Exploding volcano of passion

Lol, I just read a historical romance by Meg Cabot.
It was basically a rip-off of Princess Diaries. But she won't admit it.
And she wrote another romance with almost the exact same plot, word for word.
Seriously. Read these descriptions:
Nicola and the Viscount
It's only her first London season, but sixteen-year-old Nicola has made up her mind: Handsome, charming, poetry-reading Lord Sebastian is, simply, a god. So when the divine viscount starts paying special attention to her, Nicola is certain she's found her destiny.
Everything is perfect until the infuriating - and disturbingly handsome - Nathaniel Sheridan begins to cast doubt on the viscount's character...and on Nicola's feelings.

Victoria and the Rogue
Wealthy young heiress Lady Victoria Arbuthnot is accustomed to handling her own affairs - and everyone else's. So, when she's suddenly sent to London to find a husband, Victoria quickly finds a perfect English gentleman.
Everything is just as she wants it - that is, if the raffish young ship captain Jacob Carstairs would stop meddling in her plans.

Good times.
But the Nicola plot seemed suspiciously familiar.
A girl falls for a handsome, Aryan god, only to change her mind about him and go for her best friend's intelligent, dark-haired, good-looking BROTHER, Michael Moscovitz, er, Nathaniel Sheridan.
I was on the edge of my seat wondering how it would end! Would it be Sebastian? Nathaniel? Harold? Lol, I stayed up till 1:00 reading it. It had a completely satisfying ending...if you can call it that. But romantic cliches were plentiful and the historical anachronisms made me giggle.
And THEN, I find a preview of ANOTHER historical romance (sadly, not written by Meg Cabot) called "Catherine and the Pirate". The description alone was enough to set me aflame with curiousity...or something like that. It was hard to tell; I was laughing too hard.
Sometimes a girl does have her sights set on the right guy from the start, though. Take Catherine, of the next Avon True Romance, Catherine and the Pirate: she can't help but be attracted to Derrick. So what if he has an unsavory seafaring past? So what if he's her brother's best friend? So what if he acts as though he's not into her? That one kiss had to have meant something! Right?
They went on to describe it as a heartstopping, high-seas adventure.
"Nicola and the Viscount" had plenty of adventure. She was kidnapped by bad guys in broad daylight and locked in a tiny room in a London flat when she refused to bend to their will! Then, when one of her captors came in to torment her, she knocked him out with an ale pitcher and climbed out the window onto the roof! Grant, the evil cabby driver, began to pursue her, but felt himself beginning to slide off! Desperately, he grabbed Nicola's dress, bringing her down with him. Nicola thought she was going to die...but ending up landing in Nathaniel's arms. Grant fell into a water trough.
That's about as exciting as it gets around here.

Brideshead revisited...again

I can just hear a certain pastor's favorite joke, "The Department of Redundancy Department".
A&E said "Brideshead Revisited" wasn't that good, and I'd heard that the relationship of Sebastian and Charles was super flamboyant compared to the book.
It really wasn't that bad.
Charles and Sebastian kissed once, and Charles wasn't even that into it.
Sebastian and Anthony were apparently a couple (? not sure if that's true) before Charles showed up, and within 10 minutes of the film's beginning, we get a kiss from the couple.
I freaked out, more because THEY DIDN'T DATE IN THE BOOK.
It was still a little like, "Hellooooo, Anthony, good to see you...even though you have a moustache!"
Seriously, the moustache grossed me out. I'd pictured sideburns, not a moustache.
What bugged me was that Julia kept popping up and made this weird love triangle between Charles, Sebastian, and herself.
Ugh, I hated her. She couldn't act, and she wasn't even cute!
AND IT WASN'T IN THE BOOK!
Julia and Charles didn't have this epic love that stretched across time. He wasn't interested in her while he was with Sebastian. They didn't have this cutesy forbidden love that "wasn't meant to be"!
Ugh, it was so stupid and disgusting to watch. I guess it worked out pretty well for the director, since Charles' "betrayal" drove Sebastian to drink.
Since the book didn't give a reason, they couldn't leave it all vague. No, it had to be cinematic and theatrical.
Ridiculous.
Other than that, it stayed pretty true to the book.
Emma Thompson was CRAZY. She should play a psycho more often.
My mouth dropped open when I saw Lord Marchmain.
Because I hadn't expected Dumbledore.
And he's not allowed to do any movies besides Harry Potter, of course.
When it came to Catholicism, it seemed ironic that Sebastian, the homosexual dipsomaniac, came the closest. He admitted he needed God's love. Whether or not he found it...he did live with those monks. Cordelia basically said that was good enough, since it was a kind of faith, which went against everything her religion had taught her.
I never thought of Cordelia as stupid, the way the movie portrayed her. But oh well.
Bridey was perfect: ignorant, rude, determined, etc.
When Sebastian moved to Morocco...
It was a poignant scene in the movie, and I was too busy thinking how hot he looked.
Then I started to tear up, because Charles was crying whilst keeping a stiff upper lip. Those British.
It was weird how the movie ended without hope. Sure, Charles learned to RESPECT the altar and the faith, but he walked away after, probably never to be seen again. He just faded away, like the Indians in "Lagaan". Wow. Talk about crappy endings.
And now dinner.
How is it that it's hard to articulate in words what something means to you, but it's easy to write it down...in words?
Doesn't make sense.
Because it was hard to describe the movie to my mom, but if she'd asked me to write it down...
Obviously a career in public speaking isn't in my future. Oh darn.

Robin Hood: the terror continues

AAAAAAAAAGH!
I HAAAATE Robin Hood.
He's an egotistical, chauvinistic mysoginistic jerk, but everything he does is rationalized as heroism and self-sacrifice.
Like how he gives himself to the law every five minutes, but always has a plan of escape.
And how he waits to see the gratitude of the people he saves before leaving, because without it he's nothing.
And how he's all condescending about Marian and how "womanly" she is, because as a woman back then, she had no power, and completely hijacked her "save the starving peasants" operation, even though she specifically asked him not to "help", but whenever she offers him help, he's like, "NOOOOO, GET AWAY, WOMAN!"
Ugh.
Roy!!
Nooooooooooo!
I didn't even like Roy all that much.
He'd definitely lost a battle to an Ugly Stick a long time ago.
And he had a really annoying accent and kept saying stuff like, "Lavendar boy," and, "See ya!"
But he was forced to choose between his mother and Robin Hood.
And he chose to kill Robin Hood.
Which fell through.
Lame.
But they went to save his mother (oh boy, ANOTHER rescue mission), and she was going to be hanged, but they saved her until...
DUN DUN DUN.
...the Sheriff got Roy by the throat and threatened to kill him if Robin Hood didn't leave.
But Robin Hood HAAAAAAD to be the hero and was like, "If one dies, we all die."
And all the Merry Men just looked at him like he was crazy. "Dude, we don't like Roy THAT much."
But Roy knocks the knife out of the Sheriff's hand and is like, "Run, guys, run!"
And then he allows himself to be stabbed at least 30 times by guards while his pansy friends run away!
:O
Talk about self-sacrifice.
We're only 4 episodes into the series and already an important character is dead!
Why couldn't it have been Robin?
Although without Robin, there would be no show.
Lol, I love the Sheriff. He reminds me of Mr. Rosendale. Tres amusant.
Mmmmm I want me some Will Scarlett.
I don't the think with Guy of Gisborne is going to work out. Apparently he has some illegitimate children...and baby mama drama.

With a love like that, you know should be...

GLAD!!!
The parade wasn't bad today.
It went really well.
And it was fun.
It always is, though. Everyone makes a big deal about how hot it is and how much they hate marching, and then they get to the parade and instantly perk up.
Marching in those hot uniforms in heat = not so much fun.
We sounded okay until the last leg of the parade.
By then we were too chopped and tired to play all that well.
And my trombone, which isn't that heavy, suddenly seemed to weigh a billion pounds.
But there was Living Water and chocolate Drumsticks to look forward to.
Mmm.
Jake loved the parade. Charlie slept. Isabelle liked it for the most part, until the iron fist of discipline came down for no particular reason.
My mom's Mother's Day present finally arrived.
We bought her the first season of BBC's "Robin Hood".
Being BBC and all, we were expecting something semi-spectacular.
The show isn't completely awful.
But it was made by (and probably for) guys.
Robin Hood is always fighting, scoring with some random chick, or making a statement.
He went on for an entire episode about how war is bad and we should be giving to the poor and how injustice will not be tolerated.
The Sheriff then countered that he was just upholding the law, and told Robin Hood that everyone needs laws and structure, so really the bad guy was Robin Hood.
Please. What a subtle allegory.
Crusades = war in Iraq. Giving to poor = better health care. Sheriff = George W. Bush.
So Robin Hood himself is pretty annoying. And he has a spectacular cleft chin.
But there are plenty of other reasons to keep watching the show.
Like Guy of Gisbourne is Jack Thornton from "North and South"!!!
And he's a bad guy with long, greasy hair, but who cares!?
His children will have such beautiful profiles.
And Much is actually sort of funny.
Will Scarlett is sort of annoying and brooding and intense, but pretty cute. With a really weak chin.
Maid Marian is a cutie, and is sort of a stereotyped "outspoken woman of the time period", but she's fairly witty and acknowledges multiple times how lacking in sex appeal Robin Hood really is.
So this show is sort of addicting.
We're on episode three. The fun continues tonight!
We see Robin Hood fight...we watch Robin Hood score...
And then he manages to do both AT THE SAME TIME!

You shall above all things....

Math WASL is over.
Thank goodness.
Gee, I wonder if I passed.
I'll be on the edge of my seat until the results get back...
...in August.
Waste of time.
Ew, "West Side Story"....
This whole stupid situation has just gotten worse.
And a lot of it's my fault.
And the fact that we're both immature idiots.
"The Scarlet Pimpernel" is my life.
He's done wrong! He can't be trusted! I have to hide my feelings! But true love prevails!
Only this isn't true love. But he's my best friend, which is why this sucks.
Lol, romanticizing teenage conflict. So fun.
But seriously, "The Scarlet Pimpernel" is the greatest movie we've watched all year.
Ian McKellen! Jane Seymour! Ew, Percy Blakeny has a very weak chin. It's rather hard to take him seriously.
They seek him here, they seek him there,
Those Frenchies seek him everywhere...

Irregularity is the spice of life!

And I don't mean in your bowels.
Hm, I could unintentionally be referring to my infrequent posting.
Just agh.
School started up, which wasn't as stressful as I thought it would be.
But the drama is still there, but no one wants to deal with it.
So I'll sit here stewing, come home from school every day crying, and bristle every time I see Skankasaurus Rex from now until summer.
Mr. Williams told us he already has the rooms planned, and Kevin and I were anxious as to what the assignments would be.
Because he doesn't want to room with the guy who has a heterosexual man crush on him, and I don't want to room with the really stupid girls who use words like "glam" and ask questions like, "How do you spell found?"
Seriously, if this happens, we'll switch rooms.
Creepy manboys vs. Remedial English?
Manboys win every time.
Ugh, speaking of English, we're watching "The Dead Poet's Society" and I don't see what all the fuss is about.
Robin Williams is great. But Robert Sean Leonard? Really? So gross.
And Ethan Hawke. Please. As if we didn't see enough of him in "Gattaca".
Oh no, speaking of "House", I died last night.
I haven't even watched the show for that long and I cried during all of last night's episode.
Kutner...WHY??? Why not Taub? Why not FOREMAN!?? No one even likes him!!!
But when Foreman randomly grabbed Remy's hand after ignoring her for the entire episode and she started crying, the tears started coming.
When Taub sat on a bench alone and began crying, the tears were pouring down.
When House found the one picture where Kutner looked absolutely hopeless and all these different emotions crossed his face, I was weeping. Pretty pathetically. William was just fine.
Argh. Oh well.

Be dumb! It works!

Excellent book.
Perverted and sort of icky, but at least interesting.
He was 23!!!
Elizabeth Gaskell was (and is) overrated. BBC seems to be in love with her, but she's not that great.
Not that I've actually read her stuff.
But I plan to.
And the movies I've seen based on her work, that apparently stay very true to the books?
Not impressed.
"North and South" was a lot better than "Wives and Daughters".
But it still seemed like she had to pull a rabbit out of a hat to get the desired ending.
And she made all these random subplots that never went anywhere.
Take "North and South" for instance. Her brother is a CRIMINAL and will be KILLED if anyone finds out he's in England. A drunk catches him leaving the train station and almost turns him in, but Fred pushes him down the stairs and he later dies, making Fred not only a mutineer, but a MURDERER.
And, as you're waiting impatiently, wanting to know what will happen to him, Margaret (the main character) makes a side comment about him being happily married in Spain, and that's THAT. You never hear from him again.
Seems like a bunch of unnecessary drama.
Ugh, I HAAAATED Margaret soooooooooooo much. She was like a homeschooler on CRACK - everything she did was offensive, and she made no effort to try to understand people and the Northern culture. And Elizabeth Gaskell's main characters are always praised for speaking their minds in a time when women had no rights and being revolutionary and forthright and whatnot, but you didn't get the impression that Margaret was outspoken or revolutionary - just irritating. And out of ALL the characters, she grew the LEAST. Sure, she changed her opinion about the mill owner, but only because he was so dang attractive (mmmmmhmmm), and every stupid decision she made was justified by her idiot father, even if she disobeyed him by INVITING HER CRIMINAL BROTHER INTO THE COUNTRY!!!!!!!!!!!!
John Thornton was a much better male lead than Roger "Moron" whatever-his-last-name-is.
The ending was really epic. Margaret randomly inherits money from her father's old friend, after EVERYONE ELSE DIES (seriously, at least 6 main characters kick the bucket), and moves back to London.
But, when she's riding away in the carriage after saying goodbye to Thornton, he's watching her go, almost crying, saying, "Look back. Look back at me."
But she doesn't. Because she's an idiot.
Then she moves to London with her gross aunt and her ditzy best friend and the creepy stalker with GROSS sideburns who had been stalking her since the beginning of the movie, and was STILL pouting over her rejecting his proposal!!!
Then Thornton loses the mill, but he and Higgins are best friends, so that's okay. Margaret makes a lot more money and buys the mill and visits Milton, where Thornton's mom chews her out for rejecting HER son as well, and Margaret's like, "Well, he IS rather attractive..."
ANYWAY, the epic part: she's on a train back to London, and Thornton's on a train back to Milton from Helstone (long story), and they both have a delay and their trains end up right next to each other, so they both leap out of the trains and start making out on a bench, while Henry "Gross sideburns" Lennox pouts in his car. Then Margaret goes into the train with Thornton and its a wonderfully happy ending with icky sideburns going home that night - ALONE!
And that's pretty much been my entire Spring Break, so far.
Besides graduating my Sims from college (finally) and spending time at the beach with my family.
My grandparents have been married 57 years. 57 YEARS. That's a long time.
Beaches are awesome. Even when it's a balmy 47 degrees outside with freezing winds.

You can take the girl out of Hicksville, but you can't take the Hicksville out of the girl

So true.
Better days at school.
My dad thinks I have an eating disorder, though.
Please. It's not like I'm throwing up my breakfast on PURPOSE.
But mixed messages abound. It's getting really annoying.
It sucks to be melancholic and everything, but phlegmatics are just as annoying...in uniquely different ways.
Tyler and I did our England presentation today. Finally. At least it's out of the way. It might not have been 5 minutes, but at least it was 15 minutes like this one group, who stuttered painfully and paused for minutes in between topics.
And we weren't boring.
And we argued during it, which "caught people's attention".
But when we were done, people only had questions about the London Eye, the world's biggest ferris wheel.
Only that. And we couldn't answer them all.
Poor Maricel. She has to do it all by herself.
So we'll help her with the chocolate chip scones. Mmmm...
"They're supposed to be bitter!"
British people eat crappy food.
And don't like Jesus.
RENT! I love Anthony Rapp. Except for his icky goatee.
And Jesse L. Martin. He has a nice goatee.
And Wilson Jermaine Heredia's goatee looks pretty nice. HE is nice.
We're starting a poetry unit in English. It's a lot better than I thought it would be. Edgar A. Guest is totally cheesy and kind of lame, but I love Langston Hughes, Anne Sexton, and Mary Oliver. "Wild Geese" made me cry.
We have to pick a topic, find 5 poems that support that topic, write 2 of our own, and then present them to the class. One of them was "On the Edge", and I don't want to be melodramatic about it, because my poetry tends to be, but there was a poem in "The Perks of Being a Wallflower" that fits the theme perfectly.
That one was sad, too.
The guy who wrote "The Perks of Being a Wallflower" also wrote the screenplay for "Rent".
No wonder I liked that book so much.

The Dark Knight

I didn't really like it, to put it lightly.
Although it was a lot less boring than "Batman Begins".
And Maggie Gyllenhall was a great replacement for the ditzy Katie Holmes.
And Heath Ledger was BRILLIANT. Who knew he could actually ACT? The Joker is many things - sadistic, sick, twisted, deranged, etc. - but also completely believable and hilarious. Even while he was threatening gangstas with a knife, he managed to make you laugh at his little jokes.
But the movie itself wasn't worth watching. Well-made, well-acted (I hate Christian Bale with a fiery passion, but that's just me), but the ending seemed...lame.
They killed Gary Oldman...but he wasn't really dead??
I was so confused as to how that happened.
Even if he was wearing Kevlar, we saw the bullet hit!! Flesh FLEW!! There was a bloody hole in his BODY!!!
Did they allow only one person to look at Gordon, pronounce him dead, and then put him in a body bag with no complaints?
How did he get out of the body bag? How did he get out of the morgue?
Harvey "Two-Face" Dent's hideous burned face was SO FAKE!!
Directors don't realize they can do as much with makeup and costumes as they can with CGI...and the former sometimes works better!
He looked like something out of "Pirates of the Caribbean", which was scary...in 2003.
Why did Batman go for Harvey? He could've saved Rachel. He SHOULD'VE saved Rachel.
In fact, none of the things that happened in the entire last half of the movie would've happened if he'd FREAKING SAVED RACHEL!
And I thought maybe it was a trick. Maybe she was really wearing Kevlar...because Kevlar totally protects against a bomb blast.
But Christopher Nolan wouldn't pull that trick twice in the same movie.
Wait...he did that in "The Prestige", though, didn't he?
But she was dead. And if I were Alfred, I would've given Bruce Rachel's letter. Then he could've stopped his pouty, self-absorbed, "She was going to wait for me" mourning and started saving people.
The social experiment with the two ferries was weird: it showed one ferry where the decision to kill a boatload of people was decided fairly, democratically, fairly peacefully; on the other ferry, it was chaos, with prisoners yelling, screaming, and trying to take the detonator by force.
Then both came to the same decision: throw the detonators away. Rather than kill others to save their own lives, they saved themselves and the others by deciding not to kill.
But it also seemed like they were equating anarchy with democracy: both have their purpose. They can both work to the same good.
What?
After a whole 2.5 hours of telling us anarchy is bad, you're promoting it now?
Then again, it could also be seen as relatively "good" people and "bad" men believing in good, which I believe was explicitly stated in the movie.
So, in essence, even bad guys deserve a second chance. Still...
Or maybe I'm reading way too far into this. Like with Beatles songs.
And then Batman runs away into the darkness, claiming to have killed the people Harvey killed, and taking the now dead Harvey's place as a criminal.
What?
Sure, that's noble...but also kind of stupid. And a little self-righteous.
"Oh, now the police will hunt me, because I took the blame for Harvey even when I don't deserve! What a dark knight I am, hence the title of the movie! *wink wink*"
Well, yeah, but they were going to chase you anyway for beating up everyone on the SWAT team, and stealing millions of dollars in order to create Bat-gadgets.
Now you're a murderer? If they ever catch you, you're screwed.
Ugh, and stop believing Rachel loved you so much. You were a jerk. You slept around and humiliated her in public as Bruce Wayne. And now she's dead...and it's your fault.
Well, really, it's the Joker's. But still.
So we should lie to the people that really matter so they can believe in a better tomorrow.
Everyone deserves a second chance...as does every form of government (or rather, anti-government).
And the hero we believe in is a selfish, pretty boy billionaire who has a weird way of saying his S's (just watch his mouth; it's so bothersome), because he's really British.
That's comforting.

Political graciousness: a privelege, not a right

The first issue of the school newspaper came out. It was actually pretty good, except for a couple articles that didn't weren't exactly "non-biased".
Reporters report things.
They don't preach things.
Which is why I'd be a horrible reporter.

There Are 0 Gaps in Your Knowledge

Where you have gaps in your knowledge: No Gaps! Where you don't have gaps in your knowledge: Philosophy Religion Economics Literature History Science Art

Do You Have Gaps in Your Knowledge?

It smells like strawberries!
Try saying that with a British accent. Straaawberries.
Ugh, like that guy on "Indiana Jones".
"JOOOOOOOOOONESYYYYYYYY! Jonesy, I'm gonna be all right. *wink*"
And then the aliens sucked him away.
But not Harrison Ford!
The stupid election.
I'm sort of discouraged. I know I've lost, okay. Or, at least, McCain has lost.
But it annoys me that because I'm not for Obama, people assume I'm racist.
It has nothing to do with the color of his skin!! It has to do with the fact that he's for abortion and what not!
And of COURSE America's ready for a black president. I just don't want it to be this one.
But that's not my choice. Barack Obama has won. So, in 4 years, I'll be 20, and I'll be able to vote, and if there is a black Republican candidate, I'll vote for them.
But quit calling me a racist.

Are Beagles what Snoopy is?

You Are a Beagle

You are good natured. You enjoy spending time with people and animals. You have a wild, independent streak. If you're left to your own devices, you get in trouble. You love to eat and enjoy food of all kinds. If you don't get enough physical activity, you tend to have a weight problem. You are very stubborn. You don't like authority, and you tend to do your own thing no matter what.

What Breed of Dog Are You?

I don't know if many of you have met your exact opposite in personality, temperament, looks, and basically everything, but if you haven't, you don't know how lucky you are.
There's just this one guy I've been interacting with recently and we are POLAR opposite and he is SO ANNOYING.
He probably thinks the same thing about me.
But I find him FRUSTRATING, and I ALMOST murdered him today.
But Kristine held me back.
I'm sure not all opposites are like that. Just look at my parents: they got married, had 3 kids, and are still together after 22 years.

You Are a Pumpkin Latte

You are always up for a celebration. You are a very festive person. You look forward to every holiday, and you are nostalgic for good times after they're over. You appreciate the small things that make life special. You love little treats. You often look at the world with childlike wonder. There's so much to enjoy!

What Flavor Latte Are You?

Kay is so morbidly funny.
Every time I do my elephant war cry, an elephant has a stroke.
Every time we look at Matt, a puppy dies.
Just picture all the girls in the pound, as the puppies roll over dying. "I want that one! Oh no, it's dead!"
Isn't that awful?
Awww, Kay gave me a chiropractor pen, and Tyler said, "Ha ha, it's your spine!"
Do Germans just not give share food?
:O There was an accident right outside my house. The guys involved were quite inebriated. How charming.
And they just ran away.
And the state patrol guy did NOTHING.
"They're getting away!" "Uh, yeah, I just went to Krispy Kreme, so there will be no running for a while."

You Are 55% British

Congrats, mate. You're are probably British. (If not, definitely Australian. Or Kiwi. Or Canadian.) You enjoy most aspects of mainstream British culture, without being stereotypical about it. You also have a typical British temperament. You wouldn't dream of being impolite.

How British Are You?

If you were really honest with yourself, how many of you would be horrible cops?
How many of you would be chasing a criminal and, after 2 grueling minutes of sprinting, would let him go?
Yeah, that's American justice for you! Whoo, cops!

It's not the power of the curse...

...it's the power you give the curse.
Thank you, creepy cross-eyed British boy.
"I don't get it. What does it mean?"
How come half of the kids were American and half were British? It was like London, only not.
Yeah, I'm talking about "Penelope".
Lame, we're leaving for Pullman tomorrow morning to drop Nathan off at WSU, and Tie is with her former owner Courtney until Wednesday.
Courtney's really nice and Tie likes her, but I'm scared Tie won't want to come back home.
:(
I think having inappropriate conversations (on paper) during church is a sin.
"Thriller" is a cool song.
Yeah diehards!!
Do do do do do do do.

I've always wanted to meet the Lord Voldemort!

I hate to admit it, but I'm now a HUGE fan of God's Pottery, even if they can be sacreligious. They had to think up as many "Yo Mama" jokes as possible, and there's were the opposite of a good Yo Mama joke, so it was funny.
"Your mother is so pretty, we think she could be a model. We do."
"Your mother is so terrific, she was voted mayor of Awesomeville."
It made Ron G mad, because he'd be like, "Yeah, I made such an awesome joke," and they'd be like, "Yeah, that WAS funny!"
I like how they stole his thunder by turning the other cheek.
In that respect, they have Christian love and understanding down pat.
Whatever, Ron G deserved it. He's a cocky unfunny jerk.
Then they beat Adam Hunter, too, and he was getting just as mad. Sucker. I don't like him, either.
He, Ron G, and Jeff Dye should all be sent home.
Jim Tavare is so big and scary, but he's also pretty hilarious. Gideon Lamb called him "Lord Voldemort", which is actually what he looks like.
Then Jim and Paul started conversing, because they're British, and they had a British fight.
Paul is SO ADORABLE and tells really obscure jokes. He told one about jam tarts that about made me pee my pants. Then he said, "Iliza Schlesinger," really funny, so he could probably win, because he's funny even when he's just saying someone's name.
Sean Cullen is funny, but he sucks at improv. He's so weird and over the top, too. He was the "Knight Beauty Hermaphrodite Queen" or something like that. He did sang a song for Paul Foot that was about "doing a little dance and showing them your pants".
Paul was "the Elephant King" for the photo shoot. It was brilliant.
Nathan thought Papa CJ was ugly, but I think he's cute. He's like a cute, funny Indian Snape.
"They are essentially paying you to bomb them."
Iliza told a hilarious joke about deer haunches. It sent Esther Ku home (YAY!), but it also sent God's Pottery home, which, a week ago, I would NOT have been sad about.
Phew. That's all I have about last night's "Last Comic Standing".
I just downloaded Simple Plan's "Vacation", which made me cry in 7th grade.
Now it's on my ipod. Who knew?
It's only 2:31 long!!! That was a waste of 10 minutes.

I love shirtless fauns!!!!

Agh, what a weekend.
So Friday: Daniel calls while I'm watching Hannah Montana and asks when we're going to see "Wall-E". So we decide on a time, and call everyone up, but NO ONE CAN MAKE IT. So we decide to see it Saturday.
But then Jessica calls and asks if I want to see it with her that day at the Rodeo Drive-In. So Jessica's sister takes us and we wait for like 3 hours until it gets dark and watch "Wall-E" (which was SOOO CUTE) and "Prince Caspian" (which sucked, even after the second time around).
Seriously.
The shirtless fauns were nice, though.
And the hot British boys.
And the ADORABLE red-headed centaur near the end of the movie.
Aaaaaah, minotaur sacrificing itself for its fellows: KILLS ME EVERY TIME!
So then Saturday: Alexis calls and says everyone is going to see "Wall-E" again. I go with everyone and watch it and drink Coke and then we go to ToysRus and the mall and play Hide-and-Seek and football for 2 hours.
Then today we had to go to this park for Sunday School and it was hot, so we drove back home for a BBQ with lots of cupcakes.
Agh.
Tie and I spent the last 2 hours lolling about on the bed. Because it's hot and we're tired.
Gah.
OMG I got new shorts and a T-shirt that says, "I love carbs". It's pretty amazing.
I'm going to marry Skandar Kaynes.

Red headed boys were bred for cheerful song singing

Agh.
Adam Wylie was the voice of Louis in "The King and I".
Adam.
Wylie.
THE BOY FROM CRAYOLA KIDS! HE'S 23 NOW!
23!!!
He was like 14 when he did TKAI.
He sucks at British accents.
"Moonshee, come here! [British]You'll get in trouble[/British] with your [British]master[/British]."
Ew, he was also the voice of David in "All Dogs Go To Heaven 2".
Hey, I used to like that movie. NO LONGER.
Anyone who willingly stars as a guest in an episode of "7th Heaven" does not deserve to live.

I now know why my parents hate me.

Ew. Ew. Ew. Never watching "Quest For Camelot" EVER again.
Because Cary Elwes is the voice of Garrett. I knew his voice really bothered me for some reason, but I didn't know why.
Okay, when you look on the back of the movie, it doesn't look like there's anyone famous enough to have their name put on the back, but hello? Pierce Brosnan, Cary Elwes (ewwww), Celine Dion, Gary Oldman, Don Rickles, and Eric Idle provide the voice talents for this movie. Wows.
"The King and I" was even worse. I guess the filmmakers decided if they smushed 2 hours of plot, a few of the award-winning songs, and tons of "hilarious" slapstick humor into 90 minutes of cartoon, it would be great AND kid-friendly.
Not so much.
The songs were great...except Anna Leonowens had the MOST ANNOYING singing voice ever. Too breathy, and she sounded like the mom from "The Swan Princess".
Aaagh, just too awful. It was pretty racist, too. Master Little? Painful. And they gathered elements from ALL Asian cultures and tried to pass it off as Siamese.
The worst part? They didn't even use the theme from the original "The King and I".
However, Tuptim and Chululongkorn sang "I Have Dreamed", my absolute FAVORITE song from the original film (even though it technically wasn't in the original one).
Oh yeah, the delectably shirtless Lun Tha was missing, replaced by a grown-up Chululongkorn. Lol. And Tuptim was a flower arranger instead of a concubine, because concubines are not family appropriate. And, you know, it would be really awkward if the Crown Prince wanted to get with the girl his dad has been sleeping with.
Aaagh, Louis kept forgetting to put on his British accent. Kralahome = so evil. But he didn't even wear a skirt!
ROFL, there's a board on IMDB for "The King and I" entitled: I was on the staff of this movie and even I hate it.
So I'm watching it again this afternoon.
AAAAAAAH I FOUND A DRESS FOR FRESHMAN!!!!
It's a black halter with pinkish polka dots and netting under the skirt. I also got Vans that look like slippers to go with it.
So pumped.

I is blowed away.

IT SNOWED TODAY!!! Lol I love snow so much. I wish it would snow all the time. Is it possible for it to snow and not be cold? But, we live in Washington, so the fairytale was short lived and rain washed a lot of it away, but it snows off and on.
Agh, the library was closed, and I had a Madison Finn book there. CURSES.
Omg, I was so blown away by a book I just read that I decided to make an updated version of my favorite books. Eee, so excited.

1. "Prophecy of the Stones" by Flavia Bujor
Summary: Three girls are each given a magical stone and go on an adventure to fulfill an ancient prophecy.
I don't think as highly of this book as I did in sixth grade, and it's not the most polished piece of writing, but Flavia Bujor has a lot of talent and she wrote this book at the age of 12, I have a lot of respect for an author who makes me cry, and this book made me cry. Also, her parents didn't have to publish it for her, and the material in this book is completely original. *cough cough* CHRISTOPHER PAOLINI! *cough cough*

2. "Watership Down" by Richard Adams
Summary: Two rabbits, Hazel and Fiver, flee certain death with several other rabbits in order to find a place they can truly call "home".
I don't really books from an animal's point of view as much as I did when I was like, what, 6, but this book made me empathize with a bunch of rabbits. I really hated Bluebell, though.

3. "Angus, Thongs, and Full-Frontal Snogging: confessions of Georgia Nicholson" by Louise Rennison
Summary: Presents the journal of 14-year-old Georgia Nicholson, a British teen who desperately wants a smaller nose, new parents, a nicer cat, and a boyfriend - namely Robbie the Sex God.
You also have to respect an author that makes you laugh, and this book is hilarious, along with the rest of the series. Mr. and Mrs. Next Door are my new best friends.

4. "Bad Kitty" by Michele Jaffe
Summary: While staying at the Venetian hotel, forensics-obsessed Jas stumbles upon a murder mystery and proceeds to solve it with the help of her friends and bratty cousin.
I read it again this summer and it's just as hilarious as it was the first time.

5. "Hawksong" by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes
Summary: Danica, a girl who can shapeshift into a hawk, and Zane, a boy who can shapeshift into a snake, reluctantly marry in order to restore peace between their peoples.
I read this book for the first time today and it blew me away. And the author was 19 WENT SHE WROTE THIS?? This book is sort of an anti-Irag allegory, but it's SOOOO GOOOD. And there's 4 MORE IN THE SERIES!!! SWEEET!!

6. "Harry Potter and the Sorceror's Stone" by J. K. Rowling
Summary: Harry Potter discovers his true destiny when it is revealed that he is actually a wizard.
How can you NOT love this book? My favorite part is when they talk about candy. This book was really that sad, but #5, #6, and #7 made me cry.

7. "P. S. Longer Letter Later" by Paula Danziger and Anne M. Martin
Summary: Tara*Starr and Elizabeth struggle to stay friends through snail mail after Tara's move to Ohio.
I first read this book in 3rd grade, and I don't understand how I could like it so much if Anne M. Martin was one of the authors, but it gets better every time. It's sequel "Snail Mail No More" is just as excellent.

I can't think of anymore. Dang. I'll probably wake up in the middle of the night and remember something. More tomorrow, possibly.