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June 18, 2012

As this is the last day of journals and six people are leaving (well Werner is repeating) I'm going to say exactly what I'll miss about all the people leaving.

Let's start with Mr. Bennet (Bennett) Mr Bennet is just about the most ridiculous teacher I've ever had. He's also the most relaxed (aside from Mr. Prince. Sorry Mr. Bennet, you can't reach those levels). Mr. Bennet has taught me a lot about myself. I'm rather annoying and quite ridiculous my self. I might have to fix that someday. Also, Mr. Bennet has shown me that Honey I shrunk the kids goes both ways. Honey I grew the children into middle aged men.

Werner I'm going to miss your cockiness in a shy, subdued way. As much as I hate that about you, it's hard to pull off, and you do it quite easily. Also, sorry for being so mean to you this year.

Louis I'm going to miss his funniness.He's actually pretty hilarious if you think about it. I'm also going to miss how he always asks me how my day was even if no one else cares. It can be annoying, but it grew on me.

Tyla I'm going to miss your easy-goingness (easy-goingness? Not a word? It should be). You helped me to relax at times. Also, I don't feel so bad about being creepy about Kanye West, because your One Direction obsession is way more embarrassing.

Charlotte Charlotte's best quality is how unsuspecting she is. Just in every way.

Tristan Um, I would say that I'll miss hating you, but I don't even hate you anymore. So, nothing. At all. Ever. lol. no offense. :) (Triple threat Tristan, you can't feel bad now)

Isabella EVERYTHING!!!!!!!!!!!!! :D. From your intelligence that helps me realise that I need to be more intelligent, so in turn makes me more intelligent (wow I need another word for intelligent), to your horrible music taste (atrocious, you really need to work on that :P), to the T.V shows we love (suits, Merlin?) and the jokes we get that no one else can. There's a longer list, but I need to have something left in your going away card.

June 12, 2012

Two weeks ago, I was studying. I studied for a long time for most of my exams. For the most part, my efforts did not pay off to the extent that I would have liked them to. However, they are done, so I am happy. Also, here's a list of past-times that got me through that phase. 1) Painting my nails-Because feeling better about myself made me feel better about exams. 2) Washing my hair-Because it feels exhilarating to have a headache removed by the rush of water flowing on your aching temples. 3) Playing with my cat-Because she's the greatest? 4) Listening to some good old Kanye West- This gives me inspiration. It makes me feel that the best way to get to know Kanye West is if I can know the right people to get me to meet him. I've heard that university is great for networking. So, in a somewhat convoluted way, studying=marrying my baby. 5) Playing the piano-If I have to suffer through studying, my neighbours have to suffer with my loud, too pedally discordant technique. June 5, 2012



Two days ago, I watched a movie called Red Tails. It was about an African-American fighter jet team in World War II. This was a very racist time as you probably already know, and so it was very hard for them to receive actual missions. However, because they spent so much time flying without doing any fighting, they had ample time to gain experience, and so they became very comfortable with flying. So much so, that when they finally did receive a mission, they were spectacular. The movie started out very slow, but it had time to improve, because it was two hours long. What I liked about this movie was that it warmed my heart. What people may not like about this movie was that for abou the first hour or so, nothing interesting happened...at all. It was also really weird that Ne-Yo was in the movie...anyway, Mr. Bennet won't know who that is, so I'm not going to even bother.

May 28, 2012





This weekend I watched two movies I would like to talk about. The first one was Chronicle. It was amazing, just, just...great. It was about teenaged boys who found a crystal rock that they didn't know about, and they got telekinesis from it. This doesn't sound like the best plot in the world, but it pretty much was. The acting was great, and it was believable. They were believable teenagers. Parts of the movie were quite annoying, but overall it was spectacular and everyone needs to watch it.

The other movie I watched was This Means War. I have four words for you. Tom Hardy. Chris Pine. Need I say more? Anyway, because Mr. Bennet is not a teenaged girl, he would not understand, so I will say more. Tom Hardy and Chris Pine made the movie about a trillion times more watchable, because aside from them, it was horrible, cliché and just horrible. However, Chris Pine and Tom Hardy made it watchable, very watchable. As a matter of fact, it was a great movie, just a masterpiece. May 23, 2012 Recently, I watched a movie called "We Need to Talk about Kevin." It was a thriller. It wasn't a very thrilling thriller (haha). It was about this mother whose son was always rude to her and nice to everyone else, except not really. He was just really manipulative. Because this isn't a spoilers website, I won't say what happened in the movie, but instead I'll just give my opinion on it. To me, it was strange. In the beginning the movie was dominated by flashbacks, but as it progressed, the flashbacks became the bulk of the movie, until they no longer felt like flashbacks. What I liked about the movie was that although the events were highly unlikely, it felt so real. I think it was the lack of makeup. I think that the movie was interesting to watch, and I would recommend it to those people who like movies about psychopaths, or just movies that make you think in general. However, one thing I could not get over was how the two parents of Kevin (and his younger sister) were so unusually hideous and their spawn came out, so...symmetrical. Also, the movie could have been more enjoyable had the colour red not been so prevalent and obvious (see poster above). One thing I really liked about the movie was how good the actors that played Kevin throughout his entire life were. Kevin as a baby-great actor, Kevin as a toddler-great actor, Kevin as a child-amazing actor, Kevin as a teenager-too good of an actor. Sometimes, Kevin's performance gave me goosebumps. He was so intelligent and so blunt in the times that you wouldn't expect. It was impeccable. Anyway, to cut a long story short, I liked the movie. It was not the easiest watch, but it was interesting. It could have benefitted from more realistic castings and less obviousness. All in all, the movie was what I expected it to be...not bad. May 14, 2012

This weekend I watched a movie called New Year's Eve. It came out on New year's day I think, or earlier, but I just watched it. It got something like 4% on Rotten Tomatoes, but I watched it regardless. I mainly watched it because, even though I knew it was going to be bad, Zac Efron was in it, so I had to give it the benefit of the doubt. Well I sat through 90 minutes of giving it the benefit of the doubt and I have come to a conclusion. I should never be blinded by A-list celebrity casts. They get too complacent when they're with each other. Some of the names I can recall are Hilary Swank, Jessica Biel, Zac Efron, Michelle Pfeiffer, Lea Michele, Ashton Kutcher, Katherine Hiegel, Sofia Vergara, Abigail Breslin, Sarah Jessica Parker. You might not know some of these people Mr. Bennet, but you probably know Sarah Jessica Parker, if no one else, and Michelle Pfeiffer. Michelle Pfeiffer is usually a good actress, and she usually brings a lot to the table, but this role didn't do her any justice. She played a sad, old lady who needed a new, hot spark in her life (which Zac Efron brought to her in more ways than one). She is better than that. Zac Efron was too insensitive for me. Ashton Kutcher was already in that movie, and so we didn't need sweet high school musical Zac Efron to play his role, except worse. Also, his haircut annoyed me. Ashton Kutcher was Ashton Kutcher, so there's not much to say about that. Lea Michelle, who is the star of Glee, was decent. I don't like her, so she was decent, maybe a bit on the stale side even. Hilary Swank was too sweet. Oh, and I forgot some! Robert De Niro and Halle Berry. Robert De Niro was good, but he was a sick, dying man, and I wish I'd seen more than him, but he was good nonetheless. Halle Berry played the token black person. It's Hollywood, so what to expect? Abigail Breslin played the goody fifteen-year-old who just wanted a kiss from Jake T. Austin on New Year's Eve. Is that too much to ask? Sarah Jessica Parker was her mother. How can Sarah Jessica Parker be her mother? For want of a better word, she looks like a troll. I can't stand her. As South Park accurately described, Sarah Jessica Parker is a "Transvestite Donkey Witch." As for her acting, she was boring. Jessica Biel was the annoying pregnant lady. Katherine Hiegel played herself, a whiny brat. Sofia Vergara was good. I quite like her acting. She's very funny. She's a tad bit one dimensional, but sometimes that's what makes the best actors. I think I've covered all of the actors and how good they were in their roles. Anyway, I would say I was disappointed, but I expected nothing more than what I got. It was actually good fun at times, when I was awake. Oh, and I almost forgot Ludacris. Actually, I did forget Ludacris. Okay Halle Berry, I have to redeem you, you weren't the token black person. April 30, 2012 Ok... So, tomorrow it's gonna be ME!!! I mean May, or something like that. media type="youtube" key="GQMlWwIXg3M" height="315" width="420" I have so many things to look forward to in May. I love the month of May. For some reason, May is always my best month. And I have a feeling that this month will be no different. Next week Tuesday I have a ballet exam (so sorry Mr. Bennet, I will not be attending your class) and a week and a bit after that I am going to travel to New York with D'Andra and Isabella for MUN!!! :D. We will be roomies! Anyway, enough about May. I didn't really watch anything interesting this week, so I have nothing to review. I also didn't read any interesting articles. However, I did watch an episode of America's Next Top Model that was pretty interesting. This season of America's Next Top Model is called, America's Next Top Model: British Invasion. However, if the show is about America's next top model, why are british people invading the show? And also what's unfair is that all of the British girls have already experienced being on Britain's Next Top Model. So, as you can probably imagine, they have a bit of an unfair advantage, and so they are better. Here is a music video that they did to show you how much better the British really were. Bare in mind that both of these music videos are very cheaply made (which is annoying because Tyra Banks is rich as hell) and they are both lyrically challenged. However, the British were bad, but the Americans were worse. Anyway, here are the videos. media type="youtube" key="Pp-FysibcFg" height="315" width="560" media type="youtube" key="NDL2IFGGrQI" height="315" width="560"

April 23, 2012

OMG!!! So I just read Isabella and Manley's journals. Now Mr. Bennet, you know why I don't like reading, because reading is so engrossing! (Thanks for the excuse Isabella). Oh, and Manley, Hot Problems is the BEST song ever written. I sing it everyday. "Hot girls we have problems too, we're just like you except we're hot. The world needs to open their eyes and realise we're not perfect and sometimes we lie. Just kidding, we're perfect." BEST SONG EVER. Anyway, my journal is about a movie I watched. DRACULLAAAAAA. I read the book Dracula a while back and I felt like watching it, so I rented it. Maybe I didn't know how to read or something, but the book I read was completely different from the movie. I was so confused. I didn't know Dracula could do half the things he did in the movie. First off, I thought he was a vampire, not a werewolf, but apparently he can now be both? Hmm...maybe I should reread that book...Also, Keanu Reeves was not the first person I would have expected to play Jonathan Harker, however he was okay at the role. All he needed to be was plain, so he owned that part. Also, the movie was more raunchy than the book. Well, actually, not really. Scratch that. Coming to think of it, maybe it's just my imagination that's not as..."creative." Oh and Manley, if you thought Hot Problems was a bad song, listen to My Jeans by Jenna Rose feat. Baby Trigga. Yes, Baby Trigga. <-- Proof that being black does not mean you are able to rap. Well, actually, I kind of like that song. I have great taste in music. media type="youtube" key="IvfgUNyHLY8" height="315" width="420" April 16, 2012 During my highly eventful spring break, one of the highly eventful things I did was read an article about makeup. Well, it wasn't really about makeup, it was a picture of a woman wearing makeup on one side of her face and not wearing makeup on the other. It was a Yahoo article, so needless to say, the article contained little information about anything at all, but what were interesting were the comments. Well, they were kind of interesting. Many people said it was a brave thing for the woman in the picture to do, but most people didn't even address the article itself and instead said that women who wear makeup are fake and insincere. Then there were the comments written by women who clearly don't wear makeup, talking about how so many actresses and supermodels look terrible without makeup. Then there were the comments that preached about inner beauty and how a person can get dressed up in the day, but at night when that person goes to bed, there will be a face that they "can't escape from." This is the reason I hate reading Yahoo articles. There are just too many people with too many opinions. Frankly, I don't even know why I read the articles. So, I decided to take this opportunity to use these comments and comment on those comments, like an annoying self-absorbed Yahoo reader. For the people who say that women who wear makeup are fake, all I have to say to you is that you shouldn't care. If you think it's "fake" for women to wear makeup, then talk to the ones who don't, otherwise why would you bother click the article? For the people who said that models and actresses rely so much on makeup that they look terrible without it, this is what I have to say. Honey, they still look better than you. And last but not least for the people who think that you shouldn't hide yourself under makeup because you will still go to bed being a regular old makeup-less person, this is what I have to say...Um, in case you didn't realise, there is nothing stopping these people from wearing makeup to bed. Aside from the skin problems that wearing makeup to bed cause, nothing is holding them back from wearing it at night. And also, if they develop skin problems from wearing makeup to bed, they can put more makeup on, because that's the magic of makeup. You can cover up anything with more makeup. You can cover up problems directly caused by makeup by caking it all over your face. As long as you don't run out of money to buy your makeup forever foundations, then you can add more, and more, and more, and more, and more, and more, and more. Sooner or later, you won't be able to tell what people look like without makeup. Oh, wait, that's happening already. So, for all the Yahoo commenters who have something negative to say about this woman who posted a picture of herself with and without makeup, the joke's on you. Get a life and troll on someone's facebook page or something. (Yes, this is ironic because I'm the one ranting about people's comments on a mediocre yahoo article). To be honest, I give that woman loads of credit. She must have some serious skills if she can triple the size of her eyes by using makeup. Kudos to you. Now, look at the photo above and you can see why I'm skeptical about whether or not proactiv actually works...

March 26, 2012 This weekend was really fun! Except not really. I watched two movies, Fright Night and the Descendants. They were aight. I also did lots of Math homework, ewwwww. It was really gross. This weekend the new season of Mad Men came out!!! :D :D :D. I never got to watch it though, because I was watching the Descendants so I forgot about it. I might watch it later tonight. Might not. I bought two new dresses on Saturday. They were pretty. My sister also came to Jamaica, and showed me her nail polish collection. It was like six billion times larger than mine, so now I need to buy four billion more nail polishes. This journal was really short because I had nothing much to say. March 19, 2012 On Saturday I bought a book called "Between Shades of Gray." I want to start reading it, because it looked interesting. I'm not much of a reader. The last book I read just for fun was probably a couple of years ago. Yes, I know how shameful that is. Anyway, yesterday I watched a movie called Captain America. I didn't really want to watch it, but I thought that since the Avengers was coming out soon I might as well watch all the superhero movies associated with it. I already watched Iron Man, Iron Man II, The Hulk, and Thor, and so all I had left was Captain America. It was a pretty boring movie. Just like Thor and The Hulk there was no chemistry between the hero and his love interest. However, that wasn't what made the movie bad. What made the movie bad was that it was boring. It had Mr. Smith from Matrix in it. About fifteen minutes into the movie, he took off his "mask" and revealed an ugly red version of himself with no nose (kind of like those pictures you see of Michael Jackson on the internet). Also, in the beginning, when Captain America wasn't yet Captain America, the actor's face (Chris Evans) was pasted onto a prepubescent boy's body. His head was oversized for the ten year old's body, and to make it worse, I already knew what Chris Evans really looked like (buff) and so it was highly unconvincing. It was very fake. Trust me, I'm not one to care about how fake graphics are, because one of my favourite shows is on BBC (which has the worst graphics ever). However, in a Hollywood Blockbuster like this, you would expect some more money spent on, well, everything. This movie was set while World War II was going on. Superhero movies set in early times can be a hit or miss. Well, I actually don't have much to base this on, but X-Men, which was set in the 60's was a hit and Captain America was a miss. Also, Captain America had one really close friend who he would do anything for. Supposedly. However, when you saw the one clip in which they were friends before he was Captain America, they didn't really seem very close. The one part I liked in the movie was at the end when the credits rolled. LOL jk. However, my favourite part was at the end, when he apparently slept for 70 years (I know right?) and woke up in 2011. It was pretty cool, because he saw Times Square and how everything was new and improved. Oh, and there were no nazis. However, back in 19 something where he came from, when he was about to die, his not very interesting love interest planned a date with him for the following week at eight o'clock. Needless to say, he missed that date. At the end, when he was having everything explained to him, and someone asked him what was wrong he said, "I had a date." It was supposed to be sad, but since they had no chemistry, I just found it a cheap way to end a mediocre film. YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO BELIEVE THAT THE GUY IN THE FIRST PICTURE TURNED INTO THE GUY IN THE SECOND PICTURE.

March 12, 2012



About a week ago I read an article that I decided to review for this week's journal entry. It was about the best games for cats on the IPad. At first, I thought the idea of having games for your cat on an ipad was absurd. However, just to prove my point correctly, I downloaded a couple of the games on the ipad. After they downloaded, I got my cat to sit in front of the ipad and "play" them. To my surprise, my cat played with these apps as if they were real. One app, which was called Game for Cats, gave your cat the option of chasing a mouse or a laser. Not surprising to me, this was my cat's favourite one. She absolutely loved it. She couldn't quite decide whether to focus on the mouse or the laser so she just kept on looking at both. Then, she played another game, called Cat Fishing. This game was quite boring. All that it required was for your cat to touch the fish and then the fish would disappear and a new one with a different colour would appear in its place. She got bored of this one after about two seconds. However, I then downloaded the sequel to Cat Fishing, and my kitty adored it. In this one, there were different rounds. So, in the first round, my cat had to catch one fish, whereas in the second round she had to catch two fish, and so on and so forth. Because my cat was not feeling particularly well this weekend, I felt good about getting her these games because she felt a little bit better. Well, for once, a yahoo article helped me. Congratulations Yahoo, you helped someone. I will continue to keep an eye out for any new games for cats, but in the meanwhile, my cat will have to be satisfied with chasing a mouse around a screen for a while. By the way, my cat looked a bit like the picture above while playing.

March 5, 2012

Yesterday I had a dream. It was a fabulous dream. I dreamt that I was a mega pop star (this isn't even the good part) and I collaborated with one of my favourite artists in the world.....Kanye West. I don't remember what song we did together, but I do remember that it was marvelous. That wasn't the best part. The best part was that after that, we became best friends. Imagine having Kanye West as your best friend. We did all the things best friends did. Well, at least I hope we did, because I woke up too early to figure that out. It was really fun. I think it's a sign. I think it was the world giving me a birthday present (which by the way is in two days). Maybe it was a sign that on my fifteenth birthday, I will meet Kanye West. Maybe not. Anyway, my birthday is in two days and I am really looking forward to it. I hope nobody thinks I'm being mean by not bringing cupcakes to school, because pretty much everyone who had their birthday at school brought cupcakes. Actually, I think I'm being quite kind, because if I had decided on bringing cupcakes to school, then I would end up eating them ALL, and leave people feeling bad, because it's my birthday, so why should I bring cupcakes for everyone else when it's MY birthday? In case you didn't already understand, I used capital letters to emphasize that I'm not bringing anything for anyone else, because it's MYYYYY birthday. Maybe next week Monday for Anushree's birthday I'll bring cupcakes, because it's HER birthday, so I can afford to be nice. But who really needs to be nice on their birthday? Not me.

February 27, 2012 Next week Wednesday the most fabulous day of the year. Next week is my birthday. So, therefore, I decided to write about why I love my birthday so much. I was born. That is the number one reason. If I wasn't born, I wouldn't be here. Yes, it's as simple as that. I love my birthday because it was the day I, Seya Lewis-Meeks, experienced life for the first time (not including the gross nine months prior to that). Another reason I love my birthday is that people are generally kinder to me on my birthday. A year ago, when I was more naive, I would've said that I loved my birthday because it's the day that revolves around me. To tell you the truth though, life goes on. Whether or not it's your birthday, people are still going to carry out their own affairs, they are still going to be grumpy if they want to be grumpy and they are still going to be whoever they were the night before your birthday. So, no, the world does not revolve around me on my birthday. I also like presents. However, materialistic objects are not as important to me as they were when I was younger, so if I got no presents on my birthday, I would not be disheartened. On a slightly different note, I decided to do a list of my favourite birthday songs. These songs are my favourite songs from the year I was born to 2011, because not enough of 2012 has passed for me to know what my favourite song of the year is.

1997 MMMBop-Hansen

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1998 When the Lights Go Out-Five

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1999 Summer Girls-LFO

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2000 Bye Bye Bye-Nsync

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2001 Independent Woman Part 1-Destiny's Child

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2002 Hey Baby-No Doubt

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2003 Hey Ya-Outkast

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2004 Toxic-Britney Spears

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2005 Gold Digger-Kanye West

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2007 Party Like A Rockstar-Shop Boyz

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2008 (Really from 2007, but I still listened to it in 2008, so it counts) We Takin Over-DJ Khaled featuring a lot of famous rappers and Akon

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2009 Shinedown-Second Chance

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2010 Runaway-Kanye West

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2011 Hell's Heroes-Empires

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February 23, 2012 Yesterday, I watched a video. It was hilarious. What was even more hilarious was the comment after. You will know which one I'm referring to. media type="youtube" key="nr9_RQM-_WY" height="315" width="420" I think this video is great, and I love how many likes it got. What I really don't understand was why 146 people took the time to watch it. However, I thought the video was a good effort. You should watch it. By the way, I had a great holiday, and I watched a million tv shows and stayed at home like a loser. I like staying at home like a loser, but I'm not a loser. Kid Cudi is a loser.

February 13, 2012 Today in art class, Mrs. Robinson told me that she watched the Grammy's. I asked her if Kanye West won any awards. She said no. I was gloomy the entire day. To my surprise, however, I googled whether he had actually won any awards, and he won four! However, he wasn't at the grammy's. Oh well. He still won four. So, what does that make Seya? That makes Seya happy. That makes Seya very happy. Aside from the grammy's that I didn't watch, I have nothing to talk about. I usually have something to talk about but not today.

February 6, 2012

Today, I decided to do a review on the song "Comeback Kid" by Sleigh Bells. The title pretty much explains the whole song. It is about persevering and coming back no matter what life throws at you. Yes, the message is extremely overused, however, the song is great nonetheless. It has the perfect amount of everything--drums, guitar, singing, electronic computerized sounds. Also, what I love about the band is that their sound isn't perfectly clean and crisp, because it has just the right amount of rasp. However, the raspy quality in their music doesn't come from a Chad Kroeger like singing. It comes from the band just making the entire song sound grittier and more raw. Also, Sleigh Bells' music never fails to be completely upbeat, and motivating, but their music isn't just a regular happy sound. Their music is intriguing. Their music is different, but doesn't stray too far from the norm to be unfamiliar. That is the magic of Sleigh Bells.

media type="youtube" key="M1YWohIBWxY" height="315" width="420" January 30, 2011 Yesterday, I decided to youtube my favourite songs from 2003-2005. The reason for this was because I was watching a Gwen Stefani video yesterday, and all these other 2004 songs came up under recommendations, and then I became nostalgic. I remembered a time when I used to like Black Eyed Peas and Avril Lavigne, when Yellowcard and Hoobastank were still making music. The year 2004 was the year when I began to start appreciating music. It was the year I got my first Britney Spears album, and the year I got my first (and last) "Now that's what I call music" album. Below is a list of my favourite songs of 2003-2005 (in no particular order).

1) Kanye West- Gold Digger 2) Gwen Stefani- Rich Girl 3) Britney Spears-Toxic 4) Juvenile-Slow Motion 5) Nelly-Grillz 6) Black Eyed Peas-Don't Lie 7) Hilary Duff-Little Voice 8) Bowling For Soup-1985 9) Yellowcard-Ocean Avenue 10) Hoobastank-The Reason 11) Switchfoot-Meant to Live 12) Eminem-Just Lose It 13) Avril Lavigne-Happy Ending 14) Leave-JoJo 15) Numb/Encore- Linkin Park and Jay-Z 16) Drop It Like It's Hot-Snoop Dog feat. Pharrell 17) Sean Paul-Get Busy 18) Christina Millian-Dip It Low 19) Maroon 5-This Love 20) Usher-Yeah!

Yes, I admit, I used to listen to Linkin Park, but that was when I was about 7 or 8 years old, so you can't hold it against me. However, some things haven't changed. I still listen to Kanye West.

January 26, 2012



Today, I decided to do a review on my favourite nail polishes. I don't wear nail polish a lot, because I usually can't be bothered to put it on, but I have a lot of nail polishes at home that I enjoy looking at. Before I get into my favourite types of nail polishes, let me start off my telling you the different types of nail polishes there are. The link below will guide you:

http://www.lacquerized.com/2010/04/finish-it-up.html

However, if you don't want to read that page, I will basically summarize the important ones. The most common types of nail polishes are: creme, shimmer, foil, metallic, glitter (all types), suede, sheer, and flakies (which are growing in popularity). These nail polishes are the ones that I consider my favourites. Some of my favourite nail polishes in each of these types are:

Creme-Case Study By Essie Shimmer- I don't currently have a favourite for shimmer Foil-Let Them Eat Fruitcake by O.P.I Metallic-Let Them Eat Fruitcake by O.P.I (I have this one under two categories because it doesn't fit into just one) Glitter- Boom Boom Pow by Deborah Lippmann (as a nail polish) and Trafic Stopper Copper by O.P.I (as a top coat) Suede-I don't currently have a favourite for suede Sheer- Cut the Cake by Orly (This is a shimmer-sheer mixture, but I don't like it as a shimmer, but I like it as a sheer). Flakies- Nubar 2010-By Nubar

Notable Mentions- China Glaze Julep Sally Hansen Rimmel London

What makes each of these brands special? Essie's polish is almost never sheer, which makes it easy to apply fewer coats and have a great result. O.P.I doesn't really have anything special in the quality of the polish, but they make really fun colours. Deborah Lippmann's quality is so amazing. It lasts forever and it is almost mesmerizing to look at. Nubar polishes are offbeat and interesting, and Nubar always takes risks, which can be a hit or miss, but when it comes to Nubar, it's usually a hit. Orly doesn't have anything special about it in particular, and it probably wouldn't be on that list if it wasn't for that particular colour, which I like because it works well with everything.

Favourite Top and Base Coats:

Top Coats- Poshe Super-Fast Drying Top Coat Seche Vite Dry Fast Top Coat Essie Matte About You (this turns your nail polish into a matte finish, instead of a glossy one. This is a great alternative to buying a matte colour).

Base Coats: Seche Natural (Goes on Matte) Essie Grow Stronger

Base Coats prevent the nails from being stained by the nail polishes while top coats help to preserve the nail polish and give it a more complete finish. Having a good base coat is especially important, because some nail polishes can strip your nails, and so it is good to have a protecting layer between the nail polish and your nails. Also, some base coats help to repair your nails, like Grow Stronger by Essie.

Well basically, this is all for this journal entry. Next time you purchase nail polishes look out for these!

January 22, 2012 (January 25)



Three days ago, on January 22, 2012, I watched a movie called Straw Dogs. It was about a couple who moved back to the wife's hometown in the South of the U.S. They had a team of construction workers who the wife (Kate Bosworth) knew from her childhood. To say these guys were unfriendly would be a bit of an understatement. No one in this movie was particularly friendly, but the construction workers were the least friendly of them all. To cut a long story short, what happened was a lot of death and unpleasantries. It was a pretty terrible movie, despite having two actors I admire (James Marsden and Alexander Skarsgard). They made these two characters completely unlikeable. Nevertheless, I was willing to overlook how much the characters annoyed me and look ahead to the plot line, which was terrible. Honestly, I don't know what I was thinking when I watched the movie. The premise should have turned me off immediately: "L.A. screenwriter David Sumner relocates with his wife to her hometown in the deep South. There, while tensions build between them, a brewing conflict with locals becomes a threat to them both." Needless to say, it was not worth watching and if I could have back the two hours I spent watching it, I would rather spend them watching paint dry.

January 15, 2012 (Written on January 25)

I read the worst article ever. It was about which gender felt more pain than the other. The article basically went like this: "In a survey, women reported to feel more pain than men reported, but men complain about it more. Well, we don't really have any scientific evidence to back this, so we basically wasted your time telling you this because we couldn't think of anything else to say. The jury's still out."

Why is it that people have to make articles about the most pointless things? Obviously, I found the heading of the article interesting, otherwise I would not have clicked on the link, but honestly, this was the worst article I have ever read (this is saying something, because I have seen countless articles about "Who wore it better"). The article was on Yahoo's homepage. Yahoo is a website that is supposed to be taken seriously. When you think of Yahoo, you think of well-picked journalists who write about highly interesting stories while hooking the audience's attention. I do believe that websites like Yahoo, and Yahoo itself, have good articles, for I have seen some very interesting topics displayed on its homepage. However, you can't be writing about world news and consider yourself an online newspaper when at the same time one of your top articles is called "Justin Bieber's many fashion flubs." I'm not saying that I don't enjoy the "Who wore it better" articles or the funny cat videos that Yahoo posts, because I don't always want to hear about tragic oil spills. However, you shouldn't be allowed to put an article about tragic oil spills next to an article about a sleepy kitty. I just think that Yahoo needs to decide whether it is a newspaper, a celebrity gossip site, or an online comedy centre, for when I go to Yahoo and click on news, I don't expect to hear about Justin Bieber. Either Yahoo needs to get it right and choose which topics they are best at, or they need to divide their page into different sections. Therefore, Yahoo can cater to those who want to hear about Vera Wang's new collection, and those who want to hear about the U.S government's new tax reforms. It can do this in an organized and professional way, so that people won't be tricked into thinking they're hearing about something important, when they're not, or vice versa.

January 8, 2012

Yesterday, I watched a movie called Contagion. It was atrocious. It got good ratings on Rotten Tomatoes. However, Rotten Tomatoes got it wrong this time, because it was horrible. It was about a deadly disease that was spread to millions of people, by the forever annoying Gwyneth Paltrow. There were many different story lines pertaining to one similar theme in this movie. The problem with this was that they didn't connect any of the story lines well enough, so it was difficult for you to have any attachment to any of the characters whatsoever. Also, I think they cast most of the characters badly. For example, I feel as though Matt Damon's character should have been played by Mark Wahlberg instead. Jude Law's character was also badly cast as well. (P.S, Jude Law's Australian accent is deafening). They also killed one of the better characters in the beginning, and kidnapped another. So, therefore, my two favourite characters in the whole movie had basically no screen time whatsoever. Also, some of the story lines in the movie distracted from the main point, and shifted your focus for absolutely no reason. This made it hard to pay attention to the main story line, and it was equally as hard to know what was going on. Thus, I found myself being confused for a great deal of the movie. I think this movie could also have been improved with a touch of humour. Actually, I feel that if they had switched genres of this movie completely and made it into a comedy, it could have been a better version of the movie, "Shaun of the Dead." Shaun of the Dead had potential in which it could have been hysterical, and Contagion could have potentially filled in the gaps that Shaun of the Dead left out. Basically, my opinion of the movie was that they spent too much money on the five-star actors, and not enough money to add to the overall five-star quality. Needless to say, I hated the movie.



January 2, 2011

My Christmas Break was great!!!!!!! I had a great time. I had great sleeping patterns. I got my wonderful twenty hours of sleep each day. Well, maybe not 20 every day. I played with my super adorable kitty and gave her a birthday present. She enjoyed it. I watched lots of movies and I got two books for Christmas, which means I'm going to have something to do for the next three years. I spent a lot of time with my family when I wasn't sleeping. Basically, my break wasn't really interesting, but it was great because I could get more than six hours of sleep. I take my sleep very seriously. Starting tomorrow I'm sure, that will all change, so I'm going to enjoy it while it lasts. I also think I gained about four billion pounds, but at least I had fun doing it. I also started watching three new television shows, so now I'll have even more of an excuse to procrastinate when school starts back. Overall, I think this break has changed me into a better person. My new year's resolution is to be kinder to people. I don't usually stick to my resolutions for long, so don't hold it against me, but I'll try. Basically what I think about my break is that it was great.

December 12, 2011

On Saturday, I watched a movie called Secretariat. It was about a racehorse in Kentucky. He won a very difficult long-distance race that hadn't been one in over twenty years, called the Triple Crown. It is based on a true story. People doubted in Secretariat because his father was a sprinter, and not a long-distance runner, which was what was required to win the Triple Crown. What was so difficult about the Triple Crown was that the horse had to win all three long-distance races. What was so remarkable about Secretariat was that he did this, setting a new record for each and every one. His owner was the daughter of a horse-stable-owner, who suffered from Alzheimer's. In her father's late years, he was going to sell all his horses for half the price they were worth. In the end, she decided not to sell the horses, because she believed in them, especially Secretariat. The movie was very good and touching, and it showed the results of true perseverance. It was acted out very well and the message was clear (because what's a disney movie without a message?). I enjoyed Secretariat very much and would recommend it to anyone. I did not think I would enjoy it, only because I am not a huge fan of Southern accents, but it was a sweet movie and I would watch it again. My advice to people pondering watching it is to keep an open mind, for if you don't, you will be missing out on a lot.

December 4, 2011

I recently found out that my favourite rapper (also known as my future husband) Kanye West got nominated for seven grammy awards. This was absolutely not surprising to me, because I love every single song, video and tweet Kanye West puts out. He has the whole package. He is incredibly funny, witty, and he is an absolutely incredible rapper. He beat many artists and bands, who were expected to do better than him. Many people were surprised that Adele had been soaring so high this year in her music, brainwashing people into liking it, and yet she still could not beat Kanye West. She received six grammy nominations. Let me remind you that Kanye West received seven.

Kanye West has true talent. He has managed to stay relevant for a long while. Kanye West first appeared on the scene in the nineties. He produced eight songs for Grav, a not very well known rapper. He continued producing songs for other rappers. He received his big break when he produced one of Jay-Z's songs, "This Can't Be Life." By that time, people all over wanted Kanye West to produce their music. He was sought over even before he became a rapper. So far, he has created five albums, and one collaborative album with Jay-Z. All of his solo albums have gone platinum. That is a feat that is hard to beat. Kanye West has one fourteen grammy's, and this year alone, he has been nominated for seven more. He is more than deserving in my humble opinion, and Kanye West restores hope to me that my generation will not only be listening to music about teenage boys and heartbreak.

Kanye West's music always makes me want to get up and dance, or sit down and quietly appreciate it. Kanye West' music will always hold a special place in my heart, while the Adeles and Justin Biebers of this world slowly leech onto the young minds of this day and inculcate them. Kanye West also tells people to always speak their mind and not be afraid of the consequences. The message that he sends to people is that you should always express yourself, be confident and feel empowered. Today, I think that is a great message to send, because so many people have confidence issues and are afraid to speak their mind, fearing being reprimanded by a "higher person." Although, lyrically Kanye West isn't exactly the most politically correct guy on the block, his words have a deeper meaning than on the surface, and he deserves to be praised by the music industry for presenting such a powerful message. His seven grammy nominations proved to me that his talent is not being wasted on the world.

November 27, 2011

This weekend I watched a movie called Albert Nobbes. I enjoyed it very much and thought it was quite interesting. It was about a lady who dressed as a man in order to have a better life in the eighteen hundreds in Ireland. She was discovered by someone in the very same situation as her, and they became friends. The story was very dramatic, and written very well. The acting was also brilliant (for the most part). The reason I watched the film in the first place is because it had one of my favourite actors, Jonathan Rhys Meyers. I thought he was a main character, and although he was not, I still enjoyed the film immensely. It starred Glenn Close (101 Dialmations), Mia Wasikowska (Alice in Wonderland), Janet McTeer (Tideland), Jonathan Rhys Meyers (The Tudors) and Aaron Johnson (Nowhere Boy). The movie portrayed the hardships of women in the time period, focusing on issues such as pregnancy out of wedlock, and transvestism. I found that the setting was quite believable, and it did not seem modernized, as many films set in older time periods tend to. It really did put on full display the social problems and barriers that women had in that period, and some problems that are still present today. It is easy to get enthralled in the movie, as it is riveting and exciting. Albert Nobbs is an amazing movie whether or not you're a feminist, however I don't see it appealing to younger audiences.



November 20, 2011

Last week I read a Teen Vogue magazine. I usually read Seventeen magazines but my magazine from my subscription hadn't come yet. I was feeling incomplete not reading my monthly magazine, so I bought an issue of Teen Vogue. (P.S Teen Vogue isn't much like Vogue). The magazine gave me a lot of fashion tips, which were helpful, but aside from that it did not do the same things that Seventeen Magazine does. Seventeen magazines have many articles about people, and what they've achieved. It is an inspiring magazine, because it shows you what is possible in life. However, Teen Vogue doesn't do this. Teen Vogue gives you a lot of fashion advice, but the articles in the magazines don't have much substance. Seventeen magazines make me feel happy even when I am sad. They have the ability to turn a frown upside down. Teen Vogue is something I read when I am extremely bored, and cannot think of anything better to do. However, I don't have to be bored to read Seventeen, I will read it, regardless of whether I'm doing something interesting or not. I find it to be just a more entertaining magazine. It still gives you fashion advice if that is what you desire, but it is not limited to only give you fashion advice. It gives you advice about other things also, and I usually prefer Seventeen's cover stars' stories to Teen Vogue's. When reading Seventeen, you can find out so much about the person on the cover, and sometimes the stories are really fascinating, but Teen Vogue doesn't tell you much about the person on the cover, and so basically, they serve no purpose being on the cover. To sum everything up, I believe that Seventeen gives you everything Teen Vogue gives you and more.



November 13, 2011

Ellie Goulding Relies on Remixes for Quality

For my weekly review, I decided to review a song, called Guns + Roses by Ellie Goulding. Ellie Goulding's music can be described as Indie music that got popular by the pop loving listeners who grew tired of hearing Adele and Taylor Swift mope about how terrible their previous lovers were. Personally, before this song, I quite enjoyed hearing Ellie Goulding's music, however, when I listened to Guns + Roses by Ellie Goulding, her song sounded like Adele's, whining about her life, for no apparent reason. Then, I wondered to myself, what exactly did I find appealing about her music in the first place. My two favourite songs by her prior to this one were Lights and Starry Eyed. However, I did not enjoy the lyrics of Lights or the lyrics of Starry Eyed very much, so what was the appeal? When I asked myself that question, I realised it. The versions I had on my ipod were the remixes, Starry Eyed Jakwob Remix, Lights Bassnectar remix. I had heard the originals before, but I did not think they were bad at the time. Re-listening to them, I find them absolutely atrocious, and excuse me for my choice of words, but they are vomit to my ears. Unfortunately, Ellie Goulding is Taylor Swift and Adele, just with a thinner voice, and people who like to remix her songs. It's quite a tragedy, and if you listen to the songs, you might also find so. However, I still like Ellie Goulding, because unlike Adele, at least good remixes can come from her songs. media type="youtube" key="0NKUpo_xKyQ" height="315" width="560"Lights Ellie Goulding Original

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Crazy Stupid Love

On Sunday, I watched a movie called Crazy Stupid Love. It was about a group of people who fell in love. There was one guy who was married and then his wife cheated on him and asked for a divorce, so he went into a bar to wallow about it. There was this other guy in the bar who was quite a //ladies man,// and he taught the man how to regain his manhood. This same //ladies man,// Jacob fell in love, which was unusual for him. It ended with an unexpected twist. So, basically, I thought the movie was okay. It was a bit awkward to watch it with my parents, but basically everything is awkward to watch with my parents, so it was okay. I thought the plot was kind of going nowhere in the beginning, but it soon quickened its pace and got to be interesting. However, although the twist at the end was unexpected, I am more than tired of Hollywood feeling the need to always have a twist at the end of movies, because directors think the twist will make the movie a whole lot better, but it just makes the movie seem amateur and cheap, and will also only appeal to a younger demographic (think sixth graders). Also, the characters were difficult to relate to and they were not my favourite. I think the movie could have been improved if some of the actors were replaced with better actors, Also, if the major twist wasn’t in the end, then the movie would have seemed more professional and the quality would have been improved drastically.



October 30, 2011 //40 Most Shocking Hip Hop Moments//

Yesterday, on October 29th 2011 I watched a television program called VH1's 40 Most Shocking Hip Hop Moments. It was a two hour program that stated what people thought the most shocking moments of hip hop history were. It was an entertaining two hours of my life, as it was both chair gripping and hilarious. I sat through all the commercials on television to wait until they revealed number one. The show was well-done with commentators who added a dimension to the show that made it more watchable. I enjoyed the show thoroughly as I learnt new information about hip hop's talented (and not so talented) performers. Deaths of rappers were included on the list, and rappers weaving in and out of jail, and not surprisingly Kanye West's VMA faux pas. However, as you finally reach number one, you will not only be shocked out of your mind, but you will also find the moment humorous and you will leave the channel feeling fulfilled. As you finish the show, not only will you feel completely knowledgable about the world of hip hop but you will also have experienced a side of humour that otherwise, you may not have received. If you are not a fan of hip hop, you might not enjoy the show, but there is also a chance that you may want to explore the world of hip hop and discover what you have been missing.