...Obviously I lack creativity at the moment. Ah, well. Taking an online history exam can do that to you. -infernal thing-

A little belated, but: welcome to 2009, everyone! I haven't been doing much lately, concentrating on schoolwork and all that. and I've been on a reading kick in my free time. I'll have to start drawing again sometime soon, if I can. Get some new work up for the new year.

Resolutions, anyone?
I hate them, personally. I never have any incentive to make them, and then I make some anyway, and never listen to them. It's a pointless waste of time in my book, really. but, nonetheless.

i. actually finish the hings I start
ii. STOP PROCRASTINATING SO MUCH
iii. get a job

But enough of that, I stole a quiz! Ah, the first stolen quiz of the new year! Ten days in and already thieving things, I'm off to a great start, I think.

Mindless insanity stolen from

1. YOUR ROCK STAR NAME (first pet, current car): Jingles Jeep (ohdearlord, if I ever become a rockstar...well, never mind that, it won't happen. Haha)

2.YOUR GANGSTA NAME (fave ice cream flavor, favorite type of shoe): Pistachio Vans (can you diggit? -shot-)

3. YOUR NATIVE AMERICAN NAME (favorite color, favorite animal): (my favorite color is bipolar) Purple Jaguar (ohh, that's kind of spiffy for an indian name)

4. YOUR SOAP OPERA NAME (middle name, city where you were born): Mae Ronkonkoma (Well, that's a horrible, horrible name.)

5. YOUR STAR WARS NAME (the first 3 letters of your last name, first 2 of your first name): Eckal (...no)

6. SUPERHERO NAME (2nd favorite color, favorite drink): Orange Latte (...away!)

7. NASCAR NAME (the first names of your grandfathers): Donald Henry (...so in the Nascar-verse, I'm a man?! ...Lovely.)

8. STRIPPER NAME (the name of your favorite perfume/cologne/scent, favorite candy): Lavender Butterfingers (...-gags-)

10. TV WEATHER ANCHOR NAME (your 5th grade teacher’s last name, a major city that starts with the same letter): Baldwin Baltimore (that's actually rather catchy, say it a few times over, haha.)

11. SPY NAME: (your favorite season/holiday, flower): Autumn Sunflower (...remind me never to become a spy, mmkay?)

12. CARTOON NAME: (favorite fruit, article of clothing you’re wearing right now): Peach Socks (...no comment)

13. HIPPIE NAME: (What you ate for breakfast, your favorite tree): Egg Maple (.....)

So, I want to get that ancient journal off my page. Well, okay, it's not that ancient, but whatever. I have news.

<center>TWILIGHT, ANYONE?</center>

Okay, first and foremost: I LIKED IT. So news for all those negative critics out there: SCREW YOUR NEGATIVITY! And seriously? Most of those negative comments center around the fact that they changed a few things in the transition from book to movie. But, have you all been living under rocks? There's no way they'd be able to fit all five hundred+ pages of that into a two hour movie. No way. So of course they had to condense things a bit. Personally, I think they did a great job with the time frame.

-------MOVIE SPOILERS BELOW---------

WHERE WAS MY JAZZYKINS?! THIS MOVIE NEEDED MORE JACKSPER. YES, YES IT DID. WHERE WERE ALICE AND HIM AT THE PROM? –cries- and all that hotel stuff they cut out? Wahhh. He lost so many lines. Like, when they were in Edward’s room. He and Alice should’ve come in to announce the baseball game. And, and, and lhedjkhkdsjbkjb –wanted more jazzy-

The beach scene bothered me a bit, considering how Jacob scammed on telling the tales. And where was Ste…the Benefici guy? (Carlisle's made up vampire guy, yeah) And what happened to Carlisle’s past? And, and, and Edward’s weird way of talking. EDWARD DOESN’T SAY “sorta” “gotta” “kinda” he ENUNCIATES. PROPER GRAMMAR.

And I thought the prom was supposed to be held in the gym? “Do you want me to lock the door so you can massacre the townsfolk?” And the whole “into the forest/meadow” scene wasn’t really done the way I wanted it.

Ohyeah. Edward no longer sparkles, he SHIMMERS.

Besides that though? It was good.

Despite the fact that I don’t like the guy they chose for Charlie, he did a good job. And we were all almost in tears when Bella flipped on him. Mike was hilarious, though him talking like a gangster? Haha, whaaat? “So, you and Cullen huh?” “yeah” “I, uh, I don’t like it.” Haha.

The whole kitchen scene? A-mazing. It was too hilarious. “Are you sure she even likes Italian?” “well, her name is Bella.” Thank you, Emmett. “We made some italiano for you, Bella.” “I, uh, well, it’s just that…I already ate.” Rosalie: -breaks the bowl- "Perfect." And then Carlisle just found the whole entire scene so amusing. He started laughing when Bella said "then ...I would become the meal." So he gets an excuse to laugh and starts laughing but then coughs to stop when it gets all awkward.

And the baseball game? Awesome. Jazzy’s wicked batting skills? Somuchwin. I was squealing like a mad ...person. Gahh. I love himmm. And my mommy was all: “he looked like he was in pain the entire time.” Whaaaaaaat!? No he didn’t! And if he did, it works anyway, since he has problems being around humans, anyway. So there.

From the baseball game forward it was amazing. The fight in the ballet studio and getting there? Loved it. And Emmett on the car. And James getting all pissy when he found out the scent trail was false. Haaha. “I borrowed this from your home, I hope you don’t mind.”

“Very visually dynamic.”

…he never said: “is that what makes you so special to Edward?” though. Awwah. He got all up in her face though. I thought he was going to kiss her or something.

And then Carlisle and Alice with Edward and Bella over the wound. She takes her belt off to give Carlisle to use as a tourniquet. And then my belt was gone. –absolutely DIES- that was priceless!


Those were my thoughts after the midnight showing on Thursday. I saw it again with and her family yesterday. And I liked it even better.

Still sad about the lack of Jasper but the scenes he WAS in made up for it. Haha, I had a miniature spazz attack when Jasper got up to bat again. (mad batting skillsss) My friend, her mother and brother were cracking up at me. And even the people behind us were like: what the hell? hahaa. I love his and Alice's entrance into the cafeteria. They were dancing! It was too cute. Haha, and stupid Jessica was like: "see that dark-haired one? That's Alice, she's weird. And the blond one that always looks like he's in pain is Jasper." THAT'S BECAUSE HE IS IN PAIN, MORON. -stabstab-

And their entrance when Edward brings Bella over to meet the family? Heehee. That was totally an Alice entrance. And Jazz walks like a solider into the room. Haha <3 And then Edward's priceless expressions when Alice goes up and hugs Bella, and then tells her she smells nice. He's like: ohgod, Alice, why are you doing this? Hahaa.

Oh, and the flashback scene where Edward is telling Bella about Carlisle changing him. Carlisle FACE when Edward says: "he hated what he had done" or summat. OhmyGOD, I CRIED. He looked so...broken! DD: -hugs him-

(Peter Facinelli just IS Carlisle, if I haven't mentioned that. He just...is)

And during the baseball scene? Besides Jack!sper's amazing batting skills, I loved Alice's "...stop!" cry. It was so Alice. She sounded so scared there. And then when the nomad's wanted to play. "I have a wicked curveball." Jackson: "Oh, I think we can take it." hee~! The baseball scene was too amazing. Definitely one of my favorite parts.

Another thing I was worried about was how they were going to fit the soundtrack into the movie. The songs sounded very twilight-esque, but I was still unsure. I was surprised how well they fit them all in though. In a good way. LOVE "Supermassive blackhole" now. It was so perfect for the baseball scene. And I was kind of on the fence when I first heard Bella's lullaby. It wasn't really how I thought of it when I read the book. but when I saw it in the film? So perfect.

I know my mom was really unhappy with the way they handled the special effects, especially in regards to the how sunlight thing. When I first saw the movie, I was kind of disappointed with the sparkle effect, too. But after I saw it a second time, I realized that seriously, that is pretty much how I imagined it to go. I mean, they're described as having skin as hard as marble, right? And that being the reason the sun glints off them the way it does, it makes a lot of sense the way they handled it. I was watching the floor as we walked into the theater (I know, I'm weird. shut up.) and it sparkles under the light like that, like tiny, individual crystals. That's the way they pulled off the effect, and thinking back: it's pretty perfect. I guess it did look a little odd on the first run. But now that I got to see it again, I paid closer attention to the way they did it. And I was pleased.

I loved the scene just before the prom. The confrontation between Jacob and Edward over Bella. That GLARE. Everyone in the theater on Thursday was like: "ohhhhh..." it was hilarious. I was slightly miffed that I didn't get to see Jazz and Alice at the prom, but I loveee the end. Putting Victoria in there was a nice touch.

I didn't really think I'd like Taylor Lautner as Jacob, but he seems perfect for the role now. Especially that end scene that I mentioned up there. When he comes out of the woods and whatnot. And GEEZ, he has some FANGS man! Haha, he LOOKS wolfish.

My overall thoughts on the cast:

Edward (Robert Pattinson): I...wasn't too sure about him in the beginning. I mean, I don't know. He works for the movie, though. I can see him as an Edward. He still isn't how I pictured Edward, but whatever. It would have been a miracle if they cast someone who DID look like the Edward in my head. (Gaspard Ulliel comes close, though, haha.) But I didn't mind him, I was rather surprised. I think he did well. His speech bothered me just a bit, since he didn't (as I said somewhere up there) articulate everything all the time like in the book. But, eh. win some, lose some, eh? Overall, I liked him more than I thought I would have.

Bella (Kristen Stewart): I wasn't too sure about her, either. She isn't the Bella I picture in my head. The Bella in my head just looks more, I don't know...meek. but she did okay. It's hard to really picture anyone else in that role, now. She probably could have tripped more, (she did hit Jacob with her truck door, though. haha.) But she did pretty good.

Charlie (Billy Burke): I...he doesn't look ANYTHING like I pictured him. For one, in my head, he doesn't have facial hair. Probably because I have this thing against facial hair, but whatever. Regardless of appearances, he did okay. I was surprised at how sad the scene where Bella and him fight was to me. I was tearing up when he was all: "But I just got you back! I can change. We can...work this out." It was so sad.

Renee (Sarah Clarke): Surprisingly, she looked a lot like how I pictured she would. Short, sort of curly hair. She looked kind of older than I imagined her to be, though. -shrug-

Billy Black (Gil Burmingham): He was spot on.

Jacob (Taylor Lautner): I think he works extremely well for his part, now. I'm interested in how they're going to have him change for New Moon. (which is now official, YESS!)

Jessica (Anna Kendrick): She wasn't how I pictured her, but her personality was, pretty much spot on.

Angela (Christian Serratos): Nothing like I imagined or pictured her, AT ALL.

Mike (Michael Welch): Haha, he was pretty good. Though I still see his hair as spiky and blond. And even though I don't know where his wanna-be gangster attitude came from, it was highly amusing.

Tyler, Eric: Eh, not really how I pictured them, but they're not that important anyway. Haha, sorry.

(Now, the only important people)

Jasper (Jackson Rathbone): I fucking love himmmm. So so much.<33 Even though the Jasper in my head has straight hair, Jackson is Jasper. I love his hair anyway. It's amazing. He is. And him and Ashley Greene are amazing together. dljfbkfjhkfdjs. -incoherency-

Alice (Ashley Greene): ALICE. SHE IS ALICE. that's all there is to it. She looks exactly like the Alice in my head, too.

Carlisle (Peter Facinelli): I've mentioned this: Peter Facinelli = Carlisle Cullen. Yes? Yes. (he looks exactly like the Carlisle in my head, too.)

Emmett (Kellan Lutz): The only thing I had against him was that his hair was curly (or rather, nonexistent-ish) but that doesn't even matter now that I've seen him act. I've never really had a clear picture of Emmett in my head, but whatever it once was is now taken over by him. Because he just IS Emmett.

Rosalie (Nikki Reed): She was alright. Rosalie really wasn't a concern of mine. (Really, I didn't care either way. I don't like Rose very much.)

Esme (Elizabeth Reaser): Not really how I pictured Esme, but she had about...two lines in the entire movie, so it didn't matter very much. Haha, sorry, Esme.

James (Cam Gigandet): Haha, I love this guy. Who cares if James was supposed to be ugly? No one wants an ugly vampire. He was awesome. Very good with the whole evil aura thing.

Victoria (Rachelle Lefevre): I wasn't all that sure about her hair in the beginning. I'd never pictured it curly-ish, and always pictured it a deeper red. but after seeing the movie? She definitely pulls off Victoria.

Laurent (Edi Gathegi): Truthfully, I didn't picture him black. But then again, I don't think anyone did. But he definitely pulled off Laurent well. I don't even know how I pictured him originally, so I'm assuming that's a good thing.

Overall? The cast was absolutely AMAZING. I kind of want to stalk everyone. (coughjacksoncough)


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Anyway, I could ramble on and on about Jackson and Ashley and Peter and everyone else all night, but this is long enough as it is and is about ready to cut my head off if I don't post for Jazz now, so I'm gonna go do that. (surprisingly, I like my head better attached to my body. Shocking, i know.)

And also, everyone is probably sick of me by now, Haha. If you are? Kindly, don't tell me. I enjoy my illusions. (kudos if anyone got that reference there. -doubts it-)

I commend anyone who made it this far without skimming through that, and is taking the time to respond thoughtfully to it. If any of you saw the movie, tell me what you though. I want to discuss! And please, if you're going to comment, don;t just say: "OMGAJKLhsakjh i hated it! everyone should die!" or "OMDFKJHSFKJ it was amazinggg!" Use your head, and tell me WHY, mmkayy?

But seriously, I thoroughly enjoyed it. And plan on seeing it at least once more in theaters. WHO WANTS TO COME?

I promise, I'm shutting up now.

Kindly stolen from (:
wheee.
Needed to get that other one off my page, anyway.
ONWARD!

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001. Name → Alyssa
002. Nickname → Hawk/Agni/Amhe
003. Status → Single!
004. Zodiac sign → Cancer
005. Male or female → yourmom
006. Elementary → yahno.
007. Middle School → pfftt
008. High School → unfortunately, yeah?
009. Smart → it comes and goes (:
010. Hair color → dark blond
011. Long or short → long...ish?
012. Loud or Quiet → BOTH. have fun figuring THAT out.
013. Sweats or Jeans → Jeanss <3
014. Phone or Camera → Both
015. Health freak → er, no?
016. Drink or Smoke? → ew. fuckno.
017. Do you have a crush on someone? → DOESGASPARDULLIELCOUNT?
018. Eat or Drink → drinkkk. -is thirsty-
019. Piercings → nope.
020. Tattoos → UHM, NO.

FIRSTS:
023. First piercings → none! C:
024. First best friend → WALDOOOO.
025. First award → ...never? ;-;
026. First crush → ewww, thatonekid.
027. First pet → Jingles, my cat. (whom is still alive, btw.)
028. First big vacation → California 8D (I was like...two? woot!)
030. First big birthday → Haha, I don't remember. One of those one digit numbers, yeah?

CURRENTLY:
049. Eating → no
050. Drinking → no, unfortunately. (fuckin' thirsty, though)
052. I'm about to → take a shower! (because you were all dying to know.)
053. Listening to → "It's the Fear" - Within Temptation
054. Plans for today → shower, sleep. (woot, almost midnight!)

YOUR FUTURE:
058. Want kids? → HAHAHAHA. definitely NOT.
059. Want to get married? → I don't freaking knoww. not really.
060. Careers in mind → some type of illustrator/author? 8D (pfft. i doubt it. ;-; )

WHICH IS BETTER WITH GIRL/BOY?
068. Lips or eyes → eyes!
070. Shorter or taller? → Tall
072. Romantic or spontaneous → Both!
073.Nice stomach or nice arms→ arms 8D
074. Sensitive or loud → sensitive? (and loud? xD)
075. Hook-up or relationship → relationship
077. Trouble maker or hesitant → middle-ground?

HAVE YOU EVER:
080. Lost glasses/contacts → thankfully, no. broken, though? yes.
081. Ran away from home → nope
084. Broken someones heart → haha, no.
085. Been arrested → (that'd be funny.) no
087. Cried when someone died → er, yes? (isn't that what you're supposed to do? tch. insensitive bastards.)

DO YOU BELIEVE IN:
089. Yourself → sometimes?
090. Miracles → ...not really
091. Love at first sight → if i experience it, then yes. right now? not really.
092. Heaven → not really. i don't exactly like the fact of rotting away in the ground but i...dunno.
093. Santa Claus → HO HO HO, MERRY CHRISTMAS.
094. Sex on the first date → ...little fucked up, dontcha think?
095. Kiss on the first date → sure, why not?

ANSWER TRUTHFULLY:
097. Is there one person you want to be with right now → WALDOOO. I WANNA PLAY LAZER TAG WITH WALDO.
098. Are you seriously happy with where you are in life → loaded question, yeah? right now? i guess so.
099. Do you believe in God → no, not really.
100. Post as 100 truths and tag → yes to the first _{yes to the second only so far as we keep to the shallows as much as possible." -shot-}, no to the second. 8D

TAG YOURSELVES, BITCHES!!

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I noticed that my page count is getting ridiculously close to 6,666 now, so i say unto you in the words of my uncle: <sub>iron chef ftw 8D8?

AY, CUISINE!</sub>
COME AND GET ITTT.

You know the drill folks: first one to get a screenshot of my 6,666th pageview sent to me, gets a free request! (that i'll hopefully get done. (: Need to draw some stuff anyway, so go at it, people!)

Tagged by taytayyy.


Rules of the game:
-Choose a singer/band/group
- Answer using ONLY titles of songs by that singer/band/group
- Tag 6 more people (let them know they've been tagged)


Panic! At the Discooo.


1. Are you male or female?
"She's a handsome woman" (xDD)


2. Describe yourself.
"From a mountain in the middle of the cabins"


3. What do people feel when they're around you?
"I have friends in Holy Spaces"


4. How would you describe your previous relationship?
"Folkin' Around" (...nonexistent? -fail-)


5. Describe your current relationship.
"When the Day Met the Night" (...still nonexistent? tch.)


6. Where would you want to be now?
"Behind the Sea" (:


7. How do you feel about love?
"Mad as Rabbits" -nod-


8. What's your life like?
"Nine in the Afternoon"


9. What would you ask for if you had only one wish?
"She had the world"


10. Say something wise.
"The Piano Knows Something I Don't Know."

...wise indeed. (x

TAGGED: WHOEVER WANTS TO AND DIDN'T, YEAH?

General. Hey, everyone. i just got back from vacation yesterday night. we went to Maine, to visit family and such. we left Thursday morning (though later than we usually leave, since we had to wait for the bank to open) so we didn't end up getting to Maine until five-six-ish.

We went to the Old Bristol Days Fair on Friday. There weren't too many booths, but we bought some nice jewelry, and then i went to the beach that was nearby to walk around and take pictures. it was nice. we were pleasantly surprised that it was sunny because all the weather reports told us it would be thundering and storming the whole time. not that we were complaining.

on saturday we went to pemaquid point, and stopped by one of the family's house. they weren't home though. i don't think we did much else. nothing that sticks out anyway.

sunday morning we left for Bar Harbor, further north, and we stopped at the Alpaca farm on the way up. Alpaca's are kind of like llamas. so since we bought some stuff from their shop the lady gave us a tour of the place and i got some nice pictures of them. we stopped at an indian store place also, and i got a pair of awesome genuine moccasins. <3 we were in luck and it was another perfect day out, despite what all the weather reports told us, so we headed to Acadia National Park in Bar Harbor. We took the trolley ride up to the top of the mountain (Cadillac Mountain, which happens to be the tallest mountain on the east coast).

we only got fifteen minutes (out of an hour tour) to roam and take pictures, but i got a bunch of nice shots. the sight was beautiful but it was also kind of foggy up there, so i couldn't get many pictures of the landscape below. wah. it was nice though. we went shopping for a bit when we go back in town. and my grandma and i tried Lobster Ice Cream (yes, you read that correctly: ICE CREAM with LOBSTER in it) at ben and bill's. and truthfully, it wasn't bad. a little odd, but not bad.

on monday we went to a lobster hatchery that my grandma wanted to see. little lobsters are TINY! i have pictures of that, too. i'll put them up when i get the chance. after that we headed back down to massachusetts.

it took us hellova long time to find a hotel/motel/inn with a vacancy, but we finally did. tuesday morning we went to the Museum of Science, which was fun and i have TONS of pictures from there. and then we headed home. we got back around 9:00 and i just crashed. i was exhausted. lumpy motel beds, loud, snoring people, and annoying blaring tvs aren't a good way to sleep at all. i barely got any sleep on vacation. it was too hard to fall asleep with all that. i need silence and no light to sleep. maybe music, but nothing else.

oh yeah, and in the planetarium that was part of the museum, there was this pain-ion-the-ass little kid who wouldn't SHUT THE FUCK UP. and then my mom fell asleep (and she was the one who wanted to see it the most) so i was trapped between an annoying kid and my mom's snoring. no fun there.

the imax was fun though.

i wanted to go to the zoo in Franklin Park, too, but we didn't have time. Eh, the trip was fun nonetheless. got lots of souvenirs and things, that i was seriously lacking on last year (i bought books last year, haha).

Art. As far as art goes, i haven't drawn anything lately. but i do have all those photos from vacation. picking the good ones out of 236 will be a bit of a challenge. but those should be up ASAP. perhaps i'll kick myself into drawing something before the end of summer, but unfortunately, i've only got about three weeks left before school, and i still have all my summer assignments to get done. (Jude the Obscure? UGH.) So i hope so, but i doubt it. :\