Uniforms Debate

My school is pushing for uniforms for the next school year. That is my graduating year of high school, and it is going to suck that I will have to celebrate my last year of grade school in ill-fitting khakis and heavy polo shirts.

I really want to fight the issue of uniforms because it is not a necessary evil. It is not going to help behavioral issues. It not going change young boys' mindset of women. It is not going to change boys sagging there pants. You are solving nothing.

Improve test scores, you say? Ha, ha no. Tell me how that can be directly proven. More teachers are obligated to check dress code sacrificing valuable instructional time. I have seen more students in detention due to dress code than without it. I have been in detention one time, throughout my whole school career. That one time was due to not wearing my uniform correctly. Honestly, there is way more pressing issues than uniforms. Administration should have concerned with teachers getting cursed out by students. They should have been more focused on an education no matter what you were wearing. Education should be the main focus not the article of clothing on your body.

Increased attendance, you say? Sorry, but you are sadly mistaken. Uniforms may improve readiness time, but there is a lake of motivation to get up in the morning, in the first place. Students will find no reason to get excited for school. Personally, I would get up early to get ready if I was excited about a new dress I got. I had a sense of self-pride. I had a better body positive image of myself. Uniforms can be depressing. I never felt pretty in an uniform. Schools should encourage body positive not conformity.

Prisons strip identity. Should school do this too? I thoughts schools were supposed to promote
individuality. I thought school was supposed to be a safe place to express yourself. 

No bullying, you say? I'm very sorry to say, but bullying is always going to an issue. Bullying may be reduced, but bullying is always going to be present. People have their insecurities, and they lash out on others that are different. There will always be differences between students. Race. Religion. Culture. Gender. There is always judgmental attitudes. Uniforms are not sheltering your kid from the injustice in the world. I'm sorry for being straight forward. I'm just very passionate with the no uniforms movement.

She went from this...

To this

Helps people in poverty, you say? Parents may not feel obligated to pay for the latest fad in fashion, but what about the latest fad in technology? You have to have the new phone, right? What about name brand shoes? The Nikes? The Jordans? What about the best hair? What about the new makeup fad? There will always be that social competition.




If the administration doesn't change there mind, I'm going to have to spark some creativity into my uniform. Remember that episode of It's so Raven where she decked out her uniform to protest. Technically, she did not break any rules and she still looked fabulous. That's what I'm going to do.






Uniforms provide no benefit. Period. Honestly, I believe they are more of a hassle. My opinion is very basis, I agree. If you would like to comment your personal opinion, I encourage it. I would love to hear your opinion of the debate about uniforms.

I'm fed up with the public education system. Common core to uniforms. Foul play across the board.

I'm back.

Long time, no see. Hello, my friend.

Its been a while...I haven't written a blog post for about a year. Almost a year. 320 days to be accurate. 7680 hours. 460,800 minutes. 27,648,000 seconds. That is crazy amount of time. 
I kind of ventured off the path of writing. I used to love writing (fragments and typos included). I really wanted to get back into my writing, but I couldn't bring myself to do it. I have no great excuse or sympathizing reason for my absence. To be honest, no one probably even realized I was even gone.

This is just an introductory post to my blog. Welcome. Some things are going to be changing around here.

I'm hoping if I write everything out, I will feel obligated to do it. So here goes nothing:

•        I want to write everyday (even if I only publish one sentence) 
•        I want to inspire (that has been my goal since day one)
•        Build "my brand" and promote myself
•        Interact more with writing communities. 

The list is short, but that doesn't mean it will be easy.  I'll see you tomorrow. If you have any good advice for beginning writers, I would love to know. How to stay motivated in my writing? How to stay persistent?  Where to find inspiration?

Sometimes

If I swearer I would curse this man into oblivion and curse ever decendent of his. I then tell his friends to abandon him and sabotage his very existence. I would encourage people to diminish his creditable so when he begged he wouldn't be forgiven.

I know I am making empty threats and I don't even know this man. It just seems as though his has no morals or principles of any kind. What person would stoop to such ignorance and stupidity. What person would express the incapable of having no manners when you are a perfectly capable person.

Seriously.

I don't mess with me;I will throw empty threats at you and shame your name. I will shun you with my greatest strength. I will do nothing. But write an angry rant...

Bow down to me. I am your lord.

Ok here's what happened:

I was setting up my lawn chair for this baseball game I have been dragged to (yup, its baseball season). So I'm setting up and being the 'nice-to-other-people-but-not-to-our-family-members' family we are we let this guy pass by us. Turns out he thought it was appropriate to smash his face up to the fence--blocking our view. Well, their view because I barely pay attention to these things.

Should I be mad? A little bit. If not mad maybe a little bit confused.

Am I mad? No.

I just...

I just needed something to rant about. This seemed like an occasion.

Moral of the story: learn your baseball park etiquette. Or any etiquette and apply it your life. The world would be a nicer place if everyone knew the unspoken rules of society.

My new fascination: tattoos

For the past two months, I have been fascinated with tattoos. I love them and their stories.

I found myself lost in the tattoo world.  I have been researching and watching various TV shows involving tattoos. I have been looking at different styles and designs. I looked at numerous quotes that I thought would be awesome tattoos. 

I even created a folder on my laptop dedicated to tattoo ideas from placement to specific designs. 

I found out that I really like script tattoos. 

I just wanted to share some of the tattoos and tattoo ideas that I thought were amazing:

Wow...I never thought about bringing How to Kill a Mockingbird into the tattoo world

Isn't this the coolest? 

I love how the portrait is made. 

This is pretty cool. 

Books! I love how the tattoos forms onto the spine making it look like the books are swaying back and forth.
Pretty awesome. I love the book that is falling at the side. 

I think I just the significance that this quotes is from one of my favorite movies. Can you guess what movie?

Yeah. 

This is one of my favorite ones. I would add on to the quote and say "for wit and inspiration"

Straight to the point. Simple. 

This one is cute. I love it. 

This one is one I would just get the B+

Yup, this one is really cool

I actually have a picture that I made with this quote on it.

I like to believe this quote that represents all of the Mortal Instruments Series

Yeah you can say I have been thinking about tattoos a lot lately. Maybe even over-thinking.

Computer Class

Normally when I go to my first class we do tons busy work which doesn't really have any real meaning behind it.


 I guess you can't wish for much when it comes to a computer class that doesn't have up to date computers. It is such a cliche; I find it strangely funny.

I had this brilliant opportunity in computer class a few weeks ago to write about anything I wanted. We could write a short story, poem, or song.

I took this as my chance to truly write what I wanted.  I toggled over ideas that would be labeled as typical: your idol, your high school experience so far, things you like, and even your favorite thing about yourself. Nothing seemed to spark my interest.

I then googled types of poems. I was sure I was going to write a poem. I saw familar poems and some layouts that I tried before. I stumbled upon a poem that uses mostly questions. It was a format that I heard of but never attempted.

Now, I had a layout plan. Then, I thought about things that I questioned.

Finally, I had my poem.  I printed and turned my paper in. I think was awesome and spot on. Simple and sweet. What do you think?

Here's my poem:

Questions

Why am I writing this?

A project?

An assigned paper?

Maybe I actually found a piece of inspiration,

Hidden among the loads of busy work?

Maybe I found a reason to actually try?

Maybe I looked at a goal, and really tried to succeed?

Perhaps I was so tired of the same repetitive nonsense

That I jumped on a chance to be creative?

To write my true thoughts?

To explain my point of view?

Maybe because this is simply what I was told to do?

An assigned paper?

A project?

Why am I writing this?

I wonder what my teacher thought. I should have asked him.

See you in my next post.

Bye.

Excited.

"Hellooooo, Destiny?

Where have you been? 

I've been looking everywhere for you." 

I know, I know. I been gone for awhile  an awfully long time. 

Today, is going to be a quick post too. 

Double sorry. 

I just wanted to tell everyone that I am really trying to dedicate myself to my writing. 

I'm really pumped and I promise that isn't one of those new year resolutions that you never finish. And that is because I actually started writing more before the new year: two weeks into December. 

This means that writing is already starting to form a habit in my mind. 

I'm super excited. 

Wanna sneak peek of my short story's cover?

 

FYI I only did the text and found the picture for this cover. 

Who ever drew this piece of art is awesome. 

This quote is by Thomas S. Monson. 

I'm so excited. I'm actually putting something together and finishing what I started. Once i'm finished I'll send you guys a link to it on Wattpad. 

Nothing fancy but a good start. 

Ok, I have to go. Have a great day. 

Have a great year. 

Goals

Hey everybody.

It been days since I blogged due to my new obsession The Sims and I had a nasty little virus on my computer.  It was awful. Both the virus and the obsession.

I have a problem. Why are those little people made of pixels so interesting? Today, I told myself that I will not play at all because I wanted to dedicate myself to my writing and exercising. I'm still trying to reach my goal of 1,000 miles. I haven't actually set a date to finish the miles. But I'm hoping that It's by March. That would make it two years since I started which is really sad, but I could still say I did it. 

AND I still want to write a novel and publish by the time I graduate high school. That's almost two years away. AND I haven't even thought of a worthy idea to make into  novel.  AND publishers are tough.

Breath. 

This actually why  I put the 1000 miles as a goal.Walking/running makes me calm down in a way. I shouldn't be abusing my way of relaxation by setting a goal and beating myself to complete it.

I think that sounded too harsh. I didn't mean for it sound soooooo harsh. Honest. Everyone is probably saying "Calm down, girl. You're still young."

AND that's how I resorted to the Sims, I think. I can screw up their lives and not take any chances with mine. I can blow their budgets and throw parties every other day. I make them quit their job and constantly enjoy life.

One of my Sims even created a novel and their only problem was to make sure their basic needs were in check: hunger, bladder, sleep and hygiene.

Ugh. They make it look so easy.

Disappointed

I'm disappointed. i really wanted to volunteer at the library for my volunteering hours for the National Honors Society but my schedule can't fit with their hours. They basically said they couldn't find an opportunity to match my needs. I have to say I was kind of upset.

That was my number one choice, but sadly it is not meant to be. This is where I would enter the 'everything happens for a reason' cliche. 

I searched and searched this local site for volunteer opportunities. i feel like i'm being too picky with this volunteer stuff. Yes, I should do something where I feel as though I am happy to serve, but I read something earlier about familiarity. 

"You have to be comfortable being uncomfortable."-Jillian Micheals?

Jump into new opportunities and experiences. And that's what I'm going to do with this volunteering thing. 

I might learn something incredible about myself or even learn something incredible about someone else. 

“Familiarity can provide the misguided illusion of understanding. Assume nothing.” -Truth Devour 

I just love my quotes! 

So we'll see what I'll end up doing. And I'll blog all about it. See you soon ladies and gentlemen. 

Cue happy dance!

Hey, hey you. Remember how I told you guys that I recently had the opportunity and was eligible for the National Honors Society. Well, if you don't that's fine. I'll wait while you read that post.

Well, the induction happened on September 26th. And guess who was there? ME.

Yup, that's right was accepted into the National Honors Society (NHS).

Cue Happy dance. 

People were talking about how it was such a give-me but I worked hard even when people slacked off. This opportunity it was presented as a give-me but I worked to be given the opportunity.

So in short, hush to my fellow classmates that don't think this is a big deal. 

The induction was short and simple. It was fun. I got to eat some chocolate cake and chatted with friends. 

So the countdown to get volunteer hours starts now. I have to have 15 hours of volunteer hours before the semester's end. I applied to volunteer at my local libraries and I should hear some  news about how that's going very soon (early next week). Fingers crossed that I get enough credible hours by mid-December.

 See you very soon. It's fall break so I'll be blogging twice as much.

Wow, long tune no see

I originally made my post called wow, no long time no see but then stupid auto correct on my phone made the post called wow, long tune no see. I kind of liked it, so I kept the title because it can apply to life and its funny how crazy auto correct make you sound wiser for a change than sound really really stupid.

People can preach so much and not practice it and hate how they do this. I even go back on ,y word sometimes. Long tune, no see. I rant and ramble about people's foolishness just to make you laugh.

I hoped you laughed.

I talk about my life happenings and say how I wake up like a zombie every single day and waddle around doing absolutely nothing productive sometimes. Then I turn around and say how you can be positive.

Long tune, no see.

I pick apart people's bones and say how annoying they are but make myself sound like a perfect angel at times.

I say I'm constantly bored and then turn around and say how you can inspire yourself.

Long tune, no see. (what a weird little saying that totally makes sense now)






I don't know what lesson I'm trying create but I just want you be mindful of this constant humanized act. Yeah, everyone has there bad days, week, month, or even year. I guess I'm trying to say is reach for that lifestyle that you are trying to create.



Live that life with inspiration and positive or what ever you been preaching (as long as it is within reason, of course).



Originally, this post was about me apologizing about being gone for so long. But seriously nobody, including me, wants to hear a halfway apologetic post about nothing. That's useless.

Like my teacher said you can write a whole paper and make it grammatically correct but it says nothing.

Volunteering!

Recently I found out that I was edible for the National Honor's Society at my high school. I was so happy and proud of myself. I didn't quite know what the National  Honor's Society (NHS) was but I was interested in what it was about. I had no idea when I went to recruiting meeting that NHS had anything to do with volunteering.

I guess I'm just that oblivious about my school's extracurricular activities.

I also didn't know that it was such a big deal either. I guess I should have now based on the "National" part. The principal said it is a great opportunity and we should definitely sign up which translate into you need to get in this club. I been reading a bunch about volunteering. Yeah, it sounds crazy but I have been researching about volunteering instead of getting my butt up and actually volunteering.

My friends and I have been talking about what volunteering projects we are thinking about doing once we get in the NHS. To be honest, we don't have join the NHS to volunteer in our community.

That's why my friends were talking about volunteering together even if we don't all get in the NHS. And hopefully, we do get in.

Sitting on the sidelines

Hey everyone. I'm out here sitting on the sidelines of the soccer feild again. Yup it's funny how my life seems to he this planned out schedule type of deal.

His time of year is soccer and volleyball season which kind of sucks for me since I get dragged along to each practice (more or less).

I try not be one of those constant complainers but this is just one of those things that really bother me. I just hate it how they don't want to participate or go to practices but want to play the sport. It's either all or nothing. I don't like it when people do partial crap. 

This especially gets on my nerves how my sister dislikes her coach and gets mad every practice but continues to go to every practice. Why do something that claims to make you miserable? 

I understand that everyone wants their off days but you can't just dismiss everything you have to do to until the game and except to win if you are a competitive person like my sister. 

Ever. 

My brother on the other hand doesn't really care about winning or losing that much when he plays sports but don't ever mess with him when he lost one of his lives in a video game. Ever.

That's my little rambling for the day. Bye. See you later. 

summarizing

For one of my school assignments I have to created a summary based on this lecture called the Danger of a Single Story By: Chimamanda Ngozi:


My teacher broke it down a lot. I think he really wants us to grasp every aspect of this lecture and to show us how to take good notes and how to write and effective summary of the whole thing. My teacher, trying to brag and say the assignment wasn't impossible, wrote a three thousand word essay about the twenty minute lecture. I think he was really getting being a show off and those words were from something else. I'm 30% sure.My teacher is crazy I can just imagine him sitting there glued to a screen typing away for no reason. He had no purpose to do that. Then, he made an "edited" version that was 90 words long. I took my main points and notes as guideline along with his 90 word count in mind and got to work. I think I did a pretty fantastic job, I may add.

I was so happy when i finished all my homework that night

It might seem strange but summarizing is really hard for me. I want to explain everything to the person I'm talking to and I only have a limited amount of time to say it so they have a basic understanding of the topic. I have to keep reminding myself that the most interesting thing to me isn't that important from a big-picture point of view.

Here's my summary:

As humans we are not single stories; everyone is an individual and cannot be prejudged by someone else’s side of their story. That person doesn't have that individual’s side of their own narrative. We try to predict, assume, and consume the first information we receive, but we have to understand that we are not always completely right. We have the ability to listen and become aware that it is more than one story. 

What do you think? Doe it make sense if you haven't listened the lecture before hand?

It is totally short (73 words) and every time I look at it I want to add a few more hundred words to it.

I'm going to just leave it alone. Every time I second guess myself in the past, I make it worse and I turn in a big sloppy mess.

Gym class? I rather not.

In my school we have this little thing called Physical Education and every time I take it, it sucks. This school year I have Gym all year long. That wouldn't be so bad if I wasn't so clumsy and actual hand-eye coordination.

People tell ask me all the time why I hate gym class. I just do. I never really liked or had an interest in team sports. I am not a team kind of person. If I happen to be in a team, I am a team player but if I had my choice I would want to work on my own thing every time.

Back to my story, I heard all these stories about how gym was going to make me so tired and sore. I heard how I was going to be doing circuit training to the max (a series of little workouts. Ex: push ups, sit ups, jumping rope, and jumping jacks).  I was so afraid of this class and this man. I hadn't exercised in about a three weeks so I amused I would be sore in the morning.

The night before I packed my gym clothes and went to sleep thinking that I was going to have an awful time (I had a lot of bad gym experiences in the past Ex. falling in class, sitting out of activities, and awkward dances. The things they made us do).

When it was finally in gym at the end of the day I was freaking out.

The stretching part at the beginning where everyone was standing perfectly apart was very awkward. The coach barked out all these orders and different stretches. When we did our circuit training we didn't stand in one place very long to really 'feel the burn' which was fine but we never really got started.

By the end of it though I was fine. I survived and it wasn't that bad. I think I did pretty well.  I was more in shape than I thought  I was.

I let all those people freak me out for nothing. I had to see and experience it for myself.

Liebster Again

Awww, thanks +Sunny Williams. She has nominated me for Liebster Blog Award. She is the author of The Sightly awkward Geek. I'm surprised I haven't heard of her blog before. It is awesome. Highly recommended.

So the rules: 

1.You link back to the person who nominated you.

2. You must tell 11 random facts about yourself.
3. Answer the questions that the nominator asked you.
4. Nominate 11 bloggers. (let them know they are nominated)
5. Ask those bloggers 11 original questions.
6. Post the Award on your blog. (Show off your bling)


11 Random facts:
1. I'm chewing a piece of Trident Layers Gum. My favorite.
2. I love the color purple. Purple everything.
3. I love to keep journals. Part of the reason why I started a blog.
4. I love candles.
5. Apparently, I say I love a lot.
6. I always try to see the good in people. It is a gift and a horrible curse.
7. I dislike playing sports.
8. I probably send too many hours roaming the internet and watching TV.

9. I totally just got distracted from writing this post and started watching Daily Grace. 

10. I am a fanatic over nail polish. I love doing my nails. 

11. I love schedules and making to-do lists. I like the structure and order of them. 

Sunny's Questions:

1. If you could recommend one spectacular, life changing book, what would it be? (For my reading list muahaha)

I would recommend any of Amanda Hocking's book. She is pure awesomeness.

2. If you could transport yourself into one fictional world or situation, what would it be?

I would transport to Amy Plum's Die for Me. The characters live in this awesome mansion in France. Sounds pretty awesome. 

3. What would you like to happen to you when you die?
Hopefully, I would get to go the majesty Heaven and hang out with people that love.

4. What Hogwarts house would you be in? - Don't stereotype Hufflepuffs, please.
I know I 'm going to get a lot of raft for this but I'm not that big of a Harry Potter fan. Honestly, I haven't picked up the book or seen the movies. (Don't hurt me). Anyway, I been doing some research and even taking like five test. They all say the same thing. I guess that means I'm a Ravenclaw. 

5. What is your major pet peeve?
When people act like they don't care. When people don't be their true self. When people don't close the fridge. I guess you could say people in general.  

6. Why do you blog?
I love to write and have way to save memories. 

7. Have you ever had a dream that you just can't forget? What is it?
Yeah, I had a dream where I could see all these germs. It was sheer terror. 

8. What is your craziest ambition?
I really want to be a published author. So bad. To have my book be in multiple stores and for people to actually read it. 

9. What is the most attractive thing you find in a person?
They have to be gentleman. No annoying jerks allowed. 

10. If you could give everyone in the world one thing (each) as a present to us all, what would you give?
I would try to give everyone happiness. If everyone could be happy we could unite as a world and help each other with other major issues. As cliche as it sounds a smile goes a long way. 

11. If you could meet one fictional character, who would it be?
I would totally want to meet Amanda Hocking's Wendy. She is strong and lives in this big fancy house. She has awesome friends. And with her around you are always safe. I want to say more but it would give away serious details of the series.

My Questions:
1. What is your secret obsession?
2. Who is your favorite music artist?
3. What is your astrological signs?
4. Morning or night?
5. Favorite childhood cartoon character?
6. What is something on your bucket list?
7. Super strength or super smart?
8. Why do you enjoy writing?
9.What is your favorite cereal brand?
10. Who is the last person you talked to?
11. Any silly childhood fears?

My nominees (I really couldn't find 11 bloggers. Yup, I'm a rule breaker, but give me a break. Last time it took me two and half days to find 11 bloggers): 
1. Jenna: http://anythingandeverythingofeverydaylife.blogspot.co.uk/
2.Olivia: http://itsschippy.blogspot.com/
3.Shae: http://thediaryofanunpopularcheerleader.blogspot.com/2013/07/an-i-with-branches.html
4.Jasmine: http://colorubold.blogspot.com/

OK I'm done. Thanks again, Sunny. I'm so happy that you like my blog.

Again all the blogs I mentioned in this post are highly recommended. 

100th Blog Post!

Can you believe this:
This is my 100th post.

"I try and try. I feel defeated and so then I give up. This time I am not going down without a fight. I, Destiny Hanks, want to make an effort to become someone that is confident and successful."-Just Keep Trying... Post

"I think I snapped back to reality that reality is reality. You can choose to change it or you can refuse."- A Real Draw My Life Post

"I promise to be the one and only DD from MY DD SHOW."-Thinking...my contract Post

You can't see me right now, but I'm doing my little happy dance.

Yeah I was pretty happy!

I noticed that I been doing my little happy dance a lot lately. I been so happy and relaxed.  The only thing stressing me out is this AP summer reading project and knowing going back to school is just around the corner, but I don't want to talk about that right now. This all about happy times while writing my blog:
"I did something amazing today. I felt awesome when I went on the treadmill and did 8.4 miles."- Running Post



"i'm back and I got my permit." -Waiting, Waiting, and Waiting Post

"I struck out about 4 times, but I was still determined to win. My sister was one first base and I was up to bat.  I hit the baseball and I was off. We both made it home and according to my brother we won."-Determined to Win Post

It crazy that more than half of the year has gone by so fast. I'm looking forward to writing more and more. This 100 post is a huge milestone for me. I never thought that I would stick to something for so long. I finally found something that saves memories and can be shared with the world that is fun to create.

"This is my life! Welcome."- Like OMG Post

And

"Remember to smile." - Dramatic Drama with DD Post

Tourist

Hey everyone!
Guess, what? It's story time.

A month ago, as I told you, I was on vacation. I went to New Orleans with my family. We were totally out of our element. We never went south west of Tennessee. Anyway back to the story we were going to go to the aquarium there. To get there we were going to take the street car since it was cheaper than parking in a 20 dollar parking lot for every time we stopped somewhere and still have to walk a mile to get to our destination. It just didn't make sense, so my dad (he made this whole decision by himself) decided let's go get some street car tickets.

We drove around looking for this building that would sell us tickets for the street car. We found the building.  My family being completely clueless circled the block about five times looking for a space to park to go inside. We could only find handicapped spots right in front of this building. Some people were parking along the street. My mom even suggested to park at a fast food restaurant (it was either Burger King or McDonald's). We found that it was a parking garage connected to the building. We had to be buzzed inside. The person who answered let us up. We parked all the way at the top.

 I am so afraid of heights and strange places that I was literally freaking out.

We walked down these dingy stairs with this bad lighting. I was terrified. This place didn't look so friendly. We found this door that was extremely heavy for me (I'm not that strong). We went inside the door. I held the door with my foot just in case we get locked down there. To our right was some sort of room with big windows. It had a TV, chairs, and food in there. It was a break room. My Dad opened another door and quickly shut it back.

I started freaking out. I knew we somehow ended up in the wrong building. My mom was saying this is a real business place. I was about to go back into the door. Everyone followed the direction from were we came. Here comes a guy in his work uniform approaching us wondering what the heck we were doing there. I felt like a kid caught with his hand in the cookie jar.  He was very nice and lead us to front room through the main work room. It was bus repair place. It was some pretty banged up buses in there. Ugh. I felt so stupid and awkward at this moment. He told us how to get back to our car when we were done.

Turns out the whole time the tickets for the streetcar was on the outside of the building in a little corner. The security lady was really nice and told us that she thought we worked there. She's only been working there a few months and doesn't know everybody yet.

 We had a strange adventure that day. Oh, the weird places tourists end up.

Why can't I just have a normal vacation for once?
Just chilling some where nice. Where the people serve you all day.
That would be nice.
Just a do nothing day.
NOTHING. 

Liebster Award

I got a blog award. I, Destiny, got nominated for the Liebster Blog Award by +Aaron Connolly : http://meandmyselfonline.blogspot.com/   and +Anya Felix : http://yeahimateenageblogger.blogspot.com/ . I was going to do separate post for each person, but decided not to because they both nominated me within a few days apart.

The rules:
1. You link back to the person who nominated you.
2. You must tell 11 random facts about yourself.
3. Answer the questions that the nominator asked you.
4. Nominate 11 bloggers. (let them know they are nominated)
5. Ask those bloggers 11 questions.
6. Post the award on your blog. (show off  your bling)

Honestly I don't know much bloggers. It took me two days (I procrastinated, like I always do) to find bloggers to nominate.

Let's hit the ground running, shall we?

11 Random Facts:
1. I love candy.
2. DD in My DD Show standing for my the first two initials in my name.
3. My dog has two different color eyes. One blue. One brown. So. Cute.
4. I love organizing.
5. I hate grocery shopping, but love food. The irony.
6. When playing Super Mario Brothers Wii I always pick the blue Toad.
7. I'm left-handed. Lefties rock.
8. This is going to be one of the longest post I ever wrote.
9. I wanted to have a custom-painted car. Painted Purple. It might look tacky, but I'll still love it.
10. (I ran out of things to say) I don't like social media. I'm not into Facebook or twitter or instagram. I all I have is this a lame Google plus and that's only because I needed it to create a blog. I don't know why. My mom pleads me to join Facebook. I'm already addicted to the internet without it. Imagine how addicted I would be if I was connected to all the drama and happenings.
11. The 'e' on my keyboard is broken. I have to kept putting it back in its place.

11 questions from Aaron:
1.  If you could do anything right now what would it be?

    I would go to a Bruno Mars concert. (i'm listening too his music right now)
2.What do you treasure the most?

    My laptop.
3. Favorite place to be?

    I'm a home body.
4. Name something you've done that your proud of?

    Made all A's last school year.
5. The one food you cant live without?

    Pasta.
 6. Favorite animal?

    I like giraffes.
 7. Favorite show?

    Um...this is a tough question...I think it has to be Pretty Little Liars. I obsess about that show. I yell at anybody who interrupts it. Too bad it's towards the end of the series. I have high hopes for the new series: Ravenwood.
8. Sun or snow?

    Sun. I dislike the cold so much.
9. Out of every book you've read what's your favorite?

    Amanda Hocking's Watersong Series or Amy Plum's Die for Me. 

10. Book that you've read the most?

      Probably a book called Crash by Lisa Macmann.

11. What d'you wanna be when you grow up?

       An engingeer. I'm thinking about being a civil engineer and a part time author.

11 questions from Anya:

1. Riches and Fame or finding Your One True Love?

    One true True Love. I don't want fame; That would mean a lack of privacy. 

2. Were you a dork in High School?

     Yes, most people only come to talk to me for help on math homework. They think that I know                      everything.
3. Why do you blog?

     I love writing.
4. Did you genuinely read my 11 random facts? :p

    Yup I did. Just like you I born at an ironic time at 12:12. Plus, I Google myself all the time too.
5. Summer afternoons or Winter mornings?

    Summer afternoons.
6. Favorite place in the world?

    Home.
7. Have you ever woken up all covered in cold sweat and scared because of a nightmare?

    Yeah, I was screaming too. I was falling in one of my dreams. Then, continued screaming because I thought it was weird man in my closet. Turns out it was just my brother. I woke up the whole family.
8. Do you believe in star signs and horoscopes?

    Kind of. I don't believe them to the extreme. Just for fun.
9. When you play checkers or chess (just assume you do do stuff like that) do you prefer to be black or ?

    Black
10. What was your favorite bedtime story?

      Junie B. Jones. I use to be addict.
11. Would you let your parents pick out the person you’re going to marriage? (yes, that happens in some countries)

      Never, unless I was a lonely cat woman and he was a genuine guy. 

My 11 questions:

1. What is your dream vacation?

2. Pie or cake?

3. What was the last dream you remember?

4. How did you come up with your blog's name?

5. Favorite candy brand?

6. Any hobbies beside blogging?

7. What is the biggest lie you ever told?

8. Are you happy to be nominated?

9. Any silly childhood fears?

10. Have you ever had a deja vu moment?

11. One chore that you absolutely hate to do?

My 11 nominees:

1. Amber : /http://amberdanae.blogspot.com/

2. Lindsey: http://fantasyworldlr.blogspot.com/p/about-me.html

3. Becca: http://pearlsoffashion.blogspot.com/

4. Alice: http://aboutlifeandlove.weebly.com/contact-me.html

5. javs: http://kid-wicked.blogspot.com/p/about-me.html 

6. Carla: http://carlataylorillustration.blogspot.com/

7. Danielle: http://lovelychubly.blogspot.com/2013/06/my-first-post-introducing-me.html

8. Jen: http://oneteenatatime.blogspot.com/2013/06/what-perfect-day-sigh.html

9. Krystal:  http://beautylifegeek.blogspot.com/p/welcome.html 

10.Marcy http://marcystyleoriginals.blogspot.com/2013/06/dont-bust-my-bubble.html

11. Amy: http://theadventuresofamy2013.wordpress.com/?blogsub=confirming#blog_subscription-2

Ok all done. Se ya in the next post. on this awesome tip down blogging lane even if I didn't nominate a person I found awesome blogs. I should go into the blogging jungle more often. 

Thanks again Aaron and Anya. 

A Real Draw My Life

I was doing my daily rounds on the internet yesterday and of course that meant my usual trip down YouTube lane. I found a song about a nipple ring that grew out of someone's body.


Weird but a great song. One of the comments said it is more than just a nipple ring song.

 I watched Hello, Harto and a bunch of other videos.

 I found one video that actually made me tear up and I'm not the crying-touchy-feely-person:

Flawless: A book Review, I think

I finished this book I was reading called Flawless.
 It has been one of those books that I read all it in a just a few days which is rare for me because I have a very picky taste in books and a busy schedule (I pretend to have a busy schedule, but in reality I just have a lot of unfinished projects and a short attention span if I'm not interested).

I really enjoyed this book. Yes, it is predictable, but it is so funny how the author tells the story. I loved how the author gave the main character, Sarah, a voice.

The novel is a modern retelling of Cyrano de Bergerac.

The Sarah and Kristen are both partners in crime of getting this guy named Rock to fall for Kristen even though Sarah likes him too.

"At first when I heard the name Rock I instantly thought of The Rock, duh. Who wouldn't?" My inner girly-girl voice says. Then once I got to know the character, he was a honest, smart person.

To the characters, he is whole packet and more. The book is pretty self-explanatory on the back cover which says:
Sarah loves Rock.
Kristen loves Rock.
Rock loves ?????

And honestly I don't know why I picked up the book. The summary to me didn't really capture the good of the book. Yes, those lines are the gist of the book, but the gist of the book is so boring and predictable. The detail and characters make the story enjoyable and that's what I love about the book.