tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-797055056494841024.post8308334454956625826..comments2023-09-07T10:40:00.762+01:00Comments on Stranger Worlds: Mad September // Adult-ing // Starting Sparks Turns OneEmilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08057480293595295502noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-797055056494841024.post-25052852907672108062016-11-07T15:58:24.535+00:002016-11-07T15:58:24.535+00:00The world is an idiot, rather. People say humanity...The world is an idiot, rather. People say humanity is getting better but in the past hundred years humanity has /invented trouser suits/, and tell me what is better about that??<br /><br />Thank you! I will read books, love books, run through forests ... that was a lovely motivational speech, thank you <3<br /><br />PAL WHAT? TRY AGAIN! So many rap haters crawling out of the woodwork >.< I mean, I don't like rap either, but ...<br /><br />My TBR has been looking pretty threatening of late, it's true ... You will LOVE both of those! <3<br /><br />THANK YOU!<br /><br />I love that gif so much! I'm desperate to rewatch that film, it's been years and years.<br /><br />I know! It's so so interesting O.oEmilyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08057480293595295502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-797055056494841024.post-89620233082560669612016-11-01T06:23:12.589+00:002016-11-01T06:23:12.589+00:00YES! WHY CAN'T WE ALL RUN THROUGH THE FOREST A...YES! WHY CAN'T WE ALL RUN THROUGH THE FOREST AND WRITE BOOKS?! The world is hard and cruel to deny us these simple things and in exchange attempt to offer trouser suits to console us (the world is an idiot, if anyone is asking me, it's out of its mind if it thinks trouser suits are okay). <br /><br />"You'll stop loving books!" (Exhibit B of the world's stunning intellect.) What even is this?! One does not simply stop loving books. I am so with you though. Been there. Done that. People are still following me around telling me it. It drives me crazy. Stay strong, friend! Apply to uni! Read books! (*whispers* and run through the forest and write books.)<br /><br />So I've actually tried Hamilton, and I didn't like it. . . I wanted to like it. The story is good. Buuuuuut, rap is a no. It's just no. The only rap I can get into is Toby Mac, and I'm not even sure if he's legitimate rap. <br /><br />But now, I really, really want to read We Have Always Lived in the Castle. And Much Ado About Nothing. And ALL THE BOOKS! (See? Nothing squashes book lovers! Uh, except maybe their TBRs, but sssh, nobody needs to know that.)<br /><br />THAT'S SO AWESOME THAT YOU'RE GOING TO KENYA! I hope you have a blast! It'll be great!<br /><br />Love that El Dorodo gif for the stars. XD Seriously the most accurate gif for star ratings. <br /><br />That Tolstoy quote, man. Yes! I'm going to have to implement that posthaste. It's so true. I can think of a good handful of stories that do exactly that. a.n.g.https://www.blogger.com/profile/03667996517318905980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-797055056494841024.post-18687399219665674622016-10-16T20:41:09.971+01:002016-10-16T20:41:09.971+01:00It was! Aww, Tracey, I am touched you remember my ...It was! Aww, Tracey, I am touched you remember my personality type XD I did not know that, but thank you, it makes sense! You are a babe <3<br /><br />Thanks! We love having you <3<br /><br />The application went and I have had offers from Glasgow and York! :D :D As for first drafting, yes, OF COURSE SitC, and I am having a wonderful time!Emilyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08057480293595295502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-797055056494841024.post-52161070320000862272016-10-16T20:37:45.344+01:002016-10-16T20:37:45.344+01:00Keep trying! You can achieve both! (The book perha...Keep trying! You can achieve both! (The book perhaps slightly more easily than the job, if you have £7.99 handy ...)<br /><br />Thanks, Grace! :)Emilyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08057480293595295502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-797055056494841024.post-74013812850847363292016-10-16T20:29:31.523+01:002016-10-16T20:29:31.523+01:00Marian! Not seen you in aaages (using seen in a lo...Marian! Not seen you in aaages (using seen in a loose, blogosphere way)! I hope you're doing OK. Thank you for your congrats, and yes, banishment would be good ...<br /><br />STOP GETTING DISTRACTED BY CARPOOL KARAOKE. Hamilton is your priority, TRUST ME. AK is well good, esp if you're a Victorian novel fan, and I loooved Americanah. It was Ruby who put me onto it. I MISS HER. <br /><br />Thank you for all the luck! I would love you to read my book <33Emilyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08057480293595295502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-797055056494841024.post-13948349120012035322016-10-16T20:17:03.891+01:002016-10-16T20:17:03.891+01:00I think you better had! You will not regret. I pro...I think you better had! You will not regret. I promise.<br /><br />Thank you! Ha, that sounds like my whole life ... fear not!Emilyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08057480293595295502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-797055056494841024.post-89855524262909510832016-10-16T20:15:08.966+01:002016-10-16T20:15:08.966+01:00I am v much looking forward to it. Feel you about ...I am v much looking forward to it. Feel you about no clue what's going on though! XD If you have Spotify I 100% recommend listening to the Broadway soundtrack; if not I still 100% recommend buying it! An investment worth making!Emilyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08057480293595295502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-797055056494841024.post-72532547766557554452016-10-16T20:13:15.687+01:002016-10-16T20:13:15.687+01:00Thank you! WHALITC is a pretty good autumn book, n...Thank you! WHALITC is a pretty good autumn book, now you mention. SO highly recommend!Emilyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08057480293595295502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-797055056494841024.post-2327307868086682072016-10-16T20:11:41.019+01:002016-10-16T20:11:41.019+01:00EXACTLY. I am so so excited eventually to start st...EXACTLY. I am so so excited eventually to start studying. It is going to be THE DREAM.<br /><br />You don't sound very repentant! Try again. For me ....<br /><br />Thanks! I always enjoy it greatly. <33Emilyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08057480293595295502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-797055056494841024.post-49915805410727047742016-10-09T17:34:59.664+01:002016-10-09T17:34:59.664+01:00*angsty, pardon me *angsty, pardon me Tracey Dyckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03445222618456673198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-797055056494841024.post-16790368543097176032016-10-09T17:34:16.659+01:002016-10-09T17:34:16.659+01:00Sounds like a flurrysome month! Ah yes, I so empat...Sounds like a flurrysome month! Ah yes, I so empathize with your angst rant about all the adulting business. (Speaking of which, welcome to retail! Enjoy getting to meet just about every side of humanity. XD) But that tension between your big dreams and the reality of your current not-dreamed-of job can be...tough some days. I think for you and I, part of it is an INFJ thing? Supposedly we idealists can struggle with menial tasks that don't seem to be supporting our dreams (so I have to convince myself this is a stepping stone to greater things) and one of our biggest fears is our lives not meaning anything. Or at least that rings pretty true for me. I hope those sparkly shoes end up offering you good experience/the funds for other good experiences! Keep your chin up, friend!<br /><br />Happy birthday to SS! I haven't linked up as often as I'd like--somehow there are only four or five Saturdays on which to post in a month?--but it's great fun every time and do. :)<br /><br />All the best with the uni application and Kenya and first drafting (Stay in the City, right?)! <3Tracey Dyckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03445222618456673198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-797055056494841024.post-47991652660611031052016-10-08T17:37:38.887+01:002016-10-08T17:37:38.887+01:00Why can't I have a job? Why can't I have A...Why can't I have a job? Why can't I have Americanah? *cries*<br /><br />Good luck with uni and Kenya!<br /><br />God speed! *speeds off*Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13540365342855306287noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-797055056494841024.post-73770490926315040312016-10-06T10:46:37.285+01:002016-10-06T10:46:37.285+01:00Ooh congrats on the adult job thing! *thumbs-up* a...Ooh congrats on the adult job thing! *thumbs-up* and pants suits should be banished from earth. I tried googling Hamilton and ended up watching that carpool karaoke things with James Cordon and Hamilton. I will try again later :L I still haven't read Anna Karena after watching the movie like a bajillion years ago. Oh and Americannah, I remember reading a review of that on Ruby's blog, also still remains on tbr. Time is hard to come by nowadays. Good luck in Kenya (that's so cool!) and literature in college (it could never make you hate books!!!) and your drafting of your book(desperately want to read!) ^^ Marianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00390278496506546152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-797055056494841024.post-48785373829564995932016-10-06T00:43:38.235+01:002016-10-06T00:43:38.235+01:00I don't listen to Hamilton? But the Internet w...I don't listen to Hamilton? But the Internet won't shut up about it so I suppose I'd better get my little butt moving and start listening. And congrats on the job! And congrats on Kenya! (HAVE FUN!) (And I swear most of the time my comments are like discombobulated swirls of pandemonium because they're just random thoughts about whatever. Just like that last sentence. So sorry.)Victoria Jacksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15036742461356732142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-797055056494841024.post-49642972730230372032016-10-05T22:15:54.493+01:002016-10-05T22:15:54.493+01:00Thanks! That is how I feel too XD
All sorts of so...Thanks! That is how I feel too XD<br /><br />All sorts of sorts!<br /><br />I'm not mad on rapping but IT IS MY FAVOURITE THING. And it gets better every time you listen because you notice more and more stuff. AND FORESHADOWING!<br /><br />I know, it's hard to believe! Me too XDEmilyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08057480293595295502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-797055056494841024.post-91407085233699509682016-10-05T22:12:34.795+01:002016-10-05T22:12:34.795+01:00That sounds cool! What do you volunteer as?
ADSFL...That sounds cool! What do you volunteer as?<br /><br />ADSFLA;DSKGJ RIGHT???? And yes, so much history! It makes me feel quite patriotic for AMERICA YOU GREAT UNFINISHED SYMPHONY ... the country that I've visited twice ... XD<br /><br />It was so good! I've not read AMND since I was twelve (and that was in school and I don't think I got much out of it at all) but I'm going to soon!<br /><br />So do I! XD But yes, Carly, you need to write day and night like you need it to survive!Emilyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08057480293595295502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-797055056494841024.post-14087759647024748902016-10-05T22:07:29.609+01:002016-10-05T22:07:29.609+01:00I DON'T KNOW! ~glares at calendar also~ Maybe ...I DON'T KNOW! ~glares at calendar also~ Maybe if we just glare at our calendars enough it'll work??<br /><br />IT'S SO GOOD. Defs give it a go!<br /><br />Oh, please do! And thank you for visiting, Savannah <3Emilyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08057480293595295502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-797055056494841024.post-6161473838310983682016-10-05T22:05:31.305+01:002016-10-05T22:05:31.305+01:00CAIT YOU ARE SO NICE. I'm so glad you enjoyed!...CAIT YOU ARE SO NICE. I'm so glad you enjoyed! But yes I know! Three months???<br /><br />Haha, I will need all the luck! OK so the first time I tried Ham I stopped after 2.5 songs because I was struggling to concentrate on the words because I am not big on rapping either, BUT YOU MUST TRY AGAIN. WHETHER YOU LIKE RAP OR NOT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH IT.<br /><br />Can't wait to dive into some Bardugo!Emilyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08057480293595295502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-797055056494841024.post-27467842581458901492016-10-05T03:53:51.749+01:002016-10-05T03:53:51.749+01:00University is weird. It's helpful, it's p...University is weird. It's helpful, it's pretentious, it's blood, it's muscle milk. I've definitely learned some things, but I still have no clue what's going on, haha. But I also have my hands dipped in a bunch of different jars. I haven't listened to much Hamilton directly. Most of my listening has been the covers by the public high school group Musicality. You can find them on YouTube.Patrick Stahlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09690555802232025818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-797055056494841024.post-89790951479141290632016-10-05T03:42:34.083+01:002016-10-05T03:42:34.083+01:00Congrats on the job, I seem to be allergic to them...Congrats on the job, I seem to be allergic to them. I need to read that book, We have always lived in the Castle, sounds perfect for fall.Skye Hofferthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02385765274513034927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-797055056494841024.post-81160165212079982492016-10-04T02:59:50.151+01:002016-10-04T02:59:50.151+01:00“But, Emily, studying English means studying books...“But, Emily, studying English means studying books and thinking about books and writing about books and criticising books and you've not been taught it in school the way it will be at uni! AND YOU'LL STOP LOVING BOOKS!"....Pardon me? I'd pay to go through that again! Actually, no. I'd like to go through that again, but I'd rather not lose my remaining arm and leg. <br /><br />Hamilton, hm... since you suggested it I gave it a try. <br />I should have liked it, considering it's theatre, based on history, with lots of writing and all...but...I'm sorry. Maybe I'd like it better if someone edited out all the 'yo's? <br />Yes, I realize I'm a snob. Dreadful, isn't it? <br /><br />Well, happy birthday to Starting Sparks! I always enjoy the prompts, and then seeing what people do with them! <br /><br />Bluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08760994961683034493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-797055056494841024.post-53766574631958001962016-10-03T05:26:44.073+01:002016-10-03T05:26:44.073+01:00Good luck on college! Honestly, if high school di...Good luck on college! Honestly, if high school didn't ruin English lit for you, I'm sure you'll do just fine with it in college. :) <br /><br />That's retail for you - you meet all sorts.<br /><br />Yes, Hamilton! I just finished listening to it the other day and even though I'm not really into rapping or hip-hop I absolutely loved it! Now to re-listen!<br /><br />It's hard to believe Starting Sparks has already been around for a whole year! I'm really looking forward to this month's prompt! Can't go wrong with dragons!Lauren Stoolfirehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07777860030600932061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-797055056494841024.post-15214346810597862552016-10-03T04:52:37.663+01:002016-10-03T04:52:37.663+01:00I'm not adult-ing quite yet, but I do have a v...I'm not adult-ing quite yet, but I do have a volunteer gig that involves me taking my nose out of book for a few hours every week. It's worth the sacrifice though. :D<br /><br />BUT HAMILTONNNNNNNNNN.AHHHH. Seriously, it's taught me more about history than the past few years in a history classroom. I just-jfhsakljfhsdhf So many words to say about this majestic musical.<br /><br />I've been meaning to read Much Ado About Nothing! The premise just sounds like something I'd enjoy. Not to mention that I adored A Midsummer Night's Dream and one of my favorite YouTube vlog series, Nothing Much to Do, is based on the play.<br /><br />I hope I find the time for Starting Sparks this month! The one time I actually have an idea is when I don't have the time... I guess I should learn from Alexander Hamilton and just write like I'm running out of time this month. XDCarlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10522064884938295650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-797055056494841024.post-36745733610567583232016-10-03T00:42:22.404+01:002016-10-03T00:42:22.404+01:00ACK, September was as busy for you as it was for m...ACK, September was as busy for you as it was for me! XD WHY does it seem like the year keeps getting BUSIER instead of CALMER? *glares at calendar*<br /><br />'We Have Always Lived in the Castle' sounds SO good - THOSE OPENING LINES. Much intrigue *nods*. <br /><br />OOH, I love the prompt for October's Starting Sparks! I might have to join ... *ponders possible ideas*. <br /><br />~ Savannah <br />scattered-scribblings.blogspot.comSavannah Gracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16668452024211579085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-797055056494841024.post-30582793307533102512016-10-02T21:14:12.668+01:002016-10-02T21:14:12.668+01:00Ohhh your writing style is just THE BEST, EMILY. X...Ohhh your writing style is just THE BEST, EMILY. XD I so enjoyed reading this!! And also, agh, I hear ya with a busy September. :O Actually mine was only busy because I made it so by diving into a binge-writing session, but I feel like I blinked and -- BOOM -- october and 3 months left of the year and there's all these things I have to do. #panicstations <br /><br />Good luck with the uni applications!! And the job!! And putting up with people in pantsuits!! And I tried to listen to Hamilton...like just like half a try of one song but I'm not really big on rapping. 0_0 So I probably didn't give it a <i>proper</i> try and I should attempt it again in the near future.<br /><br />ANYWAY!! The best book I read was 1000000% Crooked Kingdom which was afdsakfldjfaslkdf perfection. I haven't fangirled this much since The Raven King. <3 Bless these gorgeous books that like to STAB MY FEELS AND ALSO MAKE MY LAUGH OVER THEIR INCREDIBLY WITTY BANTER. :') Good times. CG @ Paper Furyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14954615708675952085noreply@blogger.com