Writing, writing, and more writing! hahaha!

I'm also finally on an anti-headache medication for migraines called Topamax. So far the side effects have been a drastic weight loss (15 pounds in about 3 weeks) and slightly lowered blood pressure. But the upside is the major decrease in the headaches/migraines. So, I guess that's good.

I'm also currently learning two new languages. Russian and Gaelic. Moreso Gaelic, or at least, that's what I'm picking up more on/having an easier time with. Russian is very challenging, but I do plan to stick with it.

Celebrated my 25th birthday this past September 7th. Nothing special happened there *shrugs* didn't even have any drinks lol, oh well.

Umm.. let's see... that's about it, and seems to be all the time I have for right now as well. *big hugs to everyone* Miss you all!

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Just when I thought I had the time to post regularly here, I was dead wrong- LoL.

Turns out, I've delved myself into a major writing frenzy. I've become a bit of a hermit actually, working on several projects. hehe *giggles*

I haven't been sleeping much either because of it *shakes head* but that's okay when I look at my computer and see four chapters of a new novel I've been working on.

Anyways, I just thought I'd drop an update. I hope all of you are well, and I will check in again when I can

I've been reading so much lately- but the good news is that it finally has me out of my writer's block.

Anyways, this isn't going to be too long of a post tonight. I didn't have any intentions of updating every single day when I returned to BraveJournal so that is why it has been a few days since I've posted a blog entry.

Next week, I start a diet. It's a detox diet to cleanse all the icky toxins out of my system from years of sugar and unhealthy foods. I'm hoping it'll reduce my ear infections along with strengthen my metabolism. I have hypothyroidism, so my metabolism is pretty crappy and I gain weight extremely easy. I know how to maintain it where it's at right now.. but I want to lose about 15 pounds and get back in shape. Maybe I'll start jogging daily again. I don't see the harm there.. with the exception that its a hundred degrees outside on a daily basis here at the moment. My doctor has told me though that it could help improve my muscle weakness and joint pains from the Fibromyalgia.

There's only one problem I find with this diet. No Dr. Pepper *cries* I'm going to go crazy... and likely will go into a major bitch-mode before its through. haha.

Mwahs everyone- I will check in again soon

So, here I am, up with my usual case of insomnia when I figured "hey, I'll post a blog entry"

It's not much.. just some rambling and reviews right now that I wanted to share.

I'll start with the two movies I want to review:

Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince-

I saw it Saturday night and must admit that I've been a Harry Potter fan since the beginning. I've read most of the books (sadly have not read the last book yet, but it is on my shelf for me to read before the last movies come out!) and have seen and own all of the movies (except for this one because its still in theatres lol). Anyways, I was extremely anxious to see this movie and must say that I was not disappointed in the least.

Yes, they left a bit out in comparison to the book, however, I'm not complaining. I understand that if they included every single detail that it would have been a 4-4.5 hour long movie (and it was already a lil over 2.5 hours long as it was). It still was good. Slightly dark.. but mind blowing. I had been looking forward to this movie mostly because I wanted to see Draco play a bigger role than he has been. I've always been fascinated with his character and Tom Felton did and continues to do a good job portraying him.

It made me tear up, laugh and jump. I loved it. By far my favorite Harry Potter movie so far I think.

Public Enemies-

I saw this the day after it was released. Sadly, I thought it'd be a little better than what it was... but it was still good nonetheless and Johnny Depp delivered an outstanding performance as always. My quirks actually weren't with the storyline or actors... but rather with the filming. At times in the movie, the cameras turned digital and shaky and it felt like I was watching a television reality show rather than a box office movie. The movie, however, did spark my interest in the infamous mobster, John Dillinger (portrayed by Johnny Depp) and the historical aspect of the film was well done and captivating. Definitly worth a watch, still!

Books-

Now, some of you who know me, know that at one point last year I was slightly obsessed with the Twilight series. That has dwindled down over the past several months. I still love the books, don't get me wrong, but I am finally seeing the flaws and faults in the story along with the annoyances. And as an aspiring author- it has annoyed me further that because of the Twilight craze, publishers are refusing a lot of material that has anything to do with vampires (and I quite enjoy writing my vampire fiction-- no sparkly vampires though!) so it has me a bit angry over that. The Twilight series are not the greatest books in the world. And I've recently discovered books that I think are better than that series and should get some more recognition than what they get.

The Sweeps Series by Cate Tiernan

(books 1-5 in order)

Now, in case some of you missed it.. the books are as follows:

Book of Shadows (book 1), The Coven (book 2), Blood Witch (book 3), Dark Magick (book 4), and Awakening (book 5). This is not the entire series. These are only the ones I've read so far. Each book is approx. 180-200 pages long at the most and easy to read.

However, I would not recommend you to read them if you aren't open minded. The reason: This series revolves around Wicca. It is romantic/fantasy style fiction... but revolves around Wicca and Paganism.

I absolutely adore this series so far. The characters are very relateable, the descriptions are nice, the emotions are well put out. I have to honestly say that this is one of my favorite series on the market. They have been around for some time, but I hadn't heard of them until a friend recommended them to me and I wish they would get a little more of the recognition that they deserve.  I also highly recommend anyone who is open minded, wanting an easy and entertaining read, to read these books. They're short in length so they don't take long to read at all. (I read the first 5 books in only 3 days lol).

Vampire Academy (series) by Richelle Mead

 (book one)

 (book two)

I love this series!!! It's a vampire series, but not Twilight-y. Not corny.

It's edgy and full of action packed adventure and amazing storytelling... along with a new idea of vampires that is very interesting and easily acceptable. I've read the first two books and couldn't put them down. Will be getting the third soon. And then the fourth comes out on August 25th and I'm looking forward to continuing with the series.

Richelle Mead puts Stephanie Meyer to shame. And I really hope to see this author and this series get more recognition as well. Would really love to see these books made into movies because it'd be plain awesome

Also I would like to add- unlike Twilight, this series I would not recommend to anyone younger than the age of 16 AT LEAST. It is in the young adult/teen section at bookstores.. but I find the material a little mature and edgy for anyone who is younger than 16 in the least bit. I understand a bunch of little eleven and twelve year olds read Twilight... I wouldn't recommend that for the Vampire Academy series, though. Strong language and mature themes are throughout.

I do highly recommend it is read though

Well, I believe I'm out for the night. I'll be back soon!