One More Day

Today was the last day of classes before finals start on Monday morning. A huge weight has been lifted off of my shoulders.

The only problem is...I forgot to do a summary of a scholarly article for my YA Lit. class that I was supposed to finish this week, so my grade is most definitely going to be a B in the class. It was probably going to be that anyway, but still. I just forgot about it completely until just now because I had so many other things on my mind and it wasn't as big of a priority.

Besides that, I just need to do a few sketches for my drawing class, and my second piece of my final project, which has to be about what I dream for my future. I think I'm going to do a text project with spray paint, but I can't decide whether to use stencils or just free hand graffiti style.

I'm still pretty sleepy since I had to get up for Spanish class this morning, so I'm going to end here.

Later days.

Song of the Day: "Girlfriend" by Pheonix

Film of the Day: Kick-Ass (2010). So funny. Great action. And Chloe Moretz is my freaking hero.

facts:

one . I've decided that, in 2011, I will watch 100 movies that I have never watched before.

two . I've always worked backstage for both high school and college theatre, but I've always secretly wanted to act in one at some point.

Another Fail Due To Work

I'm so tired.

I'm so tired.

I'm so tired.

I'm so tired.

I'm so tired.

I'm so tired.

I'm so tired.

I'm so tired.

I'm so tired.

I'm so tired.

Therefore, I will forgo making up a post for the 28th and accept that I just forgot to do it before I went to work at five.

I'll try and write a post later today for Thursday though, no worries.

Good night, and later days.

Song of the Day: "Doctor, Doctor" by Thompson Twins. Oh, the 80s.

Summer

Because I need to go finish some homework and I'm super tired anyway, my blog today is a song, in honor of summer being so close. Enjoy.

facts:
one . I decided I wanted to be a teacher when I was about 6 years old.
two . I was an only child until I was 14 and my mom got married and I acquired two full grown little brothers. Well, not full grown, but yeah, you know what I mean.

so much to do today.

so much in fact that ive decided to forgo capitalization and correct comma placement.

so much that i cant tell you what i have to do because there is so much of it that i can feel the figurative pressure of it weighing me down.

i need to go back to school now.

later days.

song: anything by cream or eric clapton

film: uhhhhh idk

facts:

1 i have hand writing like a teenage boy.

2 i really hope i can go to come of the sundance film festival next year, and eventually volunteer or work at it once i turn 21.

On a Saturday Night

In the last two days I've written two new songs for Foundation of Fair Fortune.

I'm still perfecting them and such, but I like them a lot.

I feel like I've really grown in my song writing the last few months, like I've expanded and gone out of my comfort zone looking for new sounds. Maybe it's just me.

Last night I worked. It was hard and quite tiring. Tomorrow I need to start a project for my Literature class that's going to take me a long time to complete and I also need to read a historical fiction book by Tuesday night. This next week is going to suck, I can just feel it. It's the last week before finals week. Finals week is going to be easier than this will.

Ugh.

I'm very tired, so I should be getting to bed.

As for the band name, I'm still leaning towards Reorganized Trench Coats, but I wont make any final decisions quite yet.

Later days.

Song of the Day: "All the Pretty Girls" by fun.

Film of the Day: The Runaways (2010). I finally got to see this today and it was very, very well done. Good acting, good directing, good music, good film. I definitely recommend it.

Facts:

one . I'm not sure where my love of movies came from...my mom doesn't really like watching them that much and, in my opinion, has really weird taste in movies.

two . My favorite color is ultimately green, but I like all colors, really.

Band Names

Well, I'm still up so I guess I'll just write a blog for Saturday too.

This will consist of a list. And I will need your help, reader.

I want to come up with a name for my band, which will just actually be me and only me, but no one knows how to say my name right, and Ke$ha and Bjork were already taken.

So.

I've come up with these so far:

Twist On a Classic

Reorganized Trench Coats

I kind of just want to hear some cool sounding band names that you guys can think of. Anything! Seriously, I got the ideas for those ones up there from Teen Girlsquad videos.

So if you have any ideas, let me know!

Now I'm going to go to sleep. For reals this time.

Later days.

Band of the Day: The Buttermellows. I haven't heard a lot of wrock that's got this kind of sound to it. I dig it.

facts:

one . I used to bite my nails (like, a lot)but for some reason I just stopped doing it a couple of months ago. Weird.

two . I love working backstage on productions of plays, whether it be high school, college, or otherwise. I've never gotten the chance to act, but I'd love to try some time.

I put up a new song on my wrock band myspace if you'd like to give it a listen.

Grandtastic

I work tomorrow and I'm really not looking forward to it.

But that's life.

I'm running low on blog ideas.

Good times.

Today I slept until 2pm. I'm not sure how. I wasn't tired, but I kept on drifting off into sleep.

Oh oh oh.

So apparently I'm being talked about in a small group of the wrock community. This is kind of awesome.

I MIGHT be able to go to wrockstock once again. Some people still have room in a cabin, and I have a job now, so...hopefully it works out. I don't want to have to wait another year. The only thing is that my hopes of seeing Tegan and Sara play with Paramore in San Diego in September would be gone :/ So I would have to decide which I'd rather go to, if I can end up doing one.

Tough freaking call.

Later days.

Song of the Day: "Money" by Pink Floyd

facts:

one . I didn't know wizard rock existed until about 6 months ago.

two . I have an extreme desire to go to Nashville, Tennessee someday, though I'm not sure why.

[edit]

Speaking of my band, I put up a new (and quickly recorded) song.

http://www.myspace.com/foundationoffairfortune

Also.

Today I don't feel like writing.

I feel like watching this week's episode of Castle, Glee, and Mercy from 3 weeks ago. Also, I need to finish up the latest episode of SNL.

I also need to write happy notes in which "I'm just sayin' hello" to about 15 people.

Also, I watched the first 25 minutes of Donnie Darko today and decided that I like watching it in 25 minute increments rather than all at once. Also, why has Richard Kelley failed miserably at making a good film since this one came out? Seriously. Southland Tales was the epitome of horrible, and I heard The Box was pretty bad too, though I've yet to see it myself yet.

Also, Ke$ha and Bjork stole my effing names. What the heck is up with that?

But I digress. Kind of.

Later days.

Song of the Day: "Promises" by The Eames Era

Film of the Day: Donnie Darko (2001). Honestly, I think this is one of Jake Gyllenhaal's best films. That I've seen, anyway.

Book of the Day: "The Essential Calvin and Hobbes"

I tumblr'd my blog today

I don't really want some aspects of my life to be shared with the world on my blogspot, but for some reason I feel like I can share them on my tumblr. Perhaps due to the fact that not many people know that I have one.

If you'd like to read today's post, Part Three to The Underground stories that I've been sharing, let me know and I'll get the tumblr link to you via commenting on your blog or something.

Cheers.

And later days.

20.

I feel like I'm such a different person in several aspects of my life.

One: Ventura. When I'm in Ventura, I'm home. It's where I grew up, it's where I know everyone and everything is so familiar to me. I feel like I'm most myself when I'm here. I was always kind of the leader of the group, planning things, making things happen. I was told by most of my friends that after I moved away everyone stopped hanging out with each other as much because no one bothered to get together anymore and do stuff together like I always enjoyed doing. It's a sad thing really, but at the same time, I'm glad that I had such a positive impact on my friend's lives.

Two: Online. I actually feel like I'm quite similar online as I am in real life. I don't generally say things online that I wouldn't say to someone in reality, despite things such as "internet courage". I write my blogs how I would speak them in a conversation, and I post pictures on tumblr that I would frame and put on my bedroom walls. I feel very much myself online.

Three: Northern Utah. I'm not so much the leader of the group here as just part of something. I was part of something when I hung out at Shelby, Jen, and Shannon's apartment and Bre would come over too. I was part of something at the boy's house every weekend night and the theatre bunch would get together and hang out. I was just one of the Weber kids that could hang out and have fun.

Four: Southern Utah. It felt like a temporary home at first, but now that I'm staying for another year, it's growing on me. I've finally made some friends that I feel comfortable enough to call up and say "hey let's hang out". I'm finally just comfortable here, but not like I own the place, so to speak, which is kind of what I felt like in Ventura. I'm quieter, still not sure about whether I should always say what's on my mind or let it pass without expressing it in words.

I'm always like that at first, I seem very shy. But I'm not. Really, I'm just listening and observing, seeing how others react to conversations and the types of things that are said so that I know what I can and can't say around particular people.

I just like to listen a lot rather than talk.

But when I have something to say, I'll say it.

Later days.

Song of the Day: "Horizons" by An Horse

Film of the Day: Stand By Me (1986)

facts:

one . I named my first dog Rilo, after Rilo Kiley.

two . I have seen every single episode of Smart Guy.

Day 19.

Last night, I planned on pulling an all-nighter so as to finish my homework and study for Spanish, but I fell asleep, which completely blew my plan.

Today, I planned on working on art stuff, but I made some cookies for a friend instead. And got my car washed. Plan blown.

Tomorrow, I HAVE to do ceramics seeing as it's the last day for me to make anything for the rest of the semester, and until I take another class in August. I'll also be reading American Born Chinese, and Printz Honor Award book that is also a graphic novel. My brother's read it already and said it's fantastic, as is what I hear from anyone else that's read it, so I'm looking forward to that.

I'll be finishing Will Grayson, Will Grayson momentarily after finishing this post, and I'll probably go onto tumblr right away and say what I think about it.

I'm quite tired right now. I did fall asleep at 3 am, so that could be the problem.

Earlier tonight I got to hang out with some people from Church and play some frisby and a little bit of football passing, which is always enjoyable. Now I'm home.

Today was uneventful and went by extremely slow, but I also can't seem to recall what in the world I spent my time doing all day besides making cookies.

Last night was fun as well, I went over to Tajia's and watched her put extensions in Megan's hair while simultaneously watching Dark Knight for what seems like the 17th time. After Megan left, Tajia, Donny and I wanted to make macaroni and cheese, but didn't have milk, so we went on a quest to the 24 hour Wal Mart. Then we ate some delicious mac n cheese.

I've decided to make a shirt that says "I'm with Phil Wrayson" on it.

Later days.

Song of the Day: "Painted By Numbers" by The Sounds

facts:

one . I never finished the last three books to A Series of Unfortunate Events, but I've met Lemony Snicket (or whatever his real name is) and he signed my books nine and ten.

two . The only reason I decided to buy Looking for Alaska that one fateful day in 2006 was because I liked the cover.

Hope For Love

I'm an extremely caring person that goes out of my way to do special things for the people I know, and I take pride in it. I send birthday cards to people that I haven't talked to in months just because I still remember that it's their birthday and I know it will probably make them smile. I send people mixed CDs, some personalized just for that person, others I send in bulk, but still, I do it because I know people like it, and I like people. I love people.

Today at Church, my friend Sara Lee (yes, like the bread company, but without the "h") gave a talk on charity and love. She talked about different kinds of love, three different kinds to be exact. I only remember two, and they were this:

Loving someone "because..." and loving someone "even though...". I really liked thinking about the two and how they can work hand in hand, but there are differences.

I feel like I love people "even though..." for the most part. Even though they stopped trying to keep in contact after I moved out of the state. Even though we never hang out anymore. Even though you can be kind of annoying at times. I love you.

Love is kind of an intense word. I think it's thrown around a lot without much meaning, and I personally don't say it unless I truly mean it, whether it be to a friend or a family member or whatever. Love is powerful. But it's also happiness, and I hope that everybody can find some love in their own lives at some point.

I hope for love.

Later days.

Song of the Day: "Cosmic Love" by Florence and the Machine

facts:

one . My favorite time to bake is in the middle of the night when everything is quite and the world is asleep.

two . One of my favorite things to look at is the sky, day or night, clouds or clear blue. It's always beautiful in some way.

Ain't That A Shame

There are times when I just feel like listening to some groovy oldies love songs.

For instance, I think my top 3 at the moment are "How Can You Mend A Broken Heart?" by Al Green, "The Love You Save (May Be Your Own)" by Joe Tex, and "Since I Don't Have You" by The Skyliners.

Also, I just realized these are all on soundtracks. Al Green is on The Virgin Suicides, Joe Tex on Death Proof, and The Skyliners are on American Graffiti.

This is a short post, but I feel like I need to go listen to all of these numerous amounts of times each now that I've mentioned them.

Later days.

Song of the Day: Take a guess. There are three.

Film of the Day: Again, refer to this post.

Facts:

one . I read Dr. Seuss books and The Real Mother Goose nursery rhymes book when I can't go to sleep sometimes.

two . My first CDs were The Beach Boys and Elvis Presley's Greatest hits and I didn't listen to anything except music from before 1970 until I was about 11. I was a weird child.

My Apologies.

Now hear this: I had my first day of work today as a dishwasher in a restaurant and about an hour into it I literally thought, "Oh crap, I'm not going to be home in time to blog for today!"

True freaking story.

I got done with closing at about 12:38 this morning. I can say with extreme confidence that it was possibly the worst 7 hours and 38 minutes of my year so far. It was all just a jumbled mess of hot water, dirty dishes, and standing on my feet constantly. I got a break, but still. No fun. No fun at all.

On the plus side, they play good music in the kitchen, pretty much everyone that works there is awesome, and I get to practice Spanish whenever I work with Maria, the super kind, hilarious little Mexican lady who is also a dishwasher.

I'll try and blog again later today to make up for the lost post, but these next few weeks are going to be very busy now that I've got a legitimate job and school is coming to an end.

Speak of, I wrote a song about summer yesterday that I absolutely love, so I might record it if I have time tomorrow (and by tomorrow I mean today). Which I probably won't because I have to put 25 pounds of clay to good use before Tuesday, and tomorrow is the only free day I have to do it.

Ugh. I'm tired.

Later days.

Song of the Day: "Don't Fall Softly" by Filthy Dukes

facts:

one . I've had a birthday party every single year since I turned one, up until I turned eighteen, thus making my eighteenth and nineteenth birthdays absolute crap.

two . One of my life goals, for as long as I can remember, has been to play soccer (or football) barefoot with little kids in the streets of a foreign country. I have played barefoot in a foreign country, but it was with my fellow marching band friends and we were on the grass at our hotel in Spain.

Aejis, Sexual Jedi, and Grady

Part 2: My First Underground Show

Up until the middle of my freshman year of high school I had no knowledge of anything good in this world involving music. I didn't know who ACDC or Led Zeppelin were, I didn't know that Ozzy Osbourne was once in Black Sabbath, and I didn't know how to play "Smoke On the Water" on guitar like every other person around me. I learned quickly through skillful observation and the help of Jenna and her, uh, older and wiser expertise.

Until I went to The Underground, I was even more lost in the world when it came to local bands from around Ventura County. When I learned that one of the bands I was going to see was called Sexual Jedi, I thought, "Jeeze, what weirdos." I was also an incredibly innocent Mormon kid with absolutely no street smarts, do not forget this important bit of information. I knew that the lead singer of Grady, Max, was also the lead singer of Crazy Janette, probably the only local band I had heard of because they were just kind of legendary (even though they were all still teenagers), and my friend Amanda is his younger sister. Aejis was just sounded funny to me.

When I got to the coffee shop across the street from the ugliest bus station in the world, I noticed that everyone was smoking, even people I knew and went to school with, which completely blew my mind, because I had no idea so many people my age smoked. I thought that was myth, things you saw in 80's movies but didn't actually happen in real life right before your eyes.

I didn't know anyone except the people I came there with, and, though I don't recall now, but I was probably judging every single person on the sidewalk because they looked different than what I was used to, which was Hurley and Billibong t shirts and board shorts and big-brand name skate shoes. Here, there were jean jackets with huge back patches, old Converse high tops with holes, red mohawks, and tight pants. I didn't know what to do. This was NOT how I was socialized.

But I liked it. I liked the thrill of being around something different. And as the months passed by, I ended up being part of it. I still have some of my dental floss hand-sewn tight jeans and my plaid vest with the jean front pocket and New York Dolls and Doors patches.

Anyway, the music was amazing. Sexual Jedi is still one of my favorite bands to this day, though I don't know if they still make music. I just listen to the CD I got of theirs at that first show. They are mostly instrumental, which is weird, because the two songs that do have words on their first album are sung really well and I love the singer/guitarist's voice. Also, it's just a drummer and the guitarist, which is awesome. Aejis was a very psychedelic, acid rock band with a gorgeous boy of a lead singer who had beautiful long wavy brown hair and wore green flannel shirts. Grady was like our own modern day, local Led Zeppelin. The thing is, I'm totally not exaggerating when I say these bands were awesome. They were all so incredibly talented with skill that most people 20 years older than them didn't have.

That night was the beginning of a time during my life that shaped me into who I am now. I think it's still one of the best nights of my entire life so far.

Song of the Day: "Shooting Up With Baby's Blood" by Sexual Jedi

Facts:

one . The top five bands that I want to see in concert at some point are Tegan and Sara, The Shins, Rilo Kiley (or just Jenny Lewis, but all of Rilo Kiley would be best), Eisley (again), and Paramore.

two . I went to the same middle school and graduated from the same high school as Kevin Costner, and also the same high school as that guy that's in the show Chuck.

Ojai

This last summer I spent a lot of time hanging out with my cousin, Jenna, up in Ojai, California (pronounced "Oh, hi") at a house that she was house sitting.

I'm from Ventura, a little town/city on the coast of southern California about 60 miles north of L.A. Ojai is the town up in the hills and mountains to the northeast of Ventura, and it's full of amazing trees and naturey stuff haha. It's also a place were a lot of celebrities send their kids to private schools, go to eat good food or go to spas and the like. Anyway, it's a really nice place to go and hang out and there are some awesome hikes that go back into Santa Paula Canyon and stuff like that. It's just a really beautiful place.

Jenna was house sitting pretty far back in the hills, away from just about all hustle and bustle of the town, and I was thinking just now how I'd really like to go back to there and just...be. I don't even remember what we did half the time we were there (besides re-watch the first four seasons of Weeds), but I remember being happy for no good reason. I haven't felt that for quite a long time.

I hope this summer is a good one. Three more weeks.

Three more weeks.

Three weeks.

Three.

Later days.

Song of the Day: "Wonder Woman" by Frankmusik

And, I posted a new song of mine up on YouTube.

Facts:

one . I don't like cats. Like...at all. Kittens are cute, sure, but full grown cats are not for me. I'm also allergic to them, but that has nothing to do with the fact that I'm not a fan of their existence.

two . I own three James Dean posters, a tin sign with James Dean on it, a framed photograph of James Dean, and one of those paintings with James Dean, Elvis Presley, Marilyn Monroe, and Clark Gable. I also focused on James Dean for several of my final projects in Art class for the first semester of my senior year of high school.

i'm bad at coming up with titles

I'm eating a bowl of Target brand Lucky Charms, or marshmallow treasures. I find that a lot of generic cereals are far more delicious than the actual ones, this one included.

I'm about half the way through Will Grayson, Will Grayson and I really like it. It's not blowing my mind or anything so far, but I like it a lot. It's up in my favorites so far.

After going to Spanish this morning, I realized that I actually really like that class. The people in the class are cool (with the exception of maybe-stoner-kid-with-cool-shoes that sits behind me and to my left. Or Jeff dos. He's kind of douchebagish, but friendly, if that's possible.) and my professor is pretty funny/awesome. Maybe this will motivate me to continue going to class for the rest of the semester.

Just poured myself a second bowl of marshmallow treasures. I am okay with this.

I don't eat sugary cereal (or any cereal, really) that often, so I s'pose I could splurge this once.

I've been watching The O.C. the last couple of days, which is weird because I always told myself that I'd never watch it. Little did I know it was so incredibly addicting and kind of funny. I'm only 10 episodes into the first season, but I dig it.

I have to get to class. Later days.

Artist of the Day: La Roux

facts:

one . I watched The Hills kind of religiously every single week until LC left.

two . I've probably seen Kubng Fu Panda more than any other movie I've ever seen. And I've probably seen it more times than you. Just sayin.

The Sun's Rays Don't Bother Me

I just emailed my Spanish teacher and told him I didn't have a legitimate excuse for missing class last week except that I had a lot of family in town. I feel like telling my teachers where I've been is more respectful than just missing.

On that note, I'm also missing this morning because I need to rest my sprained ankle so I can work later today or tomorrow. I really hope that it feels better very soon, or else I'm probably going to have to go to the doctor, which I hate doing.

There's really nothing wrong with doctors besides the fact that they're absolutely boring beyond all belief, and I've been going to them literally since I was born*. And they usually have nothing more to say than what I already know due to the fact that I've been to them so many times. Just one giant cycle.

In other news, we got another dog. His name is Diesel. He is an American Staffordshire Terrier mixed with American Bulldog, so he's short and stocky and kind of looks like a puppy even though he's full grown. And he's super lazy, he just lays down in the middle of the floor all the time.

I need to go finish reading WGWG so that I can do a 30 second presentation on it tomorrow in class.

So...later days.

Song of the Day: "Zombies Ate My Neighbors" by Single File

facts (which I just realized I never did in yesterday's post):

one . *I was born with my left leg being bigger than my right. By the time I was 9, it was a bit more than an inch longer than the other, at which time I had surgery to have staples put into my growth plate in my knee of my left leg so that the right was able to get up to speed, so to speak. After two years, the staples were removed, and my legs were the same lengths, but still a little different in size, and still are. In fact, since I grew even more since the second surgery, my left left is now about a centimeter longer again.

two . Chiodos used to bug the crap out of me, but after taking the time to get used to the sound of the lead singer's voice and get over my fear(?) of screamo music, they are now one of my favorite bands, as screamo/hardcore is one of my favorite genres to listen to still.

untitled. day 11.

Today was weird.

Waking up at noon never does anything good for me.

After waking up, I think...yeah, I don't even remember what my day consisted of before two hours ago.

I know I bought three cans of spray paint: navy blue, "blissful" blue, and purple. I'm planning several stencil projects with these colors. It's my own personal blue period.

Other than that, I watched Some Kind of Wonderful, tried reading Beauty (which didn't work out well), and ate some rainbow sherbet.

Also, I'm a little bitter today because my friend Katie got engaged like 2 months ago and decided to tell me just today. Mmk. Whatever.

Also, I'm back at square one with where I go to next in the future concerning schools. I'll either stay in St. George or move up to Provo. Or maybe I'll move back to California and go to school there somewhere. I don't know...I've just got to wait and see, I guess.

Today wasn't interesting, my bad.

Later days.

Song of the Day: "I'll Be Max, You Be the Monster" by Farewell Fighter

Film of the Day: MacGruber (2010). I'm so excited for this. I'm such a Kristen Wiig fangirl.

If It Crashes Down

I feel like I should share my favorite movies with ya'll, since movies are an incredibly huge part of my life.

I'll share my favorites and the weirdest/most crazy ones I've ever seen.

Keep in mind, it's all my opinion, and when I watch a movie I take into account just about everything from the acting to the cinematography to the set design to the overall feeling the movie gives me.

The Weirdest/Most Crazy:


Naked Lunch (1991)


I'm pretty sure this entire film wasn't supposed to actually make sense in the first place, but I just felt like I was on drugs the entire time I was watching it because I had no idea what was going on the whole time but I was caught in a sort of trance and kept watching. If you're one of those people who is up for anything when you see a movie: go for it, just to say you did. If not...well...watch at your own risk, I s'pose.


Funny Games [U.S] (2009)


Apparently this was originally made in Spain in 1997, and why they remade it is beyond me. It's basically a torture movie that screws with your mind with really great actors.
...Seriously.


Fear and Loathing In Las Vegas (1998)




I also felt like I was high while watching this, but for good reason. It's definitely a cult classic, and very interesting to watch, but again, if you're not one of those people who are up for anything, it's probably not for you.


Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)




Though I love this movie with all my heart...I'm not sure why. It's quite odd, but I think that's what makes it so great. And the soundtrack is fabulous.


Nobel Son (2007)




Just...weird. The story was kind of cool, but the characters creeped me out, which makes sense considering they were psychopaths, but still. It just seemed like it was going to be a lot better before I watched it, and I ended up disappointed.


The Favorites:


City of God, or Cidade de Deus (2002)




This movie, along with Y Tu Mama Tambien, sparked my love for foreign films. They go all out, hold nothing back. It's so much more...real, I guess, than a lot of movies that are made in the US are. This film touches your heart in so many ways, and breaks it in so many more. The fact that it's based on a true story just kind of blows my mind a little bit.


The Virgin Suicides (1999)




Probably one of the more depressing movies I've ever seen, but it somehow still leaves me with a feeling of purpose or something after I watch it each and every time. It's thought provoking and stays in your head for hours after it's finished. I love movies like this.


Fight Club (1999)




If you haven't seen this film, you're either not aloud to see R rated movies, or you just haven't really lived yet. No, but really, Ed Norton and Brad Pitt are amazing in this movie. I actually have never read the book, which I know I need to asap. But really...everyone should see this at least once before they decide whether they like it or not.


Adventureland (2009)




I think I like this movie so much because the story seems so real to me. It reminds me of actual people and actual situations that I've seen before. I like the humor in it, not too much like Superbad, but just enough to keep it moving. And I really thought the acting was great by most everyone in the cast; I'm a huge Jesse Eisenburg fangirl for some reason.



Zombieland (2009)




funny + good cast + well written + zombies = awesome
Self explanatory.
But really, it's pretty cool. I'd give it a go if I were you.



The Breakfast Club (1985)




I know this is completely cliché, but it's true. This is such a great movie. John Hughes at his greatest.


October Sky (1999)




I could watch this movie over and over and over and over and not get tired of it. It just brightens my soul or something. I love it.


There are so many other movies that I love with all my heart. So, so many.
Later days.

Song of the Day: "Bird On A Wire" by Rogue Wave
Film of the Day: Some Kind of Wonderful (1987)

[edit]

oh, facts:

one . I haven't seen my real dad for about 10 years, and it was when I ran into him at a liquor store when buying gum at age 9.

two . I'm okay with the above fact. I feel like there are a lot of people who are upset about the fact that their parents didn't care enough about them, but I am truly, 100 percent, perfectly fine with it. I don't need to know someone that couldn't deal with living his life and taking responsibility for his actions, whether it's the way he wanted it to go or not.

three . I did indeed buy a Toy Story poster today.

Quick Quick Quick

Today was a little bit crazy.

I woke up at 1pm, missing my drawing class. I did, however, go to the ceramics studio and trim a tea pot that I'm working on.

After that I went over to my brother's track meet, which made me extremely nostalgic. I watched a few events and then left to go walk around the Dixie State track and do some exercising myself.

I ended up going back to the track meet for several hours, watching the hurdles and reading Will Grayson, Will Grayson. I love the novel so far, and I'm hoping to finish it by Tuesday so that I can talk about it in my YA Lit. class.

Around 9:30, after getting home from the meet, my mom and I were on our way out so that I could go get some black shoes for work, and I somehow ended up rolling my right ankle/foot on a sprinkler head on the front lawn.

It was quite painful, sure, but I'm just worried about the fact that I have my first day of work as a dishwasher standing on my feet all day tomorrow morning at 9am.

At the moment, I can walk with a big limp.

Ugh. I'm just in a bad mood now.

With 13 minutes to spare, I bid you good night.

Later days.

Two facts:

one . I have realllllllllllllly bad asthma, due to the fact that I got pneumonia and bronchitis all in the same month when I was in 7th grade.

two . My favorite place that I have ever been to is San Diego, even over eastern Spain.

agsdlkdfs, I forgot about the song.

Song of the Day: "Paint Like That" by Sick of Sarah

There You Are and Here I Am

One of the best sights to see, in my personal opinion, is someone driving along in car, whether it be the passenger or the driver, with their arm stuck out of the window, moving their hand and fingers through the fast pace air as they drive on.

It always makes me smile.

I enjoy smiling at people, and having them smile back at me as if me smiling at them was the best part of their day. Seeing people happy just warms my heart.

I couple of posts back I said I would try to write about The Underground Days once and a while throughout this month, seeing as I mention them sometimes, without explaining myself. So. Here it goes, then.

Part One: Background story and the basics of The Underground

In May or June of 2005, I don't remember which exactly, a coffee shop was opened on Telegraph Road across the street from the weirdest looking bus station any of the people in Ventura had ever seen, and the mall just on the other side of that. The coffee shop was called The Underground and owned by two English women I believe. During the day it was just a regular old coffee shop in a brick building stuck in between the Goodwill and a furniture store. It was filled with good vibes, good art on the walls, and a small stage toward the back of the shop.

By night, The Underground was no coffee shop, but a venue for local music to play at, generally punk or some sort of new age alternative rock. Occasionally there would be an acoustic show earlier in the evenings on Fridays and Saturdays.

Once the clock hit 7pm, there were automatically at least 30 or 40 teenagers standing in line on the sidewalk to pay and get their hands stamped for the later shows. The better shows. The best, in our minds.

The Underground was the place to be every single weekend. We went religiously. It didn't matter who was playing. We went, we paid to get in, we sat outside on the brick wall in front of the planter full of dying flowers. I can't really put a label on the kinds of people that went there, because there was a little bit of every kind of person. There were always a good amount of PR kids, which is literally what everybody called them. If you weren't PR, or didn't know anyone who was PR, you generally didn't go to The Underground as far as I can remember. If you didn't like the second hand smoke of the underage smokers on the sidewalk, you didn't go to The Underground.

Not everyone there smoked, but most did, and the majority of people there were in the age range of 15 to 17. It wasn't the best environment, in retrospect, but it was the best place we could go to get away from home where our parents didn't actually know what was going on at all times. This was our happy place, our safe haven. Being at The Underground meant being a part of something.

And our something was better than everything.

Song of the Day: "The Nerve" by The Republic Tigers

Two Facts:

one . I've never read Brave New World but I've written at least 5 essays comparing and contrasting it with 1984.

two . I own 17 pairs of tennis shoes, 8 of those pairs being some sort of Vans.

Pictures and Such

Today is a picture blog.

Four of my cousins are in town for a few days because it's their spring break back in California. I took some photos today, so I thought I'd share.

Also, I just finished my 10th of 40 books. Starting the 11th after Spanish tomorrow. I'm also still reading Uglies.

In other news, I finished my rationale for YA Lit, and it turned out better than I thought it would. It also turns out that I didn't even have to turn it in today. Bugger.

Song of the Day: "This Scene Is Dead" by We Are Scientists

Two Facts:

one . I've already changed my major twice, but ended up right back at my original one anyway: art.

two . I have A.D.D. Like, legitimately. In fact, when people say, "omgzz I totally have ADD because this one time blah blah blah," it kind of bothers me, because they have no idea what it's like. It also kind of bothers me when people compare ADD and ADHD like they're the same thing. They are not.

That was like a three-in-one fact. Lucky reader, you; you're gettin' more than you bargained for!

Cinco Cosas

To my seven blog followers and supposed readers: Thank you. I would definitely still blog even if no one read this, but the fact that you do makes me smile :]

Today's blog will consist of five things you probably don't know about me.

one . I'm Mormon and I'm a democrat. A rarity, let me tell ya.

two . I don't know how to read music for guitar even though I've been playing on and off for the last six years. I mean, I know how to read your basic music notes and beats and such, but I just don't know how to take that and play it on something other than a piano, drum, or anything else with keys.

three . I don't own a copy of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. Oops.

four . I've marched with my high school's marching band in a parade at Disneyland and it was literally the shortest parade I've ever been in (and I've been in a lot). I played bass 3.

five . I once wrote a 19 page paper on Thomas Jefferson for AP US History, and it was the shortest paper out of about 70 others. I still got an A-.

I think I'm going to do this at the end of every blog, except it'll be two things every time, not five. I'm not that interesting.

Song of the Day: "Glass Ceiling" by Metric

Film of the Day: The Losers (2010). Go watch the trailer and tell me it doesn't look like it's going to be entertaining.

Also, I wrote a song and put it on youtube if you'd like to give it a listen. Let me know what you think.

Family and Failing To Sleep

I do believe that the majority of my blog posts for this upcoming week will have to be in the wee hours of the morning due to the fact that I'm always up at this time and happen to remember only at this time for some reason. Also, I'm going to be really busy until about 5:05 pm mountain standard time (or whatever it is) on Tuesday thanks to my horrible procrastinating of a fairly large paper due at 5:15 on Tuesday.

I just spent the last hour and a half doing mi tarea de espanol (Spanish homework) and trying to kind of sort of study since I have a test in 6 hours for said class.

My plans for today:

8:30 am - voy a levantarme (wake up) entonces desayunar (eat breakfast).

9:40 am - go to class and take my test

10:45 am - go home and read Uglies for 2 hours

1:00 pm - learn how to write a rationale

1:20 pm - start writing a rationale, at least 3 pages

2:00 pm - break for lunch.

2:20 pm - continue rationale

3:15 pm - read more Uglies, at least one hour

That's the gist of it anyway. My goal is to have at least 5 pages of the rationale done by the time I go to bed on Monday, then finish it after Spanish class on Tuesday. And I just have to finish Uglies before I go to YA Lit at 5 on Tuesday. Ughh.

Three of my cousins are coming into town tomorrow with my aunt Megan.

The cool thing about my family is that all of the grandkids, myself and my cousins, have a pretty close relationship with each other that is more like brother/sister than cousin due to the fact that we all grew up in the same town (or tri-county area, anyway) and saw each other all the time. I went to school with Jenna and Tyler, who I really do consider to be more my sister and brother than my cousins, from grade 6 to 12, and us three have always been the closest thanks to that and because we're the closest in age out of the...I think...11 or 12 grandkids. I'm not sure how many there are, they keep on coming haha.

Anyway, Liam, Ariana, and Karina are coming up tomorrow, and Eli is already here with his mom. It's just always nice to have family around, especially after having not seen them since December.

I need to go to bed now.

Later days.

Song of the Day: "A Manner To Act" by Ra Ra Riot

Film of the Day: Some Kind of Wonderful (1987). I got this DVD in my easter basket. I've always been a sucker for 80's movies, and my mom - I mean the Easter Bunny - knows it.

sitDiary: Old School Blogging

When I was 14 and a ridiculous high school freshman, I got a sitDiary account. All the cool kids were doing it. Seriously, everyone I thought was cool and I looked up to (unfortunately) at my school had a freaking sitDiary page. They were all the PR kids (that's punk rock, in case you missed that memo) and the friends of my cousin, Jenna, who I looked up to more than anyone, and probably more than I should have. I still look up to her nowadays, but it's completely different now that we're 5 years older and somewhat more mature.

But I digress.

This was pre-Underground Days (which I'll try and blog more about during this month since I continuously reference it), so I hadn't really done anything worth while in my life, but I thought I knew more than I did, so I wrote about it on my sitDiary. I wont lie, I wrote more than I should have, and it actually got me into trouble with the 'rents a time or two until I made it private so that only my close friends could take a gander at it.

Anyway, I still have my sitDiary. I log on to it once and a while and check out my old posts from sophomore year and everything leading up to it, including the Underground Days and all of the adventures involved in that.

My point is, I poured my heart and soul into this website. And I'm so glad that I did, because I can go back and read what I wrote about that one night involving a convenient store robbery and Parliament cigarettes, or why chai tea and orange chicken is so much more important than it truly seems to be. I'm glad I have legitimate record of my emotions from five years ago.

I've been telling myself that I will write a book about my life during that time of '05 and '06, and I will.

Thanks to sitDiary, my memories are actually in writing.

After reading some of the old posts on my sitDiary, I realized that I had a pretty crazy life at one point.

And I'm so glad that I did.

Later days.

Song of the Day: "I Could Be There For You" by Eisley

PS- Did anyone else have a sitDiary? Or even know what it was? Or heard of it? Just curious.

Brief Hiatus (kind of)

My brother just walked into my room with a hand/made paper hat tied to his head with a black shoelace.

Also, I just woke up 45 minutes ago at 1 pm. woot.

Several of my friends went home to northern Utah this weekend, which is just as well because I don't need distractions. I need to write my rational for YA Lit. And I still have no idea how to do that. I also need to read Uglies by Scott Westerfeld by Tuesday. So, I've decided to take a brief hiatus from the internet until Monday at some point, except for writing blogs, and the occasional tweet from my cell phone.

When I decided to do this, the only thing on my mind was "oh gosh, I'm going to be missing a lot of crap on tumblr".

Can you say RIDICULOUS.

haha 'ridiculous' looks funny in all caps, in my opinion, like it's spelled wring or something. Maybe that's just me.

Speaking of ALL CAPS, I got an email from DTFBA Records that my CD and shirt have been shipped. Yesssss.

This is where I finish and get off of the internet until I blog again tomorrow. And, now that I think about it, I'm probably also going to use last.fm. But no social networks AT ALL.

Later days.

Band of the Day: Land of Talk

Here It Goes Again

I took some pictures today.

I also went on a bike ride, which I'm going to try and do at least 3 days a week from here on out. I don't have enough physical activity in my life, so this is a good start to changing that.

I sent out a dozen mix CDs today. Good times.

I've written two songs this week. Just regular (muggle) music. I like them a lot, I'll have to film one of the two and put it on the tubes. Also, I wrote and recorded a rap a little while back, so I should be making a video for it very soon. It should be exciting.

I have a lot of writing to do for my lit. class this weekend that I need to start on tomorrow. I'm doing a rational. I don't even know how to do that.

I'm tired and not writing a very good post.

So therefore...

later days.

Song of the Day: "Get Over It" by OK Go

Film of the Day: I Love You, Beth Cooper (2009). MOST AWKWARD MOVIE EVER. But I got a few good laughs out of it.

Spin the Sky

I've been eager to begin Blog Every Day in April (BEDA) since I found out about it in November when I got a blogspot blog, but I nearly forgot about it until just now. Only just.

Seeing as today is/was April Fool's Day, I was planning on creating several pranks for my brothers this morning before they got up for school, but I ended up falling asleep at a friends place while watching The Sandlot at 12:30 this morning and didn't actually leave their house until 8 when I woke up.

But last year, now that was a glorious April Fool's Day.

Last year I attended Weber State University up in northern Utah, and I didn't particularly like my roommates, so I spent the majority of my time at my friends Shelby, Jen, and Shannon's apartment down the hall from me. I was there literally all of the time besides when I slept in my own bed at night. Anyway, on the first of April last year, I decided to head over to their apartment when Shannon woke up, and her and I proceeded to stack stools in front of Shelby's room. As I was starting to tape the web of red yarn to the frame of her door, she opened it, screamed, closed the door, and had a ridiculously huge laughing fit on the other side of it.

She was a little freaked out. But the look on her face when she opened that door...priceless.

I'm excited to blog daily for the next month. Not only will it keep everyone updated on my college transfer apps (yay!), but I've been slacking in the blogging department lately, so this should help me get back into the swing of things.

Until tomorrow, later days.

Song of the Day: "Skeletons" by Yeah Yeah Yeahs

TV Show of the Day: Parenthood. I'm really loving the cast of this show mostly, but overall it's just good in my opinion.