First movie review on this blog! Yaaaaaaay! Anyway.
Saw Hairspray last night and I LOVED it! I smiled the whole time. John Travolta was awesome and I want to hug him. Everyone else was amazing as well. I know alot of people my age hate Zac Efron because he's like the new "it" boy when it comes to tweens and teens, but I love him. There. I said it. He was great and has a future in musicals. It was funny seeing Brittany Snow in a mean girl role, she's usually the nice girl. Elija Kelly (sp?) Wow. I wanna go to the 60s where detention was sexy (jk, sorta). Anyway, Nikki Blonski, the lead was fabulous. I loved her. She has a great voice and is so funny! Michelle Phifer and Queen Latifa were great too! And Christopher Walking... He still creeps me out a little after watching the Headless Horsemen and the Rundown, but I'm warming up to him after this, Wedding Crashers and the cowbell skit on SNL (yes, I realize it is old). I still think he wears lipstick. Anyway, go see the movie, it was great, for lack of a better word.
Oh, speaking of reviews, Harry Potter and the Deathley Hallows was great. It gets mixed reviews with some of my friends, but I really liked it.
Tuesday, July 31, 2007
Tuesday, July 17, 2007
Writing, Neil, Harry, Wal-Mart, Batman, and My Little Pony: In one Action Packed Post!
It's around time for a new post. Let's see. I last wrote about my wisdom teeth, right? Yeah, that sucked, but it's over. The swelling has finally gone completely away (took long enough)and I don't have to use the syringe(sp?) to flush out the holes any more.
So I went to NC a few weeks ago. I went rafting and hiking. Rafting is fun, but no matter what season it is, the water is always colder than belief. I'm honestly suprised my foot didn't fall off. Once the numbness set in though, it wasn't so bad. Hiking was great. I had more stamina than I thought. Hiking gives you a sort of adventurey feel, even if you are on a trail.
Speaking of adventure, I started writing a new story up there. I'm not very far, but I'm actually kind of excited about it. I've had the general idea for awhile, but it never really fleshed out. And then a few days ago, I had this massive idea! I'm so happy with it! Maybe I'll post the intro to what I have here. Maybe I wont. I don't know.
On a dorky note, I'm so ready for the last Harry Potter book! Yay! You know, JKR has really opened a lot of doors. She's kind of expanded the market for Fantasy novel that can be enjoyed by anyone. I'm not saying that she's the first to have written something like that, but it's gotten more people interested in the genre. Lately I've been inding more books in my genre. They're not right out in the open, but once you know where to look, they're everywhere! I've just discovered another auther, Neil Gaimen(sp?). I haven't read him yet, but it's on the list after Harry Potter 7 and this Nora Roberts book that I'm reading right now. He does the different worlds type thing and seems to have a satiricle style, sort of like William Goldman's (Princess Bride: My favorite book).
Going in a completely random direction, up in NC, Super Wal-mart up is the closest store around. Just don't buy the meat. We were looking at it and there was a little notice on it. It said 8% solution. Sorry, but I'm not buying something that has any percentage of mystery solution. Who knows what it is? That and the meat just looked weird.
I saw a sign outside of a little NC shop that said "No photography please," Oops. I guess that is a real rule. Too bad I took a picture before I saw it. If I could figure out how to put pics from my cell phone on here I would do it, because it an awesome picture. The store had this section of 5 dollar ornaments. There was this really cool Batman one and this pink My Little Pony one. They were proportionate in size, so I found a little table and posed them. Batman was a warior wielding a mighty bowstaff atop his noble pink steed. It was glorious. I'm serious. That picture is now my wallpaper. Yes, I have an illegal picture as my cell phone wall paper. I ended up buying the batman figure, but I was too cheap to splurge for My Little Pony. Looking back, I greatly regret it. Next time I go up there I'm going to find that store and unite my little justice duo.
I got my oil changed for the firrst time today. It was fun. Yes, fun. I got a free car wash and they held the door open and closed it for me when I got in. And they waved at me as I drove off, like I was Dorothy leaving Oz. It was very nice. Grand Prix is a magical place.
If you read that entire post, congrats and thank you. I enjoyed it. Hopefuly I'll still have readers when I next update. ^_^
So I went to NC a few weeks ago. I went rafting and hiking. Rafting is fun, but no matter what season it is, the water is always colder than belief. I'm honestly suprised my foot didn't fall off. Once the numbness set in though, it wasn't so bad. Hiking was great. I had more stamina than I thought. Hiking gives you a sort of adventurey feel, even if you are on a trail.
Speaking of adventure, I started writing a new story up there. I'm not very far, but I'm actually kind of excited about it. I've had the general idea for awhile, but it never really fleshed out. And then a few days ago, I had this massive idea! I'm so happy with it! Maybe I'll post the intro to what I have here. Maybe I wont. I don't know.
On a dorky note, I'm so ready for the last Harry Potter book! Yay! You know, JKR has really opened a lot of doors. She's kind of expanded the market for Fantasy novel that can be enjoyed by anyone. I'm not saying that she's the first to have written something like that, but it's gotten more people interested in the genre. Lately I've been inding more books in my genre. They're not right out in the open, but once you know where to look, they're everywhere! I've just discovered another auther, Neil Gaimen(sp?). I haven't read him yet, but it's on the list after Harry Potter 7 and this Nora Roberts book that I'm reading right now. He does the different worlds type thing and seems to have a satiricle style, sort of like William Goldman's (Princess Bride: My favorite book).
Going in a completely random direction, up in NC, Super Wal-mart up is the closest store around. Just don't buy the meat. We were looking at it and there was a little notice on it. It said 8% solution. Sorry, but I'm not buying something that has any percentage of mystery solution. Who knows what it is? That and the meat just looked weird.
I saw a sign outside of a little NC shop that said "No photography please," Oops. I guess that is a real rule. Too bad I took a picture before I saw it. If I could figure out how to put pics from my cell phone on here I would do it, because it an awesome picture. The store had this section of 5 dollar ornaments. There was this really cool Batman one and this pink My Little Pony one. They were proportionate in size, so I found a little table and posed them. Batman was a warior wielding a mighty bowstaff atop his noble pink steed. It was glorious. I'm serious. That picture is now my wallpaper. Yes, I have an illegal picture as my cell phone wall paper. I ended up buying the batman figure, but I was too cheap to splurge for My Little Pony. Looking back, I greatly regret it. Next time I go up there I'm going to find that store and unite my little justice duo.
I got my oil changed for the firrst time today. It was fun. Yes, fun. I got a free car wash and they held the door open and closed it for me when I got in. And they waved at me as I drove off, like I was Dorothy leaving Oz. It was very nice. Grand Prix is a magical place.
If you read that entire post, congrats and thank you. I enjoyed it. Hopefuly I'll still have readers when I next update. ^_^
Friday, June 15, 2007
*sigh*
Got my wisdom teeth pulled yester day, all four. I was nervous to begin with, and it didn't get better when I had to sit and watch a video on risks for the procedure. "And of course, in some rare cases, the sedative is fatal," says the man with the glasses and smile.
I knew the doctor, he goes to my church. He's really nice, so that helped a little.
While I was waitting for the doctor to come into the actual surgery room, the assistant hooked me up to a little IV, but didn't put any drugs in it yet. By that time they had also given me some oxygen tubes for my nose, so I got to lay around for some time not even being able to figit properly. The assistant helped though. Instead of just telling me to chill out, she got me talking about college and what I wanted to do in life. It actually worked as pretty good distraction.
Once the doctor came back, they started squirting the drugs into the IV. I had a heart thing stuck to my back so they got to watch the heart changes as I went to sleep. The wall in front of me was painted like a rainforest. Right when he said "right on time," the palm trees started to move up and down. I watched for I don't know how long before I fell asleep. I don't remember much afterward, but now I look like a chipmunck and that in itself is making me nuts. Add that to having to rinse my mouth with salt water after I eat anything. I can't even spit like a normal person. Or move my jaw much. Gaaah! This is annoying! I like cinnimin apple sauce, but I never realized how much I like chewing my food!!
I knew the doctor, he goes to my church. He's really nice, so that helped a little.
While I was waitting for the doctor to come into the actual surgery room, the assistant hooked me up to a little IV, but didn't put any drugs in it yet. By that time they had also given me some oxygen tubes for my nose, so I got to lay around for some time not even being able to figit properly. The assistant helped though. Instead of just telling me to chill out, she got me talking about college and what I wanted to do in life. It actually worked as pretty good distraction.
Once the doctor came back, they started squirting the drugs into the IV. I had a heart thing stuck to my back so they got to watch the heart changes as I went to sleep. The wall in front of me was painted like a rainforest. Right when he said "right on time," the palm trees started to move up and down. I watched for I don't know how long before I fell asleep. I don't remember much afterward, but now I look like a chipmunck and that in itself is making me nuts. Add that to having to rinse my mouth with salt water after I eat anything. I can't even spit like a normal person. Or move my jaw much. Gaaah! This is annoying! I like cinnimin apple sauce, but I never realized how much I like chewing my food!!
Friday, May 25, 2007
Graduation
So I graduated on Monday. It's really weird to think I won't be going back to the high school as a student. I felt the same way about elementery and middle school, so I'm sure it won't be weird for too long.
It wasn't nearly as long as I had thought it would be. The names were a little out of order, so it made it a little harder to count down and get excited about it being over. When I got up there, my mind kind of went blank. I don't know why, it's not like a really had to do anything. But knowing that my family and friends were cheering for me felt really good.
Later, waiting for everyone else to graduate, I let myself look around. There was this guy with a camera on the side. I gave a little smile because that's what I do when I make eye contact with people. He started taking pictures. So I continued to sit and smile. When he was finished, he walked over to our row. "I'm from the newspaper, can I get your names," The awkward thing was, he wasn't talking to me, but the three people next to me. I laughed, because, you know, it was funny.
So now Monday is past and I have my diploma. It's right here, a little symbol of my grade school career.
And, that's really it. So... Anyone see the Heroes finale?
It wasn't nearly as long as I had thought it would be. The names were a little out of order, so it made it a little harder to count down and get excited about it being over. When I got up there, my mind kind of went blank. I don't know why, it's not like a really had to do anything. But knowing that my family and friends were cheering for me felt really good.
Later, waiting for everyone else to graduate, I let myself look around. There was this guy with a camera on the side. I gave a little smile because that's what I do when I make eye contact with people. He started taking pictures. So I continued to sit and smile. When he was finished, he walked over to our row. "I'm from the newspaper, can I get your names," The awkward thing was, he wasn't talking to me, but the three people next to me. I laughed, because, you know, it was funny.
So now Monday is past and I have my diploma. It's right here, a little symbol of my grade school career.
And, that's really it. So... Anyone see the Heroes finale?
Wednesday, May 23, 2007
Customer service for idiots
The following is sort of reused from an email that I wrote to my cousin today, so excuse the semi email language and lack of eloquence.
We saw these weird merpeople figures in a store at john's pass when my Opa was here. We were walking and my sister and I saw this merman with a martini and thought it was funny so we took a picture with my cell phone. My cousin is a collector, so we decided to send it to her for laughs (she mostly likes the classic mermaids). Then we decided to go inside and look around. There was this whole mermaid display , so we took another pic. Then my sister looked up and saw this HUGE gold merman. It was really cool looking, (a little more classic looking than the others) I said "Woah, take a picture of that one!" And she was about to get it when the store woman came up and said "You know, it's not store policy to let customers take pictures of the merchandise," Opa was there so he said, "Yes, but they're just taking a picture to send to someone who actually collects mermaid figures,"
"But you can't. It's the owner's rule," It almost sounds resonable when it's typed out but, it was the tone. Then Opa says something and walks away but my sister and I stay to look at the rest of the figures. Right behind me the woman says to another cashier: "I've never taken a picture in a store. Its like a museum, you just don't do it," Kelsey and I stopped looking and left the store. I mean come on. We were right there. Do they not have any common sense? You don't insult potential customers, that's customer service for idiots. What if we were sending it to a person who was going to buy a bunch of stuff? We weren't, but it's the point. Right. that's it for that post, the first in a series of weird anticdotes as of late.
We saw these weird merpeople figures in a store at john's pass when my Opa was here. We were walking and my sister and I saw this merman with a martini and thought it was funny so we took a picture with my cell phone. My cousin is a collector, so we decided to send it to her for laughs (she mostly likes the classic mermaids). Then we decided to go inside and look around. There was this whole mermaid display , so we took another pic. Then my sister looked up and saw this HUGE gold merman. It was really cool looking, (a little more classic looking than the others) I said "Woah, take a picture of that one!" And she was about to get it when the store woman came up and said "You know, it's not store policy to let customers take pictures of the merchandise," Opa was there so he said, "Yes, but they're just taking a picture to send to someone who actually collects mermaid figures,"
"But you can't. It's the owner's rule," It almost sounds resonable when it's typed out but, it was the tone. Then Opa says something and walks away but my sister and I stay to look at the rest of the figures. Right behind me the woman says to another cashier: "I've never taken a picture in a store. Its like a museum, you just don't do it," Kelsey and I stopped looking and left the store. I mean come on. We were right there. Do they not have any common sense? You don't insult potential customers, that's customer service for idiots. What if we were sending it to a person who was going to buy a bunch of stuff? We weren't, but it's the point. Right. that's it for that post, the first in a series of weird anticdotes as of late.
Saturday, May 5, 2007
Writing, time, and bookshelves
So I've been a little stuck with my writing. I really want to start something new, but I don't know what. I've tried sitting and typing whatever comes to mind, but that didn't tun out too well. I've got a bunch of ideas, but I'm not sure about them. They're okay, but I don't know if anyone else would enjoy them. I was talking to a few people recently and they said to keep my audience in mind. Then it hit me. I have to have a target audience. I don't stick to a specific genre. I go almost everywhere. Is there an everywhere section in the bookstore? I want to say I'm writing for people like me, but how many people like the same things I do? When I put it that way, it sounds like a stupid question...
Anyway, a couple of ideas I've been toying with have to do with traveling to different worlds. but when I think of that, I think of the science fiction section. And I don't think it fits there. A bunch of the stuff there is kind of dark and creepy and its hard to find the actualy treasures in that section. They need to make a seperate section for fantasy, not lump it in with sci-fi.
I'm reading Outlander right now. It's got time travel in it, but that's totaly different than world traveling. I don't mind reading about time travel, but I could never write about it. There's too many holes in all of the time-traveling theories and I'd end up obsessing over those holes. You know the show Heroes? They had a 5 years in the future episode and even that confused me for a little bit. Ever heard of the Steven King book/ movie the langaliers? Its about these people who fall asleep on an airplane and somehow go through a rip into the past. Turns out the past is empty. Its happened and over and there's nothing anyone can do about it. So they're alone in time. So what happens to the past? The fuzzy black things eat it. It's gone. So now the people have to get back to reality and stop the crazy paper-ripping-guy from killing people. But that's not the point. The point is, it's easier to think that the past has happened and there's nothing you can do about it. It's not as creative, but it's less of a headache. And the future? It hasn't happened yet and we haven't made the choices yet. That's my time theory.
Anyway, if anyone reads this, let me know what you think about my fantasy genre dilema.
Anyway, a couple of ideas I've been toying with have to do with traveling to different worlds. but when I think of that, I think of the science fiction section. And I don't think it fits there. A bunch of the stuff there is kind of dark and creepy and its hard to find the actualy treasures in that section. They need to make a seperate section for fantasy, not lump it in with sci-fi.
I'm reading Outlander right now. It's got time travel in it, but that's totaly different than world traveling. I don't mind reading about time travel, but I could never write about it. There's too many holes in all of the time-traveling theories and I'd end up obsessing over those holes. You know the show Heroes? They had a 5 years in the future episode and even that confused me for a little bit. Ever heard of the Steven King book/ movie the langaliers? Its about these people who fall asleep on an airplane and somehow go through a rip into the past. Turns out the past is empty. Its happened and over and there's nothing anyone can do about it. So they're alone in time. So what happens to the past? The fuzzy black things eat it. It's gone. So now the people have to get back to reality and stop the crazy paper-ripping-guy from killing people. But that's not the point. The point is, it's easier to think that the past has happened and there's nothing you can do about it. It's not as creative, but it's less of a headache. And the future? It hasn't happened yet and we haven't made the choices yet. That's my time theory.
Anyway, if anyone reads this, let me know what you think about my fantasy genre dilema.
Thursday, May 3, 2007
This is my new blog. I've wanted to start a new one for awhile, but I didn't think I had the time. Turns out, creating the blog was easier than creating a myspace/livejournal. Anyway, now that I have it, I have to figure out what to do with it. For awhile I really wanted to do a video blog. The biggest problem with that is I don't know how. yeah, I know I could figure it out, but I'm not sure I feel like it.
Vlog or blog, I still have to figure out what to do with it. I'm not sure I want to do another plain journal. That's what lj's for. I want a popular blog! One that people read! Again, easier said than done. I'll work on it.
Vlog or blog, I still have to figure out what to do with it. I'm not sure I want to do another plain journal. That's what lj's for. I want a popular blog! One that people read! Again, easier said than done. I'll work on it.
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