10 Things I'd Save

I haven't actually posted my own responses to the 5AG themes recently, but I decided to start back up with this question =)

I have a ton of stuff. Like, a real whole lot. I collect many different things (HP*, Kelly Clarkson*, Carrie Underwood*, Buffy the Vampire Slayer**, Friends*, Gilmore Girls*, and books. So picking just 10 things will be hard but here is my best attempt at listing what I would choose:

WARNING: I'm probably going to cheat a lot lol

1. Can I say all my HP books? If that's cheating, I'll find another way of cheating and say my midnight DH stuff. This will include my midnight copy; a frame I made with a picture of me crying while holding it, the receipt, wristbands, etc.; my DH poster signed my LeakyMug at Prophecy; and my stand up Harry thing. I adore all of these things and I could never replace them so I definitely would make sure to grab em all.

2. My Buffy collector plates and signed script frame. I can group these together because they are both close to each other on my wall! I could easily replace my collectors box which is actually not in the best condition (I bought it off ebay) but I have four collector plates of Buffy, Willow, Xander, and Spike that took me forever to find and I found very cheap (all four for $100 as opposed to the $60 each plate is worth alone.) And the autograph is amazing. It's signed by everyone including Joss Whedon and I put together a nice frame for it (I like frames...) so these would come with me out of the burning building.

3. My autographs. To make it seem like I'm not cheating as much, I'll list which autographs I'd bring and I promise you it wouldn't just be all my autrographs lol. So I'd bring my personalized ones from Kelly Clarkson and Carrie Underwood, obviously. I have a signed Kelly guitar which is amazing and I'd save. A signed Opry poster for Carrie. My signed Hank Green cd. My signed books by Maureen and John. My signed Azkatraz frame. and lastly would be my signed Gilmore Girls cast picture. I've spent years getting all of these and I would not be willing to lose them...

4. For the first time, I'm not going to cheat =D. I'd save my Friends collectors box. I got a box for like $50 that you can put all the individual seasons in, it's super awesome and not available anymore. If you haven't seen this, here's a picture of it



Awesome, right?!

5. My dogs, Noah and Tiffany. They'd both probably be able to make it on their own but just to make sure...

6. My favorite stuffed animals: Hedwig, Stitch, Carrie the Giraffe, Nemo, and Dog I've Been Trying To Name For Years. I have tons of other stuffed animals, some that I loved so much as a kid, but these are the most sentimental for me now. 2 are from my grandparents (Stitch and DIBTTNFY), Hedwig is the most adorable stuffed animal I have found of her, Nemo is from my friend and is beyond adorable, and Carrie the Giraffe I won the day before I met Carrie Underwood and I actually took her with me when I flew to Reno for the concert (she's pictured on my blog here, too haha.)

7. Again, not cheating! Bobble John because he's irreplacable.

8. My HPEF con name badges. I could never replace those and they remind me of all the good times I've had at these events <3

9. My DH theory notebook and folder. I went through a lot of trouble collecting my thoughts so I'd have them years after the final book came out so I think I'd be sad if, 5 or 10 or 20 years down the line I didn't know all the theories I believed in and all the crap I thought would happen or was being foreshadowed lol.

10. My backpack which includes my iPod, wallet, laptop, and external hard drive (okay the last 2 I'd put in to cheat...) My bag is also awesome; it has a Hogwarts and a Ravenclaw patch =D

This was insanely hard, let's just hope my house never catches on fire. (Let's also hope I didn't just jinx myself >.> )

*I have hundreds of things
**I started freakishly obsessing and have a good number so far
***I basically just have all the seasons, a few posters, some books, and magazine pages...

EDIT: Just looked up to see if I was right about the Friends box. Apparently I only spent $20 and now it's worth hundreds. Go me. To bad I'm never ever selling it haha.

HP Love

So I was over on the Infinitus boards, obsessing more and more over how little time there is before I'm able to go to my favorite event in the entire world, and I found this little 30 day challenge. It's supposed to be for tumblr but I don't have a tumblr so I've decided to post it here. Now, what's supposed to happen is every day you're supposed to do one but I'm going to do them all at once now because a) I will forget one or multiple days and b) I have time to kill.

If you guys would like to fill this out, go ahead. I'd love to hear everyone's responses =)

And now time for the fun:

Day 1 - Your favorite book: It's a tie between DH and HBP
Day 2 - Your favorite movie: HBP
Day 3 - Is there any of the film adaptations that have made you angry because they’ve ignored important parts of the book? I was very upset when they left the marauders out of PoA (as I'm sure everyone was/is...)
Day 4 - Least favorite female character and why: I. Hate. Ginny. I honestly am not fully sure as to why but she's always bugged me. I just think she's fake and irritating and sdjfgsdjfgds. Don't like her...
Day 5 - Favorite male character and why: This is very hard. I think I'm going to sayyyyy Neville or Dumbledore. Dumbledore is very funny and has an amazing wit and Neville is just adorable and tries so hard and you just can't help but love him.
Day 6 - What house would you want to be in: Ravenclaw through and through <3
Day 7 - Favorite female character and why: Hermione. I felt such a deep connection to her through my first time reading the series and still hold that connection. She never changes who she was for anyone and she always knew what the right thing to do was. She's just amazing.
Day 8 - What do you think would be your favorite lesson? Favorite lesson from a class? I'd probably enjoy learn how to approach a hippogriff because they're beautiful and I love animals.
Day 9 - Least favorite male character: Ugh, hard. Probably Wormtail though, he always manages to piss me off.
Day 10 - Horcruxes or Hallows: Hallows, I couldn't imagine needing to conduct such dark magic and the hallows themselves aren't inherently evil...
Day 11 - What character would you say you are most like? Hermione and Fred/George. Hermione because I enjoy school and reading and doing the "right thing" and the twins because I like being a sarcastic smart ass xD Also, I can probably find a joke in any situation like they can.
Day 12 - Favorite ship: From canon, Ron/Hermione or Lupin/Tonks. From fanfiction, Draco/Harry
Day 13 - Least favorite movie: GoF or OotP
Day 14 - Team Voldemort or Team Harry: Is this really a question?
Day 15 - Who would be your best friends at Hogwarts (Three Only) Hermione, Harry, and Ron. You can't beat the relationship they all share and I'd love to be apart of it.
Day 16 - Who is your favorite Death Eater? Bellatrix
Day 17 - Are you excited about the Deathly Hallows movies or scared they won’t do the book justice? I'm used to them not doing the books justice because you just can't. I'm super excited for them but I think I'm most excited for the wait and build up and opening night more than the aftermath of all the films being out =(
Day 18 - Least favorite book: I always want to say GoF because I always think it is so I've read it the least amount of times but I'm not sure if that or one of the first two are my actual least favorite. Obviously every book is amazing but when it comes to which one I want to reread most, these three are probably last on the list.
Day 19 - Do you prefer the books or the movies: Is this a question, seriously?
Day 20 - If you got to meet one member of the cast, who would it be? Evanna, because she was involved in the fandom first and was star stuck meeting Andrew and Melissa!
Day 21 - Out of all the characters that died, if you could bring one back, who would it be? Probably Fred, I feel insanely bad for George and I think he ended up in the shittiest position by the end of the series and he doesn't deserve that. Losing Fred is like looking a part of himself and he already had them happen when his ear was blown off.
Day 22 - Harry Potter or Twilight: ......Okay, moving on.
Day 23 - Any part of the books or movies that makes you cry? The entire beginning and entire end of DH, everything about it makes me remember the theories and the wait and it just makes me swoon with love for the series and it's so overwhelming.
Day 24 - Any particular scene you wished would have been put in the movie, but wasn’t? I was always a big fan of the St. Mungo's scene and I was upset that wasn't in OotP. I think it is a great Neville scene and what they did in the movie was sorta out of character...
Day 25 - Nineteen years later. Are you happy how it turned out, or do you wish something was different, ie Neville married Luna: I like that they all were happy, though I wish everyone didn't suck so much at picking out names.
Day 26 - If you would be able to work one spell without a wand what would it be? Accio, I'm so lazy lol.
Day 27 - Would you rather own the Invisibility Cloak, The Resurrection Stone or The Elder Wand? Invisibility Cloak, so many things you could do with it...
Day 28 - Do you listen to Wizard Wrock, what do you think about it? I looooooove wrock! I think it's so clever and such a good way to express love for this series. Probably over half my iPod consists of Wrock albums...
Day 29 - Did you enjoy A Very Potter Musical? I still haven't seen it! I've been meaning to but just never got around to it >.>
Day 30 - What affect has Harry Potter made on your life and how much does it mean to you? Words can never express how much Harry Potter or this fandom means to me. I have no idea what my life would be like had I not read or fallen so deeply in love with this series. I never want to know what life would be like without this series or fandom because I get so much joy from everything and everyone within it. And that's why I'm so beyond excited that I have only 28 days left until Infinitus <3 [/sappiness]

Survey Time

Okay, so I was going to listen to Ariel's suggestion and take my favs from the 5AG vids this week but all of theirs were very specific to them so I just found some random survey online...

Basics

Name: Sarah
Date of Birth: August 27th
Birthplace: Chicago
Current Location: Las Vegas
Eye Color: Hazel
Hair Color: Brown
Height: 5'5"?
Heritage: Jewish
Piercings: Ears
Tattoos: Nope

Favourite

Band/Singer: Kelly Clarkson and Carrie Underwood
Song: *currently* Going Through the Motions- Buffy the Vampire Slayer musical
Movie: I guess Finding Nemo?
Disney Movie: Nemo, Lilo & Stitch, or Toy Story 3 (I saw all but the last 20 minutes in a screening and it's great!)
TV show: Friends and Buffy
Color: Pastel pink, blue, and purple
Food: Sushi
Pizza topping: Depends..
Ice-Cream Flavor: Mint chocolate chip?
Soda: Coke
Store: Borders
Clothing Brand: Tour shirts xD
Season: Summer
Month: July (HP cons!)
Holiday/Festival: My birthday

Other Questions:

What annoys you most in a person? Arrogance
Are you right or left handed? Right
What is your bedtime? Whenever I'm tired
Name three things you can't live without: My obsessions, the internet, and my dogs
What is the color of your room? Some ugly color lol
Do you have any siblings? Older sister, Samantha
Do you have any pets? Two dogs, Noah (12) and Tiffany (2)
Would you kill someone you hate for a million dollars? Probably not.
What is you middle name? Michelle
What are you nicknames? Vegas and Rabies (I was bit by a dog a few years ago xD)
Are you for or against gay marriage? Obviously, being gay, I'm for it lol
What are your thoughts on abortion? Pro-choice
Do you have a crush on anyone? Alyson Hannigan <3
Are you afraid of the dark? Yeah
How do you want to die? Happy
Would you take a bullet for the one you love? Maybe.

I liked this theme a lot. I wish that Hayley would have made a video this week since hers probably would have been hilarious. Anyways, hope ya'll have a great week and don't forget to be awesome =)

Nerdiness

I've been trying to think all week about what would have made me become as big of a nerd as I am now and I think the answer is when I became obsessed with dogs when I was around six. Now, I know lots of kids like animals and that really isn't a nerdy thing but I made it into one. In elementary school, I checked out EVERY book on dog breeds and learned all I could about breed standards and practiced identifying dog breeds. It was very intense...

I don't think this in itself is very nerdy but I think it got me into the mindset of being extremely nerdy. After dogs, everything I liked was this intense. If I liked something, I needed to know absolutely everything about it. So when I read HP, I obviously became obsessed and needing to start theorizing and listening to MuggleCast religiously and going to cons.

I think being a nerd is the greatest thing ever and I love every minute of it because, John Green is right, being a nerd basically just means that you like stuff and you're allowed to love it a lot.

So, fellow BEDA buddies, what turned you? And what's your favorite part about being a nerdfighter =)

Things I've Missed

FINALLY! A topic i have a response to!!

I'm quite good at missing out on trends, actually. I tend to get into them after the fact. I became obsessed with Friends a few months after the last episode aired. My sister liked the show and I watched the finale and all of the shows they had on around the finale with clips and I loved it and a few months later on a trip to Disneyland we were fighting over what to watch in the car and decided on Friends. Now I am beyond obsessed and have seen every episode a good 10 or so times and have almost the entire series memorized. I dunno whether to be proud of this or feel as if I need more of a life...

Anyways, next was Buffy. Obviously, starting it in November last year when it ended back in 2003. However, again, I have made up for lost time and am head over heels in love with this show <3

Now, as for trends that I just completely missed:

-Pokemon: I just never cared...
-Backstreet Boys: I was an *Nsync girl
-Scooby: I just never watched it and no one ever brought it up to me as if I should haha
-Farmville: I do not understand why everyone is so addicted to this game and I refuse to play. It's actually pretty sad, my friend's mom who I've known since I was about four plays constantly and spent a good few weeks trying to convince my sister and I to play with no luck xD

Now, out of all of these I doubt I would have really enjoyed any of them, though I guess I've never know for sure.

And just for kicks, here are a list of trends I caught onto just in time:
-Harry Potter (!!!)
-Twitter
-American Idol (though I am done with this show now because it's gotten very lame >.> )
-Smart Mouths (from episode 1)
-MuggleCast (from episode 33; so fairly early on)

Okay, now I'm just dragging this out to avoid studying for finals lol. I have three days of testing next week and then I'm doneeeee *thank god.* Though I do start summer school June 1st but we're forgetting that for right now and just celebrating the end of this semester.

Have a good weekend, all three of you who read this xD

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Cherry coke and ninja turtles? *sigh*

I enjoy regular coke but that's prettyyyy much it; all the others like vanilla coke or diet coke I hate and I would rather just drink water. And I never watched/cared for the ninja turtles.

Again, this was boring. I would add something not boring but the only things I've done this week besides work, school, and studying is watch 12 hours of Gilmore Girls yesterday and 6 hours of Buffy today so that leaves me with an insanely boring blog. My life is fascinating...

Enjoy your weekend, guys =)

*Sigh*

Seriously man this blog idea is going to be hard if I keep having nothing to say about the 5AG theme each week!

I hate musicals. I'm the black sheep in my family since they all really enjoy musicals and I never want to watch any musical ever.

As for my city, I live in Las Vegas so it's pretty well known to all. The Strip is nice; I don't go there often. It's fun sometimes during the day to walk around because it's beautiful but ugh tourists and drunk people and naked girls on billboards...all of that stuff is not beautiful.



This is the beauty I mean. Every year I try and go to the ACM orange carpet and meet celebrities because I enjoy country music. Back in 2008 my friend was stupid and didn't listen to me so we ended up being way late to the carpet. For those of you who haven't been to red carpets, when you are going to be late you might as well not go at all.

Now, as it turns out, the ACMs that year were May 18th and I was going to a Carrie Underwood concert the next day where I won a Meet & Greet pass from her fan club. Since I mainly go for Carrie, because I adore her, and we were late, we ended up walking around and going to an arcade. I won this giraffe (whom I named Carrie lol) and took this picture of her outside of the Excalibur.

I don't know why I thought you cared about this story at all but whatever. This is the Vegas strip I like.

Btw, I don't think anyone is reading this at all but if you are just leave a brief comment maybe? I'm going to continue doing this regardless because it's fun for me to do but it will make it easier for me to write if I don't feel like it's completely to myself lol.