DEAR S.E. HINTON...

Dear S.E. Hinton, I hope you enjoy this post, and the rest of my blog. You see, the thing is, my blog doesn’t really have a theme. I don’t blog about sports, or fashion, I kind of just blog about myself. That sounds pretty vain, I know, but I don’t really know what else to blog about. Maybe I’m just too lazy and don’t want to take the time to write about a certain topic every, single, time. 

Anyways, hi Ms. Hinton! I’ll get straight to the point, you’re my inspiration, and have been since seventh grade. Yeah, you haven’t been a role model to me for a very long time (since I’m only in ninth grade), but you have had such a huge influence on me. 

I’ll be honest, I never think about you while writing my blog posts, because they’re just silly 500 word posts that I write quickly to make an assignment dead line. But, when I wrote my novel in creative writing class, you’re the person I thought about every time I wrote a page in that book. Getting your, The Outsiders novel published when you were only sixteen amazes me. I want to be just like you, intelligent, determined, a freaking amazing writer, the list goes on and on. 

S.E. Hinton, you have opened my eyes to so many things, and I mean SO many things. Because of you, I have met so many friends online. I know you know about online friends and the internet (I do follow you on twitter and I literally favorite every one of your tweets, you’re also super funny). I have also found out about amazing actors, like Ralph Macchio, Patrick Swayze, River Phoenix, Corey Haim, Diane Lane, and so many more. AND because of these actors, I have found all of my favorite movies. Basically, I’m obsessed with the 80’s. (Yes, I know that The Outsiders was set in the 60’s but came out in the early 80’s).

Sadly enough, some people made fun of me at school for liking your book so much. People would (and sometimes still will) come up to me and say rude things like, “Haha, you’re obsessed with that stupid book, The Outsiders?” It doesn’t sound too mean, but it hurts when something you love so much gets hated on.

Well, enough sadness, I might as well tell you a little about myself. My name’s Elise, I’m fourteen, and I love horses. I ride them around three to four days a week and it’s the best thing that’s ever happened in my life. It’s almost therapeutic to me (most of the time). I’m guessing it’s what like writing is for you. I remember my seventh grade English teacher talking about how you wrote The Outsiders because you were friends with a lot of greasers, and I ride horses because my best friend does too, and obviously because it is my passion and I hope to go far in life with it. 

Well, S.E. Hinton, I just wanted to say thank you. Thank you for making me feel like I have a place in this world. I’ve always felt like an outsider my entire life, and you and The Outsiders have most definitely change my life for the better. There are so many more things I want to talk to you about, but I'm running out of time, so maybe in another post.

As always, stay gold,

            Elise

Here's a picture of S.E. Hinton (you) with a horse, and because I love you and horses, I thought it was quite appropriate.

Photo Courtesy: School Library Journal 

NO MORE PUNDAYS?!

Hello fellow readers, if you read the title of this post, you would understand that there will be no more pundays. 
It was fun while it lasted, but at this point it feels more like a chore than something fun. :-(
To end on a somewhat good note, I will end with a starch pun.
What do you call a fake noodle? An impasta.
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WTF IS A HOROSCOPE?!

Okay, enough of my life, lets, hm… focus on something else. Honestly, I’m kind of getting sick of writing about myself, no one really cares. And I’m not just saying that, I mean, literally no one wants to hear about the time I went swimming with whale sharks, or the time my dog and my friends dog met. So, I thought I should write about something a little different.

This specific blog post might be somewhat educational, I’m not sure yet, I’m kind of just winging this. *insert shrugging emoticon here* Well, today folks, we will be taking about… horoscopes. Is it real, fake, something that only hipsters believe in, or maybe just your great aunt who does palm readings in Vegas believes in it. Who knows, but maybe in the 500 word blog post we’ll find out.

I personally have always been quite fascinated by horoscopes. I’ve always found it crazy that the way stars are aligned at your type of birth determine what type of person you are. But, the stars can’t tell you who to be, you do. Alright, I’m not going to get any more sappy so lets move on.

Okay, I’m a leo, and the description of a leo is “very independent but they need something to control… they are much happier if they have an audience… they would prefer not be alone.” And, if anyone knows me, I am not ANY of that. So, I did some research about this. I can’t be the only one who feels like I’m not a leo at all, right? Well, I found out that we don’t just have our sun sign, but we have signs for all the other planets and even a sign called a rising sign. Don’t worry confused soul, I’ll explain later.

The two other un-sun related signs are called your moon and rising sign. Actually, your Moon sign is the second most important sign, after your sun sign, in your astrology chart. Your Moon sign rules the emotional side of you. People say is that it’s your “heart”. While your sun sign is your “soul”. Next, your rising sign is how you preserve yourself to others. Your rising sign also rules your outer appearance, people say it’s your “book cover”. You’re probably wondering, “well, how do I know what all my signs are?” This website will find them all for you. All you have to do is enter your place, date, and time of birth and you’ll know all of what your personality has to offer, even if you don’t believe it. 

Your Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, you name the next planet are all other pieces to your own personal puzzle of, well, yourself. I would explain what each planet has to offer for your personality, but each of my blogposts have to be 500 words, and I’m almost already at my limit...

Well, in conclusion, your horoscope can really help you find out more things about yourself. And, if you don’t believe that the stars can tell you about you, maybe you should just try it, I mean, what do you have to lose? Read your horoscope for today and see how true it really is.

Here's all twelve horoscope signs in case you didn't know what they were ;-)

Photo Courtesy: Ikuzo Astrology