30 Day Challenge: Day 8 and humiliation. Just for you.

A picture that makes you laugh.




Ok.  I went back and forth on actually putting this picture on the world-wide web.  I did.  It was a tough call.  But I know it'll make you laugh, because it makes me laugh every time I look at it.

Some nights, as I've mentioned, I like to dabble in my makeup.

And some nights........  I like to basically throw it all on my face at one time.

*Cringe*

The first picture isn't the funny one.  I started with this:

And somehow transformed it into....

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THIS

hahahahaahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahHAHAHAHAHAhahahahahahaHA

I took this picture to show to my dearest girly-friends who understand my oddities, never thinking I'd ever put it on my blog.  But it was the picture that made me laugh the hardest.  Of all the pictures I own.  I almost got a hernia or something.

I'm not even completely sure what happened there, myself.

And you never knew I was a superhero, didja?

It's a Fiesta!

I'm joining a little blog party, so if you're new here, welcome!  My name is Caroline.  If you want to know a little bit about me, I live in Rome, Italy, and you can click that little bar up there with information about me.  I'm 16 years old and a junior in high school.

Here's a little more about me:

How would people describe your personality? (If they could only use ONE word.) Are they right?


One word?  Goofy.  The end.

What celebrity/celebrities would create a “Star-Struck” feeling if you saw them in real life?


My favorite blogger is The Pioneer Woman.  Without question.


What is your comfort food/drink?


My comfort food is pasta.  Just plain noodles with butter, parmesan, and sea salt, or olive oil and sea salt.  My comfort drink is a Venti No Classic Breve Iced Coffee at Starbucks, which is just fancy terminology for "a ginormous cold coffee with half and half and no sweetener."

Be brave – tell us something very random and weird about yourself.


Well, you can read the "About the Author" tab to hear some really weird things.  Only thing I can think of now is that I have this strange thing about sleeves on my wrists.  Unless it is positively arctic outside, I push my sleeves up past my elbows.  I don't like them on my wrists; it makes me uncomfortable.

Do you have a strong desire to do something you’ve never done? What is it?


Yes, I would very much like to go on some sort of crazy adventure, full of intrigue and suspense, like in the movies.  A safari in the wild rain forests, perhaps?  We shall see.  :D

Movies: Action, Drama, Romantic Comedy, Documentary, Comedy? What are your favorite genres?


Romantic comedy, comedy, and action.  And in regards to action, it can't be too intense.  For instance, I can watch Transformers, but I can't stomach something that's too violent unless I have my daddy's shoulder to hide my face in.

Books: Fiction, Non-Fiction, Romance, Biographies, True Stories, Self-Help, Devotional/Study?


I like fiction, especially historical fiction.  I've read so many historical fiction books.  I do like fantasy, like The Chronicles of Narnia, but I don't like ALL fantasy.  For instance, Lord of the Rings is not at all my cup of tea.


What are your favorite types of reading material?


I like my Kindle and just any entertaining historical fiction books.  But I love to read fashion magazines.  Our British friend gives me her Grazia magazines when she's through with them.  I just like to look at the ads to get hair/makeup inspiration.


Music: Funk, Rock, Country, Jazz, Classical, Film Score, Blues, Classic Rock, Crooner, Alternative, Heavy Metal, Techno? What are your favorite types?


Hmm.  This is hard!  I like most music... it's probably easier to say what I don't like.  I don't like Heavy Metal and Techno.  Everything else I enjoy.

If you inherited a million dollars, what is the first thing you would do with your money?


I'd buy my mama and daddy a cozy house by the water.  

Name one weakness of yours (confession is good for the soul).


I would say chocolate, but that's just horrendously cliche.  I'd say a weakness of mine is makeup.  If I see something I like at the store, it's so hard not to buy it.

If you could live anywhere at all (and take all your loved ones with you), where would you go?


I would live in Hawaii again!  I grew up there and I miss it a lot.


Strange Talent? Can you juggle basketballs, put your legs behind your head or perform some other strange feat?


Well, I used to be able to lay on my stomach and touch the tip of my nose with my toes by bending them back like that, but I don't know if I could do it anymore.  I was born very flexible but I'm a little worried I've wasted it.


I'm not good at limbo anymore, either.  How low can I go?  Not very.

What’s something you consider yourself to be good at? (Don’t worry, it’s not bragging, it’s acknowledging a God given gift).


This makes me uncomfortable.  *twitch*


I guess... I can sing and act.  But I can't dance, so Broadway is sort of out of the question.  Two left feet right here.

What is one of your favorite things to catch a whiff of? 


I love it when my mama browns ground beef for spaghetti or soup.  She puts a bit of onion or something and some oil I think (I'm very perceptive) and it just smells so good as it browns.

When you leave a social gathering, do you wish: You would have talked more or You would have talked less? 


Oh, I almost always wish I had talked less.  I have trouble with the whole hushing thing.

If money wasn’t a factor, what stores would you shop in?


Mac (not computers), Lush, Banana Republic, still Target, Nordstrom's, Ulta, and Sephora.


What is your greatest fear or strange phobia?


Apiphobia.

What is your greatest accomplishment?


Not losing my mind completely yet?

What are your favorite animals?


Ooh! Ooh!  I know this one!  I like dolphins, yorkies, little monkeys, tigers, and lemurs.


Are you a hopeless romantic?


Utterly.


What movie or book character can you most relate to?


In Jane Austen's Northanger Abbey, I completely relate to Catherine.  We are the same person.


Thanks for stopping by!  Y'all come back now, ya hear?

A Poem-less Winner

We've got a winner for our little first-name contest!  But here's the deal... TWO people got the answer right.  I just quickly pulled up a random number generator to see who officially won, and this is the result:

Without further ado, the winner is..........

Stephen O'Loughlin, who guessed correctly that my first name is, in fact, Sara.  (No "h" at the end, mind you.)

Long story short, my mama and daddy named me Sara Caroline, but it turned out that I looked more like a Caroline than a Sara.  And so it was, and so it is, that I am Caroline.

I was Sara in 3rd and 4th grade when I went to private school, but that's because we were learning cursive and it takes a loooongggggg time for a lazy little girl to write eight letters when she has the option of writing four.  And thus, I was Sara for two years.  Truly, though, I've always liked Caroline better.

Here's the deal, though.  Stephen specifically asked for no poem to be written in his winning honor, and so I shall respect that.  Next week, we'll have another contest with another poem, though, so keep reading, my friends!

Love,

Handwriting Tag

I'm going to let a few more comments trickle in on the last post, but stay tuned for the winner!

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I grabbed a fun meme from Grace.  This is my wildly miserable amazing handwriting.  Here you can see some of my cursive and some of my print.

Prepare to be underwhelmed.

(And you betcha that's on graph-paper.  I just finished geometry homework.  And I had to take several shots because I couldn't fit it all onto one photo with it still remaining legible.)

This is what y'all, tagged or untagged, need to write down and show on your blogs!

1.  Your name/Blogger name
2.  Your blog name URL
3.  "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog."
4.  A favorite quote
5.  A favorite song
6.  Favorite bands/singers
7.  Anything else you would like to say?
8.  Tag 3-5 other people


Now, pardon me as I go practice writing out my ABC's a few times.