The disorganized, messy files of my Life

Forevermore

2011-03-15T18:53:00.000-07:00

It seems so long since I last posted. Forever. I'm genuinely hoping it's not been that long, though. I've been sort of preoccupied. Blech. I'm beginning to dislike some of my hockey teammates and I have hockey so often. Oh well. I have a tendency to switch subject at a rate that must be so entirely cumbersome. And I use stupid, long, poetic words. Way too much. But that's okay. I'm just rambling now, so I'll get on with the more exciting topics.

My birthday is coming up. YES! April fifteenth just feels so far away from today. But, aside from that, I shall write about Visual Arts. We've finished with Pen and Ink, Acrylic, Pencil and Pencil Crayons, and have now moved on to clay sculpting and watercolour. And we have until may to finish our independent projects. Mine, I'm doing with oil paints. It's a tree (yes, that sounds boring), but it's going to be exciting, because I've never used this medium before.

Alright, So I believe I promised to continue Lillian's story, so reader's who take enjoyment only in reading my tales and such, and not my silly rants about life. So here you go...

Winter Lights (CONT'D)

Lillian stopped and slumped onto a park bench, and tucked her knees into her chest. She watched the skaters spiral and leap. She watched for what could've been forever, or no time at all. But she got up, and began to trudge home.

Once she walked into the run-down, once alive apartment building, Lillian slowed down. She despised the place, hated to be there. Lillian took her time her time climbing the dizzy spirals of the staircase, looking down, running her fingers along the broken mirrors lining the walls. She trudged towards the door with a rusty number one-hundred-and-thirty-seven on it. Lillian pulled a key from her pocket and unlocked the door. It clicked and swung open.

Lillian walked in and crept towards her room. She did not want to see her mother. She didn't want to see her sister or her father, either. Lillian opened the door and closed it behind her. She sat down on her windowsill and cleared away a patch of scum from the window. The sky outside was a deep blue-black, the rundown neighbourhood looked somehow beautiful adorned with paper snowflakes and twinkling lights. Lillian pressed her palm against the window and sighed. She wished were out there spreading her wings, not caged, burdened with sorrow. Lillian leaned back and closed her eyes.

Snowfall

2010-12-31T16:49:00.000-08:00

I realize now that I haven't posted in more than two months. Wow. So, anyway, a lot has changed since I last posted. Well, not really that much. I got a new camera; the Canon Rebel T1i, which I'm really pleased with. But my computer (sadly), in my dad's words, is slowly "going kaput"... I'm not sure how exactly this is happening, but the keyboard stopped working, followed by the monitor, so we're backing up the computer. There's three more days left in my holiday, and I have a week's worth of homework to do (sigh...). Anyways, it's new years eve, so that's good. Approximately four months and sixteen days until my birthday..
Anyways, here's a bit of a story I'm writing. I'm not sure where it fits in exactly.. but here it is.
Winter Lights
The snowflakes spiralled from the sky, landing on Lillian's hair and eyelashes. She hummed quietly to herself as she dodged around the busy holiday shoppers. Seven days until Christmas, and the crowded sidewalks were busier than ever. She hunched under the weight of her bag, which was crammed with heavy books, and kept walking. It was a difficult business, walking, because Lillian was small, and therefore was stepped on more often than not. Lillian did not very much like walking home this late, but it was better than being at home.
Lights flashed and danced in a flurry of colours, but Lillian did not have time to stop and watch. Like so many others, Lillian didn't have time for much more than work. She was barely scraping up halfway decent marks in most of her subjects, and most days, she wished, were already over. Lillian sighed as she passed the carefree ice skaters in the park, and desperately wished to join them. They spun and leaped like dancers, whereas Lillian only felt like a sad, dusty marionette.
(TO BE CONTINUED...)
Happy New Year!
Best,
Camille

Late for Hope

2010-10-22T16:29:00.000-07:00

I'm really sorry I haven't posted. I've been really honestly busy, as we all are at this time of year. So I will tell you a bit about what's been going on.

I have Visual Arts every day at fourth period. I get quite a bit of homework from that, to some extent. And I'll probably post some pictures of my sketchbook assignments.

I feel sick. I found Pillsbury pre-cut cookies in my fridge. I ate some of them. Ugggghhhhh.....

We got a new cat. My hands ache from her lethal kitten claws. She's bad luck. Ebony is almost entirely black, and she almost broke a mirror.

I suppose you could say I'm busy. It's a lot, I guess. I honestly don't have much to do, but really, my memory is said to be worse than a sieve.

So, moving on, I'm just going to write a bit of a story here. I'm not sure how good it is, but I try my best.

"The world is turning beautiful."

That's what she always said. I watched as she spun, the autumn sunlight shining weakly through colourful leaves, like a spotlight.

That's how it aways was. Sierra was a dancer. I was an artist. She stood on a stage. I hunched over my sketchbook. She got a standing ovation. I had my pieces hung on a wall.

I didn't mind. That's how it's always been. And really, I still don't.

"Wait for me..." I called, tucking my sketchbook under my arm.

"Slowpoke..." she drew out the 'slow'.

"Hey...!"

"Okay, okay. You do have too much stuff, though," Sierra said.

I shrugged. "I guess. I.. wait did you give me back my pens after science?"

"Yeah."

"Okay, if you say so."

Days could go by like this. I wouldn't have noticed the passing months, years. I guess happiness, sheer bliss, doesn't last. Someday, I would learn. I would learn why I had to go through this. The tears shed, hope shattered like broken glass. I would someday learn why you had to leave me heartbroken, alone. No hand to hold, nothing to keep me from falling, to keep me from falling endlessly. Eternally.

-Camille. I guess that's it.

Time Travel

2010-08-08T16:03:00.000-07:00

I really ought to have posted sooner, but I guess that just forget. What usually happens, though, is that I start a blog post, and I'm halfway done, then I think "Wow, this sounds really stupid," and delete my draft. That, and my procrastination issues are what been causing my blog post delay. That sounds a bit weird, but it's true. I'm looking at my hockey schedule, and just about gaping. There are 11 teams in my 'loop' and 35 teams in my division. Oh wow. I am so frustrated that this team is not in my loop. Because I lost Milly after a game against that team. I guess you could say that I'm obssessed with Milly, which is, pretty much, true. I'm kind of sad about Milly. I miss her. It's a little irrational though, 'cause she's a stuffed cat. But I miss her all the same. Besides Milly, I don't have much else to talk about. I intended for this to be a longer post; but it won't end up that way.. Oh well. I haven't uploaded my pictures from my trip, so all the pictures in this post are rather old.

-Camille
P.S. The Title: Time Travel? Well there is quite a time difference between France and North America. France's Time Zone is several hours ahead of mine. Therefore; we did time travel to return home.

Mind the Gap, please

2010-07-18T11:03:00.000-07:00

So I have not posted in what, two weeks? Sorry. Thanks for the nice comments, though. We've been busy. Well, I've been busy. My family and I have traveling (with Gris-Gris, of course). The first destination was London, England. I had to ride the 'Tube' quite a bit, so writing this title makes some amount of sense to me. We did your typical tourist-y stuff; visited the Tower of London, went to see the changing of the guard at Buckingham Palace... went on a bus tour, saw the Tate Gallery of Modern art. Lots of stuff. My brain is malfunctioning, so I can't quite remember what else we did. But London was cool.! Next we took a train to Paris... and did the tourist-y stuff there; visited the Eiffel Tower, l'Arc de Triomphe, Musee D'Orsay, the Louvre, etc., etc. I'm going to try not to ramble and wrap this post up.

-Camille

P.S. These are pictures from my trip. Top to bottom: A desert from a little cafe in Paris, Gris in front of the Eiffel Tower, a Double-Decker bus in London. (I just couldn't resist taking a picture!)

Poems and Updates

2010-07-06T17:48:00.000-07:00

I haven't posted for awhile.. :P I'd say I'm busy, but I don't think playing on http://www.buildabearville.com/ counts as 'busy'. I'm a bit of a sucker for cute toys.. Well aside from that- Yesterday my mom, my sister and I went uniform shopping. I ended up getting several polo shirts, three pairs of pants, two kilts, a blouse, socks... a sweater... the list goes on. My sister got a new sweater, 'cause the sleeves became too short on hers, and more polo shirts. Then we picked up my friend for a sleepover, so I stayed up until 2:30 a.m. Which probably wasn't too smart. Then today we started the 'Marathon Doctors' appointments'. And now I've run out of things to talk about. Maybe... Oh yes, and I still have a bunch of poems to post.

Haikus

Pale autumn sunlight

Shines through tall maple branches

Gently shedding leaves

Winter winds, whipping

Cold, white, frosty snowflakes fall

Storms of ice, swirling

Scars slice 'cross his face

Ancient battles remembered

..lost old warrior

From Seasons long passed

Branches, once young, now withered

The wise old Oak tree

A few haikus for you to ponder.. they aren't all that good, though. I'll try and post once a week, an comment on my readers' blogs (a.k.a. you), but I can't really make any guarantees, since I'll be traveling for the next while or so. I can't promise pictures on my posts abroad, either.

-Camille & Co.

P.S. If you're wondering, I'm bringing Nicki and Ruthie if I can bring two dolls. Otherwise you might see alot more of Gris than you already see.

Moonlit Days

2010-06-19T14:05:00.000-07:00

I have a lot to say... and I'll start with my post titles. No doubt you've wondered about that. I like doing poetry; which is mainly very abstract, and sounds completely irrelevant. Moonlit Days? Of all things. I don't do very much much poetry, though. I'll post a Romeo & Juliet poem I did for school. It's kind of strange.. I might work on a poem throughout this poem, and I'll add it in at the end. So, following that, I'm working on doing something else that is abstract. It's a music video to the song 'Human' by The Killers. It's going to be kind of abstract; mostly live clips of things like dripping faucets. And wind whipping through someone's hair, that kind of thing. I like the song, because you can really put your own meaning into the lyrics. I don't think that in all terms; but it has a very loose meaning, close to none at all.

I don't really want to just ramble; but I seriously don't have much of anything else to do. I have nothing to do. Seriously. I'm timing how long it takes to write by listening to a a playlist of Taylor Swift songs. I'd much rather be at the Ikea. I'm supposed to be getting a bedframe from there.

The way ashes fall

After a fire

Voices ring out in the night,

lost, confused

Hope is not gone.

The way tears stream

Down your face

Crowds of faceless people,

bitter, angry

Hope is not gone.

The way waves lap

At a shipwreck

Sailors row lifeboats,

lifeless, dull

Hope is not gone.

The way moonlight shines

On broken glass

A figure stands in the window,
grief, loss
Hope is not gone.

The way you stand
Head held high

Insults lost on you,
hope, warmth
Once lost,
but found,
You are the hope.

I'm not sure how good a poem that is; but I think it's fairly okay. I'm going to try and post once a week. So next Friday, or Saturday, I'll post again.

-Camille & Co.

P.S. Comments are highly appreciated. :P And I appreciate that Gris-Gris isn't being made fun of.. that's what many other people do.

Photography on Monday

2010-06-07T13:51:00.000-07:00

I haven't posted in a long time. So now I am compelled to write (or type) everything down. Gris-Gris (little gray cat) is going travelling. And will probably go to some sort of Tower. And be dropped. :P So I have to make him a harness of sorts. And... I have also been doing quite a bit of photography with nature.. and flowers. I still have to upload a bunch of pictures to my flickr page, but if you want to check it out, click here. And a parcel arrived in the mail on May 7th, I believe. Ironically; it looks a lot like my friend, who celebrated her birthday, that day. So, if she ever reads this; Happy Belated birthday, An.! (An. is the first two letters of her name. I know much too many 'A.'s.) And my other friend, E., celebrated her birthday May 25th. So, happy birthday to her too. And, among other things, I'm on my school yearbook committee, and I've finished that- mostly. I had an orientation last Tuesday (Jun. 1st), which was pretty cool; for an orientation, anyway. And I have a four-day school trip, starting tomorrow. I think that pretty much sums it up.
-Camille & Co.

Laughter

2010-05-03T14:14:00.000-07:00

Hi, everyone. I realize we haven't updated in a while.. sorry. We have a lot to do.. besides which; Camille has been busy. With her sketchbook. And sits in front of the television. Watching reruns of 'The Vampire Diaries'. And draws while she listens to Elena and Caroline and Bonnie and Stefan and Damon and Jeremy and.. and.. I don't actually remember all the character names.. :D

In other news.. Camille got her bottom braces on. Did we mention that she has braces? I guess not.. But, I'll move onto a more pleasant topic. Books! [No, we're not doing proper paragraphs and all that jazz here today. Much too lazy.] Most people have read Harry Potter, I believe. Really, honestly, reading J.K. Rowling's books will be the best thing you ever do with your life. Aside from publishing your own books.. and getting a job and a family. When you're older. Although I think some people dislike the she Rowling writes in third person.., I believe that they're biased. [I'm not! I read anything with some semblance of a plot that I can get my hands on!] The books are really magic. Metaphorically speaking. And then; I suggest you read Rick Riordan's novels. The Percy Jackson & The Olympians series was fabulous. And tomorrow, his first book of a new series, The Kane Chronicles, is out in stores. It sounds interesting. I think it's centered around Egyptian Mythology, rather than Greek Mythology. And another fairly good author is Erin Hunter. Who is actually three different writers. Pretty cool, huh? She writes the Seekers series and the Warrior[cat]s Series. And then.. there is Melissa de la Cruz.. author of the Blue Bloods series. And Lisi Harrison, author of The Clique, and Alphas. Then there is Sarah Dessen.. she writes many good books. And.. hmm. I'm trying to think of more. And just to mention this; the vampire novels are rather 'edgy' compared to others.. Oh. Wait. Here's another good author: Ally Carter. Author Of the Heist Society series and the Gallagher Girls series. I've written a little more than I intended to. Ah well. Congrats to Sitara from Mari Luna's Wonderful Blog at opening her Etsy shop; and finishing her movie, Cloak and Dagger. I think that is it. Sort of.

-Nicki Fleming

P.S. The cat in the picture is Pud, Camille's family's first cat. Well as a family. Her parents grew up on farms that had many cats. Her dad only ever got to really named one cat, who he named Baba Looey, after the character from the Quick Draw McGraw television show. And her mom's favourite cat; a pure white female, was called Bobby. I thought that was kinda funny.

P.P.S. (or P.S.S., I'm not sure which one it is) You can see Camille's legs and crocs in the picture of Pud. It would be helpful if you just look at Pud.

The Fifth Night

2010-04-19T18:25:00.000-07:00

Well, in all technicalities (this is Camille posting here, if you were uncertain-- Nicki seems to have borrowed some of my fabulous-ness. No, I'm kidding, I'm not that narcissistic. When I say "that" I mean to say; my schoolfriends think I'm a bit (a bit is just a little bit of an understatement) of a bragger. Although, asides from that, I do have more to say. First of all; from the picture, you may notice that one of the dolls (Nicki Fleming) is wearing some Liberty Jane boots. We're quite pleased with the whole thing. This is the first thing I've ever gotten from LJC, and I have to say-- I'm quite impressed. Also; the Mint Vivacity arrived too. I don't really have any pictures because I pressed a button of the powershot and the screen went black until we fixed it; but by then it was too dark outside. So yeah..
And in the sports column we have a bit about hockey tryouts, and some about cross country running. I'm not trying to brag here.. but I cam in 5th place on the 2k run. Nicki said it is a violent sport.. which might be true. A third grader got pushed down a hill. Because he was rather small. Speaking of hills.. nevermind. My friend K. came in 4th place and my other friend C. came first! And my friend E. came twelth, and my friend I. came thirteenth. So.. as you may note, I'm very happy. :D
-Camille
P.S. Thank you, Avery V. for all your comments!

More rambling updates..

2010-04-17T18:51:00.000-07:00

Yup, the title says it all. More of me (Nicki!) rambling about life. Life, which I'm not going to waste my time defining... has been a little harsh. Harsh, harsh, harsh. Noticeably, we changed the header. Yay! I like the new one.. it says more about us. I won't go on about the whole "harsh" part, unless you want me to ramble about Camille's social life, and how it's taking a nosedive.. I'm being very vague, yes. Well, Camille celebrated her birthday this past Thursday, April 15th. Her sister gave her the Miga and Quatchi Olympic mascot key-chain-plush. Now she has all four mascots.. she's very happy about that. She got a set of oil paints.. although we'll probably never see them, since she's not allowed to use them in her bedroom. Blah.. Other than the fact that Camille just went through a whole boxed set of books this past week, and the new Lisi Harrison 'Alphas' novel, and that she had Cross Country team runoffs. She got slammed into a wall while she tried to punch someone while running. I've learned that cross country is a very violent sport.. Huh.

And, the meet is on Monday. Speaking of meets, Camille's on her school swim team, but they drained the pool where the competition's supposed to be.

And, Glee is on air again. That, if you haven't heard of it, is the coolest thing since Percy Jackson & the Olympians and Harry Potter and paintbrushes...

And, I am rambling again. So I'll just finish here with a prologue Camille wrote.

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The world was numb. It spun too fast, too slow. It could overwhelm a tidal wave of memories. The heat was penetrating, burning through flesh. I could hear screams. Yells. Sirens wailing.

Fiery sparks of flame flashed before my eyes, destroying all that blocked its path. The paramedics yelled, pulling stretchers, screaming orders. I could feel a cold, numbing pain. It felt like death. I looked at the girl on the stretcher, her face rendered unrecognizable by the angry flames. She looked so familiar.
Then it dawned on me.

It wasn't stranger.

I was the girl lying on the stretcher; edging towards death.

-Nicki

The Celebration of Easter and Passover

2010-04-04T09:34:00.000-07:00

Well.. It seems time passes quickly. Really quickly. It's already April, and there's only eleven days until Camille's Birthday, and yesterday, several, or most of the Melody Valerie Couture Spring line is sold out. We somehow, against all odds, managed to get our hands on a 'Mint Vivacity' dress, which is, of course, downright stunning. And I cannot begin to describe MVC's masterpieces, because there are no possible words to describe them. And, among other things, today, we are celebrating Easter here at Half Moon Ridge (did we mention that that is the name of the street we live on?). Gris-Gris and I got to go outside and enjoy the warm early spring weather. It was windy and sunny. There's a family of possums living under the woodpile at the side of the house. The cat, Max, isn't really allowed outside right now, due to these curious little nocturnal creatures.

Among other things, we have lots of projects, and Camille is beginning to enjoy the upsides of the Canon Powershot; although she prefers the idea of the Rebel. And also, the other day, she climbed twenty feet or so up high in the tree in her backyard. Which she claims is immensely exhilerating. Which I don't doubt, but she may have gotten her spine broken, in some cases, which would not be very good at all. And Congratulations to MVC for selling so well! :P

-Nicolette Laurel Fleming (or just Nicki) :D

[Camille's Note: Street and town names in this post are entirely fictional. Some are named at things like my YouTube Channel.]

P.S. Camille wanted to say that she added her friend the Lulumelons' website to her 'Blogs of Interest' column. I don't know if it works properly.. :P But you should visit them on YouTube. They're the Lulumelons. Oddly, Camille has checked may times to see if she hallucinating, LibertyJaneClothing has subscribed to them. She also wants you all to visit 'HalfMoonLily' (aka Camille) on YouTube. I think she wants more subscribers. :P She's not a very good video-maker. Her words not mine. Except for her art. She's really proud of that.

Blog Neglect!

2010-03-22T15:14:00.001-07:00

Ack...! I have been neglecting my blog... Sorry. Despite that I have six (?) followers... yes. I had March [or Spring] Break. And I was messing with my parents' Canon Powershot. Their last camera bid them a farewell. It conked out, I think. That cat shown on the right, is Max (at this moment, my dad was repeating his name..) or typically, Furriness. He has long fur. Never leave your house at the mercy of a long-haired cat for seven days.

Yup.. That's pretty much it for now. I'm doing a slide this summer, or spring, called "The Flower Garden" and.. that's it. I'll post this weekend, hopefully.

-Camille, Chrissa & Co.

February the Nineteenth

2010-02-19T18:15:00.000-08:00

Today, Friday, February the Nineteenth, it is my friend A.'s Birthday. A very Happy Birthday to her... and Best Wishes. Moving on.... as you've noticed; my friend's Julie, my Ruthie and Nicki posted for Valentine's dayome pictures did not show up, sadly. Therefore I shall show thee. Undoubtedly, thy pictures are not amazing. In other words; I am being sligh

tly random at the moment, hmm. Well I suppose we'll continue thus far. I shall tell you about dearest Milly. [Pictured below is Milly's twin brother, Gris-Gris.] Milly, who I am slightly uncertain is possible to find now, first entered my life at the semi-annual

[Gris-Gris's Note: 'Semi' meaning sometimes every year, sometimes every two years.]

- Ganz Warehouse Sale. I was digging through an 'As is' bin, looking for plush snowmen and such trinkets. I pulled out, luckily enough, an adorable gray-and-cream kitty. I, at the time, had forgotten about Gris-Gris, who was hidden away in a time capsule created in the fourth grade. I picked her up, and could not bear to put her down, I didn't know what I would do if some hobbly oldpackrat-grandmother picked her up as a hamster-chew-toy. I went digging through some other bins and found Cinnamon, a slightly disproportianate, but still cute, little cocker-spaniel. I promptly purchased the both of them, as they were one dollar each, and so lovely.
I came to love the two of them and, to my great regrets, tookthem everywhere with me; and my camera. Seeing this... at a hockey game in a small town and hour away from my home, I lost my beloved camera. And darling Milly and Cinnamon...
So that, is my sad, tearful, story.

-Camille

P.S. I've decided to try and post twice a week. I'd really appreciate it if you comment all my posts; by the way. Every month I'll do 'From the Files of HalfMoonLily', a Picture Story, I forget what else, -style posts, so please stay tuned :D.

[Gris-Gris's Note: Check the Link to HalfMoonLily's (Camille's) YouTube. She has a new video up of her artwork.]

A Delightful Valentine's Day

2010-02-14T19:45:00.000-08:00

Hello! Camille has let us, Nicki, Ruthie & Julie, write the Valentine's Day post. We have several pictures of different things... Mia, who is holding a Sapphire blue heart pendant she was given by Jessika; Jess. Moi, Nicki. Ruthie holding some heart cut-outs... A lovely group picture, and myself, Julie. All three of us are writing this post; so it is a little confusing. There is not much the say during the celebration of love... but to love. The sounds strange, but oh well. We did have a dance at our school, but it was one with all the dollar-store decorations the school has had for years; since before the third millenia. Well, we did some other stuff, too. We got valentines; and chocolate... I think that's enough about that--- but, enjoy the slightly pink celebrations while they last... what with Cupid and Aphrodite... oh well, we're reading too much about Ancient Greece.

Love, Nicki, Julie & Ruthie.

I shriek at my mailbox

2010-02-13T11:31:00.000-08:00

Odd title, I think. But no matter. I had an odd predicament this week. I got a letter saying that I am on the waiting list. And this because... hm. Well, Friday afternoon, [I pick the mail up from the mailbox everyday,] I reached into my mailbox and pulled out some mail. I thought I saw two bills and a magazine. The I realized one of letters said the name of the school I auditioned for. I tore it open and peered at it carefully. It did say my name, and the arts field I auditioned for. It also said accepted into the Visual Arts Program. I shrieked with delight. I was so happy.. the school I'd been wanting to attend since fourth grade has accepted me. Now, if you'll excuse me, I am going to go reread it.

-Oh, and I'm posting again tomorrow for Valentine's Day. I'd appreciate it if you commented on both posts. And, if you've heard of Rick Riordan, read his books. Or else... not really :P. I've added his blog to my blogs of interest column-place-area-whatchamacalitt. It's called 'Myth & Mystery'.

-Camille

P.S. I edited out some stuff from my acceptance letter scan; school name, school board, my address, my last name, prices, school's address... and I think that's it. I'm sure it'd be quite lovely to find out that internet-stalker-persons are sending the school mail and me mail. I'm not saying that you are a stalker, you just never know.... on sait jamais.

L'Ouragan de Travail (et Confusion)

2010-02-03T17:03:00.001-08:00

Hello, all. (I think "all" is four followers right now, but that is a lot for me, with my slightly poor blogging skills) I think I'll try to make this post long and pictureful. Soooo, I'll start here. Blogs of interest; (I'm putting up a list with links later) Mari Luna's Wonderful Blog, American Girl Adventures, Avery-Here, Roses are Read, and, etc. And then, my schoolfriends, the Lulumelons. They make videos with some very silly puppets, "Prince" Georgie, Princess Peggy and King Eddie. It's kind of confusing sometimes, but check them out on YouTube. Speaking of which, I have a YouTube account; HalfMoonLily. The name comes from 'Lily' one of my favourite names, and 'Half Moon', a cat from "Warriors: The Power of Three" book four or five (or maybe six). And of pictures, they're all irrelevant to the post. You see Cinnamon and Milly, Claire and a Close-up picture I took. And that's...wait, as you might've noticed from my last post, I play hockey. Actually, I am la gardienne-de-but (goalie). My team got our second/first playoff shut-out today against the top team in the league. I'm getting my very own hearing aid soon, because my teammates are causing me to slowly go deaf. [They dogpile on me and scream with joy.] I'm currently overloaded with homework, too. Ugh.
-Camille, still looking for poor Milly and Cinnamon.

Lost Cameras and Auditions

2010-01-28T13:39:00.000-08:00

From the title, you can see the I've lost my only camera, which is turning three this april. It's either stolen- who knows where, in my car somewhere, or has been run over by a car. I'm hoping it's the second option, but I don't know. I have pretty bad luck. I'm also frustrated with myself on the topic, because I was going to look at my pictures on the way home from my hockey game, but decided I'd look at them at home. And I got home; then broke down in tears because Milly- a very photogenic 3" kitty was lost, too. I've been praying for the last couple days. I'm slacking on my homework :P...

As to Auditions, mine went well. We did contour drawing (I'm not saying what that is), gesture drawing (this too) and still lifes. It was cool. Then there was an interview (I had Milly with me, that's one reason I'm so attached to her) and then I went home. Hooray...

Here's a picture of Milly. I'm going to sign off now and search for Milly. As you've notice I am acting like she's my real cat.

-Camille, going to look for Milly.

Auditions and Other... notice

2010-01-20T18:51:00.000-08:00

I have an audition tomorrow, for an Arts School. I'm slightly nervous. As you might've notice from earlier posts, I am auditioning for Visual Arts. I had to send in a portfolio and all that... bleh. But it's going to be really cool if I get in. I'm not auditioning for "an opening year", so someone'll have to drop out or die or something for me to get in...

I hope it's not death. I'd feel like a murderer. But, I doubt it is. Highly unlikely for sudden death for a poor artist. Anyways, Some of my friends are auditioning, too. I'll not mention their names, for I do not have their permission. (Well I didn't ask; and I doubt they know I have a blog.) Two for Flute- in instumental; one in clarinet. One for vocal, and one for drama and one for dance. So that is it for now. Above is a picture of Claire; my sister's first and only doll. Oh, and yes, my next post will be after my audition, if you're wondering.

-Camille, who is very nervous

A Short Post in need of a Title

2010-01-11T15:22:00.001-08:00

The second week of school! Already... and other things of sorts. Today I have a history project to hand in and a science project yesterday. I have a very tall pile of homework, so this will be a short post. A short introduction to the resident dolls, in order from when I got them, Kristal, Nellie and my sister's doll, Claire, Jess, Mia, Ruthie, Chrissa, Gwen (full name Gwendolyn) and Sonali. I 'm not an obssessionist, but I enjoy taking their pictures. This is our friend the griffin-bat-komodo-dragon-dove creature. Sort of unique. The head is inspired from Buckbeak, on the cover of The Prisonner of Azkaban, which I am fairly sure I misspelled. Anyways, wrapping up this post, thank you Avery V. for following and.. hmm. Good luck on midterms and such.

-Camille

Deux Mille dix...?

2010-01-01T14:27:00.000-08:00

I can't quite grasp that the decade has just ended. I'm not sure. But a lot has been done in one short year. I've started my own YouTube channel, finished my portfolio for an arts school, began reading several other book series... etc. I'm excited for this year and to see what it brings. The fact that a decade has just ended has really surprised me. I started taking interest in photography this fall, and I'm getting better at it. Above is a holiday portrait of my friend's Nicki doll the in the Melody Valerie Couture dress, the Snowflake. Anyways, Happy New Year!

-Camille

Tin Foil Moons and Portfolios

2009-12-20T10:53:00.000-08:00

This is part of my portfolio for a school I'm auditionning for. I thought this photo looked pretty
cool out of all of them. This piece is of an Imaginative Creature, the background is of a night sky; which consists of a tin foil moon, a charcoal pencil tree, and the sky is done in blue watercolour. It was supposed to be mixed-media, as you can see. The rest of the painting/piece is multicoloured flowers surrounding the bottom of the tree, a small rocky pond-ish-pool-of-water; which is done with watercolours. The creature... is the head of an eagle, done in acrylics, except with a gray beak and gray plumage, a bat's wing-- done in charcoal pencils, a parrot wing, the hind legs of a lion, a dragon's tail in oil pastels, and front legs-- are eagle feet.
It's not that good a painting, anyway. But it's pretty good in my opinion.
-Camille

Hello

2009-12-19T07:41:00.000-08:00

This is my first post.. I'll tell you a bit about myself.
I write books, and one day, I'd like to be a published author. I like the colour purple, any tone of it. I have a passion for Visual Art... I like the other arts, but... I suck at them.
I like to run, a lot. I have a cat(s), his (their) name(s) is(are) Max (and Pud). Some people say I'm kind of cat crazy. I guess I have to agree there.
I do photography too. I'm not very good, though.
So that's me, I guess.