"Mary Poppins"

Things were not going well for Mr. Banks. His two children had run away, again. He was thinking of hiring a new nanny because the old one was sick of the kids running away, and she had quit. Little did he know, his children were about to have an exciting journey. While the new nannies were waiting outside, a big gust of wind blew, and they all ‘magically’ blew away. Then, out of nowhere, Mary Poppins came, flying and holding an umbrella. That is highly doubtful, and that explains why it could be either irony or romance, because those are the only two plot lines with characteristics of, “highly unrealistic.” The movie is not scary, though, so it must be a romance story.

In the beginning of the movie, it already has reasons of why it would be unrealistic. First of all, she came, flying. That is completely impossible, unless there are very, VERY mighty winds, or if you’re on an airplane! Then, Mary and the kids clean a whole room in 5 minutes by snapping and singing! Boy, don’t we wish we could do that. It is not possible to snap and something then gets put away. Mary then takes the kids out to the park, and that’s where they meet Bert, a Chimney Sweep. Bert was at the park because he draws amazing pictures with chalk, there. As they were looking at the pictures, the little girl said, “I wish I could go there!” And with that, Mary Poppins used her ‘magic’ to make them all jump into the picture. They stayed and played there for a while, but then it started to rain, and they were teleported out of the drawing. That is highly unrealistic; as we could never, EVER jump into a drawing! The next day, they went to Mary’s uncle’s house, because he had an alcohol problem. When they got there, he was laughing so hard, that he had floated to the ceiling! They had a tea party on the ceiling, because none of them could stop laughing and they couldn’t come down! Later in that story, Bert, Mary, and the kids were all jumping on chimneys when they came to an end, and so they rode a cloud of smoke? Ha! None of things are possible.

Most of the scenery and such matched the romance scenario. The house was a big, luxurious home, not including the fact that their neighbor had such a boat obsession, that he turned the roof into his own top of a ship! He fired cannons and everything! Anyway, the sky was most of the times a silver kind of color, and mostly all of the trees were evergreens. There were some doves, and while they were in the picture, there was a rainbow. Also, most of the story took place in the mornings. It looked as if it was spring, everyone wearing light coats, and there was no snow. That is something that points out that this story is romance.

Also, the story follows the romance theme very well. The minor conflict is that the kids drove away yet another nanny. And through the course of the story, their lives get better. That is the life symbolism, because the ending was a little more realistic than the rest of the story. The main character (Mary Poppins) can do no wrong and the evil (Mr. Banks) is weak and laughable. Most things in this story are better than they are in real life, like walking on smoke clouds, being able to jump into drawings, jumping along the rooftops, or even dancing with penguins. The story is very much so a fantasy vision, because the majority of it is things that we wish we could do but can’t.

This clearly states why this story is a romance story. There are very many facts to prove it and It makes a LOT of sense! Therefore, the story is a romance! I think it all matches very well!

CHRISTMAS!!!

Christmas sure is funny! A bunch of random people sing Christmas songs like Walking in a Winter Wonderland:

Sleigh bells ring
are you listening
in the lane
snow is glistening
A beautiful sight
we're happy tonight
walking in a winter wonderland
Gone away is the bluebird
here to stay is a new bird
He sings a love song
as we go along
walking in a winter wonderland
In the meadow we can build a snowman
Then pretend that he is Parson Brown
He'll say: Are you married?
we'll say: No man
But you can do the job
when you're in town
Later on
we'll conspire
as we dream by the fire
To face unafraid
the plans that we've made
walking in a winter wonderland
In the meadow we can build a snowman
and pretend that he's a circus clown
We'll have lots of fun with mister snowman
until the all the kids knock him down
When it snows
ain't it thrilling
Though your nose gets a chilling
We'll frolic and play
the Eskimo way
walking in a winter wonderland
Walking in a winter wonderland!
walking in a winter wonderland!

 HEEHEE! Christmas is so much fun! (P.S. Peekers are NOT COOL!!!)   :0

Good times, good times...

There are a LOT of good times I have shared with my great, hilarious, bizarre, and spaztastic friends.
I remember one time, when I was home alone, and my friend Jade wanted to come over and hang out. Unfortunately, I'm not allowed to have anyone over when my parents aren't home. So, she came over anyway. Why?? BECAUSE SHE SAID HER PARENTS DID NOT HAVE ANYTHING GOOD TO EAT FOR DINNER. Well, we started making Ramen Noodles, and I stood outside watching for my parents while Jade was inside cooking. I saw my dad, and I yelled, "GRUNT!!! COCK A DOODLE DOO!!!!!" (that was our code). She sprinted out my back door, left the noodles, and my dad walked in. I was laughing and trying not ot give away that I was up to something. He asked, "Kasia?! What the heekers are you doing laughing and making noodles... in the microwave???" I never make Ramen Noodles in the microwave, so, I winged it. "Um..." I was laughing even harder. "Because I was trying to experiment new things...?" Unsure, he said, "Alright...??" It was so funny. Jade called 10 minutes later, and she yelled, "KASIA! DID YOU EAT MY NOODLES???" I was laughing so hard now, I was on the floor. I tried to stop, but soon, Jade caught on and started laughing too. We were on the phone laughing for about 15 minutes until my dad got mad and screamed, "GRUNT!! KASIA GET DOWN HERE AND EAT THE NooDLES THAT YOU MADE!" It was hilarious!
This other time, at Camp Whitcomb, my friends Ali and Rhiannon were both in the same class. There was a skit contest, and so, we came up with something really. Really. Weird. We were thinking, and we scratched out a bunch of ideas... until this one idea we had... Our skit ended up being a fashion show. But it was no ordinary fashion show. When it was our turn to 'walk' down the 'catwalk', we ran out in front of the whole 5th grade with our underwear on our heads and our underwear over our pants! We were called the "Sexy Lumberjacks", because we had sticks in our hands. Everyone was laughing. Show success!
One time, last year in 6th grade, my friend Brittany and me were really bored. So as we were talking, we made up nicknames for ourselves. I'm Pop, and she's Gramgram. We started making these weird stories about an old man named Brittany, and they got pretty funny. Later in the year, our class got a student teacher, Ms. Pergande. We thought it would be funny if we started leaving the stories on her desk. So, we changed the old man's name to Stu, because we didn't want us to be a giveaway. And then it began. We left a new story about Stu on her desk every night. Then one morning when we walked in, 3 of our stories were hung on the board with writing under them. It read: "WHAT???" Britt and me practically fell on the floor laughing. When the teacher came in, she asked us, why are you girls laughing so hard?" and we laughed even harder. We kept leaving stories on her desk and at the end of the year, she wrote this in my yearbook: "Have a great summer.. LOVED the stories you left on my desk. -Ms. Pergande" Guess she found out it was us... WE WERE NOT GIVEAWAYS! :0
Another time, my friend Brittany and me were having a noodle slurping contest. We were eating spaghetti, and, well, I was, but she doesn't like the sauce so she was having the noodles plain. She blurted out, "LET'S HAVE A SLURPING CONTEST, POP!" So I replied, "OK Gramgram, but you're going DOWN!" 1....2...3.. GO! I was done slurping the noodle in a second but when I looked over at Britt, she wasn't even halfway done... and the noodle she was slurping was shorter!
GOOD TIMES, GOOD TIMES, MAN!!!!!!!!!! :D

Snow!

Snow is amazing! It is like a big pillow... but a LOT colder. If snow was warm, I bet everyone in the world would be outside laying in the snow and having fun. What I love even more is when the snow is frozen, like ice! I go to a huge hill and I go sledding. There is a bump that you create and you fly off the bump laughing and hoping you wont fall off. This one time, me and my friend Ali went sledding and we didn't have a snowboard so one of us would stand down in the middle of the hill, the other one would sled down on a saucer, and then the one standing would jump on the one in the sled on the way down. I love snow! :)