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| WHAT'S THIS? HAS MY BLOG BEEN *HACKED*??????? |
Some would call this "not bothering." I would call this "an incredible display of trust in a person who obviously does not deserve it."
Because if you haven't figured it out already, this is Amy, and I am hacking Melody's blog. She's at church right now, so I'm taking this opportunity to write a long and rambling post. Which she may take down later at her leisure if she so desireth, but I think you guys will enjoy reading it, so I hope she leaves it up. (Please comment and back me up here.)
I thought long and hard (read: for like five whole minutes) about what to write in my hack post, and finally hit upon the brilliant plan of a Birthday Extravaganza. You see, Melody's birthday is in the Autumn, but since she does not care to divulge the exact date to the Internet at Large, I have always respected that wish and refrained from posting a great big hullabaloo on the actual day. (Rest assured that I always do deliver a hullabaloo of some sort... just not on a public blog.) But I know she does not object to the world knowing that her birthday is in the Season of Fall, so I'm going to anticipate the event (it's not fall YET, after all... more's the pity...) and write her an EARLY birthday post. Extending the festivities, as my aunt always likes to say, although she tends to say it in birthday cards that arrive in a belated fashion.
Anyways. Let us proceed.
It is a long-standing joke between Melody and myself that 18 is my favorite number-- for what reason, I really do not know. I tend to use 18 or variants thereof as my go-to number when I am making up statistics or exaggerating or using a random number for any purpose, and it just sort of became a Thing with us. So, in celebration of Melody's [number censored] birthday, I shall present you with 18 fun facts about her, and why she is, in short, The Best. (She's not turning 18, by the way. No happy coincidence here.)
These will be rather random.
1. She has the most hilariously expressive face I have ever seen on a human being. The tragedy of it all is that she prefers to keep her face off the internets. Which is reasonable of her. But it means that I cannot share a picture right now of her Grumpy Cat impression, and believe me, folks, you are missing out on a lot.
2. She can play the piano and the fiddle-- and might I mention that she didn't actually know she could STILL play the fiddle until about three months ago, because she hadn't picked it up in, like, years. (I say "like" because I don't remember exactly how many years it was. But it was way before I knew her.) Anyways. She can play both. Even after years without practice. She is talented.
3. She has a disapproving and majestic cat whose name is Marshmellow and he is a dear old duck even though he would like you to believe he is a dignified old thing. Sometimes we use him as a photo prop. He enjoys this more than he would care to let on.
4. Her favorite Jane Austen film adaptation is Pride and Prejudice (1995), closely followed (and sometimes tied with) Emma (2009). I know none of you knew this fact before now, so please take a moment to recover from falling off your chairs in shock.
5. She is an introvert and invented the highly useful word "introlocked"-- meaning "lacking the social stamina to hold a conversation with anyone but one's nearest and dearest, being desirous of going home and feeling unable to sustain a polite demeanor in company; shutting down; wanting tea and a nap." (I made up the dictionary-sounding definition though.)
6. She is something of a fangirl where the web series In Earnest is concerned. *cough* Algy *cough*
7. She works in a LIBRARY. Among all those BOOKS.
8. She's a really good singer. She will probably tell you she is not. But she is. She's working on becoming a high soprano, and she sings all sorts of lovely songs quite nicely, and sings Hopelessly Devoted to You from Grease quite hilariously. And super-dramatically. Maybe if I coax her hard enough she'll record it and put it on here.... :D
9. She is one of the most persuasive people I know and is very very good at making a convincing argument. She is, generally speaking, always right. To my chagrin, some of the time. :P
10. She's really good at doing weird voices. Like, exceptionally good. She should voice cartoon characters, I think.
11. She is a wondrously expert hairdresser.
12. Her sense of humor is unparalleled (although maybe I think so because it matches my own so well...) and she comes up with hilarious photo captions like this one. (She took the picture, too. When we went to the National Zoo together one time.)
13. She can set up a tent quickly and efficiently, and that really is a skill worth having, much as you may scoff at it. It makes camping trips so much less stressful than they might otherwise be.
14. She has an amazing memory for small details and this pleases my sentimental self immensely. :D (She also understands the importance of sentiment and being nostalgic about things and all that jazz.)
15. Once upon a time she declared to me that she did not think much of musical theatre, apart from Sound of Music perhaps, and thought it all too much singing and dancing for her taste. Then I made her watch My Fair Lady. And then I made her watch Phantom of the Opera (the good version). And it pretty much all went downhill from there. Or uphill, depending on how you look at it. We saw Newsies and The Music Man during our last visit. ;)
("MAMA! If you think I'd allow a common masher-- now, really Mama, I have my standards where men are concerned, and I have no intention..."
"I know all about your standards and if you don't mind my sayin' so there's not a man alive who can hope to measure up to that blend'a Paul Bunyan, St. Pat and Noah Webster you've concocted for yourself out of your Irish imagination, your Iowa stubbornness and your library fulla books!")
16. For years she was pretty adamantly against texting (not as much as I was though) and then we both got cell phones and... um... ahem.
*cough cough cough*
17. However, though her opinions on texting and musicals may have changed, one of the (many) things I admire about Melody is that she stands firm in her beliefs when they are truly important ones. There are few people I know who have her strength of character and determination to do what is right regardless of what other people think.
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| (Okay, I am about three inches taller than Melody. Give or take a smidgen. Depends on who's measuring. So it's not like she's really really tiny... and she'll probably be just a tad annoyed that I've referred to her as little here... but seriously this quote is so her. :D) |
18. In that same vein, Melody really is one of the strongest people I know. Not just physically (although her small physique may lead you to believe otherwise, she really is unnervingly strong and I can't beat her at arm wrestling WHICH IS SAYING A LOT) but mentally, emotionally and spiritually. I've seen her go through some incredibly tough times in the almost-four years I've known her, and I've been amazed and awed over and over by how resilient and unbreakable she is. As I said before, there are few people who have that kind of grit and determination and just plain gumption. Aunt Jamesina in Anne of the Island says that gumption is indefinable-- anyone who has gumption knows what it is, and anyone who doesn't will never have it. But I think perhaps you can know what it is when you see someone who exemplifies it so well. Melody has it, and I can see it, and I know what it is. (One would assume she does too. :P)
Anyways... I think I have come to the end. Done being sloggy now. :D
Well... not just yet. Because your birthday still hasn't technically happened.
So please stay away from bears, Favorite and Best.
The End.
Love,
The Hacker
(Amy. Duh.)
11 comments:
Please don't take it down! :) And a very HIPY PAPY [early] BTHUTHDTH THUTHDA BTHUTHDY to Melody :D
First of all HAHA ABOUT THE LABEL (of this post. You'know the long funny one.) THAT'S HILARIOUS. :-D
Secondly, YES, I enjoyed this post.
And thirdly, AWWWWW. :-D
I love your friendship. "She's a really good singer. She will probably tell you she is not. But she is." That made me grin 'cos it reminds me of me. Emma has told me I sing well, and I say 'nope.' :-D Haha, if Melody ever DOES change her password, it probably means she is planning another surprise visit!
AND AGAIN THIS POST MADE ME SO JEALOUS THAT YOU GUYS GOT TO MEET EACH OTHER THREE TIMES. I have never met miiiiiiine. :-( (*sobs and cries for three hours*)
I loved this post. Melody won't delete it, I'm sure. :-D
~ Naomi
*comes home*
*checks email*
"Wow, that's a lot of emails... wait, some of them are blog comments... wait, I DIDN'T WRITE A PO--ohhhh. Amy."
:P
I should have known you would hack me eventually. Very clever, though, doing it when I didn't expect it, haha. ;)
But I can tell this is going to be quite a sloggy post, do you really think that I would delete it. :P
Of course, if you had asked, I might have told you that either my actual birth date OR my age could be revealed, but of course you didn't. ;)
1. HAHAHAHAHAHA I'm so amused that you think I have the most hilariously expressive face... I often feel like I can't do very many expressions. :P
2. Ehehehe. Yes, I can still play, but it sounds basically like a squawking cat. And when she says play piano, she does not mean I can sight read notes and play whatever I want to. Because I cannot.
3. Ehehehehehe. Hum is not always disapproving. ;)
4. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.
5. I LOVE YOUR DICTIONARY DESCRIPTION THANK YOU. Although "crawling into oneself" would also be descriptive. :P
6. Alllllllllllgy. :D (I'm much more of a Daaaaniel fangirl though...)
8. HAAAA. Good grief, I wouldn't do that unless people already heard what I sounded like not stupidly. They might think I actually sing like that all the time. :P
9. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHA. I'm flattered, terribly flattered. ;)
10. YUSSSSS that would be fun.
11. Well, slight exaggeration there. ;)
12. Obviously not unparalleled, since it is like yours, hahaha.
13. Aww, thank you.
14. Well, you understand these things and that pleases ME. :)
15. Amy did not "make me" watch My Fair Lady. I did it QUITE voluntarily. *sniff* And, you did not send me the POTO suggestions until I ASKED for them, hahaha.
Oh, and I saw The Music Man BEFOOOORE she did, boo yeah. ;)
I WAS JUST SINGING THAT IN THE CAR AND ANNOYING MOM AND DAD, along with a remark about how much less fun it was with only me.
16. Wellll, I was against texting people and neglecting other people and walking around like a stupid teenager, like the people I saw in the mall who were hanging out and TEXTING OTHER PEOPLE at the same time (at least I hope they weren't texting each other because that is just ridic.)
Anyway, I basically don't text anyone besides Amy. :P
17. Awwww. --::--
18. Whatever it's just a Shakespeare quote, haha. ;)
Aww... this one was my favorite. I am at a loss for words, Tween. Knowing that you think me strong is a GREAT help in acting so, you know.
HAHAHAHA YOUR LABEL wow. :P
And judging by Naomi's comment I'd better change my password NOW so that you won't suspect me of such plans. ;)
In all honesty, though, trust was what kept me from feeling like I needed to bother, but yeah, I didn't want to bother changing my password. Besides, then I'd have to think of a new one and I hate thinking of passwords. :P
Naomi-- give it some time, dear. Amy and I, though we live in the same country, knew each other for close to two years before we finally got to meet (and had been calling each other best friends for 1 year and 4 months, haha). There's this thing called, once you get older and make your own money can travel by yourself, certain things do become easier. (Things like vacation time become more difficult, but never mind that. :P)
Thanks Melody, I know, I know, we must be patient. It's just awfully hard. :-P We've been calling each other besties for more than a year-and-a-half now and OH IT JUST FEELS LIKE TIME TO MEET. :-( But anyway, Lord willing, soon enough. (We both desperately DON'T want to meet for the first time at one of our weddings. Haha.)
~ Naomi
Also, do you know what's strange? The long label which made me laugh doesn't appear in the label section at the bottom of the blog. Whatever. :-P
Awww, this was so sweet and funny!! Happy (eventual) Birthday, Melody!!!
Aww. I enjoyed reading this post. ;p Obviously Melody hasn't taken it down. :)
I've definitely had the experience of feeling introlocked. I'll have to use that now…
I LOVE that Shakespeare quote.
This is lovely--and so much fun to read :)
Happy Birthday, Melody! (Yeah, I know it's not her birthday yet. Hush.)
HAPPY EARLY BIRTHDAY MELODY!!! *throws confetti and chocolate* "Introlocked" is the most brilliant word, I shall insert it into my vocabulary and use it frequently forthwith. Also working in a library is awesome, go you :P
Amy you sneak, you are not to be trusted. *makes mental note to never give you my email password, although you could only hack my tumblr and that really couldn't get any crazier than it already is*
Happy *early* Birthday Melody!
Oh! I've always loved that Shakespeare quote. I actually think it applies to me really well :P
Wow, you work in a library?! SO COOL! :)
Happy birthday, Melody!! :-D
THE MUSIC MAN!!!! One of my most favoritest movies in the whole world!!! Haha, I love that part.
"There you go again, changing the subject!"
"No, I didn't change the subject, I was talkin' about the stranger!"
"What stranger?"
"The one with the suitcase! Who may be your very last chance."
So much of my childhood was centered around that movie, you have no idea. ;-P
Very sweet post, Amy!
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