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deviantART: by:butterflydream http://search.deviantart.com/?q=by:butterflydream&section=today deviantART RSS for by:butterflydream en-us Copyright 2009, deviantART.com Tue, 22 Dec 2009 00:53:43 PST deviantART.com http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://s.deviantart.com/minish/widgets/apple-touch-icon-precomposed.png Possessionless http://butterflydream.deviantart.com/journal/15458201/ http://butterflydream.deviantart.com/journal/15458201/ Sun, 11 Nov 2007 03:57:33 PST donÂt need more than I have got,
just me that i am proud of. Â - Possessionless

ItÂs been quite some time since I really wrote about thoughts thatÂs been in my mind. I have really loved having the time to think. IÂve been thinking about things. Lots of things lately. Especially about life. I can say this with certainty, that I have found who I really want to be in this life. That is, possessionless. This song really expresses how I feel. I want to live to love. ThatÂs it. Just like this line. ÂTo look into the mirror though iÂm not perfect. ItÂs still a work in progress, hasnÂt finished yet. I just feel so happy right now, having been given a chance to give a type of love that I havenÂt given in the past. I live for the moment. I donÂt want to take one second for granted. I truly believe life should be valued.I think more than anything, as what twinsis said when we talked, to be freely running in a green pasture with the wild horses, having the wind in our hair, running in the sunshine, being free, being with the people we love, just simply laughing and smiling. This is my dream. To play hide and seek with ones I love the most, to lie on the grass and have no troubles or problems. To live to feel alive. I know, that it doesnÂt matter what happens, it is a goal I am reaching for. One that I will work towards. I donÂt care how long it takes, or what I have to get through to get there, this is my dream. I visualise it every day. I find the hope that exists because I feel love, and I know this is the one thing that powers me. I feel so alive right now. Something inside me was woken, one person in this life has helped me get this far. I know where I belong. I know my dreams. I will never give up on them. NEVER!

]]> ~butterflydream Last.fm MUSIC! http://butterflydream.deviantart.com/journal/15371061/ http://butterflydream.deviantart.com/journal/15371061/ Wed, 07 Nov 2007 20:03:05 PST
Please visit: Last.fm site: [link]
to view my Last.fm website! You'll see the music that I play 24/7 LOL! I am really obsessed with music. *cough*DELTA*cough*

It's wonderful, Last.fm cos you get to find out people who listen to similar music, I've made quite a few friends this way. You also get a "similar music" column and you can find out artists that are similar to the ones you listen to!

If you'd like to check my profile out, please do so! If anyone joins, please add me!

I love it! I love sharing music tastes.

I especially love finding great songs, especially ones with positive messages like "We" by Joy Williams.

Have fun if you visit!!

Susanna

]]> ~butterflydream *OMG* SCREAMS* JIMMIES JIMMIES!!!!!! BEYONDHAPPY!* http://butterflydream.deviantart.com/journal/13877462/ http://butterflydream.deviantart.com/journal/13877462/ Wed, 25 Jul 2007 17:31:56 PDT
I arrived at the school right after uni, around 4:40pm. It seemed like nobody was there, as I got upstairs, I saw Yolanda and some seniors setting up a desk. It had some name tags. I then saw the Principal of St James, Mrs Tuite. She looked so happy to see me, and gave me a hug! OMG! A hug from my old principal!! WOW! She asked me what I was doing now, how I was, and I got to have three photos with her! She also told me she got a thanks email from Mrs Adams!

I quickly went to get changed into the semi formal type of clothing, and I spoke to the two college captains! They were so very friendly and nice! I was talking to them about how fast time went and that it seemed like yesterday that I was still there, when they were in year 10. I also video taped them, the male captain talked about why he loves Jimmies, how it was a real sense of community and people supported each other. He was like ÂOh, this is going to be on youtube?Â

I then saw Brian, the school counsellor. He was very happy to see me too! I asked Mrs Tuite to help take a photo of us. By this time, everyone knows IÂm obsessed with the camera. I thanked Brian for helping me when I was still at Jimmies, how he helped with me and Arabella through some times. He said he still had that lovely piece of writing I gave the teachers on his wall! Wow, isnÂt it special?

A few other teachers came in, some I havenÂt seen. I then saw Mrs Barrett, by this time, Mrs Tuite was just like ÂCome on, give me the camera!!Â and taking photos for us! LOL! Later, I saw Mrs Shand. She gave me a hug! I talked to them all and they were both smiling and so happy. I got pictures with all the teachers I knew so far!

I sent upstairs to the hall to see what was going on there, and I saw Tom! He was in our grade and had luekemia, right now he is working at Jimmies in the library, doing a certificate III. I was really glad to see him so happy and energetic! We talked a bit as well! A few minutes later, I went back downstairs again to look around. I saw a few Brothers and even took some photos with them! They were really glad to meet me! OMG, I even shook hands with some of them!

Soon, my parents walked in. They came a different time than me as they walked from their work. It was about 5:25pm, and we all headed up to the hall and waited for the mass to begin. The hall was set up really well. There were banners of past students, saying why St James is good. The chairs were all in a semi circle. While we were walking to the hall, I saw Ms Close! I almost didnÂt recognise her at first as she changed her hair colour! ItÂs now BROWN! She was smiling and very happy, saying ÂOMG how are you doing?Â I went to take a photo of her. My dad being the wonderful photographer as usual!

The Father said how great it was to be back, and he started the mass. We had a hymn and some opening prayers. He then began talking about his memory of being at St James, when his teacher asked them to draw banners and the students kept spelling angel angle. LOL! His teacher was not very happy! Then there was the eucharist. I saw Kayleen and Chris come in about 10 minutes into the mass. Later, we heard these bells, and the Father said the bells were calling him. He had to do something else, so we ended the mass. The choir who sang was past students that graduated 60 years ago from St James. They were all wearing their school uniforms. ABSOUTELY AMAZING!

It was another 15 minutes until the Cocktail party started, and we just walked around and talked. I saw Ms Ferris and Miss G, her full name is just complicated to spell, and we took pics! Miss G was saying how she was really glad I came, as I was one of the students sheÂd hope to return! A bit later, I saw Ms Hales, it was so lovely to see her! She was like ÂSUSIE!!!Â as she always used to call me that in class. She said how it has been five years since I was in her english class, which was in year 10. She also said ÂEnglish class was just not the same without you!Â LOL! She and I took a photo. I reminded her last time we took a photo, Arabella was saying to her ÂSmile!Â and she said, ÂI am smiling!Â I went around and saw Mrs Jones, and said hello! I also saw Mr Tooley, he was telling another person about when I was still at school, I gave him a CHICKEN! ROFL! I almost forgot about that. When I was still a junior at Jimmies, one day I bought a chicken at the market, and couldnÂt keep it as we lived in an unit so I gave it to him! He acutally kept it for a long time as he had a farm. WOW, memories!

... ]]> ~butterflydream CHINA: Time of my life! http://butterflydream.deviantart.com/journal/13210230/ http://butterflydream.deviantart.com/journal/13210230/ Mon, 04 Jun 2007 03:01:40 PDT
We were at Shanghai, and a few things I've noticed is that you can't see the blue sky, it's always just misty, you do feel the sun, but it's all covered in white. They are not clouds. Secondly, the massive amounts of people was a shock, every road of every area is covered with tall buildings, and on the road, are endless amounts of people, bicycles, cars and on the side of the road are filled with shops and small markets, some sold fruit, others sold dvds or cds, and there are bag, jewellery, and many other small markets. I could go shopping for an entire day and not even leave my own street! Taxis are easy to catch, because they are everywhere, and buses come every 5 minutes.

The buildings dumbstruck me, everywhere I turn, were huge, tall buildings where people lived. There is no such thing as flat houses, as there are way too many people! I love that I get on our street, and spend many hours looking at the DVD stands where they sell tv shows, anime, movies and sometimes music, which takes up most of my entertainment time.

Seeing relatives and friends really gave me an idea, Chinese people consider food as extremely important, they love to invite you to dinner and talk, they also pick up whether you have gained or lost weight, but not in a nasty way. Their custom is they will say no to an offer until the other person almost shoves it in their hands.

For the first three days, we stayed with a friend of my mum's at their lovely house with broadband internet, and we visited many people, such as my mum's work, my aunts, uncles and cousins, as well as my old preschool teacher.

We then went on the long distance train from Shanghai to Shaoxing, to visit my grandparents. We were going to stay there for a month! How exciting, I haven't seen them for 3 and a half years so it's so great to see them again. Oh, boy, it was the best thing to walk through the house and see my grandma and grandpa! It has to be one of the most exciting things! They had all the food ready, and they just prepared everything we loved to eat. I then sank into the lovely television world of 58 channels of wonderful TV!

TV SHOWS!

"Jia You Er Nu" aka "Home with Kids"

First show that's absoutely amazing: "Jia You Er Nu", Home with Kids. It was a family comedy that had such brilliant storylines. Each of them have a meaning, or it's so hilarious that I would be laughing for 20 minutes. In one of the episodes, the father was looking after the 3 kids, where the mother was having 2 highschool friends as guests that night. He asks them to fix the wok and iron her skirt, but instead of fixing the work, the second son accidentally chisels a hole through it, the father not knowing, starts to cook and it blows up, making his face all black, the mother comes home with guests and says "I'd like to introduce you to my 3 kids and lovely husband..." -sees his face black- and then faints!

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A must watch! Too Hilarious!

"Tian Di Chuan Shuo: Ru Mei Ren" aka Legend of Heaven and Earth: The Mermaid

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OPENING

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CLOSING

Another show that I would say is one of the best I have ever seen, "Legend of Heaven and Earth- The Mermaid". The story about a fish spirit wanting to become immortal, but "Xiao Lian", being involved in the human world, wanted to help her friend get together with whom she loved, Zi You, but instead, her friend was killed. Xiao Lian didn't want to see the guy in pain of losing someone he loved, so she stepped into her body, and got married to Zi You. They lived very happily in the mountains, with Xiao Lian pretending to be someone else, but one day he realises she was a fish spirit, and gets extremely angry and leaves. He accuses Xiao Lian for killing his 'real' wife, and that she is evil and want to kill him. A while later, Zi You found himself thinking about Xiao Lian uncontrollably, he tries to deny that he loves her, then Xiao Lian gets caught by these spirit hunters who were after the pearl. Zi You found himself wanting to release Xiao Lian, because he still remembered how good his life was on the mountains. How much Xiao Lian brought joy to his life. Xiao Lian says she will warn her mother, and come back, but instead, she was given the choice to become human. When Xiao Lian becomes a human, the pearl is in her body to keep her alive, but she loses all her memory. The story continue... ]]> ~butterflydream Wild Horses http://butterflydream.deviantart.com/journal/12675752/ http://butterflydream.deviantart.com/journal/12675752/ Sat, 21 Apr 2007 03:57:22 PDT [Wide open spaces far away, all I want is the wind in my hair, to face the fear but not feel scared. Wild horse I wanna be like you, growing caution to the wind, I run free.]-Natasha Beddingfield "Wild Horses"

WOW! I love the song! It really relates, it's something that I can picture, wild horses running around without a care in the world. It's such a nice song that Kari introduced me to!

It really feels like FOREVER since I have written in here. Let me update on what is going on.

I am going to China for 5 weeks from Tuesday. It will be a long, awaited trip for almost three years since it has been that long since I last went back, I'm mostly wanting to see my grandparents, cousin and buy those LOVELY *cough*Pirated*cough* DVDs!

Lets see, Digimon Spirit is going great, and will be unfortuately not updated for quite some time since people in China gives me some impression of *living in stone ages and not have a fast connection* ROFL! Hey, you know, that makes me always wonder, do Egyptians live in Pyramids? Probably not!

Radiomon is going REALLY well too, I managed to get some RSS feed and make a podcast player for it (thanks to a member from the DS forums who helped with the feed since I still have stars in my head just thinking about it)
It's awesome to see so many people's wonderful contributions! LOVELY that they want to join, and OMG I just gotta say I just LOVE hearing Mippa's "Odaiba Live", it's SOOO AMAZING!!

I hope everyone's well! Speak to you soon!

Susanna

]]> ~butterflydream Have I Fell into a Hole? NOPE! ^^ http://butterflydream.deviantart.com/journal/11690555/ http://butterflydream.deviantart.com/journal/11690555/ Sun, 04 Feb 2007 21:51:07 PST
Wow it's been *counts* 2 months since i wrote a journal! Unbelieable isn't it? It's not cos I was too busy *whistle* more like a little slack going on Deviantart!

OMG I really hope everything's doing well! I am soo glad to be talking to new and old friends here! *Waves to everyone!!!*

Oh, and the latest quote from a song I love:

"It's time to move out of the darkness, use what you feel inside".

From the song "Once in every lifetime" by Jem, sent by twinsis Kari!! What an awesome song is that? And OMG it just sounds soooooo great!

I have been really busy working on my site, [link] everyone probably knows that I'm a die-hard, obsessed fan of Digimon! (C'mon, look at the fanarts! HAHA)
I've just been doing heaps on the gallery and other parts. It's all so much fun!!!!!!!!!!!!

WOW F.I.R. is a fantastic band!! I love their songs, watch on here!
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OMG and random funny thing I remember:

Charmed, season 6: Freaky Phoebe
Some demon attacked Phoebe on the elevator and used a pair of scissors to cut her hair, she managed to strike that into the elevator wall, and sadly the demon shimmered out, and the elevator door opened. That moment was when Phoebe was practically climbing on the elevator trying to pull those scissors out! ROFL!!
The people were all staring at her, she saying "Those were my favourite scissors. I knew I left them somewhere."

Gotta die laughing at that one! HILARIOUS!

Anyways, it's time for me to go! Take care everyone!

Susanna

]]> ~butterflydream Pearls of Wisdom: Treasure Venture http://butterflydream.deviantart.com/journal/10513421/ http://butterflydream.deviantart.com/journal/10513421/ Mon, 20 Nov 2006 03:19:27 PST
Treasure Venture English Subtitles

1. Treasure
2. You Are A Princess?
3. He Is a Girl!
4. Run Away Bride
5. Shaolin
6. Japanese Killers
7. Bai Rui Xue
8. Her Plan
9. Destroy

The Storyline and Plot

The main storyline is about Lu Jian Ping a tomboy who grew up dressed in men's clothes. Her father had a high expectation for her but she always found a way out of it. Her "nanny", Wu Ma treated her like her mother, he did everything for her and took care of her so much more than Jian Ping's father.

After a while, Jian Ping become friends with Shui Ruo Han, who is a trained assassin, which was ordered to take the Lu family's key. When the three keys are placed together in the underground dungeon, it would open the door to a powerful book that would either bring order or chaos to the world, depending on who's hands it is under.

Jian Ping was also made to be the second royal Prince's finance, but she had no idea the prince was her friend she met at the restaurant. She fled to the Shao Lin Temple and was trained proper Wu Gong (a type of Kung Fu) by Wu Ma. At that time, Ruo Han was also forced to kill Jian Ping, yet he loved her and her bubbly personality. He couldn't do it, so his fellow apprentice Xue Zi had to take action for him. This savatarged Jian Ping and Ruo Han's relationship. Xue Zi was obsessed with Ruo Han and would do anything, even kill Ruo Han to claim he is hers. Ruo Han was under the control of his godfather, who ordered him to kill Jian Ping and steal the key. However, he could not bring himself to kill her so let her get away.

But the transformation takes place when Ruo Han became much happier with Jian Ping, as her carefree personality and love for life really impacted him. Towards the end, Ruo Han was killed by his godfather, and Jian Ping had to marry the Prince, but believe me, there are more surprises than you think in this show.

Now for my personal opinion, I found that Treasure Venture has an exciting and unpredictable plot. There are times that something really surprised me, and also other times where it leaves you guessing and very anxious to find out what happens next. It's also moving along quite smoothly and it caught me from the beginning. I found myself compelled to watch one episode after another, finishing this show in a very short amount of time. I think that it takes a different approach from many other TV shows, where this has the humour, serious, action, emotive sides. It really balances out and sometimes I can't help but wanting to go to the ending and see what happens. It really had a wonderful storyline.

The Comedy

The comedy is absoutely the best. They have very whacky and different type of humour which really amazes me everytime. Whenever I thought they have cracked every possible funny joke there ever was, they come up with something new. The scene when Jian Ping and Ruo Han was looking for milk for the abandoned baby was so funny. Neither one of them knew where to get milk so they looked for random women on the streets, and you can imagine some are not happy to hear they're asked to give milk.

The Philosophy and Values

The values are what I got most out of this show. I cannot say enough that I learned from this show. It really has given me insights and wisdom.

Sacrifice- It was sad to see Xue Zi do what she did at the end, but in a way you get a feeling that it's really amazing that the words of Ruo Han and Jian Ping finally got through to her, that lives can change. Before she died, she said "Being a normal person means happiness". I admire that s... ]]> ~butterflydream When Every Day Can Change Your Life http://butterflydream.deviantart.com/journal/10425984/ http://butterflydream.deviantart.com/journal/10425984/ Tue, 17 Oct 2006 17:09:03 PDT
"What do I hold above anything of value?"

The answer: Life. To live, to breathe. To love and be loved. To watch that sunset while holding someone's hand, while listening to the background sounds of the ocean's wave crash upon the shore, and when that person casually turns, you not only capture a fragrance of their hair b ut can almost taste it. A moment so precious and yet so common that you hold it in your heart forever.

Life. To play, to discover any and all things. To do what you want, where you want, as you want. The opportunity to live in a country where life, liberty and the quest for good times that never end is the national pastime. Music, television, CDs, portable CD players with batteries that never go dead. Friends, good times, bad times, crazy times. Lost and lots of laughs. You giggle, chuckle, snort so much much for no apparant reason that milk shoots out your nose, making you laugh all the more. First kiss, first date, first base, prom date. Tingly sensations, sweat and fear rolled into one. Theme parks, fast food and so much "movie butter popcorn" you can feel it seem from the bag and onto your pants.

Don't let life pass you by. Don't grow old too fast, and don't become consumed with situations that really don't amount to anything. It's not worth your energy and certainly not worth your time.

Important points by Dave Pelzer

-Never forget or take for granted how precious life can be and how it can all change in a single moment or single event.

-Always keep in mind what is truly important to you.

-Unresolved issues rob you of your potential of achieving your greatness.

-Do not allow a former negative experience to consume you.

-Don't appease others who don't care about you, much less themselves.

-The more you try to kid yourself that "IT" can't happen to you, that's when "IT" most likely will.

-A little concern can go a long way toward keeping you from harm's way.

-Life goes by quickly, so build that solid foundation for yourself now before life happens toyou.

-Understand that no one and nothing prevents you from achieving your ambitions. You just have to focus on your cause and be willing to want it more.

-You and you alone decide your fate.

-Hate is a cancer that eventually kills everything it comes in contact with.

-When you forgive, it doesn't mean you forget. It not only breaks those chains that have kept you a prisoner of your past but gives you a mature perspective, allowing you to move forward- but now with a sense of positive control.

-In life, pain is temporary, while the results of quitting on yourself last forever.

-Remember, you are your best op tion to take a stand and make a difference in your life.

For you to make something positive, anything, no matter how small or insignificant it may be to others, keep your faith with yourself. Every dog has its day. If you stay the course, if you remain true to you, even with all the slander, all the most hurtful words or deeds thrown your way by stuipd, idiotic people, you my dear friend, will rise above it all. In time you will be better, wiser and far more compassionate person. Keep your eye on the ball and look at your source when these misdeeds are being unjustly done to you. And you never know, maybe someday those same folks will be singing a different tune.

Don't be too concerned about wanting to grow up too fast. Enjoy the time and the opportunities you have now. Laugh. Laugh a lot.

No matter what happens in the course of your life, I beg of you, don't forget your dreams. Don't settle just to settle. Don't give your best away. Don't cheat yourself of your greatness. Don't forget your passion, the deep desires you've carried within you since you were knee-high.

Dave Pelzer: Help yourself for Teens

]]> ~butterflydream All Out of Love http://butterflydream.deviantart.com/journal/10408109/ http://butterflydream.deviantart.com/journal/10408109/ Mon, 16 Oct 2006 02:58:38 PDT "You made me believe what tomorrow could bring when today doesn't really know. I'm all out of love, I'm so lost without you, I know you were right, believing for so long. I'm all out of love, what am I without you, I can't be too late to say that I was so wrong."

This is such an awesome song, I heard it today. It is by Westlife, featuring. Delta Goodrem and it is absoutely fantastic.

This song has always makes me feel a certain way. I'm not sure if I can describe it correctly. It's like a beautiful sadness. The song is like that, maybe bittersweet is the word. I think the thing that really makes it so powerful is the chorus, some of the verse is just so well written.

I think both Delta and the members of Westlife did fantastic to produce this song.

Listen to this song: [link]

If you want to download it, right click and save target as.

]]> ~butterflydream Personality Reflects Name http://butterflydream.deviantart.com/journal/10404587/ http://butterflydream.deviantart.com/journal/10404587/ Sun, 15 Oct 2006 18:15:49 PDT "People are all the same, we only get judged by what we do. Personality reflects name, and if I'm ugly then so are you, so are you."

I'd like to just mention this quote from a song because I believe in it. I think it's really true and puts a really great message to people, that everyone's the same in a way, that nobody should ever be made to feel any less. Maybe sometimes that's how people lose confidence,

that they are told something and believes it. I also believe that's how someone gains confidence.

What I'm aware of most is sometimes there are people out there that says a lot of bad things. They say that maybe to make themselves feel better, or they just learn it from people. But for the people who has to put up with it, it is really important to stand up to it.

I always am one of those hard-headed people who doesn't let people get away with it. I also know that some people aren't able to do that, and it is difficult to learn, but it is so important to be able to do that, at least be able to know whether that person is just being a bully (I call those pains in the butts)

And everything to do with ugly, not good enough, stupid, dumb or useless, that is just plain pathetic of anyone to say. If I was the ruler of the world I'd probably ban those words, because when looking at the bigger picture, it doesn't mean anything at all to me.

I also think it's fun to be who we are, and if that means you love cooking orange beans in potato sauce for a hobby, there is nothing wrong with it. I love feeling the freedom to really talk about the things I love and be silly and crazy, and know that someone else is so much the same. Sometimes it is hard to find people who really are similar, and when you do that person seems to be half way around the world. But I really do believe, "Everything happens for a reason." and maybe we're meant to meet these people to be so far away, to really learn to appreciate them better.

Just wanted to say this, sometimes I have a conversation with a friend, and I get inspired to type all this. So goodbye for the moment

Lots of hugs -x-

Susanna

]]> ~butterflydream Learning about Life http://butterflydream.deviantart.com/journal/10343520/ http://butterflydream.deviantart.com/journal/10343520/ Tue, 10 Oct 2006 02:38:10 PDT

Although I will say I shall never complain about how long it takes to boil an egg because waiting for it to hatch is a real slow process. It was so awesome to watch those tiny beaks crack open the shell, seeing them breathe and seeing a new life start. It's just so amazing, life is that way. There's little miracles that makes up the most beautiful things.

I've been with a different group so far, the kids are lovely, there are probably 3/4 Vietnamese kids but they're awesome. There's Kierrah, who's so mature and she is a beautiful girl, just such a wonderful heart and love for living creatures.

She's probably one that I could learn the most from, she just has this light in her eyes, she's so happy and knows what's right and what's wrong.

Besides that, also talknig to Kathy (my supervising teacher) has been a real eye opener. Asking her about the students in the class. A few of them have disablities, one girl is handicapped emotionally and has learning disablities. I've grown quite close to her, in a two days and I am extremely grateful to have met her and see how even in those difficulties, she can still have fun.

Another boy had some mild autism symptoms so I asked for more information and I learned so much in just a day. These kids may isolate themselves and have difficulty in communicating, so there's something to look out for. I think the most rewarding thing at the end of the day is you got to see the kids smiling at you when you walk past, some will ask you to help them and others would wave, that's the best feeling ever.

The reason why I am writing so much is because I don't want to forget about this. It's valuable to me that I can imagine myself one day reading this and smiling, thinking "Yep, I remember this day!"

Love and light xx

Susanna

Ps. In the next few weeks, I will be writing a series of blog entires that talks about people, shows and friends who has inspired me and influced me on who I am today. So incase you see a blog entry such as "Thankyou Jennifer" you'd know why.

]]> ~butterflydream Dakota Fanning, Amazing Inspiration http://butterflydream.deviantart.com/journal/10331828/ http://butterflydream.deviantart.com/journal/10331828/ Mon, 09 Oct 2006 01:10:05 PDT
Dakota

"She is extraordinary at being 9. She loves life, she loves childhood, she is such a kindred spirit, ball of sunshine, energetic joy. She also has a very old soul, and she is extremely wise, and so bright, sharp, and intelligent. She's just one of the greatest, most balanced, grounded humans I've ever met in my entire life. I love her.."-Quoted Dakota's Co-Star.

Dakota has been an inspiration for me over the years. she amazes me by her talent and her personality. She is young, though I love her wisdom and personality. She is always grateful, smart and she makes me laugh. She says some of the cutest things, as well as words of wisdom that I would never forget. The following is about I am Sam.

"The lesson that I hope everyone will learn when they see the movie is that it doesn't matter what car you drive and what apartment or house you live in, or even what you look like on the outside.It just matters what your heart looks like. [It's about] your ability to love."

I've seen a lot of interviews, she has an infectious energy and it spreads. She loves life so much, you can see by her big big smiles. Everybody who's interviewed her or worked with her says how they can have a conversation with her like talking to a 30 year old.

Dakota is extremely talented. She learned so much while making her movies such as piano, swimming, horseriding, spanish.

Why do I admire Dakota Fanning so much? I remember turning on a movie on the plane from China to Australia over three years ago and when I saw this sweet little girl in "I am Sam", that has got to be one of the best acting I've seen.

Allie Keys

Since then I have looked up every single one of Dakota's movies, from when she was probably 6 until right now. I would even watch a type of movie I normally don't see just for Kotabear. She was so brilliant in all of them and playing such different personalities in them all. You got Lucy who's a sweet young girl who loved her dad and wanted to do everything to be with him, then you got Ray, spoiled and rules the house, and then there's Emily Callaway, who's deeply disturbed because her mother died, then having a double-personality father who forced her to call him Charlie. There's also Man on Fire, where she gets kidnapped and plenty more.

Allie Keys gets a special mention because I have never seen another character quite like her, and Dakota fits the role so perfectly, that it still amazes me this day.

Quotes by Allie Keys

"I have this idea about why people do the terrible things they do. Same reason little kids push each other on the schoolyard. If you're the one doing the pushing, then you're not going to be the one who gets pushed. If you're the monster, then nothing will be waiting in the shadows to jump out at you. It's pretty simple, really. People do the terrible things they do because they're scared."

Cale Crane

"I don't know what will happen next. I don't know what I'm going to be, what I'm going to learn, but what I do know is this-life, all life, is about asking questions, not about knowing answers. It is wanting to see what's over the next hill that keeps us all going. We have to keep asking questions, wanting to understand. Even when we know we'll never find the answers, we have to keep on asking the questions."

When I first heard about Taken, I thought, wow this sounds interesting. When I watched it, Dakota blew me away. Allie is one of the wisest people I've seen, even though she is fictional, but she was brought to life by Dakota by her phenomenal performance. I couldn't say how much Allie's words inspires me.

I'd like to quote Walguy, as he wrote a paragraph and I honestly could not have put it in a better way. It's just precisely how I feel.

"When Dakota Fanning was handed the ball early in episode seven, however, she pulled everything together, and sent the story accelerating powerfully ahead. The emotional momentum fueled by her performance built steadily all the way through the remaining episodes. By the time the spectacular and deeply moving ending arrived, my heart and soul were so tied up in Allie that I cried like a baby not once but twice in the last fifteen minutes, harder than I've ever crie... ]]> ~butterflydream Today and Funny Events http://butterflydream.deviantart.com/journal/10321284/ http://butterflydream.deviantart.com/journal/10321284/ Sun, 08 Oct 2006 04:05:09 PDT
She's gorgeous and extremely smart. We went over there and she was so happy to play. She pressed this doll and it sang the ABC song, and I could see she was trying so hard to sing. She was just like "A-FG lala H I...lalalalla" it was soo sweet! She also was learning the words in books, so she'd say "Whadat?" meaning "Whats that?". She loves putting her dolls to sleep! She also has names for the dolls, calling all of them Hayley.

Now to tell a funny story about how I acutally came on DA, you may see me joined in 2004. This is going to be extremely funny and odd.

I don't remember this, but SOMEHOW I obviously created an account in 2004. That time, I may not have been that interested so I just abandoned it, and a year or two later, I decided to become a member, but forgetting I already created my account.

So then, I created my second account: butterflydream175. I only ever put one wallpaper on there and just stopped using. Right up until about two months ago, I suddenly felt like organising my account so I accidentally went on my ORIGINAL account, which is this one. I thought, hmm this looks emtpy, I swear I put up a wallpaper but it's GONE!

I thought "oh well" and created a profile and added some artwork, and then accidentally stumbled upon my butterflydream175 account, now talk about a shock in your life! I honestly did not know I created two, so that explained why I couldn't find my wallpaper!

I'm not done with funny stories yet. This was a while back, maybe a year or two ago. We were at the Brisbane Convention Centre for a bookstore clearance thing, where there's huge sections of the hall and you can get totally lost in there.

Once you're inside, it's almost impossible to find anyone. I heard this announcer say over the PA "George, from South Brisbane, the one that's here with your daughter, she just told me you have 2 options. A, you can stay there and continue looking at those books or B, you can go to the cafe because she has just bought fried chicken... by the way, if you're a bit slow, you may find that she's eaten them all.."

Everyone around just cracked up. It was so funny because it was said that everybody could hear. I can imagine the man would be thinking "I will get you back for this!"

Susanna

]]> ~butterflydream Pink Cows and Flying Moose http://butterflydream.deviantart.com/journal/10286490/ http://butterflydream.deviantart.com/journal/10286490/ Wed, 04 Oct 2006 19:18:49 PDT
So I was thinking, for a fanfiction me and Sueko will write, how about getting stapled onto the wall as skeletons? (Oh wait, wasn't that for Halloween?) Well I love the idea of flying moose and pink cows. I think having a few purple dots on those cows would suit the perfectly. Maybe there can be a row of marching cellular phones!

HAHA staples make me laugh. *falls off my seat* I have no idea why. Maybe it's because I keep saying "If I ever break my bed, I will staple it back together." And imagining doing that is just....very odd. *raises eyebrow*

So what do you think of chipstops? *Waits a few sec and seeing people with confused expressions*
That's that same crazy convo me and Sueko had. That was meant to be chopsticks, but just a typo. That's like a drus biver (bus driver)

My gosh those random convos I have with people normally start off with so why do people have to be forced into a religion, and we'd be talking, talking and talking. Soon, we're on about making cookies out of grass! I have no idea how, but it's just hilarious! We have a fun time doing that though, it's good to just talk without knowing what the heck you're talking about, at the same time having a laugh about it.

Anyways just had to write that! No I did not have anything, I just like to be hyper. Anyone give me red cordial, I'll be laughing because apples are red!! But it's fun, the excitement kinda spreads so that's a great thing!

Love ya guys. Take care xx

Susanna

]]> ~butterflydream Reflections http://butterflydream.deviantart.com/journal/10266565/ http://butterflydream.deviantart.com/journal/10266565/ Tue, 03 Oct 2006 05:48:17 PDT
I really believe it's something everyone has experienced at some point of their lives. For me, I miss school! I do like a lot of things now, like not that much studying, days off but what I miss most about school is the whole environment we created, like we were a close group and even though sometimes the teachers stand up there and give an hour lecture on respect, I love it just the way it was. I think the important thing was they were really caring! I could see that they wanted everybody to get so much out of life.

We even had these days when we went out and just reflected. About our family, friends, goals, future and everything. They really did a wonderful job with us because when I started school, I was this shy person who wouldn't talk much, not to mention getting a lot of anxiety, but when we all finished school, it was like I was ready to take on whatever coming. We all changed so much and I can hardly recognise the person I was in year eight.

It's funny because I can still remember how unreal it felt just leaving the school for good. It's both saddness and joy, laughter and tears. I'm sure those who have experienced this may know what I'm talking about.

One of the songs that has always been a close reminder is "The Reason" by Hoobastank. We had a series of rite of passages and they played it each time! Another one is a song by Oasis, called "Wonderwall". It was one we sang at Speech Night and something I'll remember for a long time.

I don't know about all your experiences, some people may hate school cos of bad memories or a particular teacher that just brought you down. I'm sorry if you had to go through that because if I had the power, I'd make sure everyone was in a warm and accepting place. For me even though I liked to do my own thing like use the computers instead of being with groups, I miss a lot about it. If you are still in highschool and think it's not such a bad place, appreciate every minute of it because year 12 really do go fast. Soon you'll be standing there and graduating, thinking 'Is this for real?"

I think I used to wish I would graduate already. But when it came, I didn't want it anymore. Funny how when you start to enjoy something, it gets taken away.

There is always something to think about. Like in our life, we all have to say goodbye to someone or a place at a particular time, but is it possible this isn't really the end? I always think about that and whether we will see the people we haven't for years. But I do believe everything happens for a reason.

There is a lot to remember in our life and as what "Alex Morrel" in Our Mother's Murder said about her mother when she passed away, "She is here, when we remember."

Also, this is a quote from the song I'm currently listening to.

Time passes by without letting you know, yesterday doesn't seem so long ago.

Susanna

Ps. I'd like to leave you with these lyrics. [link]

]]> ~butterflydream All of my sites! (Yes, alot) http://butterflydream.deviantart.com/journal/10251767/ http://butterflydream.deviantart.com/journal/10251767/ Sun, 01 Oct 2006 18:24:39 PDT
Websites Created:

Digimon Spirit: [link]
A Digimon Fansite with audio, gallery and other stuff.

Common Issues: [link]
A site with information such as anxiety, depresion, child abuse and others.

Sisters of Ying and Yang: [link]
A personal site about Kari and I.

Concrete Angel: [link]
Collective site made for the song "Concrete Angel".

Be Strong: [link]
Collective site made for the song "Be Strong".

Steve Prince Online: [link]
Fansite for the voice actor, Steve Prince, you can find lots of media.

Charmed Prophecy: [link]
A fansite for the hit series, charmed.

Dreams: [link]
A collection of my song lyrics.

Gina Amante Official: [link]
An official site for a friend of mine who is becoming an actress.

If you're thinking Oh my god, she makes a lot of sites I agree! I love making sites, but some are just put up and never updated. I don't mind that because it's just fun coming up with new sites.

I used to have a site called Sleeping Winds, it's a pretty big one but I haven't found a good host for it yet. It's basically a collection of all the things I've ever been interested in, like quotes, stories, funny and inspirational reads, jokes, graphics, audio and videos. When I can get it back, I'll post a link for it!

That's all for now, gotta do those ecological essays.

Susanna

]]> ~butterflydream Random, VERY Random! http://butterflydream.deviantart.com/journal/10239634/ http://butterflydream.deviantart.com/journal/10239634/ Sat, 30 Sep 2006 17:56:16 PDT
Okay I had these odd dreams where everybody is possessed and they were trying to get more people to become possessed. That's so similar to a dream I had not long ago where I was Paige (from Charmed) and everyone else is possessed. ROFL! What is with all the possessions??

Oh by the way I just uploaded about 45 photos, they were all taken in the past few years and some recently, if you want see them, go to my scraps. [link]

Anyways, if you're not familiar with VIENNA TENG let me just say she's a fantastic singer! Inuyatta --member here and a brilliant friend of mine--Hiii *madly waves*-- introduced me to her music almost a year ago and I've loved it since. I am nothing without you, but I don't know who you are. *sings out of key*

So far my favourites: Blue Caravan, Nothing Without You, Between, Shasta (Carrie's Song) and Whatever You Want.

OMG I just heard "The Green Island" in Mandarin, wow that's excellent! Vienna can sing in chinese really well, brilliant things. Thanks again Inuyatta, SOO HAPPY TO HEAR IT!

Another piece of random information I heard about a REALLY awesome anime from an awesome friend of mine, The Time Traveler *another huge wave, yes they are all members here!* LOL! Anyways *NOTE TO SELF* must watch Saber Marionette J. It sounds like a fantastic story!!

GOSH I'm on a role to find new shows to watch. Azumanga Daioh sounds just sooo hilarious!! Have to see that too!

And one more being random, haha I am good at that.
Hey I don't know what Euphoric (mood below) means but that emoticon says it all.

Anywas I'm finished for the moment. Take care, all!

Susanna

]]> ~butterflydream Ristorante Italiano http://butterflydream.deviantart.com/journal/10211854/ http://butterflydream.deviantart.com/journal/10211854/ Thu, 28 Sep 2006 06:45:12 PDT

Don't have a clue why they chose Italian Restaurants though, we could have done a perfectly great presentation about CARPETS! Well, of course I'd get shot but don't you just love staring in astonishment how colourful the carpets are?

Anyways, my hyperness is not over yet! Tonight was absoutely hilarious. The waiter is probably one of the most hyper, humourous waiters I've met in my life. He was just really nice and letting us take photos, at the same time asking if I was stealing their receipe. Of course, I was shhhhhh don't tell him that!

The funniest part is when I couldn't finish the food so asked for a doggy bag and the waiter says "So you don't like our food? Going to take it home to examine it eh?" Haha! Can you imagine me sitting on a desk with magnifying glasses and picking out every grain of rice and pasta. Ah! My great discovery! This has 3 pieces of salt. Ah Ha! This has 2ml of cheese. Oh dear, I really must be going mad!

Well, I actually replied with something like "Well, yes, to steal your receipe of course." Ah boy it was just such a hilarious night and I'd go back anytime! They were even really nice about going to their kitchen to take pics. The chefs wanted us to send them the photos. How cool is that! Of course I shall do that right after I photoshop a red beard in his hair! Rofl! Don't mind me, I am extremely hyper tonight!

That was the highlight of my evening.

Susanna

]]> ~butterflydream I Hope You Dance http://butterflydream.deviantart.com/journal/10199980/ http://butterflydream.deviantart.com/journal/10199980/ Wed, 27 Sep 2006 03:29:30 PDT
For me, here's a couple:

{real} When it's raining, I love sitting in bed with a book.
{mishead} when it's raining, I love sitting in bed with a fork.

Well, I was wondering what she was doing in bed with a fork! lol

This is one that happened a while ago.

{real} I'm going to get ready for tonight
{mishead} I'm going to get rid of a light.

Well, I was very confused since there were no broken lights in the house! haha.

Also, I'd like to tell you about a really nice song I heard. Thanks to a music playlist, it's one of the really optimistic and positive songs.

I hope you still feel small when you stand beside the ocean, whenever one door closes I hope one more opens. Promise me that you'll give faith a fighting chance, and when you get the choice to sit it out or dance. I hope you dance.

I love that. If that's one thing I love saying to people, it's that.

Living might mean taking chances, but they're worth taking

Listen to the song: [link]

So how is everyone? Hope you're having fun. I got a week's holiday so I'm just putting up balloons cos of the excitement.

Also, a huge wave to my awesome friends on DA. Hope you're having a great week. Thinking of you loads!

Take care everyone.

Susanna

]]> ~butterflydream Meaning of Your life? http://butterflydream.deviantart.com/journal/10175308/ http://butterflydream.deviantart.com/journal/10175308/ Sun, 24 Sep 2006 17:44:26 PDT
I think we're put here for a purpose and you don't have to be good with studying or sports, or even good with group conversations or have certain interests. If there is something you may not like doing, you always have a choice to do other things. Like lately I've been thinking a lot about why we're here and the whole bigger picture, what's the meaning of us all meeting and why things are the way it is. What I think is this. As long as you find some meaning for yourself, whether you can be happy helping, making people smile, drawing, writing, talking or whether you find the joy just sitting in your bed on a rainy day reading a book. If something makes you happy, do it because if you put yourself always in a place to work too hard, you won't ever really find the joy out of life.

Maybe for some people it can be really difficult because of parents, peer pressure, other people who may want you to be someone you're not. It may be hard to fit in, hard to find friends with the same interest, hard to get a date, things like that. But I always believe in focusing on strength rather than weaknesses.

So what if you can't run as fast as some people? Does it even matter? I guess what really makes my life so exciting is having something to look forward to and people to love. It really makes a difference to you as an individual.

I'm also one of those people who really believe we probably come from a lot of lifetimes. It's not just right now, we may have always been around, but only right now is what we see because it's the present. I think that we travel around the same people, that's why some things just seem like they were meant to happen, destiny. Maybe with failed relationships, failed friendships and other things also happen for some reason too. The important thing is knowing you have got great qualities and being able to use them. Personally I think if you are different from the rest, you stand out a lot more. The future is all about doing something you love, it's all that matters anyways. If we are concious enough to tell the difference between love and hate, happiness or saddness, then we can choose how we want our life to be. Afterall, we only can remember one life, and that is right now

]]> ~butterflydream Funny-Crazy Convo with Kari http://butterflydream.deviantart.com/journal/10168624/ http://butterflydream.deviantart.com/journal/10168624/ Sun, 24 Sep 2006 04:08:55 PDT .:: Sus ::. || Although memories will fade, time will never take them away. || says:
Out of "Born to try, innocent eyes and Last night on earth", you MUST CHOOSE ROFL!! save me from the pain of choosing HAHAHA
.:: Kari ::. || Oh, I love hugging. I wish I was an octopus, so I could hug 10 people at a time! || says:
arrgghhh it's hard!
.:: Sus ::. || Although memories will fade, time will never take them away. || says:
HAHHAA I AGREE
.:: Kari ::. || Oh, I love hugging. I wish I was an octopus, so I could hug 10 people at a time! || says:
um um um....
.:: Sus ::. || Although memories will fade, time will never take them away. || says:
sooooooooooooooooooooooo what shall be your decision? ROFLMAO this sounds soo hilarious
.:: Kari ::. || Oh, I love hugging. I wish I was an octopus, so I could hug 10 people at a time! || says:
OMG yes it does it sounds like a quiz program ROFL
.:: Kari ::. || Oh, I love hugging. I wish I was an octopus, so I could hug 10 people at a time! || says:
um... Born to try!
.:: Sus ::. || Although memories will fade, time will never take them away. || says:
ROFLMAO!!!!!!!!! YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
.:: Sus ::. || Although memories will fade, time will never take them away. || says:
ok hold on a sec
.:: Kari ::. || Oh, I love hugging. I wish I was an octopus, so I could hug 10 people at a time! || says:
okay
.:: Sus ::. || Although memories will fade, time will never take them away. || says:
(LOL and i give you like Sizaaetheothp - Aszehthe Mammauh song! ROFL! ) i made that up
.:: Kari ::. || Oh, I love hugging. I wish I was an octopus, so I could hug 10 people at a time! || says:
What the? ROFL *LAUGHSs to death*
.:: Sus ::. || Although memories will fade, time will never take them away. || says:
ROFL!! im hypo tonight HAHAHAHA
.:: Kari ::. || Oh, I love hugging. I wish I was an octopus, so I could hug 10 people at a time! || says:
you're not the only onnnnnnee!!
.:: Kari ::. || Oh, I love hugging. I wish I was an octopus, so I could hug 10 people at a time! || says:
mu ha ha ha haaaaaaa
.:: Sus ::. || Although memories will fade, time will never take them away. || says:
HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA HAAAAAAAAA *cackles like a bush turkey*
.:: Kari ::. || Oh, I love hugging. I wish I was an octopus, so I could hug 10 people at a time! || says:
OMG TURKEY!!
.:: Sus ::. || Although memories will fade, time will never take them away. || says:
MUAHHAHA im a black bush turkey!! *CACKLES* ooooooooooh *wipes head and tries to stop laughing* ANYWAYS heres the ink!!
INK!!!!!!!!!!! ROFL
.:: Kari ::. || Oh, I love hugging. I wish I was an octopus, so I could hug 10 people at a time! || says:
*does the turkey sound* our neighbours has those btw
.:: Sus ::. || Although memories will fade, time will never take them away. || says:
*bursts in laughing attacks again*
.:: Kari ::. || Oh, I love hugging. I wish I was an octopus, so I could hug 10 people at a time! || says:
>< yikes
.:: Sus ::. || Although memories will fade, time will never take them away. || says:
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOH DANCEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
ooooooh CALMS DOWN
.:: Kari ::. || Oh, I love hugging. I wish I was an octopus, so I could hug 10 people at a time! || says:
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH I'M GOING TO EXPLODEEEEE!!!
*boom boom bang*
.:: Sus ::. || Although memories will fade, time will never take them away. || says:
ROFLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL *pops up like a balooooooooooon*
*LETS GO* BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM *flies into space*
.:: Kari ::. || Oh, I love hugging. I wish I was an octopus, so I could hug 10 people at a time! || says:
^ LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
.:: Sus ::. || Although memories will fade, time will never take them away. || says:
me standing on the moon: Ahh um.HELP???????
.:: Kari ::. || Oh, I love hugging. I wish I was an octopus, so I could hug 10 people at a time! || says:
me: don't worry, i'll save you! *turns into superwoman*
.:: Sus ::. || Although memories will fade, time will never take them away. || says:
YIPEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE saved by SPIDERMAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
oops O_o MY EYES!!!!!!! ROFL!!!!!!!!!!!!!
.:: Kari ::. || Oh, I love hugging. I wish I was an octopus, so I could hug 10 people at a time! || says:
ahhhhh do I look like a s... ]]> ~butterflydream Changing Meanings http://butterflydream.deviantart.com/journal/10158423/ http://butterflydream.deviantart.com/journal/10158423/ Sat, 23 Sep 2006 03:38:10 PDT
There's another sign right outside of the library, called "Food free zone. Please eat and drink outside". We swapped it around and drew a couple of Maccas pics and it turned into:

FREE FOOD ZONE: PLEASE EAT AND DRINK (Added pics of Hamburgers and chips) Lets hope the librarian didn't see that or they'd totally kill us!

Anyways lets just say this is to prepare us do this other project, I've written a 2000 word essay on Pokemon and how meaning is transformed (talk about the language: text participant, text analyst.) but the next step is alter the picture. I'll post here the lovely Ash and Pikachu halloween evil picture when it's time. (I turned them into vampires) HAHA!

The only reason I changed them to dark characters is cos they're pretty much always cheerful and bright, and the colours surroudning is just happy!

Anyways, I will write later!

Susanna

]]> ~butterflydream