Harriet the Spy

A 1996 comedy-drama and mystery film adapted from a 1964 novel of the same name. Michelle Trachtenberg is the main character, playing (of course) the role of Harriet Welsch. Apparently, I recently saw this movie on Star Movies. Here's some background story about it.

Harriet M. Welsch is an outgoing 11-year-old girl aspiring to be a writer and a spy. Living a privileged life on the Upper East Side, as practice for her future career she observes others carefully and writes everything she thinks in a notebook.

One day during a game of tag, Harriet loses her notebook and is mortified when her friends find it and Marion proceeds to read all of Harriet's secret thoughts to everyone. The children find some of what she wrote hurtful, and the class forms the Spy Catcher Club. The club meets regularly to think up ways to make Harriet's life miserable, including stealing her lunch and spilling paint all over her during art class.

Out of utter frustration and envy, Harriet drops a note in the Hennesseys' mailbox for Rachel's mother. It states, "All those kids hate Rachel. They just want your cake. Furthermore they will clutter up the backyard and also they constitute a nuisance." The Hennesseys find it and Rachel later announces to the Spy Catcher Club that a crank note was dropped in her mailbox. She summarizes what the note said, and to Harriet's amusement, Pinky Whitehead states, "Well, it's very good cake."

Hurt and lonely, Harriet resorts to childish tantrums and resolves to get back at her former friends by thinking up a special punishment for each one. She gets into trouble when she carries out some of her plans, including cutting off a chunk of Laura's hair. When that fails, Harriet tries to resume her friendship with Sport and Janie as if nothing ever happened, but they both reject her. Spending all her time in class writing in her notebook causes her grades to suffer, and Harriet's parents confiscate her notebook and take her to a psychologist.

Harriet's parents speak with her teacher and the headmistress, and Harriet is appointed editor of the class newspaper. The newspaper becomes an instant success and after some time as the editor, Harriet makes amends to her former friends, offering a printed retraction and saying that the statements in her notebook were unfair statements. Sport and Janie forgive her, and all is well again.

Happy endings. :)

Gleeks are so here.

As weeks passed and GLEE has aired for a long time already, I am here, watching season 1 again. Why? Because, they just take my breath away every time they sing a song. Not only does GLEE sing songs out of the blue, but they also show here different issues like Quinn's teen pregnancy and popularity issues in school, etc. I really liked this TV series because I really love listening to the songs they revive each episode. BACKGROUND? Okay. Here it goes.
William Schuester is a Spanish teacher in WMHS. He is also the Glee club moderator. The first group of kids to join the said club are Rachel, Artie, Tina, Mercedes, Kurt and Finn. Rachel is a very good singer but has popularuty issues. Artie, a very talented guy but is stuck in a wheel chair. Tina, a good performer and an EMO. Mercedes, as well as the first four ahead, a very good singer and is a black American. Kurt, like all those kids, is a very talented performer, dresses very well and is gay. Finn, on the other hand, is a good singer and a popular football jock. This said club however is very much hated by Sue Sylvester, cheerleader coach and enemy of Will Schuester, so when three of her cheerleaders (Quinn, Brittany and Santana) tried to enter Glee Club, she used them to be her eyes and ears inside Glee Club and tried to take them down.
Well, so much has been said already, I recommend you check out Glee. :))

TEENAGE DREAM.

I recently heard this song by Katy Perry, which is entitled 'Teenage Dream'. I liked the way she sang it. The lyrics was beautifully made and it seems like every teen could relate to this song. Because, i really LOVED it, I made an effort to post the lyrics here.

You think I'm pretty
Without any make-up on
You think I'm funny
When I tell the punch line wrong
I know you get me
So I'll let my walls come down, down

Before you met me
I was a wreck
But things were kinda heavy
You brought me to life
Now every February
You'll be my valentine, valentine

Let's go all the way tonight
No regrets, just love
We can dance until we die
You and I
We'll be young forever

You make me
Feel like
I'm living a Teenage Dream
The way you turn me on
I can't sleep
Let's runaway
And don't ever look back
Don't ever look back

My heart stops
When you look at me
Just one touch
Now baby I believe
This is real
So take a chance
And don't ever look back
Don't ever look back

We drove to Cali
And got drunk on the beach
Got a motel and
Built a fort out of sheets
I finally found you
My missing puzzle piece
I'm complete

Let's go all the way tonight
No regrets, just love
We can dance until we die
You and I
We'll be young forever

You make me
Feel like
I'm living a Teenage Dream
The way you turn me on
I can't sleep
Let's runaway
And don't ever look back
Don't ever look back

My heart stops
When you look at me
Just one touch
Now baby I believe
This is real
So take a chance
And don't ever look back
Don't ever look back

I might get your heart racing
In my skin-tight jeans
Be your teenage dream tonight

Let you put your hands on me
In my skin-tight jeans
Be your teenage dream tonight

You make me
Feel like
I'm living a Teenage Dream
The way you turn me on
I can't sleep
Let's runaway
And don't ever look back
Don't ever look back

My heart stops
When you look at me
Just one touch
Now baby I believe
This is real
So take a chance
And don't ever look back
Don't ever look back

A world of books =))

IMAGINATION. COLOR. TRAVEL.

This are the things a book could give you. Imagination, I once heard a character in a TV show say "It's like a TV in your head", well I actually agree. I've been reading books since I was a first year, I have actually encountered various books. Love story, Novels, Fiction, Best-sellers and books that were turned to movies and stuff. I remember when I was a little kid and the only thing I look forward in reading a book are the pictures in it. Anyway, imagination is one thing, a simple book could offer you. It opens your mind into a different kind of world. Color, well for me, reading a book simply adds a color to my life. Travel, how could I really travel with just a book? Well, simple for me, through your imagination, a book could bring you from one place to another. A book could actually help you journey to places you could never imagine. So, why don't you pick-up a book and start to read one now. :))

You like it too, don't you?

A bedroom that makes you feel like your underwater. It sounds heaven to me, what more if your bed is in a swimming pool. It would be a dream come true for me. To swim whenever I want inside my room. I could take a dip anytime I want whether wearing still wearing school uniform or shorts. It would have been totally amazing to sleep in a place where you can swim in peace and alone. No disturbances. You could even watch TV at the same time. :p

=)

LIFE is meant to surprise us and fill our lives with colors.