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So, on Sunday we went to Best Buy and swapped my broken iTouch for a new one. Since I had just synced it with my computer on Saturday, virtually everything was the same.. except of course the screen. (: We also bought a good case.

I watched 9 again on Friday with some of my friends.. That, along with some of the songs in Dear Agony, the album by Breaking Benjamin, inspired me to start drawing more. Hooray.

There's only a month and a half, basically, until the end of the school year (and the start of my cruise!) The thought of this excites me greatly. I have observed a decline in homework recently... or perhaps I have just actually been getting stuff done.

Oops...

Well! I haven't completely lost hold of my senses - I've decided to research Charles Darwin instead of D&D.. though I suppose that was mostly because no one in my class would know what I was talking about when I did the presentation. *.* Anyways, I've just spent the past hour reading.. yup, Order Of The Stick fanfiction. It took a while for me to finally venture into the thread labeled "Crack Fanfiction" on the OOTS forum, but I did, and while most if it was either disturbing or hilarious, one of the longer stories totally swept me away.

Well, I guess I know what my plans for this weekend are. I wonder which is more reasonable - to be obsessed with a comic strip and its fanfiction or an animated movie and its fanfiction? Probably the latter, but unfortunately my 9 obsession only lasted 2 months.. while I've been obsessed with OOTS since late October.

Oops indeed. (Also oops for making the titles of this post and the last post the same.)

((P.S. If you don't know what I'm talking about when I say OOTS, it's a stick figure comic I've been yakking about since October, found here. If you are familiar with Dungeons & Dragons, it could be funny for you, but I'm not that familiar with it, and I love the comic. *.*))

REFLECTION TIME!! o_o

Well, I got 9 on Blu-Ray and watched it again. I still have to say it's one of (if not the most) my favorite movies ever. But I watched the newest Star Trek movie on Blu-Ray afterwards, and I also have to say that I found Star Trek more compelling. Oh well.

Oh yes, and happy new year to everybody! Let's see, um.. reflections, reflections. In 2009 I stopped playing Neopets and started playing Subeta, Valenth, and Squiby. I made this blog and then later, my tumblr. I became obsessed with 9 and Order of The Stick. I embraced my inner artist and wrote my first fanfic. (This is all out of order, by the way.) I discovered some new music - Owl City and Three Days Grace especially. I came to love The Big Bang Theory. I found my inner "passion" for drumming - wait, that was fourth grade. But I suck at the drums on Rock Band..

Yeah, I think that's the best reflection I can come up with. It's 2010 now! And as Cyanide & Happiness said:

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...

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.

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.

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.

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. ^-^

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."