UP IN THE WINDY MOORS

I am in my room freezing because someone has turned our air conditioner below the average temperature again. This is going to be a long night.

So, during my period of silence, here's what happened:

Last weekend, my sister and I joined the Battle of Wits, which is a Bible trivia activity in my church for members of our Children's Worship Service. That was fun...even though I lost. I think winning the trivia game would have been pretty neat and all, but even though I didn't win, I had the opportunity to study the lessons in the Bible and that I was able to help my sister understand them as well. So, there's always that to look back to.

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Another thing that happened is: I finished reading Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte. 

In the beginning of the year, I proposed that I would double the books that I have read last year...and I don't think I came close to achieving that. But I did read a lot of great books this year, so I don't believe I'm a total failure.

So, right. Wuthering Heights. Oh boy!

This book starts off like the beginning of Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen. You know, it's all quiet and we can feel how miserable everyone is. Then it gets to its full height and the emotions just burst out like the grand rock opera part of Bohemian Rhapsody. That's where everything in the story falls apart and everyone goes crazy. Then it calms down a little. Finally, silence. Everything fades to black. All we can hear is nothing but the wind and someone crying in the distance.

I know that a lot of people say that this book is a shadow that hangs over you and leaves you with sorrow, and I would have to say that...I agree with them. 

Most of the characters made me want to punch a wall, but it is a good book. I couldn't put it down when I started reading it. It's a great start to classics. The language can be a little difficult to understand if you haven't read a lot of classics before, but I'm sure you'll get a hang of it once you begin.

This is my introduction to the works of The Bronte Sisters. Boy, am I up for a show!

Anyway, here's some music:
That's all, folks.

E M O T I O N S

Hello! It's me again.

This animated short is about the emotions that are caused by something internal; the things that we keep to ourselves.


That's all. 

Smurfalicious

I went out to get ice cream when I saw this:

I don't really know what to feel about this, but I have some questions. Such as: 'Why the heck is the ice cream pink? Aren't Smurfs supposed to be freaking blue?" and "What does this have anything to do with Smurfs?"

Maybe it's a fandom thing I will never understand. I don't know anymore.

And what is this picture?

I'm done. 

"Try Adding More...FEEEEEELINGS"

Yesterday I was at an audition for a film.

I wasn't there to audition. My mom wanted me and my sister to observe how films were made. So I had to sit down and watch actors perform. That was still fun.

There was this one actor who auditioned that scared the jumping jellybeans out of me. He prepared a performance where he played as this crazy person accusing people of mocking him. He was yelling at the audience and made everyone feel bad about what we had allegedly done to him. It was awesome.

Well...I was planning to audition but there weren't any roles I could audition for. I was either too young or too old to play any of the characters.

And besides if I did audition, things would probably turn out like this:

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That's all.

It's Almost 5am

My cat and my grandma have one thing in common; they both arrived two weeks ago. That's as far as things go.

My grandma came over to visit us from Canada. I haven't seen in her in a really long time so her visit was nice. She spent a lot of time creating these collages with cutouts from magazines and photographs and go about the house singing this one line from a song in flat. It goes like "For I don't love you ANYmoooore". I was curious about what this song was so I searched it up on YouTube. I couldn't find a song that's close to what she sings. I'll assume she made it up.

So, about the cat. Right.

My family got a cat and her name is Willow. She likes to sleep, chew my hair and murder plants. She also likes to stare at me like she wants to kill me. She does that by squinting. It's creeping me out. 

That's all.

Advice I Would Never Need. Ever.

I found this blog on Tumblr called "WikiHow Illustrations" and I have never been appalled by humanity in my entire life. This shouldn't surprise me, honestly. You can find a WikiHow article for almost anything you could possibly need help with. It makes you realize how weird we are as a species.

A tutorial called "How to Trick People into Thinking You're Possessed" is probably my favorite.

That's enough Internet for today.

Have a great April Fool's Day, I guess.

Never Let Me Go

Well, it has been awhile.

In late December of last year, I summed up all the books I had read and it all came down to about 10 books. This doesn't seem much of a big deal, but compared to how much I used to read...This, I think, is pretty bad.

For this year, I have decided to double the number of books I read and actually finish what I started.

The first book that I had finished this year was “Never Let Me Go” by Kazuo Ishiguro. I got this book in the spring last year, but I never finished it. I don't see why I put this down. The book is just so beautiful and in some way...kind of terrifying. It made me think of how ephemeral everything is and how one day time would just erase everything I'm familiar with, specifically people I know and the relationships I have formed with them. Now don't get me wrong, I'm not saying I have problems with change. But the idea of having to lose everything you know is sort of terrifying and sad. The book made me feel nostalgic for what I've already lost, which is why I cried after reading the book. Also, the story in general just made me cry. I will say no more. (Gosh dang it, Ishiguro! Why are you making me feel all these emotions?). I absolutely love this book. It's my favorite book out of everything I have read so far.

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