Scratch Off Challenge

I was reading a few blogs and seemed to find quite a few people doing this thing called, 'Scratch Off Challenge'. (To be precise, three people) It seemed pretty cool and I wanted to try it out. Why was I reading random blogs? Because I have all the time in the world at the moment. And why do I want to attempt this challenge? BECAUSE I HAVE ALL THE TIME IN THE WORLD. So. Here I Gooo.




Basically, the challenge is that you make a list or copy it off from other blogs. In a way I did. :) And then, you scratch off the things that hold true for you. BTW, I have made a few lists by myself for most of the lists on the other blogs do not apply to 13/14 year olds. :)

Appearance
I have/had many scars
I tan easily
I wish my hair was a different color
I have friends who have never seen my natural hair color Nope. I've never dyed my hair before.
I have a tattoo Nope. Nope. Nope. I don't ever wish to have one ever anyway.
I can be conscious about my appearance at times
I have/had braces Nunca. But, I might get them in the summer.


Embarrassment
Disney movies still make me cry I've never actually cried in a Disney movie
I've laughed so hard I've cried
I've glued my hand to something
I've laughed until some kind of beverage came out of my nose
I've shouted something so loud when the class was real quiet
I've touched sharp/hot/cold etc. to see if it would hurt


Health
I've gotten stitches I've had this surgery thing when I was back in the sixth grade
I've had my tonsils removed
I've had my wisdom teeth removed
I've been afraid of getting a shot even during teenage years
Note: This list is super short for I do not will to continue the list any longer.


Travel
I've been on a plane DUHHH. A super load of times, actually.
I've been to the US I'm live here bro.
I've been to Europe Unfortunately, no.
I've been to atleast one other country
I've never been out of my country
I've driven/ridden over 200 miles in one day

Experiences
I've got lost in a mall Well, yeah. When I was like five years old in this grocery store in Michigan
I've seen a shooting star Does Dora count?
I've wished on a shooting star
I've seen a meteor shower
I've gone out in public in my pajamas
I've slapped someone
I've been skiing
I've been in a musical
I've auditioned for something
I've been on stage
I caught a snowflake on my tongue
I've sat on a rooftop at night
I've pranked someone
I've ridden in a taxi


Honesty
I've done something I've promised someone I wouldn't Yo, it's something small. No worries.
I've done something I've promised myself I wouldn't I've broken self-goals during the day lots of times
I've cheated while playing a game
I've been in a fist fight

Materialism
I own over 10 music CD's Most of them would be of the Jonas Brothers
I own over 10 novels DUHH :)
I own over 5 electronic gadgets
I'm obsessed with anime/manga
I collected comic books I used to.
I own a lot of make up
I own a lot of accessories Claires :)
I own a gaming console(s)
I own a car
I own a bike
I like compliments It's not like I beg for them. I just like hearing them. It boosts my self-esteem. Way to be positive.
I like hate

Random
I can sing low key
I've stolen a tray from a fast food restaurant
I open up to others easily
I watch the news occassionally or always
I like to kill bugs
I sing in the shower
I'm a morning person
I'm a sports cricket fanatic
I twirl my hair
I care about grammar
I love spam
I've copied more than 30 CD's in a day
I bake reasonably well
My favorite color is either white, yellow, pink, blue, red, purple, black, orange
I would wear pajamas to school
I like Martha Stewart
I laugh at my own jokes
I eat fast food weekly
I've not turned in anything and still got an A in a specific class
I can't sleep if there is a bug/insect in the room
I'm really ticklish
I like chocolate
I bite my nails
I'm good at remembering names
I'm good at remembering dates
My memory sucks
I have no idea what I want to the for the rest of my life BAHH. Just the opposite. Life comes once and stays for a short period of time. Enjoy it for life :)


People
...called me fat
...say I'm skinny
...have said I'm ugly
...have said I'm pretty
...have spread rumors about me
...force me to eat
...say I eat too much
...say I eat too little
...say I eat too fast
...say I eat too slow
...have called me a genius Who wouldn't? *smiles*
...have given me gifts


Eating
I've lost weight
I've gained weight
I'm at my thinnest
I'm at my biggest
I diet
My weight affects my mood
I'm vegetarian It's so ironical how I used to be non-vegetarian and converted to vegetarian around a year ago and converted back two days ago!
I exercise I play shuttle sometimes, bicycle ride and take my dog out for walks.


Hobbies/Activities
I play a sport SHUTTLE!
I play an instrument THE PIANOOOO :D
I have a pet and I play with it often
I love singing
I love dancing
I'm into theater
I love writing
I love reading
I'm a natural artist
I can do a split
I watch television over 3 hours a day
I'm obsessed with a current on-going television series at the moment PRETTY LITTLE LIARS :)
I'm addicted to Facebook
I'm addicted to Twitter

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I'm done. Ah. That was quite fun. You should try it out. You know, for a good laugh or something.

Change

Over the past few days, there has been a whole dramatic change going around in my head. A whole different thought. A whole different opinion.

Try to guess.

A Hint? Something to do with something I love.

Another Hint? Something to do with something I admire.

One More Hint? Something to do with my inspiration.

One Teensy More Hint? Something to do with musical geniuses.

If you still didn't already guess, well, I guess I would have to tell you.

Here it goes.

I don't think I'm on the Jonas Brothers side anymore.

Yes. I have actually never thought I'd bring myself to say that ever. But I have, haven't I? Wait. Wait. Let me go back and rephrase that.

I don't think I'm with the Jonas Brothers as much as I used to be anymore.

You see, I still love them. Like die hard. It's just that... I'm not connected to them like how I used to be. They were amazing and beautiful when the three of them were together. The songs they made were so beautiful and inspiring and still continue to inspire me. And then, they break up. Well, not officially, of course. They still say that they would eventually come back together. But I don't have too many hopes on that.

When they're split up, they're still amazing. But they don't produce those goosebumps and that effect, you know?

Joseph. He just released an album. And I'm honestly really happy for him. But the songs he made are not really... him. At least, not really who I thought he was. The songs are so different from the Jonas Brothers. He accepted that too. But still. I don't find that happiness or pleasure or satisfaction when I listen to most of his songs.

Kevin. I'm not mad at him. Not mad at him at all. He didn't do anything to make his fans disappointed. And that's where the point is. He hasn't been doing anything musical for a quite long time. For non-stalkers unlike me, they think that he is just lazing around at home with his wife. His brothers mentioned that he has been getting a lot of offers and that he is coming up with something new quite soon, but how soon?

Nicholas. Now, this is the one guy in the brothers who I'm not utterly disappointed or mad with. He came out with an album and few singles too. All of which are amazing. And most of all, they are 'him'. The songs feel like the songs of the Jonas Brothers. Not of somebody who transformed. And he's actually doing something in his life that we know of. He's going to be starring in a Broadway play soon.

This draws up a conclusion.

I still love, admire and am continued to be inspired by the Jonas Brothers. But since they broke up, or according to them, 'temporarily broke up', I don't find that attachment and content feeling when I listen to them anymore. It's mainly because of Joseph. And I don't blame him. It's just that I'm not into his music much. Reason could be because I'm still a teenager and his songs are more DJ-ish and adult-ish. But then there's Nicholas. Ahhh. Me encanta Nicholas mucho. I love his songs and they are just plain amazing. But then again, without one of the Jo Bro's, there's no Jo Bro's. *sigh*

I just wish they never broke up.

Popularity

The two words that pops in my head when somebody says teenagers is 'popularity contests'. The reason why teenagers care so much about popularity is still a reason that sounds stupid to me. To be part of the inner clique? To dominate the whole grade? To make the opposite gender like them?

Teenagers can be themselves, can't they? Why do they change themselves to be popular? Following the crowd doesn't make you popular. Neither does forcing the hard accent. Or putting on excessive make-up. Or bullying other people. The dictionary definition of popular is 'Commonly Liked or Approved'. Doing all of the above would not make you commonly liked or approved.

Most teenagers today want to be popular. Few of them are, most of them are wanna-be's and some just don't care. Honest, I'm one of those people who don't care. It's so irritating when I see teenage girls forcing upon themselves the 'like, whatever' accent and changing themselves into duplicates of the popular kids. It's just so annoying to see girls who are not even themselves streaming across the hallway self-embarrassing themselves.

What teenagers don't realize is that, no matter how much time you spend during the day wishing you could be part of the A-List or posting statuses of Facebook that sound 'cool', nothing of this sort is going to matter when you grow up. Once you graduate from high school, you go to college. And then, you go to an university. And then, you have a job. And then, you have a family. And then, why would popularity matter? Where you stand and what you are inside really matters. Popularity during childhood won't even matter. Childhood and school days are all about the great friends you would be having for the rest of your life time and the happy memories to cherish for you to remember later on, not a damn about popularity.

Popularity is all a stupid contest that teenagers compete in. Popularity is one of those things in life that do not even matter later on. Popularity is what I think is completely ridiculous and I wish people would think so too.

Fast Life : The Review

Fast Life. Fast Life. FAST LIFEEEE :D

1. All This Time : Joe's favorite of the album. I love the beginning the most and I like the rest of the song a lot too. I just think the chorus of the song is a little too...HSM. But I love the rest of the song too.
2. Just in Love : Love the songggg :D It's so catchy, but its a little too low for a girl to sing :( But still, the song's really good.
3. See No More : Ahhhh! One of the best-est songs on the album. It's perrrfecttt :D
4. Loveslayer : Honestly whenever this song plays, I listen to the beginning part when Joe speaks and the first stanza because I like it and then, I switch the song. *laughs* It's a song a lot of people like. Infact, most of my friends love the song. But I don't know...it's just not something I love.
5. Fast Life : Ew. Ew. Ew. Ew. Ew. I don't like it. Not at all. Sorry Joseph, but really. Ew. Ew. Ew. Ew. Ew. Ew. Ew. Ew. Ew. I don't even know why he named the album after a fail song. Ew. Ew. Ew. Ew. Ew. And Ew.
6. Make You Mine : Nick's favorite on the album. I think I...like it. But I don't really love it. It's just okay.
7. Sorry : Joe's other favorite and MY FAVORITEEEEEEE :D It's amazing! Joe co-wrote it and sang it beautifully. I love the Live on Letterman performance of Sorry. It's amazing. Proud of you Joe.
8. Kleptomaniac : Um... I don't really like it Joe. But, I guess it's just me. Because everyone loves this one.
9. Not Right Now : I don't really like this one either...
10. Take It and Run : It's not bad. It's not amazing. It's not that great, either. It's just something. It's okay.
11. Lighthouse : The music in the background is so cool. I really like the music for this one. The song's really really good too. I love it.
12. Just In Love (featuring Lil Wayne) : Why in the world did he freaking collaborate with Lil Wayne? Wayne spoiled it. And I'm really mad at him for just collabaroting with him. Jeez.

That's it. Although there were a few songs I didn't like, some songs were AMAZING. Sorry and All This Time were amazing. I just realized. Those are Joe's favorites too. Haha. But yeah, all in all, I think it was a really good album. And the best of all, he had fun while doing it. That's what matters.

The Son of Neptune

WARNING : Contains Spoilers

The Son of Neptune is definitely a brilliant and amazing come back to the spin off series, The Heroes of Olympus. It carried the same style of The Lost Hero and was based on the same storyline, adding a few extra information here and there but was extremely intriguing.

One of the best parts? Well, we find out where Percy Jackson is and he returns as one of the main protogonists in the story. Like Jason, he doesn't remember his memory but he does remember that Annabeth was someone special in his life. Quite suprisingly, he regains parts of his memory throughout the book and at the end of it, remembers it all.

The other protogonist is Hazel Levesque. She's the daughter of Pluto and actually comes back from the dead. The one part about her that made me hyperventilate was that she loved a man named Sammy in her life, but she finds out that he's dead. And then, Percy gets a video tape from the Argo II, with Leo Valdez in it. Then. There. We find out that Sammy Valdez is none other than Leo Valdez.

The third and final protogonist is Frank Zhang. He's the son of Mars and is described as a buff man with a baby-ish face. He's a Chinese, Canadian and Neptune descendent. He loves Hazel, while Hazel loves him back too. The silly but scary part of him is that his life depends on a piece of a burnt stick.

The book relates to what happens in the Roman Camp and introduces us to many new characters. One that I find extremely annoying is Octavian. Ugh. The book also tells us more about the rise of Gaea and her plans.

The book, however, leaves us with tonnes of cliffhangers. Who's Jason going to be with? Piper or Reyna? How are they going to react to it? Who is Sammy Valdez/Leo Valdez? Is Hazel going to be with Leo or Frank? Does Annabeth have the mark of Athena? What is the Mark of Athena? How are these seven demigods from the Roman Camp and Greek Camp going to be with each other? We just need to wait and see for the next fall for The Mark of Athena.

Tribute to Steve Jobs

..almost everything -- all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure - these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart.

It is sad to hear that the world lost yet another great man. R.I.P Steve Jobs

Fruits and Veggies

Challenge Summer #7 : This prompt was given in by my broooooooo. Word/Page Limit : 150 words or more. Note: You see, my brother is a little too bland too give me an actual topic/prompt and he settled for the usual elementary school topic. And the odds of him reading this is like a million to one, but you just gotta do what you gotta do. ---

The Wikipedia Definition of Fruits : A Fruit is a structure of a plant that contains its seeds.

What I Think : Fruits are probably the coolest things on earth. In Narrower Terms : Fruits are one of my favorite kinds of fruits on earth. The come in wide variety and I find almost 99.99% of them real good. Except for sapotas/chikoos/sapodillas. They suck as much as ice cream topped with ketchup and mayo. Back to the point, fruits are super tasty and super delicious. And juices made out of them are mmm and mmmm... Especially pineapple juice. Tasty. To conclude this pointless paragraph, I'm a fruit fanaticcccc. I SCREAM. YOU SCREAM. WE SCREAM FOR FRUITS!

The Wikipedia Definition of Vegetables : Vegetables are the edible plants or the parts of the plant other than a sweet fruit or seed.

What I Think : Three words. Vegetables are YUCK. When I mean vegetables, I mean the raw vegetables. Thai Curries and Indian Curries are actually quite nice, except for the cooked tomato. Now, that's yucky. Again, to conclude this even more pointless paragraph, veggies are not really nice.

To Finally Conclude Two Huge Pointless Paragraphs : Fruits are pretty nice while Vegetables aren't. Fruits are deliciosaaa while vegetables are asquerosooo (that's Spanish, please). Fruits are awesome while vegetables are off the bottom section of the cool scale. I scream for fruits and not for vegetables.

Thank You.

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@BROOO : That's 237 words, dude. HA.