New Book and Netflix Movie

Hello everyone, this blog will be a little bit of everything again. Sorry, I am just really indecisive today. 

Just to let you all know the book that I am currently reading and will most likely be blogging about is Pet Semetary by Stephen King. I have never read one of his books before and so far I think that it is really good. One of the kids in my class gave a book talk about it and it sounded interesting. I have always wanted to read one of his books because they are so famous. I am very interested to see if the book is scary. I think that there is a movie to go along with the book so when I am done with the book I am definatly going to watch the movie. When I was checking the book out of the library the librarian at my school told me that they are comming out with a sequel to the Shining. So of course I had to do some research and from what I have gathered it is comming out fall of 2013. I can't wait to find out more about it and when I do I will let you all know.

Oh, I keep forgetting to blog about this movie that I watched on netflix called Timer. It is one of those movies that you have never heard about before but it is on netflix. The movie is about this futuristic world where there is a timer that you can have injected in to your arm that tells you when you will meet your soul mate. Once you get the timer in your arm it will turn on when your partner gets one so there is a possiblity that you get a timer and you still don't know when you will meet your soul mate. The timer stops counting down the night before you find the other person and then it will say zero. When you see them it will make a little chime noise so you know who it is. In the movie there are two sisters both of whom have one of these timers. One of them has a long time until they meet their soul mate. The other sister got hers at the same time and it still hasen't litten up which means that her soul mate hasn't gotten one yet. So she tries to go out and meet timerless guys and makes them get a timer to see if they are a match. That is pretty much the plot of this movie.

The way that I heard about this movie was one of my friends had watched it. The first time I tried to watch it I fell asleep. I didn't fall asleep because of the movie by the way I am just lame and normally go to bed earlier than most people. Over all I really liked the movie it was interesting to see who they were going to fall in love with eventually. If you want to try out a new movie that has a little futuristic feel to it I would recomend this movie to you. Let me know if you end up watching it and what your oppinion of it was. Thanks for reading! :)

Taken For Granted

Hello everyone today I blogging to you from my Dad's office computers because my computer at home is currently being repaired. Having this happen it makes me appreciate having internet access a home. Internet is everywhere now, on tv, on your phone and on your computer. These days internet is taking over everything. I guess all that I am getting at here is that you shouldn't take things for granted because you never know what you have until it's gone.
One of the biggest things that the internet has given us is the ability to watch movies and tv shows instantly on websites like netflix. I love the whole idea that you can watch as many movies as you want for one monthly rate. One of my favorite things to do in my free time is search netflix for a new movie to watch. I love how there are a lot of different categories that you can choose from. I have found a lot of new movies that I haven't ever heard of before.
There is always those lovely social networking sites that we all love. Everyone now a days has either a facebook, twitter or instagram. These sites are good in that they allow you to connect with friends but there have been alot of negative concequences such as bullying. So like everything in life there is some positive and negative results.
Anyway, the lesson that I learned for from this experience is that I am going to try to not take things for  granted anymore. Thank you for reading! :)

The Help

Hey everyone, guess what?! I finished reading the Help! So, this blog will be what I thought about the book and a quick summary.
To start it off I will tell you about what the book is about. It dated in the 1960's and is about slavery. I would typically not even think about reading this book because I don't like reading historical books if I don't have to but this book was very good. The narrator switches throughout the book between 2 maids and one white woman. This way you get a peak of each of their lives as the book progresses. The first maid's name is Abileen, she is a quiet, older woman that is very experienced in being a maid. Her best friend Minny is the other maid, she is very out spoken. Minny says what is on her mind and sometimes that can be a bad thing. The other narrator is Miss. Skeeter who is a young white woman trying to figure out who she is. Miss. Skeeter decides to write a book about what life is like for maids, calling it the Help. The book is about their them writing the book and trying to survive in this time period. I don't want to tell you much more than that because I don't want to ruin the book if you haven't read it yet.
I thought that the book was very good. I found myself staying up at night reading it to see what would happen. I'am excited to see the movie because I liked the book so much. I thought that the way that the book was written made you understand both sides of the conflicts. It also showed how bad things were back then for slaves. It was crazy to see how they were treated by the white women who stayed around their house all day doing nothing while the maids were doing all of their work. I couldn't imagine having to do that or being the person sitting around watching someone else do all of that work. One of the women that the maids has to take care of ends up raising her kids more than the Mom does. This book was kind of eye opening because you always hear about the slaves that were on the plantations and working in the fields but not as much as the maids. I thought that they did a really good job with making it interesting and fun to read for anyone, not just history fans.
I don't know if I have already told you this but I like books and movies that are sort of emotinal and that is exactly what this book had. When I say that I really mean a book or movie that is so good that you can relate to it or you feel the pain that the characters are feeling. This book almost had me crying but I managed to get through it. The whole topic of this book is a rather sad thing because of the way that things happend in that time period compared to today.
Anyway, if you haven't read this book yet I would highly recomend it for you even if you are a little skeptical. Let me know if you decide to read it and what your thoughts are. Thanks for reading :)

New iphone

Hey everyone, I guess I should talk about the new iphone 5 that just came out this week. I am not an i phone user so I don't have a lot of information or experience with them but oh well. One thing that I hate about not being an i phone user is that all of the cute accessories for phones are only for iphones. Another thing that kind of sucks about not having an iphone is where is the android siri? Just because I don't have an iphone doesn't mean that I don't want someone answering all of my questions. So if you know of an app for android phones similar to siri for iphones let me know. It seems to me that the iphone has all of the better apps. I don't even know what is supposed to be so much better than the old iphone compared to this one. There is an awesome YouTube video called Jimmy Kimmel first look: iphone 5. They show people the new iphone and ask them what they think about it compared to the old one but the thing is it is really just the same old iphone. So people who have the exact same phone that they are shown say how different it is than the old one. It is really funny so be sure to check it out.
Okay, so enough of my ranting about the iphone. I want to give you a quick update on what my plans are for this blog in the near future. I am almost done with the book "The Help" so I will give you a review on that. I am going to the new movie coming out soon called Pitch Perfect. (it looks really funny and I can't wait to see it). I also want to talk about movies that you probably haven't heard of but are on netflix and give a review of them. So there is the list of things that I will be blogging about soon. I will also keep an update going about all of my favorite tv shows. Thanks for reading! :)

Having a Bad Day?

Hey everyone, I hope you all are having a wonderfull day. If not I am going to show you some really funny videos on Youtube that will deffinatly cheer you up.

I don't think that I have mentioned this yet but I love to watch funny videos on youtube. My Friend Emily and I always seem to end up doing that whenever we hangout. So I am going to share some of my favorites with you. First of all there are the videos that are of people falling down or getting hurt. For some reason those turn out to be some of the funniest viedos. The first video of someone getting hurt is called the Channing Show and it is about this little girl that is having a stuffed animal show but her closet door ends up falling right on her head. Here is a  link for it http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1lauHGBx7c. The second one is called Single Ladies Gone Wrong. It is about these two women dancing to the song Single Ladies by beyonce. Why one of them is wearing a clown mask? I don't know but it almost adds to the whole video. Here is a link for this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AN5YbfFszlI. The Last viedo of people getting hurt is called You Forgot The Blueberries. This video was originly of these two adorable little girls making a fruit salad but the younger girl makes sure that her sister doesn't forget the blueberries and it all goes down hill. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqEeP1acj4Y that is the link for this video if you want to watch it which I highly recomend.
There is another category of funny youtube videos that I am going to talk about and it is the people that have a series of shows that come out periodically. A really famous example of this is Jenna Marbles. Her videos come out every Wednesday and they are about things that we are all thinking but don't say. Her most famous video is called How to Avoid People That You Don't Want to Talk to. So if you are going to start watching her videos I would start there. The thing that makes her videos so funny is her personality and the way that she always includes her two dogs, Marbles and Kermit. Here is a link to her videos http://www.youtube.com/user/JennaMarbles?feature=CAgQwRs%3D. Just a little heads up, she tends to swear a lot and she talks about some innapropriate things. Her videos would not be for children so keep that I mind if you plan to start watching her videos. The next person  that I am going to talk about for this category is Glozell. Her most famous video would probalby be My Push Up Bra Will Help Me Get My Man Back. What makes her so funny is the way that she talks and the things that she says. Some of my favorite quotes are "I needa get my lip balm cuz my lips be crusty crust", "I have died my hair with some Koolaid, its ghetto but less dramatic", "I got my little exercize clothes on and Ima tell him that I'm doin palates or somthin, it will make me seem more white." You have to watch the video to see what I am talking about because the way that she pronounces the words are really funny. She also has a video called The Cinnamon Challenge where she tries to do it but she uses a soup ladel instead of a teaspoon of cinnamon..... you can imagine what happens. Here is a link to her videos, httphttp://www.youtube.com/user/glozell1?feature=CAQQwRs%3D.

So if you are ever having a bad day just watch one of these videos. I will probalby do another blog about other videos because there are so many funny ones. Also if you run out of good things to watch try looking on talk shows like Ellen, I know that she likes to have a funny you tube video every once in a while. If you end up watching one of these videos let me know what you think by leaving a comment. As always, thanks for reading. :)

I'm Confused...

Hello, Everyone I hope you all had a good weekend. This weekend I went to a movie with my cousin and brother. So that is what I am going to start with talking about today.

First of all the movie was called Total Recall. I am going to come right out and say that I didn't understand this movie at all. After the movie was over my cousin and I looked at each other and said "what?". If you have ever seen inception it is very much like this movie in the fact that you don't know what is real and what is not. The main character finds out that he isn't who he think he is and that his whole life as he knows it is a lie. This makes the movie really confusing and hard to follow. There is also a lot of action and it is really fast paced. Somewhere in the middle of the movie it lost my interest and I thought that it dragged on for way too long. Once you think that you have finally figured out what is going on, everything changes and isn't reality. I have concluded from watching this movie and inception that I don't like to think too hard about the movie that I am watching. Anyway enough of my complaining, if you liked inception then I would recommend this movie for you.

So last week was the season premiere of Glee and X Factor. Glee was so good this week, I loved the way that you got to see some of the seniors that graduated and meet some new characters. I thought that it was a great way to start off the new season and over all I was really pleased. I started to tear up when Kurt left for New York and he told his Dad goodbye. Which brings me to my next topic, Simon Cowell getting choked up during one of the auditions for X Factor. I liked Demi's comment at the end of the audition when she said "Awe, you do have a heart". That audition was one of the saddest that I have ever seen and I have watched every season of American Idol and X factor. The girl's name is Jillian Jensen and she was bullied throughout high school and she puts all of that emotion into the song that she sings. It makes you wonder how someone If you haven't seen it yet, go watch it on youtube, it was amazing.

To recap, if you are like me and do not want to have to think to hard about movies then don't watch Total Recall and  I don't care who you are you all need to go watch Jillian's audition. So as always, thanks for reading and have a good week! :)

My Addiction

Hey guess what?!? I know what I'm going to talk about today! Don't get too excited. It is kind of personal... I have an addiction.

It is to Stumble Upon (here is a link for it http://www.stumbleupon.com/ ) and Pinterest ( http://pinterest.com/ ). They both basically show you things that you might like on the Internet.  I have had a Stumble Upon account for a while now but I just got a Pinterest last night. Stumble Upon is a website that asks you what your interests are and comes up with things that you might like. I really like this website for recipes. There are a lot of categories to choose from and you can have as many interests as you want. Stumble Upon is pretty straight forward. You hit the Stumble Upon button and you can either give that page a thumbs up or a thumbs down and it will use that to update what it will show you next.

I don't know a whole lot about Pinterest but I'm going to do my best to explain it. All you really do is pick a category that you want to look at and then you just scroll down to stuff that is in that category. This website is a little different than Stumble Upon when it comes to how to sign up. For Pinterest you have to be invited or invite yourself which is what I did. Anyway when you like something you repin it and then it is on your wall or you can just like it. I think that this site has a pretty good selection of things too.

It is so much fun to explore on these websites, I love it. It can change your life though because you will never get any work done on the computer because you are repinning or liking something on these sites. I just thought I should share my fascination with you. Thanks for reading :)

Everything.

Hey, So this blog will be a little bit of everything because I just haven't decided on one topic for this blog. Get ready this blog is going to be a little bit crazy because I don't really have a plan.

 I guess that I will start with the book that I am reading right now, The Help. I haven't seen the movie yet because I am waiting to finish the book. This book is a little bit out of my comfort zone when it comes to books because I don't normally read books about history. The reason why I wanted to read it is because I like to read books and then watch the movies. My Mom also has a book club and this was one of the books that they read. So when I finish the book and then watch the movie I will give you a review of what I thought about it.

Some of the books that I am planning on reading are A Stolen Life by Jaycee Dugard, Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky, and maybe Water for Elephants Sara Gruen. Some one in my class just gave a book talk about A Stolen Life and it seemed like a good book. As for the other two books I have just heard that they were good and they were both made it to movies.

Oh, this week is a pretty big week for T.V. shows. X-Factor started last night and Glee starts tonight. I had to work last night so I didn't get to watch all of X-Factor but the part that I saw was pretty good. Although I am a little confused as to why they are starting out on a stage with music. I thought that they started auditions with out music and not in front of anyone except the judges. Maybe I am getting confused with American Idol. Anyway, from what I saw last night I really liked Brittany Spears as a judge and Demi Lavato seemed to be a good pick too. I wasn't sure how they were going to fit in the show but I think they are doing pretty well. I can't wait for Glee tonight! I have to work tonight too but I'm hoping to watch a little bit tonight. I am excited to see how it  goes without some of the original characters. I will probably talk more about this when I see it and as the season progresses.

Before I forget I would like to address the issue of wearing boots when it is still fall. In the Midwest we have been having some up and down weather but that does not mean that it is acceptable to wear your uggs yet. I don't know if this is an issue anywhere else but when I am walking around school I see people wearing their boots and then the next person is in flip flops and shorts. I am all for expressing yourself with fashion but it's not cold enough yet and therefore you shouldn't be wearing boots just yet. I know that in my school it can get pretty cold but I'm just not ready for the boot season yet.

I think that this wraps up my blog without a topic. Next time I will be less crazy about the topics that I will write about. So, thank you for reading and make sure to comment if you have any thoughts or questions. :)

Honey Boo Boo

Hey, This blog is going to be about a new TV show that is sort of controversial. This T.V show had more viewers than Bill Clinton's Democratic National Convention speech the other night
(according to huffingtonpost.com). So you would think that this show would be about something especially important but nope it is about a bunch of fat rednecks. Yep, Here Comes Honey Boo Boo had more ratings than Bill Clinton's speech. Isn't that unbelievable? That says something about what our nation likes to do with our spare time.

For those of you that don't know Honey Boo Boo is a reality T.V show on TLC. It is about a little girl named Alana, who was on Toddlers and Tiaras. What's so special about this one toddler vs all of the other pageant girls? She and her family are overweight rednecks. Each of the family members have their own nickname: Alana is Honey Boo Boo, her sisters names are Lauren (Pumpkin), Jessica (Chubbs) and Anna (Chickadee). Her dad, Mike is known as "Sugar Bear" and her mom, June is known as Mama. Oh, and I can't forget "Glitzy", Alana's pet pig. These aren't the only things you might have trouble with understanding in this show because the family has a deep southern accent. The whole show is about their redneck lives and a behind the scenes to Alana's pageants.

 I have seen about three episodes so far of this show. There are a lot of funny moments such as when Alana's pageant coach asks her if she knows who Elvis is and she simply says, "yeah, Santa's helpers". I however find it pretty disturbing that our nation would rather watch a bunch of fat rednecks instead of Bill Clinton's speech. Just having the show air shows that you can make just about anything a T.V show.

When I first read this I instantly thought that I need to blog about this. I would love to hear what you have to say about this. So let me know by commenting, I really appreciate your opinions. If you ever have a topic for me to talk about let me know that as well. Thanks for reading:)

Buried Life

Hi everyone, I just want to let you know this will be a rather short blog just becuase I have been really busy with work and today is a beautiful day outside. So i want to go out and enjoy it. I also have alot of homework that  I have kind of been neglecting.

Anyway, yesterday after I got off work I was searching netflix looking for something new to watch and I found a pretty cool show. It is called the Buried Life. It is a few years old I think and it was on MTV. It is about four young guys crossing stuff off of their bucket lists but everytime they do that they help out a stanger cross something of theirs. The episode that I watched was where the guys had to make a toast at a strangers wedding. I thought it was kind of a neat show. It's one of those shows that make you want to go cross something off your bucket list. It is also really cool becuase they help someone else too. In the episode that I saw they helped an older man reunite with his nineteen year old son that he hadn't seen since he was two. So if you are looking for something good to watch on netflix you should check out the Buried Life. Oh, and before I forget make sure to comment and let me know if you have seen any cool shows on netflix, I'm always looking for something else to watch.
Thanks for reading!:)

Hunger Games and Maze Runner

Hey, this week I am going to write about some of my favorite books. I love to read books that have been turned in to movies. I’m sure you have all heard about The Hunger Games but a series that you might not have heard about is the Maze Runner. They are very similar in that the main plot is that children are fighting to survive in a utopian world.

If you haven’t read, seen or heard about The Hunger Games I am going to give you a little preview of what it is about. Like I already said, it takes place in a future utopian world. It is after there has been a tragedy in North America, so they come up with something called districts. Everyone is divided up in to 12 districts except for those fortunate enough to live in the capital. Every year there is a competition called the Hunger Games where all of the districts have to send a boy and a girl that is 12 and 18 years old. The whole goal of the games is to be the last one living. That is just a very brief description of what it is about. I prefer the book rather than the movie but they did an amazing job with creating the movie. I think that this is one of the best books turned to movies. The movie is one that will make you laugh, cry and jump.

The Maze Runner is a lot like the Hunger Games so if you enjoyed that then I highly recommend this series. I have heard rumors that this series will also be turned in to movies and I hope that is true. This book takes place in a utopian world where there is a group of boys that live in a place called the glade. It is sort of like campsites surrounded by enormous doors that open and close around a maze. There are monsters that live in the maze so it is bad news if you get locked out of the glade. When the boys wake up for the first time all they can remember from their other life is their name. They have no idea how they got to the glade or who their family is. This book is full of mystery and surprises. The question that is a main part of this book is why? If you have read this series you know what I’m talking about.

I’m sorry if these descriptions are confusing but I don’t want to give away too much. These books are also hard to explain. Anyway if you like to read series and books that are turned in to movies I would highly recommend these books. I know that when I read them it was hard to stop. I made my Mom read the Hunger Games even though she only reads romance books and she was surprised at how much she enjoyed it. She has yet to see the movie but I think that she will really like it. This is a good example that you don’t have to be a certain age to get in to these books even though the characters are younger. I know that after my Mom read it she noticed that a lot of her friends were also reading it. So don’t be intimidated if you don’t read these types of books or you think that you are too old because it is about teenagers.  So, thanks for readingJ

New Seasons

Hey there, I'm not sure about you guys but I have been seeing a lot of previews for t.v shows that are starting new seasons and I'm super excited about it. Modern Family happens to be one of my favorite shows. If you have never seen it I would highly recommend it because there is a little bit of everything for just about any personality type. This show is just about a family that is a little dysfunctional. First you have Jay who is the grandpa and Gloria, his much younger wife. Jay has one child with Gloria named Manny. He also has two kids from a previous marriage Mitchell and Claire. Mitchell is gay and has a husband named Cam. They adopted a little girl, Lily. Claire is married to Phil and they have 3 kids, Haley, Alex and Luke. I'm sorry if that is really confusing but the show is just about their lives and I had to tell you who everyone is. If you already have watched it can you believe the commercials for the new season? I was so surprised by “Gloria” saying that she is pregnant. I am so excited to see what happens this season. I think that the reason that I and so many other people love this show so much is because we can all relate to someone on that show. It is also one of those shows that will just make you laugh even if you have had a bad day or are in a bad mood.

The next T.V show has also been showing commercials for their newest season but this show has a younger audience than that of Modern Family. It is Glee. I know that a lot of people don't like it because they don't think that they sing as good as the original artist but they do a really good job. I also think that this show can easily be related to by high school students because there is someone in Glee that represents a group that you might fall into at school. What I mean by this is that there is a cheerleader, a Gothic person, nerd and jock just to name a few groups represented in this show. If you haven’t seen Glee at all it is on netflix so all I ask of you is to at least watch an episode and see what you think. Like Modern Family this show has me wondering what is to come.

This is probably one of the best things about this time of year. I guess the main point I am trying to get across is that everyone needs to try something new. What have you got to lose? These are only two of the many shows that I am addicted to so I am sure that I will be blogging about some of them too. As always, thank you for reading! :)

The Biggest Fashion No-No Ever!

Hey, now that you know who I am, I am going to get back to the good stuff. This blog will mainly be about one of the biggest fashion no-no ever. My intention with this is not to offend anyone. This is just my opinion so you are open to interpret it however you want to but you should consider my advise if any of this applies to some of the things in your closet.

This mainly pertains to the younger generations but should be considered by everyone, BUY CLOTHES THAT FIT YOU! This means that you are not wearing clothes that are way too big for you claiming that you are “saggin”. It is not attractive to see people with pants half way down their legs or shirts that go way too low. If this is you try going to a store and finding some clothes that actually fit you. A simple test you can try to tell if your pants are too big is jog up and down the street and your pants fall down to your feet that means you need to go down a size. On the flip side of this please buy clothes that are not too small for you. It is not cute to see your muffin top spilling over your skin tight jeans. If you buy the right clothes you can actually hide some of that unwanted stomach fat instead of draw everyone’s attention to it. Ladies don't put everything out there, I think you all know what I am talking about. I am tired of seeing things that I don't really want to see when I am in public, or ever for that matter. I'm sure you have all seen someone with their pants falling down or in a shirt that it about ready to rip open.

If you try buying clothes that fit you will defiantly notice the difference and if you don't I'm sure that everyone around you will appreciate it. You should also feel a lot better in clothes that are the correct size. So if you are looking at those old jeans that are either too big or too small, take it to the local goodwill and go get some jeans that fit! Thanks for reading and I hope that you go treat yourself to some clothes that fit. :)

Who is Katie Wolfe?

Hello, so I was reading my previous posts and I realized that I have said that I will tell you a little bit about myself but I really haven't at all...oops. First of all I am 16 years old and I am in 11^th grade. I live in the Midwest and go to a big high school. I have one brother whose name is Brandon, he is in 8^th grade. Brandon and I are really close and we like to hang out together. At school I am involved in soccer, speech and I am class secretary for my grade. Outside of school I like to read, take pictures and play soccer. I have a part time job and I babysit on weekends. I also like watching movies and cooking. Which is why I chose to blog about them.

I also have a yellow lab named Bogo who is about 8 years old and is a big baby. My dog isn't a normal dog by any means, he has had a knee replacement and is blind. So we have to help him around sometimes but it is kind of weird because he wasn't always blind and he adjusted fairly well. We were the ones that needed to get used to it. I love animals and I am a “dog person”.

Anyway, that is more about who I am in case you were wondering. I planned on doing this in my last two blogs but I got kind of side tracked as you will notice about a lot of my blogs. I think that I have already mentioned this is my first blogging experience and I am open to any kind of suggestions. Thank you for reading I really appreciate it!