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If y'all know anything about me You know that I spend wayyyy too much time wandering the internet like a lost soul in search of new things (usually when I just got on my laptop to work on my book draft but that's besides the point)   I've actually discovered a lot of cool things recently, and while I could share them in their own induvidual posts, I'm going to just dump them all in this post and hope for the best.  :D This is probably going to be a longer post, so let's get right to it! Let's talk blogs. This may surprise you, but I don't actually follow that many blogs.  I'm a sucker for the nerdy goodness slash geek girl therapy network that is EPBOT , and anybody whose gone back through my cringy old blog knows that I used to be absolutely in love with Sea of Shoes .  Not really my thing anymore, but if you like drooling over pretty clothes (and sO MANY SHOES) then that is for sure the way to go.  Anyway, beyond those two, I don't talk abou...

Hey guys! I'm back again with more tips that I'm not qualified to tell y'all (because I'm not 18 yet.  We tecnically have no proof that these tips help you make it to 18.  Well, this is awkward)  I hope you guys like these posts because I'm planning on doing 101 of them!  But not all today, luckily.  Nah, today is just: 101 Ways to NOT Die (before age 18) #21-40 Talk to your parents.  They aren't trying to ruin your life, I promise Don't tolerate unhealthy relationships.  You are worth more than unbalanced friendships, abusive romantic relationships, and constant online depression (sort of a tangent, but when I went to Stuebenville 2017, one of the talks was on social media and how when a person is exposed to negative, complaining posts online, they're more likely to exude that emotion, and visa versa.  Keep your feed positive, and you're more likely to be happy and healthy :D ) Read How to Find Your Soulmate without Losing Your Soul by ...

Hey y'all! I've been putting together a list of helpful stuff (both for school, family life, and self-care) that y'all should probably know if you want to survive and thrive through your teenage years.  I'm going to split it up, so that you don't get overwelmed by 101 Tips or something, so know that this is part one of a series that I'll hopefully remember to continue!  Okay, let's go ahead and get into it :) 101 Ways to NOT Die (before age 18) #1-20: Take notes.  In every class.  Do so by hand, if at all possible (and have seperate notebooks for each class so it's easy to reference those notes!)  You'll pay attention more, have something to study from easily, and remember the lecture itself much better Drink water (not soda!) every day! Listen to your body.  Don't stay up late writing silly blog posts.  Yes, I'm being passive agressive to myself Save 50% of all your income (even if it is just an allowance or baby-sitting money) Dona...

Hey y'all! It's Noelle, back again with another fascinating post.  (Note that sarcasm on 'fascinating'.  Didn't hear it?  Better get your ears checked because it was loud as heck). Now, I know my posts are usually pretty lighthearted or...uh...bloodthirsty.... ( *sweats nervously* ) but today is going to be a but more personal and emotional that normal.  However!  The title was not clickbate!  There will be funny comics at the end to cheer you up, I promise.  So let's get started and get the emotional crud out of the way. A lot of people don't know about this, because I never talk about it or write about it, but it's something I want to say.  I'm... Pretty much a mess. "Haha aren't we all," I hear you muttering and you're probably right.  We all have our own personal struggles and everybody has demons that they must wrestle into submission every day.  For me, it's my own self worth and identity as a person, as a daughter of Go...

Hey guys! I'm still RVing, actually, and am typing this up on an iPad with a slow wifi connection, so forgive me if this post is sub-par.  I'll talk more about my RV trip in a separate post, and it will be a looooong post (*evil laughter*) but for now, let's just go ahead and get started! As I mentioned in my post, Placeholder, I've been So.  Insanely.  Busy.  For the last month and a half, I've been going at what feels like a non-stop pace, and I'm glad to say that once my trip is over, so is the rush.  Finished, just in time for the new school year.  Yay. It all started when Dad had to go and get promoted like ugh the nerve of him (I'm kidding, by the way.  In case that wasn't clear.  Mad respect, Dad). And I wouldn't have minded, except that it lined up with some of our friends (with two kids that were babysat by yours truly) coming in, staying the night, then leaving.  And then we had some more friends (THREE KIDS!!) come in, ...

Hi guys!! It's Elena again!!! The Race just started! I will be explaining the games, and stuff, and spirit points, and other random stuff. It was wild. I have pictures!!! I will also be explaining that game. That one was my favorite. It's called American Eagle

Hello internet world. It's Elena, and I'm here to tell you about one of my favorite books. I will give you the introduction to the book so that you'll understand it, and then all the pictures. This is a writing prompt book before most writing prompts were found on the internet. This book is also a family favorite, I hope you enjoy the story. There are writing prompts for fiction writers, horror writers, and more. Each picture will have a caption underneath from the book. I hope you enjoy the post! Now, to Harris Burdick

Hey y'all! So I recently saw Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. Two and Spiderman Homecoming, and both got me thinking about the future of the MCU and where it's gonna go. So we all know that a lot of actors are either getting stand-alones or are leaving the company due to, y'know, contracts and such. That made me realize something. Since a lot of actors are gonna leave, there's probably a hellavu lot of death in Infinity War. So...that basically means bye-bye Avengers, right? NOPE! There's actually a backup plan for the Avengers....the Young Avengers, aka the most widely diverse team I've ever seen and by far my favorite. The first member is America Chavez, aka Miss America. A hispanic teenager with super-strength, speed and flight. Like a better version of Cap. Next in the twins, Tommy Shepard and Bobby Kaplan. Reincarnation of Scarlet Witch's sons. Don't ask, even I don't understand. Tommy has Quicksilver's speed and goes by, well, Speed...

Hey everybody! Amelia here (oh yeah thats my name by the way) with another of those favorites posts. This one's gonna be a bit different though...so hang in there, yeah? Alright, lets do this! 1. My favorite time; Sunset, when everything is in shades of pink and orange and purple, painting the sky in a different sort of beauty every day. The stars are barely visible, and the sun is this great big ball of light thats hard on the eyes but soft on the heart. The moon is orange, like a mandarin, small and shadowy and real enough that i think it could fit in the palm of my hand if i just reached out . But I don't, and that's okay. The moon deserves the sky, not a cage of pianist fingers. 2. My favorite animal(s); I have two favorites right now. The first? A bearded dragon. I'm not normally a fan of reptiles, but my family recently got one, and he's adorable. His name's Rango and he looks dangerous but is really sweet in reality. His spikes are actually soft and...

Hey hey hey! It's Noelle again.  Of course.  ;) This week the weather was all like "yo see that little human girl Imma gonna fry 'em" and then proceeded to crank it up to about a MILLION degrees (coincidentally, this was the same week that I started golf.  Don't you just love irony?)  Do not like, my friend, do not like. What I do like, however, is writing (note that smoooooth transition) and now that I'm over that pesky thing called writer's block, I've been doing a lot of that!  I wanted to share a piece (well, a two parter) that I wrote recently, and then I'll be on my merry way...or really, I'll droop my way to the air vent and procede to not do anything useful with my life, because seriously, what have we done to deserve this heat?  why?  WHY??! Prompts:   What does your muse look like? What creature is it (if it is alive at all)? Does it always give you ideas or is it lazy? MUSE My muse is a guy, though he’s the kind of ...

Hey guys! Sorry I haven't been posting but we've been really busy lately. For those who don't know I just moved to England. It's a pretty good place but I'm still missing NJ. We've been here for about two months, and now we live at this one story house (which is rare in England) on the edge of this adorable little countryside village. There are horse farms within walking distance from our house.  The things I miss doing the most are Drama Lamas (my drama group) and Sod Squad (my 4-H club). We are slowly settling in. My Youth Group (Camps Life) has this thing that they do every summer called The Race, though it's not a foot race (more on that in a different post). That's all for now, today was really crazy. We just moved in and my room is filled with boxes. I don't have any pictures of England to show you now, but I will post some later. :D sorry for the really short post. Love ya guys! Stay awesome!!!

Hey everybody, it's Noelle!  I...reallllllly don't have the energy to do a full on post.  But!  I do have the energy to write some posts for a different minor blog (one which I will not link on here, because you've gotten enough advertising as is), so I was like, you know what, I'll just sneakily copy and paste....they won't notice. And if you don't know, now you know Mr. President. So without further ado, I present: ADVENTURES WITH KIDS (episodes one through four)

Hello, hello, hello! So Spider man: Homecoming is coming out soon, and I decided to write a post on it. Like every other blogger here....lets hope I at least get some notice.....which is unlikely. But any who, the newest installment in the new set of standalones promises to be a good one. (Though I'm still waiting for Captain Marvel and Inhumans) The movie is centered around 15-year old Peter Parker (played by Tim Holland), a nerdy high school student that.....it's well liked. When I said that, you probably imagined tall, blonde, jockey Flash Thompson, right? Well, you're kind of wrong. In this reimagining in the MCU, Flash is a snobby rich kid played by Tony Revolori. Finally, some representation! Some other new characters are Michelle, one of his classmates, and Ned. Ned is played by Jacob Batalon and is basically Peter's best friend. Also one of the few people to know about his powers. And, of course, there's MJ- wait. No. There's no Mary Jane...

Society has confused me. How is it that, When a woman is hurt by a man it is assault, Yet when it is a woman hurting a man it is punishment? How is it that, when a woman covers her hair she is dangerous, But a woman that shows her skin is a disgrace? How is it that, in school we learn lessons, On mathematics and english, But life teaches up better words, better equations? How is it that. the pigment in our skin, Which we are but unable to control, Controls our daily lives more influentially than, Our leader? How is it that, People cry when their blood dies, Yet can turn and scream, “Murder!”, At someone who believe in a god, different than the one that they hold sacred? Society has confused me, With their twisted, backwards ways. It has taught me lessons that should not be taught. Lessons of war and murder, Taught by the hands of people who know better the bloodstains on their hands, Invisible as they are, Tha...

Hiya! So I promised something messy this week, and messy I shall provide...Messy Marvel, that is. If you don’t know what I’m talking about, it’s alright, don’t feel bad.  I know we just got a lot of new readers recently, so here is a quick description:  when I say Messy Marvel, I’m referring to a book series that I wrote, a.k.a. RMS.  (In case you were wondering, RMS just means Random Marvel-based Story)  That’s what I originally called it and it sorta just stuck)  I have a tendency to shamelessly advertise, so if you don’t want to read it, that’s cool, but if you do, I think you’re pretty dang cool and let me know in the comments.  If you haven’t decided, well, here’s a brief description: A group of teenaged superheroes have a new and very different kind of hero added to their ranks.  Follow this mysterious girl from age fourteen onward as she faces challenges with her team - but who among them is really trustworthy?  And who is hid...

Hello, hello, hello! So, two days ago was Valentines Day, right? And most of y'all hated it (I myself don't mind some of the sweets >:D) But in all honesty, I think most of you have the story all mixed up. Valentine's Day isn't all about love and kissing and being around your datemate! Actually, it's about a Saint during the Roman empire. It's a pretty cool story, so grab your popcorn, cus J's about to tell y'all kiddies a story! So this all started around the year 278 A.D.. Emperor Claudius II was ruling, and he wasn't a cool dude. This man loved his army, and he wanted it run with an iron fist. In fact, this douche bag was actually called Claudius the Cruel, due to his bloody ways. That meant that no one wanted to be in his army. And I mean  no one. Claudius is furious, thinking it's because young soldiers don't want to leave their wives and families to fight in useless wars. And he's kinda right. Like honestly, if I had a wife ...

I don't actually know when I last posted.... 2 weeks ago?? Anyways, I'm back, hopefully for a while. I'm not planning on making any surprise trips anywhere for the next couple of months. So I'm doing a Vloggy Bloggy today, as you can see by the title. I could be a bit long so lets just get started. I took a class early on Tuesday morning and then we picked up the boys to drive for two whole days from Swansea, IL, to Manassas, VA. I'm sure they were thrilled to be spending all that time with us in a car. We drove all day, then stopped in Lexington, KY overnight. We slept super well, the beds were really comfy. And although we didn't bring swimwear, the pool there was HUGE! Maybe 50 meters!  But their workout room was actually kind of funny. In the pictures, they had all this cool stuff, but in real life, they had a treadmill. That was it... kind of a let down because I was TOTALLY going to use it... right? Anyways, we hit the road again the next day after...

Hey!      Its been a really, really long time since I've posted, and I have alot to update you on. So buckled up and sit tight for this long post.      November 22, 2016 I moved....again. Leaving the place that was my home for a year to move to Maryland. I've lived in Maryland once before so it wasn't a huge shock while moving. When we got to church it was like we never left, it was awesome. The reason we moved is because my dad changed jobs again. He retired from the military in June of 2015, so no more moving becuase of the miliary. He ended up sort of coming back into the military. I have no idea what he does now, a contractor for the government or something. But I was able to come into his work and actually see his office, so those who have a parent in the military knows what I'm talking about. I think I have only ever seen 3 of my dad's work. In my 16 years of life, and all the 13ish different times he changed work spaces...only3. Anyways....we move...

Hello everyone! I am a new writer on International BFFs! I'm so excited to be here, you don't even know! So you're probably wondering who I am... My name is Emma and I am 15 years old (but turning 16 next week!). I've known Noelle for about 6 months now, and finally decided to take part in the craziness that is blogging. I know a few of the other writers here in person, Kathleen, Carly, and Clarissa.  You may know me from my other blog that I run with Kathleen, Two Dorks With a Blog. I also have another blog, Life According to Emma. I had wanted to start blogging for a long time, but once I met Noelle, she definitely inspired me to start.  Some more things about me... -I'm am homeschooled! I go to an online high school called James Madison High School. I love it so much, and wouldn't have it any other way. -I attended "traditional school" until 9th grade. -I'm an only child, so life at home can get a bit boring sometimes...

Hi guys! I hope you have been nice to Carly, I see you have put her on the favorites list. So thank you for giving her a warm welcome! I know I have been gone for a while, and I am going to be gone next week too (Whoops never told Noelle... *nervous laughing*) but after that the blogging game will be upped. I'm going to DC for the March for Life (No, I won't force my faith's beliefs on you, but if you want to talk, Ima be straight with you) and my schools dance. It's going to be great. So I'm thinking about doing a Vloggy-Bloggy (That's what it is going to be called, those vloggy posts that we couldn't find a name for) of the dance over on Two Dorks with a Blog and then the overall photo-bucket of the whole week. We are staying there from Tuesday to Tuesday (Jan 24 - Jan 31) and then heading back. For my February posts, I have a few ideas, but they are all going to be pretty chill and relaxed. I might switch them out if I get any requests (*cough cough...