:chain: more random stuff

Hello, my name is: Brenna

But you can call me: any similar pronunciation of Brenna, lol. I'll answer to it :)

Never in my life will I: stop singing

High school: ghetto

When I'm nervous: you will know

The last song I listened to was: Nature Boy from Moulin Rouge Soundtrack

If I were to get married right now my best man/maid would be: Lets focus on dating first, shall we? lol

My hair: is recently doing what I want it to

When I was 5: I was really into GPB TV

Last Christmas: was a relief..no class

This Christmas: will be another relief

I should: reconsider a lot of things

When I look down I see: the history book I should be reading

The happiest recent event is/was: non-existent, but this past weekend with the fam and the dog was nice

If I were a character on 'Friends' I'd be: Rachel is her name I think..Jennifer Aniston's character lol

By this time next year: I pray I'll be in a better spot in life

I have a hard time understanding: what is so difficult about being nice to others?

Take my advice: BE NICE! Always. even if you're down

I want to buy: more books

If you visited the place I was born: I'd tell you to go the other way..hospitals aren't pleasant ;)

I plan to: get outta this slump if it kills me

If you spent the night at my house: you'd have to put up with a 1 year old Jack Russel and would therefore probably leave :P

The world could do without: hurtful actions and words

I'd rather lick the belly of a cockroach than: wtf?

Most recent thing I've bought myself: printer cartridge and paper

Most recent thing someone else bought me: M&Ms and a plant

My middle name is: Amy

In the morning I: woke up and began the worst day ever

The animals I would like to see flying besides birds are: anteaters so they could eat flying ants :)

Last night I: tried to go to sleep in vain, as is the usual lately

If i was an animal i would be: a poisonous fish so I could swim and not be eaten

A better name for me would be: people say I look like a Heather

Tomorrow I am: hoping will be better

Tonight: maybe going to bed at a decent time will pay off this time..unlikely

:chain: Brennaology

Tag- You're it!!! Let others know a little more about yourself by re-posting and tagging your friends. Re post note as your name "ology"

1) What is your salad dressing of choice? 
Balsamic Vinaigrette

2) What is your favorite sit-down restaurant?
Gumbeaux

3) What food could you eat for 2 weeks straight and not get sick of it? 
soup and chocolate and I have them every day :)

4) What are your pizza toppings of choice?
cheese! and olives

5) What do you like to put on your toast?
i don't really eat toast anymore

6) How many televisions are in your house?
3

7) What color cell phone do you have?
black and lime green..my favorite so far

8) Are you right-handed or left-handed?
Right handed although playing piano does help the left a bit

9) Have you ever had anything removed from your body?
no..

10) What is the last heavy item you lifted?
my luggage

11) Have you ever been knocked unconscious?
nope, never even broke a bone

12) If it were possible, would you want to know the day you were going to die?
yes, but I'm not sure why it would matter anyway

13) If you could change your name, what would you change it to?
Veronica, lol

14) Would you drink an entire bottle of hot sauce for $1000?
to be honest, I would probably drink one for $5..I love hotsauce!

15) How many pairs of flip flops do you own?
maybe like 5

16) What’s your goal for the year?
to bring my GPA up

17) Last person you talked to?
Megan

18) Last person you hugged?
my parents

19) Favorite Season? 
winter, I have really grown to like the cold

20) Favorite Holiday?
Halloween, hands down! and then Mardi Gras..if that's a holiday :)

21. Favorite day of the week?
Friday of course!

22) Favorite Month?
October, probably because of Halloween

23) First place you went this morning? 
to class

24) What's the last movie you saw? 
Transporter 3, it was so good!! (actually Burn After Reading, but I stopped watching after about the first 10 minutes)

25) Do you smile often? 
Not anymore

26) Do you always answer your phone? 
Rarely

27) It's four in the morning and you get a text message or phone call, who is it? 
Guys who are drunk and wants to be emo

28) If you could change your eye color what would it be? 
Turqouise..blue-green of some sort

29) What flavor drink do you get at Sonic? 
I don't know..its been so long since I've gone..I guess the limeade something-or-other

30) Have you ever had a pet fish? 
PLENTY! My longest living is Brutus..and I don't know exactly what type of Cichlid she is..because we didn't even know she was a girl! lol but she's pink

31) Favorite Christmas song? 
Carol of the Bells - David Foster

32) What's on your wish list for your birthday?
DVDs or books or money to buy either

33) Can you do push ups? 
Heck yes, I do 15 every day

34) Can you do a chin up? 
Yeah, like once in middle school

35) Does the future make you more nervous or excited?
Nervous unless something really good is going to happen

36) Do you have any saved texts? 
Yeah, but I have no idea what they are

37) Ever been in a car wreck? 
nope, unless you consider my little accident last semester, but no other cars were involved

38) Do you have an accent?
When I come back from New Orleans

39) What is the last song to make you cry? 
plenty makes me cry, but not songs or movies lately

40) Plans tonight? 
softball practice and homework

41. Ever felt like you hit rock bottom? 
yeah, for like the past 3 years

42) Name 3 things you bought yesterday? 
mascara, hand soap, seasoning salt

43) Have you ever been given roses? 
yeah I guess

44) Current hate right now? 
Loneliness

45) Met someone who changed your life? 
nope, still waiting impatiently

46) How did you spend this past New Year? 
over a toilet with a stomach virus..and then back home to three jack russels and family

47) What song represents you? 
WHOA! Its playing right now on my mac!!! Underwater by Switchfoot, weird..

48) Name three people who might complete this? 
Monica, Chelsea, Renicia

49) What were you doing 12 AM last night? 
tossing and turning and trying to sleep

50) What was the first thing you thought of when you woke up? 
FOOD!

urban dictionary game

Rules:
Go to urbandictionary.com and type in your answers to the following questions.
Post the first definition it gives you.
Tag 4 people.

1) Your name- Brenna
One who drinks and dances in cages, HAHAHA!

ex: dude, lets go to the club, therell be lots of brennas

-OR-

One who looks forward to the future, shy and sensitive, one who has a meaning in life, or does something to make mad others, one who doesn't like to be put under pressure, at times loves to be in the limelight, one who people envy, protective of the ones she cares about.

i like that one better :)

2) Your age-20
Bag of Weed, costs $20.00 dollars and is enough to make 4 fat joints.


3) One of your friends- Chelsea
The most AMAZING people you will ever find are Chelseas.
chicken flavored&lemon scented. DELICIOUSLY good looking, HAHAHA!

ex: girl: Damn, i wish i was a Chelsea.
boy: *looks her up&down* yeah, me too. : 

4) what should you be doing- cycling
Riding a bicycle

5) favorite color- Turquoise
A blend of blue and green, In holistic medicine, the color turquoise purportedly has a calming effect on patients, and is particularly used to treat patients prone to panic attacks or mania. To a lesser degree, mainstream psychiatric hospitals also use turquoise and other light shades of blue and green to calm patients by painting the walls in these colors. Turquoise is perceived by most people as the coldest of all colorscitation needed.

6) Birthplace- Austell
best town in geogia!
small town that is like...totally awesome...
we have a lot of old shops downtown...
we got six flags too!
right outside atlanta...
yeah...thats it...
cept that its fye!

ex: girl-you live in austell?
boy-yea
girl-omg...thats like awesome!
boy-yea.... i know! 

haha really??

7) what month were you born in? - February
February is the best month of the year. Its still nice and cold and snowy, but you know that spring is just around the corner if you're tired of all the bad weather. February is also the most unique month. 28 days long,(unless its every four years on a 'leap' year)
Valentines day is also in February. (the fourteenth)It's a fun holiday named after St. Valentine, and it's for cute happy couples. Many single or unhappy peope celebrate the anti Valentines day, ie. Singles awareness day.

People born in February are without a doubt the Cutest, Smartest, and Funniest set of people. If you are born after the 20th, you are also a PICES. This is the best Zodiac sign.

8) one of your nicknames- Bam
Scottish colloquial. Means Below Average Mentality. hahaha

prisms of will

Ordinary doors fly by, viably disenchanting
Hold lead lids up to make room for stained glass
Mosaics of brilliance to transform
The bright into rainbows of radiance

Vivid wills of the bigger being
Lasting sustenance enhances the steady beat
To withstand moments that tick by
Each one further from the last

Extend distance from faded tapestries
With threads of pain and dyes of stains
Unravel the picture and paint a new scene
With brushes of intention and waters of wisdom


Bliss blindness to the bland
Believe what is wanted into being
A tailored scene of goals
To keep thirsty eyes forward facing

Yay, so I was really hoping the entire break would not pass by without a bit of creativity at some point and I am glad it finally came!! although at the last possible moment :| So here is what I've got..and it kinda goes along with my status. My thoughts are about basically leaving behind decent (but hum-drum) alternatives to focus on the beauty of what is possible. Enjoy!

:chain: top threes

Three things to share

Three names I go by:
1. Brenna
2. Bren
3. Bammo

Three Jobs I have had in my life
1. Hobby Lobby fabric dept
2. Matria Healthcare telemarketer or something..
3. Vet tech/assistant at Bullards

Three Places I have lived
1. Mableton, GA
2. Mableton, GA
3. Mableton, GA

Three Favorite drinks
1. hot tea
2. hot chocolate
3. hot coffee :P

Three TV Shows that I watch
1. LOST!
2. Desperate Housewives
3. Pushing Daisies before they canceled it :(

Three places I have been
1. New Orleans, LA
2. WDW in FLA
3. St. Louis, when I was little

THREE PETS THAT YOU HAVE OWNED
1. Bernie and Mister (they are brothers, so they go together)
2. Autumn
3. Rosie

THREE THINGS I AM REALLY SCARED OF
1. screaming and not being heard
2. dying an old maid
3. any type of conflict

THREE FAVORITE TEAMS TO WATCH
1. UGA dawgs of course
2. any other football
3. and baseball when there's nothing else on TV

THREE FAVORITE ANIMALS
1. jack russels
2. freshwater fish
3. cats I guess

THREE FAVORITE ACTRESSES
1. Natalie Portman
2. Helena Bonham Carter
3. Kiera Knightley

THREE FAVORITE ACTORS
1. Johnny Depp
2. Hugh Jackman
3. James Franco

THREE FAVORITE THINGS TO DO
1. sing
2. play piano
3. watch movies

Three songs you love:
1. Underwater - Switchfoot
2. Starry Eyed Surprise - Paul Oakenfold ft. Shifty Shell shock
3. House of Cards - Madina Lake.

Three books you would read more than once:
1. 1984 by George Orwell
2. Dracula by Bram Stoker
3. Twilight books

People that e-mail me regularly
1. Alyssa
2. Mom
3. the GA aquarium, lol

Three movies you love:
1. V for Vendetta
2. all Pirates movies
3. Sweeney Todd

Three of my favorite foods
1. Chicken Soup
2. chocolate
3. cereal

Three friends I think will respond
1. dunno
2. but if you do
3. it'll make me smile :)

Three Things I am looking forward to
1. next semester..believe it or not!
2. summer!!
3. seeing my pupster again

Three places I would like to travel to
1. Australia
2. Venice
3. Seattle

increments of blue

Smile mistaken naiveté
Behind glass walls truth to stay
Replication day by day
No longer want this way

Expect a cruel disguise
Through duplicated eyes
Singe from past regret
Reminded to forget

Intention to reverse
Weigh options of the worse
Aching skin of stone
Blue hearts of the lone

Begin to paint them red
To alter style of stead
Extend to hearts more blue
Spared increments of you

Oh, and if I tag you..please don't feel obligated to comment..I just like knowing that someone else reads them or can derive something of their own from them :)

so I was inspired by our studying the whole genre of blues in class..so I guess that's the theme that shines through h ere.. 

sunken standards

Elevate these sunken standards
Remove the rot of seeping shards
That threaten bruises of infections
Mentalities of shallow factions

Where confidence is bitter lost
Integrity is the inherent cost
Impossible kindness withheld before
Not vainly awaited anymore

His inability to pretend or care
Shall never again find me there
Niceties before never heard or told
Trade silver linings of gray for gold

To hope for change is to abandon
The ignorant influences of prison
Now choose only noble decency
And those endowed with gentility

so the whole gist of this is learning to keep my standards high following past experiences from settling low. and to any male readers of this..please don't assume this is about you, because I guarantee that he won't be reading it anyway..(appropriately)..

:chain: can you prove the BBC wrong? I DID!

The BBC believes most people will have only read 6 of the 100 books here. Can you prove them wrong?

Instructions:
1) Look at the list and put an 'x' after those you have read.
2) Put a % after those you've read a portion of.
3) Add a '+' to the ones you LOVE.
4) Star (*) those you plan on reading.
5) Tally your total read and put it in the title.

First of all I want to * all of them...
1 Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen (x+)
2 The Lord of the Rings - JRR Tolkien (x+)
3 Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte (x+++++++++)
4 Harry Potter series - JK Rowling (x+)
5 To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee ( )
6 The Bible (%)
7 Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte (x+)
8 Nineteen Eighty Four - George Orwell (x+++++++)
9 His Dark Materials - Philip Pullman ( )
10 Great Expectations - Charles Dickens ( )
11 Little Women - Louisa M Alcott ( )
12 Tess of the D’Urbervilles - Thomas Hardy ( )
13 Catch 22 - Joseph Heller ( )
14 Complete Works of Shakespeare (%)
15 Rebecca - Daphne Du Maurier ( )
16 The Hobbit - JRR Tolkien (x+)
17 Birdsong - Sebastian Faulk ( )
18 Catcher in the Rye - JD Salinger ( )
19 The Time Traveller’s Wife - Audrey Niffenegger ( )
20 Middlemarch - George Eliot ( )
21 Gone With The Wind - Margaret Mitchell ( )
22 The Great Gatsby - F Scott Fitzgerald (x)
23 Bleak House - Charles Dickens ( )
24 War and Peace - Leo Tolstoy ( )
25 The Hitch Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams ( )
26 Brideshead Revisited - Evelyn Waugh ( )
27 Crime and Punishment - Fyodor Dostoyevsky ( )
28 Grapes of Wrath - John Steinbeck ( )
29 Alice in Wonderland - Lewis Carroll ( )
30 The Wind in the Willows - Kenneth Grahame ( )
31 Anna Karenina - Leo Tolstoy ( )
32 David Copperfield - Charles Dickens ( )
33 Chronicles of Narnia - CS Lewis ( )
34 Emma - Jane Austen ( )
35 Persuasion - Jane Austen (x+)
36 The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe - CS Lewis ( )
37. Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini ( )
38 Captain Corelli’s Mandolin - Louis De Bernieres ( )
39 Memoirs of a Geisha - Arthur Golden ( )
40 Winnie the Pooh - AA Milne ( )
41 Animal Farm - George Orwell (x+++++)
42 The Da Vinci Code - Dan Brown (x+)
43 One Hundred Years of Solitude - Gabriel Garcia Marquez ( )
44 A Prayer for Owen Meaney - John Irving ( )
45 The Woman in White - ( )
46 Anne of Green Gables - LM Montgomery ( )
47 Far From The Madding Crowd - Thomas Hardy ( )
48 The Handmaid’s Tale - Margaret Atwood ( )
49 Lord of the Flies - William Golding ( )
50 Atonement - Ian McEwan ( )
51 Life of Pi - Yann Martel ( )
52 Dune - Frank Herbert ( )
53 Cold Comfort Farm - Stella Gibbons ( )
54 Sense and Sensibility - Jane Austen (x+)
55 A Suitable Boy - Vikram Seth ( )
56 The Shadow of the Wind - Carlos Ruiz Zafon ( )
57 A Tale Of Two Cities - Charles Dickens (%)
58 Brave New World - Aldous Huxley (x)
59 The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time - Mark Haddon ( )
60 Love In The Time Of Cholera - Gabriel Garcia Marquez ( )
61 Of Mice and Men - John Steinbeck ( )
62 Lolita - Vladimir Nabokov ( )
63 The Secret History - Donna Tartt ( )
64 The Lovely Bones - Alice Sebold (x+)
65 Count of Monte Cristo - Alexandre Dumas (x+)
66 On The Road - Jack Kerouac ( )
67 Jude the Obscure - Thomas Hardy ( )
68 Bridget Jones’s Diary - Helen Fielding ( )
69 Midnight’s Children - Salman Rushdie ( )
70 Moby Dick - Herman Melville ( )
71 Oliver Twist - Charles Dickens (x)
72 Dracula - Bram Stoker (x+++++++++)
73 The Secret Garden - Frances Hodgson Burnett ( )
74 Notes From A Small Island - Bill Bryson ( )
75 Ulysses - James Joyce ( )
76 The Bell Jar - Sylvia Plath ( )
77 Swallows and Amazons - Arthur Ransome ( )
78 Germinal - Emile Zola ( )
79 Vanity Fair - William Makepeace Thackeray ( )
80 Possession - AS Byatt ( )
81 A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens ( )
82 Cloud Atlas - David Mitchell ( )
83 The Color Purple - Alice Walker ( )
84 The Remains of the Day - Kazuo Ishiguro ( )
85 Madame Bovary - Gustave Flaubert ( )
86 A Fine Balance - Rohinton Mistry ( )
87 Charlotte’s Web - EB White ( )
88 The Five People You Meet In Heaven - Mitch Albom ( )
89 Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle ( )
90 The Faraway Tree Collection - Enid Blyton ( )
91 Heart of Darkness - Joseph Conrad ( )
92 The Little Prince - Antoine De Saint-Exupery ( )
93 The Wasp Factory - Iain Banks ( )
94 Watership Down - Richard Adams ( )
95 A Confederacy of Dunces - John Toole ()
97 The Three Musketeers - Alexandre Dumas (%)
98 Hamlet - William Shakespeare (x)
99 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - Roald Dahl (x+++++)
100 Les Miserables - Victor Hugo (x+++)

past the edges

I wish to show you the outside of the box
So you can be able to shatter the locks
That bar your mind from the leaps
That take us where the world keeps

The knowledge which we all can own
Regardless of where we've been or flown
Free yourself of what you're told
That causes you to early be old

Take then what helps you retain youth
Those things filled with hope and truth
The open soul is the one to grow
Outside of what we think we know

So while I was watching the Oscars..I was also doing this :)

future forms / ribbons

Clear black ink on ivory tree
Hoping you can soon see
Silently waiting for the light
When that little light bulb finally becomes bright

Murky thought in grey matter
Caught up in notions of the latter
Swimming between solid barriers
Unable to make it to their carriers

Luminous voice with precise words
With carefully chosen edges and curves
Voiced when necessity makes a debut
In hopes that it will finally get through

To the harshness that stubbornly shells your good
However infrequently be your mood
Though you may not want or care to know
These thoughts to you I wish to show

These contradictions that splinter seams
And stir up thoughts restricted to dreams
Hates and loves meant to stay within
And hopes that reality will bring good to win

But these jagged colors will stay concealed
Left to future keys to be revealed
Red ribbons to be sliced with blades
And to the just all debts be repaid

I think this one is pretty similar to the other one, but maybe this one can someday be a song ?? :)