Martin Crieff

I have a crush on Martin Crieff. Even though he's a fictional character on a radio show, I have fallen madly in love with him.

This is me not knowing what to say, but thinking I should tell you something...

So, I guess I could tell you a story from my childhood, but all of my childhood stories are pretty geeky.

I don't think I have ever not been geeky in my life.

I could tell you all about second grade. That was a fun year...

So, I started second grade in a school where they had a program for smart kids like me.
Well, that turned out badly because my teacher was a mean old fart, and I usually came home crying.

So, I switched over to my neighborhood elementary school where I had some friends, but my teacher was something else. She was an Anderson.

She wasn't my biggest fan because I was a smart kid, and I had my own way of doing things. Well, I learned quickly that being a smart kid in elementary school causes serious problems.

It's not appropriate to read Harry Potter when you're seven turning eight. It isn't age appropriate.She'd rather have me reading Junie B. Jones or The Magic Treehouse.

We had to write these letters home every week, and I had learned a bit of cursive in first grade, so one week, I was writing home, and my teacher yelled at me because, "In second grade, we print!" That was traumatizing and I cried under my desk for about 15 minutes.

Also, I had no time to read when we had 'center time' in the class, so I asked if I could start with that. That was met with a resounding no. And then of course I wasn't often allowed to do creative writing because I 'took too long.' But guess what? That's kind of what I do now. I read and write. I have even written an entire book!

So, to you, Mrs. Larsen, I say:

Because you would not let me excel. 

So, stop inflicting your opinions on the world.

And do you know why?

Just

That's basically my second grade experience in a set of GIFs. Second grade sucked the life out of me. But obviously, I'm okay now!

Thanks for taking the time to read this!

xo, Marley

I think I'm going to die from this cold. It's one hundred percent awful, and I want to curl up in a ball and die from head pain, but I know I can't. I have a group project to work on tomorrow in English... and an audition. I just want to throw something. WHY DID I HAVE TO GET SICK THE DAY BEFORE AN AUDITION????

I feel like Sherlock in this GIF.

Tea and Toast

I desperately need some tea and toast. If I have to stay sick for one more day, I will throw my computer out the window. That is exactly how upset I am. I have THE WORST headache, I can't stay awake to save my life, I can't breathe, can't smell anything, can't taste anything, and THERE IS NO COLD MEDICINE IN MY HOUSE! I just want to feel healthy for once. And I'm also wondering how many people out there actually read this. I'm only here for my mom's sake, but id there's other people reading, that's awesome!

I have a sore throat today. I came home from school and  decided to watch Rent because it's such a great sick day movie. I've had about four cups of honey lemon water, and my throat still kills. I NEED something to get rid of this stupid thing, and I decided that watching sad movies would be the best. So after this, I'm going to watch Third Star. Maybe that will help. I dunno. I'm just tired of being sick all the time. I haven't been really super healthy since last October. I've had sprains and strains, and I have this cold that just won't go away. And when it does, I get a new cold the week after.

Joy.

Sorry about the nerdy post...

I'm watching Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone right now, and I think I'll start liveblogging it, but only in one post

Okay, the camera looks like they are filming a low-budget family film, but that's probably because it was filmed forever ago.

Madame Hooch's eyes look really cool.

Neville fell from about the same height as someone in a TV show I like, and he survived with just a broken wrist. Hmm...

"What an idiot!"

THEY'RE ALL JUST BABIES! Young Dan is the cutest thing ever, and young Emma... too stinking cute for words.

At the beginning, when Vernon is telling Harry not to do any "funny business," I pity everyone who hasn't read the books because they don't know what Harry has done that constitutes as "funny business."

Uh-oh, off to fluffy they go!

"Alohomora"

Uh-oh, Mrs. Norris is going to get you...!

"Now, if you two don't mind, I'm going to bed before either of you comes up with another clever idea to get us killed. Or worse, expelled!"

I want to grow up to be Hermione Granger.

She's kind of like Sherlock Holmes in the way that she's just brilliant and kind of hates everyone for not being as smart as her, and then tells Harry and Ron off for "seeing but not observing."

The Snitch looks  so cool! I don't think I'd ever really paid attention to it before, but the designs on it are so fantastic!

"Swish and flick!"

"Besides, it's LeviOOOsa, not LeviosAAA."

"Wingard Liosa, Wingard Lio- BOOM!"

"TROLL! TROLL IN THE DUNGEON! Just thought you ought to know. *faints*"

Oh yeah! When Malfoy introduced himself to Harry, he did the whole hand shake thing, and then I said, "You hate Gryffindor House? Get out of my face, Malfoy!"  I think AVPM and AVPS have ruined me a little bit because there's stuff from the shows that I insert.

Ron has great aim with that piece of bathroom stall.

Ew, Troll bogies!

Gross! Gross! Gross!

I forgot how much I love this movie.

Now they're all best friends! Yay!

I love this trio.

By the way, the big seven in the HP series:

1. Harry James Potter
2. Ronald Bilius Weasley
3. Hermione Jean Granger
4. Ginevra Weasley
5. Luna Lovegood
6. Neville Longbottom
7. Draco Malfoy

Just in case you were wondering.

Hey! Harry's got a broom from Dumbledore and McGonagall.

Friendly reminder that this movie came out 12 years ago. 

12 years ago, I was five and I had just finished the second Harry Potter book.

Time flies.

Wow.

Now I have to go to a party, but I don't want to stop watching this.

Dangit.

And it's only to the Quidditch Match

HOLY CRAP McGONAGALL IS WEARING A DEATH FRISBEE!

They're tied, guys! I don't know if I can handle the tension!

And now "Snape" is jinxing the broom! STOP IT QUIRRELL! STOP!

Just because your best friend is attached to the back of your head doesn't mean you have to do his bidding. Personally, I think you guys should at least finish She's All That before that! Gosh.

This Post is Dedicated to White Collar

Okay, White Collar came back from hiatus on Tuesday, and I'm watching the new episode right now. My DVR is mean, and I missed the last few minutes of the episode before the hiatus, so I missed a really big reveal, and I'm angry.

BTdubs, drunk Neal is funny. So is drunk Mozzie. I love that pair. If I didn't ship Sara and Neal so hard I would ship Neal and Mozzie. But those two are definitely just a platonic friendship for sure. 100% platonic.

And Burke making fun of hungover Neal is great. They just rock.

Thursday Nerds-day!

Okay, it's Thursday, which means I get to devote some or all of my posts to geekery. Yay! Right now, I'm watching the first episode of Ripper Street, and the American character sounds funnier to me than the Brits. I watch so much British television that their accents aren't noticeable all that much anymore.

I think it's kind of weird that that's what happens, but with all of the Doctor Who, Harry Potter, and Sherlock I watch, it just happens. It's so crazy.

Mmmm... I want to move to the U.K. one day. That would be so, so great. I just really want to get out of the country... even out of the state. I've lived here for ten years and as I've grown up here, I've loved the sense of community, but now that I'm a teenager, I'm just ready to move on and get out of here.

Fun Fact: today's American accents were the original British accents. Yep! Isn't that cool? So we technically have British accents.


And to finish this post:

THEY'RE BUILDING THE SET FOR SERIES THREE OF SHERLOCK!!!!!!!!!!! AND THERE'S A RELEASE DATE FOR DOCTOR WHO!!!!!! IT'S BEEN A GREAT WEEK!

I think I might dedicate one day of the week on this blog to nerdy things. That way, I won't go crazy if I can't think of things to post.

But what day should that be?

Maybe Thursday. Thursday seems like a great day to be all fandom-y. I mean, since it's near the end of the week, and it kind of just makes sense. I like Thursdays.

It's the night before the last day of school for the week, and it is just lovely.

I might use this blog to voice my opinions on things.

'Cause that's kind of like me.

I'm Not Sure...

I really have no idea what to say here, because I have to appear normal on this blog. My tumblr is another story. I can say whatever I want there, and it isn't taken as weird. Here, I have to appear boring and normal because that is what society demands. Oh, well. I'm only here so my mom doesn't have to follow my tumblr. So, I think I need other interests. Why can't I have an interesting life like all of my favorite characters? I'm being completely serious, here. It seems like nothing ever happens to me. Probably because nothing does.

How does somebody manage to actually keep a blog? Again, I'm one hundred percent curious. How does it work? How do people find the time to keep the internet informed of their shenanigans? What is the appeal of a blog, anyway (and I know that sounds funny, considering I have a tumblr)? I can't really rant, can't fangirl over David Tennant, Martin Freeman, Tom Hiddleston, and Benedict Cumberbatch here. It would just come across as weird.

Maybe I should start liking more American-type things.

No, I'm content with my British-at-heart-ness.

Me

Hello, friends!
The last time I even tried introducing myself to you, I just told you that I like to read. Well, I also am a huge geek, and all I do is watch British Television and listen to BBC radio... mostly for Cabin Pressure because who doesn't love Martin Crieff? Seriously. I LOVE Harry Potter, BBC Sherlock, Sherlock Holmes (the stories are so great!), Doctor Who, Supernatural (those Winchesters!), and well, reading. I want to major in chemistry when I go to college because I want to be a forensic scientist.

That's the gist of me!

Welcome to my blog!

If Life Were A Musical...

I've always, always wondered what life would be like if it were a musical. I know plenty of people who would play the confused one who always wonders why everyone is singing, and I feel like feelings would get hurt in a nicer way, and people in general would just be happier. I know a lot of people that it would help right now, and we could have our soliloquies in the dark on a balcony where we sang our feelings out till we felt better, and if you loved someone, they would feel the same way, especially if you revealed it in song, kind of how it always goes. Maybe I should write that musical. The one where it's just life, but all of a sudden it becomes a musical. And all of the characters are aware of it, so there would be a lot of fourth wall breaking, but that would be really cool, don't you think?

Censoring: My Thoughts

Yesterday, some bad news was broken to the drama department of my school. We would not be allowed to  perform our musical because a parent complained about the content of it, and it was subjected to a review by the district. Today, we learned that we do get to perform, but we have gotten permission from the licensing company to change some lyrics and scenes. We have been given permission to censor our show because it may offend people if we don't. What? Why? Is there any art that doesn't offend people? What happens now if somebody wants to perform Shakespeare? Our show is based on Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, but it would probably be just fine if we wanted to perform Twelfth Night. Because it's Shakespeare. But because one person said something because they were offended, we have to do something worse than cancel our show. WE HAVE TO CENSOR IT. I know I probably don't know a whole lot about censoring, but I'm upset because now we cannot present this in its original form because someone got offended. It's art for crying out loud! This show, something that has been worked on for the better part of two months, that had been approved- by the district- is no longer acceptable? Let us have our art! Let us express ourselves! The show is not true if we have to censor it. WHY CAN'T WE DO OUR SHOW??? I feel like censoring the show is worse than cancelling it. You may ask, "Why?" This is why: we can try to keep the integrity of the show, but it will not be the same without what was in the original. I have already planned to put together my own company and to put on shows that will NEVER be allowed in high schools here because as students, we want to perform these shows, but because of community standards that have been put in place, we can't. The shows I want to do don't even have the School Editions approved (except n2n... that's just plain old n2n... meaning: it will never be approved in high schools. ever). The school editions that have kept the integrity of the pieces, but made it acceptable for families are not allowed. My Plan: Rent by Jonathan Larson; Next to Normal by Tom Kitt and Brian Yorkey; Avenue Q by Robert Lopez, Jeff Marx, and Jeff Whitty. These are three of my top five shows and I would love to have the chance to perform them in a place where the community doesn't get to complain because it is our choice to perform. Not theirs.

Hi, Mom

I'm posting on this blog to appease my mother... She wants to read my blog and I don't want her to see my tumblr because I'm such a fangirl about Doctor Who, Sherlock, and Harry Potter. And that's embarrassing. So I may be posting more on this blog because now my mother reads it.