a survey thing!

December 24, 2018

Tagging: whoever would like to participate, because… it’s Christmas and I don’t wanna tag people lol

1) Are you named after anyone? Nope. Fun fact, though; I was almost named Jennifer??? But then my mom changed her mind.

2) When was the last time you cried? LAST NIGHT. I was so overly emotional watching Into the Spider-Verse the second time through. I cried through most of it lol gosh it was so good. Everything mattered so much. weh weh best movie

3) Do you have any kids? No… but I do have cats.

4) Do you use sarcasm a lot? All the time.

5) What’s the first thing you notice about people? In person, it’s their eyes. Or rather, if they look at me straight on/how long they hold eye contact/what their brows do/etc… It’s a lot about how a person engages with me and the room. You can tell a lot about what a person’s MO by that, and how to best communicate with them. It’s sort of similar online, too… but by word choice- passive/active communication, etc. Trying to get a feel for what their style is.

6) Eye color? Blue.

7) Scary movie or happy ending? I like a satisfying/hopeful ending for all of my endings, even the scary ones. And I do love scary movies.

8) Any special talent? Idk I draw and I write but a lot of people do. I’m really patient, though. Extremely patient. Moreso than a regular person.

9) Where were you born? Provo, Utah.

10) Hobbies? Writing, drawing, reading, collecting things, RESEARCHING, web development, cooking, singing… I’m slowly learning how to play the ukulele, but I need to be more dedicated.

11) Do you have any pets? Two cats!

12) What sports do you/ have you played? I really liked tennis, and I was good at shooting hoops in basketball, but I’m a terrible runner. I’m very slow, which makes me bad at basically all sport.

13) How tall are you? 5′6″ – very average.

14) Favorite subject in school? English. I always loved English. I took so many art classes but it felt like I was constantly butting heads with my teachers, while English… was just a natural fit.

15) Dream job? A regular 9-5 like the one I currently have with lots of PTO so I could do book tours and school visits for a part-time published author/illustrator gig. I really like having health insurance, routine, and an office full of people to see. It’s good for me. Stability is essential for me to do anything creative.

writing meme

April 25, 2018

Tagged by @seeingteacupsindragons – thanks! 😀

Rules: Post the last sentence you wrote in your story/piece of writing and then tag as many people as there are words in the sentence.

There was something about the dark, and having someone so close; an almost sort of anonymous intimacy that let you confess what you couldn’t any other time.

27 people? omg… uhhh

@mamodewberry @anyahatesbunnies @ociannecrinaeae …. idk many of you are writers, please do the thing, I’m falling asleep ;__; everyone do the thing

writing meme

April 25, 2018

Tagged by @seeingteacupsindragons – thanks! 😀

Rules: Post the last sentence you wrote in your story/piece of writing and then tag as many people as there are words in the sentence.

There was something about the dark, and having someone so close; an almost sort of anonymous intimacy that let you confess what you couldn’t any other time.

27 people? omg… uhhh

@mamodewberry @anyahatesbunnies @ociannecrinaeae …. idk many of you are writers, please do the thing, I’m falling asleep ;__; everyone do the thing

somethin’ about Gab

April 12, 2018

Rules/Guidelines~ tag ten followers you’d like to get to know better! Tagged by @littorella – thanks! 😀

Gender: f

Star sign: Virgo

Height: 5′6

Sexuality: extremely demi

What image do you have as a wallpaper?: Official art of a young Viktor Nikiforov contemplating chocolates during a press conference while his coach, Yakov Feltsman, fields questions with great gusto!

Ever had a crush on a teacher? *cough* yeh maybe

Where do you see yourself in ten years: gosh I hope I am a published author/illustrator living somewhere other than Utah in 10 years plz for the love of

Coolest Halloween costume: I was a ninja turtle one year, that was the best

Favorite 90s show: Gotta be Unsolved Mysteries

Last kiss: This morning. Aaron gives me a kiss when he drops me off at the train station.

Ever been stood up?: Yes… by friends and clients and ugh

Ever been to Vegas? Yeah! Several times. Though I’ve never been to any Vegas shows. Or stayed in any swanky hotels. Or pretty much done anything classically Vegas except for eaten at a couple buffets and walking the strip once (which was miserable). I’m always driving through or going to anime conventions.

Favorite pair of shoes?: I only have two pairs of shoes… my nike sneakers and my dress shoes for work. Between those, I guess it’s the sneaks? :/ I really like flip flops, but they’re terrible for my dry skin, so I don’t own any anymore.

Favorite fruit?: hmmm… bananas

Favorite books: Ender’s Game – Orson Scott Card, also the 4th TMNT graphic novel

Stupidest thing I’ve ever done: uhhh… put all of our savings into buying a house when I knew that my boss at the time was acting kind of sketchy, probably? We still have not recovered from that, even all these years later. T__T

Tagging: anyone I’m in a discord server with :V

somethin’ about Gab

April 12, 2018

Rules/Guidelines~ tag ten followers you’d like to get to know better! Tagged by @littorella – thanks! 😀

Gender: f

Star sign: Virgo

Height: 5′6

Sexuality: extremely demi

Ever had a crush on a teacher? *cough* yeh maybe

Where do you see yourself in ten years: gosh I hope I am a published author/illustrator living somewhere other than Utah in 10 years plz for the love of

Coolest Halloween costume: I was a ninja turtle one year, that was the best

Favorite 90s show: Gotta be Unsolved Mysteries

Last kiss: This morning. Aaron gives me a kiss when he drops me off at the train station.

Ever been stood up?: Yes… by friends and clients and ugh

Favorite fruit?: hmmm… bananas

Favorite books: Ender’s Game – Orson Scott Card, also the 4th TMNT graphic novel

Tagging: anyone I’m in a discord server with :V

Survey~

March 22, 2017

I was tagged by @historyonice–made – thank you 🙂

Rules: Answer these 20 questions and then tag some tumblr folks you wanna know better!

Name: Melissa
Nicknames: Gab, Gabapple, Gabbins, Gabs, Gabbers, etc. etc.. all of the ‘Gab’ names you can think of, really. I am also often called Conan, Hakuba, Haru, Shu… 🙂 I suspect that I may end up adding Viktor or Phichit to this list eventually, but Sam was my official nickname in jr high.
Zodiac sign: Virgo
Height: 5′6″
Orientation: Demi like woah.
Ethnicity: White like wonder bread. 😐 Though, rumor has it that there is a tiny sliver of Native American in the family tree. It just wasn’t exactly ~*~ kosher ~*~ so there aren’t detailed records.
Fruit: Blueberries, bananas, strawberries… I like to mix them all together! :9
Season: Autumn, definitely.
Flower: Tiger lilies and carnations.
Smell: Fresh rain on hot grass.
Colour: I suck at answering this question. Mediterranean blue? Sage green? Crimson? Grey????
Animal: Probably dogs, unless I can say Moomins…
Coffee, tea, or hot chocolate?: Iced tea, vanilla/caramel lattes (hot or iced), and hot cocoa with ice cream in it are all great. :9
Average sleep hours: 4-6 hours.
Cats or Dogs: I have three cats right now, but I love both!
Favourite fictional character: So hard. Ashitaka from Princess Mononoke, maybe? Or Ash from Pokemon. Ender from Ender’s Game…
Ideal Trip: I wanna go back to England. Or to Disneyland. Going to a writing conference somewhere exotic sounds ultra amazing. The Big Sur trip was SO GOOD.
Blog Created: February 2011… wow I’ve had this account for a long time…

I’m tagging: eVeryone????? Hazel and Lemurcat and Bear and Yuki and etc please fill this out I am falling asleep

Survey~

March 22, 2017

I was tagged by @historyonice–made – thank you 🙂

Rules: Answer these 20 questions and then tag some tumblr folks you wanna know better!

I’m tagging: eVeryone????? Hazel and Lemurcat and Bear and Yuki and etc please fill this out I am falling asleep

SURVEY of DOOM

August 18, 2016

Tagged by @popcornfrommars ! Hey thanks!

Rules: answer twenty questions about yourself and tag twenty people. If you don’t want to do it, feel free not to. Skip any questions that you don’t want to answer/feel uncomfortable with.

1) Favorite color: I don’t even know. I am so bad at answering this question. Mediterranean blue? Crimson red? Sage green? Emerald? IDK MAYBE I JUST REALLY LIKE NINJA TuRTLES

2) Favorite songs: Kiss From a Rose (Seal), Kiss Me (Sixpence), Tigerlily (La Roux), Dream a Little Dream (The Mamas & the Papas), The Lion’s Roar (First Aid Kit), etc etc etc

3) Favorite bands: The Beatles, Muse, Linkin Park, Fallout Boy, Depeche Mode, My Chemical Romance, Mamo, Sheppard

4) Country where I live: USA

5) Gender: Female (though I tend to write in gender neutral unless I’m going for a specific character/voice by default, whatever that means)

6) Hogwarts house: Ravenclaw. Hey, I took the official test and that’s where they put me.

7) Zodiac sign: Virgo.

8) Birthday: August 28th.

9) Cities I want to visit: Anaheim (because Disneyland), plus all of the other cities with Disney parks, uhh… San Diego, Big Sur.. national… park… city, Tokyo, LONDON (again), Paris (wait I think there’s a Disneyland there!), (oh wait there’s one in Tokyo, too), I’d love to go back to Texas and all ‘round those parts again, and out in Raleigh, plus New York City… and somewhere in Canada… and I need to go back to Seattle soon… IDK I love traveling but there are so few places that it’s kind of like “THE WHOLE WORLD” is where I want to visit!

10) Favorite place I’ve been to: This is hard. On the one hand, Disneyland. On the other hand: FFFFFFRIGGIN ENGLAND. AAAAAAAAAAAAAHH. It was so amazing!

11) Currently studying/working in: Commercial Real Estate, of all things! Doing graphic design. It’s so much fun!

12) Current lockscreen/wallpaper: I have Gengar on my phone and some naturey wallpaper that changes on my laptop.

13) What made you choose your url: ‘Gab’ is taken everywhere, but ‘gabapple’ isn’t. It comes from “Gab app/web/wiz” from my days as a mod on a Pokemon roleplaying MUSH.

14) Are there people from this site you would like to meet: Yeah!!! That would be awesome, and one of the best parts about going to conventions. I love meeting fans and making new friends!!!

15) Will you talk to classmate in public? When I see my coworkers out in the wild, I always kind of panic, but they’re all so great. I love talking to them!

16) Last book you read: Hmmm… Stephen King’s The Bazaar of Bad Dreams, which is a collection of short stories. I’m currently reading Hook’s Revenge by Heidi Schulz, which is awesome!

17) Favorite tv show: That’s hard. I never watch TV live, just binge watch on netflix/dvd/whatever. Right now, we’re rewatching Pokemon, so I’m digging that a lot. I loved Stranger Things, and watched Lady Dynamite recently, which was also great… Scream Queens was fantastic, as was American Horror Story, and I love The Worst Cooks in America… IDK… Super 4?

18) What do you want to be when you grow up: A published author/illustrator who does book tours! And also works as a graphic designer at a commercial real estate firm, because I don’t expect to become the next JK Rowling…

19) Favorite online shopping site: Amazon. PRIME SHIPPING YAH

20) Books or movies: JurASSIC PARK. TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES. Black Beauty. Ender’s Game. 101 Dalmatians. You don’t even know if I’m talking about books or movies! !! It could be both!!!

Oh wait are they asking me to choose between them? Because I don’t think that’s a fair question. I like it best when they’re companions. Movies are my favorite, but a book does a lot of things that a movie cannot, and movies do a lot of things that a book cannot… as evidenced by my above answer there.

When you have a successful book and movie, you get the best of both worlds. It doesn’t matter if the movie is an exact replica of the book so long as it captures the spirit of the story; so long as it’s faithful to the heart of what really matters. If a story is really timeless, it can endure in different languages and retellings, adapting and morphing, bending, folding, changing here and there and still be in tact in essence. So it’s okay if the movie is different, as long as the director/script writer/etc understand said essence.

Then you can get that same feeling while getting multiple interpretations of the story, and better understand it, taking it in even more deeply…!

Anyway what was I saying? Oh right.

I TAG: @trypchangeling @anyahatesbunnies and anyone else who wants to do this because I’m pretty sure that most of my friends have already been tagged maybe???