A Day In My Life

Raising Money For Adopt A Classroom #bagitforward

2010-09-11T01:02:26Z

Elmer’s will donate up to $10,000 to Adopt-A-Classroom with your participation. Join now!

The Elmer’s Virtual Bag It Forward is charity blog meme, bloggers are able to raise $10 per blog post for Adopt-A-Classroom by writing a blog post or Facebook note and donating a virtual bag of school supplies . Elmer’s will donate $10 per each post written for Adopt-A-Classroom, up to $10,000.

HOW CAN YOU JOIN? It’s easy.

Participate in the Elmer’s Virtual Bag It Forward by giving away a virtual bag of school supplies and creating a blog post or Facebook note with specific rules described below.
Elmer’s will donate up to $10,000 to Adopt-A-Classroom.
You can give as many virtual bags as you want.
The Elmer’s Virtual Bag It Forward will officially begin at 12 AM EST on July 22, 2010 and end at 11:59 PM EST on September 10, 2010. Blog posts submitted to us before or after that time period will not be counted.
The blog post link has to be submitted in the comment section below for your participation to be counted.
In addition copy and paste the following text into your blog post:

ELMER’S VIRTUAL BAG IT FORWARD RULES

Copy and paste these rules into your blog post or Facebook note.
Create a post giving a “virtual bag of school supplies” to other bloggers or write about your Back to School shopping trip at Walmart.
Link back to the person who gave you a bag of school supplies.
Let each person you are giving a virtual bag of school supplies know you have given them a bag.
Leave your link in the Elmer’s Virtual Bag It Forward comment section. You can also find the official rules of this virtual #bagitforward program there.
Elmer’s is donating $10 for each blog participating in the Virtual Bag It Forward Donation to Adopt-A-Classroom (up to total of $10,000 for blog posts written by September 10,2010).
Please note that only one blog post per blog url will count towards the donation.

Here is the photo you can use for your virtual bag or create your own!

Eclipse Soundtrack

2010-06-13T18:00:23Z

Duhn duhn duhhhhn.

It’s here. Already.

It seems like just yesterday it was October and I was blogging about the New Moon Soundtrack, and now, here I am – in JUNE – blogging about the Eclipse Soundtrack. Time flies. Happy summer vacation, by the way.

So, tracks:

1. Eclipse (All Yours) ~ Metric
2. Neutron Star Collision (Love is Forever) ~ Muse
3. Ours ~ The Bravery
4. Heavy in Your Arms ~ Florence and the Machines
5. My Love ~ Sia
6. Atlas ~ Fanfarlo
7. Chop and Change ~ The Black Keys
8. Rolling in on a Burning Tire ~ The Dead Weather
9. Let’s Get Lost ~ Bat for Lashes
10. Jonathan Low ~ Vampire Weekend
11. With You in My Head ~ The Black Angels
12. A Million Miles an Hour ~ Eastern Conference Champions
13. Life on Earth ~ Band of Horses
14. What Part of Forever ~ Cee-Lo
15. Jacob’s Theme ~ Howard Shore

Favorites… So I’m making myelf choose?! So, obviously, I love them all. The ones that really stand out then, I guess…

-Neutron Star Collision. I love Muse It completely fits Eclipse, too (the lyrics).
-Heavy in your Arms — I like it. I think it sounds pretty
-My Love — I completely loved Sia before, and now… I like her more. Oh, and it reminds Sophie and I of Titanic
-Chop and Change — one of my favorites on the whole CD
-A Million Miles an Hour — I think the analogy is funny. ‘Cause, you know, vampires, they… run fast… Never mind.

Oh yeah, and Howard Shore is a step down from Alexandre Desplat.

So, that’s all for now

~Emilee

(PS: Anyone wanna take a guess of why every single picture of Robert Pattinson is uber creepy? Just curious.)

Almost Alice

2010-05-02T03:39:05Z

Okay, so I don’t actually have it (yet ), but I loveee the Alice in Wonderland Soundtrack, Almost Alice. It features so many good people and bands. Now, onto the

TRACKLIST:

1. Alice (Underground) ~ Avril Lavigne
2. The Poison ~ All American Rejects
3. The Technicolor Phase ~ Owl City
4. Her Name Is Alice ~ Shinedown
5. Painting Flowers ~ All Time Low
6. Where’s My Angel ~ Metro Station
7. Strange ~ Tokio Hotel & Kerli
8. Follow Me Down ~ 3OH!3 featuring Neon Hitch
9. Very Good Advice ~ Robert Smith
10. In Transit ~ Mark Hoppus with Pete Wentz
11. Welcome to Mystery ~ The Plain White T’s
12. Tea Party ~ Kerli
13. The Lobster Quadrille ~ Franz Ferdinand
14. Running Out of Time ~ Motion City Soundtrack
15. Fell Down a Hole ~ Wolfmother
16. White Rabbit ~ Grace Potter & The Nocturnals

Now. Comments. (One-worded sentences tonight.) :

-I was very unimpressed with Avril Lavigne.
-The Poison is my favorite song. EVER.
-Owl City never disappoints (even when the song is previously released and I’m pretty sure I liked it before… xD)
-Her Name Is Alice is pretty epic.
-I didn’t like Painting Flowers at first, but after a few listens I thought it was pretty good.
-I love Follow Me Down x) I think it’s kinda funny.
-Welcome To Mystery creeps me out. *chills*
-…I didn’t listen to the rest. Lol.

That’s all for now, I’m tired of typing. (Wow, I’m so bad at this.)

Oh, almost forgot – your comments. Go.

Goood night.

~Emiele

No that is not how you spell my name.

~Emleie

…Don’t think that it either. Whatever. Who needs it.

Just One Of Those Posts.

2010-04-03T03:53:17Z

This is just one of those late-at-night-I’m-bored-and-feel-inspired posts.

So… I’ll write about my weekend so far.

I’ll start from yesterday – one P.M. Just got out of school, headed to Erie for Easter “break” – also known as Good Friday. Had a pretty goo day so far, even though though it lacked our daily dose of Julia, who’s in NYC. But I wasn’t looking forward to the three hour car ride with my three brothers. That’s usually the worst part. But, alas, I survived. When we got here, it was instantly hectic – boys running around everywhere. I just sat back and watched. Later, I went on a walk through the woods with Hayden and Nathan. We had fun, got a little dirty. I was the worst, though – ankle down was all mud. Hayden was the cleanest, with only a little mud on his pants. Nathan’s shoes needed sprayed with the hose. After that, it was dinner time. Meatball subs and pizza. After dinner, I made cupcakes. For two and a half hours all I saw were swirls of pink and purple and yellow icing. During the entire day it remained a constant eighty degrees. By the time I went to bed, I was so hot. I swear, in the winter this house is a meat locker and in the summer it’s a sauna. Anyway, I went to bed with sounds of Austin slow breathing and Meet Dave on TV. When I woke up, it wasn’t on my own. I heard video games being played and children screaming. I was jumped on a few times. I fell back asleep when they left, and the second time I woke up, it was by my mom at around nine. “Do you wanna take a walk with us?” she asked. “No, I just want to sleep,” I replied. After that a few more times, she finally left and, again, I fell asleep. I woke up the third time by myself at probably around ten. I got up, got dressed, ate a donut, and played the bit of piano I know how to. When everyone got back from their “nature walk,” they had a load. Salamanders and a dead fish. They insisted it was alive, but the poor thing was dead, and looked like it had been for a while. Later I decided to take a walk of my own, so I went through the wood’s to Bob’s. He has a barn and a lake and what looks like a mobile home (I think it is). I got beautiful pictures of the lake and the woods. When I got back I was beat, because it’s still eighty outside, and there wasn’t even a breeze. I chilled for a couple hours, taking a break until I was needed – Mom and Tina were going out, so I had to watch the boys. We took a walk along the creek that lines the woods, and even found a hole (I think it was a mole or rabbit hole). Hayden yelled into the hole: “Hello! Is anyone down there?” I giggled at his curiosity, because four year olds are so adorable. We got back to the house just as my aunt and uncle (Hayden’s parents), Canyon, my grandmas, and my grandpa got here. We ate a Good Friday dinner – fish, of course, with macaroni and cheese and alfredo. After dinner, I disappeared downstairs and went on the computer and played pinball. I hold all five high scores – the two highest scores are over a million, because I am amazing When I came back up, we sat around the table, told some stories, had some laughs. Nathan, Hayden, and Canyon all got baths and things settled down. A few of us sat down to watch The Blind Side, but about ten minutes in we were interrupted by Anthony, who said the fire that my uncles had started to burn out the hillside was really big. The movie was paused because we all had to investigate. My uncle was called, and he said it was just tires they were burning, so the fire got really big. My aunt was worrying that they weregoing to get a citation for the fire. Eventually we made it back inside and continued the movie, which was great. When it ended, adults migrated out of the white room, and left the five of us – Zac, Anthony, David, Austin, and me – here. And that’s where my story ends – right here, half listening to Roseanne on TV with the boys all asleep – Austin on one end of the couch, Zac on the other, Anthony on the chair, and David on the floor. It’s nearly midnight, so sweet dreams everyone

~Emilee

The Lightning Thief Score ~ Christophe Beck

2010-07-01T14:51:50Z

Whoo! Another blog post!

I bought the Lightning Thief score on Amazon a few days ago and (not twenty minutes ago) put it on my Zune. So I decided (while licking my peanut butter off a spoon and listening to the New Moon/The Lightning Thief scores) to post.

Tracks:

1. Prelude
2. The Minotaur
3. Chiron
4. Victory
5. The Fury
6. Dyslexia
7. The Hydra
8. Medusa
9. Son of Poseidon
10. The Parthenon
11. Hollywood
12. Lost Souls
13. Fighting Luke, Part 1
14. Fighting Luke, Part 2
15. Hades
16. Mount Olympus
17. Poseidon
18. Homecoming
19. End Credits

Ugh!! My peanut butter spoon just fell on the floor

Uh, anyway… Songs I fell in love with:

-Chiron
-Dyslexia
-Medusa
-Lost Souls
-the Fighting Lukes
-End Credits

So, that wraps it up, I guess. I feel like I’m missing something… Whatever. Bye

~Emilee

(P.S. – Sorry about my peanut butter stories.)

New Moon Release Party With Edi Gathegi

2010-03-23T00:23:22Z

Well, well, well. My life has been very eventful, you see. I’ve stood about fifteen feet away from a cast member of New Moon. And he was not very excited, unlike the screaming fangirls.

My story: All of the Twilight stars were scattered around the country for the release of the New Moon DVD, and Edi Gathegi (Laurent) was in Pittsburgh. So, I was excited but figured “Oh well, I’m going to Borders, and I’m satisfied.” But, I get a call from Sophie, who told me Edi would be a short thirty minutes away, on McKnight Road in Ross Township. So I was very unsatisfied with Borders by this point. I asked my mom if she could take us, and she (being a cool mom) agreed. So, I set off at 8:45 to pick up Sophie at her house, and around an hour later at 9:45, we arrived at 4801 McKnight Road – Best Buy. There was absolutely no line, and we figured we were in the wrong place… Then we saw the CAFs and knew we were right where we were supposed to be. We were second in line and so stoked. About an hour later, my mom decides to go ask one of Edi’s publicists if she could get an interview with him for her blog. He said maybe, and that he would check with Edi. He also added that Edi was in a bad mood. Now, why would you be in a bad mood if your movie is coming out on DVD and you’re going to meet some of your fans? Celebrities are so sensitive. Anyway, another hour passed, and at around 11:45, Edi came out. The DJ from 105.9 asked him a few questions, and he seemed alright, but he only talked for about two minutes, and then the man fled. Literally. He waved good-bye, then walked into Best Buy with his body guards and left through the back exit after talking to publicists and Best Buy employees for about three minutes. He was there and gone in not ten minutes. Meanwhile, all of these fans have been waiting to see him for hours, and we waited out in the cold (it was about forty, forty-five degrees but seemed a lot colder).

So Edi, what was your deal? I wanna know. And by the way, Sophie hates you now. Kay thanks bye.

So anyway, just wanted to let you know my story, and that I got the movie and it’s signed by Edi Gathegi

Pictures will be posted later.

Emilee

Glee Soundtracks. And Some Other Nonimportant Things.

2010-04-30T20:22:54Z

I got the Glee Season 1 soundtracks, Volume 1 and 2, about a week ago, so… *bada bing* blog post.

There are 17 song on each volume.

Volume 1:

1. Don’t Stop Believin’ – Lea Michele (Rachel) and Cory Monteith (Finn)
2. Can’t Fight this Feeling – Cory Monteith (Finn)
3. Gold Digger – Matthew Morrison (Will)
4. Take A Bow – Lea Michele (Rachel)
5. Bust Your Windows – Amber Riley (Mercedes)
6. Taking Chances – Lea Michele (Rachel)
7. Alone – Matthew Morrison (Will) and Kristen Chenoweth (April)
8. Maybe This Time – Lea Michele (Rachel) and Kristen Chenoweth (April)
9. Somebody To Love – Lea Michele (Rachel), Cory Monteith (Finn), Amber Riley (Mercedes), and Kevin McHale (Artie)
10. Hate On Me – Amber Riley (Mercedes)
11. No Air – Lea Michele (Rachel) and Cory Monteith (Finn)
12. You Keep Me Hangin’ On – Dianna Agron (Quinn)
13. Keep Holding On – Lea Michele (Rachel) and Cory Monteith (Finn)
14. Bust A Move – Matthew Morrison (Will)
15. Sweet Caroline – Mark Salling (Puck)
16. Dancing With Myself – Kevin McHale (Artie)
17. Defying Gravity – Chris Colfer (Kurt) and Lea Michele (Rachel)

Volume 2:

1. Proud Mary – Amber Riley (Mercedes), Mark Salling (Puck), Kevin McHale (Artie), and Dianna Agron (Quinn)
2. Endless Love – Lea Michele (Rachel) and Matthew Morrison (Will)
3. I’ll Stand By You – Cory Monteith (Finn)
4. Don’t Stand So Close To Me / Young Girl – Matthew Morrison (Will)
5. Crush – Lea Michele (Rachel)
6. (You’re) Having My Baby – Cory Monteith (Finn)
7. Lean On Me – Kevin McHale (Artie) and Amber Riley (Mercedes)
8. Don’t Make Me Over – Amber Riley (Mercedes)
9. Imagine – Amber Riley (Mercedes), Kevin McHale (Artie) Lea Michele (Rachel), and Cory Monteith (Finn)
10. True Colors – Dianna Agron (Quinn)
11. Jump – Cory Monteith (Finn), Lea Michele (Rachel), Kevin McHale (Artie), Amber Riley (Mercedes)
12. Smile (Cover Of Lily Allen Song) – Lea Michele (Rachel) and Cory Monteith (Finn)
13. Smile (Cover Of Charlie Chaplin Song) – Lea Michele (Rachel), Cory Monteith (Finn), Amber Riley (Mercedes), Kevin McHale (Artie)
14. And I’m Telling You I’m Not Going – Amber Riley (Mercedes)
15. Don’t Rain On My Parade – Lea Michele (Rachel)
16. You Can’t Always Get What You Want – Mark Salling (Puck) and Lea Michele (Rachel)
17. My Life Would Suck Without You – Lea Michele (Rachel)

Some songs I fell in love with – Take A Bow, Taking Chances, Sweet Caroline, Defying Gravity, Don’t Stand So Close To Me/Young Girl, Imagine, True Colors, and Smile (Lily Allen).

And then, of course, Don’t Stop Believin’.

Don’t Stop Believin’ has been on an endless loop for me for the past three days or so. A group of my friends and I are going to audition for the music showcase my school is having, and we’re singing that song. So, since Jessica has a MUCH higher voice than me, I had the challenge… figuring out the harmony part. So I’ve pretty much got it down, but I’m still a little rusty on some parts. I even dug my keyboard out of my toxic waste area closet to help me. (And I’m listening to it right now, go figure.)

Enough about me, there’s other people in the world. Like… Chris Mann.

An update on getting Chris on The Ellen Show:

You can read a much better post with links that work here, at my mom’s blog.

An you can tweet these exact words: @TheEllenShow #MANNfans want @IamChrisMann on Ellen http://bit.ly/bgsuNG #GetOnEllen (pls RT!!!)

Ok. Next order of business… (This is a short one)

Sophie has been asking me to do this for weeks so…

Lemons.

There, are you happy? Thought so.

Okay, I guess that’s all for now.

~Emilee

P.S. – My space bar still doesn’t work so bear with my mistakes.

Just Some Random Bits. Nothing Much.

2010-01-19T00:06:04Z

Well, now, it’s been a while, no? About two weeks I guess. I got sick of not blogging so… I came here. The perfect place, right? So there are a few little things I’d like to say. This isn’t just a “Hey!” then back to no blogging.

So, first off, my space bar is broken. There was something stuck under it, so I took it off and then when my mom finally got it back on, it was harder to press down. Sometimes there isn’t even a space. So if you see some words running together, that’s most likely the reason. Another reason could be laziness.

Next: The next Bran Hambric book will be titled Bran Hambric: The Specter Key. I stayed up till one thirty A.M. last Saturday night so I could find out Here’s what Kaleb posted on his blog as the short summary:

“In BRAN HAMBRIC: THE SPECTER KEY, while sorting through the same vault where he was found as a child, young mage-in-secret Bran Hambric discovers an old deposit box left in his deceased mother’s name. Unable to open its enchanted lock, Bran is suddenly haunted by strange messages from invisible spirits who call themselves the Specters. Bran discovers that the Specters have been enslaved by magic, and that there are those who will stop at nothing to take control of their dark powers.”

(copy and pasted from www.kalebnation.com – but don’t worry Kaleb, I have no intention of stealing your ideas )

Also, you can go to TeenFire.ning.com and vote for the cover of Bran Hambric: The Specter Key! Exciting right? Not unless you have an account on the site. I was mad when I saw that you had to log into leave a comment for you vote. But you can stillseethem, which is just as exciting My favorite is the third one, if that counts for anything. Which it doesn’t… unless you have an account on Teen Fire.

For any more information and lasted news on Bran Hambric, follow Kaleb Nation (@KalebNation) or Bran Hambric (@BranHambric) on Twitter, or go to branhambric.com.

Okay, next we have… The Vampire Diaries. Yes, I chose that at random, hence the dot dot dot… Anyway, Season Two of The Vampire Diaries is on Thursday at 8/7 central on The CW, so… Watch it, set your Tivos… Whatever.

Now lets talk about The Golden Globes. Ha ha. I finally have a subject that’s important to more than just me

Anna Kendrick (Jessica Stanley in The Twilight Saga) was up for best actress in a motion picture, but couldn’tlive up to Mo’Nique, who took the award.
Up won for best animated feature film,which was very well-deserved
The Up In The Air writers won for best screenplay in a motion picture.
James Cameron won for best director for the film Avatar. One of the most epic movies of all time.He said it took over four years to plan out and film… That is a long time, no? Beat the director of Up In The Air.
Best television series, comedy or musical, went to Glee, which I was happy about Glee is my new obsession.
Avatar won for best motion picture,drama, again beating Up In The Air.

Those weren’t all the winners, just the highlights… to me. I turn something that isn’t supposed to be about me into something that is. I’m so selfish.

Zomigosh. I almost forgot! *le gasp*

One of my mom’s dear friends, Chris Mann, is a singer. And he has a dream – He wants to be on the Ellen Show. So we’re trying to help him out! Do whatever you can to make the happen – tweet it, blog it, facebook it, myspace it, youtube it… Whatever you can do to help a Mann out.

Chris’s Twitter – twitter.com/iamchrismann
Chris’s Blog – chrismannmusic.wordpress.com
Chris’s Facebook fan page – facebook.com/chrismannmusic
Chris’s MySpace page – myspace.com/chrismannmusic
Chris’s YouTube – youtube.com/chrismannmusic

Well that’s pretty much all fornow, comment But only if you want to,cause I can’t force anyone to do anything… sadly.

**UPDATE** The Bran HAmbric cover has been chosen! And it’s the one I like! I’m so happy right now

Here it is:

It’s just an early sketch, so when the book comes out,it will definitely be in color.

One last thing – none of the links in this post work. And I’m wayy too lazy to fixthat. So just type them in your address bar or whatever.

New Moon Score ~ Alexandre Desplat

2010-07-01T14:52:20Z

I went to Target tonight and got the New Moon Score with gift cards I got for Christmas! I was so excited There are 21 tracks:

1. New Moon
2. Bella Dreams
3. Romeo & Juliet
4. Volturi Waltz
5. Blood Sample
6. Edward Leaves
7. Werewolves
8. I Need You
9. Break Up
10. Memories Of Edward
11. Wolves V. Vampire
12. Victoria
13. Almost A Kiss
14. Adrenaline
15. Dreamcatcher
16. To Volterra
17. You’re Alive
18. The Volturi
19. The Cullens
20. Marry Me, Bella
21. Full Moon

My favorite songs would be (of course) Dreamcatcher, Almost A Kiss, and Adrenaline.

(Composed, conducted, and produced by Alexandre Desplat)

^ That was on the back cover and I felt it was important.

Happy New Year!

2010-04-30T20:23:39Z

Happy New Year, everyone! Here are some pictures of our celebrations and the like

Nathan at Steak n Shake

Austin with his 3D glasses (from Avatar) and Steak n Shake hat

Me in my 3D glasses and New Year hat

Everyone’s ready fro 2010!

Sean in his glasses, ready for annual the Silly String fight

Zac and Sean got their kisses at midnight…

So I wasn’t really read to let 2009 go, but I know 2010 had to come sometime. And it’s gonna be a great year.

Happy New Year!

Emilee