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Name: Libby
State: Minnesota
Birthday: 12/24/1986
Interests: Jesus Christ - my everything. Music of the following genres: folk / alt / indie / scremo / classical / ambient. Art of the following persuasions: Victorian / Pre-Raphaelite / Impressionist / Romantic / Ancient. Drawing. Painting. Photography. Poetry that I rarely share. Folklore / Fairytales / Mythology. Foosball. Writing without the ability to be concise. Missions. Mermaids! Singing in the shower. Little kids! Thrifting / Antiquing. Scrabble. Friends & family. Greek. Autumn. The Theater. Chai. The Library.
Expertise: getting behind schedule
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Member Since:
3/16/2005
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| Well, it's that time again; that special, once in a two or three month span to post on Xanga. I know, I'm a horrible, horrible person. Oh, well. I'm ok with it. At this point, if I wasn't ok with it, I'd go mad, because I am far too busy to be very concerned with Xanga.
Here are the most "pressing" updates:
*I went to the beautiful Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness with my good friend Shelly (Boundary Waters master, canoe expert, and camp cook extraordinaire) in August, and it was gorgeous, and I had an ever-so-wonderful time. I had planned on posting pics from the trip on my xanga, but I pretty much hate the new uploading system dealio. It was easier before they changed it-- and faster! So I'm just not going to deal with it. If you really want to see my BWCAW pics, go to my facebook profile. The album is right there for your viewing pleasure. I think this link will work for you: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=11545&id=500452428
If not, then this one: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=500452428
Anywho, the trip was so, so very wonderful. I cannot even say how much I enjoyed/needed it. Most of the time when I wasn't canoeing, portaging, helping set-up or tear-down our campsites, or cooking/cleaninging up, or sleeping, or putting on more sunscreen, or swimming, or taking pictures, I was laying in a hammock in the warm sunshine and reading a good book. Hours and hours of this. Aaaaahhh, it was so awesome! I wish I could rewind and be back there right now. I am SO going back next year. And I'm hoping a certain pair of Canadian sisters will be joining me  And I saw a moose! Last year I wanted to see one ever so badly, and I didn't. So it was a nice surprise this year. Then of course I saw tons of loons (none of which attacked me this time) and chipmunks and noisy red squirrels. And the SUNSETS! And maybe the best part yet: there were pretty much NO mosquitos. It was such a contrast to last year's mosquito invasion.
And oh, I could go on about my trip, but I think I should move on.
*I thought I might be anemic last month, so I gave up coffee (which is horrible for anemic people) and got a
blood-test. Thankfully, I'm not anemic, but having had absolutely no coffee for exactly four weeks, I've decided to see how long I can keep it going. I've been sampling many kinds of teas and finding I like them very much with milk. I still hate mint tea. Blah. Right now I'm having some Good Earth Original Sweet & Sicy tea blend with milk. Yum.
Being non-caffeinated is a
strange and wondrous experience... albeit occasionally groggy. But I'm getting beautiful sleep at night, so that's a plus. But really, the best result of giving up coffee (besides feeling when I'm awake that I am truly awake and not artificially awake) is that now I really want to have a tea party! I'm going to buy a pretty tea pot and maybe even some tea cups and hopefully I'll have a dress-up tea party with those rare friends of mine who enjoy getting overly-dolled up and playing princess and eating scones and using their imaginations. (and who like tea, obviously.) I may have one or two friends for such indulgence here, but most of them are in other places...distant places. *sigh* Brittany! Come visit me!
*Another update worth note is my progress with my novel. I had hoped to finish it by the 21st of September, and I failed miserably. I'm a FAILURE! Ok, no, it's not that extreme, I still plan on finishing it this year, it's just going to have to be later. Sadness. I plan to finish it around Christmas, because that's when I'll get my next long break from school. As of now, school is all-enveloping. But at least I'm enjoying my classes. Greek is my most challenging class, and consequently my favorite. So yeah, I'm pressing through the semester, enjoying it, but always thinking of what it would be like to have unlimited free time to finish my novel and start doing watercolors. *sigh*
*I discovered Warwick Goble recently. He's almost up there with Arthur Rackham for me. Gorgeous illustrations. My new profile pic is by him. Like it? (I know you do, Britt.)
*In November I'm going to be taking pictures all day for my dear friend Christianna's wedding. I'm going to be taking all the behind-the-scenes pics, and catching as many special moments as I can throughout the wedding and reception. I'm so nervous! I'd almost rather take the main portraits, because I'd be able to set up the lighting and the poses and everything, but this way I have pressure to get good shots of these once-in-a-lifetime moments that are mostly spontaneous. I'm happy to do it, but it is going to be nerve-racking at the same time. It will definitely be an emotional day. Watching my friend get married and at the same time having the responsibility of documenting it in photos. It will be a good experience, I'm sure, even if it's scary.
*We are missing a couch. We had a perfectly fine couch, even if it was old and beat up and the reclining seat on the left didn't work and it kind of smelled bad...still, it was a good couch! Well, my mom thought she would find one on Craig's List for cheapo, so she and my dad decided to chop up our old couch and ship it off to the JUNK YARD while I was at school! Mean. Drastic. Well, the result is we have no couch in our family room, but we have some folding canvas chairs and a sawhorse for a coffee table. :-/ I miss our old couch. *sniff* Well, I suppose it's good that I didn't name that couch, like I name so many other things, or it might have been harder to lose her so abruptly.
*And lastly, in case anyone is wondering, the library is still the love of my life.
<3Libby
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| I cannot BELIEVE how long it's been since I've posted. Yikes. Well, I've been occupying my time in valuable ways, at least. Trying to finish my first novel. Having family here from Colorado. Going on a trip to Canada and getting ready for my trip tomorrow to the Boundary Waters. Working my nanny and PCA jobs. Keeping up with my friends. I thought I'd have a break from busyness over the summer, but I'm almost as busy as during the school year. (Right now, writing this is procrastionation from packing. I hate packing.) But despite my hectic life, this summer has been memorable. And thankfully, it's not over yet.
I'm exstatic that my last trip of the summer will be spent canoeing through my absolute favorite place in Minnesota. I'll have a taste of serene wilderness for five peaceful days, and I have a feeling I'm going to come back inspired. Perhaps a little exhausted, but definitely inspired.
And I'll come back wanting to get on AIM to chat with some peeps, but I won't be able to! My dad was on a program-deleting rampage today. Our computer is getting old, and it's slow as molasses with all the programs my sibs download willy-nilly, so occasionally Dad just deletes every program he doesn't use. He's deleted AIM this way once before, and now he's done it again. I complained and he said he'd just forgotten I had ever asked him to spare it. So, *sigh* I just have to download it again. Tosh.
School this year is going to be enriching, I can tell. I'm back to Bible school the first week of September, and I'll be taking Greek! Also Church History, Isaiah, Luke, Pastoral Letters, and Bible Doctrine III. Seriously though, Greek is going to be the highlight. Pastor Haugen teaches it, and he's one of my faves. And I've been told that this one-credit, introductory class has been enough for some people to pass Greek CLEP tests for the entire first year of college Greek. That would be sweet. (not sure what I'd do with Greek credits though...)
Anywho. Jose (mi hermano) was in Grand Marais this weekend, which is REALLY close to the Boundary Waters, and he just got back tonight. I missed him! He's my Battlestar Galactica buddy. Yes, yes, I AM that much of a nerd.  So tonight we're going to watch the very last episode on disc four of season one together, and when I get back from the B.W., the next disc will have come from Netflix. Sweet. I'm not sure why I'm so excited about this.
And I finally watched the film version of Ivanhoe! I was a bit disappointed, but I should have expected as much since the book versions of stories are always better than their movie counterparts. But the casting was brilliant. Rebecca was AMAZING! And I laughed really, really hard when I saw who was cast as Lucas de Beaumanoir, the grandmaster of the Templars. He was the EXACT person I imagined him to be as I was reading! Christopher Lee. What did I tell you? Brilliant casting.
Ok, I've probably bored you all to tears--those of you who were lured by the thought that I'd post something amazing to make up for my long absence. And to you I say... suckers!
Love to my friendlies,
<3Libby
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| Arthur Rackham is my new favorite old illustrator. (link)
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| | What You Really Think Of Your Friends |  Christianna is your soulmate.
You truly love Em.
You consider Sarah your true friend.
You know that Holly is always thinking of you.
You'll remember Rachel Rossano for the rest of your life.
You secretly think Samuel is creative, charming, and a bit too dramatic at times.
You secretly think that Abby is colorful, impulsive, and a total risk taker.
You secretly think that Britt is loyal and trustworthy to you. And that Britt changes lovers faster than underwear.
You secretly think Rivers is shy and nonconfrontational. And that Rivers has a hidden internet romance. |
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| I've booked my flight... I'm going to see Starr and Em at last!!!!!
You have NO IDEA how excited I am!!!!!!
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