Once upon a time, about 12 years ago, so pretty much the dawn of time, an okayish-looking daughter was born to parents who had never had a child before. Just kidding, she was adorable. Yep.
At her 1-month birthday party/baby shower thingy, there were 12 guests, who were presumably all the Asian friends of the baby's mom. Oh yeah, they were also fairies. Just go with it.
Soon it was time for the fairies to give maaaagical gifts to the baby. Just like in Sleeping Beauty, I know, but this isn't a ripoff. I swear.
So one of the fairies stepped up to go first. Seeing that the baby wasn't actually that cute (I was lying in the first paragraph), she said, "I give her the gift of beauty, or at least moderate attractiveness."
The second fairy said, "I give her the gift of a boyfriend, sometime in her life." It goes without saying that this was a curse as well as a blessing, but this fairy had been single all her life.
The third fairy chimed, "I give her the gift of a good singing voice," probably because she had heard the baby's mother sing and didn't want her to inherit those genes. "Yep, that's an awesome gift. Good job, me." That fairy was particularly self-centered.
Fairy number 4 gave the gift of giftedness. "She will be insanely brilliant! Or at least smartish. And also good with words. And she'll have a blog."
Fairy 5: "I give her the gift of good toenails!" This was, by far, the best gift yet.
Fairy 6 said, "I give her an Asian redneck uncle who will give her an electric guitar!" Okay, kind of specific, but we're going with it.
Fairy 7 gave a fondness for office supplies.
Fairy 8 gave a passion for writing with extremely small pens.
Fairy 9 gave her an obsession with reading.
Fairy 10 gave her the gift of being really good at Tetris. Gee thanks, Fairy 10.
Fairy 11 was really pissed off. The family had forgotten to get her a party favor. And she was determined to get revenge. I'm pretty sure this fairy was bipolar. But whatever. Anyways, the fairy screeched, "I give her the gift of anxiety! She will be afraid of pretty much everything between the ages of 5 and 6! And also acne when she's a teenager! And she will step on a Lego sometime! BWAHAHAHA"
The baby's family wept and wept. No, actually they just kind of stared at Fairy 11 with a "seriously?" expression on their faces. Then they were all, "Wait, isn't there another fairy that can help us out with this?"
Fairy 12 swooped in to save the day. She said, "I can't undo another fairy's curse, but I can do something to help with it. LEXAPRO!!!!!!!!!!" And little Lexapro tablets came shooting out of her wand. (FYI Lexapro is a anxiety medication.)
Everyone cheered! No, actually everyone just stared at her with a "seriously?" expression on their faces.
"Trust me, it'll help." said Fairy 12.
12 years later, it did.
THE END
Sunday, December 25, 2011
Friday, December 23, 2011
A post about guitars. It's a poem.
I got a beautiful steel-string guitar today
At the music store.
It was a birthday present.
My mom and I (and Kyle)
Entered the store,
And I asked,
"Wait.
Why are we here?"
Because I had just realized the I didn't know
Why we were in the store.
And Mom said,
"For your guitar."
And I was like,
"Oh."
Because I remembered
That I had asked for a steel-string guitar for my 12th birthday
Which is on Monday.
"Woot!"
So I picked out a guitar and played some tunes
(Kyle also played some tunes)
And we decided to get it.
It's gorgeous. It's light and has
one of those teardrop-shaped dark patches on it
that guitars sometimes have
And a Fleur-de-lis design on its head.
I also got,
Just for fun,
Two picks.
One that looks like the hockey mask
From whatever scary movie that was from,
And the other has
Krusty the Clown
From The Simpsons on it.
And now I have a lovely guitar.
Woot!
At the music store.
It was a birthday present.
My mom and I (and Kyle)
Entered the store,
And I asked,
"Wait.
Why are we here?"
Because I had just realized the I didn't know
Why we were in the store.
And Mom said,
"For your guitar."
And I was like,
"Oh."
Because I remembered
That I had asked for a steel-string guitar for my 12th birthday
Which is on Monday.
"Woot!"
So I picked out a guitar and played some tunes
(Kyle also played some tunes)
And we decided to get it.
It's gorgeous. It's light and has
one of those teardrop-shaped dark patches on it
that guitars sometimes have
And a Fleur-de-lis design on its head.
I also got,
Just for fun,
Two picks.
One that looks like the hockey mask
From whatever scary movie that was from,
And the other has
Krusty the Clown
From The Simpsons on it.
And now I have a lovely guitar.
Woot!
Sunday, December 18, 2011
OH MY GOD
I JUST WITNESSED INCEPTION.
I had the weirdest dream. I was at my school, and my art teacher was also a doctor, and she said that I had to have heart surgery. Not open-heart surgery, just surgery to see if there was anything wrong with my heart. I was freaking out. She was drawing lines all over my stomach where the incisions were going to go, and I was like, "That's not even where my heart is!"
Then I woke up. I was still at my school. I must have fallen asleep during Humanities class or recess or something.
So I went back to class, which was, funnily enough, art class, and did this project where we were supposed to decorate the covers of our sketchbooks. You had to use a collage-type of thing and use all four elements. I represented fire and water but I didn't know how to put air on there, so I figured that I would just do earth and get a picture from a magazine of grass or something... and that's where it gets crazy.
I WOKE UP AGAIN.
This time I was actually in my bed. I immediately had a little spaz attack because HOLY COW I JUST INCEPTIONED.
Just thought you might like to know.
I had the weirdest dream. I was at my school, and my art teacher was also a doctor, and she said that I had to have heart surgery. Not open-heart surgery, just surgery to see if there was anything wrong with my heart. I was freaking out. She was drawing lines all over my stomach where the incisions were going to go, and I was like, "That's not even where my heart is!"
Then I woke up. I was still at my school. I must have fallen asleep during Humanities class or recess or something.
So I went back to class, which was, funnily enough, art class, and did this project where we were supposed to decorate the covers of our sketchbooks. You had to use a collage-type of thing and use all four elements. I represented fire and water but I didn't know how to put air on there, so I figured that I would just do earth and get a picture from a magazine of grass or something... and that's where it gets crazy.
I WOKE UP AGAIN.
This time I was actually in my bed. I immediately had a little spaz attack because HOLY COW I JUST INCEPTIONED.
Just thought you might like to know.
Saturday, December 17, 2011
Yay nostrils!
I have kind of a love-hate relationship with nostrils.
On one hand, they are weird. They attach to your nose, they have FREAKING HAIR in them, and worst of all, there are two nostrils. That means if you can't breathe out of one of your nostrils, because you have a cold or something, then a) you feel all off-balanced and b) your one nostril has to handle all the breathing for the two of them. Don't even get me started on that. Today I woke up with a sore throat and a runny nose, and could only breathe out of one nostril, which got chapped from all the breathing. It was like OMG NOSTRIL ON FIRE AAARGGGH. Eventually my other nostril got unstuck and I could breathe normally again. But that was pretty painful.
On the other hand, nostrils help you breathe. If you didn't have them, you would a) have this weird lump in the middle of your face for a nose and b) have to breathe through your mouth all weird like a Dementor. And nobody likes Dementors.
Anyways, our family got an elliptical last month (it's basically a Stairmaster). I don't really like it, but I can exercise without being actually outside, which I like. Today I was all, "I'm totally gonna train for half an hour on the elliptical!" So I went downstairs, got on, and ran like there was no tomorrow. I was tired in about 45 seconds, but I trudged on.
So what felt like an eternity later, I went back upstairs and asked my mom how long I'd been down on the elliptical. And guess what: I was there for FIVE MINUTES. I could have sworn it was at least twenty.
Meanwhile, my brother really wanted to watch this DVD of Hello Kitty TV shows. It was the worst thing I have ever seen in my life. Ever. Seriously. When it started to sing, I started crying, which either means that I can make myself cry now, or it was THAT BAD.
On a happier note, school ended yesterday! And I already miss my friends. Meh.
I am getting really really tired, even though it's only 8. So I guess it's bye until next time, which will probably be very soon since I am super bored.
On one hand, they are weird. They attach to your nose, they have FREAKING HAIR in them, and worst of all, there are two nostrils. That means if you can't breathe out of one of your nostrils, because you have a cold or something, then a) you feel all off-balanced and b) your one nostril has to handle all the breathing for the two of them. Don't even get me started on that. Today I woke up with a sore throat and a runny nose, and could only breathe out of one nostril, which got chapped from all the breathing. It was like OMG NOSTRIL ON FIRE AAARGGGH. Eventually my other nostril got unstuck and I could breathe normally again. But that was pretty painful.
On the other hand, nostrils help you breathe. If you didn't have them, you would a) have this weird lump in the middle of your face for a nose and b) have to breathe through your mouth all weird like a Dementor. And nobody likes Dementors.
Anyways, our family got an elliptical last month (it's basically a Stairmaster). I don't really like it, but I can exercise without being actually outside, which I like. Today I was all, "I'm totally gonna train for half an hour on the elliptical!" So I went downstairs, got on, and ran like there was no tomorrow. I was tired in about 45 seconds, but I trudged on.
So what felt like an eternity later, I went back upstairs and asked my mom how long I'd been down on the elliptical. And guess what: I was there for FIVE MINUTES. I could have sworn it was at least twenty.
Meanwhile, my brother really wanted to watch this DVD of Hello Kitty TV shows. It was the worst thing I have ever seen in my life. Ever. Seriously. When it started to sing, I started crying, which either means that I can make myself cry now, or it was THAT BAD.
On a happier note, school ended yesterday! And I already miss my friends. Meh.
I am getting really really tired, even though it's only 8. So I guess it's bye until next time, which will probably be very soon since I am super bored.
Friday, November 25, 2011
Drawings
Happy November, people of Earth!
You know what I found out? Sometimes I forget to breathe. Not like Ondine's Curse, which is a disorder where if you fall asleep, you forget to breathe and suffocate, but sometimes I'm really concentrating on something and all of a sudden I'm like, omg chest collapsing and I have to take really deep breaths for the next couple minutes to make up for it.
Does that ever happen to you? It's pretty scary.
That's why I'm obsessed with my watch, which, besides looking totally awesome, reminds me to breathe when I put it next to my ear. It doesn't actually say, "BREATHE OR YOU WILL DIE" or something like that, just when I hear the clicks it reminds me to breathe.
I'm learning Japanese in school. It's pretty awesome. Sometimes we have tea.
I also got a Rubik's Cube a couple months ago. I learned how to solve one side of it last month, but I can't for the life of me figure out how to get the other five sides without messing it up. There are some people at my school who can solve it in like two minutes. Like, *bloop bloop bloop* and whoop, it's solved. I just stopped trying and now I just display it in my room with the solved side facing outward so it kind of looks like I sort of know what I'm doing. A little bit.
Anyways, I have been drawing a lot this past summer, and I thought it would be cool to put someof my drawings here. (Click on them to zoom.) Here we go:
You know what I found out? Sometimes I forget to breathe. Not like Ondine's Curse, which is a disorder where if you fall asleep, you forget to breathe and suffocate, but sometimes I'm really concentrating on something and all of a sudden I'm like, omg chest collapsing and I have to take really deep breaths for the next couple minutes to make up for it.
Does that ever happen to you? It's pretty scary.
That's why I'm obsessed with my watch, which, besides looking totally awesome, reminds me to breathe when I put it next to my ear. It doesn't actually say, "BREATHE OR YOU WILL DIE" or something like that, just when I hear the clicks it reminds me to breathe.
I'm learning Japanese in school. It's pretty awesome. Sometimes we have tea.
I also got a Rubik's Cube a couple months ago. I learned how to solve one side of it last month, but I can't for the life of me figure out how to get the other five sides without messing it up. There are some people at my school who can solve it in like two minutes. Like, *bloop bloop bloop* and whoop, it's solved. I just stopped trying and now I just display it in my room with the solved side facing outward so it kind of looks like I sort of know what I'm doing. A little bit.
Anyways, I have been drawing a lot this past summer, and I thought it would be cool to put someof my drawings here. (Click on them to zoom.) Here we go:
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| This is a carnation I drew |
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| My favorite thing to draw is stick figures like this |
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| Also, swirls. |
Saturday, October 29, 2011
Herbs
Hi
So, every year my school does this standardized test called the ERBs. It's basically where you sit for three hours and fill out little bubbles with letters in them. It was very boring.
Anyways, we got Thursday and Friday off because of parent-teacher conferences, so I've just been hanging out and doing homework. I have to make a whole stop-motion film for math class, which would be fine with me if it was for tech or humanities class, but apparently we have to make our movies math-flavored. A lot of people are just writing numbers on food and making them move around. I made a claymation using clay and and action figure.
So today I opened my computer and this was in the menu bar:
In case you can't recognize it, it's a full battery icon, except it's RED.
After a few minutes it turned black again, but still, that was pretty weird.
So, every year my school does this standardized test called the ERBs. It's basically where you sit for three hours and fill out little bubbles with letters in them. It was very boring.
Anyways, we got Thursday and Friday off because of parent-teacher conferences, so I've just been hanging out and doing homework. I have to make a whole stop-motion film for math class, which would be fine with me if it was for tech or humanities class, but apparently we have to make our movies math-flavored. A lot of people are just writing numbers on food and making them move around. I made a claymation using clay and and action figure.
So today I opened my computer and this was in the menu bar:
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| Wait, what? |
After a few minutes it turned black again, but still, that was pretty weird.
Thursday, October 13, 2011
Whatcha doin'? Oh, just wratin' on the ol' blaaawg.
Hola!
I have one thing to say: school is INTENSE. There's this big Humanities project, then there's this whole new writing unit, and at the same time I'm graphing things for science and trying to remember the riff for music class and studying my hiragana, not to mention the other music classes I'm doing. Also I take jazz dancing class.
Speaking of jazz class, I had it today. We started a new routine. I'm not very good. It's all like punch! punch! prep! twirl! jump! junphit! chaaaaasse! fan-kick! spazzy-twirl thingy!
My dad is on a business trip. I miss him. I hope he gets a souvenir from wherever he is. His location is classified; did I mention my dad is a secret spy agent? Yeah. Wait I wasn't supposed to say that...
Just kidding! ;)
I have one thing to say: school is INTENSE. There's this big Humanities project, then there's this whole new writing unit, and at the same time I'm graphing things for science and trying to remember the riff for music class and studying my hiragana, not to mention the other music classes I'm doing. Also I take jazz dancing class.
Speaking of jazz class, I had it today. We started a new routine. I'm not very good. It's all like punch! punch! prep! twirl! jump! junphit! chaaaaasse! fan-kick! spazzy-twirl thingy!
My dad is on a business trip. I miss him. I hope he gets a souvenir from wherever he is. His location is classified; did I mention my dad is a secret spy agent? Yeah. Wait I wasn't supposed to say that...
Just kidding! ;)
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
It's not that hard, Pandy.
Hi!
So right now I was doing homework while listening to Pandora, but the homework was online and there was some sort of error that kept me from opening it. Oh well.
And now I'm typing, still listening to Pandora. I'm trying to modify the Glee channel so it stops playing random songs from musicals, and the Broadway channel so it stops playing Glee. I'm no mechanic, but if things like robots that fight each other are programmable (which they are), then there should be radio that actually plays the songs it says it will play. If someone wants to hear different music, they are able to create a different channel to hear that.
Anyways, I apologize to anyone who was just reading that last paragraph with a question mark above their head. Here's another cute picture from My Milk Toof.
So right now I was doing homework while listening to Pandora, but the homework was online and there was some sort of error that kept me from opening it. Oh well.
And now I'm typing, still listening to Pandora. I'm trying to modify the Glee channel so it stops playing random songs from musicals, and the Broadway channel so it stops playing Glee. I'm no mechanic, but if things like robots that fight each other are programmable (which they are), then there should be radio that actually plays the songs it says it will play. If someone wants to hear different music, they are able to create a different channel to hear that.
Anyways, I apologize to anyone who was just reading that last paragraph with a question mark above their head. Here's another cute picture from My Milk Toof.
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| Beach Day :) |
Friday, September 9, 2011
So busy!
Hi everyone.
I started 6th grade!! It's awesome. Most of my friends are in my classes and none of my teachers are scarier than they need to be.
The only thing is that I have a lot of homework so I can't post on my blog that much. Actually, I probably have some ridiculously tiny amount of homework like 12 minutes a night. I just have very low homework tolerance.
Today we had a guest speaker at school who talked about "internet safety." Well, I'm on the internet right now and I'm not falling off a cliff or anything, so I'd say it was a success. I got super-bored during the presentation so I drew all over my left hand with a ballpoint pen:
Vines all over the back of my hand
A ring on my ring finger
Traced some of the veins on the palm of my hand
A heart on the back of my index finger
A crazy-looking face on the palm of my hand with the word "you" pointing to it that I could flash at people whenever they annoyed me
I also drew an eye on my ankle and stars on my shoulder. I was lucky that I was wearing pants, otherwise I would have drawn all over my legs.
Bye.
I started 6th grade!! It's awesome. Most of my friends are in my classes and none of my teachers are scarier than they need to be.
The only thing is that I have a lot of homework so I can't post on my blog that much. Actually, I probably have some ridiculously tiny amount of homework like 12 minutes a night. I just have very low homework tolerance.
Today we had a guest speaker at school who talked about "internet safety." Well, I'm on the internet right now and I'm not falling off a cliff or anything, so I'd say it was a success. I got super-bored during the presentation so I drew all over my left hand with a ballpoint pen:
Vines all over the back of my hand
A ring on my ring finger
Traced some of the veins on the palm of my hand
A heart on the back of my index finger
A crazy-looking face on the palm of my hand with the word "you" pointing to it that I could flash at people whenever they annoyed me
I also drew an eye on my ankle and stars on my shoulder. I was lucky that I was wearing pants, otherwise I would have drawn all over my legs.
Bye.
Monday, September 5, 2011
I'm all over the interwebs!
Guess what? I ate fried chicken today! It was awesome until I realized that fried chicken was filled with bones. Then I was all like, "What is this. This is insanity."
I got a Youtube!!! And I'm posting videos. Click here for my channel. Don't get too excited, there's only one or two videos so far. Basically it's me singing. But I might post some video blogging (is that vlogging?) in the future.
With any luck, I will be famous within two weeks!
Just kidding. Ha ha.
I got a Youtube!!! And I'm posting videos. Click here for my channel. Don't get too excited, there's only one or two videos so far. Basically it's me singing. But I might post some video blogging (is that vlogging?) in the future.
With any luck, I will be famous within two weeks!
Just kidding. Ha ha.
Sunday, September 4, 2011
It's like it snowed in Bloggerland
Right now I'm using the new Blogger interface. They designed a new Blogger interface. So basically it's like they took all the control-panely behind the scenes stuff and turned it white.
It's kind of weird. I'm not sure if I like it. It's definitely more modern.
Guess what? Today when I was in the control panel room on my blog, I noticed I have a follower! Yay! I wonder how that happened.
So next year in school we get laptops for working at home and at school. LAPTOPS! I'm so excited!
I'm thinking of starting a YouTube channel to post me singing and stuff.
Now it's the end.
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Guess what? Today when I was in the control panel room on my blog, I noticed I have a follower! Yay! I wonder how that happened.
So next year in school we get laptops for working at home and at school. LAPTOPS! I'm so excited!
I'm thinking of starting a YouTube channel to post me singing and stuff.
Now it's the end.
Friday, September 2, 2011
Hiiiiiiiiii
Hi.
So today I went to the California Academy of Sciences with my mom and sister. I was looking at the reptiles when all of a sudden lights started flashing and an alarm started screaming and a voice started speaking through speakers "ATTENTION ATTENTION. AN EMERGENCY HAS BEEN REPORTED. PLEASE PROCEED TO THE NEAREST EXIT." And I was thinking Oh my god we're all going to die. I was pretty sure that the floor was going to crumble from beneath me, but there were all these people with strollers around me and they didn't really seem as panicked as me (because I was sticking my fingers in my ears and praying, if you count mumbling "ohmygodohmygodohmygod" as praying).
Anyways, we got outside, and went across the street to the middle of Golden Gate Park with the rest of the people from the museum. It was sunny and nice outside, and nothing was exploding, and I noticed there was a seagull on top of the highest fountain pretending all these people were here to see him, so I started to relax a bit. I wondered if there really was an emergency, and if there was, would I get to be on the news? As I said, it was perfect weather, and we were sitting in the middle of Golden Gate Park eating granola bars that my mom had, so there were definitely worse places to be in the event of an emergency exit.
After a while we were allowed to go back in. We saw the planetarium, the aquarium, and the rainforest thingy. It was totally amazing.
On a completely unrelated topic, I have found the cutest website EVER. It's called My Milk Toof.
It's basically the adventures of two teeth that live in this girl's house.
Pictured: Lardee (left) and ickle
So today I went to the California Academy of Sciences with my mom and sister. I was looking at the reptiles when all of a sudden lights started flashing and an alarm started screaming and a voice started speaking through speakers "ATTENTION ATTENTION. AN EMERGENCY HAS BEEN REPORTED. PLEASE PROCEED TO THE NEAREST EXIT." And I was thinking Oh my god we're all going to die. I was pretty sure that the floor was going to crumble from beneath me, but there were all these people with strollers around me and they didn't really seem as panicked as me (because I was sticking my fingers in my ears and praying, if you count mumbling "ohmygodohmygodohmygod" as praying).
Anyways, we got outside, and went across the street to the middle of Golden Gate Park with the rest of the people from the museum. It was sunny and nice outside, and nothing was exploding, and I noticed there was a seagull on top of the highest fountain pretending all these people were here to see him, so I started to relax a bit. I wondered if there really was an emergency, and if there was, would I get to be on the news? As I said, it was perfect weather, and we were sitting in the middle of Golden Gate Park eating granola bars that my mom had, so there were definitely worse places to be in the event of an emergency exit.
After a while we were allowed to go back in. We saw the planetarium, the aquarium, and the rainforest thingy. It was totally amazing.
On a completely unrelated topic, I have found the cutest website EVER. It's called My Milk Toof.
It's basically the adventures of two teeth that live in this girl's house.
Pictured: Lardee (left) and ickle
Things to do! People to see! Places to go... so it's bye for now.
Sunday, August 7, 2011
Yum
It's deviled egg time!
I saw Billy Elliot yesterday. It was great if you like dancing, the dancing was amazing, but if you're looking for more singing you should see a show like Rent or Les Mis (where it's almost entirely sung).
Well, see you at the next post!
How To from Joshua Harding on Vimeo.
I saw Billy Elliot yesterday. It was great if you like dancing, the dancing was amazing, but if you're looking for more singing you should see a show like Rent or Les Mis (where it's almost entirely sung).
Well, see you at the next post!
Saturday, July 30, 2011
Billy Elliot
I watched a couple more trailers of Billy Elliot and here's what I found out about it:
1. This "Billy" dude puts on a dress
2. They swear a lot in the musical.
3. That's it.
1. This "Billy" dude puts on a dress
2. They swear a lot in the musical.
3. That's it.
Wednesday, July 27, 2011
Laughing gas
Hey!
So yesterday I was totally freaking out hysterically because I had to get two teeth pulled. But then they put the little mask with the laughing gas on me and I read a magazine and then I practically fell asleep.
It was awesome.
So now I have this big hole where the teeth were supposed to be, but with adult teeth growing in front of it. It's really weird.
I'm going to see Billy Elliot soon. I honestly have no idea what it's about or how good it's going to be. I'm putting up a new poll, so if your answer is "none of the above" then you can post your answer in the comments on this post.
Here is a list of some boredom-killing websites:
The Turn - I don't even know what this is. Some kind of physics simulator but also videos... made by a guy named Fredo Viola.
Powder Game - another fun physics simulator that you all probably know about already. But just in case you didn't. There are also other fun games on that site. created by DAN-BALL. Whoever that is.
Jackson Pollock - just click the link and move your mouse around. Created by Miltos Manetas
Wolframalpha - a unique search engine that knows many things. Try looking up your first name, or a famous person, or a mathematical principle. Also works as a calculator.
My friends' blogs - Wiz E and In My Head. Created by them. :D
Paperless Post - send letters and invitations through the internet (note: it's not email)!
I know I will think of some more websites later. Right now I will go and eat a peanut butter and banana sandwich.
So yesterday I was totally freaking out hysterically because I had to get two teeth pulled. But then they put the little mask with the laughing gas on me and I read a magazine and then I practically fell asleep.
It was awesome.
So now I have this big hole where the teeth were supposed to be, but with adult teeth growing in front of it. It's really weird.
I'm going to see Billy Elliot soon. I honestly have no idea what it's about or how good it's going to be. I'm putting up a new poll, so if your answer is "none of the above" then you can post your answer in the comments on this post.
Here is a list of some boredom-killing websites:
The Turn - I don't even know what this is. Some kind of physics simulator but also videos... made by a guy named Fredo Viola.
Powder Game - another fun physics simulator that you all probably know about already. But just in case you didn't. There are also other fun games on that site. created by DAN-BALL. Whoever that is.
Jackson Pollock - just click the link and move your mouse around. Created by Miltos Manetas
Wolframalpha - a unique search engine that knows many things. Try looking up your first name, or a famous person, or a mathematical principle. Also works as a calculator.
My friends' blogs - Wiz E and In My Head. Created by them. :D
Paperless Post - send letters and invitations through the internet (note: it's not email)!
I know I will think of some more websites later. Right now I will go and eat a peanut butter and banana sandwich.
Thursday, July 21, 2011
More birdlike every day
Hi all you people.
So I haven't really been posting lately, mostly because there's been nothing to post. I've been going to camp and hanging out at home. I miss my friends at sleepaway camp.
Today, I went to get a haircut, and while I was there I got two feathers in my hair. One is gray and brown and the other is black and yellow (black and yellow black and yellow black and yellow). I also got some new shoes.
I've been sewing these little felt animals when I'm bored. I've made two bunnies and four munkys (yes, I spelled that correctly). I'm going to take a picture of the whole collection of felties and post it here.
Earlier this year in school, our class made life-size clay heads. I painted mine all different shades of blue, and right now he's staring at me from next to the computer. I think that makes it harder to write.
If you have any cool websites to kill boredom, feel free to post them in the comments. Also, if you're bored, you can check the comments to find some boredom-killing websites.
See you later :)
So I haven't really been posting lately, mostly because there's been nothing to post. I've been going to camp and hanging out at home. I miss my friends at sleepaway camp.
Today, I went to get a haircut, and while I was there I got two feathers in my hair. One is gray and brown and the other is black and yellow (black and yellow black and yellow black and yellow). I also got some new shoes.
I've been sewing these little felt animals when I'm bored. I've made two bunnies and four munkys (yes, I spelled that correctly). I'm going to take a picture of the whole collection of felties and post it here.
Earlier this year in school, our class made life-size clay heads. I painted mine all different shades of blue, and right now he's staring at me from next to the computer. I think that makes it harder to write.
If you have any cool websites to kill boredom, feel free to post them in the comments. Also, if you're bored, you can check the comments to find some boredom-killing websites.
See you later :)
Friday, June 10, 2011
Boom-ba-boom-boom-boom-ba-boom-boom-hey, I'm just that Super Bored
Hi!
For the fifth grade trip, all 47 of us flew in a plane to Albuquerque, New Mexico, and then rode in a bus for 5 hours to Crow Canyon Archaeological center in Colorado. My time there was actually pretty depressing. On the first night, no one was at home to pick up the phone, so I was really homesick. The second and third nights, I was homesick, had stomachaches and nausea, and spent every minute worrying about whether I was going to throw up or not. (I didn't throw up.) The third day, we rafted down the San Juan river and I got my hands really badly sunburned so 1) I couldn't do ANYTHING and 2) I was screaming in pain. So I had to sit there in the sun for 7 hours with no shade and no first aid and my hands could only get worse. When I got back, I couldn't even hold a fork. For the rest of the trip I could barely pick anything up, even a pencil, so I couldn't really participate in any of the reflection or the simulated dig. My hands were better for the last day, though, so I didn't have to sit on the bus or the airplane in pain. When I got home, I spent two days completely inside and by then my hands were healed. They still itch a lot, though.
Okay, that got out all my complaining on that matter.
At the end of the school year, someone always hosts a pool party for the grade in celebration of the year's end. This year, the hostess emailed me asking for a list of my favorite songs (including Super Bass, hence the title of this post), and I said yes and sent her a lengthy list of the most popular songs. Well, I must have done a pretty good job with that, because then she asked me to coordinate the music for the entire party. I love music, so I couldn't say no. I bought a bunch of songs on iTunes and made a huge playlist of songs for the party, brought them to the party via iPod, and it was a hit. :)
So now I'm officially a sixth grader, and it feels AWESOME. Just so you know.
It was not more than 2 hours from when my sister got home that she started saying "I'm bored."
And so the summer begins.
I was bored too, so I decided to write on this blog. And that is the summary of the last couple of weeks. The end.
For the fifth grade trip, all 47 of us flew in a plane to Albuquerque, New Mexico, and then rode in a bus for 5 hours to Crow Canyon Archaeological center in Colorado. My time there was actually pretty depressing. On the first night, no one was at home to pick up the phone, so I was really homesick. The second and third nights, I was homesick, had stomachaches and nausea, and spent every minute worrying about whether I was going to throw up or not. (I didn't throw up.) The third day, we rafted down the San Juan river and I got my hands really badly sunburned so 1) I couldn't do ANYTHING and 2) I was screaming in pain. So I had to sit there in the sun for 7 hours with no shade and no first aid and my hands could only get worse. When I got back, I couldn't even hold a fork. For the rest of the trip I could barely pick anything up, even a pencil, so I couldn't really participate in any of the reflection or the simulated dig. My hands were better for the last day, though, so I didn't have to sit on the bus or the airplane in pain. When I got home, I spent two days completely inside and by then my hands were healed. They still itch a lot, though.
Okay, that got out all my complaining on that matter.
At the end of the school year, someone always hosts a pool party for the grade in celebration of the year's end. This year, the hostess emailed me asking for a list of my favorite songs (including Super Bass, hence the title of this post), and I said yes and sent her a lengthy list of the most popular songs. Well, I must have done a pretty good job with that, because then she asked me to coordinate the music for the entire party. I love music, so I couldn't say no. I bought a bunch of songs on iTunes and made a huge playlist of songs for the party, brought them to the party via iPod, and it was a hit. :)
So now I'm officially a sixth grader, and it feels AWESOME. Just so you know.
It was not more than 2 hours from when my sister got home that she started saying "I'm bored."
And so the summer begins.
I was bored too, so I decided to write on this blog. And that is the summary of the last couple of weeks. The end.
Saturday, May 21, 2011
Boredom
So last week I was sick for part of the week and didn't go to school. That's all I really have to say on that subject.
On a funner note, a couple of days ago I decided to make maple syrup candy. The recipe said to heat tha maple syrup and some butter, and pour it over shaved ice or snow. We did that, but it didn't harden into candy, it dripped into the ice and ended up lookin like a maple syrup sno-cone. We ate it anyways. It tasted pretty good, but just for future reference, never ever ever ever give a four-year-old and a nine-year-old shaved ice doused in maple syrup. It WILL make them very hyper, and you WILL spend at least two hours in your room covering your ears and trying to drown out their high-pitched screeches.
Now I'm really bored. I try to write on this blog more often, but I always think that I'm so bored and there really has not been much blog-worthy excitement in my life. Hmmph.
If you don't like the big presence and noise of Evite, try Paperless Post. It's much classier, and it's like actually opening a letter, but on the computer.
Until next time...
On a funner note, a couple of days ago I decided to make maple syrup candy. The recipe said to heat tha maple syrup and some butter, and pour it over shaved ice or snow. We did that, but it didn't harden into candy, it dripped into the ice and ended up lookin like a maple syrup sno-cone. We ate it anyways. It tasted pretty good, but just for future reference, never ever ever ever give a four-year-old and a nine-year-old shaved ice doused in maple syrup. It WILL make them very hyper, and you WILL spend at least two hours in your room covering your ears and trying to drown out their high-pitched screeches.
Now I'm really bored. I try to write on this blog more often, but I always think that I'm so bored and there really has not been much blog-worthy excitement in my life. Hmmph.
If you don't like the big presence and noise of Evite, try Paperless Post. It's much classier, and it's like actually opening a letter, but on the computer.
Until next time...
Sunday, May 8, 2011
The 23rd Post
Hello there!
I haven't written in so long... never-ending tech rehearsals, then finally performing Les Miserables. You probably already know this, but it was awesome. The fog machine set off the smoke alarm like 4 times though. I'm already itching to find out what the next musical is going to be. I love Rent, it's pretty much all I listen to on my iPod, but there is like NO chance that we are going to do that this year, because after all, we are a middle school. I would say elementary school, but next year the grades are going to be 5th grade and up. My poor sister, who is now in 3rd grade, has the age bar go up every time she gets close to old enough.
In a couple of weeks, my entire grade is going on a week-long field trip to COLORADO. ON AN AIRPLANE. (Sorry, some caps-lock excitement there.) We have a two hour plane ride, then a six hour bus ride to get there. I'm so excited for when we get there (not so excited for the getting there part)!
Imagine the surprise you would feel if you found out you booked your flight on a plane with 47 5th graders on it. :D
For a math project, I'm studying math in origami. I found this really cool site for a mathematical origami cube. It's supposed to be a lesson plan for teachers, but it's just origami instructions if you ignore all the teachy stuff. Click here to see it.
Bye for now.
I haven't written in so long... never-ending tech rehearsals, then finally performing Les Miserables. You probably already know this, but it was awesome. The fog machine set off the smoke alarm like 4 times though. I'm already itching to find out what the next musical is going to be. I love Rent, it's pretty much all I listen to on my iPod, but there is like NO chance that we are going to do that this year, because after all, we are a middle school. I would say elementary school, but next year the grades are going to be 5th grade and up. My poor sister, who is now in 3rd grade, has the age bar go up every time she gets close to old enough.
In a couple of weeks, my entire grade is going on a week-long field trip to COLORADO. ON AN AIRPLANE. (Sorry, some caps-lock excitement there.) We have a two hour plane ride, then a six hour bus ride to get there. I'm so excited for when we get there (not so excited for the getting there part)!
Imagine the surprise you would feel if you found out you booked your flight on a plane with 47 5th graders on it. :D
For a math project, I'm studying math in origami. I found this really cool site for a mathematical origami cube. It's supposed to be a lesson plan for teachers, but it's just origami instructions if you ignore all the teachy stuff. Click here to see it.
Bye for now.
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
Apparently they have to preserve open space now
Today I felt really guilty that I haven't posted in like 2 weeks. But I have TONS AND TONS of rehearsal. I can't use homework as an excuse because I really didn't have that much the last 2 weeks. Anyways, today our grade went on a field trip to Windy Hill Open Space preserve. Yep, apparently they have to preserve open space now. Go figure.
As soon as our bus left the school, it started raining. The rain only got harder and harder until when we actually started hiking it was coming down moderately. Us forty-some kids were all complaining about the rain, but we all trudged on anyways. I was one of the last people. There was mud EVERYWHERE from the rain, and people fell in a lot. I had to not fall in, because my hiking boots were also my boots for Les Miserables. I got a bunch of dirt on them, but some people were coated thickly in mud from the knees down so I was pretty lucky. So we got about one mile into the trail and I got really tired. But we still had to go on. About two miles into it, the rain let up, but we were all soaked and freezing because the wind had started.
At one point me and two other kids were right in the middle of the group, so we could see absolutely no people to the front or back of us as far as we could see. Which wasn't very far, because there are a lot of hills. We weren't lost or anything, but we just were pretty much stranded and all we could do was walk. We got pretty freaked out; the other kids started pretend-hallucinating that they could see a sheep or Totoro or something fluffy like that, and I started laughing hysterically.
Before, I was worrying excessively about my shoes, but by this far in the trip, I didn't really care anymore. My pants got really muddy. I almost fell in a mud pit, and it was all uphill. When we were almost to lunch, I couldn't really walk anymore except in short bursts. At the top of that hill, my loneliness broke. A group of girls from my grade found me and the two other kids, to their happiness. We were so glad that we all had survived! We all had walked about two and a half miles at this point. So then I walked the rest of the way to the picnic tables with another girl from the group.
When we got there, I could barely open my lunchbox because my hands were frozen. I had packed pistachios, but I couldn't open the shells. I had brought a power bar, but I couldn't open it. I got other people to open them for me. Someone lent me their hat (thank you so much!!! you know who you are) and that made me feel a little better.
So then we started down the trail again the way we came, and it was a lot easier the way down because a) it was sunny and b) it was downhill. This one guy tried to explain Halo Reach to me. All our friends chatted. When we finally got to the bus, we all curled up on the seats and congratulated anyone who got on the bus for surviving the trek.I finished the trip with muddy pants, dusty shoes, two blisters, and a huge grin.
Then we were supposed to paint watercolor pictures of something we thought represented our trip. One girl painted a sunset, another drew wildflowers. I painted a still life of my near-ruined right shoe. Maybe I'll take a picture of the painting and put it on the blog, but no promises.
As soon as our bus left the school, it started raining. The rain only got harder and harder until when we actually started hiking it was coming down moderately. Us forty-some kids were all complaining about the rain, but we all trudged on anyways. I was one of the last people. There was mud EVERYWHERE from the rain, and people fell in a lot. I had to not fall in, because my hiking boots were also my boots for Les Miserables. I got a bunch of dirt on them, but some people were coated thickly in mud from the knees down so I was pretty lucky. So we got about one mile into the trail and I got really tired. But we still had to go on. About two miles into it, the rain let up, but we were all soaked and freezing because the wind had started.
At one point me and two other kids were right in the middle of the group, so we could see absolutely no people to the front or back of us as far as we could see. Which wasn't very far, because there are a lot of hills. We weren't lost or anything, but we just were pretty much stranded and all we could do was walk. We got pretty freaked out; the other kids started pretend-hallucinating that they could see a sheep or Totoro or something fluffy like that, and I started laughing hysterically.
Before, I was worrying excessively about my shoes, but by this far in the trip, I didn't really care anymore. My pants got really muddy. I almost fell in a mud pit, and it was all uphill. When we were almost to lunch, I couldn't really walk anymore except in short bursts. At the top of that hill, my loneliness broke. A group of girls from my grade found me and the two other kids, to their happiness. We were so glad that we all had survived! We all had walked about two and a half miles at this point. So then I walked the rest of the way to the picnic tables with another girl from the group.
When we got there, I could barely open my lunchbox because my hands were frozen. I had packed pistachios, but I couldn't open the shells. I had brought a power bar, but I couldn't open it. I got other people to open them for me. Someone lent me their hat (thank you so much!!! you know who you are) and that made me feel a little better.
So then we started down the trail again the way we came, and it was a lot easier the way down because a) it was sunny and b) it was downhill. This one guy tried to explain Halo Reach to me. All our friends chatted. When we finally got to the bus, we all curled up on the seats and congratulated anyone who got on the bus for surviving the trek.I finished the trip with muddy pants, dusty shoes, two blisters, and a huge grin.
Then we were supposed to paint watercolor pictures of something we thought represented our trip. One girl painted a sunset, another drew wildflowers. I painted a still life of my near-ruined right shoe. Maybe I'll take a picture of the painting and put it on the blog, but no promises.
Saturday, April 2, 2011
A person can only listen to so much revolutionizing
I had nine hours of rehearsal today. NINE. And we ran through the entire musical. The run-through part of the rehearsal only took about five hours, while the other four were just fine-tuning individual scenes. We are getting a turntable for the sets. A turntable! That will actually turn on command! So when everyone in the scene dies at the barricades, the turntable can turn around so you can see all the dead people. There is a fine line between dramatic and traumatic.
Now I'm really tired and I have to rest now. I have another seven and a half hours of rehearsal tomorrow. G'night.
Now I'm really tired and I have to rest now. I have another seven and a half hours of rehearsal tomorrow. G'night.
Monday, March 28, 2011
OMG! FYI and LOL and BFF in the OED!
Yep, that's right, the Oxford English Dictionary has now added "initialisms" such as LOL, FYI, BFF, and OMG. Also a new addition, introducing the ❤ sign. It's pronounced "heart," not "love," and it's a verb meaning "to love." Did you know that LOL used to be used as initials for Little Old Lady? Yeah. And when the "I ❤ NY" shirts first came out, people were skeptical. It was supposed to be called the "I Love NY" shirt, but sarcastic people started calling it the "I Heart NY" shirt. Now it's known universally as the "I Heart NY" shirt. Major backfire for the sarcastic people, huh?
But now onto a more serious note: I'm allergic to something and I don't know what!!! Today during gym class I looked down at my arms and my entire upper arms had broken out in hives! So I went to the nurse's office an she gave me some Benadryl. Now I'm fine, but I don't know what caused it. I'm pretty sure it was not poison oak or ivy, because I was wearing my jacket the entire day and the hives just stayed on my upper arms. I suspect the vaccines I had last week had something to do with it. They were on both of my upper arms.
So now I don't know what to do. I hope the hives don't return.
For Halloween next year I'm going to be oh wait I can't tell you. I've already told some people in person, but I don't want to post it on the internet where anyone can see it. It's a sort of secret!
But now onto a more serious note: I'm allergic to something and I don't know what!!! Today during gym class I looked down at my arms and my entire upper arms had broken out in hives! So I went to the nurse's office an she gave me some Benadryl. Now I'm fine, but I don't know what caused it. I'm pretty sure it was not poison oak or ivy, because I was wearing my jacket the entire day and the hives just stayed on my upper arms. I suspect the vaccines I had last week had something to do with it. They were on both of my upper arms.
So now I don't know what to do. I hope the hives don't return.
For Halloween next year I'm going to be oh wait I can't tell you. I've already told some people in person, but I don't want to post it on the internet where anyone can see it. It's a sort of secret!
Thursday, March 24, 2011
Race in a Genetic World | Harvard Magazine May-Jun 2008
Race in a Genetic World | Harvard Magazine May-Jun 2008
I am reading this for homework. And I am in the fifth grade.
Today my friend, the one who has the blog called Wiz-E, told me she doesn't really write about personal stuff in her blog, like my post earlier about the classroom flooding, because why do people really need to know? I told her why wouldn't someone want to read about the EC flooding or how many sock dolls I made? It's the most interesting thing in the world, right guys? Right?
Speaking of the EC, today was the worst weather day I have ever experienced in California and it flooded again. Rain, hail, ice, sleet, winds that must have been 200 mph (okay maybe not). My umbrella turned inside out! MULTIPLE TIMES! (BTW thanks to Kyle for fixing my umbrella.) One of my friends even had the water supply of her house cut off because of the storm. Today I was supposed to go to a luncheon for fifth grade girls but about halfway there it started hailing really hard and pelting me in the side (it stung a lot) and blowing my umbrella away, so I ran for the nearest cover: the library. I could stay there for recess, but I technically wasn't supposed to be there for lunch, because it was the middle school's recess. Also I wasn't allowed to eat in the library. But there was NO way that I was going to walk from there to the cafeteria, because the cafe was surrounded by ankle-deep rainwater, like a moat. So I had to stay in the library with my friend Saffy and pretend that we were sixth graders and eat very quietly. At one point one of the eighth graders was like, "you're not really supposed to be here," so I said, "what are you talking about? I'm a sixth grader," and she was like, "no you're not." But then one of the sixth graders was like, "she's an honorary sixth grader," and I was thinking, "THANK YOU SO MUCH." Eventually I did go to the cafeteria, because some of the moat had been drained away, but there was like a QUARTER of the people there that usually were in there. It turns out everyone just ate in their classrooms because the teachers didn't want to have the entire lower school all running through the hail to the cafeteria at once.
Everyone is soaked from the ankles down now. I was lucky. There was one girl who was wearing short shorts and forgot to bring an umbrella.
Anyways, did I mention that we have Puberty Ed? No, not someone named Ed that happened to grow a mustache first. Education. It was too rainy to go anywhere but in the classroom, so we couldn't split up into boys and girls. It was really awkward, but the teachers were really good. We watched a video from like 20 years ago. Our teacher said that whenever you feel like bursting out into nervous laughter or sinking through the floor, we should just nod, smile, and say "That's interesting."
To avoid awkwardness, I wrote "That's interesting" on a sticky note and stuck it to my upper lip so it covered my mouth. : []
Also, today in Humanities I used the word "reify" in a comment, and my teacher found that so noteworthy that she called her partner at the end of class to tell her that. Her partner just happened to be on the phone at that time with the woman who wrote the book that I learned the word reify from. So she told her. It made my day.
Have an awesome day/week!
I am reading this for homework. And I am in the fifth grade.
Today my friend, the one who has the blog called Wiz-E, told me she doesn't really write about personal stuff in her blog, like my post earlier about the classroom flooding, because why do people really need to know? I told her why wouldn't someone want to read about the EC flooding or how many sock dolls I made? It's the most interesting thing in the world, right guys? Right?
Speaking of the EC, today was the worst weather day I have ever experienced in California and it flooded again. Rain, hail, ice, sleet, winds that must have been 200 mph (okay maybe not). My umbrella turned inside out! MULTIPLE TIMES! (BTW thanks to Kyle for fixing my umbrella.) One of my friends even had the water supply of her house cut off because of the storm. Today I was supposed to go to a luncheon for fifth grade girls but about halfway there it started hailing really hard and pelting me in the side (it stung a lot) and blowing my umbrella away, so I ran for the nearest cover: the library. I could stay there for recess, but I technically wasn't supposed to be there for lunch, because it was the middle school's recess. Also I wasn't allowed to eat in the library. But there was NO way that I was going to walk from there to the cafeteria, because the cafe was surrounded by ankle-deep rainwater, like a moat. So I had to stay in the library with my friend Saffy and pretend that we were sixth graders and eat very quietly. At one point one of the eighth graders was like, "you're not really supposed to be here," so I said, "what are you talking about? I'm a sixth grader," and she was like, "no you're not." But then one of the sixth graders was like, "she's an honorary sixth grader," and I was thinking, "THANK YOU SO MUCH." Eventually I did go to the cafeteria, because some of the moat had been drained away, but there was like a QUARTER of the people there that usually were in there. It turns out everyone just ate in their classrooms because the teachers didn't want to have the entire lower school all running through the hail to the cafeteria at once.
Everyone is soaked from the ankles down now. I was lucky. There was one girl who was wearing short shorts and forgot to bring an umbrella.
Anyways, did I mention that we have Puberty Ed? No, not someone named Ed that happened to grow a mustache first. Education. It was too rainy to go anywhere but in the classroom, so we couldn't split up into boys and girls. It was really awkward, but the teachers were really good. We watched a video from like 20 years ago. Our teacher said that whenever you feel like bursting out into nervous laughter or sinking through the floor, we should just nod, smile, and say "That's interesting."
To avoid awkwardness, I wrote "That's interesting" on a sticky note and stuck it to my upper lip so it covered my mouth. : []
Also, today in Humanities I used the word "reify" in a comment, and my teacher found that so noteworthy that she called her partner at the end of class to tell her that. Her partner just happened to be on the phone at that time with the woman who wrote the book that I learned the word reify from. So she told her. It made my day.
Have an awesome day/week!
Monday, March 14, 2011
The Bird's Word: Hello World
The Bird's Word: Hello World: "Hello world. Guess what? I got a blog. (Of course, you knew that already.) I think later I'll look back on this post, like when I'm 13, and ..."
I just blogged my own blog. I am just that awesome.
I just blogged my own blog. I am just that awesome.
Stupid virus
Hi again people!
I haven't written in so long because I got a virus. Not in my computer, I got the stomach flu, although both viruses would have impaired my blog-writing the same. I couldn't even get out of bed. Have you ever gone a day without eating anything but ginger ale? I think Friday was the worst 24 hours of my life.
LATER
Okay, I left this blog, in editing mode on my computer and left. Just left! Then, a day, later, I came back to it. So now it's today. My friend said the FUNNIEST thing today. It was a joke. Here it goes.
So this kid goes to this younger kid and says, rhythmically, "Hi, little kid! Do you like jumping rope? What do you think, candy is made out of!!!"
And the little kid goes, "Pokemon! Pokemon!"
And the big kid goes, "Pokemon??!!"
I don't get it either, but isn't it so funny? heh heh heh
I haven't written in so long because I got a virus. Not in my computer, I got the stomach flu, although both viruses would have impaired my blog-writing the same. I couldn't even get out of bed. Have you ever gone a day without eating anything but ginger ale? I think Friday was the worst 24 hours of my life.
LATER
Okay, I left this blog, in editing mode on my computer and left. Just left! Then, a day, later, I came back to it. So now it's today. My friend said the FUNNIEST thing today. It was a joke. Here it goes.
So this kid goes to this younger kid and says, rhythmically, "Hi, little kid! Do you like jumping rope? What do you think, candy is made out of!!!"
And the little kid goes, "Pokemon! Pokemon!"
And the big kid goes, "Pokemon??!!"
I don't get it either, but isn't it so funny? heh heh heh
Wednesday, March 9, 2011
ALL CAPS
HI PEOPLE!
I HAVEN'T WRITTEN IN THIS BLOG FOR A LONG TIME, SO I'M GOING TO MAKE UP FOR IT BY WRITING EXTRA LOUD.
ANYWAYS, I ONLY HAVE TO WEAR MY RETAINERS AT NIGHT NOW. THAT MIGHT NOT SEEM LIKE A BIG DEAL TO YOU, BUT I HAVE HAD ALMOST 2 YEARS OF ORTHODONTIA AND NOW IT'S ALL PRETTY MUCH GONE. YEAH!
I'M FINISHING MY SCIENCE PROJECT. IT'S ABOUT THE BUOYANCY OF AN EGG IN SALTWATER. THERE ARE POSTER BOARD MATERIALS LIKE GLUE STICKS AND PAPER SCRAPS ALL OVER MY ROOM NOW.
ANOTHER ONE OF MY FRIENDS HAS A BLOG. YOU CAN CHECK IT OUT HERE. IT'S CALLED "IN MY HEAD.'' IT'S REALLY AWESOME.
WELL, WRITING IN CAPS LOCK GIVES ME A HEADACHE, SO I GUESS IT'S BYE FOR NOW.
I HAVEN'T WRITTEN IN THIS BLOG FOR A LONG TIME, SO I'M GOING TO MAKE UP FOR IT BY WRITING EXTRA LOUD.
ANYWAYS, I ONLY HAVE TO WEAR MY RETAINERS AT NIGHT NOW. THAT MIGHT NOT SEEM LIKE A BIG DEAL TO YOU, BUT I HAVE HAD ALMOST 2 YEARS OF ORTHODONTIA AND NOW IT'S ALL PRETTY MUCH GONE. YEAH!
I'M FINISHING MY SCIENCE PROJECT. IT'S ABOUT THE BUOYANCY OF AN EGG IN SALTWATER. THERE ARE POSTER BOARD MATERIALS LIKE GLUE STICKS AND PAPER SCRAPS ALL OVER MY ROOM NOW.
ANOTHER ONE OF MY FRIENDS HAS A BLOG. YOU CAN CHECK IT OUT HERE. IT'S CALLED "IN MY HEAD.'' IT'S REALLY AWESOME.
WELL, WRITING IN CAPS LOCK GIVES ME A HEADACHE, SO I GUESS IT'S BYE FOR NOW.
Saturday, February 26, 2011
I made a pig sock doll
I made a pig sock doll, just like you asked in the poll. Then the eyes and nose fell off, so I'm going to have to fix that. I'm also making a penguin, but I ran out of material for the belly and beak, so for now it's just a blob.
This week was February break, so I didn't do that much. I had a rehearsal for Les Mis, and I had a few dentist and orthodontics appointments. I have to pull out my wiggly tooth, or else they have to extract it. The only thing is that it hurts a lot, and that when I put numbing gel on it, it doesn't get numb. Almost my entire upper lip gets really numb, but it still hurts when I wiggle it. GRRR.
This week was February break, so I didn't do that much. I had a rehearsal for Les Mis, and I had a few dentist and orthodontics appointments. I have to pull out my wiggly tooth, or else they have to extract it. The only thing is that it hurts a lot, and that when I put numbing gel on it, it doesn't get numb. Almost my entire upper lip gets really numb, but it still hurts when I wiggle it. GRRR.
Monday, February 21, 2011
Do you know what a Maneki Neko is? You're about to find out.
A Maneki Neko is one of those cute little cat figurines with the waving paw that is placed in the entrance of an Asian store or restaurant. I'm telling you this because I made one out of socks! Yeah. Really. Picture coming later.
Have you read the books in the Hunger Games series? Well, I want to tell you about them, so I'll assume you said no. It's about this dystopian society called Panem where every year, two people from each district are sent to a big arena where they take part in the Hunger Games, which is basically where you have to fight it out until one person is left standing. And yet Suzanne Collins makes an awesome book about it.
I'm learning Blackbird on the guitar. It's easier than I thought it would be, because it sounds so complex when it's recorded. I've only been playing since late September.
Now it's time for dinner... blog ya later.
Have you read the books in the Hunger Games series? Well, I want to tell you about them, so I'll assume you said no. It's about this dystopian society called Panem where every year, two people from each district are sent to a big arena where they take part in the Hunger Games, which is basically where you have to fight it out until one person is left standing. And yet Suzanne Collins makes an awesome book about it.
I'm learning Blackbird on the guitar. It's easier than I thought it would be, because it sounds so complex when it's recorded. I've only been playing since late September.
Now it's time for dinner... blog ya later.
Thursday, February 17, 2011
Thank goodness for turkey basters
You will NEVER guess what happened in Science class today! Well, unless I already told you or you were there.
Around the beginning of the class, we noticed that water was leaking in from the crack in the door (it was REALLY rainy today). Well, we were just going to mop it up when we noticed that it had also seeped some way around the perimeter of the room, as well as about two feet into the room, and was about to reach the heater. We then scrambled to get all of the electrical appliances out of the way before someone got electrocuted. We had absolutely nothing to stop all the water, but we had some paper towels to stop it from spreading all across the room. Then we decided that we had to bail ourselves out like we were in a boat. The water was too shallow to scoop up with a bucket, and the only thing we could think of that we had on hand was the tiny water droppers. You know, the kind that looks like a mini turkey baster. Then my friend and I came up with the genius idea to actually use real turkey basters. We ran up to the main science room (the flood was in the environmental (portable) classroom), and asked the teacher there if we could have some turkey basters because the EC was flooded. She felt really bad and gave us all the turkey basters in the science room.
Five minutes later, all the kids in the room were either sucking up the floodwater with the turkey basters or trying to find the cause of all the flooding. Apparently, the drain below the rain pipe wasn't working so the small reservoir near the door had overflowed and was coming under the door. We tried sealing the door with duct tape. We tried brushing the water off with brooms. Finally, some people had to go on top of the roof of the classroom(!) to see what the heck was wrong with the pipe. Meanwhile, most of the girls in the class of 17 (including me) were trying to transfer water from the carpet to various containers using the turkey basters. I even saw one of my friends trying to bail us out with a coffee mug!
Then something almost just as bad happened. When we were trying to pour a cup of floodwater down the sink, the sink broke. See, it was the type that wasn't a real sink because this was a portable classroom, it was the type that had a fresh water tank and a waste water tank, and a lever to push with your foot for water. So all of a sudden, the cap on the waste water tank broke. We were left with green food-colored water on MORE of the floor, so we had to repeat the whole process like with the floodwater on the other side of the room.
Actually, it was pretty fun playing with all the rain, especially because we were with all our friends and it prevented us from doing any actual work. I heard people say repeatedly, "BEST science class EVER!" Also, it kind of simulated a day at the beach because we were all moving water around and we all ended up soaked from the knees down (which made Phys-Ed class hard).
All I can say is, those turkey basters won't be basting any turkeys any time soon.
Around the beginning of the class, we noticed that water was leaking in from the crack in the door (it was REALLY rainy today). Well, we were just going to mop it up when we noticed that it had also seeped some way around the perimeter of the room, as well as about two feet into the room, and was about to reach the heater. We then scrambled to get all of the electrical appliances out of the way before someone got electrocuted. We had absolutely nothing to stop all the water, but we had some paper towels to stop it from spreading all across the room. Then we decided that we had to bail ourselves out like we were in a boat. The water was too shallow to scoop up with a bucket, and the only thing we could think of that we had on hand was the tiny water droppers. You know, the kind that looks like a mini turkey baster. Then my friend and I came up with the genius idea to actually use real turkey basters. We ran up to the main science room (the flood was in the environmental (portable) classroom), and asked the teacher there if we could have some turkey basters because the EC was flooded. She felt really bad and gave us all the turkey basters in the science room.
Five minutes later, all the kids in the room were either sucking up the floodwater with the turkey basters or trying to find the cause of all the flooding. Apparently, the drain below the rain pipe wasn't working so the small reservoir near the door had overflowed and was coming under the door. We tried sealing the door with duct tape. We tried brushing the water off with brooms. Finally, some people had to go on top of the roof of the classroom(!) to see what the heck was wrong with the pipe. Meanwhile, most of the girls in the class of 17 (including me) were trying to transfer water from the carpet to various containers using the turkey basters. I even saw one of my friends trying to bail us out with a coffee mug!
Then something almost just as bad happened. When we were trying to pour a cup of floodwater down the sink, the sink broke. See, it was the type that wasn't a real sink because this was a portable classroom, it was the type that had a fresh water tank and a waste water tank, and a lever to push with your foot for water. So all of a sudden, the cap on the waste water tank broke. We were left with green food-colored water on MORE of the floor, so we had to repeat the whole process like with the floodwater on the other side of the room.
Actually, it was pretty fun playing with all the rain, especially because we were with all our friends and it prevented us from doing any actual work. I heard people say repeatedly, "BEST science class EVER!" Also, it kind of simulated a day at the beach because we were all moving water around and we all ended up soaked from the knees down (which made Phys-Ed class hard).
All I can say is, those turkey basters won't be basting any turkeys any time soon.
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
Rock Climbing is Awesome
More astonishing than a lunar eclipse. Harder to do than capturing a picture of Bigfoot. For the first time ever...
I made it up the rock wall! OMG!
Today in PE class we're doing our rock climbing unit, which I (used to) dread every year. Every year I (used to) make it up three or four rocks and be all like, "Okay, I can't move any more. Tension!" ("Tension" being the command that means "Tighten the rope so you can pull me down.") But today I actually climbed all the way to the ceiling! OMGs!
Also, have you ever seen the movie "The Truman Show?'' It's about this guy who is living in a TV show and everybody in the show knows that except him. Then weird things start happening, like a stage light falls down from the sky and rain falls down only on him. I haven't watched the end of it yet, though.
For an assignment in school, we are supposed to program quizzes about grammar on the computer. You can use programs like Scratch and Hyperstudio to make them. It's harder than you think.
Now I have to get back to programming... bye for now.
I made it up the rock wall! OMG!
Today in PE class we're doing our rock climbing unit, which I (used to) dread every year. Every year I (used to) make it up three or four rocks and be all like, "Okay, I can't move any more. Tension!" ("Tension" being the command that means "Tighten the rope so you can pull me down.") But today I actually climbed all the way to the ceiling! OMGs!
Also, have you ever seen the movie "The Truman Show?'' It's about this guy who is living in a TV show and everybody in the show knows that except him. Then weird things start happening, like a stage light falls down from the sky and rain falls down only on him. I haven't watched the end of it yet, though.
For an assignment in school, we are supposed to program quizzes about grammar on the computer. You can use programs like Scratch and Hyperstudio to make them. It's harder than you think.
Now I have to get back to programming... bye for now.
Monday, February 14, 2011
Valentine's Day
Happy valentine's day, people of earth!
Guess what? I HAVE A SECRET ADMIRER! Yeah, really! Today I found a rose (made out of cloth) in my backpack and it was addressed to me, from "your secret admirer." Pretty awesome, huh?
Valentine's day is usually cool, because sometimes people bring candy or something to send to people. At our school, in the lower school, we have a valentine card policy where you have to bring valentines for all the people or none of the people. It's pretty annoying, and usually I ended up not sending anything to anyone when I was in the lower school because I don't want to go to the trouble of making 47 for the entire grade.
Yesterday I forgot to blog about this, but I made this really cute stuffed animal out of an old sock. (A clean old sock, of course.) I don't have a picture of it right now, but I might post one later today or tomorrow.
Seeya!
Guess what? I HAVE A SECRET ADMIRER! Yeah, really! Today I found a rose (made out of cloth) in my backpack and it was addressed to me, from "your secret admirer." Pretty awesome, huh?
Valentine's day is usually cool, because sometimes people bring candy or something to send to people. At our school, in the lower school, we have a valentine card policy where you have to bring valentines for all the people or none of the people. It's pretty annoying, and usually I ended up not sending anything to anyone when I was in the lower school because I don't want to go to the trouble of making 47 for the entire grade.
Yesterday I forgot to blog about this, but I made this really cute stuffed animal out of an old sock. (A clean old sock, of course.) I don't have a picture of it right now, but I might post one later today or tomorrow.
Seeya!
Saturday, February 12, 2011
Do you hear the people sing? No, it's just your ears ringing.
Hi people!
Sorry I haven't posted in a LONG time (about 3 days)! Anyways, I was talking with my friends about this blog, and they said that I should write about something. I actually forgot what that thing was. Isn't it annoying when you can't remember what you are going to say?
Okay. So. Today I went to rehearsal and we sang our vocal chords out, as usual. Now we're all probably hearing the music still in our ears. Also, we had parent-teacher conferences @school yesterday so I'm feeling really relaxed.
Have you ever noticed how you can fill a cup up PAST the edge and there will still be room for more water, in the form of a big cap thing on the top? How weird is THAT?
Suddenly, I have a craving for popcorn.
Sorry I haven't posted in a LONG time (about 3 days)! Anyways, I was talking with my friends about this blog, and they said that I should write about something. I actually forgot what that thing was. Isn't it annoying when you can't remember what you are going to say?
Okay. So. Today I went to rehearsal and we sang our vocal chords out, as usual. Now we're all probably hearing the music still in our ears. Also, we had parent-teacher conferences @school yesterday so I'm feeling really relaxed.
Have you ever noticed how you can fill a cup up PAST the edge and there will still be room for more water, in the form of a big cap thing on the top? How weird is THAT?
Suddenly, I have a craving for popcorn.
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
CSL Day
Hi people of earth (and all other beings who are smart enough to read)!
Today my advisory went to the senior center in Palo Alto to try to teach the seniors how to use computers. It was REALLY hard. We were kind of assuming that they knew how to use a mouse. The old woman I was teaching was named Jo, and she wanted to take pictures to send to her daughters. After I was finished helping her, I played my guitar for the rest of the people in the room.
Speaking of my guitar, I brought it to school today because I thought we would be back from the senior center before my guitar lesson. We didn't. I still played on the bus ride there, though. My friends really wanted me to play the chords to "Forget You," so I managed to strum an accompaniment using the about three chords I know. It was awesome, but the three middle fingers on my left hand are really sore (those are my fretting fingers).
If you know me, you know I am not a very athletically advanced person. I'm okay, but not really impressing. Today I climbed horizontally across the rock climbing wall at school and didn't fall off once. It's a personal record. Yeah!
Today my advisory went to the senior center in Palo Alto to try to teach the seniors how to use computers. It was REALLY hard. We were kind of assuming that they knew how to use a mouse. The old woman I was teaching was named Jo, and she wanted to take pictures to send to her daughters. After I was finished helping her, I played my guitar for the rest of the people in the room.
Speaking of my guitar, I brought it to school today because I thought we would be back from the senior center before my guitar lesson. We didn't. I still played on the bus ride there, though. My friends really wanted me to play the chords to "Forget You," so I managed to strum an accompaniment using the about three chords I know. It was awesome, but the three middle fingers on my left hand are really sore (those are my fretting fingers).
If you know me, you know I am not a very athletically advanced person. I'm okay, but not really impressing. Today I climbed horizontally across the rock climbing wall at school and didn't fall off once. It's a personal record. Yeah!
Monday, February 7, 2011
Monday. OoOoOoOo!
Mondays! They're so scary!
Actually, this Monday was fine.We had an impromptu field trip. Actually, it was just a field trip that they said we might have, so bring a box lunch, not cafeteria lunch. I always bring my own lunch, so I completely forgot about the field trip. Therefore, when my teacher said, "C'mon, let's get in the car so we can go to Palo Alto," I was REALLY confused. So were some other people in my class. Eventually we learned that we were going to a preliminary field trip-field trip to the senior center in Palo Alto. We're going there tomorrow for Community Service Learning Day. That's basically where you get to skip school to go with your class to clean up the beach or work in a soup kitchen or something like that. Our class is going to a senior center to try to teach the old people there how to use computers. Two things I love: Old people and technology! Together at last!
Actually, this Monday was fine.We had an impromptu field trip. Actually, it was just a field trip that they said we might have, so bring a box lunch, not cafeteria lunch. I always bring my own lunch, so I completely forgot about the field trip. Therefore, when my teacher said, "C'mon, let's get in the car so we can go to Palo Alto," I was REALLY confused. So were some other people in my class. Eventually we learned that we were going to a preliminary field trip-field trip to the senior center in Palo Alto. We're going there tomorrow for Community Service Learning Day. That's basically where you get to skip school to go with your class to clean up the beach or work in a soup kitchen or something like that. Our class is going to a senior center to try to teach the old people there how to use computers. Two things I love: Old people and technology! Together at last!
| I knew it! ^ |
Sunday, February 6, 2011
Super Bowl Sunday
Today is Super Bowl Sunday!
I went to my friend's house to watch the game (yes, the party with about 50 people). I now know a bit more about the Super Bowl, and guess what? THE PACKERS WON! How awesome is that, Packers fans??? All the kids at the party got bored and ended up watching The Pink Panther on one of the TVs while the adults watched the big game on the projector in the living room. We also did crafts, built forts, and some of us explored the creek behind the house. It was awesome.
For Lit Club, our assignment is to write some six-word stories. Six-word stories are little pieces of poetry made up of, you guessed it, six words. They're supposed to tell a story by themselves. Consider this one: "Uh oh," said the heart surgeon. Didn't that just flood your mind with the story? I've been trying to write some on my own:
That wasn't supposed to be purple.
I didn't need that eyebrow anyway.
Now it's getting late for a school night so I have to go to sleep. Arrivederci! (Did I spell that right?)
I went to my friend's house to watch the game (yes, the party with about 50 people). I now know a bit more about the Super Bowl, and guess what? THE PACKERS WON! How awesome is that, Packers fans??? All the kids at the party got bored and ended up watching The Pink Panther on one of the TVs while the adults watched the big game on the projector in the living room. We also did crafts, built forts, and some of us explored the creek behind the house. It was awesome.
For Lit Club, our assignment is to write some six-word stories. Six-word stories are little pieces of poetry made up of, you guessed it, six words. They're supposed to tell a story by themselves. Consider this one: "Uh oh," said the heart surgeon. Didn't that just flood your mind with the story? I've been trying to write some on my own:
That wasn't supposed to be purple.
I didn't need that eyebrow anyway.
Now it's getting late for a school night so I have to go to sleep. Arrivederci! (Did I spell that right?)
Saturday, February 5, 2011
Marcel the Shell with Shoes On
This has got to be the awesomest video that's not in a series on YouTube. I'm doing this to test out the "Blogger" function on YouTube and other sites.
Hooray for weekends!
Hi, all the people who are awesome enough to read this! I am really sore from yesterday and today's rehearsal, not to mention our class' rock climbing unit in Phys Ed. Now I feel like a limp dishrag. And my hair came un-straightened. Grr.
Tomorrow is Super Bowl Sunday! I barely even know what teams are playing in it, or even a lot past that, except that everyone paints their faces with their team's logo colors and dips things in guacamole. I'm going to a Super Bowl party at my friend's house tomorrow, and I thought it was going to be fun until I found out how many people are going be there. 50! That's like half a wedding! Nothing against a lot of people, I mean the more the merrier, but so many things could go wrong. You up the risk by upping the # of people. You know what I mean?
Anyways, this limp dishrag has to go soak up some tea for her sore throat. Later.
Tomorrow is Super Bowl Sunday! I barely even know what teams are playing in it, or even a lot past that, except that everyone paints their faces with their team's logo colors and dips things in guacamole. I'm going to a Super Bowl party at my friend's house tomorrow, and I thought it was going to be fun until I found out how many people are going be there. 50! That's like half a wedding! Nothing against a lot of people, I mean the more the merrier, but so many things could go wrong. You up the risk by upping the # of people. You know what I mean?
Anyways, this limp dishrag has to go soak up some tea for her sore throat. Later.
Friday, February 4, 2011
It's me again
Hi! You're reading this post!
Sorry, I just had the urge to speak the obvious. Anyways, I straightened my hair today. If you've seen me, you will know that. Also, I had rehearsal today. It's always really fun, but someone can only sing "Castle on a Cloud" so many times before she has a sore throat. Combined with the piece of loud ensemble music I'm singing (think "Do You Hear the People Sing" loud), I'm sure I'm going to wake up tomorrow with a super sore throat.
On a happier note, did you SEE that guy on American Idol last night? The one with the feathery hat that came from "somewhere deep in Arkansas?!" Hilarious! I don't know how American Idol finds so many bad singers who think they're great. Also, a lot of people don't want to audition for AA because they think the judges will reject them. Well, excuse me, but you get to meet J.Lo, Randy Jackson and Steven Tyler!! Who wouldn't want that?
In my grade, you're kind of a social outcast if you don't HATE Justin Beiber. Just a thought. We are a rock of calm in the utterly J.B.-obsessed swirling waters of the rest of the world. :D
Sorry, I just had the urge to speak the obvious. Anyways, I straightened my hair today. If you've seen me, you will know that. Also, I had rehearsal today. It's always really fun, but someone can only sing "Castle on a Cloud" so many times before she has a sore throat. Combined with the piece of loud ensemble music I'm singing (think "Do You Hear the People Sing" loud), I'm sure I'm going to wake up tomorrow with a super sore throat.
On a happier note, did you SEE that guy on American Idol last night? The one with the feathery hat that came from "somewhere deep in Arkansas?!" Hilarious! I don't know how American Idol finds so many bad singers who think they're great. Also, a lot of people don't want to audition for AA because they think the judges will reject them. Well, excuse me, but you get to meet J.Lo, Randy Jackson and Steven Tyler!! Who wouldn't want that?
In my grade, you're kind of a social outcast if you don't HATE Justin Beiber. Just a thought. We are a rock of calm in the utterly J.B.-obsessed swirling waters of the rest of the world. :D
Thursday, February 3, 2011
Hello World
Hello world. Guess what? I got a blog. (Of course, you knew that already.) I think later I'll look back on this post, like when I'm 13, and think about how juvenile this sounds, but really I can't think about anything better than this.
It really ticks me off when people (namely girls) use "like" after every sentence. It's, like, the most, like, annoying thing. Like, can't people just, like, lighten up with the, like, "likes?" I mean, like, seriously.
See how annoying that is? And really hard to type.
This year our school is doing the musical Les Miserables (school edition). And guess what? I'm young Cosette! When I tell people that, they either go, "Oh my gosh! Congratulations!" or they go, "Umm, what's that?" A lot of the parts are double-cast, and my double is really great and has super-long hair. (You know who you are)
See you later, world. This is Bird of Bird Industries, signing off.
It really ticks me off when people (namely girls) use "like" after every sentence. It's, like, the most, like, annoying thing. Like, can't people just, like, lighten up with the, like, "likes?" I mean, like, seriously.
See how annoying that is? And really hard to type.
This year our school is doing the musical Les Miserables (school edition). And guess what? I'm young Cosette! When I tell people that, they either go, "Oh my gosh! Congratulations!" or they go, "Umm, what's that?" A lot of the parts are double-cast, and my double is really great and has super-long hair. (You know who you are)
See you later, world. This is Bird of Bird Industries, signing off.
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