Saturday, February 07, 2009

ZOMFG PRINCESS DIARIES FAN ART!!!!

Really? Is there really no one else in this world that didn't enjoy "Princess Diaries 10: Forever Princess"?
I mean, it's been a month.
You can't tell me EVERYONE liked it.
But apparently everyone DID.
So much, in fact, thtat they consider it THE BEST ONE IN THE SERIES.
Wow. Weird.
For 99.9% of the female teenage population, this book made them replace Stephenie Meyer with Meg Cabot as the BEST writer of all time!!
Yet for me, it did just the opposite.
I am most likely never going to pick up a Meg Cabot book ever again for as long as I live.
Well, not true. I'll probably reread "The Princess Diaries" series from time to time.
But I'm not really enjoying Meg Cabot's predictable style.
And I'm still bitter for having Mia end up with Michael.
Making J.P. out to be a creepy, self-centered loser was pretty lame and sort of immature.
And, as an expert on all things immature, I would know.
I've been seeing a lot of Princess Diaries fan art with pictures of Mia, Michael, Mia and Michael, and "memorable" quotes from the series.
So I was really bored...
...and used the Candybar 5 doll maker to make a Mia doll.
Yeah, really.
It just kind of bugged me!! They were making pictures of Mia with brown or black hair!!! Mia is blonde (with green streaks, apparently)!! And Michael ended up as a manly, broad-shouldered, stupid-looking jock.
What?? That's not what comes to mind when you think "sarcastic, demanding, selfish, intelligent computer geek".
That's right. I made a Michael doll, too.
And it was sadly the most fun I've had all day.
It was surprisingly hard finding a suitable outfit, though.
But we got there eventually.
Superfans were also making "Princess Diaries" playlists.
Which I scoffed at.
Until I realized I do the exact same thing.
Whatever. They added "Love Story" by Taylor Swift and a LOT of Katy Perry songs.
Geez. Who knew Katy Perry was a Princess Diaries fan?





































































Wednesday, February 04, 2009

Change is lame...as is this semester




Your Energy Level is Moderate



For you, life is all about balance. You keep active, but you rest a lot too.

You have enough vigor to get everything done... with a little left over for some fun.



You find that you have plenty of energy, as long as you give yourself time to recharge.

But if you don't take care of yourself, you notice that your energy levels really plummet.





You Are Cool



You don't necessarily dislike other people, you just don't feel all that comfortable around them.

You tend to keep your distance. However, people may misread you and think you're being a snob.



If you want to be warmer, try starting small. Smile more. Greet people. Ask them how their days are going.

It doesn't take a lot to get some warm energy going. And it will make both you and the people around you feel better.

Monday, February 02, 2009

Oh snap, was I right again?

I watched the ENTIRE Super Bowl Game.
And not only was it very exciting, THE STEELERS WON!!
EVERYONE in my entire family was rooting for the Cardinals, and they were a little peeved when my team won.
And after every touchdown they would say, "That didn't count. That shouldn't count. Oh, they counted it. Whatever. They're cheating. Did they pay the refs again?"
Sore losers.
There were some pretty good commercials, too.
And some excellent food.
So, all in all, a good Super Bowl XLIII.
Plus, my cousin sold us some delicious (albeit expensive) Campfire Mints.
Mmm, almond and caramel.



You Are Mac and Cheese



When you are stressed out, you seek safety above everything else.

And nothing is more nourishing than a big warm plate of carbs.



Taking risks takes a toll on you, and you prefer your comfort food to be old fashioned.

You're the type of person who could eat the same meal every night, especially when life is hard.


My guy friends and I sat in the library reading back issues of Seventeen.
They claimed it was to gain understanding about the enemy's mind.
But they seemed pretty into it.
Agh, new semester looks like it's going to suck.
There are all these new people in my classes and they scare the crap out of me.
CHANGE IS BAD, RESIST CHANGE!

Saturday, January 31, 2009

Bestiality abounds

"Barbie and the Magic of the Pegasus": NOT okay.
That and "The Island Princess" were in the dollar bin at the rummage sale, so I bought both.
Aaaah. That movie was not kid appropriate.
The villain was a crazy polygamist!!
He'd been married three times!!
And he was an abusive husband!!
And he was so insecure that he made his wives ugly so he could boss them around and prey on their insecurities.
Great message for little girls, right?
And the little polar bear kept randomly dry-humping people, and it was supposed to be "cute".
NOT OKAY.
And the morals of the story: Take everything literally. Your parents will always love you. Abusive husbands are really insecure, balding men. Never trust a British accent. If a horse claims to be your sister, don't fight it; go with the flow.
Ugh, so frustrated with Barnes&Noble.
I had $30 worth of Barnes&Noble gift cards to spend, so my mom and I went over to check it out.
And, believe it or not, they were having a sale on DVDs! Buy 2, get 1 free! It seemed too good to be true!
Right.
They failed to mention that their DVDs are ridiculously overpriced, so you actually buying not only 1, but 2 DVDs would be pretty much impossible.
"As You Like it"? $26!!!!!
!!!!!!!!
I could find the exact same movie at Walmart for $15!!!!
"Enchanted"?? $20!!!!!
"Rent"? Not in stock.
AAaaaaaaaaaaaargh.
The final straw was accidentally setting off the alarm by carrying unbought books into the music section.
I just about started crying, but I opted for a screaming fit instead.
Right. A screaming fit. In the middle of Barnes & Noble.
I think I freaked the guy out. He kept saying, "It's okay! Chill out! Don't worry! It's going to be okay!"
But I bought 2 books I'm actually pretty excited about, so all's well that ends well?
The snooty book customers think otherwise.
Whatever. Get back to your overpriced lattes, suckers.

Friday, January 30, 2009

Go Steelers!




You Are an Extra Point



You are reliable, steady, and a good team player.

You may not take risks to get glory, but you always deliver on what you promise.



When it comes to what you're good at, you know your stuff. You have years of practice to thank for that.

Your success rate is unmatched. If you say you're good at something, it's likely you're the best.



I'm pretty excited for the Super Bowl.
Sure, I don't really pay attention during football season, and I only watch games when Mr. Williams or my grandpa make me, but I at least know how the game is played and enjoy it for the most part.
Go Steelers!

Thursday, January 29, 2009

Cooking lesson #1: Chocolate cake shouldn't taste like pickles

After reading "Cupcake" by Rachel Cohn, and inspired by Cyd Charisse's baking antics, I got a massive craving for homemade chocolate cupcakes with espresso frosting.
Seriously. I don't even like coffee.
But I've never made homemade cupcakes. Just the box kind.
And my mom has a bunch of old-school recipes, so I was pretty excited when I got home from school to make these suckers.
The recipe was pretty simple. REALLY simple, actually. It had one step: dump all the ingredients in the bowl and stir.
Then bake at 375 degrees for 35 minutes.
It was going good until I found we didn't have any "salad oil".
Who calls it salad oil anymore? I was thinking olive oil, but my mom said it was vegetable oil, which we didn't have.
So I ended up using olive oil anyway.
I added the rest of the ingredients and stirred it all up.
The batter was sort of lumpy, but smelled a lot like these brownies I used to make all the time. Read: they smelled GOOOOOOOD.
And since there were no eggs in the recipe, I figured it wouldn't be too bad if I took a little taste.
BIG MISTAKE.
For some odd reason, the batter tasted like pickles, rather than the chocolate I so desperately craved.
And it was still really lumpy.
The vinegar and baking soda were reacting like a fifth grade science experiment.
The entire mixture was the consistency of soup. Really runny soup.
So right now it's in the oven and we'll see how it turns out.
But delicious cupcakes will have to wait.

Wednesday, January 28, 2009

It won't be long, yeah

I really missed daily discussions about horses the other day.
Then Alexis and I spent all of PE talking about riding.
NO!!!
NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO!!!
SCREW YOU!!!
AAAAAAAAAAAAAGH I saved that A MILLION TIMES!!! I pressed "SAVE DRAFT" 80 BILLION TIMES!!!!
HOW CAN IT NOT BE SAVED?????????
That's the third freaking time!!!!
HAAAAAAATE!
Yes, Timothy T. Mitchum. Soothe my frazzled nerves.
Enough, Jaclyn Moriarty.
Her books always suspend belief.
And not in a good way.
Motorcycles? True love? Mock trials? The circus?
No. We're done here, Jaclyn.
Because I know for a fact that Australia is just as boring as the United States.
Only they have kangaroos.
Finals week has been sort of boring. And the finals themselves were nothing to be scared of.
EXEMPT!!!
Yay for friendly fringies.

Tuesday, January 27, 2009

Mmm, sounds good right about now.




Your Ideal Island Vacation is Nevis



On an island vacation, you need the sun, the beach, the sand, and the ocean.

In other words, it doesn't take much to make you happy. That's what the vacation is for.



Nevis is perfect for a true island vacation aficionado like yourself. It's underrated, small, and laid back.

Sure, it's a slower pace, but that's ideal. You won't be overwhelmed with activities, and you'll take the time to truly relax.



Happy Finals Week, everybody.

Monday, January 26, 2009

Obscure ramblings of a hormonal teenager




You Are a Messenger



You are a great communicator and quite persuasive too.

And to be honest, your also a bit of a gossip. You like to know what's going on with people.



You can deliver almost any message to anyone, and they'll take it better coming from you.

In modern times, you would make a good journalist or diplomat.



Aaaaaahahaha.
I have really amazing friends. That became more apparent this weekend.
I don't know. It's cool having people who will sing along to "Anastasia" with me and call just to help me on a jigsaw puzzle. No, seriously, that actually happened.
So being alone is cool. But I probably wouldn't make it very far if I couldn't see my friends every day.
Or at least 5 times a week.
This is me!!!!!




You Are a Carousel



You are young at heart and a truly playful person. No one would ever accuse you of taking life too seriously.

You are definitely in things for the fun. You find joy easily, and you are often building up anticipation for your next adventure.

In relationships, you tend to want to be babied and taken care of.

And while you may be a bit high maintenance, you are incredibly loyal.



Your life is simple and satisfying. Each day you treat yourself to something you enjoy.

You have a lot of emotional attachments, and experiences are extra vivid to you.

You tend to be nostalgic and sentimental. The past is important to you.

Comfortable around all living things, you have a special connection to animals and children.



At your best, you are whimsical, free spirited, and creative.

Even if your schemes seem a bit strange, they usually work out wonderfully.

At your worst, you are spoiled, demanding, and impossible to satisfy.

You've been known to act like a brat if you aren't getting your way!



Kristine and I watched "Sense and Sensibility" last night. Kristine thought it was amazing. And it IS! All women want Colonel Brandon. He's attentive. He's mature. He's romantic. HE WALKED 5 AND A HALF MILES IN THE POURING RAIN TO FIND MARIANNE, AND THEN CARRIED ALL THE WAY HOME!
"Anastasia" is my favorite Disney princess. Besides Belle. Except Meg Ryan is sort of irritating and flaky. But still. It's a musical, Dimitri's hot, there's a funny white bat, Pooka is adorable...what more could you want?
I mean, besides plot and historical accuracy.
Aaaaagh, boys. A bunch of my friends had boy drama...INVOLVING THE SAME BOY. >:(
And if we're "just friends", why are you marking your territory around me? If you don't want to have a girlfriend, that's find with me. Just stop sending mixed signals. Because if I got with someone else, it would be COMPLETELY justified.
I don't know. Weird stuff is happening. And Valentine's Day is coming up, and people are making a HUGE deal about it. I don't actively hate it...I'm just not thrilled about it. The candy is great...but watching them pass out roses you will never get isn't. I don't know, no matter how thick your shell is, it hurts every time.
Wow, that sounded way jaded and self-absorbed.
From the diary of some unloved girl who fights to hide how she feels.
"I'm pretty jaded, and I've got a tuph shell, but I don't know, man. They just don't know what's inside."
Have at it, Mr. Darcy. Seriously, go for it. You're a lot cooler than one would think.

Wednesday, January 21, 2009

False much?




You Are Traditional and Dependable



You are optimistic, friendly, and cheerful. People appreciate the hopefulness and good vibes you bring to any situation.



You are a very active, on the go person. You get restless if you're forced to sit still for too long.



You're easy going and easy to be around. You aren't picky or high maintenance.



You seek security in your life. Feeling safe is important to you.





You Got 4/10 Questions Right



You are by no means an Obama expert, but you know a few things about him.

You may (or may not) be a fan, but you definitely don't consider yourself an Obamamaniac.



You may not know Obama's favorite movie or ice cream flavor, but you know the basics.

And that's enough for you to be a fully informed citizen!



Whaaaat? They made a "LOST" quiz, but they ignored my "Rent" requests.
Lame.



You Are Sun



You have a past history of being secretive and deceptive.

You're the type of person who will protect yourself at all costs.



While you can be crafty when you need to, you are usually giving, friendly, and likable.

You truly care for other people, and you are very sensitive.



People tend to underestimate you. You seem like a fragile flower, but you're not.

You are gutsy and clever. You have a way of getting what you want without anyone noticing.

Sunday, January 18, 2009

Good haul. Excellent haul this year.

My mom made me drive to Tacoma today.
-_-
It actually wasn't as bad as I thought it would be, but it was definitely very irritating sitting in the car with two parents who thought my tense shoulders and annoyed expression were due to extreme nervousness rather than extreme anger.
Because it's really annoying having your mom sit in the passenger seat going, "Slow down. Speed up. Okay, speed up a little.... Okay, okay.... Lauren! Are you paying attention? He's merging! Okay, just STAY IN THIS LANE. STAY IN THIS LANE. STAY IN THIS LANE. What are you doing? Make a lane change."
And then my dad decided to compliment my driving whilst clinging desperately to the back seat.
Yes, Dad. My peripheral vision is THAT good.
Too bad that, regarding love languages, "Words of Encouragement" is bumped down to #4, right next to "Acts of Service", when I'm driving.
Ironically, we were listening to The Ting Ting's "Shut up and let me go".
But we made it, and now I've completed 7 hours of driving time.
Only 43 more hours to go.
My birthday was fairly EXCELLENT, by the way. Not to brag. It just was. And all my teachers liked my birthday chicken.
I got three of those, along with a pretty awesome promise ring, some giftcards, and a cross necklace.
Then I got more practical gifts from family.
But they all came in pink, which I'm sorry to say I really like.
The party was pretty cool, but things got kind of out-of-hand with a game of Truth or Dare when the sheltered people refused to answer Truths, but didn't want to take part in Dares (yet still insisted on playing?), and then a couple that had broken up a week previous "got back together" and made things awkward and confusing for everyone (especially the guy's Tolo date. Yeah, I know.).
Other than that, though, it was fun.
And there's no school tomorrow, which might just be the best birthday present of them all.
No car, but there's always next year.
And until then, I have a pretty sweet Buick LeSabre I can run you over with.
16 is looking good so far.
I can now legally get drunk in Germany on their crappy German beer! Woooo!

Thursday, January 15, 2009

Personality types graph!!

I've been living a lie...THERE'S NOTHING INSIDE!!!

I've become obsessed with personalities and people in general!
It's completely fascinating. Others might not think so, but I do.
And there's a whole website dedicated to understand temperament, personality type, and your role in the workplace. It's AWESOME!
Yes. I was salivating over it in the computer lab today.
And though percentages have changed since the late 1960's, INFJ is the rarest personality and ISTJ is the most common.
I'll make a pie chart or something.
Seriously. This is way cool.
Stay tuned!
Crap, I have a research draft due tomorrow.
And I've done little to no research.
And there's math.
But no French.
For ONCE.
MY BIRTHDAY IS TOMORROW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
AND THERE WERE PACKAGES IN THE MAIL THAT I WASN'T ALLOWED TO OPEN!!!!!
Do you know what that means?
PACKAGES!!!! PRESENTS!!!! PARCELS!!!
GIFTS!!!
I have an evil plan involving seduction and a low cut sweater.
Take that, Mr. Darcy.

Wednesday, January 14, 2009

Very funny. Please stop.




Your Friendship Style is Independent



You love your friends, but you don't always need them as much as they need you.

You like to do your own thing. Sometimes this means taking a break from your friends and carving your own path.



As long as your friends give you the space you need, you are happy to be there for them whenever you can.

Your friends lean on you for advice and problem solving. You tend to be "the rock."



You and an Empathetic Friend: Go well together. Your Empathetic Friend understand and accepts you... but may be too needy sometimes.



You and a Gregarious Friend: Get along well, as long as your Gregarious Friend is happy to only see you occasionally.



You and another Independent Friend: Have a love / hate thing going on. When you agree, things are blissful. However, more often than not, you butt heads.



You and a Philosophical Friend: Are somewhat a matter of opposites attract. You're both thinkers, but you think very differently.



"West Coast Smoker" is my new favorite song.
Because he feels sorry for the suicidal cats.
They have to kill themselves 9 times before they get it right.
Ha ha ha ha.
My birthday's in 2 days!!
George Michaels.
How does "Crush" translate to "George" in French?
And "Squirt" to "Tortillon"?
We were watching "Finding Nemo".
I'm sorry, "Trouver Nemo".
Eartha Kitt is dead. That's terrible.
But "Monotonous" makes me want to punch her in the face.
Even though she's dead.
Curse you, Mr. Darcy.
"Pride and Prejudice" is ruining my life, and making me completely paranoid.
But at least I understand the unit circle.
I mean, that's always something.
Our group for Solo Ensemble is so amazing. We turned everything into quarter notes and left out the rests. It sounded so amazing. People were staring at us.
And not in a good way.
But they were just jealous.

Tuesday, January 13, 2009

The keyboard: I know it well




You Are "alt"



Some people might find you to be strange, mysterious, and even a bit off putting.

You tend to be drawn to and influenced by alternative lifestyles. You're definitely not normal.



Once people get to know you, they realize you're interesting, intriguing, and very intelligent.

You have a lot of knowledge stored in that big brain of yours. Most of it is useless knowledge, but some of it is very useful.



I know for a fact I have been hint-y, but when people inquire as to what has made me so incensed, I'm all vague, and, "Oh, nothing."
If you've ever experienced this with me or anyone, I sincerely apologize.
Because now I know how annoying it is.
All my friends are kind of depressed.
But life goes on.
Which is really kind of depressing.
Hopefully the Crazee Chickens will cheer them up.
Because nothing cheers people up like a Crazee Chicken.
They were out of yellow, though, so they'll have to make do with taupe and off-white.
Black and pink decorations.
Kind of anti-party, yet too trendy teenage girl.
Oh well. Not everything can be perfect.
My mom thinks I'm part of a Mr. Darcy situation.
I hope with all my heart and soul that I'm not.
Seriously. I hate that guy SO much.
Which apparently means true love.
That area of my life is already very complicated. Threefold.
My cup runneth over. But not my bra size.
Because that would be just wrong.

Monday, January 12, 2009

That arctic wind you're feeling? That would be the chill emanating from my cold shoulder.




You Are a Skull Cap



You are attractive, well put together, and even sexy.

You use fashion to look as hot as possible, even if it means sacrificing comfort.



You're the type most likely to resist wearing a bulky coat or silly hat in the winter.

You prefer to freeze a little if it means looking as stylish as possible.

Sunday, January 11, 2009

Baby, we're not buying

It seems that just when I think everything is good and I've got it all figured out, Ben points out something I've done wrong.
Not that he means to.
But he often knows what he's talking about...more so than I do.
And apparently I can't share my feelings with anyone without crying.
Woo, estrogen!!
No wonder my dad freaks out at me a lot.
Yeah.
"So Close" by John McLaughlin is my favorite song right now. It's adorable...and driving me crazy.
My favorite part of "Enchanted" is when Patrick Dempsey starts singing that song to Amy Adams, and she starts crying.
And then Idina Menzel and James Marsden cut in.
The sermon was so good today. It was about Hannah and her problems conceiving, and how much Elkanah loved her.
And Pastor Barry actually made it possible for us to feel sorry for the other wife, who was so mean to Hannah.
I mean, you would be mean to her, too, if your husband didn't love you.
Not to excuse it, or anything.
And then Hannah's desire for a son was a God-given desire...but he'd closed her wound and was waiting for his timing.
Then, when she gave up her first born, he blessed her 5 times over, with 5 more kids she hadn't even expected.
The people behind me had a 4-year-old daughter and they started crying.
And then they sang some really good songs. I love Sundays.

Friday, January 09, 2009

We only got 4 minutes to save the world!

Dang it.
Now not only can I not watch "The Lord of the Rings" due to major suckage, I've lost yet another movie series to the depths: "Harry Potter".
Daniel Radcliffe can't act worth CRAP. He's TERRIBLE.
And Emma Watson's idea of "emoting" is yelling a lot.
Last time I checked, Hermione was smart.
And she and Rupert Grint have NO chemistry whatsoever.
The entire time, she's throwing herself at Harry, while Ron blubbers about, going, "Bloody hell, bloody hell."
Ugh.
We're watching "The Goblet of Fire" in French.
Those dragons are positively terrifying!!
Yes, Daniel, I'm completely scared of those computer generated leviathans.

Thursday, January 08, 2009

Okay, you got me....




You Are Chocolate Chip Pancakes



You prefer sweet and rich foods.

You shy away from anything that's overly bland or unnaturally fat free.



It's not likely that someone would find low fat cheese or sugar free cookies in your kitchen.

Instead, someone might find a pan of brownies baking in the oven or warm popcorn covered in real butter.



Screw diets.
And blueberry pancakes.
And the library.
Do you need anybody??
I need someone to loooove.
Could it be anybody?
Oooooooooooooooooooooooooh....
That Bill Gates. Enzo was wrong. If you become a billionaire, living in a garage for 6 years is totally worth it.
Who needs a real house, anyway?
Cherry muffins? Really?

Wednesday, January 07, 2009

I finished Forever Princess in 2.5 hours




Your Word is "Love"



You see life as possibility to form deep connections with a few people.

Relationships are the center of your world, and you always take time to bond with those you love.



You are caring and giving. You enjoy helping those you love.

And when it comes to romantic love, you feel passionately ... even in a very long term relationship.



I'm not bragging. It's just a fact.
And it wasn't that great.
But, in all honesty, it wasn't really that BAD, either.
It was kind of like HSM 3; we all knew it couldn't be as good as the first few.
But it was a good ending.
And it was sort of good that it was FINALLY ending. Mia can be really dense sometimes.
But as soon as I got the book, I read the end.
Because I'd read at least 50 pages from the online excerpts and it was irritating, having to go back and read them again.
So I found out:
She ended up with Michael (duh).
She then slept with him.
Her dad won the election.
She reunites with Lilly, and...
...J.P. is a total cad.
Then I read the book through and found out how all of this came to be.
Michael grew up quite a bit. He was quite the gentlemen and when Mia rejected his advances (sort of...they ended up making out in a carriage, but that's not important), he was like, "I still love you and I'll wait forever."
Which was great.
But I kept thinking that's what he SHOULD have said when Mia said she wouldn't sleep with him.
And Helen Thermopolis gave a big speech on prom night about how a guy might try to force a girl to do "something she wouldn't want to", but she could "always say no".
She was referring to J.P.
But Michael pressured her before.
Then again, 2 years had passed.
So hopefully he's grown up.
And, anyway, I was happier that she was with him when J.P. started being a loser.
He "proposed" on her birthday (but insisted it was just a "promise ring").
He didn't read her book, even after it had gotten published, and acted like its publishing was no big deal.
He wrote a play about their relationship, including some very private stuff.
He slept out with Lilly, then broke up with her as soon as he found out Mia was available (I knew the last part all along...and I thought Mia did, too. But apparently she really is that stupid.)
And, to top it all off, J.P. called paparazzi every time he and Mia went out in public, in order to "make good publicity for Genovia".
Really, he's just a moocher.
But yeah. It was good times. Prom sounded lame. It was just implied that Ling Su and Perin are a couple...but you know they are.
"Perin and Ling Su were there with guys they'd dragged up for the benefit of their parents."
But there's this part where Mia reads in Psychology class about Major Histocompability Complex, which shows that people will have healthy kids with people whose MHC is dissimilar to their own, and therefore smells good.
Just like Michael.
Nathan told me about this during the summer, and I just assumed that's what was with Mia and her neck smellage.
But the passage she read showed up more than three times before she realized that.
And then she was like, "Michael is my true love! Bla bla bla, JP and I have too much in common."
So Meg Cabot seems to think couples with too much in common are doomed.
Well, yeah. If you have TOO much in common, that's in problem.
But if you have NOTHING in common, like Mia and Michael, that's ALSO a problem.
And they seem to be fine, and they have more in common than they think, but to say that because of MHC, ALL couples should consist of exact opposites, that's just stupid.
And no, I'm not being very "objective", but neither is Meg Cabot.
Ugh, the thing that bothered me most is I would read all these things on the message boards and other fans kept writing stupid fanfics about what would happen, and were predicting totally bogus things, and I was like, "That's so stupid. Not of that will ever happen."
Au contraire. It all DID.
It's as if the fans wrote the book rather than Meg Cabot. Or she wrote it just to please fans. Because some parts weren't suprising or creative in the least.
The part about Lilly and J.P. was surprising, though. But it was one of those things someone had predicted and I completely wrote them off.
Yay me.
Still...irritating. It was cheesy.
They should've made the movies better.
Maybe they could make a TV miniseries.

Monday, January 05, 2009

Fascinating things, belly buttons.




You Are Puzzled Over



You are quirky, complicated, and brilliant. You tend to feel a bit misunderstood by everyone, and that troubles you.



It's likely that you will have four or more children... whether you use birth control or not!



You are not easily moved. You are very stoic and not though of as an emotional person.



You are very detail oriented and tidy. Some may even call you obsessive.



You are quite conservative. You are neither a flirter or a flaunter.



Who says I'll be using birth control?
Hee hee. Those darn Catholics.
"We're hypocrites. But you already knew that."
"Oh...well, Baptists eat a lot and can't dance."
I have really amazing friends. It was so good to see them again...even if it was 2 hours late, which was kind of a bonus.
Still. It was a weird day. Kind of sad, too.
My cellphone's happy, though.
The Bumblebee.
Holy snap. Emma Thompson and Ang Lee did a superb job on "Sense and Sensibility".
It was better even than "Pride and Prejudice", and completely beat out "Wives and Daughters", no matter how hot Roger was.
Hugh Grant, Emma Thompson, Hugh LAURIE, Alan Rickman, and Kate Winslet.
WHAT'S NOT TO LOVE??
Hugh Grant used to be a babe. Well, he still is...sort of. Just older.
Alan Rickman was almost 50 when he did the movie, and managed to play an older gentleman without being creepy!
And you could tell he loved Marianne. It was so adorable.
He carried her 5 and a half miles in the rain!!
He read her Shakespeare's sonnets when she got sick!!
He brought her flowers when she twisted her ankle!!
Too wonderful for words.

Sunday, January 04, 2009

She's a ho! My dad's been kidnapped by a ho!

Elizabeth Gaskell apparently succeeded in creating the first Victorian soap opera.
My mom, my brother, and I just finished watching the BBC adaptation of "Wives and Daughters", and it was really good (like everything BBC has done), but some of it was...a little disappointing, I guess.
Or maybe just confusing.
Or perhaps a little maddening.
Take Roger for instance. Molly is completely in love for YEARS while he runs around discovering bugs, tramping through Africa, getting engaged to her slutty stepsister, and falling off cliffs.
Then he FINALLY comes home after everyone has had secret French love children, broken off their engagement, or died.
And all of a sudden, he likes Molly.
He's at this party when Molly comes in and he's like, "Ooooooh...Molly's looking hot this season."
But she has a date, so she spends all her time with him instead and her friends rub it in Roger's face!! It's pretty sweet.
But they end up together, because it wouldn't be a happy ending if they didn't.
And I'm glad they ended up together.
But he took 3 YEARS to come around, and was completely oblivious to the fact that this girl was following him around because she's MADLY IN LOVE WITH HIM.
He just thought they were really excellent "friends".
And the fact that he went and engaged himself to Cynthia, who was shallow and had absolutely NO interest in him or any of the things he liked, while Molly had A LOT in common with him.
And it must have been a tip-off when Cynthia wouldn't answer any of his letters, but Molly wrote him a million and asked questions about bugs. Fun times.
But no. Roger remained blissfully unaware until Molly got hot and he came down with scarlet fever.
Moron.
And Mr. Preston was a little creepy, but he sincerely loved Cynthia, who was, as they called her, a "Jilting Jesse". Poor guy.
It's not his fault.
And yeah, he was a little stalker-y...but he gave her back the letters.
We're going to watch "Sense and Sensibility" today. Because they haven't made any more Elizabeth Gaskell movies, but Jane Austen has hundreds of potentially crappy flicks for us to watch.
Not that she's a bad writer; she's great.
But today's filmmakers don't always do her justice.
By the way, screw the Brontes. They were boring.

Friday, January 02, 2009

Belated thanks from 2008

As 2009 rolls in with good food and a first experienec with buffalo wings, I'd like to thank all the people who made 2008 fantastic:

God, heavenly storehouses, the Boob Fairy, Barack Obama, Sarah Palin, Britney Spears, Bristol Palin, Mr. Rosendale, Meg Cabot, the Sonics, Blogthings, Blogger, my parents, Applebee's, Red Robin, Arby's, McDonald's, the Cheesecake Factory, Jack in the Box, SBC, Pastor Barry, Pastor Paul, Pastor Jake, Pastor Ben, Pastor Mike, Louie, all the Steves, Kristine, Sierra, all the nice Melissas, Josh, Paul, Jessica, Kevin, Alexis, Sarah, Amby, Emma, Mr. Jake, Amanda, Janessa, Keri, Tyler, Chris, Drew, the RNC, my dad's facial hair, Matt, Northwest Driving School, Jeff, Ed, Lloyd, Deb, our Buick Lesabre, Stephenie Meyer, Jacob Black, Kristen Stewart, the Jonas Brothers, Fall Out Boy, Ellen Degeneres, Portia deRossi, Jack Black, Dustin Hoffman, Po, Mr. Ping, Seth Rogen, Jackie Chan, the Beatles, Jim Sturgess, Martin Luther McCoy, Sean Penn, Evan Rachel Wood, Dana Fuchs, T.V. Carpio, Timothy T. Mitchum, Carol Woods, Joe Anderson, James McAvoy, Heath Ledger, Christina Ricci, Reese Witherspoon, Christopher Nolan, DC comics, NOT Superman, Spiderman, Sony, all the cows, mozzerella, all my friends that I forgot, Tie, Luke, baby Riley, the twins, Braeden, my cousins, my other extended family members, Lucas Grabeel, Corbin Bleu, NOT Zac Efron, Vanessa Hudgens, Bing Crosby, Nat King Cole, Daniel Ehrenraft, Rachel Cohn, David Levithan, Amelia Earhart, Wikipedia, Mr. Rosendale, Mr. Macaras, Mr. Williams, Mr. Anspach, Mrs. Hamblet, Mr. Hurd, Soren, Germany, Italy, China, Michael Phelps, the anorexic American gymnasts (except for the one that fell off the balance beam - loser), Hi-Chews, Hershey's, Dove, So brand jeans, skinny jeans, rain boots, all the pigs, Shanghai Gardens, Red, Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, Santa Claus, AT&T, Samsung, the mall, JC Penny, Worthington wool, all the sheep, Princess Mia, Tina Hakim Baba, John Paul Reynolds-Abernathy IV, Grandmere, the French, France, cake, pudding, lava cake, Converse, Walmart, Target, Milk Duds, M&M Mars, the place with the trains, all the dogs, Cesar Milan, NuNu, the nice lesbians I've met and other fabulous gay people, California, Bono, Africa, New York, Georgia, science, Ben Stein, South Carolina, Seattle, Pike Place Market, J-14, Quizfest, Seventeen, Barnes & Noble, King, all the trombones, pioneers of jazz, the Asian store, Handy Andy's, Uwajimaya, Kinokuniya bookstores, Japan, Japanese people, hot guys, Francesca Lia Block, Weetzie Bat, the mermaid, Heaven the hermaphrodite, Jonathan Larsen, the cast of Rent, Rosario Dawson, Tracie Thoms, Amy Adams, Patrick Dempsey, NOT Will Smith, the Muppets, Fable II, my computer, HP Intel processors, all the laptops, college, WSU, NOT UW, football, NOT the Seahawks, NOT the Mariners, NOT Washington, John McCain, George W. Bush's dogs, Laura Bush, the troops, my fighting cousins that I never see, Nintendo DS, Rayman Raving Rabbits, Zoo Tycoon, cellulite, bathroom scales, Garrison Keillor, Eddie Izzard, Bill Cosby, Jeff Dunham, Peanut, Walter, Jose Jalapeno (on a stick), Gay Man, NOT the redneck guy, NOT people who hate rednecks because they're "prejudiced" (you know who you are), my redneck family, beer, other alcoholic beverages I have never and will never consume, martinis, dessert shooters, bacon, crappy bands, Stephenie Meyer again because she sucks at life, nice Mormons who wear promise rings and sing Christmas songs, Robert, Austin, tubas, NOT our basketball team, people who weren't nice but are nice now, people that should GO TO THE POLICE, Sarah's dad, people I'm not nice to, EGR, crossword puzzles, sudoku, Decodaquote, INFPs, Carl Jung, Meyers-Briggs, MyPersonality, Sensors, the N-club, Introverted babies, musical people, band teachers that are cool, donuts, Krispy Kreme, Cyd Charisse, Gingerbread, boring science classes, bloop bloop bloop, chipmunks, various other rodents, rabbits are rodents too, Greek mythology, Muses, Chicago, Peter Cetera, the Oregon Trail, Sims 2, Sims 3, Harvey Milk, Ian McKellan, NOT Peter Jackson, Michael Medved, Mark Levin, Pepsi, Sprite, and his other dog, bears, polar bears, pandas, koalas, lions, zebras, NOT donkeys, dogs, unicorns, horses, Michael Savage, Jewish people that are nice, not nice Jewish people, yarmulkas, reality TV, Momma's Boys, the star of David, Christians with issues, people I will conceivably never again, Itunes, the color black, Power Rangers, Teen Titans, 60's music, the old R&B, white losers like me, glasses, the Navy, the Army, NOT the coast guard, guinea pigs, witty comments, NOT hormones, NOT Nikelodeon, and "Do What You Are".

Thursday, January 01, 2009

2009: Was it really worth the wait?

How come tons of people stay up until midnight on New Year's Eve just so they can scream, make out, and drink champagne?
I mean, they can do that any other day of the year.
And I know they want to be part of the brief moment when 2008 changes to 2009, but really? You'll enjoy it much more during your nightly cycle of REM than in the middle of the night, insanely drunk.
And the Chinese New Year is in February, yet we think it's weird when they stay up all night to ring in THEIR new year.
Oh well.
Truthfully, I love New Year's Eve. We always go out for Chinese food, chill at the Japanese bookstore, and buy tons of Asian candy.
Mmm, sweet and sour spareribs.
That and the steamed pork dumplings.
Cranberry chicken is all right, too, but Nathan ordered something called drunken chicken and it turned out to be fairly disgusting.
I mean, you were supposed to eat the MARROW.
MARROW!!!!
"The Legend of Zelda" is the best 80's show ever.
"HEY! Excuuuuuuuuuse me, princess!"
There is NO way Mia is an INFJ. People are talking about taking the Meyers-Briggs Personality test on the message boards, and some are distraught that they aren't "just like Mia".
The Sensor motto is practically, "I don't know unless you tell me". They don't ASSUME things; they have to HEAR it for it to be true.
So frustrating.
And Mia does this A LOT.
So she has to be a Sensor.
And she has a lot of trouble making decisions quickly.
Therefore, she can't be a Judger. She has to be a Perceiver.
That would make her an ISFP.
Cheer up, message board girls. You're more like Mia than you think...unfortunately.
It's going to be Michael.
The book comes out in 5 days and it's going to be Michael.
Ugh.
I brought my mom up to speed on the plot, and when I told her about Michael she started screaming.
At him, not me.
If my mom's mad about it, he must be a jerk.
But Meg Cabot made it very clear that Mia would not end up single: it will be either Michael or JP.
Crap.

Sunday, December 28, 2008

To help get my mind off Michael Moscotivz and Christian Bale...




You Feel at Peace With Your Family



You get along with everyone in your family, and you tend to play the peacemaker. You can see issues from all sides.



You feel like your family is prone to too many arguments and instability. You never feel like things can be completely peaceful.



While your parents made mistakes, you forgive them and accept them for who they are.



You get teased a lot by your family. You usually don't mind being the butt of jokes, but sometimes you feel picked on.





You Should Make 3 Resolutions



Save Money

Reduce Stress Overall

Volunteer to Help Others

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.

Friday, December 26, 2008

Goo goo g'joob

It turns out those are the real lyrics to "I am the Walrus".
It's freezing.
Today was my little brother's 13th birthday.
So he's technically a teenager now.
And he's doing well at junior high, so he should be more popular than Nathan and I combined in about 2 years.
But we had planned to go to Outback...and it was closed.
So we went to Red Robin and watched someone drop a huge bucket of dirty cups.
The cups went everywhere.
Some broke.
That poor guy's job is history.
Unless they take it out of his paycheck.
My dad was pretty incredulous.
"They can do that???"
Um, yes.
Joe Cocker is so cool.
I wish I could dance like him.
Timothy T. Mitchum was probably the best singer in the movie...and they killed him!
Jim Sturgess is pretty cute, but it sort of looks like he's eating Evan Rachel Woods' face.
Poor Prudence.

Thursday, December 25, 2008

Christmas: Only marred by Classic Crime and snowplows

All in all, a very good Christmas.
Except for arriving home and finding the snow plows had FINALLY cleared the snow off our streets.
And then pushed it all in front of our driveway.
No joke.
Every other driveway in the cul-de-sac was clear...except for ours.
Right. Thanks, guys. Merry Christmas!
Morons.
Maybe it was someone we know...but who did we tick off?
Boycott love...detox just to retox.
Heheh, I actually got stuff I wanted, and some surprises that were welcomed.
"ACROSS THE UNIVERSE" SOUNDTRACK!!
I hate the Beatles...but I love their music.
Does that make sense?
Ugh, Classic Crime.
The Silver Cord sucks. Albatross was pretty cool, not exactly new or hardhitting, but a nice semi-indie band with a great frontman. And hey, they were from Seattle! Kudos!
And then people (possibly over-excited Christian music fans who would gobble up anything with clean lyrics and possible Christian members, and/or Tooth and Nail execs) started telling this band how much they loved them, how cool they were, and how "edgy" and "hardcore" their music was.
And then the Classic Crime took all these comments super seriously and spent a couple years writing songs for their new album.
And these songs seem like the writers were trying REALLY hard to be "edgy", "hardcore", and "obscure".
Sadly, ALL THE SONGS SOUND THE SAME!!
Fall Out Boy's new album was a little weird at first listening, but at least every track had something different.
Listening to "The Silver Cord" was like slogging through an hour's worth of pain, misery, and angst.
The only exception was "5805", which was quirky and pretty unique, up until the chorus.
The melody of "5805" and "Salt in the Snow" are identical.
I no longer support you, Matt McDonald.

Wednesday, December 24, 2008

White-coated ninja stalks at night

It's 35 degrees outside, which is supposedly WARMER than the past few days, but the weathermen neglected to tell us all about the wind chill factor.
So, in actuality, it's 5 degrees outside.
Is it really that weird to be able to drink a milkshake in snowy weather? Hot cocoa just isn't the same.
Francesca Lia Block keeps blowing me away. "Necklace of Kisses" is somehow better than "Baby Be-Bop", the best of the Weetzie Bat books.
AND THEY'RE MAKING A MOVIE!
We got at least 3 more inches of snow, and it's been snowing off and on (but it's also been raining and sleeting, so the chances of us getting any more snow today are low).
Church has been cancelled - again.
That's twice this week. GET BEHIND ME, SATAN! I have Jesus on my side!!
And Meg and Jack White, but they don't count nearly as much.
It doesn't seem like Christmas Eve, but it most definitely is. We couldn't wait till this evening, so the 5 of us got up early and opened our presents.
Aha, I have cellphone!! Finally!!
And it's green.
Someone made a book of some of the best lolcatz. It's pretty funny.
Halp! I'm in ur cupz...soaking up your teaz.
I also got "Folie a Deux" and "The Silver Cord" - at last.
"Folie a Deux" is pretty good. Yes, that's the extent of my musical commentary. Because saying, "Oh my gosh, Patrick has SUCH an amazing voice and Joe is SOOOO good at guitar and that one song was AWESOME!" seems to carry just about as much meaning.
I'm pretty musically retarded.
Or at least musically close-minded.
Or close-minded in general. Hey, Republican.

Tuesday, December 23, 2008

Ninjas strike back

AAAAAAAAAH we're allowed to open our Christmas presents TOMORROW!!! I can't WAIT!
Even though I KNOW I'm getting a cellphone, but I didn't pick it out or anything, so who knows?
Emma got one, too, and it's already being put to good use.
8 days, 6 h, 18m, and 29s till the New Year!
Chinese food and family time...yay...some things never change.
Hopefully a certain cousin won't get to pick all of the food this time.
We want sweet and sour pork!!



You Spread Some Holiday Cheer



You do your best to give time, money, and joy during the holidays.

You don't always spread cheer to everyone, but you do the best.



Unlike most people, you actually spend time reflecting on the meaning of the holidays.

And you worry more about doing the right thing than getting the right presents.


William's probably going to hate his presents.
My dad and I have to go on a shopping mission after dinner. He hasn't gotten anything for my mom yet.
He calls our neighbors "The Tony's" because he doesn't want to ask their last name.
But he gave them all of our cheese bread. Now he's finished with holiday baking.
Dang. Those were good macaroons.

Monday, December 22, 2008

Please just get it over with!!

My dad has gone crazy and must be stopped.
Ever since I made sugar cookies on Friday, he's been whipping up all sorts of holiday treats.
Yesterday, after I refused to make them, he made chocolate TRUFFLES.
He made TRUFFLES.
Then, today, while listening to Medved, he made macaroons, without chocolate, unfortunately.
And then (we thought he was kidding) I found him in the kitchen cubing cheese for cheese bread! It's in the oven now and it looks like a puffy, sauceless pizza.
And he usually hates when we eat carbs.

I HATE MICHAEL MOSCOVITZ!!! He's such a jerk in "Princess In Training", and SO CONTROLLING!
And people are like, "Oh, when he says, 'You WILL be mine,' I almost MELTED. It was SOOOO romantic."
Yeah. Maybe for someone with low-self esteem and a death wish.
BUt I have a sneaking suspicion that Mia will end up with Michael.
Because he's "changed" and they're "soulmates".
Ugh. If someone pressured you for sex and threatened to DUMP you if you didn't put out, why would you stay with him? I'd drop him immediately.
And they say he was only "joking", because he said, "I'm not going to wait forever," in a joking tone of voice.
But that is NOT something you joke about. You have NO idea how INCENSED this makes me.
Actually, you probably do, seeing as I've been yelling about it off and on since 2007.
Ugh.
Perin and Ling Su are definitely together.
I've been thinking about this, and some people agree with me, but there's a chance that Mia won't choose either boy; Michael OR JP. That would probably be the best ending, showing how much she's grown and how "self-actualized" she is.
This is terrible. I'm getting emotionally entangled with a YA series about a nonexistent principality (soon to become a democracy).

False!!




You Are Biscotti



You are a very direct, honest person.

You don't have time for dramatics or emotional pleas.



You feel most comfortable in the intellectual realm, especially with science and technology.

You are good at understanding difficult subjects. Understanding people? Not so much.



"Intellectual" is probably one of that last words people would use to describe me.
Without really meaning to, I've become extremely excited about the upcoming "Sims 3". It doesn't even come out till February.
What would you most like for Christmas?
Twelve drummers drumming.
No, really.
That would be amazing.
We now have 9 and a half inches of snow, the most we've seen in this area for...9 years?? Ha. Alexis and I went sledding yesterday, then made a not-so-successful snow fort out of sleds, packed snow, and manpower.
2 DAYS TILL CHRISTMAS EVE! 3 DAYS TILL CHRISTMAS!!




You are Multicolored Lights



Your holidays are a time for cheer and excitement.

You love so much about the holidays, and everyone perks up a little from your happiness.



You try to be grateful for what you have this time of the year.

Even if things have been tough, you can't help but be joyful.

Saturday, December 20, 2008

I whistle a happy tune

Wow. Yesterday was a little crazy.
Nathan came home, so our family is now complete and we'll spend lots of time eating, playing video games, and making up song/dance/rap numbers.
Really, that's whta we do in our free time.
Michael Medved brought up the UN decriminalizing homosexuality, and I had been waiting for him to bring this up, so I called him up and they let me on the air. I then started hyperventilating and thoroughly embarassed myself, but Michael was cool about it.
There was nothing on TV but an episode of "Numbers" that didn't make any sense since we'd missed the first 5 minutes, and didn't make sense later in the episode when they supposedly "solved" the case. The kid from "Crayola Kids" and "The King and I" (animated version of course) played a troubled street kid trying to do the right thing (see title of post). He has not aged well. What happened to his thriving Broadway career? Did they let him go and, unable to find a job at McDonalds, settled for a guest spot on "Numbers"? Or did he give up Broadway himself in order to become "a famous television actor"? Well, if you wanted that, you picked the wrong show.
But I hate the "mathematical" explanations, because they never apply to anything that has happened in the entire episode, so while the geeks are like, "Great, I've solved the case, let's wiggle, homeslice," you're just sitting there, blinking confusedly.
And Charlie played Bernard in "The Santa Clause". EW!!!
And Don, the brother, is barely in it. So when they were talking about his "moving" decision to renew his faith and start going to temple, I was like, "What does that even matter? He's had 5 lines in this episode!"
That one black girl is SO ANNOYING!! They try to make her out to be so "tough" and "hood" and "don't mess with her, yo". The other math-y guy was all, "Ooh, I like it like that," and her winning response was, "Well, don't." OOOOOOOOOH, THAT'S RIGHT!! You sure showed HIM!
How much more racially stereotyped could you get?
Now Luke is frolicking in the snow, only he's doing a much cuter job than Tie. He scoops up tiny mouthfuls and does dainty little prances up to the fence to show you.
He reminds me a little bit of Master Shifu. "Have a dumpling."

Friday, December 19, 2008

Apple juice!!!!

"Cinderella Story" is no longer on my list of favorite movies.
And not just because Chad Michael Murray can't act.
But, after watching it once again last night, I realized that Austin is a JERK. He's shallow and stupid and CREEPY.
I mean, he doesn't recognize the girl he's seen at the diner on a regular basis, when she's wearing a dinky little mask. Not exactly the sharpest tool in the shed.
He believes Shelby when she says Sam concocted the whole plan to humiliate Austin. And then he believes SAM should apologize because his pride's been hurt. Let's see, your dad now knows you don't want to go to USC, and everyone hates Sam and is either shunning or ridiculing her. But your pride is more important, Austin.
When he runs over to kiss at the end of the movie, he leaves the game at a very pivotal point, letting down his dad, his school, his friends, and his team!! But at least he got the girl!
>:(
And Carter is SUCH A GOOD FRIEND. My estrogen levels must be REALLY high, because I started bawling when he came and gave Sam a hug after her confrontation with Austin in the locker room. And even if she and Carter are JUST FRIENDS (which they so obviously were), Sam deserves a guy who's nice to her like Carter was! Even Terry, who was "geeky" and therefore didn't deserve to be Sam's boyfriend (even though she wasn't exactly Miss Popularity), was polite and chivalrous, and better than that stupid, misogynistic, commitment-phobic self-obsessed LOSER Austin Ames.
The Prince or Princess quiz was very entertaining, though. Carter is, without a doubt, my perfect prince, but there was some debate over whether Sam or Astrid was my perfect princess. I would normally pick Astrid, but that would mean peace ralleys, indie music, a "totally rad scene", and vegetarianism.
Fun.
Princess Diaries Theories
I thought these all up last night and they sort of make sense.

1. Philippe gets someone pregnant AGAIN (though it was once believed that he was sterile) and marries them, thereby producing a new heir to the throne of Genovia, relieving Mia of her princess duties.
But there's that whole thing about Genovia not being a principality any more, so we'll have to work around that.

2. Rene wins the election (it's alluded to in book #4, so it could happen) and Mia relinquishes her princess duties.

3. Mia, instead of picking JP or Michael, picks neither and decides to wait for her perfect prince to come much later in the future.

4. Mia and Michael get back together (aaaaaargh).

5. Oh no. Oh no, oh no, oh no....this can't BE!!! Some people think Mia and Prince Rene are going to END UP TOGETHER!!
WHY?? That just underminded the ENTIRE series, and that ending would bring to mind "Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement", which was preachy and boring and SUCKED a lot, Garry Marshall. That is, in essence, having her end up with Nick, only Nick is Rene in this case. DANG IT! NO, MEG CABOT, NO!!
And he just knocked someone up, too. What a terrible father!

Aaaagh. That book is coming out SOON.
And FOB's new album came out three days ago.
What a hullabaloo.

Thursday, December 18, 2008

Even if school is cancelled, they'll still have 0 Hour.

Huh. It's snowing. Rather hard, actually. We have at least 4 inches.
It looks like Matt was right. After I made fun of his predictions all yesterday.
My apologies, Matt.
But it's snowing, and it's all beautiful and magical and Christmas-y. Eeeeee...
I love snow. Especially during December.
Does anyone else feel like Christmas is coming rather fast? Alvin and the Chipmunks don't seem to think so, but since that annoying animated film, they can't exactly be trusted.
Just seems weird.
Hopefully school isn't cancelled tomorrow.
It was GREAT that it was cancelled today, no lie, but I was really looking forward to seeing my friends tomorrow.
Yeah, we're going to hang out over break, but tomorrow is technically the last day I'll see them.
:(
Sugar cookies!
And the best cup of hot chocolate EVER.



Your Christmas is Classic



Your wish for the New Year is more happiness.



For you, Christmas is a spiritual holiday. You can't separate it from your beliefs.



You are patient when it comes to Christmas. You don't celebrate too early, and you don't like seeing holiday decorations in October.



You like to have an authentic, traditional Christmas. Doing it the old fashioned way is important to you.



You have some preferred ways of celebrating Christmas, but you're open to compromise.



You are too busy to really get into Christmas, but you try to do a little to celebrate.



You give a big during the holidays but nowhere near as much as you'd like to.



This article is pure genius and basically summarizes the entire Twilight series.

Wednesday, December 17, 2008

Christmas time is here!!




You Are Milk



Your holiday personality is innocent.

The holidays make you feel like a kid all over again.



You love every part of the holidays, and you anticipate Christmas morning.

You enjoy getting presents as much as you did when you were young!





You Can Say "Merry Christmas" in 13 Languages



You can say "Merry Christmas" in:



English

Spanish

Japanese

French

Arabic

German

Italian

Swedish

Portuguese

Greek

Hawaiian

Korean

Esperanto

Maureen Johnson: bisexual performance artist or best-selling novelist?

When I saw books by "Maureen Johnson" at the library, I started screaming, because that's the name of Idina Menzel's character in "Rent".
I thought it was either a STRANGE coincidence or some rabid Renthead had gone a little too far in the search for a good pen name.
But no, it was just a strange coincidence.
How is it that she writes a meaningful true-to-life book like "The Bermudez Triangle" one day and shovels out crap like "Suite Scarlett", "13 Little Blue Envelopes", and "Girl At Sea" the next?
"The Key to the Golden Firebird" was all right.
I've never read "Devilish". Must be new.
She also had a new book come out where she cowrites with John Green (author of "Looking for Alaska" and "An Abundance of Katherines", which was pure genius) and Lauren Myracle (author of "Kissing Kate" and "TTYL", who isn't fantastic but isn't bad either). I was so tempted NOT to buy it.
But, for John Green, I might.
Truman Capote. "A Christmas Memory" was beautiful. And I'm not saying that from a stuffy, artsy, "I go to CK and am in Extra-AP English" point of view.
But this is the first story of his I've read and he managed to break my heart in 6 pages.
Oh no. It's about the devil.
I'm already reading "The Host".
I don't think I can handle any more talk about souls and devils and love and crap.
Jesse L. Martin is fantastic.
"Momma's Boys" was entertaining at first, but ultimately disheartening. Jojo's mom, Mrs. B, ended up being REALLY racist and all the non-white girls started crying, and their estrogen traveled through the TV and made me and my mom start crying.

Sunday, December 14, 2008

This is partly true




Memories Are What Stress You Out About the Holidays



For you, the holidays are bittersweet.

You love them so much, but they also remind you of people you've lost.



The holidays are your time for remembering. And while some remembering is healthy, you tend to get a bit depressed.

Consider spending some time with friends and volunteering. You need to make some new memories.

I want to wash my hair in snow

Shampoo works better, but that's okay.
I woke up this morning to a beautiful snowy neighborhood. The view out my window looked like a Thomas Kinkaid painting.
Did anyone else have a psycho 4th grade teacher who LOVED Thomas Kinkaid and forced her students to copy his paintings?
Wasn't it so lame that if you didn't make your painting look EXACTLY like his, you got a low grade?
Sorry SOME of us aren't as artistically talented as others.
And this man has been painting forever. It's not like a couple 4th graders are going to do a perfect job of copying his paintings.
"I've only seen paintings of this painting!"
So yeah, I'm not bitter or anything.
But anyway, as sinful as it sounds, I really DID NOT want to go to church today, and was convinced that the snow meant there would BE no church.
But no. There was church. The snow was just a ruse.
Sigh.
Then we were at a family Christmas party up on Fox Island and it started snowing really heavily and William and I were so PUMPED. NO SCHOOL TOMORROW!!! WOOOO!!!
And then we got home and found all of OUR snow melted and gone.
The Suicide Hotline didn't answer my frantic phone call. How depressing.
Tie loved the snow, unlike Oggy, who detested it. She was frolicking around in the backyard, licking up mouthfuls and writing her name in colorful excrement.
I'm writing my English essay on the focus on male relationships in both "Night" and "Swing Kids". I hope Mr. Rosendale doesn't think I'm referring to homoerotic overtones scholars are so convinced they've found in other examples of literature, such as "Romeo and Juliet" (also titled "Romeo and Mercutio").
At least no one else will have done this topic.
But I might be surprised.
The family Christmas party wasn't so bad. Everyone spent a lot of time gazing adorably at baby Riley and there was a lot of good food.
I always feel out of place in our family, though. I'm thinking it's because of the dark hair. Almost everyone in my extended family (on my mom's side, anyway) has blonde hair and blue eyes, except for a few people only related by marriage. But they're all so perfect-Aryan and Scandinavian that I feel like hiding with my dark-haired father and siblings in a corner.
I feel like I've tainted the gene pool.
Actually, it's my dad who's tainted the gene pool.
And my relatives aren't pyscho Nazis, but I feel OUT OF PLACE. People can't tell I'm related to my mom, or my grandparents, or my cousins.
THEY'RE TRYING TO SET ME UP WITH MY SECOND COUSIN! At least I think he's my second cousin. Something like that.
I really hope they don't believe in arranged marriage.
Aaagh.
But if I did marry him, we probably shouldn't have kids.
They'll taint the gene pool.

Saturday, December 13, 2008

The 12 Days Till Christmas

I was just thinking about it. A full set of Barbie movies would, sadly, be the best Christmas present ever.
"The Princess and the Pauper" brings back so many memories.
Tie's wearing her sweater. It's pretty cute.
Just not her color.
My grandparents took us to see the church's Christmas play last night, and it was really good. The scene about childhood toys was really sad, though. Who knew Brian could sing? And "Glitter" was cute. "THERE'S CHRISTMAS IN THE BATHROOM!"



Your Snow Test Says You're Independent



You feel like something good will happen to you in the next few months.



You don't really like to work, unless work feels like play. You only are successful when you are doing what you love.



You are an independent, individualistic person. You thrive when you're doing your own thing.



Your biggest worry in your life is your financial security. You think about money a lot.



When it comes time to relax, you have no problem letting go. You are already pretty relaxed as is!


WOOHOO we beat Australia!! Take that, Aussies!
Kris spent 10 minutes talking to them with a fake Australian accent.
And they thought it was real.
Ugh, stupid weathermen. They've been predicting snow for days, but it's been getting warmer, not colder.
And now it's actually snowing, but they're only BABY flakes. Tiny, miniscule little flakes that wouldn't pose a threat to an ANT.
So much for that.
Pullman has more than a FOOT. So jealous.

Wednesday, December 10, 2008

Aha, education!!




You Are a Striped Sweater



You are a bouncy, lively, and even a little raucous.

You love life loudly, and everyone is invited to your party.



You are very hyper, and sometimes you act without thinking.

And while your impetuousness gets you in trouble, your charm gets you out of trouble.



Josh Harris convert!! WOO!
And I don't agree with ALL he has to say about courtship, but he has great ideas about relationships in general, especially in regards to sexual purity and gender roles.
He says he believes in traditional gender roles, but then ELABORATED, and explained that though men and women are DIFFERENT, and that women should be submissive, that doesn't mean women are under men or mean less than men.
Men and women are EQUAL, but have different ROLES.
Which pretty much explains everything, and I mean everything.
Francesca Lia Block writes so beautifully. Her writing is emotional, profound, and out there.
THEY'RE MAKING A MOVIE OUT OF WEETZIE BAT!!
NO WAY!
Excuse me while I hyperventilate.
Another Weetzie Bat book I haven't read? Hmmm....
AAAGH lunch was awkward for a long period of time when Kevin brought up gay marriage and seemed to imply that he thought gay people in general ridiculous.
Which was awkward because Janessa was sitting at the table and got sort of POed.
Sort of? She was LIVID.
It didn't end well.

Tuesday, December 09, 2008

Baby, it's cold outside!

And our economy's in trouble.
Understatement(s) of the year.
There was a BOMB THREAT.
Someone wrote a "threatening note", and though the administration didn't want to take it seriously, they had to sweep the school and evacuate us ANYWAY.
Only it turns out the threat was real.
They called the bomb squad and forced us to stay in the bleachers for TWO FREAKING HOURS.
It was pretty ridiculous. Most of us had JACKETS in our LOCKERS, but we weren't allowed to GET THEM in case there was a BOMB in there.
I ended up wearing Connor's shirt (he was wearing another one underneath, so it was okay. No nudity.) while sitting on my friend's lap and huddling against various other people. It was sort of degrading, but very warm.
Mmmm, steak...
It seems things are heating up. But not outside.
My mom thinks it's going to snow. Hurray.
All after-school activities have been cancelled...but not the basketball game?? Don't worry, kids. After all, there's only a BOMB in the school!

Monday, December 08, 2008

Quit trashing my book

So sayeth the Lord.
Stop having kids, Angelina Jolie!
Poor Brad. 6 kids and another on the way? No wonder they're not married.
Lisa Miller. Yes, it DOES mention lesbian sex in the Bible.
And it specifically states that marriage should between "man and woman".
Just because Abraham and Jacob had multiple wives doesn't mean it was okay.
Many figures in the Bible were FAR from perfect (*cough cough* David *cough cough*). He had an extra-marital affair and we KNOW that's not right. Polygamy was a cultural thing, not a biblical thing.
And of COURSE Jesus would be reaching out to lesbians and gays. He loved EVERYONE and even hung out with tax-collectors and prostitutes, who were seen as "unclean".
But just because he LOVED them didn't mean he AGREED with their lifestyle.
So just because Jesus was a nice person and people in the Bible doesn't mean you have a good pro-gay marriage argument.
2.5%!!! Woo, we're rare!
Black, blue, and silver.
Mypersonality.info is pretty intense. Kind of cool.
Just like Peter Jackson.

Sunday, December 07, 2008

18 days till Christmas!

Nat King Cole is playing, it's freezing outside, and people are consuming candy canes like heroin.
So pumped.
Emma hates it, which is understandable, but still.
She actually likes Washington weather, something I readily complain about.
Not like you all didn't know that.
PRINCESS DIARIES IS COMING OUT IN A MONTH!!!
Please stop talking bad about J.P., avid Michael-fans. You're making some very good points and I don't want to end up on your side.
Really, J.P. is a nice guy, and he's great for Mia.
Stop trying to make him the bad guy, Meg Cabot!!
And Michael, it seems, has matured a bit. Or a lot.
He's not pressuring Mia anymore.
And he was TOTALLY pressuring her, Michael-fans; don't you insist he wasn't. Even if he was partially "joking", he essentially told me that if she wouldn't put out, he wasn't going to stay with her FOREVER.
What a terrible thing to say.
PlEEEEASE let him stay with his Japanese girlfriend.
Please let Mia break up with J.P. if she has to.
Maybe she'll end up single. That wouldn't be too bad.
SHE WILL NOT END UP WITH BORIS!! I don't know what everyone's talking about.
So now, only a month until we find out.