MuseBlog came into being four years ago this month. To celebrate our anniversary, we’re dedicating this month’s Random Thread to our beloved blog itself. As August passes, we’ll cycle through a gallimaufry of images from threads gone by.
Now playing: “July Jam” was the theme for Lady B.’s first Random thread image.
In February 2007, Lady Bunniful was a Photoshop newbie. What better way to learn her way around than to create a valentine for MuseBlog?
The Muse Academy seal, of course.
Another early experiment, the Kokopollihedron became the flag of Museica. From August 2006.
A hot pink salute to the D.C. metro, from January 2007.
From April 2006, the bunny variations that gave Lady Bunniful her name.
To mark “GAPA Appreciation Day,” we give you the “DAPAs” from DisneyBlog, April 2008.
(Users’ Manual: Obey The Rules. Consult The Guide. Have fun!)
Many thousands of cheers for MuseBlog!
And for the GAPAs! 
Hurrah! Many thanks to the GAPAs for their years of valiant service!
YAYAYAY!
∞ Pies for everyone!
∞ Cheers!
Hip Hip Hip Hip Hip Hip…. Horray!
Welcome to August!!!!! The month when you can lie on the side walk and become a gingerbread-person. Yay GAPAs!!!!!!
Happy August! Happy b-day, MB!!!
:face:
Tesseract spotted this during her travels in Japan:
I did seriously consider buying it.
Oh yeah, in Holland, I spotted a pink bunny doll thingy in a gift shop. I didn’t buy it, though.
Pies for August!
Go MuseBlog!
On a completely unrelated note, I’m going to camp and won’t be back on MuseBlog till the end of August.
Yay! Happy Birthday Museblog! Thank you GAPAs for your 5 years of hard work!
Happy birthday Museblog! And thanks to the GAPAs, without whom it would never exist.
Thanks for posting the picture!
Haaappy biiiirthdaaaay dear Muuuusebloooog… haaaapy biiirthdaaay tooo yoouuuuu! *pies everyone* Thank you so much, GAPA(s)!
Did anyone read the comic “Brewster Rockit: Space Guy!” today? I think it applies to us:
Characters:
– Agent X is a CIA agent leading a civilian tour around the ship, has convinced them there are no aliens
– Brewster is the captain who is a moron more or less but funny
– Tour does not believe in aliens
Agent X: *showing tour something*
Brewster(yelling): Agent X! Twelve crewmen are hurt and C-deck is being destroyed by photon torpedoes! This looks liek the work of space squids!
Tour: *stares*
Agent X: *ahem*
Brewster: I mean… uhh… mice.
Heeheegiantspacesquid. Omnomnomships.
Nomnom. Yummy ships.
Stop eating those!!
you get the Chicago Tribune? I never understood that comic.
My homeroom teacher last year asked each person, when it was their birthday, if they wanted the birthday song spoken or sung. Spoken was very funny.
MuseBlog, spoken or sung?
Thank you very much, GAPA, for my online home and psychological escape.
As is appropriate, I appreciate you today – but all the other days, too!
-A
Ah, GAPA apreciation day! Thank-you GAPAs.
*is back in Canada*
One of the things that struck me about the USofA was the size of the people. There are a lot of really large people south of the border. I knew there was high obesity rates in the USofA but I was not expecting it to be quite so aparent. Also: the heat. Washington DC was SO hot. Maybe it’s just because I’m from the land of igloos and polar bears, but I cannot imagine having to wear a suit to work in the summer in DC. I would die in a pool of my own sweat. Beside the heat, I love DC. I want to go back soon.
You don’t have to tell me about the size of people here. I live in the US! My mom worked with an anthropologist once, and he said that, because America is a relatively young country, its inhabitants act like teenagers, going crazy, because we haven’t yet developed a better way of living.
Happy birthday MB!! GAPAs, you are always appreciated, not just today!! Thank you for all the hard work you put in to make MB possible!
happy birthday museblog! But, whats with all the Disney stuff? *is confused*
Whoa. I haven’t been posting regularly here for a while. Except on the Paleo threads, I guess.
Anyway, yesterday was the last day of Pirates of Penzance. It was better than the first night, at least, and it came together pretty well. Better than I thought it was going to, anyway.
The cast party was at some rich person’s house with a pool, a hot tub, and a water slide longer than the entirety of my house.
Also, I had a dream about MuseBlog.
Thank you so much for everything, GAPAs!
And HAPPY BIRTHDAY MUSEBLOG!!
Every day is GAPA appreciation day!
Three cheers for the Great and Powerful Ones!
I’m leaving sometime today to go Up North, and tomorrow is the first day of the sailing adventure! I’m super super super excited.
I almost finished my dress yesterday! I need to stitch it up the back, put in a zipper, hem, put snaps on the sleeves, and grade and overcast the seams. But it definitely resembles a dress. I’m particularly proud of the sleeves. The fabric’s still a bit stiff but I imagine it”ll soften up after it’s been worn and washed a couple of times.
picture?
Yay! Pies for the GAPAs!
My newest hobby: translating various Google products into semi-English languages for them. I just finished translating something called Zipit Frontend into Pig Latin.
FUN
Happy B’day, MuseBlog! I hope to see many more!
((*appreciates GAPA’s*))
Jadestone– I love that comic strip! It must be a pod of unfriendly space squid, not at all Muserly (lol)
The pictures at the top now are hilarious and so creepy, I can’t get over it (still) I think I was the only person who loved DisneyBlog!
It’s showing the old Disney thread for me.
I started training for my second summer job today, which will be working as a docent at a small nature museum.
Happy Birthday, MuseBlog! GAPAs, you are amazing.
Marching Band camp starts on Monday, as does soccer practice. I’m slightly excited and more-than-slightly nervous. I mean, I’m already not extraordinarily good with people, but when you factor in that many of them are older and bigger, well, that is when I begin to do stupid things, such as laugh hysterically at basically nothing for ten minutes, or babble on incoherently (‘coherent’ is my new favorite word) about the birds. Oh, well. There’ll be freshmen like me who are, admittedly, better at hiding their scared feelings, but probably just as freaked out as me.
Happy birthday, MuseBlog, and happy GAPA Appreciation Day! Hey, we had a thread for MB’s birthday and GAPA Appreciation Day last year, didn’t we…why not this year?
Happy birthday MuseBlog, Happy GAPA day, etc.
I’m going to say 2009 = 2008 < 2007 for April fools. if that makes sense.
Rainbowstar and I are BACK!
The longest Kokon in recorded history (9 days in the same campground) finsihed on MB’s birthday.
Nuahaha, aren’t you envious?
Happy birthday, MB!
(And Gwyn says hi too!)
Yup, she’s back (sort of): the creator of MB’s photo!
Anyway, nice to see you and Rainbowstar (oh, sorry, RS, it’s Rainbow*Star now, isn’t it?) again! And say hi to Gwyn for me too.
I agree with Armada, you should send photos. Welcome back, Zinc and Rainbow*Star!
What?!?!? You see, now I’m green with envy! That sounds awesome! Send in some pictures, please!
What’s with the Disney stuff?!
It’s from the ’08 April Fools joke. MB was taken over by Disneyâ„¢. (I love the alt key…)
I is back!
Zinc and I were at sleepaway camp for the last week or so. Sorry for any RPGs I may have neglected.
Happy B-Day MB!! Thank you so much GAPAs for all the wonderful things you do to make my virtual world great.
Love you guys, MuseBlog! I’ve been here for more than half of the time you’ve been around?!?
I was the last person to join in year one!
I’m at the beach, and I wrote “MUSEBLOG.COM” in large letters, and tried to make a wall and a moat, so it wouldn’t be washed away, but those dang kids had to splash water all over it… Maybe I caught someone’s eye…
Happy Birthday, MuseBlog, and thank you, GAPAs, for your hard work all year long moderating and running MuseBlog!!! *PIes pies pies…*
Happy birthday, MuseBlog!
Sadly, I will not be posting until the 28th, for it’s off to the Catskills for me! (No computer at [snip! –Admin.].)
I appreciate
the GAPAs!Yay! MuseBlog’s birthday! Yay!*is over-excited**is senselessly random*
*scrolls to top of thread**sees post 26**lets out horrified shriek*
In other
-free news, I started reading Warriors: Power of Three: The Sight. Yay! *becomes over-excited and senseless again**remembers there is a thread for that*
Happy Birthday, Museblog!!!!!
Hey everyone! I’m back in Canada again, at a marina and using the computer there.
I’m still having a blast, and really not wanting to go home. *sigh* I’ve ben considering extending my time, but I know there are things that must be done back at home, like homework and “real life” back ashore. I’ll miss the ship and my shipmates though, I’ve had a great month.
I should cut this short though, since I have 32 emails to wade through and somehow. Farewell all, fair winds and following seas!
Hello!! My family is stating at my uncle’s house so I have wifi!! *happy dance*
Wah! Bunnies everywhere! Is the picture going to change daily?
Daily, or nearly. We have lots of pictures.
Wow, your Photoshop thing is amazing, Lady Bunniful!
Um, is it terribly neophyte-ish to ask what the thing with bunnies is? I feel like I keep seeing them around the site.
Thanks, Kiga. These were actually created in CorelDRAW, which is a vector program that works somewhat differently from Photoshop, although these days both types of programs overlap considerably. I was trying to learn some new techniques, used the HPB graphic as an experimental vehicle, and sent the results to Robert, who posted them on the blog. That was how I earned the title Lady Bunniful.
37- Funny, I was just in the USofA! Hope you’re having fun!
41- It is, a bit, but no worries! We will soon fill you in, because we’re all just musers here!
The bunnies were born in the mail pages of Muse, before I started subscribing (so over 5 years ago), anyways, they came out of the great Cat vs. Dog war. After that the Editors decided to cover up any requests for a dog issue of muse or a cat issue of muse with hot pink bunnies. Thus were born the HPBs. I believe Paul Baker wrote an article about them once…. but I’m not going to dig it up. *lazy* I hope I answered your question.
Thanks.
Said article was incredibly hard to read, because it was in Elizabethian, but it explained a lot.
Hehe.
SFTDP
33- Red-tailed Hawk! I feel like I haven’t seen you in for ages! *pies in the “I’m rather pleased to see you” sort of way*
Hi Kagy! Thank you for the pies!! Did I just read that you were in D.C.?!?! AGH! *Headdesk* We might have Kokonvened! *Headdesk again* *Consoles poor, innocent desk*
Did you have a good visit?
Wow. That bunny thing is hypnotizing.
I spent five minutes staring at it. O-O
Yeah, the
‘s at the top are mesmerizing. O_o 
Hey, whaddaya know, it’s August already. That means only a week and a half of summer left… *sigh* Another three months wasted. Oh, well.
HAPPY BIRTHMONTH MB!!! I feel I needed to say that…
Oh, I might get to see Green Day in concert this week! I’m excited, now I have to convince some of my friends to join me…
insert really late pies aimed at the MB
Also, yay for GAPAS! w00t! *pastery*
Happy Birthday, MuseBlog!
I FINALLY finished all my Social Studies summer homework. Phew.
You got homework!? I guess I shouldn’t take the absence from homework for granted…
Yes. Thank whatever the dominant figure of your religion is.
I have been mesmerized by the bunnies. Please stand by.
\ \ \ \ \ | / / / / /
= BANG! =
/ / / / / | \ \ \ \ \
Sorry, couldn’t think of a better way to make an entrance.
Well, anyhow, happy anniversary, MuseBlog! The bunny thing is really awesome.
IBCF! Hi!
Woohoo! The circus is over! We got in 3 full shows! And when me and Eureka did our phantom act, the audience ACTUALLY LAUGHED! And I can’t tell you how many different pairs of pants I’ve worn in the past 3 days!
And I sold stuff on stilts! Like popcorn! And also, I’m borrowing a unicycle, so I can learn to ride! WOOOOOOO!
Yay for you!
That sounds really cool, SR. I’ve always wanted to learn some circus skills…
Please tell me how many pairs of pants you wore! I want to know!
I don’t know. I got some good Pants quotes from my friend Josh, though. *zips off to quotations*
IBCF! YOU’RE BACK! *hugs and pies*
Yeah, homework in summer stinks. But I’m happy because I finished all my summer reading projects yesterday! *jumps up and down with happiness*
Hiya IBCF!
I saw a girl wearing a shirt with a hot pink bunny on it today. Pies to the blog and GAPAs!!
I want a HPB shirt!
An HPB shirt? Awesome! I want!
Go to http://www.cafepress.com/musery . officail store of museblog.
Do I need to space that out?
IBCF! You’re so cool!!!!
Seriously, I mean it.
Yay, today’s my birthday! Now where is my carbon background, teal text, and birthday thread?
Happy birthday!
Oops, I should save that for your birthday thread…
If you do palette switch, (ctrl+option+alt=8, at least on a mac) part of the background looks carbon, and the replies look sort of teal.
I have a mac, and I can’t do that. Oh well.
I can make the screen bigger and smaller, though. *blows up screen for AJAR’s birthday*
Welcome back, ICBF!
I’ve only read one chapter of my assigned summer reading so far. I should probably get a bit more of that done today.
I read my summer reading ( The Shadow of the Wind ) 2 months ago, while my brother is on the last quarter of the book. What are you reading?
I just finished my summer reading projects 2 days ago! *is immensely happy* We read The Scarlet Letter and Their Eyes Were Watching God.
SFTDP, but everyone HAS to check out today’s and yesterday’s xkcd.
What on earth is a xkcd?????? *Is perplexed*
Yeah……
It’s a funny webcomic at xkcd.com.
What does xkcd mean? It means saving a few seconds at a long red light via elaborate and questionably legal maneuvers. It means having someone call your cell phone to figure out where it is. It means calling the Ackermann function with Graham’s number as the arguments just to horrify mathematicians. It means instinctively constructing rules for which floor tiles it’s okay to step on and then walking funny ever after. It means shuffling quickly past nuns on the street with ketchup in your palms, pretending you’re hiding stigmata.
When I first read that comic, I didn’t know what stigmata were. Now I do, and this joke is suddenly a lot funnier.
I just looked it up. Why would you be hiding them? *didn’t do very much research*
i’m going to act nostalgic about when i was just a little neophyte…by posting in only lowercase letters today!
Ah, but you were never a neophyte. You were a newbie. And to increase the nostalgia, “Please capitalize when you’re on MuseBlog. Welcome! =[} =[} =[}”
Uh, what did those first two sentences mean?
The name “neophyte” wasn’t introduced until after you’d ceased to become one, I believe. Back then, phytes were called newbies.
Crumpets and Trumpets!
Why are we talking about nuns and ketchup?
I’m confused.
You’ll get it if you read the entire XKCD archive.
50.1, 50.2, 52, 53- Hi, Piggy, Armada, Kokonilly, and Kiwimuncher! *accepts pies*
55- You really think so?
Thanks!
57- Hey, Sunrunner. That’s IBCF, but thank you!
58.1.3- Or perhaps it has the same silly sort of origins as “ibcf.” Hey, it’s a possibility.
59- Hi, newbie! =[|} =[|} =[|}
Thank you GAPAs for running MB and posting everyone’s comments for four years!
Yes, thank you! I can’t imagine what a demanding job that must be!!!
Whoa! What picture is this?
So today, I fed some box turtles, got my finger pinched by a spider crab and plucked weeds from a butterfly garden. I guess that’s typical for one’s first day working at a nature center.
Wow! Awesome picture!
Great picture!
Sorry, I haven’t been on in a while. I was on vacation in the US for two months. It really tops the Odd Scale if you have to go on holiday to visit your own house.
I think I’ve had my share of small people. I spent, in total a month baby sitting persons under five years old. The first time they babble about their stuffed animals, it’s cute. The six thousand, four hundredth, and eighty-ninth time, it’s just plain irritating. And you would not believe how much drool I mopped up. Not counting the baby vomit and the blobs of mashed carrots that somehow flew 20 feet from the table onto the television in the living room.
How was everyone’s summer?
Great, except for the storms and flooding; I’m looking forward to going to acting camp soon!
It’s looking up! I’m spending the next 15 days in Hawaii. 10 days on Maui, and 5 days on the big island (Hawaii). But then I only have a week of summer left.
I’m doing almost exactly that! I don’t know when we’re leaving, but we always spend the first week at Maui and the second on the big island! I guess we should move this to the Kokon thread, if you’re game.
Cool, have fun!
I remember this picture! It’s even cooler now, because I’ve been on the Washington subway.
68.1 Where and what is the Kokon thread?
Thanks Kiga! Enjoy the last few weeks of summer!
I think it’s officially the kokonventions thread… I don’t know where it is… I’ve never really been there, see. I’ll go find it.
Here it is!
https://musefanpage.com/blog/?p=2361
The first few posts have a fairly good explanation of what it is.
Yeah, I have too. That’s creepy……HPBs taking over DC!!!
IBCF, you’re back! Awesome!
Great pic by the way, that’s D.C., right?
68- Wish I got to go to Hawaii… have fun!
Yup, that’s DC. The subways look exactly like that, minus the HPBs.
Hahahah! I would hope so! (about the hpbs)
So today I’ve spent several hours cataloging the mistakes the author of an obscure mystery series made in trying to set her books in a timeless present day. But hey, it’s summer vacation, what else would I be doing?
I’ve been working on a cross stitch thing my mom brought back from Pennsylvania, wasting time on the computer, and similar things.
I’m working on learning guitar, messing around on my (NEW MACBOOK!) computer, and throwing clay on the wheel . . . not in that order.
I’m about to audition for Kids Jeopardy. I hope I get in this time.
Good luck!
Good luck! (Yes, I know I’m posting as an AE. I really don’t care.)
Good luck!
Wow, cool! Good luck!
Good luck, even though you’ve probably auditioned by now. How was it?
That sounds amazing. Game shows are wicked awesome.
And you become the talk of your school. I hope you did/do well!
Hopefully you’ll get on! I want to see you on Jeopardy!
We might see her, but we won’t know that it’s her, because she won’t be able to tell us when she’s on.
But we know her name.
We do?
Her first name, anyway. She’s posted it before.
Good luck!
ANNOUNCEMENT! I’m home from camp! I cried six times between our last shabbat on saturday and last night, when i was on the phone with one of my camp friends.
Cool!!! You went to a Jewish camp? Which one? Is that okay, GAPAs?
[Nope. –Admin.]
Well, the situation isn’t cool. I have friend whose camp-sick, too. Very painful.
I TRADEMARKED MY USERNAME!!! Not actually. I wanted to say that.
GAPAs, please check your email!
I’ve been writing poems. I submit them now.
I’ve also been watching Stargate and trying to teach myself Tengwar.
I’ve been making baskets, playing solitaire card games, and doing computer stuff.
I know there are a bunch of people here who are in marching band as well, so–any advice on how to get my dot book (booklet of drill) done faster? I’ve been working on it for like an hour and I’m on page seven. Of course, leaving the computer area would help, but I’m not that desperate. Yet.
We’re back in Erie, and my oarents and grandparents are coming tomorrow.
I’ve had too much fun.
I hope I can come back next year though, that would be wonderful.
*sigh* “This life on land is lingering death to me, give me the gladness of God’s great sea!” (Or great lake, either will do perfectly when one is on a tall ship.)
Today we went out in the cutter, that was fun. We got to see how to sail a with lugsails, and I got to be at helm when we came in. We stayed out there for several hours, it was nice to be on the water.
But now I’m back at the library, I have no idea how I’m going to catch up with all that’s been on MuseBlog while I’ve been gone…..
Wow, it sounds like you had fun; cool!
Hello, Fiddler! Good to hear from you, and thanks for the postcard.
I’m sure it will take a while to get your land legs back, but we’ll all be happy to help you get your blog legs back. Have a good trip back to Maryland!
81~ Thanks! I’ll be leaving Friday (!!!!!!!) for home, it’ll be nice to be back, but so different. when we were giving tours in Port Colborne (our last stop) people would come below and wrinkle up their noses saying how “unplesant” it must be to stay down there on the ship, and I’d answer that it wasn’t, since it was home. Sometime when I was saying that I realized just how true that really is, the ship feels like home. Every line, plank, hammock, door, it’s gotten to be so familiar this month that it’s odd to think about leaving and going to live somewhere else. Most strange, and rather depressing.
I woke up early this morning and couldn’t go back to sleep, even though we were allowed to sleep in. I just stayed there in my hammock for a few hours and tried to imagine waking up at home, late like I usually do, and it was so hard. *sigh* Scarred for life, it seems…..
I did a lot more work today, weeding a butterfly garden and cleaning some animal tanks.
I want to make a model rocket from a kit with instructions and everything, so it can actually work RIGHT, unlike the ones we made at Space Academy with no guidance whatsoever.
I would just like to express my joy in the return of Una Lee and Laura Ling to the US from North Korea.
That is all.
I just felt that I should tell everyone.
<3!
Today I saw someone walking a duck. She’d walk about 12 feet, then stop and make sure the duck was following her. It was a plain white duck with an orange bill.
Maybe it was Ducky!
No, my ducks are either black and white, any of three shades of gray (lavender, blue, and silver) and white, chocolate and white, or tricolor, which means any two colors that I previously mentioned and white. For instance, a chocolate, black and white duck would be a tricolor. The duck in my current avatar is a black and white. His name is Bill. Bill is six years old and can recognize people’s faces.
SFTDP
I’m leaving to Seattle tomorrow, and will be gone for a week! Does anybody live near Seattle?
I’m leaving for NYC tomorrow. I’m only going to be gone for the weekend, but next week I have day camp and won’t be on till after 4. PP my characters if I’m not able to RP them, okay?
Okay, have a good time!
I just ran myself through the Mary Sue Litmus Test and got a 36. What this means:
“Fanfiction authors beware – Mary’s on the loose. There’s still a chance you can save this character with some TLC, though. Role-players and original fiction characters, you should also strongly consider giving your character a workover.:
LOL.
Teehee. I’m… oh, I forget already and I closed the tab. Just below 50, I think.
“Fanfiction authors, you might just want to start over. Role-players and original fiction authors, at this point your characters are likely to provoke eye-rolling and exclamations of “yeah, right!” from your readers. (Well, at least from me.) Immediate workover is probably in order.”
Yeah, the first time I took it I got a 55. And then I read the rules and got a 12. Yeesh…
Oh, I read the rules all right. I guess I’m just a Mary Sue.
It’s a good thing your results weren’t accurate. If it’s above a fifty, you’re supposed to kill it off.
I got a 22. “Some Mary-Sue like tendencies” it said.
Nice!
I’m back from the beach!
How are yall?
88- XD
89- I’m fine. How are you?
90) I’m fantastic!
Now, I must go and reaquaint my fingers with the piano! Au revoir!
Hoorah for all pianists! *is feeling depressed* But then, I’m always slightly depressed……… hehe. Well, almost always, then. But really. Ever since we moved………..
89- Just fine, thank you. I have to go cook dinner, though, (We all take turns doing this at my house, except for my brother and Dad.) and I was told I have to start making a wishlist for my birthday. I’ve been meaning to do that for a year or so, but I haven’t yet… My birthday’s on the 27th, in case you were wondering. Hm… I can’t think of anything I particularly want… Well, books are always good.
Yeah, I’m running out of books to read, so I think I’ll get a bunch of books and maybe a Borders gift card. It’s coming up!!!
Have any of you ever seen the book/activity set thingy called Treasure Hunter? It’s basically a book attached to the outside of a fiendish cardboard-and-plastic box that can only be opened when the right combination of symbols is set on a dial on the box’s surface. To find the right combination, you have to read the book and solve a series of increasingly harder puzzles that appear in the story.
(In the story, inside of the box is the object everybody wants to get, a journal detailing the locations of various treasures around the world.)
So I found this book/set at work during lunch and spent about an hour on the combination (it was a slow day, and I’d already finished everything my boss wanted me to do.) I FINALLY got it open and enjoyed the extra activities and journal inside.
Now, on the inside, there were instructions on how to reprogram the lock to open to a DIFFERENT combination, which I did. Then I wrote a note explaining what I’d done and wrote some riddles in Pigpen code (I included a code key) giving the correct symbols for my new combination, saying it was to protect the journal from the bad guy in the story.
Before I locked the box again, I left a sticky note inside congratuating the reader on opening the box and told them to write their name and the date they solved the puzzle in the back of the journal.
85- …That is so awesome. And cute. How old was the girl?
Still on the east coast checkin’ out colleges, so still not a lot of time to read/post. I’ll probably post reviews and funny anecdotes on the College/University thread when I get back home.
I highly recommend the P.D.Q Bach set “The Art of Ground Round” (look for it on YouTube). Peter Schickele is a comical and musical genius.
Ahem, “The Art of the Ground Round”.
And, most certainly, “New Horizons in Music Appreciation”.
*pays easily-combinable posts fine*
Does anyone here play Runescape?
94- Have you seen Yale? I went to the museum there when I was eight and saw the giant squid exhibit.
I used to. Everyone scorns the people that play, though, and it stopped being fun, too, so I don’t anymore.
It’s a nice temporary addiction.
-A
-is back-
It was pretty much amazing but I’m too lazy to go into great detail, at least not right now.
Holy caking wung.
I just saw the DCI quarterfinals in the movie theater last night.
They… kick… butt.
Did anyone else see it?
I visited Disney World back in 2002, but my brothers were very young, we never got to stay at any park to see the fireworks, except for the Magic Kingdom, which our hotel was near.
Which is a shame, because I’m listening to the music from EPCOT IllumiNATIONS “We Go On”, and it is truly beautiful.
I just went to Larry Gonnick’s website and discovered that The Cartoon History of the Modern World, Part 2 is soon to be released. The epic series is coming to an end. I’ve been reading those books for such a long time!
You’ll just have to go out and create more history for Larry to illustrate.
I suppose, but I’m not sure that Larry will live to be able to create another book. This last one spans more than 200 years!
STFP: Not to mention that his first book spanned more than 13 billion years!
Wow, and that acronym stinks. I’ve stopped trying to mull about the order when I type that. I just type a capital S at the beginning and a P at the end and hope for the best.
“Sorry the for Post”
*giggles* *snorts* Niiice!
That sort of sounds like the sort of thing I’d do.
That’s assuming he’s human. I’ve never been quite sure about that.
Well, I guess you would know more than I. Him being non-human would explain some things… Cartoonists are funny creatures.
Bye bye! I’m going to be in Delaware for a week! Bye!
Okay, bye!
OK, Piggy gets the award for having avatars that are most likely to freak someone out.
Scratch that, now it’s a tie between TFATF42 and Piggy.
I keep changing my avatar, but they’ve all been fairly freaky.
Just watched most recent BBC adaptation of Persuasion. They did a bit of a shuffling with the events but I don’t mind much. Overall I enjoyed it quite a bit!
93– That sounds like such a clever contraption! Did you leave it behind for someone else to solve, then? I love that idea, everyone coming to the same thing and leaving their own mark.
Yes. I hope they leave their own note so I can solve it.
Also oh man this was one of my favorite pictures ever on a random thread! Kokopellihedron! I keep meaning to get this in sweat-shirt form, hee.
96- GIANT SQUID!!!–sorry. *ahem* I wandered through Yale last december… it felt a bit urban for me. So did Harvard, really. I won’t be doing an actual tour of it, I’ve already had 7 colleges this trip x_x
Giant Squids are awesome.
Personally, I think they’re terrifying, but I concede that they are awesomely good at being scary.
Agreed. Squids the size of school buses are so “cute”!
*pounces* You’re new, aren’t you? Welcome!
I’m pretty sure you’re new……. *goes to Who’s Here to check* Yes, you are! Welcome!
Hi Ducky! Are we on at the same time?!
Fireandhemlock1996, this is not the Chatterbox. I, for one, find it somewhat annoying when someone asks another person if they’re on at the same time.
Welcome! Nice name!
So we didn’t get to Kokonvene. And now it’s clouding up again here.
Well everyone, I’m home again.
I miss the ship, though it is good to be home again. Tonight we’re going to go to A Midsummer Night’s Dream at the community college, hopefully Muffy will be able to come along as well, as I have so many stories.
My grandparents are here, they came home with us and are going to take a train back to Wisconsin in a few days. So it’s a bit crazy, but pretty good.
So, what’s been going on here? Alice, have you gone sailing already? Has there been Kokonventions? Anyone new? Exciting blog developments I should know about, now that I’m going to be able to keep up (hopefully) with what’s going on?
I missed you all!
Welcome back, Fiddler! We’re looking forward to hearing of your adventures.
Welcome back, Fiddler! I don’t think much as happened, it’s actually a bit slower here in summer, I think. I’m glad you had fun!
109.1~ I’ll try to recount them as well as I can, without boring the socks off of anyone….oh, adventures adventures, in all things.
Like the one night that all hands were woken up with the announcement “All hands on deck in 5 minutes, wear your foulies [raingear] and be prepared to go aloft!” I was one of the few that remained on deck, and talk about on-the-job-training and getting to learn the pinrails really fast….whoo…….it was exciting.
Anyway, Shakespeare beckons, so I’m off. Fare ye well my friends, I shall return, and sooner than later.
Hey, I just realized its my one year blogiversary!!!! Yay for me.
Hey, cool!
I am pining for the ship. I really am. But at least the ground isn’t moving anymore.
Yes, Fiddler, I did go sailing, and it was amazing, though I’m sure it wasn’t half as intense as your experience. And I got to go aloft, too, which was also amazing even though we were at anchor.
And I’m very sad because I’m not on the Adventuress, although very happy to wear clean clothes.
Hm, I think I’ll attempt to give a summary of my trip, which will either make me feel better or make me cry. I don’t even know where to begin…
Before we even came aboard, we started singing shanties, and we didn’t really stop. Ever. When we finally did come aboard (after about three shanties), we were divided into four watches: A (which was me), B, C, and Apprentice. We got a tour of the ship and got to pick bunks, then we set sail (though there really wasn’t much wind), then we got an even more intensive tour. This took some time, and by the time it was done, we had to strike sail, anchor and eat dinner. I can’t remember for the life of me what was for dinner, but afterwards we washed dishes, which was rather cold and wet since we had to wash them in salt water, but not very cold because it was so sunny. Then there was the evening program, which consisted of talking about resources and plankton, and we went to bed. At about 2 AM I was woken up for anchor watch and sat around on deck feeling cold and talking (in a whisper) about Australia. Then I went back to bed. I woke up at seven to singing. One thing about the Adventuress: they sing a lot. Not just shanties, we get sung to at bedtime and in the morning. Which is quite nice. So we got up, and had breakfast, and after breakfast we had chores. My watch washed the deck.
It was fun.
More later.
I’m back from Chicago/Chicagoland.
best city ever!
Welcome back, TMFA! And Alice, welcome ashore!
So Be It. Don’t know why i said that. Felt like it.
Hiya both TMFA and Alice!
Oh, and for you people who don’t live out west, for some reason they believe in starting school the first week of August. It is most cruel. Especially becuase it’s 110 degrees F.
Hm, in Oregon school doesn’t start until normal time. I think we’re the fluke in the west because the people I know in California and Washington state have to start school next week.
We start school in September
Yes, normal time being September. I don’t understand why school starts in August for some people. August has always been a summer month in my mind.
Me too! I don’t think I could concentrate at all during August. Of course getting out earlier would be nice, but eh, I don’t mind.
Monday? You’re lucky. I go back this Thursday.
Celesta,
Did you originally post on the blog in 2006 under the name qn209? Just curious.
nope. This is my only name.
Once more, I don’t know if it was on the national news, but it’s all over the local TV channels that a helicopter and a plane collided over the Hudson River yesterday near where the jetliner ditched back in January.
I’m working on a drawing of a personification of Skylab to go with my personification of the International Space Station.
That was so sad! Jeez, Hudson river will become the Crashed Plane River.
what, there aren’t even that many crashed rivers in the Hudson plane….. crashed planes in the Hudson river?
but that’s still depressing.
Sad. So very very sad.
113~ That sounds amazing! we didn’t do much singing on Niagara, and never while we were working. They keep the Naval tradition of not singing shanties to work to, sadly enough.
How long were you on board? I’m so glad you got to go though, I know you’ve wanted to do this for a looong time.
125- No singing? That’s sad… It’s ever so much fun.
I was on board for five days. Well, four really, because we came halfway through the day on Sunday, and left halfway through the day on Thursday. I wish it had been twice as long, but I learned a great deal anyway and I’m going to go back next year.
Whee! I’m back from a two-day intensive berimbau-making workshop! (Hmm…does anyone here know what a berimbau is? If not, it’s a capoeira instrument. Google Images it.) It was really awesome, even though only two people not in my family (other than the instructor) came. We did the Whole. Entire. Thing. from beginning to end–that is, not counting picking the gourds and cutting down the trees–and every part of the process was fun. I could describe the whole thing in detail, but I’d be boring you, so I won’t.
Anyway, the whole social thing was almost funner than the making-stuff part. We all talked all the time we did stuff, I helped Jamal strip the bark off his stick after he still hadn’t gotten all of it off after three hours–his stick was made of some kind of insanely hard-to-strip wood–Ailton teased my sister the whole time about the berimbau she made being really his (though why he wanted hers, I don’t know–he made an insanely nice one with the wood burner, it had his name and capoeira name and our group’s name and our mestres’ names and our instructor’s name and capoeira name on it, and the gourd had the outline of Africa and all kinds of decorations on it), and in the evening we had a potluck-cookout-type-thing and hung up a projector screen and watched old capoeira videos from when Joe was a blue cord, and then really old capoeira videos from when Mestre P was a white cord, and then our batizado video from last year, and then we had to leave, but everyone else presumably kept watching. And today we made caxixis, and it was pretty much like yesterday. It was all really fun.
126~ Ah. Next year you should really try to be part of the Tall Ships Great Lakes Challenge, it’s a tall ships race around the great lakes, and it sounds like it’s going to be simply amazing. I’m going to try to get back on the Niagara as an apprentice, and stay the entire time, which will be several months. I think I could do it, I loved every second I spent aboard this month, even though it was a long time away from home, and next year would be longer. It was great though.
Today has been musical all around! Not only have I gotten myself into singing a solo at church, but I’ve somehow been crazy enough to volunteer to accompany my youth group on the piano. Our guitarist graduated last year and we tried singing acapello. It was aweful.
123- Quick question: What’s a bit 43 mean?
128- The great lakes are so far away, though…
I’d really like to go to Hawaii on the Lynx, but the chances are slim. The chances of my getting the money, in fact, are so slim that I’m almost afraid to apply for fear I should be accepted.
Apparently there is an all-girls sailing thing going on at 5:30 down by the water and a friend said she was talking to the organizer who needed more people to crew, but I don’t know if I want to go down there right now because I should have to put on practical clothes (I’m EVER so sick of practical clothes) and talk to people, and I haven’t eaten, and now I’m beginning to make excuses. Mostly I just don’t want to talk to people. But I don’t know if I could forgive myself if I passed up a sailing opportunity, so I suppose I shall have to go.
131~ It’s gonna be awesome though, if you can make it at all you should really try.
This is somewhat related and potentially uninteresting to both/either of you, but as I pondered
weak and wearystudy abroad programs in college, I came across The Maritime Studies Program, Sea Semester, and Semester at Sea, all different programs. Probably Sea Semester is more like what you guys like (???) but I just thought I’d mention it.132- All right. I’ll try.
Forget college, I think I’ll start saving up for tall ship adventures instead. I’ll just try and get enough scholarships to pay for most/all of college.
I still have about a thousand bucks from the art auction, though I spent a ridiculous amount of it on foulies and boots and a sleeping bag and my most excellent Greek fisherman’s hat, and then of course there was the trip itself. But there’s still a great deal of it left, and I shall begin to put money away for sailing as well as Ashland. I shan’t spend any money at all except on things like coats with tails and fabric and haircuts. And groceries. Nothing else. I am resolved.
133- I think I’ve seen one or two of those before…
Ah, Dearest MB. I have returned! But, before I write my heart away, I have a question. Does anyone have a pet rat? Because I’m just curious. I do, by the way.
It was the highest waterfall in NY (yes, higher than Niagra!) and it was simply SPECTACULAR!
I got on braces on… Monday? My back teeth don’t touch so I can’t chew. Can you say apple sauce for every meal? I can’t, they also give me a lisp. More of a lovely lisp than I had before. Although, I shouldn’t complain. At least I won’t have an overbite.
I’ve been quite upset lately because the whole summer it RAINED. And winter stinks. I get all moody because there’s no light, and my mom always keeps the house cold. At least I went camping with my friend, in between the ever-present rain. We climbed up this very dangerous looking, muddy (because of the rain before we got there) slope to get to the first tier of the waterfall. And it was totally worth it!
My dearest puppy is getting humongous. I don’t think I’ve ever wrote about her. We got her when she was four weeks old from what we realized after we brought her home was a backyard breeder. We bottle fed her for… a month? And now she’s just adorable!
My brother has been getting on my nerves ALL SUMMER. He’s so annoying. Like, I wanna move out annoying. Like, I wanna slap him across the face annoying. *sigh*
I have to go to sleep now, since I was sleep walking all day
My dearest MBers, I’ve missed you all!
134~ Well, if you start collecting sea time and get an MMD (Merchant Mariner’s Document) you can eventually start to be paid for your work on tall ships instead of paying to be there. I hope to be an apprentice next year and get an MMD when I’m 18, then I can get a job somewhere (hopefully) if I choose to do that. Who knows. I don’t know if I’d make a full time career out of sailing, but it would be nice to do more of. We’ll see.
There are also colleges that have sailing programs that work with the coast guard, if you really wanted to do that for a living. Just a thought…
Good afternoon MB!
I recently tried to make some strawberry muffins, but I failed. Apparently, they look like soggy cow patties. Alas.
This is very…interesting. I’ve been off the blog for so long, and everything looks different, but so many of the threads are the same. That’s comforting. It makes it really easy to come back to MB.
Many welcomes, La Mort!
Welcome… back!
Fiddler- How much did your sail training on the Niagara cost? And did you have to be able to swim, and how much? (I can swim, just not necessarily enough.) And how does one get involved in the Great Lakes challenge?
133- Wesleyan had those! They made me think of Fiddler when I read them. Hehe.
138- Hello! Welcome back!
Today is was the last day of summer I had to sleep in. Typically, I woke up really early with a bloody nose. I stayed in bed till noon though, anyway.
La Mort? Welcome back!
How long has it been, anyway?
There was a highly irrational mouse in the basement last night. My mother and I were watching CSI, and this mouse just ran across the floor. It was a strange little mouse, very round with little ears and a long straight tail. And I heard it squeaking (haha, I wrote speaking the first time). And squeaking. And squeaking. Mother didn’t hear it all, which was weird, since it was so insistent and quite loud for such a small creature. Then it came back, covered in millet seeds (it got into our bird seed I guess) and ran up the quilt to sit on our knees. And we were kind of freaked out, because normal mice don’t do that. So we put it down, and it sat on the carpet and ran around and got into the plastic bag with all our movies in it. So we caught it in a jar and put it out. I don’t think it can have been a healthy mouse, or it wouldn’t have been so bold. But it didn’t look sick. Perhaps it was a woodland mouse who didn’t know to be afraid of humans, or something?
Or, perhaps it was a domesticated mouse? What color was it? Are you sure it wasn’t a rat?
I did it. I shaved my head. It doesn’t look horrible, thank goodness. But my scalp is pretty sore. My advice to you is to get someone else to shave the back of your head if you ever feel the need to get rid of almost all your hair.
141- Too long. I last blogged regularly back in May last year, right before I got my Facebook.
Speaking of Facebook, it is uber-messed-up right now.
Yay Kagy!
And welcome back La Mort!
142- Just curious, why did you shave your head?
I will be away for the next three weeks. I will probably have computer access, but I don’t know. However, I will certainly be on less. Just warning you.
La Mort. Ohmygosh. Hello. We missed you!
If you don’t already have a password for the Paleo threads, get one.
Star Wars is epic and awesome. Totally, without a doubt, my favorite movies.
Indeed.
Star Wars always and forever will be, no matter how easy it is to make fun of.
Indeed. (Why? Why do I keep saying that today? Why????) *eagerly waits for Clone Wars Season 2*
Hi Beavo!
It makes me really happy to see so many familiar faces…names….people.
So I guess I should tell you guys some things that happened in my long absence:
1) I got my driver’s license in December.
2) My parents bought a car for me and my brother to share, but since my brother doesn’t have his license, the car is essentially mine.
3) Said car is an aqua Toyota Corolla (with a really good sound system!) named Medvedev.
4) I decided that I’m going to major in film in college (with the ultimate goal of becoming a director/screenwriter).
5) I tried to do way too much during my junior year.
6) I went to France in February!
There’s more, but these are the main things. I can elaborate on some of these points if you want.
Who did you name your car after, if anyone? I hope it was Dmitry.
It was. I have been kindof obsessed with Russia this past year.
Hooray! You’re car’s technically in command but actually has little power! If I were to name a car after a famous Russian, I’d have to pick either Yeltsin (just because that seems like a good name for a car) or Trotsky (for being assassinated in an extremely hardcore manner (not that I condone violence or murder (or Marxism, for that matter))).
Me, I’d pick Gagarin, Tereshkova or Korolev. (Because I’m like that.) But Trotsky would be cool, too.
How was France? What part?
Hiya La Mort!
Welcome back, La Mort!
Today at work, I had to squeeze the water out of this special soil made out of ground coconut shells, and the water was really hot.
Also, I found a great B-movie-style book called “Report on the Status Quo” about dinosaurs returning to life and overrunning the world. Ah, crazy 50s SF…
I’m planning to sleep over with a friend living outside the city on Sunday to watch the Perseid meteors. (They’ll be STRONGEST tomorrow night, but leaving the city won’t be convenient with my parents until Sunday.)
138- Hi! I’m sort of new here, as is Kiga, who I have a chess game with that has sadly come to a premature end due to computer problems…. *Is getting off topic*
The GAPAs started a thread for chess help. Maybe we can sort out our problems there? I’d really like to keep playing. I’ve been practicing against the computer.
I’m in acting camp, so I probably won’t be able to come on as much. Just so you know.
139~ $1200 for the trainee program, which is 2 to 4 weeks long (same price either way), and for people with previous sailing experience the apprentice program is a minimum of 6 weeks, and a few hundred dollars, I’m not sure of the exact price. Not too bad of a deal, considering.
On the application it does ask how far you can swim, I think 100 yards was the least amount given, but I can’t remember. Something like that I think.
To be in the Great Lakes Challenge you just need to get a place on the crew of a ship that’s participating. You can probably track the progress and find out which are going on the ASTA website.
Welcome back La Mort!
I now must run, since peaches, ice cream and cake await….farewell!
Peaches and ice cream……… YUM!
Mmmm, that sounds delicious! Now I’m hungry.
Actually, there are brownies and ice cream to be had here! I had better go rescue them from their precarious position of pre-consumption! *Puts on cape and dashes off*
Oooohhhhhh……… Brownies………….. YUM!
I wish I had some brownies… It’s almost impossible for me to chew anything though. Curse you, foul braces!
That does sound yummy. I’m out of ice cream (and brownies), but peaches I do have in quantity. So…I just cut up a couple and zapped them in the microwave. It’s kind of like eating pie filling.
Hi, everybody!
Hi, Fiddler! Welcome back! I would agree with Axa that the blog has been slower so far this summer. Many people are probably busy with various summer activities!
I haven’t been to any kokonventions recently, but we should Kokonvene! Once you’ve finished settling in (and I’m not sick–bleghhh), of course. I look forward to hearing about your adventures!
Today is the 2-year anniversary of the first D. C. Kokonvention!
Two years! Now that is hard to believe. It’s just as hot as it was then — hotter, maybe.
Pic change soon?
Hi R-tH!
Guys (and Gals, too):
Is anyone else in Debate? would you suggest Policy, Public Forum, or Lincoln-Douglas style debate?
I, personally, would suggest PF, as that is what I have done. Stay away from Policy if you want to keep your soul. I don’t have any opinions one way or the other on Lincoln-Douglas.
155~ Sorry to hear you’re not feeling well.
We do need to get together though, things should be settling down some around here, with my grandparents on their way home (it was nice to have them here, it just made for extra coordinating). I also need to get the camera software on the computers and transfer over the pictures so they’re more visible than just the tiny little camera screen….*sigh* But I will, and it will be awesome when it’s all done, right? Ha.
Thanks again so, so, so much for that chocolate by the way, I savored it and still have some left (heavy rationing of it while underway, let me tell you). What a treat. I thought you you all as I nibbled it, yum! *melts in chocolate bliss*
Two years? Really?! Wow. I guess it has been. Amazing to think it’s been that long! That was so awesome though, and I’m incredibly thankful that we all got to do it, it was great to meet everyone and make some really lasting and dear friends.
Crumpets and Trumpets! Good morning everyone!
Ack, why are my comments all responses to Ducky’s comment?
Guess what I got last weekend……… Hint: I use it for school and fun!
A computer?
160.1-Yeah, a refurbished iBook! Me likey it.
Yay!!! Cool!
SQUEEE!!!! iBOOK! I had one, but I accidentally spilled milk on it… Needless to say it didn’t end well.
I’m back from band camp!
Our practice field was very far away from the dorms and indoor practice area, so we took a bus there. I think they leveled the “road†with a dump truck or something, because it was really bumpy. By luck, we happened to have an incredibly cool bus driver, who instead of driving really slow along the offroad part took it at a decent clip so that it was like an amusement park ride. A couple of clarinets chose a different thing to imagine the bus was being ‘attacked’ by for each ride (4x/day). And on the last ride back, it was dark out and some people were singing the theme to Mars and a mello was chanting “doitagaindoitagaindoitagain†at top speed with the most incredible articulation I have ever heard and we went around a circular part of the road a bunch of times and it was all just fantastic and it is at moments like that that all the marching and running and sweating and aching feet and waking up at six fifteen am for a week and sitting through football games is worth it and I love being in marching band.
<3
My cat, Tommy, isn’t doing very well.
He was diagnosed with kidney disease a few months ago and now he’s almost gone.
I have to make a very difficult decision. He’s in a lot of pain and meows whenever someone comes in the room. Calling out for help, probably. I don’t know whether I should… you know.
Sorry for bringing the mood on the blog down, but I needed to express my feelings.
*Hugs*
I’m so sorry to hear about Tommy. I know it’ll be hard, but I think the most merciful thing to do would to bring about what would happen anyway, while letting him stop suffering. *hugs and chocolate*
I’m sorry… I’ll be thinking of him.
Aww.
*hugs+choklit* I’m sorry, CPM. It’s so sad when a pet is sick. How old is Tommy?
My cat Fiver has the same problem, although she hasn’t been diagnosed. She meows a lot too. She keeps us up at night with her howling. On top of all that, she’s blind and deaf. We can’t bring ourselves to put her down, because we’ve already had to do that with a former cat, Savuka.
Poor Tommy.
Oh dear. I’m so sorry! *is cat lover*
*gives extra chocklit*
So sorry to hear that. *hugs*
Aw, CPM. I’m sorry. *hugs and choklit*
*hugs* I’m really sorry to hear that. Last november my pet ferret became sick for a while and eventually passed away, so I know how hard it can be to see this. *hugs&choklit* We’re here for you whenever you need an extra hug or people to talk to.
I’m so sorry to hear that. I agree with Piggy, comment 162.2. I’m sure we can arrange a Tommy appreciation/comfort thread thingy. GAPAs, this is your moment to do something nice for a cat you probably don’t even know, but still.
Don’t worry about seriously depressing everyone, we’re here to give virtual hugs and bombard you with chocklit and sympathy.
I finished my Skylab personification and now I’m writing her “bio”. It’s really very sad when you get down to it.
So we went to this mall that was a lot bigger than the closer one. It was huge. I loved it. They had Wet Seal, Top Shop, Sephora… fabulosity to the highest level. Also there was this really nice guy at Sephora who was like “you need to thchedual an appointment like thoon tho I can do your makeup that would be fabulouth” and helped me find what I wanted.
Fio (Sorry, I’ll always remember you as La Mort)- It’s so nice to be remembered. Yay for your car! And changes in your life!
I said on the Paleo thread I had a lot to say but I forgot it all. Maybe I’ll remember it later.
Also, I went to Khols and got a bunch of new clothes. I still have money, which means MORE CLOTHES! Happy Beavo.
162~ I’m so sorry to hear about Tommy. That is a hard decision, but I’m sure you’ll be able to decide what is the best way to care for him. *hugs*
CPM: Aww. I feel your pain.
*hug* *choklit cookie dough*
162 – I know what you’re feeling.
*hugs and choklit*
Is anyone else going out tonight to (hopefully) watch the Perseids? In a spectacular stroke of luck, tonight is the last night I can stay up late, as school starts Thursday.
IwannaseeIwannaseeIwannasee! *is hyper*
Yeah, hopefully I am.
I want to, but I can’t get out of the city and I have work tomorrow.
They’ll still be strong for the rest of the week, though, so I’m going somewhere with less light pollution on Sunday with a friend.
DUUUUHHHHH….. I totally forgot! When does it last until?
Oh. Is it only one night? I thought it was a few.
Yes, it’s a few. There’s only one night when it’s at “peak”, but the shower still continues from July until late August.
Ah, thank you. I tried to look for some meteors last night, as it was clear, but my neck got tired after a few minutes. Oh well.
168- I want to. I usually try to wake up/go out for these things, but it’s at like, 5 in the morning and I have to get up for tennis tomorrow at 7, so it’s not really enough time to get back to sleep >.< And tonight looks like it’ll be a late one, so I’m not sure yet. The sky out here looks pretty clear though…
Anyone know what direction to look for them? If it’s towards the city/light pollution I may not be able to see them anyway : /
The height of the shower is predicted to be between midnight and five (though I don’t know what time zone that is), but there are some out there now. It’s in the north-east, mostly.
Darn it. That’s what I get for not checking the blog regularly. Is it going to happen again tonight?
Yes. This band of debris is at least a week wide, so you’ve got a few more days to see Perseids. They’ll seem to radiate from the constellation Perseus in the northeast, but you can see them almost anywhere as they streak across the sky.
Will this be visible from Northeast Oregon?
Actually, I hear that the best viewing times this year are before midnight, because the moon will wash out a lot of meteors after it rises. It’s worth trying whenever you have a dark, clear sky. You can even see meteors in clear patches between clouds, but it’s hit or miss.
Man, I wish we were still at my dad’s friend’s cabin up in northern Wisconsin for this, it was so clear and bright out there. We could see tons of satellites, the milky way… *sigh* I thought we had a fair amount of stars for being as close to the city as we are, but… it’s not the same…
Too overcast here last night, could spot only a few stars through the haze. Today it’s rain rain rain with an 85-95% cloud cover and expected to continue with more of the same for the rest of the week. At least the cool air is a relief after all the days in the high 90s.
Yesterday was… interesting. I got my lower braces and a letter from the mayor in the same day.
A letter from the mayor?
Yep.
Tell us!
Wow! What did he (or she) say?
I’m going to Maine! I’ll be gone with limited internet access until Sunday afternoon, and then Monday-Wednesday next week, I’ll be visiting colleges, with 0 internet access. So if I’m not around at all for the next week, that’s why.
There are times I really hate living in a civilized area. Like when there’s too much light pollution to see the stars! I was up in the mountains for a while this summer. and there was hardly any light, and the sky was gorgeous! And I’m currently on a sugar high, so I shall shut up, or I will talk and talk and talk and talk and talk and talk – you get the idea.
Seeing the stars…
Everyone told me that the parts of Finland and Sweden I’m currently visiting are lovely for seeing the stars. Except that the sky is permanently cloudy, and nautical twilight sets in a 2 a.m… *sigh*
162- *hugs* I feel for you. *is a cat lover, but allergic to cats*
168- (Piggy) Your school starts again this soon? Mine doesn’t start ’til september 7th. *sympathy pies*
Oh, I want to see the metor shower! I missed it last night but I’m going to a sleepover party tonight and hopefully I can convince some people to come out and watch it with me.
We chose to put Tommy down. It’s better to have him gone than have to see him unable to move or walk. He was out of it the entire day yesterday.
I had Tommy for ten years, ever since he was a tiny kitten. He’ll always have a place in my heart.
I’m sorry, CPM. I know what a tough decision that is to make, even when it’s the best that can be done under the circumstances.
Aw.
*hugs* *gives cheese*
Aw. *hugs and choklit*
I guess that it is better to have him out of pain than in it… it’s still hard, though.
I’m really sorry about that.
Meteor showers: Hmm. I didn’t stay up last night, I forgot. Well, I was awake, but I was writing in my journal (4 pages of cramped writing in one hour) so I didn’t go out and watch.
One night on Niagara we all saw a ton of shooting stars, I think Jaimy said he saw 20 some within the four hours that we were on watch. Quite amazing.
I’m so sorry, CPM. *hugs* I’m glad you have so many happy memories of Tommy though, I’m sure he had a wonderful life and always felt loved. I think animals know that sort of thing.
It was pretty cloudy here, so you might not have seen much anyway. I’m going to try tonight, just in case. They’re calling for partly to mostly cloudy skies for the next few days, but you never know for sure until you look, and I certainly think the Perseids are worth it.
I’m glad you enjoyed/are enjoying the chocolate!
Four pages in an hour? Sounds like me…
175.1~ I’ll try to remember to go outside if I’m awake (which I most likely will be).
Ugh. I cut my bangs again today and didn’t get them very straight, so I had to even them up and in the process they got a little short. They’re still longish, just shorter, above my eyebrows. Maybe it’s just because I’ve gotten used to them hanging in my face, ha! Oh well.
I need to get my hair trimmed if I’m going to keep it short, and I think I am, at least for a bit more. It’s starting to be really obnoxious. *groan*
I went to lunch with grandma M., aunt Jean, uncle Lane and cousins Katie and Leslie. It was nice to see Leslie again, she’s my favorite cousin. It went alright, though dad’s side of the family (with the exception of Leslie) can be pretty hard to deal with at times.
I need to clean my Keens, they’re disgusting. I wonder if Mom has any Clorox wipes? Hmm…..or Rocky said she soaks hers in Dr. Bronner’s soap and water. Something needs to be done about these shoes, anyway. I love them, but they reek. Eew. *wrinkles nose*
So I have got everything I need for high school. Now I just need to- Hold on a sec. *detects thought* *slowly pulls out hammer* *wallops thought into next week with hammer* Take that, Indeed! That will teach you to not to sneak up on me like that!
Especially ravioli with tomato sauce. And garlic brea- Waa! Brain-dead horse! Run awaaaaaaaaay!
Anyway, ravioli is awesome!
Aaaaaaaand there’s nothing else to say. Except that I- *choke* Air— too humid— can’t— breathe-*coughcough*
/insanity
Turtle poop smells really, really bad.
170 replies – it was basically a letter congratulating me on finishing my 3-week college camp.
Wow, this was your first Random Thread pic, Lady B? I remember it–it definitely does not feel like it was over two years ago now.
PIGGY NO WANT GO SCHOOL TOMORROW.
ME GET SCHEDULE TOMORROW. SEE FRIENDS. YAY.
I can’t wait for one of my best friend’s bat mitzvah next weekend! Yay!
*likes her talis*
In fact, that was the first time I created all the monthly threads. Robert had to go out of town unexpectedly and left the artwork up to me. Before that, he’d been mostly using relevant panels from Koko&Co. and a few contributions from MBers.
Anybody else look for Perseids yet? It looked like it was clearing up here for a minute, but now it has gotten cloudy again. There’s still time for it to clear up, though, and I think it probably will.
Nice picture Lady B.! I think I remember that thread….July Jam sounds familiar at least. Anyway, very cool. I love the bright colors and crisp edges.
181~ Not yet, though I might head out and see if I can catch a few.
Yay!!!! I saw five bright meteors!! That might not sound particularly exciting, but considering the clouds and that we spent just under an hour, it’s a pretty good number! And, any meteor is reason for excitement, for me.
The clouds may have been hiding some of the smaller, lighter meteors. All five that I saw were quite bright.
I entirely forgot about the meteors and was asleep from ten pm to 7 am. Heh. Please tell me about what I missed so I can feel sorry for myself.
I got my hair cut shorter.
I get to see Spamalot for my birthday. (totally my parent’s idea, haha)
It was cloudy last night. *wah*
DON’T
TALK
ABOUT
SPAMALOT
IN FRONT OF
ME!
I almost got to go see it, but it was SOLD OUT!! Aaaargh!
(180, 182) One of the fun things about digging up some of these old images is that we can now post them at larger sizes. On MB 1.0, the Random thread images were usually 350 pixels wide, with a maximum allowance of 400 or 450. I’ve been running these at 500.
The Kokojazz design has crisp edges because it was created in CorelDraw, which is a vector drawing program.
(Note to MBers: you can usually get an even bigger version of the random thread picture by going to Lady B’s MB Photobucket at http ://s171.photobucket. com/albums/u291/rglasley/00%20MB%20Random/ (minus spaces, of course).)
186~ The crisp edges explanation went over my head, but I just like how refreshing the crispiness seems. In the summer heat things always seem o go mushy and blurry, so clean, straight lines and bright colors feel cool. *shrugs* I dunno if that made any sense at all, but oh well.
I know exactly what you mean.
I cut a long-winded technical explanation down to one sentence as I realized that anyone who knows the difference probably doesn’t need the explanation and no one else would make sense of it. Suffice it to say, the process is different from most of what one does in Photoshop. Kind of like piano and fiddle: both can play the same tune but the results aren’t the same.
Vectors are based on a series of equations so they can be enlarged to any size without losing resolution, unlike pixels, I think?
Anyway, I really like this one as well, for a lot of the reasons MF said. It reminds me of the taste of fresh, tart apples.
Ugh, I’m getting all stressed out. I need to read a book by an American author and write a few pages of notes on my sailing adventure and Star Trek.
187- What summer heat? I’m wearing a wool sweater and tights and I’m still cold.
You’re kidding me! I’m sweating while wearing capris and a tshirt and the fans on and it’s 6:30 in the morning! Stop complaining!
Ok, totally random, but just now at the grocery store something happened that just way made my day. So I was just standing around waiting for my sis to choose what yogurt she wanted, and I saw this tiny girl and she looked soo sad, so I smiled at her with my super-big smile that my mom says is scary, and then she started smiling back at me and her face almost literally lit up! So maybe it’s not such a scary smile after all?
yay! That’s awesome.
177) Lasagna rules Guatamala.
178) It does. One time, we found a box turtle and put in my parent’s shower while we played with it and fed it apple. Unfortunately, it pooped everywhere.
speaking of pooping animals….
My mom was at a photo shoot for a print ad, and the subject matter was a sheep. Every time a picture was taken, the sheep would poop in fear, apparently from the flash.
190- cute.
I just found out that Scary Go Round is ending in september. I don’t even know what to say. On the bright side: at least he’s still going to be making comics.
Hi, people. Wow, it’s been a long time. (I was banned, long story, not going to tell it.) Ummmmmm… my guinea pig died on Monday night.
I’m really sorry. I know I’m saying that a lot, but I’m not sure what to do in these kinds of situations.
Kind of a random thought, but it’s very weird to think about surnames that are very famous now, like Disney or Einstein, and realize that all the ancestors of the people who made them famous had that name, too, and they didn’t consider it any different from Smith or Jones.
I think about that, too. Verrrrrrry interesting.
First day of school is over and done with. Lucky me, I get to start the day with AP U.S. History and AP Language and Composition. I already have an essay due tomorrow (which I am putting off for a bit). Also on my schedule are physics, Honors Spanish IV, Latin III, precalculus, forensics, and a computer programming class, in no particular order. It appears that long gone are the days of getting As without trying very hard.
Dang.
I’m also taking those APs! And I still have two books to finish, three assignments to do (2 for history and 1 for English), AND a History test to study for, AND SCHOOL HASN’T EVEN STARTED YET!!! Sorry. I think it might have been better to do History all in 1 year instead of 1 1/2. Must go and do my work now! Cheerio! *stalks off*
I luuuurve Latin! Forensics and calculus sound interesting too!
That last sentence scared me, but that’s not very soon, I’m only going into sixth grade, and school doesn’t start until September 8th. However, I’m starting to miss my friends, and the Science Olympiad team. And maybe math homework. Maybe.
I got a haircut today, thank heavens. It was starting to get quite obnoxious. Anyway, I told her (same lady) that I’d like it to be pretty much the same as last time, only shorter perhaps.
It’s short! I like it, but I look a bit like a boy. More now than before. Ah well. When I’m not wearing a floppy unisex t-shirt I’ll probably look more female.
You can do it Piggy! Also I have a burning question for you…Are you using The American Pageant for APUSH? If so, you are in for party times! if not then uh…I’m sorry(?)
Your schedule looks v. interesting but also challenging! I wish my school offered a real programming class.
Junior year is kind of brutal at times but also ind of…vaguely enjoyable. I’m not helping, sorry!
Man I don’t start school till September…gah I want to get senior year over with already!
For the book? We’re using…uh…Out of Many. And I’m not sure about the programming class. I’ve taken a different programming class with the same teacher, and he’s insane. I don’t mean your normal everyday “insane” teacher. Actual insanity. I once asked him how I would print out a receipt (I made a cash register program for my final project) and he launched into an obtuse metaphor about him giving me money and telling me to build a birdhouse. Then he’d say it wasn’t any good, and give me more money. Then he’d say that one wasn’t any good. “Do you know what I’m trying to get across here?” I could only nod and give up. That receipt was to remain virtual forever. One my friend’s dad had this teacher for one of their classes decades ago, and he said that the teacher looked and acted exactly the same as in the ’80s.
But APUSH should be awesome. I had the same teacher for American History freshman year, and he rocks. Granted, the class is going to be very hard, as it’s AP (obviously), but still awesome. It won’t count for dual enrollment, though, unless I get a qualifying grade on the AP test, so that stinks. But hopefully I’ll be able to go to D.C. with the class in October. The last time I was there our tour of the capitol was cancelled on occasion of Reagan’s funeral procession (which was amazing).
If you haven’t figured it out, I’ve finished the essay. It was only 400-500 words, but I wanted it to be good. And I succeeded: 500 words exactly.
And now onto making a list of ways ancient Rome has affected Western civilization.
We used 5 different books, but for the last half of the year focussed out of one written by someone named “____ Divine,” so it was referred to as the Divine Book.
I’ve been thinking quite a lot about how I can’t wait to start freshman year in high school. I’m really looking forward to the social aspects of high school, which of course will be the last thing on my mind once actual learning commences. I’m not looking forward to Civics because freshmen don’t have the option to take Honors courses for that. My friend is just going straight to AP U.S. History, because she’s doing the Civics course over the summer, but I got too lazy to ask for a textbook.
Marching Band is awesome! We get to go to Valley Fair tomorrow (the Minnesota amusement park) and stay there after the parade and goof off in the park.
I’m doing driver’s ed, which isn’t as bad as I thought it would be, but it’s still sitting for three hours while intermittently watching funny driving videos with terrible acting.
One week to High school!(ish)
I’m taking:
Honor Geometry (Euclid and Non-Euclid, unlike non-honors)
Biology (Not honors, but for 10th Graders and High Ninth Graders)
LA9 (ugh)
Americian Studies 9 (ugh, but History is great!)
Choir (YEAH!)
Spanish 1 (hmmm.)
The sky is clear here, but I only got a brief glimpse of what might have been a meteor. I’m going to try again in a little while.
Has anybody else had any luck?
Zinc: Oh, that’s awesome! I saw Spamalot for a live-it-up-while-you-still-can-because-summer’s-almost-over type thing with a couple of friends two years ago when it was in Portland. I also got to see it on Broadway that spring.
It’s great!
Bubbles: I’m sorry you didn’t get to see it. You certainly will someday!
Perhaps…
With the forcefully applied use of sulking, crying, moaning and mumbling about Monty Python (though maybe not at the same time) anything is possible!
Strange–I just went back out to look for meteors again, and a thick blanket of fairly slow-moving clouds has moved in. How did they get here that fast?!
I’m going to absent from the blog again until about Sunday, because I’m in Wyoming and I doubt my dad will let me use his laptop too often.
* ♥ vectors*
I’m supposed to be studying latin to catch up for skipping the grade, but so far I haven’t done much. My mom was sure that I’d finish up fine. I think I’ll end up cramming a semester on the night before the test. Ah well, my days as latin star pupil are over.
Once again:
I luuuuuuurve Latin!
I’m supposed to review, but I have done diddly squat so far. I’ll manage.
Filling out applications to the community college for taking some classes there this semester. *terror*
I won’t be able to post much until Monday. I’m going to my Adirondack house again for our annual PARTAY!!! This year won’t be much a of a party… There aren’t many people going….
I’ll try to go to the Mobil station across the street and pick up the internet on my iPod, but I don’t think I will get a lot of time for that.
Today I ate pesto gnocci for breakfast. Yum.
195) I’m taking those APs too! And Precalculus!
I still have some summer reading work to do for that class though. We read 1776 and Adams & Jefferson.
199) What grade are you in and do you like singing?
203 ) Have fun in Wyoming!
207) augh! that sounds so good! *froths*
also you guys who didn’t use the American Pageant missed much hilarity. I kind of want to buy it just to read it again, it’s that great.
Piggy- I don’t think APUSH is that bad, but then again our teacher was pretty lax about everything. The good thing is if you keep up in class the AP test itself will be old hat.
GAPAs, could we have a back to skool thread?
A back to school thread would be interesting, which reminded me:
O, HALLOWED GREAT AND POWERFUL ADMINISTRATORS, I DO HUMBLY BESEECH YOU:
CAN WE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE HAVE A PHOTOGRAPHY THREAD?
On an entirely different note, I have to take care of my a chinchilla my friend is supposed to be taking care of for our teacher at school while he (my friend, that is) goes on vacation for a week. I’m just terrified my enormous goldendoodle is going to try to eat the chinchilla. *shudders in horror*
Now, if the majority of this post seems quite random, it is branching off of a reply from another relevant post, AND this is the substitute random thread, if I read correctly.
We have a Visual Arts thread that includes photography.
Ooooo! thanks!
That is so cool!!!! Jupiter is so close right now!!! I can see at least three of its moons very distinctly with binoculars. If you are interested and your sky is dark and clear, I would strongly encourage you to go look at it! It’s somewhat low in the east now, here, as it’s just rising.
Due to a last-minute change of plans, I’m going to be out of the city one day early, so I’m going to get to stargaze with my friend Hannah tonight!
Well, I was just in Seattle with minimal internet connection for a week, back for today, and now I’m leaving to western MA for another week without internet!
Anyway, I have recently discovered Pandora. It is AMAZING.
Hmm… *waddles off to R&R*
Weekend!
Ugh, that’s scary. I’ve only been back to school for two days and I’m already ready for the weekend.
In other news, 2 hr. soccer + loose shoes = BLISTERS.
Same here! School really drains you on the first few days back…
Good morning MB!
Good morning Kiwimuncher!*
*My internal clock is still weird from Seattle.
Woo! The Ares I-X rocket is complete!
As of today, I’ve been here for four years!
Too bad half of my posts are unreadable/nonsensical. oh well, hurrah!
210– I really hope it’s clear tonight. I went out to look last night and it was suddenly cloudy despite being clear all day! argh.
I just got a new cat. I named her Sasha. She’s a 4-month-old kitten with a smokey black coat (that means there’s light-gray fur underneath the black). She’s been great so far! She’s very affectionate.
I watched A Very Potter Musical today.
It was funny.
Especially Voldemort’s dance number.
I am losing it. I find maths class therapeutic and I have started reading Bunny Apocalypse.
Thera– *hand flies to mouth*
Oh. My. MLDM, you really are losing it. I don’t see how math could be therapeutic. More like it makes you need therapy.
However, I don’t think reading BA makes you crazy. I’ve tried to, and it’s a little… hard to get through in places, but yeah, I think that just means that you have an incredible attention span.
*stumbles in, half-asleep*
I’m back! *falls over*
*speaking from floor* I hate airports. Despise them with the burning passion of a thousand suns.
Let me explain why:
We bought our tickets in advance, from NY to Moscow, from Moscow to St. Petersburg, from St. Petersburg to Moscow, from Moscow to NY.
So far so good.
Only, after returning to Moscow from Peter, my mom and I got on a train that would take us to my grandparents’ town, while my dad flew back to NY.
Ok. Fine.
Except, when my mom and I returned to Moscow again (by train) a week later, the airport people said that “the route was disrupted” so for some reason, we now had no tickets, no refund, and we had to buy new seats at a higher price. *rants and stomps around*
In any case, it’s very good to be back in the US and on MuseBlog!
I’m back!
Last night I found an old flash drive I had lost years ago. I took it apart. Now I have the guts just waiting for a case mod, but I can’t think of anything good. Ideas?
Scratch that, I’ve already thought of, began, and semi-finished the mod. Enter: the world’s first USB-enabled pack of cards (that I’ve seen). I’m probably going to glue it all together so it doesn’t have quite the same risk of failure, but that’s something for another day.
I’m very sorry, but now I must be completely random. I’m sorry for any trouble this may cause.
*pulls out elephantification gun*
*elephantifies GAPAs*
The only way to de-elephantify yourself is to take de-ellephantification pills, all of which I have in my possesion!
I’m sorry GAPAs. I’m sure you can still moderate this comment, even though you are elephants.
Hi, everybody! I’m back from Maine!
Bye, everybody! I’m going to visit colleges!
scheduling = fail
I introduced my parents to pop-rocks candy today. I had some from the candy store from my trip. It was pretty funny, they had never had them before. It was awesome in general.
We also had some Cracker Jacks (from the same place) and the “Prize” was a little piece of paper with a face on it that the mouth was supposed to move. I must have needed a laugh or something, because I found it HYSTERICAL and started laughing like a maniac. It was hilarious. XD
No, I’m not on some mind-altering substance, I just found it wayy more amusing than it probably was.