Liebster Award

I haven’t blogged in awhile, but I have a good friend that keeps giving me reasons to be motivated to do so.  I was nominated by my good friend Foxy for a Liebster Award! This is the first time I have heard of it, so I am going to try it.

The Fun Rules:

• The nominee must link back to the blogger who nominated them.
• The nominee must state 11 facts about themselves, and then answer the 11 questions provided for them by the person who nominated them.
• The nominee must then nominate bloggers with less than 200 followers, who they think deserve the recognition, and pose 11 new questions for them to answer.

Random facts about me:

1. I broke my pinkie toe back in Junior High, and it has never healed.  I now have a double jointed toe.
2. I will be graduating from the University of Utah in spring of 2014 with my bachelors in Human Development and Family Studies with a minor in Disability Studies.
3. I know a good amount of Pop Culture, because of the improv team I’m on, but know the most about things that interest children.
4. When I was four I broke my arm, leg, and got four sets of stitches in the same year.  The next year I got glasses.
5.  I am a part of three "groups" that I found outside of high school. (Utah Streetpass, Rocky Mountain Muggles, Jesters Royale)
6. I hate clowns because of the movie Dumbo... Pink Elephants on parade creeped me out and gave me nightmares)
7. I LOVE cheese. No joking. Ask Scooter, whenever I'm hungry, I tend to want Macaroni and Cheese.  I'm glad that Scooter likes it as much as I do.
8. I find awesome jeans at the DI.  I'm not cheep, I'm thrifty.
9. I enjoy making things.  My favorite mediums are paper and clay.
10. I spent almost 24 hours volunteering as an extra for the movie "Last Man(s) on Earth", it just went to Sundance this year, and is going to be on Netflix real soon. It's the first movie I was in where I have my name in legit movie credits.
11. I like to people watch.  It's fun to try and figure out what people are thinking or why someone is doing what they are doing.  It also helps me create more stock characters for improv.

Answers to Foxy's questions:

1. If money/success were no hindrance to you what would you be doing for a living? Why?

Without a doubt I would be pursing something to do with theater.  It is fun, and I love the feeling of being on stage.  It is something that gets my mind moving, and creativity flowing.
2. Is there a character from a movie/book you most relate to? Who is it?

             Luna Lovegood… (Refer to this blog post for moreinformation)
3. If you turned your Ipod (or other music playing device) on right now what would be playing?

 This one is kind of funny, but it would probably be either something from a musical.  My top two that I tend to listen to the most are Beauty and the Beast (Either Home, Belle Reprise, or If I Can’t Love Her), or something from Through The Looking Glass.

4. What is your guiltiest pleasure?

Guilty Pleasure? Ha, probably watching all of those silly “reality” TV shows.  My favorites to watch are Survivor and The Bachelor.
5. What would you today tell the you of ten years ago?

Probably, “Don’t worry what others think.  Junior High is dumb anyway.  It is a time where everyone is trying to figure themselves out.  It is okay to not have a lot of friends.  If you have one good friend that accepts you for you, then you are set for life.  It is okay to sit by yourself at times.  Maybe go pick up a book if you are feeling alone at school. Be who you are, go have fun, and make sure you start off with doing theater right when you get into High School.  I promise you won’t regret that.”
6. Do you sing along to the radio? What's your favorite song to sing to?

 I catch myself singing to the radio when I am alone, driving the bus for work.  Since I work with children, we listen to Radio Disney, so you can get an idea of what I sing to.  But, altogether, I enjoy singing songs made by Disney Channel stars.  Sadly, I can sing along with almost any Justin Bieber song…
7. If you won the lottery tomorrow, what would be your first non-bill/debt paying purchase?

Since I am getting married in May, I would say buying a house.  The whole idea of renting will be fun, but I think it would even more be fun if I had a place where I could be myself.
8. Favorite vacation spot?

I’ve only been there once, but Disneyland.  I went when I was 19ish and remember the magical feeling I felt there, and the fun that I was able to have.
9. Describe your perfect day.

Doing something with Scooter, where we didn’t have to pay for a single thing.
10. What is one thing on your bucket list?

I think that doing ordinances in all of the Temples in Utah would be fun.
11. If you could be anyone else for a day who would you choose and why?

This one took me awhile to come up with an answer, but I decided that there is no one I'd rather be, than me.  I'm comfortable with who I am.  Honestly, I have my own trials and struggles to deal with and don't want to find out what other people have to deal with. 

Nominees (in no particular order):

Stress? What Stress?

Amy Which Way It Goes

LivingVi-Keri-ously

Questions for nominees:

1.      What is your favorite color and why? 

2.      Who is your greatest inspiration? 

3.      What is the strangest thing you've ever eaten? 

4.      What is one talent you wish you had?

5.      If you could take a one week trip to anywhere in the world, where would you go?

6.      What is the one thing you couldn't go a single day without?

7.      What is the last book your read?

8.      Do you prefer movies that make you laugh, cry, or scream in terror?

9.      What do you want to learn to do this year??

10.  Would you go skydiving?

11.  Why did you start blogging?

30 Days in Reflection

First off, I want to start off with, Happy Birthday JK Rowling and Harry Potter!

Secondly, I wanna say that trying to post every day for 30 days is hard. Life gets busy and sometimes you can't be by your computer in time to post for the day.  Will I do something like this again? It all depends on if someone gives me a good enough reason to... :)

Now, time for all the Harry Potter pictures that I found that I thought were funny but I just couldn't find a good place for them:

Have a very magical day everyone! :)

HP challenge Day 30

Day 30: What affect has Harry Potter made on your life and how much does it mean to you?

 

I think this picture sums up how I feel.  I grew up reading this series.  It got me into reading.  Harry Potter showed me that there are books out there that can appeal to anyone, if you take the chance to read.  Harry Potter taught me to never give up, and it's okay to stand out from the crowd.  I went to every movie at midnight dressed up, except for the first one.  Harry Potter is something that has affected me, and I will never forget how much of an impact it made on my life.  It really has helped add to what I have become today.  


So dear Braddy, I hope that I have shown you why I care about Harry Potter as much as I do.


With this last picture, I end my 30 day challenge:

 

P.S. Happy Birthday Neville!

HP challenge Day 29

Day 29: Did you enjoy A Very Potter Musical?

First off, I enjoy the fact how this question automatically assumes that I have watched it. I’ve watched most of it… The parts I have watched are funny and entertaining.  Darren Criss, Who plays Harry in the play, is awesome.  He is actually one of the only reasons why I currently watch Glee.

Have you seen A Very Potter Musical, and if so, did you enjoy it?

First Act of the musical for all of you who haven't seen it.  It's worth it to watch at least this one. :)

HP challenge Day 28

Day 28: Do you listen to Wizard Wrock, what do you think about it?

When I first saw this question I had no clue what it was, and then when I heard the definition, I knew that I had listened to it before.  Harry Potter Wiki defines it as this: Wizard rock, also known as wrock (pronounced rock), is a genre of music based on the Harry Potter series started by Harry and the Potters.

So, to answer the question, I have listened to it, I find it to be quite nerdy, but it is definitely awesome for any fan to listen to and enjoy.

Have you ever listened to Wizard Wrock and what do you think of it?

 

Here is a wizard wrock song about wizard wrock:

HP challenge Day 27

Day 27: Would you rather own The Invisibility Cloak, The Resurrection Stone or The Elder Wand?

If I had to choose one, I would have to stick with the Invisibility Cloak.  The reason why I would not take the Resurrection Stone is that I just don’t like the idea of having the power to bring back dead people back to life… Humans aren’t meant to have that power.  I wouldn’t choose the Elder Wand because I don’t want all that power to get to me and to make me prideful… I like the idea of the Invisibility Cloak so I can get past people if I don’t have time to talk, or to play pranks.

If you could choose one of the Deathly Hallows, what would you choose?

HP challenge Day 26

Day 26: If you could be able to work one spell without a wand what would it be?

This one took some thinking, but I decided that I would like to work the Accio charm.  For those of you who don’t know what this charm does is that it summons any object that you desire.  This could be helpful trying to find phones or keys.  There may be that time when you feel super lazy and don’t want to get up to get the remote; you can summon it to you too.

If you could work a spell without a wand, what would it be?

HP challenge Day 25

Day 25: Nineteen years later. Are you happy how it turned out, or do you wish something was different, ie Neville married Luna?

I think it ended great. I really wish Luna and Neville ended up with each other… they just were perfect for each other… I think I’m just a big shipper for them. 

Are you happy how the future turned out for the characters?

HP challenge Day 24

Day 24: Any particular scene you wished would have been put in the movie but it wasn’t?

Honestly, they missed so much in the third movie that it just made me cringe.  The main things that they missed that I wished they added to the movie are: More scenes about the Maurders, letting the audience know that the reason Harry’s Patronus is a stag is because his dad could turn into a deer, and that James, Sirius, Remus, and Peter wrote the Maurders Map.

Other things that I wished they added were: More scenes with Fred and George, Dumbledore’s funeral, and more Quidditch, especially when Luna got to commentate.

Is there anything that they didn’t add in the movies that you wish they did?

HP challenge Day 23

Day 23: Any part of the books/movies that makes you cry?

Any time anyone died, I cried.  Didn’t matter if it was in the books or the movies I cried.  Also, at the end of the 7^th book and movie I cried… It was a whole realization that it was over.  I had read and watched this series ever since I was in fourth grade. It has affected me so much.  I went to every show dressed up, at midnight (with an exception of the first movie).

Any part of the books/movies that makes you cry?

(P.S. Happy Birthday Daniel Ratcliffe!)

HP challenge Day 22

Day 22: Harry Potter or Twilight

I’ve been looking forward to this post… I love Harry Potter.  No offense Twilight, you just can’t win against Harry Potter in my eyes.

Which do you like better: Harry Potter or Twilight?

HP challenge Day 21

Day 21: Out of all the characters that died, if you could bring one back, who would it be.

Fred, hands down… I know there was a ton of deaths in Deathly Hallows, but his death made me the saddest.. I think I related to this one the most since I have sisters that are twins. I just don’t know what I would do if one of them weren’t around anymore, or even what the other twin would do without the other.

Who would you bring back if you could?

HP challenge Day 20

(This was meant to go up yesterday... Sometimes life happens which makes it so you can't..) 

 

Day 20: If you had to meet one member of the cast, who would it be?

Well, since I’ve already met four of the actors from the cast (Fred, George, Neville, and Seamus), I’d am content… Nah, I would love to meet anyone from the trio or Evanna Lynch.  All great people and meeting anyone of them would make me happy.  If I had to meet one out of those four Evanna would trump all.

If you could meet one member of the cast, who would you choose?