I hear you laugh, I heard you sing.

Short RL update + Disney icons

proverbsun — Sat, 25 Aug 2012 07:54:53 GMT

Firstly: HI I AM STILL ALIVE.
Secondly: Things are going pretty well, nothing too crazy to report aside from what was in my last post. Youth has been over for the summer and work is slow because apparently people do not buy trophies in summer, so I am having a chill couple months cross-stitching and reading and redecorating(ish) my room (which reminds me that thing is getting cleaned up this week or so help me [So help me! SO HELP ME!]) before the craziness of the school year hits. This is my plan come fall (aka a week and a half from now): 1) Attend university without dying and put effort into it which is something I did not do in high school. 2) Youth + church stuff. 3) Actually get back into icon-ing and post sometimes. 4) Something I am not going to name here but may in future posts. 5) Work. 6) Continue my delightful hobby of losing my mind over television. 7) See my RL friends on occasion aka leave my house.

That is my to do list which will probably kill me.

/end RL because nothing else interesting is happening.

Preview:

10 THEMES

time	fantasy	world	royal	floral

negative space	text-only	extreme close-up	blocking	silhouette

5 EMOTIONS

happy	angry	surprised	sad	scared

5 ARTIST'S CHOICE

artist's choice 1	artist's choice 2	artist's choice 3	artist's choice 4	artist's choice 5

ALTERNATES

1	2

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AUGH it's 2am here. Remind me to actually post these at the comm tomorrow because I am too tired right now.

This has been a post.

proverbsun — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 03:26:15 GMT

I promise one day very soon I will reply to everything in my inbox but you guys Switchfoot is going to be at YC again this year.

YOU GUYS I HAVE TO GO OKAY.

Once Upon a Time icons

proverbsun — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 22:36:53 GMT

Have I mentioned that this show is wonderful? It is. ~~It's so weird watching North American TV.~~

So I'm looking at these and I'm just... what is cropping idk. Some of these are weird. IDKIDK. Also how does Ginnifer Goodwin look so perfect all the time and why do I love Snow White so much. And ajflskjkghjkahgdj I love Graham but I don't know why because he's kind of a loser ~~yes I know exactly why shut up.~~ And I don't want to talk about 1.07 okay it makes my heart sad.

I should not post when tired.

Preview:

001-028: Once Upon a Time
(1-16: 1.03 Snow Falls, 17-21: 1.01 Pilot, 22-28: 1.07: The Heart is a Lonely Hunter)

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25	26	27

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71 Disney icons

proverbsun — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 06:49:57 GMT

Soooo I don't know where I got the time to make all of these, but here they are and I'm pleased with most of them. *shrug* As for any real life updates, I don't think there's anything to say... all my Christmas shopping is done. That's... exciting, I think?

Oh wait, I lied. University/college stuff! But I don't know what to say about that either. I got an email from the school I want to go to saying they set up an account for me on their website and all that, so I think I'm accepted (?), but it's been at least two months and I haven't got anything in the mail or anything actually saying you are accepted, so I am rather uncertain.

Also, my brother's girlfriend asked me to be a junior high youth sponsor/leader/helper/awesome person at church and I may or may not have said yes? It's not really the sort of thing I would normally do because I am unsociable and ~~taciturn~~ awkward but I felt like I was supposed to do it, so I said yes but IDK.

Confused Lanni is confused about life.

Aaaannndd these nearly all have the same colouring and textures (except for the really old ones) and I would feel really bad about that if I had the energy to care...

Preview:

001-007: Aladdin
008-011: Beauty and the Beast
012-019: Cinderella
020-029: The Lion King
030-036: Lilo & Stitch
037-040: Lady & the Tramp
041-047: Princess & the Frog
048-058: The Sword in the Stone
059-062: Snow White
063-071: Tangled

1	2	3

4	5	6

7	8	9

10	11	12

13	14	15

16	17	18

19	20	21

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31	32	33

34	35	36

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46	47	48

49	50	51

52	53	54

55	56	57

58	59	60

61	62	63

64	65	66

67	68	69

70	71

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Sleeping Beauty icons for Disney2020

proverbsun — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 01:31:58 GMT

Real Life things:
The new job is fantastic. I first became aware of it when my boss disappeared one day and came back with lemon squares. You don't understand what this means to me. Lemon squares are my weakness. There are three desserts which, if you feed them to me I will love you forever and they are cheesecake, anything with chocolate, and lemon squares. This job is feeding me so well, I almost don't want to go to school next year, I want to stay and work. (Not that it's important, but we have also had raspberry coconut squares, blueberry pie, chocolates, and, on three separate occasions, chocolate chip cookies, two of which were homemade.) This job roxors, seriously.

I know I'm usually on the fence about my icon posts, but I am really quite pleased with this batch.

Preview:

001-030: Sleeping Beauty

10 THEMES

four	fast	forever	facebook	face

blending	negative space	outlined text	duplicated	texture

5 SENSES

sight	touch	hearing	pain	taste

5 ARTIST'S CHOICE

artist's choice 1	artist's choice 2	artist's choice 3	artist's choice 4	artist's choice 5

ALTERNATES

1	2	3	4	5

6	7	8	9	10

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For Whatever We Lose - A Heroes of Olympus fanmix

proverbsun — Sat, 15 Oct 2011 04:45:01 GMT

Before I say sensible things, I would like to say that I am absolutely in love with Son of Neptune and I am seriously wondering if I have to rearrange my list of favourite authors and put Rick Riordan on the top, he is that awesome. And I have so much love for Percy Jackson himself that I have to keep reminding myself that he's fictional and my love for him is slightly irrational. Also Percy and Annabeth are perfection and one of my favourite literary couples.
/fangirling

Here, have a fanmix.
**River Song says spoilers! (For The Lost Hero and Son of Neptune)**
I wanted to make a happy, we-are-in-love-and-nothing-hurts, PJatO-era mix but I just keep angsting over their relationship in TLH/SoN, so this happened instead. Lots of references to oceans and forgetting. Bucket for creys not included.
Cover art: Logan Lerman as Percy (of course) because he was one of the very few good things about the movie, and Brie Larson (who I've never seen in anything) as Annabeth because she's blonde.

For whatever we lose (like a you or a me)
it's always ourselves we find in the sea.
- ee cummings

***

PART 1: ANNABETH

“We were so excited because we both started winter break early. We met up at camp on Tuesday, figured we had three weeks together. It was going to be great. Then after the campfire, he – he kissed me goodnight, went back to his cabin, and in the morning, he was gone. We searched the whole camp. We contacted his mom. We’ve tried to reach him every way we know how. Nothing. He just disappeared.”

1. The Ocean by Mae
You come over unannounced
Silence broken by your voice in the dark
I need you here tonight just like the ocean needs the waves
Fall around me now
Like stars that fall and brighten the way
I need you here tonight just like this night it needs the rain

2. Vanilla Twilight by Owl City
The stars lean down to kiss you
And I lie awake and miss you
Pour me a heavy dose of atmosphere
Cuz I’ll dose off safe and soundly
But I’ll miss your arms around me
I’ll send a postcard to you dear
Cuz I wish you were here

“Percy Jackson is at the other camp, and he probably doesn’t even remember who he is.”

3. Come Home by OneRepublic
Come home, come home
Cuz I’ve been waiting for you
For so long, for so long
And right now there’s a war between the vanities
But all I see is you and me
And the fight for you is all I’ve ever known, ever known
So come home

4. Swallowed in the Sea by Coldplay
And I could write it down
Or spread it all around
Get lost and then get found
And you’ll come back to me
Not swallowed in the sea

5. What the Water Gave Me by Florence + the Machine
Cuz they took your loved ones
But returned them in exchange for you
But would you have it any other way?
Would you have it any other way?
You couldn’t have it any other way

Cuz she’s a cruel mistress
And a bargain must be made
But oh my love, don’t forget me
I let the water take me

PART 2: PERCY

A vague sadness weighed on Percy’s chest. Something told him he’d been to San Francisco before. The city had some connection to Annabeth – the only person he could remember from his past. His memory of her was frustratingly dim.

6. Hazy by Rosi Golan and William Fitzsimmons
What if I fall and hurt myself
Would you know how to fix me
What if I went and lost myself
Would you know where to find me
If I forgot who I am
Would you please remind me, oh
Cuz without you things go hazy

7. First Floor People by Barcelona
Who am I to fool now if you’re gone, if you’re gone
If I am found below the ground
I’m searching, desperate

Prepared people, take your places on deck
I am a lost boy with no one to tell me I’m safe

8. I Need You by Relient K
Explore the cave that is my chest
The torch reveals there’s nothing left
Your whispers echo off the walls
And you can hear my distant calls
The voice of who I used to be straining out
Someone, someone please
Please shine a light into the black
Wade through the depths and bring me back

Also, he was reluctant to share his one clear memory: Annabeth's face, her blonde hair and gray eyes, the way she laughed, threw her arms around him, and gave him a kiss whenever he did something stupid.
She must have kissed me a lot, Percy thought.
He feared that if he spoke about that memory to anyone, it would evaporate like a dream. He couldn't risk that.

9. Endlessly by Green River Ordinance
She is the daze I can’t get over
She is the nights that I call home
Endlessly
For you I’ll always wait
Caught in the waves of hesitation
Lost in the sea of my own doubt
Endlessly
For you I’ll always wait

In city bars and empty cars
It’s three am, I wonder where you are
And the crooked smiles
And the worn out miles between us
And I wonder where you are

10. Yet by Switchfoot
These days pass me by, I dream with open eyes
Nightmares haunt my days, visions blur my days
I’m so confused what’s true or false
What’s fact or fiction after all
I feel like I’m an apparition’s pet

But you haven’t lost me yet
No, you haven’t lost me yet
I’ll run until my heart caves in
No, you haven’t lost me yet

PART 3: THE ONE CLOSEST TO YOU

Percy smiled. He knew the stakes were high. He knew this day could go horribly wrong. But he also knew that Annabeth was on that ship. If things went right, this would be the best day of his life.

11. You Belong Here by Anberlin
You’ve got the better part of me
Always have and always will
You’ve got the better part of me, oh
And you know that I’m right
And I know I’m asking too much
And I know I’m taking control
But a heart that’s not worth breaking isn’t worth much, not at all
Isn’t worth much at all

You belong here
You were meant for me
You belong here
You belong here with me
You were meant to be with me

12. Lucky by Jason Mraz and Colbie Caillat
Do you hear me, I’m talking to you
Across the water, across the deep blue ocean
Under the open sky
Oh my baby, I’m trying

Boy, I hear you in my dreams
I feel your whisper across the sea
I keep you with me in my heart
You make it easier when life gets hard

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A post, at long last.

proverbsun — Sun, 04 Sep 2011 10:01:10 GMT

*gasp* What is this? A real post? Inconceivable!

RL stuff:
I've sort of been offered another job, which I am going for a sort-of-interview for on Monday, and I am praying so hard that I get it because I really cannot do Walmart anymore. Though honestly, I'm going to miss my coworkers, and even the random people I see everyday but don't know. The new job would be at a little engraver's shop that's just down the street from not one, but two bookstores, and it sounds almost perfect. Given the situation (long story short, they called me and asked me to drop off a resume +other factors) I feel pretty good about getting it. The only reason I can think of that I might not (aside from them deciding I'm a lunatic/blunderer/somewhat useless, all of which is entirely fair and I ain't even bovvered by it) is because... dun dun dun... I am actually actually planning on going back to school next year. o_O

Yes, this means I have actually come to a decision about something, and something important, at that. Hold the phones and the mayo.

And yes, next year, and no, I haven't told my parents yet because it's in a ginormous city 2.5 hours away, and I don't think that telling them it was that or the one that's 14 hours away will help matters. BUT! It's also the city where my best friend is currently going to school so maybe we will get to be roomies and sit around listening to indie music and complaining about money together. Ugh, but my parents. They are going to have perpetual heart attacks every second for the rest of their lives because of this. I know this, and yet I'm still just gonna wait til I get the information package in the mail and be like 'OH DIDN'T I TELL YOU SILLY ME' and then they are going to kill me. Fun fact: I actually suck at breaking things to people gently, for reals. :P ~~Especially considering I've hardly mentioned that I'm planning on going to school at all to them... ...like, maybe three? times...~~

And, if you're interested, I'm going to be taking English. So basically I'm going to have to bring all my books with me. O_O Which will be both delightful and a blasted nuisance. I'm not sure about minors and things yet, but I'm thinking psychology, though everyone says that's way more boring than you think it will be. (Side note: You'd be amazed how many people do not understand taking English in University. Saying that's my plan always gets me one of two responses. "Oh, so you didn't get a high enough mark in it in high school?" NO ACTUALLY I JUST FREAKING LIKE ENGLISH. :| Or my personal favourite: *confused stare* "But you already speak English." NO ACTUALLY I AM SPEAKING SWAHILI AND THE TARDIS IS TRANSLATING IT FOR YOU. :| Ugh, I just can't.)

After having nothing interesting at all happen to me for a year or more, two big things so close together has me acting quite idiotic. I even spelled my name wrong today. (And since I also cleaned up my laundry this afternoon, I warn you that the apocalypse is coming.)

Now, if you've made your way through all that rambling that I have so inconsiderately decided not to put behind a cut, here are some icons. :D

(Oh by the way, these are mostly what I would classify as rainbow barf and IDK what kind of sugar high I was on when I brought them into existence. By the way #2, Martha Jones is better than everyone and haters may take the exit located immediately to their left. Thank you from the management.)

Preview:

001-030: Doctor Who
031-060: Primeval

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25 Tangled icons

proverbsun — Sun, 21 Aug 2011 05:40:24 GMT

Preview:

001-025: Tangled

10 THEMES

life	loneliness	lavender	last	liberty

negative space	texture	rotate	faceless	lyrics

5 ELEMENTS

fire	water	air	earth	light

5 ARTIST'S CHOICE

artist's choice 1	artist's choice 2	artist's choice 3	artist's choice 4	artist's choice 5

VARIATIONS, ETC.

1	2	3	4	5

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Princess and the Frog icons for Disney2020

proverbsun — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 19:14:05 GMT

Lol, if I actually get these posted in time with no shenanigans from LJ, it will be an absolute miracle.

Sometimes I realize that I have other Disney movies that I like more than PatF. Then I realize how much I icon it and then I think maybe not.

Apologies to myself for the lack of Naveen in this batch. You make me sad, self.

Preview:

001-025: Princess and the Frog

10 THEMES

dark	danger	orange	safe	light

body-less	b & w	all-caps	sidebars	opposite colours

ho hum.

proverbsun — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 10:08:23 GMT

So much long without posting!!! Oi. Basically, work is crazy and stupid, and next time I see my manager, I'm going to have to be brave and tell him that I can't do inventory next month, and he's going to have a conniption, and I am really not good at being brave and my manager is scary. And I'm actually considering quitting my job altogether and I just don't know what I am doing.

The good news is I bought a new laptop and the computer people saved all the stuff off my old one even the old one is toast, and that means I can post some new icons finally! Also, I am for reals going to get back into this and make MOAR STUFFS cuz I miss it a lot.

Preview:

001-027: Avatar: The Last Airbender (1.01 & 1.02)

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19	20	21

22	23	24

25	26	27

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Villian Icons for Disney2020

proverbsun — Mon, 23 May 2011 17:58:28 GMT

Gonna try sneak these in before voting opens. I can't believe I got them finished at all, but we'll see if I get them posted to the comm in time!

Preview:

10 THEMES

joy	face	sun	rainbow	sorrow

faceless	b & w	close-up	text-only	opposite colours

1 TEXTURE, 5 ICONS

1	2	3	4	5

5 ARTIST'S CHOICE

artist's choice 1	artist's choice 2	artist's choice 3	artist's choice 4	artist's choice 5

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Sad things happen to me. Fortunately, not usually in real life.

proverbsun — Sat, 21 May 2011 05:18:00 GMT

Finished series 2 of Doctor Who in the wee hours of this morning, slept for a bit, went to work and spent all day sighing over the sadness of it all. Although, if I may say so, I actually think the series 1 finale was sadder, but then, I knew a bit of what was going to happen this time, and I didn't then.

Unpopular opinion of the day:

I think I maybe possibly probably like Nine more than Ten.

That's not to say I don't love Ten as well, but I think I have this leftover Christopher Eccleston love way back from the first season of Heroes (when it was awesome) and he was the invisible man and so brilliant and I may or may not have his action figure. :/ (For a sort-of-nerd, I have very few action figures, so this is a big deal.) It was his voice that did it, I think.

I feel weird about this me-watching-Doctor-Who business though. It's like I feel like I don't quite belong in the fandom, because it seems like everyone's been watching it forever and they know all the ins and outs of it and now I'm just stepping in and I have said unpopular opinion up there and pfffffffffffffff.... I dunno, it just feels weird. I'm sort of afraid to talk about it on teh interwebz (not that I really have time for the internet with work being a gongshow) because I'm NEW. And now I'm sitting around contemplating this deep-rooted psychological condition of mine when there's like, real stuff happening somewhere.

Meh, real life.

Aaaaand my brothers and I are 3 (THREE!) episodes away from forever finishing Avatar and I am going to cry so much just because it'll be over and I love it so much.... :( And what are we going to watch on Sunday afternoons with no Merlin and no Avatar? BUT ZUKO IS BEING A GOOD GUY NOW SO I AM HAPPY, even if it is about to end. Legend of Korra cannot come fast enough, in my opinion. But where the heck has Uncle Iroh been for like, all of S3? I expect serious greatness from him in the end or I'm going to be unhappy.

Unpopular opinion 2:

I think Suki might be my favourite girl character.

Toph's grown on me a lot, though. And I like Azula in a scariest-lady-ever-except-for-Maleficent-maybe sort of way. Well, heck, I like everyone. Almost. Jet's dead so I feel bad saying I hate him but I really kind of do.

(When did I become a TV-show-person? I never used to be. It was Gilmore Girls, American Idol and Heroes in ye olden days, and nothin' else. What is this Merlin-Doctor Who-Avatar-Chuck-Sherlock-Robin Hood-everything BBC-nonsense?)

Also, my laptop is BREAKED and has been for about 2 months now, and I haven't had time to get it fixed and that explains the lack of graphics lately, but I'm quite missing it. I wasn't for a while there. It was nice to have a break, but now I want to get back to it before I forget how. I'm thinking of just buying a new laptop now while I have the money, but I'd still have to at least get all my stuff off my old one, and goodness knows what I'll do with it after that.

And that's all that's happening in my life lately.

:) Good stuff.

some nonsense and maybe some stuff that isn't nonsense.

proverbsun — Thu, 05 May 2011 03:40:11 GMT

So, I take back everything I said about our election this week being pointless, because there was major upsets all over the place, and although I'm pleased with the results, I am also dumbfounded. First of all, the Conservatives won a handy majority, the NDP more than doubled their seats and are the new official opposition (which has never happened before), the Liberals lost more than half their seats, the Bloc Quebecois (the separatists, which I have very strong opinions of) went from 47 seats to FOUR (4!), and the leaders of both the Liberals and the Bloc stepped down after LOSING IN THEIR OWN RIDINGS. WHAT THIS IS I DON'T EVEN.

They better get to business with the fixed election dates they're always talking about. I am now quite convinced that this is a better way of doing things.

Anyway, politics is boring, so here is a meme!

(Snurched from sgmajorshipper )

Answer which one you think would fit me:
* Tall or short?
* Crazy or calm?
* Brunette or blonde?
* Over 20 years old or under?
* Single or in relationship?
* ~~Straight, gay or bi?~~ If you guys think I am something other than straight, I don't think I wanna know, lol. ;)
* Lazy or bouncy?
* Big dreamer or take things as they come?
* Try three different outfits at morning or just wear anything?
* Prefer flats or high heels?
* Curly or straight hair?
* Sleep with light on or off?

i have no title for this post.

proverbsun — Sat, 23 Apr 2011 02:53:34 GMT

The Rules:
1. Write your own answers to the following questions in your journal. If you don't like a question, replace it.
2. Tag eight people. Don't refuse to do this. Don't tag people who tagged you.
Ummm, everyone knows I'm too lazy for tagging, so if you're on my f-list and you haven't done this/been tagged to do this, consider yourself tagged. *pretends to be ominous and imposing to coerce people into doing this.*

I was tagged by ladyadeone

The Questions:

01. Make a list of 5 things you can see without getting up.
1) My cat scratching her ear, 2) my brother and his girlfriend, 3) the light from the sunset coming through the windows, 4) an eagle sculpture (why we have this in our house IDK), and 5) my Rapunzel Barbie. (Barbies are for awesome people who are mature adults! Which is me.)

02. How do you style your hair?
At work it's tied up in a ponytail and covered with a hairnet. Otherwise it's in a side braid or loose and curly and flying all over the place.

03. What are you wearing now?
Jeans, my favourite grey sweater, a necklace my friend gave me, and a sparkly Batman t-shirt.

04. Do you own a cell phone?
Yes and I need a new plan for it, and a new phone altogether because mine is too fat so I don't like having it in my pocket so I always miss important things.

05. What do you hear right now?
My brother and his girlfriend talking to our cat. My brother is calling her 'Punkster' and his girlfriend is calling her 'Buddy' (which is, incidentally, her name) and now the conversation has turned to mind-reading and now frogs and now flute-players ruling the world, and I swear these topics are actually related in a way, though you might not believe me...

06. What's your favorite guilty pleasure treat?
Those nights when I say, 'to heck with everything else, I am going to read until four in the morning!!!'

07. What are you thinking about right now?
How absolutely strange it is that both my younger brothers and my mom are out of the house while me, my dad, my brother and his girlfriend are home. (This NEVER happens.)

08. Write the first word that comes to mind.
Dictionary.

09. Dog person or cat person?
Cat person. Dogs are only okay if they're old or lazy and not running around like they're possessed.

10. If you came across $1,000 (or other currency) would you keep it or turn it in?
*sigh* I would mean to turn it in, and tell myself it is the right thing to turn it in, and I suppose I would turn it in, but very reluctantly.

11. What was the last thing you bought?
The first season of Avatar on DVD. :D

12. If you could afford to go anywhere in the world, where would you go?
Europe. For a year. Or forever.

13. Where do you see yourself in 5 years?
Gah, I hate answering these kinds of questions. I'd tell you where I'd like to be in 5 years, but I'm not sure that's realistically what will happen to me. Hum. Well, hopefully I will not be working at Walmart anymore, and will instead either be doing what I'm supposed to be doing or at school learning to do what I'm meant to be doing. (It would be nice if there was a pretty boy involved in this somewhere.)

14. Last book you read?
The last book I finished was Hickory Dickory Dock by Agatha Christie. Right now I'm reading The Knight of the Lion by Chretien de Troyes, and next is either Jane Eyre or Sense and Sensibility or a reread of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.

15. What are you doing this weekend?
Working, eating obscene amounts of food with the family for Easter, and watching Doctor Who.

16. If you could play any musical instrument, which one would you play?
Well, I used to be rather decent at piano, and I tried clarinet for a little while (it didn't go well :/ ), but if I had my pick, I would play either cello (cuz they're soooo pretty, looks-wise and sounds-wise) or keytar (I'm dead serious about this. When I was young and impressionable, I saw David Crowder live and he played a cherry red keytar and I've wanted one ever since.)

17. How are you?
I am not totally sure how to answer that question. I suppose I am fine. I am happy because I have found new things to watch like Avatar and Doctor Who and I have new books which I love like Emma and Anne of Green Gables. But I feel slightly... discontent lately and I know why, but I don't know why, and I'm not sure what to do about it and I don't like waiting for things. That is all.

18. What are you doing tomorrow?
Hopefully returning an overdue DVD to the library before I get a millions dollars in fines, maybe going book shopping with my little brother, and definitely going to work.

19. What are you looking forward to the most?
Going to the States next week. I am going to buy books at the US cover price!! :D And also probably a ton of CDs because like everything, your CDs are waaaaay cheaper than ours and I don't quite think it's fair, especially when the dollar is nearly the same.

20. Describe the weather in five words or less:
IT ISN'T SNOWING FOR ONCE.

bandwagons are for jumping on

proverbsun — Sat, 16 Apr 2011 01:34:05 GMT

There's not really much of anything on my tumblr but for a few shiny banner-thingies I whipped up this afternoon, but here's the linky link anyway: proverbial-sunrise.tumblr.com

*goes back to watching Avatar*

excited

proverbsun — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 22:49:48 GMT

I GOT MY BRACES OFF TODAY.

^obligatory Kermit flail^

I'm going to go eat an apple now KTHXBAI.

(Also, I got Doctor Who and Emma from the library this morning and I am excited to watch them!!)

Charlotte icons for Disney2020

proverbsun — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 19:04:01 GMT

This was so fun, but SO MUCH PINK. SO MUCH.

:O

Preview:

001-025: Princess & the Frog (Charlotte la Bouff + 1 Tiana)

10 THEMES

numbers	yellow	moon	dream	little

rotate	blending	back/profile	texture	half/half

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script	all caps	background	multiple sizes	curved

5 ARTIST'S CHOICE

artist's choice 1	artist's choice 2	artist's choice 3	artist's choice 4	artist's choice 5

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Avatar: The Last Airbender

proverbsun — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 19:38:10 GMT

I AM SO MUCH IN LOVE WITH THIS SHOW.

I can haz season 2 nao plz, little brothers?

They're going to be the death of me, I swear.

That is really all I have to say and therefore this post is useless.

Edited to add (and make less useless): I finally updated my resource list, which I should have done at least a year ago, if not longer.

Beauty and the Beast icons for Disney2020

proverbsun — Sat, 19 Mar 2011 00:18:02 GMT

I really really freaking love the world right now because I've been working so much and so hard and wishing and wishing we'd get a new person at work so I could back to only working four days a week, and guess what? We got 2 (two!) new people. I would be over the moon except that I slammed my finger in the door today and it hurts obscenely bad and is making me sad.

For some reason, I put even more work into these than I normally do, because for some reason I was convinced they couldn't be crappy because they were of Beauty and the Beast. I don't know why I suddenly think that now, when I have had no problem making crappy BatB icons before, so I guess I'm just crazy.

Also, I made some of these at 6 am while eating chocolates, and I'm ridiculously embarrassed about the reference one. Just thought you should know.

Preview:

001-029: Beauty and the Beast

10 THEMES

green	reference	eat	superhero	legendary

negative space	black & white	close-up	lyrics	blocking

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eyes	mouth	head	torso	feet

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Look! Less than ten alternates! I feel like I have practiced self-control.

May I just say that the part at the end where the Beast is dying and Belle fixes his cape was the saddest thing I'd ever seen in a Disney movie until Ray died in PatF?

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I think I'm on a sugar high or something...

Srs Bzns and Wallpapers

proverbsun — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 17:00:00 GMT

Real life srs bzns: I think I got asked out for the first time ever yesterday. I said yes. And then I said no. Because at first I thought, 'what's the harm in going for a burger?' Then I thought, 'there IS harm if he's gonna want to go again and he is very clearly NOT the kind of person I'd normally even hang out with, never mind go out with.' And the more I thought about it, the less comfortable I felt about it so I said something came up and I couldn't make it. I didn't encourage him to try for another time. :/ Dunno what I'm gonna say next time I see him in person though.
This is a note to myself: For you, in all situations, "I'll think about it" will ALWAYS be the correct answer, because it's always true.

(My little-middle brother says it's my own fault for actually engaging in video game talk with this boy. But what am I supposed to do when someone brings up Zelda? Besides, my best friend told me guys don't actually like girls who play video games and know about cars and read comic books, so I thought I was safe. Now I'm like, why did I believe her? She doesn't do any of those things! Also, why are there no cute geeks in real life? WHY IS THERE NO REAL LIFE CHUCK BARTOWSKI?)

And another reason for saying no: as tobyMac once said: "And to all you single, godly ladies... I want you to listen close: don't even let that boy step to you unless you know he loves God with all his heart."

Real life non-srs bzns: I started watching Avatar: The Last Airbender finally and I love it. :D Well mostly I love Sokka. And Iroh. But it's just love and win and silliness. And I'm not going to lie, that's part of the reason I changed my mind about the burger-date. I realized I'm not really a hanging-out-by-going-out kind of person, and I would actually much rather watch cartoons with my baby brothers than go on a date. For reals. And no, I am definitely not normal.

Second most serious thing: My brother and his girlfriend went to Hawaii last week with their steel band, and the next morning, my dad woke me up with news about a tsunami. I just about had a heartattack until he said they were all safe. Then I read the newspaper and realized he'd failed to mention that the tsunami had actually been in Japan. Don't tell my brother, but I'm really thankful it all turned out all right for him and us. It's funny how much different it feels when it's closer to home. I'm still praying for all of you who have friends/family in Japan!

Most serious of all: yesterday, someone asked me to tell them about myself and the first thing out of my mouth was not "I'm a Christian." I feel so... I don't know. It's not that I didn't want to say it, I just didn't even think of it, which is even worse, in my opinion. Well, basically, I feel horrible about it. Like I made a huge, huge mistake.

Also, I read The Scarlet Letter this week and it was very disappointing.

Now, some tobyMac wps. :D They are all pretty much exactly the same!!! Mwahaha!

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Oh yeah, changed my layout again.

30 How to Train Your Dragon icons for Disney2020

proverbsun — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 23:42:44 GMT

I was just going along, making these, minding my own business and suddenly I was like: Gah! They're all of Hiccup!! WHAT DOES THIS MEAN!?!? :O :O

So I made some more of Toothless. :]

I LOVE THIS MOVIE SO MUCH. ASDFJIOEAJGKJ;;; So pretty and shiny and Toothless is the most adorable thing ever in the universe and I just want to squash him in a big hug. And Hiccup too.

I could have kept going with these forever and ever and ever but I thought I better post them since I'm sneaking them in just barely on time as it is... I had a sudden burst of free time thanks to reading week and the fact that my family's little trip to the States got cancelled on account of IT SNOWED AGAIN! *murderous rage* But, free time is nice. I must find a way to see Tangled again while I have it.

For the non-Disney round at disney2020:

1-30: How to Train Your Dragon

10 THEMES

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ALTERNATES ETC.

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SO MANY ICONS. SO MANY. dead

proverbsun — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 07:22:50 GMT

Adam Young and Taylor Swift made me like Valentine's Day. :O :O Usually I'm of the opinion that a holiday that does not get me the day off is no holiday at all, but this was just d'awwwwww... How adorable can you get, really? If you haven't heard his cover of Enchanted yet, you should go listen to it.

And now some miscellaneous icons I've had piling up. Some of these are sooooo old. Those are the not good ones.

001-004: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
005: Voyage of the Dawn Treader
006: Chuck
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011: Sleeping Beauty
012-023: Tangled
024-026: Raiders of the Lost Ark
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035-039: Bones
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055-065: Tim Drake (Robin/Red Robin)
066-070: The Prestige
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075-080: Pride & Prejudice 95
081: Return of the Jedi
082-084: Revenge of the Sith
085: Stardust
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095-097: Redwall by Brian Jacques
098: War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy

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(Hee, I put P&P beside Wicket. I feel like this = awesome.)

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I'm working on a batch of Percy Jackson quote icons, so hopefully those'll be up soon.

Holy cow, look at the length of this tag list!

Sad. :(

proverbsun — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 07:21:52 GMT

I just found out that Brian Jacques died on Saturday. This makes me extremely sad. The Redwall books were some of the first books that my middle-younger brother and I discovered without the influence of any other family members, and most certainly the first books we shared solely between the two of us. In hindsight, I feel like this was the start of something, on account of now we share practically all our books. Also, they were probably the second fantasy series I ever read (right after LotR), and of course now, it seems ridiculous to consider that there even was a time when I was not into fantasy, it takes up that much space on the list of things that define me, especially since I mean to be a writer someday and it seems fantasy is the only thing I can write...

Anyway, this feels like a big deal for me, although it is also midnight, so perhaps it is a bigger deal now than it would be at a normal time of day. I actually cried a little bit, not that that means much because I seem to cry about everything in my old age. (I did not use to be like this, I swear! Me crying used to happen about as often as like, solar eclipses. Now I'm a sap.) I felt this was serious enough to deserve a post, but I will probably not think that tomorrow.

I also feel I am no longer making sense, so I think I shall go to bed now.

The Art of War - A Merlin FanMix

proverbsun — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 06:09:28 GMT

Remember waaaay back when, I said I had an Arthur/Gwen fanmix to post?

This isn't it.

:D
Wheeee!

And, even worse, I meant to post this like, three weeks ago, but it ended up falling by the wayside when I remembered I hadn't even started my 20in20 icons. :S

*******

1. Orphans, Kingdoms - Brooke Fraser

Eat and drink for tomorrow we die.
We will look our maker in the eye.
Raise a flagon and drink to your health.
Who is he that can comfort himself?
We are wandering where the wild wind blows,
We are happy here cuz the wild wind knows what we are:
Orphans, kingdoms. Orphans, kingdoms.

2. Viva la Vida - Coldplay

I used to rule the world,
See sunrise when I gave the word.
Now in the morning I sleep alone,
Sweep the streets I used to roam.

3. Marchin’ On - OneRepublic

There's so many wars we fought,
There's so many things we’re not.
But with what we have, I promise you that
We're marchin' on,
We're marchin' on,
We're marchin' on.

4. One More Round - BarlowGirl

Round one wasn't what I thought it'd be.
Round two, I'm struggling to breathe.
Three, four, five, six, seven times I wonder why I
Stepped inside this ring.
I may be knocked down and so bruised but I'm here to tell you
I may be knocked down but not for the count.

5. Hero - Skillet

Who's gonna fight for what's right, who's gonna help us survive?
We're in the fight of our lives and we're not ready to die.
Who's gonna fight for the weak, who's gonna make 'em believe?
I've got a hero living in me.
I've gotta fight for what's right, today I'm speaking my mind.
And if it kills me tonight I will be ready to die.
A hero's not afraid to give his life.
A hero's gonna save me just in time.

6. How Far We've Come - Matchbox 20

Well I believe the world is coming to an end,
Oh well, I guess we're gonna find out.
Let's see how far we've come,
Let's see how far we've come.
Well I believe it all is coming to an end,
Oh well, I guess we're gonna pretend.
Let's see how far we've come,
Let's see how far we've come.

7. Cross the Line - Superchick

Everybody freeze, don't step over the line.
Don't stand up, they'll shoot down the first one who tries.
Try to change the world, they'll think you're out of your mind.
Revolutions start when someone crosses the line.
They want us to lie down, give in to the lies.
Nothing has to change and no one had to die.
That's not the secret but I know what is:
Everybody dies but not everyone lives.
Everybody dies but not everyone lives.

8. Walk On - U2

And love, it's not the easy thing.
The only baggage that you can bring
Is all that you can't leave behind.

9. Straight to You - Josh Groban

All the towers of ivory are crumbling,
And the swallows have sharpened their beaks.
This is the time of our great undoing.
This is the time that I'll come running straight to you,
For I am captured.
Straight to you, for I am captured one more time.

10. Pressing On - Relient K

I think we're going somewhere.
We're onto something good here.
And we're gonna make it after all...

11. The Resistance - Anberlin

Silent alarms are ringing, sound of revolt draw near,
A new united front that you will come to fear.
We will hold together to become the change,
Voice for the voiceless with every common man engaged.
Speak for yourself, you paper tigers.
You'll crash where you stand,

You've got a riot on your hands.

*******

DOWNLOAD HERE.
(Hopefully the .zip works! :S )

*******

(Comments would be great, especially since this is my first finished fanmix. :S )

Argh, this took FIVE CENTURIES to post. LJ kept eating it, and then my computer decided not to come out of hibernation (not that I can blame it) and crash and ARGH.

40 Pooh Icons for Disney2020

proverbsun — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 19:50:04 GMT

For a while it looked like I was not gonna get these done. ~~Cuz I forgot about them.~~ Cuz I was busy. But here they are in all their glory-ish. I'm not too jazzed about the themes ones, but I'm really happy with the AC ones, so it balances out. :) And... I'm ridiculously ecstatic about the new Pooh movie. :D

Also, as I scoured the internet for images, I came across this piece of genius. Is that not the most adorable thing you've ever seen? And apparently there's a book. I WANT ONE SO BAD.

Preview:

001-040: Winnie the Pooh

15 THEMES

magical	red	smile	snow	clouds

landscape	skin	one	asterisk	zoo

close-up	b & w	opposite colours	negative space	out of the box

5 FAVOURITE SCENES

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10 ARTIST'S CHOICE

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ALTERNATES/EXTRAS

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I hear you laugh, I heard you sing.

Short RL update + Disney icons

This has been a post.

Once Upon a Time icons

71 Disney icons

Sleeping Beauty icons for Disney2020

For Whatever We Lose - A Heroes of Olympus fanmix

A post, at long last.

25 Tangled icons

Princess and the Frog icons for Disney2020

ho hum.

Villian Icons for Disney2020

Sad things happen to me. Fortunately, not usually in real life.

some nonsense and maybe some stuff that isn't nonsense.

i have no title for this post.

bandwagons are for jumping on

*excited*

Charlotte icons for Disney2020

Avatar: The Last Airbender

Beauty and the Beast icons for Disney2020

Srs Bzns and Wallpapers

30 How to Train Your Dragon icons for Disney2020

SO MANY ICONS. SO MANY. *dead*

Sad. :(

The Art of War - A Merlin FanMix

40 Pooh Icons for Disney2020

excited

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