Holiday Post, to Bring in December! :)

Hello my dear friends,

I am aware I've been gone from my blog for quite sometime. Because of school I've fallen down on the job. But I would like to introduce to you some holiday items, that you may and or may not have been aware of.

1. Music-The John Tesh radio show, available wherever Kiss Lite Rock is broad casted. He is my favorite he plays Christmas music and gives amazing tidbits called Intelligence for Your Life, it's really fun.

2. Books-The Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, an excellent one for the avid reader, or if you're not an avid reader How the Grinch Stole Christmas by Dr. Seuss, nothing to strenuous. :)

3. Fashion- Hair, curly and soft volume for long, and for short spiky pixie hair. Clothes sparkles, sequins, etc. Elle magazine suggests some items the link is at the bottom, but for cheaper just as cute items for girls go to Forever 21, Charlotte Russe, or Romy each producing similar products. (If none of the stores are available for you shoot me an e-mail and I'll find other options! :)

4.Movies, Miracle on 34th St., White Christmas, or the ever loved Christmas Story. For your sappy date with your significant other I would suggest It's a Wonderful Life. :)

And that's all for today. I didn't include politics, internet, or History simply because those don't have exciting Christmas connotations. We will continue our pursuit of Holiday-ness as the month continues. And on December 28th I promise to produce a NEW YEARS post. Have fun with these, and I LOVE hearing about Christmas traditions so comment please or e-mail me as always!

With Holiday Cheer,

*Liberty Generation*

Link for Elle post http://www.elle.com/Fashion/Fashion-Spotlight/Sparkling-Holiday-Fashion

Books> The Hunger Games

Hi, everyone! I just started this new-ish series called The Hunger Games. It's pretty good. I read the whole thing and I really liked it. But sometimes you don't want to read it because you're afraid who's gonna' die next. Besides, it's totally unpredictable. Not to mention you freak out when something bad happens. Its ten times worse when you're like me. When I read a book I'm not just reading it, I'm in it. So when something like that happens it freaky! Anyway, its only a trilogy and they are already out. I got a great deal on the box-set on Walmart's website. Yes, they are hard back. It's pretty good but no hints you can look it up to decide what you would want. Here are the three books: #1 The Hunger Games, #2 Catching Fire, #3 Mockingjay. I happen to like them a lot. They are pretty clean. BUT! Its super gory! SUPER GORY! IMAGINATION PEOPLE, BBBBEEEEWWWAAARRREEE!!! But it can still be SUPER exciting. I highly recommend it to people with a need for action/excitement in there lives. This will take care of any craving for something other than your boring life you will ever have.

Monday- Pandora

So lately I've been using the wonderful thing that is Pandora. This wonderful online radio makes me one of the happiest people alive! I love the fact that you can add the music you like and they just play songs like it. I even enjoy their commercials, they play them not too often, at just the right amount. Because sometimes I just need a break from music for their 2 minute commercials. I have four stations right now, One Republic, David Crowder Band, Relient K, and Hawk Nelson. I listen more oft than not to One Republic. I encourage you to get a Pandora account and come hang out with me. You'll love it from your first visit, I promise. :D Get an account, and you won't regret it. I hope to see you all there! :)

L!BBY LOU KAZOO!

P.S. I forgot to tell you, I am under orangekeck@gmail, not talkingboutmygen@gmail.com. Just telling ya!

Saturday- TV Shows: The Mentalist

Okay, this is a pretty new thing to me but I totally love it! It's called the Mentalist its super funny! You guys all know that my favorite TV show is Psych. Well, this is pretty close to Psych.(Note: on the first episode of the 4th season Shawn mentions what he does is like the Mentalist) The only difference is age and maturity level, and those only go up a little bit. The main character, Patrick Jane, is actually super funny except more sarcastic but still funny. Not to mention I love how he dresses. I know weird! Anyway, it's really good just one problem. VERY GRAPHIC! The murder scenes look super real! I usually just glance away just for the heck of it. I don't want to remember most of the junk. Just to let you know I've only seen some of the newest season so (unlike Psych) I'm not an expert. But still so much fun!
WARNING: I watch this with my parents so if there is a "questionable part" they can skip it.

~Alyssa G.- L!bby G.

Wednesday Movie Night

So today instead of a post about movies I would like to put out a challenge. Try to watch one movie with a friend or family member, at least once a week. It may seem like a silly way to have quality time, but it actually is great. I have complied a list of my top ten favorite family movies. Here they are

1. Madagascar, the first one. I love this movie it's great for little kids and hilarious for adults.
2. Shrek 1 or 2, I am not particularly fond of 3 or 4, but 1 and 2 are amazing!
3. Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, one of the greatest movies ever! It's very funny and very cute! And completely wholesome.
4. Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, the original one. My Dad's all time favorite, and one of mine too.
5. Meet the Robinsons, I love this movie, it's cute and very sweet. It gets a little dark at one part, but the first time I watched it was with my (At the time) three year old niece. I think it's probably my 3rd favorite kid movie.
6. National Treasure 1 or 2, for viewing with older kids or your best friends. My best friends and I love this movie, we quote it perpetually.
7. Home Alone 1,2, or 3, I am not a huge fan of 4 but it's not bad. These are great to watch when sick around the holidays!
8. Cars, I know it's kind of a silly favorite, but man oh man do I like it. It's great!
9. Robots! This one's kind of old, but it still cracks me up. My dad likes the part where they're in the evil ladies lair.
10. And Last but not least Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, for the musical lovers this is the best! Only good for older audiences to kids its sooooo boring. But relax and watch as the handsome brothers dance for the beautiful brides, its funny and totally musical.

And that's it, leave me feedback about your favorite and maybe it will become a post!

Tuesday- Fall Fashions

Okay, So we're officially into fall. I would like to introduce you to three good fall trends, and three fall 'don't even think about it' trends.

So well start with the good,

1. Chunky curls for hair, yes ladies skip the straightener, go straight to the curler. Big huge ringlets are back in season. They're beautiful and fun, easily done for the on the go person, to the fashionista.

2. Pearls, tall boots, and plaid. These three fashions will get you into the frenzy of fall like that! I adore pearls, big ones, small ones, white ones, gray ones, any type of pearl is currently being accepted. Tall boots, heeled ones preferably, this chic looks dresses up any outfit, but worn right can make it look smooth and relaxed too. Plaid, so the best way to feel the breeze and chill of fall is to put on a button up plaid shirt, adorable! This lumberjack trend is back and I LOVE it!

3. Scarves! These beautiful add-ons have been a go for a while, but they've really hit home lately coming into these cooler months. Shy away from springy/summery colors, go for deep reds, purples, neutrals, and warmer plaids. Buy the right one and you're on your way to being beautiful!

Okay now on to the 3 'Don't try this at home !' looks.

1. This beautiful woman was made un-beautiful in the effort to make her look like a vampire. I am not saying the whole vampire effect can't be beautiful on some(bright red lipstick, deep smoky eyes, and pale skin), but for most of us regular girls this look makes us look like we've just come from a deep sleep, or gotten a black eye.

2. The whole Ombre hair thing. It just makes you look like you couldn't care less about your roots or that you hated the hair color your poor stylist gave you. I say stay FAR away from Ms. Drew Barrymore's style until her hair returns to a more natural look.

3. And finally our big ugly winner! The whole camel color thing! It's HIDEOUS!!!! I don't know how to get that across to the big designers, but camel is an ugly neutral, do brown, black, white, and my favorite gray. Those are all beauitful choices, but camel. Seriously people! We don't even really like the middle east right now, so why are we mimicking their animal? Just sayin'

Anyway, that's all from me, hope to see you all back next week now that we are getting back into the swing of things.

By the by, please vote on my poll on the side of my blog. Thanks!

Lovely L!bby!

Nancy Drew: Super Mystery's

Yes! Everyone I do know that Nancy Drew is mainly all I talk about, but besides the super mystery's I'm really not reading much else! It feels like people are trying to starve me from good books! And lately the library has been totally against me. For a while it was closed because their putting in like a Town Hall right next to it so you couldn't get to the library AT ALL. And that lasted about two weeks! I know AAAAHHHH! Then the last time we went the power was out (although I could have checked out some books, but I didn't have the strength to go any farther into that pitch black building). Okay! Back to books.

Just recently I just found a new books series much like the new books. In fact it's the same exact stuff as the new books just a little bit different cover. They're the Nancy Drew: Super Mystery's. The only problem is the first one. I didn't really like it because Nancy's 2 friends narrate for her. Evidently Bess, George, & Ned have to find her. Well, there is almost no plot! And every time they try to find her/Nancy it's a dead end. And when they do finally figure it out they're almost TOO LATE!!! I mean I figured it out at like the 5th chapter. I mean they were actin' like a bag of rocks!!! I know I might be overreacting but it really didn't satisfy my need to ND. The next one did! I really liked it, and I think it's funny because George gets her wisdom teeth out! He, he! Anyway, I really liked them. Although their are only three but I will still name them: 1. Where's Nancy? 2. Once Upon a Crime 3. Real Fake (isn't that a kinda' rhetorical name?) Anyway, I'm babbling and that means I need to stop.

ANNOUNCEMENT! All the Libby G. People! Time to get back on the Generation Train! It's school time now so summer vacation is (YES) OVER! So we'd better start and I'll try to fill in here and there but I now that our school has started I have a pretty busy schedule! But I'll still try!

Alyssa G.~L!bby G.

Politics- Mosque at Ground Zero

So since this will be my first official week back I would like to bring in a big controversy flying in our faces right now. Should the Obama Administration allow the Muslims to build a mosque at Ground Zero?

Most Americans say no, they feel it is insensitive to the families of those killed in the 9/11 attacks. But after being polled some of the families decided in the name of peace they didn't care. Well, I think they should care. I don't think any church or religion has the right to put a building so close to the site of thousands of deaths. It's just wrong, none have the right to turn a place of such mourning into a place of worship. I think some are taking it too far in saying that it's all the Muslims fault that it even happened. That's not true. The Muslim people were not the ones that rammed planes into our buildings, it was Al Queda. A Muslim extremist group, not the entire Muslim population.

I personally think they shouldn't allow the building to be put up, I believe that is a place of mourning and rememberance, not the right place to have a joyful worship service. I do think it was insensitive of the Muslims who choose to put there Mosque up there. Can they not find another building spot? The families deserve a place to go and remember the ones they loved at that sight. They shouldn't have to go through the pain of seeing the place of worship of the religion from which the group that commited the crime derived itself from. If they so choose they shouldn't have to deal with any religious group of people. They were the ones who lost loved ones, not those going to be worshipping at the Mosque. I'm pretty sure that there were people of many different backgrounds who died in those towers, so why do the Muslims get the oppertunity to build their worship building on the site? I mean how up in arms would we be if a Southern Baptist church choose to build a building there? People would throw a fit! But in the name of perserving our diversity and being peaceful with the nations of the Middle East we sit back and allow this to happen. Um, well, a few alarms go off in my head about the wrongness of this. I personally say that it is unfair to the people who died and their families and friends to build a place of worship so close to this place of mourning. I say no! What do you say? Let me know either on the poll or leave a comment. Or if you'd like to keep your oppinion private shoot me an e-mail at talkingboutmygen@gmail.com. We would love to hear from you.
Liberty G.

Books- Alex Rider #2

Yup, I'm writing about Alex Rider...again. Well, I decided to write about it again because I'm rereading them. I already read the whole series but I decided to write again. Anyway, at this moment I'm reading Snakehead. It's really exciting and is amazingly written. I love they way it's written! But Snakehead is a really good book. I'm on chapter 10 (my book marks there). Chapter 9 is so freaky, evidently he's trying escape from _________ (to find out what it is you have to read it) and he had to go under a lakeside building. He ends up being surrounded but of all creature...RATS!!! I forget what exact kind of rats but that's gross! It makes me cringe every time I think about it. Some stuff is really exciting, and some stuff makes me want to gag. It's just an amazing!

Movies- Letters to Juliet

Okay, I know, I know, this has been out of theaters for a little while. But I haven't had time to blog on it, and I really wanted to. This movie recieves 4 1/2 stars, it was excellent. The only thing that I did not like was that I wanted more about the letter writing process and it didn't give it to me. But it was otherwise a fabulous movie, just terrific. The plot was excellent, the actors were good, and best of all the music was pretty darn amazing. Being a huge Taylor Swift fan myself, it made the movie all the better. There were some parts that kind of dragged, but otherwise. I was very pleased with this movie. I was in love with the characters and the history in the movie. It was amazing to me to get to see the beauty displayed in the movie. It made me want to go to Italy! (Well, I sorta already wanted to go there. ;) I enjoyed everything about the movie, it was a sweet, romantic, definte chick flick, it was funny, but not to the point of being dumb slap stick humor. (No one getting walloped with a hammer, not a person being slapped with a 2 by 4 and there wasn't anyone who fell down a hole or got thrown into a swimming pool! :) So I advise for you to rent this from Redbox, order it from Netflix, or get it from your local movie store. It was one of the best movies I think I've seen in a long time! I very much enjoyed it!

*Libby G.*

TV Shows- A-Team

Remember, this is the old TV show not the new movie. I heard that the movie was horrible! One of the actors that was in the old TV show said they ruined it.
I love the old TV Show. I'm watching it right now and I'm giggling like crazy. Well, it's super old so if your all about the technology stuff it's okay. We agreed that it's a mix of the old TV Show MacGyver and a new TV Show Leverage. It's funny! There are normally 5 characters:

• John "Hannibal" Smith- now he is the main guy. He is the head of it all. He is the main person who brings them all together. His favorite saying "I love it when a plan comes together." And he usually says it when they finish something and it isn't perfect. He's the colonel.
• H.M. "Howlin' Mad" Murdock- one thing you need to know about Murdock is that he really is insane. Most of the time when they have a mission one of the other guys has to break him out of one of those hospitals and that is the most fun part about it. He's the captain.
• Templeton "Face Man" Peck- He's one of my favorites. He's hilarious! Of course, he's one of those guys who flirts with every girl with blue eyes and legs. He usually does the cons and such during stuff. His favorite saying is "Not the face!" I still think that is funny. He is mainly their con-artist. He is a lieutenant.
• B.A. Baracus- B.A. is the buff guy that does most of the bone breaking. He's really funny because he can't stand Murdock because he's insane and does dumb stuff. One time he (Murdock) found an alligator and goofed off with it, and one time he pretended that he was a movie director and he was filming their mission (no camera)
• Sometimes they a girl who isn't supposed to have anything to do with them but they are switched around a lot and she usually doesn't show.

Well, that's a lot. Another thing you need to know about them is they are convicts. They are army or something and they got framed for robbing a bank, but they escaped from a big jail-ish thing. I'm not really sure about it. Anyway, that's mainly what I am doing right now. Now a lot of you must think I'm a nut but some stuff is really funny the only thing that bugs me is that nobody dies. Even guys who's car flips they show them getting out. I really like it and it's really close to Leverage because during their spare time they help people. Well, anyone who can find them.

~L!bby> Alyssa

No-No number 7 : Jeggings

Hey so I (Caitlin) don't exactly know if we're back yet from our temporary break but I figured...Hey! I can get back on schedule since my summer has finally cooled down to the complete boredom stage. ^.- any ways here's Not-uh #7



No-No number 7 : Jeggings,



So Jeggings, their about as lame as you can get. If u want a pair of jeans dont be lazy and buy a pair of leggings with jean print on them... buy a freaken pair of jeans. Now if your doing this for comfort I can sort of understand :/ but if u have the money I know an amazing brand of jeans (only a hundred dollars >.<) that feel like your wearing a cloud around your booty! Let me just say I'm saving up money to buy a pair of the jeans that feel like sweats! Ahhh! Amazing! And yes, I've tried on a pair, let me just say their delicious! And the white stitching is sooo cute!!



Until later my loves <3



-L!bby (Caitylinn)

Taking a Break!

Hey Guys,
This week and next, lots of us here at I Am the Next Generation are going to be gone.
Personally I am going to be doing youth week and finishing up VBS, plus two weeks from now I will be at Centrifuge.
Caitlin will be at camp until a while from now.
Alyssa is going to be at a canal and others will be busy with regular summer activities.
So we'll be back soon see you then! :)
L!bby Generation!

NEW! TV Shows> Favorites

Okay, today is instead of Music is TV Shows. I happen to watch a lot of TV Shows so I got nominated. I decided (a week before) that I should write about shows I think are good. So then I just decided to blog about my favorites. Okay I will do these in order:

1. Psych- This is my absolute favorite show. It's about a guy who pretends to be a psychic. Everyone knows he's faking it because he just hyper-observant. He also has a friend who is the only other person who knows, because he happens to help out the local police force with some of there problems.
2. Leverage- Is a really funny show. I happen to love it. It's just that I've already watch season 1 & 2 so I need to wait for the next. It's about a guy who has a team of theives, and they go around helping people.
3. Eureka- Now this isn't really for anyone super smart, because it's about a guy who ends up being the sheriff of a brainiac town. They say stuff that sounds smart but when you really think about it doesn't make sense. It's funny because everything is different in Eureka (the town).
4. The Pretender- Now sometimes this show is really creepy. It's about a certain organization that takes kids and does tests on them. Well, it just so happens on of the kids (named Jarod) is really smart and escapes (at a much older age). He goes around and helps people, while on the run from the Centre (the "certain organization;" yes, I spelled it right).

Okay, now those are my favorites. Some of them have there share of "fast-forwarding" moments, and the funniest part is all of these shows I wasn't originally supposed to watch. My parents watched them, then once I got older they let me. Now there my favorites! I happen to like them all, some of them also have some of there creepy moments. I will name them:

Psych- On season 3 there is an episode that is very close to Friday the 13th. Creepy-ish the first time, but after a while not so much.

Leverage- It's just mainly suspense and stuff. There might be some creepy moments but it's been a while for me.

Eureka- There is one time where one of the characters gets kidnapped by a man mutating into a lizard. Really creepy! I couldn't sleep for days.

Pretender- The Centre has very scary things going on in there and a couple times freaky things happen!

Anyway, that pretty much wraps it up. I hope all of you guys check out my stuff. Thanks!

~Alyssa G.- Libby G.

Movie- Valentines Day

This was a really bad movie, I give it 1 star. It had a lot of really not nice parts, they also pumped up being gay which was a negative to me. But I did like that they had two of the teenage charecters decide not to do it before marriage. There was a nude part, that could have been left out. There was also a part where two people looked like they sort of might of gotten together, but then the boy in the couple was gay. I felt like that was unnessecary. Also there was a girl who's job was being an adult phone enertainer, that was super disgusting. I'm 13 years old, know a lot of stuff, but there were somethings that I don't think most adults needed to know. (Unless your married, then I guess it's fine :P)
But I need to go, but I wouldn't advise watching this movie for anyone. It was really bad. So there's your movie review, hope that you enjoyed it.
Libby G.

No-no number 6 - Blue eyeshadow

Ok, so i'm going to be quick since I have to get off my laptop now.

No No number 6:

So this is a big obvious one. Blue eyeshadow. Its cheap and just plain trashy looking. I cringe when I see somebody wearing it. Especialy when it's older women trying to look younger...Don't fight your age! it's inevitable! Embrace it! <3

(sorry it's so short. I still love y'all! <333)

-L!bby G.

Independence Day

Okay, if you are unaware of the history of this day, you should probably go back to oh, I don't know, kidergarten! In American History this is one of the most important days, it's our nations birthday! Doesn't everyone love a good birthday? Well, our country is turning 234 years old. On this day in 1776 (234 years ago) our forefathers signed the Declaration of Independce. Does anyone know who we were becoming independent from? Yes, short kid in the back, 'England', short kid is correct. England, we were working to seperate ourselves from England. We succeded in our pursuit and eventually absolved ourselves from England. But the document that was written to tell England was signed on this day in 1776. Other more important documents were written later, but this document written by Thomas Jefferson was the foundation for our freedom. Thomas Jefferson actually had some stuff in there that was taken out, such as when it says 'All men are created equal,' in an effort to be even more estranged from England he said 'All men and women are created equal,' I know shocking! He also had some other stuff in there that was removed by John Adams and Benjamin Franklin who were the other 2 men on the document committee.

But anyways, it's late, I need to go to bed, so there you go! Your information on the fourth of July. Thanks for reading,

Libby, in place of Freedom who is in Ukraine! (Sooo, jealous! :)

Politics- Supreme Court

Class in session! Today, we will be studying the Supreme Court and it's job in America. It's pretty important to the running of our country. In fact, it's super important, the Supreme Court makes all the big decisions in court cases. (Well, duh!) But anyway, right now, we have 2 women on our current supreme court justice list, plus, 7 other men. But that's about to change. President Obama would like to bring in Elena Kagan in to replace John Paul Stevens, who was resigned. (Although, it's supposed to be a life term.) Elena Kagan is very left wing, she supports lots of left wing things. For example, she supports gay marriage, abortion, and etc. But that's not what worries me so much as that Ms. Kagan has no prior experience with being a judge. She has an excellent education, having attended Princeton, Harvard, and Worcester college. She also has experience in law obviously, seeing as she was the Dean at Harvard, and she has experience with the Supreme Court since she is currently solicitor general. (Expl. she decides what legal position the court will take in legal proceeding's, represents the US government, and acts as the lawyer for the US government.)
Ms. Kagan's first case, if she is chosen, could potentially be the Arizona vs. Obama case. (If you aren't familiar with that case, you need to A. wake up, and B. read the week before lasts post!) I'm slightly worried that Ms. Kagan in an effort to show Obama she is capable of the job he set before her, would not look closely enough at the case and simply rule that Obama is right on the pretense of the fact that Obama is her employer. Supreme Court Justices are supposed to be neutral, Ms. Kagan hasn't proven that fact as of yet. I feel that it would be a slight to our country to choose someone who has worked before under two different democrat presidents (Ms. Kagan worked under Clinton.) And also, a woman we have no idea how she would react to a difficult case seeing as she has never been a judge before. Does this sound very critical? Becuase I'm trying hard not to be. I just feel that our country deserves someone who we can do a background check on, see how they ruled in cases before, with Ms. Kagan that is virtually impossible, since she's never been a judge before.

I would appreciate deeply if you who read this would take a second to vote on the poll on the side of this post! Thanks,
Liberty Generation

Books> Nancy Drew & Hardy Boys

Hi,

As you all know I'm really into Nancy Drew. Well, not to long ago I started looking for new ND's and just recently I found a new one, Nancy Drew & Hardy Boys (Super Mystery). Sadly there is only three out so far. What it is about is Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys keep on meeting up. And every chapter they switch to a new first-person. One chapter it will be Joe, one Frank, & then Nancy (not in that order). The first one is so funny. First I will talk about the different characters:

• Nancy Drew- She really isn't that different, pretty much normal.


• Frank Hardy- Is the older one of the brothers. He is the most down-to-earth out of both of them. The funniest part about him is that he starts to like Nancy but he knows she has a boy-friend.


• Joe Hardy- Is the girl crazy younger brother. He is always acting before thinking, and most of the time is getting everyone into trouble. But when the pressure comes Joe knows how to be prepared.

Okay, the three books are 1. Terror on Tour 2. Danger Overseas 3. Club Dread.

No-No #5 - No shirts

Okay, I'm gonna jump straight to the subject instead of rambling like I usually do :)



No-No #5



Ok, if you ask me this is just kinda gross. Fat boys not wearing shirts...eww. It's ok if your ripped, physically fit, etc. Duh, but other wise no. If your a guy and you literally have to wear an over the shoulder boulder holder as my friend would put it, (bra) then don't do it. Also if it's the freaken middle of winter. Really?? It's 30 degrees outside and my neighbor mows his lawn with no shirt on. How is he not turning blue? I just wanna scream put on a shirt before you poke someones eyes out! (if you don't get that it's cuz he's a bit nippy...>.>)

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-L!bby G.