national park show

earlier my mom came up and asked if I wanted to watch this beautiful show about national parks with her. she said I might like it. I think I might've. but I declined. 5 minutes ago, my dad came up and asked kinda why I didn't watch it.. blah blah.. I think I disappointed them.. now I'm sad.

Chasing Cars

if i lay here
if i just lay here
would you lie with me
and just forget the world?

Gosh, Saturday is almost over. And then tomorrow will be Sunday, when I'll go to church and then come back and go AGH HOMEWORK (well, I don't have that much homework this week, but you know what I mean.)

...Hang on, let me explain that church bit.

My parents go to this church called Live Oak Unitarian Universalist Church. And what that means is that yes, it's a church, but it's open to atheism and such. Which is why my parents go. I'm an atheist too, and I have fun there; our Religious Education classes are quite fun. We learn about other religions, and we do pretty cool activities, and we never touch a Bible. So.. yeah. Just an explanation, if any of my friends read this.

My 9 fanfic is coming along well. You can find it here, or on my dA, but you should probably see the movie first. I have 3 chapters up for anyone who wants to to read and another one typed up that I'll submit tomorrow.

Today seems like a quiet day. A quiet day, not one when I get all hyper. Maybe it's because of the song I'm listening to - Chasing Cars by Snow Patrol, which is what this post gets its title from. It's a kinda soft song, and I like it. Anyways, for me, quiet days are the kind of days where I sit there and philosophize. (Wow, I spelled that right.)

... I was going to write a whole long philosophical paragraph right here. But then I realized it would be futile to try to explain my life here. I mean, you know, that's what a blog is for, right? But I can't do it. I want to. But I can't. Especially because one of my friends might've read it and gotten mad.

Maybe I will try to explain. Someday.

now I feel a little depressed.

let's waste time
chasing cars
around our heads

School

Alright, so because I have the time, I will blog about my classes. Yay. There's something else that I do want to blog about, but I'll do that later.

anyways.

1st period: Multimedia with Mr. Black
This class is really fun. So far the only program we've been working in is Inkscape (a free vector graphics program) but it's pretty cool so far. There are some really cool text effects you can do in Inkscape, and if you do the right things with the right shapes, you can get amazing results. The only downer is that this jerkwad 8th grader who cusses too much sits next to me, and he and his friend joke around and basically piss me off in general. He's also an idiot and totally incompetent.. but I don't like judging people. Unfortunately, Mr. Black lets him get away with most everything.. Other than that, Mr. Black is definitely a cool teacher.

2nd period: Texas History with Mr. Macuk
This class is rather boring, especially considering that we're pretty much just relearning everything we learned in 4th grade, the last year we extensively did Texas History. Mr. Macuk's alright, but he's definitely willing to give out D-halls. Bleh. On the plus side, I have a lot of friends in that class. There are also some effin idiots who I hoped to never see again.. but they don't sit near me, so I don't care.

3rd period: Gym
I have 3rd period P.E., which I suppose is better than like, 7th period P.E., but still. It's not that bad - I would totally die if I had been in Athletics - but it's rather boring and tedious. Also, I don't have any real friends in that class.. I hang out with this one girl, but she's definitely not one of my besties.

4th period: Science with Mrs. Persad
Science. Ah, science. I like science, and I especially like what we're doing right now; chemistry. Actually, it's not that exciting, but we haven't ever studied chemisty and the periodic table and stuff before, so it's nice to learn something new. Nearly all of my friends are in this class, which is a big plus.

5th period: Advisory with Mrs. Warcken
In my school, advisory is a 20-minute kind of study hall, where we can work on our homework... I'm usually not compelled to actually work on my homework at this time, so usually I'm either reading, drawing, or writing.

6th period: Lunch
This year I have lunch 6th period (which is much better than 3rd period lunch o_O) and so do all my friends, so everything's cool. d:

7th period: Algebra with Mrs. Timourian
Algebra is definitely a harder class than I expected; I only have managed a 90 up to this point; but I like the class, I think. It's a small class with a couple of my friends in it. Mrs. Timourian requires us to take notes, which I think is helping me in this class (the taking notes itself, not actually studying them; I don't study as a general rule, although I may actually start doing that for algebra).

8th period: Theatre with Mrs. Baker
Mrs. Baker is definitely one of my favorite teachers. She's cool, funny, and quite nice. The class is rather large though, and I only have a few semi-friends in it... oh well. Anyways, I like theatre, and I prefer Mrs. Baker to my theatre teacher last year. Hmmm.

9th period: Language Arts with Mr. Esquivel
Surprisingly, this is my favorite class, although Multimedia is a close second. I guess it's because I like to read and write, and as a plus Mr. Esquivel is a really awesome teacher. He knows what he's doing and is really open to our ideas. This class is also small, but it has quite a few of my closest friends in it. Yay~~

and then we get out of school. x3

---

There are other things I want to say, but I don't want to type them, because I'm afraid a certain someone will see and then our friendship will be ruined. All I will say is that now I know how it feels.

No, I always knew how it felt.

Just not about something like this.

dA. sketchbook and 9 stuffs

Alright so, for the record, lately I've been on deviantArt, the most popular art community on the interwebz, a lot more. Not only that, but I've been actually submitting my own stuff (mostly 9 fanart) a lot more. So if you're interested in my art, you can find it all here:

http://dictionary-0.deviantart.com/

Alright, so the following is copied from my journal on dA. Because I'm lazy.

I am almost finished with my sketchbook, so my mom got me a brand new sketchbook and a $45 set of 24 colored pencils, the latter of which I didn't even ask for, so that was sweet. d:

Mmkay. There's some things I need to upload:

1) My design for 10, my OC who appears in my fanfic. ((and no, I really don't give a damn how many other 10's there are))
2) My chibi fanart labeled 'Stitchpunk Pyramid' in which 10 and all the original 9 characters appear
3) My chibi fanart starring 6 and 7.
4) My somewhat lame drawing of 7, 9, 3, and 4 looking at 10 before she is awakened ((and note to self, I need to get it straight in my head where everyone's numbers are));

and 5) the first chapter of my 9 fanfic (which I don't quite have a title for yet) once I've finished with it. My fanfic takes place after the movie, so yes, it won't be featuring anyone who died. ;(

On the other hand, I have some sketchy ideas for a short fanfic featuring the ones who did die, so..

And since it's a Friday, I'll get most of these things up today or tomorrow, since I'll have both the time and the inclination to scan all the stuffs from my sketchbook. d:

Yet More 9 & Tablet Pen

Sigh... There are a lot of mixed reviews for 9. Some who hate it, some who love it. But reviews like this one give me hope that more people love it than hate it. And someone said that it was sold out in a major theater in their area. This is good. I just really, really hope that there is a sequel.

Okay, well, 9 fandom aside, guess what. I lost my tablet pen. Again. And so I was looking to do some 9 memes on deviantArt, so I actually decided to look in the BLACK HOLE PIT OF DOOM that is under my computer desk for the pen.

And well, the good news is that my pen is not in the BLACK HOLE PIT OF DOOM broken and/or infested with spiderwebs like I thought it would be.

The bad news is that I've searched the entire surrounding area (and it's been cleaned recently, too) so I have no idea where the hell it might be.

More good news: My mom might get me a new tablet for my birthday, since this one is kinda glitchy.

More bad news: My birthday's two months away.

Dammit.

EDITEDIT:

WOOOT FOUND MY TABLET PEN
it was up on a shelf that i can't even reach. no wonder i didn't look there.

I'm all about 9.

To restate what I've been saying for the past 2 weeks, I love the world Shane Acker has created. In the movie, the characters could maybe have used a little more development, but the visuals and storyline was amazing. I now understand how my sister could've been so obsessed with Princess Mononoke a few years back.

5 is one of my favorite characters (well; since there are really only 9 characters to begin with, there aren't many to choose from) so I drew him in my sketchbook and finally got around to scanning him. I am really rather proud of this drawing, even if the hands aren't that great and it's not colored.

If that image messes up, I uploaded it to deviantArt here (be sure to click on the image so that it's full size, it looks bad when it's downsized.)

AND. I found another trailer (although I may have linked to it in my very first post about 9) that has a part that is both happy and sad, for me anyways. It is here and the part I speak of starts at 1:37 or so and lasts for about 11 seconds.

Also; at the beginning of the aforementioned trailer, the Scientist says (and I think he said this in the movie too):
We had such potential,
Such promise.
But we squandered our gifts.
And so,
9
I am creating
you.

Our world is ending.
But life
must go on.

These words made an impression on me for some reason. I don't quire know why.

Sept. 11th

...I feel bad for posting all this junk about 9 and not even mentioning September 11th.

I was only like, 5, or, 6, or something, on September 11th. My sister was about two weeks old. My brother hadn't been born yet. None of us remember it. My parents lost no one on that day.

I think. I don't know. I've never asked. But it's not like my parents cry every year on 9/11. They've never mentioned anyone.

But how would I know?

Still, I wonder if someday someone will create something great on September Eleventh, something that overshadows the horrible events that happened eight years ago. I hope so, because today should be taken at face value. (Not sure quite what I mean by that. :P) Anyhoo, I have a friend whose birthday is today. And there must be many others. To them, I say: happy birthday, even if today isn't necessarily happy. Hey, I never said I was a good psychiatrist. I hope I'm not being insensitive here. But anyways, I hope that we won't push away humor today just because it's 9/11. That's my two cents.

Edit: Found this poem here, but they don't know where they found it;

my whole world is falling down
nine one one, nine one one.
In smoke and debris our loved ones down
nine one one, we say.

husbands, brothers, sons, and dads
nine one one, nine one one.
wives, sisters, daughters, mams
all come to help that day.

senseless deaths from hate and war
NINE ONE ONE, NINE ONE ONE
In our homeland or yonder shore
When will it go away?

Our children need us to be there
nine one one, nine one one
To give them tender love and care
that drive their fears AWAY.

More 9

I never realized I could be so obsessed with a movie.

But I have to say, 9 was an awesome movie. The graphics were great, and the suspense was amazing. If it had been a book I would've said "I couldn't put it down, it was too good." Although I can't imagine 9 as a book.

I was vaguely obsessed with 9 before it came out (watching the trailers & clips over and over again, etc) but now I am actively drawing the characters, trying to think of a way to write fanfic, wanting to see the movie again, and praying that they make a sequel. xD Seriously, anyone reading this should watch it. Now.

I love the way the creators help build interest for 9 with this site here, where you can learn a bit more about what happened before the movie. The Scientist has a Facebook; a "Rebel" has a Twitter. I have to say, I'm immersing myself in this 9 lore.

I really want to see the movie AGAIN, even though it's only been 2 days since I first saw it when it came out (which, if you didn't know, was on 9.9.09). The movie doesn't really leave that much in the form of unanswered questions, but if there's no sequel, I'll cry.

Although apparently Shane Acker is considering a sequel to 9, if it sells well. Just more incentive to watch it again! 8D

Still, I long to see it again. The only problem is that I don't want it to seem like I'm obsessed or anything to my parents. (It would be true, but.. d: ) Stacia did suggest that I go see it with my friends, though. I dunno if it's possible this weekend, but perhaps I could next weekend. :D

{Oh yeah, and a couple days ago:
-I looked at the page number of the book I was reading. It was 222.
-I looked at my watch; it was 444, the double of 222
-I realized that 222 is only 666 divided by 3... O_O }

9

So. Yesterday (wow, it was only yesterday?) I saw 9. I have to say, it was a wonderful movie. Very exciting. I don't want to give away any spoilers, though, so I'll just say this:

You know in the trailer, how it goes 1 2 34 5 6 7 8 9 with a few seconds of clips from the movie between each number? Well, for some of them, the clips applied to the number, but not all of them *cough* 6 *cough*. Not trying to spoil anything.

Anyhow, I actually...want to see 9 again. xD

Tests

I hate it when teachers give us our grade for a test but we don't actually get the test back. Today, for instance. I got an 86 on my recent algebra test, but my teacher didn't actually give us our tests, so I have no idea what I got wrong. This bugs me. I would rather have to wait and be on the line about what my grade was than know my grade but not know what I missed or why I missed it. I know I'll get the test back soon, but I wish my teacher could've just made us wait a little while longer. It's even worse with some benchmarks and the TAKS (Texas Assesment of Knowledge and Skills) test, which is the annual state testing here in you guessed it, Texas. On these benchmarks and the TAKS test, we get our results, but we never find out what questions we missed, what we did wrong. This bugs me big time, although normally I get a 100 or close to a 100 on the TAKS.

Also- 9 comes out tomorrow! I'm so excited, since my dad's not working today and as long as I don't have much homework, I'll probably get to go! Of course, this is assuming that the tickets aren't sold out, but since it's a Wednesday, I think we'll be fine. ^-^

Rooms

If, say, a long-lost older cousin who had never been to your house before was going to be staying @ your place for a few days, and he walked into your house and no one was there, what w0uld he see?

For me, he would first see a line of computers, a small TV, and many bookshelves. He would also probably see some junk and toys. If he tried to go through the double doors on his right, he would come into a room that had a /lot/ of junk and would go back and go through the short hallway that led to the rest of the house.

He would see the kitchen, the dining room, the living room with the large TV and a Wii. He would perhaps peek his head into a bedroom and decide that it was my parent's room. He might go down a hallway and enter my sister's room.

And really, my sister's room describes her completely. Except for the black purse on the floor, her room tells you that she's a little girl who likes girly, pink, frilly things. Oh, and horses and cute animals. I suppose that's what most little girls' rooms tell you. Except my sister's room also has an iPod (unless she has it with her) and an iPod dock. So maybe it also tells you that she's spoiled.

My brother's room is different. Definitely more boyish, although there's still a lot of toys involved. Still, the wooden shades and aqua & yellow room definitely has a different feel than light blue walls and pink curtains.

And my room? Well, it says two things: that I have a lot of miscallaneous stuff, and that I really really like to read. Both things are true. My sister's problem was finding out where to put all her toys and stuffed animals. My problem was finding out where to put all my miscallaneia. Although in the future I might have to start taking up more than one wall for my books. ;) Anyhow, the dark purple/aqua walls and the loft bed (which is a bunk bed without the bottom bunk; my loft bed has a desk instead) definitely tell a different story than the daybed & small, girly room that my sister has.

(I hope that no stalkers are reading this or anything xD)

More 222.

Regarding 222, one of the answers to my sister's math homework questions was 222. And I just came across a youtube video that was 4 minutes, 44 seconds (which is 222 doubled.) I also had another run-in with 444: I just saw a deviantArt submission that had been favorited by 444. I also got a score of 888 on a facebook game, which is 222 times four.

Annnnd. Yay, no homework today! Except I've got a history test tomorrow. and i should probably study. but I probably won't because I don't study in general. d:

Sept. 1st & School

It's September 1st (which means it's only a week according to my counter until 9 comes out!) This also means that Catching Fire, the sequel to The Hunger Games comes out. :3 For any (nonexistant) readers who are wondering, The Hunger Games is an awesome book. It's got a bit of a sci-fi setting, but it's mostly action and a bit of romance.

I already have a lot of homework. Right now, I have to write a 3 or 4-paragraph story about something in my childhood (and I have to use at least one participial.) Then I have some algebra and a lot of science. We have to do this stupid worksheet and estimate a bunch of stuff. And I loathe estimating. Not like, in math, but distances and stuff.

You know, I like to use the word loathe, but I can never pronounce it right in real life, so I can only use it when I'm typing/writing. d:

Yeah... maybe I should work on my homework now ;-;