Though this blog may appear to contradict, I'm not finished with blogging! I've just moved my host site from Blogger to Tumblr. (Sorry!!! Does that make me a bad person?)
My personal blog is HERE.
Thanks, guys! :)
Monday, 11 July 2011
Friday, 14 January 2011
I'm afraid of 15 out of 69 common fears. (Something like that.)
I tried to write a new blog post, I really did. It didn't work. I'm sorry.
Cross out the things you’re afraid of and put you’re score at the top.
the dark- staying single forever
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being a parent - giving birth
- being myself in front of others
- open space
closed space-
heights -
dogs - birds
- fish
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spiders - flowers or other plants
being touched- fire
deep water- snakes
- silk
- the ocean
- failure
- success
- thunder/lightning
- frogs/toads
- my boyfriends/girlfriends dad
- boyfriends/girlfriends mom
- rats
jumping from high places- snow
- rain
- wind
crossing hanging bridges- death
- heaven
- being robbed
- falling
- clowns
- dolls
- large crowds of people
- men
- women
- having great responsibilities
- doctors, including dentists
- tornados
- hurricanes
- incurable diseases
- sharks
- friday the 13th
- ghosts
- poverty
- halloween
- school
- trains
- odd numbers
- even numbers
- being alone
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becoming blind - becoming deaf
growing upcreepy noises in the nightbee stings-
not accomplishing my dreams/goals - needles
- blood
- dinosaurs
- the welcome mat
- high speed
- throwing up
- falling in love
- super secrets
If you repost this, it’s been requested that you title it “I’m afraid of _ out of 69 common fears”
If you get more than 30, I strongly recommend some counseling.
If you get more than 20, you’re paranoid.
If you get 10-20, you are normal.
If you get 10 or less, you’re fearless.
People who don’t have any are liar
I'm surprised "growing old" isn't on here. I know a few people with that fear.
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Monday, 13 December 2010
Chicago.
Last Saturday I went to Chicago with my German class.
I love the beeeean! I took some better pictures with my film SLR.
We ate wiener schnitzel at the German market!
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My hawt Chicago-shopping outfit.
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It started to rain like nobody's business. Beautiful!
The market.
Angel. :3
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Saturday, 4 December 2010
Paper Towns by John Green [Review]
I'm a bit of a slow reader, so that's a fantastic pace for me.
And believe me, it was an absolutely fantastic book.
[I won't spoil any major plot points here, no worries!]
I'll start with a synopsis:
Quentin Jacobson is just an average high schooler. He spends his time studying, playing video games with his friends, and pining over his neighbor and long-time crush, Margo Roth Spiegelman. He's just living his life, when one night, Margo Roth Spiegelman climbs into his bedroom window and takes him on a late-night adventure he will never forget.
Quentin thinks that everything between he and Margo would change after that night, and he was right, but not in the way he imagined. Margo has disappeared, and in doing so, left behind clues for Quentin to find. Quentin Jacobson puts his life on hold in order to find her. However, the more clues he finds, the less he knows, about the girl and her location.
I've never read any books by John Green before, and I was pleasantly surprised. I had high expectations starting out, and they were all surpassed. I took this book very literally at first, but about halfway in, I realized that there is so much more to it. It isn't about about finding Margo Roth Spiegelman; not really. It's about relationships, Walt Whitman, who people really are. With her desire to go on a journey and escape the "paper people" (a metaphor for people who live their two-dimensional meaningless lives without question), I can really relate to Margo. ...At least, I think I can. I can relate to my version of her. Because that's what this all really is; we each have our own versions of people, both people in our lives and characters. And these versions are both wrong and right, and I don't think we can ever really know someone entirely. Most of the time we're just seeing reflections of ourselves.
"When did we see each other face-to-face? Not until you saw into my cracks and I saw into yours. Before that, we were just looking at ideas of each other, like looking at your window shade but never seeing inside. But once the vessel cracks, the light can get in. The light can get out."
-Paper Towns, John Green
The characters in this book feel just like kids I might run into at my own high school. Liable to be normal and boring, but they always have something interesting (and sometimes very funny) to say. John Green is one of those adults who hasn't lost his grasp of the adolescent years, something I always admire in adults. His writing is interesting, captivating, sometimes profound, and very funny. Lines such as "Talking to a drunk person was like talking to an extremely happy, severely brain-damaged three-year-old," or "Did you just use Greek mythology to talk trash?" would make me burst out laughing (and then promptly text it to my boyfriend!). However, this has to be one of the best lines in the entire book:
"Radar threw his books into his locker and shut it. Then the din of conversation around us quieted just a bit as he turned his eyes toward the heavens and shouted, "IT IS NOT MY FAULT THAT MY PARENTS OWN THE WORLD'S LARGEST COLLECTION OF BLACK SANTAS."I mean, seriously.
-Paper Towns, John Green
All in all, I'd give this book five stars. I try not to give out five stars often, but this book was so freaking good. Like I said, I read it in 2 days, and that's because instead of watching TV or going online, I'd hide up in my room for three to five hours each day, and read every chance I get in class (laugh). I'll recommend it to anyone who enjoys reading. (I already have a list of people I'm going to loan my copy to. XD) I know there must be some cons to the book, but in all honesty, I really don't see them (I've read about some things people say they don't like, but I disagree!). This has become one of my favourite books.... It just means so much to me. I feel like I can't do this novel justice through this review, so I have three words for you, dear reader:
READ THIS BOOK!
"There was no planning. No time for planning. No time for a future. But then the life spans started getting longer, and people started having more and more future. And now life has become the future. Every moment of your life is lived for the future--you go to high school so you can go to college so you can get a good job so you can get a nice house so you can afford to send your kids to college so they can get a good job so they can get a nice house so they can afford to send their kids to college."
— John Green (Paper Towns)
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John Green with the cover of Paper Towns
Chriskindl Markt!
Guess where my German class is going next week?Chicago.
Guess why we're going to Chicago?
Chriskindl Markt.
W00!
I'm really excited for this. I love Chicago, I'm going with some good friends, it's an authentic German Christmas market, and I can get Christmas prezzies! (Ugh, I need to find more money.)
Ich liebe Deutsch! ...Well, I really don't like the class anymore (*laugh* It's because of the pace mostly. My best friend is taking German IIA as an independant study, and she loves being able to work at her own pace). But I can still speak German, and I'm extremely proud of the fact! And I really really really can't wait to go to Chicago...! Sorry! I'm excited!
I'll take pictures! This will be my second time going to Chicago.
I just found this really cool story: [link]. Basically a group of teenagers climbed to the top of an abandoned skyscraper in Chicago and sat on the ledge. The pictures are breathtaking. This is something I'd really like to do now (soo badly).
This entire blog is really fascinating, actually. I recommend checking it out.
So excited for the city. :)
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