blog #26

Hey, welcome back my good friend. I'm sorry but that is just too sappy for me. But at least I tried! Well back to buisness (forgive my spelling please). Tally and Shay find a magazine with a picture of a model that is way to thin for their society. They also think of some messed up stuff about our present day life. They think that we were ALL ugly, how insulting now my self confidence has dropped some, even the movie stars! But they were right about one thing. That one thing is ANIREXIA!! They learned about that terriable disease in school and they learned right! They were also probably right about that model having it. Many models have it and many movie stars have died from or still have it. So, yeah, they were right. Thats it. PLEASE RESPOND!! See I learned how to use the bolder-thingy.

blog #25

THE SMOKE ^

David. That's what we're discusing tonight, David. Well I, personally, think him and Shay have somethig going on. But that is an entirely different story. Back on topic, David is very sweet and very...well, just plain awsome toward Tally. He is very passionate about keeping the Smoke a secret. He loves the Smoke with a burning passion! HA, I'm just kidding, but he does love the Smoke. He's, like , the go-to guy for the teens and runaways. He is VERY cool, calm, and collected. I know I probably scared you a little when I started the info. right away, but I didn't want to lolygag. But yeah, I think I would love the Smoke and so you can see what I mean look at the picture above. BUT don't forget to RESPOND. Let me inlarge and bold that for you. RESPOND!

blog #22

HA! HA HA!! HA HA HA!!! I told you she came to a split-end! HA HA HA HA!!!! Now that that's out of my system, What was that flying machine? Who was inside it? Well, I think that it was a helicoptor and some people from the smoke were inside it. I mean, who else would have a helicoptor? So, Yeah. Umm, that's really all I had to sayabout that so I'm going to talk about something random to make a paragraph. For all you fans of " with-a-stuck-of-DYNOMITE" ( which I am the #1 fan of) Hardie moved to L.A. for two months. Yes, I know this news is upsetting, he is one of my BEST friends EVER, but he is coming back if he doesn't get a role in a sitcom. So, just so you know. PLASE RESPOND, I'M BEGGING YOU!!!

blog #21

Well, well, well! What do we have here? You have Decided to brave it out and come back, have you? Well I hope you understand the danger of the the decision you've made. Don't blame me if I get mad and offend you, this was your choice. You understand? good. Then WELCOME to my blog. Now on to the discution. Well I was Reading when I thought of how, in some strange way, I can kinda relate to Tally when she had to purposely jump through the second break. Now I've never had to do that but I have had to do something that was good for me to do even though I didn't want to. Wanna hear about it? Well, too bad if you didn't want to! So, once I had this big pile of homework (not literally a pile, you know what I mean) But I'd rather read this really good book I from the library than do all that homework (and by the way most of that homework was math and I HATE math). But I had to do it so I did! See that was a good story( if you didn't think so then please just play along). What I think will happen next is that That she will come to a split-end in the river becuase the next set of directions says "Take the side you despise".PLEASE RESPOND!!! OH PRETTY PLEASE!!!

blog #20

Well i was thinking if i were Tally what food would i want to eat? Well I thought and thought and got distracted and then thought again and came up with......FIED RICE AND SESAME CHICKEN IN A BAG!! What you do is you poor the rice into the water purifier and put the chicken on a solar panel in the sun. Sounds tastey, right? RIGHT?? RIGHT!? Anyways if i were Tally I would miss alot of stuff. Like a hot shower, my warm bed, food variety, pajamas, a roof over my head when I sleep and bathe, oh, and my family. I would probablymiss other things but I can't think of them right now. Well I must go. PLEASE, OH PLEASE, RESPOND!!

blog #19

Why do I think tally chose to go find Shay, is the Question someone asked me. And i decided to answer that question on this blog so you wonderful,(and nonresponsive) readers could view it so here is what I say. One she wanted to be pretty with Peris. Two, she promised Peris she would become pretty before she made her promise to Shay. Tell me what you think and PLEASE RESPOND!!!

blog #18

Okay, instead of me going off and blah,blah, blahing I'm going to just give you a quick and simple summary. So here it goes. So Tally decides to go along with SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES(dun, dun, duunnn) and tell them all she knows. She pings them and they come and get her. But when she gets there and tells them everything they say that she must go get Shay herself! They give her some supplies to take with her. Then DR.CABLE(dun, dun, duuunnn) gives her a necklace that she should activate when she gets to "THE SMOKE". Tally is hesitant to say yes. So DR.CABLE(dun, dun, duuunnn) shows her a mirror and says that if she doesn't do it she will look that way FOREVER, EVER, EVER. So she agrees. Now I think that DR.CABLE(dun, dun, duuunnn) is veryevil for making tally choose between her two favorite things, having Shay as a friend and becoming pretty.Well I'm getting mad just thinking about this woman so I'm going to leave so I don't take my anger out on you. Please RESPOND!! OH PLEASE, OH PLEASE, OH PLEASE!!!

blog #17

Hey! Okay now that we've greeted each other, time to get to explaining this book to ya'll. And for anyone that might be from up north or whatever, that's how we talk in Texas so get used to it! So anyhow, in the chapter I just read Paris returns (bum, bum, buuummmm). Now, you may ask yourself 'Why would he do this?' Well the answer in my eyes is quit simple. No matter how pretty his mind is he and Tally are always going to be best-friends-forever. And when she hadn't become pretty yet he probably got worried, or as worried as a "happy" pretty can be. 'Why do I think this,' you may ask. Well Why don't I give you a quote to show you I'm right you...you....you know-it-all! I'm sorry, sometimes I just can't help it. Here's my evidence. "...But here he was, worried, anxious, lovely." So you see, I was right!Whelp, that's it so bye. time to respond. PLEASE,PLEASE,PLEASE!!!!

blog #16

I was reading when I saw this quote and really wanted to tell you about it. So LISTEN UP 'cause I am going to tell you what it is. Are you listening? Good! Now here it is. "Everywhere she went, eyes looked away. But it was themost visible she'd ever felt." This has some deep meaning. unfortunently I have no clue what that deep meaning is. If I did don't you think I'd teel you? There is some meaning that even I could see. So the meaning I found is that some peope think that if no one looks at you means you are invisible. BUT, but that isn't always the case. Like in Tally's case she knows that they are trying not tostare so they look away.So yeah, that's all!! Time to respond. So do it now. Okay how about NOW. NOW? NOW!!!

blog #15

Okay, well, I'm reading all about the SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES. What? You don't know what SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES is? Well instead of me trying to explain it, let me just summarize the chapter. You, hopfully, remember where we left off last. A creepy, stalker dude tells Tally that there are some complications with her operation. He takes her to a strange place with a bunch of strange, creepy people. She finds out that this dude is part of some kind of thing called SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES (dun dun dun dduuunnn). They want her to batray Shay and turn her in. Tally says she won't do it!!! So this mean, bad, evilish, extra creepy lady named DR. CABLE (dun dun dun ddduuunnn) says that she won't turn Tally pretty if she doesn't!! So now you know. Now lets focus on this DR.CABLE (dun dun dun ddduuunnn). She is pretty much, in one word summary, EEEVVIILLL(EVIL)!!!! Or for our nicer viewers: very, very, very, very MEAN!!!! She threatens Tally for one. She thinks she is, like, Queen of the world or something and she actually trys to make people think she cares about them. Which she doesn't!! She is like a venus fly trap. She lures them in and then eats them alive!! So yeah I'm going to leave before I take my anger out on you. PLEASE, OH PRETTY PLEASE RESPOND!!!

blog #14 (B)

Tally stands and waits for the hovercar thingy to pick her up. As she waits a new ugly asks her why she looks sad if she is about to turn pretty. This makes her think about all the things she should have said to make Shay stay. The hover-whatcha-ma-call-it comes and picks her up. she lands, wishing she could ask themiddle pretty to stay with her but doesn't. As she waits, wondering if they always make uglies wait for hours, a man, no older than a middle pretty, walks in. This man is beautiful but scary at the same time. he tells her that there are some problems with her surgery and she needs to follow him. HA! Did you likehow I just jumped in to the summary?..... Don't answer that! Well to be truthful I did that because I was trying to get the color work the first time. And it worked! RESPOND NOW. HOW ABOUT NOW. OKAY NOW. COME ON NOW!!!!!

blog #14(A)

Again I found a quote that jumped out at me, But not literally. So, "We don't have to look like everyone else, Tally, and act like everyone else. We've got a choice. We can grow up any way we want."This is very true for now-a-days. We can do anything when we put our minds to it. RESPOND!!!! PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE RESPOND!!!!

blog #13

Hey, guess what! The chapter I'm reading is called fight,...and Tally and Shay have a fight. Har de har har! Okay technicly there ar two fights, but you get the idea. So anyways tme to TRY to be serious. These TWO fights are both different and simialar. They are simialar because, I don't know, 'cause they are both about becoming pretty. Oh and they are both have Shay on the "dislike" side and Tally on the "like" side. But they are also very, very different in many ways. Like, one endswith them cooling off pretty fast. While the other one ends with Shay storming away. also one was more in depth and the other was fast and simple. One takes placee in a library and one takes place at the beach. But they both start when Tally menches pretties or the operation.So, yeah you can respondnow. OH PLEASE, OH PLEASE, OH PRETTY PLEASE RESPPOND. I'M BEGGING YOU!!!!

blog #12

This quote popped out at me so I thought you'd like to haerit,or read it. So here it is, "That was one thhing about being outside the city: It made all that nature stuff they taught in school seem alot more useful. She remembered now how rainwater fell on the mountains and soakedinto the ground..." To me this means that, even in the future, the things about nature you learn in school can seem important to you later. Like you could be trapped in the forest and need to know that moss grows on the north side of the tree. So RESPOND NOW!!!! PLEASE I'M BEGGING YOU!!!!

blog #11

Well again I thought I'd give you a summary, so here I go: Tally and Shay make it to the Rustie Ruins. Tally is amazed at how they look at night.Shay shows Tally a rollercoaster that amazes Tally so much she can't stand it. Shay and Tally ride down it and Tally gets really scared when she sees that the track is missing a few bars. Tally gets mad at Shay but later cools down. Shay says she wants Tally to meet someone and rides up to the top of a building. She lights a saftey sparkler. She and Tally then wait. So what did you think? Don't answer that!!! I also decided to show you two similes. One: "The two friends slid between theruined buildings, riding high and silent as if not to disturb the goshts of the dead city."(pg.61) Two:"The Rusties had been stuck in these streets like hordes of rats in a burning maze."(pg.61) All done.RESPOND PLEASE!!!!

blog #10

In the book Tally says, "I kind of like being fooled about somethings." I do not agree. The only reason I'd want to be fooled is if my life would be in danger if I knew. I don't know why I feel this way, I just do!So, yeah, that, surprisingly, is all I have to say,soooo I guess I'll just let you respond now. PLEASE RESPOND!!!!!

blog #9

In the book Shay and Tally visit the Rusty Ruins. The Rusty Ruins, if you havn't realized it yet, is an old town from the ,like, the 21st century.The town was destroyed in some kind of disaster. During this time their were too many people on the earth.So on to a lighter subject. Peer pressure has been expressed in this book ALREADY. So I think this would be a good time to explain it in my own words. So here it goes, peer pressure can be a good thing or a bad thing it just depends on how you use it. I, luckly, have never experienced bad peer pressure. I have experienced good peer pressure though. It has always worked out, but i may experience it someday. Please respond. PLEASE, PLEASE, PRETTY PLEASE!!!!

blog #8

Some quotes really made me think. let me show you. "Making ourselves feel ugly is not fun...."

"This whole game is designed to makeus hate ourselves." These words said by Shay are very true to me. I do not like feeling ugly, which I usually do, and a game designed to change you to make you "prettier" does not sound like a good time. "Everyone judged everyone else based on on their appearance. Taller people got better jobs ......people killed one another over stuff like having different skin color."(reffering to when everyone was ugly)This quote is talking about now and before Martin Luther King Jr. ended discrimination. I think this quote is quite factual. People nowadays do judge alot on appearance. And "It's the only way to make people equal"(reffering to becomeing pretty) This quote isn't completely true in my eyes because people don't all need to be pretty to be equal. All we have to do is look past our differences. Please respond all you good people. Please, oh PLEASE. I'm begging you! PLEASE RESPOND!!!

blog #7

In the book Tally learns to hoverboard. This reminded me of a movie you may not know. It's called BACK TO THE FUTURE 2. In it they ride hoverboards like skateboard. Actually they're just like skateboard just instead of wheels they hover. Now moving on. I was wandering why don't new pretties visit Uglyville. I think it's because they are so focused on having fun that they don't remember to visit their ugly friends. I also think they don't visit because they don't want to be exposed to the ugly faces. They are all so beautiful and changed on the inside that they don't want to have to think about anything that is not pretty. So let me see your opinions. Respond please. PLEASE! PRETTY PLEASE!!!!!!

blog #6

Well, I thought I'd give you a summary of this chapter. So here it goes, Tally is now running away from the party after pulling the fire alarm and bungee jumping off the roof. She is crawling through the garden WITHOUT her mask. she sees wardens flying above her in hover cars and surounding her inthe garden. They can't see her. She runs into a girl named Shay and they escape together. Now that you know a little about Tally and Shay met lets focus on Shay. I think she is alot like Tally and that will make them get along better. I also think that they will become great true friends.If you think differently or the same as me than please respond and give me your opinion. Please respond. Pretty please with sugar on top!

blog #5

Well in the book Tally has to bungee jump off a building. Now you may be asking yourself 'Why would they let dumb prettys bungee jump.' Well the answer is simple, if you were on the top of a building's roof and the building caught on fire, would you rather jump safely off or take the stairs If you chose the stairs then I hope you are neveron the roof of a burning building. Now I want to stop typing so respond AFTER you read this nice article about the history of bungee jumping. So go ahead and read it. READ, please!

SORRY

my computer won't let me copy and paste so if you want to read the article go to:

www. thinkquest.org/C0123122/historybungee.htm

blog #4

While I was reading the book, I started to think of ways to characterize Tally. Here's what I came up with-Tally is a sweet and kind girl who is obssesed with becoming pretty. Tally misses her friend Peris but is trying to live with it till she is pretty. I was also thinking of a short way to characterize Peris.Well, this is what I came up with: Peris used to have inner beauty but when he became pretty he lost at least 50% of his kindness and generosity. Now I think that their friendship was good and all but I think they are having arough patch. I mean they're true friends that need to work out the "bugs" in their realationship.If they weren't true friends he would have been cold and heartless,right? enough of what I think, respond and tell me what you think. Come on, I'm not going to say it twice. Fine, respond please!

blog #3

Again I'm reading the book, and if you don't know what book I'm talking about the please go read my first blog, and I started to think 'I wonder if my readers understand why Tally wears a mask to a white tie party,' so, wether you understand or not, I'm going to tell you why she did this. You know how she went to see Peris?(which by the way I think is kind of a girly name for a BOY) Well she can't have any pretties seeing that she is an ugly, hense the mask.So please respond. I would love to hear from you. PLEASE!!!!

blog #2

Now if you have ever read the Uglies (or even if you haven't 'cause I'm telling you anyways) then you rememberthat Tally, the main character, has a friend named Paris who became pretty and moved to New Pretty Town. Well, like her I've had a friend abandon me. But they didn't move they just stopped being nice to me out of the blue. Like we'd be friends in 2nd grade but afew days into 3rd they'd just start to avoid me. But hey enough about my sad, elementery life, you may not understand some of the things in the book. Well that's where I come in. I am going to try to ease some of your pain and tell you what three things mean. one, an inter face ring is like a future-type of tracking device that is in the form of a ring that you can take off. Two, a toothbrush pill is like a pill you chew instead of getting a toothbrush and doing it manualy. And three, acacophony, I think, is like some kind of loud noise. So now is the time when you respond. So respond . Now. I'm notgoing to say this twice. Do it NOW, pretty please with sugar on top. ;)

Blog Post #1

I'm reading the book Uglies, and it got me thinking about true beauty. People think beauty is about apperance, but true beauty is not. True beauty is not about how you look, it's how you live. Now I'm not saying that being pretty is a bad thing but don't let that be your main focus. I mean why do you think people say, "It's the inside that counts."Some people think it wold be great if everyone was "beautiful", especially guys, but I like the way everyone looks different.But a world where everyone has true beauty would be good and bad.Nowyoumay be thinking, 'How could a world where everyone is nice be bad," but a world without challenges is kind of boring if you think about it. An example of something I find beautiful is a pug. Now I know not many people find these great dogs but I find them to be cute and cuddly. Now some of you may be asking 'What does this strange person find ugly if she thinks pugs are cute?' Well, the answer is this, cats. Now you cat lovers may be about to turn off my blog, but hold on and hear my logic. I've had atleast 2 mean evil cats but I don't hate all cats, just the evil ones "that steal your soul" said by the wise Mr.Winbrinner. I mean haven't you ever noticed how the cat is always the bad guy in a dog vs. cat movie.So yeah, I'll be quit now and let you respond now. So go ahead. Respond now. I'm giving you permission.Hurry and respond!