Phantom of the Opera

If you have not seen this play or seen the movie, you need to.  This is one of my favorite movies of all time.  I've seen it countless times and I cannot get over how awesome it is.  I love musicals,  Gerard Butler, love stories, fighting, Paris, theater, and twist.  This story has them all.  A young, talented, beautiful singer who is visited by the angel of music, falls in love with a handsome childhood sweetheart.   The Opera ghost is also in love with her and the story is all about the Opera ghost's threats and attempts to win her love and affection while she sings and performs is genius work, making her extremely lovable and popular by her audience. Who will she choose? Watch the movie.  There also an awesome theatrical version done in Las Vegas where you are actually sitting in the theater while the story is being told and performed around.  As in, you are part of the audience in the story.  This literally puts you IN the play.  It is on my bucket list to go see it.

This is one of my favorite scenes of the movie.  It is the  Masquerade Ball and it is a beautiful scene of black and gold.  I wish I could attend something like this.

Another favorite scene of mine.  The love duet between Christina and Raul is fantastic.  It's snowing, they are on top of the theater and they are singing of their love to each other. 

Like I said before, I love Gerard Butler.  He is such a versatile actor.  He portrays the Phantom's character perfectly and in this scene he is royally pissed and he has come for Christina. 

All American Girl

When I was in Jr. High I always had a book in my hand.  I was in the library every other day.

  I picked up this book one day and decided that I would try to finish it within a few weeks.  It was probably the thickest book I had read so far (besides the Goblet of Fire).  All American Girl  took me all of four days to read.  I could not set it down.  The story was about a girl going through that rebellious teenage phase.  She wanted to be an artist and took art classes every week.  One day when she is on her way to class, she sees a man with a gun and he was walking towards a man.  Due to reflex, she when and jumped on the gunman and knocked him over.  This victim who he was after happened to be the president of the United States.  She becomes a hero and what do you know, she happens to be sharing an art class with the president's handsome son.  Of course I'm not gonna spoil the story by telling you what happens  next but i'm sure you can take a guess.  All American Girl is an awesome book.  It inspired me to read more of Meg Cabot's works and now she is my all time favorite author.  

Soccer Ball to the Face

http://youtu.be/GuFcXWvSNzY

I love laughing.  I think most everybody does.  I am not sure that everyone laughs at the same things but occasionally I laugh when people look silly doing things or even when people hurt themselves.  I came across this particular video when I first discovered Youtube.  I was looking for a video to put on my myspace page (I know, myspace is lame...but take into consideration that I was in high school and had not converted to facebook yet).  Anyways, when I saw this video I seriously fell out of my computer chair and was rolling on the floor laughing.  I mean, whoever does not laugh at this video has no sense of humor.  Who wouldn't wanna watch some kid kicking a soccer ball into a pole while attempting to 'be cool' and make an awesome goal and then it backfire and hit him?  This video made my day and still makes me crack up each time I watch it.  I hope you enjoy the video like I did.