Gotta Love C.Thomas Howell

I dont mean to sound immature here but...yum :3

Honestly, I dont want to sound like a fan girl here but seriously........YUM! haha, This guy right here is C.Thomas Howell, on what looks like, the set of A Tiger's Tale. Which, if you ask me, is more like A COUGAR'S Tale but I still watched it two times through xP So, here he's about 21 which is 1987, one year after The Hitcher was filmed and four years after The Outsiders was filmed. Which is quite ironic, considering he was supposed to be 14 in The Outsiders (people say he was 16 when he filmed it but I did some research, and since he was born in December of '66, he'd still only be 15 when he filmed The Outsiders which is only one year older than Ponyboy, his character. And that means he was only 19 when he filmed The Hitcher, not 20 and he was probably around 21 when he filmed A Tiger's Tale or, possibly, still 20.) God, I DO sound like a fan girl! xD But it's all in good fun, dont worry. I'm not going to turn into one of those crazed Justin Bieber type fans who go crazy and bake a cake for his freakin birthday and decorate their walls with his face and go on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and ON!

About how much they love him.

But, I will confess, I reeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeally like C.Thomas Howell xD I've seen 6 of his movies (The Outsiders, Soul Man, The Hitcher, A Tiger's Tale, Red Dawn, and That Night) {I would've watched Grandview USA but I REALLY hate Jamie Lee Curtis who is in it and also, I saw a scene of it on youtube which mentally scarred me for life} and I've seen his appearances on ER and Criminal Minds and this one tv show from the late 70's or early 80's when he was just 12 or 13, i forget what its called. Its a family-type show that only ran for a couple episodes but it was sweet.

ANYWAY, I'm babbling and I know it. I've probably flooded your mind, with all things C.Thomas Howell, but hey, you gotta love 'im ;) 

MineCraft

If you've been reading my posts for a while now, you'll know that I'm not big on video games. I used to be, a while back but they were games like Mario and such games for the DSi. And, in the present, the only video games I really play are Rockband and some game apps on my ipod.
So I got quite a shock when I got MineCraft on the weekend. I'd heard people talking about it so I decided to get it but, honselty, it doesnt make any sense! I tried to get my friends to help me but all they did was kill sheep xD But seriously, its just a bunch of blocks and your supposed to build something. But HOW? I need help xD anyway, If anyone knows how to play it, please help me xD Or i might just get help from my video game obsessed friend. He wasnt at school today so I had to settle for my other friends but tomorrow, I swear,he's helping me play MineCraft!

Happy Easter!

Yeah, it's a day late but whatever, Happy Easter!!!
Sooooooo, I hope everyone had a good four day weekend, I enjoyed the time off. I spent my time writing alot but y'know, it was fun. It always is, I can always entertain myself by writing. So, for Easter, I visited my grandma and step grandpa, went pretty well. The weather was pretty good so we sat outside for a while and road some of our bikes around. Since I've had my bike for about 7 years, I've been thinking on getting a new one. I was looking around and I saw one, I loved the style alot. Mostly cuz I have a retro soul but its cool either way ;)
 
It looks kinda like this one but the tires are a bit wider and its silver and white, not red. I wont be buying that one though because of the price but I'd like to get one that looks like that. Haha, man, i was definitely born in the wrong decade xD

Last Day Of March

Yes, it came very fast. Not sure what to say about it though. March wasn't an overly great month, there was some struggles. I'd say spring break was the only outstanding event. But March has always been sort of a down month for me, I have no idea why. For the past 3 or 4 years now, March has been a dull month, one that alot of unpleasant events take place in. Mostly with friends and school. It's funny how I remember things from 4 years ago so clearly. School year of 2008/2009 was a very memorable one I guess. thats when I moved back to my old school. Like, I went to the same school from JK until grade 3, then I went to this other school for grade 4. But I couldnt go again the next year because they cancelled the bus and the school was two cities away. So then I had to move back to my old school for grade 5. And I guess I remember alot of that year because I made all of these new friends and there was ALOT of drama with them. I mean, when you're hanging out with three guys and a two girls, there shouldn't be that much drama! But there was. ANYWAY, that was kinda a depressing year. Cuz do you ever look back on your past and think "Wow, I was so stupid" ?

Unbalanced?

I'm at a point in my life right now where everything is unbalanced. While life at home is thriving, relationships with friends are slightly cruel, my romantic life/interest is pretty much dead, my writing has taken off through the ceiling,  my studies have gone somewhat down hill and my freedom is limited. But sometimes, i just feel utterly stupid because of the people I associate myself with.

Back To The Books

Sooooo, spring break is over, very sad, yes I know. But it hasnt been so bad this week. In fact, our teacher (our new one. Did i tell you my other one left?) played a movie for us today called Hotel Rwanda. I'd explain it to you but its really hard to do so if the subject of two tribes in Africa in 1994 trying to wipe each other out interests you, look up Hotel Rwanda. Its really touchy.
Also, lately, i dont know if i've told you but i've been writing ALOT. In fact, i started another novel called Dont Call Me Daddy. A plot will be given in the future, i'm still developing the story line.
And i think thats it for me, i dont really have much else to say. Other than, its been SUPER hot here the past couple days, almost like summer.   

FINALLY!

So my laptop has been without Internet for 6 months and just a few days ago, i got it fixed! WOO HOO! so i though i'd share that. Also, i have this nasty cold on spring break woo hoo which sucks. like head ache, burning throat, stuffed nose, the works. i've been bedridden for about 4 days now, today was the first day i was able to get out and about. I went to the park with some friends and you wouldn't believe how warm it was! I took off my sweater and my jacket which i put on a bench which i later regretted cuz someone tied their Rottweiler dog to that bench. needless i had to wait for an hour to get my jackets cuz trust me, i was NOT going anywhere near that thing!
ANYWHO, i also made a fanfiction account (its a site where you can write stories using characters from movies, books, ect) called Retro Soul. I think i told you guys that already but I've posted some stuff now. If you do check out my stories on there: word to the wise, DO NOT read Smoke In The Dark. its horrible, i messed up terribly. I sudgest you read my Take A Ride On The Wilde Side. It's a crossover between The Outsiders and The Hitcher, only i posted it under normal and just under The Outsiders cuz no one wouldve seen it the other way.So yeah, thats all. Reviews on fanfic are appriciated!

Spring Break Woo Hoo!

FINALLY, school's out for spring break! i was getting tired of those goofs! ahaha xD
So this post isnt really about anything in particular, just to waste my time, and now yours.
Most of the break, I'll be writing, trying to finish a book i've been writing for about a month called Grease Bird. I'll be reading alot too, i went to the library this week and picked up three books cuz i thought i'd be without but then today, my teacher (we got a new one by the way. my old ones on maternity leave, thank God. i love my new teacher) gives me this huge-ass book called The Book Thief and ohmygod, its freakin AMAZING, BRO! its like 700 pages and so far its pretty good. its about the holocaust and i like the idea that Death narrates it. at first i was like "hold up, why does this guy take souls?" and then i read some more and i was like "ohhhhhh". lol xD  
I guess since theres nothing left to do, i'll update you on my new favourites.
Book: The Outsiders
Movie: Soul Man along with The Hitcher
Song: My Sharona by The Knack (i think?)
T.V show: used to be Friends but i just cant get into it anymore. Ever since i watched the outsiders, its kinda like 'these people have no respect for life'. i know not everything can be drama but more lately, i've been more into drama, mystery, thriller movies/books.
Celebrity: C.Thomas Howell -I'm serious. Tommy Howell + 1980's movies = 90 photos of him saved on my ipod, i kid you not, this guy looks like a freakin angel xD

Enough of me fan girling. BY THE WAY, tonight i created a Fan Fiction account (they wont let me post anything yet cuz im supposedly 'new' but i'll tell you when i do post something so you can look it up). by the time you read this, i might have something up. my pen name is Retro Soul.

So thats all. did you ever notice that the guy from the knack who sings My Sharona kinda looks like a young Chevy Chase?

The Hitcher

There is only one phrase to describe this film and i'm im gonna go with HOLY SMOKES!!!!
The Hitcher is THE best movie i have even seen, i swear, when i finished watching it for the first time i was in such awe that i couldnt speak. The way it captures your attention and makes you want to watch it over and over is amazing.
The Hitcher is a 1986 horror film starring C.Thomas Howell and Rutger Hauer.
A young man, on his way to California, picks up a hitch hiker who turns out to be a murderer. After throwing the killer out of his car, the young man thinks everything is over but its the just the beggining. He is stalked for days, the hitcher framing him for his crimes and turning his life into living hell.
Despite it being called horror, i wouldn't exactly say so. While most horror films focus on the gore, this one focuses more on how the killer torments the young man mentally. Not physically.
The scene that gets me the most is when he first picks up the hitcher and he realises he's a killer. The killer (John Ryder) starts running the blade across the young man's (Jim Hasely) face. Jim asks him what he wants, John replies "I want you to stop me". After threatening him for somewhile, Jim says "Please...I'll do anything". John replies with "say four words". Jim is eger to get rid of John until he finds out john wants him to say "I want to die". "I dont know if i can say think" Jim says. "Sure you can. Repeat after me" John tells him and gets Jim to repeat the words. They're at "to" when Jim realizes John's door isnt fully closed and can be opened without pushing the handle. Instead of repeating the word "die" Jim yells "I DONT WANT TO DIE!" and pushes John out of the car.
Its a truely amazing scene, i've seen it like 50 times since i watched it the first time last week xD
ALSO, since i watched this movie, i've had a new respect for C.Thomas Howell, he's a wonderful, talented actor and i think he just might be my new favourite.

                                       

You Aint Gonna Believe This!

do you remember that poem i posted back in November called I Raise My Hat? I dont know if i told you or not but, i entered that poem into a Legion writing contest. SO a couple months passed and i figured i didnt win like the last two years i entered. But little did i know...today at school, we had an assembly and some people from our school had won the legion contest (theres 1st 2nd and 3rd). i actually came in late this morning, i come and everyone's coming out of the gym cuz it just finished and theyre like "you won! you won!" and im like "what did i win?" and their like "you got second place in the legion contest!" so then i kinda freaked out and did a little happy dance right in the middle of the hall xD
But yeah, they gave me a certificate and they framed it, they gave me $20 and a pin!! i'm sooo happy.
ALSO i'm walking up to the plaza tomorrow with Haley, Adam, Martin and Brock so i'll tell you how that goes, some funny stuff is probably GO DOWN (it always does with those guys) so i'll keep you posted.
ALSO i made a new youtube that imma use for just ranting and making funny videos. I've posted 4 so far, my channels called TheGreaseBird and you'll know its me cuz my icon is a photo of a 50's girl drinkin tea. THAT IS ALL!

Finally!

So you guys know i write, yes? Well, if not, now you know. I've been writing books, short stories and poems for about 3 years. In total I've started 15 books. Thats alot once you think about it. I could never seem to finish them. I never knew why but recently, i discovered why:no plot. Characters that are hard to relate to. and the fact that i had no idea what was going to happen. and that i'd drag on and on. finally, about three weeks ago, i started writing a book called If I Wasnt Me. it had a good plot, good characters (in other books, i'd have too many and it'd get confusing) and at about chapter 6, i knew how it was going to end. Needless to say, i finished If I Wasnt Me with 120 pages and 18 chapters. Its a romantic/sci fi. The plot? Johnny Caze had been in love with his best friend, Poppy Regardo, since 6th grade. In 9th grade, his other best friend, Richard Seniter, started going out with her which causes a secret rivalry between them. Now this wacky thing has happened that has caused them to switch bodies. They have no idea how they got themselves into this and no idea how to get out. In the mean time, Johnny will finally see what its like to be Poppy's boyfriend. But he isnt even himself.
Now, you have no idea how proud i am of myself. its so rewarding that after 15 books, to actually finish one.

Pity The Backseat

Often, I'll read something that will amaze me. It could be a paragraph, a chapter or even just a sentence. Well, amaze might be a little off from what I'm trying to describe. More like it jumps out at me and i might think its clever or i might like the way its worded. In this case its a about a paragraph but the one sentence is what i love particularly, from my favourite book, The Outsiders. This is straight from the book.
"Listen, greasers, we got four more of us in the back seat...".
"Then pity the back seat" Two-Bit said to the sky.
"If you're looking for a fight..."
Two-Bit cocked an eyebrow, but it only made him look more cool. "You mean if I'm looking for a good jumping, you outnumber us, so you'll give it to us? Well..." He snatched up an empty bottle, busted off the end, and gave it to me, then reached in his back pocket and flipped out his
switchblade. "Try it, pal."
The line "pity the back seat" is what really jumped out at me. I'm not entirely sure why. I think its a bold line and shows that he's ready to fight.
All credit goes to S.E.Hinton for the writing.

Guy Friends Are Great

I'm a girl. And I dont really hang with alot of girls. Well, not anymore. From grade 1-4 I didnt have very many friends and then I went to a new school in grade 5 and made alot of friends. Two of them were girls and 3 of them were guys. After that year i guess we just got tired of each other because in 6th grade we separated. I went with my other girl friends and the guys went off with themselves. In 6th grade I had more friends but only 4 really close ones-girl friends. Then in 7th grade my friendship circle narrowed and I wasnt very social. I only really had  4 girl friends and we were all really close. But the thing with that (it was last year) was we were always bitching about each other. Talking behind each other's backs and ALWAYS getting into hissy fights over the smallest things! Granted it was usually one girl who started it all the time but still...it got really annoying. But when this year started, i had to face the whole "being in a class with no friends" factor, i had to become more social and make new friends. Which I did. I have to say,I have alot of friends. I talk to mostly everyone. But the main thing different this year from last year is my close friends. My best friend is a girl, Haley, which i think is only right. I mean, shes SO nice and we get each other and we're really close. We've been best friends for 3 years. Then I have this other girl friend I'm not exactly close to but she was one of my close friends from last year. But the remainder of my friends are guys! And at breaks and stuff I hang with Haley, Adam, Martin and JR. And what I've noticed is...I dont have friendship fights or hissy fits anymore because i hang with guys and honestly, guys dont really give a shit so it works out great anyhow! I mean, they dont take insults seriously, they are way more passive and they're just really nice. And its not like a dude is gonna bitch about you behind your back. Maybe if you really bother him but these guys are my friends. I also have other guy friends like Josh, Kyle and Connor. And mind you, I do have other girl friends i just dont hang out with them too much. Factor being = too much drama! I had enough of that last year. All in all, I'm glad guys dont gossip about you or get jealous cuz you have bigger boobs than them :)

The Outsiders

About a month ago, my friend gave me this book called The Outsiders. Plot? It's the 1960's. There are greasers and socs. In a small town in Tulsa, Ponyboy Curtis's gang is the greasers- his brothers Darry Curtis and Sodapop Curtis, his best friend Johnny Cade, Steve Randle is Soda's best friend, Dally Winston is the tough guy and Two-Bit Matthews the wise crack. The gang is like a family and sticks together no matter what until one night when Ponyboy and Johnny meet these Soc girls at the movies, their boyfriends get mad and later that night confront them at the park. The one soc, Bob, tries to drown Pony in the fountain but Johnny stabs him and accidentally kills him. They turn to Dally for help and he tells them to hide up in an old church. After Pony and Johnny spend about 4 days there, Dally comes and takes them to Dairy Queen to eat something. They return to the church to get their stuff when Johnny decides to turn himself in but right before they leave, the old church catches on fire -one of their ciggs werent put out right- and there were a group of kids who had ran in there while they were gone. So Pony and Johnny run in there and try to save the kids, in the process, Johnny gets very badly burned and just as Ponyboy gets out, the church collapses on Johnny. They take him in to the hospital and he has sever burns. When Pony returns home that night, the socs and greasers had planned a rumble for the next day (a rumble is a fight). After alot of fighting the next night, and Steve's broken ribs, the greasers win the rumble. But soon later, Johnny's burns are so bad and his lungs have so much debris in them that he dies in the hospital. Everyone is devastated. Not long after that, Dally cant stand the pain of Johnny being gone and lets himself get shot and killed. Ponyboy's life is never the same after that. His school grades go down,he and his brothers fight alot and its like he lives in a small bubble, confined from the world around him. Until his language teacher makes him write about something significant and he writes down this story. The end. Its a very moving book. I almost cry everytime i read the part that Johnny is about to die and tells Ponyboy "stay golden, Ponyboy...stay golden". There's also a movie to it that i want to watch really badly. It was made in 1983 (the book was written in 1967). C.Thomas Howell plays Ponyboy Curtis,  Ralph Maccio plays Johnny Cade, Matt Dillon plays Dally Winston, Rob Lowe plays Sodapop Curtis, Patrick Swayze plays Darry Curtis, Emilio Estevez plays Two-Bit Matthews, and Tom Cruise plays Steve Randle. I love the outsiders. Pictures? I think so!

(left to right) top row: Darry, Dally, Sodapop

bottom row: Two-bit, Johnny, Ponyboy and Steve

Merry Christmas!!!!

Hey you guys! I know I said I wouldn't be on today but I got a iPod touch for Christmas which allows me to get just about anywhere online! So yeah. And since it's 1:26am it's officially Christmas day! So merry Christmas you guys or whosever reads my sorry excuses for blog posts XD And holy crap it just took me 10 min to write three sentences. Man this is slow.

Foreigner

This week, I've been listening to alot of Foreigner music. They're a pretty good band. It seems each week or so, I become obsessed with a different band. Last week it was David Bowie, the week before E.L.O, the week before Eric Clapton,the week before that Boston, the week before that  The Police and before that I cant remember xP But yeah, this week its Foreigner. My dad also really likes them. But you know who he likes alot? Grand Funk Railway. I like them too, i mean I think Some Kind Of Wonderful is probably the best song ever but thats really it from all of their songs that I like. I kinda like their song Bad Time but its not really high on my charts. Anyway, some Foreigner songs I'd suggest? Hot Blooded, Double Vision and of course my personal favourite: Juke Box Hero! Now most of you probably heard of this song cuz of Guitar Hero or Rockband (it really pisses me off that the only way people my age -13 to 16- know any good music is from a stupid video game). Yeah, thats right. Guitar Hero and Rockband are stupid. You think its hard to play Back In Black on expert? Try playing the real thing on a real guitar. You dont feel like much of a rock star now do you? Didnt think so. I'm sorry, its just that I'm a guitar player and this is just something I feel strongly about. People think just cuz they can press a couple of lousy multicoloured buttons, that they're guitar experts but it takes alot more work. Anyway,  I'm getting off track. So to close up, Today was my last day of school before my 2 week Christmas vacation which will be very nice. Tomorrow is Christmas Eve. I'm very excited cuz ever since i was born, Christmas Eve was when we opened everything and Christmas day was kind of a "spend time with family but also with your new gifts" day xD So at around 5 or 6 we're going to church service and then coming back and opening stuff up till 2:00. yeah, we always stay up late :P I'm not sure if i'll be on the computer tomorrow. Most likely not so MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR! woot 2012!

Ah, December

Happy that today is the first day of December for more than one reason-its the month of Christmas. Half the month your not even at school. the first snow is always thrilling. I was getting sick of November.lol. And with the new month, i have lots planned. Tomorrow, I'm getting off school early to go to this thing downtown with my mom, aunt and cousin called Lowe's Christmas village or something like that. Its an old fashioned village type thing, its supposed to be very good. Then on Saturday, I'm going to the mall with a couple friends to do some Christmas shopping. so yes, much planned.

The Eagle Has Landed-my personal thoughts

So tonight, me and my dad finished watching a movie called The Eagle Has Landed. Its a war movie about a bunch of German soldiers who were orded to kill Winston Churchill from the "Führer" or Hitler (Führer roughly translated is 'leader' in German and thats what they often called Hitler). In the beginning, it starts out in Germany with a highly ranked German colonel (or at least i think he was a colonel) who got a letter from Hitler saying he wanted him to kill Winston Churchill. So the colonel ( i forget his name) meets with this Irish guy named Liam Devlin and he joins him on his mission. They then find this other German guy who used to be highly ranked and who has men, a bout and skills, who's name is Kurt Steiner. He also joins them. They set off on their trek to England where Churchill is planning to visit. When they get there, Devlin meets a girl, Molly Prior, and they fall madly in love (lol). About 3 quarters through the movie, the Americans catch wind of the Germans plan and thats when the battle starts. There's also a lady named Joanna Grey who deceived everyone and was really on the German's side the whole time even though she was British. So in the end, Steiner dies, the American General dies, the German colonel dies, Joanna dies, alot of the Germans die, alot of the Americans die and get this. The whole time, "Winston Churchill" was really some guy pretending to be him in case some thing like this had happened. And guess what. STEINER KILLS HIM! so yeah, this moved kinda pissed me off cuz I absolutely HATE movies where everyone dies. But lately, that happens in alot of the movies i watch. I mean, for example: Forest Gump, Inglorious Bastards, The Great Escape (well not really but alot of people do die), Water For Elephants and now this one. Good day to you, sir! ....lol....

Hugo Stiglitz DUN DUN!!!

I dont know why I haven't made a post about this before but on the weekend, me and my 23 year old cousin watched Inglorious Bastards! (yeah, the parents were not amused,lol). But anyway, I gotta say, one of the funniest movies I've ever seen. I know not all of its funny but when your a racist like me, everything about Germans is funny. Tee hee. There's this one scene especially that me and my cousin like best. Its only about 15 seconds long, its the part where the Bastards caught some nazi's in the ditch and the guy who Brad Pitt plays (cant remember his name) says to the nazi (granted Brad Pitt's holding a gun to the nazi's head) "have you heard of Hugo Stiglitz?". The nazi says "everyone in the German army's heard of Hugo Stiglitz" and it shows Hugo and this guitar music goes off, it hilarious. If you wanna watch it, I've posted the scene here:

And speakin of germans, during History this afternoon (we had to get in our groups but we were done so i was just talkin to random people -and by random I mean Adam, Martin 'Martinie' lol, and afterwards, JR-) and I was bein all racist not really...well kinda...whatever and towards the end of the day, I was making a nazi joke to JR and he walked off and said "i kill nazis" (or something like that) and im like "well you do that, even though you are one" and then he agreed with me that he wanted to kill the Germans when he is a german! my god. And all day we were calling Martin, 'Martini" and then me "Linguini" and Adam "Adom" we were putting "olini" at the end of everything to make it italian!

Oh and by the way, if i offend your race in anything that I post,i am sorry. Its nothing person. And most of my references are from World War 2 anyway soooo....yah. happy hunting xD 

Ipod Is Busted.

Thats right. Life sucks. I never really realized how much I used my ipod until it died. I mean, it litterally died. It wont charge. It wont turn on. The battery is dead. So ever since Sunday (thats when it broke) I've been almost music deprived! I mean, I have beatles CD's and dont get me wrong, the beatles are great but sometimes I just want to listen to some Police records or some Fleetwood Mac. And one can only listen to A Hard Days Night so many times before going insane. Now, I thought I was doomed until Christmas (parents agreed to get me an Ipod touch.yay!) but last night, I burned my whole playlist of 150 songs (thats just my favourites. I have like 500 songs in total) onto CD. Granted, it took 2 hours and 7 CDs but at least I can listen to my music on my mom's walk man (a thing from the 90's. lol) So life is good again. For now. lol.