I'm back, hipsters!

Yoooo! Wassup??!! It's Eli, back again and nearly a year and a half older! I know it has been forever since I've done a post on this blog and I am sorry for that, but I've grown and learned a lot during my year-and-quarter-long  hiatus. I can't promise you that I'm back for good, but I'm here now, and I just wanted to thank you all - even the people i don't know - for taking the time to visit and support my blog. I love you guys!!

-Eli ;)

A Book Reviewed: Matched by Ally Condie

Hey guys! How's it hangin?! Today I'm going to tell you more about the book Matched. It's an awesome love story that takes place in a "dystopian future." (Wikipedia called it that, not me, so they get the credit) If you've ever heard of the Possession book series by Elana Johnson, and you liked it, then you'll love this one. Actually, this book came first, but both of these books have a similar plot. But Anyway, I don't want this book review to turn into a book comparison, I'll do that next post, so I'll stay back on track for ya. Anyway my friends, just sit back and take it easy, and I'll share with you the book review for Matched, found right inside the cover on the flap of the jacket. Tell me what you think! And remember, none of the following words are my own.

IN THE CITY, OFFICIALS DECIDE.

WHO YOU LOVE. WHERE

YOU WORK. WHEN YOU DIE.

Cassia has always trusted their choices. It's hardly any price to pay for a long life, the perfect job, the ideal mate. So when her best friend appears on the Matching screen, Cassia knows with complete certainty that he is the one... until

she sees another face flash for an instant before the screen fades to black. Now Cassia is faced with with impossible choices: between Xander and Ky, between the only life she's known and a path no one else has ever dared follow -- between perfection and passion.

Matched is a story for right now and story-telling with the resonance of a classic.

OK.......... this is the last time.....

OK, I know I did it again, but I promise you that this will be the last time that I change my blog's appearance for awhile..... I just thought that I'd go for a more masculine, grown-up appearance, even though the old look was pretty nice.

Also, I'd like to tell you about the book "Crossed." It is the first sequel to the book "Matched." Have any of you heard of the book "Matched?" 'Coz if you have read it, and you love it, then you'll be ecstatic when you hear me say "Crossed is coming out November 1!" Yep. It sure is, this November 1. I'm so excited. I have Matched, and I love it, but I haven't finished it yet, but I will sometime, so I can read Crossed. Here is a picture of the upcoming book:

Tell me what you think. Have a great week!

DRAWING MANIA!!

Me Drawing at Age Seven, June 2005

When I was little, I drew ALL THE TIME. I think I started to draw when I was about six. The objects I've drawn for the longest are houses. You see, when a typical person passes by a house, their brain says "HOUSE" and then they move on. If that. That was not to be for me. Back then, (and still sometimes today) I if I were to pass by a house, my brain would see the house, notice every detail about it, and then say "oh would you look at that beautiful (or trashy :P haha!) house, I think it's interesting." (Or boring haha!) Then, I would get home, and my brain would say "let me think....... how can I take my memory of this house and mix it with others I've seen to make a 'glorious creation?'"

Another thing you should know about the drawing thing with me is that when I drew back then, I drew all day, and I kept all my drawings in our cabinet under our T.V. Before I go any further, I would like to tell you something about me: I have always been a pack rat, and when you combine a person with a passion for drawing and a pack rat you get..... ChAoS! Also, back then I didn't just draw my houses, I also viewed them. Every single day. And I never did it in my room; I always did it in the same place: in my family room, on the floor; and when I did it, when I finished looking at the drawings, I didn't put every single one back as I went, I tossed them right across the floor. So when I did that nearly ALL my drawings would be scattered EVERYWHERE, and that made a mess for my mother to walk past. My mom took some of my houses and stapled them together into booklets to help control it, but it didn't really work. And only once and awhile did I ever get rid of SOME of my drawings.

Do you like to draw? And if so, what do you like to draw?

House Drawing by Eli Myers

Sad News!

Hey Guys! I have sad news. (It's not THAT sad, but I still thought I'd tell you haha!) I was trying to edit my "DRAWING MANIC!!!" post and I accidentally messed up so I had to delete It!!! I didn't mean for that to happen, but it did! I apologize. Luckily I have it saved on Microsoft Word so I promise that sometime soon I will get it back. Have a spectacular weekend, and I will talk to you soon!

Mad Libs (Again!)

Today I would like to share with you a game called Mad Libs. (Again) In case you do not know what Mad Libs is, I will explain it. Mad Libs is where you get a group of people together and you pick up a Mad Libs book, and when you have found a page (passage) you want to do, this comes next: you will see a titled passage with blanks replacing a certain word that would normally go in there. Underneath the blank spaces you will see something that either says ADJECTIVE, NOUN, PLURAL NOUN, PROPER, NOUN, ADVERB, VERB, and the like. You then start calling them out, depending on what's underneath the blank. Next, people try to apply words to the blank space, (you might want to do something crazy, just take my advice) and if you think it will work and be funny, you right that word in the blank. After all of this, finally you read it aloud to the group. If The Mad Lib is a good one, you will hear everybody cracking up. My family LOVES Mad Libs. Here, let me show you a Mad Lib that my family did: [NOTE: the underlined words are the ones that we put in]

GOING CAROLING

'Tis the mucky season for caroling! Here’s how to make everyone’s Christmas a little more merry and drowsy:

· Gather 11 of your furry friends and family space suits together. Pick out a few classic windows to sing, like “Have Yourself a Spikey Little Christmas,” “Silver Apricots,” and “Frosty the Lampshade-man.”

· Put Santa nose hairs on everyone’s heads and jump to your neighbor’s house.

· Knock 20 times on the front potato. Nothing? Knock 43 more times inadvertently.

· When your neighbor answers the copper kettle, ask if he or she would like to hear you sing a song. If your neighbor says yes, sing your willow trees out. If your neighbor says no, slash anyway!

So yeah, that’s what Mad Libs are like! Hilarious, right? Tell me what you think of this. Bye for now! ;)

Here It Is!!!!!

Yep. That's right. This is the new look for my blog. I love it!! I like how it kinda fits with fall, how it's a cloudy day in the background, but I'm not sure if it takes place during the fall or spring. So yeah, not much more to explain here; this 'bout sums it up! Let me know what you think of this.

TTFN!!