Sad Endings and New Beginnings

...Because Its the last night before Junior Year
...Because I've already been contemplating this
...Because I feel like a fresh start
...Because I don't know what I was thinking when I named this blog
...Because I want to change the way I do things
...Because I don't want to be tied down by old me in eighth grade
I am going to discontinue Random-nes Personified.

I do this for many reasons, many more than I listed, but I feel drab with the way this has gone and has been going. I want to make it more focused around pictures. More Interesting. Not just about random stuff (although I'm sure I'll have more than enough in this new project) Anyway, I have really enjoyed sharing myself to you few people in the crowd these last years, but now its time to go. :) Curtains finally closing.

If you liked this blog and would also like to follow my new one click HERE, if not, thank you for sticking with me for so long and I'm sorry to see you go. Goodbye!

These are the writings of the blog Random-nes Personified. It's previous mission, to explore strange new possibilities. To watch new movies and make reviews on them. To boldly spread opinion that no one's ever heard before.

-Star Trek

Junior Year of High School

Wow, can you believe it? I started this journal in 8th grade, and now I'm entering my third year of high school! What a long way we've come! I read some of my posts from years ago and frankly, was disgusted by my obvious lack of writing experience, grammar, voice, and poise in my writing. Yeesh! :P However, here I am, my last night of summer before once again joining the early risers 5 days a week for the next 38 weeks, 1=266 days...i believe. Anyway, I can honestly say that I'm very prepared, we had people give us a bunch of school supplies from the church.

Not quite sure what the watermelon is for, but it sure is delicious!

I used Muzy to arrange some pictures, but it wouldn't make an album.

I had to snip it so sorry for the bad resolution.

ASUS VivoTab Smart ME400

So, as a reward for working all summer and as a needed tool for my upcoming Junior year of high school, I decided to get a tablet, AHHHHHHH!!! Anyway, its an ASUS VivoTab that I'm really excited about, especially because, after a week of waiting, ITS FINALLY HERE!!

It worked amazing for about a day. The display was beautiful, pictures crisp, Windows 8 was amazing, apps were fun, typing was easy with my awesome Transleeve keyboard and cover that folded into a stand. I was so happy, until it started crashing, not waking up. Eventually, It wouldn't even turn on so I could erase my stuff, so I just sent the thing back. Spent a little extra money, and my iPad 3 should be here by Friday.

A little disappointing, but I had a blast on the phone with Amazon customer support getting all the stuff figured out. I will NEVER buy from another store. Those people were so great, helpful, friendly. Best customer service experience EVER!! ASUS and Lenovo on the other hand...hours on the phone, no one spoke English, problems weren't fixed, just kept getting transferred...overall nightmare. Way to go Amazon!

Anyway, I hope the iPad is an improvement...

Lucy Wilde Phone #

So Has anyone seen Despicable Me 2 yet?? I was watching it, and its hysterical, very good, but I noticed something. Now someone has probably "discovered" this before, but on the card the Agent Lucy Wilde gives Gru is a real phone number, not 555-XXXX, but an actual phone number. Anyway, I called it and it actually had the voicemail for Lucy Wilde!! WOAH!!

TRY IT:
The Number is (626) 584-5723

Tell me if you try to call it. :)

Cousin Hannah

So out of state Aunt Ke-Ke, Uncle Matthew, and 4 cousins Hannah, Johnanthan, Sarah, and Levi, have been over since Saturday night of last week. :) They're from Oklahoma and we've had a great time with them. Anyway, Hannah is a 15-year-old amateur photographer, so she took this picture of me. :)

Loved it so much that now its my profile picture. :) Anyway, she's an amazing photographer and a fantastic artist, and I'm sure I'll be putting up more pictures by the end of the week. She doesn't have a Facebook or a blog, but you can check her Instagram out HERE. My name is at the bottom of the picture not because I own it, but because the picture is of me (and she gave me all the rights to it). Tell me...can I pull off a fohawk???

Sweet Sixteen

So My Sweet 16th Birthday was the 21st of June. Normally I hate birthdays, but this one was fun. :) Had a friend over, overall good day. But yeah. IM 16 NOWW!! :)

Pikes Peak

I am consistently amazed by this sight even though I see it every day...

Taken through a fence...

Message in a Bottle (Opinions?)

So... I have an idea. A crazy idea, but an idea nonetheless. I have never been to the ocean, but I want to. I don't know how I would get there, or if I even would, but I want to release a bottle with a message in them into the water. The message would say something like, "This was sent at <time> on the <day> of <month> in the year <year> from <location>" and would have a short, random message as sort of a confirmation code. Then it would have the URL to a new blog I would make for the message(s) that I send out... and the people who find it could confirm it there. :) Wouldn't that be amazing?? Does anyone here live near the ocean and could help me with this? Or better yet, have access to a boat? Please anyone who reads this comment below. Thanks!

The Book of Eli

Some SPOILERS!!

Wow, another spectacular performance by Denzel Washington! This movie is not something I would recommend to everyone, but I certainly enjoyed it. It is a post-apocalyptic movie so it is practically swimming in language and morbid, dark circumstances. Skeletons, "many", guns and fighting, "Yep", drinking "Some", Language "Defintely". It is the story of a man, Eli, called by God who struggles to cross what's left of the United States to deliver the last copy of the King James Bible to a people collecting, protecting, and copying everything they can salvage from the world before the war. The war, as it seems, punctured a hole in the ozone layer and the sun burned most of the planet and it inhabitants. Now scattered groups of people fight and kill to survive on anything leftover. This movie is not something everyone would enjoy, but it does provide a whole new perspective on the end of the world, God and his covering over his followers, blind faith, and the power of the Bible.

Comments Resolved

Thank you so much Rebecca! I went into comment settings and approved the comments for the past month! ...I honestly thought no one was reading this anymore. :) Anyway, I turned off the moderation approval thingy so it shouldn't happen again. That was Frustrating!

Thanks again Rebecca!

Bloglovin'

        So apparently there's this new thing called Bloglovin' where you can access most blogs under one account and like/follow them. Gone are the day's of creating a tumblr and blogspot accounts just so you can follow your friends. :) The only thing that ticks me off a bit is the fact that my Bloglovin' account is already made with my profile and stuff without my permission.... I feel like there going to get majorly sued for that one day. Anyway, can anyone explain to me what I'm suppose to do with it?

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Comments Unseen

Why are all the comments not showing up. I have to check my email where it tells me that Rebecca and Josiah have commented on my posts...

Grandkid's Kittens

Reblogged from susanbenton.weebly.com

Why Grandparents have blood pressure problems!

So there I was in front of the TV when the grandkids call, "Hey Grandpa, come see the kittens..."

The Incline (5-30-13)

When summer started, I only talked with a few people in school, but never actually hung out with them. When school ended I asked myself should I ever try or is it kind of late to include myself in a real social group. Anyway, I decided to do something dramatic. I joined a group on Facebook that planned to do The Incline. If you don't know the incline, its here in Colorado Springs and is a Mile of railroad ties going straight up a mountain. Pretty much, It's REALLY difficult and I thought I would have to chicken out halfway through because I hadn't exercised in forever! But I went and it turned out only five of us did it, but it was really cool. We spent about 3-4 hours hiking and it was great, but I thought it would end there. It wasn't, our next ascent is planned for tomorrow morning. But that small group baby-fed me into a social life. It was great easing into a group and not having a bunch of people at once. So Roni, you have to throw yourself out there, even if it may be embarrassing, and give it 10 minutes of crazy. You never know what it might start...

This is kind of a response to Roni's post "Introverts Anonymous"
Go Check out her blog HERE

Anyway, the people who went are Bree, yes, tattoo person Post Here, Matt, met him there, Connie, longtime school friend, and Josiah, the guy who's job I took over for the summer while he goes on missions trips. (More information about him and his blog at the bottom)

Anyway, This is Josiah's picture of me on the Incline. Just for reference, we're about a third of the way up. Yeah, its LOOONNNGG! But here is what it looks like (below).

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For those of you who don't know Josiah....all of you....he has recently started up a blog called the

Quest for Anduril (since he's a Lord of the Rings fanatic). It's probably going to be a lot like Random-nes Personified so I highly encourage you to check it out and follow him...once it's up and running. 

Glen Eyrie Orientation

Wow, not much to say except that instead of work, I had to sit through a 7 hour orientation at the Glen Eyrie. Mostly he was repeating stuff that we had already figured out. Anyway, the one good part was the Scavenger Hunt all around the Glen Eyrie in the different cabins, stations, and all throughout the castle. It was great fun driving and running everywhere with my newest friends there, Alicia, Nathan, and oh whats her name.... Megan? Malia? Something like that. :) Overall, good time, except when we were suppose to be learning. :) OK, I'm exhausted, and I'm doing the Incline again tomorrow. Over and Out.