Greetings, all!
(Well, would you look at that. I actually have my wrap up post out on time.
Something must be wrong with me.)
I had a lovely August. Peaceful, sunny, and I accomplished a lot of small chores and the like. But YoU gUyS AuTumN iS CoMiNG. MY FAVORITE SEASON EVER.
Music of August
There was much
listening of music in August. XD
Trouble by Avicii
This song gives me a
very strong feeling of home, for some reason. I love it so much. <33
Above and Beyond
by Audiomachine
Audiomachine is one
of my favorite epic score groups, and this song is especially powerful and
amazing.
Don’t Give Up on
Me by Andy Grammer
I normally don’t
listen to love songs, but this one is SO GOOD. I really like Andy Grammer’s
voice, and the sentiment of this song is super sweet.
Ride to Stooky
House by Michelle DiBucci
This song is from a
horror movie soundtrack, but it was so eerily lovely that I fell in love with
it as soon as I heard it.
(And I could only find it on Spotify, sorry. I think it is on YouTube but Blogger wasn't letting me load the song. :-Z)
Wake Up by NF
In My Blood\Swan
Lake covered by The Piano Guys
Movies of August
Miss Peregrine’s
Home for Peculiar Children
Wall-E
Wonderpark
Nanny McPhee
Nanny McPhee
Returns
Psych Series 4 and
5
Mully
Inkheart
The Giver
A Quiet Place
Books of August
A
Monster Calls by Patrick Ness <\\3
The
Last Thing I Remember by Andrew Klavan
Tales
of Redwall: Mossflower by Brian Jacques
Tales
of the Peculiar by Ransom Riggs
Brotherband:
The Ghostfaces by John Flanagan
Events of August
National Bible
Bee-Every year, my family participates in the National Bible Bee. This
summer the Bible Bee theme was Worship, and we studied the book of Psalms. It was
such a sweet study, and the test went pretty well. None of my family made it to
Nationals this year, but it was still fun. :-)
Blue Belt in Kung
Fu-My brother and I passed our blue belt test! Only three more belts to
black belt. I’m excited. :-D
(My Sifu and I during my belt ceremony.)
Piano Guys
Concert-The Piano Guys came to my state once again, and my dad and I went
and saw them at a beautiful venue near the foothills. The highlight of the
concert for me was when they played A Million Dreams-it was absolutely
beautiful. <33
Church Family
Camp-August is when our church has its annual family camp, so we packed up
and headed for the mountains. I had a great time-ice cream, games with friends,
worship music around the campfire, bike rides, starry skies, archery tag, and sitting on the
playground at midnight convinced that we were surrounded by bears (we totally
were XD). Can’t wait for next year. ^-^
(Me doing archery tag feat. my little sis in the background. XD)
That’s everything big
that happened. The rest of my month consisted of skyping with distant friends,
editing my novel, beta reading friend’s stories, playing my violin, painting,
cleaning, and much laughter.
Writing of August
I only wrote a few
thousand words this month, mostly because I was editing my novel Of Seas,
Silver, and Shipmates so that I could enter it into the One Year Adventure
Novel Contest. I have low expectations of my novel, but I’m hoping for
semi-finalist at least. We’ll see. XP
My uncle and I may
also be possibly starting an epic new WIP together…one that involves water and
Robin Hood…I’ll leave you in expectancy until next month.
Aren’t I nice.
XD
That’s my month! Tell
me about yours. Did you read any good books? Find any new favorite songs? How
did your writing go this month? And who else is ready for Autumn???
Namarie!
YOU SAW THE PIANO GUYS???? *freaking out* That's awesome!
ReplyDeleteHope you have an awesome September, MeM! :)
I DID!!! *freaks out with you* :-D
DeleteThank you!!! It's been great so far. I hope you're having an awesome month too!!! <3
Congrats on getting your blue belt! That's an amazing achievement!
ReplyDeleteI also read A Monster Calls this month (one word: heartbreaking). A new song I've grown to like a lot is "Time" by NF. My brother introduced it to me, and I feel like it sums up one of my character's struggles in a (planned) sequel.
Thank you!!! ^-^ <3
Delete/YES/ It was so good though. Ah, I love that song! That's so cool!!! :-D
I love Andy Grammar's song Don't Give Up On Me. :)Hm... Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children... that looks creepy. :o But The Quiet Place looks a whole lot creepier. >.< Sounds like you had fun at church camp! Congrats on recieving your blue belt! :D
ReplyDeleteYessssss, I actually listened to it because you had it on a playlist. XP It is...but it's so good...BOTH of them are a m a z i n g. <33 I did!!! And thank you!!! <33
DeleteI watched Miss Peregrine’s in August too!! It was so weird and SO cool.
ReplyDeleteI'm really curious to know your thoughts on The Ghostfaces! Did you like it?
REALLY!?!? YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS. I LOVED IT. <33
DeleteI did!!! I can PM you later so we can discuss it in more detail; but I really did. It was a little slow, but the characters got some good development. :-)
And by the way that looks like Seth in the background, not one of your sisters... XD
ReplyDelete(I know it looks like him, but it's actually not. XP Georgia got a growth spurt. XD)
Delete'Kay so August was a somewhat disappointing month but I did finally watch Endgame and I read a really good book called A Study in Charlotte, and it's where a modern criminal is recreating stories from Sherlock Holmes novels.
ReplyDeleteOoooooof, I'm sorry! *hugs* Ooh YES ENDGAME!!! <\\3 <33 Ah, that sounds really cool!!! :-D
DeleteENDGAME! It was awesome, it felt like a good ending to the Avengers. Now, I'm looking forward to a ton of different Phase 4 movies. It was really good, actually. And there was a great plot twist.
DeleteYESS I AGREE!!! Ooh, sounds awesome!!! :-D
DeleteI love Autumn, and I am DEFINITELY ready for it! But I think Spring is my favorite season. It's a close toss up though.
ReplyDeleteEeeeep, I LOVE NF's music!!! "Wake Up" has been one of my favorites of his for the longest time too. It's so good. Recently I have been obsessed with "Let Me Go" and "Leave Me Alone." Actually basically his entire new album. :) I am so happy to find someone else who appreciates his music.
Wow, you saw Piano Guys live??? I love listening to them, but I've never seen them. It would be amazing, I'm sure.
I read "editing my novel" as "eating my novel." Hehe.
By the way, I tagged you!
/YES/ Autumn is AMAZING. Hehe, yeah Spring is definitely a close second.
DeleteYES YES YES!!! He is SO GOOD. <33 Wake Up is AMAZING-and so are those other two!!!
I did!!! I've seen them twice now. :-D It is!!!
X'D X"D Haha, nooooooo...not eating it I'm afraid. X'D
Ooh awesome!!! Thank you so much!!! <33
That is so cool that you guys did the Bible Bee!! My siblings and I did the Bible Bee years ago when we were younger, and we really enjoyed it! It is always cool to find people who also have done it!!
ReplyDeleteI love Psych!! One of my favorite shows!! I love Shawn and Gus's friendship! The Quiet Place was amazing too!! I think it would be difficult to make a movie without much dialogue.
Yessss! Oh really??? That's so cool!!! :-D Yes, I agree.
DeleteAWESOME!!! *high fives* Yes, I agree. X'D
How many passages did you have to memorize this year?
ReplyDeleteMmmmmmmm, let me see. I think maybe 16??? I don't remember for certain now. :-Z
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