Skip to main content

I almost forgot! BEDA Day 3

It's 10:15, and I almost forgot to blog today! How sad would it be if I messed up on only day 3 of this challenge? But never fear, I live to blog another day!

Well, Texas Teens 4 Libraries (TT4L) was yesterday, and it was wonderful! I got to meet Meg Cabot and didn't embarrass myself too badly. :) I got to talk to Cassandra Clare again, this time a normal conversation as she was sitting outside the Teen Room before giving a talk, we talked about being nervous talking in front of people, the strange questions kids ask at Q&A sessions, and traveling in England (she said I should go to the British Library and the Tate Modern-will do!)

I also got to attend the Bluebonnet Award Luncheon, where they awarded Bluebonnet Award to Cynthia DeFelice and Andrea U'Ren for "One Potato, Two Potato". There was yummy food and wonderful speeches.

We went to a great session about intellectual freedom and a wonderful school that didn't bow down to The Man (aka a rich family who objected to book being taught) and John Green represented AS IF (Authors Supporting Intellectual Freedom) with wonderful eloquence and passion. I only wish I could talk that intellectually and eloquently about anything. One day, perhaps.

Even though it was a great week what with meeting amazing people and talking to lots of teens and librarian strangers and seeing my grad school professor among the huge crowds. Even though all of that was great, large crowd seriously exhaust me! Last night I got home at 7, and went to sleep--my mom came to me about an hour later and asked if I wanted to go to the gym with her. Apparently I said, "Yes, I do, but I don't think my body will let me move." I say apparently because I do not remember her coming in and talking to me! That's how out of it I was! :) Well, I'm le tired again now. So it is off to beddy bye for me and my copy of "City of Glass"!

DFTBA!
Sti

P.S. Right now I'm listening to Neil Gaiman read his book The Graveyard Book.

Comments

Taylor said…
you do not forget to blog!!!! or else the blog monster will come and...do bad stuff. I dont know, Loves ya

Popular posts from this blog

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban the second time around

Sirius Black's Wanted Poster Title/Year originally published: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban/1999 When I originally read it: 1999, I believe I got it for Christmas… What I thought of it then: When I first read this book I thought parts of it were the saddest things I’d ever read. When Harry overhears that his parents’ best friend betrayed them to Voldemort and was so angry he wanted to kill Sirius Black I cried, a lot. Besides that I thought the whole Time Turner device was really nifty on J.K.'s part (yeah, we're close, I can call her that*). I loved Lupin and the fact that chocolate is the remedy for when you've had all your worst memories brought to mind by Dementors.I also always love Scabbers so I was really sad when he turned out to be the betrayer of Lily and James Potter. Sigh. When I re-read it: January 2011 What my thoughts are now: This book is so great, I can see why it's a lot of people's favorite of the series. I mean, c'mon t...

Raven Cycle Fan Art!

So. The inimitable Maggie Stiefvater created a deck of tarot cards based on her Raven Cyle series and she's holding a contest to give away 10 decks of them. Keith decided he couldn't do anything worthy but he thought I could.  Since I'd just completed a project using acorns, I thought: "Hey, I could make The Acorn Boys!" And Keith's response was: "You were put on this earth to make Acorn Boys."  And so, I present to you, The Acorn Boys based on The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater.  First we have our heroine Blue Sargent, daughter of psychics but no psychic herself. She reminds her mom of the Page of Cups and gets called Blue Lily by a crazy lady (I chose a Calla lily because I like them better than the other kind, plus I love Calla). She is known for her DIY style and short, dark hair. I made up the rest of her face because there isn't a ton of description about it, but we know she's tiny because she didn't eat her vegetables.  ...

Learn Magic with Julian Franklin!

Have you ever wanted to know the secrets behind different magic tricks you've seen performers use? Have you ever wanted to impress and mystify your friends and family with magic and illusions? Now you can learn with this Magic Workshop with Julian Franklin!  Using items from around your house you can learn fabulous tricks that will blow people's minds! This video will be available all summer on our YouTube page, so you can continue to practice and perfect your tricks!