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O, Facebook! My Facebook!

Ellie Shackelford — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 02:22:15 +0000

Here’s a poem I wrote for my English class. Yep.

O, Facebook! My Facebook! What a captivating tome!
How do you stunt so many’s productivity by keeping them prisoner’s at home?
With all the praise and raving I’ve heard from friends with access to this novel,
If I take their word, it is undoubtedly a tremendous marvel!
I’ve waited and searched
For a book like this
Because, far and wide I have read
Of Zuckerberg’s magnum opus.

I journeyed to the bookstore to find this magical creation,
Surely to be crammed with vastly useful information.
All this talk of walls and shared illustrations!
This text is truly enthralling across the nations!
The love for this spreads through all ages
All maturities are given happiness;
They are all in awe
Of Zuckerberg’s magnum opus.

And so for eons I have longed and yearned for my turn
To read this great work, to soak in its knowledge, to learn.
But I am rattled to discover what a phony Facebook is truly.
I had been lied to of the glamours and perfections of the time-sucking ugly.
What a let-down you actually are.
I can’t figure why some of us
Would grandly talk wide and far
Of Zuckerberg’s magnum opus.

Also, I GOT FOUR TEETH PULLED TODAY OH MY GOSH YEAH IT HAPPENED.

Okay, bye.

Twenty-Nine Questions You Get To Know The Answers To

Ellie Shackelford — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 02:26:58 +0000

Look, I know I haven’t done a proper, written post in days and days. Will you forgive me? Gee, thanks, pal! Have I told you how nice your face is lately? It’s rather nice. I promise I’ll make a nice update post, but I liked the idea of doing a survey-like post. So here are the answers! Hurrah!

1. Put your iTunes on shuffle. Give me the first 6 songs that pop up.
“Foolish,” Ra Ra Riot, “Let This Go,” Paramore, “This Has Opened My Eyes,” The Smiths, “Machine,” Regina Spektor, “King of Anything,” Sara Bareilles, and “Skinny Genes,” Eliza Doolittle.

2. If you could meet anyone on this earth, who would it be?
Ooooooo. Julie Andrews and Audrey Hepburn.

3. What does your latest text message from someone else say?
“AMERICAN IDOL”

4. Ever had a poem or song written about you?
Uh…not that I’m aware of…If anyone has…I’d be delighted to hear it! *waits hopefully* *met with silence* *crickets* *tumbleweed*

5. When was the last time you played the air guitar?
The last time I played air guitar was while I listened to Galifreyan History by Chameleon Circuit today. I also lip-synced. (You know that’s my thing now, right? Proof.)

6. Do you have any strange phobias?
Canoes, boats, surfboards, etc.

7. What was the last lie you told?
I never lie. (That one.)

8. How do you vent your anger?
By firing Avada Kedavra curses at every living thing I see.

9. Are you happy with person you’ve become?
Surely, surely.

10. What’s a sound you love?
The sound of someone’s voice when you know they’re smiling.

11. To you, what is the meaning of life?
I never understand what the “meaning” of life is. How about the “motive” of life? To gain knowledge and spread love and live peacefully with everyone.

12. What was the last book you read?
Well, I’m reading A Midsummer Night’s Dream right now. For fun.

13. Do you have any nicknames?
Yes. Would you like to know them? Hm? Yes? Maybe you should rephrase your question then.

14. What was the last movie you saw?
The Sorcerer’s Stone. THEY’RE ALL SO CUTE AND SMALL, MY GOODNESS.

15. Do you have any obsessions right now?
HAHAHA, do you want a list? What should we start with? Movies and TV shows? People? Books?

16. Do you believe in magic?
I would like for it to be real (HOGWARTS WHERE IS MY LETTER), but no, I don’t think that one of these days I’ll be able to turn matchsticks into needles.

17. What is your astrological sign?
Leo. Apparently I like praise and a good leader. Okay.
18. Can you touch your nose with your tongue?
*attempts* *fails*

19. What were you doing last night at 12 AM?

Slumbering. Why? What were you doing? Story time!

20. Are you the kind of friend you would want to have as a friend?
Sure. I think I like myself enough to tolerate knowing someone like myself.

21. How can I win your heart?
Aw, I feel like an orchestral accent and a rain-streaked window would work really well here.

22. Can insanity bring on more creativity
Ostriches and praire grass celebrate the anniversary of lip gloss legislative program and telephone boxes are prettiest at their prime blue.

28. What’s the last song you listened to?
“This Far” by Landon Pigg. I recommend him.

29. What would be a question you’d be afraid to tell the truth on?
WHOA WHOA WHOA WHOA *hyperventilation*
Did you have fun reading those? I had fun answering them. Comment below some of your answers to the questions!

I will depart from here with a Shakespeare quote because he is my new obsession:

Love looks not with the eyes but with the mind

- A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Love (from the mind),

Ellie

Some Random Forgotten Footage

Ellie Shackelford — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 01:06:40 +0000

Some Random, Forgotten Footage from Ellie Shackelford on Vimeo.

A bit of footage I found hanging around in my iPhoto! And yes, that first clip is from four years ago. Crazy, I know.

Love Ellie

P.S. Look at you getting two videos a week! WHAT IS THIS WITCHCRAFT?!

Vlog for Blog: In Which I Lip-Sync and Show Off My Wall

Ellie Shackelford — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 23:30:12 +0000

It is as the title says.

Vlog for Blog- In Which I Lip-Sync and Show Off My Wall from Ellie Shackelford on Vimeo.

Thanks for watching, I adore your face! Really, though. It’s more than beautiful. Stunning, to be honest.

Oh, and also, some outtakes of the Milana and Ellie Format can be found here on my Vimeo account, if you feel like watching to teenage girls not follow a script of any kind and create lots of editing for Elleford Productions.

Yours,

Ellie

Doctor Who Trocks

Ellie Shackelford — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 05:32:46 +0000

I remember when I didn’t know what Doctor Who was. I suppose it was maybe, oh, 2 and half-ish months ago. Sometime in November I began watching this brilliant British television show with my father, ten-year-old brother, and seven-year-old sister.
And now the Doctor and all his enemy aliens have consumed my life, just like Jo Rowling and all her beloved characters did in fourth grade. (My life is sitting in her vault, making tons of friends with all the other lives it contains.)
Doctor Who is a sci-fi show featuring an immortal Doctor from an alien planet who time-travels and continually saves the world from extraterrestrials.
You already love it, right?
Don’t pretend, I know you’re super excited to hear more.
The show was off the air for over a decade until it resurrected in 2005 starring the fantastic, cheerful, lovely Christopher Eccleston as the Ninth Doctor, who in the first episode met Rose Tyler, portrayed by Billie Piper, who worked at a department store in London until she became the full-time companion of the Doctor. The pair of them travel through space and time fixing history and fighting aliens and continuously saving universe and human race.
It makes me happy.
My favorite Nine/Rose episodes are the ones with gas mask children and- oh, wow, that one is SO terrifying but SO GOOD. So if you’re one of those fans that only watches the David Tennant episodes, go watch the gas mask zombie episodes on Netflix NOW. I mean it. They thrill me so.
And then at the end of the Ninth Doctor series, CHRISTOPHER ECCLESTON CHANGES! His form changes! He looks different! He looks like…OH MY GOSH, DAVID TENNANT! David Tennant plays the hilarious, lovely, amazing, spectacular, fabulous, brilliant, and very marvelous Tenth Doctor! -cheers- And Rose sticks around. Which is fine. I like Rose. ALTHOUGH SOME PEOPLE I KNOW OR MAYBE EVEN LIVE WITH AND LOVE THINK SHE IS A “BIMBO”. Rose is very clever. Most of the time. So be quiet.
David Tennant lasts as the Tenth Doctor for awhile. I’M ONLY ON HIS SECOND SEASON, OK, I’M NOT THAT FAR, OK, I CAN’T SAY ANYTHING ABOUT IT
So far, I really like Ten’s regeneration episode. CHRISTMAS INVASION BEST EVER YES YES LOVE LOVE And the Time Vortex and stuff…and also his Scottish accent in the werewolf one. And when Lady Cassandra kind of possesses him kind of in the cat-nurse episode, and he says “foxeh” AND IT’S FUNNY HAHAHAHA
Okay, so yay, David Tennant. You’re brilliant and…brilliant.
The other awesome thing about Doctor Who is the HUGE fandom that comes with it. There are comic books, backpacks, mugs, toys, t-shirts, SO MUCH STUFF, and it’s all amazingly cool. Another fairly new thing is TROCK. “Trock,” or “time lord rock” is a genre of music all about Doctor Who. I’m dead serious. The lyrics are about Doctor Who. Have you ever heard of wizard rock (wrock), the scrumptiously dorky genre of music concerning Harry Potter? Well, this is the time-lord-y, Galifreyan version. ARE YOU EXCITED, ARE YOU EXCITED?
The first ever trock band, Chameleon Circuit, was started in 2008, formed by four British Doctor Who fanboys in their twenties, Charlie McDonnell, Alex Day, Liam Dryden, and Eddplant. Their first self-titled album documents seasons one through four and CHEERS MY NERDY, WHOVIAN SOUL. When I say “It’s brilliant”, I mean “I AM A FANGIRL AND I LIKE THEM VERY MUCH YAY WHATEVER QUALITY THEIR RECORDING EQUIPMENT IS THANK YOU FOR MAKING FUN OF THE QUALITY CERTAIN BLOOD RELATIVES I AM ACQUAINTED WITH IT’S THE LYRICS THAT COUNT ALL RIGHT”. Anyway, after this first peek into the universe of music about Doctor Who, tons of fans began to follow Chameleon Circuit’s footsteps, including one of my loveliest friends, Tasia! Tasia recently has begun a trock band with her friend, who I will call Salamander, called Fishfingers & Custard, and it makes me happy. So, SHOUT OUT TO TASIA AND SALAMANDER, I HOPE I GOT YOUR BAND NAME RIGHT THIS TIME!
*cough*
So if you’re looking for a fun TV show to start watching with lovely accents and captivating special effects, please check out Doctor Who for my sake.
Maybe we can even dork out together some time.

I Hate New Year’s Resolutions

Ellie Shackelford — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 05:02:08 +0000

Salutations, [insert endearment here]!
I’m so glad you’ve visited my blog. It warms my heart and cheers my soul.
I’d first like to say that a new video will hopefully be up in the next few days, and that I’m sorry about not being on time, but you know. New Year’s! Christmas! I mean, clearly I’m a party animal, no time for silly vlogs!
*cough*
New Year’s often calls for resolutions, something you’d like to change about yourself in the coming year. It seems like everywhere is littered with these weak promises to change that…admit. They’re mostly always broken. If I’m going to change something about myself, I’ll change it WHENEVER I WANT, DARNIT! Needless to say, I have no resolutions. I have plans.
My first plan is to write. A lot. I want to start all the story ideas I have swooshing around my head, bouncing of the walls of my mind, and get them down on paper. I just want to have them there to remember, and if they work, maybe I’ll write a whole novel. It might happen.
My second plan for 2012 is to complete the masterpiece that is my Wall of Awesome. So far, this work of art holds three collages, two visual and one wordy, a Sound of Music poster, several drawings, random tidbits of scrumdiddlyumptiousness letters from dear friends, and the jewel of this colorful piece, a Twinings English Breakfast Tea ad.
Oh yes.
My third plan/hope/product of madness is to start a collaboration blog. A collaboration blog would be a group of a few people posting once a week and THINKING ABOUT IT MAKES ME EXTREMELY EXCITED AAAAAAHHHHHH. I was thinking it could be…fun. A sort of group of teenagers or something all writing whatever they want once a week and getting to know each other and…this is going to sound really cheesy really soon. If you’d be interested, you are my favorite, and feel free to contact me, the human. Links and information are where you know to find them.
And my fourth and final plan is to take over the world. *cue evil music and laugh* That plan is coming along quite nicely, if I do say so myself…
To sum this post up so you don’t have to read THE WHOLE THING OH MY GOSH NOT EFFORT EWW, I’m going to try to write a book, tape things to my wall, start a collaboration blog, and I’m taking over the world this year. While sipping tea.
I ADORE ALL YOUR FACES YOU’RE SO BEAUTIFUL AAAAGH
Love the Rather Sophisticated and Totally, Completely Articulate Ellie

Vlog for Blog: The Ellie and Lala Format!

Ellie Shackelford — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 18:55:02 +0000

My friend Milana made an fun, scripted video over our Christmas break! Our video is inspired by Charlie McDonnell and Alex Day’s “Alex and Charlie Format.” Thanks for all of your views, I’m sorry I haven’t been posting blog posts, but I’ve been busy with Christmas and this little project!

Vlog for Blog: The Milana and Ellie Format from Ellie Shackelford on Vimeo.

Thanks again!
Love Ellie

The Bondage of Dislike

Ellie Shackelford — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 00:07:57 +0000

I’m not apologizing.
I feel like we don’t know each other very well. I mean, you’ve read a few posts of mine maybe, or all of them, but we’re strangers (Hi, Mom and Poppy! Hi, other family members! Howdy, friends!)! Think of it! You know what about me? That I wear glasses? I’m a thirteen year old girl? WOW, GO PUBLISH A BIOGRAPHY, RITA SKEETER!
Because we know so little of each other, I’d like to tell you a bit about myself. One of the things I find most important and telling about person is their dislikes. Sure, I suppose knowing what people like helps you relate, but there is NOTHING quite like fiercely complaining about a single thing until the point of shouting about how much you hate said thing, and then settling down in agreement. It’s a refreshing feeling and offers many opportunities for high-fiving in future conversations.
So I’m going to share a few things that I absolutely despise with you.
In no particular order:

The Plain White T’s
My hatred for this band is so incredibly, ridiculously strong that I literally cannot stand a single song of theirs. Okay, fine, MAYBE “Hey There Delilah,” BUT I MAKE NO PROMISES. I can’t even bear saying their name with any nicety. The voice. So whiny. The lyrics PLAIN suck. I refuse to speak further.

Mickey from Doctor Who
I hate this boy’s face (face, existence, same thing). If you watch Doctor Who, you know exactly what I’m talking about. Mickey is the kinda-sorta-ex-boyfriend of Rose, the female protagonist of the BBC television series, who is the time-traveling companion to the Doctor, who in comparison to Mickey is so much greater, that I hate Mickey, I presume. I mean, who could like Mickey in comparison to THE DOCTOR? Nobody. Well. If YOU do, I don’t think you’re human. Or alive. You must be a rock. Maybe you’re made of plastic LIKE MICKEY WAS IN EPISODE ONE OF SEASON ONE!

Purposeful Misuse Of Grammar In Business Signs Or In Packaging
Are you trying to look uneducated and incompetent? Because you succeed when you make yourself look like an idiot by spelling “kids” with a backwards “k,” an exclamation mark, and a “z”. You irritate with your blatant ignorance of the beauty that is the complicated net of the English language. I understand not with your purposeful mistakes to make your business look “cute,” how you even stay alive or make a profit. I’m going to assume your businesses are also made of rocks, and only employ rocks that enjoy Mickey’s presence in Doctor Who.

There you go! Three things I have no fondness for! Your welcome, k!dz!
Ellie

Hey, You, Awesome Person. Yeah, You- Oh. No. The Guy Next To You. Yeah, You!

Ellie Shackelford — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 20:51:54 +0000

I’ve been checking out my stats, and one of my favorite things to look at is how people have found my blog. Usually they’ve found it through Facebook, or WordPress, or Googling my blogs title, but there are a few truly GORGEOUS searches that people have found my blog from. One of my very favorites is “hide yo kids hide yo wife harry potter”. Whoever searched that and then clicked the link that Google so graciously offered to you that brought you HERE, I adore you. You are basically a brilliant person. Are you reading this? Because I hope you are so you can tell me WHY you searched that and then clicked MY blog. That is quite silly and hilarious. Indeed.

In the next couple days, there will be a video being posted with a VERY SPECIAL GUEST, who I hope you will all warmly welcome, because she is wonderful. I am über excited, so excited I even put the effort into putting the little ¨ above the u. THAT’s how excited.

At this very moment, I am listening to Best Coast because they make me happy and cheerful and all “oh, yay, it’s summer but NOT, because it’s winter!”

Oy. I recommend them to all of you. My favorite songs are Crazy For You and The End and Bratty B and ALL OF THEM. Yep.

I’m in the computer lab at the high school my dad works at, and it is very shiny and white and smooth because this is the first year with their lovely Mac lab. have no glasses on though, so everything looks blurry as well.

Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey. Guess what.

Oh. Nothing.

I’m going to the library today to get some CDs that I have on request. I have some Christina Perri, OneRepublic, The Script, and…oh wait. That’s all.

Am I boring you? I’m sorry. Maybe you should go read something exciting and important, like Vampire Academy!

It’s probably time to end a blog post when you can’t remember what you first talked about.

GOOD BYE. I’M OFF TO LISTEN TO MUSIC AND WHATNOT.

Ellie

Florence + the Machine and My Obsessions, Oh, Wait, That Is One.

Ellie Shackelford — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 15:26:43 +0000

Hello, my lovelies.
MUAHAHAHA.
I don’t know either.
I have just finished my English midterm final, and now I’m lip syncing in the middle of the upstairs are of my homeschool co-op/church/IT’S A BUILDING to Florence + the Machine. It’s fun. Not that it’s any different from what I usually do here.
I will not be seeing my classmates for a month and a half, I THINK. I’m not sure how exactly how long our winter wreak is, but it’s super long. Don’t worry though, I’m not just not doing English for that long. I’ll be reading my literature group books. And all that.
Okay, I think I’ve covered the rambling component of what I associate with my blog, what’s next? Hm. Hmm. Hmmm.
HEYHEYHEY, guess what? I had a Christmas party with my friends yesterday, whom (have I used that correctly?) I adore, and that was brilliantly fun, and thank you, Mom, for hosting that. Essentially, we did a lot yelling and screaming and laughing and singing along to Broadway and Christmas songs. ‘Twas excellent.
Oh, I like that girl’s coat. Ooooh, it’s pretty. It’s all red and pea coat-y and big, black button-y. Oooh, pretty.
Hey! The Doctor’s coat is lovely too! You know, the long overcoat one that’s all formal and beautifully amazing? Yes, you know what I’m talking about. Isn’t it gorgeous?!
TARDIS!
HOGWARTS! I really want to take a Charms class from Professor Flitwick. Charms sounds so fun. And Neville! I wanna take a class from Professor Longbottom! And MCGONAGALL!
I really want to know where my letter is. It should have been here two years ago. Harrumph.
-sings Florence + the Machine-
Okay, even though I will have nil to do after I post this, I will post it because it’s getting long and random and silly and I’m going to start being boring really soon. So. Um. Bye.
Wow, I really don’t have anything to do. Hm.
Bye for real this time.
Hahaha, my nails are painted red. In the UK sometimes people call nail polish nail varnish instead. I want to call it that too, kind of, but I don’t think anyone will know what I’m talking about. Well, unless they’re some weird Anglophile like, what? Who? Me?
I don’t know what you’re talking about.
Okay, bye. You’re distracting me from all the important things I have to do.