101-ish Books

A list of books everybody should read.  Of course, this only lists the first of series.  And no, there are not 101 books on the list.  More like 30.

(in no particular order...)

1. Good Omens
2. Angelfire
3. The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer
4. The Host
5. Shatter Me
6. Harry Potter
7. Hush, Hush
8. Divergent
9. Graceling
10. Beautiful Creatures
11. Through The Ever Night
12. The City of Bones
13. Matched
14. Hourglass
15. Hunger Games
16. Catch-22
17. The Great Gatsby
18. The Perks of Being a Wallflower
19. Cloud Atlas
20. The Lightning Thief
21. The Fault In Our Stars
22. Looking For Alaska
23. The Lord of the Rings
24. The Hobbit
25. The Graveyard Book
26. Legend
27. The Maze Runner
28. Daughter of Smoke and Bone
29. The Catastrophic History of You and Me
30. Clockwork Angel

Movies: The Impossible

Just saw The Impossible.  Holy mother of GOD.  THAT MOVIE IS SO FUCKING DEPRESSING I DIED.

The Impossible is a 2012 English-language Spanish disaster drama thriller directed by Juan Antonio Bayona and written by Sergio G. Sánchez. The film is based on María Belón and her family's experience of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami.

**HERE BE SPOILERS**

SHUT THE FUCK UP WIKIPEDIA.  THIS IS THE MOST EMOTIONALLY UNSTABLING MOVIE I'VE EVER SEEN.  THE AMOUNT OF STRESS THIS MOVIE CAUSED WILL GIVE ME GODDAMN GRAY HAIRS, YOU HEAR ME?

HER LEG AND HER BOOB HOLY SHIT THEY WERE LIKE CUT TO THE BONE AND LUCAS MY BBY WAS SO BRAVE AND THEY RESCUE DANIEL AND HE FINDS HIS DAD AND THAT WAS SO SAD AND THAT GUY WITH THE BRACE NEVER FOUND HIS FAMILY AND THEY WROTE THAT NOTE THAT THEY WERE AT THE BEACH AND THE DAD HAD IT ON THE PLANE AND HE WAS CRYING WHEN HE CALLED HIS DAD AND AEHDINHFAO;SPY94EHWANFSD/JU5YIRKJWEFYGHMVNXS;RUHJTR4UOI3 V6Y43Q8RMC OIA ;IA/Y8T9FPIEOASDNVCY 98HUJWIKLRE FVA9RNB VQH IU;TLIEWIDSFOAWHFRNFC Y[H5R2QFWENDSLKJSKCIJBC JUGUEWFhsdaklX LDASAIEKkds8ziof kllillll meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

I SWEAR TO GOD THIS MOVIE IS SO STRESSFUL OMFG JUST STAB ME AND STOP THESE FEELINGS.

AND SIMON AND TOMAS WERE SO BRAVE AND THEY WERE SUPER CALM AND THEY ALMOST DIED BUT THEN THEY AND THE DAD WERE SAFE AND THEY FOUND LUCAS AND THE MOM A L M O S T DIED OF HER INJURIES BUT SHE S U R V I V E S AND OMFG I'M DEAD YOU HAVE KILLED ME I WILL NEVER BE THE SAME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

All in all, this was a phenomenal movie and you should really go see it.  10/10 would recommend.

Idea Drop: Sci-Fi

This is what I like to call an "idea drop."  It's where I drop my ramblings for later use in story writing and such.  Ignore it or not, I don't care.  It's just for future reference.

Jurassic Park -esque dino hunting

time travel?
#thisismydivision
Jaws attacks
GIANT CROCODILES
more badassery yes good

vampire dating service

supernatural creature dating service?

superhero relocation agency

superhero creation agency

mermaids

CYBORG MERMAIDS

SIRENSSSS

oooh killer women

one who wants to change?
falls in love with a boy
SAVES HIM
this feels like pirates of the caribbean

siren hunters?

incubi + succubi hunters
this is good yes

demons vs. demons

THE CIRCLES OF HELL ARE FIGHTING
Satan pits them against each other
angels intervene?

there's a cute angel boy

It Is The Mishapocalypse

MAPPED: The Game of Thrones Sigils

There are three families in Mapped, and I made sigils for each of them.  Yay!

As you can see, I'm procrastinating.

The main character's family.

The love interest's family.

The other family.

I totally just realized that the Wards and hamasas or whatever they're called work well together.  Huh.

Well, yeah.

- ellie - fear me. -

I Have A Goal

Okay, I am the worst procrastinator ever.  Or, best?  I dunno.  All I know is, I will literally write another story to get out of writing the one I need to.  So, I went onto the NaNoWriMo website and used their word count calculator to figure out how to write a 50,000 word novel in 30 days.

Jesus Christ, so many words.  Okay, I can do this.  If I finish the first draft, I get candy!  Yes, candy.  Good.  Okay.  Wish me luck.

Damn, this is hard.

- ellie - fear me. -

MUSIC: Fight Scenes

Fight scenes get their own playlist.  It's really long and will probably get longer with time.  Oh well.

- ellie - fear me. -

Vampire Killing Will Always Be In

 Ever since Twilight became popular, the whole vampire thing has blown up. So many spin-offs, so little time. But with all the vampire romance going on, we tend to forget the other, better side of the spectrum – the sexy-ass vampire killers.

First, there's the slayer. Don't forget the difference between “slayers” and “hunters”. Slayers are the stake-wielding, skirt-wearing, vampire-dating girls. Slayers are Buffy and co. These badass chicks are the ones who date brooding vamps (Angel, Spike), while simultaneously slaying all the other bloodsuckers, along with other creatures. Now that's kick-ass. Plus, there's the whole scary-slash-depressing storylines that Buffy gave us, with the option of emotion imbalance.

Then there are the hunters. Examples being Abraham Lincoln and the Winchester brothers. These guys are fucking sexy, and are not born into the job. Both these examples are operating on avenging their dead mothers, at least at the beginning. Then everything gets blown out of the water and a lot of people die, and sometimes even they die, then they come back to life, rinse and repeat. Pretty fun, actually. Plus, more hot vampires.

Pretty much, the whole point of vampire killing is to have really, really hot vampires that you can either kill or make out with, and either way it's pretty cool with me. Henry Sturges? Swoon. Angel? Give us a kiss. Spike? Somebody pinch me. Or, rather, bite me.

I just need my own sexy vampire hunter / vampire to date. Is that so much to ask? Then we can kick some dead ass with our axes and stakes and hot outfits. When can this be a thing?

- ellie - fear me. -

Why You Should Read

Top ten reasons, baby. Let's go.

1. You learn things;;
   For instance – I learned how to kill vampires because of books. I also learned that it is possible to be allergic to everything, that the best way to incapacitate a person is to get them in the legs, that cancer has some perks, that true love is totally awesome, and several new swear words.
   
   
2. You gain better language skills;;
   Like I said above, lots of new words. Big words, small words, bad words, you name it.
   
   
3. You gain better spelling;;
   Lots of words. Got it.
   
   
4. Other people read too;;
   People sound super cool when they can say “I read that!” to a teacher. Also, you can get some summer reading out of the way without realizing it. And I'd date a reader. Just saying.
   
   
5. Better analysis skills;;
   Analyzing books is never fun, but it's much easier if you read often. Seriously, though, it's true.
   
   
6. Cooler insults;;
   Calling people mudbloods and sucubi is much more fun if you know what they mean. Bonus points if the other party doesn't.
   
   
7. Cooler fandoms;;
   The book fandoms are LITERALLY the coolest people you will ever meet. Especially when they don't have movies to match – then there's amazing fanart and fanfics to read, and plus, lots of merch even without faces to put on them.
   
   
8. You can waste time while looking learned;;
   There is nothing sophisticated in playing on your phone to pass time. Reading, however, will not only make you look super adorable when you sit and your hair falls in your face (at least, I hope), but it will also show the adults around you that you are a mature individual who can carry on a conversation without using text speak. Probably.
   
   
9. They smell good;;
   Hey, don't judge me. Books smell great.
   
   
10. It's fun.
    No joke, reading is fun. Ignore the losers who say it's for nerds, reading is something everyone should do. Plus, it makes you super cool and you'll probably get a girlfriend, boys. Just look at tumblr – full of single females who love to read. Like me (*wink wink*).

Look, instead of reading this, read a book. Read all the books. READ ALL THE BOOKS.

Then send me some, would you? :D

- ellie - fear me. -

I Love You're* Grammar

 *I'm being ironic.

How, people? HOW? How in the world do you still get their, they're, and there mixed up? How do you not know the difference between you're and your? Then and than? Effect and affect? Too, to, and two? THIS IS ELEMENTARY ENGLISH.

Okay, people with English as you second language, you get a pass. But really, English speakers? Really? I don't understand how you don't know the difference yet. Let me break it down for you in little words.

YOU'RE = YOU ARE

YOUR = IT IS YOURS, YOU OWN IT

THERE = IT IS THERE

THEIR = IT IS THEIRS, THEY OWN IT

THEY'RE = THEY ARE

TO = GO TO

TWO = 2

TOO = AS WELL

THEN = THIS THEN THAT

THAN = THIS IS BETTER THAN THAT

EFFECT = CAUSE AND EFFECT

AFFECT = IT AFFECTS ME

Please get it right. For me? I am dying here. Plus, this will get rid of, like, half the red marks on your tests and essays and such.

** I am not responsible for any mistakes due to this post. Plus, if I got something wrong, it's probably because I'm in school right now. Also, I left out its and it's because, lets face it, I never know the difference between those. **

- ellie - fear me. -

KILL CHARLES DICKENS

Time machine, stat. I need to go back in time and murder Charles Dickens before he can write Tale of Two Cities.

**ALERT: SPOLIERS AHEAD**

God, that book sucked great, big lollipops of dumb. Yeah, French revolution, happy happy sad happy sad dead. I hated it. I hated it so much. I hated it more than I hate shirts with leggings and that unmentionable book titled Warm Bodies. I hated it so damn much.

My favorite character was Madam Defarge. That's saying something about the book, don't you think. My favorite character tried to kill most of the other characters. She gets Charles condemned to death, then returns with a gun to kill Lucie (that boring prick of a girl) and her daughter. She ends up dying in their house. Yay, fun.

Then, the second best character in the whole book, Sydney Carton, goes and SACRIFICES HIMSELF FOR CHARLES. That DICK. All because he loves Charles' wife, Lucie. GOD. He goes and gets himself guillotined, right after meeting the LOVE OF HIS LIFE, a nice seamstress lady who is also condemned to death for NOTHING. She gets her head chopped off, then so does he. Just like that. ALL THE BEST CHARACTERS DIE IN THE END. And Lucie, the stupid, annoying, impossibly boring Mary-Sue, gets to live on with her charming-yet-dickish husband and their daughter (who will probably grow up to be super awesome due to the fact that stupid + stupid = not stupid).

Ooh, imagery, symbolism, descriptiveness. My ass! This is probably what they read in purgatory. I might end up using my copy for kindling for when I salt and burn Charles Dickens' bones. He must be a demon. I mean, only a demon can come up with this shit.

I think he's John Green in a past life, just with terrible writing skills. Or Steven Moffat. Or both. (Because we all know, brilliantly awesome + brilliantly evil = evil incarnate with terrible language).

NO MORE CHARLES DICKENS.

- ellie - fear me. -

@#?$ Censoring!

Let me tell you something up front: I do not censor myself. I will express myself the way I want, even if it means throwing in all some four-letter words in every sentence sometimes. Swearing is aggressive, it's angry and furious, it makes everything you say sound dangerous and violent. It gets the point across. It's relevant.

Books, especially YA novels, often use swearing in the language of teenagers. Yes, we do swear, don't get your panties in a twist. But sometimes, people forget that we can censor ourselves, mostly in front of adults. We won't normally tell our mother, “Yes, I did the fucking dishes.” No, we'd say, “I did the dishes.” We aren't all vulgar. Most of us aren't. I have never met a person who swears to their parents, unless they're having a huge fight. The media always accentuates the swearing, but in reality, it isn't such a big deal.

Some things should be censored. Radio stations that have a large family demographic should probably censor the songs. Radio stations directed towards adults only – not so much. Same with books, television shows, movies, etc., etc. It's not a big deal. Censor for the little kids, not for the big kids.

I don't see why this is a big issue. People choose to listen to these radio stations or buy these books. It's not like they are pre-selected for you. You can choose not to listen to the “dirty” version of Thrift Shop. You don't usually have a gun pointed at you – you aren't forced.

Let people express themselves, dammit! It's not that hard. I will listen to whatever the fuck I please and you can listen to whatever the fuck you want. I don't care. You shouldn't care. NOT. THAT. BIG. OF. A. DEAL.

- ellie - fear me. -

Why The School System Sucks

School, in general, sucks. I don't hate school because I hate learning, or because I'm a teenager, so I just hate school because I'm difficult and hormonal. No, I hate school because who in their right mind wants to wake up early and go to a building full of people that you hate to learn about things that aren't relevant to “real life”? And, no, I don't hate everyone. But school seems to attract the type of people I despise. I hate being forced into group projects with these people, or being made to present to a class full of extremely judgmental people. I hate staying up until 10 or 11 pm doing homework because teachers forget that students have lives outside of school. I hate being lectured for hours and I hate being tested at random.

School tells you that you should get 8 hours of sleep each night, do all your homework, get to school on time, eat a hearty and healthy breakfast, pass all your tests, and also exercise with sports after school. Well, if you pound down a student with hours of homework, after they get home at six or seven from a sport, they will eat dinner, then work for three or four hours doing said homework and studying like a good student. Then, this student will wake up as late as possible to try to compensate for a lack of sleep, only giving them enough time for a tiny breakfast – or none at all. If they eat the recommended breakfast, they'll end up being late for school. It's like the system is trying to make you fail.

How about no homework? That'll clear up most of the problems. Or, school starting later. Or, no tests. There are solutions to the problem, but the problem still hasn't been fixed. You can't expect a student to succeed if all you do is put up huge roadblocks.

Nobody likes school because the people who head it are idiots. Dyslexia? Oh, you must just be lazy. ADHD? You're just trying to be disruptive. Anxiety? You'll get over it. Just get up and talk, its not that big of a deal. Depression? You just want attention. Quit being such a downer and just be happy.

Another problem with the school system: when the HELL am I supposed to use algebra in quote-on-quote “real life”. How about, instead of teaching me how to calculate the area of a triangle, teach me how to pay my taxes. Teach me how to be an effective citizen, teach me how to live out in the “real world” that you so often talk about. News flash! Teenagers know what the real world is. We are living in the real world. In fact, we are in the front lines of the real world. People are climbing over one another to influence us now, while we're young. If we aren't in the real world, then where the hell are we, 'cause it sure ain't candyland.

Let's SparkNotes this rant.

1. School sucks because it's counter-intuitive.
2. School sucks because the teachers ignore the problems.
3. School sucks because we don't learn anything important.
4. School sucks because people treat us like we want to be screwed up.
5. School really, really sucks.

Let's hope you learn something soon, educators. Because if you don't change soon, you'll just be a trend on twitter that is often partnered with several four-letter words.

- ellie - fear me. -