Tuesday, April 17, 2012

Today IceFyre went to swim team again, this time running two miles and doing a lot of difficult conditioning, including planks, before her hard swimming for dry land, (it was SUPER hard) went to her school play, which some of her friends participated in, and had an earthquake drill.

Movie Reccomendation of the Day-
Avatar: The Last Airbender, also known as Avatar: The Legend of Aang

I love these! they are my favorite ever!!!!!!!! you MUST watch them! i repeat; MUST!  and just trust me and watch it so you don't have to read the really long summarization below, that really doesn't even come half close to summarizing it, and just WATCH IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Follows Aang, who is biologically 112 years old, but he was preserved an iceberg for 100 years, so he's pretty much just 12. He is the Avatar, the only one who can master all four elements. In the Avatar world, people can master, or bend, the four elements, but only one... except the avatar. There are also non-benders, who are just normal people. The Avatar is reincarnated every time they die. In Aangs time, the Fire Nation, (one of the four nations; Air Nomads, Fire Nation, Water Tribe, Earth Kingdom) Is at war with the rest of the world, as they have been for 100 years, and they are winning. Prince Zuko, the banished son of Firelord Ozai, has been cursed to hunt the Avatar and return him to his father, or he will never regain his honor, throne, or family. His father is a cruel man. Zuko spoke out in a war meeting, to protect some of his friends who were going to be sacrificed in a certain battle tactic. It was not his place to speak out. His own father challenged him to an Agni Kai (a firebending duel, usually to the death, and almost always the loser ends up with a scar.) at age 13. He refused to fight his own father and, as a punishment, his father scarred his right eye permanently, and banished him, calling him a coward not to fight, saying he could only return with the captured Avatar, an impossible task, as no one had been able to find him in a hundred years. But when Aang returns, Zuko is determined to catch him. Aang meets Katara, the last waterbender in the Southern Water tribe, and her brother Sokka, a non-bender, who is, however, skilled with his boomerang. Their mother was killed by the fire nation, and there father is at war. Sokka describes himself as a "meat and sarcasm guy", while Katara is loving and motherly. they agree to go with Aang to the North Pole, as Aang has only mastered airbending, and not water, earth, or fire. All air nomads were eliminated by the fire nation, in hopes of getting rid of the avatar, so he is, essentially, the last airbender. as he sets off for the north pole, and eventually, to defeat firelord ozai, an impossible task, he is accompanied by many allies, making up what Sokka named "team Avatar" they are: Toph, a twelve-year old blind earthbending prodigy, who is arguably the best earth bender of her time, and invented metal bending, as well as is freakin' awesome! She is on mine as well as EarthDragyn's profile picture. She is kinda punkish, very sarcastic, and loves fighting. She also comes from a very rich family, the Bei Fongs.  Suki, a Kyoshi warrior who is a non bender, but skilled with fan-weapons, and Sokka's love. She is sarcastic, kind, and funny.  Appa, Aangs flying bison/ animal guide, and MoMo, a flying lemur-bat they picked up over time. However, they also accumulate many enemies, such as Zuko, Azula, (Zuko'sister, even better at firebending than him) Admiral Jhao, (a ruthless admiral intent on capturing the Avatar,) and, in general, the entire fire nation. Not to mention Firelord Ozai, the best fire bender in the world, who even the avatar can't defeat. And then there's Ty-Lee, a friend of Azula, who, using techniques of chi-blocking, can paralyze you or take away bending, along with Mai, a kind of goth, pessimistic girl who can shoot daggers and ninjas stars out of nowhere from her sleeves and stuff... and then there's Iroh, Zuko's uncle, who loves tea and Pai Sho, and is constantly trying his patience. He belongs to a secret group called the Order of the White Lotus, and isn't really a bad guy. It is also REALLY funny! i love this ! it has lots of great sub-plots and awesomeness and... yeah. If you're still reading this, you are the most amazing trooper ever, especially since i suck at explaining it. so, basically, just trust me and watch it; you'll love it, teen, child, adult, or grandparent.

Monday, April 16, 2012

Today IceFyre went to swim team, (i am on the Marlins Swim Team, on Gold Level) and worked very hard, as well as signed up for a meet on Friday, her first one in about 2 or 3 years. She also scored 100% on a math test, and tried a green drink. (DISGUSTING!!) She also wrote 2 sensory poems for her English class.

Book suggestion of the Day-
The Harry Potter Series, by J.K. Rowling

Follows a teenage boy whose parents were killed by the Dark Lord Voldemort, who tried to killed him, but failed to kill someone w/ the killing curse for the first time in history, and vanished. He finds out he is a wizard, and attends Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, teaming up with his friends Ron and Hermione. Wizards can perform spell with wands, including the three unforgivable curses- The Imperius Curse (controls someone's mind completely, have to do what you say) The Cruciatus Curse- (torture curse) and The Killing Curse, Avada Kadavra, which kill instantly, with no traces of how. Voldemort returns, intent on killing Harry, with the help of the Death Eaters, his followers. As the prophecy says: 'Neither can live while the other survives!' Unfortunately, Voldemort is the most renowned dark wizard of all time, and has horcruxes, items that split the soul through murder with bits of his soul in it. He cannot die unless all of these are destroyed, and Harry  doesn't have much time.

Saturday, April 14, 2012

Welcome to the blog of the really long title above! 
Here you'll find lots of random (and funny) comments, most of which will probably make no sense, and be completely unrelated. You will also find lots of book/movie recommendations, most of which will try to force you to read/watch them because I love them so much. So, you know,  you've been warned. Was that dramatic enough? I hope so. I will also comment/critique writing for any budding writers out there, (I'm an author too, no worries, you are no longer alone in the world!) You  might also find an annoying amount of references to how freakin' amazing I am, but push onward, because they are true. Also, if you know what an Alpha- Venomous Bean is, you are nearly as amazing as me. Woohoo for you! Go throw yourself a party. Eat some cake.  Now bring me some cake. And go brag to your friends and watch their confused faces. (trust me, this is fun.) 

But you know who's even awesomer than me? My good friend EarthDragyn! She's so awesome, she can beat the sissy pants off a saber-toothed moose lion steering a pirate ship full of Brussels sprouts! "What do you do with Brussels sprouts?" you ask. Well, to be short, you light them on fire. And throw them. And... well... mass destruction. MASS... DESTRUCTION!!!! But anyway, she can beat them. 

Darn it, now I feel bad for admitting that anyone who has ever lived in the universe is awesomer than me... so... now we're equally awesome. But, just for the record, it was my idea to dump the Brussels Sprouts on the oily water near Mexico so the explosion would be funner to watch. What? If the Brussels Sprouts stop burning as soon as you dump them in the ocean, what's the fun in it? (Just so you know, there were no casualties or injuries or witnesses, so no need to call the police on me. They wouldn't believe you anyway. But you believe me, right? You don't? Good. You're sane. Which is why I'm probably not, seeing as I whole-heartedly believe it. ) 

... So, yeah. I'm awesome, you should like all the books/movies I like cuz they rock. Oh, and also, try you're very hardest not to die any time soon, cuz that would make me sad.  Bye!