A Glimpse November 15, 2009

This is a video of me (sitting in the lawn chair at the start) and my little brother, Mathew (behind the shed yelling bear noises at the start).
I posted this video on YouTube about July 2008 (the summer before ninth grade, I believe. I was thirteen, Mathew was … nine, I think?).
It was about a year and a half ago, I believe. It feels like it was longer, though.
There’s been a lot that’s happened since then.

I started high school.
I won an art award.
I went through 9 exams.
I went camping at a beautiful provincial park with the student’s council.
I gained like, 10 of some of my best friends in the world at pathfinders.
I got a facebook account.
I got a blog.
I’ve attempted to finish writing several novels.
I got an iPod.
I went ‘out west’ for the third time in my life.
I visited Vancouver for the first time in my life.
I dipped my feet in the Pacific ocean.
I went to my first high school dance.
I went to Niagara Falls on a (geography class) field trip with some really great people and got in trouble with the teachers because we brought too much sugary pop and chips for our own good and all had sugar rushes at midnight.
I had the time of my life in Dinner Theatre.
I discovered a secret passageway in my school’s proproom hidden behind shelves.
I invented the word ‘AWESOMAZING’.
I’ve made a zillion more people laugh.
I joined my city’s youth council.
I met the mayor.
I discovered Twilight a few weeks after the above video was filmed.
I’ve come to terms with myself. (I am not so ashamed of who I am anymore. Because I am awesomazing.)
I spent a night in a haunted hotel.
I contacted a ghost. (One of my BFF’s birthday party. Her place was haunted so we pretended to be like TAPS.)
I sang ‘Tomorrow’ (from Annie) at the top of my lungs in the middle of a forest while cleaning an outhouse.
I sang ‘Tomorrow’ (from Annie) at the top of my lungs in the middle of a forest with some of my very best friends.
I have learned that everything has flaws but that doesn’t mean it isn’t beautiful and perfect by all means.
My kitten turned three years old.
I discovered that I truly would prefer world peace over all the money in the world anyday.
I have done way more than I ever thought I would and today it has occured to me that the past two years of my life have been worth every second, and I wouldn’t change anything at all.
I really truly wouldn’t.

How do they do it? October 10, 2009

This song is by a girl named Valerie: toiltpprprdctns on YouTube. It’s incredibly catchy and a good happy-dance song.

WARNING: This is going to be one of those really long and thought-provoking entries that I go off rambling quite a bit in. My English teacher last year said I should learn to centre my thoughts a bit better. So click ‘more’ if you’re really up for reading it all.

The Mediator: Shadowland – Meg Cabot June 22, 2009

I have a feeling that this summer will consist mostly of reading.

I read another book for the gist of today so far, it’s the first one in the Mediator series by Meg Cabot. One of the girls who works at the children’s desk in the library reccomended it to me and as soon as I finished Palace of Mirrors I started on this one. And I finished it about a half hour ago. And it ROCKED.

So you can tell I really need to:
a) Get started on those reviews I promised!
b) Read the next Mediator book
c) Find my list of books I’ve read so I can update it. And once I do that, I should copy it out in like, 19 places so I won’t have to worry about loosing it again. I think maybe I should put it on this blog somewhere…

Anyway, I do recommend this book. It’s about a 16-year-old girl who can talk to ghosts and found out she’s moving to a place with some really old buildings (old buildings = more ghosts). And at her school she’s seemingly replaced a popular girl who’s commited suicide over the holiday. And one thing’s for sure, Heather will not make room for anyone.
Compared to Twilight, this book has less romance and more action, and clearly more books in its series. (Notice: I’m not saying it’s better or worse!)

It’s times like these that I figure I should start a book club.

Palace of Mirrors Continued… June 22, 2009

FINISHED IT! About maybe 20 minutes ago I finished reading Palace of Mirrors and I’ve got to tell you, I LOVED IT. It’s officially my new favourite book!!! It has EVERYTHING- secrets, royalty, letters from beyond the grave, and a kiss.

SPOILERS! READ ON IF YOU DARE!

Okay, so there’s this peasant girl, Cecilia, who’s been raised knowing that she’s the real princess, and that the girl who’s on the throne now (Desmia is her name) is a decoy, there to distract the people who had murdered Cecilia’s parents a little after her birth.
So yeah, and then there’s this guy who’s been best friends with Cecilia like, her whole life (Oh my goodness I almost just typed life like lie) and his name is Harper, and his “mam” (that’s how the author spells mom/mum in the book) named him that because she really wants him to be a Harp-player since they’ll not send musicians off to this war that the country’s going through. (Harper’s father died in the war) BUT Harper really wants to be a soldier.
ANYWAY so Cecilia has this secret crush on this guy, but she never says it straight out. She keeps it secret.

SPOILERS OVER.

Sorry I have to go now. I’ll explain more of it in the Radical Reviews later. But it’s my FAVOURITE book. Oh, and plus Harper doesn’t know she’s a princess. Yet. Okay, NOW the spoilers are over…

Bye,
Sincerely,
Alex Violet.

Palace of Mirrors by Margaret Peterson Haddix. June 21, 2009

I have not been able to put down this book, “Palace of Mirrors” by Margaret Peterson Haddix. My mom got it for me at the library about a week ago, but I was too busy with exams to get really started on it. But today, I’ve been reading it most of the day, and I’m about 3/4 of the way through. I may not be a speed reader, but that’s alright with me.
I’ve been looking for some good summer books to satisfy my boredom. Does anyone have any suggestions? (I’m 14, & have already read Twilight. Before anyone knew what it was, I might add!!!)

Of course I don’t really expect you all to respond! lol. I haven’t got any readers yet!

I have got to really stop trying to write something out of nothing. It’s not very entertaining. C’mon! I want something great to happen!

Happy Father’s Day, guys.

Sincerely,
Alex Violet.

My Goals this Summer June 21, 2009

Plant a garden.

Read 30 books

Learn one song on either piano or guitar. (It cannot be something easy, like Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star!)

Write a book.

Write a song

Make a masterpeice.

Walk to the park at least once a week.

Take some good pictures whenever I can.

Clean my room? (Note to self: rent either a forklift or a bulldozer. But how will it fit through the door?)

If I get around to cleaning my room: re-organize and re-decorate my room.