Slacker.

Hello. My name is Brenna, and I have been a slacker for the past three months.
Now, I know like no one besides Michelle and Kyle will even read this, but oh well. I am gonna write it anyways.
Next week I am going to science camp with a couple of sixth grade classes. I will be a counselor, in charge of making sure the kids are safe and don't pull each others hair out. It should be fun, except for the fact that I am missing a week of school. Pas grave (it means not a problem in french).
I am also currently working on a school project on an influential American. I chose Marilyn Monroe. I think Michelle was the one to originally get me interested in Marilyn. I posted once about Marilyn, however, so I won't say anymore about her today.
Can I just say quickly how shocked I was by Mackenzie Phillips news announcement? All I kept thinking about when I saw her on television was "she was Fi's mom!" mainly because I found So Weird on youtube and have been watching it occasionally since June.Haha. Sorry that was really random.
Anyways, I will hopefully post more often/find stuff to post about. I hope all is going well in your lives!!!!
Much love and admiration,
B

"If you can't explain it to a six year old, you don't understand it yourself."
— Albert Einstein

Quick Update

So, I will post more later, but I just wanted to let everyone know I am home for the summer. My foreign exchange student comes tomorrow night, and Kyle, my brother, leaves tomorrow morning for his new home in New England. I have TONS of stories to tell and a few teasers for new shows, as well as, spoilers for returning shows.
Next post I will tell you...
-about Comic Con 2009
-famous people I met
-Wonder Con
-my exchange student
-Molly
Goodness, so much happens in a week!!!
Peace and Blessings,
B
"You spend your whole life trying to get people to like you and then you run over one person with your car - not even one of the popular ones - and everybody gets on your case. Doesn't make any sense."
— Michael Scott

You're Fired!

So it is official, if I were a professional blogger, I would be fired. I mean honestly it has been like a month since I have updated. How ridiculous. There is so much to tell you all and at the same time, not much to say at all because really, I don't think you all really car about my strange travels. Oh well, you will just have to sit through my crazy antics. Let's see, my first trip was one of great trials and tribulation. I went on a mission trip to New Mexico with my church. It sounds like a lot of fun in theory, but in all actuality it is a lot of work. I met two children while working on an Indian reservation, KC and Tony. Neither of them really spoke English, but through their hugs and smiles, they both touched my heart. Their great grandmother, Margaret, spoke very kind words to the ten teens and three adults who went on the trip with us. She bestowed upon us her wisdom of the ages and told us that any one of us would be welcome in her or her family's home for the rest of our lives because we helped her when she no longer could help herself. Her words were incredible touching and even brought a few of the boys to tears. We also had the oppurtunity to help at the local senior center for the tribes elders. Megan and I had fun doing there aerobics with them.
After New Mexico, I had a week at home to clean, pack, and stock up on essentials before I flew cross-country to beautiful New York. It rained a lot, which was refreshing compared to the extremely high temperature at home. I got to see a lot of family and got to stay at my home away from home at my cousins Carmen and Andrew's house along with my favorite children in the world, Sophia, Alex, Andrew, and Oscar. It will be hard to go a full year without seeing them again.
While I was back-east there was also a handful of birthdays to celebrate. First off my cousin Eliza, then my grandma turned an impressive 90, my brothers birthday, and then finally my fathers birthday. I also celebrated my half birthday!
The second week in New York was spent traveling around New England, as well as, seeing my brother's new stomping grounds seeing as he is moving in ten days. It will be hard to have him so far away, especially on my mother, but it is exciting to see him embark on this new journey. I know that he will be amazing at grad school. We also got to go the Ben and Jerry's Factory, the adorable Burlington(Vermont), Salem, and Boston.
I know, lots of traveling. It might seem like that would be all one could pack into one summer, but I actually have more plans. You see I got back at noon, and I leave Tuesday night for comic con! Another terribly exciting trip! I am trying not to get too excited, but that is proving to be extremely difficult.
Anywho, I will try and write from sunny San Diego and provide pictures of amazing celebrities!
"There's no place like home" - Judy Garland as Dorothy Gale - The Wizard of Oz.
Ta Ta For Now,
B

Second the Best!

Hey!
So, the second episode of GP is live!! It is called procrastinate. This one is definitely better than the first... You should all check it out. Stay tuned for next wednesday when you see what my text was about. It's nice and juicy!
Oh, btw, I just found out that a girl I went to elementary school with (she is two years younger) is being accused of murder. How scary is that? She allegedly murdered her mother with her 19 year old boyfriend. I definitely remember her being a little strange. Anyways, my thoughts and prayers are with her and her family. Hopefully this whole mess will be sorted out. If you want to check out her story just click here.

Episode Two: Procrastinate
Ciao,
B

Marilyn.

I have always loved the glamour of old Hollywood. Stars like Cary Grant (who was the same birthday as me), Katharine Hepburn, Audrey Hepburn, Fred Astaire, and Jimmy Stewart have always fascinated me. They just seemed to have it all together. Now, I realize this is because there were no tabloids back then. Stars did not have to worry about tabloids, they were simply glamorous. Marilyn Monroe never used to fascinate me, until a few days ago. As you probably can tell, I love quotes. I believe that words are the one thing you have complete control over, and if you take that responsibility on, you can come up with some pretty phenomenal things to say. I have recently been browsing through different quotes, and keep finding amazing quotes by Marilyn Monroe. She truly was more than just a sex symbol. Don't get me wrong, she did live up to that reputation, and fully acknowledged what others thought of her, but I am beginning to understand the woman behind the facade. Below, I have provided a few of her quotes. These few words completely changed my opinion of her.
"I knew I belonged to the public and to the world, not because I was talented or even beautiful, but because I had never belonged to anything or anyone else."
“I want to grow old without facelifts... I want to have the courage to be loyal to the face I've made. Sometimes I think it would be easier to avoid old age, to die young, but then you'd never complete your life, would you? You'd never wholly know you”
"If I'd observed all the rules, I'd never have got anywhere. "
"It's often just enough to be with someone. I don't need to touch them. Not even talk. A feeling passes between you both. You're not alone."
"There was my name up in lights. I said, 'God, somebody's made a mistake.' But there it was, in lights. And I sat there and said, 'Remember, you're not a star.' Yet there it was up in lights."
"It's all make believe, isn't it?"
"Dreaming about being an actress, is more exciting then being one. "
"Hollywood is a place where they'll pay you a thousand dollars for a kiss and fifty cents for your soul."
What did I tell you? She was soo much deeper than she is given credit for. I am gonna do more research on her, try and find out a little bit more about who she really was.
By the way, if you like Dashboard Confessional, check out The Spill Canvas. They are actually quite amazing.
XO,
B

If today was your last day...

So recently I have been hearing the song by Nickelback called If Today Was Your Last Day, not the best song , but it has made me think. The lyrics say quite simply, "If today was your last day
and tomorrow was too late, could you say goodbye to yesterday? Would you live each moment like your last? Leave old pictures in the past? Donate every dime you have? If today was your last day."
This has gotten me thinking. I believe that this song is asking us if we were to die tomorrow, what actions would we take, but I, having the crazy imagination that I do, decided to look at the song differently. If the world were going to end tomorrow, how would mankind act? Would the world be completely chaotic because everyone decided to be rebellious and do the things they were too scared to do otherwise, or would we be overwhelmed with the monstrosity of the situation and begin to forgive our enemies, make ourselves look better for judgement day? Just think about it...

Now I present a third option. Would we try and deny the inevitable? Would we fight our hardest to keep our race alive?
This seems like it would be a great screenplay. Haha. Unfortunately the basic idea has been used far too many times. I will consider it and get back to you all. In the mean time, what do you think would happen?
Amber, Amee, and I sat down today and mapped out the rest of the first season of GP. The nice thing about producing a webshow is that no one can stop you from making more episodes. The first episode was off to a great start. Within an hour of posting we got 45 views. Only four of them were Amee and I. I apologize for the two minutes of black at the end. We are still just learning. I promise you the rest of the season actually has a storyline. It should be interesting with the perfect blend of comedy and drama. Yup, we are doing a dramedy! If you would like to be a part of our show (Neil, don't worry you will be a part of it), please comment below. We are coming up on a few episodes where it would be useful to have extras, and possible camera help.
I hope you are all doing well! Enjoy the summer vacation!!

"In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move."
— Douglas Adams (The Restaurant at the End of the Universe)
Until next time,
B

IT'S ON YOUTUBE!!!

They day has come ladies and gentlemen!!! GP: Trying Out Life, is officially on youtube!!!
Click the link below to view the amazingness!!!!!!!!
GP Episode One
Oh btw, there will be more episodes coming soon. This is just our trial run, so don't be too critical. We are still learning....
Enjoy,
B

Season Two!!

Recently, my dear friend Chelsea finished watching season one of Chuck on The WB's site, and she has already seen the second half of season two on NBC, but she was looking for the beginning of two. Chelsea, you are in look. I have searched for the past two hours, and here are my results. If you click on the episode name below, you will be sent to a site where you can watch the episode legally and free.
Chuck vs. The First Date
Chuck vs. The Seduction
Chuck vs. The Break-Up
Chuck vs. The Cougars
Chuck vs. Tom Sawyer cannot find, but it isn't good....
Chuck vs. The Ex
Chuck vs. The Fat Lady
Chuck vs. The Gravitron essential to plot I will try and find it...
Chuck vs. The Sensei
The last two I still have to find....

Now these are not the best quality, some of them have foreign language subtitles, and I would still recommend just buying them on iTunes, but for those of you who are poor like me, and bored please enjoy. If any of these do not work correctly, let me know, and I will try to find new links for you.

"Be nice to nerds. Chances are you'll end up working for one. "
— Bill Gates

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Logan Huntzberger

This evening, Amee and I were watching Gilmore Girls. She randomly commented to me the most brilliant thing I have ever heard. Kyle, I have met my match when it comes to randomness.
This is how Amee described Logan, Rory's weird boyfriend.

Amee- He looks like an annoying frog. You know? With like a blonde wig.
Brenna- I can't even picture an annoying frog. I mean he isn't even green.
Amee- No, like metaphorical.
Brenna- Oh right, a metaphorical annoying frog with a blonde wig.
Amee- Yeah.

And that was it. No one laughed. We just approved of each other. Okay, there was a little laughter.

GP will hopefully be out tomorrow. Let's all cross our fingers that my Mac doesn't hate me anymore than it already does. Just ask Michaela, she witnessed it's evilness.
Schwa schwa,
B

"Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another: "What! You too? I thought I was the only one."
— C.S. Lewis

Lost in the Sound

Now, if you look at the top of the internet browser you have up, you will see that the url for this blog of mine is lostnthesound. I think I should try and explain this a little bit. You see, the sound I am referring to is music, of course, but I didn't want to be too stereotypical. Music is my life, or rather the reason why living is bearable. When I hear a song like "Freeze and Explode" by Cassettes won't listen and I know exactly what it is saying, I feel a little more connected with the world because God knows that their are times where I think that many people on this earth whom I have nothing in common with. I won't ramble on too much today, seeing as I have a lot of editing to do. We are hoping to have the first episode of GP out by the end of this week. When this happens, I will set a link to our youtube account and you can check it out.
Here are some good tunes you should check out:
All the Same by Sick Puppies - nice upbeat song, gets stuck in your head...
Around the Bend by Asteroids Galaxy Tour -from the iPod commercial, good dancing song
Challengers by The New Pornographers - interesting band name, but amazing music
Christmas TV by Slow Club - a christmas song that can be enjoyed any time of the year, great love song
The Con by Teegan and Sara - may be too much for those not used to T and S
Congratulations by Blue October and Imogen Heap - Listen to this with the lights off and your eyes closed, it gives me goosebumps!
Falling in love at a coffee shob by Landon Pigg - nice slow love song
Hip to be Square by Huey Lewis and the News- great song to blowdry your hair to!
That's all I will put up for now!! Check them out on iTunes or youtube. They are all there...
Tell me what types of music you want and the list will be better!!!

"You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough"
— Mae West
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What to say?

There really isn't much that is coming to mind as I sit down to write this post. Let me just tell you all what I did today.
The fun all began this morning while I chilled with my big sister. It's so much fun to have my sibblings home, despite what I tell them. We watched Numb3rs, which was very intense. She also helped me with my wardrobe for today's filming of GP. Yup, we shot again today, but today instead of shooting at home, we shot on location, at a local park. Also, a new friend, Amber, came and shot with us today. Her comedic timing was extremely useful. She has definitely improved the show with her presence. Let's see what else did I do today? Chris and I shot some random interviews with each other after Amee left. The first one was good, but then we weren't as good at answering questions. I will definitely post the first one once our youtube account is up and going. I also edited some more of what we have filmed, but my Mac is hating me currently, so I took a break. Instead of editing, I decided to play some more Sims 3. I didn't really get into it though, so now as I am sitting alone at home, I decided to blog and listen to my eclectic playlists on Chuck, my iPod. Haha, believe me I know (weird that was a quote from Chuck. Totally unintentional, what can I say, I am obsessed, and as we know obsessed girls cannot be held responsible for their actions can they. What was that a quote from? ;).
Well, what else can I tell you about? I am incredibly excited for my trip to New York. I get to see my family! I am especially excited to see Sophia, Alex, Andrew, Oscar, Carmen and Andrew Sr. It will be nice to see my second family!
I am gonna go read some fan fiction, but tomorrow I will put up a post on some songs I reccomend. Please comment about what genre of music you would like the songs to be. Who knows, I may not post if I don't get enough comments. I don't know if I even have enough viewers to be making threats, but oh well.
"I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best." — Marilyn Monroe
Until next time,
B

Maawage

So, despite the fact that just a few days ago Zac Levi and Caitlin Crosby's relationship depressed me, now it is acceptable. Why, you may ask? Well, you see in my last day of Hurrianko's class, I went onto bored.com, and had a virtual wedding with Zac. He doesn't know it yet, but we are married. My friend Atrin was the witness. It was a wonderful cyber wedding, just Zac and Me, and of course Atrin. I had to reproduce the certificate because the original link didn't work, so we got remarried today.
Haha. I hope you also picked up on the fact that I said the last day of Hurrianko's because guess what? School is out for summer. To document this occassion, Chris, Amee, and I began to shoot GP today. I am currently working on editing, but Final Cut Express is being pickey. Oh well.
Michaela is home right now, which is exciting because now she can help us by being the videographer tomorrow! I also have to publicly apologize to her because I made her stay up yesterday in order to see my new post, which I accidentally didn't do.... I was too caught up in Sims 3, I mean I started a family yesterday, and now the couple has five kids. Haha, it was their life goal, so don't blame me.
I am considering making a post solely devoted to amazing music. If you want this please let me know. I will only do it if at least three people ask for it, in the comment section. There is also the possibility I will post a poem I recently wrote, who knows.
Finally, Yesterday in PE, my friends wrote down what I was most likely to do. My friend Jason said I was most likely to make butter. Neil, another friend who should be reading this right now, asked me how to make butter. Here is your recipe Neil.

Ingredients

• 1 pint heavy cream, very cold
• Pinch salt, optional

Directions

Find a large jar with a tight-fitting lid that will hold the cream about half full. Refrigerate the jar for at least 1 hour. Pour the cream into the cold jar. Tightly secure the lid and shake as hard as possible until chunks of butter start to form, 15 to 30 minutes. Pour into a strainer set over a bowl. The chunks in the strainer are butter, and the liquid in the bowl is buttermilk.

Pour the buttermilk into a clean container, cover, refrigerate, and reserve for another use. Turn the butter into a clean bowl and cover with very cold water. Pour into a strainer, discarding the liquid. Continue rinsing the butter with very cold water until the water runs clear. (The cloudy water is buttermilk which will make the butter turn sour.) When the butter is clean, work with a wooden spoon or rubber spatula to press out any remaining liquid. Discard this liquid. If desired, add salt to the butter. (Salted butter will keep longer.)

Transfer the butter to a clean container for keeping, pressing with a wooden spoon or spatula to dispel any air bubbles. Refrigerate until ready to use.

This is courtesy of foodnetwork.com. Please test out the recipe and tell me how it goes!
"Listen to the mustn'ts, child. Listen to the don'ts. Listen to the shouldn'ts, the impossibles, the won'ts. Listen to the never haves, then listen close to me... Anything can happen, child. Anything can be."
— Shel Silverstein
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My marriage license

I get by with a little help from my friends...

I think I was Jewish in my past life. Now, if Kyle were still here he would give me one of those, " you are ridiculous" looks. If you know Kyle, you know which one I mean. Anyway, let me explain myself. As most of you know, I have a weird philosophy. If one thing goes bad in a day then the whole day is going to end up bad. For example, if you are late to school and get detention, and then later in the day you have a test, you can expect to fail the test. The events in your life are just so intertwined that everything else will go wrong. It is also the same if things are good. If you find out good news in the morning, you can expect that other good things will come throughout the day. Why does this mean I was Jewish? Well, Jews believe that Sabbath starts on the evening of Friday, when the sun sets, and I similarly believe that new days, at least when it comes to luck, begin at sundown. You see yesterday, I posted before the sun went down. The day pretty much sucked, and then when the sun started to set, things became so much better. So yesterday from about 8pm until now, life has been good. This is all because of the amazing people I have in my life, my friends. It all started when the Davis girls, my sisters, came over for dinner yesterday. We discussed Comic con, and watched what life would be like in 2100 (Kyle and Michelle got very into it, Kirstin and I just laughed at them), looked up pictures of pregnant snakes, and surprise surprise, played Sims 3 (thanks to my mother's laptop). My bad mood disappeared with their help.
Then, this morning, my friends saved the day again. Jacob greeted me twice today with giant bear hugs. My photo friends, girls I was scared to have a class with in the beginning of the year, made me realize how much I would miss our bizarre conversations. My friends from Pre-Calc made Most Likely To statements about me, which were all very funny. Then, in yearbook, Lindsay, my Cece, brought so much sunshine to my day, I didn't even remember the clouds outside. Believe me, you will laugh too if you read her lengthy comment on the previous post. I dare all of you to beat the length of her comment.
I socialized with my freshman friends at my Sudan Club end of the year party, and then I headed out on my journey home. While I was walking, a girl from my Chemistry class, someone who I don't really like and rarely ever agree with, pulled over and offered me a ride home. As she dropped me off at my house she yelled out the window, "Don't tell anyone I am nice!"
This reminds me of a quote from some dead president that says," I don't like them. I need to get to know them better." Ask my next-door neighbor Patrick if you want to know the exact quote!!
Overall, I am extremely humbled today by the amount of love I have been shown. Thank you to all of my friends out there. You have all touched my life, and I am proud to know you all.
“You meet people who forget you. You forget people you meet. But sometimes you meet those people you can't forget. Those are your 'friends.'- Anonymous
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P.S. Chelsea, that is the haircut Zac looks ugly with!! Trucker Ew!!

Oh the drama!

Hello friends,
Today is an interesting day. Once on my favorite show, Chuck said, "If I had a blog this would be a very important day." Well this may not be as exciting as his day was seeing as he saved his sister's life and inevitably doomed his own, it still was interesting.School brought new drama (cough cough), my mac brought me drama, and unfortunately Zac Levi brought me drama.
Let's start off with my Mac drama. I am a huge fan of Macs. I purposely mute any PC commercials, they are just annoying. Mac is perfect for what I do, which is generally artsy stuff like movie making, and the occassional game. Today, as some of you know, Sims 3 was released for both the Mac and the PC. I made Kyle drive me to Frys (thanks bro) so that we both could get the new game and experience it since I have been waiting for about two years for it to come out. I got home, put the game into my Mac and BAM!!! It doesn't work on my computer. It keeps telling me "It is not supported on this architecture." ARGH! Why must you do this to me computer?
So, instead of installing the $50 game, I went on to zachary-levi.com, an interesting site, to see if anyone had replied to a recent post of mine. You see recently I have been seing photos of Zac Levi, the star of Chuck and my celeb crush, getting a little too cozy with Caitlin Crosby, a C-list singer whose music video Zac starred in. I questioned the online community if the two were dating and I just got my response. They are. They are in the picture above.
There goes the twins Chelsea!!! I still have to tell Amee because I know she will share my sorrow. If Zac were to date anyone besides me, it should be Yvonne Strahovski. They are always so cute together, on and off set. I know I can't control his life, and what I want is entirely unrealistic, but come on, a girl can dream can't she? Plus, to top it off, he shaved his beard so he now looks like a weird trucker! Oh well, hopefully he will look better by Comic Con.
Sorry for the rant. I am a teenager. I get attached to easily!!!
I hope today was better for the rest of you! Quickly I just want to say thank you to Jacob, Amee, and Chelsea. Jacob, for the bracelet, I love you! Amee for acting high at lunch, that made the day sooo much better, and Chelsea, for writing two seperate entries in my yearbook, and for helping with the drama.
Tell me about your day. I really want to know how life is treating all of you. Was it just bad for me? If it was better for someone else, please tell me. It will make my struggle worth while to know that someone else had a better day because of it. Who knows how those are connected
Something deep for Chris:

"Finish every day and be done with it. You have done what you could; some blunders and absurdities crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; you shall begin it serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense."
— Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Please don't kill me

Okay, so I realize that I broke a blog promise. I was supposed to blog on Saturday and Sunday about the topic chosen in my wonderful poll to the left, but I am a delinquent. Anyways, Amee and I worked on our first episode of our youtube show, which Chris will also star in. It is titled Guinea Pigs: Trying out Life, and we lovingly refer to it as GP. The show centers around Amee, Chris and I as unlikely teens who are forced to work together and quickly become friends. I cannot give away too much information, just know that the shows will be about five minutes in length give or take a few. They should be airing sometime in the middle of June, and we will hopefully start shooting next weekend once the script is finalized and school is out because we only have three more days!!! Thrilling, I know.
I hope you will all take out the time to watch the show when it comes out. We are not trying to break any records with it, just to have a little fun this summer, and hopefully give a few of you out there a chuckle.
If you have any specific questions about the show please feel free to ask in the comments section. I will reply to each and every one.
Of course, I will leave you with a quote....This is a little shout out to my sisters. Hehe...

"All that is gold does not glitter,
Not all those who wander are lost;
The old that is strong does not wither,
Deep roots are not reached by frost."
— J.R.R. Tolkien
Toodles,
B
P.S. Equality for all!! I am extremely disappointed to call myself a Californian right now.

The Real Deal

Hey guys,
Sorry I didn't post yesterday. Totally just spaced! Anyways, I was supposed to write about my new youtube show since that is what won for the little poll to the left, but an even more exciting event happened in my life that I had to blog about. This morning, I was given the oppurtunity to attend a change of command ceremony at the local air force base for my very dear friend Lieutenant Colonel Joe. Haha I don't want to put his last name on the interenet. It was quite awesome to say the least. The pilot who sang the national anthem was trained in opera which was of course impressive, and I got to miss a day of school, which is always a plus. The best part, however, was the quick tour of the offices before the ceremony because I got the oppurtunity to "fly" a U2 plane on a simulator. Joe said I did good, but I think he was just being nice... I did manage to keep the plane at the correct altitude, but at the end I was told to crash the spy plane... It was quite amusing because they had a clip of Homer Simpson saying, "Oh crap," when the simulator crashed. It was also pretty cool because they had classified mission training going on in the simulator next to us...
I am honored, to say the least, to have been invited, as well as, to be friends with such a dignified man. When he gave his speech, he had such diplomacy. It was also pretty cool because he mentioned me in his speech, he was thanking us for coming out, and he thanked my mom for constantly being there for him. I have such cool friends!
I promise tomorrow I will post about the show, especially since I am supposed to work on it tomorrow with Amee. Who knows!!!!
A quote to ponder:
" In God we trust. All others we monitor." - U2 pilot moto
4 more days of school!
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The Rundown

Just a quick post. It looks like my next post will be about my new television show seeing as that is what won on the poll. Just a quick verification, it isn't on television, it will be on youtube, and it isn't a show I am watching it is a show I am making with two of my friends and other friends of mine will be making guest appearances. Yearbooks officially came out, which means school is practically out. Only five more days. Distribution is crazy though. I am definitely going to have a hard time in yearbook next year without all the awesome seniors. I will try and post something authentic later today, but I may not have time seeing as I have to finish reading Lance Armstrong's autobiography. Ugh! I hate AR. Anyway, post a quick comment in response to the following quote. Tell me what you think....
"The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time." — Mark Twain
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P.S. A quick shoutout to my friends J and A. I know life sucks right now, but I promise it will get better. Just don't give up hope....

JJ Abram, I love you...

He has done it again folks. JJ Abrams, television and film extraordinaire, has impressed me, yet again with his most recent film Star Trek. I went to see the film last night ( a little too late, I know, but better late than never, right?) after learning that my parents had seen the film while I was gone camping and loved it. Amee and I went and saw it, and while she was a little overwhelmed by the large amount of science fiction, we both thoroughly enjoyed the film. The best character by far was Mr.Scott played by Simon Pegg. He was hilarious. I especially loved when his sole concern for the future was whether or not the future has sandwiches. How brilliant. Of course Chris Pine, who played Kirk was quite attractive as well! I hope I get to see them at Comic Con this summer. That would be terribly exciting.
I hope you have an amazing Tuesday! I only have seven more days of school!!! Ahhh!!
Oh, I suppose I will leave you with a quote to ponder....

"Those who dance are considered insane by those who cannot hear the music."
— George Carlin

Tell me what you think!
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Do you believe in fairies?

I promised you that I would analyze the quote I left yesterday, so here goes nothing. When I read this quote a scene from the most recent Peter Pan comes to mind, when Tinkerbell is dying and the only way to bring her back to life is to chant, "I do believe in fairies. I do! I do!" Great movie by the way.
I don't know why exactly this comes to mind. Probably because if the lost boys didn't believe so strongly in Tinkerbell she would no longer exist. Does this mean that if we, as a human race decided to stop believing in something it would cease to exist?
Interesting to think about. Anyway, to me, the quote is saying that if you live your life only seeing things you know to be true (famine, war, death) then you won't notice all the wonderfully good aspects of life out there.
When I was watching Gilmore Girls yesterday, Lorelei was speaking about how if you start watching The Today Show when it first starts, and then watch it all the way through, the topics discussed on the show get happier as the morning goes on. She explains that this is only so that people know the harsh parts of the world, when they first wake up, but after they have gotten ready and are going off to work, the news plays happier stories. This is solely because we would be too scared to go outside otherwise.
I think I just got off topic, but let's try and connect the two, shall we?
The today show has found those small amazing bits of happiness in everyday life. Can't we do this as well?
So, today try and find the goodness around you, and once you have found it, please comment on it. I know we could all use some cheering up....
Have a great weekend. I will be out in the woods with no internet access so no more posts until Monday!
Bee

Mercury Is Rising

Hello all,
Well it is official. We are now in the hundreds in my hometown and for those of you who live here, I know you get how annoying and exciting that is. It truly is bittersweet for the temperatures to get this high because it only means one thing... Summer is here! Although we still have ten more school days left, our favorite time of year is just around the corner, and with it comes some awesome new things in my life.
I have decided to use the few breaks I have this summer to expand my knowledge creatively. My friends Amelia, Chris, and I are going to be making a short television show to go on youtube. The first episode should be out in June. I can't explain much yet, there will be a post on it later, but it is exciting. There is also the possibility of my being in a band. A friend of mine has invited me to be lead vocals. Who knows how that will turn out!
Also, since Chuck is coming back for a third season, my goal is to get lots of friends and family involved in the show, as well as, to touch up on my knowledge of the show, which will include my journey to San Diego for the 40th annual Comic Con!! Josh Schwartz, executive producer and co-creator of Chuck, has done a few interviews since the announcement of the shows renewal, one of which stated that they, "have something very, very fun planned for Comic-Con this year," which means that I will get to see them!!!! How thrilling!!
I guess that is all the time I have seeing as Elise will be here to pick me up for school in like ten minutes, but I will leave you with a quote to ponder, which next time (probably later today) I will give my interpretation on....

"And above all, watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you because the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places. Those who don't believe in magic will never find it."
— Roald Dahl

Hope all is well,
Bee

Thought for the day...

So yesterday in Chemistry we watched a documentary called 11th hour with Leonardo DiCaprio. It was quite depressing saying how we are all going to become extinct and the Earth will begin to look like Venus. While I was viewing this I had a sort of epiphany. What if the reason the world has famines and viruses like AIDS and cancer is because the Earth is trying to balance out the over-population issue on its own. If this is the case should we really try and find that cure for cancer, or send aid to other countries? After pondering this I decided the answer is yes, solely because if I were starving I wouldn't care about the Earth's future seeing as I wouldn't be alive to see it. Sometimes we must focus on the present to provide a better future.
With that being said I would like to leave you all with a quote to ponder:

"Perhaps all the dragons in our lives are princesses who are only waiting to see us act, just once, with beauty and courage. Perhaps everything that frightens us is, in its deepest essence, something helpless that wants our love." — Rainer Maria Rilke
Have a wonderful Wednesday,
Bee

What the Chuck!!

Okay, so if you know me, you know that my life obsession is Chuck. It is a brilliantly dynamic show full of awesome cast and crew. Recently, the show was on the bubble of whether or not it was coming back for a third season. Today, NBC officially announced that the show was coming back, but with a slight drawback.... We have to wait until March 2010, after the Olympics to watch a new episode of Chuck again....
I am pissed to say the least. This change in airings is good because then the show will have a good time slot, and no budget cuts will be made, BUT does NBC honestly think that every viewer who watches Chuck is as loyal as me???? Who do they think is going to remember the show 10 months from now?

Sorry for the vent. I hope this means they will still be at Comic Con this summer, which by the way I will be attending!! Hehe...

I strongly reccommend that you check the show out. The entire first season is available for free at thewb.com and the second half of season two is available at nbc.com.


Until next time,
Bee

Introduction

Hello all in cyberland. Today I decided to crack down and make my own blog. Who knows how often I will post here! Anyways, I just wanted to say hi to all of you and invite you to my site! Hopefully I won't upset any of you with my thoughts...