Halloween 2014: Mulan

Okay. I know this blogpost is a little late but better late than never. (: 

This year, I dressed up as Mulan. (I’m a bit too dark for her haha, but it’s fall and it’s going to eventually get cooler here and my skin will pale a bit.) Thank you mom for making this costume for me. 

Courtesy to PicLab for helping me make this (I'm not sponsored by them by the way, but they helped me make this  ^  so...)

Hope you liked this little blogpost and maybe I'll post another one of these Halloween blogposts next year!

xx

Signs a Girl Likes You: My POV

I need to expel all this gushy crud out of my system so that I can focus on me. You might think: How would it help you if you write about it on your blog? Won't you just dwell on x topics more? Well for right now it's really helping me and to whoever out there is reading my blog, thank you for tolerating this (:

Here are a few signs I may like you- either that or I really don't like you. 

• I will glance at you a lot (or it means I don't like you OR I much enjoy bugging you. i.e. my friend Adam.)
• I will be extremely mean to you. (or I don't like you.) I don't know why, but I guess it's to hide the fact that I really do enjoy your company. Of course, after my brash tone of voice and negative connotations, they don't stick around for long. Can we agree that I might actually be one of those #catlady's? Just kiddING, I like dogs more than cats.
• I will unintentionally levitate towards you. And when I realize I'm doing that, I'm going to like WHOAH 'scuse me, I'm supposed to be going THE OTHER way.
• I might talk to your guy friends.
• When I see you, I tend to become very self conscious about my hair. I'll probably let it fall forward to cover my face or I'll constantly comb it back for more volume.
• I tend to be quiet around you.
• I'll be very sensitive around you. 
• NOTE: The last two bullet points- that's before you start talking to me, or I make a side comment that triggers a convo that stimulates me being unconditionally rude. 
• I'll instantaneously become envious of any girl you talk to. (I've been doing that less it's alright. Some of them are actually pretty nice.)
• I'll become very aware of who talk to you and what you talk about. (Stalker mode: ON.)
• If I have a crush on you, like I REALLY like you. I don't tend to get over it very quickly. The shortest amount of time I've liked someone is probably a month. The only reason I liked him was because he was a fast runner :P . The longest I've liked someone is two years. (He had a girlfriend he ******** and he also watches **** so... I've come to realize his true colors. Heh.)
• I'll find some way to subtly bring you up in convos. If my friends bring you up into a convo I'll listen to every single they have to say about you.
• If my friends know, and you're around they'll probably point you out (no-so-)modestly and they'll giggle a lot and I'll look stormy and embarrassed. 

So there you go. Am I ashamed of putting this online? Frankly: Yes, but this blog is really helping me overcome all these little conflicts that keep batting me left and right, prying me for my individual attention. 

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Signs a Boy Likes You: According to my Guy Friends

Here is a small collection of advice that a guy likes you by my guy friends: (note: not boyfriends haha.) (This isn't going to be helpful by the way)

Joe:

• "Maybe he kinda likes you because sometimes I stare at h/n when she smiles."

Adam:

• The WAY they talk to you.
• WHAT they say to you.

Jimmy:

• (Pull a 'Sherlock' and) DEDUCT.

Gerth:

• "JUST ASSUME HE DOESN'T LIKE YOU AND IF HE DOES THE BONUS."

My Discovery Phase, Boys

I wasn't really planning to do a blogpost on this but I really need to get all this confusing energy out of my system, because it's twisting and writhing inside me, and it's really not great. 

In middle school, I was a very angry person. That then lead to me feeling very sad and alone no matter how many people I had around me. I wanted to be alone, I didn't want to talk out my feelings with anyone which made it worse because I was wallowing in my own fear. This got worse as I entered high school because I was in the middle of two really great groups of friends but my personality had both groups of friends in them, so I was never really one or another. I'm still in that mess. 

This eventually lead to me having this discovery phase which I am still in right now. Let me tell you, it takes up a lot of time. I'm always having these random epiphanies and I end up contemplating the meaning of life or love or whatever instead of paying attention to what's going on, which is bad. Why? Because my attention lasts about as long as a dog. 

Anyways, because of this self discovery phase, I feel as if I need to really focus on myself. I know it sounds really selfish, but it's true. I need to focus on school, protecting my family and friends, discovering myself, and also come to realizations about the world that will help me in the future. Now, this will not work out very well if a boy comes into play. 

For a moment in my life, it got better because of my best friend Audrey. I gave her a list of potential guys I might like and she told me to rate them by personality and looks. I found that I only really potentially like these boys because they were cute (of course).

PAUSE: I mean guys, let's face it, the "Personality is everything" thing is phony. We all go for looks first- don't be fooled though- if you're a *****, then you're gonna get dropped like a hot potato. 

Anyways, I realized that I didn't really know any of these guys. I didn't know their academic life, their personality, or who they even hung out with. So in a matter of days, I kind of dropped all my feelings for them. But wait. I said that boy-free zone only lasted for a moment. Raging hormones ugh.

As life progressed little by little, my eye caught a dude. Um. Let's call him Geff. He's cute (has a dimple like zayummm), he has a pretty good build, he's pretty smart, he's athletic, and he seems pretty chill. This guy- Geff- keeps interfering with my me time and it's really bugging me but I can't just let him go; feelings just don't work that way. I once had a crush on a guy for two years with the same traits that this Geff guy has.

The best thing I could do was vent about all this stuff building up inside me. I vented about my discovery phase and him to my friends, my best friend who's more like a non-blood sister. Now, did that help? Well (Wow. No joke, I just shuffled my ipod and 'Can't Help Falling in Love' started playing) not really. If anything, I seemed to only like him more. Him invading my me time isn't the only problem though. Here are some other reasons:

• He's popular so girls left and right like him too
• My friend Suri told me that he's really 'close' with this one girl, he's 'considering' a friend of Suri's, and he seems really bonded with this girl in one of the classes I see him in.
• My friend Suri has a friend who really likes him. Like head over heels for him. Like obsessive like him. So I find that liking him is going against my morals.

I don't really know what to do. This is all really difficult and I just don't have time for this. If you're in the same conundrum as me though, may I advice you:

• Friends are people you don't have to impress because they love you for who you are. 
• If they're really your friend, they won't let you become this crazy clingy beast.
• When you talk about your feelings with your friends/family, you should be able to trust them FULLY. You should expect advice not just criticism. Also, unleash everything; it will make you feel so much better. BUT:
• When you're talking about a guy that you MAY end up liking but you don't want to like, don't talk about how adorable he is and don't speak about him in a really gushy way, it really doesn't help anyone. 
• If you have any questions that revolve around this topic, I'd feel free to answer them and possibly help you. (:

I probably sound like a damsel in distress. Desperate. A cat lady. Haha, aw well.

xx

Movie Review: Interstellar

Interstellar with Matthew McConaughey and Anne Hathaway (with some special guest stars ( (;) is a two hour forty minute movie. Is it worth it?

Well, I’m going to be brutally honest. Towards the middle of the movie I well… I kind of fell asleep. The movie from start to finish was pretty confusing and had this undercurrent of supernatural- no joke, they had the word ‘tesseract’ in it, and because the movie was about trying to find a new world to live in, I expected them to find Asgard and meet Loki and Thor (SPOILER: They didn’t… Unfortunately).

This movie isn’t only about trying to find a new galaxy though, it’s a movie about love. Not goopy teenage/desperate cat lady love, no, but a father daughter love between Cooper (Matthew McConaughey)  and Murph (Mackenzie Foy at the beginning of the movie) and Anne Hathaway’s character and Michael Caine’s character. Because of this, it made the movie all the more interesting and kept you on your toes. Will Cooper and Anne Hathaway’s character see their daughter or father again? With no shame, I will admit I cried on and off throughout the movie when I was awake.

The movie has death, love, mystery, and action and if I had to rate it out of one hundred percent: 70%

Jonathan Nolan and Christopher Nolan, the screenwriters of this movie deserve a round of applause for creativity. The film was confusing at times but everything was so stellar (pun intended) looking- the world and outer space and the screen write was phenomenal. The directing was on point (Christopher Nolan), so much so that the eerie tone of the movie carried out of the cinema and into my soul until now.

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My First Day of Freshmen Year

I was wondering if I should've waited until the end of the year to write this blogpost, or if I should've waited until the next school year to make the Freshmen from then feel better about themselves. I realized that I might not remember it as clearly as I do now. So... Here I go:

6 AM: I wake up. My first thought. Ugh. School. Crap. High school. Freshmen year. So then I slowly get up and brush my teeth. Eat breakfast and feel, as usual, I'm missing something. The lack of wearing a sweatshirt maybe?

7 AM: Walk with my dad to the bus stop, which was UPHILL. We waited around for about twenty minutes until it was seven thirty. The bus still didn't come. My friend Georgy then called her dad but ended up getting ride from us. 

7:50 AM: We almost hit another car. This Indian woman was turning left as we were turning right, knowing that there were no cars. She just sped by us and we screeched to an abrupt stop, all of us screaming. She was so oblivious to us and well, you can imagine, we were pretty ruffled and angry.

8:00 AM: Being the very INTELLIGENT person I am, I didn't previously check out where my classes were. So there I was at eight AM (when school had started) and I was wandering around the right side of the campus actually. Anyways, I wandered about for fifteen minutes, trying to find my class. Eventually I did (French 2) and I made it very apparent that I found it. I swung the door open, my facial expression like OH HEY HERE IT IS, and everybody stared at me. Fortunately, at the time, the teacher was kind to me (we have a very difficult relationship) and I sat down in the back of the class.

Second Period: I immediately walked to the right of the building this time but I walked to the wrong side. I made it on time though (Bio with Rsrch). That's when my headache started. My friend Suri was in that class though so it was okay. I also met this girl named Belle and she claimed to be the "happiest punk you'll ever meet" or something like that. She also wear scissors around her neck. She's not intimidating anymore, but that first day ohmygosh. I said on the first day actually, "Not many people like me. Babies don't like me, animals don't like me, teachers and substitutes don't like me." 

Third Period: Math. My first thought: Ohmygosh there are so many older kids. Ohmygosh I'm not going to have any friends. Ohmygosh the teacher is so intimidating. IT'S OKAY THOUGH EVERYBODY. I NOW HAVE A FRIEND NAMED SARAH IN THAT CLASS.

Fourth Period: I couldn't find my (English) class... again. I was fifteen minutes late. I ended up wandering around with a group of people from my middle school for several minutes before they found their class and I was alone. I asked an upperclassman and they didn't help very much. I eventually found it because of a campus supervisor (thank goodness for them). The teacher was scary and I made if very clear that I had friends in that class. The moment I came in, I looked left, right, and straight ahead and I immediately saw three friends. I pointed to each one of them and squealed. One of them smiled, and the other two stared at me stonily like hey, I don't know you, stop. 

LUNCH. Gosh, it was so hot.

Fifth Period: I knew where the drama room was. It was across campus and to get there, you had to cross the parking lot. I didn't want the campus supervisors to think I was trying to sneak off campus, so I tried to find an alternate way. I couldn't seem to find one and eventually I gave up and asked a campus supervisor to tell me where it was and made sure they watched me all the way there. Or, at least until they couldn't see me anymore. I sped walk/ran there, then I barged into the room, right as the teacher was closing the door. I came in all sweaty and my friends were screaming and waving at me and I waved my hand what seemed to be dismissively though my hand was just very languid because i was tired.

Last Period: My headache had gotten very bad. I parted from my friend Ashlyn and sat down at the bottom of the bleachers, just holding my head trying not to throw up. (PE)

And ya. Hope this made you feel better about your first day of school. Bye! xx

10 In Depth Questions and Answers (W/ ABITOFAUDITY)

Here are 10 somewhat deep questions that I wrote with my best friend Audrey. We answered them IN DETAIL! and hopefully you’ll get to know either of us better.
Go check Audrey’s out! Abitofaudity's

Why do I have a blog?

In sixth grade, my friend Maxus had a blog about his chickens. I was all, “Oh so cool. I want to try.” So I opened my first blog, named lightscameraaction.blogspot.com or something like that. I don’t think it’s longer open but you’re free to check. I wanted to be a ‘discovery’ blog that found talent from everywhere. I don’t know why, but sixth graders will be sixth graders right?
It failed, so I faded away from blogger until eighth grade. I then opened this blog with the name along the lines of everydaycelestial…? I’ve been working on this blog ever since, writing about my adventures and ranting a lot to cope with this adolescent life. I also opened this blog to future tutorials and advice, so stay tuned!

What makes people beautiful?

Not makeup. Not being the perfectly primed girl, who has everything and is everything. Not a super organized, uptight person.
I believe the most beautiful people are the people who just don’t care. They want to LIVE, not just EXIST and are willing to take risks and make mistakes. It may take them a while to learn from their mistakes but they will keep their heads up high until they kick booty.
I believe the most beautiful people are the people who face their flaws. Yes. I’m talking about makeup here. Don’t wear it because society is pressuring you to or because you’re afraid of being judged. People are always going to judge and you shouldn’t feel self conscious about it, because everybody goes through life with some kind of blemish on them.

What is love?

This is a hard question to answer, because it will probably change in the next day, the next month, the next year, but that’s life. Things changes. 

Right now though, I believe that love is someone or something who knows all about the darkness in another’s soul, but still manages to find the light in it. Instead of looking at them differently, they take it upon themselves to absorb it and love them just the same or even more.

Who are your best friends?

I socialize with many people, but I don’t consider a lot of them friends, much less, best friends.
I think my best friend that is not family, is probably Audrey Shi. We live near each other, we tell each other very deep things- yes, deeper than the amazon river- and I just don’t care what I say or what I do around her because I know that I can trust her and if she loses that trust, dudeeeeee. 
Also, my friend, Jaylene and I have been there for each other since elementary school.

Funny, I didn’t have the best start with either of these gals, but it’s alright now.

Other close friends I have (I know you guys don’t know them but oh well): Ira, Claudia, Jordanna, Lidia, Adrianna, and a few others but I won’t ramble.

How do I stay happy?

I’m going to be honest right now, I’m going through a bit of a dark time. I am an emotional wreck, arguing a little bit more with my parents WHICH IS NEVER A GOOD THING TO DO OKAY,  and my stress level is crazy. The county that I live is crazy competitive and sometimes I just totally break down. I’m also in this ‘discovery phase’. I don’t know if it’s called that, but I’m calling it that. I’m questioning the world and the people I associate with, and many times, no joke, I ask myself if I am going crazy.

But anyways, how do I stay happy? One way is watching Bethany Mota. I don’t like her per say, she’s too cheerful for me (No hate. OPINIONS ARE SUPPOSED TO RUN FREE unless it’s really terrible, then keep it to yourself.) Anyways, she’s overly happy for me, but because I’m going through this convoluted, ‘find myself’ phase, and it’s really difficult, I find that her bright camera and aura… help me calm down.

Also, ranting whether on this blog or to my friends does wonders! It’s my therapy. I talk about my problems including people, piano, sometimes my a bit too personal life and it really helps. I don’t consider talking about other people gossip unless the intention of the conversation is to spread it amongst the public. Talking to a friend or family member about someone else for advice or someone to just pat you on the back and say, ‘it’s going to be okay,’ is not gossip to me.

What are the top five most important things to keep in mind about?

1. Be sure to keep in mind of other peoples feelings. Be empathetic and put yourself in their shoes, before judging them too harshly.

2. Be open to other peoples opinion! Opinions are opinions, not fact and you have to realize everybody is different. You can’t be so narrow-minded unless it’s about YOU and you already have a conclusion in mind.

3. Just think. Right now, you’re getting closer and closer to death. Take on as many opportunities as you can!

4. Do what makes you happy, not what other people want you to do because ultimately it is your life and you only live it once. OH. Unless it’s your family, then maybe you should listen to them from time to time.

5. I’ll be me, you be you, and everybody be themselves. LOVE you.

Your top five favorites (Anything)

1. Family

2. Friends

3. Books (Go read the Covenant Series and the Iron Fey Series!)

4. Vegetable Pho

5. A phone. It doesn’t even have to be an iPhone, just a flip phone would be cool, so that I can communicate with the people I love.

Fears/Pet Peeves?

It’s very dangerous to talk about your fears and pet peeves (; 

But… Waking up in the dark, on top of a really high rise building with spiders crawling towards me. *shiver*

Pet peeves would include: Tags sticking out of peoples clothes and ‘screechy’ noises.

What kind of music do you listen to?

Actually, I don’t really know. A mix of genres I think. Maybe you can answer what kind of music I listen to in the comments below. Here are my favorite artists/songs:

Songs: Skinny Love (Bon Iver), A Thousand Years (Christina Perri), Beautiful (Carly Rae Jepsen ft. Justin Bieber), Stolen Dance (Milky Chance.)

Artists: Jasmine Thompson and Lorde

What is my dream?

My dream is to be successful. I want to go into writing and film.
I also want to start a charity to help people: Teenagers with their stress level, the homeless, and the sick. I want to be able to go around and give speeches and simply (just) HELP people. It will not only help the them, but hopefully change peoples perspective on life. I want people to realize that everybody has problems and we all need to be considerate of each other. (That’s why you shouldn’t be so quick to judge people so brashly.)
 I would also like to improve Disney Channel because zayummmm, it’s screwed up now. (sorry if you do like the shows that are playing now, but that wasn’t the Disney I grew up with.): Kim Possible, Jake Long: American Dragon, Suite Life with Zack and Cody/On Deck, Hannah Montana, Wizards of Waverly Place, Sonny with a Chance, and so many more!
Seriously! Go check these TV shows out on Youtube. You won’t be disappointed if you’re thirteen and under.

The Banana Peel Project

So back in May, I made this same blogpost, but only recently, I found out that it wasn’t working.

So here is the Banana Peel Project that her/my friends and I filmed in May for our dear friend Adrianna’s birthday (which is in May also.)

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The Banana Peel Project: 

The Banana Peel Project Bloopers:

My Current Celebrity Crushes (;

Now, I don’t really know why I’m doing this blogpost, but honestly I just needed to post something and take a break from homework and piano. (BTW, I’ve got a four day weekend and THAT is what I’m doing with my life. WHAT IS SOCIETY. WHAT IS LIFE.)

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TOM HIDDLESTON. Avengers. Loki.
Hands down the prettiest AND MOST POLITE villain of all time :P

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BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH. SHERLOCK MOSTLY.
His eyes are pretty, he’s polite, and I just… HIS ACTING.

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GRANT GUSTIN. He was on Glee and is Barry Allen/ The Flash on the new CW Television Series ‘The Flash.’ He also makes a cameo in Arrow.
He’s adorable and when he smiles I can’t help but smile. I might sound absolutely ridiculous, but you know.

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ANSEL ELGORT. Carrie, The Fault in Our Stars, Divergent Trilogy, Men, Women, & Children. Oh. And he dances (;
SAME AT GRANT GUSTIN. WHEN HE SMILES, I DO TOO, BUT WHEN HE WAS ALL THROW-UPY IN TFIOS, I was all ehhhh c:

  

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MARVELS THE AVENGERS.
They’re just hot and badass and amazing and gawshh.
 /O.O\

So I’m just going to go because this was absolutely ridiculous, I’m sorry, but not really. Byee!

xx

Have My Playlist!

1. All About that Bass | Meghan Trainor

2. All of the Stars | Ed Sheeran

3. Anything Goes | Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga

4. Bad Intentions | Niykee Heaton

5. Best Shot | Birdy and Jaymes Young

6. Break Free | Zedd ft. Ariana Grande

7. Cool Kids | Echosmith

8. Crazy Love | Mindy Gledhill

9. East of Eden | Zella Day

10. Flights | Jack and Jack

11. Four Walls | Broods

12. Ghost | Ella Henderson

13. Last Night | The Vamps

14. Life of the Party | Shawn Mendes

15. Not About Angels | Birdy

16. Our July in the Rain | He is We

17. Please Don’t Say You Love Me | Gabrielle Aplin

18. Pompeii | Bastille

19. Riptide | Vance Joy

20. Say it, Just Say it | The Mowgli’s

21. Say Something | Jasmine Thompson

22. Say You Love Me | Jessie Ware

23. Shake it Off | Taylor Swift

24. Stolen Dance | Milky Chance

25. Stupid Pretty Girl | Anthony Salari

26. Team | Lorde

27. Tee Shirt | Birdy

28. Unbreakable | Madison Beer

29. Why Try | Ariana Grande

30. Wild Heart | The Vamps

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10 Facts of Girls

1. We will shave IN TIME.

2. We’re not toys so don’t treat us like we are and pick and choose an arbitrary girlfriend because she’s ‘hot’. We have personalities too you know- and that also says something about YOUR PERSONALITY.

3. Um… Don’t make it so evident when you check us out please.

4. We’re fragile. A lot of us act like asses but it’s because it’s our coping mechanism.

5. We dream late at night before we go to bed about many things: Our future, who we may end up with, and what we could’ve done to prevent something or make something better.

6. We don’t only talk about makeup and boys and celebrities. Other topics include: Our future, school, our self consciousness and how we should BE CONFIDENT!, misinterpretation, and LIFE.

7. Surprise or not, some of us actually don’t like to be touched.

8. Where some of us, do this to fish for compliments, others have a legitimate reason to be self conscious. (i.e. I used to be a big chubbier and have a weirdddddd fashion sense). Also I’ve been insulted and lectured A LOT in my life, so though I act all high and mighty, I am a girl, and I do genuinely mean it when I say something about the way I look or feel.

9. Some of us depend on other peoples praises to motivate us though.

10. We keep secrets. Like really deep, interesting secrets about ourselves but also from others.
           - A few of us have that one friend we tell everything too… Ya, you probably shouldn’t mess with them unless you want to mess with us too, if we keep our deepest subjects with ‘em.

Love y’all bye (: xx 

10 Facts to Live By

1. Life is like mascara: Sometimes is perfective and effective, other days its just blobby mess, but you have clean it off and try again.

2. Happiness is like ice cream: You can’t have it without others around you wanting it too.

3. People are selfish. They are going to care more about themselves than they ever will for anybody else. So, focus on you, be you, and love you.

4. Darling, if you can’t love you, I will until we adore you both.

5. So much kindness has been lost in this world- don’t be a victim of that.

6. Baby you’ll bloom like the midnight flower before you know it. 

7. Really, everybody is the same- they go through the same things, they think the same thing- we all just have different coping methods.

8. Anywhere you go, there will be haters, so you have to learn to deal with it and ignore it. The more you show the wound, the more they’ll pick.

9. You know there is still discrimination in this world when you don’t feel comfortable traveling the world place after place.

10. A third of my county under eighteen have emotional/mental problems | The amount of stress high schoolers have is the amount that mental hospital patients have.

What does this tell you about society these days.  I know its hard not to freak, but just remember: You have friends and family who love you and you have been given a life whether you like it or not, that you should make worth wild and/or YOU WILL make worth wild. 

xx.

Guardians of the Galaxy Review

Guardians of the Galaxy

Production Company: Marvel Entertainment, Marvel Studios, Moving Production Company

Director: James Gunn

Screenwriter: Nicole Perlman, James Gunn

Main Characters: Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Bradley Cooper, Vin Diesel, Dave Batista, Lee Pace, Josh Brolin

A tiny bit fast, cool visual effects, quirky, 92% on Rotten Tomatoes, 8.6/10 on IMDb. WATCH IT.

‘The Spectacular Now’ Movie Review

The Spectacular Now

Release date: September 13, 2013

Director: James Ponsoldt

Screenwriters: Scott Neudstadter and Michael H. Weber

Production Company: 21 Laps Entertainment 

Main Characters: Shailene Woodley, Miles Teller, drinking

Synopsis: A boy and a girl from two different worlds meet and fall in love for both the better and the worse.

This movie got 93% on Rotten Tomatoes. Do you now how hard it is to do that? However, I don’t think it deserved it. This movie changed scenes to quickly, so much so that it seemed choppy and everything pretty random. 

Miles Teller played Sutter Keely, an arrogant party goer and he remains a flat character. He doesn’t change and by the end of the movie he is supposedly ‘living in the now’ and ‘letting go of everything’ but it isn’t believable. 

Now, Shailene Woodley’s character, oh my goodness, no, no, no. She meets Sutter, and then all of a sudden she’s a damsel in distress wanting everything to do about him, and drinking and partying though, I will say she remains evidently shy. So ya, she didn’t change too much and everything that changed about her, blatantly sucked.

If this movie was trying to use reverse psychology to make kids stop drinking, stop trying so hard for love in high school, stop partying blah blah, great, but… It didn’t really work on me. I honestly don’t think this movie should’ve been out in theatres due to it’s false language and how the characters don’t really progress during the whole film.

Parent, Child Relationship: The Struggle

Hey guys, I know I’ve been gone for a while, but I do have valid reasons: Summer geo, going to Europe for two weeks (I don’t know if I’m going to blog it or not yet), hectic beginning of the school year, and trying to remake and help myself. 

But either way, I’m back now, and I’m going to soon put three new blogposts up: This one and two movie reviews to get things going again.

Now, you might be wondering why the hell I am talking about this but it’s because it is a message out to the parents. You might have a perfect relationship with them, but not everyone does. Oh, and if you think I’m just being bitchy, then… You can leave, because this is my blogpost and I’m going to talk about what I want because I have my reasons and I don’t need to publicize them for everybody’s sake.

The Divorce:

• I have friends who’s parents are divorced and it hurts, it really does. I know that you probably feel very guilty a lot of you, but money doesn’t do anything. If you constantly lavish them because you feel bad that isn’t great: they might be angry at you, but you NEED to spend time with them. Also, flashback twenty minus years: DON’T BE SELFISH. Don’t have sex for the fun of it or because you are oh-so-in-love, be mindful that there are consequences such as: STD or a child. Most of the time, it’s probably not even true love honey, it’s you being hormonal. So be careful about what you do because it doesn’t only affect you but millions of other people, whether you know it or not.

The busy parents:

• You’re never around so you sprinkle them with gifts as a replacement of love. Money is great, but it’ll never add up. All the birthday parties, and Christmas’s that you miss for work… Instead of being with your family or you child? Wow. Selfish. You need to learn to spend time with them because whether you know it or not, they (will) hold a gigantic grudge against you. They will never forget those days where you stranded them for work, and they sure as hell will never grow up to be like you. They’d rather be a stay at home mom/dad than be constantly away making millions (according to an anonymous friend.)

The parents who are always on their children:

• These are the parents that are constantly inquiring about grades, that won’t let them hang out with other people then complain that they aren’t social, the parents that don’t trust that they are responsible enough to stay home by themselves for an hour, and that force them into things without asking for their permission because a) you’re living the life you wanted through your kid or b) you think you know EVERYTHING about them and you ALWAYS know what’s right for them. 

- Wanting your child to be the best is great, but is it when you realize that all your hounding on them is actually doing the opposite of benefiting them? It’s actually putting a lot of pressure on them and many go into a depression and have mental instability because of this. Look at Silicon Valley, it’s a mess despite what people think. You have to be chill once in a while or people will lapse into this horrible conundrum at such a young age and goodness knows what that might lead to. 

- Overprotective parents OHMYGOSH. You always say, “You need to grow up/make your own mistakes/do things on your own.” But, you’re not letting your child do that! You don’t let them socialize with people which isn’t unhealthy and they have no connections in case anything happens to them, and also, it’s great that you want to protect us but you have to let us grow up. We don’t want you pushing us, we want you walking beside us. And, I know you might be scared, but… Suck it up. You have to let us go and make our own mistakes, or we won’t know how to handle… LIFE when we’re older. 

- Now I get it, if your child is really reckless but by the age of thirteen, you’ve got to give them a chance or they will honestly DISLIKE YOU TO PIECES AND YOU CAN NEVER GO BACK.

- This one is a big one: Forcing them into things. For example, piano. So many asians including me play piano. Parents always say that we’ll appreciate it when you’re older because you’ll have learned how to be responsible and work hard, but we’re not going to do that if we hate it. You always say, ‘This is how life works. You have to do things you don’t like,” but honestly, YOU WILL GET YOURSELF INTO THE MESS NOT OTHER PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY YOUR MOM OR DAD. Anyways, if we hate the thing, we will do our best to rebel against it and to wind our way out, we won’t take the time to appreciate it and we’ll always hold THAT grudge against you.

This is what go through some children’s mindset, and that parents are hopefully not so stubborn headed that they won’t change no matter what, because if so, you’re only making your life and the childs life more miserable.

These are three parent, child relationship struggles. If there are any more you want to be write about, make sure to leave them in the comments below. 

Again, if you do not like this blogpost at all, please just leave. You might have the perfect relationship or just generally don’t like that I am publishing something like this, but this is my blog and I will do whatever I want for reasons of my own.

Movie Recommendations

I don't know, I just wanted to lie back a little bit and talk about something that I absolutely love- film.

So, during this blogpost, I will be going through a few of my favorite movies that I recommend you watch. (:

Action/Adventure

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This movie is about the Avengers- a group of heroes that come together to fight against Loki and his army. This movie is based off the Marvel Comics. Main actors/actresses include: Tom Hiddleston (Loki), Mark Ruffalo (Hulk), Chris Evans (Captain America), Chris Hemsworth (Thor), Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson), and the amazing Jeremy Renner (Hawkeye).

ALSO WATCH OTHER MARVEL MOVIES INCLUDING: CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE FIRST AVENGER, THOR, THE INCREDIBLE HULK, ETC.

ALSO: LOOK OUT FOR: AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON AND KEEP YOUR HEADS UP FOR SCARLETT JOHANSSON'S BLACK WIDOW MOVIE.

Comedy

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'The Proposal' is a story about a woman who proposes to a  man in order to keep him in the US so he can continue being her assistant. She then meets his parents. The main characters include: Sandra Bullock (Margaret Tate) and Ryan Reynolds (Andrew Paxton).

Romance/Family

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A beautiful tale about a princess and man falling in love rather than the princess ending up with her arranged husband. Of course, the arranged husband sends people off to find them. 97% on Rotten Tomatoes! The main characters include: Cary Elwes (Westley) and Robin Wright (Buttercup.)

Musical (Oscar Nominated)

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French Revolution and love <3 (; A few of the main characters include: Anne Hathaway (Fantine), Hugh Jackman (Jean Valjean), Eddie Redmayne (Marius Pontmercy), Amanda Seyfield (Cosette Tholomyes), Samantha Barks (Eponine), and Russell Crowe (Javert).

I also really want to watch Annie coming out Christmas 2014!

Drama (Oscar Nominated)

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A man who tries to win back his wife after rehab and ends up meeting a girl named Tiffany and they bond. Main characters include: Bradley Cooper (Pat Solitano), Jennifer Lawrence (Tiffany), Robert De Niro (Pat Solitano Sr.),  Jacki Weaver (Dolores), and Julia Stiles (Veronica).

Animation/Family

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This animated movie is about the video game world.  Ralph (the main character) game jumps into another game because he doesn't want to be the 'bad guy' anymore and finds himself in quite an adventure. The Main actors/actresses include: John C. Reilly (Ralph),  Sarah Silverman (Vanellope), and Jane Lynch (Sergeant Calhoun).

I've never actually watched a horror film and I don't know if I want to... 'Coraline' was already pretty creepy to me... Haha, anyways, I might watch one soon who knows. 
I haven't FINISHED a chic-flic either, and I'm a girl... Scandalous! Just kidding, I don't know. :P

I hope you enjoyed this blogpost, see you later! xx

Disclaimer: This blogpost was not for promotion, rather to share my interests with my viewers.

July 2014 Mixtape

I am especially excited for this months mixtape because I've discovered my newest singer obsession- Gabrielle Aplin. Ohmygoodness, she's amazing.

Gabrielle Aplin

Please Don't Say you Love Me

Panic Chord

Liar and the Lighter

Ghosts

Shawn Mendes

Life of the Party

Jack & Jack

Flights

Zedd (ft. Ariana Grande)

Break Free

Hope you enjoy this mixtape! Lyl, xx.

Discovering Myself: Friendships

As I am growing up, I am making new friends but I am also losing a lot of friends- no, no I'm not getting into physical or verbal fights with them and we end up nasty enemies, rather we fade away.

So here I am about to vent, and if you don't like reading about these kind of things, I suggest you leave now please. (:

I am not going to use the real names of my friends as that would be disrespectful, so of course, I will use code names alright? :D

About my best and closest group of friends:

I have been doing a lot of thinking this summer and not only because I'm taking a geometry course. "Why have you been thinking deeply, Joey? It's summer, you should be dilly-dallying about!" Well, it's because of geometry. I am taking this class with a few of my closest friends and I'm really not sure we're as close anymore. 

I have this one friend, let's call her 'Ray', and she is very in fact opinionated. She always NEEDS to be right and she is stubborn- possibly more stubborn than me if possible! I have uncovered that about her over this summer because I am spending more time with her. Being correct is like... her life source, and it makes me want to tear out my hair because OPINIONS ARE PERSONAL, AND THEY'RE YOUR PREFERENCE, YOU NEED NOT INTRUDE WITH THEM. But she does and it drives my crazy. When she or anyone else proves her wrong she curses at us or says 'whatever' and it makes me insane. I don't know, Ray was never a really close friend, I only befriended her because my best friend was BFF's with her. I knew I should never have trusted Ray but I tried and tried... And now I'm regretting it lots.

Now, onto another friend of mine. My best friend. Also Ray's best friend. Let's call her Adele. My friend that I consider more a younger yet taller and more mature sister of mine once told me we would never last, but of course I ignored her. I tried to make things work between us and... things did for a while, but everything is crashing down upon us. She's angry at me because I've made knew friends I think and seems to be taking sides with Ray whenever Ray lectures me (because she NEEDS to be right) and it seems like my best and closest group of friends are all ganging up on me and I'm suffocating. See, Adele never did that before so...

And now my 'sister', let's call her Sapphire. She threw herself inside my walls without knowing what she was getting into by trying to befriend me and I'd like to kudos her for not leaving me in the past few years. I don't know... There's not much to complain about with her. She's not even considered my bestie anymore, rather my sister. She gives me advice about the other people I hang out with and she's usually right. I really need to listen to her more. The only thing is, she's brutally honest. 

They all are too honest- Ray, Adele, and Sapphire- and I partially blame myself because I am as well. We really need to learn how to pick and choose our words better. But... I am a naturally fairly placid person and I can't deal with their honesty and brutality sometimes... A lot of the times. Sapphire once called me 'soft spoken' and that is true. She mentioned that I should stick to my newer friends because they're less harsh but I don't know. These group of people will probably be the best group of friends I will ever have and I don't want to let them go.

I've made a new friend and we've learned something about a mutual friend of ours:

We shall call her Cate. This girl... Cate, Sapphire warned me about her. She warned me that she was going to throw me away like trash, that she was rude and that she wasn't a keeper. Of course, being the "smart" person I am, I dismissed Sapphire. But Cate has made new friends, more popular friends and it really does seem like she is throwing me away. I get that you need to spend time with your new friends, but she rarely talks to me anymore and she's so much more... Candid and not in a good way, and she really hurts people without knowing it. Of course, being the person I am, I confronted her but she hasn't done anything and it rips my heart a little. 

What else have I learned about her? Well, while taking geometry, I made a new friend- let's call her Lucky. Lucky and I are both friends with Cate. We've spent a lot of time together this summer and we've learned that Cate copy and pastes her messages to all her contacts. I mean, I guess it is alright to tell exciting-ish (not really) news to all your friends but don't copy and paste! Say it a little different to your friends and maybe we'd be less angry at you...

Also, she always obsesses over BOYS, her crushes. I tolerate it of course being her friend, but honestly? She talks about how she's 'broken-hearted' and how she 'breaks down in tears' whenever she sees him with a certain girl, but WE'VE JUST GOTTEN OUT OF MIDDLE SCHOOL for peets-sake! Middle school crushes and relationships are bullshit! Okay, sometimes I talk about my crushes and things but I don't constantly rant about them. And Cate of course gives me a reality check which I am grateful for, but whenever I give her one she gets mad at me... LIKE SERIOUSLY GIRL.

And she fangirls A LOT... And about the same people over and over again.. For the past what, two years? EVERY. SINGLE. FREAKING. DAY. I cope with it, but it's starting to get old and just... stop, please, give a break for at least a week? PLEASE.

She also has a certain body shape- the twig. And she obsesses about how fat her thighs are... I just want to say, "Bro. Whenever, I see you run, I hope that your legs don't break, so shush." She complains about how she hates when people say they are 'ugly' or 'fat' but she says the same thing. She fishes for compliments and she hates when people fish for compliments. She's a hypocrite. Of course, all people are in some way, but please don't obsess about how fat you are when you way eighty pounds and the size of your thighs are half my thighs.

Okay, that's it for now. If you liked this, that's cool I suppose :P and if you think I am a complete brat, I am sorry, I'm just venting and people need to that at one point in their lives before they explode and my ranting just happened to be on my blog in public. 

See you soon! xx

The Pinnacles

I went camping for the first time!

 Of course, when you go camping, you have to also hike and I definitely did. I twisted my ankles a few times, tripped several times, and squeaked like a mouse A LOT.

Of course we did the whole s’mores thing where I almost burned down the camp (Just kidding), but unfortunately, I didn’t take any pictures… You’re able to imagine them though. :D 

xx

Baker Beach

Baker Beach- also known as the butt freezing, nude beach. Ironic right? But seriously, it was I was shivering out of mind. What was worse, I needed to pee and the bathrooms weren’t in the best maintenance, and I was on my period. Nevertheless, I made memories and the neighborhood surrounding the beach was swell. (:

I wasn’t kidding when I said it was cold. 

I HAVE FOUND THE BOOTY.

^Oh gosh, I’m so sorry, I’ve no idea what that was *shakes head*.^ 

Beautiful view…s? isn’t it? If you didn’t already know the bridge that my family and I took pictures of is called the Golden Gate Bridge. 

No, no, I know it’s red! John C. Fremont (US army officer who fought in the Mexican-American War and he was also an explorer) named the bridge after the Golden Gate Strait- the narrow entrance between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay. (READ MORE ABOUT IT HERE.)

 BECAUSE FEET PICTURES ARE COOL- especially my feet. (: Just kidding, my feet are the epitome of weird. I am the epitome of weird.

Guys, look, I’ve spotted a local celebrity- my mom! Hehe, if my blog ever reads this blog, or at least this blogpost, I love you! And of course, I love my daddy too. :D

 Does anyone else still call their parents mommy and daddy as a teenager, or is that just me being immature…?

Haha, anyways, I hope you enjoyed the collection of photos that I’ve shown you and maybe you’ll go to the butt freezing, nude beach in San Francisco sometime, bye! xx