Category: Junior Literary

I have absolutely no idea what to write about. Usually I have some weird story to tell but this time I have nothing. For the past hour and a half I’ve been re-learning how to use powerpoint because the last time I used it was when I was in 4th grade and now I have to use powerpoint to make a presentation for my Chinese class for my final exam. 

Oh my god I just thought of something I did when I was younger. I was like two years old and I had just seen Mary Poppins so I grabbed my little spiderman umbrella and ran to the backyard where my mom had built this table. I climbed on the table, walked to the edge, opened my umbrella, stood there for about 5-10 minutes, climbed down, and went back inside. I was going to jump off the table and float down with my umbrella like how Mary Poppins did but I was too scared and chickened out.

Do yall remember those cringy POV videos people used to post on tiktok in like 2019-2020. They’d be about something like “when you turn 16 the government gives you an adjective and that’s how you have to act for the rest of your life but now you’re 17 and you don’t have one so you pretend you have one so the government won’t kill you” or something like that. I was scrolling through reels the other day and I saw one of those that someone had reposted from tiktok.

I literally have no idea what my short story is going to be about but I do, however, know that whatever it’s about, it will be trash. For that, I apologize in advance. Maybe I’ll write a story but some of the character lines are lines from songs. I don’t know. If y’all wanna use that idea, go for it. Oh god my back hurts.

At this point I’m just rambling. I do that a lot. Earlier today my brother and I were talking and I said he and I should find new land, create our own empire and anyone who abuses a dog should be punished with wet dog food. Can you even imagine how awful that would be?? Like wet dog food already stinks. I bet it would taste awful if it got in your mouth while being suffocated. I heard a statistic years ago that suffocation was one of the worst ways to die.

That reminds me of this one time in 5th grade I went with my mom to get my hair done because it was my birthday and one of her friends recommended this lady who worked at her hair salon in her house. It was so weird. She was weird. I had really long hair that was about 4-5 inches past my shoulders and I cut it all off to my chin and got highlights. I wanted blonde highlights but the lady messed up my hair and they turned out some shade of orange. It still looked good because of the shade my hair was back then but it wasn’t what I wanted. My mom also wanted highlights and the lady was like “ohh nooo you should let me dye your hair orange!” WHAT?? ORANGE?? Anyway my mom kept telling the lady no but the lady kept pestering my mom so my mom caved. It looked so bad. It was like a yellowish mandarin orange. My mom saw it and had this look on her face that obviously said she hated it and the hairdresser lady kept going on and on about how good it looked and even then she said if in a few days my mom didn’t like it anymore she could come back and she would fix my moms hair for $200. I kid you not she actually said that. We never went back there.

Ok well, I’ve rambled enough. Until next time.

As I write this I am FOAMING AT THE MOUTH. Houseki no Kuni has officially ended today, April 25th, 2024, and though i haven’t read it due to availability things, the hype is STILL THERE. I am screeching. I am rolling. I am a frog. Man. To honor this occasion, and also because I just want to write about Houseki no Kuni again, I’m going to share SOME of my favorite panels from volume 12, which were the last chapters up until today. With that said:

 

This blog post DOES INDEED CONTAIN MAJOR SPOILERS for the Houseki no Kuni manga, also known as Land of the Lustrous.

 

Now, onto the panels! I was only able to get some pictures because I was on a time limit, plus there’s a lot of moments I love, so no ranking today! These are in no specific order.

 

THIS ENTIRE SCENE 

 

Cinnabar is such an interesting character to me, and they have so many moments that are stuck in my brain. This, this moment, though- this has to be one of my top favorite. Cinnabar’s blank expression as they agree with Phos’ snide commentary, not backing down even though they believe what Phos says. The fact that Phos’ dialogue is literally partly them voicing their own views on themself, with how others behaved around them before they went to the moon. It’s an amazing look into both Cinnabar and Phos’ character, and it does the story incredibly scrumptious justice. Also, the mercury-phos Cinnabar crushes between their palm is a stinging callback to near the beginning, when they preformed the same action (minus the crushing) to say they weren’t completely giving up on Phos yet.

BRO. BRO THE ART. BEAUTIFUL.

DO I EVEN NEED TO ELABORATE. The clashing shapes, the way Phos’ spikes stretch towards Cinnabar, the way Cinnabar’s mercury lash out at Phos, the impeccable shiny texture of both substances, the emphasis on the battle, the varying character in each stance. Haruko Ichikawa is a master of detail, and this scene DELIVERS.

Stares

The signature symmetry is back at it again, and GRHRHRHR. This moment is so pivotal to the plot, and the construction of the scene is so chompable. I especially love how you can make out different, distinct characters in the crowded clouds, and Phos’ people being centralized despite their lower population. I can’t imagine how Phos must have felt in this moment. 

Bonus!

The cover of the volume itself. Compared to all previous volumes, this cover is very desolate and empty, which adds a very tasty contrast. The contrast isn’t for no reason, either: the emptiness and somber tone is likely due to the story within. It wouldn’t be fitting for the cover to be colorful and full when the main character is isolated and suffering.

My Girl–The Temptations 

This song makes me feel nostalgic about a time that I wasn’t even alive to experience. Something about it soothes me so deeply, whenever a movie plays it, it’s so clear to me the feeling they want to get across. Especially played in adoration for other characters. Danny Tanner sang this to D.J in an episode of Full House and it remains one of my favorite scenes from any sitcom. 

GOLDWING–Billie Eilish 

This song doesn’t really ignite that deep emotions within me so instead I’ll be talking about my interpretation of it. I interpret this song as a kind of warning to new artists who may be starting. Billie is trying to share knowledge that may prevent them from allowing the industry to take over their art form and use them. 

Real Love–Mary J. Blige

This song also ignites a very comfortable feeling within me. It reminds me of my family and spending time with them at family functions. I can just hear the women in my family’s laughter in the background while this song plays. 

My Little Love–Adele 

This song almost makes me cry every time I hear it. I can’t explain it but I just feel a mother’s love when I hear this song. It reminds me so much of my mom and I’s relationship and her love for me. 

Pretty Girls Make Graves–The Smiths 

This song fills me with a movie’s cliche interpretation of teenage angst. It makes me want to ride a skateboard in the rain at night with my friends. It just has such a sorrowful sound. 

Heartburn-NLT

This song was in the Bratz live-action movie and ever since the first time I have heard it, it has been stuck in my head. It’s so ridiculously catchy and just fun to listen to. Also, NLT should have been way bigger than they were they could have sold out stadiums. 

Zing! Went the Strings of My Heart-Judy Garland 

This song is also very peaceful. It reminds me of Spring. If I ever just want to feel mellow and calm this song is definitely a first pick. 

Hot for Teacher-Van Halen 

This song is very playful, I wouldn’t say it gets me hyped but it definitely wakes me up. It’s not exactly happy but it doesn’t feel serious it’s easy to smile while listening to it. 

So Close- Jenette McCurdy 

This song makes me feel very happy, it reminds me of being a little kid. It’s very reminiscent of elementary for me, when I would still look up lyric videos on Youtube to listen to music if I didn’t feel like watching whole “Vevo” music videos. 

The boy was about to close the door when the adults said nothing. “Wait!” The blond man called out, “W-who are you? Are your parents’ home?” He didn’t understand why there was a child in what was supposed to be the evilest person’s house. The boy just stared at them. It made them nervous, and he felt he was sizing them up to see who he could take down first. “Leo, baby where are you?” A voice called out from the house. The blond man tensed when the voice got closer to the door. “Baby, what are you doing at the door.” A woman came out the door and picked up the little boy. The boy started moving his hands in different motions at the woman. “Visitors? Now who would be crazy to come all the way.” She looked up for the child and met with the blond man and his group. Cordelia glared at the man. “Golden boy.”

 

The blonde man blinked his eyes a couple times. “Cordelia Levitan, we need to talk to you.” He told her. Cordelia rolled her eyes and turned away but left the door open, expecting them to follow her. “I didn’t know ‘The Witch’ has a child.” The woman said. She and the other two men walk up to the house. “If that really is her child.” The brown, harried man said. The woman hit the man on the back of his head. The three walks into the house and look around as they walk through the door. The walls of the house were a soft light brown with cream accents. They walked into a room that had a small couch and a loveseat. There was a TV on the wall. In the corner was a small Conor, a small playpen with many stuffed animals of normal and magical species. There was movement from the couch, and the three jumped when they caught it in the corner of their eyes.

 

“What are y’all doing?” Cordelia asked from behind them. They jump and turn around and point their weapons at her and Leo, who Cordelia was holding on her hips. Leo’s eyes widen, and he turns his head into Cordelia’s neck. “Hey it’s ok baby.” Cordelia conforms to Leo, rubbing his back and whispering in his ear. She glares at the blond man. It is almost like she is cussing him out with her eyes. She motions with her head for them to enter the room they guessed she came from. They walk into the room, which turns out to be a kitchen. 

 

Golden Boy as Cordelia called him seats at the table in the middle of the kitchen. His face showed a lot of frustration. ‘This can’t be The Witch’. He thought to himself. He’s met The Witch many times when he first became a protector. He was the one stopping many of attacks cause by Cordelia and her boyfriend. Golden Boy looks around the kitchen and he takes note on how the kitchen felt some homie and warm like he was back home with his grandparents. The sink had some dishes in it and there were a couple cabinets open. It seems like Cordelia was cleaning when they showed up. 

 

I downloaded Roblox originally as a favor for my sister who wanted me to monitor her children.   All I had to do was click online every now and then and make sure they weren’t playing anything they weren’t supposed to.  That’s all I was doing at first, until it came the day that I discovered some horror games and some fashion games and some more stuff that lowkey intrigued me.   Now this app had been on my phone since Summer, and I don’t want to delete it.  

Anywhooooooo, lately I haven’t actually been on it since I can’t find interesting games on Roblox these days.  I really wanted to do something with it so it just wouldn’t be absorbing storage, so I was thinking I could do a blog about it.  

That’s why this blog is about to be me rating other people’s outfits on the “Dress to Impress” game.   

Remember this is only a game, and if I sound too harsh, remember this is a game and my opinion.  

These are all set up random by the way.  

Also, sorry if the pictures are blurry, my battery was dying at the time. 

The theme for this contest was Popstar.  This person did Beyonce from Rennaissance.  I think they actually did well. You can’t tell, but all the parts that are gray are actually a glittery silver which was a nice touch.  They did well with the hat and the hair, but I gave them a three because I don’t remember Beyonce wearing shades.  Maybe she did, but in my opinion, they don’t go well with the outfit.   But other than that, this fit was cool. 

 

                                                         

This one I edited out the stars, but I gave it a four because it was thought outside the box.  As you may see the theme was Monster High, so the first thing everyone flocked to was Draculaura and Frankie.  I got tired of seeing just them, so I was happy when I saw this person try their best at being Operetta, the daughter of Phantom of the Opera.  They kept it nice and simple, to which I can kind of see the vision.   It’s original and that’s what matters. 

 

                                                             

Okay, okay, this fit was giving.   You may not see, but all of the plaid is giving the movie Clueless vibe.  I don’t know who would wear this to an arcade, but I overlooked that because the fit’s colors go together.  The headphones may be a little too bright which doesn’t match the other yellows but that can also be overlooked. Now, I don’t know about other people, but I think yellow, black, and white goes well together.  In most cases it always goes together unless like the texture is off or something like that, it’s just a good thing that this shirt is black because if it was white I feel like it wouldn’t look good. 

 

                     

Nope, I rate this one star.  I know it says two, but the thing is I didn’t want to be too petty, so I gave them enough for effort.  But the theme was arcade, and this duo is presenting circus meets I don’t even know.   Like, I just feel that it was a bit tacky.  The girl with the pants could do without the jacket, she didn’t need the jacket, she could also do without the purse, since it’s such a solid color that doesn’t go with what she’s wearing.  I feel that they tried, but it didn’t work so well. 

 

                                                          

I liked this a lot, but it may because I’m being bias, and this is what my sister created for my niece.  She was inspired by the Clovers from the movie Bring It On.  I’m sorry for the ones who don’t know the movie, but it’s a classic.  The whole fit is on point, and if I were to change something, I maybe would’ve made the shoes all white because that’s what the Clovers had and added some socks.  
I gave this outfit four stars during the voting because she earned it.  Sadly, though she lost to a Toros.  Also, another cheerleading team from the movie. 

 

 

This outfit was a slay hands down.   No words just loved it. 

 

                                                             

This outfit was good, I just didn’t think that all white screams a softie.  It may just be that way to me because the way she did it.  She could’ve added more pink in the outfit than just the bow and purse.  Maybe could’ve made the shades pink.  IDK, it just didn’t shout to me, that’s why I gave it two stars. 

Well, that’s all. 

You ever thought about how easy it is to lie to someone?

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Look, I’m probably getting eyes right now, but I’m being so honest. It’s so easy to lie to someone! In an age where fact checking is a myth because the closest thing to a real answer was Google and then it wasn’t, and you could use AI to look something up for you, but really do you want to do that?

It’s one big mess. Your social media sites? One big episode of telephone.

Someone said on Tumblr, who got screenshotted to Instagram, who was sent around a bunch of people’s direct messages that you could save someone from an overdose before an ambulance came by pouring them saltwater. And was this correct? No, it was dangerously false, but the post from 2013 where someone read something wrong is now getting posted to Tik Tok and ohh…  You just pray to God no one in this scenario is confronted with an overdose.

That’s a horrifying system! Who profits from this!

Some videos will just serve you wrong information and what? Will your mother check if NewsOutlet.com is serving her a conspiracy theory baked as a health guide? No, she won’t. It’s just the culture of the internet but now she’s involved in buying purified teeth to loop around her neck.

Which brings us back to the question: how easy is it to lie to someone?

I mean, obviously there are boundaries, if you have enough common sense you can tell when I’m lying (but the average American overestimates how easy it is to be manipulated.)

You may think I’m telling the truth, but if I’m confident, persuasive, and pretty enough, I can tell you things you would doubt experts on. Humans love to listen to confidence. And coincidentally, if your peer tells you a statistic with full confidence, what’s your chances of actually fact checking that?

Some of the things you think you know are just another myth. Daylight saving time was started for farmers, putting your phone in rice saves it from dropping in the pool, organic food is more nutritious. And then there’s the even worse ones. MSG is bad for you, vaccines cause autism, a child can’t be reported missing unless 24 hours have passed.

And that’s just the beginning!

But we’re nearing the end of this blog, so let me make the point I was going to make at the beginning. (This one is in bold because it’s the one you’re probably actually gonna read.)

Out of the five of these, four are real crimes. One is a lie. Without looking it up, which one is LEGAL?

1. spitting at someone

2. corporal punishment (Physical Punishment)

3. not having car insurance

4. Impersonating someone online

5. downloading someone else’s content

i am pretty sure everyone here knows what pokemon is, if you dont, im sorry, im not going to take the time to explain it to you so yea, i dont want to fill this blog up with too much exposition so here you:

 

Honorable mention- so for today’s honorable mention I am going to give it to two pokemon, Ditto and Ninetails. Ditto to be honest is one of my favorite pokemon but tbh their whole thing is being other pokemon so I am not exactly sure how that would have applied on my list but I love ditto too much not to mention it so. The second honorable mention today is going to go to ninetails, I think aesthetically ninetails is a really  beautiful pokemon and was really really close to being on this list.

Number 10-Arbok

As someone who is very on the nose about snakes in general and also someone who doesn’t enjoy playing with poison types I have to admit that this is an incredible design, I don’t really have too many things to say about this pokemon when it comes to its looks besides that it looks cool. Tbh out of all of team rocket’s pokemon this one is my favorite. 

 

Number 9- Vulpix

This in my opinion is everything that ninetails didn’t get to be, I think that this without pokemon is almost without a doubt one of the cutest pokemon of all time, he is at least cuter than pikachu, which I will stand by. Looking through my list I am pretty sure that this is the only fire type pokemon which I have on it which I guess is fair because it is the best gen 1 fire type

 

Number 8-Farfetch’d

So for Farfetch’d I will have to say that out of all the ones on the list, this one is for sure the most underrated, I think that this is mostly because of its relatively simple color scheme, HOWEVER, I think that it works much better than other pokemon with this color scheme, plus his little accessory is cool.

 

Number 7-Alakazam

I am going to warn you all now, I am pretty sure that there are more psychic pokemon on this list than any other kind, what I like about this guy specifically is that I think he is the only pokemon who uses silverware which tbh is a pretty confident play on Alakazam’s part.

 

Number 6-Psyduck 

I am sorry, even though I love Farfetch’d with all my heart, this is the est duck pokemon, not even in this gen, but just in general. Literally what he is known for is having a headache, HIS POWER IS HAVING A HEADACHE. Anyway he’s just a little guy and I love him.

 

Number 5- JigglyPuff

This to my knowledge is one of the only fairy types on this list, not because I don’t like fairy types, but because first gen was severely lacking when it came to making more than just a very few fairy pokemon. I have been a jigglypuff enthusiast since I was a kid so (that actually explains a lot now that I think explains a lot)

 

Number 4- Snorlax

This is one of my favorite pokemon of all time, when it comes to type class it is my favorite normal pokemon ever, period. If anyone here wouldn’t wish to just be a snorlax than I don’t trust your judgment. 

 

Number 3-Muk

Bro I love this pokemon so much, there are so many that have tried to be what this fine gentleman is and literally no one has succeeded. I swear I love Muk so much. He just looks so cool, the texture the face, THE COLOR SCHEME. Oh my god I love Muk.

 

Number 2- Tangela 

This is the only grass type on this list, which I am kinda upset about but yea I digress, I think this is the one people are going to disagree with the most. And yea, I can kinda understand it, even though this is a relatively hated pokemon I have to say that tangela is one of my favorite like, he’s a bundle of vines with shoes on, what is there not to love.

 

Number 1-Gengar

I love Gengar so much, his design, his color, his cool smile that he has, idek, I just love the way he conducts movement and I think there should be so many more ghost type pokemon. I even have a gengar sticker on the bottom part of my laptop. Even thought that is like, the only piece of pokemon merch I own (besides the cards) so.

 

I remember one day in first grade, I went to spend the night at my best friend Dannica’s house for her birthday. I remember riding in the backseat of her moms car with her going to her house. We got there and celebrated. We watched Wreck It Ralph while eating pizza and jumping on her litter exercise trampoline. We both slept in her bed together that night. I’m pretty sure it was a king size bed. I remember she was about to fall asleep and she let me continue using her iPad before I fell asleep. I ended up falling asleep while using her iPad. In the morning her mom came to wake us up because we had to go to church. We were going to meet my parents there so I could go back home with them. The only problem was that Dannica didn’t want to get out of bed. She was being really stubborn. She just kept sleeping. Her mom couldn’t wake her up so I tried to. It didn’t work so her mom went to the bathroom and got a hot wet face cloth and draped it over Dannica’s face. That ended up working when the cloth got cold. When we got to church, dannica’s mom gave her her ADHD pill in the car before we got out. Long story short, we went to church and we managed to convince my parents to let me stay with Dannica for the rest of the day. Or for another night. I can’t remember which. When we got back in Dannica’s moms car after church, it was about to start raining. Mrs Mary, Dannica’s mom, kept an umbrella in the backseat. Dannica grabbed the umbrella, looked at me and said, “You know, it’s bad luck to open an umbrella inside.” She then proceeded to open this umbrella in the backseat of the car as her mom was trying to drive out of the parking lot. Now this wasn’t some small or medium size umbrella. It was a big one enough to fit two big beefy men. Of course, there was a lot of yelling and laughter before the umbrella got closed but it was still fun.

Also, when yall were younger and yall went on long drives and watched movies, how did yall watch the movie? I remember my dad got a new car when I was in kindergarten and with his old car, there was a little screen on the dashboard and you could put a DVD in the music CD slot and play a movie that was. My mom also every once in a while plugged her iPhone 4s into the car via the charger and played Netflix that way. In my dads new car, he does still have that screen thing but it doesn’t play movies. I don’t think. I’m pretty sure we’ve tried it and it didn’t work. Anyway, how we watched movies in the new car was we had this really old portable DVD player that I’m pretty sure my mom got when she still lived in Canada. She immigrated here in 1997. Side story: I actually remember going to the court house with my mom when she got sworn in as a US citizen. I was 2 years old.

While I do not know how adept I am at describing my processes, I figure it’s better to try than not, because the topic for this post is writing description! Writing description is one of my favorite things to do in writing. Kind of. There’s a lot of things I like about writing.

First of all, this is basic knowledge, but it’s important you use all kinds of senses in description. Not only does it improve your work, but it also includes people who may not have certain senses, such as smell, sight, sound, etc. While writing this I thought, “Well, there’s some exceptions, like when someone screams, what else can you do but say they scream?” But then I realized I was literally ignoring one of my favorite things to do, which is translating senses into different senses. I feel the best way to describe this is with some examples.

“The choked shriek crashes into you like a wave, drenching your psyche in icy terror that sends prickles across your skin.”

“The deep red and magenta hues of the dress brought to mind the feeling of smooth gemstones.”

“The hot cocoa smelt like soft, cozy moments by the fireplace.”

Of course, these have to make sense, but also I’m the type of person that feels these things sometimes. Birds chirping being popping bubbles of colors sounds like it makes sense to me. An emotion feeling mustard yellow makes sense to me. For someone who doesn’t feel these things, I’d imagine they’d have to draw off of researching symbolisms and thinking about association. Ironically I struggle on how to describe crafting this method. I ask, “Why does X feel like X?” Does a bite feel like a kiss because the character is so used to being bitten? Does the personality of someone feel minty green because they’re calm? Things like that.

There are a bunch of more tips I can think of, but I don’t want to make this blog too long. Hope this mini talk helped!

No one is really reading my blogs, but I have to post these for class so here we go.

So, I’ve been really obsessed with my characters Atlas and Cordelia so here’s more characters from their story. I’m going to start with their kids since they only have two.

Leo Levitan

• 6-7 years old 
• Mama’s Boy 
• The best big brother in the world
• Loves learning about different cultures.

 

Leo Levitan is a 6-year-old orphan immigrant from the Caribbeans. His birth mother died a few months after giving birth to him. While his birth father was killed by some family members in an inheritance fight. Leo was sent to an orphanage in Mystic Hill where he was adopted by Cordelia and Atlas. Leo doesn’t talk much but he does communicate in other ways with his family.

 

Emma Levitan 

• 2 years old
• Giggly/Wiggly
• Loves fruit.
• Leo is her favorite person.

 

Emma Levitan is the 2-year-old daughter of Cordelia and Atlas. She does know who her daddy is. They visit every weekend when Leo doesn’t have school. Emma loves fruit, her favorites are bananas, strawberries, and mangos. Emma’s favorite person in the world is her big brother.

 

Hadrian 

• Atlas’s little brother 
• 19 years old 
• Does not like crowds 
• Loves his family.

Luna 

• 17 years old 
• Works at the kindergarten that Emma goes to 
• Loves drawing. 
•  The kindest person in Mystic Hill

 

Hadrian is the younger brother of Atlas. He is a high school dropout. He works under their dad. He stays with Cordelia to help with the kids while Atlas is still in prison. He meets Luna when he was picking up Emma. After a while they started talking and now you can’t ever find one without the other.

    Luna is one of the assistant Kindy teachers at Emma’s school. She moved to Mystic Hill when her family had borrowed some money from the wrong people. Luna took job at the Kindy school to get away from her parents who were becoming toxic to her and each other. One day during pick-up Luna meets a new person picking up one of the youngest kids, his name was Hadrian. Luna slowly fell in love with Hadria. Now their story and love continue to grow.

 

Some other characters are:

Oliver -> Mystic Hill’s Golden good boy 

James -> Mystic Hill’s best monster tamer 

Noah -> Mystic Hill’s best potion master 

Maeve-> Mystic Hill’s best warrior 

Aurelia & Benjamin-> Cordelia’s Mom and Dad 

Nicholas & Eloise-> Atlas’s Dad and Stepmom