Lazy Wednsday

Today was totally laid back, and I completely loved it. The school library finally had "Firestarter" by Stephen King checked in, and I'm about 50 pages into it. My mom went to the public library and checked me out a few other books, too: a book on Les Miserables, Phantom, and the script to Fiddler on the Roof. The Les Mis and Phantom books also have scripts in the back of them, too!

I didn't have much homework, so I'm planning to do it during homeroom, lunch, and recess tomorrow. I want to curl up in bed with my books tonight.

I coded some more of my site today, and transferred several pages to the new layout. It still remains a work in progress, though, so I won't be posting any more hints! (A few nights ago, I also "save for web"'ed all my images, made them smaller, and decreased quality so it would look the same, but work on more browsers and load faster. Everybody wins!)

Tomorrow I'll probably have more homework, and I also have a swim meet. I'll probably get to bed late and wake up tired and achy.

But today...today was good.

To think that I saw it on Mulberry Street

In literature, we're looking at the script for "The Monsters are Due on Maple Street". Tomorrow, we're doing a trial to see if Charlie was trying to act all heroic like or if he meant to murder Pete Van Horn.

For those of you who don't know the Twilight Zone series, here's the collection of videos making up the episode:

Part One:


Part Two:


Part Three:


Personally, I like the Lego version better:

Fanthom Phrenzy

I actually got to see Phantom last night! It was incredible, and it just made me even more excited about seeing Sweeney in February.

The cast was amazing, and although some scenes were stronger in the movie (Chandelier crash, for example), "Notes", "Hannibal", and "Final Scene" were all to die for. They were incredibly well done, and I was on Cloud Nine the entire time.

After the performance, I got this really nifty Prima Donna shirt. I'm wearing it right now:

Who Rocks the Blocks?

Knox rocks the blocks!

Yesterday was the 6th Annual Rock the Block swim meet. I was only in 2 events (50 free and 50 back), but I think I did pretty well on them! I increased my time by 1 second on my 50 free (from 37 to 38), but I lost 10 seconds on my 50 back (from 52 to 42). Someow, I won both events.

I also learned something: XYG, as in, "Examine Your Goggles!" On both events, my goggles broke. Seriously.

Maybe broken goggles help you win? Hmmm...

EDITED TO ADD- (5 minutes later) I just found out that Joel Madden is officially a daddy!

"Harlow Winter Kate Madden was born Friday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and weighed 6 lbs. 7 oz."

Non weekend

I'm blogging about my non-existent weekend tomorrow. I woke up at 6 all week, today I got to wake up at 6:40 today for a swim meet, and I get to wake up at 6:30 to babysit. Then for another week, it's back to waking up at 6.

Wah! (I want my weekend back---I also have homework!)

Swimming stuffs

Yesterday, we had stormy weather, so during swimming practice, we swam for about 40 minutes rather than our usual hour and a half. To pass the time, we had several things going on:

1st: Stretch & duck walk/lunge around the pool several times (I'm really sore)
2nd: Do homework or more duck walking
3rd: Wrote our swimming goals down

Oddly enough, my goal was to "Get back to where I was at the beginning of the season." My time for my first meet was the first time I ever got last, but it was also my best time. I'm currently at 37 seconds for a 50 meter freestyle, and I want to get back down to 34 seconds by regionals.

Some people want to go away from their beginning times. I think I'm about the only one who wants to go back there.

Blog365: Day 10

I have absolutely nothing to post. So enjoy Sacha Baron Cohen's version of The Contest:

Blue Suede Shoes

Well, actually black, white, and hot pink leather shoes with a bit of suede, but I got new shoes today. My boots are insanely small, and I don't want to have to continuously borrow my mom's shoes.

However, today my mom and I went to Pac-Sun and found a really nice pair that are comfy and cute. And they fit.

Nothing else happend today, and normally I wouldn't blog, but I have a Blog365 obligation, so I can't just ignore today.

Blog365: Day 8

I had another swim meet tonight. I cut 4 seconds from my 50 meter freestyle time (From a terrible 41 to a so-so 37), and my relay team is getting better.

Besides that, nothing really happend. School was school-like, and I wish we could stay on square roots longer in math (I'm actually pretty good with square roots).

End of post.

*Insert Witty Title Here*

Today was the first day back in school. I'm trying to start out fresh with an empty binder and open mind (and to occasionally pay attention in math---I sit in the veeeeeeeery back row, so it's easy to get lost).

It's recently occurred to me that for 13 years, between 5 and 18, kindergarten through 12th grade, kids don't really get "time off". The longest time you'll ever have away from school is 2 months, and then your homework level just keeps getting higher.

Yes, I'm probably just negative because the end of break means:

a. Waking up at 6
b. Having no free time AT ALL
c. Homework
d. Paying attention for 8 hours straight.

No, my homework isn't completely done. But I'll finish it at recess. I'm going to bed.

Happy Epiphany Day!

According to Maya, today is Epiphany Day, so what better way to celebrate than to listen to Epiphany?

Attend the Tale (Again)

After creating that trailer, I've been in a huge Sweeney Todd craze. Mainly because I'm not allowed to see the movie.

However, I remembered the Phantom characters I made awhile ago, so I got bored, and went back to South Park Studios and whipped up this little beauty:



I admit that I photoshopped the Beadle's hair to fit the top hat, and I also did up Johanna's dress to make it a dress and not a belly shirt and a skirt. I still give all credit for the pieces to the creator of the site.

For left to right: Beggar Woman, Sweeney, Mrs. Lovett, Toby, Pirelli, Judge Turpin, Beadle Bamford, Anthony, and Johanna

(I didn't find out until I flattened the image that the "flower" on Mrs. Lovett's shirt is actually a marijuana plant. Oops!)

Bassoon-ery

Today I actually decided to get serious with the bassoon. My mom printed out a really good fingering chart, so I sat down with the monstrosity of an instrument and played for about 20 minutes. However, I played hard. I had never really gotten any further than the first two pages on my method book before, but I tossed the book aside and pulled out my trusty Lion King sheet music. I tried "Can You feel The Love Tonight", but soon deemed it rather difficult. I chose "be Prepared" instead.

Now, after a good long session of straight bassooning, I think I've actually accomplished something. I can play about half of the entire song, and I can play about a quarter of it fluently. Tomorrow I'm planning on forcing myself to spend an hour on that song and just plain nail it.

Next stop- "Music of the Night"
Final destination- "March of the Heffalumps"

Anthony! (Todd, Todd) Anthony?

The only thing worth posting at all today are a few pictures I scanned and edited for Maya a couple days ago. I was obsessing about Jamie Campbell Bower over the phone with her for the past week, and I got a really good book about the Sweeney Todd movie with lots of Jamie-Anthony pictures. She wanted a few, so I scanned them and sent them to soon hear her squeal with delight. Have a nice squeal yourself:

Attend the Tale

The Sweeney Todd Movie Site has recently become one of my favorite sites. It used to have nearly all the music on it, it had a cool design, and the ecards are adorable. (How about a snack with heart?) Recently, they added another feature: the trailer-maker.

Maya told me about it, and I decided to mess around with it for awhile. After about an hour, I came up with this:



Personally, I think it's pretty good.

I can hardly believe I'm doing this

My mom convinced me to join Blog365. As in posting every day besides February 29 (We get a day off because of Leap Year.)

My New Years resolutions were actually pretty average before Insane blogging got on the list. It mainly consisted of finishing my website, writing a really good skit, learning Flash and Java while improving my HTML and CSS, working on and primping the websites that I made when I was 7, attempting to get a good grade in math, staying same, etc.

But now I have to blog. Daily. I find it really hard to find something to post weekly without mentioning something about school drama. I am looking forward to seeing my blog post-level to rise above double-digits, though.

"Let's post until the Internet explodes."

Santa Klaus

Because of that site I'm making, I've recently been searching for a lot of pictures. Most recently, I've been looking for pictures of the Baudelaires from A Series of Unfortunate Events. In my attempt, I stumbled upon a really coll art site: Page One Page Two

I've had a lot of fun clicking around, and here are my favorite pieces: (I'm jealous of the mad skillz of the people who made these)


Luna Lovegood

Klaus Baudelaire (Actually the picture that brought me to the site)

All Three Baudelaires

Snape on Valentine's Day

Harry and Cho

"Little Kiddie Snape in Bad Weather"

Viktor (My personal favorite---the artist said she hoped he didn't look too much like Santa)

Click around the site---it's really cool!

Random Silliness

I've noticed myself watching videos and reading a lot of about Nicole Richie recently. Normally, I wouldn't, but I've been interested ever since she started dating Joel Madden. Ever since they started dating, I've been really surprised how much she's accomplished and straighted up.

I've also been flipping through my blog archive. I came across one post in which I posted four mini-skits, two by me and two by Karen. As I was reading one of mine, I was surprised to see one of my posts:

Joel- Well, I don't know....I'm already engaged to someone who has been in jail several times, done drugs and made me dye my hair like Cruela deVil....*sobs* MY BEAUTIFUL HAIR!!!!


While I do still have the same opinion on his old haircut, I was shocked to see how different my opinion on Nicole has changed over the course of 3 months. Really.

So, Nicole, if you read this blog (which I highly doubt), take no thought in that comment. Skittlers...they think they can do EVERYTHING...

NaBloPoMo Aftermath

After 30 straight days of blogging, posting daily has become a sort of habit. Really. It's almost 8PM the second day after NaBlo, and I should be doing one of the following:

-Reading my literature book
-Working on my Geography map
-Reading "A Christmas Carol" so I can land a good role when my literature class performs it
-Showering
-Cleaning my room

What AM I doing? Blogging! I have absolutely nothing to blog, yet I have this insane urge to post something. This is going to become ridiculous, as I'm going to be feeling guilty for not blogging on days that are incredibly busy. (Such as swim meet days)

I suppose I just don't want to fall back into my post-every-three weeks mode again. Now that I've begun blogging, I really enjoy getting comments and just writing random stuff. So I suppose I'm becoming post-protective and not letting a day slip without me posting.

Now, when I go away for the weekend in like, two weeks, THAT will be interesting. Chances are, I'll have to bring a pen and a notebook so I can write my daily entry and then copy it into my blog. Desperate much?

Memories of Germany

Probably the main way I start liking bands is when I hear them after I've forgotten them for about three years. I listened to "Bring Me To Life" when I was 8, and now I'm a huge Evanescene fan. I've been listening to "Lifestyles of the Rich and the Famous" since I was five, and that got me to star liking Good Charlotte (Recognizing "Predictable" sealed the deal, though).

Well, today, I was prowling roleplaying boards online until I came to one entitled "Band Roleplay". I wasn't going to join, but I like reading other people's roleplays. My ears nearly perked up when I saw one person arguing with another person about being a member of Oomph. I remembered them from Germany, and I remember this one song of theirs being on MTV a lot. I didn't remember the name, but I remembered part of the song had "liebe" in it, so I figured to search Youtube for "Oomph- liebe"

I just found it. The music video is just as I remember it.

If you want to watch it, here you go: