On guard!!!!

Yes--I fence.  I just started it this year, but so far, I had so much fun.
As a die-hard fan of the Percy Jackson series, how could I not learn fencing/sword fighting?  But yeah, everything comes with a price.  I totally got stabbed in the chest yesterday...  It hurts, a lot.  And because I read so much sword fighting stories, I had flashes of scenes (gory, mind you) and had a totally surprised expression....  Ow.  I guess next time I'll be really, really careful.  (Although I already am...)
Finals are coming up--ugh!  Need to study, study study!!!!!!!
I SALE CAMP HALF BLOOD SHIRTS!  You can buy them here:  link
Anyways...  I didn't finish NaNoWriMo.  Between my studies and ever busy life, I don't have the time to do it.  Call me a coward, or whatever.  I really did want to, but I couldn't.  I didn't have the time.  The few friends I introduced it to actually completed it, but I didn't...  I will next year, you'll see.
PS:  I also joined it last year--too bad I didn't finish it either even after my many editions and nights of writing...  I'm a few thousand words too short.
I'm tired.  Period.

Pressure Rant

Biology paper.  Jerky crushes.  Semi-formals.  Math tests.  No wonder why I never watch reality TV--my life is one.  After watching Once Upon A Time (the best show I've watched in a while by the way), I couldn't help but wonder--would I ever have a 'happily ever after'?  Not so likely.  Besides venting out on my friends, I've got nobody.  Ironic how 'Nobody' is my pen name, huh?
It's simple really.  The solution, I mean.  Just concentrate on my studies, and nothing else.  But what's life without any drama?  I love writing fanfictions, and they reflect my moods, get ready for a ride of angst, my dear readers...
I dunno, I feel like I shouldn't rant that much.  Although there's possibly no one that would take the time and read this, some things are still personal.  Yep yep, personal yep.  That's the Ella in my talking-how I wish I'm still naive...
But yeah, I guess I feel way better now.  And the accomplishment writing fanfics help a lot.  So I guess...  See ya?
:)  Yep yep, see ya, yep, happy yep yep!

Livin' My Dream?

What I accomplished this week:
First date  (OMG it's so AWKWARD!!!)
First customer (WOO-HOOOOOO!!!!  Thanks!  For all those curious:  My Etsy Shop-Camp Half Blood Necklaces  Awesome!)
Treaded water for 15 minutes (I totally impressed myself there!)
Officially in the unofficial club of Operation Beautiful  (Spread the love!)
And guess what?  It's only MONTAG!!!!
Yep, I'm all hyped up and excited-sometimes I really need some motivation to get my life going.  And yes-I'm still obsessed with Danny Phantom and Percy Jackson, thus my mult. art pieces on those two:  My Deviantart account
So I'm happy...  :)  And here's some Jack Sparrow to you all!

That just made my day...

PEACE OUT!!!

~Nobody426

I stand up for what I believe in

I stood up for what I believe today. Period. 
Seriously, do I always have to take the lead? I don't always enjoy it, you know. But nobody understands me and I know that somebody has to do it. I didn't quit just yet. Not today, not tomorrow, but one day I wouldn't be there to do it...
It all happened today in school anyways. The teacher was away, and a substitute came. The substitute was actually my Social Studies teacher from last year, and the one who organizes Student Council stuff, no matter how incompetent she might be for that. What can I say?
The class was chaotic, people were screaming at each other, and we were suppose to study--*for tomorrow's test.* And guess what? I raised my hand and proposed the idea for someone to lead--somebody, anybody, as long as we could actually /finish/ our study guide, which is really important for the test. And the test? One of the biggest ones of the year. What did she do?
She shot me down. Hard. Nastily too may I add. I'm okay if the idea was rejected, really, but come on, I'm not doing that for myself. I was doing it for the whole class. She didn't need to put me on the spot like that, it was utterly pointless.
Then, she tried to make us all silent and read something else. Not anything about our tests. And I thought it was a study day...? You're suppose to study? Hello?
Well, I really don't know what to say--I stood up for what I believe was right, and I always will. Too bad nobody would recognize it. 
But one day when I'm not there anymore, they would.

Thanks for listening to me rant, now on to another business, my ETSY SHOP!
Interested to buy a camp necklace? Here's a link to it: [link]
Thanks!



PS:  My mom always tell me to tone down my hero complex...  Well, too late!

Still a... FRESH MEAT

A month already passed?  No way!  I seriously need to get my rant out of my system.
Anyways, ten weeks into school and I still feel like the dorky Fresh Meat starting her first day of high school...  Okay, so maybe the first weekend of her high school...  But anyways, SON OF NEPTUNE WAS RELEASED OCT. 4TH AND OMGIALREADYREADIT!!!!!   If you know anything about me, you can't miss the fact that I'm kinda obsessed with Percy Jackson.  Scratch that.  Make it extremely obsessed with it.  I even made a Facebook page dedicated to that cause:
Son of Neptune Facebook Fan Page
I'm at over 1500 likes and still growing strong.  (That's a very good achievement for me, in case you don't know)  Starting a new fanfic for it, and I seriously need to get off my lazy butt and start working on it.

*Sigh*  Life is so dramatic.  Seriously, sometimes I think I'm the center of this big circus with everyone watching and speculating.  Reason that I never watch reality shows is that my life is one.  What can I say?  In my dreams?  (Just did a speech about lucid dreams with the cheesy ending, "Dream On!" too)

Really, I'm confused.  Confused about who I am, what I want to do with my life.  That's why life is an odyssey all by itself.  I need to sail through it.  I will sail through, through all the hardships and all that stuff.  Yeah.  Now I just reminded myself that I ought to bring my math grade up.  Oh well.

Thanks for listening to my rant, if there's anybody who cares.  (Ironic how my pen name is Nobody, huh?)  I needed to let this all out.

Sincerely,
Nobody426

FRESHMAN!!!

Guess what?  I'm officially a freshman for...  FIVE WEEKS!  Yeah, incase you wonder where have I been?  I can tell you confidently that I'm burying my head in a pile of mt. Home-work-est.  (I really need to work on my crappy puns and poor humor.  But that's just me)
Okay, besides homework, I finally got my lazy butt off my chair and did some sport.  Aside from the daily soccer practices from school's PE class, I got golf and swimming.  Weird combination?  Don't judge.
I've also worked on some art pieces, such as:

That's a watercolor piece I did for Tangled.  I don't own Rapunzel or anything in here.  Note:  If you want to use this for any purpose, you'll have to ask me first.
My deviantart account
Check it out!  Please drop a comment or two--it'll make my day.

So yeah, tough life for me so far, how are you all holding up?

Summertime

The blog's title is ironically one of the borrrrrring songs I gotta play for the Monster Concert, oh well.  I didn't post for a long time now, didn't I?  Well, life's been busy...  (Keep telling yourself that, Nobody426)
Anyways, aside from enduring a 5 hour drive to Michigan to visit my cousins for three times (why?!), and going on a short trip to the name-less water park in Ohio, oh, and also King's Island, I really didn't go anywhere.  Or do anything for the matter.
Except for practicing piano and some meaning-less SAT exercises.  I'm not even gonna take the test for another three years!  But oh well, I guess it couldn't hurt except making me complaining more than ever.  If there are indeed anyone who's reading my blog and my fanfictions, you'll realize that I haven't updated for--(thinking face), oh, just nearly half a year?  I'm actually quite sorry for that.  I got lazy sometimes, especially with all the practice duties.  Two weeks left to summer vacation and I just realized that I wasted most of it.  What can I say?
Next year, I'm gonna do something.  Something, anything, everything.  Everything I ever wanted to do this summer but I didn't.  I'm going to finish my sorta novel, get a grip on my studies, and finish all the paintings and drawings that I never finished.  Oh, and I have to watch a bunch of cartoons that I missed too.
Have I mentioned my un-healthy Danny Phantom obsession that miraculously replaced the Percy Jackson one?  No?  Well, that, ladies and gentlemen, monkeys and elephants, is a one heck of a long story.  *Cough*  Sorry for my never-ending long rant.  I kinda am boring myself now, so IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS?  *Chuckles*  That's what I screamed in the classroom two years ago because I was boring myself.  I don't think the teacher really liked me since then.
Oh by the way, if you guys got any tips of getting a work permit, a little help will be greatly appreciated. I gotta earn my money now, man.  Good for saving up for my trip to Germany that I plan to take two years later.  If only my dad agrees...  I figure that it'll be easier if I can at least pay my way there.  Hmmm...
So basically, I'm stuck in my house, practicing piano endlessly everyday, and attempting to write something for my loyal (maybe not anymore) readers.  It's a hard attempt, but at least I try.
And on the happy (? Or boring for you?) note, I'm gonna sign off here and wish you all a happy summer.

Heroes vs. Villains

Here's something to think about: 

Heroes and villains.  Two simple words, what’s the difference really?  Both with power, might, and an ambition.  Both impact the world with their own way.  The only difference is that one’s good and the other’s evil.  What is the definition of good and evil anyways?

I mean, there's never a solid line between the two, because people often think there isn't a need for any--heroes are good and villains are bad.  There are no something that's in-between.  But do you really believe that?  No?  Well, at least think about it.

Basically, I got addicted to Danny Phantom, and it really led me to think over a few things.  I just don't get that--what's the difference between the two really?  That's one is what people think that saves the world while the other destroys it?  Can you call Davy Jones, the broken man, a villain?  I don't think you can without really pitying him.  After all, he lost his love...  Or Vlad Plasmius, all he ever wanted was Maddie's love in return to him...  Please think over this.

Well, I'm done with my ranting, but remember this.  After all, heroes are human, they are not flawless...

Have a wonderful summer you all!

What time is it? SUMMER TIME!!!

Guess what?  Summer is officially here!!!  After a semi-chaotic week that consisted of finals, home work, and crushes (my dear friend needed my help--and I don't think I was the best one to ask), the week's finally over today, and I'm all ready for summer vocation!
Worst place for summer?  In the middle of nowhere...  Oh wait!  I'm already here!  There are so many corn fields in Indiana you wouldn't believe it...  Plus, more corn fields=more crop circles=more aliens.  Run for your lives!
Gonna paint, play piano, watch epic Pirates of the Caribbean movies...  Nevertheless, I still wanna hang out somewhere in Florida or California...  That would be nice, yes.  Or New York, that would work too.
The cover of The Son of Neptune was released today too!  Also the first chapter, it's epic!  I hope you'll all like it.  Here's the cover art for the Son of Neptune, drawn by John Rocco, story written by Rick Riordan.

Isn't it awesome?  Just a disclaimer, I own nothing or what so ever that involves this fiction, and this picture came from this website:  www.heroesofolympus.com
Enjoy!

Dreaming Out Loud

Right, so this is my experimental picture, the very first that I really 'worked' in photo shop.  It came out okay...  I think.  Not the best, and it's based on OneRepublic's album cover--Dreaming Out Loud.  One of these days, I can really use this.  Which I probably ended up with ranting about a bunch of stuff that I like and in my mind...  Yep, day-dreaming out loud, the best kind...
On the bright side, SIX MORE DAYS TILL SCHOOL'S OUT!!!  I can't wait...  Although finals are really closing up on me, and I'm just a tad bit nervous to be honest...  I need to study!!!  Oh well. 
Boys are oblivious.  I know that this is totally random, but it's true.  It's hard to get something all the way into their big head.  No offense if you're a guy, but sometimes it's true.  And to think that guys think girls are confusing...  Pft, that's not true!  Uhhh, at least not for me...  I guess?
So I'm wrapping up the school year and try to enjoy the last days as an eighth grader as much as I can...  This year truly passed fast--all due honesty, it still felt like the very first month of the year.  For those who knows my true identity, I'm proud to say that all was well with my CIA missions.  Yep, I'm currently working on Mission Improbably, hopefully successful.  We'll see, and I'm especially proud of my laser watch too.
And guess what?  PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN 4 COMES OUT FRIDAY!!!  Who's gonna watch it?  I know that for a fact I can't wait!  On that happy note, Nobody426, over and out.

Projects, Research papers, Tests--oh my!

This week was really harsh on me.  Seriously, have you ever been assigned two research papers and a building project all within a week?  No?  I thought so.
English:  Research paper DDD.  Choosing a design, decision, or d-something to write about.  I chose light bulb.  Seriously, I need an easy way out.  Too bad though, because it was not as easy I thought it would be.  Especially when you have to interview someone that is not your family member.  I'm not social--I have no idea who I'm gonna interview.  Worst of all, it's due next week.
Math:  Since when do you write a research paper on Math?  800-1200 words, no grammar mistake or typos.  Is it just me who thinks that's crazy?  You don't write three pages on vectors, flatlands, hyp-something or whatever in Math.  Oh, by the way, we have to do a visual and a quiz on all twenty-five topics different people picked in our class.  Fun, eh?  No.  I had vector, and just trying to imagine graphing in n-dimensions gave me a good head ache.
German (Just when my day couldn't get any better):  We have to build a traditional building.  I got castle, which would be quite easy, but knowing myself, I would probably ended up with a stained glass model and everything.  I take things too seriously, that's what everyone says.  Right, I have to build a visual for math, too.
Two visuals, two research papers, and one presentation.  Plus all the core-40 tests and other finals.  You think I would make it to the end?  It would be a miracle.  With track and all that jazz after school, you can never be sure.

Track

Yes.  I'm in TRACK!
No.  I can't believe it either.
Look, this is major weirdness. 
I am (not no. 4, FYI) just not the type of people who likes sports.  Well, I kinda like sports, despite popular belief.  I'm just that kind of girl that you would think as 'dorky' or 'nerdy'.  Hey, at least I'm faster than average in swimming!  I guess that doesn't matter...
I was in track last year as well, but I'm just surprised that I actually already survived two days of intense track training.  Also that I already have PE every day in school, which makes me even more tired.
9 laps around the field just in school, plus about 9 more or something in track, and those core exercises...  Ugh.  Don't mention it.
Of course, I'm proud of myself for actually accomplishing these, and well...  WORK HARD, PLAY HARD!!!

PS:  If you haven't read Found in the Missing Series by Haddix, I suggest you read it, a fabulous book about time travel that I already read three times!

Spring Break? I think so!

Guess what?  It's SPRING BREAK!!!!
Yes!  I've waited this for...  I dunno, just about SEVEN THOUSAND YEARS?  I still can't believe it yesterday, as the truth finally settled in to my brain.  I'm gonna run with friends to prepare for track, try and write more for my manuscript, build a small city of ember, practice--  Woah, I need to slow down and stop hyperventilating.
BTW, did I mention I'm working on an original story right now?  Well, I dunno, but I'm planning to finish the story at about 60,000~80,000 words.  Big goal, but I know I can finish it, since I did a 60,000 fanfiction words story before.  Only that I'm gonna try and make my original story perfect, and perhaps publish it someday...  I know you guys would all be, "Woah, girl, slow down.  You're only thirteen!", but I know I can do it.
I just watched Pirates of the Caribbean last night, great movie!  I truly want to be a part of the movie, and the movie itself just moved way up in my list of favorite movies.  Here's an illustration by John Rocco, for the book World's End.  I thought it was the movie at first, until I discovered that it is a book from another series.

Hope you guys have a wonderful Spring Break!

Eating my way through Maximum Ride

Well people, nearly another week down and Spring Break for me officially starts tomorrow night!!!  Yes!  You have no idea...  After the chaotic week last week, things took a better turn.   Seriously, I didn't mind getting a 101 and 95 on my Math and Social Studies test, in which I thought I did poorly on both of them.  Hey, sometimes, relaxation is just what you need in times of distress.  Jeez, I sound like a...  Nerd.
Warning:  If you have not read the first to fourth book of Maximum Ride, the context below may include spoilers, therefore, it'll be causing death and injuries that I'm not responsible for.  Sorry, I just have to add that.  I guess that's what you got after writing from an extraordinarily evil person's POV.
Basically, I've already finished the first three books in Max Ride within a week last month, and the fourth book took me a really long time because of all the test bombs that was hurled at me.  Finished the book in Health today, and ironically, we were talking about 'going Green' the same time Max made the 'go Green' speech to the congress.  If you read The Final Warning, then you know what I'm talking about, if you didn't, well...  I did warn you about giving out spoilers, didn't I?
Of course, I think the first three books were much more interesting, what about you guys?  What do you think?  The fourth book is just kinda boring, except the very end when she gave the long, as my science teacher insisted, 'schpill'.  That's her 'special' word for speech.
One more day.  One more day till I get out of school, and one more day till I plant a nuclear bomb and causes world destruction!  Muhahaha!
Oops, I'm off the track again.  Anyways, until next time!

Horribly Happy Tuesday

Horribly happy?  I think so.  And yes, the word 'horribly' was put into the right place.  Of course, after scoring a 101 on my Math test, two times of what I thought I would have got, things couldn't get better.  Literally.  Sure, with all the guys rolling around on the floor, screaming, teacher staring at us shocked, no thing can go wrong.  Of course.  Note the sarcasm.
Now, if I didn't have the mega-hard Social Studies test, there wouldn't be a 'horribly' in front of my 'happy'.  I have to face reality though, plus, since when does anything makes sense and easy for me?  That's right, a big fat 0 percent.
I was checking online last night for all the possible outcomes and possible ways to publish a book.  Of course, I was absolutely thrilled when I know that...  *Thinking, gears in my head turning a million mile per hour*  Oh!  My sister's friend's mom's friend that's half the way around the globe said that once I have my manual script, my work would be translated into Chinese so that the Chinese students could read it too.  Exciting much?  I think so.  Gosh, I think I should go back to my manuscript and continue it now...
Look, who ever you are out there reading this post probably think that I'm just another lame, nerdy kid, trying to achieve something that she/he can never ever do, but I'm telling you--I won't give up no matter what.  One day, when this seriously comes true, I'm gonna give every single one of my early blog-readers my book, signed, for free.  No kidding.
It would certainly be nice if you guys just decide to drop a comment by the way, that would certainly boost me up.  I've written and completed four or five manuscripts, actually, when I was nine.  I was too young back then, and the stories were not well written at all.  So I got rid of them, and started my journey--The Odyssey or my writing a few years later, in hope of successing one day, just like Bethany Huang or other young authors did.
Nobody426, over and out.

Worst Freitag Ever!!!

Gosh, just when I thought the day couldn't get any worse, it did.  And it just proved that everything can be worse, no matter how bad the situation was.  It all started today morning...
Woke up, DIDN'T get enough sleep last night due to studying to my math test, (hint hint), then I was nearly late as well...  First period was not all that exciting as I expected, because for the first time every, I'm actually not enjoying the class...  Plus the fact that I'm just re-doing what I've already done outside of school in art class (water-color wheel, bor-ing!) ?  Well, I wouldn't say it's the best day I could have.  Third period, science.  Hey, no offense to people who wit in my quad, but seriously, they just wouldn't work.  Now, if I work slightly more than them because I'm paranoid of my grade, it's perfectly fine.  But if it comes to doing ALL the work in the group and the only one caring about the grade, no so great.  Health is the easy class of the day, too bad, Fates are not on my side.  I nearly fell asleep when 'watching' the video, and basically suffered the immense sleepiness the entire period.
It gets better?  NO!!!!  Ha!  Even lunch, which was suppose to be awesome, stinks.  I skipped academic super bowl (Don't even know why did I bothered to join), because I was too tired.  Oh, did I mention that I tore my math book apart accidentally?  I guess not.  You get the idea, and that's actually the start of the misery for the rest of the day.  MATH TEST--total CHAOS+FAILURE.  The teacher, a.k.a. Mrs. Dodds Junior, basically knew that it was hard and nobody (haha funny, NOT!) would ever finish it on time and check it once, but she went on with it anyways.  W-O-W.  Everyone was positive that they would fail the test.  And that was an understatement--yeah, it's that bad.  We basically just all huddled together and 'cried'. 
Hmmm...  German class--teacher went to the conference.  Watched an extraordinarily boring video that serived NO purpose.  I'm just about to call this day officially sucks, (understatement), when I received a letter from the high school counselor, claiming that I'm not able to choose Photography next year because it was occupied--the worst thing I've heard whole day.  And they won't even give me some decent choices of classes I could take to replace it!!!  WHO CARES ABOUT WORLD GEOGRAPHY????
Sorry for the rant, but I seriously need to get this out of my system.  Ouch, I have a headache right now, I hope I didn't catch the fever...
Look, I'm so depressed and pissed off right now, and if you would like to comfort me or something and you actually understands the feeling, pease comment.  It would truly make my day and I'll be forever grateful to you.
Nobody426, over and out.

Totally what I feel...

Sunday Afternoon...

If only...

If my Sunday afternoon is half that relaxing, then the Sun must be raising from the west of something...  Gee, being an eighth grader is not that easy you know.  Despite the popular believe of the adults, we kids seldom have time to really enjoy and relax these days, especially if you're from a particular high school that's the best one in your state.  Yeah, we got pressure on our backs too.  Not the adult kind, which involves money, money, and money.  But the study kind, which adults nowadays no longer remember or perhaps have not experienced at all.   We got tests, homework, and always wondering if we look 'okay' in front of our friends, so we are not consider 'lame'.  Nobody likes to admit it.  And no, I don't like to admit that too.  But it's the truth, so deal with it.
Sometimes we act like we don't care, but in the reality, we do.  More or less.  Fine, a lot of people from other schools don't, but in our school, we do.  Gee, getting it all out feels wonderful.  Yep, I'm just posting a blog that no one on Earth would bother to read, all the while doing my German and Math homework.  Fun.  Note the sarcasm...
Yeah, I know that if you so happens to come across this, you're either in the popular 'crew' or an adult.  But this is how we 'nerd' kids feel sometimes.  Who am I kidding, just about 99.9% kids in my school are nerds...  Oh well, and Band Geeks, and Dorkestra people.  Right, I'm getting of track.  If you so happen to be one of us, my advice is, Good Luck.

PS:  Check this out, it's a blog from Percy Jackson, my favorite series...
http://seaweedbrain818.blogspot.com/search?q=Percy+Jackson

The name of my blog--Odyssey

LIFE itself is an odyssey, if you don't sail through it, you will never know what is on the other side...
Yeah, that's what I was thinking when I created the blog, I felt the need to clarify it, though there is still no one that ever visited this blog yet aside from moi. 
You have to live through life, whether the process is sweet, or hard, there is always something on the other side waiting for us.  That's why we humans have hope.  Hope for a better day, for a better future.

My Author Dream

Oh, yes.  I'm going to confess, one thing, one very, simple thing.  I, Nobody426, want to be an author someday.  Now, don't be all cruel and laugh in my face.  Sure, I know my grammar is horrible; and yes, I know for a fact that no one is ever gonna read this blog anyways, but yes, I do want to be an author...
Someday.
So what, my fourth grade teacher once said that I lack of imagination in writing, what was a extremely hurtful thing to a ten-year old kid.  So what, later on, quite a few teachers did praise me for that.  I still can't be sure whether my writing is good or not.  Some people said it to please me, some said it to avoid trouble, no one ever could really criticize my work.
Yes, I may be weird to you, but I do love people criticizing my work, giving constructive comments on them.  I may be only an eighth grader, but that doesn't mean I don't have my own dreams.
Sure, I've always wanted to be a scientist since what, forever?  But sometimes, I think, people change.  Who said that I couldn't be both?  Nobody, well, not Nobody, but nobody, you get the point.
So, are you with me?

BEST DAY ever!

Today is totally the BEST DAY ever this year, heck, change it to this school year.
Seriously.  I mean, what can best getting the whole class cheering for you in German fashion show?
Nothing!  Exactly!  Well, I got cool moves, oh yeah...
Peace out!