I'm back...and still singin'

i returned from a family reunion last night!the three day event was for my mom's side of the family, and i had lots of fun hanging out with my fave cousins- you know who you are guys!
the ocean tried to kill me, i discovered that i am allergic to the sun( if i stay out for more than 2 hours) i lost all of my gameboy/ds games:( and almost had a nervous break down during the Scottish skit i had several huge roles in, but on the bright side, i with the aid of Emmza, Magpie and Mouse, discovered a musical that is now on my list of favorite things.
the little known 1992 Disney musical 'Newsies' wasn't very well received- it was the first live action musical in quiet some time, but it is nonetheless wonderful.
staring Christian Bale, David Moscow, Robert Duvall and Bill Pullman, it tells the story of the 1899 'Newsies( boys who bought papers ( at two for a penny) and the sold them on the streets of New York for a penny)' Strike. It follows the story not only of the strike, but of the kids/teens who led it-( fictional characters begin here) Jack, an orphan who longs to leave new york( and his past) and live in Santa Fe, David the oldest boy in his family, who along with little brother Les, must work to support his family after his father's accident in a factory and subsequent unemployment. the two boys band together to fight when the prices they must pay for the papers go up- as they already barely make it, this tenth of a penny will be the end for them- with Jack as the brawn, face and general leader of the strike, and David as the voice of reason and brains behind Jack.

the movie has some great songs, most of which are currently stuck in my head, the best of which are 'The World Will Know', 'Seize the Day' and 'Once and for All'. it is one of the most inspiring musicals i know of, and being the nut that i am, i make instant connections with les miz.
for example, over the course of the film, we learn that Jack once was arrested( during the film he is 17) for stealing a small amount of food, and attempted escapes from 'the refuge' .
we also lean that his name, Jack Kelly, is an alias for something else( like Valjean's ' M. Madeline)

the song 'the world will know is almost like a cross between les miz's 'do you hear the people sing', and 'red and black'. the opening song, carrying the banner, is similar to 'look down', and in general, just like many mizzie songs, the songs of Newsies( by the man who wrote the songs for beauty and the beast, and the little mermaid) make me want to rise up and sing along, and shake a fist for good measure.

if you haven't seen it, i recommend watching it- it is available on DVD, through net flicks and Amazon.

on this same note, if you enjoyed it, try reading the book 'Uprising' by M. P. Haddix, the story of three very different girls all connected to the Mill workers Strike and later the Mill Fires of 1910- the worst work place disaster in America aside from 9/11.
i leave you with a final quote.

"All it takes is one Voice. that becomes a hundred, and then a thousand, unless it is silenced"-Brian Denton, played by Bill Pullman

Anna Out

AAA- not just on tv! and aliens too.

the vampires are gonna have to wait. this is more important.

so last night, i went to a concert with mom and dad- they were playing down by the water- there were fireworks and all( on the third!) and it was cool. they did some stuff from beauty and the beast, west side story and sound of music- and some patriotic stuff too. they actually asked everyone to sing along- i did!

at around 10, we started for home, but decided to stop for ice cream. we did, but then couldn't get the car to start- something was wrong with the 28 year old key. it was worn down, and we had no spare. just then, lo and behold, apeared a AAA guy, who had stopped for coffee!
you know those ads, right? on tv? were the car runs out of gas, late at night, and then there is a knock at the window, and its a AAA guy? i thought that was all just stupid tv gimmicks. but it happened for real! they guy gave my mom and me a ride to our house, to get a spare key for the car( half way there dad dod something with a screwdriver that MR AAA had recomended, and got the car working.)
cool, huh?
i also bought 4 fantasy novels at The Other Change of Hobbit, a local fantasy sci fi book store.
that was my day.

today, well, this morning i saw the last half of Ibndapendace day, which caused me to go into Bruce Coville is AMAZING mode. if you've seen indapendance day, and read any of BC's sci fi stuff( i recomend the ' aliens ate my homework' quartet, as well as the short story 'in our own hands') you will know what i'm talking about.
'in our own hands' does make some good points, though, and it is more on par with the subject of freedom, the world has a whole, choosing, so on and so forth
Anna Out

of Fridays, Robots, German Unicorns and Demon Stalker Ninja Squirrels

now, i ask myself, what is the point of me promising to write more often if i don't?
i kept meaning to blog, but then i was distracted by some really great fanfics, both of the digimon and the transformers variety. there is a list of faves located in my ff profile( hedgi naysomay aisling)

on to the promised subjects!
last Friday, Genun and i went to see the new Transformers movie- and it was spectacular. lots of action, romance, places that look really cool( like Petra, which i think is even cooler than pyramids, so there)some unanswered questions answered at long last, new questions formed, great plot, a set up for a third film, and of course, because no action/sci fi flick is complete without- explosions. does this say bad things about me? i'm fairy certain it does :)
before the movie Genun and i hug out at teen Games( at the local library) where we tied for last place in Apples to Apples- it was very fun. my fave part was when the green card was 'sexy', and low and behold, what was in my hand but 'vampires'! not that i think vampires are sexy, but hey, i won the card, didn't i? on the subject of which, next post i have some Anti-Twilight limericks.

then we got crepes and wantons, and saw the movie- during which my bike, my beloved, if cheap, small and heavy bike was stolen. a blessing in disguise, really, because now i can get a bike that i can ride without kneeing myself in the nose every time i pedal- anyway- then we got ice cream, and that was my awesome friday.

as most of you know i am a Fantasy Freak, and thus have a deep love for unicorns! as a kid, my fave book was 'Sarah's Unicorn'( by, and i olny just discovered this- none other than Bruce Coville!) my fave movie was 'the last unicorn', follwed by my litle pony( because most of them were unicorns. keep in mind, i'm at that moment like 5- unicorns were my life)
even now, if you look at my colection of fantasy it is like this- dragon, unicorn, fairy tale- unicon, dragon,dragon, unicorn, fairy tale, fairy tale, fablehaven, unicorn, unicorn..... and on and on. well, i also have a deep love of 'the last unicorn's soundtrack, and when i got my MP3, i was happy- i could finaly get the songs! only sone of the best ones, like 'walking Man's Road' and 'In the Sea' arn't avablable online... so i looked every where for the CD. as it turns out, it ONLY came out in GERMANY!!! the lyrics are still in English, but.. so i ordered it on Amazon, and it came to day- "Das Letzte Einhorn". i have already listend to it 2 times.


and now the DEMON NINJA STALKER SQUIRRLES!
yesderday, Genun and i met for ice cream, and sat out under a larhge tree on the campus green, just talking and jokeing.. when a SQUIRREL came out of nowhere, perched inches from our heads on the tre. we told it to shoo, but the thing just wouldnt, so we moved to a differnt tree. it followed us, begging for food..and it kept following us, darting around like a little ninja! it was cute and all, but it i mean, it IS a wild animal, and it just would not leave us be! we finaly diched the trees, and it still came very close until i made a demon-be-gone cross with my fingers, out of fun.. and only then did it leave.. i feel certain it was watching us though.. nut-for-brains little guy!

well, there is a little fawn outside right now, so i am going to end my postso i came stare at it and say 'awwww, cute!' every few minutes.

i had a creative title.. but i lost it.

ah! its 3:10 on a Monday afternoon, and I'm home, not at school waiting for the bell to ring as the history teacher firmly states that we can't go till the bell has rung, because it is SUMMER! I've only been out of school for a week, but it feels like ages.. already i've written four reviews for the teen reading program( see below ad), gone swimming, gotten sunburned, written a page and a half of Daughter-, decided that Nida's mom is a city parks planner, and that the town she lives in needed a wooden, closed-forever- dilapidated boat house. and a haunted bike rack. and a small but fuzzy kitten to be named whatever it types on a keyboard. it was fun. i've also read at least a dozen books, including: the newest Maximum ride book( Max), a strange mystery/adventure called 'locked in'( a gift for entering the teen reading program, see below add) and a handful of Nancy Drew- Hardy Boy super mysteries, which are about 15 years old, and i got very cheep at the local half price.
mom and i finished reading, The Hunger Games( it's about the 12 time i've read it') and when we were done i was just in tears, not just because of the story , but because it was over. i do this on a regular bases, you must understand. i can not wait until the next one comes out. i also just read 'the book theif' everyone needs to read it. everyone.

we( mom and i) also began reading 'dragon spear' fun fact- in the book there is a minor character named 'Pella". i have several 'Pellas' in my list of characters in stories, mind stories and fanfictions list. there isn't a connection, but it still made me feel happy. this is, of course, coming from the girl who shrieked with glee upon discovering Mimi Lastnamestartswitha-T-andhasa-W from digimon listed as an editor in the school paper's joke edition.

i also watched several movies, including the first transformers movie( in anticipation for seeing the next one this Friday night, something that makes my reaction to mimi's name seem like nothing, that is how excited happy i am) a couple of Disney channel things, that were actually pretty good( Dadnapped and Hatching Pete.) and a movie from the 70's called war games- it was really good, intense and creepy.. i recommend it, even if just to giggle over how dated the computers are. computers are a huge part of the movie, for anyone who hasn't seen it. as in, really huge.

last post was my 13th of this year, i just realized. 13 is the magicaest number of them all!
anyway, i think i'm going to read some fanfiction now.
more later

Hi!* looks around *

is everyone there? is anyone there?
i mean, i know it's been ages since i blogged. i'm a bad blogger! i admit it! ah ha!
so.. school is out. summer's here. i've already entered a thing at the library, speaking of which:

so, yeah... it was amazing!i also read some great books. *hint*bookbatsworld *hint* i promise i'll be more active! so far, summers been pretty nice. i got a pool pass, so every couple days, i plan on biking up the hill to the pool, swimming, then zooming down o the library!

i've also gotten a lot of work done on character development for one of my stories, Daughter of the waves. i really like my characters!
well, it's time for me to go eat. leave a review at the beep.