My Vacation Was A Week

Around last week my friend Briana came over to visit for the first time. The reason it was so exciting was because she lives in a completely different state and it takes eight hours to get to my house from hers.

It was a very cramped drive.

Anywho, one of the highlights was going to a theme park that was THREE HOURS from my house, so that was more cramped driving (this time with out my brother)!  Upon entering the park, of course, one finds a giant Santa Claus statue. Keep in mind that Briana and I are the type of friends that others label nerds (the correct term is Geek, my friends) and freaks. We tend to relate anything we kind find to things like Percy Jackson and Kingdom Hearts. Naturally we see the statue and immediately do this:

The first thing we rode was the carousel; no pictures of that because Mom rode with us (she's the master photographer here). The next thing was the bumper cars; something I always sucked at and something Briana never rode in her life.

Sense I'm the best driver in the world, I plan to use road rage.

What actually happened was that I caused a road block that got everyone in the room jammed up at one of the corners. Quite fun.

After that we headed to the Lewis and Clark Trail. Which is funny, cus that morning I heard a girl saying it was the most boring ride in the park. I dare say we had a good time on it:

After that we rode a good old fashion log ride. Briana is scared of rides, so this took some energy from her (briefly. We got her some sugar and sat down on a bench. Then she was like WHAT'S NEXT?)  While she was resting, I decided to ride on the Hallow Swings. I thought I was going to be all cool about it, but instead I almost stopped breathing.

We decided to get some lunch after that, but we past the Raven on the way to where we were going to eat. Rollarcoasters, even the wimpy ones like the Raven, are my babies. I naturally drug them with me towards the line so I didn't have to wait by myself (Mom's back wasn't feeling too great and Briana's scared, as I said before). I told Briana that I was going to go through the entire ride without screaming once, and that's exactly what happened.

Never found out who that guy was, never got a look at his face either (he was with the two girls in the car behind me).

After that we ate. There was a guy sitting behind us that look just like Justin Beiber, it was freaky.

Briana and I decided that then was the time to act like the geeks we are. We blended Pokemon and Percy Jackson together, saying things like:
"A wild Nico appears.
Makaria uses attract.
It super effective."

"A wild Percy appears.
Briana uses attract.
It's super effective.
Annabeth uses slap.
It's super effective."






I do hope we scared some people.


After lunch we headed to Splashin' Safari (I looked very sexy in my swimming suit), where we almost drowned in the Splash pool (no pictures because it was watery and the camera wasn't water proof). We rode the Wildebeest three times because Briana loved it and we screamed like little girls each time. We climbed large stairs three times, putting both of us into panic attacks and me into a small asthma attack.

We headed back to the dry park, where I completed my destiny of riding the Holiday World rollarcoasters in order. No pictures of that, I have no idea why, BRIANA. We headed to the dark ride where Briana and I shot turkeys (I got a grand total of zero points) and then headed off to the river rapids rides, a classic ride that is always enjoyable.

Throughout the entire day, we had encountered this one kid with green hair. I noticed him getting in line for the river rapids before us, and I joking said, "I hope we get to ride with Green-haired Kid." We did, and we got soaked.

Then, we decided to ride a second time. Without Green-haired Kid.

Then we rode a third time, BY OURSELVES.




ALL BY OURSELVES.

It was amazing.

Then we got blue ice cream to make Percy Jackson proud, and then we went home because our feets were beginning to really hurt.

And that is literally the extent of the happy part of my vacation. One day. Well, not counting OMGcon and the rest of the time Briana was here. That's about five days.

Beautiful People: Ariana

My friend Anna over at Sister in the Savior told me to do because it was "this awesome thing on blogger".

What is their full name? 
Ariana Evelyn Roberts

Does his or her name have a special meaning?
Well, Ariana means "Very Holy" and that's kind of why I picked it. The other two names are just because I think they sound nice together.

Does your character have a methodical or disorganized personality?
She's a big contradiction, with some things she's neat but sometimes she's not.

Does he or she think to themselves more than they talk out loud to their friends? (and more importantly, does he or she actually have friends?)
She has a few close friend and some good friends. She thinks to herself more than she talks to her friends, though. Sometimes her friends force information out of her.

Is there something he/she is afraid of?
She's afraid of severe storms, fights, the occasional mirror, and some other minor things.

Does he or she write, dream, dance, sing, or photograph? 
She doesn't really have a hobby, but later on she develops a habit of drawing portraits of people she doesn't know.

What is his or her favorite book? (or genre of books)
She likes ancient history books, mythology resources, and just plain research books in general. She's also been known to wonder into the occult section on occasion. Oh, and comic books. She just likes to flip through those, though.

Who is his or her favorite author/someone who inspires him or her?
Her father(s) (not a gay parent thing, but not a stepdad either. I can't really explain without giving it away), Liam Shaw later on in the story, and Nahte kind of inspires her to stop being depressed but I'm not sure if he counts.

Favorite flavor of ice cream?
Does pomegranate sorbet count? If not, french vanilla with lots of chocolate syrup.

Favorite season of the year?
The Holiday season by far.

Narnia-Ghostbusters Crossover

My dad just got back from the hospital this morning, so he isn't feeling that great. I thought I'd draw him something quick, and this was my first thought. He's always joking about this scene in Voyage of the Dawn Treader, so I thought I'd go ahead and make it out for him.

Get better, Daddy~

Mythical Inaccuracies in the Movies -- CotT (2010) Part 4

And that concludes this edition of Mythical Inaccuracies in the Movies.

Normally I'd be able to put aside the inaccuracies and actually enjoy the movie, but there was one thing about this certain movie. I read in the trivia section of its imdb profile that Sam Worthington, the actor who plays Perseus, took this role because he wanted his young (I believe nine years old) nephew to have an accurate, good mythological movie in his generation.

I'm not trying to be mean here, though I am rather frustrated that this is acceptable in society. The ancient myths that were told by our ancient ancestors are just fine the way they are. Sure, not much happens on Perseus's flight to Medusa's lair, but the overall myth itself s one my absolute favorite myths. Nothing is wrong with them, very little about them needs to be tweaked. They are fine on their own.

Mythical Inaccuracies in the Movies -- CotT 2010 Part 3

 

By the way, Kristi is my go-to when I find something I'm not quite sure about. She knows more about Egyptian, Asian, and European mythologies rather than Greek. I guess it was too mainstream for her.

Mythical Inaccuracies in the Movies -- CotT 2010 Part 2

If anyone actually cared about this, I apologize for the delay and thank you for actually caring.

Mythical Inaccuracies in the Movies -- Clash of the Titans (2010), Part 1

It's no secret to nearly everyone I know that Greek mythology is my passion (that and Disney Princesses). So, naturally, it upsets me when the movie industry screws the stories up. Unfortunately, this happens in pretty much every movie that's made about any mythology. Greek, Roman, Arabic, Egyptian, Christian; you name it, it's probably been butchered.

One such case, and probably one of the worst, is the 2010 remake of Clash of the Titans.


When I first saw this movie, I was extremely excited to see it. I thought this was going to be one of the best movies of the year.

I was extremely disappointed within the first five minutes of the movie. I wanted to leave the theatre within the next twenty minutes, the only things keeping me there were my father and the awesome special effects.

Now that I have my own laptop to carry around with my at school, I could critic the movie after I finished my school work. I joked around with my friends and family, telling them I would nitpick all of the mythical errors out of the movie. A while back I got bored enough to actually begin the project. I thought that, after the first few minutes, the inaccuracies would stop because the explaining would be done. I was horribly wrong, of course (though the majority of the inaccuracies ARE within the first ten-twenty minutes).

I really wish I could tell you that it's not as bad as I'm making it out to be, but that's unfortunately not true. The whole movie is about 95 minutes (without the credits) long. The inaccuracies? Five away from being 1 per minute. And that's without me really nitpicking at it. Granted, I only watched to movie once all the way through for this project, but still, 90?


For your enjoyment, I've decided to post the list here. However, since there are so many, I'm going to be diving it into parts. I'm not quite sure how to divide it, though. For this post, I think I'll just have the first 15, and move on from there.

I hope you have lots of free time on your hands.

EDIT: I don't know how I forgot to put this in there: Argos did indeed play a roll in the myth of Perseus, it was were King Acrisius ruled. After Perseus killed his grandfather by accident, he did not claim Argos as his kingdom, as was his birthright. Instead, ashamed because of the murder, he gave Argos to Megapenthes. Perseus went on to found Mykenai.

Do forgive me for the quality of the photos, especially since they are so hard to read. I'll probably post some others, hopefully easier to read, tomorrow afternoon.

Call me a nerd, a geek, a loser, go ahead and tell me that a I have no life, troll me, send me hate mail, and all of that. I don't care. This was actually really fun for me.