Sam says...

So Sam told me to blog something about magneticness, Quiz Bowl, or her. As is the case, I have decided to blog about all three of them. (They all kind of tie in together too...) First- because she's so important-is Sam.

OK, so Sam is pretty much the coolest person I know named Samantha. And if you don't know Sam, we'll just pretend that you do. Can't we just pretend that everyone in the world knows Sam? She enjoys many things including knitting, reading, writing books with Bianka, and studying for Quiz Bowl with Bianka as well (for a more complete list of Sam's favorite things to do see her blog, http://froomla@blogspot.com) She enjoys car names and long walks on the beach (I'm not so sure about the last one but then again, who doesn't love long walks on the beach?)

Quiz Bowl!! Quiz Bowl is pretty much the best thing since sliced bread, just ask Sam or I but don't ask Andrea or she'll tell you that sliced bread is better. Quiz Bowl is like, my secret passion along with Art but, shhh, don't tell anyone. I think Sam likes art too cause she really likes the DIA, so I think that's safe to say. Sam specializes in car names and the last page of the literature packet for Quiz Bowl. We are both currently working on reading selected books from the list and organizing we-know-what but it's way too geeky for me to put on my blog for bunches of people to see.

Magneticness is not free to discuss right now. FYI: I will not be offended if anyone who knows about magneticness buys me magnets as long as they're sweet and original.

By The Way: This is Cha and I, not Sam and I! (I just liked the pic...)

Isabella Marie Swan

My bob, I do not like Bella [in the Twilight Series] anymore! She makes me so mad. Like, it's hard to explain but I seriously cannot stand her. She's soo possesive and so selfish! Edward is way too nice to her! She kind of reminds me of Jacob Black. And don't even get me started on him. Oh, he makes me soooo mad! He has to sit there, thinking of himself like always, and convince Bella that she's in love with him when she is clearly in love with Edward . Besides, Edward is just soo much cooler than some werewolf. I mean, why would you have a werewolf when you have some really good-looking vampire who loves you?? Besides, it gets worse. Jacob has to go and kiss Bella. He translucently knows that Edward can read minds and he just has to go and think about it all the time which hurts Edward. I mean, how heartless can he be?? I just cannot stand him! I really don't get Jacob because he knows that he's going to imprint someday so why bother falling in love when he knows that both he and Bella will come out of the relationship hurting?? So I don't like Bella and I don't like Jacob so maybe they should just get together and when he imprints Bella can commit suicide or something. Then Edward will commit suicide and the story would just end so much quicker. However, Stephenie Meyer would get a lot less money if this was how the story ended so I know that's not going to happen. Dang it!

ART

OH MY BOB! I HEART ART! AND THAT RHYMED!! AND I'M NOT SURE WHY I'M WRITING IN ALL CAPS! So I guess I'll stop that now...Anywho, I like art. I'm probably not as good as someone like Robert but I like to think I specialize in it. So I'm just going to list off a whole bunch of artsits who I can tell you at the very least one piece of work they did because I'm bored and have nothing better to do. Literally.

Rembrandt, Titian, van Gogh, da Vinci, Magritte, Bosch, Bernini, Michaelangelo, Donatello, Raphael, Valezquez, El Greco, Brancusi, Lescot, Lahori, Vasari, van Allen, and many more that I just can' think of right now.

So the picture above. This is called de Nachtwacht or the Nightwatch/ the Shooting Company of Captain Franz Banning Cocq. It is a very unique picture in many ways and I won't go into all of them. That would take me a while considering I am very passionate about Rembrandt. However, this is one of Rembrandt's more important art pieces to know, especially for Quiz Bowl.

This painting to the right is Christina's World. This piece of work was done by a renowned American artist in 1948, A. Wyeth. It isn't necessarily the most important painting to know but I really like it. I dunno, I guess I just like paintings that don't have very much in them. This painting-for me- really sets the mood of being kind of forlorn, sad, and gloomy which are 3 feelings I am partial to. The girl in this painting-Christina-has a muscular disorder that prevents her lower half of her body from being able to move. In this picture, she is crawling towards her vegetable patch to get vegetables (no, fruit). Though I can't really see the vegetable garden...

Wrestling

Ok, so I kind of defy my gender by saying I like to watch wrestling. Not the phony kind that's like WWF or whatever, but like the high school sport. Like, the real sport where you don't bang chairs over peoples' heads. So my brother (who wrestles) taught me this move called "the splitz." It's just that; you make a wrestler do the splitz. He was nice and did all the typical things a wrestler might do if he were in that position. So I was on top and all in position when I rolled over and he like flattened me. My back really hurts now and I have a headache but at least I caused him pain. I know you all needed to know this so, you're welcome. :)

Happy New Year, Y'all!

What happened to 2007?? It seems like only yesterday it was Jan. 1, 2007. In the first few months of a new month, people are still writing the old year and it seems like the new year couldn't be any slower. Then life gets caught up to you and you get caught up in life and the year flies by.
Many people do different things on New Year's Eve. I hung out with my fam plus two really cool people [my friends]. We played the Game of Life, and Abby had some bubble space issues with Sam but it turned out OK. Then we played Apples to Apples where I didn't get any green cards. :(
Then, we went downstairs and listened to some really good music. Call me stupid, but I learned that Led Zeppelin (sp??) is not a person, but a band! That was my blonde moment of the day. Overall, it was fun. So Happy New Year to the limited number of people who will even be reading this!

About Me: Bianka Rose

In case you couldn't tell from the name, I am a girl. That is a fact. And, no, you can't even quote me on that. I have many interests ranging from the intellectual to the un-intellectual for lack of a better (made-up) word. For instance, I love Quiz Bowl. It's the zenith of every Tuesday and Thursday of my business week. Also, I am completely addicted to Sims 2 (got some of you there, didn't I?) to the point of my mother threatening to send me to Sims 2 Anonymous. She also hid the mouse yesterday so I wouldn't be able to play and I started having a migraine. Not a lie. Anywho, I do not like the snow and if I grow up I am most definitely moving to the south. Specifically one of the Carolinas or Virginia. I want to get a job when I grow up so I can make enough money to keep me alive, dressed, and well fed. I like to open presents Christmastime and on my birthday. If you were to ask me, sleeping is one of the best pasttimes ever to be. Someday I want to be trilingual and fluent in French, German, and English. I'm already 1/3 of the way there considering I speak English fluently if not better than some people twice my age. (I don't know, can you?) I don't like hospitals or Ms. Dreske, although without her my life would be quite dull. I have few friends but I consider them all to be close. I do not like crowded spaces, including the ever daunting mall. I am just a little bit claustrophobic and OCD but then again, who isn't? I wish to travel the world someday and run a half-marathon. I like to swim and chocolate is one of my closest friends (in more than one way). Movies are another great discovery and I really like my Superheroes, including Jason Bourne. I specialize in ART and MUSIC for Quiz Bowl and am currently working on memorizing my packets of those subjects. I like to exercise and I really don't mind school. Learning is great and sometimes makes my head hurt (especially when Ms. Dreske is trying to teach). History is fantabulous (another made-up word)! Jane Austen is one of my heroes (I'm hoping someday to meet my very own Mr. Darcy) and I am absolutely in love with the way Daphne de Maurier writes. I want to someday publish a novel and am currently working on one via NaNoWriMo (www.nanowrimo.org). I think that's it about me. I'm not saying where I live, it shall be one of the numbered mysteries about me although I wish I lived in this place that starts with an E and ends in -urope.

br's big/scary/fun things for '08...yeah...

So for NaNoWriMo, we're doing this thing called 2008- The Year of Doing Big, Fun, and Scary Things Together. So here's what I want to do for '08 that's porbably not so big, scary, or fun to the majority of people out there.
um... my list... i believe it shall be relatively short but long/near-to-impossible for me because i'm not very outgoing or the type of person to try new things. however, i will try most ardently to achieve 100% of the below goals. here's to 2008 and me trying to become more...
-drastically improve my german language skills-quickly (& wholly) recover from i-know-what...-actually put together a well-written novel-get to my seventh generation on sims 2, at least-maintain good grades-obtain a laptop that is MINE-take a day, go to the mall or downtown someplace, and do things i have never done before