A List!

Ah, lists. Aren't they just wonderful??

All right, then. I will now post oh... five or ten of my favorite Pirates of the Caribbean songs. They are in no particular order, unless 'the order that I think of them' counts... which it should. Anyway...

1. Up is Down (At World's End)

2. He's A Pirate (Curse of the Black Pearl)

3. Tortuga (Dead Man's Chest)

4. Parlay (At World's End)

5. Davy Jones (Dead Man's Chest)

6. Sword's Crossed (Curse of the Black Pearl)

7. At Wit's End (At World's End)

8. The Kracken (Dead Man's Chest)

9. I Don't Think Now's the Best Time (At World's End)

10. Wheel Of Fortune (Dead Man's Chest)

As you can see, I have more avorite from the second two, than from the first one, but that's only because I don't know that names that go with the song on the first one, so i don't know which one's I like and which ones I don't like.

Random Quotes From Awesome Books

After delivering a message and identifying a 'taxi cab', Eponine is declared a 'clever girl' by her father. "A clever girl, that may be. But I tell you I'll never put on these shoes again; I won't do it, for health first, and then for decency's sake. I don't know anything more provoking than soles that squeak that go ghee, ghee, ghee, all along the street. I'd rather go barefoot." -- Eponine, Les Miserables by Victor Hugo

"Po-ta-toes," said Sam. "The Gaffer's delight, and rare good ballast for an empty belly. but you won't find any, so you needn't look. But be good and fetch me the herbs, and I'll think better of you. What's more, if you turn over a new leaf, and keep it turned, I'll cook you some taters one of these days. I will: Fried fish and chips served by S. Gamgee. You couldn't say no to that." -- The Two Towers by JRRTolkien

"'I can see why your father has never told you about Capricorn,' said Dustfinger, looking at Mo. 'If I had chilrden I'd rather tell them about nice people, too.'
"I know the world's not just full of nice people!' Meggie couldn't keep her voice from shaking with anger and more than a touch of fear.
'Oh yes? How do you know that?' There it was again, that mysterious smile, sad and supercilious at the same time. "Have you ever had anything to do with a real villain?'
'I've read about them.'
Dustfinger laughed aloud. 'Yes, of course that almost comes to the same thing!' he said. his mockery hurt like stinging nettles. He bent down to Meggie and looked her in the face. 'All the same, I hope reading about them is as close as you ever get,' he said quietly." -- Inkheart by Cornelia Funke

'(referring to Dustfinger) You couldn't tell from his scarred face whether he was afraid or not, but the scars looked darker than usual.
"What's that for?" he said, when Basta came into the cell and held out his knife. "You might as well put it away. If you kill me you;ll spoil Capricorn's fun. He won't forgive you for that in a hurry."
Yes, he was afraid. Meggie could hear it in his voice. The words were spilling out of his mouth a little too fast.
"WHo said anything about killing?" growled Basta as he closed the cell door behind him.
Dustfinger retreated as far as the stone coffin. "Ah, you were thinking of adding a few more decorations to my face?" he was almost whispering. There was something else in his voice now -- hatred, scorn, rage. "Don't expect it to be so easy this time," he said softly. "I've learned a few useful tricks since then."' -- Inkheart by Cornelia Funke

"Killing isn't easy. You have to practice to do it well."
"Nonsense!" Dustfinger grabbed him by the jacket and held the knife under his chin, the way Basta had pulled his knife on Mo that time in the church. "Any fool can kill. It's easy -- as easy as throwing a book on the fire, breaking down a door, or frightening a child." ...
The knife was barely a finger's breadth from Basta's white shirt, but suddenly Dustfinger plunged his hand in Basta's pants pocket, took out the cell keys, and stepped back.
"No, you're right, I don't know much about killing," he said as he made his way backward out of the cell, "and I'm not about to learn just for you." -- Inkheart

"Fortunately, Monsieur d'Artagnan is in our hands. We shall at once confront you with him."
"By my faith, I ask for nothing better," cried Bonacieux. "I shall not be sorry to see the face of somebody I know."
"Show Monsieur d'Artagnan in," the COmmissioner ordered. The guards admitted Athos.
"Monsieur d'Artagnan," said the Commissioner, "will you please stat what happened between you and Monsieur here?"
"But Monsieur!" Bonacieux objected, "this is not Monsieur d'Artagnan!"
"What? This is not Monsieur d'Artagnan?"
"No, not by any manne rof means."
"Then what is Monsieur's name?"
"I cannot tell you, Monsieur le Commisaire. I do not know the gentleman."
"You do not know him?"
"No, Monsieur."
"You have never seen him?"
"Yes, I have seen him, but I do not know his name."
"Your name, Monsieur," snapped the Commissioner.
"Athos," the musketeer replied.
"That is not a man's name," the wretched interrogator protested, losing his head. "Athos is the name of a mountain!"
"Athos is nevertheless my name."
"But you said your name was D'Artagnan?"
"I said that?"
"Certainly you did!"
"No, Monsieur le Commissaire. Somebody asked me was I Monsieur d'Artagnan; I said: 'Do you really think so?' The guards declared they were positive I was D'Artagnan. Who was I to contradict them? After all, I might have been wrong about my own identity."
"Monsieur, you are insulting the majesty of the law."
"In no wise, Monsieur."
"You are Monsieur d'Artagnan."
"There, you see, once again I hear I am Monsieur d'Artagnan!" -- The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas

A List.

I just realized that I keep copying off of what My friends do on their blogs... ah well, I don't think anybody really minds, and I have fun doing it, so I think I'll just continue on my happy, lazy, carefree path.

So, here I will attempt to list Fifty of my favorite characters -- movie, book, or play -- just like Potato Montgomery did on his/her/its blog llamaperson.blogspot.com

So, here goes!

1. Sam Gamgee (you knew he was coming, right?) Lord of the Rings
2. Han Solo, Star Wars
3. Dustfinger, Inkheart
4. Mr. Darcy, Pride and Prejudice
5. Sydney Carton, Tale of Two Cities
6. Eric, The Phantom of the Opera
7. Marius Pontmercy, Les Miserables
8. Sirius Black, Harry Potter
9. Athos, The Three Musketeers
10. Scout, To Kill a Mockingbird
11. Caspian, Voyage of the Dawn Treader
12. Eponine Thenardier, Les Miserables
13. Javert, Les Miserables
14. Josephine March, Little Women
15. Tom, An Old Fashioned Girl
16. Mr. Rochester, Jane Eyre
17. Mr. Knightley, Emma
18. Mr. Tilney, Northanger Abbey
19. Jack Sparrow, Pirates of the Caribbean
20. Willy Wonka, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
21. Huckleberry Finn, The Adventures Of
AHH!!! I got stuck, and wandered off, and now I don't want to finish this!! I hope all you adoring blog-fans don't mutiny, or anything, but I'm going to stop here. Maybe I'll pick it up some other time. If it's worth it.

A Fun, Random thing!

Elsa -- [adjective]: Smelling like turnips at all times 'How will you be defined in the dictionary?' at QuizGalaxy.com

Comtess -- [noun]: A person who enjoys the smell of rotten eggs 'How will you be defined in the dictionary?' at QuizGalaxy.com

Thal -- [adjective]: Tastes like fried chicken 'How will you be defined in the dictionary?' at QuizGalaxy.com

*is shocked* wow. I didn't know that about me!

Hello, faithful and adoring Blog people!! I know you all hang on my every post, so I'll try not to dissapoint you all with this one. right now, the computer is running verrrrrry slowwwlllyyy, and for some reason, that's making my fingers go even faster than normal, so if there are a lot of typos in this post, please don't mind too much. they were accidental, and I don't really want to fix them. Besides, it gives this post more authenticity if I don't bother!!

SO, my life is pretty boring to outsiders, I bet. So I'm not going to post about my life. At least, I don't intend to right now. I may get around to my life in time.

Let's see....I can't think of anything to write about that isn't about my life!!!! oh horrors....

well, NanoWrimo is coming!! what is it? two whole months more? oh yeah! time to start planning!!!! well, I already have. I was thinking about writing about this acting troupe, from old-time england. Say victorian, and they have this actor dude who isn't very good, but he's really nice and they all like him. and there's the guy who writes their plays, he's reeally good at writing plays, but he's not a very nice guy. and, anyway, it turns out that the guy who pretends to write the plays doesn't really, it's really the bad actor dude, and he's pretending he doesn't write them because the other dude has some blackmail, and it;s really deep, and I haven't really thought it out, so I don't know much mo0re. But I think it sounds pretty cool, and I might be able to pull it off! especially, if I have a story writing contest in the middle, where they all write stories of about 200 words each, that should really boost my word count, right?!!

Laptop update! Yes! I'm going to get a laptop!! I'm saving up my money from work,, and I should have about 800 dollars right now, which is getting close!!! plus, my next paycheck should be a pretty big one, because I have a lot of hours from this past week, and this coming week! I'm getting excited, because once I get my laptop, I hope to be able to edit my last year's nano, which i was rereading recently. It was pretty good for about the ten pages, and then it went south.... but, with editing, I think it could still be good! so, that's what I have planned for my laptop to be... *sappy sigh*

Right now, I am currently reading Benjamin Franklin's Autobiography (for school) and the Fellowship of the Ring (also, technically for school, but I chose it, so it doesn't really feel like it's for school.) But, English class is starting next week -- er, next week's next week, and I'll be reading the Comedy of Errors for that. We have six books to read this year, the Comedy of Errors, by William Shakespeare, Gulliver's Travels, by Tom Swift, Of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck, Lord of the Flies, by William Golding, Master of Ballantrae, by Robert Louis Stevenson, and Jacob Have I loved, by Katherine Patterson. I believe these are to be the books. I am not sure, but it's something like that.

So, farewell, my supportive fan club, I hope you enjoyed this post!! Take care of yourselves!!!

-- The Comtess de le Fere

I post again!

This post is a review of Pirates of the Caribbean 3 - At World's End. If you have not seen it thus far, and plan to see it soon, I suggest that you not read this post, for it will contain many spoilers.

Let's see, where to start? The first scene seems a little out of place. Millions of people are being hanged just for possibly being within a twenty mile radius of someone who could have been a pirate. A kid, about to be hanged starts to sing, and the rest of the crowd, awaiting their deaths, keep the song going, even after he's dead.

The Second Scene is more what we came expecting to see, Elizabeth (singing the same song as the crowd of people) rows down a river in the middle of Singapore. She pulls the boat up at a dock, and is met up by Barbossa, and a couple of scary foreign pirates, who take them to see the Lead Foreign Pirate, Sao Feng. A long talk commences, in which we learn that Will has been sent to steal some charts, and that the brethren court is about to convene. Apparently, the brethren court is a meeting of all nine Pirate Lords, and Sao Feng is one of them. Jack is another. All nine pirate lords MUST attend the brethren court, and so Barbossa and Co. want to borrow a ship from Sao Feng to go and get Jack from Davy Jones' Locker.

hmm... this is more of a summary than a review. Let's see if I can change that...

At World's End was a very good movie. the acting was wonderful, the music was awesome, but a couple of the plot twists could have been much better. For instance, throughout the movie, the writers were setting up that somebody was going to take Davy Jones' place. the big candidates were Will and Jack. I don't think either should have done it, though, because throughout the whole movie various characters were discouraging Jack from stabbing the heart and taking over as Captain of the Flying Dutchman. This puts him out of the running, since that would just be a waste of good movie time and plot development if he didn't take their advice. Will, on the other hand, could do it, but that meant that he would only be able to spend one day every ten years with Elizabeth, who he does end up marrying in this movie. While he will live forever, Elizabeth won't. Obviously that won't work out. SO, during the movie, I looked around for a substitute, figuring that neither Jack nor Will would stab the heart, and wanting to be able to anticipate the person who would. just as I had started, there was a scene between Norrington and Elizabeth where he let her out of the brig and redeemed himself. I realized that he would be a really good captain of the Flying Dutchman. He couldn't, though, for he died before the scene was over. In the end Will got the Dutchman, thanks to Davy Jones. Jack was all set to stab the heart, but then Davy Jones stabbed Will through the chest. Will had to stab the heart then...

So it ends, with Will sailing away to do his Davy Jones' things, and Elizabeth is left all alone on some island. Wouldn't it have been much better if Norrington had gotten it instead?

Except for that one thing, the movie really was good. I enjoyed it immensely.

Comtess' Log

Well, my plan has not been initiated yet, but I am thinking on it. Right this moment, I am

1. Sitting on the sofa.
2. Watching Baseball - the Marlins and the Braves are tied.
3. Dotti and I are playing HuggerMugger (a word game)
4. I am very warm.
5. I am blogging.
6. I will soon nibble something.

Six random things about Me Right Now! Or, at least Right Then!

Six Random Things About Me In General:

1. I like ice cream
2. I have played most sports
3. I can make the most dull things sound interesting.
4. I am five foot six - I think.
5. I don't drink root beer.
6. I always spell everything right. Most of the time.

By Request of Max

Here you go, Max!

Your Personality is Somewhat Rare (ISFP)

Your personality type is caring, peaceful, artistic, and calm. Only about 7% of all people have your personality, including 8% of all women and 6% of all men You are Introverted, Sensing, Feeling, and Perceiving.

How Rare Is Your Personality?

A Whole New World

Wow. I have entered a whole new world since my last post. I have a job!

Yeah. It's really cool! I work at Bruster's - a really great Ice Cream place. I have really become much more outgoing since I started work only a month ago.

Softball has also begun to think about starting up. It was looking really good, until the cold snap we had n Wednesday. It's bad for Softball, and Business.

I've read about a million books - The Great Good Thing, Physik, Most of The Kiesha'ra, Mozart's Sister, Most of Dragonspell, The Goose Girl, and quite a few more that I can not remember right now.

I got a new Phantom Soundtrack. it's pretty good.

Listen to me! I can't write about my life without getting jerky sentences and all kinds of bad writing!!! It' simply awful. I'm guessing that's why I don't upkeep my blogs very well. Okay- the one won't let me log in, but if that weren't the case I still wouldn't update.

Let's see... I'm writing a research paper. It's about half done, and it's on the extremely popular subject of Ice Cream! It's really fun to write, so I'm just flying right through it.

Okay, you remember what I said a couple paragraphs up? About not being able to keep up a blog very well because I can't write about myself? Well, I can generally write letters fairly well (if I do say so myself) and my fictional writings are not horribly awful - at least not when we're getting technical, the plots stink and I'm not great at characterization, but the actual writing bit's not bad.

So, I was thinking - maybe I could do some kind of hybrid. Take some real events in my life, spice it up a little bit, write them down, and post them here. I know it sounds awesome. But I'm wondering how successful it will be. I'm not good at these every day things... well, maybe only once a week. that's it! I'll carry a notebook around all the time, and in any spare moments, I'll jot down interesting tidbits of my life. when I have more leisure I shall sit down and arrange it into a nice little episode. The Only difficulties will be that my life is not very exciting, and that I keep convincing myself I can't write worth anything. This is rather difficult to get around... Well. My only solution is to think positive, and stick to it. I hope it works.

Writer's Note: This has been a Free Write. Everything written in it was composed in under ten minutes. Please do not be too harsh on me. I know I won't be. Thanks you, and Farewell.

-- The Honourable Comtess Rosie "Thal" K-Smith

I was having deep thoughts the other day, but I can't remember what they were... >:(

Well, I survived the AMC10. I actually got nine correct. I answered eleven. out of Twenty five. That means I got 73 and 1/2 points. which isn't too bad. : )

I also survived the Shakespeare Competition. I did not mess up, and that is good. I just want to know what the judges thought of us. :(

I have a dentist's appointment this afternoon... I will get a couple fillings. yay... :p

Tomorrow is my Birthday! I will turn Fifteen! :D I have finally decided what will be on the menu!

All in all, I'm doing really good. :D

I was wondering where in the world C.S.Lewis got the name "Trufflehunter". At least, I assume that's how it's spelled, I've only listened to it, never read it for myself. You have no idea how much havoc that wreaks on my spelling capabilities...

I just recently finished reading "The Squire's Tale" a series of books by Gerald Morris. Wonderful books.

erm... nothing else to report. sorry.

I am alive!

Yes, I am. and, to prove it, I shall post one of the best quotes of all time, as it was posted on Wikipedia. No, this is not as much of it as I should have liked, but I don't want to type it all up.

"'I wonder if we shall ever be put into songs or tales. We're in one, or course; but I mean: put into words, you know, told by the fireside, or read out of a great big book with red and black letters, years and years afterwards. And people will say: "Let's hear about Frodo and the Ring! " And they'll say: "Yes, that's one of my favourite stories. Frodo was very brave. wasn't he, dad?" "Yes, my boy, the famousest of the hobbits, and that's saying a lot."'"--Sam

Another good quote:

"Don't leave me here alone! It's your Sam calling. Don't go where I can't follow! Wake up, Mr. Frodo!"

and finally:

"Frodo was alive but taken by the enemy."

*cries* I miss my brothers...


Okay, I have 10,577 words (I think... somewhere around there). I am hopelessly behind, and do not see myself catching up anytime soon... I stay up too late, and don't write when I'm awake... right now, I just want to read Lord of the Rings again...but I have to go to bed...

NaNoWriMo

well, it has begun. I managed to control myself, and not write at all this morning, and I actually got stuff done! I read quite a lot of history, and did Chemistry. We all walked down to K-mart and got some candy, to store up for the tough times ahead. When we got home, I tried to practice my Flute, but was unsuccessful, because I couldn't look down to read the music, and manage to play the flute. We really need to get a music stand. So I gave up on practicing my flute, and went upstairs to start my novel. After much thinking, I set off. To my delight, I easily got 645 words, in one sitting, about the first Main Character. I have three main characters, and I'm writing it all in "I". So far, I've only gotten to the first two Main Characters, but the third one will probably be put in before bed time. I think I'm doing pretty good, with an average of 258 words per page (College Ruled) and more than nine pages done. That means that (by my official count) I have 2322 words so far. *is very happy*

as of five o'clock last night I had no idea who my third main character (the girl) was going to be. I knew absolutely nothing about her, except that she lives in Cha'are. So, last night, I hastily decided to stick one of my oldest characters into this year's NaNo. She's a girl named Ileon, and she appeared in quite a few of my earlier stories (none of which I completed). She's a Sylphian (don't ask. it's my secret.) and her age varies, but her character always stay the same, so she's easy to stick in it.

One last note. Our computers have been upgraded to Firefox 2.0 (I believe...) and I have found out that when you hit the backspace button, it takes a little while to "get up to speed". what i mean by this, is that, if you hold it down, and then lift it up, the computer will continue to erase what you have written for a small time. it's kind of annoying. *grin*

Random Rainy Day Ramblings.

Not that it is a rainy day, or anything (it is actually quite nice out) but I figured it would be even more random if I rambled about something that wasn't. savvy?

Okay! Well, it's been such a slow, drizzly day (it hasn't, keep that it mind-- THIS IS FICTION! thank you), that I decided to have a nice cup of Earl Grey Tea. Hot, of course. unfortunately, I spilled it all over myself. when it was still Hot. ow. SO I had to get a change of clothes, at which point I realized that I had to do Laundry. Yay. But, when I got downstairs, the laundry machine hadn't drained all the way, because the sink it drains into had gotten clogged, which meant that I had to stick my arm up to the elbow in cold, filthy water. Yay. Once I got that done, I drained the laundry again. I forgot to mention that I did change my clothes. yes, I'm not doing this in my soaking hot watery ones. yuck. well, I'm not doing this at all, now am I? Next thing on the agenda was to DO something. So I read To Kill a Mockingbird (I did actually do this.) which was a good idea, as it is a very good book. you ought to read it (or reread it. whichever the case may be).

enough of this silliness. Leave me! Many Happy Returns.

Favorite Things!

I realize that the title to this post makes you think of Sound of Music. that is exactly what I intended to make you think of. not that this post has anything to do with Sound of Music. I just wanted to manipulate your brain, for it is quite fun. One more thing, before we get to the actual post. it might be about Sound of Music. you never know with me. what I said earlier was true, for I do not know if this post will have much to do with sound of music or not. So! sit back, enjoy, and don't get Mountain Dew up your nose. thank you.

okay, not that we've got that over with, I can tell you what I had intended to tell you-if I can remember it, that is...

Oh yes! I just wanted to find out two things.
1. if people visit this blog anymore, and
2. what you prefer from a given list.
so, to find these two things out, I am asking you, my faithful (or not so faithful) readers to pick you favorite thing from the list below. thank you! have fun!

1. Goblins
2. Pianos
3. Shoes
4. Jocular Ferengi
5. Frocks
6. Riddles
7. Hooks
8. Two-Headed (and three-armed!) Presidents
9. Rocks
10. Malformed Dentist tools

Posties [poast-eez]

I will now educate all of you, my adoring public, on the subject of Posties.

1. Posties (singular, Posty [poast-ee]) are, in appearance, merely purple monkeys. But, as everyone knows, Appearances are not everything. Posties do not have strange and silly tendencies to scratch their armpits, as some monkeys do. Posties would never use a keyboard, preffering to dictate to their best friends, the Molks. Posties are always polite, and congenial.

2. Posties are native to the land of Cha'are (the only land in the world to have a hot pink flag!). Posties, in coordination with their appearance, generally live in trees, but it is not unusual to find some in other places. Posties quite often have loud and noisy parties that wake people up. because of this, many people have prejudices against Posties, but the Posties really don't mean anything by it! they were just having fun!

Die, Evil Poisoned Gorgonzola!!!

*recovers self*

There is your canoe. Go and fetch me some Fried Chicken.

Hello, all. I'm here to give you a dose of randomness. So go boil an egg, for you may want it soon!

Or maybe you ought to make a pie?

Whatever you do, stay away from Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness. it might eat your foot.

Now, if you want to have a long and happy laundry cycle, you really ought to not drink all the apple cider.

Oh, My program's on! Kisses!

A Conversation Aboard the High Kicking Sea Otter

*High Pitched Whistle*
Me - Bridge to Engineering. Come in engineering.
Person yet to be Named - Engineering here.
Me - Why, hello! Who is this?
Person yet to be Named - This is Monty.
Me - Oh, Hi, Monty! I'm not sure we've met! Are you new to The High Kicking Sea Otter?
Monty a little impatiently - Yes, I just came aboard at the last starbase.
Me - Oh! Had you ever been on a galaxy-class starship before?
Monty - Yes, I served aboard The Noon Sun, but I requested a transfer.
Me - Why?
Monty warming up to me a bit - well, the captain was always breathing down my back, never gave me any room, and because of this, the crew was getting really rude to me, so I requested a transfer, and got put here.
Me - Oh dear! That would have been awful!! How does our captain measure up to this? -a pause- Oh, he's not here. he's in his ready room. Besides, it isn't anything bad, is it?
Monty - oh, no! he's quite a wonderful Captain! I was just trying to find the words. He treats me much better than Captian Barbossa ever did. I really like it here.
Me - me too. I find everything about this ship to be very weloming. But then, I've been here for ten months, so I'm used to it by now.
Monty really seeming to enjoy our talk- oh, it's the same for me, too. I don't know how they did it!
Me - Me neither!
A voice from the ready room - THAL!!! GET OFF THE COMM SYSTEM!!!!
Me - Sorry, Captain. Monty, I have to go. Talk to you later, though!
Monty - All right.
Me - maybe we could have supper together tonight, I'd like to hear more about Captain Barbossa and The Noon Sun.
the Captain - THAL!!!!
Me - Sorry, sir. Bye, Monty

Comtess' Log

Stardate 91006.15

Yesterday I embarked on a dangerous journey, the details of which are too mundane to note here; the only important thing was that I returned victorious. Commendations go to Fin, for perservering in the face of great difficulty.

That's about all. This has been an extremely boring exciting couple of days.

Comtess Thal

Ein Feste Burg, 88.88.66.668. [high C]

¹ God is our refuge and our strength,
A present help in our distress.
²We will not therefore be afraid
Tho' all the earth should be removed,
Tho' mountains great be hurled
Into the ocean's depths,
³ Tho' seas may roar and foam
And billows shake the shore,
Tho' mountains tremble at their power.


⁴ A river brings refreshing streams
To cheer the city of our God,
The Most High's holy dwelling place.
⁵ God is in her; she won't be moved;
At dawn will God help her.
⁶ The heathen rage; realms quake;
He lifts His voice; earth melts.
⁷ The LORD of hosts with us!
Our fortress strong is Jacob's God.


⁸ O come, see what the LORD has done;
He desolations brought on earth;
⁹On earth He puts an end to wars,
Breaks bow and spear, and chariots burns.
¹⁰ Be still! Know I am God.
Exalted o'er all men,
Exalted o'er all earth.
¹¹ The LORD of host with us!
Our fortress strong is Jacob's God.