Yeah, sorry I didn't make a post....since...September, is it? Oops. Well I'm busy! You know, school, homework, stuuuuuuuff. I was going to make a post, and then I got distracted because we got Netflix. This, my friends, is probably one of the most miraculous inventions in history. I've just finished Monk (yes, all 8 freaking seasons) and it was amazing. I would highly recommend getting it, because it's very cheap and very useful. Do it. Now. There's plenty of movies, TV shows, music videos, etc. Right now, I'm in season 3 or 4 of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. I less than three Buffy. Kicks butt in like every episode. ANYWAY....(getting off track here) I had finals the other week, and now it's Christmas Break! Now that I have free time, what better way to spend the holidays than sit in my room and blog? Yes, it is quite wonderful. All right, to the subject now. CHRISTMAS.
Christmas is probably my favorite holiday, not just because of the presents, but the constant euphoria that is spread. I went to 2 sessions of church today (I'm a trooper) and it was awesome. There were Christmas programs in each, and each one had its own uniqueness, you could say. The first one, my ward, was more about hitting the right notes and sounding really nice as a choir. It did sound really good, actually. You could tell they put a buttload of work into it, so I appreciated the effort very much. Then I went to another ward where my sister was singing a solo at the end of the program. The attendance wasn't so great. There were more people in the choir than in the stands, but the choir sounded remarkable. It seemed as if they weren't concentrating so much on the notes (although they were pretty much near perfection), and concentrating more on the vibe of the whole singing. I LOVED IT. And you know, I don't love a lot of things. The choir was super loud, and you could just feel the happiness emulating from everyone in the choir and the stands. When the congregation and the choir sang all together, everyone just blended right in to each others voices and sang their hearts out. It didn't matter whether the person next to you was Josh Groban (wait....no, it totally would because he's a god), or an old lady who couldn't read the words in the hymn book. Everyone got into it, and didn't care if their voice cracked or anything. They focused on what was truly important: getting the feel of Christmas into each others minds, hearts, and souls. Wow. That sounded super cheesy. I almost just deleted that line because of how crappy that sounds, but IT'S TRUE, okay? The music sounded really awesome, and I felt really happy singing together with everyone. Don't judge me.
Like I said before, Christmas is amazing. Although presents and stuff are freaking awesome and help the spirit too, it's really just about the emotions that we are allowed to feel during this one time of year, and no other time. Sure, we're allowed to, but do we really let ourselves? We're so busy during the year that we never truly get to take the time off to just think, "I am so happy to be here". I'm not one for making any of those stupid New Year's Resolutions Crap junk stuff, but if YOU are, maybe a plausible resolution could be to cherish those moments and feelings you have during Christmas, and channel them throughout the entire year, so come Christmas, you'll be happier than ever! You'll even be glad to get those mangy carolers at your door, toting their "special homemade peppermint fudge candy".
Speaking of "special homemade peppermint fudge candy" crap, I really hate peppermint. Yeah, you're probably thinking, "Justine always finds something wrong with anything". It's true. At school, people pass you and they're like, "Oooh! Merry Christmas!" *hugs you, gives you a candy cane, smiles, leaves*. Yup. Normal procedure, right? WRONG. I've distinctly told everyone I've ever come to like that I do not enjoy the taste of peppermint. Whether it be mixed in with hot chocolate, chocolate, white chocolate, chocolate bark, or gum, people just INSIST on giving peppermint things for presents! I've had to give away at least 5 presents from friends each year just because they were peppermint. And they were cute things too! One time, my friend handed out these cute mugs complete with a packet of hot chocolate, PEPPERMINT Hershey kisses, a candy cane (peppermint flavored), marshmallows dipped in......you guessed it, white chocolate with peppermint flavoring, and a note that said, "To: Justine Love: --(I don't want to say the name in case she reads this later...I have a conscience, you know---", which was, as you know, decorated with little white and red stripes, signifying peppermint. WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU PEOPLE AND YOUR OBSESSION WITH PEPPERMINT? I have gone so far as to say, "I am allergic to peppermint, and I will break out in beastly hives and quite possibly die if I have peppermint", and STILL I get this disgusting candy that I absolutely DESPISE. I'm trying not to make this a big deal about myself, and getting all selfish about getting what I want for Christmas, but really. Wouldn't you possibly REMEMBER if your friend said she could DIE if you gave her peppermint? Maybe they do want me to die, I don't know, but don't forget that easily! If you wanted me to die, just slip something in my drink. It's ok. Just not the peppermint way. Anything but that. Please.
So now that I have vented myself out, I realized that I've gone off track here. But it's still about the same subject though, right? Yeaaaaah. Point number one. Uhmm, yeah. So Christmas is pretty cool, and peppermint is freaking disgusting candy that shouldn't even be considered as a treat. There you go. Happy holidays.
Sunday, December 19, 2010
Friday, September 10, 2010
"Observations" I've Made
You know how it is. There's always something you see, and you think, "What the....?".....okay, maybe that's just me. But I'll show you some examples:
1. People don't wash their hands. I don't know if they're ashamed, scared, embarrassed, or confused. I don't see what the big deal is. You wash your hands so you can be clean and not get AIDS* or something. So I don't understand why people walk out of the bathroom, look at the sink kind of shyly, then just leave! You know that little thing that they do....come out of the bathroom stall, walk slowly, glance around to see if anyone notices that they aren't going to wash their hands, then leave. It's DISGUSTING.
2. If someone doesn't respond the way another person wants them too, the other person leaves. Okay that was kind of weird to read. Let's say person 1) Linus, is talking to person 2) Darren. Here's their conversation:
Linus: I just bought the new Justin Bieber CD! *squeals*
Darren: Uhhh....cool, bro?
Linus: Dude, you don't like Justin Bieber?
Darren: ....Nope.
Linus: Why not?
Darren: Sorry, I'm just not into that kind of music.
Linus: Oh. I'll talk to you later then. I have to go....home.
Darren: And listen to your CD, right? *laughs jokingly trying to make the mood lighter*
Linus: Yeah. Bye, then. *never texts back, calls, or looks at ever again*
Do you see my point now? People are really arrogant today. They think that if something is "all the rage" everyone likes it. That's actually not true, buddy boy. A lot of people like many different things.
3. People judge by shoes. I'm not joking at all. Although you may be laughing (I'm laughing too), it's so true. At my school, if people don't have Vans, cute sandals, or flats, you are spit upon. Well, technically not "spit upon" but you are looked down on. If you don't believe me (ask the dishes!), just look around where you are. Go to a public place, preferably by a teenager hangout. Walk past, and discreetly make eye contact. I'm telling you, these guys will look at your shoes and decide who you are. It's so silly. Or if you're at school, you just match up friends with shoes. If you see a couple making out, it's because of their shoes. Just look, and they'll both be wearing red Vans. Not even kidding.
4. People assume everyone's read, watched and is obsessed with Twilight. (Sorry if that sentence sounds weird. It's the start of school again and I'm already tired of writing.) I don't necessarily dislike these kind of people. I just feel bad they can't understand the truth: not everyone likes Twilight.
5. Surprisingly, a lot of people have never tasted Spam...or even know about it. For me, I was born and raised on that stuff. I still love it, too. It may be acraploadofmeatssmushedtogetherinacan, but it is quite tasty. I was texting my friend the other day, and she said she was on a diet. I was joking along and asking her what she could eat. Then I asked, "hav u evar eetn SPAM??? :))))" (I love making fun of people who actually text like this). Do you know what her answer was? "I've never eaten Spam before! Haha" (or something like that. I'm too lazy to check my phone). Exactly my point.
6. No one actually read books before Twilight came out. Seriously. My friend (I won't use her real name, so let's just call her....Kristen), Kristen never read. Ever. Every time I talked to her, I would be like, "Heyyy! How's it going? *yadayadaydadasdhsdgkhsdkjfnkeeptalking* So what books have you been reading lately?" Her response: "Hmm...I haven't actually read a book since I was 5. And that one was a picture book". *Frowns* Then this Twi*ight epidemic broke out, and people were scrambling all over the place to find a real vampire who could bite them and turn them into a vampire, so they could marry Ed*ard. *Facepalm* Just kidding. But it seemed that instead of a vampire, it was that ridiculous book that everyone wanted their hands on! I talked to Kristen (do you get my pun?) later, and asked her, "How's it going? Have you read anything else besides that picture book?". While I was laughing uncontrollably (more like choking and spitting on my own stupid segue (if I'm using that word right)), she said, "Yeah, I'm really into this Twi*ight book!". I stopped laughing then and a bit of me died right then**. Ever since then, I can't get into a conversation with anyone without them saying something about "that certain book"***. But in a way, I suppose it's good that more people are reading.
7. People don't realize how stupid they sound when they repeatedly swear. I'm not talking about the occasional cussing. I'm saying the...."What the ------ duuuude. I'm so stoned right now it's -------- ridiculous as ------ you know? Hah yeah! ----- right! -----!! What the ------- ------ ------- -------?! Your mom ---- ------- ---- hahhaa, right?"**** I actually heard someone say this exact thing when I was walking to class one day. Yeah. It was pretty crazy, I know. My favorite musician, Ben Folds, cusses all the time. I don't mind it because he's older...and famous....I guess. I don't know. He just can. Maybe I'm just making up excuses. But anyway, these kids are like, 17? And they're saying ridiculous crap that I don't want running through my already young adolescent mind. If I keep hearing this, I could start cussing too, you know. Go to raves and all that. Party it up with the drunktards. It's a GATEWAY to DRUGS!!!***** But no one wants that, do they? Plus, it's against school rules to use "foul language". I really couldn't care less when people occasionally say it, but I really don't care about some girl who called another girl *an obscure name.....hmmm* and she will kick *sldkfhsdsdlkgyo*. I don't care. All I want to do is finish class already so I can go home, but no. Now I have to deal with this too?
8. It's really not a big deal to burp. I just remembered this from a few nights ago, when my mom, my sister, and I were at Panda Express talking about this. For example, if someone burps in class, I think it's fine as long as they say like, "Excuse me" or "Ooops! Hahaha". But I HATE IT when people make a big hairy deal out of it, and say, "Oh. Excuse you!!" Jerks. Knock it off already. We don't need your idiotic comments here.
9. Orchestral music is awesome. Really really awesome. Or like, music that's a cappella, with a choir, or just by itself. Pretty dang amazing. Here's a few that are...fantastic:
Roxanne (Moulin Rouge soundtrack)
Lux Aeterna (Requiem for a Dream soundtrack)
Lullabye (Ben Folds and WASO Live in Perth)
Before Cologne (Ben Folds - Way To Normal)
Smoke (Ben Folds and WASO Live in Perth)
O Fortuna (Carl Orff)
Still -Reprise- (Ben Folds - Over the Hedge)
Steven's Last Night in Town (Ben Folds and WASO Live in Perth)
Piano Fantasy (William Joseph - Within)
Kylie From Connecticut (Ben Folds - Way To Normal)
I think that's it for my rant of the day. Toodleooooo.
*I randomly insert various rare diseases so you can imagine the worst.
**Wow. I'm really sarcastic when I'm writing. If you heard me talk, you would probably get when I do that, but since this is writing, I'll try to keep it to a minimum.
***Every time I do " this ", use your imagination (or what's left of it) to pretend I'm speaking with air quotes.
****I just put random dashes everywhere. Don't worry. Bonus: If you want to, you can insert random words (not bad words, stupid) and go crazy with it. And if you really want, you can post what you redid as a comment. Or something. No one reads this anyway. So you can go wild. But not too wild. Because you still want to be responsible, yeah?
*****Yeah, I'm making fun of the people who repeat everything as, "It's a gateway drug!!!!"
1. People don't wash their hands. I don't know if they're ashamed, scared, embarrassed, or confused. I don't see what the big deal is. You wash your hands so you can be clean and not get AIDS* or something. So I don't understand why people walk out of the bathroom, look at the sink kind of shyly, then just leave! You know that little thing that they do....come out of the bathroom stall, walk slowly, glance around to see if anyone notices that they aren't going to wash their hands, then leave. It's DISGUSTING.
2. If someone doesn't respond the way another person wants them too, the other person leaves. Okay that was kind of weird to read. Let's say person 1) Linus, is talking to person 2) Darren. Here's their conversation:
Linus: I just bought the new Justin Bieber CD! *squeals*
Darren: Uhhh....cool, bro?
Linus: Dude, you don't like Justin Bieber?
Darren: ....Nope.
Linus: Why not?
Darren: Sorry, I'm just not into that kind of music.
Linus: Oh. I'll talk to you later then. I have to go....home.
Darren: And listen to your CD, right? *laughs jokingly trying to make the mood lighter*
Linus: Yeah. Bye, then. *never texts back, calls, or looks at ever again*
Do you see my point now? People are really arrogant today. They think that if something is "all the rage" everyone likes it. That's actually not true, buddy boy. A lot of people like many different things.
3. People judge by shoes. I'm not joking at all. Although you may be laughing (I'm laughing too), it's so true. At my school, if people don't have Vans, cute sandals, or flats, you are spit upon. Well, technically not "spit upon" but you are looked down on. If you don't believe me (ask the dishes!), just look around where you are. Go to a public place, preferably by a teenager hangout. Walk past, and discreetly make eye contact. I'm telling you, these guys will look at your shoes and decide who you are. It's so silly. Or if you're at school, you just match up friends with shoes. If you see a couple making out, it's because of their shoes. Just look, and they'll both be wearing red Vans. Not even kidding.
4. People assume everyone's read, watched and is obsessed with Twilight. (Sorry if that sentence sounds weird. It's the start of school again and I'm already tired of writing.) I don't necessarily dislike these kind of people. I just feel bad they can't understand the truth: not everyone likes Twilight.
5. Surprisingly, a lot of people have never tasted Spam...or even know about it. For me, I was born and raised on that stuff. I still love it, too. It may be acraploadofmeatssmushedtogetherinacan, but it is quite tasty. I was texting my friend the other day, and she said she was on a diet. I was joking along and asking her what she could eat. Then I asked, "hav u evar eetn SPAM??? :))))" (I love making fun of people who actually text like this). Do you know what her answer was? "I've never eaten Spam before! Haha" (or something like that. I'm too lazy to check my phone). Exactly my point.
6. No one actually read books before Twilight came out. Seriously. My friend (I won't use her real name, so let's just call her....Kristen), Kristen never read. Ever. Every time I talked to her, I would be like, "Heyyy! How's it going? *yadayadaydadasdhsdgkhsdkjfnkeeptalking* So what books have you been reading lately?" Her response: "Hmm...I haven't actually read a book since I was 5. And that one was a picture book". *Frowns* Then this Twi*ight epidemic broke out, and people were scrambling all over the place to find a real vampire who could bite them and turn them into a vampire, so they could marry Ed*ard. *Facepalm* Just kidding. But it seemed that instead of a vampire, it was that ridiculous book that everyone wanted their hands on! I talked to Kristen (do you get my pun?) later, and asked her, "How's it going? Have you read anything else besides that picture book?". While I was laughing uncontrollably (more like choking and spitting on my own stupid segue (if I'm using that word right)), she said, "Yeah, I'm really into this Twi*ight book!". I stopped laughing then and a bit of me died right then**. Ever since then, I can't get into a conversation with anyone without them saying something about "that certain book"***. But in a way, I suppose it's good that more people are reading.
7. People don't realize how stupid they sound when they repeatedly swear. I'm not talking about the occasional cussing. I'm saying the...."What the ------ duuuude. I'm so stoned right now it's -------- ridiculous as ------ you know? Hah yeah! ----- right! -----!! What the ------- ------ ------- -------?! Your mom ---- ------- ---- hahhaa, right?"**** I actually heard someone say this exact thing when I was walking to class one day. Yeah. It was pretty crazy, I know. My favorite musician, Ben Folds, cusses all the time. I don't mind it because he's older...and famous....I guess. I don't know. He just can. Maybe I'm just making up excuses. But anyway, these kids are like, 17? And they're saying ridiculous crap that I don't want running through my already young adolescent mind. If I keep hearing this, I could start cussing too, you know. Go to raves and all that. Party it up with the drunktards. It's a GATEWAY to DRUGS!!!***** But no one wants that, do they? Plus, it's against school rules to use "foul language". I really couldn't care less when people occasionally say it, but I really don't care about some girl who called another girl *an obscure name.....hmmm* and she will kick *sldkfhsdsdlkgyo*. I don't care. All I want to do is finish class already so I can go home, but no. Now I have to deal with this too?
8. It's really not a big deal to burp. I just remembered this from a few nights ago, when my mom, my sister, and I were at Panda Express talking about this. For example, if someone burps in class, I think it's fine as long as they say like, "Excuse me" or "Ooops! Hahaha". But I HATE IT when people make a big hairy deal out of it, and say, "Oh. Excuse you!!" Jerks. Knock it off already. We don't need your idiotic comments here.
9. Orchestral music is awesome. Really really awesome. Or like, music that's a cappella, with a choir, or just by itself. Pretty dang amazing. Here's a few that are...fantastic:
Roxanne (Moulin Rouge soundtrack)
Lux Aeterna (Requiem for a Dream soundtrack)
Lullabye (Ben Folds and WASO Live in Perth)
Before Cologne (Ben Folds - Way To Normal)
Smoke (Ben Folds and WASO Live in Perth)
O Fortuna (Carl Orff)
Still -Reprise- (Ben Folds - Over the Hedge)
Steven's Last Night in Town (Ben Folds and WASO Live in Perth)
Piano Fantasy (William Joseph - Within)
Kylie From Connecticut (Ben Folds - Way To Normal)
I think that's it for my rant of the day. Toodleooooo.
*I randomly insert various rare diseases so you can imagine the worst.
**Wow. I'm really sarcastic when I'm writing. If you heard me talk, you would probably get when I do that, but since this is writing, I'll try to keep it to a minimum.
***Every time I do " this ", use your imagination (or what's left of it) to pretend I'm speaking with air quotes.
****I just put random dashes everywhere. Don't worry. Bonus: If you want to, you can insert random words (not bad words, stupid) and go crazy with it. And if you really want, you can post what you redid as a comment. Or something. No one reads this anyway. So you can go wild. But not too wild. Because you still want to be responsible, yeah?
*****Yeah, I'm making fun of the people who repeat everything as, "It's a gateway drug!!!!"
Saturday, September 4, 2010
I Don't Know Why....*
I haven't updated this blog in a month or so.
I changed the background to this gloomy, rainy mountain.
People are obsessed with 'less than 3' (<3....stupid hearts)
People still listen to Green Day.
I pull the shower curtain back every time I go to the bathroom, just to make sure there's no one hiding.
Ketchup goes on everything.
People yell in their car to the idiot driver in front of them.....
I hate animal movies. March of the Penguins, Eight Below, Marley and Me, etc.
I cried when I watched Gandalf dying in the Fellowship of the Ring.
Steve Jobs keeps making products.
People keep making fun of Justin Bieber. She's human too you know!
People don't rock out to Josh Groban more often. GENIUS.
My dogs are gay.
I can't accept the fact that Dumbledore died.
Spongebob can't pass his driver's test.
People keep eating McDonald's.
Girls at my school have pictures of Megan Fox on their binders. Not trying to be rude, but is she a role model to you or something? Yeah, she's pretty amazing, but there is no freaking reason to have her half naked body on your folder where everyone else can see it. You're not helping yourself, you know.
We have more homework than classwork. I understand 'applying the lesson at home', but there is no reason we have to slave over FOUR HOURS OF MATH HOMEWORK to 'apply' ourselves *facepalms*
The Dollar Store is so awesome.
I'm scared to update my iPod.
Sheet music costs SIX DOLLARS!!!
Vanilla pudding is better than chocolate.
You rarely get a succulent, ripe, sweet watermelon at the grocery store.
Shot glasses are so cute looking.
People feel the need to text every second.
Wheat Thins are so addicting.
People are so STUPID in movies.
Adults are so STUPID in movies, and the children are always right.
12 ridiculous ad pop up windows are shoved in your face when you accidentally click the 'click here to see the secret behind white teeth! An at home mom figured out this one simple trick!' box.
People slather themselves in makeup. Not acceptable.
People haven't heard of Ben Folds.
There are like, 16 unpopped kernels at the bottom of each popcorn bag. Ahhh.
People like Silly Bands.
Thrift stores are so amazing. Hmmm.
I'm so freaking awesome.
Ke$ha won't wash her hair.
Lindsay Lohan keeps getting in trouble. She's such a good girl!**
Movie people don't make awesome movies like 'Airplane', 'Monty Python and the Holy Grail', or 'The Money Pit' anymore. Losers.... I'll be a director then. Time to take this into my own hands anyway.
People eat their fortune cookies BEFORE they're finished with their food.
People crank up the air conditioning when it's like, 70 degrees out.
People are so stupid.
People FREAK out about video games. World of Warcraft, XBox, etc. Well, if someone hacked your account, then yeah, that's something to be angry about. But if someone stands in front of the TV screen while you're playing, there is no reason to get frustrated. Be calm and say, "Excuse me, could you please move?". Do NOT scream like someone's about to gouge your freaking eyes out and protest, "GET OUT OF HERE! I'M DYING! WHAT ARE YOU DOING??!". Oh bonus right here: Let's say someone's watching a movie, so DON'T FREAKING INTERRUPT THEM AND SAY, "OH I'M GOING TO PLAY A VIDEO GAME NOW. So you can leave."
People say everything is gay. Some things are, but let's just saaaaaay:
Person 1 (Xavier): Wow. Egg rolls are so good. *noms on egg rolls*
Person 2 (Zack): Egg rolls are gross. They're so gay. *glares at Person 1*
Xavier: Well....I think they're pretty delicious. Orange chicken is really good. Do you like orange chicken?
Zack: Orange chicken is gay.
Xavier: Dude, you're never getting a girlfriend *walks away*
Zack: GAY! *struts away*
Weeeell. I think you get the point. I kind of exaggerated it a bit at the end, but you know what's up - Some person really likes something, and then another person has to ruin it and say that's it's gay.
J.K. Rowling doesn't write another book.....
Stephanie Meyers keeps writing books.
A burger is six dollars. "When I was your age, we could buy burgers for a dollar!"
Hey Arnold! isn't still aired on TV.
Math is so difficult to comprehend....for me, anyways.
God doesn't just strike some people down with lightning sometimes.
Girls are obsessive about getting a boyfriend. Calm the heck down.
The Village soundtrack is so amazing.
I secretly listen to epic orchestral music.
People still say:
"That's so bomb!"
"You're so hardcore!"
"ILY" ('I love you', but is too hard to apparently spell out....or even SAY)
" 'Can we pretend that airplanes in the night sky are like shooting stars...I could really use a wish right now, wish right now, wish right now."
"FAIL!"
"EPIC FAIL!"
Harry can't fix his eyesight.
They didn't make more Jaws movies!!! They were so good!**
People feel the need to praise someone every second of the flipping day. Like, "Oh, you're drawing is really good!" "Uhhhh. That's a star?"
....And that's all I can think of right now. Obviously, some of the stuff here is stuff I do know, but am wondering why other people still do it. Hmmph. Hopefully, I'll get another post here sooner than my lazy self did with this one.
*Controversial topics may arise. You have been warned.
**If you didn't get my sarcasm, you have no soul.
I changed the background to this gloomy, rainy mountain.
People are obsessed with 'less than 3' (<3....stupid hearts)
People still listen to Green Day.
I pull the shower curtain back every time I go to the bathroom, just to make sure there's no one hiding.
Ketchup goes on everything.
People yell in their car to the idiot driver in front of them.....
I hate animal movies. March of the Penguins, Eight Below, Marley and Me, etc.
I cried when I watched Gandalf dying in the Fellowship of the Ring.
Steve Jobs keeps making products.
People keep making fun of Justin Bieber. She's human too you know!
People don't rock out to Josh Groban more often. GENIUS.
My dogs are gay.
I can't accept the fact that Dumbledore died.
Spongebob can't pass his driver's test.
People keep eating McDonald's.
Girls at my school have pictures of Megan Fox on their binders. Not trying to be rude, but is she a role model to you or something? Yeah, she's pretty amazing, but there is no freaking reason to have her half naked body on your folder where everyone else can see it. You're not helping yourself, you know.
We have more homework than classwork. I understand 'applying the lesson at home', but there is no reason we have to slave over FOUR HOURS OF MATH HOMEWORK to 'apply' ourselves *facepalms*
The Dollar Store is so awesome.
I'm scared to update my iPod.
Sheet music costs SIX DOLLARS!!!
Vanilla pudding is better than chocolate.
You rarely get a succulent, ripe, sweet watermelon at the grocery store.
Shot glasses are so cute looking.
People feel the need to text every second.
Wheat Thins are so addicting.
People are so STUPID in movies.
Adults are so STUPID in movies, and the children are always right.
12 ridiculous ad pop up windows are shoved in your face when you accidentally click the 'click here to see the secret behind white teeth! An at home mom figured out this one simple trick!' box.
People slather themselves in makeup. Not acceptable.
People haven't heard of Ben Folds.
There are like, 16 unpopped kernels at the bottom of each popcorn bag. Ahhh.
People like Silly Bands.
Thrift stores are so amazing. Hmmm.
I'm so freaking awesome.
Ke$ha won't wash her hair.
Lindsay Lohan keeps getting in trouble. She's such a good girl!**
Movie people don't make awesome movies like 'Airplane', 'Monty Python and the Holy Grail', or 'The Money Pit' anymore. Losers.... I'll be a director then. Time to take this into my own hands anyway.
People eat their fortune cookies BEFORE they're finished with their food.
People crank up the air conditioning when it's like, 70 degrees out.
People are so stupid.
People FREAK out about video games. World of Warcraft, XBox, etc. Well, if someone hacked your account, then yeah, that's something to be angry about. But if someone stands in front of the TV screen while you're playing, there is no reason to get frustrated. Be calm and say, "Excuse me, could you please move?". Do NOT scream like someone's about to gouge your freaking eyes out and protest, "GET OUT OF HERE! I'M DYING! WHAT ARE YOU DOING??!". Oh bonus right here: Let's say someone's watching a movie, so DON'T FREAKING INTERRUPT THEM AND SAY, "OH I'M GOING TO PLAY A VIDEO GAME NOW. So you can leave."
People say everything is gay. Some things are, but let's just saaaaaay:
Person 1 (Xavier): Wow. Egg rolls are so good. *noms on egg rolls*
Person 2 (Zack): Egg rolls are gross. They're so gay. *glares at Person 1*
Xavier: Well....I think they're pretty delicious. Orange chicken is really good. Do you like orange chicken?
Zack: Orange chicken is gay.
Xavier: Dude, you're never getting a girlfriend *walks away*
Zack: GAY! *struts away*
Weeeell. I think you get the point. I kind of exaggerated it a bit at the end, but you know what's up - Some person really likes something, and then another person has to ruin it and say that's it's gay.
J.K. Rowling doesn't write another book.....
Stephanie Meyers keeps writing books.
A burger is six dollars. "When I was your age, we could buy burgers for a dollar!"
Hey Arnold! isn't still aired on TV.
Math is so difficult to comprehend....for me, anyways.
God doesn't just strike some people down with lightning sometimes.
Girls are obsessive about getting a boyfriend. Calm the heck down.
The Village soundtrack is so amazing.
I secretly listen to epic orchestral music.
People still say:
"That's so bomb!"
"You're so hardcore!"
"ILY" ('I love you', but is too hard to apparently spell out....or even SAY)
" 'Can we pretend that airplanes in the night sky are like shooting stars...I could really use a wish right now, wish right now, wish right now."
"FAIL!"
"EPIC FAIL!"
Harry can't fix his eyesight.
They didn't make more Jaws movies!!! They were so good!**
People feel the need to praise someone every second of the flipping day. Like, "Oh, you're drawing is really good!" "Uhhhh. That's a star?"
....And that's all I can think of right now. Obviously, some of the stuff here is stuff I do know, but am wondering why other people still do it. Hmmph. Hopefully, I'll get another post here sooner than my lazy self did with this one.
*Controversial topics may arise. You have been warned.
**If you didn't get my sarcasm, you have no soul.
Sunday, July 18, 2010
The Fourth Kind | Review
I went on a little outing with my dad a little while ago. It was pretty fun - we got shakes at Jack in the Box, and then we went to go rent some movies. My dad pointed a movie out and said, "Hey this was an awesome movie". So I got it. Do you want to know what it was??? Huh?? Oh wait. Well you obviously know already. That was kind of a give away. But for those of you that are too dumb to read the title, I rented The Fourth Kind (italicized for effect). It was a pretty good movie, I have to say*. This is when the spoiler part comes in, by the way*. The movie is about aliens. The acting is pretty good. A lot of screaming was involved, so that's why I thought it was good acting. I guess if I were the actress, I would've been all like, "Heck noooo. I am not going to scream like that in front of the entire world", and then storm off the set. All in all, I'd give the acting 4.2 stars. There were some parts though, that the actors probably had to retake at least 30 times because they kept laughing when they were supposed to be dead serious. I know I would've....
Here's the whole storyline: A psychiatrist/therapist/psychologist (whatever she is) has some patients that are having trouble sleeping, which affects their daytime habits and activities. She interviews them, records their meetings, whatnot. She thinks it all links to something, which really gets you thinking. Meanwhile, the doctor has some problems herself. Her husband was murdered one night, while they were both sleeping. To add to the hopelessness she felt, her freaking daughter went blind. Yeah. That's right. IN ADDITION, her son (he's like 10 or something) starts acting like a jerk for no reason. So now she has to care for her blind daughter and jerk son, while mourning for her husband.What a bummer. Everyday, the patients she interviews all say the same thing: they all see a white owl outside their window. If I ever saw a window outside my window, I would open my window and try to get the letter from its leg..... heh heh heh**. Seriously now, if I ever saw a creepy white owl that stares at me at night, I would open the window and shove that thing away from me! The stupid people in the story claim to be "too scared to move" or something. I don't even know. If you saw a freakish owl pressing its face to your window, you would be like, "Retarded owl. Get away from me!" and hopefully CLOSE THE STUPID CURTAINS. That really really bugged me. So much. The retarded patients were like, "Ooohh the owl is so scary! It just looks at me all night!". Then why don't you DO something about it? Like, sleep in a different room or close the blinds??? That bugs me so much in scary movies. If you see something "weird" at your window, you close the window, shut your blinds, lock your doors and CALL SOMEONE. I've never seen 'The Strangers', but I have seen the preview. It does seem quite frightening, to be honest. But seriously people. If you see some creep looking at your house, you get the freak out of there. You don't stay in the house, running nervously from one room to another. You leave......FOOLS!
Oh. Back to the movie. So these people see the owls, they're scared, they ask what to do, the psychiatrist lady doesn't know what to do, she films the interviews, the patients/victims have seizure type things, thenherdaughtergetsfreakingabducted. By the aliens, I suppose. It's weird. A couple scenes before that, the therapist lady gets possessed or something by the aliens and they try to send her a message. I seem to recall this as the message: "We...took..daughter...No..return....I...AM...GOD...". I kind of chuckled at that scene. Really though. Why did they take her daughter?? Stupid aliens. At least be smart about abducting. The girl was BLIND! She had no idea what was happening! I'm outraged. Of all the people to abduct, you choose a little girl? Dang, I would choose the president...if I was an alien. You know. Then go for the other leaders of other countries...world domination...total control of the universe, that sort of thing. Whoever made the "real" account of the story should've made the storyline better....oops. I meant...the aliens should've been smarter? Hmmm. What I'm saying is that this story is so tacky, I could stick a Jonas Brothers band poster to my wall with it. And then all that stuff about God....the lady in the story said, "Whatever it was, it pretended to be God". Pretty straightforward. I guess the aliens were all sitting in their UFOs like,
F2479: "How can we mess with these earthlings even more?"
G2981: "Oh, let's take that woman's daughter and tell her that we're God."
F2479: "Perfect! Then we can convince the whole town of Nome, Alaska into saying that the lady's crazy!"
G2981: "I don't know how this could get any better. Pass me that human heroin, will ya?"***
If you look at the big picture (lol. big picture. movie. movie theater...get it?....ahh fine), it was a cool movie. I know I kind of said some things I didn't like about it, but it was a pretty good movie all together. I suppose it was a cool thriller movie.
*Rhyming really rocks. So does alliteration.
**Creepiest laugh ever.
***Related to FLuffeeTalks (youtube) (sorry if i spelled it wrong)
Here's the whole storyline: A psychiatrist/therapist/psychologist (whatever she is) has some patients that are having trouble sleeping, which affects their daytime habits and activities. She interviews them, records their meetings, whatnot. She thinks it all links to something, which really gets you thinking. Meanwhile, the doctor has some problems herself. Her husband was murdered one night, while they were both sleeping. To add to the hopelessness she felt, her freaking daughter went blind. Yeah. That's right. IN ADDITION, her son (he's like 10 or something) starts acting like a jerk for no reason. So now she has to care for her blind daughter and jerk son, while mourning for her husband.What a bummer. Everyday, the patients she interviews all say the same thing: they all see a white owl outside their window. If I ever saw a window outside my window, I would open my window and try to get the letter from its leg..... heh heh heh**. Seriously now, if I ever saw a creepy white owl that stares at me at night, I would open the window and shove that thing away from me! The stupid people in the story claim to be "too scared to move" or something. I don't even know. If you saw a freakish owl pressing its face to your window, you would be like, "Retarded owl. Get away from me!" and hopefully CLOSE THE STUPID CURTAINS. That really really bugged me. So much. The retarded patients were like, "Ooohh the owl is so scary! It just looks at me all night!". Then why don't you DO something about it? Like, sleep in a different room or close the blinds??? That bugs me so much in scary movies. If you see something "weird" at your window, you close the window, shut your blinds, lock your doors and CALL SOMEONE. I've never seen 'The Strangers', but I have seen the preview. It does seem quite frightening, to be honest. But seriously people. If you see some creep looking at your house, you get the freak out of there. You don't stay in the house, running nervously from one room to another. You leave......FOOLS!
Oh. Back to the movie. So these people see the owls, they're scared, they ask what to do, the psychiatrist lady doesn't know what to do, she films the interviews, the patients/victims have seizure type things, thenherdaughtergetsfreakingabducted. By the aliens, I suppose. It's weird. A couple scenes before that, the therapist lady gets possessed or something by the aliens and they try to send her a message. I seem to recall this as the message: "We...took..daughter...No..return....I...AM...GOD...". I kind of chuckled at that scene. Really though. Why did they take her daughter?? Stupid aliens. At least be smart about abducting. The girl was BLIND! She had no idea what was happening! I'm outraged. Of all the people to abduct, you choose a little girl? Dang, I would choose the president...if I was an alien. You know. Then go for the other leaders of other countries...world domination...total control of the universe, that sort of thing. Whoever made the "real" account of the story should've made the storyline better....oops. I meant...the aliens should've been smarter? Hmmm. What I'm saying is that this story is so tacky, I could stick a Jonas Brothers band poster to my wall with it. And then all that stuff about God....the lady in the story said, "Whatever it was, it pretended to be God". Pretty straightforward. I guess the aliens were all sitting in their UFOs like,
F2479: "How can we mess with these earthlings even more?"
G2981: "Oh, let's take that woman's daughter and tell her that we're God."
F2479: "Perfect! Then we can convince the whole town of Nome, Alaska into saying that the lady's crazy!"
G2981: "I don't know how this could get any better. Pass me that human heroin, will ya?"***
If you look at the big picture (lol. big picture. movie. movie theater...get it?....ahh fine), it was a cool movie. I know I kind of said some things I didn't like about it, but it was a pretty good movie all together. I suppose it was a cool thriller movie.
*Rhyming really rocks. So does alliteration.
**Creepiest laugh ever.
***Related to FLuffeeTalks (youtube) (sorry if i spelled it wrong)
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Things That Scare The Crap Out Of Me
Sorry, I don't know how to capitalize things, so I went ahead and did the whole title. Like I said, here's a list of things that really freak me out. I don't know why. But I'm sure you'll be able to relate.....
1. When people creep up on you and poke you - All I can say is, "wtf, bro. wtf." This is the most pointless thing ever, and yet it scares me so much I think I would pee my pants. It's so stupid. Just the thought of someone -anyone- coming up to you and touching you is scary enough. Then they rub it in your face the next day and are like, "Yeah, she totally got scared to death yesterday! Sooo funny!" *Frowns* Let's see how you like it, punk...
2. The stupid YouTube videos that your friends show you - You might be thinking, "Justine, what kind of friends do you have??," but I'm sure you have these kinds of friends too, whether you're at work, school, McDonalds, the zoo, whatever. So anyway, these STUPID videos are of something completely random and innocent, like a car driving on the road and then a FREAKING CREEPY DUDE POPS UP AND SCREAMS. Yeah. Nothing is scarier than that. You didn't even get a warning. You're just sitting there eating Jell-O or something, and then that pops up! I'm pretty sure you would choke on your Jell-O and start sputtering, then scream for dear life.....I did. It's a pretty bad experience. Moooovin' on to 3....
3. Tatsu - Yeah, it's that demonish ride at Six Flags Magic Mountain. I almost threw up in line. That's how intense it was and I hadn't even gotten on it yet. My friends first convinced me into going: "Come on, it'll be awesome!" "This is one of the scariest rides here!" You bet. First of all, as you're getting strapped in, you're kind of comforted that there's a bunch of security things so you're snug tight in your seat. NOT. It felt like I was going to fall out any second like this kid: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0MD6Cx0qzRA. I screamed just like him, too. So there you are, sitting down and then holycrapyouarefreakingupsidedown. That's right. The ride is 'Fly at the Speed of Fear'. No joke. They meant the flying thing seriously too. At first, I was thinking, "Yayyy. This is going to be so much fun! It's going to be like we're flying! Yippeeeee!"...To tell you guys the truth (because you all care so much), I cried on that ride. I didn't mean to at first, because it was just one little tear. Buuuuuuuuut, since you're upside down, that's not exactly the case. My friends started "snickering" (okay, chucking.....okay fine, laughingsofrickinhardtheyalmostcried) at me because pretty soon I had tears just streaming down my face. Well, to be exact, just falling at the corners of my eyes because we were facing the ground the entire time. Don't get me wrong - I've been on plenty of scary rides. I love roller coasters as much as this kid: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XQzQYFYfy8 (he looks like Gollum when he's scared). My face was like that too when I got on stupid Tatsu. Helpful hints: do not go on this ride if you think you can handle it. Because you can't. You won't be able to.
4. Driving next to huge trucks - Don't even try to deny it. You know you get scared when you have a huge WonderBread truck next to you, and it seems as though it will fall right on you...especially when they're making a turn. The worst is when it's a truck with huge logs or pipes in the back.
5. Nasteh bugs - Namely moths, spiders, huge beetles. I went to this camp a couple of years ago, and I swear, that place was infested with these huge, black, beetles that flew straight at your ears. I'm not fooling around with you people. These ridiculous things just attacked people for no reason. Which is why they scare me. Coming back to the present, I went to another camp a week ago, and whaddya know? There's an infestation of moths in my cabin. Not just that, but they came through the window that my bunk was at. I was so traumatized. All the girls in my cabin were like, "Ohhh Justine, you're so paranoid!". Are you kidding? Do you KNOW what it feels like to just be sitting there on your bed when you're suddenly being attacked by little flying creeps??? Whew. I'm getting ahead of myself here. They didn't exactly attack anyone, actually. They just flew to the light. But it was still pretty creepy to see all these bugs there. So NATURALLY, I saran-wrapped my window. Then for extra security measures, I added a note that said, "TAKE THAT MOTHS!" on it....even though they can't read. I guess it was for everybody else's enjoyment. But it worked. I felt really proud of myself there.
6. When people stare at you from their cars - Even though it sounds pretty minor, this sort of thing is actually pretty creepy. You've experienced this before, right? So you're driving along listening to Michael Buble, when all of a sudden you get this...feeling...that someone is watching you. Raising your eyebrows in surprise, you casually glance over to your left lane and....daaaang. You were so right. There's probably some old grandma giving you the stink eye because you're going the speed limit, and she's getting mad because she supposes that anyone can go a little faster than the actual limit. Wrong-o. You turn back to 'All of Me' and then you hear sirens. You're wondering, "Oh....shoot. These plates have NOT expired yet...I think" but it turns out it's the old lady getting a ticket. *Rubs hands together* Revenge has been dished.
....Wow. I really went off topic there. Why were you still reading?
7. Flickering lights - I'm talking about the lights that are flickering because A) they're not screwed in right, or B) some idiot forgot to change it. This happened quite recently actually. In the bathroom, of all places. I guess this would be more annoying than anything, but it's actually pretty scary if you experience it. I actually solved this dilemma by blinking really fast, so it would seem like I was making the lights flicker myself. I know, I'm such a retard. But it worked.
8. Gum under a table - At school, college, work, etc. I suppose it would be more of a shock than a scary experience. Whatever. So anyway, you're sitting there and talking with your friends or something and just when you cross your legs, your knee bumps against the underside of the table/desk. You feel something...let's just say, 'that should not. be. there.' While your friends are chatting about the new Justin Bieber CD, you feel under the desk and *GASP* youtouchthegum. Blehhhhhhh. For me, I feel like this shock, as if somebody forced my eyes open with toothpicks and left them there. It probably looks that way too. Somebody usually gets a laugh out of it though.
9. *your comment here* Just leave a comment on what scares you most!
1. When people creep up on you and poke you - All I can say is, "wtf, bro. wtf." This is the most pointless thing ever, and yet it scares me so much I think I would pee my pants. It's so stupid. Just the thought of someone -anyone- coming up to you and touching you is scary enough. Then they rub it in your face the next day and are like, "Yeah, she totally got scared to death yesterday! Sooo funny!" *Frowns* Let's see how you like it, punk...
2. The stupid YouTube videos that your friends show you - You might be thinking, "Justine, what kind of friends do you have??," but I'm sure you have these kinds of friends too, whether you're at work, school, McDonalds, the zoo, whatever. So anyway, these STUPID videos are of something completely random and innocent, like a car driving on the road and then a FREAKING CREEPY DUDE POPS UP AND SCREAMS. Yeah. Nothing is scarier than that. You didn't even get a warning. You're just sitting there eating Jell-O or something, and then that pops up! I'm pretty sure you would choke on your Jell-O and start sputtering, then scream for dear life.....I did. It's a pretty bad experience. Moooovin' on to 3....
3. Tatsu - Yeah, it's that demonish ride at Six Flags Magic Mountain. I almost threw up in line. That's how intense it was and I hadn't even gotten on it yet. My friends first convinced me into going: "Come on, it'll be awesome!" "This is one of the scariest rides here!" You bet. First of all, as you're getting strapped in, you're kind of comforted that there's a bunch of security things so you're snug tight in your seat. NOT. It felt like I was going to fall out any second like this kid: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0MD6Cx0qzRA. I screamed just like him, too. So there you are, sitting down and then holycrapyouarefreakingupsidedown. That's right. The ride is 'Fly at the Speed of Fear'. No joke. They meant the flying thing seriously too. At first, I was thinking, "Yayyy. This is going to be so much fun! It's going to be like we're flying! Yippeeeee!"...To tell you guys the truth (because you all care so much), I cried on that ride. I didn't mean to at first, because it was just one little tear. Buuuuuuuuut, since you're upside down, that's not exactly the case. My friends started "snickering" (okay, chucking.....okay fine, laughingsofrickinhardtheyalmostcried) at me because pretty soon I had tears just streaming down my face. Well, to be exact, just falling at the corners of my eyes because we were facing the ground the entire time. Don't get me wrong - I've been on plenty of scary rides. I love roller coasters as much as this kid: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XQzQYFYfy8 (he looks like Gollum when he's scared). My face was like that too when I got on stupid Tatsu. Helpful hints: do not go on this ride if you think you can handle it. Because you can't. You won't be able to.
4. Driving next to huge trucks - Don't even try to deny it. You know you get scared when you have a huge WonderBread truck next to you, and it seems as though it will fall right on you...especially when they're making a turn. The worst is when it's a truck with huge logs or pipes in the back.
5. Nasteh bugs - Namely moths, spiders, huge beetles. I went to this camp a couple of years ago, and I swear, that place was infested with these huge, black, beetles that flew straight at your ears. I'm not fooling around with you people. These ridiculous things just attacked people for no reason. Which is why they scare me. Coming back to the present, I went to another camp a week ago, and whaddya know? There's an infestation of moths in my cabin. Not just that, but they came through the window that my bunk was at. I was so traumatized. All the girls in my cabin were like, "Ohhh Justine, you're so paranoid!". Are you kidding? Do you KNOW what it feels like to just be sitting there on your bed when you're suddenly being attacked by little flying creeps??? Whew. I'm getting ahead of myself here. They didn't exactly attack anyone, actually. They just flew to the light. But it was still pretty creepy to see all these bugs there. So NATURALLY, I saran-wrapped my window. Then for extra security measures, I added a note that said, "TAKE THAT MOTHS!" on it....even though they can't read. I guess it was for everybody else's enjoyment. But it worked. I felt really proud of myself there.
6. When people stare at you from their cars - Even though it sounds pretty minor, this sort of thing is actually pretty creepy. You've experienced this before, right? So you're driving along listening to Michael Buble, when all of a sudden you get this...feeling...that someone is watching you. Raising your eyebrows in surprise, you casually glance over to your left lane and....daaaang. You were so right. There's probably some old grandma giving you the stink eye because you're going the speed limit, and she's getting mad because she supposes that anyone can go a little faster than the actual limit. Wrong-o. You turn back to 'All of Me' and then you hear sirens. You're wondering, "Oh....shoot. These plates have NOT expired yet...I think" but it turns out it's the old lady getting a ticket. *Rubs hands together* Revenge has been dished.
....Wow. I really went off topic there. Why were you still reading?
7. Flickering lights - I'm talking about the lights that are flickering because A) they're not screwed in right, or B) some idiot forgot to change it. This happened quite recently actually. In the bathroom, of all places. I guess this would be more annoying than anything, but it's actually pretty scary if you experience it. I actually solved this dilemma by blinking really fast, so it would seem like I was making the lights flicker myself. I know, I'm such a retard. But it worked.
8. Gum under a table - At school, college, work, etc. I suppose it would be more of a shock than a scary experience. Whatever. So anyway, you're sitting there and talking with your friends or something and just when you cross your legs, your knee bumps against the underside of the table/desk. You feel something...let's just say, 'that should not. be. there.' While your friends are chatting about the new Justin Bieber CD, you feel under the desk and *GASP* youtouchthegum. Blehhhhhhh. For me, I feel like this shock, as if somebody forced my eyes open with toothpicks and left them there. It probably looks that way too. Somebody usually gets a laugh out of it though.
9. *your comment here* Just leave a comment on what scares you most!
Monday, June 21, 2010
What Not To Do
....in a movie theater, a date, a restaurant, a grocery store, a friend's house, etc. Just don't do these things and you will be set for life with a lot of people that like you.
Movie Theater: Don't take forever getting your freaking tickets. I cannot emphasize this enough. When you go to a movie, you don't sit at the front of the line forever to ponder which movie you're going to watch while EVERYONE BEHIND YOU IN LINE IS WAITING. No. You get your butt up there and you say it. If you can't think of something in under 4 seconds, pick the first one you see. Simple as that. Don't get confused. While you're in the movie, don't put your feet up on someone else's chair. Specifically, the person in front of you. First of all, it's just rude and...disgusting. Who wants your foot in their face? They're just trying to enjoy their Cruncha Bunchas and there you are, sticking your gum trodden on shoe right in it! Ahhhh.
Date: If you're a guy reading this, make sure you are the one paying for the date. No one cares if you asked her out, or if she did. Either way, you pay (i just rhymed. wooo). If you forgot your wallet, big deal! Call a friend when you're in the bathroom and tell him to bring some money for you so you don't look like a loser. Don't be embarrassed or shy. You asked her, right? Yeah? Better have. Since you asked her, don't say, "So where do you want to go?/What do you want to do?". Have a plan (A/B....maybe C). At least take a little bit of responsibility and say, "I was thinking that we should go paint balling and then get some ice cream". If she says 'yes', then congratulations. You're not a complete failure. If she says no because she's allergic to paint, guns, or sprinkles, say plan B: "If you didn't want to do that, we could blanketyblankblankblankeroo and eat at blanksteruno". Get it? Got it? Good.
Friend's House: I have encountered this problem many, many, MANY times. If you're the guest at this particular friend's house, be courteous to their stuff. I mean all kinds of things. Beds, makeup, books, food, toilets, etc. Trust me, you will not get invited over again if you don't follow that rule. Don't say you "need" something. Food, I mean. If you are starving because you haven't eaten in a week, at least tell them and say, "Could I have some pretzels? My diet is lacking in...food" Nothing annoys me more (well maybe insectsnastybugsstupidpeopletwilight) then that. But don't say, "Ahh I really want some ice cream" unless they offer it. And then, don't be all picky when they offer you some good stuff. Let's say they offer chocolate, vanilla, sherbet, caramel fudge brownie, cookie dough, mint, everythingyoucanfreakingthinkof and all you can say is, "Oh. Why don't you have pistachio walut butter pecan?". Of all the food they have, you pick the most obscure thing that no one could possibly have, unless they directly paid for it in the factory of Haagen Dazs!!!! Gahh. This kills me. Sorry, I don't think I'm getting to my point:
Do say: "Sure! Thank you so much!"
Don't you dare even think of: "Oh. Really? Don't you have Dr. Pepper instead?" in that STUPID disappointed tone.
At least be grateful for what they gave you. Maybe they don't want to give it to you anyway! Did you ever think about that? Maybe they knew you were always bugging people about it, so they didn't want to deal with you. Hah.
Restaurant: If you're drunk and loud, stop guzzling down that vodka and get the heck out of there before they call security. If you're not drunk, why are you that loud in the first place? Don't be obnoxiously loud, drunk or not. The whole reason of a restaurant is for people to eat the food that they're too lazy to make at home, chat about their atrocious lives, pay 4 times as much as the grocery store ingredients used to make the meal, then leave. You're not supposed to come in (already drunk, btw) with all of your friends you've ever had in high school, drink as much as you can, talk and laugh as loud as you can, and then not leave a tip! I know a tip isn't really a big deal at all, but for those poor waiters/waitresses who have to deal with drunkards all the time, it would be smart to leave a nice tip so they don't get too angry.
Grocery Store: Aha. This is the one you were waiting for, right? What really irks me the most there is when people take forever in line. I read on this Hallmark card once:
If you can't read it, theeeeenn.....that sucks. But this one part says, 'some dumb lady is turning her purse inside out to come up with "exact change," like she's gonna win some kind of "exact change trophy"'. This kind of thing happens countless times to innocent bystanders. If you're the victim, step away. This will take longer than your mom trying to figure out how to send a text message (i'm sarcastic, if you haven't guessed. some mothers are tech-savvy....okay, a couple). Now, if you are the demon person up there getting the "exact change," and you're taking forever, at least apologize for the line, then hand the cashier a stupid dollar. Don't apologize profusely while still angrily looking in your bag for an extra dime. It's going to take too long. People are getting frustrated, and I guarantee someone will punch you (if not them, then me). So just don't. Oh yeah, don't take forever mulling over the texture and color of tomatoes (or any other food). Just pick one! They'll taste the same anyway.
Facebook: For the past TWO DAYS that I've liked a group, this stupid person keeps messaging me about new funny pictures on the site. Stop spamming my socialnetworkingthingthatiusetopokepeopleon! Don't get me started on 'poking'. For those of you too old, young, or incapable of facebook, 'poking' is this stupid way to annoy people (real life and the internet). All you do is 'poke back' until someone basically freaks out and deletes you off of their friends list.
Life: Don't be negative and serious all the time. One of my friends is basically lethargic. No joke. She will sit on her butt all day and not even smile a bit. I understand that we all have these days, but she is like this every. single. day. It's basically like she's dead. So don't be this way. You'll annoy a lot of people and nobody will be your friend. Just sayin'....
Personality: Yeah, this is kinda like life. So. One of my friends said this to me all the freakin time: "You don't know what I'm going through! You think you have it hard!" I swear....you know these people, right? They're always keeping their life to themselves because they think they have the worst life ever and that everything sucks and nobody cares blahblahblahlehlehslkdfhsdghsdlkblah. Oh wait, are you one of those people? Oops...not. Suck it up already. People in Haiti have it worse than you, punk. These people "keep it all in" but they tell you all about it anyway. Yeah, that's confusing, I know. But this particular friend said this anytime I even tried to talk about family. I think one time I was just saying how my mom cleaned my room or something and then she spills into this stoopid tangent about her life. This simple rule will help you in every situation: just frickin' listen! Doesn't matter what they're talking about. As long as you're listening, people will love you, and you will never regret it. Then when you want to talk about something, they listen! Whooooa. Isn't that awesome? Don't be gossipy, either. Your life will be so screwed up. Hahaha.
Your life will be way more awesome if you follow this simple guideline that you people should already know about anyway. If you're already doing these things, then great. Have a better life than the people who don't and refuse to have manners. Jeesh.
Movie Theater: Don't take forever getting your freaking tickets. I cannot emphasize this enough. When you go to a movie, you don't sit at the front of the line forever to ponder which movie you're going to watch while EVERYONE BEHIND YOU IN LINE IS WAITING. No. You get your butt up there and you say it. If you can't think of something in under 4 seconds, pick the first one you see. Simple as that. Don't get confused. While you're in the movie, don't put your feet up on someone else's chair. Specifically, the person in front of you. First of all, it's just rude and...disgusting. Who wants your foot in their face? They're just trying to enjoy their Cruncha Bunchas and there you are, sticking your gum trodden on shoe right in it! Ahhhh.
Date: If you're a guy reading this, make sure you are the one paying for the date. No one cares if you asked her out, or if she did. Either way, you pay (i just rhymed. wooo). If you forgot your wallet, big deal! Call a friend when you're in the bathroom and tell him to bring some money for you so you don't look like a loser. Don't be embarrassed or shy. You asked her, right? Yeah? Better have. Since you asked her, don't say, "So where do you want to go?/What do you want to do?". Have a plan (A/B....maybe C). At least take a little bit of responsibility and say, "I was thinking that we should go paint balling and then get some ice cream". If she says 'yes', then congratulations. You're not a complete failure. If she says no because she's allergic to paint, guns, or sprinkles, say plan B: "If you didn't want to do that, we could blanketyblankblankblankeroo and eat at blanksteruno". Get it? Got it? Good.
Friend's House: I have encountered this problem many, many, MANY times. If you're the guest at this particular friend's house, be courteous to their stuff. I mean all kinds of things. Beds, makeup, books, food, toilets, etc. Trust me, you will not get invited over again if you don't follow that rule. Don't say you "need" something. Food, I mean. If you are starving because you haven't eaten in a week, at least tell them and say, "Could I have some pretzels? My diet is lacking in...food" Nothing annoys me more (well maybe insectsnastybugsstupidpeopletwilight) then that. But don't say, "Ahh I really want some ice cream" unless they offer it. And then, don't be all picky when they offer you some good stuff. Let's say they offer chocolate, vanilla, sherbet, caramel fudge brownie, cookie dough, mint, everythingyoucanfreakingthinkof and all you can say is, "Oh. Why don't you have pistachio walut butter pecan?". Of all the food they have, you pick the most obscure thing that no one could possibly have, unless they directly paid for it in the factory of Haagen Dazs!!!! Gahh. This kills me. Sorry, I don't think I'm getting to my point:
Do say: "Sure! Thank you so much!"
Don't you dare even think of: "Oh. Really? Don't you have Dr. Pepper instead?" in that STUPID disappointed tone.
At least be grateful for what they gave you. Maybe they don't want to give it to you anyway! Did you ever think about that? Maybe they knew you were always bugging people about it, so they didn't want to deal with you. Hah.
Restaurant: If you're drunk and loud, stop guzzling down that vodka and get the heck out of there before they call security. If you're not drunk, why are you that loud in the first place? Don't be obnoxiously loud, drunk or not. The whole reason of a restaurant is for people to eat the food that they're too lazy to make at home, chat about their atrocious lives, pay 4 times as much as the grocery store ingredients used to make the meal, then leave. You're not supposed to come in (already drunk, btw) with all of your friends you've ever had in high school, drink as much as you can, talk and laugh as loud as you can, and then not leave a tip! I know a tip isn't really a big deal at all, but for those poor waiters/waitresses who have to deal with drunkards all the time, it would be smart to leave a nice tip so they don't get too angry.
Grocery Store: Aha. This is the one you were waiting for, right? What really irks me the most there is when people take forever in line. I read on this Hallmark card once:
If you can't read it, theeeeenn.....that sucks. But this one part says, 'some dumb lady is turning her purse inside out to come up with "exact change," like she's gonna win some kind of "exact change trophy"'. This kind of thing happens countless times to innocent bystanders. If you're the victim, step away. This will take longer than your mom trying to figure out how to send a text message (i'm sarcastic, if you haven't guessed. some mothers are tech-savvy....okay, a couple). Now, if you are the demon person up there getting the "exact change," and you're taking forever, at least apologize for the line, then hand the cashier a stupid dollar. Don't apologize profusely while still angrily looking in your bag for an extra dime. It's going to take too long. People are getting frustrated, and I guarantee someone will punch you (if not them, then me). So just don't. Oh yeah, don't take forever mulling over the texture and color of tomatoes (or any other food). Just pick one! They'll taste the same anyway.Facebook: For the past TWO DAYS that I've liked a group, this stupid person keeps messaging me about new funny pictures on the site. Stop spamming my socialnetworkingthingthatiusetopokepeopleon! Don't get me started on 'poking'. For those of you too old, young, or incapable of facebook, 'poking' is this stupid way to annoy people (real life and the internet). All you do is 'poke back' until someone basically freaks out and deletes you off of their friends list.
Life: Don't be negative and serious all the time. One of my friends is basically lethargic. No joke. She will sit on her butt all day and not even smile a bit. I understand that we all have these days, but she is like this every. single. day. It's basically like she's dead. So don't be this way. You'll annoy a lot of people and nobody will be your friend. Just sayin'....
Personality: Yeah, this is kinda like life. So. One of my friends said this to me all the freakin time: "You don't know what I'm going through! You think you have it hard!" I swear....you know these people, right? They're always keeping their life to themselves because they think they have the worst life ever and that everything sucks and nobody cares blahblahblahlehlehslkdfhsdghsdlkblah. Oh wait, are you one of those people? Oops...not. Suck it up already. People in Haiti have it worse than you, punk. These people "keep it all in" but they tell you all about it anyway. Yeah, that's confusing, I know. But this particular friend said this anytime I even tried to talk about family. I think one time I was just saying how my mom cleaned my room or something and then she spills into this stoopid tangent about her life. This simple rule will help you in every situation: just frickin' listen! Doesn't matter what they're talking about. As long as you're listening, people will love you, and you will never regret it. Then when you want to talk about something, they listen! Whooooa. Isn't that awesome? Don't be gossipy, either. Your life will be so screwed up. Hahaha.
Your life will be way more awesome if you follow this simple guideline that you people should already know about anyway. If you're already doing these things, then great. Have a better life than the people who don't and refuse to have manners. Jeesh.
Friday, June 11, 2010
YouTube is a Miraculous Invention
To start off, YouTube is my life right about now. Everyday, I come home and plop my butt down and just zone off watching random crap on the site. My favorite channels on there are:
-raywilliamjohnson
-failblog
-smosh
-MysteryGuitarMan
-ElevatorShow
-IanH (from smosh)
-ImprovEverywhere
-meekakitty
-MontyPython
-OkGo
-TheProfessionalsShow
-thevacationeers
-breakingnyc
-StarKidPotter
And still, the list goes on to include many more awesome people/groups. I love YouTube, because everyone can post whatever the heck they want. Even though most get criticized, they don't really mind and keep adding more videos for fun. These people are awesome. I'll describe each of these people in detail because they're too good to resist....
Ray William Johnson: Dude. This guy is the funniest. person. EVAR! Every few days, he reviews viral videos and puts his opinion out there. You will probably pee your pants from the troll. Just sayin'.
Fail Blog: Just as it says. It is a blog of fails. One after the other. There might be a news reporter that slips up, a fat kid falling, stupid people doing stupid stuff, etc. Don't question it....
Smosh: I'm laughing already... okay, so these two guys make videos of random crap. I have no idea where they get ideas for their videos, but they are just so flat out hilarious.
Mystery Guitar Man: This guy is the most talented guy I've subscribed too. There is no doubt about any of this. He will make songs out of rubber bands, lip sing to songs from pictures on his friggin iPod (sounds weird, but it is the coolest thing you will ever see), you name it. People challenge him to do stuff, and he always says, "That's ridiculous. Let's do it."
Elevator Show: It's a show in an elevator. Quite awesome.
Ian H: This dude is one of the guys from Smosh (the one with the bowl cut). He just does random stuff by himself, but it is sooo funny. Just watch it.
ImprovEverywhere: One of the most creative channels I've been on. EVER. Let me explain this: the group usually has around 15-500 people in each video. They go around New York, or wherever they're at, and do really cool stunts. I can't give it justice in words.
Meekakitty: Her real name is Tessa, and she is super random and funny. She owns like 50 pairs of glasses and wear different ones for each video. She just talks about the most random stuff, but it is really funny.
Monty Python: Who hasn't heard of Monty Python??? My dad first introduced it to me on the TV, and now I'm addicted.
OkGo: This is OkGo's channel, but not only do they have their music videos, they also have some very...interesting impromtu stuff. Enough said.
The Professionals Show: Ahhh I can't explain anything anymore. Feels like I'm in school again. Awesome stuff, basically.
The Vacationeers: Their first few videos are about Google stuff, like Google space and whatnot. They're really creative and funny*.
Breaking NYC: This is Ray William Johnson's video blog. Just as funny as his original channel....wooo.
StarKidPotter: Best for last. This channel has A VERY POTTER MUSICAL!!!! *angels sing* AHHHHHH! If you haven't seen this, your life must suck right now. Just watch it, and you will feel happy. It's kind of a parody of the Harry Potter books, but in a good way (not those stupid hater harry ones). The cast has all read the books and loved it so much they made a play! I FIND** it exciting. I loved it so much I downloaded the soundtrack! It's on their website for free, no money involved. But guess what??? They're also coming out with A SEQUEL!!! *angels chorus again* I think it's with Umbridge, judging from the picture they have on the channel of the pink clad *lady* behind Ron, Harry and Hermione.
What I'm saying is....YouTubeisafreakingawesomeplace. It's the best thing since Google. There's loads of stuff one there, from math tutoring videos, fails, obsessive Twil**** fans, and even movies! Don't get me wrong: I have a life. I get up, go to school (heh heh. not anymore), hang out with friends and stuff. YouTube has some bad things in it, but as long as you hang out with the right people, you won't get involved with that stuff. Yes, it is very dangerous, but the rewards far outweigh the risks***.
Rewards:
-you feel awesome
-you just laughed your butt off
Risks:
-brain cell loss
-eternity in a coma
Well, thanks for listening to my random comments about stuff. Leave a comment on what I should talk about next or something. I'm running out of ideas already.
*I sound bland. And sarcastic!
** From the musical. You'll get it if you watch it. Now you're totally prompted to see it, because you want to know the pun.
***Another reason to watch it.
-raywilliamjohnson
-failblog
-smosh
-MysteryGuitarMan
-ElevatorShow
-IanH (from smosh)
-ImprovEverywhere
-meekakitty
-MontyPython
-OkGo
-TheProfessionalsShow
-thevacationeers
-breakingnyc
-StarKidPotter
And still, the list goes on to include many more awesome people/groups. I love YouTube, because everyone can post whatever the heck they want. Even though most get criticized, they don't really mind and keep adding more videos for fun. These people are awesome. I'll describe each of these people in detail because they're too good to resist....
Ray William Johnson: Dude. This guy is the funniest. person. EVAR! Every few days, he reviews viral videos and puts his opinion out there. You will probably pee your pants from the troll. Just sayin'.
Fail Blog: Just as it says. It is a blog of fails. One after the other. There might be a news reporter that slips up, a fat kid falling, stupid people doing stupid stuff, etc. Don't question it....
Smosh: I'm laughing already... okay, so these two guys make videos of random crap. I have no idea where they get ideas for their videos, but they are just so flat out hilarious.
Mystery Guitar Man: This guy is the most talented guy I've subscribed too. There is no doubt about any of this. He will make songs out of rubber bands, lip sing to songs from pictures on his friggin iPod (sounds weird, but it is the coolest thing you will ever see), you name it. People challenge him to do stuff, and he always says, "That's ridiculous. Let's do it."
Elevator Show: It's a show in an elevator. Quite awesome.
Ian H: This dude is one of the guys from Smosh (the one with the bowl cut). He just does random stuff by himself, but it is sooo funny. Just watch it.
ImprovEverywhere: One of the most creative channels I've been on. EVER. Let me explain this: the group usually has around 15-500 people in each video. They go around New York, or wherever they're at, and do really cool stunts. I can't give it justice in words.
Meekakitty: Her real name is Tessa, and she is super random and funny. She owns like 50 pairs of glasses and wear different ones for each video. She just talks about the most random stuff, but it is really funny.
Monty Python: Who hasn't heard of Monty Python??? My dad first introduced it to me on the TV, and now I'm addicted.
OkGo: This is OkGo's channel, but not only do they have their music videos, they also have some very...interesting impromtu stuff. Enough said.
The Professionals Show: Ahhh I can't explain anything anymore. Feels like I'm in school again. Awesome stuff, basically.
The Vacationeers: Their first few videos are about Google stuff, like Google space and whatnot. They're really creative and funny*.
Breaking NYC: This is Ray William Johnson's video blog. Just as funny as his original channel....wooo.
StarKidPotter: Best for last. This channel has A VERY POTTER MUSICAL!!!! *angels sing* AHHHHHH! If you haven't seen this, your life must suck right now. Just watch it, and you will feel happy. It's kind of a parody of the Harry Potter books, but in a good way (not those stupid hater harry ones). The cast has all read the books and loved it so much they made a play! I FIND** it exciting. I loved it so much I downloaded the soundtrack! It's on their website for free, no money involved. But guess what??? They're also coming out with A SEQUEL!!! *angels chorus again* I think it's with Umbridge, judging from the picture they have on the channel of the pink clad *lady* behind Ron, Harry and Hermione.
What I'm saying is....YouTubeisafreakingawesomeplace. It's the best thing since Google. There's loads of stuff one there, from math tutoring videos, fails, obsessive Twil**** fans, and even movies! Don't get me wrong: I have a life. I get up, go to school (heh heh. not anymore), hang out with friends and stuff. YouTube has some bad things in it, but as long as you hang out with the right people, you won't get involved with that stuff. Yes, it is very dangerous, but the rewards far outweigh the risks***.
Rewards:
-you feel awesome
-you just laughed your butt off
Risks:
-brain cell loss
-eternity in a coma
Well, thanks for listening to my random comments about stuff. Leave a comment on what I should talk about next or something. I'm running out of ideas already.
*I sound bland. And sarcastic!
** From the musical. You'll get it if you watch it. Now you're totally prompted to see it, because you want to know the pun.
***Another reason to watch it.
Thursday, June 10, 2010
Awesome Books You Know You Would Want To Be In
What a snazzy title. You know when you pick out a book, and you start reading it and then it gets so awesome and your mind goes berserk and screams, "I WANT TO BE THERE!"....This has happened many times, my friends...many times. Here are some books that made me just want to...you know. Yelp for joy, I suppose.
WAAA-BAMM!
Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
-This book was incredible, if you mind me saying so. If you have your own opinion, just say so in a comment, but to me, this book was AWESOME. I can't wait to read the other books. My friend loaned me this book and said, "It's soooooooo good. Just do it!". So I did. And it was dang amazing. Okay, enough about me yapping on about this. About the story: (contains SPOILERS) At first, I thought, "Oh. Camp Half-Blood. We'll see about this." (referring to J.K. Rowling's 'half-blood' witches and wizards). I'll admit, I was kind of worried that the author was daring to quote another, but then I realized that it was a completely different subject. My bad. But you know it got you thinking about that too, huh? So, there I was reading, and I bet my facial expressions were pretty epic. Especially when I realized that holycrappercyisafreakingsonofposeidon (heh heh. it says 'holy crapper' if you got that). I haven't seen the movie yet, but I've heard many great and wonderful things about it. I should probably go see it soon....
Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling
-As you all know by now, I happen to be a crazed Harry Potter fan. The sad thing is, I don't even have an HP shirt... *shoves away depressing memory*. So anyway, I have to say that the fifth and seventh are my all-time favorite in the epic adventure.
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix: This book was so freaking amazing. It blew my mind, mostly because of the rebellion of students at Hogwarts, which reminded me of 'Truancy' (later on that). The book and the movie were so classy. It was a really fantastic idea to shoot the movie with a dark ambience, because of its newfound dangers. If you've read this book, you know exactly what I'm talking about, but you might have a different view.
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Ahh. The end. This book was sooo....I can't even think of a word. Imagine that it's the best day of your life and that you just won 700 billion dollars, you're eating the best ice cream in the world, you found your lost puppy (a rare occurrence, which only happens in movies), the person you voted for president won (another rare occurrence), and a giant bolt of lightning struck your least favorite teacher. Just imagine all those happy thoughts rolled into A BOOK. Then it's handed to you, as you stuff your spare change in your pocket, spilling some spare pennies on the linoleum floor. All you can look at is this book, and you are completely unaware of the people around you scrambling to get the change you dropped, in order to pay for their own mind-blowing book. Wellll....this didn't exactly happen to me when I got it. But I felt the same thing when I got it the package a DAY EARLIER than everyone else (thanks Lindsay). I lapped it up in one night, feeling about 2019 emotions at once. If you haven't read this, snap to it.
Truancy by Isamu Fukui
-Totally awesome. Just...freaking sweet. I think I was at the library one day and I saw this. My first opinion was, "What the heck is with the title?". No offense to anyone, I just thought it was a information book on tardies at school. But then I read it...My life will never be the same. The whole book is about the students rebelling against the education system. It is set in the future, where they have very harsh conditions at school (ex. penalty of death). A Truancy is built up (a huge army of kids who were expelled or dropped out of school) in an attempt to destroy the system. In my opinion, don't read it if you get queasy, or if you're like, 40. To read this, you have to have the mindset of a teenager, or at least close to one. The main point of the book is kids against adults, basically. It just wouldn't go well if you were older. There are other books to the sequence, such as Truancy Origins and Truancy City (T.C. comes out this year). All in all, a really enthralling book.
Twilight by Stephanie Meyer
-Heh heh. Had you going there, didn't I?
Inkheart by Cornelia Funke
-This has got to be the best fairytale book I've ever read. So good. So good. You don't even know. Just read it and you will understand. I know it sounds kind of corny, but here it goes. A father and a daughter live together in their comfy little house, and then some things happen and ohmygoshmocanreadstuffoutofbooks. It's quite awesome, I know. And theeeen later in the series... ohmygoshmeggiecanreadstuffoutofbookstoo! This book was really fun to read. But I do caution you: it is a heavy and fat book. Read it in the summer.
Okay, now it's just books that make you think (and slightly creepy/intense):
Requiem for a Dream by Hubert Selby Jr.
-To begin, this book is rather difficult to read. It is full of run on sentences (like this blog when I get excited), cussing, and whatnot. Oh yeah, the best part is that it has no quotation marks so you don't know if someone's talking or narrating! Ha ha! Yeah! This can get on your nerves, but I promise, it is so worth it in the end. Once your reading and you're involved in the story, you get why the author writes this way. The story is set in this crappy place in New York, I believe (sorry, I forgot already). The whole book is about drugs, first of all. If you're not comfortable even hearing about this kind of thing, don't read it. The main characters in the book are trying to snag drugs so they can sell them and be rich. But the plan goes awry, and soon enough, they can't get anymore to sell. Pretty soon, the only thing they ever want/need are the drugs, and they do anything in their power to get some. I'm warning you: intense book. There's hallucinations, thoughts, feelings, etc. Once you get into it, it feels like you're the one on drugs. Once again, do not read if you are not comfortable with this. If you don't want you kid to do drugs, just have them read this book. I will never, ever forget this, and the meaning it has behind it. Definitely a book that makes you wonder.
13 Reasons Why by Jay Asher
-This is a book about suicide. You may be wondering, "What the heck, Justine?? Why are you reading all these weird books about bad things?" I read them because I like to know the meaning of why these books have to be written. This is a really serious subject, and I know you will cry or at least feel some remorse as you read this book. To start off, this girl dies. Obviously. You know, the suicide I was talking about. So anways, this girl makes tapes before her death and on them, she records why she committed suicide. All the while, the tapes are passed around to the people she felt were responsible. Sorry if this explanation is confusing. It may sound quite scary at first, but once you read it, you'll understand everything.
Unwind by Neal Shusterman
-I can't even explain this book. It's creepy, unsettling, but good. Sick and twisted, but a pretty good idea for a futuristic book. So in the future, instead of having abortions or putting kids up for adoption, parents can have the choice of freaking 'unwinding' their kid. Yeah, scariest thing ever. Ahhhh I won't even explain it. Gahh. It's weird. And kind of gross. Fight for survival book.
Sorry that this post wasn't funny. Or enjoyable. It was basically just me reviewing books.....
Well, I'll make a post tomorrow or something to make up for it. LAST DAY OF SCHOOL TOMORROW! So I'll definitely have time soon.
WAAA-BAMM!
Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
-This book was incredible, if you mind me saying so. If you have your own opinion, just say so in a comment, but to me, this book was AWESOME. I can't wait to read the other books. My friend loaned me this book and said, "It's soooooooo good. Just do it!". So I did. And it was dang amazing. Okay, enough about me yapping on about this. About the story: (contains SPOILERS) At first, I thought, "Oh. Camp Half-Blood. We'll see about this." (referring to J.K. Rowling's 'half-blood' witches and wizards). I'll admit, I was kind of worried that the author was daring to quote another, but then I realized that it was a completely different subject. My bad. But you know it got you thinking about that too, huh? So, there I was reading, and I bet my facial expressions were pretty epic. Especially when I realized that holycrappercyisafreakingsonofposeidon (heh heh. it says 'holy crapper' if you got that). I haven't seen the movie yet, but I've heard many great and wonderful things about it. I should probably go see it soon....
Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling
-As you all know by now, I happen to be a crazed Harry Potter fan. The sad thing is, I don't even have an HP shirt... *shoves away depressing memory*. So anyway, I have to say that the fifth and seventh are my all-time favorite in the epic adventure.
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix: This book was so freaking amazing. It blew my mind, mostly because of the rebellion of students at Hogwarts, which reminded me of 'Truancy' (later on that). The book and the movie were so classy. It was a really fantastic idea to shoot the movie with a dark ambience, because of its newfound dangers. If you've read this book, you know exactly what I'm talking about, but you might have a different view.
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Ahh. The end. This book was sooo....I can't even think of a word. Imagine that it's the best day of your life and that you just won 700 billion dollars, you're eating the best ice cream in the world, you found your lost puppy (a rare occurrence, which only happens in movies), the person you voted for president won (another rare occurrence), and a giant bolt of lightning struck your least favorite teacher. Just imagine all those happy thoughts rolled into A BOOK. Then it's handed to you, as you stuff your spare change in your pocket, spilling some spare pennies on the linoleum floor. All you can look at is this book, and you are completely unaware of the people around you scrambling to get the change you dropped, in order to pay for their own mind-blowing book. Wellll....this didn't exactly happen to me when I got it. But I felt the same thing when I got it the package a DAY EARLIER than everyone else (thanks Lindsay). I lapped it up in one night, feeling about 2019 emotions at once. If you haven't read this, snap to it.
Truancy by Isamu Fukui
-Totally awesome. Just...freaking sweet. I think I was at the library one day and I saw this. My first opinion was, "What the heck is with the title?". No offense to anyone, I just thought it was a information book on tardies at school. But then I read it...My life will never be the same. The whole book is about the students rebelling against the education system. It is set in the future, where they have very harsh conditions at school (ex. penalty of death). A Truancy is built up (a huge army of kids who were expelled or dropped out of school) in an attempt to destroy the system. In my opinion, don't read it if you get queasy, or if you're like, 40. To read this, you have to have the mindset of a teenager, or at least close to one. The main point of the book is kids against adults, basically. It just wouldn't go well if you were older. There are other books to the sequence, such as Truancy Origins and Truancy City (T.C. comes out this year). All in all, a really enthralling book.
Twilight by Stephanie Meyer
-Heh heh. Had you going there, didn't I?
Inkheart by Cornelia Funke
-This has got to be the best fairytale book I've ever read. So good. So good. You don't even know. Just read it and you will understand. I know it sounds kind of corny, but here it goes. A father and a daughter live together in their comfy little house, and then some things happen and ohmygoshmocanreadstuffoutofbooks. It's quite awesome, I know. And theeeen later in the series... ohmygoshmeggiecanreadstuffoutofbookstoo! This book was really fun to read. But I do caution you: it is a heavy and fat book. Read it in the summer.
Okay, now it's just books that make you think (and slightly creepy/intense):
Requiem for a Dream by Hubert Selby Jr.
-To begin, this book is rather difficult to read. It is full of run on sentences (like this blog when I get excited), cussing, and whatnot. Oh yeah, the best part is that it has no quotation marks so you don't know if someone's talking or narrating! Ha ha! Yeah! This can get on your nerves, but I promise, it is so worth it in the end. Once your reading and you're involved in the story, you get why the author writes this way. The story is set in this crappy place in New York, I believe (sorry, I forgot already). The whole book is about drugs, first of all. If you're not comfortable even hearing about this kind of thing, don't read it. The main characters in the book are trying to snag drugs so they can sell them and be rich. But the plan goes awry, and soon enough, they can't get anymore to sell. Pretty soon, the only thing they ever want/need are the drugs, and they do anything in their power to get some. I'm warning you: intense book. There's hallucinations, thoughts, feelings, etc. Once you get into it, it feels like you're the one on drugs. Once again, do not read if you are not comfortable with this. If you don't want you kid to do drugs, just have them read this book. I will never, ever forget this, and the meaning it has behind it. Definitely a book that makes you wonder.
13 Reasons Why by Jay Asher
-This is a book about suicide. You may be wondering, "What the heck, Justine?? Why are you reading all these weird books about bad things?" I read them because I like to know the meaning of why these books have to be written. This is a really serious subject, and I know you will cry or at least feel some remorse as you read this book. To start off, this girl dies. Obviously. You know, the suicide I was talking about. So anways, this girl makes tapes before her death and on them, she records why she committed suicide. All the while, the tapes are passed around to the people she felt were responsible. Sorry if this explanation is confusing. It may sound quite scary at first, but once you read it, you'll understand everything.
Unwind by Neal Shusterman
-I can't even explain this book. It's creepy, unsettling, but good. Sick and twisted, but a pretty good idea for a futuristic book. So in the future, instead of having abortions or putting kids up for adoption, parents can have the choice of freaking 'unwinding' their kid. Yeah, scariest thing ever. Ahhhh I won't even explain it. Gahh. It's weird. And kind of gross. Fight for survival book.
Sorry that this post wasn't funny. Or enjoyable. It was basically just me reviewing books.....
Well, I'll make a post tomorrow or something to make up for it. LAST DAY OF SCHOOL TOMORROW! So I'll definitely have time soon.
Friday, June 4, 2010
Things That Annoy Me
This is now the second post. Yippee for everyone. Anywho, back to business ("Let's get down to business...to defeat the Huns!" Nooo? Tough crowd).
Things That Annoy Me
1. When people say that another's baby is "sooo cute!!!" (you know the voice they...or you...uses). Here is an actual cute baby:
Awwww. Now that is adorable. You are allowed to be swooned now. His little blue eyes and puffed up hair and chubby cheeks and wittle smile....you get the point. This is a cute baby. Check.
Now here's the baby everyone says is "sooo cute!" NO MATTER WHAT:
AHHHH. Ewww. Ahhh. Nooo. Yes, the face has some potential, but really. Who in their right mind compares a dang baby to a fatty dog?? Look at that kid: he's like Dudley (ZING) as a kid! I feel so bad for this child. He's even grabbing onto his foot for support so he doesn't fall over from all that extra pudding and creamed corn. I believe it's the parent's fault. First, for feeding their kid this much food, and second of all, to take this picture with their little pug.
2. I LOATHE these skirts:
You know exactly what I mean. The waistband made of fatty black elastic material, with a ridiculous bright purple plaid design below it, or some other hideous color of plaid. Blehhh.
3. Twilight: I won't even post a picture because everyone in the world has been accustomed to this ridiculous fad that will eventually fade once this Jacob kid gets married, "wrinkled, lined and flabby" (20 points if you got that quote from a certain movie). If you haven't heard of this line of books/movies, congratulations! For your sake and the people around you, do not look it up. Please. You will be grateful soon.
4. When people hug obsessively:
Don't get me wrong. Hugs are awesome and really nice if you haven't seen someone in a while. But they are completely pointless if you just saw your friend 2 hours ago. There are certain people at my school who do this. Every minute of every hour of everyday. I have friends who do this also, but I don't think they understand when I awkwardly hug them back and say, "I'm pretty sure I just saw you ten minutes ago. And hugged you then."
5. Music with no...well...music:
I really enjoy listening to the radio. I love listening and dancing and shakin' my booty to Justin Timberlake just as much as the old hippy dude next to me on the highway. But then as soon as 'My Love' is over, the next song that comes on is some stupid rapper singing.. *eh hem* chanting.. * eh hem* yelling under a cupped hand about his "homies" and the "drugs" he gets to do with his "shawty" who is so "fine...mmm so fine". LOL. Yes, I did just lawl. This kind of "music" is so unnecessary. If I wanted to hear about some dude, his girlfriend and drugs, I could just listen to the guys walking next to me as I head upstairs to my next class. I'm not just talking about the words: I mean that there's no tune, melody, notes, nothing. Just a beat in the background and some dude mumbling stuff. Rapping is actually quite a talent, but it sounds bad if that's the only thing in the audio track.
6. An alarm clock or ringing phone:
The alarm clock reminds me that I have to get up early the next morning. Ringing phone = annoying, stupid ring that goes on and on and ON AND ON. Whether it's in church, a teacher's phone at school, a grocery store, anything.
7. Birds: I just really really don't like birds. I was at the beach a week ago, and I saw this poor soul getting attacked by this seagull! Crazy stuff there. Another example would be at my school a few months ago. We had this infestation of seagulls there. Worst. Experience. Of. My. Life. You basically had to run to class with your binder over your head with your worst jacket on, just in case you got pooped on. To top it off, we have to sit outside for lunch, so that was a nightmare by itself. It's not just the pooping - there's other things too. They just sit there looking at you when you're doing your own business walking around or something. Their little squawks are like the alarm clock I talked about earlier, except that I know I'll hear that stupid screeching noise every second of everyday. I love nature, but birds are only cool when they're flying high, high above you.
8. Creepy dudes:
Or just creepy people in general. Like this guy. (Sorry for the language right tharr.)
Awwww. Now that is adorable. You are allowed to be swooned now. His little blue eyes and puffed up hair and chubby cheeks and wittle smile....you get the point. This is a cute baby. Check.Now here's the baby everyone says is "sooo cute!" NO MATTER WHAT:
AHHHH. Ewww. Ahhh. Nooo. Yes, the face has some potential, but really. Who in their right mind compares a dang baby to a fatty dog?? Look at that kid: he's like Dudley (ZING) as a kid! I feel so bad for this child. He's even grabbing onto his foot for support so he doesn't fall over from all that extra pudding and creamed corn. I believe it's the parent's fault. First, for feeding their kid this much food, and second of all, to take this picture with their little pug.
2. I LOATHE these skirts:
You know exactly what I mean. The waistband made of fatty black elastic material, with a ridiculous bright purple plaid design below it, or some other hideous color of plaid. Blehhh.
3. Twilight: I won't even post a picture because everyone in the world has been accustomed to this ridiculous fad that will eventually fade once this Jacob kid gets married, "wrinkled, lined and flabby" (20 points if you got that quote from a certain movie). If you haven't heard of this line of books/movies, congratulations! For your sake and the people around you, do not look it up. Please. You will be grateful soon.
4. When people hug obsessively:
Don't get me wrong. Hugs are awesome and really nice if you haven't seen someone in a while. But they are completely pointless if you just saw your friend 2 hours ago. There are certain people at my school who do this. Every minute of every hour of everyday. I have friends who do this also, but I don't think they understand when I awkwardly hug them back and say, "I'm pretty sure I just saw you ten minutes ago. And hugged you then."5. Music with no...well...music:
I really enjoy listening to the radio. I love listening and dancing and shakin' my booty to Justin Timberlake just as much as the old hippy dude next to me on the highway. But then as soon as 'My Love' is over, the next song that comes on is some stupid rapper singing.. *eh hem* chanting.. * eh hem* yelling under a cupped hand about his "homies" and the "drugs" he gets to do with his "shawty" who is so "fine...mmm so fine". LOL. Yes, I did just lawl. This kind of "music" is so unnecessary. If I wanted to hear about some dude, his girlfriend and drugs, I could just listen to the guys walking next to me as I head upstairs to my next class. I'm not just talking about the words: I mean that there's no tune, melody, notes, nothing. Just a beat in the background and some dude mumbling stuff. Rapping is actually quite a talent, but it sounds bad if that's the only thing in the audio track.6. An alarm clock or ringing phone:
The alarm clock reminds me that I have to get up early the next morning. Ringing phone = annoying, stupid ring that goes on and on and ON AND ON. Whether it's in church, a teacher's phone at school, a grocery store, anything.7. Birds: I just really really don't like birds. I was at the beach a week ago, and I saw this poor soul getting attacked by this seagull! Crazy stuff there. Another example would be at my school a few months ago. We had this infestation of seagulls there. Worst. Experience. Of. My. Life. You basically had to run to class with your binder over your head with your worst jacket on, just in case you got pooped on. To top it off, we have to sit outside for lunch, so that was a nightmare by itself. It's not just the pooping - there's other things too. They just sit there looking at you when you're doing your own business walking around or something. Their little squawks are like the alarm clock I talked about earlier, except that I know I'll hear that stupid screeching noise every second of everyday. I love nature, but birds are only cool when they're flying high, high above you.
8. Creepy dudes:
Or just creepy people in general. Like this guy. (Sorry for the language right tharr.)First Post EVAR!
All right, let me just start by saying: Heyyy! If you've come here, you are probably seriously bored. Is this the best you can do? Come here?? Well if you're still reading, I suppose so...
Nevermind all that chit-chat. Since this is my blog, I'm going to start off with ME. Yeah, that's right. My name is Justine. I live in the wonderful-stereotypical-everyone-surfs-here-and-is-tan-and-knows-Beyonce California! Yayyyy. I hate to go into this 'here's all this stuff about me' spheel, but you have to understand a bit of me before you read this thing. I LOVE Harry Potter. Really. It's the best thing since Google. I am also in love with Ben Folds, Michael Buble, and Dashboard Confessional. My favorite past times are playing piano, going on the computer, watching movies, reading, and whatnot. I'll explain more stuff in later posts, but for now, here's the minimum info.
Nevermind all that chit-chat. Since this is my blog, I'm going to start off with ME. Yeah, that's right. My name is Justine. I live in the wonderful-stereotypical-everyone-surfs-here-and-is-tan-and-knows-Beyonce California! Yayyyy. I hate to go into this 'here's all this stuff about me' spheel, but you have to understand a bit of me before you read this thing. I LOVE Harry Potter. Really. It's the best thing since Google. I am also in love with Ben Folds, Michael Buble, and Dashboard Confessional. My favorite past times are playing piano, going on the computer, watching movies, reading, and whatnot. I'll explain more stuff in later posts, but for now, here's the minimum info.
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