Dear Stephan Colbert: For English

Back story: So in English class a class project was, “Send a letter to your favorite celebrity asking for their autograph.” I sent this letter to him.

Dear Mr. Stephan Colbert:

Not in letter, but I love that eyebrow! Stephen Colbert as the fictional Stephen Colbert (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Hello, my name is Mattie. Can you send me your autograph, for I am a huge fan of your show. I watch your show as soon as I come home from school. I can’t watch it when it airs at 10 o’clock, for my mother would be very, very angry since I should be sleeping by 10 o’clock, not watching T.V.. Little 12-year-old girls have to go to bed by 10, apparently. Now if I actually sleep at that time is a different story. Depends on the homework load and the YouTube videos.

One thing I really love about your show is the ironic connections you can make on a side, and your character’s huge ego. Also your ice cream, that ice cream is delicious! You and your team are brilliant. One other thing that you did that I still laugh about is the Rain v.s. Colbert thing. The only thing I’m going to say about the dance off is that you are a better dancer than me. The music video… It sounded a lot like when I speak Korean. Lots of English and a strong American accent. I loved that video. That reminds me, I also have a big question to ask you. On your show, every time you need a clip, photo, or an explanation for a problem, you call for Jimmy. Who’s Jimmy?

I would really appreciate an autograph, because I enjoy your show so much. My family went to Charleston during the winter, and my brother and I were scouring the city looking for Stephen Colbert related places. We didn’t find any in time, but I had a great time during my short stay. May I have an autograph? In the heart of the United States, there is a 12-year-old girl giving you puppy eyes because she wants an autograph.

Thank you for reading this letter and I hope to get a reply soon!

Sincerely,

Mattie

(My English teacher looked at me weird when I handed him the envelope, STEPHAN COLBERT written in large letters.       

          “Are you sure that his name is spelled with an A?” I gave him a look. A I-watch-his-show-every-day-I-know-how-to-spell-his-name look.

He shrugged, stamped the envelope, and sealed it.

As soon as that was over, I ran over to my IPad to double-check. 

STEPHEN COLBERT. not StephAn Colbert, StephEn Colbert.

I grabbed my hair.

“NO!!!”

To be continued.)

A writing club tale

Kyle is doing the unthinkable. He’s breaking all the laws in the universe. He is skipping writing club! What would make him do this? Who would make him do this?

It begins on a warm, sunny day, a perfect day for murder.

Kyle was walking down the lobby, about to go to lunch. Something skittered on the floor.

“What-”

A spider half his size scrambled around the corner. Its eyes were glittering red, its leg bushes of hair. But the only thing Kyle saw were the shiny pair of roller skates on its leg.

“Hey, That’s my skates!” He raises his backpack high in the air. “You thief! you give it back, or else you’ll have to face my backpack.”

The spider kept scrambling down the hall.

“I’m giving you a chance… 5, 4, 3, 2, 2 and a 1/2, 2 and 3/4, okay, you’re serious.” He throws his backpack but the spider bites it up.

“My skates, and my laptop! All right, prepare to meet your doom!” He grabs the backpack from a passing kindergartener and hops on top of the spider.

“THIS IS MY REVENGE!!” He said as he throttled the spider. The spider didn’t even try to fight. It skittered away as fast as it could, heading for the doors.

“The doors? No, NOT THE DOORS!” Kyle yelled. For everybody knows, horrible things happen if you leave the school during school hours.

The spider went out anyway.

They were never heard from again.

Happy Spring! A Winter story

Happy Spring! By now, most of us are sick of snow and can’t wait till summer, so we can complain about how hot it is. Anyway, as celebration of Spring, I want to share what happened during my winter.

Sorry about the few blog posts, piles of snow inspire a great deal of procrastination. And the Midwest had not been lacking any snow this winter.

Good thing: Snow days! I only went to school for eight days for the entire month of February.

Bad thing: WE’RE TRAPPED!

My brother and I couldn’t conquer the snow. My mother sipped coffee as I frantically tried to rub some feeling into my hands. The snow in the driveway was only half-cleared, but I was already freezing.

“You have piano lesson tonight.”  Mom said.

That Saturday I was performing at Macy’s. Today was Friday. It was my last chance to tidy up my performance, and my playing needed a lot more than tidying up. I needed this lesson. We both knew it.

“Too bad we can’t get out.” I said.

She put down her mug.

“The city will clear our road by the night. And if they hadn’t, we can always walk.”

I laughed. I kept laughing, till I realized she meant it. My mom wan to walk in the cold, dark night for my piano lesson.

Chinese New Year! YouTube treat: Les Militarables.

Happy New Year! Yes, New Year might have been on January 1, but that was according to the sun. This New Year is according to the moon. You’ll know it as Chinese New Year, I prefer the broader Lunar New Year, since Korea also celebrates this new year.

Traditionally, I should be dressed in 한복, a traditional korean style of clothing, but mine’s is too small now, and it’s hard to get good new ones if you don’t live in a big city. At least I still got my rice cake soup.

Now, for you. Since it’s the New Year, you awesome, cool, incredible people deserve a funny Youube video.

Say hello to Les Militarables.

Les Militarables

A parody of Les Miserables, it tells the story of Jean Valjean, who is an airman in the Korean military. Men in Korea are required to serve in the military for at least 21 months, longer for Airmen. This is because, technically, North Korea and South Korea are still in conflict. During their stay in the military, the men have limited contact with love ones, not being able to use smartphones.

It’s a bit funnier if you understand Korean, but then, same with Gangnam Style.

Enjoy!

Did you like the video? Tell me what you think in the comments below!

For more information on this video, check out the Huffington Post‘s article on Les Militarables.

Hating Twilight Does Not Make You Cool

Reblogged from Brian D. Buckley:

Fair warning: this one's gonna be a rant.

I think we can agree that when we're talking about books - online, IRL, whatever - certain ones are cooler to like than others. I think we can further agree that Twilight and its sequels fall firmly in the "others" category. In fact, I'll go further: in the current literary landscape, if you like…

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Thank you so much for this post! Too many people consider their opinion as fact. (I'm not a fan of the books, but for different reasons.)

Sorry! Figuring out the WordPress app.

Yikes!
If you got a post in your email that looked half-finished, unedited, and unrevised,  it’s because it was.
The post iPhone4S was accidentally posted before it was ready. My fingers clicked the publish button when I was heading for save.
I am incredibly sorry about this, I’m still figuring out this app. I’ll post the finished version of the post soon.
Thanks so much, bear with me, I’ll figure this app out! Someday.

English: The logo of the blogging software WordPress. Deutsch: WordPress Logo 中文: WordPress Logo (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

iPhone 4S!

I have a smart phone!

My PHONE!

Snow white, glass, It’s a beauty. Also a recipe for disaster. I shoved my IPhone into my case as soon as I could. My luck hasn’t run out yet, my phone’s still in one piece. Also downloaded an awesome photo app, just in time for my trip to Charleston, South Carolina.

Will post Charleston photos after Valentine’s day.

My case is good. Purple border with white.

It use to be white.

I wanted a cool case. Taking matters into my own hands, the plain “white” became…

Matt Smith and a Doctor Who logo

I printed the images from the internet and traced them with a sharpie. Now the case is cool.

What are your experiences with an IPhone? What are the cool apps, the worst apps, and your every day apps? Do you like my case? Tell me below!