Snow and No School

It snowed last night and everything looks so magical and pristine when covered by a blanket of snow. This is the first major snow my area has had in awhile, so everyone is either outside playing around or inside appreciating the beauty of it all. I am most definitely part of the latter. Snow is good and all, but what's even better is that school got canceled for today, which is just the cherry on top. No worrying about pop quizzes, homework, or anything of that trivial stuff. Instead, I can spend a day relaxing with my family and taking in all that nature has given me.

It's been too long...

I haven't written in ages. And I feel so guilty. I started this blog as a way to journal my thoughts, artwork, and ideas, but it has come to the point where I am neglecting it. It's just that school has been so stressful lately. I have SATs coming up, college apps in less than a year, and I still don't know what exactly I want to do with my life. I just hope that I can make the time for this place. Even if nobody reads this, I just want to post something on here so it doesn't become abandoned. I want to put my art and writing, but there simply aren't enough hours in the day. However, I'm going to try my best to keep this blog going.

It's Been WAY too Long

I haven't posted in three weeks....eek. I have been extremely busy with school and homework lately that I have had to neglect this blog of mine. I also couldn't get any doodles done. Now I know what people mean when they say junior year is tough. So far, I've had so many tests and quizzes...it's just been so much. I hope that I won't get too stressed and freak out this year. Well, I'm just going to have to try my best. Wish me luck!

AHHH!!! I'm Back!

I am finally back from my three-week-long vacation! My vacation was such a whirlwind! It was so much moving around and driving....and I met so many people. It was nice, but I'm so glad to be back home in America. However, school starts tomorrow and I am totally dreading it. It'll be the first day of my junior year, the hardest year of high school and the most important. Grr....I wish I could just skip it. This means piles of homework and hours dedicated to extracurriculars. Not to mention I have to go back to work next week. Oh well, there are some perks. I don't have to take the bus anymore (I can now drive to school with my very own car!). And I do get more freedom. But still, this year is going to be tough. I just have to stay focused and I can never lose sight of the prize, which I guess in my situation would be good grades. Ganbatte!
Enough about school. I finally have a doodle up! I know it's on notebook paper and in pencil, but at least I got one up after like four five weeks of not having one. Since school is coming up, I can really only focus on this blog on the weekends, and getting doodles up may be more difficult, but I'll try my absolute best to get them up as often as possible. Well I guess that's really it for this post. Wish me luck with junior year!

New Doodle

Okay, I finally have a doodle up. It's not that great (heck, it's down right horrible), and I had to edit it in Photoshop a little (my PS skills suck by the way). Hopefully, though, someone out there will appreciate it. The good news is that this doodle is the first in a "series" of six. They were all drawn on the same piece of paper. Basically, all the doodles are a group of friends-or so they thought. Really, some of them hate each other. I could only get one up today, but I'll try my best to get the others up this weekend (no promises!). I hope you like it!

So long...

Gah...it's been so long since I have last blogged, and I feel really bad about it. I've been busy packing so I haven't had time to post, but I promise I will get a doodle up today (hopefully in color). Now on to what's been going on lately, I haven't been doing much this week. I went to work yesterday, and I got a really bad backache but luckily I didn't get a splitting headache. We also ordered pizza, which was okay I guess. So my week has been really boring.....I guess I should just end this here.

Review: The Last Airbender

So I haven't blogged in the last few days because I have been so busy. I've been packing for my vacation, finishing up my summer homework, and, of course, I have been working on some doodles. But I wanted to do a movie review today on the newly released movie The Last Airbender. First off, I'm a huge fan of the show, and when I first heard they were going to make a movie, I thought 'Oh yeah, this is gonna be great!' Boy was I wrong. When I heard M. Night Shamaylan was going to direct it, I was a little disappointed. Honestly, I'm really not a big fan of his movies, and the past few that he directed weren't all that successful. But I thought that it would be unfair of me to judge, so I just tried my best to go into the movie with an open mind. But, there were so many things wrong with this movie.

1. The cast. The actors M. Night Shamaylan chose for this movie were TERRIBLE. I can understand Dev Patel as Zuko (he has actually acted in a serious role before) and Jackson Rathbone as Sokka (Jasper from Twilight), but the other actors he chose were horrible. I'm not saying that no-name actors and actresses can't be good, but the director should have chosen better ones. Katara was extremely annoying and looked worried throughout the entire film. The actor that played Aang was really only chosen because he could do martial arts. What about his acting? He was horrible. Also, none of the lead characters fit the way they were supposed to look! That made me so mad. All in all, the cast was messed up. However, I do have to say the actress who played Princess Yue was really pretty.
2. The pronunciations. They messed up the characters names. Throughout the whole movie, the cast members kept saying Aang, Avatar, Sokka, and Iro wrong. It made me so annoyed throughout the entire movie. I wanted to punch them in the face every time I heard them say it. And it made me wonder if M. Night Shamaylan even watched the show. If you are going to make a movie based off the show, at least say the names correctly.
3. The pacing. The pacing in this movie was horrible. At best, Shamaylan created miniature snapshots of moments in the show. It seemed as if the characters just hopped from place to place, without any explanation as to why they were leaving. I also felt that the writers of the movie left out some important characters that showed up. Basically, everything moved to fast, and if I hadn't watched the show, I would have been extremely confused.
4. The lack of comedy. Avatar is a serious show, but it was also funny. That's what made it so good. There were so many amazing, hilarious moments from the show that were absent, and my frustration grew larger as the movie went on. There was only one remotely funny part, which was when Katara accidentally froze Sokka, but it wasn't even that amusing. The writers of this movie could have lightened the mood by adding in some of the comedic elements of the show.

In conclusion, I would not recommend this movie. It was poorly made and extremely sloppy. Honestly, don't see it. All those bad reviews are right. It really does deserve 0 stars.