So...I decided to do a list of my top ten favorite romantic songs. I love when a song captures a feeling really well, and that's what I love about all these!
1. Check Yes Juliet-We The Kings: I remember watching the video for this song and feeling like my heart was melting. The story is so sweet, and the emotion comes through so well in the song. The guitar at the beginning just pulls you in, and you can’t stop listening to this song for days after.
2. Stolen-Dashboard Confessional: How can I even start to tell you how much I love this song? I can’t think of a more heartfelt, romantic, sweet song than this one. The lyrics just describe the feeling to perfection, and the music just makes you feel warm and fuzzy inside.
3. I Want You-Kelly Clarkson: When I first heard this song, it stood out from the rest of her album as interesting, creative, and incredibly cute. I love how as she is describing this person, the tone of her voice is so loving, and it really sounds like she adores him. I also love how if you listen to the lyrics the guy she is describing is far from what most people would consider “perfect” but she loves all the imperfect things more than the perfect things.
4. In The End-Green Day: If you’ve heard this song, you’re probably going “What?!” However, if you really listen to the lyrics (or read them out of the booklet in the cover of the CD like I did,) then you will discover that this is actually I really sweet song. And as always, their emotion comes through more than clearly.
5. Kiss Me-Sixpence None The Richer: Oh My God, I obsessed over this song for so long! How can you not? How can you resist the sound of the guitar and the gorgeous lyrics? The tone of her voice is so dreamy and romantic, and the tune is just incredible. I have never heard a song where an emotion is so well brought out.
6. Love Story-Taylor Swift: Ok, it’s not my fault that all her songs are so overplayed! If you listen to the original version of this song without the weird techno beat in the background, this song is so sweet and the lyrics tell a real story. One that isn’t just all fluff about a perfect love story, but one that seems much more real.
7. Beautiful-Akon, Colby O’Donis and Kardinal Offishal: This is an odd choice, I know. But I genuinely think this is a beautiful song! And I know, the video was all skanks and technically it’s about skanks, but I think it’s still a great song. It makes me feel good every time I listen to it. And that’s hard to do.
8. Come On Get Higher-Matt Nathanson: It’s hard to believe that I actually didn’t like this song at first. But, it grew on me. In fact, it soon became one of my favorite songs. It just pulled me in with its sweet but suggestive lyrics and pretty tune. Even though it seems dull and boring at first, this one is a winner.
9. Can’t Find The Words-Karina: It’s funny that I actually got this as Itunes’ free “Single of the Week.” It soon earned its place in my heart with the beautiful melody and cute lyrics. I listened to this song all the time about a year ago when I got it. I have to say, this one is worth much more than nothing.
10. She Will Be Loved-Maroon 5: How can it get more romantic than this? The soft voice and the sweetest lyrics of all time! The soft cymbals in the background and just the very soft instruments playing lend to the overall feeling of the song. It’s just brilliant. Even though it’s technically a sad song, it just gives you that dreamy feeling when you listen to it. There’s something about it that makes it a classic.
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Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Monday, September 14, 2009
Top 10 Worst Movies I Have Ever Seen
Alright! Here is the other half of my entry for this week. A bunch of these movies are either bad horror movies from the 50's or popular movies that people will hate me for hating. Oh, and if you haven't read my list of favorite movies yet, you should probably do that first. Anyway, can't wait to hear comments!!
Top 10 Worst Movies I Have Ever Seen
1. The Brain From Planet Arous (1957)
Ok, so my dad got this movie from Netflix for Halloween because he remembered seeing it on TV when he was a kid. Why he bothered watching it, I have no idea. This is one of those movies that obviously had a really low budget, so instead of animating the giant floating brains, they just made transparent puppets and dangled them from strings. I don’t really know what it was actually supposed to be about, but seriously, only watch this if you are willing to make jokes about it. Seriously, it’s not even very good for that.
2. The Crawling Hand (1963)
Yes, another cheesy horror movie. Well. My dad used to watch this television show called “Mystery Science Theatre 3000,” where three guys would watch a terrible movie and make fun of it while you were watching it. So, one day my dad found a bunch of old “Mystery Science Theatres” on DVD in a cheap video store and bought a few. “The Crawling Hand” was one of them. This movie is so bad that the guys in the TV show couldn’t even make fun of it. It was that bad. It was incredibly boring, and honestly I don’t really think we knew what was going on most of the time except that this guy’s girlfriend found this random hand on the beach and now it was terrorizing the guy’s mom because he brought it home. I guess intelligence runs in his family.
3. The Ten Commandments (1956) Charlton Heston, Yul Brenner
Not that I don’t enjoy the first half hour of laughing at the terrible acting, but seriously, 4 hours? How long does it take to tell a bible story? I could probably read the entire Torah in the time it takes you to watch this whole movie. I could also probably make a fortune if you paid me a dollar every time Nefretiri says, “Moses, Moses.” And, as mentioned before, some parts of this movie are very enjoyable, like the “Ethiopia” scene, but honestly, it’s just bad. Well, really bad.
4. The Pink Panther (2006) Steve Martin, Kevin Kline
I have nothing good to say about this one. My parents convinced my brother and I to watch one of the original ones, and let me tell you, that one was so much better than this disaster. Naturally, when we saw it on the “On Demand” list, we thought it would be like the other one. We were so wrong. I’m sorry, but this movie just stunk like a skunk.
5. Twilight (2008) Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson
I know I’m going against every girl in America, and possibly the world by saying this, but this movie was bad. It was really bad. The acting was just not the best, to put it nicely. And honestly, what was up with that Transylvanian accent that Edward sported for half the film? The special effects were ok, except in that one scene when he’s supposed to sparkle, or something? Yeah, he just looked sweaty. People in the theatre I saw it in laughed at parts that weren’t supposed to be funny. Sorry guys.
1. The Brain From Planet Arous (1957)
Ok, so my dad got this movie from Netflix for Halloween because he remembered seeing it on TV when he was a kid. Why he bothered watching it, I have no idea. This is one of those movies that obviously had a really low budget, so instead of animating the giant floating brains, they just made transparent puppets and dangled them from strings. I don’t really know what it was actually supposed to be about, but seriously, only watch this if you are willing to make jokes about it. Seriously, it’s not even very good for that.
2. The Crawling Hand (1963)
Yes, another cheesy horror movie. Well. My dad used to watch this television show called “Mystery Science Theatre 3000,” where three guys would watch a terrible movie and make fun of it while you were watching it. So, one day my dad found a bunch of old “Mystery Science Theatres” on DVD in a cheap video store and bought a few. “The Crawling Hand” was one of them. This movie is so bad that the guys in the TV show couldn’t even make fun of it. It was that bad. It was incredibly boring, and honestly I don’t really think we knew what was going on most of the time except that this guy’s girlfriend found this random hand on the beach and now it was terrorizing the guy’s mom because he brought it home. I guess intelligence runs in his family.
3. The Ten Commandments (1956) Charlton Heston, Yul Brenner
Not that I don’t enjoy the first half hour of laughing at the terrible acting, but seriously, 4 hours? How long does it take to tell a bible story? I could probably read the entire Torah in the time it takes you to watch this whole movie. I could also probably make a fortune if you paid me a dollar every time Nefretiri says, “Moses, Moses.” And, as mentioned before, some parts of this movie are very enjoyable, like the “Ethiopia” scene, but honestly, it’s just bad. Well, really bad.
4. The Pink Panther (2006) Steve Martin, Kevin Kline
I have nothing good to say about this one. My parents convinced my brother and I to watch one of the original ones, and let me tell you, that one was so much better than this disaster. Naturally, when we saw it on the “On Demand” list, we thought it would be like the other one. We were so wrong. I’m sorry, but this movie just stunk like a skunk.
5. Twilight (2008) Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson
I know I’m going against every girl in America, and possibly the world by saying this, but this movie was bad. It was really bad. The acting was just not the best, to put it nicely. And honestly, what was up with that Transylvanian accent that Edward sported for half the film? The special effects were ok, except in that one scene when he’s supposed to sparkle, or something? Yeah, he just looked sweaty. People in the theatre I saw it in laughed at parts that weren’t supposed to be funny. Sorry guys.
6. Pride and Prejudice (1940) Greer Garson, Laurence Olivier
Surprised? Well, this one is the bad, old version. It’s in black-and-white and it should definitely stay that way. Whoever made this movie clearly did not grasp the whole idea of Pride and Prejudice. Not at all. Yeah, whose idea was it to make Mary, of all people, find love in the end? I think we all got a good laugh out of this one, and it isn’t good for much else.
7. Pride and Prejudice (2005) Kiera Knightly, Talulah Riley
That was the bad, old one; this one is the bad, new version. I have a feeling it was bad directing, because I’ve seen a bunch of people in this in other movies where they’ve been really good. The main thing that bothered me about this movie was Mr. Darcy. Hello, he’s not supposed to like Lizzie at the beginning! He is also not supposed to walk around like a lovesick puppy for the entire movie. The weird thing is that a ton of people love this movie, and I just can’t stand it.
8. Bells of St. Mary’s (1945) Bing Crosby, Ingrid Bergman
We found this on VHS lying around one day, and decided to watch it. That was a mistake. This was a weird one. It’s sweet, I guess if you like this kind of thing, but really, what I remember from this movie is Bing Crosby singing to a bunch of kids in a Catholic school and Ingrid Bergman walking around dressed like a nun. Snore.
9. Pinocchio (1940)
This movie scared the living daylights out of me when I was little. And why wouldn’t it? It’s about a puppet that goes to a creepy circus or something and ends up in a whale’s belly. I mean, Jonah and the Whale I can handle, but why do you have to throw a puppet and some sad music into the mix? Why?
10. Spy Kids (2001)
This movie…I mean, what the heck were they thinking? Why would you make a kids movie with creepy clown-like things in it? Why would you make this exceedingly creepy and odd movie? Why? I just don’t get this one. The people who have been turned into odd things and the weird robotic kids are totally creepy, and then it turns the whole thing around into this little kid family thing about kids and their parents being a spy team. It’s just a weird, bad movie.
Surprised? Well, this one is the bad, old version. It’s in black-and-white and it should definitely stay that way. Whoever made this movie clearly did not grasp the whole idea of Pride and Prejudice. Not at all. Yeah, whose idea was it to make Mary, of all people, find love in the end? I think we all got a good laugh out of this one, and it isn’t good for much else.
7. Pride and Prejudice (2005) Kiera Knightly, Talulah Riley
That was the bad, old one; this one is the bad, new version. I have a feeling it was bad directing, because I’ve seen a bunch of people in this in other movies where they’ve been really good. The main thing that bothered me about this movie was Mr. Darcy. Hello, he’s not supposed to like Lizzie at the beginning! He is also not supposed to walk around like a lovesick puppy for the entire movie. The weird thing is that a ton of people love this movie, and I just can’t stand it.
8. Bells of St. Mary’s (1945) Bing Crosby, Ingrid Bergman
We found this on VHS lying around one day, and decided to watch it. That was a mistake. This was a weird one. It’s sweet, I guess if you like this kind of thing, but really, what I remember from this movie is Bing Crosby singing to a bunch of kids in a Catholic school and Ingrid Bergman walking around dressed like a nun. Snore.
9. Pinocchio (1940)
This movie scared the living daylights out of me when I was little. And why wouldn’t it? It’s about a puppet that goes to a creepy circus or something and ends up in a whale’s belly. I mean, Jonah and the Whale I can handle, but why do you have to throw a puppet and some sad music into the mix? Why?
10. Spy Kids (2001)
This movie…I mean, what the heck were they thinking? Why would you make a kids movie with creepy clown-like things in it? Why would you make this exceedingly creepy and odd movie? Why? I just don’t get this one. The people who have been turned into odd things and the weird robotic kids are totally creepy, and then it turns the whole thing around into this little kid family thing about kids and their parents being a spy team. It’s just a weird, bad movie.
I'm not sure about the next topic yet...maybe some sort of musical thing?
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Friday, September 11, 2009
Top Dozen Movies
So, funny thing happened to me this week. My teacher gave us an assignment to write a list of our top twelve favorite thing in one catagory of our choice. So, guess what I did? Yes, I wrote a list of my favorite movies. Small world, huh? Anyway, here they are. The dirty dozen.
Top 12 Movies (In no Particular Order)
1. My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002) Nia Vardalos, Michael Constantine
A Greek woman tries to go against her family and marry a non-Greek man. This movie is so funny. It’s funny without being offensive, and without being incredibly crude. I love the way this movie manages to be sweet, romantic, and hilarious at the same time. It’s the perfect balance of all three, and you are seriously missing out if you’ve never seen this movie.
2. School of Rock (2003) Jack Black, Joan Cusack
A man needs money when his friends kick him out of their band, so he takes a teaching job at a prep school. When I first heard about this movie, I thought it was going to be stupid. But I was totally wrong. I mean, seriously, who would’ve thought that watching school kids write rock songs would be so entertaining? But, anyway, I like this movie for a lot of reasons. First, it’s hilarious. Second, everyone in the movie learns a lesson. There’s some substance to the movie, it’s not just fluff. And third, the music. I don’t know why, but there is something so satisfying about watching the main characters get up on stage at the end of a movie, and have a bunch of people cheer for them.
3. The Great Escape (1963) Steve McQueen, James Garner, Richard Attenborough
Men at a prisoner of war camp in World War II plan a huge escape from the camp. This is an odd choice, I know. But this movie is so good. It’s got heavy stuff in it, and intense parts, but it is such a fun movie to watch. I love watching their heads pop out of that hole in the ground one by one, and when they’re moving through the tunnel, it’s just so intense that you want it to go on forever. I love watching the characters develop throughout the movie, and watching them build the tunnels, and it is so satisfying when one of them finally reaches up through the hole and rips a clump of grass out of the ground, and passes it down the line. Something about this movie makes you love it, no matter who you are.
4. Cinderella (1950) Disney Animations and (1997) Brandy Norwood, Bernadette Peters
A woman is tormented by her evil stepmother and stepsisters. Ha ha, I know. But I love Cinderella! I always have, and always will. The question is, which version? Well, I decided that I would tie all of them, since choosing my favorite would be too hard. I mean, how can the animated fairy godmother compare to Whitney Houston? But at the same time, the Roger’s and Hammerstein’s songs get a little more tiresome than the Disney ones. And why do I love this movie so much? Mostly, because it always turns out the same. Cinderella always wins, she always wears the pretty dress, she always leaves the slipper behind. I mean, how can any other heroine compete with that?
5. Pride and Prejudice (1995) Jennifer Ehle, Colin Firth
How do you describe this one? The plot has so many twists it ties itself into knots! Pride and Prejudice is a great book, but when you see the characters up on the screen, it just brings the characters and all their vibrant personalities to life. Watching Elizabeth Bennett and Mr. Darcy and Mr. Collins play their parts never gets old. I love this movie because you never quite know how it’s going to end. I always can’t quite figure out what’s going to happen in the middle. You laugh, you cry, and you can’t wait to see the ending, but at the same time you don’t want it to end.
6. Catch Me If You Can (2002) Leonardo DeCaprio, Tom Hanks
A boy runs away from home and becomes the world’s best con man. This movie is intense, but extremely enjoyable. The acting is amazing. That’s really what makes this movie so good. Leonardo DeCaprio is excellent as the lead, and Tom Hanks is entertaining as the detective trying to catch him. I love watching Frank William Abignale Jr. become a con man, as well as an airplane pilot, a doctor, and a lawyer, over and over again.
7. Back To The Future (1985) Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd
A boy accidently time travels and messes up his parents’ relationship. I love this movie to death! Watching that scene where the lightning strikes the clock tower gets me every time. What I love about this movie is that it combines everything I like in a movie into one. There are intense parts, and funny parts, which is hard to come by, and a lot of hectic running around. The acting is great, the story is good, and this movie definitely has magic.
8. Guys And Dolls (1955) Marlon Brando, Jean Simmons
A man who runs an illegal craps game bets a high-stakes gambler that he can’t take a woman who runs a mission to go out with him. Where can I even start with this one? I can’t even explain how much I love this movie. I’ve been watching it since I was about 5 years old and didn’t understand anything about it except that they sang songs. My favorite was Adelaide’s song about getting a cold. I still love watching her sing about post-nasal-drip. This is a timeless movie about romance and has people doing illegal things in it so it scores a 10.0 for me.
9. Casablanca (1942) Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman
Classic romance/drama about a man and woman torn apart by World War II. This is just an incredible film. I love the romance, the drama, the acting is amazing, and the directing is flawless. The story is so passionate and beautiful, and feels so real when you watch it play out on screen. As you see it, you can feel everything that the characters are feeling, it’s like they are just going to jump out of the screen.
10. Moonstruck (1987) Cher, Nicholas Cage
Romantic comedy about an Italian family who is dealing with all the different problems in marriage. This movie is very insightful. I loved the interesting look it gave at all different sides of romance. When I saw this film, I was able to grasp all of the character’s dilemmas, and I got to know all the characters through the course of the film. I was struck by the way the story felt so real and the way everything was presented very plainly and truthfully.
11. Mean Girls (2004) Lindsay Lohan, Rachel McAdams
A girl goes to high school for the first time after a life of being home schooled, and is taken in by the most popular girls in school. This movie is incredibly funny. It seems like a teen drama at first, but after you see it for the first time, you realize it is actually hilarious. I love the way this movie was written and acted. The jokes really drive the movie, but without Lindsay Lohan and Rachel McAdams, this movie probably would’ve bombed.
12. Strictly Ballroom (1992) Paul Mercurio, Tara Morice
A man who comes from a long line of ballroom dancers decides to make up his own dance moves and compete with a poor Spanish girl. There are so many things to love about this movie. The dancing is gorgeous, the costumes are glittery, and the characters are crazy. The basis of a young person going against family tradition is old, but the dancing and multiple twists in the plot line make it new and interesting. The dance numbers are flashy, but fun for everyone to watch!
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Top 12 Movies (In no Particular Order)
1. My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002) Nia Vardalos, Michael Constantine
A Greek woman tries to go against her family and marry a non-Greek man. This movie is so funny. It’s funny without being offensive, and without being incredibly crude. I love the way this movie manages to be sweet, romantic, and hilarious at the same time. It’s the perfect balance of all three, and you are seriously missing out if you’ve never seen this movie.
2. School of Rock (2003) Jack Black, Joan Cusack
A man needs money when his friends kick him out of their band, so he takes a teaching job at a prep school. When I first heard about this movie, I thought it was going to be stupid. But I was totally wrong. I mean, seriously, who would’ve thought that watching school kids write rock songs would be so entertaining? But, anyway, I like this movie for a lot of reasons. First, it’s hilarious. Second, everyone in the movie learns a lesson. There’s some substance to the movie, it’s not just fluff. And third, the music. I don’t know why, but there is something so satisfying about watching the main characters get up on stage at the end of a movie, and have a bunch of people cheer for them.
3. The Great Escape (1963) Steve McQueen, James Garner, Richard Attenborough
Men at a prisoner of war camp in World War II plan a huge escape from the camp. This is an odd choice, I know. But this movie is so good. It’s got heavy stuff in it, and intense parts, but it is such a fun movie to watch. I love watching their heads pop out of that hole in the ground one by one, and when they’re moving through the tunnel, it’s just so intense that you want it to go on forever. I love watching the characters develop throughout the movie, and watching them build the tunnels, and it is so satisfying when one of them finally reaches up through the hole and rips a clump of grass out of the ground, and passes it down the line. Something about this movie makes you love it, no matter who you are.
4. Cinderella (1950) Disney Animations and (1997) Brandy Norwood, Bernadette Peters
A woman is tormented by her evil stepmother and stepsisters. Ha ha, I know. But I love Cinderella! I always have, and always will. The question is, which version? Well, I decided that I would tie all of them, since choosing my favorite would be too hard. I mean, how can the animated fairy godmother compare to Whitney Houston? But at the same time, the Roger’s and Hammerstein’s songs get a little more tiresome than the Disney ones. And why do I love this movie so much? Mostly, because it always turns out the same. Cinderella always wins, she always wears the pretty dress, she always leaves the slipper behind. I mean, how can any other heroine compete with that?
5. Pride and Prejudice (1995) Jennifer Ehle, Colin Firth
How do you describe this one? The plot has so many twists it ties itself into knots! Pride and Prejudice is a great book, but when you see the characters up on the screen, it just brings the characters and all their vibrant personalities to life. Watching Elizabeth Bennett and Mr. Darcy and Mr. Collins play their parts never gets old. I love this movie because you never quite know how it’s going to end. I always can’t quite figure out what’s going to happen in the middle. You laugh, you cry, and you can’t wait to see the ending, but at the same time you don’t want it to end.
6. Catch Me If You Can (2002) Leonardo DeCaprio, Tom Hanks
A boy runs away from home and becomes the world’s best con man. This movie is intense, but extremely enjoyable. The acting is amazing. That’s really what makes this movie so good. Leonardo DeCaprio is excellent as the lead, and Tom Hanks is entertaining as the detective trying to catch him. I love watching Frank William Abignale Jr. become a con man, as well as an airplane pilot, a doctor, and a lawyer, over and over again.
7. Back To The Future (1985) Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd
A boy accidently time travels and messes up his parents’ relationship. I love this movie to death! Watching that scene where the lightning strikes the clock tower gets me every time. What I love about this movie is that it combines everything I like in a movie into one. There are intense parts, and funny parts, which is hard to come by, and a lot of hectic running around. The acting is great, the story is good, and this movie definitely has magic.
8. Guys And Dolls (1955) Marlon Brando, Jean Simmons
A man who runs an illegal craps game bets a high-stakes gambler that he can’t take a woman who runs a mission to go out with him. Where can I even start with this one? I can’t even explain how much I love this movie. I’ve been watching it since I was about 5 years old and didn’t understand anything about it except that they sang songs. My favorite was Adelaide’s song about getting a cold. I still love watching her sing about post-nasal-drip. This is a timeless movie about romance and has people doing illegal things in it so it scores a 10.0 for me.
9. Casablanca (1942) Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman
Classic romance/drama about a man and woman torn apart by World War II. This is just an incredible film. I love the romance, the drama, the acting is amazing, and the directing is flawless. The story is so passionate and beautiful, and feels so real when you watch it play out on screen. As you see it, you can feel everything that the characters are feeling, it’s like they are just going to jump out of the screen.
10. Moonstruck (1987) Cher, Nicholas Cage
Romantic comedy about an Italian family who is dealing with all the different problems in marriage. This movie is very insightful. I loved the interesting look it gave at all different sides of romance. When I saw this film, I was able to grasp all of the character’s dilemmas, and I got to know all the characters through the course of the film. I was struck by the way the story felt so real and the way everything was presented very plainly and truthfully.
11. Mean Girls (2004) Lindsay Lohan, Rachel McAdams
A girl goes to high school for the first time after a life of being home schooled, and is taken in by the most popular girls in school. This movie is incredibly funny. It seems like a teen drama at first, but after you see it for the first time, you realize it is actually hilarious. I love the way this movie was written and acted. The jokes really drive the movie, but without Lindsay Lohan and Rachel McAdams, this movie probably would’ve bombed.
12. Strictly Ballroom (1992) Paul Mercurio, Tara Morice
A man who comes from a long line of ballroom dancers decides to make up his own dance moves and compete with a poor Spanish girl. There are so many things to love about this movie. The dancing is gorgeous, the costumes are glittery, and the characters are crazy. The basis of a young person going against family tradition is old, but the dancing and multiple twists in the plot line make it new and interesting. The dance numbers are flashy, but fun for everyone to watch!
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Friday, September 4, 2009
My Blog!!
I had a hard time figuring out what I was going to write my blog about. I really did. But, I finally got a good idea. I decided that every week I am going to write a list of my top ten favorite things in one category and my top ten least favorite things in the same category. Good idea, right? I got the idea from one of my favorite books called "The Princess Diaries" by Meg Cabot. The main character and her friend are always writing lists and I always looked forward to the next one. They were entertaining and helpful at the same time. There's a lot to say when you love something and a lot to say when you hate something. Powerful emotions are often the easiest things to write about.
Anyway, for this first entry I decided to do something completely different. I am going to write about the sky. I have no idea what it is, but for some reason, the sky fascinates me. It moves so fast, and changes into so many different colors. The clouds are just amazing. They can be small and puffy, or huge and swirly, stretching across the whole blue dome above us. The sunset is especially entrancing. No matter what colors streak the clouds--pink, purple, orange, red, yellow--the sun slipping beneath the ground is the high point of my day. The yellow begins to creep up from the bottom of the sky, then melts slowly into the blue, purple sneaking in between. The streaky clouds slowly turn cotton candy-pink, and the puffy ones glow gold in the jewel-blue sky. The sky gradually gets lighter, and lighter, as the sun spreads its golden rays across the heavens. How gorgeous. I like to admire it by walking around my neighborhood at around seven o'clock. The weather has been getting colder, though, so I probably won't doing that for much longer.
There was a museum that I went to once. I think it was the ICA (Institute of Contemporary Art) in Boston. One of the exibits was called "Roof Camera." All it was was a camera that somebody had set up on the roof of the museum that stayed there all 24 hours of the day. The footage was shown on a screen inside the museum so you could look at whatever the sky was doing that day. Apparently it was feeling lousy the day we were there because it was pouring rain. Plink, plink, plink, right onto the lense of the camera. Which probably wasn't very good for whover was running the exibit because they would probably need to buy a new lense, but it was kind of cool for us. I would like to see that exibit on a clear day, though. Just to see what it's like to look straight up into that endless blue. When you do try to look straight into the sky, usually you get blinded from the sun. I always do, anyway, and it doesn't look so hot through sun glasses. Anyways, I would like to see the footage from a clear day to look into the sky, and see if that deep blue stuff ever stops. It always seemed to me that it was like water, endless, deep, and beautiful. Always looking like you could fall in at any second. Like it went on forever.
I suppose it's just the sky. Just a reflection of the oceans that span across our grand planet. But it seems like so much more than just the atmosphere portecting us from the toxic gasses beyond Earth. All I know, is that there's nothing else like it. On Earth, anyway.
Next week's topic-Movies!!
Anyway, for this first entry I decided to do something completely different. I am going to write about the sky. I have no idea what it is, but for some reason, the sky fascinates me. It moves so fast, and changes into so many different colors. The clouds are just amazing. They can be small and puffy, or huge and swirly, stretching across the whole blue dome above us. The sunset is especially entrancing. No matter what colors streak the clouds--pink, purple, orange, red, yellow--the sun slipping beneath the ground is the high point of my day. The yellow begins to creep up from the bottom of the sky, then melts slowly into the blue, purple sneaking in between. The streaky clouds slowly turn cotton candy-pink, and the puffy ones glow gold in the jewel-blue sky. The sky gradually gets lighter, and lighter, as the sun spreads its golden rays across the heavens. How gorgeous. I like to admire it by walking around my neighborhood at around seven o'clock. The weather has been getting colder, though, so I probably won't doing that for much longer.
There was a museum that I went to once. I think it was the ICA (Institute of Contemporary Art) in Boston. One of the exibits was called "Roof Camera." All it was was a camera that somebody had set up on the roof of the museum that stayed there all 24 hours of the day. The footage was shown on a screen inside the museum so you could look at whatever the sky was doing that day. Apparently it was feeling lousy the day we were there because it was pouring rain. Plink, plink, plink, right onto the lense of the camera. Which probably wasn't very good for whover was running the exibit because they would probably need to buy a new lense, but it was kind of cool for us. I would like to see that exibit on a clear day, though. Just to see what it's like to look straight up into that endless blue. When you do try to look straight into the sky, usually you get blinded from the sun. I always do, anyway, and it doesn't look so hot through sun glasses. Anyways, I would like to see the footage from a clear day to look into the sky, and see if that deep blue stuff ever stops. It always seemed to me that it was like water, endless, deep, and beautiful. Always looking like you could fall in at any second. Like it went on forever.
I suppose it's just the sky. Just a reflection of the oceans that span across our grand planet. But it seems like so much more than just the atmosphere portecting us from the toxic gasses beyond Earth. All I know, is that there's nothing else like it. On Earth, anyway.
Next week's topic-Movies!!
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
What is an Essay?
An essay is something that you write. Most of the time you don't enjoy it, but you write it anyway. It can be about anything-last year I wrote an essay about an art museum, and one about "The Outsiders." (I don't know how to underline on this thing, so please excuse the bad puncuation.) Mostly, essays are long papers or reports about some sort of issue. For example, my essay about the art museum was about how it was going to close and the people who ran it were going to sell all the art. That may not sound like an issue to some people, but it was an issue to me. Art is made for people to see it, and admire it, and be moved by it, not to make money for some economicly challenged school or be locked away in someone's dark, window-less hallway. Anyway, an essay is a paper with a length requirement about an issue, that might be important to you or it might not be, and is enjoyable for hardly anyone to write. An essay is, for most, an issue unto itself, a much bigger one to you, than the one you are writing about.
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