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Wonderful picture Rebecca! I do so love stained glass. Looking at the picture…I think I’d like to hear some astronomy from kaiyves, if that’s alright!
Hmm international Discovery and Exploration…Trying to think of something to add.
oh I know! In Japan there is a “Tokyo Tower” modeled after the Eiffel Tower. It is (I think intentionally) taller than the Eiffel tower by 9 meters.
~*the more you know*~
Ooh, I like the picture, it’s like stained glass. Perhaps in a wing of Muse Academy?
I especially like her planet. I want that as a window itself, in my bedroom. Hee.
And oops, it’s sunday, and february. ‘Night, all.
FIRST POST! (I really should stop capitalisng. And I nearly spelt “capitilising” with a z.) I can’t think of anything to say, so will submit this before someone else posts.
Oh, that is gorgeous.
SFTDP
*******.(the rest is self-edited.) What are piepoints? 
Oh no!!!!!! Still, it could provide me with an excuse for swearing my head off. **********************
And I was sooo hoping to get first post today, considering Im a day earlier and all, I guess if I had come earlier in the day, and not at 12 at night….
hahaha a little bit of internet discovery today. On a dog food site (I mistakenly clicked a web add for free samples of Beneful) I found an extension to that site….called- DOGSPACE! Its MySpace for your dog!!! I was quite ecstatic!!!
(is this where hpb’s are necessary?)
actually I have seen a back isssue Muse on Cats, but not on Dogs, was there one?
Good morning, Museblog!
I love that picture. It’s now my background. Great work, Lady B.
I love the picture!
7- There was, I have not read either. ALthough I do own the issue of muse where the word “flamablamblous” came into play. Although I don’t know if I even spelled it right. *is too lazy to go check*.
I was goign to wait around for first post but it was 11:30 where I am and blog time is an hour behind me. So I went to bed.
Good Morning!
I absolutely adore the picture!
I should be in church right now but my brother and I convinced my mom it was a bad idea. xD
I was saying to myself, “I can’t believe this thread has been up for two days and there are only eight posts on it!”
And then I finally realized that today is the first. Not yesterday. January has 31 days.
I knew that!!!
Anyway have a nice day everyone!
Wow, slow moderation.
I love the picture as well, especially because I am something of a stained glass artist. I am going to save it as soon as I can get onto my laptop. And good morning to you too Aggie!
7-yup, there was
I love the picture, Lady B! It is absolutely flamablamablous!
lurrrveeee the pic, lady bunniful!! it’s fantasmablous!
ehehe happy for the super bowl, i like to watch it for the commercials.
That’s an amazing picture.
My head hurts.
I’m not sure I like exploration and discovery. It generally ends in torture and extinction of the indigenous peoples.
I have a lot of homework today.
Exploration and discovery come in many varieties. Exploring the sky through a telescope seems completely benign. Microscopes, too, haven’t hurt anyone as far as I know. And I’ve explored numerous bookstores and made many discoveries in them without torturing anyone or driving anyone to extinction. (Speaking of which, has anyone seen the movie Inkheart? I saw it last night and would be interested in hearing what MBers think of it.)
Besides, almost all of the indigenous peoples in the world had to do some exploring and discovery to wind up where they did. The aborigines in Australia, the islanders of the Pacific, the Native Americans — all were products of amazing migrations.
Gorgeous picture! Speaking of exploration and discovery, Space Shuttle Discovery takes off on the 12th!
7- That’s true. I like exploring and discovering. It’s just that I automatically try to tie it to tall ships somehow and wind up with colonization.
I love the picture! It’s fantastic.
17 – No, but I read the book.
Haha, I thought that was Urania’s beach ball.
I’m hoping to get my Touch today!
17- I have not seen it yet but I would like to. I am also interested in your views of the film.
I have to say, Lady B, this is probably my favorite picture so far.
gross, inkheart. somehow i couldn’t seem to get into those books at all.
but ugly betty = ♥
Nice picture! I wonder what the rest of the Muses would look like in stained glass…
I was in Washington DC again yesterday, our friend had a tour around the American History museum (for some friends from living history) and then we went to the National Gallery of Art and talked about the 18th century pieces (mostly the costume in the portraits) for awhile. ‘Twas great fun, having a bunch of living history enthusiasts in a museum is incredibly interesting and amusing, you’re bound to learn something, even if it’s not exactly something you wanted to know…
In short, quite fun.
Oh, lovely picture Rebecca! I just now get to see it because it didn’t load before. Excellent work, as always.
UGH my computer is being PAINFULLY, HORRIFICALLY TERRIFYINGLY slooooowwwwwwww. I truly want to cry, it’s driving me insane. Perhaps I should just turn the stupid thing off and enjoy the warm weather outside. *sigh*
Gaelic Storm is coming soon!! Whee! And I just sent a note asking if they’d sing happy birthday to my friend…….mwahahaha, she doesn’t know that her mom, brother and I are schemeing against her.
26–It’s so much fun to scheme against people…..
gah, slow internet sucks, doesn’t it? I’m very glad we have such fast internet here at school ( and it’s not too bad at home either), except for the occasional times went it’s down (usually late at night)…..
27~ That’s funny, usually my internet is fast in the middle of the night…hmm, why there are so many posts of mine at 11 and 12, sometimes even 1AM my time……
Yes, plotting is fun. She now’s we’re up to something, just not what. I hope they can do it, I really have no idea. *hopes*
17- i saw inkheart. the book was definitely better than the movie. i like cornelia funke’s “thief lord” too
26/27- schemeing is very fun!! and i am on a very slow computer right now. dial-up SUCKS!!!
also i absolutely love the picture lady b.
29- Yes, it really does. I have it too…
I hate history homework. I have to write the first page of a rough draft of an essay about Cleopatra as an empress. Argh. Any help? I can’t seem to get the first paragraph.
19- Well, in those days, it was more about money than actual discovery and exploration. Pure exploration didn’t become big until later.
17 — I never read the book and went to see it for laughs mostly (I expected it to be hilarious like the Eragon movie and so on) but I didn’t really like it that much. I liked some of the ideas, and it was a bit more thoughtful than most children’s fantasy type plots. It was okay, I suppose. Neither here nor there.
A movie that I did like was Vicky Cristina Barcelona, which I watched last night. On that topic, what movies has everyone seen recently? I’ve seen all of the Best Picture nominations except for The Reader (which I would really like to see). I liked Benjamin Button at the time but the more I thought about it the less I liked it. There are still so many movies I’d like to see.
Also, to repeat my request from the last thread, does anyone know of a .mov to .wmv converter? I’m desperate…I can’t find anything that works right.
25– *still envious* I want ot go to D.C. more every day…sigh
The last movie I saw was Hankock it rocked
32~ Let us know when you get there, Kokonventions have been known to occur….
The last movie I watched was Grapes of Wrath, last night. ‘Twas good.
Blaaaarg, I can’t believe what I’ve just done. I just agreed to play a set, by myself, on guitar, for my graduation party (which, by the way, includes all of my friends). I also agreed to play…….*fanfare* an ORIGINAL SONG. In addition to whatever covers I can play. Again, I restate: BLAARG. It’s not like I really don’t want to do it (if that was the case, I’d cancel it), it’s just that I don’t know how I’ll do it. So far, I have a pretty good idea of what I’m actually going to play: American Pie, I’m a Believer, We Will Rock You (actually doesn’t involve the guitar, but oh well), maybe We Can Work It Out. The original song part is what is freaking me out.
The last movie I saw was……I forget. Oh, it was some movie we watched on New Years Eve,
I don’t remember the name, but some girl is babysitting and she“When a stranger calls.” Wasn’t bad, but wasn’t great. Kept half expecting it to end like the short horror story of similar beginnings does, but I won’t say if it does or not. wouldn’t want to spoil it.but, yeah, haven’t watched anything that really sticks in my mind recently.
Awesome pic Rebecca!
What a loverly weekend! And I have a project due Wednesday. I should be working on that now, but I’m taking an extremely fast break.
33) Hmmmmm. i’ve wanted to see that movie. Is it worth it?
I LOVE Discworld so much! Take this quote from Reaper Man:
‘It can’t be intelligent, can it?’ said the Bursar.
‘All it’s doing is moving around slowly and eating things,’ said the Dean.
‘Put a pointy hat on it and it’d be a faculty member,’ said the Archchancellor.
I laughed so much when I read that!
My school gets free passes to Inkhart if we show our school ID.
The last movie I saw was “But I’m A Cheerleader”, but I saw it online, not on a DVD or in theatre.
Nice pic!
Can you please show us how you make these?
The last movie I saw was “No Such Thing.”
My mother made me walk to Safeway to buy lemonade and frozen blueberries. What she didn’t know was that I hadn’t eaten for five or six hours, and I’d just had a soda, so I was bound to crash soon. Also Safeway doesn’t seem to stock frozen blueberries, so I was wandering around, unable to walk in a straight line or really concentrate on anything, boiling mad at my mother for making do this (only because it was on my sister’s behalf) and mad at my sister for being such an ingrate and a useless lump. I’m still horribly lightheaded and depressed because all that time I was using to walk to and around Safeway was the time I’d meant to use to hide the notes for Eva’s treasure hunt and now I can’t do that today.
There’s my rant for today. Good bye.
17- Ach, It hasn’t even been advertised yet here, although my friend in Singapore is going to see it tomorrow. I really liked Inkheart but I got Inkspell over 3 years ago, and I still havnt finished it (not that I am a slow reader, but Icouldnt get into it.)
last movie I saw….YesMan? and then on TV I saw HG2G.
no wonder I am so poor
I have seen so many movies this sumer!!!
Madagascar 2, Wall-e, Bolt, Twilight, HSM3, YesMan, I think thats all, but still…$60 dollers on movies
Just wondering…what is the difference between- economic downturn, recession, and depression. I am so confused…
Hows the Super Bowl going? Good luck to the….team that makes all schools close for a day tomorrow? I can’t remember that city…Portland?
41 – Safeway! We used to shop there when we lived in Wyoming. Here in the southeast, it’s Harris Teeter.
The last movie I saw was on TV. It was Holes, earlier today. I thought it was much easier to follow than the book, and I really enjoyed it.
43- I hate Safeway. So does my mother (she always makes me go in while she sits in the car). But it’s close, so that’s where we go for last-minute-type ingredients.
43–ours (back home in AK) is Carrs. They were taken over by Safeway years ago, but they kept the old name…..
My 2-year blogiversary is coming up this month. It doesn’t feel like yesterday, exactly, but it certainly doesn’t feel like two years. Well, sometimes it feels like longer, but for the most part it feels shorter.
Speaking of a long time ago, where did E2MB go? Has he run off again?
Great picture! I like the hair best.
I have not seen Inkheart, but probably will once it is on dvd. I read, and liked the first book, but have not yet gotten the following books either.
I think our version of Safeway here is DairyBarn. It was very funny, but it closed recently.
Axa: I think the VLC player can play .mov.
42(Elwing)-It’s a reccesion when your neighbour loses en’s job, and a depression when you lose yours. No idea what economic downturn is. I just wish the media would go back to calling the whole thing an economic crisis, because it sounds better (or worse, for the poor old economy) than a financial crisis.
I saw HSM, HSM2, Shrek(again),Shrek 2, Shrek 3, and The Sign Seeker this summer. They were all good except The Sign Seeker, and Shrek 3 was completely insane.
I am not new here. I am familiar. I mention this so as to not seem someone who comes here to complain. This is a one-shot, I will not appear in this name here ever again.
I am very sad. It seems to me as though the forces of the universe do not want me to be happy. My default mood is a state of depression. Briefly I will find something that makes me smile or laugh, or at the very least boost me up to a feeling of neutrality. It remains, however, that I inevitably return to sadness. I have felt this way for quite some time; I do not believe that I have been truly happy in over 2 years.
This weekend, I had hoped to confess to the girl of whom I am particularly fond that I have a crush on her. A quite complicated set of circumstances, each less likely than the prior, prevented me, and as such, I shan’t be able to see her in person for at least 5 months. I would tell her via telephone, email, or letter, but my respect for her is such that I feel she deserves to be told in person.
I shall not delve further into my troubles, I merely wished to give an example of one of the metaphorical bitch-slaps which fate delivers me on a semi-regular basis. Continuing on, I wish to express my qualms about these feelings I have. Perhaps it is my lot simply to be sad. Perhaps I do not deserve happiness. (I certainly do not deserve the wonderful people whom I have the honour to call friends. I tell them this but I am not believed.) Deep down, I believe that I am a truly miserable and despicable excuse for a human being. Were it not for the quantity of people who it would bring emotional harm, I would destroy myself readily.
49–I really don’t know how to put this, but….In my unprofessional opinion, you sound depressed–clinically depressed. You need to talk to someone–and not just people online, no matter how good of friends we might be. A trusted adult, a good friend. And I feel i should stress the following: No matter how horrible, how depressed you might feel, how much it might feel like the entire universe is against you, things are not as bad as they seem, and they are definitely not so bad that you should even contemplate suicide in the abstract.
We’re here for you, but you really need to talk to somebody in person. *hugs*
(49) Ankou, happiness springs from strange places, often ones we don’t expect, and it simply doesn’t care whether anyone deserves it or not.
But you don’t deserve to feel so sad either.
I have, at many times in my life, also believed I was a miserable, despicable excuse for a human being. But that is a trick of the mind, the power of emotions. It is a voice that is lying to you to keep you in the darkness.
I concur with Luna about finding help. Depression requires too much heavy lifting for one person to handle. We GAPAs often say “don’t ask me how I know this.” In this case, however, I can tell you how I know this. I have been in the exact place you describe; however, I didn’t have a name for it when I was Muser age and I didn’t go out and start to get real help until I was decades older. I’m still catching up on all the opportunities I lost because I waited so long.
Even so, I’m glad I stuck around. When I was 16, I believed there was nothing ahead but blackness. That was a lie created by the chemistry of my mind. Life has had its zigs and zags since, but it has truly been worth living in ways I couldn’t possibly have imagined then.
47) well really the nature of my problem is that my deficient camera produces quicktime movies, which I can’t edit in Windows Movie Maker, and that’s what my goal is to do. Maybe I should be looking for a quicktime movie editor?
but thanks…I used to have vlc player for something, maybe before I downloaded quicktime. *headdesk* all this software is giving me a headache
49) I would, were I you, find even one person to talk to and talk to them. Unvoiced problems hurt the most. Mainly I agree with Luna and Rebecca. I’m frightfully unhelpful, sorry. I empathize though, and I really do hope things get better.
Happy birthday, groundhog!!!!!!!!
46 – No, I’m still here…I’ve just been busy in school lately so I forget about these things…
The new blog color scheme is a little too pink for me. heh.
I found a link relating to that long-ago article on the Homo florensis:
www . usatoday. com/ tech/science/ columnist/vergano/2009-02-01-hobbit-bones_N. htm?se=yahoorefer
54- Oh, yay!
I learned about eighth-notes today. They’re all right, but we’re also moving into harder music with much more string-crossing. How do you go from b (on the a string) to g (on the d string) without pausing? I have a new admiration for fiddlers. It’s hard!
Ankou: As a human in a similar situation, I do not feel qualified to give advice. I can only say that I felt the same way today, although to a much smaller degree.
Reading your post though, I saw more than just a lack of hope. Your writing is clear and bright, you can convey emotion with skill. Even your name (I research everyone’s name) is sad, yes, but fantastic: it proves that you value meaning, history, and the far larger world.
I only know what I see in this snatch (a wonderful word that, apparently, can also mean a snead, or handle of a scythe. Ankou knows of that, for sure the tools we use with mastery are the ones we know best. As to you, writing is clearly a tool worthy of admiration.) of writing, what I do see is a person. A real person. A person who sees, feels, cares, and relates. You have more than so many others simply because you can see vividly and tell clearly.
Thank you.
Axa: I know my brother uses Wax to edit movies, I think Avidemux is good too. But those don’t convert the files. Have you tried MediaCoder?
55: Stony Brook University! ♥
My teachers gave me a truckload of homework today. I just finished it all. I guess it’s the expected catch after having had none over the weekend.
Hello, everyone!
So, I understand that not many people here follow football, but Pittsburgh right now is absolutely insane. We had a 2-hour delay today because of the Super Bowl yesterday, and there were massive riots all night long–apparently the police were having a really difficult time controlling them. People were bringing couches into the streets and burning them…I am failing to see why that is fun. Oh, Pittsburgh….
59–but why? You guys won, right? *shakes head* people confuse me.
59 – Oh my goodness… that’s a lot of spirit.
CARDINALS! WHAT IS IT WITH YOU PEOPLE! i ama dedicated arizononan. Riots happened all over Pheonix
57 — Aha! MediaCoder is exactly what I needed! Thanks so much…oh wow this is great. I don’t think video conversion should be so emotionally moving but it is right now lol oh .avi what a sight for sore eyes
Seriously, thank you.
*sob*
Wax looks pretty cool too
59 — That is crazy. Is that a football thing? Well actually soccer fans are pretty rowdy..hmm
Argh I have so many projects! Oh well I guess it’s nice to be busy…
.The blog looks so nice, GAPAs! Your art direction is excellent!
59-Lol, I burn couches when my team wins.
Actually, I forgot it was the Superbowl. We got 3D glasses for free in school which I took MySpace pictures with, and then put them away so I could prepare for Candlemass.
BTW, today was Candlemass, or Imbolic, or the celebration of St. Bridgit, the saint of fire, light, and whatever else. I had so much fun! I’ll ramble about it on the Religon thread if you want to hear more about what I did.
49-Wow, that was… wow. You kind of sound like me a year ago, except I thought I was for real and now I realize that I was pathetic and an attention you-know-what. You actually sound real. I really don’t know what to say, except that I know the feeling of not ever feeling truly happy, which has significantly improved in the last year. Advice: find someone special enough to share your life with (and not even like a girlfriend, maybe just a best friend), it can really lift weights off your shoulders, and you can have fun in life without always being down about something else. Or nothing, just the feeling suffocating depression.
I’ve believed that I’m worth nothing, and like Rebecca said, it’s a total voice. Those inner arguments that I’m guessing happen a lot where you end up thinking you deserve to die? That voice is an ass, don’t listen to it. Yeah, I sound like I don’t know what I’m talking about, but that’s the voice that prompted most of my friends to self-harm, go annorexic, whatever else. It’s a liar, it’s a demon, it’s not YOU. It might seem like it’s your concience telling you what a horrible person you are, but it’s not. I still get the voice, actually, which is about the point where I pick up the phone and call someone who values me more than I value myself. The beleif that you’re worthless is created by the demon of your mind, whose only intention is to get you into that state of mind.
Other than a strong group of supportive friends (or maybe even one you can call whenever), I’d take Rebecca’s suggestion on professional help. She said everything I could say about that except that some are idiots and some are good, make sure you find the right one.
Sometimes getting attention may make you feel like you don’t deserve it, and in some people they can’t get enough of it and start being “depressed” because they have no other way of getting attention. I was one of the latter. Don’t be like me, but don’t avoid attention and sympathy and advice from friends/professionals simply because you feel like you’re being egotistic.
And get lots of hugs. *portablehug* Whenever you need more, we’re here.
65- TODAY WAS IMBOLC????? Cake! I didn’t have cream puffs at all…or do anything whatsoever! What is happening to the world????
59- sad. That takes town pride way too far. I was actually unaware who even won the super bowl until 10:00 am today.
49 – I don’t really know what to tell you or what advice to give. I will say this, though: No one deserves to be miserable all the time. Talk to someone you trust; in the meantime, know that everyone on Museblog is here for you. -hugs-
49~ First of all, you do deserve to be happy, and you can achieve it. Destroying yourself would not alleviate your problem, and I’m glad that you realize how much of an impact you have on the people around you. You really should believe them when they tell you that you are a worthwhile person and capable of being loved and cared for.
Please do find someone to talk to in person and let them know about the troubles you’re having, they will be able to help you more than any of us here online can, although we’re certainly always here for you when you need us. *hugs*
56~ Eighth notes are fun! To answer your question about going from B to G, it’s not that hard once you get used to it. Keep your first finger (B) down, and place your other fingers on the D string to play the next note (a third finger G). Describing it here is weird, but eventually it will become second nature to you. It’s when you have to miss one whole string and change position while playing 16th notes that you have to worry about.
But that’s a way off still…..
56- I’ve never evaluated note values individually before.
That seems funny. I’d have to say that eight notes are a favorite, then. Of course, it all depends on your tempo and time signature.,
I don’t play the violin, so I can’t really talk to you much about specific notes on strings, but I’m wondering: Have you learned any scales yet? What scales do you learn first? Have you done any shifting?
63- You’re welcome! I think I like finding people software/ fixing computer problems as much as they enjoy having a working machine.
Couch burning! That sounds manly, but useless. Unless it”s the beginning of a new exercise routine. “If the Steelers win, I’m burning my couch and going running every day!”
All of the world’s Cavendish banana plants are genetically identical. This makes them highly susceptible to disease. A total destruction of the world’s commercial banana supply has happened once before.
70- Yeah, we’ve done scales. Lots of them. I’m not sure what they’re called, though. First we learned the D string, then the A string, and I think we’ll probably learn the G string next, I dunno. Those aren’t scales though, are they? I’m musically ignorant, and I don’t what shifting is either.
71~ Shifting into positions is when you put your index finger (first finger) down where the other, higher fingers go. It’s weird, difficult and infuriating but helpful for stratospheric notes that couldn’t be reached otherwise (to the relief of all within earshot, I might add) and sometimes it makes playing certain passages easier to avoid awkward string changes. It’s a ways off for a beginner though, so don’t worry.
Oh, did I ever say that I did get my new case? It’s a lovely shade of bright dark green (if that makes any sense at all) on the outside and the inside is gorgeous light grey plush. Mmmmmm. It’s got all the features I wanted and plenty of storage space but it seems like a small case. I’m amazed and very pleased.
My typing is suffering horribly and I’m dreadfully tired, so I think I’ll stop annoying myself with all these typos and go to bed like I should have earlier. *falls asleep on keyboard*
Goodnight.
59- wow, couch burning…tis one street in our town is littered with burnt couches (I really don’t know why, poor couches
) becasue thats what drunken students do at parties, apparently…I guess I’ll find out when I’m that age 
wow. I got braces today. On the top, I already had bottom ones but…damn. they hurt and I would be using intense capitalisation and exclamation points but, that annoys musers, no? any way, gee…this is intense! my achy breaky teeth
and here is my sad story:
She also said that some of our writing assessments will be FAILED if we had more than THREE errors in punctuation, grammar and spelling. AND we only have 40 Minutes to write them
I was trying to eat choc chip ice cream…but it hurt to munch the choc chips
First day of school today. Annoyingly everything was focused on NCEA. Ooog. Our English teacher announced (to our dismay) that we will be studying Whale Rider, by Witi Ihimaera, heard of it? it’s not that great
My dad said not to do violin practise at quarter to ten. woops!!!
Night Night
71 Ah, no those are probably the names of the notes on each string. Scales are a series of notes all in the same Key. A Key is the number of sharps of flats in the music.
This is probably very confusing. Let me try again.
The music you probably play now is in the key of C. The key of C has no sharps and no flats. A C scale goes from C to C, using all the natural (no #, no â™) notes in between.
Shifting is moving your hand from first position. You know one spot to put your hand in, right? Well, there are more than eight others.
I’m just curious because I wasn’t taught correctly when I began.
74- Ah, no, we have sharps.
74~ On the violin C isn’t really the easiest key (weird, I know) so Alice is probably learning D (2 sharps) A (3 sharps) and G (1 sharp) because those are three of the open strings and follow similar fingerings in one octave. E is weird and comes later.
Snow is falling right now. I can see it out the library window. We might get out early. That would be nice.
It’s snowing!!! It has been snowing all day fand NOBODY let me sing my ‘It’s Snowing!’ song!
Well, it’s not really a song. More like me saying ‘It’s snowing!’ in a bunch of different notes.
Oh well.
I really severely hope it gets warmer soon. Like, right after the snow melts.
I have to try out for the wind ensemble in school tomorrow, but i hardly practiced and it’s a REALLY HARD song.
Oh well.
Oh, yeah, I play the flute. <3
Okay I’m done!
OH MY GOD I JUST CRACKED MY THUMBS!!!
Okay I’m REALLY done.
D was the first scale I learned on cello too, but I wasn’t sure if violin is weird like that too. I first played a one octave D scale starting on open D, (the second string) to fourth finger D on the A sting (my first string, clearly.)
Next came G, then C, and A later, because it requires extensions. Then I didn’t learn any for a while until I found a private teacher.
What I don’t understand is why the C scale isn’t taught first, because (on the ‘cello at least) one could play a once octave C scale with the same fingering as D (01340134), just starting two strings lower. I know wind instruments begin with flats, but it doesn’t make any sense why one wouldn’t start with the most basic scale.
Music theory was hard for me, and still is, I think because I never really learned the basics.
It’s snowing here too. NOAA says the East coast from Maine to North Carolina will be cold. Ah yes, there it is, we have a Small Craft Advisory in effect. Not that I would be out in such cold water. brr.
78- Haha. My fingers crack almost every time I move them, and my thumbs even more so.
I am going to have old and arthritic joints by the time I am 20 D: Cracking my hands is probably one of my worst habits. I should work on that…
80- Yeah, my thumbs crack pretty much every time i move them. actually, they don’t, but pressure builds up when i move them so if i don’t crack them every ten seconds or so, i get really uncomfortable. i guess you could say it’s a tic of sorts… and contrary to popular belief, cracking your joints does NOT give you arthritis. look it up
~~~~~fringe is on tonighttttttt yay!
My ear has started hurting ever since I got new glasses. It’s not significant but still…
82 – Glasses are nice. I had glasses, but I got contacts. Contacts are better, because they don’t get un-see-throughable in the rain.
Well, that’s it. The braces are on. Things could not get any worse.
Expander tightened twice today, blue ties on, sore bottom jaw and back molars. I want to rip everything out of my mouth. I haven’t eaten all day, and I suspect things are only going to get worse. Today’s not going so well.
Maybe tomorrow.
80- I’M SO JEALOUS! I can almost never crack my fingers!
81- (see above)
82- It’s probably just the arms. That happens to me a lot.
83- Un-see-through-able… THAT IS MY NEW FAVORITE WORD!!!
I love my glasses soooo much it’s not even funny! They look so nice on me, but I wish I could switch on and off with contacts…
I know there was something I wanted to write abo—- I REMEMBER!
Okay so today we had to take this “field test” so the test maker people know if their “No Child Left Behind” test is too easy. Well, the name of the article was “Horseshoes Are Lucky… For Horses!”
How lame!
So my friends and I finished the test like, a half an hour early which left us bored… in a very quiet room… Bad idea…
We started playing hangman on our tests but then realized that teachers might think we’re cheating. (Why we would cheat on a test that doesn’t affect us or our grades in any way is beyond me…) So I started making origami out of tissues. My friend picked up my creation- and broke it and I almost screamed at her. Good thing I didn’t.
Anyway later on in the day we had to mix dirt- Oh I’m sorry- “ProMix” with water with our hands for some reason in Modern Food Production. (We’re germinating our seeds in dir-ProMix and then moving them into hydroponics units.) So in the end we had these shoeboxes full of mud.
Nasty.
You’re not jealous; you’re envious. *will repeat this lesson until Doomsday if necessary*
‘Tis a lonely battle, as even dictionaries have succumbed to the Dark Side. But our fearless captain remains undaunted….
Dictionaries, pfaugh! What do they know? Editors eat dictionaries for breakfast.
88–really? I wouldn’t think they would taste that good. Are they better plain, fried, boiled, scrambled, or smothered in milk (to make them moist)?
88- What is your favorite flavor of dictionary, Robert?
I’m going to attempt to read the dictionary, Robert! Never fear!
84- I suggest eating ice cream. Just slide a spoonful into your mouth and let it melt–don’t try to chew.
I am, shall we say, a fan of grammar and spelling. However, I’ve always wondered: who decides on what is “correct” English? Is there a certified rulebook? Although I believe grammar should always be followed in most any situation, I don’t see the point of these overly-strict rules which do not actually exist. It’s more of a philosophical than a physical list. If this is true, who’s to say that I am not allowed to modify the list? Why can’t I add words as I see fit and not need to integrate them into our common psychology?
(92) Well, if you study linguistics (which I heartily recommend), you’ll see that English spelling and grammar have evolved in rather messy ways. People would be surprised to know that many of the constructions that pedants wring their hands over today were as vociferously argued two or three centuries ago.
A fair amount of what is deemed proper arose from the prejudices of the groups who had the power to insist their regional dialects were the correct ones. Before some time around the late mediaeval, early modern period people really didn’t give much attention to such distinctions.
Axa: Do you live in Ohio?
If so, do you pass anonymous notes to people named Kelsey, Karin, Angela, and The Critic, along with some others? If you have no clue what I’m talking about that’s fine. If you know exactly what this means you go to my school. (I’m Karin)
Did I ever tell you guys that my school is now officially too poor to buy Kleenex?
93- Language has always been one of my strong suits, so linguistics of English and, perhaps, other languages may indeed be in my future. And that reminds me of the marvelous lack of spelling in that time as well. Has Muse done an article on that? I’ve learned so much from Muse that I can no longer remember whether I’ve learned something in school or in my favourite magazine.
Ah, the garbled beauty of language.
my mom sent me this link……I thought it might be of interest to all my fellow twilight despisers: Stephen King says (and I quote), “Stephenie Meyer can’t write worth a darn.”
My opinion of him, which is a bit annoyed at the moment, given that he is currently the topic of our English assignemnt (a letter convincing a group of people not to ban one of his short stories) has rocket so far skyward that it has exited our atmosphere. While I’m not the hugest fan of his books (gory horror isn’t really my thing. actually, horror in general hasn’t been for awhile), I would rather read the goriest of his stuff a zillion times over then ever read another twilight book. I made the mistake of reading the first three, and that’s it. Never again.
Anyway, you guys know the drill, delete the spaces, providing the GAPA dearest is nice enough to leave the delinkified link. If not, I suggest a google search.
[I suspect a Google search would turn up the quotation quite easily. –Admin.]
I never actually learned any scales on the violin, thanks to Suzuki and never taking orchestra in school. I’m starting them now, seven and a half years too late. Of course, I’m not as skilled as seven years would lead one to expect. This is the result of not having time to practice as much as I’d like to, or as much as I should.
Always practice your instruments, kids. It helps.
88- Eat what you like, but I’m stickin’ with good ole Fried Thesaurus.
95- Wow. That’s crazy.
Well, I’m back, and hopefully for good. I won’t explain why I was gone to save you all from boredom. So to continue with my post…
I just bought my ticket to my school’s big basketball showdown with our rivals, which is Thursday. And now I’m geting vaccinated (flu, it’s going around my family) the same day. So between getting home late and leaving really early, I’ll probably have no time for the tons of homework I expect I’ll have. Any advice so I can plan ahead? (I’m glad I don’t have soccer practice too)
97- Found it. That clinches it: I’m going to read Twilight and see what all the fuss is about. I don’t want to complain about or praise a book I didn’t read.
100–makes sense to me. That’s the reason I read the twilight books: to see for myself whether they were as good as claimed (the next HP), or if they were as bad as claimed. I went for the latter. (obviously)
100 – I wouldn’t recommend it, but it’s your decision.
101 – That’s why I read them, too. I was at my cousin’s house and had nothing better to do. She happened to have the book everybody seemed to be raving about, so I read it.
Ugh. Some people have strange tastes…
95: Our too. Now we don’t even have Daily work sheets; we have pieces of notebook paper torn in half. (Alms for the poor, alms for the poor..)
100: “Hi, my name is Edward Cullen, but after you read this series, you’re going to call me MR. MARY SUE, since that’s the only name you’ll remember me by!” So true.
102–That’s probably the reason so many of us have read them. I do so wish I could go back and regain those ill-spent hours I spent reading twilight–but I fear they are lost forever. And, I fear, that I would have gotten more out of those hours if I had ripped them into little pieces (the hours, not the books–although, that’s not a bad idea, either), lit them on fire, and flushed them down toilet. Yup, those hours were a total waste.
meh. I’ve got a sore throat. I managed to catch my roommates cold.
And I don’t even get to sleep in this coming weekend (or any of the coming weekdays, for that matter), as Saturday we have to be ready at 7:45 for our zoo trip, and Sunday I have to get up early enough that I dont look like a raccoon and my hair is dry by 12:30 to do rounds. (In other words, I need to get up a minimum of two hours before I leave, if not sooner).
Did you see the zombie street sign article on msn.com? If not, here’s a like (P*EASE, P*EASE, PRETTY P*EASE DON’T SNIP!!!)
www . msnbc.msn.com/id/29017293/?GT1=43001
104 – My sentiments exactly.
I GOT 100% ON THE ROMEO AND JULIET TEST!!
106–
that’s hilarious. Although, I can see why DOT was less than thrilled….
SFTDP…..
107–Congratulations, Kokonilly!!!!!!! That is uber awesome!
109 – Thankee! I am utterly delighted. Of course, everybody else in my class hates me…
106- I want to find out who did that, and shake ens hand.
97- King is apparently a very nice guy, from what I’ve read. He does a lot of charity stuff and he wants to buy a ticket to space with Richard Branson. I’m just not sure I’d want to be in the seat next to him on the flight… he might tell me horror stories the whole way up!
107- YAY! GREAT!!!
108/111-
NAZI ZOMBIES ARE COMING!!! RUN FOR COVER!!!
Beavo got an iPod Touch.
Beavo likes his iPod Touch.
Beavo also figured out how to jack videos off of YouTube, which made his day considerably better, considering it was already trying it’s hardest to be the worst day ever.
Well. I got in my daily exercise in today by finding a driver for the tree service that was dumping off some logs so dad could saw them on his sawmill. (yes, my family has sawmill, doesn’t everyone?) The guy didn’t seen to grasp the fact that because he was three driveways away he was in the wrong driveway……about the third time I gave up trying to give directions (get out of that driveway, turn right, count two driveways and turn right again across from the big mailbox with the number ****** on it) and just told him to sit tight and I’d come show where he was supposed to go. *sigh* Adults.
Besides that I’ve been making myself a calendar. It’s rather nice, if I do say so myself and I’m entirely pleased with the April and August pages. June and July are pretty good too. May reminds me of Beavo because it’s black and lime green (and some other colors, but originally it was all black and lime green). I needed a calendar and wasn’t going to buy one (even at a reduced rate) when I had already missed a month.
I’m such a miser and for whatever reason this Christmas I didn’t get a calendar like I usually do….whatever.
I like mine. The month part is the design, kind of hard to explain, but it’s pretty cool. Instead of having perfect squares on some the grid is purposely skewed and on others it’s floating boxes. The August one is somewhat retro looking (sorry GAPAs, I do consider 50s/70s inspired “retro”) It’s entirely awesome. Black, grey and yellow with really crisp lines. Yess, happy.
Okay, so I’ve talked for too long about nothing at all. I’ll stop now.
114~ I hate you. I’ve seen an iPod Touch. They’re amazing. However, I’d probably not be able to use it, for some weird reason touch screens hate my hands and don’t always work properly. Grr.
nah, I don’t hate you. I’m just ENVIOUS.
There, I used the right word Robert. Enjoy your dictionaries.
Oh. My. goodness. This is really, really bad. I mean REALLY BAD. I’m providing a link, but I don’t think it’ll be snipped. I found this from another forum I belong to. www . amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=B001KPZ2GQ/ref=nosim/jwalkassociateA
Looks like one of those Anglo-German banjos.
i have a favorite show for every day of the week!
monday: house
tuesday: fringe
wednesday: lie to me
thursday: bones
friday: dollhouse
sunday: simpsons
well, not every day. but i noticed something! they’re all on fox! aaahhh! don’t judge me! oh, and dollhouse hasn’t aired yet, but it’s on this friday and it looks absolutely flamablamablous. joss whedon = ♥
94) Nope not me…I live nowhere near Ohio. That would be really weird though!
97) If he really said that, I might give him a medal.
119) So on Fringe yesterday, the thing the guy turned into on the plane really reminded me of one of the monsters from the 39824723 Godzilla movies. I don’t remember which one…*wikis* hmm he looked a bit like destroyah…ANYWAY
I hope that’s the last of the “tank” stuff because I’m getting kind of tired of that. Also UGH nosebleeds ugh ugh.
I think JJ has a think for scenes involving planes
speaking of which lost is on in an hour!
I think I’m getting a cold as well…ugh…
119- What? Joss Whedon? I shall have to investigate…
My head hurts. A LOT. It hurt when I got up this morning and I went though an entire day trying not to fall asleep or move my head too much, then I came home, put on like twenty layers (two wool sweater, two cotton shirts, sweatpants, three pairs of socks, and a wool skirt), sat down in the armchair, and fell asleep until Mother came home. I put analgesic balm on my head, but it still hurts. I’m not going to school tomorrow. It’ll be the first day I miss, but one must draw the line somewhere, and if you can’t speak, smell, or move your head, you probably shouldn’t be in school.
Anyway, new topic, one not revolving around my annual three-month illness: I spent the evening on IMDb looking at the various actors various people have suggested for various roles in JS&MN. There were a few good suggestions for Strange (including Ioan Gruffudd, but I shall always think of him as Hornblower and no one else), and I liked the idea of Tilda Swinton as the Gentleman (yes, I know she’s a girl! But she could pull it off anyway; she’s played guys before). No good Norrells, a couple decent Childermasses (maybe) and very little info on anyone else. In my opinion, they should get a bunch of obscure English actors whom no one has heard much about (I’m sure England’s swarming with marvelous actors who never get cast), and make a BBC miniseries about it, if they make it all. I rather hope that they won’t. Actually I hope they’ll make up their mind about it. It’s not a good idea, but if they must do it, say so! The fans are waiting in suspense!
Also a great many people suggested Johnny Depp for various roles. I say NO!
84- Oh, I feel your pain. Literally, mine still hurt from monday although I did manage to eat an apricot without copious grimacing today, things are looking up
I started volunteering in a rest home today for Duke of Edinburgh. Wow. Never go to a rest home. It was horrible, all the carers talked to the elderly like they were 3 years old for goodness sake! Like, when a man didn’t like the food they said (with all sincerity, but sounding obviously demeaning ((not the right word, can’t think of it right now, but demeaning will do- like talking down to someone))) ” Your tastebuds are not working, they will be better soon” goshh…rude much? and then when some of the elderly wanted the gravy poured out of the bowl the carer said to me “picky old ********s” realllly rude!!!
I was pretty taken aback, but there is some concern about this kind of stuff happening on a MUCH worse scale in rest homes throughout NZ. On the bright side my South African friend/ elderly person carer for taught me how to peel oranges. And chop them into mush…I don’t think that they were MEaNT to be mush but mine ended up that way.
GAPAs: By my name on the Whos Here (I was reading through all that stuff looking for info about Wungs, to not much avail, can some one help me? What are they?) there is a male/female sign (can’t remember which) the ones with circles and an arrow or a cross on them…what does it mean? Why is it only on a few people? Why am I one of them?
I need to concentrate on getting straight “A”s this semester, and I really can’t afford any distractions (like MuseBlog)…So, until the next vacation, I must bid you all adieu. Bye! *waves* *steps into random elevator, which rises out of the cyberspace*
My gosh. It’s… pink. The Museblog is pink.
I must say, I’m rather stunned.
It’s 8:51 on Thursday, and I am not at school.
This is weird. Last night was weird. I woke up at 3:43 and lay there staring at the clock for what seemed like hours but was actually only four minutes. I would close my eyes and go to sleep, then open them again to find that the time hadn’t changed at all. At one point I dreamed that it was six-thirty and I got up and went to school, then I opened my eyes and it was only five, and the thought of playing violin with this headache was torture.
123- Good bye, IBCF!!! See you later!
124- Hello, Faye!
117- -blink- That’s not a banjo…
119- The Office totally pwns anything else that might be on TV on Thursday. Sorry.
And to make a bad day better, try to defeat the badness by staring at the person next to you. Eventually your stare will make them uncomfortable and make them do wierd things. Don’t say anything, just keep a straight face. And laugh manically to yourself on the inside.
Bye, IBCF!!! We shall miss you while you’re gone.
So, I’m happy. That sore throat I woke up with yesterday is gone, and I don’t feel too particularly sick today, so hopefully it was just a 24 hour thing…..although, given that my roomie has had a cold for about a week, and I probably got the bug from her, I would be really surprised, although pleasantly so.
127–uh-uh: Bones is by far the best. It is the most awesome, hilarious show imaginable. Although, House and NCIS are pretty dang good as well. Those are probably my three favorite tv shows…..
129 – Well, then I guess well have to agree to disagree!
130–I think I can manage that…..
100.- You will not gain much from reading it.
117- That’s quite a banjo!
120- J.J. gave a great talk at TED. It’s on the website (TED .com).
121- I think Johnny Depp might be good.
122- They are in place for gender neutral names, to clear up confusion over use of pronouns.
123-IBCF! Bye!
124-Faye! Hi!
My school is so stupid. They’re selling tickets to Inkhart, but since it’s a PTO sposored event, you also have to buy a ticket for a parent/guardian to chaperone you. Now, if you buy the ticket at the counter, you have a lower price and you can get in without an adult.
And WHO designed this? And WHY are they running ANYTHING?
117 – Uh, that’s an accordion.
121 – Kneading or massaging the space between your first finger and thumb helps headaches. Feel better soon!
Bye, IBCF!
My teacher gave me an old “Astronomy” Magazine that was a library discard!
84, 122- Ughhh, totally feel your pain. I have top braces designed to help two teeth come in, and apparently they’re just about to come in, so I got a twisty hurty wire on the brackets today and it HURTS!!!!! Bad!!!!
OMG I love Maria and Jasmin soooooo much!!! They burned a mix CD and forced the gym teachers to play it during PE. They’re getting requests for a new one, and it’s so much better now that there’s a beat to do things to. I noticed the last two gym classes being easier for me, and I don’t seem to get tired as quickly. I notice that when the radio is playing at the rock wall too. I guess I’m just one of those people who needs music to recharge.
Oh, and our car got rear-ended on Tuesday when we were going to rehearsal. The person behind us at the light sped up for yellow and we slowed down, so there was a big crash and Mom called the cops. The other woman freaked out and started crying hysterically when she found out Mom was on the phone with 911. So we were obviously late, and my left shoulder still hurts from being thrown forward. It was so funny though, when I got in I was like, “Hi, sorry I’m late, we got rear-ended” and the director was like, “OK, it’s fine, you’ll have to share a script with some– wait, YOU GOT REAR-ENDED?? Are you OK??” I thought people only did that in books and movies, not real life!
Hey, can anyone tell me which issue of Muse the article about Ditch Day at Caltech was in? Muchas gracias, adios!
October 2004. It’s listed at https://musefanpage.com/NewFiles/back_issues.html .
121- Is it a headache, or a migraine? I get migraines (and oh goodness I finally have medication for them o joyous day), and if you put an icepack over your occipital lobe(I think that one) then it helps, maybe it does for headaches as well.
124- Hello Faye. I was wondering where you’d gone.
And yes. The colors still throw me off. It’s just… I don’t know. If they GAPAs want to play with them then they can. But it is a bit mind-boggling.
I have a cold. And maybe a fever. But I had an in class essay for History today. And another tomorrow. I can’t miss. ANd I wanted to stay for tech today, so I didn’t go home after history (first hour), and tomorrow after school is pictures for Photo Club (plus the second essay).
This is hell and we can’t leave
138- noooo! i don’t have that one! >.o i’m gonna go look for it at school tomorrow cuz i really want to read that article again!
139- I have no idea what the difference is between headaches and migraines. It’s only ’cause I’m sick.
Heh heh. We’ve been doing these government-mandated writing assessments in school, and yesterday’s prompt was something about your favourite place to go to relax or have fun. I wrote about MuseBlog. Mostly Harmless is finally confronting the government, in a way.
I, unhappily, get migraines depressingly often. For me, they’re usually accompanied by nausea, but it is different for everyone. I should get a prescription for them, seeing as they can be excruciatingly painful, and come once a month or so, but so far I haven’t. And ibuprofen no longer helps.
140- That’s definitely one of my favourite articles of all time.
132 — Ahhh that was so cool! I’m always interested to hear more about the “creative process”, especially concerning Lost. I’m bookmarking that site for future use…Thanks!
I get awful headaches every so often…I don’t know if they’re migraines or not but I think they would figure somewhere in the “COLOSSAL PAIN” category.
118~ I thought you’d get a kick out of that, being both banjo and concertina player. Just be careful if you ever get a hankering to make one yourself!
134~ Actually, it’s a Anglo system concertina….the point is that it’s most emphatically not a banjo, as the kit advertises. It’s just amusing.
124~ Hi again! *hugs and then pies*
Well. It’s cold today and that’s pretty much all there is to be said. I’m still reading the Hornblower books, up to book 5! ♥ ♥ ♥ I’m hopeless.
Hum. On Sunday is the concert and I managed to get a seat right next to my friend’s and they’ve said they’d take me, this is good. This means that I don’t have to have my mom (who doesn’t like the band) take me, or my dad (who thinks they’re funny and indulges in “tourist behavior” when he is in situations out of the norm. Groan). So, that’s good.
And on Monday I go to get a physical exam to attch to my application for becoming a trainee on the brig Niagara on Lake Erie this summer. *hopes desperately* I REALLY REALLY REALLY REALLY REALLY REALLY REALLY want to go. *continues to hope desperately* I also really hope I can take a concertina on board with me. I could probably tear myself away from at least one instrument for 4 weeks, but from both would be torturous indeed. And, since the concertina is the smaller, cheaper (mine’s a cheapie) and less likely to fall apart on a ship (I don’t even want to think how tuning my violin would be; HORROR) that’ll probably have to be the one to come with me. Sadness. I know I sound pathetic, but not playing an instrument for a month (even if you’re relatively good) is hard. Not just because you miss it but when you get back you have to build up stamina again and get your fingers going. Ugh. It’s like going way backwards….not good at all. *sigh* But I suppose it’ll have to be endured. After all, I’ll be sailing on a tall ship!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I’m so excited.
(144) Good luck, Midnight Fiddler! That sounds so exciting! *envies*
145~ I’m incredibly excited. Of course, I also want to go to Mystic Seaport for their annual Sea Music Festival……mmmmmm.
I’m also hoping to someday get to a CDSS camp weekend…that sounds like another version of heaven. *sighs and dreams*
Weird, my “a” key was acting odd for a minute. It didn’t go down the way it normally does. Huh, well it’s working again. *puzzled*
Hi Midnight Fiddler and Lady B.! Hi everyone!
I’m just stopping by to let you know that I am still alive.
I have to go collapse in bed now, since I woke up at about 4:30 this morning and haven’t rested since. I don’t know if I’ll be back in the morning, but I hope to come on soon for more than a quick post!
I hope you are all doing well…
RtH
I’m so glad it’s almost Friday.
I lose! Aww.
I think I’m getting sick. Blahh.
144- Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh I’m horribly horribly jealous. I was drawing tallships in Biology and my teacher said something like “Are you sure that’s the kind of sails that ship would have?” and I said, “No, of course not. I just can’t draw ships for the life of me.” So he gave me a picture of the Niagara and I copied that, and it looked pretty good…
I must get more Hornblower. I really don’t have time to read nowadays–or rather, I don’t know what to read. The thought of trying to read “classics” right now exhausts me, but I like classics. That’s really all I want to read. Maybe some good nautical fiction will excite my interest in reading again.
147- Good night!
148- Everyone’s sick, I swear. And then they have to go to school in order not to miss tests etc., and they get everyone else sick. School should just close during cold season.
150–sounds good to me. Although, given that it was my roommate who (probably) got me sick, I s’pose it wouldn’t have done (do) and good…..Ah, well. I can’t really blame her–when two people share a room only a bit bigger than the average bed room (if any bigger, I’ve not actually decided yet–emptier, yes, bigger…..not sure) it’s awfully hard for a person not to get sick if their roommate is sick, no matter how careful the sick person is.
Anyway, I’m off to bed–gotta get up at 6:45 to get to my 8 o’clock class. (I HATE 8 o’clock classes–they should be forbidden. 10 o’clock, at earliest.)
g’night, all.
My school starts at 7:30. I get up at 5:45 to catch my bus(which comes at 6:30) and I get to school at 6:50.
I am not ready for today at all. I’m really tired, I have a health quiz I didn’t study for, and I’m testing for my green belt at karate tonight.
My school starts at 8:04. I get up at 6:15, catch my bus at 7:15, and get to school at 7:35. However, Eva’s mom drives her now, so sometimes I get a ride with them, in which case I leave the house at 7:35 and get to school at 8:00.
152) You do karate ! Cool !
I’m surviving skiing in the alps !!!
Yay, Friday! I just found out that they have Choose Your Own Adventure books in Spanish! And my teacher’s letting me read the ones he has! Anybody else here a fan of CYOA?
What is this, a get-up-early contest? Well, convocation starts at 8:05 but you’ve got to be in chapel before they close the doors. So I get up at 6:30, my dad takes me to school at 7:30, and I get there at about 7:50.
150- You’re right- some of my friends have been out of school for so long we’re wondering if the transfered out.
Dang. I’m bored. I need to start posting on more threads. How’s the latest segment of BA:TNG going?
I want to drop out of Karate, but my parents wont let me because my grandmother is footing the bill.
Today I contacted my friend who I haven’t seen face to face in years. I’ve changed a bit since we last saw each other, so we sent pictures and e-mailed back and forth. It was really interesting to see what she’s been up to, and she was boggled by my eyeliner and My Chemical Romance shirts.
What a long week. I sprained my ankle, had three or four tests and quizzes, spent eight hours in a car for driver’s ed, and found out my friend cuts herself. Wonderful.
150- Man, I know. I’m still sick (actually I think I got worse D: This is what comes of going to school to write the essays –_– I was sniffling so much that the teacher came over and put the box of Kleenex on my desk
), but I had to go to school, and I know I’m not doing anyone any favors. Plus I have to take the ACT early tomorrow, that won’t be too much fun.
On the subject of the ACT, I probably should have studied for that. Alas. I spent the week on history, which isn’t on it. *sigh* Oh well. I’m aiming for at least a 30 in all subjects (though I may get high 20s in math/science depending on how this one is–I know the ACTs are supposed to be generally the same level of hardness each time, but they aren’t really) and I think if I try hard enough I can get 34/35 in english/reading.
We shall see. Depends on how this bloody cold is doing I suppose (and actually, now that I think about it, it is literally a bloody cold, it gave me a bloody nose earlier today).
When did I turn into such a rambler? I suppose it’s the amount of space between my posts.
My cell phone was stolen today.
160–oo. Dang, that sucks. *hugs* Any idea who did it?
Gar! I lost the Game. Thanks, КарÑн.
159- Good luck on that! I’m sure you’ll do fine. I’m only a sophomore, but I got a 32 on it this last fall, so hopefully I’ll be able to get a good enough scholarship to get a full ride to college. Don’t worry about rambling. I think everyone does that on this thread. Well, if you’re not satisfied with your score, you can blame it on that cold. That’s what I usually do.
160- Did you call your provider and cancel it yet? If you haven’t, you’d better do so ASAP. Most companies can get you a new phone and transfer all of your contacts, etc. over without too much fuss.
Re: Karate: I teach taekwondo! It’s really fun! :]
I looooovvvveeee mac and cheese. I want some now but it’s really late. Aww.
Haha I eat way too much.
A dog pooped in my room last night. Not fun.
my cat woke me up and 9:45. not a happy experience. but it’s almost 60º out! so hooooray! i love fluctuating chicago weather. and also i’m getting a new phone so hooooray again!
Wow, everybody’s having a bad day.
Dad isn’t back from his errands, and we’re supposed to go down town today.
Yesterday, I saw Corlaline, and everybody I had rejcted going to the theatre was there, so I had to hide behind Clarissa’s mom.
Whee I’m so excited for the contradance tonight! How will I ever wait for ELEVEN HOURS????? Ahhh the agony. On the other hand, maybe I can finish my cape by then.
I’ve been doing a lot of sewing lately–not big projects, just little mending or embellishing projects. I have a pair of blue jeans that I absolutely love, but they started to get holes, so I took pretty scraps of fabric and mended them. And then mended them some more. And some more. Now they’re a veritable riot of color with like twenty patches. They’re amazing.
Also I have a red wool cape that my mom made from a blanket a couple years ago Halloween. It wasn’t meant to look great, and still looks pretty much like a blanket. There’s no lining, the edges are frayed, it had been fastened at the neck by a safety pin until that started to destroy it, at which point I saw fit to stitch it closed. I’ve been meaning to make it wearable for a while now, and the night before last I needle-felted a twisty sort of tree up the side in light brown wool. Then I started to hem it with bias tape. I still need to make a lining and I want to embroider dark green in the center of the branches.
My sister is screaming and inflicting horrible violence on me because she’s been up for fifteen minutes and hasn’t got the internet. Oh, the tragedy.
I’m mostly done with my math. only History, Science, and three essays left! I’ve been ill for a while.
Museica (Found at https://musefanpage.com/blog/?p=1469 ) has declared a National Anthem contest! Make up a song a post it on the thread (link at top of post)
167- I wish my mom would let me mend my clothes. She just throws them out if they get the slightest bit ripped or stained and it’s horribly wasteful.
OMG I just had a great idea for my novel!!!! I gotta write it!! It’s sooo cool! OK OK OK so I’m kinda hyper right now…
169- I have heard your request and answered. See what you think!
The dance is tonight. I’m ecstatic. I can’t wait. I’m going to get to see all my old friends again! *clicks heels together in a happydanceical way*
17- That is wasteful. And kind of sad. Stuff is just so much cooler once you’ve done things to it. You can patch or embroider over stains, and darn holes, and stitch seams up or replace zippers, and then you like the piece all the more for having put effort into it.
How hard is it for a non-american to get into an American college/university?
My friend (from Canada/Scotland/China/NZ but switchs between Canada and NZ, mostly NZ) laughed at me when I said I wanted to go to one…
162-The Game….is “The Game” the game that you lose when you think of it? wow…it truly is worldwide…I wrote it on my friends notebook so she always loses, it;s great…anyway…I lost it.
174: Awwww, you made me lose the Game! It was going so well, too! THANKS, КарÑн. That’s three people. Was that your intention?
gosh dang it you just made me lose the game. every time i see my friend kenzie she always says. “i just lost the game.” drives me nuts. GGRRRRR!
perfect way to get back at her 
174- that is a great idea
Here (about the game):
http:/ /xkcd . com/391/
Whoa, I haven’t been here in a while!! *pies to all*
I guess I’ve been wicked busy………lots of new threads!! And new colors!! *is overwhelmed*
174–I really don’t think it is all that particularly much harder for a non-US citizen to get into a US college. I mean, where I’m attending, there are quite a few foreign students (I often see/hear various orientals–chinese, mainly, I think–as well as Indian–as in, from India–and there are probably pelnty of others I just haven’t noticed). For one thing, being from out of country could easily be beneficial to getting accepted, as school’s seem to be all about diversity. And of course, depending on the sort of school that you’re looking at (as in, a specialized something, like, say, music performance, or a more general broader sort of school; or state school vs. private school) the criteria for anyone varies. State schools, I think, tend to generally accept more or less anyone who applies, where as private colleges are probably more selective, but I think again, whatever criteria they are going off of are not county of citizenship, but rather academic & other criteria.
Of course, you would have to pay out of state tuition! (great fun, that…….no clue if it is more for out of country than merely out of state, kinda doubt it, but you never know…..)
177-
Thanks again! Lost again! What was that supposed to mean, anyway?
(179) Actually, some state schools are very competitive and may have quotas for out-of-state students.
181–ah, ok. I stand (sit) corrected. I guess they probably are more competitive than I generally think of them as being.
I would say however, Elwing, that if, when it comes time to apply, you still want to attend a US school, then apply to those that you are interested in, but also apply to a university in New Zealand that you would be fine with going to, if you weren’t accepted to the others.
Anyway, it probably depends on the school how competitive they are……
MUSEBLOG NEWS
This Isnt Dora Month
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February is Random Thread: International Month of Exploration and Discovery, Part 1! Astronomers, sailers, and scientists rejoice!
Museica Anthem Contest Declared!
After the almost dying-out of the thread, TMFA has made an attempt to rejuvenate the thread with the contest to decide the surprisingly non-existent anthem. Aggrfishi has entered on based on the US of As, and POSOC has tried but found a bad case of writers block. Participate at https://musefanpage.com/blog/?p=1469 .
Smilies Replaced!
Unexpectedly, people had debated on the HG2MB thread ( https://musefanpage.com/blog/?p=1325 ) about replacing the arrow, the question mark, and/or the exclamation point smiley. It was finally decided that
would represent the wung, since, in Rainbowstars words, no one knows what they look like. The exclamation point and the question mark were replaced by 
and 
, drawn by Piggy. MBers love them, as bookgirl_me states, Wow ! I love the pies !
Word of the Day: Poetry
On the Poems and Songs thread ( https://musefanpage.com/blog/?p=1602 ), Aggie has made a trend with poetry by finding a word on a dictionary website, and using it in a poem. Following in her footsteps are two other poets- Nthanda the Laugher and Zinc the sorceress. So far, the word charter is:
Aggie: Virtuoso, unwitting, erstwhile, and denigrate.
Nthanda: Clepe.
Zinc: Extraneous and rictus.
183–actually, it was the exclamation and arrow that were replaced by pies, not the question mark. Not that it matters……..
184: *brain lapse* Agh!
What would the world be like if wookies were atributed to LOTR instead of Star Wars?
149~ That’s so funny, so you have a picture of the very ship I plan to spend time on this summer. *twilight zone music plays* Funny also that you drew a picture of it….the screen saver of my cell phone is a drawing I made from a picture. (None of the photos I had fit the screen properly.)
I’ve been plowing my way through the Hornblower series, I’m on the…..fifth. I think. Moms two books ahead of me and gaining, drat. After I finish the series I really must get myself back into some semblance of discipline again. (hah) I’ve not been getting much schoolwork done (with both my mom and I thoroughly buried in books) it’s not really been helping with my, ah, “scholastic progress”. Not the best situation since I’ll have to do work through the summer in order to get closer to my grade in some subjects (*cough math cough*) and if I’m gone for a month that means I’m going to have to do even more in less time. *groan*
But I want to read the Patrick O’Brian books, I’ve not read them before. *sigh* Of course, if I want nautical themes I should apply myself to The Arts of the Sailor, The Rigger’s Apprentice and Seamanship in the Age of Sail, preferably with extra time and cordage at hand. Perhaps a needle and palm and marlinspike.
Oh yes, must get myself a marlinspike and rigger’s knife……perhaps we can get the forge going sometime, that would be good. I’ve wanted to make a knife for some time now, and we have a pattern for a rigger’s knife. (Flat blade, wider at the top, blunt and with a small point that acts as a ripper. They put my jackknife to shame.)
167~ It’s so cool that you have dances in your area. *jealous*
Your sewing projects sound fun, reminds me of how I improved a pair of my jeans. Let me first say that I hate straight leg jeans, I much prefer flare style jeans. So, I got a pair that fit perfectly, except they were straight and too long (I’m vertically challenged). So, I cut the bottoms off, unsewed the outside seams and used the trimmings from the bottom to make triangular pieces to make them flared. I sewed them with purple embroidery floss on the outside, so they look quite nice. I have another pair that may be beyond saving, since most of the seat is so thin one could almost poke their finger through it. *sigh* But they’re my favorites! I shoudl probably let them go though, since I’ve had them since I was about 11 or 12. (5 years ago O.o)
187- You don’t have dances in your area? I must say I’m rather shocked. You seem to have everything else.
Also, embroidery floss rules.
ACK! I just realized there’s been Celtic music on the radio for the past hour and forty minutes and I forgot! So I turned it on and it was playing something I recognized. How exciting! I dunno what it was, since it also ended five seconds after I turned on the radio, but still.
(Please forgive the double post)
170~ Wow. If my parents replaced my clothing every time it got ripped or stained we’d be clothes shopping every day of the week (horror). I can manage to mess up my clothing even when I’m not doing anything that one would think dirty or liable to rip fabric, and when I do more than read, practice and eat the risks go even higher.
I’m hopeless.
Today was entirely lovely, it got up to 60 degrees (F) and I had my door open all day (still open, in fact, but it’s still all nice and warm). We did laundry, loads and loads of it, which too all day, since we don’t have a dryer (grr) and therefore have to hang each garment on the line. When that gets too full (or we run out of clothespins) we have to take down what’s dried and out up more. And shuffle baskets of clean, dirty and wet laundry from the house to the wash house (aka my room), and on muddy days like today it means that my room now has the deposits from several pairs of muddy boots tromping in and out all day. *sigh*
but because we had flurries of activity every 50 minutes or so we took today to read in between loads, so that’s pretty much all we did. do laundry, read and eat chocolate. Not a bad day, in all.
And tomorrow is the concert. And the day after that is the physical exam. And the day after that I can (hopefully) send in my application to the Niagara. And next month we’ll go back to Jamestown for Military Through the Ages which is an awesome event and I’m completely looking forward to it except for two things. One, it will make me all sad because I want to be camping and wearing my own clothes (I refuse to call them “costumes” That makes it sound like I’m a clown or something, they’re clothes.) Besides, I like 18th century woman’s clothes, they’re so lovely and mine are made to fit me, not like the one’s that I have provided for interpreting in. I mean, they fit, but they weren’t made specifically for my body, and historical dress really does need to be made individually to get the best possible fit. Well, all clothes should be, but don’t get me started on a rant…..
It feels nice to play and has a good sound. So does mine, but they’re all so individual, it’s like different friends.
And second, I know that the next time we go down I’m going to have to give Dennis back his violin. He was so very kind in letting me take it home to play with, and I have my own lovely instrument that I will be glad to play regularly again, but I’ll miss it.
But I am looking forward to March.
And then April! Whee! Market Fair at the fort and I get to see all my friends again and play music until I drop and probably do the Beggar’s Opera again once or twice. *bliss* I can’t wait!
Three months in advance is enough to talk about now, so I’ll off the check other threads and leave this very long post to the long suffering GAPAs to moderate. (Sorry all!)
188~ We might have a Morris group or something in a nearby town, but I can safely say that I’d probably have to go at least 45 minutes away. You also need to realize that I have to go other places for ships and living history events, they’re not all in my backyard….or back woods, which might be more appropriate…
I have to go 6 hours to VA for ships, and 45 min. to the F&I fort. Other events and things are often further away.
The town I live in is actually pretty small on interesting things to do.
190- Oh, my. I was under the impression the ships were closer. Even I might be able to find a tall ship if I drove for six hours. Sometimes during the summer I can find ships just by walking for ten minutes, but I can never go on board.
I might be able to find living history too if I looked hard enough. I’ve heard of it, I’ve just never found out how to join.
Yay! Hiya MB! I’m back! It feel like I haven’t been here in forever!
Gosh, school is busy. However, I’ve found that I’m also a lot more relaxed in my average school day because I’m taking Madrigals, an advanced chorus for those who don’t know. Every time I seem to tell someone I’m in Madrigals, they say, “What’s that?”. 
It’s kind of funny.
191~ Ships: there’s the Maryland Dove in St. Mary’s city, MD which is a few hours away, but we go to Jamestown Settlement because we have a friend we stay with there while we volunteer as costumed interpreters on the ships (my mom and I do this). We’ve never been sailing though, because they mostly have dockside interpretation and don’t go sailing that often. Also, there’s some friction between interpretive and sailing staff,which is too bad because I think they could both learn a lot from each other.
There’s also the USS Constellation in Baltimore (maybe an hour or so away) which is lovely, but doesn’t sail. There’s maintenance, and I know that they make sure the people working on her know what they’re talking about as far as ships and Navy goes, but I’d like to sail. Although, I’m interested in joining (someday) a group that does some things with that ship. So who knows?
There’s also the Kalmar Nyckle in Delaware that’s several hours away but sails regularly. We might be looking into that, I’m not sure, but Mom sounded interested. Of course, there’s the Niagara, but that’s a ways away too.
There are others that I haven’t looked into as thoroughly yet, but hope to sometime.
Living history: I must admit that I live in an area where there’s a lot of local history from different time periods, Antietam battlefield (one of the bloodiest battles in history) was fought not too far away form where I live, and soldiers retreated over the creek I live on. Also, there’s a French and Indian War fort (the “fort” I’m always talking about) 45 minutes or so away that I’ve been doing things at since forever. Then there’s Ft. McHenry in Baltimore from the War of 1812…..so, I’m inn an area that’s got a lot of history anyway, but finding a group that you can do things with shouldn’t be too hard. I know you’re interested in colonial era, which unfortunately there isn’t much of in Washington. (Maryland was the “frontier” back then….) However, there’s bound to be other enthusiasts, even if it’s there’s not a lot of local history from that time period. I’d recommend looking up the National Rendezvous and Living History Foundation, I think they have some events in the northwest. Mind you, rendezvous isn’t always (in fact, it’s rather rarely) very historically correct, but it might be a starting point if you know what to look for and are willing to do some independent research and not believe everything people will tell you about how to do a historical impression. I think you’d be able to tell pretty well though.
Living history people love to talk, so just ask them questions and they’ll probably take you in with open arms. Or you could come out to the East…….
SCIENCE OLYMPIAD REGIONALS WERE AMAZING! I GOT SECOND IN KEEP THE HEAT! I HAVE A LOVELY SHINY SILVER MEDAL! YAAAAAAY!
194–Cool. Congrats!
Congratulations, Kokonilly!
195, 196 – Thank you! I am very hyper right now. Regionals was insane!!!
197–Have some sugar and caffeine, that’ll be sure to calm you down.
198 – For some reason, I think that wouldn’t work. And if I described everything that occurred today (impossible, naturally), you would see why. And if you met my team. Nearly every single person on my team is insane.
199–oh, I’m quite sure you’re right. Sugar and caffeine really aren’t the most calming. Although, I’ve never found that they really make anyone hyper, just that everyone claims they do (see ancient Muse Q&A).
Insane people are fun. They make life so much more interesting. I wish I knew some insane people in real life, but, well, I don’t really have any actually real life friends……sad, I know, but really kind of true.
Wow….praying for the people in Victoria, Australia….I don’t know where you live Insane MLDM but…keep safe!!!
The fires in Aus caused our skies to turn yellow…it was also 35 deg. today…LeWoah. Im kind of freaked out…there has already been a fire in Nelson area I think,,,and all fire dangers are high…also, our grass is hay :S
192: hahaha yup…we have “Madrigal Choir” at school and someone will ask me “where are you going?” and then “Madrigal Choir” always followed by “what the…..Magical Choir? what’s that?”
Well, Im going to make choc-chip banana muffins for meine freudins at school and the temperature has “cooled” to 30 deg. (celcius…by the way)
Gooooood. morning MB! This will most likely be the last time I’ll be on here for a while. School is crazy and I really shouldn’t be on here right now anyway. I should be writing for English.
Congrats Kokonilly!
201)
Congratulations, Kokonilly! That’s great! It’s so exciting to win. Is your team going on to States?
Our regional competition is on the 21st, and I’m still not ready. I doubt I’m winning anything this year.
Oh, Luna, I’ve been meaning to ask you something. Are you in any danger of being buried in lava and/or ash by the various volcanoes in Alaska?
It’s been quite warm around here the last few days. It got up to about 60 degrees yesterday. 60 degrees! Last year at this time it was snowing and well below zero. I must say, I’m rather liking this “global warming” thing.
Bother.
I left YWP. Sort of. I don’t know…
Things are confusing. Arielle slept over, but it wasn’t exciting. I’m so tired… I knew Sunday was going to be a letdown, but this is just too much.
/gradster(1)/ – Secretary of Bureaucracy of the ASAP
I haven’t been here in a month… My name wasn’t even in the name box when I got here.
Anyways, is anyone here taking one of the AMC tests (math contest) on Tuesday? I’m taking the AMC 10. I’m really hoping to qualify for AIME (next level) this year. (Last year I was so close that if I had left a wrong answer blank, I would have made it.)
204–Piggy, I assume you’re probably sort of specifically thinking of Mt. Redoubt, as it is could (possibly) erupt soon?
Anyway, we definitely wouldn’t get any lava. We could potentially get ash, and I know my parents have got some of those little mask things (y’know, the small cloth like ones to keep out particulates) in case we do get ash. However, whether we get ash at our house is really kind of dependent upon the direction of the wind at the time and the height of the ash plume. It is possible we could, but I think Dad said that our area generally doesn’t get ash from the volcanoes.
I might be taking the AMC 10, provided I can find the permission form my math teacher gave me. I took the AMC 8 in seventh and eighth grade and did decently; I figure I’ve got nothing to lose by taking the AMC 10.
Hmm. Daughters didn’t go to State. Which is naturally rather disappointing, but it does mean I can cut my hair.
194 – Awesome! What did you have to do?
I found the old Beyblades my brothers used to collect in the basement. We used to watch that show.
200 – I know sugar doesn’t make you hyper, but it’s a great excuse to be hyper. Plus, it makes you hyper, and if you think you’re hyper, you’re acting hyper, so you probably are hyper. And insane people ARE fun. I know at least three (and then there’s my Science Olympiad team to consider).
202 – Thank you!
203 – Thank you! And, yes, our school is going to state. I don’t know if I am personally (only 15 people can go, and we have at least thirty in our school), but if I don’t, I will most certainly be there to cheer them on.
210 – We had to build a light insulating device and predict what the final temp. will be after putting hot water. The less points, the better. Score is based on efficiency, not degrees, so if you thing is really light but is four degrees off (as ours was), you do well. If it’s really heavy but you’re right, you may get more points. Then you take a quiz on thermodynamics. We guessed on the quiz: someone on our team said that if we actually studied for the quiz, we could have placed first. But whatever.
Now Mom is trying to disembowl me because I went to Esoterica and had fun. She banned me from it for the fourth time this week. Hasn’t she figured out yet that I’m not staying out?
Cassandra Syndrome was amazing, and the Dreamscape Project were so funny I couldn’t stop laughing for two minutes. Plus, it smelled really good and we got to meet the lead singer’s neice, Meghan, who’s Wiccan and’s pretty cool.
I love the image for the thread!
I have a whole lot of homework I haven’t done yet… blech. But I got The Ladies of Grace Adieu from the Strand bookstore in NYC. It is a fantastic place (very muserly), and I’d like to live there for the rest of my life. Eighteen miles of books!
Also: New York State artsy people (XD) … has anybody ever gone to NYSSSA?
183- I’m mentioned in the paper! Twice! Cool!
Don’t get a big head, Aggie, you’re still an amateur.
I got a 2 in my Solo and Ensemble, which I guess is okay considering I only knew the piece for two weeks. Still, I’m kind of sad, because up until this point I’ve usually always gotten ones. *sigh*
Halloo MB! Hope the weekend went well. I am super buisy. I am supposed to be typing my written component for English but I AM TOO LAZY. Urgh. I guess that means I’m doing it tomorrow at nine. NO! the Debators is on. Must go do english now. Have a good week I’m seeing plays, practicing for the improv competition and rehearsing for a play.
216: I stayed up all night last night at a GS thing. ‘Twas fun.
Okay, so I was watching the 60 Minutes interview with Captain Sullenburger of the flight that landed in the Hudson River, and that man is AMAZING. He is a true hero.
ugh. I’m stuffed. I sorta gave into temptation and ordered myself some pizza from pizza hut…….A large pizza. stuffed crust. And then I proceeded to eat very nearly five slices. So, yeah. “stuffed” describes how I feel perfectly. I really ought to’ve stopped after four.
217 – Haha, that reminds me: On Friday, I stayed at school until 11 working on my Keep the Heat device while watching Ocean’s Eleven.
It paid off, I suppose. And it was fun.
220- staying at school until ridiculously late is actually very fun. Being at school after school has ended for summer is quite excelent as well.
219- Oh I know what you mean. Pizza is a hard temptation to ignore.
I am not doing anything more this summer.
No science camps, no college camps, no art camps, no road trips, no reunions, no college trips, no science projects, no more internships.
I am already teaching sailing, and interning at at least one institution.
I want to be able to continue designing.
And I want to be able to get as much sleep as I want.
I am resolved.
Good for you! The GAPAs are enthusiastically pro-sleep.
Aggghhhh…. This has to be near the top of the “Worst Couple of Weeks Ever” list. I’m sick, I’m getting better, I’m sick again, I’m really sick, I’m a little better, I have school argh argh argh… And at 4 AM this morning I wake up and find that my left eye won’t open properly because I have pinkeye! Of all things! I survived an entire pinkeye epidemic unscathed! The last time I’d seen it was on my sister three years ago! And now I have it, goodness knows how…
Ahhhh woe is me.
If you’re infectious, I think most teachers would prefer you to stay home from school.
TWO-HOUR DELAY!!!!
225- No doubt. But I can’t afford to. My very susceptible early-in-the-semester grades are already looking down, since I went on a field trip on Wednesday and then stayed home on Thursday. I have assignments due that I can’t not turn in if I want an A in the class (for the entire semester!). I’m too sickly to stay home when I get sick. Anyway, I think pinkeye is fine as long as I don’t touch aforesaid pink eye, or share makeup or anything (which’ll be easy since I don’t have any!) My sister was actually in a play while she had pinkeye; she just skipped makeup. I’ve been infectious all winter, it’s just that now, I’m infectious with something different.
All the same, I’ve been wondering: Would this be a good excuse to wear an eyepatch?
I’d say definitely go with the eyepatch. You might as well get some fun out of this.
227- Oh, yes. This will be delightful. I can make up a dramatic story about how I lost my eye and see how many people believe me. And who needs depth perception, anyway?
Actually, school’s canceled, so I don’t have to go anyway! YAY!
My life is weird. Somehow everything has changed… This vacation, I went down a black diamond ski route voluntarily and now I’m skipping a grade and taking classes in a higher grade. Now I do homework, study, stay awake in class, always attend said class. And I’m taking an external french test to prove that I can speak the language really well. My BF isn’t talking to me anymore, but some of the popular girls are…Â
Either I got exchanged by aliens during my ski vacation or my brain froze and thawed again differently. Or I just still can’t adapt to not being in homeschool anymore. This is the longest I’ve been in a real school since 4th grade and I think it’s going to my head…
You know what? Is there anyone else who could use another Classic pie war besides me? I’m sure there are. Viva Zemtee!
I was looking up diplomacy on this website…apparently someone wanted a thread…what happened with that?
The Newseum website lets you see archived newspaper front pages from the days that historical events occurred.
It RAINED today.
And I ♥ Mythology.
Just thought you should know.
Speaking of getting some fun out of pinkeye-ness, I’ve managed to hold my sister at bay by threatening to give her pinkeye if she bugs me.
What quintessentially sisterly behavior!
Here’s something you all might appreciate- for NHS hours/fun on friday (day off school), I’ve signed up to pretend to be a dead body for when the teachers have a practice lockdown. So basically I pretend to be an unruly child and go out in the halls and get shot by the fake gunman. Should be interesting.
(237) Jadestone: I’m guessing that you volunteered for this assignment rather vigorously. Am I right?
237- That’s freaking awesome. Ham it up!
The northern county spelling bee is tomorrow. And it’s at night. ….And there’s supposed to be like 50 people there. That’s gonna take awhile. Not to mention the multiple death threats from my friends if I don’t win. All in good fun, though. I’ll tell you guys how it went tomorrow.
237- Awesome! All we do is have Tornado Drills, which are pointless because we’ve had about one tornado every 5 years, over our quite large county. One person injured in 50 years.
The plan is to go hide in the basement. Well, that’s what some classes do. The other half of the population goes to a hallway on the top floor. Why?
239-Good luck!
238- By the Flying Spaghetti Monster, I shoved two freshman out of the way rather violently to ensure a spot on the list! And then held it out of their reach while I made sure with the person I would get the spot!
And then I told them precisely why I deserved the spot. Not sure they believed me, but soon they will accept me as their God. There is little other choice.
(241) I would have expected no less.
(240) They probably didn’t know whether up or down was safer and decided to split the difference. This way when the storm hits some of you are bound to survive, and they’ll know what not to do next time.
We have the safety thing drills, and the tornado drills, and the fire drills. They’re quite uncommon.
We’ve got fire drills and lockdown drills. They haven’t done a true tornado drill, just told us we’re supposed to all (that is, all eight floors) cram ourselves into the basement, so that we are all packed like sardines against each other. Sounds like great fun.
Then, since school started in August, we’ve had two fire drills and two lockdowns. In the lockdowns, we all are supposed to lock ourselves into the nearest rooms (such as our dorms) until we’re allowed to come out, and yeah, lovely fun.
We’ve got fire drills, tornado drills, and lockdown drills. I don’t think we’ve actually ever had a real fire situation, but we had a 45-minute long tornado warning when I was in third grade, and another in kindergarten. I distinctly recall crouching under a table in the hallway being told a story to keep my friends and me from getting scared.
We’ve had a few emergencies that they don’t prepare us for as well; in 5th grade, there was a gas leak in the school and we all evacuated. Also, about a month ago we had a bomb threat at school. I was sitting in French class and all of a sudden a panicked-sounding woman came on the PA system and said something along the lines of, “Everyone evacuate to your zones ASAP!” No one really knew what was going on for a good half hour, and they brought in dogs to check the school. It turned out everything was clear.
We’ve also had several lockdowns, but I can’t remember the circumstances. I do remember being squished into a minuscule space for a decent chuck of time, though.
One thing that has always struck me as enormously stupid about lockdowns is the “warning system.” If everyone in the classroom is safe, you put a green piece of paper in the window and outside the door in the hallway; if someone is missing or injured you put a red piece of paper in the same locations. Now, correct me if I’m wrong, but I had thought that the point of a lockdown was to get people away from the windows and doors so that the murderer or whoever wouldn’t know that they were there. I don’t see how a large, unnaturally placed piece of paper effectively declaring “we are here and vulnerable” achieves this.
at my school we don’t have fire drills when there is snow outside. at least when we have any kind of drill (lock down, fire, tornado etc.) i’m not surprised. my parents are both high school teachers so i kinda know what ever we have anything out of the ordinary. sometimes on professional development days i’m not allowed to stay in my mom’s room because they bring in the police and shoot of rounds which seems like kind of a waste but whatever.
237- that is so cool. i would love to do that. i thinks it would be fun mayhap. tee hee.
242- A wonderful idea. Use your students as human guinea pigs. [/sarcasm]
207- Well, that’s good that you probably won’t be killed or anything, although cleaning up any ash would not be very fun. And yes, that is the one of which I was mainly thinking.
246 – We did, in seventh grade. In the below-freezing temps, we were forced to go outside and slip and slide on the ice until we were allowed back in. About half the people were wearing t-shirts and/or shirts. It was pretty horrible.
WO! I’m new to museblog, but i never thought it’d be this… flamablamablous!
249- Welcome!
My sister’s yelling at me as usual. Bye.
(249) Welcome! As we’ve said before, in a slightly different context, what else could it possibly be?
who knows? thanks for welcoming me.. i was starting to think that i was the only person on….
We have lockdown drills and fire drills at my school.
252–Not sure if you realize it or not, but…..You’re posting under your alter ego.
My my, no one else has earthquake drills? Not suprising, really; we here on the coast (?) are going to get turned into a peninsula one day, cause of the Pacific plate and the North American plate messing around. And speaking of earthquakes, we had a noticeable one the other day. Just a slight tremble. Nothing much.
We have to create a restaurant for CORE, so I’m calling mine “The Flying Pastry.” (I was going to name it the Hare and Hedgepig, but I didn’t create that one, did I?) The menu consists entirely of pies. (CHOKLIT CREME.)
255–Although we don’t have earthquake drills here at college (not earthquake territory, really), the public schools back home in Alaska do. I remember them from K-2 when I went to public school. They were actually kinda fun–we got to crawl underneath our desks…..
Yesterday was fun. I went to Muffy’s house and hung out for awhile just goofing off before we went to the Gaelic Storm concert. That was so much fun, we were in the balcony, second row (but we moved up to the first in the second half because the people in front of us left) and on some of the songs you could feel it flexing because everyone was dancing. That was amazingly fun, and completely terrified Muffy, who refused to come further towrds the center where the bounce was higher.
I’m not sure if anyone noticed, but a lot of the screaming and cheering came from really close to our seats….erm, I mean the seats where my evil twin and her friends were sitting………wheee! My hands are actually bruised from clapping. That’s incredible, because I so rarely bruise at all, to have even light purple blotches is very surprising. 
Yesss, very fun.
I’ve never been in an earthquake drill. I imagine they would be quite… interesting.
258: Pssh. They’re easy. Bell sounds, get under desk, use one hand to cover head, grip desk with other, then, when all’s clear, we all file out to the playground.
[Snip! No outside contact information allowed — as you know. –Admin.]
I’m so tired. How can I still be awake even? Yesterday I woke up early (for me) after getting to bed late, had a huge full day and went to bed early this morning (like, 2AM or so) then woke up at 8 and couldn’t get back to sleep (an alarm clock going off unexpectedly and texting before my friends were in class had something to do with it). Now it’s almost midnight again and I’m staring at the computer screen. *falls asleep*
G’night. *drags self away*
Oh, and sorry GAPAs if this post disturbs you, I know you’re big on getting lots of sleep.
260–sleep. I want sleep. I’ve been up since 6:45, and i have a splitting headache, and the last thing I want to be doing right now is revising my English paper, and trying to expand a paragraph in my argument that I’m not really even sure I agree with, and was planning on ediiting out for my final draft, but which my teacher commented on as being an “excellent point” but to discuss more. So now i feel obligated to keep in in, and……I don’t know what to do with it.
And I’ve nto gotten enough sleep any of the past few nights. Or all semester, really. Fri night: forget when i went to bed (after 10), then had to get up at 6:45 because our floor was going to the zoo, and meeting at 7:45. Sat night: I was up until 1:30 mostly doing school, then was up the next morning at 9:30, because I needed to be awake and presentable by 12:30, as well as get some stuff done. (It takes a couple hours fro me to be presentable–not to get ready, but for the black and purple bags under my eyes to disappear, and me to look normal, and not like I just crawled out of bed). To be fair, this is true regardless of how much sleep I get, it’s not just because I underslept. Last night: close to midnight before I got to bed (school, mainly) and then up at 6:45 for an 8 o’clock class. Tonight: well, pretty obvious, will be at least midnight, and the up at 8:15. School sucks.
We are doing a science project on bacterial diseases…
guess what I get….Gonorrheoa…
just my luck
242- Ah yes, a science experiment! How uncharacteristically thoughtful of the school. I’m glad I’m in the control, downstairs.
245- We do the same thing, with the green/red papers. I was thinking I should silkscreen a shirt with those words, but it would be hard dying the exact shade of sickly green.
Midnight Fiddler: You mentioned Hervey Garrett Smith’s book, The Arts of the Sailor. Another work by him, The Marlinspike Sailor is fantastic. I cannot say much because it would be too revealing, but I have a very close connection to him.
(262) Elwing:
Your presentation might be enhanced by a cuddly plush toy Neisseria bacterium from ThinkGeek.com. I’ll see if I can find a picture:
That is just…. weird. Where can anyone buy those? The health museum?
I buy them from ThinkGeek: www . thinkgeek.com/geektoys/plush/
266 – I just checked that out…those are so cute!
239 – Good luck! Remember not to get to nervous and that rollick has 2 l’s and a k. And you might want to learn the Spell It! I miss spelling… (Although my sister is showing promise; she won her sixth grade bee.)
I think the last lockdown drill we did was in 7th grade during science class. I recall sitting under the lab tables, while my science teacher yelled at everyone for being too loud and I read Ender’s Game.
268) We have fire drills every year… But we never had anything else. No tornados and earthquakes are very rare. We did get a day off when Bush came over ’cause we were in the security zone and we had “increased risks”. Only about 4 kids from my grade showed up, so they put the 5-8 graders together and let them play dodgeball (I was at home, snoring in bed).
Post, MBers, or I won’t have an excuse to keep procrastinating my homework !
augh I’m going to school right now. It’s so damp and drippy outside…sigh
Okay, who here would want a diplomacy thread?
264- I love ThinkGeek! I’ve bought several of their T-shirts.
263~ I also have the Marlinspike Sailor, and I need to go fish it out from the library before too long. You know/are related in some way to him? Awesome! The folks at Jamestown Settlement (sailing and interpretive staff on the ships) all have battered copies that they carry around in their ditty bags.
I looked like a vampire this morning. I yawned and split my lower lip (ow) which started bleeding more that I expected so when I glimpsed myself in the mirror it was rather funny. That and the purple rings around my eyes that I wish would go away because they’re a lovely shade but they don’t quite set off the color of my eyes as best they could…..
I was rudely awoken at 6:30 by my phone announcing a text message. *dies*
(271) Cromwell: What would such a thread involve?
Awwww, plush bacteria toys, how adorable!! Actually, those are terribly cute.
There’s an astronomy course from the Teaching Company that I’m taking (I’ve talked about it before) and the professor often shows t-shirts that he has that have funny geeky things on them, like one that was “And God said [insert the mathematical formulas for light] and there was light.” It’s always amusing.
ThinkGeek looks awesome! Hmmm, I think I’m venturing into dangerous waters…..
275) There’s a funny german rhyme about that:
Gott sagt: “Es werde Licht !”
Doch Petrus fand das Zündholz nicht.
It means:
God said; “Let there be light !”
But Peter (the saint, not your neighbor) couldn’t find the matches.
It sounds funnier in German…
276~
Yup. It was just amusing because the shirt had these four huge scary looking equations on it.
(277) They were Maxwell’s Equations, the basic equations of electromagnetic waves. Those T-shirts used to be popular at M.I.T. (and no doubt still are). You can see them on Wikipedia at en . wikipedia . org/wiki/Maxwell’s_equations.
278~ Right. I knew that……sort of. The professor is from Univ. of California at Berkley, in one of the lectures he was picking on Sanford….I had to laugh.
Is it Alex Filippenko?
280~ Yes!
Oh my goodness it is such a nice day outside today, like 60 degrees, I just couldn’t force myself to go to tech crew which Aimee (tech director) will probably be mad about, but I have tests tomorrow too. Maybe I’ll go read my book report book outside. I’m doing The Botany of Desire, which is by Michael Pollan (of The Omnivore’s Dilemma). I enjoy it, as expected, he is quite a good writer.
274-Some way of transmitting messages to GAPAs without others seeing them, and a thread for posting previous moves and negotiations, and some kind of adjudicator.
246- taekwondogirl: I teach taekwondo!!!!!
I love thinkgeek!!!
I’m using a lot of exclamation points today. Haha :]
I read A Mango-Shaped Space this weekend. It was very interesting. I need to recommend it to my friend who is synesthetic.
284- Oh, that’s a really good book!
Is it possible to be semi-synesthetic? Because I’m pretty sure I am.
What happened to the Synesthesia thread?
Has anybody else here read Longitude by Dava Sobel? Great writer, and I actually got to meet her back in October.
271-seconded
284- sweetness!!!
I’m bookmarking ThinkGeek.
Ah, I love ThinkGeek. I’ve bought numerous things from it, including the collapsible chopsticks, the ninja remote, and several t-shirts. The drum set one is so amazingly fun.
280~ Why? Do you know him?
wow I really havent been here for a while. Several things have happened but I do not wish to sit and yammer at you so I will hold my ranting to meself.
I don’t know what grade i’m going to be in next year.
9th grade science, 10th grade math,11th grade english 11th grade history, spanish I and 9th grade gym. and some ellectives. It is all horribly confusing, registering for high school and i am wondering how i shall convince my geography teachr that I am not a nutzo for skipping 2 years of history in a row. Merely a nerd. come to think of it, I probably am a nutzo, so he might as well consider me both.
has to go to bed.
shall return when permitted.
WAAAAAUGH!!!!!!! REGISTRATION!!!!!!!!!!
Okay. So this is what I will probably be taking:
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– Honors Am. Lit. (4)
– APUSH (4)
– Spanish 3 (4)
– Honors Chemistry (4)
– CIS (College in the Schools) Anatomy and Physiology (4)
– Gym (2)
– Wellness 3 (1)
– Something, I forget (1)
– Calculus (4)
Uggh……..it’s ten at night, I just got back from my spelling bee, and all I can say is I’M TIRED! I got third place, so I’ll be going to the regional bee, the winner of which will go to D.C.
So far, I’ve determined some of my classes, so my schedule as of what I’m taking:
Geometry
ChemCom or Honors Chem
Honors American Lit. or Brit Lit
Oral Interpretation
Acting 2
AP American History
Chamber Orchestra
I don’t know about orchestra, none of the people in our class are very skilled, but whatever. It fills my credit requirement.
293 – Kokonilly, aren’t you a freshman too? That’s an insane schedule.
We don’t have registration yet, but here’s what I’m planning on taking next year:
Honors English II, Advanced Precal, Symphonic Band, Honors French IV, Chemistry, APES, Civics and Economics. I’m going to take Health as a correspondence course over the summer.
296 – Is is insane. And I can’t even take Driver’s Ed. until senior year, so I have to factor that into my plans… *sigh*