I'm off. Shan't be back here.
If you love me and absolutely must see what I do next, I will now be here:

Partly cos the name's better, mostly cos this account is very old and I need a fresh start.

Cheers!

No, not really a long-expected party. That would be far too interesting. I was just thinking about Lord of the Rings.
Thought, also, because I can juggle a quite astounding number of thoughts in my head at once, that I might write a new journal, because my last journal was talking about the summer, which is coming to a close, and to keep that up on my page would be just depressing. So here we go: Hurrah for fall, and school, and all that! Look at me, being excited! Not sad at all! Such a profitable summer! Not sorry it's over at all! ... yeah. Right.
On a more serious note, I have discovered the God of all cute things, and he is called Alan Davies. I first saw him on QI (BBC's quiz show, Quite Interesting, hosted by Stephen Fry. It is quite interesting.) but I didn't give him much attention. I mean, he was funny and good-looking and everything, but come on. You can't ask me to look past Stephen Fry. But then, I decided that this Alan Davies character was worth looking into a bit more, so I went on his IMdb page, looked at his profile, you know. Well, eventually, I found a show called "Jonathan Creek", and, as one does, I watched it. Well wasn't it just fantastic! Oh my God, if I may use the expression in a flattering, embarrassingly fangirlish way, Alan Davies was brilliant. He is absolutely adorable in that show, I love the character, I liked the storylines, in fact, I loved everything except for the other main character, Madeleine Magellan, who just sort of annoyed me. I suggest it very much to anyone. I'm halfway through the second season now, and it is just fantastic.
I am also starting to listen to radio dramas. I have, now, the Goon Show (inspired Monty Python), Beyond the Fringe (I think it had some or one of the Pythons in it), Absolute Power (came before the show, with Stephen Fry! and John Bird, very funny sort of political/ media satire), and Saturday Night Fry (with Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie, and others, hilarious, very much like A Bit of Fry and Laurie), and am trying to get a hold of I'm Sorry I'll Read That Again (John Cleese). So far, they are absolutely terrific, especially useful when you are working out or something. It's like sitting down and waqtching a television show, without all the grief from those who think you should be doing something more productive.
Reading? Oh, yes, I still do that. Right now, I am reading the Adventures of Sally, a decent PG Wopdehouse, so far. They are so much fun to read; I only wish I'd discovered the author a few years earlier. I feel a bit silly carrying around these books with me, but no matter; I like them enough to feel silly. I also just finished one I'd tried and failed to read before: "The Historian", by Elizabeth Kostova. Great read, very spooky, very informative. Learned more than I had ever wanted to know about Vlad Tepes and the Dracula legend, but I really enjoyed it. It ruined the movie "Blade" for me though; having just read this terrific, moving piece, some guy and his cowboy saying "Let's get those motherfucking vampires with our large over-compensating swords" to each other really didn't cut it for me.
Drawing-wise, I haven't progressed much. I've started painting a bit; not very well, nothing I've yet had the courage to put up here. Mostly acrylics; it's been quite fun. I've done... let's see... a portrait of my grandmother, my little sister (which, incidentally, I made into a puzzle for her birthday), and some other, irrelevant stuff. If anyone has any magical solutions for painting, or more specifically, not being able to, please post them.
Writing. I do that too, occasionally, between games of Solitaire. One of my more fun things I've put up here; the other is too long. Again, can't say much here, there's nothing to say.
Summer has come to a close. It has been spent for the most part looking after small children. Fun fun. I am excited to start school (in a very miniscule, determinedly optimistic way). I get to read History this year, which may be fairly interesting. I also start Spanish -- useful, I guess.
Finally, Diet Dr Pepper is no substitute for Dr Pepper, and tastes vaguely of cat's piss, and I like iced cappucinos very much. That's not important, just a piece of general advice for the future.
Cheers.

Hello,
Thought it was a time for a change on the front page - my last entry complained of examinations, which are now all over, and which, happily, I passed well. Not much new here (is there ever really anything new during the summer?). I've been putsing around, biding my time. I have not been able to accomplish an incredible amount, because my computer has died and gone to computer-hell, where I hope it will burn and melt just like it did in life. Mmm, nothing smells better than burning plastic. My dad and I even replaced part of the dratted cord (involving lots of cutting and re-wrapping and lighters and electrical savvy - sorry, guesses - and so on), so that the whole machine looked like one of Frankenstein's creations. Granted, it was eight years old or so, but it was bloody frustrating. As it happened, the motherboard was shot, and ironically, because the computer was so old it would cost as much as a new computer to replace. You'd think the old computers would need more fixing, and their parts would be cheaper! But nooo. So I'm ordering another one (hurrah!) cos Dell is having a sale, and it should arrive on the twenty-third. I am most excited, but I found out that I am very dependent on the blasted machine, and living without one has been a form of intense torutre to me.
Anyways, I am utilising my dad's work-computer at the moment, so all is well (for now). ANNNDD I am extremely pleased because - that's right - I finally found somewhere to download "Kingdom"! It's this fantastic series, just aired in May, I believe, starring Stephen Fry, who is my hero. It follows a sort of solicitor in the country, and it's cute, I really enjoy it. I watched the first episode three times on Youtube, as that was the only place I could find it and there was but the first one, but, I found a website (www.veoh.com) which allows me to download all of them! Hurrah hurrah! I have just finished the second one, which was as good as the first, made me laugh and cry and all that, and the other two are at 60.3 and 56.7 % downloaded, respectively (another half-hour to wait on my part).
Book-wise, I have finally finished "The Old Curiosity Shop" and good Lord was it long. I mean to say, the characters were enjoyable enough, but the storyline moved along at the pace of an arthritic turtle, and I was incredibly bored by the end. On another note, I read James Joyce's "Dubliners", which is a collection of short stories, written in the early 1900s I reckon, all looking at different people living in London. No, that was a joke, it's Dublin, really. I quite liked it, read it in about two days. I hope to buy more of his stuff at my used book shop. And, what sort of person would I be if I had not read the new Harry potter? A much cooler one. But, that aside, I did enjoy it, though bits of it made me angry, especially bits in tents for eight long, drawn-out months.
Art, I've been drawing a bit, mostly sketches from screenshots of Blackadder (which I own doncha know!), also took my very first art class! and discovered that I can't paint for love or money. Ah well. Got to use neat things, though, like India ink and willow sticks, stuff I'd never think to go out and buy, but which was very interesting to experiment with.
Cheers.

Yes...
THEY'RE HEEERRE
Bloody exams. I can not stand them. I detest them. I loathe them. But they refuse to go away. I am somewhat insane at the moment, as I have studied for four and a half hours straight today. I had to stop, however; there are only so many times you can read the problems facing the forestry industry before the words you are seeing cease to mean anything altogether. I swear, by the last time I was reading through my notes, I could nearly recite them from memory. Not a bad thing, I suppose, but this is still as boring as hell. You may notice that I have selected my mood as "dead", which may seem like a joke, but I mean it quite literally.
On that note, I have not had time to do anything art-wise, and as for writing, it is very limited at the moment. I did, however, receive a brand new leather notebook from a friend of my step-mum's which is just lovely. I plan to write things in it. Generally, that is what you do with notebooks. But, ah, important things. I always seem to have strange conversations with people wherever I am, and they all put in their witticisms - things I'd like to include in some of my stories, and I always wish I had a piece of paper or summat to write them down in. Well, now, I do. So I am quite excited about that.
That is all, for the moment. I shall be more active in exactly eleven days, when I will be free from the grips of exams for-ever. Well, for the summer at least.
Cheers.

1) Full Name: Michaela Kathleen
2) Male/Female: Female
3) Were you named after anyone?: Friend of my Mum’s for the first bit; a great Irish aunt or something for the second
4) Does your name mean anything?: Female variant of Michael – “Who is like God?” Me.
5) Nick Name(s): “Beila”. Coined by my little sister when she couldn’t pronounce Michaela, and it stuck
6) What do you think you look like.. name wise?: God only knows.
7) Date Of Birth: May 18th
8) Place of Birth and Current Location: A galaxy we call the Milky Way.
9) Nationality: French, British, Irish
10) Astrology Sign: Taurus
11) Chinese Astrology Sign: Monkey
12) Religion: Lapsed Atheist
13) Whats your favorite smell?: Cinnamin
14) Political Position?: Liberal
15) What do you prefer to drink in the morning?: Tea or Orange juice
16) Hair + Eye color: Dark brown hair, weird eyes that fluctuate between grey and green
17) Do you look like anyone famous?: Been told Angelina Jolie cos of my lips, but I don’t think so really.
18) What do you look like?: A human being.
19) Any unusual talents?: I can fold my tongue in half in an up-and-down-type way
20) Righty, Lefty, or Ambidextrous?: Right-ho!
21) Straight, Bi, Gay or Other?: Interested to know what “other” is, but straight, yes.
22) What do you do for a living?: Eat, sleep and drink plenty of liquids.
23) What do you do for fun?: Draw, write, read. Hang with siblings and friends.
24) What are your favorite art materials to work with?: Pencils, tortillons, kneadable erasers, occasionally charcoal
25) What kind of materials would you like to work with?: Oils
26) Have you met your grandparents?: Three of four
27) Boyfriend/Girlfriend: I wish. Certain people can not take a hint. *HINT*
28) Crush: Clearly
29) What celebrity would you date if you could?: A younger, straighter Stephen Fry… Same can be said for Graham Chapman, though he’d have to be aliver as well
30) Current worries?: Exams
31) Favorite online Guy/Girl(s): No I’m not cool enough
32) Favorite place to be?: Hard to say. Home I guess.
33) Least favorite place to be?: Anywhere that spells “favourite” wrong. Jeese, if you’re going to write a quiz, get it right.
34) Do you burn or tan?: Burn. Painful. Depressing. Demoralising. But true.
35) Ever break a bone?: No.
36) What is your favorite cereal?: Mini-wheats with the brown sugary stuff on them – not only because they have amazing commercials and I’m an advert whore, but because they taste nice.
37) Person you cry with: Um, no-one really I prefer to do that without assistance. I am capable.

Do You Have...
38) Any sisters: 3: Jillian, Lily Maude, Lauren
39) Any brothers: 1: Jake
40) Any pets: Two little white dogs. Bunch of fish called Eric. One fish called Wanda.
41) An Illness: None
42) A Pager: No
43) A Personal phone line: No
44) A Cell phone: Yes but it’s lost
45) A visible birthmark: On my back
46) A Pool or hot tub: Pool in summer, hot tub in winter
47) A Car: No

Describe Your...
48) Personality: Um, talks a bit too much, to anyone who will listen (including herself), works to do things a lot
49) Driving: I don’t
50) Your clothing style: Pretty conservative, though I do “step it up” on occasion
51) Room: Invisible through all of the clothing on the ground
52) What’s missing: Waldo! I never found him!
53) School: Loathesome beast that I do well in
54) Bed: Big and comfy
55) Relationship with your parent(s): Good except when they’re bothersome
56) Do You believe in yourself: Usually
57) Do you believe in love at first sight?: I could be persuaded
58) Consider yourself a good listener: As long as I’m interested
59) Future dream that you would like to share: To RULE the WORLD
60) Get Along with your parents: Yes, except when they’re bothersome
61) Save your e-mail conversations: Yeah. 2 lazee 2 delete lol.
62) Pray: Once… when I was like three…
63) Believe in reincarnation: Dunno
64) Brush your teeth twice a day?: Three times, as often as I can spare
65) Like to talk on the phone: Not really
66) Like to eat?: Yes
67) Like to exercise?: Oh yeah. That’s a good one. Ha.
68) Like to watch sports?: Not as such.
69) Sing in the car?: … what would be the point of that?
70) What is a dream that you have all the time?: “Glamdring is here!”
71) Dream in color: … as opposed to black and white? Yes.
72) Do you have nightmares?: Probably
73) Sleep with a stuffed animal: Once, but no more. I finally got to the point where once I finally crawled into bed, I was too tired to look for a damned squishy pet-thing.
74) Right next to you: A can of SPAM, some bronze cross reading material, a pocket French dictionary, a dead printer, an old sketchbook, an empty cup of tea, a Tolkien book which I haven’t read yet, a lamp, some old math homework.
75) On your favorite coffee cup?: Er… white porcelain
76) On your mouse pad: It’s a laptop. It does not have a mouse.
77) Your favorite flavor of gum?: Mint
78) Your brand of deodorant?: Whatever happens to be in my house. I’ll even use Man Deodorant when I can’t find my own stuff.
79) Your dream honeymoon spot: THA MOORS
80) Your dream husband/wife: God, I don’t know
81) Hiding in your closet?: I was about to say “me” then I was like, no that sounds awkward… but seriously it has a little desk thing in it at which I am currently sitting
82) Under your bed: Old work, books, some unidentifiable objects that may have once been either socks or food
83) The name of one of your closest/best friends?: Sophie, Justine, John, Julia et al.
84) Your bad time of the day: Morning. It comes far too early.
85) Your worst fear(s): Flatworms. Honestly, those thins are messed up. They look like they could have giant teeth that could tear flesh apart. And how about those two-headed ones? Scary, that’s what they are.
86) What's the weather like: Just rained, kinda brightening up a bit
87) Your favorite time of year?: Early spring
88) Your favorite holiday?: Christmas
89) A material weakness?: Ummm… I’d be rather upset if anything happened to my Lord of the Rings action figures or ring…
90) The weirdest food or drink that you like: SPAM, escargot (bit of a variation there no?) smoked mussels
91) At the top of your "to-do list"?: Study for finals
92) The hardest thing about growing up: Mitosis and cell division
93) A pet peeve?: When people use of nearly all of the milk bag, or all of it, then put it back in the fridge. Come on, folks. Don’t drink it if you’re unable to refill it. I’ll have nothing to put in my tea, and have to use either cream or have it black, which are both nasty.
94) Your scariest moment: Realising that I’ve spent half an hour filling out a pointless quiz that no one will read
95) Your attitude about love?: Hmm, sounds nice.
96) The funniest or most desperate thing you've done to get the attention of the opposite sex?: Er, nothing really interesting, just follow the opposite sex around until they notice me
97) The worst feeling in the world: Finding out that bourgeois doesn’t mean anything sultry or sexy, just “of or pertaining to the middle class”. How boring. How disappointing.
98) The best feeling in the world: Laughing. At whatever.
99) Who sent this to you?: Justine. Thaaanks a lot man.
100) Tag people: I’m a nicer person than that.