One camp done, another to come!

Hello dearest people, Kathryn here!

Wow, I really dropped the ball on posting, didn't I? I had a good blogging chat with the wonderful Alexa, and I hope to put her advice to work. Saturdays will have posts (Especially now that I've realized I can type them up on my phone!)!

On Friday Rebecca and I got back from a week long camp- a missions camp, meaning that instead of playing in the heat of the day, we served others! I was on a different team than my three amigos, which made time with them on campus even better. I'm already missing being with them all the time and missing being in charge of getting where I need to be when I need to.... but I am loving being home.

But that was my last StudentLife camp! I was bummed to realize that, but before camp ended someone said that our mission to share God with others doesn't end when camp does- we are on mission for our entire life. That really touched me, in a facepalm kind of way, and I'm pumped to see how God will have me serve others.

There is another camp coming up that I'm also really excited about- Camp NaNoWriMo!! For those who don't know, NaNoWriMo takes place in November, the national writing month; thus NaNoWriMo, where you write your fingers off for a month to meet your word goal. A couple years ago the folks in charge decided to host NaNoWriMos during the year, and so the camps were born. I was unable to take part in the April one, but I'm totally doing the one coming up in July. Novel baby, I will get you edited yet!

How about you? Got any camps you've come back from this summer,  or ones coming up?

It's been a pleasure,
Kathryn

Character love: Oz from Pandora Hearts

Okay, so I know I've been posting a lot of anime and feel a tiny bit bad about that. But anime is what I breeze through, and I finish a show at least once a month, if it's a short one, so I've pretty much got a plethora of ones to review or pick a character from.

Plus, animes are just good, okay?

Anyhoo, today's character love post is of Oz Bezarius from Pandora Hearts.

I mean, look at this little child-sized bundle of fluff and sunshine and happiness!! Isn't he adorable??

 Oz is a character that resonates a bunch with me. He's... oddly resigned to his fate, but still acts so cheery and like nothing is wrong, when in reality, he's got a cruddy father. He wants to help his friends, and he believes in them with his whole heart and is more than willing to put his life on the line for them.

He isn't reckless, which is a slight surprise, since I seem to tend to like the slightly more flamboyant and reckless characters. He does make stupid decision on occasion, though.

He's raised in a duke household, so he's got a bit of a commanding streak in him. He doesn't often issue commands to the other characters, but when he does, you can tell he's not quite used to being disobeyed.

He's oddly chill about everything that happens. Which is very surprising, since I'd be quietly freaking the freak out. And then squeeing like mad because of something that ends up happening in the plot. (Lets just say that any Doctor Who fan would really enjoy Pandora Hearts. Also fans of anything Alice in Wonderland related.) He's very chill, and very philosophical. It's honestly a refreshing change to have "I'LL HELP YOU ALICE" instead of "I'LL SAVE THE WORLD."

I've listed one flaw (the commanding thing) and have another I want to mention. The philosophical-ness.

So many times, it would be completely normal for Oz to just start crying, or yelling, or just being completely and utterly lost and... shattered, for lack of a better word. Instead, he shoves that aside, bottling it up. Which doesn't do good things to a person. (Gee, guess how I know? I betcha none of you will get it. )

Off the top of my head, I don't remember him ever breaking down, unlike the other character that's a lot like him that I've mentioned. (In the Blast of Tempest review.) However, I am rewatching it and it's been a while, so that is subject to change. I'm hoping it will, because Heartless-Writer-Me likes watching characters fall apart. It reveals so much about their character, doesn't it??

He also has a slight dark side that hardly ever comes out. But when it does, you take a step back and go "woah this kids intense. Dang." It's wonderful.

Anyhow, Oz is just a beautiful character, inside and out. I mean, look at that adorable blond hair and cheery grin and lovely green eyes. Precious baby. <3

Are there any characters you love that stick out from the typical mold of 'I'll save the world?' Any animes (or books) you'd like me to look into and possibly review? What's your favorite character from something animated?

I shall see you all on Thursday!!
--Rebecca

Thursday has been insane

Hello all!

My apologies for no post today. We've spent literally the whole day reshuffled rooms and I am exhausted.

But I shall endeavor to make a post on Monday. Which I have not done lately. For which I am sorry.

Anyhoo.

See you on Monday, if Kathryn doesn't scare you off with a post. Which she's been forgetting to do. (Note to self: Pester sibling.)
--Rebecca