Skye: Bubba Gump, Loki, and THE START OF BEDA

HELLO!
Okay, so I have extended family here right now, and they are currently shooting the ceiling fan with Nerf guns.
Anyway, earlier today, we (my mother, my sisters, and I) toke my extended family (my aunt, my two cousins, and my great-aunt) to the downtown area today while my father was at work, and it was around 12:20, and we were hungry. We walked around, and found Bubba Gump's Shirmp, which is a seafood restaurant based of off the movie "Forrest Gump". Well, we went up to the hostess and we ask how long it would be for a table for a party of 8, and they say thirty minutes, and we decide to wait for a table instead of finding a faster restaurant. So we're waiting outside for a while, and thirty minutes come to pass, and we still haven't been brought to a table. We wait ten more minutes, and still, nothing. Then, a party of 8 goes in, and is seated IMMEDIATELY. So, my mom goes up to the hostess to ask what on Earth was that. The hostess explains their "membership club" where if you pay a large sum of money, you get priority seating for a year. Yep, so that sucked.
Next up is Loki! No, sillies, not Marvel Loki. I'm talking about my betta fishy! The only reason I'm talking about a stupid fish is because this fish rocks. Like, if a fish were physically able to hold a guitar, Loki would. My sisters and I have been having competitions with out betta fish. We buy baby ones, and we bet on which one we think is gonna be the prettiest. It's like Toddlers and Tiaras meets Animal Planet. This is pasttime in my house.
AND HERE WE REACH THE START OF BEDA! HAPPY APRIL FOOLS' DAY! In France, it's called "Le Jour de Poission", or "Fish Day". Why is it called that, you may ask? It's because they throw fish at each other. Not even joking. As Jenna would say: Crazy Frenchies.

Jenna: WARNING, This Post is a Bit of a Downer

I am gonna rant about how bad today was even though no one actually cares. This is just a warning, if you don't wanna read that kinda thing. 

Well, today kinda sucked. Pretty much from the beginning. I woke up and started getting ready for school... at 5.40 AM. I hate mornings. My mom, who normally drops me off at my grandparents' house before school, had to be at work earlier today. Mornings are not my best time. So, today I was a bit sluggish after having my sleep cut short. I picked up my ipod to check the weather, because Virginia weather has been on a roller coaster ride recently. 

It. Wouldn't. Connect. To. The. Internet. This was within about 10 minutes of my awakening and abandonment of my warm blanket ball. I was not in the mood to have Internet issues, but Internet issues I was having. I did the logical thing and asked my dad if he did something to the WiFi without mentioning it. 

HE PUT A FREAKING TIMER ON IT. He said it would come back on at 6. So, I waited. I futzed around my room until it was well after 6. It still wouldn't connect. By this time it was getting close to the time I had to be out of the house, so I just put on a t-shirt and jeans and went to look for my coat. It decided to take a trip to Narnia and was no where to be found. My dad, continuing his unhelpful streak of the morning, told me I had to hurry up. It was only slightly above freezing and I still didn't have my coat, so I told my mom to just go. All the crap happening and I was still worried about her being late. I finally found my coat in the laundry room. 

TIME JUMP

Lunch is my third period class of the day at about 10.40. I have gotten used to this ridiculously early lunch. When Skye lived over here, she shared this lunch with another friend and me. This friend shall remain unnamed. Friend has recently been very involved in our school's production of Les Mis. She's a background character and working on hair and makeup. She has been spending every lunch this week up in the theater room AKA the Black Box, I think. She hasn't actually mentioned it. We haven't actually talked all that much recently. So, I sat all alone in the cafeteria left to my thoughts. It sucked.

SHORTER TIME JUMP

Fifth period is Algebra 2. We had a homework quiz today and, since math is one of my best subjects, I wasn't worried about time. I looked at the quiz and entire head went blank. I got a little more than half done when the bell rang. Our teacher has a policy that we have to finish a quiz the day we start the quiz. I told the student teacher I'd come back during seventh period, creative writing. During 6 and 8 I have orchestra and AP human geo. Two of my most "not-allowed-to-miss" classes. I walk into my creative writing class and... we have a guest speaker. Not allowed to leave if there's a guest speaker. By this point, I just gave up on having something that even kinda resembles a good day. I couldn't finish my quiz after school because (A) it's Friday and (B) my mom was waiting for me outside. I didn't know why she was there, but I didn't really care. She did one of the few things that could have made today better. 

We went to see a movie. The Croods to be exact. This movie was amazing. I laughed and cried and d'awwwww-ed. I highly recommend it. Another big success for Dreamworks. Then we came home.

TIME JUMP TO NOW

The WiFi still isn't working. No ipod or laptop. So I am using the box and monitor that I haven't touched since we moved. It has a cable connecting it to the router, so it still works. Mehhhhhhh.

Okay. Pity party over. Here! Have a Jack Frost! <3

(by cafemellowdays.deviantart.com)

DFTBA

Jenna <3

Skye: San Francisco: A Daytrip in a Blog Post

So, just to start off, I'm writing this late at night, so this won't be some of my best work. ANYWAY, let's jump right in. (Note: I'm not sure how the pictures are going to work because I'm using my iPod to write this, so you might have to scroll down to the bottom of the post to find them... SORRY IN ADVANCE!)

So I was forced to endure a long and boring car ride to San Fran that offered to entertainment except for what I had on my iPod, which was music.
When I finally got there, I was a bit surprised by how much it reminded me of Seattle in the sense of how close it was to the water and the massive amounts of homeless people. We parked the car in a parking garage for a scary grocery store, and walked down to Pier 39. On the way, I saw Alcatraz. Alcatraz is one of those places that I never want to go to because of how creepy it is, yet I have to go because 1) History 2) Percy Jackson and 3) Mythbusters.
While walking along Pier 39, and I'm pretty sure my dad got recruited as a Buddhist monk, because this monk came up to him and started talking to him in a different language (it wasn't Chinese, it was definately something else) and after awhile shook my dad's hand and walked away. Anyway, I also saw a ton of sea lions, which wasn't too exciting, but hey, wildlife.
For lunch, we ended up at the Rainforest Cafe. If you've been to a Rainforest Cafe, you have missed out on wonderful things. It's pretty much an overpriced Red Robin with animatronic jungle animals and fish tanks. What more would one want when eating their burgers than to have a creepy robot tiger roar at them?
Next, we went to Ghiradelli Square. CHOCOLATE. CHOCOLATE. CHOOOCOOOLAAAAATEEEEE. That was all I could think about the entire time. My parents were actually sitting there and reading the panels on the walls about the Square's history and the process of making the chocolate, and all I wanted was a free sample. I had to endure twenty minutes of reading to finally be rewarded with a milk chocolate and caramel square that I could find in my cupboards at home. Whoopie freaking doo. So the chocolate aspect part of the trip was pretty disappointing.
And lastly, CHINATOWN. I LOVE LOVE LOVE Chinatowns. When I went to New York, New York, the one place I wanted to go was Chinatown, which we never actually went to, so my parents guarenteed that we would go to this one. Now, you might ask: "Skye, why on Earth do you love Chinatowns so much?" Well, I'm gonna tell you why. Chinatowns are filled with junk gift shops and really cheap and pretty jewellery. Did I mention that everything is dirt cheap? You want an embroided coin purse? Fifty cents. Boba Fett bobble-head? Five dollars. This is why Chinatowns rock. I was on the hunt for a lucky cat statuette, because in one of my many, many moves, the movers broke a lucky cat statuette that I had gotten from Pike's Place Market in Seattle. I wanted to replace it, because I love lucky cats. They're so cute!

Anyway, that was my trip. I hope to pictures get uploaded otherwise I'm not going to be happy... Oh, well!

-Skye

Skye: The Hobbit, San Francisco, and Magic: The Gathering

Okay, so Jenna told you all about BEDA. I'll elaborate a little I guess. So, we're both going to be posting everyday, not every other. However, Jenna will be on a trip during a part of the month, and may not be able to post, so I'm just going to have to work overtime on those days!

So, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey came out on DVD today. OMG CAN I JUST GEEK OVER LITTLE THINGS I DIDN'T NOTICE IN THE THEATER FOR A BIT? Like how the trolls turn to stone in EXACTLY the position in The Hobbit: AUJ as in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring or how much better they made the orcs look compared to The Lord of the Rings. Just little things, little details that make my geek heart rejoice. I plan on doing nothing but watching it over and over an over all day tomorrow to find every tiny detail I can, as I am on Spring Break right now.

Next up, San Francisco. Because I am on Spring Break, I am going to San Fran (hopefully) on Thursday. I may post pictures, it depends on if I get any good ones. I plan on seeing the Golden Gate Bridge (duh), eating chocolate (another duh), and eating Chinese food (duuuuh). I also want to see an opera, but my sisters aren't too keen on the idea... Oh, well, to each their own, I suppose.

And finally, Magic: The Gathering. Oh dear, Magic. When I moved here I really didn't know what to expect of the people here. I honestly had no idea. So when I found a group of people who seemed (relatively) normal, I was happy to stick with them. Well, then, they started playing Magic: The Gathering. At first, it was kinda fun to watch, and I'd sometimes borrow my boyfriend's deck and I'd play, too, but it's spiraling out of control. It's everyday, every chance they get, they pull out their decks and it's starting to make people mad at each other. My best friend and I are trying to convince them to tone it down, but we don't want to have them turn on us. So yeah, not good. Oh, well, it could always be worse. They could play strip poker. ;)

-Skye

Jenna: RotG, Planes, and Apologies

I'm gonna start at the end with apologies! Sorrysorrysorry for the 3 month hiatus!!! I don't know what happened. Well, it probably has something to do with my complete and utter laziness. But that's beside the point. Skye and I have decided to do BEDA to get back into the blog. BEDA is Blog Every Day in April for anyone who doesn't know. We will both be writing a post each day for a whopping total of 60 posts by the end of the month.
And onto planes. I have never been on a plane. Ever.
Not this plane:

Or this plane:

Or any of these:

This is the probably closest I've gotten:

BUT this sad, flightless status could be changing soon... *Drumroll and... dramatic pause* Skye and I have been talking about me coming to visit her and her west coast habitat. Both of our parents seem pretty open to the idea, too. I REALLY WANT THIS TO HAPPEN. Wanna know what else I want to happen?

I WANT JACK FROST TO BE MINE. I got the DVD yesterday and have been watching it nonstop. Rise of the Guardians is the best movie I've seen in a while and I think it's gonna be an animated classic. Along with Tangled, the Toy Story series, Brave, and a bunch others. The animation and plotline are beautiful. The books are equally, if not more, amazing. They're the Guardians of Childhood series by William Joyce and the fourth out of thirteen will be coming out later this year. Technically, they're children's novels, but I think anyone can read and enjoy them. William Joyce is a genius. He also wrote A Day with Wilbur Robinson and worked on the accompanying movie, Meet the Robinsons. Maybe during BEDA I'll write a whole post about him. He's truly amazing. And now I'm just gushing so I'll stop there.

DFTBA <3

Jenna

P.S. I want one of the life size cut outs of Jack Frost

P.P.S. And David Tennant as the Doctor... Even though he's my dad's age

P.P.P.S. I will build an army

Skye: French Teachers, Seagulls, and Les Misérables

Sooooooo... French teachers, let's start with that. Now, French is a very fun language to learn, despite whatever Jenna tells you, and when I lived on the East Coast, I had a FANTASTIC French teacher and I learned a lot and it was fun. Then, I moved over here and, as with most things, it wasn't fun anymore.
My French teacher is at least 75 years old and she is incredibly uptight about everything. Every assignment MUST be done in BLUE ink, can't be black or pencil. We MUST skip lines when writing and we ONLY use the FRONT side of the page. I feel terrible because of all the paper I'm wasting.
On top of all this, she makes us memorize French poems and forces us to recite them as a monologue in front of the class. Normally, I'd be fine with this, but first off, it's in French, and secondly, she stares at you like a hawk, waiting for you to make a mistake to write on down on her clipboard of doom that decides your ultimate fate. Maybe that's a little bit of an exaggeration, but it's just as terrifying. Oh, and did I mention that she's also my ENGLISH TEACHER?!

Let's move on to seagulls. Seagulls... Oh, how I despise seagulls... Seagulls, for those who don't live near a seagull infested area, are EVIL and VICIOUS! They will hunt down your mothers and fathers, and kidnap your brothers and sisters, and that's just what they do on weekends. Monday-Friday they try to murder hot, British actors. Anyway, the reason we're discussing seagulls is not only because my town is swarming with the vermin, but because of this picture:

Now, I came to realize something after seeing this picture. Remember the seagulls in Finding Nemo? They always said, "Mine." What if they were talking about the One Ring? What if this picture holds all the answers to the world, and we've been to blind to see the truth?

...Or it's just a clever pun. Either way, seagulls are evil.

And finally, we reach Les Misérables. OHMIGOD I CRIED! I cried when Éponine died, I cried when Jean Valjean died, I cried when Fantine died. I was pretty much crying the entire time. I mainly went to go see it because I was offered extra credit in World History if I go see it, and I never turn down a reason to go see a movie AND get something more out of it. BUT OHMIGOD IT MADE ME SOOO SAD! But can't have been the only person to notice that one guy who only had about one line who had the Scottish accent. I made me go, "Wait what?" He had a Scottish accent in 19-century France. 

Exactly. So this is where I say goodbye for now! Á toute à l'heure!

Intro Part: Skye

Hello, I'm Skye. I'm the second half of this blog. Jenna came up with idea. I just sort of said, "Meh, why not?" Jenna introduced herself, so I'm gonna do the same.
I live on the West Coast. We met about 2 years ago, but I moved away recently. However, we continue to talk and communicate and things like that, things you humans do. Anyway, I write and draw and read, like Jenna. I play the cello, and I LOVE ACTING! Acting is my true passion in life, and I would be a sad and boring person without it. My life goal is to be an actress.
I'm SUPER into Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit, especially now, with the movies for The Hobbit coming out. I have a slight MAJOR obsession with Legolas and Kili, but I don't just like because they're hot. I'm denying that they are. They are pretty hot. I'm just saying that I like Legolas in the books because he's kinda sarcastic at points... And you, Kili's the youngest, and you know... at the end... NO SPOILERS!
Anyway, I also LOVE Star Wars, the Original Trilogy, mainly, and Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back if we're going into details. I cry every time I watch it... :'( Anyway, I also love Boba Fett. I'm not sure why, but his character has always appealed to me, and that turned into a slight MAJOR obsession.
I also like Doctor Who, but don't spoil anything for me! I'm just starting and have only watched to the end of Season 1.
I love The Legend of Zelda. (God, I have waaaay too many obsessions...) The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons was one of the first video games I've played. Four Swords Adventure was the first video game I completed, and Wind Waker was one of the first video games I've bought. A lot of first, no? So, naturally these games mean my entire childhood to me.
So yeah. Freaked out, yet? Nope? Goooooood......