Incredible Detectives Make Me Smile :)

These detectives I speak of go by the names of Shawn Spencer and Sherlock Holmes. I watched Sherlock Holmes a Game of Shadows tonight, and I realized how alike Shawn and Sherlock are. They are both people who have incredible abilities to see every detail around them and be humorous while doing so. The only difference is, Shawn pretends he is a psychic so he can get a job, whereas Sherlock just says screw this, I'm british and awesome. Who needs money? But he somehow still seems to have money, which I feel like he just scams people out of and mooches from Watson. Watson and Gus are alike as well, they are the assistants who are still awesome and who have actual lives outside of the detective/psychic work. Watson gets married, Gus works as a pharmaceutical salesman, they would still be set for life without the fun work they do with Sherlock and Shawn. But the real question is, what if Shawn and Gus and Sherlock and Watson met?

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I feel like Shawn would get punched in the face then friended, because that is just how strange Sherlock is. Sherlock would probably also realize how Shawn is a fake psychic who has the same type of abilities as he does. Except, Shawn can kind of see the past from things he finds, and Sherlock can see what will happen in certain situations, so they are kind of the opposite. Which is strange, because Shawn advertises himself as someone who can see the future, but that person is really Sherlock. A bunch of people have things all over the internet about how Psych and the Sherlock movies are similar but I could only read like one of them because the school computer blocks everything and I am too lazy to use another device with internet. But, because I came up with the idea very recently, mine is obviously the best idea. Don't tell the others though. I now realize that my post was about how they make me smile, and I haven't really said anything about that. So, let it be known that everything I have said above makes me smile, and I hope that incredible detectives like Shawn and Sherlock make you smile :)

My Soccer Team Makes Me Smile :)

So I had a soccer game today in Logan, and we won! I am so happy but also really tired. I played the whole game, which I like because I like starting and I like finishing. Basically, I only need a break in the middle, and we call that halftime. Overall it went pretty well. It was our first win of the season, we got a shutout 3-0. One goal was good timing, the other was a penalty kick, and the last was a rebound. Julia from the blog Just Julia scored the first two, Caitlin from The Li'l Bro Blog scored that last one. It was really great. But that isn't the reason my team makes me smile, because that was our first win of the season. We have had four games total. You can check out our stats here. Be warned, we have been sucking so far, we are last place. I don;t have a picture of our current team, so here is one of our team last year:

Most of us are looking at a different camera, but your get the jist. 

The real reason my team is so great is because we are basically just awesome people. Everyone on the team is funny and we get along really well. Our coach says we are a team of boys, because apparently we act like them. I always see stuff on Pinterest and iFunny about how girls compliment each other and don't mean it and guys insult each other and don't mean it. We are more like the second one, which is why we work so well together. Nobody gets easily offended, there is no drama, and we aren't afraid to push each other around. Which translates well to the game, because we play extra aggressively against the girls we don't know. As Lindsay from the blog Living Life as Lindsay says, yellow is our favorite color! Getting a yellow card is like getting a gold metal. As long as it's a good one. If someone hurts one of our girls, we will get back at them, and if that results in a yellow card than that is the best kind. If it's just tapping someone and they flop, it's still pretty good, just not as rewarding. On that note, I bid you ado and remember to smile, smile, smile :)

Wizards of Waverly Place Makes Me Smile :)

Quite recently, Disney came out with a new Wizards of Waverly place movie. It was literally the highlight of my life. So far...hopefully. Anyways, it was so great! Alex became the family wizard, Max owned the Sub Shop, and Justin was the professor of WizTech! Of course, you already knew that. And, knowing Alex like I do, I figured that she would get into a lot of trouble with all that power she has. I was not disappointed. (SPOILER ALERT: the whole rest of this post has spoiler alerts about the movie) See, Alex is very irresponsible with her magic, and her parents have been getting on her case about it. I can't blame her, I mean if I had that much magic I would go crazy. But, she was fed up with them, so she decided (with a little persuasion from Dominic, the hot bad guy) to cast out all of her bad parts. Dun dun dunnnn......

Wizards Now...
Photo courtesy of: wizardsofwaverlyplace.wikia.com 

Wizards Then! (aw, look at how little they are!)
Photo courtesy of: www.iofer.com

This choice was not the best, because her bad self found a way to escape and take over the world. Oops. She started capturing her family and friends in little beads on her charm bracelet, for leverage. The thing is, bad Alex was just a piece of Alex, so she didn't have as strong of power as good Alex did. Dominic and bad Alex (I'm going to call her BA from now on, and good Alex GA) came up with a machine that imprisoned mortals in beads. I guess they had a theme, or they just loved jewelry. So, GA had to come up with a way to stop BA and Dominic without losing her loved ones forever. One little snag, right before GA's plan was about to take place, the Crystals of Justice intervened. They thought GA did all the stuff BA did because, well, she kind of did. I mean, it's the same person, right? And they found her guilty, but Mason went all werewolf on the bead he was in and escaped, and then broke GA out of her holding cell. Eventually, GA defeats BA by casting off her own powers, which made BA's go away too. The Crystals of Justice came back and almost didn't give her back her powers, because she endangered the world so many times, but they did eventually. Bad move, I think, but I'm happy they did because Alex (GA and BA) is like my favorite person ever. So yeah, that's how my entire childhood came back to life in one single movie. It was only an hour movie, but the emotional-ness of it will last a lifetime. Until next week, relive your childhood and smile :)

High School Musical Makes Me Smile:)

High School Musical, who says we have to let it go? I hope you started singing this too, not just me... You should know that music, because if you don't then you probably did not have a childhood. Sorry. I haven't really let go of HSM, mostly because it was the best thing that has ever happened to Disney. Especially when they do marathons with the movies. I literally just sit down and watch all of them while I sit there and say or sing every single word in all three movies. Except not the third word for word, but definitely the first. It has literally been my dream to have my entire high school get up in the middle of the lunch room and start singing "stick to the status quo whoa whoa whoa, stick to the stuff you know, if you want to be cool follow one simple rule, don't mess with it no no no" and so on. Wouldn't that be the coolest thing ever?

Photo Courtesy of: high-school-musical.wikia.com

Although I could never see the kids at my school doing that. So, about the actors in it. Zac Efron is super sexy, he always was. Corbin Bleu fell off the face of the earth, so I have no clue what's going on with him. And I don't know what any of the other ones' names are, so, yeah. Oh, except for Vanessa Hudgens, who was recently in Sucker Punch and Spring Breakers. Both were a gigantic massive step from HSM, and I was so surprised to see her in both. She didn't even sing, except for a little in Spring Breakers, but that was like "oh look, lets pretend we're people who can't sing even though we are Vanessa Hudgens and Selena freakin' Gomez".  I'm just jealous, don't mind me. But the point is, last time I saw Vanessa she was the shy, sweet Gabriella and the next she was shooting a machine gun yelling obscenities at people. People change, I guess. Same for Selena, I saw her as Alex Russo, the cute, sassy teenage witch and the next she was in a movie where some girls rob a store and get crazy and decide to go on spring break forever. Granted, she was the one who chickened out half way through and broke down and went home, but it was still quite different. But all that aside, HSM is still a great movie. I'm still holding on to the hope that the lunch table thing will happen. Until then, I hope that High School Musical will always make you smile :)

Smashing Zombies Makes Me Smile :)

Not to be weird or anything, but I have been completely obsessed with this new game Zombie Smasher for so long. I'm really bad at it, but it's so much fun! I finally beat the last level of Story Mode on it, which is level 60. I know, right? The only reason I actually made it all the way to that level and beat it is because a few times a day it will flash up this little message saying "Hey, comment and rate on this game" and it passes to the next level. Of course, I never do rate or comment, but that's mostly because I'm afraid that if I do, I won't be able to pass anything else on it. Because there is not only story mode on this, there is also Survival Mode and Time Mode. My new goal is to get to level 60 on Survival Mode. It will be a while. But I have photographic proof that I did (sort of) complete level 60 of Story Mode:

Somehow, I seemed to legitimately pass levels 46 and 52. Impressive.
Photo courtesy of: Me (and my phone)

I honestly don't even remember passing any levels past 5, but apparently I did get a few here and there. I don't even know why I really like doing zombie related stuff in the first place. I like zombie movies, zombie shows, and zombie games. I have always liked Zombieland, but the first time I watched it was with my Mom and the first scene was super gory and gross, so she stopped watching it so I did too. Then I watched it again and it was fantastic. I've been watching some Walking Dead, like most of the new episodes and the first season. I watched most of the second season before it got kind of dry and boring. My brother is the one who really likes that show though, so he advised me not even to watch the third season. That was supposedly the worst. I wouldn't know. And so anyhow, I got this game because I was really bored so I was searching up every random word that came into my head on the app store. This was the only good app that came up. So, yeah. That is my zombie story. Then I turned into a zombie, but only when I feel like it. It's usually always in the mornings. On that note, please tell me that it isn't just me who likes zombies, and other weird random stuff like that makes you smile :)

My Friends Make Me Smile Part 2 :)

Tonight, I am at my friend Sonja's house. In case you were curious, here is a link to what her name means and how popular it is. Fascinating. And yes, I am writing the blog while I'm with her. I'm such a cool friend. But it's no big deal, because she is busy showing me how many tank tops she owns. It's really an exciting life. But on the bright side, when we are done with this stuff she is going to show me Duck Dynasty, which I have never seen before. I'm really excited, because I always see hilarious Duck Dynast stuff on Pinterest but I feel like I shouldn't be able to laugh at it because I've never even seen the show. But now those moral implications are gone! I will watch the show and I will be able to enjoy everything on Pinterest! Except the stuff that isn't funny. Which, unfortunately, is quite a lot. But a lot is funny, which makes it all ok. And it's not blocked at school yet. Wow, I really get off topic on these blog posts. It's pretty much like how it would be if I was talking to you in real life, except I would use a lot more sarcasm. I can't really use a lot of sarcasm on the internet, because people will just think I'm rude. When in fact, I'm being rude but it's in a funny way so it's ok.

Sonja's on the right, I'm on the left. She is so freaking photogenic!
Photo courtesy of: me :)

This is Sonja and I, because I figured I would get back on topic. Again. We play soccer together, which is pretty much why we are friends, but we are so similar that we probably would have found each other either way. We have a lot of fun throwing turf in each others mouthes when we are on a fake field, and when we are playing on real grass we just throw grass. I'm pretty sure we could make a hilarious reality show if people had the same humor as us. Which they probably don't, because we think that really weird stuff is really funny. But it doesn't matter what other people think, I know we are funny! Alright, time to go watch TV and be unproductive! Hopefully you and your friends have humor that might not make other people smile, but it makes you smile :)

Squishy Pillows Make Me Smile :)

  My bed is made up of six pillows, three squishy two regular are one mini regular. The squishy ones are by far my favorite. Here is the best website I could find to find them, called thefind.com. They practically mold to your body, and not in the weird way that the Temperpudic mattresses do. I don't really know why, but those just feel odd to me. Not as weird as the memory mattress though, that really just freaks me out. Like I would be going to sleep and the mattress would be like "Hey baby, imma make you sleep the exact same way all night as any other night you have ever slept on me". Um, no. I will sleep however I want to sleep, thank you very much. And squishy pillows let me do that. That's right memory mattress, I'm breaking up with you. I'm in love with something else, that makes me feel better than you ever did. Just kidding, because I never really had any memory mattresses because if I haven't mentioned this before, they freak me out. Plus, squishy pillows come in all shapes and sizes. I have a pink cylinder, a rainbow man with peace signs on him, and a soccer ball.

Photo courtesy of: Me! It's about time I took my own pictures again.

Pretty sick, am I right? Way better than any regular pillow that you have to cover with a case to make awesome. Also way more comfy. Its almost difficult to explain how incredible they are. They are literally why I miss my bed every day and night when I'm not in it. When I'm sleeping somewhere else, I'll bring one squishy pillow, but I'm not going to bring all of them. Unfortunately, they would take up all the room in my bag and I wouldn't even have room for a toothbrush. It's a hard life. But, wait can you guess it? Have you guessed anything yet? Nope! It's that squishy pillows make it all better! Oh...you guessed that? Hawkward. For some reason, and I really don't know why, all I have written about for quite a few posts is the media. Movies, TV, characters, parts of books and movies, etc. Too much! So I decided to write about this instead. I now realize that this might have been a good few sentences to start with, but it is too late now. Oh well, on that note, love squishy pillows and don't forget to smile :)

Rufus (Stoppable) Makes Me Smile :)

Before you ask, I would just like to say yes, I am talking about a made up naked mole rat from an animated children's TV show. Rufus doesn't exactly talk, but apparently he has the same voice as Bart Simpson. You can check if you don't believe me, the person who voices both Bart and Rufus is a lady named Nancy Cartwright. I don't really know why there needs to have a person to voice something that doesn't really talk, but hey who am I to judge. So, I have been seeing  the expectation vs. reality things a lot lately, and I came across on that was Rufus vs. a real naked mole rat. It was disgusting. I'm not going to show you the picture, but you can look it up on the internet machine. But, I will show you regular Rufus:

Photo Courtesy of: kimpossible.wikia.com

He's way cuter than any other naked mole rat. So the reason he makes me smile is because of his attitude. If he could talk, he would probably be super clever and witty and hilarious, but he can't. That doesn't stop him, though! Rufus is still super funny and is probably my favorite character from Kim Possible. I guess I could have done Kim Possible Makes Me Smile :) but I figured that I would probably spend most of my time talking about Rufus, so I just cut to the chase. Anyways, he is also a big eater. Maybe I like him so much because he reminds me of me, but then again I'm a human and I don't spend my time naked in Ron's pocket. That would probably be a weird thing to do...but of course he pulls it off. So, back to me liking Rufus because he eats a lot. When he and Ron aren't out on missions, he spends his time at Bueno Nacho eating the day away. Sounds pretty good to me. And speaking of missions, he is really great on those too. He saves Ron's but multiple times, and occasionally even Kim's. Not bad for a small pink naked rat. There are many other cool characters in Kim Possible that I love, but it is really Rufus that makes me smile :)

The Incredibles Make Me Smile :)

First and foremost, Edna Mode. I have a strange feeling that most of this post will be about her. She is not exactly the "most important" character in the movie, but definitely my favorite. She really is just hilarious, I love how such a small woman can carry so much fire in her eyes. Which, of course, she literally does when she shows Elastigirl her outfit. Her face is like a fat kid in a cake shop. On fire. Plus, she is voiced by a guy, Brad Bird. Ok, I'm impressed. If you want to see the full cast/crew of The Incredibles, click here. Back to Edna. I constantly use her quotes, like when she slapps Elastigirl across the face with a newspaper - multiple times, I might add - telling her to pull herself together. Of course, I don't always have a newspaper on hand, so I sometimes just use rolled up math homework. Just kidding...maybe...ok next quote! In fact, I have a nice picture for this one:

Photo courtesy of: www.curls-studio.com/sketchbeforesleep

I totally drew that. Ok, maybe not. I don't really have artistic talent. I also have better handwriting than that. I love this quote because no matter how much you screw up during your past, your future is an open adventure. There's no need to dwell on what happened, just move forward. Or, in Edna's case, it means I know I made that suit for you but now I'm embarrassed by it. Let's never speak of it again. Ok, next person. Jack Jack! The kid who can turn into a ball of iron or catch on fire and turn into a mini flaming devil whenever his parent aren't looking, but can't even swallow his food when they are. Funny kid. So, I watched the Jack Jack Attack extra video and wow, the kid can really handle himself. Especially considering his babysitter was Syndrome, his Dad's nemesis. His old man could really learn a thing or two from him. Speaking of which, Syndrome! He started out as Mr. Incredible's biggest fan back in his 'Glory Days", then when he was bullied by Incredible and kicked out, he went rogue. I have no clue if I'm using that word right, it just sounds right, so don't judge. Syndrome then actually turned from Buddy to Syndrome. He invented a bunch of intense gear so he could become a "super" hero. I really only like this guy because of his line in Jack Jack Attack when he says that the S on his suit stood for sitter, and he couldn't have don baby sitter because, well, BS. Even through I didn't even get to the actual super family, except of Jack Jack, I think that just those three are enough to make you smile :)

People From the Capitol Make Me Smile :)

First of all, just to clarify, I am talking about people from the Capitol in The Hunger Games. The peopel who run this website. And some people in real life who very (frighteningly) closely resemble them. *Cough* Nicki Minaj *Cough* First off, from the movies. Let's just ge this out of the way right now, because he freaks us all out. President freaking Snow. The creepy old man who smells like roses and just wants to watch the world burn. PS-If you haven't read the books, than first of all you should not read this, and also you suck. Who watches the movie before reading the book? Except for me. But that was just for the first Harry Potter. After that, I read them all. Yeah, I'm kind of a hypocrite. Oh well, whatcha gonna do? Anyways, back to what I was saying. So, President Snow is just really a despicable human being. First he gets all pissy just because Katniss and Peeta beat his stupid system. Honestly, they were just surviving. Next, he brainwashes Peeta to want to kill Katniss, which almost worked. Until they came up with the cute game, "real or not real", trying to show Peeta what the Capitol put in his head and what was there in the first place. So cute. Long story short, he does a bunch of other stuff too, everyone gets mad, and he falls off a balcony. More or less.

Photo courtesy of: www.tumblr.com

Now the time has come to speak of the the wannabe Capitol-ers. AKA people who try too hard from Hollywood. The best example in Nicki Minaj, followed by Lady Gaga, Ke$ha, and a dash of Katy Perry. Basically, the top pop stars of 2010. They are the ones who are desperately trying to crank out another hit album, so their names won't go down in history as "that weird chick with the scary outfits". Or they are trying not to go down without a fight by participating in the Kids Choice Awards or judging competitions that rotate judges once an hour.

Photo courtesy of: imgur.com

Ok, I'm not sure if the text below is readable, but it is hilarious. Basically, when Josh jokes about the kids trying to kill him, Nicki thinks he was serious. Let's all just take a moment to appreciate the look on her face, she looks truly frightened for Josh. She actually thought that he was almost killed, and she doesn't know why nobody else looks scared too. Then the person below says "What do you expect? People from the Capitol just don't understand." Of course, that person used caps lock so I feel like I was being screamed at, but I didn't do that. Just goes to show you all just how much I care. You are welcome for not ruining your day by virtually screaming at you. Well, no matter what tone of voice the text was, I genuinely hope that both fake and real Capitol people make you smile :)

Lilo and Stitch Makes Me Smile :)

One of the most original shows ever created is about an outcast, orphaned Hawaiian girl and a fugitive shape-shifting alien. The girl's name is Lilo, she adopted the alien (who was disguised as a dog) and named it Stitch. And thus, Lilo and Stitch was born. Here is a link to IMDB Lilo and Stitch: The Series.  And here's one to the movie I'm talking about, simply called Lilo and Stitch. So,  first let's talk about Lilo.

First, she is pictured above talking about her dool. She likes to pretend her doll's head is so big because a spider laid eggs in it, and now she only has a few days to live. Touching. So, she is living with her single, jobless sister since her mom and dad died in a car crash. Ever since, she and her sister have barely been getting past the social security people and somehow they have made it pretty far. But, Lilo is still a huge outcast. All the people who she calls her "friends"are just bullies, and they clearly don't even like her. Poor Lilo is just too desperate for a friend to notice. Here they are:

And not to mention, the queen bee is a ginger. Now don't get me wrong, the aliens and everything were pretty believable, but a popular ginger? Now that's a little hard to believe. Her two little minion girls were in the background saying "Yeeeeeaaaaahhhh" just to prove ginger's point. What tools. They were so obviously mean to Lilo, but she still calls them her friends. Luckily, Stitch knocked ginger off her high bike and biked away with Lilo into the sunset. Speaking of which, onto Stitch.

Now that is a badass picture if I've ever seen one. This was right after Stitch came down to Earth in a rocket Lilo thought was a shooting star. Lilo made a wish on it, for a real friend. Sounds to me like Stitch is that real friend. Stitch wasn't exactly born, he was created by a scientist. He is an experiment the scientist did (Experiment 626 to be exact), so he's sort of super insanely crazily awesome. He is fireproof, able to shape shift, and he can handle weight up to 3,000 times his size. I'm very impressed, because I can't even do 3 times my size! Every good story needs an antagonist, and since this movie is twice as good as any other, it has two. Well, two main ones, but they aren't bad through the whole thing.

There they are in their human disguises, and they obviously can't shape shift like Stitch can. The guy on the left is the alien expert on Earth, so he came along because he obviously knows what's up. He thinks that Earth is being used to save the mosquitos, which are apparently endangered. "No thanks" says Earth. I wish. Ugg, I hate mosquitos. Anyways, the guy on the right is the scientist who created Stitch. He got in trouble for creating Stitch and got put in jail, but he's also the only one who knew how to stop Stitch. He got released from jail to bring Stitch back, and if he did he would be free. The whole alien race is pretty much after Stitch, but these two are the most important through most of the movie. If you haven't seen this movie you really should, because it will make you smile :)

Survivor Makes Me Smile :)

Survivor is back for the 26th season! Who's excited! Just me? Ok... No but seriously, I'm so happy. This is the only reality show that I can stand to watch. The other ones make me want to puke up all of my remaining brain cells, and no I don't want to "Keep up With The Kardashians", it's their business what they do...and who they do...besides they obviously aren't even real. I'm going with Tina Fey's opinion, that they are just manufactured by the Russians to make all the normal girls feel like crap about their naturally beautiful looks. Or something like that. Stupid Kim or Kate or Karli or Khloe or Kylie or Kourtney or whatever. Half those names are the incorrect spelling anyways! If you are going to name your children all the same letter, at least pick one that can be used for as many children as you are having! Idiots. So anyways, back to Survivor. I sure can rant for a long time. And believe me, I could have gone for so much longer. 26th season! Yay! This one is set in the Caramoan Islands which, just like the other 25 locations, is beautiful. It would be worth going on Survivor just for a cool vacation to an exotic place! And for the chance to win an ass load of money of course. This season is the second Fans vs. Favorites season, and here they are:

Photo courtesy of: http://www.namepros.com/610825-for-fans-of-tv-show-survivor-135.html

The top ten (GOTA) are the fans. They are apparently some sort of superfans or something, who think they can beat the experienced people who have done this before. I will enjoy watching them go up in flames. Which rings me to the next ten (BIKAL) who are the favorites. The ones I know are, um, sort of favorites I guess. Brandon is the very religious nephew of the most hated man in all of survivor history, Russell. Not a favorite. Brenda is from  few seasons ago, she tried to flirt her way to the top, and as a fellow gorgeous girl, I can relate. Still not a favorite. Andrea I don't even really remember, she is some sort of strategist which almost got voted off first. She's OK. Cochran, now we're getting somewhere. He is my all-time favorite, and not just because he is hilarious. For some reason, my family immediately pegged him as my brother Max. Maybe it's the awkwardness, or the translucent skin, or maybe the stupid humor. He is definitely a favorite. Phillip is a crazy guy from a few seasons ago who had this feud with Francesca, who got voted off first then and now too. I don't really get how she can be a favorite in one episode, but whatever. Not favorites. I don't remember Erik, Dawn, or Corinne at all so I'm not going to judge them. Yet. Malcolm is cool, he was in the last season and I liked him. I would say he's a favorite. I'm not sure about any of the fans yet, but they will definitely have their work cut out for them. Good luck, and know that somewhere I will be in front of a screen laughing and smiling :)

Corny Movies Make Me Smile :)

Right now, I'm watching The Game Plan on Disney Channel. It is one of the cheesiest movies I've ever seen, which is why I love it so much. If you don't already know, I'm going to tell you what it's about. If you do know, I'm still going to tell you. Basically, this all star football quarterback, Joe King, has it made. He is living the good life, he gets all the money, all the babes, all the trophies. Until. One day, a young girl shows up at his door claiming she's his daughter. Sound corny yet? Her name is Peyton Kelly, and she makes everything very... interesting. From bedazzling Joe's football to forcing him to participate in her dance class, Joe has his hands full. Not only that, but his big playoff game is coming up soon and he is way too preoccupied with Peyton to focus on it. Poor Joe. There is no way anyone is going to know what happens next, right? Ok, well this is why it is super cheesy. It is really just a typical Disney movie where everyone knows what will happen but they still get all emotional at the end.

Photo courtesy of: http://www.impawards.com/2007/game_plan_ver2.html

This kind of says it all, doesn't it? Quality film right here. So back to the emotional part. I don't know if this is true, but I think that I personally feel the emotion because of the music they play. They have this inspiring stuff in the background that make the whole thing a bit less socially awkward. Honestly, if half these things happened in real life or even just without the music, it would be a lot different. But I still feel myself smiling that cute little "Aww, it all worked out for everyone!" smile. In true hope that this isn't just me and other people feel this too, keep on corny smiling :)

Blankets Make Me Smile :)

Curling up in a nice, warm, fuzzy blanket is all a girl can really ask for. Well, actually, I can think of several other things to ask for, but that's beside the point. What I'm really trying to get at is how awesome a nice, huge, warm, fuzzy blanket is after a long day at school. And every day at school is a long day. For Christmas, I got a green blanket that feels like it was made by the gods. Also the goddesses, I'm not being sexist here. My grandparents gave me the blanket, and there has not been a single day since Christmas I have not worn it. Honestly, it is the most comfortable banket ever, and I don;'t think this picture does it justice, but here it is anyways:

This is my blanket...

Like I said, doesn't really look that great. But it is, trust me! It is the most amazing thing ever, and I smile every time I wear it, even after the hardest of days. It's great in the mornings, when it's cold and I'm tired. It's great in the middle of the day, when nothing is really going on and I have nothing better to do. It's great in the evenings which, just like the mornings, it's cold and I'm tired. I don't know exactly where my Nana and Poppy got this particular piece of heaven, but here is a link to a website all about blankets. Seriously, it's called blankets.com and I've been on it for pretty much the whole week. Even though I didn't know I would write this post about blankets until today. That is actually kind of what reminded me of my blanket, which reminded me about my blog, which reminded me that I had to do it tonight, so I thought I would share it with you. Hope it makes you smile :)

Chicken Parmesan Makes Me Smile :)

Tell me in complete honesty, is there anything better than the taste of chicken parmesan? No, hang on, do not answer, I already know what you're going to say. Absolutely not. There is nothing in the world better than the taste of melted cheese, tender chicken, and soft pasta. Ugg. Sorry, I'm just a little busy being in heaven right now. Because, if you didn't already guess, I had chicken parmesan for dinner tonight. Which I'm pretty sure you did guess, but either way, now you know. So, you are welcome. If you want to have your own chicken parmesan, here is the awesome recipe my dad used to make it, with a few tweaks of his own of course. Which only succeeded in making it more deliciously mouth watering. In case you want to feel really hungry, here is a picture of my delicious chicken parmesan on a bed of wonderfully cooked pasta:

Image courtesy of me...and my dad, I guess

Yum, right? And believe me when I say this, it was SO yum. I almost forgot to take a picture of it before eating it, thank god I did! Even though it doesn't look as good as it does in real life, I'm assuming that everyone knows how bad the camera can make things - or people - look. I mean, everyone has had their picture taken and wondered why they look like a dying animal, right? Just me? Well ok. So anyways, the only bad part about chicken parmesan is that it takes so long to make it! It decides to fill the house with it's delicious smell for at least half an hour before it's even edible. However, it is so totally and absolutely worth the wait. If there is anything that i will wait an entire half an hour for, it's chicken parmesan. Or maybe pizza. Let's just settle on food in general. So, no matter how long you have to wait, when you get your chicken parmesan I hope you eat it up with a big smile :)

Tourists Makes Me Smile :)

The tourists are coming, the tourists are coming! In fact, they have already come. On the bus ride home from school today I saw countless fur coat, red lanyard, huge sunglass wearing people flooding the streets of Park City. Of course, lots of jokes were made about their pursed lips and huge stilettos, but the most fun was when we decided to actually tell them what we thought. Unfortunately, this thought came around a little late, so only a few tourists were in sight. We gave the job of their humiliation to Nathaniel. Not a good choice. When we neared these two tourists, although there were so many other ways to make fun of them, he chose to say "I don't like your pants." Like, really? That's the best you can do?

Well, anyways, just about half an hour ago I had another run in with some tourists. One was from Michigan, the other from Ohio. The funny thing is that both these men were wearing women's ski gear. The one from Ohio was wearing a scarf. Not even the manly kind! It was kind of embarrassing, but hey, whatever floats your boat. They actually proved to be not that bad, which made me happy because we were all waiting for the city bus, which wouldn't be there for another 20 minutes. I found out that Michigan was here for some promotional thing for his company, who are apparently giving out free veggie burgers and hot cocoa on Main Street. Maybe I'll go sometime. Basically, these two guys have sort of made me like tourists.

This is a picture from the movie Daniel Radcliffe is in, Kill Your Darlings.
Photo Courtesy of: http://filmguide.sundance.org/film/13037/kill_your_darlings

I always hope that I might see a celebrity tourist on the bus too, but so far no such luck. I've been especially hopeful lately because Daniel Radcliffe is here this year for Sundance. Oddly enough, I just wrote a post about him about two back saying how much I liked him. And now he's here! I'm pretty sure that it is a sign that I am destined to meet the chosen one. Back on topic, I really doubt that Harry Potter would take the city bus anyways because he could just fly his broom. Not that anyone would notice, because we're all just muggles. Maybe I don't smile at tourists just because they look stupid, but also because they're nice. Or the boy who lived. Either way, go out, mingle, meet some tourists, and of course smile :)

Fat Booth Makes Me Smile :)

Fat Booth. An app that provides hours and hours of instant entertainment, no matter where you are. That's right, it is one of those great things that you don't even need internet for, yet will still be incredibly fantastically amazingly awesome to play every time. And for some strange reason, no matter how many weird pictures I take of myself on it, my friend Caitlin always has more. I honestly don't know how she does it, because it s my phone. But, I did almost catch up recently when I was on a plane home from New Hampshire. For a good half hour I fatted myself, just normal fatting and putting the eyes/mouth/chin things in random places on my face. Here's a nice picture of me with random lumps all over my face as a result of the latter:

Pretty attractive, huh?

If you were hoping to see a fat booth of Caitlin as well, you are out of luck. It took me so long just to get this off of my phone, and I am absolutely not doing it again. If you want, though, you can check out Caitlin's blog here. I guarantee it will make you smile. So anyways, back to fat booth. Not only is it fun and awesome because it doesn't need internet, but it also will show anyone whether or not they look good fat. Or with gross tumors all over their faces. Which is exactly what everybody wants to know about themselves, am I right? I use it to keep track of a lot of my friends and family, too. Recently I added my cousins' pictures to the mix, and they can rock facial tumors and fatness almost as well as I can. I guess that makes sense because we are related. Until next time, fat yourself (but not for real) and keep on smiling :)