Book Loving Me

I haven't updated in like, weeks, months even. Wow, that's new for me. Ithink I went the entire month of October without posting.

I am stoked that Star Trek came out on DVD like four days ago! I can't wait to get it for Christmas.

I just saw New Moon yesterday! Contrary to all the negatives that I heard about it, my sister and I are totally psyched about it. It was awesome. Sister jumped when Aro did a creepy laugh, and Felix was intense and, of course, perfect. I can't wait to see Eclipse now. I wish it came out sooner.

So that's life.

Adios.

I have been neglecting my journal. Oh well, I guess I have been busy. Flambeau Rama parade was awesome! Then there was Minnesota State Fair yesterday, which was really fun. I had such a good time drinking a Frozen Chai Latte and watching my sister and her friends go on a really crazy ride called the "Skyscraper" which flings the rider up in the air (strapped in, of course) about a hundred feet or so. I didn't want to spend the money on it or the time because the line was extremely long. I did, however, buy a pretty bracelet and an aventurine Buddha. I'm not Buddhist, but I love other religions, so I thought a Buddha would be appropriate for me. It's not sacrilege, I don't think... I don't know, though, because some of my Catholic people aren't too happy about "other" beliefs, like Buddhism. I'm sure I ranted agrily about it before. As for the fair, again, I got home at midnight, so I'm really tired still. I was woken up too early this morning.

In other news. School starts tomorrow. I am taking AP Spanish online, and I am happy to have the opportunity to do so. I didn't think it would be possible, but it is. I'm thinking about teaching English or Spanish, I'm not sure which yet.

I still love Star Trek. I have finally seen The Trouble With Tribbles. Tribbles aren't so bad, as long as they aren't fed. A T-shirt emblazoned with "Don't Feed The Tribble" would be appropriate in this situation.

I still love Heroes too. Good show, no matter what people say.

If you haven't seen the short film that Zachary Quinto did for the new year for Bordeaux you should watch. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KSOdrZ6yEk It's really cool.

I seem to have a thing for tea today. Right now it's china green tips. Tomorrow it might be Earl Gray. Who knows? Tazo tea is amazing.

Watching Star Trek has somehow gotten me on an unrelated, but no less exciting, show kick. It isn't necessarily unrelated, though, as Zachary Quinto (new Spock) is Sylar in Heroes. I do love Sylar despite his being an evil, power-hungry bastard. It has to be the actor. Zachary Quinto is the best. My sister doesn't think he's all that good looking; I, on the other hand, think he's gorgeous. I like how his character, Sylar, can be the nicest guy, and then he can be evil. I think he's only like that because his ability to understand turned into a need to understand at all costs, even if he has to kill. I think in some region of his poor, messed up mind, he regrets everything he's done and wishes it were different. He always wanted to be special and never saw that he really was extraordinary. And then Gabriel Gray turned into Sylar, was so consumed by Sylar, that he lashed out on anyone calling him Gabriel. Somewhere down the road, I think that Sylar will, once again, become Gabriel, and he will find that acceptance that he so craves. When he does (even if it isn't in the parameters of the show), more power to him.

Of course I'm interested in intergalactic travel! Any Trekkie would be! As for what I would hope to discover. Well, I'd have to say that it would be nice if Vulcans (especially Spock) really did exist. I find them fascinating. I also think I would like to find other people, aliens, that are like us.

This is a relatively bad but entertaining list. Consider yourself warned.                                                                                                                                                                                                                      

I would suggest Josh Groban, Sarah Brightman, Andrea Bocelli, Blackmore's Night, Celtic Woman, Coldplay, David Cook, U2, Fernando Lima, Justo Lamas, Broadway music, and Adam Lambert.

The last movie I saw in the theater was Star Trek. I am have been catching up on the Original Series, now and am well on my way to becoming a Trekkie.

I am such a Trekkie now.

I went to the new Star Trek movie, and I have to admit that I had my doubts. I wasn't that big into Star Trek before, but the fact that Grandma was paying was what sold me. I figured the movie looked halfway decent and somewhat interesting. What I didn't know was that I would be so hooked on it (and on Spock ;0) that I would hound out the Original Series from the Eau Claire library and put a hold on it. Then I try to watch The Trouble With Tribbles online (YouTube) but the CBS videos suck. I know more about Vulcans then I ever thought I would know after completely forgetting what alien race he was and having to ask Dad. So now I know more about Vulcans than your average bear (excuse the hackneyed cliche). The movie turned me into a Trekkie, big time.

I have been working with a friend on a project for AP English in which we must write a book on a subject of our choice (nonfiction). They have to be short, though, because the class is sending them to a school in Idobo, Uganda, which we are sponsering. This is all part of Books of Hope, an organization that provides learning materials to schoolchildren in Uganda. There has been a twenty-year-long civil war going on there, where the Lord's Resistance Army captures young boys and basically turns them into killing machines. They come at night to kidnap the children, after which they are usually not seen again. The girls are taken and used for sexual gratification of soldiers, even if they aren't teens or young adults. To keep the children in the villages with only huts for homes from being taken, they are sent, on foot, to the nearest town with actual buildings. Some walk ten miles or more to reach safety. When they get there, they may find room on a floor somewhere, or they may discover that there is no room, in which case they sleep on the sidewalk. Then they all walk back to their villages in the morning.

Such a life is difficult and cuts into the time that the children can spend in school. That is why Books of Hope was created. The books people write and send, whether they are fiction or nonfiction, are given to the children to read when they have walked for so long or for comfort, to know someone cares. They speak English as their language so it's not as if it is impossible to write for them. I thought that such an endeavor as writing books for these children was amazing. They also accept donations of money and materials such as crayons, dictionaries, paper, pencils, clothes, etc. There is a website for Books of Hope at www.booksofhope.org, if anyone would like to help out. I think schools can sponser a school in Uganda (my school happened to have Idobo), but I am not sure about individuals. I think it may be possible. If anyone who sees this wants to help the children of Uganda, go to the website that I linked! I'm sure that your help will not be in vain!

Because the decision making part of our brains is not fully developed yet. Give us a couple of years and we'll be better. :-)

When playing flag football, one must not step on the outside of one's foot because one will sprain it painfully.

Okay, so I now know how Meliara felt in Crown Duel when she got her ankle caught in a trap an couldn't walk because of it. I also know now how hard it is to not limp when something is that painful. Yes I can walk, but it hurts, and I am extremely glad that I am not running across the country for my life pursued by someone whom I percieve as my arch-enemy, even though he is really trying to help me. Unless you count Trochil. Football (American) coach extraordinaire and most annoying Phy Ed teacher ever who seems to not care until one actually gets hurt. It's a good thing having kids is sort of softening him up a little bit. I heard somewhere that some men don't really learn compassion until they've had kids. This seems to be true for Mr. Trochil.

So anyhoo. I am in pain, rambling on LJ, and so glad the AP English test is from 8am to 12pm, so I don't have to go to Gym with a horribly swollen ankle. Someone (and not me!) planned that right.

Hasta Luego!

:-)

Sigun Penca did a sword form at my karate seminar yesterday. There is no way that it was just a form. It was done to music, using the techniques of the sword used in Kung-Fu (I am not in Kung-Fu, but I am guessing that that's what he did.), and he used music. He was totally in time with the music, completely focused, entirely graceful, and awe inspiring. What he did was more than a form, it was a dance. It was a deadly, beautiful dance that reminded me of a book I read, though I can't remember which one. Wow.

Sherwood Smith had a link to the athanarel community on her website, so I though I'd join because it looked like a good place to hear about her books and news and stuff. I love Sherwood Smith. 

Crown Duel. Because Sherwood Smith is AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I have no clue what is going on. Apparently I have friended over two hundred people and none of them have friended me back, which is impossible because I only have like three mutual friends and one I like to read the posts of so I go and read them. I don't know why, or who, but apparently I've been reported to Livejournal, and I haven't even done anything!!!

This makes me sooooo upset, not angry, not sad, not worried, but a frickin' huge combination of all three. Why me?

I have said before that I am really into Fernando Lima's music. I love it. It's beautiful and angelic, and awe-inspiring, everything. I like to flit over to his myspace page, which I can view even though I am not a member, and read the blogs he posts on occasion. The one he posted yesterday saddened me greatly. He is a very good writer(and an even better singer)and his posts are usually written in Spanish and English and are quite poetic. But what saddened me was that he told those who look at his myspace and in very figurativeand sad and poetic and beautiful language that he is getting divorced. He seemed, by what he wrote, to be really upset by this. I wished that I had a myspace so I could post something encouraging there, but I can't, and he'll never see this post that I am writing, which seems almost gossipy. I'm truly sorry for him and I would give him un abrazo muy, muy, muy fuerte in words there if I could. Even though I'm too young to be married and everything, I feel his pain. Te quiero, Fernando!!!!!!!!!! Even though you will never see this, Te quiero y abrazos, y me siento tu pena. Espero que cada cosa es buena despues para ti. abrazos.

Everything I've read about the people who are into this type of music say that Fernando Lima has an amazing, angelic voice. I agree. Totally, 100%. His voice, I've said before, is contratenor. I can't wait for my birthday so I can get his CD. My sister said, though, as I was listening to his song "Soon" that "That's not a guy!" Yes it is. And he's amazing. His music is so beautiful. There is no way you cannot think that he's not amazing. Okay. I'm done now.=)

I have discovered a new musician that I am now completely in love with. He is Fernando Lima. So along with Justo Lamas, Blackmore's Night, Andrea Bocelli, Sarah Brightman, Michael Crawford, and Gerard Butler, I am now in love with Fernando Lima's voice. He is amazing. He is also a countertenor, which, according to wikipedia, are men who can sing contralto, mezzo-soprano(alto?), and rarely, soprano. I think that's cool, except that there is a high school boy who sings soprano. Scary. But somehow it's more manly to think of a manly guy who can sing higher as compared to the before mentioned kid who is a very strange kid.

Rant over.

I shall address the second question first. Love at first sight is more like lust at first sight. It's really hard to love someone if you don't already know them. Sometimes you have to know the person for a while--be friends--before you realize you love them.

As for true love that encompasses everything about the person--or not, depending on who you are, but then is it true love? I think that true love is real and that it could happen. It depends on the people. I realize that true love is rare, but it does happen. I think I am capable of it because of who I am.

At the risk of becoming reduntant, I am done now.