even the best fall down sometimes

Hello

refuse2shine — Mon, 30 Apr 2018 17:14:17 GMT

Hi everyone. I know it's been quite awhile since I've updated this journal, but I'm hoping to be a bit more active on here.

Anyway, the past while has been a bit of a life changer. On Halloween of 2017, I became a mom for the first time. I gave birth to a little baby girl and could not be happier :)

I've also really gotten into board games in the past few years, and I actually blog about them over here. Other than that, a lot of the things are the same. I'm still a proud Hufflepuff and I still like a lot of the same fandoms I used to. The newer ones on my list are Stranger Things and Riverdale.

Anyway, just thought I'd give a little update on me and look for some more posts in the future.

disneykrumkakes - Alice In Wonderland (2010)

refuse2shine — Wed, 03 Feb 2016 22:22:43 GMT

Themes

Bottom's Up	Profile	Black & White	Odd Angle	Far Away


Friends	Enchanted	Determined	Round	Occupation

Same Screencap

One	Two	Three	Four	Five

Artist's Choice

1	2	3	4	5

Animated 20in20 - Ariel (The Little Mermaid)

refuse2shine — Thu, 21 Jan 2016 15:11:07 GMT

10 THEMES

unusual crop	full body	alter ego	sad	in motion

sidekick	smile	texture	clean & simple	primary colors

5 CATEGORY
Color palette

This palette was my inspiration

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5 ARTIST'S CHOICE

1	2	3	4	5

Fanmix: Dancing Though the Stars - A Zodiac Mix (Round 31 at waywardmixes)

refuse2shine — Mon, 09 Nov 2015 14:50:48 GMT

This fanmix is all about the 12 signs of the Zodiac and the mythological stories behind each sign. I made it for Round 31 at waywardmixes which has a Space theme.

Listen Here

ARIES: IN THE STARS - ICONA POP
The story of Aries is of Jason and the Argonauts and their search for the Golden Fleece. Jason's Argonauts were comprised of some of the strongest and greatest heroes in Greek mythology, including Herakles and the "twins" Castor and Pollux. With the help of the sorceress Medea, Jason and his Argonauts succeed in their quest. The image of the ram was put into the stars by the sea god Poseidon as the constellation of Aries.)

TAURUS: BLINDESS - METRIC
(The story of Taurus is of the Minotaur of Crete. The Minotaur was born as a punishment to King Minos of Crete when he tried to deceive Poseidon when Poseidon sent him a bull to sacrifice as a show of support. The Minotaur was trapped in a labyrinth and people were sent in the labyrinth to be sacrificed to the Minotaur. Theseus was a hero who voluntarily went to Crete to try and slay the Minotaur. King Minos' daughter Ariadne fell in love with Theseus and aided him in slaying the Minotaur. The image of the bull was put into the stars as the constellation of Taurus.)

GEMINI: HEY BROTHER - AVICII
(The story of Gemini is of the "twins" Castor and Pollux who were not twins in the normal sense since they had two different fathers. Castor was the mortal son of Tyndareus and Pollux was the immortal son of Zeus, who had seduced Tyndareus' wife Leda. Despite being half-brothers, the two had a very strong bond. When Castor died, Pollux was so grief-stricken, he asked his father to share some of his immortality with Castor. As such, the two brothers were re-united and split their time between the Underwold and Mount Olympus. Their image was then put up into the sky as the constellation of Gemini.)

CANCER: TITANIUM - DAVID GUETTA FT. SIA
(The story of Cancer is of Herakles and his Second Labour: Killing the Hydra. Hera, the wife of Zeus, had a deep hatred of Zeus' demi-god children, and especially of Herakles. She created the Hydra for the sole purpose of killing Herakles. She further sent a large crab to distract Herakles when it looked like he would succeed. Although the crab was crushed by Herakles and the Hydra was slain, Hera decided to immortalize the crab by putting its image in the stars as the constellation of Cancer)

LEO: KNOCK YOU OUT - BINGO PLAYERS
(The story of Leo is also focused on Herakles and his Labours. Leo is the story of Herakles' first Labour: to kill the Nemean Lion, a lion with an invincible hide. Herakles set himself to do twelve Impossible Labours as a repentance for the murder of his wife and children. Hera had caused Herakles to go mad and kill his family. Herakles succeeded in killing the Nemean Lion by strangling it to death. The image of the great lion was put into the stars as the constellation of Leo.)

VIRGO: GET HOME - BASTILLE
(The story of Virgo is of Persephone, the daughter of the harvest goddess Demeter. She was lured away by Hades and because she ate six pomegranate seeds, Persephone had to remain in the Underworld for anyone who eats anything in the Underworld must stay there for eternity. Demeter was stricken with grief and because of this, the crops on Earth died and the humans were dying of starvation. A deal was eventually struck where Persephone would stay six months in the Underworld (since she ate six pomegranate seeds) and the other six months of the year, she would stay with her mother on Earth. For the six months Persephone was away, the Earth would be barren with Demeter's grief, but when Persephone returned, the Earth would become bright and green again. Hades put Persephone's image into the stars as the constellation of Virgo.)

LIBRA: THE END - SEVEN LIONS FT. HAILENE
(The story of Libra is of Dike, the goddess of human justice, and her golden scales. When she dwelled on Earth, there were no wars and things were fair. However, she lost faith in humanity when they became greedy and began to watch them from the stars, and chaos began to reign. The scales were put into the stars as the constellation of Libra.)

SCORPIO: FALL INTO THE SKY - ZEDD FT. ELLIE GOULDING
(The story of Scorpio is of the great hunter Orion. Orion pursued the Pleiades or Seven Sisters. Artemis took pity on them and turned them into birds so they could get away from Orion. Artemis was angry with Orion for his continued pursuit and sent a scorpion after him to kill him. The image of the scorpion was put into the stars as the constellation of Scorpio.)

SAGITTARIUS: HUMAN - KREWELLA
(The story of Sagittarius is of Chiron, a wise centaur. He was friends with Herakles and after defeating the Hydra, Herakles came to tell Chiron of the deed and showed him the arrows he had dipped into the Hydra's poisonous blood. When he left, Herakles accidentally left behind a poisoned arrow which stabbed Chiron. Chiron was immortal so he did not die from the poison but he was in so much pain that Zeus took pity on him and made him mortal so he could die. The image of Chiron was then put into the stars as the constellation of Sagittarius.)

CAPRICORN: NEW LANDS - JUSTICE
(The story of Capricorn is of Amalthea, a goat nymph who raised Zeus. Zeus' father Cronus had been told a prophecy that one of his children would be his usurper, so he decided that he would remedy this by eating his children. Rhea, Cronus' wife, hated seeing all her children being eaten, so when she gave birth to her last child, she tricked Cronus by swaddling a rock and hid Zeus on the island of Crete where she entrusted him to the care of Amalthea. When Zeus was grown, he was told of his destiny and went to Olympus to claim his right to the throne. He cut open his father's stomach and all of Zeus' siblings came out, fully grown and alive. Zeus then put the image of Amalthea in the stars as the constellation of Capricorn.)

AQUARIUS: HIGHER PLACE - DIMITRI VEGAS & LIKE MIKE FT. NE-YO
(The story of Aquarius is of Ganymede. Ganymede was a mortal hero who was very beautiful. Zeus, infatuated by his beauty, kidnapped Ganymede and offered him immortality and a position as the cup bearer to the gods. The image of Ganymede was put into the stars as the constellation of Aquarius.)

PISCES: WE'LL BE OK - AFROJACK FT. WRABEL
(The story of Aquarius is of Aphrodite, the goddess of love, and her son Eros. Gaia, or Mother Earth, was angry with the gods and sent the monster Typhon to attack them. Pan warned the other gods about this attack and urged them to take cover. Aphrodite and Eros turned into two fish to protect themselves. Once the attack was over and things were well, Aphrodite placed the image of the two fish into the sky as the constellation of Pisces.)

Hello!

refuse2shine — Sun, 25 Oct 2015 18:07:06 GMT

It has been a VERY long time since I've been here and updated or anything, but I'm looking to come back a little more often now.

There's a lot that's happened since I posted last, but I'll save it for some other entries.

Casting Choices - Anything Goes

refuse2shine — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 16:24:38 GMT

Over at ohanythinggoes, there's a challenge to cast 6 members of your friends or family, so these are my casting choices.

I chose Diane Lane to play my mom because my mom has actually said that she'd want to be played by Diane Lane in a movie before. I think it would work well. Both have gone through about a billion hairstyles and Diane's played some stubborn ladies before. She's also a favourite actress of my mom's (hence why she said she'd want to be played by her). She's a little older than my mom but it's not too much.

I chose Tom Hanks to play my dad even though he's 13 years older than my actual dad. It's because my stepbrother has ingrained it into my head that they look kinda similar. They do have similar hairstyles, and my dad does like him as an actor, as do I. Plus, who wouldn't want Tom Hanks playing their dad?

I chose Evanna Lynch to play my younger sister. Not only have I always thought they look kind of alike, but my sister was also sorted as a Ravenclaw on Pottermore. Evanna's got some experience playing Ravenclaws :P She's a bit older than my sister but it's not a big thing. Plus my sister loves her so she wouldn't object.

I chose Ariel Waller to play my youngest sister. They're both the same age and Ariel's got some experience playing the youngest sibling as she was Marti in Life with Derek. These pictures are mostly her younger because that's what I could find, but it's still a great fit. They have the same hair as well.

I chose Debbie Reynolds to play my grandmother. My grandma has said that people have said they look alike and I can definitely see it. Plus, she's shown her grandmotherly side in the Halloweentown movies. I had a hard time trying to decide between her and Joan Plowright because I've always thought she'd be a good person to play her too but in the end, Debbie won out.

I chose Jennifer Stone to play my best friend. My best friend is transgendered but is still physically female so I chose a girl to play him. However, he does like Jennifer Stone, especially as Harper on Wizards of Waverly Place, Harper's a pretty loyal friend to Alex and that's another reason I chose her.

Mafia take 2. Ignore.

refuse2shine — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 21:51:13 GMT

View Poll: #1870405

Mafia stuff. Ignore otherwise

refuse2shine — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 21:19:18 GMT

Which animal would you rather ride around on?

Elephant

Kangaroo

Dolphin

Dragon

Another human

Had to fix this. Sorry guys.

100 Things Challenge

refuse2shine — Sun, 09 Sep 2012 03:24:21 GMT

{Take the 100 Things challenge!}

So I decided to take part in the 100 Things challenge. My 100 things is:

100 Songs That Relate To My Life

This will serve as the masterpost for my challenge where you can find all the entries. Most will be public but I may keep some flocked.

01: I Could Fall In Love - Selena

KakaSaku fanmixes

refuse2shine — Wed, 15 Aug 2012 06:05:27 GMT

Cover art is all from sunny side up

So I've been on this huge KakaSaku kick right now and it's culminated in the following two fanmixes. This post contains the first mix from Kakashi's POV. The second one is from Sakura's point of view.

Could I Be Your Girl - Jann Arden [link]
He's every fear and every hope
And every single sin
He is the universe
The love you've been imagining

Drops Of Jupiter - Train [link]
Tell me, did you fall for a shooting star?
One without a permanent scar
And did you miss me while you were looking for yourself out there?

Keep Me In Mind - Zac Brown Band [link]
Keep me in mind
Somewhere down the road you might get lonely
Keep me in mind
And I pray someday that you will love me only

Here Comes The Rain Again - Eurythmics [link]
I want to walk in the open wind
I want to talk like lovers do
I want to dive into your ocean
Is it raining with you?

Wanted - Hunter Hayes [link]
Like everything that's green, girl I need you
But it's more than one and one makes two
Put aside the math and the logic of it
You gotta know you're wanted too

Sister Golden Hair - Poverty Plainsmen [link]
I've been one poor correspondent,
and I've been too, too hard to find
But it doesn't mean you ain't been on my mind

Midnight Blue - Melissa Manchester [link]
I think we can make it
I think we can make it
Wouldn't you give your heart to a friend?
Think of me as your friend

Glass - Thompson Square [link]
I'll let you look inside me
Through the stains and through the cracks
And in the darkness of this moment
You see the good and bad

Beside You - Marianas Trench [link]
Don't pull away
Trust in me, trust in me
I'm just trying to keep this together
Because I could do worse and you could do better

Take Me There - Rascal Flatts [link]
Where your hopes and dreams and wishes live
Where you keep the rest of your life hid
I wanna know the girl behind that pretty stare
Take me there

No Fear - Terri Clark [link]
I used to hit every wall there was
I used to run away from love
All I ever wanted was right here

Cover art is all from sunny side up

This is my Sakura mix. You'll notice it's a bit more lighthearted than the Kakashi one but again, I think that speaks to their personalities. WARNING: Try is a wma, not an MP3.

Try - Nelly Furtado [link]
Then I see you standing there
I'm all I'll ever be
But all I can do is try

Incredible Machine - Sugarland [link]
A heart that beats
An incredible machine
Made of blood and love and hope and lust and steam
Callin'

Safe - Miranda Lambert [link]
You walk in front of me to make sure
That I don’t fall and break my own heart
Cause with you I could never

My Angel Is Here - Wynnona [link]
So when I'm lost and alone who will find me?
Who's there whenever I call?
Show me the way to the strength that's inside me
Pick me up whenever I fall

All Your Life - The Band Perry [link]
Would you catch a couple thousand fireflies?
Yeah, put them in a lamp to light my world
All dressed up in a tux and bowtie
Hand deliver to a lonely girl

Perfect - The Stellas [link]
Young hearts are foolish
They make such mistakes
They're much too eager to give their love away

Colour Blind - Small Town Pistols [link]
I'll be the blue in your skies
Just to show you
The world's not black and white
And love's not colour blind

Walk You Home - Karmina [link]
Even the brave, they depend on someone
The moon only shines with the help of the sun
And it's not as safe when you're walking alone
I'll walk you home

Twisted - Carrie Underwood [link]
It's crazy, but so what
I may never understand it
I'm caught up and I'm hanging on
I'm gonna love you even if it's wrong

The Kiss - Karmina [link]
My heart is getting loud
I'm trying to keep it down
I wish the world could hear
But I can't help but fear that they'll take you away

Right Down The Line - Bonnie Raitt [link]
I know how much I lean on you
Only you can see
The changes that I've been through
Have left a mark on me

Pimp Post - ohanythinggoes

refuse2shine — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 13:38:40 GMT

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Phase 1 starts January 1st, but teams are being formed now.

PROMO

refuse2shine — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 20:56:59 GMT

tvrealm is a land comm where there isn't a set fandom list. The only requirement is that the fandom you use is from television. It can be a television show, a miniseries or even a made for TV movie. There are four teams you can join: Chiller (Crime/Thriller), Dramedy (Drama/Comedy), Supernatural (Sci-Fi) and Animation (kinda speaks for itself).

It's a really fun, active comm full of lovely people and you should totally join us :)

Pimping

refuse2shine — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 23:03:06 GMT

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Disney 100 - Blonde Characters

refuse2shine — Sun, 15 May 2011 22:13:04 GMT

This is my post for my disney100 claim.

The theme is Blonde Characters.

THEMES

1. Magic	2. Family	3. Rainbow	4. Dreams	5. Nightmare

6. Evil	7. Good	8. Glitter/Shining	9. Time	10. Royalty

11. Hero	12. Love	13. Power	14. Hope	15. Light

16. Darkness	17. Loyalty	18. Music/Song	19. Laughter/Humour	20. Pretend

21. Black & White	22. Flight/Winged	23. Friendship	24. Childhood	25. Memories

26. Carefree	27. Believe	28. Blossom	29. Sugar/Sweetness	30. Happy Endings

31. Neverending	32. Princess	33. Compassion	34. Saviour	35. Trust

36. Sidekick	37. Seasons	38. Crying/Sadness	39. Blue	40. Party/Celebration

41. Apathy	42. Animal	43. Battle/Fight	44. Loneliness	45. Demon/Devil

46. Naked	47. Lost	48. Deception	49. Longing	50. Heart

ARTIST'S CHOICE

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