Teehee, that's Eva Longoria from Desperate Housewives. And look what she's holding in her hand :D

YAY, all the tributes are finally assembled. The last two to join the cast are the District 2 tributes: Alexander Ludwig as Cato (who had initially auditioned for the role of Peeta), and Isabelle Fuhrman. If they sound familiar, it's because Alexander Ludwig was in The Race to Witch Mountain and Isabelle Fuhrman played Esther in Orphan.

Awesome Quote of the Day:

Fred Weasley: How're you feeling Georgie? George Weasley: ..... saint-like. Fred Weasley: .... come again? George Weasley: Saint-like (points to ear) George Weasley: I'm holey.

Happy Birthday Jessica!! (L)(L)(L) You can take your driver's knowledge test now lols :D Man it's so weird, I've always thought of you as older than me. Maybe its cause you just seem much more.... what's the word? Mature? No. More experienced than me? I CAN'T PUT IT INTO WORDS. But yeh, hehe, happy birthday XD

I got sent to the principal's office today. I walked into the office and the two deputies were there as well and my immediate reaction was "Oh shit." It's like that feeling that you get when you see a policeman on the street - the knee-jerk reaction of fear when you haven't even done anything wrong. LOL yeh, that's what happened to me. And then Mr M goes, Cynthia, please take a seat, and the first thing that went through my head was, "Crap, I failed the history extension half yearly." I know, illogical, but I couldn't help it.

Anyways, turns out that I'm getting award for doing well on the school cert. and I'll have to go to an award presentation thingo at Sydney Uni, apparently. I didn't even know you could get an award for the school certificate O_O. Ha, well there you go. It's gonna be on the Thursday, first day back of school and apparently I'm gonna get prize LOL. I betcha 20 bucks its a voucher. Well, it's kinda cool I guess. Now I can rub it in my sister's face and go, "LOOK WHO'S THE FAIL CHILD NOW??" hehe I'm joking :) But still, she's always telling me how her school is a bijillion times better than mine because they have more money and better facilities. WELL LET'S SEE YOU GET ONE OF THESE THEN, SHALL WE? jks jks. You already know I'm better than you, right CK?

I had the most retarded dream ever. And I've had really retarded dreams over the years. Remember that one where I was Princess Speck? lols. Well this one took the cake. It wasn't weird in the sense that strange stuff happened (like me turning into a pink dot or getting chased by a hillbilly), it was weird because it seemed so real. And when I woke up, it was like "Dammit :( I wish that was real."

What else did I want to say? Oh that's right, JOSH HUTCHERSON AND LIAM HEMSWORTH HAVE BEEN CAST AS PEETA AND GALE RESPECTIVELY IN THE HUNGER GAMES MOVIE. I don't mind Josh Hutcherson as Peeta I guess. But ew, Liam Hemsworth? I can't help associating that name with Miley Cyrus. I smell another Twilight on the horizon.....

Josh Hutcherson as Peeta (maybe if they dyed his hair and made him wear contacts, he'll look a little bit like Peeta? It's the acting that counts anyway right?):

Liam Hemsworth as Gale (errrr, I don't have anything to say to this):

I found out about this yesterday and honestly, I'm just happy that they finally announced it. There's been speculation for like forever so I got sick of hearing stuff like, "Jennifer Lawrence close to Katniss offer" and then "Lionsgate has not offered Katniss role of Jennifer Lawrence."

For those who don't know, Jennifer Lawrence was most recently nominated for an Academy Award for her role in Winter's Bone. Yeh, I've never heard of her before that but that's ok. I don't doubt her acting abilities as the director has said that,

"I saw Winter’s Bone, and I just thought she was phenomenally talented and just
kind of riveting and amazing and had so much power. And then we had a meeting
and I found her to be just a completely compelling, intelligent person. But then
she came in and read for me and it just knocked me out. I don’t want to go into
too many details, but we did a scene from the movie and it was so amazingly
powerful that it was sort of stunning. You glimpsed every aspect of the role and
the potential of the whole movie"

LOL song of the week for the Hunger Games fansite, Mockingjay.net, is "Long Live" by Taylor Swift. Interesting. But they're usually never wrong with their song choices; after all, they're the ones who introduced me to The Band Perry :P

The lyrics actually suit the book really well though, which is unexpected. E.g:

I say remember this moment
In the back of my mind
The time we stood with
our shaking hands
The crowds in stands went wild
We were the kings and
the queens
And they read off our names

Another interesting fact: Malese Jow, the girl who plays Anna on the Vampire Diaries, is another contender for the Katniss role and apparently she wants a copy of that elusive script as well. Hmm.... I like her attitude. Judging from her interviews, she's proven that she's a true fan of the Hunger Games, even placing it above the Harry Potter series. But looks-wise, honestly I don't think she looks like Katniss. But I like that she's interested.

I'm not gonna pin much hope on who's gonna get the lead though. I remember the last time that happened. *GINORMOUS sigh* I'm still not over the fact that Emily Browning didn't get the role of Bella Swan. WHYYY?!



Who do you think should've gotten it? Emily Browning or Kristen Stewart? Best actress award winner or "best kiss" award winner? Sweet girl-next-door or the creepy junkie with the eyebags? *squints meanly at Kristen*

This is some Hunger Games related news so if you're not interested, you don't have to read this. Haha, I'm not stupid enough to think that the few people who read my blog like, or even know The Hunger Games :) But anyway, I saw this on a fansite and I thought it was interesting so I'll post it here.


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Source: Entertainment Weekly

The Hunger Games poses a particularly interesting problem. The book is designed for readers 13-and-up, the same group covered by a PG-13 rating, but this is no Harry Potter. As dark as the later books and films in J.K. Rowling’s series got, and as malicious and evil as Voldemort was, they in no way match the violence and horror of 24 individuals battling to the death as televised bloodsport. Arrows through the throat, spears in the side, faces chewed off by wolves. Add to that the fact that it’s children, as young as 12, on the receiving and giving ends of these attacks, and you can begin to understand how there will probably be some issues translating this story from the page to the screen.

It’s important to note that all this killing serves a very distinct purpose in the books. The Hunger Games is a war novel, and Collins means it to reflect the horror and destruction that accompanies human conflict. No deaths are portrayed glibly, not even those of the villains. But it may be too much to ask the organization that cites “slime,” “quirky situations,” and “intense depiction of very bad weather” as reasons for giving a movie a harsher rating to recognize that distinction. So how will The Hunger Games movie pull off a PG-13?

I imagine it will end up being a tightrope-walk. There’s no way the studio is going to let it get stamped with a scarlet “R,” as that would shut out huge swaths of its target audience, not to mention frustrate millions of fans of the books who will be required to drag along their parents in order to see the film. So violence that was front-and-center in the book will probably happen a little off to the side. When someone gets hit by an arrow, you’ll hear the thunk, but the camera will hold steady on the face of the victim.

In short: There will be blood, but not too much. Even with these tricks, though, there’s still the possibility that the bare premise alone of kid-versus-kid violence will prove too potent for the Hays Code-lite folks at the MPAA. The only thing that’s clear is that the filmmakers have a pretty daunting task ahead of them. Rue’s death, a visually and emotionally difficult scene, will be the real test: Will they be able to make it as much of a punch to the solar plexus as it needs to be? We can only hope so.

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I was wondering the same thing myself. When I first heard that THG was going to be turned into a movie, the first thought that popped into my head was "How are they going to show Rue being speared through the stomach?" The thing with The Hunger Games is that its violent, no doubt about that. BUT all that violence has a role in the novel. The scenes are so much more heartbreaking/awesome because of it. Taking out the violence from THG is the same as omitting the peanut butter in PBJ, IT DOESN'T WORK. But anyways... so far the main contender for the role of Katniss is Kaya Scodelario. I don't know her but apparently her fanbase is HUGE and they love her in Skins (is it Skins?)

WELL... judging from that picture alone, she definitely has the attitude...

Obviously something I DID NOT draw.

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Saw this on a Hunger Games fansite and I thought it was interesting so I posted it here.

Tracy LaSalle of Goffstown said her 11-year-old daughter began having nightmares
after reading “Hunger Games,” a novel by Suzanne Collins, in her seventh-grade
class.

The first novel of a trilogy, “Hunger Games” is a story about a
post-apocalyptic future in which 24 teenagers are forced to compete in a
televised battle to the death.

During that battle, the book’s heroine,
Katniss Everdeen, must “start making choices that weigh survival against
humanity and life against love,” according to the publisher’s description of the
novel.

LaSalle told the School Board that the book was wholly
inappropriate for her daughter or any other student.

“Twenty-four
children are pitted in a life-or-death struggle with each other. The reason?
Entertainment. That’s sick,” LaSalle said. “You guys don’t want Columbine, but
you’re putting forth material that will totally desensitize the children to
murdering other children.”

During the Sept. 20 School Board meeting,
LaSalle described several graphic passages in the book where the teenage
competitors kill each other.

“What does that teach as far as honor?”
LaSalle asked. “What does that teach as far as ethics? Where is the moral lesson
in this book that’s being shown to our children?”

After hearing
LaSalle’s complaint, School Board Chairman Keith Allard asked Superintendent of
Schools Stacey Buckley to review the book. Buckley said the book will be
reviewed by a committee at the school, which will issue its findings to LaSalle
and Buckley within 30 days.

“It goes to the materials review committee,
which consists of the librarians, the principal of the building and teaching
staff,” Buckley said in an interview. “They’ll review the material and the
curriculum and determine whether it’s appropriate.”

Allard said
LaSalle’s complaint was rare for the school district, where parents typically
resolve their concerns with teachers or school administrators.

“There
may have been some more informal conversations with parents or something like
that, but this is the first one – at least in the last eight years – that it’s
come to the board level,” Allard said.

LaSalle said administrators at
Mountain View Middle School acted quickly to remove her daughter from the class
where “Hunger Games” was being taught. But LaSalle said she felt the problem was
with the book, and not her daughter.

“The answer to this situation is
not removing my daughter from the classroom,” LaSalle said. “It’s removing this
filth from the school district.”

I honestly can't believe this woman wants to ban it :L Has she even read it? LOL. tsk tsk, book discrimination.

Oh well. It's not like I care. After all, the best way to get people to read a book is to ban it. Right?


BTW: Apparently, Chloe Moretz who played the purple-wigged...girl (forgot her name) in Kickass, is actually a really strong contender for the role of Katniss is the movie production of the Hunger Games. They asked her is she would be interested and she was like, "Absolutely!" Same goes for the Little Miss Sunshine girl. I dunno though... Chloe is WAYY too young and Abigail is just ..... not right. Well hey, at least these people have read the books, unlike Mrs Stupid up there >_>

IMO, this actress would make a good Katniss :), plus she's interested so...

HAHAHAHA Aren't they just awesome? Obviously I didn't make them, cause I'm not that funny.

There's more at the mockingjay website.

This is a mock trailer of the Hunger Games movie. It is not the real trailer, just a fan made one. That doesn't take away any of the awesomeness of it though :D

I DID NOT make this video - I shall make that very clear. No copyright infringement was intended. The honours go to TheHungryJabberJay, who made and uploaded the video on youtube.

OMGOMGOMG THE COUNTDOWN HAS BEGUN!! Get ready for more Hunger Games hype in my upcoming posts. You've been warned. (more about this down the bottom)

"Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted." - Albert Einstein.

Huh. Go figure.

Y'know sometimes its best to just nod and pretend you understand when really you have no clue. I've realized that I do that a lot these days. Just nod and walk away...

Also, I've realised that the reason I zone out in class is simply because it takes too much energy to look like I'm paying attention.

Today my maths book fell apart on me. A huge chunk of it just broke away so I ended up with like two parts of a maths book during class. Is this a sign? Should I not do Extension maths next year? Psssh nah, I've wasted too much blood, sweat and tears on maths and maths tutoring to just chuck it away. So many hours of my high school life have been dedicated to doing maths. I might as well spend another two years slaving away at it.

Sometimes I wish I had an interest in mathematics, science and economics - subjects that can get you mullah. Oh well, it's not like I need much. As I mentioned before in my LIFE PLAN, I'm just gonna freeload off Tian and Nancy. In exchange for housing and food, I will scrub their toilets for them. Yep; aim high people.

I really like learning about Anne Frank. It's interesting, compared to erm *cough*thegathering*cough*. You know, I think I might be developing a crush on a guy that died in 1945 =3 Peterrrr... LOL. I'M JOKING. I'm eccentric, not crazy.

Speaking of Peters,

THE THIRD PART OF THE HUNGER GAMES SERIES: MOKINGJAY IS GONNA BE OUT NEXT MONTH!!!

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LOL I just wanted to repost this.

IAMSOFUCKINGEXCITED. It's like the twilight series all over again, huh. Not many people know the Hunger Games but its gonna be like one of those super phenomenal worldwide explosions (like Twilight) where its gonna become famous overnight. Just you wait and see.

Oh and I want one of these:

Isn't that awesome?

Last of all, to the people who give a shit, here is a site I just discovered that has cool Hunger Games updates: http://www.mockingjay.net/

It's got book updates, movie updates and even some casting news on who's gonna play who in the movie.