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My Personal Movie Bucket List

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I’ve had quite a bit of time to think on this due to social distancing. Yay! So here we go if anyone cares. Maybe you can get a little inspiration for your own movie bucket list.

My Movie Bucket List~

1. The Mr Rogers movie 

Mr Rogers is actually something I grew up on (I’m way to young) but but my mother did. And she, in turn, shared it with me. I’ve also listened to his biography audio book which made me love him even more.

2. Knives out. 

A murder msyerty! Why not? I hear its wonderfully twisted. Sign me up!

3. Probably a couple of marvel movies.

Not exactly sure which ones. Ideally, I’d love to watch them in order but we’ll see. But whatever it is, I’d be starting from scratch.

4. The live action Disney movies (minus maybe the lion king because I just really have no desire. Literally looks like a National Geographic documentary)

5. The Harry Potter movies in order. (I’ve watched most of them but only as a kid/middle schooler so I’m sure stuff went over my head and I really want to appreciate the story now that I’m older)

6. Up

Because I wanna cry.

7. The fourth toy story.

This one is sort of killing me because I grew up one Toy Story. Hopefully it’ll come available at our library soon.

And Also because I wanna cry.

8. Frozen 2 if I get the chance, simply for curiosity’s sake. 

9. And maybe the third how to train your dragon because I loved the first, was okay with the second, so I feel like I need to finish them. 

10. And finally, the Disney Star Wars movies, also for curiosity’s sake due to that fact that I grew up watching the earlier ones. 

11. Little Women, by the suggestion of a friend.

12. Inception

13. A Quiet Place

And That pretty much covers it. Keep in mind, this list isn’t in priority order. It’s a lot at this point, but hopefully someday I’ll finish it. 

Here’s the tea ☕

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Chamomile-

Amazing for winding down and relaxation. Good to drink before bed. Also helps with anxiety, head aches, and bloating. Recommended for those who are stressed. 

Peppermint-

Helps with bloating as well but also combats nausea. Another perk  includes combating bad breath.  

Chai-

For those with crappy immune systems (haha me). Fights inflammation. Aids digestion.

Black-

Treats anxiety (yay). Helps with weight loss. Also relieves head aches. 

Oolong-

Promotes weight loss & boosts one’s metabolism. It also might decrease your risk of developing type 2 diabetes and protect against certain types of cancer. Good for dental health. 

White-

Good for stress and detoxification. Also promotes weight loss. 

Hibiscus-

Good for high blood pressure and fights respiratory diseases. 

Matcha-

Also good for bad immune systems.  Burns belly fat and is a good detoxifier. 

Bored?

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Are you bored? Well maybe you need to try something new. Here’s a short list of new things anyone can try and are relatively cheap too!

Learn to play the Kalimba

Learn Latin phrases

Paint 

Try calligraphy

Make some bread.

Go Geocaching.

Sew something simple.

Write a short story or poem.

Try computer coding (I’d recommend starting with Khan Academy)

Make yourself a new playlist.

Learn a new dance off of youtube.

Make a scrapbook.

Try archery.

Or rollerblading.

Make yourself a smoothie from a a recipe you wanna try 

Redecorate 

Find a new restaurant and dine. 

Try and make an Italian dinner 

Learn origami

Make optical drawing illusions

Go plant something and watch it grow. 

Find a new style of clothes and try it out. 

Look up new hairstyles that you’ve never tried and give em a go!

Learn about the stars.

Learn about the different kinds of tea and make yourself some.

Try your hand at jewelry making.

Script a movie.

Try watching a new show.

Paint yo nails.

How to feel Magical

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How to feel magical for all my fellow princesses and fairies out there…

Take baths with rose petals and moonlight

Use enchanted lotion

Aquire books

Gather flowers

Treasure keys and trinkets

Light candles

Paint

Write your favorite things in your journal and on your arms 

Collect cool looking glass bottles 

Learn languages of all kinds, especially Latin. 

Eat different things and try new foods on a regular. 

Go on walks often 

Admire nature

Stargaze 

Do your hair with sparkling things 

Stretch 

Give yourself time to think

Explore music

Draw in dark ink

Record the stars and how they move

Read stories and collect them like treasure only to share them with others. 

Makes wishes. Whether it be blowing the fluff off of a dandelion, throwing a penny into a well, or spotting a shooting star, don’t be afraid to make one. 

The 6 Stages of a Study Session

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Steps of Studying

1. The Motivation

Whenever I need to study for something, at first, I’m pumped. I tell myself this’ll be a breeze and I’ll ace the test and I’ll be so scholarly and wear cool glasses even though I have perfect vision… but when the breeze turns into a hurricane, this motivation quickly leaves, leading me to step 2…

2. The Procrastination

I am a procrastinator. If getting distracted was a sport, I’d be on a Wheaties box. I suppose you could say I’m a pro (crastinator). In this stage Youtube is my biggest enemy and friend at the same time.

3. The Guilt

All through step 2 you are probably pushing back this nagging guilt. In step three this feeling resurfaces, leaving you on the edge of panic. If you are good student, then you’ll probably get your rear and gear and actually study but if you’re anything like me, you will proceed to step 4…

4. The Rationalization

This step is how you get reality to go away when it knocks on your door…

You will rationalize with yourself that you have plenty of time to get your book work done! One of the signs your a rationalizer is you use phrases similar to these:

Just one more episode of Andy Griffith and you’ll study…

Just another game of free cell…

It’s not procrastination if your drinking coffee… it’s procaffinating.

Well, another sentence read! I should reward myself with another study break and another box of pop tarts!

I wonder if iisuperwomanii came out with a new video….

They say if you say something enough, it’ll come true but what about if you ignore it? It’ll go away right? That’s how real life works, right?

Then comes along inevitable step 5…

5. The Realization/Panic

When reality goes from knocking on your door to repeatedly ringing your doorbell, to breaking the door down like some sort of Ninja Chuck Norris. But reality always seem to do this at the last second when you are an hour away from taking that test and you realize you are not toast, but charcoal that is covered in gasoline and gun powder that is on fire as it’s being thrown into an active valcano that is about to errupt! This is when you hit full on panic mode… and when you’re greatest ideas and inspiration comes, leading you to step 6…

6. The Scramble

No, I’m not talking about eggs. This step is also known as the cram. This step is usually about one morning as far time. This is where you cram so many factoids down your brain’s throat (I don’t even know how that works), that it practically shrieks in protest. In this step you burn like 12397 brain cells which is really sad considering you could of killed those cells doing something a lot more enjoyable, like watching Gilgan’s Island or smelling gasoline.

Then you usually end up taking the test, get a passable grade, and then come home, realizing, that the only thing you learned is… oh wait! You didn’t learn anything because all these steps are repeated the next time you have to study for a test! Live and don’t learn, that’s humanity for you!

The Sufferings of a Writer

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1. Staying up til two thirty in the morning on a school night because you’re in the middle of a really exciting chapter.

2. Carrying a notebook and pencils/pens everywhere you go.

3. Getting a really good plot idea out of nowhere and having to drop everything to jot it down.

4. Eavesdropping on people’s conversations for dialogue ideas.

5. Getting a new computer and being thrilled at the prospect of all that free file space, and then having half of it filled up with Word documents within a month.

6. Having so many Word documents that you don’t even remember what some of them are..

7. Becoming stunned whenever someone asks you what your book is about (as if you could sum it up in a sentence, right?).

8. Being given an assignment to write a two-page short story and turning in a twenty-page one instead.

9. Envisioning a cute/funny scene in your head during a boring class and suddenly someone asks “What are you smiling about?” and you have to stammer something dumb.

10. When someone tells you your sad scene made them cry and being like “YES! VICTORY!”.

11. When you’re confused about something, putting two characters together and having them fight about it.

12. Being able to turn everything that happens to you into a scene for your story.

13. Getting inspiration not just from English class, but also from History, Biology, Foreign Language, Art and Math.

14. It annoys you when people use the wrong form of ‘you’re’ and ‘their’.

15. You correct people’s grammar in your head.

16. You know every little thing about a character… except their name.

17. It makes you slightly concerned when people look in your Google history that they will question your mental health.

18. You question your own mental health fairly often.

19. When someone walks in and you’re in the middle of writing you’re like:

GoawayI’mnotdoinganythingsuspiciouswhileIminusmyworddocumentveryquickly

20. You want to get (or already have) a sign on your door that says ‘For Your Safety, Do Not Disturb the Writer While She is Inspired.’

21. When someone suggests you edit out a part of your story that part instantly becomes your favorite part.

22. All your favorite songs either remind you of a scene or a character in your story (or perhaps inspired them).

23. Complimenting your looks, skills and personality are all right, but when someone compliments your writing without knowing it’s yours, your day is made.

24. You want desperately someone to critique your writing and at the same time you don’t.

25. You have that one character (maybe more than one) that you know better than your own family members, sometimes better than yourself, that one that you love so dearly and you can see them in your head and hear their voice like they’re actually there and they’re so real to you.

26. You feel guilty when you have to do something mean to a character you like.

27. You love all your characters, even the ones that readers aren’t supposed to like, even the ones that you know you’d hate if they existed, because you understand them.

28. Putting your character in a tense situation makes your heart speed up.

29. You have conversations with your characters in your head (and sometimes outside ).

30. You have a quirky thing you do that gets your creative juices flowing and inspires you, and if anyone else knew about it they’d think your insane.

31. You cry when you have to kill your favorite character.

32. You critique other people’s books while you’re reading them.

33. Everything inspires you some days, other days you can’t get a good idea for the life of you.

34. You get all excited to write before you do it, but when you actually sit down and open the Word document, you get about one sentence done in an hour.

35. You join rpg’s for ‘writing practice’ because partly you can make up characters that don’t have to be super complex, partly you don’t know what’s going to happen so it’s a challenge there, and partly they’re just fun.

36. You’re that person who writes paragraph-long texts with perfect grammar.

37. Your characters show up in your dreams from time to time.

38. You get inspiration from your dreams.

39. You have a Word document open at this moment.

40. You’ve smiled and said ‘That’s so true!’ to most of these.

100 Truths

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Because I was bored….

●1.Last beverage: Water.

●2. Last phone call: From my mother technically, but that was actually me calling my phone from her’s cause I lost it.

● 3. Last text message: Sounds Great! See ya then! (Kind of generic, sad to say.)

● 4. Last song you listened to: “If You’re the Coffee I’m the Cream” By Arcadian Wild.

● 5. Last time you cried: Over a documentary, don’t laugh, it was sad. It was about Garden Gnomes.


HAVE YOU EVER:

● 6. Dated someone twice: Uh… no.

● 7. Been cheated on: Heck, no.

● 8. Kissed someone & regretted it: What??? No! (I realize now how disingenuous that sounds on paper but for realsies, no.)

● 9. Lost someone special: Yes…

● 10. Been depressed: Been pretty bummed but not quite depressed.

● 11. Been drunk and threw up: Excuse me? I’ve been thrown up on before and have thrown up but alcohol was never ever in equation. Only germs, I swear.

● 12. LIST THREE FAVORITE COLORS: Blue

● 13. (second color) Green

● 14. (third color) Purple

THIS YEAR HAVE YOU:

● 15. Made a new friend: Yep.

● 17. Laughed until you cried: Oh, yes. Quite recently.

● 18. Met someone who changed you: Uhm… don’t think so. Ooooorr maybe I have and don’t know it yet? Hmmm… food for thought?

● 19. Found out who your true friends were: Yup. Happens every now and again.

● 20. Found out someone was talking about you: Knew it already.

● 21. Kissed anyone on your friends list: EXCUSSSSEE MEEEE????

● 22. Favorite Punctuation mark: ?


● 23. How many kids do you want: Two?

● 24. Do you have any pets: Oh yeah. Lots. But We don’t have time for that…

● 25. Do you want to change your name: Some days. Esther is so pretty and so is Sage… depends.

● 26. What did you do for your last birthday: I honestly can’t remember. I think I had some friends over and ate good food but that’s what nearly everyone does.

● 27. What time did you wake up? 7: 15

● 28. What were you doing at midnight last night. Sleeping like a dead person.

29. Name something you CANNOT wait for: My bestfriend coming back to visit from Missouri. Oh, and the Mr.Rogers Movie. And for me to get my life together. And for Avatar Netflix series to come out. And for me to graduate. And to go roller blading within the next few days.

I’m really impatient, okay?

● 30. Last time you saw your Mother: She’s like two yards away from me… hello, mumsy!

● 31. What is one thing you wish you could change about your life: Hard question… I wish I knew what career path I wanted to follow. #senioritis #panickingalittlebitontheinsideandmaybetheooutsidetoo

● 32. What are you listening to right now: The hum of our very old computer.

● 34. Who’s getting on your nerves right now: My little brother (no surprise there)

● 35. Most visited web page(s): WordPress, soundcloud, gmail, Webkinz (hey, its fun!)

● 36. What’s your real name: Mr.Octagonapus.

● 37. Nicknames: Brookiedacookie

● 38. Relationship Status: Single, last time I checked.

● 39. Zodiac sign: Capricorn

● 40. Male or female: Female

● 41. Primary School: Homeschoooool

● 42. Secondary School: Homeschooooooooool

● 43. High school: Homeschoooooooooooooooooooooooool

● 44. Hair color: Brownnnn??? Kind of boring, sad to say.

● 45. Long or short: longiiiiisshhhhhhkiiiindooofffinnnthemiddleee??

● 46. Height: Short. (Too lazy to find out specifically. I think its like 5’1.)

● 47. Music Genre: Some good ol folk and a little bit of pop.

● 48: What do you like about yourself: I’mmm alive? Intact? I dunno… I have all my teeth so thats a plus!

● 50. Tattoos: Uh, no. I’ll pass.

● 51. Righty or lefty: Righty

FIRSTS:

● 52. First surgery: Hasn’t occurred. Yet.

● 54. First best friend: Rachel

● 55. First sport you joined: Gymnastics

● 56. First vacation: To the mountains in a cabin

RIGHT NOW:

● 59. Eating: Nuttin’

● 60. Drinking: Nuttin’ at all.

● 61. I’m about to: Type this down….

● 63. Waiting for: Drama! (The stage type)

YOUR FUTURE:

● 64. Want kids: Not particularly. I may later on in life though.

● 65. Get married: Sure.

● 66. Career: Yep.

WHICH IS BETTER:

● 67. Lips or eyes: Eyes

● 68. Hugs or kisses: Hugs

● 69. Shorter or taller: Shorter

● 71. Romantic or spontaneous: Spontaneous

● 73. Sensitive or loud: Sensitive

HAVE YOU EVER:

● 76. Kissed a stranger: What?!?!? Are you insane?!?!

● 77. Drank hard liquor: See above answer.

● 78. Lost glasses/contacts: Nope. Don’t need ’em.

● 80. Broken someone’s heart: If I have, I don’t know of it.

● 82. Been arrested: Seriously, what kind of delinquent do you take me fore?

● 83. Turned someone down: Yerp.

● 84. Cried when someone died: Oh yes.

● 85. Fallen for a friend: Eh, sorta.

DO YOU BELIEVE IN:

● 86. Yourself: Some days.

● 87. Miracles: Yes.

● 88. Love at first sight: Not really.

● 89. Heaven: Yes.

● 90. Santa Claus: No. Sorry, Saint Nicholas.

● 91. Kiss on the first date: Maybe… (To be honest I think no, but there are special cases.)

ANSWER TRUTHFULLY:

● 94. Had more than 1 girlfriend/boyfriend at a time: Hahahahahaahaha no.

● 95. Did you sing today: Yes. How can one not?

● 96. Ever cheated on somebody: See #94

● 97. If you could go back in time, how far would you go: If I had to stay permanently, I would go to about three years ago and relive a few things. If not, let’s go visit medieval Europe or Victorian London.

● 99. Are you afraid of falling in love: Depends on who with. SOME people…. *Screams and runs away*

● 100. Tired? Maybe a little.