The 12 Days of Christmas

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!! I hope Santa was good to everyone.

Everybody knows the song "The 12 Days of Christmas". Now I personally think this song is VERY unrealistic. For one thing, no one I know, not even a 'true love' would give somebody 12 gifts in a row; plus, even if you DID give them 12 presents, you give it all at once, not on 12 different days!! Anyway, I don't want to type out the entire thing, so I'm just going to write what the gifts were on the different days:
1st day: a partridge in a pear tree
2nd day: two turtle doves
3rd day: three french hens
4th day: four calling birds
5th day: five gold rings
6th day: six geese a-laying
7th day: seven swans a-swimming
8th day: eight maids a-milking
9th day: nine ladies dancing
10th day: ten lords a-leaping
11th day: eleven pipers piping
12th day: twelve drummers drumming
Now this song really annoys me. Example A: what's with all the birds?? Doves, hens, birds... why not just buy a canary from the pet store and be done with it? Example B: this song is so repetitive!! 11 pipers piping- well no kidding! What would the pipers be doing? Baking? Swimming? Example C: why on earth would your loved one give you nine ladies dancing? If you're the male, you don't want nine ladies dancing around him, and if you're a woman, who cares about other women?? And finally, Example D: what's with the really old-fashioned wording? Seven swans a-swimming- why do you need the 'a' before the verb? I guess they just needed it to fit into the beat. So, as you can see, I'm a bit picky. But you'll see in later posts that I have a bone to pick with a lot of different songs!

Figment.com

I know in an earlier post I suggested that people sign up for a website called Shelfari. But, if you like to write more than you like to read, then Figment.com is the website for you!! You can post stories or poems you have written and get great feedback!! People can review, comment, and heart pieces of writing. You can even follow authors you like, so it alerts you if they update a story or post a new one!! If you love to write, please join this website!! You'll be happy you did!

Jackie Kennedy Onassis

The former first lady, Jackie Kennedy Onassis, sounds like a very fascinating person! She's a very important herself, being the previous wife of John Kennedy, but when she had her job as an editor, she got to work with a lot of cool people of books! I just learned that got to work with Michael Jackson on his book, and he even said that he wouldn't write the story UNLESS she edited it. Since they didn't finish before he was supposed to go on tour, SHE WENT WITH HIM ON HIS TOUR TO AUSTRALIA. How cool is that?! I would've loved to help edit a book written by Michael Jackson and go on tour with him! Then I found out she edited a book on John Lennon, which is really cool, too! I want to do this!! Bring on the "King of Pop" and John Lemon. My pen is ready!

Shelfari.com!!

I'm sorry I haven't been posting as often lately. It's because I've been on this website called Shelfari that I learned about through my school, and this website is great!! You can suggest book sto friends, review and give the number of stars for all the books you read!! It's so fun, and I already have like, 13 books that were suggested to me to read!! Well, I have to go!! Lots of books on my nightstand to begin to read!! =D

(By the way...I STILL hvan't seen the seventh Harry Potter movie......... has anyone else? How is it?!)

-Celeste =D