Random Facts

So, I'm bored, and I'll post five random facts my research uncovered.Some of them I might have recently discovered, others I might have known for years. Just depends.

1. In Hinduism, people love cows so much, they let them wander the streets. They're considered holy. This is because Hindus believe in reincarnation, being born into another life after you die, and that some people are reborn into animals, like cows. And rats, and insects. If you're lucky, you get reborn into a higher social class.

2. Honey isn't just used for culinary purposes. It can be used on burns, rashes, sore throats, AND Ancient Egyptians used it for embalming the dead.

3. If a person in a coma is unidentified, then hospitals are still required to take care of them, until they can be. They might be assigned a court appointed guardian, who wouldn't pull the plug unless it could be proven that they wouldn't live for long and they were in pain.

4. Justice translates to "Iustitia" in Latin.

5. Color therapy can help cure depression in some people. Not everyone, but some.

I've started reading Mirrorscape now. I'm swamped with schoolwork, and it'll probably be awhile until I post anything again. I'll try, though. And now, a quote:
"I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying." -Oscar Wilde

My Life is Average

So, it's September now. I'll be going back to school next week, and to take my mind off stuff, I'm posting some MLIA. It's a website, and if you don't know what it stands for, look at the title of this post again.

1. Today, I joined the yahoo vs google war. I typed in "Edward Cullen is a..." in both. On yahoo, I got "Edward Cullen is dead." On google, I got "Edward Cullen is an abusive fairy." I think it's quite clear who the winner is. MLIA

2. Today I was having a random conversation with Cleverbot, when it all of a sudden started talking a language I didn´t understand. According to Google translate Cleverbot was talking gibberish in Croatian. I answered that I didn´t know Croatian. Cleverbot´s answer? "Polar bear language, man. Polar bear." MLIA

3. A few days ago, I was bored during math class and drew a few ninjas in my notebook. Today, I went to show them to a friend, and I couldn't find the pages I'd drawn them on. Well played ninjas, well played. MLIA

4. Today was the first day of school. As I got my new French textbook, I opened it up to find that it had previously been owned by Bellatrix Lestrange. French class definitely just got a little bit cooler. MLIA.

5. Today on facebook, I saw a page called "Unicorns are real, they're just fat and gray and we call them rhinos."

6. Today, while opening a bag of M&Ms I found an red heart shaped one. I always knew candy loved me just as much as I loved it. Mlia.

7. Today, my mom and I were driving home from my martial arts class and at a stop light I looked over at the car next to us. Instead of seeing the guy texting or on the phone, I saw him brushing his teeth. MLIA

8. Today in science, the boy next to me was writing OK in rows down his paper. Remembering reading this on an earlier submission to MLIA I said, "Stick figure army?" and he replied, "Ninjas." if you're reading this, you're awesome. MLIA.

9.  Today, I learned how to say Hogwarts in spanish. Win. MLIA

10. Today, the girl I was babysitting said "I don't like Disney princesses.  I like real princesses like in Narnia and Pirates of the Caribbean.  Harry Potter's cool too.". This girl is going places.  HerLIA. 

Of all of these, my favorite is number one. Or possibly number five. :D I like this website. Can you tell?
Okay, my ending quote for the day (or night, as it's almost 10:00 pm):
"Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened." -Dr. Seuss

Hurricanes and Books

So, by now I'm pretty sure you've heard about Hurricane Irene. It's in North Carolina/Virginia, so it'll hit where I live pretty soon. It's raining and the wind's blowing outside right now, so this post is gonna be pretty short. Even though we have a generator, I'd still rather be off the computer. XD

So, went to the library several days ago and got a few books. Oh, I LOVE libraries. They're like treasure chests, with unknown jewels on every shelf. *contented sigh* I got Poison and Mirrorscape, epic fantasy, the pictures of which are off to the side under my reading and up next list. I've also got "Bloody Jack", which is a pirate story.

The sound of the rain keeps rising and falling. I can hear outside- what I really hope is that the trees in our backyard don't fall down on us. It didn't happen during Hurricane Isabel 8 years ago (I was like, in second or third grade, so I don't remember too much, but since the trees are still there, I can only assume).

I am listening to Group 1 Crew, "Live It Up". It's the only song I know from them, but it's good, very smile. :) I'm gonna end this post now, before the storm really picks up, so a completely irrelevant quote:
"Books are like flypaper- memories cling to the printed page better than anything else." -Cornelia Funke

39 Clues: The Maze of Bones by Rick Riordin

Okay, so I haven't posted in a long while because my computer got a virus. >.< Not happy, and now working off of a computer in my parents' room. So, a book review. I've read this book several times, actaully, but I haven't gotten farther than the 6th book.

Brother and sister Amy and Dan Cahill are given a choice at their grandmother's funeral: take a million dollars, or take the first of 39 clues that will take you on a race to find the greatest treasure in the world. So, of course, they take the first clue, which takes them to the catacombs below Paris in a heart stopping adventure. 

Characters: Awesome. I relate best with shy Amy, although Dan is a fun character, and some of their evil relatives chasing them are cool. I feel like I know them personally. :D 

Plot: also really good. Filled with action, and not really any romance. The Cahill family being seperated into four distinct groups is a cool idea- each trying to find this treasure, and will do anything to avoid the other branches of the family getting to it.

Likes: Well, pretty much all of it. 

Dislikes: Personally, I don't really have a problem with it. Yea, I'm fifteen and this is found in the children's section, but I still love it. ^.^

Overall, I give it an "Awesome♥" and will stick it under the 'reading' tab whenever my dad gets around to fixing my computer. So, quote:

"Some books should be tasted, some devoured, but only a few should be chewed and digested thoroughly." -Cornelia Funke 

Let's Talk About Cats.

So. Cats. Intelligent, beautiful creatures, with sharp teeth and claws. They have better night vision, better sense of smell and hearing, AND no one can resist the cuteness of a little kitten.

This is my cat, Angel. Well, technically my sister's cat. She has this really strange voice, like a hoarse whisper. She's Siamese, so she talks a lot and my sister keeps getting mad at us for teasing her cat about it. Isn't Angel adorable?

So, I feel like posting actually funny icanhascheezburger pictures on here. At least, I think they're funny. If you don't understand my sense of humor, then you probably just wasted your time looking at cat pictures. So... yea. ;D

Haha xD

Oh yea. So true. ^.^

If you don't get this one because you're terrible at science, the atomic symbol for silicon is Si. Haha xD
















And, that's all the pictures I have. So, cue ending quote:
"For every minute you are angry, you lose sixty seconds of happiness." -Ralph Waldo Emerson

Songs for the Heart, anyone?

New month, new songs. And a picture just because.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2-AkmNxNVk

Carrie Underwood's "The More Boys I Meet. Pretty upbeat. I can definitely call this one smile. "The more boys I meet, the more I love my dog." :D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRQekKsxTPU

All Time Low- "Painting Flowers". This is from the soundtrack of Tim Burton's version of "Alice in Wonderland". Sad, but I still love it. If a guy played this for me, I actually might go back to him. And coming from me, that's saying something.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFcDhj-E3po

All American Rejects- "It Ends Tonight". Kinda heavy, I suppose? It has a... quiet certainty to it. A finality. It's a good song, about a breakup but being okay about it.

 I hope you listen to these songs, but I'm not going to reach through the computer and force you to click on those links. If you don't like them, then okay. Glad you gave them a try. If you love them, then awesome. I love 'em too. ♥ I don't really have anything else to say, except, of course, the ending quote for today:
"A bird doesn't sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song." -Maya Angelou

 

The Iron King by Julie Kagawa

So! It's July 31st, this is my last post of the month. I've decided it's high time for a book review.

Megan is a normal girl, soon to turn 16 years old. Then she finds out her best friend is the faery from A Midsummer Night's Dream, Puck, her little brother has been snatched and replaced with a changeling, and that her father is King Oberon, the king of faeries. In order to rescue her little brother, she must go to the faery world and save him, along the way meeting friends and enemies alike. Being half fey, she has to also learn to control her new found powers, and her crush against Puck's enemy, Prince Ash. She finds out the fey who stole her brother is one Iron King, who isn't even supposed to exist.







Characters: I liked the characters. I wouldn't have reacted the same way about the existence of faeries that Megan did, but that's pretty irrelevant. The enmity between Puck and Prince Ash was both amusing and annoying, as they make it perfectly clear, several times. Megan did seem kind of whiny, fussing about choosing between Puck and Ash and being too scared and weirded out to accept her fey side.

Plot: I also didn't mind the plot. I picked this book up in Wal-mart only because it was one of the only ones NOT about vampires. Romance isn't my kinda thing, but again, whatever. The whole Seelie court and Unseelie court monarchy was interesting. Also, the idea of Iron fey wasn't too boring.

Likes: So, I like faeries. I like the monarchy, and the writing itself was pretty good. There was one character who really stood out to me as evil, I can't remember her name but she was seriously one bad, butt kicking character. There's also a mysterious cat in it, which of course I liked.

Dislikes: Megan. She was whiny. She was protective of her little brother, but she was resisting her powers for most of the book, when I would've been like, "Oh yea!!! Super cool faery powers!!!" I also didn't like the romance of it, I thought it focused a little too much on it.

Overall, I'd give it an "Okay..."