02.20.08

And That’ll Get Rid of My Wisdom?

Posted in My.Life at 4:09 pm by amccorristonwo

Joey: ‘I can pass for nineteen, right?’
Phoebe: ‘Sure… except… you’ve got to do something about your eyes.
Joey: ‘My eyes? What’s wrong with my eyes?’
Phoebe: ‘There’s… too much wisdom in there. You know what you should do? Put teabags under your eyes for ten minutes.’
Joey: ‘And that’ll get rid of my wisdom?’
Phoebe: ‘Maybe just five minutes for you.’

Classic Friends. Anyway, that was just to explain the title of my blog. Now, to point out the relevance… I am getting my wisdom teeth taken out tomorrow. Hopefully I get to keep my wisdom ;) .
I can’t begin to describe how nervous I am for tomorrow. I’ve never had surgery of any kind so I’m extremely stressed out. I know it will go okay but I’m still scared. My mom makes me laugh pretty hard and she’s helping me feel better. Last night, I was getting really worked up about it and I kept saying that I was convinced I was going to die in the chair. To calm me down, my mom says (and this is an exact quote) ”Ashley, you could die right now. The chances of you dying because of your surgery are just as likely as you dying becuase you get hit by a car or something. It’ll be fine. I doubt you’ll die. I mean, how many people actually die from it? Probably only a handful. And hey, even if you do die, you can come back and haunt your friends. It’d be fun. And then I’ll die eventually… I dunno maybe I’ll get struck by lightning… and we can haunt people together. Okay?” If you don’t know my mom or me very well, then you might not think this would be helpful but for me it is. When she can joke about it I know that I don’t have a lot to worry about.

The big issue for me is needles. I have a really big fear of needles, and I cry and hyperventelate and shake and stuff whenever I even see a needle. Tomorrow I have to get two needles in the back of my hands, because the veins in my arms aren’t big enough. Recently I’ve been having dreams about them injecting the stuff into me and then instead of putting me to sleep, it keeps me awake… except they think I’m sleeping. (Does that make sense?) Anyways, so I’m actually awake but they don’t know that I’m awake and I can feel EVERYTHING. I know its irrational but hey, I’m scared!!

I’m also scared that my body wont react properly to the drug that they give me to put me out and I’ll wake up in the middle of it. I’ve heard of that happening a couple times and I’m a little worried about that. Especially since I am allergic to something in the anesthesia that they usually use, so they are using a substitute. Apparently ”it works the same”, but I’m not completely convinced!!

Anyways, thanks for letting me rant! Hopefully I’ll see you all in class on Tuesday. If not, expect some serious hauntings :P . I’ll update this blog after the surgery to let you guys know how it went, for those of you who care :D

02.12.08

LOVE is the Movement

Posted in School.&.World.Issues at 10:45 am by amccorristonwo

I recently heard about an event that I thought I would tell everyone about. It is called ‘LOVE is the Movement’, supported by the foundation “To Write Love On Her Arms”, which raises awareness for suicide and depression.

Valentines week has the highest rate for suicides than any other time of year. It also has the highest rate of breakups. Valentines day might be happy and joyous for those who have a girlfriend/boyfriend, but for those who don’t, it can be a really depressing time. This year, TWLOHA has organized a world-wide event called Love Is The Movement. Participants are to write the word “LOVE” on their arm, or “Love is the movement”, or something to that effect on both the 13th and 14th. Then throughout Wednesday and Thursday, when people ask about your arms, you are to explain about TWLOHA and tell people that they are loved by someone. This is a really close issue to my heart as I recently lost someone to suicide, and I think it is really important to just show other people that they are loved. This isn’t just something you can do on Valentines day, you can do it for the rest of your life. You can make a difference in peoples lives every day just by spreading a little love… a smile, a hello. It really makes a difference and I would love if more people got involved in Love Is The Movement. After you talk to people you are supposed to ask if you can write love on their arms, in order to spread the word.

For those who want more info about TWLOHA and LOVE is the Movement, just post a reply and I’ll get back to you today. It’s really important to spread the love!!

02.07.08

Juno

Posted in The.Arts at 12:55 pm by amccorristonwo

Okay so I recently had the absolute pleasure of watching the greatest film in the history of the world. Well, I don’t know if it’s the best, but it’s pretty good!

So for people who havn’t seen it yet and want to see it and be completely surprised, the next little bit you might not want to read. I don’t give a bunch away but still. Anyways, Juno is about a teenage girl named Juno who sleeps with Paulie Bleeker, her boyfriend/friend (it changes over the course of the movie) and ends up pregnant. At first she plans to have an abortion but Sue-Chin is there and tells her that her baby has fingernails, so she decides to give the baby up for adoption. She chooses to give the baby to a couple who lives in the suberbs in a really gorgeous, perfect house. The couple – Mark and Vanessa, seem completely perfect. During the nine months of her pregnancy the movie goes over the struggles she faces with pregnancy, Bleeker, and Mark & Vanessa. Eventually Mark tells Juno that he’s divorcing Vanessa and there’s a huge emotional moment, and everyone cries, and it’s great. And then Juno has to make some decisions. And that’s all I’m going to tell you so as not to ruin it!

This movie can appeal to people our age and our parents age. I loved this movie because of the humour, and how witty it is! It’s not just your standard ‘haha, I made a sexual comment’ humour, it’s actually witty and so clever. I also liked the characters and how I could imagine people in our school when I was watching it. It was real. My mom liked it for the real-life aspect too. She loved how it showed the ups and downs of pregnancy, and the issues teens face when pregnant. She also loved that the ‘perfect’ couple may not be so perfect. My mom really enjoyed the humour too. Sometimes at dinner we just quote Juno, and it’s great! I’m surprised that we found a movie we both love!

So now I’m going to put some quotes that I just loved. This is such a great movie!!
- (Juno grabs a pregnancy test and goes into the bathroom at the convenience store) Convenience Store Guy: You better pay for that pee stick when you get back! Just because you marked it with your urine doesn’t mean it’s yours!
- (Juno comes back with the pregnancy test in hand) Convenience Store Guy: What’s the verdict fertile mertle? Juno: It’s positive. (Juno shakes the pregnancy test in attemp to change the sign) Convenience Store Guy: That aint no etch-a-sketch. That’s one doodle that can’t be un-did, homeskillet. Your eggos preggo, my friend.
- Vanessa: We’ve been trying to adopt for a while.
   Juno: You should’ve just gone to China. ‘Cause I hear they give away babies like free iPods. They pretty much just put them in those t-shirt guns and shoot them out at sporting events.
- Adoption Lady: There’s a few forms we’ll need you to fill out.
   Juno: What? Can’t we just do this old school, I put the baby in a basket and send it your way, like Moses and the reeds?
- Juno’s BFF: Are you sure you’re pregnant? Maybe it’s a food baby.
   Juno: No, it’s not a food baby, I’ve taken like three pregnancy tests and I am for shizz up the spout.
   Juno’s BFF: How did you even generate enough pee for three pregnancy tests?

That’s all I’m going to say, GO WATCH THE MOVIE AND YOU’LL HEAR LOTS MORE!

02.05.08

The Adventures of Phyllis and Chauncy; The Little Stapler That Could. Well, Not Really.

Posted in My.Work at 10:46 am by amccorristonwo

We last saw Phyllis and Chauncy narrowly escape an evil plum-bearing man with his no-dancing laws and his flappy purple plum skin. Now, they must work together and fish, weight-lift, dance, and run their way to safety. Plus a few other things the twins are awfully good at.

Chauncy had a best friend, Juan (HOO-AHN). He wasn’t the greatest friend… he was physically incapable of giving advice… he couldn’t play with Chauncy on the playground, he barely heard a word Chauncy said, and frankly, he injured things for a living. Oh yes. Juan. He was kind though. He never talked back, and always did what he was told. Oh yes, Juan. The Little Stapler That Could. One day at school, Chauncy was just walking down the hall, talking to Juan, when a big kid named Freddy knocked his binders out of his hands.
‘What are you talking to a stapler for? It ain’t gon’ talk back! You loser, you ain’t got no friends ‘cept your stupid stapler.’ Big Fat Freddy and his Big Fat Mouth. He shouldn’t have angered Juan.
All of a sudden, Juan lept out of Chauncy’s arms and began stapling Big Fat Freddy’s lips shut. No more Big Fat Insults.
Teachers began running at him from every which way. Phyllis emerged from an air duct in the ceiling and pulled him up. Why Phyllis was in the air duct I could not tell you. Perhaps she was in charge of maintenance? She was always rather handy, I think she was doing maintenance. Anyways, so Phyllis, Chauncy, and Blood-Soaked Juan scurried down the vent and ended up in the school yard. Glancing behind them they saw the Principal and some teachers chasing after them with meter sticks and angry faces. Their only hope was to run… to run like the wind. And so they ran, as fast as they could. They were excellent runners, as you know, so they managed to run all the way to Canada. They needed a big crowd of people and disguises… so they of course went to Canada’s Wonderland… the only place where you can wear a big purple hat and wave glow sticks without getting funny looks. Alright, well you might get some looks. So they bought their hats and their glow sticks and mixed in with the crowd. Soon enough the park was closing and they were rather cold and lonely as they sat in the barren parking lot of that magical place.
‘We can use the glow sticks to make a fire!’ Chauncy exclaimed. And so they did. How exactly, I couldn’t tell you. I’d like to think that they were trained with Wilderness Survival Tips. Perhaps in the Boy Scouts, or Girl Guides. Anyways, so they lit their glow stick fire and warmed themselves. They huddled together under their giant hats and waited for morning.
But morning never came.

No, I’m kidding. It came. However, they weren’t at Canada’s Wonderland anymore. They were in prison. That’s right. They woke up in a cell with four other people… one of whom was rather large and overly friendly, with wandering hands. Nice man though. Wandering Hand Man.  They needed a way to escape.
‘Here. Take these. You are young, and have your life in front of you. Take these and get out of here… but promise me one thing… come back for me.’ Wandering Hand Man offered up his nail clippers and the twins promised to return for him.  They jabbed the guards in the eyes with the clippers and made a break for the door. On their way out they grabbed supplies – a cell phone, food, a blanket, a musket, and a bottle of poison. Just in case. They put the supplies in a back pack and ran out the door. Chauncy knocked over a computer and it crashed to the floor. They knew the other guards would hear the commotion and come running, so they left in a flash.

They heard sirens in the distance and knew they needed to find cover. They ran into a tackle shop and grabbed whatever fishing gear they could. Their only hope was to get caught on a giant fish and be dragged away to safety. They ran to the waterfront and cast their lines into the ocean. All of a sudden, the Waterhorse appeared! You know, from that movie? The Water Horse? Anyways, so he shows up and swims them to safety. Or, what he though was safety. The Amazon Rainforest.

They walked carefully through the forest, musket and poison in hand, ready for any danger that may befall them. But none came. They emerged in Columbia only to be stopped by men with automatic weapons and angry faces. Phyllis, Chuancy, and Juan were taken to a holding room, where the Columbian Angry Face Men were drinking and laughing. They knew what they had to do to escape. They looked at each other and nodded. Phyllis started dancing. She danced hip-hop, popping and locking and twirling around the Columbian Angry Face Men. She moved into ballet, stretching and twisting and leaving these men in awe of her grace. Meanwhile, Chauncy was putting poison in their drinks. Phyllis danced and danced… danced like she was auditioning for So You Think You Can Dance. They watched her and drank, and laughed. All of a sudden they all dropped to the floor.
“YES! Good job Phyllis!” Chauncy exclaimed. They ran around the room trying to find a way out, but there was none. Chauncy got ready. He gathered up all of his strength and might and ran right at the solid cement wall. It shattered and they ran as fast as they could for safety. The building began to collapse, chasing after them. They narrowly escaped and ended up in the middle of a drug war. That’s right. Columbians protecting their fields, FBI agents trying to put them all away. Phyllis and Chauncy ran through the war, dodging gunshots. They were excellent dodgers. I think they used to play Dodgeball professionally. I’m not sure though. Anyways, they dodged and dodged and tried to run for freedom in the helicopter of the FBI Agents. All of a sudden, Chauncy was snatched up by a Columbian man, attempting to hold him hostage. There was only one way out of this mess. The Musket. Phyllis grabbed the musket out of her pack and shot one bullet. Of course, this musket had no accuracy but Phyllis was a great shot. It hit the man directly between the eyes, and he fell to the ground, releasing Chauncy.

They ran to safety in the helicopter and were returned home. Their records were cleared, as Phyllis had unknowingly murdered the Columbian Drug Lord.
Just another world, saved by Phyllis and Chauncy, and the Little Stapler that Could. Well, not really. He didn’t do much. But, Phyllis and Chauncy sure did.