Leaping for Up-Coming Movies!

Well it's leap day! Are you leaping? ;) Anyway since I wanted to post on leap day, because I don't know if I'll be blogging in four years, I will do a mayhem of upcoming movies that I want to see!

1. The Hunger Games! I am so going to try and see this on it's premier! Comes out March 23! I am so excited it's killing me! ;) Trailer:   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qoUT7q2iTbQ
2. Brave! A red-headed archery girl, how can it get better? ;) Coming out on June 22! I love this trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Y4EZULqhP2E
3. The Hobbit! Coming out this December 14! Here is the trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0k3kHtyoqc
4. The Avengers! I am only slightly excited about this one. I have a feeling that they will totally ruin it. :P Out May 4th. Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOrNdBpGMv8
5. Red Dawn! I am interested in this movie. I watched the old Red Dawn, which was cheesy, but this has Chris Hemsworth and Josh Hutcherson in it. Meaning that I have to see it. :P Out November 2. Sry I couldn't find a trailer.
6. Les Miserables! Coming out this December 7! No trailer. :(

Well those are the movies that I'm anxious to see! What movies are you anticipating?
God bless and have a wonderful day! :D

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Oh, Seventeen...

Wow! I can't believe it! I'm seventeen! In my childhood seventeen was the golden age to be. You were still young enough to have far too much time on your hands and yet old enough to do things that you weren't able to do before. And yes, I have been waiting for the opportunity to be completely vain and have a lot of photos taken of me for my senior pics. lol I'm not quite a senior yet though. :P Here are some things that I'm proud of and know will be changing in my life this year. Up to now I have read 103 books, which I'm thrilled about. :) I have my permit! Will get my license when I can. Earnestly trying to get a job... Trying to figure out what classes I'm going to take my senior year at the community college. Yes, in my family you have to "grow up" and go to college a little early. My mom loves telling me to "grow up" in a nice way though. lol And I'll be opening a new chapter of my life. Here are some things that will not change, at least not this year. ;) I will be completely childish and whine when I don't get my way. ;) I will adore my family and my brother will be my best friend forever. I will stay single! :D ;) I will strive to make my family proud, despite the fact that they are already proud of me. I'll still be a homebody and watch tons of movies and read tons of books. And I'll still be me.
And the one thing that will never change about who I am, is that I will love the Lord with all that I am and He will always be with me.

"Lord, make me to know my end,
and what is the measure of my days,
That I may know how frail I am.
Indeed, You have made my days as hand-breaths.
And my age is as nothing before You.
Certainly every man at his best state is but vapor." -Psalm 139:4-5

"Whereas you do not know what tomorrow.
For what is your life? It is even a vapor that appears for a little time
 and then vanishes away." -James 14-4

I'm so glad that with the short amount of time I have on earth that God is always with me and that He has saved me from my sins!
When you think about it seventeen years is really just a short existence on this earth. What does seventeen mean to you? Are you anxiously awaiting it's arrival? Have you been seventeen and know how many changes it can bring? Are you seventeen and it has been quite a chapter in your life?

God bless and have a wonderful week! Btw I am now officially allowed to wear makeup. :)

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Fire Away!

For one of my 17th birthday presents I got a bow! When I was younger I used to be into archery, as part of 4H. Now that I'm older I realized I still have a love for it! Actually what sparked this desire to get back into it was the fact that we found our old bow. Which is quite weak! lol Nonetheless it sparked that want. :) Hope you enjoy these pictures.

 Aiming....

Fire!!!

Not too shabby! ;) 

Mr. Cool.

That arrow in the bulls-eye was.. placed there. lol I'm not that good.. yet. :)

God bless and have a wonderful week! Btw Picnik is shutting down. But before they do they are letting anyone use premium features for free! I have love Picnik and will be sad to lose it.

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"Mockingjay"

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The final book in the Hunger Games series is now finished! I absolutely loved this series! Definitely one of the best trilogies I have ever read! These books had me literally jumping to the next sentence! I could hardly contain myself from forgetting all other obligations and simply losing myself in that world. Although yesterday I took a break from reading "Mockingjay" and didn't read for the entire day. I was getting a little too emotionally attached to the characters to the point where I was beginning to become depressed!

     Anyway "Mockingjay" was my least favorite book in the series. Honestly I wan't really a fan of this book. It was just so sad! Thus you see why I became depressed. The ending felt cut short and un-thrilling. Although due to the fact that I had become emotionally attached to the characters and could almost feel their anguish it wasn't a complete loss. There were exciting points, but a lot of "Mockingjay" felt unnecessarily stretched out. I wish there was more action rather than heart breaking events and gore. Please, please don't get me wrong. It was still a great book but compared to it's counterparts it was a little lacking.

     "Mockingjay" is about Katniss Everdeen's loss. In more than one way. Lost childhood. Lost friends. Lost home. As she struggles with depression she is asked to be a pawn, yet once more, for a rebellion that she didn't know she even mattered to. Or rather a district she deemed dead. Will she ever get back that one person she would risk her life for? What if she gets that person back? Will it ever be the same between them? Will the same person she risked her life for end up killing her? As she is faced with the decision between Peeta and Gale will she make the right choice? As the hunger games seem to continue all around her will she be choked to death by the overwhelming amount of death?

     Actually I wasn't too in love with the characters in Mockingjay. I still liked Katniss and Peeta a lot but you didn't necessarily getting see their shining qualities. As for Haymitch and Gale there wasn't a lot of character building scenes for either of them.  Other than these minor setbacks I would not let that stop you from reading this book! Still a great novel but as for myself just quite depressing. :/ I recommend this series whole heartily and hope you have a strong stomach. ;) Don't forget that the movie comes out March 23!

God bless and have a great rest of the week! :)

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To Dream, Or Not To Dream?

How do you dream at night? In black and white? Color? What kind of dreams usually come to you? I honestly am not really a dreamer. If I'm having a dream it usually becomes a nightmare. :P So much fun for that, huh. My dreams have a light coloring, like a cross between black and white and color. I have never had a dream where I am flying or doing something amazing, or even fun. Sometimes I'll just have a dream that I'm checking my fb. Yeah, that tells you that you're spending too much time on it. Or what I'm going to do tomorrow.... If I do have an adventurous dream I'm usually in control of it. Lately I have learned the ability of changing the outcomes of my dream. Such that, when I had a dream that was heading in the direction of a nightmare I just stopped it and made it do something else. I love that ability! Anyway I have the most dream making family in the world! Everyday I have to listen to at least half an hour of dreams. Not joking. Surprisingly my mom has a lot of dreams about getting eaten by a bear... She has a real fear of them. Or something gory like that. My brother has the adventurous dreams. Although from time to time they end up a little strange. Yesterday he dreamt that Anne, from Anne of Green Gables, taught him jazz on the piano. Unfortunately I have never had Anne visit me. lol I'll even save him in his dreams from time to time. :D I'm the best sister! ;) Anyway I hope this post wasn't too random for you but I thought I should do a 'regular' post.

"And the king said to them, I have had a dream, and my spirit is anxious to know the dream." -Daniel 2:3

"Then, being divinely warned in a dream that they should not return to Herod, they (the wise men) departed for their own country another way." -Matthew 2:12

May the Lord be with you and have a wonderful week.

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"Catching Fire"

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Ha ha! I said I would do a photo post or something like that but all I can seem to do lately is reviews! :P Hope you don't mind too much.
     
        Anyway this book has some major twists that I just wasn't expecting. I have to say The Hunger Games was a little predictable, but this had me totally astounded! After around 100 pages the book took off on its adventurous ride. Before that mark it was a tad bit on the boring side. It was just a little too explanatory without getting anywhere with the other characters. Although this was very minor and had some key points to remember.
        With tension growing in the other districts and the president's threat hanging over her head, will Katniss be able to pull off the madly in love play? As the quarter quell quickly approaches other lives will be headed for a most certain death. Will she take flight.. or fight. Will she be used as another puppet? Will the clock of the games tick tock to her death?

         I just have to say I love Peeta! He's my boyfriend of the future! Peeta is so kind and selfless!... Now that that's over. ;) I loved this book! It really helped me to like and understand Katniss more. Perhaps because it hit me that she's only 16 in the first book and 17 in the second. In other words not to be so critical on her behavior because of the fact that she is so young and making these life changing decisions.  I'm reading these books in perfect time. Since I'm 16 turning 17 in thirteen days! Can't wait to read Mockingjay! Did I mention that I recommend this book? ;) It definitely deserves 5 stars along with The Hunger Games!!!
God bless and have a wonderful weekend!

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"The Hunger Games"

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I finally got hold of a copy of "The Hunger Games" book, which took forever! Although the timing was perfect because once I had completed Ben-Hur the book came in the next day. :) I could hardly put this book down! Actually I was in agony(kind of) when I had to do other things and was continuously looking at the clock to see when I could pick it back up. Yes, this is proof that I'm a book-addict. ;) Now on to a shorter review, because I don't want to spoil anything for you. :) Enjoy!

     "The Hunger Games" is suspenseful, romantic, interesting, and enrapturing! You read this book from the perspective of Katniss Everdeen, who is very aware that all that is going on around her is for show.. Gale Hawthorne is her best friend and true confidant. Now Peeta Mellark is the boy standing aloof, who has been in her life in ways she finds odd. Thrown together in the hunger games as "star crossed lovers" has its advantages. But at what cost? Perhaps I'm getting a little ahead of myself. Let me rewind. ;) The annual event known as the hunger games requires each district to give up one of their boys and one of their girls to participate in a fight to the death. In other words only one person will survive out of 24. Who can force them to do such a thing you might ask? Well the Capitol, otherwise known as the dictators of life. The hunger games only reaffirms their tight grasp on everyone. No one is withheld from having their child's name being thrown into one of the balls. Although everyone has their own odds... As Katniss's younger sister, Prim, is of age to have her name put into one of the balls her odds are unlikely. Although it only takes one draw to change a life forever... As the unlikely happens Katniss screams out that she will take Prim's spot. From there the adventure begins...
    Well I truly love this book! My only thing I might warn you about is the gore. Quite simply that's all there is in it that might be a little unpleasant to read if you have a weak stomach. Also it did get a bit "kissy" but overall "The Hunger Games" was great! Honestly after making it half way through "For Whom the Bell Tolls" nothing could make you sick to your stomach. lol

As you might have noticed I have been posting a lot of reviews lately. I hope you don't mind. I will try, very soon, to have a post with pictures and my little life updates. :) Anyway I cannot wait for "The Hunger Games" movie to come out, 48 days to go! March 23! :D Did I mention that I recommend it? ;)
May the Lord be with you have a wonderful weekend!

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"Ben-Hur"

I finished my 100th book! And what a book to hit a milestone with! "Ben-Hur" was exciting, thrilling, sad, triumphant, and overall just a great book. Not to mention that the story was long and complex! This is a combination of my personal review and the actual book review. This is the best I can do since the book is so long. Basically I'm lazy. lol :) Enjoy!

       Surprisingly Judah, the main character's name who later becomes known as Ben-Hur and son of Arrius, was not introduced till nearly one hundred pages into this book. At the beginning this book starts out with the Wise Men and their quest to follow the star. Leading them to baby Jesus. Honestly, I thought the many many details on how each one of the Wise Men had the star come to them was too much. Especially how two out of three Wise Men you never see again. After that section in the book the prospects, for a great book, began to brighten.
        As Judah is stripped from his fortune and family the adventure begins. Will he survive the burdensome task laid at his door, when so many others cannot live past a year? Three years come and go while revenge is taking hold on his very soul. Against Messala... the very man who tore his family apart. Arriving at Rome has no splendor for him. No repose from that lustful revenge. Rome only serves to strengthen his abilities, to teach him a new art of war.
       Returning to his homeland he finds that he does have fortunes and friends, more than willing to teach any Roman what it feels like to be humiliated. With Simonides and Ester, Balthasar(one of the wise men) and Iras, Mulluch, and Sheik Ilderim with his mighty horses behind Judah his revenge would indeed take place. Coming face to face with Messala at Daphne shows him exactly how it would come to be.
        Slowly time goes on and what will become of the search for his dear mother and Tirzah, his dear sister? If he does find them will they be too far gone? Will the beautiful Iras seduce him into his own death?
        As the end of "Ben-Hur" draws closer you will see the crucifixion of Jesus passing before you. What side will Judah be on? The side screaming for His death? Or the side weeping at the foot of the Cross? Will Judah's misconceptions of why the Messiah came, ruin his chance to see what a beautiful thing was done for us?

Hopefully now you can see why I loved the book. :) God bless and have a wonderful week!

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