Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving! I hope you enjoy your holiday.

I will be at my great-aunt's house tomorrow for Thanksgiving. I love my grandparents, but this will probably not be a fun weekend for me. All the cousins are older than me, and the adults still see me as a kid...(hello I am 17 AND a half on Thanksgiving day), so I am in that awkward in-between stage.

My cousins are kinda hard to get along with...the oldest one is 11 and obsessed with Hunger Games which makes any outdoor play strangely violent and usually ending in tears. Yes. That's what happens when you let a 6th grader watch Hunger Games. There is reason for PG-13, people.

You guessed it: Not a big fan of the HG. But anyway, Thanksgiving.

I will probably be sure to bring books. Also all my art supplies and my kindle. Other wise I will die.

So most of the weekend will look like this:

Anyway Happy Thanksgiving. I'm going to go watch old Who episodes to get me through withdraw.

The Moment Came

So guys. DOCTOR WHO!

Before I get into the 50th Anniversary special in detail, fangirl rant time.

Oh my gosh David Tennant! It was awesome to see him back. John Hurt was awesome! Gallifrey was spectacular. Rose...wow. ALL THIRTEEN! What was that about?? (Besides Capaldi's eyeballs). WAIT does that mean he is the last Doctor. NO.

That being said, now into details.

That episode opens up with Clara and the 11th (now 12th or 13th?) starts out amazing and ends 10 times more amazing. John Hurt plays the War Doctor, which the Doctor comes to terms with at the end of the movie. Gallifrey is saved and the whole basis of the show was altered as well. No more Time War.

My favorite scene was the "all thirteen". That was just brilliant. All the Tardis's (?) all the Doctors, saving Gallifrey. It was epic. But it confused me. Remember the 12 regeneration rule? What happens now? Is Capaldi the 13th doctor or the 14th, and will Doctor Who continue?

Billie Piper's role also confused me alot. But I thought that the whole "moment" thing was really cool.

But it broke my heart at Tennant's last scene in the movie. He said...you guessed it. "I don't wanna go." I swear I think all the Whovians in the theatre had thier hearts break.

My conclusion is: The special was brilliant, but it left me with even more questions than I had before the movie.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Into Hibernation

I am going to watch the Day of the Doctor in the theatres on Monday and not on Saturday when it actually airs, (I don't have BBC, and I am NOT driving to Philidelphia do see the simulcast) I am at risk of spoilers (!) for two whole days.

So I will not post anymore after this until Tuesday due to this fact. I am staying offline until 10:00 pm on Monday. That means no Facebook, Pinterest, DeviantART, Blogger, and maybe even my email...

There you have it. Farewell Internet.

So...

Allons-y!

A Geek's Bedroom

I think that you can tell alot about a person from thier bedroom. I was looking around my room the other day and realized how dorky I am. I took pictures.

So here is where I keep my drawing stuff and some of my books. If you look carefully on the top shelf on the far left, you can see half of my 1930 Complete Works of Shakespeare. I got it at the library book sale a couple weeks ago. The bottom two shelves are art stuff and such, I organize my artwork by date. (See the binders that say Artwork I and II) I also keep journals and half written books on this shelf. (I have a lot of those.)

This is beside my headboard. This pictures pretty much speaks for itself. I have a Merlin calendar hanging there. Top left (left to right) of the calendar is an Irish postcard, then a small picture of Celtic Thunder, then a postcard from Brotherband Chronicles Book. I have a Starry Night print hanging to the left of the calendar and directly below it is a picture of the 10th Doctor and Allons-y in Gallifreyan that I drew. Below that is the box my Tardis came in. On the shelf is my Harry Potter 8 in 1 disc set and the first two seasons of Merlin as well as a Celtic Thunder DVD and some other stuff. Also, I don't know if you can see this very well, but sitting on the shelf at the base of the DVD's is a homemade Harry Potter wand.

On the bottom shelves I keep my tech stuff and usually it also contains like 10 manga books from the library.

 My headboard. From right to left on the top shelf: the green box is a clay box I made in class and carved and painted. The Tardis. Then a box I made at a pottery place.

Second Shelf: Harry Potter books, then Beautiful Chaos (a Doctor Who book) and then the whole Rangers Apprentice Series (I'm missing two-a bit short of funds at the moment) and misc books.




Well there you have it. My geeky bedroom. You're welcome.

All Hail the Tardis

Drum roll please! I finished it. My Tardis is complete and done in time for the 50th anniversary.

So in case anyone cares, I made this out of white Sculpey clay and painted it with Reeves acrylic. (That came in a set I got for Christmas about five years ago) I then gave it several layers of Scupley glaze to give it that shine and prevent the paint from chipping and sticking to me.

 Down here is a comparison of the new one on the right and an old one I did in an art class last year. Pretty bad, huh? The new one is so much better. I had just started watching Who when I made the first one so I hadn't had much time to study the Tardis haha. See what watching all the series gives you? A perfect Tardis. Not. But anyway I think the new one has more detail. Took me stinking forever to paint police box on the new one. But it is accurate! I realized that when I painted the first one I made the Police Box words in black on white instead of in white on black. I was such a new Whovian. :D  Anyway that's all for now. :)

My Artwork

So I discovered I can add pages to my blog. Awesome. So the tab at the top right is linked to my DeviantArt page, which has all my artwork on it. That's pretty much it. Artwork. Yeah.

http://kotoni-sukina.deviantart.com/

Oh, and if case you're wondering, Kotoni Sukina is how my name is pronounced in Japanese.

Allons-y!

Science and Faith

I really enjoy listening to music while I work on various art projects, it inspires different themes for my artwork. I usually set up my kindle on the table where I work and listen to Pandora. I really like Coldplay, the Script, One Republic and Maroon 5 (some songs are sketchy, I "thumb down" those ones.)
I found a song that I really like by the Script called Science and Faith. It explores the idea that love and faith cannot be explained by science. Although the Script is most likely not a band with Christian members, the song's message had an element of truth. Whether people like to admit it or not, science is not the answer to everything. True, alot of things can be explained by science, but since God is the creator of everything, the essence of everything cannot be explained without him in the picture. I was reminded of this during a conversation at the dinner table about astronomy. I really love astronomy, and have taken it as a school subject for about two years now. It fascinates me. (This may have something to do with Doctor Who) But alot of the theories in my textbook are very Big Bang focused and not Creator focused. When I said this to my mother, she pointed out that God could have used the Big Bang to create the Earth and the universe and such, but not in the way scientists believe it happened. Personally I lean more towards 7-day creation, but what she said is true. A lot of parts of the Bible were not intended to be taken literally. None of us were there when creation happened, so none of us really know how exactly the Earth and the universe were created. We only know that God created it. It says somewhere in Hebrews, I believe, that a thousand years is like a day to God. If we took that passage completely literally, then when it says in Genesis that God created the universe in seven days, that could mean 7000 years. So who knows? No one will know the exact answer until we reach heaven. But it doesn't really matter how God created the Earth, does it? Just the fact that He created it and what He created is ridiculously amazing.

Fair is Foul, and Foul is Fair

Yet another post on the same day. I'm on a roll. But this is a really short one. This blog is probably go
ing to be more of small updates on my thoughts then long meditations. I wish I could write long meditations haha.

I finished Macbeth today in British Literature. I kinda enjoyed it. I came to hate Macbeth, love Banquo and mourne with Macduff. Last week I had to do a research paper on Shakespeare Tragedy and Macbeth. I found it interesting to note that Shakespeare composed Macbeth during the reign of King James and most historians believe that he was trying to make a point and show James up through this play. Originally a tale of a great king who was admired for bravery and good kingsmanship, Shakespeare twisted it around into a conscience- riveting and twisted tragedy in which ambition kills sense of duty, honor and leaves people tormented by guilt.

Who in a Weekend and a Nerd Girl Problem

I'm super excited for the Doctor Who 50th Anniversary! Like probably every other Whovian, I have bought my tickets to see the Day of the Doctor in the theatre near my house on the 25th. (I love the Doctor, but driving down to Philidelphia on the 23rd for the simulcast was a little much for a 17 year old who can't drive). But now I had a problem. Who was I going with?

Where I live and in my church, I am one of the only two girls who like DW. The other girl is a little too ridiculous for me to enjoy watching it with. And I was NOT going to wait to get a group together at my church to make plans. The tickets would be sold out and that would take forever.

After some consideration, I decided to take along my "adopted" father from church. However, he had absolutely no backround information on the Doctor...he called him Doctor Who. (horrible, right?) I then spent all day Saturday and part of Sunday afternoon watching Doctor Who episodes. Let me tell you, it is really hard to pick episodes to watch to introduce the doctor. Really hard. We ended up starting with Bad Wolf and the Parting of the Ways. Bad choice. It was really hard to explain Bad Wolf and regeneration, but I felt that it was necessary. We watched Midnight as well. I forgot how tense that episode was, but it was really a characteristic episode of the show.

We watched some others and ended with Nightmare in Silver. Not really the best of the cybermen, but I liked the episode. All I have to watch to be caught up now is the Name of the Doctor. I think I confused my friends but it was fun. Nothing better than spending the weekend watching Who! :)

Of Mermaids and Dragons

Today at breakfast my family and I had an interesting and deep conversation about creatures in mythology. My sister Rebekah started it by telling us that a seven year old in her school class said she watched some television program where scientist "found" a mermaid. Really now. So this opened a whole can of worms about strange creatures and we came to dragons. This got me started talking because I really like medieval history and legends.

From the way I see it, there is truth in every legend (I think the Doctor said something similar in an DW episode- the Doctor's Daughter?). I think there was probably some sort of form of dinosaur left on Earth during the medieval ages which are our "dragons". I watched a commentary by Ken Ham a couple of years ago in which he states that dinosaurs may have seemed to blow fire because of very hot breath due to their large bodies.

As far as mermaids go...No.

Google Glass: Reality or Science Fiction?

At this rate, I'll be posting like five times a day. Whatever. Hey, it's not like anyone's reading this, right?

My best friend Sarah's dad was asked to test Google Glass recently. I believe he went, although I haven't heard anything of it since. Some people know about Google Glass, but the majority of people I haved talked to have no idea what it is, and upon hearing my explanation, laugh.

So what is Google Glass? In short, Glass is a smartphone worn as glasses. You can watch movies, use Google Maps, and take pictures, right from your eyes. Amazing, right? I was really excited about these fantastic pieces of technology right off the bat. Currently they are not available to the public, but are expected to be on the market next year. Most likely it will become the top 2014 Christmas list item.

The more I learn about this product, the more amazed I am. I'd say we haven't done too badly with futuristic movies in the past. I feel like I am starting to live in a science fiction tv show, waiting for the Doctor to turn up and stop the use of Google Glass that is secretly hiding hijacking alien species.

A Somewhat Boring Post

One of the most annoying things about cyberschooling is working away from home. This may sounds strange, but I hate working at other places. Yeah, yeah there's interenet everywhere so I can work, I get that. But seriously, nothing is more bothersome.

Aside from the strange looks you get as you walk into Sheetz with your family and their 4 or 5 laptop bags, buy nothing, but leave three hours later, there is the noise factor. Constant music, or people talking endlessly. Today, while working in the school office, an alarm sounds for about fifteen minutes while it is fixed.

I love cyber school, but sometimes the portability that is one of it's main entices is also the downpoint.

T.A.R.D.I.S. In Progress

It's getting closer to the special day! I wanted to share the Sculpey Tardis I'm making for the Doctor Who 50th Anniversary. Hopefully I'll wear it if it comes out well. It is currently drying after a clear coat. (You wouldn't believe how many coats such a little thing would need). I'll post a final picture when it's done.

The Haunting of the Library

Ok, so maybe posting will be somewhat random. I lied.

I work at the library once a week for about three hours on Wednesdays (sometimes shorter, sometimes longer), and I LOVE it. I think the library is one of the best places in the world. It is a place that has a rule for quietness! Seriously, amazing. But really. I read alot. Well sort of. (I like to think I read). Actually I haven't been reading much at all. Manga doesn't count does it?

One of the things that catches my attention while I am at the library is the lack of people. In the book sections. I am beginning to think that people don't read any more. About 75% of the people that come in while I am there are showing up to use a computer. I mean seriously, get your own or use a tablet. I suppose that isn't very gracious but it makes me sad that most people don't read actual books anymore. I really like to read, I even like Shakespeare. (If your surprised, read the blog title).

Anyway to get to what I was writing about to begin with. Haunted library. Sounds like something from a movie, right? Today I overheard some conversation about while working today. Right now, spirits and such are a hot topic at the library due to a strange occurence. The library asked specialists to come in and determine whether spirits and ghosts were roaming about the bookshelves. (Hello? you know Halloween is over, right?) Seriously wacko. Needless to say, this has induced some interesting stories from other people about their own expiriences. Apparently the next time something falls off a hook and hits the basement stairs I should blame a ghost.

I suppose things like this really seem odd to me because I'm a Christian. (you're probably thinking: "Isn't that even the more reason to be afraid of spirits?) However I feel no fear, I am going to heaven when I die. And God doesn't send spirits to disturb us. Haunted library? I don't think so.

Introduction

Hello People,

So I decided to start a blog. I'm not a very outgoing person (like, 100% introvert), so I thought this might be a good way to communicate my ideas and thoughts on things. Even though I don't like to talk, I really am passionate about various subjects and want to put myself out there.

I am going to try to commit to at least one post a week, and hopefully get to two after I have gotten started. We'll see how this goes with school and stuff.

Till next week,

Courtney E.