Random quote of the day...

Sorry for the randomness of this! But I'm trying not to go a week without posting. Wait, that's not proper english; double negative. How would I phrase that? How about: "I'm trying to post every week"? That sounds good. Anyway, I've recently been introduced to the "Wicked" soundtrack!! For those who don't know, "Wicked" is a new musical, set in Oz before Dorothy came. I'm actually not sure what the plot is, but I know that it's about Glinda and Elphaba (Later known as "the Wicked Witch of the West). I also know that the music is amazing. So now I'm always singing "Popular" and "Defying Gravity" at the top of my lungs, which I'm sure my family just loves!!! ;) I'll try and post something with a purpose soon, I promise! And til then,

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

"So if you care to find me, look to the western sky! As someone told me lately, everyone deserves the chance to fly! And if I'm flying solo, at least I'm flying free! To those who ground me, take a message back from me: Tell them how I am defying gravity! I'm flying high; defying gravity! And soon I'll match them in renown! And nobody, in all of Oz, no wizard that there is or was, is ever gonna bring me down!" ~ Defying Gravity - Wicked, the musical.

Just have to share this...

Merry Christmas!!

As the title proclaims, I just have to share this: When we were fixing lunch this afternoon, we asked my 6 year old niece what she wanted to eat. It was a little loud & crowded in the room, so we apparently didn't get all of her reply; we heard, "A cheese quesidillia!!" so we made her one. Thus, we couldn't figure out why she was so upset with what we fixed her. "Isn't this what you asked for?" Was asked, indicating the cheese quesidillia. "No, I asked for a cheese quesidillia with no cheese!!"

It just made we laugh. I hope you are having a very merry Christmas!

Have a very merry Christmas, everyone, and a happy new year!!!

Pics From The Play!! ( a couple)

As many of you know, I was Mr. Beaver the play "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe". These are a little late in coming, but here are some pictures of the production! It was really a ton of fun. Except for my make-up. Which I didn't care for.

The scene with about 90 percent of my lines. Just sitting at the table...

"PETER! Untie him and give him some water!" At which point, during our first show, Peter flung the water canteen into the audience. (on accident) So I was like: "There you go again. (Pause. He wasn't doing anything) Well get it!" The whole audience laughed.

Yeah, that would be the make-up I wore... it wasn't my favorite... (And yes, I took out my earrings for the show)

History Lesson!!

You know the song "I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas''? Well, my dad told me a little something about the history of it the other night, and I went to investigate. Here's what I found
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Where to start... how 'bout at the beginning? That's a grand idear. In 1950, Jon Rox wrote the song "(I want a)Hippopotamus for Christmas" It was released in 1953, sung by ten-year-old Gayla Peevey. The song, released by Columbia Records, became a hit.
At the same time (Christmas 1953), the Oklahoma City zoo was trying to raise funds to buy they're first hippopotamus. So whenever the song played on the radio, the media, in order to raise funds for the zoo, would encourage listeners to send in their nickles & dimes to but Gayla a hippo! Over $3000 was raised, and Gayla got her hippo, Matilda. She promptly donated the baby hippo to the OKC zoo. Isn't that neat? I thought it was.

Hope it makes sense. Merry Christmas!

What is this feeling?

... I believe it's called "warm fuzzy"!! (Prepare for cheesiness)Let me elaborate:
I was on the phone, talking with my very-awesome cousin for like two hours. It was seven or eight-ish. I came down stairs when I was done... to find that my family had decorated the Christmas tree without me. Needless to say, I was quite upset. But then, (as it was my dad & brother who put most of the ornaments on...)being the perfectionist, not to mention girl, that I am, I had to rearrange almost all of the ornaments, which was almost as good. Then, listening to the "Tupperware" tape...

We turned on the tree lights. It was most lovely. It was almost like Christmas morning, the warming feeling you get. It was so... I don't know the word. "Warm-fuzzy" I guess!

Then we all ate a generous serving of peppermint ice cream (bluebell, of course) and eggnog. We the settled down to watch, "It's a Wonderful Life". But I was looking at our wonderful Christmas tree. :) That's all. Have a very merry Christmas!!

Oh, the weather outside is frightful...

"But the fire is so delightful...
Since we've no place to go;
Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow!!"

Indeed, the weather here is quite odd. Frightful, as I said; so it was dog-gone near 70 degrees yesterday, and today, it is a mere 17!!! Is this not ridiculous?!?! I mean, I wouldn't mind so much if it would at least snow, but it's not even that!! It is just bitter cold. Maybe on Christmas... I'm dreaming of a white Christmas... with every Christmas card I write... *cough* Anyway, I need to get a life; I'm blogging about the weather!!! Sheesh. I'm sorry, I'm probably boring you to death. I'll try to post something worth reading soon. ;)

On Christmas Carols

Well a hello to all!! I was just sitting with my mother, stuffing Christmas cards, eating a "customized" trail mix (pretzels, raisins, marshmallows, and I WOULD have put chocolate chips in there but we were all out! *glares*), listening to the "All Christmas all the time" radio station, and I was inspired to write about Christmas music.

I've decided that there's basically three types:
1: The good ol', everyone knows em, traditional Christmas carols.
2: New, more contemporary, Christmas songs. (Christmas Shoes, Someone Special, Jingle Bell Rock, etc.)
3: My arch enemy. The "Updated" Christmas Carols. Where they take songs mentioned in category 1, change the timing, often certain words, and make it "Their Own". What ever.

I personally prefer the good ol', everyone knows 'em, not messed with Christmas carols. I mean, when they start messing with "Winter Wonder Land," "Here Comes Santa Clause," "O Holy Night," and countless others to the point where you can't sing along because the timing is so different then what you were expecting, you know you've got a problem. (Trans-Siberian Orchestra is the ONE and ONLY full exception, because they *generally* don't mess with the tune; they add electric guitars and what not. It's really cool =D)

Have you heard "Straight No Chaser"? It's a men's A Capella group that apparently just got back together. My big bro introduced them to me when he was home at Thanksgiving. Whilst I was stuffing Christmas cards and eating my trail mix, I heard them on the radio singing "Twelve Days of Christmas". It is probably my favorite rendition of this song that I've ever heard!! (They are, in certain cases, an exception to the category 3 rule.) Here's a link to the video of them singing "Twelve Days of Christmas":

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Fe11OlMiz8

Less than two weeks til Christmas!! =D

"O, holy night, the stars are brightly shining,
it is the night of our dear Savior's birth"

The End & The Beginning

... of the play, at least. Yes, I just finished the first performance of, "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe". It was for a bunch of children from... a school that I don't know the name of, at the moment. So really, it was kind of like another dress-rehearsal, which was helpful, because we were a bit discombobulated . Props missing, lines forgotten, missing characters, etc. etc. The usual stuff.

I didn't appear til the end of the first act, but I was told that the beginning looked really fantastic. Though, some of the cast members were simply shaking before they went on, but they did great, in my opinion. For a few of them, it was the first play they had been in, so it was a sort-of scary-fun for them. But I think we all enjoyed it and we all had fun.

I somehow managed to remember my lines, but (and I a not saying this judgmentally) quite a bit of improv. was required for *certain* parts. Actually, this was funny, let me tell you; This is how it was supposed to go: The Pevensies & Beavers are traveling down the aisle towards the stage. suddenly, we hear jingling bells! "Oh my! The witch!" we say, and then hide. *Spoiler* Then Mr. Beaver *ahem, me* goes to see who it is, and lo and behold, it isn't the witch but Father Christmas!! Lovely scene, right?

Well today, we traveled down the aisle, reached the stage and-- no bells. We waited a sec, then I said, "Do you hear those bells? HIDE!!" No matter that the audience couldn't hear the bells I was talking about. Eek. But wait, I'm not done yet! *grins mischievously* Our Father Christmas (who was also our director, FYI) had a bit of trouble getting into costume. He was putting it on as he walked behind the set! So he's going "Ho ho ho!" and all that behind the stage (and then he's supposed to walk into view). That's my cue to say to the Pevensies, "Oh, come out! It's not her! You'll not believe who it is!" So I said it, they came rushing out of their hiding place, and-- Father Christmas didn't appear. So we wait a minute, and he's still not there! "Hm, I wonder where he got to!" was my brilliant improvisational idea.

But really, all things considered, it went well. We had a ball! We have another show tonight, and one more tomorrow. (Thus, as the title of the post says, "The End (Of the first play) & the Beginning (of the rest)

Wish me broken limbs!!

Happy moment :-)

I'm happy right now. :) My brother just started playing "Chicken Friend" (Zac Brown Band) and I got up and started two-stepping! It was great!! Anyway, just sharin' that with you!


"I like my chicken fried, a cold beer on a Friday night! A pair of jeans that fit just right, and the radio up!"

New blog!

Hey everyone! I'm just letting you know a friend and I have started a new blog!! We really don't have much on it yet, but feel free to check it out! It's : http://ourlittlerandomness.blogspot.com/

Have a

very happy

Thanksgiving,

everyone!!

Prince Caspian... Part two!

Hm, I suppose it's about time to post this, as it's been a bit since part one came out... so here it is!


Prince Caspian: A movie Review; Part Two


*BEWARE of spoilers*

Something I really enjoyed about the movie was the character of Edmund; I was grinning every time he came onto the screen! They made him funny in a way that kept him real! I was glad that they showed him more "grown up" than the last movie. He was a definitely pro on the list of pros and con's in the movie!

And now, one of the larger conflicts I had with the movie (and one that I know most of you have been waiting for me to mention): the Susan/ Caspian situation. It is said by many that it was more natural to have it than not to; and I agree, for the most part. They are close in age; she's a pretty girl; he's a good lookin' guy; they're both teens, and whatever else. It was cute-ish in the beginning, but I don't believe that it needed to amount to the kiss. It was quite unnecessary if you ask me. A warm hug would have been quite enough, in my opinion, to convey ant feeling they had.

Though, do note that I think it was fine & in character to have Susan flirting with Caspian; I just don't think it needed to be mutual. Because, before you start arguing, this ruins a concept that I very much enjoy in "The Voyage of the Dawn Treader,": The once-in-a-life-time, true-as-can-be, no-doubt-about-it, love-at-first-sight between Ramandu's daughter & Caspian. This is one of my favorite parts of the whole book.

To be fair, it can be looked at this way: Susan and Caspian didn't kiss. Susan kissed Caspian. Then, Caspian pushed her away slightly and hugged her. But still, I don't believe that it was necessary to Narnia. (I mean they hardly even talked in the book

Wow, this is much longer than I intended. Anyway, onto another subject; the biggest of all, in my mind: Aslan. I believe they down-played much of his... I don't know the word for it, but it's what makes him Aslan. For instance, when Lucy asks Aslan what would have happened if she had done otherwise than she did, in the movie, Aslan says something along the very-similar-lines of, "No, child, we are never told that," *(Which, I noted, is often how adults talk to younger children, as in "Let's go get our jammies on!" when you just mean that it's time to get into there PJ's ). Instead of implying that he did know what would have happened, and it wasn't her place to know. In the book, it's much more like, "What would have happened child? No, no one is ever told that." He's not saying that he doesn't know (because he does); just that he's not going to tell her. And overall, as I said, he just wasn't as majestic and all-knowing as he should have been. It seemed to me that he just didn't have as big a part as he should have had... I'm just rambling now, please excuse me.

Overall, the whole theme of forgiveness and redemption was downplayed, if you think about it. If I start going on about this I'm afraid that I shall go on in paragraphs again, so I shan't say more on this subject, but leave you to ponder thus.

And so I shall close. As a movie, nothing more, it was fine. As Narnia, however, it leaves a lot to be desired.

*Side note* And I must say that I'm very glad that Andrew Adamson will not be directing "Voyage of the Dawn Treader"!!! Michael Apted will be directing this one. I've seen one of his films (Amazing Grace; a must watch!!!!!) and I am quite satisfied with his work. =D Though I was upset that, in addition to a new director, a new composer is being added to the crew! I'm sure he'll do fine, but I really like Harry Gregson-Williams' work. Except, in PC, it was rather repetitive of the first movie; there wasn't much "new" stuff. Here I go again... I'll leave you in peace to not listen to my ramblings!

*Another side-note* There was much else in the movie I didn't care for, and much else that I liked. But I am sparing you! (For now... I may post another review later when I've calmed down...)

Meme!!

Woohoo, one week til Thanksgiving!! Here's the rules for the meme:

1: However many days are left til Thanksgiving, name that many things your thankful for.
2: Tag at least two other people for this meme and leave a comment on there blog to let them know!
3:Optional: Say why you're thankful for them.

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Here's mine:

1: My Faith
2: Family
3: All my friends
4:^*especially* Louise and V (Okay, maybe that's two, but I don't know where I would be without them!!)
5: Narnia
6:Peanut butter!!!! (Where, I ask you, would this world be without peanut butter??)
7: Theatre!! =D

Eee! and so many more!!

Alright, I tag... I tag... if you're reading this and you have a blog, I tag you!!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Random updates

Hey all! A few quick updates before I have to go.

1. The play I'm in(the Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe; I'M MR. BEAVER!!!) is going quite well. We just finished a long, but long rehearsal in which we finished blocking the whole thing. It's kind of upsetting though, because the scene that has like 70 percent of my lines is the most boring scene in the whole play! I mean, it's a pretty key scene, but it's all talking. I'm trying to work a few lines into the script to make it more interesting, but...eh, it's a working progress. It's a cool play, though.

2. I've decided that the movie "Eragon" isn't fit to be called "Eragon", or have ANYTHING to do with Alagaesia. At all. My friend and I watched it the other night and were screaming the whole, entire time. Actually, we ended up wadding up a bunch of paper throwing it at the TV screen. It was pretty fun.

3. Math is going better (I only missed one question on my last test!!), and English is still frustrating. Logic is fun, though.

4. I finished learning Fur Elise, finally!!! I worked on it all summer by myself, and it's all done now!! Yay!

5. I'm re-reading The Chronicles of Prydain, by Lloyd Alexander, because I'm writing a fan-fic about one of the characters and I realized that I should probably research it a little bit more. They're one of my favorite book series' ever! (right up there with the Fairy Tale Novels (Regina Doman) and The Chronicles of Narnia)

That's about all I can write right now, but further bulletins as events warrant!! Cheerio!!

(Oh, I forgot to mention that the word "threads" isn't in the dictionary!! I was so upset because Scrabble probably could have been won if it was a word! It sounds like it should be a word, and I'm spell-checking it on here and it's a word, but it wasn't in our unabridged dictionary! Isn't that weird??? that's all)

*And a Drumroll Please* ...Prince Caspian!!

Alright, here it is. I know that (those of you who know me) you've been wondering where it is. So now, I present to you:


Drum-roll Please...


Prince Caspian: A movie review.


First of all, I would like you all to note that I am probably one of the biggest self-proclaimed Narnia-Nerds that you'll ever meet. That said, there's two ways to look at the show: One is as just a movie, the other is in comparison to the book. I will try to be as fair to both sides as I can.


Where to begin.... When we went to the show for the first time (we went to the midnight opening!!), I was so busy saying things like, "Ugh, that's wrong." " THAT'S wrong." " What is up with that??!!" " Ex-cuuuuuuuuuuu-se me??" " What happened to this?" But when I watched it a second time, I was able to enjoy it more as a movie, but sadly, not necessarily as Narnia.

*SPOILER**SPOILERS**SPOILERS!!!*

One of the problems I had with the movie was how quickly it moved in some scenes, and dragged on in others. For instance, the setting up of the plot was about ten minutes total, from where the movie went straight into battle scenes, arguments, and whatever else. The night raid & the closing battle seemed to drag on for much longer than I deemed necessary.

Another thing (there's so many! I'll have to be brief. Maybe I'll split this into two parts...) The portrayal of Peter. I was rather upset by the way they changed his character. Actually, to be fair, they didn't actually change his character, they simply, caricatured certain faults. (He's rather a Gary Stu in the book...). To be blunt, they made him arrogant. Basically, "I'm right, I'm king, you're wrong, you're prince." That's how I interpreted what was going on between Caspian & Peter. The latter was trying to be king again, when it wasn't his time. Quite frankly, I was wondering what happened to, "We didn't come to take your place, you know, but to put you into it." (Prince Caspian, Chapter 12, pg 184) I suppose they did thus to make Peter more "real", and they could add some heated arguments throughout the movie


And dear Reepicheep. I was ecstatic that they made him similar in appearance as to his character in the book, but oh dear: What did they do to his character?? His personality?? All out the window for sarcasm. I loved the way Reep was always for honor and defending his people. I don't know, maybe it was his pride I found interesting. But he has always been my favorite talking animal of Narnia. (Come on girls, we know that if Reepicheep were a man in our world, we'd all want to marry him.) But in the movie they just made him darned sarcastic all the time!! It was funny the first time, but then...

As this is already longer than I had planned,I will continue in part two of this review.

*Sighs & shakes head* Cinderella...

Have you ever thought about certain impracticalities in fairy tales? Don't ask me why, but I do it on a regular basis. I was actually just thinking of the seemingly flawless Cinderella in this light the other day. Here are my thoughts:

1: So Cinderella loses her mother at an seemingly early age. Her (apparently wealthy) father remarries to this overbearing woman who has some, unexplained hatred for Cinderella. (Poor girl!!) She also has two step-sisters who are repeatedly cruel to her (Cinderella). Then her father dies, the only family she had left. She is then made to be a servant in her own home by her step-mother. Doesn't it sound like, after all that, that she would have some serious psychological baggage? Maybe that's why she talks to the mice...;)

2: The prince: Cinderella sneaks out the ball, and meets the prince. After one night of knowing each other, they get married.
Is there something wrong with this picture?

3: Glass shoes. How very practical. Especially for dancing.

And I'm not even going to start on the pumpkin.

Now, I know that they're only fairy-tales, and they're supposed to be "magical"(And I love them!), but sometimes it's interesting to put a practical light over them.

The Princess Bride

I read The Princess Bride by William Goldman, recently, and I loved it! I saw the movie before I read the book, and I sorely expected the book to be far less interesting than the movie. I was wrong.

The story takes place in the fantasy land of Floren. Buttercup is by far the most beautiful woman in the world, and thus the conniving Prince Humperdink decides to take her as his wife. Buttercup wishes to decline, saying she has already found her true love, Wesley, that she believes has been killed by pirates. In the end, she agrees, and was about to marry him when...

Overall, the actual plot is rather dull. But the quirks and characters are so vibrant and lively and...different that the book is now one of my favorites.

One of the quirks of the book is that the author, William Goldman, tells the tale as he had supposedly heard it when he was a little boy. So while he's giving the story, he'll also come in and out giving his commentary on what was happening, what he "cut out" of the story, and his hilarious experiences when apparently reading the story as a child. It's kind of hard to explain, but the story wouldn't be the same without it. Goldman has such a hilarious sense of humor that I was laughing out loud the entire time I was reading it.

You have to watch out for some bad language while reading it, and in the first chapter or so a rather innappropriate theme is brought in, but it goes away quickly. Those are about the only drawback I can think of at the moment.

Hilarious, alive, and imaginative all acurrately describe the book (and the movie is equally interesting), and I highly recommend it for 10 and up.

Narnia Declawed!

*disclaimer: I didn't write this. It was supplied by thelionscall.com*


A few years back it was believed that HarperCollins, publishers of the Narnia books, meant to rewrite them and remove all evidence of Christian allegory. This was not true, but it does makes one think: What would the stories be like without the Christian influence?Here's my attempt:

Once there were four children whose names were Peter--oh, wait, he was a disciple. Keys to the kingdom and all that. Well, then: Once there were four children whose names were Percy, Susan--oops, that name's based on the Biblical Susanna. And wasn't there a Santa Lucia, too? So: Once there were four children whose names were Percy, Sybil, Edmund, and Lana.

Moving right along, these four kids entered a magical land via armoire. There they became involved in an epic struggle of good versus evil--oh, wait, there's no such thing as absolutes. No one is all evil. The Witch is just misunderstood. She probably had an unhappy childhood. Oh, and we can't keep calling her the Witch. The implies censure. We'll call her pagan--no, that might remind people that there's an opposite to paganism, such as religion. Ah! We'll call her a Child of Nature. So, these four kids join forces with the local inhabitants and try to overthrow the Witch--er, Child of Nature (despite her very stable and mutually beneficial reign.) However, lacking any true leadership (That would mean Him, and we certainly can't include Him.), the children and other rebels soon are turned into overlarge paperweights.

Huh, well, that won't sell. Let's try this: We'll include Him, but only after a fashion. So, the children go to meet Aslan and Edmund is rescued. Then Nature Girl comes to claim the traitor, according to ancient law. Aslan, not being a type of Christ, cannot die and be resurrected, so he has to give Edmund back, to fulfill the law. Nature Girl kills Edmund (but he had it coming, after all), and the four thrones are never filled.

No, no. That won't do. Well, how about this: Nature Girl comes to claim Edmund, and Aslan says, "No, that's just tough. You can't have him. I don't have to honor the law my old man put into Narnia years ago."--wait, that implies creation. Can't have that. Aha!: The Witch, er, Child of Nature, comes for Edmund, and Aslan eats her (So what if it was supposed to be a parley? Getting to eat your enemies during a truce is one of the beauties of situational ethics.). Everybody else lives happily ever after, including the wolves, hags, efreets, etc. who are shown the error of their ways and reintegrated into society. The four children, not satisfied with the concept of "divine right of kings," hold elections to see who will be the new president of Narnia. Some dwarf, who was never given fair opportunity for advancement in Nature Girl's regime, gets the job. The kids go back through the wardrobe. Book sales plummet.

The End.

Great Song!

Wow, I just discovered this song!!! Josh Turner singing "would you go with me" is probably my new favorite song in the world!! His voice goes so deep, he puts Toby Keith to shame!!! I'm posting a link to the music video here:
http//www.youtube.com/watch?v=2sApH8VtWFI

Enjoy!!

Pumpkins!!!

A bunch of my siblings came home for a visit recently;it was a blast!!! I seriously love spending time with my fam!! While they were here, we carved some pretty sweet pumpkins!! Here, take a look!!!:
My big brother carved a Tabernacle, which I think is pretty nifty... Here's the inside of his tabernacle
Here's all five pumpkins...

My lil bro made this nifty little volcano
Here's my penguin!!! His name is Tux!! Isn't he so cute?!?
My big sister made this "One nation under God"
(No, this isn't a radio- active signal) My other older sister made these three wedding bands; one for her, one for her fiance, on for Christ

See?? Aren't these cool? It was so much fun making them!!

Random fact: did you know that originally, it wasn't pumpkins, but turnips that you carved? (I mean, I was wondering how you even managed to carve a turnip...)

Mary Sue & Gary Stu list!!

Wow, am I bored or what? Just kidding. I'm making a list of Mary Sues and Gary Stu's that I've found in various books and movies.
For those of you who don't know, a Mary Sue is a female character found all too often in stories. She is beautiful, generally has "special abilities", is extremely virtuous, and at least one canon character falls in love with her. Gary Stu is her lesser-known cousin, who posses several of the same qualities put into manly form. Rich, handsome , strong, whatever. Prince Charming. So, without further ado, here is my list.



Mary Sues

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1.Arya (Eragon)
2.Christine Daae (Phantom of the Opera)
3.Katrina (Eragon)
4.Princess Leia (Star Wars)
5.Jane Bennet Bingley (Pride & Prejudice)
6.Belle (Beauty & the Beast)
7.Susan Pevensie (Chronicles of Narnia)
8.Ramandu's Daughter (Chronicles of Narnia)
9.Arwen (Lord of the Rings; perhaps the biggest Mary Sue of all...)
10.Jazelle (Enchanted)
11.Dianna Berry (Anne of Green Gables)
12.Lady Dasha (River Secrets)
13. Cinderella (uh, Cinderella)

Gary Stu's
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1.Raoul (Phantom of the Opera)
2.Peter Pevensie (Chronicles of Narnia)
3.King Tirian (Chronicles of Narnia)
4.Roran Stronghammer (Eragon)
5.Qui Gon Jen(I don't know how to spell his name!!) (Star Wars)
6.Obi Wan (Star Wars)
7.Arthur Denniston (Shadow of the Bear)
8.Finn (Enna Burning)
9.Prince/ King Geric (Goose Girl)
10. Luke Skywalker (Star Wars)
11.Prince Gwydion (Chronicles of Prydain)
12. Aragorn (Lord of the Rings; probably the one of the biggest Gary Stu's of all. No wonder he and Arwen ended up together...)
13.Prince Charming (duh...)

Wow, that felt good to acknowledge that. If you disagree with any of my choices, or have one of your own to add, please feel free to comment on it on the comment board!!
(Just so you know, I'll probably be adding more on the comment board...;)

Check this out...

Heehee, I've seen these before, but when I watched these last night, I forgot just how darn funny they are!!! Really, they're funny just 'cause they're so pointless! So check out : www.muffinfilms.com !!

Random Rambling: Should there be a more detailed Narnia?

*note: LotR stands for Lord of the Rings; CoN stands for Chronicles of Narnia*

A certain friend and I were talking, (she's a LotR freak and I'm a CoN geek) and certain friend said that she didn't like CoN because there's not enough detail. But she loves LotR because of all the description! (If you have not read LotR, then I shall sum up a bit of J.R.R Tolkien's lovely description: pages. Upon pages.) Certain Friend said that if he (C.S. Lewis) had wanted to target a higher age group, he should have put in more description. Without all the description, he was seeming to target a group of three-year olds, and he's just really not telling us what it's like there.

I, on the contrary, believe that one of the beauties of the Narnia series is that there isn't a ton (i.e, pages upon pages) of description. It's like C.S. Lewis leaves whatever lies beyond the wardrobe door up to us. We get out of it what we put into it. Whereas in LotR, everything is very defined, and it seems that you're just watching what is going on, not being a part of the story. (honestly, in the three times that I've read LotR, I've skipped the parts of description and lineage) Anyway, I suppose I'm just rambling on, so I'll stop now, but please tall me what you think on the issue.

Hehehe!!

Lol! I just have to share this!!!Today I went to audition for a local theatre's production of The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, and you'll never guess which part I came out with: Mr. Beaver!!! I couldn't believe it!! I mean, I'm happy to get a part at all, but this just made me... shall we say, surprised? Lol, wish me luck!!

The Goose Girl

A friend recently lent me a book based on a popular Grimm's fairy-tale, called The Goose Girl, by Shannon Hale. I really wasn't expecting much at first from the title (I mean really, goose girl?), but as I read on, I became pleasantly surprised by the quality and suspense within the pages.
It starts out with the birth of Crown Princess Anidori-Kildara Talianna Isilee of Kildenree. While she grows up, it is evident that she has special gifts of conversing with nature. As time goes on, she is promised in marriage to the prince of a neighboring country called Bayern. When the time comes, to travel to Bayern for the marriage, Ani (as she was called) was devastated to learn that she would no longer be queen of Kildenree, as she had been training to become all her life. She, her lady-in-waiting, and her escort of forty guards set off to meet the prince in a three month journey towards Bayern. Long story short, Ani is betrayed by her lady-in-waiting as she pretends to take Ani's position, and then poor Ani is reduced to the status of a goose girl. While working with the palace animals, Ani becomes friends with many of the other workers in the fields. After a while, Ani's story comes out, and her friends, coupled with Ani's nature speaking gift, set out to reclaim Ani's title


What I really enjoyed about this story was that the main character (Ani) was one I could relate to. Unlike most stories with females as main characters, Ani was not strong and brilliant and wonderful at first. She was just a normal teenage girl with an extraordinary title; going through adolescence and trying her best to be what everyone expected from a crown princess. As the story went on, I was astounded by the character growth of her person! She became a little stronger, a little wiser, and much more comfortable with herself. And also (though I didn't mention it), this story is a romance. I liked the romance because the story line wasn't totally and completely consumed by it. It wasn't heavy, ( i.e., going into much more detail than I care to read), and this romance wasn't inappropriate at all. I found it very sweet.

The few draw-backs from this tale are really nothing dramatic; A few times, certain antagonists imply things I don't wish to repeat. There is war starting, and towards the conclusion of the tale, a small battle breaks out between the protagonists and the antagonists; thus there is much killing and describing of the scene. (I.e:... "and so he swung his sword around and chopped of his opponent's head, blood dripping from his sword..." not directly from the book, but same idea).

Overall, I thought it was a wonderful book; The characters were easy to relate to as well as strong, and the moral is quite clear. I highly recommend reading this for anyone with a taste for adventure and fantasy.

How I got my name (Prepare for EXTREME cheesiness!)

As I said, this is going to sound cheesy, so prepare. So I was reading some book or other, and I came across a word I didn't know: serendipity. I thought, "Oh, cool word! I'll have to look it up some time!" and promptly forgot about it. Later on, as I was trying to come up with a blogging name, the word randomly popped into my mind. On a hunch, I went in search of a dictionary. As we are still parshly in boxes from moving into our new home, it took a little while before I located the book in question. But, at last I triumphed, and looked up my word: serendipity: the gift of finding a valuable thing un-looked for. I thought, "Sweet. That's my name." Because, you see, I find myself in a case of serendipity every time we move. I nearly always think, "Ugh, another move, and there's no way I can make friends as good as I've had here, so why even try?" But then, as a sweet kiss-from-Christ (as my mother would say), God ALWAYS puts priceless friends in my path even when I'm not looking for them. So now I want to thank all of my wonderful friends (you KNOW who you are!), and know that I thank God for you on a regular basis. God Bless!!

Welcome to my blog!!

Hi all! Welcome to my new blog! Throughout time I'll be posting various reviews, fan-fiction, and just general thoughts on life. I truly hope you'll enjoy, and please comment on what I write (I love to hear your thoughts)! God bless!