Poisonwood Bible Presentation

    Good morning! I'm [Rhea], and I've been reading this interesting book by the name of The Poisonwood Bible, by Barbara Kingsolver. I'm only on page 1o9 out of about 55o pages, but already the book seems well-written and captivating. The story documents the somewhat awkward and uncomfortable experiences of an ex-pat family from Georgia that moves to Africa, right in the midst of total anarchy (VO-CAB!) in the Congo. The setting of the book is one that's not too commonly written about, which is why I find the book so interesting. I would definitely recommend this book to those who like learning about different countries and cultures. Thanks for listening, and I hope you're inspired to read this novel! *waits humbly for applause* Any questions?

    I have to memorize this for tomorrow to recite in front of my gosh darn WHOLE ENTIRE l.a. class. Aaah, Timmy noise! Wish me luck; ya know how I am with oral presentations. We also had one today in social studies, for Black History Month. My three top prospects were Jesse Owens, Bill Cosby, and *dur* Michael Jackson, but I decided on Jesse Owens. Pretty interesting stuff, huh? I'm sure you just la-la-love hearing about what I do in school, day in and day out. Well, au revoir for ze night!

holycrudmonkeysitsalmostmybirthday,

Rhea of the Elves

Top 5 Reasons Why Glee Season 4 is Jumping the Shark

Howdy folks!

The air is heavy and tense.

You could probably cut a knife through it.

You could literally shove it in the air, and the air would move.

Why is the air so stifling with tension?

Because there is one everpresent question on our minds.

Because every single person who reads this blog knows about this certain thing that I will soon speak of.

What is the question? 

Ah, yes.

WHY IS GLEE SO DISAPPOINTING THIS SEASON?!

Sniff.

Glad to get that one off my chest.

    Anyways, you guys, all you Gleeks will probably hate me for this and not sticking up for our show of choice (besides Seinfeld, Touch, Project Runway, and Modern Family, dur), but this needed to be said. Glee's really not even that good anymore. I will now proceed to list the factors that contribute to the letdown show that is so ridiculously called "Glee," where 'glee' is certainly not the emotion that we're feeling as we watch. Please, no assassins after you read this! I've got a forcefield! Also, in an attempt to keep you all from getting murderous, the writing is written in rainbow colors. This may or may not guarantee my safety and your positive mental health. The first ombre blog post!

5~~KITTY. 

     Everyone hates Kitty because she's a total bully and a phony, except maybe Puck, which is pretty gross, actually. In fact, Puck's pretty gross as a whole. What's he doing back at WMHS? He doesn't belong there; he's entirely too old! I'm pretty surprised he didn't repeat senior year with Brittany! But anyway, Kitty's super mean. She convinced Marley to become bulimic, she attempted to steal Jake from Marley, and she thinks that Quinn and Santana are at her level of, quote-unquote, "awesomeness." Grr.

4~~THE MUSIC CHOICES. 

    So I remember the good old days, when Glee used to sing songs that didn't come from the past few months. Like Gangnam Style? At SECTIONALS? Are you CRAZY? That's what you get for making Finn the teacher. But now it seems like the only songs they since are either really slow and boring, or really recent and pop-y, and I'm sure those of us with a great music repertoire will agree with me. Like, will a little classic rock or rap kill you? Can't they just branch out like they used to? I think we should just all write a petition telling Glee all the GOOD songs they should be singing! Who's with I?

3~~THE CONSTANCE.

    There's not really much else to say about this particular category, other than how annoying it is that Glee keeps on being like, "Whoops! Looks like we're gonna skip another SEVENTY NAZZILLION WEEKS until the show comes back on. Hee hee!" It's terribly annoying. Is it that they're running out of ideas to fill up the show time? I don't know, but I don't like it.

2~~THE MEANNESS.

    Why is everyone so harsh to one another? I wish they'd all just stick up for each other like they used to, like they were all FRIENDS, rather than biting their heads off. I mean, c'mon guys! Act like you're actually in a glee club! Where's the sense of unity? It's rather depressing, actually. 

1~~THE CHARACTERS.

     What's to be said? The best characters are gone (Quinn, Mike, Santana, Kurt--sorta--and Mercedes), and new ones that have no substances except to flirt with Marley have taken their places. Why?! This reason alone pretty much ruins the whole idea of Glee-is-the-best-show-ever that we agreed upon when season 3 ended. Where can we place our allegiance nowwww? *dramatic wail* At least Artie's still here, otherwise... 

I'm sorry for the rant, it went a little out of hand, but I think I proved my point.

Smiles, rainbows, and Ouran Highschool Host Club, 

>>Rhea<<

Oh Dear, with the bonus of JUMPSUITS!

   I can't believe this keeps happening! Probably I'll keep apologizing profusely every time I don't go on this here Extravagant Eggheads, and then it'll just happen again. I used to go on here every day when I first started out, but now I guess you guys are lucky if you get a post every WEEK or so. Last week I didn't post at all. So I'm SORRY! *sniff* And I'm deeply disappointed in myself. Y'all can reprimand me if you want to. I'll really try harder to be more constant on here, and I appreciate when you guys STILL COMMENT after all these darn years. Well, 1 and some change years.
   Okay, so after a request by Miss PAHM to do a Fashion Feature on rompers, I decided to do just that... sort of. I added my own panache to that and decided to do rompers' underrated-by-the-majority-of-teen-girls-everywhere, overshadowed cousin--the jumpsuit. Check out these here pictures, and be amazed! Swooning is optional, but encouraged.

    Okay, I evidently went a little bit picture-happy; lo siento! I'm such a fashion/computer geek. Nah, just an all-around geek, I guess. If you're reading this blog, you know you're a geek too! Haha, okay. But now you understand how great these jumpsuits are, right? Knew ya would! The geometric-looking one was actually made by Mondo Guerra on Project Runway. Huzzah! I bet you love him now too. Who am I talking to? The abysses of my mind.

Hope you enjoyed, and have a dandy day! LURVE RHEA

Seinfeld Tour

    We're going into the city today because my honorary aunt Christi is staying with us from good old Chicags... finally our long waited-for Seinfeld tour will be a reality! My dad will lead the family of five plus one through the city to see Monk's, where Jerry, Elaine, Kramer, George, and occasionally Kenny Bania eat, and Jerry's apartment, and the babka bakery. It'll be great! I'll try to post pictures from my phone afterwards fo' sho'. Also, my mom was in the NY Times today! Woot woot. We had chocolate chip pancakes in honor of that.
    Hopefully y'all have been sledding (PAHM), skiing (Cristina), and doing other wintry things like that. Enjoy the snow! Jeez, the weekend went by so fast! I hate when that happens... Good luck on your book reports, everyone. Also, just out of curiosity, does anyone have any recommendations for a new Fashion Feature? I'd really appreciate some other cool style POVs. Okay, hasta la pasta you guys! Have fun and enjoy your lazy Sunday. I'm gonna pop some tags...

The Secret of the Universe

   Yes folks, you read correctly! This very blog houses the true reason for your existence, right here in these few paragraphs of genius. The secret of the universe is... IS...

   This is a heading-thing that I wrote a few weeks ago but kept as a draft, and it's NOT FUNNY, PAST RHEA! I honestly have no idea what I was going to write here, and now I'm sad. Sorry guys, for letting you down without the secret of the universe. I'll try to remember for next time, but you know about me and remembering...
   We've got some serious snow ahora! Apparently the blizzard itself is called Winter Storm Nemo, and there are all sorts of internet scandals going on about how ridiculous it is to be named that; see for yourselves... My dad bought a generator after Sandy, but apparently it's not actually connected to the heat of the house, so we'll have our wi-fi and our microwave, sure, but NO HEAT! Jeez. I guess that leaves us all plenty of time to work on our book reports due Monday. I'm doing mine on The Help, and the poster's gonna be in the shape of a typewriter! Cool beans, huh? Creative book reports are the best.
   And obviously we're all gonna need some ill-nasty tunes for the snowy weekend and lounging about our rooms in our jammies, right guys? So I've supplied you with some, yes, pretty ill-nasty (to quote Jenna Marbles) tunes/dance videos to clumsily laugh to while you're stuck at home. Enjoy these few songs, and be a hipster because no ladles and gentlespoons, you will not find these on Z100!

Caramelldansen = best Swedish dance EVERRRR.

Marina and the Diamonds, aka Marina Diamandis. How cool is that?! Your LAST NAME is like diamonds!

I mean, who doesn't appreciate a good Run-D.M.C., y'all? Good stuff! You be illin', illin'...

Sigh... Beyonce's the coolest. I love this song, it's the bomb diggity! Which brings us to... that's right, Pitch Perfect fans:

NO DIGGITY! Alrighty folks, annoy your grumpy siblings/Krupples/parents (nah, don't, love ya Mom and Dad), et cetera with your incessant dancing and gal power. Adieu for now, and stay safe in the snow!