Summer of '13 Shows to Record

So last night I made a hasty post about a YouTube series I think you all should follow, dubbed Lauren, about a woman in the Army who was sexually assaulted and is going through the complications of it. I think this is one of the "shows to record"  for the summer of '13 because it is an amazing series featuring Troian Bellisario as the main character, who is an AMAZING actor and portrays the character exquisitely. Did I mention she is AMAZING? Of course, since it is on YouTube you can't actually record it, but I suggest you mark the time it comes on and watch it.
Also on this list is the new show,  "Fosters"  on ABC Family, a show which, from all the ads, appears to have the potential to turn into a Switched at Birth-sized pandemic. If you want to record it, it comes on June 3 at 9 o' clock. Watch it! I will be! I would probably be doing some live blogging during the breaks if I knew how to do it. So I won't, but it would be cool if I could.
Another show on this list, in case you are still interested in my opinions, is Devious Maids, and it comes on Lifetime right after Desperate Housewives. In my opinion, it is a chance to see the lives of the people who really run the households of the rich and famous: the maids and servants.
I think it will be an awesome new series that will have everybody talking.  Personally, I don't normally like this kind of show, but the old Lady Gaga song on the advertisement caught my attention. And from the time I looked up to watch the rest of the advertisement I was hooked. It comes on June 23, so you'll probably have to wait until after you watch a few Fosters episodes to set your DVR, but I think it will be worth the wait.
So, after that, you need to be sure to record or watch Ravenswood on ABC Family, which is a sister to Pretty Little Liars. I'm sure it will be fabulous, so be sure not to miss it.
Also, you guys should watch the new Nickelodeon movie, Nicky Deuce, a movie about a dork who moved to New Jersey and learns to be a Jersey kid. I think it will be awesome because the main character is Gibby from iCarly and his uncle that he moves in with is a funny guy that plays on a bunch of movies and probably made an appearance on the Sopranos.
So, I'm going back to the mountains for a week tomorrow and I will be sure to keep you guys updated!
Thanks for reading!
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An Absolutely Must Watch Video Series!

This video series is about an Army soldier who has been brutally sexually assaulted and is seeking to make things right. This video is a must watch! I don't even remember how I found out about this series but I seriously just spent the last two hours of my life watching this entire series! Start at the beginning and go through to the last episode! I hope that you will watch the other stories by wigs and will continue to watch this series and will inform others about this pressing issue!

Watch, watch, watch!!!!!!!!!
Troian Bellisario is AMAZING in the role of Lauren. The actors here and the acting and portrayal of these dramatic events is unbeatable!

Exam Preparedness and Other Random Stuff

Hey you guys! I appreciate you returning to my baby blog to watch it grow into A SUPERSTAR! Lol, jk, that probably won't happen. Anyways, I was preparing (making notecards) for my Bible exam and decided I should do a post.
Yesterday, I was thinking about how awesome it is going to be to get out of school but my summer is going to be sooooo busyyyyy. I have a ton of stuff lined up, such as (prepare for extremely long list): volunteering at the vet, Jr. Fair Board fair planning, getting a goat and caring for him, exercising him, and training him, furniture shopping (explanation will be provided later on), doing some self-studying on chemistry, staying with my grandma, possibly working at my mom's job, driving (hehe, license is a little less than 60 days away), reading (to keep you guys up to date, of course), and probably a bunch of other stuff I forgot because that doesn't seem busy enough and I feel a stupid urge to fill all the empty space with more stuff. And, possibly, hopefully, maybe, just maybe, working out at the gym like Fergie in her hit song, "Glamorous." PS. While I was typing this, I tried to look up the song on my phone to make sure I got the name right but my Google search box is freakishly slow so I'm just gonna say it is right and that that is, in fact, the name of the song.
Okay, so on to another thought for this blog. I got to thinking while I was stressing out my hand making notecards that I couldn't wait to go to bed and check out the new shows on my sweet, sweet DVR, but-NOOO! It's not Thursday yet! Waahhhhhhh, aaahhh, booooooo, hooooooo! I wish it was Thursday and can't wait for it to come!
I spent some quality time outside today and ate my dinner out there. It was pretty nice. I nurtured my cabbage and some purple pansies I gave my mom for Mother's Day (pictured below photo creds to moi) that we planted in 4H. I haven't been playing music to it lately. No time. Oh well, I don't think it helps too much anyways. But now I am sitting in my den in my extremely large chair watching American Hoggers, a show I totally do not enjoy. And AxMen, I hate that show, too. Obviously, because I hate them, these are my parents' favorite shows. Yay. Something else they love is baked spaghetti from K&W cafeteria. I hate that, too. Now, I may seem like a negative nelly because I am always saying I hate something or am putting something down, but I have my good moments. I'm not kidding!
So, today was the blood drive at my school and my mom came at 2 o'clock for "faster service." Faster service, my butt! We were there until 4! In that time, I got my marshal dress for graduation approved and watched a lot of flirting from the "office couple"  at my school. It was, I can't even, just, ugh. Single people need not mingle; lose the jerk and do more work.
Also, here is today's segment of Biology venting. So, we took a test yesterday (Tuesday) on the sex education chapter of out bio class but we had to write a paper for 25 points. I forgot to write the paper until like 10:30 to 11 on Monday night. Smooth, right? So anyways, I did it, and that paper on euthanasia, it deserved an award. But the thing is, we were supposed to answer a given question, which I forgot to do. I also did not double space the paper, something I didn't even realize I had to do until first block the next day. So, in second block, I confess to my besty that I forgot to answer the question. Pretty much everybody in math agreed that I would get a bad grade. I knew we weren't doing anything but review in Spanish for 3rd block so I got my mom to pick me up and let me retype the paper during 3rd and lunch and bring me back to rest and turn in the paper. Lucky for me, I was sick Monday and didn't come to school, so when my Spanish teacher saw me checking out she just gave me my work to do at home! I was overjoyed! So, I retype the paper, get it done and everything, have it proofread, and get back to school. When I open the door to science lab, my besty runs up to me and asks if I used personal pronouns. I was like, uhhh, kind of. The question asked for MY OPINION, why wouldn't I give it? Apparently the teacher said that it wasn't what we were supposed to do and that she would consider not taking off points for it. Um, I'm pretty sure I would fail if she did. Don't want to think about that. Stay on the bright side, Brandy, keep positive.
Okay, all better now. I should probably start again on making notecards. It's not like we are using the rest of Bible class this week just to make notecards and study for exams. Pfft, who would do that? *sarcasm is present; please heed that anything I just said is opposite, and get used to it-- this chick= heavy sarcasm user*
Oh, and another show I hate is Wicked Tuna. Let's be honest here; is there anything wicked about tuna? No, I didn't think so. Set my DVR when you bring the drama, thanks, and leave the fish smell at home.
SO, THANKS YOU GUYS GOR LISTENING TO ME RANT AND READING MY CRAZY PATOOTY OPINION! I APPRECIATE IT! IF YOU ENJOYED SKMETHING IN THIS POST OR WANT TO ASK ME A QUESTION OR CORRET ME ABIUT THE FERGIE SONG THEN PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE LEAVE A COMMENT  BELOW! I WILL TOTALLY RESPOND TO YOU!
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Catch you later, alligator.
In a while, crocodile.
I'm gonna make like a banana and split.
I'm gonna make like a tree and leave.

This has been your latest segment of BGBLOG, where the author and proud producer has left you with many cheesy exit lines that she hopes not to hear around her or for you to use anytime soon.

50 View Mile Marker!!!!!

Hey you guys! So, this is an update on what I have been doing since my last post. Right now, I am watching Seinfeld. This post probably would've come later if I hadn't realized I didn't have a lot of homework. Hey, you know what I just realized? I'm eating some nasty freakin' Stauffer's lasagna again tonight. So I guess that it is destined for me to eat some crappy frozen dinner lasagna every time I do a blogpost. Hurray.

So, I have been checking up on the blog and when I noticed that I hit the 50 mark, I decided I REALLY needed to do a post. Okay, so soon after I did my last post, maybe a couple weeks, I went to the beach and wasn't able to care for my sweet baby cabbage while I was gone. Miraculously, BOTH my cabbage plants had sprouted by the time I got back! I was so proud of my little babies. I noticed one looked a little weaker than the other. It eventually died. RIP cabbage baby. So, anyways, I found out why they hadn't sprouted before. Turns out that cabbage seeds have to be germinated before they sprout, which, in turn, means that you are technically supposed to soak the seed in water for like a day or two before you plant in. While I was gone, it rained a lot, so it got soaked for a day or two and sprouted like it was supposed to. Right now it is the size of a little 3 leaved clover without one of the leaves. I have been keeping a close eye on it. After it finished raining today, I continued my little classic music experiment and played it about an hour of Mozart symphonies while doing my science vocab. I really hope it gets bigger cause everybody else's cabbage is a lot bigger than mine.

I also have been doing a little brain training to see if it helps me bring up my grades. It did! In math class we were learning about fractional exponents, work problems, and rationalizing exponents. I practically taught the lessons myself! Took the test today and I am pretty sure I made a 100. In science, we had a substitute teacher for about 4 days because my actual science teacher went on senior trip to New York. The sub used to be our school's science teacher, so she knew what she was doing. I took the test Friday and PASSED with a 97!!!!! Hallelujah! I don't know if this has anything to actually do with the brain training, but I am absolutely not gonna take my chances.

I went to the mountains this weekend, and it wasn't a long weekend, so it was the shortest amount of time I have ever spent in the mountains. We stayed at a family friend's place with my grandparents and a couple of their friends. It was.... interesting. Honestly, the only thing I was interested in doing was eating at Bandanna's and the Dan'l Boone Inn. We did. I didn't really want to do anything after that. So I read. A lot. While I was squished in between my grandma and her friend in the very back seat of my grandpa's stinking car. (It was real, it was fun, but it wasn't real fun.)

So over the past few weeks, I have knocked a couple books out of the "Need to Read" pile. The first one was "Walking Disaster" by Jamie McGuire. It was pretty good, but lacked a little in the details department. I wouldn't read it without it's companion book, "Beautiful Disaster." *Link to buy in titles*
Next, I read a book called "Stung" written by Bethany Wiggins. It was awesome!!!! It starts off with a girl waking up in house that she knows she used to live in, but it is trashed. Without any memories, she doesn't know where to go. Turns out that she is actually in a post-bee-apocalyptic America. Without bees, the govt. released a genetically altered form of the bug to try to pollinate plants. When stung by these bees, people got very sick with flu-like symptoms and died. People were given vaccinations to help against these illnesses and the vaccines went south. Eventually the vaccinated people turned into monsters and tried to kill everyone around them. Turns out, the main character and her twin brother were given the most lethal doses of the vaccines, but the girl did not turn into a monster. This mystifies everyone around her, and eventually she is captured by a group of guards around the walled city provided with food and free from beasts. The man in charge of watching her, she soon realizes, is the little boy from her childhood who lived across the street. He recognizes her, and eventually comes to her aide when the Governor of the city wants the girl to be assassinated. Together, they fight against the system and find a cure for the beasts and those who have not yet Turned. Oh, here's the link for Stung.
After that, I read a book that popped up in my Kindle carousel because I had pre-ordered it from one of my favorite authors, Julie Kagawa. It is the second in a series about vampires called "The Immortal Rules." Since this is one of my favorite authors and I have already read the previous book, I am not going to tell you about the sister book and, instead, am going to start where the book starts. If you want to know the whole story, please please please go buy the books from these links on Amazon: Book 1 and Book 2. So, the story starts with Allison Sekemoto looking for her vampire sire, Kanin, and running into her blood brother under him, Jackal. Together they search for Kanin through a maze of vampire cities and, on the way, run into a new strain of the Red Lung Virus released into the outskirts of her hometown, a vampire city ruled by the vampire prince Salazar. The virus was released by Sarren, an insane vampire that has released the virus to kill every human and vampire to "cleanse" the world. Together, the band of vampires along with Allison's boyfriend from the previous book, Zeke, search for a cure and seek to get revenge on the dangerously insane and creatively combative Sarren.
The next book was Wide Awake by Shelly Crane. Amazing! I am adding this special lady to my list of favorite authors (I'm going to put up this list instead of one of the others.) A girl wakes up frhom a coma to find that she has been out for 6 months and it is her senior year. She doesn't know who she is, but her old boyfriend seeks to change that. She was once the "It" girl of her high school, so skinny and popular that she actually gained weight while she was in the coma and none of her "friends" visited her because they didn't think she would want them to see her in her "condition." She hates who she used to be and fights to become strong enough to change not only the school's opinion of her, but also what her family wants her to be. Along the way, she falls for her physical therapist, Mason, and seeks to have a relationship with him, only to find out that Mason is keeping away from her because of a secret from her untimely past. Eventually there is a sort of happy ending, but if you want to know the whole story, please buy the book from Amazon by clicking on this link.
Finally, I knocked this book out yesterday. It has the makings of a great series, and I hope to see more from this author soon.  This book is "Lark" by Erica Cope. It is definitely not to be overlooked. Fantasy and fairy tale with a hint of romance, this book hits every paranormal reader's spot. Unbeknownst to Mia, she is the daughter of an Elven king. Turns out her best friend, Greyson St. Clair, is the king's best friends and has been watching over her her whole life. Brought about by a freak accident, Mia is transported to the Elven realm by Grey, who eventually determines that she is the one to fulfill an ancient prophecy. She is kidnapped by her evil uncle, king of the dark elves, whereas her father is king of the light elves. Mia is blessed with the gift of healing, and during her time in the dark realm, Mia meets a friend like her who helps her tap into her other abilities between mental torture sessions by the dark king himself. Eventually, her friend Jacoby, the one like her, half human and half elf, helps her escape. Together they work on training Mia with Grey as well as planning an attack on the dark elves to keep the prophecy from being fulfilled, but fulfilling even more of it instead. As it turns out, Jacoby is also part of the prophecy. When things go awry and plans fall apart, Mia is forced to make a desperate attempt to save the one she loves, but will it only hurt more of her own instead? Find out by reading the book that you can buy at this link.

Also, I took a trip to Wilmington recently and went to Wrightsville Beach. 14 of us were cramped in the tiny van the whole way there and the whole way back. It was a nightmare, especially with this boy on the van who is a pain in my..... side. We ate at Mellow Mushroom where I was shot with spitballs and forced to eat some really gross pizza and then we stopped by a frozen yogurt place where my phone was hidden in a napkin box. Fun, fun. Needless to say, I'm pretty sure I won't be riding to anywhere in the van anymore, and I don't care whether I have to charter a boat, a plane, a taxi, or whatever, but I will not be put through that torture again.

So, that was pretty much my month. Oh, and we are watching the movie Ben-Hur AGAIN in Bible class. We have been watching two days and still haven't even made it to the middle. Also, there is a blood drive coming up soon. Being too young to give, I kind of hate it. I want to give blood so bad because I have O- blood and I can give blood to anybody but can only accept my own blood type, so it kinda sucks. I really want to give but can't, so I guess I will get my mom to give for me for extra credit. Oh well, there's always next year. My math teacher has given 87 times! That's a lot of blood!

Okay, well, I'm all done so I'm gonna eat cause my head is killing me and I ate some crappy candy I am allergic to in Spanish today. Read you next time!!!!!

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