Mafia

I hate the game called mafia. I suck at everything but being a townsperson.

Don't know what mafia is? Here, let me explain the darned game to you . . .

First of all, it's a real life game you play with real people. Not online. Not a video game. Now that that's clear . . .

In our youth group version, there are two mafia and everyone else is townsfolk. Mafia, in a normal game, are the murderers who go out killing the people. Only you don't murder. But I'll get to that later.

You choose the mafia by putting the same amount of pieces of paper as there are people in a bowl/hat/ect, two wearing the title as 'mafia' and the rest saying 'T' for townspeople. Don't let show anyone show another what they are.

Once the mafia are 'chosen' then you all stand in a circle, with the lights on, and have everyone cover their eyes. No peaking or the game restarts. Anyways, someone yells, "Mafia awaken!" and the two mafia uncover their eyes and find the other so they know not to 'kill' (in youth group we put each other to sleep, but casera) each other, and then they cover their eyes again when someone yell, "Mafia go to sleep!" Then the lights go off (all of them) and the game starts.

The point of the mafia is to kill one of the other people, and not get caught, perhaps make it look like another was the killer, and the townspeople's purpose is to not die, and somewhat to caught the killer so no one else dies.

To 'kill' another member of the town, the mafia merely has to go up to the desired person and draw an 'X' on their back. Since we had a nice accident where we fractures one of out members' finger, we don't 'die' we just stand there with our arms suddenly crossed over our chest and our head down, but originally it was where you drop to the ground, 'dieing' as dramatically as you'd like, but you must not make a sound. None. Nada.

Anyways, the mafia may kill as many as they'd like until one of the dead are found by another townsperson. If someone besides the killer finds someone dead they must yell the designated key word; in our case it is, "BANANAS BANANAS!" Original, right?

Then you have a town meeting. Anyone dead may attend by they made not hint in any way, shape, or form to who did it, and they may not speak. People accuse who they think the killer is, the accused give alibi's, and then the townpeople vote on who they think did it. That person is hung for their supposed crimes.

After the person dies, they say whether or not s/he was a mafia or not. You continue this until both mafia are killed and long dead for what they have done. Also, there is no reinfestation, so no one dead can come back to life. Sorry, you're ghosts.

And I suck at this game. It sucks. I mean, I do alright as a townperson, I just stand there and stare darkly around the room, maybe scare Brandon (a friend of mine) a little bit, but that's that. If I'm mafia I suck. I always get caught and if I don't I take too long and am found out. So yeah. I hate it.

Update on Phantom of the Opera:
I have read 15% of the book now! All the songs from the soundtrack are memorized as well :) And I've started earning money for the play. It will be *amazing*.

Adios!
Cassandra Bloom

P.S. I've been thinking of making the last name of my pen name 'Blood'. What do you think?

The Good News

So my family and I, since discovering my new obsession and learning that Las Vegas will no longer be showing The Phantom of the Opera at the Venetian in play format after September 2, 2012, that I may be able to go if I pay for most of the trip. It. Shall. Be. Brilliant. I am. So. Excited. And. So. Lucky. I cannot stress that enough. *squeals* Omg omg omg omg.

But I did not come on here to gush about this. *shakes self* Well, it was part of it but of course I have more.

Some of you are probably wondering how far my obsession extends in Phantom of the Opera. Well, here is a small list of things I have done in honor of my love for even just those four words, in order from the earliest things to latest:

1. I have played a POTO song in band class on my Alto Saxophone. Greatest song ever. Well, Angel of Music may beat it actually. And all the originals on the soundtrack to the movie I can actually sing to.
2. I begged my mother for the movie, and I got it. Love. It.
3. I bought the book and will soon get a spin-off sequel. Haven't read more than 5% on the first, though. I'm too busy right now. (If you were wondering, yes, that is how busy I am. I am so busy I cannot even find the time to read my next favorite book. Should I be doing that now instead of posting? No, I can't, I'm doing school).
4. I made a screen saver set for myself on my computer made from various hot snapshots from the Andrew Lloyd Webber version. LOVE it. And of course there are none of that brat Raoul. My favorite picture? At the bottom of this post :)
5. I am getting front row tickets to one of the last three plays going on in Las Vegas for Phantom. And I'm paying for three, one for me and each of my parents. PAYING MYSELF. Talented, aren't I?
6. I have now bought the soundtrack. It is amazing as well. Love each song.

Now, isn't that a lot? I'm obsessed. But it's a good thing. Good good head noise...

He just seems so gentle, and yet so strong here. And trust me, it was hard to pick a favorite.

The Greatest Movie in the Universe

My new obsession:

If you cannot tell what these are, they are pictures from Phantom of the Opera. Love Mr. Gerard Butler, there.

My favorite movie of all-time has officially changed from a number of random movies to Andrew Lloyd Webber's version of Phantom of the Opera, now known as The Greatest Movie in the Universe in my book, despite all the people who hate it in comparison to the play, but I haven't watched the play and therefor it's amazing. Though I do plan to watch the play in Las Vegas someday, along with Wicked.

In fact I loved it so much that I bought the e-book version and have already read a decent amount, and I also am planning a spin-off in modern-day time. It shall be epic.

My favorite character is Erik, also known as the Phantom. Raoul was prissy, and despite Erik's crazy rampages and killings, I felt so sorry for him. It was tragic that he had such a bad childhood when he was really so beautiful. I also disliked Christine Daae, even though she was quite beautiful herself. She seemed too emotionless in the movie. Though she definitely fit the part.

It also seemed like a nice spin-off of Beauty and the Beast. Similar, with the 'beast' with the scarred face, temper, and everyone hating him. Same beautiful, small character who falls in love with the beast. Only of course she had to choose her darn childhood sweetheart.

Also, my newest favorite show is Once Upon a Time on ABC. I love it. Definitely recommend it. In fact, I'm watching it on Hulu as I type this. Talented, aren't I? xD

A Jumble of Me

Have you ever done something so horrible to a best friend, and got so many people involved in the damage, that you hated yourself for a long while? Well, that's how I feel today. Yesterday I started a fight with K', my best friend, and a lot happened. I'm just relieved she still loves me and can't bear the let me go even after what I did.

Why am I telling you this? Well, it's because everyone else has either already heard my complaints and has done their best to comfort me, or because they were involved in the damage and don't wanna hear about it. So I'm resulting to my last source because they all want the real me back as fast as possible.

But I'm not sure if I can come back. Honestly, (I've been using that word too much lately...) I just want to curl up in the corner and stay there for a few weeks, wallowing in my misery and pain and distrust of myself, until I finally die of starvation. I feel I will have been punished effectively then. A' thinks it's because I'm so hurt. But it's really because I'm so deep in the regret of what I said that it's what I feel I need to do. But A' wouldn't have any of that, and neither would anyone else.

I feel like the only time I'm truly happy anymore is in band, when I take an hour and a half break from life and pull out my alto saxophone and play next to my group of friends, all 50 of them, with the same passion for one single thing: Music. Beautiful, sweet tunes, and loud stomping elephant music. We play it all. And we love it.

I wish life had refunds. I would have used a million for just yesterday to get it right. I would give anything to go back. But I can't. And despite my wants to curl up and die, I can't do that either. I owe it to everyone I hurt to stay alive and not hurt them any more by killing myself.

But Lord, it would be so much easier if I could.

Valentine's Day

This Valentine's Day was probably my best yet. Miss Jessica Scarlett was my Valentine, and because we're both writer's she wrote me about 7 extra pages in her story as a present for me, because we can't exactly just want over to each others' houses and hug, and as an extra she also created this wonderful and lovely picture for me:

It was so sweet. And then later in the day I made her a PowerPoint wishing her a happy Valentine's Day and decorated it which photos and everything, so I'm quite happy. :)

Fun

I'm sorry for not posting for about four days, I'm just been busy. Which version do you want, short or long? Long it is.

Well, you see, I was kidnapped by cowboys and sent to a underground prison in the sewers so they could force me to use my wonderful writing talents to please their king...

Haha just kidding! I've seriously just been busy, between school, friends, babysitting, and tons of other things to keep up with. It's a miracle I can get by with less than 6 hours of sleep every night!

Anyways, fun are us. Lately my stories are going good, I just hit 4k in the one I started most recently (the one with Imogene and the mercenaries) and I also hit 6k in a werewolf one I've been going on for a couple weeks. If you couldn't tell, I write pretty slowly. But at least I write *wink*

And my kitties are cute. All six of 'em. Seriously. But the most fun I have with them is with the laser pointer, when each one has his/her own talent in the chase. Cassy is our 'Jumping Shrimp' because she can jump to my shoulders, Thor is our panter if you can get his to run enough (he's a lazy bum even though he's so young...), and Rosy's our Dizzy Dial because she runs in circles so much. You can see why I love them XD

By the way, this is probably what I'm gonna blog about from on. No, not my kitties, but more random things that actually attain to my life. This is the real me.
C.B. <3

What is Love?

Since Valentines Day, as you know, is coming up, I've been thinking. To me, it's always been one of those days where disaster strikes all those loved ones and those perfect couples. Maybe that's because I've never experienced it myself--with a true boyfriend. I don't know.

But this year, I'm gonna try to focus on the good stories, the successful ones, and bring them to the light. I'm going to take a break from everything I do--school, writing, band--and just make sure every story gets written down.

Personally, I'm gonna get one of my girlies to be my valentine just for fun, and as friends (I have nothing against lesbians, I just am not one myself) and we're gonna have a fun time. Well, besides the fact that I'll be gone half the day on a band field trip. But we'll have fun besides that.

Anyways, time to get to the point of this post:
What is Love?

Love can be many things. It can be a strong connection between you and a friend. It can be a weird attachment to some object. Or it can even be a relationship, between you and your boy/girlfriend.

But it is so much more than that.

It is what keeps this world spinning--the ability to love. It is what breaks us apart, but it is also what brings us together, and keeps us together.

Without love we would be nothing. So now you sorta see why I am gonna focus on the successful relationships this special holiday, celebrating love, and I invite you to join me. Just make sure you have a lot of fun :)