I have decided to devoted this year to working on my original fiction, in hope that I will be a published author by the summer. (Wish me luck.)

So, with apologies to all my loyal fans, my fanfiction postings will be minimal in the foreseeable future.

Thank you for all your support; I love you all!

Some time ago, a speaker came to our school and told us that there are three questions you should always be able to answer: who am I, what do I believe, and what do I want. Naturally, our English teacher made us write it up the next day. I put it here so you could learn a little more about me. Here it is!

I am an...
~Individual- who has my own thoughts and opinions
~Artist- who sees the beauty in everything
~Writer- who tells and hears stories
~Thinker- who applies logic to everything
~Dancer- who can float past any problem
~Singer- who knows that everything has a voice
~Poet- who gives words to those voices
~Friend- who is loyal to those I trust
~Dreamer- who never gives up hope

I believe in...
~Good- that it exists in everything, we just need to find it
~God- that he has a plan (I am a religious Jew. If you have an issue with this, I feel very sorry for you.)
~Truth- that when we find it, it will show us what is right
~Hope- that any problem can be overcome
~Dreams- that they will lead us to happiness

I want...
~Life- because if I have that, I can get anything
~Family and friends- people who are loyal and will believe in me like I believe in them
~Happiness- for me and those I care about
~Peace- forever and for everyone

OK, quotes!

Me and My Friends/Family/Casual Acquaintances

"Sarah was like a plant dying because it got too much water, and I was like a plant dying because it didn't get enough water."
"And Yacov was like a plant dying because it somehow never learned photosynthesis." -my brother and me, commenting on a game of Bananagrams. Which is awesome, by the way.

"Are you a moron?"
"No, he's a genius with brain damage."-me and a friend of my little brother

"So energy does make sense, it's just taught badly."-me, after one of my favorite physics classes yet in which I finally began to understand energy! Yay!

"I wonder if the people who go to see shows know that they're being graded by the preformers."-me. It's true; we sit backstage going "this is a pretty good audience" and "this audience sucks."

"I lost my daughter again."-me, on the set of Hello Dolly!

“Did you just stick your tongue out at me with your mouth full?”
“No, I swallowed my chips first. That’s why there was a delay.”-me and Weird, living up to our names.

“It’s getting earlier!”-Weird, with too much energy.

“I was trying to think up an appropriate response to ‘cheese.’ It’s not easy.”-Weird, on a message she sent me

"...an angel."
"I'd so rather be a dolphin."-Weird

"But birds can fly."
"How about a dolphin with wings?"
"Oh, yes, why not just a flying penguin? Or give an ostrich giant angel wings."-me, Weird, and another friend. This is part of the above converation about what type of animal we would most like to be.

"We're gonna find whoever did this. I promise."
"He can say that because he's read the script."-a character in a TV show and my father

"You're in Dolly's dream world. Reality doesn't matter."
"You're in a musical. Reality doesn't matter."-me and someone else at rehersal

"Dang you video game physics! Real physics are nice to me!"-me. Unfortunatly, video game physics hate me.

"You can't spell 'opinion' without 'onion.' Then you get 'pie' or something."-my brother's friend Ricky. Actualy, you get 'pi,' but...

"No! Stupid floor."-my brother, while playing Brawl

"If it weren't for finals, finals week would be really fun."-a friend of mine, while we were eating lunch between finals

"Can I officialy declare us the queens of inane conversations?"-me, to Weird

"It's a musical. It's not supposed to make sense."-the dance director for Hello Dolly!, attempting to explain why the train starts moving before the wheels are in place.

"My window melted!"-me, to Weird, in the car. Don't ask.

"Sorry."
"Yeah, that's what I told the officer after I'd been asleep at the wheel for twenty minutes."-my physics teacher, a very funny man.

"Oh yeah. The day Raphi is the gold standard for humor in this class is the day I... wear a kilt to school."- my physics teacher, again

"I heard you. I'm just ignoring you." -my physics teacher. I really should just give him his own section.

"Wow, that is a gaint turtle!"- my physics teacher(henceforth MPT), while flipping through our textbook.

"That is a sweet looking fish."-MPT on another picture in the textbook.

""Some of you may be thinking, like Raphi is right now, why isn't it sleeptime? The answer is science. You see, in the realm of science, there is no sleep, only insomnia. Until we firebomb Tokyo; then the sun goes down."- MPT. Don't ask.

"I'm gonna see a lot of scientists... I'll be like, 'the limits of my model,' and everyone will go, 'awww.'"-MPT on models and their limitations

"Never apologize for being brilliant."-MPT

"Cease passing oxygen past your vocal cords. Unless you're breathing. Don't stop breathing." -MPT. It's nicer than "shut up."

"I'm not gonna make a fancy cliff. I'm just gonna draw a dumb cliff."- MPT

"How can I do anything bad to this kid?"-MPT, about a student that he was almost very mad at.

"Aww, Raphi's y-wise." MPT. Say it out loud.

"All my friends are crazy. That's why they're my friends." Me. It's true.

"See, your shyness went away! So did your sanity, but I think that's an acceptable sacrifice."- me, on the results of being my friend.

"My desk is too big on me."- me. You see, we were taking the PSAT, so MPH, who was proctoring, said to get a desk that fit... Never mind.

"This is too confusing. Calc is so much easier."- a girl in my math class

"I keep trying to tell her that we're getting married, not wedding-ed."- My gmara teacher, quoting a man discusing his fiance

"Serina already tried to take my head off today."- me, in physics

"I love it when retarded stuff happen in my favor!" - my brother

"In your face, logic and reason!"- my little brother's friend, Ricky

"Is it weird if I cheat against myself so that my left hand will win?"
"No."
"Is it weird that I'm rooting for my left hand?"
"... Yeah, kind of."- Weird and me. We were both playing war against ourselves

"Yes, we are proud of our pride. And then we're proud that we're proud of our pride."- Weird. Don't ask

"I'm not self-centered at all."
"Of course not... I said that with a straight face. Aren't you proud of me?"-Weird and me

"Ooh, pretty tank!"- Weird

"Yes, Yoni. Milk is Dairy"- me

"Wow, that redundant statement was... redundant." - my physics teacher

"Someday I'm going to have a kid, and I'm going to name him Espn."
"Espn? What kind of name is Espn? What would his Hebrew name be?"
"Espn."
"That sounds like some Polish swear word. Oh, Espn!"- my brother's friend, Barry, and my brother.

"Idiot! Stop running into cows!"- my brother. We were playing a video game.

“Does this split personality make us look fat?”- my little brother’s friend, Yair

“I have split personality. So do I!”- my brother’s other friend, Yacov

“Did you know that goldfish have a three second attention span? It’s only slightly longer that mine!”- me

“You can’t spell addicting without ADD!”- Yair

“I do NOT have ADD-- Ooooh. Shiny.”- Yacov

“‘Almost’ doesn’t count unless you’re playing horseshoes or hand grenades.”- my Freshman Bio teacher

“Only at the Academy would the science teacher call the Associate Principle down from the office to play with his new toy when he’s supposed to be teaching Biology.”- also my Freshman Bio teacher. We have a strange school. Not bad, just… strange.

“It’s not homework unless it’s due first period.”- the school Dean, believe it or not. Yes. We have an Associate Principal, (and an Assistant Principal, for that matter) but no Principal. Instead, we have a Dean. I told you we have a strange school.

“Congratulations to (student’s name) on becoming a US citizen!”- an announcement over the loudspeaker during the middle of eighth period one day. I seriously think that I go to the greatest high school in the world.

“I tried walking a mile in his shoes, but my feet hurt”- me

"When I was in high school… wait, I’m still IN high school!”- our Associate Principle, for the yearbook

"You mentally jinxed me!"
"Cool! I'm psychotic!"- me and Weird, at her eight grade graduation reception. That’s what’s known as a Freudian Slip.

“Can you look up where the name came from?”
“Isn’t it kind of self explanatory? The Grand Canyon.”- a friend of mine and his science teacher, about a project on rock formations.

“I know I’m tired when you’re spelling better than I am.”- my brother to me when we were both working on homework late at night. It’s true. I’m spelling-impaired. Spell-check is the world's greatest invention.

“No projectiles in the car!"-Ya'el

"If you arrange your own marriage, doesn’t it kinda defeat the purpose of an arranged marriage?”-Ya'el

“I ran over a bird!”
“It didn’t sound like a bird, birds are squishy.”- Ya'el and Avi

“It’s not gonna do you much good if you go flying forward into the steering wheel and then the airbag inflates and slams you back into your seat. Seriously, can you say ‘whiplash’ ten times fast?”
“Whiplash, whiplash, whiplash…”
"I was gonna do that." - Ya'el, Michele, and Avi

"I'm drunk on adrenalin!”-me, at Simchat Torah. Which is the greatest holiday ever!

“Difference is, if Meytal had to kiss a boy she didn’t know, she would not be shouting ‘ewww.’”
“True.”
“No, the boy would be.”
“Truer.”-me, Meytal, and David, also at Simchat Torah. By the way, the Meytal who was part of the conversation is indeed the Meytal we were talking about.

"Yes, Kitty Pryde is Jewish. One, she has wavy brown hair and brown eyes. Two, she's short. Three, she's from Deerfield, Illinois. Four, she's a genius. Five, she's got a seriously sharp tongue. Oh, and she wears a Jewish Star necklace."-me. And yes, these are all Jewish traits. Trust me; I go to a private Jewish school.

Movies, Plays, Poems, Books, Famous People, ect.

"There's no such thing as an oridinary human"- the 10th Doctor, Doctor Who

"You gotta hand it to the Jews. Yom Kippur was a brilliant idea." - a non-Jew on (Mathew Barry). Yeah, Jews rock.

"A cluttered desk is a sign of genius."- anon. My personal motto.

“What am I supposed to say? It's not like there's a Halmark card: 'I’m sorry your dodgeball coach just got crushed by two tons of irony'!”- Dodgeball

“A bird may love a fish, but where would they build a home together?”- Tevye, Fiddler on the Roof; one of my all time favorite lines

“Beauty is when a woman looks the same after washing her face.”- Milton Berle

“Success is getting up one more time than you fall.”- anon.

“Two roads diverged in a wood and I, I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference.”- Robert Frost, The Road Not Taken

"Don't you ever let anyone else say anything?!"
"Yes but - can I just say one more thing?" - Elphaba and Fiyero, Wicked

“The Nazis first came for the Communists. But I wasn’t a Communist, so I didn’t speak up.
Then they came for the Jews, but I wasn’t a Jew, so I didn’t speak up.
Then they came for the trade unionists, but I wasn’t a trade unionist, so I didn’t speak up.
Then they came for the Catholics, but I was a Protestant, so I didn’t speak up.
Then they came for me. By that time, there was no one left to speak up.”- Martin Niemoller, on the Holocaust.

"Those who don't believe in magic will never find it."- Roald Dahl

"Let the green girl go!"-Fiyero, Wicked

"Okay... who wants to go through the dark, creepy tunnel inside the tomb first?"-Riley, National Treasure

"You're mad!"
"Thank goodness I am, otherwise this probably would never work."-Beckett and Jack, At World's End

"Stop me if I'm wrong, but wasn't your mole... on the other side?"
"I have a MOLE?!"- The Sheriff of Rottingham and Prince John, Robin Hood, Men in Tights

"You've got to be a man to wear tights."- Little John, Robin Hood, Men in Tights

"I lost. I lost?! Wait a minute; I'm not supposed to lose. Let me see the script."-Robin, Robin Hood, Men in Tights

"42.7 of statistics are made up on the spot."-anon.

"Only two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the universe."- Albert Einstein

"I pray thee, correct me if my perception is awry. Is the import of what hath been revealed here that Arendia hath been divided for half a millennium by an ancient formality?"
"There's a bit more to it than that, your Grace, but that does seem to be the core of the problem."
"Five hundred years of strife and bloodshed over a technicality?"
"... It is sort of Arendish, isn't it?"- Queen Mayaserana and Count Reldegen, David Eddings's Enchanter's End Game

" 'The red sun rises, blood has been spilt this night,' Legolas whispers. Starr resists the urge to swoon"- Crazyroninchic's Never Leave Fanfiction Lying Around, an absolutely priceless Mary-Sue parody in which the characters get a chance to comment on a Sue fic.

Before I go: Randomly has been bugging me to post some of her stories that I felt were just too... random. And weird. And a lot of other things. I finally got sick of it and gave her her own penname. So, if you want to see the work that comes from my more demented side, check out the author Randomly's Cat Midnight. ("Randomly" was taken.)

Here's the link: http://www.fanfiction.ws/u/1694230/

Also, if you notice any typos (either in my profile or in one of my stories) I would appreciate it if you would let me know. Thanks!