off the best holiday of the year, and the beginning of the holiday season, I thought I'd tell ya'll some stories! My cousins used to ask me to tell stories, scary or not, all the time when we were younger. While they haven't asked in a while, I thought I'd continue that tradition here today!

Now, I have LOTS of stories, most of which are not of my own making, but I'm gonna stick with an experience of mine! A spooky one. I actually have a LOT of ghost stories either first hand, or second hand, but I'll stick with something not so terrifying. Why, you may ask? Because some of them are TRULY terrifying, the stuff of horror films! And I have a few that aren't all that scary at all. But this one is true, and happened to me when I was little.

I've been told my whole life that ghosts are real, because they aren't ghosts, but evil spirits that enjoy scaring people and causing trouble. Some are truly malevolent, TRUST me, and some are just kinda there.

When I was in the fourth grade, I began noticing weird things happening around me. I kept feeling this presence following when I'd was alone in my room, at school, walking home or heading over to my friends. It wasn't there all the time, just sometimes. Once during a test, I felt it. Something kept grabbing my foot, but when I looked down, nothing and no one was there. My teacher came over, wondering if I was cheating, probably, so I told her I kept feeling something, and she told me to ignore it. On my way home, once I heard some voices, but I was alone, or with my brother, but he wasn't talking. I thought it might be a ghost, but my friends called me a liar and told me to ignore it.

One Saturday, I went into my parents room to just chill with my dad. He had a program, about hauntings on, and some of what they were talking about seemed pretty familiar. I told my dad that, and he told that if there was anymore issues to let him know. I got really freaked out when the program talked about this mist appearing in a room, and the person hearing a voice, and having things thrown around. Now, my dad's a priest, so is my brother, though he wasn't at the time. So he kinda laughed it off and was like, "They just need to talk to the Mormons, we'd clear that up real quick."

Freaked out enough, I headed for my room. And the tempearture dropped. And then a mist appeared. And I heard voices. I went into full blown panic room and started yelling for my dad and crying, and I raced to his room, and I told him everything. So he headed for my room and right when he walked in, everything stopped. The mist disappeared, the temperature rose, and it grew quiet. The presence was gone. That's when my dad sat me down and explained just what he was, and told me that if anything happened again, to tell him immediately. If it happened at school, to tell my mom.

But that was actually the end of it, then. It wasn't until...middle school that something else happened.

So that was my scary story for the day. Gotta admit, typing this up has me a little freaked out, but there's nothing here, and I know what to do if something else happens! ^^

Have you guys ever been haunted? Lots of my friends have, in fact the spookiest experiences I had, I shared with 4-6 other people. Let me know your spooky stories!

Happy Halloween ya'll!

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Monthly Favorites ~October 2013~

Hey ya'll!

Halloween's tomorrow, which means it's the end of the month! So here's my monthly favorites!

BOOK

 

 

Nurarihyon no Mago or Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan

 

I know, I've blogged about this at least once before, but once again, I've been blown away! Seriously this manga is perfect for this month, just creepy enough for me (who can't handle scary at ALL), with a GREAT storyline that hasn't let me down EVER, unlike most manga.

You can check it out online here: http://www.mangahere.com/manga/nurarihyon_no_mago/

 

 

MOVIE

 

 

The Chronicles of Narnia: Voyage of the Dawn Treader

 

I didn't get a chance to see it in theaters, but I did see it right after it came out on DVD. And I watched it again recently. The only one of the trilogy that I don't currently own, I adore this movie. I think it's just as good as the other two and I'm so sad they won't be continuing with The Silver Chair, The Horse and His Boy, The Magicians Nephew, or my favorite after Prince Caspian, The Last Battle. A great series, the world deserves to see it in its entirity.

 

 

TV SHOW

 

 

The Legend of Korra

Beginnings Part 1 and Part 2, specifically

 

I wrote last month that this show was bugging me lately, and that's true. Until this hour long special (aka, two episodes shown back to back).

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This is AMAZING!!! I heard that it was perhaps the best episode in the entirity of the series, Korra and Airbender. And I agree that it's up there with Blue Spirit, Zuko Alone, and several others. Very, VERY well done! Can't wait for the next episode on Friday!

 

 

YOUTUBER

 

 

Promise Phan/Promise Tamang

Youtube Channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/dope2111

 

I'm not certain I wrote about Promise, but she's the one who introduced me to youtube beauty gurus. I saw her transformations, and I was hooked. Then I discovered Michelle Phan, her sister-in-law, and thus the beauty junkie in my awakened, and now I know more about makeup than all the rest of my friends, and my mother!

The reason she's on the list this month is because while many of my beauty gurus have come up with Halloween tutorials, her's were the best last year, and this year, hands down! Congrats, queen of transformations! You won yet again! ^^

 

 

VIDEOS

 

 

This Is Halloween by HagarenGao

 

First of all, if I've posted this video on here before with a different creator name, I apologize, just discovered right now that the vid I always watch is NOT by the creator, THIS is the creator, and this is HIS vid, not the other dude.

Secondly, THIS AMV IS AMAZING! I've played this over and over again for the past two or three Halloweens, and this year is no different! Had to add it again!

 

 

 

Creepy Stiched Doll Look by Promise Phan

 

Another AMAZING vid! I will be going as a tweked version of this tomorrow. Hope I don't scare the little kids who come to ask for candy, since I really freaked my cats out! Except for Mighty, he just kinda glared at me for playing music while he was trying to sleep :)

 

 

FASHION

 

 

Okay, so this isn't a flattering look, but I was having a heck of a time trying to get this picture to work for me! But this dress! I absolutely love it! I found it at Last Chance in Phoenix (http://shop.nordstrom.com/st/last-chance-clearance-store) for only $12! I did screw up and dry it, so it shrank, but then when I washed it again, I hung it up, and then pulled on it to put it back to the proper length, and it worked!

With my dress I paired my brand new moto boots! Not sure if you can see them really well, but I'll put a pic of them all close up in Saturday's My Week in Pics. I love them and found them on clearance at Ross for about $16.50

 

 

MUSIC

 

1.

 

P!nk - Are We All We Are (clean version)

 

I heard this once, and was addicted. I found a clean version on youtube here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Su9tD26rr6Q&list=PL7AD2FF1D5B419407&index=21) and I'm totally in love! Even LA was addicted when I played it for her!

 

 

2. 

 

Within Temptation ft. Tarja - Paradise (What About Us?)

 

I've been waiting for this duet ever since I heard the two of them way back in 2006. I love both of them, and just as I imagined, their voices are amazing together, and I love this song! In fact, it is my number one played song according to Spotify! Beautiful!

And check the music video here, because it's pretty darn amazing too!

http://youtu.be/Dy6MpsDPKts

 

3.

My Halloween Playlist on Spotify

 

As I type this up, actually the WHOLE time I've typed this up, I've been listening to this playlist to get ready for tomorrow! (Actually it's 12:04 AM, so TODAY!)

 

I'll share this playlist on Facebook and Twitter, so you can check it there, or you can join Spotify and follow me on there! It's free, and you can find me by my name, Lorien O'Brien or my username lorien13.



That's what I've been up to this month! What about you guys? Any new shows, or has some old ones won you over yet again?

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