Me against the world (or something)

Just now, I had a bit of an epiphany.

When some high schoolers talk about their First Time, they're talking about doing the horizontal naked dance.
When I talk about my First Time, I'm talking about watching Sozin's Comet (season 3 finale of Avatar: The Last Airbender).

When some teenagers think, "Oh, $*%&! Mom found my stash!", they mean drugs.
When I think that, I mean my rapidly growing collection of fanart I've drawn.

When some girls see Jackson Rathbone in a movie, they scream "OH MY GOD, IT'S JASPER!!"
When I see him, I scream "OH MY ROWLING, IT'S SOKKA!!"

A lot of teenagers count their favorite quotes as "So the lion fell in love with the lamb" and "You're my personal brand of heroin."
I count my favorite quotes as "Geeks shall inherit the earth" and "Maybe we can get some giant pots of glue, and then I could gluebend his arms and legs together!" "Yeah, and then we'll show him his baby pictures, and all the happy memories will make him go good again!"

They get excited when they study cell phases because it's the lab Bellaphant does in Twilight.
I get excited because I can identify each stage without checking the bio book.

They get a high from drugs.
I get a high from reading a good book.

At science camp, they hope to meet hot guys.
At science camp, I hope we can kayak wherever we want.

They shriek during bio dissections.
I ask if it's mandatory to wear gloves.

And finally...

They can quote a paragraph of Twilight.
I can recite the entire "The Boy in the Iceberg" play verbatim.

And I, unlike them, know what "verbatim" means, how to use it correctly, a few synonyms and antonyms, and that I should put quotation marks around the word when using it in this context.

Highlighting Twilight

So right now, I'm in the process of rereading Twilight and adding snarky little comments in pencil. I'm counting how many times...

1) A form of the word 'murmur' is used

2) A form of the word 'glower' is used

3) A semicolon is used (they're awesome, but if you overuse them? LAME.)

4) Edward's physical traits are described

5) Edward tells Bella that it's dangerous to be around him

#5 isn't applicable yet, since I'm only on chapter 2 and they haven't spoken yet. But so far, in 1 chapter plus one page (a total of 29 pages), there are...

1) Murmurs: o

2) Glowers: o

3) Semicolons: 15

4) Descriptions: 18

5) Dangerous: (N/A)

That's right, folks. And the physical descriptions are only on TEN pages. Scary, I know. Unfortunately, I'm not to chapter 7 yet, so I can't rewrite much yet (plus, I'm in the middle of finals). I'm especially looking forward to commenting on chapter 13- the chapter where Bella and Deadward are in the meadow. >:D

What I'm Reading: Twilight. Duh. Didn't you read the rest of the post? ;)

Twilight...?

Okay, I have to say this: I don't like Twilight. Not really. I mean, sure, it's a sorta-decent book, but OMG-worthy. Maybe OMG-these-characters-are-so-lame-worthy, but not OMG-this-is-amazing-worthy. I don't know WHAT I was thinking earlier, posting about how Twilight was good. (Did I even say that? I honestly can't remember. Wow.) But last summer (2008), when I first read Twilight, I'm a little ashamed to say that I was one of those crazy fangirls. Not anymore, though, because I've seen the light. Er, the come-back-to-Kansas light. (Get it? Like... come back to Kansas now, Dorothy... enough daydreaming... ah, whatever.)

But I'm not just ranting about my annoyance with Twilight. Nope, there is actually a REASON for my rant! (That's pretty much a first.) I was on SparkNotes yesterday (ew, I HATE Paradise Lost) and I noticed that one of their writers blogged about Twilight. He was reading the series for the first time, and blogged about each chapter as he read it. It is absolutely THE most hysterical book review I have EVER read, and it inspired me! I'm pretty much going to do the same thing. Differences- I've got a different viewpoint (being my own person and all), and I've read the series before. Get ready for some pret-ty long blog posts!

I'm not sure if I should do the whole series or just some of the books. Leave a comment and tell me!

Also, I was talking to my sister, and she brought up Disney Princesses. Okay, I must say that I pretty much went off on a crazed rant about all the princesses (well, almost all). Snow White, Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, and almost everyone else. (Can't really touch Giselle, because Enchanted was so awesome, or Tiana, because The Princess And The Frog comes out today and I haven't seen it. Besides, it looks awesome.) But really, some of those darn princesses are so... passive.

So I'm doing the Disney Princess rants first, then the Twilight review. I'm going to do the princesses in chronological order (the order in which their movies were made- Snow White first, etc.), and hopefully by then I'll have gotten enough opinions to start my Twilight review.

Oh! Almost forgot. Song of the moment: Viva la Vida, by Coldplay. Book of the moment: Still Cirque du Freak! Just finished the fifth and sixth books this week and they were even more amazing than I expected!

Also, I just changed the template. I saw it and thought OMG PRETTY DOTS and just had to change it. :)

Sorry!

OMG sorry I haven't posted lately, all TWO people who follow my blog :P Which reminds me: Tell people about my blog! I mean, I hate to advertise and be all FOLLOW MY BLOG!! TELL YOUR FRIENDS!! DO IT NOW!!, but... I feel really lame when there's only two people following... but whatever.

Soooo, I haven't been too active with this lately because I started school this week. Not fun. Well, the seeing-my-friends part is awesome, but the whole homework thing? Not. Cool. At. All. Actually, I'm doing honors math homework right now, sadly. Getting a little behind... thank heaven for the weekend!! >_<;;; (Also, in case you didn't know- the little semicolons next to a smiley like that are like little sweatdrops. Like in manga. It's to show being uncomfortable or awkward. :D)

WARNING: The following book review contains **MASSIVE SPOILERS** for the book, so if you haven't read it, DON'T read this review!!

What I'm Reading: Some people might hate to hear this (I know a few who might... but they don't read this. I think. Oh well), but I've been rereading Breaking Dawn. You probably all know that the Twilight series is by Stephenie Meyer. (If you don't- where do you live, under a rock in the middle of Siberia? No offense to anyone who lives in Siberia.) Anyway, in this fourth book of the series, Bella's set and ready to tie the knot with- who else?- Edward. (Duh.) Suddenly, things take a rather unexpected turn... so what now? *dramatic music* Dun dun DUUUUUUUUNNN!!

I've had more than my fair share of near-death experiences; it wasn't something you ever really got used to.

It seemed oddly inevitable, though, facing death again. Like I really was marked for disaster. I'd escaped time and time again, but it kept coming back for me.

Still, this time was so different from the others.

You could run from someone you feared, you could try to fight someone you hated. All my reactions were geared toward those kinds of killers- the monsters, the enemies.

When you loved the one who was killing you, it left you no options. How could you run, how could you fight, when doing so would hurt that beloved one? If your life was all you had to give your beloved, how could you not give it?

If it was someone you truly loved?