Hogwarts feathers and letters.

I solemnly swear that I am up to no good!
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Below is all the information about the Hogwarts house feather extensions and Hogwarts acceptance letter. Read it thoroughly, if you have any questions, don’t hesitate to ask me via commenting below, email: ashl3yamazing (a) gmail (dot) com, or Twitter: @ashkimh

MADE TO ORDER HOGWARTS HOUSE FEATHER EXTENSIONS & ACCEPTANCE LETTER:

FEATHER OPTIONS*:

Slytherin (green/black grizzly, natural grizzly, peacock)

Hufflepuff (yellow/black grizzly, natural grizzly, peacock)

Gryffindor (solid red, solid yellow, peacock feathers)

Ravenclaw (solid blue, solid black, peacock feathers)

2 large feathers and 4-6 peacock feathers

ACCEPTANCE LETTER:

Each letter is personally handmade and is unique due to the tea staining process for the paper. Each letter will be personalised.

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IN STATE (OKLAHOMA):

Each package will be delivered by "owl" upon request.**

Cost: $15 (feathers) + $13 (letter) + travelling costs

(OR) $15 + $13 + $4 shipping – If you do not want it hand delivered.***

Total cost: With shipping: $32 (OR) without shipping: $28

(OUT OF STATE):

Cost: $18 (feathers) + $13 (letter) + $4 shipping

Total cost: $35

Each real feather is unique and can be style with hot tools and can be washed. No phoenix, hipogriff, or owl were harmed in the making of these extensions. ~8)

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*This is the base of the colors. Each feather’s color will vary slightly because all feathers are seasonal. Please state your hair color (i.e. blonde, red, brunette) for the bead.

**You must live within the greater OKC area in order for your package to be hand delivered (i.e. deep Edmond to Norman).

***Please state whether you want your package to be hand delivered. If not, I will assume it to be shipped, and you will have to pay for shipping.

Hello, are you still there?*

It’s been a long while since I’ve last published an entry. A long time. Ah, sorry, love, I’ve been too busy with college.** There’s only 2 weeks left. Yay!

Mostly, I’ve been doing schoolwork and YouTube. I’m sure most of y’all are here either from YouTube or from my Twitter. Hi! *waves*

And I suppose I should talk about my adventure that I had while seeing Maureen Johnson. Well, the book signing/meet and greet was actually during class. So, I obviously had only one choice: skip class and drive all the way to go see her. Yup. I missed both my chemistry lab and Spanish class. But, it was worth it. The odds of me getting lost driving there was pretty high. So, I brought along my GPS. I didn’t get lost, but there was a lot of traffic. Once, I got to the library, (where the meet up was) or rather, close to it, I could not find the exact place to turn in.

Ugh. I’m bad a directions.

It took me four tries to find it. I got there a bit waaayy too early. Like two hours too early. Sigh. So, I decided to go across the street to the Walgreen’s and browse around. I spent 20 minutes in there. “Doing what?” you may ask. Well, I walked around the store in its entirety. Then, I decided I needed some new nail polish. I bought two nail polishes, and when I was done, I drove back to the library. I sat in my car for another 20 minutes.

The time was ticking away very, very slowly. It was only 40 minutes; I still had an hour and twenty minutes left. Honestly, I had no idea what to do. I was twenty five minutes away from my city, and I’m not too familiar with Midwest City. Well, I decided it was time to go in and sit and wait. That’s what I did. Let me just say that it was awkwaaaarrd. VERY AWKWARD. I sat at the table in the lounge-y area. There were six other people in there, three on their laptops, and the other three having a conversation. I found out that the three whom were talking were also there to see MJ. “Okay, so I’m entirely alone,” I thought. I didn’t know who they were so, I just sat there and played games on my iPod. I didn’t have anything else to do.

Seconds turned to minutes as I waited for it to start. Then, out of nowhere a hoard of people came through the side door - probably about 20 or so, maybe more. I knew it had to be a school trip. A school trip to see MJ (they all had a copy of Suite Scarlett). After they all dispersed, another group came in. Same thing, they’ve a copy each.

The time slowly winded down. Who should up, other than MJ through the library doors. Aahh!! She was here, for real. And I was to see her, here, for real.

Well, I still didn’t know anyone, and when it was time to go into the room, I didn’t know where to sit (“I’m the awkward one.”). There was a seat directly in front of the door, where I sat. Looked to my left, nope, don’t know you. Look to my right, *smiles* nope, don’t know you either. It was reeeeeallly awkward. You know that feeling, it’s the first day at a new school, and you don’t know anyone. Some people know some, and so, they’re having an in depth conversation. You feel like a complete loner. Yup. That’s exactly how I felt.

It wasn’t long until I had someone sit beside me on both sides. Yet, I still didn’t know them.

I tweeted: “That awkward moment when you're the only one who isn't in the "school group" who's going to see @maureenjohnson #uhhhh”

It needed to be said, it really did. There were some others that weren’t in the school groups as well. For those of you who know MJ, yes, she’s weird even IRL. Weird, but hilarious. Her answers to our questions were off-topic, but it wasn’t the “Seriously, just answer my question” moment, it was more like “Oh, man, you didn’t answer my question like I thought you would, but the way you answer it is so funny.” That how every question answered was like. My question: “What inspired you to write 13 Little Blue Envelopes?” Her answer: “What inspired me to write 13 Little Blue Envelopes was a Mr. Softie Ice Cream truck. You’re probably confused. It’s true, though. The truck kept going around her old apartment’s block every 10 minutes with that annoying jingle. Honestly, how can one write with something as annoying as an ice cream truck’s jingle in the background? So, she applied for this international program in which she spent a month in Scotland at a castle writing 13 LBE.

My question was the last answered. After, she signed everyone’s copy of SS. Those who didn’t have one, got a free copy courtesy of the library. She signed both SS and 13 LBE for me. And I also asked her if she was excited for go-karting. She was extremely excited. I wish I could have gone, but sadly, I needed to study for chemistry. Priorities, man. But one day, I’ll go go-karting, and it shall be fun. That was it, spent an hour with MJ. It was like #4Q but in real life, and not in 140 characters, haha.

Now, I must wait for 2 hours until the season premier of Doctor Who comes on!! :D So excited! Well, actually, I’ll most likely be watching the Thunder game, but! DW will be DVR’ed. For you Whovians, yes, I know, I’m a twat for choosing sports over the Doctor. IT’S THE PLAYOFFS. CHILL, BRO. I really do hope, however, that there will not be spoilers. I forbade it. Also, off topic of DW, I really need to go get my copy of Portal 2. It’s needed. Although, I don’t know when I’ll have time to play it, seeing as I don’t have time to even play League of Legends – I never told y’all I play LoL, did I? Well, now you know!! (More later about LoL).

40/365: 3 ¾ books read – I’m very behind on this book challenge :(

Days left of school: 13

*Did you get the (sort of) unintentional reference of Portal in the title? It was meant to be, and not meant to be a reference. But, GLaDOS’s voice is so creepy and calming.

**Somehow, that sentence came out with a British accent. Although, when I read things, I hear it as an elderly British man in my head – don’t ask, I don’t know why.

snOKLAHOMA!

Let’s talk about the weather that I’ve experienced during my first three weeks back.

The first week, I had snow. It wasn’t a whole lot of snow, but it was still “snow”. (If that’s what you call it here in Oklahoma.) I started school on a Tuesday, since Monday was a holiday. It was super early. And not at all bright. I honestly don’t think I can last all semester long in Chemistry for two hours at 7:30 in the morning. It is sooo early for me. I’ve never had a class that early before. Ever. Fast forward to Wednesday night, and the weather is predicted to be bad on Thursday with snow mixed with ice. Okay, fine. Wake up early to find out class has been canceled. All right. Again, the snow wasn’t too bad. There was hardly any ice at all. But safety is safety. 

The weather has been pretty okay-ish these past weeks for me. It’s January-February so of course, it’s cold. But! This past Friday and Saturday, we had not normal-like temperatures for January. It got up to about 76 degrees on both days. Now, you’re probably wondering, “Seriously? What kind of weather do you have in Oklahoma?” Well, the answer is simple. Bipolar weather. Don’t believe me? Let me enlighten you. That, I believe, was the warmest winter day I’ve ever known. It probably was warmer at one point or another when I was younger, but I don’t remember. Seriously. 76 degrees. – That sounds like a nice spring day for you. It sure felt like it. Then, of course, Oklahoma is bipolar. 

Before Monday night came, class was canceled. Monday night, and as the meteorologists predicted, we were expected to have at least 6 inches of snow. Boy, oh, boy. We did indeed have it. Honestly, everyone thought that we wouldn’t have it because not until late Monday night did it start to storm. Oh, were all those people wrong. Come on, guys, it’s OKLAHOMA. I laugh at all of those people who thought it wasn’t going to storm. It started with rain along with thunder and lightning. Then, sleet. So it was a thunder-y sleet storm. After the sleet started to accumulate, snow came. I cannot believe, I woke up so early on a snow day. I blame the brightness of the snow seeping through me window. Holy mother of WoW. There was an abundant amount of snow. 

Not only snow, but snow drifts. The deepest was about two feet at my house. Good golly, my backyard was insane. My fish pond basically froze over on the top. And it was impossible to walk through with trekking with some kind of walking stick. I nearly fell through a patch of ice. “Wait, you went outside?” Ha, yes. I had to. It was too good of a snow day to pass up. I didn’t as so much play in the snow. I shot a video. 8 degrees, but the wind chill was -16. I bundled up like no other. I knew that our back door was frozen shut so I had to go through the side door. Right when I stepped outside, a blast of freezing, bone-chilling air stuck me in the face. Or, the inch of skin between my hat and mask. I was frozen. But only for a moment. I originally went out to show how much snow accumulated in my backyard, but then my parents made me shovel away at the back door, need I remind you, was frozen shut. 

It was so cold that the snow on my glasses froze. Also, my glasses started fogging up so I couldn’t see where I was going at all. I got about halfway before I nearly fell (again) because my dad had this metal wire thing, which I stepped through. I nearly twisted my ankle because of how deep the snow was and because of that dang metal thing that attacked me. I didn’t hurt myself, thankfully. Before I could go any further, I had to turn back around. I think partially, it was my fault for not seeing it, but also it was too deep to see. Dang fogged up glasses distorting my view. So, I had to trek back to go inside and change into contacts. Much better. But now, the wind was attacking my one inch of face first hand. I didn’t have the glasses to subside the sting. 

At least I made all the way to the back door without any trouble. I shoveled like what everyone does when they shovel snow. Still, the door was frozen. Okay, I give up. I came to the back to shoot a video, and Warner Chilcott*, I was going to do it. After three tries of going outside, I did it. It was really fast, too. The wind was seriously screaming at me to go inside. I nearly fell over because of the gust of wind. (I think that was my fourth time I almost fell over.) 

Yes. The toasty house was beckoning me. Telling me to enjoy the warmth. Thaw out a little. There was nothing better than a big cup of hot chocolate after spending a total of 45 minutes outside in the blistering cold. What a time, snOKLAHOMA, what a time. Good thing I don’t have class tomorrow either. And maybe Thursday, too. I think they should just cancel this whole week. Just to be safe. :)

-- There is supposed to be another snowstorm coming next Monday… Only time can tell what Mother Nature will bestow upon us.

40/365: 2 books read

*Warner Chilcott: If you don’t know who he is, then I suppose, you’re not a nerdfighter. God, Warner Chilcott!

Florida Part 3.

LAST PART! -- It's snowing here now, so here's some sun. :)

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January 14, 2011

The next day, we (excluding my brother since he had to work) went to West Palm Beach to visit my great-aunt. We left so early in the morning that it was still dark out. Not to mention it was still quite chilly out. I think I knocked out right when we got in the car. I was pretty tired. I slept from the moment we got out of the hotel to the moment we were in front of my great-aunt’s house. It’s a long drive from Disney World to WPB. Part of the way there, it started to rain. This wasn’t just rain; it was torrential downpour. You could literally not see two feet in front of you. I was still sleeping, but as I was shifted sides, I could hear the pounding of the rain against the car as I was slipping in and out of consciousness. Wow. It was extremely loud. We couldn’t hear anything the GPS said. And the volume was on 100%. Completely insane. The rain didn’t last too long, and when we got there, it stopped. I was still groggy from the amazing sleep I got. I felt like I got my usual twelve hours (I sleep a lot). My great-aunt made a Vietnamese food and talked a whole lot with my parents. I didn’t pay too much attention to anything because all I wanted was food. Food and sleep. My parents talked for quite a long time. It started to rain again, and as it did, the rain lulled me to sleep. I think I slept for about two hours. I tend to sleep a lot in car rides. We said our goodbyes and left for the seven hour ride back to WDW. I’m pretty sure I slept again. 

It wasn’t really a much eventful ride back, but my dad did manage to not listen to me or the GPS. We wouldn’t have gotten off track about seven miles. I was mad; mainly because I said to turn back around right when we got lost. Well, not turning around straightaway resulted in paying $5 worth of toll. Way to go Dad. Always somehow getting us lost. Gah. Well, we then got home around 10pm and just settled in for the night.

The next day, Friday, was our last day. So sad. We spent this day going around buying food for the road and whatnot. We didn’t do a whole lot activity-wise. We mainly just spent time packing up and getting ready to leave early next day. We had dinner with my brother and his girlfriend and said our goodbyes. I cried. What a loser, I was. When my brother said bye to me, I said, “So, you’re not gonna hug me?” Bad idea. Okay, not really, but emotionally, it was a bad idea. I started tearing up like the cry baby I am. Ah, man. I swiftly walked outside towards the car because I didn’t want to start losing it. Although, I already did lose it.

(Back story: I remember when my brother got the internship back in 2007, and as it was the last day of a mini-vacation, we said goodbye and I sobbed. I couldn’t stop either. I was quietly sobbing as we were driving back to his apartment, and I just couldn’t help myself. It was the first time my brother was going to be nearly 2,000 miles away from me. He then gave me his penguin in which I slobbered and such into. Saying goodbye is so hard.)

We left on Saturday morning at around 3am. It was dark and cold. I was tired and emotional. I didn’t want to leave such a fantastic place yet. It didn’t last long enough, and yet it last enough. It’s a weird complicated matter. We left the hotel, but I didn’t look back. To see such a wonderful experience and memory simply fade from your view, is like deliberately making that amazing time you had disappear from you forever.

We drove and drove. – Just like on the first day, except this time, we drove the whole way home. All nearly 2,000 miles of it. We arrived at the house roughly around 1am. I was tired, but I wasn’t sleepy. I’ve slept too much on the ride back, but when I got into my bed, I slept right away. Well, back to reality. Back to school, back to being in Oklahoma, and back to my non-Disney life. 

Honestly, I would love to spend a month at Disney World on vacation. It would seem that there wouldn’t be much to do for the whole month. However, there is an endless amount of activities. For one, hotel hopping is fun. Okay, it doesn’t sound as much fun, but trust me. It is. Disney’s Polynesian Resort is so beautiful. They’ve got a grand fountain in the middle of the lobby. There’s also the Kidani Village in Disney’s Animal Kingdom Lodge. Going in the back of the lodge, there you can find animals roaming the grounds. There are many more hotels in which you can find many amazing things. (All the hotel hopping I did was in the summer.) Also, there are two water parks: Typhoon Lagoon and Blizzard Beach for water-filled enjoyment. There’s also miniature golf and actual golf. Let’s not forget the “free fifth park”, Downtown Disney. From Cirque du Soleil and nightclubs to dining and shopping, D squared’s got it all. It’s nice there – to get away from the crazy crowds at the parks. It’s a different environment there unlike any other. See, there are loads to do at Disney World, and going on one trip simply isn’t enough to take everything in.

I believe this concludes my wonderful, amazing trip to Walt Disney World. I’m excited to start my next semester in college and in my next chapter in my Disney experience. :)

40/365: 1 1/2 books read (I usually won’t do halfs, but I didn’t want it to be “1 book read” for the three posts. xD)

Florida Part 2.

--Still behind reality.--

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January 6, 2011

Okay, so I travelled all the way from Oklahoma to Florida. We got there and spent the first official day at MK. Continuing… Actually, we went on SM once. I told my brother to get Fast Passes for Buzz Lightyear’s Space Command** ride. When we got to the booth, there happened to be three Fast Passes to Space Mountain. Whoops. Someone must have forgotten them. Well, just our fate. And so we went on for a second time. This time, my brother ditched me. Typical; he would do that. I’m used to it. Sometimes if the line was too long, we would go by ‘Single Rider’. We finished that ride, and it was time for my brother to go to work. Well, we still had the Buzz Lightyear ride which we rode without him.

Fast forward to the end of the day: We went to three parks in one day. We rode some more rides and saw the Celebration (or whatever it was called) Parade at MK and then went to Hollywood Studios. It was the last day for the Christmas lights. It was so gorgeous. Dancing lights in the Streets of America. Simply stunning. The work put into decorating the street is insane. – From August to mid-November they start planning and decorating the area. After the lights show, we went to EPCOT to ride some rides and see IllumiNations, the fireworks / laser light show. We then spent that night eating the BEST pizza in our room. Flipper’s Pizzeria is simply the best. That ends day two at WDW.

The third day, we spent the greater part of the day being bored. I mean, I was bored. We were at my brother’s house making pho for him and his girlfriend. We played Mario Kart Wii, the three of us, him, his girlfriend, and I. I lost. Actually, no, not lost. I sucked. I got last place with a mere two points. Ugh. But that’s pretty much all we did until my brother decided to go to EPCOT. Man, this is my favorite park. It also rained that evening too. Luckily, I had my raincoat. However, my dad didn’t bring his backpack that had the other raincoats. I ended up giving my raincoat to my parents and I wore my hat. Earlier that day, when we just came into the park, I spotted three people sporting OU shirts and hats. Yes. How absolutely perfect. When we passed them, I yelled, “Boomer!” And one of the guys yelled back, “Sooner!” Ha! It’s also because I had my OU hat on. I’m so glad I brought that with me. I’ve always wanted to find an Oklahoman on vacation, but never could. 

Later that night, we ate at 1900 Park Fare inside the Grand Floridian Resort. The funny thing was that my brother and I waited for about five minutes at the arm thing (that one arm that you have to wait to get to the other side. You know what I mean) and we could not get into the parking. When we backed up to go to the other one, it raised. Seriously? Gah. The same thing happened on the other side as well, until I told my brother to try pushing one of the buttons. It worked; the arm rose. We got there just in time to be seated. They end seating at 8:30 PM, and we got there at 8:22 PM. Luck again saved us. My brother’s girlfriend already checked in because she got there about ten minutes before we did. The dining was again, character dining. This time, it was Cinderella. I think my favorite was Anastasia. She was so funny. The only character they didn’t have was the Fairy Godmother. I wished they had her. It would have been cute with the whole “bipiddy, bopdidy, doo**. It was a great ending to a great day. 

The next day we went to Animal Kingdom. We were originally intending to go to Universal for the Wizarding World of Harry Potter. But my cousin, who went the day before, told me that it was overly crowded. So change of plans. Animal Kingdom, instead. This day was quite memorable. My brother went to get Fast Passes for the Safari since that’s one of the main attractions. There I was getting autographs and pictures from Lilo and Stitch. Ah, they were so adorable. There was a lot of back and forth finger-pointing. Lilo bit Stitch because wouldn’t he give her the pen. Then she blamed it on Stitch. Then, we started pointing fingers at each other. It was so hilarious. All in good fun. I think that’s what I want to do. – Be a character assistant. They get to spend all day with a character and have fun. Then, we ate breakfast and went to the Safari. There are so many more animals in the day time then in the afternoon. Baby elephants are so cute. That’s all that we did in Animal Kingdom. My brother and I wanted to go on Expedition Everest, but the line was too long. – At least it was for my brother.

More in part 3. :)

40/365: 1 book read