1. I have an amazing boyfriend named Danny, and we are about to have our fifth anniversary.

2. I haven't bought him a gift yet because I'm a terrible person.

3. I speak French pretty proficiently.

4. I live in a mostly Caribbean neighborhood and actually get to use my French sometimes because like half my building is Haitian and Guyanese.

5. My job in real life is as the director of an after-school program at a middle school.

6. The school I work in is next to a bay and occasionally, seals come out of the bay and we have to call Animal Services to get them off of the playground. I wish I was joking, it's the most adorable problem.

7. The only bones I've ever broken in my body are in my right hand, and I've broken bones there in three separate incidents.

8. I have a younger sister who looks almost exactly like me, and people used to confuse us.

9. My sister had a head injury last year and lost her sense of smell, and now she tells jokes like Toph Beifong whenever people mention that something smells good (or bad) around her.

1. I'm currently eating sunflower seeds out of a giant 2 lb bag. You will probably underestimate the size of this thing.

2. I own two rats named Drogon and Viseryon.

3. My room is decorated in Mass Effect posters.

4. If I could live anywhere in the world it would be New Zealand

5. I did 3 years of a Psychology degree, 2 years of an aeronautical engineering degree and 1 year of an environmental engineering degree before dropping out of college

6. my family owns 3 xbox 360s but when we eventually buy a next gen console it will be a ps4

7. my superpower is the ability to flip to any sex scene in any book on the first try. I don't know how I do this. It's a gift.

8. i wear granny jammies to bed

9. I am one of those people who left home at 18 but due to the economy and inability to support myself had to move back in with my parents at 26. Don't feel ashamed kiddos. 

cosplay of the day: Booker Dewitt

endlesslyuniverse did a really good Elizabeth!

i shoulda made some dad jokes

(i didn't make any dad jokes)

we got there in time for the opening show! which was then ... fifteen minutes late in starting, haha

on the other hand, they'd really amped up the lighting/stage show this year. Sweet!

then we watched linnpuzzle and another girl draw for Thunderdome!

they were both really good!

afterwards a herd of cosplayers (pack of dogs. murder of crows. herd of cosplayers) went out for lunch

talked fantasy with Tifa and an elf

(I have forgotten every name, I'm sorry)

cried about Kieren Walker with linnpuzzle

we met one other Booker and two Elizabeths!

ended the day with a visit to a panel called How to be a villain - which was funny, and despite being a joke panel it did manage to pack in some genuinely good advice. ("You need to know that you're awesome. Tell yourself you're awesome in the mirror every time before you go to bed.")

before she could reach that point, though, a dude in the audience raised his hand. This is what happened next:

"Yes? Did you have a question?"

The young man stands up. "I just wanted to say something before I leave."

I look down immediately, staring fixedly at the toy gun resting on my thigh. There's something about his voice that let's you know that something is going to happen, and that it will probably be deeply embarrassing for everyone involved. This is a Man on a Mission.

"I just wanted to say," the man continues, voice shaking with the indignance and self-importance that makes a guy stand up and derail a joke panel at a fan convention, "that if you think superheroes are more boring than supervillains, you are wrong!"

The room fills with the noise of thirty people being acutely and intensely embarrassed on someone else's behalf. I try not to listen too hard to what the guy says next. Something about being infantile and fifteen years old.

Finally he winds down, spent, and gives the woman giving the talk an expectant look, like maybe she'll admit how wrong she was to hold this talk, and how right he is. She is being infantile, and acting like a fifteen year old. How could she not see the greatness of Batman.

She doesn't say any of that. Instead, she smiles.

"It's ironic, then, isn't it, that you're the biggest villain in the room," she says.

cosplay of the day: Shion (No. 6)

met up with endlesslyuniverse (cosplaying Isabela and doing it pretty damn well) and her coolkid friends at their hotel!

feet thoroughly plastered with a combination of gears of war and cars bandaids to avoid death by new shoes

the most stereotypically dudely decked-out feet of ALL TIME

at the con we met a friend who took japanese with us (and went to Japan the year before me) and her boyfriend - she cosplayed Noiz from DMMD and pulled it off in style (although Noiz, bless his trashbaby heart, would probably not have laughed as much)

met linnpuzzle again! (yo check out her stuff it is really cool and she draws things from a lot of different fandoms!)

got hugged by some strange babbies

they were adorable

one of them was dressed up as Jack Frost

had brief and shifty eye contact with another Shion, like neither of us could decide which of us was real

at some point managed to spot the rare and elusive vikinged!

neck makeup bled red all over my shirt

realised around eight that I hadn't eaten anything all day? whoops

took wig off, tasted freedom

had a Moment with girl Aladdin

got two hugs from girl Aladdin

she was so cute???

came home and looked like a strangulation victim with a sunburn on half my face because

tagged by ifonlyhanslovedyou, wearenotmagnificent, and oceanofinsanity

Rules: 1.) You must put the rules in your post 2.) You must answer the questions 3.) You must make 11 questions yourself 4.) You must tag 11 people 5.) You must tell them they have been tagged

Questions from ifonlyhanslovedyou.

1. If you had to live in any fictional land, which would it be?

hmmmm... Narnia

2. If someone were to play you in a movie, who would it be?

Jennifer Lawrence.

3. Who is your favourite person from history?

um I don't actually know but I'm gonna go with Adolphe Sax cuz I find him interesting.

4. What’s your guilty pleasure movie?

Sleepover.

5. Describe your perfect partner

Someone who loves me and respects me but it wouldn't hurt if they could cook, sing, liked to drive and were tall.

6. If you were an x-men what would your ability be?

Teleportation. oh yeah.

7. Tell me about a song that means a lot to you.

The first one that comes to mind is Home by Phillip Phillips. I heard it back when it was first popular at the end of summer 2012 right before I moved out for the first time to come live up here and go to school and it just really resonated with me. I remember playing this on repeat when i was unpacking my stuff at my dorm after my parents had left. It was a really tough time but the song was very comforting and inspiring so I still like to listen to it when I am going through a tough time and I feel alone.

8. What’s your dream cast for your favourite book.

wow that's hard. I think first I'd have to pick a favorite book. This is also hard because once i see cast for a movie for a book its hard for me to make my own casts. also most of my favorite books have movies or i can't cast. But the first example of a dreamcast for a book I can think of is back when I was reading the Host (yes i actually like the book though I haven't seen the movie but I can tell that cast is too young.) I decided on Missy Peregrym for Melanie, Laura Vandervoot for Wanda, Sean Connery for Jeb, Jared Padalecki as Jared, Ian Somerhalder/Hugh Dancy as Ian, and young Skandar Keynes as Jamie. I might change the ladies now but that was what I really wanted for the guys and why the actual cast, while lovely people, just seems odd to me.

9. Who is your favourite villain?

ooh, tough question. The first one that comes to mind is Prince Nuada from Hellboy 2 and then Maleficent from the original Sleeping Beauty. also Scar.

10. What’s your favourite dessert?

vanilla ice cream. also cheesecake.

11. Tell me about a memory that made you really happy.

One time when my cousin/best friend Emmy and I went and saw the first Hobbit and then spent about 8 hours dressing up as the different dwarves with everyday things we found around the house. it was hilarious.

questions from wearenotmagnificent:

1. place you like to sit on the bus? 

towards the front if I can in the side facing seats.

2. favorite piece of clothing? 

probably my dark blue and white-ish dress.

3. what did you have for breakfast today? 

sourdough toast. my favorite bread ever.

4. what do you think about when you’re by yourself? Mostly my stories and fandoms.

5. who do you like to hug best? (and who have you hugged today?) 

I like to hug my family best but some of my favorite hugs are with tall guys. (my roommate Mandy)

6. most embarrassing song you know all the lyrics to? 

Can't Smile Without You by Barry Manilow. thanks for that Hellboy 2.

7. tv show you wish you didn’t watch but you can’t stop?

Gossip Girl.

8. why do you think people in musicals want to go to santa fe? 

Um...because the sky is all big and blue and pretty there. also maybe nachos. i had some really tasty nachos in Santa Fe once.

9. someone you look up to and isn’t a celebrity? 

My mom. she is so amazing.

10. favorite word in you native language? 

Nincompoop. Don't ask me why. it's just hilarious.

11. favorite piece of poetry? 

All That is Gold Does Not Glitter by JRR Tolkien. does that even count?

questions from oceanofinsanity:

1. Have you got a pet?  If so, what kind?

Yes, a beautiful fluffy idiot named Tucker. He's a big tabby kitty.

2. Have you ever dyed your hair?  What color?

Nope, I haven't. I've thought about it but never actually done it. the color I most considered was blue but I'm not sure I can pull it off.

3. Song you love to sing when you’re home alone?

there are so many but I tend to reflexively go for something by either the Civil Wars or Gabrielle Aplin.

4. Favorite book you’ve read in the past three months.

I haven't been able to read any fun books since school started but the favorite thing I've read for school was Rappaccini's Daughter by Nathaniel Hawthorne or The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving.

5. Have you ever been out of your native country?  Where to?

Sadly I haven't ever left but I have seen both Canada and Mexico with my own eyes from across a border.

6. What’s your greatest baking accomplishment?

Probably those cookies I made a couple months ago for my roommates. they didn't taste great but I made some really fun shapes and spelled out "DO YOU WANNA EAT A COOKIE?"

7. Favorite piece of jewelry?

I think probably either my lock necklace or my steampunk clock necklace.

8. Have you ever written something, only to deeply regret it later?

Yeaaaahh. most of my twilight fics. also that one first fanfic I wrote that I found.

9. Favorite fan fiction you’ve ever read?

no don't ask me that. But some of my tops are House Rules by Captain Tiny, End of Days by dansemacabre, Viral by Punctuator, Flight by labrynths, and Overcome by LOTRRanger to name a very very small few.

10. Favorite character from the story said fan fiction was based off of?

From House Rules- Grantaire, Joly, Eponine, Cosette, Combeferre, and Enjolras.

End of Days- Jareth

Viral- Timekeepy Raymond Leon

Flight- Peter Vincent

Overcome- Murtagh

11. Favorite season (of the world, not a show :))?

haha. Autumn.

new questions:

1. If you had a time travel device would you go backwards or forwards?

2. What is your favorite variation of the potato?

3. What is your earliest memory?

4. If you didn't have to worry about money what would you do with your life?

5. Do you have any siblings?

6. what snack do you crave the most?

7. Soda, tea, coffee, juice, or water?

8. Which of the four elements do you associate yourself with the most?

9. Sci-fi or fantasy?

10. Last character death you cried over?

Rules: In a text post, list ten books that have stayed with you in some way. Don’t take but a few minutes, and don’t think too hard — they don’t have to be the “right” or “great” works, just the ones that have touched you. Tag ten friends, including me, so I’ll see your list. Make sure you let your friends know you’ve tagged them.

The Chaos Walking trilogy // Patrick Ness 

A monster calls // Patrick Ness

The Iliad // Homer

The Cirque Du Freak series // Darren Shan

Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter // Seth Grahame-Smith (don't even judge me it's fucking great!)

Noughts and Crosses // Malorie Blackman

The Song of Achillies // Madeline Miller 

A Street Car Named Desire // Tennessee Williams

The Monkey's Paw // W.W Jacobs (Its a short story but shh it still counts)

The Help // Kathryn Stockett

All titles of the books are linked to their goodreads pages so you can all go forth and discover these fab stories!! :D 

I'm tagging.... 

cuckooforcombeferre

endlesslyuniverse

alannahdelrey

thesilencebetweenthenotes

thedaydividesthenight

snorlaxlovesme

avox-girl

abigailmills

cutieferre