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International Month for Commemorating Comestibles, part 2
Yay, a new thread! Lovely picture as always, Rebecca
The Feather cookies are making me hungry though…nomomom
I have a question I hope someone here can answer. I have been thinking about taking up beading as a hobby, but I’m afraid it might get somewhat expensive. Does anyone bead and have some tips?
Do you mean something like beading necklaces, or making beads, or bead weaving?
Depends. What sort of materials will you use? With plastic or synthetic beads, it’s much cheaper than with glass beads.
It will. ‘Course, you can turn that around and make a pretty tidy profit if you sell your beadwork.
-A
findings are the most expensive as you have to buy them new (findings being earwires, clasps, bead stringing wire (soft-flex is the best) etc.) I’d go to garage/estate sales and buy old jewelry to take apart to stock up on beads. Michael’s has big containers of lots of beads.
I just saw this post. What’s wrong with me? I bead somewhat obsessively in my very limited free time. (was that a bit of an oxymoron?) I’d like to add crimp beads, clasps, spacers, and these things I forgot the name of and I will find for you, (eventually) to the list. I wait for the coupons that come with the Sunday paper, save them up, and go nuts once in a while to get all the nice glass beads. Craft store coupons come in handy…
AH! I love beading! I haven’t had time though… All of my free time is spent cleaning my room, which looks like a war zone. I love working on bead looms. I made a lot of money selling cell phone charms last summer. A LOT.
It’s fun to do, Axa, and buying beads online is a lot cheaper. Do a google search of beads and click on the first link, that’s where I get a lot of my supplies.
I like the Bo cookies. Cinnamon is delicious.
Do the Bo cookies have cinnamon in them? I love the combination of cinnamon and chocolate. Mmm…
Food. Beautiful, beautiful food.
1- I bead and although it could get expensive one can avoid spending too much money on beads. Some tips:
Only buy beads of one color in bulk if you’re sure that you’re going to be beading for a while. They’re awfully expensive.
Set aside at least $25 (USD) for a “starter set” which should include:
A black velvet beading tray with little spaces for beads.
Several basic colors of beads.
.2mm and .6mm clear plastic string in both elastic and non-elastic varieties.
A bunch of little bracelet/necklace fasteners and various other wire doodads including earring starts and pendant fasteners.
And lots of wire.
Then every month you can spend about $4 on beads, if you’re serious about it. I’m not.
Also, in a lot of cities there are small art shops that sell beads by the scoop- there’s a wonderful one in San Gabriel, CA near the car servicing station on that street with all the fancy shops where the bakery opened in July… but anyway, scoops for under $2.00 of glass beads are good. I love those shops, when I find them I always end up buying ten scoops of pendants, glass, and wooden beads, and of course little wire thingies and those cute little glass and plastic shaped beads.
1: I have no idea, but I don’t think it is expensive. Try researching it. Love the picture. I like cookies!!
Oooh, delicious picture. Not doing much for my current feeling of starvation, though.
Apparently my two allnighters are still wreaking their havoc on my stomach–I’ve been starving to death the past two days, basically no matter how much I eat. Huh, sounds kinda like how the summer was.
Off to eat something before class…..
AAAAAAAA DISNEYLAND TODAY AAAAAAA SO EXCITED
Lucky you! Take pictures!
You’re so lucky! Have fun!
8: No fair!!!! Is Disneyland or Disneyworld in Florida? I’ve gone to the one in Florida a few times. It rules!!!!
Disneyland, I believe, is the one in California. Disneyworld is in Florida–I’ve been there twice, now. Once when I was so little all I really remember is falling asleep in a stroller during a parade, and then later watching the fireworks at the Magic Kingdom with Tinkerbell, and shoving my fingers in my ears because it was loud, and having my aunt pull my fingers out of my ears…..
And then, of course, we went when I was 15, as well, got a 7 day pass to go to all the different parks there, but the main highlight of that trip, for me, was actually getting HBP, and not so much the Disney……Although, still, Disney was tons of fun, too, despite the heat and arguing.
I love the picture!! Those Bo cookies look tasty.
Staying home sick from school today. The rather frightening thing is 3 of my classmates have the swine flu. Hope I’m not going to become the 4th…
6) That sounds FUNN. The only thing I remember about Disneyland/world from when I went a loooongg time ago are the little spinny teacups.
So, y’all know how I pulled two consecutive all-nighters (well, almost all-nighters) Tuesday and Wednesday night. Apparently my subconscious brain was so mad at me (and in wont of sleep), that it decided to reset my alarm this morning, to give me 4 extra hours of sleep.
Fortunately, I’ve been setting two alarms, since I started sleeping with earplugs (my roomie is noisy), as I’ve been worried I might not hear the first one.
So, last night I set my alarm for 7:30, about an hour before I needed to leave for class (an hour and ten, if I pushed leaving back to the absolute latest). My phone I set for 7:40. This morning, I”m awoken by my phone going off, I sit up, grab it, staring at it blankly thinking: What? Why didn’t my alarm go off?
Still half asleep, my brain began to tell me “Oh, crap, you set your phone for the wrong time, you don’t have to get up until 9:30 today [apparently my brain was under the impression it was Thursday].” I was halfway through resetting my phone, when my brain started to wake up more, and realized that, no, today was indeed a MWF, and I did indeed need to be up, at which point the question became: “WHy the heck didn’t my alarm clock go off?”
After all, last night, I only checked to make sure it was set (and set for 7:30), upwards of half a dozen times. So, I looked at my alarm. It was set for 11:30–definitely not what I set it for last night, as, like I said, I checked numerous times.
So, yeah, apparently while I was asleep, I reset my alarm….I guess when you subconscious controls your sleeping body to give you 4 more hours of sleep, that’s probably a pretty good indication that you need more sleep? (And shouldn’t’ve pulled two consecutive more-or-less all-nighters…….)
Like I said, good thing I had my phone set, too……Otherwise I would’ve missed chem and genetics. Of course, chem lecture gets posted online, and genetics it’s not like anybody gets much out of it, except for getting a copy of his power point, which I oculd’ve printed, but….still.
ATTENTION CHESSPLAYERS: I’m currently looking for an opponent to play chess with. Normal chess or another kind is fine I just want to play chess.
7- I went to Disney World when I was ten, and I LOVED it. I really, really want to go back, but it would be too expensive, so I’m making do by reading travel guides, listening to fan podcasts, drawing up speculative trip itnereries and generally becoming more knowledgeable about Disney lore.
The LCROSS results are in! There’s ice at the moon’s South Pole!
*Happy dance*
Which means I can change my name!
It is Friday the thirteenth, and I am trapped in a district band festival until three or four on Saturday. This is almost hell, but because I think I’m one of the better players there, it’s fun.
-A
Band festivals rock! WOO! Congratulations, KaiYves What Your Name Is Now. So THAT’S why your name was KaiYves – Got Water? I always wondered about that. I guess I should have asked.
Zinc, I went to Disneyland ( Cali ) when I was in….fourth grade? Summer after fourth? Four summers ago, anyway. I rode that coaster, what was it, in, like, Adventureland or something? It had something to do with the gold rush, I think. Anyway, it was great, but since I always made my dad ride on the outside he nearly got whiplash.
Bubblebabe, are you new? I don’t seem to remember you a few weeks ago when I left because of school and what-not.
No, she’s not new, you’ve just been gone a long time.
Yes, I change it every now and then. Before LCROSS, it was “KaiYves- Let’s Kick Up Some Moon Dust!” to indicate my support for the mission, from the night of the impact (October 9th), to this afternoon, it was “KaiYves- Got Water?”, as a joke on the “Got Milk?” commercials and the central question of if there was water detected after the impact. Now we know, so it’s “KaiYves- Water? YES!”
And it will stay like that until I decide to change it for some other reason.
Happy Friday the Thirteenth, everyone! Nothing unlucky happened today. My friend has the swine flu, though: NOT fun for her. Going to a “Yahtzee party” tomorrow. Yahtzee is this really old tradition from when my mom was single and was in the ____ Chorus. She and all of her friends would get together and play Yahtzee. So now we still get together four times a year and play Yahtzee. It’s very fun.
Right, it’s Friday the Thirteenth. Nothing bad over here either. Except I’m having a terrible time getting motivated for my NaNo. *headdesk* Leaving now…
My Friday the Thirttenth was great!
SFTDP—Absolutely love the picture, Lady B!
15.1–Ugh, me too. I should go work on it…nah, I’ll do it later.
Yo. Hmm, Friday the thirteenth. Not being superstitious, I can’t say that I noticed anything particularly unlucky today. I mean, some general yuckiness, but nothing too horrendously alarming.
Oh, I take that back….my geometry textbook came today. Definitely an ominous sign.
I’m headed out to watch a movie (Dr. Jenkyl and Mr. Hyde) in a bit at the local library. Should be fun.
Thank you for the advice, everyone! I think this requires much research, I’ve never even heard of bead weaving before…
That sounds fairly reasonable, koko52, thanks for the suggestions!
Zinc, I hope you are having fun at disneyland! What decorations do they have up right now? I know the halloween thing ended nov 2…ahh I can’t wait until they have christmas stuff up *___*
Oh, it should be illegal to make pictures of baked goods. I’m really hungry now.
Imagine how I felt while working on it.
Hmmm, talking of pictures of food, I am suddenly reminded of an article in Muse a long while back that talked about how food in pictures is often not really “real” food. Like there was a picture of ice cream, that was actually mashed potatoes. It was talking about the tricks of making food look good and like food on camera……That was a fun article.
I happen to have the very same issue next to me right now (I’m sorting all my Muses into chronological order). It’s known as food styling- after that article I spent two years wanting to be a food stylist.
I loved that one. And they used lipstick on the cherry, and stuck it in with a toothpick, and used shaving cream instead of whipped cream… that was a great issue.
Could there be cookie-cutters that are in the shapes of the Muses on Musery Loves Company? That would be cool, but maybe some people would feel bad about eating them…
Oh, that would be cool! But imagine having to bite Feathers head off…
Eh, just eat it in one bite.
You just have to keep repeating to yourself “It’s not Feather, it’s a cookie. It’s not Feather, it’s a cookie…”
I would eat Bo’s head off if he started telling me annoying pointless factoids that no one cares about.
*psst* Bo’s a “she”….
Really?
I feel stupid now. I always thought of Bo as a guy…
Well, Bo is a cow, therefore…
Udders.
Cookie Cutter Muses…
COCP!
But Bo has horns.
Female cattle can have horns. Depends on the breed.
I guess it was just the name ending in “O”, and the horns.
But I swear, I always saw Bo as a guy.
Female cattle lost their horns through domestication so it would make sense that some breeds do have horns.
Me too, until Bo complained about her gender always getting mixed up in a recent MuseMail letter. I also think I thought of her as male because of the name ending “o.”
*enjoys the picture*
*is reminded of the box of Muse chocolates that was the picture many moons ago*
*just got back from judging a novice PF tourney*
*finally got Google Wave*
*explodes*
In fact, the box of chocolates was part of the inspiration for this one. I was browsing through old art work to put a portfolio together and remembered that Robert had mentioned something about preferring thicker chocolates. I was still a Photoshop neophyte, and that was as thick as I could get them with the technique I figured out at the time, but I’ve learned a few tricks since February 2007….
*goes to Photobucket to look at old box of chocolates again*
*sees extremely large version of current picture*
*makes background*
*admires beautiful detail*
Do you make all of these threads pictures? If you do, you are good at taking pictures and drawing the muses. You also have a really good imagination to make the thread name and picture (not that I’m giving Robert Coontz any credit if needed).
SFTDP I meant that I’m giving Robert Coontz, the great and powerful GAPA, credit. Don’t retro zap me to death. Gives an offering of virtual choklit.
*accepts offering*
Great and powerful GAPA? Isn’t that sort of like saying GAPGAPA?
Oh dear lords.
-A
19.2~ Yes, I remember that article, and the whole magazine as well. *launches into reminisce* The cover was white with a ball covered in fried eggs. I recall the day it came actually, I was going to a picnic and we stopped to get the mail on the way, so I walked in to the porch toting this utterly bizarre looking magazine, plopped into a chair and began to read. It caused more than a few odd glances. *stops*
21.1.3~ Rebecca (also known as Lady Bunniful) is our beautiful goddess of graphics. She makes the pictures, though at least once Robert made one (I believe she was very busy at the time).
I don’t know who decides on the thread names, though I’d assume it’s something agreed on by all the GAPAs, and then Rebecca steps in to create an appropriate picture.
But yes, she’s very, very good. Her non-muse related works are equally amazing, if not more so.
What are her nonmusing works? Did she design the Statue of Liberty, or did she right the Decloration of Independence and just give other people credit because it was to easy for her to get noticed(easy to her).((I need to quit sucking up))
Through analysis and observation, I have determined the following scientific fact: In America, our advertising industry, department store marketers, and mall organizers have turned us into a country full of holiday-rushing lemmings.
23.1~ Although the Statue of Liberty and the Declaration of Independence aren’t quite in her portfolio, she’s a talented artist who does some great work with paintings and drawings of all manner of things. As well as being a great person to hang out with.
And, of course, a GAPA, which everyone knows makes someone instantly mega-cool.
Instantly and undeniably.
I wish I was a GAPA so I could have a retro zapper. Maybe I can have one for Christmas.
New thread!
Love the picture, although like Luna said just looking at it is making my mouth water…. *drools*
Yesterday I didn’t get a chance to get on the blog much because my class went on a field trip which didn’t end until after school hours. We went to a local nature center. It was a decent trip although we did have to sit through a couple of lectures in the beginning…*yawn* At least the food was good. Other than that it was an interesting trip even though it was raining for a good part of it and everything was outside…
24-In Austria, we need more holidays. The stores are already gearing up for Christmas.
Exactly my point. My dad and I went to the mall yesterday, and they already have the food court and parking lot decorated for Christmas (although it’s really just a bunch of lights on every other tree). And I think the Christmas specialty store there was open at least before Halloween.
I remember seeing Halloween items for sale back in September, too.
GarageBand and Photo Booth are way too much fun to be allowed, and this is my conclusion.
Urg, the internet is sloooowwwwwww out here in my room. Probably because the poor computer isn’t getting much of a signal, but still. Grr.
I should really do something other than play on the computer all day. I should go, uh, read. Or write. Gods, I need to write a resume. >.< I don't wanna, I don't wanna…..my inner procrastinator is throwing a tantrum. But I do want to sail next summer, so I really must get myself in gear and just get started on the darned thing. Eew, eew, eeeeeeeeew.
Um, forgive me if this duplicate-posts……but it’s acting funky.
Garage Band…….’tis wonderful for making ringtones for your cell phone. That is, if, like me, you parents aren’t paying for a plan that allows texting/downloading things/etc. So, to go and get a “free download” ringtone would still cost data charges.
But, you can bluetooth anything to or from the phone for free, so……Splice out a segment of a song in Garage Band, send it to iTunes, drag it to the desktop, and bluetooth it to your phone.
Yup, that’s how I got HP ringtones for my phone, although it took awhile to get the segments to a length short enough (small enough size) that I could use ’em for a ringtone…….
28.1~ Ooh, that sounds like a good idea. My phone comes with the stupidest ringtones in the known universe. Basically, what Vogon music would sound like. So I’ll have to try that……never used the bluetooth bit though. Hmm……I’ll have to experiment a bit with that.
I wouldn’t mind having some fun music on my phone….I could get even STRANGER looks! xD
Go getting strange looks! WOO!
What’s wrong with strange(er) looks?
There’s water on the moon! *celebrates*
I know, I’m psyched!
How do I get to the paleo thread(s)?
I mean, I /am/ a paleo now, right?
Select “Paleostuff” in the Categories drop-down list. And, yes, you’re subscribed.
Danke schein, Frau Lasley.
(LOL)
Isn’t it ‘Danke schön’?
Most likely.
Yes, it is. You have to be careful with those german vowels
29.2~ Nothing wrong at all, it’s a bonus!
Do you use the ringtone part? Or just make it like any other project?
I don’t use the specific ringtone function. I just drag my desired song into GB, splice out a segment (approximately 15 seconds, or else my phone says it’s too big to use as a ringtone. Of course, other phones may have different ideas of what is too big…..), and then select “Send song to iTunes”. Somewhere along the way when you send it, I have to make sure that it’s checked that it exports as a .mp3, as that’s all my phone will accept for a ringtone (again, may vary based upon phone).
Let’s just say I spent way too much time doing so, and made myself 4 different HP ringtones (one for dad, one for mom, one for my sis, and one for the general calling public).
HPB ALERT HPB ALERT
Yesterday my mom and I were shopping and I saw some knee socks with orange stickers on them that said “THAT’S SO BUNNY!” on them in hot-pink letters. Needless to say, this was extremely disturbing.One pair was hot-pink with peace signs on them, and some others had HPBs on them!
Don’t they know that HPBs and peace signs don’t go together?
Unless, of course, it’s the goodius kind of HPB.
One time I saw a girl wearing a shirt with an HPB on it, but it didn’t quite look like the ones on Musery Loves Company. I wanted to ask her if she was a Muser, but I didn’t get a chance to.
Maybe they’re trying to trick us?
No, that’s too simple. They want us to think they’re tricking us so we won’t notice the obvious signs of bunny movement.
You know, I really shouldn’t comment on an empty stomach. Especially not on this thread.
An overwhelmingly peaceful environment CAN prevent bunnification, as witnessed by my own experiences with hot-pink name tags at the United Nations.
That picture looks delicious.
Hello MB!
Hello, Kiwi.
Greetings m’amie!
So I’m trying to do some writing now. I keep getting distracted by other things, though.
And Atlantis takes off tomorrow. This one really snuck up on me.
I am currently sucking on a huge red jawbreaker that was for $1, from the local candy shop. ( And tastes like pure sugar)
Meh. I came back from swim meet earlier today and curled up on the couch with brother. I stayed there for two hours. Now I have a bunch of work to do.
On the bright side, I dropped 4 seconds on my backstroke time! *glee*
I really should be NaNoing. This day just isn’t working out for me, is it? I hate swim meets on Sundays, what a horrible idea! That’s when I do all my homework. *procrastination*
*sigh* Watching Dr. Who was supposed to put me in a good mood, a happy mood. But, oh, no, “Waters of Mars” just has to be the one and only episode of Dr. Who that I’ve watched that actually has me wanting to cry for the majority of it. *grumbles*
Don’t get me wrong, it was a good episode. And I think the ep (or 2? I forget) should be good, as well. Of course, since I’m pretty sure Capt Jack is in it, it can’t not be good……
My friend told me it’s about Martian water turning people into zombies?
Well, that’s, uh… strange.
Yeah, I s’pose you could describe it like that. And “strange”, yup, definitely sums up Dr. Who in a word–that’s half the fun.
Between that summary and the living plastic people in the episode I watched with my friend, I would have to say I agree.
A rather inauspicious prediction, though, don’t you feel?
So…
How many bloggers have seen A Very Potter Musical? I’m asking just to make sure. It’s the most super-mega-foxy-hot totally awesome that ever existed, if you haven’t. Check it out!
’tis brilliant.
Indeed, it was I. I believe I also introduced it to Gradster.
It is without a doubt my favorite thing on Youtube. However, I’d say it’s fairly PG-13, so younger bloggers be warned.
Yup. I know you know it…we both have fan art on the Facebook page! xD It’s my favorite thing on YouTube also. I watch it a lot when I get the chance(s)!
I watched maybe the first fifteen minutes of it or so and got bored. I need to watch it through sometime.
You should. It gets entirely less boring…especially when you see Voldemort and Quirrell. xD
Oh, god, Quirrell and Voldie for the win! Those scenes were hilarious. But, yes, the first part on YouTube was, by far, the least entertaining. I almost questioned why I was wasting my time with it, and then…….It went somewhere, and I no longer had any doubt about why I was wasting my time with it, as it morphed into utter brilliance.
I totally shipp Voldie/Quirrell now. They are extremely adorable.
“You…came back?”
“I came home.”
*knuckle bite*
I have. It’s funny, but somewhat inappropriate for younger viewers. I’m not sure I would recommend it.
I keep running into that with MB-suggested things. XKCD had entirely too many swear words in it, too. I kept looking until I learned a new one, at which point I drew the line. I’ve nearly sworn off looking up the suggestions I run in to. Not quite, though.
Hehe, I can’t remember the last time I learned a new swear word. I was quite young, I think.
I’m game on following up most any suggestions I run into from people (well, depending on the people)….It takes quite a bit to scar my brain, at this point.
“Inappropriate for younger veiwers” means very little to me.
I have.
It’s totally awesome!
“…..and it’s gonna be totally awesome!”
Back to witches and wizards and magical beasts,
To goblins and ghosts and magical feasts
It’s all that I love and it’s all that I need at Hogwarts, Hogwarts
(I think I’m going back)
I’ll see my friends, gonna laugh till we cry
Take my Firebolt, gonna take to the sky
No way this year anyone’s gonna die!
And it’s gonna be totally awesome…
DID SOMEBODY SAY DRACO MALFOY?
Who knows how fast this year’s gonna go.
Hand me a glass, let the butterbeer flow.
Maybe this year, gonna talk to Cho!
Oh no that’d be WAY TOO AWESOME!
Come on and each us everything you know!
The summer’s over, and we’re itchin’ to go!
I think we’re ready for, Albus Dumbledore
Aaaah, aaaah….
WELCOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOME all of you to Hogwarts!
I welcome all of you to school,
Did you know that here at Hogwarts,
We have a hidden swimming pool?
Welcome, welcome, welcome Hogwarts,
Welcome hotties, nerds and tools!
Now that I’ve got you here at Hogwarts,
I’d like to go over just a couple of rules.
First, my name is Professor Albus Dumbledore. You can call me Dumbledore. You can also call me Albus… if you want a detention. Just kidding, I’ll expel you if you call me Albus!
Back to spells and enchantments, potions and friends!
To Gryffindors, Hufflepuffs, Ravenclaws, SLYTHERINS!
Back to the place where our story begins at Hogwarts, Hogwarts!
(I’m sorry, what’s the name?)
Hogwarts, Hogwarts!
(I didn’t hear you kids!)
Hogwarts, HOGWARTS!
Man I’m glad I’m back!
“Well, now that we got that four part harmony out of the way…”
The way his hair falls in his eyes
Makes me wonder if he’ll
Ever see through my disguise
And I’m under his spell…
Yes! It’s awesome!
It makes me laugh. 
So everything’s on schedule for the launch, the weather forecast is 70 percent favorable, and Amelia Earhart’s scarf will be onboard.
Let’s go, Atlantis!
Today is a very cheesy, happy day.
And now I’ve finished my work for once in my online class and have time to come on here and mess around before going on to my next class! Yay!
Okay, just under an hour and a half to go for Atlantis, everything looks good.
They’re up! They’re up!
The AMAZING Tech teacher, who I am very friendly with, let me put the SpaceVidcast HD stream on her SmartBoard and turn the volume up.
SmartBoard + HD + Full Screen + Space Shuttle Launch = Awesome.
Things Silver Lining Learned Today:
1. I have bronchitis (whoopee!). I went to the doctor’s this morning, which means I got to miss gym
, but now I have to take antibiotics and all this other junk. *coughs* Don’t worry, it’s very mildly contagious.
2. I should never, ever, EVER drink apple juice in the morning if it’s a school day. My mom and I stopped at Dunkin’ Donuts after the doctor’s, and I got a bottle of apple juice, which was A Big Mistake. I drank a lot of it, and all that sugar must’ve done something serious to my brain, because by the end of the day, I was talking so fast and moving around so much that people stopped trying to understand me. I kept screaming stuff at people in a British accent, and then started babbling on and on about how J.Lo, Jay Leno, and John Lennon must all be related because don’t their names sound EXACTLY THE SAME?! My friends got into it, too, and all heck broke out in the classroom. It’s a wonder we didn’t all get detention…I feel so sorry for the science teacher substitute.
44-*laughs*
You know, giving you grape sugar would be an interesting experiment… from a safe distance. Not that sugar makes you hyper, but having so much energy…
Usually sitting down, shutting up and drinking cold water helps. Of course, running around like a maniac is a more amusing alternative…
Meh. All my friends cut gym today, so it was just me and the remains of two other cliques, both of which I’m not very fond of (the feeling was mutual, except by a few who hated me). I survived and even followed the rules of basketball at the same time (when the angry mob charges you because you have to ball, pass it to some unfortunate soul instead of running like hell with the ball. Why can’t I have a teacher who believes in fouls and fouls shots?! This is one of those unfair moments where being skinny and a year younger= road pizza if you don’t move fast enough).
There is something about certain drinks, though. Like I’ve found two drinks that make my muscles go all weird so I hunch over and start to roll my shoulders really fast and get energetic and talk really fast and feel generally weird: Coolatas, and Seltzer mixed with a lot of sugar.
Both delicious, though. I especially recommend the last one, though I’ve only had it once.
I’m not going to be on much for the foreseeable future, because my computer’s airport died, and it won’t be fixed. It’s good for my Nano, so I’m not messing with it much.
I will be on sometimes, on my mom’s computer. But I might abandon a few threads, purely because I don’t have them bookmarked. And I won’t be checking on 24/7, because I can’t do it so secretly anymore.
Anyway, I don’t know if anyone cares about the reasons behind my partial absence, but I’m telling you all about them anyway. Just in case somebody does.
Errata: What about your chess game with mas0n (https://musefanpage.com/blog/?p=4974)?
I hope that’s not one of the threads en’s abandoning. I might not come as often to MB if I not playing chess.
I just watched the Waters of Mars. It was so sad. And The End of Time looks like it will be sad, dark, and epic.
I know–I very nearly cried. And, yeah, the Christmas special does look to be quite dark……more on par with previous season finale’s than with previous Christmas specials (which tended to be more light-hearted, than dark……with a large quantity of evil Santa Claus’s thrown in…….)
But, dark or not, from the snippet at the end of Waters of Mars, it looks like it will be quite good……*crosses fingers*
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The saddest part was when the woman was trapped behind the water with her child talking, and how the Doctor at the very end. I almost cried also.
Oh my goodness, The Dark Knight Returns = spectacular. “I see… a reflection, Harvey. A reflection.”
Oh, and to add to my response to Axa on her original post, you’ll want pliers. They are one of the most expensive things. Maybe ask for pliers and findings for a present? The beads themselves can be both cheap and expensive but it is easier to find beads for cheap.
It should be illegal for English teachers to assign multiple essays that are due within three days. And it should be required that Humanities teachers check whether we don’t have two million comprehension worksheets, lab write ups, Mandarin tests to study for, compositions, and concert pieces due before assigning homework.
Obviously, the MB is not the most proactive place for me to be… oh well.
Yes, it should. Thankfully, I don’t have that problem yet.
In other news, I CAN’T BELIEVE THEY FOUND WATER ON THE MOON!!!!!!!!!!! Only problem is it’s in a giant crater on the dark side of the moon.
But still, THEY FOUND WATER ON THE MOON!!!!!!
There is no “Dark Side of the Moon”. There is a far side, which is the part that never faces earth, but there is no dark side.
No Dark Side of the Moon? But I thought that was where Vador lived…..
It’s in a dark crater at the south pole of the moon.
Teachers also need to check with other teachers before giving tons of homework, in case the other teachers are planning to give tons of homework that day too.
I LOVE YOUR AVATAR!!!!! Howl’s Moving Castle, is it?
My group of friends decided I was most likely to start a cult when I grow up. I’m just having trouble thinking of a concept. Got to go.
McGee: Wow. This is like the TARDIS.
Dinozzo: TARD-what?
McGee: It’s a contraption that Dr. Who travels through time in…
Dinozzo: *gives McGee really strange look*
McGee: Nevermind.
Dinozzo: Dr. Who? Who watches that?
Honest, it was seriously hilarious, given as it was totally unexpected……
Ah, good old time and relative dimension in space
(erm, what is NCIS?)
It’s a TV program on CBS. A crime type show. Navy Criminal Investigative Service, I think is what it stands for. Basically, there’s a team of people who solve crimes (usually murders) that in some way relate to the navy (for instance, a dead marine).
You’re name is Clare de Lune? So you like that song? Do you play piano? Did you play that song on the piano? *gets really excited* Because I had to memorize that song on the piano last year for my recital and I think that it’s awesome!
Does anybody else remember the second part Logomania Unleashed! back in June? With the amazing picture that looks like it’s woven? (For those of you who don’t, and for reference, the link’s here, from which you can get to a blown-up version.) Well I set that as my background, and a few days ago I was staring at it procrastinating on NaNo, when I noticed the text on it was actually MBer’s names! Since then, I’ve been scanning it seeking all the names.
I just went back and discovered that this is no new observation, but, see, I was absent most of June, and not following the Random Thread at that time anyway. But anyway, I’m excited. I’ve been having all sorts of fun searching.
I do remember that funnily enough, it was one of my favorite pictures actually.
I remember that too!
It was quite extraordinary!
I remember that! It took me almost the whole month to find my name, and I had a war with my sister over using it as screeensaver (It’s too distracting-That’s the point!).
I remember seeing the design after looking back at it, but I must have missed all the conversation about it having people’s names (it was June, I was absent from the blog most of June, July, and beginning of August), and yesterday when I looked, the colors and all that just made me dizzy and made my head hurt. (I’ve got a cold. Again. And yesterday my brain was all fuzzy and didn’t work right, so…….)
Hawk Nelson ROCKS!!!!!!!!
Hi!
Miss me? I haven’t been on for a while. I dunno, I didn’t really have anything I felt like posting. I still don’t, but I thought I’d check in and say hi.
Beavo! *hugs*
‘course we missed you.
We missed you!
Hi Beavo! Nice to “see” you.
Good to see you back here.
Beavo! Hello hello!
I haven’t been on here much either, although I’m starting to trickle back again after a mountain of work…
Hi! Welcome back
55~ Hey Beevz! Good to see you again. How goeth life? Well, I hope.
‘Writer’s block’? ‘Procrastination’? Those sound so harsh……let’s just say ‘constipated creativity’. Alliteration for the win!
*sigh* Yeah, I need to get in gear.
Nice to see you again Beavo.
My class is reading a really good book called “The Westing Game”. It is a mindboggling mytery, that every page you turn what you thought was wrong. I highly recommend it.
OMG! I just realized that I have 4 B-day points now!
Oh, hey, Beavo!
Wow, I just finished studying for 4 hours flat.
Our school got flooded today. I got completely soaked on my way from Mandarin to English and had to then sit under the AC for two hours.
57~ Ah yes, The Westing Game. I remember reading it, though the first time I didn’t quite understand it since it was way above my comprehension level at the time.
I think I read it later too, and got a lot more out of it the second time. I enjoyed it both times though.
I loved that book, but like you, I don’t think I got it at first.
My Astronomy teacher told us the funniest story today.
When he was a kid, he lived in an old apartment building, with six floors. He lived on the sixth floor. On the third floor, this annoying old lady lived who always liked being nosy. Every time he passed her in the hall, she’d say “Where are you going, kid?” and ask him all kinds of questions.
So, by the time he got to college he was fed up with being bothered by the old lady. He signed up to go on this trip to see a solar eclipse in Siberia and packed all his suitcases. He got in the elevator with his luggage, and it stopped on the 3rd floor. The old lady got on.
“Hey, kid, where are you going with all that luggage?”
“I’m going to Siberia, geez!”
So the lady shut up and he got out on the ground floor.
The next day, the old lady called his mother and asked “Do you know how RUDE your son was to me yesterday?”
Yeah, some people are like that.
I have a neighbor like that, except every time she sees me she tells me to tuck my shirt in, that running around is not ladylike behavior (snort), and that I need to improve my posture. She then becomes angry at the way I dress (apparently I have been impressed with improper ideas that need to be squashed. i.e. she doesn’t like my I Beg To Differ T-shirt) and proceeds to make rather offensive comments about the state of posterity. Sometimes I wonder if she entered a time warp from the nineteenth century.
57- Ah, the westing game. I first got the book from a close relative. It was above my level back then, but when I finally read it it creeped me out because of all the hidden references. It was the only book that I got from said relative that I hadn’t asked for, and…. There was a big fight. Now that I’ve read the book, I can see that there are certain parallels between the characters and some of said relatives. I asked my mother about it, and she wasn’t surprised in the least. I couldn’t stand people touching my long braid, and I’d kick or elbow anyone who tried. I can also find parallels for several other heirs and Sam Westing. Matching up the characters, I could see another side of en. I still don’t agree with en, but at least I understand en better. For me, the westing game is much more than just a good mystery.
-It’s an apology.
An apology for what?
Oh goodness. The Chrome OS dev files are finally open-source. SO AMAZING. And my Muse Academy mug arrived today. If I hadn’t bombed my physics test this may have been a good day. Also, it would be nice if Google Wave worked on Internet Explorer so I could use it at school.
But I must be going now. Until later, MuseBlog.
I’m going to see my town’s high school’s musical with my parents. It looks really good (they always are). So I’m happy.
Sounds fun!! What musical is it?
It’s called “Once On This Island.”
Today was interesting.
I got a haircut, so I can see again, which is a distinct advantage over having bangs constantly in my face. Though I do feel slightly bald now.
Aand, we went to Act II (it’s a used clothing store that always has nice stuff) and ran into some friends that we haven’t seen in years! I was poking around, noticed that there was a mother and daughter looking at the jeans rack behind me and then realized that I knew them! It was great, they were good friends who we used to do a lot of things with but then just fell out of touch. So it was good to see them, even for a few minutes.
I found a few lightweight jackets, which will be lovely. One is dark green and pretty simple, but nice. Lace trim and an almost denim-y fabric.
The other one is tan courderoy, double breasted, and cut in a way that can only have been inspired by Regency (or Federal) era clothing. It’s got that sort of a tailored cut, so the seams aren’t right over the shoulders, if that makes sense, and the back and front are made of several pieces each. And it has tails. Really. And those things that you’d hang epaulets off of, not sur eof the exact name. And a stand-up collar.
In short, it’s rather epic, handsome and hilarious all at once. Needless to say, I’m looking forward to wearing it.
I also got a pair of purple shoes. They’re those kind that look rather like a cross between a ballet flat and a converse sneaker, only they’ve got purple stripes. Yum.
I’m now sitting in my room with my feet propped in front of the heater, rear end snuggled deep into the beanbag chair (which I have cleared off and resolved to use as a chair instead of a dumping grounds for anything that comes in the door) and a computer on my lap, writing a story for my homework. Working very hard, of course. *shifty eyes*
I know how you feel. My hair is long for a boy. It’s long in the front, normal in the back ,and really thick. When I get a haircut I feel a lot lighter.
Sounds like something a crazy professor would wear.
65.1~ I had a little over an inch take off today (my hair is short for a girl’s, it averages about 4 or 5 inches in layers all over). Think the Beatles and their haircut and you should have a good idea of what my hair looks like.
When I first got it cut this short though it had been halfway down my back, my neck actually hurt the next couple of days because I was holding my head differently without the weight.
My image of you is of somebody with hair halfway down their back… Hm.
It’s shoulder length, or so, and I’ve been braiding them, to keep them out of everywhere else, and today I coiled the braids up right behind my ears and used some bobby pins to keep them there. It works well. Right, sorry.
I actually did my hair today.
Hair talk. Whee! I’ve cut mine a bit too, just fixing up the layers and getting off the split ends. It’s a bit longer than shoulder lenght and now looks a bit like Irma’s (from the WITCH comic) instead of like Anaka-didn’t-go-to-the-hairdresser-for-months
.
66-
I used to have a sort of cycle where I would grow my hair a bit past shoulder length, then get fed up with it (it’s somewhat curly and tangles easily, fluffs a bit in the humidity, and is very thick) and chop it back up to behind my ears. I used to have awful hair in kindergarten- my mom insisted that I was too young either to know what I wanted to do with my hair or too young to take care of it, but around first grade I put my foot down, after a year of “boy in the dress” taunts. Still, I used to suddenly realize after a haircut that I wasn’t having to make any conscious effort to hold my head up. Sometimes I would wake up and start trying to brush nonexistent hair. I’ve collected all my haircuts (or most of them) in a freezer bag, which has grown somewhat heavy.
Sorry for rambling.
Class pictures yesterday. I wore eyeliner for the first time but scrubbed it off before the picture. If my parents found out they would kill me brutally.
I totally do that cycle. All the time. I’m currently in the ‘have hair’ phase.
-A
I sort of do that, but with my bangs, not the rest of my hair. They start out straight, but then as they get longer and longer I push them to the side more, out of my eyes. Eventually I stop being lazy long enough to cut them a little.
Goooooooooooooooooooooooooooooood morning MB!
How’s everybody doing today?
Oooh, it’s the 40th anniversary of Apollo 12!
My Space Academy councilor called it the “comedy special” flight.
Squee!!!!!!!! I am incredibly happy right now. Which, if I spend too much thinking about, will make he very unhappy, as I’ve not been happy on this particular day since 2004. Anyways, we shan’t go into that right this moment.*
I just got my grade back on my last genetics test, and I got 100%! 238/238
So, yeah, I’m really, really happy. Plus, Thanksgiving break starts today, and I’m going to go spend it with my sister at her college.
*Ok, because I’m nice: This day in 2005 (Nov 20, 2005), my dog died. So, yeah, not been a happy day for me ever since.
Last night I tried to go on MB several times, and each time it didn’t work. I nearly panicked, thinkng that it’d been hacked again or something. Did anyone else have this problem, or was it just my computer?
I had problems, too, just before I went to bed. I’m not sure how long the outage lasted.
It lasted from shortly after 10:00p until around 2:15a.
There were several people who had difficulties. I’m not sure when it started, but when I tried to get on around 10 pm central time, it wouldn’t load, and it still wouldn’t load when I went to bed at around 11.
In the future, if the ‘blog is down, you will often find people congregating here. It’s sort of our back up ‘blog.
Yeah, it was down. That happens sometimes.
Well, I leave in about 30 minutes to catch the bus to catch the plane to go see my sister for break……So if I don’t come on between now and Thanksgiving (unlikely, but possible) have a great Thanksgiving, everybody!!!!!!!!!!!
I will be in D.C. for Thanksgiving. We’re going to some of the Smithsonian! On another note, I’ve been having trouble sleeping the past few nights. Like, I’ll wake up and it takes me a long time to fall back asleep. Any suggestions on why?
71~ Have a safe trip Luna, have a great Thanksgiving yourself.
72~ Awesome! DC is a great place, but then I’m a little partial having spent so much time there.
All the Smithsonian museums are fun, as is the National Art Gallery, if you’re into such things.
Thanks! I did have a safe trip, although the second leg of my flight was delayed an hour and 15 minutes, due to unscheduled maintenance. Apparently something electrical in the cockpit was messed up, and they had to “sauter some stuff together”…..Oh, yeah. Just what you want to hear while you’re sitting on the plane and it’s taxiing out…….
Ha, that reminds me of a delay on the way back from my vacation in the UK. Apparently there was a hole in the plane. For no apparent reason.
Yeep. They sure know how to get rid of any fears a person might have……Nothing like saying there’s a hole in the plane we have to fix.
Testing, testing, 1 2 3 …
I’m testing my awesome new gravatar.
Have a good Thanksgiving all MBers.
The weather today was weird. I woke up to thunder, it cleared up during school, and after school, I walked to the library with my coat off.
66.2~ For most of my life I’ve been at some point in the cycle of having my hair long (down to below my waist) or chopped of (straight, and without layers or bangs) at my chin, or in between. I always grew it long and then donated it when I got it cut.
So this is really different, having it short. It’s been about half a year now, and I actually really like it. Though I think I’ll have it long again eventually.
[stops rambling about hair]
SFTDP (GAPAs, if it’s convenient you can splice this into my last post…sorry I didn’t think to put it all into one, ooops.)
I’m headed off for the night, since I have a choir concert tomorrow.
Looking forward to it, it should be fun. I love singing. And I’m crazy tired now.
Goodnight everyone.
*is tired from a forensics tournament*
The Muse Academy travel mug worked marvelously this morning. Finally I can bring my own cappuccinos instead of having to buy the school’s.
A bunch of extempers on my forensics team have decided that we’re going to write ourselves an OID made up of the most depressing things we hear in DI finals. A fellow extemper and I, who didn’t break (there were nine sections of extemp O.O), began gathering material today. We already have two types of cancer, schizophrenia, mass suicide, OCD, and several other such things, all from a single finals round. As well as several overarching ideas, namely (lots and lots of) screaming (often while crying and stomping) and semi-objectophilia–it always seems there’s some single object the character obsesses on, be it lipstick or a “denim studded jacket”. Oh heavens, this will be amazing.
And now I realize no one here will understand any of that, for the most part.
Please say your not in the area of chicago. please.
*hopes GAPAs allow this post*
Wait, that tournament doesn’t actually start until tomorrow.
Never mind.
O.O No, I did not. Then again, I’m only in 6th grade, so, I probably shouldn’t have. All I got was “depressing,” “cancer, schizophrenia(?), mass suicide, OCD(?),” “single object,” and “obsession.”
You guys all have a Thanksgiving break! Wah, no fair
I have a history and a geography test.
We don’t have a Thanksgiving break either. But we do have parent conferences next week (starting from Tuesday half-day), where we only have to go to school once, so I guess that counts as a vacation. Actually, I never have to make a special trip to school since my parent conferences are right after our orchestra rehearsal which is right after the half-day ends on Tuesday.
Well, I only get 2 days off for Thanksgiving, Thursday and Friday, so you can hardly call that a “break.”
80- *gives sympathy pies*
Sorry guys, feels like I haven’t been on here in awhile although that’s probably not true…
We have Thanksgiving break from Wednesday – Monday next week, and my birthday’s Thanksgiving this year which means double celebration! (Exactly one week from today I will enter teenage hood…eek!) I want to become a teenager, and at the same time I just want to be a kid forever…not like being a teen will make me any less of a kid though, I’m sure.
You’ll probably just be able to get more hyper
I feel the same about becoming a teen, but I’ve still got a few moths left.
You’re lucky about the length of your Thanksgiving break- mine starts on Thanksgiving and I have to go back to school on the Monday after!
I’m going to to CALIFORNIA!!!! Today!!!!!!! We’re leaving to go to the airport really soon!!!!
I might not get on here, and if I don’t, feel free to PP my RPG characters.
Southern California? Maybe we can Kokonvene!
Hullo. Yesterday I auditioned for the play; I think I did pretty well. Everyone was telling me I did better than the girl who also tried out for the same part as me. It’s an original play that the drama teacher wrote about a book that writes itself and does magical stuff. I tried out for one of the main character’s mother who has a pretty big part (aka Mother Beale). I have an advantage, though, because I’m waaaay taller than all the girls who tried out for Mother Beale’s daughter, Harriet. The cast list will be up on Monday. I really hope I get either this part pr another main character.
I’m drawing a picture of a person standing on the Peak of Eternal Light at the moon’s north pole (It’s a mountain that, because of orbital mechanics, is almost always in sunlight.) on the one time that darkness falls- when the Earth eclipses the sun.
I traced the Earth eclipse picture from the Kaguya probe last year and then pressed on the other side of the tracing paper to transfer the image to my sketchbook. (It’s reversed, which would mean the eclipse is ending rather than beginning, but oh, well.)
I had a dream about a Kokonvention last night, but I can’t remember who was there.
Was it fun at least?
Yeah, it was awesome! I really wish I could actually have a Kokon.
I made a pumpkin pie with kokopelli on it!
I can’t figure out how to photograph it.
Re: The Westing Game- Fabulous book. One of my favorites, possibly number one. But Abarat gives it a good run for it’s money.
I stood in line for four hours after waking up at five in the morning to get my Swine Flu shot. By the time I left the building the line stretched around the school. They gave us T-Shirts! Unfortunately, they didn’t say “I Survived Swine ’09” like they should have.
We’re reading Ayn Rand in English. I already read Anthem, which is the book we’re reading now. It’s ridiculous, imho. Our English book actually isn’t that bad this year. Except for the part where it says “poetry is a way of condensing ideas”, because the Odyssey is in NO WAY condensed.
I was looking through files that I was transferring to my laptop from my old computer when I came upon multiple Muse and MuseBlog fanfictions. I think I had saved Alice’s, POSOC (he was just PC then), Robert’s and the collective one. Major nostalgia, right there. Hardly anyone in there is still on the blog!
I’ve spent the last several days rereading The Book Thief. I saved the last several chapters for today, and finished it this morning with tears streaming down my face. It’s the mark of a truly good piece of writing to be able to evoke such powerful emotions. You get so attached to the characters and then… Anyway, I’m in a melancholy mood today as a consequence, sitting here prodding numbers around in my math homework and listening to the Wicked Soundtrack.
There’s one line of that book that always gets me:
There once was a small, strange man. But there was a Word Shaker too.
What’s a
word shakerWord Shaker?91) The Word Shaker is a person who climbs trees…and shakes words…gah, I haven’t read the Book Theif in a long time.
My friends have decided that we’re gonna all go see 2012 on my birthday, because I’m turning 12. But I’m not sure I want to see the “end of the world” on my birthday…
My sis and I watched 2012 today. It’s actually a pretty good movie, even if I’m not sure I buy some of the stuff they were depicting in it…….But I did enjoy it….Although finishing your entire soda an hour into the movie (it was probably over a liter), when the movie is almost three hours……Bad idea. I had to pee really bad for 2 hours of the movie. Which is probably “TMI”……So I’ll shut up.
But, really, it’s a good movie.
-dashes in- Hullo everyone! It’s been ages!
I just finished Good Omens. I really almost painfully want to read more (I haven’t finished reading a book in so long, I forgot about this aspect of it), but I can’t. Partly because there are no more Gaiman/Pratchett books, and even though I could read a book by just one of them and be happy, it would take over my Life and I wouldn’t want to do anything else until I’d finished.
Stories are frustrating. Grr.
But anyway, it’s a really brilliant book!
Closing night tonight, and then strike and then cast dinner and then–it’s over. And I have blessed free time until auditions for Black Comedy in the second week of December.
And can you believe 2009 is almost over already? I can’t.
I’m in the middle of Good Omens. It’s amazing, and I really do wish Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett would write more books together.
2009! D: Where have you gone?
It’s an exceptionally, marvelously brilliant book.
Neither can I. Where did it all go?
It actually went pretty well. Years without Olympics tend not to be as fun, but I think ’09 was a good year.
The week after Thanksgiving marks my first Finals Week ever. My math teacher, Mr. H, keeps telling my class how we’re going to hate it, but I’m not sure if I’m going to believe him. I suppose the trick is to remember all the things you learned so far in the school year, right?
I can’t wait for my school’s extremely short Thanksgiving break because I get to go up to my grandparent’s house and drive around legally!
91 – It’s something from a story one character writes for another, about people who climb trees and pick words. It’s difficult to describe without the context of the book, but basically (SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER), the book takes place in Nazi Germany and the main character’s family is hiding a Jew in their basement. He writes the main character, a girl named Liesel, a story about how Hitler grew ugly words. In the story, Word Shakers are the people who get the words down from the trees. There is one Word Shaker who plants a tear that she cried for her friend, and that tree grows beautiful words. Hitler tries to have it chopped down, but until the Word Shaker’s friend comes back and the two of them leave together, the tree cannot be chopped down.
92 – I haven’t seen it, but I imagine you’d be pretty freaked out for a while. Last year after my World History midterm we watched part of The Day After Tomorrow, and when I went outside to catch my bus home the weather was dark and stormy. I was on edge for the rest of the day.
I absolutely do not believe the world is going to end in 2012, but it would really suck if it did–that’s the year I graduate high school.
Oh gods, Day After Tomorrow scares me so much. I’ve only just finished the whole thing (seen bits of it before ’cause my mom shows it in her EnviroSci college course) and holy crap, it’s sooooo creepy. The worst part is to think that it actually could happen. Probably not in our lifetimes, but it could.
You’re a sophomore? I did not know that. As a fellow sophomore, I agree. The world should not end in 2012.
It should not. Especially because my parents won’t let me take a gap year.
Yes, I’m a sophomore. I didn’t know you were a sophomore either–for some reason I thought you were a junior or senior.
94: If you think that’s a short break my Thanksgiving break is only 3 days long, and my Christmas break is only 2 weeks starting 2 days before Christmas, and ending right after New Years. It stinks.
Ah, well, if it makes anyone feel better, I get Thursday off, and that’s it..
Ugh. That sucks. *sympathy pies* I mean, I’ve got a long break, but….I’ve got so much stuff to do, it’s not much of a break.
Seems like my parent conference break is longer than most people’s Thanksgiving breaks!
Hraff! Not being in America, I get a big round ZERO days off until December 19!
SFTDP, I do get next Friday off for Hari Raya. But that’s it.
I need to know how to clear the cache of a Windows computer using Internet Explorer. *sees frowns from Windows haters and Internet Explorer haters*
Isn’t it under “tools”?
I need a more detailed description of what to do.
Go to the Tools menu.
Click on Internet Options.
Click Clear History, under the General tab.
Click OK.
Hope this helps
Tools -> Internet Options -> Browsing history -> Delete… -> Make sure only “Temporary Internet Files” is checked -> Delete
Agh! I have my midterm maths exam first thing tomorrow morning, followed by a Mandarin verbal exam, followed by a Mandarin written exam, followed by a Science mock exam! Halp!
You take Mandarin?
That would be evident.
Our school gives a choice of French as a Second Language or Mandarin as a Second Language, and my opinion in the matter was disregarded entirely. According to the school I have a good enough English (and Spanish) vocabulary to find French too easy, so I had to take an completely unrelated language. Whoopee. So yes, I take Mandarin. 您是å¦é‡‡å–普通話教è®ï¼Ÿ
Same. At our school we can take Mandarin, French or Spanish. The French and Spanish classes are as a second language, but the Mandarin classes have two streams with differing levels in each stream – the Second Language stream and the Near Native stream (for Chinese people who know either Cantonese and/or speak Chinese home. I’m the exception – I’m the only half-Chinese in the Near Native stream (I think). And I’m in the second-highest (out of 6 Near Native levels) too. Which is pretty good considering the highest level is for all the people who come over from local schools here and have already learned all our curriculum.)
Anyway, in 6th grade we had to take a language, and you were only allowed one, so I took Chinese because I had to. I also learn French outside of school, though, and I wouldn’t want to take French at school because I’d already started learning a long time before the Beginner classes started in 6th grade.
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In case you’re worried, GAPAs, all of that was perfectly harmless.
Piggy, I think a comment of yours just got lost in the spam filter.
Something about a rock band playing somewhere? I saw it flash past before it evaporated.
No, I think I was saying how crazily addictive the Katamari Damacy soundtrack is. I think.
you know that because you mentioned katamari, I now have to go play it. curses! we are displeased!
Royal Rainbow!
74 (JJjetplane-girl w/cats): I like! Aviator goggles are awesome.
93 and replies: ’09 has been an excellent year for me.
Note to GAPAs: When I was masking my avatar for the Halloween ball, I decided that the little smiling moon was highly preferable to the cross-eyed stop sign. So, I’d like to keep using it, but that means my E-mail has some letters dropped. Does that make things difficult for you? If so, I’ll go back to the full address.
I think we can figure it out. If you like the moon, carry on using it.
Merci beaucoup!
’09 was pretty good for me, too.
GAPAs, I sent in a picture of my peace poster a while ago. I used my dad’s email, the same one I use my avatar. Did you get it?
BLAH! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !
I return to mb, back from the undead! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !
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95- That is a wonderful username! ! ! ! !
A Wrinkle in Time is one of my favorite books! ! ! ! ! ! ! !
Excuse the neophytishness I’m back from before Museblog2! ! ! ! ! ! !
I started posting February 29, (yes, leap day) 2008! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !
Hi! Do you know about the paleophyte threads? Anyone who’s been on for six months or more can go on them, you just have the GAPAs make you an account.
…why…are…you..saying…BLAH?!?! I mean, this is the Random Thread, but there’s no need to be vulgar.*
for being to blah*
I take pleasure in randomly random acts of randomness! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !
Are you an old MBer, from before the Not-So-Great Hacking of The System? Heheh, I made that up myself.
Yes actually! ! ! ! ! ! !
Howdy, Logogeo. Long time no see.
Welcome back, Logogeo96! By coincidence, last night, while I was looking up something on an old thread, I saw an old post of yours about moving to NC and wondered how you were doing.
I saw MB in my bookmarks and decided I should give MB2 more of a chance than I gave it before! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !
Excuse the exclamation marks, its a bad habit! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !
That can be your Thanksgiving/Christmas/New Years resolution! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !
I kinda like the exclamation points too! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !
I’m just mocking you! ! ! ! ! ! !
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I don’t have time to read all these posts….gah.
Yesterday Muffy came over, and we goofed off in between cleaning (Mom was in a CLEAN CLEAN CLEAN, EXTERMINATE DUST! mood).
Then the concert in the evening went pretty well, I missed a few entrances, but I doubt anyone noticed except myself. But still….meh. Overall it was lovely.
Today I woke up with a throat that hurts more than it did yesterday and a stuffy nose and ickiness in general. NOT happy about this on the day of our second performance.
Ah well. Now I have to go put on my concert clothes (black, black, black and more black) and sing.
Scary thought: we’ve not sung in the church before. GAH!
I just realized that I will be a paleo soon. (The 25th, to be precise.) The time has gone by so quickly, I still feel like I just joined.
I guess I’m curious to find out what the paleo threads are like, although it doesn’t sound like they’re very different from these anyway.
School basketball has started. I was sore all last week with practices every day, but now I’m finally good and we only have two practices next week with Thanksgiving break.
The school play auditions are coming up soon too! The play is an original story that the teacher wrote, so I’m not going to write about it here for fear that it might be a little too specific. All I’m going to say is that it definitely pwns…
I thought you joined a few days before me…
Not that I remember…
I guess that I did come before you.
Today my little sister stole my shoelaces. It’s completely true, you can even ask Pseudonym!
Okay, I wanted to come on here and talk about how thrilled I was that astronaut Randy Bresnik’s a dad now and he had a special videoconference with his wife and new daughter Abigail, but my parents wanted me to watch The Day The Earth Stood Still (2008 version, not 1951.) with them for two hours as a bonding thing.
I know the critics have already pointed out a lot of flaws in the movie, but the one that stood out to me is that we go almost the whole movie without learning the name of Helen’s friend, the NASA official. She meets him and says “It’s nice to see you again, etc.”, but she doesn’t greet him by name, nor does anybody else. When he dies, almost at the end of the movie, she shouts “Micheal!”, so yeah, I guess his name’s Micheal.
According to Wikipedia, it’s Micheal Granier, but we NEVER heard that. The whole time I was referring to him as “The friend who doesn’t have a name.”
I’m making a list of reasons to be happy. It’s a good pick-me-up.
Does anyone know about the game Betrayal at the House on the Hill? Wanna swap stories?
Piggy is considering adopting a polyphasic sleep schedule. But since he has to go to school for over nine hours straight every weekday, he can’t utilize any of the commonly-known ones. But he devised one that he hopes will work for him (in military time):
0000 – 0030: free time
0030 – 0100: nap
0100 – 0400: free time
0400 – 0700: core sleep
0700 – 1630: school
1630 – 1700: nap
1700 – 2030: free time
2030 – 2100: nap
2100 – 0000: free time
Another possible schedule:
0000 – 0300: core sleep
0300 – 0630: free time
0630 – 0700: nap
0700 – 1630: school
1630 – 1700: nap
1700 – 2130: free time
2030 – 2100: nap
2100 – 0000: free time
Hopefully Piggy’ll be able to try and adopt one of these schedules (or an even better one) during his time off at winter break. Hopefully the big chunk of awake-ness during the day won’t make it too difficult.
But that’s……only 4 1/2 hours of sleep (unless I can’t add, which is a distinct possibility). How is 4 1/2 hours of sleep sufficient for functioning???????
I’m hoping that once I get used to this schedule I’ll whittle the half-hour naps down to twenty minutes, giving me four hours of sleep. People have tried various alternative sleep schedules (most of which have less than four hours of sleep), and many of them say they actually have more energy than when they had just slept for eight hours straight. Think of it like eating–would it be very effective to have one big feast at night and then fast for the rest of the 24 hour period? No, it’s better to have smaller meals spread throughout the day.
I actually figured out an even better schedule (similar to the second I posted up there) that accommodates for all the idiosyncrasies of my week, which I’ve decided to slowly adopt–waking up ten minutes earlier a day and taking the naps I’ll need once I get down to three hours of core sleep.
OK, this may sound a bit random but is anyone on here going to AMIS (Association for Music in International Schools) Festival – Junior Honour Orchestra, in London in February?
105.1- Welcome back!!!!!!!!
109- Micheal Granier- I had to read that twice; my current earworm is “Faith” so I thought of George Michel. Yes, I know, random and completely unrelated.
112.1.1- Okay… interesting but sounds slightly sadistic. My parents would probably kill me for trying to use it. On the other hand, I’ve fiddled with my lunch money/lunch so often that I shouldn’t be talking (what, I had a very low allowance).
113. Nope. I’d love a trip to London though
Eh, I’ve made mistakes like that a few times.
Hello MB! Such a loverly day!
How are y’all?
kiwimuncher! Hi!
I am absolutely flamablamablous, despite the fairly large amount of homework I have to accomplish over Thanksgiving Break.
As the dorms at my school are closed for the week, I’m at my sister’s college for break–all week long. On Thursday, we are going to attempt to cook ourselves a turkey dinner. I’ll let you know how that turns out…….
Oddly enough, sleeping on a couch that is about a foot or so shorter than you are (meaning you can’t stretch out), is quite comfortable. For whatever reason, having four people moving about in the place (it’s an apartment style dorm, with a living room/kitchen area downstairs, and two rooms and a bathroom upstairs) getting ready for classes in the early morning doesn’t even disturb me a smidgen as much as having one roomie back at my college going about her business in the morning. And at my dorm I’m actually sleeping in a real bed, not crashing on a couch. Yeah……I dont’ quite understand how I’m sleeping so soundly and not hardly even noticing them up and a bout and presumably making themselves breakfast not 10 feet from my head in the kitchen. eh, whatever. Can’t complain about not getting woken up.
Only downside…..there is a spider hanging in the doorway of the pantry area, has been ever since I got here. Actually, my sis was showing me around when I got in around midnight on Friday, and she was showing me the pantry. She opened the door, and I started to lean in, and only half seriously, I commented, “There aren’t any spiders in here, are there?”
She goes: “Yeah, there probably are.”
I make some comment along the lines of “Oh, great.” And then, right above my head in the upper right corner of the door frame–yup, that’s right, a spider. With a muffled screech (that is to say, a screech that is voiced in a whisper, as people were sleeping), I jump back. My sis gives me a weird look, cuz she’d only said there “probably” were spiders, not that there actually were, so when I pointed to the spider she started laughing, because, well, it was somewhat amusing given the topic of conversation not five seconds earlier.
So, yeah, she refuses to kill it for me, and I don’t do spiders, so, um, yeah, pantry is kinda off limits for me, cuz I don’t want to walk through the doorway with a freakin’ spider hanging there. I mean, with my luck, it’ll choose that moment to leave it’s spot and come land on my head, or something……I do not like spiders. At all. *shudder*
Ummmmm, yeah, anyways. I talk too much. Especially when I’m hyper, which I get when I’m happy, which I (obviously) am right now…….
I’m doing fine, thanks. How about you?
I figured out why I don’t want to go to school: Pre-Algebra. I always get in trouble somehow. I don’t even know why!
Hi, kiwi!
I’m doing alright, although it’s been a gray, dreary, rainy day for me so not exactly fun. And I have quite a bit of homework, although soon I shall be free (Finally!!) after tomorrow when we have our break…although come to think of it, I’ll probably get more homework over the break. Ughsters.
Oh yeah, and I got my audition parts today! There are some really awesome ones, I can’t wait to get memorizing!
How about you? (Or any other Muser for that matter.)
I’m doing good, except for one thing- my flute’s messed up.
I can still play, but I have to press on a certain key in just the right spot on some of the notes, or they won’t work.
Well, I’m slowly adopting a new sleep schedule. Which means I’m due for a nap in about eight minutes. Yay!
AGH. I had to go to callbacks today for the school play (Grease, ugh), and now the laptop isn’t working, and my entire NaNo is on there, and I have lots of homework, and RRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAWWWWWWRRRRRR.
87–Oh, I once had a dream that I hosted a Kokonvention at this weird park/forest thing. All of these people whom I knew were MuseBloggers (I can’t remember any specifics, but there was one Asian-looking girl with glasses) sitting around this wooden picnic table. It was dark and there was a big bonfire in front of the table. I stood up and said, “Why don’t we all go around the table and say our real names and our blognames. I’m Emi and I’m also Silver Lining.” So we went around the table, but I can’t remember a single person, and suddenly there was a huge explosion. The bonfire randomly blew up or something, I guess. Then we we all jumped up from the table and started running, screaming, through the forest. And for some reason everyone was laughing too, and I knew that it was a game of tag. It was very strange, but I woke up with a huge grin on my face (literally).
I got a paper cut today in math class, and it bled constantly for the next two hours. Is that supposed to happen? I think I have a malfunctioning bloodstream… So anyway… HI everybody!!! (Once again)
((These aren’t the HPB’s you’re looking for!))
Um, I’d say having a paper cut that bleeds for two hours is definitely unusual. My paper cuts almost never bleed, at all. If you often bleed for an extremely long time after getting a cut, it is technically possible that you’re hemophilic, but…..That is incredibly unlikely. That is to say, it’s very, very rare. Most likely, your paper cut was just in a location on your finger (or wherever) that gets moved/used a lot, thus dislodging any clots that started to form, making it take awhile to stop bleeding.
I can’t believe it’s only three days until Thanksgiving! Gah. Right after Thanksgiving I’ll be going to WI to visit grandparents, then coming back home, then going to Boston, then coming home, then going to NC, then coming home and having a friend stay for a week. Whew, craziness. I’m glad though, it’ll be fun. I need to pack.
I really need to get on that if I want to sail next year. Anyone know anything about writing resumes? I really need to do it, and I have a few books, but urgh, just getting started is like AAAAAAHHHHHH!!!!! Oh well.
And I still need to write a resume.
Luna, sounds like fun, being with your sister at her dorm. Are you two not going home to your family for Thanksgiving? I hope your turkey dinner goes well. Hopefully you’re better in the kitchen than I am……
Oh, it is lots of fun! But, no, unfortunately neither of us are going home for Thanksgiving. For my sis, it would really be feasible, as she only has TFSS off, and although I could have time-wise, it would have been about twice as expensive for my parents to have flown me home, as opposed to flying me to my sister’s college. So, basically what I was told before I even started college was I either get to come home for Thanksgiving or Spring Break, not both (and of course Christmas and summer I get to go home, too).
I think the dinner should go fairly well–my sis is a pretty decent cook, although she’s never cooked a turkey……But mom sent us lots of instructions on how to cook various parts of the meal, and I think my portions (the fruit salad and the pumpkin pie) shouldn’t go too horribly awry.
In general, though, I avoid cooking as much as possible. Not so much because I”m bad at it (I’ve not cooked enough to know if I”m bad), just more because I don’t enjoy it.
As for resumes……I’ve done ’em a couple times, but I really don’t remember much of what you’re supposed to do. I might be able to find one of my old ones, see what dad told me to put on it.
Sleeping is harder than it seems.
Of course it is, and the more tired you are, the harder it is, if you’re me, or perhaps a member of my species, whatever that is.
I mean it’s hard to fall asleep very quickly. If I’m going to adopt the sleep schedule I talked about, I’m going to have to learn to fall asleep within minutes. If what I’ve read is correct, my brain will eventually learn to go almost directly into REM sleep, making even a twenty minute nap be very beneficial.
Eh, after this weekend, I completely disagree. Just out of curiosity, why are you adopting the new sleeping schedule?
Part of it’s to open up more time to do everything I need / want to do (e.g., homework, MB, practicing my various instruments, etc.), part of it’s to find out if it’s even possible, and part of it’s to see if I can stay motivated enough to follow through with it.
Good luck!
OH MY GOD WHEEEE! I am spending two weeks- encompassing Christmas and New Years- in CA!!!! IN MY OLD HOUSE!!!
You know, it’s not very nice when the best present you’ve ever gotten is the ability to spend two weeks in your house. AND there will be snow, and Christmas trees, and aunts, and cousins! And long-lost friends! Also, unlike in the summer, CA school will be open on the last few days of my visit, so I can see my beloved 5th grade teacher! Goodbye, Equator! WHEEEEEEEEEE! WHEEEEE! WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
Look, I’m sorry about all the capitals, exclamation points, etc. But I’m SOOOOOO happy! You have no idea how awful it is to spend a summer walking by your own house and hearing the shrieks of the renter from inside of it.
I suggest that along with all our Rants and Complaints we have a Good News thread.
My old house is in Canada. *sigh* We actually drove past it once. Do you know, my dad worked his tail off painting the kitchen red? AND THE PEOPLE WHO MOVED IN REPAINTED IT!!!!!
Our dang cakin’ renters BUILT A LADDER TO MY TREEHOUSE!!!!! WHAT THE ACCCCCKKKKKKKK????? The WHOLE POINT of the treehouse was thast it didn’t damage the tree (I tied it on) and could only be accessed by climbing!!! Don’t you dare tell me it’s safer. I don’t care about safe. Now when I go back I have to spend ages carefully removing planks! AND I PADLOCKED it before I left. The door, I mean. And then guess what I got????????? A LETTER ASKING FOR THE COMBINATION NUMBER!!! Hello! The whole point of it was to keep them out! And then I told them that I wished the tree house to remain closed and you know what they did??? They caking pulled out the door!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AUUUGGGHHHH!!!
Sorry, I know this belongs on Rants. But still, it was vaguely on-topic.
Today’s the last day before Thanksgiving break! And we have our First Nations assembly today at school as well!
118- My only dream of a Kokonvention was a nightmare. I snuck off to go in secret. Whether ended up better or worse than Robert’s SSS is debatable. Probably worse.
122- My old house is in CT, near the ocean. I miss the ocean, I really do
Being an ex-cruiser, it’s just …weird.
No Thanksgiving break. No trip to America. Need to finish NaNo.
Okay, I’m listening to “I Am a Paleontologist” by They Might Be Giants, and it is GREAT. Just GREAT.
Need. To. Finish. NaNoWriMo…
Tomorrow’s Thanskgiving break! Yay! *hugs and pies to everyone because I am so relieved*
My old house is also in Massachusetts. I’ve never gone back to it, but I’ve seen both of the houses my parents grew up in. Both times the people actually took us on a tour of the house. My mom’s hadn’t changed a speck but my dad’s was completely renovated, according to my grandparents, who came with us on the “tour” and also designed the house from the ground up.
Listening to “Fireflies” by Owl City *<3* and "Live and Let Die" over and over again.
agreed about the “Fireflies”bit.
I have lived in MI and CO and we have visited the MI house several times because we were good friends with the neigbors, but I don’t think we have been to CO. I don’t remember much about either house seeing as I was 9 months old when we moved from MI to CO and 2 years when we moved from CO to here (MN). I remember our yard from Denver. It had this tree and a bird feeder and a big wood fence around it and we used to tie our cats to the tree and let them roam about the yard. That bit about cats tied to trees would be very strange to hear out of context.
I’m not going to be able to come back till Sunday or Monday of next week.
Sorry that I can’t be on much. I have piles of homework, and I’m losing everything… Well, I don’t need to talk about it.
123.1~ Aw man that stinks! They really shouldn’t have ripped the door off your treehouse, especially if you asked that it remain closed. Did your parents talk to them? Because that, to me, that sounds like willful destruction of property. Just saying.
Hmm. I’ve lived in the same house for my entire life. It’s changed during the course of 17 years, for sure, and in that time I’ve actually moved out to my separate room and all, but it’s always been the same place. So if someone were to wander around our property they could still find remnants of all my forts, hiding places, “thinking spots”, playgrounds, pirate coves, castles, fairy woods, boot camp (don’t ask), tree/log bridge, brewery (again, don’t ask), “house” that I was going to run away to (but never did), treasure maps, theatre stages, ballfields and secret passages. As you can tell, I personalized our place a bit. But one must be able to think like a demented child to see these places, to boring (and possibly more sane than I) people, they just see rosebushes, old pieces of plywood and a pile of bricks.
Now everyone’s probably going to be annoyed at me because I’ve never moved….. *hides*
I absolutely hate shopping. Just an observation.
Oh, you lucky fiddler.
SFTDP, no, my parents just said “it would be nice to share with them.” I don’t care how selfish I sound, I don’t want people injuring my tree and messing up my tree house!! I spent six months on it!
I’ve never moved either.
130~(Midnight Fiddler)~I’m not annoyed at you, seeing as I’ve never moved, either.
We almost moved to Washington when I was 10, but despite having put the house on market and having boxed up a bunch of stuff, in never panned out. Dad drove down to Seattle, but ended up he didn’t find anything he liked, or decided he didn’t want to live there afterall, or something, and we never ended up moving. Needless to say, my sister and I were overjoyed. 
My parents (and my sis, who was about 2 at the time) moved into the house we live in now when I was born, as the house they had before wasn’t big enough for the four of us. So, yup, I’ve lived the exact same house my entire life……It’s nice.
Do you live in Canada? Only, I don’t see how else you could drive “down” to Washington. Or is it just me that sees south as “down”?
Alaska, actually.
Piggy’s got it right.
But, no, you’re not the only one who sees south as “down”.
I see south as down, don’t worry.
Oh, SFTDP, but…..I hate shopping, too!
131/2~ Ah good, someone else who’s never moved!
Simply awful.
Shopping is evil. Especially for undergarments. Though swimsuits are the very worst–it’s like shopping for underwear that everyone can see!
Midnight Fiddler and Luna–I suppose you two won’t be participating in the Black Friday madness, then.
Oh, goodness, no. Not so much because I hate shopping, but the people! I dislike crowds. Actually, I’m not all that fond of people, in general……I’m a bit antisocial, I suppose.
Ever tried to shop in Hong Kong? That’s when you realize just how bad crowds can get.
I spent four days in Hong Kong once. I loved it. It’s so alive.
Oh, what did you do while you there (here?)
I agree, part of it is alive but other parts are quite suburban and semi-rural (eg where I live)
Nope–never been to Hong Kong.
But, yes, I imagine the crowds there are much worse than most places I’ve been. And considering I dislike the volume of people in my “crowds” (Disney World, State Fair back home–can get quite crowded, with the paved walk ways wall to wall people–lots of other places), I imagine I’d like the crowds there even less…….
I’m not a people person at all.
Oh god, we went on a two week trip to China a few years ago, it was like black friday every day in the markets. It was awesome though.
Where did you go in China?
Singapore, too. Try Ion on Orchard road on a holiday. Actually, don’t. I’m fairly sure you’ll get trampled.
Oh, I remember Orchard Road! I went there a few years ago when my family went to Singapore. It was during Christmas vacation, I think, but not during Christmas Day or a public holiday.
*shudders*
I try to avoid Orchard whenever possible, but of course there’s an excellent StickyPics in Cineleisure.
Black Friday + New York = No, Just No.
134~ I shall be hiding. Actually, I think I’ll be on a plane headed to WI. Maybe I’ll hide on the plane.
Just a heads up, I’ll be away from home until Thursday or Friday so I probably won’t get a chance to get on the computer until then because I’m not sure if I’ll have Internet access.
[Snipped]
*is superhero* *crashes through window* *beats you up*
Just ’cause you said you were expecting it.
CURSES!
You will not make a mockery or AJAR Gregorious!
I will get you!
I will always win, because if I didn’t, I would lose, and if I lost, I would not always win. Because I always win, I never lose. I’m not going to start losing now, because if I lost, then I would no longer always win, and since I always win, I can’t lose now. So, you see, you did not beat me up, because if you did, that would count as losing. And since I can’t lose, you can’t beat me up, otherwise, I would lose, and therefore, cease from my current state of always winning, therefore, you never beat me up, and I never lost.
And no, I’m not Mojo Jojo in state of denial.
Also, don’t you read acrostics?
*sings* You’re begging the question! you committed a logical fallacy! *stops singing* Look:
RQ will always win, because if RQ didn’t, RQ would lose, and if RQ lost, RQ would not always win.
SudoRandom will always win, because if SudoRandom didn’t, SudoRandom would lose, and if SudoRandom lost, SudoRandom would not always win
Mr. Joe will always win, because if Mr. Joe didn’t, Mr.Joe would lose, and if Mr. Joe lost, Mr. Joe would not always win
ect, ect.
*coughcoughGAPAsthereareobscenewordsinAJARspostcough*
Thanks for catching that, Piggy.
Time to put new batteries in the spam filter!
I’ve never moved either. Well, okay, so I left the place where I was born ten days after I was born, and I lived in an apartment for six months while the house I’ve lived in ever since was being built. Overall, though, I’ve never really moved. Not emotionally, anyway.
Changes have happened since we moved in. Rooms have been painted, become different things, furniture has been obtained… But overall, it’s the same house.
And the miniature forest around us… Well, we didn’t leave too many scars on it. A few different swings. A treehouse. We’ve named many features, sure, but they were mostly there already. We have a great fondness for naming things around our neighborhood. It is quite enjoyable. Though we have actually mostly done it recently.
Happy Thanksgiving; to those who aren’t reading this at this time.
To those who are reading this at this time, you get a virtual pie (of your choosing) (what you do with the virtual pie is up to you) and Happy Thanksgiving.
To Musers not celebrating Thanksgiving, insert nearest holiday that you are looking forward to, instead.
So I’m looking at colleges now, and apparently, Cornell has a very good archeology department, which I never knew. It would be funny to go there and bump into Steve Squyers in the hallway.
I had another dream about meeting a MuseBlogger…Except he said his blogname was Ichigo and is Gravatar was all light-blue with a silver circle in the center.
After reading the Newsweek article by the journalist who was held captive in Iran, I had a dream that the Revolutionary Guards were trying to catch me…
And then, because it was a dream and dreams don’t make sense, I decided the smartest way to escape was running into a haunted bathroom. Apparently, it worked, because nobody followed me in, but the mirror started oozing slime.
Speaking of dreams with bathrooms…
I had the most bizarre dream a while ago. A whole bunch of my friends and I were crowded into the handicap stall in the girls’ bathroom at school and we were all wearing Hogwarts robes. We’re just sitting in there giggling, and all of the sudden, Dumbledore flings open the door (wasn’t it locked?) and starts yelling at us about missing our classes. He makes us follow him out of the bathroom, into the hall, and out the door that leads to the playground, only it’s not the playground, it’s this giant field with a bunch of students dressed like us walking around rather purposefully on some paths, and there’s a forest near the field. Dumbledore leads to one path near the forest, and there’s Snape! Dumbledore said something like, “Professor Snape will deal with you,” and left us alone with Snape. Then I woke up. Being left alone with Snape is enough to terrify any Pottermaniac into consciousness.
Hahaha. Silver Lining I just LOVE your avatar. You’re from MA, right?? Did you know Darby Conley attended college in Amherst, where the recent KoKonvention was? So did Bill Amend. Darby Conley lives in Boston now ( go Massachusettsians! ) Before becoming a cartoonist, Conley held a wide array of jobs: elementary school teacher, art director for a science museum, lifeguard, and bicycle repairman. This eclectic collection of professions is reminiscent of those held by Douglas Adams, whom Conley has mentioned as a comedic influence.**
**I love you, Wikipedia.
Fascinating. Thank you. Yay, Massachusetts! I’m giving my friends whose birthday party is on Sunday (8th anniversary of George’s death
) each a Get Fuzzy book, so I guess you could say I’m spreading the hilarious insanity.
Happy early Thanksgiving everyone!
142) Yes. Wikipedia is a beast.
Wikipedia did for Wikis what Google did for seach engines. Except more.
*bows to Wikipedia*
Urgh. My Thanksgiving is off to a lovely start. Just watched today’s (well, yesterday now, technically) episode of Criminal Minds……I think that was the hardest any TV show has ever made me cry. Now, mind you, I can think of one other show, that had the circumstances of my watching been different (as in, had there not been the potential for my roommate to walk in at any time), I would have been crying just as hard. I mean, I was crying just as hard, just without actually shedding any tears in that instance (odd sensation, sobbing without shedding tears), but…..Yeah, tonight’s CM was really depressing.
Off to watch a Doctor Who episode to cheer me up before heading to bed, as I will have a rather early morning tomorrow, when my sis turns the TV on to watch the parade at 9.
I just realized that Tuesday was my two-month-iversary of posting on MB!
Really? It seems like you’ve been around a lot longer than that. Well, congratulations!
Is that a compliment?
Well, thank you!
I had a dream in which I was in North Korea spying on a nuclear weapons plant. I was caught by soldiers and taken to court, where Kim Jung-Il testified against me and then the whole thing morphed into a Dilbert strip where Dogbert sues Dilbert for “petimony.” Then I was sentenced to death (it reverted to real-life) and suddenly was in front of a guillotine during the French Revolution. The executor (wearing a mask) morphed into my Maths teacher, who berated me for not doing my homework. Then I woke up and realized I had to study for a maths test.
I’d give that dream at least four stars out of five. What do others think?
Yes. It’s funny how whenever you have a dream the sequence of events seems so normal when you imagine it, but when you actually go to write it down it looks very, very strange. That’s why I don’t usually write down many of my dreams – it would make the dream seem stranger than it actually was. Like, I’m sure that dream made perfect sense to you, Kokopelli52, while you were dreaming it, but when you read it on paper/on computer screen, it just looks plain weird.
I’d give the same. I’d give it five, but the fact that en dislikes math deducts a star.
I need to paaaaack. But I really don’t want to.
Going to WI tomorrow. And I have no clothes picked out. No book I’m currently reading that would fit easily into a bookbag. No toiletries gathered together.
I just don’t want to do anything, really.
Happy Thanksgiving everyone! (And a happy birthday to me! Sorry, just had to put that in there.)
I just got back from visiting relatives so apologies for my short term vacancy. (It’s a tradition for us to go to visit the day before Thanksgiving, we just decided to stay overnight this year.) Now we’ll probably just have a quiet Thanksgiving dinner with my family and birthday celebration wrapped into one. I still can’t believe I’ve entered the (Wonderful? Awful?) world of being a teenager. These are going to be some loooong years. I can already tell.
Happy Thanksgiving, all! I need to go start on my portion of the dinner soon (fruit salad, pumpkin pie), as my sis is apparently aiming for a 2 o’clock dinner time……
And happy birthday to you, soccer starr! You’re just entering teenage hood (neither a wonderful nor an awful time, necessarily. It varies.
) and I’m fast approaching the end of teenage hood. Wanna trade? I’ll be 13, you can turn 20 in March? 
Sounds like a good trade, to me……Maybe not so much for you. 
Thanks for the offer, but I think I’ll pass.
It’s cool to think that we have such a wide variety of ages on here. Makes it much more interesting.
Yes.
I’m not sure where to post this, so I’ll just post it here. It’s a world building venture I have. This mostly describes the magic system. The world’s name is Ashkan.
The magic system of Askan is impossible to quantify. Any attempt to describe it scientifically would be incorrect. It is ritual-based system, performed in a language that has no meaning. The best way to counteract the effect of this magic is logic. Logic will destroy the magic being used on it. Conversely, magic will destroy any logic being used on it, which is why the magic is impossible to quantify. The only reason magic works in Ashkan is because the universe is large enough that it doesn’t notice immediately when 1+1=3 in a small region of one tiny little planet in a dusty corner of the universe.
People regard magic as a necessity, but one that they don’t understand, and one that doesn’t make sense. Nobody understands magic in Ashkan, as any attempt to understand it would lead to either:
Insanity, or convincing yourself that 2+2 actually does equal 5. Either way, you can’t use any logical techniques on it.
Magic and technology are incompatible. Because machines are based on logic, they don’t work when magic is near. However, magical machines exist. There are 6 simple magical machines, which incorporate the magic into their workings. All of them are perpetual motion machines. The less energy you give them, the more they put out.
Soccer star- Happy birthday!
Ate cold turkey and soy beans. Geography test tomorrow. Need to write another 1k before bedtime (behind on NaNo). And I didn’t get to go to America for Thanksgiving. Don’t you wish you were me.
But happy Thanksgiving to all, anyhow.
Happy thanksgiving! I’ve justt been able to get on for the first time in a while becuase my family switched to dial-up because our sattelite failed and we weren’t able to get internet. My school has a really long thanksgiving vacation!
Hi! Welcome back! I read the end of your second to last sentence as:
“Our satellite wasn’t able to be intelligent”
Dial-up? How slow is it?
My sis and I just got done washing up the last of the dishes. Our first Thanksgiving dinner without Mom cooking it turned out great.
Of course, that’s thanks more to my sis, than to me, as she did most of hte cooking (turkey, mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes w/ marshmallows, homemade dinner rolls, gravy), I just made the fruit salad and the pumpkin pie–the latter of which we’ve not tried yet, but I think it’ll turn out fine.
Anyway, we’re just setting down to watch a movie, so…..I suppose it would be polite of me to finish typing and put away by computer.
I am having a lovely Thanksgiving. Watched a couple hours of MythBusters (it’s a marathon today!) and ate a lot of whipped cream. And I also worked on my NaNo. Paul McCartney is going to be on the television tonight.
Word.
Happy Thanksgiving.
This shall sound entirely, entirely lame, but:
For Thanksgiving dinner I went alone to Starbucks and had their Turkey and Cranberry panini with Emmental cheese and roasted onions.
There, I said it. The worst is over.
The alone part doesn’t sound so great but that sandwich sounds pretty tasty, Kokopelli52.
One Thanksgiving I was camping in Mexico with a friend and all we could muster up for the occasion was an underwhelming apple turnover. We had an incredible sunset, though.
I’m full and content. Kind of.
Ok, I have no time to read posts, since I need to take a shower and get what sleep I can before having to wake up at, what? 2 in the morning tomorrow. EXPLETIVE. I don’t want to get up then. *dies*
General announcement
I’ll be in Wisconsin for the next four days and it’s probable that I won’t have access to a computer, so my usual obsessive posting will be cut down a bit.
See you all later, but now I gotta run, pies!
See ya love ya bye!
So don’t get up at 2. Stay up till then and sleep during the travel to Wisconsin (at least I assume you must travel there).
Bye!
Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! I’m thankful for you guys.
Ahhh….
I have 5000 more words for nano before I hit the big *Double Nano*
But right now I’m working on a math workbook/curriculum.
And I’m getting more and more ideas for other things to do.
And it’s late.
Stick with it! A Double NaNo would be awesome.
I’ve been reading and watching episodes of Jeeves and Wooster. I love it! Heh heh… “I endeavor to give satisfaction, sir…”
Wooh! Atlantis’ touchdown was just as perfect as the rest of the flight! My Thanksgiving was great, although I didn’t get near a computer
Inspired by the “Things I Am Not Allowed To Do At Hogwarts”List, I present the following, for the aid of anyone seeking employment with a private spaceflight company…
Ten Things I Am Not Allowed To Do In The NewSpace Community
10) I will not make jokes about “Needing personal space”, as they are quite old and everyone has heard them already.
9) I will not bring Mr. Branson a wicker chair and then say “I thought you said you wanted to see rattan…”
8) I will not apologize to the Virgin Galactic Board of Directors by saying “Well, Ansari and I won’t do it again.”, as Ms. Anousheh is extremely tired of the joke.
7) I will not dress up as a Roswell Gray to try to get into Spaceport America cheaper.
6) I will not enter my R2D2 in the Lunar Lander Challenge, no matter how cool it looks.
5) I will not ask Mr. Allen or Mr. Shuttleworth to fix my laptop.
4) I will not give any eccentric billionaires offering aid unsolicited advice on how best to plot World Domination. (This is a good way to lose funding.)
3) I will not ask any engineers how many trains they have driven.
2) When watching a Falcon 1 launch failure, I will not shout “Your project’s goin’ down in flames! They’ll be here soon!”, as Mr. Musk is unfamiliar with the arcade game Time Crisis.
1) I will not order a contract hit on Mr. Garriott so that I can say I killed Lord British.
*is very angry at Christmas lights and at Trojan viruses*
*is also very angry at Christmas lights*
Gah. Advice to anyone else: if a program called “Antivirus Pro 2010” shows up on your computer, abandon all hope. Disconnect from the internet straight away, go into safe mode, and find another computer from which you can get software to remove the Trojan. I’ve been hacking at it for hours now, and still no luck. At least it’s on my sister’s laptop, not the main home computer. But I have no idea how much longer this full scan will take, as the progress bar has been full for quite some time now. Wait, it’s checking the recovery drive, which means it should be done soon. But no infected files found? What the cake?
And now I’ll try the fourth piece of software on my list of softwares that should get rid of this Trojan.
This morning the phone rang while I was still half asleep, and the answering machine got it before me. I picked up the phone, discoverd that it was my dad, and talked to him for a while. The answering machine had been recording all of this, and when I listened to it…
My voice is weird.
Wow. I’ve been gone for… *counts* almost five months (I think) with the exception of a few scattered posts. It’s actually sorta funny because I think my first real post was around this time of year. Weird.
We put so much hard work into it, and I’m so happy it’s done.
MOVING ON.
Thanksgiving was great. Not only the food, but I love to be surrounded by my family. It’s great to be with those people who you almost never get to see…
School has been amazing! I never thought that I’d love high school so much. I love how all of my classes are mixed in with other grades. I never thought that I would make more friends but look what’s happened! At least five more people. My grades are great except I got a 90 in English. My Global teacher is HYSTERICAL. She never teaches us anything, because she leaves the classroom for five minutes at a time to talk with old students or other teachers in the hallways. And then, we have to teach ourselves because we don’t learn anything. For an honors class, it’s pretty easy.
In English, (I should’ve put this up there with the sentence about my 90) we’re reading Great Expectations by Charles Dickens. The plot is pretty good, but since it’s written with all of the words and expressions from that time, it’s nearly impossible to make sense of. I hate to say it, but Spark Notes is saving me… I read the chapter, but nothing really makes sense until I read the Spark Notes. Darn.
I’m doing surprisingly well in math, even though proofs are really boring. All of the girls in my math class are swooning over my teacher because they all think he’s hot. He’s fifteen years older than them and married. Some people need a reality check…
After school, I’ve been going to model congress, and jr. art honor society. Model congress is simply amazing. No words can describe it. I can’t wait until my first foreign congress in another school.
In art, (I’m going to refer to jr. art honor society as “art”) we’ve been working on these murals for this girl who passed away. Our murals are a timeline of music, and her favorite song, You Can’t Stop the Beat, is in the background. Me and my friend were working on the panel for the 1940’s and it just looks spectacular!
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My gosh, that was a long post… See, that’s what happens when you don’t check on your favorite blog for almost five months. I’m so glad to be back!
Welcome back! Good to know that school’s working out for you.
Thanks!
You have a 20-something male math teacher?
The only male teacher that age at my school could hardly be described as hot. And my math teacher is old enough to be my granddad.
We have too many young, male teachers… All of the other girls drive me and my friends crazy. Apparently, it’s fun to count how many times somebody flirts with him in class…. Creepy.
So…for my birthday I got a phone. Now, normally I wouldn’t really need one but as I go to a lot of soccer and basketball tournaments that are far from home alone and am often late at the theater where I do drama, I guess it was time that I needed one. (And, of course. Texting my friends is fun too! Although most of they texts are painfully boring…”Hey” “Hey what’s up?” “Nothing how about you.” You get the idea… I’m going to try really hard not to go overboard on that, because I seriously don’t need another way to procrastinate. Ha ha. And for those of you who didn’t get a phone until way past 7th grade…let me tell you, I swear I’m the last person to get a phone in my grade. Well, one of the last. Kinda crazy considering the fact that most of the kids don’t truly NEED NEED a phone. But I think I have good enough reasons for it, beyond just wanting it. Which I did.) Anyhow, so far I’m really happy with the phone and I haven’t lost it, not even once, which must be a first for me because I lose everything.
But let’s not jinx it.
Great! My mom says I can get a cell phone when I am 15. She says that’s when I’ll really need one. I’m writing from D.C.! We went to the Air and Space Museum and the Spy Museum today! It was so fun!
LBK: Welcome to my home town! I’m glad you’re having a good time.
You got to go to the Air and Space Museum? Awesome! What did you see?
I love the Air and Space Museum! It’s my favorite Smithsonian!
Well, did you see the Night at the Museum 2? We saw Amelia Earhart’s plane. We also saw a model of Sputnik and a movie about black holes. It was really awesome!
So that would be Pioneers/Milestones of Flight and the Einstein Planetarium.
(Yes, I have a Visitor’s Guide. And I have memorized the names of the galleries. And I have not visited the museum in almost two years.)
Congratulations on your phone! You’re just like me! I lose everything I own. Some of us are just forgetful!
Piggy has defeated the Balrog. As far as he can tell. The fight lasted almost nine hours, but he seems to be victorious.
And he also fixed the Christmas lights.
And is now in a marvelous Thanksgiving food-induced haze.
Congratulations!
Well, I’m back. Since about roughly last summer holidays I suppose, and now it is summer holidays AGAIN! (my dog is breathing like a human
). I never knew the mythical summer holidays could be so annoying, because my increasingly pregnant sister is over here as much as possible and I am on the verge of manslaughter. Argh, I’m never going to get pregnant now.
LBK: a spy museum sounds so cool!
It’s coming up to my three year MB anniversary. It feels like such a long time from when I was 12…
Summer holidays…. I suppose you live in the southern hemisphere? It’s pretty cold in the north…
Sorry about the situation with your sister. I hope things ease up so you can enjoy your holiday!
The spy museum was cool! I don’t seem to remember you…
168- congratulations. Was it something about “anti-virus” followed by a number and then a bunch of random letters? My dad’s PC had that and it was… bad.
Welcome back, Elwing!
Ugh, I’ve been doing absolutely nothing today except I went swimming. It’s depressing.
Last night I went to see New Moon with my friends. Bad idea. Every two lines we were either cracking up because the lines were poorly delivered or cracking up at the lines… What a waste of ten dollars. At least we got a laugh!!!
My cousins girlfriend keeps on adding me as a friend on a certain social networking site (I don’t know if I can say its name) and I keep on ignoring her, because I only add people who I know pretty well as friends, and I don’t know her too well. Today, I logged on and she sent me a message. “Why won’t you add me as a friend?”
God, what am I supposed to do… This is going to be really awkward next time I see her.
In Astronomy class, the answer to some question the teacher asked was “New Moon.” (The phase), and I raised my hand to say the answer and when I did, all the girls in the back of the room squeed. Same with whenever you mention twilight, the time of day.
Gosh help me when they do the third one and I can’t talk about eclipses…
This too shall pass. There will come a time when references to the fictional “New Moon” will elicit “huh?” as the typical response. In the meantime maybe mistaken identity will allow an individual here and there to stumble into an interest in astronomy. Stranger things have happened.
What is “squeed?”
It’s a special kind of squealing that fangirls do.
I’m guessing “squealed.”
Now that I have a phone, I’ve been thinking about that a lot lately. I mean, there’s this one girl who’s on my basketball team but she isn’t in the same grade as me and we barely know each other. However, she’s gotten a hold of my number and she’s been texting me a lot. I don’t want to be rude and not text her or block her, but I barely know her and it feels kind of awkward. And is it rude to not reply to someone when they send you a text and you’ve got time? Sometimes I just don’t feel like responding because I don’t have an Unlimited plan, but then I feel kind of rude for not doing it…I guess I should feel ok though, because it’s not a crime to ignore someone just…I don’t know. I’ve never really thought about this stuff before because I didn’t have a phone.
You don’t have to feel rude for not texting someone back. Just tell her that you don’t have unlimited texting, and that you can’t waste your minutes. I do happen to have unlimited texting, and people I don’t really know were texting me all the time saying “hey”. I’d just text back “hey”, and the conversation was over. No unnecessary awkwardness, because there was nothing to talk about. People get the idea now that if they don’t have something in mind to talk about, they shouldn’t text me. My situation is a bit different though. I guess I’ll add her as a friend… :/
LBK- Have you ever heard a bunch of girls see a really cute baby animal or kitten or something? The high pitched noise that ensues is “squee” ing.
Ms. Lasley- I hope that never happens to Harry Potter… Although I guess Twilight fans hope that never happens to Twilight. It’s not that bad I guess… I just don’t like it how Bella is all annoying. I used to like the series, but it got annoying when every five seconds we get to read how perfect Edward is, or how Bella loves him so much, and how she can’t understand why he loves her. The werewolves are sorta cool though.
Thank you. Like, “EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE” and very high-pitched?
Precisely.
Yeah…it’s just that it seems like most of the people who are my friends haven’t quite grasped that concept of only texting if you have a purpose. I’m trying to limit myself to texting when I have a question I need answered or something really, really important. Otherwise I’m just going to ignore en. Thanks for the advice! I really appreciate it.
My baby cousin Padrick is crying behind me right now, because he doesn’t want to eat his corn. I’m wondering if I should show him the video of the shuttle landing, or if he won’t “get” it. One does have to get them young…
Which shuttle landing where?
Friday’s shuttle landing in Florida.
Welcome back Elwig!
170- I did nothing today but watch an episode of Andromeda, eat lunch and write. Oh, and I showered too. I’m such an overachiever.
171.1.1- I can’t wait.
GAPA’s, I believe I’m a paleo now (How could I have forgotten?) and I thought I was registered before today but I can’t find my password now…is there a way you could re send it to me? Thanks.
soccer starr – ignore her. She won’t mind. Just tell her you don’t have unlimited…or your phone was off…or whatever. Does she send you chain text messages? Those are SO annoying!!! Especially the one that goes, “if u send this 2 1000 of yur friends jacob will love yu 4EVA!!! if u send this 2 2000 of ur friends EDWARD will luv u 4EVA!!!” I just want to tear my face off at those
Yeah, I already delete most of those stupid forwards on e-mail, they drive me crazy. Thanks for the advice.
SFTD/PP. Should have been on the Rants and Complaints thread. *hurries off to thread*
Man you people post a lot!
I’m at the library for the lone day that I’ll have computer access probably.
It’s alright here, not too cold, which is good. I wish I would have packed more than one pair of shoes, but such is life.
The trip here was okay, my ears are still popping from the combination of flying and being sick. Eurgh. It really hurt when we landed, I hate the pressure in my ears changing. :L
Oh well, it was okay. Not as bad as the time I had to fly to Seattle with an ear infection…..
So, now I’m in WI with nothing to do. I finished the book I was reading, so I’m going to need to ration the second one.
And take more walks…thank heavens we’re on the 2-mile walk arund town. But the library’ll probably be closed tomorrow. *sigh*
If you (were, are) at the library, why don’t you get some more books?
Oh cake, Fiddler’s back–I MEAN HOORAY WE ARE ALL SO GLAD TO SEE YOU
I hope you find ways to stay busy without MuseBlog. Maybe eat some cheese? They have good cheese in Wisconsin, if my memory serves me right. Whereabouts in Wisconsin are you? Northern? Southern? My family stayed for a week in a house in Door Country a few years ago.
*realizes something*
Stupid caffeine.
Hm. I just thought of something someone should make. It’d be like NaNoWriMo, but for lazy people: HaPloWriMo, or Half-baked Plot Writing Month.
What about BaNoNaWriMo? Bad novel national writing month? (Similar to yours, but maybe not quite the same.) That would be too much fun. Ever read Irene Iddesleigh?
No, I haven’t, and even writing a bad novel would be too much work.
I am now working at McDonalds =) it is really scary though, because everyone is really loud and they only smile at customers, I guess they are really busy…but there is a cool touch screen thing and the drink machines automatically know when to stop so the cup doesn’t overflow, and the ice creams are really hard to pour (pour?) but it’s so fun =)
But yeah, everyone is busy and loud! (I’m not really a busy and loud person :/ )
Congratulations! I’m old enough to get a job, but I have much too much stuff to do. Like the homework I’m supposed to be doing right now. Oh, MuseBlog. You are definitely the best place to procrastinate…
I am one of the youngest Musers on here, aren’t I?
Depends on how old you are. If you’re 10 or 11 years old, then yes.
I’m 12. But I turned 12 in October, so…yeah. Isn’t kokopelli52 10 or around 10? That’s why I said, “one of the youngest.”
I believe you’re thinking of Catkopelli, not Kokopelli52.
I’m twelve. I turned twelve in September.
I did it, I did it! *hyperventilates* I finished NaNoWriMo!
*happydance^50k*
Brava! Let me be the first to present you with a congratulatory virtual pie, which you may either virtually eat or virtually pie yourself with, as you see fit.
Thank you! *eats the pie*
Congratulations!
Today is the 8th anniversary of George Harrison’s death… I am not having a good day.
Sorry. Want a pie?
Congratulations to all successful NaNoWriMo Writers!
(One day I will join your ranks.)
Anyone in a final push, Go go go!
I should be writing an 8-paragraph essay right now! Hooray!
*dies*
I should be writing a reflective letter right now! Yay!! *dies**Is pied ack to life and pies Daisy*chain back to life so en can finish WRITING HER ESSAY!!!!!!**Is pied once again*
I should be studying for finals next week! Oh, the joys of high school.
I somehow wound up with zero finals this semester. I have plenty of final projects and papers and stuff, but no actual final exams.
I’m finally back home in New York! And it’s finally sunny! Hurray!
It was a particularly nice day today in beautful New York!
Pretend You’re a Time Traveler Day is December 8th!
I am not sure what I want to do. I have lots of ideas:
•Future time traveler sent back in time on a tourism-type thing…keeps giving things away and being mortified
•Fugitive from a dystopian future…escaping with friends/family, but something went wrong and I can’t find them and I’m being followed
•Trying to save the world from an imminent disaster, building momentum throughout the day and peaking in the desperate and horrible realization that to stop it will result in the fabric of space-time being ripped apart
•Person from future or past who invented a time travel device and is wandering about being completely thrilled about everything but not really knowing how anything works
Trouble is, I can’t decide…
“Future time traveler sent back in time on a tourism-type thing…keeps giving things away and being mortified”. Or “person from future or past who invented a time travel device and is wandering about being completely thrilled about everything but not really knowing how anything works.” Those are the coolest.
I’m thinking of doing “Anthropology student sent back to study random period to pass Exams.” Which would generally consist of looking around interested in everything and asking lots of questions. The trouble would be finding people I don’t know to actually pull this on.
Sometimes, when my everyday surroundings (such as the streets of Washington, D.C.) start to seem dull and overfamiliar, I’ll pretend that I’m a time traveler from the future with only a short visit in which to glimpse this historical moment. I say to myself: “Look! Cars! With internal combustion engines, burning hydrocarbon fuel! And the clothes — is that coat made of wool? And all these people walking around, even though they’ve all been dead for hundreds and hundreds of years!” Sometimes it helps me to appreciate everything a little more, or at least stay awake. If I were an artist like Rebecca, I could probably achieve the same thing just by looking, without having to play imaginative tricks.
(It’s true enough, you know: We will exist in the future, we don’t have long to look around us, and things do change.)
Months, not weeks. Six at the minimum.
Why ”
” ? Surely you weren’t under the impression that GAPAs were (how shall I put this) normal?
This reminds me of when I was in middle school. Whenever one of my friends and I were in a car, we’d pretend that we were from a far away and radically different society and were observing the “natives”. “Now, there is a native in her native garb – blue jeans and a down coat!”
This sounds to me like an excellent way to make the first day back at school more enjoyable. I’ll report back on my findings.
Hmm…December 8th is also the 29th anniversary of John Lennon’s death. I need to be more happy and stop thinking about the death of Beatles! Don’t worry, be happy… But other than that, a cool holiday.
Maybe you can pretend you were sent from a utopian future to help our world become more as Lennon wished.
Ah, that cheers me up a lot (yes, I am still in a bit of a funk). Yay, John. Yay, George. Yay, KaiYves.
I like number three, but only because it makes me think of a particular Dr. Who episode. Well, I suppose it could be applied to more than one DW, but I’m thinking of a particular one, anyway.
Which?
Which episode? Or which of your bullet points?
Anyway, “Trying to save the world from imminent disaster…..”, with the episode that comes to mind being Waters of Mars.
Mm, Waters of Mars… It really didn’t strike me as that great of an episode. Somehow the specials are just falling a little short for me. Maybe I miss him having regular companions, maybe they just aren’t very well-written…or I expect more from a special and don’t get it. I dunno. Poor picture quality might have something to do with it too. Planet of the Dead and The Waters of Mars were both watched in less-than-optimal conditions. But anyway, I’m really looking forward to the Christmas special because it should be weird. Also, it’s the last episode with David Tennant (-sniff-), so they’ll probably make it big and dramatic and I love big and dramatic.
The specials typically have fallen rather short for me, but I actually thought Waters of Mars was an amazing episode, despite poor picture quality and bad buffering on one of the parts. It was very moving and tragic, having to watch the Doctor watch everyone and not be able to help.
I’m looking forward to the Christmas special, as well–the preview at the end of Waters of Mars made it out to look pretty good, if weird. Plus, I’m pretty sure Captain Jack Harkness is in it, I’m sure I read that somewhere, so…..That’s a plus right there…..And it’s sure to be sad, of course, if for no other reason than Tennant leaving. *sob*
I did something like this on the day before halloween. Because I was going to debate after school, I was wearing nice clothes (button down shirt, Tie, black pants, black socks, black shoes), and so I was (in my mind and out loud) a alien who was investigating human culture. Verdict? Benign with high ambitions.
Geez, I haven’t commented in forever. Sorry, MB’ers.
We’re putting up x-mas lights, and i’ve already tripped over 15 cords.
Also, had to do boring US history poster. Nearly fell asleep while gluing it together. Other than, that, today wasn’t a total bust. I’m still full from thanksgigving!
Hello again MB! I trust everyone’s Thanksgiving was excellent!
Button oh button oh where hast thou fled?
Have you tarried too long amongst fabric and thread?
Did you fall off my bosom and cease to exist?
I wish I could follow you into the mist…
– Snape
OH MY FLYING GORILLAS! I love that video!
Always brightens up my day. Or in this case, night. 
Is it a young adult vampire romance novel?
I just saw the 60 Minutes interview with my hero Dr. Robert Ballard, the underwater explorer, and it was AWESOME. The interviewer actually traveled with his team to the Black Sea where they found a shipwreck, and they played the whole thing back as part of the program.
(Ballard = Beast)
He told the interviewer: “There is more history in the ocean that in all the museums of the world.”
This is what I want to do when I grow up.
Really? I thought you were move of the astronaut/ space explorer type.
That was sort of the sense I’d gotten too. Oceans are pretty amazing, though.
Do you mean in terms of who I look up to or in terms of what I want to do as a career?
Career.
I’ve wanted to be an archeologist since I was eleven. I just don’t talk about it that much, I guess.
Hullo, all. I’m back at college now, after a lovely week long break with my sis.
Returning to school (especially when you have two tests to take only a few days from now and have barely studied) is not fun. On the bright side, however, it’s only three weeks until Christmas Break, and then I have a whole four weeks off! 
Ooh! Ooh! Guess what I’m going to fail!
EVERYTHING!
*sob*
Wait, what?
Me = fail at everything. I’ll have to drop out of school, find a job as a garbageman, struggle to get enough money to buy food, have to resort to a life of crime, get caught, spend years in jail, become an alcoholic when I get out, eventually die.
It’s good to plan ahead, but I’m afraid this isn’t what the Kokonspiracy has in mind for you.
Ummmm. Not to crash the party, but….It’s probably not as bad as you think. Although I totally understand the whole freak-out-cuz-you’re-gonna-fail thing. I’ve been doing it about organic chemistry for about a month now…… *shudder*
Well, at least you have the dying part right. The rest probably isn’t so accurate.
Besides, it’s a documented fact that many trash collectors avoid lives of crime, jail, and alcoholism (though alas, as Beedle observes, so far the death rate does appear to be 100 percent).
Yes, but I’d be a terrible trash collector.
Which is why you should be something more pleasant instead.
Now, now, none of this defeatist talk. I’m sure you’d be brilliant at it. Anyway, if it doesn’t work out, you can always get a job in a tea room. We know you’ve got an aptitude for that.
Luckily for you, our very own Beavo is a 40 year old biker thug/convict so you will have some muserly company in jail!
but awww piggy….you aren’t going to fail. if you’re talking about school, junior year was a bunch of crap for me too, so I can at least empathize. *empathy choklit*
There are good things about being a garbage collector- just look at the one in Dilbert. He’s a member of MENSA, invented the Internet as a practical joke, and corrects quantum equations in the garbage cans of engineers.
Ha, I love the strip where he finds a diskette with an old program of Dilbert’s in the trash. “I fixed the bugs and tightened the code from twelve thousand lines to sixteen.” “I spent three months working on that!” “Maybe you should start looking for another job.”
Doesn’t everyone just LOVE staying up until 11:30 doing their homework? Because I certainly do. It’s just lovely to be reading Great Expectation with your eyes closing. And I just love the feeling of falling asleep in the middle of reading about hypotonic solutions for bio.
So much fun.
I’m never going to procrastinate again. Wait, that’s a lie. I know that’s not happening. I’m so mad though… I didn’t get to practice my flute, and I can’t exactly do it now, I’d wake up my whole family. Okay, goodnight for now.
Urgh, yes, I absolutely LOVE staying up to do homework. But you think 11:30’s bad? Try staying up until 2, or even 5 doing homework. Now that really sucks. Especially when you have to get up for classes the next morning…..I swore not to procrastinate again myself after that, but, um, yeah, that lasted all of five minutes.
11:30 is normal for me, sadly. Late nights? Try 4 AM, maybe 4:30. And my first class is at 7:30. I did have to read Great Expectations last year. The beginning and end are amazing, but the middle is… not so much.
My parents always come in at 10 and say, ‘You have to go to bed now, you need to get your sleep.’ etc etc
It's actually one of the more educational ways of procrastinating (does that make sense?)
When that happens I usually just get up early in the morning anyway (usually around 5, sometimes 4 if it’s serious) so it defeats the purpose of “getting more sleep”.
I’d much rather stay up later – I’m more awake then than at 4 in the morning. Trust me, I am NOT a morning person. Even on the weekends. I wake up at 10 and I’m tired. Seriously.
The one good thing about waking up early to do homework is that I finally get to be on at the same time as you people. Then again, it’s partly your fault that I have to get up so early anyway (<–fancy way of saying I procrastinate by going on MB). But I'm not complaining
I ended up staying up until 1.
Luna, my attempts to stop procrastination never work either. Like right now. I’m procrastinating again. There should be a procrastination thread…
Speller- I’m on the beginning and it’s boring… Well, not boring just annoying to read and confusing.
Well, I did have all vacation to do it… That’s four days. Minus Thanksgiving, that’s three days. It’s really my fault. But I have had days when I stayed up that late doing homework without all of the procrastination.
186- and various responses. I often pretend to be from the past, possibly because… Put it this way; you can use a street atlas in Vienna for over 20 years and still have it be mostly accurate. Most of the buildings in the city center are about 150 years old anyway; and knowing the viennese mind future people would just find better ways to conserve them than *gasp* actually build something new.
192- Don’t worry Piggy, I’ll be right there besides you, a few doors over in the loony ward (“I was not trying to blow the city up! I just wanted to bake some cookies!”).
193- *draws self up do full height* Procrastinate? How can you even think of such a thing? I would never stoop to such a level- I just don’t do it
. Thankfully, if teachers think you’re a good student (do your homework for the first two months of every semester) you can stop doing homework eventually and have a sob story prepared if you get caught (after which you’ll have to do homework for about a month again). In the end, it´s smart not to do homework- at the right time, that is.
Yes, I’m constantly playing the how-little-can-I-do-and-still-get-an-A-or-B game.
I wouldn’t do my homework, but the teachers are really strict with that for honors classes. One point off the average for every missing homework. Homework is really annoying though.
193.3 – Ooh, but at the beginning there are convicts and creepy old ladies and stuff! And then the ending is really sweet. And the middle is just Pip being annoying.
I was up until 2:30 last night. I was finished with my work at 10:30, but I had insomnia. Stupid insomnia. At least I have a break now…and why are people playing A Whole New World in my school’s equivalent of a student center? OK, I now have to research asteroids and the dinosaurs.
Hi everyone…
GAPA’s, should I register again for my paleo account? Or can you please send me the password again? I’m not really sure what I’m supposed to do, I think I (accidentally) deleted the e-mail that you sent me with my password. And I can’t find it in my trash folder either, ugh. My apologies.
I have off school today as part of my Thanksgiving break! It’s actually an In Service Day, but because it’s positioned now I’m just thinking of it as part of the break. It’s nice to have off but today I will be cramming all the homework I didn’t do earlier in the break as well as studying because I have a test/quiz every stinkin day for the rest of the week, and three of those are in English. Ugh.
Piggy, I’m sorry to hear that you’re going to fail, but Robert’s right perhaps a job in a certain tea shop might be better suited…
ss: I’ve reset your password to be the same as your e-mail address. You can change it again by editing your profile. (To do that, click on the highlighted name you see on the comment form on the bottom of the thread.)
OK, thanks so much!
Alright, I’ve logged in but besides my name being highlighted at the bottom I don’t see any “extra” threads. Am I supposed to? I’m guessing that I’m not looking in the right place.
You know the bar along the right hand side? With the recent comments and such? Look down at the bottom on the pull down under “Categories”. The “extra” threads are under “Paleostuff”.
Hope that helps.
Thank you so much! *gives thankful choklit!*
Mmmmmm, choklit! *greedily snarfs down choklit*
The kids in my Latin class were INSANE today. They put the Juniors and Seniors together, and all the Seniors in the class already got accepted to colleges, so they just goof off and disrupt the class. I hate genius slackers.
Come to think of it, I haven’t seen Armada post in awhile, either.
Weird thing is, I can get in trouble for not going to bed on time but won’t if I get up anytime after midnight.
Hi Everybody!!!!
I love the muse munchies at the top, they’re making me hungry! But alas, I must get some sleep myself. It’s almost December (Yikes!!!) and I have to get up in under four hours (chocolate to all of you I see posting about similarly restful schedules!
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One last random thought: this thread is number 4950.
See? I seriously need sleep!!
Goodnight, all!
~RtH
At least you’re not taking the number 4950 and seeing if you can make it add up to 23 in any way, shape, or form. Oh, wait, nevermind….You all have no idea what I”m talking about, as my mentioned my haunting by the number 23 elsewhere.
My sis and I watched “Number 23” while I was at her school over break, and, well, starting shortly into the movie (this was Friday, I think) my brain has been taking every number it sees and trying to make it somehow add up to 23. My birthday, for instance: 3/29/90, adds up to 23. With great effort, I can get the zipcode of my college and my social to add up to 23 (in other words, lots of flippage and recombination of numbers). When I called my parents last night when I got back to my dorm it was 9:14, which, I realized this afternoon in spanish, adds up to 23. The address of a random building across the street while the bus was dropping someone else off yesteday: 1211, adds up to 23.
So, um, yeah……..Anybody who wants to rescue my brain from insanity is more than welcome to do so. I’d be very much appreciative.
Luna, Luna, Luna… 4+9 + 5*2 = 23?