Hey guys, sorry...
It's the Queen's birthday! :) Instead of shopping after a delicious dinner at Olive Garden I went to youth group to hang out with Little Mermaid and Colin Creevey (the ever pestish stalker) and my absolutely amazing youth leaders, Pastor The Eagle and Mr. Ginger.. (yes, he has amazing ginger hair :3) The party we had here last night was REALLY fun, I won't go into some interesting details though... THE QUEEN IS GOING TO JOANN'S FABRIC TOMORROW, and I'm desperately hoping to convince her to get me my cloak pattern! The sooner I have that the sooner we can do this kick-butt photo shoot! :) Also, Tinsel, our bunny rabbit is pooping in the library and we seriously need to get her to go in her cage.. I'm not sure she likes us yet... Alright, short post, sorry guys.
Here's a picture of Tinsel. :)

CUTE, RIGHT?
Kay, g'night guys. The stars are bright tonight... <3
Nightingale~

Merry Christmas, Muri Kurisimasu, Mele Kalikimaka, Feliz Navidad, Happy Hannukah, Happy Kwannza, "Like, Happy Holidays.." to you all! God gave me the most wonderful of days; (and nights; I sat looking at unbelievably bright stars last night and got teared up) even if it wasn't white, it was still full to the brim with blessings. He gave me that Christmas spirit last night, but maybe not the kind I had expected. I got CHRISTmas Spirit, and that was only one of the many, many gifts he gave me throughout the day.
We got a lop-eared bunny. Who we named, in honor of Christmas, Tinsel. She is SO cute, hopping along, getting used to us and the freedom of the house. I recieved a guitar strap, several picks, a pick dispenser, a new sketchpad (Spiral bound! YES! :D), new Grinch pajamas, (LOVE them) nail polish, the Son of Neptune, and two (whether the deliverers knew it or not) heartstring-plucking cards from two of my sisterly friends in Hawaii, Rose and Plumeria, whom I still need to send gifts! D: I sat on the couch with the cards in my hands in tears. There's no place like home for the holidays, and no matter where I am I can't help but feel like I belong back there. But I am with them in spirit nonetheless, feeling full in the heart and thankful. I watched the sun go down on another wonderful Christmas day, and watched the first bright star (planet, actually, I think it was Mars) appear in a black sky. One more year down. Last Christmas I had no idea these crazy, eye-opening and faith-building experiences would be brought into my life by God. I can hardly imagine what I'll be typing about this time next year.
I have been blessed beyond my wildest dreams. I could not begin to type it all. Looking back the year seemed to go by so fast, but I had amazing friends and a loving family to back me up through whatever life threw at me, and life has good aim. It gives me goosebumps. I trust you all were blessed as much or even more so than I was. May God continue to guide me, you, my family, this nation and this world in the direction He already knows it's headed in. Merry Christmas, and Happy Birthday Jesus! <3
Nightingale~  

Christmas Eve? ALREADY?
I have no idea where this year went! Seriously, that was crazy. Well, I just woke up and my hair was the exact resemblance of none other than Hermione. le Poof. There will be plenty of Christmas parties to go to and one huge one that my family will be hosting on Tuesday, and then Thursday I'm going to my very first formal! Well, it's a birthday party, but it's still a winter formal. :)
For those of you looking for a good, unique Christmas movie this year, The Nativity Story pretty much has to beat them all. It's a great movie that I can never get enough of, maybe because of the clear perspective I get of the birth of Christ from it. Unfortunately, I don't have much time to post, I have cleaning to do for the party and gifts to be wrapping. I wish ALL of you a very Merry CHRISTmas, a Happy Hanukkah to those celebrating it and many other holidays to many other countries around the world. And a Happy New Year! :) God Bless.

(Although I don't think Jesus was glowing when he was born..)
Nightingale~

FINISHED. Finished finished finished. Not with school, but with my guitar lesson (CURSE YOU NEW SCALE ASSIGNMENT!)  and my performance. Oh gosh, I thought I was going to collapse from my jelly knees afterwards... but most everyone said I did well, so I'm glad I did it and it was fun and I'm glad it's over xD but Pastor The Eagle asked me if he might approach me in the next year and ask if I could do it again. Ooh. :)
I also got to hold his newborn little girl! She's so precious and big, holding her just made me... you know, want to have a family! I always have this vision of what my family is going to look like; Little Tristan Perseus (Or Tristan Benjamin Alexander) will be a little adorable towhead blondie with big blue eyes, a shy boy but very creative and sweet. Then Oliver Judas, three years later, who will have light hair and brown eyes, roudy little thing but very loving and content to play by himself. Then two years after that, beautiful Florence Ivanna, (Flo for short) who will want to boss the boys around but is a little princess. I guess every girl invisions this at some point, and I'm kind of positive my family isn't going to look like this, but it would be nice. :) I'd love for them to grow up in England, too, but that's not going to happen haha...
Today's our last day of school, thank heaven. Now while I sit here chomping on my "Chomp" English imported chocolate (Jealous? ;)) waiting for The Queen to come down and tell us to get to work, (Oh look here she is) I'd better get to my various assignments. Have a good Almost Friday. :3
Gale~

Happy Winter Solstice!

Well, I checked my profile just now and saw that yesterday I had two page views, and today I had 21. Where did that come from?! But it makes me very happy. :) Thanks to anyone who spread the word! :D
Wow, today's the shortest day of the year. Happy Winter Solstice! According to my Percy Jackson book (heh heh) and Rick Riordan, the Olympian gods are all meeting on the top of the Empire State building to strengthen their power, since apparently evil is strongest andancient stirrings occur more heavily this day of the year. Hah.. Weather forecast says it'll be warmish until Christmas.
WHY?
Well, Red has said that once she prayed for it to snow on Christmas but they ended up getting it on Valentine's Day. Come on, maybe just New Years? I'm getting ready to go sing tonight. :) Please pray that I can hit all the notes! D: it's a bit high for me. Then again my ancestors were banshees; this should be a breeze. ;) Gotta go. Have a wonderfully short day and please hope that I don't pass out before I get on stage. Not that it's ever happened before, but I tend to freak out about these things.
Gale~

I'm singing tomorrow. I'm freaking out.
But I also have a guitar lesson tomorrow.
Strange, I'm freaking out more about the guitar lesson than I am about my performance. Hmm.
Not much to say I guess. Red and I (well more me than Red) want to do a goth/horror photoshoot with white facepaint and red lips and black eyes and dark clothes and hazy skies and long mysterious roads... but it would be cooler if I had a CAPE. But I'll try to post pictures later, once we actually do it. It should be very Nightingale-y, don't you think?
I've been practicing channeling my emotions from my deepest depths into a simple look in my eyes; nothing else in my face. Just my eyes. I'm getting better, just working on the intimidating part without making it look goofy, since I look pretty un-spooky to begin with.
I'm also working on immunizing myself to horror movies. To be quite honest I can't bear them, but I really want to like them because it seems like a very interesting genre besides the fact that I go cower in the corner with a nunchuck after the movie is over. One horror actor I'm really loving is Bill Oberst Jr. He's a Christian actor who works in the genre a whole lot, who actually played Jesus of Nazareth for, I think, twelve years in a theater production, then moved to LA to work full time. I first saw him when he stalked me and went to kill me in this Facebook application video: http://www.takethislollipop.com/ (Seriously, if you guys have a Facebook, you need to do this. It scared the crap out of me but it was amazing.) Afterwards I wondered who the actor was, seeing as how he was really quite good, but wasn't able to find out. Then as I was watching a Hallmark movie, The Shunning, (wonderful movie, you should totally watch it) with KGR about a month later, I saw him, and recognized him instantly. I don't remember doing it but KGR said I literally stood on the couch, freaking out, pointing at the television and screaming "OH JESUS, I KNOW WHO HE IS!!"
After I had regained my dignity I went and looked up the cast and sure enough, there he was. I checked out his bio, which I found really fascinating, and was intrigued by his faith and his ability and skill as an actor. I checked out his page on Facebook and (you have no idea how inwardly creepy that was, seeing as he'd stalked me on Facebook before) he's actually a really nice guy. I talked to him there a little, which was really a priviledge, and he quickly became my favorite actor. I encourage you all to check him out! I find the way he expresses his disturbing outward appearance kind of inspiring and thought-triggering.
Weeell, it still hasn't snowed. But Santa came by in a decorated fire truck and gave us candy canes while their speakers blasted "Dreidel, dreidel, dreidel, I made it out of clay." That was funny. I gotta go. Have a good night everybody!
Nightingale~
 

Hey guys, sorry I haven't been on. Busy day.
Right now I am bearing through some unbelievable cramps and praying that even with our glorified bodies in heaven, we girls won't have to... you know, go what we go through. :) Question: Is it strange that lately I've been picturing God the Father as a tall, sandy-blonde haired man in a loose white tunic and white slacks, with a little bit of stubble and sparkling blue eyes? I mean I know several people who picture Him as old with a flowing beard. I picture Him more as a young father, not a grampa. Is this odd? Because then I see Jesus and he looks as old as the Father. Hmm. This can't be right.
The Queen is out shopping, KGR at work (He gave me his chinese food! I'm so happy) and the Three Stooges are out beating each other in the living room. Doubt much school will get done today. Practicing my song for Wednesday night, which apparently will be a day chalk-full of things to do. Christmas week should not be this busy, seriously!
But I'm feeling very loved. Still can't believe it's a week until Christmas and I'm still not excited, but I am blessed. But I'm disappointed Jesus's birthday will go by again without me being able to celebrate it with Him in person. My present to Him is a full day of praise; not much but that's what he wants, right? Happy Birthday to Goldey Locks, too! finally got her double digits yesterday. Such a big girl. :)
I have a lot of math to catch up on... and children to supervise... but it's getting colder and colder. There was a thick layer of frost this morning. :) So all I have to do is pray for snow, and maybe I'll get into the spirit! Have a good day guys. God bless. :)
Nightingale~