Where's Your Favorite Place to Think?

Do you have a place where you like to think the best?

For me its whenever I'm on a bus or in a car looking out a window and watching the world go by quickly while I'm sitting still. My mind just sort of goes blank but at the same time focuses, and I'm able to think about things more efficiently. It's sort of hard to explain. That's one reason why I love taking long bus or car trips. I usually come up with a lot of ideas for stories on them.

Deviant Art!

I've gotten a deviant Art account! I've basically uploaded all the artwork I've posted on this blog plus a couple of pictures.

http://afleetingdream93.deviantart.com/


If anyone else has an account on deviant art, leave a link to it in a comment and I'll check it out.

An Attempt at People

I really like posting my artwork here on this blog. I've just recently started doing more drawings and other types of art because of the art class I'm taking. Before this I didn't really think I was that good.

I've had these two since March, but I posted them now since I haven't really had anything to post. The top one is my first attempt at shading a person. The bottom is another Twilight inspired fan art. For enlarged versions just click on the the picture.

I like how this turned out a lot, espicially sonsidering its the first time I've actually tried drawing a person's face up close like this.

This is supposed to be Bella and Jake in New Moon/Eclipse. I know that porportionally Jake is WAY off. :( But he is supposed to be over 6'7 in the books...

The quote is from the end of Eclipse. I don't like this one as much as the previous drawing.

Bamboozle is coming up in May!!! Can't wait!!!

21

I saw the movie 21 a couple of nights ago...

Summary:
"Ben Campbell (Jim Sturgess) is a shy, brilliant M.I.T. student who needing to pay school tuition finds the answers in the cards. He is recruited to join a group of the schools most gifted students that heads to Vegas every weekend armed with fake identities and the know-how to turn the odds at blackjack in their favor. With unorthodox math professor and stats genius Micky Rosa (Kevin Spacey) leading the way, theyve cracked the code. By counting cards and employing an intricate system of signals, the team can beat the casinos big time. Seduced by the money, the Vegas lifestyle, and by his smart and sexy teammate, Jill Taylor (Kate Bosworth), Ben begins to push the limits. Though counting cards isnt illegal, the stakes are high, and the challenge becomes not only keeping the numbers straight, but staying one step ahead of the casinos menacing enforcer: Cole Williams (Laurence Fishburne). 21 is inspired by the true story of the very brightest young minds in the country and how they took Vegas for millions."

Jefferey Ma, one of the MIT students that this movie (and the book Bringing Down the House by Ben Mezrich) is based off of actually has a cameo in the movie. He plays one of the Planet Hollywood dealers.
While this movie was pretty good with some nice visual effects and a good ending, what I really liked about it was Jim Sturgess, who was cast as the movie's main protagonist, Ben Cambelle. I've loved Sturgess since I saw him in Across the Universe, and his acting in Across the Universe and 21 is awesome. Even though he's British he does an American accent flawlessly. I can't wait to see what other movies he's going to be in.

















In other, Twilight related news:


Go vote for Stephenie on TIME Magazine's 100 Newsmakers!! http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/article/0,28804,1725112_1723512_1723880,00.html Go, Go, Go! She's at the Number 2 slot! And we can't let some stupid Korean pop star beat her! ...Wow...I'm so obsessed.

Shoes

It's April Fools Day! Did anyone play any good pranks or get pranked on?
Everyone at my school just basically forgot about it.



I'm usually not the kind of person to obsess about clothes or shoes or anything, but I absolutely adore these shoes!! They're converse! With purple laces!














Shooooeeeessssssssssssssss :D

Wondering...

When you're in the car looking out the window do you ever stare at the other people in the cars and wonder what their story is? Like who are they, where are they going, and why? And then I wonder if I'll ever see or meet any of these people again.

I do this all the time. I was wondering, does anyone else? Or am I just weird/bored/nosy?





I saw this video on youtube for Twilight! It has all these fans from around the world saying how they support the actors for the Twilight movie.



The guy with the hat on is my favorite! :D

City of Bones!

I haven't done a book review in ages, and some people were asking what it was about; so I decided to do a summary/review of the fabulous City of Bones by Cassandra Clair and its just released sequel, City of Ashes.

Both City of Bones and City of Ashes are gripping, fast-paced, and hilarious, and I honestly couldn't put the books down until I finished them. The characters are realistic and extremely likeable, and the plot has lots of surprises. This urban fantasy is both dark and perky at the same time, which not many books can do. These books would make excellent tv mini series or movies.



"In City of Bones, the first book, Clary Fray’s world is turned upside-down. She has never thought of herself as being anything other than ordinary, until she sees a group of teenagers kill a demon—and finds that no one else can see them. Soon after that, Clary’s mother mysteriously disappears, and she is plunged into a world in which vampires and werewolves are real. She discovers that she is a Shadowhunter—a race of demon-slayers. To top it all off, she finds herself caught in a nasty love triangle with Simon, her best friend, and Jace, an arrogant, handsome Shadowhunter. " *


Awesome things found in this book:

• motorcycles that run on demonic energies
  
• the shadowhunter runes


• Jace


• Simon


• New York City


• witty dialogue


• exciting fight scenes

The cover is the first thing that drew me in to this book. Yay for cute shirtless guys!!

Ok...so this was more of me telling you how great City of Bones is that an actual review, but its a start. Anyway, if you're looking for a great fantasy YA read to pass the time until Breaking Dawn comes out, check out City of Bones.


City of Glass, the third and final book in the Mortal Instruments Trilogy will be coming out around March of next year.


*That summary from 3evilcousins.blogspot.com

Happy Bunny Day

P.S. I've read City of Ashes by Cassandra Clare! Its the second in the Mortal Instruements Trilogy and it was soooooooo good. Go out and buy it, or if you haven't read City of Bones go buy that one first. Now.

Zombies...

LOL :D


49%

Hmmmm...49% isn't too bad...

Try the 'What Are Your Chances of Surviving a Zombie Apocalypse?' Quiz! This is from the same site that has the 'How many five year olds can you take in a fight?' and other fun/weird quizes.

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

It's St. Patrick's Day! Which I think is pretty cool even though I'm not really Irish. But more important than St. Patrick's Day, today is the day that the fourth Maximum Ride novel, The Final Warning, is released! Although I won't be able to purchase it till later this week (I envy all you people that are close to bookstores).

Has anyone read the summary they have for Final Warning on amazon.com? This Max Ride book is going to be focused on the environment! Yay!!

Wow...I'm such a nerd.

Anyway, here's some more St. Patrick's Day stuff!

St. Patrick is believed to have driven the snakes from Ireland. Once a pagan himself, St. Patrick is one of Christianity's most widely known figures.
The modern secular holiday is based on the original Christian saint's feast day also thought to be the date of the saint's death. In 1737, Irish immigrants to the United States began observing the holiday publicly in Boston and held the first St. Patrick's Day Parade in New York City in 1766.
Today, the tradition continues with people from all walks and heritages by wearing green, eating Irish food, and attending parades. St. Patrick's Day is bursting with folklore; from the shamrock to the leprechaun and to pinching those that are not wearing green