Lovers!

Lovers! by Maggers_Cupcake on Polyvore.com

My Boyfriends listed conviently.
Fight it out fellas!

What's the nicest thing someone's ever done for you?

Gotten me a present just because.

Ask me anything

What would your perfect day look like?

lazy winter day with christmas cookies and good books.

Ask me anything

Going Through the Motions

In life we all have the daily routines that keep us going in our own little vanilla worlds. And though I too have rituals which I stick to, once again it can be seen I am not normal.

I am a weird mixture of organized and pathological laziness, and so I have some regimens that I use occasionally and some I use religiously.

During the summer I go to mass and pray the rosary every day. And during the school year I listen to audio books, attend theatre rehearsals, and facebook my friends before doing homework.

I enjoy the structure of having certain activities to depend on mixed with breaks in between reserved for unplanned adventures. But when I do not get to do these things I just don’t feel right or content.

If say, I haven’t read some of the novel I am reading that week I will be distracted and sad because I want to know what happens next, and I haven’t gotten to escape to a foreign land that day.

If I am about to go to bed I know I will not sleep unless my closet is completely closed and I am safely under the blankets. Because secretly I still think there are monsters under my bed.

Or if I didn’t write about something completely boring in my life that no one cares about but me, I just couldn’t call myself Maggie Baine, the Rainbowland Queen.

In Which I Gush about Boys

Dear reader, this may come as a shock to you. But I, the dreamy Maggie Baine, who has so long been on the frutile search for a Prince Charming surrounded by frogs, have found a nice guy who I am now (hold your breath here) DATING!

I have been called many things in my time. Jesus freak, nerdfighter, naive, obnoxious. But never have I had a guy call me his girlfriend. At least not in a real or committed relationship. I get the wiggins just thinking about it, and yet I also get extremely happy. The floaty butterfly sort of happy where you could find out the most depressing news in the world and be like, "That's okay."

We have been friends for a year, so actually owning up and admitting I liked him was a huge step in it's own right. But now we're dating...

I keep saying the words over and over again because it is unreal. Boyfriend. Girlfriend. Dating. Relationship. And the best part of it all is that hes FANTASTIC. His name is Adelbert, yes Adelbert. Because his family is German and Germans name their children things like Adelbert.

He is Catholic, funny, adorable, sweet, polite, and is friends with anyone. But most of all he knows exactly how crazy I am only for some reason he still likes me.

Don't worry readers, he is also a gentleman and lives chastely like me. But I'll keep an eye on him anyway.

; )

Maggie's A-Team

I love and adore hypothetical situations. I frequently play “Marry, Sleep with, Kill”, I spend a large amount of my life reading and writing fanfictions, and I have such fun watching fan videos of AU ships and slasher couples on YouTube (fangirl squeal!). That is why I, as you can imagine, have long contemplated my hypothetical life and how naturally in many cases the very fate of mankind rests on my shoulders.

The best of these is the age old question, “If you had form a team to save the world who would be in it?” It is after all a fantastic question. You must take in all factors. How would the team get along? Who would be the leader? What exactly would they be fighting against (Ninjas, Zombies, Asteroids, Daleks, Satan, Miley Cyrus, ect.)? And how would they defeat said threat? Is it possible for one member to be TOO powerful?

Well after severe contemplation I believe I have at last created a force of good which, under my leadership, can face any evils of the coming Apocalypse. Excluding of course the obvious choices of Chuck Norris, Mr. T, and Jesus, I am left with a mythical nerd A-Team of sorts with specific skills made to conquer. You can argue and say that the team would never work in practice with the characters present, however I beg to differ.

High King Peter Pevensie (The Chronicles of Narnia) - Peter was my first choice naturally because not only is he my husband, but he is also a born leader and skilled swordsman. He spent years as the High King not only looking over his beloved country, but also as a brother and husband looking after his family. He defeated both The White Witch and King Miraz, and is used to supernatural evils as well as human ones. With his sword and his pure heart he is a fantastic addition to any team.

Michael Corvin (The Underworld Trilogy) - Michael is one of the many descendants of the original immortal Alexander Corvinus, and the only ever hybrid of a vampire and werewolf. Along with his mate Selene he has defeated some of the oldest vampires to ever exist as well as the very first werewolf. His strength and killing abilities are unparallel once he transforms himself into his beastly alter ego at will. And although he has a thirst for blood, he also has an urge to perform for the greater good.

The Doctor (Doctor Who) – The Doctor is known to many as the last timelord and winner of Survivor: Gallifrey. He has traveled for many years with various female companions saving the world multiple times in his flying TARDIS. Among his many advantages he can never truly die, but only regenerate into a new being. He also has a severe love for humanity and refuses to kill beings, but rather studies them and attempts to spread reason and peace.

Dr. Sam Beckett (Quantum Leap) – Doctor Samuel Beckett is the original creator of the project known as Quantum leap, a theory stating one could time travel within his own lifetime. Under the authority of God and with the assistance of his friend Al (appearing as a hologram) and “ziggy” (an information super computer) he traveled through time and various lives righting things that once went wrong. He has a flawless moral code and a severe intelligence that will prove valuable.

William Pratt “Spike” (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) – Spike is everyone’s favorite anti-hero from Sunnydale, California. A former romantic poet and then killing machine, now lovable yet cocky vampire with a soul. His strength, street smarts, and approximately 200 years of experience make him a raw killing machine. However his love for Buffy Summers and the gain of his soul has caused him to save the world more than once.

The dynamic of this hypothetical team is undeniable. None of them are from the same fandom, none of them are gods or godlike, and none of them are neutral or just love to kill. They all have their own experience to bring to the table as well as fighting abilities. And although they are also all used to being the leader of the pack, each and every one of them have also at one point worked in pairs or teams. They are also all male and mostly in some sort of relationship, therefore will not be distracted from the task at hand (which is to save humanity).

So I hope it is comforting for you all to know that if ever we are all in mortal danger all you have to do is call on me to bring a king, a hybrid, a timelord, a quantum physicist, and a vampire together. Easy as pie.

Antonio Carlos

Hola readers! Estoy muy FANTASTICO! Porque? I now have a son named Antonio Carlos. He is a fat Mexican baby, and I love him. But don't worry, It's not what you think.

My mom and I were in a Toys R Us and there were about 100 robot babies (like the kind for classes) just sitting there unloved and they look so real, and I felt bad (particularly after Toy Story 3). So my mom and I got a little robot baby. She let me pick whatever I wanted. They all looked different races and had different features.

And then suddenly I saw him, my own Antonio. He was chubby and had squinty little eyes and dark hair. The best part is that all the other babies had necks that fell back if you didn't support the head to make sure, you know kids are in fact, fragile...gasp! Anyway Antonio was not like that at all. He had a big strong neck and sat all upright and perky. And he had really big feet (like me). And soft brown eyes (like me). And even had a cute little diaper

I could tell he was the king of the robot babies. If the robot babies were dictators, he was Stalin. If they were a boy band, he would be the romantic one. If he were a Texas ranger, he would be Walker. In short, Antonio was awesome.

And so I plucked him from his cardboard box and he kept me company while I did math. I named him Antonio Carlos (After Antonio Banderes and the baby from The Hangover). Then We carried him out in my mom's purse (making him a lot like Moses). And he is now a part of the family!

Welcome home Antonio!

My Life is Some Sort of Sitcom

My entire life from the beginning has revolved around TV, books, music, and movies. As a young child I was obsessed with PBS kids where I was exposed to the literary ingenious of Wishbone, the soft social commentary of Arthur, the diversity in characters of Sesame Street. I read the lives of saints in all my colorful little saint books. My mother sat me down and forced me to watch all the classic musicals (Singing in the Rain, Sound of Music, Mame, Peter Pan, ect.). While other children discovered Britney and Christina I was introduced to the sounds of the Rat Pack from my mother, and the classic rock of the Eagles and Meatloaf from my father.

Even as I grew older I can remember weeks and family time all planned around the holy vessel known as the television. If The West Wing was on everyone sat and watched intently pretending to know what was going on. It was particularly strange for me being so young because I had even less idea. All I can remember was a lot of walking and really fast talking and women who looked like they needed to take a nice nap. But if I tried to ask what was going on I would get yelled at because they missed some epic news like "The Earl of Nambia has been decapitated with a laser gun constructed by terrorists under the employment of Al Gore's mistress!"

And books were a huge part as well. Where was my favorite place to hang out in the horrid elementary school I was stuck in? The library! It was small and cozy with big wooden bookshelves. Filled with Nancy Drew, Animal books, magazines, and big shiny apple computers. It was a child's paradise. And we always had story time with our librarian. Who had the low and graceful voice of a world leader. Her voice was the one I heard every time I was reading.

That too carried on to high school. The CJ library was one of the main reasons I loved the school in the first place. It has dark blue carpet and even bigger wooden shelves filled with every book ever. And the lines of them create a perfect little corner right under a big window. It's in that corner where my 2 best friends and I would watch youtube videos and talk when we should have been studying. Them were great times.

And as for movies, well that goes without saying. They take the worlds I have created in my mind and then are made available for all to see. Narnia, Hogwarts, Neverland, Wonderland, Asgard. We all complain about how "The books were so much better!" But I think we take for granted the privilege we have in witnessing film. It is one man's vision conveyed to another. To share, to show the beauty in the chaos in our minds. How cool is that?

So perhaps Albert Einstein knew more than all of us when he said, "Imagination is more important than knowledge." Because Imagination has basically run my life up to this point.

Lost in Austen

Because I am extremely addicted to watching movies and TV instantly on Netflix I recently saw the fantastic film Lost in Austen. In which After a dispute with her boyfriend, the feisty Amanda Price ends up in the 19th-century world of author Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice. While helping the Bennet sisters find husbands, Amanda accidentally causes problems that could alter the course of the tale. Throughout this British series, Amanda must balance her feelings for Mr. Darcy (The extremely hot Elliot Cowan) with her responsibility to the one of the world's greatest love stories.

The movie had one of the best Darcy's that I have ever seen, certainly one of the best looking. And The keeping of the dynamic of the beloved characters was perfectly held in the many hypothetical situations. The entire thing accomplished one of my favorite things about movies, which is to ask "What if?". That is to me what makes the movie so fun and what made me and Amanda both Lost in Austen. Although my tale was a bit different.

After a combination of seeing the mini-series (with the amazing Colin Firth) for the first time and re-reading the novel for a class this coming semester you would think my mind would be strictly P&P. However (as always) my mind strayed a bit of track. Instead of dreaming of the Bennet sisters I was transported to an outing with the Dashwood sisters.

I had a strange yet wonderful dream that my life followed the plot of "Lost in Austen" only (you guessed it) instead of Pride and Prejudice it followed the story of Sense and Sensibility. In some sort of mix up I took Marianne's place and ended up marrying Christopher Brandon while she became an actress in the modern world.

And the best part of the entire thing was not only did I get to change the story for the better while interacting with my favorite characters, I got to find true love. The amazing, brave, handsome, and infinitely sweet and forgiving Colonel Brandon. Anyone who has even looked at my blog knows that I am obsessed with justice, happy endings, and OF COURSE prince charming. And me and Brandon ending up together seemed to fulfill all of those categories.

Because Although I love the novel with all my heart it always upset me the way Marianne ended up with Brandon and "learned to love him". With all do respect to Ms. Austen I believe both of the characters deserved more. Marianne deserved the exciting life she yearned for. And Brandon deserved the full and unconditional love of a woman he loved back.

Call me crazy for correcting classic literature. Say I'm missing some profound commentary on married life. But in all truthiness I will not be swayed to believe that the original version is better than the one of my dreams. So I will continue to enjoy reading Jane's work with joy (save some revisions). And continue to be Lost in Austen.

My School is Rainbowland's World War 2

I once got a detention as a sophomore in a study period because I said the words "damn" and "hell" a bit too loudly. And as a result of this I lost my abilities to have shadows that would follow me around so I could tell them how awesome the school was. At first I was angry and wouldnt stop crying for days because the teacher (I felt) was being entirely unfair and taking from me the joys of inspiring the next generation.

But now as I ponder these injustices I look back and laugh, because I look at my school with a pure objective business perspective. Imagine if you will, a young eighth grade girl still on the fence about what school she would like to go to. By this time in an eight grader's life they have gotten good grades, and already interviewed and all that jazz. So the school WANTS them, the school NEEDS them. They, at this point, will do absolutely EVERYTHING they can to make them give them money and make them look good.

Its like the newest company who still need investors to finance their ventures. They can see the monkey suits stuffed with money and they want it bad. Therefore they will put their best foot forward. They water the plants in the office, make the workers tuck in their shirts, hide the doughnuts and put out gluten-free-vegan-patties. But the thing they emphasize the most to all of their loyal employees is to show our companys spirit.

Now when the company says this they REALLY mean, Be cheery and bright and tell the investors how much you like working here or you are fired. So when investors eventually DO come to look at the company, the thing that they are seeing and considering putting their hard earned money in is nothing like what it actually is; which is a SCAM. This is what Cor Jesu, and every other Catholic school does.

When these shadows come expecting to be seeing what an average day at CJ is like they are really seeing what the school wishes it was like. So although I may have been punished for my inappropriate use of language Id like to think I did that young girl a favor. Rather than tucking in my shirt and being something Im not, I was true to myself. So if she chooses to invest in the goods Cor Jesu can provide then she will know what she was getting into, at least I didnt convince a girl to come here by lying.

And if my Big Brother is watching you interpretation of my school seems a bit too harsh, consider me as an investor who has been coned by the company she had put all of her time and energy in. As a loyal investor and worker of the company have generally followed the rules and done the work asked of me, and yet I have often been victim to unnecessary changes (grading scale) and harsh punishments (detentions). As a student, I see these actions as fair, as an employee I might send in my letter of resignation.

READ FAIL!

In my room I have a Giant Bookshelf full of books, and I keep buying more. But I haven't even read most of them!

• Books I Still need to Read (or re-read): Pride and Predjudice, Emma. Sense and sensibility, Sense and sensibility and Seamonsters, Paper Towns (paperback), No Place Like Home, The Jewel Box, All for Love, The Moonstone, Bridget Jone's Diary, The Silver Challice, The Song of Bernadette, 7 Secrets of the Eucharist, Brave New World, The Inferno, The Tempest, The Taming of the Shrew, The Mysteries of Blair House, Wicked, Peter Pan (paperback), Kingdom Keepers, The Lightning Theif, The Prophecy, Doctor Who, Narnia, King Solomon's Mines, and the Phantom of the Opera.
• My Goal is: To finish all of these books while writing my way through Narnia and Doctor Who by the end of this summer 2010. This will be a difficult feat, but one worth while. I'm excited...ARE YOU?

Let the challenge begin!

Wanted: Prince Charming

Because I am a princess, I like many other princesses are waiting for my "Prince charming" to come into my life and sweep me off my feet with some grand gesture of love and awesomeness. But the term "Prince Charming" is so relative, what makes up a Prince Charming anyway? Is it that dreamy mixture of class, charm, and humor that is so hard to find in this world? Is it the daring prospect that he might not even be real, making the search for him an adventure and challenge? Even if my personal Prince in theory is real, what will he be like, and how will I know it's him when we meet? Will it be love at first sight (like Romeo and Juliet), or hate at first sight (Elizabeth Bennett and Fitzwilliam Darcy)?

I don't know the answers to these questions, and its really impossible to know their answers unless I have some sort of magic crystal ball. But sometimes it seems the idea of a "perfect" Prince is a little unfair anyway. Because NO ONE is perfect, I mean even my BIGGEST crushes have huge flaws that come with their amazingness. For example:

Peter Pevensie- High King of Narnia

From: Narnia
Pros: He is loyal, strong, Nobel, honorable, and purely loving.
Cons: He has a knack for making rash decisions, particularly in battle (which gets people killed) and stubbornness that causes him to fight with others.

Mick St. John- Vampire and Private Investigator

From: L.A.
Pros: His charm, humour, and great hair. Also can play the guitar and is a a great friend to Josef.
Cons: His vampire thing means that he always needs blood, that he will stay young as I grow old, and he has a bit of a temper when provoked. He also has a CRAZY ex-wife and clingy girlfriend.

John Smith- English Captain and Explorer

From: England

Pros: One of the most handsome Disney guys ever. Has a great smile, adventurous spirit, charm, and charisma. He is also very loyal to the other men in his crew and is able to give himself to love fully.
Cons: He didn't fight for Pocahontas! It still pisses me off to this day! Disney just put in a new guy randomly who was not NEARLY as cute as him and- ROAR...whatever...

The Doctor- Timelord

From: Gallifrey

Pros: Coolest Person to ever live...EVER...'nuff said. (Wow I'm a nerd)
Cons: Two hearts, travels through time, has LOTS of girlfriends

• SO it's safe to say even the dreamy awesome people are flawed

What the Hell Is Rainbowland?

Holla At My hommies Yo! (Just kidding I'm not cool!)

• Hello, this is Maggie speaking; adventurer of the mind, and nerd extraordinaire! And this here is an insight into my slightly insane realm of ramblings and abnormal observations into my life.


• Although I am a sixteen-year-old teenage girl I sometimes feel like I'm somewhere between a bitter forty-year-old woman, and a immature five-year-old girl.
  
• I have recently required an acoustic guitar, which has been my dream to have since I got into my wizard rock obsession, and started my band Magical Honor Society with my three friends. And despite the fact that I am trying to teach myself, I have the two problems of homework and pathological laziness. O well, at least I got the E chord!


• And the only other things YOU NEED TO KNOW that I love are most certainly;
  
  
• Cupcakes


• Unicorns


• The Princess and The Frog


• The smell of Roses and pink Orchids


• Rainbows


• Jesus


• Narnia


• Comic Books


• Movies


• Pocahontas


• Harry Potter (But not as much as Narnia)


• Santa Claus


• Musicals


• Weddings


• Quantum Leap


• Babies


• Tim Burton

But that's enough about me~

If you hadn't noticed from the title of this blog, I live in an imaginary world in my head called Rainbowland. This world is filled with princesses and magic, business and fairies, and most importantly social justice! It is run by the princesses who rule the individual cultures and/or supervise the exports and products of Rainbowland. Examples; Princess of Ice Dust, Princess of Mayans, Princess of Irish, Princess of Feminism. Anywho in the long run it's simply the ongoing world in my mind that somehow seems to mingle with my life from time to time.

The point is that these adventures are simply too good to keep to my self, and so they are here to be shared with you!