Sunday, April 15, 2012

On Birthdays, Doctor Who, and Delicious Food

Yesterday was my Golden Birthday.  Fourteen on the Fourteenth.  And in true me fashion, I spent the entire day reading Divergent by Veronica Roth.  Yes, it's a 500 page book, and yes, I finished it yesterday.  It was really quite good.  And guess what?  Those of you who know how much I dislike dystopian novels, will be interested to know, that I found one I liked, and that didn't follow my formula.  Actually, I really liked this book.  It was fabulous.  I can't wait to read the second one.

And on Friday, my dear friend Luna baked me brownies, which were delicious, even if we all felt rather sick afterward, from eating too many brownies.  It was fun, though.  And we managed to stop from getting mobbed at lunch, because we hid the brownies until the people who would mob us had left the lunch room.

I also got two other books, (Cinder, by Marissa Meyer, and Dragonswood by Janet Lee Carey), a t-shirt, and a pair of Doctor Who wind-up toys.  They're the TARDIS and a Dalek.  I had a really fun time yesterday, even if I did just lounge around the house most of the day, doing basically nothing.  It was gorgeous outside, though, so I did spend some time outside as well.

But then my parents took me down to this quirky neighborhood in my city, and we walked along the canal, and got Thai food at one of our favorite restaurants.  It was fun.  :)  And then we came home and watched Midnight in Paris (which to be honest, I've seen before, and didn't love,) and ate a TARDIS cake that my dad made me.  I had no idea he could bake.  Cook, yes, bake, no.




Also, I'm on spring break, so hopefully that means I'll post more.  ;)  Though in the last few days, I have been posting more than usual.

Oh, and for those of you who've seen Doctor Who, I watched one of the first surviving episodes of it today.  It was from the "Aztecs" disc.  And... it was hilarious.  The grainy, out of focus, shaky camera work, the paper hats, the miniature TARDIS at the beginning, the super slow, terribly entertaining fight scene...  I had fun watching it.  It came out in the sixties, and my parents, who were watching it with me, were laughing, and talking about sixties television.  My mom said the Doctor Who episode was camp.

Anyways.  This has probably just been a bit of a boring, update-y post, and really rather random, but I had fun writing it, and you know, sometimes just update-y posts are needed.

The Dandy Lioness

9 comments:

  1. Thank you! I had a lot of fun. :)

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  2. Sofia! (It's Blue. :)) Happy birthday! I'm so sorry I didn't get to spend it with you on PE. But at least I get to say it a bit late. And it sounds like you had an awesome time. :D

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  3. Blue, my darling! *hugs* Thank you! It's been ages since we've seen you, and I was just wondering about a week ago, when you'd be back. It's lovely to hear from you again. :)

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  4. HAPPY BIRTHDAY, SOFIA!!! You're like my little blogging-sister ('unnie,' as Koreans would say, which makes me your Nuna!) and It's so awesome to see you having a blast. WAY TO GO FOR DR. WHO! We were watching it on the same day!! Those books sound AWESOME. I really want to read Cinder and Divergent!

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    1. Blogging sisters! :) Cinder and Divergent were fabulous, and I read them each in a day. Doctor Who is just so amazing. xD

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  5. Happy Birthday!!! I'm so sorry this is late. It sounds like you had a fun day. :) Oh, and Cinder is the best. I love that book so much. That cake is awesome, too! Doctor Who is cool!

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  6. Thanks Mika! Cinder was really good. :D But I guessed who she was really early on. And Doctor Who is very cool.

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    1. Yeah, me too. It was a bit obvious. I loved the bit about the plague.

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    2. Yeah, the idea of the plague was really interesting. I liked how they did it with her sister, though it was really sad.

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