doodledoodledoodledoodleJUMP!

So today I went on some sites that I had not been on in a long time; DeviantArt, Valenth, and Aramii. I think I'm gonna try to get on those sites more often (especially deviantart, as I am planning to draw some nice stuff with my new Sketchbook Pro.) Also, I have become quite addicted to the iPhone/iTouch app Doodle Jump. It's very fun and I only have to pay some attention to it, which is why I'll play it while watching The Big Bang Theory, or something. ;P

the-blog-post-after-christmas

Well, I got the iTouch alright (of course.) I also got Sketchbook Pro, an art program I can use my tablet on, and a ticket to a 14-day European cruise. It was pretty sweet. I've also been reveling in the fact that I can check my email and read the latest webcomics without getting out of bed. (Wow, that sounds nerdy).

I've also done a full-time switch to Google Chrome, as the security stuff my mom installed was making Firefox too annoying. The bookmarks thing will take some getting used to, but I do like Google Chrome.

My family went to see Avatar in 3D a couple days ago, and it was pretty sweet. It was reminiscent of Princess Mononoke somewhat and Fern Gully especially, but I have to say it was great. It was a little sad when some of the characters died, but man, the imagery was amazing. I mean, some things didn't make much sense (floating mountains?) but the nature was beautiful. I definitely recommend it.

I'll post sometime later with something I've drawn with Sketchbook Pro. Cheers!

Anticipation

In anticipation of the 8gig iPod Touch that I am getting for Christmas, I have done some research of the available games and apps out there. So far, I have found 21 apps on my list, and if I just get the 'lite' versions of the games that have such things available, the total will only be 15 dollars, which is good, since I'm out of iTunes money and I dunno how much my parents will be giving me. If I got the full versions of the apps that I might just get the lite versions of (did that make sense), the total would come to 31 dollars, so I'll probably just get the lite versions of most of em' for now. But gosh, I'm so excited! Packages keep arriving and my mom says she's nearly done wrapping presents. And I am very excited about playing all the apps I've been reading about!

By the by, this is my 50th blog post of my blog of 4 months. Cheers!

yikes!

my brother and sister are both sick - my brother especially. combined they have 3 pages of prescriptions - so it shouldn’t be surprising that i began feeling shivery last night, and that feeling just continued on. i woke from the same annoying dream at least three times, but i finally had a solid block of sleep and woke up around 8, where i was feeling better - somewhat. Although i was much cheered up by a hot, long shower, i’ve been feeling tired all day and my forehead feels warm. also, my neck is kinda achey. i suppose i’ll have to hope that it gets better and not worse tomorrow.

on a different note, christmas is in 5 days! i’m rather excited, yes. and i think that should i be feeling better tomorrow, i will play some old computer games (Civilization II: Call to Power and Alpha Centauri come to mind)

this post is recycled from my tumblr, found here (:

iTouch?

The iPod Touch. Is it worth it? I've been kindof wanting it for the past few months, but now that I have an opportunity to actually ask for it and maybe even get it, I'm actually researching what it can do. I've always loved them in the Apple stores (heck, I love everything in the Apple stores) but do I want one? I already have a 4th gen 8GB Nano, which suits me fine - but the games & other apps on the iTouch are attractive, I must say. Should I ask for one? Should I bother to beg for the $300 32-gig one, or should I settle for the $200 8-gig one?

Actually, that last one is a stupid question. Never you mind.

Order Of The Stick (insert the word obsession here)

This is a word cloud composed by www.wordle.net of all the most common words of this blog. Pretty cool, huh? I think there's a similar thing out there for Twitter, but I haven't bothered looking. Hm. Maybe I should make an Animoto video of this thing...

Anyways, so I should probably blog some about what's been happening in my life. If anything, I've become more obsessed with Order Of The Stick (that webcomic I was talking about a few posts ago), and I haven't really thought about 9 since.. well, when I discovered Order Of The Stick. xD However, I still very much love the 9 youtube parodies, the best ones being run by Smallsthehero. They have a lot of bad jokes & sexual innuendos, but my and my friends laugh our heads off at them. If you're interested, here's the link to the latest one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-lkcYU4zkY

Yeah.. Christmas (not to mention Winter Break) is coming, and I'm really quite excited, although I am a tiny bit worried that I didn't get the order links to my mom in time - it would be embarrassing if the stuff didn't get shipped in time. I'm also quite pleased that all my midterm exams so far have been easy. I'm a little worried about Texas History, but other than that, it's all good.

There are three songs I've been listening to over and over again. Most notably, Through The Fire And Flames by Dragonforce - probably because it reminds me of Order Of The Stick, and because I like stuff like that anyways. Oh, and it's pretty long (7 minutes or so) so it's not as repetitive. Anyways, moving on. When I first heard Lady Gaga's new song Bad Romance, I didn't like it. Guess what? Now I do, and it gets stuck in my head often. I've also become a little addicted to the song "Dum Dadi Doo" by Nightcore - a rather odd song which nonetheless has a good beat.

Ahh.. Well, there's more I'd like to say, but I have to compose a list of all the board games we have for my uncle, so...

well, I guess I've learned my lesson

see, i had two multimedia projects that i did at home and saved to a flash drive. good, right? it was good, since i was a bit behind in that class. that was on thursday. then on friday, i forgot to bring the flash drive. saturday, i took the flash drive back to the computer (it had been sitting in my room) in case i decided to get some work done. but i didn't. so..

from there, i probably either left it by the computer or went back and put it on my desk. the problem? it's not in either place.

;(

Woah!

From my trip to New York to my Thanksgiving vacation to my internet being dead, I haven't been able to blog at all Amazing. Actually, I've had about a week with internet, but that's beside the point. Right now my family (and I, unfortunately) are going t0 pick out a christmas tree. It's a family outing, but I find it rather boring, as all we do is walk around and pick a tree that looks just like every other tree and not get to sit down. Oh well. I'll have a chance to work on that science homework I need to do.

And speaking of homework... ugh, I hate projects which involve more than one other person! It becomes so hard to get together and work, and out of my group of 4 people (including me) only one might be able to come over, and I'm still not sure about that. Yuck.

Oh well. I guess I'll blog more later. Bai.

tumblr *which i keep wanting to call tumbler

stacia led me to this awesome monstrosity called tumblr. it's another blogging service, and it's pretty dang cool. you can make normal blog posts, and then there's pictures, links, quotes, chats, audio, and video.

anyways, so, I made one, and it's rad. i'm not dumping this one, though. c:

i'm feeling fairly lethargic today. i have some problems and stress regarding my birthday party, but that lethargy gives me the feeling of "oh heck it's too much work to try to explain my life ughh". so i won't try to talk about that.

um.. i'm really too tired to talk about anything else right now.

ARGGGHHH MY NECK

All day, I have had this horrible pain in my neck - a literal one, and not a certain someone* being annoying. I don't think it was there right as I woke up, but by the time I was at school it was, and it just got worse throughout the day. To a certain extent, I can rotate my head normally, but if I move it rapidly, or tilt my head to the left, I get sharp pains. Tilting it to the right gets me a more minor version. After examination in the mirror and squeezing my neck with my hands, I have discovered that the left side of my neck muscles seem to be really tense. Also, my right shoulder seems to be elevated more than my left, and if I lift my left shoulder, my neck hurts.. huh. Because I try to keep from doing any of these things, I've been finding myself turning my whole body when I would usually turn my head, and holding myself weirdly.

Well, anyways, my friends said that it was probably because I slept in a weird position, and my mom concurs. So I can just cross my fingers and hope that it goes away when I go to bed; I happen to play a role in my Theatre class that we're presenting tomorrow that involves me falling down a lot.

*actually, there is no particular person of which I speak of. just a figurative annoying person who I prefer to this pain in my neck.


Okay, so.. in other, less boring stuff, my most recent obsession is with Order Of The Stick. OOTS is a Stick Figure Comic by Rich Burlew set in a world based on Dungeons And Dragons 3.5 Edition rules (an original world, rather than an established setting) centering around the adventures of the titular party. Trust me, it's Better Than It Sounds. I'm no gamer, though I know the basics thanks to Darths And Droids, but I still love it. It took me 4 days to read completely, and has a somewhat irregular update schedule, but I still love it. (It kindof amazes me to think that 2 weeks ago, I would be trying to advertise 9.)

New Look?

When I saw Adventures of a Teenage Hawk, my friend's blog, I was like, ".. my blog looks boring. yeck." I've changed the look a little, but it's still the same template, and I think I might change that too. x)

I noticed that I haven't been blogging as much about 9 recently (well, my frequency of blogging has gone down, period). I still love 9 (and I have two fanfics in the works) but I do suppose I'm not as obsessed anymore.. though my friends and I still quote Smallsthehero's youtube 9 parodies 24/7.

Alright, um.. Well, I used to just do FarmVille on facebook. That was it, aside from the occasional quiz. Now I'm trying out things I normally wouldn't, like Mobsters 2.. I also have to say I do like CafeWorld.

I'll probably edit this later, as I have the impression that I have more things to say, but I just can't think of them right now.

Balloon Cars {and cave in}

I've had just about enough
Of cloaked diamonds in the rough
Because my backbone is paper thin
Get me out of this cavern or I'll cave in

So, Mrs. Persad assigned us this stupid project on Friday; we had to make a "car" powered by no more than 2 balloons in a week, and it had to go at least 5 meters. That's 15 feet. And did I mention that the wheels you used could not be anything originally meant to be used as wheels?

It was pretty stupid, and me and my partner had a bit of a scramble to get it done. Especially me; I (and I got my parents to help a lot, too) stayed up until 1 last night getting it done. And all in all, it went 3 meters. That's good, since at least once or twice it didn't really go anywhere, which means that I got an 85 instead of a 65. Whew.

It's 1 again right now, and I probably should've gone to bed 2 hours ago.. but I kinda got wrapped up in Tvtropes. Which I think is kindof lame and not really well known, but it has that Wikipedia quality that you can keep looking up stuff for hours. Which.. I just did.

If the bombs go off the sun will still be shining
Because I've heard it's said that every mushroom cloud has a silver lining

By the by, getting the Ocean Eyes album was definitely a good idea. Even the song that I thought was wayyyyyy too cheery at first seems to appeal to me now. And my dad seems to like Owl City, which is cool.

I'm going to be a vampire again, like last year - same costume and everything, since I didn't express much interest in being something else. And I don't mean the sparkly vampire. I just have a pale face and a trickle of face blood for my makeup. No glitter. ;)

Tie my handlebars to the stars so I stay on track~

Happy Halloween, everyone!

{By the way, my possible favorite song out of the Ocean Eyes album is Cave In, followed by the original Hello Seattle and, of course, Fireflies.}

blarrggh

mrs. persad really annoys me. out of all my teachers this year, she is the only one i really dislike (though i thought she was okay at first.) she gives out ridiculous science projects and she talks way too fast and she's like ugggh. one time she had us spend the entire period presenting our warm-ups, and then we had to go turn them in anyways. she could've just asked us to turn them in and let us do something USEFUL for a change. but nooo.

i just bought the entire owl city album ocean eyes. i hope i don't regret it. i just basically spent the very last of my itunes money (and yes, i use itunes. i'm scared that my parents will find out that i downloaded it from somewhere else and thing i pirated it or something like that. ;-; oh well.)

Welcome Home by Coheed and Cambria (which, by the way, is on the 9 soundtrack) is really cool. I like it, although I must say that I actually just like the instrumentals. x) If you wanna see what I'm talking about, here you go.

this is the one time i'm allowed to stay up until like midnight, and i start getting tired-ish around eleven. ;P

oh yes, and now for a statement about the wonderful MLIA, if you haven't heard of it already..

My Life is Average.

Yes, it's true.

But sometimes, there are amazing, wonderful situations that happen to average people. MLIA is a site which shares the layout style of the more well-known FML, but the stories are entertaining and thoughtful. Here's an example;

"Today, I found out that my guidance counselor had me switched to harder classes. I was really upset until I went to AP global. when I got there, the teacher handed out 3D glasses to every student and began to write notes on the board in 3D chalk. I have a feeling I'm going to like this class. MLIA"

I swear, after reading FML for a while, this site gives me hope for the human race.

http://mylifeisaverage.com/

Not quite worth my time.

So, I may have not said that I'm in a 9 guild on Neopets. (Yeah, I still play Neopets. I don't care.) It's rather slow; the two main admin, 7 and 9 (we call each other by the numbers we roleplay), don't get on much, and 3 is kinda illiterate. There are only a few members, and roleplay is quite slow, but I'm still fine with it. I'm okay with a slow guild. Plus, two of the members, 0 and 27, are two of my best friends in real life (notably 0.)

Now, 27 has been in many guilds in her time on Neopets, and she's created almost as many guilds as she's actually been in. Many of these guilds she's created she's pressured me to join (on my side, usually) and I do, and we roleplay, or chat, or whatever, for a week or two, and then she declares that it's dying and she makes a new guild. Now, I can understand the search for the perfect guild. I've only found three which I hoped would last forever, and they all died. D; But that's beside the point.

The only thing is that 27 left today. Here's the conversation that happened:

27: I am thinking about leaving, guys.
Me: Whaaat? ;-;
27: Roleplay hasn`t been that good, there`s no web, barely any members... not quite worth my time...

"Not quite worth my time."

As far as I know, no guild (except perhaps that one Redwall guild) was worth her time. None of her guilds were worth my time. This makes me angry. Maybe it shouldn't. I don't think it should, actually. But it does. There has never been a guild that we have been together that either of us was satisfied with.

Hell, she was the one who invited me and 0 to this guild!

I considered making excuses for our guild, or even confronting her and saying all the stuff I'm saying now. But all I said was, "I.. I'm sorry to hear that."

And she replied, "I know. Maybe I should look for a themeless.. Anyways, good luck with getting members." Then she left.

I wish I told her all the things I'm thinking. No, I don't. That would be bad; I don't want our friendship to break.

I've always been afraid of broken friendships, I think. Like that one day in Language Arts.. but that is another story, one I'm more afraid of posting on the Internet, in the case the friend it concerns finds it.

Heck, 27 might find this, especially if she looks through my tweets and decides to visit my blog. But I don't think she reads my blog, so I guess it's okay. Even so, I'm not tweeting about this.

Wow..

I haven't blogged for nearly 2 weeks. Gosh, I need to get back in the habit! Dx Alright, um.. update update update.

I LOVE Three Days Grace. I 've only gotten the chance to fully listen to one of their albums, but I have to say I am in love with many of their songs, my favorites being Life Starts Now and Break. One of the others, No More, is spurring me to write a 9 songfic about a fight between 7 and 1, though it'll be tough, since that has been done many times.

I went to the Texas Renaissance Festival on Sunday. It was drizzling for much of the time, but it was still quite fun. The Texas Renaissance Festival is a festival that takes place on weekends from October through November where people basically get to dress up and do all kinds of medieval stuff. There are loads of shops but there are also some really fun rides and everyone is like "Good day!" and not a soul is wearing a Hollister shirt. It's four hours away, but it's really fun and I think working there someday might be fun.

Also, 9 is going out of theaters where I live. And I only got to see it in the movie theater once. How sad; maybe I'll be able to convince my mom to take me again this weekend, before it is gone completely.

All I Ever Wanted/Vi sitter i ventrilo och spelar DotA

I found this cool song earlier today - All I Ever Wanted by Basshunter. I liked it, but I couldn't shake the feeling that I had heard it before, except in another language. I searched it a few times and just couldn't find anything. Finally, I found what I was looking for; Vi sitter i ventrilo och spelar DotA, which a friend of mine showed me quite a few months ago. I'm not sure which one I like better, but it certainly made my day. :D

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

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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 ;-;

2012

Gee, I'm all about numbers and apocalyptic/post-apocalyptic movies today, eh?
Trailer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZiSpQC6M_5Q

The movie is an epic adventure about a global cataclysm that brings an end to the world and tells of the heroic struggle of the survivors. Interesting.

Now, I don't believe in any god, and I definitely don't believe in a god who sets a deadline for the world, who kills off all his people on a whim. Why stop any advancement past 2012?

But I do think that if we're not careful, we will create an apocalypse for ourselves - either through nuclear war or excess pollution. Or maybe even the Machine described in the movie 9, although we probably won't be creating sentient/semi-sentient robots in the near future.

I say this, but I sit here using electricity second by second. I've never gone out and planted a tree. Half the time I don't even turn off the lights when I leave the room. A lot of us are this way, I fear. We know of the dangers, but we choose to revel in our luxuries.

I am hypocritical, of course.

9

If you've been to your local movie theater recently, you've probably seen the trailers for Tim Burton's movie 9, coming out on 9-9-09. If not, here are some various links:

http://www.apple.com/trailers/focus_features/9/

http://www.filminfocus.com/focusfeatures/film/9

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDH0e73_j8M

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGqUB2iXbhM

Here's a synopsis (I'm lazy; I copied and pasted it. xD)

An action-packed adventure, director Shane Acker’s animated fantasy epic 9 is the feature-length expansion of his Academy Award-nominated 2004 short film of the same name. The screenplay for the feature is by Pamela Pettler (Monster House); directors Tim Burton (Beetlejuice) and Timur Bekmambetov (Wanted) are among the feature version’s producers.

The time is the too-near future. Powered and enabled by the invention known as the Great Machine, the world’s machines have turned on mankind and sparked social unrest, decimating the human population before being largely shut down.

But as our world fell to pieces, a mission began to salvage the legacy of civilization; a group of small creations was given the spark of life by a scientist in the final days of humanity, and they continue to exist post-apocalypse. Another of their own, #9 (voiced by Elijah Wood), emerges and displays leadership qualities that may help them survive and possibly even thrive. The conflicted but resilient tribe already includes #1 (Christopher Plummer), a domineering war veteran and the group’s longtime leader; #2 (Martin Landau), a kindly but now-frail inventor; #3 and #4, scholarly twins who communicate nonverbally and mostly with each other; #5 (John C. Reilly), a stalwart and nurturing engineer; #6 (Crispin Glover), an erratic artist beset by visions; #7 (Jennifer Connelly), a brave and self-sufficient warrior; and #8 (Fred Tatasciore), the none-too-bright muscle and enforcer for #1.

With their group so few, these “stitchpunk” creations must summon individual strengths well beyond their own proportions in order to outwit and fight against still-functioning machines, one of which is a marauding mechanized beast. In the darkness just before the dawn, #9 rallies everyone of his number to band together.

While showcasing a stunning “steampunk”-styled visual brilliance, 9 dynamically explores the will to live, the power of community, and how one soul can change the world.

After having watched the trailers and some clips many, many times, I have discovered a few things. In the links above, there is a point where it shows all 9 creatures for a few seconds each. On number 6, there is a point where it looks like the life is being sucked out of him; screenshot:

So it is quite possible we will lose number 6. However, it says in the synopsis that 6 is an 'erratic artist beset by visions,' so perhaps this is merely a vision. Number 7 seems very cool; she is voiced by Jennifer Connelly and though it doesn't show much in the trailers I posted, there are some clips I saw that shows that-- well, she's awesome. Definitely a tomboy and a survivor.

I really want to see this movie and I encourage others to see it also. 8D

"We...we've awakened something."
"Something terrible."

two.two.two.

The number 222 haunts me.

Seriously. I see it everywhere, both online and in real life.

Examples:

On Neopets (yes, I still play that) I've visited my pet's lookup when it was 222 days old. I had 222 avatars for the longest time. And I get 222 neopoints from a game, have 222,000 neopoints on hand. I look and see that I have 222 posts in my guild

On Save An Alien and other websites, I've had 222 points of the currency at various times.

In real life? I hardly ever look at road/highway signs. Except when I just happen to look up and see Highway 2220. One time, at the grocery store, the cashier has to type in something's number by hand because the barcode won't scan. The first three digits? 222. Then there are numerous times that I check my watch and I see that it's 2:22.

Forget lucky 13. Number 222 stalks me.

Oh yeah, and did I mention that it kind of stalks my online bff, too? Creepy. Be careful, readers (if there are any)- you'll be next!

P.S.

Internet University

One person on deviantArt drew this awesome picture, a personification of some of the most popular websites:

http://elontirien.deviantart.com/art/Internet-University-Cast-120846620
(click on the picture to enlarge)
The artist's comments were:

Ha...ha ha. So my friend wrote a sort of short story called "Internet University," where all the students and faculty are personified famous websites. It's hilarious XD. Facebook and Twitter are roomies, Professor Google has to deal with the foul-mouthed Youtube, etc.
I decided I had to draw them all out.

And DA isn't part of the story (yet?), but I went and designed her anyway for the hell of it. lolololol *runs*

Many of the comments asked whether the short story was online somewhere, and added suggestions for future characters. There were also suggestions for a comic to be made. That would be awesome :3

A person on the third page linked to a video of the same idea, but in a party setting. http://thosearentmuskets.com/sketches/internetparty.php
There's also a 'sequel', kinda; a going-away party for Myspace, of sorts. http://thosearentmuskets.com/sketches/internetparty2.php

Really funny. :'D

Theft on dA

I have an account on deviantArt, known to most as dA. It's a place where you can upload your art for comments and help, etc.

This article explains everything. In short, a lot of users have been getting the same response back when they report stolen art pieces:

Your Art theft (General) Violation Report on (art piece here) was reviewed by a member of the staff and action was taken, marking the report as Invalid.

Additionally, the following comment was provided:

A member of staff has reviewed this report and has found that while there may be cause for some type of concern no actual administrative action will be taken because this report was made by an interested third party rather than someone directly involved in the issue.

Please click here for more information.

This message was generated automatically.

-- deviantART Staff

So because we're a third party, means we can't report anything? What's more, dA hasn't announced their policy change. Until today, I was not aware, and I'm sure a lot of others aren't either. That's like saying it's okay to shoplift if the shop owner doesn't know (quoted from someone's comment on the article, dunno who.)

Kaedechtu said on page 9 of comments on the article,
"I think DA is right not to accept art theft claims from a third party. The person whose art is stolen should be the one to make that decision, because there could be special cicumstances that caused the incident that the artist is aware of, but that a third party might not know.

What SHOULD happen though, is if a third party reports an art theft, the person who the art belongs to needs to be notified of the report, so that that person can make a decision as to whether they want to continue pursuing the case."

And mikegoulty, the writer of the article, replied,
"Let's think about that then...

- Major companies : have you ever tried to get in contact with them? Good luck with that one.

- Sometimes the image is known to be stolen, but the original creator cannot be contacted for whatever reason.

- Copyright exists after death.

Why should a third party not be able to report theft? If the person has permission, they will be able to attach the permission documents, and the admins will act accordingly."

(after which Kaedechtu understood :3)

mikegoultry also said on page 9,
"We cannot police the whole internet, but they CAN police their own site."

I strongly agree. Before now I knew nothing of all this. Now I do and I hope to spread the word.

This is mostly a complaint here, but if anyone reads this who uses dA, they should be aware.

Also, my username on dA is dictionary-0. :)

Social Networking

so, before recently, I stayed away from the social networking sites. You know, myspace, msn, facebook, etc. But I made a msn because a close friend asked me to (stacia ;D) and I ended up also making a Myspace (which I don't use almost at all) and a Facebook. The silliest thing is, my real incentive for making a Facebook was to play Farmville. xD H0w nerdy is that?

Speaking of Farmville, I like the new Super Berry (I want to call it a sugar berry) that they have. It only takes 2 hours to grow and you can harvest them for 100 coins each! Not only that, but they only cost 10 coins each! They really are super! 8D

Laziness

Everything's okay. I ended up drawing some of the da5 pictures for my friends at the sleepover, which is kinda lame but my friends were okay. And there are only 3 days left of summer vacation (but probably a billion of 100+ degree weather.), but I feel relaxed. Very relaxed. I may even actually catch up on Aramii, that site I was talking about in my last post.

Hmmm. I have more to say, but not right now. I think I'll post again later.

P.S:
Laziness is the father of procrastination and Unwillingness is the mother.
Later is the sister and Tomorrow is the brother.
Whatever is the son and Boring is the daughter.
Dilly-Dally is the aunt and Prolongation is the uncle.
Forgetfulness is the nephew and Tiredness is the niece.
Laziness is the father and Unwillingness is the mother.

Summer, Gloom and da5

i've been kinda excited for school to start. but now i don't want summer to end. because during the summer i have time to do things i want to do.

well, that's not specifically true. i was able to get online a lot last year during the school year, and the year before that. and i had plenty of time to read and listen to music and stuff.

i guess i'm just feeling a little depressed right now. i'm not sure really if depressed is the right word. let me rephrase. i'm just tired and gloomy and feeling critical about my art. also, i went on a site called aramii for the first time in forever. and i want to revamp my camp and stuff. but it's too late to get started and i think that tomorrow i will be too lazy to want to.

alssoo... so one of my friends is writing this story. she's been writing it for a whole year or so. the main characters are her and her four best friends, one of which is me. a kindof club has been created that revolves around it. it's called da5. but i'm kinda lonely. the others are so enthusiastic about it. but i'm not, really. the others have contributed to it and stuff, yet i really haven't. i haven't even read most of the story. a da5 sleepover is tomorrow. and weeks ago i promised myself i would bring the others gifts, because everyone else is kinda giving each other things and stuff.

and i knew what i would get them. i would draw them stuff! animals, i've decided. but i've been procrastinating and procrastinating and procrastinating. and i've only got one of their drawings done. and that drawing looks cartoonish and bleh. and what if they don't like their drawings? and what if i don't get it done?

i am a procrastinator extrordinare. i procrastinate on homework lots and lots and i don't feel guilty about it usually. and i told myself that this would happen if i didn't work on their drawings, that it would be the last minute and i wouldn't have it done. and i let it happen. and i didn't really promise anyone anything or even hint at it. so if i didn't bring anything, they would never know.

but I would know. and i would be guilty and and and

;_;

Violence is not the answer

This was written a couple of hours ago while I was in my room:

So I'm kinda a jerk sister. Here's why:
At a restaurant, my sister Ciara was messing with the napkins that had beer ads on them. And so I was like, "Why are you even looking at beer ads? Seriously?" in a rather snobby tone. So she went up and literally got into my face like she always does, and she knows I hate it. I snapped and physically pushed her face away, and got told off by my parents. And I totally brought it on myself.

In one of my favorite books, The Compound, the main character is kinda cold, detached, and a jerk to his siblings. Sometimes I wonder if I'm the same way.

So now I have to pretty much not touch the computer for a few hours. At least this will give me ample time to do those drawings for my friends I was gonna do.

I wonder if Ciara still wants a mini-couch like mine for her room. She does seem to have calmed down - she said thank you when I tossed her the toy she was looking for - but she isn't trying to mimic the main character of the movie we just watched, like she was before dinner. And I just think: If I had been sitting on the other side of the table, none of this would've happened.

Mom said that instead of playing on the comp., I would have to play/hang with Ciara. But she made it clear that she didn't want to be with me. Fine with me, but I'm pretty much consigned to my room alone.

Well, I don't really want to stay in my room, and I suppose I don't really have to, but it's the place with assured solitude, so...

When the song that's playing started, I had the urge to go up and change it. This happens a lot when I'm listening to my iPod on shuffle. One side of me says, "Why leave it on shuffle when there's only a few songs you actually want to hear? Don't change the song. If you didn't like the song, why'd you buy it?" The other side of me says, "My music is one of the only things in my life that I alone control." Sometimes the first side of me wins over and I listen to the song. Sometimes the second side wins and I skip a bunch of songs. Right now, the first side of me won.

I wonder if I am truly sorry about pushing my sister away. Now, if I had the chance to redo that five minutes, I wouldn't physically push her face out of mine again. It was the wrong thing to do and if I hadn't done it, I would be sitting at the computer now. But if there were no barriers, if I knew I wouldn't be punished, would I still have done it?

I don't want to know the answer.

So why do I ask the question?

Hilarious Foward

Today I recieved this hilarious email foward. Seriously. Effin hilarious. Although I don't think about romance that much. And I'm not a werewolf. I hope. xD

"This is for all you song lovers out there. It's a combination of "Get to know your friends" and chance. Here are the instructions for Part One:

1)Press "Forward" and delete the answers.
2)Put your MP3 (or iPod) on Shuffle.
3)Write down the title of each song that comes up as the answer of the 20 questions (no matter what it is).
4)Have fun!

#1. What do you think of yourself?
Barking at the Moon by Jenny Lewis (soundtrack of Bolt)

So I'm a werewolf?

#2. What do others think of you?
The Way I Are, Timbaland

Um, yes, I are. o-o

#3. What do you like about your life?
SOS by Rihanna

Apparently I'm calling for help...

#4. What do you hate about your life?
Bullet the Blue Sky by Marcus Satellite

And I always liked the blue sky...

#5. What do you wish you could become?
In the Eye by Suzanne Vega

An eye. How pleasant.

#6. What do you say when someone asks, "Is this okay?"
Paparazzi by Lady Gaga

So anyone who asks me "is this okay?" is paparazzi...

#7. What do you think of your friends?
One, Two Step by Ciara

Now what's that supposed to mean? They're good dancers?

#8. What kind of person do you crush on?
Untouched by The Veronicas

Uh...pure and innocent? :P

#9. What do you think is the best way to live life?
Everytime We Touch by Cascada

Err... lots of romance? o_O

#10. What do you think about most often?
Live Your Life by T.I. (feat. Rihanna)

I'm surprised I didn't get this for the last question xD

Apparently I think about life.

#11. Where do you do you want to be?
Break The Ice by Britney Spears

Great. Antartica.

#12. What is 1+1?
Love Lockdown by Kayne West

I appear to think about romance a lot. o_o

#13. What is unlucky for you?
Wire by Marcus Satellite

Well, at least that made /sense/. Wire is unlucky for me.

#14. What do your friends think of you?
Complicated by Avril Lavigne

I'm complicated. Okay.

#15. If you were in a desert all alone, what would you do?
Miracle by Cascada

I would do a miracle. Great. I don't believe in miracles.

#16. What do you do on rainy days?
Rehab by Rihanna

.-. My iPod lies, I swear!


#17. What is your hobby?
Cry For You by September

I hardly ever cry >8(

#18. What do you always dance to?
Institution Green by Suzanne Vega

It's not really a dance-y song...

#19. What is your biggest fear?
I Love by Marcus Satellite

So I think the best way to live life is romance, 1+1 equals more romance, and yet I'm scared of love. Wtf?

#20. What will happen in the future?
My Life Would Suck Without You by Kelly Clarkson

Now what the bleep is THAT supposed to mean?!


That is it! I hope your had fun! But why keep the fun all to yourself? Forward this to your friends (enculding the one that sent it to you) so they can have fun too!

NOW GO SIT IN THE CORNER!!!!!!"

Dream - Star Wars/Harry Potter

I had a dream last night where I was talking to my friend about Star Wars and Harry Potter. It was mainly ordinary (and completely expected since I've been reading/watching a lot of SW and HP for the past 2 weeks) but there were some things we talked about that didn't actually happen... for instance, Harry Potter could turn into a mermaid in the fourth book. o-o

Yes. Mermaid.

Bookmarks

So I finally organized my bookmarks. I used to have 5 folders; now I have 10. But it's alright, since they're much more organized now. There were only eight of my bookmarks that I couldn't categorize without putting them into a folder all by themselves; those eight I put into a folder labeled 'Other'. All in all, I'm pretty satisfied. Yay for organization! :3

Dream - Star Trek?

So I had this dream where me, one of my guyfriends, and some other kids were in this class, learning how to fly a Star Trek - like ship. Then we actually were flying the ship (with help from the teachers, who oddly enough, were not wearing Star Trek uniforms.) Then suddenly I had the notion that I had to fly the ship to save someone, and I was flying the ship all by myself. (My guyfriend slumped over when he found out he couldn't fly the ship as well.) It was rather odd. Guess that's what happens when I get too hyper before I go to bed...

Brother - Indiana Jones

So my 5-year old brother has Lego Indiana Jones for the DS and Lego Indiana Jones for the Wii. He had an Indiana Jones birthday party. And he's watched the first 3 indiana jones movies at least a couple times each.

He especially likes The Last Crusade; he's watched it at least twice today. As I was putting it on for him again a couple minutes ago, I realized that it was PG-13, Parents Strongly Cautioned. Sigh..


(Of course, my dad showed me Princess Mononoke, which is also PG-13, when I was 4. xD)

Balto - I Stand Alone

From Wikipedia:
Balto is a 1995 animated/live action film produced by Steven Spielberg's Amblimation animation studio, distributed by Universal Pictures, and originally released to movie theatres in 1995. Balto is based on a true story about the dog of the same name who helped save children from the diphtheria epidemic in the 1925 serum run to Nome.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WY2sbglhzSY

This Youtube video is an AMV containing clips from this movie, and the music is a cappella by Van Canto. Not only is the song wonderful, but it totally fits the movie (or at least what is shown of the movie in the youtube video; I've never actually seen the movie.) Unfortunately, I can't find the song on iTunes .-.

free charity sites.

when you think 'charity', you probably think of some organization that you give money to so that they can rescue animals or give financial help to someone. but these websites let you help charities without actually paying any money. how? advertisements. you click a button and then you view some ads. the sponsors of these ads give money to the charities involved, and you need to do nothing but click a button.

Adoptables

There are many, many adoptable sites out there. Really, I only regularly go on a few - Valenth, Squiby, and Dragcave, although I think I have accounts on a few others. The difference between an adoptable site and a pet site is that adoptables usually gain levels or health or SOMETHING when their link is visited; it doesn't work that way with sites like Subeta or Neopets.

By the by...spare these guys some clicks?



Feed Me!
Adopted from Valenth


Click Me!

Mosquito Bites

One evening while I was in Alabama visiting my grandparents, me, my dad, and my siblings were blowing bubbles in the yard. Unfortunately, my dad neglected to mention that I should put on bug spray, and I didn't even think about it. I got about 15 bites on each leg and one or two on each arm. I am one of those people who can't stop scratching their bug bites. Now I have a bunch of ugly scabs on my legs.

At least there were none on my face.

Harry Potter & The Half Blood Prince.

I just saw the sixth HP movie. It's pretty dark and gloomy, except for all the romance. And of course I always have objections to all the movies from the 4th on up (I mean really; in the fourth one Harry didn't give his money to Fred and George), but really. The whole scene where Bellatrix burns down the Weasley's house was never in there. In the book, there was also some parts about the battle between some lesser Death Eaters, some students, and some teachers...in the movie it concentrated on Dumbledore.

They also neglected the part at the very end, at the funeral, I believe, where Harry goes to Ginny and tells her, "We can't be together anymore. It's too dangerous for you." or something like that. It was quite noble, but that was completely left out. I kept anticipating it, especially at the scene where Harry is kneeling by Dumbledore's body, and Ginny is comforting him.

But then again, I didn't expect the movie to be great; there were many things I disliked about the 4th and 5th movies as well. Perhaps I'm too cynical about these things.

Well, at least I didn't make the mistake of reading the book right before the movie. I would've gone nuts. xD

Although now I have the urge to read some HP...the seventh book, perhaps? Yes, I think so. I will go read it in my brand new plush chair; I'm very proud of it. (For those wondering, it's lavender with aqua buttons. It came with two aqua pillows with you guessed it, lavender buttons.)

Done blogging for today, I think, unless I somehow finish re-reading the seventh book and sneak back onto the computer. I'm a pretty fast reader, but it's already 11:26 here; I don't anticipate finishing it by any means.

Brother

My brother just turned 5 and sometimes is really really silly, playing around and making these hilarious faces. Other times he goes into these rages and hits us (by us I mean me, my sister, my mom, and my dad) because they're not doing what he wants them to. Because of this, the fact that he barely eats anything but chicken nuggets, and the fact that he is still in diapers, my uncle thinks he has Asperger's Syndrome or something like that. I know, because I heard him telling my grandma that he thought so while my mom was out of earshot. However, I was in earshot. I don't know whether my uncle ever spoke to my mother about it, but I did make it clear to him that I had heard.

My uncle is a very smart man, but I think he is making assumptions. Perhaps it is just me, unwilling to believe that there could be something wrong with my brother, but I think that he will grow out of these things. I hope so, anyways.

I do know that he could be worse. My mother's friend Trisha and her children have been staying with us for a couple days. Trisha has one 8-year old daughter (my sister and her have become best friends) and one 5-year old son. The son has Down Sydrome, which means that he is (not trying to be offensive here) mentally retarded, has speech issues, and has a shorter lifespan. None of these things apply to my brother (well, I'm just assuming here on the lifespan thing), which is a good thing.

Also, my brother is very smart. He started reading at 2 and has a very good memory. But the kid with Down's syndrome - his name is Sam - well, even he has learned to use the toilet.

At least my brother would probably like Star Wars better than Sam.

Blogger/Erblog

So let's see. I seem to be somewhat new to Blogger, but I assure you, I've been using Twitter and whatnot for a while.

As a fun play on words, I've decided to call this an Erblog - taking the Er of Blogger and putting it on the front. (I overlooked the fact that there are two g's in 'Blogger', but whatever.)

Anyways. I go by Gosh on most sites, or Goshers, or a variant of some sort. I also go by Dictionary and variants of Dictionary on a few sites, and my RL friends call me Aryn. (It's an extreme misspelling of Erin, my real name; it became my nickname over the course of 3 minutes. I think it's pronounced the same, but I dunno.)

I came here mostly because Twitter's character limit, while understandable, is effin' annoying. I don't plan to stop using Twitter, but I hope that I will still be active on Blogger. :)

So...I think that finishes my first post. Yay!

Edit: Oh yeah: for future references, my twitter is here:
http://twitter.com/dictionary01