A Summery Thursday

First of all I'd like to apologize for not posting last week. Thursday honestly I have no good excuse for, I just lost track of time and then was too tired. Lame, I know. I was going to post Sunday to make up for it but then my house decided to fall apart. In one weekend we had our computer freeze up, our fridge went all wonky so my dad had it sitting in the middle of the kitchen trying to fix it, meanwhile the dishwasher was leaking water all over the place, the motor died in our washing machine, our car got a flat tire sitting in the driveway, and to top it all off there was a power outage for a couple hours. Technology just was not on our side this weekend :S

But on to summer! I agree with Caitlin about preferring winter, there's just nothing like curling up under a blanket with a good book while outside turns into a winter wonderland. Summer does give a nice break though, I'd probably get sick of winter if it went on too long...which it does sometimes, we've had it snow in JUNE, that's just unacceptable! I love how green and sunny it is in the summer and I also love the rain.

I pretty much only have two plans for this summer:
1) Get my life in order. Clean and reorganise my room, figure out university classes, maybe get my license, etc.
2) Road trip to Vancouver for the Owl City concert! I'm so stoked! Five friends and myself are going. AND we'll see Harry Potter while we're there!
Otherwise I'm mostly just taking it easy, it's been a crazy year and I feel like it's time for a break.

As for the same sex marriage debate I've never understood why it's a debate. Every individual should have to right to be happy and to marry whomever they love and it should be as simple as that, right? But no, for some reason some people have an issue with that and I don't understand why. I'm proud of my country though, same sex marriage has been legal nation wide for about 6 years now and in most provinces it's been legal even longer than that. I hope one day we can live in a world where everyone is accepted for who they are.

DFTBA,

-Kim

Summer..

Hey, it seems like Emily hasn't posted and it's Wednesday.. So.. Who knows?


Well as the theme is like end of the school year/ summer vacation week and seeing as I live in Australia, that kind of means that I'm in the middle of winter and halfway through the school year. So I think I'm going to talk about what I'm planning to do over the holidays and then add something onto what Chuck started off with gay marriage being made legal in New York. 


SO! SUMMER (WINTER), END (MIDDLE) OF SCHOOL YEAR!
The weather's a bit I WANT TO BE LIKE THE REST OF THE WORLD, down here at the moment. It'll being cold in the morning and at night and then warm during the day, which is alright I guess, but it's not warm enough to go down to the beach or something like that. So that is quite annoying, but I do prefer winter. Curling up in my trackies with a blanket and a cup of tea (or hot chocolate) whilst watching a TV show or reading Harry Potter or any other book I can get my hands on. It's the life, and it's around my birthday so it meant that we always came down to Australia to see the family which was really sweet (seeing as back then I wasn't living in Aus). My plans for the holidays aren't that well developed yet. Mainly just rehearsals, watching TV, shopping at Typo and hanging out with friends. The normal. So nothing special planned as of yet.. BUT! I am hopefully go to the UK and Ireland and France in the next 10 - 18 months, so, Sims and Toms, any good places to go and/ see? 


Now, onto Gay Marriage.
First and foremost, I really happy that New York passed it. It's absolutely fantastic seeing some part of the world accept gay marriage. But if you're down here in Australia, you have Julia Gillard (our PM) going on about how we are not going to have gay marriage be legal which honestly, I find disgraceful. There are two things that I stumbled across on Tumblr, one, is a vote.. And the results as of yet? -____-

...

And then there's this. (Note: The blonde dude is Australian comedian Josh Thomas [who is gay]) 

Okay, first off. WTF? If we were based on the bible then she wouldn't even be Prime Minister and stoning would be legal. 

Secondly; Just BLARGHGHGRHERHGHG.

I am just so.. Disappointed. I support gay marriage and I don't see why it shouldn't be made legal. If two people love each other they should be able to express that through marriage and even if they don't want to, still have the ability to do so. 

So yeah, that's all for now.

Coz we currently need a little more awesomeness in the world.

- Caitlin

What a crazy week.

Two huge things happened in the last week.

First, friday night Gay Marriage in New York was passed into law.

and second Peter Parker was killed in Ultimate Spider-Man #160

More on that in a second... onto the theme!

I believe, to the best of my knowledge, that the theme is like end of the school year/ summer vacation week. This summer is going to be fantastic! I'm really looking forward to it... I just got home from my friend's graduation party (which is why I'm posting so early) and in about 5 hours I have to be up to attend this program at UAlbany for four days. I guess I'm looking forward to it... This summer I'm going back to Germany!! I'm really really excited for that.

I took my very last regents test on wednesday, and now I'm done for the year! I'm officially on summer vacation and it feels GREAT! I'm going to be a senior next year, and it feels really good.

Okay, so on tuesday I found out that Peter Parker was going to be killed in Ultimate Spiderman #160 (which came out wednesday). I cried... a lot, which is weird because in comic books it's widely known that most superheroes who die don't really stay dead for very long... And when some of my favorites like Northstar and Night Crawler and The Human Torch got killed off I didn't really feel sad about it.. I mean sure I boycotted Marvel for about a month (Hah. Get it?) after Night Crawler was killed but I didn't really feel the surge of emotions that came to me when I found out that Peter Parker was going to be killed. I mean I grew up on Marvel Comics, so Peter Parker dying (just like the last Harry Potter movie coming out) kind of makes me feel like my childhood is ending... and that's kind of scary I guess. I don't think I really realized that until I saw that picture of him and Uncle Ben.

I first found out that they had officially passed gay marriage into law around 2 am at an end of the year/ graduation party my friend had Friday night. It was hard to grasp, I didn't get home until about 4 that night (well, morning) and then when I went online to see if it was true and I found that it was, it was an extremely surreal moment.. I really think that's all I can say about it. I'm so glad that New York has moved forward on this. I don't know about you guys, but I seriously think it's one of the greatest achievements for my state in the last 10 years.

DFTBA

-Chuck.

Story Week: Monologue of the Betrayed

Hello All. Before I start, I would like to put a warning before this post. It is a bit upsetting, to an extent. If you don't want to be upset/depressed then don't read on. Oh, and it's not really something that happened this week, it's more fiction based on a strong human feeling. Hope the weeks been treating everyone well.

Dftba x
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So it has come to this. Having entombed myself into the core of this for weeks now. Waiting silently as you chug and churn and emit your filth. Push me down, stamp on me and all the while telling me it's for the best. You don't see it what your doing, your being a, what's the word, 'friend'. My closest, my dearest, my only one. Your twisted lies made me believe that. You made me believe I could trust you. Tell me your secrets, hopes and fears, I promise I won't tell. But you used them against me. My hopes shattered, my fears uncontrollable and my hope non-existant. Ha, they don't scare me now, not even a whimper, because I've realised the only thing in this warped world to fear is you.
And how do you do it. That mouth of yours. Those perfect plump rounded lips. How deceiving. You've taught me to not make assumptions from appearances, you being the greatest example.

The shit spewing from your mouth, is it even processed? Do you even realised how stupid it sounds?

How pathetic really, but manipulative. Twisted. Controlling.
You are not what you seem but what you fail realise is that neither am I.

I'm going to smash through that bubble of yours; I'm going to drag you out into the open. I'm going to let these vultures attack you instead of me. You need to feel pain, you need to feel anger, you need to feel something other than the pity you impose on yourself and force us to feel. You need to realise the pain and the dirt you dish out on everyone else stabs us. Arrow heads so small that once under our skin you can't remove them. They are there for eternity, slowing moving their way around our blood stream, making their way to my heart. There they embed themselves; with every beat reminding me of this feeling here and no matter how much each contraction pains me, I'll cherish it because it'll remind me of how I pulled you out and down and how you could never do this to me or any of us again.

Friend, you would be so lucky that I was the most you had to deal with. After me there's a whole line of people you've used and abused. You've taken what you needed and left them to rot away.
Soul Sucking Leech.
I think you've been referred to as: Take his hope. Take her love. Take my faith in humanity. Sucked it out till there's nothing left, till I'm about to jump. Not even wanting to prevent my inevitable demise, instead I've been tricked into wanting to embrace it. You don't know how it feels, betrayal. You've been so protected, you've not leart how to deal with things with the slightest bit of humility. Well at least I know courtesy. Be thankful I'm not you.
Oh if I were to do the things you did to me to you, you'd squirm and squeal. I know I tried but no one would listen. I was selfish, I didn't understand you. Lies. The perfect lie, they didn't know you, like I know you and finally it hit me.

I can do better

Story Week: Human Nature and Purpose.. Wow, I can't stick to one thing? Can I?

Hey (: I didn't really know what I was going to write until I read Emily's.. So it might seem a bit dodge, but it's all I could really think of and after reading hers and listening to Avril Lavigne's Keep Holding On... Well, let's just see how this goes..

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Do you ever just walk down a street and try and figure out what the lives of the people walking past you are like? Well, I kind of did that today. But I kind of didn't.. It was more of a, figuring out what the lives of are people are meant to be. 

Are we just here to eat, drink and live? Or is there more to it than that? All I know, is that walking down the street of the shopping centre, trying to distract myself from the fact that I was late for meeting up with my friend for a late lunch and then having to get back to school for a rehearsal all in 50 minutes really makes a person think. 

And I was thinking of something that was not a surprise to my mind. It was a thought that I'd had a numerous amount of times, but this time I really though about it. Mainly what I was thinking about was what was the purpose of our lives. Can't I just live forever? Like Captain Jack Harkness or that main brunette girl from Sanctuary. What happens when you die? Will I die? (and then that counter thought that I always have that screams I don't want to die.)

Then there's the other stuff... Like why the hell does my friend want to move schools? Is the person I'm meeting up with going to be there? Will any of her friends be there? And ohmygosh, I AM LATE. And then I spotted a couple of, what seemed like, homeless people going at it. And then I thought why the hell are they doing that? Aren't they both in the same situation? Can't they just work together? But they can't. Because it's basically human nature to fend for yourselves. Survival of the fittest? I think so. 

Eventually I got to lunch, and their were about 12 other people there, only 3 of which I knew. One thing that got to me was that they kept saying that they had no friends, that they were the losers... That that was what their school was, the school were the losers come together and make friends. That really bugged me. Seriously? Who has the right to define a loser? How can you say that about yourself and your so called friends? They had friends, they were surrounded by the people who liked them and tolerated them. Otherwise, they wouldn't be there. Can't you just shut it and live in the moment? Acknowledge and praise what you have.. And I guess that I'm now just contradicting myself. Here I am, questioning life. But we all do it. It's human nature to have a purpose. And if you don't know what that purpose is? Well, then you start to question.

In the end I ended up speed walking back to school. My feet were on fire and I was 10 minutes late. But the rehearsal was alright... if you like pathetic American accents and a pregnant drama teacher trying to be funny. Why am I in this again? Oh yeah, that's right. To have a purpose.

~

Sorry if it's bad. It's almost 11pm, and well.. I've had 4 exams so far -_- It's not very one tracked is it? Well, tell me if you hate it, love it.. Or whatever.

*insert DFTBA picture here*

DFTBA

Caitlin x

Story Week: I went for a walk

Before I start this somewhat strange and melodramatic post I would just like to say two things: first, this is my first post as an 18-year-old. Second, this is my first post on my shiny new MacBook Pro. I hope you are all as excited as I am right now. :) 
Okay, so here goes. You should know I had started writing this for my own blog, but when the idea of Story Week came up, I decided I should finish it and post it here. I hope you like it.
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I went for a walk in the dark.

Sometimes I get too wrapped up in something I'm making. It consumes me. It becomes me. It all comes on at once and inside I become so intensely fragile that it hurts to breathe. Do you know the feeling?

I say I went for a walk-- well, I ran first.

It was raining. Not hard, but enough to leave splotchy, dark stains across my shirt. I didn't mind; It felt good. My lungs began to burn as I sprinted up a hill, the damp air like fire in my chest. 

Are you alive? I asked the houses as I passed them. Are you alive like me? 

No, I thought. You're not. I'm the only one here. I'm running in the rain and you're inside, safe, sleeping, silent. The night is here but only I dared to meet it. 

The rain transformed the moonlight into drops of gleaming oil, warm and brilliant in the darkness. I slowed to a walk and let it wash over me, let the night anoint me. A couple of cars passed; I ignored them. They didn't understand that the moment was holy. 

Eventually the rain stopped, the clouds parting to make way for the stars. I walked on.

There is a culvert at the park a few blocks from my house. We call it the Portal to the Land of Darkness; in reality, it's a huge pipe of corrugated metal that runs beneath the road, thirty or forty feet long and maybe ten in diameter. A creek runs beneath it, but the culvert is for channeling overflow and is quite dry most of the year. 

I meant to go there. I meant to creep my way down the ravine, through the thick grass, and into the spiraling darkness of the Portal. I meant to sit on the edge and sing until the whole tunnel resonated with my voice. But it was dark. I lost my nerve. I walked on.

Gravel crunched beneath my feet as I stepped from the sidewalk onto a walking trail. The tension inside me began to wane, fragility fading. It made room for a different emotion: fear. Here, there were no streetlights; no passing, irreverent cars; no voices from well-lit doorsteps. I was alone, and it was dark.

Emboldened, the moon emerged in silver glory. She rode the crest of a magnificent, gentle wave that arched above the distant city lights. Grateful for the company, I walked on.

Above me, the trees began to whisper. I closed my eyes and listened hard, but I couldn't quite make out the words. It was a secret I wasn't meant to know.

The park was empty when I reached it. I brushed the drops of moonlight from one of the swings and sat down, gripping the chains as I started to swing. I'd chosen the quieter of the two, but it still squeaked, jarringly shrill in the stillness. I leaned back, losing myself in the whole of the sky.

There's something beautifully futile about swinging, you know? You can wear yourself out trying to touch the stars, and even though you never do, it feels so good. The air rushes past your ears and you know that this is as close as you'll ever come to flying. Swinging is like life: you may never touch the sky, but as long as you try, it's worthwhile. 

After a while, I launched off of the swing and came down on the gravel with a crunch. I climbed up the playground and sat at the top of the long slide, hidden in the covered entrance. I sat there for several minutes, watching headlights pass by on the road up the hill. Without the wind in my ears, I felt very quiet. Leaning my head back, I closed my eyes.

Suddenly, I laughed. 

I'd realized what the trees were whispering, what the night had been trying to tell me. I hadn't heard it before because I'd been running too fast, swinging too hard, looking too far. There was no deep secret. There was no great mystery. The night was speaking through the trees, and you know what it said?

Shhhhhhhh. 

And that's all. Shhhh. Not exactly the meaning of life, but exactly what I needed to hear. I finally understood. I needed to be quiet. I needed to stop obsessing and overthinking and overfeeling everything. It was time to step back from life and just breathe. This epiphany made me forget that it had just rained; I slid down the slide. 

I walked home in the dark, jeans wet, heart quiet.

THE END

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P.S. True Story. 

My Father The Anti-Hoarder (Story week!)

The following is a short memoir in honor of my Father since yesterday was Father's Day.

The only things that I have managed to salvage from the years before my age was in the double digits are thirty-seven Hot Wheels cars. When I first moved into my new bedroom I hid them at the very top of my closet to prevent ‘the monster’ from disposing of them. I’d learned from countless lost video games, VHS tapes, and toys that if they were not safely put away and preserved they would end up in the landfill overlooking Crossgates Mall.

I didn’t even realize the intensity of my father’s problem until he became obsessed with a show that was all over the television called Hoarders. When I was fifteen he told me “If I ever turn into that guy I would hope that you would put me out of my misery Charles.” He never did turn into that guy. He had, however, become the complete opposite of that guy years before. In the same way that my father quickly got rid of anything we didn’t touch for a couple days he was very hesitant to buy anything that would be of little use to us in the long run. “What do you need Yu-Gi-Oh cards for?” He’d say, “it’s not like you’re going to need them 10 years from now when you’re in college.”

If anything went missing My mother, sister and I would know exactly where it was… or at least who could find it.

“Dad where are my Roller Blades?” I asked desperately wanting to go to Guptils, a skating rink where me and my friends would hang out for hours.

“I threw those out weeks ago.”

The End

Toms...As told by Sim

Good evening world, and welcome to the (not so) weekly 'Saturday Night Live' with our beautifully perfect in every way host, Toms 'Latvoman' Dumpis!
Thank you everyone, but lets get on with the news for this week:
I'll start with apologising about missing out on two weeks, and well, to be honest, I'll just leave it to the fact that I was busy and ill, not wanting to go in more detail. As for news on me, what can I say, umm...No I mean it. Don't have much. Well, I did finish DofE practise, and for those outside UK, it is like going camping for three days, and then walking 20km a day, with at least 10kg on your back. In other words, rather enjoyable :) Then we also have the fact that my school is almost over! Got only two weeks left, after which I will just chillax throughout the summer, doin' nothing'. Well maybe except going to the cinema with some friends...
Which brings us to this weeks theme, movie night:

What's the last movie you saw in theaters? How was it? Who did you go with?
The last movie I went to see was X-men First Class, and to be honest, I was plesantly surprised. I went with my dad, but felt rather anused after he brought me a seperate seat 4 rows back, because he didn't like the smell of popcorn :D But really the story was something new, and the effects look good; I would say that I was surprised that they didn't choose to make this into 3D just to rake in more money, for which I deeply respect them :)

If you could be any character from any movie (except Harry Potter), Which would you be and why?
Hmmm, this is a tough one, but I think that I will go with Scott Pilgrim, mainly just because he is a level 2 in the power of love!.. What? Ok, I'll give you a legitimate reason...Mainly because that would be the cloest way to be able to compare my life to a video game, and it would generally be quite fun to live as him, even for a week or so :P

What movie is comming up which you are really looking forward to?
Nothing springs to mind at the moment, and if I am honest with you, I am not that great a fan of the Harry Potter movies, so I wouldn't really be bothered by the last movie that came out soon. Actually, just remembered two titles that I am looking forward to, and those are Cowboys and Aliens, and also Cars 2. Yes, I do tend to highly favour childrens animated movies. There is nothing wrong with that :)

What movie(s) do you most regret watching?
I don't think there ever was a movie I have actually regreted watching, seeing as I go to movies with a highly positive view, and almost always ignore any kinds of criticis, because at the end of the day, it has the dual purpose as being entertainment, and art at the same time...

Favourite Film based on a book? And what film based on a book shouldn't have attempted being made or was completely ruined by the making of the movie?
To be honest, I have no idea. Many movies I have enjoyed, many based on books, but I don;t really have a favourite, so sorry to disapoint you folks :D And I guess I could apply the same resoning to movies I haven't liked, as I don't really take that much notice of what's bas and what is not.

So here ya go, my post for tonight.
I will see you all next week,
Toms :)



Note: Toms, I do apologise if I have incorrectly copied any of your blog. Blogger wasn't letting me Copy and Paste onto the post, so I typed out the whole thing again, because I had already sent the email saying I would do it...any ways does Scott Pilgrim count as a book?
Sim x

Movies and sleep

Hello, and greetings on this (very wet/rainy) Friday,
I'm not too sure what else to say at the moment because I'm lacking many hours sleep. So I do apologise for any lack of grammar, punctuation or any sentences making absolutly no sense.

So let's dive in with
Question Numero Uno: What's the last movie you saw in theaters? How was it? Who did you go with?
I'm pretty sure that the last movie I saw was Pirates 4. I don't want to say anything to sway Kim's opinon either way, so you can skip to the next question.


I went with my sister (Kam), her husband (Richard) and her close friend (Ricc). The four of us kind of form a little movie club and we will often go see the main films thoughout the year together. As for the movie, it was...decent... I'm a massive Pirates fan, well, mainly the first one. I mean my lucky necklace is a replica of one of the pieces of Aztec gold. But this movie was not nearly upto the great standard of the first film. It was only okay, in the fact it had the comedy and all the right action scenes, but it wasn't the greatest one out of the four.

Numero Dos: If you could be any character from any movie (except Harry Potter), Which would you be and why?
Hmm... this is difficult, it was my own question and I don't know how to answer :/
I would'nt mind being a Disney Pixar character, because life always seems to turn out fine for them in the end. But if I had too choose, I would probably choose to be Ramona Flowers from Scott Pilgrim. I think this is bit of an odd choice as Ramona is portrayed as a bit of a cow in her past. However she has experience already in life, she's really cool and essentially she is a character who knows her flaws and who trys to improve them...and she dates Micheal Cera/Scott Pilgrim :P

Numero Tres: What movie is coming up which you are really looking forward to?
Though X-men: First Class came out here a few weeks ago, I haven't had the chance to see it yet, so I'm still pretty excited for that. Also Harry Potter too, however that excitement will probably kick in during the next few weeks. Other than that at this moment I cannot remember any other films coming out ...

Numero ...I can't remember how to spell..Four: What movie(s) do you most regret watching?
My Bloody Valentine, the remake. It was an absolute waste of time. I think more than enough time wasted on watching that film,so I shouldn't waste anymore writing about it either now. Also another film I wish I never watched was this movie that an anime I like made, it had no plot, no development and I remember being 1 hour and 45 minutes into this 2 hour movie and thinking to myself whether the main storyline of it had kicked in yet or not.

Number Five: Favourite Film based on a book? And what film based on a book shouldn't even have attempted being made or was completely ruined by the making of the movie?
I think you guys all know by now that my one of my favourite films is Fight Club. It is such an epic movie that leaves your head spinning with all the possibilities of living a life with no attachment to any physical obssession. But for me what makes Fight Club even more of a great movie, is the book it was based on. The book, Fight Club, is absolutley mental. It's one of my favourties because the structure of it is all over the place and you really feel like you don't know which way is up. And the way it was translated into a movie, is absolutley amazing. I throughly recommend watching it 3 times in a row, each time you pick up on another aspect that was hidden in the first viewing, and the same in the book. Also the movie is quite, to a small extent, an exact replica of the novel, this also makes the two stand out, because its becoming rarer to find that.

I think Twilight should not have been attempted making. Not by the fact that the novel was good, becuase in my opinion it was dreadful. I just think the film was actually worse than the novel, and this may have given the novel a bad/worse reputation.

That's all I can think of at the moment. If you read through this and it makes no sense whatsoever, I do apologise. I don't normally wait till this late at night to write things like this.

So, all thats left is
Dftba

Sim

Cinematic Sensations!

What are movies? Moving pictures, art in motion, expression, entertainment, emotion? Whose idea was it to chronicle stories in such a manner? Why am I asking so many questions? Maybe because it's exam week and I want to ask questions instead of answering them...and with that said on to answering questions! Though these are fun ones so I don't mind :)
What's the last movie you saw in theatres? How was it? Who did you go with?

I actually don't remember... I think maybe Gnomeo and Juliet? I haven't been to a movie in so long! One of my best friends and I started having "monthly movie night" where each month the two of us, sometimes joined by other friends, go see a movie. We started in november with Harry Potter, December was the King's Speech (<3!), etc. Then we hit April and got too busy so said we'd do two in may, then missed may as well, so now we have three movies to catch up on.
Anyways back to the point, Gnomeo and Juliet was probably the last movie I saw in theatre, I went with a couple friends which was nice. The movie was really cute, not as beautifully tragic as the play it's based off of but a fun adaptation.

If you could be any character from any movie (excluding Harry Potter), which would you be and why?
So some children who watch Return of the Jedi see the ewoks and have a reaction of "Those are so cute! They look like teddy bears! I WANT one!" I was not one of these children. My reaction was more along the lines of "I love them! I want to BE one!" To this day I still think it'd be fun to be an ewok.

What movie(s) do you most regret watching?
Any and every horror movie I have had to sit through to appease my friends. I do not enjoy horror movies. At all.
Also some movies I've had to watch in English; Apocalypse Now and Lord of the Flies. The first I just didn't enjoy and LOTF don't even get me started on! It's one of the very few books I've started and never actually finished, I just can't do it.

What movie is coming up that you're really looking forward to?
Well short term I'm looking forward to Pirates of the Carribean since I'm going to it this weekend but more importantly this one:
Favourite film based on a book? And what film based on a book shouldn't have even been attempted being made or was completely ruined by the making of a film?
Pretty standard answer for the first part; Harry Potter series and Lord of the Rings series. Both beautifully done (even though David Yates made some terrible choices in The Half Blood Prince...the burning Burrow scene still makes me angry).
For the second part The Golden Compass. I was so stoked to see it, so excited for one of my favourite books to be brought to life on screen... and then I saw it. And it was bad. Really bad. They changed a lot and while movies cannot stay completely true to the plot of a book they need to keep the essence of what the book is and in the Golden Compass so much was changed that you lost what the story really is. What bothered me the most was where they choose to end the movie. The end of the story is so poignangt and heartwrenching and tragic and crucial in giving depth and meaning to the story but the movie just cut it for the sake of having a happy ending. Generally I am an optimist, but there are times when happy endings actually are not preferable, there is a hidden beauty in certain forms of tradgedy.

And on that cheery note I leave you all,
DFTBA

-Kim

Roll up, roll up! Oh wait..

Movies :D I like watching movies.. But I do prefer TV shows.. But only a few TV shows.. Yes.
You lucky people! I have another 2 and a half years of school -_____- Year 10 is almost halfway through... (I have exams next week.. Any tips).


What's the last movie you went to go see in theatres? How was it? Who did you go with?


The last movie I saw was Bridesmaids. I went to a special screening only 5 hours ago with my best friend Nicole and it was lovely :D Chris O'Dowd was in it (from the IT Crowd) and he was absolutely adorable. Us Irish FTW. ;) 

If you could be any character from any movie (excluding Harry Potter), which would you be and why?

ARGH. I have no idea D: Like absolutely no idea.. And you took the best movie away from me.. >__< I guess a pirate.. or an elf. Maybe Arwen.. But I don't particularly like her that much :/ Maybe just anyway who's close to Captain Jack Sparrow ;)

What movie(s) do you most regret watching?

Hmm.. Now, I'm quite sure there's a few :3 

Shrek 4, that was just stupid. The Hannah Montana Movie, ugh. And I'm quite sure I could think of some more.. But nothing's really coming to mind at the moment >_<

What movie is coming up that you're really looking forward to? 

HARRY POTTER. I AM SO EXCITED!!! NEVILLE, VOLDEMORT, FRED, GEORGE.. Ahhh! The ending of a great phenomenon D: But only movie-wise.. Harry Potter will always live on in our hearts <3

And now for mine.. I don't know what happened with it getting to all of you :/ 

Favourite film based on a book? And what film based on a book shouldn't have even been attempted being made or was completely ruined by the making of a film? 

Okay, well my favourite film based on a book is definitely the Harry Potter series.. And I'm excited about the Hunger Games but I'm afraid of how much they'll change it :/ I thought that the Voyage of the Dawn Treader was done badly -_- and I hated Harry Potter 6. ARGH. That was horrible. And Percy Jackson.. Oh my, oh my, oh my.  BUT I JUST FOUND OUT THAT THEY'RE MAKING THE SECOND ONE?!?! 

That's all for now folks! I'm tired D: 

DFTBA 


Caitlin x

Grab the popcorn, children... it's movie time!

Hello, everyone!

Congrats to Chuck for being (almost) done with school! I've been done with school for a few weeks (yay homeschool), but I'm having a graduation ceremony/senior recital this Friday. I'm seriously stressing out about it. Also, you guys should know that I'm going on vacation with my family from June 23 until July 10, so although I will try to blog it may not happen. Just warning you in advance.

Okay, on to the theme! This week: movie questions.

What's the last movie you went to go see in theatres? How was it? Who did you go with?

I'm not entirely sure...but I think it was True Grit, which I saw with my family. I don't usually like Westerns, but I was surprised to find that I liked this movie. I think it's probably because I liked and maybe sort of identified with the heroine. 

What movie(s) do you most regret watching?

Chuck: good answer. Percy Jackson is high on the list of books-that-were-utterly-ruined-by-the-movie. That and Eragon. *Shudder* However, believe it or not, I would have to name E.T. the Extra Terrestrial as the movie I most regret watching. I know it's a classic, and everyone should love it (which I do now!) but I was a very sensitive 6-year-old when I first saw it, and for some reason it traumatized me. For a year or two afterward, I literally could not even look at a picture of E.T. without getting freaked out. Sad but true. 

What movie is coming up that you're really looking forward to?

This is a no-brainer. Harry Potter for sure. In my humble opinion, the 7th film was the best of all of them (mostly because it's truest to the source material), and I have faith that they'll do the final chapter justice. Harry Potter was my childhood, so I feel it's sort of appropriate that the last Harry Potter movie comes out the summer I turn 18. 

If you could be any character from any movie (excluding Harry Potter), which would it be and why?

That's a hard one! So many to choose from. I guess, at this point, I'd either have to say August Rush or that one kid from X-men who has wings. I don't even remember his name; I just remember that he had wings and could fly. Which would be awesome. As for August Rush, who wouldn't want to be a child prodigy with a cellist for a mother and an Irish singer for a father? And also go to Juilliard? And play guitar like a genius? 

Well, that's it. If Caitlin and Toms send in their questions soon, I'll go back and add my answers to this post. Looking forward to what everyone writes this week! 


DFTBA,
Emily


EDIT: We now have Caitlin's question, which I shall now answer. Caitlin, I did actually get yours in an email, but I forgot about it because I was copying the questions straight from Chuck's post. So, sorry about that.



Favourite film based on a book? And what film based on a book shouldn't have even been attempted being made or was completely ruined by the making of a film?

This is a good question. Before I answer, I want to share my little philosophy regarding film adaptations, which goes something like this: movies are different from books. Simple as that. I think it's unfair to expect absolute faithfulness to a book when film and literature are different mediums. It's the filmmakers' job to retell the story in the best way possible on screen, which almost always means it will have to differ somewhat from the source material. I think it's important to appreciate the challenges that film adaptation poses for filmmakers. After deciding this, I've found that watching good movies based on books is 10x more enjoyable than before.

That being said, some movies really really really ruined the books they were based on. Percy Jackson, for instance. And also Eragon. I absolutely hated what they did to Eragon. 

I think I would have to say that Lord of the Rings is my favorite movie-based-on-a-book. The best part about it is, it stands alone as a series of films, and you can understand and appreciate the depth of the story without ever having read the book. That's what a good film adaptation should do. (However, I have read the books, and you should too! Reading is good for you.)

Okay, Emily out. :) DFTBA

Oh wait, one more thing-- I just saw John's question Tuesday video. Having not yet read The Great Gatsby, I'm going to join the Bluring Book club thingy and read it. Anyone going to join me?

MOVIEQUESTIONWEEK!

I totally forgot it was my day to post BUTTT

I HAVE GOOD NEWS! AND THEN EVEN BETTER NEWS!!

But first, questions.

I don't think Caitlin and Toms have e-mailed theirs yet.

Question Number One in three parts (Mine)

What's the last movie you went to go see in theatres? How was it? Who did you go with?

Super8. FANTASTIC. The first time I went to go see it I went with my mom on saturday around 4ish, the second time was with this guy that I like and some of our friends saturday night.

Question Number Two (Emily's)

What movie(s) do you most regret watching?

Last night I watched Percy Jackson and The Olympians. I read the book when I was in middle school and the movie just did not live up to it. I was kind of disappointed. :(

Question Number Three (Kim's)

What movie is coming up that you're really looking forward to?

SOMANY.

I'm going to just list off all of the good movies that came out/ are coming out this summer.

Thor,

Pirates of The Caribbean 2,

X-men 1st Class,

Hangover 2,

Kung Fu Panda 2,

Super8,

Green Lantern,

Transformers 3,

HPDHPT2,

The Smirfs'

Spykids Four,

and Captain America.

I mean SERIOUSLY.

(Insert billions of pictures here.. lmao)

And finally Question Number Four (Sim's)

If you could be any character from any movie (excluding Harry Potter), which would you be and why?

EASY,

One of the guys from White Squall. I mean Damnn.

(But if I could choose someone from Harry Potter I would say Dean Thomas.)

Now onto the news

It's really not that important so I hope you didn't get too excited.

Butttt, I got my computer back Friday!!! :D

The better news is I'M ALMOST DONE WITH SCHOOL!!!

Today was my official last full day as a Junior. Now all I have are tests and then I'm DONE. It's so exciting. But yeah, I kind of forgot that I have to post today so I'm a little wavy (gotta celebrate!) but then I was like "Oh Crap I post today!" and now I'm posting ;)

DFTBA

-Chuck