I recently read "The Iron Fey" series by Julie Kagawa because of a friend that told me I would absolutely love the books. Of course, my friend was absolutely correct and this series will go into the hall of fame for me. These books are about a normal girl named Meghan Chase who doesn't get along with her mom, isn't the most popular and of course wants to date the most popular guy in school. After an embarrassing event that happened because of the popular guy at school, her best friend reveals himself as a faery and takes her into the faery world. Her friend, named Puck, informs her that she is the summer faery king's daughter. In the faery world, there is the summer and winter kingdoms, and it just so happens that Meghan is the princess of the summer kingdom. Meghan is required to go and meet the winter court and soon finds herself absolutely entranced by the winter prince. Of course, it's forbidden that anyone from the summer and winter courts should be in love, especially the prince and princess; it doesn't help that this prince is kind of a jerk. An unfortunate, later turned into fortunate, series of events leads the princess, the prince and Puck on an adventure and Meghan sees that the prince isn't as mean as he seems to be. The Prince also seems to find himself extremely attracted to Meghan, even after the loss of his "one true love" which, the loss this girl was mainly because of Puck and the prince has never forgiven Puck for this and vows to kill him. Meghan Chase is sent on a wild adventure with her bestfriend and the guy who she may be falling in love with, and these boys are mortal enemies. Needless to say this series is very addicting and I couldn't put the books down.
So I know that everyone is pretty much sick and tired of
hearing about the Hunger Games, but I love it so much that I just couldn't
bring myself to blog about anything else. I made sure that I read the books
before I went and saw the movie. Unlike most people though, I wasn't all that
disappointed. I love every character in this series so much and I thought that
the movie creators did an excellent job of casting. The book is about a place
called Panem. There are 12 districts in Panem and each district is in charge of
producing something different. Katniss is from district 12, the coal producing
part of Panem. Her father was killed in a mining accident and she automatically
became the adult in her family due to her mom practically going insane after
her father died. Katniss loves her little sister, Prim, very much. Her district
is starving so she must find a different source of food. She hunts with her
best friend, Gale. Every year, each district must sacrifice two tributes to
participate in a sick game... Known as the Hunger Games. Katniss' little sister
was chosen as the female tribute from her district, resulting in Katniss
volunteering to take her place. The Hunger Games is basically a big murder show
for the rich people from Panem. 24 tributes go into the arena but only one tribute
will make it out alive. Katniss is appalled by the games, much like everyone
else. The boy tribute from her district, Peeta, is a sweet guy who wants
nothing more than for Katniss to win. Not only because she is the most likely
to win, but because he is in love with her. Their romance continues throughout
the games. I don’t want to reveal to much of the story because I love it so
much and I’m glad that no one ruined it for me, so I wouldn’t want to ruin it
for anyone else. It’s definitely worth taking the time to read.
Do you ever feel like breaking down?
Do you ever feel out of place?
Like
somehow you just don't belong
And no one understands you
Do you ever
wanna run away?
Do you lock yourself in your room?
With the radio on,
turned up so loud
That no one hears you screaming
No you don't know
what it's like
When nothing feels alright
You don't know what it's like,
to be like me
To be hurt, to feel lost, to be left out in the dark
To
be kicked, when you're down
To feel like you've been pushed around
To
be on the edge of breaking down
When no one's there to save you
No you
don't know what it's like
Welcome to my life
Do you wanna be somebody
else?
Are you sick of feeling so left out?
Are you desperate to find
something more
Before your life is over?
Are you stuck inside a world
you hate?
Are you sick of everyone around?
With the big fake smiles and
stupid lies
Well deep inside you're bleeding
No you don't know what
it's like
When nothing feels alright
You don't know what it's like to be
like me
To be hurt, to feel lost, to be left out in the dark
To be kicked, when you're down
To feel like you've been pushed
around
To be on the edge of breaking down
When no one's there to save
you
No you don't know what it's like
Welcome to my life
No one ever
lies straight to your face
And no one ever stabbed you in the back
You
might think I'm happy but I'm not gonna be okay
Everybody always gave you
what you wanted
You never had to work it was always there
You don't know
what it's like, what it's like
To be hurt, to feel lost, to be left out
in the dark
To be kicked when you're down
To feel like you've been pushed
around
To be on the edge of breaking down
When no one's there to save
you
No you don't know what it's like
To be hurt, to feel lost, to be
left out in the dark
To be kicked when you're down
To feel like you've
been pushed around
To be on the edge of breaking down
When no one's
there to save you
No you don't know what it's like
Welcome to my
life
Welcome to my life
Welcome to my life
This song describes exactly how I've been feeling these last couple of months, and it makes it even better that Simple Plan sings it. This is my favorite song to listen to when I'm driving down the road with my windows down, especially if I've had an awful day! The song is simply about a person who is angry and sick of being pushed around. I believe that he is describing his feelings so that everyone will know exactly what's going on in his life. My favorite line is when he says, "To be kicked when you're down." This is my favorite quote because sometimes it feels like that's what everyone is trying to do. What I like about this song as a whole is that he doesn't sugar coat anything, there isn't some big happy ending where some girl comes along and makes him feel better. It's simply letting people know what's going on and "welcoming" them to how he feels. When he's singing the song, you begin to feel the exact same way he does, which makes you feel sympathetic towards him. And of course, it kinda makes you feel the same way that he does. It really hits home for me when he says, "to be on the edge of breaking down" because of some recent situations that constantly make me feel like I'm about to just start crying. I can relate to this song so much, as I'm sure most high school students can. Although I love this song very much, I understand that there are better things to come and my life won't always feel this rough. I'm just at the bottom of the rollercoaster, and hopefully I'll be building my way back up soon.
I went and saw this movie last weekend with a friend of mine just because we couldn't really think of anything else to do and I ended up loving it! Reese Witherspoon has always been my favorite actress and she did a great job playing her role in this movie. This Means War is about two bestfriends, FDR and Tuck, both very attractive and both are spies. These two have been a team for quite a while and they know exactly how to get the job done because of this. They work together, go to family events together and even fight bad guys together. The only difference in these two men is that Tuck wants to fall in love and FDR is your typical "I want to get in your pants," kinda guy. Tuck sets up an account on an online dating service and ends up finding Lauren (Reese Witherspoon). They go out on a date and instantly click. FDR was down the street during their date to make sure that nothing bad happened to Tuck and ended up running into Lauren as she was picking up a movie to take home. FDR didn't realize that it was the same girl but when Tuck did, it was officially war. After both men were restricted to their desks instead of going out into the field, they became obsessed with stalking Lauren and doing anything to stop the other from getting her. Tuck even goes as far as using his son to attract Lauren to him. FDR uses his grandmother to hit Lauren with emotions. In the end, Lauren has to make a choice, an obviously hard choice. Because this movie is so new, I don't want to put the ending on here so I'll just leave it at, you need to go see this movie. It's definitely worth the trip!
Percy Jackson & the Olympians is a series of books that give a modern twist to the well known stories of the greek gods. The Lightning Thief is the story of Poseidons half mortal son. Percy Jackson has always been different; ADHD and anger problems included. He lives with his mother in a trashy apartment with his step dad who he can't stand. His only friend, Grover, is handicapped and straight forward. Percy soon finds out that he is the son of Poseidon and is thrown into camp half-blood for protection. There he meets plenty of other half human, half god teenagers. His friend Grover, is actually is protector and has been protecting Percy from the very first day that they met. He is a satyr which is a half man, half goat. Percy soon finds out that he has the ability to develop powers given to him by his godly genes. He is also shocked to found out that he is the only son of Poseidon, therefore the only one in his dormitory at the camp. The camp is split up by which god or goddess you belong to. Most half-bloods are angry with their parents or don't understand why they aren't able to speak to their parents. Percy is upset that he had to leave his mother. After just a week of training Percy is sent on a mission to retrieve Zeus' lighting bolt which has been stolen. He goes through many different trials and tests before he finds out that the person who stole the lightning bolt was actually one of the students from the camp and Percy's friend. Percy overcomes his fear of using his power to retrieve the lightning bolt and returns it to Zeus' before a war broke out.
"Tale as old as time, true as it can be. Barely even friends, then somebody bends, unexpectedly."
Beauty and the Beast is the absolute best love story ever shown in theatres. This movie recently came back into theatres on January 13th and because it's one of my favorites I just had to write this blog about it. The movie starts out by giving you a bit of background information so that you know why the beast and his servants are cursed. That reason is because of the beast selfish heart, to break the spell he must love someone and have them love him in return.
Belle is a small town girl living with her crazy father. Her father is the town joke because of his inventions, but Belle is known as the most beautiful, yet strangest girl around. Gaston is the most popular guy in town because of his good looks and hunting ability. He believes that Belle is supposed to be with him. After being denied by Belle he becomes angry.
Belles’ father was going to take his invention to a fair and lost his horse. He came to the Beasts’ castle and the Beast locked him up. Belle later came looking for her father and exchanged her captivity for her father’s freedom. Belle hated the Beast for a few days for what he had done and for who he was. She left the castle one night and the Beast saved her from wolfs. Belle began to get to know the Beast and started to enjoy her time spent in the castle with the Beast and his servants. When the Beast finally allows her to see her father she realizes that he is very sick, so the Beast releases her. When she gets back into the little town she showed the townspeople the beast so that they would not think that her father was insane. The townspeople attacked the castle and Gaston goes after the Beast. The Beast doesn’t even fight back until he sees Belle. Gaston ends up stabbing the Beast in the side so the Beast drops him from the top of the castle. As the Beast is taking his last breath, Belle tells him that she loves him. He then transforms back into a human and they live happily ever after.
This movie shows us that we shouldn’t judge a person by their outward appearance; instead we should judge them by the sincerity and kindness in their heart. Belle found her true love by looking past the Beasts’ hair and fangs. The Beast learned to care for someone other than himself, which is also one of the greatest lessons anyone could learn.
Okay,
to begin this post I should probably say that the only reason I even watched this movie is because Robert Pattinson is in it. As much as I hate to
admit it, I am crazy about the Twilight series. I sat down with my mom on a
lazy Sunday afternoon and begged her to watch this movie with me. I had no idea
what it was about and neither did she, which is actually the best way to begin
watching this movie. The opening scene of the movie is a little girl, standing
with her mother, waiting on a subway. To make a long beginning short,
her mother is robbed and then shot so that she won’t be able to identify the
robber. The little girl’s father is the cop on the scene, which makes the whole
thing even more difficult to take in. Like in every good movie, it switches
over to many years after the incident in New York City. Bad boy Robert
Pattinson is undecided about… well, pretty much everything. His father is the
complete opposite of course; suit wearing, hair-gelled, successful businessman.
Robert’s parents are divorced and his older brother committed suicide many
years ago, the only thing holding him to the ground is his precious little
sister and his best friend. Robert’s character gets into a little bit of
trouble with the law later in the movie; the main cop on the job is the little girl’s
father. Robert later finds out that the cop has a beautiful daughter, so he
begins to pursue her to get back at the cop. Completely unexpected, Robert
falls for the cops daughter and she becomes the thing that he is absolutely positive
about for the first time in his life. Of course, she later finds out about his
original plan and becomes angry at him. If you’re interested in watching this
movie, I should probably tell you to stop reading this blog right now. No,
really; stop reading right now. For those of you who aren't interested in
watching it, I’ll continue. Obviously the couple gets over their situation and
get back together. Everything is finally going right in Robert’s life; he’s
even getting along with his dad. It’s the morning after him and the girl get
back together and he decides to go visit his dad at work, just for a talk. The
camera shows him walking into his dad’s office and sitting in his desk, his dad wasn't there yet. It then switches over to his little sister sitting in her
desk at school; her teacher begins to write the date on the board: September 11,
2001. The camera then goes to Robert’s face and it zooms out to reveal that his
dad’s office is in one of the twin towers. The screen goes black for no longer
than 2 seconds. Then it comes back and you see cop cars, fire trucks, news
casters, and last but not least; the reaction of each of Robert’s family and
friends. Just like that, your heart is ripped out of your chest and the movie
is over. Although I cried like a baby for about 30 minutes after the movie
ended, it still is one of my favorite movies. I know that I ruined the ending
for those of you who haven’t seen it, but I highly recommend that you watch it.
Thanks for reading!
