My new Theme Song?

Since I’m turning sixteen tomorrow, I thought this song would be relevant: Sixteen by No Doubt!

“…Well you’re only sixteen, with a lot to say

But they won’t give you the time of day….”

As much as I'll sound like any other angsty teen, those lyrics remind me a lot of my life. Even though I’m not sixteen now.

I’ll be honest, it’s not my favorite No Doubt song, but then again, I wasn’t really a fan of Tragic Kingdom, even if it does have Don’t Speak, Just a Girl and Happy Now?. Oh, and the song Tragic Kingdom itself.

No School Today!

Because of lots of snow, midterms for today got pushed back a day. Yeah, sure the whole “Let’s get it over with” method can’t really work now, but oh well. At least I get another day to study for AP USH. There’s been so much snow this winter that I don’t think I’ve seen grass that much since 2010.

This January went by quickly. I’ve had a lot of early dismissals, snow days, delayed openings, and even a religious holiday this month, which is good, because January usually just drags on and on.

And Mayor Bloomberg decided to close the NYC public schools, which was pretty good. They didn’t get a snow day a couple of weeks ago, and I heard that the NYC snow plow people didn’t do the best job everywhere, so it’s nice that the kids get a day off.

And yesterday, on My Sims 3 Blog, Newsea (ironically) made a free hair, which was less than warmly received. Even for a Newsea hair. Offensive comments related to sexuality, disabilities, and race flooded the comment box. How did this hair look anyway?

Yikes. The bangs look okay. The ponytail? I repeat, yikes.

From the inoffensive comments, an anonymous person summed up some of my thoughts:

And then they posted dozens of links to hair.

And Ayaa handled the offensive comments well:

And (s)he mentioned Fran Drescher, too!

And later, another anonymous person summed up my other thoughts:

The hair isn’t too bad on the black haired model, but it looks worse on the others. It’s just too much hair.

Quick Announcement

I’ll be studying and taking midterms until Tuesday (weather permitting), so I won’t be on that much. I’ll probably post stuff on the weekend, but until then, I won’t be on.

I Tilt my Head Left and Right

Now that you mention it, anonymous, it is kind of tilted…

There! All better!

Silly anonymous! Curly hairs are even rarer than free Newsea Hairs!

Some Shows don’t know when to end

Last month, Larry King Live ended after 25 years. Oprah’s show is also ending after 25 years. Sunday, Hannah Montana ended after 5 years. And two days ago, Regis Philbin announced that he will be leaving his talk show.
However, some shows just don’t know when to end. Like American Idol. After 10 seasons, plenty of rule changes, and new judges, this show just won’t stop. But why?
Other than the obvious reason, money, it’s puzzling why the show’s still on. The past few winners haven’t been that famous or successful, and at this point, the real winners are the runner-ups and other contestants who aren’t contractually obliged to 19 Entertainment.
With both Paula Abdul and Simon Cowell gone from the judging table this year, the show won’t be the same. While the contestants’ talents always varied, the judges’ antics would always be there. But now that the two interesting judges are out of the picture, why will people watch?
As rude as this sounds, I personally want to see the show end already. I mean, with Simon bringing The X Factor and Paula Abdul with that one new dance show (Live to Dance?), the more memorable judges have new shows, so people could just watch those. And I’m pretty sure the new ‘It Reality Show’ is Dancing with the Stars. So can’t it just end already? Ten seasons is a good run, right?

Happy Martin Luther King, Jr. Day!

Happy Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, everyone. I hope you had a good time today, whether you had to go to school/work or not. We had a half day here, which most of my classmates on Facebook weren’t so crazy about. Yeah, sure, I’d rather have school closed, too, but I didn’t go far as calling the school district racist. I mean, not closing on a national holiday is the same thing as segregation, discrimination, and no religious freedom, right? And besides, there are ethnic, national, and religious holidays everyday. Do you expect to have no school every holiday? Also, teachers paused the curriculum and had a lesson related to Martin Luther King, Jr. And I’m pretty sure that most of these students wouldn’t observe the holiday if there was no school, but I’ll give everyone the benefit of a doubt.

I had little homework today, so I went to the mall once the half day was over. Most of the stores that I go to are getting less gender neutral. A year ago, the stores that I went to had one side for guys, and the other for girls, with the middle having clothes for both genders. A couple of months ago, the middle had more stuff for girls. Now, not only is the middle completely for girls, but girl clothes is in the guy section, too. Okay, Aeropostle executives (Or whoever is in charge of stuff like this), I stick with your store even if some of the clothes is like a walking advertisement. Can’t you be nicer with your customers (Where have I heard that question before?)?

And in other news, there’s a new How I Met Your Mother tonight, but The Joy Behar Show got moved to 10 PM for Dr. Drew. I don’t see why Drew couldn’t get the 10 PM slot. I mean, Joy’s is (somewhat) of a comedy, while Drew’s show is about rehab and addiction. Wouldn’t it make more sense to push that show?

Feed: The Review

I read the book Feed by M.T. Anderson recently for school. While I had to look for dystopian qualities in the book, it was a way better book once I stopped looking for those.

Basically, it’s a story about sometime in the future, where people have a computer-transmitter-thing implanted in their brains when they’re born. This transmitter works like the internet advertising business.They use people’s thoughts and interests to market stuff to them. Okay, go to Wikipedia for a better summary on how the Feed works. Anyway, the story follows Titus, a teen who meets this nonconformist girl, Violet, who’s against the feed. Problem? Titus is all for the feed. However, opposites attract, and they become a couple.

The book is written with all kinds of made up future slang, which makes it a bit painful to read sometimes, but it’s nothing too serious. The characters also swear a lot.

Spoilers for the book below. Don’t read on if you want to read the book.

I like how Titus’s and Violet’s relationship was kind of shown realistically. They went to teen clubs together, they had a good time. They went to the mall together, they were happy. But once Violet began to have problems with her feed and things got serious, they began to grow apart. Then, Violet trusted Titus too much, and he didn’t care for her, and they broke up.

This book made me remember an article I saw online a while back about what kids born in 2011 will never know. A lot of these things on the list applied to the story, like wires, fax machines, catalogs, the evening news, and others.

Overall, I’d say this book was sort of good, even though things began to suck towards the end. If you desperately want to read something, then read it. But if you want to read great literature or a masterpiece or whatever, find something else.

Is this Possible?

I know that I watch a lot of shows from the ‘90s, like The Nanny and Friends, and I’ve begun to watch Roseanne (and rewatch Boy Meets World) more, and I used to watch Full House, but I never thought I could watch too much from the nineties. Interestingly enough, I’m wrong, and there might just be a limit.

Today, All About Style made some new dresses.

However, the anonymous community wasn’t too crazy about it:

… Have I watched too much TV Land and nick@nite to not notice? I personally thought they were all nice. The first one might be a little 90s, but the others are alright.

And because I might as well become the Sim!Style network, I made a new tag for clothes comments. Feel free to contribute a better name

Snow Day!

Tomorrow (or today, seeing as it’s past 12), I have no school, because of snow. Yeah, sure, all these early dismissals and snow days and religious observations aren’t the smartest thing before midterms, but hey, snow days might go extinct because of global warming (Okay, that sounds highly inaccurate and illogical). I don’t know what I’ll do tomorrow, but it’ll probably depend on how much snow there is. Hopefully playing some Sims?

And in a two-decades-too-late recap, I just watched some episodes of Roseanne (Sometimes it’s the only thing to watch after 10 PM ). It was the ‘End of the bike shop/ Becky’s elopement’ arc. I sided with Becky on that one. I mean, Dan/Roseanne using her college fund to make a business for a hobby, and neither of them had any skills/ experience with running a store? Bad choice. Yelling at poor Becky (Who I think was a good student) because she felt ripped off? Worse.  I mean, yeah, the elopement thing was a bad way to deal with it, but still, it was a little absurd for them to be mad at her when it was kind of their fault.

Anyway, I’m going to bed now.

I should really do my Homework….

…but first, a Newsea post!

The name, the length, the pigtails on adults. What was right about this hair?

Apparently, nothing.

And how much hair is on the toddlers?

 

Yep, that’s a lot.

Personally, I think it’s okay for toddlers and kids, but even for kids, its too much. Unless someone’s using this hair for a modeling competition, and the theme is ‘creepy possessed doll’, then I don’t see why someone would get this hair for adults. And it looks a bit too much like a previous Newsea hair, but straighter:

You know you’re an Internet Addict when…

…it’s snowing outside, yet your laptop might as well be hotter than the sun.

Today, there was lots of snow, so we got an early dismissal from school, and yesterday, I didn’t go to school, because I was observing Armenian Christmas (And doing lots of homework). Normally, I’d be elated (SAT Prep word!) with this, but I have lots of work for most classes, so I’ll be spending this weekend doing homework.

Monday’s How I Met Your Mother was good, yet sad. They mentioned Armenians (And not with a cheap Kardashian reference), which is always a good thing, but it wasn’t exactly flattering. I’m glad they didn’t leave Marshall’s and Lily’s fertility/pregnancy storyline for the season finale. Let’s face it, most shows leave pregnancies and childbirths for season finales. So you’re telling me every woman in a sitcom gets pregnant or gives birth in May and June? The only exceptions are probably Phoebe Buffay on Friends, who got pregnant in January and gave birth in October. Where was I again?  :P Apparently there was a countdown leading to the bad news, but I didn’t notice it.

Jersey Shore premiered with its 3rd season. Angelina (The only roommate I could sympathize, shockingly), isn’t on, so my interest for the show is gone. I don’t even know how they’ve been filming the show since season 2. I mean, now that the cast knows that they’re celebrities, are they just sleeping with anything in sight that moves and getting drunk as they can for the ratings? Is it becoming more scripted now? I have a feeling that the show might be going downhill, even if this season had the best ratings. While almost all of the people at my school watched it, most of them said “It’s getting stupid now”, which means that people are getting tired of it, hopefully. And apparently, there are going to be new versions of this show, but with other regions, including a southern version, which will be just as much of a train wreck as the original, but I’m somewhat interested in watching.