Hello Bloggerverse. We haven't spoken in a while.
There are several things I would love to rant about. And I probably will at a later date. But I just now finished my homework, and I'm exhausted. So I'm going to give you a quick blurb and a song and call it a night.
My life has become increasingly hectic in the past few weeks and as a result, this is the song of the week:
Sorry if you wanna make plans. You most likely won't see me.
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Tuesday, November 22, 2011
Eight Days a Week With No School
What am I doing with my Thanksgiving break?
(Ok, it's more than that, but I thought it was rather witty.)
Happy Thanksgiving to you all! Don't forget who deserves your thanks!
(Ok, it's more than that, but I thought it was rather witty.)
Happy Thanksgiving to you all! Don't forget who deserves your thanks!
Thursday, November 17, 2011
Haikus Don't Have Titles.
Lonely stars
Surrounded by silence
Wishing on us.
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Like usual, my explanation of my poem is going to be longer than the actual poem.
First off, this doesn't have a title. Because haikus don't have titles. This bothers me. Because I love titling my poems. But anyways.
We started haiku in creative writing and so far this is the only one I've written that I really like.
Have you ever thought about what a bummer it would be to be a star? I mean, sure, you're gorgeous, but you're all alone all the time. There's nobody for hundreds of thousands of miles! But if you're a person you're surrounded by people most of the time and you have all this love and friendship. That's more magical than being pretty and mystical, I think. If I were a star I would totally wish on people.
Yup. Haiku.
Surrounded by silence
Wishing on us.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Like usual, my explanation of my poem is going to be longer than the actual poem.
First off, this doesn't have a title. Because haikus don't have titles. This bothers me. Because I love titling my poems. But anyways.
We started haiku in creative writing and so far this is the only one I've written that I really like.
Have you ever thought about what a bummer it would be to be a star? I mean, sure, you're gorgeous, but you're all alone all the time. There's nobody for hundreds of thousands of miles! But if you're a person you're surrounded by people most of the time and you have all this love and friendship. That's more magical than being pretty and mystical, I think. If I were a star I would totally wish on people.
Yup. Haiku.
Monday, November 14, 2011
Eight Musical Days a Week
You guys get a LIVE VIDEO this time. Aren't you excited? Because I am.
There is a long story as to why this is the song of the week.
There is this lovely film from... a long time ago starring Robert Preston and Shirley Jones called The Music Man. It is a musical. And it is hands down one of my favorite movies of all time. This song is originally from that musical.
Shirley Jones, who sang this song in The Music Man, also played the leading lady Laurey (WOW SAY THAT THREE TIMES FAST) in another film based upon a musical called Oklahoma! I happen to be in this musical as of Thursday. And I also happen to be Laurey. :) :) :)
Furthermore, on Thursday night I went to go see The Lion King. As in the stage play. Which is phenomenal and incredible and wonderful. And it also happens to be a musical.
So this has been a good week for musicals. And this song is from a musical. My favorite musical. And it's the Beatles! Yay. I love when my favorite things coincide.
There is a long story as to why this is the song of the week.
There is this lovely film from... a long time ago starring Robert Preston and Shirley Jones called The Music Man. It is a musical. And it is hands down one of my favorite movies of all time. This song is originally from that musical.
Shirley Jones, who sang this song in The Music Man, also played the leading lady Laurey (WOW SAY THAT THREE TIMES FAST) in another film based upon a musical called Oklahoma! I happen to be in this musical as of Thursday. And I also happen to be Laurey. :) :) :)
Furthermore, on Thursday night I went to go see The Lion King. As in the stage play. Which is phenomenal and incredible and wonderful. And it also happens to be a musical.
So this has been a good week for musicals. And this song is from a musical. My favorite musical. And it's the Beatles! Yay. I love when my favorite things coincide.
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
I'm So Vain, I Probably Think This Post Is About Me
I JUST NEED TO WRITE SOMETHING THAT'S NOT A NOVEL OR AN ESSAY.
And since I'm vain and uninspired I'm going to talk about myself. Ten random facts!
1. I walk abnormally fast. I think this is a result of my school trip to Washington, D.C. in eighth grade, when we had to walk nearly everywhere we went in fairly hasty fashion. Now I get caught behind people that walk normal speed in the hallway and find it quite obnoxious.
2. As a small child I didn't know to say "aren't I?" as in "Aren't I cute?" Instead I said "Amn't I?" In hindsight I realize that this makes way more sense than aren't I. You don't say "are I not," you say "am I not." WHY ISN'T IT AMN'T?!?!?!?!
3. I am a smidgen bit OCD but only about things that don't matter at all. My room looks like a tornado came through it but I alphabetized every DVD we own. Why? I don't know.
4. I may be the only person on the planet who still uses the Flair feature on Facebook. Those are organized too. See the last point.
5. I have this notebook of all my accomplishments in high school. Nerdy? Yes. I don't really care. It has everything from play programs to Murphy term papers to awards in it. I definitely wrote a poem about it and I might post it here sometime. But probably not.
6. I realized the other day that with the exception of Harry Potter, I am totally a book hipster. The realization made me a little bit ashamed.
7. I like Hot Topic. The store. People are always shocked to discover that. Haha. It's really not that scary in there, but they have cool nerdy stuff!
8. I have this horrible habit of starting things and never finishing them. I start stories and don't finish them (coughcoughcoughNANOWRIMOcoughcoughcough), I tell myself I'm gonna learn some skill and I never do... yeah. It's bad. So consequently one of my greatest fears is that I'll get to the end of my life and discover I didn't actually accomplish anything worthwhile. Need to learn me some Ecclesiastes 7:8.
9. I cried at age nine when my best friend told me Peter Pan wasn't real. Now I know she was wrong, of course, but it was a traumatic experience at the time. :)
10. I'm a beast at MarioKart Wii. I'm always Princess Peach on the Mach Bike.
Yay. Now you know a bunch of useless facts about me. Congratulations.
And since I'm vain and uninspired I'm going to talk about myself. Ten random facts!
1. I walk abnormally fast. I think this is a result of my school trip to Washington, D.C. in eighth grade, when we had to walk nearly everywhere we went in fairly hasty fashion. Now I get caught behind people that walk normal speed in the hallway and find it quite obnoxious.
2. As a small child I didn't know to say "aren't I?" as in "Aren't I cute?" Instead I said "Amn't I?" In hindsight I realize that this makes way more sense than aren't I. You don't say "are I not," you say "am I not." WHY ISN'T IT AMN'T?!?!?!?!
3. I am a smidgen bit OCD but only about things that don't matter at all. My room looks like a tornado came through it but I alphabetized every DVD we own. Why? I don't know.
4. I may be the only person on the planet who still uses the Flair feature on Facebook. Those are organized too. See the last point.
5. I have this notebook of all my accomplishments in high school. Nerdy? Yes. I don't really care. It has everything from play programs to Murphy term papers to awards in it. I definitely wrote a poem about it and I might post it here sometime. But probably not.
6. I realized the other day that with the exception of Harry Potter, I am totally a book hipster. The realization made me a little bit ashamed.
7. I like Hot Topic. The store. People are always shocked to discover that. Haha. It's really not that scary in there, but they have cool nerdy stuff!
8. I have this horrible habit of starting things and never finishing them. I start stories and don't finish them (coughcoughcoughNANOWRIMOcoughcoughcough), I tell myself I'm gonna learn some skill and I never do... yeah. It's bad. So consequently one of my greatest fears is that I'll get to the end of my life and discover I didn't actually accomplish anything worthwhile. Need to learn me some Ecclesiastes 7:8.
9. I cried at age nine when my best friend told me Peter Pan wasn't real. Now I know she was wrong, of course, but it was a traumatic experience at the time. :)
10. I'm a beast at MarioKart Wii. I'm always Princess Peach on the Mach Bike.
Yay. Now you know a bunch of useless facts about me. Congratulations.
Sunday, November 6, 2011
Eight Marathon Writing Days a Week
C'mon now. It's the first week of NaNoWriMo. Were you really expecting anything different? (Not that that's going incredibly well for me at the moment...)
Friday, November 4, 2011
We're Off to See the Wizard...
... the highly impractical plot-holed Wizard of Oz.
1. The Wizard is a dirty rotten crook. He shows up in Oz by accident and totally uses the fact that the poor ignorant little Ozites believe he's magic to take over the whole country! And then he lies to everyone. And even when he stops lying, he doesn't really give anybody what they asked for. And then he leaves! Never to return! Ugh. And this is our title character.
2. What is with Glinda? Glinda knows the whole time exactly what Dorothy needs to do to get home, does she mention that? No. She has to risk Dorothy's life, and really the fate of all of Oz, just so Dorothy can learn a weird lesson about herself. Thanks, Glinda. Appreciate that.
3. I'm sorry, nobody is willing to risk their life for their dog. I mean, I have a dog. And I love her dearly. But if a witch was trying to kill me, I wouldn't sacrifice myself for my dog.
4. Dorothy. Dorothy is just obnoxious. "Whoops! I just killed someone! Oh well! Oh yeah, can I have her broom? 'Cause I kinda need that... but it was totally an accident that I killed her..."
5. I feel like the witch shouldn't leave buckets of water lying around her castle in random places given her condition.
6. ...Which begs another question... how does the witch shower?
7. "There's no such thing as spooks," says the TALKING SCARECROW to the TALKING LION and the MAN MADE OUT OF METAL. True dat. Spooks are totally irrational.
8. Ruby slippers? Highly impractical.
9. What is the deal with the shoes? Why does no one bother to explain this? I feel like this once again goes back to Glinda. "Oh yeah, Dorothy, by the way, don't give her the shoes. She'll probably try to kill you for them, but don't give them to her." If I were Dorothy, I definitely would have just given the witch the shoes. Unless, of course, I had been informed by someone in the know that they were my only way home. But, of course, NOBODY DID THAT.
10. It has the greatest cop-out ending of all cop-out endings. Dream endings say "We didn't want to figure out what actually happened so we just had them wake up." I mean, the whole "no place like home" thing would have won something if she'd, ya know, actually left.
... But I must confess. I love this movie. So much.
1. The Wizard is a dirty rotten crook. He shows up in Oz by accident and totally uses the fact that the poor ignorant little Ozites believe he's magic to take over the whole country! And then he lies to everyone. And even when he stops lying, he doesn't really give anybody what they asked for. And then he leaves! Never to return! Ugh. And this is our title character.
2. What is with Glinda? Glinda knows the whole time exactly what Dorothy needs to do to get home, does she mention that? No. She has to risk Dorothy's life, and really the fate of all of Oz, just so Dorothy can learn a weird lesson about herself. Thanks, Glinda. Appreciate that.
3. I'm sorry, nobody is willing to risk their life for their dog. I mean, I have a dog. And I love her dearly. But if a witch was trying to kill me, I wouldn't sacrifice myself for my dog.
4. Dorothy. Dorothy is just obnoxious. "Whoops! I just killed someone! Oh well! Oh yeah, can I have her broom? 'Cause I kinda need that... but it was totally an accident that I killed her..."
5. I feel like the witch shouldn't leave buckets of water lying around her castle in random places given her condition.
6. ...Which begs another question... how does the witch shower?
7. "There's no such thing as spooks," says the TALKING SCARECROW to the TALKING LION and the MAN MADE OUT OF METAL. True dat. Spooks are totally irrational.
8. Ruby slippers? Highly impractical.
9. What is the deal with the shoes? Why does no one bother to explain this? I feel like this once again goes back to Glinda. "Oh yeah, Dorothy, by the way, don't give her the shoes. She'll probably try to kill you for them, but don't give them to her." If I were Dorothy, I definitely would have just given the witch the shoes. Unless, of course, I had been informed by someone in the know that they were my only way home. But, of course, NOBODY DID THAT.
10. It has the greatest cop-out ending of all cop-out endings. Dream endings say "We didn't want to figure out what actually happened so we just had them wake up." I mean, the whole "no place like home" thing would have won something if she'd, ya know, actually left.
... But I must confess. I love this movie. So much.
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