Short Stories...

Setting: Back of an ambulance in Russia
Tone: Angry
Genre: Comedy
Written by: Madeline, Bonnie, Joel, and Ben.
2012
   (Madeline) The French man was yelling and thrashing around wildly resisting the help of the paramedics. He was obviously upset about something, but the paramedics didn't think about it much because that often happened. The paramedics were. . .
(Bonnie) unsure what to do, though. He seemed to be trying to tell them something. Finally, the man stopped talking. He just stared at the top of the ambulance. They were quite close to the hospital, so the paramedics weren't thinking to much about the man. However, immediately after being brought. . .
 (Joel) into the hospital parking lot, they were instructed to go to a different hospital across town. Curses in French and Russian filled the ambulance like popcorn fills a kettle. The driver screamed something threatening that even the other Russians couldn't understand. The irate Frenchman layed on his back as the beeping of the heart-rate monitor sped up to the pace of a. . .
(Ben) humming bird's wings. Now even more so were the paramedics upset. On top of having to go to another hospital,  their patient was now going into shock.



Setting: Croatian Fashion Show
Tone: Angry
Genre: Documentary
Written by: Madeline, Bonnie, Logan, Joel, and Jordyn.
2013
   (Madeline) Every year, the country of Croatia hosts a fashion show, one of the most competitive and terrifying events in the world. The fashion show is set up like a competition. It is an exclusive event and only Croatian designers can enter into the competition. Each of the designers has five years to prepare a new line of clothing. In the past, the amount of time that the designers had to prepare their clothing had to be extended to five years because the competition had grown so fierce. The designers are now in a mad race to win the competitive Croatian Fashion Show.
(Bonnie) Not only do the designers have to take five years to ready their designs, but the models must re cooperate and train in that time. The arena that this fashion show is held in holds only thirteen thousand people. They stay behind the protective bullet proof glass for protection; not just for the audience, but for the designers and models as well. No model is allowed any weapon but what the designer had put into the clothing themselves. In earlier years, if the audience didn't like an outfit or model, they were known to attack them. This was outlawed, the contestants were only allowed to be attacked by other contestants.
(Logan) Most models leave the arena on stretchers, others never leave. A few models, however, are known for their war tactics and physical strength. These contestants are ruthless, often choosing decapitation as their killing method. The designers for these models are also fierce. They send their contestants in battle-ready and sometimes join the competition, attacking the other designers. One year, a designer actually used her model as a bat, grabbing the girl by her legs and swinging her about. This effectively took down 7 models and 13 designers. The designer responsible was later disqualified for giving her contestants machine guns before they went on stage.
(Joel) However, catty designers have resorted to designing outfits out of live attack-dogs and grenades. This year, it is rumored that one designer has even found a way to convince the judges that. . .
(Jordyn) a dress made of dogs would be a powerful statement towards activists that believe these fashion shows are inhumane. The judges went with it; however, the designer would have to feed the dogs. She agreed to set off to find suitable food for seventeen  Rottweilers. She had to feed them nine models to make them stop whining. This eliminated all competition and she won by default.

Things that frustrate me...

I'm not really one to talk about the things that irritate or frustrate me just because I have the time to. However, right now, I randomly felt like sharing with you some things that frustrate me(and of course, it's in the form of a list!). They're not huge and they're really not a big deal, I just find them to be rather frustrating.

1. When I'm driving and other people don't use their blinkers. Didn't your Drivers Ed teacher ever tell you that, aside from your other lights, your blinker is the only form of communication that cars have?!? Think about it, that makes them highly important! They are there to insure the safety of you and others drivers around you. So please, use your blinker.

2. When you pour yourself a bowl of cereal but then find out that there's no milk left. Great. . . Just great.

3. When your washing your face and it feels all fresh and clean and you turn of the water, dry your face off, hang your towel back up, look back at the sink, and. . . There's water. EVERYWHERE!!!!

4. When your text message inbox is full, but your phone fails to tell you, so you don't receive any texts for almost a week before you notice the problem.

5. When your doing your homework and you decide to make yourself a delicious cup of unsweetened peppermint tea... After you make it, you continue doing your homework but get so focused on it that you completely forget about your perfect cup of tea! Then, by the time you remember it, it's completely cold. :(

6. When the lady at the Forever 21 dressing room assures you that she's going to keep track of your extra clothes while your trying on all of your other stuff, but when you go back out for the rest of your stuff and you ask the lady for your extra clothes, she asks "What clothes?". And it's gone. All of it.

7. When workers at a clothing store are really extremely grumpy (and their obviously not trying to hide it) when you ask them for help about something.

8. When one of your ponytail holders breaks while your trying to put your hair up. First, it scares you half to death and makes you jump, and second, your left without a ponytail holder. Oh, the sadness, crying, and mourning!

9. When you trip and skip a step going down the stairs, sending a horrible chill all the way up your spine and giving you the scare of your life.

10. When your name is Madeline and people assume that your nickname is Madison. Story of my life.

17 Things...

Some one that I know recently turned fifteen, and they posted a blog of multiple lists of fifteen things that they like. Having just recently turned seventeen, I thought it would be fun to do the same thing with the number seventeen. I know that I post a lost of lists, but let's face it, I really like lists. I promise, I'm not trying to take the easy way out when blogging, I just genuinely love making lists of things. I think they're fun, and it keeps everything organized. :)
So, without further ado, here is a list of seventeen of my favorite things (in no particular order).

1. Food
2. Sleep
3. Dance
4. Books. And not just the act of reading books, but actual books themselves. The binding, the pages, the font, the smell. . . Everything books!
5. Taking pictures
6. Putting outfits together (a.k.a. getting dressed in the morning and helping other people with their outfits every chance I get)
7. Owls. Anything having to do with owls, I love it.
8. Instrumental music. The kind that makes you unbelievably happy and makes you want to cry all at the same time. It gives you butterflies in the pit of your stomach like your nervous and excited and it makes you feel all warm and tingly inside like your falling in love with someone, but your really not because it's only a song. . . and it doesn't even have words, but it moves you just as much, if not even more than music that does have words, and you feel like you could dance to it forever and ever and never get tired of it as long as you live! *sigh* Yeah, that music. :)
9. Old trunks, especially the ones with hidden things inside of them! Those are the best.
10. Warm blankets and socks. :)
11. A warm, toasty fire to sit by
12. Going to the ballet.
13. Anything antique or old with a history behind it to discover.
14. Small cottages and large mansions.
15. Walk-in closets
16. Rain, umbrellas, rain boots, coats, and colorful scarves. :)
17. Playing hide-and-go-seek! I know that I'm seventeen and I'm probably "too old" to like this, but it is truly one of my favorite things to do. :)

Grocery List

My usual grocery list, which mainly consists of produce:

• Bread
• Milk
• Lettuce
• Apples
• Tomatoes
• Cucumbers
• Potatoes
• Onions
• Garlic
• Oranges
• Carrots
• Bananas
• Zucchini
• Green Beans
• Corn
• Canned Beans (Black, Italian White, Garbanzo, refried...)
• Canned soup
• Canned diced tomatoes
• Granola
• Oats
• Pasta
• Brown rice
• Polenta
• Orange Juice
• Ramen noodles

Some of My Favorite Movies...

1. Braveheart
2. Troy
3. Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
4. Robin Hood (2010)
5. Gladiator
6. The Last of The Mohicans
7. A League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
8. Lord of The Rings
9. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
10. The Village
11. P.S. I Love You
12. Pride & Prejudice (1995 and 2005)
13. Sense & Sensibility (1995 and 2008)
14. West Side Story (1961)
15. Seven Brides For Seven Brothers
16. The Mummy
17. The Mummy Returns
18. The Princess Bride
19. Pearl Harbor
20. The Avengers
21. The Hunger Games
22. Sweet Home Alabama
23. Star Wars
24. Bride Wars
25. Up
26. Sherlock Holmes
27. Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
28. The Pirates of The Caribbean (All films)
29. The Harry Potter films
30. Batman Begins
31. The Dark Knight
32. Inception
33. The Prestige
34. Thor 
35. Captain America
36. Hello Dolly!
37. X-Men (All films)

To be continued. . .

Books I Have Read...

1. Harry Potter
2. 1984
3. The Great Gatsby
4. Frankenstein
5. The Giver
6. The Chronicles of Narnia
7. The Spiderwick Chronicles
8. The Hobbit
9. The Diary of Anne Frank
10. Little House on The Prairie
11. A Series of Unfortunate Events
12. The Books of Bayern
13. The Song of The Lioness
14. The Squires Tales
15. The Last Sin Eater (I'm currently reading this)
16. Bud, Not Buddy
17. The Outsiders
18. Bridge To Terabithia
19. Ella Enchanted
20. Where The Red Fern Grows
21. A Wrinkle In Time
22. Peter Pan
23. Cinder Edna
24. Oh, The Places You'll Go!
25. Charlie and The Chocolate Factory
26. Charlie and The Great Glass Elevator
27. Hoot
28. Holes
29. The Borrowers
30. Shakespeare's Macbeth
31. The Hunger Games
32. Little Women
33. Coraline

To be continued. . .

My talents

1. Dancing! I have taken classes in Ballet, Jazz, Lyrical, Hip-hop, and Tap.
2. Whistling! I taught myself how to whistle over the course of two days. I drove my mom practically insane because of it, but at least I know how to whistle! :)
3. Drawing
4. Doodling (Yes, I believe that doodling can be a talent in and of itself)
5. Singing
6. Having different accents
7. A wee little bit of acting.
8. Knitting
9. Crocheting (I prefer knitting)
10. Sewing
11. Some gymnastics... I used to do a ton, but sadly, I have lost the majority of my skills. :(
12. Playing the piano... Like gymnastics, I played the piano a lot when I was younger but haven't in quite a while, so it doesn't come quite as naturally anymore.

This is a pretty generic list of talents, but I plan to post another list in the future and hopefully it will be a bit more interesting than this one. :)