"Live like there's no tomorrow."

"Laugh out loud."

"Life is not measured by how many breaths you take, but by how many moments take your breath away."

"Whoever said sunlight brings joy has never danced in the rain."

"Its better to have loved and lost than to never have loved at all."

“Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don’t matter and those who matter don’t mind”

"You are you and I am I. I do my think and you do yours. And if, in the end, we end up together, it's beautiful."

"Our greatest triumph lies not in never falling, but rising every time we fall."

Well, about me. First off is my name. I guess you can call me Bri. I'm trying to get through my teenage years (13), which sometimes sucks but mostly I like. Umm...i write mostly poetry, short stories so far I have one, but later on you may see more. I think i'm pretty good at writing. I hope i'm good being that I want to attend Oxford University and major in English. That is, like, my life's dream!!! Umm...let's see what else.

Fave Authors/Books: Gaston Leroux (The Phantom of the Opera), Phillip Pullman (author of His Dark Materials. BEST BOOKS EVER!!!) Garth Nix (author of Sabriel trilogy), Lemony Snicket (series of unfortunate events) Christopher Paolini (author of Eragon-soon to be a movie!!!) Willo Davis Roberts, Robert Cormier, Lois Duncan, and JOyce McDonald. I also love the book Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury. it is very deep. Well, the list goes on, but these are the best...

Recommended Book(s): Well, of course all the books by the authors above are recommended, thats why i put them up there, but one book that i've read that kind of stuck out at me was "Ishmael" by Daniel Quinn. It's about human ecology and our place as humans, our destiny, and our lifestyle now. What were humans meant for and what are we doing and what should we be doing? This book is absolutely amazing and thought provoking. It just...blew me away and i cannot come up with any praise for it that would seem adequate, so i justHIGHLY recommend that you read it.And then, of course,comes the sequel "My Ishmael" which i have read, and i am telling you that if you read Ishmael, you must read this one! It will dry those tears from the first book right up! I shall say no more, lest i spoil it.

Fave Movie: Pirates of the Caribbean,Finding Nemo, West Side Story, The Phantom of the Opera, A Beautiful Mind, Helen Of Troy, The Man in the Iron Mask...

Fave Music: Nightwish, Moments in Grace, Sum 41, Eve 6, Crossfade, Full Scale, Linkin Park, Snow Patrol, The Strokes, The Zutons, Lowgold, Maroon 5,WakingAshland, Never Heard of It, The Silence, Cherry Monroe, Dream State, Franz Ferdinand, In So Far,Evanescence, Ac/Dc, Taking Back Sunday, Hot Hot Heat, Yellowcard, Avril Lavigne, Usher, Alicia Keys, Jojo, Nelly, Simple Plan, Good Charlotte, Three Days Grace, Papa Roach, Chevelle, Blink-182, Greenday, Switchfoot, Keane, The Killers, JET, Mario Winans, 3 Doors Down, The All-AmericanRejects, Eminemand the list goes on...

Fave subject: English!!!

Likes: reading, writing, watchin t.v., surfing the net, talking on the phone, hanging at the mall, stained glass, scented candles, thunderstorms, rain, moon, clouds, music, stars, the idea of fate/destiny, wondering about myfuture,weird socks, cooking, shopping for stuff, Tweety Bird, Whinnie the Pooh, Spongebob, sports (although im not really good at them), nature, nighttime, being around friends and PLAYING MY PIANO!!! There is no way on earth i could live without my piano. I love that thing to death. i love music in general. Instrumental music intrigues me the most, though. Its like, a story without words, its...AMAZING!!!!!

Dislikes: Stuck up people who think they're better than everyone else, dumb rules, when people ignore your questions, people who agree with everything you say just to impress you, materialistic people, the sound the vacuum cleaner makes (it makes me angry for some reason)

Friends on this Site: BeautifulEcho (aka Nikki). She is my all-time, absolute best friend, along with her twin sister Alicia (uthinkuknow). Then theres Sarah and Raychel. (Can't forget them) But Nikki is the only one who is registered and actually wrote something *looks accusingly towards alicia*on this site, so I strongly urge u to read her work. She is very talented if i do say so myself.

Name: Briana

Name Meanings: My first name(Briana) means fortitude/strength. My middle name (Nicole) means victory. Not sure what my last name means.

My future children's name: I want 2 girls and a boy. The girls' names are: Jacquelynne Raine and Lesaiyah Raquel. The boys name shall be: Javier Felipe (after my grandfather and cousin)

Age: 13

Fave Color: Purple

Fave Animal: White tiger

Sign: Virgo

Fave Season: Fall

Fave IceCream: chocolate chip cookie dough

Fave T.V. Shows: Smallville, Gilmore Girls, 7th Heaven, Boy Meets World, Fresh Prince, Cosby Show, A Different World, Sesame Street, and Dora (There's a child in all of us)

Short Term Goals: Get accepted into a program called IB (for gifted, and higly motivated academic students. only 50 kids out of the whole city get chosen) finish writing a story i started about a month ago, throw a huge house party this summer (this is the last summer before we all go our separate ways to high school)

Longs Term Goals: graduate highschool while remaining in all honors, attend Oxford University, become and accomplished author, own my own home in a neighobrhood with a lake and a park nearby.

Irrational Fears: vacuum cleaners, taking a shower without the stopper in the drain (i did say 'irrational fears' did i not??)

Thing i say most often: "I'm confused."

Thing i do most often: laugh uncontrollably

Thing i hear most often: "Briana, Shut UP!"

Well, uhm..reading my work is good, but reviewing it is even better. i try to read and review everyone that reviews something of mine. i accept both good and constructive reviews.I love constructive criticism!!! With constructive criticism, be honest but please dont attack me.

Okay, thanks to all of my readers, and a special thanks to my reviewers. Especially since now every one of my poems has been reviewed. Yippee!!!

Oh, and check out my faves...They're there cuz they're...well...my faves! and they deserve a good review or two.

Announcement: About this piece of fiction...I wrote a prelude and...that's as far as i got...i'm really tryin...i have it all planned out in my head (kinda), i just can't seem to get around to writin it. Maybe if yall send me enough emails of encouragement, i'll get off my lazy butt and write it...

Okay. now if you have time to waste reading this profile of mine, than you have time to use (notice i said 'use', not 'waste') reading and reviewing at least 2 of my works, being that i write poems which dont take long to read, but they leave a lasting impression. But i guess you have to see that for yourself...

I Dream
I dream in color

I dream in black and white

I dream to myself

I dream aloud

I dream of things you know

I dream of things unfathomable

And when I am gone

My dreams shall linger

~Infinite Dreamer~