Caterpillaers - Oscar and Banjo

Hello there! Happy Thursday! I haven't been on here in forever. But, here I am.

So, lately, I've been riding my new scooter around our neighborhood and listening to my ipod. (one ear of course, wouldn't want to get hit with a car...) and just watching nature.

Well, I've discovered that caterpillars are dumb, and decide they want to cross the road, and to them, the road is pretty freaking wide. So, I have committed my life to rescuing them! YAY!

Today, I have rescued Oscar, an Eastern tail caterpillar, and Banjo, which I still haven't idtenitifed quite yet.

Here's Banjo:

And here's Oscar:

And oh, here's a cool picture of what a kind of caterpillar do. Super cool.

-Meghan

Augustus the Worm

Hello there! Happy Saturday!

Yesterday at the track meet, my friend and I found this worm. No one else would pick him up, so I did. And I named him Augustus.

(probably a lot of you are going, EWWWWW, but I like worms, and I like snakes, so...)

I put him in a empty pickle jar, and I put his name on it:

So there is your dose of nature for the day! Have a great rest of the day!

-Maddi

The Rescuers

Sorry for the bareness of this blog...couldn't think of anything to post. I don't want to review sequels on here, unless I've reviewed the books before it, and all I've been reading is sequels so...ANYWAY. I am making this blog post to talk about the one thing that I am currently obsessed with:

THE RESCUERS

The Rescuers is about two mice and a little girl. The two mice are Bernard:

And Miss. Bianca:

The little girl is Penny:

Penny has been kidnapped by a lady named Medusa, and her lacky Mr. Snoops. Observe:

They kidnapped her because she's the only one that can fit down the Black Hole, to find that diamond that Medusa is holding above. Penny, being only in the first grade, is very good at secretly sneaking out, and/or sending messages in bottles. One of the bottles, the Rescue Aid Society finds, and that's when Bernard and Miss. Bianca go to rescue her.

Here's the Rescue Aid Society anthem:

It's a great story, and I started watching it on Monday, I had a cold, and then I ended up watching the sequel, and then I watched them both again on Tuesday, just cause, and then again on Wednesday, and then on Thursday...but I love them, and I especially love the music in the first one. They're only an hour and seventeen minutes each, so they're very easy to finish in a day. I love the little mouse things, how they have the same things as we do, but small.

So, there. My current obsession, this movie is so old. It came out the same year as Star Wars: A New Hope. (1977)

I hope everyone had a great week! I'm going to a track meet tonight. :)

-Maddi

Review: Cress by Marissa Meyer

In this third book in the Lunar Chronicles, Cinder and Captain Thorne are fugitives on the run, now with Scarlet and Wolf in tow. Together, they’re plotting to overthrow Queen Levana and her army. 

Their best hope lies with Cress, a girl imprisoned on a satellite since childhood who's only ever had her netscreens as company. All that screen time has made Cress an excellent hacker. Unfortunately, she’s just received orders from Levana to track down Cinder and her handsome accomplice. 

When a daring rescue of Cress goes awry, the group is separated. Cress finally has her freedom, but it comes at a high price. Meanwhile, Queen Levana will let nothing prevent her marriage to Emperor Kai. Cress, Scarlet, and Cinder may not have signed up to save the world, but they may be the only hope the world has.



Genre: YA, fairy tail retelling, dystopian.

Cover Love: Love that hair!

Overview:

This book was amazing. I love this series, and the last book comes out next year and I think I will cry when it does come out. This world is amazing, and I love all the characters! In this book, a lot of the characters get separated from each other, so we get lots of different POV's in different places. We get to see more of Captain Thorne, and Kai, and of course....Cress. Cress is nervous and not very socialized, but she's adorable. She's basically Rapunzel, and Marissa does the best jobs of retellings! Since I know Rapunzel's story really well. (Not the Tangled version, mind you.) This book was great! READ THIS SERIES.

Romance:

Kai and Cinder are separated at this time, so nothing from them. Same for Scarlet and Wolf. The only romance is between Cress and Thorne, which is non existent through most of the book. And when it does come, it's perfectly fine. These books are just so sweet. *Giggles*

Language:

Nope, nothing. Ziltch. Nada.

Violence:

This is basically worlds at war, so there's some shooting. and some knives, and some blood. But not over the top kind of violence.

Religion:

Not really.


I loved this book, and it kept me turning the pages and wanting to read more, and risk being exhausted the next day. I haven't read such a good series in a very long time, and I was excited to have found it. Please read this series, it's amazing.

Rating: 5 out of 5 stars!

-Maddi

All Heroes Welcome Roleplay Group!

Ok, ok. I know I've done a lot of RP posts. But this one is different, I promise.

So, I decided, since things were going a little slow in the group I am in now, I decided to make my own.

Yep, you read that right. I made my own group! And I want you to join. :)

It's both Marvel and DC, and the rules are simple. Basically: Have fun and no weird play. You catch my drift? I'm also going to let people have OC's! Original Characters. Which are always fun.

You can find the rest of the rules, and how to apply here.

Also, it'll be super fun. And you know me already, and since I run the group, you won't have to worry about weird people being in charge. :)

(You will need a Tumblr and Skype account to play. But Tumblr is super easy to sign up for, and so is Skype. And you won't have to use our Tumblr for anything weird, just RPing. Same goes for Skype. :))

-Maddi

Poll Results! : Winter or Spring?

Happy Monday!! :D The new poll has ended, and I'll be putting up a new one shortly! Thanks to everyone who voted! Here are the results:

Winter!	0 (0%)
Spring!	3 (100%)
I like both!	0 (0%)
I prefer Summer! No school!	0 (0%)

Looks like spring one out! I must admit, I love spring the best. (not just because my birthday is in it.)

-Maddi

PS: I need another folder of gifs. All I have are DW gifs...Hm.

What I made...The Imprisoned

So...on Sunday, I made something. I decided to make a character from the video game I am replaying. Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword. Which was my first Zelda game. So I made a couple gifs to help introduce what I made...

Wait, what is that over there? Link wondered.

Wait, what happens when I think this? He thought. "AHHHHHH."

                                               

                                               

DA DA DUNNNNNNNNNNNN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It's supposed to look like this:

And video of it too:

I'm very proud of it, and I made in three days, and I made it all by myself. (As in my mom like didn't help at at all, I just asked her a question once. And no pattern.) And I made it from stuff all around the house, so I didn't buy anything. :) So there you go...this is what I've been doing with my days.

What are you guys up to????

-Maddi

I made a gif!!

Happy Tuesday!! Yesterday, I made my first gif. As you know, gifs are moving pictures of a set point in time. Let me tell you, they look like they're easy...BUT THEY'RE NOT.

You know how to make those moving pictures on paper, and you flip them and they move? Gifs are like that, just a lot more complicated. You have to break apart a video into frames, or pictures, and then you have to put them together and make them the right size, or they won't move, and you have to make them fast enough, and you have to make sure the pictures if clear,and it can't be too long or it'll be too big. The list is endless. But I made one, and here it is:

Cool, right? :) I'm going to try to make more. :)

-Maddi

End of the Month Recap: March

First post of the month:

• Nananananana...BATMOBILE!

Favorite song of the month:

Favorite TV Show of the Month:

Justice League

Most Exciting Happening:

SPRING IS COMING I CAN FEEL IT.

Most Boring Happening:

Snow. 

-Maddi

Batman or Superman? Poll Results:

Happy Tuesday! I meant to post this on Monday, but I was busy. (As usual, ha)

So here are the results:

Batman

3

50%

Always Batman

0%

Duh, Batman

0%

BATMAN FOREVER

0%

I am Batman

2

33%

Superman? Who? BATMAN!

1

17%

Looks like 'Batman' wins with 50%! 'I am Batman' came in second, and 'Superman? Who? BATMAN!' Came in last.

All in call, Batman won. Hehe.

I'm putting up the new poll here soon!

-Maddi

Review: See Me by Wendy Higgins

While most seventeen-year-old American girls would refuse to let their parents marry them off to a stranger, Robyn Mason dreams of the mysterious McKale in Ireland, wondering how he’ll look and imagining his cute Irish accent. Prearranged bindings are common for magical families like her own, however when she travels to the whimsical Emerald Isle she discovers there’s more to her betrothal and McKale’s clan than she was led to believe. 

What starts as an obligatory pairing between Robyn and McKale morphs over time into something they both need. But one giant obstacle stands in the way of their budding romance: a seductive and deadly Fae princess accustomed to getting what she wants—and what she wants is McKale as her plaything. Love, desire, and jealousies collide as Robyn’s family and McKale’s clan must work together to outsmart the powerful Faeries and preserve the only hope left for their people.

(YA Urban Fantasy, Romance, Magical Realism, Irish Folklore)

Cover Love: So pretty and Irish!

Genre: Says above.

Overview:

Going into this, I needed something happy to read, and this did not disappoint! It was a great and fun read! I loved Robyn, even though at times she irritated me just a tad with some of her thoughts. I loved Cassady, her sister. And McKale was a good character as well. I loved the family's devotion to each other and the Clan and all the other characters!

Romance:

Robyn and McKale are going to get married, or 'bound' as the Clan says. And I love this idea, so many YA book these days don't support this sort of thing. Robyn and McKale share a lot of kisses and dancing before they're actually bound though, this was a little upsetting, but nothing other than that happened until their wedding night, which you don't read. It was a very sweet romance. And Cassady her sister gets involved with another person, and things happen, but you don't read about those either.

Language:

There's a little swearing, Cassady is very fond of it, I must say. But nothing over the top, and even though swearing is bad on all accounts, these words weren't as strong as others.

Violence:

No violence! Yay! Just some conflict between Faeries and stuff, you know, the usual.

Religion:

Just fantasy and folklore.



I loved this book! The other books by Wendy weren't sweet as this one, and I was glad to see she could write something as sweet as this. And she always self published this! I recommend it to anyone! A very sweet read. Makes you freak out and smile! Also a very short and fast read.

Rating: 4.75 stars out of 5!

-Maddi

God's Not Dead

Today I went to go see God's Not Dead.

 And let me tell you.

It



was



awesome.




I mean, AWESOME.

I loved the whole plot and everything in it. I would recommend it to anyone. It had celebrity appearances from Korie and Willie Robertson from Duck Dynasty, and the News Boys! It was funny, and serious, and it told a great message about life and God.

So, go and see it, ok? Ok.

-Maddi

New meme!

Happy Friday everyone!

As you've probably noticed, there's no Top Five Friday today. And that's because today was really busy, and also because I'm going to try something new! As you can see on the right hand of your screen, there's a poll. (and yes, I know it's kind of a bias poll, but come on, it's BATMAN) So I have decided, that every week, I will post a new poll, and I will post the results of the previous one!

Sound cool? Cool. So, make sure you vote on the poll, even if it is bias. Also, I will probably do a Top Five Friday every once and awhile still!

Feel free to end me topics for polls. :)

-Maddi

Happy Birthday, Batman!

Today is the 75th birthday to the Dark Knight!!

Let me just tell you, Batman will and always be my favorite hero. Ever. No matter what, he's the best. And the fact that he's been around for so long, and people are still making things about him, make me smile and I can say that Batman really helped me through some tough times.

Before I started writing my own books, I used to make stories up in my head, stories that involved Batman, and they were so detailed and I spent years making them in my head, they were what helped me sleep at night, and what I looked forward to at night. Without Batman, I wouldn't be where I am now. By adding my own twist on his adventures, I can write my own books.

Just watching him in Justice League, and Justice League Unlimited, and his movies and his cartoon (the newer ones) make me smile, even though he hardly ever does. And the Batfam (which is what we all call Batman and his sidekicks) are always there for each other, even though sometimes they can act up and be mean, they always end up together. And then of course, Batman and Superman, they were the foundation of heroes working together, and they're best friends, and they keep each other grounded.

Ok, ok. I'm sounding a little crazy, I know. But I love Batman.

Here's a video of all the best moments of Batman from Justice League, and Justice League Unlimited:

And here's the opening of Justice League, and JLU:

So happy birthday Batman! Never stop being so awesome and amazing.

-Maddi

SPRING BREAK + Divergent

IT'S FINALLY SPRING BREAK!!!!! And you know how some people go away for Spring Break? Well, me? I'm staying home, reading and writing. WHOOP WHOOP.  But first, I have my last drive today, and then, in May, I can get my license! YAY!

What are your plans for Spring Break??

Also, DIVERGENT. Ok, so, I hadn't read the book in a long time, so I wasn't sure how close it was to the movie, but the movie was great. Even if you totally never read the book, it's a good movie. It explains things well, and the actors were awesome! I recommend it.

How some gifs from the movie:

Let me just tell you, this scene made me cry. (last book feels you know.)

AH FOUR. Theo James was a really good Four!

I hope everyone else has a great Monday!

-Maddi

Top Five Friday: Amount of Books in a Series

This Top Five Friday is a mouth full, but what it basically is how many books I like in a series, like three, two, one, five, six. Etc. So enjoy! I'll give examples. :) 5 to 1 today! (just a note: I like writing books in these types, just not reading them)

5. Trilogies

I'm just going to come out an say it, I don't like trilogies. I have never been able to write one, a true one that is, which just three books, no novellas or short stories. If I do, there's still so much to tell, and it leaves readers hanging, and it puts a lot of pressure on the author to make sure everything is tied up and sealed at the end. For me, for example, the second book in the Divergent Trilogy, it could have been made into two books, it was huge, because there was so much in it. And for the books above, BOUNDLESS could have had more to it, I'm still wondering things.

4. Really long series, such as more than five books.

I like a lot of long series, such as the 39 Clues, but that's kind of biased, because well, they're amazing. But for example, the the Soul Screamer series by Rachel Vincent. (which I haven't read, but I'm heard of it so much) I heard about these books for years now, there's always new ones, and novellas, and short stories, and it well, makes me want to scream. And I'm pretty sure it's all about the same characters, when the 39 Clues has a different author and the characters are always different each time. But then again, if maybe have read it, I probably would have never wanted it to end.

3. Companion novels

Ok, so an example of a compain, would be this: one book is about these characters, second book has said characters from last book, just the main characters are someone else, and so on and so forth. Which is cool and all, and the author is like: Start where you want! BUT WHERE?! And the problems are usually the same in each book, just the new MC is just a bit different than the previous one.

2. Standalones

Standalones are cool! I think it's really awesome when an author can just tell one story, and have it told in one book. It's not too vast, not too confusing. And yeah, you're sad at the end, but at least everything was wrapped up!

1. Four series books, with novellas and short stories.

This is my kind of series, like four books, with little novellas and short stories thrown in there. Everything is tied up, and all the questions get asked, and you learn more and more about the characters and their backgrounds. I don't have an example for this one, because there are so many series that I enjoy! :)



What's your top five Friday? Also, almost all the books mentioned above are my favorites, and you should all read them.

-Maddi