200th Post!!!

Here we are!! My 200th post!! 

How crazy is this, you guys?! 

two hundred. 

the big two-zero-zero. 

yup. I honestly didn't think I'd make it this far. lol

I feel very accomplished. ;) 

I've almost given up on this poor bloggy several times but I'm glad I never actually did. 

I've made some bloggy friends and found a lot of amazing, fantastic blogs. ^_^ 

I love you all, and thanks for sticking with me through 200 posts of random babblings. 

I know I'm a day late already, sooo without further ado:
The winner of Prize #1:

TRESKIE!! 

And the winner of Prize #2:

14xMommy!!

yaaaaay!! Congratulations, winners! :)

Treskie, you can email me an address to ship it to. :D

and Mum, Come get it off my dresser. ;) 

Love you all!! Thanks for entering and for following my silly little blog. I hope to see you around a lot in future posts.

^_^ <3 

xx

{Rachel}

and here....we.....go.

Here it is!! My first ever giveaway!

In honor of my 200th post. 

In which I shall announce the winner. 

This isn't the 200th yet. 

haha. :D 

LE PRIZES:
I'm going to have two sets of prizes so that I can have TWO winners for this giveaway.

Prize #1
"Keep Calm and Carry On" mug & Doctor Who themed socks.
(Dalek & "Bow ties are cool")

Prize #2
Wooden British flag themed box & metal TARDIS keyring

That's right. It's completely British/Doctor Who themed.

I know. It's the best giveaway ever.

anyhow! Rules!!

1) FOLLOW

*No other entries will qualify unless this first one is carried out* 

follow my blog, and leave a comment on this post! 

*anything after that will earn you extra entries for each step!*

2) SHARE

Share a link to this post on your blog, or if you follow but don't actually have a blog then sharing it on your G+ or Facebook will work. :) (leave the link to your post in a comment.)

3) PIN

Follow me on Pinterest and repin the fabulous pin below (Make sure to link it back to my blog!)!! (leave the link to the board you pinned it to in a comment)  

4) FOLLOW

Follow my Instagram (@Music_Nerd_95) and leave a comment on one of my photos mentioning my giveaway! 

5) TWEET

Tweet the link to this post and tag me in it! (@Defying_Stars)

there you go! You can earn up to FIVE entries! 

I plan to announce the winner in TWO weeks.
I'll be picking both names separately and completely at random and I'll let you know which prize you won!

:) I prolly won't be posting between now and then but I'll try to be responding to comments. :)

 Until later, then!
May the odds be ever in your favour.
;)
<3 xx <3

{Rachel}

help and stuff.

Hi! 

So I've got stuff to giveaway and I've got a few posts left before my 200th annnnnnd I need some help! Those people that have done giveaways before? Did you use something like Punchtab or Rafflecopter? Did you like them? Did you just do your own thing? I'd kinda like to do my own thing but I'll need a random name picker thingy online. Any you've used? 

Anyways. 

On to stuff. 

:) 

Owl City replied to a comment I made on a hideous Instagram picture he took...

Just a side note, I read all the comments on that top photo and mine was the ONLY comment that said anything like that. Someone commented later and was like "OMG! @music_nerd_95!! Look at his newest post!!" annnd I died. ehehe.

Yeah. That happened. xD

Also, This happened....:

That, my dear friends, is DAN FREAKING HOWELL AND TOM FREAKING HIDDLESTON. 

IN THE SAME PICTURE. AT THE THOR: THE DARK WORLD PREMIER.

(please excuse my excessive use of upper case letters for a moment.)

I literally started having seizures in the middle of Orange Leaf. People thought I was crazy. WHO THE HECK CARES!!! My two *BIGGEST* British crushes ever on the planet who I love to death and fangirl over both of daily. AT ONCE!! *laksjhdakjhsgdkhjsgd* Dan is apparently pretty excited, too. ;) hehehehehe. oh, gosh I love this picture so much. *EEEK!!* 

*sigh* 

Yep. fangirl moment.....

I hadda go to the eye doctor yesterday. yep. Because I do so much reading on the computer what with work and all. I've been getting headaches from it. 

I have an astigmatism. 

So now here's an awful picture I just took on my webcam of what I now look like for the many hours a day that I'm on my computer. 

just like that. blank expression, favorite huge hoodie that feels like you're being hugged by baby bunnies, usually biting my fingernails (yep. horrible), hair slung over one shoulder, coffee nearby... yeah. That's what I look like in real life. haha. 

Anyhow. That's news. 

Plus, I decided to see how I looked in Swag. 

O.o

Peace out, homies. ;)

xx

{Rachel}

boop-a-doop

Hiyo! :D 

Just stopping in. It's Tuesday. 

I wish it was Wednesday. I like Wednesday. I don't know why. 

It rained and stormed all night last night. It was rather lovely to wake up to several times. for real. :) 

So, yes. I'm going to do a giveaway. NOt sure how or what or when, yet. but I got some stuffs for it. :D lol. I hope you like the stuffs. I do. :D I like some of it so much I had to get me the same thing. yep. it's that cool. 

Here's some random pictures off my phone so the quality is horrible, but oh well. 

Le Me! :)

my beautiful skullcandy headphones

that moment when you're snapchatting your friends and a wild brother appears. O.o

Anyhow. That's about it, I think....

OH WAIT!!! NO!

If you haven't watched this video then your life sucks much more than it should. 

SO WATCH IT. 

not a question. *narrows eyes and points at you*

"wow........Wow! WOW!" 

*ahem* 

annnnnyways. 

you're welcome. 

and have a good Tuesaday. 

^_^ 

xx

{RachelJoy}

There's an app for that.

I got the blogger app on my iPhone. :D what's this look like?? 

Not Tom. I meant the post. I already know Tom looks fantastic. ;)

Xx

{RachelJoy}

pointless post!

Hey! It's wednesday! 

I like Wednesday. 

I don't know why.... I just do. 

Can you believe it's OCTOBER!? 

*spasms*

The craziest of soup. 

Like The Chronicles of Narnia:The Silver Chair movie I see they're making??

WHAT! 

 Did I tell you why I decided to keep my blog? 

Because I love it. 

But I've resolved not to "try" with this blog. 

"I DO WHAT I WANT, THOR!!" 

:) I used to want to be like the other bloggers I admire so much who always have the prettiest pictures, and the most meaningful, deep posts, or something creative going on, or something...that're just beautiful, you know?

I'm not that kind of blogger, though. lol. So if that's what you like you'll hate my blog. 

I'm random and weird and uncreative and crazy and that's how I'mma blog since it's what I do best. ^_^ 

Oh, you guys!! It's National Pointless Post day! Yeah. Noni (On A String. Best blog ever in case you haven't checked it out.) just said so. So there. Go see her pointless post. It's better than mine.

post a pointless post. 

do it. 

xx

{RachelJoy}

{P.S. wanna join an epic giveaway!? Cait over at My Unicorn Has Wings put together something seriously awesome. Go look!! <3}

Do I really have to think of a title?

Sooo.....It's been a while!! 

Wanna see somethin' cool?

This past week, at my orchestra's Ending concert, I was presented with my third, and final, trophy for violin Solos in the Federated Music Club. :D Yep. I'm rather proud of it. I worked hard at getting it this year since this was my last year ever as a part of it. 

The set of two are from Six years of Piano solos, the set of three are for nine years of violin solos. My newest one doesn't have a plaque just yet.

Anyways. Yep. :D Tuesday was my last concert with the orchestra. Kinda sad feeling. 

I'm finally graduating from highscool in only eight days!! I'm so excited! I'm going to have a short, mini-recital, ceremony and a big party afterward. :D 

The one thing I'm *really* not looking forward to is that Noni can't be there. She was going to, but plans changed and she's leaving earlier than we thought. :'( *sniffle* yep. Definitely upset about that. 

I'm so excited about Sunday on, though!! :D Noni is coming to spend most of the week with me and we're gonna hang out, go shopping, sleepover, watch Narnia, talk our faces off, do my senior photos, and have a wonderful time overall. :D 

Remember that job I was talking about way back when?? Well, I got it. :D I started this week and it's going wonderfully. The major downside is getting up at 5:30am every morning. *yaaawn* but I'll get used to it. :) It's not so bad when I have coffee. 

Anyways. there's the lifey overviewish stuff. 

How're you guys??
I miss you. 

:D 

Pictures? I think yes. 

There you have it. Here I am.

Didja miss me??

:D 

xx

{Rachel}

sooo....

I been thinkin'...

"You been thinkin'!? Now 'orace, I warned you about thinking! I've got the knob for this job!"

yeah, ok. moving on.

I have been thinking though, That I need to take an official break from blogger-world for a little while....I always feel swamped with stuff to do and I don't have ANY kind of inspiration for blogging right now...Like, I sit down to write a post, and start writing and erase, then start writing and erase, ect...So, I'm just gonna quit for a while...

I like to think you'll care as much as Loki does...teehee. ;)

I may post on here every once in a while to letcha know how things are goin', But I think, other than that, that I won't be on much until after I graduate in June.

Hopefully, after that, I'll be back in full-force just like I used to be! I just feel *really* out of the whole blogger thing right now, and I think it's better if I just give it a break.

So, I'll bid you all farewell, until who knows when I'll have the desire/need/feeling to post again. :P

And here's an "ehehe-ing" Hiddles to cheer me up...

xx

{Rachel}

And Now...

A Moment With Mr. Hiddleston:

(I love how he's trying not to smile while he says this sentence. ^_^ <3)

This has been A Moment With Mr. Hiddleston.

<3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 

{xRachelx}

some fangirlishness and a happy birthday wish

once again, Thanks Sophie, who's blog I took this offfa. xD 

I'm so glad you all participated in this! I'm so excited to answer the questions you requested. 

I *love* Disney, Have for forever. Will continue to for just as long. :D So many of the Disney movies are so timeless. Manymany of them give me the craziest feeling of nostalgia and they bring back so many great memories. Anyways. To you Disney! *raises glass* 

There are a billion of these where I can't choose just one favorite, so bear with me. :D <3

Sophie:

1. I would have to say either Robin Hood the fox or Jack Sparrow. It's a toss up! 

2. Captain Hook!! :D definitely. 

7. Baloo the Bear or Mushu!  

13. Flynn and Rabpunzel are probably my favorite. :D They're SO cute. 

15. Flynn's. ehehe. Yes, His hair is adorable. girl hair: I've always loved Ariel's hair. :) So pretty. 

Caitria:

5. I've got an awful soft spot for Cinderella. My first ever Disney Princess movie. :D <3 I love her. 

9. Enchanted. ;) adorable.

18. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest. yupyup. Disney's best movies ever. 

21. Uh, The Caribbean! as far as cartoons go, Neverland. <3

33. My Pirate Medallion that my bestie gave me for Christmas. Or my Captain Jack Sparrow action figure....

Lydia:

7. Oh! Second favorite(see above for first): Either Maximus from Tangled or Timothy Mouse from Dumbo. ^_^ 

15. again. Flynn takes first prize. 

18. Second favorite sequel (see above for first): Bambi II I think. It's precious. 

22. OH! Pirates of the Caribbean!! I have them all on my iPod and listen to them on a regular basis. They're so epic. 

Clair~:

2. Second Fave (see above for first): Cruella DeVille. oh yes. :D 

8. Kronk. Hands down. 

22. Still Pirates of the Caribbean. :D

36. Wonderland. Or the Caribbean.

and Treskie:
2. (Answered this one twice. :D haha)
10. PotC, Peter Pan, Jungle Book, Robin Hood the fox. :D The bestest.
 13. Second Fave (see above for first): Probably Lady and the Tramp. ^_^ <3
35. Any scene where Jack Sparrow is present. ;)
36. Second Fave (See above for first): . NEVERLAND!
37. haha....um...Well. Dory kind of reminds me of myself. :D
 39. That scene at the end of PotC: Dead Man's Chest.....The one where Jack dies...*sniffle* so sad. Plus, THe beginning of Up. And The first time I saw the end of Toy Story 2. ^_^ <3 I love Disney.

There ya have it! :D I thought about just answering them in order but I wanted you to be able to find the answers to the questions that *you* asked easily. :D
Thanks for goin' along with me here! I had so much fun with this one.
<3 <3 <3

Aaaaaaannndddddd
Last but not NEARLY or even close to least
*drum roll*

 Happy Birthday, Thomas William Hiddleston. <3 <3 <3 ^_^

~~~~

And with that. I shall leave you.
Have a fantastic remainder of the weekend!

{xx}

Something for you...

Something

beautiful:

Something

adorable:

Something

Inspirational:

read Tom's blog entries from his UNICEF trip to Africa *here*. Simply beautiful.

Something

for thought:

Something

to do:

{xx}

Hai!

Well, I feel like I haven't been on in eons. Which, I'm aware, isn't true....in fact, It's only been about a week, I think. I miss you guys though. :D And I miss blogging. a lot. So, Our internet isn't back to what it's supposed to be yet but I don't care. lol. 

We have snow today!! Yeah....Three days ago we had days in the low 70's and then we had thunderstorms and tornado warnings the next day, and today snow. Hello, Missouri. Yup. That's how we do it. I don't mind. I love our crazy weather for the most part. It was *so* lovely to fall asleep to gentle thunder and rain the other night...that doesn't happen often in January around here. 

I would probably post some pictures of the snow if I wasn't too lazy. Oh well. 

anyways, today the plan was to go hang out at the mall and in town doing some shopping with my sister in law and some friends.....but that didn't work out. That's ok though because I had to get my phone repaired and that cost me pretty much all the money I had left and I didn't have any to spend anyways. So we hung out at my sister in law's place helping her with the kids while her hubby (my bro) is in Haiti and we had pizza and watched Leap Year and I made these amazing Cream cheese brownies...It was good times. :) 

I want another pet...I have a lovebird and a cat....and a dog....well, actually, she's not technically my dog. she's the "family's" dog. but I'm the only one that loves her. and the one that begged to keep her when she was a puppy. So I like to pretend she's mine. I want a chameleon...

Life is getting crazy these days. I love it. There's almost always something going on. 'course, that makes staying caught up with school somewhat difficult, but I manage for the most part. In a few more months I'll be finished with highschool forever! :D I can't wait. My brother (one of the ones not in Haiti. haha) printed off a gorgeous piece of music for me (parts for a classic string quartet: Two violins, A viola, and a cello.) that I'm thinking about putting together for my graduation. It's one of the songs from "Master and Commander". I love that movie. the soundtrack is just spectacular. 

{xx}