Everything Crazy

talent

2011-06-17T17:39:00.001-07:00

an young street artist from Yangon, Myanmar.

superman

2011-06-17T17:34:00.001-07:00

“Superman’s not brave.You can’t be brave if you’re indestructible.If you’re indestructible you’ve got nothing to lose.It’s every day people that are brave… people like you and me. People who know very well they could lose it all in a split second, but still hang on.”

unknown

courage…

2011-06-17T17:19:00.001-07:00

does not always roar

sometimes courage is a quiet voice

at the end of the day saying

“i will try again tomorrow”

mary anne radmarcher

that other speck of light on this picture is the moon.

Courage…

2011-06-17T17:12:00.001-07:00

is what it takes to stand up and speak;

courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.

Winston Churchill

save the trees

2011-06-15T18:14:00.001-07:00

humans.

creatures who cut down trees

to make paper

so that they can tell people

not to cut down trees.

just a little bucket of smiles

2011-03-02T15:06:00.001-08:00

Ron Weasley.

2011-03-02T15:02:00.001-08:00

breaking down hit songs

2011-02-28T18:53:00.001-08:00

Whatcha say, by Jason Derulo.

So, no, I know I should've treated you better
But me and you were meant to last forever
So let me in
(Let me in)
Give me another chance
(Another chance)
To really be your man
'Cause when the roof caved in and the truth came out
I just didn't know what to do
But when I become a star we'll be living so large
I'll do anything for you
So tell me girl
Mmm whatcha say?
Mmm that you only meant well?
Well of course you did
Mmm whatcha say?
(Whatcha say? Whatcha say?)
Mmm that it's all for the best?
Of course it is

Basically, these lyrics are translated into:

Yeah, I didn’t treat you well and was a jerk

But, you should still give me a chance

Because one day i’ll have money.

no need. to explain. some things. just are.

2011-02-25T18:07:00.001-08:00

this never fails to make me smile

2011-02-25T18:06:00.001-08:00

If your life should be filled with anything. It’s mind blowing awesomeness.

motivation

2011-02-25T18:04:00.001-08:00

because all the mistakes are lessons

you're the richest person in the world if you are loved

everyone’s crazy

stretch the elastic until it breaks. then get a new one.

God’s arms are long enough to hold it all together until the scars are healed

you are always loved.

happy valentine’s day

2011-02-19T09:44:00.001-08:00

I hope you have a wonderful valentine’s day.

i know this post is late, but my internet wasn’t working. sorry.

…………

2011-02-19T09:43:00.001-08:00

I'm just so thankful for life today

I’m just so thankful for my friends

I’m just so thankful for my teachers

I’m just so thankful for family

I’m just so thankful for cheerios

I’m just so thankful for thoughtful silences

I’m just so thankful for peace

I’m just so thankful for that big bowl of delicious pasta I had earlier

I’m just so thankful for waking up to a sunny morning and the sounds of birds

I’m just so thankful for spring

I’m just so thankful that I’m going skiing tomorrow

I’m just so thankful for my sister

I’m just so thankful for the internet

I’m just so thankful for the taste of hot chocolate

I’m just so thankful for that talk I had with my mom in the car

I’m just so thankful for my mom, sacrificing her time to take me to art class every Sunday

I’m just so thankful for holidays like valentines day to celebrate love

I’m just so thankful for calculators, for making life so much more easier

I’m just so thankful for that the History Channel because I don’t think I can go through one day without it

I’m just so thankful for warmth, and heaters, to keep me warm at night

I’m just so thankful for the smell of rain water after a long winter

I’m just so thankful for being surrounded with people who know all about me and still love me

I’m just so thankful for knowing that tomorrow’s a brand new day and that there’s everything to look forward to

I’m just so thankful for Jesus Christ, for God

I’m just so thankful for love

a song.

2011-01-31T14:37:00.001-08:00

If the sun refused to shine, I would still be loving you.
when mountains crumble to the sea, there would still be you and me.

Kind woman, I give you my all, Kind woman, nothing more.

Little drops of rain whisper of the pain, tears of loves lost in the days gone by.
Our love is strong, with you there is no wrong,
together we shall go until we die. My, my, my.
Inspiration's what you are to me, inspiration, look... see.

And so today, my world it smiles, your hand in mine, we walk the miles,
Thanks to you it will be done, for you to me are the only one.
Happiness, no more be sad, happiness....I'm glad.

If the sun refused to shine, I would still be loving you.
If the mountains should crumble to the sea, there would still be you and me.

led zeppelin, thank you

the smell of cinnamon and blueberries

2011-01-21T15:09:00.001-08:00

“There this weird thing in the world where you don’t get insulted for what you do, but for who you are.”

Image found here. edited by moi.

sad faces and other stuff.

2011-01-16T10:32:00.001-08:00

So...do you remember when I took a break from blogger?

I took the break because I was too busy with school.

Well, winter break has been over for a week or so.

-enter sad face here-

and now I feel like I can’t find the time to blog all that much anymore.

No way am I taking another break.

I’ll miss you guys too much.

So.. this is just me saying, sorry for not commenting and posting frequently.

Ok..On a brighter subject!

I’ve been strolling along the Google bar and I found this really fun meme, It’s called the Google meme. It’s been a around for a while, so I’m pretty late on doing but..better late than never! This is what you do: Just type in you name followed by the verb in the list in the Google search.

So..here goes:

Milli –needs- your number cuz her phone dissappeared! (LOL)

Milli –looks like- Ellen. (I do not, unfortunately)

Milli –says- pattern

Milli –wants- a hat like TP’s

Milli –does- the nutcracker

Milli –hates- it when anyone leaves the house

Milli –asks- what is one third of a pound and a half (yeah, now that you mention it, I do wonder)

Milli –likes- peppers!

Milli –eats- cake (now..this.. finally a normal one!)

Milli –wears- a green t-shirt and a long dark green dress with a flower on it (the only part they got right was.. the T-shirt part)

Milli –was arrested for- for the death of a four-month old boy (THAT IS CREEPY!)

Milli –loves- her water (yes, yes I do)

feel free to do the meme! I would love to see what your name has done! (if you’re doing it, please leave a linky for me to clicky)

LOVE,

MILLI

Snape

2011-01-10T14:41:00.001-08:00

I’m a huge harry potter nerd. And I just so happen to remember the birthday of my favourite character in the series. Severus Snape! YAY!

A song by one of my favourite Youtubers.

Anyone else a HP fan?

hello friends, i’m your vitameatavegamin girl

2011-01-01T10:50:00.001-08:00

Why can’t comedy not be like this anymore? Clean language, wholesome jokes...but always funny! Id like to see alot of today's comedians go back to this style, just for the challenge. This just shows that, well, swearing and inappropriate jokes just aren’t that funny.

pointless ramblings, a.k.a how I spend new years day

2011-01-01T10:49:00.001-08:00

I’m not exactly sure what my favourite TV show is. I don’t really watch TV much at all. Sometimes I skim through one show or two, but I prefer the medium of movies. Yesterday, my mom and I went to Best Buy (do they have it in the US?) to get some new speakers for our computer. I guess it’s still considered the holidays, so everything was on sale. We saw this fantastic DVD player, and it was only thirty-seven dollars. Not Blue-ray, unfortunately. Our old one broke and, everyone in my family is a movie fanatic. Seriously, no one watches TV on a daily basis. My mom let me pick out a movie that I want to watch, since, we can now watch it. And, practically all the selves were empty. I found Corpse Bride under the three ninety-nine section.

I’m a huge, huge, huge, fan of Tim Burton. I was watching Edward Scissorhands yesterday and for the record, Johnny Depp is the awesome-ist person to ever to grace Hollywood (and he's very anti Hollywood, love it) and Tim Burton's vision has always inspired me. There’s something about his movies that are eerily romantic. I mean, they’re not exactly horror movies, but they’re not light either. Tim Burton is the ultimate revenge of the art nerd. The the self-professed alienated kid from a dysfunctional family in Burbank, California, who channeled his loneliness, pain and grief into drawing cartoons, which then became movies of totally awesomeness and you know, there’s the fame and fortune too. *sigh* Why can’t everyone’s life be like that? Anyways,

My dad was a huge movie fan too, and when I was four or five we would watch movies, sometimes scary movies every Saturday night. I think one of the first movies that I watched with him, from my memory was probably Pee Wee’s Big Adventure (Directed by Tim Burton. And the obsession begins). It’s about a guy who is obsessed with his bike. He loses it in board daylight and he travels all through the US in search for it. I watched this movie about eight years ago, therefore I only remember a few scenes vaguely. I didn’t even know the name of the movie. I just remembered that it was about a guy who lost his bike, he looks for it, and there’s some freaky dead woman called Large Marge.

There you have it, the roots and ramblings about one of my favourite directors.

I just read this post over and , I would just like to suggest that you shouldn’t even read it. What am I even talking about? :D

year of two-thousand eleven

2010-12-31T09:09:00.001-08:00

I’m not a huge fan of new year’s resolutions. I usually just keep my goals in mind and just go with the flow. So, I’ve been thinking about what I should post about for the last day of 2010. So, I think that maybe, instead of tags and lists, I can just talk (well, write. but that sounds weird, doesn’t it? Typing is almost like talking now). Talk about what I want to do with this blog in the new year.

I’ve been getting awful blogger’s block lately. I started this blog, around a year and half-ish ago, with a very strong idea of what I wanted to do with it. Truthfully, I didn’t even know about the followers thing for a long time after I started my blog. When I first started, I just transferred schools. Even if it’s just to the other side of town, it was a really big deal because that means that I practically couldn’t see my old friends again (with a few exceptions, like birthdays). I switched Churches too. I’m not the sort of person who makes friends easily. I’m really outgoing and crazy, but only around people that I know very well. For some reason, I’m always waiting for the other person to start the conversation.

So, after school, I didn’t really have anyone to hand out with for a while. As a new pass time, instead of playing outside or going out with my friends, I decided to read. I loved reading before, of course. I just got more into it. There was a magazine. I' forgot what it was called but I liked it a lot. It featured plenty of stories and poems and articles that other kids wrote. There was this one article about blogger. I decided to look it up on the internet. And POW, that’s how I started blogging. Over time I made new friends, though.

I guess I started blogging, because it was a creative outlet. I wanted some place where I could share my ideas and just talk about things that I’m interested in. The blogging community is really awesome, but I think that for the new year I would like to focus on the substance of my posts more. I’ll do tags and awards (which I'm super thankful to get) once in a while, but they won’t be my main concern on this blog. And I think I’ll post more about my everyday life, and make my blog more of a record of the years to come.

I really want to hear about what you think in the comments, and maybe you can share how you got into blogging too?

Happy New Year!

The night before Christmas

2010-12-24T10:46:00.001-08:00

This picture was found here.

Of course this isn’t a picture my house. Though, I would love it if it was!

I would have loved to take some ‘before Christmas’ pictures. But, yesterday, some friends and I were messing around with the camera and we dropped it down the stairs and obstructed the lens. So..that didn’t go so well.

“A small Christmas tree in the corner, decorated with candy canes.

The platter of chocolate chip cookies and Apple juice(we ran out of milk) on the coffee table.

We don’t have a fire place, there’s a warm feeling in the air anyways.

A room filled with love.”

So, it’s Christmas eve! Well, it’s not evening yet..but it’s Christmas eve day. Wait, that sounds weird. How about, the day before Christmas. Yeah, that’s good.

Luke 2: 1-14

“So Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to Bethlehem the town of David, because he belonged to the house and line of David. He went there to register with Mary, who was pledged to be married to him and was expecting a child. While they were there, the time came for the baby to be born, and she gave birth to her firstborn, a son. She wrapped him in cloths and placed him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn.

And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night. An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified. But the angel said to them, "Do not be afraid. I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people. Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is Christ the Lord. This will be a sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger."

Suddenly a great company of the heavenly host appeared with the angel, praising God and saying,
"Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to men on whom his favor rests."

Don’t forget the true meaning of Christmas. Leave some cookies out for Santa even if you’re too old and

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

A tag.

2010-12-11T09:08:00.001-08:00

The awesome Bleah tagged me! You answer the eight questions of the person who tagged you and then write eight of your own and tag eight other people

At what age do you want to get married?

Um..20 something? I guess, whenever I finish school.

How many times do you eat a day? (snacks included)

I am crazy about snacks (cookies in particular). So three meals a day (excluding Saturday, because that’s my sleep until noon day), I usually have like, three snack too(small ones). So…six! Wow, I eat a lot. hehe. :D

If you could go anywhere and spend a month, where would that be?

In a cabin, in the woods (but, you know, no bears) I like outdoorsy stuff.

Do you like your middle name?

I don’t have a middle name.

How many pictures do you take a month?

20-30, I delete most of them anyways.

How many times do you post on your blog a week?

once, or twice.

Are you happy with the amount of followers you have?

Numbers don’t really count, but, it is nice to know that a lot of people read what you write and 52 followers…I think that’s pretty amazing. Thanks for sticking with me, guys!

Do you think you could write better questions?

I don’t know…maybe, maybe not.

My questions:

Favourite breakfast?

If you could talk to any sort of animals, what would it be?

What’s your favourite band?

Favourite author?

Do you like snow?

How do you feel about bugs?

What’s the last thing you ate?

What are you going to do after this tag?

I know..*face palm* I come up with such lame questions…

I tag:

LOVE,

MILLI

going a little crazy

2010-12-07T16:26:00.001-08:00

just playing with winter effects on picnik.

The last one, does not belong to me. But, I just played around with it. hehe, snow in the summer time.

yesterday, diamonds fell from the sky

2010-12-06T17:06:00.001-08:00

[photobucket]

I am taking a break from blogging.

But I guess in a sense I’m not since I’m blogging right now.

Today I got a little extra time up my sleeves,

and I thought that I might write a little.

A few days ago, I went on a school trip. We went to an outdoor education center. It was on top of a hill/mountain and it was practically in the middle of the forest. We did group dynamics activities (which is just another word for fun games! hehe), went on a night hike (all the stars were out. It looked like someone poked holes in the sky), had a campfire (marshmallows and songs and skits), and we made fires and did a bunch of cool stuff. It was really, really fun. Oh yeah, we also watched X-men: The Last Stand until midnight.

I’m not a very social person. It’s really hard for me to make new friends because I’m never the one to start up a conversation. I am very loud and confident around people I know very well, but when it comes to new people I just freeze up. I don’t know why, it just happens. I get really awkward and shy (are any of you guys like that?). And I didn’t know half the people there( at the trip). And I’ve got to say, it was definitely a learning experience. I somehow became more confident and less of a push-over. I guess, it was just the interaction (it was all group activities) with people, and all the fun..that you can’t help but talk to them.

Anyways, enough about that.

Yesterday, the most amazing thing happened. It snowed! I love the snow. It’s all white and fluffy and it just looks incredibly gorgeous when it’s falling from the sky. I’m not a big fan of the cold, though. hehe. I live in Canada, so I guess I get to enjoy the snow for the next four or five months! I love the sun too. And a sunny day, every day would be so nice. The thing about snowy days is that the sky is always clouded in and dark and gloomy. I can already feel Christmas in the air.

At the trip, we read a poem. It’s really great and I just wanted to share it.

To laugh is to risk appearing the fool.
To weep is to risk appearing sentimental.
To reach for another is to risk involvement.
To expose your ideas, your dreams,
before a crowd is to risk their loss.
To love is to risk not being loved in return.
To live is to risk dying.
To believe is to risk despair.
To try is to risk failure.
But risks must be taken, because the
greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing.
The people who risk nothing, do nothing,
have nothing, are nothing.
They may avoid suffering and sorrow,
but they cannot learn, feel, change,
grow, love, live.
Chained by their attitudes they are slaves;
they have forfeited their freedom.
Only a person who risks is free.

By, Unknown author

[3stepstowow.com]

Sorry, I’m just a bit obsessed with cookies at the moment. *laughs*

Anyways,

LOVE,

MILLI

Quiting, for a while...

2010-10-01T14:28:00.000-07:00

This new school year has been hectic. I've been staying after school to participate in clubs, and my teachers are just giving us loads, and loads of homework. I just haven't got that much time to blog anymore. Yeah, I could stuff in a small post here and there, but that seems like a lousy way to handle things. I mean, if I can't make every single post special and i've-put-a-lot-of-work-into-it, than what's the point. So, I've decided to stop my blog for a while. At least until I can find some time again.

And thank you, all my bloggy followers, for sticking by me all this time. I really appreciate it!

Wow. It's been a while!

2010-08-25T10:15:00.000-07:00

Leapin' Lizards! It's been months since I've been to the bloggy world. I'll definitly post some pictures of next week. It might take a while because I wasn't able to bring the camera so I have to wait for my dad (I left it at his house) to e-mail me them. Well. I'm back! And I've got a million things to catch up on. So...what's been happening?

going away. see you later. gonna miss blogtopia

2010-07-06T10:50:00.001-07:00

I’m alive! That’s hard to believe lately...

Yeah, I made a new header. I’ve had the old one for quite a long time already, and I thought that maybe for the summer a fresh, new look would be good. I hope you like it. I know I do. Well, I’ll probably get tired of it by September, hehe.

I’m not going to be staying here for the summer. Actually I’ll be leaving next week. I’m going to Japan to spend some quality time with my dad. I’m really excited! I promise to take some pictures. I’ve never been to Japan before. But, it looks really cool in movies and stuff. Especially since I heard there’s a Disney Land there, and I’ve never been to one before. But Disney Land seems like the ultimate amusement park. There’s a bit of a don side too. I really, really dislike hot places (that’s why I live in Canada, hehe), and Japan is going to be damp and moist and hot all day everyday. And, the air conditioning is not the best. So, if I don’t turn up in a month you can just assume I’m a burning ball of fire. The reason I can’t go on blogger during my trip is that Japan is on the other side of the world and the internet connection isn’t so good. And for some reason it just does connect to blogger.

I’m just sitting here, sipping orange juice, typing to tell you that I won’t be back until August 24th. I’m gonna miss you.

LOVE,

MILLI

Summer stuff

2010-07-02T11:25:00.001-07:00

Happy Canada day! Yeah, that was yesterday. But I was so busy that I forgot all about posting it. Canada Day formerly Dominion Day, is Canada's national day, a federal statutory holiday celebrating the anniversary of the July 1, 1867, enactment of the British North America Act (today called the Constitution Act, 1867), which united two British colonies and a province of the British Empire into a single country, still within the Empire, called Canada. It’s basically like the fourth of July, but for Canada. You gotta love the fireworks! I didn’t get any pictures of the fireworks because it was too dark to capture anything good.

Yesterday my mom was nagging me about cleaning my room, so I did. I’m not the neatest person in the world. Well, actually before the cleaning, you can’t even see the surface of my desk. Hehe. Well, while cleaning I found a bunch of stuff that I haven’t seen before in years. Like that one mismatched sock, or my mini radio, macaroni picture frame from camp five years ago, etc. And I also found this very lovely book. I remember that it used to be my favourite book as a kid. It’s called The Velveteen Rabbit. I re-read it this morning. It was so sweet!

"Real isn't how you are made," said the Skin Horse. "It's a thing that happens to you. When a child loves you for a long, long time, not just to play with, but REALLY loves you, then you become Real."

"Does it hurt?" asked the Rabbit.

"Sometimes," said the Skin Horse, for he was always truthful. "When you are Real you don't mind being hurt."

"Does it happen all at once, like being wound up," he asked, "or bit by bit?"

"It doesn't happen all at once," said the Skin Horse. "You become. It takes a long time. That's why it doesn't happen often to people who break easily, or have sharp edges, or who have to be carefully kept. Generally, by the time you are Real, most of your hair has been loved off, and your eyes drop out and you get loose in the joints and very shabby. But these things don't matter at all, because once you are Real you can't be ugly, except to people who don't understand."

Today is officially my second day of summer! Yay! I’m not an early rising, or the kind of person that likes to wake up way before the birds do. I’m more of a, like to sleep until noon, kinda girl. Ahh, the awesomeness of late nights and lots of sleep. Yesterday was one of my best friend’s birthday and for her party we went to the beach. We had a lot of fun. Grr, I’m really upset that I didn’t bring a camera. It was so pretty there! Yeah, it’s not a real sea, ocean, beach. It was just lake Ontario, so we couldn’t go swimming in it because it was freezing cold, and sort of polluted. But the sand was real soft and we found a bunch of shells. It was a particularly warm day. We ate some pizza and chicken wings, had a really fun hike on the rocks, splashed in the water for a while, and went looking for seashells.

After all that when we were all really tired, we took the left over food and fed some to the seagulls. There was this one seagull who was really mean looking. He was the fattest of them all and he would always peck at the other ones and screech. Oh yeah, the bird had a mohawk on his head. To quote my friend Mary, “He is such a meanie!”. So, whenever we fed one of the other seagulls a piece of lettuce, he would come charging and pecking and screeching and he would attack the seagull with the food and steal it. Now, that’s a meanie seagull...(that was definitely bad grammar).

Got this picture of seagulls on my friend’s cell phone (yes, I did edit it afterwards):

New sign out. Ya like?

smile

2010-06-26T10:44:00.001-07:00

We were watching the 1982 movie version of the musical Annie in class. I never saw the movie before, and there are some differences between the movie and musical. I’ve got to say, it does somewhat remind me of Anne of Green Gables. You know, except Annie has songs, bad guys, and a red sweater. When I was little, I used to be obsessed with orphan stories and musicals. I also really liked the songs in this movie.

“Your never fully dress without a smillllleeee...la, la ..” Oh, done watching already?

I know that I haven’t been commenting, or posting much. But, I promise I’ll get back on that when school’s finished for me. I’ve been really busy lately and I just haven’t found enough time.

Love,

Milli

i’m the blue in your back alley view, where the horizon and the rooftops meet

2010-06-25T16:03:00.001-07:00

I am the red in the rose-
The flowers on the blankets on your bedroom floor.
And I am the gray in the ghost-
That hides with your clothes behind your closet door.

I am the green in the grass-
That bends back from underneath your feet.
And I am the blue in your back alley view-
Where the horizon and the rooftops meet.

If you cut me I suppose I would bleed-
The colors of the evening stars.
You can go anywhere you wish-
'Cause I'll be there, wherever you are.

I will always be your keys,
When we are lost in the Technicolor phase.

I am the black in the book-
The letters on the pages that you memorize.
And I am the orange in the overcast-
Of color that you visualize.

I am the white in the walls-
That soak up all the sound when you cannot sleep.
And I am the peach in the starfish on the beach-
That wish the harbor wasn't quite so deep.

If you cut me I suppose I would bleed-
The colors of the evening stars.
You can go anywhere you wish-
'Cause I'll be there, wherever you are.

owl city

father’s day

2010-06-20T13:04:00.001-07:00

My parents got divorced when I was very young, and my dad lives far away (like country far), but I’ve never felt apart from my dad. Happy father’s day to all you awesome father’s out there.

This is a song. It’s awesome.

Always with lots of love,

Milli

the sound of rain

2010-06-19T09:28:00.000-07:00

I was reading some blogs yesterday, you know, some of them had playlists and MP3 thingys on them. I had two blogs opened and one of them was Kirthi's and she had a song (can you call it a song?) on her playlist called the sound of rain. Meanwhile, I was listening to another song at the same time called sunny rain by Yiruma. Wow. Both songs were playing at the same time and it sounded amazing. You should try it. Just click play for both videos at the same time and listen. Relaxing...

i love, i love lucy

2010-06-16T15:03:00.001-07:00

I absolutely LOVE this show! Ever since I was a little kid I loved this show. And it still is my favourite. Ah, you just can’t beat it! Anyways, my whole family likes it too. Especially since my mom’s name is Lucy. If you haven’t seen it. You must. It’s made up of awesome, and awesome only. The episode I’m gonna show you was first aired in 1955.

In this episode, Lucy learns to drive. This can’t be good...

Please watch it. It’s ways better than it looks with the black and whiteness of it!

mom

2010-06-13T15:10:00.000-07:00

I found this on the internet. It's definitly something to think about. Quite a sad story.

Harry’s World

2010-06-12T18:17:00.001-07:00

Today I...err...went to Hogwarts

Well, one of the perks of living in Ontario is that if pretty close to the Ontario Science Center where they have an Harry Potter Exhibition. So, being a huge fan, I went. It didn’t cost much, just around $20 and it was well worth it!

Get an up close and personal look at the artistry and craftsmanship behind the Harry Potter™ films at Harry Potter: The Exhibition at the Ontario Science Centre. Immerse yourself in the world of Harry Potter by trying on the Sorting Hat™, pulling a Mandrake from its pot in the Herbology vignette, and playing a game of Quidditch™ as you experience elaborate settings such as the Gryffindor™ common room, Hagrid's hut and the Great Hall. You'll also come upon authentic artifacts from the movies-including Harry's wand and glasses, the Marauders' Map, Professor Dumbledore's robe and more!

That’s the description for it. Well, it was pretty awesome. I didn’t get to try on the sorting hat because the line was crazy long but I did the Mandrake thing and caught a snitch in Quiddich. It was really fun! There were a bunch of stuff from the movies, artifacts, wands, cauldrons, robes, stuff like that. Oh yeah, the Marauder’s Map was awesome! And the Goblins in Dumbledore’s Office were CREEPY! And at the end of it all was a room full of moving portraits. I wish I could have gotten some pictures, but camera’s weren’t allowed. After the Exhibition, there was the Gift Shop. I squealed in excitement when I saw Hermione’s Time Turner and a bunch of Chocolate frogs and Bertie Bott’s Every Flavored Beans. They had everything. But most of the stuff was really expensive. I played with the flashing wands for a while. When you shake the toy wands they light up on the end, so I kept and saying ‘Lumos!’ and doing that. When we went to pay for our stuff, I couldn’t help noticing that on the cash register ‘thingys’ it said: Welcome to Diagon Alley.

Here’s the stuff that I got.

Fancy Schmancy paper bags. Well...these were free.

A packet of Chocolate Frogs with a collectable wizard car. Yes, I gasped when I found out that there was a Wizard Frog card for Voldemort.

A quill and a bottle of ink. *Fan girl giggle* Cool...

With lots of love,

MILLI

Ok. Sorry.

2010-06-10T18:01:00.001-07:00

I really do try to comment on every post of every blog I follow. And it takes a while, you know? So...I’m just going to stop commenting for a while.

Deep

2010-06-08T17:46:00.001-07:00

I haven’t posted anything ‘deep’ or inspiring for a while now. And, this is a pretty awesome meme created by Awel.
Death and living forever.
Death is unavoidable. It’s bound to happen. Some people live longer than others, but everybody has to eventually die. No living thing lives forever. Life and death are connected. You can’t have one without the other. Humans have pondered about this forever. And I really do mean forever. Ever since people discovered death, they wondered about this. How would it be if I can live forever? How do I do it?
People set on outrunning are a diverse bunch. They and about 200 others paid up to $600 to attend the fifth Alcor Extreme Life Extension Conference, held every other year. They eagerly absorbed the latest in the science and philosophy behind the quest for immortality. But they have the same reason. They fear death. Well, actually death probably effects people around the person than the person itself. But there is nothing to fear. It’s like stepping out of one place and ending up in another. It’s like stepping inside your house after a hot afternoon to meet air conditioning. Life is an entire journey. A journey to learn. And you will die when the time comes. Because God will know when your reading to join him in paradise. He will know when your reading to leave and run into His arms. There is nothing to fear.

“What is it that people most desire when they face the end of their lives? Some would give anything for just one more year. Imagine what they would give for all eternity. Are you prepared to die this instant? What if it could eternal, this instant? Without having to face the uncertainty of death. No moss not fuss, invincible to disease, never having to suffer old age...forever young.”

The man in the yellow suit says this to the reverend in a graveyard in the movie Tuck Everlasting. These questions...what are your answers? Is living forever a blessing or a curse? To somebody who is about to die right now, it’s all they’ll ever want. But to somebody who already has it, it’s a curse. We, humans, always want what we can’t have. Having to see everyone you love die, but not you. Having to lie, all the time. Having to be stuck, like a rock while everyone moves on. Not being part of the circle of life anymore. How would that feel? Another quote from the Tuck Everlasting movie and book is:

“Everything's a wheel, turning and turning, never stopping. The frogs is part of it, and the bugs, and the fish, and the wood thrush, too. And people. But never the same ones. Always coming in new, always growing and changing, and always moving on. That's the way it's supposed to be. That's the way it is."

And yeah, it’s supposed to be that way. We cannot live forever, because we should not live forever, because if we were supposed to live forever, then God would have made us everlasting creatures, but we cannot live forever. So is that all? We’re all going to die? That’s it? I wish I had a better answer to this but yeah, we are going to die someday and there’s no way of stopping that from happening. But right now we don’t have a choice. And 2012? Why is everyone freaking out about it. Even if we’re all going to die...so what? You can’t stop it. You’ve had your time and if we are all gonna die that day then...What if tomorrow, somebody has figured out the key to living forever? Would you go against fate and choose that? There’s a reason that we have a specific amount of time on this earth. You don’t have to live forever, you just have to live.

Wars.

We’ve heard about this in history class, on television, we hear about this practically everywhere because it’s such a big part of history. War happens all the time. Whether is a big one like World War II or just one between two people. Let’s talk about the big ones. Practically every single country has participated in war in one way or another. We’ve all heard of these right? World War I and II, the Vietnam war, the American civil war, Iraq war, etc. The reasons behind these? Because one person had something, the other person wanted it, so they decided to fight and kill millions of people. Land, resources, religion, whatever. They want something and they think that the only way to get it is my murdering people. I know what your thinking. “Without suffering there can be no compassion.” Well, I’m sure the people who are suffering will agree with that. I think this quote pretty much sums it up.

“There is enough in the world for our need, but not for our greed.”

Love and Blessings,
Milli

More to add.

2010-06-04T17:20:00.001-07:00

Your probably annoyed by my T-Shirt addiction. Sorry, I can’t help it.

I was thinking about getting one of these shirts， including the ones I posted in the previous post. But, I don’t know which one to choose. Please use your awesomeness to help me out!

LOVE,

Milli

Graphic Tee Fan girl

2010-06-03T09:17:00.001-07:00

I’ve always loved graphic t-shirts! The ones with appropriate stuff on it, of course. These are two of my favorites. They’re not the tee shirt, but only the print on it.

Rock, paper, scissors, lizard, Spock! Go！

Movie spoilers T-shirt. Yes, Darth Vader is Luke’s father...

Don’t let the sun go down on me...

2010-05-31T15:51:00.001-07:00

I’m in love with this song.

A Day In photographs

2010-05-30T17:15:00.001-07:00

Today is wonderful. Today is wonderful because I got my camera back from my friend (who borrowed it) and it’s Sunday. So, I thought that it would be a cool idea to show you my Sunday in pictures...

First, I took a picture of my eye because I was bored. Yes, I do this all the time:D

My mom and I went out and bought some really pretty fabric.

I practiced some piano...and made a whole bunch of mistakes. And I polished the keys, because they were getting dirty...and...it looks prettier for this photo!

I learned how to edit better and took this one at the park.

My friend Tray and I went to his house to hang out and on the way we found this. It looks like it’s from the 60’s! So, I decided to take a picture of it. Too bad Tray refused to be photographed... I got his shoes in there anyways! By the way, if you’re wondering, he’s holding a pencil.

I did a little blogging and going-on-the-computer-ing.

Read the Bible for a while. Which was a proximally 31 minutes.

I finished off my re-reading of Order Of The Phoenix. Ah…a perfect cover capture:D Yeah, I’ve got the hardcover of it.

And to wrap it all off. Taco Bell for diner! YAY! And, it’s still light out because...it’s summer.

Music Tree: Looking a little closer at today’s top hits (1)

2010-05-29T14:31:00.001-07:00

I got inspired to create this meme from Kirthi. Many bloggers make up their own memes and it looks like a lot of fun hosting a meme. So, I decided to give it a go! Most of today’s songs are quite odd actually. So , I thought that I should look into these songs a little closer and examine the lyrics.

Not-so-long-ago, the very weird music video for the song Telephone by Lady Gaga Feat. Beyonce came out. It was nine and a half minute long and featured a very strange exchange of idioms in the car. And Lady Gaga says something like ‘if you kill a cow, you’ve got to eat a burger’ or something like that. And then they go on about mirrors cracking and seeing your reflection. But then I though that the lyrics required special attention. This is probably the first hit...no, the first song in the world that is based on bad phone reception. And I thought it was interesting. I’m going to write in italics what I think about a specific part. So here they are!

Hello hello baby you called
I can't hear a thing
I have got no service
In the club, you say? say? Say, say what?
Wha-Wha-What did you say,
Oh, you're breaking up on me
Sorry, I cannot hear you
I'm kinda busy.
K-kinda busy Why does she do that? K-Kinda?
K-kinda busy
Sorry, I cannot hear you, I'm kinda busy.

Just a second,
It's my favorite song they're gonna play
And I cannot text you with
A drink in my hand, eh Just adding eh for an extra syllable? I don’t know why she does that.

You shoulda made some plans with me,
You knew that I was free.
And now you won't stop calling me;
I'm kinda busy. Your having this whole conversation, he hasn’t got a word in yet and she just answers the phone with this.

Stop calling', stop callin', Brilliant chorus, eh?
I don't wanna think anymore! Just don’t pick up the phone, then!
I left my head and my heart on the dance floor.

Stop callin', stop callin',
I don't wanna talk anymore!
I left my head and my heart on the dance floor. Why were you in jail, cooking class, and bar in the music video then?

Eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh
Stop telephonin' me!
Eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh
I'm busy!
Eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh Are you serious?! The chorus follow-up is eh, eh, eh, eh?
Stop telephonin' me!
Eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh Again, are you serious?!

Can call all you want,
But there's no one home, OK. I though you were on the ‘dance floor’ How do you receive calls from your house?
And you're not gonna reach my telephone!
Cuz i'm out in the club,
And I'm sippin' that bubb, Bubb, just to rhyme with club. Wow. What is it anyways?
And you're not gonna reach my telephone! HE ALREADY HAS! And your talking to him now.

Call when you want, Exactly what I said in verse above.
But there's no one home,
And you're not gonna reach my telephone!
Cz i'm out in the club,
And I'm sippin' that bubb,
And you're not gonna reach my telephone!

Beyonce:

Boy, the way you blowin' up my phone I’m assuming: blowing up my phone is a saying?
Won't make me leave no faster. The bad grammar is KILLING me!
Put my coat on faster,
Leave my girls no faster.
I shoulda left my phone at home,
'Cause this is a disaster! JUST TURN OFF YOUR PHONE THEN! Disaster? What?!

Callin' like a collector -
Sorry, I cannot answer!
Not that I don't like you,
I'm just at a party.
And I am sick and tired
Of my phone r-ringing. AGAIN! TURN OFF YOUR PHONE!

Beyonce:
Sometimes I feel like
I live in Grand Central Station. What does anything have to do with Grand Central Station?!
Tonight I'm not takin' no calls,
'Cause I'll be dancin'.
'Cause I'll be dancin'
'Cause I'll be dancin'
Tonight I'm not takin' no calls, 'cause I'll be dancin'!

My telephone!
M-m-my telephone!
'Cause I'm out in the club,
And I'm sippin' that bubb,
And you're not gonna reach my telephone!

My telephone!
M-m-my telephone! Again with the stuttering!
'Cause I'm out in the club,
And I'm sippin' that bubb,
And you're not gonna reach my telephone!

We're sorry the number you have reached is not in service at this time.
Please check the number, or try your call again FINALLY YOU TURN OFF YOUR PHONE! HA!

This was kinda fun. And weird and funny. Well, I have to admit..this isn’t the best lyrics dissected. I hope you’ll link up your own (which is without a doubt going to be better)!

BLESSINGS,
MILLI

It’s Thursday, Captivating Thursday…(2)

2010-05-28T17:37:00.001-07:00

Oh, all right! It’s Friday and I forgot! Yikes! Why are you still staring at me? I only forgot…Just kidding! But..really...it’s Friday...and I forgot about it yesterday...hehe.

"I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand. It's when you know you're licked before you begin but you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what. You rarely win, but sometimes you do." -Atticus Fitch in Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird

“We will all die. The goal isn’t to live forever, the goal is to create something that will.” -Chuck Palahniuk

"Is 'fat' really the worst thing a human being can be? Is 'fat' worse than 'vindictive', 'jealous', 'shallow', 'vain', 'boring' or 'cruel'? Not to me." -J.K. Rowling

"There is no mistaking a real book when one meets it. It is like falling in love." -Christopher Morley

"People where you live," the little prince said, "grow five thousand roses in one garden... yet they don't find what they're looking for...
They don't find it," I answered.
And yet what they're looking for could be found in a single rose, or a little water..."
Of course," I answered.
And the little prince added, "But eyes are blind. You have to look with the heart." -Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (The Little Prince)

"God will not look you over for medals, degrees or diplomas but for scars." — Elbert Hubbard

"Here's to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square hole. The ones who see things differently. They're not fond of rules. And they have no respect for the status quo. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them. About the only thing you can't do is ignore them. Because they change things. They push the human race forward. And while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius. Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do." — Apple Computer Inc.

Let’s go WAY back

2010-05-27T18:24:00.001-07:00

I’m only 12 but I do remember those 90’s shows! Remember those? When people watched Full House and Fresh Prince instead of Glee or Vampire Diaries(not that I have anything against Glee. It’s awesome)? Let’s bring back some of those memories. Many of these were on the TGIF line up. By the way, TGIF means Thank God It’s Friday.

Step by Step

Frank Lambert, a divorced contractor who had three children from a previous marriage, impulsively marries Carol Foster (Suzanne Somers), a widowed beautician who has three children of her own. Both of them were residents of Port Washington, and the two met while vacationing separately in Jamaica. In the pilot episode, Frank mentions that he "followed" Carol to Jamaica after speaking with her travel agent, Velma. Their children were surprised and angered when they learned of the marriage. He has to put his broken life back together.

Boy Meets World

Boy Meets World is an American comedy-drama series that chronicles the events and everyday life lessons of Cory Matthews, who grows up from a young boy to a married man.

That’s so Raven

Raven Baxter, and how she gets herself, her friends Eddie and Chelsea and her family members, such as her brother Cory, out of various situations, usually by using her psychic powers and a variety of disguises.

Smart Guy

The show centers on the misadventures of boy genius T.J. Henderson, who at the age of 10 moves from elementary school and gets transferred to Piedmont High School, where he ends up becoming a high school sophomore with 15-year-olds as his classmates.

All grown up

The older version of the Rugrats. Tommy, Dil, Chuckie, Phil, Lil, Kimi, Angelica and Susie now have to deal with teen and pre-teen issues and situations.

Fresh Prince

Will Smith who is sent to live with his wealthy relatives in a Bel Air mansion. His lifestyle often clashed with that of his relatives there.

Full House

Set in San Francisco, California, it chronicles widowed father Danny Tanner who, after the death of his wife following the birth of their youngest daughter Michelle Tanner, enlists his best friend Joey Gladstone and his brother-in-law Jesse Katsopolis to help raise his three daughters, D.J. Tanner Stephanie Tanner and Michelle

Family Matters

Family Matters is an American sitcom about a middle-class African American family living in Chicago.

Loony Tunes

We all know what this is about!

Jimmy Neutron

Boy genius with a love for science and building machines that often gets him in trouble.

T-Shirt Wars and Toy Land

2010-05-24T09:33:00.001-07:00

I love graphic tees. Especially the ones with really weird stuff on them like fries, fire, or fire extinguishers. I also love stop-motion animation. I mean, who doesn’t? I love Coca Cola too, even though it’s not exactly the healthiest thing in the world. The same goes for McDonalds. I’m not a supporter of wars, though. But, you know…I’m okay with T-Shirt Wars. I found this insanely cool video on YouTube by one of my favourite YouTubers(that is what they are called, right?). Rhett and Link. By the way, while you’re in the T-Shirt War mood, you should check out T-Shirt War #1. It’s longer…so that’s good…

I shrunk and wandered into toy land.

Or, you know, I just had a camera and some toys lying around *shrugs* Sorry about not editing any of these…today’s a lazy day. By the way, thanks for all the wonderful comments on my last post!

Thank you so much!

2010-05-23T17:37:00.000-07:00

Today I went over to my Dashboard and saw a number. Yup, 50 followers! *Squeals* I completely flipped! I can't believe 50 people actually read my blog. So, thank you so much for reading my blog. It's feels really good to know that a lot of people like to read what you write. Thanks for supporting me. Just January I had only about 20 followers. Wow, thanks. I feel really blessed that people actually like what I write. I'm just going to go...and...jump around...float all the way...

True Beauty

2010-05-22T13:12:00.001-07:00

Audrey Hepburn. Maybe one of the most beautiful and charming actresses Hollywood has ever known. What was her secret? I’ll tell you one thing, it wasn’t moisturizing her skin for five hours every night. It wasn’t going to the gym 4 hours a day for the rest of her life. It wasn’t starving herself on a diet of carrot juice and celery. It was a little poem she found, written by comedian Sam Levenson, called “Time Tested Beauty Tips.” She would read it to her sons and held it close to her throughout the remainder of her life.

For attractive lips, speak words of kindness.

For lovely eyes, seek out the good in people.

For a slim figure, share your food with the hungry.

For beautiful hair, let a child run his or her fingers through it once a day.

For poise, walk with the knowledge that you never walk alone.

People, even more than things, have to be restored, renewed, revived, reclaimed, and redeemed; never throw out anyone.

Remember, if you ever need a helping hand, you’ll find one at the end of each of your arms. As you grow older, you will discover that you have two hands, one for helping yourself, the other for helping others.

Captivating Thursday…

2010-05-21T17:02:00.001-07:00

And a award from the very lovely, Guin. Thanks!
I’m really happy to have this award. I’m not sure what I’m suppose to do, so I’m just going to award three very sunny people! Marian, Jo March, Kirthi.

I’m starting a new meme called Captivating Thursday. I’m not smart enough to have created it, but I got the picture from in which a girl reads. It’s lots of fun, I hope you join in! It’s a post where you share your most captivating pictures, poems, songs, videos, or/and quotes that you’ve picked up that week. Feel free to link up in the comments. I would love to see your posts.

"Maybe the truth is, there's a little bit of loser in all of us. Being happy isn't having everything in your life be perfect. Maybe it's about stringing together all the little things." — Ann Brashares

"Once you had put the pieces back together, even though you may look intact, you were never quite the same as you'd been before the fall." — Jodi Picoult

" You know your in love when reality is finally better than in your dreams." -Dr. Suess

"If I had a flower for every time I thought of you...I could walk through my garden forever." — Alfred Lord Tennyson

"Laughter is timeless. Imagination has no age. And dreams are forever." — Walt Disney Company

"We'll be Friends Forever, won't we, Pooh?' asked Piglet.
Even longer,' Pooh answered."
— A.A. Milne (Winnie-the-Pooh)

For some reason they’re all pictures and quotes! I’ve got quite fond of picture-quotes. I hope you liked it :)

School concert and Ramblings

2010-05-19T15:24:00.001-07:00

It’s springtime and my middle school is having a Spring concert. The year before last year it was called Spring Fling, last year it was called Rain Dance , and this year it is called…nothing. Why? We have a new principal, and he is incredibly boring. I’m not trying to be offensive, but dress shirts, undecorated stage, red plastic chairs, nothing on the walls..come on! It’s a middle school spring concert, not a serious one!

I got to school at seven and I was way too early because my watch is too fast. I sit around waiting with the only other person who is early, and I don’t even know the other person. I waited for fifteen minutes and we all went into the music room. Everyone was wearing dress shirts, dark skirts or pants and leather shoes. We had to take out our instruments and practice before we have to go on stage. So, I went over to the instrument closet and took out my flute and put it together-I wish! Here’s the real story. I went over to the instrument closet and took out my trumpet. Yes, you read right. Trumpet. At the beginning of sixth grade last year the teachers assigned us out instruments, and we didn’t get to choose. I, somehow had gotten the trumpet. I’m the only girl out of a class of 53 students, who plays the trumpet. And I have to share a stand with the meanest kid in the entire class. Great…Either the teacher really dislikes me, or I have very bad luck. To play the trumpet, you have to buzz into the mouthpiece. It’s incredibly hard and takes a lot of breath. Let’s just say, I used to like band class a lot, but not so much now.

We were the first to perform. I messed up a few times, but there were 77 of us so it didn’t matter. I think we did a pretty good job. Thank God, I didn’t have a solo. 3 of the trumpets had a solo somewhere in the middle of the song. After, we went up to the classrooms and watched a movie, Tarzan the Disney movie. It was really fun! It was a good night, and I think I’m starting to get better and starting to like my instrument more. But…no way am I playing this in High School!

This is the outfit I wore for the concert. My friend took this on the way to the school. Yeah, I know I’m wearing jeans. I changed into black pants when I got there:D

Garage Rock

2010-05-17T14:21:00.001-07:00

G.K. Chesterton

Welcome to the 60’s! Um..Elvis…

2010-05-16T15:53:00.001-07:00

FINALLY!!! Wow…did that freak you out? Hehe. Sorry about that. I’ve been working on this for a week and I just couldn’t wait to see what you think about it. The medium is pencil and it’s a portrait of Elvis Presley! I had to choose between a number of famous people, and being a Elvis fan, I choose him. I was really scared about drawing him, because he’s incredibly handsome and I didn’t want to mess it up. So, without further ado!

I hope it isn’t too horrible! Arg, I think I messed up his mouth and ear! Grr.

Say, Say, Say

2010-05-15T14:01:00.000-07:00

I can't believe I haven't seen this before! Well, I absolutely love Paul McCartney (from the Beatles) and Michael Jackson. This is a hilarious music video collarboration. It's a song called Say, Say, Say. Here, have a listen.

How I Became A Nerd

2010-05-13T17:22:00.001-07:00

I’m a book-obsessed, fan fiction writing, science and history loving, grammar mistakes hating, 80’s music loving, school liking, internet hugger, sport dis-functioning, nerd. This is the story of how I became one.

I was a pretty normal kid to begin with. I liked all the normal things, hung out with all the normal people. It all began with the second grade. My best friend had a twin brother, and her twin brother’s best friend of the ultra-nerdy kid. He wore glasses, tucked his shirts into his pants, and read Harry Potter and Sherlock’s Holmes all day long. Oh, yeah, he was really smart too. Somehow, over the coarse of a year, I became friends with this kid. I started reading Harry Potter, and loved it. As you can see, there are only two things to blame for my nerdhood. This kid, and Harry Potter.
Even in the third grade my school of really clique-ish. The jocks (or people good with sports) all hung out together, and the girly girls, the tomboys, etc. So, naturally, nerds weren’t ever considered ‘cool’. In the fourth grade, I became friends with this girl named Sarah. She was really nice, and smart, and we had a lot in common. Hey! Now we have a group of nerds. I started to really get into Harry Potter. Then, I discovered something called Fan fiction. All summer, I spent indoors, typing up stories about my favourite books. My ‘normal’ friends thought I was a complete weirdo. That summer, I also discovered the wonders of the internet. Over the years I started blogging, doing really good in school, reading books about history and science, and watching a little something called Vlogbrothers on YouTube. I was naturally delighted to find that there was a whole community of people just like me on the internet. So, I watched a few videos, and still watch them today. My nerd level bursted through the ceiling.
I made plenty of friends and life is going pretty good with me. And to tell you the truth, I love being a nerd. Besides, only stupid people would tease others only because they are smart. And there is nothing wrong with being a nerd. It just means that you would rather be smart than stupid, that you would rather be thoughtful than vapid, that you care about books and scientific discoveries way more than dating(too young for that) and celebrity news, and cliques. What’s wrong with that? If it’s anything, it’s a good thing.
By the way, Star Wars and Star Trek helped too!
Are you a nerd? If yes, how did you become one?

2010-05-12T16:32:00.000-07:00

Thanks, Ellie for awarding me! For the award, answer the 10 questions your tagger has made up, make up 10 of your own, and award 6 other bloggers!

1. Do you like sushi? (I will disown you if you don't... Haha... jk) Um...what kind of sushi? I like some, but some others are just..bleh.

2. Snow or Rain? Rain! Perferbly, summer rain.
3. Favorite artificial flavor (Cotton candy, Blue raspberry ect.) Blue rasberry. I don't like artificial flavours, I'm way way of a organic person.
4. Favorite color Sea blue, or sky blue, or Navy blue. Just...any kind of blue.
5. LotR or Narnia? I felt that Narnia was easier to get into, and I've been a fan since I was seven or eight. Definitly Narnia. I like Lord Of the Rings too, though.
6. How many kids would you like to have when you grow up? Two. One boy and one girl.
7. Favorite gemstone Opal.
8. Do you like to camp/Have you been camping before? YES!!!
9. Soup or salad? Soup. Toasty soup on a cold winter's night.
10. What's your favorite genre of books to read? Fantasy, Middle grade realistic fiction, and historical.

Now, for my tag questions!
What's your favourite song of all time and now?

Twilight, Harry Potter, Narnia, or Lord Of The Rings?

What would you do if a homeless person (who's a little bit on the crazy side) comes up and begs you for money?
a) Walk away and pertend like you didn't see he/her
b) Whack them with your bag and yell, "Get away from me you freak!"
c) Give them a dollar
d) Nicely go and help he of she and give he or she some money

Would you consider yourself a nerd?

What do you want to be when you grow up?

Do you like Owl City?

What's your current obessesion?

Favourite T.V show?

If you can go on a road trip with anyone, died or alive, who would it be and where would you go?

Dogs of cats?

I tag:
Anyone who hasn't gotten this award! I know that's probably against the rules:D Please tell me in the comments first and put the link in there too. I would love to hear the answers to those questions!

Right:: Weekly Quote

2010-05-12T15:38:00.001-07:00

Awards

2010-05-11T16:58:00.001-07:00

I got awarded, this award, by Eldarwen. Aww, thanks!

About this award:
A prolific blogger is one who is intellectually productive, keeping up an active blog with enjoyable content. After accepting this award, recipients are asked to pass it forward to seven other deserving blogs.

I award:

Another award! Thank you Shaynie!

I award:

Hitting 301 and Miscellany Monday!

2010-05-10T17:01:00.001-07:00

Yay! I can't believe I didn’t even notice the big 300! Just recently I hit 100 posts on my other blog. What a coincidence. *Looks mysterious* I promise it wasn’t planed. *Scary music*. Just kidding. Well, not about the hitting 300 posts. That really did happen. Wow, my first post must have been so long ago!

Anyways…

Carissa at lowercase letters’s new meme! I have a feeling this is going to be fun. The rules? Keep the post as random as possible. See! Awesome.

{1} Have you ever heard of YOP? It’s drinkable yogurt! HA! It’s from Yoplait! I just adore the commercial for it. Wait! Adore isn’t the right word. Well, the commercial is pretty epic. To me at least. What can I say? I love drinkable yogurt. My favourite flavour is Vanilla and…blueberry. Yum! Classical flavours. Tropixs(the somewhat new flavour) just tastes…bad.

{2} I love old fashioned ink-pens and typewriters! The problem is, I have no idea how to work them!

{3} Hello, Hello Kitty!

{4} I LOVE James P. Sullivan! Or, Sulley! He’s my all time favourite Pixar character! He’s from the movie Monsters Inc. Which has such a sad ending *sniff, sniff*. And the little girl called Boo is so cute! Can I spoil the ending? Well, it’s so sad when Boo opens the closet to find that her big monster friend isn’t there. The look on her face is just…so sad! But seriously, Sulley is awesome.

{5} IT’S 7:59! Right now as I am writing it. I’m listening to Love is the movement by Switchfoot. And I’m really happy because Freezys tastes awesome! Freezys are flavoured ice in a tube. Ah…they’re the best. Wow, I like weird food:D

Dear, Mother

2010-05-09T10:07:00.001-07:00

Today is the day, we thank our mothers for being…wonderful mothers.

Dear Mother,

It takes Courage
                      Grace
                                 Selflessness
                                                 Dedication

Sacrifice

Patience

                                                              Empathy
                                                 Compassion
                                  Forgiveness

Kindness

Integrity

And inexhaustible love
Luckily, you have all of those.

Getting locked out is not fun

2010-05-07T15:34:00.001-07:00

Hello, I’m back! I have successfully survived a week without the internet…wow, it went by faster than I thought it would.

On Monday, I got home from school and reached into my backpack for my keys. I didn’t feel any. Yes, I forgot them. I didn’t have a cell phone, and my family doesn’t hide a spare key under the ‘welcome mat’ either. So, I waited. Soon, I became desperate. I knocked on the door for ten minutes. I figured there was nobody home. So, I went down the elevator, and went outside of the condo to get some fresh air. I walked around and decided, 'um. This is nice. I should just wait outside’. You know, until I realized that I just locked myself out of another door. I walked around, looking for people who were going into the condo, so I can just slip in. Finally, I got inside. I sat on the couch in the lobby and read for about half an hour. I actually finished the book! Now, I have no book, no keys, and nothing to do. I went up to my floor again and sat against the door, practically banging my head on the door. Talk about desperate times!

Another hour passed, and still no sign of my parents. They finish work at eight P.M. So..that means I have to wait for two more hours! Grr. I waited for another half an hour. Yes, I needed to go the the washroom. That made it all the worse. As you can tell by the title: Being locked out is not fun. I just jumped around for a bit, but that didn’t help at all. So, I sat back down, and started knocking the door even when I was sure nobody would open it for me. At this point, I’ve already waited for about two hours.

Then I realized. All this time, not once, have I thought of God. How foolish of me. So, I began to pray. And no later than a second after, my mom showed up. Yay! But what surprised me was that when I finally let God take over, it got good. Actually, it wasn’t surprising at all. Mere coincidence? I don’t think so. How can someone have moments like this and not believe.

And yes, this is my story of getting locked out because I was to stupid to remember my keys:]

I hope your having a lovely Friday!

Thanks, Guin

2010-05-07T15:09:00.001-07:00

Yup! I’m back on the internet! I’ve been off from Monday all the way to today, Saturday morning! I seriously never thought I would make it. I’ve been awarded by my wonderful friend Guinevere! Thanks a ton!

The rules:

Tag at least five 'sweet friends,' on Blogger

Answer the tag (below) in your post

You may tag the person who gave you this award

Don't forget to comment on the post that awarded you!!!

Tag:

You are _______ in your family. The ‘older sister’ in my family.

Do you have your own camera? Yes! But it’s not that good and was a hand-me-down from my cousin.

List three of your character qualities: Um…this is a hard one. Maybe, Honesty, Perseverance and Empathy?

What is your favorite thing to blog about? Life!

How long have you had your blog? Wow. I just realized that I wasn’t keeping track! Well, I’m almost at my 200th post.

I award and tag:

See you next week

2010-05-01T13:20:00.001-07:00

The sign was just for fun:]

I feel like I should take a break from blogging and the internet for a week. So, I won’t be posting. I just have to catch up a little on homework and maybe help around in the house more. Bye, for now.

Tumble, don’t fall.

2010-04-30T16:15:00.001-07:00

“I am not afraid of storms, for I am learning how to sail my ship.”

Louisa May Alcott (Little Women).

Last week of Planting Chums.

2010-04-30T15:29:00.001-07:00

Four random, fun facts.

I adore the smell of grass. Always will and always have. Oh! Especially after rain. Hmm. It just smells so good.

I like temperature between 8 degrees Celsius and 15 degrees Celsius. I know. I’m so picky with weather. Yeah, it’s not I good thing. I just cannot stand super warm weather. Even today, I was burning up, and it was only 21 degrees Celsius. I have no idea how I’m going to get through summer. I think it has something to do with growing up in the north?

Peach flavoured popsicles totally pwns. Well, for me at least. I have a crazy obsession with peace flavoured stuff.

Yesterday my mom dyed her hair red…Turns out, she bought the wrong hair dye and it was actually the exact same colour of her natural hair. Hehe.

Let’s talk perfume!

2010-04-29T15:54:00.001-07:00

I never thought that one day I would end up blogging about perfume, Prada. But, it’s interesting how much brand matters.

The other day it was one of my best friend’s birthday. Her name is Jess. And her brother got her a T-shirt, you know? The one’s that are black an have a pink elephant in the front. But I could see she was a little un-happy about it. We all know that she wanted the T-shirt, that looks the same, form Aeropostale. So I asked her, “What’s the difference, it’s the same thing.” She said, “But, the Aeropostale one is cooler.”. That really hit me.

So I told her to picture two bottles of perfume, both containing the exact same liquid and smells the same. And they are exactly the same price. But one is a little smaller than the other one. Which one will you buy? Obviously, she said she would buy the big one because it was better value. It’s the smart thing to do. So I told her to imagine the same two bottles of perfume again but the smaller one is made by Prada. She said she would buy the Prada one. It’s weird because the only thing that has changed is the label on the bottle. So I asked her the same thing again, but this time, the Prada one doesn’t smell as good and is expensive. Again she choose the Prada bottle! That is so stupid! I asked her why and she simply said, “Because it’s Prada.”. Goodness! Why? Anyone can just label any random perfume: PRADA! The label should be the last thing that convinces you to buy a product.

So, would you buy it. Just because it’s Prada?

Here’s to the crazy ones, dedicated to you.

2010-04-27T18:20:00.001-07:00

Wow, this is cool. Scratch that, this is really awesome. This is probably the most inspiring ad I've ever seen. Maybe being the 'weird one' isn't all that bad. In this video it shows Albert Einstein, Bob Dylan, Martin Luther King, Jr., Richard Branson, John Lennon, R. Buckminster Fuller, Thomas Edison, Muhammad Ali, Ted Turner, Maria Callas, Mahatma Gandhi, Amelia Earhart, Alfred Hitchcock, Martha Graham, Jim Henson (with Kermit the Frog), Frank Lloyd Wright, and Picasso. Back in their day, they were probably considered a nutcase. "Pshhh, flying machines! HA!" I can just imagine someone saying that. Look what happened. Now, they are considered genius. I really like the message. And indeed, different is good. And in the end a young girl opened her closed eyes, as if to see the possibilities before her. The world really needs to think like that.

My teacher has a poster of this in the classroom.

Promise, this will be the last random one this week…

2010-04-27T16:40:00.001-07:00

I’ve noticed most of my posts are random nowadays. I’ll try to focus a little better. This post will come to you in two parts.

Don’t you just love Narnia? Do you have the books?

Hey book lovers! Seth over at Scribbling of a scribe is having a Narnian Bash! It’s a giveaway of the entire Narnia series! So, head over to his blog to see how to enter!

Part numero two, also known as random comic book time.

I don’t read manga, but I have always been a huge comic book nerd. Ahh…wasn’t Charles M. Schulz just genius?

Here’s another one.

Love and blessings,

Milli

My latest obsession.

2010-04-26T18:00:00.001-07:00

*Sigh* Have you ever had an obsession before? Of course, I have. When I was two, it was Elmo. When I was five, it was ballerinas. When I was seven, it was Brown Bear Brow Bear what do you see the book-I thought it was genius? When I was nine, it was Harry Potter. When I was eleven, it was Greek mythology and John Lennon. And now, it is quotes. Yup, you heard it right, quotes. Merely just a phrase a famous person said that is very inspiring. Weird, huh? Well, I’m not saying my other obsession aren’t strange. But it’s interesting how I can become obsessed with something as little as a quote.

And once again, my dear readers, I have to bore you with another one of my favourite quote at the time. I will include a wonderful picture that was obviously not taken by me.

"And above all, watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you because the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places. Those who don't believe in magic will never find it."

Roald Dahl

Maybe I should make this a weekly thing? What do you think? Maybe I can share a quote every-let’s say Monday.

Pure In The Heart Award.

2010-04-25T11:33:00.001-07:00

Wow, this is the second award I got this week! Thanks Autumn for awarding me with this wonderful award!

What you do if you are awarded/tagged:

Post about your award!
Pick 10 bloggers who deserve the Pure at Heart award.

Leave a comment on the peoples' blog telling them that you have awarded them!

Answer these questions and put them in your post.

1. Apples, oranges or bananas? Oranges, but I like Apples too. Not bananas, I don’t like like bananas at all. Eww. Oranges, definitely!

2. How many siblings do you have? I have one younger sister, Elizabeth, she’s 3. And I have one older step-brother.

3. How old are you? Twelve, I’ll be thirteen in the summer!

4. Do you live on a prairie, woodland, swamp city or other? City. I don’t really like big cities like the one I live in. I’ve always wanted to live on a farm!

5. Scissors or glue? This is hard. Scissors tear stuff apart and glue sticks them together.

6. Describe your dream house: A small farm house painted pale blue. Filled with antiques and vintage furniture from the 50’s.

7. Is your room clean? I wish I could say yes. But I’m a fairly lazy person, and I haven’t gotten around to cleaning yet.

8. If you could be a movie character for a day, who would you be? Anne Shirley from Anne of Green Gables, Belle from beauty and the beast, and Jo from Little women. I can go on with this list all day.

9. Italy, France, Greece, Spain, or England? I’ve been to England, so that’s out because I want to explore new places. Probably Greece or Italy. I’m a huge Greek mythology nerd and Italy is so romantic and gorgeous!

10. What denomination are you? Non-Denominational Christian

11. Do you sleep with a stuffed toy? (BE HONEST!!) Yes. Her name is Kitty (I was three when I named it!).

12. Gum, chocolate or jellybeans? I love Gum, and chocolate. But right now, I’m feeling Jellybeans-ish.

13. What is your favorite book? Anne of Green Gables, Mackenzie Lost and Found, The Catcher in the Rye, Sand Dollar Summer, Little Woman, The Hunger Games trilogy, the little prince, John Green books, A series of unfortunate events and of course, Harry Potter series! But my two ultimate favorites are the vary hungry caterpillar and brown bear, brown bear, what do you see?

14. Favorite ice cream flavor? Cherry with chocolate chips. I used to have a cherry tree in my backyard:]

15. If you had to eat one type of food for a whole week, what would it be? Pasta, chicken and rice?

16. What is your favorite Olympic sport? Watching or playing? Watching: Ice hockey. Playing: Skiing. Is it weird that they are both winter sports?

17. If you woke up and discovered that you'd turned into Miley Cyrus for a day, what would you do? Take advantage of it for a while. And find my body and see who’s in it. If Miley Cyrus is in my body, I’d demand it back.

18. Describe yourself in three words: Nerd, dreamer, nice.

19. What chore do you positively hate? Sweeping.

20. If Elmo came into your room with a gun, what would you do? Scare the puppeteer and run.

Slow Dance

2010-04-25T11:04:00.001-07:00

This is a poem written by a teenager with cancer.
She wants to see how many people get her poem.
It is quite the poem, so please pass it on.
This poem was written by a terminally ill young girl in a
New York Hospital.

Have you ever watched kids
On a merry-go-round?
Or listened to the rain
Slapping on the ground?

Ever followed a butterfly's erratic flight?
Or gazed at the sun into the fading night?
You better slow down.
Don't dance so fast.

Time is short.
The music won't last.
Do you run through each day
On the fly?

When you ask How are you?
Do you hear the reply?
When the day is done
Do you lie in your bed

With the next hundred chores
Running through your head?
You'd better slow down
Don't dance so fast.

Time is short.
The music won't last.
Ever told your child,
We'll do it tomorrow?
And in your haste,

Not see his sorrow?
Ever lost touch,
Let a good friendship die
Cause you never had time

To call and say,'Hi'
You'd better slow down.
Don't dance so fast.
Time is short.

The music won't last..
When you run so fast to get somewhere
You miss half the fun of getting there.
When you worry and hurry through your day,

It is like an unopened gift....Thrown away.
Life is not a race.
Do take it slower
Hear the music
Before the song is over.

{You Are the Moon, That Glows In My Heart}

2010-04-24T16:14:00.001-07:00

I do not own this photograph.
You are the sun
You make me shine
Or more like the stars
That twinkle at night
You are the moon
That glows in my heart
You are my daytime my nighttime
My world
You are my life

Now I wake up everyday
With this smile upon my face
No more tears, no more pain
‘Cause you love me
You help me understand
That love is the answer
to all that I am
And I'm a better man
Since you taught me by sharing your love

You gave me strength
When I wasn't strong
You gave me hope when
All hope was lost
You opened my eyes
When I couldn't see
Love was always here
Waiting for me

Song by Michael Jackson.______________________________________________________________________________________

I really love this song. You should check it out if you haven’t heard of it before. It’s called You are my life. Oh, and as for the picture. I think it’s beautiful. Look at the lights!

Awardiness. Is that a word?

2010-04-23T15:17:00.001-07:00

I was given the OH MY BLOG award from Tay at Fearless! Thank you so much Tay!

Here are the rules:

1. Get really excited that you got the coolest award EVER.

2. Choose ONE of the following options of accepting the OMB award:

(a) Get really drunk and blog for 15 minutes straight, or for as long as you can focus.

(b) Write about your most embarrassing moment. I ｃｈｏｏｓｅｔｈｉｓｏｎｅ！

(c) Write a "Soundtrack of your childhood" post.
(d) Make your next blog a 'vlog'/video blog. Basically, you're talking to the camera about whatever.
(e) Take a picture of yourself first thing in the morning, before you do anything else (hair, make up, etc)and post it．

Here we go!

Most embarrassing moment…Let’s see…

It was winter and the swings were cold and icy. My friend and I decided to swing for a while after school. Somehow, we ended up having a competition to see who can swing the highest. I just started, but I wasn’t sitting right in the seat, I think I was sitting too much back. So, swing…swing…swing…BAM! I did a back-wards Summer Sault, fell off the swing, and landed in the snow. Ouch. It took hours to get my friend to stop laughing!

3. Pass the award on to at least three, but preferably more, awesome bloggers as yourself. Don't forget to tell them.

I award…

Emma(Summer Girl)

Autumn (And Autumn Day)

Shaynie (The Book Blog)

Beth (Thinking of Thinking)

Planting Chums:: Week Three:: Family Fotos

2010-04-23T14:42:00.001-07:00

“Okay, so this week for Planting Chums, we've obviously got the memory thing working with all the family fotos Right? Am I right? I think I am...because you can't hardly look at a photo and NOT remember some quirky fact or fun detail.”

I LOVE Family Fotos! Um…let’s see.

Auberge Du Lac Morency

Mount. St-Hippolyte’s Auberge du Lac Morency is nestled in a charming location in the heart of the Laurentians, just 50 minutes north of Montreal, Quebec (in Canada). It’s a holiday resort at the shore of the lake.

We go there every summer. It’s actually a pretty old place. We’ve been going there ever since I was seven years old. It’s been there since 1934. The houses are all made of logs and there are a lot of trees. When I say a lot, I mean, a LOT. As you can see in the picture, there’s a fountain in the middle of the lake and my dad and I used to row the little wooden boats towards the fountain and circle it until we got soaking wet. The lake is really beautiful. Especially around fall when the leaves start to fall, making the water reflect the orange, red and yellow. I loved swimming in the lake. But I was a little too chicken, and only stayed near the shore. There are a bunch of little fish swimming at your ankles is you ever stepped in the lake. And yeah, they tickle.

The food is delicious! It tastes all homemade and yummy. My favourite memory of this place is the mornings when the sun just started to rise. I would wake up my parents, but they would be rubbing their eyes and grumbling. Then, we would go on a hike in the woods. It was wonderful! I remember refusing to swim in the indoors swimming pool because I liked the lake way too much. “ Aimillia! You said you were scarred of the fish.” My mom would say.

“I want to swim in the lake!” That would be me.

“But you never even swim in the lake, you just stand there starring at the fish.” My dad would say.

“That’s why I like it!” That’s me again. *Sigh* I was a weird kid.

I think what I really love about this place is that we can take a step away from the fast and busy world and spend time together as a family and enjoy each other. Pictures are great, they are like treasure chests full of memories.

This is from the road to the lake.

Have you recycled today? Earth Day.

2010-04-22T17:23:00.000-07:00

Yup. Today is the big four-o! Four-zero. Forty!

The forty anniversary of Earth day!

I hope you recycle!

Let's keep this wonderful creation we call earth healthy, clean, and beautiful!

Happy Earth Day.

{Polyhedrons, and Google is making us stupid?}

2010-04-22T17:06:00.001-07:00

Today, I have a bucket load of homework. I know, it sucks. And to make matters worse, everything is due tomorrow. I have two pages of math homework, an essay, and social studies worksheets. Well, I’m not the best at math. At school, we are learning about Polyhedrons and how to measure their volume, and surface area. I mean, I’m pretty good at that. But it’s absolutely horrible when you have to do that for two pages. This is what’s going through my brain right now:

OK. So, 229 times 478 equals 109462. Ok, 478 times 334 equals 159652. Oh wait, that’s a triangle. So…159652 divided by 2 equals….Grrrr

See what I mean?

There has been a controversy about Google making us stupid going around. Some say that fast access to a lot of information make humans worse at analyzing and problem solving. I have to say I disagree.

Before writing, people memorized stories and said them aloud. As writing became popular, we stopped memorizing stories, changing the way our brains function. When we didn't memorize everything, we started being able to think more deeply about things. Even though we might not get information how we used to, we will use that part of our brain for something else. Yeah, some say that the internal hard drive of our brain is not needed as much nowadays because we could just search it up on Google. And yeah, maybe it’s easier to memorize information in long form narratives such as books than just random dislocated facts. And because of Google, we are not forced anymore to remember information using long form narratives. The increasing Google ability of anything and everything anyone can possibly want to know might be making our brain less, and less necessary. But Google and other external hard drives are indeed not making us stupid. And here’s why (I’m warning you, I’m going to use big font!).

I do not think Google is making us stupider but is actually making us smarter. It’s a new generation. Companies developed stuff like computers, iphones, and Google for a reason. To make life easier and to make it quicker and easier to access information. In modern times, we don’t have to flip through a bunch of books to find the information they need. We can simply find it on the internet, with search engines. Now, the real question is, what is more important? Knowing how to access information or knowing how to apply information. I agree, the Google is rapidly and dramatically changing the way we access information. For example, forty-years ago the average student probably knows a lot about the dewy-decimal system, where as the average student today probably doesn’t know it at all. But does that mean that the average student forty-years ago is smarter than the student today? I don’t think so. I mean, the average student forty-years ago probably doesn’t even know how to use Dictionary.com! It just means that they are accessing information in different ways. What’s wrong with using new and more efficient ways to access information? Rather than spending all your precious time finding a way to locate the information, why not simply get the information right away and use your precious time finding out a way to apply that information in your work?

I don’t think that the world wide web is going to go away anytime soon. More probably, they are creating even better and faster and more efficient technology for the future. It would be hard-press to argue that that’s a bad thing. In conclusion, Google is not making us stupider. It’s just another (quicker and easier) way to access information. The part that our brain really works on is how to use that information now that we’ve got it.

It’s 6:00 PM, sunny, warm, and I have a camera. You know what that means…

2010-04-19T15:31:00.001-07:00

It’s time for a Nature walk! And yes, I noticed that it says 31.12.2003 on it. I have no idea why! I’m uploading these on my computer while I take them. I hope you enjoy looking around my neighborhood.

Pretty statue isn’t it? I live in a condo and this is right in the lobby!

I walk outside and see this.

I walk around on the grass…

Oooo…Dandelions!

Another Dandelion! Do you see them scattered on the background? They’re everywhere!

Walking down the steps..

A closer look.

Today is sunny and the trees are casting shadows.

Have you ever noticed how many beautiful things are hiding at the roots?

The trees are just beginning to sprout leaves.

Oh. My! Who threw that out? It’s gorgeous!

A little tree. Birch, I think.

Up and up the hill we go!

That’s the only fence I could find. I love wooden fences…and the yellow flowers.

That’s a yellow flower in a hole in the fence.

Golly! I think I’m obsessed with yellow flowers.

Walking back, and casting another glance at the red tulip. See the cracks? It hasn't rained in a while.

Another look at the Dandelions.

Nature walk. Done.

I had gotten a lot more pictures. But I don’t think it would fit in one post. Hehe. I do like to take pictures. I think that the small things are a lot prettier than the bigger ones. So, I took a lot of flowers, grass, pictures. It was super fun! It would have been cool to take a picture of a pond. But there’s no ponds, lakes, or rivers around here that is within walking distance. I hope you enjoyed the pictures:]

LOVE, MILLI

Testing out new signature::Have a marshmellow

2010-04-18T15:26:00.000-07:00

Hello people of earth...or possibly from other planets!

Want a marshmellow?

I've been stuffing them in the microwave, trying to make them pop.

Yeah...I need a hobby.

I just want to say, Have a good sunday!

And, I'm just testing out my new signature.

Tell me if you like it:]

Search on.

2010-04-18T11:35:00.001-07:00

Do you remember this Google commercial?

Isn’t that the coolest commercial? It’s always the simple ones that are awesome… I really liked the idea of the search stories. Killing time got a little more fun with Google's search story tool, which I've been playing with today.

If you don't recall, Google produced an ad for the Super bowl telling a search story from the perspective of a guy finding love in Paris. He used an assortment of a Google tools to further his love story in Paris. Now Google is inviting people to make their own search story using a simple tool that takes your searches and puts them into a short half minute video. You can make your video here.

Here’s one of the search stories that I really liked. Just watch up to 1:42. Isn’t it awesome?! I’m pretty sure you know who’s story this is.

Are you gonna make one?

{You are Loved, theatre, and pretty flowers}

2010-04-17T09:42:00.001-07:00

Hello. It’s Saturday! That mean, it’s the weekends! Today I woke up late, which is one of the perks of not going to school in the weekends. So, a number of awesome things happened today. Today is awesome because…

I watched Robin hood!

I LOVE Robin Hood and was shivering with excitement to watch a re-make of it on stage. It’s performed by Duffle Bag Theatre: The nearly world-famous. They performed at my school yesterday and it was incredible. They re-tell classics, Shakespeare, and fairy tales. It was witty and random and most definitely hilarious! They would let the audience participate and it was an overall fun experience.

Lunch at a fancy restaurant.

Yup! That’s right! I had lunch at a very fancy restaurant called…Pizza Hut.

It was yummy. I ordered a double cheese pizza and some really good chicken:] *Licks fingers* YUM.

The tulips in the park finally blossomed

YAY! Aren’t they pretty? I guess it’s finally spring-summer!

Signing out!

Planting Chums: Week Two: Fun Games

2010-04-16T15:05:00.001-07:00

This topic is all-encompassing to your favorite game--dodge ball, monopoly, Dutch blitz, you name it! What game is a tradition among you and your family? What game is special? What made it so? Why do you like it so much?

The first thing that came to mind was scrabble. But then, I thought long and hard about it (for 2 minutes)…

I thought of an awesome one.

PIG.

Yeah, just cards. But I love cards, and I just couldn’t resist not putting it in there.

Here’s how to play P-I-G- Each player should have four cards each. Put your cards in order in your hand so that the matching cards are together. Quickly pick one card you don't wish to keep, along with everyone else, and put it face down on your left hand side after the dealer says, "Go!" You're trying to get four matching cards, so only put down one that doesn't match anything you have. Pick up the card the person to your right has laid down. If it matches anything in your hand, put it next to the card or cards without letting anyone see. Choose another card to pass to the left when dealer says, "Go!" Keep doing this until someone gets four matching cards. Put your finger on the tip of your nose as soon as you get all four matching cards. After seeing you with your finger on your nose, everyone else must put their finger on their nose as well. Earn a P if you are the last person to put your finger on your nose. You must leave the game when you have earned all three letters P-I-G by being the last person to put your finger on your nose three times. Win the game by being the only one in the room who isn't a pig.

I wasn’t at all interested the first time I heard about it. Someone says to you, “Do you want to play PIG?”. Well, I said ‘no’. It didn’t sound fun at all. A couple of years ago, it was rainy, and I was over at my friend’s house. There was four of us. To pass the time, we decided to play cards. They taught me how to play the game and by the end, I was having so much fun. It was only later, when I found out that the super-fun game I was playing that day was P-I-G.

I have no idea why I like this game. It’s just, fun! I think that’s the reason we like to play games. They’re fun, that’s all. Nobody ever says, “I want to play a game because I want to be serious”.

I want to play a game because I want to have fun!

Now that I think about it, cards aren’t the most interesting game in the world. But they are my favourite, so far…

What’s your favourite game?

I own none of the photographs used in this post.

Do you have Facebook? A Tag.

2010-04-16T14:35:00.000-07:00

Libby from Random Jot Downs tagged everyone who does not have facebook with this tag.

1. How many toes do you have?
10. 5 on each foot.

2. How many bones have you broken?
Fortunatly, zero!

3. Name an epic thing that you have done.
I always dream of doing something epic. I don't think I've ever done it. Oh! Once I was playing kickball with my friends, and my shoe fell off when I kicked the ball. It landed 10 feet away:]

4. If you had a pet lemming, what would you name him?
Bell. Like the phone (is it?) company.
5. What color are the clothes you're wearing right now?
I'm wearing a white dress and a pink cardigan.
6. How awesome are orca whales on a scale of one to ten?
9.

What happened to 7?? Oh, well. Um...I would want to be about 80 when I die? I'm not really sure...

9. Name a pet peeve and an addiction.
Pet Peeve (why do they call it pet peeve anyways?): People saying the word 'like' all the time.

Addiction: Saying 'like' all the time.

10. Write a paragraph detailing your life. 100 word minimum.
I was born at 5:22 somewhere in August in a hospital in Japan. It was raining. After 8 months my family moved to Canada. When I was two, I moved to my Grandparents house and lived with them for two years. Just after my fourth birthday, I came back to Canada and started Kindergarden. I started taking piano class and ballet sometime after kindergarden. I quite ballet when I was eight. In that same year, I learned how to ride the bike. I love riding bikes:] In the fifth grade I started to learn english in class. Just the writing and reading of course, I knew how to speak it way before that. The reason is because I went to a french school in Quebec. When I started middle school, I moved to an all english school in Ontario. Now, I am almost 13. Yay! I enjoy taking pictures, painting, eating ice cream, writing, reading, and blogging.

11. Name one thing that isn't really a secret, but that you haven't really gotten around to telling anyone.
I have a crazy obbessesion with chocolate chip and cream ice cream. And I love chocolate, but hate chocolate ice cream.

12. Name another pet peeve.
People talking with their mouths full.

13. Sprechen Sie deutsch?
Is that German or dutch? I have no idea. I guess, no...
14. Tell a joke.

15. How many of the questions have you answered in a witty manner so far?

I wish I was 'witty'.

16. Compose a haiku.

Sitting infront of the computer
Trying to
Compose a haiku
17. Have you ever noticed how sour candies taste even more sour if you rub them on the side of your tongue?
Actually, no.

18. What book(s) are you reading at the moment?

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire and the first book in Cirque Du Freak.

19. How many doors are there in your house?
A lot.

20. How would you solve a problem like Maria?
How do you solve a problem like Milli?

21. Think of something about yourself. Anything. Go on, think of it.
The only thing, right now... I really like rubber ducks. I can explain. Someone just threw a rubber duck at me. Seriously!

22. What's wrong with your legs?
Nothing.

24. What's your favorite show tune?
Arthur. You know? The kid's show with the animals...

25. Okay, you can tell us what that first thing you thought of for number 21 was. We all want to know, even if it isn't interesting.
I was thinking ' I never went to the park in 7 months'. Then, someone hit me on the head with a rubber duck!
8. How old do you want to be when you die?

Party Time!

2010-04-15T15:45:00.001-07:00

Eldarwen is having a totally awesome blog party! Go join! The picture above is clickable..

1) How old are you? 12. I’ll be thirteen in four months!

2) What name do you go by on blogger? Milli.

3) When is your birthday? Sometime in August.

4) If you could live anywhere in the world, besides where you live now, where would it be? Italy, or England. I’ve never been to Europe before:]

5) How did you find out about Blogger? First from a advertisement. But I didn’t really pay attention to that. Then a friend told me about it.

6) Tell us something interesting about yourself: I’m not so ‘fantastic’ at math.

7) What was your favorite toy when you were little? It was a ‘Hello Kitty’ toy. I called it Kitty. My dad got it the day I was born. When I was about seven, I decided that Kitty was a really uninteresting name. So I changed it to Bellelina (Yeah, not ballerina) Buttercup de Pink (it wore a pink jumper). I couldn't remember that, thought.

8) What is your favorite meal? Have you ever cooked/helped cook that meal? My favourite meal is anything that tastes good! Actually I’m not sure. I like salad, and lasagna. Yeah, I did help cook once. It was noodles!

9) If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be? I would want to be…I’m not sure.

10) Are you an outside person, or an inside person? It depends on my mood.

11) Are you a mommy's boy/girl, or a daddy's boy/girl? When I was younger I was a huge Daddy’s girl. But now, I’d say both.

12) In one word, describe the feeling you get when you stub your toe, after just being told by your parents that you are grounded for the next month: "Grrrrr”

13) Let's say you TP'd your friend's house (for those of you who don't know what TP'd stands for, it means toilet papered. As in, put toilet paper on their trees, cars, house, porch, etc.). You get caught. Uh oh! What's your excuse? “ I was just helping them decorate for Halloween!”

14) Have you ever gone swimming in deep, dark, dirty water? Nope! In fact, I can’t find any dirty water. I fell in a really big and muddy puddle before…Does that count?

15) Have you ever dreamed about getting ready to leave the house, and forgetting to put your pants on? No.

Have you ever done something so ridiculous, that you wish you'd never done it? If so, what? Yes. I was at a big New Years diner. And I was watching a little kid from across the room chase her brother around. They were shouting and it was hard to to. Suddenly someone called my name and I turned around, hitting the big jug of water with my hand. It fell to the ground and got everything wet. We had to change tables. Opps.

17) Imagine you saw a purse snatching. What would you do?
a. scream and run away
b. move out of the state/country
c. Tackle the purse snatcher to the ground
d. ignore it, start whistling, and turn the other direction.
In reality, d.

18) How many friends do you have on blogger? Probably 5-ish close ones.

19) What makes blogging so much fun for you? People actually reading what I have to say…write.

20) You're a turtle who is up against a rabbit in the biggest race in history. What is the turn-out? I think the rabbit would win. But I’m willing to try my hardest. Because, you never know, maybe the story is real:]

Sign What to do, what to do…

2010-04-14T15:54:00.001-07:00

Have you noticed?

*Sigh*

I haven’t been posting very much. And there have been very big gaps in between posts.

It isn’t because I’m busy. Actually, I’m really bored right now.

It’s because I don’t know what to write about.

And since I can’t decide by myself. Do you mind helping me out?

What would you like to see more of on Everything Crazy?

1.Creative stuff, like challenges and fun stuff to do

2. About me, and my life. Journal-ish stuff.

3. My thoughts and opinions

4. Thought-provoking posts

5. My writing (Poems, short stories, etc.)

6. Funny stuff

7. Other (Comment)

I’ll make a poll in the sidebar :]

Speak.

2010-04-11T10:18:00.001-07:00

Do you know that girl,

who sits alone?

Have you ever saw her lurking in the shadows before?

Do you know that girl,

who went to your fourth birthday party?

Do you ever talk to her?

Don’t ever go near her.

She’s human too, be her friend.

She’s weird, stay away.

How can you be so mean?

She’s lonely.

She hears them whisper in the halls.

She wipes her face of emotion.

She stays away from the crowd, she takes the other road.

Do you know…

Yeah, I know her.

She used to be in my history class.

She’s a freak.

Nope, I don’t know her.

I’ve seen her around.

Who?

Do you know that girl who doesn’t talk?

She keeps silent.

She’s not special in anyway.

She’s just another person in this place.

Speak!

Why is she mute?

That’s none of my business

Weird.

Will you listen if she spoke?

Do you know the feelings in her heart?

Have you ever asked?

Do you understand her thoughts?

That are buried deep, deep down.

Talk! Why is she mute?

Why did you ruin the party for us?

That weird girl?

What happened to her?

Listen

“I’ll tell you all about it”

I got inspired by the novel SPEAK by Laurie Halse Anderson. It’s not great. I hope you like it anyway.

LOVE,

MILLI

FOUR. Week 1 (Food loves)

2010-04-09T15:13:00.001-07:00

So…Hannah, what’s four and what’s food loves?

“For the first week of Four, we're going to celebrate all that we love...food wise, that is. Is there a food that you absolutely love? Crave? NEED?”

AWESOME…because I love food!

Clementine

I fell kind of bad because I don’t have a deeper meaning behind my love for clementines. I just simply love them. They taste good. That’s all. This actually links to something else. I love water. I practically drink water twenty-four, seven. I know water doesn’t taste like anything. But…I like the taste of ‘nothing’. And oranges are juicy and liquid-y, right? I love the feeling in my mouth when I bite into a Clementine. A bunch of sour and sweet juice just bursts into my mouth. And I like the refreshing feeling. Plus, each Clementine is small. And I have a ‘thing’ for small foods. By the way, they are not oranges. They’re CLEMENTINES!

The history of my love for Clementines. I’m pretty sure I remember this correctly. The first Clementine I’ve ever ate was at a picnic when I was five. I pointed towards the picnic table and said, “Mommy! Can I have a little orange?”. I couldn’t reach it myself. Well, actually, I couldn’t peel it by myself either. “Daddy! Can you help me open the little orange?” He helped me peel the Clementine. But neither my Mom or Dad told me that it wasn’t called a ‘Little Orange’. I split it in half and stuffed it in my mouth. From that second on, I was a Clementine lover.

Not until I was in the fifth grade did I know that it was called a Clementine. When I was in the fifth grade I was in my elementary school’s percussion (drums, tambourine, xylophone, etc.) band. Every year, in April, we would go to a music festival called “Music Alive” and play. That year one of our songs was called Clementine. So, naturally I was curious about what a Clementine is. Now I know.

<--------- Look! It’s Darling Clementine’s!

Chocolate

How come all my favourite foods start with the letter C? I don’t think I need any explanation for this one. Everybody loves chocolate(well, maybe not everybody)!! It’s sweet, creamy, and sweet. How can it get any better?!

Trust me. Clementines dipped in chocolate tastes like heaven.

Well…That was a boring post. Ha! I’m not real sure if anyone would want to read about the first time I’ve ever ate a Clementine.

Like Dreamers Do

2010-04-08T15:51:00.001-07:00

DISCLAIMER! I DO NOT OWN THIS TOTALLY AWESOME PHOTO.

This is my new favourite quote. I just thought that it would be cool to share it with you.

“Some men see things as they are and ask why. I dream of things that never were and ask why not."
George Bernard Shaw

Rain rain won’t you stay, come again another day

2010-04-07T14:04:00.001-07:00

Today was warm

The sky was blue and the grass was green

But the thunder roared and the lightning screamed

The trees swayed to the symphony of the sky

I looked out my window

It was covered in splatters of rain drops,

blurring the outside world

The sun shined and illuminated the drops of water

to make the most beautiful creation of all

Colours danced in the sky

I stood there,

taking it all in,

letting the water pour over me.

It was raining

But, it was summer rain.

Do you cry when you watch sad movies?

2010-04-05T10:02:00.001-07:00

I’ve been watching a lot of sad movies these days. It’s really weird because I hate sad movies. Well…I don’t hate them. I just dislike them because they are so sad and makes me cry a lot. Here’s a video of ‘the saddest movie moments’. Do you know any of these movies. Ever watched them before? Did you cry?

Easter and Award.

2010-04-04T09:01:00.000-07:00

Nahla has awarded me with this wondeful award. Thanks, Nahla!

I am suppose to name five random facts about myself. I'm not feeling too random today, but I can think of five. No problem:]

1. I've always wanted to dye my hair blue

2. The first Harry Potter book I read was Prisoner of Azkaban and I hated it. Stupid, stupid, eight year old Milli. *sigh

3. I can't play baseball. I mean, I really can't play baseball. I can't even stay 2 minutes without tripping or getting hit in the face. Embarassing...

4. I used to be extreamly afraid of dolls when I was younger.

5. I can't think of anything else. I guess I was lying about the 'no problem'. Hehe...

The five awesome people I award:

Today is Easter. Eat some chocolate, egg hunting, eat peeps, and have some fun! But, it's also important to remember the real reason for the seaon. I hope you and your family have a blessed Easter.

Love,

Good Friday

2010-04-02T17:52:00.000-07:00

1 John 4:10

Bekah’s Blog Parade

2010-04-01T16:21:00.001-07:00

Bekah from The Word Crafter is having a Blog parade! Aren’t they awesome?!

1. If you had to describe yourself in one word, what would you say?

2. If you could go anywhere in the world with anyone you wanted to, where would you go and who with?

Actually would it be alright if i traveled the world and went everywhere? That would be awesome. I would want to go with my friends and family.

3. If you could have one superpower, what would it be?

Invisibility. I love being invisible, even though I've never done it before. Well…it looks cool in the movies:]

4. What is one habit (or two ;) that you get teased about a lot?

Probably the fact that I get nervous really easily and when I do I can’t concentrate on anything and end up stammering and saying all the wrong things.

5. What is (or are) your food obsession(s)?

Chocolate and oranges. Or..or...oranges dipped in chocolate!

6. What is the best April Fools prank you pulled on someone or that someone pulled on you?

Yeah, I was the one who got pranked. This happened to me in the 5th grade. I was going to the movies with a few of my friends. I got there, but the movie theater was closed. So, I called my friend and she said that I was early. So I waited and waited and waited only to find out that the movie theater was closed the entire day and that it was all a prank.

7. If you were an inanimate object, what would you be?

I would want to be a lamp. I just love the lamp in Beauty and the Beast! Plus, I’ll have light where ever I go:]

8. Let's say you could change the world in one way. How would you change it?

Reduce the amount of garbage we throw out each year. Because the amount is really, really scary.

9. You have a million dollars (*gasp* ;). How do you spend it?

A million. Wow, that’s 6 zeros:] I’ll donate most of it to charities and the homeless and the rest for my family and shopping!

10. What is one thing that always takes your breath away? (That could mean in a good way OR a bad way)

Um…In a bad way, the fact that some people abuse animals and children. And in a good way…lots of things take my breath away in a good way. Like, the way the birds sing in the morning, God , birds soaring in the air, etc.

11. You are granted three wishes. What do you wish for? (Remember, you can't wish for more wishes ;)

I'd wish for more people to turn to Christ. And I’d wish that that the world would be a better place (less pollution, less homeless people, less killing of innocent animals, etc)

12. You can spend the day with one character from a book or series that you've read. Who is that character?

Hermione Granger from Harry Potter! I tell that to everyone.

13. What is something odd or interesting about you that is not commonly known?

I don’t bite my nails as much as I bite the skin around my nails. Erg..that’s so embarrassing. Oh, well.

14. What is one thing that you absolutely positively cannot stand?

I can’t stand people who use “replacing words”. I’ll show you a scenario:

Red: I forgot to bring the thing!

Green: What thing?

Red: Ya know! That thing for the musical thing.

Green: What musical thing?

Red: Urg! The plastic thing that goes between the thing to keep the trees up in the place, thing.

15. Say you committed a crime. The judge gives you a choice between sentences: twenty years of complete solitude in the mountains or never having another moment alone for the rest of your life. Your choice?

Never have another moment alone. You didn’t say who or how many people:]

16. What is one benefit that blogging has given you?

I’ve met a lot of really awesome people.

17. A perfect day in your eyes would be...?

Sleeping until 11:00, hanging out with friends, going to a museum, blogging, listening to music peacefully, enjoying nature, having a picnic, and end it all off with a game of “Simon says”!

April the FIRST

2010-04-01T15:48:00.001-07:00

Hello everyone! Do you know what day it is? No, it’s not Christmas, or Easter (that’s coming soon). Yup! You guessed it! It’s April the 1st. April fools day! What? You already knew? Awwww…I got all excited to tell you for nothing?! Ok, I think I’ll get over it.

So…Have you all thought of a master prank yet?

My teacher pranked me.

Today, at school, in the morning my Teacher said that we would have school tomorrow. Everyone started saying, “What?! But it’s Good Friday tomorrow and my family is coming over!” or, “Oh, come on! One day! Just ONE day for a break! This sucks!”

Some of the students didn’t believe it, though. They said that it was probably a prank since it’s April fools day. After recess, our principle came to our class and told us we will have school tomorrow but it will start at 9:30 (Which is an hour later than usual time). One kid said, “He’s in the prank too!”

And our principle turned to the kid and said sternly, “There is no prank.” After a while our Teacher gave in and told us it was just a prank and all.

Yeah, it wasn’t the best prank in teacher history. But it was pretty freaky and fun.

So, pranked anyone yet?

Are you having a master prank this April fools day?

Baby Potato Beetles are so Awesome.

2010-03-31T14:05:00.000-07:00

I was watching TV yesterday and saw this show about bugs. Don't worry, I'm not here to try and freak you out. Honestly, this is awesome.

There's this kind of Beetle called the Potato Beetle. Grown up Potato Beetles have hard shells so they are protected from predetors. Unfortunatly, baby Potato Beetles don't. But, luckily they have poisonous poop (It's weird that poisonous poop would come after luckily). So, the baby Potato Beetles poop, and cover themselves all over with their poop to protect them selves. Awesome right?

That was random...There really wasn't a point to this post. I just wanted to share a little fact about Baby Potato Beetles.

P.S. Like the Snape icon? Whoohoo!

Happy Birthday, dear Sister

2010-03-29T15:02:00.000-07:00

Happy 3rd Birthday, Elsa.

Get out of my head… or not.

2010-03-28T17:45:00.001-07:00

P.S This belongs to http://www.youtube.com/user/charlieskies

GAHHHHHH!!!! I CAN’T GET THIS OUT OF MY HEAD! Dear Vienna…

Let’s quote famous people!

2010-03-27T11:26:00.001-07:00

“Everyone wants happiness, nobody wants pain, but you can’t make a rainbow with a little rain.”

-Zion Lee

Help stop world hunger by being smart

2010-03-25T17:20:00.000-07:00

I've been really into charities these days and I found this! It's a charity called FREE RICE. The charity is all about world hunger! And it's fun and you can help out just by answering questions. How awesome is that? I've tried it out and it's really fun. They ask you a bunch of never ending questions on vocabulary.

Obesession means:

fixtion

prediction

large rock

cargo

As easy as pie. But of course, to acually donate the money, you have to...answer the questions...right. That's not a problem. Trust me, the questions are crazy easy. So, what this carity does is: They donate 10 grains of rice through the World Food Programme for every question you get right. I've been answering questions for about 15 minutes and I got 950 grains of rice.

If you're not into the whole Donating-to-charities and Doing-good-things-for-the-world-and-for-those-in-need (even though, you should be). It's okay. It's a chance to test your mental might!

Yummy. Rice...

tag

2010-03-24T15:18:00.000-07:00

The Way I like to Say Hello: Hi!

Once Upon A Time...(finish the sentence): There was a man who only ate pretzles.

When I was five my favorite item was: My glow sitcks:]

What I like between two pieces of bread best is: Cheese

When I grow up I want to be a/an: Screenwriter

I like: God, My family, friends, the colour Blue, earth, etc

I really, really want: A pet dog.

I desperatley need: Some water.

If I could color my hair any color I would color it: BLUE! I'm just kidding. It would be cool though...

People often call me: You, Milly, Aimillia, BOING!(don't ask)

I'm terrified of: Bugs...*shivers*

The Way I like To Say Goodbye: *Wave*, Bye, See ya!
The 'If' tag:

1. If you could have any animal as a pet and they would behave, which animal would you pick?
A lark

2. If you could be any kitchen utensil, which would you pick and why?
I would love to spatula, but I kinda also like the blender.
3. If you could speak any language without problem [not your native tongue], which would you pick?
Italian
4. If you could do any job and not have to suffer through the school work or "climbing" the ladder, what would you pick?
Screenwriter.

5. If you could meet someone important in any way [famous, historical, royalty], who would you meet and why?
J.K Rowling, because I have A LOT of questions. And Queen Elizabeth the 1st.

6. If you could travel to any historical event, when would you go and why?
I dunno...Any, that is not tragic.

Script Frenzy

2010-03-22T15:58:00.000-07:00

I'm participating in Script Frenzy this year.

Who: You and everyone you know. No experience required.

What: 100 pages of original scripted material in 30 days. (Screenplays, stage plays, TV shows, short films, and graphic novels are all welcome.)

When: April 1 - 30. Every year. Mark your calendars.

Where: Online and in person (if you want!). Hang out in the forums, join your fellow participants at write-ins, and make friends by adding writing buddies online.

Why: Because you have a story to tell. Because you want a creative challenge. Because you’ll be disappointed if you missed out on the adventure. Because you need to make time for you.

How: Sign up. Tell everyone that you are in the Frenzy. Clear your calendar. (US participants: Get your taxes done now!) Start some wrist exercises. Have fun!

My Link

Getting into…

2010-03-22T14:14:00.001-07:00

When I made up my mind
And my heart along with that
To live not for myself
But yet for God, somebody said
Do you know what you are getting yourself into
When I finally ironed out
All of my priorities
And asked God to remove the doubt
That makes me so unsure of these
Things I ask myself, I ask myself
Do you know what you are getting yourself into

I'm getting into you
Because you got to me, in a way words can't describe
I'm getting into you
Because I've got to be
You're essential to survive
I'm going to love you with my life
When he looked at me and said
I kind of view you as a son
And for a second our eyes met
And I met that with a question
Do you know what you are getting yourself into

Love. That’s what you’re getting into.

Soft

2010-03-22T13:59:00.001-07:00

Childhood memories.

Friend.

Always there in storms, scary nights, fun times

Cuddly

Companion

Soft