It's December!

hey guys!

You know what today is right? December 1st! Do you know what that means?! ABC Family's countdown to the 25 days of Christmas! :D Even if you don't celebrate Christmas, they still play some awesome movies. Tonight it's Elf and I'll be watching from my living room with a bowl of homemade chicki-noodle soup. (: I swear I know every quote from that movie and my favorite one is where Will Ferrell says, "You sit on a throne of lies!" I laugh for about 3 minutes straight everytime... xD What's your favorite Christmas/holiday movie? Leave it in the comments below and you'll get a shoutout in my next post. (:

Later, -S

Hold your breath, and count to ten..

hey guys!

So have any of you heard the new Adele song, Skyfall? If you haven't go check it out. Like it literally is amazing, and I'm not just saying that because I like...LOVE her! The song has a very vintage 60s feel, and if a song can make me feel as if I'm in that time period, then wow. Just WOW. It's got my Grammy nomination if I could nominate people for that type of thing. (: I think I must have played it 20+ times today and sang it too at practice. (Which has finally started! Wooo!) It's like candy for my ears... xD Is that too far? I don't think so...I could keep ranting and raving but I have to go read for my English class. -.-  Don't get me wrong, I love to read, but only when the book appeals to me and Siddhartha isn't cutting it so far. Whatever, apparently I can't graduate if I don't take this class so I better pass. Below should be the link to Skyfall..Enjoy my lovely viewers (:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7HKoqNJtMTQ&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Crazy People=Crazy World

Hey guys!

I just thought i'd post a little update as to how i'm doing. I got home last night at around 6 and relaxed until bedtime. I never thought traveling for so long could be so tiring, but it is. I also never realized how amazing coming home to my own bed really is! Being away from everything you know for two weeks is difficult and a little odd. Nobody's house will ever smell quite the same as your own, the sheets on the beds aren't as soft, and I highly doubt that anybody could cook better than what I was raised on! (:

Enough about that, I had some interesting adventures in New York, like almost getting shot and being asked if I like my french fries salty or not. Haha it's a really long story that I'll tell some other time because i'm running out of time. It seems like I always am running out of time...somebody has to make a time machine or something cause I know the world could use a few extra moments to relive. Well, that's about it. I really miss the East coast and all the nice people I met, but I'm home. (:

The car ride home...

Let me paint this picture for you...6 people crammed into a minivan. No room for my little legs, the trunk so full I can't see out the back window and me shoved in between Madi and Colton. It seems like we have more stuff than we originally did before. Oh wait, we do. One person takes their shoes off and the whole car smells like goat cheese and onions. I used to like onions, but now I'm not so sure... Mom says I'll miss family road trips when I leave for college, but I doubt it. I will not miss being stuck in the middle of two kids who fight constantly, I won't miss being cramped and I especially won't miss having to stop every hour because somebody has to use the bathroom. I won't miss the onion feet smell either. We're only in Ohio and I'm going nuts!

*later...*

Colton thinks its hot in here, so he took off his shirt. Guess who isn't wearing deodorant? That guy! 2 seconds later.."ewwww! who smells?!" Only 895 miles until I'm home now...Indiana is super weird. They don't have any towns to really pull off of, they have these things called travel stations. Travel stations are like a rest area but with one building containing 3-4 little restaurants and the standard bathroom. They're actually pretty cool (: cause then you only have to stop once to eat and do your thing!

hopefully Chicago comes soon. I like to see the lights <3

No MORE POTTERMORE! ):

)':  guess what guys? I was playing Pottermore all day today, and I finally finished Book 2! As I went to move on, the computer wouldn't let me, so I googled. I even made a second account because I thought mine was being funny. I came to find out that Pottermore hasn't even released Book 3 yet because they just finished/released the last chapters of book 2 on HALLOWEEN! :O  So now, I have to wait like a gajillion years before all the dang books are finished. I am having withdrawls...I need to collect some Bertie Botts beans or Galleons or something! Hmm...maybe i'll just have my cousins hide a bunch of jelly beans so I can find them... (:  or maybe i'll start playing on my second account and blog about how to get house points! <----BETTER IDEA! Gosh I'm so smart :D Well, it's suppertime, mom made turkey bean soup (uhh, YUM!) so i'm gonna skedaddle. Later guys!

Add me on Pottermore!!: QueenPurple7407 or ProphecyErised5159

<3Samantha

My Class Is over, but this blog isn't (:

Hey guys!

I originally wanted to delete this whole blog thing after i had finished with my Internet Writing class, but I'm deciding to keep it. Its the one place I actually feel normal and can say what I want...well, sorta..I like to keep it G just in case my elders decide to check up on me. So in honor of this blog and what I originally planned to write about (movies) I think i'll post a list of movies I've seen. I've seen 113 of the 243 listed.

( X ) Rocky Horror Picture Show
( X ) Grease
( X ) Pirates of the Caribbean
( X ) Pirates of the Caribbean 2: Dead Man’s Chest
( ) Boondock Saints
( ) Fight Club
( X ) Starsky and Hutch
( X ) Neverending Story
( ) Blazing Saddles
( X ) Airplane
Total: 7
( X ) The Princess Bride
( X ) AnchorMan
( X ) Napoleon Dynamite
( ) Labyrinth
( X ) Saw
( X ) Saw II
( ) White Noise
( ) White Oleander
( X ) Anger Management
( X ) 50 First Dates
( X ) The Princess Diaries
( X ) The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement
Total so far: 16
( X ) Scream
( X ) Scream 2
( ) Scream 3
( X ) Scary Movie
( X ) Scary Movie 2
( X ) Scary Movie 3
( X ) Scary Movie 4
( X ) American Pie
( X ) American Pie 2
( X ) American Wedding
( X ) American Pie Band Camp
Total so far: 26
( X ) Harry Potter 1
( X ) Harry Potter 2
( X ) Harry Potter 3
( X ) Harry Potter 4
( X ) Harry Potter 5
( X ) Harry Potter 6
( X ) Harry Potter 7: part 1
( X ) Harry Potter 7: part 2
( ) Resident Evil 1
( ) Resident Evil 2
( X ) The Wedding Singer
( X ) Little Black Book
( ) The Village
( X ) Lilo & Stitch
Total so far: 37
( X ) Finding Nemo
( X ) Finding Neverland
( ) Signs
( X ) The Grinch
( X ) Texas Chainsaw Massacre
( ) Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning
( X ) White Chicks
( ) Butterfly Effect
( X ) 13 Going on 30
( ) I, Robot
( X ) Robots
Total so far- 44
( X ) Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
( ) Universal Soldier
( X ) Lemony Snicket: A Series Of Unfortunate Events
( X ) Along Came Polly
( ) Deep Impact
( ) KingPin
( X ) Never Been Kissed
( X ) Meet The Parents
( X ) Meet the Fockers
( X ) Eight Crazy Nights
( X ) Joe Dirt
( X ) KING KONG
Total so far: 53
( X ) A Cinderella Story
( ) The Terminal
( X ) The Lizzie McGuire Movie
( X ) Passport to Paris
( X ) Dumb & Dumber
( X ) Dumber & Dumberer
( ) Final Destination
( ) Final Destination 2
( ) Final Destination 3
( ) Halloween
( ) The Ring
( ) The Ring 2
( ) Surviving X-MAS
( X ) Flubber
Total so far: 59
( X ) Harold & Kumar Go To White Castle
( ) Practical Magic
( X ) Chicago
( ) Ghost Ship
( ) From Hell
( ) Hellboy
( ) Secret Window
( X ) I Am Sam
( ) The Whole Nine Yards
( ) The Whole Ten Yards
Total so far: 62
( X ) The Day After Tomorrow
( X ) Child’s Play
( X ) Seed of Chucky
( X ) Bride of Chucky
( X ) Ten Things I Hate About You
( X ) just Married
( ) Gothika
( ) Nightmare on Elm Street
( X ) Sixteen Candles
( X ) Remember the Titans
( X ) Coach Carter
( ) The Grudge
( ) The Grudge 2
( X ) The Mask
( X ) Son Of The Mask
Total so far: 73
( X ) Bad Boys
( X ) Bad Boys 2
( ) Joy Ride
( ) Lucky Number Sleven
( ) Ocean’s Eleven
( ) Ocean’s Twelve
( ) Bourne Identity
( ) Bourne Supremecy
( ) Lone Star
( ) Bedazzled
( ) Predator I
( ) Predator II
( ) The Fog
( ) Ice Age
( ) Ice Age 2: The Meltdown
( X ) Curious George
Total so far: 76
( ) Independence Day
( ) Cujo
( ) A Bronx Tale
( ) Darkness Falls
( ) Christine
( X ) ET
( X ) Children of the Corn
( ) My Bosses Daughter
( x ) Maid in Manhattan
( ) War of the Worlds
( x ) Rush Hour
( X ) Rush Hour 2
Total so far: 81
( ) Best Bet
( X ) How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
( ) She’s All That
( ) Calendar Girls
( ) Sideways
( ) Mars Attacks
( ) Event Horizon
( ) Ever After
( X ) Wizard of Oz
( X ) Forrest Gump
( ) Big Trouble in Little China
( ) The Terminator
( ) The Terminator 2
( ) The Terminator 3
Total so far: 84
( ) X-Men
( ) X-2
( ) X-3
( X ) Spider-Man
( X ) Spider-Man 2
( X ) Sky High
( X ) Jeepers Creepers
( X ) Jeepers Creepers 2
( X ) Catch Me If You Can
( X ) The Little Mermaid
( X ) Freaky Friday
( ) Reign of Fire
( ) The Skulls
( ) Cruel Intentions
( ) Cruel Intentions 2
( X ) The Hot Chick
( X ) Shrek
( X ) Shrek 2
Total so far: 95
( ) Swimfan
( ) Miracle on 34th street
( X ) Old School
( X ) The Notebook
( ) K-Pax
( ) Krippendorf’s Tribe
( X ) A Walk to Remember
( X ) Ice Castles
( ) Boogeyman
( X ) The 40-year-old Virgin
Total so far: 100
( ) Lord of the Rings Fellowship of the Ring
( ) Lord of the Rings The Two Towers
( ) Lord of the Rings Return Of the King
( ) Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark
( ) Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
( ) Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Total so far: 100
( ) Basetketball
( ) Hostel
( ) Waiting for Guffman
( ) House of 1000 Corpses
( ) Devils Rejects
( X ) Elf
( ) Highlander
( ) Mothman Prophecies
( ) American History
( ) Three
Total so Far: 101
( ) The Jacket
( ) Kung Fu Hustle
( ) Shaolin Soccer
( ) Night Watch
( X ) Monsters Inc.
( X ) Titanic
( ) Monty Python and the Holy Grail
( X ) Shaun Of the Dead
( ) Willard
Total so far: 104
( ) High Tension
( ) Club Dread
( X ) Hulk
( ) Dawn Of the Dead
( X ) Hook
( X ) Chronicles Of Narnia The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe
( ) 28 days later
( ) Orgazmo
( ) Phantasm
( ) Waterworld
Total so far: 107
( ) Kill Bill vol 1
( ) Kill Bill vol 2
( ) Mortal Kombat
( ) Wolf Creek
( ) Kingdom of Heaven
( ) the Hills Have Eyes
( ) I Spit on Your Grave aka the Day of the Woman
( ) The Last House on the Left
( ) Re-Animator
( ) Evil Dead 3: Army of Darkness
Total so far: 107
( X ) Star Wars Ep. I The Phantom Menace
( X ) Star Wars Ep. II Attack of the Clones
( X ) Star Wars Ep. III Revenge of the Sith
( ) Star Wars Ep. IV A New Hope
( X ) Star Wars Ep. V The Empire Strikes Back
( X ) Star Wars Ep. VI Return of the Jedi
( ) Ewoks Caravan Of Courage
( ) Ewoks The Battle For Endor
Total so far: 112
( ) The Matrix
( ) The Matrix Reloaded
( ) The Matrix Revolutions
( ) Animatrix
( ) Evil Dead
( ) Evil Dead 2
( ) Team America: World Police
( ) Red Dragon
( X ) Silence of the Lambs
( ) Hannibal
Total so far: 113

That's alot of movies, and i've seen more (: When I think about it, that's at least 2 weeks of my life spent watching movies...WOW. Tonight I get to go see Breaking Dawn Part 2 with my grandmas friend and her daughter (who my brother has a crush on and he's only said hi to her like, twice.) But whatever! I'm so excited!!! New York has been pretty awesome this last week, except for losing grandpa, but life goes on. I'll have to post pics of my journey to NY and back to Montana next week, only because I won't be home until this Sunday. Well, my fellow fans, I love you all and thanks for the 319 views you've given me <3

Traveling...Almost like National Lampoons Family Vacation

Hey guys!

So we just got out of Chicago and long story short, OMG! So much traffic!! I took pics, but some aren't very good but oh well, I'll show them anyways... We pulled in right by O'Hare International and a plane flew right over us..it was so cool! I saw the Morton Salt Company, lots of skyscrapers and very large sculptures along they way too, but we were moving too fast and by the time I got my phone unlocked, we had already passed whatever I wanted to take a picture of. :( hopefully I can get more on the way back home! I'm in Indiana right now and boy..it's busy...tons of semis. We aren't going to make it into Buffalo until around 3 a.m. so look for more posts if I get bored..

<3Samantha

Hear Ye, Hear Ye!

so it's like 3 in the morning and I'm eating Rolos while looking at tattoos and listening to Luke Bryan when I come across this saying by Shakespeare...

That's it. I read it and it was a done deal...this is my future tat! Because honestly, it suits me. I am tiny and people get the impression that they can walk all over me and its like uhh no! I don't think so! I am fierce...so fierce Beyonce would be jealous! Okay maybe that's just the sleep deprivation talking but who cares I am going to own it (:  Now I just need to find a place to put it
...either my wrist, foot or collarbone. I was so excited I thought id share that with you! (:

now I will try to sleep cause dads driving and the roads are good so I trust him. I love the interstate..I miss it a lot! It's so much faster than what im used to now., which is taking dinky highway 2! But I digress, it still gets me from point a to point b so I guess its not horrible until you factor in all the oil trucks..whatever. I'm tired and ranting and raving.

-Samantha

New York? Uhh...WHAT?!

hey guys,
The last 2 days have been a whirlwind of emotions as my grandpa had a stroke and doctors have said he isn't going to make it. He's on life support as I write this and my grandma is waiting for us before she signs to take him off life support. :( So the family (more like the Ark) is going to New York to say goodbye and whatnot. I didn't even feel like writing this but I guess it's okay to talk it about it and lay it all out on the table. It's so hard to know someone you love is dying, but its even harder knowing you have to let them go. I cried all day today and I'm about to start crying now...mom says its okay to cry, but I hate crying. My eyes get puffy and red, my nose runs like an Olympic runner and I shake more than an earthquake.
I've already decided I'm getting a tattoo eventually but I don't know what of. Something so I always have a little piece of him with me everywhere I go..Im thinking an anchor or bird. Something that represents strength..I dunno yet.
My grandpa was a strong man, he had 3 kidney transplants and raised my dad and uncle, which probably wasn't an easy job if you see how my dad and uncle act... They have burping and farting wars, talk about cars, guns and other stuff that's just dumb. My grandpa also married my grandma, and I gotta tell you, she's a peach somedays but others she isn't...I don't know how he put up with her, but he did, and they always made it work.
Grandpa wasn't always the nicest, but that was mostly because he was always in the hospital for dialysis and on meds, but he still loved and was loved. It feels like there's an empty place in my heart now. No more birthday cards signed "love pop-pop Butler," and no more phone calls from that energetic voice saying "Hey Sammy!" They say only the good die young and its true, because my grandpa was only 52.
Sorry if I made anyone sad from reading that, I teared up a lot but yeah. I just needed to throw this out there. I don't usually like to talk about how I feel, I like to write it out. I guess I don't have much more to say except that its going to be a long ride to New York, shoved in a mini van with 2 whiny kids who have small bladders and loud mouths.... a.k.a my siblings whom I love very much, just not right now.
I'll try and post pics of the cities and other things when I go through the states. I haven't been to the east coast in 7 years so it's a little exciting knowing I get to go through Chicago and Minneapolis again. (: Ah well..that's about it, people are texting me left and right so I'm must go now.
-<3Sammy

Justin Bieber Fan? You better Belieb it! (;

hey guys!

so its 3:30 in the morning and I can't sleep so I just turned on the Justin Bieber movie....all I can say is WOW.! I never used to like him, mostly because every other girl did, but after watching this movie my respect goes out to him. If you haven't seen this movie, watch it! Even if you aren't a huge fan this movie will make you think a little bit differently about him. It's on Netflix and isn't all that long so go, go watch it now! What are you waiting for?! GO!!

My Cat!

Hey guys,

Today I want to talk about my cat. Now I know how odd this sounds, but if you've read my blog before you'll know that I've mentioned her a couple times and I think i'll miss her more than anything when I go off to college!

Her name is Tigger (: She lays with this stuffed polar bear every night..

You may be thinking, "Well why is she better than any other cat?"  Because she's mine, i've raised her and she's suuuuuuper smart! Now when I say raised her I don't mean she was a baby kitten when I found her. I had another cat, Angus, who I got after my mom's friend found him hiding in a car's tailpipe in the dead of winter. He later lost half his tail to frostbite, but he was still a happy cat. Anywho, Angus loved to be outside all the time, except for when he needed to eat or when it was winter. He would only eat canned food and if we didn't have that he would only eat the brown and red pieces from kibble food...he would spit the green ones out and leave them in a nice little pile.

He liked to hunt. For awhile we didnt have any birds come around our yard because he killed all of them as soon as he saw them..and then he'd bring them to me, drop them by my feet and rub up against my legs. Well winter came around, and Angus had started to come and go as he pleased and I couldn't figure out why. He never used to like the snow, but I soon realized why he kept wanting to go out. I went to let Angus in for the night and I saw her, she was sitting in the box, shiverring. She was a skinny thing with crusty looking eyes. She had one pointy ear, the other rounded and I liked her immediately! **We have this entryway with a screendoor that we propped open for Angus in case we forgot to let him back in after letting him out. We had 5 or 6 blankets placed around a middle-sized cardboard box out there with food and water and a heat lamp.  He had made a friend and brought her (Tigger) to come get food. She was a feral cat, who I don't think had ever been touched or fed by a human. Once she saw me she ran out of the entryway and back outside. I started putting more food out incase she came back, and every night the food was gone. I know Angus didn't eat it because I'd let him in and he would go dig into his food inside, leaving the green kibble behind.

Soon she didn't run away when I would feed her and sometimes even let me pet her. (: Eventually she came around and came inside all the time. But even then she stuck by myside like glue at all times and followed me everywhere. To my room, in the kitchen, even when I'd be in the bathroom getting ready in the morning she would be up on the counter, her eyes closed just taking it all in. Just a snuggley little thing. (: She's still that way today.

Angus and her were best friends, they hunted together, played together, and watched tv together. No joke, whenever spongebob came on they ran out to the living room, like actual humans, sat on the top of the couches, just staring at the tv. One day this past April, Angus didn't come home at night. The next morning, still no sign of him. He never came home. Mom thinks somebody took him, and I think he got eaten by a mountain lion or bit by a rattlesnake and died. :( Either way it was still sad! So now it's just Tigger.

People are amazed when they come to my house, see a cat, but don't see a litter box. They always ask, "Don't you have a litterbox?" To which I reply, "Nope. My cat is potty trained!" I wish I had a camera to take a picture of people's faces when I tell them that...haha. Seriously, Tigger is potty-trained. When she needs to go to the bathroom, she goes to the door and meows (she never used to meow, so Caleb taught her how), let her our and give her 5 minutes, after that, open the door and she's sitting there waiting, just like a dog. I can't even begin to descibe my cat in under 700 words. She lays with me and her polar bear everynight, she's potty trained, and she's cute. (: What could be better in a cat? Nothing.

winter is hereeee!

Snow is literally falling so fast right now and I'm loving every second of it (: I made a poem in the hopes of school being canceled tomorrow and its to the tune of Call Me Maybe...

Big flakes are falling
and this is crazy
cause its a blizzard
so no school maybe?!

haha have a good night guys and be safe!

Thanksgiving? Gobble, Gobble!!

Hey guys,

So last week I said I was going to post about Thanksgiving and how awesome my grandmas food is (uhh corn cassarole anyone?) and possibly post some recipes 'cause y'know, Thanksgiving is just one of those holidays where you can eat and eat and eat and not feel guilty about it. (Well, I don't anyways.) I'm just so excited for my grandmas mashed potatoes and turkey 'cause well, they're the best! Everything Grandma makes is homemade and made with love, which is prolly why it's so good. On a sidenote: have you ever gone to a friends and they're like "My mom makes the best (insert food here)!" and you're like "oh how nice," but really you're thinking "Noooo way Jose! My mom makes waaaaay better!?" Haha, because I totally do!  But hey, I guess everyone's entitled to their own opinion. Anyways, my grandma knows I don't like pie very much so she makes me a pan of her lemon bars. This recipe has been handed down from generation to generation and now I have it. (: I wish I would've taken a picture of them the last time I made them so you could see what they look like at every step, but oh well! Below is the recipe...

Great-Great Grandma Rude's Lemon Bars


You will need:

1/2 cup of margarine
1/4 cup of powdered sugar
1 and 1/2 cups of sifted flour (I've used unsifted before and there is no difference)

Preheat the oven to 350° and combine ingredients in a bowl. It will look like a crust, which then you will need to put in a greased bar pan. (A double batch fits a 9x13 pan pretty nicely) Let it cool for 15-20 minutes.


Lemon Filling:

3 eggs
2 tablespoons of flour
1 cup of sugar
1/2 tsp baking powder (NOT BAKING SODA!)
1/2 cup of freshly squeezed lemon juice
and a pinch of salt

Mix together, but don't over mix otherwise the eggs will be too fluffy and the filling won't turn out right. Pour over cooled crust and bake for 18-20 minutes. Let cool completely before the next step. **If you don't have freshly squeezed lemon juice, the stuff in the bottle is okay too.


Frosting:

1 tsp of vanilla extract
1 tsp of milk (2% and nothing else)
1 and 1/2 cups of powdered sugar
2 tablespoons margarine

Frost and enjoy! (:

Ermahgerd.

So, I never usually read the paper, mostly because I never know where to look for one, but today my English teacher had one sitting on the podium and I grabbed it, snatched that sucker up because you know me, I love knowledge! (: Anyways, I'm glad I did because I got to the health section and WALLAH! An article about starting to treat cheerleaders as athletes! I know what you might be thinking, "Obsessed much?" Uh YES!

Here's me..with the paper (:

The lady who wrote the article talked about how dangerous cheering is and that because of that matter it should be considered an MHSA sport and I agree 100%! My life has been made...thank you Billings Gazette! Click Here to view the original article featured in the Billings Gazette.

<3 Samantha

Another Short Post Cause I Don't Have Enough..

Hey guys...

If this seems a little forced, it's because it is. I don't meet the requirements for short posts in my English class, so I have to make them up now because next week is finals week and I really don't want to fail this class. So that's why there's been little itty-bitty posts this week and not a huge one. I'm running out of ideas on what to write about, mostly because I have classmates that have their own topics and I don't want to be like "I'm gonna write about this and steal your topic HAHA!" No that'd be mean because I'd steal their fanbase and I want to be original (don't we all?) Oh, the challenges I face! So sorry if this just clogs up your blogfeed, ignore future posts because i'm sure they won't be 100% awesome, like me! (:

Song of the day: Call Me by shinedown < la-la-loooooove it!!! (:

Happy Wednesday <3

Rings (:

I don't think i've told many people about my current obsession, rings! I wear them a lot and I have a few different ones, like a rabbit that's chasing a flower and a t-rex one I got in Minnesota, but i'm always looking for new ones. This last weekend I bought one thats a rhinestone gun and is so gawdy, but it's probably my favorite so far because i've gotten at least 10+ comments on it! Don't get me wrong I love the other ones, but I la-la-loved it, so i bought it :P

freaking sweet! and it was only $5 (: which equals a happy Sam!

 



Here's the bunny and dinosaur ring (:

 

For some odd reason, Blogger hates me and won't let me do a caption without messing up this whole post, i've had to write it 3x. So yeah, all I want for Christmas is a ring, something different, maybe an octopus or whale ring? I dunno (:

Be Aggressive!

Be Aggressive, B-E aggressive B-E  A-G-G-R-E-S-S-I-V-E!

Hey guys! So a couple days ago I said I was going to have a post on cheerleading, mostly because there's a lot of misconceptions of what cheerleaders really do. Some people say it's a sport, others think cheerleaders just get in the way of watching the games. What do I think? I am a cheerleader and I think that it is a sport, it may not always be competitive, but there are competitive teams who really do work hard and look great while being tossed into the air. There I just threw it out there. I hate talking about cheerleading in school, well because, I live in Montana and to most it isn't a sport. Everybody in our school thinks the cheerleading is so easy, one time a kid in my class even told me that it's pointless and isn't a sport that's needed. Which really, and I mean really ticked me off! Sure we don't do all the back handsprings, and basket tosses, (see below for an awesome one!) but we try. We try to get the crowd excited and pumped up to help the team win! We have practice, just like any other sport, we break fingers, have sore backs, twisted ankles and other various injuries but we still go on without complaining. *cough*footballboys*cough* (: We can only have 6 varsity cheerleaders, and believe me its a bit hard trying to do huge stunts with only 6 people. People are always telling me, "Why don't you guys do anything like other cheerleaders?" and here I am, trying to explain how its a little difficult trying to put 3 girls in the air and having 3 lift them up, with no spotters. It's dangerous, duh! People are so freaking dumb because then after hearing that, they retort back with "Well, it can't be THAT hard.!" I'd like to see you try lifting a girl who weighs as much as you, without dropping her, and smiling while doing it too. Oh, and by the way, i'd also like to see you try and coach 20-40 little kids a 32 count dance in an hour without one having an accident or crying because they didn't get put in the front row. Oh and could you keep your grades above failing when working 20+ hours a week with practice every night? Probably not. I'd like to see you try, and when you're successful, come back and tell me all about it and i'll serve you a nice slice of humble freakin' pie!!!

Here's a team I found on youtube...WOW! that first ripple had me! DISCLAIMER: I don't own any of the rights to this video.

But enough about that, tryouts are approaching and i'm really nervous! (biting fingernails..) I can tumble and I have the ability to be heard, but my arm movements aren't where they need to be and because of that I might get bumped down to junior varsity. :( I'm really trying, but lately it seems like it's not going anywhere. Plus I think i'm getting nervous because basketball season starts in 3 weeks and we don't have a cheer squad put together, haven't ordered uniforms or shoes, plus some of the new girls don't know any cheers. The next few weeks are going to be timed so tightly! Here's an awesome warmup I made on www.gtmsportswear.com



here's the front..with my name on it (:

 





 

Here's a picture of the back, blogger won't let me add a caption. :( Isn't it sorta cute?! I think so, but maybe that's just because I personalized it? Ahh, who cares it's not like we're really going to wear them. Well that's it, class is almost over so i'm going to leave you with a hint to next weeks blog...What's goes gobble gobble and gets eaten on the 3rd Thursday in November every year?

 

Have a great day guys!

 

 

*November 7, 2012

 

The Billings Gazette: New Recognition, Local Support for treating athletes as cheerleaders

 

Here's the link here:

 http://billingsgazette.com/lifestyles/health-med-fit/local-support-grows-for-treating-cheerleaders-as-athletes/article_322a9929-0453-5209-a253-e533c87e097f.html

Weddings..Love Them, or Hate Them?!

Happy Day bloggers! Sorry I haven't been on here much, it's just that 2 weekends ago I went to a wedding and many of you probably know that weddings are like a week-long party. (Okay, maybe that's only in North Dakota..) Anyways, it was the first family-related wedding i've been to in, hmmmm, eight years? The last one was my dad's, which ended horribly (that's another story..) and this one was my cousin's wedding and twas a grand event! There was cake, dancing, and  moments where people got up and said a toast, but really it was more like a embarassing speech that made everyone laugh and remember to take another cupcake off the tray... :P

I don't know what I want in my wedding, all I know is it's going to be a really, really big wedding. I have too much family to have a small wedding. So yeah, that's pretty much it for now.

This week i'm going to try and write about cheer, so stay tuned!

English is Frustrating..

My frustration with the english language is enormous! It's presumed as the hardest language to learn, and to be honest, I don't doubt that. There's pronounciations, spelling, grammar, homophones and other various things that just make English hard to learn. Our language is derived from our ancestors and when you think about it, America is a mixing pot of cultures. Now add language into the mix and voila! The English language. We took words from every culture and, or, nation and made them our own. We have so many rules for words, like "i before e, except after c." This rule doesn't apply to the word weird, which is weird and so messed up. Add slang, "Yo dawg, wazz up?" and you have people running around like chickens witht their heads cut off. Who calls their friends "dogs," and asks "what's up?" in a non-literal sense? Oh, that's right...we Americans do. Ask somebody who isn't a native to this country the same question and you'll get an innocent reply like this, "I'm not a dog, and and the sky is up." (This actually happened to me..) Now, that person may be thinking, "How odd, don't they know any better?" We do, but we just say words to make a sentence shorter and it's called being lazy. We do it when we text, when we email and sometimes people even write like this: "lyk OMG did u see hr eyes? WAJ! She lookz lyk a rakoon!"*
*Words have been changed for added effect. If you can read that, WOW. Leave the original spelling in a comment and you'll get a shoutout in my next post!

With that being said I don't know how people can win a Scripps National Spelling Bee, because there are so many huge words of different origins. (If you're reading this and you've won a spelling bee before, you know what im talking about..) You have to be so focused and dedicated and not to mention, look good in a white polo shirt. (HARD!) When I was younger I won a few spelling bees (3rd grade through 8th grade) and went on to the county spelling bee where I was beat out every year by an older kid or the home-schooled kid. The home-schooled kid was a different duck, but very nice and eventually went on to be in the Scripps National Spelling Bee. He didn't last long because he wasn't used to being in front of that many people and just shut down. The kid was a sweaty, stuttering mess! I know some people get like that, heck I still get nervous before cheering sometimes, but i smile and do it anyways! I guess you just have to take it one step at a time and not concentrate on the mess-ups but instead concentrate on the things you're doing right. Haters should be your motivators and I have no clue where I am going with this post so I'm just going to stop and save you some time. Like I said before, decode the *txt msg* and leave it in a comment and you might just get a shoutout in my next post.!

Later Alligators (:

driving.

as I am typing this I am almost home! I haven't slept in my own bed since Tuesday and boy do I miss it! I didn't have school Thursday or Friday so that's why there wasn't a post this week.. (sorry!) I hope you all had a great weekend (I know I did, more to come later!) and that you've been telling all your friends about me (:

fairwinds young chaps! (:

^tawni that's for you!

Harry Potter=Happiness

it's monday...But never fear, The Random Butter is here! As i'm sitting in school on Pintrest, I came across a "You know your a Harry Potter fan when.." pin and ERMAHGERD, the light bulb in my head turned on! I will make this post about all things Harry Potter (: call me loonier than Luna Lovegood for trying to explain how much I love Harry Potter in one post, but I am going to do this.

You mutter nonsense Latin words under your breath.

You've created more than one Pottermore account because you didn't get into the house you wanted.. (add me on Pottermore! QueenPurple7407)

You call your least favorite teacher Snape.

You actually ask for a broom for Christmas.

You mutter "lumos" under your breath every time you turn on a flashlight.

You sort everyone you meet into the four Hogwarts houses (Gryffindor, Ravenclaw, Hufflepuff and Slytherin).

You had to go to the hospital after you broke your nose running headfirst into the wall between platforms nine and ten.

The wand order mistake in GoF drove you crazy, and even after it was "corrected" you still came up with dozens of theories to explain why that happened.

You try on every piece of silvery fabric your mom has to see if you turn invisible.

Before getting up to get something, you always try to summon it first. Accio TV remote!

You watched "Love, Actually" because two minor Harry Potter actors were in it.

You refer to your Chemistry class as Potions.

You spend hours tapping bricks in special orders, hoping that a secret entrance to Diagon Alley will appear.

You think that J.K. Rowling is a squib who actually told a real story.

When playing chess, you yell orders to the chess players and get upset when they don't move.

You yell into the "fellytone."

You get emotional every time you hear "Hedwig's Theme".

You say "wicked" all the time because Rupert Grint does.

You started crying when you found they were going to make a HP amusment park  (i'm going next summer!!!!!)

You get thoroughly overexcited every time you see a word somewhere that is distantly linked with HP (ie. Saint Hedwig's).

You name all of your pets after HP characters.

You wished for a flying car

You get into heated arguments over how much gel Tom Felton had in his hair in the first two movies.

You know that Harry's birthday is July 31, 1980, Hermione's birthday is September 19, 1979 and Ron's birthday is March 1, 1980 even though it was never said in the books.

You refer to Voldemort as "You-Know-Who", and no one has any idea who you're talking about.

You wish pictures actually moved

You go to the zoo and try and speak Parseltongue to the snakes

You want to go see where the movie was taped

You think it'd be funny if Sirius' middle name was, "Lee".  (: hahaha

You are amazed when you find out that some colleges have a Quidditch team!

You actually ate the Bertie Botts Every Flavour Beans (puke tastes like a cheeseburger FYI!)

You went out and bought the latest editition of the Webster's Dictionary because they added the word "Muggle".

You were kicked out of the movie theater for standing on your chair, throwing your shoe at the screen and yelling "THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN IN THE BOOK!"

You drop everything when a Harry Potter marathon comes on ABC Family and watch it, even if you've seen every movie 10 gajillion times.

You count the days until you're old enough for your Apparation license, and everyone else thinks you're talking about driving.

If you've done/want at least 5 of those things listed, you are definitly a HP fan!


Now, I don't know about you guys, but I bawled my eyes out in the last movie because I realized it was over. No more Dobby, no more Dumbledore, no more charming, magical tales of Harry Potter. ): *However, Harry Potter will forever live on in my life, and I hope when I have kids in 8-10 years that they'll read Harry Potter too like I did. (Blogger's note: I was 4 when Harry Potter came out and it was the first book I ever read)

Oh happy day..It's tuesday!

Only Tuesday?!?!

Okay so i'm 17 and I still watch Spongebob, sue me! Hehe (:  Recently i've noticed that kids shows just aren't the same as they used to be, they're getting raunchy and racy! Kinda upsets me knowing that...like what ever happened to Hey Arnold!, Ahh! Real Monsters or even Gullah Gullah Island?! oh, that's right...Nickelodeon cut them. *weeping like a 2 year old* Teen Nick does do a thing at night where it's old Nickelodeon shows, like All That and Doug, but it's just not the same. Nickelodeon should make a channel with just old shows like Cartoon Network does! (Boomerang) I remember Nickelodeon GAS and it had all of the action/reality shows on it (Guts, Figure it Out..) and Mike O'Malley in his younger days..but that was some years ago. Comment below with your favorite show growing up and if you wish it would come back! Later guys!

I don't know what to call this so i'm just going to write a really long pointless title. Still reading the title? Jeez..I told you it was pointless but apparently you find pointless things interesting enough to keep reading..you should really stop now.

^^happy friday (:

So yesterday i was on Pintrest (like always!!) and came across this one lady's blog..I started reading and wow!! I am soo hooked! Click here to go to her page.., but she makes some pretty neat stuff so if your into that, check out her page..you definitly won't be sorry! I also saw this leather looking jacket on Pintrest and I really want to buy it..

This is what it looks like, the pintrest link took me to etsy.com, but low and behold, I can't find it! :(
If anybody could lemme know where I could find this jacket or a similar one, please let me know!! it's super awesome and reminds me of the Hunger Games, which is a whole new post entirely..

No More Movies..

I feel as if the whole movie thing isn't working out..there just isn't enough time in the day to sit down and watch a movie and plus I can't be critical because I am a normally happy person. Don't believe me? Below is my schedule for TODAY...

• Thursday
• 6 a.m.- 8 a.m.--Wake up and get ready for school
• 8:02 a.m.- 3:30 p.m.--Go to school, and sit through 5, 75 min. class periods...
• 3:31 p.m.- 3:45 p.m.--go home and get ready for work and clock into work..
• 3:50 p.m.- 9:30 p.m.--work. work. and WORK..
• 9:35 p.m.- 10:00 p.m.-- come home, talk to mom about my day..
• 10:00 p.m.- 12:00 a.m./1:00 a.m.--doing homework
• and then my day starts all over again..

Fun huh?! Yeah now try adding speech and drama, plus cheer practice and keeping my grades up so I can cheer and compete. I almost have no time to myself. So the movie option is out the window and plus with the whole movie blog I could never really reach out and be like, "hey, I like her shoes /hair/makeup." because instead I had to be judgemental (which I can't be!) and I am now OFFICIALLY making this blog about fashion, hair, celebs, and my life in a nutshell! WOO-HOOOOO!!!

So I never really got to share my views about what I like so here is a list of things

1. I don't know where my life is going, all I know is that it's happening so fast
2. I don't like writing on paper, I like using a computer
3. When writing on paper I refuse to use a pencil and my teachers get upset.
4. I am obsessed with 90's music
5. I love Nickelback (hate now me now, thank me later)

Chad Kroeger..mmmmm <3

6. I have a fear of having bad breath and chapped lips..I always carry gum and green apple chapstick with me.

7. I also have a fear of needles, but I got my nose pierced and it didn't hurt, so i'm kinda thinking about getting a tattoo
8. My family tree is so messed up and big..
9. I love my cat..looooooove her more than anything (:
10. I used to hate GLEE. but then i watched the 1st season and I love it!

11. I have been told by a college professor that I sound like Lea Michele when I sing..
12. I really want a blue or pink chevy cavalier

Like this!!! So stinkin' cute!!! So totally me!! Ugh..I can wish though

13. I love makeup! 'Specially eyeshadow and eyeliner!

This is how my eyes look today..except this isn't actually me! I wish though because she has nice eyebrows..mine are just kinda like ew.

 

14. I have an obsession with reality shows (Honey Boo-Boo Child!!!!!, Breaking Amish, Teen Mom, Jersey Shore) but I never have time for tv..

I just think her family is so funny

15. My interests in a future career have ranged from a doctor to a zookeeper..
16. My whole room is done in Marilyn Monroe (:

I know, I know..i'm a pretty awesome person (; haha so I guess this post was mainly to tell you a little bit more about myself and to also establish that I can't watch movies and be critical so the topic is gonna change. Sorry if this upsets anyone, I just didn't want to do anything that wasn't fun, and I'm sure there are better and greater movie bloggers out there (in fact, I know there is!)

What i'm listening to: Wonderwall
Quote of Today: "If what you've done is stupid but it works, then it really isn't that stupid at all." -David Letterman

I love y'all <3 byeeee

That's the way we get down..in a hicktown

Ugh. I hate blogging. So far nobody has commented on any of my posts. LIKE REALLY?! I feel like I’m going to die if I don’t get attention. I know that sounds really needy, but I also feel like if I don’t get viewers now, that when, and if, I were to switch my blog topic I would have to build up my rep again. I originally wanted to do this blog on fashion (think Vogue..) and hair styles, but it wasn’t really a go because I live in Montana and I don’t see a whole lot of people wearing Dior or Louboutins. The majority of people around here own at least 2 pairs of any kind of boot, rock huge belt buckles, and most ride horses. Hey, you call it hick, we just call it pride and hard work.

Here are some $595.00 Dior sunglasses..

 and $2295.00 Louboutin boots..I just cried a little at how lovely they look!

I wish I could visit California, or live in France. I love the art, and fashion and plus California makes movies and France has good food, or so I’ve been told by my aunt who lived there for years.  J'ai pris une année de français, (I took a year of French class) so that’s why I’d go to France/Europe. Welp, class is almost over so I must end this post for now. Ciao, a demain, bye!

Movie Sequels? No or Yes?

Do you ever watch a movie and at the end of the movie you think to yourself, “They have to make a sequel, they just have to!” I know I do and lately I’ve been doing a little bit of research on if the movies I like (Monsters Inc., Project X, Paranormal Activity…etc.) are going to have sequels. I found out, they are! According to www.denofgeek.com and www.movie-moron.com some MAJOR sequels will be coming out as early as next month, or as late as 2014. (TRON 3?!) I’m not so sure I’m really excited about all of them, but here is a list of movies that are in talks or production…

Cloud With a Chance of Meatballs: Revenge of the Leftovers (February 2014)

• What could be better than food falling from the sky? Uhh, nothing!

Ghostbusters III

• Not a green light yet, but it’s in talks…what I’m wonder is how could they ever out-do the Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man?!

Final Destination 5

• Another movie about death coming after them…and I’m sure they’ll make a sixth one...and a seventh one too

How to Train Your Dragon 2

• Great movie for kids, it out-did Megamind at the box-office, but I just couldn’t get into the first one, but i guess I’ll give this one a shot..

Iron Man 3

• Robert Downey Jr., I love you! ‘Nuff said. J

Marvel’s Avengers 2

• I wasn’t thrilled with the first one, sure there are some good-looking actors, but I did love the Hulk enough that I’ll watch this one.

Madagascar (2015)

• We get it, the animals want to go home or to Connecticut. Why must Dreamworks continue to drag this on?

Oz The Great and Powerful (2013)

• I AM SO EXCITED FOR THIS ONE!!!!!

 

 

Monster’s University (prequel to Monster’s Inc.)

• I've always wanted Disney/Pixar to do a second movie of Monster's Inc., but I wanted it to involve Boo..like at the end of the first movie they show her door and the light above it turns on! When i found out that Disney wasn't going to continue with the same storyline, but instead present how Sulley and Mike met I was a bit upset, however, you can't please everyone!

Percy Jackson: The Sea of Monsters

• This is a do! Loved the books, loved the first movie, anticipating this one! Logan Lerman will reprise his role as Percy..uhhh YAY!!

Pirates of the Caribbean 5

• No. Just. No. Sorry everyone, but this movie series is just getting old. Captain Jack Sparrow is getting old, and Johnny Depp, well he isn’t getting any younger..

Tron 3 (2013)

• During signings at Disney’s D23 event last week (NOTE: this was in 2011..), a fan asked about his interest in returning for TRON 3 to which Bruce Boxlietner confidently replied:”Oh, it’s already a done deal. It’s already in the works, my friend.”  According to Screenrant.com (2011), Tron won't drop until the end of 2013 or early 2014.

And there you have it folks, more sequels to look forward to! Which ones are you looking forward to or are you totally thinking to yourself, "really..?!" Leave it in the comments below!

"One time, she punched me in the face. It was AWESOME."

Happy Friday!

It's Friday, Friday..gotta get down on Friday! Everybody's lookin' forward to the weekend, weekend! Oh sorry, It's just that it's Friday and i'm wondering if Rebecca Black was in high school with Regina George if she'd be a plastic. Probably not.


"Oh my god Rebecca you can't repeat Friday TWENTY-SEVEN times!"

So today Mean Girls is the topic of my blog and I had the idea to write a review for this movie ever since school started. Why?, because high school these days is hard. Think about it...the homework, the cliques, the friend that hates your other friend so you can't say anything, and most of all, the pressure to fit in. Don't get me wrong, high school can be fun, but only if you make it and have some awesome friends like I do! 

Mean Girls is a movie that was released in 2004 and stars Rachel McAdams, Lacey Chabert, Amanda Seyfried, and Lindsey Lohan before she turned into a cracked-out, loony-bin. Lohan plays Cady (pronounced Katie), a home schooled girl who moves to the States and finally goes to high school. While in school she meets Janis Ian, (played by the amazing Lizzy Caplin!) and Damian (Daniel Franzese) who befriend her and show her around. Soon Cady is invited to sit with the Plastics (a group of popular girls who resemble Barbies, thus the name the Plastics) at lunch. The Plastics are made up of Regina George (McAdams), Gretchen Wieners (Chabert), and Karen Smith (Seyfried). Cady does sit with them which sparks a year-long scheme made by Janis to crack Regina down! 

Janis: And evil takes a human form in Regina George. Don't be fooled because she may seem like your typical selfish, back-stabbing slut faced ho-bag, but in reality, she's so much more than that. 

Janis and Regina used to be friends until Regina went and spread a bunch of rumors about Janis being apart of the rainbow..

"Cady: Hey! 
Regina: Why were you talking to Janis Ian? 
Cady: I don't know, I mean, she's so weird, she just, you know, came up to me and started talking to me about crack. 
Regina: She's so pathetic. Let me tell you something about Janis Ian. We were best friends in middle school. I know, right? It's so embarrassing. I don't even... Whatever. So then in eighth grade, I started going out with my first boyfriend Kyle who was totally gorgeous but then he moved to Indiana, and Janis was like, weirdly jealous of him. Like, if I would blow her off to hang out with Kyle, she'd be like, "Why didn't you call me back?" And I'd be like, "Why are you so obsessed with me?" So then, for my birthday party, which was an all-girls pool party, I was like, "Janis, I can't invite you, because I think you're lesbian." I mean I couldn't have a lesbian at my party. There were gonna be girls there in their *bathing suits*. I mean, right? She was a L******. So then her mom called my mom and started yelling at her, it was so retarded. And then she dropped out of school because no one would talk to her, and she came back in the fall for high school, all of her hair was cut off and she was totally weird, and now I guess she's on crack."

^^ Courtesy of www.imdb.com

And now Janis wants revenge and plans to use Cady to become popular to hear all of the Plastics' secrets. The Plastics have secrets and write down stuff about people in this "burn book," which talks trash about the whole school. Cady eventually ditches Janis and Damien for her new life which backfires when Regina makes copies of the burn book's pages and spreads them around the school. This makes Cady look like a total *insert female dog name here* and everybody hates her. In the end, the girls become friends again and get along.

Mean Girls is your average teen movie. It has some pretty good laughs and truths behind it. It doesn't paint a perfect picture, but I get it, you can't make a movie two hours long and have everything perfect. It just doesn't work that way. The characters are all well-casted (except for Lohan..I really hate her..) This movie isn't for little kids, the word $@#! pops up numerous times along with *bleep and *bleep. I really liked how true the movie was to high school, but not everything was right. Now I must say, in school, if you talk trash about someone, sure people get mad and hate you for like a day, and then pretend to like you and/or forgive you. In Mean Girls, this isn't the case. Also, cliques here don't dress alike and have certain days where they wear a certain thing. Well, I take that back, some do, but that's only because they like to be in control. All in all i'm giving this movie an eight out of ten.

friday night..and no review.

hey guys. today I wasn't in school because I had a really really bad migraine :( I don't have access to a computer so on Monday the mean girls review will be up! sorry for any let downs!

<3 Samantha.

This Is So Fetch!

Happy Wednesday!

Today is a lazy day for me because yesterday I went to a college fair and all that thinking about where I want to go to college and what I want to do when I graduate, fried my brain just a tad bit! Did you know the average four-year college costs have gone up 15%? (USA Today) Yeah..money and school stresses me out. So bear with me if I start rambling on about random topics. As I said last week in the Cast Away post, I wil be doing a post about the movie Mean Girls (2004). If you're a guy you might be thinking, "Why a chick flick?!" but if you're a girl you might be thinking "Err meh gerd I LOVE Mean Girls!" The reason behind this future post is because I want to uncover the facts and myths about how high school is portrayed in this movie. Sure you have your cliques, but not all of us actually call each other vulgar names. I can't wait for Friday because this post is going to be SO FETCH!

Wilson!!!
Chances are if you read my title, you might have an idea as to what movie I’m going to review today. If you guessed Cast Away, you’re right!! If not, well maybe you’ve been stranded on an island without movies for too long. Below is the trailer and the general overview of the movie, courtesy of www.youtube.com and www.imdb.com

“A FedEx executive must transform himself physically and emotionally to survive a crash landing on a deserted island.”

Now I don't know about you guys, but I totally thought this movie was awesome! Sure, it had its flaws,(Click here to see the flaws from Cast Away) and came out 12 years ago, but once again Robert Zemeckis and Tom Hanks totally got it right. Don’t get me wrong, I love Tom Hanks, but watching him struggle while living alone for about two hours sort of got repetitive, but alas! Tom Hanks finally gets saved after trying to leave the island and having nobody to talk to for a few years besides a volleyball named, “Wilson.” Hey, if you were on an island for four years I bet you'd talk to a stationary object too! In the end Chuck (Hanks)  is saved and returns to his girlfriend Kelly (Hunt). However, Kelly has since moved on with her life because she thought Chuck was dead. She gives him the keys to his car, and they both part seperate ways. (insert sappy sigh here..)I really liked how the movie was set up and how well Tom Hanks portrayed being alone. I didn't like how time obsessed Chuck (Hanks) was, cause it kind of made him come off as a jack-wagon. I guess it was an important part of the movie because they kept reiterating "time is everything." I'm giving this movie eight out of ten stars. It's not getting a ten just because of all the flaws. Also, does anybody know if the Elvis theme means anything in this movie? I caught on to that right away...hmmm. I'll have to check. Stick around for this week's movie, Mean Girls! Until then, avoir!