So it finally happened. I plugged my 2 gig ipod in to charge, and add a few new cds, and some songs I got of myspace, and my laptop told me there wasn't enough room, so I had to set it so that none of my playlists downloaded, and since mugglecast is over *wallows*, I didn't put my podcasts on there either. In conclusion I need a bigger ipod. I think I want to get an 8 gig green nano-chromatic. But I'll need to talk to my mom about this... not to mention start advertising that I babysit so I can get moola. I need moola... Well, I don't need moola, but it's the only way that I'll be able to get to Chicago, and San Francisco this summer (Person A says that she'd totally go with me, and would probably be able to find some HP loving aunt or something to come with us, so I'm very excited!), not to mention by a new ipod. Why does moola have to make the world go round.
I was being really stupid this weekend with Person F (I'm really starting to get confused with this letter system...), and we both walked out of the mall with Algebra II books... And we're in geometry. Yeah...
Oh, I found this freaking awesome line rider video. It has to be one of the most ingenious ones I've ever seen.
In an effort to kill the killers in my head this post's song is Believe Me Natalie by The Killers.
Hope that your monday isn't biting too bad!
-Oceansurferg
Monday, September 15, 2008
Friday, September 12, 2008
Trailer Spoof
Hey!
I'm only posting this video for friend person C who can't get past her school's server with the website I gave her, so enjoy!
Oh, and this spoof made person C and I interested in making a Harry Potter trailer spoof. We are still currently looking for someone to play Harry Potter, someone to play young Voldemort, someone to play old Voldemort, and a boy who's interested in being sparkly. Just find me at recess or lunch, I'll always either be in the band room, or on the hill by some of the trees.
-Oceansurferg
I'm only posting this video for friend person C who can't get past her school's server with the website I gave her, so enjoy!
Oh, and this spoof made person C and I interested in making a Harry Potter trailer spoof. We are still currently looking for someone to play Harry Potter, someone to play young Voldemort, someone to play old Voldemort, and a boy who's interested in being sparkly. Just find me at recess or lunch, I'll always either be in the band room, or on the hill by some of the trees.
-Oceansurferg
Thursday, September 11, 2008
It's a band geek life.
Hello peoples!
So my school's band is almost ready to put our opener out on the field. We have 2 1/2 rehearsals before the show, and that's it, I will be free from having to wear the sousaphone all rehearsal (I hope...). My sousaphone is killing not my left shoulder, where the sousaphone rests, but rather my right shoulder. I think it has something to do with the fact that my extension is too small. Either that, or it's because the sousaphone was obviously made with a larger sized person's ability to fit in mind. I am not a larger sized person. In fact, you might be able to fit two of me in that thing. The sousaphone is also fixing my posture, which causes my back to throw out slightly whenever I chase person D around the band room at lunch.
Oh that reminds me, I've created a new system to speak about people with out putting their names in. All people are not person A, B, C ect. once I get to Z (if I get to Z) I'm going to have person AA, BB, CC, ect. If you want to know who you are, ask me and I will tell you your letter (or tell you that I have not assigned you one).
Back to band... Jazz band is coming up, and since person A said that they thought I should do it, I'm going to talk to Mrs. Band Director about getting a trombone to use so I can start practicing, because it's harder to switch to a trombone, than to a tuba. That said, I don't have a mouthpiece, and I already have to pay $55 for a new tuba mouthpiece. At this rate I will never be able to pay for my plane tickets for this summer.
My mother has made me really happy because she called somebody about piano lessons. I have been teaching myself to play piano for a year or two, and now I can learn how to play it properly.
When my dad started drilling me about this (he's in Guam) I told him about Person B's master plan for me. This plan is basically that after I learn piano, I need to learn guitar, then get a drumset, then a violin, and then a sax, and then a flute. After all this I will supposedly be ready to be a band director. I'm not quite sure what happened, but I think somehow I'm getting a guitar for Xmas. This makes me feel like a hypocrite because Person E and I were arguing about whether or not guitar or piano was better, and I was arguing piano... Ah well, life likes to be ironic.
Since Mrs. Band Director comes back tomorrow I think that there's going to be a section leader/drum major meeting, which will be relief because I am tired of playing the same music over and over again every day... I wish we had concert music to work on :(
Okay, I need to go, because I need to find out what rise over run, Y=mx+b and all that muck means.
-Oceansurferg
So my school's band is almost ready to put our opener out on the field. We have 2 1/2 rehearsals before the show, and that's it, I will be free from having to wear the sousaphone all rehearsal (I hope...). My sousaphone is killing not my left shoulder, where the sousaphone rests, but rather my right shoulder. I think it has something to do with the fact that my extension is too small. Either that, or it's because the sousaphone was obviously made with a larger sized person's ability to fit in mind. I am not a larger sized person. In fact, you might be able to fit two of me in that thing. The sousaphone is also fixing my posture, which causes my back to throw out slightly whenever I chase person D around the band room at lunch.
Oh that reminds me, I've created a new system to speak about people with out putting their names in. All people are not person A, B, C ect. once I get to Z (if I get to Z) I'm going to have person AA, BB, CC, ect. If you want to know who you are, ask me and I will tell you your letter (or tell you that I have not assigned you one).
Back to band... Jazz band is coming up, and since person A said that they thought I should do it, I'm going to talk to Mrs. Band Director about getting a trombone to use so I can start practicing, because it's harder to switch to a trombone, than to a tuba. That said, I don't have a mouthpiece, and I already have to pay $55 for a new tuba mouthpiece. At this rate I will never be able to pay for my plane tickets for this summer.
My mother has made me really happy because she called somebody about piano lessons. I have been teaching myself to play piano for a year or two, and now I can learn how to play it properly.
When my dad started drilling me about this (he's in Guam) I told him about Person B's master plan for me. This plan is basically that after I learn piano, I need to learn guitar, then get a drumset, then a violin, and then a sax, and then a flute. After all this I will supposedly be ready to be a band director. I'm not quite sure what happened, but I think somehow I'm getting a guitar for Xmas. This makes me feel like a hypocrite because Person E and I were arguing about whether or not guitar or piano was better, and I was arguing piano... Ah well, life likes to be ironic.
Since Mrs. Band Director comes back tomorrow I think that there's going to be a section leader/drum major meeting, which will be relief because I am tired of playing the same music over and over again every day... I wish we had concert music to work on :(
Okay, I need to go, because I need to find out what rise over run, Y=mx+b and all that muck means.
-Oceansurferg
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
**MUSICMUSICMUSIC**
Hey guys!
I'm really happy with my last post right now. I've gotten a lot of response from friends, and I even changed one of my friends minds about something. Makes me feel like I have an impact on this desolate little world...
Any who, onto that really important looking title up there... I've reread my recent posts, and noticed that while I'm getting a lot more serious and in depth, I keep forgetting to add a song, or end up thinking a song would ruin the flow of the post.
Today I'm going to make up for that.
I have chosen ten songs for you all to listen to. Enjoy :D
1) You Can't Speak Snake by The Moaning Myrtles (my myspace song)
2) There's a Reason These Tables are Numbered Honey, You Just Haven't Thought of it Yet by Panic! At the Disco
3) I'm a Bitch by Meredith Brooks
4) Ebay by Weird Al
5) Lovegood Acoustic by Ministry of Magic
6) Emergency by Paramore
7) Shut Up and Let Me Go by The Ting Tings
8) She Will Be Loved by Maroon 5
9) We Belong Together by The Parselmouths feat. Ministry of Magic
10) The Band Geek Song by The Totalitarians
Oh, and please vote ----------->
-Oceansurferg
I'm really happy with my last post right now. I've gotten a lot of response from friends, and I even changed one of my friends minds about something. Makes me feel like I have an impact on this desolate little world...
Any who, onto that really important looking title up there... I've reread my recent posts, and noticed that while I'm getting a lot more serious and in depth, I keep forgetting to add a song, or end up thinking a song would ruin the flow of the post.
Today I'm going to make up for that.
I have chosen ten songs for you all to listen to. Enjoy :D
1) You Can't Speak Snake by The Moaning Myrtles (my myspace song)
2) There's a Reason These Tables are Numbered Honey, You Just Haven't Thought of it Yet by Panic! At the Disco
3) I'm a Bitch by Meredith Brooks
4) Ebay by Weird Al
5) Lovegood Acoustic by Ministry of Magic
6) Emergency by Paramore
7) Shut Up and Let Me Go by The Ting Tings
8) She Will Be Loved by Maroon 5
9) We Belong Together by The Parselmouths feat. Ministry of Magic
10) The Band Geek Song by The Totalitarians
Oh, and please vote ----------->
-Oceansurferg
Monday, September 8, 2008
Twilight - I'm laying down the line
I am getting sick and tired of the arguments, the picking of sides, the unreasoned attacks on either the author or people with reasoned arguments, the petitions, ect. But the thing I am getting most sick and tired of, is people asking me for my opinion.
It's not really people asking for my opinion that bothers me. What bothers be is their reactions. If I say I don't like Breaking Dawn, I get reactions along the lines of 'only someone who was never really a fan would say that'. If I express to some of my friends that I really did enjoy some parts of Breaking Dawn I am suddenly labeled as a 'rabid fangirl'. (Note: I do realize that my closer friends don't do this to me, but this is a generalization).
Now let's switch over to the chat rooms, and basic fan community. Debate; great, reasoned and slightly fired up argument; okay if the topic of debate is a large one, flame wars; unjust, unreasoned, mean, stupid, and unwelcome. The picking of sides; it can be just, when well reasoned, but if you're choosing sides to follow the crowd/friends/author to the death, or are picking sides because you think you need to pick sides, I will get mad. Mostly because this leads back to arguments.
Also, I need to say it right now. This is bugging me a lot 'Smeyer is trying to instill her Mormon beliefs on us!!!'. Do you want to know some other authors who put their religious beliefs into their writing? JK ROWLING, CS LEWIS. Do these names ring any bells? Their series' of books sell at least thousands every year and they aren't being flamed for it. Heck, Rowling has even been considered to be 'anti-christian' for having witchcraft in her books.
Now, so people can understand that you don't need to be at an extreme end of a spectrum when you have certain opinions, here are all of my opinions on the twilight series and recent occurrences...
Twilight was good, New Moon was better, Eclipse was great, The Host was excelent. Stephenie Meyer created high expectations for her books, and she'd been living up to them... So when Smeyer made the statement that basically said it was very unlikely that this book would have lived up to expectations, may I point out that if she'd not strayed so far from established cannon this story might have lived up to expectations. Look at Jo! She managed to live up to the majority's expectations, and her expectations were quite easily larger than Smeyer's were.
I do have the opinion that Bella is a Mary Sue, but when Mary Sues are well written, I am fine with it. This brings us to Breaking Dawn, Mary Sue suddenly became way too emphasized, and it was not well written.
I do not have qualms with the Quil/Claire imprint. I completely understand that there is no romantic feeling what so ever, and there won't be until she is closer to Quil's physical age biologically. I do have qualms with the Jacob/Renesmee imprint. It is too based on physical age over a mix of biological/physical. My basic point is this; Renesmee is full grown when she is SEVEN biologically. She still will not have enough experience to truly consider herself an adult, and it's very likely she will go off with Quil, no problem. It just makes me uneasy.
This series has been mainly about choices, giving up things for other things. This was one of the many things that grounded Smeyer's books in reality. Choices no longer exist in Breaking Dawn. Bella gets everything she wanted in the end, with no consequence. Way to back up a theme!
I actually did like Jacob's perspective. It was something refreshing and new. It was also something that I've wanted since I read New Moon. Jacob is the most realistic character in the series by far, and he's worthy of this honor.
Renesmee cannot exist. Smeyer competely ignored established cannon right here. Explain how this is possible scientificaly, and I might chang my mind.
My opinions on the boys... Mike is clingy and annoying. Some people like that, I don't. Edward is an empty box with luxurious wrapping. He's polite, kind, and has many other excelent qualities, but these should all be secondary to the personality, the present that's supposed to be inside the box. (Note: The following opinion is highly biaused) Ben is awesome. He's nerdy, sweet, shy, and so many other things... I was never kidding when I said I was Team Ben. Jacob, is a realistic teenager, boy person. He makes a lot of mistakes on the way in his life. Most importantly however, he has a personality. I cannot stress that enough. If I had an option between Edward and Jake my choice would be Jake, end of story. (Ben v. Jake is again, another story).
Oh, and Midnight Sun is the best thing Stephenie's written, she's stupid to not publish it. I am a writer, and other writers are saying that you need to be a writer to understand why she can't finish it. Again, I am a writer, would any of you other writers like to try and explain this concept to me?
These are my basic standpoints on the series right now. And understand, I DO love all of Smeyer's other books, but I just can't understand Breaking Dawn.
Also, I am now afraid to go into chat rooms, forums, ect. because there is always one rabid anti-fan at an extreme end of the spectrum, and rabid fangirls at the other, so if anyone has any ideas about how to get over these fears leave a comment. Also leave a comment if you feel like debating... I'm interested to hear others REASONED opinions :)
-Oceansurferg
Edits: 1) I meant that it was a stupid decision, not the Stehpenie is stupid. 2) I can now remember that I wrote this blog in response to Kaleb Nation's (AKA Twilight Guy) personal response to fan backlash. You can read it here. 3) I forgot to add that I do not approve of personal attacks on the author. She's a human being just like everyone else, and deserves respect. You don't know her, so you can't criticize her. End of story.
It's not really people asking for my opinion that bothers me. What bothers be is their reactions. If I say I don't like Breaking Dawn, I get reactions along the lines of 'only someone who was never really a fan would say that'. If I express to some of my friends that I really did enjoy some parts of Breaking Dawn I am suddenly labeled as a 'rabid fangirl'. (Note: I do realize that my closer friends don't do this to me, but this is a generalization).
Now let's switch over to the chat rooms, and basic fan community. Debate; great, reasoned and slightly fired up argument; okay if the topic of debate is a large one, flame wars; unjust, unreasoned, mean, stupid, and unwelcome. The picking of sides; it can be just, when well reasoned, but if you're choosing sides to follow the crowd/friends/author to the death, or are picking sides because you think you need to pick sides, I will get mad. Mostly because this leads back to arguments.
Also, I need to say it right now. This is bugging me a lot 'Smeyer is trying to instill her Mormon beliefs on us!!!'. Do you want to know some other authors who put their religious beliefs into their writing? JK ROWLING, CS LEWIS. Do these names ring any bells? Their series' of books sell at least thousands every year and they aren't being flamed for it. Heck, Rowling has even been considered to be 'anti-christian' for having witchcraft in her books.
Now, so people can understand that you don't need to be at an extreme end of a spectrum when you have certain opinions, here are all of my opinions on the twilight series and recent occurrences...
Twilight was good, New Moon was better, Eclipse was great, The Host was excelent. Stephenie Meyer created high expectations for her books, and she'd been living up to them... So when Smeyer made the statement that basically said it was very unlikely that this book would have lived up to expectations, may I point out that if she'd not strayed so far from established cannon this story might have lived up to expectations. Look at Jo! She managed to live up to the majority's expectations, and her expectations were quite easily larger than Smeyer's were.
I do have the opinion that Bella is a Mary Sue, but when Mary Sues are well written, I am fine with it. This brings us to Breaking Dawn, Mary Sue suddenly became way too emphasized, and it was not well written.
I do not have qualms with the Quil/Claire imprint. I completely understand that there is no romantic feeling what so ever, and there won't be until she is closer to Quil's physical age biologically. I do have qualms with the Jacob/Renesmee imprint. It is too based on physical age over a mix of biological/physical. My basic point is this; Renesmee is full grown when she is SEVEN biologically. She still will not have enough experience to truly consider herself an adult, and it's very likely she will go off with Quil, no problem. It just makes me uneasy.
This series has been mainly about choices, giving up things for other things. This was one of the many things that grounded Smeyer's books in reality. Choices no longer exist in Breaking Dawn. Bella gets everything she wanted in the end, with no consequence. Way to back up a theme!
I actually did like Jacob's perspective. It was something refreshing and new. It was also something that I've wanted since I read New Moon. Jacob is the most realistic character in the series by far, and he's worthy of this honor.
Renesmee cannot exist. Smeyer competely ignored established cannon right here. Explain how this is possible scientificaly, and I might chang my mind.
My opinions on the boys... Mike is clingy and annoying. Some people like that, I don't. Edward is an empty box with luxurious wrapping. He's polite, kind, and has many other excelent qualities, but these should all be secondary to the personality, the present that's supposed to be inside the box. (Note: The following opinion is highly biaused) Ben is awesome. He's nerdy, sweet, shy, and so many other things... I was never kidding when I said I was Team Ben. Jacob, is a realistic teenager, boy person. He makes a lot of mistakes on the way in his life. Most importantly however, he has a personality. I cannot stress that enough. If I had an option between Edward and Jake my choice would be Jake, end of story. (Ben v. Jake is again, another story).
Oh, and Midnight Sun is the best thing Stephenie's written, she's stupid to not publish it. I am a writer, and other writers are saying that you need to be a writer to understand why she can't finish it. Again, I am a writer, would any of you other writers like to try and explain this concept to me?
These are my basic standpoints on the series right now. And understand, I DO love all of Smeyer's other books, but I just can't understand Breaking Dawn.
Also, I am now afraid to go into chat rooms, forums, ect. because there is always one rabid anti-fan at an extreme end of the spectrum, and rabid fangirls at the other, so if anyone has any ideas about how to get over these fears leave a comment. Also leave a comment if you feel like debating... I'm interested to hear others REASONED opinions :)
-Oceansurferg
Edits: 1) I meant that it was a stupid decision, not the Stehpenie is stupid. 2) I can now remember that I wrote this blog in response to Kaleb Nation's (AKA Twilight Guy) personal response to fan backlash. You can read it here. 3) I forgot to add that I do not approve of personal attacks on the author. She's a human being just like everyone else, and deserves respect. You don't know her, so you can't criticize her. End of story.
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