My hunger games cast

So, I did read the entire Hunger Games books a while ago, and I will tell you I LOVED THEM!!!! :)

Well, even though I have seen many people do this, I don't care, and I'm going to do it too. Who cares. ^o^ I have my opinion about the characters and I want it heard. :) Though, I think I heard something about the real cast already chosen so I don't know......

My cast:


Katniss Everdeen- Emily Browning











Peeta Mellark -Josh Hutcherson

Gale Hawthorne- Logan Lerman

Prim Everdeen- Dakota Fanning

Haymitch Abernathy-Riki Takeuchi(I don't know, I saw him in a Japanese movie, and I thought he was perfect for Haymitch) If not him then Johnny Depp<3

Cinna- Adam Lambert!!!! :-)

Effie Trinket- Drew Barrymore

Caesar Flickerman(The guy at the Capitol)- James Marsden

 Rue- Chloe Moretz(She also looks a lot like Dakota)









So that is all I've got... but I am pretty sure I got all the major characters:-)
Hopefully if they make the movie I get some of the cast right.

All for now,
Annie♥

Tough Week

This week, oh and last, I have been very busy... with homework, random stuff, reading, and other things I would not like to mention.

At school though, everything is awesome!!! Tomorrow I am going to a book club meeting, which is the highlight of my month, I do not know why though... oh well.....I just know that I can't wait until tomorrow.

Another thing.... My journalism class... well it is going fairly well :) and I am happy with that. We are working hard on the newest issue of the newspaper, and having lots of fun along the way.

I am really sorry that I couldn't write anything else more exciting, but like I said before I have been very busy. As soon as I find something worth taking about, I will write about it. :)

For now, everyone, take care :)
Annie♥

Braces finally gone :) Though, the retainers are a pain.. ^o^

I am so HAPPY!!!!!!!
I woke up this morning really excited. So excited that I woke my sister and told her to look at me one last time to see me with braces because she would never again see me with them. :-) Then I spent the entire school day waiting for the time for me to leave so my braces could come off. Oh and were those the longest 4 hours of  my life. Ha ha, well maybe not, but they were long.

When my mom got to school, I could hardly wait to get out of school. I know that all this might sound exaggerated, but you have to understand, I had to live with the braces for almost 2 years. I have been looking forward to this ever since they came on. Well, I left school, and got to the dentist office, and waited for my name to be called. The lady in the front desk asked me if I was looking forward to Halloween, which was really nice of her, usually they are not that nice, or at least, for all I know, they had never talked to me unless for business reasons, or to make another appointment. Anyway, I told her I might dress up like a geisha, again, she said I should because there are never a lot of those. So, I think I will dress up like that.

Back to the braces, my name was eventually called, and I went up to start the process one more time. I do have to say, they removed the braces rather quickly, the thing that took the most was removing the glue I suppose. Plus they took pictures of me again. I really don't like pictures, but I was so happy I didn't care. After that they let me go, and I came home with my retainers. Which kinda hurt at first, but then I got used to them. You know, the only thing, they make me talk funny. I hope it goes away soon. For now I can only enjoy my new smile. Which should mean that I am starting again, a new me. Ha ha that sounds so cliche. Oh well. :-)

SMILE,
Annie♥

Having a sister....

So, if you have a brother or a sister, you know how it feels to have one of those fights, the deep ones that actually mean something, or at least should. When you listen to a sibling and when you realize that what they are saying is actually true. That neither of you have been good siblings, and when you walk out on each other. Oh, that feeling you get, deep deep down, and you know is true. When you want to apologize for everything said, and that you really didn't mean anything, when in fact you did. The thing is, this is how this seems to work, relationships between sisters I mean. When you catch each other on a bad moment, and you can't do anything about it because it was really your fault. Both of you brought this on each other. If you had just listened when she asked you something, if you just hadn't brought up each others flaws, if you had just stayed quiet, or laughed like it was a joke(Like it usually happens). Why are brothers and sister sometimes not meant to get along? It could just be a little bit better, if you could only get along... Be able to talk to each other, and live life... be... just... for once.... family...

Annie♥

I am sorry for all this, I just felt I had to get all this out of me... (Why am I apologizing?? ugh... I guess that's how bad I feel, sorry)^o^

Dolphins at the Cove

In my Journalism class, my teacher thought it would be a good idea if we watched this movie(The Cove), and so we did, well we are almost halfway done with it. That is not the point, the point is that even with the the half an hour I saw, I was moved. I mean, what these people do to the dolphins, it is awful. Really. Depressing, repulsive, horrible, and it makes me scared just to know what is really happening.

Hard to believe that these beautiful animals....

.....can be taken down

Prior to watching this, I had heard about it, but that didn't change my view towards Japan. I mean, I really like that country. I think it is a great place. However, after seeing those first 30 minutes, my entire view shifted... For I moment I thought, well its only some people doing this, but then I realized, its is not only some people, it is every one doing this. How? Well by going to watch dolphin shows like in Sea World, by watching TV Shows like Flipper(From a while back), by eating dolphin meat, and others, by slaughtering them with the highest brutality. :( Seeing this happen, and knowing it is happening gave me a really bad view. As, from Japan. Knowing that this is happening, oh gosh, it is just the worst I have ever seen. I'd recommend you to watch it, only if you want to know the truth.

You probably know what I am going to tell you next. You can help! The only reason I am telling you that is because it is true. Go to this site and you'll see how: http://www.savejapandolphins.org/

I already checked it out, and I think this time people can actually make a difference.

So, lets stop dolphin slaughter,
Annie♥

Adam Lambert!

I don't know if you noticed, but in one of my last posts I mentioned Adam Lambert. Oh and that right now I am so in love with him. <3

I found out about him through my awesome cousin(Not the only one by the way)! I listened to his music for some time, and then one day, I just fell in love. ^o^ I mean it, I know, he's gay, yeah, I get that, but I really don't give a damn, plus I don't discriminate. I actually think that gay guys make the best of friends. :) Don't you think? I mean, if you are a girl, aren't they the best of listeners. Anyway, back to Adam Lambert<3, isn't he gorgeous!? ^o^

My cousin and I, well we have this thing for him. Well, not really, my cousin is way more into Lady Gaga than Adam Lambert, but yeah, you get the point.

My favorite Adam Lambert songs are 'For your Entertainment' and 'If I had you.' I could listen to those two songs all day if I wanted to. Now that I think about it, I think I did once. Oops. lol. I also like 'Whatya want from me.' Well, I think one can only talk about someone so much before annoying the person listening or in this case reading. You probably don't want to anything else about Adam Lambert, huh?

Well, back to the 'gay' subject, if I can. Ha ha, that sounds funny. Oh well, like I said earlier, I really don't discriminate, and I don't know why so many people do. Like those people that protest outside churches and places. Ugh, they can only make me so mad. Then I realize, they are not worth my anger. They are just different people that think differently, but they shouldn't go to that point. Well, I don't know, but you might be asking yourself, what if I am only saying this because I love Adam Lambert, and I can't be against him. OH NO!  Well, that is a fraction of the reason, but the biggest reason, is well, they are people just like everyone else, they just have different preferences, and there shouldn't be a problem with that. Should there? Nope, but that is just what I think.

'Till next time,
Annie♥

Poor & Rich... been through both..

So the other day I was thinking, and I came up to a point. I have been both rich and poor. Not at the same time, well literally, but really as in with the money.

I might not remember a time when we were rich, what you call rich, but my parents have told me about it. Sometime before I was born, they came across a very large amount of money, and they used it all up somewhere in Beverly Hills. Lol. I am not really sure whether to believe them or not, but that is what they told me. I am pretty sure that my dad exaggerated a little, or a lot, but it is still nice to hear about their adventures. You have to admit, everyone loves to hear family's stories, whether true or not.

So anyway, according to my dad, they got a very large amount of money in Mexico. "Millions of pesos" my dad told me. How they got it? I have no idea, I think it was from a furniture company, but I am not sure. I've only heard this story once, so I can't even say that it's true. Well after that, they came to the United States and wasted the entire amount of money in a very few months. Around the time when I was still in my mom's belly. ^o^ When they ran out of money, my dad got a job, I was born, lived a couple years in California, then moved back to Tijuana.

Though, that wasn't my point, my point was that we have been poor and rich. I already told you about the time when we were rich, how about when we were poor? Well, I remember many times when we haven't had money for anything. Like this once when we didn't even have somewhere to sleep, and we had to sleep in some cheap motel. Or that time when we slept in my dad's car. Even though there have been a lot of times when we don't have a single cent, there has always been someone there to help us through. That is a really nice advantage. :)

Well, for now, we stay in the middle line, neither poor or rich, and I am perfectly fine with that,
all for now,
Annie♥

Dream #31 My sister steals a car :p

If I actually thought about it, I would know that my little sister is way more likely to steal a car than me. I know that for a fact because she's bolder and would risk anything to get what she wants. She has attitude, she knows what she wants, she gets what she wants, and if someone messes with her, well let's just say, she knows how to handle it. I have to admit, sometimes I do wish I was a little more like her, but then I change my mind.

You might be wondering what does this have to do with a dream?  Well it is because last night, I dreamt that my sister stole a car. Everything started really weird, because, I swear, I felt like I was actually living it. Everything started with me waking up, very early in the morning, and I looked next to me, and my sister was gone. Another thing about the dream, is that I controlled what I did, not like usually, when I just watch. Anyway, I for some reason knew that she was outside. When I went, I found her on a car, just like the one on the picture.

So, when I was with her, I told her that she was just doing something stupid, and to come out of the car. Though, she wouldn't listen, then she backed up with the car, after a couple feet, she started screaming, "I'm scared, Andy, I'm scared." I wanted to cry then. I told her that everything would be okay, that I would drive. I went inside the house, got my cell phone, keys, and for some reason a bible. Now that I think about it, it means something to my sister and I.

Before I got inside the car with my little sister, I saw an ostrich. Weird huh? Well, then I started driving, and I had so many thoughts going on in my head. What would my parents think? How would we come back? Would they worry? Plus many others.

When we were on the road, I woke up....

Annie♥

K-Pop (CNBLUE)

I just very recently discovered K-pop, thanks to my friend who introduced me to it a couple days ago and oh, I've fallen in love.. lol... again...

Well, it all started when we were discussing ideas for the school newspaper. She said that it would be cool if we did an article on foreign music. I told her that it sounded like a great idea. Then she asked me if I had ever listened to K-pop, and I told her that not really. So then she started telling me many, many, many band names or singers and titles of songs. I thought, well I should listen to them, I've got nothing to lose. So, I went ahead and downloaded many songs. Some of the bands she told me about were:
CN Blue (which I love, specially a song called Love MV), big bang, 2ne, 1snsd, b2st, 2pm and shinee.

Sadly, I haven't had time to listen to most of them. However, I am in the process, and so far, I have already started to love CN Blue, and it was just the first I listened to. So, I really don't doubt that I will like the rest of them as well. :)
For now, I will listen to CN Blue <3

Love, Love, Love,
Annie♥

CN Blue - Love MV

Things people do while driving....

Today while I was on the bus, I looked out the window and started noticing the things people do while driving. You probably already know this, because either you've seen it or do it yourself.

So, by the end of my very enjoyable bus trip, which reminds me, they transferred our bus today(weird),  I concluded the top 3 things that people do (according to me):

1. Text - I saw way too many people texting, I should have known
2. Eat or drink - Many had some kind of drink or food in their hands
3. I saw many girls doing this, you might as well guess, Make-up - I suppose they were running late

So, it is my guess, but sometimes people do stupid things behind the wheel. I mean, if your going to drive,  might as well try to drive right.Oh well, I guess people really don't like to follow rules. Then they wonder.. why do accidents happen?... ugh..

I also looked up online what people do while driving, and I found the most bizarre things. I mean real bizarre: People shaving, reading, changing clothes, there was something about kissing and making out too... okaaay.....

What else can people do?!

Annie♥

Nerdy?? If u say so ^o^

Back to school, but more importantly back to Journalism!! Oh, and I must not forget, back to the book club. That is talking about myself, lol, I shouldn't be so selfish. ^o^

So, I think that my Journalism class is going rather well. First of all, because we got right into reporting this year, and because everything seems more serious than last year. I don't know why, but it just seems that way to me, maybe because there is more people. However, that is okay, because it just means that the class will be more fun and we'd be better working on the paper. More articles. :)

Though, enough of that, and moving to another nerdy subject. The Bookclub!! :) Today we had a meeting and I was so happy to be back. Really, even though, nothing really happened, we just discussed the events of this year. So I guess that's that. Am I boring you yet?? lol.. oh well, I guess I just needed to write today, because I haven't gotten a lot of homework lately, that just means I have a lot of free time. Oh, and I couldn't find anything else to write about. So, there you have it. Though, I promise I will find more interesting topics to write about. :)

Annie♥

My little sister, and her ways.... *Sigh* (The things about divorce)

The other day I was talking to my mom, just about random things, when she started talking about my sister. I thought it was nothing important, but that was before I actually listened.

Apparently, my mom had a very serious conversation with my sister. My mom told her, or somehow tried to explain what would happen if she and my dad got a divorce. She said that she explained the whole "We can't be together anymore" thing. My sister didn't say anything, and listened, but my mom said that at one point my sister got really frustrated with her. She started telling her that if they got a divorce she would kill herself. That she wouldn't take it. So, from this I got many things, because my parents have talked to me about divorce before, and I always thought about that one option, but never told anyone about it, instead I kept it inside. Besides, it wasn't like I would ever do it, unless things went really bad.

Anyway, my little sister actually told them how she felt, and I believe that it was her who got them to stay together. Just because of that little threat, when in reality, she's told me that if they get divorced, she'd come and live with me (When I'm over 18).

Divorce is a really hard thing to go through, but I don't think it should cause anyone to take such drastic measures. It happens to many people, who have every right to go for that, the problem comes when the only thing keeping a couple together in a relationship is their kids. I mean if there is no love, what is there? Nothing, because love is what keeps a family together. Don't you think? Yeah, the kids are important, I get that, but they'll get through it eventually. On the other side, how can a married couple raise a happy family when they can't even stand each other or get along.

That's just my point of view. I know for a fact, that parents that are constantly fighting and making life harder without admitting that they don't love each other anymore are harder to bare than parents not living together. I've lived like this for the last few years, and I am telling you it hurts a lot more to have to listen to all those fights and arguments than it would to just watch them split up. If it had been up to me, I'd been thankful if my parents had gotten a divorce a long time ago. Or if they could just fix their problems and make life easier for us, that would have been the best thing ever.

I'll just have to keep living with it,
Annie♥

911

So, I am the kind of person who won't notice the date unless told. That kinda means that I usually don't know what day it is.Like today, I didn't realize that today was September 11 until I checked the date on my cell phone. Funny in a sense, huh? Well, when I realized, I made sure that my sister and I had a minute of silence because today was a very important day and 9 years ago many people died.

All this just reminded me of the day when this happened.I don't really remember much, but its enough. When this happened my dad took hours to come back home, because we lived in TJ and the border was soaring with traffic. At least that's what my mom told me. I also remember everyone freaking out and everything in havoc. My mom was worried because her mom lived in New York at the time, and they didn't really have a connection so there was no way to find out if she was okay. (A couple months after we heard from her though). This situation took everyone in surprise, and caused a lot of damage. That is why it is important, because it made history, and changed the way we all live today.

So, I guess that's all I got to say,
Annie♥

Risking it...

So, as I was sitting on the bus this afternoon on the way home from school, I wondered. It might have been something silly, but I thought, has there ever been a big bus accident, well in my area. Though, I really doubt it. That is why I decided to search about it, but most of the accident stories I found didn't happen to city buses, at least in California.Most of them involved tour buses, greyhounds, etc. However, I am pretty sure there have been accidents of that type. I just either didn't search right, or too lazy to keep looking. lol. I have a point though, with this whole story.

I thought this was an interesting topic because it just means that there can be an accident any day. It also made me realize that we are not safe anywhere, not in our house, not in school, not anywhere. The only thing that changes is that we are in slightly more danger in some places than others. I think that we should risk it though, who cares if your in danger, I mean, that is the only way to see the world. Right? It's not that I am encouraging the fact that one should go out there and do anything and/or everything, but that once in a while its okay to be at risk.

'Till next time,
Annie♥

Braces coming off!!!!!

Image by Getty Images via @daylife

Last Tuesday I had to get out of school to visit the orthodontist. On my class right before lunch, my mom picked me up and drove me to the dentist, why? Well, because a couple months ago they told me that my braces were finally coming off. You wouldn't believe how excited I got. I mean, I've had to deal with them for almost two years and to find out that they are going to be removed, well it is great news. To me, at least.

Anyway, after I got there they called me up really quickly, that means I didn't wait so much, but I'm pretty sure you figured that out. lol. I walked in the room, where they work their MAGIC, and was seated. Then, the process of removing my braces begun. :-) There was a new doctor, so she introduced herself. After she checked that everything was okay, she left and another lady came, she asked me what I wanted my last color to be. I naturally chose my favorite color(purple). After that, she told me that she was going to remove the molar rings, so she did. To be honest, it was really painful. Well, maybe painful is too exaggerated, it hurt a little, yeah, that's better. Oh, she also made the mold for my retainers. That was okay, I am just happy that my braces are going to be off soon.

When everything was over, I went to the front desk to get my next appointment, which is in a week and a half! On the 24, I believe, I will go to my appointment to get my braces removed for sure and forever!!!! Though, I am going to have to wear retainers, but that's okay, they can't be worse than braces. I really don't care, as long as I know that my braces will be gone for good:) That also means that I will  be able to drink soda again!!!! ^o^

Anxious,
Annie♥

Dream #30

Today was one of those days when I write down what I dreamt, and when I read it, I realize I had no clue that I had written it down.

According to me, lol, I dreamt that some type of serial killers were chasing my family and I. They wanted to kill us all. We ran away from them for as long as we could, but then they got to my friends, and killed them all. Then it says: "At the end, we kill ourselves."

I thought that this was really creepy, I remember writing it down, but I don't remember the dream.
I hope that if it means anything, it's not bad,
Annie♥

Disaster? Earthquakes??

I was talking to my mom the other day, and out of the blue she asked me something that I hadn't thought about. Something that I should have at least considered. She asked me: "What would you do if there was a big disaster like an earthquake, and we were separated?" I thought about this for a moment, but I couldn't come up with any good answers.I mean, think about it, how would I get back with them. So I thought about it, and the only thing I could think was that I'd look for them or wait for them to find me. This might sound silly because of my age, but I think it is something important to think about.

I do hope that if I find a good plan for this, I won't have to put it on action. Specially with all those things going on about a big earthquake hitting California. It sounds like a very scary possibility, and I don't want to think that it's true, but it is there. :(

I have to admit, all these ideas scare the crap out of me, but what can I do. I will just have to keep wondering, what will I do if anything does happen?

I know for a fact, that this question will bother me long after I have found the answer,
Annie ♥

Dream #29

Today's dream was really weird. First of all because it wasn't even scary, and it scared me. Ha ha, yeah funny. ^o^
I dreamt that I was home, it was morning, and I was supposed to go to school. When I woke up I only found my fingernails broken in half. All I would do was look at them and try to figure out what was wrong with them. After a while I started feeling really scared, and believe me, I don't know how broken nails can make anyone scared. Well to show you an idea of what I saw, I went ahead and drew out a picture. As you can see. lol.

Anyway, when I started feeling scared I woke up and wrote it down, even though, at this moment I remember everything without having to look at what I wrote.I also remember that some of our family friends were there. The weird thing is that no one comforted me. Except one, my little friend, who is around my sister's age, he kept telling me everything was going to be okay, and everyone else was saying that I didn't matter, that I wasn't important, etc. You can imagine.

That was it, and I wish I knew what it meant,
Annie ♥

MockingJay

Well, I know that right after I read this book I wrote that I hated the ending on twitter. Then, I got thinking, no I didn't, I just didn't like the fact that it was sad and what I wanted to happen didn't happen. That was okay though, because it wasn't my book and it was unexpected, which makes it a great book. I don't want to give away too much of the book. If you even know about it, but it is the last book of the Hunger Games books, and for what I've heard, it is to became a movie next year. I really can't wait. :-)

Well for those who don't know about this series, if that's what you call them. (Sorry, I don't know where I have my head today). Well here is the summary for Hunger Games, the first book, and MockingJay, the last one:

Hunger Games: In the ruins of a place once known as North America lies the nation of Panem, a shining Capitol surrounded by twelve outlying districts. The Capitol is harsh and cruel and keeps the districts in line by forcing them all to send one boy and one girl between the ages of twelve and eighteen to participate in the annual Hunger Games, a fight to the death on live TV.

Sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen, who lives alone with her mother and younger sister, regards it as a death sentence when she steps forward to take her sister's place in the Games. But Katniss has been close to dead before—and survival, for her, is second nature. Without really meaning to, she becomes a contender. But if she is to win, she will have to start making choices that will weigh survival against humanity and life against love.

MockingJay: Katniss Everdeen, girl on fire, has survived, even though her home has been destroyed. Gale has escaped. Katniss's family is safe. Peeta has been captured by the Capitol. District 13 really does exist. There are rebels. There are new leaders. A revolution is unfolding.

Well, now I realize, that maybe I should have done this post in two instead of one. Oh well, what is done is done. Right.

Anyway, these books are by far one of my favorites. I believe that they are very well done. So well done, that I got too attached to them, that is why I was so upset when I finished the very last one. I don't know where, but once I heard that if a book makes you mad, upset, happy, and/or any other emotions, it is truly a good book. If you believe every single word that the characters say, then it is a piece of art. I think I leave short the Hunger Games, because they were way better. So, that is all I've got to say. Well, no, not really. There's one more thing. I hated the end!!!!!! But you already know that. I just would have liked something else to happen.
Okay, now I 'm done,
Annie ♥