Must See Movies

We all love movies. Young, old, skinny or fat. The great thing about this day in age there are so many different options and genres to pick from. There are the main categories like romance, action or comedy but also more specific genres like children's, sports and scary movies. Everyone has different taste and its always hard to pick a favorite. But there are also certain movies in which almost everyone enjoys and can relate with. There are the timeless classics, the ones that our parents watch, we watch and our children will watch. For example, Forest Gump is just one of those movies that everyone has to see before they die. So I'm creating my own genre here called, “Must Sees.” Here the a few examples of the movies in my category.

The Harry Potter Series- Wizards, witches, magic and more. This series is based off books written by JK Rowling and follows a young wizard that grows up without knowing about his magical gifts. He goes to a boarding school, Hogwarts, and meets some amazing friends. They spend seven years at school while fighting many mystical creatures and their main fight is the Dark Lord, or Lord Voldemort. The series is split into eight movies, the last book was made into two movies. They are great because everyone kind of person will enjoy it. Considering some of the movies are a little scary for younger kids, they will still fall in love with the story and the characters. Harry Potter is must, must see!

The Titanic- It was sad, oh it was sad, it was sad when that great ship went down to the bottom the... Everyone knows the story. A ship called the Titanic set sail and was known as the ship that would never sink but it did. Tragically, a thousand people were killed when it sank. This movie depicts the events leading to the sinking of that great ship. It follows the story of a young women and her secret relationship with another man on the ship. This movie was one of the highest grossing movies in history. What makes this movie so great is that its not only a great love story, it tells the story of a major event in history. To this day, its still considered one of the greatest movies made.

Elf- This movie is one of those cheesy, yet hilarious, Christmas movies. Its one of those that you watch Christmas day and that everyone enjoys. It is about an elf from the North Pole and he goes to New York City to find is biological Dad. The twist is he actually isn't an elf. He is a full grown man, raised by elves. In the movie, its his first time in the real world. Its hilarious, totally hilarious. All ages will love this movie. I watched it with my 80 year old grandparents and I have never seen them laugh so hard. Watch Elf, you won't be disappointed. 

On the road again

Long car rides are just unenjoyable. There is barely any leg room, its always either too hot or too cold and the car rides seem like they will never end. The worst is when you start feeling car sick and there isn't anything to do about it. I have been on my fair share of car rides. Practically every weekend I am driving somewhere for hockey. Right now I am writing this as I'm on a 10 hour car ride to Ohio, on Homecoming weekend and I am here to share my advice from years of experience.

First, always bring a pillow and blanket. Its never a bad time for a nice nap. A pillow can always serve as a makeshift desk for school work and a blanket its the ultimate cuddly buddy. Also dress in layers. A car never seems to be the right temperature.

Depending on how long the drive is going to be, always bring things to do. A good book, homework, or playing cards. It is actually really easy to get homework done in the car because there isn't anything else to do. If you get car sick easily try not to read or do homework, it will make it worse! It is also good to bring a book light if you have one, then you can read on those late night car rides. Bring food and drinks, and also gum.

The one thing that is a must have for long car rides is an ipod/mp3 player. They are life savors! If your little sibs are getting annoying or your mom just won't stop talking, you can just put in the head phones and zone everything out. Before leaving for long trips it is also helpful to get some new songs to listen too. It spices up your normal playlists. Also bring a laptop or a DVD player so you can watch movies!

Number one tip: when in doubt, sleep. Sleeping is the best way to pass the time and who couldn't use an extra couple hours of beauty rest? If you can't sleep take some Nyquil and you'll be out in no time. Who knows, you might sleep all the way there!

These are just some of my tips for car rides. Long drives are always going to be frustrating but you just gotta make it through. Its all about staying entertained and trying not to think about how long you have left. I hope my words of wisdom helped! Happy car ride.  

Just another Homecoming post

This is Homecoming week. Insane, busy and fun. We all love it and also hate it. There is so much that comes with Homecoming. Powderpuff, football game, spirit days, getting your nails and hair done, finding a place to eat, picking out a tie with your date and ordering flowers. Considering I am going to be gone for Homecoming, I don't have to deal with all the craziness. So this week I get the chance to be a total third party observer. Man, its all everyone talks about. And there is drama, lots of drama.

“Oh my god I'm so done with finding a place to eat.”

“I don't want so and so in our group.”

“I want so and so in our group.”

I mean come on people, its really not that big of a deal. It is one night out of the thousands of nights in your life. If someone doesn't want to be in your group or go out to eat with you, don't stress over it. Let everyone do what they want. Also try not to get your parents involved, we are all old enough to make our decisions on our own. The moms can wait. If you can't decided on where to take pictures or where to eat, try to meet in the middle. Compromising is key.

Another thing about Homecoming week that could have a face lift are spirt days. We have the worst spirt days. They. Are. The. Same. Every. Year. Why can't we mix it up a bit?! Like instead of lazy day every year on Monday lets do something more exciting like ti-dye day or beach day. Also twin day has got to go. We need a spirit day that you can actually tell what it is when you walk into school. Twin day just seems like a normal day because you will most likely wear everyday clothes when you match with your twin. How about dress up day or animal day? MEOW. RAWR. Also I think we should have spirt day on Thursday because the boys and girls will be wearing football jerseys.

Overall, Homecoming is just one of our many high school experiences. So let's try to make the best of it. You are never to cool to participate on spirit days or play powderpuff. When it comes to the actual day try to respect other peoples decisions. Everyone has the right to a great week! YAY HOMECOMING.

All I want for Christmas is a...

My sister is in a different country and my brother is at college. I'm lonely, so lonely. My parents are at work and I'm usually home alone. Don't me wrong I love having the house to myself but I miss the sleep overs with my big sister or playing video games and eating pizza with my brother. So I want a baby sibling and I plan on proposing the idea to my parents in this way....

Dear Mom and Dad, I want a baby sibling for Christmas. Make a difference and adopt a child that doesn't have a family. Our house is so quite without the big sibs and I don't like being the youngest. Then when can buy him/her cute little shoes with monkeys on them and decorate the spare bedroom with teddy bear wallpaper. DOESN'T THAT SOUND FUN!?!? It sure does. Also we can have an excuse to watch Disney movies and play hide and seek. We can bake cookies and go for bike rides (with training wheels of course).

I bet for those of you that have younger siblings get really annoyed of them and sometimes wish you were the only child but I just want to experience what its like to have a little sibling to look after. Well, maybe we should get another pet instead...

Is it possible to be too strict?

In high school, we constantly being nagged by our parents. Do this, do that, don't do this, don't do that. Be home by 11:30, don't text and drive, clean your room, finish your homework. I absolutely love my parents but sometimes the nagging has got to stop. Honestly, I don't even have to experience the worst of it.

One of my good friends that I have known since I was young has the strictest parents around. She couldn't date until she was 16. She can only go out one night a weekend, she has to go to church every sunday, and she didn't even have a cell phone until half way through her freshmen year. The funny thing is that her parents think they are turning her into this perfect angel that will grow up to create some charity to stop world hunger. But they are very, very wrong. She goes behind her parents back about everything. She dated before she was 16 and she sneaks out often. This begs the question: does being strict as a parents really help your kids? In my opinion, no it does not.

I am the youngest of three kids. My parents have always been the laid back type, they have always trusted us. They give us enough space to learn how to make the right decisions on our own and also they give us enough space to make mistakes and learn from them.

My older siblings have made their fair share of mistakes, big ones too but they learned from them, grew and moved on. I know I'm bound to make mistakes too but I know when I do my parents will tell me, “Take responsibility for your actions, apologize, learn and move on.”

From what I've seen, being a strict parent only makes your kids rebel from you even more. Its important to give us space, let us mess up now rather than later when we are out on our own. Love ya mommy and daddy, thanks for everything.

Dance the night away...

Of course I can’t go to homecoming this year. Of course I would have a hockey tournament that I can’t miss on homecoming weekend. WHY. ME? Not being able to go to homecoming sucks. Especially when it is all everyone seems to talk about these days. Don’t get me wrong I love to hear about who is asking who and what everyone’s dresses look like but it still is disappointing not being able to go.

The worst part about not being able to go to homecoming is not being able to pick out a dress. Let’s be honest here, even if you don’t like to dress up/ wear makeup/ get your hard done it’s still fun to look pretty for one night. Looking at dresses is something you only get to do a couple times a year and it’s the best feeling when you find that perfect dress. Since I can’t go to homecoming I still picked out a dress online which was probably a bad idea considering it made me even sadder that I can’t go. So it’s booked marked on my computer with the color and size picked out. Maybe I still have a little shred of hope left that for some crazy reason I will be able to attend that dance.  But this I know is not true.

Another disappointing part about not going to homecoming is the thrill of being asked. Whether it’s by your boyfriend or just another guy who wants to go to the dance with you being asked in a cute way is a great feeling.  So boys, don’t be afraid to ask a girl to homecoming. As long as you put time and effort into an original way to ask her, she won’t say no.

There are also some perks about not going. You don’t have to worry about who is going to be in your group or where to go for dinner. Also you don’t have to stress about not having date. You save money by not having to buy a dress or get your hair done.

Overall, I think the pros outweigh the cons. So if you are considering not going to homecoming, you should still go. Have fun because some of us won’t have the chance to!

Life of the Youngest Child...

Being the youngest in the family definitely has its perks but also some not so good things. I am the youngest of three kids and there has definitely been time were I love it and times I absolutely hate it. It always seems like everything revolves around older siblings. Those of us who are the youngest are drug to numerous sporting events, music concerts and academic assemblies all because we can't be left at home alone. This got so annoying growing up. But the funny thing now is that they aren't here to watch our games or watch us at our important moments because they are at college or in the real world.

Another thing that is hard about being the youngest is hammy downs. So many hammy downs. The other siblings always got the new clothes and the youngest just get what they don't wear or what they grew out of. Another bad thing is being picked on. In my family my brother closer in age to me than my sister so I always got beat up by my brother for being the “annoying little sister” and he would physically push me around. One time he even picked me up and threw me off the couch. I'm not going to lie, I probably deserved some of it but the other times he just took his anger out on me.

On the other side of things it might be harder to be the older sibling. They have to stay home and babysit the younger kids and also always be acting as role models. From their point of view it might also feel as though that the younger sibling get more attention.

I don't think being the oldest or the youngest is any harder or easier than the other. Both have good and bad things about it. On the bright side we should always be lucky to have siblings because they will almost always grow to be your best friends.