North of Beautiful

Finally. It would take several months and the extreme need of extra credit to actually make me do something I like. Liiiiike, posting on my blog! Which clearly, I am doing. So. I read this book. Pretty surprising, huh? Well, Its called North of Beautiful, and it's by Justina Chen Headley. The main character in this book, is a girl named Terra. Terra has a near perfect body, great hair, a hot boyfriend, an awesome best friend, a loving mother, she lives in a nice house in a nice place, and her father is a famous cartographer. So what could be wrong with her life? well, maybe the fact that her Dad is actually a bitter burnout cartographer. Or that her Dad, with his mean bitter comments, has driven her mother to obesity. Or maybe the fact is that she cant get past her port-wine stain on her left cheek. Her dysfunction family VS. her flawed face. Throw in a random asian goth guy. And viola! An amazing read :-)
XOXO
me

Oh yes,

These posts have to be about books. So in lieu of that... stay posted! ;-)
XOXO

Book

So it's that time of the month again. NO shut up! That is NOT what I mean.... No no, what I REALLY mean is that it is time for another blog post on this blog! First of all i haven't posted anything on here for a long time... I have a reason! Its actually because I've been too busy! Yay, I have a life! Ha ha I'm just kidding, but yes... I do actually :-)

So just to sum up what has been happening.... Oh well, it seems that I was mistaken and I actually DON'T have a life. DARN.  So I am in a production of The Music Man. Really exciting right??? Not. Even though I have a really good part and so do all of my friends..... the practices are time-consuming, tiring, and sometimes a little boring. I shouldn't complain, I know, I know.... I'm a performer blah blah blah. but still! I am also a teenage girl and it is in my nature! so yeah....... MLIA. Oh yeah, the part that I got was Marian. Mariiiiiiaaaaaannn madame Librariannnnnnnnn. (I wont even mention the dance I have to do...!)

So, luv ya bunches XOXO,
<3

SNOW

The snow has buried me so I will post more about the tremendous snow storm that hit Chicago, when I have dug my self out. :-)
GO SNOW!!
PS: I will give you a hint.... We had 2 snow-days in a row!
XOXO

Sing Song

I have compiled a list of birthday songs:

This is your birthday song, it isn't very long... HEY!

Happy Birthday HUH Happy Birthday HUH there is sickness in the air, people dying every where! But happy Birthday! HUH HUH.

So its your birthday, so it's your birthday..... something something... JESUS CHRIST LOVES YOU THE BEST!


:-)
XOXO- Me


So.... vote on ur fave. AND MAYBE IF ANYONE REMEMBERS MY BIRTHDAY THEY MIGHT SING ME A SONG. Or even just wish me a happy birthday :-)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

WELL... So it's that time of the year again. No! Not that! You have a very dirty mind! No, no. But for those of you who know and love me.... And I know and love you too..... it's my birthday! :-) So YAY!
Since, as my friends know, I write songs I wrote one for this special occasion:
Happy Birthday  to  meeeeeeeeeee, I’m one hundred and threeeeeeeeeeeeee, I don’t look like a monkey and I’m super sexyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!  Sorry! sorry I know that's not very appropriate of me.... But who ever said that I was??????? So yay in honor of my maturity ;-)
Since I am now 14 I will write a list of things that will make me seem like a very positive person.
2 years until I can drive
4 years until I am legal
4 years until I can move out
6 years till I can drink
51 years until I am old
:-)
How is that for brain food?
Cheers!
XOXO, Shay

Super "fly" Super cool..... I'm not... WHY NOT?

Do you believe in fate? I believe in fate. Fate is the reason that I don't have a super(cool)power. I mean there are lots of things in life that I don't have. The ability to fly being one of them. Then it dawned on me that maybe there is a reason that I cannot fly. It MUST be fate! But why would fate put this cruel fate upon me? And come to think of it why can't I turn invisible and why don't I have super strength?
So (in all my spare time) I came up with a list:
The super powers I don't have/why I don't have them/how they would kill me:

*Fly- I would crash into a window
*Super strength- Crush myself
*Invisible- Walk into oncoming traffic but of course they REALLY wouldn't see me!
*Rubber-band-ness/ super flexibility- Probably strangle myself (you know... like while twisting myself into a little knot my legs accidentally slip around my neck... and yeah you get it...)
*Glow in the dark- Cannot see how that could possibly harm me... well maybe if the light kept me up at night... SLEEP DEPRIVATION!! (oh no!)
*Super Speed- Easy. I would just run very fast into a wall. (In fact I already have a lot of practice doing that....)
*Telepathy- Well... everyone knows the obvious problems with that. AND WHAT ABOUT IF EVERYONE WAS SINGING CHRISTMAS SONGS AND COMMERCIAL JINGLES?? I might actually commit super suicide with that power. And besides I have enough trouble already trying to organize my own thoughts... listening to other peoples minds??



PS: JUST SO YOU KNOW... No! I am not suicidal! It's just super powers added to my super clumsiness will... *OMG* I found my "super" power!!!

XOXO
Love you all and please please don't kill me ;-)

Happy 2011!!!

Have a happy new year! :-) I wish you the best... Since I have not yet made a list of resolutions I have not yet broken any of them so I should say I'm off to a good start!! Good luck in this fresh and shiny and bright and freshly washed new year!
XOXO

5....4....3....2....1....

Happy new year!! I hope you have a great new years party (or parties) I know I will! :-) So.... Have a great time! Until we meet again... next year... LOVE YA!!!
XOXO
<3 Me

I'm Singing The Holiday Blues...

I think I have the holiday blues. Or something. Is there such a thing? Whatever. The Holiday Hangover? Okay, sure. So maybe it's because I'm Jewish so present giving time is over. (JK, my Channukah bush is alive and thriving... with chain saws that my parents are using to take it down) Or maybe because on a family "vacation" everyone in my family (Mom, Dad, both sisters) except me got sick. Including my grandparents who we were visiting.
OR MAYBE IT'S BECAUSE SCIENCE FAIR IS RUINIFICATING MY LIFE (and hanging over my head like a noose). Or maybe because I needed to post something new before the spellings of *ThatJewishHoliday* got to my head. So..... To those of you who are having a better holiday than I am, or those of you who aren't but just don't complain as much as I do.....
HAPPY *NewyearseveChristmasWhatevs* HOLIDAY!
XOXO, luv ya bunches! (and branches!..... like mistletoe branches..... ;-)

HOW DO YOU SPELL...

Hanukka?
Chanukah?
Hanukah?
Hannukah?
Chanuka?
Chanukkah?
Hannukah?
Channukah?
Chanukka?
Hanukka?
Hannuka?
Hannukkah?
Channuka?
Hannukka?
Channukkah?
Channukka?

... WELL?

Anyways if you cant decide please just pick one. Or two. What ever. Happy ----------!!! Hope you gets lots of presents but especially you should remember we are celebrating this holiday because once again someone who wasn't Jewish tried to wipe us out, but yet again we prevailed. (Ha) So that is the REAL reason.

.... WAKE UP PEOPLE THIS IS NOT CHRISTMAS!!!! (It's better because we have 8 days!!!)


PS: HAPPY חנוכה !!!!

Sm:)e

:-) :-) :-)
Just be HAPPY!!!
And remember I (love) <3 luuuuvvvvv (love)
And I love you too! Well not you. Maybe you. DEFINITELY YOU! YOU HOTTIE GET BACK HERE!!! Go away I was SO not talking to you! Lets just say I love you all, except... just KIDDING!
Haha.... (well maybe I wasn't kidding but you will never know..... *cue in the evil laugh track*)

A Little Introduction Please?

*SPOILER ALERT*
So--- I realize in all my griping about writing about what I was actually supposed to write which were very numerous (once)
I never actually explained my book. Or gave a summary. Or ANYTHING. Sooooo yeah here it is my synopsis. (And yeah they call me the queen of big words. Actually they don't. but they do call DD that so....)
HERE I AM NOT PROCRASTINATING!!! I AM JUST GOING TO FIND MY  (@*#$(*% BOOK AND STARTING WRITING ABOUT IT. OK. Yeah. So. Here. It. Is.


Summer of My German Soldier- Bette Greene

Cast of Characters:
Girl (protagonist): Patty
Nazi: Anton
Dad
Mom
Patty's Sister: Sharon
Housekeeper: Ruth
Reporter: Charlene
(clearly their are more characters but they aren't that important to the flow of the story)

Patty is the main character. She is twelve. She is also Jewish. She has virtually no friends except her housekeeper Ruth. Her mother is a not a very loving person and is very bitter, and her dad beats her at the smallest provocation. Her little sister of course is perfect in every way and of course her parents adore her. One day Patty meets a German prisoner Anton. He escapes prison and she helps hide him. They are great friend and then they fall in love. Anton then runs away is shot and killed. Patty confesses to hiding him in her basement and is sent to a reform school (aka torture chamber from hell that isn't even Jewish) because her parents don't want her and she is to young to be sent to jail. And the book ends there. Now isn't that happy?

How Could You Be So Heartless?

Lets all take a moment to reflect all the evils in the world. In my book the girl is beaten by her father for no reason. I mean FOR ABSOLUTELY NO REASON AT ALL. If she even looks at something the wrong way he will just whip off his belt and really beat her. Her only escape? Going to her secret hideaway in which an escaped german prisoner is hiding. Actually she is Jewish. And the prisoner is a Nazi. How is it that a Nazi (her only friend) is so nice and sympathetic and her own JEWSIH father is so cruel? I don't understand it and actually in the book neither does he. Does anyone really understand it?

Books (like, REALLY)

Notice how this was supposed to be a blog about books assigned by my English teacher? And it's anything but? (Well, it's still assigned by an English teacher.....) Anyways I am going to do something that I am supposed to and ON TIME!! *shock*
I have finally picked a book, it's called Summer of my German Soldier and it's by Bette Greene.
since I have failed to post on this while I was reading (becuase let be honest who is going to post at 1:00 which is approximately the time that I read it?) So yeah stay "posted!"

Things That I Am Thankful For

I realized that my post was very Anti-Christmas. Whoops! I mean Anti-Thankful, and really I am thankful :-) so here:

Its not in really any order because I cant really decide:
My friends
Turkey
Books
Communication
My health
Music <3
The phone
Family
Jesus (he is my homeboy AND I DON WANT ANYONE TO LECTURE ME ON THE FACT THAT I'M JEWISH!!!!!!!! Jesus was a Jew too!) Lol I'm just kidding I'm only partially thankful for Jesus
My snuggie
The stairwell ;-P
Heaters
Hotties (lol because there are so many at my school.... NOT)
My guitar (I LOVE YOU AND WOULD DIE WITH OUT YOU)
DERULO!! (My stuffed "thing" :-)
My bed
Crossword puzzles
The fact that my heart ISN'T yellow



... When I think of more I'll Re-Update this

"Thanks" "Giving"

Are we really thankful? LETS ALL TAKE A MOMENT AND BE THANKFUL.
OK? and then lets sit down and be glad that it's REAL turkey and NOT tofurkey. (Ugh! for those of you who know me you will know about the REALLY BIG freak out i had during class about this. Actually
I freaked out more than once. Maybe three times. Or four. Or.... Yeah. You get the picture.) So have a great thanksgiving, and remember why we are all here! (Because the white man screwed off the Indian. HOW? Because we are so thankful and giving :-) So have a great time and just remember all we are thankful for while a dog that can't bark and millions of little kids and cousins and next door neighbors and people you don't even know run around your legs! Have a GREAT time!
Luv ya all bunches XOXO

The Nose Knows

OK this was just a totally epic nose!

Normally I am a terrible drawer. Well not terrible exactly but the nose has always confunded me. well confund me no more nose! I HAVE CONQUERED YOU!!

PS/BTW: Those are my parents arguing in the backround. They are fighting about me, but I can't smell them! Ooops... I mean hear.

PPS: I drew this nose for science class :-)

What I REALLY REALLY REALLY REALLY Hate About Science Fair. (Really)

The worst part of science fair: (Or one of them at least because believe me there are many many more...)
ANNYYWWAYYS soooo... The very worst part.
The Work. Just actually getting down and doing actual work is the worst. Science fair isn't actually that bad. (YES IT IS!! Don't listen to my for-now-sensible self!) It's just when you actually have to sit down and READ or WRITE or SOMETHING. That's it. The very worst part. THAT IS THE VERY WORST PART.

Halloween

CANDY CANDY CANDY. I am now on a sugar high/crash and will update this post later but I did want to write something on halloween. G'night G'night every one!!! AAAIIIIEEEEEE........ catch you later!
and NO I will not take off my jacket! (In fact I'm still wearing it. JKJK) I'm cold! I'm HhOoTt..... I'll write something more memorable when I can actually see and hear and and, and yeah. Laters!

How I Feel About Science Fair...

...

I Heart Getting ORAL

Oral surgery that is. It was so fun! First he (the surgeon) sucked the spit out of my mouth with an annoying metal sucking thingy. Then he blew anesthetic into my mouth to numb it so I could get a shot of the real anesthetic. He then pushed the needle in, that hurt and I'm very sorry to the nurse -I hope I didn't break ALL your fingers- it became very numb. Then he cut open my gums and proceeded to do who-knows-what. Did I mention that there was a large quantity of blood that belonged to me that unfortunately does not belong to me anymore? But the MAIN result is that I cant eat cookies *sob* and I now have chipmunk cheeks/guinea pig lips. so HA! Beat that, wonders pets! (The unimportant result that no one cares about is that I now have a pretty gold chain coiled up in my mouth that's attached to my brain with lots of seemingly random gaping holes in my gums.)

Anyways I'm sorry people who are reading this. Yes, I am a very inappropriate person. (Hence the blood? ;-)
PS: But Mindy are you proud of me? I used an em dash!

Better With Butter

Have you ever noticed food lovers that everything tastes better with butter? Popcorn, fish, pie crust, cake, toast, potatoes, etc..... Other food not necessarily. I  love love chocolate but *sob* it doesn't necessarily taste better with everything (e.g. chocolate and fish- EW). This is probably true because no one eats plain butter, butter is a food that NEEDS to go with other food. Good thing that I could eat chocolate all day plain with out getting sick! *bleeech, JK*

Mr. Brightside

"Always look on the bright side of life!" Ahhhh.... I love Monty Python, and yes that is very good advice. Also considering the fact that while they were singing this inspirational song they were being crucified. So take this to heart. Also I love The Killers, and this song (Post Title), though only the title is in fact positive.

Plans are for Popular People

Have you ever had that friend who has made plans with you, only to cancel at the last minute to hang out with someone else? (If she's a girl and its a guy, that is annoying cuz ur friends are more important than boyfriends, but hey love is blind right?) but what if its a girl?? what? are you saying that she is cooler than you? even tho we made the plans first?????? (admit it! you've probably done the same thing) sure it hurts and no way are you going to admit that thats why she cancelled on you. :-( it happens all the time even to the best of us. WHY?
what? NO! this has never happened to me! NEVER NEVER NEVER! well maybe. okay, yes. it has and i had to vent somewhere. so here seems as good a place as any :-)
actually i am ALSO venting for a friend who has had this happen to her numerous times- she is totally awesome she just has bad taste in good friends. SO SCREW YOU YOU PLAN RUINERS!

My Name in Words

I love words that have my name inside them. It makes me feel so special! Especially in a different language. And if it has anything to do with me. Here's a new one:

Pagbabasa- MEANS---Reading: I love to read, and this is a book blog, and it's my last name AND its in Tagalog! (I'm Philippine:-) yayyy! go randomness with my name............

John Lennon- Happy 70th Birthday!

OMG, Today it is -I mean would have been- John Lennon's 70th birthday! I feel a lot of remorse by this, as he is dead :-( 
Screw you Mark David Chapman.  In fact because you killed him I have made your name extra small and crossed out. How does that make you feel?? It should make you feel bad because you did KILL A MAN. And not just any man. JOHN LENNON! Think of what he would be doing today had he been alive to be celebrating his birthday. Writing a song, making peace, changing the world? Who knows? Anyways....... Long live John Lennon who is definitely not forgotten by those who appreciate good music.

<3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3

(-: PS: OMG 70!!!! WoW...I am such a big Beatles fan :-)

Happy Birthday!

Imagine By John Lennon (My fave. song by him after the Beatles broke up)

Ender's Game

*Spoiler Alert* First off this is definitely one of the best science fictions books I have ever read. Most of the science fiction books I read I usually get bored with quickly. Maybe I'm either reading the wrong ones or maybe they are all written very grownup-ish and dense. However this one was sooooo not what I expected! First of all it was written from the perspective of a 6 year old. (A very smart one, but still) Yes, it does take place in the future, and it does involve a war with aliens. But it's more about Ender's battle training then actually defeating the aliens. I really like how Orson Scott Card describes these scenes when Ender is training for a battle, because in this book it treats all the battles like games. I also like the role that girls play in this book. In most of the science fiction stories I have read they don't really get a part except to play the lovers of the big macho men and then die. In this story they might not have such a big role but they a they are very important to the outcome. Like Ender's sister Valentine. I really like her. And she definitely has an effect on the outcome of the story and of the entire planet.

(-: Hi :-)

Hello people who are from a different country! Today I checked out my stats and I noticed that this blog was viewed by people from Iraq, Iran, The UK, Canada, Indonesia, Brazil, Japan, Bulgaria, Slovenia, South Africa, Lithuania, and Russia. Which both creeped me out since I don't know anyone from theses countries (except Canada), and excited me because I don't know anyone from these countries. (*OMG!!*) So once again "Hi!" and thanks for reading! :-)

PS: This is really exciting! I feel like a celebrity even if these random people just stay on this page for 3 seconds. Well, who cares? That's 3 seconds more than last time!

PPS: Where are all these people coming from? Who cares? Yay!

Blook Bogging

OK OK, sorry Mindy. I realize this is supposed to be a book blog so I will try my hardest to read a book. (Haha! You know how hard that is for me.... :-P) hey, can we also write about books that aren't on the book list? because about half of them are about WW2/Holocaust which really depress me and I like happy things.  Like unicorns <[:-)]. Could you please put some books on the list about unicorns? And I don't want any unicorn heroes in WW2 please. Because then the main character will die and the unicorns will be sad, and what is the point of a sad unicorn? (*cough cough HarryPotter cough*)
 Just kidding, I don't actually care that much about unicorns but can we pick our owns books as long as you have read them or think that they're OK or something?

Things that make me happy

Drawing smiley faces on steamed up windows.
Popping bubble wrap.
Eating raw cookie dough.
Playing guitar.
Listening to an old song on the radio I haven't heard in a long time.
Watching toddlers trying to escape their parents.
Finding a quarter on the sidewalk (cuz then you feel rich since you usually only find pennies).
Looking up and seeing a cloud shaped like a duck.
Melted marshmallows in hot chocolate.
Watching an ant try to carry a Cheerio.
Walking barefoot on grass.
Pretending to be a cat.
Getting a phone call.
Pancakes shaped like Mickey Mouse.
Finding a four leaf clover.
:-)

Don't laugh! I bet these make you happy too......

Birthdays/ Sept 24

Happy birthday Dad!
(-: and anyone else whos bday it is :-)

Science Fair/ Science Scare

*Shudders* why is it that in any REAL school none of my friends there have science fair??? Why is it that at this school we have to work on science fair for an extra MONTH? Our science teacher's reasoning makes sense in theory: an extra month means you can spread it around more and feel less stressed because you're not doing everything last minute. Well, so what? I mean that just makes us feel obligated to do extra work, and we don't really do anything in the first month, and that just makes us dread this experience even more. Why should we think about science fair a month more than we have to? It will though, give us a lot more to talk to our therapists about when we are older.......

History Project- Geography & Nation/States (CHP. 13)

Why is Portugal a separate country and not part of Spain?
Well, I’m not going to tell you. That’s right. I’m not. Are you surprised? You shouldn’t be. Why on earth would I tell you? I mean I really don’t care. And seriously since most papers start with a question and then it says, “I’m going to tell you…” DUH! Which is precisely why I started it that way. To shock you. Did it work? Well let’s think about that. If I didn’t care about the original question then why would I care about whether or not you were shocked?
PS: I hope Mr. C, never sees this because it's not a bad question/homework assignment it's just that if Portugal wants to form its own little country separate from Spain, who am I to question?


BTW- They separated because they had a little "marital issues" going on. (I. e. they sounded like an old married Jewish couple. Except they weren't that old. And I highly doubt they were Jewish *smirks*)

Oh I'm a Gummy Bear, Oh I'm a Yummy Bear! (And i dont like KP, in MY candy land)

Why is it that people are under the impression that gummy bears have fingers??? WELL THEY DONT. Which means people (katy perry, gummy bear song writer, and others) that if a gummy bear wanted to swear at u it would have to speak to you. Yes! if u can imagine actually verbalize instead of using its fingerless hand!! Then again can gummy bears even talk?

Candy Land Tennis Court

Have you ever watched a tennis court being painted? I did for the first time, and can i say it is really a beautiful thing. The paint resembled a melted laffy taffy, and something about the way the sun hit it while they poured it on the court in huge blobby globs of Delicious red-ness made me just want to, I don't know, lick it or chew it like bubble gum. Luckily, thanks to my conscience, a very smart 7 yr old boy. I did not. But I can say I was very tempted. The moral of this story is never take a freshly painted tennis court for granted.

Mr. Cohen's Cream-Y-A-Y-tion

Have you ever had a nightmare about your toilet regurgitating, and then your teacher taking the stuff that comes out and blending it together than putting it on a salad? No, I have never had that dream.
Of course our lovely teacher Mr. Cohen made a very interesting salad dressing today. It was an original creation.  First he mixed vinegar and sweet & sour sauce together. Then he mixed garlic and onion powder together.  Hmm... interesting this must be the new vampire (and human) repelling dressing. Then he put in black pepper and paprika. "Mr. Cohen? Are you making this up as you go along?" We asked innocently. "No! I thought about this beforehand! *like i would make this up as I go along seriously why would any one think that? omg seriously, hey whats this? looks good lets use it, but of course i thought about this beforehand I've always wanted to have a.... like really.....how could anyone even think....*"
For a finishing touch he put in seasoned salt and canola oil.  (How original,  I would have never have thought about that!) Then he blended it together. (for safety reasons we all retreated to the back corner of the room). I have decided it looks like pumpkin pie in a cup. So now I'm gunna rename it: sauce salade de potiron. YUM YUM, eat it up!

FACIAL TWITCH

When i see the words "facial twitch" written in a book usually my face twitches. Is that normal? And the fact that when someone in a book is depressed or really happy, then im just randomly really depressed/happy? Or if the protagonist smiles/ frowns  so do i? Does that ever happen to anyone else? Or am i just a very special person? (who just finished a book in which the annoying main charachter questions every action her face has ever done down to her facial twitches.....)

Blogs About Books

This is a blog about books for all you internet creepers, and wierdos, and just in general for people on the internet.  So if you're reading this becuase you think you'll find out something interesting, you will, it just might not be about what you thought it would be.  In general it is my policy to write only about intellectual things especially when your english teacher has your password and is giving you a grade. Of course I won't just write about books but I probably will. BTW: if you think I'm a nerd, guess what? I AM WRITING A BLOG ABOUT BOOKS.

First Post

Just to make this more interesting to read I actually have to write something :-)