My parents have agreed to get me the Encyclopædia Britannica! We ordered it today. I'm quite excited. So, I'll be reading it from A to Z. Doing that (and passing Chemistry) will be my big projects over the next few months.

I'll be journaling the attempt at the LJ I made for it, thebrittanica. I go by Brittany, hence the misspelling of Britannica. ( Read more... )

Not counting the icon thing, never did one. Now I have.

(Click here to post your own answers for this meme.)

× I miss somebody right now.
✓ I don't watch much TV these days.  (Virtually none. That's for the fall.)
✓ I own lots of books.

✓ I wear glasses or contact lenses.  (Contact lenses.)
✓ I love to play video games.
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Well, here I am in Florida. It's 12:30pm and I've just woken up. Or is it 11:30? I have no idea. The time changes and my computer may not be correct. Anyway, somewhere it's 12:30pm ( Read more... )

Pauline Baynes Chronicles of Narnia illustrations batch the fourth.

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Your Linguistic Profile:75% General American English15% Yankee5% Dixie0% Midwestern0% Upper Midwestern
What Kind of American English Do You Speak?Interesting, considering I've lived 13/16 years of my life in the south. And is it just me, or does that only add up to 95%? Am I 5% mute ( Read more... )

Here's the third batch of icons made from the Pauline Baynes illustrations of The Chronicles of Narnia.

Teasers:


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( Because I'm bored and I can . . . this meme thingy. )

Due to the positive response received by the Magician's Nephew batch (which you can find here), I'm going to post the ones I've done for The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. Again, nothing overly fancy, a lot of textless with a few more texted variations this time.

Potential spoilers for LWW.

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These are icons made from the Pauline Baynes illustrations of The Chronicles of Narnia. They're pretty experimental, and not fancy. Most are textless, with a few exceptions that have various quotes. I had the idea to make them while I was reflecting on the flood of icons that are from The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, thanks to the new movie. ( Read more... )

Have I ever mentioned that cheerful "back to school" commercials are the most depressing things ever? Well, they are. It's only the middle of July! School is about a month away, so please, let me have that month without thinking about school. I plan to avoid thinking about school until the night before, thankyouverymuch. Well, I suppose there is ( Read more... )