Chit-chat

I'm having a hard time believing that my most recent post is only 2 or 3 days old. It just doesn't seem possible. But time does goes by quickly if you don't pay attention. But still, I have been paying attention. After all, I have a test coming up (it's already Decemeber! O_O) and I want to finish this year's school in time for holidays.

Speaking of holidays, my grandmother's planning to visit for Christmas. My mom's mother, that is. I don't know what were going to do while she's here, but maybe my parents have some plans. I don't remember hearing about any of them, though. Actually, I do remember hearing one of them: Maybe we'd go to this one hotel/resort thingie out in the beach. It's really nice there. It's not that fancy, but nice. It has this minie water-park, too. Small, though. A little river to swim in, and 2 or 3 slides. And in the middle of the river there's this hill with a fence around it and there's a bunch of goats, rabbits, and other animals in there. There's even one peacock! Peacocks are so pretty, with their colorfull and flashy feathers. :)

Hey, do any of you out there have any new ideas for next year? Like a new class, sport, or something? Well, I was just asking because my mom found this one art school where they just happen to have classes on how to draw in manga/anime style. I'm planning to go there in Febuarary, when they're open again.

...That's it I guess. I wrote all that mostly out of boredom. Besides, I have to go. I have some school-work to do, unfortunetely. So, till next time.

[EDIT: Oops! I just realized that my most recent post isn't 2 or 3 days old. Most definetely not. I thought it was, though. ]

The latest

Listening To: "Pedro Blanco," - Peter White

Hey there! I haven’t posted here in a while. Oh well. I just didn’t feel like it. I’m lazy, after all.

Today I don’t have school, because it’s a holiday. Which is a relief because if I did have school, I would have to make up an excuse as to why I was unable to finish my research report draft, which I promised to do on the weekend. So now I can do it today. Normally I wouldn’t say this so enthusiastically, but it’s the only way I’ll get it done. Besides, I really have to be more responsible. That’s what I told myself yesterday.

I haven’t done anything with it yet, though. Instead, I’m currently writing my short story down on the special paper to send it with the older tests. But instead of just copying it from the scrap paper that I wrote it on, I’m re-writing it! I decided I disliked after I read it for the third time before beginning to write it on the other paper, so I ended up re-writing it. But I stopped, because I don’t know how to continue at the moment. So now I’m taking a break by going on the computer and rambling here. It’s pretty stupid, right? Yep.

Anyway, since I’ve already typed this much, I might as well mention that for a month or so I’ve been playing with my new/used PS2 that my dad ordered at Ebay. It came with 5 or 6 games, but I’ve only played 3 of them. Two of them don’t work, and another is too complicated to even try playing it. So I only have played 3 of the games, which are all actually Final Fantasy games. But one of them I don’t like: Final Fantasy 8 (don’t know the roman numerals…) The music’s a little annoying, and the way it switches to different areas is even more annoying. But maybe if I tried a little harder I might like it. But the one game I play the most is Final Fantasy X (means 10). I love that game. It’s SO cool! Then there’s Final Fantasy 9 (I don’t remember the number in roman numerals) and it’s fun. Until recently I haven’t been able to save the game, though. The graphics are definitely not that good as in FFX, but it’s good enough for me. It’s a fun game, but I haven’t gotten anywhere with it. I might just have to sit down with it and play it when I have patience to play the beginning all over again.

I’m waiting for lunch… I told myself that I’d get back to schoolwork when it’s 12 o’clock, but when I looked at the clock it was only 3 minutes to 12 o’clock, so I decided to change it to after lunch (which seems to be late, by the way.) Goes to show I’m really lazy.

ANYWAY! Besides schoolwork, I want to get back to chanting my rounds…

(P.S: I don't know why I even post in this thing. Anybody who likes privacy would probably prefer to write in a diary or something. But I try not to write anything personal/confidental here. So I don't know why I'm worrying. Besides, it's not like I'm asking someone to care. It's just fun/easy to put stuff in here. The rest I keep to myself.)

I wish I had the talent to write like that...

Mood: Giddy
Listening To: Fantasy - Mariah Carrey

That’s one of the reasons I like Gaia so much. Not only is it entertaining, but such as in the art and writer's forum you can find people with such great talent. I was browsing the posts in “The Cranky Writers’ Guild” since I hadn’t posted in such a long time even though I’m a member, and I found another post that intrigued me. I am SO glad I clicked it. You must read this: The Raven King I love it to no end. (You, vpshinra, are an extremely talented writer.) Anyway, it doesn’t matter if you haven’t joined Gaia or aren’t a member of this specific guild. Just read the first post. You won’t be disappointed. Oh, then you can read my reply there if you look for the name “Haru-chan_”, which is my username. But it’s not necessary. Read the story, that’s what you’re supposed to read.

A movie I wanna see...

Ok, so there's this movie called Shark Tale in the theaters over here, and at first I didn't really have the urge to see it... but after just seeing the trailer, now I do.

First of all, it's done by the same studio from Shrek, and the animation is just amazing. Besides the animation, the voices are great. And besides, Will Smith is starring in it, and he tends to be funny. They even have some pretty funny jokes in the trailer.



The images above are from the trailer, I just played around with them in Photoshop. To anybody who has not seen the trailer, it's likely that nobody will understand what's happening there, becuase I just find it so funny.

...Okay, I just had to say something like that. Whatever, just label this under babbling material. I know, I know, I know! I said I would keep my rambling and babbling to myself, but I guess it's just uncontrolable. =)

My mother's schedule for myself?

Mood: Annoyed
Listening To: “Why is Love so Hard to Find?” – Jesse McCartney

My mom wants me to go to the gym with her. Recently she’s been going again every morning after breakfast, but she said that if I went with her we would go in the afternoon, since I have school in the morning. She said I could think about it… though I’m not sure I want to go. But I have the option to go and do Yoga with her, which is also at the gym, but it starts at night. She said I didn’t have to, but either way I would have to do something one of these days. So I can be among other people and not always in front of the computer.

I’m not thrilled about this idea, but I guess I have no choice, since I’m going to have to do something. It’s funny though, because when my mom mentioned that she’s gonna take me to the mall and put me in to some “hip” cloths, (because a lot of my cloths are really old) my dad said something along the lines of “good luck!” Speaking of cloths, my mom wants me to make an inventory of my cloths; so that I can take the old cloths that I don’t use anymore and give those to some people who have more need of it, because there’s a lot poor people here.

Okay, on an un-related subject: There’s a holiday here in Brazil -- which is tomorrow -- and it’s like the opposite of father’s and mother’s day. It’s kid’s/children’s day. Weird, I know. But it’s sort of cool, too. Even though I don’t expect a gift or anything. I’ll wait for Christmas for those, heh.

My progress on writing, and other things.

Mood: Talkative
Listening To: “Timeless” – Justin Guarini & Kelly Clarkson.

Okay, okay. I’ll keep my mindless/pointless rambling to myself. No need to be alarmed. I’ve decided this because when I look back at the old posts/entries, they look really stupid. I definitely do not want to look stupid, thank you very much. Instead I think I’ll either talk about my daily doings or my writing… or something else. I really don’t know.

Man, the time is going way too fast. It was just Monday and now its Saturday. And it’s already October! Only two more months till Christmas… But still, I wish it wouldn’t go so quickly. I mean… I know I can’t avoid it, but sometimes things just tend to become more complicated that way-- more stressful. Especially in school, school’s been a bit of a pain. It’s true, I’m not arguing as much as I use to, and I’m putting more effort in my work. But still… it doesn’t change my feelings towards it. In the end it’s a pain.

Okay, let’s not talk about school. Let’s talk about… my stories! Ok, so I don’t have so much to say, but I got a bit of a break-through for both of the stories I’m working on. Remember when I mentioned this one story that I was planning in the late 1800’s? Well, like I mentioned in an earlier post, I have finally figured out the plotline/plot. Besides that, I also thought up a new character, which I expect to play a big role in the story, other then the two main characters – Jasmine Betrum and Adrian Simton. His name is Lawrence Price. You could say his last name is a pun because he is very rich. But it wasn’t on purpose, I just couldn’t think of anything that fit better with his name. I like his first name especially. “Lawrence” sounds French. Is it?

(NOTE: Do NOT steal my characters, and do NOT steal their names. They are rightfully copyrighted to me, unless someone has already used them before me, which I highly doubt. So keep your wits alert. And don’t even think of using them.)

Now, remember the fantasy story I once was talking about? Now, do you remember me mentioning that it would be about dragons? Well, I decided that but I didn’t know what the dragons’ role in the story would be exactly. The only thing I knew was that they would be a big conflict in the story. But now I have thought of this: they will have a conflict with others, but what kind? I still haven’t answered that question completely, but I do know that it is a conflict that relates to everyone, and it is somewhat like a racial war. In my opinion, the dragons are one of the most powerful fantasy creatures. And because of that, in my story the dragons have great power over the other races. But that is all of the past (in my story). In the current time of the story, the dragons live quietly alone (there are very little of them left), and the other races live peacefully as well. But as the story progresses, strange things start to happen, and slowly things are being destroyed. Supposedly the dragons are in power again, but why? Why so suddenly break the peace? That is one of the questions of the story, and even I haven’t decided why that is. But this is not all the story will be about; it just plays most of it. (NOTE: Again, do NOT steal my ideas or characters. They are rightfully copyrighted to me.)

Okay, I know I will sound weird saying this, but what I just said… about the dragons and all, that helped me. I didn’t have that idea in my head before. I just knew the dragons would be important. That’s what’s so cool about writing down your thoughts and ideas, because they might just evolve in to something else completely different. And all by accident!

All right (I use “okay” way too much), I think I’ll go downstairs and see what my parents are watching. It’s getting sort of creepy up here. Not really, actually. I just want to go downstairs, lol. See ya!

A girls rambling on... entertainment.

Mood: Excited...
Listenting To: “Stop” – Spice Girls

I’m kind of bored and I have the right to write just about anything here… so that’s exactly what I’m going to do. I forgot to mention some stuff from the last post entry, and that is what I shall talk about today. But it’s possible I’ll end up rambling about something else, too. J

Let’s start talking about E-bay. I know, weird way to start. But that’s how I got the chance to buy a certain little console called PlayStation 2, with some games, too. Actually, it wasn’t me that got it, though. It was my Dad that did. One night I was saying goodnight to my parents and my Dad invited me to watch him bid on E-bay. There was only a couple minutes left for the bid to end, so I ended up staying till it finished. As you should have guessed already, he was bidding on a PS2 (for short) with some games to go with it. He ended up winning the bid. So now I’m anxiously waiting for the delivery to arrive all the way here. J I can’t help but feel so spoiled. I mean… someone doesn’t just buy that on the spot. Anyway, I shouldn’t be complaining, I should be grateful… and I am. These are the games I am looking forward to, the ones that are coming with the PS2 (among others):





Final Fantasy X. I’ve known about this game for a while, and it just looks so tempting. Unfortunately, you can’t find it here, even though you can find Final Fantasy X-2, the sequel. “It’s a year old, ” the people at the game store said. Which for them means it’s out of fashion or something, so it’s not in stores anymore. Anyway, I’m supposed to be talking about the game… not where you can’t buy it. First thing that intrigues me about this game is the story, and the characters, which are all so beautiful. Second, those CG sequences in the game that just blows you away. (I couldn’t resist but download some on my computer.) The little graphic I made above is from one of those CG sequences, which features Tidus and Yuna, who are the main lead characters. Another things that’s cool about this game is that the characters speak!





Final Fantasy IX just happened to be in together with the rest. It doesn’t look so bad. Not from what I’ve seen on websites, anyway. The graphics are a little on the iffy side, but otherwise it looks okay. I don’t have anything much to say about this game, except that I’m curious about it. It wasn’t one of the games that I was interested in at the beginning. I’ll just have to find out by myself if I would like it once it gets here. The characters look interesting, though. Oh, and above is one of the main lead characters of the game. She’s a princess, hee-hee.





This game looks somewhat interesting. It has a long name, though. “Final Fantasy VIII.” I don’t remember what “VIII” stand for in roman numerals. Like I said, it sounds interesting, but I have to admit the graphics suck big time. (No offense to the ones who like it.) What attracts me is the story, and this mysterious guy, Squall Leonhart. What’s with that scar? It’s probably a bad memory from his dark past, heh. Um, I can’t deny that I’m not exactly looking forward to this game, it just happened to be in there too. It might be interesting, though. Who knows!

As a side note, I saw some movies on the weekend and I felt like sharing with you guys (if any of you). Here’s what I saw:





“Back to the Secret Garden” was a nice movie. It was cute, and it turned out good. I mean, so it wasn’t my idea of a sequel to the “Secret Garden,” but it wasn’t bad, it was good. The actors played well, and I thought the younger actors played especially well. It was sort fairy-tale like in my opinion. But I guess that’s just the theme in most of those kinds of movies, especially if they’re normally for a younger audience.





I have to say, that at the beginning I was a little skeptical about the movie. The beginning wasn’t funny, but once Elle got to Washington, that’s when it picked up its regular style: funny. I like the movie, just not the beginning. I thought the whole idea of finding and saving Bruser’s (Elle’s dog) mother was a bit over-done. But, oh well. What can we do? Otherwise I liked the movie. It was fun to watch. But not the beginning, that was bad.





I have to say that this movie was not as I expected. The trailer told differently, anway. It wasn’t really bad, but it wasn’t that good either. It was kind of boring in my opinion. The actors played well, I guess. The story was a little fairy-tale like in way that was not to my liking. I couldn’t help but like the ending, though. Even though it was a bit silly. It was the song’s fault! (I’m not making any sense…)

Okay, I have to go. I have some homework and I haven’t done it yet. Terrible, I know. I couldn’t resist the tempatation to do it later! So since I haven’t done it yet, I better get cracking right away. See ya! (Hope you were amused.)

I don't feel like putting a title, so there!

Mood: …I’m slowly calming down.
Listening To: Jesse McCarteny’s new album samples on iTunes’s music store.

Jeez, school is starting to be so stressful! I mean, I could never actually be stressed out… but it’s pretty close. I guess it’s just because I have so many composition essays I still have to finish. And besides that… there are times when the books ask for a specific ingredient/material for one project, and we never have it! It makes me want to run out and stomp all over the place in a huff. It makes me want to go: “ARGH! This so frustrating!” Anyway, besides that I guess things are OK. I think... I’m not 100% sure.

Anyway, let’s move on. I accomplished something yesterday that I wasn’t even planning to do. I thought that I should at least try to write one of my ideas for this story in late 1800s. (I don’t have name for it yet…) So I got the idea to try and maybe write one of the characters’ past. Instead of doing that, I ended up writing the whole general plot! It was a complete accident. I didn’t even have any ideas for the plot before, so it was a pretty cool accident. I’m not sure if I should post it here yet. Because it’s sort of strange, because since it was my idea to write the characters’ past, I ended up writing it/organizing it in a sort of strange way. But I’m feeling confident nonetheless.

Jesse McCartney has a new album, called “Beautiful Soul.” It was just released yesterday, September 29th. I’ve listened to some of the songs on his website (which you can find here: http://hollywoodrecords.go.com/jessemccartney/), and I have also listened to the rest of his songs on the iTunes music store. I love all the songs except for one, called “Without U.” It’s oddly slow, sort of off key. Well, not really. I just don’t like it… at least of what I’ve heard of the sample. But the rest are great. And I want to buy it…

The week is going so fast. It was Monday only 3 days ago, and now it’s already Thursday! I can’t wait for the weekend =3. But even that goes pretty quickly.

Uh, it’s almost 3:40 and I don’t know what else to say. The day’s not over, so maybe I’ll edit this later… Maybe.

-- TChao!

P.S. That’s actually how you spell bye/good-bye in Portuguese. The only reason they put a “T” there is because they pronounce “ch” like “sh”. So they put a T to make our “ch” sound. I know, I know. There was probably no need for that explanation. But I just thought people might wonder.

Inuyasha Episode 150: A Strange Light that Guilds a Saint

Before I begin I must warn you that this entry contains spoilers for those who either are not past episode 150 on Inuyasha, or still reading the English manga. So if you are one of those people and do not want to become confused, frustrated, or disturbed by spoilers, please to not read any further. Thanks.



So, now we know Kikyou is alive. Or at least she might have the potential to live. I personally am glad she’s alive. It would have been so strange without her and it has been so hard for Inuyasha to cope with it when her name is mentioned.

How is she alive? Well, like Inuyasha realized, he didn’t see her die. And now two shikigami, Kouchi and Asuka, have gathered all her ashes. So it is a possibility.

Now we have the question about Hijiri-sama. “He” used his arrow and actually broke Hakudoushi’s barrier, which even Inuyasha’s sword could not do. Only someone as powerful as Kikyou could do that. And even Miroku said he had sensed Kikyou’s energy at that time. Now the question is answered in this episode. On Inuyasha’s way back to meet up with the others after destroying a group of youkai, Inuyasha met Hijiri-sama by the mountaintop and he asked to show his face. (Well, he more like commanded him.)



In the meantime, Miroku and Sango were fighting off some youkai. Kagome was said to stay out of the fight, so she stayed with Shippo. But Shippo noticed something that scared him, and Kagome realized it was shinidamachu. (“Shinidamachu” is the youkai that gathered souls for Kikyou.) And so when she realized this she decided to follow them, thinking maybe Kikyou would be there. Miroku tried to stop her, but by the time he got to her she seemed to go through a barrier.

Inuyasha said, “Answer me! You’re not Kikyou, right?” That was when Asuka and Kouchi spoke. They said: “She was ravaged by a very potent shouki. Her body cannot be restored to its original state. Her voice remains lost as well. She is fighting her spirit alone. However… she will run out strength soon.”

That is when Inuyasha finally realizes that Hijiri-sama is Kikyou, or so he thinks. He then runs to Hijiri-sama. But before he reached him, Hijiri-sama “shattered” to pieces. And that is when Inuyasha saw a glimpse of Kikyou’s face, but it faded quickly before he could reach it.



When Inuyasha looked up, he found Kagura above. He asked her if Kikyou really is alive – of course, only after insulting her.

Kagura told him: “Naraku thinks so. The arrow that broke through Hakudoushi’s barrier… There was dirt from Onigumo’s cave on the arrowhead.” At that moment Inuyasha realized what he had smelled when he found the arrow. It was Onigumo’s smell.

Kagura continued, “Onigumo’s obsession for Kikyou had penetrated into the ground there. Apparently, that’s what defies Naraku and keeps Kikyou safe. Kikyou is the only one who can use Onigumo’s dirt. At any rate, it means that we’ve both been jerked around by a fake.” Then she left. Well, this tells something. For one thing, it means Hijiri-sama was not Kikyou nor was he a real person, but a doll controlled by Kikyou. So where is Kikyou?

Let’s go back to Kagome. She was still following the shinidamachu. They paused once or twice to wait for her, and Kagome was starting to think they were inviting her. When the shinidamachu finally found their destination, Kagome found a waterfall in front of her. She walked up to the waterfall and looked into the water. What did she find?



She found Kikyou lying in the water, in full shape. How did this happen? Because like I said before, Asuka and Kouchi collected her ashes, which I’m guessing once put into the water, she was put back together.

That’s it. Yes, it ended like that. Isn’t that frustrating? (Now before you complain, or whine I have to tell you that I didn’t tell you the whole episode. The beginning I left out because I wanted to just talk about what I thought was most important in it.)

After they sang the new ending “Brand New World” by VS… they showed a preview of the next episode. You could definitely call this a teaser, for it left me wanting to download the next episode right away. I’ll give you a peak (It won’t tell you much, though. It’ll just leave you wondering.):



Now before I leave, I want to review the different things I have found out in this episode and what I think the results are to come from that.

1. Kikyou is alive, which is a problem for Naraku. And it will distract him from his plan to find the border between this world and the “after-life”. It also would be interesting to know what would be Inuyasha’s reaction if he saw Kikyou.

2. Hakudoushi does not have his little horse anymore since his barrier broke and Inuyasha destroyed him. A pity, but I’m curious what plan he will conjure up next now that he has more problems in his face.

3. Kagura realized that Hakudoushi is hollow, and he obviously does not have a heart. Where is the heart? It is with Kana, in the other half of Hakudoushi which split. And that part is supposedly (I think) a child of one lady, who Kana meets in the last episode, episode 149. It’s interesting to ponder what they’re going to do with that half, which holds Hakudoushi’s heart.

Weegie boards are a total spook.

At lunch Dad told me a story when he was kid. I don’t remember how the conversation came up, but we were talking about spooky stuff. (At least in that content, anyway.) He told me that one time he and his friends decided to go up in the attic and do a weegie board thing. They didn’t actually use a board, though. They just had a table and used one of those wine glasses, and everybody put a finger on it. It didn’t take a while to start moving! Some of them just took of their hand said, “I’m not moving it!” and after a while there was only two people: Dad and one other guy. Dad said that it definitely wasn’t him moving it, and he doubted the other guy could because it wasn’t easy to move, and it was moving pretty fast!

Anyway, they asked different questions. But Dad said that they couldn’t be direct questions. They had to be indirect questions. And one of the questions they asked was, “Which of the people in this group do you know?” And guess what? It started moving towards Dad! I said that I would have freaked out so bad, but he said he didn’t. At that time he thought it was cool!

Who would want to do that, anyway? It’s really freaky…

A SIDE NOTE:
I got my test results last night. I was so nervous! She said (my teacher who grades my test) that I have improved and that I should be proud, but then she told me what I did wrong. Some of the mistakes were little, some big, but it still makes me frustrated! For whatever strange reason I was nervous looking over the test and looking over her notes. It makes me feel so stupid, like I made a mistake only a person in 3rd grade could make. Oh well. I just hope the test that I’m sending now will get better results.

Small Talk...

This morning at breakfast Dad told Mom and me that he got a letter from Gurudeva! He showed it to me after breakfast. It was more directed to Dad, but he mentioned my name once or twice, and Mom. It was sweet. I’m glad I got to see it, though. It makes me happy.

In school I’m reading a new book called The Phantom Tollbooth, and it’s the last book we’re reading this year. Before I read: (from the first to last)

The Swiss Family Robinson -- That was an extremely boring book for me to read. I really didn’t like it. I don’t know why exactly, I just didn’t.

Anne of Green Gables -- I own that book. So it was the second or third time me reading it. I really like that book!

Theras and His Town -- It wasn’t so bad. It kept me interested, I guess. The setting was in ancient Greece.

King Arthur and His Knights – I have to admit that this book was probably my favorite book to read for some reason. It was full of King Arthur stories. It wasn’t one full story. But I actually really liked it. I also liked the words they used and that it was a fantasy setting in the middle ages.

Now I’m reading The Phantom Tollbooth. It’s interesting, and it makes me laugh sometimes. It’s about a 10-year-old boy named Milo who isn’t interested in anything, and he thinks everything’s a waste of time. So one day he gets home from school and in his room (which has a ton of stuff, but he hasn’t used any of it because he doesn’t think it’s interesting) he finds a huge package which holds a mysterious mini-tollbooth inside for him to use and supposedly --the instructions say this-- will let him go where ever he likes. So he takes his little car in his room, thinking this is just a game, and decides to try it out since he has nothing better to do. But he learns that it’s not a game and that he has ended up in a strange world.

Ok, that was a big summary, but I didn’t really even say much. I’ve only read 2 chapters so far, and it seems interesting. Because Milo has ended up in this sort of strange world – that have places named such as “Doldrums” which is the place you end up if you stop thinking and the only way to get out of there is to start thinking! – and he meets all these strange people, like the “watchdog” who has a body of a watch! Like I said, it’s interesting.

Like normal, I’ve been browsing Dad’s huge collection of music on iTunes, and I’ve been listening to the BeeGees a lot. These are some of my favorite songs/the ones I listen to most: (In no specific order.)

1. “Staying Alive”
2. “Emotions”
3. “Our Love”
4. “Grease Theme”
5. “Masschusetts”
6. “How Deep is Your Love”
7. "Heartbreaker”

I also came across Beethoven. He has beautiful music. I’ve only heard some which are “Nocturne”(It’s done by a whole group of musicians including Beethoven, I think) and “Furelise”, and 2 others that I don’t know the names of. I’ve always liked classical, I just don’t listen to it much. I mostly listen to New Age. But I still love classical music. It’s just so… I don’t know. It takes you into a whole new world.

Oh, and one more thing! I think I’ve got a new story idea. I get mostly foggy ones that I never use, but this one I like. Maybe I’ll use it, maybe not. I have 2 characters so far, and one is named Adrian, and the other is Jasmine. The setting is most probably in the late 1800s, where the women still wore those frilly dresses and corsets. (I’m not exactly sure if that’s the right date, but I’m pretty sure.) Anyway, that’s all I’m going to say. I’ll give more info once I get a more fixed idea of it. I’m excited though. Maybe for once one of my ideas will end up as a story! Becuase I usually have so many little ideas of scenes and made up characters in my head but I end up never using them. My current fantasy story that I’m working on is the only idea so far that has been used. But even that is a bit unclear.

Janmastami

Janmastami was… comforting, in some ways. But it was also tiresome.
I fasted through the whole thing. I spent most of the day laying in bed, reading a book, and drinking lots of water. I actually read 3 or 4 books the amount of 130 pages in a couple hours! Once I played a game on the GBA, to see if I could get farther on that Final Fantasy game, unfortunately I failed. I didn’t go on the computer at all that day. Not once. And that’s not normal for me. I felt I shouldn’t after all it was Janmastami.

I did help with cooking though. I helped peal boiling hot potatoes with a knife, and “dried” slices of potatoes with a cloth to make chips. I was terrible at the pealing. I was going so slowly compared to Marçiana. She pealed 2 or 3 potatoes in the time I was still struggling with my first! And they were so hot, too. Oh, and I also helped watch the tapioca on the stove to prevent from boiling over for my mom. Not much, but something at least.

In some ways it felt strange fasting, because it makes you feel so weak. One time I was looking for my mom and ran up and down the stairs twice and I was already exhausted and shaking when I found her. Just supporting my head on my hand made my hand quiver, but amazingly enough, I lasted through the whole thing, despite my hunger. Once when I was helping in the kitchen, I was flipping through the cookbook looking at all the yummy looking dishes. I swear my mouth was watering just looking at them. That’s how hungry I felt.

Before I helped in the kitchen, I made garlands for the Deities. We only had one kind of flower, so there was only one color. It was strange though, I had to make 3 garlands, and every time I made the next they became bigger. The first one was the smallest, the second bigger, and the last was the biggest. I guess I didn’t measure right. But it was creepy when I had to go outside to pick some more. It was getting dark and everything looked eerie in the silence, especially the pool. So I was quick to pick them, I didn’t want to be out longer. But I had to go twice because the first time I forgot to take the basket to put the flowers in. When I came inside again, my dad was smiling at me and sort of chuckled while he said: “It’s spooky out there at night, huh?” “Yes” was my answer.

While my dad went to the program at the institute/center, I stayed with Maçiana and my mom. We did other things in the kitchen. After that, we waited for the devotees to come, since we were going to do the abbhi-shake (I have no idea how spell that, so I’m making my won way.) at home. It felt like waiting forever. I was hungry and the only thing I could think of was eating, especially since it was so close to breaking fast. I was also really tired. I always found myself laying my head on the kitchen table and just closing my eyes. Only my hunger kept me awake.

When they arrived, I was relieved. When we were still waiting for them, in between my mom and me sat there watching the camera that looks out to the driveway to see if there were any cars coming up. And in between that I found my mom watching a movie on TV just to distract herself. What was she watching? Edward Scissorhands. It was at the ending, though. Anyway, it took a while, but somehow everybody arrived in the nick of time.

It’s strange, but when we did the abbhi-shake my hunger was pushed aside. I completely forgot about it. I got to pour some honey on them, but that was all.

After the deities were cleaned and dressed in new clothing, Marçiana and I helped my mom serve prasadam. We brought it all outside on the table where we usually eat breakfast and lunch, and everybody ate there, except Marçiana and me. We needed a separate table because we couldn’t fit on the other since there were so much people.

Even though I was really hungry, I didn’t eat a lot, as someone would expect you to if had just fasted for the whole day. I couldn’t. Since I’m spoiled I’m use to my mom’s cooking so I mostly just ate what she made. Anything else, I didn’t like. And since it was such a small plate and there was so much food it was all squished together on my plate. I don’t mind it that much, it’s just frustrating because usually when you have something salty, it collides with the sweet things, and the flavors mix into something that does not taste good. Even though I didn’t eat much, I sort of secretly took seconds, but just the things I liked.

When everybody finished eating and people were getting cold outside, of course, everybody went inside and started talking away. I was still tired as ever so my mom allowed me to go upstairs to go to sleep. It was a relief. But even though I was tired I couldn’t resist but to read some before I went to sleep.

Since my mom is so generous she called Sabrina this morning and said I couldn’t do school because I went to bed so late. So I was able to sleep in. Now it’s morning and almost 12 o’clock and I’ll be able to eat something soon. We have to fast till noon since it’s Srila Praphupada’s appearance day. But fasting till noon is a piece of cake for me, so I won’t complain.

Catch me... if ya can!

In this post I will be talking mostly about the movie “Catch Me If You Can”. So if some of you still would like to see that movie, I warn you that there may be some spoilers here.

This movie was directed by Steven Spielberg in 2002, staring Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hanks, Christopher Walken, and others. It is based on the true story of Frank W. Abagnale, drawing from his autobiographical book of the same name. And the brilliant soundtrack is by John Williams. Rated PG-13 for some adult content.

Based on a true story, Frank W. Abagnale (Leonardo DiCaprio) worked as a doctor, a lawyer, and as a co-pilot for a major airline company -- all before his 21st birthday. A successful con artist and master of deception, he was also a brilliant forger, whose skill at check fraud netted him millions of dollars in stolen funds -- much to the chagrin of the authorities. FBI Agent Carl Hanratty (Tom Hanks) has made it his prime mission to capture Frank and bring him to justice, but Frank is always one step ahead of him, baiting him to continue the chase.

It is truly amazing what this guy does, what he does to escape and disguise himself! Especially since it is a true story, it is somewhat of a shock to think that there was person who really did it.

“The actors did very well in the movie. And the movie itself was very well done. The clothing and everything was very authentic. And the way people talked, too.” – A somewhat edited version of what my Dad said. I don’t exactly remember everything he said.

I personally enjoyed the movie and thought the story was amazing. I mean it was actually real and happened! And the actors played well, and the movie was just cool. If you want to see the trailer you can go here It also shows a quick sypnosis of the story.

I give you some advice. Go see this movie!

I officially have a loathing to alarms that go off for no good reason...

I barely slept any last night. It took an extremely long time for me to go to sleep. I kept waking up in the night and having the weirdest dreams. And some time past 2:30, the alarm went off. You can image in that it woke me up, of course. First I sprang out of bed and was going to wake up Dad but before I did I looked for Mom in her bedroom. She said it went off because the electricity went out. How annoying! I guess those alarm people never thought of that happening. A mistakable power outage…

Anyway, I decided to wake up later and sleep in just a bit because I barely slept a wink. So I woke up a little past 6:30 and I thought: “I am NOT waking up at this time.” I went back to sleep and woke up a couple minutes past 7 o’clock. I just knew I was going to be cranky at school today. Mom warned me before I went to sleep that I only can read for 15 minutes. I thought: “Maybe.” I didn’t exactly do what she told me… (We all started getting ready for bed around 10:30). …Like not reading till 11:00.

But I have a good reason for ending up going to bed late last night. I got to see “Monk”! It’s at 9:00 on Wednesdays and 8:00 on Sundays (I think) and I haven’t seen it in such a long time! So this time I got to see it. It was a good episode but they didn’t answer the question: ‘Who killed Trudy?’ We only got to find out who set up the bomb. It was funny as always, of course. I want to see it again!

A funny thing happened today. In between second review, Mom came in the room to return a pencil she borrowed. When she came in Sabrina (my teacher) got startled really badly because she hadn’t noticed her coming in. The funny part is that usually when I get startled she doesn’t, but this time she got startled I didn’t get startled at all! And I’m usually very easy to startle. Strange, no?

Even though I was a little cranky at the beginning of school, the rest of the time in school I was more spaced out then anything. I could barely concentrate in History and Science review. I had to constantly make her repeat her question again before I actually got it. But fortunately review is over and the test will be tomorrow. I hope that’s fortunate…

Later in the afternoon Liana and I didn’t read anything, because I had to go to the dentist. She took me this time, instead of Mom. The dentist said that I was doing better last time she saw me, so she said me I need to brush my teeth more. But I don’t understand why they are worse; because I’ve been doing the same thing that I did last time, so I don’t see where the change is coming from.

It took a while for the taxi driver to find the way back home. But even though then I would normally be worried, I was strangely calm.

When we arrived home I ate a sandwich that Mom was making for Dad, which was a sliced piece of bread with melted cheese and tomotao on top. It was delicious! While eating that I watched “Changing Rooms” on the People & Arts channel with Dad. I don’t have a lot of shows that I like but “Changing Rooms” seems to be one of those that I do like.

Uh, nope. I can't continue.

I would have said more before, but now I am just too tired to. So hopefully this will be enough for those bored people who might be reading this. Sorry to leave you dissapointed. I am just too lazy to talk about my whole day.

"Oooo!" Those dragonflies are so cute!

I am sitting here in front of my computer feeling happy and giddy after just finishing the 3rd book of “Avalon”. I don’t know why exactly, but it has left me in a happy state. It’s the second time I’ve read it, and I have to admit it’s my favorite one of the ones I have. There are 3 more books, I think, but I still haven’t bought them yet.

I think I will finally open up my new domain this coming September. Like I have been saying, it has been sitting there for longest time. I made a list yesterday of the pages that are finished and what still needs to be done. So now I feel more secure and organized about it.

Speaking of organized, I want to try harder to be more organized. It’s more of my personal things that I want organized. But even though it might not be that important to some people, it makes me feel so much better. Everyday I find myself feeling irresponsible and guilty because sometimes I reject my own responsibilities, expecting everything to be forgotten the next day. But that doesn’t happen, of course. It’s hard to give up the guilt that has built up if you haven’t paid the price.

It’s amazing how music can affect your emotions. Like if I listen to something light and cheerful, I become happy and energetic (and sometimes it gives me this feeling like my chest would burst with all the excitement!). But if I listen to something more serious I either become calm or sad. It’s one of the reasons why I love music so much. It just baffles me sometimes.

Just a couple days the download for that Inuyasha episode finished. What a COOL episode! It told so much. Actually, it wasn’t really an episode that was connected to the current happenings. It was sort of like a “special” episode and it told the story of Kikyo and Inuyasha and how they met and the reason they felt so much betrayal towards each other, but in beautiful detail. It makes so much more sense now. I won’t say a word, though. I’m not going to spoil it to anyone! Though I understand Kikyo better now. Man, she can be so hard to understand sometimes!

I’m not sure, but I think Mom’s going to take me to the Embassy tomorrow. I have to re-new my American passport because it has expired. So I need a new picture too. I don’t like really it when people take pictures me. I always turn out looking either goofy or just plain weird!

I want to learn how to speak Italian! It’s such a beautiful language. And I just love way it sounds. Just the way it moves on your tongue…
It sounds so elegant and graceful.

Jesse McCartney has a new song. It’s from the soundtrack from the new “Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement” movie. (I want to see that movie! Unfortunately they’ll only have it here in October…)

It’s called “Because You Live”. It’s a beautiful song. Now I’ll type the lyrics, just for the fun of it.

Staring out at the rain with a heavy heart.
It’s the end of the world in my mind.
Then you’re voice calls me back like a wake up call.
I’ve been looking for the answer, somewhere.
I couldn’t see that it was right there.
But now I know what I didn’t know.

Because you live and breathe,
Because you make me believe in myself when nobody else can help.
Because you live girl, my world has twice many stars in the sky.

It’s all right, I survived, I’m alive again.
‘Cause of you made it through in the storm.
What is life? What’s the use if you’re killing time?

I’m so glad I found an angel,
Someone who was there when all my hopes fell.
I want to fly looking in your eyes.

Because you live and breathe,
Because you make me believe in myself when nobody else can help.
Because you live girl (you live), my world (my world) has twice many stars in the sky.

Because you live, I live.

Because you live there’s a reason why I carry on when I lose fight.
I want to give what you’re giving me away.

Because you live and breathe,
Because you make me believe in myself when nobody else can help (when no one else can help). Because you live girl, my world (my world) has twice many stars in the sky.

Because you live and breathe,
Because you make me believe in myself when nobody else can help.
Because you live girl (‘cause you live), my world has everything it needs to survive.

Because you live, I live.
I live.

Whoa. I never realized how long that song is! Oh well, I am just bored. Um, I think that is all for today. If I feel I want to say more, I’ll type some more later. Cao!

Never have I had such exercise in the pool!

For the past few weeks I’ve been waking up really early. Like, lets say 2 hours earlier then I should wake up. And that would be 5 ‘clock, but recently I have been waking up at 6 o’clock instead. And this is all natural to me. No alarm clock was involved.

My writing has improved. All thanks to my latest composition project for school. I thought I would never say that. Usually I really dislike composition!

I need to write a “short story” for the upcoming test, and that’s why my writing has improved. But it’s nice, because they show you direct directions to make notes before writing. Anyway, the really cool thing is that those directions lead me to thinking of a plot, background, and characters in the quickest time ever! I have never done that before. But I’m a little worried that it won’t turn out good because they asked for a short story, and I have so many ideas for it that I’m not sure if I can make it short.

My drawing has improved also. Just the other day I was drawing little scribbles and all of a sudden I noticed it looked very different then what I drew that morning. I was really skeptical about it before, but now I just feel content.

I have been meaning to put my new domain up, and it’s been sitting there for months and months. But every time I make a new layout (I keep on making new layouts for it because I can’t decide what I like best!) I find myself constantly editing the content and getting new ideas that after that time of mentaling on it, I decide I don’t like it anymore. Man, am I picky! But I also have so many other ideas for making websites, and I can’t decide which one to start. It’s so frustrating…

Almost for the past week I haven’t played any video games. That’s unusual! But yesterday I did play some for a change.

Speaking of video games, I am totally crazy about Final Fantasy X. I know it’s for the PS2 and I only have GameCube, but I just love the story and characters. I have been to tons of websites, and they basically have most of the same information, but there was one website were they have a “.txt” file of almost half of the game story. And since I read that, I know quite a lot about the story and characters considering I haven’t played the game before. And since I’ve been to so many websites I basically know the whole story. Unfortunately, there are some confusing parts because there are some tiny details that are not clear to me. I still like it. But I don’t think I would like the game itself because it is a combat game. And combat is not my best skill in video games. I like adventure/RPG games, no doubt. But in adventure games you get to explore too, other then just fighting. But it seems that FFX (for short) does only combat to get through most of the story. But the graphics are amazing in those FMVs (Full Motions Videos). I have like 3 or 4 of those on my hard drive and when I watch then they just leave me completely speechless.

I was grouchy today. It was probably because I went to bed late last night. Why? That’s another topic. Anyway, in the composition class today I was supposed to write an essay about one poem's sound effects and why you liked that poem. I couldn’t really choose a poem because I am not a very big fan of poetry. I mean, yes, there is some poetry I like but it’s somewhat rare that I find one. Anyway, I was getting all cranky because I couldn’t find a poem that I liked and rhyme. It was annoying. But I have to admit I was relieved when Mom suggested I try doing it later in the afternoon.

Remember my last post where I said I was downloading the Inuyasha episode 147 and 148? Well, I haven’t watched it yet. Only because I haven’t been able to download it! On the first try (which was almost 3 weeks ago) it was downloading fine, except accidentally I closed the download window. It was a complete accident because I wanted to close another program, but I didn’t realize I was on the BitTorrent program window (that’s the program which downloads it for me) so I had to re-download the whole stupid file again. And it’s a BIG file, 146.1 MG to be precise. And it only had 9 hours left to go. Anyway, then I tried downloading it again-- after having a couple days of cooling off from the frustration, that is. It worked fine except my computer froze and got all crazy one me so I had restart. Once I restarted I realized that the download would have been cancelled. And I was right, of course. So after a couple days I decided to try it out again yesterday. And it’s still downloading, but thankfully nothing has happened yet. A relief, I tell you. I hope nothing goes wrong… I don’t think I would be able to take it any longer. Actually, I probably would because I’m so stuck on downloading it.

I went swimming today. When Liana came to ask me if I wanted to go swimming, it took me a while to decide if I wanted to or not, but finally I thought “Oh, what the heck.” When I went down stairs and went to the kitchen to wait for Liana I saw not only Liana there but Marciana, too! At first I was surprised because usually she doesn’t go. I was a little worried at first because Marciana is a very energetic and bubbly person. And when she starts going, she never stops. Even though she’s 19 years old, she still acts like a regular teenager. But so does Liana, she just is more quiet. But not when Marciana is around! Anyway, I am glad she came because we laughed so much. I swear, I thought I was having a headache from all the laughing. First we just goofed off a little, not knowing what do to. Then Marciana started it all. She took out one of those floating things you lay in the pool. She kept on trying to get on it, but we always ended up laughing when she had fallen off. Then we played “monkey in the middle” with the ball we had. They call it something else here, but it’s same game. It so much fun! It was so funny though, because there were times when I passed the ball and then Liana and Marciana ended up strangling themselves just to get the ball! It was hilarious to watch. I got to be in the middle only like 3 or 4 times, so I think I did well. Anyway, so we played that for most of the time. After that Marciana started going on the float thingy again then we got an idea. Marciana first went on, and then while Marciana was still sitting on it, Liana would go on it too. And then maybe I would go on it. And then we would have to balance ourselves. It was plain silly, really, but so much fun. If I didn’t go on it would just be them two on it, and I would have to shake them until they fell off.

We left sometime after that. I didn’t know when but sometime past 4:30. And I still feel sore from it all. I definitely got exercise, that’s for sure. But it was really nice. I haven’t acted so silly in a while, just laughing at just about anything.

I’m reading a book called “The Wish” written by… hold on–- Gail Carson Levine! (Wow, I just realized that now. She’s one those simple authors I like.) I’m it reading for the second time. I haven’t read it in like 2 years. I remember when I first read it I thought it was weird. I still think so a little, but only for some specific parts. (Not really. I don’t know. It’s all good, I guess.) I’ve already read half of the book. It’s a small book, only 197 pages.

I should be writing. I mean, writing my more of my “short story” composition. I haven’t written much, but it’s probably because I keep re-writing it.

Anyway, I’m exhausted and for once, I want to go to bed. I have a headache. Another reason to get away from the computer. Good night to all and sweet dreams.

Pool tables are strange...

School was good today, and everything went smoothly. The only thing that really annoyed me was when we did Science. I am not a big fan of Science, and making a chart of the planets and the information about them is not my good point. It seemed like it took forever...

I actually made my own homework today. Meaning I insisted that I get homework. That's because I was supposed to finish writing the book review of Anne of Green Gables, but even though it was still early, I thought it would be too much pressure to finish it in school with my teacher waiting on my every move. So I assigned it as homework myself, so I can now do it on the weekend. Oh, joy.

Did you know? It's Friday the 13th! My teacher reminded me of that this morning. I wonder... nothing unlucky has happened today so far. Not that I believe in such superstitions, but it's fun to think it's something of a holiday or an unusual, different day.

I'm downloading episode 147 and 148 of Inuyasha. I haven't watched Inuyasha in such a long time! So I am determined to get back on track with the episodes again. It will probably another day until it's finished downloading.

As usual, after sometime on the computer, I played some video games. For a change, I played a little bit of Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles. I like listening to the opening song when you start the game, it's very pretty. But it can get annoying after listening to it more then twice. The graphics are very good, and I like the game a lot in general, it's just very hard. And me and my dad are stuck on this one boss in the Mushroom Forest.

After FF: CC, I played Harvest Moon AWL. Yes it's true, you can't take me away from my farm for very long. I'm in Chapter 3 now, and my son has grown. And he even has his own room now. Recently he has been asking me questions about how farming is. Like: "Dad, is farming fun?" and then you have 3 options. The 1st one is "Not at all", the second one is "It's fun" and the third is "Why ask?". I pick option #2, because it is fun! And then he gets all happy, saying he knew it was true and that he wants to be a farmer when he grows up. He also has increased his liking of animals. He thinks they're really cute. I'm glad he think so, because I want him to become a farmer.

Later my dad called me down stairs. We got a pool table today! First my mom and dad played together. My mom lost. Then my dad told me how to play. Then my dad and me played against each other. It's not that bad of a game, actually. But it's not easy and it's not that exciting either. I didn't get any balls in, even though I might have gotten a close shot. So, as you might have guessed, my dad won.

This morning I read the part one of the 1st chapter of Chai's story. I loved it, I really did. It was interesting and had lots of suspense. You gotta love suspense! I really wanna know what will happen next! Hope you're writing is doing good, Chai!

... I think that is all. Hmm, pretty normal day. Um, bye-bye journal/diary!

Gotta love the farming life!

School was good today. I was able to concentrate, I was in a good mood, and we finished the class a half an hour earlier! Usually we finish a couple minute past 12. But I had to do some extra stuff just so we could finish the class for the full amount of 3 hours and a half.

Math was quick and easy. Grammar was actually fun this time, even though they gave me 30 problems. And Science was only 2 pages. But I had to do some extra poetry to finish the class. It was fun, anyway.

Remember when I was typing hysterically yesterday about the Mall incident? Well, I admit... I was being a bit hysterical. Everything seems to be O.K. right now. No nasty vibes as of yet, hehe.

My teacher is going to have a little time off on Thursday and Friday to go to this one popular beach with her friends, because she said that this will be the last moment of vacation till August. That's when she goes back to University. But I don't mind! (I didn't say that to her.) That means I probably won't have school on those days.

The packers will be here on Monday. But my mom said that I can pack when ever I want until Monday. "You should pack anything that you don't want them to pack," is what my mom told me. I probably will do that later, though.

I have been doing some research about dragons. (But I have only found one website which I have really looked through thoroughly. Which you can find here: http://www.draconian.com/home/frameset.htm) For dragons will be a important part of my story. I don't know for what, as of now. But I'll get an idea soon. Hopefully inspiration will take hold of me.

I just finished playing Harvest Moon AWL. I love that game! It can be so much fun. It's a farming game, for people who don't know. I'm on Chapter 2, in the second year. I got a wife and little kid. He's only 3 years old or something, so I get to carry him and snuggle him. And I can do so many other things with him. It's so cute! I can buy little toys for him too. And sometimes you can find him playing with them. My cow finally gave birth to a calf, and he's so adorable! I named him Jesse. Funny, it was the first name I thought of when those little guys said to give him a cool name because he was a boy. I thought of Jesse McCartney. So I picked Jesse, lol. Anyway, if anybody wants to know more about the game, go to this great website: http://hmotaku.net. Click on "Games" in the navigation and then click on "AWL". That's the game you want to learn about.

I'm listening to that song again... the one called "The Second Star to the Right". I still love that song. I love the rhythm, and the lyrics are nice. I'll type some for you guys... just for your amusement. Or boredom, in my case.

Ready. The Second Star... Here we go.

Dream your way to the stars in the sky. You and me, me and you on the way to the top. Spread your wings. We can fly to the stars in the sky. In the sky to the left, to the moon, there's a star on the right. And I can meet you. I can meet you. I can meet you.

The Second Star to the right, shines in the night for you. To tell you that the dreams you plan really can come true. (Come true.) The second star to the right shines with a light that's red. And if it's Never Land you need, it's light will lead you there.

Twinkle, twinkle, little star. (Little star.) So I'll know (I will know) where you are. (Where you are. )

Gleaming in the skies above. (Ooh.) Lead me to the land I dreamed of. And when are journey is through. Each time we say good night, (Say good night) we'll thank the little star that shines, the second from the right. (Second from the right. )

The Second Star... (Yeah... ooh.)
The Second Star... (Yeah... waooh.)

That's not the whole song. The whole song takes 3 minutes to listen to. So I don't feel like typing all the lyrics. Besides, it just repeats itself after that. But I love it so...

My dad called me to go outside to look at the sunset today. And it was so beautiful. You could see the sun in whole. And it's rays was shinning on the clouds, making the sky seem golden and blue-ish/purple. I am going to miss those sunsets. You can see them so clearly here on the balcony we have. When we move, we might not have such a close view of the them. But they'll probably still be nice.

Speaking of moving, Liana and Marciana have already started to pack some stuff. So far that I know, they have packed just 5 boxes of cloths we don't use anymore! That's a lot. O__o...

I think that will be all for today. I wrote A LOT this time!

Boredom takes over...

It's almost 9:00 o'clock and I should be getting ready for bed. But I'm not going to just yet.
I don't have much to say... Just like I haven't had much to say about the other times I contemplated to post. I haven't been here in a while, huh? Well, I guess I just never had the time to gather anything together to talk about, or I just felt plain lazy. Whatever...

I'm moving in exactly a week. Can you believe it? Because I sure am having a hard time to. The idea has crossed my mind a couple times, but I didn't think it would be happening so soon! But it's actually pretty exciting. New room, new ideas, new place. Lot's of "new". Well, actually I am just moving to a new house out of the city, so it doesn't make that much of a change. But it's out of the city, and things are different there... so it does make a change for me. An interesting change... I am just rambling here.

Jesse McCarteny. I love his voice...
I keep on listening to the song he sang that's called : "The Second Star to the Right", which supposedly comes from Peter Pan. Though it makes sense. The lyrics match... it's just that I don't remember hearing it in the movie before. (I think it's from the movie...) Anyway, the lyrics are really easy to sing a long to, and I just love it. I know, that sounds so pointless, but it is. I'm just rambling here... because I'm bored. Smart people out there, ignore this post for I will hopefully have a better one to type later!

Classical are the best!

Oh my gosh, David Lanz has such beautiful music! He writes New Age music. But he writes it so beautifully. And almost all his music he writes seem to have this middle age or fantasy touch to it. I love it!

My favorites right now are:
• "The Dragon's Daughter"
- Definitely one of my top favorites! Very fantasy-like.
• "Oaks"
- Takes you right into the middle ages.
• "Cello's Song"
- It's a little sad but happy at the same time. It's very pretty. It reminds me of LoZ: The Wind Waker game!
• "Madre de la Tierra"
- So sweet! I love it. I think this one is one of my top favorites, too.
• "Long Way from Home"
- It definitely shows you the feeling of wanting to go home. It sort of expresses the happy memories of home. It's sad, yet happy. Beautiful, I love how he uses the violin and piano in this one.
• "Madrona"
- Another sweet one. I love the piano. I want to learn now... maybe. It has a very calm/romantic feeling to it. The guitar is mixed nicely.

All those songs above come from his album called "Convergence".

Ok, now I want to talk about the "Pirates of the Caribbean". I really loved that movie, it has to be my favorite movie right now. And even if there was some little spooky parts, they made it really funny, so you could actually laugh at some of them. Like when the pirate that had the glass eye, it came out by accident and then he started crawling on the floor to look for it! He was in his skeleton form, because that was in the part of the movie when they were fighting on the ship at night. That was a very funny part.
I also loved the actors Orlando Bloom and Johnny Depp. I really liked how Johnny Depp played the part of Captain Jack Sparrow. He was a real smooth talker, and I liked that! It made me giggle at everything he said. He was really funny. All the other actors like Orlando Bloom and the actor who played Elizabeth Swan, they both played really well. And all the other actors, too. I liked them all! Anyway, I loved that movie.

Hmm... I went swimming today, and even though the Sun was out, the water was pretty cold. But it was refreshing and I had fun.

School was so annoying today. It was still review, but just Math. And I hate Math. It's my least favorite subject and my worst. And it's the most annoying. But in the end it was worth going through the frustrating struggle because I finished review. The only bad thing about that is it means the test will start tomorrow! Anyway, what made school the most annoying was because I was late. Now, that may be weird because I am home-schooled. So my teacher/tutor comes here to do school, I don't have to go anywhere. I woke up around 7:00 o'clock in the morning... nothing really unusual. And so I decided to sneak to my computer to check my email and stuff before I would have to get ready. I was lazy and I basically waited till the last minute to get ready, which was like 15 minute before 8:30! (That's when school starts...) So I was in a real rush to get ready. And when I got out of the shower and got dressed, I went to the through the door that's in the hallway, which leads to the temple room and kitchen. I was going there to wake up the Deities and do my mantra, but just out of the kitchen I hear my teacher talking! For whatever reason I didn't want her to see me yet so I ran to the little office that's around the temple room to hide. Then a couple seconds after that I did my mantra and the things I had to do. But... I forget why I brought up this topic. What was the point again? I can't remember! Well anyway, I was really late and that was annoying. I guess that was the point I wanted to make. I'm not really sure, though. Oh well! It was fun rambling about it.