Larry and Fangirling

Pictures I Created

In case you can't read what is written in green, it says the following:

"An example of two book series' using the same word for two different love stories...."

For those of you who have read both Harry Potter and Hunger Games, you probably know what I'm talking about right here. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows came out a few years before Hunger Games which means that Harry Potter had the copyright on the "Always..." line before Hunger Games.

Dobby has one of the best lines in the movie when he says "Dobby never meant to kill. Only maim or seriously injure." Right before he said this line he had crashed a chandelier to the floor. That's where I got the idea for this.

Updates and an Important Announcement

I'm really sorry that I haven't been posting. I guess I haven't had anything too incredible to post about.

I have started reading the Hunger Games series and I am on the third book right now. I love them all!

I have also started watching Downton Abbey with my mom and sisters. With the exceptions of a few scenes, it is really good and I'd recommend it for ages 11 and up (if you're younger than 15 or 16 you should probably watch with a parent).

I have also recently gotten into smashbooking. I ordered a smash book of my own after getting one for a friend and reading more about them. It is pretty much just free form scrapbooking. After you get used to it, it can be addicting.

Now I have some news.

I'm not going to be posting for a while.

My church is in the midst of a revival and we are having a 21 day fast. Now, a fast can be where you don't eat food or you can just take something important to you out of your life. I hope to fast food for a long period of time one day, but I think that at my age it wouldn't be very good for me and I don't really want to at this moment.

Instead I am fasting all computer except for what I use for school.

I will not be on the Internet, emailing, or listening to anything on my computer.

I have found that the time spent on the computer is taking up too much of my time. I'm going to use that time to get closer to God and do other more productive things. I plan on posting on March 4th, the day the fast is over, about what I learned from my experience.

Right now, I'm just really excited about what God is going to show me in the next 21 days starting tomorrow. So far, this revival experience has been amazing and has brought me closer to God. Hopefully this fast will put me even closer. So my friends, I will talk to you again on March 4th. See you soon!

Winter Jam = Awesome!

Winter Jam is something that our youth group has been going to for several years now. It's a night where we go over to Columbus on the bus and attend a huge Christian rock concert. I have had the option to go for three years now but turned it down. Until this year.

This year was my year.

I was going to Winter Jam.

The following artists were going to be there: Royal Tailor, Jamie Grace, New Song, Sidewalk Prophets, Matthew West, Red, and -drum role please- YOU'LL HAVE TO KEEP READING TO FIND OUT!

Anyway, Ginger and I had invited our friends Lune and Hazel to go with us. All four of us were super excited. We piled on the bus with everyone else in our youth group and our leaders and started off on our 1 1/2 hour journey. I had a blast just on the bus. Lune and I sat next to each other and talked and listened to music.

Then we arrived.

We started looking at the line.

It looked like the line for a presidential candidate campaign rally.

The leaders started preparing us for the fact that we were probably not going to get in.

DUH, DUH, DUH!

Well, we had to try to get in so we got in line and began waiting.

We waited...

and waited...

and waited...

and waited...

We had to pass the time somehow so we tried out the effects of mob phsychology. It took forever but we got everyone in line to clap and cheer with the help of another youth group.

The whole time we were waiting I was telling myself that we were not getting in.

There was no way that they were going to fit all of us in that building!

We continued waiting....

and waiting...

and waiting...

and waiting...

Then we started walking up to the front doors.

Lune and I almost screamed we were so excited. We were without a doubt getting in now.

Then we walked through the front door.

WE WERE AT WINTER JAM!

It took forever but we ended up finding seats behind the stage. I know what you're thinking, no one wants to sit behind the stage. I didn't care. I could see every single person even though they only looked about two inches tall.

Now what would this post be without pictures? I'm going to post a picture of every single artist that we saw and my reaction to it. I also might talk about it a little bit (especially my favorites!).

Here we go!

 First up was Royal Tailor!

They were pretty cool. The main singer liked to dance.

I was still getting used to the whole idea of a rock concert at this point.

Then, it was Jamie Grace's turn!

She was the only girl all night but she was amazing!

Then came NewSong.

They were actually the ones who founded Winter Jam. 

Then came the Sidewalk Prophets. 

If you don't understand what I mean by words on a screen I will explain. Most of the bands would sing and you would want to sing with them but you didn't know the words. Well, Sidewalk Prophets actually had words on the screen!

Then came Matthew West.

This guy is on the River (a Christian radio station) all the time. I knew several of his songs just from listening to the radio so many times. 

Then came Red. 

Red is one of those crazy screamo artists in my opinion. His outfit was kind of creepy and there was fire behind him. FIRE! 

In my opinion, the lead singer looked like Obi-Wan Kenobi turned into a rock star! Anyway, I' not big on loud music and I only call something music if you understand the words and can distinguish the melody line. Red didn't completely meet my criteria. 

Hazel, Ginger, and Lune were rocking out while I was awkwardly sitting in my chair. 

I forgot to mention it but in between Matthew West and Red there was an intermission where Lune and I got some popcorn! It was soooooooo good! 

This next guy was in between these two I think but he wasn't a big part of it really. 

That's right, Jason Castro from American Idol was there! 

Now, it was the moment that me, Hazel, Lune, and Ginger were waiting for. Ginger and Lune were even going to have a screaming contest when this person came on stage. 

I was so excited.

My stomach was doing back handsprings.

I felt like doing back handsprings I was so excited!

That was when he walked on stage. 

That's right! Toby Mac was there at Winter Jam! 

We sang some songs that I knew and some that I didn't know. 

I couldn't believer that he was right there in front of me! 

Almost everyone there had only 15 minutes on stage. Red had 23 minutes. Toby Mac had around 45 minutes! He was the highlight of the night and it was so amazing. 

That was my reaction when he was done. We immediately left after he was gone. We had to hurry back to the bus so that we could go home. It was around 11:00 PM at the time. 

We had fun on the way back. We listened to music. I got my iPod out and played the only Toby Mac song I own. It was so cool knowing that I had actually seen him!

So, as you can see, I had a ton of fun. I can't wait till next year!

PS: sorry I didn't get this post out sooner. I've been sick. 

Evidence That Ron Doesn't Like Twilight!

I was thinking about Twilight (the popular paranormal romance books and movies, not the time of day) when this quote popped into my mind.

Now, for those of us who know what was said right before Ron said this, we are beginning to understand. For those of you who have not read the Harry Potter books (and you really should!) Hermione Granger has begun reading a story called The Tale of the Three Brothers. This is how it begins. 

"There were once three brothers traveling on a lonely road at twilight..." 

That was when she was rudely interrupted by Ron. 

Don't you get it?

Ron is against twilight so much that he stopped Hermione from saying the word! Even better, his mom never even said the word twilight which could mean that the entire Weasley family is against Twilight!

So was J. K. Rowling just trying to be funny or did she hide true meaning in those words? The first book of Twilight did in fact come out two years before Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. It is possible. 

Was this quote meant to start the timeless war of whether Harry Potter or Twilight is better?

Was J. K. Rowling trying to show us her true loathing of Twilight?

We will probably never know but we can always imagine J. K. Rowling at the head of Harry Potter supremacy over Twilight! 

Please Pray for Lia

This isn't my normal happy post today. You all know that my sister Lia is adopted from China. Well, she is what China classifies as special needs.

She has a blood disease which causes her to have low platelets. Someone with low platelets bruises easily and can have unstoppable bleeding. She gets her blood checked every once in a while.

A few days ago she had a platelet count of 23,000. A normal person has 250,000. We checked again today and she only has 6,000.

She has never gotten that low before.

She is at the hospital right  now about to get a treatment.

Please pray that she gets better. We're all worried about her.

Hopefully the next post is a bit happier!

edit: she's at home now and doing well 

PHANTOM OF THE OPERA Book Review

Hola, once again my dear readers! I'm back again with another exciting (hopefully) post!

Okay, I had to tell you this. My little sister Lia saw the first post I put on here and didn't know what I was doing. I showed her the rest of my blog and she was so amazed by this blog. When she saw herself she said, "Uhhh... Why you do that?" It was pretty funny. She couldn't imagine what I was doing putting pictures of us on here.

Anyway....I finished PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (the book) last night and I wanted to post a review on it. I will be including some pictures to make the whole thing a lot funnier. I will not be including any spoilers, just some elements of the story.


First off, I would like to say that this book was amazing! It was almost another book that I don't even know why I enjoyed it (To Kill a Mockingbird was the same way). Here is my review.

rating: 5 stars!

favorite part: I loved the part where the Chandelier fell and the end, the torture part was kind of interesting

least favorite part: I found the graveyard scene kind of boring

part that I wish they had included because it was in the movie: I wish they had gone into the Phantom's background story more, they only did in the epilogue

part that I wish they had included in the movie: The Persian! He was pretty cool

age to read it: probably 13 or 14

would I read it again?: Yes!


Now we all know that we have to consider more when it comes to choosing a good book than a good story. We have to look out for language and excessive violence sometimes (it really depends on what your parents say). Here is some of the questionable material in PHANTOM OF THE OPERA.

language: there was not a lot of language like I was expecting

inappropriate stuff: they kiss, nothing bad really

violence: there's quite a bit of violence in this book. Raoul and the Persian are tortured physiologically, people are killed, Christine tries to kill herself (that was the worst of it and it's only her hitting her head against a wall and it bleeding)

if it were a movie it would be rated: PG-13, this book had more of a reason to be rated PG-13 than the movie did

Despite the violence and creepiness of this book, it was completely amazing. Now, like my review of SHADOW OF THE LIGHTS, I am going to include some pictures of how I felt during the book!

So that was how I felt about PHANTOM OF THE OPERA. A big thanks to Harry Potter and the random baby for helping me illustrate my feelings! 

I hope you enjoyed reading my review and I hope it compels you to read the book. 

Adios, mis amigos!