Mind Control

What? A post from Katelyn? How is this possible?!

You haven't heard from me since Christmas! That's crazy! We must fix that.

Well, to start you off, it's been six months. Which means I can put off Turn Loose the Angels no further. Well... I could, but I should not! D: So I will attempt to finish it before the deadline for my "free proof copy" lol. (:

In other news, County Science Fair is over! It has been for like... two or three months. O.o And YEAH! I placed again! I was so very happy to hear that! Unfortunately, I was in Virginia when the ceremony was, but my science teacher picked up my stuff. I got first place in my category! Aaannd I won first place in my school's science fair as well. :) (WOT? This is MADNESS!) So that was all pretty awesome. My excruciatingly painful work has paid off. :D

Now the reason I was in Virginia that day was that I went on my eighth grade trip to Washington D.C., which was so very full of awesomeness. After spending three days there, we headed off to Philadelphia for a day, and then to New York. I think New York was probably the funnest for most of the people on the trip because it was less of a learning experience and more excitement really. However, I loved New York (being the creepy nerd I am) because of all the history. Ellis Island was super awesome, because I found a bunch of family members who passed through there. Aaaannd, I passed by a house where my great grandparents had lived in Little Italy. Was pretty coooool.

Doctor Who has started up again in America! WOOOO! Hahaha. Steven Moffat is such a genius; this is why Russel T. Davies will never be appreciated. (: I absolutely adored the way that the new season has opened up. The Silence is now added to my list of amazing Doctor Who monsters! River still annoys me, but a little bit less now that we've seen more of her. But Amy! I don't understand why she treats Rory the way she does. I love Rory, and he deserves much better. She needs to just stop flirting with the Doctor so he can be happy. D:

In other news, I've been drawing a lot. As always. I feel like I say the same thing in every post, lol. I feel like I'm sort of improving? But I also find my style leaning closer and closer to a cartoon-ish style. I don't know. Just go check out my deviantART because I have some serious mind control over y'all. >:D

Oh, and my life's dream is to get a pet llama.

School is so close to being over that it's sad! Something about Spring Break just makes kids want to give up on school. D: Especially me. And... guh! Alison and Safieh won't be here on Thursday or Friday, so I will have loneliness in Science class. D: Depressssssiioooonnn. *sigh*

I must stop procrastinating and finish my novel!! D:

Hugs & Kisses,
Katelyn

EVERYTHING!

Yes, everything! I've got so much to tell y'all. :D
So fast-forwarding a bit... ziiiiiiiipp! I've recently gotten into Chameleon Circuit and I listen a lot to Charlie McDonnell (but I've been doing that forever, haha). I finally saw the 5th season of Doctor Who, and how exciting it was!
Matt Smith brings back a lot of how the old Doctor Who was in Tom Baker's heyday. A tad bit of drama but lot's of fun with wit and humor in between. Of course, Tennant had some episodes like that too. But Smith is really bringing it out with shining victory! Love it.
I watched Doctor Who at the Proms and the new Christmas Special (in which I LOVED. One of the best of the 5th season by far.). So Doctor Who, Eleventh Doctor-wise,  is so far impressing me. (:

Back tracking now! Back to November. I completed my second year of NaNoWriMo! I got a winner's t-shirt (and for Christmas I actually got a NaNo sweatshirt too). :D I actually finished my 50k in Disneyland! That was pretty cool for me. Which leads me to...
Yesh, I went to Disneyland again this year! It was pretty fun, considering all of the Tron promotions going on. There was a special promotion that was called "ElecTRONica" that I especially enjoyed. It was a really cool night club-ish thing for teens that was open after the park closed. Even better, for one night only, the winners of America's Best Dance Crew performed! I got to see it front row, and got the entire show on my phone's video camera. The sound quality was crappy, but I got all the moves. :D ElecTRONica also provided a 9 minute 3D sneak peek at the movie in IMAX with special FX. This was of course before the movie came to theaters. It was pretty awesome. (:
I met a couple cool dancers while there, but not enough to get their phone numbers lol (audience *aww*). So that was that.

For Christmas, I got a nice camera, a new sketchbook, prismacolor pencils(!!), a monocle(bwahaha), a pound of chocolate bar(:D), a book about Steampunkery and one about Sock Monkeys(lol), many hats, a pretty cool jacket, a NaNoWriMo sweatshirt, and lots of muse! I drew a lot on Christmas Day.
If you want to see any of these drawings, just check out my Facebook, or my deviantART page. I'm much too lazy to post any. Oh and if you didn't know, my deviantART is: http://countingmystars.deviantart.com/

Anyhoo. Lately I've just been hanging around, fiddling with ideas for my various stories, and doodling like mad. I finished Unwind by Neil Shusterman. It was ahhmazingg! You all must read it. This book doesn't have as many readers as it should. Thank you Alison for introducing it to me!
I started reading that Vampire Academy series again last night, desparate for something to read. It's not so bad. I'm waiting to get to a book store to buy Zombies vs. Unicorns or Clockwork Angel... or maybe even Mortal Instruments, since I know so many people that liked it. I've always tended to steer away from books about people with wings, but after a couple years, I guess I'm giving in, hahaha.
I've decided that I'm going to be a Dalek for Halloween next year also. Yep, it shall be pretty awesome. Can't wait. (:

I go back to school on Wednesday (D:). Noooo! I am quite sad. But I'm already halfway through the year. Yay...? Meh.
Well, that's about it, haha. Sums up most of everything. Alas, I've forgotten the rest. :D

My first post of 2011. Ta ta.

Bread! Bread!
Katelyn

Lists and Blurbs

Lately I've been getting on track of NaNoWriMo (it's almost over! :O ) So I've been watching a lot of TV, Doctor Who, The Office, various movies, and such in my free time (such as now.).
The other day my friend and I were talking about actors (particularly the pretty ones, hurrr), and I've just been thinking of my favorites, and I feel the need to make a list. Yeah, you've been warned.
So here's a list of my favorite actors/actresses. :) Complete with pictures (woo!).

In no particular order...

1. David Tennant



What can I say? He's just amazing. In both Harry Potter 4 and Doctor Who(and even in Hamlet :D). He is too cool, British, AND extremely funny. I love all of his movies, and his hair.

2. Ben Barnes

He's too cute, haha. I may not have liked him as much in his role as Caspian, but I think he did an awesome job as Dorian Gray and his hair is so volumptuous. I think his hair looks good at any length too, short included. (:

3. Catherine Tate

A couple patterns you seeing? Great hair and a lot of these people are British. (: Catherine is really quite funny, and I loved her as Donna Noble. I'm looking forward to seeing her in the new Gulliver's Travels movie. Gonna be awesome. :D

4. Emma Watson

I love her new haircut by the way (though I don't have a picture at the mome.) Of course I love her as Hermione Granger, but I thought she was also cute in The Tale of Despereaux(but I don't really like that movie. :P)

5. Angelina Jolie

I like a lot of her movies, like Salt. Although she disturbingly reminds me of Dren from Splice. O_o Haha, I'm not really sure what her latest movie is about though. :)

5. Johnny Depp

Every movie he's ever been in has become an instant fave for me. He is just so cool. I loved him in POTC, Edward Scissorhands, Alice in Wonderland, Corpse Bride. Though I barely understood The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, I thought he did great in that movie as well.

I can't believe they're making another POTC movie though! D:

6. Nicole Kidman

Her hair is all purty when it's red! She's just a great actor in general. She did great in Moulin Rouge and Bewitched, and various other places that I've seen her in.

So I feel like I'm going on and on about random stuff, so I'll stop now, haha. Those are just a few peeps that interest me. Any preferences of yours that you'd like to share? I'm sure I've forgotten some.

OH!

I just remembered two more guys.

Gaspard Ulliel

 (french hottness. O.O)

and Colin Morgan :)

Hahahaha, Merlin. :D

Anyway...  So that was my blurb of the day. Excited to see the new version of Tron, haha, and Burlesque. (:

Wibbly-wobbly,

Timey-wimey,

Katelyn

Catch Phrases, Singing, & Insanity

As always.

NaNoWriMo has begun! And you all know what that means! Yeah! You don't get to hear from me for a whole month if you're lucky! WHOO!
But in case you're not... I'll post a mini interview I had with Scott Westerfeld(because I know that aaalll of you want to know what's goin' down.)

Anywayyy.... I was talking about catch phrases? Not sure why I put that up there anyway. I guess it's because a catch phrase inspired me (NO, not to write another story, sillies!) for a little twist in the plot of my NaNoWriMo 2012(wow, aren't I being productive!).
I feel so happy. Oh, and I thought of a name for my main character(besides Billiam), but I won't tell you, because I am an evil sorceress!! >:D

I've also decided to make Oliver Cohen a more prominent character in TLA(Turn Loose the Angels). If you people don't know who in the name of Merlin's pants this guy is, then here is a picture. I probably have mentioned him before in a low mumble to myself....

I drew this on my tablet the other day. He makes me laugh, hahahaha. And if you're wondering what he's looking at, it's Evil, probably making some sort of snide comment. Heh. Oliver is so awesome, and now he's been made somewhat more of a mjor character. Yay!

And also, if you didn't already know, he has a twin sister Ophelia. but alas, I don't have a picture of her. Sad.

So on Monday, the first day of NaNo, I was going insane because I was so happy. My music was blaring and I was singing very very loudly. The insanity began from there, I'm sure. I'm pretty behind, and I should be using this time to write, but I am seeeerriously procrastinating now. It's been a couple hours. D:

I need to write! I give up, my fellows have convinced me that I'm procrastinating too much. So long guys!

"Freakin' God!!"

Katelyn

Quantum Physics

Hum dee dum hummm... Ha! You silly people thought this was going to be about Quantum Physics? Trust me guys. I'm not that crazy. Most of the time.
Anyway, I went to the homepage of this site to check things out and I saw the last post I made. At first I thought it said "Quantum Physics" so I was kinda like "?!?!". I then realized it said  "Quicky Pics." Heh.
I've been so busy lately, what with the camping trip, Halloween, and NaNoWriMo coming up soon. But, garwsh, when am I not busy? I need to think of another excuse.
Today, I spent a lot of my time just browsing the pulchritudinous of deviantART. I love that site. :)
I never told you guys that I got a tablet for my birthday! <3 It's amazing. I made a lot of crappy doodles with it already, but I still love it. Here's some stuff:

A little promo picture of a short story I wrote. I may continue it later. It's just about a girl who sees herself as hideous, causing other people to see her the same way. The only compliment she's ever gotten was on her hair. Yeah.. that's pretty much the nubby plotline there. ^^

Um. This is the first thing I drew on the tablet... at like 11:30 at night. I was still trying to figure out how a new program worked as well.

And an awkwardly drawn Snape. Just what everyone wants. Yay!
So I've been busy. Follow-up post coming soon!

Just trippin'
Katelyn

Quicky Pics!

Scanner's working! Here's a couple of my latest pictures.

This is a guy. Just a random blue-haired dude. I got bored one day... O_o

And there is.. Salt. Anyone of you peeps seen that movie? I thought it was interesting. I just wanted to see if I could draw her. Hmph. Oh and by the way, most of these you can click to make bigger I think.

Um. Ew? I haaaate this picture. Didn't turn out right at all. This is a would-be character-in-the-making. I'll have to redesign her because she looks much much much too mature. Ick.

Just a girl, haha. I got bored and just tried a new way of shading on her arm/hand. Which... is not my style. Can't do it for now. I'll just stick to my style, haha.

Bridgette Hark. A character in that carnival story I've been talking about. Usually she does not look like this. She's almost never serious. This is just that one (count it) one time in the story where she is completely serious. It shows the true physcopathicness of her nature. Kinda weird, huh? The scanner doesn't do this picture justice.

And finally one of my favorites. It's all colorful and happy. ^^ I had fun doing this one, but please don't ask me what it means; (because I don't know) just interpret it any way you want. :)

Well that's the end of that art show. I've recently got a brand new ginormous printer/scanner/copier/doohicky, so it's much much easier to use. Which means I'll update with pictures more often. Yay! Hahaha.

Chitty-chitty bang-bang we love you,
Katelyn

P.S. Oh! And I got Behemoth!!! YESSSS! :D Okay. Bye for realsss!

Oh, the Things We Could Do

If we only knew!

Bonjour, my  minions deciples! Apologies to all. I've been wanting to post for three days now, but I've been busy with a science project. But *yay* it's done. ^^

Today is my birthday, but we have much more important things to discuss! Aaaah! *freakyfanaticscream* Behemoth has been released, and I'm gonna diiieee! I absolutely cannot wait to read it (after I finish The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown [good book, good book.]). I'm also kinda blegh because Scott can't make it to the west coast for his tour. But if you're reading this, have fun! I know you'll be busy, but stay in touch! :D
Howeeever.... I've RSVPed already for a live chat with Monsieur Westerfeld on November 2nd. I don't know how many spots are left, but you can still get in... I think?
*excited* Anyhow.

So I've got a lot of pictures done, but my scanner isn't up and running now (audience: *aww*). I may upload them later in a shorty post, but as for now I don't gots none. But here:

This is a meme I did on deviantART. If you can't see it... which you must be superhuman if you can... then click on it and it will be larger. I hope. D:
I did this before Behemoth came out, obviously, from the last picture.

On the other hand, OLL has finally reset the NaNoWriMo pages! Now you can upload your new novelling stuffs and start from scratch. You can also add 2009 to your history if you participated last year. :)

Well, for now that's all I've got. Happy Leif Erickson Day! (I'm actually two days early. Heh.)

Barking spiders!,
Katelyn