New Years Eve | After

Did I say New Years Day? Sorry. I meant now.
New Years was great. Nothing too exciting and unfortunately nothing very funny.
I don't have much to say, so....

HAPPY BIRTHDAY 2013!
That was gonna be so much cooler... Couldn't find any New Years pictures.
And here's some good resolutions:

That's all I got. The Internet is failing me today.
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Okay.

xxKati
(Thanks to TheMarySue.com and RBJ Heaven for pictures)

New Years Resolutions | Before

Every year on New Years Eve, we have a family night with me, the Youngling, my mom, my dad, Rocco, Cozmo and Norbert (the last of whom usually just sleeps in his hamster bowl.). We have crab, which is ALWAYS amazing. Once we tried fondue, but the table started on fire. So. No. After that, we do our New Years Resolutions. We usually have 5 that we write down in the Sacred LeNerd Book of Stuff every year, along with a saying that we like. Then the next year we start our resolutions by going through our old ones and either putting a smiley face, a sad face, or a expressionless face based on how we did with the resolution, then write down our new ones. After that, we each get half an hour to do whatever we want with everyone else. So it's pretty fun.
Anyways, I actually looked at my resolutions before New Years (usually I just fail):
1. Write at least 3 times a week
2. Learn guitar or bass guitar
3. Create a blog
4. Be optimistic
5. Get a record player
So I actually did stuff. I wrote a lot, I can play Freight Train on the Youngling's guitar, I (obviously) made NIKI, I'm kinda optimistic (ha, yeah right) and yeah. I didn't get a record player, but I did buy an Alice Cooper record for my cabin which... doesn't count. But still.
After that, I flipped through the rest of the book and decided there were some things funny enough to make

THE 2012

SACRED LeNERD BOOK of STUFF

GRAND TOUR!!!



 

Fancy.

STOP ONE: 2005-2006

Resolutioner: The Youngling

I cannot get over how adorable this is. Three year old Youngling. HE'S SO CUTE.

 

STOP TWO: 2007-2008

Resolutioner: KT LeNerd

Okay, what the heck is this? It does not sound safe. I'm actually pretty sure this game was not actually a designated, titled activity, but just my very very exaggerative imagination working. 

How does one climb half a mountain...?

Pretty sure an eight year old can't legally start a business, but it's a smiley face, nonetheless.

And write a book??? The only finished book I've ever written is a seven page Jack and Annie fanfic when I was 5. But apparently I wrote one in second grade too.



WHY IS IT A STRAIGHT FACE? I was still learning single-handed Ode to Joy in second grade!

I also saw the Youngling's saying for this year:

Me: Whoa. That's... deep... He was, what, five when he said this? Seriously-

Then I saw my saying on the page before:

Me:..... Gotcha.

STOP THREE: 2008-2009
Resolutioner: The Youngling

.... What?
Resolutioner: KT LeNerd

.... Again, where did this come from?

STOP FOUR: 2010-2011
Resolutioner: The Youngling

I'm just gonna let this one speak for itself.
And then the next year...
STOP FIVE: 2011-2012
Resolutioner: The Youngling

In case we weren't clear. Note the actual, as opposed to.... what...?
More or less, he did manage to poke a cow at the State Fair (did I already say that in September?), so we'll see what he comes up with next.
Thus ends our pre-'13 tour. Stay tuned for New Years Resolutions | After, which will *hopefully* be out tomorrow!!!

xx Kati

Xmas

WHAT I GOT FOR CHRISTMAS:

• Epyklly vintagey Avengers shirt

•  Avengers pajamas (courtesy of the Youngling)
  

•  An Avengers calender (complete with two whole Coulson pictures and a whole month of Loki- AHHH)
  

•  An absolutely amAZING phone case

•  Pens!!!!

•  Chunky action figures from my friend Sonoma

•  A Hulk transformer from my cousin

•  Nontransformer action figures from my cousin

•  Lego Loki (the Youngling knows me so well)

•  REALLY good Chapstick and

•  The freaking awesomest poster in the eight realms.
• And some other normal person stuff.

I bought the Youngling a Marvel Lego set, which he "couldn't fit in his room" so he's letting me keep it in my room. Guess who my best friend is.

Also, check the new lockscreen:

Clever, no? Ha ha....
Hope y'all had an awesome holiday season. Glad the world didn't end (stupid Mayans). My New Years Resolution is to post more, so I will see you in 2013!!!


xx Kati

Happy October

I could seriously not be more excited that it is October.
Yes, September's awesome in its own Septembery ways, but October's just... October.
As October is arguably my favorite month, this post is going to be 100% (you guessed it) Octobery. Here we go.

October got its name from the Roman emperor, Octavian Caesar (also known as Caesar Augustus), and the Latin root "octo", meaning eight. In the Roman calender, October was the eighth month. (Click here for more October history)

Our school's drama club held auditions for the one act play, Council, last week, and believe it or not, I got a part. An admittably small part (6 lines, 1.5 scenes), but a part none the less. My name is Condor. I'm a condor. I did not know what a condor was until I read the script and Googled it. (It's a bird. A bit of an ugly bird, too.) Yeah, it's not the big lead I was hoping for, but I'm still very much psyched to be in it. October is our rehersing month, with the 29th-3rd being tech week, and we open in November. It's a pretty crunched time period, but I think I already know my lines.

Halloween, as I'm sure everyone's aware, is also in October (YES). I adore Halloween. Everything about it is just awesome. Unfortunately I'm getting a bit old to trick or treat, but who cares? For costume options, I kind of had trouble deciding between

The ever awesome Wednesday Addams,

An equally fantabulous flapper girl,

The amazing-beyond-words Dead Bride and

Ruby Gloom. Ruby is the star of my all time favorite, G-rated TV show, Ruby Gloom. I wasn't quite sure if she was really in the running until I saw this amazing picture:

 So. That pretty much narrows it down to the Bride and Ruby. (Please make sure to vote on the second poll with your opinion!)

This October, me, my mom and my grandma are also going to CHICAGO for a few days, which I am utterly thrilled about. I'll keep you posted on that when it comes up.

Lastly, fall is officially here.

Leaves and serious weather changes (it's freaking 40 degrees)? Check.

State fair? Check. 

School and all the, ah, loveliness that comes with it? Check.

One step left. I'll have to go get the Youngling to rake up some leaves for me.

May the Force be ever in your favor,

xx Kati

(Please note that I don't own any of the Halloween pictures. Thanks to Sounds From my Garage for the Wednesday picture, Scavenge Costumes for the flapper girl picture, Laura-Ferreira for the Dead Bride picture, Ruby Gloom wiki for the first Ruby Gloom picture, and LavenderYuki for the second Ruby Gloom picture. All rights to them)