Think I'll Make it as a Movie Critic?

Hey you all!

There I go with the 90s kick again, I just think it's so funny! Ahem, anyway, here I am again. loaded with new things about my life that I should update on!

As you probably know, I live in California, and the California State Fair is happening this year. Well, I went twice! Once to see Martina McBride in concert with my friend's family, and then again with MY family and my friend Jill.

After seeing Martina McBride, I became hooked! By the time I got home, I found a wallpaper of her for my computer, sent her a tweet on Twitter, sent her a letter, and looked up her songs online. Did I mention, my browser now has her picture on it? Yeah, call me crazy!

It was then that I started seeing some of her songs on my favorite videos on Youtube! I actually found three of her songs lurking about in my playlist on there, "This One's For the Girls" , "She's a Butterfly" and wait, that's only two, but I found out that all this time I had been loving the song "This One's For The Girls" and not realizing that it's by Martina McBride! OMG!

Okay, sorry bout that, anyway, the second time I went, I got to go off on my own with my friend and boy did we have a fun time! We even managed to see my aunt and my cousin at the Animation exhibit! Who knew! I saw them again in the next one, with the small animals!

Wow, so much to remeber, so I will put it in list form

• We went on this yellow roller coaster which was really fun
• We one little stuffed fish from a balloon game
• I failed at a basketball shooting game
• I went on a seemingly harmless ride, (the one I told you about that was at Six Flags? Yeah, read my post about it and you'll see) anyway, this one turned out to be bigger and it made my stomach queasy for the REST OF THE DAY! Curse you ride from "Madeline" the one at the end which Miss Clavel goes on!
• Oh and it made my signed "Wicked" hat fly right off my head. Some nice girls behind me on the ride told me right away! It landed on this big white box thing, so when I got off, this nice guy threw it to me and I managed to catch it
• Luckily I hadn't had breakfast, just a piece of gum, so that was sort of lucky
• Let's see, we also went on this little fire-safety passport thing for little kids, two of the "rangers" reminded me somewhat of Chris Rock, I think, either that or Elijah Kelley, the dude who was in Hairspray
• We saw a puppet show, which was kind of cute, it was part of the passport thingy
• I knew every single thing that they taught us, but it was fun to learn about it in a new way, directed at little kids
• Okay, I didn't know about safe fires and bad fires
• I got a bandanna
• This robot guy on a scooter asked my friend is she had been eating the blue crayons again, she had been eating a blue Icee!
  
• We asked about a signature reader thingy at the info desk, I gotta admit I was kind of nervous because it was an old guy and I was afraid he wouldn't hear me, I did have to repeat some things, basically it didn't really help
• I got my picture taken at a News10 weather thingy, I'm on the website, the tall girl in the black shirt and "Wicked" hat.
  
• Basically, that's about all we did

When I got home, I ate saltine crackers that my parents brought home for me and watched "Julie/Julia" I think, the crackers helped and they were yummy, I also cried because I hate feeling yucky

The first time I went, I had a funnel cake, kettle corn, a corndog and a lemonade, we watched a parade go by and we also sat on a slanty hill to watch Martina McBride, we waited by this gate to try and see if we could meet her, but then we gave up

I also got a license plate thing with my name on it and lip balm, which tasted like chocolate peanut butter cookies. I wish I had gotten the buttered popcorn one.

Oh, before I wrap this up, I want to say that the second time I went, I wore a shirt that I had gotten from my grandma, it read "careful, or you might end up in my novel" It is now my favorite shirt and I got quite a few comments, good ones, by the way.

I went bowling last night and got three strikes, it took me awhile to warm up , since I had taken the bowling class, but hadn't really bowled since the last day of that class
We also went to Baskin Robbins, did you know that in the new logo, the number 31 is made up of the B and the R? just learned that last night!

Okay, I am tired of blogging right now and trying to remember all the little details about the State Fair and I will blog the next time i get the chance

Sayonara!
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Love Maddie Addie Wonder Writer Extrodinaire and admirer of Dame Julie Andrews

PS: The title refers to something I was going to mention but never did, I will be reviewing my favorite movies over a period of time, and practice being a movie critic or something, if you have suggestions for what I should review, please leave a comment!

My Top 10 Favorite Disney movies

My Top 10 Favorite Disney movies (Oh, what the heck, I like them all, but these are my favorites)

10. The Parent Trap (1998)

You may be surprised why this one is my favorite because you were expecting it to be a Julie Andrews movie. I like this because of the storytelling, the flow of the movie, the characters, my favorites are Hallie and Annie, Chessie, the butler guy, and of course the parents. I also like it because everybody has such great chemistry.

I also like it because I can sit through it wihtout shutting it off to take a break or something

9. The Princess Diaries (and the sequel)

I like this movie becuase, well it has Julie Andrews and Anne Hathaway has really great acting skills. Mia and the Queen, oh, and Joe are my favorites. My favorite scene would have to be the one where Mia crashes into the trolley. Just a great scene all-around.

The sequel is also awesome because of the mattress scene and Julie Andrews singing "Your Crowning Glory" It's such a heartwarming scene.

Another great scene would have to be the one where the maids sing "Frere Jaques" to distract the Queren and then bang the pots together! I laughed so hard when i first saw the scene

The whole ending is really neat and a treat for the eyes! I have to give it 10 stars!

I'm not going to go through and review each of the rest of my favorites so I will list them in no particular order, although next up would be Lilo and Stitch because it is funny, heartwarming and has great chracters. Pleakley is especiallu funny near the end!

Anyway, here they are

Enchanted

Tinker Bell (Kristin Chenoweth is really awesome in this one)

Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure

Finding Nemo

Toy Story

Toy Story 3 (DA BOMB! I loved it! I normally don't like Pixar Shorts, but this one had the best)

Toy Story 2

Ratatoiuee (Some parts are hard to sit through, but over all, I love the artwork)

UP (Has to be on eof my favorites!)

The Incedibles (Amazing to watch)

Mulan (Funny! Eddie Murphy is the best and I like Mulan, of course, she has some really great lines, I like all the action, but not the main Hun guy with the scary eyes)

Bolt (Once I watched the whole thing, I really liked it. The pigeons were the best)

Well, I hope you liked this and please comment below if you would like me to review some other Disney movies

Oh, The Little Mermaid would have to be in the top because I loved it! Ariel has to be one of my favorite Disney Princesses

How could I forget Mary Poppins? I mean, it was one of my favorites! Julie Andrews was simply practically perfect in every way Dick van Dyke and the two kids were also very good!

Okay, my fingers are getting tired, so see ya, until next time

Love Madde Addie Wonder Writer Extrodinaire and admirer of Dame Julie Andrews

New Facebook Friends, Farmville and Writing

Hey all you blog readers,

I guess it's time for a new blog post. Boy do I have some new things to write about. First of all, I discovered that two of my wonderful cousins are on Facebook, so I sent out friend requests. I was pretty surprised at the short amount of time in which they responded! Thanks!

The next thing is that I FINALLY got my farmhouse, which cost about 150, 000 coins. yeah, that's alot. I don't know how I achieved it, but I did, thanks to ribbons and owning a heck alot of animals, and alot of different kinds of trees. All I need to do know is finish with lining the yard of the house with hedges.

I don't know if I mentione dthis before, but my parents are currently gone on a trip until Sunday, so I'm home with my rbothers.

Oh, I forgot to say that Despicable Me is one of the best movies ever made! I think the best part were the little yellow minions, Miranda's awesome voice work as the oldest sister of the three girls, Gru and his mom who is played by Dam Julie Andrews, whom I adore, as most of you already know!

I guess that's all for now, I have ot get back to my writing. I'm typing up my writing from a notebook I'm recording my story in. I'm up to 83,000 words and 182 pages! Yeah, that's the longest story I have ever written.

I will update this blog tomorrow or whenever I get a crazy urge to blog,

Auf Weidersein

Love Maddie Addie Addie, Wonder Writer Extrodinaire and admirer of Dam Julie Andrews

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Toy Story 3, Writing Goals, and Other Things....

Hey you all!

Sorry, that was soo 90s! It's from a Barney home video called, "Barney Goes to School" Please don't judge me, I want to work in a preschool one day! Anyways, Leah Gloria, says, "Hey you all, come look at this calender!" It's like so rad!

Sorry, again, I'm now switching from 90s mode to 2010 mode! Well, today, I went with the kids I work with to see Toy Story 3 for the second time, and it was better the second time around. I didnt laugh as much as the Spanish Buzz part. Pity! (Finding Nemo, where that one dad fish watches Marlin swim frantically away)

I also have a few new writing goals for now until I start college again in the fall. One, every day, I will pick three random words from the dictionary and use them to write a story and Two, um, I hope to finish a notebook I'm writing in and get it typed up so I can start a new notebook, my 4th or 5th, I think for the new semester.

Okay,k also today, I got an autographed picture from Alex Trebek, the host of Jeopardy! I sent him a letter in early Jun e and got something back July 8th! Wow, it was quick, I think it's my quickest response!

It says and I quote, "To Maddie with my best wishes, (signed) Alex Trebek" unquote!

I guess that's all I have to write today! I know, it's a short blog, but I wanted to get something down, I might update in a week, or something. Hey, it's Thursday! Remember my thing? Yeah, I'm sort of early

anyway, adios, dear readers...and Anne!

Love Maddie Addie Wonder Writer Extrodinaire, and admirer of Dame Julie Andrews

Yellow busses, broken flip-flops and other things...

Hello, all,

This will probably be a short post as I don't think I'll be able to come up with much to say except that I might be starting weekly posts as a weekly update on my life. I will also be keeping a private journal on Word, but nobody can read it, but me!

Um, now to refer to the title, I will be using two random things that I find important from that week, for example, every day at summer school, I help the kiddos to the bus stop and see lots of yellow busses, and before that we sing a shortened version of the well-known song, "Wheels on the Bus"

Also, I think it was Friday when my left green flip flop broke! If you know me and/or have seen me in real-life for the past two years, you'll know that I wear them rain or shine (I'm serious) I've worn them in the puring ran and in the hottest weather!

I am now getting a small blister from wearing black flip-flops that I found in my closet that I was going to wear to graduation, but ended up not wearing, so I have to wear them now as a subsitute for my beloved green flip flops mentioned above. Long story short, I wore them while walking up a big hill and now I think I have a blister, ugh!

Back to the original subject, at the end of each week, most likely Thursday, Friday or Saturday, I will out up a blog post reflecting back on the week's events, if something really big and exciting happened in the middle of the week, I will post it here or on Facebook (I'm Maddie Andrews, if anybody wanted to "friend me"

This leads to an explanation of why I used that particular combination. Well, as all of you know, my namde is Maddie, and well, I didn't want to use my reall last name, so (To many of you know me REALLY well, this should be obvious right off the bat) I used Julie Andrews' last name!

Here are three things that I some first time readers (I reccomend reading the past posts as well) should know about me:

1. I love wrting
2. Pick-Niks are yummy
3. I am an admirer of Dame Julie Andrews (I usually use it when I sign off, look for it by my name, which is a nickname my grandma thought of (I'm pretty sure......it's been so long, I'm not too sure, but I know my grandma has something to do with it!)
   

Um, I guess I will sign off for now, look for a blog update on Friday, or Thursday at the earliest!

Auf Weidersein, everybody!

Maddie Addie, Wonder Writer Extrodinaire and Admirer of Dame Julie Andrews (See, there it is)

:)

PS: I like cheese!!!
PPS: I guess this post wasn't very short, I guess I eneded up haveing alot to write
PPPS: Okay, Okay, I'm going now....BYE!!!!!

Peanut Butter Oreos and Other Neat Stuff

Hey, people of the world who are possibly reading my blog
(Hi, Anne, big fan!)

Um, anyways, I just got this weird urge to blog, so here I am, this is also sort of an update blog, for those of you who would like an update on my current thoughts and..stuff. In a nutshell, life is well, supercalifragilisticexpialidocius, which means I have a whole conglomeration of feelings and I can't really out a finger on one exact feeling.

This summer, I am working at an elementary school summer school session for kids with special needs, like autism, impaired vision, Down's Syndrome, etc, anyway, I go everyday and help out, it's pretty fun!

By the way, the summer school session isn't just for the special needs kids, it's for the mainstream kids as well. My friend, Jill, helps out there as well, just not in the same class, she helps out with the kids with speech problems or something like that, I can't remember what she said

A pretty scary thing happened about two weeks ago. I was cleaning my room at about 9 at night and a few minutes after I had satdown with my back against my bed, about 11:00, I heard a dull explosion and immediatly looked around to see if one of my lightbulbs had exploded or something as water droplets and glass shards had fallen around me.

Long story short, a water balloon had been shot through my window with a sling shot a couple of streets away, or so my brother thinks. I was pretty shook up by what happened and my dad says I'll still be finding glass for a very long time.

As most of you who know me on Facebook,know, I recieved an autographed photo of Dick van Dyke in the mail a few days ago! It says, "Hi, Maddie! God Bless, (Dick Van Dyke's signature)"

I mean, I thought I would never get his autograph, but now I have it. I'm still waiting for Amanda Seyfried, Meryl Streep, and Alex Trebek

I think I've exhausted my blogging energy once again, so I will have to sign off,

Ciao,

Maddie Addie, Wonder Writer Extrodinair and Admirer of Dame Julie Andrews!

About time for an update!

Hello everybody!

I belive its about time for a new blog post, since I have been doing some thinking. This is what I came up with

I've realized that ever since I turned 19, I've sort of calmed down and I feel more grown-up than when I was 18 because I guess I was really hyper and kind of weird to hang around with. Those days are over, my wild-child days are long gone and they have been replaced with days of calm waves, blog posts full of thoughtful wisdom and quietness.

I feel that at 19, I can feel more grown-up and can handle more than I ever did at 18. I have grown out of my old snakeskin, if you will, I have grown to big for my shell and is trying a new one on

I guess in a way, I'm still the fun-loving Maddie inside! It's just been toned down!

I guess that's all I have to say for now,

Sayonara,

Maddie A. Wonder Writer Extrodinaire!