And the Moyal of the Story Is...

Always keep track of your phone. XD To CH and KD, I love you muchably. To CH, next time you are in town you better watch your stuff like a hawk, because I shall seek revenge. And to CJ, stories with moyals are much better than stories with plain-old boring morals.

If that little intro was not enough to figure it out, I had an amazing time last night with CH, KD, CJ, AF, SH, and ZH. You guys are awesome. Love y'all! ♥

Also: I can now do a legit, honest-to-goodness plain-and-simple cartwheel. Before, I could do a round-off, a twisty cartwheel where you end up the same direction you started in, and a handspring, but apparently I twisted too much on my cartwheels for them to count. Thanks to AF, this has been repaired.

The next step: several handsprings in a row, better landings, a back-handspring, and/or an aerial.

And this summer, I'm going to learn to run. (According to SH, anyway.) And SH and CJ are going to learn to do cartwheels. This is not optional.

My thought process may be a little choppy today. That's probably because I am completely exhausted. But it was so worth it, because it just so happens that I have the best friends in the entire universe ever. :)

Also, there's a song that CH told me about recently that I decided I liked. It's by the same band that did "Breathe Into Me," but this one is called "Lost." (Speaking of which, I need to watch the last 2 episodes of season 4 tonight.) It's quite good:

"Can I be dreaming once again? I'm reaching helpless, I descend. You lead me deeper through this maze, I'm not afraid..."

That's from "Lost" by RED. You should go check it out, because it's quite a good song.

I'm gonna go now, because I have to figure out what colleges I'm sending my SAT scores to and find something to eat, and probably work on my thesis paper as well. Until next time, interwebs!

Love,
Bex

Exciting Things

I have another list for you tonight, people of the internet. It is a list of exciting things about this weekend.

1. HaufeCoffe is back in town! I haven't seen him since last June, so I'm really excited about tomorrow afternoon with him, CJ, KD, SH, AF, and ZH. It's gonna be the definition of amazingness.

2. It has been ages since I have had a sleepover with SH, so that shall be fun. ♥

3. I do not get to see ZH very often because she no longer attends the same school as I do, so that shall be fun. ♥

4. I made cookies. I love cookies.

5. By the end of this weekend, I will be done with my first draft of Lit Review.

6. Hopefully, this weekend I can write some more on my Chelsey story so she'll forgive me for abandoning her for so long.

7. Weekend = temporary break from school. 'Nuff said.

8. I shall be able to watch more LOST. ^_^

9. I'll be able to finish reading CAPTIVATE, and then I'll be able to officially review and recommend it to all of you.

10. I fully intend to spend some time dancing like crazy to loud music, just because. This is awesome.

No time for a longer list or post, because I'm talking plot with SH. (♥) Catch y'all later,
~Bex

Plot Holes of the Future

I dunno if I've talked about Script Frenzy ("Screnzy") or not around here, so, brief recap if you don't know: Script Frenzy takes place during the month of April. Lots and lots and lots of people across America (/the world) write or try to write a 100-page script in 30 days. Like NaNoWriMo, only it's screenplays or TV shows or stage plays instead of novels.


April begins in two weeks. Two weeks from tomorrow, technically. I am quite excited, because 1) I love writing screenplays and 2) I have an idea. It went something like this:

INT. INSIDE BECKY'S BRAIN - 11 PM


Most of BECKY'S brain cells are concentrated on brushing her teeth, keeping her shorter-and-curlier hair out of her face, and remaining awake. All of a sudden a MOVIE TRAILER appears.

BRAIN

Ooh, look, an idea!

In the movie trailer, CASS is standing against a wall.

CASS

I know what you did.

CUT TO:
Somebody kills somebody else. Becky watches in interest.


CUT TO:

RANDOM GIRL

My father works with the CIA...

CUT TO:
Cass is tied to a CHAIR as SKYLAR and JUSTIN smirk.


INT. BECKY'S BATHROOM - CONTINUOUS


Becky is holding her TOOTHBRUSH motionless in the air.

BECKY

Whoa...that was kinda awesome.

FADE OUT.


So, I now have a screenplay idea, and I am sooo ready for Screnzy to get here. I want to start writing! I spent most of today ironing out plot holes and diagramming the plot for this As-Yet-Untitled screenplay. Even though it hasn't been anywhere close to written yet...and won't be for another two weeks.

Bah humbug. Wanna write now! April, hurry up already, won't you?

Love,
Bex

Funny How Lyrics Can Eat Your Brain

When I sat down to type this, I had a plan. I was going to blog about LOST (I'm almost done with Season 4, and I cannot count the number of times I have said to either AF or CH "oh my gosh this show is WEIRD," but it's also very, very good). I was going to vent some frustration about cheating (half the class saw someone cheat on a chem quiz this morning but no one said anything and that bothers me immensely). I had all sorts of things I was going to say.

But right now, iTunes is playing on shuffle, and so I'm having a very hard time forming any coherent thoughts around Something Corporate's "I Want to Save You" (which is, by the way, an absolutely fantastic song):

"And she wants someone to see her, she needs to hear she's beautiful, she's beautiful..."

And then of course earlier I had "Breathe Into Me" by RED stuck in my head, after I listened to it somewhat obsessively on the bus, so I was going to post about it (again; I also mentioned it in one of my previous posts, which I'd backlink to only I don't remember which one). Only problem is, it's very difficult to think about the lyrics of one song while there's another one playing.

However, the song has just ended. So, a quote from "Breathe Into Me":

"This is how it looks when I am standing on the edge, and this is how I break apart when I finally hit the ground. And this is how it hurts when I pretend I don't feel any pain, and this is how I disappear when I throw myself away..."

And lately, my brain has basically been a big whirling vortex of assorted song lyrics. I write lyrics on everything. Sometimes my own lyrics, but mostly the lyrics to other people's songs. I just like lyrics...and they get sooo stuck in my head. They have nommed my brain.

So, fair warning: Song lyrics WILL nom your brain.

You have been warned.

~Bex

A List

I am too tired and too busy to write much today, so I have for your amusement a list of things I have done today:

*Woke up, got ready for school, etc etc
*Completed 2 6x9s during focus
*Went to precal class. Did math.
*Went to thesis class. Worked on thesis.
*Went to creative writing class. Wrote creatively.
*Went to the orthodontist. Boring.
*Did 2 more 6x9s. Also boring.
*Succeeded in not murdering my little brother after he threw a metal ball at me.
*Ate dinner. (Eggs, bacon, cinnamon muffins, and strawberries. YUM!)
*Did 2 more 6x9s. Also boring.
*Discovered EtherPad, with the aid of SP. It's quite awesome, just so you know.
*Started an essay about "The Sexual Revolution" of the 1920s. Can you say AWKWARD? Good to know Mr. H has no problem making 16-year-olds write about the history of sex.
*Wrote a blog post.

Wasn't that exciting? I know you feel like your day is complete now. Don't you?

Unfortunately, mine is not. I have 2 more 6x9s and the second half of an essay to write. But I wanna read my book....unfortunately, I can't do that either. Boo hiss. I need some magical Homework-Be-Gone. Anybody got some? I'll pay you in chocolate...

Anyway, must go. Love!
~Bex

Mini-Blog!

Very brief post today, folks. Just wanted to share this insight with you:

I have spent the last couple of hours adding two pages to my senior thesis review of literature. I've been working on the document since early February. The total word count of this document (bibliography included) is only slightly more than two days' worth of NaNoWriMo writing.

I find this very, very sad. And also somewhat disheartening.

Especially considering I still have precal to do. And APUSH. Catch ya later, internetfolks!

~Bex

The Truth About Standardized Testing

...is that the SAT was a lot easier than it was probably supposed to be. Seriously, if I missed any of the multiple choice questions about writing, I deserve to be shot. And there were maybe two or three math questions that were challenging, and about that many in the critical reading section. At risk of sounding like I'm bragging about my vocabulary, there were words on that test that I'd never even heard of, and I'm the kid with the reputation for being a walking dictionary.

The other big truth about standardized testing is that it is BORING. Horribly, terribly, awfully boring. As in "okay, I'm done with five minutes to spare, can I take a nap now please? since it's not even 9 AM on a Saturday morning?" kind of boring.

Well actually, that's just the it's before 9 AM on a Saturday morning feeling. But it was also boring.

One more big truth: 25 minutes is NOT enough time to write an essay worth anything. It really isn't. Even for people who write often and well (I like to think I'm one of those people, but I can only confirm the first part) -- maybe especially for those people - 25 minutes is enough time to scratch out a couple of paragraphs that are vaguely similar to something that could, with revision, be the beginnings of a decent essay.

Especially after spending the last several months taking AP English Language and Composition, also known as How To Write Good Essays in 40 Minutes for the AP Exam. 40 minutes. Not 25. Writing an essay in 25 minutes is like...is like...giving JK Rowling a week to write a Harry Potter book.

Okay, maybe not that extreme. But you get the idea.

In other news, I feel like a sufficiently well-practiced driver now. Once I can parallel park (the one essential skill that Mr. Driving Instructor Man didn't even halfway teach me), I'll be ready to tackle the road test. And then...then I will be a licensed driver.

Honestly, that scares me a little bit.

Signing off now to go do homework before CH eats me.
~Bex

P.S. Ben IS human! Too bad Alex had to die for us to realize it... :'(