Book Review 2:: Bruiser, by Neal Shusterman.

So, here is our next book::

Bruiser, by Neal Shusterman. Some of his newer-ish work. I expected it to be great.

      It was not great. Good, yes. Well-written, definitely. Great, no. It's about a boy named Brewster. His nickname is 'Bruiser". . OHH, THEY KINDA RHYME A LITTLE, DON'T THEYY, THAT'S SO CLEVER. Anywayy, so Brewster bruises badly. [alliteration !!!]] At least, that's what he tells people who see his skin so badly mottled with purple and red. The thing is, that Brewster takes away the pain and problems of the people that he cares about. This is why Brew always lurks in the shadows and mopes around. Because he doesn't want to make friends. He doesn't want to have to care for anyone, because then he'll be hurt by them--literally. Like, if you get a bruise, it'll transfer to Brew. If you get a cold, it'll transfer to Brew. If you're upset or angry or sad, it'll transfer to Brew.
      The basic plot is a good one, and I thought I would totally know how it ended. . but I didn't.  I
It's a good book, if you like swimming, anger issues, and supernatural abilities to take away things that hurt the people you care about.

Book Review 1:: Pink, by Lili Wilkinson

So, because of my reading habits, I decided to make my first official online book review. Ta-daa.

Here is the current book in question:

Pink, by Lili Wilkinson.

      The basic summary of this as that there is a lesbian goth girl who feels like she's messed up and wants to be, and I quote, "normal". She thinks she will achieve this normality by dressing like the 'popular" kids and wearing pink and such. She also is "confused" because she loves her girlfriend Chloe, but she also likes a boy named Ethan. Part of the story centers around the fact that she 'can't figure out whether she likes boys of girls".
      Uhmmmmmmm  . . . bisexual much ? Seriously. But they don't even mention the word 'bisexual", as if liking both boys AND girls isn't even an option. IT'S LESBIAN OR STRAIGHT !. .. like, what the hell.
      Ava, the main character with all of the problems, gets herself into a lot of messes. I guess the main moral of the story is that if you beg for forgiveness from the people you've hurt, you can always be reunited with that person and everything will be hunky-dory again. This pisses me off for obvious reasons that are SO obvious that I don't even feel like mentioning them. I mean, come on. . not everyone is going to forgive you, and not everything is going to be fine. Maybe in a fiction novel it will be, but not in real life. If you're going to have a book based off of real life, you might as well make it realistic.
      It's an ohkay book, if you like lesbians, musicals, and people who sadly attempt to fit in.

Post 27:: My Emo Phase Doth Seem To Flee.

So I am sure that you all know way more than you ever wanted to about my personal life.
Let's just say that I talked to Aidan, his parents forced him to type the email and basically told him what to sayy, he was depressed the entire time we were apart, and he loves and misses me.
So we started talking again.
As friends.
That didn't work out at all. .
. . so now we are dating again.
And I get to see him on Wednesdayy, we are going out for noodles.
I'm so excited.
And I bet you're all glad that that drama is out of the wayy, and you don't have to put up with my emo-ness anymore.

Anywayy,  I know it has been a while since I have posted anything. I was basically swamped and out of commission for all of September, but hopefully I will be able to catch up on posting a bit, here.
I'm still not sure whyy I have a blog.
Only two people read it.
That's actually not true.
A bunch of people, like 9 or 10 at LEAST, have come up to me at some social function and referenced something on my blog, or asked when I would update again.
People READ my blog, theyy just don't follow it or comment on it or anything. But they do read it.
Kinda weirds me out, you know ?

Wellp; anyhow. Halloween is coming !!! Are you excited ?? I sure am :D It's been my favorite holidayy for forever. .  .when I was little, it was because of the candy. When I was in between little and a kidd, it was because my sister and i would always dump our candy piles on the living room floor and trade stuff, and it was a bonding thing. That was before we stopped talking.  When I was a kidd, it was because of the dressing up. And now it's because CANDY ! and because TRICK-OR-TREATING WITH MY FRIENDS ! and because DRESSING UP ! and because CHEAP DECORATIONS FOR MY ROOM ! and such. At the moment I am admiring my new fingerless black gloves with a white skeleton hand screen-printed on them.
And I got a job, I work at Spirit Halloween. It's a lot of work, more than I expected, but. . . it gets me money and it's not too hard.

Lately, I have been on a reading crunch for some reason. Here is what I have read, thoroughly from cover to cover, and voluntarily answered study questions about, in the past three dayys::

 Yup. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is a personal favorite of mine. I'm in the whole Anglo-Saxon phase at the moment. . . except, Beowulf, what the hell is Beowulf, I hate that whole concept and the epic poem itself, and everything.

So, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, is fabulous, of course. The translation that I got was by Simon Armitage, as you can see. . . it's my favorite translation.

Duckling Ugly by Neal Shusterman was also pretty fantastic. I love Neal Shusterman's newer work[Unwind, Everlost, etc.]], but not so much his older. I wasn't honestly expecting it to be that good, but I was pleasantly surprised. I thought the ending was predictable, but I really wouldn't have had it end a different wayy, and I don't know how to rephrase that without being a spoiler, so I won't.

Notes From The Blender by Trish Cook and Brendan Halpin was another book that I wasn't expecting to be all that good. The boy in it loves death metal, and turns vegan because of a boy named Olaf. It's not the type of book that I would be like, 'HERE, READ THIS NOW", but. . .it was pretty good. Funny. I snickered aloud quite a bit.

Gemini Bites, by Patrick Ryan. Ahh. . this. .  kinda sucked alot. Not recommending it to anyone. The ending was stupid. The plot could have been better, twistier. . the basic concept was ohkayy. But near the end, I was just like, 'what is this shit", and I had to force myself to finish it.

08-11-2010

It was all that I wanted
The only words you could say
But you took me for granted,
you didn't take me away.
      Every Night/Holding myself/I just wanted/one little thing/to hear you say/"You're so. . . "
I tried for you, so hard
Pretended that I cared
Every word glass and each look scarred
i don't want to be running scared
Anymore
Take me. . . .out of here
      Every Night/Holding myself/I just wanted/one tiny thing/to hear you say/"You're so. . . "
                            Press your lips to my wrist
                            Kisses sharp as razor's bliss
                            Your love is hurting me
                            Do you even care ?
Words will never hurt me unless left unsaid. Every Night/Holding myself/I only wanted/one thing. To hear you say
                   "You're so f*cking special to me."

Post 26:: Green Day, NaNoWriMo.

I thought I would start this off with some Christmas for you::

And here's how Green Day pranked AFI::

Now, anyone who knows me, knows that these are my two completely favorite bands in the world. When theyy toured together, I was more excited then you will ever be in your entire life. Guaranteed.
And I want to see American Idiot on Broadwayy, but the website for tickets is all like, we're too cool to have your tickets until September 30th, and we won't even tell you what price theyy are.
. . .  Jerks.

Also, I'm doing NaNoWriMo again this year !! My novel is called 'The Thing About Angels", here's my NaNoWriMo page:: http://www.nanowrimo.org/eng/user/672840
If you're doing NaNoWriMo, that'd be awesome add me as a writing buddy. [=
This was my novel last year::

"Synopsis: The End Of Your Rainbow

This summer vacation, Charlotte finally goes off to find the end of the rainbow and follow her dreams. But her imagination could be the death of her. . .

Excerpt: The End Of Your Rainbow

""I’m sitting on a tree branch, and I'm realizing that i don’t even know what kind of tree this is. It isn’t a maple, or an oak, or an elm, or any of those types of trees. The shape of the leaf looks like a six pointe star, and the bark isn’t rough at all. It’s smooth, like a birch’s bark, only it’s not all peely and weird. Plus the bark is light blue... the leaves are green, though. It’s like a throwback to the Real World, textures of everything here are weird, and they’re all the wrong color, and then finally something is normal and it seems weird to me. Maybe I am losing touch with the Real World..."""

Sadly, I never did finish that novel. I got up to 20,000-something words, and then I got too busy and I didn't have time, and when I did have time, I blew it off to talk to Aidan. . . I'm a fool, I know. But here's a link to what I have written thus far: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Nyvr4cXxmMsdZpSE0loA2B6tXGc6fgGY1sP2V8zMJ78/edit?hl=en_US
I don't know if I'm ever going to finish it. A lot of people have told me that they love it and that they want me to finish it, but. . I don't know.

My second-cousin VictorianAndroid made a wonderful point in her comment on my last post-- what if my face got paralyzed because of me piercing it ?. . . So I took it out, and I'll get it professionally pierced some other time. . . like in a few months, when I'm 18 and can get it anyway. :3
[also, I took it out because it hurt. .  .not just because of the face-paralyzing thing. O.o]]

One more thing before I go::Godly Song Of The Angels <---beautiful string arrangement of a beautiful song.

Post 25:: It's Like A Vlog Only Not Really.

So, first of all, TABLING WAS AWESOME. The bands all sucked. . Bring Me The Horizon, Parkway Drive, Iron Eye, and two other bands playyed, and theyy all sounded the same. Bring Me The Horizon was  s l i g h t l y  better than the other bands. . .
My favorite part of the concert was when the lead singer of Parkway Drive screamed, 'Where the f*ck is my circle pit ?!! WHERE THE F*CK IS MY GODDAMN CIRCLE PIT ?!!!!!" and then everyone formed a circle pit.
There was this one guy who was somewhere in his 30's that kept hitting on me. . and he was like, 'I'm just standing here because Iron Eye sucks and you're sexy" and I was like, 'yeahh, theyy do suck. . " And later he told me I was hot. And I went, 'I know," and he laughed and said, 'you get that a lot ?" and I honestly replied that yes, I did. And he nodded and said, 'well at least you don't try to downplay it." And then there was this guy who was about 19 or 20 and he kept passing by me to go outside and smoke between the sets, and every time he passed me, he would sayy hi, or wave, or give me spirit fingers. And the last time he passed me, he said, 'you're still cute as hell," and kept walking so I didn't have time to respond. After that, we were done with our tabling, so I bought a 'MEAT SUCKS" shirt and I got my dad, who had driven me, and we left.
This is my dad in the car::

This is me after tabling. The lighting makes me look hideous::

I bet you're all like, 'whyy would anyone hit on her ?!!" right now. But trust me .. it's the lighting. O.o


Anddd this is me in my new, amazing shirt. And gingerbreadman pajama pants. Wut.::

I KNOW IT'S SIDEWAYYS, I'M SORRY ALRIGHT ? I can't fix it. .. because Blogspot's photo editing thingy doesn't have a rotate button, and I'm too lazy to go around fixing things like pictures that are sideways.

Just rotate your head, alright ?

So that's pretty much all that's going on. . . OHH, and I pierced my own eyebrow. With a safety pin. Because I'm badass-slash-stupid.::

It looks kinda weird in that photo. . there's not really a strange lump there. Anywayy, my parents don't know I did it because lucky for me my hair covers it up. Completely. So yay. I hope it doesn't get infected or something. I can see that happening now. .  .The safety pin didn't get completely steralized, and the one little germ that was left on it decided to go and infect the piercing, soon the infection spreads to my eye and I go blind and my eyelashes start falling out, then my eye rots and slides out of the socket in a weird state of mushiness. . . . 

Anywayy. I'm going to my best friend Julia's house now. So I will talk to you later. . . I LOVE YOU ALL [unless I don't]]

If I could, I'd change it all, But I can do nothing on my own, We'll have to go through this alone.

She waited for months and she waited for years
She kept trying to  dispel the ever-growing fears
That maybe they were right, maybe they didn't belong
But she didn't want to believe it so she told herself they were wrong.

He wanted so badly to tell her the truth
He thought she deserved just that much.
But the skies rained down like poisonous touch
And she melted away from his grasp.

Eleven months later
And heaven is waiting
He wants to hate her
Emotions are trading
Emotions are invading
She wants him still
But he's too far to come back.