Spirit Week in School

My school is having Spirit Week!!! Yay! I am having so much fun! Monday was Pajama Day, so I wore my blue, plaid pajama bottoms with a regular everyday shirt. Yesterday was Middle School representation Day, but I threw away my eighth grade trip shirt last year...NOOOOOOOOO! I was so sad! Then me and my friend decided that we would be a pair for Twin Day today; however, that plan was quickly flushed down the toilet when we realized we couldn't find anything that matched! We looked and looked! We ransacked our entire closet and then we failed miserably! I remember last year me and my friend wore Stickers on our shirts that said "My twin is _____". *sniffle* Good times...Tomorrow is Crazy hat day and Friday is Wacky Tacky Day, when you wear things that don't match. Tomorrow I am going to wear a hat that looks like the pants Patrick for SpongeBob SquarePants wears. I shall not miss another spirit Day eveeeerrrr! *she says with a dramatic echo*.

The Host by Stephenie Meyer

The Blurb/back of the book/summary (from the book jacket):

Melanie Stryder refuses to fade away. The earth has been invaded by a species that take over the minds of their human hosts while leaving their bodies intact, and most of humanity has succumbed.

Wanderer, the invading "soul" who has been given Melanie's body, knew about the challenges of living inside a human: the overwhelming emotions, the too vivid memories. But there was one difficulty Wanderer didn't expect: the former tenant of her body refusing to relinquish possession of her mind.

Melanie fills Wanderer's thoughts with visions of the man Melanie loves - Jared, a human who still lives in hiding. Unable to separate herself from her body's desires, Wanderer yearns for a man she's never met.  As outside forces make Wanderer and Melanie unwilling allies, they set off to search for the man they both love.

My Review of the book:

There is no single word that can fully describe this book! Stephenie Meyer created a completely new world! She moved away from the rainy town of Forks, Washington and set the story in the simmering hot Arizona desert. What is unique about this story is that while the planet was taken by the "aliens" they aren't really aliens per say, they are souls that look like beautiful silver feather looking worm-like creatures. They surgically insert themselves into the back of someones head right at the base of the neck and they take control over the body. Some human minds are able to stay awake and not fade while others are unable to, a lot depends on awareness.

The Host is not about taking the planet back because they know there aren’t enough of them to do it but mostly about surviving and about relationships. I found this book very hard to put down because it’s not a predictable story line at all. I never knew exactly what was going to happen. I think that largely contributes to the book being so great because if you have read many books that are similar then you know what is going to happen already; I give it two thumbs up on originality. I also love the way it was written, the style contributes largely as you are able to understand a lot because of the point of view Meyer took. Instead of looking at the storyline from Melanie’s view as she is the human and we would be able to relate more to her, she decided to look at everything from the point of view of Wanderer, the invading soul.

I loved this book and I know many people who agree. I hope that after reading this perhaps you will give The Host a chance and read it and love it as well! I cannot wait until the movie comes out! I think it comes ut in 2013! Hurry up, so we fans can watch it!!!!

My day leading up to International Night!

Today was such a good day! It started out crazy (like it is for anyone who takes the train in the morning in New York), like is sometimes true for me I just caught my train as I was going up the stairs of the train station and had to catch it all the way at the back. I had to run to make my transfer, but I had tons of bags because my performance was later that day. I thought I was going to be late because there was a delay; however, as is common during the winter I SOMEHOW got there with more than enough time (which never happens during the summer...one more thing to add to why I don't like summer too much). Well, moving on...while in my Global History class he brought in a coffee maker and someone asked "What is that for?" (Can anyone say, the awkward moment when everyone stares at one person for asking about the most obvious thing ever). I would think they are used to make coffee, but I could be wrong, I am not too sure *sarcasm*. Then he told us he brought it so we could use it when we wanted to...is that even allowed...? Anyways, he moved on to say "I brought this but you can only use it if you find your own cups, if you want sugar or anything else you are going to get it for yourself too." So during our five minute break between our double period me and my friends raced around the school looking for cups and sugar...we ended up finding both after racing around in circle...by the time we got back to the class room we didn't even need the sugar since we were now wide awake. The rest of my day was normal until lunch when we went down and did each others hair and make up so that we would be ready for the show after school. I then went to Physics Lab, my favorite class...I am a nerd. I am a BARDIAN (the dictionary definition for this is some one who studies in BARD High School Early College in Queens). After we ran to the girls looker room and crazed around like headless chickens getting ready for the all the performances. When I was up I was happy that I had worked so hard and I was able to "execute the dance magnificently" (in the words of my friend). However, I was so nervous that the smile on my face was making my top lip twitch (the audience couldn't tell, thank goodness). I enjoyed performing and being able to share my hard work so much that I plan to do the talent show this year and do both thing again next year as well!

P.S. I finished The Host and will be putting up the review this weekend!