Month: October 2014

Quote of the Day 10/23

“Above them, one of the blackened television screens brightens, and there’s an announcement about the in-flight movie. It’s an animated film about a family of ducks, one that Hadley’s actually see, and when Oliver groans, shes about to deny the whole thing. But then she twists around in her seat and eyes him critically.
“There’s nothing wrong with ducks,” she tells him, and he rolls his eyes.
“Talking ducks?”
Hadley grins. “They sing, too.”
“Don’t tell me,” he says. “You’ve already seen it.”
She holds up two fingers. “Twice.”
“You do know it’s meant for five-year-olds, right?”
“Five- to eight-year-olds, thank you very much.”
“And how old are you again?”
“Old enough to appreciate our web-footed friends.”
“You,” he says, laughing in spite of himself, “are a mad as a hatter.”
“Wait a second,” Hadley says in mock horror. “Is that a reference to a…cartoon?”
No, genius. It’s a reference to a famous work of literature by Lewis Carroll. But once again, I can see how well that American education is working for you.”

—The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight by Jennifer E. Smith

Quote of the Day 10/22

Hermione: “Don’t you understand how Cho’s feeling at the moment?”

Ron and Harry: “No.”

Hermione: “Well, obviously, she’s feeling very sad, because of Cedric dying. Then I expect she’s feeling confused because she liked Cedric and now she likes Harry, and she can’t work out who she likes best. Then she’ll be feeling guilty, thinking it’s an insult to Cedric’s memory to be kissing Harry at all, and she’ll be worrying about what everyone else might say about her if she starts going out with Harry. And she probably can’t work out what her feelings toward Harry are anyway, because he was the one who was with Cedric when Cedric died, so that’s all very mixed up and painful. Oh, and she’s afraid she’s going to be thrown off the Ravenclaw Quidditch team because she’s been flying so badly.”

*silence*

Ron: “One person can’t feel all that at once, they’d explode.”

Hermoine: “Just because you’ve got the emotional range of a teaspoon doesn’t mean we all have.”

― Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling

Quote of the Day 10/19

“Huh,” Leo said. “Well, if you ever get off this island and want a job, let me know. You’re not a total klutz.”

She smirked. “A job, eh?” Making things in your forge?”

“Nah, we could start our own shop,” Leo said, surprising himself. Starting a machine shop had always been one of his dreams, but he’d never told anyone about it. “Leo and Calypso’s Garage: Auto Repair and Mechanical Monsters.”

— House of Hades by Rick Riordan

Six Month Blogiversary!

Blogiversary
Happy blogiversary to me,
Happy blogiversary to me,
Happy birthday dear blog,
Happy blogiversary to me!
It’s my six-month blogiversary! It’s kind of funny now, looking back six months to me sitting in this exact spot with Brianna, trying to navigate the inner workings of my first blog. It took us at least an hour to choose a theme, and almost as long to find a name. It’s funny because, looking back, April seems like forever ago, but at the same time, I can’t believe I’ve been doing this for six months. I’d like to think I’ve evolved. I mean, have any of you guys read my first rant? Not that it wasn’t 100% honest, but it makes me laugh.
Not to make this sound like a dry awards ceremony, but there are definitely some people I want to thank for sticking with me through all of this.
First, I want to thank all of you. I don’t know if I would have kept blogging if nobody read my blog. If nobody reads it, it’s more of an online diary. Today I hit the forty followers mark, which isn’t a lot to most people, but it is to me, because I never expected to hit twenty.
Also, my older sister, Brianna, because when I mentioned that I might want to create my own blog, she was like “Cool. Want to do it now?” Without her I probably wouldn’t have actually started my blog for a while longer.
My other older sister Brittany helps me keep my blog updated by yelling at me when I don’t have my quote up. “Last I checked today’s not (whatever the last quote I posted says)” She’s really helpful and supportive and I love her.
And lastly, my best friend Kelsey. She’s super supportive, and she’s the one that actually talks to me about my posts and comments on them.
And speaking of Kelsey. . . I have an announcement!
Me and Kelsey are going to start a blog together, Two Writers, One Story. It’s a writing blog, where we’re going to post a story we’re writing together, probably weekly. It’s basically your typical vampire story, except Kelsey is very adamant about it being anything but, so it should be pretty intriguing. I promise as soon as it’s up, I’ll post the link, but school keeps getting in the way, like it always does, so that might not be until November. But it’s going to happen!

Quote of the Day 10/16

“Q: You’re presented with a smooth-faced, eight-foot-high wooden wall. Your objective? Get over it. To, like, save comrades or something. How to accomplish this?

A: Take a running start, brace one foot against the wall, throw one hand to the top, try to hang on long enough for a comrade to either grab your hand at the top or for another comrade to push your butt up from below. It takes team work!

BKA (bird kid answer): Or you could just, like, fly over it.”

—Max by James Patterson