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(I HAVENT BEEN POSTING REVIEWS..BECAUSE IVE BEEN TRYING TO GET ALLLL MY FRIENDS ON FACEBOOK TO VOTE, AND PEOPLE ON TWITTER TO RETWEET...I ALSO HAD FINALS THE WEEK AFTER HAWAII!)

Hawaii Update

I am currently in Hawaii, for what was a trip supposed to be a family reunion, but turned into just a vacation (I guess) 

Here are some of the people I was fortunate enough to meet, and my adventures. 

We got into Honolulu, Oahu at 11pm (Hawaii time) on Thursday night.

Friday I had a university tour at the University of Hawaii at Manoa! Which I really enjoyed, because I will be going there in 1 1/2 years!!

We took a drive up to North Shore in hopes of seeing the filming of Catching Fire (second movie of the Hunger Games) but no such luck! Wasn’t able to meet Joshy :(

I also went to the neighborhood where George Clooney ran to his friends house after he found out his wife was cheating on him in The Descendants! I ran around the same corner he ran down, plus I got to see the his house in the movie!!  

Flew into Maui on Saturday! Had a great, HUGE, lunch at Stella Blues--go there if your ever in Maui, Kihei-- 

Went to Black Rock, at the Sheraton and did some snorkeling! I took some underwater videos with my LIFEPROOF iPhone case, and it worked PERFECTLY!

We went on a Whale Watching tour, and got some photos of whale tails!

I met some really nice people on this tour: Raquel and Nate, including Chrissy the Captain!

We went on a snorkel trip to Molokini and saw some great fish, but the bottom of the waterproof LIFEPROOF case came open and water went straight into the charging port of the phone. So I'm currently out an iPhone and my main camera for the rest of the trip! INCLUDING SOME CHINA PHOTOS, JUSTIN BIEBER CONCERT PHOTOS AND VIDEOS, AND ALL AMERICAN REJECTS PHOTOS AND VIDEOS, PLUS THE NEWEST PHOTOS AND UNDERWATER VIDEOS FROM THIS TRIP IN HAWAII.

Soo...I’m very upset about that (no I’m not ignoring you if you texted or called me these past few days...)

But on the plus side, on the snorkel trip we also got to see a sea turtle and the crew of the Quicksilver boat were great! Nice meeting you captain Alan (Allen)!

JUST A NOTE: I’m not good at spelling.... especially names..

Next on our trip we flew onto Kona, on the Big Island on Tuesday and we got to meet up with cousin Jessica!! We had a very nice lunch at Humpy’s! 

Later Tuesday night, we went on a manta ray snorkel and dive on the Neptune Charlie’s boat! (Where jess works) Mom snorkeled and I dove it! It was pretty amazing! When we were here last year, we did the snorkel and saw about 6 or 7 different mantas, but we only saw 2 this time. After everyone else who was on the charter left, we went back out with some divers and went black water diving!!!! It was my very first time, and it was an amazing experience!! I saw some squid that some spinner dolphins later ate. It was completely black except the 10 others divers lights!! The things we saw, I had JUST learned about in my Marine Bio class!! So that was pretty cool!!

Thank you to cousin Jess, for asking if I wanted to go! And thank you to everyone who was on that boat, and helped me out!

Shoutout to Josh Lambus! He has a shop on Alii Drive, with all his photograph! Go check it out if you are ever in Kona! I bought 3 photos!

On Wednesday we took a morning snorkel to see the dolphins!! I saw with the super cute spinner dolphins!! They were splashing around, jumping out of the water, and slapping their tails on the water!

We met Ryan, who does underwater videos and photos!! She was very nice, and helped us get close to the dolphins!

Thank you to the captain and Tim who ran the dive! He gave me some tips for when I travel to France!!

Later on Tuesday, I went and got my toe ring replaced at Aloha Toe Rings because it broke a few months back! Thank you Jen for the new ring and info about UofH!

I also got an arrow henna tattoo at Kona Henna on Alii drive! I absolutely love the henna, and I had a great conversation about the new movies this year with Robin, who did my henna! Thank you soo much, it was very nice to meet you!!

Still have a couple of days left here, then back to AZ!

Need to catch up on homework, and the semester research project for APUSH! :O

The Guilt Trip

This movie was quite entertaining and very relatable!! (To me at least) I really enjoyed this movie! I liked how the son was trying to sell his product to major retailers and the mom kept getting in the way!

This is a great family movie to watch over the Christmas break!! An adult family not a young children family, they'd get really bored with the movie!

I also got to watch a live Q&A with Barbara and Seth! Super interesting!

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DVD LIST FOR CHRISTMAS

Here are some movies that people will love to receive this Christmas!!

YOU CAN BUY MOST OF THESE ON AMAZON! THERES A WEDGET ON THE TOP BAR (MIDDLE) , JUST CLICK THERE AND SEARCH AWAY!

In the order it came out on DVD:
The Ides of March ADULTS
Anonymous  TEENS/ADULTS
Footloose TEENS/ADULTS
The Descendants ADULTS
We Bought a Zoo KIDS/TEENS/ADULTS
Red Tails TEENS/ADULTS
This Means War TEENS
Man on a Ledge ADULTS
Journey 2 KIDS/TEENS/ADULTS
John Carter TEENS/ADULTS
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows TEENS/ADULTS
21 Jump Street TEENS/ADULTS
Hunger Games TEENS
The Cabin in the Woods ADULTS
The Avengers TEEN/ADULTS
The Raven TEENS/ADULTS
Madagascar 3 KIDS
Spiderman TEENS/ADULTS
Lawless ADULTS
Men in Black 3 ADULTS
ParaNorman KIDS/TEENS
The Dark Knight Rises TEENS/ADULTS
Wimpy Kid: Dog Days KIDS/TEENS
Premium Rush  TEENS/ADULTS

Hitchcock

I want to go out and buy every single Hitchcock movie! It's pretty interesting to see what goes on behind the camera, and the home life of Alfred Hitchcock, and his wife. Mrs. Hitchcock was a major part of all of his master pieces, and a key part of each movie.

This movie is about the making behind Psycho. And it will def. be nominated for awards!!!

I want everyone to go see this movie. It's a masterpiece with an AMAZING cast for such a low budget film!!!

6/5 glasses -reallllllly goooood!

Red Dawn (2012)

I'm the #1 Josh Hutcherson fan, so I probably enjoyed this movie more than a non-fan did! Joshy looked so little next to Chris Hemsworth and Josh Peck! Who ever did the casting, was spot on! Even though Josh P and Chris played brothers, they didnt even look slightly related.. so that sorta bothered me.
I havent seen the original Red Dawn so theres nothing to compare it too, and I didnt want to ruin the new one by seeing the original first.

I thought the story-line was great, and so was the acting. I gasped quite alot during this movie, because of the surprising turn of event. It was sad to see come people die, but its almost a given in the situation they were in. I also teared up towards the end. There was some pretty funny parts, and great actions scenes!

I'd say, SEE THIS MOVIE...but Ive heard mixed reviews.. sooo check it out for yourself!

You be the judge!


WOLVERINES!!!!


4/5 glasses!!

Life of Pi

INCREDIBLE! This movie was insanely amazing. The story is soooo captivating, and you get so attached to the characters, especially Pi, who's stranded on a lifeboat with a Bangle Tiger, Richard Parker. Pi's family ran a zoo in India, and they had to sell it, so they are moving to Canada and shipping all the animals with them to sell. Theres a storm and the boat starts sinking, Pi gets on a life boat, and some there are some unexpected animals who join him.

I cried about 3 times during this movie, because of the horrible things that happened on that boat. I dont think I could hang on to life, as long as he did.

Honestly, this is probably going to be Best Picture or win some sort of award. This movie made me feel so emotionally drained afterwards, I just wanted to go home and sit down and do nothing. It had such an impact.

Its so hard to explain how this movie affects you, and incredible the story is.

SEE IT OPENING DAY!

6/5 glasses!!!!

The All-American Rejects Concert ft. Matt Toka

Im soooo glad Im able to say that I went to this concert!! Front row, at the Marquee theater.

Opening act was Matt Toka! Before Wednesday I never heard of him, or his music..now I'm obsessed with his song 666!! His songs are pretty catchy and good! I touched his arm, my friend Allysha put her hand on his stomach, and he sang in my other friend, Tori's, face! It was pretty great! He came out into the crowd which was super cool!!  Allysha got the drummers drum stick after we all yelled "WE LOVE THE DRUMMER!"  *Matt, hows your butt feeling? lol*

I was lucky enough to meet The All-American Rejects about 4 years ago at WetSeal, and they signed my CD! Tyson Ritter, singer, told me to "GYM IT UP" because I just came from a gymnastics meet and still had my leotard on! Now "gymitup" is my username for almost everything, including one of my emails..... lol

The All-American Rejects came on and it was mind-blowing! Im pretty sure Tyson looked at us a couple of times! I got Nicks Guitar pick with Dexters(his dog) paw print on the back, and Tori got the drummers drum stick!!! I knew just about every song, except for two. I lost my hearing and voice, but honestly I dont care! Best concert I've ever been too, yes, better than Bieber. Ive been a fan for such a long time, and this was the first time Ive ever seen them live...and it made my life soooo much better. I wish I could relive this night everyday!! I tried to get a setlist, but no such luck!! BUT I was able to get a Meet&Greet! I told Tyson about the last time I met him and the GYMITUP story..and that while in China this past summer, at the Hard Rock Cafe, their music video came on, and Me and Tori freaked out!! I wish I asked Nick if i could pet little Dexter but I dont know what he would've said...


anywaysss... BEST CONCERT!!! I need more AAR concerts in my lifeeeeee.
EVERYONE GO BUY MATT TOKA'S MUSIC, AND THE KIDS IN THE STREET ALBUM FROM THE REJECTS.


Here are some of the good pictures I took!

The signed album that I rocked out to in China!

Nicks Guitar Pick!

The Light in the Piazza (DHS play)

Pre-show:
This play is very intimate. The seating is on the stage and we get up close and personal with the cast. Can't wait to see what this amazing group of kids can show us.

Show:

Wow! I knew that this play took place in Italy but I had no idea they'd be speaking Italian!! I give every single actor props because that's very difficult to do! The singing abilities of these guys are incredible! Dobson just keeps on surprising! 
The songs are great, and the performance is outstanding! I really enjoy the fact that they are so close to the crowd. It makes you feel like your in Florence!
I love this play, even though its not a mainstream one that everyone would know. It's actually pretty funny! You go through a bunch of emotions.

Great job to Codi, Kyle, Brennan, Matt, Connor, Alanna, Nadia, Michael, Brandy, Whitney, Amanda, Riley, Natalie, and Xelha. Also great job to any other actors and the people behind the curtains who help the play go off without a hitch!A special congrats and a thank you to Mr. Navarro for putting this together and having it turn out so perfectly!! Keep up the GREAT work, cant wait for the next play!!

heres just a little overview(take off the invite)

THE LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA takes place in Italy in the summer of 1953. Margaret Johnson, the wife of an American businessman, is touring the Tuscan countryside with her daughter, Clara. While sightseeing, Clara-a beautiful, surprisingly childish young woman-loses her hat in a sudden gust. As if guided by an unseen hand, the hat lands at the feet of Fabrizio Naccarelli, a handsome Florentine, who returns it to Clara. This brief episode, charged with coincidence and fate, sparks an immediate and intense romance between Clara and Fabrizio. Margaret, extremely protective of her daughter, attempts to keep Clara and Fabrizio apart. As THE LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA unfolds, a secret is revealed: in addition to the cultural differences between the young lovers, Clara is not quite all that she appears. Unable to suppress the truth about her daughter, Margaret is forced to reconsider not only Clara's future, but her own hopes as well.


SEE THIS FANTASTIC PLAY, AND SUPPORT THE AMAZING DRAMA KIDS AT DOBSON!!!

Tickets: $8.00 single • $14.00 double
Available in the DHS Bookstore (480) 472-3262
or North Auditorium Lobby prior to curtain

LIMITED SEATING

Nov 1 - November 3
Thur - Fri: 7:00 p.m. • Saturday 2:00 and 7:00 p.m.

Flight

Okay movie.

The very beginning was kinda uncalled for and not needed. So that bothered me.
All the plane sequences were great though, especially the crash.

After the crash, the energy of the movie did die down and the movie seemed to take FOREVER to end. I don't know, maybe go see this.. but it's not a MUST SEE. There were some funny scenes and some emotional but not to the point of crying scenes.

2/5 glasses because it got quite boring.

People To People-2013

Today I met some of the delegates that are traveling with me to Spain France and Italy. It was super cool to meet everyone before we do our monthly meetings.

IF YOU GUYS WANT TO BE APART OF THE FUN PASTA FUNDRAISER, PLEASE EMAIL ME. THE FUNDRAISER WILL START WITHIN A FEW WEEKS, AND THE ORDERS ARE SURE TO BE IN BEFORE CHRISTMAS. 

If your interested please email Lauren@Ctmreviews.com!

Notes: 

Brochure Orders of $4,000 or more will earn 50%. Less than $3,999 will earn 40%. Profits from Online Sales and Additional Orders are always 40%.

if youd like to buy some pastas now or would just like to checkout the items go to the website! 

Chasing Mavericks

Perfection.

Those waves were INSANE and the story is phenomenal! Alittle heart breaking to know its based off a true story. But over all fantastic, its a MUST SEE this year!

Its about a little boy who surfs, and grows up wanting to take on the mavericks! He gets training by his mentor/neighbor/savior and takes on the deadly waves.
It takes you through this training and the activities he has to go through to be ready for the waves.

im absolutely obsessed with this story and the feeling it gives you after you watch it.

GREAT cast with an outstanding amount of talent. Not to mention great surfer bods!

Leven, Jonny, Gerard- Thank you for making this story come alive and do it with perfection!

SEE THIS MOVIE FRIDAY!! I CANT WAIT TO SEE IT AGAIN!

MAKE SURE TO TWEET #LIVELIKEJAY

5 glasses-Outstanding.


Check out a picture of when i met Leven at a Hunger Games meet & greet! (all you can see is her hair but its her lol )