Genius Book Reading lists

Hello, all.

I am not dead.

Or a zombie.

Or a vampire. (Although that would be cool.)

Or a ghosts.

Or any other supernatural dead/undead creature.

I've just been zoned out. I'm sorry I ignored you! :'(

Anyway, I got a deviantArt account!! :D

Also check out Infublo and my Shelfari friend Daria.

Well, what's new... Been living on Shelfari. Reading a bunch of cool new books.

Probably my last post for another while, before I go out of the country for two weeks.

It's with school, so I think I can post a link to our blog... See if you can spot my posts! (If it doesn't need a password.)

So, you know how iTunes has Genius to make playlists and suggest songs?

I want to do that with books.

EX: If you like this book, then you should read these books!

You know, right?

When I post some you'll get the hang of it.

All for now.

Cheerio, peeps!

mwahahaha!

i have taken over the keyboard and ariella is my captive now!!!!! your not getting her back unless i get a ransom of your vote on our movies for halloween! you better go vote now or your never gonna see her again! go vote, NOW! love ya even though i probably don't know ya! btw if you happen to resemble Munro Chambers at all let me know and send a pic- i want to marry you. and for those of you who don't believe i don't exist and this is just ariella having a manic episode go check out my blog and ravings about Munro here. i'm not completely insane though... im perfectly sane *stop laughing ariella!!!* love ya
infublo

here are the movies in question
1. phantom of the opera (la di da EEIK!)
2. nightmare on elm street (old version)
3. pyscho (not to be confused with the tv show pysch)
4. rear window (not the front)
5. dracula (in honor of the hottie Vampier)
6. frankenstein (boo, i don't really want to )
7. the exorsist (not the last exorsism, that's messed up)
8. supernatural (WHO-HOO!!!!! this show is sooooo good. yay for Dean!!! *drools over hotness*)
9. ghost hunters (don't call ghost busters- this is different)
10. twilight zone (time traveling music time- not Dr. Who *heart (the thing doesn't like hearts)*)
11. the little mermaid (don't get me wrong- this thing is terrifying!)

The Post of Shameless Self-Promotion

Uh-huh. This post is all about my amazing cake decorating abilities and my new team cooking blog with my mom. Oh yeah!

Below is the ice cream cake my mom and I baked, and I decorated, for a friend's baby shower. She used to baby sit me sometimes before she moved to Arizona! Very far from where I live, I can tell ya' that!

Here's the cake. It had already been in the freezer for a while, so it was starting to droop a bit.

The cake was chocolate chip with mint chocolate chip ice cream. The icing was home-made whipped cream and the colored icing was just sugar, water, and coloring (So, more sugar.)

It was based off the napkins below.

I even put a monkey on!

Isn't he cute?! :-)

Now, the blog my mom and I are doing is called Once Upon a Cookie Pan. I named it! You should check it out. Once I finish this post (So, it will already be up once you've read this.) I'll be writing a cookie recipe post. And tomorrow morning/afternoon we'll put up a recipe for the ice cream cake and the whipped cream. So, probably ditto to the above in parenthesis.

Well, that's enough of my ego for one night, then!

Watch out for tomorrow's birthday post!

Cheerio, peeps!

Stick Figures

A figure made of sticks and stones,

has no bones to break.

A figure made of sticks is wood

but not flesh and blood.

A person can't be made of sticks

but what if the answer is

yes.

If a stick figure is a person

what is the answer to that?

I haven't the faintest clue what that was. But I got inspiration from this poem.

Cheerio, peeps.

I am so tired that I forgot to name this post! Then I came back to fix it, and I couldn't even think of a clever title!

Found this a while back on Eleanor's blog. Thought about doing it. Didn't. Got bored. Decided to do it. Just now.

Wow, I'm pathetic. Oh well. *shrug*

1. Put your iPod or MP3 on shuffle.

2. Hit the next button and whatever it lands on is the answer to the question.

3. Laugh out loud at the answer.

4. Tag six people.

(Hmm... Since I already used numbers, the questions will be marked in Roman numerals. Should be interesting... since I don't really know Roman numerals... Nor can I read them particularly well, unless I'm counting on my fingers... Yay! Back to Kindergarten!

Anyway... Don't bother... just ignore me as I go play with my hair in the corner...)

I. Are you male or female?

In the Dark-Flyleaf (So I don't know what I am...? O.0)

II. What do people feel when they're around you?

Don't Slow Down-Matt & Kim (Um... HUH?!)

III. Describe your current relationship. (With who?)

As You Cry-The Hush Sound (Brilliant. *Sarcasm!*)

IV. Where would you like to be right now?

The House Wins-Ok Go (A CASINO?! I'm not even old enough!!)

V. How do you feel about love?

The Technicolor Phase-Owl City (Apparently, very nicely.)

VI. What's your life like?

The Resolution-Jack's Mannequin (So, it was pretty suckish? I don't think so.)

VII. What would you wish for if you had only one wish? (Please let me get published, please let me get published, please let me get published...!! WHAT?!?! It's TRUE!)

Hot Air Balloon-Owl City (Huh... That wouldn't be too bad of a wish. A hot air balloon!! :-D)

VIII. Say something wise.

Fireflies-Owl City (WHAT IS WITH ALL THE OWL CITY TONIGHT?!?!)

IX. How would you describe yourself?

Invincible (Live)-Ok Go (SWEET!!!!!)

X. What is your life's purpose?

The Coolest Girl-Bonnie Gruesen (from AVPS, written by Darren Criss) [OHMYGOD!!!! THIS IS P-E-R-F-E-C-T!!!!!!]

XI. What is your motto?

Vindicated-Dashboard Confessional

XII. What do your friends think of you?

Break the Sky-The Hush Sound

XIII. What do you think of your parents?

Save Me-Amasic (Eeek!)

XIV. What do you think of very often?

Misguided Ghosts-Paramore

XV. What is 2+2?

You're so Damn Hot-Ok Go (WTF?) [<-- LOL. Another Ok Go song!]

XVI. What do you think of your best friend?

Beaming-Relient K (So she's smiley? Um... Yeah, I guess...?)

XVII. What is your life story?

All Around Me-Flyleaf

XVIII. What do you want to be when you grow up?

The Permanent Rain-The Dangerous Summer (I am afraid of what this means...)

XIX. What will you dance to at your wedding?

Re-Education (Through Labor)-Rise Against (Awesome!)

XX. What will they play at your funeral?

The Vinyl Countdown-Relient K (Wow... Kind of appropriate for me, but... wow...)

XXI. What is your hobby/interest?

Sahara-Relient K

XXII. What is your biggest fear?

Blood-The Editors (Well... I don't love it, but is sure isn't my biggest fear.)

XXIII. What is your biggest secret?

God & Satan-Biffy Clyro (That would work.)

XXIV. What do you think of your friends?

Not Alone-Darren Criss (Awww! So sweet!)

XXV. What will you repost this as?

Top of the World-The All-American Rejects

Okay then.

I tag...

Infublo of What Really Happened

Michelle of Back and Forth then Back Again

Cranberry of Insane Trio Blog

Kay of Cerulean Skies

The Clumsy Reader of... Wait for it... The Clumsy Reader!

And really, whoever else reads this post and feels like doing this. 'Cuz I'm too dang tired to think of anyone else.

DISCLAIMER!!! Sorry, for all my weird cynicism/craziness tonight. I'm frickin' tired and I hit my arm on the kitchen table, got blisters from new shoes, cut myself shaving, and got clawed up by my cat, all within less than 24 hours of each other.

Hopefully tomorrow will be better.

'Night, all!

Cheerio, peeps!

Friday the 13th

Hooray! :-)

Screw the superstitions and let the curses begin! LOL.

I laugh at superstitions. I will gladly walk under ladders and I love black cats. Friday the 13th is fun. AND in the same month as my birthday!

Although, it would have been cool if Friday the 13th had been last August, when I turned 13. Oh, well.

And now you know how old I am.

And I found more of those Hogwarts blogs. (And my STUPID computer didn't think Hogwarts was a real word!!!!!!)

Gryffindor House

Ravenclaw House

Hufflepuff House

Slytherin House (Again. And still my favorite... God, I feel GUILTY!)

Explanation site

Cheerio, peeps!

P.S. 8 days till my birthday! Now I'm off to write more of my new manuscript. :-)

Alice in Wonderland and Slytherin House-The Marauders' Generation

Since I didn't want to use new shoes as my first design test, I'm going to use an old pair of purple Converse that I don't wear very often. I'm making them Alice in Wonderland themed.

Like the books, not any of the movies.

I'll have the daisy and wildflower, "We're all mad here" and the Cheshire cat, white and black chess pieces, "Curiouser and curiouser", a mirror, a rabbit, and some other stuff. If you don't know what some of that has to do with A in W, then read the books!

And now... Slytherin House, Marauders' generation.

Surprisingly entertaining. Even though I previously (And still kind of do...) hate pretty much everyone, I really like it. It's making them seem like people!

My favorite is HBP (Snape) and Regulus Black, but I've always loved him (Well, ever since I figured out AT THE END OF BOOK 6 that Regulus had destroyed Voldy's horcrux, anyway. I'm smarter than the characters-I figured it out RIGHT when I saw the initials! *Smirk*). Regulus' post are really kind of cute. :-)

Cheerio, peeps!

P.S. Birthday in 10 days!

And I did pretty good in yesterday's audition. Keep you fingers crossed!! :-)

Because I'm a Strange Person

I've made an award! It's so weird. Don't even ask.

So now! The requirements!

Post the weirdest picture you have ever seen or taken (Preferably taken.) and answer these questions:

Have you ever used Photoshop?

Have you ever wanted to kill your camera because you couldn't get the perfect picture?

And

Have you ever taken a picture from the top of a very steep hill or a cliff?

The reason I ask all these is because this is quite possibly the strangest picture I have ever taken. The deer's eyes are FREAKIN' GLOWING!!

And then you have to nominate 8 people (Or as close as you can get to that number).

I nominate:

Jessica(Infublo) of What Really Happened,

EleanorLight of Musings of an Undiscovered Genius,

The Clumsy Reader(Christine Reynolds) of The Clumsy Reader,

greenpanda of greenpanda666,

Pearl (a.k.a. Candy) of Confessions of A Candyhol!c,

Kay of Celestial Concepts,

Michelle of Back and Forth then Back Again,

And last but not least,

Mickey Rich of A Wallflower Words.

So that's it for now. Maybe I should try to go to sleep now...

G'night everyone who isn't in the same time zone as me!

Cheerio, peeps!

100 Books in a Summer

This summer I am going to read 100 books!

My goal officially starts June 11th. What ever book I'm reading at the time will be counted into that goal, even if I started it earlier.

If anyone wants to join in, feel free!

On Shelfari I started a group for anyone who wants to join in with my goal!

I highly suggest it!

My some of my Shelfari books are on a shelf at the bottom of the page.

Cheerio, peeps!

P.S. 5 more days of learning left!

Proud to be a Mountain Peak!

I have a new blog!!!

It's called Proud to be a Geek at proudlyageek.blogspot.com.

I'm special! I KNOW!!! Infublo's rubbing off on me!

Her new blog is here, What Really Happened.

And I'm SO sorry! I SWEAR I'll post something new this weekend, and I'll put a bunch of photos up on to the new page! Things have been so freakin' hectic, though. Sorry!

Eight days till school's out!!

Cheerio, peeps!

"Girlfriend kidnapped by ninjas. Need money for ransom and kung-fu lessons!"

yo. im ba-ack!!! so, the title was this sign that we saw as we strolled down the streets of this lovely city of Chicago. This is still Infublo btw, just in case u couldn't tell by the writing. Our day started out with a wonderful breakfast of chocolate filled bread, apples, and pickles (no we're not strange. well... maybe i am, but don't blame Ariella- i started it). After that, we went to go look around the city and make our way to the John Hancock building. It's got a great view of the city and was like empty today. Except for a high school group of about 200, we were some of the only people in the observatory thingamaboder at the top of the building. The elevator to get up there sucks out loud! It's cramped, small, and claustrophobia inducing. Then when we left, we went to go make our way to the aquarium. Unfortunately some of us have ADHLAS, thank you to my friend James for telling me that I have this disease. It means attention deficit- hey look a squirrel! So, we went through Millennium Park to get to the aquarium. They have these awesome fountains in the middle of the park that squirt water after showing these faces that smile, frown, and eventually spit at u. I wanted to run thru them and so we did (see the post before for what we did). I started a trend, then got ALL wet!!!!! I was sopping wet by the time that we left. When we finally got to the aquarium we were ready to go. But, we stayed and watched a very strange show with a little girl wearing this HUGE locked that was supposed to give her like magical powers or whatever. Then we looked at cute little sea animals and acted like 5 year olds- not so much Ariella, but very much me! :-D i love acting WAAAAY younger than i am, especially when i look so much older than i am. Later we got ice cream- this was strictly for homework purposes! We actually got homework from one of our teachers to go get ice cream. So, i did what i do with absolutely every homework assignment from this teacher- twist it so that it's extremely fun (see the post about tofu (long story)). I ate my ice cream all right. But to do that, i ate the bottom of the cone first and ate my way up instead of down. Then i ate the front part of the cone, and sorta scooped out the ice cream- weird visual im sure but that was sort of what i did. After the ice cream, we went across the street to go to the Hershey's store. Now we have lots of candy and the hope that we will be asleep before 3am is in vain for we shall not be able to sleep at ALL! dinner was normal then we came back to the hotel-condo rental place where we're staying. Now im posting- btw i'm gonna create a blog soon- please follow me! Ariella and i r thinking of calling it What Really Happened and using my insane knowledge of the creation of many everyday objects contrary to what the government is trying to teach us. I know the truth and shall shed the light of it unto u if u will please follow me. first post will be about the refrigerator- the knowledge shone on me during dinner tonite and now i know the truth- and u shall find out soon!

Plastic Knives

Picture from:

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=turning-plants-to-plastic-replacing-oil&ref=rss

I do not like plastic knives.

The point of knives are that they should be able to cut things that forks are unable to cut through.

How is that supposed to happen when the fork is sturdier than the knife?

My rants are small.

And Michelle has a REALLY cool blog now. Mostly all poetry.

And her profile pic is really good.

Back and Forth then Back Again

PLEASE follow her! She needs followers and right now I'm the only one following her.

And I get to learn how to play guitar now!!! So happy!

My mom'll start to teach me, then I'll begin real lessons over the summer.

If anyone has any good ideas on what I should play once I get good, I'm all ears.

(NO, Infublo, not literally. It means that I want to know everyone's ideas.)

Soundtrack to My Life

Thanks, Cranberry!

Today she posted this cool thing called Soundtrack to My Life, as if it was a movie or something. It was really cool, so I tried it.

RULES: Put your iPod on shuffle and don't skip songs. Write the songs down in the order they play.

Here's what I got, plus a YouTube video of the music, if I can find one. And my commentary on the song relating to the event.

Opening Credits: The Lovecats by The Cure

This song kind of works. It depends on what part they'd play it at.

Waking Up: Help, I'm Alive by Metric

All I have to say is: Hahahaha...

First Day of School: Brain Stew by Green Day

This one works pretty well. I'm happy with this song.

(The sound isn't so great on this video, but it's the best I could find.)

Falling in Love: Open Wounds by Skillet

WTF??!?!?!?!!!?? This song is for BREAKING UP!

Fighting: Middle of the Night by Sherwood

I guess this one would probably work if the other person was cheating, or something.

Breaking Up: Holiday (Demo Version) by Valencia

This one is okay. Depending on what part they'd play it at, it would work.

Driving: Eighty Steps Away by The Good Listeners

This one works nicely. It talks a lot about going places. (And the only reason I got it was because it was free on iTunes one week.)

Flashback: Fell in Love Without You by Motion City Soundtrack

Haha. Good one. Depending on the flashback.

Getting Back Together: Liars and Battlelines by Rookie of the Year

I don't know if this one works so great. It might work better for fighting, but whatev.

Prom Night: You Found Me by The Fray

I found the slow dance song!

Wedding (Skips a lot, doesn't it?): Set Apart This Dream by Flyleaf

I actually think this is a good one for this. It talks a lot about dreams and stuff, so when you're happy enough it can fell like you're in a dream. Although, it's actually a kind of depressing song if you really read into the lyrics, like Castle on a Cloud from Les Miserables, but let's not think about that, shall we?

Birth of a Child: Weathered by The Dangerous Summer

I'm not gonna comment on this song.

Final Battle: Top of the World by All-American Rejects

WTF?!?! Unless... Nope. It just doesn't work. Unless they're beat by the "king that we put up there."

Death Scene: Dressed to Kill by Love is a Story

OMF. What the freak?! THIS MAKES NO SENSE!!!!

Funeral: Soldier's Poem by Muse

I this works pretty well. It would actually work better for the death scene, but I dunno.

Love Muse.

End Credits: Surfaced by The Dangerous Summer

This works PERFECTLY for an ending credits song!

So, in summary, I am thinking I do not want most of these songs as the soundtrack for my life. But Surfaced is probably at the top of the list, if I had to choose some.

Cheerio, peeps!

Part 2

Part 2-Conferences

(Thalia Eve Cullen)

Conferences are boring. Forget super smart people liking things "normal" people find boring. Trust me. They are SO just as boring to us. But I went. I guess it wouldn't be that bad to meet more people like me.

I have a weird problem. I know people don't believe me, but I think that my genius is just a problem with my head. I'm practically psychic, for God's sake. How is that not a PROBLEM?! Sure its made me rich and famous, but I could do gladly with out it.

And now this letter. From Sir Henry Edward Kniles, III. With his fancy Ph.D. Honestly? With all that trite nonsense. "We gladly invite you to a conference of children with special talent's similar to your own, or with other..." Boring.

It was just so pitiful.

They weren't really even "inviting" me anyways. They were telling me to come or else.

But I went. My mum left me at the appointed building and I went in alone, my letter as my security pass. Outside of some doors that obviously led to a conference room, 5o or so other kids, almost all under 15, were mulling around, each one a varying degree of a geek. Some looked extremely normal, while others were...a sad stereotype. I hate stereotypes.

A girl, about 13, only a year younger than me, stood waiting patiently by the door. She had on earphones and seemed lost in her own world, her fingers playing piano in the air. It would be an unremarkable scene except for two things. 1) She played the keys with remarkable accuracy (I had taken piano for years now. I knew the keys.) and 2) she was an albino.

Her skin was completely white, as was her hair. Her eyes were red, but there was something about them that made them not sinister or even particularly disturbing. They just were.

I went to talk with her. Once I forced through the crowd I tapped the girl on the shoulder and she pulled out one earphone.

"Hello. I'm Thalia Eve Cullen. What's your name?" I held out my hand to shake hers.

She smiled and took my hand. "I'm Audrey Evans. I think your books are brilliant," said Audrey, in an Australian accent.

"Thank you. And I've played some of your music," I told the composer. "I think it has been my favorite to play."

And that was Thalia Eve. She doesn't talk much. Audrey's narration is up next. When she's not playing music you can't shut her up.

I got an other award!!!!! It's on the side. I'm kind of fuzzy on the rules of this one, but I think the nomination is anyone and you have to write about 10 things you like.

I nominate...

ComicWriters, Cranberry, greenpanda666, Tiffany Michelle, EleanorLight, and Candice.

1. England. I want to live there. Enough said.

2. Books. I don't need to explain that one either.

3. Writing. I want to be an author. A lot of the time it's easier for me to talk on paper than with words.

4. Doctor Who. THE BEST EVER TV SHOW!!!!!!!!! <3 the Doctor!!!!! (The new season premier is tonight!!!! Matt Smith is gonna be SO funny!!!)

5. Detective shows. They rock. 'Nuff said. Although I think I've watched too many 'cuz I usually figure out who did it before the show's half over.

6. Macs. I have a Mac laptop. They're the best. Best present I ever got. Especially for my Bat Mitzvah.

7. Death Note. THE BEST MANGA EVER WRITTEN. And that is a fact.

8. Libraries. When they actually get my book when I put it on hold. (I've been waiting for 3 or 4 weeks for some Death Note books.)

9. Free time. No explanation needed.

10. All my lovely followers. Especially the ones who give me awards. ;-)

And I just read a really great Bones fan fic, called The Skull that was Bones.

Cheerio, peeps!

?

Today was pretty normal, I guess. I dunno. I don't really know HOW to describe today. What ever.

In science we dissected tulips and peanuts. Yes, you read that right. Tulips and peanuts.
We're learning about adverbs in English and we made Kiva loans in social studies.
There wasn't really anything else intersting for a while...
I had my first cooking class. Yeah, I'm taking cooking this quarter.
Then in foreign language we had an Israeli dance lesson. It was weird. I didn't get it, and neither did Infublo(SHOCKER!). And then there was another part of the dance where you were supposed to high-five or something and she pretended to shoot me, like, twenty times! And it was in between pretending she was a bird...
Well, I am done with writer's block, for a long time! I have over 50 pages, and I'll finish chapter 7, start chapter 8, today!
Hooray!

Cheerio, peeps!

I GOT AN AWARD!!!! YAY!!!!!

I GOT AN AWARD!

Just in case you couldn't tell, I'm REALLY happy! :-D

So, apparently the rules go like this;

-nominate 12 people (if I can find 'em)

-tell them with a comment

And, I don't feel like going into this right now, since I should be doing homework.

You can find the rest of the rule's at one of Kay's blogs, Cerulean Skies.

SO... And the winners are...

Cranberry-Insane Trio Blog

Stari-Thoughts Plus Feelings

Michelle-RockUrWorld

Angelina Marie-The Very Hungry Teenager

Tiffany-Still Life

Carol-A Book Inside-How to Write and Publish a Book

Well, that's all I've got for now.

I'll try and find more.

Today was kinda boring, but what ever.

The first forensics meet is on Sunday. I'm so nervous! I finally memorized the intro, but it's still gonna be torture. I'm in the same room as two people I know, and it's the piece from chapter 3, of my book. Eek!

Well, at least after Infublo and I get a sleepover, cuz no school on Monday! Hooray for President's Day!

Cheerio, peeps!