New Sharon Den Adel Live Banner/Avatar Sets

Here are some new Sharon den Adel Live Banner/Avatar Sets. All live photos from 2007. All music videos photos from the music video the banner/avatar set is named for.

Ice Queen Set


















Mother Earth Set


















What Have You Done Set


















Frozen Set


















The Howling Set

New Sharon den Adel graphics!

Some new Sharon den Adel wallpapers. I've got a few more sets but just the wallpapers are being showed off for now. All pictures are from live performances in 2007.

The lyrics in this one are taken from the songs "The Hearts of Everything" and "All I Need" off the album The Heart of Everything.



This one is a collage of the same photos

Some long awaited graphics

These are some works I made using artwork by Jonathan Earl Bowser (one of my favorite artists) the original artwork is credited to him.

This is the original piece I did. The lyrics are from the song "Aquarius" by Within Temptation.



This is the edited version of the first one. I edited the original images.



This is another one where I edited the original images. The lyrics are from the song "Ice Queen" by Within Temptation.

The long awaited lyrics quiz anzswers (with a bonus video and some graphics)

Here are the long awaited answers to my lyrics quiz:

1) “Right Between The Eyes” – Garbage
2) “Stand My Ground – Within Temptation
3) “Bring Me To Life” – Evanescence
4) “Caged” – Within Temptation
5) “Comedown” – Bush
6) “The Siren” – Nightwish
7) “Back to Good” – Matchbox 20
8) “Harder to Breathe” – Maroon 5
9) “You Know My Name” – Chris Cornell
10) “Higher Than Hope” – Nightwish
11) “Wake Up” – Three Days Grace
12) “Hang” – Matchbox 20
13) “Here Is Gone” – Goo Goo Dolls
14) “Crashed” – DAUGHTRY
15) “Swamped” – Lacuna Coil
16) “Janie’s Got A Gun” – Aerosmith
17) “Open Arms” - Journey
18) “Jillian” – Within Temptation
19) “Sweet Child Of Mine” – Guns N Roses
20) “All I Need” - Within Temptation

And the video included is: Within Temptation's What Have You Done (US Edit)



And some graphics:

Within Temptation (Fan made album cover) Demos


Within Temptation (fan made album cover) Enter


Within Temptation (fan made album cover) Restless

The blog site has changed

After much debate I've decided to turn this space into a graphics dump. I'll show off my old, new, and so forth of my graphic work. I'll blog a bit but not like I used to. Welcome to the new and improved space.

School is Out and the Amazing Concert (some parts a bit like a jar of dirt)

I'm done for the summer...with school that is. And boy did I need the break. I would go into all the details about it but I don't want to offend anyone. Oh what the hell. If they really cared they would not have done the things they did in the first place. Then again some people blame all of this on me. I will admit I am not perfect I do things wrong all the time but this time it wasn't me, for once in my life. My last roommate I had in college was the roommate from hell...aka the bitch from hell. She was the most spoiled person I have ever meant and I'm spoiled. Her things were expensive and her habits were well nutty. And she was very two faced. She invited me in nicely and gave me a good first impression. She was nice to me and even one weekend the girls on the hall invited me out with them. That whole weekend I felt a part of that group. I had never felt in so it was kind of nice. That monday I came in and found a note on my bed. I had never felt more offended in my life. I will not divulge the details but I am still offended. A few days later she got up in my face about the contents of the letter because I did not meet the demands she placed in it. She was my roommate she did not have the right to DEMAND I do anything. Then not long after that she loaned out my cd player alarm clock (which still had one of my Within Temptation cds in it which by the way have to be imported) to someone I do not even know without my permission. I was so peeved. I got it back and my cd as well but it doesn't changed that I wasn't asked could this person borrow it. She became increasingly rude so my side of the room became increasingly slobbish. I pretty much decided that she was the roommate from hell. I still quote that she was one of the rudest people I have ever met. I think she does need to learn some humility and what it's like to live from the other end of life and faking it will get her nowhere. Ok ranting over. I'm just glad I'm out of there.

And on this past wednesday, May 9, I went to the most awesome concert in Columbia and it was amazing. I saw Stolen Babies, In This Moment, Within Temptation, and Lacuna Coil. Stolen Babies was awful. In This Moment impressed me but screamer bands are not my style. Within Temptation and Lacuna Coil are the bands I went to see. Within Temptation was amazing. Well they're always amazing but they were esepcially amazing up close and personal. Lacuna Coil was also amazing live. I loved seeing them both and had such an amazing time. I can't wait to do that again.

Passions is SAVED!!!!!!!

YAY! I'm so happy. My daytime will continue to live on. The loyal fans like me have saved the show. Direct TV picked it up exclusively. This makes me so happy we have Direct TV at home. Passions will begin on Direct TV on September 17th just ten days after leaving NBC picking up right where it leaves off. YAY!

Can You Name These Songs? (A Little Quiz)

I put my "Rock" playlist on shuffle and here are the lyrics to the songs that played. Can you guess what they are? And please do not cheat by using search engines.

1) stick it to them like a pheonix rise there's nothing grander than the big surprise cannot hurt you with their sticks and stones about time take them right between the eyes

2) i can feel that it's time for me to face it can i take it though this might just be the ending all along i held so dear but i won't run there's no turning back from here

3) how can you see into my eyes like open doors leading you down into my core where i've become so numb without a soul my spirit sleeping somewhere cold

4) he told me he loved me why he laughed in my face he just led me astray he took my virtue i feel so cold inside sorrow has frozen my mind

5) no one knows never will mostly me but mostly you do you say do you do when it all comes down because i don't want to come back down from this cloud

6) who tied my hands to the wheel the zodiac turns over me somewhere there my fate revealed i hear but how will i see

7) everyone here hates everyone here for doing just like they do and it's best if we keep this quiet instead and i couldn't tell why everyone here was doing me like they do

8) what you are doing is screwing things up inside my head you should know better you never listened to a word i said

9) i've seen angels fall from blinding heights but you yourself are nothing so devine just next in line

10) red sun rising drown without inhaling within the dark holds hard red sun rising curtain falling higher than hope my cure lies

11) i'm not angry all the time you push me down at least you try until we see this eye to eye i don't want you

12) and we always say it would be good to go away someday but if there's nothing there to make things change and if it's the same for you i'll just hang

13) i got my defences when it comes to your intention for me and you wake up in the breakdown of the things we never thought we could be i'm not the one who broke you i'm not the one you should fear

14) i was moving at the speed of sound head spinning couldn't find my way around didn't know that i was going down where i've been well it's all a blur

15) it's just another day the shame is gone hard to believe that i've let it go

16) now everybody is on the run tell me now it's untrue what did her daddy do

17) living without you living alone this empty house seems so cold wanting to hold you wanting you near how much i wanted you hom

18) i've seen the horror i've seen the wonders happening just in front of my eyes will i ever will i never free myself by making it right

19) she's got eyes of the bluest skies as if they thought of rain i hate to look into those eyes and see an ounce of pain

20) i'm dying to catch my breath why don't i ever learn i've lost all my trust though i've surely tried to turn it around

I will eventually post the answers to this. Remember no cheating! Best of luck and some of these are impecably easy!

My Top 26-50 (More BIG Changes!)

More big changes in my top lists...

1) Restless (Classical version) - Within Temptation
2) Stand My Ground (Single Version) - Within Temptation
3) Sweet Sacrifice - Evanescence
4) Aquarius - Within Temptation
5) A Dangerous Mind - Within Temptation
6) Our Truth - Lacuna Coil
7) See Who I Am - Within Temptation
8) Lose Control - Evanescence
9) Nemo - Nightwish
10) It's The Fear - Within Temptation
11) Cloud Nine - Evanescence
12) Say My Name - Within Temptation
13) All I Need - Within Temptation
14) The Swan Song - Within Temptation
15) Unspoken - Lacuna Coil
16) Unspoken (Acoustic version) - Lacuna Coil
17) Are You The One - Within Temptation
18) Destroyed - Within Temptation
19) 1:19 - Lacuna Coil
20) The Howling - Within Temptation
21) Our Solemn Hour - Within Temptation
22) The Cross - Within Temptation
23) Broken - Seether & Amy Lee
24) My Immortal (Album Version) - Evanescence
25) Hyperfast - Lacuna Coil

My Top 25 Most Played (BIG Changes!)

Big changes to my Top 25 most played...and they are....

1) Running Up That Hill - Within Temptation
2) What Have You Done (Single Version) - Within Temptation
3) Memories - Within Temptation
4) Lithium - Evanescence
5) Stand My Ground (Album Version) - Within Temptation
6) Like You - Evanescence
7) The Only One - Evanescence
8) Call Me When You're Sober - Evanescence
9) World of Make Believe - Within Temptation
10) Angels - Within Temptation
11) Without A Reason (Esclusive Bonus Song) - Lacuna Coil
12) Within Me - Lacuna Coil
13) Good Enough - Evanescence
14) Somewhere - Within Temptation
15) Enjoy The Silence - Lacuna Coil
16) Lacrymosa - Evanescence
17) Entwined - Lacuna Coil
18) Snow White Queen - Evanescence
19) Jillian (I'd Give My Heart) - Within Temptation
20) Forsaken - Within Temptation
21) Your Star - Evanescence
22) Closer - Lacuna Coil
23) Pale - Within Temptation
24) Weight of the World - Evanescence
25) All That I'm Living For - Evanescence

My Top 25 (not all time)

I've decided to create a smart list that will track a Top 25 that is not my all time Top 25 most played. So here is the list at the beginning. Again, some artists repeat.

1) Lose Control - Evanescence
2) Nemo - Nightwish
3) Our Truth - Lacuna Coil
4) Cloud Nine - Evanescence
5) Pale - Within Temptation
6) A Dangerous Mind - Within Temptation
7) See Who I Am - Within Temptation
8) Aquarius - Within Temptation
9) Restless (Classical Version) - Within Temptation
10) Unspoken (Acoustic Version) - Lacuna Coil
11) It's The Fear - Within Temptation
12) Unspoken - Lacuna Coil
13) Stand My Ground (Single Version) - Within Temptation
14) The Swan Song - Within Temptation
15) Say My Name - Within Temptation
16) My Immortal (album version) - Evanescence
17) 1:19 - Lacuna Coil
18) Broken - Seether w/ Amy Lee
19) Black Horse and the Cherry Tree - KT Tunstall
20) Are You The One - Within Temptation
21) Destroyed - Within Temptation
22) Taking Over Me - Evanescence
23) Hyperfast - Lacuna Coil
24) Beautiful Disaster - Kelly Clarkson
25) Bring Me to Life - Evanescence

I will update this as it changes : )

My Current Top 25 Most Played Songs (all time)

Ok but don't laugh...I got on this thing where I played certain songs constantly...certain people appreciate habits like this. Here's by Top 25 list as it is:

1) Running Up That Hill - Within Temptation
2) What Have You Done (Single Version) - Within Temptation
3) Lithium - Evanescence
4) Memories - Within Temptation
5) Like You - Evanescence
6) The Only One - Evanescence
7) Call Me When You're Sober - Evanescence
8) Stand My Ground (Album Version) - Within Temptation
9) World Of Make Believe - Within Temptation
10) Without A Reason (Esclusive Bonus Song) - Lacuna Coil
11) Within Me - Lacuna Coil
12) Good Enough - Evanescence
13) Angels - Within Temptation
14) Enjoy The Silence - Lacuna Coil
15) Lacrymosa - Evanescence
16) Snow White Queen - Evanescence
17) Entwined - Lacuna Coil
18) Somewhere - Within Temptation
19) Your Star - Evanescence
20) Closer - Lacuna Coil
21) Weight Of The World - Evanescence
22) All That I'm Living For - Evanescence
23) Forsaken - Within Temptation
24) Sweet Sacrifice - Evanescence
25) Jillian (I'd Give My Heart) - Within Temptation

As the list changes I'll post it. Again...I'm a a lover of this music so don't put me down for it. : )

My Highest Rated Personal Creation on YouTube: UPDATED

By some viewers standards on YouTube, I'm a hit. I haven't posted a video in a while but I'm working on it. It's not that easy you know. These things take time. Right now I'm doing a Titanic video set. Then I'm moving on to the Pirates of the Caribbean movies. The one that is the highest rated out of all them is the one I'm most proud of so I'm quite happy about that. It's called "The Red Strokes" and kudos to anyone who can name the artist and even more kudos to anyone who can explain the meaning of the song. Of course before I take the slide photos off of my computer there will be a photoshop creation made corresponding with each video with a line or two of the lyrics from that song used. I'm getting a little overbearingly creative I know but I have fun with it and it keeps me sane, to a fashion at least. Oh well at least I'm enjoying my work and a select few on YouTube. UPDATE: Originally posted "The Red Strokes" but the ego of the singer of this song forced youtube to remove it. I'm angry at this and this singer no longer makes music. So I'm going to put in here my five highest rated creations. They are: "Without You", "They're You'll Be", "This I Promise You", "Memories", and "Underneath". Also, I only made a photoshop work to "Lithium".

24 Hour Bug...ETC

I have gotten this 24 hour bug that's been going around. It's big fun...seriously. Headaches, cramps, general tiredness, and all of that. You get the idea. I've been spending my time doing school work and listening to music (which includes the Daughtry cd, lots of Within Temptation, Nightwish, Lacuna Coil, Evanescence, and other rock music) and yes I can do both at the same time. Those this bug is getting to me at the moment. I'm considering going back to bed. I didn't really sleep last night. I don't sleep much anyway. Good thing is I found a place cheaper than iTunes to get music that has the bands I listen to because according to most people everything I listen to is weird and it is not...it's just different. I am different. And since when is being different a bad thing? If you say it is then you are living in the wrong century and definetely the wrong planet. And I'm sure everyone is wondering what I think about the Pirates 3 trailer. I loved it! In other words...I can't wait until May. It's going to be an awesome movie. I am going off of lack of sleep right now. I know I haven't blogged in a while but I'll catch everyone up later. I generally feel like crap right now. And if anyone wants to know about the giggle loop...look it up on youtube.

Countdown to Pirates 3 Trailer

My Life As A Song

Using only song names from ONE ARTIST, cleverly answer these questions...

*VERY TRICKY*

Artist: Within Temptation

1.) Are you a male or female?: A Dangerous Mind

2.) Describe yourself: Caged

3.) How do you feel about yourself?: Restless

4.) Describe where you currently live: Mother Earth

5.) If you could go anywhere, where would you go?: World of Make Believe

6.) Your best friend is/best friends are: All I Need

7.) You created: Memories

8.) You know: Angels

9.) What's the weather like?: In Perfect Harmony

10.) If your life was a television show, what would it be called?: See Who I Am

11.) What is life to you?: Never Ending Story

12.) What is the best advice you have to give?: The Heart of Everything

13.) If you could change your name, what would you change it to?: Ice Queen

Ice Queen

These are the lyrics to a song by the Within Temptation. It's the song that got me completely hooked to them. I've posted the video and a cool fan video to the song as well.

When leaves have fallen
And skies turn to grey
The night keeps on closing in on the day
A nightingale sings his song of farewell
You better hide for her freezing hell

On cold wings she’s coming
You better keep moving
For warmth you’ll be longing
Come on just feel it
Don’t you just see it?
You better believe

When she embraces
Your heart turns to stone
She comes at night
When you are all alone
And when she whispers
Your blood shall run cold
You better hide before she finds you

Whenever she is raging
She takes all life away
Haven’t you seen?
Haven’t you seen?
The ruins of our world

Whenever she is raging
She takes all life away
Haven’t you seen?
Haven’t you seen?
The ruins of our world

She covers the earth with a
Breathtaking cloak
The sun awakes and melts it away
The world now opens its eyes and sees
The dawning of a new day

On cold wings she’s coming
You better keep moving
For warmth you’ll be longing
Come on just feel it
Don’t you just see it?
You better believe

Whenever she is raging
She takes all life away
Haven’t you seen?
Haven’t you seen?
The ruins of our world

Whenever she is raging
She takes all life away
Haven’t you seen?
Haven’t you seen?
The ruins of our world

Look who all throughout history shares MY birthday

The source for this is Wikipedia by the way and it's births throughout history for the date of March 16....go ahead and add my name down next to 1988. ♥

Births

1338 - Thomas de Beauchamp, 12th Earl of Warwick (d. 1401) *An Earl...*
1445 - Johann Geiler von Kaisersberg, Swiss-born preacher (d. 1510)
1473 - Henry IV the Pious, Duke of Saxony (d. 1541) *...and a Duke*
1581 - Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft, Dutch historian and writer (d. 1647)
1585 - Gerbrand Adriaensz Bredero, Dutch writer (d. 1618)
1631 - René Le Bossu, French critic (d. 1680)
1654 - Andreas Acoluthus, German orientalist (d. 1704)
1750 - Caroline Herschel, German-born English astronomer (d. 1848)
1751 - James Madison, 4th President of the United States (d. 1836) *I got a President of the USA!*
1773 - Juan Ramón Balcarce, Argentine military leader and politician (d. 1836)
1774 - Captain Matthew Flinders, English explorer of the coasts of Australia (d. 1814)
1789 - Georg Simon Ohm, German physicist (d. 1854)
1794 - Ami Boué, Austrian geologist (d. 1881)
1800 - Emperor Ninko of Japan (d. 1846) *Ooh and a Japanese Emporer*
1805 - Peter Ernst von Lasaulx, German philosopher and writer (d. 1861)
1822 - Rosa Bonheur, French realist painter and sculptor (d. 1899)
1834 - James Hector, Scottish geologist (d. 1907)
1839 - René François Armand Sully-Prudhomme, French writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1907)
1839 - John Butler Yeats, Northern Irish artist (d. 1922)
1840 - Shibusawa Eiichi, Japanese industrialist (d. 1931)
1851 - Martinus Beijerinck, Dutch microbiologist and botanist (d. 1931)
1856 - Napoléon Eugène Louis John Joseph, called Napoleon IV, the only child of Emperor Napoleon III of France (d. 1879) *Napoloen's only son...how ironic*
1857 - Charles Harding Firth, British historian (d. 1936)
1865 - Patsy Donovan, Irish-American baseball player (d. 1953)
1877 - Reza Shah Pahlavi, Shah of Iran (d. 1941)
1878 - Clemens August Graf von Galen, German archbishop and cardinal (d. 1946)
1889 - Reggie Walker, South African athlete (d. 1951)
1890 - Solomon Mikhoels, Soviet actor and chairman of the Jewish Anti-Fascist Committee (d. 1948)
1892 - César Vallejo, Peruvian poet (d. 1938)
1892 - James Petrillo, leader of the U.S. musicians union (d. 1984)
1897 - Conrad Nagel, American actor (d. 1970)
1898 - Viktor Chaim Blerot, French/Swedish philosopher (d. 1972)
1901 - Edward Pawley, American actor (d. 1988)
1902 - Leon Roppolo, American jazz clarinetist (d. 1943)
1903 - Mike Mansfield, American politician, and diplomat (d. 2001)
1905 - Elisabeth Flickenschildt, German actress (d. 1977)
1905 - Marlin Perkins, American naturalist (d. 1986)
1906 - Henny Youngman, American comedian (d. 1998)
1906 - Francisco Ayala, Spanish writer
1908 - René Daumal, French Surrealist writer (d. 1944)
1911 - Josef Mengele, Nazi war criminal (d. 1979)
1911 - Pierre Harmel, Belgian politician
1912 - Pat Nixon, First Lady of the United States (d. 1993)*I got a first lady!*
1916 - Mercedes McCambridge, American actress (d. 2004)
1917 - Samael Aun Weor, Colombian writer (d. 1977)
1918 - Frederick Reines, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1998)
1920 - Leo McKern, British actor (d. 2002)
1920 - Traudl Junge, Hitler's secretary (d. 2002)
1920 - John Addison, British composer (d. 1998)
1922 - Harding Lemay, American television scriptwriter and playwright
1925 - Luis E. Miramontes, Mexican chemist, co-inventor of the combined oral contraceptive pill (d. 2004). *the inventor of birth control...I need to go laugh now*
1926 - Charles Goodell, American politician, (d. 1987)
1926 - Jerry Lewis, American comedian
1927 - Vladimir Komarov, Soviet cosmonaut (d. 1967)
1927 - Daniel Patrick Moynihan, U.S. Senator from New York (d. 2003)
1927 - Olga San Juan, American comedian
1928 - Christa Ludwig, German mezzo-soprano
1928 - Karlheinz Böhm, Austrian actor
1932 - Don Blasingame, American baseball player and manager (d. 2005)
1932 - Walter Cunningham, American astronaut
1933 - Sandy Weill, American financier and philanthropist
1934 - Ray Hnatyshyn, Governor-General of Canada (d. 2002)
1936 - Fred Neil, American singer-songwriter (d. 2001)
1937 - Amos Tversky, Israeli psychologist (d. 1996)
1939 - Carlos Bilardo, Argetinian football coach
1940 - Bernardo Bertolucci, Italian film director
1940 - Jan Pronk, Dutch politician
1941 - Robert Guéï, ruler of Côte d'Ivoire (d. 2002)
1941 - Chuck Woolery, American game show host
1942 - James Soong, Taiwanese politician
1942 - Jerry Jeff Walker, American musician
1946 - Hubert Soudant, Dutch conductor
1948 - Margaret Weis, American author
1949 - Erik Estrada, Puerto Rican actor *hehe it's Ponch from CHiPS*
1949 - Victor Garber, Canadian actor *awesome actor*
1950 - Kate Nelligan, Canadian actress
1952 - Philippe Kahn, French-American entrepreneur
1953 - Isabelle Huppert, French actress
1953 - Richard Stallman, American free software activist
1954 - Jimmy Nail, British actor and singer
1954 - Nancy Wilson, American guitarist, singer, and actress (Heart)*cool...*
1955 - Jiro Watanabe, Japanese boxer
1955 - Bruno Barreto, Brazilian film director
1958 - Jorge Ramos, Mexican TV anchor
1959 - Flavor Flav, American rapper *must be the biggest downside to this list excuse me while I got barf now*
1959 - Jens Stoltenberg, Prime Minister of Norway
1961 - Todd McFarlane, Canadian cartoonist, comic book writer, artist, and media entrepreneur
1961 - Brett Kenny, Australian rugby league footballer
1963 - Jimmy Degrasso, American musician, drummer
1963 - Kevin Smith, New Zealand actor (d. 2002) *It's Ares from Xena!*
1964 - Patty Griffin, American singer and songwriter
1964 - Gore Verbinski, American movie director *For all of those who said I was crazy...and unique...and all of that...I share a birthday with the director of the Pirates of the Caribbean movies...top that one*
1964 - Pascal Richard, Swiss cyclist
1965 - Richard Daniel Roman, English songwriter and record producer
1967 - Lauren Graham, American actress *it's Lorelei from Gilmore Girls!*
1971 - Alan Tudyk, American actor *oh my god...it's the crazy redhaired guy from A Knight's Tale*
1974 - Georgios Anatolakis, Greek footballer
1974 - Fotini Vavatsi, Greek archer
1976 - Abraham Núñez, Dominican baseball player
1977 - Donal Óg Cusack, Irish hurler
1979 - Edison Méndez, Ecuadorian footballer
1979 - Leena Peisa, Finnish musician (Lordi)
1980 - Felipe Reyes, Spanish basketball player
1980 - Todd Heap, American football player
1981 - Andrew Bree, Irish swimmer
1985 - Nicole Trunfio, Australian supermodel
1986 - Ken Doane, American professional wrestler
1987 - Tiiu Kuik, Estonian model
1989 - Theo Walcott, English footballer
1990 - James Bulger, British murder victim (d. 1993) *ok not good to have a murder victim on your list either*

I Coined A Pirates term!

I joined a Pirates of the Caribbean message board a few days ago. I love it there. It is my online home...next to my other places online of course. Don't want to offend anyone. Well hanging out with my fellow Norrington fans...I ended up coining the term Norrielicious. It happened over this wonderful avatar and signature banner that a fellow member made for me by request. I asked if it was Norrielicious. The word instantly became a hit. I'm so giddy. I for once coined a term. Now Norrielicious is an official board term to describe Norrington. I'm so happy! I just thought I'd share that and the Norrielicious avatar and signature banners I made to celebrate...and for all the fans of the word on the board.

You Know His Name

My addiction to YouTube must be getting to me. Oh Well. I asked if a wonderful fan video maker, who takes requests, would make a couple vids at my request. This is the first. It's a Jack Sparrow video to the song "You Know My Name" by Chris Cornell. It rocks! The song some may know is the theme to the latest Bond flick Casino Royale. But, in any case, it fits really well as a theme to a Jack Sparrow fan video. It's a great song and again, this video is so good. The maker of it just makes some of the best vids on the planet. I'm really enlarging her ego here, but she's great at what she does. Enjoy ♥!

This is kind of funny but exciting at the same time

My Euro Studies teacher obviously doesn't know me that well. The reason I'm saying this? It's because he's letting me loose to do my projects that are together half of my grade on Vlad Drakul and the Dracula Legend. It's funny because he's probably going to get more than he bragained for in my paper...as in twice or more the amount of pages that he wants. It's exciting because FINALLY someone is letting me do a project on this. I'M SO EXCITED! My mother is probably thinking "Oh god what is this guy thinking" right about now. I have a feeling I'm going to get a really good grade in that class now. Now to get to work on that first paper on the history of Vlad the Impaler. It's due in two weeks though I could probably write it with my eyes closed but this is no time to get cocky. I do have to put some reasearch into this thing. Until next time...

An Update on Miss Disasterous Jar of Dirt

Ok. I know I know. I haven't blogged in a while. I've been busy. Personal problems. Sickness. This and that. I'm in college give me a break. Ok so Valentine's Day is over thank the heavens for that one...that has to be my least favorite day of the year. I meant to Jar of Dirt that one but I just really didn't feel like it. For anyone who hasn't heard, I moved. I still live in the same building just a different room on a different floor with a different roommate. It's a long story just leave it at that. I don't want to cause any trouble with anyone on this. I moved...end of story. I like my new floor. THE BATHROOMS ARE SO CLEAN!!! Sorry I had to get that out. The bathrooms on my old floor were really nasty. And the girls here are really nice. My new roomie is really cool. The only thing I have left to do is finish hanging up my posters and putting my stuffed animal collection where they go. Oh and I have to do laundry sometime this week...I'm running out of clean clothes that I actually wear. Classes are still going fine. They can get boring at times...but when can school not get boring? Don't answer that. Yes, Mom and whoever wants to know, my dorm is clean. I'm not being slobbish. I'm not that bad you know. So I make the occasional mess? Don't say anything to that either. I am in a better mood lately. I'm getting happier. And it's not because I won a cheap imported cd that I wanted on Ebay...yay another Within Temptation cd to add to my collection with more stuff coming in March. I'm a freak for that band I know but the music is so good. I can't help it. I just can't wait until they tour in the states. I'll be one of the first in line to get tickets and you can bet me on it. I don't care what I have to do to get the money to go. Granted I wouln't do anything illegal for it but I would work long and tedious hours at a job I hate for it. Oh and I have everything done now for my transfer to Limestone. USC is mailing them a transcript tomorrow because today is a mail holliday. Granted the transcripts from USC cost me a pretty penny...16 bucks for one now and one at the end of the semester. I should hear from Limestone about an admissions decsion in a couple of weeks from them receiving the USC transcript this week. So keep your fingers crossed. Well I'm off to do homework, laundry, poster hanging, and teddy bear sorting. Until the next Jar of Dirt. ♥

A Remake of one of my videos

I remade my Memories video that I made to Titanic. They're almost exactly alike but with some significant differences. This time Rose's memories are in black and white. I like this version much better. I think you will like it as well. Yes it was hard work making both of them. If you don't believe me well then you apparently have never made one of these before.

Someone Tried To Kill Me

If I seem a bit non responsive lately it's because well...I'm sick. Someone tried to kill me by serving me bad food. Now as a result I have food poisoning. What a load of fun this is? If anyone knows what having food poisoning entails then they know what I'm talking about. I need not to elaborate. Eating food is dangerous. Let me say this now. It's killing me because I feel like crap. Believe me you will know when I'm better because I'll be jumping for joy when I no longer have to run to the bathroom constantly. I'll say no more on this matter. Just remember...food kills.

Within Temptation remakes their latest video

The new version of the video to the song "What Have You Done" by Within Temptation featuring Keith Caputo. This video is so much better than the original. I absolutely love this video and this song and this band. You get the point. I'm so looking forward to March and the release of the new album. It's due to release around my birthday so YAY to that. I'm so excited.

Why Celebs Daddy's Age Are Always The Most Attractive...

This is no Jar of Dirt. This is a simple truth. Girls in my age group are into older men. They're into that maturity factor. When they favor particular celbrities, they judge them by which one are good looking...and most of the time the best looking ones are old enough to be are Dad's. There is a facebook group dedicated to this. Yes I am a member. I honestly can't help that all the good looking male celebrities are old enough to be my father or just a good bit older than me. I blame this on my mother. Why? She has the thing for Harrison Ford who just happens to be her father's age so therefore it's all her fault. Yes I can blame a parent on this one. Mom, don't even try to get out of it either. If Harrison Ford walked through the door of our house split from his extremely skinny girlfriend asking my mom for a date she would divorce her husband in an instant. I'm not kidding!!! I know she's reading this in the near future after it's published thinking of ways to murder me and get away with it. Sorry mama, I did learn everything from you. Honestly when you look at the good looking male celebrities out there: Johnny Depp, Leo DiCaprio, Gerry Butler, Ewan McGregor, Ralph Fiennes, Jack Davenport, James Marsters, etc. They're either my dad's age, a few years younger, or older. It honestly does not make any sense. Of course my taste in them makes sense to no one as it is. There are the few good looking younger ones: Orlando Bloom & Ryan Gosling for example. Like I said they are few. I mean a girl typically gets her first crush on a movie star. It's just unfortunate that these days all the good looking ones are so much older. It doesn't mean that I'm going to go looking to date a guy my dad's age. That's just stupid. A guy two to four years older is perfectly fine with me. I dated in that age range already. It works fine for me. Crushes and thoughts about people I'm never going to meet are a totally different story. I can think they're good looking. It's perfectly healthy unless it becomes something out of hand and turns into one of those creepy unhealthy obsessions. The total truth is girls my age are into the older male celebrities because right now those are the good looking ones. It does not mean we want older men in our personal lives to the point that they are our father's age. I have my limits. I don't mind them a bit older. In fact if they are a few years older they might actually be on the same maturity level I am or even better more mature than me, if I'm lucky. What I'm looking for I'm my real life though is a great guy just a few years two but no more than five years older than me. But my celebrity crushes, is there really an age limit on that? I don't think so and neither do the other girls my age. It's not like I'm ever going to meet them but I have every right to enjoy their looks. In fact everyone has a right to enjoy their looks. Who are we to say it's not ok to enjoy someone's looks just because of their age? I mean good grief if we put an age limit on good looks or enjoying good looks then Johnny Depp would be out of a job, as well as a few other actors but Johnny is the most popular. So why does my generation crush on the older generations? It's because for some reason those people have defied logic and just get better looking with age. This is something we just can't help. Oh and a big kudos to anyone who can correctly name the celebrities in the photos of this blog post. Even more kudos to the one who can name which one is the oldest and which one is the youngest or if you can identify and put them in age order. HINT: The one at the top is not the oldest.

My Highest Rated Personal Creation on YouTube

By some viewers standards on YouTube, I'm a hit. I haven't posted a video in a while but I'm working on it. It's not that easy you know. These things take time. Right now I'm doing a Titanic video set. Then I'm moving on to the Pirates of the Caribbean movies. The one that is the highest rated out of all them is the one I'm most proud of so I'm quite happy about that. It's called "The Red Strokes" and kudos to anyone who can name the artist and even more kudos to anyone who can explain the meaning of the song. Of course before I take the slide photos off of my computer there will be a photoshop creation made corresponding with each video with a line or two of the lyrics from that song used. I'm getting a little overbearingly creative I know but I have fun with it and it keeps me sane, to a fashion at least. Oh well at least I'm enjoying my work and a select few on YouTube. UPDATE: Originally posted "The Red Strokes" but the ego of the singer of this song forced youtube to remove it. I'm angry at this and this singer no longer makes music. So I'm going to put in here my five highest rated creations. They are: "Without You", "They're You'll Be", "This I Promise You", "Memories", and "Underneath". Also, I only made a photoshop work to "Lithium".

A Valentine's Day Survery...

I got this from one of my friends. It's somewhat silly but oh well.

Body:
1. Do you like anyone?: yes...no I'm not saying who
2. Do they know it? yes
3. Sign? oh please...theirs...I'm not telling...mine is Pices
IN THE LAST MONTH HAVE YOU. . .

4. Had someone buy you something?: besides my mother...no
5. Bought something?: yes
6. Gotten sick?: yes
7. Been hugged?: yes
8. Felt stupid?: yes
9. Talked to an ex?: yes
10. Missed someone: yes
11. Failed a test: probably
12. Ate cereal: no
15. Lied?: it's possible

HAVE YOU EVER. . .

23. Said "I Love you" and meant it?: yes
24. Given money to a homeless person? no
26. Waited all night for a phone call that never came? yes
27. Snuck out? no
28. Sat and looked at the stars?: yes
29. Do you swear?: yes
30. Do you ever spit?: sometimes
31. You cook your own food?: not really...unless it's mac and cheese or ramen or something like that
32. You do your own chores?: yes but i don't want to
33. You like beef jerky?: yes
34. You like pepsi or coke?: coke
35. You're happy with your hair?: yes at the moment i just had it highlighted
36. You own a dog?: yes his name is Jack he was named after Jack Sparrow and no I didn't name him
37. You spend your money wisely?: no
38. Do you like to swim?: yes but I can't swim
39. Get bored when you call a friend?: sometimes

DO YOU PREFER
41. flowers or angels?: flowers
42. gray or black?: black
43. Color or black and white photos?: both...but it really depends on the picture
44. lust or love?: love
45. sunrise or sunset?: sunset
46. M&Ms or Skittles? M&Ms

N0N VALENTiNES DAY Q`S

1. Do you believe in love at first sight?: kind of...but personality is way more important than looks
2. What about true love: yes
3. Would you kiss on the first date?: i am so not answering this
4. Do you look for hook ups?: NO
5. Do you enjoy receiving flowers?: if someone sent me some yes...but no carnations please i hate them
6. Do you enjoy gifts from your girl/guy?: yes...doesn't everyone


VALENTINES QUESTIONS!!

1. You have a valentine's day planned out?: yes i'm going to watch chick flicks while i do my homework and wallow in the misery that it's just another lonely romantic holliday

2. Do you like having a valentine?: i wouldn't know...i've never had one

3. Does someone like you currently? i think so

4. Are you even worried about the upcoming holiday?: not really...i usually try to ignore it

5. What's the best gift to receive on the day?: non minty candy from my mom...if she remembers to send me candy this year

6. Is a little kiss during school on v-day sweet? it would be if i had a sweetie to give me one

7. Why is this an important holiday to couples?: because society makes a big deal about it being such a romantic day

Comfort Food

If this is news to you then you obviously do not spend much time on the internet. I live for YouTube videos. Ok mainly the fan videos. There are some other things I go to YouTube to watch because you can find it no where else but YouTube to me is like Comfort Food without all the calories. Better for my health than all the cookies or brownies I could be eating, and cheaper too. I get laughs and enjoyment. I also make vids myself and put them on there. Note the one in this post was not made by me I am not that good. It is a good vid though. When I post vids on my blog they are either mine are ones I like from YouTube. Ok I'm not addicted but it is better than me posting on here about how good this certain brand of cookies is and how you all should go out and by them because they're so good. I'm trying to not eat out my emotions here. Music helps and well I find other ways. Hence the discovery of YouTube. It rocks! I know when enough is enough but check out the video because it is cool.

A New Song from a Great Band

One of my favorite bands, Within Temptation, is finally going to release their music in the US. What makes it even better is the new single and video can now be seen/heard. It's called "What Have You Done" and features Keith Caputo. It as usual for the band's music feature brilliant song lyrics. They are never disappointing where the lyrics are concered. And the video is brilliantly creative (if you can call that a usuable phrase) as always. I'm amazed yet again.

The Return of The Penguin

The Penguin is back after a long absence. This website has been a home of mine since it's start. It's a place I can't help but love. Why? There's intelligent conversation. I crave intelligent conversation about just about anything. That's what I find there. I must say all hail Ren for bringing it back. I have missed it. It's a place everyone should check out because it is better than all these other places that people seem to be living on like myspace and such. See the link in my links section.

My Life Soundtrack

Pretty cool....

IF YOUR LIFE WAS A MOVIE, WHAT WOULD THE SOUNDTRACK BE?

So, here's how it works:

1. Open your library (iTunes, Winamp, Media Player, iPod, etc)
2. Put it on shuffle
3. Press play
4. For every question, type the song that's playing
5. When you go to a new question, press the next button
6. Don't lie and try to pretend you're cool...

Opening Credits: "You Live You Learn” Alanis Morrisette

Waking Up: "Move Along" All American Rejects

Falling in Love: "Black Horse and the Cherry Tree" KT Tunstall

Fight Song: "Thoughtless" Evanescence

Breaking Up: "Hang" Matchbox 20

Prom: "Dancing With Myself" The Donnas

Life: "Broken" Linsey Haun

Mental Breakdown: "Breathe No More" Evanescence

Driving: "Closer” Lacuna Coil

Flashback: "Ghost of You and Me" BBMak

Getting back together: “Take My Breath Away” Jessica Simpson

Wedding: "You and Me" Lifehouse

Birth of a Child: "Someone's Watching Over Me" Hilary Duff

Final Battle: "Just Like You" Three Days Grace

Death Scene: "Time After Time" Cyndi Lauper

Funeral Song: "My Immortal” Evanescence

End Credits: "Black Balloon” Goo Goo Dolls

I Hate Being Sick

Being sick is the worst thing in the world. I absolutely hate it. It's no fun. It's the stuffy nose, cough, scratchy/sore throat. It's called misery. I personally blame it on lack of heat. The heater in my dorm is broken. Yes you heard me right I have no heat. The maintence at USC is really slack and apparently stupid. I'm getting worse by the hour it seems and this over the counter crap really isn't helping. I'm about to make my second trip to the Health Center in hopes that something will actually help. I'm miserable. I'm sick. I'm cold. I need help here. For once I'm actually seriously missing home. My two year old sister would take better care of me than this. She'd bring me lots of stuffed Elmos to keep me company but she would look after her sick big sissy. Goodness I miss that rugrat. Obviously I hate being sick. It makes me a very unproductive person. That's no fun. Being sick is in general no fun. So if anyone would like to offer any help I'd gladly take it.

The Death of My Daytime

Last week NBC decided to pull the plug on my favorite daytime tv to extend the Today show. It's hard to say goodbye to Passions. I've watched it since it's debut and to me it's the best soap out there. I unfortunately can't argue that with my mother. She insists that Y & R is better. Don't get me wrong, Y & R is good and I watch it on SoapNet. I can't catch Passions on the tube everyday but I do watch it on the NBC rewind at night. I've been rooting for a favorite couple. I have favorite characters. I'm in love with the town and the characters. Granted the writers need a little help somtimes. The story lines are a bit dragged out but they are good and they relate to an audience of people my age. The fanbase of the soap is amazing. Passions is an addiction of mine. There may be some good news for Passions fans like myself. Despite NBC pulling the plug another network may pick it up or it may go exclusively online. Those are good words to a die-hard Passions fan if something like that ends up happening in the end. The whole root of the problem is NBC does not listen to its viewers at all. They are endless petitions and other things that have been sent to the network to show the fanbase and why the ratings seem low. Most of these all carry my name attached to them. I'm going to fight for my daytime. It appears to be it's death but fans like me will not give up without a fight. We want to keep our show on the air no matter what it takes.

This is a fan made video embeded from youtube. It's based around my favorite couple from Passions Ethan and Theresa and done to the song "Lips of an Angel" by Hinder.

A New Semester Dawns

Tomorrow I start my second semester of college. Tomorrow I go right back into the real world. My major has been decided. My schedule is set. I look forward to all of my classes and my life in general. For what tomorrow brings we do not know but all we can do is make the best of it. The new semester is dawning and what I truly want out of my life is becoming clear to me. I live each day as to it's fullest. My focus is my education. My focus is living. I'm going to live. I'm going to be me. I'm going to get my education. I'm going to make my life count. By enjoying what I have and not what I think, may not, or plan to have I make my life a life woth living and full.

A New Year, A New Me, and No Resolutions

My first blog of 2007. It's hard to believe sometimes that it is the year 2007. But it's a new year! The number at the end is one higher and things in my life are definetely different. My major is different. My goals are different. Everything seems to have changed. I'm like a brand new me, a single brand new me but a brand new me. Yes I said single. It was a mutual parting of ways for me and my boyfriend so don't go thinking anything outrageous. We've decided to be friends and leave it at that. Then of course there is my new major I'm starting work on: European Studies. It seems I finally figured that one out but in a sense I am a semester behind. Oh well it won't kill me. I know where I'm going with my life and that's get this degree, go to grad school in the UK, and get a job as a researcher in some department over there. I won't under any circumstances be giving up my writing though. I still plan to publish my books when I finish them and write more. I'll just have the writing career on the side. There's so much I want for myself and I will have it. There's no use trying to stop me I'm too stubborn for that. So I have a new major. I'm working on similar but somewhat new goals. I'm single. It's a new year. Oh and no resolutions. I gave up on new years resolutions years ago. I finally figured out that I can't keep them after about two weeks anyway so there wasn't really any use in it. So now that it's 2007, let's see how this new year fairs for us. I already am making plans for my summer vacation. I can't wait. I'm just happy that I am happy with myself and my life as it is. If I wasn't what would I have to really look forward to other than agony and maybe death. So yes it is a new year and a new me with no resolutions and I'm happy with the world around me as it stands.