Saturday, October 17, 2015

Who am I?

So obviously my last post was not an introduction like many (or all) first blogposts are. I don't like sticking to the norms. So here is an actual introduction, the second post.

Who am I? I'm Abby. I recently moved to a farm in Ohio, and hopefully will have some animals soon! Right now we have two barn cats, although one is pregnant, so that number will be increasing soon. And eventually we will have chickens, a dog or two, and (hopefully) I will be getting a horse. (YAY). Big plans, not entirely sure when they all will be happening.


In no particular order, things I enjoy:

  • Harry Potter
  • Horses
  • Books
  • Nature
  • My wonderful(and sometimes crazy) friends
  • Drawing
  • Reading
  • Photography
  • Ballroom dancing
  • Designing outfits
  • Doctor Who
  • Fall (except when the weather can't make up its mind!)
  • Pinterest
  • Climbing trees
  • Big, abnormal, and different words
  • Lists
  • Blankets
  • Taylor Swift, Panic! at the Disco, and just music in general

A few things I dislike:
  • Negativity/pessimism 
  • Having a closed mind and not being open to new ideas
  • Being rude and disrespectful
  • When I can't find things
  • Feeling helpless
So yeah. There's a bit about the author of this blog. :-) I hope this was at least semi-interesting? On another note, sorry for the gap in posts, I want to keep up with posting, but being a senior in highschool, school, homework and social life are busy. :-P I also have responsibilities around the house and need sleep at somepoint. (and I may have forgotten about this because it's new....oops...) I will try to post once or twice a week, but we'll just have to wait and see what happens.

Abby


P.S. I'm not always super creative, especially when I need to be, so leave a comment below about what you want me write about? Thanks guys!

Thursday, October 8, 2015

To whom it may concern...

Dear movie directors/producers that have been making movie versions of books,

     Step up your game please. The movies lately? The have been sad compared to the books. Divergent, Hunger Games, Harry  Potter (These weren't terrible except the Order of the Phoenix), I could go on for ages... There are a million ways they could be better. I'm not writing this letter to be mean, just to ask you to fix these flaws. When you are asked to direct or produce a movie, READ THE BOOK. Sit down and just read a chapter or two a night after dinner. And take notes, I can't stress this enough. Divergent for one. Eric was supposed to have "long, dark, and greasy" hair, essentially Snape's hair for the potterheads. Where does the short, slicked back cut come from??
Honestly...
Even Professor Snape thinks Eric's hair is wrong.


I think there's a slight difference here, what about you? And don't even get me started on Four being British. And Tris' hair in Insurgent? It's shoulder length not a pixie cut. I understand Shailene Woodley had her hair short for The Fault in our Stars, but there are these thing called hair extensions. Or you can wait. A lot of people need to practice patience anyway.

     I will admit, there are some good or okay points, Eric is pierced and tattooed, as he should be. A few more piercings wouldn't hurt, but I'll let it slide. A lot of the places are very accurate, such as the jump.

     If you make a few small changes to your movies (i.e. reading the books, taking notes, finding props/actors/places/costumes that truly follow the book/s) I can almost guarantee you'll have more viewers. All the book nerds would leave the books for a while to see them in action. I'm sure a lot, or all, of them have been very deterred by the recent movies based off of the books. I know I have.
Sincerely,
A Book Nerd

(Abby)

Thanks to Google images for the pictures.