Hunger Games Challenge - Day 3

A character you hate that everyone loves:

RandomThinker1- GALE! GALE! GALE! GALE!!!! LEAVE PEETA AND KATNISS ALLONNEEEEE!!!! Sure, Gale is tall, dark, great hunter, best friend, swoony and the whole nine yards, but really man? Don't kiss Katniss! SHE'S PEETA'S! Just...just... step to the left and let Peeta have her and stop making me love you and hate you at the same time. It's not good for my digestion. You're giving me heart palpitations. Another reason I don't exactly care for him is because he may or may not have killed Prim. I know, can't blame him because he didn't physically do it but still. It may have been his bomb. *shrug*

How about you? Who do you hate from the Hunger Games that everyone else seems to love? 

Breaking Dawn- The Soaking of the Ellen

Well as some of you might not know but do now, I'm a little behind when it comes to watching movies. WHICH MEANS I just now watched the new Twilight movie for the first time. I know... I don't understand it either. I hate the films but I keep coming back to them. This movie was by far my favorite though as far as the saga goes. I cannot wait for the last installment. It's my favorite part of the series! :D VAMPIRE SHOW DOWN!!! WHHHAAA!!! Can I get a holla? *crickets* ...no one? ...nobody at all? ...oh...

Well moving on! Here was my favorite scene from the movie! :D I pretty much cried.

Hunger Games Challenge - Day 2

Day 2- Your Least Favorite Character

Random Thinker 1- PRESIDENT SNOW!!! -_- *grabs shovel* Him and his bloody sent can just... just... just... well you know what, I'll let Katniss handle him. But I have to admit that this actor is just perfect for him. I hope he's portrayed right. I wonder if they'll make a President Snow perfume?

Hunger Games Challenge - Day 1(Thinker 1& 2)

Day 1: Your favorite character

Thinker 2- My favorite would have to be Katniss Everdeen.

She is constantly brave and strong. She is also loving and caring. I also believe she would do ANYTHING for her family. (Exemplified in book one) She also has excellent survival skills. 





Thinker 1- Okay I have two. First,  HAYMITCH!!!! :D
A creep drunk? Perhaps... but he has reason and he did help Katniss and Peeta through the Hunger Games. He's funny, sarcastic, has a great catch line, "Sweetheart". Now my second favorite character, well...he's probably my first, would have to be Peeta. I liked him in ALL the books. He's sweet, caring, sticks to his guns, makes bread and cake , he's funny, and sometimes clumsy. I mean, Peeta is a man's man AND he bakes. He's wise and good with crowds. Can you say he won my heart over? ...you can SHOUT IT!!! Peeta is best.

30 days of Hunger Games Challenge!

We will be taking the Hunger Games challenge and posting it each day. Tomorrow we will start Day 1. Feel free to join us!
 
Day 1: Your favorite character:
Day 2 Your least favorite character:
Day 3: A character you hate that everyone loves:
Day 4: A character you love that everyone hates:
Day 5: Your favorite fight/battle scene:
Day 6: A scene that made you laugh:
Day 7: A scene that made you cry:
Day 8: The character you are most like:
Day 9: Your favorite quote:
Day 10: Peeta or Gale:
Day 11: Something you hate about the series:
Day 12: A character you wish hadn't died:
Day 13: A character you wish had died:
Day 14: Your favorite tribute (aside from Peeta/Katniss):
Day 15: Your least favorite tribute (aside from Peeta/Katniss):
Day 16: A question you wish had been answered in the book:
Day 17: The worst death:
Day 18: A song that reminds you of the series:
Day 19: Your favorite pairing:
Day 20: Your least favorite pairing:
Day 21: A pairing you don't get:
Day 22: Your favorite book of the three:
Day 23: Your favorite secondary character:
Day 24: Your least favorite secondary character:
Day 25: Your dream cast:
Day 26: Your favorite scene in The Hunger Games:
Day 27: Your favorite scene in Catching Fire:
Day 28: Your favorite scene in Mockingjay:
Day 29: Your favorite thing about the entire series:
Day 30: A book/series that you would rec to fellow fans

From: This blog

31 FOLLOWERS?!?

Ah!!! Great job guys! We are SO happy!

We would like to welcome Ginger to Random Thoughts!

Also, we have changed the comments setting. Instead of having to wait for us to allow your comments to go through, you are now free to just comment away! :) no waiting for us! So go ahead, try it out and comment. Soak up the awesomeness of watching your comment AUTOMATICALLY pop up.

-TheThinker Team

Update on our book!

Our first book, Flaws & Fears, from our series Life's Trials is "complete". Complete is in quotation marks because we have completed our first draft, but  it has not quite reached its full potential. It is in the middle of a MAJOR editing process as I type this.

After much consideration, we have decided to change the time period from Victorian England to Edwardian England. We are also going to be adding a prologue and adding some more mystery in there. We felt there were a few plot lines that were a little bit too left open for our readers. We hope after the additions, they will be patched up. Also, we are going to make it a historical fiction. We will have the characters actually talking about the current events that had occurred in this era of history and some of our own that we have created. ;)

So in other words... we're stripping the book, kidnapping characters and throwing them into a semi different plot line! :D RandomThinker2 has considered killing RandomThinker1 and just getting the editing over with, but RandomThinker1 expressed extreme ninja skills/ persuasive ability! :)

The peak we gave you to the basic story is still true, we're still keeping that. What we are changing is appearance and location and instead of a bright happy meadow filled with good ol' fashioned romance, we're dragging the characters to a gloomy London filled with mysterious shadows.

Thank you once again for helping us reach 30 followers!

-TheThinker Team

HAHA :P

How to Pet a Kitty

Random Veggie Facts!!! :D

• Bell peppers are usually sold green, but they can also be red, purple or yellow.
• Tomatoes are very high in the carotenoid Lycopene; eating foods with carotenoids can lower your risk of cancer.
• Other vegetables high in carotenoids are carrots, spinach, sweet potatoes, and collard greens.
• Most of the nutrients in a potato reside just below the skin layer.
• A horn worm can eat an entire tomato plant by itself in one day!
• In the United States, more tomatoes are consumed than any other single fruit or vegetable!
• California produces almost all of the broccoli sold in the United States.
• White potatoes were first cultivated by local Indians in the Andes Mountains of South America.
• Yams and sweet potatoes are not the same thing!
• A baked potato (with skin) is a good source of dietary fiber (4 grams).
• Actually a fruit, it took a ruling by the Supreme Court in 1893 to make the tomato a vegetable.
• Potatoes first appeared in Europe in 1586; they made it to North America in 1719.
• The potato disease “Late Blight” was the principal cause of the Irish Potato Famine, which killed a half million people.
• It is recommended that you eat five servings of fruit or vegetables a day. A serving equals one-half cup.
  
  From: http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0781697.html

YOU WON!!!

We've reached THIRTY followers! Stay tuned for the latest update on our book! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! :D

-TheThinkerTeam

Random Fruit Facts! :D

Avocados have the highest calories of any fruit at 167 calories per hundred grams.

Apples contain an antioxidant that fights cancer .

The banana plant is in the same family as the lily and the orchid.

A medium-sized orange contains the amount of vitamin C that a healthy adult should eat daily.

Olive trees can live for more than 1,500 years.

Kiwis are packed full of cancer fighting Beta-Carotene and contain twice as much Vitamin C as an orange.

People who eat a lot of fruit need to consume less water.

Lemons are popular for cleaning because they are high in acid – which kills bacteria.

Grapes have grown wild since pre-historic times.

Pear wood is hard and can be used to make furniture.

There are more than 100 varieties of bananas, some even have red skin.

Grapes explode when you put them in the microwave.

100% percent fruit juice is a great way to get started every morning.

Kiwi fruit is said to promote respiratory health and ease wheezing and night coughing.

The largest fruits are giant pumpkins, specially grown and bred for their size.

From: http://www.strange-facts.info/interesting-fruit-facts

The Creepy, Secretive, Yet Surprisingly Romantic Village! :D

Some rad hand holding

I'm sorry nobody posted on Valentines day or after that until now. So so sorry! Well I'm back! With my favorite scene from The Village. It's a somewhat scary movie by M. Night Shamalan... or however you spell his name. It's really good. Anyways, in the mood of love and hearts and valentines I decided to post my favorite part. Here it is! :D

Scene set up- It's cold, it's dark, they are in a 1850's sort of town. The boy is Lucious and the girl is Ivy. Lucious is a quite boy and Ivy is a tom Girl who's always speaking and she's blind. There are some strange creatures that have been attacking the village lately.

Ivy- *walks out of her house and sits next to Lucious*

Lucious- *sitting on Ivy's porch*

Ivy and Lucious talk about something that's going on in their Village and about how the border was breached.

Lucious- It is cold outside. You ought to go in.

Ivy- ...why are you on this porch?

Lucious- ...It is not safe.

Ivy- There are other porches

*Lucious doesn't answer*

Ivy- Do you find me too much of a Tom Boy? ...I do long to do boy things. Like that game the boys play at the stump. *she describes the game* *compliments Lucious on how he holds the record*

*Lucious isn't speaking the whole time she babbles*

Lucious- It's just children's games.

Ivy- How is it you are brave when all the rest of us shake in our boots?

Lucious- I do not worry about will happen. Only about what needs to be done.

*they stare at each other*

Lucious- How did you know I was here?

(she's blind so good question there Lucious!)

Ivy- I saw you at the window.

Note- Ivy can sometimes see colors of people

Ivy- ...no... I won't tell you your color *little smirk* Stop asking.

*Lucious didn't ask xD*

Note- THEY ARE NOT MARRIED OR ENGAGED OR UNDER ANY THING OF THE SORTS!

Ivy- ... when we are married, will you dance with me?

Lucious- *looking at the ground* *looks at her in awkward surprise*

Ivy- I find dancing very agreeable

Lucious- *doesn't answer, looks back at the ground*

Ivy- Why do you not say what is in your head?

Lucious- *deep breath* Why can you not stop saying what is in yours? *looks her in the eyes* *My (random thinker 1) heart melts* Why must you lead, when I want to lead? If I want to dance, I will ask you to dance. If I want to speak, I will open my mouth and speak! Everyone forever plagues me to speak. Why? What good is it to tell you that you are in my every thought from the time that I wake? What good can come from my saying that sometimes...that I sometimes cannot think clearly or do my work properly? What gain can rise from my telling you that the only time I feel fear as others do is when I think of you in harm. That is why I am on this porch Ivy Walker. I fear for your safety before all others. ...and yes, I will dance with you on our wedding night.

THEN HE KISSES THE BLIND GIRL AND I BURST INTO TEARS BECAUSE IT'S SO BEAUTIFUL!!!!!!

Here the video.

Top 10 Swoony quotes I quote all the time

In the spirit of Valentines day I've decided to give the top 10 quotes that I quote all the time that could be deemed as romantic, dorky or a little bit of both :) So here they are, and not necessarily in this order.

1. What's Happenin Hot Stuff?- I say this one all the time. Especially if I'm hanging upside down on something. I can't help it.

2. You've bewitched me, body and soul- Oh Mr. Darcy... you have bewitched me! But I don't just say it to him the whole time I'm watching Pride and Prejudice. I usually quote this one when I've found something that I like. Example: *Eating a pan of pie* *sigh* ...oh pie... you've bewitched me, body and soul.

3. Nobody puts baby in a corner!- heheheehh this quote for some reason just always makes me laugh. You have to say it with gusto, and a boisterous voice. I say it because I want to say and sometimes I say it because it actually works. Like when somebody puts me in the corner to work on something... I mumble -_- "nobody puts baby in a corner!"

4. Badly done [Emma]! BADLY DONE!- I say this to whoever is doing bad xD Or if somebody got a bad grade on a paper. Or I mutter it to myself when I know I've done something wrong. Why? Because it reminds me of Mr. Knightly! My favorite Jane Austen hero EVER! He said this to Emma right after he realized he loved her and she had insulted Miss Bates.

5. I love you, you idiot!- I say it to all those people that I love :) They understand what I'm saying. I got it from Gilmore Girls. Rory said it because Dean was stomping away and she's all, "I LOVE YOU, YOU IDIOT!" and he stops dead in his tracks.

6. I can never get over what you've done to me- I don't remember where I got this one. I think it's from a song though. Whenever I say this one, I'm completely serious and it's when somebody I love has stolen from me... like a pinch of food from my plate, or my blanket while I'm watching a movie.

7. My name is Dug. I have just met you, and I love you- UP! Love that movie!!! I can't see a squirrel without pointing out and saying, "SQUIRREL!!!" and I can never spell "squirrel" right on the first try -_- anyways! I say this one to those people I'll never see again :) *in the hall of a big building* *see's a person* *walks up and says in all seriousness* "My name is Dug. I have just met you, and I love you." *turns on heel and get's lost in the crowd*

8. Have you not noticed the color of this fruit?- Oh North and South! HOW I LOVE YOU! :D Mr. Thornton says this to Margaret right before he proposes to her and then she declines him with a hearty and firm NO. (I can never forgive her for breaking his heart). Anyways, me and those close to me will quote that line whenever we see a bowl of fruit.

9. I love you. Now you set my soul on fire. It is not just a little spark. It is a flame; a big roaring flame. I can feel it now...- This is one I reserve JUST for my family and very close friends. If I said it to anyone else they'd think I'm crazy if they didn't already. I say this, and people know that I love them... because they say it back! 

10. I LOVE YOU MORE!- Is the on going battle between me and my Grandmother. She says, "I love you." I say "I love you more." and back and forth :) so sweet. Until... Disney's Rapunzel had it said between the evil lady and the poor Rapunzel. Now the conversations go like this: "I love you." "I love you more" "I love you most" "Don't cut off my hair and try to throw me out of a tower!" :D 

Taylor Lautner's Eloquent Elbow's

Last week I talked about Josh Hutcherson's Jaw and this week I shall continue in my randomness :D In the mood of obsessing over famous people and their traits and the fact that the Twilight Saga's Breaking Dawn has recently come out, I've decided to take an interest in one of Taylor Lautner's most wonderful features. His elbow's. Oh...just look at those elbows. I can ogle them all day. Wonderfully chiseled, muscular, tan, not boney, well rounded and eloquent elbows. Robert Pattinson can not compete with them. Nope no way. Look at his elbow's. Vanity Fair even cut them out (check out below photo)!!! I can see now why Twilight fans are Twilight fans! It's not because Robert Pattinson is hot and has a British accent! It's not because Bella is the painfully plain Jane who get's TWO guys to fall for her! It's not because it's a heart throbbing romance that strings you along and makes you scream at the main character for not going with the guy who is obviously better then her! IT'S BECAUSE OF TAYLOR'S RAD ELBOWS!!!! 

In all randomness and love, Random Thinker 1

To sum this up:

1. Talor's elbows are wicked to the max!

2. Rob's aren't. They are pasty and when he applies pressure for long amounts of time they turn red. 

P.S. ... it occurs to me that Taylor's abs might have something to do with Twilight's success as well. ;) 

Whitney Houston- Dead

It comes as a major shock and blow, but Whitney Houston, the singer of "I Will Always Love You" has passed away at the age of 48 years old. Miss Houston had admitted to struggling with addictions and had checked herself into rehab last May of 2011. Her body was found in Beverly Hills and the cause of death is still unknown. She had one of the most beautifully powerful voices in the world and she shall be missed. Rest In Peace.

Nerdy Moment

Inspirational Quote of the Day - 2/9/12

Family isn't always blood. It's the people in your life who want you in theirs. The ones who accept you for who you are. The ones who would do anything to see you smile and who love you no matter what.

-Unknown

Inspirational Quote of the Day - 2/8/12

If Plan "A" didn't work, the alphabet still has 25 more letters!

-Unknown

Inspirational Quote of the Day - 2/7/12

If you worry about what might be, & wonder what might have been, you will ignore what is.

~Unknown

NEW YORK NEW YORK!!!! (...well, more like Hoboken, New Jersey, but what they hay)

For those of you who don't know- I AM A GIANTS FAN!!! BIG TIME!!! Also, I was that one tackling random people and doing donuts on the field. ...Okay maybe not, but I WAS running around the house swinging a Giants towel around and singing "We are the Champions!" 

Large article directly to the south of this is taken from here.


INDIANAPOLIS—For the eighth time in their illustrious franchise history that now includes four Super Bowl victories, the New York Giants are NFL champions. Just like they did four years ago, they got the better of Tom Brady and the New England Patriots with a 21-17 victory in Super Bowl XLVI on Sunday night.

And just like Super Bowl XLII, it took a late fourth-quarter rally led by quarterback Eli Manning, the game’s MVP, and another great catch by a backup wide receiver. Four years ago, it was David Tyree sticking the ball to his helmet on the winning touchdown drive. This time, with the Giants down 17-15 at the 3:46 mark and the ball at their 12-yard line, Manning connected with Mario Manningham, who tiptoed down the sideline for a dazzling 38-yard catch.

Operating from midfield, the Giants scored eight plays later on a 6-yard touchdown run by running back Ahmad Bradshaw. After the Giants missed the two-point conversion attempt, Brady and the Patriots had 57 seconds to answer. But even though they converted a fourth-and-16 on the drive, it ended with a failed Hail Mary attempt by Brady as time expired.

The entire script of the rematch was very familiar. The Giants looked like the dominant team early, but then the Patriots looked to be in control after their second of consecutive touchdown drives gave them a 17-9 lead with 11:20 left in the third quarter. New York, however, stayed resilient with two field goals before going ahead for good in the final minute.

“We knew it was going to be this type of game,” said Giants left tackle David Diehl, Manning’s blindside protector. “The last time we played them (the Giants won 24-20 in Week 9), there were five lead changes in the fourth quarter, so we knew we’d just have to keep fighting, keep scratching, and when the big opportunity came, we capitalized on it.”

The Patriots had overcome an inauspicious offensive start to take a 10-9 halftime lead and Brady helped them keep it late into the fourth quarter.

After they sacked Eli Manning twice to force a punt on the Giants’ first drive of the game, Brady was called for intentional grounding in the end zone on his first play, dropping back from New England’s 6-yard line.

The resulting safety gave the Giants a 2-0 lead, and following the Patriots’ free kick, Manning led the Giants on a nine-play, 78-yard touchdown drive to give New York an early 9-0 edge.

Manning was 9-for-9 passing for 77 yards and a TD to open the first half, but by the end of 30 minutes, it was Brady with better overall numbers (15-for-18, 147 yards, one TD).

But in the end, in a slow-starting passing duel similar to what happened in Super Bowl XLII, Manning once again closed better than Brady. The door for the comeback was opened when Brady, looking for tight end Rob Gronkowski for a big play against single coverage from the Patriots’ 43, was intercepted by Chase Blackburn at the 14:17 mark of the fourth quarter.

Brady was otherwise unblemished, with a 27-for-41, two-touchdown performance, but the Giants’ pass rush kept him from delivering the backbreaking play. Although Brady did manage to complete a Super Bowl-record 16 consecutive passes at one point, Manning was the better quarterback in the final stretch.

“Offensively, I thought we played very well,” Manning said. “We played smart. There at the end, when we had an opportunity in the fourth quarter, we’d been in those situations and we knew that we had no more time left.

Wes Welker saw this pass bounce off his hands late in the fourth quarter. The incompletion turned out to be a backbreaker for the Patriots. (AP Photo)
“We had to go down and score, and guys stepped up and made great plays.”

Manning (30-for-40, 296 yards, one TD) was sacked three times and faced unexpectedly good pressure from the Patriots’ front four. But he survived to make key downfield strikes to both Hakeem Nicks (10 catches, 109 yards) and Manningham (five catches, 73 yards) while Victor Cruz (four catches for 25 yards) was bottled up. He also saw tight ends Travis Beckum and Jake Ballard go out with injuries.

It was a gritty outing for Manning, who trumped his brother Peyton (in the home stadium of Peyton’s Colts) with a second ring. With Eli edging Brady, it also meant another head-to-head Super Bowl victory for his coach, Tom Coughlin, over the Patriots’ Bill Belichick.

“He just hung in there,” said the Mannings’ father, Archie, of Eli’s performance. “He was patient, and he had to be patient.

“There wasn’t anything easy out there. He played like a quarterback needs to play.”

Eli Manning boldly said before the 2011 season, coming off leading the NFL in interceptions in 2010, that he was an elite quarterback who belonged in the company of signal-callers such as Brady. With another gutsy performance and deliverance in the clutch, he proved that on Sunday.

Manning isn’t the only remaining Giant who repeated a big performance from Super Bowl XLII. Defensive end Justin Tuck matched his two-sack output from four years ago, including his dropping of Brady to help dash the Patriots’ last-gasp hopes.

Tuck and New York’s front four weren’t its only defensive strength, as the back seven responded with solid coverage to limit the damage of Brady’s best receivers. Aaron Hernandez was most effective (eight catches, 67 yards, one TD), while fellow second-year tight end, Gronkowski, who was battling a high ankle sprain, had only two receptions for 26 yards.

Brady was forced to spread the ball around underneath, and the Giants’ secondary did well to control elusive wide receiver Wes Welker out of the slot, limiting him to seven catches for 60 yards. The Giants’ rising star at defensive end, Jason Pierre-Paul, also contributed to thwart Brady by batting down two of his passes.

Although Brady found some rhythm midway through the game, his receivers were frustrated by the plays they didn’t make. That included Welker, who couldn’t come up with a deep pass from his quarterback that might have put the game out of reach with four minutes left in the fourth quarter.

“It’s a play I’ve made a thousand times in practice and everything else,” Welker said. “It comes to the biggest moment of my life and don’t come up with it. It’s discouraging.”

While Manningham, who managed to hold on in his big-play moment, did his best impression of Tyree with a jaw-dropping reception, Nicks was an upgrade of the man who caught the game-winning TD from Manning four years ago, Plaxico Burress. Gone from that team is Michael Strahan, but now the Giants have the super-athletic Pierre-Paul helping Tuck with his explosiveness off the edge.

There’s no doubt Manning had a stronger, more talented supporting cast in his second go-around against the Patriots in the Super Bowl. He’s the unquestioned seasoned leader on the field, but surrounded by skilled youth, he has helped the Giants—the first 9-7 team to win the Super Bowl—re-emerge as a threat to add to their Lombardi Trophy case in the near future.

With two rings, Manning matches fellow 2004 first-round pick Ben Roethlisberger and is just one away from Brady, from whom he took away two potential championships.

After taking Manning first overall in 2004 and knowing they had a franchise QB with whom to complete for Super Bowl titles, Coughlin and general manager Jerry Reese have done well creating a team built for this pass-happy era.

Manning, armed with Nicks, Cruz and Manningham, is capable of matching up with any opposing team’s quarterback and array of weapons, such as Brady with Gronkowski, Welker and Hernandez. The formula, however, wouldn’t be complete, without a pass rush that consistently makes Manning’s counterpart uncomfortable.

The Giants may seem like the most improbable of champions, both now and four years ago, but it’s not surprising when you examine the strengths that have put them in position to be what the Patriots were—a dynasty marked by a great quarterback-coaching combination.

“Each one is very unique, and this one is just as exciting, probably more so because of the kind of year we had,” Coughlin said. “What a wonderful experience it was to see the team come together like they did.”

The Giants had the most complete, battle-tested team, start to finish, of anyone in the NFL this season, and that’s why they’re most deserving to be the last team standing.

Mr. I Forgot 10 States!

Here's a game for you and your friends to play!  (<CLICK FOR FUNNY VIDEO! :D ...also inspiration for this game)

Rules: List the 50 states in 6 minutes. Easy...right? (DELAWARE!!! THAT'S THE ONE I FORGOT!!! >.< Now it comes to me -_-)

Hint: There are only 50 states....NOT 56!!! 

How I did: I got 46 of them xD Some were really obvious. 

The beauty of this game: It makes you want to kill yourself! (joking...sorta...nobody do that. I'm just quoting the above link/video. But seriously, if you're competitive, and you don't get it on the first try, this game will not leave your thoughts until you figure out those missing states!!!)

Hope you guys and gals try this out with some of your buds and family! It's really fun, especially if you're competitive! Tell me how you did. :)