Like A Pretzel Hanging From A Bungee Cord

Last Monday was my birthday. Yay! So I figured it would be nice to give a shout-out to all of my bfffls (best female friends for life). Thanks to "Whatsername" the necklace is super cute and really sparklie (however sparkly? is spelled). I still need to decide what to buy at Wal-Mart though. The options are really endless. Thank you to my cello wielding friend, for the hair brush, which will actually probably come in very handy in the end, and for all the gum which I am already started to enjoy. Also for the socks, my meow meow loves them (she's a soft things addict). Kaitlyn Red Shirt didn't get me anything... I can't blame her though, topping a broken fire truck is pretty difficult.

I would also like to thank my family for their gifts. I got a new purple music stand, and my brother got me a bunch of Pokemon cards. I have this weird attraction to Pokemon cards, and if there was still a Pokemon league nearby, I would totally still play. Definitely the best though, was LEGO Batman (it's a videogame). On Saturday, I went with my dad to hang around the city while my brother was in art class. Once we picked him up to go home, my mom called and said to wait to come home for a little while. I didn't know it but she was getting my new computer set up (Thank you guys!). While we were waiting to go home we went to Graywhale and looked around. It was really weird, because LEGO Batman wasn't supposed to come out until the twenty third of September (Tuesday). Anyway, we bought it on Saturday and right now my brother is being really obnoxious trying to get me to play it instead of doing my blog for school. I read that last sentence out loud to him.

I was watching this episode of Arthur today, and every time Molly said some kind of threat to Muffy, some loud noise would happen for the duration of their conversation, then the noise would go away for the last phrase. Some of the last phrases were "Like a pretzel hanging from a bungee cord" and "like a snake sucking cheese through a water hose". Molly is so cool. She's this skateboarding fourth grader with a cut off jean jacket and she hangs out with Binky and his "cool" fourth grade friends.

I think it's about time for a playlist change. No, this does not mean anything besides Batman music, but it will be in a different order and I'm planning on adding some things from the village soundtrack. It's kind of a bummer, LEGO Batman doesn't have Hans Zimmer and James Newton Howard's soundtrack for the videogame.

I really like the LEGO videogames because they're cute and fun for anyone. The controls are easy to understand and the game plays really well. There's plenty to do so you can also play it for a long time. Whenever you talk to someone about any of the games, they always tell you how much fun they are, whether they're 3 or 9 or 90. Lots of parents I know play it with their kids. The best part of it is how the LEGO characters never say anything (they just kind of mwah mwah mwah, like they're from a Peanuts cartoon) but you understand exactly what they're saying.

Lastly, I would like to conclude this blog with something that happened to me this week. I gave my violin teacher a CD of The Dark Knight a few weeks ago, and then yesterday when I had my lesson she was like "Track eight is my absolute favorite!" so I whipped out my iPod and sure enough, track eight is Like a Dog Chasing Cars, which happens to also be my favorite. That's why its numero uno on my playlist right now.


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"Hello, Bob!"

So, I have recently noticed that a lot of the people that I hang around have either really dramatic lives, or they hate pretty much everyone. I guess that would count for a more dramatic life, even if the drama is created by you. I do not have a dramatic life, and I honestly don’t dislike anyone, and I don’t have fights with anyone. It must be because I’m such a nice person. (Now I’m going to get a whole bunch of anonymous messages that say “Well you sure were mean to me, and I can hold a grudge!” I don’t think I do many mean things. If I do I’m sorry). I just thought it was really weird the way teenagers have to have these movie style lives.

I watch this show that is filmed in Canada, Degrassi. It is basically just the lives of a bunch of teenagers. The weird thing about it though, is the way these teenagers are represented. It might be different up north, but these teenagers are going to parties all the time, these thirteen year old kids are going out, and I’m left wondering, “Is any of this even real?” Are there people that do go to parties on a nightly basis, and I am just not aware of this? The more people I talk to the more confused I become because no one says that their teenage years are (or were) like that. Why do the television companies like to distort our own image? They are not influencing us in a positive way, and I don’t think it makes the show any more exciting. It would be much more interesting to see these characters overcome personal struggles and hardships, rather than watching them go to school with a hangover.

On to a completely different subject, my mom took my computer to the doctor. If I haven’t already told you, a few months ago I pretty much killed my computer because I accidentally downloaded this virus that send itself to people through MSN Messenger. It was bad news, and my computer never really got over it’s sickness. Anyway, I’ve been really busy lately, and haven’t had any time to just relax and mess around on the internet or play “The Sims” my best friend (/s if you count my individual simians). Now that Mr. Computer is visiting the doctor for a three day check-up, I have all this free time. It’s a total bummer.

This is not quite as serious (haha why so serious?) as the beginning of my blog. Mostly I just wanted to mention some of the random stuff I was doing, or thinking about. I just finished reading “The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford.” The title of my blog this time around are the words Ed Kelly said right before killing Robert Ford. I just thought that was worth mentioning. It really is a good book, you don’t know whether you should love, hate, or sympathize with Bob Ford. Personally, I feel bad for him. He sort of reminds me of Batman. He does the world a favor, ending this criminal’s life, but everyone still hates him. Speaking of Batman, the LEGO batman video game is coming out shortly, and I’m very excited. The previous LEGO video games, (Indiana Jones, Star Wars one and two) are so much fun.

I guess I’m ending this one on a positive note.

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1st (Real) Blog Post

So, you're probably wondering what's up with the joker. Well, it turns out we're all wondering. He's kind of psycho. Anyway, I'm not completely sure what to write about, so I'm just going to talk about why I put the things on my blog that I did.

First off, we have Mr. Clown here. I only put that there to get extra credit from Mr. Thompson. Just kidding... although extra credit sounds good if he still wants to give it to me. No, it turns out that I just happen to really like Heath Ledger as The Joker. People always ask me if I really like Batman, since I've seen the movie three times, and I tell them, "No, I actually hate batman." This usually gives me a quizzical look and that is the best thing ever.

Now, up to about 2 months ago, I listened to nothing but hard core rock, screamo, stuff like that, but then, I rediscovered one of the best genres of music ever! Soundtracks were one of my favorite things to listen to when I was a lot younger and now they are once again my new favorite, and I am seriously considering taking down my My Chemical Romance posters to replace with pictures of James Newton Howard or Hans Zimmer. I told my friends I'm switching musical religions. They didn't think it was very funny. I'm usually into darker things, and the Batman Begins soundtrack is incredible. When I first heard it I was like, "Wow, I have really been missing out." Then my family took a trip down to Moab, and on the four hour drive back I tried putting my iPod on shuffle. Let's just say I listened to the same twelve songs I would have anyway.

Ever since I started listening to Batman Begins (which you have now sampled if your computer allowed you to listen to my playlist), I asked my dad to order The Dark Knight soundtrack. It took way too long to finally get here, but it was definitely worth the wait. The way that Hans Zimmer and James Newton Howard captured everyone's emotions in the movie is truly incredible. They reserved some of the same effects from Batman Begins for special use with Scarecrow, and created a whole new sound for The Joker, and a Batman with renewed strength. They used bizarre instruments to create strange new sounds, and it all works so well. The Joker is both dark and euphoric, and the soundtrack perfectly captures that.

When I finally get a display picture up, It will be either be a picture of The White Violin, a Supervillian from my favorite comic book "The Umbrella Academy", The Rumor, a Superhero from "The Umbrella Academy" or a picture of Brad Pitt in "The Assassination Of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford." That is the book I am currently trying to finish reading (let's just say that that isn't the most exciting last third of a book that I've ever read). I thought the movie was really good, almost as good as Batman. Its a lot better though if you've read the book first, because when you only watch the movie it doesn't make very much sense. It has too many characters to learn in only two hours. I would definitely recommend "The Assassination..." to anybody who likes the Old West. I suppose this concludes my first blog for Honors English. I hope it was enlightening...


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