My Life Powerpoint

color · thatblue/greendarkturquoisecolor butmoreonthegreenishside
food · italian, east indian, japanese, mexican, swiss...
drink · chocolate milk, water, lemonade, smoothies ^-^
bands · Damone, Senses Fail, Hedley, A&A, blink-182, SOAD, Evanescence, Maroon 5, Keane, Jet, P!ATD, Linkin Park, The Ramones, Billy Talent
movies · The Notebook, H&K go to White Castle, Napoleon Dynamite, Mean Girls, Snow White, Ghost Ship, Titanic...
song · Justin Timberlake's "FutureSex/LoveSounds"
month · November
day · Friday
pie · blueberry or apple, depending on my mood
holiday · Christmas
number · 11
books · HP series by JKR, Angels & Demons by Dan Brown
subject · English Language Arts
season · autumn
animal · penguin
actors · Jude Law, Rupert Grint, Adam Brody, Liam Aiken
actresses · Michelle Trachtenberg, Reese Witherspoon, Kirsten Dunst, Rachel McAdams
male artists · Sean Paul, John Mayer, James Blunt, Bobby Darin, Justin Timberlake, Usher
female artists · Aly & AJ, Shania Twain, Aselin Debisontv series · Family Guy, 6teen, House M.D., Canadian Idol, How I Met Your Mother, Gilmore Girls, Sex and the City, The O.C., entourage

first movie ever · Disney's Snow White first
limo · auntie's wedding, I was a flower girl.
first type of music remember hearing · Grandpa's guitar and him singing "Train Whistle Blowing".
first username · tencea.
first sleepover experience · Marlene & Carolina when I was 3 or 4, who now live in Guatemala O.o
first formal outfit · my baptism at 2 weeks old lol.
first favorite outfit · matching purple&white kitty outfit ^^;
first concert · never :'(first piercing · both ears at age 6 months.
first funeral · great-grandpa George.
first CD · Spice Girls.
first pet · Cuddles the cat.
first job · paper route XD.
first big travel · Anaheim, Calif. (Disneyland!).
first car · not yet ;)
first names for future childses · James & Emily, also December & Autumn for girls, and boys names for girls are cute.

× is l o v e ·
·reading & writing & running & food & picwhoring & Harry Potter & Angels&Demons & all fantasy & movies & Gilmore Girls & ANTM & Family Guy & Entourage & The OC & Adam Brody & Brendan Urie & penguins & cell phones & friends & family & Christmas & shopping & shoes & clothes & giggles & my futon & shweet lamps & piano & percussion & violin & New Apostolic Church & earrings & imagination & Photoshop & traveling & Disneyland & cheese & late nights & rain & hyperness & coffee & YouTube & The Notebook & Happy Feet & Memoirs of a Geisha & Mean Girls & The Incredibles & POTC & Dirty Dancing: HN & Napoleon Dynamite & the library & humidifiers & sleep & Junior Achievement & lunch hour & the[love]bus & subconscious & minds+thoughts & lip gloss & earrings & band & fairytales & Disney

× is e w w ·
·coconut & cantaloupe & honeydew & avocado & peppers & bugs & tAlkIn lyk dIS!!!11 & physical pain & nails on chalkboards & homework & embarrassment & failure & being late & public speaking & being grounded & violence & fighting/arguing & swimming for too long & nosebleeds & bad breath & no chocolate

× t u n a g e ·
·P!ATD & blink-182 & Jack's Mannequin & FOB & OK GO & The Veronicas & Rihanna & John Mayer & Maroon 5 & SOAD & Billy Talent & Anti-Flag & Justin Timberlake & Aly&AJ & AAR & Ciara & Akon & Damone & Evanescence & Hedley & Pussycat Dolls & Sean Paul & TBS & Yellowcard & Jet & Mozella & Michael Buble & Good Charlotte & The Used



Shopping, graphic design, reading, writing, RPG, jogging, photography, picture-whoring, chatting, my cell phone <33,>

I like reading and writing, of course, and I might want to have a future career in writing (journalism has been suggested among other things). Another very prominent interest and activity I enjoy is playing the piano. This year, I hope to pass my grade six practical exam, which, as I’ve mentioned, will earn me credits for high school as I’ve already completed the grade one rudiments of theory exam that goes along with it. I take one-hour lessons once a week, which (for this year and the last) have totaled up to be $1100 a year. My piano lessons have benefited for the church I go to, which is most definitely my largest interest. I’ve been playing the organ for the New Apostolic Church since I was about ten, though last year was the first year I began to play with the organ pedals, because I began taking organ lessons. My religion and church are the most important things in my life; I grew up in the church and was baptized and sealed as a baby. This coming April I am going to be confirmed. The confirmation is an enormous deal, it means that I can make my own decisions to come to church and basically that I am responsible for myself and am an adult in the congregation. Some of the interests I have that may not be as obvious as the ones I’ve already mentioned are graphic design and history. With my hobby of going on the computer, I started teaching myself to use the Adobe Photoshop 6.0 program to design and manipulate graphic art, (mainly to use as signatures in forums and etc.) and I really enjoy it and believe that I’ve gotten very good at designing and creating graphics. Only recently did I learn how to do animation, so I’m still working on that. Then there’s my interest in history, which my grandpa largely introduced me to. He enjoys reading a lot, like myself, and took an interest in reading on the history of the royal family in England. You would be amazed at how intriguing it all is, it’s almost like fiction, and though I’m not very learned on any of the history in England or anywhere else in the world, my interest has been sparked. A few other activities I enjoy are cooking, basketball, tennis, bike riding, and I just found out that I may enjoy volleyball a little more than I thought I did. A little interest I have to add, too, is genetics/DNA. In grade six and seven I took some books out of the school library on genetics, though there aren’t very many, and I learned a lot about chromosomes, how our DNA works, how molecules produce more molecules, etc. I’d love to learn more on that topic, though I haven’t looked into it much further.

Pets: Pumpkin Pie Kanevil, Angel, loads of fish, Teddy, Meeko, Silver, Cuddles

SSR – Eragon, con’t.

January 31st, 2007
ELA9 Mrs. LaMotte
Elizabeth Selinger

Brom had been sliced between his ribs by the Ra’zac, and later he passes on, but reveals to Eragon that he was one of the last Riders. He was the one who stole Saphira’s egg from King Galbatorix and killed Morzan, the King’s second-in-command. Murtagh decides to accompany Eragon and Saphira from then on and they set off to find the Varden. He also gives Eragon information that his sword, Zar’roc, was Morzan’s before Brom killed him. Along the way they encounter Durza the Shade (a Shade is a dark sorcerer) and rescue Arya, an elven maiden who had been tortured relentlessly in Durza’s prison for information.

Now, the Empire’s soldiers are chasing them, and they begin to cross the expansive, blistering Hadarac Desert. The elf Arya is still unconscious and her condition is getting worse as they start to trek the monstrous Beor Mountains. Finally, Eragon is able to contact Arya through his mind and she tells him they must get to the Varden so she can be cured, and reveals to him to path to reach it. As the group travels they must fight off a gathering of slavers,

[Note: Apologies, the Eldest summary could not be included. Before I was finished reading the book, it had to be returned to the public library, because there was a waiting list and I could only keep it for so long. Instead, the following is an SSR assignment for Blister, a small book I read after realizing I wouldn’t be able to use Eldest.]

SSR: Eragon

Title: Eragon

Author: Christopher Paolini

Setting: Eragon takes place in the fantasy world of Alagaesia, throughout about 1 year. Many different types of weather and settings are experienced, from rough mountain trails at high altitudes; a seemingly endless desert with blistering winds; to large seaport cities filled with murk and fog. This world seems reminiscent of medievel times (for example, major weapons are swords and the bow and arrow).

Plot: The story begins with a 15-year-old boy named Eragon hunting in The Spine, a dangerous range of mountains and forestry that seem to be cursed with magical properties. Here he finds a large, blue rock, which eventually turns out to be a dragon egg. Eragon hides the dragon in the woods near his family's farm, because dragons have a horrible history in Alagaesia: Dragon Riders and their dragons were once the leaders and peacekeepers of the land, but were destroyed by the evil Gallbatorix and his demon dragon Shruiken, so Gallbatorix could gain power and become King.
He names the dragon Saphira, and she (the dragon) and Eragon can communicate through their minds. While in the city of Carvahall, Eragon discovers that there are two strange and dangerous-sounding creatures called Ra'zac looking for the dragon's egg. The 15-year-old rushes back to the farm to warn his uncle (Garrow) and Saphira about the strangers, but ends up taking his first flight on Saphira's back. She is in such a rage over the mere thought of these strangers that she flies until it becomes impossible to return the same day. In the morning they return to find his uncle's house blasted apart, and Garrow himself horribly sick and injured. After a few days the beloved uncle passes away. Eragon then decides that there is too much he cannot explain any more, and he and Saphira will pursue the two strangers.
Their plans are interrupted by Brom, who somehow can talk through thoughts to Saphira also, and makes Eragon agree to let him join them on their journey. Brom knows a great deal about almost everything, it seems, and gives Eragon a sword called Zar'roc, tells him the strangers are creatures called Ra'zac, shows him how to make a saddle for Saphira, and teaches him to swordfight. They stop in the next city to buy horses (Saphira cannot carry both men), then continue to track the Ra'zac across the plains, where they meet with a magnificent storm. Finally, the group reach Yazuac, the city to which they have followed the Ra'zac, but find the people of the town slaughtered by menacing creatures called Urgals. Here, whilst fighting these brutes of animals, Eragon discovers he is able to use magic by saying certain words. Once Brom finds out, he is extremely wary of this dangerous power, and teaches Ergaon very strict discipline when using it.
The group continues to travel, to Daret for supplies, then to Teirm to find shipping records of Seithr oil, a very expensive flesh-eating acid that the Ra'zac use. Here, Eragon has his fortune told by Angela, a witch, meets a wise werecat named Solembum, and learns to read and write. Then they continue to Dras-Leona, and along the way Brom reveals to Eragon that a war is waging between the Alagaesian Empire and the Varden (the rebel group) in which Eragon is a key part because he is the first in a new generation of Dragon Riders. Eragon almost kills himself trying to defeat a pack of Urgals with magic, and keeps dreaming of a maiden in a dungeon. After these events, they reach Dras-Leona, where eventually the Ra'zac find them and they are chased out of the city. Outside the city that night, though, they are captured by the Ra'zac, but are saved by a man called Murtagh.
[end of summary: approx. page 269][Note: Though this is my second time reading Eragon, I didn't read enough over the break to review the whole thing for a complete plot summary. This is half of the summary of the entire book. The second half will be in my next SSR Monthly Book Assignment, as well as the plot summary to the sequel, Eldest. So, next month = half of Eragon + whole Eldest summaryand I will answer the questions on Eldest.]

Questions
1. One of the characters I liked the most in Eragon was Murtagh. He was the surprise twist that saved Eragon and Brom from the Ra'zac when I couldn't even fathom how they were going to get free. Obviously a very strong character, Murtagh stands his ground against the Twins' mind probing, saying that it is the only part of him that is his own (or something to that effect). This is one of my favorite lines in the entire book. Also, how he has gained such strong views against the Empire, although he is Morzan's son (Morzan was the equivalent to King Gallbatorix's second in command). I guess the major reason I like Murtagh is that, although he has personality flaws, his character demands respect.

2. I read books in the fantasy fiction genre a lot, and this book is likewise a work of fantasy. The surroundings Eragon takes place in remind me of the Lord of the Rings trilogy, yet the actual plot has bits of such other series as Harry Potter, His Dark Materials, Inkheart/spell, and more. It is the first fantasy book I've read that focuses so much on dragons, which makes it more original and gives it a name in an age with so many fantasy reads that each seems to be stealing concepts from another.

3. Though, yes, I would most definitely recommend this book to any of my friends, I doubt any of them would actually take the time to read it. Reasons for this are (1) it would actually take quite a bit of time to read, and (2) none of them are normally into fantasy, other than movies. However, if I had recommended it, I would persist because for a reasonably lengthy book, I feel not very much of it was dragged out. Eragon keeps you enticed and wanting to read all throughout its 513 or so pages.

4. This book in the Inheritance trilogy changed me as a reader by helping me warm up to the idea of reading books that are suggested by people I don't know especially well. It was recommended to me by a "significant other" of one of my close friends, and I decided to try it out. Now, the Inheritance trilogy (or rather, the 2/3 books that have been released) is one of my favorite reads to disappear into a fictional world to for a weekend.

Elizabeth Selinger

Reason

This particular blog was made for one reason, and one reason only:

To transfer any of my typed works to other locations.

I'll post the typed work in question at one location, and be able to retrieve it at another, without having to use a jumpdrive or memory card or any other means of transferring files.

Yay. <33