Megamind

I watched the movie MegaMind last night, completely expecting it to be the average animated pixar movie. But it was sooooo good! It was really funny, and I laughed out loud on several occasions. It was also very dynamic and unpredictable. Nowadays it seems like every movie is predictable. But this one was very good! I would definitely see it again.

New Pals

I just looooove making new friends! Especially when it's those people who you don't think you would be able to relate to, and then all of a sudden you get thrown into some situation where you have to talk to them and it's like BAM! bffs! I love it. It always surprises me how awesome people can be if you get to know them.

MORP

Morp was really fun tonight! The funnest part was just getting to spend time with my friends. We're all so busy, it's hard to coordinate times when we can all see each other and hang out. But tonight we got to be together, and I forgot how much fun I have with them! Just getting to catch up was great, and of course getting to dance and have fun was great too :)

Variety Show

So I went to the variety show tonight, knowing it would either be really good or really bad. Luckily, it was AWESOME! Everyone who performed did an amazing job. It's amazing how you see these people everyday at school, but you never know how talented they really are. Some people sang, some danced, some played instruments. Everyone was amazing though! And everyone was entertaining. There wasn't a moment when I was bored. And the hosts were really funny too! It was a great show!!!!

Busy Bee

This week is so crazy. There is just SO much going on. Today I hung out with my best friend who goes to Ball State and is home for spring break. Tomorrow I was going to go to Minute to Win It, but my boyfriend is coming over instead because it is like the only possible time I will get to see him this week. Wednesday is Dirty Duckers. Thursday is the variety show, and I'm so excited to see everyone perform and what not. And friday is MORP! I love morp! But ahhhhhhh there's just so much going on. And add school and homework on top of all that.... BLAH! crazyness (or is it "craziness"?)

Summer Lovin'

I cannot wait until summer!!!!!!!!!! I just really cannot wait. I want it to be here right now. I'm ready for warm weather, and going to the lake, and not having school, and not having homework, and sleeping in, and staying up late, and hanging out with friends all the time, and wearing flip flops, and going swimming, and being tan, and ahhhhh everything! I love summer <3

Grrr

It is very very late right now, but I have SO much homework to do. It bothers me. I want to get a good night's sleep, but I just have so much to do. Grrr. I wish that we never had any homework at all; that would just be absolutely magnificent. Then we would all get more sleep and we would all be much happier people.

Food Network Fan

I just love watching food network! It is definitely my favorite t.v. channel. No matter, what time it is and what day it is, there is ALWAYS something entertaining to watch. Tonight is some type of Iron Chef America and Cupcake Wars marathon, so I am for sure pumped. Seeing all the coolcats cook is just amazing. It makes me want to be a chef, except I would not be able to handle all the stress. And also I am afraid of fire and stoves, so it would be very difficult to cook good food. But anyway, I just love watching food network! Gah!

Memory Lane

I just love looking through old pictures!!! They are the best! I love seeing how nerdy I was and how nerdy all my friends were and how nerdy EVERYONE was! It really is a confidence-booster :). It always makes me laugh because every photo captures such innocence. None of us seemed to be concerned with how we looked or how we acted, we all just wanted to have fun. I love childhood. I really do.

im'a tell you one time

This evening I went to the Justin Bieber movie, Never Say Never. I originally had no intentions of seeing this movie. However, after a few of my friends saw the movie and said how absolutely amazing it was, I decided that I might as well go see it so I could see what all the hype was about. My opinion of the movie?? It was AMAZING!!!!! SOOOOOO GOOD!!!!! I was shocked to find out how talented Justin Bieber really is! Even when he was only a few years old, Bieber could play the guitar, drums, piano, and of course sing! He is just one of those gifted children that is born with talent and born to be a star. Even if you are not a Bieber fan, I recommend the movie. It definitely supports going after your dreams and believing that anything is possible. NEVER SAY NEVER!!!

ice, ice, baby!

So today I woke up and was disappointed by the fact that we did not have a delay. My car was completely frozen, it was starting to snow, and there was a winter weather advisory, yet STILL there was no delay!!! I was angered. And to make it worse, I kept having to hear all the other schools that had delays or cancellations as I was driving to school because every radio station was saying them. Also, all the radio station kept talking about how awful it was and how bad it was going to get and how many accidents there were and how its super slippery. The whole time I was just thinking what the heck?! I should be home sleeping!! Also, I ended up being a full 30 MINUTES late to school! This was because there was an accident and there was only one lane of traffic. However, I talked to the police officer who was directing the traffic for awhile and he was really nice! So that made me smile. Also, I really was not too upset about being so late to school, I was elated! Especially because it was excused! Although I think that we definitely should have had a delay and a cancellation today, I kinda am glad we did not because it is one less day that we have to make up in the summer. Yippee!

Oh Mr. Sun!

Oh Mr. Sun, Sun, Mr. Golden Sun, please shine down on meeeeeee! Today was glorious. It got up to around 60 degrees, and the sun was shining for most of the day :)! eeep! I cannot wait until spring! I want it to be spring right now. The snow is mostly melted, and the birds are chirping, and it smells like spring, and UGH I don't want it to go back to cold weather. I want it to be April right now instead of February. At least spring is only a few months away :)!!!!!! YESH!

Thirst

I am really thirsty right now. I know I should drink water, because water is healthy, but soda sounds really good to me. It's the bubbles I desire. Or maybe I will drink a Snapple Peach Tea. Peach tea sounds delightful right now. I also am thirsty for knowledge. Ya know that feeling when you have a question that you really want to be answered right now, and you are growing more and more impatient, but yet there is nothing you can do to speed up the process of finding out the answer? Only time will tell... Only time will tell.

The downfalls of facebook

So I was on facebook today, and I was looking through my news feed and I found my favorite status ever. One of my friends said...
          couples on facebook,
          no one wants to read post after post about how much you "love" each other, it's
          annoying and creepy.
Isn't that so true?!?! My favorite part is how he put the "love" in quotes. Because can it really be love in high school?? I'm not sure. I suppose it could be real love.... but still. It is still high school love, because we are in high school. I also like how he said "it's annoying and creepy," because it totally is! Sometimes it makes me want to vomit when I read posts that go back and forth saying "baby I love you <3" "awww baby I love you too <3" "you're the best <3" "nooo you're the best!!! <3" "you're soooo sweet <3" "no you're so sweet <3" "awww baby! <3" "i love you <3!" "i love youuuuuu <3!!!!" *GAG!!!*

CHEETOS, and Chester Cheetah

I think my favorite type of junk food is cheetos. I love cheetos. Here is a picture that I found on google of "giant cheetos." I wonder if the picture on the bag is actual size. If it is, I don't think I could fit it in my mouth. So that means you would have to bite it, and I think it would be very messy. So, I think that the cheeto-making companies should just stick to making the original cheetos, because those are beast. And also the flaming hot cheetos, because those are really good too. Oh, and I would also like to mention that as I was googling "cheetos" a picture of Chester Cheetah came up. Did you know that the cheetos cheetah had a name??? I did not know this! I was excited.

This is Chester Cheetah, the Cheetos dude

I'M HUNGRY

It is 12:45 at night and I am SO HUNGRY. I don't know why. I have been very freakishly hungry lately though, and man it's bad. It's like I eat, and I'm full for about 8 minutes, and then i'm starving again. I hope I'm growing. I mean I hope I'm getting taller, if I'm getting fatter I will  be sad. I just ate a hamburger, and it was wonderful. I think I might eat some chicken wings now, or some cookies, or some yogurt. But the yogurt will probably get ruled out because it's too healthy for midnight-snacking. "Tengo hambre" means "I am hungry" in spanish. That's pretty much one of the only things I remember from spanish. I also remember "mantequilla de cacahuate" means "peanut butter"!! I only remember that because it is really fun to say.

Phases of Life Essays

     All three of the essays were really good at conveying a mood when describing a phase in the writer's life. The first essay I read, "Once More to the Lake," seemed to convey a calm mood when the writer described his past. He gave us the details of him going to the lake for a month every year when he was a kid and how calm and peaceful it would be and how much fun he would have at the lake. However, when he goes back with his son he conveys an eerie mood because he views his son as himself as a child and himself as his father. This generation change causes a "creepy sensation," because when he see himself doing something or saying something he sees his father.
      The next essay, "Hooked," portrays an accomplished feeling. The first time the writer catches one of the huge Bass from his secret fishing hole, he decides to throw it back and catch it again rather than taking it home with him and showing everyone. This shows that he likes the successful feeling of catching the massive fish. Rather than taking the fish he caught home just so that he could brag about it, he decided that he would be happier just repeating the self-accomplishment he received by catching the fish.
     The last essay, "Innocence is Bliss," conveys a blissful feeling. The writer describes her summer the year before freshman year. She states that it was the best time in her life, and that it was a time where she was the happiest she's ever been. She had not yet entered high school, so her life was still relatively easy and straightforward. Sometimes I think we all wish that we could go back to a time in our life when we were younger and more innocent and when life was easier.

Wouldn't it be fun to feed a baby giraffe?!

Isn't this adorable?! I would just love to feed a baby giraffe a bottle! And put my arm around it! I think it would be a very fun time. It makes me wonder though how big giraffes are when they are born. If this baby giraffe is still drinking from a bottle, it can't be very old, right? So is this the size they are when they come into the world?? Ouch. Poor momma giraffes. But it is adorable :)

"And through all this, she maintains her same practiced grace."

       My favorite essay sample was "A Practiced Grace." First, I liked how descriptive the writer was of the barista. It was easy to visualize the girl in my mind, and it was easy to develop the impression that the barista left on the observer.
      The writer not only stated that "her blonde, shoulder-length hair is up in a ponytail," but goes on to describe the way hair hangs down in her eye and she "moves it back into place with a nervous flick of her head that has become a constant, unthinking motion. Much like breathing." I really liked this line because it gives realism to the barista. Every girl knows how often hair gets in the way, and how natural it becomes to flick our head so it doesn't get in the way. This was not an important feature of the barista, but it was definitely one that gave the character "life."'
      The writer gives a good account of the impression the barista left on her customers when he states, "She treats them all with the same respect as she makes their order." This automatically made me think of her as a kind, compassionate person. It would be difficult to perform the same task of making coffee drinks over and over again each day while still being sincerely friendly towards each customer. She is a special person for being able to do that. And the way the writer describes how she didn't roll her eyes or laugh or look sternly at her customers tells me that she has a lot of patience and that she is not a judgemental person.
      Finally, I liked the way the writer chose to observe someone that he didn't know. I think that if I chose one of my friends to write about it, it would be hard to speak purely objectively about them. Also, I would get frustrated because I would want to portray them accurately, but sometimes this is hard to do through writing because you can't say EVERY detail about them. By chosing a random coffee shop worker, the writer of "A Practiced Grace" could observe without bias or obligation to make their friend look good.
      I really enjoyed reading "A Practiced Grace." It was easy to follow and I thought it did a great job of following the prompt!

RAWR! It's a snowdragon!

This is a picture of a nifty snowdragon. I found it on Google. I thought it was real when I first saw it and I got really excited, but unfortunately it was photoshopped. But would that not be amazing if it WERE real?!?! It would be. It would be amazing.

Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow

Yesterday we had a snow day and it was glorious. Not only was it beautiful outside, but it also allowed me to sleep in AND take a nap. It was great. I was not very productive though; well, not at all. I kept telling myself all day long that I would work on some homework and study for tests, and it kept getting later and later and I kept getting more and more bored on facebook, but STILL I could not bring myself to even open my bookbag. There was a battle occuring between me and that monster called Procrastination, and I lost. Big time. I am very frustrated that I didn't work on any homework; however, I do not regret having a glorious day.

Ground Zero - Suzanne Berne

It is incredibly late at night, 3:30 AM to be exact, and I just finished reading the essay Ground Zero by Suzanne Berne. It was interesting enough to keep me awake, so I decided to write about it. First of all, I found it interesting to read about because it was something that happened during my time. September 11th was a HUGE event in America's history, and although I was really young when it happened, I still felt the impact of it. I remember I got home from elementary school that day and my family was glued to the t.v. I really wanted my mom to read The BFG (Big Friendly Giant) to me, but she wouldn't because she was watching the news. Of course, at the time I didn't really understand the gravity of the situation, so in my mind reading about a giant was way more exciting than whatever was happening on the news. I also remember we had burritos for dinner. I really like burritos. But ANYWAY, I really liked the was Berne talked about absence in the article. One line I liked was "But once your eyes adjust to what you are looking at, 'nothing' becomes something much more potent, which is absence." I like that because it is really deep. I normally think of nothing and absence being the same thing, but in this situation I can defintely see the difference between them. Before September 11th, there were buildings standing on Ground Zero which for years had been landmarks of America. But after the tragedy, all that remains is the memory of these extraordinary buildings and the people who inhabited them. THAT is absence.

Breaking My Blogging Virginity

Hmmmmmmm.. well.. I'm not really sure if I am doing this right because I've never blogged before. It seems like a pretty fun time though. I'm not really sure who looks at blogs, but that's ok; I guess I will find out. It's really late at night right meow, and I'm sleepy. So I think I will go to bed. But for the sake of making things exciting, I will share a brief happening of my day. I went to dinner at a restaurant, and I was shocked to see CHOCOLATE CREME BRULEE on the menu. I did not know this was possible. Did anyone know this was possible? Probably not. It was delicious. Anyway, good night.