I Need an Anti-Stress Spell

Hey reader,

It's that time of year. LSAT time. Of course, I'm not taking the LSAT (Law School Admissions Test) as I'm only fifteen but my sister will be taking it for the first time just three days after her twenty-third birthday.

And, in the my-sister-fashion, she's stressing out. I've been looking all over the Internet for spells to help calm her anxiety level. I've found a couple spells online but I really, really need these to work. Does anyone know any spells like this that have actually worked?

I'm going to make her a necklace with sage from my garden to help her, but I would like to do a spell too.

Please help.

Sterotypes

For people that hate stereotypes: If you think people should just shut up and stop, put this on your profile. (BOLD the ones you are.)

I'm SKINNY, so I MUST be anorexic.
I'm EMO, so I MUST cut my wrists.
I'm a GIRL, so I MUST be WEAK.
I'm a NEGRO so I MUST carry a gun.
I'm BLONDE, so I MUST be a ditz.
I'm JAMAICAN so I MUST smoke weed.
I'm HAITIAN so I MUST eat cat.
I'm ASIAN, so I MUST be sexy.
I'm JEWISH, so I MUST be greedy.
I'm GAY, so I MUST have AIDS.
I'm a LESBIAN, so I MUST have a sex-tape.
I'm ARAB, so I MUST be a terrorist.
I SPEAK MY MIND, so I MUST be a bitch.
I'm a GAY RIGHTS SUPPORTER, so I WILL go to hell.
I'm a CHRISTAN, so I MUST think gay people should go to hell.
I'm RELIGIOUS, so I MUST shove my beliefs down your throat.
I'm ATHEIST so I MUST hate the world.
I don't have a RELIGION, so I MUST be evil and have no morals.
I'm REPUBLICAN, so I MUST not care about poor people.
I'm DEMOCRAT, so I MUST not believe in being responsible.
I am LIBERAL, so I MUST be gay.
I'm SOUTHERN, so I MUST be white trash.
I TAKE (or used to take) ANTI-DEPRESSANTS, so I MUST be crazy.
I'm a GUY, so I MUST only want to get into your pants.
I'm IRISH, so I MUST have a bad drinking problem.
I'm INDIAN, so I MUST own a convenient store.
I'm NATIVE AMERICAN, so I MUST dance around a fire screaming like a savage.
I'm a CHEERLEADER, so I MUST be a whore.
I'm a DANCER, So I must be stupid, stuck up, and a whore.
I wear SKIRTS a lot, so I MUST be a slut.
I'm a PUNK, so I MUST do drugs.
I'm RICH, so I MUST be a conceited snob.
I WEAR BLACK, so I MUST be a goth or emo.
I'm a WHITE GIRL, so I MUST be a nagging, steal-your-money kind of girlfriend.
I'm CUBAN, so I MUST spend my spare time rolling cigars.
I'm NOT A VIRGIN, so I MUST be easy.
I FELL IN LOVE WITH A MARRIED MAN, so I MUST be a home-wrecking whore.
I'm a TEENAGE MOM, so I MUST be an irresponsible slut.
I'm POLISH, so I MUST wear my socks with my sandals.
I'm ITALIAN, so I must have a "big one".
I'm EGYPTIAN, so I must be a TERRORIST.
I'm PRETTY, so I MUST not be a virgin.
I HAVE STRAIGHT A'S, so I MUST have no social life.
I DYE MY HAIR CRAZY COLORS, so I MUST be looking for attention.
I DRESS IN UNUSUAL WAYS so I MUST be looking for attention.
I'm INTO THEATER & ART, so I MUST be a homosexual.
I'm a VEGETARIAN, so I MUST be a crazy political activist.
I HAVE A BUNCH OF GUY FRIENDS, so I MUST be fucking them all. (If you're a girl)
I HAVE A BUNCH OF GIRLS WHO ARE FRIENDS, so I MUST be a player. (If you're a guy)
I have Big BOOBS, so I MUST be a hoe.
I'm COLOMBIAN, so I MUST be a drug dealer.
I WEAR WHAT I WANT, so I MUST be a poser.
I'm RUSSIAN, so I MUST be cool and that’s how Russians roll.
I'm GERMAN, so I must be a Nazi.
I hang out with GAYS, so I must be GAY TOO.
I'm BRAZILIAN, so I MUST have a BIG BUTT.
I'm PUERTO RICAN, so I MUST look good and be conceited.
I'm SALVADORIAN, so I MUST be in MS 13.
I'm POLISH, so I MUST be greedy.
I'm PERUVIAN, so I MUST like llamas.
I'm HAWAIIAN so I MUST be lazy.
I'm a STONER so I MUST be going in the wrong direction.
I'm a VIRGIN so I MUST be prude.
I'm STRAIGHT EDGE so I must be violent.
I'm a FEMALE GAMER, so I MUST be ugly.. or crazy.
I'm BLACK so I MUST love fried chicken and kool-aid.
I'm a GIRL who actually EATS LUNCH, so I MUST be fat.
I'm SINGLE so I MUST be ugly.
I'm a SKATER so I must do weed and steal stuff.
I'm a PUNK so I must only wear black and date only other punks.
I’m ASIAN so I must be a NERD that does HOMEWORK 24/7.
I'm CHRISTIAN so I MUST hate homosexuals.
I'm MIXED so I must be screwed up.
I'm a FEMALE, so I MUST not SWEAR.
I'm MUSLIM so I MUST be a terrorist.
I'm in BAND, so I MUST be a dork.
I'm BLACK so I MUST believe JESUS WUZ A BROTHA.
I'm MORMON so I MUST be perfect.
I'm WHITE and have black friends so I MUST think I'm black.
I'm GOTH so I MUST worship the devil.
I'm HISPANIC, so I MUST be dirty.
I'm NOT LIKE EVERYONE ELSE, so I MUST be a loser.
I'm OVERWEIGHT, so I MUST have a problem with self control.
I'm PREPPY, so I MUST shun those who don't wear Abercrombie & Hollister.
I'm on a DANCE team, so I must be stupid, stuck up, and a whore.
I'm YOUNG, so I MUST be naive.
I'm MEXICAN, so I MUST have hopped the border.
I'm BLACK, so I MUST love watermelon.
I'm BI, so I MUST think every person I see is hot.
I'm an ASIAN GUY, so I MUST have a small penis.
I'm a GUY CHEERLEADER, so I MUST be gay.
I'm a PREP, so I MUST be rich.
I don't like the SUN so I MUST be an albino.
I have a lot of FRIENDS, so I MUST love to drink and party.
I wear tight PANTS and I'm a guy, so I MUST be emo.
I couldn't hurt a FLY, So I MUST be a pussy.
I support GAY RIGHTS, so I MUST fit in with everyone.
I hang out with teenage drinkers and smokers, so I MUST smoke and drink too.
I have ARTISTIC TALENT, so I MUST think little of those who don't.
I don't like to be in a BIG GROUP, so I MUST be anti-social.
I have a DIFFERENT sense of HUMOR, so I MUST be crazy.
I tell people OFF, so I MUST be an over controlling bitch.
My hair gets GREASY a lot, so I MUST have no hygiene skills.
I'm DEFENSIVE, so I MUST be over controlling and a bitch.
I'm a NUDIST, so I MUST want everyone to see my boobs.
I read Comics, so I MUST be a loser.
I hang out with a FORMER PROSTITUTE, so I MUST be a whore myself.
I'm TEXAN so I MUST ride a horse.
I’m a GOTH, so I MUST be a Satanist.
I’m a CROSSDRESSER, so I must be homosexual.
I draw ANIME so I MUST be a freak.
I am a FANGIRL so I MUST be a crazy, obsessed stalker.
I WATCH PORN so I MUST be perverted.
I'm an ONLY CHILD so I MUST be spoiled.
I'm INTELLIGENT so I MUST be weak.
I am AMERICAN so I MUST be obese, loud-mouthed and arrogant.
I'm WELSH so I MUST love sheep.
I’m a YOUNG WRITER, so I MUST be emo.
I’m CANADIAN, so I MUST talk with a funny accent.
I'm a GUY, so I MUST ditch my pregnant girlfriend.
I'm CANADIAN, so I MUST love hockey and beavers.
I'm DISABLED, so I MUST be on Welfare.
I'm a FEMINIST, so I MUST have a problem with sexuality and I want to castrate every man on the earth.
I'm a TEENAGER, so I MUST have a STEREOTYPE.
I WEAR A BIG SUNHAT when I go outside, so I MUST be stupid.
I like BLOOD, so I must be a VAMPIRE.
I'm an ALBINO, so I MUST be an evil person with mental abilities and A MURDERER.
I'm ENGLISH, so I MUST speak with either a cockney or a posh accent, love tea and cricket, and have bad teeth.
I’m WHITE, so I MUST be responsible for everything going wrong on the planet: past, present, and future.
I don't like YAOI or YURI, so I must be a HOMOPHOBE.
I’m not the most POPULAR person in school, so I MUST be a loser.
I care about the ENVIRONMENT, so I MUST be a tree hugging hippie.
I have a FAN CHARACTER, so I MUST be an annoying Mary-sue.
I CHAT I MUST be having cyber sex.
I'm PAGAN so I MUST sacrifice babies and drink the blood of virgins.
I'm PAGAN so I MUST worship Satan.
I'm CONSERVATIVE, so I MUST be against Abortion.
I'm SWEDISH so I MUST be a tall blond blue-eyed lesbian.
I'm a LESBIAN so I MUST want to get with every single girl that I see.
I like CARTOONS, so I MUST be IRRESPONSIBLE.
I like READING, so I MUST be a LONER.
I have my OWN spiritual ideology; therefore I MUST be WRONG or MISGUIDED.
I am WICCAN, so I MUST be a SATANIST.
I DISAGREE with my government, so I MUST be a TERRORIST.
I am a WITCH, so I MUST be and OLD HAG and fly on a broomstick.
I love YAOI, so I MUST be GAY.
I'm a PERSON, so I MUST be LABELED.
I DON'T CURSE, so I MUST be an outcast.
I like GAMES, ANIME and COMICS, so I MUST be childish.
I'm SWEDISH, therefore I MUST be WHITE.
I SPOT GRAMMATICAL ERRORS, so I MUST be a pedantic bastard
I'm GOTHIC, so I MUST be mean.
I’m STRONG so I MUST be stupid.
I'm Australian so I MUST hunt crocodiles and talk to kangaroos.
I go to RENFAIRES, so I MUST talk weird, be a loser, and not be up with the times.
I’m GAY so I’m after EVERY straight guy around.
I don’t want a BOYFRIEND so I MUST be Lesbian.
I'm NOT CHRISTIAN so I MUST just need converting.
I like marching band, so I MUST be a friendless freak.
I DRINK and SMOKE, so I MUST have no life.
I am friends with a CUTTER, so I MUST be a CUTTER too.
I cry easily, so I MUST be a wimp.
I can't help pointing out mistakes so I MUST be an over-controlling perfectionist.
I'm a PERFECTIONIST so I MUST check everything ten times, then burst into tears at one mistake.
I DON'T LIKE to talk about my personal life so I MUST be having problems.

Of Seddie, Zombies, and Carmel (California)

Hey readers!

Sorry I haven't posted in a while! I've been busy with school work, writing, going on a short vacation with my sister and mom and my new addiction: seddie.

To start off this post I have to explain that I have very addictive behavior. That's why when I was ten I ate three gallons of strawberry icecream a week for an entire summer. Ever since I discovered fanfiction from HarryPotterFanFiction.com, I've become obsessed with fanfiction, going on fanfiction.net almost daily to check for good new stories. This has been going on for four years or so. And I've been writing it for about two years.

Because I love romance stories and dark, angst driven ones, I've been going on "ship" (relationship in fanfic lingo) bandwagons. So far I've experimented in reading and writing in various Harry Potter ships, Dasey (aka Derek and Casey in "Life with Derek"), Shules (Shawn and Jules in "Psych") and Numbuh 3 and Numbuh 4 in "Codename: Kids Next Door".

I've been reading much more than just those ships but those are my main ones. Now, I have added a new ship to obsess over: Seddie (Sam and Freddie in iCarly). I know iCarly is really childish, but I can't stay away. It caught the tail end of my Nickelodeon days and stuck with me. I love the idea of a romantic relationship building on the base of "frenemies" (friends but yet still enemies).

So I've been addicted to reading fanfiction about that ship. So there's an excuse.

Another is for my mother's fiftieth birthday, my sister took her and myself to Carmel. Carmel in a small town by the beach in California. I had a wonderful time with my mom and sister. We went looking in the shops, they went wine tasting while I stood there eating all the cheese off the bar, and ate amazing breakfast burritos. If you go to Carmel, I suggest Katy's Place for breakfast. It has a great menu about three pages long filled with breakfast choices!

Now, I must give a big thank you to Zombie Grrrl of Crackin' Spines and Takin' Names. After all the contests I've entered I finally got chosen! I'm the second winner of her blogoversary contest! Happy Blogoversary Zombie Grrrl!

And, as you may or may not have discussed earlier, I have been working on a book with a protagonist named Zombie. I'm excited to write this. It's about a girl, called Zombie, who lives in a society of runaway teens under the leadership of Banshee, a twenty-something year old. Everyone has their own fantasy names, like Fairy, Phoenix and Dragon. Zombie's the only one who has no clue what her name was, what she ran away from or if she even ran away at all.

Does that sound interesting to you? I've been adding things to try to make it better. That's not the only storyline at play there.

So I'm feeling pretty good. How are you?

Making Recycled Paper

Hello reader,

On Thursday I learned how to make your own paper in Biology class (yes I do independent study but I go to a Biology class once a week). I figured I would share this technique to those of you who are crafty and would like to do this.

Needed:

Scraps of white paper

Colored paper (optional)

Water

A blender

Two small screens

A towel

An iron

The first step is to get some wet, torn up paper (usually white) and you can add torn colored paper to add some "pizazz" to it. I chose to add mostly blue construction paper with it and some green.

You then put it in a blender and add some water to it. Keep blending it until it gets really mushy. You may have to stop the blender a few times and mix it around because the paper usually gets stuck during the blending process. Usually "pulse" is the best setting to use.

Once you do that, you take it all out of the blender and spread it between two screens. Press some newspaper or any type of paper to get the water out. After most of the water is out, take a towel, put it over your concoction (of course without the newspaper you used to dry it with) and press an iron down repeatedly on it until it is warm and dry. Peel it off the screen and then set it in the sun for a few hours.

And there you have your recycled paper! You can make your own cards with it and where I live if you sell this, it can get pretty expensive. So now you can make your own!

Here's a picture of how my paper turned out:

100 Things That Make Me Happy

This list was one of my 101 things to do in 1001 days. I'm glad that I did it. I was very fun.

100 Things that Make Me Happy

1. Cute dogs
2. Triple chocolate chip cookies
3. Finishing a story
4. Making my mom smile
5. Getting a good idea for a story
6. Pretty black dresses
7. Listening to my boyfriend say “I love you”
8. Classics
9. Babies
10. Baby clothes
11. Good reviews
12. Helpful comments
13. Glowing candles
14. Tender family moments
15. 49ers winning a game
16. Getting together with my friends
17. Reading a good book
18. Juice Squeeze
19. Dancing at the Moose with my mom and her friends
20. Hot showers
21. Studying history
22. Antique shopping
23. Going to festivals and fairs
24. Hardworking people
25. Psych the TV show
26. Finishing schoolwork
27. Ghost stories
28. Children playing and laughing
29. Beautiful photographs
30. Halloween decorations
31. The smells of baking
32. Laughing out loud
33. Traveling
34. Exploring an old small country town
35. Swimming in the Trinity River
36. Seeing someone succeed through hard work
37. The first day of summer vacation
38. Making lists
39. Live music
40. Writing a good letter
41. The “bookstore smell”
42. Cuddling
43. Listening to inspirational songs
44. The shaky feeling after running two miles
45. Watching live musicals
46. Pretty notebooks
47. The strong smell of vanilla
48. Old photos of relatives
49. Thrift shopping
50. Freedom of speech
51. Stained glass windows
52. Blogging
53. My cloak
54. Going out to ice cream with someone
55. Classical rock music
56. Tolerance
57. Castles
58. Gooey, fresh, warm brownies
59. Staying home and watching thunderstorms
60. Helping someone
61. Dark pretty dolls
62. People thinking I’m weird
63. Pens
64. Being told I look pretty by someone other than a relative
65. Irish accents
66. Roller derby
67. Reminiscing with my mom or an old friend
68. Swinging on swings
69. Happy fantasy worlds
70. Fresh fruit
71. A good non-gory scary movie
72. Harry Potter
73. Thinking of my future and talking with my boyfriend about it
74. Seeing an amazing trailer
75. Waking up in the morning to find a new text message
76. Foreign language scary movies with subtitles
77. Studying mythology and legends
78. Black lipstick
79. The smell of my pillow on a hot day while camping
80. Winning a debate
81. Stargazing at the ranch with my momma
82. Taylor Swift
83. Beautiful tattoos (normally with fairies in them)
84. Tarot cards and other occult practices
85. Stories of witches
86. Picking out plants/herbs/flowers
87. Stories concerning zombies
88. Haters who show respect
89. Gothic dresses
90. Pentagrams
91. Victorian style houses
92. Creating a good character name
93. Vitamin String Quartet music
94. YA book bloggers who help me figure out what to read next
95. Pretty fonts
96. Mexican food
97. Cheeseburgers
98. Spaghetti
99. Delilah and Jasper’s dances when they are excited
100. When my mom enjoys something that I wrote

Ridding the World of Weeds

After getting my school assignments for the next week, I went to Orchard Supply Hardware (OSH) with my grandma to get soil and dog-friendly snail killer for her garden. I told her about my plans for the herb garden in my backyard and she bought me three new herbs along with the rosemary, oregano and thyme that my mom and sister gave me yesterday. I now have those plus lemon balm, dill and chives. My sister loves dill and chives so she will be excited when she gets home.

Before I can plant my herbs, I have to put some better soil on the hill and before that, I have to eliminate the weeds on said hill. So, wearing my mother's yard work gloves, I got on my knees and pulled the weeds.

It must have taken three or four hours combined with the efforts I did yesterday. There were a lot of weeds. Now I can't wait to plant my herbs and take care of them! Since I'm not doing regular school anymore, this garden will keep me from not being lazy.

I really want to get some ginger root to plant and maybe a cinnamon tree. Does anyone know if I can purchase some at OSH or Home Depot? My grandma says that she will let me take some of her mint to put in my garden.

I can't wait to have everything planted! Also, I can't wait until I marry a rich man or am a wealthy writer or whatever then I will have all the time in the world to tend not only a herb garden but a vegetable garden too and write my stories. Haha.

Movie Review: Pan's Labyrinth

Ofelia loves fairy tales, her mother and her unborn brother. She, however, does not like her new stepfather who is the captain that hunts down the resistance left over from the Spanish Civil War five years earlier. Ofelia's mother grows ill from the baby and there are many complications involving the pregnancy. While worrying, she meets several magical creatures including a faun who believes her to be the lost princess Moanna. He gives her three tasks so that she may return to her father's realm. Warning: this film is in Spanish.

Thank the goddess for subtitles because or else I would have no idea what was going on. True, I was in Spanish 2 but, a Spanish film is difficult to follow if you can't understand most of the words. While reading the subtitles, I was immersed in the story. I loved the idea of Pan and the secret world and the missing princess.

The make-up and special effects were amazing. I loved the faun's costume. Did anyone else know that the man who played the faun had no idea how to speak Spanish before getting this role? He did an awesome job.

I felt so passionate for the movie that I was ranting to my mom that I just wanted her stepfather to die. I hoped that he died at the end of the movie. It takes a really great film for me to get passionate about it and wish one of the characters dead.

I loved this movie and if you're into foreign films and reading subtitles along with a mythical movie plot this is the movie for you.

P.S. I thought the girl who played Ofelia was very well-casted. She played such a cute and caring character.

I'd give this movie an A in my opinion.

Maybe I'll come up with some rating system for this blog like I have in The Witch Reads.