'I suppose I am a professor now. Pretty soon I'll be going bald. '

SWEET BABY KOALAS I AM FINISHED FOREVER

That's it, Grade 11 is done FOREVER. I never have to deal with Grade 11 classes ever again. Except for functions in summer school, but that's another story. A sad, sad, sad story.

In other news, I AM STILL ON A SUPERHERO KICK. I saw X-Men: First Class with a bunch of my friends, including Sara, who you can find here. And may I just say:

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IT WAS FREAKING AMAZING. Everything about the movie was sheer genius. The casting could not have been more perfect, and the story was easy to follow, with many parallels to already existing X-Men films. 

He is so attractive. And with the cape? Unf.

Magneto was executed flawlessly by Michael Fassbender. Even though his (oh-so-wonderful) Irish brogue slipped out a few times, the character was portrayed wonderfully. Erik's drive to wipe out humankind and put mutants on top was explored really well over the film, and the bromance was wonderful.

Speaking of bromance, Professor Charles Xavier was NOT BALD.

I don't understand the hobo gloves.

One of the biggest changes in this film, was that the classically bald Professor X (played by Sir Patrick Stewart in the other films) was given a luxurious head of hair in James Mcavoy's portrayal. Also, the hand on the face thing was pretty cool. And the bromance was truly awesome, and has probably spawned many more shippers...

Can I also say that I'm in love with this boy?

Pre-blueness though

Perfectly adorable and nerdy and awesome. It was so sad when *SPOILER ALERT* he turned blue. And when he showed himself to the team, and they accepted him and it was nice but I do miss the nerdy glasses of cuteness.

Fangirling is done for now, I suppose.

So all in all, it was an amazing movie and I would not hesitate to see it again! And again, and again, and again, and again, and uuuuuugh.

In other other news, not much is going on. SCHOOL IS OVER EXAMS ARE DONE AND I AM FREE. I am still unemployed, but whatever. I'm working on it, mostly...So until I write again my darlings, enjoy your summer!

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'Parents believe that a hideous name will frighten off gnomes and trolls. Like our charming Viking demeanor wouldn't do that. '

Allow me to recap all of the month of May, before we move onto the month of Hell, I mean June.

• I failed my G2 licence test, because the examiner didn't like my parking
• It rained. A lot.
• I hurt my quad muscle, and limped around all month, much to the amusement of my friends
• Band camp happened, but I didn't march. I just ate, a lot.
• I applied for a lot of jobs, but none of them have responded

And that was the month of May. So far in June, I've had my hair cut!

Before: I look so weird. But you're really supposed to be looking at the length of my hair, not my ugly face.

After: Still a weird looking photo of me, but look how much shorter it is! I am liberated!

So my hair is ALL gone. I feel so light and free and it's so much fun to flip around! I'm doing hair swishes while I type. *swoosh*

In other news, my life is about to go downhill. Within the next month, I have four exams (biology, functions, English, and ancient civilisations) as well as four summative assignments, one for each class. I'm NEARLY done my ancient civ presentation, sort of, and my other assignments have yet to be started. 

Oh well.

And now, I will rant about books. My best friend loaned me her copy of American Gods by Neil Gaiman, under the condition that I don't dogear the corners of the pages. I've been true to my word, and oh my baby koalas, I am loving it so much. I'm a huge mythology buff, so I really like the mythic background that's being introduced, and the characters are so interesting, and some of the nonsense the main character, Shadow, gets into makes me quake in fear. Seriously, he's kinda screwed up.

Neil Gaiman has become my hero.

I am HIGHLY recommending this to anyone who likes any sort of mythology, particularly Norse. And on that note, may I direct you to my newest obsession?

He's the greatest dragon ever.

I finally saw How to Train Your Dragon and I LOVED IT. Toothless captured my heart with his dragon-kitty antics, and Hiccup is adorable. The animation was really well done, and all the dragons were so cool to watch in flight and just chilling with the other characters. The Monstrous Nightmare was awesome, but I really want a Night Fury. They are pretty awesome.

SPEAKING OF NORSE THINGS:

'For a crazy homeless guy, he's pretty cut'

THOR. MOVIE. YAY. I actually really liked this movie. A lot of people would disagree with me, but I did like the whole thing. Sure, the Earth plot had SO much more potential, and the Asgard effects were cool, but a little too modern, but it was a really cool movie. And hellooooo, the two main male characters are extremely attractive. And if you know me at all, you know I can't resist a superhero. If there were real flying superheroes, I would totally snap one up. Or y'know, kidnap a Norse god or something.

This was the cutest thing ever.

And really, how is a girl supposed to say no to that? The hand kissing, and the 'deal?' *wild kiss* 'deal.', and the adorableness, it's all too much. But so wonderful.

Anyways, I'm pretty sure I'm going to fail functions, but who knows. I might be able to bring my mark up, which is why I'm reverting to Tree-Hermit mode, and living out the rest of my life, in a tree. So farewell until after exams and nonsense. Keep well, and don't forget to water your plants, and if you do happen to see a Norse god or a Night Fury wandering around, send them my way. Thank you, and adieu.

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'If you were half as funny as you think you are, you'd be twice as funny as you are now'

If you know me at all, you'll know that I'm quite the bookworm. Or I used to be. I don't have much time for reading now, but I still love to pick up a good book when I can! So I've decided to compile a list of my favourite books and series, so that not only I can enjoy these books, but whoever is reading this can too. I'll be making this a series, so this will be the first in probably about five or so blogs. We'll see though! Right now, I'm going to talk about my newest literary love; The Mortal Instruments Series, by Cassandra Clare.

The shirtless boy wasn't the ONLY reason I chose to read this book...

I picked up this book from my school library last year, and even though there was a shirtless boy on the cover, the plot and story appealed to me quite strongly. I like fantasy books, with modern twists, as well as realistic characters, even with mystical powers. This book and its series is amazing, and I highly recommend it.

Summary of The Mortal Instruments Book One: City of Bones (from Mortal Instruments.com)

When fifteen-year-old Clary Fray heads out to the Pandemonium Club in New York City, she hardly expects to witness a murder — much less a murder committed by three teenagers covered with strange tattoos and brandishing bizarre weapons. Clary knows she should call the police, but it's hard to explain a murder when the body disappears into thin air and the murderers are invisible to everyone but Clary. Equally startled by her ability to see them, the murderers explain themselves as Shadowhunters: a secret tribe of warriors dedicated to ridding the earth of demons. Within twenty-four hours, Clary's mother disappears and Clary herself is almost killed by a grotesque demon. But why would demons be interested in ordinary mundanes like Clary and her mother? And how did Clary suddenly get the Sight? The Shadowhunters would like to know.... 

My favourite characters are surprisingly not Jace and Clary, the main protagonists, but Alec Lightwood, and Simon Lewis. The two of them aren't minor characters by any standards, but they're both much more complex then Jace or Clary, emotionally at least, especially in later books. Both Alec and Simon have something they have to 'come out' about, and have to deal with regular teenage things, as well as being a Shadowhunter, and a Shadowhunter's best friend. As the books go on, Simon becomes more and more crucial to the story, and his character develops in so many different ways, not only physically, but emotionally. Alec has to deal with a very important issue that is difficult enough to deal with in 'mundane' society, but in Shadowhunter society, it is even more frowned upon. I won't say what it is for either boy, since that would spoil the books, but it's a very realistic telling for each boy.

So far in the series, out of the four books published, my favourite is City of Glass.

So much intrigue! Romance! Death!

The third book is definitely my favourite so far. I've read it so many times, and I love it so much. Magnus never fails to make me laugh, and Sebastian's strange quirks and relationship with all my favourite characters is always intriguing. I won't give away too much, but this book definitely has my heart.

The first book is set to become a movie, which is set for release in 2012. So far, the only character they've cast is Clary, the main protagonist. She's set to be played by Lily Collins, who is known for playing Collins Tuohy in the 2009 film, The Blind Side.

Personally, I don't think she looks like Clary, but I think she could do a good job.

As for the rest of the cast, I have a few people in mind...

I chose Alex Pettyfer for Jace Wayland for obvious reasons. He looks like him, and I'm sure he could pull off the charmingly roguish act that Jace has. In my dream cast, Alec would be played by Gaspard Ulliard. Whatta cutie! The smiley (sparkly) guy in the corner, Adam Lambert, would obviously be Magnus Bane, and Ben Barnes would be Sebastian Verlac. I've never actually seen Kristopher Turner in anything, but he certainly looks like Simon, and the girl next to him, Jessica Stroup looks as if she'd be a kickass Isabelle Lightwood. Gerard Butler and Daniel Craig could be interchangable as Luke Garroway and Valentine Morgenstern, since both are rugged and buff, but can be classy and indimitating, when they want to be...Gemma Arterton would be my ideal cast for the Seelie Queen. She's beautiful, ethereal and mysterious, not to mention looks like the way I pictured her in my head. Last, but not least is Isla Fisher as Jocelyn Fray. I feel like Jocelyn is still very young, and while Julianne Moore would have been another choice, I chose Isla because she is very pretty and still young enough to have had a teenaged daughter.

These books presented a very original look at some interesting themes, including religion, growing up, social acceptance, mythology, and many more. I highly recommend this series of books to anyone. Be sure to check out all four released books so far:

• City of Bones
• City of Ashes
• City of Glass
• City of Fallen Angels

Coming Soon

• City of Lost Souls
• City of Heavenly Fire

And that's all for now folks! Thanks for reading!

The News From White Kingsington #5

IT IS OVER. FINITO. DONE. FOREVER.

My school's production of Wonderland: The Musical Misadventures of a Girl Named Alice is over now! It was a good run while it lasted, with many shenanigans. Everyone who was a part of the show enjoyed themselves immensely while working on it, and the shows made us laugh until we cried. 

There's a tradition at my school, that on closing night, people are given the chance to take some...liberties with some of the things that go on onstage. We had a couple really good gags this year, including:

• The Red Queen drew a moustache on the sleeping Red King's face
• There was a pudding fight
• Replacing 'Kitty' with a tiger
• Having the guy who played the train conductor be more silly then he usually is
• Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum wore the Red King's crown
• Hatta and the White King's new dialogue about White Kingsington
• Our announcer was Scottish
• The two newscasters dressed up in their costumes from last year's production of  Seussical The Musical, where they were Mr. and Mrs. Mayor

There were other nonsensical and illogical shenanigans being performed as well, but they were more to do with the actual plot of the play, and less about the action. All in all, it was a ton of fun.

 

 

 

The cast of our amazing show

In other news, I think I'm getting sick.

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Anti-Aerica

ALIIIIIIIIIIICE IN WONDERLAAAAAAND CLOOOSE YOUR EYYYES AND TAAAKE MY HAAAAAAAAND.

That is the opening line of the opening number of my school's musical this year, Wonderland: The Musical Misadventures of a Girl Named Alice! I'm the spotlight operator, while my friends are the stage manager, right wing co-ordinator, assistant director/Mother/Proper Authority #1/Tweedle Dum/Announcer/Emcee, and the lighting operator. A lot of my other friends are involved in the play as well, whether they're in it, or their on the stage crew. I'm super excited for our evening opening night tomorrow, it's going to be fantastic.

In other news, I got a rather interesting question on my Formspring account today. Here's the question, and my answer:

what's the dark side behind aerica ...?
well anti-aerica is dark and gloomy and despairing and emo and hellish and evil. that's my dark side. as to what she actually does, well, she just cackles evilly in a corner, plotting things.

After answering the question, I started thinking more about what the real Anti-Aerica would be like. I came to a conclusion of the following points:

• She would like pink
• She would be short
• She would be really social
• TWIHARD
• She'd probably be super annoying
• Wouldn't like chocolate
• She'd be a math kid

I don't think we'd get along very well.

Greasy Pizza Makes for Happy Me

I've decided to change how often I blog. I'm going to try to write at least once a week, but more if I feel like it. So here goes for this week.

As I'm sure you know, it's tech week at my school for our musical production of Wonderland: The Musical Misadventures of A Girl Named Alice, and thus, it has been crazy hectic and busy for me. We've been working really hard to get our show running and looking wonderful, and so far, it's been paying off! I went into school today (there was no school today, it was a PA day) and helped to clean out our wings and repaint the chess board set we have. It was an incredibly productive day, believe it or not. I had greasy pizza for lunch, which pleased me.

Yesterday night, my family and I went to see a concert, but not just any concert. We saw 'Bugs Bunny at the Symphony'! I really really enjoyed myself, partially because I love the Looney Toons cartoons, particularly Bugs and Marvin the Martian, but the music was performed beautifully by the symphony orchestra while the cartoons ran on a screen above them. I can't stress how much I enjoyed that concert. I'd love to go see it again, but unfortunately, their next stop in the tour is Malaysia, which is tragic. 

Next week is the actual run of our show, so I'll be super busy the whole time. I don't actually do much other than operate the spotlight, but I do do odd jobs for our stage manager and director and everyone else. It's pretty much hell, but it's actually quite fun. Other than that, I don't have much else to report. I'd like to fangasm about ModCloth some more, but I'm tired. Next time, I'll just ramble about the show, so be prepared! 

That's all for now folks!

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Fashion and Giant Badass Robots

I HAVE BROKEN MY PROMISE.

I haven't written anything for the past several days, which is tragic D:

And so, I apologize to myself and the one other person on the Internet who reads this for not updating.

I don't have much to report, other than I am supremely bored these days. I should be working on my biology case study, but I have more important things to be thinking about right now, like music, and clothes, and getting a job. Mostly getting a job, and my G2 license. I'd love to go for my license really soon, but there's some paperwork I have to fill out, and a road test to complete. Trust me, you'll know if I get my G2.

In other news, I had a performance with band today. We performed at someone's wedding reception. It was honestly the most awkward performance I've ever done. We marched in playing music, and had a trumpet fanfare for each member of the bridal party, and a longer, more extravagant fanfare for the bride and groom. Then we played some music, and then left. As we were leaving, one lady looked at us as if we were the scum of the Earth. It was very awkward and stiff, but I'm sure they're all having fun now. I know I'm not.

I really should be doing biology, but just sitting here writing and lurking music and clothing is much more fun. I am in LOVE with a website called ModCloth. They have so many awesome pieces with such intricate details, and some really beautiful simple pieces. Here's my biggest wishlist right now:

These are all from the home area and other stuff. The snail is a jewelry box, and I reeeally want it. And the sombrero/saucer penguin mug is just winning, and the ice cream pillow is wondrous. However, the fish umbrella and the owl mug are at the very very top of my list. I would be so happy and so ecstatic every time it rains if I had that fishy umbrella. And then I'd warm up with a mug of hot chocolate in my owl mug and a good book :)

WANT. WANT. WANT. WANT. WANT.

All these dresses are so gorgeous, I want them all. If you know me well enough, or at all, you'll know I'm not particularly girly. However, I have recently discovered a love for pretty (casual!) dresses. I think all these dresses are beautiful, and so simple, that I can't help but love them. I adore the teal colour and the interesting back on the first one, and the second is just a rainbow of colour! Plus, it's a maxi dress, which I've been dying to try. The last three dresses are the girliest of them all, but they're so nice to look at, I think I'd die of happiness should I own any of them. Out of all of these, I'd want the first or last one the most. THE LAST ONE HAS POCKETS.

So yeah. That's my fashion rant for now. I'm in the process of watching 'Transformers' and I will end this simply by saying: AUTOBOTS, ROLL OUT.

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OKAY.

Yesterday was the day of the Royal Ontario Museum disaster. The whole trip was so disorganized, but it was a ridiculous amount of fun. We got to roam about on our own for the morning, and joined up again in the afternoon for a guided tour of the Ancient Greece and Egypt wings of the museum. 

If you know me well enough, I have a thing for Harry Potter. Thus, the owl fixation.

During the roaming bit, my friends and I went to the animals and biodiversity wing, and we found OWLS. I was very excited. We roamed about in the bat cave, which was super fun. I really liked looking at the animals, and once we got to the Greek exhibit, I was ecstatic. I love Greek mythology, which caused me to learn quite a bit about Ancient Greek culture. I am very pleased to note I answered many of our guides questions about the culture.

So, that was pretty much yesterday. Except my best friend Sara found a flower that looks like Vileplume. 

See?

So that was the ROM. Today I had two massive tests, a Biology quiz, and my Functions test of DOOM. Other than that, play went relatively well today...Relatively. So that's my life right now, and TTFN Interweb!

Long Day, Short Post

If you were paying attention to my last actual post, you would have know that my history class was going to the Royal Ontario Museum. And we did, and it was fab.

I am writing every day, as you can see, but I have a massive biology test and a functions unit test to study for, so expect a giant chunk of words tommorow!

Ta-ta for now!

Simply Some Thoughts

Have you ever wondered how we came to be? As individual people, with our own distinctive features and personalities? I have. Or more specifically, I've been forced to wonder. My biology class at school has been studying genetics, and it made me wonder about individuality. Are we born with our certain personality traits in our DNA? Or do certain things come from the choices we make? Personally, I think the majority of who I am is due to choices I've made, and the people I associate with. Although, a part of me thinks some of my qualities were inherited from my parents, like my inane stubbornness. And stuff. That's all my philosophical nonsense for today.

I've also fallen in love with 8tracks. For those of you who don't know, 8tracks is a website where people go and upload music and create playlists, just for fun. I really love it, because it's helped me discover a lot of new music. My favourite mix right now is called 'sundresses' and was made by 'brighterthansunshine'. It's got a few songs I already know and love, and a few new ones that I've GOT to download ASAP. Also, I officially love Arcade Fire. Not just because they won a Grammy, or a couple Juno's, but I genuinely like their music. I'd never really heard any of their songs before, but can I just say I'm swimming in adoration right now?

 Tomorrow my ancient civilizations class is going to the Royal Ontario Museum to see the Egyptian and Greek exhibits. I'm super excited, since I reeeeeeeeeeeally love ancient Greek culture and mythology, since I'm a dork and all. Regardless, I'm excited and I'm going to enjoy myself immensely. 

In other news, I'm the spotlight and gobo operator for my school's musical, Wonderland. The rehearsals are coming along pretty well, and here's a Thespian Peacock to describe life:

The End

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Aloha, Mahalo!

Good afternoon Internet! 

So, keeping with my promise to write everyday, I'm going to sum up what's happened so far today, and whatever else is going on in my life. 

Today I had band practice. Well not really. We had a meeting to discuss our trip to HAWAII. I'll be leaving near the end of November, so it's a ways off, but we're still starting all our fund-raising now, so we can cut down the price. I'm super excited to go, since I've never been to Hawaii before! Attractions in the works include a maze at the Dole Plantation, as well as a performance on the USS Missouri. It's a huge honour, since we're the only foreign band out of 17 bands who will be performing at the 70th anniversary of Pearl Harbour. I'm super excited.

Other than that, I've only had homework to be 'excited' about...And that's it really. I suppose my television shows are playing a huge part in my life. Glee has had me freaking out these past few episodes, what with the Klaine kiss (SQUEE) and regionals and all the nonsense with Quinn and Finn. I'm NOT happy about having to wait out the month for nationals and whatever other shenanigans they have planned. Big Bang theory is just awesome, and Smallville is getting intense for its final season! 

And that's it for now. Aloha!

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Concerning the Small Things

I'm not sure how to start this. I feel a little awkward, just typing away here, by myself. But shall I get to the point?

I'm Erica, and this is my blog. I will be writing every single day, if time allows, so that I can process all my thoughts, and just ramble about everything in my life. Not only that, but I'll be discussing things of interest to me, and I hope you enjoy reading what I write.

So for my first blog (yay!) I feel like I should disclose a few things about me. So here we go:

a) I am in a marching band. I play flute, and I'm a section leader. Band takes up a lot of my time, and my life, but I do love it, and it takes me around the world. I wouldn't give up band for anything in the world.

b) My real name is Erica, but I choose to spell it with an 'A' for originality and individuality. Someday, when I become a famous author, my books will be under the pseudonym Aerica, not Erica. My parents named me Erica, but these days, I feel more and more like Aerica.

c) I'm a dork. I love acting like a kid, and being silly. I am in love with never growing up, and have a serious obsession with any and all things to do with Harry Potter. I would do anything for my friends, and will stand by them, no matter what. I like it when people notice the little things about me, and pick up on my quirks. 

I suppose that's all for now, and hopefully I'll write something tomorrow. So until then, adieu and goodbye :)