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So, Sam, you don’t say things like windward or leeward? huh. Port and Starboard?
I like the picture, Rebecca!
On another note: Snow day today! (Well…more like a cold day, since there isn’t much snow.) So I only need to get through tomorrow, then I have winter break! *excitement*
Hee hee! Awesome pic!
Goodmorning everyone!
I love the picture! Very cool.
Last night was the first night of Hanukkah, and I got the best presents ever! A Wii (+ Guitar Hero) and typewriter. Typewriters are so amazing… I adore computers, of course, but somehow typing things on typewriters seems so much more authentic, no?
And of course, the Wii is great for obvious reasons. Technically it’s only half mine (it was a joint present for my sister and me) but nonetheless, I love it.
I imagine I’m sounding really gift-fixated right now, so somehow I doubt people will believe me if I say that my favorite part of Hanukkah actually isn’t the presents. It’s lighting the candles, playing dreidel, singing Hanukkah songs, and doing other things that make me feel like I’m carrying on a tradition. Not that I mind the gifts, of course.
How wonderful, Crraw! Who knew you were as good at arranging wreaths as arranging sonnets?
Good morning, everyone. I have some news. My grandmother is having surgery this morning at 11, and the doctors aren’t sure of how the outcome is going to be or…if she’s going to make it through the surgery, so we need extra support and prayers today. We’re really hoping for something good, a holiday miracle,if you will. Thanks very muchly, I hope all your holiday elebrations are going well.
For Hanukkah last night, I got a new camera! Yayness! I was going to use the memory card that I have, but it turns out this is a Sony camera and so it only takes some weird “MemoryStick” format so right now my camera only holds four pictures. Blergh.
4- I have a typewriter but the ribbon’s broken so it doesn’t work and I’m VERY SAD. Who nowadays fixes typewriters? I sure don’t know.
5 – My thoughts are with your family. Hope the surgery will go well. -hugs-
6 – Believe it or not, if you google “typewriter repair” the first link is a list of typewriter shops in every state and a lot of countries. Actually, there are two for North Carolina, so I should probably bookmark this page.
My bookmarks folder is ridiculously organized. I have 13 sub-folders, several of which I am considering making sub-sub-folders for.
I love the picture!
Another gorgeous picture!
5) Hope it’ll go well Aggie!
I’m becoming a candy cane addict…..scary, I know.
Just to revitalize the idea, there is a petition on Yule be happy to start up the Neophyte thread again. SIGN!!!!
I think it’s safe to say that Eastern Washington has entered the next ice age.
SFTDP but I just remembered something really cool that showed up in my school newspaper. It syas taht if the lsat and frsit lteters of a wrod are in the rgiht pclae, it deos not mtater wehre the rset of the ltteres are. Yuor bairn can raed it aynawy. Cool, isn’t it?
(some people can’t read it, so this is what it says)
It says that if the last and first letters of a word are in the right place, it does not matter where the rest of the letters are. Your brain can read it anyway.
This was found out by people at Cambridge University.
11 – I can’t say that I even noticed it was gone, to be honest. I don’t really think it’s horribly necessary, either way, because Neophytes will be pied and inducted no matter what thread they start on.
13 – Oh, yaeh, I’ve haerd taht brfoe. It knid of mkeas snsee, touhgh. (Man, it takes forever to type like that!)
This is the most snow I have seen in my LIFE! We must have over a foot in the back yard, probably two in the pasture. Now it’s all drippy though, ’cause the sun’s coming out.
We have a ton of birds in the backyard. They’re so cute and little, they can just sit on top of the snow. I wish I could walk on the snow; then I could look at their tracks.
0: Great pic, but “,,,by the collective…” Is that a typo?
Oh, whoopee, it stopped raining.
2/15: *twitch* Stop rubbing it in. At least you get snow. Sorry, but to say “wow, look at all the snow!” to someone who’s seen snow only once in her lifetime(s) is kind of cruel. Please keep snow discussions over on the designated thread, please. Sorrel bout that.
It’s one day less than a month until my birthday!!!!!!
And we have at least 2 and a half feet of snow.
And I’m going to be 16!!!!!!!!
And the snow is the delightfully clingy type.
AND I’M SO EXCITED!
13- Yuo’re asuboutley rghit. Knid of. See, the lnoegr wrdos tned to cnosufe poelpe. If I was tpynig “Spueralcifargilexpilaoidciuos” (and I eevn mdae taht esaeir on you by miakng taht in rleavite odrer) it’s vrey hrad to dcoede taht!! And, because it hurts me to type like this. Not to mention if you’re typing something that isn’t used in writing or speaking commonly…..
10- but they’re so tasty! *CCAA, Candy Cane Addicts Anonymous*
So I heard my first “aboot” today. I was listening to CBC when out of no where Rita Chelli (no idea how to spell her name)says “aboot”. I really had no idea where the rest of the world got the idea that Canadians say “aboot”. I guess some actually do. *is amazed*
16 – Actually, I’m jealous of you. I extremely dislike snow and I have no idea why I live in Minnesota. So stop rubbing it in that you have warm temperatures year-round, please! I am extremely jealous of you!
Aggie (5)~ I hope that your grandmother did well with the surgery, and my thoughts and prayers are definitely with you today. Just always know that your whole family is in God’s never ending care. *hugs, prayers and choklit*
I love this wreath! I can’t tell which is my favorite…I love them all! this one is pwnsome. Lovely work, Lady B.!
Cold today. 20F and I was running around outside with my sleeves pulled up and no jacket……then I noticed the thermometer.
I have very green fingernails today. I cut them (finally! they were getting way too long) and painted them for Christmas with the only color I have–green. It’s a very pretty dark metallic green, so it works perfectly and it will go with what I’m planing on wearing for the next few days.
And ohh, we leave tomorrow. In the evening after dad gets home. And then we drive all night. 14 hours in the car in the middle of the night going through blizzards is not my idea of fun. >_<
Hopefully I’ll have a little more space though, since we’re borrowing Grandma’s van.
I miss riding the train though….that was always so much fun, but we’ve driven the past few times. *sigh*
By the way, the graphic at the top is humbly dedicated to anyone who has ever written a second draft of anything.
7/10/20- Thanks very much. I’m still waiting or news from the family. My dad is going to be there all day, and possily tonight, too.
21- Yup, that’s me!
22~ I’m leaving the computer now, but I’ll be thinking of you. *more hugs* I really hope she’s doing well.
21~ Oh. I guess I don’t get a share in it then……my poor mother is constantly having fits when I write only one draft and then say I’m done. what she doesn’t realize is that I am constantly making adjustments and corrections as I go, so by the time I’m done with a first draft I’m pleased with I copy it on clean paper (my first writings always look like heck by the time I’m done with them, eraser crumbs are only the beginning…) and turn them in.
“Oh, this is good, but what happened to the rest of your papers?”
“What? That’s it. That’s all, the others are illegible to all but me.”
“But, your first and second drafts, where are they? All there is is this nice copy of the beat up pages…..is this your first draft?”
“No, that’s the finished piece, I write all the drafts at the same time, don’t you see? I rarely have to make huge changes in the structure of the thing, since I start out with what I want it to end like in mind.”
“Oh…..but aren’t you told by your workbook to write several drafts? I was always told to make several.”
[resigned] “Are you trying to tell me it’s no good?”
“No, no, of course it’s good, I like reading what you write, but I thought you were supposed to write several drafts!”
“Is it good enough or do I have to start all over again? If so I’d better get back to work.”
“No, it’s fine, it all works together nicely, good job.”
“Um, thanks. What’s for dinner?”
Not word for word, but variants of this conversation have taken place more times than I can recall. *sigh* Please tell me, does anyone else write something and keep it mostly intact, making changes as they go and deciding nearly exactly how you want to say what you’re trying to express before putting pen to paper, or am I just lazy and overconfident of my writing skills? (Which I don’t really even think are that great, by the way. I can make people laugh and mostly get across the point I’m trying to make, but anyone can do that, and many can do it thousands of times better than I.)
23- When I’m writing essays I usually write them on the computer, and edit as I go. If I edit at all. But when I’m writing stories, I edit a lot.
23- Yes that is exactly what I’m like except I type everything up and read it over once for spelling and puncuation problems. Most of the time I’m already useing the vocab I want and the sentance sturcture (I tried that word five tims and it STILL don’t look right) so I don’t see any reason to do a second copy. Can’t you just imagine how left out the first copy would feel?
(From the previous thread)
C++Darkmage: Flash is a great tool.
Insane MLDM: HPB.
(23) Well, did you ever dislike something you wrote sufficiently to crumple it up and perhaps toss it across the room? That counts, too.
Well, Friday night was the blind-date-dance-thing, and I went pretty well. The dance itself was really boring, but everything else went pretty smoothly. I won’t be doing it again anytime soon, but I’ve gotta admit it went better than expected.
27- If only I could crumple up my darn computer and throw IT across the room…
What’s the poem in the background? Most of it is hidden by the wreath.
My goy friend Kyle added a new spelling of the festival of lights today- he spelled it Honnica.
Niiiiice pic…. Rebecca, did you actually write stuff on the paper, or just fragments of words?
Wishing your grandmother good luck, Aggie…..
i love the picture *makes it desctop*
i really dont understand what we are doing in mathe and i have a test tomarrow. i need to make 8 presents i have to study for my spanish test, do my english, finish misis mumfords christmas carols and get my phone back. i’m busy.
oh, and at skiing today i got stuck in a 4 foot snowdrift.
I’M BAAAAAAACK! LOL, I’ve been soooo busy but now at least I get a break. I was really tired over the weekend, that’s why I wasn’t here then, and although I was bored today I just didn’t feel like going on the computer. Sorry, guys. Is everyone yelling at me to make my move in the chess threads?
31- That’s the weirdest spelling I’ve ever seen. How does he spell “Christmas”- Krishmis? Crismass? Gee, I wonder how he spells “holiday”…
Love the pic, thanks, Crraw! ((Thanks, Rebecca! How did you do it?))
Hi again, LadyG! (Who I am never going to refer to as anything other than LadyG, so just scrap the other name. Pwease?) Nice to see you.
My dad once pronounced “robots” as “row-baahts”
35- Fine. But I still like RoseQuartz better.
36- Wait, what?
36-How else are you supposed to pronounce it?
37-Look, nobody remembers it’s short for LadyGaladriel unless you remind them. I’d get used to RoseQuartz eventually, but I just like LadyG better. RoseQuartz sounds kind of…. pink. And, like, girly…. I don’t know….. Your choice, though. I guess I just don’t like name changes in general.
Hello all! I am currently watching the first season of LOST. It’s FARBULOUS! I like it!
Oh, yes, there are, indeed, people from Gen. 9 still here. Of course, I really talked to more of the people from generations before that one. But, oh, well…it’s comforting to know that this Blog hasn’t been completely conquered by ‘phytes. No offense to any of them.
You know what’s really sad? I’m wearing gloves while I’m typing this, because I’m that cold. In my own house! Sadness.
I don’t remember who was asking (was it Vendeval?) about college application, and I’m too lazy to look, but,
College App Advice: Have you taken the ACT and/or SAT yet? You definitely want to do that soon. I ended up taking the ACT three times, the most recent being this past October. I would also start checking out colleges, and I would make an Excel spreadsheet of them, if you can. Include on it the name of the college, whether you could commute or not, how much scholarship money you could get from them, and other things of special interest (i.e. sports, clubs, etc.). And, of course, you would only put them on your list if they offered your intended major (unless you just really want to go there, for whatever reason…it’s up to you). Anything else you’d like to know?
38- Yes, but he really stretched out the “a” sound so it was more like “row-baaaaahts”. I thought it was hilarious at the time.
“How is anybody supposed to take us seriously if we don’t have a laser pointer?”- House
i am extremely brain dead.
i need to write a parody of “i’m yours” and it’s not coming along very nicely because i don’t want it as my ringtone or on my ipod i just need to hear it ONCE. any advice?
41-Oh. I see.
I should watch more movies….
42-If you want to hear it just go on youtube?
33-That is CRAZY when do you finish school? It is Christmas in TWO DAYS >< (if you celebrate it, that is)
38-well, I saw it row-boht, so…
1-Well, we do…but…I only understand port+starboard…I don’t really pay atention to other things :L all I know is how to stay afloat!
It’s SO hot today! I have nothing to do…all our decorations are up apart from the tree, which traditionally goes up on Christmas eve (tomorrow!!)…and I finished whatching Americas Next Top Model cycle 11 on Youtube and to my knowledge Cycle 12 has not begun…
I really want to write a letter, but I have noone to write to, I already sent cards to Eli, Satoi, Ruka and Yumeki in Korea and Japan…but I bought some adorable paper today in Morning Glory…who can I write to??
Nessie is exhausted…she is squashed up inside the couch, hmm, that doesnt really make sense, oh well…
SFTDP ~but
30-I beleive it is “The night before Christmas” Kokofied…
Hi peoples!
A bunch of my sister’s friends are here. They are trying to decide what movie to watch and arguing about whether some movies are worth watching, and whether or not “Gumby the movie” is better than Sunset Boulevard.
Has anyone here seen Sunset Boulevard?
.40 8D the College/University/Higher Education is always around for anyone who needs it! okay mostly it is me complaining but it’s still around
*trying not to think about college for all of winter break*
5-prayers, hugs, choklit.
23-My mum doesn’t mind. And I don’t usually copy it anyway, just give her the illegible copy.
If you really wanna know (which you don’t), MLDM stands for mean, lean, dancing machine. I say this merely because I do cheerleading, and I’m Australian.
Most people actually think I’m Britsh, and I’ve got a New Zealand accent. Go figure.
Is there anyone here younger than me? (I’m 13 in April.)
SFTDP
44-What exactly is hot? *thinks Kiwis don’t get hot weather*
It’s about 21 here. We had this end-of-year BQQ last week in (our town/city) Park and it was FREEZING. My friend, who is a Twilight fan, kept going on about vampires, so I told her about the uncharitable Twilight comments on MB. I don’t think it had much effect. *pies friend*
33 – Misis Mumford’s Christmas Carols!
I’m glad you’re making them again. BTW, have you read Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy? You should.
42 – Project Playlist. Google it. It’s free.
I’m a little bit tired and I desperately need to shop for presents TOMORROW so that I can wrap them Wednesday. I am such a procrastinator.
(32, 45) Thou readest aright. Some lines from the wreath and its background:
‘Twas the night before MuseBlog
‘Twas the night before Koko stole all the pies
And the Muses were gathered with tears in their eyes
When what to our pie-slathered eyes should appear
A sleigh full of doughnuts…
The pie shields were placed at the entrance with care
And everyone hoped Kokopelli they’d snare
While Urania in her toga and Pwt with his net
Crept toward the place where they knew Koko kept
His cheeks were like shadows, he hadn’t a nose
His hair stood in spikes in two perpendicular rows
He spoke not a word, but got straight down to business
And pied me until I keeled over from dizziness
(32) Yes, Armada, all the lines were actually written out on the scraps of paper. Here’s a sample:
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The lines Robert quoted were actually an improvement over some earlier drafts, such as:
By the way, the bow was real, created by stapling the scraps into loops, then stapling a bunch of loops together. The red coloring was added digitally.
After taking photos of everything, I tossed the crumpled papers into a box, with the following result:
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52) *gasp* So cute!
Good morning MB! I could read ll of those posts……. but I’m lazy this morning…… so…… hello everyone!
27~ Oh yes, then I count big time! I write sitting on my bed, and the trash basket is across the room. Get up? ME? Hah.
Well, I bid adeu to my dear MuseBlog for now. I don’t know when I’ll get on next, I may get to the library sometime when I’m in WI, and I’ll surely stop in and say hi then, but I’ll be a lot less frequent. (Won’t it be nice and quiet without me, ha!)
So, see you all later!
If I don’t see you again before Christmas (which I very well may not) let me say it here:
MERRY CHRISTMAS MUSEBLOG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!*pies, waves, skips away*
51 – Pwt with his net? I thought no one knew the gender of Pwt.
52 – Cute! I like Siamese cats.
I love the picture ! Craw is an underestimated and -appreciated muse !
51- those are very clever, but shouldn’t it be “Pwt with en’s net” Pwt has no defined gender I believe?
52- I love your cat!
53- Haloo.
52 – Cuteness!
52- I think you’re one of the people who can make anything look good. Honestly. I laughed at – er, with you about- the earlier drafts, even if they’re slightly lacking.
And you are very creative. Really. I couldn’t have come up with that is I was at point-blank pie range and my life depended on it.
41- Have you ever watched Futurama? Dr. Zoidberg pronunces ‘robot’ like “rowh-bit”, and that’s how I have always pronounced it, even after they cancelled the show…
52- HEEE! IT’S A LOLCAT! *pies herself*
42- Just Google the lyrics, keep them open in a tab and write your parody in Word. That’s how I write my parodies.
52: Aww!
A friend I’m IMing with is reading the Quick Reads thread, so I have a little time. But just be warned- she uses a lot of chatspeak. I have a feeling she’ll join…
52- Awwwwww!! That’s adorable! Where did you get the kitty pic?
Hello peoples!
I shall look through the blog once more, and then I shall go play piano and plague my sister to go outside with me so that I can bounce a basketball upon her head. 
4- I have a typewriter too, I brought it with me to college
Poo. My sister has stated that she is unable to go outside due to a sudden yeast infection.
Happy holidays, everyone, as I don’t know if I’ll be on again. Going to visit family, then off to Conneticut the day after Christmas for a hockey tournament >.<
Today is our holiday party with my parents friends and a few of my close ones, os it’s all cleaning, cooking, aranging, ect. I haven’t even eaten yet today… (I’m on blogtime).
I should go arrange flowers now though. Bye all.
I’m going away tomorrow, so I’d like to wish all of you a Happy Holidays in advance.
40 – I am a proud Generation 5 MuseBlogger!
And I know somebody on this thread said that they don’t want to hear any more about snow, so I won’t say anything more except that it wasn’t supposed to snow today but it still is and that the snow isn’t supposed to stop until Saturday so we’re pretty much snowed in now and it’s awesome.
I feel sorry for everybody that still has to go to work in this snow.
Okay, so fun story time!!
Me and my 3 best friends (Lee, D, JB) went to a glass blowing place yesterday, and then to the mall. We went to stores, walked around ect until we ended up in Gamestop looking for a present for JB’s little brother. While she was buying a game, me and Lee were standing behind her at the regester, talking. Lee was complaining that she felt like a slut for something or other (she’s not, at all)), and the guy behind the regester kind of gave us an odd glance (he had awesomely long hair in a ponytail, glasses, young (20ish?) was wearing all black, not all tat bad looking in a geeky sort of way).
So a while later we were sitting at a table on the edge of the foodcourt, waiting for Lee’s mom to meet up with us. Then I notice Gamestop Lad (what I thougt of him when I saw him again XD) walk past beind us, and this is the resulting dialogue:
Jade: Haha look it’s GamestopLad!!
Lee/JB/D: Where?!
Jade: Walking behind me, look over my shoulder, he’s headed to my left.
*GamestopLad walks past us, carrying a set of keys and a box*
Lee: Haha it is!
JB: We should do someting random when he walks back.
Lee: I should pretend to be pregnant!
*laughter on all sides*
JB: OMG let’s do it!
Lee: Yes!
Jade: It’s perfect, since he overheard you complaining about you being a slut :eyeroll:
Lee: He did? When did I say that?
D: You’re not atually going to do this, are you?
Lee: Oh yes we are!
*Lee’s mother arives*
Lee: Mom guess what we’re going to do!
Lee’s mother: Do I want to know?
JB: Well don’t freak out at anyting we say.
*much plotting follows*
*10 minutes later*
Lee: Where is heee
JB: OMG he’s coming back!!
*GamestopLad comes walking back, without box*
Me: Oh gods– here we go.
D: *winced*
Lee: 3…2…1…!
JB: (screaming) OH MY GOD, YOU”RE PREGNANT?!?!
Lee: Stop yelling it! (also yelling, and watcing over shoulder for GamestopLad’s expression)
GamestopLad: *head turns towards us, mouth drops open, realizes he’s looking and walks quickly away)
JB: (continuing) I can’t believe you told us this in a food court!
*all dissolve into laughter*
Lee’s mother: Oh god.
Of course, having go this far, we couldn’t yet let it go.
Lee: Oh man, what if we went to that maternity store, and just got a bag, and went back into Gamestop?
JB: Omg yes!
D: You’re not really…
Jade: Why would we be going in there again though?
Lee: I dunno.
JB: We’ll figure it out on the way.
So we go into this SomethingMotherhood storeand get just a bag with the store name on it (the lady gave us a very odd look) and head back to Gamestop. We decided that D was going to look around for a bit then ask some questions about Rock Band II (she’s going to get it sometime but everywhere is sold out till like march –_–). Then we were going to be talking kind of near the regester (tiny store so it’d be hard not to be) but not really obviously, just saying things that might hint at really awkward if you knew what we were talking about which, he would XD
*Me, Lee, JB, D go inside*
*D kind of looks around, we stand by a shelf kind of close to where he is and slowly inch colser. Lee has maternity store bag slightly idden under her coat*
(talking hushed but audible)
Lee: Well it’s not like I meant to
JB: How did you find out?
Lee: How do you think? I was late…
JB: Have you told, um, I mean…
Lee: Of course it’s Jakes. And no.
D: (comes back by us) I can’t find rockband.
Jade: Look on the top shelves.
D: Oh, look, there it is. Can’t see the price though… wait, that one’s not for Wii.
*all move closer to let someone through aisle*
JB: Well, I thought you were, y’know, safe…
Jade: (louder) I can’t believe you’re talking about this here
GamestopLad: (has been studiously ignoring us, but winces a bit)
Lee: *croses arms so maternity store bag is painfully obvious and close to him*
Diana: (to him) Do you sell Rockband 2? For Wii?
GamestopLad: Yes we do!
JB: Are you going to keep it?
Jade: Well she can’t exactly return it, can she?
GamestopLad: (tries not to look at bag but keeps glanicng up at it) And, um, do you want just the game?
D: No, I need the instruments as well
GL: Oh, sorry, we’re all sold out
D: Oh. Thanks anyway. (to Me/Lee/JB) They don’t have it.
(stop talking)
Jade: They don’t? Too bad.
JB: Though with your condition–
Lee: Shut up!
All: *leave store. Crack up. High fives*
Made the night. It was epicly awesomely fun XD
happy festivus everyone! i aired my grievances and it was wonderful
.68 happy holidays to you too, kai
.70 lol that sounds like something my friends would do while I stood in the corner disapprovingly
I can’t believe they pulled that off though, I would not be able to keep a straight face. poor gamestop lad!
ahh this is my favorite time of year…
49~I don’t know, I wore shorts and I havnt got over liivivng in Africa for two years, so it mst have been quite hot…the other day is was 32C…(do you live in Australia :O )
70~My friends would love to meet you! Me and Steph go crazy in the holidays, recently~~we pretended to be foreign tourists—quite amusing (it’s a “you had to be there” kind of thing)
All day today I hve helped mummy bake Christmas food~ pavlova, snowballs, rolly balls, boterletter I can’t wait until tomorow!!!! but I have to sit through midnight mass first. aaah! Do you have Christmas tomorrow? or the day after?
Yay! Christmas is getting closer and closer and CLOSER!
Urania doesn’t wear a Chiton?
72-Wow. I do live in Australia… East NSW.
70-I love it!
I’ve only got one friend, C, ): but we hang out at our performances with her friend M and sometimes another cheerleader, H. M or H would sugest a thing like that, and the other one and me would help do it. C is the one who would be disapproving.
FESTIVUS FOR THE REST-OF-US!
40- Thanks, I’ll try making a spreadsheet.
42- Grooveshark, youtube.
52- Cute!
70- Haha! Sounds like a good time. Glassblowing!
72- Someone said a while back “Thirty is hot, twenty is nice, ten is cold, and zero is ice.” So 32 would be hot. Let’s see…32C=90F. That’s hot for me, but 100F isn’t uncommon.
74- I think she does. Is there dissenting opinion?
51 – Ah ha! Evidence of Pwt’s being a boy.
52 – Love the LOLcat.
70 – Your friends are now my idols for life (or at least the rest of the week). I’d never be brave enough to do something like that, but it sounds hilarious.
52-Aww, cute! So the wreath actually was semi-real…. Interesting.
(63) RoseQuartz: That is, in fact, Lady Bunniful’s cat.
(76) Kokonilly: There’s an actual Festivus booth in Washington, D.C.:
www . washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/17/AR2008121703791.html
What the…. Something really weird just happened with the comments. I have no idea what.
Nice lolcat!
2 days ’til Xmas. Well, one really, today’s about over. I really ought to start my shopping.
No, just kidding. I know what I’m doing. I’m not going to run to the mall tomorrow morning and rifle through every store. Just the good stores.
Lady Bunniful, what’s your cat’s name? I think it’s Cocoa. (Or possibly Koko.
) And is it a Siamese? I think it looks like a chocolate-point Siamese, hence the predicted name.
I’m bored, so I’m spending more time here.
I’ve been applying to colleges and doing schoolw**k, and that’s taken up a lot of my time. Seriously. Senior year is horrible, probably due to the combined w**kload of applications and homew**k, plus the growing sense that all of it is pointless and the lack of motivation to actually do anything… Got out of school last week, have been sleeping a lot a lot a lot, Mom had surgery a few days ago, and I think that’s about all.
74 – I’m probably really out of the loop, but what’s a Chiton?
Also, it actually snowed here the other day, which is shocking when you consider that 1. I live in the deep south. We’re talking Texas. and 2. the last time it snowed here I was 5 years old and I am now 17.
*yawn* I should go to sleep. Christmas Eve is tomorrow! *looks at clock* Oh. Today. Well, whatever. At least I got my shopping done.
I know when I’m about to fall asleep when I lash out on BA and when I write a particularly stupid SSSS.
To all who inquired about the kitty in comment #52 — his name is Swab, because he looked like a little cotton swab when I found him as a 2-week old abandoned kitten nearly 12 years ago. He’s part Siamese. You can’t tell from the photo, but his paws are white. He’s very fond of boxes and paper scraps and is apparently a good judge of poetry as well.
70- I was soooo bored an I figured “You know what? I’m going to read this exceedingly long post!” I’M SO HAPPY I DID!!!! THAT’S HYSTERICAL!!! How did you not crack up in the middle of the conversation? I would’ve paid anything to be there! That poor Gamestop guy….
This is a Christmas card gimanator and C++Darkmage made for agagabagabag that they wanted to share with the blog:
52- Swab is a very pretty cat.
55, 57- Well, as far as I can tell, Pwt is a boy. I have a lot of reasons, but the best one is probably this: Larry Gonick used the pronouns “he” and “his” in reference to Pwt in Attack of the Smart Pies .
85 (Lizzie)- A chiton was a garment worn in ancient Greece. It was a lot like a tunic, but ankle to floor length, rather than at the knee. It was worn by women and men, although how it covered the wearer and some stylistic details were different. The Romans wore an equivalent, but it was called a “stola”.
I think Urania does wear one, but it is partially covered by her cloak/shawl.
Happy Christmas Eve, everyone!
Nice wreath, Craww (Lady B.)!!! And beautiful cat, too!
89-Interesting card…
I sent in a holiday card!
A holiday card from Kokonilly:
70- *dies laughing* That is hilarouse.
tastyness was baking so the house smells good. I am supposed to be making yule log tomorrow. So I will have to go get ingrediants. Oh drat. I wasn’t really planning on going outside. I can see my pulse. stare at a blank wall or where ever and stop breathing so you can feel your heart pounding in your chest and you will see your vision shake as your heart punds. *Kagy forgot to breath for a minute there*
Merry Christmas!
Glædelig Jul!
80- Really? So it was actually in the box? Awwww! It looks like my cat.
((((((Err, what’s an LOLcat? I feel soooo stupid))))))
70- that’s hilarious!!!!!!
Thank you, Kokonilly!
Happy Holidays!
From Hanukkah and Christmas, Kwanzaa and New year, Humanlight and Festavas!
89)
93) Aw! Thanks Kokonilly!
Merry Christmas everyone! Cheese for all MBers! *hands out assorted gifts*
93 – DISCLAIMER: Sorry if I left anyone out, whether for space reasons or I couldn’t find them. (I used every person who posted on the Random thread and then some.) I’m also sorry if I used the same person twice (due to a name change I wasn’t aware of), an Alter Ego, or an old name of someone rather than their new one.
96- I have no idea what a LOLcat is.
It’s a lovely card. I love the font. Happy birthday Jesus! (I think that’s tomorrow but he won’t mind me saying it early)
90 – I should have know that. THanks.
87 – So if you were to close the box would he be alive or dead?
You’re welcome, everyone!
93 – Thanks! :]
101 – Schrodinger’s cat! I did a project that covered a bit of that last year. Ever heard of quantum suicide?
kokonilli- awsome card! I love it.
103- Quantum suiside? I have no idea, don’t want to look it up eather.
It’s raining! I mean RAINING!!!! We have about a foot and a hlaf of snow and it’s RAINING! Plus it’s christmas and how in heck will we set off our fireworks in the rain?
Cheesy. *stares into space*
104- It’s raining here too. This sucks. Everything is turning to ice!!!!!!! Yaaaah! I’m SO mad at the stupid weather!
52~ That is so adorable!!!! *melts*
70~ That’s halarious. It sounds like something my friends and I might do if we were brave enough…..
Wow.
93~ Thanks for the card Kokonilly!
Well, I thought of many Musers last night. We left our house (western MD) around 8PM and drove all night, stopping in Ohio for a little bit in the wee AM hours for a bit of a rest. We got here to my grandparents earlier today and are all settled in.
).
I thought about Grant and Ebeth while going through Ohio, and Jadestone, Kiki and tho others as we went through Chicago this morning (about 8, in case you saw a white van
Grandpa said I could use his computer, so I don’teven have to tromp across town in the snow, of which there is very much. Banks up to my head, of course, that’s not very high, but it’s still a lot of snow!
Please forgive any typos, as I’m on a strange keyboard with no spellcheck….
Merry Christmas eve everyone, I hope you all are having wonderful times surrounded with loving family and friends.
Ive got to run now to have dinner, and probably won’t be on later today, but I’ll be thinking of you!
Merry Christmas to all!!
100- O. M. G.!
Lolcats are an internet phenomena, mainly composed of block lettered lolcat speak* superimposed on funny images of cats. “I can has cheezburger?” was (probably) the first lolcat, that’s why Lady B.’s lolcat follows that format. Musebloggers are divided on their contribution to humanity. The largest repository of lolcat images can be found by googling “lolcat.”
*Like chat speak, using a nonstandard English spelling (mainly phonetic) with lack of punctuation, capitalization, and grammar.
104- It’s snowing here too. You set off fireworks on Christmas?
105 – What?
You’re welcome/thank you, everybody.
108- Thank you.
There is precipitation falling from the heavens. I am too lazy to pull back the curtain and stare into the dim greyness. Oh what a dreary day. I am going to see a nativity pagent at a friend’s church. I am hopeing it will be good.
It is grey and cold and snowy outside. I suggested going sledding, but my parents told me how wet and cold it was, and it does indeed look slushy. Besides, having spent all day making my mother’s Christmas present, I am far too tired.
Merry (early) Christmas, everyone! If you don’t celebrate it, then have a lovely whatever-your-equivalent-happens-to-be!
70 – That is hilarious! I am literally laughing out loud. XD
That’s the kind of thing I would never do, though.
-jumps up and down in excitement and impatience for Christmas-
I finished wrapping all of my gifts about an hour ago. I think the recipients are going to love them.
85 – Awwww…-heart-
89 – lol, that’s funny.
92, 93 – Cool, I’m on it! But now I’m sad that I didn’t make a Christmas card for you guys.
Ah, here we go!
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MERRY CHRISTMAS, MUSEBLOG!
I’d make the text red, but I forgot how.
Oh, and SFTDP, but I must direct you all to www . noradsanta.org. As you can see, Santa’s sleigh has already been through Asia, Africa, and most of Europe. He’s in Shannon, Ireland right now.
(If the GAPAs see fit to edit the link out, just Google “Santa Tracker” and you should find it. There’s a good AP article about it right above that, too.)
112 – Red text:
1. Type (without the spaces).
2. Type the text you want to make red.
3. Type (without the spaces).
Ta da! Red!
My Museblog Christmas card (red and green!):
MERRY CHRISTMAS, MUSEBLOG!Why did the HTML work? I put spaces! Okay, let’s try that again:
1. Type (without the periods).
2. Type the text you want to make red.
3. Type (without the periods).
Ta da! Red!
Aaah! It disappeared! Okay, just look it up on the HTML thread.
I just realized what SFTDP stood for! I’ve been wondering that for ages. -clueless-
89-Funny….. So those are Gim’s and C++D voices? Cool…. I never got around to listening to the MuseCasts, it’s nice to hear some peoples’ voices anyway…. I opened up the thingy, and my mom and little sister who were sitting next to me on the couch were like, “what the heck is that?”
93-Aww, thanks, Nilly! You included electros, too….. that was so nice of you. I should send it to him, since he never looks on any threads other than BA:TNG….
117-Are you Alice, or someone completely different?
By the way WHO THE HECK IS PUBLIC LIKE A FROG? Someone new, or someone old, or someone with a name change, or what?
does anyone remember my aversion to empty links? who wants to talk to gary? no?
113- hey he’s near tierra del fuego! well sort of. I am reminded of “by the great horn spoon”. much hilarity. actually that’s terrible.
117- it took me a bit as well
it’s actually cold! hurrah! it might even rain tomorrow I am excited. gapas, you should take the night off and go enjoy some holiday food and drink.
meanwhile I am going to go play animal crossing and wait for everyone to come over. happy holidays, everyone!
Meh, nobody’s here on Christmas eve…..
Oh dear… I remember Gary… he’s the guinea pig that chews people’s eyes out, isn’t he? Or is that what he does to double posters?
(120) Some of us are.
104 – Basically, quantum suicide is a thought experiment, the idea behind which is that if you shoot yourself with a gun that has a 50% chance of going off, two worlds will be created. In one you die, and in the other you’re still alive. Even if you repeat the suicide indefinitely, there will always be a world in which you are still alive.
118 – No idea who Public Like a Frog is. I was wondering that too.
120 – I am, but I’m Jewish.
Merry Christmas anyway, Museblog!
122-Well, almost nobody. But the moderation was kinda slow, too…. I wasn’t sure whether the you’d all gone to a party and left the moderating to Paul or something…..
(SFTDP) 123-So am I. That’s probably why I’m here. I don’t think I’ll be here tomorrow though, I’ll be at a party with Widget&wizzy and electros and electros’s sister and another friend and their families….
Merry Christmas/Happy Hannukkah/Joyous whatever other holidats are going on right now, MuseBlog!
Broadcasting from Kansas!
I can’t really say anything because my mother is just over my shoulder…
Yeah, she just left because I typed that, after furiously insulting my clothing for the fourteenth time. Seriously, I’ve heard it all before from a million other people. I don’t need it from my mother. Hear that, Mom?
She walked out on me.
119- No thank you! I’m just as unhappy with empty links as you are.
123- It’s a different use of Schrödinger’s cat, showing a many worlds interpretation unlike the Copenhagen School.
111- I like your name there ^^ I just finally finished JS&MN. ‘Twas very good.
111- I like your name there ^^ I just finally finished JS&MN. ‘Twas very good.
To everyone who responded to/laughed at post 70- Yeah, it was a lot of fun, though I wasn’t to sure about doing it at first ^^ But JB and Lee are huge drama people, and Me and D are into it a bit as well (though we’re both techies), so we pulled it off pretty nicely.
We celebrated Christmas today with my imidiate family (how I found out about my Christmas/birthday present–the camera I mentioned on the Visual Arts thread, the Canon Rebel XS DSLR), and then drove up the town where like half of my relatives live, and are spending Christmas here.
Then the day after me and mom are flying out to Connecticut for one of my hockey tournaments –_–
She’s taking me to several colleges while we have free time… I should be more thrilled about that probably but I just don’t want to think about any of it. *sigh* But I think we’re going to look at Wesleyan(uhg spelling), Yale?, drive through Harverd maybe, Boston something, and another I think. Meh.
Happy holidays, everyone!
118- I’m Alice. Just like normal.
130- Just like normal? Anyone emulating the Raven King can hardly be said to be “just like normal.”
125 – Thank you!!
May I ask what people have gotten as presents, so that I can be suitably jealous? (I don’t get Hanukkah presents)
Re: Public Like a Frog: No idea. Found en’s name on the random thread.
I pretty much ransacked the ‘Recent Comments’ box and BA and the random thread.
(118, et al.) Public like a frog has been posting since December 3. Previous names were arandomneophyte and Homo Floriensis.
111- excellent name, I should re-read JS+MN sometime.
Merry Christmas, everyone!
JS, re: 70- we did that same sort of thing at the mall here for a psychology class I did in the summer. Different groups of us went all over the mall to see how people reacted. Some of the groups had people dressed in various ways (one of which was pregnant) would go into different stores and rank them by kindness to everyone. The nicest store was Hot Topic and meanest Aeropostale. My group went around and did a lot of little things. One of our things was having a light saber fight in the middle of the mall. Another was walking into different stores (we did go to a game stop) with different different groupings holding hands. (two girls, a guy and two girls, a guy and a girl) At a food court we had one of us sit by herself and pretend to be crying while the rest of us watched to see how people reacted. They usually looked at her but then glanced away and pretended not to notice.
Merry Christmas, everyone!
The porch roof caved in from the weight of the snow this morning. Luckily it did not effect the tree or the present, and my sister didn’t even notice until I pointed it out.
131- Well, maybe not quite normal.
(137) Psychology classes are always trying things like that. Once when I was in ninth grade, reading alone at a round table in the school library, a girl sat down opposite me and opened a book. After a few minutes, she moved one seat closer. A few minutes more, she moved one seat still closer. I figured out what was going on (it was clear that she was just pretending to read) and decided that when she got within range, I would run the tip of my shoe down her leg and see how she reacted. Unfortunately, I misjudged the distance and accidentally kicked her instead. She leaped to her feet, purple with shock. I said, “That was for psychology class, right?” She nodded and left the library in a hurry. I wonder what kind of grade she got on that assignment.
Merry Christmas, everyone!
I got lots of lovely gifts. *is content*
139- we did something similar in our group but the guy didn’t get it and just looked somewhat weirded out and eventually left the bench he had been on.
Merry Christmas to the MuseBloggers who celebrate it! And Happy Holidays to those who don’t.
137- We didn’t do anything like that in psych, at our school sociology does experiments like that. I won’t have time to take it, but they have an assignment where they have to be “socially unacceptable” in a public place.
I told my friend who’s in it that she should get us and some other Drama club people together in a mall, then randomly burst into song and dance and try to drag other people into it (sing to them, dance with them, ect). Like a musical in real life
139- Well I certainly hope she was in a psychology class
143 – Improv Everywhere (look them up on Youtube) did something like that.
Okay, so it’s kind of funny: I symbolically adopted a wolf for my parents from the World Wildlife Fund, taking great care to make sure they didn’t know what I was getting them…
and then my grandpa adopted a wolf for me and my parents adopted a polar bear for my brother.
Completely independently!
How’s that for great minds think alike?
After reading ‘Bunny melee’ I have set off on a long and torturous journey- To read BA from the begining to the presant day. Wish me luck!
My little sister’s playing Sing It. She’s belting out Miley Cyrus at the top of her lungs.
139 – That’s just evil, but it’s awesome.
143 – You mean because she would need therapy after that experience?
(143) She said she was performing a psychology experiment, and I knew there was a psychology class that period. I’m sure she wasn’t just trying to be friendly.
*materializes*
Hello, everyone. How is Christmas going for all of you?
Merry Christmas! (For those of you who celebrate it!)
I FINALLY got earrings I can wear without pierced ears. But I only have 2 pairs of clip on earring backs, and they’re sterling silver. And my mom thinks only the ones I’ve got on now are going to be comfortable, so I went on the web site, and they cost $30 a pair. I think I have enough to buy 6 pairs, but that’s not that many. I couldn’t find the other pair online, seeing as there wasn’t a tag on those, so I’m not sure what they’re made of or how much they cost… but some of the ones on the site sold for $10 for a bag of 100, so I’m not too sure what’s up with that… all it said was that they were silver-plated.
115/6- It is my experience that whenever you use angle brackets whatever is within them will disapear.
126- I’m sure your clothing is wonderful and they are just jealous that they don’t have the confidence to wear it.
139- *dies laughing* That’s hilariouse!
143- Speaking of somg and dance. At a Canadian Improv Games competition that I attended the people on the improv team from my school and also in the musical theater program started dancing along to a song that happened to be part of that year’s musical durring intermission. All the other teams joined in. I love improvers.
Oh. I forgot to post my extreme joy. I recieved “Thieves and Kings Aprentaces Part1” for Christmas. Do you know how long I have been waiting for that???? Four years!!!!! (The author went on hiatus for several years, hence the exceedingly long wait) If you haven’t heard of the Thieves and Kings series I suggest you check it out at iboxpublishing dot com. It is only the best comic in Canada. Even if you don’t like comics you should check it out.
GAPAs! *gasp*
You’re working of CHRISTMAS?!
Working? Perish the thought. We get paid for working. Moderating is a whole different kettle of fish.
152) MAN that is a long tome to wait, i can relate in a way though…that’s so awesome you finally have it!
everyone post their favorite/”geekiest”/most muserly present! or if you don’t celebrate anything around now…something you’d like to get?
as for me, I gotAlbion’s Seed: Four British Folkways in America by David Hackett Fischer and am I ever excited to read it.
I received many other worthy books, including a huge book of ray bradbury short stories, two books by David McCullough, Genome by Matt Ripley, East of Eden by Steinbeck…I am a happy turtle
plus i got animal crossing: city folk! DO YOU KNOW HOW AMAZING THAT IS
i hope everyone had a nice holiday! thank you for moderating on christmas, gapas!
155 – All right. I got a philosophical analyzation (is that a word?) of House and Harry Potter (in two separate books). I also received Terry Pratchett.
156 – Terry Pratchett *books*.
SFTDP.
145- Bonne chance! I don’t dare venture there.
151- You can use & l t ; & g t ; to produce < & > . (Without spaces).
156- Good stuff.
I got a bunch of good stuff, including a blue sweater, the Historical Preenactment shirt from Dresden Codak!
A holiday card from Zinc the sorceress:
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70- i need to try that. that is hilarios. but i dont think any of my freinds would go along with it unfortunately.
146- i pity you. *virtual earplugs*
i got a new unicycle!!! and now i have to go do stuff but i will probably be back in like 15 minutes
Hope everyone is having a nice day, whether you celebrate it for spiritual reasons or not.
I feel really odd, though; I didn’t get any books. I think this is the first year ever where that has happened… a DSLR camera was the only thing I asked for for Christmas, so I pretty much only got that and clothes (including some fabulous knee socks).
But it seems to be the year of cameras. My 2 cousins each got one (just cheap digital though), then my little cousin showed up with one of her own like theirs, her dad Chris had bought himself a new DSLR and he gave his old one to my dad. Man. There were more in there as well but they happened yesterday and are forgotten.
…
Lalala goodbyes’ grammars and coherency
155 – Igudesman and Joo dvd. Also Muppet Show season 3. Am happy.
Merry Christmas all!
159-Nice card! Thanks, Zinc!
How is your Christmas going? Mine’s been excellent.
155- either an external hard drive or the ‘shortened oxford english dictionary’. probably the Shortened OED. Hooray!
(161 Jadestone)
I got knee socks too! And crazy tights.
And two books. One is a book from the Cleveland art museum collection of Impressionist-onward art, and the other is the new biography of Andrew Jackson American Lion.
Happy holidays all!
I feel kind of lame for abandoning the blog for the last…year or so.
I got knee socks too! Including some fab. argyle ones. XD Actually, this year I got fourteen pairs of socks, because I told everybody I needed them… so now I can wear matching socks, or at least mismatch more creatively.
Two mooks: Les Mis (a different translation from the one I read the other time), and if on a winter’s night a traveler. (caps?). I can’t wait to read the last one, it’s supposed to be fantastic. Then lots of clothes-type things, and gift certificates. Christmas is different when you get older (and don’t believe in God anymore…).
Happy to report that santa was not eaten by a HPB at my house…
(165) Happy holidays to you, Skipper! Great to hear from you!
155- My harmonica! It rocks! YAY!!!!! My mom has threatened to take it away though. Or my Norman Rockwell Calender, that was cool too.
Technicaly that’s just my geekiest present. My friends, me, and my dad blew up a snow man on christmas night. It was funny! My dad got fed up with having to wait for the boys to get outside so he decided to stick ground sparkelers in the snow man and light em up. It was hilarious! At the end we turned around for a second and it toppled.
What I got:
chess books, a chess watch and a chess lesson
several pairs of weird earrings
a karaoke program for my computer (which doesn’t work)
Good haul this year. I managed to pull in:
-a Daphne Blue Fender Squier with amp!!!!!! *squeals*
-a new sewing machine/fabrics!
-slippers
-Hair straightener/flat iron
-books: The Great Gatsby,The Glass Castle, and Eclipse (which I don’t have)
-On DVD: The Phantom of the Opera, and Sweeny Todd
– French manicure and nail kit
– ornament shaped like a penguin.
– about $200 in gift cards (iTunes, Target, ******** Mall, etc.)
-cool bouncy ball that looks like a snowglobe with stuff inside that moves when you shake it (might sound weird but it’s really cool and addicting)
-a stocking full of candy
I’m flipping out about the new guitar. I can’t wait to play it, because yesterday we had people over and I couldn’t use it. Then, we went to the hospital to be with my grandmother for about five hours. She seems to be doing better. We brought her cookies, and a new blanket and an Ireland calendar for her boring old hospital room. We watched ‘A Christmas Story’ on her TV and had a grand old time laughing and chatting. I was so sad when we had to leave. I feel really sorry for all those people in the hospital on Christmas without family and friends there to be with them, and I’m glad I could be there for my grandmother in her time of need, especially when this might be her last Christmas.
Merry Merry Happy Happy, everyone!
Okay, what I’ve gotten so far (there’s still three more nights, I think)
-Camera
-Origami calendar
-Awesome 11-set of flavored chapstick
Cool cat lamp
Not much, I know, but I got a laptop, money, and assorted gift cards for my bat mitzvah. But that cat lamp, man, it’s SO COOL!
172 – Cat lamp? Hmm, would that be a lamp shaped like a cat or a lamp intended to be used by cats?
Anyways, it’s so disappointing that people (not you guys, people from my school) are complaining about what they got for Christmas. -shakes head-
Personally, I got everything I asked for – not that I asked for anything. XD
My brother gave me a chew toy. I bet you that nobody else on here’s brother gave them a chew toy.
159- that’s awesome!
165- what a coincidence. I also recieved super cool crazy tights!
172- nice!
I recieved the coolest sewing magazine. It’s called Stitch (I think). Check it out if you like to sew. I should probably go eat breakfast. It’s 1:36 my time.
165- I got striped cotton tights and knee socks too. They are cozy and work well with skirts.
159 – I like it, Zinc!
160 – A UNICYCLE??? I’m jealous.
I also got…
– A Razr from Santa (
)
– Money (and a lot of it)
172- Cat lamp, sounds flamablamablous.
174- Oh my gosh, no way! That’s the same kind of machine that I got! Wow, that’s really cool.
173- A chew toy?! O-kay. Well, my little brother gave me a used pencil eraser.
My other two presents were a Wii and $50. I’m so exited about the Wii!!!!
173- Yes. That is annoying. There was this one girl complaining because her Uggs weren’t the kind she wanted. and another complaining becuase she didn’t get an iPhone *shakes head*
My other presents included-
A hat cool gloves that fold over a scarf PJ tops and pants and two shirts
GIFT CARDS
Guitar that I don’t know how to play
Ripstick
candy
$120
crayons, lemon yellow black and permenant rose water colors, and a pallet
a hogwarts letter- really cool
my fave- Winding circle sweatshirt
Plus my cosins from DC visited surprizing us all. We had been called the day before saying that we (Gandparents, family, cousins, and cousin in Wyoming with fiance) would all have a conference call at 9:30. Instead they all came over at 9:30.
129~ We have a Cannon Rebel, a film one, but it doesn’t work, it eats batteries like you can’t believe. Have fun looking at colleges!
137/9~ That’s crazy. Sounds like fun though…
It’s always fun to do strange things like that. *fondly remembers skipping up the street with best friend, arm in arm singing “we’re off to see the wizard” from the Wizard of Oz* Or the time Alexa and I climbed up on the wave sculptures in Seattle 9I think it was Seattle, at least). Fun times….
155~ My geeky/muserly presents were the complete Horaitio Hornblower book set, another maritime/historical fiction book, several CDs of maritime music (do you see a pattern here?!), and a book about great expeditions in history (I can’t remember the title). Oh, and several books of music for English Country dance! *is happy with geeky presents*
I also got a green scarf, some Celtic music CDs, a recycled coinpurse, organic cotton tie-dye socks and organic chocolate coins. Yumm.
170~ I’m glad your grandmother is doing a little better. I’m sure you all made her day by being there for her and visiting, hospitals are bleak places.
Well. To preserve my remaining tatters of sanity I decided that hiking about a mile or so to the the library in the snow carrying a computer was a small price to pay, so here I am.
My Christmas was pretty good, woke up, got dressed, hung around because mom wanted to get more sleep. Then we had breakfast, did the dishes, and more hanging around since grandma hadn’t wrapped the presents yet.
Then we opened them, taking several hours (it always does, we go in a circle and every gift gets talked about for at least 10 minutes before the next is opened). After that we all disappeared to our own corners (me to go read and listen to my new CDs) and then resurfaced for an early dinner, dispersed again, and in the evening watched White Christmas (with Bing Crosby and Danny Kaye), took baths and went to bed. Exciting, no?
The snow here is lovely, when I walked to the library it was banked up to my waist in some places along the sidewalk, what fun! It’s melting though.
For Christmas…… I got music, clothes, and… *gulp* and ipod nano and a cellphone. What am I gonna do with a cellphone? *dies* I don’t TALK on the phone!
Hmm, I just made a country in NationStates. We’ll see how it goes….GAPAs, am I allowed to say what I called it? I didn’t put any information about myself on, so I guess it would be okay.
I couldn’t help myself….I’m needing a vent for evilness at the moment…..
It’s distinctively Muserly, The Dictatorship of the Land of HPBs, the motto being “World dominations: all in a day’s work” and currency being zombies.
Oh cow, I’ve gotten several telegrams asking me to join certain regions…..I have a feeling this is going to be a steep learning curve….
182- I’ve tried it, but don’t like it much. Try here for help.
GAPAs, please go check your email, I just sent you two pictures if the house here in town that I think would make a lovely Muse Academy.
Is it me or is moderation going verrryyyyyyy sloowwwwwllllyyyyyyy today?
182 – Join our region! It’s kewl.
I think we should make a “things to do when you’re bored” thread. Just a suggestion, because I always find myself bored with nothing to do and I’m sure 20 Muser brains will be better then 1 at compiling a list.
I can’t decide what sort of mood I’m in. I just kind of want to sit here, but while I’m sitting here I want to do something. I sort of feel like doing a craft of some sort, but I don’t want to get up and go get supplies.
Maybe I’ll go write a SSSS or something.
181- I don’t eather. Cellphones to me are for emergancys only.
181 – I would rarely use a cellphone for calls, but I do admit that it would be nice to be able to text my friends, because that seems to be their main method of communication some days and the easiest way to get through to them. G-mail has a new feature where you can text from your computer, though, so I would like to try that out one of these days.
134-Ohhh. Okay. Thank you.
145-BA is really awesome reading, if you can keep up with the plot. Good luck!
159-Heehee…. Thanks, Zinc!
Okay, sorry about this, I’ve been asking an awful lot of questions along these lines before, but– Vendy, are you Vendaval or someone else? Sorry, I’m really confused lately…..
150(RoseQuartz)-I’m going to ask my parents if I can get my ears pierced. They’ll probably say no though.
161(Jadestone)-I got a digital camera for my birthday last year.
Merry Christmas!
We went to carols in the park on Sunday. Bit too religous. The mayor was good. (Anything’s better than the last one… He was a Labor idiot. This guy’s an Independent.) The cockatoos, however, chewed up the wiring for the christmas tree lights.):
we watched The Polar Express on Christmas Eve.
I got A Teenager’s Guide To Bringing Up Parents. And, among other things, a bag of makeup and a gingerbread santa. The “other things” were:
-Age of Empires 3
-Chocolates
-A compass
-A torch
-A little makeup bag
And (I suppose that’s the Southern Hemisphere’s equivalent of getting snow for Christmas) it finally hit 30. YES!
180( Midnight Fiddler)- Omigod you have a friend called Alexa? That’s my real name!
180- A complete Hornblower book set??? JEALOUS!
I got:
Chopsticks
An eraser shaped like a carrot
A bike bell
A little Norwegian painted box
A lovely little print entitled “Guardians of a fallen star”
An Acceptable Time, by Madeleine L’Engle
A camera
Oranges
Cookies
Needlefelting stuff
A tangram
A HUGE, complex Origami set, with tons of papers and a book
Truckers, by Terry Pratchett
The complete Wrinkle in Time quintet (yes, I know. I can’t even count the times people have given these to me.)
55 dollars worth of Powell’s gift certificates
A 15-dollar iTunes certificate
90 dollars cash
Plus lots and lots of little presents leading up to the day (10 dollars to spend in Powell’s, a knitting pattern, bookends from Ikea…) and a promised cell phone. Some of these presents are shared, yes, but all in all, it’s really quite over the top, especially when the economy is failing and my dad lost his job and my grandparents are retiring… Not that I’m complaining.
I got Mothstorm.
It doesn’t quite measure up to the first two books, seeming a bit rushed and underdeveloped in places, but it was still an enjoyable read.
Furthermore, I got a couple of mystery books which I haven’t read yet, a haiku collection, a sno-cone maker, a calendar, and a total of $100 in Borders gift certificates.
I’m happy.
Whee! I’m listening to MuseCasts!
My Razr is flamablamablous. It has a camera! ^^
10 (peary): Candy canes are the best!
13 (K’sA): I’ve heard that before—cool! Brains are the strangest things…
35 (Armada): Ahh! *screams in pain* Not that word!
52 (Rebecca): It can be quite rewarding to toss crumpled paper into a box. I’ve never understood the lolcats, though.
71 (Axa): Yay Festivus! My friend had a Festivus party and we aired many grievances. Wonderful, indeed!
76 (Kokonilly): Yay!!
89 (Rebecca/agag/C++): Cool, guys! Nice animations.
93 (Rebecca/Kokonilly): Thanks! *hugs*
107 (Fiddler): You should definitely go through Pittsburgh on your ride back. *winknudgesmile*
137,9,etc. (Psychology class): My mom’s psychology class in high school once had to go to a grocery store and take items from some random people’s carts and put them into their own carts—paying attention to the reactions of other customers.
165 (Skipper): Hello! Nice to see you!
192 (Armada): Yay! What do you think?
Hi. I’m back.
Merry belated Chriwanikah, everyone.
Wow…so…I missed a lot of posts since I didnt go on MB for 3 days….
i got:
~Tamar, by Mal Peet (Ive never heard of it..sounds cool though)
~A treble and Descant Moecke recorder! so thrilled, they sound so nice!
~ a CD “Ladi6” from Big Bro…hes into Drum ‘n’ Bass stuff…
~’500 Muffin recipes’
~Day-by-day French phrase calender
~some purple eyliner! about the same colour of the comment box..
~A little Japanese doll to add to my 4-strong collection
~and finally (drumroll) a stereo that has a remote :O I sat in bed playing with it for ages…
In boxing day town was packed but I got a top with Jay Jays vouchers it is very awesome, a black and white photo of light filtering through a forest…tres tres cool…
I am so jealous of everyone who got a Wii this Christmas..I went to Sophies and played with hers tooday, it was my first time playing Wii…it was so fun!!! but Mummy wants to buy a PS3…*sighs* mummy is more interested in consoles than I am!
189-30!? Well we had traditional miserable weather of 14…as usual
hang on…this is n’t right…right now–it is the 27th in New Zealan…so it should be the 26th in USA…but…it’s not!!!!! What’s happening???
REALLY sorry about triple posting (and this is rather pointless..but o well) I figured it out…no wonder I got 56% in maths!!!
165) skipper!!
nice to see..er..blog…you? what
well you know what I mean. I missed you!
also I really want the biography despite my burning hatred for andrew jackson
I’m glad you all had a nice holiday!
I have something amazing to share…it was so cold last night there was ice on the roof and not only that, but our lawn actually FROZE. that’s right! i had a fun time stomping around on it…yes I am three years old lol
I’m going to be gone until monday, so bye for a little while, everyone
Ugh ugh ugh. When I woke up this morning I could barely speak. I can still barely speak (OK, so I only woke up five minutes ago). Unfortunately, in an hour I have to go work a monologue, which always makes me lose my voice when I actually have one. -is doomed-
200) Aw. Hope your voice gets better!
Well, now that things are calming down, ,it is time to start on the gignormous pile of homework I’ve developed over the holidays. *sigh*
I changed my name in honor of the crazy awesome book I got for Christmas! (The Tales of Beedle the Bard)
70- Not all of this story relates to your comment but w/e.
Ok so my family and I were in church for the Christmas Eve service and I was ‘reflecting on my day’ (I was bored and my mind was wandering) and I started to think about how Jadestone and her friends were pretending someone was pregnant and they were all like “Who’s the father?”. At the moment I was thinking about that we were saying the Lord’s prayer and we came to the word “father” and I stared cracking up! I was sooooo embarrased.
So then there was this exceedingly cute boy about my age who was an acolyte and it came to the part of the service where the congregation goes around and everyone shakes hands and says “peace be with you” to each other. And so this exceedingly cute boy comes over to shake my hand. 8) So I was all like “YAY!!!!” until he came over and we shook hands.
Insert minor blushing and mucho awkwardness here. 
Yeah. Shaking another teens hand is so… I don’t know… it’s just weird. So once again I was cracking up at the awkwardness of it all.
I think everyone at my church thinks I have problems now.
Oh well. I got a good laugh out everything.
Sitting on my couch + listening to Coldplay on my iPod (1st gen nano!!!) + MuseBlogging + going to mess with some html codes + going to read The Tales of Beedle the Bard = HEAVEN!!!!!!
.I got 2 pairs of teal Smartwool hiking socks, some chocolate mints and a pillow! An excellent Christmas!
GAPAs, what did you get for Christmas/Hanukkah?
Does anybody know what issue of Muse the article about the dorodangos (shiny mud balls) was?
Huzzah!! This is my two year ‘Blogiversary. Free choklit for everyone!
It’s 67 degrees here! And it was only 2 degrees on Monday! Pittsburgh weather=insanity.
I got Beedle the Bard for Christmas, too! I also got a book about Steinways (along with dozens of ancient clippings and posters my great-grandfather collected about pianos and pianists), Impeachmints (which are absolutely delicious), a small bottle of raw honey, a puzzle (called “One Tough Puzzle”), and a bookstore gift certificate.
206- Oh, I got that puzzle last year. I just flipped the pieces over and figured out how they fit together perfectly, and it worked.
203. I am not a GAPA, but if anyone really cares, here’s what I got for Christmas:
A Potter Puppet Pals “Potions Master” T shirt
A mug with the same picture
A really awesome wallet
A microscope
A slide making kit
A bookmark
A wand
A set of Gryffindor robes
A broomstick to share with brother
A humongous candy cane. (This was all from my parents and “Santa”) Now, horror music and screams of terror as we move on to what my relatives got me:
A hideous pink sweater
A pair of sparkly black pants (run awaaaay!)
A fluffy white sweater
An ok skirt
tights (whoopee)
leggings (party on!)
Bead stuff
I plan to exchange almost all of that for a pair of rain boots. I am overwhelmed by STUFF right now. (sigh, and then wade out of assorted piles to try a soft pretzel I made)
206 – *extreme jealousy*
Beedle the Bard is awesome, is it not?
I got it before Christmas, but it’s flamablamablous.
In Other Related News: I used ‘flamablamablous’ in a conversation and everybody looked at me like I was insane.
Honeycomb is fantastic.
204- Archives:not found. I think it was a Last Page article, so only the title would show up in the archives. “SHINY MUD BALLS: Kyoto Professor Taps into the Essence of Play” is an online article that looks like it’s got all the same information though.
194-They’re funny. I still need to listen to #’s 6, 7, and 8. I liked the one where you didn’t talk about Antarctica and the song at the beginning of the first three. Whaddaya mean, no theme song?
I think Beedle the Bard is all right. J K Rowling’s written a lot better, though.
For Christmas, I got-
A sewing kit
An ornament shaped like an angel
A book by my favorite author (The Wee Free Men, Terry Prachett)
Gift cards
A geode to crack open
One of those really yummy balls of chocolate that is orange flavored and you whack it against the table and it separates into segments
A “Despair Inc” desk calender
(204) Cat’s Meow: I can’t check for another couple of days, but it might have been “Very Special Dirt” in the March 2004 issue.
(203) Zallie: Oh, the usual boring grownup stuff — a shirt, a jacket, a box of Whoppers, that sort of thing.
176-yes, i got a unicycle. and it’s about time too. my old unicycle was getting frightfuly small. i have grown at least 8 inches sience then. if you got a new phone, did the video of m—–‘s head getting chopped off with a light saber go away with the old one? oh well. i got a new phone a few weeks ago.
what i got:
a unicycle
a simply dreadful sweater (black velvety stuff with fur around the hood. but my sister liked it and she got a plaid sweater that i really liked so we traded)
a couple books (none that have ben stupendously great or horrendously bad)
fur lined crocs (i need to exchange them for a bigger size)
13 pairs of socks (11 from my mother, 2 from my aunt(i really needed new socks)
a can of silly string (!)
the board game “settelers of catan” (also known as “the weird hexagon game”)
a purse (its a wee bit too small. i like to cary around a lot of random stuff such as plastick armymen, a deck of cards, earplugs…)
a navy sweater (i needed one pretty bad but unfortunately this one is wool so it’s itchy.
and a bunch of other usual stocking-stuffer items (root beer,potato chips,lotion,lolipops)
i like seeing what other people recived. and today is the 2rd day of christmas. some kid at school on tuesday was going around aying it was the 1oth day of christmas but the days start after the 25th.
.213 – Haha, I don’t know. Whoppers are pretty exciting.
Skipper!! Great to see you around
I had a lot of other things to respond to, but I don’t quite remember where I last posted/what I responded to then/what I actually intended to respond to at the begining of this post, but while I wrote all that I forgot what I was going to say anyway.
I’m in COnnecticut now, on the hockey tournament. It’s the biggest girls one in the US, like 1300 people and manymanymany teams (all age groups). We played the best team in the US this morning (they win this tourn every year, and nationals as well) and lost, of course, but as it was at 7 am we had a lot of free time the rest of the day.
So me, mom, a teammate, and her mother went to go wander around the campus of Wesleyan University and Yale. We couldn’t really go in any buildings as they were all locked up for break, but I rather liked the two. Yale was busier, with more streets, though a lot of stores closer to things whereas Wesleyan was more spread out. Both had beautiful beautiful architecture, especially Yale, and I took a lot of pictures (sadly not with my new lovely DSLR, we left that at home so it wouldn’t get hurt).
We also drove from there to a college called Sacred Heart, which looked nice on the website but actually was rather small and dull-looking and appeared to be an assisted living facility for the elderly if you’re going to guess what it was from the looks of the buildings.
But we did have fun making the pros/cons list:
Pros:
– Very tidy, not a lot of litter
– Not a lot of things to distract you from your studies, such as an actual campus, architecture, bright colors (other than dentist’s mask green), stores/things to do, ect
– Lots of security guards around to ensure safety
– A nice, tall iron fence around the facility to keep out unwanted visitors
– The surrounding neighborhood isn’t one you’d want to walk around in in the dark or after classes anyway!
– A conveneint ravine to throw yourself into when you get sick of the place (the railing didn’t stop the car already there, so there’s even a great spot to jump!)
Cons:
You know, I bet you can just guess them.
Then we went down to the ocean and only got lost once. We found some cool shells, and I found crabs, and took more pictures then went back to the hotel.
Coincidentally the room next to ours (adjoining, aka no soundproofing) is filled with four unsupervised U14’s from a hockey academy in Ontario who enjoy staying up till early hours screaming and running about,. Also coincidentally if you see me on the news pleading for bail for murder help me out okay?
(213) My dad loves Whoppers. He got a bag of Heath Bars (which he also loves) for Christmas, and he danced around the room.
(214): I’ve heard that’s a good game. Do you like it?
214 – No, M—–‘s head getting chopped off is no longer on my phone.
Ah well, it’s okay. Wait – 
You got silly string? I’m worried. BTW, are you ever going to have your birthday party?
210 – Thanks!
213 – Yes, that could be it. I’ll see if I can find it.
Finaly! For christmas I got the black death and failed futurelands issues! joi! ♥ ♥
I got a really cool board game for Christmas, named Quelf. It strikes me as a very Muserly game.
My family played it that night, and it was funny. My brother ended up with a sock puppet on one hand, my dad couldn’t say the word “No”, I forget what my mom was doing, and I had to (among other things) build a fort out of chairs and cushions and hide there until my next turn, run off to the bathroom during my turn and stay there until someone came to get me, and compose a 5-line rap about my looks. Yeah. It was fun.
Aw, I wanat game.
Nice to see you Skipper!
Well, Insane MLDM beat this–we got to 30 today!! Highest in the country!! And tomorrow is expected to be the same!! I walked my dog and got sunburn…It looks really stupid because I was in a T-Shirt…
I want to change my blog name to some thing a little more interesting than variations on Sam…any ideas??? Im working on it…
I finished BA.(It was really good, I’d reccomend it.) Ontah Next Generation!!
(168 Yodashmoda) That sounds really fun. I love explosive snowmen. And that sort of thing in general.
170. ♫ Agrrrfishi {Aggie}♫
The Great Gatsby is an awesome book!
That’s really nice about spending time with your grandmother. I hope she is ok.
173. Cat’s Meow
You’re right, my brother didn’t get me a chew toy. But then, I don’t have a brother…
185. Cat’s Meow
I feel exactly like that all the time. Wanting to be crafty but also wanting to just chill.
189. Insane MLDM
Where do you live? Sorry, I haven’t been around in so long I hardly know anyone here anymore.
190. Alice Uskglass, the Starling Queen
Powells? I LOVE that place! I went there a few summers ago.
I’m sorry about your dad’s job.
199. Axa
Thanks! It’s nice to be welcomed back.
Haha, cool about the frost. We’ve had some shockingly cold weather too. For Arizona that is.
Tonight it’s actually getting down to 25. And it rained all yesterday, and on Christmas.
200. Alice Uskglass, the Starling Queen
Bummer! Why can’t you speak?
216. Jadestone
Sounds like a fun hockey tournament. Ha. Nice to know about those schools.
Don’t worry, we got your back for bail
My cousin is having twins! Or rather, my cousin’s wife is having twins! I really want to go to Australia sometime soon and see them and the rest of the rellies. But tickets are rather expensive. Le sigh.
And now there’s college to think about. Ickybleck.
So I haven’t been around. Everyone tell me one thing about themselves so I can catch up.
I’ll start:
I went to China this summer for marching band and it was awesome.
Midnight Fiddler wrote: “Last winter (I’m such a procrastinator)I mentioned that in the town my grandparents live in there is a wonderful old house that would make the most perfect Muse Academy building ever.”
.
212- Despair Inc is very funny. I like how they trademarked “
”
Jadestone, I will always be there to bail you out I know what you mean when things get out of hand and then you don’t really know what to do and suddenly no one else understands why everything is so messy and then you’re on the news and you really promise to never ever ever do it again.
I mean, uh, we all have our “bad days”.
Hey Skipper! Do tell about China!
OOHHOoo! Shiny house! It beats Neuschwanstein Castle because it has a porch, and a balcony.
Hum, that is surprising. “:-(” should actually be :sad:. :~( still beats all of them though.
I’m considering making a country on NationStates. Can someone who has one tell me if it’s any good?
Hello, Skipper!
Sorry, didn’t see your first post. When was the last time you were here? Long time no read!
Before her current round of comments, the Skipper Nancy last graced the blog with her presence in multiple posts on August 12.
Hiya, Skipper! Boy, I haven’t seen you in ages! How are you?
230- What’s NationStates?
208- Awsome presents.
216- Welcome! So wait you like Yale and Weaslean but not Sacred Heart? I would agree with you. Personaly Weaslean and Trinity are on the top of my college list. How are you likeing the snow? That was a joke, we have no snow. What type of crabs, do you know? Crabs around here are awsome, especialy the spider crabs although I have no idea if it’s actualy they’re real name or just one of my dads. I will help if you are blamed for murder, somone else will probably have to do the same for me soon.
221- Sounds awsome!
226- Have you done it before. It is most awsome.
It is 68 degrees out there. 68! I think that’s a record high. *checks* Well it may or may not be a record but the average high for December is 38 and low is 21. Which begs the question: WHY 68?!?!?!
Skipper is here? Where? Hi! *jumps up and down, waving*
Aw, you guys get awesome stuff for Christmas. Here’s my list.
-Seeds (wow)
-Fifty dollars (yay)
-Seventy-five dollars (yayer)
-A Comedy and Tragedy pin (useless, but cute)
-A box shaped like Jack Skelington (yay)
-Wall-E (um.)
-The two National Treasures (half-yay)
-Trees planted in my honor (…)
-Skellanimals shirt (yay)
-Gloves (yay)
and that I Killed Edward Cullen shirt.
230 – It’s okay, but it gets a little repetitive after a while. It is MUCH better then NS2, either way.
Hm. I’m thinking of attending Mary Baldwin, an all-girls college for girls aged 13 to 16. But I’m not sure.
PROS:
– I go to college early.
– I get opportunities earlier.
– It’s in Virginia.
CONS:
– Most of my friends are guys, and I don’t really know how to talk to girls my age.
– I don’t know anyone there.
– It’s in Virginia.
I’m fine with it being residential, because I tried out CTD and I apparently don’t get homesick when staying away from family for too long. Suggestions?
238-Sounds cool. I understand your problem with it being an all girls school. It might not be that bad though and it will really help with your future, plus talking to girls is like talking to boys for the most part.
I am too lazy to read all the previouse posts. I went to the museum yesterday. It was pretty cool. I went to the diamonds exhibit. It was cool. Except there was this one necklace that was made from uncut diamonds that looked like someone had taken a gravel driveway and called it a necklace. Needless to say I thought it was hideos, as did my mother, but as I was looking at it (reading the information) several women passed by me, pointing at the aweful necklace and exclaiming how much they loved it. Well to each her own I suppose.
On an entirely different note. I walked into my bathroom and smashed my hand on the corner of the counter. Right in that tender spot between the thumb and pointer finger. The pain is mostly gone now, but before I could barely type. The pain is bizarely spread accross my hand. Try not to walk into things fellow MBers. It hurts.
240- Uncut dimonds ay? Hmmm… not a huge genstone person my self. Not a huge anything to do with jewlry person actualy. SOunds sorta cool though, I’ve always wondered what stuff looks like raw. I was the only one in science class to correctly identify copper becuase I knew it was green when raw. And walking into stuff, hmmm. I try not to walk into things but it doesn’t work to well, I fell in the middle of choir once, and math class, and… yeah you get it.
227) That is without a doubt, the coolest house ever!
Gosh. I want cheese. But there is absolutely none worth eating.
I mean. We have “cheese”, in quotation marks, since it’s cheese food. Thats not real. That’s a disgrace to all things REaLLY cheese.
GAPAs-note the change in my email address. I forget to change it in my other post.
242-you really like cheese, don’t you?
243) Oui!
226- Hullo Skipper! How’re you?
Re 200: You know, that’s a very good question. Luckily my voice returned in about ten minutes.
227- Now we just have to figure out how to move it to Iceland, and we’re all set.
My grandpa’s here. We’re going to make lamb stew for dinner. And ice cream for dessert.
238- That’s a big decision to make. As for the friends part, I’ve found that most of my friends are female (I am male), but smart boys are just as easy to talk to as girls. I’m assuming that all of the girls at Mary Baldwin are smart, so it should be no problem, if you show them that you’re not interested in having a “girly” friendship, or what have you.
Also, I’d be wary of the lack of homesickness. Usually I’m fine, but other times (if I’m nervous) I can’t handle it, and have to break off contact with my family to stay happy, but that’s not really a good solution.
246 – I know it’s a really big decision to make. Thank goodness I officially don’t qualify yet (but I have yet to take the SAT this year) and I don’t have to make the decision until after I apply and get in. But I was just thinking about it.
241- I have fortunately grown out of my habit of smakcing my hip into tables. That got to be anoying. I would simply misjudge the space between me and the table corner and SMACK! I got a nice little reputation for that.
238- talking to girls: this sounds cheesy but just be yourslef. Gender doesn’t matter so much anymore at your age. It gets easier. I used to only have girl friends. then I hit highschool and started having friends of both genders. Being yourself is the easiest way to talk to people. being comfortable in your own skin.
245- I never did comment on your name. Hail the Queen of Starlings!
247- Well, wherever you decide, good luck.
248 – I know. But after CTD, I’m very hesitant to make friends with girls. (Long story short: Bad roommate. Very bad roommate.)
250- don’t let one bad apple spoil everything.
Urgh. My mother just gave me a speech about how I ruined both pairs of jeans set painting. Okay, one ot the pairs is covered in primer but you can barely tell the other pair has paint on it. She’s forcing me to go buy new pants tomorrow. I don’t understand why she thinks that if there is a blemish on clothing you can’t wear it. Buying me new pants would be such a waste of money.
Guys, I need some moral support. I’ haven’t posted in awhile (my computer is being vair stupid), but for Christmas, I got a pair of baby guinea pigs. They are named Alice and Esme (
Of course they are), and they are so cute and snuggly and adorable. I also recieved a book all about guinea pigs (care, history, etc.). Well, Alice has a bump on her neck, and it matches the symptoms of the disease Lumps. It can be fatal. I don’t want my baby piggie to die.
251 – You’re right, as cliched as that sounded.
And aww. 
That stinks.
253 – Haha. Alice and Esme.
254- Thank you.
218- yeah. about that. umm. i had a bunch of people from school over for a halloween party and mu mom take s it as a birthday party so i am a little bit stuck. why dont you come over sometime. call me.
255 – I would suggest calling a vet, pronto.
Okay.
256 – Oh.
Miss Swann, do what Kokonilly says and call a vet.
oops.I didnt mean to submit that comment. oh well. i shall just ask you all to forget there was ever a line between these 2 comments.
234- its a website where you make your own country and pass laws and such. I had one for a while but I stopped doing it. And even if people ignore you, they still like you. People used to ignore me all the time on BA and I never knew what was going on so I died. on BA. not real life. maybe they didnt like me. oh well.
238- my frind just moved to virginia . but she lived in new york before that so it dosent affect me much. I think I will just do PAEO or something if I want to take colledge classes. but i think it would be extremely fun to be in colledge. now that i think about it, it would be cool to go there.
253- take the guinea pig to the pet store and ask them to fix it but first do a bit of reasearch about this disease. make sure they take it into the veterinary department, not just some random room where they watch it die and then give you a refund. my sister’s hamster had wet tail (a fatal disease) when we got it and it is cheaper for the pet store to give you a new one than cure it, so that is what they will do unless you make sure they take it to the veterinarian part and give it medication thet works (some dosent, the internet told us) they will just give you a new one. it will probably have to stay there for a while but they might let you visit it. we got to visit socks. and also, if it is contagious, seperate yor piggies so the other one dosen’t get it. good luck!
250- Yeah I can imagine that something like…well you never said in detail but I’ve had that too…would change your look on things. It sure as heck changed mine but well, you’ve got to make the best of it and try to make what you see take the backseat to what you know and feel.
252- I got that all the time last year. (outburst alert)ITS NOT MY FAULT THAT WE HAD TO WATER DOWN TEH PRIMER!(outburst over) Mom’s are like that apparently.
253- Yeah get a vet.
Okay and anyone want to tell me why Silly Putty and Silly String are so silly? I mean…where’s the angry putty and the demeaning string? It all comes from a convo I had with a friend involving the stuff….
Me: Do you want some silly putty? *holds out silly putty*
A: Yay! Silly Putty is my favorite type of putty!
Although that question could just be YodaShmoda randomness
253 – I’d suggest checking out guinealynx.info. They have some information on Lumps and other “lumpy” diseases, some of which are easily treated. I hope that Alice is okay. (I would insert a sad smiley here, but, alas, I am technologically inept.)
Has anyone ever gone to Wordle.Net? It’s an amazing site that lets people create “world clouds” out of RSS feeds, blogs, or any assortment of texts. It’s so cool! The more often a word is in the text, the bigger it is in the cloud. I typed in the address of the MB, and here’s what came up:
(please allow this link, OEADS!)
www . wordle. net /gallery/ wrdl/ 410698/ MuseBlog (w/out spaces)
Looks like Kiwimuncher and Zinc are our two top bloggers!
261- The HG2MB can turn anyone into a technological wizard. (Try the very bottom of the page
.)
262- That is amazing. Web 2.0 scares me sometimes. I don’t think it’s entirely accurate though, look at how small GAPA is, compared to a normal word like “glad.”
I hope Alice is ok.
263- Well it’s not the actual blog, just the RSS feed.
I’m back from visiting my grandparents and I sure missed everybody!
265 – Hello, Kai! Long time no read!
266 – Well, longish. Great to see you again, anyway! SFTDP.
TWILIGHT RANT
AHHHHH!!!! I watched Twilight today!! I have become Twilight obsessed, I cant read the second book, I dont have it :O nooo wow the movie was cool!!!! At the beginning Edward was a bit of a freak but I got used to that and wow…it was sooo cool.. but Emmet was creepy…he remminded me of Edward Scissorhands… Alice has a really cool haircut!!!! Are there sequels to the movies?! there has to be!!! AHHH SO COOOOL!
END OF TWILIGHT RANT
I also saw the trailer for Harry Potter 6….hmmm, I really hated that book though…
238~are you only 13? wow…um, I think (because I go to an all girls school) you will get used to it but…be warned about extreme bitchyness, I know someone in Virginia…just, by the way…
It was 30 again today! But the movie theatre was nice and cold
268 – No, I’m 12. So I would take this next year. I am fully prepared for EB (see CTD).
227. That is a beautiful house. I love wrap-around verandas.
231-233 Yes, it’s been a while. I had too many things on my mind for a while so I stopped coming here. But I learned my lesson about over-committing last semester. So I’m going to chill out now and spend more time mucking about online. I think it’ll be good for my mental health.
238. Kokonilly
What is CTD?
Well, I’m not you, but here’s what I feel about that sort of thing. There’s no need to start early; life is long. Seriously, you don’t need to go to college when you’re sixteen, or however old you are. High school can suck, but it’s an important development stage. I mean, why bypass it when all that comes after college is a job? Not that a job is necessarily bad, but you’ve got the rest of your life to work. If you don’t like your school, get involved in other stuff. And as for all girls… well, as I guess you know, guys are fun to be friends with. It’s important to have a balance of girls and guys. I find that too many of one all cooped up together become unpleasant.
253. MissSwann
That’s so sad! I hope your guinea pig is ok.
260. YodaShmoda
Silly putty and silly string are silly because otherwise they’d just be putty and string, which you can buy in a hardware store. Putting the silly in front tricks people into thinking they are toys, thus giving the putty and string purveyors a whole ew market.
227-It’s beautiful!
262-That’s sweeeet!
I don’t come on here very often nowadays.
I should start coming back more.
The internet has become a bit of an annoyance for me lately. I just come on to delete my junk mail, check my social networking sites, and talk to Andy.
Now that Andy got working phones I don’t even stay on the internet very long.
Random things that have happened since I was here last:
I took 1 flying lesson. Due to the weather sucking I haven’t been able to do any more.
I started learning Russian a little bit from Andy. I know a couple phrases and the alphabet. I still can’t type in the Cyrillic alphabet because my computer is dumb.
I got my driver’s license. It’s not all it’s cracked up to be.
262. Kiki the Great
Woah cool. I did one for my blog and it’s excellent.
Tee-hee. When I did one for the MB there was this gigantic “kiwimuncher” splurged across it. Cool
268. Sam again (4 spdzk)
!!!!!!
Sorry. OK.
The depth of my hatred for the Twilight books cannot be expressed in words. However, I thoroughly enjoyed the movie.
269. Kokonilly
And you’re taking the SATs?! Dang girl. Don’t waste your young life preparing for that crud. Go study stuff worth studying. Watch movies. Read books. Pursue your interests. Don’t go to college early.
Being a 13-16 = crazy hormonal annoyingness.
Going to college = studying and partying and preparing for life.
They are two stages of life that ought to be taken separately.
I mean that’s just my point of view. If you really think you wanna go, for sure try and go for it. It could be great, if that’s your kind of gig.
China was groovy, for whoever asked. They wanted us to buy a lot. They kept taking us to factories and places to spend money. We marched inside the Forbidden City and performed on the Great Wall. I met this girl who’s now my pen pal. She’s really cool, we’ve been keeping in touch and I’m learning a lot from it.
Thanks for all of the advice, Skipper.
And I see your point; there’s no need to rush. And while I agree it would be cool, it would take me away from all of my friends and family. So I’m probably going to pass on this offer. (And I don’t prepare for the SAT. Studying is against my nature. 
) (Oh, and CTD was this really fun three-week camp in which I hated my roommate (stereotypical annoying fourteen-year-old who was, on top of everything, rude) and my entire RA group except for three people but other than that it was really fun and I made a bunch of friends. 
)
GAH! Darn it, people keep using my name! Why did Stephanie Meyer have to use my name in her book, anyway? -sulky-
Alice I think of you as Alice and when I see the name I picture you. Well my image of you in my head which I know is wrong. You have long red hair and wear skirts a lot. That is, you look like my friend sunhat. mm.
Kiki, I’ve been to wordle before. It is nifty.
How’ve you been Skipper?
273. Kokonilly
Sounds like you’ve got it figured out pretty well
I just watched Memento. It was really good. I’m a little sad now though. It’s about a guy with short term memory loss. It’s told backwards.
Hmm. I don’t want to hang out with D tomorrow. I guess I’ll just tell him that.
Whoa, ‘Nilly’s going to college early? When did this happen? *reads posts* Ah. Okay. Personally, I don’t suggest applying early. Life’s to short to hop off to college before even completing the teenage hormone craziness.
Then again, I’m not smart enough to pass the SATs now or probably ever, so I’m probably just jealous.
On a good note, Dot Dot Curve
is actually out now, which I missed, which is sad, but I got them now. And discovery: Electric Valentine. Kind of danceish/popish, but I like ’em.
Good old fashioned date today: Movie and lunch with Clarissa. Should be fun!
I’m wearing my pink “I killed Edward” shirt today. She hasn’t seen it yet.
253- Ohh! I’m so sorry! The same thing happened to me, only with a fish. He lived for two weeks and died of Ich, which was a disease I wasn’t aware of until it was too late. I would suggest taking immediate precautions-take your guinea pig to a veterinarian. He/She should be able to tell you if your guinea pig really has Lumps, or if it might be a birth defect. It’s better to be able to tell for sure than waste money on medicine before you need it. I hope everything goes okay!
262- Wow…that’s cool!
277- Good luck, have fun!
238) My sister has that exact problem. Interesting.
253) Aw! *hugs* I hope your piggie gets better!
260) tHe mystery of silliness. It most likely isn’t the putty or string itself that is silly, merely the silly things that you can do with it.
273) Are you going to this collage now, before you complete high school?
Wowsers. I didn’t catch that part! 
Although, I guess that’s kind of like going to the School of Science and MAth in my state. Personally, I wouldn’t want to go there. Although, I know that a lot of my classmates at school expected me to try for it. I just wouldn’t be able to stand leaving my family and friends, especially with what’s been going on with my mom and then living at a school with….. *shudder* scary, smart, ambitious people that stare at me as if I’m an opponent to defeat and push to the ground like a pitiful insect. *runs away screaming*
Of course, I could also see why you would want to go too. It would be a good learning experience and may very well excel there. So, there are negatives, but don’t forget the positives either!
276 – Yes, thank you!
277 – I know, and I’m taking that into account.
279 – Yeah, I know. Competition would probably be insane.
Well, I’m taking everyone’s suggestion into account, and my mother and I have come to a consensus that it’s not right for me. I’m not mature enough yet.
Thanks to all for their suggestions!
280 – That had a few typos at the end. I hope you can muddle through and figure out what I meant to say well enough. And that smiley meant to be a
smiley. Whoops. 
Hello, Museblog. The past few days I’ve been away visiting relatives–I still am, actually–which is why I’ve been missing from the blog. I don’t have time to read all the posts from the past four days right now… I’m on my aunt’s laptop, which every couple sentences keeps going back a few words and typing over the previous words.
Gah. It just did it again.
Anyway, happy new year, everyone! Talk to you again in 2009.
nehhhh I forgot to turn my heater on last night and it ran at 84º for eight hours. I was deliciously warm, but my mom was madddddd. :X i wish i could do that every night… my house is like 52º. DX
I am absolutely aching for the third Midnighters book… I finished the second last night and it was a TOTALLLL cliffhanger. But I’m also reading some fake-Twilight chick-lit trash novel called Marked and it’s keeping me satiated, for now. Anyone else read it? It’s so bad that it’s good.
264- (Kiki) Oh well this may be too late and it will be lost in the shuffle, but:
Isn’t the rss feed just a compilation of posts? Or threads? Hm.
I MADE A NATIONSTATES!!! It is in land of the muse!!!
XD GAPAs, did you get my email? About The Ham Sandwich???
Long story short, Syllabub and I were bored.
189~ It might be more accurate to say that I have an acquaintance named Alexa. She’s my grandmother’s friend’s granddaughter and I spent 2 weeks with her a few years ago in Washington state. The more we had in common the more different we were. It was an interesting time, and I haven’t seen her since.
190~ Ooh, do you have texting on your cell phone?
Well, I’m home at last. That was a very long 5 days in WI, and I was so happy to get home last night, late as it was.
However, my stay here will be short lived, since I’m going to go to a friend’s house on the Eastern Shore (ooh, pretty!) over new year’s…….leaving later today. Ugh, laundry and then repack….funfunfun. i really look forward to seeing her though, she’s more like family than blood relatives. *sigh* Gotta go, the compy is being terribly slow and I have other work to do. *sigh again*
274- because it’s a great name. I have a character named Alice as well.
I’m sewing today. I’m making a skirt. It’s olive green linen.
270- So your saying it’s just a hoax on the world???!!!???
I don’t like school vacations. There’s nothing to do at my house and my parents won’t let me go to the center. *sigh* I’m going to take a nap.
I’m going away today for about 5 days to a folk music festival, should be fun! but I found a site to read Twilight books and at Whare Flat theres no internet :O
New Moon is a bad book, I decided…the first 5 chapters are about Bella being depressed!!! (Im up to chapter 7) without the Cullens it is boring.
See You in 2009 for the start of three horrible NCEA years >________<
238(kokonilly)-My friend C’s like that, but I’d rather have girlfriends myself. I don’t even know any boys.
271- I can sort of sound out Russian because the Cyrillic and Greek alphabets are similar. (I can’t translate, though, just pronounce correctly.)
Belated one-year reflections:
So, one year ago, give or take a few days, I found this wonderful website through Wikipedia’s Muse article. Whether I was hanging out at the Hare and Hedgepig, debating Global Warming, battling Superior Saturday to save the Cosmos, dealing with The Weirdness of last spring or tracking down a phantom astronaut on Halloween, it was always a blast. To everybody here, thank you for letting me come along for the ride.
New music!
Well, the movie fell through, we were watching random videos on YouTube and missed it.
But we went downtown instead. We ended up at Esoterica, and I got an insense holder and candle plate! It’s amazing. The plate is metallic blue and green, but when it goes into the light the colors split up into all the shades. I LOVE IT. And the holder is wood, with a golden pentacle at the end. LOVELOVELOVE.
And plus, she loved the shirt.
Do you ever have those days where you feel like banging your head agianst a wall? This is one of those days. I don’t know why.
253-Oh no! I’m so sorry to hear this, honey! I would definitely contact the vets. I hope everything goes well!
*pies and a shoulder to lean on*
292-You’re welcome! And thanks for providing us with the latest from NASA. I try to see whatever you mention is going on whenever I see you’ve posted something!
Thanks everybody, for having me along on the blog!
293-Hey, Beavo!
294-Aw, what happened? *gets out other shoulder*
292. KaiYves & 295. Red-tailed HAWK
Aw. I forgot how happy a place this was. It’s such a cozy little corner of the internet. *feels warm and fuzzy*
I love you guys.
So I did end up going on a hike with D today but it was fine. Lotsa talking.
Here’s something I would never tell any of my real-world friends: sometimes, when I’m with people, I get an irrepressible desire to be at home alone so I text my dad to call me and tell me that I have to come home for some made-up reason.
It’s really silly, I know I should just be honest and be like “I’ve got to go” but I hate coming off as rude.
297-Well, I’m glad you could stop by! It is cozy…oh, and yeah, sometimes things can seem overwhelming and the desire to be away from it (whatever is going on that is overwhelming) comes along. I’ve found that it can happen when just too much has been going on, and there hasn’t been enough time for rest of the mind and meditation (aka blogging, sometimes at least
) Stop by again whenever you like! 
Very good to be back! 297- Indeed. Even as a lurker one can feel it’s radiation of warmth quite strongly.
297- Yeah, I don’t do the same thing- I don’t have a cell phone- but I come up with phony reasons. It’s okay, I won’t judge you. Sometimes I don’t even want to get in trouble for simple mistakes and make things harder on myself just so I don’t look like an idiot or “One of those kids” in front of adults.
My family was watching Journey to the Center of the Earth, (which was ok, but seemed made for 3D) and after the film there’s some background. It mentioned all those hollow earth theories, so Hitler came up and I was like “Yeah, he’s got flying saucers!” but they didn’t get it.
297- Sounds like a good time! I don’t think just talking while walking in nature is done enough today. I think the text-call thing is pretty common though. *remembers* Virgin mobile had (has?) a service that calls you at X hour if you text in advance.
For some reason, I think (RtH) 295 is an exemplary post.
Aww, I’m reading these reflections. They’re touching. And, yes, thank you all for accepting me into this community where to be different and outspoken are not terrible things to be. I really needed it through 2008 and it has helped me mature as a person.
Thanks, guys.
294) Ah. One of those days. Frankly, when that occurs, I try to bang my head against pillows and the like, to avoid damaging my brain cells.
Just be careful to not bang your head against extremely hard things!
But, seriously, I hope you feel better!
Alas. It is getting quite late for me. *yawn*
301. Vendaval
That was my favorite issue ever! Sometimes when I look at the satrs I imagine that the world really is inside-out and I make up what the people on the other side are doing.
I just watched Stand By Me. I forgot how great that movie is. River Phoenix was really charismatic. And he looked like an elf.
Ahh! I was just looking through the archives. You know what was great? The Chunk Norris Watership Down Pie War. Friggin fantastic. That was like, an extreme achievement in silliness.
(305) That truly was an amazing feat. The kind that deserves to be commemorated in ballads.
306- Rebecca, would you make the necklace thread that I suggested on the suggestions thread?
(307) Yes, sorry. I’ve had it half made all day but keep getting interrupted.
308- okay, that’s cool I’m just excited about it!
(309) It’s up now. I wasn’t sure what to call it. If you have a better idea for a name, feel free to suggest one.
310- hooray! Beads on a String works though maybe “Stories strung together like beads” is more poetic. It all works though.
Gooooooooooooooood morning Mb!
312) Good morning ? It’s 3 p.m. here !
A feat that catches the eye,
was the chuck-norris-watership-down pie,
it flew straight and true,
though it’s anything but new,
It belonged to the old days of yore,
and it’s rarely in use anymore,
though the secret in it’s sensation,
was the uncanny combination,
The topics in those days were hot,
though now they are greeted with: “Not”,
This might seem like a shame,
but life is an ever-changing game,
But if you believe to be sly,
you should try,
an Obama-Twilight pie !!!
How´s that for a ballad ?
313) Really? It’ 3:pm? Wowsers!
I recall that feeling, from whenever we were on vacation in Europe. If we ever wanted to call our family, we would have to call at the exact time, or we would end up waking them up at odd hours of the day! 
Me likes! Of course, I don’t like Obama.
*pies Obama*
314) Ingedients for a xxx pie:
popular/controversial person+ popular/controversial movie/book= pie
301- I read that issue, too!
I might be getting an iPhone! Squee! It only depends on if my mom says yes, though… *crosses fingers*
My friend Chloe’s mom just died.
I am so sad for her, even though we weren’t even very good friends.
Her little sister Mina is only in 5th grade (we’re in 8th).
Her parents are…. were…. divorced. What are she and Mina going to do?
She didn’t even tell me her mom was sick.
I’m trying to IM some of my friends but nobody except Shannon, who changed schools last year, is online. I really want to do something nice for Chloe, and I was thinking of getting together a bunch of people to do something nice for her when she gets back to school.
Maybe she won’t be in school.
What if she can’t afford tuition anymore? (we go to private school)
Well, her dad is a brain surgeon…
She may not be in school on the 5th, though. If I were her I wouldn’t want to go to school for the whole of January.
CONCLUSION:
I’m getting a sick headache.
313- um wow. nice poem I think. And 3pm? Wow. My friend says I should stop saying wow. Too bad! WOW!
318- I’m sorry- for her that is. *hugs to her* and your delima is pretty big too. What do you do when a friend that’s not firend’s mom dies?
318-
I’ve never had something like that happen to me before… I once had terrible thoughts in 5th grade when my mom had cancer… but she got better.
317- *kills* I WOULD have gotten an iPod touch if I hadn’t opted for the surprise for Christmas. Guess what the surprise was? AN ELECTRIC PIANO!!! I haven’t played the piano for FIVE YEARS!!! *rants on and on* Grrrrr…. *bites dad because it was probably his idea (mom is too smart to get me something that stupid)* Grrr….
PEOPLES!!! Come to the Round Robin Smileys thread! KA and I have missed you!!!
318- :[
292- :]
317-Ew. I’ve tried using the ones in the store before and I just can’t operate a touch screen for the life of me. Having an iphone would cure me of my texting problem really quickly.
I went to Barnes & Noble yesterday!!!
I got a Russian dictionary, a calendar, and a book called Sashenka.
It’s about this woman who was a Bolshevik. I don’t know if it’s real. The book is very good but it has a few mature bits so I wouldn’t recommend it for the younger people on the site. Maybe 14 and up?
I really want fruit but I’m not allowed to drive places without my mom’s permission. I texted her about 1 hour ago and she still hasn’t replied. Grr.
I know everybody has probably done this before, but I just gave Edward Cullen the Mary-Sue test. He got 116, and the limit is 50.
Perfect character, much?
294-One word: Puberty.
295-Hi, RtH!
297-I’ve never done that before, but I’ve gotten the “wow, I don’t want to be here, isn’t there a good book at home or something?” feeling.
Kiki-The second you get that Touch, I’m stealing it. Watch for rampaging Beavos.
RoseQuartz- Aw, I’m sorry. One of my friends watched her Mom die, which probably dosn’t make you feel any better but she’s not alone.
322 – Where’s the Mary-Sue test?
318- i think the best thing you can do for her is just act normal and be there for her. My mom dying is just about the worst thing I can imagine happen. I really feel for your friend. I had a similar experiance last year. The best thing you can do is to continue on with life, so she doesn’t feel like people are pitying her. But have a shoulder available if she needs it.
Oh, SQUEE!
Jim Henson has (had? Why did he have to die?!) the same nirthday as me!
Woo-HOO!
323- Here:
springhole. net /quizzes /marysue. htm
323 – I’m not sure if this is the one Beavo means, but here is the only Mary Sue test I’m aware of. (GAPAs, please don’t snip!) [It’s the same site KaiYves mentioned, but her citation is delinkified. –Admin.]
By the way, I answered the questions for Firestar, from Warriors, who I’ve long thought was a Mary Sue. I got 45, which means:
Fanfiction authors, you might just want to start over. Role-players and original fiction authors, at this point your characters are likely to provoke eye-rolling and exclaimations of “yeah, right!” from your readers. (Well, at least from me.) Immediate workover is probably in order.
SFTDP.
325 – Jim Henson … he invented the Muppets, right?
I should get me some Obama/Twilight pie. It would make me immeasurably happy.
328- YES Jim Henson invented the muppets. He is like, one of my heroes! (Along with Michelle Akers and John Lennon).
Mary Sue- piratemonkeysinc. com/ms1. htm
326, 327, 330 – Thanks!
One of my grandmother’s best friends died.
Though I barely knew her, apparently she knew me.
328: Yep, and Sesame Street (which, if you think about it, is not that bad). Go somewhere and get all the seasons. All the movies and stuff after 1999 do no justice to his voice.
332- Not that bad? Sesame Street rocks!
Speaking of Sesame Street, I learned recently that the Cookie Monster is now the Veggie Monster.
WTF, really?
334 – I heard they didn’t do that. If they did —
GASP! How could they defile a beloved character like hat?
334: Nope, it’s untrue. Thankfully. I’ve always thought Gonzo was a happier version of Charlie Brown, but that’s just me…
335- You should ask Marvel Comics that question.
Snopes.com says the “Veggie Monster” rumor is false.
338- Yeah, Cookie Monster came on The Colbert Report and reassured everyone he still eats cookies. Ah, Snopes.com. Such a fun timewaster.
318) Oh no! That’s aweful!
I’ll keeping both you and her in my thoughts! *sends out hug to Chloe*
338) Really? I thought it was true! They had it on the radio and news and everything!
(340) It’s a persistent rumor. This is at least the second time it’s come up on MuseBlog recently, and the Cookie Monster has appeared on more than one television show to reassure people. I guess it’s just one of those stories people enjoy being outraged over.
I’m at my friend’s house for new year’s!!! YAY! She’s such fun, way more like family than most of my real blood relatives.
I finally got the new iTunes downloaded so I can use the new iPod that I got last year……that’s good, my old one is still working pretty well, but isn’t working as well as it once did. *sigh*
MissSwann, I’m sorry to hear about Alice (hamster)…..do take her to a vet, and talk to the pet store as well.
318~ I’m so sorry about your friend’s mom. Like Kagz says, helping her out and not being overly pitying but always having a shoulder ready is probably a good idea. It’s hard, and she’ll have a lot to deal with, just be patient and loving and that will help her lots.
Hey, I got a new library card today, from the Library of Congress…..we went there today. Wow. That’s all I can say.
Now I’m hanging around the house with amazingly fast internet and watching WifeSwap on TV. Aren’t I good, rotting my brain in two places at once! *is proud of self* Hah.
228 (Vendaval)- YOU UNDERSTAND
235 (YodaShmoda)- I do not know what type of crabs. They were very small (largest perhaps about as big as the top joint of my forefinger), and sand covered, and moving very quickly to hide under a larger rock when I picked up the one they were hiding under. There were three I think.
Oops have to go now, getting on a plane early tomorrow to go back home. I spent a lot of yesterday driving from middle Connecticut up to northernish Vermont (ironically it took about as long as it would to drive to the other side of Chicago and back from my house
), and checked out University of VT. Then we drove back down to southern VT this morning, and I got to visit my friend Feather who moved away last spring break and I haven’t seen since April. It was so nice to see her again, I’ve really missed her. She’s coming to visit everyone in a few weeks though, so saying goodbye wasn’t too bad.
She bought me a Kokopelli candle holder from my birthday! It’s really pretty and awesome. *love*
Anyway I think I had other things to say or respond to, but they’ve left me. My am I forgetful (and oh so lazy–I’ve watched more television this weekend than I did all summer I swear) this week.
(343) Before your brain rots completely, check your email.
Oh, and on an unrelated note, my friend Hanna visited me today and I showed her my pictures from Space Academy!
I am totally going back to Space Academy this summer. Probably as a Mission Specialist again, because I could NEVER be a pilot.
325~ The deed is done. We’re talking about plans as I type!
You know what would be fun? Another Dissing Mr. Joe thread. Let’s do that.
YES!!!!!!!! Terry Pratchett got a Knighthood!!!!!!!!! Now he’s Sir Terry Pratchett!!!!!!! And well-deserved, I must say.
259- Uhhh I guess when you say people are ignoring me you’re referring to the fact that nobody responded to my post for like 20 posts? And (sounding stupid) what’s BA? Haha…. I’m sorta lost….
Oops this was supposed to go in the last post… Oh this is to a GAPA- How much spam a day is posted (or trying to be posted) on the MuseBlog? Just out of curiosity…
259- Oh… Heheh…. You mean bunny apocalypse….
343- A library of Congress book card?!?! *looks jelous* That is the coolest thing since…well since libraries.
344- Did they have seaweed or moss like stuff on them? If so they’re probably spider crabs. I don’t know if that’s their real name- my family has a lot of messed up names. I thought a Catfish was called a sucker untill I was twelve.
346- SPACE ACADAMY??? I’ve always wanted to do that but didn’t have the time, nor my parents the willingness.
350- bunny apocolypce.
350- BA is Bunny Apocalypse, a Role-Playing Game on this website.
Terry got a knighthood? Flamablamablous!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}++
Wikipedia has a category for shades of orange. I kid you not.
353~ Very cool. And my picture isn’t even horrendous, it’s just bad. Life is so forgiving at times….
322- What Touch? I’m not getting an iTouch… am I????
Going to da MALLLLLL yay!
334- UNTRUE! They just had him mention a few times that veggies are tasty too.
358- LUCKY!!!!!
So, guess what! My guinea piggies are okay!!!!! Alice just got scratched, and now she’s on an antibiotic to stop the infection. Esme is flamablamulous, and they both weigh exactly 9.0 grams. Yays!
359 – YAY! That’s great, MissSwann!
358-I have an iTouch. I like the Lightsaber application.
361- Lucky duck. I have a 3G Nano, and my brother has an iTouch. Look for an application called Jelly Car, it’s amazingly fun.
Thanks for all the support/advice/hugs for Chloe, guys. I found out the memorial service is at Temple C—— (I assume it’s her temple) on Friday. I really don’t know if I should go or what. The only two people I’ve been able to IM don’t even know- Jasmin only IMed me to ask for the science data, which I don’t have, and Kaitlyn only wanted to rant about how much her brand-new braces hurt. I’m pretty sure neither of them know.
The person I really need to get ahold of is Aoife. She’s the nicest girl in my class, and her dad is (gulp) the school counselor. So he’d probably have told her. The one problem is, if anything we planned to do for Chloe involved going to Aoife’s house, I’d have to pass on that one- her dad hates me. He’s a real jerk. I’ll tell you guys someday.
When I found out that Chloe’s mom was dead, I realized how lucky I am to have a mom and dad who still love each other, and who are healthy. But it also made me sad, and scared, because what would happen to me if my mom or dad died? My uncle Mark died of cancer when I was younger. I barely knew him. My aunt Debi remarried a few years later. I really don’t know what it was like for my cousins, but I can imagine it must be really bad.
Somehow, I feel like I might never see Chloe again. My only means of contact with her is her IM, but obviously she’s not going to be online. And even if she is at school, she’s not in any of my classes. I really want to do something to help her, but I don’t even know her cell number- I don’t even know if she has a cell phone at all. And I can’t very well use the number in the school directory, since who knows where she’s living now?
Ohh, nooo. I just remembered her telling me her dad has a girlfriend!!!!
(363) If you do attend the service, be aware that family members may be in a state of semi-shock and not fully realize you’re there at the time. But your presence will count, It is comforting to have people show up. Somehow it helps affirm that the loss means something, that it did not go by unnoticed. If you can’t go to the service, send a card. A card is nice, in any case.
Your idea about doing things with her after school starts back up is a good one. The family can be in something of a protective bubble during the immediate aftermath, but later people tend to drift away and go back to their own lives, and that’s when the hard part begins. (Some people become reclusive in mourning, so don’t be discouraged if it takes more than one try to get Chloe to participate.)
Happy New Years everyone!
365~ Happy new year!
We went to some antique stores today, ’twas fun. I found a dress in one of them that was very pretty, it was black velvet with gold trim around the neckline and hem, knee length and had detached sleeves (it had spaghetti straps) that had more gold trim around the top edge to match the neckline, which they met on the sides and accentuated. The bodice was lightly boned to keep the shape and it was tailored to fit just so. Very formal, and very pretty.
I tried it on and it fit just about perfectly, the only two things that weren’t quite right was that the sleeve tops were a little tight and it was a tiny bit long in the torso, so the hips were a little low. Other than that it could have been made for me. And it was only $40. I didn’t get it though, Heather thought it was gorgeous and made me look sexy (if anything could that would do it) and Mom just laughed at me when she saw it and said it was funny and wouldn’t it be a good joke for New Year’s eve here celebrating with just the three of us.
I did like it, but I’d never be allowed out of the house in it, not while my mom is living at least. Ah well. I took a few pictures with my phone, but I couldn’t get the whole dress.
HAPPY NEW YEAR !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I desperately want to see the newest Wallace & Gromit film, A Matter of Loaf or Death, but both the BBC and Youtube say I can’t because I’m not in the U.K. Grrrrrrm.
Awwwww, Heather’s cat Tigger is sleeping at my side, keeping my side warm and purring now and then. How adorable! Oh, he just left. He’s a cutie though. Not as wonderful as Circles though….
It’s not new years yet, guys! Don’t rush things!
And thanks guys, I was really mad that he’s Veggie Monster, but now that he’s not I feel a lot better. *hugs cookies*
344-Kokopelli candle holder? *want*
I just realized it’s New Year’s Eve already.
I can’t wait to see the Rose Parade! I used to live close enough to see it live, but now I have to watch it on TV. My after-school program went to a thing to help with our city’s float, but all we did was cut up flower petals.
368- There’s a new Wallace and Gromit film????? And I can’t watch it????
Aggggggggggggghhhhhhhhhh. Not fair.
One of my science teachers went to Thailand over break, so he can be there and have it become 2009, and then fly back across the international date line into 2008 so he can say he’s been in the next year.
372 – I used to live quite close to where they make Wallace and Gromit. For the premier of “The curse of the were rabbit” the makers came to the local cinema in the anti pesto van! I wasn’t there, because I only heard about it afterwards, but it must have been really cool.
368 – THERE’S A NEW WALLACE AND GROMIT MOVIE? AND I CAN’T WATCH IT? MEH.
We might go to the Mall of America and watch the indoor fireworks there!
Woo, New Year’s soon, and my birthday! 3 hours!
361- LIGHTSABER?!?!?!?!?!
375- Indoor fireworks?
This world is full of new and impossible things.
Happy New Year in advance!
Happy New Year! *confetti pies*
“We’re not starting over, we’re just going on…”
~ ‘Together Again,’ Muppets.
Haha. My chracter on Wii carnival golf looks like an idiot. She has on a G-Nome hat, a Falling Star club, a Candy-Striped ball, rainbow boots, and rainbow shirt and skirt.
377 – Yes. Lightsaber. You wave around the iTouch and it makes lightsaber sounds. And, yes, indoor fireworks. I don’t know how it works.
375- indoor fireworks? what has the world come to? *sigh*
okay, so there’s a party at my house! yay! it’s so much fun. me & my four besties were hanging out in the newly redone basement until we were drawn upstairs by the enticing smell of PIZZA! yaya!
Look! The new year is coming, here comes 2009! Just a couple of minutes!!!
(382) And here it is, for the East Coast. Happy New Year! May 2009 be a great year for all.
To absent friends. (A traditional toast.)
HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It’s a few minutes past here, but the thought’s the same…..gotta go, watching a movie and texting at the same time……..love you all, have a wonderful new year filled with peace, love and joy! And pies, of course!!
*merrily pies the whole of MB*
383-Indeed!
Did the supposedly awesome new ball at Times Square work? They didn’t show it when we watched on CNN’s website, and someone else didn’t see it on TV either.
Best wishes for a great 2009 to all of my fellow bloggy friends out there!
I’m looking forward to spending it with you all.