Word of the Day: Sagacious

Welcome to the word of the day of the ONLY September 7, 2013 you will ever have!
Today's fantabulous word is sagacious.

This word means the exact opposite of ignorant, stupid, idiotic, dim-witted, etc.

Sagacious is a fancy word for smart or perspicacious (which, now that I think about it, is a veeeery fancy word itself.) If you call someone sagacious, you are notifying their intelligence and, as some people would say, Smarticle Particles.
So, sound sagacious and say it! You don't even have to tell people you found it online.

Bye, bye, my swanky readers!
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(I'm not sure if I just typed a gremlin thing or a bunny rabbit. Comment below to voice your sagacious opinion.)

DISCLAIMER: I use www.dictionary.reference.com to look up this word. And I don't own this beautiful Psych picture, I believe USA does. But, don't steal this post. Not cooool.

Word of the Day: Flamboyant

This fun word to say means strikingly bold or brilliant or showy (courtesy of www.dictionary.reference.com, my source for sounding intelligent when I talk.) So, when your mom buys a painting of a flower or tree or something, tell her it's flamboyant and she'll love you forever.
Or, if you're writing your Christmas list and you want to make it extra clear that you don't want just any old crap, you can say, "I would like some positively flamboyant whateverjunk for Christmas."

Fangirl relation: "Captain America's star-spangled suit is adorably flamboyant."
                           "Sherlock's cheekbones are nicely flamboyant."
                           "Shawn, your pinapple hat is flamboyant."

Movie Review: Percy Jackson and the Olympians: Sea of Monsters

So, if you're a major PJ fangirl, like myself, you found yourself furiously panting after watching the first movie. The plot was distorted and it was wrong in so many ways. But, if you're letting that keep you from going to see Sea of Monsters, push aside the memory of the destroyed first film and buy your flippin' ticket! For a movie, it was an excellent representation of Rick Riordan's bestselling sequel. The guys were hot (Percy and Luke....ah), Annabeth's hair was BLOND (a detail they could've fixed in the first movie), they had all the characters (Clarisse and Thalia and Mr. D) and it was hilarious and awesome!

Camp Half-Blood is going great when suddenly the magical borders that protect its contents start to flicker, caused by the poisoning of Thalia's pine tree. The only thing that can heal the tree-and the camp- is the Golden Fleece, a special artifact that can heal anything. However, it is in the Bermuda Triangle (most commonly referred by demigods as the Sea of Monsters) and guarded by the deadly cyclops Polyphemus. Not only that, but right when Percy is feeling like a lousy one-quest wonder, Poseidon sends him what seems like a manifestation of humiliation: a cyclops brother named Tyson.

Watch it. Fangirls, try not to judge it for content and details. I mean, as much as we want a three-hour copy of the book, Hollywood has not yet unlocked the fullness of the literature it portrays. So enjoy!

Parents, this film features thematic action: monsters, fighting, etc. If you're unsure whether it suits your family, consult these awesome websites that outline every bit of adult content for you:

http://www.kids-in-mind.com/p/percyjacksonseaofmonsters.htm
http://www.commonsensemedia.org/movie-reviews/percy-jackson-sea-of-monsters

Movie Review: Now You See Me

I LOVED THIS MOVIE! It's soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo good. It's more than good. I'd watch it ten times in a row. Well, maybe like days in a row. It's about a group of four magicians that believe in the Robin Hood principle: robbing the rich to feed the poor, taking back the money scoundrels swindled from the people of America. But they do it through magic.
This movie is so good because of its intriguing plot.
Cynical FBI Agent Dylan Rhodes (Mark Ruffalo) gets the assignment to nail these guys, and gets paired up with an INTERPOL agent (Melanie Laurent) and begins working with Thaddeus Bradley (Morgan Freeman), a man that makes his living on pointing out how magicians do their tricks and tearing down their careers. Although no one, not even the Four Horseman themselves, know who the fifth magician helping them is.
This movie is reveal after reveal, action on top of action. Debating about watching it or not? Think it looks stupid? Well, it isn't. Mwa ha ha ha ha!

Parents, this movie isn't exactly kid-friendly for a few reasons. Check out what these cool sites have to say:
http://www.kids-in-mind.com/n/nowyouseeme.htm
http://www.commonsensemedia.org/movie-reviews/now-you-see-me
Thanks!

HELLO EVERYONE!
Okay so I'm McKenna Andersen
I love reading, writing, sports, and TV. (more than I should:)
I,like my friends, is also a big Psych fan a long with Sherlock BBC, Doctor Who, and Once Upon A Time. The Percy Jackson series is one my favorites with Harry Potter, the Sisters Grimm, The Hobbit, and Artemis Fowl.
I have a strange fear of statues, bugs and fish.
Well that's about all you'll need to know about me.
Bye :D

Anticipation Empathy Post no.1: House of Hades by Rick Riordan

"Oh, poor thing!"
"Poor unfortunate soul!"
"That's too bad."
These are only some of society's sympathetic expressions. None of which have any effect on a mourning, impatient bookworm.
The Mark of Athena ended with a tragic and horribly horrid cliffhanger (leave NOW if you don't know what this means) and we fans, PJ psychopaths (or, Sherlockians will relate, highly functioning sociopaths) are mourning, and we have no idea about what yet.
This is a Great Depression in this flourishing fandom. Fangirls everywhere are drawing fan pictures, writing fan fiction about the next book, and crying into their pillows. I am writing this post to let you know that, like you, I am one of those fan-fiction writers and potential post-tartarus fall criers.

"Don't worry. I'm going to crawl to the ends of the earth, suffer loss and hatred, narrowly escape sudden death and utter starvation and come back with a copy of the House of Hades."

"Pre-order The House of Hades today on Amazon Kindle."

Are the only words we want to hear.

Book Review: Austenland by Shannon Hale

Austenland is a lovely-and pretty dang hilarious- Jane Austen fan-fiction novel. I would recommend it for thirteen and older (for a few kissing scenes and some references). I loved this book! Also, read the sequel, Midnight in Austenland.

Jane Hayes is entirely given up on men...except for Mr. Darcy, played by Colin Firth (see Movie Review: Pride and Prejudice), whom she secretly wishes could be a reality. She's sure her obsession is unhealthy, but then her late Aunt Carolyn (who had recently found her stash of Pride and Prejudice DVD's) leaves a special vacation in her will. A trip to Pembrook Park, a destination that totally immerses its visitors in an Austen-esque story for two weeks. She thinks it's all a fake story with fake actors and a remedy for her Darcy-mania, or is it?
Shannon Hale has truly done it again in this adorable tale fit for the Austen-lover!
I would at least read Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice first (see review on this blog) or watch one of the movies (see other review, also on this blog).