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Always Listen to Your Momma by Arianna--42, literature

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Always Listen to Your Momma

Oh sure, as kids all the things moms tell us to do is LAME. Eat your veggies. Clean your room. Don't do this. Never do that. And as we get older is becomes harder to listen to the advice moms have. We need to learn how to think for ourselves. We have to become our own person. But this often leads to learning things the hard way. When I left for college, it took me a few months to adjust. I figured this was just normal, and it probably is. But I came home for the summer to find my mom griping at my younger brother for the same old things. Do your homework. Get off the computer. Don't stay up all night. Never let your backpack become so disorga

My Experience with The Night Circus by Arianna--42, literature

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My Experience with The Night Circus

*~*DISCLAIMER*~* This book is thoroughly more enjoyable if you go into it blind. Please, if you have not read it, just trust me. Go read it. There aren't any plot line spoilers to be found here, but I am about to describe the magic that is much better experienced than read about. *~* I started reading about 5:30pm and finished a little before 4 in the morning. That's not terribly unusual for me, but this was more... magical. Usually an amazing plot line keeps me up all hours of the night. This time... it overall was just too wonderful to put down. It was a family friend who recommended The Night Circus (by Erin Morgenstern) to me. He refus

Review of Catherine Fisher's Incarceron by Arianna--42, literature

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Review of Catherine Fisher's Incarceron

I will admit that I picked up the book at the store because it had a shiny cover. It sparkled and thus caught my attention. This has not steered me wrong in the past; I discovered The Looking Glass Wars by Frank Beddor that way. So anyway, I picked it up and was intrigued by the plot summary on the back, but returned it to the shelf because I am a poor college student. I received a Barnes and Nobles gift card before the book slipped completely from my memory and when I could no longer find a particular book and had been meaning to spend the gift card on, I bought Incarceron instead. The book then sat on my book shelf for several mo

Deductions by Arianna--42, literature

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Deductions

Let's use the science of deduction on Special Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs, shall we? He is aloof and a bit mysterious. He has trouble with women... and all relationships for that matter. He is harsh to those who work with him. He has one special, favorite friend that he's rather protective over. He has a secret heart of gold that he shows very occasionally... usually around his favorite. He always has things figured out before people try to tell him. He reads people extraordinarily well. He fights crime.... not always in ways that are technically legal. Even his favorite doesn't know how he does what he does most of the time. He often

Connection by Arianna--42, literature

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Connection

If there's one thing that everyone is searching for, it's a connection. C.S. Lewis said that "Friendship is born at that moment one person says to another: 'What? You too? I thought I was the only one.'." In the very essence of who we are- our souls- we long to be inexplicably and entirely understood. We spend every moment of every day, waking and dreaming, reaching out for a connection that we can't describe. Writers craft stories and artists form thoughts and emotions into shapes in hopes that someone, somewhere, even if only for an instant, will see through the paint or the mess of letters on the page and see us as we truly are.

Surprise by Arianna--42, literature

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Surprise

Today is Valentine's Day, also known as Singles Awareness Day. Being single myself, I was not horribly depressed or anything, just prepared to pass a perfectly normal Monday the same way I pass most of my Mondays. Alright, so some people would be carrying around flowers or candy or cute teddy bears, but otherwise normal. The first abnormality was a call from a number I don't know. He confirmed he was speaking to the right person and then identified himself with a florist company and asked me how to get to my dorm. Surprised, I directed him, and then realized it must be from my grandma or my dad. When I picked them up from the offi

Literature-World Project tease by Arianna--42, literature

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Literature-World Project tease

You know, I find it simply astounding how a culture can respond to literature. Sure there are the scholarly types who write about changing society, but only other scholars really pay much attention to them. And yeah, there's people like me who get sucked into books and are truly lost in the world created by what they're reading, no matter which book it is. Perhaps my tendency to do that is what prevented me from comprehending how much the rest of the population responds to popular books. There's always the Twilight Saga. My humble opinion on it is that everyone involved in this huge debate is overreacting. Seriously, I r

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My Experience with The Night Circus

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Come Here by Arianna--42, literature

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Come Here

Lift you chin, just a little; don't be ashamed of the tears. I cry sometimes too; you don't have to hide them from me. Do you want to tell me what's wrong? No? That's ok; you don't have to. Whatever you're going through, I know it's hard. Maybe you're right that I don't understand, that I haven't been through this. But I know what it feels like to be upset, to have nowhere to turn, to feel miserable for no real reason, to go through hard times, to feel like you'll never make it through, to feel hopeless, to feel alone, to be sure that no one can help you. It sucks, I know. But I promise you there's hope. There are frien

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Current Residence: A college campus somewhere in Texas
Favourite genre of music: Christian Rock/Metal/Alternative, Country, Alternative, Soundtracks
MP3 player of choice: iPhone
Shell of choice: Zebra's
Favourite cartoon character: TWEETY BIRD!!!!! and Tom and Jerry
Personal Quote: The greatest pleasure of writing is not what it's about, but the music the words make. Truman C

Favourite Movies

The Princess Bride, Pirates Trilogy, Musicals, Sunshine

Favourite Bands / Musical Artists

currently: Skillet, Wicked (original cast), Phantom of the Opera (movie soundtrack), 3 Days Grace

Favourite Writers

a few: Darren Shan, Lemony Snicket, CS Lewis, Douglas Adams, EA Poe, Frank Beddor, Sazanne Collins

Favourite Games

Marching Band

Favourite Gaming Platform

the sacared blacktop/practice field

Tools of the Trade

Microsoft Word, flash drive, pen/note cards, and when worst comes to worst: pen and paper

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God, Words, family and friends, my books, and such

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Arianna--42

Jan 18, 2012

VOTE FOR ME SO I CAN AFFORD TO STAY IN SCHOOL!!!!!

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Dearest friends and fellow deviants, I love my school and take my education seriously. But school is way too expensive. The link below will lead you to a short essay I wrote that is 100% true even though what I wrote is irrelevant because this contest is entirely votes based. Could you pretty, PRETTY please take 5 seconds to vote for my essay? I really don't want to have to leave this amazing place just because I can't afford it! Thank you, Elizabeth In other words: FOLLOW THIS LINK BECAUSE IT TAKES 5 SECONDS TO HELP ME AFFORD MY EDUCATION THAT I CAN'T GET A JOB WITHOUT. I WILL BE EVER IN YOUR DEBT. VOTE AND THEN GET EVERY SINGLE PERSON Y

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Arianna--42

Jan 4, 2012

SHINY AMAZINGNESS!!

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So... there's this guy Book. It's called The Night Circus. It was recommended to me by an old sunday school teacher of mine who has a daughter only a year or two older than I am. He said he had read it and was secretly telling me about it because he was buying it for both his daughters for Christmas and didn't want them to know anything about it before they read it. He swore I would absolutely love it and claimed it was one of the best books he has ever read. I had heard nothing about the book before which is usually pretty unusual for me. I talk about books a lot so even if I haven't read it myself I generally am aware of books right before

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Arianna--42

Dec 29, 2011

Life is Weird

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So I have spent the last few days wrestling with something. God put something I knew I wasn't going to rest until I did what I knew I had to. The problem was, I was scared. I have not been this terrified of something in a very long time.  I just spent well over an hour talking to my best friend about how scared of this I am and why. I'm scared of how the other person will react, I'm scared of how I will react. I'm so scared I wont even admit this to myself. I know what God wants me to do, and for the first time in my life, I am simply too scared to do it. (Sure, I've been hesitant to do things, but usually it's because I feel like I'm not com

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Jan 13, 2010

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Arianna--42

Jan 28, 2010

I WILL take you up on this...

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