To do this summer!

Sleep, is what I plan on doing with a bit of crying that all school has ended. Then I plan to just chill read some good books, and watch some good movies. I’m re-taking the ACT this summer; I want to apply for some colleges. I want to relax for a bit with friends, and my family. I plan on helping out a friend with a movie he wants to do [So fun!!].

I really don’t have anything planned that is major for the summer. If I could spend my days in a library I would. I guess I will just take it easy, as I prepare for the next step toward my future. Maybe, I will work on my bowling skills so that maybe I can be as good as my uncle. I wish this entry didn’t seem so scattered, I just don’t know for sure what I’m going to do this summer.

I know I will keep writing my stories, continue drawing, learn to drive, and read a lot. I will have fun with friends, and spend more quality time with my mother. I will keep taking pictures of the sky, and remember the partial solar eclipse that I witnessed. [Not recommended to do, because it hurts, and can cause blindness. I viewed through tinted car windows-still not safe.] I will be happy with myself, and keep moving forward. The world I live in is limitless, and I plan on living a happy life past this summer, and the next.

The rest is an unexplained and a complete mystery…

Favorite summer memory

Well most of my summers are uneventful, and quite boring. I don’t think I have a favorite memory of summer days. Being with friends is fun, but that rarely happened for me. I usually spent my summers watching television all night into the early morning, and then just sleeping all day. I was always glad to be free from school, but I was often bored.

When I became a heavy reader when I was younger, I would spend a lot of days and nights just reading a good book. With reading I spent less time watching television, and being less bored as well. I would also write short stories, or even scripts, or I would just sit at the table and draw. My parents always worked, and I didn’t see much of my brothers. I guess a favorite memory for me was when I went to Lake Mille Lacs with my family.

That weekend was a good one; we woke up to the unfamiliar sounds of nature. We rode on a boat, in the lake, and even went fishing in another. The warm nights and hot days were very nice. It was good to get that step away from reality, even for a short weekend. That would qualify as a favorite summer memory for me. The rest is just a mystery…

The million dollar question.

If you were offered a million dollars, would you go a month without technology?

This means you have to step down, and avoid all forms of technology. Basically you can’t watch television, listen to CD’s, or play angry birds. Any piece of technology like, Light, iPods, or computers you have to avoid. You have to go a month cooking on a gas stove, or over a campfire, reading by sunlight, or candle light, and any other things that don’t require a modern form of technology.

This is a good chance to learn how are lives can be changed in a single moment. Today’s generation relies heavily on technology, if it’s their touch screen phones, or their computers. Yet if suddenly all technology stopped working, would we as a people be alright? Many movies today have this as a scenario, where the modern world is forced back into the dark ages. If that actually happened what would we do, how would we re-learn to survive?

Technology has made us weak, it has enabled is to the point where we grow weaker, and technology grows stronger. We make these things to help us, but it is a waste of time and material, and is doing just as much harm than good. The generations are slipping, and are becoming less educated in the process of it all. Kids don’t even need to know how to spell anymore thanks to spell check. Also they don’t need to learn cursive or special types of writing styles, because of typing.

I love technology just as much as the next person, I grew up with it, and it is still growing today, but I just worry about the future of those after my generation. The older generation would try this challenge, because they were raised in that way. I’m told stories about their lives when they could not afford a colored television, and played all day outside. Yet I guarantee that any young kid living with all the technology in the world would say no to even the thought of this challenge even for a million dollars. The rest is just a mystery…

Day with a celebrity.

If I could spend an entire day with a celebrity it would have to be Betty White. I have loved her since I was young, and I enjoy watching her now. I loved watching her as Rose in The Golden Girls, and her new show Off Their Rockers. I find it funny when the older generation can find funny ways to prank the younger generation. I have always been a big fan of Betty White, and if I could meet her would be a dream come true.

Now that I would choose Betty White to spend the day with I’m not sure what we would spend our day doing. Just watching television all day might not be that fun for either of us. I believe I would see what she would want to do, and spend our day that way. I could just hope that she doesn’t make us do anything crazy. By the end of the day I just hope that we could spend our time together again.

When it comes down to celebrities I would choose Betty White to spend my day with, no questions asked. Being a fan that I am, it makes the choice very easy to make. I don’t know what we would do with an entire day, but I hope that it is fun. Not only fun, but also a good time for us both so that we could spend the day together again.

Most memorable birthday to this day.

I have had some good birthdays, mostly spent with my family and close friends. I don’t quite have a very memorable birthday in my opinion. My 15^th birthday is one I remember that my parents made a poster of a baby picture of mind. It was embarrassing when my friends saw it, and signed it. That is one of the few birthdays I remember as being really good, and I believe that was also the year my father, shoved my face in the cake.

The next birthday I remember as being good was the year after that when I turned 16. On the actual day (Wed), I came home from school to find my mother had decorated my room with balloons, and streamers. It was cute and very thoughtful; I was also getting confirmed from my religion class that following Friday. On that Friday, my family was all gathered at the Plaza, where they had the workers sing happy birthday. That was also the time I tried fried ice cream for the first time.

 Those are the two memorable birthdays to this day for me. I had a good and happy time with my friends, and my family. When I’m with them on my birthday I could not be happier. I just hope that future birthdays for me are just as great, Spending it with my loving family. The rest is just a Mystery.

How commercials impact me.

Television is a big part in the lives of almost everyone, and is in fact a pastime that all people engage in. With this there are ways that companies get out the news of their newest products an example is through commercials. There are a number of commercials that I enjoy, and example is the shark commercial about the snickers peanut butter. I get a good laugh from it, and I just love snickers with peanut butter. So this commercial has a very good impact on me.

A second is the crystal light commercial with the two women who are talking, and one gets their purse stolen. The second woman chases after them, and manages to keep up even though the robbers are on a moped scooter thing. They run out of gas and she takes the purse back and the robbers run off scared. I get a good laugh, I’m all for woman power yet I still don’t drink crystal light. This commercial does not impact me as much as the first one, but it is still very good.

My number one most favorite commercial is one that always makes me want to have a cold coca cola. It is the commercial of the two soldiers guarding their sides of the two different territories.  On one side a soldier opens up a coca cola and the other watches sadly, and then the other grabs his extra coca cola, but how to give it to the other soldier wit out crossing the line? So he sets the Coca cola on the ground and draws his sword and redraws the line in the dirt around the soda, and the opposite soldier erases the old line. Then they both enjoy the soda.

These are the few commercials that I really do enjoy, and wish I could see on television all of the time. They are the ones that I remember the most when they were released, and that have impacted me the most. In a way all commercials impact different individual people by their likes and dislikes. The ones we remember are the ones that make a difference in our daily lives.

Easter

The Easter my family enjoyed was a bit early for us all; we had our Easter on the Saturday before the actual date of Easter. The weather was not on our side either, since having the get together at my home was a bit last minute and it decided to rain. Overall it was not that bad at all; I just wish that it had all gone a little better in the fun department. Anyway my aunt and her husband came to our house with my cousin, and my uncle came as well. Even my older brother showed up with his girlfriend, and we all had a good time together.

My father had grilled a brisket despite the bad weather and we had a good meal to share, and a lot left over as well. I even made a cake for everyone. We did have some good laughs as we all talked about our past week and what we were all up too. Then we spent most of our time watching the marathon of Clint Eastwood movies on the military channel.  This is basically how our Easter went, we didn’t play any games, but it was the being together that counted the most.

Plus I did at the end of the day get my aunt with a confetti egg now that was a great way to end the fun party. On the actual date of Easter my family just sat around the house watching movies off Netflix. For me I attended a birthday party later that night, and it was quite fun. I had a good Easter, and a good break in general. The rest is just a mystery.

Pet Peeves

I cannot stand nail biting, and I cannot handle when someone near me does it. If it is someone I don’t know I do try my best to ignore it and just look away. When I do know them very well I tell them to politely stop. The other day in class my friend was biting her nails, and I told her to stop, and we shared a laugh. I explained to her that when she does that I want to slap her hand and say “No, bad girl,” I know that is very weird of me. She just laughed; she has known me long enough to be used to it I laughed too, but that is just what I do to keep my sanity.

I love origami but being the artist that I am I just cannot do origami (Or any 3D art). It’s one of the reasons why I’m a Pencil Rebel, I draw! Any way I write too, but that is not important right now. I fold paper in half when I keep it in a book or something like that and I have to try and make it as even as possible. If it is off really bad like the corners are not even close to touching I have to fix it. If I see a paper that is folded in half and is really off I refold it. Crazy I know, but that is just who I am.

Staying on the topic of paper folding, another pet peeve I have is folding the corners of books.  This is the number one do not do in my opinion. I barely borrow any of my books to anyone, and when I do I warn them that they should not fold the pages. Doing this makes me very angry, because it ruins the overall look and feel of a book. I love books, so I like to keep them neat and with minimal damage. I WILL NOT ACCEPT FOLDED PAGES IN MY BOOKS!!!

Finally the next pet peeve I have is something I always get comments on, but hear me out I am not the only one with this. I cannot stand when my food touches. “You’re kidding me,” is what you are probably thinking or “Do you eat tacos or salsa their touching?” Yes in fact I love tacos and I like salsa with chips, but people misunderstand this most of the time. So instead of me trying to explain imagine this; you have a juicy stake on your plate with a side of corn. To me I cannot have the juices of the stake mingle with that of the corn, I just cannot stand the flavors mixing. That’s all yet there are exceptions like tacos and salsa and even nachos and salsa. I manage this perfectly well, I have lived with it since I was little so I’m used to it. I usually eat smaller portions or I eat one thing at a time.

The rest is just a mystery…

Movies

Drama: Seven pounds (2008)

An IRS tax collector named Tim Thomas is burdened by a terrible past when an accident caused his fiancé and six strangers to die. Feeling at fault for the accident he makes it his mission to change the lives of seven strangers posing as his brother Ben Thomas. Sadly he falls in love with a woman named Emily who has a heart condition, and it almost changes his overall plan, but decides to continue with it to save her life. It is a very touching movie with a deep emotion that would make anyone cry. I loved this movie when I first watched it, it has a strong message. If you haven’t seen this movie I highly suggest that you watch it.  

Action/Adventure: Twister

A weatherman named Bill Harding is trying to get his wife to sign divorce papers so he could marry his girl friend Melissa. Unfortunately that is postponed due to intense storms in Oklahoma. They team up with a group of storm chasers to try and insert measuring devices code named “Dorothy” into the heart of tornadoes.  I still love this movie, and I watch it every time I see that it is on television. I don’t know why I love it; by I used to watch so much as a kid that all my family could recite the lines word for word.

Horror: They (2002)

Now this is an interesting movie, I watched this when I was younger and it made me really afraid of the dark, sometimes I still have to have a light on. A woman named Julia Lund had terrible nightmares as a child, and she discovers that it might all be real. She is working for her masters in psychology when an old friend contacts her, and says that demons from the dark are out to get him, and he commits suicide. Julia fears that these demons are out to get her, and she becomes terrified of the dark. The down side to this is that from another prospective it seems that she could hurt an innocent person when she is just trying to protect herself. This is a scary movie, so don’t let your kids watch!

Comedy: The Princess Bride (1987)

This is a classic fairy tale, and is a story within a story. This is a very romantic comedy, and is just filled to the brim with laughter and fun twists. This story is told by a grandfather to his sick grandson, and has been a tradition passed down from father to son. The beautiful Buttercup falls in love with a peasant boy named Westley, yet for some reason he disappears when out at sea. While he is gone Buttercup is to be married to a prince who has her kidnapped to start a war. It is up to Westley upon his return as the dreaded pirate Roberts to rescue buttercup.

Romance: Practical Magic (1998)

Sally and Gillian Owens were raised by their aunts knowing they were different. They grew up being taught the use of practical magic, they also learn of their family curse. A curse that the men they fall in love with will be doomed to an untimely death. The two sisters as adults have to fight to protect themselves from Gillian’s evil boyfriend’s ghost (who the accidently murdered twice). Also while Sally tries not to fall in love again, with a detective who turns up looking Gillian’s dead boyfriend. This is a lovely romance with a happy ending, I love the way it was put together, and I love both Sandra Bullock, and Nicole Kidman.

Thriller: Secret Window (2004)

This was suggested to me by my friend who loves Johnny Depp Movies, I’m not a big fan of horror or thriller movies, but I enjoyed this one. I am a writer at heart, that much is true and as I watched this I fell in love with the story line and plot. The writer Mort Rainey is accused of plagiarism by a man calling himself John Shooter. As Mort waits for his evidence that he wrote the story first, Shooter becomes violent towards him; a few examples being starting his house on fire (Which only his soon to be ex-wife lives in). Also Shooter kills his old dog which is done with an old screwdriver. In the end it turns out it was just him feeling like his story needed the right ending so it had created another person in him to complete this.

Science fiction: Serenity (2005)

This movie was based off the show Firefly which is a science fiction show with only one season. In the future a spaceship called serenity is hiding a deadly secret. This secret is a person who was turned into a weapon by a twisted government. The crew of this ship finds themselves fighting against this military government, and bloodthirsty creatures who roam the uncharted areas of space called Reavers. While doing this they discover the secret of the deadly creatures by finding out the secret of the planet named “Miranda”. The crew decides to release the information they found on “Miranda” to the entire universe which they achieve in the end. This is a very good movie, with a very good plot, and I love good storylines.

Children: Lady and the Tramp (1955)

This is the romantic tale of an uptown cocker spaniel named Lady and her adventures with a mutt that calls himself the Tramp. I have always loved this movie I always watched it when I was little. My favorite character was always Jock the Scottish terrier. I used to only have this movie on a video tape, but sadly I went so long without seeing it since we stopped using out VCR (Oh goodness what is a VCR), just kidding. I received the DVD of Lady and the Tramp from my father as a gift, and I still love it. I find that I still love the old Disney movies, and Jock is still my favorite character in that movie, I always smile when I see him.

Academy awards winning picture of the year: The Blindside

This is the true story of Michael Oher, who was a homeless traumatized boy who became an all American football player. This is another film with Sandra Bullock and has yet another touching story line. The end always makes me cry, when Sandra Bullock who played his adoptive mother watches him go off to college very proud of him. This film deserved the Academy award as it was a very touching story. Anyone who has not seen this movie should watch it, it is worth it.

The “I wish I would have seen this in the theater”: Monster in law

I love this movie, I have always like Jane Fonda and in this movie she plays an old show host who just lost her job. She loves her only son, and is not to happy to discover that he has a girl friend, if that is not bad enough they are engaged to be married. Yet when he is called away it is a full out battle between Jane Fonda and her daughter in law to be played by Jennifer Lopez. This is a fun movie to watch and is filled with comedy, and romance. I love this movie, and my mom just hates the way Jane Fonda does her fake laughter in this movie.

Why do we say celebrities who pass away are great when they die from drugs?

To be honest, I’m not quite so sure why we do this for the celebrities who have passed on from drugs. I think most people can empathize in some way with the situation because they know someone that has or is fighting drug addiction.  Could it also be the sadness of a life cut short? Most leave a lot of things undone. An example would be Michael Jackson. He left his young children without a father.  He had fought so hard to get children and now someone else is raising them.  My question is did they have any loyal friends who they could trust to help them through tough times?  We understand celebrities are only human and have weaknesses, and flaws like normal people.  But any true loyal friend would try something to help, right? 

Does their death make them great, for some celebrities it does.  People who have enjoyed them when they were alive help keep their memories alive by buying memorabilia to keep it going.   It was reported that Whitney Houston’s last album was the hottest download on iTunes the day following her death.  It has also been reported that Michael Jackson and Elvis Presley are worth more today dead than they were when they were alive.  Could it just be our fascination or how we think celebrities should be put on a pedestal? When the pedestal is taken out from the celebrity and they fall from the lime light, then what?  What is this world of fame teaching children, that drugs are ok? Well it’s not ok. Many studies have shown they ruin families, and cut your life short. The dreams they were all working towards are crushed, and demolished. The truth is drugs will ruin your life.  Have these role models taught us that drugs are ok? I hope not.    

There are many commercials that support rising above the influence and that is a very good thing.  As a young person if you saw your favorite actor of all time doing drugs, what would you do? Would you stand up and say, “Hey that is so wrong, drugs will kill you?” I think we live in a fast paced lime light environment where drugs are spiraling out of control.  I also think it is still truly up to us, to make the decision not to do drugs.  In the long run we should learn from celebrity’s mistakes and make the choice not to use drugs.  Their deaths should be a wakeup call for other celebrities and people who believe their drug use is under control. It can be hard to fight addiction, but it can be done.  If there was a choice it should be to never get started doing drugs.   

  If you think about it, if one of these celebrities was given a second chance to do life again, knowing they had a drug problem in the first life, would they follow the same path? Or would they choose a path to stand against the rising problem of drug use? Should society change how they see celebrities that have died from drug use? Unfortunately, in our world, I am not sure our society can due to the fascination with them and that is sad. The least we could do is to keep teaching our children that drugs are bad and that they should be avoided at all costs and if you get mixed up there is still help out there. No one should have to die due to drug overdose.

Into the future

In the future 26 years from now, if the world does not tragically end or the apocalypse does not happen in December 2012, I hope to be in a great career. I would have graduated from Minnesota State University of Moorhead, where I would have majored in graphic arts. I will be working for a large company making logos, or I will be working for NBC television in commercial design. I might even be designing credits for movies for Skywalker Studios. I would also be known as an author of a science fiction/fantasy novel.

I will be using a pen name since I don’t want to be known for my novelist adventures. I will be involved with my community’s theatre. Only a few people would actually know that I have written the books, unless I was needed to do a book signing.  I hope to do some traveling, with my mother, especially to Ireland and Scotland, since she would enjoy these places too.

I am not going to be married nor have children of my own. If anything, I will be involved with looking after my family.  I would also spend time with my nieces or nephews, and just spoil them like crazy. In the future I will buy my brother the car of his dreams, as I tell him I will, now, in the present. The best part is that I will have the money to pay for it in full.

My schedule would consist of working in either in my home office or a big corner office in a high rise building.  In this profession I have to be able to understand ideas clearly, and talk with a team since this job is a very social one. I believe that I will gain better experience with working in a group, and get over my fear of talking to people. Then I would probably head to my two bedroom condo.  Play with my Maine coon cat and work on a project for work. When I want to relax I will watch some television, and then draw some illustrations for a side hobby. Then I will put on some soothing tunes and drift off to a well rested sleep.

The rest is just a mystery…   

About Thyself

I, World of Mystery, refuse to use my actual name because of my fear of the Internet information leak, and stolen identity. I don’t see how this can be entirely relevant since they have my email and such. I, myself, don’t even have a facebook account and my friends bother me about it all the time. To be completely honest, I don’t’ believe I am that interesting of a person. In a single word I’m normal except for one area of my life which is my creative imagination. Here is how I see it.

I am not such a social person, if I could I would just read, write, listen to music, or draw all day with little or no social interaction. There are a few people I enjoy being around, for example my close friends. Yet sometimes I want to be around my friends, because like anyone else I am only a human being; and as everyone knows humans are social beings. I love to read science fiction/fantasy, and my two older brothers openly call me a nerd for doing so. What they don’t know is that I know they are closet readers.

I am the youngest of three and the only girl other than my mother in my household. Also with my siblings, I assure you that I am not the only artist out of all of us. In fact I am not even the best compared to my older brothers. My family is an important piece of my life, I look up to my brothers and I respect them, but I will not openly admit it to either of them. I love both of my parents for all that they have done for me, and for what they will help me with in the future. One of my favorite times I enjoy with my family is at dinner, when we all sit together and have conversations, and blurt out answers to “Family Feud”.   

I have a love of animals; I have three cats with different personalities and interesting habits. I love to read, write short stories or poems, draw funny comics, or just pictures. I love and respect my family, I fear the open nature of the Internet, and the intent of a person over the Internet. This is what happens in my version of this world, and how I view it with its ups and its downs, with its good and bad. This can be a very dark view, but you just have to know how to be happy through all its hardships.

The rest is just a mystery…