Ratalie's Reveling Rhetoric

So this morning I needed some music to listen to so I went onto grooveshark and proceeded to make a small playlist that defines how I'm feeling about life at this point. Here's the list:

Lost by Micheal Buble

I'm Only Me When I'm With You by Taylor Swift

Invisible by Taylor Swift

Claire de Lune by Claude Debussy

Come in With the Rain by Taylor Swift

You've Got a Friend in Me by Randy Newman

Need You Know by Lady Antebellum

Am I in need of some psychoanalysis or what?

In other news, I hung out with Charming today for the first time since our date last summer and umm...he's fabulous.

Just sayin'.

Operas and Finals and Dresses Oh My!!!

Recently in English, we've been studying this CreeperMcCreeperFace: Yes, Edgar Allen Poe, was a genius, but he also creeps the heck out of me!!!

Anywho, to end our unit we were assigned to do a Poe Parody.

We could write a story, make a movie or write a song.

Geiser said that if we sing we get extra credit.

So what did Jessica, Sammy, Sarah, Suz and I do?

We turned The Masque of the Red Death

into

The Masque of the Red Death: An Opera in Five Parts

If you've never read the story, basically its during the time of the plague and a selfish bratty prince named Prospero gathers all the courtiers and they all hide out in an abbey until the plague is gone. At least that's the plan. During their Masquerade however, a hooded figure enters and once revealed, it kills the Prince and everyone else present. You can run but you can't hide from the plague.

Well we wanted to spice this up so we turned it into an "opera."

We split it into five parts and wrote a song for each part and each person sang (or rapped) a song.

The first song was

Can You Feel the Death Tonight?

(Can You Feel the Love Tonight? Lion King)
And it was all about the pains and evils of the plague.

Then came

Prince Prospero's Rap.

(Thug Story-Taylor Swift)

Talking about the Prince's selfish plan to hide out.

Seven Rooms

(Seven Things by Miley Cyrus)
Prince Prospero's Suite had seven rooms, one of every color.

Then we took Viva La Vida by Coldplay and turned it into a song about the clock.

During the Masquerade, the people would stop their festivities every time the clock chimed a new hour. It had an ominous tone to it that tripped everyone out.

And for the climax, we rewrote What is This Feeling from Wicked.

Instead of Loathing, it was Deathly, talking about when the plague appears in the form of a person and kills everyone.

This was pretty much the most entertaining project I've ever done!!!

In other news:

*Our Evening of Excellence for YW's was last night and it went fabulously! The theme was Daughters of a King so it was all about princesses!!!! LOVED IT!!! Can you tell that I helped plan it? The best part was that my AMAZING yw's president MADE ME A BELLE DRESS!!!!!

OH MY GOODNESS IT IS AMAZING!!!!!!

It looks JUST like Belle's!!

I'm. In. Love.

*This morning in seminary we had our Christmas conference which was AWESOME!! Students spoke and did musical numbers all centering around Christ and Christmas and the spirit was SO strong!!!

*My two hardest finals (trig and anatomy) are OVER!*

*TOMORROW'S THE LAST DAY OF SCHOOL FOR 2009!!!!!!*

SING PRAISES!!!!!!

Alyssa Kellogg

International Yumminess

So I doubt I'm the only person who can say that at one point in my life, I was desperately in love with these boys and their music.

Tis a fact of life right?

Anywho, this summer while I was at Chinese camp, we had to make a power point comparing Chinese music artists and American artists and GUESS WHO I DISCOVERED????? Meet

Fahrenheit.

The Asian Backstreet boys!!!

Don't believe me?

Click on the link below and watch the video.

Love love love it!!

Go HERE!!!!

The Verdict

Here it is:

I think I will survive Jr. Year.

I may not do so without a few melt downs and alot of tears, but whatever it takes!

In honor of this realization, I have written a song.

Go to my playlist and listen to the last song as you read my lyrics.

I Will Survive

RatalieNose Edition

At first I was afraid about Jr. Year.

Anatomy, Trig and Chinese really made me fear.

But then I went on the first day
And I walked into my class

And I was okay.

And the day went by so fast.

Oh and I,

I will survive!

Oh as long as I do all my work I know I'll stay alive

I've got all my brains to use

And lots of really cute cute shoes

So I'll survive

I will survive

Hey Hey

P.S.

Thank you all so much for the love and support you showed in response to my last post! It really means alot to me!!

My Life According to Taylor Swift

Choose an artist and answer these questions with songs ONLY from them. Try not to repeat songs.

Thanks for the idea Molly.

Artist: Taylor Swift

Are you a male or a female?

Hey Stephen

How I would like to die:

Fifteen

My souls present condition:

Tied Together With a Smile

Describe yourself:
I'm Only Me When I'm With You
If your life was a tv show, what would it be called?
I Heart ?
What is life to you?
The Way I Loved You

How do you feel?

Invisible

Describe where you currently live:

Love Story

Your last relationship?

Picture to Burn

Your favorite form of transportation?

The Outside

What's the weather like?

Cold as You

Your fear:

Fearless

If you could go anywhere, where would you go?

A Place in this World
What's your favorite time?

Christmases When You Were Mine
Best advice you have to give:

Change

Your best friend is:

Mary's Song

You and your best friends are:

Crazier

Thought for the day:

Should've Said No

My Motto:

Stay Beautiful

Leaving on a Jet Plane

Love that song!!!

But actually no, I'm leaving in a car....ten minutes down the road....

But either way I'm gone for two weeks!!

That's right folks I leave for ASU on Sunday!!

I'm REALLY REALLY excited!!!!

For those of you who aren't up to date, for the next two weeks I'll be living in the ASU dorms for the Chinese STARTALK program.

I'll be studying the Chinese language and culture!

Thankfully, I'll have free internet acess so I'll do my best to keep you all updated!!!!!

This weekend is filled with packing, cleaning, laundry and hanging out with Julie cause she's down for a few days!

Have a great weekend!!!!!

I Am 16 Going on 17

Always loved this scene and song!

If you haven't heard the song 16 Going on 17 from The Sound of Music,

then this post won't make much sense.

Go here to read the lyrics.

So I was thinking about this song and in it, Liesel is 16 years old and she has alot of ideas about love and life, many of them, not true. As she grows older and matures, she begins to see how she was wrong. So I thought I'd do a little exercise where I, a 16 year old, write down MY ideas about love and life, and in a few years, once I've matured a bit I'll be able to look back and see if I was right.

So without further adieu:

Natalie Rose's

Ideas About Life and Love

Age 16

I am a firm believer in true love.

Though I would LOVE to find love at first sight, I don't think its possible.

I firmly believe in the institution of marriage.

Life's what's you make it.

You can't always choose your circumstances, but you can choose how you react to them.

Boys: Can't live with them, Can't live without them.

Friends will be there for a time, Families are Forever.

RatalieNose from A to Z

A

Amazing!!!!

No I'm not calling myself amazing.

Amazing is the most over used adjective in my vocabulary.

B

Boys

I'm a teenage girl, what do you expect!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!

C

CHOCOLATE!

COOKIES!

CHOCOLATE COOKIES!!!!

CAPITAL LETTERS!!!!!!!

D

Death

That's how I've been feeling these last couple days.

Blasted Sinuses!!!

E

EXCLAMATION POINTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

My english teachers are always getting on me about them.

I don't understand why......

F

I'll give you a hint, it rhymes with shart.

Yeah yeah yeah I'm disgusting.

Sue me.

G

Girl!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yes I'm a girl.

And I enjoy it.....

Most of the time.

H

Happy but occasionally hostile.

True story.

I

Immature...

Heck I'm a teenager it's my job!!!

J

Jokes

I don't have any good ones.

K

Kindness?

I have some in my heart.

L

Love Love Love Love Love Love Love

I don't know if you noticed but I LOVE the word LOVE!!!!

I apply it quite Liberally.

But not Lightly.

M

Music!!!!!!!!!

"Sing, Sing a Song

Sing Out Loud

Sing Out Strong"

Don't Mind If I Do!!!!

N

Natalie!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yes that is my real name.

Who knew?

WhoNose????

O

Open Arms!!!!

I LOVE HUGS!!!!!!!!!!!

P

Princess!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yes I am.

Q

Quirky.

That sums me up quite nicely.

R

Rain!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It's like Magic!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

S

Sassy but Sweet....

If you're lucky.

T

Twilight!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Need I say more?

U

Understanding....

Yeah, I'll give myself this one.

Being somewhat irrational I can understand other peoples special moments.

V

Villains!!!!

Love them!!!!!!!

W

Westwood Warrior!!!!!!!!!!!!!

My Blood Runs Deep Orange!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

X

Xrays

I've had several of these.

The one I hated the most was the one that told me that I'd rebroken my broken toe and I had to have surgery.

LAME!!!!!

Y

Young.

"Forever Young

I want to be forever young.

Don't you want to live forever

Forever Young"

Z

Zoo

No I don't belong there.

Thank you very much.

YOU Are Extraordinary: Part 1

If you have no idea what's going on, read this post, and this one as well.

Alright

Lets get down to business

"To defeat the huns.

Did they send me daughters?

When I asked for sons??"

Okay I'm done.

Anywho....

We're going to go in order of those who commented.

So the first person we'll talk about is.....

(drum roll please)

Molly!!!!!

This woman is a real peach.

Or should I say Strawberry....?

Anywho.....

Here are just a FEW reasons why Molly is Extraordinary!!

1. She is SUCH a good blog friend!!! Always commenting and making me feel so good about myself!!!!!

2. She edits pictures so that they look like the bomb.com

(When I edit pictures, I make the people in them look demented.)

3. Once, many many moons ago, I got to hang out with her and her amazing family at their awesome beach house in Mexico!!

So so fun!!!

4. Molly is an amazing writer!!

After they got their famil pictures done, she did tributes to each of her siblings and their families.

They were beautifully written and truly heartfelt!!!

5. Molly is a great mom to her Beautiful daughter Scarlet!!!!

Next up we have the Fantastic Ann Marie!!!!

1. She was my very 1st blog friend that I've never met in the flesh!

So fun!!!!!

2. She inspires me to be more organized!!!

3. She writes wonderful Thankful Posts which in turn make me think about what I"m greatful for!

4. She is always positive!

Even when things look negative!

5. She's a romantic!!! Like me!!

Her posts about her Prince Charming make me SO HAPPY!!!!

So I know I have several more people to feature, but I need to eat dinner before I go babysitting.

So we shall say..

To Be Continued.....

WhoNose?

Well I sure don't. But here ya go. I am here. My name is Ratalienose.

Welcome to my Life.

If I were a food: I'd be Pop Rocks

If I were an animal: I'd be a chipmunk

If my life had to be described in one song:

Crazy by Gnarls Barkley

My life in four words: A Poorly Written Sitcom

Would I ever change it????

Not for all the peanut butter M&M's in the world!!!!