Book 2 - Animal Farm

Yes, I do realise this was also book 1, but I had to read it again to find quotes for an assignment, so it counts.

Book Number: 2
Book Title: Animal Farm
Page Number: 95 I discovered after reading a second time that there are 95, not 94 pages
Page Sub-total: 190

My opinion is still the same...I won't bother repeating it!

Though I must say that after examining it, I do like it a little more...maybe I will say it is worth a 7.5 out of 10.

EXCITING!

I got to meet my buddy yesterday! Or rather, my little sister!
Her name is Nicole and she is lovely.
I felt a bit bad for her yesterday, Ms Ives was making notes about all the things she likes doing and stuff, and I know that is part of her job description, but it was like she was just another girl, making notes on her like she is a ....I don't know, but I didn't like it.

And the other thing I don't like. PEOPLE!
'I get to meet my buddy today!'
'Oh, why?'
'She is a special needs student'
'OH! Whats wrong with her then?'

I realise what people mean, but its just such a terrible way to say it. There is nothing wrong with her, she is perfectly right. Yes, she does have a learning difficulty, but that doesn't mean that there is something wrong with her. She is just a normal girl who has trouble with some things that the rest of us take for granted. There is nothing wrong about that.

But yes, I'm very excited, and judging from yesterday, so is she!
She was a bit overwhelmed meeting all the people and me explaining how there are 4 different blocks of classrooms, and she met and had photos with about 15 different people, but that isn't even the start of it! But she handled it all very well considering, and is very much looking forward to next year.

To be honest, so am I!

I really have a lot on next year.
I guess not getting a captain was kinda a good thing, though I was still disappointed.
It means that I now have more time to concentrate on Nicole, Chamber/potentially America, Musical and getting grades to be a fancy Doctor in a white coat with a job title no-one can pronounce, but knows I worked extremely hard to get there.

In conclusion, maybe we can organise a lunch date somewhere around...December next year? I'm all booked out till then!

Oh Baby...

Needless to say I MISSED YOU!

You were gone, and there was no laughter or happiness in the world...well not in my world.
I think you were right, not only do you take up half my heart but three quaters of my brain as well. I didn't do much today...I just took some measly notes and yelled at the Wag-ninator.

OMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMG! 11 days till your birthday!!!
You are fifteen, going on sixteen inoccent as a rose...I am sixteen, going on seventeen, I'll take care of you! lol I love the Sound of Music!!!

Hope you are well
Cordially
Tianna

So...

Sup y'all?

I have to get ready for work in 10 minutes so i figured there's no point in my actually doing anthing...So ima bloggin'!

oh, the reading thing isn't coming along so well...as in I have read about 5 pages since I last posted...naturally I'm not yet finished a book!!!

so...*gay babies being born*

yeh I got nothing to say...
Bye

Dear Plannie Blogger,

With my deepest regrets, I am obliged to inform you that I have already started the Jane Austen Books. Currently, I am reading page 230 of Pride & Prejudice.

Regretably, it was not of my knowledge that the likes of you were interested in such texts, nor were you interested in reading them in tandem with the likes of me, formally known as 'The Hottness' or 'Oh Sexy One'.

Fortunately, the book that is currently being read by yours truly is the first out of all of them to be read, and if you feel it would not cause you too much inconvenience, you could aquire a copy of said book and merely 'catch-up' to said page.

In the future I will do my upmost to ensure that the aspirations of all are considered before enbarking on such adventures as reading Ms Austen's novels, and I will be sure to consult you first.

Cordially,
Book Blogger

Genah's HP Survey

01. If you went to Hogwarts, which house would you be sorted in? Gryfindor
02. Have you ever been to a Harry Potter midnight release? No...I don't think Australia has them
03. What did you think of Deathly Hallows? Sad it ended...need more books!!! Oh, Hated the kid's names!
04. How many times have you reread the books? Good God! it Varies...The first about 12, but the 7th about 3
05. Whose death was the saddest? Dobby's - I cried
06. If you went to Hogwarts, would you rather have a pet owl, cat, or rat? Owl
07. What did you think of the movie Half-Blood Prince? too many...feelings
08. What do you think of Deathly Hallows being split in half? Good, but now i have to wait
09. Have you read The Tales of Beedle the Bard? Yeh, but i was disappointed
10. When did you first become a Harry Potter fan? Grade 3 but i wasn't allowed to read/watch it because it would 'corrupt my mind' I didn't actually read it till Year 5

FavoritesFemale Character? Hermione
Male Character? Sirius
Professor? Lupin
Death Eater? Bellatrix Lestrange
Magical Creature? Merepeople
Spell? Accio...or disapparating..does that count?
Quote? "Harry's scar hadn't bothered him in 17 years...All was good" i also like the scene in Deathly Hallows when Hermione goes off at Ron after he comes back from Shell Cottage
Book? Order of the Phoenix
Movie? 6th
Hogwarts House? Gryfindor
Place? Hogwarts
Weasley? Fred & George...i like them for their sense of humour
Couple? Ron and Hermione...reminds me of my grandarents (don't ask why)

This or That

Gryffindor or Slytherin? Gryfindor
Ravenclaw or Hufflepuff? Ravenclaw
Fred or George? Fred
Ginny or Luna? Luna
Butterbeer or Firewhiskey? Butterbeer
Hogsmeade or Diagon Alley? Hogsmeade
Books or Movies? Books
Half-Blood Prince or Deathly Hallows? Deathly Hallows
Sorcerer’s Stone or Chamber of Secrets? Chamber of Secrets
Snape or Slughorn? Snape....but not till the end
Lupin or Sirius? Sirius
Harry/Ginny or Harry/Hermione? Harry/Hermione
Lavender Brown or Parvati Patil? Lavender
Seamus Finnigan or Dean Thomas? Seamus
Kreacher or Dobby? Dobby
Muggleborn or Pureblood? Muggleborn...always wanted to be one
Daniel Radcliffe or Rupert Grint? Rupert Grint
Bellatrix Lestrange or Narcissa Malfoy? Bellatrix
Voldemort or Tom Riddle? Tom Riddle i like him in the chamber of secrets...and the half blood prince too actually...
Hedwig or Crookshanks? Hedwig (i cried when she died too!)

Grey's Anatomy

Why do I like it so?
I think it is because it is so real.
The characters are far from perfect.
They sleep around, get pregnant, get syflis, sleep with their bosses, turn lesbian, turn straight again, party, have sex and drink tequilla.
They are normal people who make mistakes, and have to deal with real consequences. Like the other night I was watching an episode where a surgeon accidentally left a towel under this woman's lung (inside of her) and it went undiscovered till her next surgery 15 years later. He nearly lost his job.
They deal with real life issues and problems, show grief, suicide, love, hate and jelousy in a very real and intriguing way.
And I love it.
Because I know it could be me some day. If I decide to be a surgeon (which I am strongly being advised not to do) that will be me. Hopefully without the STD, or such a well-used vag, but in essence it will be me. And it's good to know (weird though this may sound) that the people we put out lives in make mistakes too. They may be really intelligent and practically perfect in every way, but they still pop a glove and scratch a heart, or cut the wrong nerve in someone's brain. For me, that is a comfort to know that when I am a doctor, fixing someone, it's ok if I accidently drop the kidney I'm supposed to be transplating on the floor, because the 5-second-rule exists in surgery too.

This was really random...but you know, that's me for you!

Julie & Julia

I just went and saw it.
Twas very good.
It showed the good and the bad, though in a comedic way.

I have decided that I also have a to-do list that relates to the 'Book Blog'
Actually it is more of a 'To-read list'.
ahem

A Breath of Snow and Ashes
The obernewtyn Series (there are 5 books, over 3000 pages between them! XD)
The Lost Symbol
At least 5 Dean Koontz books...perhaps I should start with the ones I own but haven't read...
10-15 of Janet Evenovitch's books - The Stephanie Plum ones
Persuasion, Sense & Sensibility, Emma, Northanger Abbey, (finish) Pride & Predjudice
Nineteen Eighty-four...sounds interesting
April Fools Day by Bryce Courtney

WOW...thats already 24 books...

At least one Italian book.
This I would really like to do...even if it's something I have already read, Like Harry potter or something, but I think I am ready to do it...I hope I can get through a whole book!

You make me SMILE

Oh, how you make me smile.

You are the cutest thing ever.

Seeing you today, begging for money, more than a head shorter than a bunch of year 8's, telling them off, then going all sweet and liturgical and telling them about the nuns.
Then i read your blog. Which part made me laugh? The part about peanut. And the word 'plannie'. It is SOOOO YOU!

And I love you

Just thought I'd let you know

I do care

I do care about you.
I know you were upset today, but I didn't swarm to comfort you, because I could see that the important people were already there.
I don't know you as well as I would like to, and I knew that they know you better, so therefore they have more of a right to be there with you.
But I want you to know
I do care.

I also know that when I am upset, I would rather assume that very few people saw me with puffy eyes, red nose etc...so i thought I'd let you think that! XD

Love you always,
Hoping you are ok,
Waiting to grant your wishes,
Your Fairy Godmother.

Book 1 - Animal Farm

Depressing to start with this, but I have read it.

Book Number: 1
Book Title: Animal Farm
Page Number: 94
Page Sub-total: 94

This is a story that mimics and mocks the Russian Revolution. A classic. Relitavely boring, I prefer a little more action. An Old pig has a dream that there will be a major rebellion of animals against humans. Not long after he dies, the dream comes true. Animals make 7 commandments, 7 rules by which they will live their new lives on this farm under this new concept called Animalism. Grumpy, selfish pig kicks out the 'good-guy' and slowly starts to change things, but if the other animals question things, he tells them it was like this all along. Basically throughout the novel, a chapter is set aside to show how the farm moves from having these 7 commandments that are totally against humans to adjusting the rules so that they end up being pretty much the same as humans. The book could include some of the more intelectual 'gets you thinking' stuff, but it is described as an allegory; a fable with animal characters, and it is exactly that; you could read it to your children as a bed-time story. I personally would find it more interesting if it was kept the same story line, but expanded a little.

Overall, as a novel I would give it a 6.5 out of 10. Good book in it's category, but after reading the blurb, I probably wouldn't pick it up again.

Sorry if this is your favourite book, but I expected it to be brilliant, like 'To Kill A Mockingbird', but it was very much so an anti-climax.

Next Year's direction...

Julie & Julia

Well, just putting it out there, I haven't seen the movie. I saw the shorts, talked to Molly, and I am inspired.

I have decided I need a purpose. With everything in life, it is so easy to get over whelmed and feel as if you have no direction. So, for when I feel that way, I will know that there is something I must persevere on with...Sorry, it may get a little boring for y'all out there.

I am going to make this partially a 'Book Blog'. I plan to read 20,000 pages of novels by the graduation next year. That is approximately the 21st November I think, and the pages are roughly 40 decent sized books. I know it doesn't seem like much, but if you calculate how many pages a day that is...WOW...It's about 50. So I guess I shall have a lot of reading ahead of me!

I will ensure that I include on here the number book I am up to and the pages I have thus accumulated. I will also include a brief summary of the book and my favourite quotes.

I hope I can achieve it!

Dearest Me,

How have you been? We haven't spoken in a while.
For a while some crazy psycho person has taken over your body.
I hope you don't mind...It's me.

I was wondering what happened to you.
Why you aren't there very much anymore.
I know I am always on the outside, but surely you could make some more effort to kick me out?
Do you even want to?
Do I even want you to?
No.

The old you has gone. The one who rarely had fun, and knew when to put her head down and work.
The one who knew what was important (or thought she knew)
The one who was dedicated to her school work, no matter the cost?
what ever happened to her?

I think i know the answer...
She grew up.

She realised that, in fact school didn't matter in the slightest, it was the people there that mattered
she realised that there were far more important things than who got what in the maths test
she realised that her friends were hurting, possibly because of her, but she had neglected to notice
she realised that she had come an obnoxious, greedy, school-driven person, like someone else she knew, one person she vowed she would never become.
She realised that she needed to change.

So she let me move in.
The one who listens to her friend's unspoken words
The one who will help anyone, no matter the disadvantage it is doing herself
The one who knows what is good for others, because she actually took the care of noticing

So why does the knew you want to Lead people?
What was the reason that she couldn't put on the form?
She wanted to show that though before she has been power-hungary and neglectful, she is different now
She wanted to show that she cares enough about everyone to want to make a difference
She wanted to show that not now, nor ever will she sit back and let things happen that she doesn't think are right
She wanted to show that she would make a great captain

Not sure I want this on the internet, but eh

I wrote this a while ago, when I was in a 'I'm going to write a book' mood.
I am content with the prologue, but am yet to perfect chapter one,
but watch this space, I may continue it one day...maybe.
Feedback welcomed!

PROLOGUE

‘I mustn’t do this,’ thought Raquella. But looking at Joab, she decided that she didn’t care much what she must or mustn’t do. As she glanced at him through the crack of the bathroom door that adjoined her room, she decided to go out. She had never loved a man so much, she had school-girl crushes before, but never before had she wanted to share her entity with a man. It occurred to her, standing there that these were her last moments a virgin, and she smiled at this. With shaking hands she removed her bathrobe and took one cautious step towards her beloved. When he saw her standing there in all her beauty, shyly staring at her feet, he let out a gasp of satisfaction and surprise; he hadn’t expected her to come out. As she lay on the bed beside him, he moved to hover above her, placed one hand carefully behind her head, and the other in the small of her back. He leaned in to kiss her, but paused, awaiting approval, consent. ‘This is why I love him,’ Raquella thought, and nodded ever so slightly. He pulled her close to him and kissed her tenderly on the lips. Her heart leaped out of her chest and began to thump so strong against her ribs she was surprised Joab didn’t hear. She sighed with contentment, clutched him to her and began to kiss him back.

NB: This is not based on a true story...well not mine anyway, someone else in this vast world of ours may have encountered similar circumstances, but i didn't write about them.

I was edgy,

But then you walked in.
And I was ok.

I missed you, I really did.
More than just 'oh haven't seen you in a while so i suppose i missed you'
but actual 'I thought about you and really wished you were there for me to hug' kind of missed you.
I missed your smile, your laugh, your smell.
I missed the comfort of knowing that you are always there
I missed the way that no matter the differences of our lives and the differences between us, you make it seem like it doesn't matter.

I need you there.
I needed you to tell me that it didn't matter
That it was only once, and that it was good anyway
I needed you to tell me that you are completely flabergasted at yours, because you didn't expect it, and don't know how you did it
I needed you to go through stuff and tell me all the good things i did, rather than let me focus on the bad.
I needed you there.
But you couldn't be there
I know it's not your fault
But I still wish you were there.
I don't think I would be taking it so hard if you were there.

I remember what I wanted to say to you,
I love you, and I missed you.

t'would appear my aspirations are too large for my abilities.

I feel bad about writting this, but i need to say it so don't anyone take offence cuz it is relating totally to me and me only.

I got Maths assignment and exam marks back today.
The assignment I aced, as one does in maths assignments.
But the exam.
Oh, the exam.

I remember walking out of that exam thinking 'Wow, i actually think i did alright in that', and then upon hearing that the two most intelligent girls in the grade didn't even start most of the test, I really, honestly thought I would have a chance at getting somewhere this semester. I thought that maybe I would be able to come close to, if not Dux.
Stupid Dream, I know.

Because I got the exam back and I looked at the first mark I saw on the page.
32 out of 41.
That was for Knowledge and Procedures.
I nearly slit my wrists.
Then I proceeded to look at my Modelling and Problem Solving Marks.
I didn't even get the easy one out.
I got a 3, 1,4,3.
Once again, I nearly slit my wrists.

Now I know that these marks are quite acceptable.
I know they may even be good.
But for me, in maths, with this level of work,
it should have been at least 36 out of 41, and at least two of the MAPS out.
I know that I am an A student in Maths.
I know that I have the potential to be an A+ student.
But in one exam, I drop my marks to a measly B+.
For most, this is overjoying.
For me?
It is beyond dismal.
For me, that is a fail.
For me, in maths, to get those marks....I just...I don't know what to do.
I can't get good marks lately.
I just can't get them.
I work my fingers TO THE BONE
and still, I can't get the marks.
My only conclusion is that I am not good enough.
That these marks just aren't an achievable mark for me.

Everyone has one study area, one subject that they excell in.
For me, it's maths, and to have such a terrible mark for me is like an Olympic Standard Swimmer told that actually, they can't swim faster than a 2 year-old.
My entire future education relies on the fact that I am good at, and moreover, Talented at some maths/science subject. My security was always that if I couldn't do too well in physics or chemistry, I would always be good at Maths.
But now I'm not too sure.

Narnia...

I think you're right...no, i know you're right.
Sometimes we need a place we can go, where you can re-create who you are, be a different person, and be accepted for that, and when you come back, everything is still the same.
Like Narnia.
Everyone needs their narnia. a place where they can go, and everything is so different it seems like a magical land with fauns wearing scarfs, and turkish delight that is made from a drop of special potion.
A place where you can go and totally be someone new, try them out, like test driving a car, then when you come home, you can decide if you want to bring the 'new you' with you.
I have that, and i think we all need that.
Where i go, I am like a god to people.
My little cousins, and i'm not trying to sound stuck up, but they WORSHIP me.
and i think sometimes its alright.
For me to feel that there is someone out there who thinks nothing is more important than your favourite person giving you a bath. or sitting next to your favourite person at dinner.
They are y Narnia, because i know that when i come back, there is a very VERY minute amount of people who think i am their absolute world. aka no one.
They are like magical creatures because that is something so new, so un heard of in my world, that i can't help but marvel at them.
So i think we all need our narnia, and go there often.
To escape from the world, to realise that though your life can be harsh and may suck sometimes, there is something magical out there, a magical land that you can return to that will always be there and always amaze you...
I shudder to think what will happen when they grow up and realise that i am not as awesome as they all seem to think....