The Weekend

Hey ya'll! How's everybody doing? Life has been crazy for me, but hey, crazy is the new normal right?  :) Take this past Friday for example. My Dad woke me up at 7:30 so I was awake when he left for work (Mom and siblings were out of town Thurs.-Sun.) I ate breakfast and packed my lunch, then my BFF Rachael's Mom, Mrs.Stacey, picked me up to take us both to Fire and Light Academy (my theater group) rehearsal. After practice ended at two, I went home with Rachael because Dad didn't get off work until 5:15 (I am allowed to be home alone, but had been so all day the day before, so Dad preferred I hang out at Rachael's.) After a nice talk with Rachael about boys and things that creep us out in movies (She saw Jurassic Park when she was ten, I'm really not a blood and gore kind of person.) Dad picked me up and we stopped at home so Dad could change his clothes. Then we went to Chick-Fil-A for dinner. I got a large chocolate milkshake! Then we ran to Menard's to get light bulbs, then we came home and watched POTC #3 (we watched #2 Thursday night. More on that in upcoming posts.) I then had to take a shower before finally going to bed. And this was ONE Friday! Of course normally they're not THAT crazy but still! But I like things crazy, it's great that I get to see my friends often. That isn't to say that there aren't days where I just wanna stay in my room with my headphones on all day. There are. I know there are Extroverts and Introverts, but I must be somewhere in the middle because it really just depends on the day and how I'm feeling (and also whether it's warm and sunny or rainy and cold outside. That often adds to my mood that day.) Anyway, that's really all I've got for now but keep a lookout for upcoming posts! I love writing on here and I hope to start writing a little a more often. That's all for now,
                                                                                                         
                                                                                                       Torilinn

Movies and Pirates of the Caribbean

 Hello friends! As you may know, I'm a total movie fanatic and recently watched "Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl" or (POTC) for the second time. Although I have only seen the first movie in the POTC series, it has quickly become one of my favorite movies of all time! But that's only in the general sense of course. I'd probably have different favorites in different catergories. For example, I'm also a huge Marvel fanatic, and if asked what my favorite Marvel movie was, obviously it wouldn't be POTC because that's not a Marvel movie! (My favorite Marvel movie is "Captain America: The Winter Soldier" in case you were wondering.)
                 
                 I think I'm going to start my own movie review. Every few blog posts, I'll choose a movie I like and review all the things I like about it and things I wish were better or were different. I've already mentioned POTC. I love the big sword fights, and, being someone who likes to be snarky and sarcastic, naturally, I'm absolutely taken with Jack Sparrow! He has so many great one-liners!

"You cheated!"
"Pirate"

"If you were waiting for the opportune moment......that was it"

"You've got to be the worst pirate I've ever heard of"
"Yes, but you have heard of me"

Just to name a few! There's really only one thing I can complain about in this movie and that is the CGI on the skeletons. It's not the best, but I also need to take into account that this movie came out in 2003. CGI wasn't as good as it is now, so I guess there really is nothing I can complain about. The script was written very cleverly, and everyone loves a story about cursed Aztec gold and big cannon battles in the middle of the ocean!  Although I haven't seen any of the other POTC movies, I've been told they get progressively more bizzare as they go along. I'll probably still watch them anyway, just so I can form my own opinion of them, but I'm fully prepared for none them to come even close to being as good as the first movie.
          Well that's all I've got for now,

                                                 Torilinn
                                                     

New season, new year

       Hey Ya'll! So I realize it's been awhile since I've been on here. My last post was from 2012! But in light of that, it's a new year and what better time then now, at the beginning of 2017, to start writing again? This blog is for me to have fun and share my thoughts with others. I'm going to try to post as frequently as possible (Which translates into whenever my mom lets me) about anything and everything!
           I  think the biggest thing that happened recently is the play. The homeschool theater group I am a part of  did "Peter Pan" and "The Three Musketeers"a couple weeks ago. I'm was in "Peter Pan" as a lost boy and it was a really good show! This is the first year we used  a fly system and while I didn't  get to fly, it was still really cool!  While Tech week  is always super hectic, it's still my favorite part of the whole thing. There's something about wearing my costume for the first time and the bright lights that fills me with exhilaration! This was also my first show in the high school, so I think that is probably adding to the excitement too. We are now currently practicing for our next shows, "Oliver Twist" and "Anne of Green Gables". I'm in "Anne" as Mrs. Blewitt (Read the book to find out who that is). So far practices have gone well and I think this is going to be a great show!
          To change the topic entirely, my birthday was Jan.14! I'm officially fourteen! I didn't have a party on my birthday because I was in Pennsylvania for a counselor training. I'm going to be a counselor at Mystic Mountain Training center, a camp I've been going to since I was six and I'm really looking forward to it!So I'm going to have a party  some time in the upcoming months. I've had a sleepover the last couple years, but this year, I'm going to shake things up. While I don't have a boyfriend (WAY too young for that!) I do have boy friends (Observe the space in between) and I want to be able to celebrate my birthday with them too. I'm thinking the guys and girls all go out and laser tag or skyzone, something like that, and then go out for pizza. Or maybe we'll skip going some where and just have a cookout at my house.I'm leaning towards that first idea though because there's not a whole lot of stuff you can do at my house with such a big group (Especially not indoors). That's all I've got for now, but look forward to more posts coming very soon! 

                                                                             

                                                                                                           Torilinn