Vampire Vocab

The Lightning Thief movie was absolutely untrue to the book. If it were independant, I would have enjoyed it: the effects were good, and at times it was funny. However. If you take an excellent book with tons of die-hard fans and make it into a good movie that has nothing in common but the [...]

We left on Christmas Day. Travel was as travel always is: boring, uncomfortable, but the pains are staved off by the promise of arrival. Five and a half hours in the air and one connection in Miami later, my siblings, father and I stepped out of Juan SantaMaria Airport and were met by a rush [...]

Every year I write a note to Santa. This year, I posted it on my Kaboodle list. I transcribed it here. (Beware, ridiculously sappy)
Dear Santa,
This year has been incredibly exciting. All this year I have been reminded of all the people around me who love me and all of the things that I am thankful [...]

On my nice little laptop at my dad’s house, I’ve had a problem for a while. My default  page (Google) turned into something called “mywebsearch”. Umm…just for the record, I, being most likely the only computer illiterate blogger EVER, do not even know HOW to change such a thing. Also, a folder called “homework” popped [...]

I call you guinea pigs, my devoted or not-so-devoted readers because you are about to be subject to a short story. My short story. It’s not too late to turn back. …No? Brave soul. You see, my drop-dead gorgeous mother was talking to me the other day and she informed me that she had noticed [...]

It seems that, though not my favorite class, math seems to be my most interesting not due to the class itself, but because of the students in it. I write journal entries about school in my free time about it, therefore I’ll share a few that I’ve written. Some even have Haikus in them!
9/30/09
Ah, yes, [...]

It seems that I am becoming the go-to source for birthday cakes. I’m glad, actually. I love making cakes because they are a challenge and so much harder to make than cookies, brownies or cupcakes. (Usually. Some cookies, cupcakes, and brownies can be scary. Seriously.) A couple months ago I made Anne a birthday cake. [...]

We were doing Round Robin, a game where we create a story as an ensemble, in my theater class at Piven. One story we told stuck out to me so, as I am prone to do, I am going to post it. I didn’t name the characters, by the way. Otherwise, the main characters name [...]

Before theater class one Saturday, I wanted muffins. Sweet, delicious, warm muffins. So, I went to my favorite place besides Barnes and Noble, my House, and Piven (my theater school)…Epicurious! Anyway, I knew we had cinnamon, nutmeg, at least half a stick of butter and other such staples, so I asked for cinnamon muffins, and [...]

I must commemorate this book as my first to review that isn’t Fantasy. It’s…Historical Romance!! (Though it does have paranormal aspects, like hypnotists and magic crystal workers, but all I have in my defense is that it has nothing STRICTLY inhuman.)
The Third Circle by Amanda Quick stars Leona, a crystal worker who meets a [...]