Love You All

Okay, for once I want to do a post that isn't all about me. I need to thank about a trillion people to bare with as I name them all.

First of all I thank those of you who actually read my blog. It means a lot to me that you guys, however few, take the time to read the life of some boring teenager who just happens to have a billion random obsessions. Love you all :)

Next I have to thank all my friends (which are probably the only real readers, but I don't care) for putting up with my conflicting personality and my need to put everthing into chaos when something gets a little too boring. I'm so sorry about all of that too. I'm working on it; mostly because of how much I love you all, especially because we travel so much just to get a little glimse of each other :) Thank you. :) Thank you, thank you, thank you.

My family is next. Though I already consider a lot of my friends 'family' (there's a lot of cross-overs here...), I'm thanking you all for helping my hone my gifts and work on my faults and giving me so much; including a bright future. I wouldn't have any of this without you guys. I'm so lucky. Thanks :)

Okay, I think I got this all out...One post not about me. Only I think I fit too much 'me' in there while thanking everyone. Oh well. We'll try again next month xD

Love you all very very much,
Cassandra Bloom

Oo Oo! Cassancra=typo I made and I like it very mucho! I may have to use that one instead ^.^

Also, I haven't read any Phantom of the Opera today. Or yesterday, for that matter. I should do that after I make breakfast...

Team Erik/Phantom all the way!!!!!!!

P.S For those of you enjoying my cheery tone I typed this up a while back before recent happenings so it's sorta fake to be posting it but still.

Randomness

Hey, guess what? On Friday, I get to go see my lovely best friend Miss Jessica Scarlett for the first time in real life. Don't worry about my safety--it's impossible to lie about your age on the site I met her on so I know she's really my age--but it will be awesome. The two of us are so excited.

Also, in band we moved up from book 2 (intermediate level) to book 3 today, which is awesome. Lately we've been working quite a deal on technical things, like dynamtics, articulation and things like that because we need to up our skills in those areas, and this book covers all those pretty well, so it's quite fun.

I did a great deal of school work today as well. Math was a pain in the butt, but I only have two more assignments in that subject before I'm cuaght up, and Language Arts is going quite well too. Art, Social Studies, and Science left ;)

And Phantom of the Opera is going well too ;)

And here's a random picture, for fun, and to lengthen this a bit:

Symbolizing the Joker card of my large stack of anime pictures, a lot like me.
Well, I hope you have a nice day! (idk why I posted something so small and non-trivial...I think I wanted a small break ;) )
Cassandra Bloom/d <3

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