I may have swine flu. I looked up the symptoms on the CDC's website, and they match, but the symptoms are the same as a normal flu or cold, so that's not saying much. It did spread to my town though. I think I was the first to get sick at my school, and I kept going to school because I thought it was a normal cold. But now, I sort of hope people get sick from me, because then they will have to shut the school down for a while, and that will give us all time to recover. Flus are not hard to recover from, it just takes time. Something interesting is that there was this one day I went home early, and earlier that day I looked at the sign-out sheet at the office, and just in the time before lunch, at least 10-20 people went home sick. And there was another person in my class who didn't feel so good. But whoever's in charge of the district is an idiot.
Last year when there was about two feet of snow they still didn't cancel school. That may not sound like much to people who live in places where you can really get snowed in, but normally we don't get that much. My mom went and shoveled the driveway almost every day for weeks just so we could get the car out, and somehow they didn't cancel school. And there's this empty lot next to my school, and they piled up snow there. There ended up being a pile about fifteen feet high, and then gravel got kicked up by the cars and coated it, so then that blocked the sun and it took months to finally disappear. It was still there in May if I remember correctly.
Anyways, back to the swine flu. So Evan (a boy I've known since about preschool who has just recently started getting on my nerves trying to act cool) was joking a few days ago that I have swine flu, and once I had cleared my throat enough to get some words out, I told him in my hoarse, nearly lost voice that that was NOT funny because I might actually have swine flu. Not that I'm really scared of it, though. It's pretty much a normal flu that started showing up at the wrong time of the year. Hardly anyone died from it. And anyways, you can't catch the exact same disease twice, so if I did somehow catch it (I travel a lot, I could've picked it up somewhere now I think of it) then once I recover I will be immune to it. I don't really believe in getting flu vaccinations, so even if I don't have H1N1, I am not getting vaccinated unless it is required by my school. I mean, what's the point if the flu mutates every year? I am not getting a shot or two every year against something I don't even usually get. I think it's better to be naturally immune, because some people react badly to vaccinations.
While I'm on the topic of vaccinations, I had to get some sort of vaccination last year, and my mom works at the clinic. I waited for forty minutes. Then I asked my mom what was going on, because the place wasn't busy at all. So she went and checked and it turned out the nurse who was doing it is the weird one, and she was just staring blankly at the computer screen with the shot partly ready. So my mom told her we were in a hurry. Within a few minutes I was in the checkup room, and so she gets it ready, and then comes over and cleans my arm, and without any warning stabs me in the arm with the needle. I gasped but didn't really cry out; I don't normally make a big deal when I get hurt. As usual, I clenched my other fist to give me something to do other than think about the shot as usual. And so as we were leaving, my mom told me that the lady was kinda crazy that way. She figured that since she had told her that we were in a hurry because of my mom's lunch schedule, she had been so quick about it, but she wasn't really sure. Now I think of it, that lady sounds kinda like me. Except for the part about staring at a boring computer screen for half an hour.
OK, onto the jokes!
One of my teachers has a paper taped onto her door. It says that the difference between the swine flu and the bird flu is that for the bird flu you need tweetment and for the swine flu you need oinkment.
Check this out, it's a Mother 3 and swine flu crossover! http://files.fobby.net/0000/6b38/porky.jpg
OK, this isn't exactly a joke, but still...Wasn't it within the first 100 days of Obama's presidency that the swine flu pandemic started?
BORED,
NA
September 27, 2009
How to move music from your iPod to your computer
So, if you somehow lost your computer data and need to get some music back and the music is on your iPod, I know a way to transfer it.
Step 0: This method takes a lot of time. Seriously, unless you have a ton of time to kill, if there is any way possible to transfer it from another computer, a CD, a mini hard drive, or even if you put it in the recycle bin, then do it. I mean it, this can take hours depending on how much music is on your iPod.
Step 1: Show hidden files.
Mac:I am not sure, but I think on a Mac it already shows hidden files anyways. I don't usually use Macs, but I've looked at the school ones a bit, and didn't like them. As far as I could tell, it showed hidden files automatically, but I don't know.
Windows:I don't know about Vista or 7, but at least for XP and possibly other versions (I'm fairly certain this works with older versions too, but in my opinion if you use an older version you're crazy) go to Tools>Options. Then look through the tabs until you find one with a long list of options and checkboxes. Change "Do not show hidden files and folders" to the opposite. Then click Apply, and just to be safe click on Apply to All Folders, which should be above the list of options.
Step 2:Go to My Computer on Windows, or click on your iPod on the desktop on a Mac. OK, my iPod is a Nano, second generation, but this step should be about the same. If these exact folders don't work, just look through folders until you find it. But here is what works with mine:
[insert iPod name here] (E:)>iPod Control>Music
Inside there should be at least several folders with names like F05, at least for my iPod. Go through them and copy the mp3's into a folder on your computer or a backup hard drive. The mp3's should have names that are four random letters in all-caps. Don't bother copying the locked ones if you already re-downloaded your iTunes store music, because this is just your iPod's copy of it, and you have to use your password to open it anyways.
Step 3: I suggest using Winamp for this step. Go through your copied files one by one and open them preferably in Winamp. Then rename the file the correct name. Trust me, even if you have to do it again in iTunes, this is important. Here are some shortcuts that will help you when renaming the actual file.
F2 (or possibly Fn-F2) - I really doubt this works with a Mac, but on a Windows it is a quick way to rename.
Arrows and Enter - skip through the songs, and play one in Winamp or iTunes (seriously, Winamp works better for the renaming. It's very useful anyways, and it's free. Download it.)
Delete/Backspace - if you find a song you don't want anymore or already have elsewhere on your computer, delete it. MP3's take up a lot of room and actually it's best to copy the songs onto a small hard drive instead of your computer, especially if you have a large music collection. My music collection is like 3 gigabytes, but I know for a fact most people have more music than that. Actually I do have a lot of music, but most of the songs are fairly short (one is almost 40 minutes though) and also I delete the ones I don't listen to, so I end up not using as much space for my music.
I hope this helps. I'd avoid doing this though, it takes a lot of time. I may only have about 3 gigabytes of music, but that's about 400 songs that I had to go through. But if your house burned down and your computer and CDs were destroyed, this is a good option. OK, I'll admit I could've gotten the music from my old computer, but I had a lot of spare time to use up, and anyways I did this in my spare time during a road trip, so I couldn't exactly go home and get them off that computer and onto my laptop. I think there is a program for this that you could get, but it's not free. I don't remember what it's called.
Remember, it's all fun and games until the Ramblin' Evil Mushrooms attack.
Step 0: This method takes a lot of time. Seriously, unless you have a ton of time to kill, if there is any way possible to transfer it from another computer, a CD, a mini hard drive, or even if you put it in the recycle bin, then do it. I mean it, this can take hours depending on how much music is on your iPod.
Step 1: Show hidden files.
Mac:I am not sure, but I think on a Mac it already shows hidden files anyways. I don't usually use Macs, but I've looked at the school ones a bit, and didn't like them. As far as I could tell, it showed hidden files automatically, but I don't know.
Windows:I don't know about Vista or 7, but at least for XP and possibly other versions (I'm fairly certain this works with older versions too, but in my opinion if you use an older version you're crazy) go to Tools>Options. Then look through the tabs until you find one with a long list of options and checkboxes. Change "Do not show hidden files and folders" to the opposite. Then click Apply, and just to be safe click on Apply to All Folders, which should be above the list of options.
Step 2:Go to My Computer on Windows, or click on your iPod on the desktop on a Mac. OK, my iPod is a Nano, second generation, but this step should be about the same. If these exact folders don't work, just look through folders until you find it. But here is what works with mine:
[insert iPod name here] (E:)>iPod Control>Music
Inside there should be at least several folders with names like F05, at least for my iPod. Go through them and copy the mp3's into a folder on your computer or a backup hard drive. The mp3's should have names that are four random letters in all-caps. Don't bother copying the locked ones if you already re-downloaded your iTunes store music, because this is just your iPod's copy of it, and you have to use your password to open it anyways.
Step 3: I suggest using Winamp for this step. Go through your copied files one by one and open them preferably in Winamp. Then rename the file the correct name. Trust me, even if you have to do it again in iTunes, this is important. Here are some shortcuts that will help you when renaming the actual file.
F2 (or possibly Fn-F2) - I really doubt this works with a Mac, but on a Windows it is a quick way to rename.
Arrows and Enter - skip through the songs, and play one in Winamp or iTunes (seriously, Winamp works better for the renaming. It's very useful anyways, and it's free. Download it.)
Delete/Backspace - if you find a song you don't want anymore or already have elsewhere on your computer, delete it. MP3's take up a lot of room and actually it's best to copy the songs onto a small hard drive instead of your computer, especially if you have a large music collection. My music collection is like 3 gigabytes, but I know for a fact most people have more music than that. Actually I do have a lot of music, but most of the songs are fairly short (one is almost 40 minutes though) and also I delete the ones I don't listen to, so I end up not using as much space for my music.
I hope this helps. I'd avoid doing this though, it takes a lot of time. I may only have about 3 gigabytes of music, but that's about 400 songs that I had to go through. But if your house burned down and your computer and CDs were destroyed, this is a good option. OK, I'll admit I could've gotten the music from my old computer, but I had a lot of spare time to use up, and anyways I did this in my spare time during a road trip, so I couldn't exactly go home and get them off that computer and onto my laptop. I think there is a program for this that you could get, but it's not free. I don't remember what it's called.
Remember, it's all fun and games until the Ramblin' Evil Mushrooms attack.
September 24, 2009
A better world
Ya know what would be great? If teenagers got to move out and become independant. I would have my life so much more organized if I actually had some control over it, but I don't so it's hard to work up much motivation to do things like clean my room. And all the drama with parents trying to run their kid's lives when all the kids want is a shot at running their lives themselves would be gone. Teens wouldn't have to be so secretive about what they do just because they want to be alone. I mean, I want to watch movies alone, not because I watch inappropriate movies, but because I really just prefer to watch movies alone because it's less awkward if you're the only one paying enough attention to understand the jokes. My mom doesn't pay much attention to movies and my little brothers often don't understand the jokes, so I am the only one laughing. Another thing I hate? My mom wanting to know what I do on the computer. I don't do anything bad, I just don't like people looking over my shoulder while I'm trying to read something relevant to my interests. It's awkward and I can't concentrate. And then I don't like talking about what I looked at because often it's something no one else in my family understands. Often it's Mother-related, and I am the only one in my family who has actually finished the games. My little brothers never get very far, and my mom doesn't understand that video games can have great plots. I think she's lost touch with good plots. She never reads novels or anything. I often go through a book a day, and let me tell you, Mother 3's plot is better than many of the books I've read, and even better because if there is a puzzle, you have to figure it out YOURSELF. You can imagine the character's day-to-day interactions and relationships YOURSELF. Don't like the ending? Write some fanfiction or find a different way to interpret it. In the Mother series, nothing is really set in stone, so you really are free to interpret things however you want. Anyways, I guess I really just wish people would understand that not all videogames are gory first-person shooters that are inappropriate for small and impressionable children.
HIPPIES ARE ATTACKING OH NO
HIPPIES ARE ATTACKING OH NO
Choices
Wow, I haven't updated for a long time. I've been so busy, and it's a shame; I really enjoy blogging.
Anyways, I have a hard choice. I can either go to a fine art camp this summer, or go on a trip to Japan through the school. Right now I'm thinking that I could probably do both, considering getting a scholarship for the art camp would be easy, and anyways, the art camp is considerably cheaper. But if I had to choose, I think I'd choose Japan. It's not an opportunity I'm going to get again, unlike the art camp, which I could do any year. But I feel like my mom is trying to shame me into picking the art camp. She wants me to get a scholarship so we don't have to pay so much, but I'd really hate to take the opportunity away from someone else; only one kid in each grade can get the scholarship, and there are so many people who actually need the scholarship money. We don't. I hate how my mom is like that: she tries to save every dollar possible even if it means taking an opportunity to save big money from someone who actually doesn't have much money. I'd rather go to Japan anyways.
But the thing I hate is that now my mom is pressuring me into doing the art camp, but last winter there was plenty of time left to register and still get what classes I wanted, and just because I missed out on the scholorship she wouldn't let me go, even though we could easily cover the cost without it. Now her excuse is that there probably weren't any spots left, even though at the time I had told her that registration had just started and I could still get the classes I wanted. GAH IM SO CONFUSED AND ANNOYED AND KINDA PISSED.
I don't have much time left to register for the trip to Japan, but I could still manage it, if my mom does her part of the registration stuff that is. I need to get the recommendation forms to the teachers I picked and some parents of old friends who know me pretty well. All this stuff needs to be in by the 30th, which only gives me a few days. I'm kinda nervous now. I would've done all this earlier, but my little brother's birthday came up and everyone was too busy cleaning for the party and wrapping presents for his actual birthday.
Anyways, I have a hard choice. I can either go to a fine art camp this summer, or go on a trip to Japan through the school. Right now I'm thinking that I could probably do both, considering getting a scholarship for the art camp would be easy, and anyways, the art camp is considerably cheaper. But if I had to choose, I think I'd choose Japan. It's not an opportunity I'm going to get again, unlike the art camp, which I could do any year. But I feel like my mom is trying to shame me into picking the art camp. She wants me to get a scholarship so we don't have to pay so much, but I'd really hate to take the opportunity away from someone else; only one kid in each grade can get the scholarship, and there are so many people who actually need the scholarship money. We don't. I hate how my mom is like that: she tries to save every dollar possible even if it means taking an opportunity to save big money from someone who actually doesn't have much money. I'd rather go to Japan anyways.
But the thing I hate is that now my mom is pressuring me into doing the art camp, but last winter there was plenty of time left to register and still get what classes I wanted, and just because I missed out on the scholorship she wouldn't let me go, even though we could easily cover the cost without it. Now her excuse is that there probably weren't any spots left, even though at the time I had told her that registration had just started and I could still get the classes I wanted. GAH IM SO CONFUSED AND ANNOYED AND KINDA PISSED.
I don't have much time left to register for the trip to Japan, but I could still manage it, if my mom does her part of the registration stuff that is. I need to get the recommendation forms to the teachers I picked and some parents of old friends who know me pretty well. All this stuff needs to be in by the 30th, which only gives me a few days. I'm kinda nervous now. I would've done all this earlier, but my little brother's birthday came up and everyone was too busy cleaning for the party and wrapping presents for his actual birthday.
September 18, 2009
Yahoo Answers
It's a good resource for info, but the thing I hate is that when I look up something about pet problems, people always say to take the pet to the vet NOW. Why doesn't anyone realize that some people actually have lives? I mean, my mom can't just drive miles out the road to the vet just because a cat is sneezing when she really needs to be at work. I don't have a liscence so I can't exactly go driving to the vet. And a lot of problems end up going away soon. Once in a while Sapphire starts coughing, and we try to comfort her but it's not like we add to the stress by rushing her to the vet ASAP. And the vet is way out the road, so it takes a while to drive there.
That is all.
That is all.
September 17, 2009
Computer Viruses
I get very annoyed with my english teacher sometimes. In fact, I get annoyed at most older ladies sometimes. Why? Because they are terrified of computer viruses.
Take my grandma for an example. She doesn't have internet because she's afraid someone will hack her computer and steal her personal information. Well it's not like she put her credit card number on her computer! Anyways, usually it's web servers that get hacked(translation for people who don't know much about computers: websites get hacked) or government computers, which have been hacked before. I can see the weakness there, and I'm just a teenager who doesn't even hack. It's obvioius. Because of the way they've got things set up so that all these computers are relying on each other so much, they can't update very well because it could open a weakness. I don't know much about hacking, but the fact that the government's computers don't change much is obvious. I found out because my mom works for the Public Health Service, and she was telling me once about how computers at her work can't be updated very often because the system would have to be built up again, which is why parts of the clinic she works at are using different types of programs than others, but each department runs on old-fasioned, DOS-like programs. I've been in the pharmacy a few times, and I've seen the programs they use, and it really does look almost exactly like DOS. And when I asked about it, it turns out they have to use several programs when they could probably update to something that does it all in one.
OKAY back to viruses.
Anyways, whenever something goes wrong with my teacher's computer, she says "It's a virus," like it's common. It was clear to me her computer just froze, probably because she was using an ancient-looking Mac to run very new programs. And the school doesn't even have virus protection of any sort. Not a great idea, considering ALL THE STUDENT ACCOUNTS HAVE THE SAME FREAKING PASSWORD. And what a stupid password it is! Well at least it's not "password"! XD
Anyways, the school system seems very unstable to me. I mean, a mac can connect to another mac of the same OS and view their files if they're in the same area. Someone could easily hack a student's computer, and from there figure out the password for an admin or a teacher, and bring down the system. Heck, I could probably find a way to mess up the system.
And the internet has blocks on the whole wireless to stop from viewing certain websites, and it's so freaking primitive I want to scream sometimes. I mean, it blocks the weirdest sites, and doesn't block the ones that it's supposed to. We're not supposed to be on game sites, and yet almost all game sites in existence can be viewed from our computers. And websites like Myspace and Gaia Online should be blocked, while Youtube should probably not be blocked because it is the main video hosting site, and who knows when we'll need to view a video to find info? Something that makes me very pissed is that it blocks starmen.net because it thinks they have games ON the website. It makes me want to say something like, "IT'S A WEBSITE ABOUT GAMES, NOT A GAME WEBSITE, YA DUMMY!!!" but I know the block is too stupid. I bet it's hard to modify so that it blocks or unblocks sites. Sometimes the tech guys at my school who run the computer system are idiots.
Take my grandma for an example. She doesn't have internet because she's afraid someone will hack her computer and steal her personal information. Well it's not like she put her credit card number on her computer! Anyways, usually it's web servers that get hacked(translation for people who don't know much about computers: websites get hacked) or government computers, which have been hacked before. I can see the weakness there, and I'm just a teenager who doesn't even hack. It's obvioius. Because of the way they've got things set up so that all these computers are relying on each other so much, they can't update very well because it could open a weakness. I don't know much about hacking, but the fact that the government's computers don't change much is obvious. I found out because my mom works for the Public Health Service, and she was telling me once about how computers at her work can't be updated very often because the system would have to be built up again, which is why parts of the clinic she works at are using different types of programs than others, but each department runs on old-fasioned, DOS-like programs. I've been in the pharmacy a few times, and I've seen the programs they use, and it really does look almost exactly like DOS. And when I asked about it, it turns out they have to use several programs when they could probably update to something that does it all in one.
OKAY back to viruses.
Anyways, whenever something goes wrong with my teacher's computer, she says "It's a virus," like it's common. It was clear to me her computer just froze, probably because she was using an ancient-looking Mac to run very new programs. And the school doesn't even have virus protection of any sort. Not a great idea, considering ALL THE STUDENT ACCOUNTS HAVE THE SAME FREAKING PASSWORD. And what a stupid password it is! Well at least it's not "password"! XD
Anyways, the school system seems very unstable to me. I mean, a mac can connect to another mac of the same OS and view their files if they're in the same area. Someone could easily hack a student's computer, and from there figure out the password for an admin or a teacher, and bring down the system. Heck, I could probably find a way to mess up the system.
And the internet has blocks on the whole wireless to stop from viewing certain websites, and it's so freaking primitive I want to scream sometimes. I mean, it blocks the weirdest sites, and doesn't block the ones that it's supposed to. We're not supposed to be on game sites, and yet almost all game sites in existence can be viewed from our computers. And websites like Myspace and Gaia Online should be blocked, while Youtube should probably not be blocked because it is the main video hosting site, and who knows when we'll need to view a video to find info? Something that makes me very pissed is that it blocks starmen.net because it thinks they have games ON the website. It makes me want to say something like, "IT'S A WEBSITE ABOUT GAMES, NOT A GAME WEBSITE, YA DUMMY!!!" but I know the block is too stupid. I bet it's hard to modify so that it blocks or unblocks sites. Sometimes the tech guys at my school who run the computer system are idiots.
September 15, 2009
Stuff0rz
I just got home from my school Open House. My mom got to meet all my teachers but one, including the rather crazy ones. Speaking of crazy teachers, I need to remember to switch my PE class from the crazy teacher to the funny teacher. I mean, our PE teachers are also our health teachers, and my current gym teacher is just plain crazy. I mean, during Open House he was wrestling with students.
I may be able to come to the first concert (the fun casual one) after all! I thought I'd be gone then, but it turns out there is actually enough going on right around then we might be able to change the trip days!
My youngest bro Gabe turns 8 tomorrow, and my mom is baking the cake ATM. I still need to wrap both his presents soon. One is a metroid plushie I made a couple months back, and the other is a small lego set. He is obsessed with plushies. I mean, he has a Bobo Fett plushie, for Sally's sake! And with an oversized head at that!
I am SUPER BUSY. Tap is starting, so I spend two afternoons a week at the library for over two hours, and then at tap, so I don't get done until after six. Not getting enough sleep DOES NOT help.
I should probably do my algebra homework a day early, so I don't have HW on my bro's B-day. AND it's a long assignment apparently. It sucks that we get through a whole chapter in a couple of weeks and then get no rest whatsoever except the day before the test and sort of the day of the test (AKA today). I can't wait til winter vacation. Yes, I am under so much pressure I'm already anticipating Christmas.
In art I got to paint a little mural on the wall. I painted a kitty looking at the board, but it's just an outline with stars inside. I included what I remembered of Orion's Belt, the Big Dipper (including the north star) and something that could vageuly be interpreted as Draco, or as I call it, the dragon-snake-thing. Only two kids get chosen each quarter at the most, so I'm pretty lucky. I didn't think the art teacher and the principal would like a cat so much. And the proposal sheet I filled out turned out looking pretty cheesy, so I was surprised I got to do a wall painting. I got out of doing Sumi art, a big plus since I am NOT good at Sumi. I just can't hold my elbow straight out like that for so long. It hurts, and it turns out cruddy anyways. Not quite crappy though, just cruddy.
It turned out when I went to pick up my brothers at the elementary school I used to go to, Haley was there for some reason, and then we found out Emily was there too (her stepmom is a teacher there). Emily's been talking to me more, so I guess we're still friends.
I wore my Neah Bay hoodie today. When I was born my family lived there, and so I went there this summer. But to get there, there is just one road, which starts at Forks. Which means I got to go to Forks Washington, home of Twilight! It looks nothing like the movie, which was filmed in Oregon actually. Basically you drive into the outskirts, then you're in the main town, and then you're out of the town, all within a couple of minutes at the most depending on traffic. Seriously, this place is the sort of place where everyone probably knows each other really well. And it turns out we used to shop at their general store, which is pretty neat; I mean, I shopped in Forks before Twilight even existed! AWESOME. I am a bit of a Twilight fan, but not a psycho fangirl. HA IN YOUR FACE PSYCHO FANGIRLS I GOT TO GO TO FORKS AND I'M NOT EVEN TWILIGHT-OBSESSED HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Well anyways this hoodie is super-warm, it was kinda chilly today and even when it was windy and rainy I was nice and warm in my oversized Neah Bay hoodie. It's like a Large or something, but I normally wear oversized sweaters since I'm small and I like sweaters. I feel so safe and warm ^_^
MOCHI IS LOVE and don't you forget it (yup, I played (most of) Contact (I got stuck) and I read the instruction book, even the BACK *holds HINT sign while winking and pointing at the word "back"*). MOCHI PWNZ!!!
I may be able to come to the first concert (the fun casual one) after all! I thought I'd be gone then, but it turns out there is actually enough going on right around then we might be able to change the trip days!
My youngest bro Gabe turns 8 tomorrow, and my mom is baking the cake ATM. I still need to wrap both his presents soon. One is a metroid plushie I made a couple months back, and the other is a small lego set. He is obsessed with plushies. I mean, he has a Bobo Fett plushie, for Sally's sake! And with an oversized head at that!
I am SUPER BUSY. Tap is starting, so I spend two afternoons a week at the library for over two hours, and then at tap, so I don't get done until after six. Not getting enough sleep DOES NOT help.
I should probably do my algebra homework a day early, so I don't have HW on my bro's B-day. AND it's a long assignment apparently. It sucks that we get through a whole chapter in a couple of weeks and then get no rest whatsoever except the day before the test and sort of the day of the test (AKA today). I can't wait til winter vacation. Yes, I am under so much pressure I'm already anticipating Christmas.
In art I got to paint a little mural on the wall. I painted a kitty looking at the board, but it's just an outline with stars inside. I included what I remembered of Orion's Belt, the Big Dipper (including the north star) and something that could vageuly be interpreted as Draco, or as I call it, the dragon-snake-thing. Only two kids get chosen each quarter at the most, so I'm pretty lucky. I didn't think the art teacher and the principal would like a cat so much. And the proposal sheet I filled out turned out looking pretty cheesy, so I was surprised I got to do a wall painting. I got out of doing Sumi art, a big plus since I am NOT good at Sumi. I just can't hold my elbow straight out like that for so long. It hurts, and it turns out cruddy anyways. Not quite crappy though, just cruddy.
It turned out when I went to pick up my brothers at the elementary school I used to go to, Haley was there for some reason, and then we found out Emily was there too (her stepmom is a teacher there). Emily's been talking to me more, so I guess we're still friends.
I wore my Neah Bay hoodie today. When I was born my family lived there, and so I went there this summer. But to get there, there is just one road, which starts at Forks. Which means I got to go to Forks Washington, home of Twilight! It looks nothing like the movie, which was filmed in Oregon actually. Basically you drive into the outskirts, then you're in the main town, and then you're out of the town, all within a couple of minutes at the most depending on traffic. Seriously, this place is the sort of place where everyone probably knows each other really well. And it turns out we used to shop at their general store, which is pretty neat; I mean, I shopped in Forks before Twilight even existed! AWESOME. I am a bit of a Twilight fan, but not a psycho fangirl. HA IN YOUR FACE PSYCHO FANGIRLS I GOT TO GO TO FORKS AND I'M NOT EVEN TWILIGHT-OBSESSED HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Well anyways this hoodie is super-warm, it was kinda chilly today and even when it was windy and rainy I was nice and warm in my oversized Neah Bay hoodie. It's like a Large or something, but I normally wear oversized sweaters since I'm small and I like sweaters. I feel so safe and warm ^_^
MOCHI IS LOVE and don't you forget it (yup, I played (most of) Contact (I got stuck) and I read the instruction book, even the BACK *holds HINT sign while winking and pointing at the word "back"*). MOCHI PWNZ!!!
March Odyssey=Porky's Theme?
So in band, we got some new music: "2001: A March Odyssey". It's kinda easy, but since my flute has something wrong with it it gets kinda tricky at times. Here's an mp3(but it's a demo so be prepared for weirdness):
http://www.barnhouse.com/samples/mp3/011-3024-00.mp3
Well you can't hear it as well in this recording, but the flute part (in the first third or so, which is about half the mp3) sounds unmistakably like Porky's Theme with a funky rythm and switched around a little, and then it resembles part of Unfounded Revenge. It's kinda different, but there certainly are similarities. This mp3 cuts off the ending, though, but there's not much special about the ending anyways. At some point I want to record the flute part on the piano somehow (I don't think I have the right cables at the moment, and my music's at school anyways) and put an mp3 up here so it can be heard more clearly. Maybe this weekend I'll find some way to hook my computer up to the piano, because I bring my music home each weekend so I could record it then.
http://www.barnhouse.com/samples/mp3/011-3024-00.mp3
Well you can't hear it as well in this recording, but the flute part (in the first third or so, which is about half the mp3) sounds unmistakably like Porky's Theme with a funky rythm and switched around a little, and then it resembles part of Unfounded Revenge. It's kinda different, but there certainly are similarities. This mp3 cuts off the ending, though, but there's not much special about the ending anyways. At some point I want to record the flute part on the piano somehow (I don't think I have the right cables at the moment, and my music's at school anyways) and put an mp3 up here so it can be heard more clearly. Maybe this weekend I'll find some way to hook my computer up to the piano, because I bring my music home each weekend so I could record it then.
September 10, 2009
Sibling Cruelty
God, my brother's such a...well I don't know what to call him that doesn't insult our parents. He's a brat beyond description. So me, him, and my mom were downstairs. On my mom's laptop she was at Facebook seeing if she could post to my wall, since my account is disabled (for NO REASON). Well Adam saw my picture. I need a new one, badly. The one I've had almost as long as I've had a FB account is a self portrait. When I made it, it looked perfect, but the more I look at it the more I see that's wrong; I just can't help but be hard on myself. Well anyways when he saw it he was like, "Who is that monkey?" in a really rude voice. Then he started insulting my self portrait that I only made to practice drawing people and shadows and took me about an hour straight and a ton of hard work and redoing things, only to turn out kind of badly in my opinion. It doesn't help that Adam insults every piece of art by me that he sees. This is why I don't show him my art anymore.
Simmering with anger,
NA
Simmering with anger,
NA
9/9/09
I was really busy yesterday, but anyways, nine has been my favorite number since sometime when I was about eight. So of course I was really excited about 9/9/09. It's a shame I was so busy yesterday, I could've done something like learn to say the word "nine" in nine different languages. I already can say it in a few.
Nine
Kyu (Japanese)
Nueve (Spanish)
OK, that's not so many, so right now I'll just look up some more!
Neun (German, half my family is german so of course I was interested in that)
Neuf (French)
Jiu (Chinese, but aren't there two different Chinese languages...?)
Nove (Italian)
Novem (Latin)
Now for the ninth, I was planning to do Russian for some random reason, but when I looked it up I couldn't pronounce it, since it was in the Russian alphabet. So instead, how about LOLspeak? After all, ICHC celebrated 9/9/09 by retaliating against the Day Without Cats. I mean, seriously, who would dedicate a day to ignoring the existance of cats? Just because of that, I spent extra time with my kitties and no time with the puppy (sorry puppy, I was super busy anyways).
Well in LOLspeak, nine could be written:
9
nyne
or maybe even nien
Well anyways that was nine languages, even if one of them doesn't technically count as a language but I count it so OH WELL, T-O-O B-A-D.
Happy belated 9 day!
Nine
Kyu (Japanese)
Nueve (Spanish)
OK, that's not so many, so right now I'll just look up some more!
Neun (German, half my family is german so of course I was interested in that)
Neuf (French)
Jiu (Chinese, but aren't there two different Chinese languages...?)
Nove (Italian)
Novem (Latin)
Now for the ninth, I was planning to do Russian for some random reason, but when I looked it up I couldn't pronounce it, since it was in the Russian alphabet. So instead, how about LOLspeak? After all, ICHC celebrated 9/9/09 by retaliating against the Day Without Cats. I mean, seriously, who would dedicate a day to ignoring the existance of cats? Just because of that, I spent extra time with my kitties and no time with the puppy (sorry puppy, I was super busy anyways).
Well in LOLspeak, nine could be written:
9
nyne
or maybe even nien
Well anyways that was nine languages, even if one of them doesn't technically count as a language but I count it so OH WELL, T-O-O B-A-D.
Happy belated 9 day!
September 07, 2009
Forums
I just noticed something: no matter how cool a forum sounds to me, I always end up leaving.
The first forum I left was called Fantasy Facts. As far as I know, it no longer exists. I left because I was busy all of a sudden, and ended up forgetting it. Months later, I came back and was greeted with a new main page, saying that soon the site would be taken down. It was a neat site, just a very small writing community. There were some neat people there. And now it's gone. When i realized soon it would no longer exist, even though I hadn't been there for months, it was like someone I kind of knew had died and no one had told me for like a year.
After that, I didn't see many forums for years. I found some, but I didn't like them much. Eventually last spring I found one that I thought was awesome. However, I didn't take long to ask around some related sites and find out that they were like the most narrow-minded site of the type. Not only that, but they were mostly jerks. I mean, they didn't even get trolled that much, and then someone comes asking for help with something, and they keep saying things like, "...but if you're a troll you might as well leave now," and it the person left after posting like three times.
At some point I found a related site that was much better. The people were nice, the forums were interesting. But it wasn't my sort of place, and so when summer began I decided to just leave the entire community for at least a few months.
Not long after that I found Lumine Hall. I thought I had found the forum version of a home. Then I went on vacation, came back, got a couple of weeks of rest, and then had to go on a short road trip. After that I had just plain bad luck. I kept getting hurt, and then school started, and since then I've been too busy to come back.
But these last few days I've been thinking and realized that I'm just not a forum-poster sort of person. I'd rather browse a site, lurk the forums, and maybe occasionally post. I'm just not a social person, I guess. I've never really been social, I've always been shy. I think from now on if I do join a forum, I'm not going to try to post regularly.
May the force be with you
The first forum I left was called Fantasy Facts. As far as I know, it no longer exists. I left because I was busy all of a sudden, and ended up forgetting it. Months later, I came back and was greeted with a new main page, saying that soon the site would be taken down. It was a neat site, just a very small writing community. There were some neat people there. And now it's gone. When i realized soon it would no longer exist, even though I hadn't been there for months, it was like someone I kind of knew had died and no one had told me for like a year.
After that, I didn't see many forums for years. I found some, but I didn't like them much. Eventually last spring I found one that I thought was awesome. However, I didn't take long to ask around some related sites and find out that they were like the most narrow-minded site of the type. Not only that, but they were mostly jerks. I mean, they didn't even get trolled that much, and then someone comes asking for help with something, and they keep saying things like, "...but if you're a troll you might as well leave now," and it the person left after posting like three times.
At some point I found a related site that was much better. The people were nice, the forums were interesting. But it wasn't my sort of place, and so when summer began I decided to just leave the entire community for at least a few months.
Not long after that I found Lumine Hall. I thought I had found the forum version of a home. Then I went on vacation, came back, got a couple of weeks of rest, and then had to go on a short road trip. After that I had just plain bad luck. I kept getting hurt, and then school started, and since then I've been too busy to come back.
But these last few days I've been thinking and realized that I'm just not a forum-poster sort of person. I'd rather browse a site, lurk the forums, and maybe occasionally post. I'm just not a social person, I guess. I've never really been social, I've always been shy. I think from now on if I do join a forum, I'm not going to try to post regularly.
May the force be with you
September 06, 2009
Best Art EVAR!
Today I completed photoshopping a sketch that I drew about a month ago. This is serioiusly much better than I expected it to turn out; it's gotta be my best piece ever.
Just Chillaxin'
I love using bright, simple colors (almost all of the colors used in the characters are found exactly the same in another character), and also dark outlines that change width beautifully. I really love how this turned out looking kind of hazy, like a warm summer day when there is only a slight cool breeze and clouds lazily float by. I called it "Just Chillaxin'" because I couldn't decide between "Just Chillin'" and "Just Relaxin'".
I'll have to submit a bunch of stuff to starmen.net sometime. I've been kinda busy lately, though. This piece should be at DeviantArt within a few minutes. Remember, my profile is at eternallyarose.deviantart.com
Mrrow! (I <3 kitties!)
Puppy News
The fence for outside is almost done! Basically, it's a wooden frame with some crossbars that has chicken wire stretched across it. It is propped up between cement blocks, so it can be moved. I helped my mom with the 7-foot one yesterday, and then on her own she finished the one to block the path to behind the house (we do NOT need a puppy getting into the crawl space!) and I think she's working on the gate. I'd help, but I'm not feeling so good. I'm bored, so I'm blogging. Since facebook is messed up, I've been giving more time to my blog instead.
So earlier, I took some pictures of the puppy! Here's a couple of them
So earlier, I took some pictures of the puppy! Here's a couple of them
I've been thinking Jeb would be a good name. Why? Because I wanted a name that started with J, and I was out there watching him play and looking at the color of his coat, and it came to me: Jeb. The name of Max's father (if I remember right) in the Maximum Ride books who saved her, betrayed her, helped her out again, and said he was her father. Not exactly the sort of person I want a puppy named after, but the name really does fit perfectly, in my opinion. Adam (10-year-old brother) wants him named Espeon, and he was saying that before we even met the puppy, which just goes to show you what an idiot Adam is.
I wish I had some way to add .mp3 and .zip downloads to the blog. I have some cursors I made and I don't think I can upload them in their normal form (.ico and .cur, and there's some neat icons [.ico] ). Also at some point I want to add music once I figure out a good way to record decent-quality music from my electric piano. The old way is to hook it up to a tape recorder, but we don't have the equipment for that anymore. I'd like to do a midi or something, but I need a cable I don't have, but if I look in the book and find out what it is I could probably find one somewhere.
All-time favorite quote: "The deeper the darkness, the brighter the sunrise at dawn." It's a Mother 3 quote. I'd use it for school (I need a quote or part of a song for an assignment) but it's not 25 words long. I think I'll use Mother's 8 melodies. Who knows? Maybe the teacher will recognize it as one someone used in the past, which means there are other Mother fans in town. It's unlikely, but it's definately possible.
Hmm...
First, I have one thing to say:
HOW THE HELL DID MY BLOG GET CHOSEN TO BE IN THE WEEKLY UPDATE AT EARTHBOUND CENTRAL!?!?
OK, now that's out of my system...
I have today and tomorrow left of the weekend, so I'll probably spend it recovering from PE and my cold, both of which have improved. But I have homework...well I've got Algebra for sure, which I'll probably do tonight or tomorrow evening. And that cross-stitch to work on. After I decided to stop making plushies because I wanted to do something else, I decided to start cross stitching again. So I found a picture from chapter six of Mother 3 and added in a ghost-Hinawa sprite and got this:
I didn't realize until I started working on it, but this is going to take much longer than I planned, and I planned maybe a month or two. OK maybe that's exaggerating a little, but seriously this is going to take a long time. It's 160x160, which is 1120 pixels/stitches...And since it's so big, I have to start at the corner, so I can't use the sewing-hoop-thing yet. And what sucks is that my good one is gone, so I have to use my crappy one. My good one is this old one of my mom's. Basically it's a hoop with a ridge along the inside. A metal hoop fits in the ridge. This metal hoop has a sort of handle, so you can somehow squeeze the handle to get it out? I don't remember exactly how, I haven't seen it in a couple of years. Now I think about it, it's probably been like three years actually. Yeah, that's about right I think...So anyways, the clouds (which is where I'm starting) are by far the hardest part, since my old cross-stitch style that was really fast doesn't apply here. If I remember my calculations right, it will take 32 pages of my graph-paper notebook to draw the pattern, since I don't have any good programs that have a grid that works decently and zooms in enough. My plan was to draw the section I'm working on (Each section is 20x40 because that's about the size of my grid paper) and not draw another until I'm done stitching that section because I'll get distracted. I get distracted too easily when it comes to art :P
Well this time I don't think I can say "nonexistant readers" so instead what will I say...
hmm...
...
Peace Out, and stop calling me a hippie! (A kid at my school calls me a hippie randomly.)
o wait, I just remembered...
Well, last year I made these sticker-type things for my school binder, and they were all themed after the game I had just finished or was almost finished with. I can't find the picture for the Caution Hippies one(no I did not start the "caution hippies" slogan I'm just borrowing it), but here are the others. I think I put them on Deviant Art too.
Anyways, Peace Out! (I need a new saying)
HOW THE HELL DID MY BLOG GET CHOSEN TO BE IN THE WEEKLY UPDATE AT EARTHBOUND CENTRAL!?!?
OK, now that's out of my system...
I have today and tomorrow left of the weekend, so I'll probably spend it recovering from PE and my cold, both of which have improved. But I have homework...well I've got Algebra for sure, which I'll probably do tonight or tomorrow evening. And that cross-stitch to work on. After I decided to stop making plushies because I wanted to do something else, I decided to start cross stitching again. So I found a picture from chapter six of Mother 3 and added in a ghost-Hinawa sprite and got this:
I didn't realize until I started working on it, but this is going to take much longer than I planned, and I planned maybe a month or two. OK maybe that's exaggerating a little, but seriously this is going to take a long time. It's 160x160, which is 1120 pixels/stitches...And since it's so big, I have to start at the corner, so I can't use the sewing-hoop-thing yet. And what sucks is that my good one is gone, so I have to use my crappy one. My good one is this old one of my mom's. Basically it's a hoop with a ridge along the inside. A metal hoop fits in the ridge. This metal hoop has a sort of handle, so you can somehow squeeze the handle to get it out? I don't remember exactly how, I haven't seen it in a couple of years. Now I think about it, it's probably been like three years actually. Yeah, that's about right I think...So anyways, the clouds (which is where I'm starting) are by far the hardest part, since my old cross-stitch style that was really fast doesn't apply here. If I remember my calculations right, it will take 32 pages of my graph-paper notebook to draw the pattern, since I don't have any good programs that have a grid that works decently and zooms in enough. My plan was to draw the section I'm working on (Each section is 20x40 because that's about the size of my grid paper) and not draw another until I'm done stitching that section because I'll get distracted. I get distracted too easily when it comes to art :P
Well this time I don't think I can say "nonexistant readers" so instead what will I say...
hmm...
...
Peace Out, and stop calling me a hippie! (A kid at my school calls me a hippie randomly.)
o wait, I just remembered...
Well, last year I made these sticker-type things for my school binder, and they were all themed after the game I had just finished or was almost finished with. I can't find the picture for the Caution Hippies one(no I did not start the "caution hippies" slogan I'm just borrowing it), but here are the others. I think I put them on Deviant Art too.
The EB one...
The Mother 3 one (funny story about this, a boy who just happens to be an old friend saw it and was like "Isn't that that one creature in Brawl?" and I said "actually it's from Mother 3, but it's in Brawl" and he called me a geek XD I think he just figured it out then *laughs histerically, then evilly*
O and there's a new one that I made like yesterday!
RAMBLIN' EVIL SHROOMS FTW! Oh wait I just realized this is the crappy-quality version...oh well I'll post the good one later.
Well this post is getting really long but I should probably mention my sweet little Sapphire-kitty is next to me. AWW...
Anyways, Peace Out! (I need a new saying)
Memories of Earthbound
The only time I've completed EB so far was an enjoyable time for me. I remember these three days when I was sick with a really bad cold, so I would go into my mom's room where the FC Twin is set up and play Earthbound. I had a box of tissues next to me, and a very fluffy blanket. Sometimes I'd lay on my stomach, sometimes I'd sit up. I would blow my nose whenever the stuffiness came back (often to the point where I could hardly breathe) and collect a pile of damp used tissues in front of me. When I had a huge mass of tissues, I'd get up and throw them away. I remember I got sick at the beginning of the weekend, and ended up still being really sick on monday so I stayed home from school and got another day of laying on the bed playing EB.
Why did I bring this up? I'm sick again. Not as bad this time, but yesterday morning and also the day before my throat was killing me, and now it's mostly better, but I have a very stuffy nose. It also probably didn't help that yesterday I spent an hour or two outside helping my mom build a fence for the dog/keeping the dog away while my mom worked. She wanted me to help some more, but at that point I was so tired from running around keeping track of the dog and getting cut on chicken wire that I just had to go inside. And when I went inside, my nose unfroze, and I had a very runny nose for a while, which then turned into the stuffy nose I've had to deal with since then.
Speaking of playing videogames while sick, I'd be playing Mother 3 except my saved data got messed up somehow and somehow I lost like half an hour of saves. So instead I've been playing Ecco II only instead of playing it on the Genesis I've been playing it on my new Dingoo because I don't like going to the playroom when my brothers are there and also the sound quality (something very important to me) is better through any of my headphones or speakers than the old TV that, while it doesn't distort to the color of old games at all (a huge plus) the sound is rather cruddy, so if I use it for older games I'll probably hook up my own headphones.
I skipped my least two levels with a cheat code yay for me peace out nonexistant readers and kittehs of teh world
Why did I bring this up? I'm sick again. Not as bad this time, but yesterday morning and also the day before my throat was killing me, and now it's mostly better, but I have a very stuffy nose. It also probably didn't help that yesterday I spent an hour or two outside helping my mom build a fence for the dog/keeping the dog away while my mom worked. She wanted me to help some more, but at that point I was so tired from running around keeping track of the dog and getting cut on chicken wire that I just had to go inside. And when I went inside, my nose unfroze, and I had a very runny nose for a while, which then turned into the stuffy nose I've had to deal with since then.
Speaking of playing videogames while sick, I'd be playing Mother 3 except my saved data got messed up somehow and somehow I lost like half an hour of saves. So instead I've been playing Ecco II only instead of playing it on the Genesis I've been playing it on my new Dingoo because I don't like going to the playroom when my brothers are there and also the sound quality (something very important to me) is better through any of my headphones or speakers than the old TV that, while it doesn't distort to the color of old games at all (a huge plus) the sound is rather cruddy, so if I use it for older games I'll probably hook up my own headphones.
I skipped my least two levels with a cheat code yay for me peace out nonexistant readers and kittehs of teh world
September 05, 2009
You know that saying "Life's a bitch and then you die"? Well my town's version is "Life's a fish and then you fry." My version that fits what happened today? "Facebook's a bitch and my computer dies." Or at least I hope my computer doesn't die.
Anyways, facebook disabled my account for NO FREAKING REASON! I sent an email to disabled@facebook.com to find out why and see if I could get it reactivated. So far, no newer news on this case, aside from the fom letter they sent saying they would read it and reply soon. Hah, yeah right. Well at lease the email worked, and it wasn't a dud. But they better get it fixed, or they're gonna get some nasty hate mail spam from an email account that will disappear in 10 minutes XD
Just kidding about that last bit.
No really, if they act rude or anything I will not hesitate to spam them, but most likely that won't happen.
Anyways, facebook disabled my account for NO FREAKING REASON! I sent an email to disabled@facebook.com to find out why and see if I could get it reactivated. So far, no newer news on this case, aside from the fom letter they sent saying they would read it and reply soon. Hah, yeah right. Well at lease the email worked, and it wasn't a dud. But they better get it fixed, or they're gonna get some nasty hate mail spam from an email account that will disappear in 10 minutes XD
Just kidding about that last bit.
No really, if they act rude or anything I will not hesitate to spam them, but most likely that won't happen.
September 04, 2009
TGIF!
I spent PE on tuesday through friday running a mile each day. Also on tuesday I hurt my ankle, and it was mostly fine until today, but we were just playing dodgeball, so the teacher sent someone to get ice for it, and I think that actually helped for once! I mean, I just stretched it too far, didn't give it time to properly recover, and stretched it again.
Anyways, I ache all over from all that, and I hope the three-day weekend will be enough to heal me.
Anyways, I ache all over from all that, and I hope the three-day weekend will be enough to heal me.
A Load of Crap for Nothing
Somehow Blogspot (yes I still call it that) signed me off, and I didn't remember ANY account info. I finally had to go to google and see what account name i had used this time, and then I had to go through the reset-password crap. Well at least it's a password I can remember this time.
September 02, 2009
NA
Hmm...when I called this the Journal of NA, the NA stood for Natalie Anonymous. I knew it stood for Not Applicable, but I didn't think much of it until now. You know, not much (as far as stereotypes) applies to me. I'm a geek, but I am not obsessed with Star Trek, or even Star Wars (sorry, Star Wars, I may love you but I'm not obsessed). I'm a nerd, but I have little acne, hate plaid, and hate pants that come up too far (I'm not saying I wear low pants, just that I hate 80's-style high-waist pants). I'm an Earthbound fan, but I can be reasoned with, I'm not a PSYCHO EB fan, after all...
Ahem, I should continue. I love cats, but no, I do not kiss my cats. I have a dog, but I still love cats with all my heart and I am still not a dog lover. I'm an artist, but I don't draw anime. The last time I tried, the tomboy I was drawing turned out looking like a creepy teenage boy. I am interested in Japan and am studying the language, but I would rather die than be a fangirl...UGH, I hate fangirls. They give all people interested in Japan a bad name.
I'm a computer geek, but I have a Windows (hah you suckers! not all geeks use linux!...sorry about that...) and have never built my own computer. I just don't have the resources where I live, and I'm not interested in building a computer. I am somewhat interested in programming, but I prefer HTML over all other programming languages, mostly because I haven't learned any, heh...
I will admit it, I am a hypocrite. But who isn't these days? I think all people preach but don't practice because they want the world to be a better place and they think it's too late for them to change, or like they don't have to put in the effort. Wait, what does hypocrisy have to do with anything...?
Peace Out!
Ahem, I should continue. I love cats, but no, I do not kiss my cats. I have a dog, but I still love cats with all my heart and I am still not a dog lover. I'm an artist, but I don't draw anime. The last time I tried, the tomboy I was drawing turned out looking like a creepy teenage boy. I am interested in Japan and am studying the language, but I would rather die than be a fangirl...UGH, I hate fangirls. They give all people interested in Japan a bad name.
I'm a computer geek, but I have a Windows (hah you suckers! not all geeks use linux!...sorry about that...) and have never built my own computer. I just don't have the resources where I live, and I'm not interested in building a computer. I am somewhat interested in programming, but I prefer HTML over all other programming languages, mostly because I haven't learned any, heh...
I will admit it, I am a hypocrite. But who isn't these days? I think all people preach but don't practice because they want the world to be a better place and they think it's too late for them to change, or like they don't have to put in the effort. Wait, what does hypocrisy have to do with anything...?
Peace Out!
Babies
It seems like they've been mentioned a million times today.
First, in the morning in PE, a so-called "friend" pointed out that a girl looked pregnant. She is the sort of girl who I wouldn't be surprised if she was. Well apparently, this girl called Kym (I think it was her) said to her "I know" in a creepy voice and guestured towards her stomach. And this girl was laughing in the locker room about this. My guess? She is either pregnant and was shocked someone hadn't heard the news, or she gained a lot of weight and thought it was funny everyone thinks she's pregnant. Well my "friend" said that she thought the girl was pregnant because she appeared to have a baby bump and was touching her stomach a lot. It would make sense, though, considering that if that's a baby bump, then she be more than one or two months, which would put the day of conception in the summer. Not surprising, considering we're teenagers. However, my friend may have just been thinking of babies. After all, Ester just had hers a couple of days ago.
Ester is my favorite bus driver. I am SO glad she will be driving soon because her replacement was this crazy old native dude who seems to think he has the right to tell us exactly where to sit. Well, he does, but he's really going overboard with it (but he is a native and an elder, and elders have authority to them, so he probably expects to be the boss). Today, he made everyone sit in the back. Since I was like second on the bus he made me sit by some weird kid who had been the first. He made everyone go two-to-a-seat, and made us fill in the seats from the back forward, and when there were only x seats left he made some people sit in the back, which meant I was squished between some weirdo and Brandon S, one of the twins. Basically, Cameron is the nice one who may not be so smart but he is at least kinda observant, unlike Brandon. Brandon is an idiot who seems to be deaf half the time. He is a bit of a jerk, too.
The puppy seems to be getting more used to us. I started leash-training him even though he's only six weeks old (he's gotta learn sometime, better to start training young). I can't wait till I can start teaching him some tricks. Roll Over should be easy (it's not hard to get him to do that anyways) and Sit is always useful. We need to think of a name, though. I was thinking something probably starting with H, B, or maybe F; those are the letters I associate with him. He's starting to get rebellious, though...
Peace Out!
First, in the morning in PE, a so-called "friend" pointed out that a girl looked pregnant. She is the sort of girl who I wouldn't be surprised if she was. Well apparently, this girl called Kym (I think it was her) said to her "I know" in a creepy voice and guestured towards her stomach. And this girl was laughing in the locker room about this. My guess? She is either pregnant and was shocked someone hadn't heard the news, or she gained a lot of weight and thought it was funny everyone thinks she's pregnant. Well my "friend" said that she thought the girl was pregnant because she appeared to have a baby bump and was touching her stomach a lot. It would make sense, though, considering that if that's a baby bump, then she be more than one or two months, which would put the day of conception in the summer. Not surprising, considering we're teenagers. However, my friend may have just been thinking of babies. After all, Ester just had hers a couple of days ago.
Ester is my favorite bus driver. I am SO glad she will be driving soon because her replacement was this crazy old native dude who seems to think he has the right to tell us exactly where to sit. Well, he does, but he's really going overboard with it (but he is a native and an elder, and elders have authority to them, so he probably expects to be the boss). Today, he made everyone sit in the back. Since I was like second on the bus he made me sit by some weird kid who had been the first. He made everyone go two-to-a-seat, and made us fill in the seats from the back forward, and when there were only x seats left he made some people sit in the back, which meant I was squished between some weirdo and Brandon S, one of the twins. Basically, Cameron is the nice one who may not be so smart but he is at least kinda observant, unlike Brandon. Brandon is an idiot who seems to be deaf half the time. He is a bit of a jerk, too.
The puppy seems to be getting more used to us. I started leash-training him even though he's only six weeks old (he's gotta learn sometime, better to start training young). I can't wait till I can start teaching him some tricks. Roll Over should be easy (it's not hard to get him to do that anyways) and Sit is always useful. We need to think of a name, though. I was thinking something probably starting with H, B, or maybe F; those are the letters I associate with him. He's starting to get rebellious, though...
Peace Out!
Tin-Foil Hats
Somewhere I saw tinfoil hats mentioned (to clear it up now, I sometimes say "tinfoil", sometimes "tin foil" and sometimes "tin-foil" and I have no clue why, I just can't really decide which one I guess) and I googled "tin foil hat" and after reading a wikipedia article (surprisingly, Wikipedia is becoming more accurate lately) I went back to the Google page, and clicked the next link down. Oh man, this website is so funny. I can hardly believe they're actually serious about this.
http://zapatopi.net/afdb/
It's a whole section of a website dedicated to supposedly protecting yourself from telepaths and mind-control devices with tinfoil hats. Trust me on this, tin foil doesn't do anything. How do I know? I've used telepathy before. I have no proof and haven't actually done any kind of expirament with it, but it is highly unlikely a tin hat would protect you from ANYTHING. The only use I can think of is to keep you from losing heat in the winter, and then unless you're in the south pole, you're going to get so hot you have to take your hat off and lose some extra body heat. But for any other purpose, this is totally, utterly, and completely useless. I don't see any reason why this would affect anything other than your body heat, aside from your reputation, which will plummet unless you are wearing one for a joke.
Peace Out!
http://zapatopi.net/afdb/
It's a whole section of a website dedicated to supposedly protecting yourself from telepaths and mind-control devices with tinfoil hats. Trust me on this, tin foil doesn't do anything. How do I know? I've used telepathy before. I have no proof and haven't actually done any kind of expirament with it, but it is highly unlikely a tin hat would protect you from ANYTHING. The only use I can think of is to keep you from losing heat in the winter, and then unless you're in the south pole, you're going to get so hot you have to take your hat off and lose some extra body heat. But for any other purpose, this is totally, utterly, and completely useless. I don't see any reason why this would affect anything other than your body heat, aside from your reputation, which will plummet unless you are wearing one for a joke.
Peace Out!
September 01, 2009
Rather Pissed at the Moment
So I have this iPod dock, and it's really hard to operate without the remote without messing something up. That's my only complaint. Well I have two favorite radio stations, the others all suck. And so earlier I heard a song starting on one, and it was immediately clear it's the song I hate. So I tried looking around for like a whole minute, and couldn't find the remote, so I had to figure out how to change it otherwise. And now on the other channel, they're playing weird music and I just can't find the remote.
On top of that, my favorite bushes that were important in many precious childhood memories are most likely no longer alive, just for a puppy we may not even keep.
My mom is in a bad mood, and it spreads.
I can't play piano at all today.
Yesterday I found out I'd been doing all my algebra homework so far completely wrong. It was only one assignment, but because she was unclear, I did a ton of extra work and ended up being stressed and messed up the rest of it.
I can't think of anything to draw. It's like my inspiration is gone.
My tongue is burned painfully, and I just ate a very acidic tomato.
I can't seem to get anything right today.
Earlier I tried to help a friend but I was kinda busy and I accidentaly made a mistake.
My former best friend seems to hate me for no reason.
I think I'm getting sick.
There are creepy spiderwebs EVERYWHERE.
This school year is clearly going to be MESSED UP. What I thought would be a fun class is almost absolute crap.
My room is a mess and I don't know where to start but I really want to clean it up.
I keep forgetting stuff.
The new sevvies are SO ANNOYING. One of my old friends has the locker above me, but she's really unorganized and I have to wait a long time for her to move so I can open mine.
I feel like I'm forgetting the cats, and I also feel like I'm not spending enough time with the puppy.
My little brothers are constantly doing everything in their power to annoy me.
Wow that's a long list. UGH, THERE IS SO MUCH WRONG WITH MY LIFE!!!
On top of that, my favorite bushes that were important in many precious childhood memories are most likely no longer alive, just for a puppy we may not even keep.
My mom is in a bad mood, and it spreads.
I can't play piano at all today.
Yesterday I found out I'd been doing all my algebra homework so far completely wrong. It was only one assignment, but because she was unclear, I did a ton of extra work and ended up being stressed and messed up the rest of it.
I can't think of anything to draw. It's like my inspiration is gone.
My tongue is burned painfully, and I just ate a very acidic tomato.
I can't seem to get anything right today.
Earlier I tried to help a friend but I was kinda busy and I accidentaly made a mistake.
My former best friend seems to hate me for no reason.
I think I'm getting sick.
There are creepy spiderwebs EVERYWHERE.
This school year is clearly going to be MESSED UP. What I thought would be a fun class is almost absolute crap.
My room is a mess and I don't know where to start but I really want to clean it up.
I keep forgetting stuff.
The new sevvies are SO ANNOYING. One of my old friends has the locker above me, but she's really unorganized and I have to wait a long time for her to move so I can open mine.
I feel like I'm forgetting the cats, and I also feel like I'm not spending enough time with the puppy.
My little brothers are constantly doing everything in their power to annoy me.
Wow that's a long list. UGH, THERE IS SO MUCH WRONG WITH MY LIFE!!!
Destruction
A little while ago, my mom came up to my room and told me she chopped down my favorite bushes - for the puppy we might not even keep. I cried. I haven't looked out there yet, but I'm scared about what I will see. I can only hope she was talking about different bushes.
My life sucks right now.
My life sucks right now.
BORED
I can't wait til the puppy's old enough to start training. I AM SO BORED. Also there's like nothing to do on the internet. I checked on all the sites I normally check, and there's no news or anything that I haven't read. I bet it's going to take my mom a long time to come home just because I can't wait for dinner.
Well, I guess I should talk about what's been going on.
Matthew is gone. Emily is clearly no longer my friend. Brandon no longer has a crush on me. I've been finishing my homework quickly. Surprisingly, Algebra is the least of my worries. In fact, I'm probably going to work ahead so I have more time tomorrow for Social Studies HW. I think I've had this blog for about a week, something like that.
Imgonnaplaypianonowkthxbye
Well, I guess I should talk about what's been going on.
Matthew is gone. Emily is clearly no longer my friend. Brandon no longer has a crush on me. I've been finishing my homework quickly. Surprisingly, Algebra is the least of my worries. In fact, I'm probably going to work ahead so I have more time tomorrow for Social Studies HW. I think I've had this blog for about a week, something like that.
Imgonnaplaypianonowkthxbye
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