haha...

so if you thought i was a failure before, you must KNOW im either a failure and/or a lazy bum. school has seriously been CRAZY. i havent had time to do ANYTHING. i did want to actually post something reading/writing related because i know you all love me more than colleen since she never posts. let me think...

so i have the book fair next week at school. i LOVE book fairs, but i always feel like a DORK going and buying books while everyone else buys furry pencils and posters. they have a lot of cool books though, so im super excited. what else?

well, im reading the city of bones, im almost done and its very good.

im also reading buffy the vampire slayer. EXCITING NEWS. i didnt even know that they were books, i only knew the tv show. something you should know about me, I LOVE BUFFY. we just got netflix for our wii and ive been watching buffy every second i can. I LOVE BUFFY. have i said that already? well, I LOVE BUFFY<3

help, im a failure!

sorry ive been lazy when it comes to bloggin but this is nothing compared to colleens laziness. so i will be reviewing A book soon. not sure which... so yeah. sorry!

tagged!

hey so i was tagged so these are the questions i was supposed to answer... so yeah....
1) Sometimes I feel like I'm the craziest person person in the world...So you have to tell me something that makes you a little insane so I can feel better about myself.

well... i cant stand it when my door isnt all the way open when i go to bed. unlike most of the population of the world i sleep with my door open, and if its not completely touching the wall i go insane. ocd.

2) Would you rather kiss Voldemort or Susan Boyle?

thats an akward question... i suppose i would rather kiss susan boyle cuz although im not a lesbian, if i kissed voldemort he would probably like kill me. and i dont want to be dead.

3) What is one impossible thing you wish was possible?

ive always wanted to like do that flip in movies where they run up the wall a couple steps and flip back and totally pwn the evil ninjas.

4) What type of dinosaur would you be? I want you to research extensively and match yourself up with one that has similar personality traits =P

too lazy. id definately be a carnivore though. meatttttttttttttttt

5) If you could move anywhere in the universe, where would you move? (Notice how I say "universe" which means if you would like to reside on Mars, or set up camp in a black hole, that's perfectly fine.)

in the universe? i hate decisions. id have to say mars because chances are mars is less poluted than earth.

6) Theme song of your life?

tough question. probably the one from nemo *just keep swimming just keep swimming*

7) Gallbladder or liver?

gallbladder most definately. i do admit that you cant live without your liver and you can without your gallbladder, but i feel bad for the poor gallbladder. its highly underrated.

so yeah, hope you werent completely bored to death. if your reading this you are tagged;)

questions to answer:

1. do you believe in the signifigance of the ;) face?

2. are you inclined to bang the computer mouse on the table when its working slow?

3. if you had to wear only one color for the rest of your life what color would it be?

4.if you were an ice cream flavor what would it taste like?

5.what is your favorite "good luck charm"? (ex: four leaf clover, 11:11, shooting star, etc)

6. have you ever typed the initialism "etc"?

7. please describe the chair you are sitting on, if any.

8. do you think mustaches are cool or creepy?

barnes and noble haul

back to bloggin fo reals, still no word from colleen, but i would like to tell her and her twin laura happy birthday! (again) it was actually on thrusday but WHATEVER. i bought you guys the best presents ever. YOU. WILL. LOVE. THEM.

ok, so im basing this blog after like, makeup guru stuff, like they always do hauls after theyre done shopping you know? (something you should know about me is that i obsess over makeup gurus. i dont even do half the stuff i learn, i just like to watch people do their hair and make up. yeah, i know, im weird. what happened to not judging?) so yeah, i just went to barnes and noble today and got four books that im SUPER excited to read.

the first is called dreamland by sarah dessen. i normally dont read sarah dessen books (DONT HURT ME!) but this one really cought my attention. it looks as if (from the back) that this girl has some crap going on in her life, but shes oblivious to it all because of her boyfriend. then, as you can imagine, it kind of becomes a problem. im hope theres minimal "drama" in it, cuz i just dont like those types of books. ($9)

the second is called dead is just a rumor by marlene perez. its actually the fourth book in the series that doesnt really have a name... they all start with "dead is" though. i feel like they might be a little young for me, but WHATEVER. gosh thats the second time ive said that in one post... so its about this town where lots of people are supernatural creatures, or have weird powers. the main characters name is daisy and she and her sisters are physic. basically a bunch of really weird stuff goes on in each book, its kind of hard to explain. i really like them though! ($7)

the third one is called before i fall by lauren oliver. im sure a lot of you have heard of this one, it looks really good! it sounds almost like groundhogs day. see, what happens is the "it" girl dies on her birthday. but then she wakes up the next day and does it all again. for a week. pretty self explainitory. i bought the hard cover version, idk if theres a paper back out yet. ($17)

and the last one many of you have probably heard of also, its called city of bones but cassandra clare and its the first book in the mortal instruments series. its supposed to be really good so im REALLY excited for it! its about a girl named clary who unknowingly gets sucked into the world of the shadow hunters, a group of teens with odd markings who dedicate their lives to hunting demons. pretty cool stuff right? ($11)

anyway, as you can see, im pretty nerdy, but what can i say? books excite me:)

hey

hey guys, sorry i havent blogged in a while, our internet and cable has been out since monday. its on right now, but im at my dads office cuz i was going insane... so yeah, sorry about that, i will probably post something soon... im not really sure, but dont worry, ive been nagging colleen to get on the blog, i mean, for real?! i post like 23538475328709 times to her one post. so anyway, ive been thinking about starting my own blog so that i can talk about whatever i please so that i dont have to drag my boring personal life into this blog which is supposed to be about writing...

anyway... yeah, let me know what you think.

mockingjay (again) SPOILER ALERT

so now that the initial excitement of getting (and finishing) mockingjay im just a tad disapointed. well, not just a tad... a lot... i mean the books was good, but the end felt to anti climactic... and I WAS SO PISSED WITH WHO KATNISS ENDED UP CHOOSING!!! SO MAD!!! SPOILER ALERT, SPOILER ALERT! DO NOT READ ON IF YOU DONT WANT TO KNOW WHO SHE CHOOSES!!! SKIP TO THE 6TH PARAGRAPH.

she chooses freaking peeta!!! i HATE PEETA, like, for real! ARGHHHHHHH!! WHYYYY?!?!?!

STILL SPOILERS
i dont care if hes the nicest guy on earth, I HATE HIM, hes so weird and... just ICK. on the other hand, I LOVE GALE. hes like the best guy ever!!! so i really hate suzanne collins for making that happen!

another thing... STILL SPOILERS
there wasnt any closure about gale! like, what happens now, katniss and him never ever, ever speak again?! WHATS UP WITH THAT?! so mad! AND HER AND PEETA HAVE KIDS?! NOOOO, NOOOO, NOOO, NO, NO, NO, NO!!!!!!! NOOOOOO!!!!!!!! TEAM GALE, TEAM GALE, TEAM GALEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!
IM. SO. MAD.

STILLLLL SPOILERS
and where the heck was haymitch at the end?! he raises geese and thats it?! HAYMITCH DID NOT GET THE JUSTICE HE DESERVED.

SPOILERS END
so all in all i felt like the beginning was very rushed and it was not done proper justice. im a little bit upset because i waited SO FREAKING LONG for this book and i was SO FREAKING EXCITED when it finally came! and now i feel like katniss, peeta, gale, haymitch, and all the others left on a sour note. i still miss cinna:'(

amazingness

hi guys, i was just on my ipod a couple days ago and i have this app, its called iheart radio, and its like pandora... only it isnt... but anyway, they sometimes feature music vids and other stuff and i found this amazing song, im too lazy to put a link, but its called i didnt know. its by alex lambert. NO, not adam lambert!! ALEX! geez.

so anyway, some of the diehard american idol fans know alex, he got eliminated WAY, WAY, WAYYYYY to early for me! i mean, that doof andwer garcia?! no offence, but i really didnt like him!!! i LOVED alex!!!

so, as you can imagine, i was super, super, super excited to see it and... IT WAS AMAZING! the lyrics were so beautiful, and meaningful! i was almost crying by the end, and... HE SOUNDED GREAT! so, the song is not available on itunes yet... but im sure it will be! for now, just give him some love on youtube!!!

random

hey, so im going to take a little break from reading and writing and stuff and talk about how annoyed i am at my family.

so today i laid around in bed til about 1015 and went downstairs to go say good morning, you know, like a good person, just to find out that im FREAKIN HOME ALONE! gee family, thanks so much for leaving a note or a text saying you were leaving me to go run errends! its nice that you let me sleep and all, but COME ON! im an unrealistic and worrisome person, im going to think you were all kidnapped or murdered.

it gets better though. so i text my mom and sister asking them what the crap is going on and neither answer! its like, ok, maybe you WERE kidnapped! so then i have to CALL my mom and figure out whats going on! i was going to get either really pissed off or really frantic if she didnt answer, but she did and i found out that they are running FREAKIN errends. at 1030 in the morning?! who does that?!

who leaves their daughter home alone without so much as a note!? i mean i know writing is a lot of effort, but really? i guess my parents are just those type of people who relish in the thought of their daughter freaking out. i wonder if theres hope for me.

MOCKINGJAY *cues the singing angels*

IM SO EXCITED. IM SO EXCITED. IM SO EXCITED. IM SO EXCITED. IM SO EXCITED. IM SO EXCITED. IM SO EXCITED. IM SO EXCITED. IM SO EXCITED. IM SO FREAKING EXCITED, BECAUSE JUST YESTERDAY MOCKINGJAY WAS SPECIALLY DELIVERED TO MY FREAKING HOUSE AND IM SPORTING MY SPECIAL MOCKINGJAY PIN LIKE ANY REGULAR DORK WOULD. I DONT EVEN CARE BECAUSE IM SO EXCITED. SORRY IF THIS IS HARD TO READ, ILL GO BACK TO LOWER CASE, ITS JUST... IM SO EXCITED. better? good.



in case your the worlds biggest n00b mockingjay is the third book in the hunger games series by suzzane collins. (DONT SUE MY IF I SPELLED THAT WRONG!) they are so freaking amazing! although they arent by ABSOLUTE favorite books of all time, theyre up there, and ive been waiting since, I DONT EVEN KNOW, ITS BEEN A LONG TIME THOUGH, TRUST ME.



i remember when i first found out mockingjay was coming out in august i vouldve died right then and there. it mustve been march or something. the problem is that both of the books before that ending so dramatically!!!!!!! i just wanted to pick up the next book and start on it!!!! ARGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



i will eventually tell you the plot of hunger games, but right now i think ill just be REALLY, REALLY, REALLYYYYYYYY EXCITED. im about halfway through, and so far its live up to my expectations!!!!! these books are so raw, and so emotional, ive already cried like 20 times! ahhhhhhhhhhhhh!! anyway, just read them and all questions will be answered. start with hunger games obviously, not mockingjay, cuz youll be super confused if you do.

i thought that i would mention a little something... I READ HUNGER GAMES BEFORE MOST OF YOU PEOPLE! thats right, i read hunger games before it was popular and i was like "THIS BOOK IS AMAZING, ITS SO GOOD!" and then people were like "oh, ok... whatever" and i was like "TRUST ME" and no one read it.

i guess they finally listened to someone and read it and thought it was SOOO GOOD, cuz now EVERYONE LIKES THEM and i feel a little gypped. is that the right word? im not sure, i just used spell checker... anyway, talk to you guys later, and if you havent... READ HUNGER GAMES.

hi!

hi people, im seriously trying to think of what i can talk about today... i havent been doing much reading *gasps* so i guess i can jot down a quick poem, it wont be as good though, cuz its not on paper... oh well, here you go.

why should i?
at the top of the tree
i look down
and i cry

i hate how the wind blows my hair
it gets in my face
i cant see

as i climb higher and higher
up this tall
tall tree

any mistake could mean me
tumbling down
down down

with my hair in my face
and misery in the air
i lose my grip

and down down down
i fall
off of my favorite tree.

hope you guys like it:)

youtube awesomeness

since colleen has once again neglected to post about youtubeness i will for her.
some youtubers to watch--------------->

• vlogbrothers-watch john and hank green vlog about their life and shenanagins. (did i spell that right?) videos are usually up ever monday, wednesday, and friday.
• potterpuppetpals-this is exactly as it sounds. harry potter and his pals (in puppet form) getting into trouble at hogwarts. you can also find some potter puppet pal videos under a different username, i cant remember it exactly, but its neilcic......... somethin somethin...
• sxephil-watch phillip defranco do the news, but put a slightly negative spin on everything!
• nigahiga-ryan higa is the most hilarious person in existance pretty much, he just does some hilarious videos, but if anything, watch his dude vs wild video and his off the pill rants.

heres some videos that are just plain awesome---------------------->

• search:a very potter musical-a hilarious fan made harry potter musical!
• search:a very potter musical sequel-another hilarious fan made harry potter musical
• search:autotune the news- these videos really show the power of autotuning, news casts completely atuotuned to sound as if the newscaster and interviewees are singing.
• search:bed intruder-same concept as above
• search:bp spills coffee-what happens at bp when they spill coffee? eerily similar to what happens when they spill oil...

hope you people enjoy these vids:) dont forget to check the post below for my first rant!

ugh

so instead of boring you with my usual nonsense about what books you should read im going to tell you about how terrible my first day of school was. i didnt get lost or anything, but my school has no a/c. it was almost 100 today... Xl thats my dead face.

some reasons why today was the worst first day of school ever.

1. like i said, no a/c
2. without a/c they had to keep the fans blasting and you could barely hear a word anyone said.
3. i was retarded and wore skinny capris
4. i cant even wear sandals because i have space and aeronautics which is similar to a shop class.
5. all the teachers just talked about "what the expect". BORING.
6. i had to get up in multiple classes and introduce myself. complete and utter torture. i would rather die than embarres myself in front of people.
7. by 7th period i was ready to fall asleep. luckily it was art.
8. my classes are all over the school so i have to carry pretty much all my stuff around with me the whole day.
9. DID I MENTION NO A/C?!
10. i couldnt stop thinking about my younger sister, in her nice air conditioned building.
11. so much walking!
12. had to get up early.

so, only one thing made me truely happy today, the fact that because the the MIND BENDINGLY TERRIBLE HEAT, we are having an early realease tomrrow. cue the angels singing. and to make things even better, my sister isnt!:P

anyway, hope you enjoyed my first rant:) more stuff about books and such later!

skinjacker trilogy

hey guys, so ive been reading a lot this summer obviously, and i just finished a book called everwild. its the second book in the skinjacker trilogy by neil shusterman. he is one of my favorite authers ever, he also wrote unwind, a very good book.

so the first book is called everlost, the second like i said is everwild, im not sure what the third one is though because its not out yet. im just gonna tell you about everlost though, so i dont ruin it. ;)

when kids die, most of them go to heaven. some dont quite make it though. theres nothing remarkable about them, they arent evil, or anything like that. they simple encounter some difficulty and end up in a place called everlost. thats what happend to nick and ally. when the wake up from their 9 month sleep they find themselves in a world where they cant be hurt, dont need to eat, sleep, or even breathe.

they find their way to the mother hen and self proclaimed queen of everlost-mary hightower. she takes in all the children of everlost and gives them a home, somewhere to feel safe. nick embraces his new life in everlost, but ally is restless. she longs to find out how her parents are coping and she openly challenges marys ways earning her the nickname-ally the outcast.

but everlost has its own dangers, for if you stand in one place too long you will sink. to the middle of the earth. and of course theres the monster only known as... the mcgee.

so, i highly recommend these books, they are pretty freakin awesome:)

I'm Back! And recomendations

Sorry I've been away, I've had the play, and chores around the house, and babysitting for 18 hours. But I'm back now and that's what counts.
Today I saw Scott Pilgrim vs. The World and it was great. Better than I had expected, and I was acting like a total fan girl. : )
I don't want to give anything away and spoil it for anyone else, but I will say that in the end, guy gets girl and everything ends well. It's a great combo of a romantic-comedy-action flick. It keeps you interested and into it. There are subtle things from old video games, from the name of both Scott's and his evil ex girlfriends band's names, to the opening music over the 'Universal' logo and the battle scenes. Scott is able to defeat the evil ex's by using his brain, his mad bass playing skills, and a little help from his friends. And there is no blood in any of the movie, because, true to good old video games, when you kill your opponent, he turns into change. If you don't know what I'm talking about, go rent a Lego Starwars video game. I'll wait.
the only thing I'd change would be either, which girl Scott gets in the end (seriously, Knives is awesome and sweet!), or the character development that we see in Ramona, because in between all of the epic battles of epicness, I don't feel that we get enough of a feel for the character of Ramona. But maybe that's the point. She's like Margo in Paper Towns. Her characters roll isn't as big of a one as it might seem. She's just another person, and no matter how larger than life people may seem, no one is.
Another recommendation I have is a Youtuber. Well.... Several. I'll relate them to you in another post so Haley won't bug me to death about updating the blog,
(Seriously. She's sent me over 36 emails today alone.)

hehe

i think colleens finally going to update the blog tonight:)

heyyyyyyy

hey guys! im kinda brain dead right now and i really have nothing to talk about. i feel bad leaving you guys hanging after i was gone for so long though... so ummmm... theres this really beast blog called ask chewie. its run by this dog named chewie, and chewie gives super advice about makeup, friendships, boys, and school... along with pretty much anything else you need! so if you wanna check out that blog, heres a link -------------> http://askchewie.blogspot.com/

so yeah, sorry this is a bad excuse for a blog, but i promise that i will post a poem in the near future. before next week. PROMISE!!! anyway, give chewie some love!

sup people

heyyyyyyyy, its haley, and now i can log in the blogger w/ my own account and stuff, so now i wont have to clarify whos who. so.... yeah, thats it... :)

hello:)

hey, sup my homies? its haley and i just wanted to share some stuffs with you all.

this was actually a picture i took myself, then i edited it using picnik on facebook. i was going to upload a pic of my face that i edited, but i thought that it was a bad idea cuz i dont want to be stalked. anyway, heres another one.

im the grey person. one more!!!!!!!!

hope you guys like them, these are all originals, they are not quotes, although i borrowed an idea for the first one. my own words though.

GUESS WHOS BACK!

hi everyone, its haley and IM BACK!! YAY! *fireworks explode*. now posting, at least from me, will be back to normal! im not sure about colleen though, i will email her and find out... so i dont really have anything to REALLY blog about, just letting you guys know. ummmmm......... so yeah... i dont have swimming for a while, until school starts on the 19th... YAY! lets see... im not really sure how much im going to be able to post during the school year, since im in honors math and english, plus ive got swimming. so, once i get settled into my new schedule i will give you guys an update. anyway, hope everyones had a terrific summer, and i will be back to bloggin soon:)

luv you all:*
-haley

remember that?

hahahaha, remember that time when i (haley) said i was leaving for vacation on thursday (today)? when i said thursday... i really meant friday. funny stuff, funny stuff... sooo, ummm, yeah, i just thought i would set the record straight. as far as i know colleens play is going well, i havent really talked to her since this morning.

i actually just finished writing a poem called negative one, so thats something to look forward to, havent finished editing it yet, so i will post it after i get back from vacation. other than that, there really isnt much else going on. there hasnt been a book review because i havent been reading that much. *gasp*. yeah, i realize im a bad person, but dont worry, i will start reading again over vacation because ive got some plane rides and stuff.

it feels weird, because we have what, 6 followers including myself, and i know all of them. i feel kind of dumb talking to you guys like i have a bunch of followers, but i think if we keep working on it, we will get more followers! *crosses fingers*

sup homies

hey, its haley. i cant apoplogize enough for the lack of blogness!!!!!! i just havent had anything to blog about! that combined with the fact i am extremely lazy does not make for a lot of posts! im sorry to report that i still have nothing to blog about. i just wanted to let you guys know, that i will do my best to post more because this thursday im leaving for vacation at some place in the world. (i really dont want to be stalked.)

i will be back on the 7th of august, so thats when normal posting will pick back up. so i will keep you guys posted, and i hope your having a great summer!

hi collen! SPOILERS (for pretty little liars)

hey, the play sounds fun! when will the performance be? id like to see it if possible. i dont really have much to talk about now... how long is play practice? is it everyday, cuz that would so suck. pace or tryps?

so is anyone watching pretty little liars? if so, you will understand when a say AHHHHHH, IS EMILY DEAD?! THEY CANT JUST KILL HER OFF!!!!!! you can stop reading if you dont know what im talking about.
-some ideas

• toby was supposed to kill emily, and thats why jenna (i think it was her) changed the population on the sign. then toby realized that he likes emily (?) and he couldnt go through with it. (i cant believe toby and jenna had a thing for each other!)
• emily is really dead and toby will succeed in killing all of them except for aria. why aria? because in the opening song at the end shes the one that puts her finger to her lips. none of the other girls, just her!
• toby thought he killed emily, but shes still barely alive, the girls find her and save her. maybe they even find toby and he gets arrested or something. (not the best theory)
• toby brings emily to jenna and jenna kills emily herself
• emily escapes (?)
• the girls catch up with toby as he catches her and they save her before he can hurt her
• toby really wasnt planning on killing emily, he just wanted to talk to her. jenna did want emily dead though, but toby wont do it.
• toby really isnt allisons killer, someone else did it, and toby secretly had a thing for allison, rather than jenna, so he wants to talk to the girls about it. (extremely unlikely.)
• toby captures emily as part of jennas plan, but has his own agenda. he doesnt kill emily, but uses her to lure the others girls to him so that he can torture them (?) or something...
• maybe jenna isnt really blind, it was all act and jenna told toby to capture emily so she could kill her herself, but first she wants to reveal her not-blindness. so she does, but emily escapes and she tells the other girls jenna isnt blind.

just some ideas, im not sure if any are right, but i guess we will find out on tuesday! if you want to comment DO NOT SPOIL THE STORY, you can simply tell me one or none of my theories are right and leave me to wonder. do you guys have a theory of your own? post it!

ciao:)

So... Hi

It's Colleen and I'm sorry that I haven't been posting a lot lately. Sorry 'bout that. But I have a good reason! I was at play practice.

The play is Alice in Wonderland, and Laura and I are Tweedle Dum and Tweedle Dee, respectively. (Sorry for not telling you sooner Haley...)

Last week we learned all of the songs for the play, 33 in all, so that we didn't have to carry around our books for this week, Choreography Week !

We've had one day of dancing, Monday was a devoted to music review, and let me tell you my friends, that day of dancing STUNK!

Nothing against Miss Kristin, our choreographer because she did a great job of making simply wonderful and perky dancing, but those dances are so hard! Especially The Oz move in 'The Caucus Race'. The Oz, refers to the way that Dorothy, the Lion, the Tinman, and the Scarecrow skip down the yellow brick road, which is much (!!!) harder than you would think. Most of the cast don't quite have it, and those of us that do, are unsure about how good it is.

Now the whole of the dancing didn't stink, for example, the Unbirthday Song was a lot of fun. There is a lot of running and arm flailing, and cheating people out of their seats in musical chairs. In the end, everyone tricks Alice into lossing her seat, even Small and Tall Alice (we have people to play the different parts for Alice when she shrinks and grows.

wintergirls

hey, its haley, and as promised im going to review the book wintergirls by laurie halse anderson. if your wondering why her name sounds familiar it might be because she is also the author of speak. before i begin i would like to give a shout out to nerdfighters, if you go to the youtube channel sxephil you will find that john green interviewed philip defranco at vidcon just the other day. i love phil and john, so seeing them be hilarious together was the best thing ever!

anyway, now the review.

wintergirls is a book about a girl named lia, shes about 18 years old and is battling anorexia, bulimia, depression, and cutting herself. she feels like her parents dont really care and her younger step sister is her only escape. to top it all off, her best friend, cassie, recently died.

cassie and lia were best friends who made a blood pact. that one would be skinnier than the other. thus, cassie became the puker and lia became the faster. about a month before cassie died, she and lia stopped talking to each other. they continued to get skinnier and skinnier though.

on the night cassie died, alone in a motel room due to her weight, or lack thereof, she called lia. 33 times. lia did not answer.

this book was so good, i could not put it down, for real, and i kept thinking about lia and cassie long after i had stopped reading it. 5 stars! this book is not for the weak of stomach because at one point the cutting is pretty intense. otherwise, love it!!!! i got my copy at barnes and nobel for 10$, but you can always go to the library!

why hello

heyyyyy, its haley. so i just got back from my swim meet and i thought i would do a quick post. im going to bed soon, so i dont have time to review wintergirls, but i thought i would mention that we officially have 6 followers, which is amazing! also, in less than two days the new adam young album will be released called an airplane carried me to bed. the artist name is sky sailing, its going to be the best thing ever, so all six of you should really go and check it out. and yes, i know that you will kristen.

thanks!
talk to you guys tomorrow!

its haley!!!

hi everyone, i see we have some new followers!!!!! (bob, i heard that you playes on that radio station, i missed it:( )

so just in case you didnt know, im a swimmer and im currently at a swim meet in a place. you arent allowed to know though cuz you might be a stalker. anyway... heyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy...

i just finished the book wintergirls and i will do a review on it later, probably either tomorrow or monday. most likely monday, because tomorrow is the last day of the meet. i will talk to you guys later, and hopefully colleen will get on soon!

song lyrics of epic proportions (from haley)

hi guys, so i was listening to the radio today and got the idea for this post. these are some of my favorite song lyrics and the songs they belong to!!! ENJOY



just gonna stand there and watch me burn? well thats ok, because i like the way it hurts...

-love the way you lie by eminem and rhianna



if you cut me i suppose i would bleed...

-the technicolor phase by owl city



im never gonna leave ya...

-jump then fall, by taylor swift



cuz when it rains in your bedroom everything is wrong, it rains when your here and it rains when your gone!

-forever and always by taylor swift



did i say something stupid, there goes one more mistake. do i bore you with my problems? is that why you turned away?

-scars by allison iraheta



nobody said it was easy, but nobody said it would be so hard.

-the scientist by coldplay



i dont know who i am, who i am without you. all i know is that i should.

-where i stood by missy higgins



how many times can i break til i shatter?

-shattered by O.A.R.



if someone said 3 years from now youd be long gone id stand up and punch them out, cuz they were all wrong.

-who knew by p!nk



thanks for the memories even though they werent so great...

-thnks fr th mmrs by fall out boy



tell me darling dont you wish wed fall in love? all the time, all the time.

-the saltwater room, by owl city



if my heart was a compass youd be north. risk it all cuz ill catch you when you fall, oh. if my heart was a house youd be home!

-if my heart was a house by owl city



take a long hard look at your text books because im history...
-cave in by owl city

no good deed goes unpunished! no act of charity goes unresented!
-no good deed from the play wicked

i wonder if i ever cross your mind, for me it happens all the time.
-need you now by lady antebellum

i get so high when your with me, but crash and crave you when you leave!
-your love is my drug by ke$ha

i went to bed, i was thinking about you. it aint the same since i been livin without you. all the memories are getting colder, all the things that i wanna do over.
-dont wake me by skillet

so i hope that you like these, because i have many more, and if you liked this i can do this kind of thing again! colleen, i hope your play is going well! i will talk to you guys later!

hola mi amigos

hey guys, so as you can see colleens in a play (colleen, what play?! how come i was not informed of this?!) so im gonna have to run the blog myself mostly. (thanks colleen) haha, anyway... yeah... as soon as i think of something i will put it up here. promise!
-haley

Future Uptades

Sorry, but my updates in the future may be less frequent because my play is starting today, so 5 hours of my day each weekday will be devoted to practice. But I'll try not to forget about you guys. : )

DFTBA

haley here

hi guys, so still no sign of colleen... dont know where she could be, but i suppose i should keep up the blog so you people dont get bored. too bad i have nothing to talk about... so a real post will be up soon, im working on a poem currently, so just be patient with us and we will be back to normal soon. hopefully. ;)

sorry!

hi, its haley, and im sorry that we havent posted in a couple days. im not sure about colleen, but ive been really busy this weekend with fourth of july and such. do you guys like my poem?
also, sorry there hasnt been much activity concerning the story, its really colleens story and becuase she hasnt been on i can do much... there are a couple things i would like to mention.

• dont be afraid to suggest things, colleen and i like to hear them, do you like the layout? do you like book reviews? is there something more youd like to see us do? TELL US!
• i just started a new book, it might take me a while because of the way its written, but i will review it when i finish!
• dont forget to tell your friends about this blog!!!

again, sorry for the post lackage!

forever, my love

im walking
just walking
then the clouds roll in

with a clap of thunder
Rain batters my soul
pounding relentlessly

yet i continue to walk
i walk through the Rain
when it turns to sleet

the Ice slices through my skin
tears into my heart
and im bleeding

i dont dare stop
no-
i continue to walk

i walk till the path ends
i fall to my knees.
silence

-haley

the boy who dared

hi everyone its haley and i literally just finished a book called the boy who dared by susan campbell bartoletti. its about a boy who lives in nazi germany (not a jew) and about his life there. hes never agreed with the treatment of the jews or anything the government is doing really. once hes old enough he finally does something.

eventually he is caught, but its interesting to see what life was like and how much hitler was adored back in germany. its actually based on a true story. its a really quick read, not even 200 pages, so its nice if you need a shorter book. the only thing i really didnt like was the ending. i thought the events in the ending were fine, but i didnt like the way it was written.

other than that, i highly recommend this book!

ps- sounds good colleen! yay for plot development!

Guess What?

Guess what everybody?

I think I've got some plot development! Sarah and Johnson are thinking about the origins of the orphanage and the origins of the kids and are doing some poking around. What they are going to find will be quite... unexpected.

Also, Dear Haley

I'm going to write about Kat. When I do, then I will want your views about how it fits in with what we want Kat to be like.

the book thief!!!

hey everyone! as you can see, its me haley and i just wanted to talk about my favorite book of all time, the book thief by markus zusak. the book theif is about a girl named leisel who lives in nazi germany. its basically her whole life, she isnt a jew, but a one point her family is hiding a jew.

she has a very good like, but the ending is like a punch in the gut. i couldnt stop crying:( so if you dont like depressing books this really isnt for you. of course theres a bright spot, but its just such a good book.

what makes this book so intresting is the narrator. its written from the perspective of death. death itself.

so if your wondering if this book is for you, you should know that theres a little cussing, but thats it! this is my all time favorite book and im sure you will enjoy it as much as i did, so what are you waiting for?! go to your nearest bookstore or library and get it!

adam young!

hi everyone, its haley, and i just wanted to take a break from books and writing to talk about adam young! adam young is the mastermind behind port blue and swimming with dolphins! and as of today *drumroll* SKY SAILING! this is some of the music he wrote before his fame. i have neglected to mention the stage name that earned him all this fame so that when you listen to it, you dont AUTOMATICALLY love it because of what hes already done.

although adam never disapoints me. some of you probably know who adam is, but dont tell! anyway, go listen to the song brielle. its beautiful, slow, and sweet. its not radically different than his past music, although it is different. the album, an airplane carried me to bed, is not going to be in store until july 13, but you can preorder it on itunes for 9.99 and youll get a download of brielle and a special preorder only download! im not sure what it is, because i dont have enough money, but rest assured, i will soon!

so i hope you guys are enjoying the blog, and if you like, i can talk about music more often, although i know thats kristens thing. sorry kristen! i just had to mention it, cuz im SO EXCITED!

sup, its haley

hey, i really like the blog now, i like the background now that its less busy. i like your ideas for sarah and aria, sorry i havent been able to get back to you sooner, my internets been out all day because of the storm last night.

i just wanted to talk to our 3 followers who are not me and say that i hope you people are enjoying the blog, ive been having a fun time posting things! another book review is on the way, i just started reading the boy who dared... so yeah, thanks for everything!

Things are a little different

I did a re-design of the blog, yes, I know. But I did it because a) I didn't really like the old wallpaper and b) I thought Haley might like it if things were a little bit darker.

: )

Dear Haley

I like your idea for Sarah, but I feel like she would be a little ungrateful then. How about, after that incident, Patrick thinks its time for him to 'make his move' and ask Sarah out, and she is not about to let that happen. She thinks Patrick is nice, but not that nice, and with his request mounted on top of her slowly growing feelings for Patrick, she snaps and has a breakdown.

Also, I like how you want to add depth to Aria's character. Because, just like we are trying to prove in this story, no one is all anything (all good, all bad, all perfect, all faulted etc.)

hi colleen! SPOILER ALERT

so about sarah "hating" patrick, maybe now shes mad at him for standing up for her, because she can stand up for herself. its a little cliche, but this way she wont HATE him, but resent him.

fine with aria, but i think that she should be misunderstood, much like johnson was in the future. when i was writing i was thinking that sarah reminds her of the kid who convinced her she could escape and got her punished.

so what happens to the kids when they become adults?

Dear Haley

I can understand how you want your characters to go, but why would Sarah hate Patrick? Especially after Patrick did something so nice for her? And the thing with Aria, we need a minor villian

hi!

hi colleen! its haley, and its too dark? :( i like it, kat was originally created to be a dark charactor, so what if the story is light, but kat brings darkness into it? i mean if the story is too light it will lose meaning. also, patrick was designed so that sarah hates him. other than that i like it, maybe aria is slightly less hated? i cant help it, i empathize with my charactors;)

can you still use kats chapter? i REALLY like it! pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaase?????? ill be your best friend!!!

Oh, Haley

I looked and saw that you had put your chapter in. But so dark. Kind of more dark than I'd like.

So is Kat schizophrenic or something? Is it a real person, or just in her mind?

Here's what I was thinking of the rest of chapter 8, b/c I hadn't intended the chapter to end there.

As soon as everyone was fed, Sarah and Johnson grabbed some cooling waffles and tried to find a seat with their friends. They looked around, trying to find... and there it was. Sam's hand, high in the air.

"Sup, Sam," Sarah asked, smiling as she dropped her tray to the table.

"Oh, not much." Sam was always happy. Even though people would be mean to her, she still kept up this happy aura that seemed to radiate from her. No matter what anyone said, Sam was a great girl.

"How's it going Johnson, Sam?" Patrick smiled, setting his tray next to Sam.

"What," Sarah joked, "don't I get a hello?" It was a well known fact that Patrick had a crush on Sarah, big time. Johnson felt sorry for Patrick, because the fact of Patrick's crush had seemed to eluded the most important person. Sarah. For being very clever about escaping and such, she was sometimes socially lost. She was often jovial and kind, but she seemed to have trouble knowing when to stop being one of the boys and start taking thing seriously.

Just then Aria bustled over. She was a large, meaty woman, who had a soft spot for Johnson, and a hard spot for Sarah.

"SARAH," Aria bellowed from halfway across the lunch room. Few heads turned, it was routine for Aria, the schools head chef, (although she rarely did anything) to come yelling that Sarah had messed something or other up. "Sarah! You have really messed up this time! I have warned you again and again, put the syrup AWAY when your done! Rats will get in and then who will have to deal with it? ME! Now go in there and clean your mess up!"

"But, um ma'am? It was me who left the syrup out. I'll go get it." Johnson dropped his fork and jogged to the kitchen, leaving Aria and Sarah glaring at each other, and Sam and Patrick poking at their waffles.

Chapter 9

"There he goes again, cleaning up YOUR messes. You should be right grateful that he does all he does for the likes of you. He deserves someone better to be his friend. Like Sam. Why doesn't he hang out with you Sam? You're pretty enough, why don't you hang out? Tell you what, I'll talk to the Matron, see if I can get you both let off your duties for the day. Sure she'll agree if it'll get him away from trash like you, Sarah." Aria had been standing there, ranting at Sarah since Johnny had left. Sarah was usually able to be deaf to the criticism, but today the words stung. She was about to say something snide that would get her in trouble, when an unexpected voice spoke up.

"She's not trash." Patrick wasn't looking at his waffle anymore. He was glaring at Aria. Sarah was amazed. She didn't know Patrick was that brave. "She's not trash and you should stop treating her like one. You're a grown up. You're supposed to be above things like this, petty trying to break her down. You may not think so, but I know that she is talented. That she is able to do things that no one else can do. You're supposed to help her grow, to help her learn. You may not be a councilor, but we are in you care, and when we are, you shall treat us like the human beings that we are!" By that time, Patrick was standing and yelling, out of breath. But he went on.

"You don't seem to understand what you're supposed to do. You're the cook, aren't you? Yet you do nothing! You pass the job on. I know for a fact that you aren't in their 'supervising'. But if you catch Sarah has much as pointing one toe out of line, you yell at her and interrupt everyones breakfast. You know where you should take up your private matters? IN PRIVATE! Because everyone knows that the reason why Sarah is 'trash', and 'no good', is because you don't want her being around your 'precious Johnson'. Well his is not your life to chose. His friendships are not your's to break. And you have NO right to tell Sarah who she is allowed to associate with!"

The whole cafeteria was silent. No one had ever spoken that way to Aria. 'She looks like she's gonna have an aneurysm', Sarah though cheerfully.

Then someone started clapping. Aria flushed and stammered at Patrick, who was still glaring at her malevolently. As more people started clapping. Aria turned in a mixture of ashamedness and humiliation and strode off, bumping into Johnny on his way back.

"What's all this," Johnny asked as he slid back next to Sarah. Sarah felt her breath catch in the back of her throat. 'Johnny is right next to you'. So? Why should she care? But at that, she felt the spark catch and start to glow a bit brighter. Stop that, the scorned.

"Patrick just told Aria off for hating on Sarah! It was brilliant! It was epic! It will live in infamy and go down in Bable Ivy history!" Sam was shouting to be heard above the roar of other kids who had always wished to tell Aria to shut up, cheering for Patrick. Patrick! The library nerd who spent all of his time reading, had just read her the riot act. And everyone loved him for it.

Spoilers!

Very good!

Okay, I'll go through this in order.

First, I'm trying to show the little sparks, the inner turmoil etc.

Second, I'm gonna have Sarah and Johnson have lunch, introduce some secondary characters, and then get to the rest of the orphanage.

Third, good point. I tried to look on the internet to find out dream symbolism for Sarah's and Johnson's dream things. I'll need your help with that. But also, like in Paper Towns I want to challenge what we believe is good and evil, b/c that's what the whole book is about. More on that later.

Next, yes. Just yes. She should die for the cause. But we need to find out what, why, and where she dies.

Back to what the book is about. I don't really like the dark message as much because we don't really want to read books that don't eventually make us feel better. We don't want to push people over the edge into depression! We all, as I have previously talked about, we usually see ourselves in our characters, they are flawed, but then at the end, the characters don't exactly come out perfect, but better. Then we feel like we can get better. That we are not fated to have ourselves be the same, but that we can change. So the message that I want to give is that we are not fit to determine who or what is evil. Just like all of the top governmental persons thought that Johnson was evil when he was not. We just have to know that what we do could seem evil to someone else. We never do something because we think it's evil. We do it because we believe that it is the best choice possible.

And there you go!

You said you'd written a chapter. Wanna share?

suggestions SPOILER ALERT

hey colleen! weve been really busy today posting stuff. i was gonna email you these suggestions, but you said we should do most of our planning here. so anyway, i was thinking about ways we could make what we have so far even better. do you think you could maybe email me, or post the whole story? heres some ideas!!! BIG SPOILER ALERT! IF YOU DONT WANT TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENS, DO NOT READ ON.

• i think instead of sarah just BAM, falling in love with johnson, id like to see sarah fall in love with him, so maybe that "spark" could come later on.
• i think soon we should definately give a description of the orphanage, maybe as sarah and john go throughout their daily chores.
• there needs to be a lot of symbolism and a lot of foreshadowing. a lot of thought should go into mood too, maybe we can look on the internet for tips on that stuff.
• now that ive been writing through kats eyes i think she should have a bigger part, but she should die. for sure.
• we need it to have an overall message, and none of this change the world crap. johnson was misunderstood right? thats why they thought he was evil, but he ended up curing cancer? heres my idea for the message: human beings are stupid and flawed, so no matter what we do everythings gonna end up screwed. it doesnt matter how much effort we put into things, we are going to fail.
• do you think that message is too dark? we could go for something happier like: a person is not always what they seem to be, people change, try to see things through their eyes.
• i like the darker one, but its really your story. i think we should do like a flash to the future, to give people some more hints.

what do you think?

story

hey colleen!!! i cant wait to read an abundance of katherines, its in my room waiting for me!! so about the story, heres what i have so far.

aria, the cook, walked into the kitchen. "sarah, you cant just stand around in here! get to work!" sarah reached for the already made waffles muttering to herself.
"oh, but johnny can". aria loved johnson. loved him with all her heart, and she about hated sarah as much as she loved johnson. johnson tried to help them get along, but aria was set in her ways.
"johnson, why dont you head on out to breakfast, ill take care of the rest."
"its ok! i really dont mind", johnson said. he knew that leaving sarah and aria alone in the kitchen, full of ovens and knives would be a bad idea. then one of the counsolers walked in.
"aria!" he barked. "these kids need to be eating! finish the waffle yourself!"
"yessir", she muttered as johnson and sarah scurried out. aria countinued to finish the waffles, but faster now. that darn sarah, she just isnt good for johnson. he shouldve had everything ready by the time she got here, but no. sarah was nothing but a distraction.

aria remembered having a friend like that. no good for her, put ideas into her head, ideas she could escape. "not now", she muttered, "finish the waffles".

chapter next:

sarah sighed with relief as she and johnson made their way into the crowded cafeteria. she hated aria for hating her. "johnson," she asked for the millionth time, "why does aria hate me so much? she loves you!!"
"look, i dont know, i talk to her about it almost all the time and she claims your not good for me. that youll put 'crazy ideas' into my head."
"well i cant stand it!!!"
"i know, i know", johnson said, tring to calm her down. she could feel tears threatening to fall. "hey, hey! dont cry, ill talk to her again."
"im not crying", sarah mumbled.
"ok, ok"... ever since the dreams started she had been so highstrung. getting upset at the smallest things that never used to bother her. she abruptly stopped and sat down, pulilng johnson down with her. she looked at the faces surrounding her. the usual freaks. except for kat. there was something about her, something she liked. a lot.
"hey kat. sam."
"sarah..." johnson warned.
"what?"
"hi patrick", said johnson, exasperated.
"hey!" said sam, always cheerful, despite her unusualness. sam might or might not be a lesbian. she isnt quite sure. "ill know it when i see it", she always says when asked about love.
"hey sarah", patrick said hesitently.
"anyone else hear that really annoying buzzing sound?" sarah asked. "its not you sam, for sure not you kat... i dont know where its coming from!" no reply, other than a stomp on the foot from johnson. its a well known fact that patrick has an insane crush on sarah, even though she hates him. "ouch!!!" sarah screamed dramatically.

sam hid her face. johnson sighed. patrick picked at his waffles. kat said nothing. she did nothing. her face portrayed no emotion. sarah looked around, patted johnson on the head, and procceeded to stuff waffles into her face.

another chapter

kat looked up. sarah. was there. she was watching. talking. she tried to open her mouth. it would not respond. sarah said hi. "you should say hi too", she thought. she tried again. her lips, glued shut.

it was fear that kept them together. fear of what she would say. her mom always said if she didnt have anything nice to say, she shouldnt say anything. "hi is nice though", she thought. "but what if she spoke the wrong words? what if she let him talk"? he would not say nice things.

one time he told her to kill. to kill everyone. why would he tell her to do that? "im a nice girl, im a nice girl", she thought to herself.
"take your fork."
"no".
"you will."
"stop."
"do it"
"please!"
"take the fork". she found herself grabbing hold of the fork.
"stop, stop stop!!!" she screamed silently. maybe if she screamed loud enough someone would hear her. sam was looking at her now. she had been talking about something, but kat never really listened.
"do it", he commanded.
"stop, i wont!!"
"you have no choice". she fought with the urge to stab it at sam, sitting next to her.
"sam is my friend."
"you have no friends, you are mine". she plunged the fork into her arm.

should i do another chapter? im on a roll... i like writing as kat, its fun:) you can do all the editing you like, but dont do too much to kat!

hope you like it!

Latest Chapter

I'm having trouble with the latest chapter of th story. What I want to happen is that Sarah and Johnson sit with their friends and I can add Haley's awesome Secondary characters.

First I'll give you the characters, and then the chapter so far.

Aria (pronounced are-ee-uh)

the cook

thinks johnson is a nice boy

has an extreme dislike of sarah and wishes her and johnson werent friends

does not realize the purpose of bable ivy because she was born there

once when she was younger tried to escape and was punished severely

Patrick

one of the kids, about 13 years old

has a crush on sarah, even though she hates him

would do anything to take johnsons place as gardener

dreams about his own past

has overheard a strange conversation between 2 counsolers.

Amelia (nicknamed leelee)

about 3 years old

daughter of one of the counsolers

believes johnson to be a god who can make "fowuhs" grow

johnson dislikes her following him around

sarah thinks its adorable

Sam (if you want to maybe bring a little controversy into it)

one of the kids

has a "gender identity crisis", is a girl, but unsure which gender she prefers

the first "queer" one to ever live at the orphanage

ridiculed daily

sarah and johnson both feel pity for her

nick

orphanage bully

secretly a genius (he really just has photographic memory)

knows secrets about bable ivy, but doesnt know they are secrets

has a particular dislike of johnson

tries to get between johnson and sarah

has an eating disorder

Kat

the only one who remembers her parents

does not talk

has strong evil urges, but fights them

cuts herself

secretly watches sarah and johnson when they talk in his room

knows something she shouldn't

And now the story!

Chapter 8

When Johnson got to the kitchens, steam was already steaming from the sinks. Sarah was crouched over a pile of dirty dishes that the evening shift on Kitchen Duty 'accidentally' forgot.

"You're up early." Sarah smiled up from the dishes.

"Yeah, well Queen Ranavalona woke up early."

"Ouch. Did you get out of there in time?" Johnson donned the yellow rubber gloves, which were getting ever larger holes.

"Yes, but just barely."

"So, how long have you been afraid of her."

"What did you say?" Sarah turned to him with the high powered water hose aimed right at him. But he knew she was tough. She wasn't scared of anything, at least not anything that Ranavalona could do.

"Nothing ma'am. I said nothing. You are not afraid of anything. Have I mentioned how nice those rubber gloves look on you?" Sarah turned back to the dishes smiling, and squirted them without mercy, sending a rising cloud of steam and bubbles into the air.

They fell into their calm routine, Sarah washing and Johnson drying and putting away. This mundane ritual was nice. They didn't need to talk. There was no other world then the world in this room. This world of warm, soapy air, and the smell of industrial cleaners and plates that seemed that no matter how many times you washed them they were never truly clean.

Then before they knew it they were done with the dishes and had to start in on making breakfast. The huge vats of batter for the waffles was dug up, mixed and then put in the waffle irons. Johnson noticed while heating up the syrup that Sarah was being uncharacteristically quiet. Should would have been complaining for the whole time about how this was stupid and how the food didn't even taste that good to begin with and how she should be in bed catching up on some z's.

"You okay Sarah?" Sarah jerked up from grabbing an industrial sized tub of butter, hitting her head on the counter.

"What? Of course I am. Why?" Sarah talked fast, not making eye contact. This in itself was not strange. They were very busy in the kitchen, and they always had to be watching what they were doing, but Sarah seemed to be trying to avoid his eyes. This was unlike Sarah. If she had a problem, she came right out with it. She was very... clear. But now she was avoiding what she really wanted to talk about. But he wasn't going to push it. He knew that pushing Sarah would never work. You always just had to wait. She would come around eventually.

"Oh, you just seemed a little quiet. Thats all."

"Weren't you telling me just the other day that I needed to talk less?"

"Guess that I was wrong. It's nice when there is some noise in here." Johnson shot her a small smile. She looked for a second as if she was going to say something, but then the breakfast bell rang and they had to scramble to finish the breakfast.

Haiku's!

Haiku's are very fun poems to write!

A line of just five

Next is seven syllables

Then return to five

Haiku's can be hard

They are mostly 'bout nature

But do what you want

Though it may seem strict

Those have been the Haiku's rules

For many years now

Now for some real Haiku's!

Soft, Strong and Subtle

Flying over the dark moors

Stars slowly descend

Once we were happy

So trusting and full of love

Now, dark and alone

Sleek, dark and darting

Weaving through the tangled vines

Shadows in the dark

Alone and lively

Splashing through moonlight puddles

Dancing through the night

High the blue waves swell

Breathing in the oceans smell

Hope in tomorrow

Drifting on the breeze

A hint of what still can be

Hidden in the rain

An Abundance of Katherines

I recently finished An Abundance of Katherines, also by John Green.

The story revolves around Colin, a former child prodigy. The problem with being a child prodigy is that prodigy's are really good at learning things that people have already made, like languages, math etc. whereas prodigy's are not very good at creating something of their own.

Now Colin is 18 and has just graduated from high school and has just been dumped by a Katherine. Again. For the 19th time. Yes, Colin has dated 19 girls, all named Katherine. Same spelling even. Never a girl not named Katherine. It's not like he goes looking for girls named Katherine to date, it just happens by chance.

Now with a broken heart and sad prospects for being notable and famous, Colin and his best and only friend Hassain, go on a road trip. They end up in a small town in Tennessee called Gutshot. They stop there to look at the grave of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, whose assassination prompted the start of WWI, but soon find themselves traipsing around Gutshot with Lindsey, the girl who works at the general store, and coinsidentally is the granddaughter of the founder of the factory that keeps Gutshot going.

But when Colin goes and bumps his head, he has a 'Eureka!' moment and decides to try and make a mathematic equation that can predict how any relationship will end.

It's a bumpy, whitty, and insanely funny ride that they all get taken on. It involves incontinent oldsters, scary hicks, and a wild hog or two.

5 Stars!!

John Green is a Wonderful author.

Link to his and his brothers youtube site bellow.

http://www.youtube.com/user/vlogbrothers

will greyson will greyson

sup, its haley. so just a couple days ago i finished a book of awesomeness written by my favorite author john green and this other guy david leviathan. no offense, but i havent read any of his books. anyway, this book was REALLY GOOD, like almost as good as paper towns, my favorite of john greens books. (so far at least, i havent read an abundance of katherines yet)

so this book is about two boys named will greyson. one is just all around lame, he doesnt have many friends, and has 2 rules for life. shut up and dont care. of course he has his one best friend, tiny. tiny is gay and large. and lively, and loud, and just the opposite of will.

other will lives with only his mom and is depressed. and gay, but not near as gay as tiny. he has this friend, issac, whom he hasnt met, but talks to on the internet a lot. hes in love with issac. then he makes plans to meet issac and will greyson 1 makes plans to go to a concert.

thats when they meet, because neither plans turn out right. of course issac isnt some rapist or 80 year old dude like i thought. i mean, usually when people meet people on the internet its bad news. i wish i could put more, but i dont want to give away the story. so read it, but be careful because theres a lot of cursing, and although there isnt any sex, theres a lot of talk about it. so if you dont mind that much, go ahead and read it, you wont regret it.

thanks for following (what do you mean you arent following yet?!) make sure you tell your friends!!!

hi everyone its haley and im about to go to bed, becuase i have to get up at 530 tomorrow for swim practice, but i wanted to say thanks so much for forwarding that email i sent out, we are up to 4 followers, which is amazing!!! thanks, tell your friends!!!!

The Prologue and First Chapter

Chapter 1

“It seemed like a good idea at the time.”

“Famous last words.”

“What were we supposed to do? With the Intel we had, we made the best decision possible.”

“And doomed us all.”

“Anyone else would have done the same thing.”

“But that is why they hired us! Because we could do what nobody else could. Because we knew what nobody else knew.”

“Why would anyone blame us?”

“Why would anyone not?!”

Chapter 2

Johnson Wilson Smith lay in his cot, watching the rain fall through the window above his bed. He strained his ears to hear past the rain, the crying of the other children, and the creaking of the old building. And there it was.

Tap tap tap.

Johnson smiled and tapped back.

Tap tap tap.

The door slowly swung open and there she was. She looked as beautiful as ever in her pink puppy nightgown, her hair in a sleepy halo, her scared eyes illuminated in the moonlight.

“Um… Johnny?”

“Yeah Sarah?”

“I was wondering if…” Sarah looked away ashamedly, twisting a strand of her raven black hair between her long, boney fingers. Johnson and Sarah had been best friends since they could remember. In this orphanage of a few hundred kids, Johnson felt like Sarah was the only one he wanted to be with. Though she was constantly talking him into doing stupid stunts and getting him in trouble, and then wanting him to dry her tears after something goes wrong, when she shines him her devious smile he knows that even if she kills him, which he tells her often she will, he would follow her to the ends of the earth.

“That movie scared you, huh?” Sarah, the ever adventurous one, had convinced Johnson to help her sneak into the older kids movie night, which he knew she would regret.

“No, well… I mean. I… Um… yes.”

“Want me to tell you a story?”

“Only if you’re not busy…”

“At one in the morning?”

Johnson smiled at the memory, warm and comforting in his head. But that night was many years ago. And not surprisingly, a 14 year old Sarah could cause a lot more havoc than a 7 year old Sarah. Johnson barely looked up from his book as Sarah swung across the main hall on one of the giant, wooden chandeliers, as a whole platoon of councilors chased her across the hall. She landed expertly on the balcony, and swan dived into a crouch behind Johnson’s chair.

“I got it,” Sarah yelled triumphantly holding a manila folder in her hands.

“Um hum.” Long ago had the excitement of Sarah’s escapades worn off and now it was just tedious having to clean up the messes.

“Aren’t you the least bit curious to find out what I nabbed that was kept in the super-duper secret room?”

“Hmm?”

“Oh come on Johnny, can you show at least a little interest in my hobbies?”

“Stealing things that don’t belong to you is a hobby? I sure hope that the councilors see it that way, because I told you when you got into this that I was tired of covering your…”

“Johnny! There are children nearby!” Johnson looked up to see a line of second graders clambering up the great stairs. Sarah discreetly dropped the folder onto Johnson’s lap, and waved enthusiastically at the children.

“Open it,” she whispered as the teachers eyed her with the knowledge a full year of Sarah-teaching can only attain. They knew she was up to something, but with their own flock of children to take care of, they had no time to investigate.

“I don’t want to open it. I don’t have a care in the world what is in there.”

“Even if it’s ‘bout you?”

“What? Sarah, what did you do?”

"Nothing. I certainly didn't steal the file about one Johnson W. Smith."

" What?" Johnson met her eyes and at the impish twinkle, he jumped up from his seat. “Sarah! Why?”

“What’s your problem? I didn’t look at any of it?”

“What do you mean ‘What’s my problem’? This is personal information! Why would you even get this?” At this point Johnson’s voices was raised enough that the councilors looking for Sarah had come to see what the commotion was.

“Johnny,” Sarah said, trying to be nonchalant, but Johnson could see her discomfort at all of the eyes on her and him. “Johnny can you quiet down and… um… give me the folder. Please?”

“No, you know what Sarah, I’ve done an awful lot for you, never stopping you from doing all of the stupid things that you want to do. I’ve covered for you, I’ve lied for you, I’ve spent hours awake worrying about whether you were okay or if you were stuck somewhere where no one could get to you and no one could help you. And what have you done for me? Nothing! You use my stuff, you don’t care about what happens to me, you expect me to just up and drop whatever I’m doing just so that your little ninja fantasies can be fulfilled, and now you go through my stuff and expect me to just act calm so you can get away but I. Won’t. Do. It.”

Sarah tried to discreetly grab the folder, but Johnson was used Sarah, could read her face and could tell by just a twitch of her eyes what she was going to do. So he, very non discreetly, held the folder high above his head, so no matter how high Sarah jumped she wouldn’t be able to reach the folder.

Sarah glanced around, seeing the councilors coming in. She would have to get the folder and get out of their quick if she didn’t want to get caught. She tightened her legs and jumped. Johnson pulled the folder back. By now the second graders had come back out from the classroom and were engrossed in what they saw. The councilors were closing on Sarah. This would be the first time she didn’t get away.