My Brain Be Smiling

Azure Ray
'Nuff said.

MUSTCONSUMEHIPPOPOTAMUS.

Um. Hi. SO YOU KNOW WHAT'S ANNOYING? Me is not a valid answer. I'll answer for you since this is my post and you don't exactly have a choice. Valid answer: Constantly forgetting where the last place you put your glasses was. If you don't have glasses then this obviously does not concern you. "SO WHY DON'T YOU JUST KEEP THEM ON YOUR FACE, BECCA?" A) That's a really stupid question and I'm wondering why I typed it out and then typed, "That's a really stupid question" because most people don't usually insult themselves like I do. Heh. B) Because I can see most everything without them just fine (and I unfortunately look older with them which can sometimes get me in trouble) but my vision is a bit odd. Along with a slight astigmatism, one of my eyes is nearsighted and the other is farsighted so if I'm reading for extended periods of time, then glasses are necessary so words don't get fuzzed up or I don't accidentally defocus and slightly cross them or something. That's what it looks like anyways. It's kind of strange I guess. Maybe not. I don't know. All I know is that I'm constantly looking for my glasses and it's very bothersome. Yeah. I'm pretty sure that's how companies that produce contact lenses make money, and how contact lenses became popular in the first place. Because if you get used to frequently touching your eyeballs over and over again, then some might say that's more convenient then having to deal with those fragile frames always falling off your face, getting misplaced, having to cleaned constantly, and breaking easily. I, however, don't particularly enjoy caressing the wet, slimy surface of my nearsighted and/or farsighted eye until excess fluid is soon running down my cheek.

The other day I watched Rintaro's Metropolis (Metoroporisu) and I definitely have some mixed feelings about it. We've all seen that sort of plot before, but the ending is... (I did feel like they could have done a better job with it but I don't write screenplays nor make movies so that doesn't matter.) Well, it fit the story which is what an ending is supposed to be. It isn't supposed to tie everything up in a pretty fairy-tale, Hollywood bow so things only make "sense" to make people happy. It is supposed to sum things up, yeah, but in a unique way that makes sense with the rest of the story even if you aren't super chipper when all is said and done. (I loved the ending to Atonement because, even though it was sad, you had some satisfaction as well.) But what REALLY sticks out is the art. I don't have any mixed feelings about that. I mean, It's phenomenal. See that picture up there? One of my mother's co-workers saw that while I was typing this post out a few weeks back and she was just like, "OH! What is that?! It's just beautiful! Lovely! I really like that!" And that's a picture so you people really need to see the MOTION PICTURE. I'm just so funny. Remember the German silent film, Metropolis, directed by Fritz Lang in 1927? Probably not because if you're my age or somewhat close, then you weren't alive in 1927 to watch a silent film so you're not going to remember 1927. But you might be familiar with the name. Well, this film inspired Osamu Tezuka's Metropolis (manga), and that manga then inspired Rintaro's 2001 anime version of Metropolis. But don't watch the 2001 version thinking it will be exactly like 1927 version because their plots are really different. I give Metropolis 3 and 1/2 out of 5 stars.

Some other movies I've watched somewhat recently:
Miyazaki's Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind is another brilliant masterpiece by Hayao and after I saw this I immediately moved it to my favorites because it's just UH. JUST UH. Because that makes sense. The story is beautiful and after I watched it, (I felt like a little girl with a big imagination watching this movie. It was lovely.) I felt like running outside and playing in the woods or climbing a tree... or hugging a tree and just yeah. It was amazing. The characters are unique and the story, THE STORY. It's odd but in a fantastic way and the art is stunning too. I just loved this film. 5 out of 5 definitely. That good.

A few months back Mary recommended this Irish film, The Secret of Kells, and at the time I didn't have time to watch it. Well, months later I was bored because I had stayed home sick and I didn't feel up to doing anything so I remembered this, and I watched it AND LET ME TELL YOU. One of the most artistic movies I have ever seen. The plot is bland, but you're not going to care once you're about 5 minutes into the movie because it's just so darn visually unique and rich. Also, I noted that this movie is good for both youngsters and adults. It has a storyline that a child can follow along with but also has the captivating art that an adult or teenager can admire. I mean, I loved it. So 3 and 1/2 out of 5 just because the story didn't fascinate me as much as the visual intensity did. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CyeYD9ikPpY If you're okay with being spoiled then watch that. It's not that long, and your eyes will thank you. Then you will be more than slightly surprised that your eyes can talk; and you will lock yourself in your room for 4 days with food and water so that you can properly converse with your eyes and get to know them because that's the kind, proper thing to do. You will daydream for hours about having long, intellectual conversations involving pimento cheese and the floral pattern on your grandmother's sofa. However, those deep, delicate eyes won't have any long intellectual conversations with you because they will be very angry with you for having kept them inside your bedroom for 4 days. Then you will think that you are going insane, and that you simply heard your eyes speak but in reality, they did not. Pain will fill your broken heart and your dreams of conversing with your eyes will shatter. And while your deceptive eyes hold their words within, you will endure months of therapy and become convinced that eyes cannot speak like we do. Except they can, Wilma. Poor lonely Wilma. If only you never developed a passion for pimento cheese.

A few days ago my father and I watched Capra's Arsenic and Old Lace and it was GREAT. I am indeed a Cary Grant fan. Humor is always a nice suit for him and well, the entire movie is humorous. Teddy was by far my favorite character, though. HOW COULD HE NOT BE? (I don't actually remember this, but RVA did this in Africa and apparently it was quite humorous. I really wish I could remember it.) I honestly think you should just watch this tomorrow. That kind of movie. 4 out of 5.

Run Lola Run is a German film that Mary and I watched months ago so that's not really recent. I'm not going to waste time writing a lot on it but I will say that the music is really weird. The entire movie is very edgy and fast-paced meaning you have to pay attention at pretty much all times. 3 and 1/2 out of 5.

I'm the dancing queen. Young and sweet. Only seventeen. As of April Fools Day which happens to be the day on which my mother birthed me. And this song has been stuck in my head since that day. It's too bad that the only dancing I can attempt at doing is ballroom and awkward. And the only dancing that I WILL attempt at doing is awkward... which doesn't make sense if you think about it because the reason I wouldn't dance ballroom is because I haven't done it in so long. Naturally, I'm afraid that I will forget the dance half way into the song and then stumble around like a big bafoon.........which would be awkward. But I'm an awkward person I guess. And seventeen is an awkward year so it all fits. You can do the same stuff you could do at 16 but you're not mature enough yet to do all the stuff you get to do at 18. (College, vote, etc) It's just an awkward in-between age. JUST DANCE!



National Geographic told me that Jack the Ripper's identity was Carl Fiegenbaum. Along with some other stuff. Nothing to do with the lasagna that I'm eating though.
http://www.ouramazingplanet.com/pancake-stingray-discovery-110314-1230/
A research team discovered two new species of stingrays from the Amazon rain forest and they have been nicknamed the "pancake" stingray for obvious reasons.

http://dvice.com/pics/stingray-ventral-110314-02.jpg (<- Not as an alien)
Apparently there was also another somewhat recent discovery in that rain forest. (As you probably noticed if you clicked that link.) So there was these catterfishes right? N' they was just there, mindin' their own wax from them couple darned bees in this lovely little stream of sorts, but then them not good science men who be wantin' to skin them n' sell them poor skins on that Ebay came stompin' 'round n' they were mean n' ugly and not nice to them poor catterfishes. So 'member them catterfishes? Well, they was just rawrin' n' sorts! n' then they went n' done jumped all over these darned couple of folks. N' the science men was all flabbergooseted 'cause they be realizin' that they ought not be messin' with them catterfishes 'cause they be really jaggerwires in disguises. N' that's what really happened to them darned science folks n' those catterfishes/jaggerwires. Honest.



I have no hands...

This is a title

I peed today.

The Gingers

Mark Twain

“Reader, suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself.”

Just a really great title that I just now thought of all by myself

I love Dali.

Oh, March. Not that your name is March or anything...unless it IS March. Um. (In that case, I'm sorry for any future or previous offense of any kind. Eh...or maybe just confusion. Hey, March, your name is on a calendar, you know. HAHAHAHAHAHA. I'm so funny.)
Overall, I really dislike March. This is because March comes after February which means February ends, and February is a month that I happen to like because it's still kind of cold. March is when it starts to warm up. March is when girls break out the short-shorts. March reminds me that A) I have successfully said "March" way too many times in a single post and it's now redundant and you're most likely annoyed yet you're still reading this. March. B) Although I do enjoy the aroma of sunscreen, summer is near which means hot weather, sweat in awkward places, unusual tans, annoying girls everywhere, and not enough proper grammar. w3 @ll tlk liek dis @ll d4h tiiM3!! Y0!!1! and C) It's less than one month away from my birthday. April 1st. April Fools Day. I'm not going to make a joke about that. I was actually initially born on two holidays: Good Friday as well as April Fools. It counts. 123456789....yeah. Anyways, I'll be 17 and I still don't have my license and about 10 PEOPLE HAVE TOLD ME THAT THIS IS OKAY SO YOU JUST SHUT YOUR *&^%$*^#@@#$@&*(((#@!#^#~~@^*&@@*)+_)#!%^ MOUTH!!! I haven't had any kind of opportunity to drive in a very long while because I keep getting home at approximately 10 to 11 at night. My mother, who has RA, can't really teach me at 10 to 11 at night. We're both exhausted and that's when she does her coupon-clipping. I can't take ANY time away from her coupon-clipping or everyone will die and we'll all have to stare at ugly ordinary goldfish for the rest of our lives instead of supposedly mean Beta fish even though we're all apparently dead. Just go with it. I leave at 9:30ish in the morning and I can't really do any driving before that because I'm probably sleeping or near sleep. You've probably narrowed it down to weekends by now. EXCEPT THOSE NEVER WORK EITHER BECAUSE MY MOM WORKS THEN TOO (most of the time at least). So I get Melissa to teach me on the weekends when it fits both of our schedules. That's not too often, and that's why I don't have my license. Deal. So yeah. March. :/

Iron Chef anyone? (Not the American suckish version) WHHHAAAAAAT DO YOU MEAN YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT IS AND YOU WANT ME TO ENLIGHTEN YOU AND TALK A LOT ABOUT IT BECAUSE YOU KNOW I LOVE IT SSSSOOOOO MUUUCHHHH?! OH, DEAR, YOU ARE A MESS! A MESS, I SAY! Well, I guesssssssssss I could. (Dear? Really? o.O)
Iron Chef is a fantastic Japanese cooking show that comes on Food Network in case you want to watch it now that I've recommended it (Which you should. Watch it.) It's also fun to make fun of but not in a "HAHAHAHA WHAT A STUPID SHOW I'M COOL HEY HAHAHAHA" way if you catch my drift. In a somewhat short summary, the show is pretty much a timed competition in which skilled chefs battle around one theme ingredient. Typically a challenger is paired with an Iron Chef specializing in either Japanese, Chinese, French, or Italian. (Although, it appears on television that the challenger picks his opponent on the spot, it's planned beforehand.) The two chefs have exactly one hour to construct a tasty multi-course meal so that the talkative judges don't starve and all that jazz. (They serve as narrators for the entire show. Awesome sauce. Sauce. Hehe. I'm not lame.) The judges determine which chef was better at using the key ingredient, and there's a winner, and yay. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mhAPrBddfM&feature=related Because apparently no one watches the videos I post ON my blog. It's just my extremely interesting words they read and ponder for hours afterward.

And a day has past since I typed out the previous paragraph and yes, I know this tends to happen frequently. If I cared, it probably wouldn't. Just a hunch.
And now something I care even less for, The AB[insert Harry Potter birthmark here]hancer.

I would like someone to explain this to me. All I can get out of it is "WTF?" Actually that's a lie. I get this too in a slightly nasal, southern announcer voice: "It's the AB Hancer! As not seen on TV! And guess what, ladies and gentlemen! That's right! Not only does it 'dramatically enhance abs', but It doubles as a BBQ grill, a giant fly-swatter, AND a disciplinary device that you can use on naughty children! Take one home today! Or not!" I think the only reason that thing exists, if it DOES exist, is so that my eyes can get wider. And everyone else is laughing at it. So there yah go.

Me- "WTF?! O.O"
Everyone else- "LOL!!!!! LMAO WITH EXTRA MAYO!! [I'm not lame]"
Me- "IF YOU WANT ABS THEN WHY CAN'T YOU JUST WORK OUT?!"
Everyone else- "Hahahaha that's not even REAL! HA!"
Me- I just....don't understand. Why does this exist...."
Everyone else- "It's still funny! Hahahahahaha!!
*3 years later the AB Hancer is forgotten*
Everyone- "I really love this shake weight. It gives me such a great work out."
...
Me- "My ear is cold. :)"
Everyone else- "Hey, Becca, remember that AB Hancer? Hahaha that was soooooooooo funny."
Me- "DON'T EVEN BRING THAT UP! WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU!"
*The AB Hancer is remembered, put back um on the market, and everyone dies because of some toxic unknown substance that is found on its "lightweight" bars.*

You know what? Some day I'm just going to take a black sharpie, and after sniffing it for about 13 minutes, I'm going to draw some awesome abs on my awesome abdomen. Then, I will take a dozen pictures from obscure angles. "BUT, BECCA, WHO WILL YOU TAKE THEM FROM?" I'm not lame. I will capture myself, and my fake abs, in photography. We shall see who laughs then. No one. Because I won't upload any of those pictures to the internet...because it's most likely been done before. "YEAH, BECCA, PEOPLE UPLOAD PICTURES ALL THE TIME TO THE INTERNET." I'm not...never mind. http://verydemotivational.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/demotivational-posters-fake-abs.jpg

Silly, Chiffons. Rhyming isn't repeating that word you just used a short while ago. When will you learn? You won't! You don't make music any more! Oh, Canada. Siiiiigh. I've been on iTunes all day while I type out notes that I forget to send yet again, and read annoying emails, and almost faint like 5 times because I stand up too fast or I don't take important vitamins because my mom forgets to buy them, and cool stuff like that. 'Cause I'm cool. Forget I said that. Well, I've had iTunes on shuffle and interesting things always happen when I do that. Granted, 5 out of 10 songs are always going to be from either broadways, Disney movie soundtracks, or stuff I listened to in the 4th grade. Everything else is random weird stuff or music I normally listen to. Although, I do frequently listen to some broadways, and Disney songs... WHY AM I STILL TALKING ABOUT THIS. I forgot my original point. There was probably a weird song that came on. I was probably going to post a link to it so you could join in on the weirdness but you wouldn't listen to it anyway so it's okay that I forgot. Eh.

I'm losing it.....
Losing it.....
Lost it.

I'm going to have so many typos in this. I can just feel it.

Waffles in the other hand...

Hero - Regina Spektor

10:06 PM

I DREAMED A DREAM THAT I WAS FAMOOOOOOUUUUUS.
THEN I SANG THIS SONG AND I WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAS.