Category: Junior Literary

So, I am currently playing with a sim. Her name is Fallon Winslow, and she dreamed of becoming a famous music producer, but on her first day in the town of Del Sol Valley, she met a man. Don Lothario, any Sims player knows Don is a massive Playboy. Serial romantic, non-committal. Not to be trusted. Alas, they start talking, getting along, and one conversation turns into four, and before they know it, they’re great friends. A day passes, and Don asks to come over; they flirt, giggle, and talk. Things go much too far. They both say it won’t happen again, but it does. The cycle repeats until a tragedy happens. She gets pregnant. For some reason, maybe it’s guilt, maybe it’s because she knows Don’s mother struggled to have him, she keeps the “baby”. Don moves in, and the pair make a cute couple; they get closer and closer as Fallon’s belly grows and grows.  By her third trimester, they finally go on their first date and make their relationship official. They come home all smiles, not knowing what the next day would bring. Fallon wakes up in pain but brushes it off; she has to get to work after all. She’s pregnant, she has to support the “baby”. Fallon leaves for work as Don gets home from his job. Don invites a friend over. An hour passes, another, and she goes into labor. Fallon rushes home, panicked. Don sends his friend home and hurriedly tries to calm his woman down, to no avail. Fallon is in labor for hours until finally she gives birth to a baby boy. Daniel. They think it’s over, until there’s another cry.  A baby girl. Elisse. Twins. They had twins! 

“How happy is the blameless vestal’s lot!

The world forgetting by the world forgot

Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind!

Each pray’r accepted and each wish resign’d”

-Alexander Pope

Do you enjoy concepts of brainwash, and wiping memories from people? Well, do you also enjoy tragic stories of star-crossed lovers? If so, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind is a movie for you. With sci-fi themes, and a haunting story of two doomed lovers, this film covers a codependent relationship.

The directors of this movie have it set up where it is out of order, however, to avoid confusion in this blog I will be going in order. 

Joel meets Clemintine at a party on the beach. The first conversation they have just so happens to be about the name “Clemintine.” Clem sings him “Oh My Darlin’.” They immediately hit it off and hangout. They inevitably get together, and in this relationship, they are very dependent of each other.  They take things serious on the first night, and they are determined to make it work. Though this sounds like a good thing, it is not. They would push back their problems and find temporary fixes. 

After two years of running off of this unhealthy relationship, they break up. Now this is no ordinary break up. This is one of those breakups that you can run away from. So, after a while of thinking and processing what just happened, Clemintine decided the best thing to do would be to completely erase Joel from her memory. A company named Lacuna did the procedure for her, and it worked.

Joel goes to Clementine’s job post-breakup to ask for her back and sees her with another guy. He gets upset and runs to his friends. Soon after Joel comes complaining, it is revealed to him about her wiping her memory of him. This sends him into a flurry of emotions. Not truly thinking, he consults with the doctor that did Clementine’s procedure. This is where he decides that it is the right thing to do to get her erased as well. 

 

In order for this operation to work, you are not allowed to be around anything that could remind you of the other person. He got a bag full of Clementine’s belongings, and things he got her, and took them to the clinic for them to dispose of. Before they dispose of the items, they place Joel in a machine and get him to react to them in order to make a map of his brain. He then went home, took the pills the doctor gave him, and went to sleep. The doctors walk into his home after they are sure he is asleep. The doctors who are in charge of his procedure are HIGHLY unprofessional, even stealing his drinks and inviting people over to his home. 

The first memory Joel is taken back to is the last time they talked to each other. Clemintine had just wrecked his car, prompting them to break up after a huge argument. We see the world slowly deteriorate as we move onto the next memory.  The next memory is of them arguing about if they were ready for kids. 

While Joel is replaying all of these memories, and slowly losing Clemintine, she can physically feel the connection dropping she just doesn’t know it. She begins to feel like her skin is coming off, and like she needs to be on the move. Funnily enough, the one spot she wants to go is Montauk. One of the major mini plots is that Clemintine loves to go to the ice, and that’s where Clemintine and Joels first date was. That was the date that determined the whole course of the movie, so the fact that she wants to go there while Joel is slowly forgetting her and their memories on the ice is just so peak. 

After a few bad memories, he gets to more of the good ones. He remembers this one where they are laying in the bed, Clem is snuggled up with him and randomly asks, “Am I ugly?” to which Joel says no. This leads to one of my favorite scenes in all of cinema. 

CLEMENTINE: When I was a kid, I thought I was. Can’t believe I’m crying already. Sometimes I think people don’t understand how lonely it is to be a kid. Like you don’t matter. So, I’m eight, and I have these toys, these dolls. My favorite is this ugly girl doll who I call Clementine. And I keep yelling at her, “You can’t be ugly. Be pretty.” It’s weird. Like if I can transform her, I would magically change, too.

JOEL: [kisses Clementine] You’re pretty.

CLEMENTINE: Joel, don’t ever leave me.

JOEL: You’re pretty.

JOEL: Mierzwiak, please let me keep this memory. Just this one.

CLEMENTINE: I don’t want to hold your hand. Come on.

JOEL: Stop it! I could die right now, Clem. I’m just so happy. I’ve never felt that before. I’m just exactly where I want to be… Clem? I want to call it off. I’ll give you a sign. I want to call it off. Can you hear me? I don’t want this anymore! I want to call it off!

Imaginary Clemintine and Joel are now on a full-blown mission to stop the erasing from happening, so they try to hide in Joels oldest memories where Clemintine has no business being. He takes her to a memory of his childhood, where Clemintine takes the place of Mrs. Hamlyn. After they are found here, he continues transferring to different childhood memories. No matter if it was a happy memory, or a horrifying one, they kept running and hiding.

Inevitably, the last memory they could go was their first time meeting. Clemintine begins to talk to Joel, and they spin off into conversation, except this time he says what he wished he said before. They begin plotting on what to do but just decide it’s time to just “enjoy it.”  They break into a beach house just like the first time the hung out. She is so absolutely wreck less, and he is paranoid and worried. 

The house begins to deteriorate, and they both know it’s over. Joel begins to reflect on his past decisions and how he regrets them. He talks about how he wished he stayed that night when they met. She asked him if he could change how it ends, and to at least give her a finial goodbye. The lost words they shared with each other were as follows: Joel- “I love you.” Clem- “Meet me in Montauk.” 

The ride home begins to play through his mind, mixed with little memories of Clementine. After they finish his procedure, they leave his house and act as if nothing happened. He wakes up to find his car wrecked, empty spaces all over his apartment, and a feeling of something missing.

Okay, so unfortunately, I need to wrap up this blog, however there will be a part two. And yes, there is SO much more! I never really write blogs this long or anything, so please tell me how y’all feel about this! Love yall, bye!

This blog will be about me asking questions and I also will be answering them. I wanted to try something new. I always talk about something I wanted, something that makes me happy. I talked about my love for stitch (my favorite one that I did by the way), I even talked about how or why I like how different things are at home. So yea let me ask stuff so I can get to know more about my lovely people. So if you would like to please answer a question or give your opinion. I would love to hear them.

1.whats one thing you would like to do differently from the past? It could be something funny, dealing with family or even work.

2. If you could change your name, what would it be? 

3. What’s your favorite movie or show?

4. Would you rather be a vampire, witch or a werewolf?

5.What’s your favorite color?

My answer to the questions

1. If I had a chance to change things from the past it would be how I did things. Like friends, relationships, family fun and even the rides I missed going on at the theme park. This time I’ll go all the rides, pick better friends and stay away from a relationship lol. 

2. If I could change my name it’ll be my mom’s name (Jessica) I always thought it was pretty. I always said I would change it to Bella from twilight. 

3. My favorite movie is Twilight of course. I love anything with a vampire, witch, or werewolf and don’t get me started on my favorite show. Vampire diaries and The Original! Yall just don’t know. I have rewatched it so many times. 

4. I would be all 3. I’ll be a vampire,witch and werewolf at the same time like hope was in my other fav show(the legacies). It was so good, if y’all haven’t watched it ya’ll should. Being all 3 well make me so strong and I’ll have some good speed,jump and even good power. 

5. And everyone knows my favorite color is blue, that’s my main one but I love pink and purple too. Always have lol.

So these are my answers. I would love to see some of ya’ll and it doesn’t have to be all 5 questions.

 That’s it for this blog, thanks for reading. Have a great day!

That lured you in didn’t it? Well guess what, I’m not into really “Ghosting” people as some would say. Frankly I don’t really have anyone to ghost at the moment. What I mean by ghosting is… BBC Ghosts, the 2019 series that I only got to season 2 of. Well, I’ve watched it like 30 million times, but I only talked about it to the second season, so I think it’s time to continue. I know y’all don’t wanna read about my stupid ghost show, but PLEASE. Season 3 is like my favorite season you’ve gotta listen to me talk about it.

This season has Mike and Allison being introduced to Allison’s long lost half-sister Lucy. That’s right, Allison has a sister! And she’s found her though a documentary they filmed at Button House about one of the ghosts’ past… Humphrey! The headless one with very small plot relevance! Little known fact, he’s my fourth favorite ghost. The main plot of this season revolves around Allison’s relationship with her new found sister while trying to avoid things such as inheritance and the fact that Allison can see ghosts. Won’t spoil much because this, again, is my favorite season.

My favorite episode this season? Oh I’m sooo glad you asked. Episode three, Woodworm men!!!!! Button House is being fumigated, so Allison and Mike decide to leave and not die from poisonous gasses. After a bit of squabbling, they decide to have a little bit of a camping competition. Who likes camping in Button House? My dear dear Patrick Butcher. The Captain is also there because, as much as he likes to be the smartest man in the room, he actually doesn’t know much about camping, so, to prove himself if a way, he goes out camping with Allison and Pat to learn a bit more. After the tent is put up, Kitty accidentally watches A Nightmare on Elm Street instead of Grease, Thomas gets bored of the house and struggles to describe Paris, Mary finishes blessing the house from the fumigating demons, and Julian and Robin scare themselves to death(second death?)they all listen to Pat tell campfire stories and spend time together. Allison gets sick of them and goes to Mike’s tent, admitting she cheated in their competition by having help. Captain gets some character development, Julian and Robin duo at their peak, and Pat (my goat) gets more screen time.

Honorable Mention: “Something to Share?” Basically all of the ghosts sit around and get vulnerable. The Captain almost comes out… but is interrupted a few times and he stops himself before he can get there. We learn about Kitty’s past and about her evil sister as well, her sister plays a very important part to her character later on and kind of explains more about her character. I love Kitty so much, my sweet sweet daughter.

What’s my least favorite episode this season? Honestly I don’t know. The Bone Plot gives up more insight on Humphrey’s character; A Lot to Take In introduces Allison’s sister, Lucy; The Woodworm Men, my clear favorite; I Love Lucy shows Kitty’s jealousy, we get Julian and Robin hijinks, and more Captain content; Something to Share is an important look into most of the character’s backgrounds; and Part of the Family is a beautiful closure to the season and we get to see how smart Fanny is! Fanny’s knowledge is shown more in the Christmas episode for this season as well. Honestly I don’t have a least favorite. At all. I guess it would be I Love Lucy, but again it’s a great episode. I guess this all just speaks for how good this season is.

Well, that’s it about season three. Season four was actually when Ghosts was taken off of HBO max and I was going through a bit of a withdraw haha!! I mean I had been a fan since 2021 and then it all just disappeared!! It’s all on Prime and Apple TV now which is great! I think I cried when I realized I wasn’t gonna have access to those new episodes… Well that’s over now, who really cares! The show’s been over for almost three years now and I don’t even careee I’m finneeeeee. Okay really, that’s enough. ByeBye!

The Jeff Buckley Documentary finally came out. I have since watched it about 5 times now and I can say it’s an okay documentary. It definitely went into detail about his life, and I did like how they crafted it. The animations they made from his doodles was insane. They were really nice and added a lot to the documentary. It did not however change my view on his mother. 

It fortified it. I can say i9 watched it with a clear mind, but she was just off through the whole thing. The vibe she gave off was not a mother wanting to make a documentary for her son, it was more like see was doing it just to do it. She was doing it for the money, and to me that’s what isn’t good about his mother. She also seems to be holding back so much also hiding something. 

She told a story of how her and a few friends were seen by Jeff doing a bit of drugs and she told him not to tell anyone, or they would all go to prison. Almost like a threat. I feel like there is something way deeper to this story and she didn’t tell the whole thing. She told the story and didn’t spend any time on it whether to explain or talk in a bit more detail about it. She also made me really mad and dislike her when one of Jeff Buckley’s colleagues told a story about her before a show he was doing in his hometown. Jeff’s whole family came to see him, and he was about to go on when they had to hold off on the show for a moment due to his mother and one of her friends being found in the parking lot as high as a kite.  They then go to share voicemails from him calling his mother about the situation and he seems to be very angry, rightfully so, but they play if off as a funny and silly little event, but I think it paints a perfect picture of who his mother is. She is seen throughout the documentary a handful of times, and each time made it more clear of how narcissistic she was and how it seems she is only using Jeff for money.

Another thing about this documentary is how they are still trying to play off his death as normal. It isn’t normal and it certainly doesn’t add up. They say in the documentary that they believe he was mentally ill suffering from a manic-depressive disorder much like Jimi Hendrix and other artists during the time, but the disorder wasn’t well studied at the time therefore they couldn’t have known he had this disorder. I see it as playing it off trying to pin it on something that could happen and that is normal, but spoiler alert it was anything but normal.  His last girlfriend, Joan Wasser, a fellow songwriter and musician was also in the documentary and gave a few stories about jeff but one that stook out to me was a story they told about Jeff’s later years. It was maybe a couple of months before he passed. He supposedly told her that he was seeing visions of the devil and had a dream that he had a brain tumor and died but while they were telling these stories the camera cuts back to Joan Wasser who says Jeff told her about seeing visions and talking to the devil but when she says this her face curls into an unusual and odd facial expression one that seemed like she was almost happy, like a smirk but more devious and odd, especially since she was talking about the death of her boyfriend. My theory about this wasn’t really clear at first and then I found out about Duper’s Delight. It is a condition when certain people involuntarily smile, smirk, or laugh while lying. The micro expression is brief and a brief second uncontrollable movement that in turn reveals true emotion. Sometimes they feel this smile or muscle movement happen and try to hide it by biting their lips or tightening their mouth which only makes the movement look like a guilty smirk. It comes from the dopamine someone gets from lying and then in turn getting away with it. The condition is also often associated with narcissism which is an interesting correlation especially in this circumstance. 

These things make me think they still aren’t telling the truth and that something else is to blame for his death. 

When Jeff was found in the Wolf River when his body was found and what makes this interesting is where the exact spot he was found is located. He was found in the river fairly close if not across from a bar he played in weekly called the Barristers on Beale Street. Beale street is a very historical street in Memphis due to it being named “Home of the Blues”. 

All of this put together is quite odd. Jeff’s mother hiding things, his last girlfriend lying, and him being found near the “Home of the Blues”, makes an odd story, and one that needs to be addressed. He knew he was going to die. He has lyrics and journal entrees about these thoughts and predictions, even some about drowning. Also, some of his entrees were not published with the rest of his journal, which maybe they were personal but seeing the documentary the mother doesn’t care about personal things she cares about if it will hurt her image. She not only published his diary, his last album which he wished to burn, but she also allowed a few baby pictures of him in the documentary which were …… let me just say interesting. If she can put those photos in a movie about Jeff’s life I highly doubt, she is thinking about what is personal or not. So, I also think she is using the journal to set a narrative. He probably had things about her in the journal along with entrees about his death which she had removed before publishing it to the public.

He did not like his record label, nor did he trust them. He didn’t like his mom, he loved his mom due to her being his mom, but he didn’t like her. He left her and said on a few occasions he wanted nothing to do with her. He was a great writer, too great. They had to do something about it. Who “they” is, is still a mystery but one that needs to be found.

A story that needs its truth told. I do think a lot of the documentary was somewhat truthful. Not everyone in it was lying I could tell that but somewhere, and the people that were lying were important pieces to his story. So that is why I believe the documentary only partially did Jeff justice. 

This is all that I really have to say about it. It was good but could have been better. I could talk a lot more about it but for right now that’s it for this blog.  

Hello everyone, I have a particularly new idea for a blog this time. As the title suggests, I have a  birthday Idea for my mother and this idea involves including the literary department. 

My mother has been a big inspiration in my life and my future desires. She’s been the vision at the end of every dark tunnel I’ve taken. She’s also the main reason I decided to attend MSA. 

In return, I’ve told her all about MSA and what has been going on since August. She’s heard all about you guys (all good things of course) and told me how much happier I look with you guys compared to my old school.

So, if it isn’t too much of a task for any of you.  This can be done at any time at any given point, even after her birthday:

February 9th is my mothers birthday, she will be turning fifty-one. I would like to buy a bouquet of flowers for my mother and stick small cards throughout the bouquet wishing my mother a happy birthday and some smaller treats with it. 

My mother loves jokes and sweet things. 

I’m not asking any of you to go out into the wilds and spend money, Lord no. You can make the card on your own, decorate It, bedazzle it, do what you want with it. Nor am I asking any of you to spend money on treats unless YOU want to. 

Some of her favorite things are:

• Sour stuff. (Sour Icebreaker mints, Sour Patch kids.) 
• Canterbury Eggs (It’s a chocolate egg with filling) [She keeps a stash of em] 
• Gift cards. (Starbuck or Amazon) 
• Chex mix. 

THE CHALLENGE: 

Inside your cards, if you have enough room or even on the back or front, I would like you guys, to challenge the literary department, write a small free verse poem about some of your favorite things about mothers, how you feel when around yours, or how they make you feel, or anything that comes to mind. 

As I said, she’s my biggest inspiration in this world and the main reason I decided ultimately to attend MSA. So, in return I want to bring some of it to her.  

[Now that I think about it’s kinda like a mothers day and birthday combo, lol.] [You do not have to participate if you don’t want to.]

 

Hello and welcome back to my blog. Today, you get to read me yap about my favorite game. The Sims 4. I love the Sims so much, even though the base game can get kind of boring. If you invest in a few packs and download mods and CC, it can be so fun! Personally, I use a mix of Alpha and Maxis Match CC, but I have more Maxis than I do Alpha. One of my favorite things to do in-game is make the Sims. Sometimes I feel like I spend more time in CAS than actually playing the game. Actually, I plan to go CC shopping right after this. If you don’t know what that means, it’s when you go onto Pinterest, Tumblr, or Patreon to pick out which CC you want to download to your game. The kind of CC I pick out is always changing; it changes with my style. In-game, however, my storylines never seem to stray. Usually, it’s one or two sims. I make them fall in love. One has to have a really good job, and then they have a baby and repeat. Yes, I know it sounds boring, and sometimes it does feel that way, but the mods make it worth it. I’m thinking of more storylines to add to my game. I tend to like my Sims to go through struggle and hardship, so if you have any ideas, let me know. Of course, there are the classics: Rags to riches, teen pregnancy, single parent, etc., etc. And they’re classics for a reason; they’re fun to play and watch, but I’m looking to get a little more creative. I could do a legacy challenge, but then what if I get bored with it? I’m just back where I started. Please, leave me some ideas. 

Trigger warning- Mentions of drug use, self harm, alcohol, and sex.  

Thirteen is a drama movie released in 2003. It follows the story of a girl named Tracy, and all the things she faces during middle school. It shows the effects of addiction and obsessive friendships, as well as her fighting to fit in. While this movie is very intense, it is one of my favorites. 

In the beginning of the movie, Tracy is a straight A student who stays to herself and her little bubble. She loves writing, especially poetry. She has 2 best friends, and she is content with where she is. The whole issue starts with boys. She tried to talk to her brother’s friends, but they weren’t very interested until they saw Evie. 

Evie was one of the “grown” girls in her grade. Tight shirts and lowrise jeans, with studded belts and hair extensions. On the second day of school while walking to the bathroom Evie insults Tracy’s Paul Frank socks. This sends Tracy through a spiral of throwing away all of her “childish clothes,” and buying more to impress Evie. 

The next day of school, Tracy came all decked out in new “grown” clothes. Boys hit on her, and Evie complemented her shirt. This led to her getting Evie’s number, and being invited to hang out. She blew off her friends to go, but when she called no answer. She eventually got on a bus, and found Evie and the others shopping.

They begin shoplifting, so Tracy leaves. She eventually gets the guts to steal someone’s wallet, and then spends the night shopping with the girls. From that day on, Evie and Tracy became the new duo. Evie introduces Tracy to the night life. Drugs, drinking, sex, all of it. And yes, they still are thirteen. Evie even convinces Tracy’s mom to let her stay there FAR over the time she was allowed. 

Evie also introduced Tracy to a guy who she loses her virginity to. Poor innocent Tracy thought that it meant they were going to get married… Who’s going to tell her?

In the end, Evie screws over Tracy exposing everything they had been doing… and more to Tracy’s mom. Tracy’s mom finds out about Tracy self harming, which leads to a diabolically sad (and a bit uncomfortable) scene of them reconciling. We never really get a clear ending, however we can guess what happened. 

There are also many other subplots, and crazy loredrops in this movie. If you are interested in psychology, especially in young teens, I’d definitely recommend it. It is not for the faint of heart, but it is very great.

I completely watched this show out of boredom as it’s really the only new and interesting thing out right now! this shows is definitely not made for kids in no way shape or form, but it is an interesting concept in a world we worship sports on our hands and knees it showed where toxic masculinity meets sexuality and made unique euphoric setting where everything felt raw and authentic. I actually really liked the show it gave me a euphoria but sports vibe.

 

 

 

this is going to be completely from memory btw. 

let’s start with thoughts I had whilst watching 

first when it began to play I thought if every professional sports player had their own secluded lives from what we know is it like being an actor where their character could represent something, but their actual lives don’t? I saw a few sports players have drama before, but this opened up a whole new world for me it was a crazy experience and it’s most likely an accurate depiction of athlete’s lives regardless of their sexuality. why didn’t they talk to the other hockey player who came out also and get tips from him? I think I kind of know the answer seeing as he was scared of the reactions from other people as well but idk. and why did Illya lowkey move like batman’s persona “Bruce Wayne” he had tons of money he was Russian and “talked” to a lot of women was he trying to get rid of the attraction he had to men? or was it like a masculinity thing like if he could sleep with enough women he wouldn’t be “gay” anymore?

they started talking rookie season and absolutely fell in “love” even if they won’t both admit and constantly say it “just happened” when their parents ask but he was quick to admit his feeling to the actor girl (I forgot her name I’m a bad show watcher btw) he poured out his heart to her. is it like different because he respects his parents differently? and also, why didn’t she notice at firs when her other friend was dancing on him inside the club and he didn’t move?

 

have y’all watched the show yet?

what do y’all think about it?

do you like hockey?

and who’s your favorite character mins is Illya (I lowkey don’t know how to spell his name)