Meet Clark Kent the Cat!

So, we have had mice recently in our house and we don't have mousetraps and we were going to have to buy them. This morning my mom says to me, we either need to get mousetraps or a cat. She didn't think that the shelter was open on Sundays, but its open 365 days a year. So, we drove out to the Aspen Animal Shelter and there was one kitten and someone found him yesterday in a field. He had his first sett of shots and all of his other first year shots and a microchip is paid for in the $100 dollar adoption fee. We got to play with him still at the shelter and he is playful, a real people cat. So, we took him home and named him Clark Kent. He is a sweetheart and for a little tiny cat, he's incredibly loud. Ellie is actually getting along with him very well, we haven't had a single bad incident. Its kinda crazy, because this morning when I woke up, I didn't have a cat and it wasn't even something that was on my radar. But he's so cute.

Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince (Movie)

I am a huge fan of this franchise or series or whatever. I love it and I see these people as more my friends than fictional characters. I am a ware that makes me a creep, but I can live with that. These movies are very important to me and I know that sounds strange, but they are, because I want people to be able to get the same joy that I get out of these characters.

I went into this movie very invested in its being good and I came out realizing that is was a very hard movie to make. A lot of difficult things happen in the sixth installment of Harry Potter and almost all of the plot points are related to the more depressing parts of the story. In the book there is much more happiness and frivolity, but in order to shorten it down into a movie, a lot of that had to be taken out. I think that is the really stem of all the problems that arise with the making of Harry Potter movies. In the books, J.K. Rowling is able to delve into each character's story and you get to know everyone, but in the movies in most cases they just have the most popular characters basically do a walk-through. I understand that this is the best that they can do, because there is not enough time, but I think it jobs the audience of the smaller characters.

Overall, I thought that they did a very good job on this film, but with **Spoiler Alert** Dumbledore's death and Snape's betrayal, **Spoiler Alert** I was glad that I had read the last book. Otherwise, I would have walked out of that theater livid.I think they did a pretty good job getting the message and the main events of this installment onto the screen. I thought the scene with Ron and love potion was particularly funny and I really felt the emotion when Hermione was upset about Ron. The only real problems I had were the amount of silent spell casting and the fact that they completely and totally changed THE kiss, it was much better in the book. But I would very much like to compliment the cast and crew on a job well done.

One more thing, I think that everyone should at least attempt to read these books, because at the very least, it will enrich your movie going experience.

Jonas Brothers Concert!!

On June 24th, I went to a Jonas Brothers concert with my best friend Erin and my little cousin Lily. People really like to hate on them, but they are actually very good. It was also a very interesting experience. We had to wait in a very long line to even get in and then once we got there it was totally nuts. The Pepsi Center holds approximately 20,000 people and they would just start screaming for no reason. It wasn't even for the performers... I guess there was just alot of energy in that room. It got really annoying though, because it was really loud (but nowhere near the volume that it reached when the Jonas Brothers were onstage). Our seats were really good, it was a concert in the round and we were about 15 feet away from the stage.

The first opening act was Honor Society and I had no idea what to expect, because I didn't know that much about them and I couldn't find any of their music beforehand. They were very good. There was also this MC type person named Jessie James or something. She sang a song that sounded like she was lipsyncing hardcore. The second opening act was Jordin Sparks and she was pretty good. I don't watch American Idol, but I still kinda knew what to expect, because I heard some of her songs. She sang P.Y.T. and Tattoo and No Air as well as a couple songs that I didn't know.

Between Jordin Sparks and the Jonas Brothers there was a pretty long wait. They had to remove all of her equipment and put theirs down and they had to make sure that the sound levels were still accurate. They put carpet on the ramps that had the JB symbol on it and the fangirls screamed it was kinda ridiculous. Then we waited. We were sitting right by where all the acts entered to get under the stage and we saw Jordin Sparks and Honor Society enter that way. The Jonas Brothers band entered that way, but they brought the brothers on in a stage equipment box. It was kinda funny. Then the concert and the screaming started. I have never heard a group of people be so loud. After a few minutes I couldn't hear the screaming anymore, even though I could here the music fine, it was almost like a defensive mechanism.

They came out playing their newest single, Paranoid and ended up playing 22 full songs...ish.
In order (according to the program):
Paranoid
Poison Ivy
Live to Party
Play My Music (from Camp Rock)
That's Just the Way We Roll
Fly With Me
A Little Bit Longer/ Black Keys (+ Nick's speech)
Much Better(My favorite song on their new album)
Year 3000
Tonight
Gotta Find You (from Camp Rock)
Turn Right
When You Look Me In the Eyes
Don't Close the Book (I don't remember this song...I don't even know what it is)
Sweet Caroline (Neil Diamond cover)
Hold On
BB Good
World War III
Battlefield (Jordin Sparks' new single...they played together)
Lovebug
S.O.S.
Burnin' Up

With all the songs and dance breaks and such, they performed for over 2 hours. They were great they did flips and played their own instruments and all this stuff it was great. Parts of the stage rotated and the effect was that everyone got to see most things. There was a piece of the stage that came up and Joe and Kevin sprayed foam. There was also this really cool water feature that they used during Lovebug. It was a huge ring and it spelled out words and shapes and patterns.

I thought the concert was great. I wish I could go again. They actually left and were right in front of us, but somehow we missed that, but my mom got pictures. Together the four of us took like a thousand pictures. Then we walked back to our hotel and we were on such an adrenaline high we didn't complain once. (and unknowingly we walked past the hotel that the Jonas Brothers were staying at). It was great and I'm so glad we did it! You should go if you can!

School's Out For Summer!

I don't know the tune of that song. But school is done and I didn't fail anything. Thank God! The one time I have taken my ACT so far I got a 27 and I am going to a college application workshop in July. The end of this school year is shaping up to be much better than the last.

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Wow, long time no...blog. School is almost over and if I am still alive afterwards I will blog more. I swear!

F.I.N.A.L.S

Normally, I am in the small group of the popluation that likes finals, what can I say, I like tests. But this year it was horible. Most of my finals were projects and required out of class time. I can't deal with that, especially not at the end of the year. But it wasn't so bad in the end. The only class I am worried about is IB English. I just can't handle this. I am so ready to be done I have 7 hours left in my Junior year and feels like forever. I want to shoot someone or to rip out my english tecaher's rib cage and wear it as a hat. (That was very graphically violent, but at least I didn't come up with it all by myself. It's a quote.) I have to go, but I will report on the 2nd half of my year when school gets out.

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Blank page

Cursor blinking at me

As I sit wondering what to write

Typing out of sheer boredom

And avoidance of my work

Homeward bound to stuff my face

Before coming back to the very place that I just left

15 minutes till the bus with nothing to do but debate getting on it

I need to eat I know

But the truth is it might be easier and more productive to stay here

I can wait until 9:00 to eat

As long as I do my homework now

The very work that I am avoiding

I have English and History and math

Which isn’t that much if you think about it

If I get it done later I can do other things

More enjoyable things

No not that get your head out of the gutter

I could instead of homework watch TV and movies

Then sleep and get up in time to take a shower

And start the day again the slow progression of days turning into weeks

Into months

Is boring and repetitive

The only thing that breaks it up is stress

So 10 minutes until the bus now

Still unsure if getting on it

Is the right way to go

If I go home my dog will be happy

I will be in a better mood

But less homework will get done and although the only thing

That I have due tomorrow is my math it will still be annoying

In an effort to keep my grades up

Perhaps I should stay here

But that will only do me good if I do my homework

Which would mean this poem has to end

And I am rather enjoying writing it

Either way the poem has to end

With 7 minutes till the bus and still no idea what to do

I end the poem in an effort

To make myself decide

So that I can make my decision

Instead of the decision making me.

In case anyone cares I wrote this before practice today and I did end up staying at school and doing my homework. I have late practice again tomorrow, but I plan to go home and eat first.

Perfect Man

You seem so perfect

My perfect man

I find it hard to remember

I don’t actually know you

I watch the videos and I watch the shows

I read the Bios, the articles

I save the pictures, memorize the quotes

I laugh when you joke

And smile when you smile

I am happy when you are happy

Yet sad when you are in a relationship

I want you all to myself

And yet I want to share you

Want others to understand why I love you

I can never remember that I am one of the thousands who love you

And I can’t seem to wrap my head around

The fact that I don’t have a chance

You dominate my thoughts and my dreams

And although you distance frustrates me

Here I sit writing about you

You, who more than likely I will never meet

And even if I do

I will be just another lovestruck fan

I need to get over you

And move on to a real man

An attainable man

But if I can ever

Truly do that, I do not know

And so for now I won’t let you go

But rather hold on with all my might and

Hope that someday I find

My actual, attainable, loveable perfect man

I wrote this about an actor in one of my most recent new TV shows. I was really bored at the time and I was thinking about how teenage stars write lyrics all the time, so why couldn't I? It's not very song-like I admit, but I liked so her it is.