Jonas Brothers Overload?

I didn't blog last week due to the fact that I had no computer, but that is no excuse. I must be punished.  Think of a good one.


Here are some things that I haven't gotten to mention yet: WELCOME HADLEY! I am very happy to have a full week of blogging. :)  I'm sure that you will not disappoint.  (I have just been notified that the word 'dissappoint' has two of letter p in it.  Who knew?)  Also, congrats Tenley for getting in to your first choice for university! 


Honestly my opinions on Valentine's Day are very short but I do have a few things to say about it:

• Personally, when I think of it I think of the Valentine's Day Massacre which doesn't make me get very lovey. 
• I like corny love songs a lot.  Moulin Rouge's 'Elephant Love Song Medley' fits in quite a few of my favorites. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Czs58qZZ780
• My mom gives me candy on that day... that makes me happy.

Now on to this week's theme:

I had trouble picking out a survey.  They just all sound so much fun?  I saw a few but I felt that the 75 question survey was too long so you get to be overloaded with the JONAS BROTHERS. I can tell that you are excited.

Do you like the Jonas Brothers?

I'm going to answer that with my own question. Does anyone like the Jonas Brothers?

Do you find Joe funny?

Absolutely hilarious.  I wish that he would go on a comedy tour right now.  Honestly though, is he supposed to be funny?

What if Nick dyed his hair blonde?

I would kill myself.  I have taken the liberty to make this happen though; here is proof.

Have you met the JB?

Do I seem like a close personal friend of theirs?

Have you ever been to their concerts?I perform in their concerts.

Do you think Kevin is ugly?I have run a 'Celebrity Look-a-like' generator just because this question made me want to.  The results are in; Justin Timberlake, Ibrahim Tatlises, Chris Farley, Robert F. Kennedy, Jay Leno, Ricky Martin, and Clay Aiken.  I do think that he ugly.   

What's your favorite song off of the new CD?They have a new CD?

What's your favorite song on off of the old CD?They have an old CD?

Who's the hottest JoBro?Their fat little brother.

Did you support "Niley"?Is that a country in Africa?

Have you seen the 3D Hannah Montana movie ft. JB?I wasn't aware that such a thing existed.

Are you going to buy tickets for their next tour?You mean their reunion tour in about 20 years (if they haven't ODed by then)?  I thought that they had broken up.

How many JB posters do you have in your room?They are all over my room.  Imagine Charlie with Bieber and you have me with the Jonas Brothers.

What's your definition of a 'fake Jonas fan'?Anyone dumb ass who actually cares about this survey...

Do you like Nick's muscles?I wasn't aware that any of the Jonas Brothers had muscles larger than that of a three year old girl?

How would you describe Frankie?He is a spoiled brat living in the dying shadow of his older brothers'.

If you knew that JB was staying in a hotel near your house what would you do?Nothing.

How long have you been a JB fan?Have you not been paying attention to my answers? I am not a fan. 

What's your favorite quote from them?I've never thought of them as good enough to quote.

What's the most amazing thing about them?The fact that they are toast as a band.

Do you like Kevin's hair straight or curly?Neither.

What's Joe's best feature?I know what I would like to say right now, but it would not be appropriate.

For the older fans; do you miss the old JB?Is their a new JB?

Do you know their parents names?Mary and Jesus.

Do you like their clothes?I'm sort of confused about this question; is it asking about whether I like their clothing style of their specific clothes?

Are you sick of "S.O.S."?I think that we should never be sick of the S.O.S. because if we get rid of it than some ships will be lost forever.

Do you like the fact that they have purity rings?When I read this question Madonna's song "Like a Virgin" came on in my  head, was she a virgin when she sang that song? No.  Do I think that the Jonas Brothers are sticking to their purity rings? No.
I hope that you love the Jonas Brothers as much as I do. 
DFTBA,Haley
Currently listening to/watching: Honestly?  Degrassi. Currently reading: The Lost SymbolCurrently happy that: There was no school today due to the snow. 

This Be The Verse

...is one of my favorite poems. go read it.
Hey Girls, I just realized... tomorrow is going to be hell... so I'm just going to post survey results and go to bed... sorry...

OH- I DO WANT TO SAY ONE THING. There's a lot going on in the world right now, as I bet you know... pay attention. Just saying, things are big.

So, my survey. I decided to go on a website called findyourspot.com and find the top 24 places where I should live... here are my results:
1. Portland, Oregon (as of now Reed is my first choice school)
2. Hartford, Connecticut
3. Worchester, Massachusetts
4. Providence, Rhode Island
5. New Haven, Connecticut (... sketchy)
6. Boston, Massachusetts
...too tired to name states or give numbers...
Baltimore
Albuquerque
Little Rock (No. Not a southern person... just not my type)
Eugene, Orogon (only if it's a city... I suspect it's not)
Milwaukee (Probably not...)
Medford, Oregon (See annotation on Eugene)
Charleston (see Little Rock)
Salem, Oregon (sounds like a small capital)
Corvallis, Oregon (how close to Portland?)
Danbury, Connecticut (See Eugene)
Chicago
Fredrick, Maryland (See Eugene)
Bend, Oregon (Eugene)
Washington DC
Honolulu (... Maybe, I can't see it)
Baton Rouge (SOUTH. NO THANKS)
Carlise, Pennsylvania (Eugene)
Seattle (sure. okay.)

Full disclosure, I've taken this before... while DC, Seattle, Providence, and Boston always make the list with Portland being at the top, this is not my usual result.

Reading: SCHOOL
Listening To: MGMT, WEEKEND WARS
Watching: Bones
Quote: "timeless desperation, pictures on a screen scream
'hey people, what does it mean?'"

Tenley Takes a Survey

Hey girls it's Tuesday! Which is awesome for a number of reasons; 1) we have a new Monday, which means we finally have a full week. Hi, Hadley! I like your music preferences. 2) It's Katie's 16th birthday! Happy birthday, Katie! I hope it was awesome and that you got everything you wanted including a pony because let's face it, who doesn't want a pony? And finally, 3) because I got accepted to my first choice university! Okay, that actually happened at the end of last week but this is the first Tuesday since it happened.

But anyways, this is survey week and so I do in fact have a survey to share. I found it by typing "surveys" into Google. It then came up with a list of several surveys and I clicked on the one titled "super duper random" because... I'm not sure exactly, but here's the survey.

What is your favorite Kool-Aid flavor?

Grape

Do you have a wireless keyboard and mouse?

Wireless keyboard

Last sporting event you watched on tv or in person?

Um... I think I watched a football game sometime last year. 

Who makes the best fudge?

The kind that tastes like fudge. Also, chocolate. 

Do you like it when toothpaste bubbles in your mouth?

Doesn't it always do that? I didn't know there was a way around that. 

Do you believe that the world is gonna end at 2012?

No. I personally can't wait to see what everyone who does believe that says when it's 2012 and we're all still here. 

How many songs are on your iPod or MP3 Player?

It's across the room do I really have to go get it? 

Have you ever made your own survey?

Never

Can you swear inside your house?

Yeah, I certainly am capable of doing so. Do I? Sometimes.

Do you save Bed Bath and Beyond coupons?

No, I don't usually shop there. 

Have you ever had a pet goldfish?

No.

When did you last eat waffles?

Awhile ago, I don't remember when. 

What is the most overrated thing in your opinion?

Filling out stop "Myspace type" surveys. 

Do you have a video Skype account?

Yes

What color is your bed comforter?

Dark blue

Does being in love make you gain weight?

I don't think so... 

Do your parents have home videos of you as a kid?

A few, but not many.

How old is your oldest cousin?

28.

If you HAD to get a tattoo, where and what would it be?

A Nerdfighter tattoo on the back of my shoulder.

Do you think Obama has tried drugs?

I don't know, is it relevant to this? 

What color is your bra or boxers?

Red

What is your favorite radio station?

People still listen to the radio? 

What ethnicity was your last ex?

Caucasian

What brand is your refrigerator?

If I wouldn't get up to get my mp3 player why would I go all the way to the kitchen to check the brand of my fridge?

How many people do you know that are pregnant?

One

Do you have a picture with your middle finger up?

I don't think so.

When is the last time you went to a birthday party?

November 18th, 2010

What is the best thing to happen to you this year so far?

I got into my dream college a few days ago.

How long have you lived in the house you live in?

A couple of months.

Do you read a newspaper daily?

Not really.

Anything your really afraid of?

Mice

Do you read tabloids?

No

Have you ever had a really bad haircut?

Yes, second grade. But that's all I'm saying about that. 

Do you like your peanut butter crunchy or creamy?

Creamy

What is the scariest movie you've ever seen?

Have you ever ridden a skateboard?

Once, but not for long before I fell off. 

Do you drink enough water on a daily basis?

Sometimes

Would you burn the American flag for a million dollars?

No

The main thing you cant leave your house without?

Clothes

Do you think the economy is improving yet?

Not at the moment

When was the last time you read a book?

I was reading before I started this survey.

Where did you get that shirt you're wearing?

My Sons of Admirals shirt? I got it from DFTBA Records (that sounded a lot like a plug).

Do you play pranks on April Fools Day?

Only if there particularly funny. 

Emily, I'll read you tomorrow.

DFTBA

Tenley

Currently reading: A match made in high school

Currently listening to: My brother's watching Indiana Jones in the next room over. 

In a MOOSE...

Wassup, Nerdfighters? My name is Hadley a.k.a. Had the Punk Rock Theatregeek; I love Doctor Who and Harry Potter, I’m a Green Day addict, and I look like the chick with the glasses on the cover of An Abundance of Katherines. (Katherine is also my middle name, so that’s a little freaky.) Also, I’m kicking off my blogging stint with one giant-ass music survey. I think I missed a music week a while back, and I cannot pass up a chance to foist my musical tastes upon you all. I’ve added some 'Easter eggs,' if you will, for some of the songs - links…not in the dooblydoo. Because we have no dooblydoo. DFTBA and ETIRT!

p.s. Seeing Spring Awakening on Wednesday… [FREAKING OUT]


EDIT: I forgot to mention my latest favorite song: "In a Moose" by our own Katie Zellner. The lyrics are as follows: "In a MOOOOSE...there's a FERRRRN...that he aaaaaate..." followed by a happy/manic facial expression and accompanied by wild arm movements. The live version is really spectacular.

THE BASICS

1. What's in your CD player or at the top of your playlist?

a) driving music playlist: Doctor Who on Holiday - Dean Gray

b) Green Day/Foxboro Hottubs/AI cast playlist: Christian's Inferno - Green Day

c) Showtunes playlist: Inutil - In the Heights cast

d) Starkid playlist: Harry Freakin' Potter - A Very Potter Sequel cast

e) On-the-Go: I'll Make a Man Out of You - Multilanguage mix

2. What song is stuck in your head right now?

The Devil's Right Hand as covered by John Gallagher, Jr.

3. 5 albums you can listen to over and over again

1)  21^st Century Breakdown - Green Day

2) Warning - Green Day

3) Hair Revival Cast Recording

4)  In the Heights Original Cast Recording

5) American Idiot Original Cast Recording

4. What's on your music wish-list?

Declan Bennett

 THE BEST:

5. Album you bought on a whim and ended up loving

21^st Century Breakdown - Green Day (This was before my Green Day obsession kicked in; now look at me... XD)

6. Concert

I haven't really been to many concerts, but Rufus Wainwright in Chicago was total brilliance.

THE WORST:

7. Album that left you disappointed

Honestly can't think of any...

8. Concert

Again, I haven't been to many concerts, so I've been spared the bad ones. : )

THE FIRST:

9. Album

Most definitely something by the Beatles. That or the Dumbo soundtrack.

10. Concert

Does a Riders in the Sky concert count...?

THE LAST:

11. Concert you went to

Down the Line 5 at the Embassy, two days ago. My dad did Beatles covers and it was BOSS.

12. Album you bought/song you downloaded

Love Wins – Declan Bennett

13. Last song you YouTubed

A Song About an Anglerfish – Hank Green

 GOING THE DISTANCE

14. Farthest you've ever gone for a concert

[sigh] One state over. Rufus in Chicago.

15. 5 road-trip songs/albums

1) Homecoming - Green Day (or AI cast)

2) Ain't No Easy Way Out - Black Rebel Motorcycle Club

3)  Castaway - Green Day

4)  Bled White - Elliott Smith

5) The Pedestrian - Foxboro Hottubs

I GET SO EMOTIONAL

What 7 songs make you:

16. Happy

1) This is the Life - Amy MacDonald

2) Born This Way - Lady GaGa

3) Bienvenida a Tijuana - Manu Chao

4)  Sorrow (Acoustic) - Bad Religion (Not so much 'happy,' per se, as 'hopeful...')

5) Don't Quit While You're Ahead - Drood cast

6) Gettin' Along - A Very Potter Sequel cast

7) If I Had a Boat - Lyle Lovett

17. Cry

1) A Pair of Brown Eyes - The Young Dubliners

2) Green Fields of France - The Dropkick Murphys (What is it about the Irish? They're sosad!)

3) L.A. County - Lyle Lovett (Saw him do this live...dude...)

4) The Flesh Failures/Let the Sun Shine In - Hair revival cast

5)  Finale - In the Heights cast (Every time. EVERY TIME. Every time I see it live, every time I listen to it... EVERY. TIME.)

6) Once We Were Kings - Billy Elliot cast

7)  Anthem - Josh Groban in Chess

18. Nostalgic

1)  This is Gallifrey: Our Childhood, Our Home - Doctor Who Series 3 soundtrack (So what if the nostalgia is fictional?)

2)  Whatsername - AI cast (I want to go back to there...)

3) In the Heights - In the Heights cast (And there...)

4)  Jellicle Ball - Cats soundtrack (My childhood!!!)

5)   Yellow Submarine - The Beatles (And again! [Okay, was this movie an integral part of the 

childhood of anyone else out there?])

6) Beauty Mark - Rufus Wainwright (His concert...wow...)

7)  A Better Way - Tony Vincent

19. Pumped up

1)  Horseshoes and Handgrenades - Green Day (My designated pump-up song.)

2) Jesus of Suburbia - AI Cast

3) Holiday - Green Day or AI cast

4)  Suffocate - Green Day

5)   Know Your Enemy - AI cast (Tony...)

6)  Hold On - Green Day

7)   Uprising - Muse

20. Scream out the lyrics

1)  America's Suitehearts - Fallout Boy

2)  East Jesus Nowhere - Green Day

3)  The Wanting Comes in Waves/Repaid - The Decemberists

4)   Requiem for a Dying Song - Flogging Molly

5)    ¡Viva la Gloria! - Green Day

6)    Miss Murder - AFI

7)  The entire Spring Awakening cast recording

THE STRANGE

21. 5 songs/albums your friends would be surprised to know you loved

1)  Love the Way You Lie - Rihanna and Eminem

2)  Coming Home - Diddy Dirty Money

3)   Burn it to the Ground - Nickelback

4)   Up in Indiana - Lyle Lovett

5)   F*** You - Cee Lo Green (I don't know why! Believe me!)

22. Most bizarre CD you own/song on your playlist

[sigh] There's No One as Irish as Barack Obama - The Corrigan Brothers (I bought it because it was funny...but it's a really bad song...)

23. Weirdest thing to ever happen at a concert

The one-woman mosh pit who crops up at every non-classical concert at the Embassy...

24. Song you inexplicably know all the lyrics to

On My Way - The Proclaimers (Thank you, Shrek soundtrack...)

25. Sappy/cheesy song you secretly love

I haz two:

1)  What About Us? - John Barrowman (This man is made of cheese, but I love him for it.)

2)   500 Miles – The Proclaimers

Awkward Katie is Awkward

But we all knew that anyways!
 Hey girls, it's Sunday!
 Super quick recap of my week. I had about three real days of school because of a long weekend and a field trip to the LIBRARY! Tuesday is my 16th birthday and today I had a super awesome party where we watched movies and stuff and I was awkward. ANYWAYZ
This weeks theme is SURVEYS.
I'm going to answer some questions (starting with question 154) from this Career decision survey I got in the mail this week. I highlighted a few... for fu

Instructions: for each activity and indicate how interested you are in each activity listed. give the first answer that comes to mind. Choose either Strongly Like, Like, Indifferent, Dislike, or Strongly dislike.

154. Making a Speech: Like
155: Doing Research Work: Like
156. Writing Reports: like
157. Discussing Politics: Dislike
158. Having a Sprained Ankle: Strongly Dislike  (What kind of a question is that???)
159. Heading a civic improvement program: indifferent
160: Raising Flowers and Vegetables: Like
161: Interviewing Job Applicants: Like
162. Teaching Children: Like
163: Teaching Adults: indifferent
164: Meeting and Directing People: indifferent
165: Making Statistical Charts:  like
166: Giving First aid assistance: indifferent
167: Interviewing prospective customers: like
168: Drilling Soldiers: dislike
169: Watching an open-heart-operation: like. (cool, but gross Watch It Yourself!!!)
170. Repairing Electronic Equipment: like
171: Helping others overcome their difficulties: like
172: bargaining: dislike
173: Buying Merchandise for a store: like
174: Displaying merchandise in a store: strongly like
175: taking care of children: like
176: competitive sports: dislike
177. Participating in Arguments: dislike
178: Contributing to Charities: indifferent
179: Expressing Judgement publically, regardless of what other people say: Indifferent
180: Rescuing Climbers on a mountain: well... saving people is good... but i'm not a fan of heights
181: Landscaping: like
182: Investing money in the stock market: dislike
183: constructing a website: strongly like
184: analyzing changes in an organization: indifferent
185: using computer aided design software; strongly like
186: working for yourself in a small business: indifferent
187. raising livestock; dislike
188: persuading a jury: dislike
189: Leading other people: like
190: instructing people about a new method: like
191: doing work outside: indifferent
192: Being in charge of others: like
193: using math to solve problems: like
194: providing tech support: strongly like
195: networking computer systems: indifferent
196: learning about cultural differences: like
197: installing computer software: indifferent
198: crisis counseling for distressed indivisuals: like
199: training new employees: like
200: providing spiritual counseling: dislike

Happy Sunday!!

HADLEY! I'll read ya tomorrow! <3
less than three,
Katie Z

Listening to: I Get Around - Dragonnette
Watching: Secret Diary of a Call Girl
Last thing ate: chocolate from friend as birthday gift
Best birthday gift: A FEZ
Thinking about: my awkwardness
Quote: "HAPPY BIRTHDAY KATIE!' "YOU TOO!! .... wait.... nevermind"

Oh, it's Valentine's Day again?

Hello girls - and not-girl-guestblogger Matt, apparently it's Saturday again (actually, it's already Sunday for me, but as long as Blogger says it's Saturday it's fine, right?).

So the theme is Valentine's day... I don't really have much to say about Valentine's day. Here in Europe it's not a big deal, there are some hearts in the shops and Google has a different logo and that's it. Nobody gives cards, or chocolates, or flowers, or whatever.
For me it's just one of those commercial 'holidays' that came to us from US and which probably mean something there, but here nobody cares about it. It's like Halloween. It's just an excuse for shops to sell overpriced stuff and try to make some sort of event out of it to earn more money.

I personally also don't see any purpose in a 'day for lovers'. I mean, shouldn't show your partner all the time that you love him and not just on February 14th? I can send cards or chocolate or presents 365 days, whenever I want, I don't need shops to tell me to.

Let me tell you how I spend my Valentine's day. In the last two years I always managed to spend Valentine's day with my boyfriend, which is nice even when we don't care about it. Seeing hearts and love and couples everywhere would make me kind of depressive...
Anyway, we were in Oslo. We slept long in our room without heating which we payed a fortune for because Oslo is damn expensive (just the floorheating in the bathroom was working so I sat there to warm up). Then we decided to go sightseeing in Oslo, because hey, it's Oslo and we should see it (we were there to travel to skijumping). Then two problems arose: (1) we are not great sightsee-ers, it's more a "That looks famous, let's take a picture with it" thing and (2) it was over -15°C (which is 5°F, if you want to believe the calculator) and windy. Then we got lost in Oslo and walked around a lot. Then we went back to the hotel. Then we went to the airport. Then we had troubles with packing because Ryanair only allows 15kg of luggage (we had each 16kg on the way to Norway so we knew we had to take something out) and one piece of hand luggage with 10kg, which is not easy with laptop and big camera. Then we were not even checked. Then we flew back to Poland. Then we watched "Something About Mary". Then we ended Valentine's day.
True story.

Katie, I'll read you tomorrow!

DFTBA,
Sarah

P.S. I decided to give this a more Valentine-sy touch.

So the theme is Valentine's Day?

Hello everyone!

It's Matt...Hannah's guest blogger...blogging yet again for today because she asked me too.
So this week's theme is Valentine's Day? Very well. Here's the question: Why is it for women?

I'm not saying it's a bad thing! Also, when they say they don't want anything, they really want something! You always get her something! ALWAYS!!

But other than that, I really am unsure of what to talk about with you for Friday, February 18th. Hm... Does anyone really get valentines anymore? I remember those small ones we give everyone when we were younger....Ahhhh, those were the days.

I found it a very fun time. I also find that you should treat Valentine's Day like any other day, except for the fact that it would be Hearts Day, apparently. Just do something romantic. Paint a tree pink, or something.

So! I leave you with this information to take heed of! Hopefully I used that correctly, but I'm almost certain I did.

Without further ado, I bid thee farewell.

"So long, farewell......"