So we have all heard of stranger danger right? Well some strangers; such as the tall, dark, and handsome ones we read in books and watch in movies, could enter our lives. I mean there is a small percentage.
That’s why one must always be on the lookout and prepared:
Because you never know when the possible stranger could become more…
Really?
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9) Something That Has Inspired You
Something that has really inspired me is the book Consider Lily, by Anne Dayton and May Vanderbilt.
The story is of an Californian, Christian girl, Lily Traywick, who is the daughter of true fashionistas and owners of the humongous department store Traywicks. Lily didn’t inherit this fashion gene, as she hardly knows what goes together, and also is bemoaning her lack of ever being on a real date. She starts writing a blog and becomes famous as her pseudonym “Fashion Victim”; starts a bet with one of her best friends Lily promising to get a makeover and follow everything to the letter, while her friend promises to come to three Sunday services; and sets out to try and win the man of her dreams. Of course nothing is perfect as the guy she originally likes is not her, the fame from her blog gets her a real job writing but her editor turns out to be horrible, the cute Christian boyfriend she lands ends up dumping her, and everything she has ever ranted gets spilled in the San Francisco Chronicle. What’s girl to do?
AAAAAAAAHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Trust in the Lord.
And everything turns out alright.
Now I have loved this book because the main character is a lot like me. We have had trouble in not having a date either because the guy sees us as too much of a friend:
Doesn’t want to date us once they find out we are a Christian and plan on waiting for sex along with our other beliefs:
Or wants the whole marriage and tons of kids thing instantly
We both had a love of sports, writing, and are fashion-challenged. Although she is worse than me.
We also had a similarity in dating, although her guy turned out alright in the end, while mine was a rotter. But ah that is fiction versus reality.
I loved the idea of her blogging, and this book really inspired me to start my own blog and share me thoughts on the internet with others who would be receptive.
I mean it’s not that my friends or family don’t like listening to me, but if you have been following you know that when I like something, I really like it and love to talk about it. Sometimes making it annoying for those who don’t care about it as much as me, or who really don’t care about it at all.
So having a blog is a great way of releasing all that, without making those close to me bored.
This book also taught me that it is probably best to keep the topics away from friends and family, just in case they ever read it or you were exposed. I try to not talk about them, or if I do I have given them all fake names so I can deny it was them I was talking about.
And it made me kind of want to be a writer too. Too bad I don’t have a friend who can fix me up with a great job like she does in the book. But once again, that’s fiction versus reality.
But I loved this book, and it inspired me to create this blog, of which I have had a lot of fun these last few years. Thank you Anne & May, as without you’re lovely character Lily, janeaustenrunsmylife.wordpress.com would not exist.
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For more on May Vanderbilt, go to Fashionably Postworthy
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Time is the greatest gift you can give another person.
After all everything else fades away, breaks, wears out; but those memories and times you spent together will live on forever. Passed from memory to memory, person to person.
Not only is this the most important thing in any relationship, but romantic ones espechially.
After all, that is really what we girls want.
Of course, this additional perk would be nice.
A girl can dream!
For more bookish posts, go to Speed Racer
Yep, the fictional world can be so much better than the real one. Especially in a certain department:
After reading certain books, watching some shows, viewing my favorite movies; no real man can compare.
I mean its like:
And you know what:
This is probably why I’m going to end up alone.
Oh, well. At least I’ll have my books to keep me company.
For more on the fictional men I’m in love with, go to Old Fandoms and New Fancies
For more bookish posts, go to Sleep is Not Important
For more quotes, go to All That Glitters Is Not Gold
One of the best things about books is that they not only take you to far off places, on exciting adventures, and introduce you to amazing characters; but they help you live many lives.
In reading we can live in any time we want, have any profession we want, etc.
And I will continue reading and living!
For more on my love of books, go to An Assembly Such As This
For more posts on George R. R. Martin, go to What a Fanatic!
For more of my favorite quotes, go to 25 More Films of Christmas
So I’ve developed a little crush on the Sandman
He’s awesome, but no not him.
Ew, no. Defintely NOT him.
No I’m talking about Neil Gaiman’s series The Sandman Chronicles.
Yeah? Pretty good looking. So the series is really interesting. Gaiman actually melds together different things to create his stories. Christianity, Greek mythology, Shakespeare, fairy tales, Egyptian mythology, fantasy, science fiction, retelling of classic literature, etc. And what comes out of this is AMAZING.
As my friend described it, you fall in love with Neil Gaiman’s brain, and his creation, Dream.
So Dream is one of the Endless, those who were in the beginning and will last until the last human dies. First there was his older sister Death, then his brother Destruction, Dream, the twins Despair and Desire, and lastly Delight who became Delirium.
At the beginning of the series, Dream has been captured by a man. The man was afraid of dying and had attempted to capture Death, but accidentally captures Dream. He traps him for years and causes his son to as well. Eventually, Dream escapes and find his kingdom and all the the dreaming places in ruin. He has to repair it along with dealing with the issues that were caused by his imprisonment.
It is really interesting as Dream’s story and his siblings are told in present day, along with flashbacks. You see how he was, but then how he has changed due to his imprisonment. And that’s not the only thing that is attractive about him.
He’s so eloquent. How he speaks, sigh. It is beautiful.
He himself is just so, sorry couldn’t help it, dreamy! He’s one of those tall, dark, handsome, broody types you all know I love and adore.
Now let me warn you. I wouldn’t go farther than book 8. It just, well I don’t want to give anything away but his reigns ends.
Why! Why, Neil WHY!
For more on Neil Gaiman, go to Love Stinks
For more on tall, dark, & brooding men; go to Simply Fantastic
For more of my favorite books, go to A Whole Lot of Fanfare
For more of my favorite quotes, go to A Sad and Lonely Place
For more of my favorite songs, go to O Christmas Tree, O Christmas Tree
Yep, I have some big issues. I’ve got a:
I hate/love it when that happens. You have an amazing book that you just absolutely love and are involved with. You want to get to the end, the conclusion of the story, but at the same time you don’t want it to be over.
When you’re done, it’s like what do I do now?
You kind of stumble around until you find another great book and then the cycle starts all over again. Such is the life of a book lover.
And you know what, I don’t want help for my addiction.
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