ISWAK - Ariel Lin's Decision for ISWAK 3

Ariel Lin, the female lead for It Started With a Kiss and They Kiss Again, has declined the invitation to star in the third season of ISWAK. My thoughts on it?

Despite the fact that the drama was ah-mazing and I absolutely loved every minute of it, it is really hard for an actress to develop the feelings again and again and now once more due to fans. I would die happy if I saw a ISWAK 3 (which I believe they should name it the Final Kiss - last season of ISWAK. See, It Started With A Kiss, They Kiss Again, and then The Final Kiss.)

But we need to respect her and her wishes. She would, of course, handle this professionally but sometimes it's too much. Being a celebrity seems easy. Making a movie seems to be a piece of cake. But I've been on the sets of several movies and it is definitely not easy. You have to retake scenes many many times to do it correctly.

Just yesterday, I was on a commercial set and you know what? It was just about a Volvo car. A commercial about a Volvo turning a corner on the street. And you know how many times they had to retake that? It took less than 2 minutes to do. But it took half the day. And almost 20 times to get it perfect.

It's not easy. It's really stressful. And if the actors/actresses screw up, a lot of times they have to take the anger of the director who gets really frustrated whenever something doesn't go right for like the millionth time. Most of the time, everyone's all happy and everything. I'm not saying that all directors blow up on the actors, but when you've been doing something for over 5 hours, you just quit. You can't stand it anymore.

So please, whoever is out there saying that Ariel isn't giving what fans want, just back off will you? You're not supporting Ariel. You're just giving her more stress...Ariel, Joe, whatever you two come to an agreement about the final season of It Started With A Kiss (3), just letting you know that I'd be supporting whatever decision you make. Ariel, Joe, Good Luck.

Game of Truths

Song of the Day

Replay
IYAZ
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So, you know the Game of Truths? Or also known as the Honesty Game? Yeah, that. So I was playing it w/ my friend on chat and the more questions we ask, the more personal it gets. >.<>.< Rule [and note] to self: NEVER log on to chat UNTIL all hw is done.

BTW, have you noticed that the song of the day NEVER seems to go w/ whatever I'm talking about? I just thought it'll be nice to have there. ;) Heehee. There's still the song of the week. =D That is permanent. The song of the day is kind of...eh, maybe today I feel like a song. Tomorrow, not so much. That kind of thing.

What else was I going to say? Oh yeah. I'm getting a new layout. I should take a screen shot of this and create a past layouts. =D That's all. Any good sites I can go to??

Addicting Songs

Have you realized that some songs are just plain addicting? That you have to listen to them OVER AND OVER and everyone around you is annoyed to death? Yeah. *nods* Those songs are SO annoying...yet you can't help but love them.

So I was in the car on my way home from school and this song comes up on the radio [it's the song of the day, btw.]

Fireflies
Owl City
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Somehow, this song has becoming a very popular song. Along w/ Taylor Swift's You Belong With Me. For some reason, on EVERY station [that I heard from], has played these two songs at LEAST a million times. Not even joking. Oh, and also Colbie Caillat's Falling For You.

Okay, enough about songs. Recently, I've been watching Taiwanese drama, Mo Mo Love, and Korean drama, You're Beautiful.

Which one is better? Two hands up for You're Beautiful. It's absolutely amazing. I'll be giving a more thorough review on my other blog for movie/drama reviews. ;)

Momo Love is cheesy and cutesy. You're Beautiful is *jaw drops*. Lee Hongki (F.T Island) is in there, and he is SOOOOOOO cute!!! =D Not only that, Park Shin Hye, Korean drama legend (;D) is the female/male protagonest. Watch it, it's worth your time.

So right now, I'm supposed to be doing hw. I've finished almost all except for two. I have to interview my friend for my article. And to study for a vocab test, which is on Friday.

Oh yeah, and to brainstorm for Rotation 4 which I HAVEN'T started.

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COUNTDOWNS

Days left til I leave: 14 days [two weeks!]
Days left til Christmas: 25 days

I'm so excited. =)

Back on Track and back in school

I've decided there's TOO many good songs out there that not a lot of people know about. So, I'll be coming up w/ song of the day. Which will have the song title, author, and the link to it. ;) Wouldn't that be wonderful?

Anyway, I'm back in school after a week off. It's pretty sweet, because there's not a lot of hw, and I have everything done. So I'm all caught up.

We're watching a movie in English, which is awesome.

Okay, I'm kinda getting off track here. Song of the day shall be..

Seon
The Love I Cannot Send
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It's my bedtime. O.O Nighty night.

Thanksgiving Break

Whoo. It's already the third day on my week long break. -sigh- If only it was longer...anyways, I've devoted my time doing unimportant things like...
watch dramas online
work on my site
open my new mp3
doing miscellaneous things

Yeah, a great way to spend time. And because it's not a school week, I haven't even bothered changing the weeklies. Which is not good, but who cares?

I still have yet to figure out how to use my mp3. I'm going to keep trying. It's really complicated...because I can put movies and others in it and all.

I have a lot to do. Extra credit for English - review on A Midsummer Night's Dream play. Movie reviews for Doubting Thomas and Superhero Movie.

I also have to make dessert for Thanksgiving tomorrow, a lot of things to do. And I still have to clean and organize. SO MUCH TO DO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Enough of me complaining. I'ma going to start working. Laters! <3

Week 13 - New Week - MORE Problems?

Week 13 as a sophomore. A million more weeks to endure. Next week, we'll have the week off. Which is great because I really need it.

However, right now, I have many problems. Tomorrow I have a chem test. Wednesday a EC math quiz. I also have a house floor plan due. One of my friends for some reason is ignoring me. I don't know why. Uh...I've been kind of eluded the whole day. And yeah. It's been great.

I don't know what's going on and I don't want to know. I've been too nosy, too rash, and it's ruining me. I don't know what to do anymore. Today in English, I totally just BSed an rough draft essay. I didn't have anything prepared. In photo, I have a rotation due tomorrow, but it can be through Friday. I haven't started basically. The music on this blog is being stutter-y. Everything and everyone hates me. Oh well. I'll live.

Friday the 13th's bad luck didn't hit me on Friday. I was having a great time. Cold, but still fun. It turns out it'll drag to Monday. Whoo hoo.

I'm SO tired of everything. I'm not even going to try to find out because I know she won't tell me. I asked her how she was this morning and all she said was "I'm fine." So, basically I just got pushed away. Fine. If she wants to be like that. Let her.

Found out what happened with the helicopter. So apparently, three carjackers carjacked a Chevrolet and went in my direction. One of the them, a 16-year-old teen boy, appeared to be armed. He wouldn't show the police what he had. He made a sudden movement and he was shot and he's dead. The other two has yet to be found.

The police started at 6:15pm searching for the other two escapees. They called off the search at 10:15pm and decided to come again tomorrow. They still haven't been found.

Today's been tiring. I'm supposed to be doing homework, but I really want to let out my thoughts. I didn't want anyone I know to read this. So I'm letting this here, where basically no one knows. =\ Hopefully tomorrow will be better. Bye for now.

Helicopter - Convict?

There's this helicopter flying over my house. It has been going on for the past 2 hours. I think they are trying to find someone because it's flying in circles w/ the big search light. I heard that there's a runaway convict near where I live. Better lock the doors tight! =D
More new updates about the runaway - will update ASAP. Thanks for reading! =P

Song:
[To the tune of Pop Goes The Weasel]

Round and round above my house, the coptor shines its bright lights, I don't know what they're searching for, but I hope they do it riiiiight~

I made that up while listening to the coptor rumble. =D Aren't I a genius.

Boys Are Confusing

I will never understand them. First of all, the boy I confessed to? He has been ignoring me...POINTEDLY ignoring me. =P I don't care anymore.

Second of all, this TA in one of my classes is making this big deal out of the <3 I put in a chat w/ him. I didn't mean anything. I thought it was pretty to put it there. I mean, I do that do ALL my friends. Jeex. And then he says to me: Be honest.

Does he think I like him? *growls* I'm so confused.

I give up. I can never understand them and no matter how hard I try, I will never be able to do that. *sigh* Oh well.

Backing Off...to those days

Figured. I mean, after telling him, everything's been all awkward. Maybe it's for the best. But no matter how many times I try to just forget, I can't. He's been gone for a few days. Which is good. Gives me some time to think.

The thing is, what I did was wrong. We barely know each other. I'm not the typical girl he likes. Me just plainly confessing scared him. He's shy. He doesn't know what to expect.

I'm deciding to just forget it. Let me keep my love for him to myself. This way should be for the best.

To put it in simpler words, I'm running from my feelings. Sorry feelings. You're too scary. If I can't control you, I will avoid you. I'm a coward. I'm running from reality. I've been so distracted lately. I'm just tired. Sometimes I want to talk about it. But when I'm at school, I have to wear my mask. I can't even discover who I am. I lost myself. "How can you find yourself when you've lost yourself for too long?" I am tired. I'm tired of everything. I don't want to care anymore.

I want to go to somewhere far away. Start over. Everything's going to fast. In a few years, I'll be out of high school in being thrown into the real world. I'm not ready. I want to go back to elementary school, back to when boys could be your best friends and won't have anything to do with love. Back when girls still thinks boys have cooties. Back to the old days when nothing really mattered except if your crayon broke. Back to the days when your closest friends were your real friends, not posers. Back in those days...

Just Confessed

I have just confessed to him. He didn't respond. I don't mind. I feel better that I confessed. But I don't want him to feel awkward around me.

See, the thing is, I didn't really realize that I liked him. And somehow, it just came out. And he already has a crush. I feel that confessing to him ruined his chances w/ this other person. If they do get together, I will wish them happiness.

I don't want him to be unhappy. Sometimes, if you really really love someone, you've got to let them go. "If you love someone, let them go. If they come back to you, then it is yours forever. If not, then it was not meant to be." But the thing is, right now, I'm so confused. I don't know what to do.

I wished I didn't confess. Things will turn really awkward. But what am I supposed to do? Keep it all it? I can't. Not w/ all the other things I'm keeping myself. It's too hard. It's too painful...what am I supposed to do?

Just Listen

I think I like this guy in my class. But the thing is, I don't know. Crazy isn't it. I don't know if I like him, yet I think I do. I'm just so confused.

This is driving me crazy. Maybe I should drop love all together. After all, I'm basically psychotic. What guy in their right mind would like me?

I don't know what to do anymore. I get so distracted. I need to get my act together. Maybe I would find my Prince Charming someday.

I've had crushes before. I'm not shy about admitting that Mikey's my first crush. But the thing is, I don't expect them to respond. I do my own thing. I like having a crush, looking forward to see them at school and everything. But I don't want a serious relationship. At least not yet.

It's easier if we remained friends. So much chaotic and dramatic stuff happens to my friends who've dated. They've been hurt. They've CRIED over guys. They ditch their friends for the boys. I don't want to be like that. I want to stay true to myself. I'm not about to change who I am for some boy. True, for a relationship to work, both sides have to change a bit. But not now. I'm still young. I don't want to go through all that hurt because I know that if I do, it will take a long time for me to recover.

I love my friends to death. It hurts me to see their boyfriends hurt them that way, knowing I can't do anything for them.

One of my friends keep on saying that they want to have a boyfriend. I keep on telling them no. But what can I do? I don't control them. A lot of things have been going on. But I don't tell them. Why? Because I don't want them to worry. I don't want to become a burden.

Some people think they know me. But the truth is, they don't. They act all high and mighty, all arrogant. But they don't know. They don't know my past. They know who I choose to show them. I am not who I seem. My friends see me as a fun-loving, playful girl. That I only love dogs. That I don't care about anything else. That I am very childish. They don't know me. Those who see me like that, don't know me at all. That's the person I choose to show them. I can be shy, I can be bold. It all really depends on who I choose to show them.

In all those books about high school drama and all, I never believed that there was such a thing. But now, I do. High school FILLED with drama. I've tried to avoid it. And it comes sitting on my doorstep. She's new at the school, but she doesn't act like it. I feel that she uses us to climb to the top of the social ladder. She's pretending to go out with another friend of mines to draw attention. They find it funny, but for a lot of us, it's getting old. I can't stand it. It's really bothering me. I like them both, but sometimes, there's a line to things. And for her, she can't see it. She can't feel the line. She crosses it over and over. We act like we don't care because we don't want to hurt her. But for us, it's painful. For me, I feeling so much pressure. I act like I don't care. I really don't care about anything anymore. I don't care if I fail or succeed. This is too much. I can't see straight anymore.

What is going on with my life? I've been losing control. I've been losing my grip so so much. I snap at my friends. I deliberately yell at the guy I like. My once well controlled self, is now slowly slipping away. I want it back. I NEED it back. I cannot possible ACT normal. Act like myself anymore. This is too much. I want to leave. I want to be as far as I can away from her and the drama. I'm not saying I hate her. I'm just tired. Tired of everything and everyone. I want someone I can talk to, someone that can just sit and listen. All my girl friends will try to comfort me. Some guy friends don't care. Other guys, I'm just not that close to them. For me to continue on w/ my life, I will need a listener. Someone who can sit and just listen.

Lost My Phone

Okay, this happened YESTERDAY, but I didn't have time to post.

Anyways, this is what happened. I was at lunch w/ my friends (ingen duh! =D [for Karoline!]). blah blah blah we were eating lunch blah blah blah it was the end of lunch.

I got up to leave.

I was like 'high'-ish because I had candy, and most of my friends know what happens when I have candy. Anywho, I was laughing and giggling all the way to my next period, English.

When I got there, I realized that I didn't have my phone. Uh-oh. Big trouble. Then thing was, I had it in my back pocket. It must've fell out when I was getting up and leaving.

I was in MAJOR panic mode - my parents would kill me. So I hurriedly went up to my teacher and asked her if I can go look for it. She said yes [THANK YOU!].

I searched all over the place. I retraced my route and everything. But none. My phone was NOWHERE to be seen.

I returned to the classroom. And I was miserable.

I told Rain that I couldn't find my phone. She suggested that she go and look w/ me. After all, she said, two eyes were better than one. I felt better, but was still worried.

After we finished our journal write, I asked my teacher if I could go look for it. Rain didn't know if she could go, but she went w/ me anyway, sneaking out. =D

Later when we came back, we had empty hands.

"Find it, girls?" Mrs. Gousios asked. I shook my head. The class asked what I had lost. And I said my phone.

Back in my seat, Jacob asked me if I lost my phone. I nodded. I felt miserable. I was feeling so sorry for myself. But I was freaking out. After all, if I lost my phone, then my parents would kill me and they wouldn't let me have my own camcorder.

We did our work and sometime after, an office helper came in holding my phone. I recognized it before he gave it to my teacher. It had a sticky note. On it spelled my name - wrong as always. >.< But I was still SO happy that I got it back.

Funny thing is, before that, Jacob had left the classroom to do something. I'm not sure what. Oh well...*suspicious*

The class applauded like I won some prize (which I kinda did). Made me feel better and I was happy I got my phone back.

The End. =D Oh wow, what a lame-o entry. I still needed to write it though.

Whoever turned in my phone, thank you. I really want to know WHO because I want say thank you to you in person. Hope if you read this, please reveal yourself.

Parental Anger(management?)

Scenario: You're just doing your homework when your father storms up and starts yelling at you. You don't know why. You talk back to him, telling him that you're just doing your homework. He yells and says that that's not what you're doing.

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What the heck? What is wrong with them? Sometimes, I believe that they need to calm down and think before they yell at us.

That's is similar to my own scenario, though it's not the same. I just don't understand why they just get mad. Maybe fathers PMS too? Haha.

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School's a chore. I seriously believe that the reason we have to go to school is to make sure we don't plan an invasion and take over the world. I'm SO positive that's the reason why we have to go to school. See, each school year is 180 days. One year has 365. That's basically half a year we're in school.

And if you multiply that by...[counts]...12 grades (not counting kindergarten or preschool) - each grade is half a year. 12 grades is...6 years.

And we start first grade around...6? So that would be approximately 12 years we spend in school. That's a lot.

That's not counting college. College is 4 years. So that would be...16 years in school. Sometimes, we take MORE than 4 years in college. Sometimes we go BACK to college. Our life is spent SO much around school...I believe that's indoctrination and keeping us from ruling the world. >.< I shall rebel and overthrow the dictator. *mwahahaha*

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Back to the topic. As if we aren't stressed at all. Parents get mad when THEY are stressed at work. They believe that they have it the hardest, that we, as children, have it easier. It's TOTALLY wrong. There's so much drama at school, homework, teacher conflicts, etc., it never seems to end.

So what is it? What is the problem? We all have our own problems to deal with. Why do we take it out on others? Why do we burden others with our OWN problems?

Photos

Okay, I've always seen those cute and absolutely adorable doggie calendars and notebooks. Now, I know how much work they go through to take them.

So, this week is Halloween. In my photo class, we're having a Halloween photo contest with the themes being: Gory, Humor, Costume, Sweets, etc.

I LOVE my dog to death so I decided to use him as my model. (Just so you know, he's absolutely photogenic and LOVES being prettied. He runs towards me everytime he sees me with the camera and would sit right in front of me. He's such a sweetie. =D) Back on topic, I was trying to get him to behave when I put a party hat on him, but Frisky, being the naughty girl she was, pulled it off every time. Sunny got annoyed and decide to pick a fight. They wrecked the hat and also a lei I put on him.

That was in the afternoon. When I fed them later, I locked Frisky out. I put Sunny in a Home Depot apron and he looked so adorable. But he kept on moving about, so I got out a treat. That's when the world turned upside down.

Sunny saw the food. He went CRAZY. No, I'm not exaggerating. If he was hyper before, this was like he was on doggie steriods. No kidding. He FLEW all over the place, hopping up and down. He kicked the carpet away (I had him sit on a carpet w/ a 'Happy Halloween' sign in front), crumpled the sign, and basically was crawling on me. >.< He's not that light.

Finally, we got him to sit still for a few seconds. I also had to worry about my camera running out of batteries (it drains them like crazy. =.='). It took a LONG time. I'm not sure if they turned out right. I'll have check tomorrow at school.

What a crazy day. Taking pictures of animals is already hard. Imagine having to FILM one!

Cheerleader Took Flu Shot, Now Can Only Walk Backwards

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[Article - credits to 92q.com]

WASHINGTON, D.C. – An Ashburn, Virginia woman is in the fight of her life after suffering a very rare side effect to the seasonal flu shot.

The vast majority of doctors say flu shots are safe. In this case, the FDA says they found nothing wrong with this particular batch, but sometimes there are complications.

That’s apparently what happened to Desiree Jennings, and now her life will never be the same.

At 26 years old, Desiree Jennings was the picture of health. She’s a Washington Redskins cheerleader and an avid runner. Her life changed forever on August 23 when she says she got a seasonal flu shot at a local grocery store.

“I was training for a half marathon then,” said Jennings, crying. “It just all went so fast.”

Ten days after receiving the shot, she came down with the flu. After that, her health spiraled downwards. She started passing out and had to be hospitalized twice.

“We went to an urgent care place and they wouldn’t even let her get out of my truck because she was seizing in the back so bad, so they called an ambulance immediately,” says her husband, Brendan Jennings.

Doctors at Fairfax Inova and Johns Hopkins diagnosed her with a rare neurological disorder called dystonia. They think it was caused by a severe reaction to the flu shot.

Desiree now has difficulty speaking, walking, and even eating. During an interview with FOX 5, she had several seizures. The effects are irreversible.

“The symptoms will get worse if I use my voice or walk when the brain signals are misfiring,” says Jennings.

Desiree reported her health problems to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) thinking there might have been something wrong with her vaccine. We also contacted the FDA and we were told they found no problems with the particular lot of flu vaccines that Desiree received, and the agency has not received any other reports of adverse effects from this lot.

Health experts stress that overall, extreme side effects are rare.

“The flu shot is safe for the majority of the public, and as I said before, your heart goes out to someone that experiences this sort of thing– thinking that they are doing something great for their wellness and their general health, but it does happen in extremely rare cases,” says Rachel Lynch with Fairfax Inove Health System.

For Desiree, she just happened to be one of those rare cases.

“I just don’t want this to happen to anyone else,” says Jennings.

Desiree and her husband plan to visit the Mayo Clinic in Arizona in November. They’re hoping to get more answers about this disease and how they live with it.

Desiree has received flu shots before in 2007 and 2008.

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This is really sad. She's one of the million to receive the side effects. I'd much rather fight the flu and build my immune system. I never go to the doctor's anyway, if I can help it. =D

I hope they find a cure for this.

ANOTHER BLOG!?!

Yes yes, I know. Why would I have yet ANOTHER blog when I have like a kabillion others?

I can't resist. But this time, this is for reals. I'm not creating another blog, not in a LOOOOOOOOONG time. My other blogs will be closed down. The only other blog I'm keeping is imaginations roam free. It really like that one. It's really pretty. =D

Anyways, this is my first post. Wha-la. What is there to say?

Any updates I make on ANYTHING or whatever I feel like chatting about, will all be here. Maybe you don't want to listen to me wail, rant, complain about the oh so horrible! things in my life. Well, eh, too bad. You can leave or stay.