This is not a real 기사 on anything of actual relevance to the 팬팝 DPs. This is a miscellaneous piece "about myself" for a topic--- because I was forced the write recommendation letters for myself a lot of late...and now I just feel like I can tackle a "blip" 기사 like this without completely gagging over how boring I appear.
Well, my name is Laura. I'm glad my mother refused to let my grandmother name me, Jennifer. ( Grandma did name my cousin, Jennifer, though. So there is a Jennifer in the family).
What would be worth saying about me...?
Okay. I guess I'm vocal, though half of the time people would really like me to be quiet. I grew up hearing other kids and adults tell me to "be quiet and to shut up" a lot --- so perhaps I'm now bucking their authority, and making up for 로스트 time.
My opinions aren't really accepted 의해 anyone, save my closest friends. My mother doesn't like the way I think, which is why she is always trying to "correct my thinking" and "stop me from making stupid statements." lol, lol, lol.
Let's see... In my short and crammed 31 years of being alive I have managed to do the following:
1) Kept going to school; I now have four degrees, and am going back to school for some 더 많이 certifications, soon. Most of my degrees are in the sciences, but I do have an associates in the arts.
2) Had classical musical training via studying piano, and playing in state 피아노 competitions; also playing accompaniment for my sister, a violinist; and playing in worship/youth bands. I was the keyboardist for everyone for the LONGEST TIME.
3) Had martial arts training, and received a first degree black 벨트 in Korean Tae Kwon Do. ( I can relate to 뮬란 having to train hard to gain endurance/ body strength). It's been years, but my 가장 좋아하는 kicks are still the round-kick, the hook-kick, the reverse hook-kick, and the tornado kick.
4) Drew an inordinate amount of pictures, and learned to draw from literally staring at Trina Schart Hyman's detailed illustrations/ paintings until my eyes hurt and I had each of them memorized; never went to formal art school, but someone who did, taught me pointillism; I got out of art because art does not pay, and some artists can be overly jealous creatures, very quick to put down others as being "less talented" than they are. BullS*T.
5) Wrote an inordinate amount of stories; got no traction when I tried to send/submit two of them; editors 사랑 slush piles and shoving any kind of story they can into the trash; editors are extremely picky people in the creative 글쓰기 world; I have abandoned 글쓰기 much of anything not related to science.
6) Started collecting 디즈니 stuff as a kid. Didn't think about that really until now. But I kept all of my old 스누피 and Ariel stuff. I kept the mylar 뮬란 balloon my mother got me. Now I'm collecting tons of Ariel things ( because 디즈니 suddenly allowed a plethora of products to become available last 년 and this year). I began collecting snow globes from my 가장 좋아하는 디즈니 movies.
7) Doll-making started in my childhood. I sewed my own 곰 and rabbit. Sewed tons of rag 인형 and outfits for them. Created my own marionette. Took up crochet, and have crocheted Ponyo, Merida, Mulan, and Ariel 인형 with detachable fins, dresses, outfits, etc. (You won't find these DP 인형 anywhere but Etsy; they cost a fortune, and those 인형 aren't as detailed as mine. I looked at screencaps for mine. Thinking about doing Rapunzel, next. But my 가장 좋아하는 screencap site first got banned 의해 Disney, and then, when the individual finally got permission from 디즈니 to put it up again, his/her harddrive crashed and he/she 로스트 three years of work and all of the pics. Poor guy/girl).
8) Somewhere along the way I learned to dress better, and find clothes and an eclectic style that fit me; did goth, did bohemian; did my own piercings ( to my mother's horror and tirades), but did not venture into tattoos; jewelry became a uniform and an "armor" that I could "don" --- since everyone seemed to relate to that easily, and not to my 사랑 of 읽기 books, and to my ADORATION of Dickens's David Copperfield ( my 가장 좋아하는 book in the world. Yes, it did 상단, 맨 위로 Tolkien and C.S. Lewis for me). Yes, I am part Mulan, part Ariel, part Belle, part Merida, and part Rapunzel. Now 당신 can see why I sort of relate to those princesses and NOT to Elsa and Anna. The ONLY thing I relate to with the 겨울왕국 sisters is liking chocolate.
So. I'm literate, and like 읽기 A LOT. I read scientific 기사 from scientific journals nearly all the time, which are harder than 읽기 Shakespearean plays because they get all technical with the jargon. Shakespeare is a low-demand, fun read now. I used to read Macbeth and Hamlet for fun. 읽기 everything feels like 읽기 a picture book right now. Heck, 읽기 Tolkien, Le Guin, Neil Gaiman, Terry Goodkind, Diana Gabaldon, Jacqueline Carey, and George R.R. Martin feel like 읽기 children's chapter books-- even if they're meant for adult readers. I rarely meet a word I don't know the meaning of at this point, and when I do, that's when my buddy, Dr. Dictionary, arrives.
So. I like the 음악 most in 디즈니 movies, and the characters a little mess so. The plot in a 디즈니 movie, 또는 any other movie--- can not be FULL OF HOLES, 또는 I will NEVER re-watch it. But here are my 가장 좋아하는 디즈니 movies.
1. Mulan
2. The Little Mermaid
3. Tangled
4. 메리다와 마법의 숲 ( the PIXAR/DISNEY mashup)
5. Pocahontas
6. Hercules
7. The Hunchback of Notre Dame
8. Beauty and the Beast
9. Tarzan
10.The Nightmare Before Christmas
11. 알라딘
12. The Lion King
(Frozen doesn't appear, because...it was truly the most underwhelming 디즈니 movie I have ever seen. It made the three original Walt 디즈니 technicolor pictures seem far better in their delivery, message, pacing, and songs).
My 가장 좋아하는 영화 of all in general are The Lord of The Rings trilogy 의해 Peter Jackson. 초 runner ups are Jame's Cameron's 우주 odyssey, Avatar, and his tear-jerker 타이타닉 in small doses. Joss Whedon's Serenity, and his "The Avengers" are both exemplar comedic adventures. The plots in all of the above 영화 work WELL. I do also like the Kate Beckinsale 언더월드 movies, where weirdly corrupt genetic science meets 뱀파이어 and werewolves.
Still 사랑 Tim 버튼, burton movies. I like the Corpse Bride, Charlie and The 초콜릿 Factory ( which wasn't a bad adaptation of Ronald Dahl's acerbic wit), Alice in Wonderland, and some others which slip my memory at the moment. I 사랑 Helena Bonham Carter, Tim Burton's actual wife, btw. I also really, really liked Wes Andersen's Fantastic Mr. Fox.
가장 좋아하는 tv programs used to be House and Bones. Now it's 더 많이 Firefly, Game of Thrones, 아바타 Ang from the Nickelodeon series, 아바타 Korra, Longmire, Haven ( a syfy spinoff from Stephen King), and some others.
가장 좋아하는 recording artist is Alecia Moore who goes 의해 the name of P!nk. I've been a 담홍색, 핑크 freak for 13 years and counting.... I also 사랑 the rock band Alter Bridge, and my icelandic guys, Sigur Ros. This is all aside from Classical music, Claude Debussy in particular, and 디즈니 soundtracks.
And that's a wrap, folks. See? I told 당신 that I'm not all that interesting. In fact, with all of this long laundry list, you'll probably want to go rest your eyeballs from staring at a computer screen for so long.
Please go do that.
And if 당신 feel up to it-- if something in this appealed to 당신 at all-- don't hesitate to mention it below.
Have a nice day, peeps!
-iwasneverhere
Well, my name is Laura. I'm glad my mother refused to let my grandmother name me, Jennifer. ( Grandma did name my cousin, Jennifer, though. So there is a Jennifer in the family).
What would be worth saying about me...?
Okay. I guess I'm vocal, though half of the time people would really like me to be quiet. I grew up hearing other kids and adults tell me to "be quiet and to shut up" a lot --- so perhaps I'm now bucking their authority, and making up for 로스트 time.
My opinions aren't really accepted 의해 anyone, save my closest friends. My mother doesn't like the way I think, which is why she is always trying to "correct my thinking" and "stop me from making stupid statements." lol, lol, lol.
Let's see... In my short and crammed 31 years of being alive I have managed to do the following:
1) Kept going to school; I now have four degrees, and am going back to school for some 더 많이 certifications, soon. Most of my degrees are in the sciences, but I do have an associates in the arts.
2) Had classical musical training via studying piano, and playing in state 피아노 competitions; also playing accompaniment for my sister, a violinist; and playing in worship/youth bands. I was the keyboardist for everyone for the LONGEST TIME.
3) Had martial arts training, and received a first degree black 벨트 in Korean Tae Kwon Do. ( I can relate to 뮬란 having to train hard to gain endurance/ body strength). It's been years, but my 가장 좋아하는 kicks are still the round-kick, the hook-kick, the reverse hook-kick, and the tornado kick.
4) Drew an inordinate amount of pictures, and learned to draw from literally staring at Trina Schart Hyman's detailed illustrations/ paintings until my eyes hurt and I had each of them memorized; never went to formal art school, but someone who did, taught me pointillism; I got out of art because art does not pay, and some artists can be overly jealous creatures, very quick to put down others as being "less talented" than they are. BullS*T.
5) Wrote an inordinate amount of stories; got no traction when I tried to send/submit two of them; editors 사랑 slush piles and shoving any kind of story they can into the trash; editors are extremely picky people in the creative 글쓰기 world; I have abandoned 글쓰기 much of anything not related to science.
6) Started collecting 디즈니 stuff as a kid. Didn't think about that really until now. But I kept all of my old 스누피 and Ariel stuff. I kept the mylar 뮬란 balloon my mother got me. Now I'm collecting tons of Ariel things ( because 디즈니 suddenly allowed a plethora of products to become available last 년 and this year). I began collecting snow globes from my 가장 좋아하는 디즈니 movies.
7) Doll-making started in my childhood. I sewed my own 곰 and rabbit. Sewed tons of rag 인형 and outfits for them. Created my own marionette. Took up crochet, and have crocheted Ponyo, Merida, Mulan, and Ariel 인형 with detachable fins, dresses, outfits, etc. (You won't find these DP 인형 anywhere but Etsy; they cost a fortune, and those 인형 aren't as detailed as mine. I looked at screencaps for mine. Thinking about doing Rapunzel, next. But my 가장 좋아하는 screencap site first got banned 의해 Disney, and then, when the individual finally got permission from 디즈니 to put it up again, his/her harddrive crashed and he/she 로스트 three years of work and all of the pics. Poor guy/girl).
8) Somewhere along the way I learned to dress better, and find clothes and an eclectic style that fit me; did goth, did bohemian; did my own piercings ( to my mother's horror and tirades), but did not venture into tattoos; jewelry became a uniform and an "armor" that I could "don" --- since everyone seemed to relate to that easily, and not to my 사랑 of 읽기 books, and to my ADORATION of Dickens's David Copperfield ( my 가장 좋아하는 book in the world. Yes, it did 상단, 맨 위로 Tolkien and C.S. Lewis for me). Yes, I am part Mulan, part Ariel, part Belle, part Merida, and part Rapunzel. Now 당신 can see why I sort of relate to those princesses and NOT to Elsa and Anna. The ONLY thing I relate to with the 겨울왕국 sisters is liking chocolate.
So. I'm literate, and like 읽기 A LOT. I read scientific 기사 from scientific journals nearly all the time, which are harder than 읽기 Shakespearean plays because they get all technical with the jargon. Shakespeare is a low-demand, fun read now. I used to read Macbeth and Hamlet for fun. 읽기 everything feels like 읽기 a picture book right now. Heck, 읽기 Tolkien, Le Guin, Neil Gaiman, Terry Goodkind, Diana Gabaldon, Jacqueline Carey, and George R.R. Martin feel like 읽기 children's chapter books-- even if they're meant for adult readers. I rarely meet a word I don't know the meaning of at this point, and when I do, that's when my buddy, Dr. Dictionary, arrives.
So. I like the 음악 most in 디즈니 movies, and the characters a little mess so. The plot in a 디즈니 movie, 또는 any other movie--- can not be FULL OF HOLES, 또는 I will NEVER re-watch it. But here are my 가장 좋아하는 디즈니 movies.
1. Mulan
2. The Little Mermaid
3. Tangled
4. 메리다와 마법의 숲 ( the PIXAR/DISNEY mashup)
5. Pocahontas
6. Hercules
7. The Hunchback of Notre Dame
8. Beauty and the Beast
9. Tarzan
10.The Nightmare Before Christmas
11. 알라딘
12. The Lion King
(Frozen doesn't appear, because...it was truly the most underwhelming 디즈니 movie I have ever seen. It made the three original Walt 디즈니 technicolor pictures seem far better in their delivery, message, pacing, and songs).
My 가장 좋아하는 영화 of all in general are The Lord of The Rings trilogy 의해 Peter Jackson. 초 runner ups are Jame's Cameron's 우주 odyssey, Avatar, and his tear-jerker 타이타닉 in small doses. Joss Whedon's Serenity, and his "The Avengers" are both exemplar comedic adventures. The plots in all of the above 영화 work WELL. I do also like the Kate Beckinsale 언더월드 movies, where weirdly corrupt genetic science meets 뱀파이어 and werewolves.
Still 사랑 Tim 버튼, burton movies. I like the Corpse Bride, Charlie and The 초콜릿 Factory ( which wasn't a bad adaptation of Ronald Dahl's acerbic wit), Alice in Wonderland, and some others which slip my memory at the moment. I 사랑 Helena Bonham Carter, Tim Burton's actual wife, btw. I also really, really liked Wes Andersen's Fantastic Mr. Fox.
가장 좋아하는 tv programs used to be House and Bones. Now it's 더 많이 Firefly, Game of Thrones, 아바타 Ang from the Nickelodeon series, 아바타 Korra, Longmire, Haven ( a syfy spinoff from Stephen King), and some others.
가장 좋아하는 recording artist is Alecia Moore who goes 의해 the name of P!nk. I've been a 담홍색, 핑크 freak for 13 years and counting.... I also 사랑 the rock band Alter Bridge, and my icelandic guys, Sigur Ros. This is all aside from Classical music, Claude Debussy in particular, and 디즈니 soundtracks.
And that's a wrap, folks. See? I told 당신 that I'm not all that interesting. In fact, with all of this long laundry list, you'll probably want to go rest your eyeballs from staring at a computer screen for so long.
Please go do that.
And if 당신 feel up to it-- if something in this appealed to 당신 at all-- don't hesitate to mention it below.
Have a nice day, peeps!
-iwasneverhere