How do you do Everyone! 

I really just couldn’t think of one solid thing to discuss for this blog so instead I’m going to talk about some random things that’s been on my mind lately and give some updates about things that I’ve probably talked about in former blogs. You’re most likely reading about Youtubers or books, or games, or all of the above today.   Enjoy! 

                                                        CoryxKenshin 

                                                                                                                           

This is a Youtuber that I started watching in the 7th grade after my friend had been trying to convince me to watch him for years. For those who may not know him, Cory is a Youtuber that mostly does horror gaming and horror stories. He’s mostly known for his horror short reaction series, Spooky Scary Sundays.  His fandom is the Samurais, and his channel is just really entertaining to me, so I’ve been watching him since the 7th grade, until recently before he took another one of his leaves.  Yes, he’s known for taking these long leaves, the last one being 10 months until he got his Diamond YouTube play button.  Now he’s been gone for 8 months, and I wonder where he has been.  Like, last I heard he was in Japan, I don’t know.  Point is (even though there isn’t really one) if anyone else watches him, did y’all unsubscribe?  Or are y’all still holding on?  

Final Destination: Bloodlines

This is a horror series which has given a lot of people fears.  It gave me the fear of escalators, roller coasters, driving behind trucks carrying logs on the road, and tanning beds.  Anyway, for those who haven’t watched the series; Final Destination is a movie franchise about a bunch of different groups of people who are dying in the most horrendous ways after cheating death.   It’s more gruesome than scary if anything, though I bring this up because after 14 years they are coming back with a new movie that doesn’t even stick to the theme. This is what I was talking about in my last blog; why are people adding movies after all these years.  Why are they fixing what was never broken?  The last movie had the perfect ending and plot twist, also the movies fit its decade, why are they trying to make it fit into the new decade.  They’re just trying to destroy it.  So, I just wanted to vent about that. 

 

                                                                                                                                        The HouseMaid 

 

 

 

Lately I’ve just been noticing how I haven’t really read a book of my own choice since I’ve been to MSA so during my free time I add books to my future summer book haul.  This was one of the books that have been on my Wishlist for a good moment.  The book The House Maid is by one of my favorite authors, Freida McFadden and it’s about a young Maid named Millie who goes to work for this rich woman, Nina Winchester and her family.   Millie has secrets and one of her biggest secrets being that she wants Nina’s life, and even though that’s big it seems that Nina Winchester’s secrets may be bigger.  Though Millie isn’t worried about it because they don’t know what she’s capable of.  

I’ve read a couple reviews about this book and so far, they’ve all been hyping it up as the best Psychological yet.  So, if any of you want to get out of a reading slump, you could check out this book too. 

 

The Elmwood Trail

I’ve talked about this game before in a blog last semester.  This is basically a Thriller and Mystery interactive game where you find a missing girl through her phone.  So, it’s narrated through text messages, the most realistic mobile apps, and some more stuff.  They even have a photo gallery, and the story plot is so good.   Anyway, I just got through playing the new update and y’all I think the detective I’m playing as is having their; “Am I the Bad Guy?”  moment.  

Like he neglects his wife and son and everything.  He over here has these weird obsessions and spoiler, there was a twist when he got this teenage boy into a coma because he was working with somebody, I don’t know who, to cover up leads that lead to Zoey (the girl missing).  
This game is so chaotic with this unreliable narrator.  Also, the puzzles aren’t easy but they’re not hard to the point that you want to give up.  Also, all three hints are free, and the third hint gives you the answer to solve the puzzles.  Point is (even though there isn’t really one) I’m ready for the next update because it’s supposed to be the last episode.  

That’s It.  Have a nice day. 

This week, I want to share some Oscar-worthy scenes, from movies/plays

In specific order. Some of these have a spoiler warning before hand. 

#3 -Stronger “I can’t!” 

also have a link to the scenes on YouTube. I would recommend watching them if you’re interested, I Don’t think the text can quite deliver the amount of emotion they put into each of these monologues. 

This scene is crazy. From start to finish. The movie overall is a must see and not to mention a true story. (minor spoiler alert) in this scene. Jake Gyllenhaal’s character is scared because he’s basically being told he’s going to be a father. 
But he had recently lost both his legs in an explosion, so he’s scared that he won’t be the father that his girlfriend expects him to be. 

#2 Manchester By The Sea “Please…”

(Trigger warning – attempted suicide.) 

Manchester by the sea is one of the best movies I think I have ever seen. The writing, characters, plot, and pace are all amazing. I’ve seen it at least three times.
This scene depicts the main character realizing he’s free to go after making a horrible mistake, and as if to try and justify that mistake, he takes matters into his own hands. It’s very emotional, and very strong. Every time I’ve showed someone the movie, they always cry.  This movie was nominated for 4 Oscars, and won two… Best original Screenplay, and best leading actor which were both extremely deserved. 

#1 – Prodigal Son –
“Someone Saw me…”

I dont even know where to start with this scene. Timothy Chalamet has genuine talent. The emotion and body language he expresses in this scene is unmatched. In the video, you can even tell that the audience recognized his talent. At first, when the teacher was talking, they were laughing. But once Timothy’s part came, everyone was quiet.  This scene talks about the double standard of respect. How authorities are often times demandant of it from the start, while those under them have to “earn it”. 

Anyways, those are the three Oscar Worthy scenes that I wanted to share. If you haven’t seen any of the movies (and one play), I would recommend watching all of them immediately.

I wouldn’t be surprised if you’ve never heard of Camp Camp—compared to RWBY and Red vs Blue (if you’ve even heard of those two) it’s the less well-known of Rooster Teeth’s production, a now defunct indie production studio. If you have, maybe you saw it on YouTube at some point where it got most of its press (don’t look it up, it’s not there anymore)

The premise of the show is best described as a conman’s summer camp. A thousand years ago, in an attempt to make as much money as possible, Cameron Campbell set up a con where he could maximize profits and turn a regular summer camp into an everything camp. What ends up happening is a bunch of kids whose parents signed them up for entirely different camps (Science Camp, Magic Camp, Behavioral Correction Camp, etc.) all get jammed into a rinky dink summer camp where the only objective out of the day is to get to the end of the summer.

We follow Max, this cynical and jaded kid whose entire thing is making every day at camp as entertaining or as miserable as possible, along with his cheerful camp counselor David who’s never met a day he didn’t love.

A not bad premise for a series and it was critically acclaimed. Especially when it started picking up traction—Fourth season wrapped up with a longer episode lineup than any season before and a finale open for a fifth season. Then dead air. The next  season they were talking about doesn’t air and the company declared a period of “mass hiatus” for a number of its shows. Somewhere in there twenty million dollars is lost and the show is “TBA” for four years. If you were watching the show at the time, you wouldn’t be unrealistic to think the entire thing was canceled and call it good while it lasted.

Behind the scenes, Rooster Teeth would face a lot of controversy, budgeting difficulties, and layoffs. You wouldn’t know that if you were only there for one show but like ehhh semantics. But what’s really weird is despite all this, there WAS news.

Somewhere 2023, Rooster Teeth has its 20th year anniversary and four years after the series went dead, they premiere the closest thing to an actual official finale Camp Camp has had which they leave open-ended and THEN announce a fifth season a few days after.

Fifth season doesn’t air until March and I’ll be honest pessimistically, I’m like “alright yeah fifth season’s not coming.” five days after the first episode of the new season airs—the entire studio announces its shutting down. two days before I wrote this blog the series aired its last episode. the last episode wasn’t grandiose or a big send off and there was no major announcement except for a little card at the end of the last episode thanking you for watching the show.

and that’s the trashiest thing I’ve ever seen happen to an animated show!

 

My Top Five Timothee Chalamet Movies

Ok so I think there has been a weird coincidence, or maybe I just like Timothee Chalamet’s choices for casting calls but some of my favorite movies of all time either star or include Timothee even though I think only one or two of these movies would make it to my top ten list, but I thought that it was about time I probably make my own list so. Here we go.

 

(Quick PSA) this is not me ranking his performance, even though they’re all pretty good, but instead I am ranking the movie as a whole. Also, I have not seen Wonka or Dune Part two yet so those will be omitted for now. Also, I think I am just going to say TC instead of his full name because I think I am going to be saying it so much.

 

Honorable Mention- Interstellar

Even though Interstellar is a great movie, because TC was so young and his performance hadn’t grown into what it is today, I don’t think it makes a spot on my top five.

Number 5- Little Women

 

I think that for the most part, even though he doesn’t have a giant role in this movie, the small parts in which he is in it, his performance is so incredible. One of my favorite instances of his work in this film was his monologue when he was professing his love to Jo.

 

Number 4- Lady Bird

I really like it when TC has to be a jerk for one of his roles. I think his role in this film as Kyle was one that fit him really well. Kind of like the “pretentious piece of garbage” to put it bluntly, however he does it well, nevertheless.

 

Number 3-Dune

TC’s role as Paul in this film is indefinitely one of the biggest 180’s when it comes to his career in acting. When you think of action sci-fi movies, TC is never someone that comes to mind as a good protagonist, he has always come off as someone who is good in exclusively dramas, but he really surprised me with this, I implore you to watch it if you haven’t.

Number 2- Call me by your name.

I think that personally this movie as a whole paired with TC’s performance makes this one of my favorite movies of all time. The setting “northern Italy” and just the overall incredible scenery that the movie provides just makes these hands down one of the most beautiful films I have ever had the privilege of watching. To be honest this is pretty much on par with my number 1 choice, the only reason I put this one at second is that even though the movie is incredible I personally think that the book it is based off of is a bit better sooooo, yea. Nevertheless, I think that it is a movie you should watch, plus I need someone to talk to me about it so.

 

Number 1- Beautiful Boy

There aren’t many things that I can say when trying to talk about how incredible this film is. I think that it is one of the most incredible and accurate representations of drug addiction ever portrayed in media. It stars Steve Carrel and TC, the use of the passage of time in the film is incredible, and the fact it is based off of a true story never fails to amaze me.

Frogbloginning (Frog-blog-beginning) 

It is time…

…for a frog blog. It feels like it’s been a good bit since I’ve last written one, and there’s still so many frogs to share! However, before we get into specific frogs, I figured I’d share a fun frog fact! Unlike other animals, frogs can see color in the dark. It’s one thing to have night vision, but being able to see color in extreme darkness is insane! You can read more about it here, which is where I learned this.

Turtle Frog (Myobatrachus gouldii)

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LOOK AT THAT FACE. THAT SHAPE. An adorable specimen if I’ve ever seen one. As you may have guessed from the face, turtle frogs are a species of burrowing frog! Their methods of digging into soil face forward is what caused them to evolve their unique appearance. They also don’t hop, which I suspect may also be because of the whole burrowing thing. There are more frogs that don’t hop than you’d expect. Also, their main diet is termites!

Indian Bullfrog/Indus Valley Bullfrog (Hoplobatrachus tigerinus)

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“WHAT IS THAT?!” “Are those the same frog?!”

These are Indian bullfrogs, and the answer is yes! These beautiful babies have different appearances based on their respective sexes and seasons due to sexual dimorphism. When mating season comes around, male Indian bullfrogs adorn glamorous yellow coloration and purple/blue/they can’t decide(if you should live or die) vocal sacs! The yellow reminds of a dirty highlighter, but I say this as a loving basic observation. They look absolutely rad. The females remain the same brownish color all year, but they don’t need to impress- plus their eyes look as if they know all of your sins. These frogs also don’t stop growing their whole lives, and the females are typically larger than the males.

Horned Marsupial Frog (Gastrotheca cornuta)

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Oh boy; these guys are practically on their own level of frog-existence. They also look adorable with their angular little faces and goat shaped eyes! However, the truly amazing thing about these fellas is that they’re the only species of frog with actual, true teeth on its lower jaw. Not fleshy stumps, not almost-teeth-but-lacking-enamel-so-they’re-not-really-teeth, actual teeth. What’s even more is that this species straight up re-evolved said set of lower jaw teeth, kicking Dollo’s law of irreversibility in the face and giving way to discovering how many frogs have evolved, lost, and re-evolved teeth in the past. This isn’t even the end of ride, either. Female horned marsupial frogs carry their eggs in a pouch on their backs, and these eggs hatch as fully-formed frogs. They also don’t hop and make a ‘bop’ noise. I love them. Horribly, they’re endangered due to a myriad of human-related issues and chytridiomycosis disease, which affects frogs worldwide. 

Frogblogending (Frog-blog-ending)

I had a lot of fun writing this post! Then again, It’s hard to not have fun reading about these cool little guys while looking at pictures of them for research. I’ll be honest, I didn’t know the marsupial frog even existed until recently! This was a great opportunity to spend some time learning about it.

Fear Street Part One: 1994

Fear Street Part One sets up the events that are to transpire in the next two movies. Introducing us to our main characters. To avoid spoiling the movie I won’t get too into describing it because I know I’ll be tempted to fully delve into the movie. This one is probably my least favorite, not because it is bad but because the next two are just out of this world good. But the story this one sets up has LAYERS, like it has so much room to develop, it would’ve been such a great movie on its own but the fact that the story went deeper than that makes it infinitely better. The characters as well, like I geniunely was able to care for them and the progression of their story. 

Fear Street Part Two: 1978 

 

This movie is a flashback to the year of 1978. It is steered by another characters recount of the events that transpired at a summer camp that year.  This movie introduces us to new characters who were equally as interesting and even gives us a glimpse of younger current characters. This movie is amazing the huge plot twist, the reveal of the true villan. Also this movie definitely gripped me emotionally, like I shed a good amount of tears. It was so good, but the trilogy wasn’t done especially with making me cry. The characters in this movie were just as good as the other one, which was kind of bitter sweet knowing there fate. 

Fear Street Part Three: 1666

 

This one was ROUGH, we flashback to the year 1666 where we learn about the events that started the supernatural events the trilogy is driven by. When I telly you I SOBBED throughout this movie. I was shocked, we’re introduced to new characters but using the same actors as they have the last two movies. It was a choice that I am in LOVE with, I don’t know why but seeing the tragic events happen to the faces of characters we care so much about. This is my favorite out of the three it’s just gorgeous and the resolution while leaving room for more UGH I LOVE.

Final Thoughts

I can’t reccomend this trilogy enough, it does contain a lot of gore so fair warning but even if you’re not that big of a horror fan I think that you could really fall in love with it. The story, the characters, the writiting its all so worth the gross gore and the scary aspects. I was geniunely on the edge of my seat for a lot of it. Though i could predict aspects of certain characters the movie still hadn’t failed to suprise me.

 

 

What’s up guys I didn’t pay attendance to time so now i’m rushing this blog but it’s still going to be a good one or at least as good as my blogs can get. So this blog is going to just something small I started working on sometime ago. This is based off a game I play.

 

 The Nixon family is a powerful pureblood family. The family didn’t have much power when they first came to England but a few years after they came they gained enough power to almost stand above those i the Sacred Twenty-Eight, but since they were only immigrants at the time no one really took them seriously.

     Despite how their kind outward demeanor the Nixon Family rarely involved themselves with other families in the Wizarding World. The current Lord of the family is the fourth son, Ethan Nixon with his wife Lady Isabel “Izzy” Nixon. Lord and Lady Nixon did not attend Hogwarts, but their children expressed that they wished to go. Ethan and Isabel have five kids their oldest Jacob, their *second son, their daughter Katie, and finally their *twin son and daughter. The family is very close with one another.

     When Jacob with to Hogwarts Ethan and Isabel notice a change in their oldest so and they didn’t really like but they couldn’t do much about it but it did make them hesitant to send their other children to the school. After talking to the other children Ethan decide that their second son and Katie will go to one of the different magical schools. The twins are still to young to be let out the manor. That was the plan till something happen that almost broke the Nixon family. 

     In Jacobs last year of school he went missing and no one could find him. There was no trace of him anywhere like he didn’t exist in the world at all. Jacobs disappearance crushed the family Ethan and his second son spent all their time going out to look for their son and brother. While Isabel stayed at the Nixon manor with katie and the twins waiting for Jacob to come back home.

   They searched of days and months but no one could find Jacob. Ethan and Isabel didn’t know what to do their oldest was missing but they still had four other children to take care of. When Jacobs birthday had came around the family all shut themselves into their house they even gave house elves the day off so that they could be by themselves. It was on this day that Aurors showed up to their house and told them that their son was a threat to himself and the people around him so if they find him the have to turn him in.

  Ethan was so angered by this that he told his wife to get the kids a pack some clothes for  them because he was talking them to where the others in the Nixon family leave. They were getting out of England that night because he wasn’t going to have his family in whatever mess the England Ministry made. His family was already broken as is. 

Have any of you noticed how fast all of these movie productions are just shooting out these movies like they’ve been waiting to do it for a million years?  No?  Is it just me?  Well, if it is just me then I would like to rant a couple of points and examples to why I think Disney, Dreamworks, Pixar, Marvel, and Illumination are just throwing up movies.  

LIVE ACTIONS 

They went overboard.  I feel that society didn’t mind some of the live actions at first. We went to go see them and they were good, and if not, good they at least made sense and didn’t suck. I mean there were some that were cool because the movie was made in like the early 90s and there were millennials who wanted the movies, but then they went all the way back and decided that they’ll make all of the movies into live action.  If that makes sense.  Like I’m just saying, I just think some of the classics should have just been left alone.  I guess to give you a better understanding, maybe I should give you all an example of a live action that was needed and one that should have been left in the drafts. 

Okay: Mulan & Little Mermaid 

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I was iffy about both of these live actions.  Especially Little Mermaid because the franchise had about 4 movies already, so it made me wonder what else they could do?  Also, Disney publicized and hyped up this live action so much that I thought it was going to be sitting in the trash after I watched it.   Though, after I watched it I willingly ate my words because Halle Bailey did her part, and her singing was on point.  Also, the representation was still done well while also keeping the original storyline of The Little Mermaid.  So, this one turned out to be one that we needed.   

On to Mulan, the whole movie was just beautiful to me.   The score made by Christina Aguilera was everything and the only thing that I was upset about was the fact that they didn’t have Mushu.   Like let’s be honest, they could afford to get Eddie Murphy back.  These two Live Actions could leave the drafts. 

Definitely Not Okay: Lion King 

I was so hyped for this; I got my hopes up.  I mean I saved my good allowance for this movie and everything.  I remember everyone hyping up the cast on Facebook because Beyonce, Donald Glover, and Chance the Rapper were going to be in there with Beyonce on the score.  We thought it was gone be the bomb biggity. 

Turns out we got in there and realized they wasted those 1.663 billion dollars in box office, and we wasted 2 hours of our free time for this movie.  Like, I’m sorry if anyone disagrees but this is how I personally feel.  Everyone on Facebook was saying how Beyonce’s acting wasn’t it, and I mean, I can’t fight them on that.  The movie’s plot was kind of over the place because they somewhat deviated from the original.  The live action was not it and Disney knows that.  So why are they coming out with this new Prequel called Mufasa.   Like Disney just needs to sit down.  

SEQUELS

I know we all feel hurt when our favorite movies end, but we should all feel that when something is good it should stop at a good point.  Stop while they’re ahead.  Though it seems that some productions (Disney specifically because they’re going downhill)  act like they can’t stop.   They keep trying to add on more to the good ole movies that we love, why can’t they just make some more classics for the new generation?  I’m personally tired of arguing with my niece because she thinks Frozen was in her time when I literally wanted to buy that Elsa costume for my second grade Halloween before she was even born.  She wasn’t even thought of yet.
It’s all because everywhere we turn, they are updating like iPhone.  Here are some examples.

Frozen 3     

Who gone see it?  Not I.  They should have left it alone. Some of us were really content with Elsa just going where she belonged and Ana finally finding happiness.  But no!  They just won’t let them have peace.

Toy Story 5     

We didn’t even need a Toy Story 4 for real.  The last words of the movie were “To Infinity and Beyond.” That was supposed to be it.  Now they are just going out of proportion.   They already gave Buzz a spinoff.  What can more happen?  They give The Toys to Andy’s kid or something? 

Inside Out 2 

This is left to be decided.  I’m going to go see it, but when I first heard about it I was flabbergasted.  I thought we were done with Riley, but it seems we have to watch her grow up with us. It may be good, it may be bad, but either way it better have something since they wouldn’t let Bing Bong rest in peace.

 

Also, I know I mostly just covered Disney, but it’s not just them.  There’s also Marvel and Dreamworks.  I mean, has anyone seen Kung Fu Panda 4?  Or let’s not forget all of these Marvel reboots that are not making it in the box office right now.  I heard that The Marvels and Madame Web weren’t looking so well right now.  Another thing I forgot, have you all heard the rumor that there may be a Shrek Five coming out soon?   Now we all should at least agree that isn’t right.

I don’t know, but I’m done for now.    

(With Bias towards the songs)

For this post, I wanted to share some of my favorite album covers. Not specifically the songs, although there might be a little biased choosing in those regards, but specifically just the cover and the photo/art. 

Some of them are really well done. They tell an interesting story that can go along with the songs as you think. I think some of them give off a nice aesthetic, and others are just pleasing to look at. 

So for the first Album- 

 

#5 LUSTRA – Left For Dead 

This Album gives off Rodrick from diary of a wimpy kid’s vibe which is contrary to the tone of the lyrics. There are some decent songs on here like “Scotty doesn’t know.” If this were a T-Shirt, I would %100 wear it. I don’t think I have enough Album T-Shirts in my wardrobe. 

 

 

 

#4 Prince Daddy & The Hyena – I thought You Didn’t Like Leaving

This Album has some really great songs on it. I would say, however, that the art does not match the tone of the music. It’s for some very good vocals. Some of the songs have interesting titles too, like, “I wish I could Cntrl+Alt+Del my life.” I really like the song, “Clever Girl” from this album. 

 

 

 

Jeff Buckley – GRACE

I think I like this album cover mainly because I’m in love with more than most of the songs on this playlist. But at the same time, this album cover looks like its straight out of a movie or something. The style, the mood, the expression, everything about this photo feels amazing. 
I also say this every time I mention Jeff Buckley, but I think that he and James Franco look identical.  Like one in the same.  I put an image below for reference. 

Oolong – About Your Imaginary Friend 

This album has a lot of great songs. I’ve stated my love hate relationship about this band before, mainly them only ever releasing the one album in four years. But it was one of the best, so I can’t complain.  I think the shot of this album cover was done really well. It captures the skateboard trick midair, perfectly setting the tone for the rest of the album. A grunge sort of skater vibe. 
And don’t even get me started on the amount of effort that I spent on researching this band. Every time I looked up Oolong, It came up with the type of tea. 

 

 

 

 

#1 See Through Person – Chariot 

This is one of my favorite albums by far. The photo gives of an almost eerie vibe. This is how most of their album covers are shot. The music is outstanding too. The Vocalist really went all out in this one. Every time I listen to “Change your name” I look at this album and wonder what the dog’s name is. I haven’t done much, if any, research on the band. But I’m looking into it for another review. 

 

But that’s it. These are some of my favorite albums, with interesting album covers. 

If you’ve ever gone on a field trip, (which is very likely) you remember the joy of the teacher handing out permission slips and announcing the opportunity of a field trip in the coming weeks. And then losing your mind for the next several weeks or maybe that was just me. Is there anything more exciting than a field trip? I think I could get married and still remember my trip to Ship Island better.

You get a permission slip with a little stamp in the corner and enough body text for you to just properly sell your soul or something without noticing, and a dotted line at the bottom for your parents to sign away any chance of death, sickness, or heat exhaustion.

Now at MSA, we just send in money or just sign up to pay the fee, but back then it was a big deal! Especially if you had ADHD and being responsible for your own permission slip was your own personal 7th circle but I’m sure that’s a very niche experience.

Then, they would take you all out of class (except for the kids whose parents didn’t let them go,) and line you up to get situated into separate buses: 50 kids to a bus each. All crammed into a small metal container with leather seats and no proper ventilation. And then you stay like that for an hour and thirty minutes.

Annually, one kid tries to see how fast they can get the bus turned around before their teacher snaps at them. Last 15 minutes of the ride or so, they (the teachers) stand up despite the fact you’re not supposed to do that and mention you’re REPRESENTING THE SCHOOL SO NO FUNNY BUSINESS before they let you loose. Some kid would get lost, some kid would puke up the school lunch because bugs crawled in it, the teachers would force the rest to throw out the school lunches, it was an experience!

Possibly the grimiest experience of your life but an experience!

If you’re lucky, the field trip lasts the entire day, but most of the time you’re back by 1:15 pm (to make time for the bus ride back). One kid will presumably go home with their parents because they live in the area while the rest of you get to finalize the day by sleeping in terrible leather seats until the bus pulls back into the school (or the bus driver runs something over.)

and then no one in the school ever stops talking about it. the end!