Sunshine Award

    One post a month, woohoo. By the skin of my teeth. 

    Lots of stuff has happened in this month, though. To explain my lack of activity for the last few weeks. We traveled the Alaska Highway as a family in a two-vehicle caravan. I have several thousand miles and lots of drive time under my belt now. Lots of drive time. And lots of miles.

    And we made it here to Alaska. And then got a call that we're not going to Japan any longer. Which led to a day of crying and so now we're working out what to do and are going to start trickling back east. 

    At any rate, Sarah and Hannah over at Sister Sketches nominated me for the Sunshine Award. In accordance with the guidelines, I would like to give them my most hearty thanks for nominating me!

 

    Rules:

    1. Thank the blogger who nominated you and link to his/her blog.

    2. Nominate other bloggers and let them know on their blog.

    3. Answer the list of ten questions given. 

    4. The Sunshine Award must be posted on your blog.

    I will see about the nominations in a little bit. I really need to see about following some more blogs. Sigh. 

    Now for the questions!

    1. What is your favorite Bible verse?

       I have difficulty narrowing down anything to the "favorites" category, but I'm going to go with Isaiah 43:2. "When you go through deep waters, I will be with you." Just because we're treading through some pretty deep waters and it really is a comfort to think about.

    2. Would you sacrifice your life if it would save that of a stranger's?

       It would depend on the situation, but I like to believe that I would do whatever I could to save a life.

    3. Given the chance to swim with dolphins...would you accept?

       Eh.... maybe. If it was in a controlled pool that wasn't awful deep with people around. Not in the open sea, though. Not a fan of deep water.

    4. Are you more "fascinated" by light or darkness? Why?

       I'm really not sure, because I love sunshine because it brings the world to life but at the same time I'm a nocturnal creature who thrives in the night hours and prefers late nights to any other times in the day. So both, I suppose, just because of the brilliance of the afternoon sunlight and the peace and quiet of the dark.

    5. Can you speak in a different accent?

       Sort of. I can't keep my British/Irish/Scottish very straight, which equates to a very garbled accent, but Australian isn't too difficult for me.

    6. Would you rather be disliked or forgotten?

       Forgotten, I think. It feels more mysterious that way. I dislike conflict, too, so yeah, I'd prefer to be a passing memory then a remembered annoyance.

    7. Has the ocean ever filled your dreams?

       To be quite honest, I really don't understand this question. If you mean, have I ever dreamed of the ocean, it's possible. I don't tend to remember my dreams all too often, though.

    8. Assuming you have one, how often is your journal put to use?

       Well, I was doing pretty well with it two months ago and now I've dropped off again but hopefully am going to pick it back up again before too long. Just to try and chronicle this massive upset in our lives and other details like Sam Anders and such. (Don't ask.)

    9. What is your favorite fictional character of all time?

       Dear heavens, what a question. I can't answer that. I have too many favorites. If you narrowed it down by show or movie, then I could help you out, but all time? Nuh uh. Not possible. Too many awesome characters to pick from. My current love is Starbuck. But I could name a dozen more. 

    10. What is your favorite hymn?

        I'm not really a huge hymn person--I prefer my Christian music to be contemporary-- but All Creatures of Our God and King is one I enjoy. If that counts as a hymn. Which it might not. I'm not sure...

    So yes. There we go. 

    Writing is all gorked up currently. Got a new show in the brain along with adjusting to the part where we're not going to be living in Japan for the next three years. Hopefully I'll be able to kick my brain into gear before too long, but we'll see. 

    As always, thank you for your patience and thank you again for the nomination, Sarah and Hannah!

    Ad astra per aspera.

    To the stars, with difficulty.

The Sunshine Award + Prompt Blurb

    Wow is this late. It's been a crazy two weeks playing pseudo-mom while real mom is out of town and blog posts just don't factor into running a house.

    So the various blog awards continue to go around and I got nominated for the Sunshine Award by Hannah from Sister Sketches.

    The Rules for the Sunshine Award:
    - Thank the person who nominated you
    - Answer the questions they asked you on your respective blog
    - Nominate another batch of bloggers (eleven being the standard)
    - Question them (evil chuckle)
    - Notify them that they have been nominated
    - And post the award image on your blog

    I highly doubt I will fulfill all the rules, as I don't intend to spend very long on this post so I can try and work on other stuff this evening. 

    Thank You to Hannah for nominating me for the Sunshine Award over at Sister Sketches. It really means a lot to me that you nominated me for this award!

1. Which number (1, 2, 3, etc.) is the best, based on it's personality and morals? (Example: 7 is best because of his wise and patient personality.) I honestly do not know what to do with this. Really don't. I like the number 62 but I've never tried assigning personalities to numbers.
2. Fruit-flavored candy or chocolate? Ehhh... perhaps dark chocolate. 
3. Under what circumstances would you jump on a shark's back? Very, very extreme circumstances involving either my siblings or small children.
4. Would you rather grab a handful of cow poop or drink milk straight from the cow? Grab the cow poo, because I have no idea what type of bacteria might be in fresh, fresh cow milk.
5. Batman or Iron Man? Iron Man, all the way. I don't really like anything related to DC.
6. Fantasy or sci-fi? Sci-fi, but I'm not adverse to fantasy.
7. Three years of famine, three months to be destroyed by your foes, or three days of the angel of the Lord destroying throughout all the coasts of the land? Uh.... maybe the three months, but I don't quite understand what's being destroyed by my foes. So I'll go with that one.
8. Favorite season? Spring/early summer.
9. Is the Lochness Monster real? Not in my opinion, no, though it does make for really cool story ideas.
10. Death by fire or death by ice? Death by ice. 
11. Out of any animal, what would be your dream pet? Recently, it's been a German Shepherd, maybe even an MWD, because you can adopt retired MWD's and that sounds like a really special experience.

    And I think that's all I'm going to do of the Sunshine Award stuffs. Which I apologize for.

But I need to work on some other things tonight as well while I still have a brain.

    In the lines of those other things, Trinity, I am working on your prompt. And I even have a small blurb to prove it.

// J&J //

    A face. A news report. A government file. A single word.

    Eliminate.

    Too young. Too relatable. Too close.

    She switched off the tablet and picked up her comm. to send a message with a meeting point. They had work to do. And the sooner it was done, the better.

   

// D&J //

    The rap was added into her odd mixture of a dream, featuring a mind-numbing club track playing through her old apartment but there was a wheat field growing in the middle of it that wasn’t in any portion of her own memories. There was another sharp knock and this one roused Jandy a bit, but she elected to ignore it in favor of a few extra seconds of sleep.

    They’d been in high demand as of late and thus their work schedule was hectic, equating to less sleep than she preferred getting. And judging by the clarity and insistence coming across her link to Dechlan, they were in even more demand than they had been ten minutes ago. Perfect time to bury her head under her pillow.

    “Hey, no, we got a call,” her partner’s voice came from somewhere overhead. Another soundless approach. Gold star to him.

    I went with a whole new setting in order to get everyone in the same spot more or less in the same time stream. Futuristic, almost sci-fi, with some inter-planetary travel going on. At least, Jandy and Dech are saving up to go elsewhere, and Jase and Jaydn have been everywhere. 

    With that, I believe I shall close.

    Thank you again for the nomination, Hannah!

    Ad astra per aspera.

    To the stars, through difficulty.