New Golden Snitch Cursor

If you have noticed, which no doubt you have, my new cursor is a GOLDEN SNITCH! The VERY SAME SNITCH HARRY POTTER CAUGHT IN HIS MOUTH DURING HIS FIRST QUIDDITCH GAME!


          Excuse the caps. Golden Snitchs and seekers are cool. Here's a picture for future reference.

Click here to download!

         This is very cool. Download if you wish, I have no part in the creation or the conception of the golden snitch cursor, I've just used it, is all.

O.D.ed on the Snitch,

Random Thoughts and Goodbye to Blogging

          Blogging comes so easily for me. Last night I was laying down, trying to sleep, when I suddenly orchestrated an entire completely out of whack blog post. Yes, a blog post. I thought about what I would say, when each paragraph would end, what PICTURES to put in, etc.

          But I'm not here to relive that blog post. I'm here to write a whole 'nother one. No, 'nother is most definitely 'nother word. (It's a pun! Lighten up!) School is starting soon, posts are going to be rare and far apart. Maybe on special occasions like birthdays or new years or post-apocalyptic survival. But I believe posts from the computer lab will still make random appearances, as long as I don't care what I'm writing, words will flow out of my brain and on to the screen.

          I think that writer's block is just your perfectionist writing filter going haywire. The only way (I think) to fix that is to take out the filter, wash out all the ideas clogging it, and then start writing. Like, for example, this post. In no way have I ever thought long and hard about this post. It's the clutter in my brain, pouring out, because my filter is out and I didn't bother putting it back in.

          But there is a point in this. Yes sirree, there is. No I'm just kidding. See you all later, much, much later, and I promise I'll post a picture of my car once (and if) I get one!

The Turmoil of Writing

          I used to believe that writing was just sitting down, and typing. Just that simple. Turns out that I was COMPLETELY off the mark.

          For example, my story about Elodie Hunter. It isn't just writing about Elodie, no, nothing can ever be that simple. I have had to construct a WORLD for Elodie to exist in. Worlds with its own rules and etiquette, its own government, the PROBLEMS politically and financially, whether or not it will CONCERN Elodie, Elodie's parents, (because I assume everyone HAS them, even if Elodie's are dead). Not to mention the magical aspect of it, which is a HUGE part of it, I can assure you.

          How magic works, for example, and why some people are capable of doing magic, why some are not, why some people are more powerful than others? There are also the magical GADGETS that I need to invent. I've come up with some stuff, some fun and quirky stuff that would add to the world, but not necessarily contribute anything important.

      How would Elodie get to school? How would ANYONE get to the magic school? What would the school BE like? The subjects? The teachers? How many students will there be? How will students be sorted into their dorms? Because you can't have mass travelling every morning, that's just insane. And you can't have kids with opposite personalities sleeping in the same room, fights will be happening every day! Considering that the school is for children from the age of 10 to 18.

          And how to keep people from thinking: "This is a Harry Potter rip off, because it has magic and wands and a wizarding school." All true, of course, except for the rip off part. I guarantee you Elodie came to me first, then she gradually explained her family background to me, and what she'll be going through.

          This is the FIRST time I realise that authors are extremely gifted. And I may not be cut out for it. Hopefully I am, though. I would LOVE for everyone to get to know Elodie, prissy princess as she is. And Elodie is, as seen by outsiders, the PERFECT 10 year old girl. She never misbehaves, listens aptly in class, scores all A's and occasional B's, just to show people that "I am normal, really".

          She always looks flawless, first thing in the morning, after a rough afternoon of sports, even while in battle. She gets dirty, sure, and her hair gets all messy and frizzy, and out of place, but she still looks beautiful. That's what makes her tons of enemies. All the girls will be jealous, all the guys will think she's completely out of reach and unreal, and Elodie will feel like nobody understands her.

          Other pretty girls will want to befriend her, seeking her help to dominate the school, while not so pretty girls will be so jealous of her they don't really want to be her friends, they just want some of that attention from other people. So that's Elodie pretty much sorted, as she always was. Now I just have to construct the world around her.

          As easy as it sounds, I think it'll take a while. So until next time, I'll be writing.

Brainstorm post

          Braincrack. A term familiar to nerdfighters world wide. I am stuffed full of it, and I would like to share it with all of you kind people.

          Magic is my problem. I've been creating a world in my head, a world revolving around magic. Previously I've talked about a girl named Elodie Hunter. Despite the change of storyline, she's still the main character. Or one of them. I'm thinking of having 2 main characters, one with the common sense/ booksmarts and one with power but hating the responsibility.

          I've also thought about the villain/enemy. No name yet, but it's a she. She is supposed to be the one with power, the one prophesied to defeat the evil side, and she was thought to be, until our heroine shows up. Eager to prove the world wrong, and wanting to make them regret ever replacing her with a stupid prat who doesn't even understand the amount of power she possessed, she turns over to the dark side.

          The dark side, I believe, is a colony of non-magic people intent on destroying the magic community. For a long time the non-magic people, (muggles, in a sense, though I hate ripping anybody off) have thought of magic as a lie, or a trick, some psychological prank played on their minds. There are also people who think that magic is great, convenient, but most of these people are young and do not understand or just want to rebel against the older generation.

          But news leaked out. People tried spreading the news of magic around the world, and they succeeded, partly, causing the Salem Witch trials. Magical people around the world were more powerful/ had more control in the government, and were able to dismiss it as a ridiculous lie started by deranged people. Now, in the year 1980, witches and wizards started feeling safer and started businesses in the 'muggle' world (I'll come up with a name soon), thus creating rapid industrial growth in magic hotspots, (countries with the most witches and wizards/magical creatures).

          A non-magical man, named Malcolm Bankrall, started gaining supporters. They called themselves the Contemno, and they spread hatred against magic among the muggles.

          That's a lot of the plot given out... But here's a little of how I think the magic works. People with magic, venificus, have a separate vein that pumps magic through their bodies evenly. Magic can be done with hands or with a glance, but wands are used to center the magic into one point, making it stronger. Wands could also be made of/infused with magical items, intensifying the effect.

       Spells are a way to specify what you want your magic to do. It doesn't matter what language, but, most people struggle with making sure what they want their magic to do, therefore they stick to their old spells, mostly latin, in old spellbooks taught in magical schools.

          Schools like these are rare, because if magical schools were situated in every city, there were bound to be questions about that school, and why they won't accept just any students. Therefore, only one magic school is sanctioned per continent. The school we're interested in is (no, not Hogwarts) Virtus Silva school of Magic, more commonly known as Virtus's.

          These schools normally admit students from the years 10 to 18. Any education before that is either nondonum (my version of muggle) or home-schooled. Our heroine, Elodie, is an orphan, living in an orphanage in London. She, since the age of 5, had the strange ability to read minds. She quickly learned that this was not a good thing and hid it from everybody else after she was transferred to another orphanage when she was 7.

          I'll start writing from age 10. But on my computer, of course. Not here, because It's likely to be as long and rambling as this.




Writing hard,

New Design!

          Not to coincide with the new youtube layout, I've changed my blog design into a sort of louder colour compared to my old monochromatic design.

          Unlike the youtube layout, everything is still where it used to be, position-wise. It's a little different SIZE-wise, but I swear that's it. No new widgets, no nothing. No nothing? Doesn't that mean there's something?  I guess it does. But hey-ho, you get what I mean.

          I've recently got Twitter, (OMGZ, you're so slooow, twitter is like SOOO last year #retard) so I guess you can follow me, if you want. On second thought, please don't. Because then all you'd see is retweets of heated conversations between two celebrities that may or may not be from youtube.

          I just realised. My life is so youtube oriented it's insane. Short of actually being a youtuber, which I would LOVE to be, I spend every waking second on youtube. Or I just have a tab open with youtube videos loading, but that still counts, right?

to you tube you will go!

          Which reminds me, (I don't know what reminded me, but something triggered this thought) I've been reading some Harry Potter fan-fiction lately, and there are SO MANY good ones! I don't think I can finish it all, but I really want to. There are also those that are so nice, but they never get completed, which is sad.

          Also, here's this Jack Frost picture I drew, that got 10 likes in 10 minutes! (A feat for me)

Jack Frost, from the movie Rise of the Guardians. Really good movie!

          That is basically all, feel free to go read some of my other posts, I promise they are better.



Best wishes,

Nerdfighters, DFTBA and my novel!

          As usual, I am late to the party, but this is STILL GOING ON, so I'm not all that upset. The vlogbrothers, John and Hank Green, started brotherhood 2.0 in 2007, and I've only noticed their awesomeness NOW. I've seen their videos before, but their terminology and obscurities threw me off. I know OF them, but now I feel like I KNOW them.

          I have yet to complete the nerdfighter pilgrimage, that is watching ALL the videos to better understand them, and write a song verse. That is all I have to say for now, but I'd like to talk about MY. NOVEL.

          I've barely figured out the characters, but so far, here's what I've got:

          The main character is named Elodie Airla Hunter. She is 16, and she is an orphan. She lives in Manhattan with her aunt, uncle and cousin. I think she can control minds, but she doesn't want to because she feels guilty about it. But I'm not sure yet. I've thought about controlling time, and some other supernatural powers, but I need to think this through.

          So she has a hard time adjusting, staying away from people, bullied by her cousin Melantha (Mellie the Malicious?) I'll hammer out the details, but I've got the storyline mostly in my head now, so that's good.


See you soon, best wishes!