I messed up on my last entry. I have a sufficient lack of counting skills or something. Anyway, here's the real countdown:
Tuesday: 14
Wednesday: 13
Thursday: 12
Friday: 11
Friday, April 4, 2008
Count Down
I haven't blogged in a few days, therefore I have not counted down for the last few days. (Since Tuesday, I believe). Therefore, I will do so in this post:
Tuesdaly: 13
Wenesday: 12
Thursday: 11
Friday: 10
Tuesdaly: 13
Wenesday: 12
Thursday: 11
Friday: 10
Monday, March 31, 2008
The Republic of Pemberley
15 days left
So today was not too bad for being the first day back since Spring Break. A little long and tiresome but nonetheless Ok. Anyway, during film studies this morning (it's an online class so I take it in the computer lab, on a computer) I was searching the web for Mansfield Park text online. Then I found it, read a wonderful chapter of Jane Austen's masterpiece, and decided to explore the website I was on. It turns out, this website ( www.pemberley.com ) is a website dedicated to none other than Austenites (lovers of Jane Austen). It contains online books for her 6 major works, discussions for them, FAQ's about her works, film adaptations, and many more glorious Jane Austen related things. It's a website dedicated to Jane Austen fans! How much better does it get?? It's very interesting and you should all go there because I know you love Jane Austen like me...
So today was not too bad for being the first day back since Spring Break. A little long and tiresome but nonetheless Ok. Anyway, during film studies this morning (it's an online class so I take it in the computer lab, on a computer) I was searching the web for Mansfield Park text online. Then I found it, read a wonderful chapter of Jane Austen's masterpiece, and decided to explore the website I was on. It turns out, this website ( www.pemberley.com ) is a website dedicated to none other than Austenites (lovers of Jane Austen). It contains online books for her 6 major works, discussions for them, FAQ's about her works, film adaptations, and many more glorious Jane Austen related things. It's a website dedicated to Jane Austen fans! How much better does it get?? It's very interesting and you should all go there because I know you love Jane Austen like me...
Sunday, March 30, 2008
A Really, Really Random Post
16 days left.
I've decided to put a count down every day on my blog. Until what, you may wonder, I am not saying at the moment.
So today was pretty boring. I went to church, learned about very important things, and came home.
I read Mansfield Park for a while and I really do not like Henry Crawford. It is blatantly obvious that Fanny does NOT love him but loves Edmund instead. Henry decides to pursue Fanny still but he just agitates her and makes her uncomfortable. She just wants him to go away! But he won't. Then Edmund-who is such a typical guy when it comes to love-thinks he really likes Mary Crawford and wants to marry her. I don't know why he wants to especially when Mary just criticizes him, his wanted future, and his choice of profession. He's just so blind to Fanny and it bugs me. Fanny, in all of her natural and genuine goodness of heart, doesn't say anything to Edmund to bring him to his senses but instead wishes for his happiness. UGH!! However, I like Fanny and greatly esteem her for feeling this way. Some literary characters would rather die then live without their loved ones which I think is simply stupid. Fanny however sees that life continues and will go on, even if she can't be with Edmund. I love Fanny Price!
So we're watching/keeping a very pathetic dog. She's not house trained, she couldn't go up steps, and she had difficulty walking. Pathetic, I KNOW. So we've been walking her and training her and she's been making some process. She still has occasionally accidents on our floors but the amount of them have greatly declined. Today, I took her for a walk around the block. Regularly this walk would take a human 8-10 minutes to walk around it and come back home but with Cotton Candy (yes, I know, a pathetic name for a pathetic dog) it takes double. She walks slowly and you have to drag her for the first little while. Today was a landmark day for her however. C.C. (what I prefer to call her because Cotton Candy is just a retarded name for a peppered shitzu) ran down the street. Usually when she runs (or tries to run in her case) you can still walk with her. However, I actually had to jog to keep up with her. Yes, I know, AMAZING. She's acting more and more like a dog every day, I swear.
I've decided to put a count down every day on my blog. Until what, you may wonder, I am not saying at the moment.
So today was pretty boring. I went to church, learned about very important things, and came home.
I read Mansfield Park for a while and I really do not like Henry Crawford. It is blatantly obvious that Fanny does NOT love him but loves Edmund instead. Henry decides to pursue Fanny still but he just agitates her and makes her uncomfortable. She just wants him to go away! But he won't. Then Edmund-who is such a typical guy when it comes to love-thinks he really likes Mary Crawford and wants to marry her. I don't know why he wants to especially when Mary just criticizes him, his wanted future, and his choice of profession. He's just so blind to Fanny and it bugs me. Fanny, in all of her natural and genuine goodness of heart, doesn't say anything to Edmund to bring him to his senses but instead wishes for his happiness. UGH!! However, I like Fanny and greatly esteem her for feeling this way. Some literary characters would rather die then live without their loved ones which I think is simply stupid. Fanny however sees that life continues and will go on, even if she can't be with Edmund. I love Fanny Price!
So we're watching/keeping a very pathetic dog. She's not house trained, she couldn't go up steps, and she had difficulty walking. Pathetic, I KNOW. So we've been walking her and training her and she's been making some process. She still has occasionally accidents on our floors but the amount of them have greatly declined. Today, I took her for a walk around the block. Regularly this walk would take a human 8-10 minutes to walk around it and come back home but with Cotton Candy (yes, I know, a pathetic name for a pathetic dog) it takes double. She walks slowly and you have to drag her for the first little while. Today was a landmark day for her however. C.C. (what I prefer to call her because Cotton Candy is just a retarded name for a peppered shitzu) ran down the street. Usually when she runs (or tries to run in her case) you can still walk with her. However, I actually had to jog to keep up with her. Yes, I know, AMAZING. She's acting more and more like a dog every day, I swear.
Tuesday, March 18, 2008
Some FunNy! Stories
Blockbuster
So I went to Blockbuster video with one of my elder brothers on Friday. We were looking around for a movie to watch. We saw some interesting ones, some were scary looking, and some looked stupid. So we went down a movie aisle and there were these two girls. They were thumbing through the movies and then they picked up one of the Mary Kate and Ashely Olsen videos. They started laughing and bashing the movie and the twins themselves. Then my brother taps one of them on the shoulder and says, "Um, I have that movie." The girls are both speechless and looking at each other like, "uhh...what do we say??" So we walk away and start laughing at these girls. It was funny...
New York City!
Fact of the century: I LOVE QUIZ BOWL. Ok, so I was at quiz bowl last Thursday. Out moderator (the person that asks the questions) said, "Name these cities where these modern marvels are found." So she starts on the list and the first ones are usually the easiest. The very first one was the Eiffel Tower. Duh, no brainer right there! Or for some quiz bowlers at least. This guy from junior varsity buzzes in and screams, "New York City!" What?!!? "Oh sorry, I thought you said something else." Whatever that's supposed to cover up.
Rearranged Marriage: the New Fad
Last night at dinner we somehow got on the subject of my parents' past. We were chatting and my parents were swapping funny stories when one of my brothers asks, "How did you and dad meet?" OK, obvious question. All six of my sibling know our parents survived all Mormon odds. For one they were introduced through their parents. So my mother goes on to tell my brother how her dad and my dad's mother worked at the same place. Then she says how they swapped phone numbers, dates were had, and pretty soon the rest was history. So then my brother pops up with, "Oh, so it was like a rearranged marriage?" Rearranged marriages? I didn't know they existed...
Pun of the Year
At lunch yesterday, we were talking about weird names. People were saying, kind of adding in a weird name here and there. Haha, oh that's a good one, yada-yada. Then my friend pops up with, "I knew a guy named Steel once in second grade." In response to this question, Natasha said the pun that got her the pun of the year award (that's colorful!). "Well, at least we won't have to worry about him getting any stains." Stainless steel! Get it! Hahaha...
So I went to Blockbuster video with one of my elder brothers on Friday. We were looking around for a movie to watch. We saw some interesting ones, some were scary looking, and some looked stupid. So we went down a movie aisle and there were these two girls. They were thumbing through the movies and then they picked up one of the Mary Kate and Ashely Olsen videos. They started laughing and bashing the movie and the twins themselves. Then my brother taps one of them on the shoulder and says, "Um, I have that movie." The girls are both speechless and looking at each other like, "uhh...what do we say??" So we walk away and start laughing at these girls. It was funny...
New York City!
Fact of the century: I LOVE QUIZ BOWL. Ok, so I was at quiz bowl last Thursday. Out moderator (the person that asks the questions) said, "Name these cities where these modern marvels are found." So she starts on the list and the first ones are usually the easiest. The very first one was the Eiffel Tower. Duh, no brainer right there! Or for some quiz bowlers at least. This guy from junior varsity buzzes in and screams, "New York City!" What?!!? "Oh sorry, I thought you said something else." Whatever that's supposed to cover up.
Rearranged Marriage: the New Fad
Last night at dinner we somehow got on the subject of my parents' past. We were chatting and my parents were swapping funny stories when one of my brothers asks, "How did you and dad meet?" OK, obvious question. All six of my sibling know our parents survived all Mormon odds. For one they were introduced through their parents. So my mother goes on to tell my brother how her dad and my dad's mother worked at the same place. Then she says how they swapped phone numbers, dates were had, and pretty soon the rest was history. So then my brother pops up with, "Oh, so it was like a rearranged marriage?" Rearranged marriages? I didn't know they existed...
Pun of the Year
At lunch yesterday, we were talking about weird names. People were saying, kind of adding in a weird name here and there. Haha, oh that's a good one, yada-yada. Then my friend pops up with, "I knew a guy named Steel once in second grade." In response to this question, Natasha said the pun that got her the pun of the year award (that's colorful!). "Well, at least we won't have to worry about him getting any stains." Stainless steel! Get it! Hahaha...
Friday, March 14, 2008
My Life-in Bullet Points
I decided I am going to mimic Andrea and Sam and do a bullet point list of random things in my life right now:
- Today is Friday.
- Thank goodness
- I was beginning to think this week would never come to a close
- I took a Science quiz today and got a 40/40
- Woohoo.
- I played Sims 2 today
- It was glorious
- I played the Clives (as in Brandi, James, and Maxwell) in their new house
- I love Brandi, James, and Maxwell's new house.
- This week has been terrible.
- I recently finished the book, Love, Stargirl
- I really liked it. I would recommend that and its prequel, Stargirl, to everyone to read as a really good book.
- My new favorite concept is one of Stargirl's that she gives to Leo. It says, "Nothing is empty." I love it.
- I'm listening to 'We're so Far Away' by Mae.
- I haven't watched Pride and Prejudice in a while.
- That's what I'm doing this weekend.
- I need to escape into the world of Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth Bennett
- My newest favorite music artist is Michael Buble. I've discovered new jazz and I heart it.
- Sam, if you're reading this, do you want to study for Quiz Bowl this weekend? If so, what would you like to study? French kings?
- I finally did my schedule for next year. Took long enough.
- I'm taking AP European History I and II, Civics & Economics, Algebra IIB, Biology, German II, and German III
- I'm totally stoked for next year.
- Except for the whole Algebra IIB part
- We did something in math today that I totally understand for once...just takes a while to stare at the paper before my mind processes what I'm going to do in order to solve the problem. I'm not always right but at least I think I get it...
- I am currently writing a book called 'My Own Story'
- I have hit writers' block like...5? chapters into my book.
- But I'm happy I've made it this far before hitting that cinder block of a thing.
- I will never understand why people admire Scarlett O'Hara.
- I can't think of anything else to write so I'll leave it at that.
THE END
Friday, March 7, 2008
Blenders and Bananas
Blenders and bananas. Yet another random subject on my blog thanks to Andrea. Well, it is called the anomalousness within me so I guess that compensates it. Anyway, blenders. Blenders are the coolest kitchen appliance other than the ice cream scooper. It is and there is no disputing it. Blenders are just cool enough to come in extra cool colors such as red, black (which isn't that cool), and blue. Apparently, according to some kitchen fashion expert dude, colorful appliances are IN style. Talk about a no brainer right there. Bright colored kitchen appliances are the coolest things since sliced bread.
Bananas are so yummy. They are yellow too which is even cooler. They are high in potassium , therefore making them healthy for you. Plus, the stickers on Chiquita bananas are my most favorite things to put on myself. (My favorite sticker says Appetite A-Peel; pun intended.) However, when you put a blender, bananas, and ice cream together you get one of the best things God ever created. A banana shake! I heart those things. Seriously. So yes, blenders and bananas are really cool and I'm pretty sure I've overused the word 'cool' in this post. So instead I'll say, 'Colorful blenders when mixed with delectable bananas create an absolutely beautiful combination!' The end.
Bananas are so yummy. They are yellow too which is even cooler. They are high in potassium , therefore making them healthy for you. Plus, the stickers on Chiquita bananas are my most favorite things to put on myself. (My favorite sticker says Appetite A-Peel; pun intended.) However, when you put a blender, bananas, and ice cream together you get one of the best things God ever created. A banana shake! I heart those things. Seriously. So yes, blenders and bananas are really cool and I'm pretty sure I've overused the word 'cool' in this post. So instead I'll say, 'Colorful blenders when mixed with delectable bananas create an absolutely beautiful combination!' The end.
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