Another one of those Wednesday things...

A blog... yeah, I do those once a week...

Howdy Girls!
I hope everyone's week is going fairly well. Mine is mostly mundane and slightly fun. The fun part comes from what I was writing about last week which is my lovely Wizard Rock Weekend of Awesome, which was, in fact, awesome! I suggest going to as many wrock concerts as you can as they are uber fun :)

I think my favorite thing was the HPA 5 year celebration event. It was a lot of fun because I got to see some of my favorite bands but it was also more than just a concert. We go to hear Andrew Slack speak.. and speak.. and speak, haha :P But I actually really enjoyed it because he talked a lot about activism and Harry Potter, which doesn't sound inherently exciting but actually was really fun. My friends and I are going to start up a Harry Potter Alliance chapter at my school which will be totally awesome.

The other part of my fun week is my new nerdy t-shirts. I bought a shirt at each of the shows. A purple "won't you be in nerdfighterlike with me?" one, another Remus Lupins shirt that says don't let the muggles get you down and then I ordered the charity shirt from teefury, any body else get that one? I'm going to wear a nerdy shirt for each day of the week, very exciting, hehe

As far as the fifty post anniversary chat, I am totally on board with this! Sometimes I feel like I don't know you guys all that well, other than what you blog about, so I'm super excited! Have a good week everyone!

-Emily

Almost 50!

GUYSSSS.
We're at 35 blog posts already! Almost at 50! I say we should have some sort of chat party when we hit 50 (because I feel like we don't talk nearly enough!) THOUGHTS?

Moving along,
A lot of things happened this weekend! From my birthday to taking my last SATs ever to watching Easy A (excellent, excellent, excellent movie)! Throughout the week I'm always like "oooh! I should blog about this!" but then I end up forgetting, which leaves me staring blankly at my Tuesday post until I force something out.

So in light of the movie I just saw, I'll be doing a review of EASY A! *applause*
Easy A is a modern day adaptation of The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne. Regardless of whether you've read the book or not, this movie will have you rolling all over the popcorn-littered theatre floor laughing your butt off.

I don't think I'd do very well summarizing, so click here to watch the trailer!

The main character is Olive Penderghast (aka; 21st Century Hester Prynne) played by Emma Stone, who is an amazing actress. She just IS Olive - snarky, smart, funny, and headstrong. But at the same time, we see Olive is as insecure as every other high school kid. She's relatable, which makes her human, which makes her a believable character.

The film successfully promotes moral integrity, comments on society's hypocrisy, and tells one heck of a story without being horribly corny, cliche, or trite. There is no easy solution or easy ending for Olive to choose. Instead, she braves forward with her own resolve.

I know I'll be quoting this film and singing Pocketful of Sunshine for the next week or so :D

The longest weekend in the history of this year

Today I'm going to blog about pranking. Positive and the other kind.

The other kind.
I've really loved Banksy for a while. His work isn't so much about pranking anymore. It's about statements. But in essence, this is what pranking is. It's all about statements. (I just re read that after finding a picture of an entire office covered in sticky notes. Cant find the statement.) You prank the school librarian cos she overcharges for paper and you want to protest that. You prank Barnes and Noble because they're an overpriced chain. It goes on. There's a difference between that and just TPing someone's house (but that's a statement too, just not a very nice one). Toilet paper sucks. Drawing mustaches on displays is sort of funny. (ok so maybe not but...some of us have bad senses of humor.)

Positive pranking
It's similar, but also very different. (a paradox?)  It still sort of makes a statement. A little. But mostly it's about being nice anonymously. Which is also cool. What defines positive pranking? Is it only things that do good things? Or can it also be things that make people smile. For instance, leaving someone an anonymous mix cd. Not a creepy one. Just a good one. I don't know. You answer cos I have homework to do.

Days of the Week are Confusing

This month has been kind of weird with remembering what day it was. I know that today is Wednesday, aka blogday aka Wind-day. Yet I kept feeling like it was Friday and at the same time feeling like it all was Tuesday. I was day-ily confused.
Side story, growing up, me and my dad had different names for the days of the week. So our weeks went like this Someday, Momday, Toothday, Wind-day, Thirstday, French-fry-day, Sat-On-The-Cat Day. [/pointless story]
(another side note, I love the internet because I can make html jokes *nerd jokes, nerd jokes*)

So what is going on with me right now is actually in line with the unspoken theme of Harry Potter. I will be having an awesome, nerdy long weekend and am super excited! I will be going to a show in Boston for the Triple Rainbow Awesome Tour on Saturday (ALL CAPS, Mike Lombardo, Alex Carpenter and Mike Lombardo) and to the HPA's 10-10-10 celebration on Sunday and to round out that amazing weekend is the first real meeting of our book club where we have just read Looking For Alaska. So Nerdfighter/Harry Potter weekend FTW!

So I was wondering, has any one else ever had their day made by a vlogbrothers video (or other nerdfightery one)? Earlier this week I was having a pretty hard time of it (like tissues and Ben and Jerry's difficult) and then I watched John's Monday video and it made me stop crying. That whole part about the tree that hasn't stopped being a tree despite considerable difficulties and laughing despite the burden of destiny. It helped me face things and get it together. I don't know, I just was wondering if I'm the only one here who that's happened to *peers at curiously*

Things are a lot better now that my work is getting done and the wonderous weekend I have in store. I hope everyone else is having an awesome week! DFTBA!

-Emily

SATs are this Saturday. *sigh*

How To Study For SATs;
Step one: Stare blankly at SAT prep book.
Step two: Do one problem. Check your answer.
Step three: Become convinced that the answer key has an error.
Step four: Bang head against desk.
Step five: Repeat for the duration of three hours.
* Optionally, you can add a "cry for three hours" or "curl up into fetal position for three hours" depending on your method of sorrow-drowning.

Lately I've watched JK Rowling's interview on Oprah. One of the most intriguing and interesting interviews I've ever seen of JK Rowling! It's getting me excited for the release of Deathly Hallows Part I (also, sad that I am reminded once again that the books are over D:...) (Though I am excited to see what she does next.) (Very much so.)

Sometimes I forget Harry Potter is a book series since it's exploded into such a big thing. The books transcend all else. It is in its own realm of greatness. I feel like I can understand the HP characters better than my friends. (Sad, true, yes.)

Anyway, my post today is very scattered... but that's because I don't really have anything to talk about! Except that this Friday is senior dress up day, and I'm busting out a pokeball in preparation for it >D...

Gotta catch 'em all!

Alex Said Sports

             So I remembered today was blogday in Spanish today. And I asked the kid sitting next to me what I should blog about. Alex said Sports, because that's what he would blog about if he had to. So Today I'm going to Blog about Sports. My favorite real /large  sport to watch is hockey. I'm mostly Canadian, so I guess maybe it's a blood trait, and also it's just so much better than any of the others. I mean, with football it's a bunch of giant guys running at each other for two seconds at a time (which is never enough time to realize they're playing and then start paying attention again). And soccer's so technical a lot of the time, but I like that one too. Also hockey's so much fun to laugh at in a kind way. Not in a soccer snob way or a condescending Ihatefootball way, in a sort of younger sister way. Whenever anyone gets put in the time out box, my mom and I yell "Badboyboxbadboyboxbadboybox!!!" and giggle. That's why hockey's so fun.
           and Another thing. Hockey fans rock. They throw squids on to the ice, and fake eat each other's heads, and fight over which beer is the best.
           Now for my second Favorite Sport. Quiddich. yeah. It's only real at my school though. There's a quiddich club and they practice by my house. They put up large sticks with rings on the end and run around on broomsticks for a couple hours. It's really entertaining. And way better than going to a football game. My friends and I were trying to set up a leauge with the other schools in our district, and have games on saturdays and stuff, but it didn't work out. Maybe next year.
             So that's it for sports. Among other news, one of my favorite books is becomoing a movie that you can see this friday if you live near me. Trailer. It's called it's kind of a funny story, If you were wondering. I might see it. Even more news: homecoming's next weekend. woo. i'm taking my friend from another school. hers got sold out. ha. My school doesn't have enough spirit to get enough people to go for it to sell out. Ever. Most people don't even go to the rallies. It's a little depressing at times. Other times it's really fun to have a picnic at lunch when the rest of the school watches kids from leadership dance around. OH AND. Halloween! best holiday ever. Fifteen is so not too old for trickortreating. It's the perfect age. Unless you're trickortreating with boys who steal your neighbors candy bowl. THen it's not so great.

           I just remembered that Alex also was talking about the spanish test that I forgot to study for until now....see yall next week.

COLIN MORGAN :D

Helllllloooo
I’m soo sorry this is late, I was sick yesterday :(
Not good times getting sick, it’s highly upsetting, I don’t recommend it.

But a good cure is….
COLIN MORGAN :D
The people who are saying “who?” :S you’re insane, and need to go watch Merlin, NOW!!
You are seriously lacking in ColinMorgan and BradlyJames.
And those who know who I’m talking about, yay :)
Then you’ll love this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrqHKKjm7Z0&feature=related

legit, I haven’t laughed so hard in soooo long.
Note though: it mentions gay people, so if you’re offended by them, feel free to not watch it… but you’ll be missing out on hilarious good times laughoutloud

I was watching Dawson’s Creek (pretty much amazing btw) when I fell upon this amazingness. :D

This one’s extra short, just thought I would share that ^^
Next week will be better.

Talktoyoulater, bye :D