A Reason to Live

A Reason to Live

Why do I have a homely face?

Why is my brain a mere empty space?

Why can’t things go my own way?

Why is my life in such disarray?

Oh, such cruel fate!

I wish I could change my state.

Be like her, brain and beauty.

Live in a castle with tons of money.

I prayed to God to clear my mind,

Hoping that an answer I’ll find.

Engrossed with my loved ones’ memories,

Thought about the burden each one carries.

I suddenly found reason to live,

Happiness to them I shall give.

Because to the world I may mean nothing,

But to them I may be everything.

     I wrote this poem last year. It's my version and understanding of Shakespeare's Sonnet 29.

SONNET 29

When, in disgrace with fortune and men's eyes,

I all alone beweep my outcast state 

And trouble deaf heaven with my bootless cries

And look upon myself and curse my fate, 

Wishing me like to one more rich in hope, 

Featured like him, like him with friends possess'd,

Desiring this man's art and that man's scope, 

With what I most enjoy contented least; 

Yet in these thoughts myself almost despising,

Haply I think on thee, and then my state, 

Like to the lark at break of day arising 

From sullen earth, sings hymns at heaven's gate;

For thy sweet love remember'd such wealth brings

That then I scorn to change my state with kings.

Divergent Sneak Peaks!

     Divergent will be on theaters soon... I mean next year, March 21, 2014. But I don't care as long as the movie's coming out! So, before  I start raving about how excited I am for the movie, here's a brief summary of the book that I got from the author's blog (veronicarothbooks.blogspot.com).

     

     In Beatrice Prior’s dystopian Chicago world, society is divided into five factions, each dedicated to the cultivation of a particular virtue—Candor (the honest), Abnegation (the selfless), Dauntless (the brave), Amity (the peaceful), and Erudite (the intelligent). On an appointed day of every year, all sixteen-year-olds must select the faction to which they will devote the rest of their lives. For Beatrice, the decision is between staying with her family and being who she really is—she can’t have both. So she makes a choice that surprises everyone, including herself.

During the highly competitive initiation that follows, Beatrice renames herself Tris, and struggles alongside her fellow initiates to live out the choice they have made. Together, they must undergo extreme physical tests of endurance and intense psychological simulations, some with devastating consequences. As initiation transforms them all, Tris must determine who her friends really are—and where, exactly, a romance with a sometimes-fascinating, sometimes-exasperating boy fits into the life she’s chosen. But Tris also has a secret: one she’s kept hidden from everyone, because she’s been warned it can mean death. And as she discovers unrest and growing conflict that threatens to unravel her seemingly-perfect society, she also learns that her secret might be what helps her save those she loves . . . or it might be what destroys her.

    Now that you know what it's all about (or maybe you already read the book, well, hooray for you!) I'll show you some pictures from the set that I got from www.eonline.com. Okay, here we go...

Beatris "Tris" Prior punching the bags as her onscreen love interest keeps an eye out.

Tris looks stunned above all the grabbing hands.

Tris looks calm as Tori operates the machines.

sOne of my personal favorites, the 'Ferris wheel scene'.

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Tobias watches as Tris focuses on her shooting skills.

Tris doesn't want to be taken.

Tris looks fearful as she barely escapes the knife.

The 'Knife Scene' is one of the most intense scenes. Gaah!

     So, that's all folks! I hope that you'll look forward to seeing this movie too and if you haven't read the book, I've got two words for you, "Read it".

     I'm so excited I think I'm gonna pee!!! Kbye! ;)

Don't Think Just Live (And Die Early)

        So I was looking through pictures at weheartit.com to find a good background picture when I saw this and thought it was perfect since I love the beach and the color blue. Anyways, I saved it and when I was about to upload it, the words registered to me and I said to myself, "This is stupid. This won't do." I mean yeah, you can live without thinking if you want to die early or live a life of regret. Life would be reckless and pointless like a blind man driving a tank into a city while texting. People would do what they want without considering the consequences. For example, "I want to have fun and live life to the extreme so I will run naked in Antarctica with the penguins and shoot the polar bears with a bazooka while eating a burrito!". Okaaay, that was absurd, but you get my point right? So the bottom-line is is, "Don't just live. Think about how to make your life worth living." Do what you want as long as it makes you happy and no one gets hurt in the process.