tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-65536672251401160782024-03-13T09:31:41.754-06:00Rae: A Drop of Golden SunJane Austen, L. M. Montgomery, homeschool, my life, &c.Raehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11124714551912774373noreply@blogger.comBlogger93125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6553667225140116078.post-42204511881109454482018-07-24T16:55:00.001-06:002018-07-24T16:56:20.054-06:00Why does this always happen?/Shame on me/See you after a while hopefully!<div style="text-align: center;">
Hey some of you might notice that I'm finally getting to your comments on my Amazing Grace review that I posted over 2 months ago!</div>
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I have almost no excuse for not blogging for the past couple of months. I do for, like, the first month or so I was absent but from there--it's just been busy??</div>
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(Here, will a Henry Tilney gif make up for it? No?)<br />
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Anyway, I know you're all hoping this post is to say I'm coming back and I'll be better about posting...</div>
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But it's not, it's to say I'm taking an indefinite official break.</div>
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You see, when I'm taking an unofficial break, I always feel a surge of guilt when I think about blogging and how much catch-up I must have to do and how much I've missed and not commented on and stuff...</div>
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And if I say I'll do better about posting and then...don't...then it'll just stress me out more. Hahaha.</div>
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So I'll come to the blogging world when I feel up to it, or when I have extra time (lol), but for now I'll remain absent, so sorry!</div>
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BUT! I do love you all and I'd like to stay in contact in some ways!</div>
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So please:</div>
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1. If you want to keep in contact PLEASE shoot me an email at raesdropofgoldensun@gmail.com!!! I'm not a super great correspondent but lately I've been much better at keeping up with email than I have been with blogging. I'd love to keep updated on things so let's correspond!</div>
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2. If you have Instagram, I'd love to keep in touch that way! You can follow @pride_prejudice_memes and shoot me a dm and I'll give you my personal @, or if you want to send me an email about it I can give you my personal Instagram that way! I post at least a couple times a month and of course there's dm-ing!</div>
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3. If you have Facebook, I'd love to be friends there if you'd like! Just shoot me an email and I'll give you my real, full name and a link to my profile. I don't post super often but I do check it!</div>
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I've loved blogging and I love reading your posts but it's just really low on my priorities list right now because it takes so much time where you have to sit down at a computer and <i>do</i> it! These other ways are somehow easier to keep up with.</div>
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By way of an explanation, I'll tell you a few things that have been going on in my life and will be going on in the next little while:</div>
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-Oh by the way I'm 18 now! My birthday was a couple months ago. :) Now y'all know how old I am.</div>
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-Within a month I did a homeschool conference, took a trip to Los Angeles, and went to a church camp. (That's what started my unofficial break and then I never got back into it.)</div>
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-Partly because I've been working; I have a photography business and I do part-time nanny-ing!</div>
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-I'm getting ready to move away to college this fall! It's about 3 hours away from where I live. I'll be majoring in Visual Communication. I'm super excited! But preparations for that have already begun and take up part of my time every day!</div>
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-Right now, we have 5 of my cousins staying with us (all 10 and under) for 2 and a half weeks. They keep us all busy! (Only a week left though! Is it bad that I'm counting down the days?)</div>
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-That's about it but somehow I always have things to do! Summertime is crazier as an adult than as a kid.</div>
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-Funny note: my younger brother who's 13 is a few inches taller than me. So when I turned 18 he said that while I'm an adult, I can't claim to be "grown-up" because I stayed short. Hahaha.</div>
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That's all! See you all later! I will try to pop in and respond to comments on here, and I'd love to stay in contact with you all in some way or another!</div>
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Have a lovely rest-of-the summer!!!</div>
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So, Miss March, <i>that </i>is William Wilberforce.<br />
And <i>that </i>is <i>Amazing Grace</i>.<br />
I. Just.<br />
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This movie is <i>incredible.</i> </div>
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My family and I watched it a few days ago and we were all blown away.<br />
Then I watched it again a couple days ago because, well, once just wasn't enough.<br />
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Now, I really must make this an organised review or it shall certainly be all over the place.<br />
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Let's start with T<b>he Story</b>.<br />
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For those who haven't seen it, this movie is based on the true story of the journey of abolitionists in late-18th-century England to abolish the slave trade. It took years upon years of tireless effort and seemingly endless rejection. But these brave people, led by God, continued to work and fight to get rid of the abominable slave trade.<br />
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I was so impressed with how this movie handled the whole issue of slavery. It didn't sugarcoat it, or soften it; the horrors were exposed blatantly and bluntly--and I appreciated that. They really emphasized how horrific slavery is and therefore why it was so important to get rid of it.<br />
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I loved how the movie was centered on God. I loved how William Wilberforce chose to serve God in politics and dedicate his career to Him.<br />
And, of course, they hymn, Amazing Grace? I honestly had no idea about all the story behind it. I've always loved that hymn and now it has a whole lot more meaning. What a meaningful history.<br />
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Seriously, if you've ever read a description of this movie that made it sound boring or anything like that, just watch the movie. It is far more than what it might appear to be on a back cover or short description. It's absolutely incredible.<br />
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May as well start with the main character:<br />
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I am in awe of this man and what he did. The fact that he worked so hard and long for what he knew to be right is incredible and admirable. His strength and courage blew me away. He was such a <i>good</i> man.</div>
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I. Love. Her. I love, love, love this character. Barbara is a strong, intelligent young woman. She wasn't just the "love interest" or the passive female lead. She was the reason Wilberforce didn't give up forever. She was a helper, a strength, to him when he needed it. She was able to equal Wilberforce in his ideas, intelligence, and spirit. She just can't get enough appreciation for the role she played in this story.</div>
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I think it is absolutely fitting and beautiful that in the end <b>*spoiler*</b> it finishes with him looking up at her. To me it's a look of both thanks, and a "<i>we</i> did it". Like he knew who deserved to be looked to in that moment of triumph. It was as much her triumph as his; even though he was in the spotlight, she was the one he turned to. <b>*end spoiler haha*</b></div>
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I also love his spirit and his attitude when it came to doing the impossible.</div>
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Hehe, well, look who went missing again? I really can't give any sort of explanation or excuse for my month-ish of absence. I don't know why I haven't been keeping up with blogging. But the fact stands, and now I find I've been remiss for over a month. Ish. </div>
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And I missed the Little Women blog party!!!! I can't believe I missed that. I'm really disappointed in myself, and sad to have missed it, for I was really looking forward to it!!! How was it, all? I'm sure Abby and Molly did a splendid job hosting and it was a lot of fun! I'll try to go back and read some of your posts, but we shall see. I'm rather behind in reading posts.</div>
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(I think I will try to do the tag, though, even though it's late. It looks like fun!)</div>
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Being that I haven't posted in a while and so I'm sure very few of you have been onto my blog, but hey, go take a look over at my sidebar and see where it says "Go follow @pride_prejudice_memes on Instagram!"? If you have Instagram, go check it out. You won't regret it. If you don't, I <i>think</i> if you click <a href="https://www.instagram.com/pride_prejudice_memes/">this link</a> (to the Instagram page) you can still view it.</div>
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Anyway, the point is, I have a Pride and Prejudice meme page on Instagram and you might just find it amusing. :D</div>
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Some you might not find quite so amusing, but overall you might just like it. :)</div>
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(I got the idea from the popularity of my "Pride and Prejudice: My Face When" post. This is a step up from that with a lot of the same pictures. :)</div>
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So now! I want you all to tell me what I've missed. News, excellent posts (as some people sometimes feel they can't tell me about their own excellent posts because it feels like bragging (at least that would be me) I would love for you all to tell me about other people's excellent posts so I don't miss them, and also PLEASE tell me some of your own I need to read!!), and anything else I should go check out! I'll try and catch up on reading, but if you all help me out with what I absolutely MUST read, that would be awesome!</div>
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And how have you all been? How's life? How's school? Anyone feeling like Mr. Darcy here?:</div>
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A few months ago, I wrote<a href="http://raesdropofgoldensun.blogspot.com/2017/10/why-we-need-feminism-christian-girls.html"> this post</a>. It sparked some controversy (even more than when I said I didn't like the Anne movies!), and it got a lot of support, but I must say something about it:</div>
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I don't like it.</div>
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I didn't like it when I wrote it, and I like it less now, since I've been thinking about it for five months.</div>
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So let me try again.</div>
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First, I need to apologize for the post in general. Specifics will be thrown in along the way, but I am sorry I wrote it in such a manner.</div>
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Also, I apologize for, as one commenter (commentator? Hm) put it, "Christianizing" my ideas. This was not an inaccurate accusation. It's true. I know I "Christianized" my post, and I don't like the way it turned out.</div>
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I wrote this post out of frustration with the way things are in the world, and I "Christianized" it because I wanted it to fit in with my blog audience, because feminism is such a controversial topic. I was putting that mask over it so it would be more accepted.</div>
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It was all unnecessary and it sounds fake to me when I read it. As a good friend of mine who knows me well said, it was "cringey" (She's allowed to say that. It's okay. I agree.)</div>
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Before I go further, however, can I just give a huge THANK YOU to all those dear, lovely, supportive followers who "amen"ed and "LOVE"d this post?! You guys rock. Thanks for your support and love!</div>
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To continue, though, I also must give an equally big THANK YOU to those couple of people who pointed out the flaws of my post, even if I don't agree with everything they said, they helped me really think about what I really meant, and prepared me for this re-take. Thanks for helping me grow!</div>
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Re-take? Yes. Here we go. Here's what I was trying to say, plain and simple, without harsh words and Christianized sentiments.</div>
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It all comes down to worth. Our worth as daughters of God.</div>
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All those anecdotes I wrote out, all those passionate pleas I repeated, all those times I said "judge" and "judging" and "we need" and stuff--it could all be ignored. </div>
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Out of the whole post, this is the bit that matters the most:</div>
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"<b>We need feminism because no girl or woman deserves to feel
worthless or inferior for following God's plan for her. </b>We need feminism so girls are taught that their <b>worth comes
from being a daughter of God</b>, a King, and not from anything else the world
tries to tell them. We need feminism so that girls are taught to love their
sisters because they all have the same worth she has. We need feminism so that
we are united as sisters, instead of divided by differences."</blockquote>
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What I want to say is, everyone is of equal worth to God. Every girl and woman has worth.</div>
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What I want to say is, that worth isn't affected by <i>anything. </i>All those examples I gave: marital status, personality, career and family choices, and so on and so forth--<i>none</i> of that affects how much you are worth.</div>
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I want <i>that </i>to be my message, plain and simple. We are all beloved daughters (and sons if the case may be) of God, and we are all of infinite worth to Him. That's what matters. Life choices differ, situations aren't the same. But the "different" girl at church isn't worth less than that "perfect Christian woman" sitting across the chapel.</div>
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Feminism? I support it. Because to me, feminism is saying "I, as a woman, have worth". To me, feminism is saying "I will not accept less just because I'm a woman." To me, feminism is saying, "I will not let others make me feel inferior simply because I am a woman." To me, it is about empowerment and strength and <i>worth</i>.</div>
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We, as girls, ladies, and women, are of equal and infinite worth in the sight of our Father in Heaven.</div>
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Now go out there and live like it. You are incredible.</div>
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Together, as women who know our worth, we can change the world in small ways with big impact.</div>
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My appreciation post for Molly Gibson and Roger Hamley, part of <a href="http://writeoncordy.blogspot.com/">Cordy's</a> <a href="http://writeoncordy.blogspot.com/2018/01/low-key-blog-party-anyone.html">Lovely Blog Party!</a> </div>
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Molly and Roger Hamley, <i>Wives and Daughters</i>, are one of my all-time favorite couples. Here's why.</div>
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<b>1. They started off as friends.</b></div>
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I adore this about them. They were such dear, sweet friends, and each of them mentioned that the other was like a brother/sister. Molly was dear to Roger's whole family, and she loved all of them. She was able to support them through both deaths, and they were able to support her as well, as those deaths affected her hugely too. Molly and Roger stayed close almost the whole time. They were <i>friends</i> to each other. They did what friends do. That's so important in a relationship, to be supportive best friend figures to each other.</div>
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Look. I know a lot of people get frustrated with Roger for being a blind idiot for a long time. Me too. <i>But.</i></div>
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This is kind of what I was talking about before, how they were good friends first. It just wouldn't work as a "love at first sight" relationship. (I mean, look at Mr. Cox. Just look at the poor fool.)</div>
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Molly's character is such that she has to build a foundation of trust and goodwill to really love someone. If Roger had liked her right off, say, like he did with Cynthia, I think that would have done nothing good for their relationship. More likely she'd have been taken aback by his bold attentions, and she'd avoid spending time at Hamley Hall because of the awkwardness, etc. </div>
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Roger needed, well, Molly. A woman who could support and care for him. A woman who not only listened to his scientific talk but was interested in it and learned about it on her own to discuss with him. He needed a woman who could be a quiet influence on him for good. Someone who would understand him. And with all that, a woman who could love him truly and sincerely with her whole heart. (**coughcoughnotlikeCynthiacoughcough**)</div>
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Molly was interested in science, which was, I believe, somewhat unique for women of her age. Now part of it, perhaps, may have been that she was interested in Roger and therefore his interests, but truly, I believe she was genuinely fascinated by the things he told her, and really, who would read entire books on insects and things without some true interest? (There's a good long sentence for you.) Molly could understand what he was saying in those parts of his letters Cynthia dismissed as "nonsense". She could keep up with him, and considering the "man of science" he was, that's really quite impressive. </div>
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And Roger, dear lad, I love watching in the movie how excited he gets about science, and how excited he is to see Molly's excitement about the same things. It's so cute.</div>
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Are they not just the most perfect, darling couple? If you haven't read or seen Wives and Daughters--well first of all WHY DID YOU READ THAT??? SPOILERS!!! There was a major spoiler in the title!!!--Oh but second of all go read it. Or watch it. </div>
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What do y'all think of Molly and Roger? How forgiving are <i>you</i> towards Roger's foolishness? </div>
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If you haven't heard already, <a href="http://writeoncordy.blogspot.com/">Cordy</a> is hosting a month-long "Lovely Blog Party"!</div>
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As part of that, she made a <a href="http://writeoncordy.blogspot.com/2018/02/couples-for-couples-lovely-blog-party.html">"Couples for Couples" Tag</a>. Here are my answers:</div>
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<b>Ivanhoe and Rebecca: Name a couple that should have been
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-Mary Poppins and Bert. I defy anyone to disagree.<br />
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<b>Jo and Laurie: Name a couple that should have stayed
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<b>-</b>Jack Thornton and Rosemary LeVeaux</div>
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<b>Jane and Mr. Rochester: Name a couple that looked like the
chances of a happily ever after were next to none!<o:p></o:p></b><br />
-Pat Gardiner and Hilary "Jingle" Gordon, from the Pat books by L. M. Montgomery. My goodness, the last chapter never fails to make me cry.<br />
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<b>Jane and Mr. Bingley: Name a couple that is just sooo happy!<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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-Amy Dorrit and Arthur Clennam, at the end of course.<br />
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<b>Kit and Ella: Name your favorite fairytale couple<o:p></o:p></b><br />
-Elise and Amiri, from the book I'm writing. Haha. Does that count? :p<br />
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<b>Molly Gibson and Roger Hamley: Name a couple where the woman
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-Fanny Price and Edmund Bertram. The end.<br />
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-Anne Elliot and Captain Wentworth. I suppose they found each other earlier in life but they didn't manage to make it work until much later.<br />
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<b>Don Lockwood and Kathy Seldon: Name a couple from a musical<o:p></o:p></b><br />
<b>-</b>Adam and Milly from Seven Brides for Seven Brothers<br />
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<b>Anne and Gilbert: Name a couple that didn't start out on the
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-Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy. No tag is complete without a P&P answer.<br />
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<b>Faramir and Eowyn: Name a couple with the sweetest love
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-Polly Milton and Tom Shaw. Aaaaahhh. They are the sweeetessst. (An Old-Fashioned Girl. Go read it if you haven't.)<br />
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Happy Valentine's Day!!! May you all enjoy discount chocolate tomorrow, which we know is more of a holiday than today for a lot of us. :D</div>
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Raehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11124714551912774373noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6553667225140116078.post-50852547752164899412018-02-12T18:09:00.003-07:002018-05-19T16:25:44.517-06:00Another Period Drama Tag<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<a href="http://aramblethroughthewoods.blogspot.com/">Molly Rebekah</a> tagged me in <a href="https://austenwannabe.blogspot.com/p/another-period-drama-tag.html">Elanor's tag</a>, Another Period Drama Tag! Thank you so much, Molly!!!</div>
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<b>1. What was the most
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-Oh goodness, I haven't seen a period drama in a little while. I must soon. But the last I remember, I watched two at the end of December: The When Calls the Heart Christmas special, and The Man Who Invented Christmas.</div>
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The Man Who Invented Christmas completely blew me away a little more than WCTH, but the latter was still a charming, darling episode.</div>
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-Generally, a TV series/mini-series. They're longer and generally therefore more accurate to the original book. Besides, the more the better! A 5-hour version is nearly always preferable to a 2-hour version. :D</div>
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-I love The Sound of Music of course (see: blog name, page titles). Also Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (which I would say counts, Cordy :), Mary Poppins, R&H Cinderella...I love musicals and a lot of them are set in period drama eras. :D</div>
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-Oh, there's so many. I think I'll go with "He would not be quite so handsome if he were not so rich" from Pride and Prejudice. I think it's important to realize how much economic status matters when choosing a husband and determining attractiveness.</div>
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Yes, yes, he's an extremely frustrating little thang with all the silliness but ROGER HAMLEY. Seriously. He is, himself, the exact type of man I would fall in love with in real life. No, not because I'm likely to fall in love with someone who won't love me back for a while. I'm talking he, himself, the person, the personality, the interests. Etc. He's perfect.</div>
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-I think I'd do okay in Pride and Prejudice, actually. I could be your Elizabeth Bennet or Fanny Price or Elinor Dashwood...wait a second...</div>
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-I love Victorian styles, also the dresses in Cranford. I can't really think of period dramas with the costume styles I love most that I've seen, so here's some of the darling ladies of Cranford.<br />
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-Not really, no. Just all of them, all the time. :D<br />
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-North and South has glorious music, also "Collins Canon" from the P&P soundtrack. His theme song has bassoon in it, which I think is perfect.<br />
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-I've been wracking my brain for days trying and failing to come up with a good answer. My favorite actress and actor are Emma Watson and Tom Hiddleston--what do you think? Who would you cast them as?<br />
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-Sense and Sensibility 1995 and 2008.<br />
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-Umm<br />
The Greatest Showman,<br />
Fiddler on the Roof,<br />
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I love Emma's hairstyle in my header.<br />
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One of my favorites. :)</div>
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-Not sure if it quite counts, but The Man Who Invented Christmas.<br />
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-Oh there are so many good ones! I guess Pride and Prejudice I would recommend to anyone and everyone.<br />
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Two weeks ago, I attended a Winter Ball, and it was the most glorious dance I've ever been to. </div>
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I began making my ballgown the day after I found out about it, and here is the result:</div>
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The bodice is designed to echo 18th century French styles</div>
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While the skirt is meant to be more modern to keep it from being a completely period piece.</div>
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I designed it myself, with the aid of a pattern for sizing and things like that for the bodice, and for the skirt I copied (to a point) a gown I saw on Pinterest. </div>
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The ball itself was wonderful. Ladies, they had <i>dance cards. </i>Isn't that splendid?</div>
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I also met some charming gentleman, one of whom friended me on Facebook afterwards, hehe. :D</div>
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This one is one of my favorite pictures:</div>
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(My younger brother took pictures for me the next day, when we got some snow! I was thrilled with the results. He did an amazing job.)</div>
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It was a marvellous night! </div>
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Now, it's been a while since I've been active in the blogging world, yikes. The last time I posted was over a month ago, and I haven't commented on y'all's posts for a while! My apologies if I don't get to all of them!</div>
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Another thing that's been keeping me busy (besides and after I made the dress, which took about twenty hours) is starting a homeschool choir! Where we moved to has a huge homeschooling community, and we have 41 kids aged 8-18 in our choir! It's exciting, and it's been a lot of work, as I made an agreement with my mother: I'll do all the organizing, communicating, etc., if she directs the choir. So it's kept me busy! </div>
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Other updates on my life, which is really rather boring:</div>
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-This new place is turning out to be rather nice, really. It's growing on me. One thing I <i>love</i>, that I briefly mentioned before, is the homeschooling community. I've made so many friends who are homeschooled; way more in the past few months than all the years where I lived before! </div>
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-With that, yes, I'm making friends here--miracle of miracles! It's such a blessing and answer to prayers.</div>
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-I sing tenor in our homeschool choir, which I love. I can sing soprano, alto, or tenor, and as the tenor section was smallest of those (unsurprisingly), I chose tenor. The other tenors are lads aged 10-14 and it's fun to sing with them! </div>
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-I started re-reading <i>Pride and Prejudice</i> yesterday, and I declare it gets funnier every time I read it! It is a masterpiece of literary comedy. </div>
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("The astonishment of the ladies [upon finding out Mr. Bennet had visited Mr. Bingley] was just what he wished; that of Mrs. Bennet perhaps surpassing the rest; though when the first tumult of joy was over, she began to declare that it was what she had expected all the while.</div>
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'... But I knew I should persuade you at last...'"</div>
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"You mistake me, my dear. I have I high respect for your nerves. They are my old friends. I have heard you mention them with consideration these twenty years at least.")</div>
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-I am truly enjoying my year off from school. I decided not to start school this winter semester either and I have no regrets. I feel like I've been so busy with schoolwork for the past so many years that I haven't had time to be busy with anything else. Now I get to keep busy with all kinds of different things! I plan to go to college this fall, but for now, I'm loving it. </div>
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-This was a looong while ago, but my sister and I went to see "The Man Who Invented Christmas" the day after Christmas, and it was <b><i>brilliant.</i></b></div>
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Seriously. It was beautiful and amazing and really, the word that kept coming to mind was <i>brilliant.</i> It had an amazing storyline and the production was gorgeous and it had all the emotions; funny, sad, excited, frustrated, happy, joyous, awed. </div>
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Raehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11124714551912774373noreply@blogger.com25tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6553667225140116078.post-57415534433973707602017-12-11T12:18:00.002-07:002018-02-22T17:28:45.749-07:00Guess Who Missed Her Blogiversary Again?Last year, I was three days late, and <a href="http://raesdropofgoldensun.blogspot.com/2016/12/a-very-merry-tag.html">I put a bit in the end of a tag post</a>. This year I'm only two days late. I was rather busy on Saturday, December 9th, which was the two-year anniversary of my blog.<br />
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But anyway, I've been blogging for 2 years! That seems so crazy to me! I can't quite believe it's been that long. </div>
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I sure have come a long way in those two years, though. Dearie me, I was but -- years old when I started it, and that wasn't my best, least awkward age! My writing most certainly was not the best. To be sure, I couldn't exactly say it's improved sometimes, but other times I would certainly hope it has. </div>
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I wrote a whole lot of P&P posts in those days. Of course, I still do, but those were the times when I was figuring out what I wanted my blog to be about, and I discovered blogs like <a href="http://pandp95forever.blogspot.com/">The P&P 95 Forever Club</a>, <a href="http://naomiblog15.blogspot.com/">Wonderland Creek</a>, <a href="http://marchramblings.blogspot.com/">Sunshiny Corner</a>, and others like those and I thought, "I love Pride and Prejudice, I can write posts like that!"</div>
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I remember finally figuring out that I should have a header (dear readers, one of the most marked improvements of my blog has got to be the design. It started out simply dreadful and tacky. I declare with certainty that once I had a header, my popularity went up, and that it was an influential factor.)</div>
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This was the first real header I put on my blog (I had a simply dreadful one for about a day. I shall not include it. May anyone who saw it and remembers it please forget it, thank you.)</div>
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Anyway, I put this header up and that's when my blog became more credible, I think. </div>
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Anyway, I experimented with various types of posts, eventually figuring out what people liked and didn't. </div>
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One of the most important things I learned? Comment on other people's blogs. That's how I've made all my blogging friends--comments. Which is quite obvious, really. How else are people supposed to get to know you, and the other way 'round, if you don't communicate in some way? And in the blogging world, commenting is most obvious.</div>
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So I started commenting on the blogs I found. I think, if I remember right, I found Naomi's blog through the P&P '95 Forever Club, and Miss March's blog from hers, all through comments. And then eventually I got the courage up to comment on these people's blogs; I believe beginning with Naomi's. And from there, I've made so many lovely friends and discovered so many lovely blogs!</div>
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Looking at my posts, I'm becoming fairly certain I started commenting on people's blogs around March of 2016, for that's when people started commenting on my posts, and looking back at those comments, the friendships were just forming! </div>
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For the third time, I mention Naomi and Miss March, because they were pretty much my first blogging friends. You two made me feel so special and gave me such encouragement to see that there were people out there like me! Thank you both so much!</div>
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A few others who gave me encouraging comments towards the beginning include Melody, Olivia, Miss Evie, Cordy, Anna, and Abby. Huge thank you to you all!!!</div>
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A few more have been around for a while, Esther, Molly Rebekah, Rachel, and Miss Elizabeth--thanks to all of you for your support and friendship!</div>
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And also a general huge thank you to all of you who have supported me in different ways through the last couple of years! And not only those who have been reading my blog for a while, but also those who have joined me recently! Thank you, thank you, to you all!</div>
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In fact, another special thank you to those who have only joined my blog in the past few months. My dears, don't be feeling left out or unappreciated by any means! In fact, if anything, feel glad you didn't have to see my bad writing first, haha. I'm so happy to know you all, and your support means every bit as much to me! Your comments make my day! I'm so happy to have met so many of you kindred spirits! I would try to list you all, but I would be terrified of leaving someone out, because the numbers grow and it's not so easy to list everyone as it used tobe. But thank you to everyone else who I haven't mentioned! I'm so glad I've met you and thanks for your support and friendship here!</div>
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I'm so glad I decided to start a blog two years ago! It's brought me such happiness and fun in my life, and I've found so many people like me! Thanks to you all for being here!</div>
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<a href="http://raesdropofgoldensun.blogspot.com/2017/12/i-dont-even-know-what-to-title-this.html">That last post</a> was indeed a jumbled mess. I read back through it and I don't think my readers believed, after reading it, that I truly had just written 50,000 words of a novel. Or, at least, that it was organized and readable. As to the first, I may assure you, I did write 50,000 words (though I feel I must clarify--I had written some before November, so I only made it to about 43-44,000 in November itself). As to the latter, I may only assure you that a great deal of it was written late at night, and you may take from that what you will. Parts of it, I daresay, are not as clear as they should be.</div>
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Now, I shall attempt to write a clear, organized, "<i>real</i>" post (and succeed, <i>of course. </i>I've done so before, haven't I?...<i>Haven't I</i>?) </div>
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First, I'll give you a little background to my novel. </div>
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I began the original draft of this novel when I was eleven years old. As I recalled when telling the background to another dear friend, it actually began as telling a story aloud to my younger siblings in the car. I believe they even helped a great deal in forming the plot. </div>
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My story began with a man and a woman who lived happily except for the fact that they had no children. Such begins a few tales, and such began mine. It proceeded with the wife falling ill, and requiring radishes, which could only be found in the garden of a Witch (in my first draft, Witch was always capitalised). The Witch, of course, caught the man stealing it, but then did something strange. She gave the man a barley seed, saying it would become a flower when planted, which his wife was to kiss and there would be a little girl, whom she would proceed to take away.</div>
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I tell you all this because I completely and entirely changed the beginning in my second draft, which is the novel I just finished. </div>
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I continued writing that first draft over the last several years. The last I wrote of it was a little over a year ago, and I never actually finished it. I was almost to the end, I had about 43-44,000 words, but when I came around to the idea of writing again this year, there was so much I wanted to change that I wasn't sure it was worth writing an ending to the first draft when it was likely to change.</div>
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And rewriting was something my poor book needed dreadfully. I referred back to my first version several times, and oh, my eyes hurt and my head ached. I believe I wrote a great deal of it around ages 13 and 14, which were not my best times in my writing experience.</div>
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There, see, I managed to keep it calm and organized, didn't? I'm amazed at myself, truly. </div>
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(At first when I wrote this, I forgot to put pictures in, and it didn't seem like a real post. Mr. Collins helped out quite a bit, no? :)<br />
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Also! Who wants to discuss Little Women with me in the comments? I'm rereading it for the first time in several years, and I'm a little ways into part 2. For a long time, after reading it 3-4 times when I was younger, I had a bitter grudge against dear Louisa May Alcott for not putting Jo and Laurie together and also for putting Laurie with Amy. When preparing to read it again, I realized perhaps now, being older, I'd change my mind. Now, I haven't gotten to the part where Laurie proposes yet, only to the part where Jo just went to New York, but I'm already excessively upset at the injustice between Amy and Jo and I already kinda adore the Jo and Laurie ship. I don't believe I'll change my mind. Anyway...discussion on the subject is welcome. Also ranting about how unfair it is that Amy got so much more than Jo when let's be honest, we all like Jo better (well, no offense to Amy admirers of course if you're out there).<br />
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Hope you all have a lovely week and a lovely Christmas season!</div>
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Wellll, y'all, I'm back, and it feels like I've been gone for a long, long time. </div>
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NaNoWriMo completely took up the month of November for me. And then with writing 1-3,000 words per day, by the time I finished, I didn't want to do anything else on the computer and certainly no more writing, posts or comments. There's my excuse, readers, and that's all I've got. </div>
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Anyway, I'm currently trying to at least read y'all's blog posts, and hopefully leave comments, but please excuse if I don't comment on your posts from earlier in the month. I certainly wish I could have, but I must attempt to keep sane, you know. </div>
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On the other hand, I <i>did </i>get to 50,000 words last month!!! Yay!!! So to me, at least, my lack of participation in the blogging world was worth it. :D</div>
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(Pretty much I'm literally just switching between writing this post and commenting on posts. Let us all hope I do not mix the two up, though I don't see how that's hardly likely. Though I daresay if I had gotten any less sleep last night I'd manage it.)</div>
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Y'all (guys I swear I say y'all more since I moved out of The South) (Wait, y'all don't know where I moved from do you?) (Though really, with you Americans at least, I've said y'all enough to imply that I'm from somewhere in the south, right?) (All right, Rae, enough.)</div>
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Well. Now I can't remember what I was about to say when I said that original "Y'all". Oh, well, perhaps it will come back.</div>
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You must excuse my writing, though. It's NaNoWriMo's fault. You'd think, perhaps, it would make me a better writer, which it did, but only when I'm writing "for real". When I blog that is my time to write freely. Okay? Good. </div>
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Finished. :)</div>
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Oh! Yes! So my blog look, I decided to just keep the same one as last year. I love how it looked and I'm not willing to try to beat it. :)</div>
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Alllll righty...Have I anything further to say? I don't think so. </div>
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Allow me to apologize for the jumbled ramble-ness of this post and y'all be glad it's rather short. (Even though I've been writing it for several hours. I kept switching over to y'all's blog posts.)</div>
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For now, hope you all have a loverly week, and merry Christmas season to you all!</div>
Raehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11124714551912774373noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6553667225140116078.post-47182381443678944652017-11-06T12:46:00.000-07:002018-05-19T16:25:44.487-06:00The Book Lover Tag<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<a href="http://1agirlsplace.blogspot.com/">Rachel</a> tagged me for "The Book Lover Tag" and it looks super fun! So here we go:</div>
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Hmm, any guesses? They're about the same as every single other tag...Answer questions, have fun, tag other bloggers. Got it. :D</div>
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To the questions, then!</div>
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<b>1. If you could rewrite the ending to any book, what would it be?</b></div>
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I think I'm gonna have to go with <i>Mansfield Park</i>. Guys. That ending was so...anticlimactic. I can't exactly blame dear Jane, (("Oh who could blame poor Jane?" "She did her best!" "She did!" "She did her best!")) ((Probably misquoting but brownie points to anyone who gets my reference.)) As I was saying, I don't exactly blame Jane Austen, she was probably feeling sooo <i>done</i> with the book after 300+ pages of dragging things out. I mean, a teensy bit more than a paragraph and a half about the conclusion to Fanny and Edmund would have been nice, but...who could blame poor Jane?</div>
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<b>2. Which fictional character are you most like?</b></div>
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I think I've tried to answer a question like this before. Perhaps I can save myself some trouble...Ah, yes. The first tag in <a href="http://raesdropofgoldensun.blogspot.com/2017/05/two-tags-i-think-rae-is-sane-again-for.html">*this post*</a>. </div>
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I would also add Molly Gibson to that list. I think we have similar personalities, and we both are good at understanding people. We're both quiet and are afraid to call attention to ourselves. Also, I think Roger is very much the kind of person I might fall in love with in real life. Mr. Darcy is a nice fictional hero and all, but in real life, I don't know. Roger, though--But I digress. On to the post.</div>
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<b>3. Do you have any signed books?</b></div>
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I do, actually. Two. One is a "Main Street" (I think) book by Ann M. Martin, signed by her. The other is the sequel to <i>Holes</i>, <i>Small Steps</i> or something? Signed by Louis Sachar. I'm not particularly attached to either of them, if anyone wants them, let me know and if enough people want them I'll do a giveaway or something. Haha.</div>
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<b>4. What's the best book you've read so far this year?</b></div>
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<b><a href="http://raesdropofgoldensun.blogspot.com/2017/10/the-scarlet-pimpernel-not-review.html">THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL</a></b></div>
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Yes, when people attribute movie quotes that weren't in the book to the authour of the book. </div>
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<b>6. Out of the books you've read this year, what has had your favourite cover?</b></div>
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Oh boy, I don't know. I'm gonna cheat. I read<i> The Inheritance</i>, but not with this cover, but I like this cover.</div>
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(By the way, if you haven't read this book, you should. It's the earliest work of Louisa May Alcott's that scholars have found. They found it in archives in a library somewhere, with the preface something like "My first novel, written at the age of seventeen". It's super good.)</div>
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<b>7. Is there a book that releases this year that you cannot wait to read?</b></div>
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Hmm, <i>The Hiding Place</i>, by Corrie Ten Boom.</div>
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If you want to cry through an entire book, this is the one for you.</div>
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<b>9. Do you have any favourite location and/or time period to have a book set in?</b></div>
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Edwardian Canada, Prince Edward Island specifically. </div>
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This was super fun, thanks so much for tagging me, Rachel!!!</div>
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Now, I tag:</div>
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<a href="https://scribblingpencils.blogspot.com/">Esther</a></div>
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<a href="http://marchramblings.blogspot.com/">Miss March</a></div>
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<a href="https://modernmissbennetblog.wordpress.com/">Miss Elizabeth</a></div>
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<a href="http://writeoncordy.blogspot.com/">Cordy</a></div>
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(Ain't linking to y'all's blogs; too much work. Don't worry, I'll have the courtesy to go to your blog and tell you I've tagged you. (And I just realized after I told you all it's "The Book Lovers Tag" and there is no "s" after Lover. Forgive me.))</div>
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And of course anyone else who wants to do it!! Feel free to take this tag and say I tagged you if you'd like!</div>
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Hope y'all are all having a wonderful week so far...oh yes, it's Monday. Okay, well. </div>
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Anyone else doing NaNoWriMo? I'm doing it for the first time this year, which is exciting! My goal is a full 50,000 words, so, um, here's hoping I make it. As in survive.</div>
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I just watched P&P (IF ANYONE IS WONDERING WHICH ONE WHERE DID YOU COME FROM AND WHY ARE YOU READING MY BLOG</div>
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unless you're new in which case just peek around a teeny bit and the answer will become quite clear, no worries)</div>
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Anyway, as I was saying, I watched P&P--for, like, around the 8th time? I've lost count--yesterday with a dear friend, the same one I watched The Scarlet Pimpernel with in fact, and GUYS</div>
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IT'S SO GOOD</div>
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She's seen it even more times than I have, I think, and we both could quote word for word like half of the lines. Which means she's one of those people that makes watching P&P really fun. </div>
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(I've seen it twice with my best friend and same thing. It's the best.)</div>
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It was super, super fun. </div>
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IT'S SO GOOD</div>
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MR. COLLINS</div>
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This scene with Lady Catherine:</div>
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THE BEST SCENE IN THE WHOLE MOVIE</div>
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(It really might actually be my actual favourite.)</div>
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Well, except maybe...</div>
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AND BBC HAS GENEROUSLY PUT THE WHOLE SCENE ON YOUTUBE</div>
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NOW I'M GONNA GIVE YOU <i>THE</i> MR. DARCY SMILE TO FINISH OFF THIS POST so you're left with a great feeling even though this post was a wreck WHAT AM I TALKING ABOUT IT'S P&P THIS POST WAS AMAZING</div>
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Raehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11124714551912774373noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6553667225140116078.post-63629487249617999502017-10-17T16:02:00.000-06:002018-05-19T16:26:23.682-06:00The Scarlet Pimpernel-Not a Review because that's too much work<div style="text-align: center;">
No actually I just wanted to say I read <i>The Scarlet Pimpernel</i> a few days ago and </div>
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AMAZING</div>
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HOW DID I NOT READ IT BEFORE</div>
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That's really all.</div>
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No, but like, it's the perfect novel. It has adventure, and romance, and comfortable English inns and manors and dangerous French cities and roads. It has a beautiful witty lady and her idiot husband, and a brave, elusive, anonymous Englishman.</div>
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Does anyone not already know who the Scarlet Pimpernel is?</div>
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Okay, so my deal was, I was pretty sure, but I didn't know. I mean, I had heard his name so many times that when the guy was introduced I suspected it, but I made myself doubt like a lot. I wasn't surprised when Marguerite discovered the truth, but I didn't know it right from the beginning. I wasn't sure I remembered.</div>
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But that definitely made the book more interesting. It kept me guessing.<br />
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BUT LIKE</div>
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THE ENDING</div>
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THE ENTIRE ENDING</div>
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LIKE THE LAST 70 PAGES</div>
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(I warned you, this isn't a review. It's far too scattered and ungrammarly.) (Which I prove by using that not-a-word.) (Oh yes the word I'm looking for is ungrammatical.) (Anyway.)<br />
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GUYS IT'S JUST SO GOOD.<br />
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I also watched the movie (yeah, <i>the </i>movie, like with Jane Seymour, 1982) with the girl that made me read it in the first place (don't worry I don't resent it, indeed I am most grateful) and it was... well.<br />
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Let's just say I probably shouldn't have watched the movie so soon after reading the book. I knew exactly what was wrong and different and such and, well...y'all know me. I'm a stickler for accuracy to the book. I tried to enjoy it as a movie separately, buuuut... Yeah.<br />
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I mean, come on, they skip The Fisherman's Rest altogether, and they barely squeeze that intense scene between Sir and Lady Blakeney where like AAAAAA into like 30 seconds<br />
(that sentence didn't make sense. I'm sorry. Good luck.)<br />
and like the last 50 pages are basically, um, skipped. At least most of them are.<br />
Like what??<br />
Anyway<br />
Like I said, I probably shouldn't have seen it so soon after reading the book, I know it's a well-loved movie.<br />
I will say the casting was fabulous. And it was hilarious. Sir Percy Blakeney was fabulous and hilarious and perfect. (I was not at all opposed to the addition of his catch-phrase, "Sink meh!")<br />
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(Also he's remarkably handsome.)<br />
I am afraid I annoyed my dear friend with "that wasn't how it was in the book!" and such, but she did respond with "I know!!!" and she made comments too, so maybe it was fine.<br />
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Dearie me, what a scattered, rambling, ungramma<strike>rly </strike>tical post. Really what I wanted to do is, instead of doing a point-by-point review, let me ask:<br />
What are your favourite parts? What did you think of the movie? What do you want to know my opinion about? And we can discuss it in the comments. :D<br />
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Aside from that, in case a) people care about this stuff too or b) you haven't read/seen The Scarlet Pimpernel:<br />
-I finished watching the first four seasons of When Calls The Heart and AAAAHHHH my heart it's so good. Thoughts on that?<br />
-I swear I was about to say something else too. Dangit.<br />
-What. The. Heck. It had something to do with my life that y'all might be interested in...<br />
-Quick question: Do y'all consider those replacement profanities I used to be, like, as bad as the real thing? Cause I've met some people who do and I'm curious. If so, I do apologize. Dreadful habits.<br />
-*hums to myself, staring off into space*<br />
-Was I writing a blog post? How nice.<br />
-I believe I've tortured you all quite long enough. Goodness gracious. I wonder that any of you are still around!<br />
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Hope you're all having a perfectly lovely week!<br />
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(Oh! One more teeny tiny thing. I want to read another Dickens, which one should I read next? What's your favourite?)</div>
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This post is different from most that I've done, but I'm going to give it a whirl. Bear with me.<br />
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Before I begin, I'd like to reinforce, in case any of you are worried, that my views on feminism do <i>NOT </i>include being "pro-choice". I am 100% pro-life, and I'm not sorry if that offends you.<br />
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Okay. Here we go: <b>Why we need feminism--A Christian Girl's Perspective</b><br />
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Feminism--and how and why it applies to a Christian Girl's life--is something I've been thinking about a lot.<br />
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I know feminism is fighting for women being equal to men, but today I want to talk about how feminism means equality among women.<br />
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So before I begin (wait, did I already say that once? Oh well), I'd like to point out that when I say feminism throughout this post, I'm talking about the idea that women are equal and we need to treat each other as equal beings with equal rights to make our own decisions. If that makes sense. If it doesn't, hopefully it will.<br />
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We need feminism.<br />
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We need feminism so women can feel accepted and loved no matter what they choose to do in life.<br />
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We need feminism so that women can choose to stay at home and be a mother and not be judged by women who chose a career for "wasting their life".<br />
We need feminism so that women who choose a career and not have a family are not judged by women who stay at home with their children for "wasting their life".<br />
We need feminism so that women who choose to have children and work outside the home are not judged by other women for "neglecting their duty as a mother" and "not caring about their children's lives".<br />
We, as women, should be loving and supporting each other, no matter what role we are serving in society, in our communities, and in our homes. The last thing we need is to be judging each other for individual decisions.<br />
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One of my former leaders and a friend has given me permission to share part of her story.<br />
She is a good, faithful, Christian woman (though perhaps she'd laugh to hear me say that, it's true), and I have no doubt that she does everything she can to follow the Lord's plan for her. The problem? Some people doubt that. People judge.<br />
I'm going to start her story after she was married (which in itself, though she married a man who is perfect for her and I'm certain it was God's plan, brought judgmental comments), when she didn't have children right away. In her case, she wasn't able to, physically. In this particular church, having a family is considered extremely important and girls are taught from an early age that having a family is the most important thing she can do. That being said, of course people would understand if it wasn't a matter of choice, but of actual possibility--right? These Christian women would love and support their sister anyway--or rather especially--right? There were a few women who loved and supported her through this. But it's tragic how much people judged her for it and shunned her and things. In her words,<br />
"I honestly could write a book of the comments I heard during those five years. My response? I withdrew from anyone that I thought would have a negative comment. I told very few people of our struggle and the ones that were supposedly the “perfect” members of the church offered no sympathy, no support, or a caring hand. They only offered the judgey eyebrows, the whispers, and the cruel chuckle of an invitation given to another baby shower."<br />
This is not what being a Christian woman should be. We as Christian girls and women need to be the ones to love each other no matter what, and stop judging based on ideas of righteousness, or as in too many cases, <i>self</i>-righteousness.<br />
What if, instead of judging, we stopped to consider that God was planning and guiding her life just as He's guiding anyone else's? And that she is following that plan?<br />
The judging didn't stop when she did, after much praying and waiting, have a child.<br />
You see, she works outside the home. The judgmental comments about that are plentiful, too. In her own words, "Those comments are hurtful too, but because I became stronger they tend to roll off my back a little easier these days."<br />
But why do people feel the need to judge her for making the decision she felt was best? Why judge someone for following God's plan for them?<br />
She quoted this, and I 100% agree:<br />
"When it comes to:<br />
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This woman is one of the strongest women I know, and it is clear that she loves God and does what she can to serve and follow Him. She does not deserve being judged for the way she's living her life.<br />
To finish her story with a few more of her words,<br />
"As long as Heavenly Father knows your heart and knows what you are working towards, that is the ONLY person we ever need to answer to. The point is, if we are truly going to love our fellow sister, this terrible judgement and strange hierarchy of how you fall on the “are you a good [Christian] woman” status has to stop."<br />
(Thank you so much for sharing your thoughts and experience!)<br />
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Ladies, this is why we need feminism. So that women like this absolutely wonderful woman aren't made to feel worthless and inferior. People have and do treat her like she's worth less, and that kind of judging <i>needs </i>to stop.<br />
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As Christian women, we try to follow the will of God, wherever that leads us. And you know what? It's not going to be the same path for everyone. Can we understand that?<br />
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If someone from church is a mother who works outside the home, stop before judging her for "neglecting her child's needs". Do you think this was a decision made with a lot of prayer? You bet. Do you think she's doing it because she doesn't care about her children? Absolutely not. Do you think she is doing her utmost to do what's best for her family, and follow the Lord? Absolutely!<br />
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If you work outside the home and see a fellow woman at home with her children, stop before judging her for "wasting her life" as "just a mom" instead of pursuing a career. Her decision was made with prayer and trusting in God. And you know, she's working a whole lot harder than it looks like she is. Being a mother is a lot of hard and dirty work; it's not easier than choosing a career.<br />
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We need feminism so that girls who don't get married until later in life aren't made to feel worthless and wayward. We need feminism so that girls don't feel like they aren't of worth if they don't "have a man". We're all agreed, yes, that we as Christian girls and women are trying to follow the Lord as best we can. We are agreed, then, that this includes these unmarried young women.<br />
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Some of these girls haven't had much opportunity to date or consider marriage. If you're a married woman, stop before you judge them. If you are one of these women, don't you dare give into anyone who makes you feel worthless and unloved and unneeded. If you're doing everything you can to serve the Lord, and He's going to bless you for that. He has a plan for you, and nothing you do can change that. If you know one of these young women, refrain from judging them or making them feel like their life is wasted if they don't marry. God has a plan for them, too, remember?<br />
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Other girls have opportunities to marry but decide not to, at least not yet, because they want to focus on things like education or a career. Is this okay, deciding not to get married right away? Of course it is! These girls are doing their best to follow God's plan for them, too. Stop before you judge them for "getting distracted by the world" or "being 'too good' for marriage", or anything. These girls have every right to live their life the way they feel is following the Lord's plan for them.<br />
If you are one of these girls, don't let people make you feel worthless and incomplete because you've chosen not to get married yet. Keep following God's plan, and live your life.<br />
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We need feminism so that girls who do get married young aren't judged for "tying themselves down" at "such a young age". We need feminism so that girls who skip education and a career and have a family at a young age aren't judged for being reckless and hasty.<br />
These girls are no different from the rest in at least one thing. They're doing their best to follow God's plan for them, too. They are choosing the path that they feel the Lord wants for them.<br />
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<b>We need feminism because no girl or woman deserves to feel worthless or inferior for following God's plan for her. </b><br />
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We need feminism so girls are taught that their <b>worth comes from being a daughter of God</b>, a King, and not from anything else the world tries to tell them. We need feminism so that girls are taught to love their sisters because they all have the same worth she has. We need feminism so that we are united as sisters, instead of divided by differences.<br />
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Now, I've talked mostly about how we need feminism for equality among women. Now to turn briefly to the slightly more controversial topic of feminism as equality with men--from a Christian girl's perspective.<br />
Men and women are equal, yes. Does that mean they are the same? Obviously not.<br />
Here's my Christian girl feminist's take on men vs. women.<br />
Men and women are equal but different. We are equal because we each have gifts and abilities that the other doesn't, and many that we share.<br />
An idea I see a lot in feminism is that "women are equal to men because we can do anything a man can do". I don't see a problem with this, necessarily, but I think that's not giving women--or men--the credit we--or they--deserve.<br />
You see, the way I see it, women are equal to men because we can do the things men c<i>an't </i>do. And men are equal to women because they can do the things we can't do. And we are equal to each other because we can use our different but equal qualities to work together.<br />
We need Christian feminism so that we recognize that <b>women are equal to men not simply because they can do anything a man can do, but because they can do things a man <i>can't</i> do</b>.<br />
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In summary:<br />
Stop. Judging. Stop judging other girls and women for the paths they choose.<br />
Your worth comes from the fact that you're a daughter of a King, and that's what matters most.<br />
Those around you have that same worth.<br />
Stop judging.<br />
You are amazing because you can do things men can't do, not just the things they can.<br />
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Now, how many people have unfollowed my blog by this point? I'm torn between hoping I didn't offend people and feeling no apology for what I've said. I believe in what I've said. I <i>am </i>sorry if I've offended you or hurt your feelings. I do realize that not everyone is going to agree with what I've said. And that's okay. That's another reason we need feminism, is so that people can disagree with everything I've said and still be treated with respect.<br />
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To all of you, though, I will apologize for all the rambling and ranting I did. Also for anything that didn't make sense. This is a pretty difficult topic to work with, so I'm sorry if I didn't do an ideal job!<br />
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To those of you who stuck around this far, tell me your thoughts!<br />
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-I would <i>love </i>to visit Prince Edward Island.<br />
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<o:p><b style="color: #660000;"> </b>-Hm, now that I have some free time, what <i>am </i>I doing with it? Instagram, practicing the piano, sewing, Pinterest. Blogging. :D</o:p></div>
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<span lang="FR">-Oooh, man, this is harder than I thought it would be. Very wise to put that stipulation, or else I'd just say "P&P'95" and you'd all just roll your eyes and say "duh". </span></div>
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<span lang="FR">Dearie me.</span><br />
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<span lang="FR"><i>An Old-Fashioned Girl</i> by Louisa May Alcott. I LOVE that book. </span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #783f04;">Favorite non-Austen or L. M. Montgomery heroine?<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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Jo March, y'all. </div>
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<b><span style="color: #783f04;">Least favorite book?<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #783f04;">Least favorite movie?</span></b></div>
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My mom never really let us watch Veggie Tales, for whatever reasons (irreverent telling of Bible stories and such reasons), whatever. Okay. I never really cared and since I've grown up I hadn't decided to look it up or anything. So. I decided to look up the VeggieTales theme song after seeing this meme:<br />
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Because I was pretty sure that sounded like it probably was the beginning of a VeggieTales song, and I was right. BUT it continues. The next suggested song on YouTube was "Where is My Hairbrush" and I'd heard a lot about that one, who hasn't, so I watched it and--</div>
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GUYS. Don't make fun of me but I was like, that was the greatest thing I have ever seen. Well, after staring open-mouthed in shock thinking <i>what on earth did I just watch.</i> (Those of you who grew up with VeggieTales, please remember this was, like, my first exposure. Okay?)</div>
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<i>Stop making fun of me.</i></div>
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-Emma Thompson and Emma Watson. I'm picking two.<br />
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They both loved their ladies very truly and dearly and both endeavored earnestly to deserve them. Like I said in these two blog posts. <a href="http://raesdropofgoldensun.blogspot.com/2016/04/in-which-i-admire-gilbert-blythe.html">Gilbert</a> * <a href="http://raesdropofgoldensun.blogspot.com/2016/06/the-adieu-is-charity-itself-why-mr.html">Mr. Darcy</a></div>
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<span style="color: #0c343d;">-INFJ and most decidedly so. I relate strongly to nearly everything I've seen that is about that personality.</span></div>
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-I don't remember the particulars...Well, maybe I do. Let me think. I'd been wanting to start a blog for a little while, and then one day I asked my sister for the millionth time if I should and she said yes that time, so I started my blog. But it took a while for me to get into the blogging community I'm part of now...and I don't really remember how all that happened. I think it began with the <a href="http://pandp95forever.blogspot.com/">Pride and Prejudice 1995 Forever Club</a>, and from there <a href="http://miss-dashwood.blogspot.com/">Amy's</a> and <a href="http://regencydelight-janeaustenetc.blogspot.com/">Melody's</a> blogs, and from there <a href="http://naomiblog15.blogspot.com/">Naomi</a>, and <a href="http://marchramblings.blogspot.com/">Miss March</a>, and all sorts of other lovely people. Including you. :)</div>
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<span style="color: #0c343d;">-</span>Not "I'm having a strange sort of post-modern moment here" or something like that (what I wrote really doesn't make sense, does it), whatever the Lost in Austen quote is. I haven't seen it, I've just seen that shot with that quote. Anyway, whatever it is, probably not that. Probably something more like, "That wasn't in the book!" </div>
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-"The Pride and Prejudice boy" haha, I think he'd actually like that description. :D Well, I do want him, for a friend. He's quite the kind of person I could be friends with and goodness knows I need some of those here. I have seen him once since the last time I mentioned; their family came over for dinner. Afterward when we were all playing a game, he was quite constantly rude and insulting! Really, it was very shocking. Most people don't talk to me like that until they've known me for a few months at least. But no, teasing and insulting and making rude comments. Not to say I didn't return the insults...but still. Very shocking.</div>
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<o:p> I rather like his sister, though. She's a kindred spirit. She came over yesterday and we just gabbed for three hours and didn't run out of anything to say. She and I have the same personality, and interests, and opinions (and she agrees about P&P and Fake P&P and all, too, like BESTIE). (I know, you didn't ask about her. But I like her better. :D) </o:p></div>
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-Okay, so, like, I don't listen to music that much. Shhh, okay, y'all, before you get too shocked (like how most people react) I have an explanation. For one, I seem to have a pretty low noise level tolerance. Well, like, maybe it's not that low, but there's already so much noise that I reach that level a lot. And with music, there's nearly always music playing already. My sister listens to music so constantly that it honestly gets on my nerves a lot. And besides that, there's often someone playing the piano. So...I rarely listen to music on my own, because if there's a point where I'd be able to hear the music, I'd far prefer the quiet. </div>
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<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uh4dTLJ9q9o">Lava</a> (from Disney's "Lava")</div>
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<o:p> -Well, my alter-ego is Rae. This. This is my alter ego.</o:p></div>
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<b><span style="color: #4c1130;">Are you a morning person or a night owl?</span></b><o:p></o:p></div>
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-Currently, Liam from the Wide-Awake Princess books by E. D. Baker. They're, well, probably a little (a lot) below my reading level, but they're fun, easy reads. :D</div>
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<b><span style="color: #073763;">Describe your favorite outfit...<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #073763;">Do you have a favorite wedding dress style?<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #073763;">Blue skies, or rain?<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #073763;">Something you're looking forward to...<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #073763;">A skill you acquired this past year...<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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-Oh, um, let me think...</div>
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-Comfortably large, but comfortably small. Cute, kind of rustic looking. I'd love flowers and trees around it, and a stream or creek nearby would be lovely.</div>
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<b><span style="color: #073763;">What does your life look like in five years...<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #073763;">A celebrity crush...<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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-Okay, I have no personal reason for this, but one of my best friends has a major celeb crush on Tom Holland and so I've been exposed to him enough that I gotta say he's pretty darn cute. And he has a cute voice and a cute frog in his mouth (anyone know what I'm talking about?). I don't like his swearing habit, but I've seen that but rarely. So...Tom Holland?</div>
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<b><span style="color: #073763;">Best part of your summer...<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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-Probably settling in after all the craziness!</div>
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<b><span style="color: #073763;">Favorite animal?</span></b><o:p></o:p></div>
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(Aww, come on, Mom!!! They're so cute!!!)</div>
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<b><span style="color: #7f6000;">What fictional place would you most like to go?<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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-Wait, you want a comprehensive list? And for which instrument, or voice? Or what? This is too hard. :D I'll do my best. Singing: lots of hymns, several Disney songs, almost every song from Broadway's Cinderella, several showtunes. Flute: Ummm, I used to have several classical pieces memorized. Piano: several hymns, a couple classical pieces. </div>
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-Oh that's a fun one! But haaaaard. (No, I'm not whining. What a preposterous proposition.) Okay, but seriously! It's hard! If it were books I'd say "An Old-Fashioned Girl". But that's not a movie. And there may be a movie title that describes my life, but I may not have seen the movie. </div>
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<b><span style="color: #660000;">How's your life so far?</span></b><br />
-My goodness what a question!! My life so far, I would have to say is pretty good. Not quite what I expected, but then I don't know what I expected. Probably not as perfect as it could have been, but definitely not bad at all for the most part!<br />
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-Anyone want to answer this for me?<br />
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-No, I haven't! And I don't know! Okay, y'all--Poldark opinions please!<br />
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-I would actually <i>love </i>to play Mrs. Rachel Lynde. She's a riot.<br />
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You just can't beat a movie with <i>me </i>in it.</div>
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<b><span style="color: #660000;">Are there any places you really
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-Prince Edward Island, Bath, London<br />
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<b><span style="color: #660000;">What's your dream job?</span></b><br />
-Ooh, well, I plan to become a graphic designer. My dream job--I don't know. I enjoy a lot of different things, and I'm not sure if any one of them would be my dream job. Oh, I know. Professional chocolate taster. I never tire of chocolate.<br />
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-I JUST STARTED WATCHING WHEN CALLS THE HEART AND IT IS AMAZING AMAZING AAAMMMAAAAZZZINNNG.<br />
I may or may not squeal "shipshipship" during most of the scenes with Jack and Elizabeth.<br />
I'm only mostly through season one, though, so no spoilers, y'all! Like don't you dare spoil it by telling me that Jack and Elizabeth will end up together. Just don't dare.<br />
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(JACK IS JUST THE ABSOLUTE CUTEST THOUGH)<br />
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<b><span style="color: #660000;">Who's your favorite actress?</span></b><br />
-Wait, did I already answer this one? I think so...Yeah. Emma Thompson and Emma Watson, in case you've forgotten. :D<br />
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<b><span style="color: #660000;">Are you more like Jane Bennet or
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-Elizabeth Bennet for sure. I'm not nearly so nice as Jane.<br />
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<b><span style="color: #660000;">Would you rather have magic or
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-Ooh, what kind of magic? I think I'd go with magic...My drawing skills are sadly lacking, but magic--that's too cool to pass up, right?<br />
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<b><span style="color: #660000;">Who is your least favorite
actress?</span></b><br />
-Oh, that's tough. I don't know. Can I just say I don't know? That's allowed, right? This is my post, right? Ummmm yeah... (Sorry. :((( )<br />
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That's all the questions! Whew! Thank you all so much for the amazing questions!<br />
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Darling <a href="http://scribblingpencils.blogspot.com/">Esther</a> asked me so many questions I decided to do a separate post for hers alone, because I believe it is close to equalling everyone else's put together! Hope y'all don't mind. :D</div>
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<b><span style="color: #274e13;">How many siblings do you have?<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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-Five<br />
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-Oooh, let's see. I've always loved the name Peter for a guy. That's pretty much the only "favourite name" I've had. I also think the name Esther is very pretty. 😉</div>
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<b><span style="color: #274e13;">Why are you so awesome?<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #274e13;">No seriously. How did this come to pass? Is this like an inherited thing or can anyone do it?<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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That's it. That's my answer.<br />
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<b><span style="color: #274e13;">Advice for someone who feels like even amongst friends they are alone?<o:p></o:p></span></b><br />
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-I wrote up a long answer for this, and decided it was so long I'd make it into its own blog post. So <a href="http://raesdropofgoldensun.blogspot.com/2017/09/alone-amongst-friends.html">here's that.</a></div>
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<b><span style="color: #274e13;">Favourite song at this moment?<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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-Battle Hymn of the Republic (it's a fun one on the piano, y'all).</div>
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<b><span style="color: #274e13;">Least favourite song at this moment?<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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-<i>Oh</i>, now <i>that's </i>interesting. Hold on, I do have an answer for this. There's this one song that my siblings (or sometimes myself, sadly) will start singing and I'll get annoyed with them...you know what, I think it's Let It Go. I think it's always Let It Go that's the annoying song at our house. Now, I don't really have anything against the song itself, or the words, it's just that it is far too catchy and annoying at this point.<br />
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<b><span style="color: #274e13;">If you only had 3 days left to live, what would be the most important things for you to accomplish?<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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I would eat all of my very favourite things because I wouldn't have to be worried about the long-term effects on my health. Lots of chocolate.<br />
I'd declare my undying love to the man of my drea--what? What did you say? Oh, he doesn't exist? Dangit. Well.<br />
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<b><span style="color: #274e13;">If you could steal (okay fine HAVE) any fictional character's wardrobe, whose would it be?</span></b></div>
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-Oh boy. You know what, I think it would be Emily Star's. Yep. Edwardian, and there are some simply divine descriptions of her clothes in the Emily books. (L. M. Montgomery, to those who don't know. What a shock, I know.)</div>
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-Probably these:</div>
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<b><span style="color: #274e13;">Describe your bedroom (hehe a demand, I know, but just
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(The book is "What Would Jane Do? A book that disappointingly includes movie quotes and attributes them to Jane Austen, a pet peeve of mine. :/)</div>
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-See above :D</div>
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-I play the flute and the piano, but my favourite to listen to might be the harp. </div>
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<b><span style="color: #274e13;">Best instrumental music you ever heard<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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-Ooooh...That's hard. I love a lot of instrumental music. I might have to go with "The Firebird" by Stravinsky...not sure if that's the kind of answer you were going for, but there it is.</div>
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<b><span style="color: #274e13;">Favourite movie soundtrack<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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-'Kay, this is, like, realllly weird, but it's the old animated "The Hobbit". The sound track is. Ah. May. Zing.</div>
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<b><span style="color: #274e13;">Favourite candle scent<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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-Ohhh, hmm...I've not thought about it. Probably the vanilla-brown-sugar-y type.</div>
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<b><span style="color: #274e13;">Which is better- straight or curly hair?<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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-Dependdsss...I like my hair better straight, it's so much easier to manage and it doesn't tangle nearly so bad. </div>
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<b><span style="color: #274e13;">What was your first word?<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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-Mom says it was "thank you". Didn't know that before, huh.</div>
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<b><span style="color: #274e13;">If you had to read one book for the rest of your life
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-Aaaah, what??? Okay, Pride and Prejudice. Because it's been proven by my best friend that one can read it, like, 15 times in 2 months and not get tired of it. And then read it two more times a month later. Yep.<br />
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<b><span style="color: #274e13;">Do you know of any songs about siblings?<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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-There's song that I've heard a couple of times...Hey Brother, by Avicii.</div>
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<b><span style="color: #274e13;">Name a song you want played at your wedding <o:p></o:p></span></b><br />
-Ooh, I don't know... Maybe Can't Help Falling In Love With You by Elvis<br />
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<b><span style="color: #274e13;">Name a song you want played at your funeral<o:p></o:p></span></b><br />
-Whoa, okay. Um...Lead, Kindly Light?<br />
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<b><span style="color: #274e13;">Pick a song you wish someone would do a cover of. (who
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-Hmm, a song I want you to do a cover of? I'd love to hear something from the Broadway Cinderella musical.<br />
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<b><span style="color: #274e13;">When is your birthday?<o:p></o:p></span></b><br />
-End <a href="http://raesdropofgoldensun.blogspot.com/2016/06/it-isnt-as-if-birthdays-were-common.html">of</a> May<br />
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<b><span style="color: #274e13;">Favourite constellation?<o:p></o:p></span></b><br />
-What? Hadn't thought about that either. How about the Little Dipper.<br />
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<b><span style="color: #274e13;">Are you an early bird or a night owl?<o:p></o:p></span></b><br />
-Night owl<br />
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-I don't read books that I think will be terrible. :D<br />
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<b><span style="color: #274e13;">What is a song that always makes you happy?<o:p></o:p></span></b><br />
-El Grillo, by Josquin. :D<br />
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<b><span style="color: #274e13;">What is a song that can make you cry/be really sad?<o:p></o:p></span></b><br />
-Oh, boy. A lot of the songs from Les Mis.<br />
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<b><span style="color: #274e13;">What is the worst song you have ever heard?<o:p></o:p></span></b><br />
-Ugh, there are a lot of awful songs. Lots of pop songs and (how many people would I offend if I said I really don't like country music? Sorry).<br />
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<b><span style="color: #274e13;">Who is your favourite youtuber?<o:p></o:p></span></b><br />
-Jordan Taylor/Blimey Cow<br />
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-The last thing I wrote...I think it was an essay. I took an English Comp class this summer. Let me look. Okay, the "Saved As" title on Microsoft Word is "Final Exam (!!!)" but the title is "From Passive Agreement to Active Obligation". I'm really bad at coming up with titles; I really don't like it.<br />
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<b><span style="color: #274e13;">What is the last book that made you laugh out loud?<o:p></o:p></span></b><br />
-It was one of the "Wide-Awake Princess" books by E. D. Baker. They're fun, easy reads. :D<br />
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<b><span style="color: #274e13;">When you are old, what memory do you want to be the one you
tell your grandkids over and over? (example: I want mine to be when I get
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-Oh boy, I don't know. I like your example. That could very well be it.<br />
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-Okay, the first people that came to mind, I really don't think I'd be best friends with. Like, not Elizabeth Bennet or Anne Shirley. Not Margaret Hale. Not Amy Dorrit. Like, none of them are quite the kind of person I, personally, would be best friends with. I adore them all, but y'know.<br />
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The rest of y'all's question answers are coming soon! If you haven't and want to, you can ask questions <a href="https://raesdropofgoldensun.blogspot.com/2017/08/jumping-on-bandwagon.html">here</a>.</div>
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I am oh, so familiar with this situation. So, a little bit of background. In the church group I was part of for the last 9 years before I moved, this was a constant thing for a while. When I first moved there, it was all fine and fabulous; I was thrilled to have girls my age where in the last group there were only boys. There were several of us that were all pretty good friends, and I felt like I fit in. Then we got older, and at a certain age the girls would move up to the next group. I was very close to the youngest, so that was the beginning of the problem. I was behind in the younger group, and the other girls were all super close, in the older group. I naively thought that once I joined them it would all be well again, and we'd all be the jolly bunch we were before. Naturally, I was wrong.<br />
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You see, I was different. I always had been, and it was becoming clearer. Not all the differences were good, but some were.<br />
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One particular difference was that each other girl, at an unnecessarily young age I might add, had themselves a "boyfriend". Me, I've never had one of those things and I don't want one just yet, thank you very much. But here another difference came to view, too. I was pretty darn tactless. And pretty naive. (I may as well add here that I was the only homeschooled one of them all; take what you want from that. :D) I was, frankly, a little "goody-goody" and not very polite about telling the other girls they shouldn't have boyfriends. I don't really blame them <i>too </i>much for telling me "who cares" and "shut up", and I really am not surprised that I was pretty pointedly excluded from the group and definitely from conversations after that.<br />
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Around this time, however, I made a couple of other friends with girls my age who shared my view of things in many ways, and we became very close. Since then I have made many good, uplifting, kindred spirit friends.<br />
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That isn't exactly the solution, though; not the whole solution. Though I do 100% recommend finding friends who really make you feel like you belong.<br />
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So, of course, part of not feeling alone, and feeling like you belong, is fitting in. And I think we all have a natural desire, at least a little bit, to fit in. Right? We want to belong. I don't know what your situation is, but in my situation at least, fitting in would require lowering my standards. In dating, as well as in things like clothing and music. I was faced with a choice: fit in, or keep my standards where I wanted them. It. Was. Hard. Until, over time, I realized something.<br />
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<i>I don't want to fit in.</i> </div>
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<i>Standing out is </i><b style="font-style: italic;">not a bad thing</b>.<br />
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And once I realized that I realized that, things began to change. I realized that even though I didn't agree with the other girls' decisions, I could find other things to talk about with them, and still be friends with them, and such.<br />
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Now. I can't promise that this will happen for you. I certainly can't. And I don't know your situation. But to sum up my advice, I have two things:<br />
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One, <b>find people with whom you feel you belong. People who make you feel loved. </b><br />
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Two, <b>know that it's okay to <i>not </i>fit in</b>, and instead of focusing on fitting in <b>focus on how you can be friends with and love people just the same</b>. If that makes sense.</div>
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I wish you all the best, my dears. And if you're ever feeling particularly alone, feel free to email me. My email is over there on the sidebar. I love you all, darlings! My heart goes out to all of you who have been or are in this situation. Keep smiling.</div>
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Raehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11124714551912774373noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6553667225140116078.post-69526703283378864202017-08-24T19:30:00.001-06:002018-05-19T16:26:23.743-06:00Little Dorrit...Take 2<div style="text-align: center;">
I'm rewatching Little Dorrit, and goodness me, I'd forgotten how much there was that I didn't like! To be sure, the ending left me with such a happy image last time that I have always thought of it as a marvellous series. This time, however, watching it, I'm reminded of how dark and evil it is.</div>
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I think part of the difference is because last time, I was reading and watching it at the same time. I would read a section, then watch the corresponding segment. Which was somewhat helpful for keeping track of the plots and characters. I think that helped keep it balanced, too. Because dark as Dickens may be, the book wasn't as dark as the movie. For one, at the very least, there wasn't the creepy music. Also, I think that Monsiuer Blandois Rigaud is exaggerated more in the movie. Or maybe it's the actor. I'm not sure, but while he is still pure evil in the book, he seems so much more evil in the movie. He feels so evil. I think his theme creepy music has something to do with that, too. Whatever it is, it feels like pure evil whenever he's onscreen.</div>
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I think I'd also forgotten how much that wasn't good besides Rigaud. There are a total of about...seven characters off the top of my head that are actually good whom I actually like. And a whole lot more than that that aren't.<br />
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Like Amy's family! They bother me soooo much. Auuuuuggggghhhh. I want to slap them all in the face frequently. JUST SHUT UP. LEAVE AMY ALONE. GO THROW YOURSELF OFF A CLIFF FOR SPEAKING TO HER LIKE THAT.</div>
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Aaaaggghhh.</div>
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(Side note. Is anyone shocked to hear Rae speaking in such a manner? If so, I do hope you do not find it <i>too</i> vulgar and inappropriate.)</div>
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But really. They are SO unjust and unfair and so blind and they treat Amy horridly. They blame her for everything. They oppress her. They emotionally abuse her. And what does she do? She smiles, loves them, bears it like the perfect saint she is. She deserves so much better than that horrid family of hers, and fortunately she gets her happiness in the end but FOR TWENTY-ONE YEARS she had to put up with that.</div>
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It just makes me so mad.</div>
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Flintwinch. What on earth?! I don't like him a bit. </div>
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Mrs. Clennam. More dark scenes and creepy music. I don't like it.</div>
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I believe I shall finish watching, and then continue this post, and who knows? Perhaps there may be some good in this post after all.</div>
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*finishes watching Little Dorrit and comes back a couple days later and finishes post without rereading above*<br />
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Okay, I adore Edmund Sparkler. He is absolutely hilarious.<br />
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And Mrs. Finching--Flora--!!! She cracked me up. For real. I laughed aloud in a couple of her scenes (and those were the only times I laughed in the movie) (maybe) (no, I laughed aloud at Edmund Sparkler, too). Especially the first scene where Amy goes to her house. I couldn't stop laughing. She's a riot. I adore her. She has a very good soul and heart, too. I wish her the best. She has absolutely no malice in her. She's a dear. And she's hilarious.<br />
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*cries*<br />
You know the scene where he's talking to Mr. Clennam as soon as he comes to the Marshalsea? (I feel like I spelled that wrong, please correct me.) That was the only scene in which I cried. And I mean, like, sobbed, like John. And I never sob in movies. (So we can blame this phenomenon either on John or on the fact that <a href="http://raesdropofgoldensun.blogspot.com/2017/08/part-2-from-decision-to-move.html">I became a crybaby this summer</a>.) But stiiiiilllllll!!!!!!<br />
I adore John and he deserves the absolute best.<br />
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HERE'S SOMETHING that I posed to Naomi that I'm kind of unsure about BUT--<br />
If you've read Rilla of Ingleside, hear me.<br />
Una<br />
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John Chivery<br />
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Okay so I'm kinda shipping it right now. Hear me out. They'd both understand each other perfectly when it comes to losing the person they've loved since children. And that would always be part of their relationship, that understanding. BUT they're both so sweet and Amy and Una are not dissimilar and while John and Walter aren't very similar, I think Una would learn to love him quite well. It may seem like a step down after Walter, but hear me out (some more). John is actually like, perfect. He is the perfect gentleman. He'd do literally anything for those he loves. Maybe he's "not as good as Walter"??? but I'd say let's not compare them, and just recognize each for their individual perfection. Because they're both perfect in different ways. And I think John Chivery would be perfect for Una. And Una would be perfect for John.<br />
One more thing. Someone, maybe it was Naomi? Ok fine I'll go see if I can find it...(Oh hey, Naomi has a marvellous new blog look, love it)...*goes and looks for the thing*... It wasn't Naomi, great, let me see...<br />
Okay was that boring enough?<br />
Let me continue.<br />
Someone made a dream cast of Rilla of Ingleside once that cast Claire Foy (who plays Little D) as Una. That's all I was trying to say. But I have no clue who it was.<br />
Okay. *sighs and goes to Google* I'll find it.<br />
IT WAS AMY AT <a href="http://miss-dashwood.blogspot.com/">Yet Another Period Drama Blog</a> IN 2012 okay.<br />
<a href="http://miss-dashwood.blogspot.com/2012/03/rilla-of-ingleside-2012-dream-cast.html">Here you go.</a><br />
She even mentions Little Dorrit but I didn't remember that because I had barely heard of it when I first read this.<br />
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Okay, END <i>LOOOONG </i>SIDE NOTE))<br />
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(Does something that long count as a side note?) (Maybe it should be its own post?) (Too bad.)<br />
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Okay, so I think this post is a dreadful enough mess. Perhaps I should wrap it up?<br />
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Oh, one more thing. I do LOVE the ending of Little Dorrit. In fact, I find the entire last episode to be marvellous. Which is good. What's the point of watching something if it doesn't leave a good taste in your mouth?<br />
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Here's a collection of some of my favourite pictures I've taken this summer. They were all taken with my phone camera, so excuse if some show up as poor quality on a larger screen. I shall hope for the best. </div>
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Raehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11124714551912774373noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6553667225140116078.post-26380894363552539232017-08-18T15:53:00.001-06:002017-08-18T15:53:44.235-06:00New Header!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
I've finally made a new header! I rather like this one. I do enjoy designing things. Putting pieces together to make something nice. </div>
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And I'm afraid my background is both a) one I've used before and b) one of the Blogger stock backgrounds, but I was having a simply dreadful time trying to find something better. And this one looks quite nice, I think, so it will do. Perhaps I'll change it...but knowing me, that's not likely.</div>
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How has y'all's summer been? Who's going back to school soon? How's life? Etc. :D</div>
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<br />Raehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11124714551912774373noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6553667225140116078.post-48490418512282236542017-08-14T13:47:00.003-06:002017-08-14T20:51:19.002-06:00This Title Is Deceiving<div style="text-align: center;">
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But here's the thing, I can't really title a post like this. So we'll see how it goes.</div>
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YOU LADIES ARE AMAZING.</div>
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YOU GUYS ARE SERIOUSLY THE BESTESTEST.</div>
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SERIOUSLY.<br />
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HERE IS THIS GIF BECAUSE YOU ALL DESERVE MR. DARCY'S SMILE<br />
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You ladies who frequent my corner of the blogosphere are some of the sweetest, most supportive, understanding, amazing people I know. Your comments have made my day so many times. Your blog posts (if you have a blog) have made me laugh or cheered me up on many occasions. But seriously, I just want to THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH.</div>
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You guys have been super supportive when I've complained, which has been all I've done at times. When I've done a "pop in" post simply to say "sorry I haven't been here in forever" you all have been "so happy to see me!" and so very understanding of being busy with school. You've shown sympathy through my school, especially Calculus as I complained about that quite a bit. You've all been such understanding dears and EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOUR COMMENTS HAS MADE MY DAY. I don't know if you guys know how much your sweet, darling comments have made me smile, laugh, say "awwww" or all of the above (Miss March, your comments have made me do all of the above without fail, at least as far as I can remember) (SO HAVE SO MANY OTHERS). You guys are seriously the sweetest and the best. </div>
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**Hugs to you all!!!**</div>
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And then with this move, that I narrated in my last three posts, YOU GUYS ARE SO GREAT. Your comments have been so sweet and supportive and understanding and sympathetic and your comments made my day many times over. Seriously. I almost cried at some of them. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH. </div>
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I am so grateful to be blessed with the friendship of so many dear ladies.<br />
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Okay.<br />
Next.<br />
I have not read y'all's blog posts these past couple of months. And I'm quite sure that you all have delightful posts I hate to have missed. So here's what I want you to do.<br />
Pick 1, 2, or 3 of your posts from since my official taking leave, or if I missed it before then, that you want me to read, and link to them in the comments. I'll read and comment on the ones you link me to. I look forward to reading y'all's posts again!!!<br />
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Another thing. Check <a href="http://pandp95forever.blogspot.com/2017/07/the-gardiners-too-soon-forgotten-guest.html">this </a>out. It isn't my best post, I wrote it a great while ago, but you should go read it anyway. To support <a href="http://pandp95forever.blogspot.com/">the P&P'95 forever club</a> which isn't a very active blog, but WE ARE ALL MEMBERS IN OUR HEARTS are we not, whether officially or not.<br />
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Also, I just want to say, I watched both Pride and Prejudice (I would say 1995 but isn't that redundant by now?) and Wives and Daughters this week and I LOVE BOTH OF THOSE SO MUCH. (Obviously P&P is the best movie ever and I love it a little more than W&D, but I still LOOOVE Wives and Daughters. If you haven't seen it, go do it. Now.)<br />
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I think that's all...<br />
AGAIN YOU ALL ARE THE ABSOLUTE BEST AND I LOVE YOU<br />
And don't forget to comment with those links!<br />
Have a marvellous week!!!<br />
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Raehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11124714551912774373noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6553667225140116078.post-56280476930239663082017-08-03T14:08:00.000-06:002017-08-03T14:09:22.202-06:00Part 3: Living in ----July 27th we arrived. We had to stay at my aunt and uncle's house about 15 minutes away, because it turned out the owners of our new house couldn't close until the following Monday (unlike Friday like we'd originally thought). We arrived around midnight and I took a shower right away and then caught up my journal writing. I wasn't tired, particuarly, not physically sleepy anyway; I'd gotten sleep in the car. (By the way, I only know these dates I've mentioned because I do keep a journal.) <br />
Turns out I found something to love in ---- right away: my cousins. My aunt and uncle have 3 children and I adore them. And they adore me. And I am going to be able to see them quite a bit now! And hopefully babysit them because did I mention I adore them?? Yeah. <br />
Also, July 29th I was able to see my bestest friend in the world. <br />
Okay, so I found things to like in ---- right away. But Sunday I found myself hating it. Our new congregation is fairly small, with a youth group even smaller than our last one had been. The oldest girl besides myself and my next youngest sister is 2 years my junior, and after that the oldest (besides my other sister) is 2 years HER junior. Besides that, they were not the most welcoming of groups. They had their own friends that caused them to deem it unnecessary to talk to the 3 new girls. <br />
Now, this is not necessarily unusual for a new group of people. It just takes time, right? Just some time, and then we'll be friends. But here's the thing. It took me so long in our last area to become friends with and part of the group of girls there. I don't make friends easily and there were a lot of differences to overcome. It was only in the last 2-4 years of living there that I really felt like I belonged. And then to tear me away and put me with these new, young, not-very-welcoming girls? Not a promising scenario for making friends. I'm far too...shy? Not quite. But you know what I mean? Especially because I plan to move out to go to college in a year or less. That's not enough time to make friends, and definitely not enough time to make it worth the effort. <br />
Anyway, worry not, I found something to love the very next day.<br />
My aunt was telling us about a homeschooling family that lives next door to her. Actually, she informed me that she was arranging my marriage to their oldest son who is close to my age. She also told my mom that she'd like their mom; they were similar. Well, she was right (about the latter :D).<br />
We went over to meet them on Monday, and our families clicked almost immediately. Well, a lot of homeschooling families do, and ours definitely did. I found that the eldest son and I do have a lot in common, including an interest in writing and acting in plays (I would say directing too but this last play made me swear off directing forever), photography, and graphic design. <br />
Oh, and PRIDE AND PREJUDICE. Yes, ladies, he and I share a favorite book (at least P&P is close to the top enough that I say it's my favorite when asked). In fact, he wrote (adapted), directed, and and played Mr. Darcy in a stage production of Pride and Prejudice. Which I knew previously thanks to my aunt, and that sounded awfully intimidating to think that someone could do that, but then when I heard how much time he had, the budget he had, and the help he had it was far less intimidating because I knew I could have done it in his situation too (not play Mr. Darcy, obviously, what nonsense). So there you go, ladies, such a man exists. And you can have him, too, I get the feeling we're going to be friends, but I highly doubt anything more than that. <br />
They have a girl a couple of years my junior, too, who has a marvellous taste in books. The meaning of which I need not explain to such an audience as my blog readers, therefore I stop myself. <br />
They get all the homeschooling things, too, like how homeschool moms can talk AND talk, AND talk, and then say it's time to go, get up and move towards the door, stop, talk some more AND some more, then move to the door, talk some more, and then either tear apart or move to the car and talk some more. In fact, when discussing that thing (as our moms demonstrated obliviously) we kept interrupting each other, and saying "yes exactly!!" and such; we all got each other quite well.<br />
I am quite happy about knowing this family, it was quite a relief to meet people who immediately became friends. And they live only 15 minutes away and we shall see each other fairly often! <br />
That was only yesterday, so I am now caught up.<br />
Now for a teeny summary of the future. I'm taking (at least) a semester off school, because it was too late to apply for fall semester at any colleges and I didn't want to jump into that right away. I plan to get a job (we've got a lot of options close by in this area!) and I also plan to have time for things like reading, sewing, music, and blogging! Things that have been tragically neglected in the past few months. So, ladies, though I promise nothing I have high hopes for being able to keep up with blogging. <br />
That's all for now! 3 posts to make up for a lack, and I'll see what I can do about getting caught up on reading! We don't actually have WiFi at our house yet so I've been typing this up offline, which is doable but reading blogs isn't possible offline so it may be longer before I get back to that. <br />
It's good to be back, ladies! I've missed you! I'll try to come back for real!Raehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11124714551912774373noreply@blogger.com22tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6553667225140116078.post-41665330565758456342017-08-03T14:06:00.001-06:002017-08-03T14:09:22.198-06:00Part 2: From Decision To MoveSo, to continue from where I left off, June 7th everything changed.<br />
June 8th I began to tell people of our decision. I started with my bestest friend ever, who was actually thrilled because she lives in ---- and we'd be an hour apart, after living 1,000-2,000 miles apart our entire lives/friendship. <br />
The next to know was the dear friend who knew of the possibility, and she was heartbroken. As was I. You can bet the tears started again. <br />
I told my other very dear friends, and was met with dismay and sadness, which I shared in fervently. <br />
Our week-long church Girls Camp brought more tears towards the end of it. I'd been going to that camp for 6 years, and I love so many of those girls and ladies. <br />
But anyway, those 6 weeks after The Decision were busy, busy, busy. A couple of days after the Girls Camp, we left for a 1 and 1/2 week trip to ----, in which we dropped my brother off for a 2-year church mission (July 5th) and found a house to buy (July 3rd). I also was able to complete my last two English assignments in time found on that trip, which took a great deal of stress away! (I had managed to finish the first ones before we left.) <br />
Upon returning, our days were filled with painting, packing, and polishing. <br />
Let me interject with more depressing details.<br />
In those 6 weeks I had more emotional breakdowns and more crying than I ever had before (note: this does not include crying as a baby).<br />
July 16th we took a day trip to my cousin's wedding. <br />
July 20th-22nd I went to church Youth Conference. Leaving there was excessively difficult and extremely sad. Saturday, I cried a lot. These people had been young people I had done many things with for many years, and among them were some of my best friends, including the one who understands me and the one who calls me her sister that I mentioned earlier. Fortunately I was able to pull some strings and room with both of these girls, for which I was very grateful. <br />
But oh, to say goodbye!! A lot of these girls had been to Girl's Camps with me, too, and the group as a whole had been part of my life for years. And this was the last time I'd be with them. Tears, yes, many were shed that day. <br />
Sunday, July 23rd was another difficult, teary day. That was the last day we'd be at church, the congregation we'd been part of for 8 years. I love the group of girls I was part of there, as well as so many of the adults who had been and were my teachers and leaders. I cried when we left that building; it held so many, many dear memories.<br />
Monday we packed the truck (mostly) and said some more last goodbyes, including one girl from church that I'm very close to and a family we've known for almost 12 years, whose children I've watched be born and grow up. After these people left, I went to my (mostly empty) room and--you can guess what I did. This move has turned me into such an emotional wreck. <br />
July 25th we planned to leave in the morning, but all the last-minute stuff pushed our departure to about 9 pm. We drove through that night, and drove and drove and drove and drove and DROVE. <br />
Oh and I cried. A lot. I cried when leaving our house, I cried when we ran into dear friends from church at Wendy's on our way out of town, I cried driving out of town, I cried that night a lot, I cried the next day driving somewhere out in the middle of nowhere--<br />
What did I tell you, this move has made me into an emotional wreck. Oh yes, have I mentioned the fact that I've NEVER been a crier? Like really at all? I haven't. I've never really cried over things.<br />
Until June 7th. <br />
So anyway, there you go, the (approx.) 6 (I just checked, it's actually more like 7; I've been thinking wrong) weeks from The Decision to The Move<br />
There's one part left: Part 3: Living in ----<br />
Also do you see why I had to take an official blogging break?Raehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11124714551912774373noreply@blogger.com8