Signs that I Read Too Much

1. I'm writing a paper for a project due Monday right? And I'm researching Queen Elizabeth I. Turns out, it's super hard to find nonfiction books on Queen Elizabeth I. It's all fiction romance novels like "The Virgin's Lover" and "The Queen's Gamble" and other titles of extreme unimportance. Anyway, one of my first thoughts was "Okay, how come Clara and Angela find material to do a project on Elizabeth I, and I can't?" It was only after that I realized: Clara and Angela are characters in a fictional book called Unearthly (Fantastic book by the way.)


2.When I get tired of homework, I read the book assigned in my literature class. At least it feels less like homework.


3. I had an issue recently where I got The Maze Runner from the library, but then my friend lent me Catching Fire and Mockingjay and so I started re-reading those. Then The Maze Runner was due, and I was only on chapter 3. Plus, it was on hold so I couldn't renew it. *sigh* Thankfully I know someone who works at the library and she found a loophole for me. :D


4.You cannot call yourself a fan if you've seen the movie and not read the books. YOU CANNOT!!!!


5.*HARRY POTTER SPOILER ALERT* I was reading Deathly Hallows and I was in the car with my mom when I got to the part where Fred died. I wanted to cry SO badly, but I couldn't because my mom would have asked what was wrong and then I would have had to explain to her that my favorite character had just died and then she would have looked at me funny. So then when we got home, I went up to my room and cried.


6.I enter pretty much every book sweepstakes I find.


7.I follow the blogs of a couple authors.... Is that weird? One is by Carrie Jones (http://carriejones.livejournal.com/) and the other is by Veronica Roth. (http://theartofnotwriting.tumblr.com/) And okay, actually the second one's a tumblr, but whatever. Haha, ironically, these two authors are the writers of the books I mention in #8. And in the same order too. Look at how good I am.


8.Two books in two different series that I LOVE are coming out soon. I AM FLIPPING OUT!!!! The one of them is the 4th and final installment in the Need series. It's called Endure and I NEED IT!! (No pun intended. Although it did make me giggle) The other one is the sequel to a book called Divergent (I believe I mentioned this in my last post. It's amazing. Go read it. Right now). The sequel is called Insurgent. I just..... GAAAAAAAHHHHH!!!!


9. When I finish a book or a series, real life doesn't feel real. And I don't want it to be real. I want to stay in book land forever.


Okay, I guess I'll go write this paper on Queen Elizabeth. Since it's due Monday and I'm going to be gone all weekend. Yay for procrastination!
That's okay. I have tea and music to get me through.
Lisa

Why I Hate Fandoms

Fandom:"The community that surrounds a tv show/movie/book etc. Fanfiction writers, artists, poets, and cosplayers are all members of that fandom. Fandoms often consist of message boards, livejournal communities, and people." (via Urban Dictionary.)

Okay, so the title is slightly inaccurate. I don't hate all fandoms, in fact, I am part of at least two (seriously, my ringtone is the Mockingjay whistle. I'm not ashamed). But whatever. What I wanted to title it was "Why I Hate Obsessed Fandoms that Choose the Cast Of Movies Before the Actual Movie Producers Do" but that was a bit lengthy.

So there's a movie coming out in 2013 called The Mortal Instruments, based of a series of the same name by Cassandra Clare. I am kind of obsessed with the books ever since I was introduced by my brother's girlfriend. Then I learned that there was going to be a movie and I about squealed my head off. Anyway, that's not the point. The point is there has been one (possibly two. The second one is debatable) character cast, since the production hasn't actually start. Of course, this means that all the fans are freaking out and picking their own cast.

What I find funny about all this is people are FREAKING out. I saw one article where a person chose people to be in the cast. I agreed with some of them, not so much with others, but whatever. Then I read the comments and laughed to myself. People get SO defensive. Half of them liked the choices, half of them didn't, but I'm sitting there like, "What does it matter? It's not like this is the final decision. Whoever gets chosen, gets chosen. There's not much you can do about it.)Although, maybe I can't talk because I'm a little bit (okay, a lot) upset that Alex Pettyfer turned down the role of Jace because he would be, you know, PERFECT. But I don't go around blowing up the internet because of it.

Also, I keep thinking of the early stages of Hunger Games freak-out, when Jennifer Lawrence was cast as Katniss. People were pissed. They were like "SHE IS TERRIBLE!!! So not at all how I pictured her!" And now everyone loves her. Funny thing about that. Let's face it: everyone pictures book characters differently. The cast is never going to look exactly like you pictured them. And look at what happened with Jennifer Lawrence. Turns out, she was perfect. Funny thing about that...

I have to say, I'm also excited because I learned recently that one of my favorite books EVER is being turned into a movie in 2015. It's called Divergent (and yes, this is me proving that I've liked it since the beginning. I'll thank myself in a few years). Really all that's happened so far is someone (Summit entertainment maybe?) bought the rights to it. I'm freaking out. I am so excited to see how it turns out! But I refuse to look at anymore fan casting lists.

Lisa

P.S. I've noticed recently that I use a lot of parenthesis. I just have so many peanut gallery comments running through my head...

Sunday

Superexaltate Dominus.
Leva eius nomen.
Vicit mortem!
Mortem perdidit stimulus.
Sepulchrum non supprimere
Eius amore nobis.
Alleluia!
Surrexit!
Amen.

(Translation:
Exalt the Lord
Lift high His name.
He has conquered death,
Death has lost its sting.
The grave could not stifle
His love for us.
Hallelujah!
He is risen!
Amen.)

P.S. If there's anyone reading this that is fluent in Latin, sorry for my probably shoddy translation. I got most of it from Google.

Friday.

Kyrie, eleison.
Exaudi orationem meam.
Huic ergo parce Deus.
Dona nobis pacem.
Ego sum paenitet.
Enim causatur mortem.
Quod necesse est pro me
Constant vobis omnia.
Ego sum paenitet.
Ego sum paenitet.
Ego sum paenitet.

Isaiah 53:5- "But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was on him, and by his wounds we are healed."



(Latin Translation:
Lord, have mercy on us.
Hear my prayer.
Spare us by Your mercy, Lord.
Grant us peace.
I am sorry.
For I caused Your death.
What You must have suffered for me
Cost You everything.
I am sorry.
I am sorry.
I am sorry.)

Civil Rights

So, recently I've seen this picture circulating Facebook under the caption "we are all the same hit like and share if u agree <3" Aside from the distasteful lack of spelling and punctuation, I have to say I vehemently disagree with this statement. First off, people's skeletons aren't all the same. Sure, gay people and straight people might have similar skeletons, but people from different regions of the world don't. Particularly the skulls are shaped somewhat differently depending on what part of the world your ancestors come from. Scientists use this to study where a skeleton comes from.

Also, what is all this hype about "everyone being the same"? Don't get me wrong, I'm all for civil rights and equal treatment, yada yada yada, but we aren't all the same! That's not how God made us! What would the fun be in all being the same? People are different. That's the beauty of humanity. I think what we need is people accepting each other for who they are, regardless of differences. And this isn't saying that I accept everything people do. I don't agree that it's okay to be gay. I'm sorry, but I don't. The bible specifically tells us that being gay is not okay, (heh, I made a rhyme) and I believe that everything the bible says is true.(See 1 Corinthians 6:9-10. It doesn't get much clearer than that.) That being said, I am not going to condemn homosexuals for being gay. I would rather love them for who they are- not what they do- and, if they are willing to listen, give them my opinion on it.

Also, I don't think we can smash whites and blacks into the same group either. The cultural dynamics- not always, but frequently- are very different. Again, this is not saying I have anything specifically against black people, and I have no qualms being friends with them.

Anyway, I feel like I'm starting to dig myself in a hole of racist- sounding comments now, so I'll shut up. I really just wanted to say that people aren't all the same. And that's okay.

Lisa