Halloween

Halloween is actually my least favorite holiday. Not that I don't love dressing up or eating tons of candy, but I feel like Halloween is kinda cheap. I would love a Halloween that is pure scariness. Just ghost, monsters, vampires. ( I also love the pumpkins and scarecrows, but those belong more to fall than to Halloween.) I would love to be scared out of my mind on Halloween, instead of seeing a bunch of cheap decorations. I mean Halloween has some great parts for example.

• Costumes. This is literally cosplay that normal people do. I really love dressing up. Tonight I went to a saints party and I went as Kateri Tekakwitha.
• CANDY I LOVE candy. Who doesn't? Well actually I know people who don't like candy and they are not high in my book.
• There are some actually scary parts of Halloween. I've always wanted to go to some of the movies that come out around Halloween. Unfortunately, I have parents who don't like that so much.

So there are good parts to Halloween! But there are so many stupid parts to.

• The decorations.  They are just juvenile. Plastic spider, really? I'm terrified. 
• The ads. I really hate Halloween ads, it just depresses me. All the terribly immodest costumes for women. And they aren't even that good!!
• Trick or treating. I love that Halloween gives me a free pass to eat tons of candy, but I dislike trick or treating. I mean when I was younger, it was awesome! I loved it! But now, I would prefer to stay at home, watch a scary movie and eat candy from the store.

When I read books set in the 1950s or so, I really like Halloween. The kids all dress up in homemade costumes that their mothers made. They go out and knock on the doors of people they know and trust. And they get

 candy! And other cool stuff! Its a fun thing! I think that if Halloween wasn't so commercialized and it was more scary, I'd like it a lot better. Maybe even look forward to it.

Five Minute Word Challenge: Coffee

Yes. Coffee. That's today's word.

READY

SET
GO.

So the world basically runs on coffee. Everyone drinks it, adults and children alike (seriously. I know some kids who drink coffee. Its not pretty. Think sugar high+drugs.) I, myself, am not a fan of coffee, but I have been known to have a cup every so often. Sometimes you just need that kick, (like when you have classes all day and you didn't get any sleep that night. I'm looking at you, Celestine...) What I find really interesting about coffee is what you can do with it. Seriously! You can literally put anything in coffee and people love it!

New Coffee Flavors coming to a Starbucks near you!

Swedish Fish Coffee (Because nobody has thought of it yet.)

Barbecue Coffee (Sweet barbecue sauce mixed in with your coffee. Guaranteed deliciousness!)

Hotdog Coffee (With mustard for an extra .75 cents!)

Coffee Coffee (Extra pump of coffee for an extra $1.00)

I do like some of the flavors (PUMPKIN, NUTELLA,), but its getting a little ridiculous.  

And time.

How Agatha Christie saved the Latin Mass

Earlier today, my dad and I were talking about Agatha Christie. Well, I was talking and he was looking at the stock market and half listening to me fangirling... But anyway, after a while he asked me if I knew the story of how Agatha Christie saved the Latin Mass. "Uh...NO. TELL ME." was my reply. So he proceeded to tell the following story.

After Vatican II, when the Latin Mass was replaced with the English Mass or Novus Ordo, a group of prominent people came together to sign a petition. Among these people where Catholics, Protestants and even Atheists. All agreed that the Latin Mass had been a huge influence on the Western Culture in terms of art, music, traditions etc... And they all wanted the Latin Mass to be celebrated periodically in England and Wales so that the traditions and rites would not be forgotten. Among these people who signed the petition was Agatha Christie.

The petition was signed and sent of to the Pope. When it was received by the Vatican, it was tossed carelessly on the Pope's desk along with other petitions that were of little consequence. The Pope was reading through the signatures  in silence, when suddenly he exclaimed, "Ah! Agatha Christie!" and signed the petition right then and there. The petition has been nicknamed the "Agatha Christie Indult" ever since.

So apparently the Pope was a fan.

Five Minute Word Challenge: Dreams

Another word challenge!! I really like these things, and so I'm going to be a doing a lot of them.
Today's word is: DREAMS. As you probably guessed from the title....
Anyway...
DREAMS.

Ready
Set
GO.

So the scientific reason for dreams is that our brains are trying to solve our problems on low power, right? Well I call BS on that one because I don't tend to have a problem with driving cars off cliffs. Yep, thats right. I dream about driving cars off cliffs. Its a recurring dream that I HATE. I also dream about sharks eating me. In our pool... But enough about bad dreams, instead we should talk about my GOOD dreams. Most of my good dreams include flying. But as I got older it became harder to fly. Quite sad really. But I bear it. Anyway....Dreams are a tricky thing. Some are good and wonderful and fill you up and some drag you down. I actually don't have many dreams because I can't really sleep very well. And if I do dream its usually some sort of nightmare. So usually dreams aren't something I like to talk about. But I'm being forced to...
Sorry this post is shorter than usual, but I don't really have much to say on this topic.

And time's up.

Five Minute Challenge: Mermaids

Five minutes challenge again! The word of the day is....You guessed it!! MERMAIDS.

Ok, so here we go.

Okay so I kinda hate mermaids. I mean they are so stupid with their shell bras and hair that never dries out in salt water and being able to breath underwater....Okay maybe I'm a little jealous. About the breathing underwater part, not the shell bra part! But seriously, I don't like mermaids. I mean, throughout history they have been portrayed as evil, man eating she-demons. And suddenly Disney is like, "Hey how about we take a mermaid and make her a princess!" Uh no. Sure mermaids haven't ALWAYS been bad, the past few centuries or so have shown mermaids in a different light. A better light. And I'm not all against that, because lets be honest, mermaids are kinda cool. But I think that evil mermaids would be a LOT cooler. Just sayin'... And another thing about mermaids and Disney.... In the original story THE LITTLE MERMAID DIES. SHE DIES. But, oh no. Disney thought lets give her a happy ending!! Well there was a point to the original story. Sometimes love doesn't work out. Its sad, BUT IT HAPPENS. And maybe it isn't a good idea to throw your life away over a guy that you've literally never talked to. Common knowledge. So yeah, I'm not a huge fan of mermaids.

ANNNNND TIME IS UP.

My music library

So I'm here at 1:30 in the morning, completely bored, listening to music and I realize: For every song in my music library, there is a memory attached to it.
So I thought, "Hey how about I shuffle my library and write down what first comes to mind?"
And that, reader, is what I did.

1. Everyone Is Gay by a Great Big World- Dear God, why did it have to be this one? I BOUGHT IT BY ACCIDENT. I SWEAR. Although it is an extremely catching song.
2. The Call by Regina Spektor- *sniff* NARNIA
3. Vanilla Twilight by Owl City- Pretty much every Owl City song reminds me of either Rhode Island or Patrick Hanners.
4. I Lived by OneRepublic- That.... music video *sobs*
5. The Giving Tree by Plain White Ts- This song reminds me of when my best friend, Nicolas, stayed at my house for a week. Don't really know why....
6. Rocks At My Window by Bridgit Mendler- Fall. Autumn. Leaves.
7. Everything is AWESOME!!! by Jo Li- Take a guess.... 
8. Say Something by A Great Big World- This one makes me sad and it reminds me of the Lot Next Door and some of my walks over there.
9. Safe and Sound by Taylor Swift- I used to sing this to my youngest brother when he was just born. And I still do.
10. I Don't Wanna Love Someone Else by A Great Big World- This reminds me of this swing in front of my grandparents house where I would go and swing when I needed to get away from my family members. Which was fairly often.
11. All About That Bass by Megan Trainor- CELESTINE GENIUS, CURSE YOU FOR GETTING THAT SONG STUCK IN MY HEAD.
12. Almost Lover by A Fine Frenzy- This reminds me of Desi and Lucy for some reason....
13. Love Love Love by Monsters and Men-This one doesn't give me a memory as much as a warm fuzzy feeling.
14. Not About Angels by Birdy- This reminds me of being in Barnes and Nobles surrounded by books and with a calming cup of tea. Again. I have no idea why.
15. Think of Me (Phantom of the Opera)- Getting the crap scared out of me in the shower. Don't ask. 

Okay, there we go. Thats that.
And now I'm finally going to sleep.

Blondes and Brunettes: A Tribute

Every brunette needs a blonde. Fact of life. I have my blonde, a wonderful, funny and classy person who goes by the name of Margot (WITH A "T") or Whaleton, and we see lots of other brunettes have their blondes. So today I have compiled a list of blondes and brunettes, whose relationships range from best friends to flatmates to couples.

First on my list is the two people I think of first when I think "blonde and brunette."
Veronica and Betty

Best friends and worst enemies, Betty and Veronica are the love interests of Archie Andrews and this often causes conflicts. But in the end, they are each others best friends and fully support each other.

Sherlock and John

Purely PLATONIC friends (I'm looking at you Johnlock shippers), Sherlock and John Watson have an impenetrable bond forged in fire. Get it? Because John was in a bonfire in S3 E1? Oh forget it.....

Ten and Rose

Look at how he looks at her. There is so much love in there. I've always wanted someone to look at me like that. Its just beautiful. And its not just a romantic relationship, Ten was more open and relaxed with her than anyone else and she was the person the Moment chose to be when the Doctor needed the most help and the most love.

Gwen and Peter

I love this relationship because it really embodies what relationships are really like. It can be awkward at first, you don't always get along, sometimes you have to break up for a while, and it can be messy. But its worth it in the end. I think they have the most adorable relationship I have ever see.

Ed and Greg

OK, OK, so technically they are both bald so its impossible to know if they are actually a blonde and a brunette, but for the sake of the argument we will say that they are. Ed and Greg are part of the SPU or Strategic Police Unit. They rescue hostages and help people who are just good guys having a bad day. Ed and Greg always have each other's backs, in work and out of it.

There are tons more, but thats all I have time for today.
So the moral of this post is: if you are a brunette, you need a blonde in your life.

Peace out peeps,
Kat

Five-minute word challenge: Sharks

So Whaleton and I were talking a while ago and we realized we want to be better at posting on our blogs. So we came up with some ideas to help us write posts. One of these ideas was the five-minute word challenge. The object of the game is to pick a random word and write about for five minutes. You can write about memories that have to do with the word, or observations about the usage of the word or whatever you want, but it has to pertain directly to the word.

So today we are writing about sharks!!

*Timer set*

GO

So I have a fear of sharks. I hate them. I remember begin little and playing in the ocean at my grandparents house and feeling a bit of seaweed brush up against my leg and just RUNNING out of the water screaming. My parents later informed me that sharks don't live that far up north, but my dad did later admit it was possible. So yeah, I don't like to go in the ocean very much. Its not even a very rational fear. I mean I've never seen Jaws, and I've never had a traumatic experience with them. I just hate them. I read a book about them when I was younger and the picture had a huge shark eating some sorta chunka meat. It was terrifying for little me. I guess it scared me for life, because now when my brother starts talking about how there is some huge mega-shark that lives of the coast of southern Africa, I have to restrain myself from yelling at him to shut up. I wish I wasn't scared, I do think they are cool, but they are also FREAKING TERRIFYING.

AAAANND TIME IS UP.

Mythbusters: Twilight Edition

I see this thing a lot.

And so I thought, "What the hell? I'll look it up and see the 15 criteria for domestic abuse and see if this is true."

Now I'm just going off of what I read in ONE Twilight book and some Wikipedia pages. (Don't judge. I was bored and things happened....)

For every criteria met, I will give one point.

1. A push for a quick involvement: Comes on very strong, claiming, "I've never felt loved like this by anyone." An Abuser pressures the woman for an exclusive commitment almost immediately.
So the relationship is a fairly quickly moving one, but I don't think that Edward really PUSHES for a quick relationship.
0 points
2. Jealousy: Excessively possessive; calls constantly or visits unexpectedly: prevents you from going to work because ‘you might meet someone;" checks the mileage on your car.
He does get pretty jealous with Jacob. But not really aggressively so. I'll give it half a point.
1/2 point
3. Controlling: Interrogates you intensely (especially if you’re late) about whom you talked to, and where you were; keeps all the money.
Again, Edward does interrogate Bella about what she does and who she sees, but its for her safety. Or maybe not, I wasn't really paying attention.
0 points
4. Unrealistic expectations: Expects you to be the perfect woman and meet his every need.
He did sorta push her to become a vampire, not enough for it to be immediately noticeable, but he did want her to. I give half a point again.
1/2 point
5. Isolation: Tries to cut you off from family and friends; accuses people who are your supporters of "causing trouble."
I definitely didn't see this in the book and wiki pages. But then again, I'VE ONLY READ ONE BOOK. But side note, Bella's dad is awesome. Totally awesome. I would much rather watch him fight zombies and evil vampires then he's daughter's sappy love story.
0 points.
6. Blames others for problems and mistakes: The boss, it’s always someone else’s fault if anything goes wrong.
Nope. He does pretty much the opposite.
0 points
7. Makes everyone else responsible for his feelings: The abuser says, "You make me angry instead of, "I am angry’ or, "You’re hurting me by not doing what I tell you." Less obvious is the claim "You make me happy."
He does say, "You make me happy" and does make her responsible for his some of his feelings. But then again, I'm really looking for fault at this point.
1 point
8. Hypersensitivity: Is easily insulted, claiming that his feelings are hurt when he is really mad. He’ll rant about the injustice of things that are just part of life.
He honestly just seemed like a rock to me. No emotion.
0 points
9. Cruelty to animals and to children: Kills or punishes animals brutally. Also may expect children to do things that are far beyond their ability (whips a 3-year-old for wetting a diaper) or may tease them until they cry.
Does the whole vampire thing count as cruelty to animals? I'm gonna give it a point because you really shouldn't date a vampire. Just common knowledge.
1 point
10. "Playful" use of force during sex: Enjoys throwing you down or holding you down against your will during sex; says he thinks that the idea of rape exciting.
Doesn't he, like, hurt her at one point? I am not totally sure...
0 points because of my insufficient knowledge.
11. Verbal abuse: Constantly criticizes you, or says blatantly cruel, hurtful things; degrades, curses, calls you ugly names. This may also involve sleep deprivation, waking you up with relentless verbal abuse.
No. This I can say with certainty.
0 points
12. Rigid sex roles: Expects you to serve, obey and remain at home
I REALLY DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT HUMAN-VAMPIRE SEX, OKAY?
0 points
13. Sudden mood swings: Switches from sweetly loving to explosively violent in a trotter of minutes or even more confusing, within seconds.
Again. He's a freaking rock.
0 points
14. Past battering: Admits hitting women in the past, but says they made him do it or the situation brought in on.
Does the whole, you know, sucking-blood-and-making-people-vampires thing count? I think it deserves half a point.
1/2 point
15. Threats of violence: Makes statements like, "I’ll break your neck," or "I’ll kill you" and then dismisses them with, "Everybody talks that way," or "I didn't really mean it." If he has come this far, it is time to get help and get out!
ROCK. LIKE SERIOUSLY.
0 points

Ok, so give me a few minutes to do the math.
ok.... almost there.
just a few more seconds...
OKAY
FOUR POINTS. I think...
Let me check again.
......
Actually its 3.5 points.
OKAY
3.5 POINTS
So I'm no abuse expert, but that doesn't seem like a kind of a relationship that is abusive.
Frankly, I think its stupid and dumb, but not abusive.

SO THAT MYTH IS DEBUNKED.

A Public Forgiveness

I, Catherine Foley, hereby forgive Margot Tucker for her grievous crimes against me. Namely the breaking of the Fan Code, article 1b, the highest offence after insulting a fangirl's ship:

Spoilers.

You, Margot Tucker, have been charged with sending a video which you did not previously watch, which contained serious spoilers for Season 8 of House. For this I forgive you, totally and freely. And I won't bring it up ever again, (unless I need to guilt you into doing something. Like, oh I don't know....SENDING ME MY BOOK BACK.)

There. You feel better now?

SO MUCH AMAZINGNESS TODAY

Today many amazing things came out.

1. The Blood of Olympus
   
   
   
   I have not yet read it because my copy hasn't come in the mail yet, (DAHM YOU, AMAZON) but as soon as it comes I will hole myself up in my room with tissues and chocolate. ITS GOING TO BE AMAZING. And who knows? Maybe I'll post a review.
   
2. NEW OWL CITY MUSIC OMG I'M DYING                          
   This is the big one. Owl City released two new singles today and THEY ARE SO AMAZING.
   The first one is called Tokyo, (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsFeOaZsYzo) Which I knew was coming, BUT WHAT I DIDN'T KNOW IS THAT THERE IS ANOTHER ONE CALLED "YOU'RE NOT ALONE." (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hP7JUl3DEVs).
   AND OMG IT IS AMAZING AND WHEN I FIRST HEARD IT I COULDN'T STOP SMILING, BECAUSE IT REMINDS ME OF A FRIEND WHO IS A FELLOW OWL CITY FAN AND A LONG TALK WE HAD ABOUT NOT BEING ALONE. AND ITS SO RIDICULOUSLY PERFECT AND I'VE LISTENED TO IT ABOUT 20 TIME ALREADY. NO JOKE.
   
   Ok, I'm going to calm down with the caps now....
3. Ed Sheeran's new music video.
   
   
   (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lp-EO5I60KA)
   So this is the music video to one of my favorite Ed Sheeran songs. Its about loving someone for years, even till they are old.
   
   
   And darling I will be loving you 'til we're 70
   And baby my heart could still fall as hard at 23
   And I'm thinking 'bout how people fall in love in mysterious ways
   Maybe just the touch of a hand
   Oh me I fall in love with you every single day
   And I just wanna tell you I am
   

   
   

   And the video is all just Ed and a female dancer doing some seriously awesome moves. I did not peg him as a dancer, and I was WRONG. Man, that dude has moves!!
   
   
4. Piano Guys new album Wonders.
   

   

   Another favorite artist, I listen to them all the time when I do school. Their new album has covers of songs like "Story of My Life" "Let It Go" "Batman Evolution" and "Don't You Worry Child." Its. So. Freaking. Amazing. Listening to it makes me just so ridiculously happy.
   
   So overall today has been a GREAT day for new music and books. Now I'm just waiting on Taylor Swift's new album!

The Caretaker

So this evening, I settled down with a cup of tea to watch the latest episode of Doctor Who: The Caretaker. In this episode the Doctor goes undercover at Clara's school to find an alien robot....and Clara is not happy. The episode centers mostly around Clara, her boyfriend, Danny Pink, and the Doctor, with little to nothing about the alien robot. But overall it was a really good episode, but there is one particular scene that I want to talk about.

About 25 minutes into the episode, Danny Pink runs into Clara and the Doctor trying to fight the robot. Clara tries to lie her way out and when that doesn't work, she turns to the Doctor Who is flabbergasted at that this guy is her boyfriend. They get it to this fight where the Doctor criticizes her for dating a soldier and says she has made a "Boyfriend Error." He asked why she went out with a soldier, why not just get a dog or a big plant. To which Clara bursts

The Doctor is completely shocked and the look on his face....

To which Clara responds.

AND THEN THE HEARTBREAKING PART

Now this is probably mean to be in reference to the guy that the Doctor had earlier thought was Clara's boyfriend. BUT LOOK. HE IS POINTING TO HIMSELF. HE MEANS HIM. HE'S ASKING WHAT ABOUT HIM. DIDN'T SHE LOVE THE HANDSOME ONE WITH THE BOW TIE? DIDN'T SHE LOVE HIM WHEN HE WAS YOUNG AND HANDSOME AND HAD BOWTIES. HE'S CONFUSED AND CRUSHED BECAUSE HE THOUGHT THAT SHE LOVED HIM AND NOW SHE'S IN LOVE WITH SOMEONE ELSE. 

After the "What about the handsome one with the bow tie?" part, Clara says "What Adrian? He's just a friend. He's not my type."

NOT

MY TYPE

LOOK AT HIS FACE WHEN SHE SAYS IT. YOU CAN HEAR HIS HEART BREAKING IN A MILLION TINY PIECES.

BOW TIES ARE NO MORE.

So yeah, I had a good cry over that one.

Thoughts during Sherlock S1E1

Usually I don't re-watch a TV show. I watch it and move on, it usually to painful to watch it over again. But Sherlock is the exception (along with Psych and Doctor Who.) I could watch Sherlock over and over and over. So today when I was bored out of my mind, what did I decide to do? You guessed it: Watch Sherlock.

So here are my thoughts while watching Sherlock S1E1. These are pretty much the same thoughts that I had the first time I watched it.

THOUGHTS

THERE'S A GUN IN HIS DRAWER THIS GUY HAS ISSUES.

What is with that little head sass when the therapist say, "John, you're a soldier." HEAD SASS IS NOT APPRECIATED.

"Nothing ever happens to me." HAHAHAHAHAHA. Just you wait....

Annnnnd....THEME SONG.

Ahhh...yes. I always forget that "I love you." means "lets have sex."

Dude its RAIN. You are not made of sugar. You are not going to melt.

Poor Lestrade. He looks like he want to kill every reporter in that room.

Why does every single reporter have outdated phones?!

Sherlock just LIVES off the surprised faces of people he just deducted.

"I play the violin. And sometimes I don't talk for days on end. Potential flatmates should know the best about each other." Oh yeah, you just forgot the severed head in the fridge, the shooting at the walls, the eyeballs in the microwave...

Sheepish Sherlock straightening up the apartment is adorable.
John: "DAMN MY LEG." Me: *Jumps three feet in the air*
OK so I might be little naive girl, but I seriously have NO idea what Sherlock means when he says, "And I assume she scrubbed your floors going by the state of her knees." WHAT IS THAT SUPPOSED TO MEAN?
Poor Anderson. Trying to be all smart and cool with his German.
Okay, I GET that Mycroft has a flare for the dramatics, but does he honestly expect John to pick up random phones?
Apparently John likes answering random phones....
Great. Flirt with the girl whose kidnapping you. Brilliant.
I wonder how long Mycroft had to stand in that position waiting for John. He's leg should be seriously cramping up.
"Thank God you're above all that." SASSY JOHN. SASS HIM. SASS HIM GOOD.
I will never trust a taxi driver after this.
Cabbie's text: Come with me.
Me: AND YOU'LL BE IN A WORLD OF PURE IMAGINATION.
He's pretty old to be a serial killer....
What I'd do with the whole pill thing is I'd cheek it and then see it the dude dies or not. Then I'd know whether or not I was right.
Sure, Sherlock. A gunshot just came from that window, lets go poke our heads in it.
Did John really thing that he was going to get away with it with Sherlock? Did he honestly think that Sherlock WASN'T going to find out?
MINOR position in the British government? MINOR?!
AWWWWWW.... Why is it over so soooooooon?

THE END