Apollo and his Awesomeness (and is that a word?)

Im still in my Percy Jackson phase;) So todays quote is from the book in the series that my mom is reading aloud to us! Apollo is one of my favorite characters (who couldnt love the Sun God?!?) but oh how I love Percy...

Quote of the Day

""I feel a haiku coming on." Apollo cleared his throat and held up one hand dramatically.

'Green grass breaks through snow
Artemis pleads for my help
I am so cool.'

"That last line was only four syllables," Artemis said.

Apollo frowned. "Was it?"

"Yes. What about, 'I am so big-headed'?"

"No, no, that's six syllables. Hmm." He started muttering to himself.

Zoe Nightshade turned to us. "Lord Apollo has been going through this haiku phase ever since he visited Japan. 'Tis not as bad as the time he visited Limerick. If I'd had to hear one more poem that started with, 'There was once a goddess from Sparta--"

"I've got it!" Apollo announced. "'I am so awesome'. That's five syllables!" He bowed, looking very pleased with himself. "
— Rick Riordan (The Titan's Curse)

Percy Jackson and The Lightning Thief!!!

Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief came out on Thursday/Friday at Midnight!!! I went to the Midnight showing with 21 other people! 16 people from my church and 5 from school! It was ridiculous amounts of fun! We took up 3 rows and the other people in the theater probably wanted to murder us because we were so loud;)

I actually really liked the movie...it was nothing like the book, which was sad and good at the same time...if it had actually followed the book I would have been really nit picky and found a lot of bad things about it. But since it wasn't anything like the book I just watched it as a totally different thing and really enjoyed it! Percy and Poseidon are 2 of the most beautiful people on this Earth!!! I just want to look at them for forever! ;)

This is my favorite movie poster...its actually the same picture as the cover of the book except with Logan instead of a drawing:)

Here is our 3 main hero's!!! Percy (as Beautiful as always;), Annabeth, and Grover!

Here is Poseidon! I know this isn't a photo from the movie but they haven't released any of him yet sadly. Isn't he just delicious?:)

Here is another picture of Percy and Annabeth (I couldn't help myself) They are both beautiful!

Here is Grover! He was hilarious!!! I love him too!

Quote of the Day:

This quote is from the book not the movie but oh well

"Hades raised an eyebrow. When he sat forward in his throne, shadowy faces appeared in the folds of his black robes, faces of torment,as if the garment was stitched of trapped souls from the Fields of Punishment, trying to get out. The ADHD part of me wondered, off-task, whether the rest of his clothes were made the same way. What horrible things would you have to do in your life to get woven into Hades' underwear?"
-Percy Jackson— Rick Riordan (The Lightning Thief)

Star Trek!

Sadly, I was sick on sunday:(
But, me and my mom watched the new Star Trek movie! My mom saw it several times in the theater but I had never seen it...I loved it!!! Its my new favorite movie! I didnt think I would like it, since I had never seen the original Star Trek series. But I did! I couldnt believe how quick they zoomed into the story at the beggining...in the first 5 minutes of the movie I yelped, laughed, and cried...So here is one of my favorite quotes from the movie! I was crying and laughing at the time...

Quote of the Day

George Kirk: What are we going to call him?
Winona Kirk: We could name him after your father.
George Kirk: Tiberius? You kidding me? No, that's the worst. Let's name him after your dad. Let's call him Jim.

Christmas!!!

I had an AMAZING Christmas!!! I got exactly what I wanted and more!!!
This is what I had asked for but I was sure I wasn't going to get it...But I did get it!!! With unlimited texting!!!

Okay! I'll post more about it later when I get pictures!!!

Quote of the Day:

Joy to the world, the Lord is come;
Let earth receive her King!
Let ev’ry heart prepare him room,
And Saints and angels sing

Candyland

Have you ever been to candyland? Nope, I didn't think so...I haven't either...BUT I do know where it is, and I have pictures!!! I know you think I'm crazy, but just go HERE and see the background to this ridiculous post!:)

Quote of the Day:

"There’s nothing as cozy as a piece of candy and a book."
— Betty MacDonald (Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle's Magic)

Say Goodby To Monk:(

Yesterday, sadly, was the final episode of Monk:( It has saddened everyone worldwide who has lived off of Monk for the past 8 years...So goodby Monk, we will miss you terribly...Maybe they will make a movie out of you someday.

Quotes of the Day

Ode to Randy-

Randy: If we were both drowning, who would you save?

Stottlemeyer: I don't know. Both of you.

Randy: No. You can only save one of us.

Stottlemeyer: Well, I'd probably save Monk, because he can't swim and I happen to know you are an excellent swimmer.

Randy: Suppose I was holding an anchor.

Stottlemeyer: You're holding an anchor?

Randy: Uh-huh. Who would you save then?

Stottlemeyer: Well, why don't you let go of the anchor?

Randy: It's a family heirloom.

Stottlemeyer: ...I'm leaving.

Ode to Monk-

Monk: (Pulling a leaf out of child's hand) No no, don't touch that. That's nature. Nature's dirty.

Ode to Sharona-

Monk: Wipe!

Sharona: Suck it up!

Missions and Study Abroad

I dont know how my mom did it, but she managed to cram A LOT of stuff into her life experiences before she got married! To name a few: Nanny in New York for a year, Study Abroad to Israel, and a Mission for our church to Winnepeg Canada for almost 2 years! And thats just a few! Well, she has a box that she had my dad go find the other day that has everything from when she was in Israel and on her mission! It has scrapbooks, notes, pictures, letters, cards, trinkets, journals, certificates, manuals, maps, and a lot of memories! So, me being the curious person I am and wanting to hear stories:) I dumped out the box and organized everything into piles! Along the way, I asked tons of questions! "Who is that? Where are you? What?" And every time, my mom would answer my question and tell me a story to go along with the person, place, or thing I was curious about! It made me so happy!!! I now have organized the whole box, and half of the letters! The letters are SOOOOO much fun to read! Some of them I cant read (because I cant read their handwriting) but the ones I can are hilarious!:) I probably know more about these complete strangers than there own children do!:)
Okay, thats it for now!

Quote of the Day

"You don't know me; you never knew my heart. No man knows my history. I cannot tell it: I shall never undertake it. I don't blame any one for not believing my history. If I had not experienced what I have, I would not have believed it myself. I never did harm any man since I was born in the world. My voice is always for peace."
— Joseph Smith Jr.