I Got A Job! :D

Hey everyone,

Sorry it's been so long since I posted last. It's been a crazy last couple of months. I've been searching for a job, and on Monday I finally found one! On Monday evening I (the 17th) I was hired by Rave Motion Pictures (aka Rave Cinemas, Rave Movie Theater), which has a new location in Grove City. I will be working as a "Floor Staff" member, which means that I will be doing concessions, ushering, selling tickets, ripping tickets, and cleaning. I'm excited to begin working. My orientation is next week, and I'll begin training shortly after that. Our grand opening in November 18th, when Breaking Dawn Part 1 and Happy Feet 2 both come out.

The signature neon sign outside of all Rave Movie Theaters

Ciao,
Brandi

The Start Of Junior Year

Hey Everyone,

Yesterday was the first day of school, and my first day as a Junior at Heights. I was lucky enough to get lockout first period this year, which means I don't have to come into school until second period. It's pretty awesome, getting to sleep in late. I am also driving myself to school now, which is awesome except for all of the crazy traffic and construction work by my school. They've been working on the roads by my school since my FRESHMAN year. Ugh, by the time I graduate, I'm pretty sure I will have a fierce animousity towards construction cones.

On a happier note, my classes are pretty cool so far. I really like AP European History, and French III. I'm majorly concerned about yearbook, though. I feel so separate from my staff, which is definitely not good seeing as I'm their Editor. Hopefully it will get easier... but until then *stresses like crazy*

I think this year will be the most challenging year I've ever had in school- the classes are legit hard this year, unlike my classes in the past that I could have slept through and got an A. I'm excited for the challenge though, I think it will be fun.

I'm also kind of freaking about about jobs. I have to get one. Like now. If I don't my parents will cancel my car insurance, and I'll have no money for gas anyways. I've applied to some places, with no word back. I'm applying to Walmart now.

Wish me luck this year- it'll probably be a crazy one!

Ciao,
Brandi

I Got My License... And My Parents Got Me A CAR!!! :D

Hey everyone,

Yesterday was a HUGE day for me. I got both my driver's license and a car! My dad and I had practiced maneuverability several, several times, but we only practiced going to the left. My instructor made me go to the right. Seriously. I even asked him if I could go left, and he said no. So I went right, trying to do everything that I had learned for the left the exact opposite for the right... and I passed maneuverability without missing a single point. Afterwards, my instructor laughed and asked me why I was so nervous going right, because I aced it. I was so excited! :D

Then we went on the driving portion... and it went great! We mostly just went through some neighborhoods, and then we went back to the BMV. I even parked it straight at the end of the test (which is a huge accomplishment in itself for me). We went back inside, and my instructor told me to sit in the waiting room, and that he'd meet with me shortly. I knew I had passed, even though at that point in time, I didn't know my score. I went over and told my dad that I had passed, and then we waited for my instructor (and my dad was just about as excited as I was :)

When the instructor came out to meet with my dad and me he said "Do you want the good news or the bad news first?" I immediately said "bad". Then the instructor said "You didn't give me a pen to mark down any mistakes. But the good news is you didn't make any mistakes, so I didn't need the pen anyways. You scored a perfect." I was so freaking excited.

Then we went to sit and wait with everyone else in the BMV... but thankfully it didn't take too long. I got my picture taken, and I got my license :D

My License!!! :D

Then I drove us home, and I barely had time to call my mom and tell her I passed before we had to get on the road. Once we turned onto my court, my dad pulled out his iPod and started recording me. He said "I think I speak for both your Mom and myself when I say congratulations and I hope you like it..." just as we pulled into view of my new car sitting in the driveway with a large bow on the front and I freaked out. My mom was standing there with the camera and then all of the kids on the court, and a lot of their friends (probably about 20 kids in total) jumped out and yelled "Surprise!". It was epically awesome.

My New Car: A 1999 Honda Civic

I love it! :D

Ciao!

A Special Gift For My Readers...

Hey everyone,

Guess what? If you're reading this, I love you enough to give you a special gift (if you want it). As you have probably noticed, the design of my blog has changed. I've learned how to make specialized headers, and blog buttons, too. (You can check my previous post about blog buttons here)

And now that I've learned how to make awesome personalized blog designs and buttons, I'm willing to make some for you and your blog. (And no, I'm not going to be a jerkface and charge you for it) So... if you want a blog button or header, let me know in the comments, or text me or something if you're someone I know personally.

If you want a header, you need to send me this:
-the design you want for your header background (I suggest searching on Google Images)
-what you want your title and subtitle to be on the header

If you want a blog button, you need to send me this:
-nothing if you sent me the above info for a header
-if you didn't get a header, send me a picture that you want as your button background (again I suggest searching on Google Images), and the title of your blog, along with a brief message to go along with it

Send all that to: brandi.mcconahay@yahoo.com, Subject Line: Blog Header/Blog Buttons
Please make sure your subject line at least mentions "Blog Header" or "Blog Button". Thanks.

How long will I be doing this? I don't know... just assume it's still going on until I post that it's not going on anymore.

Here are some of the Blog Headers I've designed:

Here are some of the Blog Buttons I've designed:

Like I said, let me know if you want one. Also, I can make them for multiple blogs owned by the same person.

Ciao!

And I Already Changed It...

Hey everyone,

So, I was excited last night to finally make my first blog button. But today, I decided it looked kind of bland. So I made a new one using a free background I found online. I like it better. Here it is:

I think that it's important to have an awesome looking blog button, because the point is to attract people to your blog. Also, on this button, I added that we write YA Book Reviews. We also review manga and novel-to-movie screen adaptions also.

So, do you think this one is better than the one I had in yesterday's post? I'd love to get some feedback! :D

Ciao!

I Just Made My First Blog Button For My Book Blog... I'm So Excited!!! :D

Hey everyone,

In case you haven't been around the blogging world lately, blog buttons are an extremely popular way for sharing blogs. Blog buttons are small square boxes that contain some kind of graphic, and the title of the blog. On the blog it represents, a copy code will be featured under the blog. This can be copied into other blogs and it will link back to the home blog. Here are some examples from book blogs around the web:

Madame Bookworm's Button us one of my favorites I've seen so far. It's very visually appealing.... it's simple, but neat.


I'm don't care a whole lot for Awesome Bookworm's button (right)... it's too small and dark.










Personally, I feel that this button is very boring. Anyhoo, now you kind of have an idea of what blog buttons look like. The idea behind blog buttons is that you try to convince people to post this to their blogs, and that will boost your credibility with search engines such as Google, Yahoo!, Bing and Ask, which will put you higher in the search results. After all, most people don't look beyond the first page or two of search results. If your not at the top, it's not likely you'll be found.

There isn't some kind of site that you can just easily create a blog button, though. You have to make it from scratch. So that's what I did. I searched for tutorials to teach me how, and I copied the coding from a tutorial, but other than that, everything is mine. That's part of the reason I'm so excited.

For the blog button for Wisdom From A Teenage Bookworm (http://www.bookwormwisdom.blogspot.com), the book blog I have with my friends, I used a photo that I actually took myself, because I didn't want to take the chance of liability issues with copyrights. I actually used Picnik to edit the photo and to resize it to fit the standard blog button size.

So, without further ado, here is a picture of my blog button:

I would love, love, love it if any readers of my blog would be willing to go to www.bookwormwisdom.blogspot.com and copy over the text to add it to their blogs. I already added it to this blog on your left, and I also added it to the left of my writing blog, www.brandimcconahay.blogspot.com.

Ciao!

A Book Blog- Wisdom From A Teenage Bookworm

Hey everyone,

Today's video on my YouTube channel featured the book blog I have with some of my friends. Here's the video :D



The blog is still rather new, so we don't have a whole lot of reviews up yet, but we add new reviews daily :)

http://www.bookwormwisdom.blogspot.com

Ciao!