The Amazing Race: My emotional viewpoint

OH MY GRAVY!!!! Really really?!?!?! COME ON! SHANNON MURPHY SHANNON MURPHY SHANNON MURPHY!!!!! REALLY?!?!? What was the point in that ya globetrotters? I liked the Globetrotters up until now! Was there any reason to do that? No there crackin wasn't. SHANNON MURPHYYYYYYYYYYYYYY! and yes I know I am editing and adding pictures its not creepy...but it is how I channel my uneccessary anger towards people I dont know!! and venting in random notes! Jet and Cord were THE BEST team in Amazing Race history!!!!!!! THE BEST! They were funny, nice, polite, they didn't cuss, they didn't ditch people (on purpose), they were just all around amazing and great guys! and what happens?? They get u-turned my a couple of "nice guys" hmmm....not so nice! lol..but really if they had been reversed would the Cowboys have u-turned anyone? No! They would have let it play out. but gee I guess some people can't do that!!! Well I am done with The Amazing Race for the rest of the season...I threw my little cowboy hat on the ground and cried...just like Daddy did when The Steelers lost the superbowl..oops did I say that? lol. Well here's to the best team to ever grace us with their presence on The Amazing Race Jet and Cord McCoy! No matter what anyone else says or whoe ever "wins" the million dollars they will always be the best and the greatest, and at least everything they did they did it honestly, politely, and they worked hard! When I take my trip down to Oklahoma (cause its like 5 miles...but they live like 3 hrs away...) anyway when I get down there I will see you and hug you and squeel like a little girl and then thank you for being the best!!! and now I will continue to watch bull riding in hopes of seeing them...and maybe now I will stop dreaming that Cord is my dad.....meh maybe not. lol. TO THE COWBOYS! Oh my gravy!

Luke Castellan ...and other things on my mind.

I notice as nothing amazing happens ....yet that there is nothing to write about...but it is very late at night and I feel oh so much like writing...soooo here goes. Real quick if you plan to read the Percy Jackson series and haven't...or if you haven't made it to the last two books just prepared to have everything ruined for you. So....I love love books and when it comes to some books such as the Percy Jackson series I become more involved and attached to them than any normal person should be....I mean I get attached to characters and everything is personal.....yes Im one of those people...you know the ones. The ones who would kill someone because they trashed Edward Cullen (only Im not thaaat bad...nor about Twilight) but you get what I'm talking about. so...in the Percy Jackson series my favorite character is Luke Castellan...the main evil guy...except I refuse to believe he is completely evil. Let's face it if your mother was phsyco and your dad abandoned you and you had to live a camp aaaall year and you were always chased by monsters you would be easily influenced by Kronos too...
okay this has nothing to do with my rant but it makes me laugh its from one of the PJ books
"Dreams like a podcast,
Downloading truth in my ears.
They tell me cool stuff."
"Apollo?" I guess, because I figured nobody else could make a haiku that bad.
He put his finger to his lips. "I'm incognito. Call me Fred."
"A god named Fred?"

another one
He cleared his throat and held up one hand dramatcailly.
“Green grass breaks through snow.
Artemis pleads for my help.
I am so cool.”
He grinned at us, waiting for applause.
"That last line was four syllables.” Artemis said.
Apollo frowned. “Was it?”
“Yes. What about I am so bigheaded?”
“No, no, that’s six syllable, hhhm.” He started muttering to himself.
Zoe Nightshade turned to us. “Lord Apollo has been going through this haiku phase ever since he visited Japan. Tis not as bad as the time he visited Limerick. If I’d had to hear one more poem that started with, There once was a godess from Sparta-"
“I’ve got it!” Apollo announced. “I am so awesome. That’s five syllables!” He bowed, looking very pleased with himself."

okay so Apollo is my 2nd favorite character...lol..I promise I'll get back to my rant...sometime.

""Wow," Thalia muttered. "Apollo is hot."
"He's the sun god," I said

"It seemed weird calling a teenager 'sir' but I'd learned to be careful with immortals. They tended to get offended easily. Then, they blew stuff up.

-Percy, thinking about talking to Apollo"

"You deal with mythological stuff for a few years, you learn that paradises are usually places where you get killed."

OKay back to my rant about why Luke isn't totally evil and I love him....however here is where I add my disclaimer I don't dislike Percy or anyone else, in fact I love them all very much, lol....but Luke is my guy! I shall defend his honor!!! okay anyways......
*thumbs through The Last Olympian*
Okay so...Im looking through the book trying to find the quote I want and Im already bawling!!!!!! Im not even really reading, Im skimming...see what I mean????
okay this is going to be alot of jumbled quotes....but hopfully it serves my ranting purpose.
"Then he gasped...'Annabeth'...it wasn't the titan's voice it was Luke's"
"He gasped again. Luke's voice: 'He's changing. Help.He's ...he's almost ready. He won't need my body anymore. Please-'"
"Luke ...collapsed, 'Please Percy..'"
"With difficulty, he stabbed himself" (Luke)
"Luke's left side was bloody. His eyes were open-blue eyes"
"You were a hero in the end Luke."
"Don't let it happen again' his eyes were angry, but pleading too...Luke nodded and his hand went slack"
"A shroud for the son of Hermes." (Luke :( he died)
"In the end, I wasn't really the hero. Luke was"
all of these come from The Last Olympian by Rick Riordan
Now to explain this (condensed version) Luke was all *turn to the evil side* because of cercumstances I mentioned earlier..however the Titan Kronos (Luke's great grandfather?) (this is all about greek mythology modernized by the way just in case you didn't know) manipulates him into serving him...I guess...in the end he semi-kills Luke so he can use Luke's body to form himself back together (in mythology Kronos was overthrown by the olympians (or the greek gods)(also his children) and they cut him up into little pieces and threw him into tartuars (deepest part of hades(I find greek mythology enertaining and I love PJ series, lol)) anyway...but Luke is still...alive. Anyway the point is once he is in his "true" form Luke's body will pretty much evaporate (killing Luke) and making Kronos super powerful and able to overthrow Olympus and the gods destroying everything. In the end Luke wants to "come back" to the "good" side and so he overthrew Kronos by fighting him for control over his body and killing himself...now let me explain it wasn't really suicide...here's the deal Kronos had Luke take a bath in The River Stix so that his body would be indestructable except in one very small place (ever heard the story of Akellies heel??? (I know spelling stinks...but you try spelling all these greek names)) Its the same thing...well only Luke knew where is "dead spot" was and Kronos was so powerful that he didn't have time for Percy or Annabeth (grrr...she's cool but she gets on my nerves...but that is another rant for another day:)) so he had to do it himself. Ultimatly he saves the day by sacrificing himself....and he dies a hero!!! By the waaaay he was my favorite from the very first book...so even if he hadn't died a hero I would still love him, but he did so ha! Also can I just say the actor they got to play Luke in the movie is like super amazing (and super hot!!!) he is its true.
 JAKE ABEL!!!!! Just saying!  yay...time for the Jake Abel show!! mwwwuuuuuaaaaah....oh gosh wait til I go off about Matthew Thiessen one of these days....cause its coming.

 and there is Jake Abel being Luke....lol

and I suppose we'll give a lil shout out to Logan Lerman who actually played Percy Jackson...lol.
He's pretty good looking too...and he's actually a great actorr....]
....okay so Im pretty sure I could do a whole blog on Logan Lerman's eyes (along w/Matthew Thiessen's ha-ha!) but I won't...so YAY for Logan you are also equally amazing!!!
How ever forgetting Jake and Logan...Percy will never be as amazing as Luke....lol...okay so...see ya! if you never read this blog again I understand! ;)
Kaitlin

Difference Between Telling The Truth and Judging: My Soapbox

What was said: If I tell you, you have to promise not to judge me
Translation: I'm going to tell you about something that I know is wrong and I know you don't approve of and I want you to keep your mouth shut.
Reality:Telling you that I don't approve and telling you that you're wrong isn't judging you it's loving you. I tell you I don't approve because I think you're making a mistake, I tell you you're wrong because I don't want you to screw your life up, and I tell you it's sin because I don't want you to spend an eternity in hell.
Judging you is making fun of you or treating you a certain way because of something you did or said or wore. Correcting you and telling you that you're wrong isn't judging, it's loving.
So be glad that someone loves you and quit getting irritated when someone tells you the truth.