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cat, costume, entertainment, fun, Halloween, humor, Loki, lol, Norma, Stephanie Beavers
Forget that crap.
Cat Costumes
31 Thursday Oct 2013
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The Three Little Pigs Like You’ve Never Heard It Before
28 Monday Oct 2013
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This comedian does an amazing rendition of what The Three Little Pigs might have sounded like if Shakespeare had written it. And, of course, ensured to be as hilarious as possible. Watch!
Are You Here, Yeti?
24 Thursday Oct 2013
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abominable snowman, animals, bigfoot, fantasy, fun, mythology, News, Science, Stephanie Beavers, yeti
The other day, National Geographic did an article on Yetis/Bigfoot/the Abominable Snowman. Basically, they collected a bunch of hairs from various people, all of which were supposed to belong to yetis (or one of the other varieties). As usual, everything is inconclusive, but it’s fun to theorize. The tagline of the article sums it up: “Scientist has linked “Yeti” hair samples to DNA from an ancient polar bear jaw.”
Image compliments of christooss on Flikr
Now, I have to admit, I’ve never been a big believer in Bigfoot (as “he” is more commonly known as where I’m from), but to be honest, I haven’t given it much thought. Still, when someone’s out in the wilderness and see a large, hairy creature, I’m more inclined to think they’ve seen a bear or another person or some such, rather than a mythical creature. I’m a bit skeptical that a mammal that large could have escaped capture or even high-quality cameras for so long. It’s simply improbable. That being said, I haven’t done in-depth research on the subject, so maybe there’s something I don’t know. Certainly I would never say, “Bigfoot definitely doesn’t exist.” I just have my doubts.
So what do you think, readers? Am I missing something? Is there some evidence I’m not aware of? Do YOU think Bigfoot (or yetis or abominable snowmen) exists? At any rate, the article is worth a read.
If I had a TARDIS, I wouldn’t have to wait.
21 Monday Oct 2013
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(Image courtesy of ICanHasCheezburger Network.)
BBC seems to like torturing its fans. Just saying. First, the interminable wait for the next season of Sherlock. But currently, the wait for the next episode of Doctor Who.
Now, I’m a Doctor Who fan. I wouldn’t call myself a die-hard, or even a “true” fangirl (whatever that is), but I do own a sonic screwdriver. Two actually, but that’s besides the point. I also own Series 1-4 + the specials and seen them WAY too many times. And even though I’m not as big of a fan of Matt Smith as I am of Tennant and even Eccleston, I’m really, really looking forward to the next episode. That being said, I’m actually trying to avoid the hype. (I’m never totally successful though.) I hate spoilers (so no spoilers, please), and I find that BBC is bad for revealing too much of their episodes (in my opinion, anyways). Then again, I like total surprises for what’s in the next episode when it comes to Doctor Who, so anything is a spoiler for me. I just want the new episode to be here. I can’t wait to see Tennant again!
So what about you? Looking forward to the next episode. Who is YOUR favorite Doctor?
Commercials
17 Thursday Oct 2013
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Now, I’ve never been a huge TV watcher. In fact, I grew up without a TV for most of my childhood. Some people might call that child abuse (lol) but I’m actually rather thankful for it. I think it helped contribute to my love of reading and writing and many other things. It also had another side-effect: I hate commercials. Now, I’m still exposed to commercials on the radio, but even then I have little patience. If an obnoxious enough commercial comes on, I will simply turn it off. My tolerance for commercials is extremely low. However, every so often you get a really good commercial. There’s a special place in my heart for those. I don’t even really mind that they’re trying to sell me something. Like the following:
The innocently adorable:
The humorously morbid:
And the classic:
Happy Thanksgiving!
14 Monday Oct 2013
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Now I know Thanksgiving is only happening right now for Canadians, but even so, Happy Thanksgiving! I’ve taken a moment to reflect on everything I have to be thankful for. To be honest, this is something I try to do every day. Gratitude is such a powerful thing, and I know it has done a great deal towards making me happier and even healthier. We all complain so much, but when I take a moment to realize all that I have and be thankful for it, it truly makes life better. Even when remembering bad things that happened, it helps to try to think of some way that some good may have come of that bad thing. It’s how I came to see the beauty in life. It’s how I hang onto hope, and it’s one of the ways I find happiness. So I’m taking this moment to say thank-you. Thank-you to anyone who reads this, and thank-you to everyone in my life.
Happy Thanksgiving everyone!
Constructed Languages
10 Thursday Oct 2013
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Avatar, books, conlangs, Dothraki, Elvish, entertainment, fantasy, Game of Thrones, Klingon, languages, Lord of the Rings, Na'vi, Star Trek, Stephanie Beavers, writing
Constructed languages, or “conlangs” are something that have always fascinated me. I was never a Tolkien fangirl or a Trekkie, but the invented languages in those fandoms intrigued me nonetheless. In the Valdemar series of books (some of my favorites), there was also a people who had their own language – multiple ones, come to think of it. As much as fully constructed languages intrigue me, however, I think I have more of a soft spot for when key words and phrases are cherry-picked and used the way the Valdemar books did it. Regardless, here is a very cool presentation on conlangs:
I’ve always wanted to create my own language, but I have to admit that it’s not yet something I’ve done. I’ve tried making bits and pieces here and there, but they haven’t ever turned out quite how I’d like… maybe one day!
Crazy Awesome Woohoo!
05 Saturday Oct 2013
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editing, fantasy, humor, life, lol, Lord of the Rings, self publishing, Stephanie Beavers, WANACon, writing
So this weekend, I attended WANACon! WANA stands for We Are Not Alone, and it’s a community of writers online. WANACon is an online conference (the second so far) that I attended last year, and then again this year. Want to know how awesome it was? Here’s a sample from the little social (PajamaCon) session that kicked it off. According to Gry (another attendee), this is Danish humor:
The next day there were TONS of talks – not as much infodumping as I recall from the first one (which I actually rather liked) but tons of interesting and engaging speakers. Kristen Lamb was one of my favorites – I hugely respect her for her work with writers and her writing itself, and she’s an all-around fun person. She summed up Lord of the Rings as a story where an evil ring needs to be thrown into an evil volcano before darkness covers the world. …It’s strangely accurate, however humorous. If you’re a writer, her blog is a must read. She also has a book out that’s extremely helpful, I recommend it.
The second conference day was awesome too. The idea of writing a unicorn horror story even came up at one point (I’d read it). One presenter talked about websites. It inspired me to tweak mine, but it also admittedly made me feel a little insecure about it and wish I had money to throw at a website designer. Alas, more money is going out than coming in at the moment. *sigh* One day… Anyways, I got a couple of those infodump sessions I was looking for this day too. Hurray!
In other news, I found an editor! I sent her my short story, so hopefully everything goes well! I’m very excited… and nervous. Regardless, this means the short story should be up soon! I will, of course, make an announcement and link to it the moment it’s up. :D
And finally, my scalemail costume has been coming along nicely. I work on this project on and off (more off than on, most times). Here are the update pics:
That is all.
Nerd Decision
03 Thursday Oct 2013
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Doctor Who, Excalibur, fandoms, fun, Harry Potter, lol, Lord of the Rings, Star Wars, Stephanie Beavers
It has come to my attention that there is a very important decision to be made:
Now we all have our fandoms of choice. I must admit that Doctor Who would be my favorite fandom… but would the sonic screwdriver be my tool of choice? Honestly, I think I might go for the wand… as awesome as having a sonic screwdriver would be, I think the wand is more versatile. Oh the conundrum.
Which would you choose? Comment below!
A Wee Bit of (My) History
30 Monday Sep 2013
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So I figured I should do a post where I let you know who I am and what I’m doing.
…That’s as far as I got before I realized that I don’t know what I’m doing.
*Ahem*
Fortunately, I do know who I am! …But I have an About Page already… But I suppose there are a few holes in the “details” section.
Basically, I’ve been writing for… forever. Or grade 5 at least, when my teacher held “journal writing” every day and I started writing stories. My first one was about a unicorn: so was the second. There were a few in there, one with cats, another with leopards and magic, and then… I stopped finishing stories. I got too ambitious and wandered away from stories after getting a few ideas and writing a couple chapters. I had one story that I worked on for years before finally abandoning it, and I roleplayed or “rped” on forums for many more years. That only stopped when I started to get serious and decided that I was going to finish something. A year later, I had a manuscript. A year after that, I had a second, the sequel that completed the story. Now I intend to get the first one published (and the second one after that, obviously). And that, more or less, is the history of me writing (trust me, there’s a lot of terrible stuff in there, stuff that will never see the light of day… at least not without being heavily overhauled.) Although, my characters from the books I’ll be publishing actually originated as rp characters (even if they were altered for the novels).
Other than that… I’m just a somewhat nerdy chick with a cat. You will no doubt hear about said cat. Her name is Loki, and yes, that’s a boy’s name, and yes, she’s a girl (my sister named her, as I got Loki from her). Here’s a picture:
Yes, she’s in a jester costume… it’s better not to ask.
Anyways, I play video games, do crafts and stuff (I’m working on an awesome scalemail costume), read (mostly fantasy – always feel free to comment with a book recommendation), watch TV like the rest of humanity, and I love cats, dragons, candy, and crepes. I’m not sure what else there is to say, so I’ll leave ‘er there!
So that’s it for my lame-o introduction.
Have an awesome day,
Stephanie
P.S. Here’s some cool science news:
Scientists create matter out of light
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