Grab Your Coat cuz We'll Be Out All Night

Well I've decided I'm going to end each month with a long rambling blog about my thoughts. Here's the first!

Sometimes, I wonder how people see me. Do you ever do that? I just wonder what people think when they see me walking down the hall. I always like to remember that we're all way more then faces in the yearbook. We all have stories. Sad ones, happy ones, funny one, and really painful ones.

                                                                                   (What do YOU see?)

I want to be the kind of person who tells those kinds of stories. The ones that prove everyday people are interesting. I mean, we can't all be Katniss Everdeen or Harry Potter! But does that mean that our stories and lives aren't worthy of becoming best selling novels and blockbuster films? Some of the best movies are 'based on true stories'. That's why a really awesome project I'm working on it going to go down. I'm interviewing everyday Jonas fans for there stories. I'm really excited about it.

Also, if your from America and reading this, you probably know tonight is Steve Carell's last episode on The Office . I am crying inside, and I probably will be on the outside when it's over. I love that show, and I don't think it will ever be the same without Michael Scott. (His character) People on Facebook are all talking about their favorite Michael Scott memory, and for me that's easy. It's the episode where Toby is leaving, and the gang decides to throw him a goodbye party. Michael hates Toby with a cruel bizarre passion that is completely hilarious. (He gave a him a whole speech called, "Why are you the way you  are!?") Michael gets up and stage and asks the band they booked if they know how to play Goodbye Stranger they nod and start to play. Michael starts to sing what I think is the best song in TV comedy since Adam Sandler's Lunch Lady. He sings, "Goodbye Toby! We won't miss you!"etc. here's the link if you wanna laugh until you cry. (That's what she said.)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKDQOki0GWA&feature=related

I just love to ramble on and on about stuff like this : D Um, the blog tittle is my favorite lyric in my favorite song. Grab Your Coat by Ocean Grove. You should check those guys out cuz they're really awesome. They ate Easter breakfast at my local IHOP this past Sunday.

That's all for now! I'm already super excited for my next monthly ramble!

-Zo

'Lil bit of info...

Well, the following photograph displays my personality so perfectly, it astounds me. Everything on there screams "ZOEY!" It's quite interesting. There are a couple of things missing, but most of 'em are there. Enjoy. :)

Oh My Gosh!

So, Happy Easter! I hope your day is blessed with love and chocolate! ;) I just thought I'd share a little bit of my randomness with you today! :D I LOVE Saturday Night Live, and one of my favorite skits is "Surprise Party" It's so funny I die almost every time a see it. Kristin Wiig is a GENIUS if you get the chance, check out her Gilly sketches too if you get a chance! It reminds me of myself when the Jonas Brothers are doing interviews or are mentioned on something. So now when I do see them I always say., "Oh my gosh! Oh MY GOSH!" So, here's the link! :) Enjoy it and have a happy Easter Sunday! (Sorry I couldn't find it on youtube. NBC's website isn't the best for videos. :/)
 http://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/surprise-party/237294/

-Zo

Letters to Joe J

So, a really great fansite is doing a fabulous project called letters to Joe Jonas where fans email letters for Joe to the girl in charge, and she posts them on the site. After there's enough letters, she's planning on getting Joe to see it and read out letters! :D (She's got connections) So I just thought that was really cool ;) I wrote my letter yesterday and it got posted last night. here's the link if you wanna read it and some other great letters. :) Also, I'll end this blog with the fabulous pictures of Joe Jonas taken in Hawaii earlier this week. Yum... <3
http://letterstojoejonas.tumblr.com/

The Help

Alright, so I just read another amazing book, so I thought I'd talk about it.

It's called The Help and it's by Kathryn Stockett. It's a really amazing book about two black maids, and a white girl in 1962 Mississippi. It's really insane just how awful people will treat others because they're different. Whether it's because they're black, gay, or just a little strange it still doesn't make it right. That's the whole moral of the book really.

I loved all three of the characters! Minny was hilarious, sassy, and almost everything she said either made me want to laugh or want to cry. The way she thought of her boss, Miss Ceilia made me crack up. The horrible way her husnad treated her made me want to cry, and the "Terrible Awful" thing she did to Hilly made me want to think twice before eating chocolate pie for the rest of my life!

Aibileen seemed like the kind of person I would love to be with. She cares so much about the kids she tends too, and I loved her. The was she always told Mae Mobley (Yeah, that's  the name of the baby she takes care of) "You is kind.You is smart. You important." Made me want to cry! She was so brave, and so kind.

Then there's Skeeter. She was my favorite character. She was the white girl who decided to write a book about the "help" and their experiences. I really liked her because I could relate to her. I have friends that don't always seem like they're 100% my friends. I want to be a writer. I feel criticized and alone a lot of the time. I see the wrong in other peoples ways that they may not catch. I AM Skeeter Phelan in a lot of ways.

All in all, it was a really great book! I recommend it to anyone and everyone. Make sure you read it before the movie comes out this summer!

-Zo

Be Yourself

I have a lot of "quirks" I guess you could say. For starters, I love the Jonas Brothers. I get a lot of crap for it, but I've learned to shake it off and say, "This is just me." But what irks me, is when complete STRANGERS think it's okay to criticize me and my "Jonas sisters" I was reading a girl's fan fiction, and some jerk who doesn't even know her started posting hate comment after hate comment. It really got me mad. Who he to judge? Does he know her? Does he know me? No. He just thought it would be funny to call us names as get a rise out if us. Pfft! How is that funny? Being mean to girls you don't even know? It's stupid! Anyway, that just got me going.

I've noticed a Lot of cyber bullying recently, and I really can't believe it. Twitter accounts devoted to hating another user, this idiot on the discussion board, people being mean just to be mean. There's no reason for it! I wrote a song, that I may or may not post on this blog, (it depends on what my folks think about it) called Peace, Love, and Music. It's all about how those three things are all we really need in life. If it were only these three  things, the world would be a much better place.

Anyway if you get anything about of this pointless rant, it's don't be a bully. Don't talk trash on someone just because you can. Everyone has there own quirks. Just remember that one.

-Zo

Bucket List

In creative writing class today we had to write a bucket list. (Things you want to do before you "kick the bucket") I had so mush fun doing it, so I thought I'd share my top 15 with y'all!

1. Have a creative/music related discussion with Joe Jonas.
2. Win a Tony
3. Attend the Oscar's
4. Own a cat named Sean Connery (Again, I should talk about that one of these days...)
5. Own a pug-a-poo (pug/poodle mix)
6. Work at Disneyland as a princess.
7. Go to Europe.
8. Live in Ireland for a few months.
9. Write a bestselling novel.
10. Have my song  'This is Just to Say' recorded.
11. Get married
12. Learn sing language
13. Meet Taylor Swift
14. Write a song with Nick Jonas
 15. Live on the beach.

-Zo

100 Things

I noticed that Twitter was having an ongoing, "100 facts about me" thingy going on. I have no twitter account, so I'll do 100 things here cuz that how I roll!

1) My name's Zoey

2) My middle name is Noel but it was almost O'Hara (hints the name of this blog)

3) I used to think of myself as one of those crazy Jonas Brothers fans that liked them because they were hot.

4) Now I respect them as musicians, and see their music as inspiration (but, they aren't that bad to look at)

5) I curse more then I should. It's a bad habit.

6) I used to hate Taylor Swift, until I actually listened to her music. Now, she's one of the main reasons I write music.

7) I've never been kissed ;)

8) 80% of my songs have been written in my Algebra class. Polynomials are very inspiring.

9) I love Disney musicals. They're my guilty pleasure.

10) I love watching indie comedies.

11) I'm addicted to Saturday Night Live. Seth Myers and Andy Samberg crack me up.

12) My friends have to tell me to shut up when I start talking to about Joe Jonas

13) Is my lucky number. Always has been.

14) I think Justin Bieber is a spotlight stealing jerk.

15) I wrote a song about Joe Jonas. I hope I can play it for him sometime.

16) I'm not very good at being social

17) When I grow up, I want to be a writer, or a Broadway actress with a couple Tony's under my belt.

18) My dog's name is Kyuss.

19) I've always secretly wished I could draw.

20) I like taking pictures.

                                                                  (Cell phone photography)

21) I hate riding the bus.

22) I'm terrified of getting my learner's next year

23) I almost got Taylor Swift tickets, but it didn't work out.

24) I'm LDS (Mormon) but I'm not very good at it.

25) My best friend's a guy.

26) I'm a hypocrite for being Team Xander after reading Matched.

27) I'm addicted to Psych. I think Shawn Spencer is the best TV character ever. I'd kill to have a guest spot on that show.

28) My favorite Jonas Brother's songs are Black Keys, Turn Right, and Underdog.

29) I'm dying to hear Joe Jonas' solo album.

30) I love Ocean Grove. Garbo is amazing.

31) My dad's an artist.

32) I living in the most boring state you can think of.

33) Chris Farley is awesome. Government cheese.

34) I always wonder what I'd be like to be a wedding planner.

35) P!nk is so kick awesome. F*** Perfect has been my theme song for weeks.

36) I regret blowing off a casting call I got after filling something out at the mall. I swear. the new Disney show coming up, Madison High was like, written for me.

37) I journal almost everyday.

38) I like writing fan fiction.

39) I'm sort of a hippy.

40) I'm LOVE the play Wicked but I've never seen it.

41) I was a Twi-hard for about a week in 6th grade.

42) I write songs, but I can't read music.

43) I've read more books then any person should.

44) I sometimes wish I was a pop star.

45) I sing in the shower.

46) I plan on getting a cat when I'm older, and naming him Sean Connery. (There's a great back story to that! Remind to post that one later)

47) I wish I lived by the beach.

48) I liked to be called Zo or Z.

49) I'm almost half way there!

50) My iPod's purple.

51) Growing up, I was obsessed with Blue's Clues.

52) My dad told me that Steve from Blue's Clues didn't leave for college. He quit the show, shaved his head, and joined a rock band.

53) I'm running out of things to say.

54) Wikipedia is a miracle.

55) Conan O'Brian is hilarious. Especially when he uses Wikipedia. tee-hee

56) Someday, I'll be famous for something good.

57) I still think of my hair as blonde, even though it's brown now. Thanks to getting older.

58) I'm not always myself.

59) I am NOT flexible. I can't even touch my toes.

60) My favorite actor is a tie between Jesse Eisenberg (for his work in The Living Wake I have yet to see The Social Network) and Mark Wahlberg. (AKA Marky-Mark of New Kidz On the Block)

61) I want to learn American Sign Language.

62) If I could go anywhere, I'd be New York City/

63) One of my goals is to have Conan O'Brian do his little bow thingy on his show when he says my name.

64) I wish I could play guitar.

65) I'm left handed.

66) When I have kids, I'm going to name them Vivianna, Adam, and Violet.

67)  I love a good ol' cheesy sitcom every now and then ex: Full House

68) I still eat mac 'n cheese

69) I tried reading Pride and Prejudice, but it gave me a headache so I stopped. I'm still not sure why they never left Mr. Darcy's house.

70) I think I should be playing Katniss Everdeen in the Hunger Games movies. No offence to Jennifer Larwrence.

71) My favorite movie right now, (since it usually changes weekly) The Living Wake

72) Brian Regan is the best comedian ever. He doesn't need to swear or talk about dirty things to have me laughing so hard that I start to cry.

73) I used to dance as a kid.

74) I wish I was funny.

75) My nail's are painted pale green. Like Cassia's silk dress  in Matched.

76) I love bacon and eggs.

77) I talk a lot.

78) When I was younger, I used to make pointless lists in my notebook. I wish I didn't throw them all out.

79) I love irony way too much.

80) I'm the only one at my school who seems to be into all the stuff I'm in.

81) I know WAY to much then any person should about Greek mythology.

82) Sadly, I get way to into books.

83) I have read all of the Maximum Ride books, and I'm Team Fang for life!

84) I've always wanted a Twitter account.

85) When I was little, I never owned a Ken doll. I had Barbies, and GI Joe's. They had serious six packs.

86) I love laughing so hard I start to cry.

87) Jonas Brother's fans think I'm a crack up. I get like 13 "likes" everytime I make a witty comment on the Jonas's status' on Facebook.

88) I Love car insurance commercials. They get more and more outrageous as the days go on.

89) Favorite bands: Jonas Brothers, Ocean Grove, Vampire Weekend, Going Second.

90) Even though I think Joe is the cutest Jonas, I have more in common with Nick.

91) Le Miz made me cry, and I only heard the music,

92) Purple's my favorite color.

93) I'm running out of things to say.

94) I make lots of typos, so sorry!

95) I had my first can of Coke a year ago, and I hated it.

96) I love the summer.

97) I think hitting golf ball, not golfing is fun.

98) This blog is loads of fun to write.

99) I'm a sucker for a good romance novel.

100) Chick flicks are awesome.

Well that's 100 things about me! :D

-Zo

Do Not Go Gentle

I just finished an amazing book, and just thought I'd talk about it. It's called Matched by Ally Condie. It's an amazing book, about a dystopian society where everyone's important choices are made for them. Like, who they'll marry, or what job you'll have. The main character, Cassia is "matched" with two people by mistake, her sweet, caring best friend Xander, and the mysterious, confusing outcast boy named Ky. She tries her best not to fall for Ky, because she is officially matched to Xander, but to no prevail. She falls for Ky, and has to make a choice.

The book is truly AMAZING and I recommend it to everyone. (Plus, the covers just beautiful! Don't you think?) My favorite part is the illegal poem Cassia's grandfather gives her when he dies. One of the lines is, "Do not go gentle." and it quickly becomes the main theme of the book. Every time Cassia is commanded to do something by an Official, she's remembers those words and stays strong.

I hope that someday, I can write a story or a book as great as this one. I want to tell a love story as strong and powerful as this one. I don't want to "go gentle" and publish those cheesy romance novels that are published like magazines. I want to write something that sticks with someone, and isn't just a great "beach read". I want to write something that matters. I want to write about characters who need their voices heard.

I want to write a story as great as what I think is the greatest romance novel written so far. No, it's not Twilight (gag) It's a book I don't think hardly anyone has read, but everyone should. It's called Scrambled Eggs At Midnight the titles just as quirky as the characters, and I love it. So, I've given you two books that not only should you read, but you should buy, because you'll want to read them more them once!

-Zo (almost O'Hara)

Why a Blog?

So, I basically ramble to no one, right? That's how blogs work? Okay then, this should be easy. I started this thing, beceause I felt like maybe I have something to say that might be important to other people. Does that makes sense? No, probably not. I never do make sense. I think that's something obvious you'll come to find about me. I over analyze things,  I write about pointless things, and I have not very common hobbies. I just nutshelled myself, and still kept it vague. I'm starting to figure this whole thing out, so bear with me for the next while. Maybe I'll figure out what that important thing to say is.

Stay Tuned-

O'Hara (Almost)