Once Upon a Mattress- Shy

This is one of the best songs ever. It is great for tryouts. So cool. Love it.

(Winifred) Hey nonny nonny is it you?

(Hey nonny nonny noony no!)

Hey nonny nonny is it you?

(Hey nonny nonny nonny no!)

Hey nonny nonny is it you, or  you, or you, or you, or-

(Dauntles) Noony neeny nonny nonny-

(Queen) No, no, no!

Someone's being bashful,

That's no way to be not with me

Can't you see?

That I am just as embarrassed as you,

And I can understand you point of view

I've always been...

Shy! I confess it I'm shy!

Can't you guess that this confident air is a mask that I wear,

Cause I'm shy.

And you may be sure, way down deep i'm demure!

Though some people I know would deny it,

At bottom I'm quiet and pure.

I'm aware that it's wrong,

To be meek as I am,

My chances may pass me by

I try to be strong,

But as week as I am,

All I can do is try-

God knows I try! Though I'm frightened ans shy!

And despite the impression I give I confess that I'm living a lie,

Because, I'm actually terribly timid,

and HORRIBLY shy!

Though a lady may be dripping with glamour

More often then not she will stumble and stammer,

When suddenly confronted with romance,

And she's likely to fall on her face,

When she's finally face to face with a pair of pants.

I'm going fishing for a mate!

(She's going fishing for a mate!)

I'm gonna look in every brook!

(She's gonna look in every brook!)

But how much longer must I wait,

With baited breath and hook?

And that is why, though I'm painfully shy,

I'm insane to know which sir. You sir?

(Man) Not I, sir!

(Winifred) Then who, sir? When sir, and where sir?
I couldn't be tense sir.

So lets get this done man, get on with the show man!

I am one man.

(The lady is one man!)

Shy!

Music by Mary Rodgers. Lyrics by Marshall Barer. All rights go to those who deserve them.

Author Spotlights #2: Angie Sage

Magyk

The Magykal Papers

Araminta Spookie
My Haunted House

 Angie Sage was born in 1952 in London. She now lives in Somerset in a house with a secret tunnel. She also owns a little green boat called Muriel. She has written the International Bestselling series Septimus Heap, The Magykal Papers, and the Araminta Spookie series. Her upcoming novels include Septimus Heap book 7: Fyre, and The Darke Toad. She won the Book Award 2006 for her novel Magyk,

Angie Sage

Drama Games #3: Late for Work

This game brings a lot of laughs. With good improvers, it should be able to run smoothly. The game is played by 4 people: 1 boss, 2 co-workers, and 1 late person. The late person leaves the room while the rest of the people come up with three reasons why the late person is late. The first one is pretty normal ex.: I swallowed my keys, I burned my breakfast, or my clothes wouldn’t fit. The second reason gets a little weirder: An asteroid hit my car, I had to stop for a swarm of monkeys crossing the street, or I drove off a cliff and died. The third is totally outrageous and can make no sense whatsoever: A giant Cyclops attacked me and I fought it with a pencil, a piranha swallowed me whole, etc. The key to making up these reasons is to keep them simple.

After the reasons are decided, the co-workers take their place behind the boss and the boss puts on a menacing glare as the late person enters the room. He is stopped by the boss who asks him why he is late. The co-workers (who are behind and unseen by the boss) begin to act out the reasons of why he is late starting with the first and most normal one. If he gets the reason correct the boss says he needs a different reason and the co-workers move on. If not the boss fires him.

Additional rules are that if the boss turns around and sees the co-workers acting things out, he fires them. If the boss turns around and sees the co-workers doing normal work things  (sweeping, filing papers) then the game continues.

I hope you have fun!

Helpful (or not so helpful) Hints: Casual?

When you've read as many books as I have, you start to notice things. Like the fact that the basic character circle is: Male Hero, Cute Girl, and Nerdy Guy.
This hint may finish an unspoken thought that many of you have considered. Here it goes:
Whenever an author is telling you about some thing casual, like the daily walk to school, or sitting in his room doing nothing, it is most definitely going to end up UnCasual. The character(s) will always discover something, or get kidnapped, or die, or something like that.
So next time you guys are reading about Harry Potter walking down the hall to his Potions class, be warned: Things are not always as they seem...

Helpful (or not so helpful) Hints: The Final Chapter: How to Cope with the Pain

As said in my previous post, the worst part about books is the end. To cope with the pain, follow these steps:
 1. Define which type of pain
There are three types of BookEnd pain. One is the stab of fear and anxiety when the characters jump off a cliff and the book ends, but luckily the next installment is waiting for you at the library.
The second is the same scenario, except the sequel has not even been published yet.
The third is when you have finished the entire series and the realization hits you that you will never have that glorious and terrifying experience again.

2. Take deep breaths
Try not to cry. It is most unbecoming.

3. Discover a solution
Check for release dates. These could be for sequels or for a possible after series.
Hit the bookshelves hard. (while you are doing this refrain from staring at the books you just finished. Look on the opposite side of the shelf)
Reread- There are pros and cons to this. If you reread it and get stuck on it, that would put a stop to your book evolution. This is not a good thing. On the good side, it is extremely fun to be yelling at the character in your book to 'not go in there! You are going to die!' and then watch him go in anyway.

Another thing that helps is to stop right before the last chapter and reflect on the book. An example of this can be found in my previous post Heart Breaks and Release Dates.

If you are reading this because you are in this situation, my heart aches for you. Good luck!

Heart Breaks and Release Dates

The worst part about books is that they end. Nothing drives me more insane when you are so engrossed in a book and then suddenly it ends. You frantically scan the next few pages for an explanation, but you find nothing. Your heart is beating faster than it did during the Climax, your brow is sweating. Your whispering words slowly grow louder as you chant "No, NO! This can't be! The dagger flew toward him and... What! WHAT????"

Sorry about that. I kind of like to exaggerate things. But it really is terrible. Last night I reached the final chapter of Darke (Septimus Heap). I stared at the large 49 printed on the page and I vowed that I wouldn't read it until the next morning when I had a scheduled trip to the library. The next morning I wandered around  the library desperately, jumping from shelf to shelf. I found some interesting things but I couldn't focus. The only thing that soothed my pain was discovering the release date of the next book was not too far off.

So to help those of you who are like me, I have created a list of release dates of sequels to series I've read. 

Remember, the pain leaves slowly. Just quickly get yourself a new book and you'll be alright. For tips on soothing the pain look at another post of mine titled Helpful (or not so helpful) Hints: The Final Chapter: How to cope with the pain.

Series                                Author                                 Title                            Release Date/State     #

Adventurers Wanted        James Dashner                     Albrek's Tomb               Already Published        3

Beyonders                          Brandon Mull                       Seeds of Rebellion           Already Published       2

Beyond Foo                      Obert Skye                          Deception of Dreams      Oct. 5, 2012                 2

Farworld                            J. Scott Savage                     Air Keep                         In the process             3

Heroes of Olympus           Rick Riordan                        Mark of Athena              Oct. 2, 2012                3

Janitors                              Tyler Whitesides    Secrets of New Forest Academy    Sept.4, 2012               2

Kane Chronicles              Rick Riordan                       Serpent's Shadow           Already Published         3

Septimus Heap                   Angie Sage                            Fyre                               April 16, 2013            7

The Land of Stories          Chris Colfer                          ?                                     ?                                   2

The Pillagy series                Obert Skye                           Ambush                          Already Published       3

Thirteenth Reality            James Dashner                       ?                                     ?                                  4

Creatures of Foo: Avalands

Avalands first show themselves in the first book of the Leven Thumps series. They are giant rock and dirt monsters. At first, Leven and Winter only find themselves attacked by one. Leven ends up running it off a cliff.
The second time, they are attacked by lots of Avalands. In this incedent we learned that Avalands have the ability to mold themselves into one shape. This time, they all became one giant dirt snake.

IF YOU ARE ATTACKED BY AN AVALAND:
- Run as fast as you can possibly run
- Hide somewhere solid
- Try to find a bulldozer (or other large vehicle) and try to squish it
- Fly away
- Manipulate Fate to your advantage
- Levitate and throw it
- Burrow into or under it
- Fade out
- Grow to an extremely large height and and squish it
- Find a Black Skeleton and beg it to help you
- Run it off a cliff
- Drop to your knees and pray to your maker

Sadly, most of these possible solutions can only take place if you are a Nit or an Offing, and all of them are very risky. If you are a Nit, there is one thing that you must know: NEVER freeze an Avaland. It will only make matters worse. Ask Winter Frore.
May Fate be on your side.