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Back from the Bar-Mitzvah. I left at around 11:45. Stupid cotton-candy machine broke. No, seriously, it was boring. And awkward. 'Cause I ran into a girl who was in my class in elementary, and we hadn't seen each other for nine months. It was weird. I fell asleep at 2:11, then I got up at 10:48. My schedule's so messed up. Visorak Cooper might be coming over today, but I dunno. Bleh. Behold! The first line from my novel, Dreamwave: There's nothing quite like waking up and not knowing where you are. Wait! Wait! I forgot.... I went to see Reno 911, so that means... it's time for a MOVIE REVIEW! Title: Reno 911 Miami (it's rated 'R', BTW) Summary: A bunch of stupid cops get together and screw everything up. Rating: 3.1 = Just okay, it's really stupid.
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I am writing a novel! It's a sci-fi fiction about how the world is so sped up, you can't sleep. So, instead, you get wired up into this machine that dreams for you. If you've read "The Reality Bug", it's like that. The machines, I mean. The plot's completely different. I call it: DREAMWAVE. Bow down to the Dreamwave! Yeah, I know I'm just in high-school, but it's been my dream to write a novel. Or become a cartoonist. I'm happy either way. It stopped snowing, and it's nearly waist-deep. The snow's perfect for snowballs, so that oughta be fun. At 7:00, I gotta go to a friends Bar-Mitzvah party, and then I'll come home and watch SNL. Soooo.... There's my day. Also, if you have a chance, could you vote for me in AC13? It'll be tough though. I'm up against Deadalus and Toa Shmoa. Help.
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Yesterday I had a headache. I figured it was from being on the computer too much (I was on a lot doing some codes). My eyes also hurt. But it didn't go away after a few hours of not being on the computer. I took some Airborne and Vitamin C. I discovered last night that I was cold as well. Usually being colder than usual just means your head is hot. My electric blanket never warmed up either. And my pillow wasn't cold for long. But I got to sleep eventually. Woke up still sick. Bleh.
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My sister is weird. She's four, starting the prime of her kidhood. So how can there be so many things that kids ought rightly like that she doesn't? She doesn't like the crunchy parts. Like on fried chicken, she'll only have the meat. Same thing for the Costco rotisserie chicken we buy now and then. The skin has the most flavor! Even worse, get this: Butterscotch. It's, what, caramelized sugar and butter? It's amazing! How can she NOT like butterscotch? And I understand tolerance for spiciness comes as you get older, but she can't stand even the slightest hint... I mean, like the very slight spiciness in pizza sauce even. I'm certain when I was her age I could eat pizza with no problem. I mean, now I'm definitely more tolerant than probably even last year, but just pizza sauce? You can only tell there's spices in it if you try very hard. Really, it's not that she doesn't LIKE things like that, it's that she specifically HATES them. If she was just like, eh, it's okay but not my favorite, okay, but how can she dislike BUTTERSCOTCH so much that she rejects cookies that have them in them? Those are the best cookies I've ever had! *sigh* She'd better grow up normal.
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Woah. I haven't updated my blog in, like, forever. Not since Florida. I've been back since Sunday, so that means I need to fill you in.... SUNDAY: Planes, planes, and more planes. My ankle was in pain for no reason, so I had trouble walking. Nothin' much happened on the plane, but we got stuck in 'taxi' mode when we landed. So we were stuck for 30 minutes. Bummer. Then we saw the Oscars, woohoo to The Departed! (I've gotta see that movie....) MONDAY: My ankle was killing me and I couldn't move it. So I stayed home and watched Futurama. Of course, then it was Heroes. Episode 17: "Company Man". It was so great! I'm not gonna give a big summary. I'm sick of that. TUESDAY: I started my AC13 entry, which all of you can go see. Please go see it. PLEASE. School started no differently than usual. We found out that we have a big French test on Thursday. Teacher: "OK, pour le 1 de Mars, vous besoinez de lire chapitres 7 et 8. Il y aurais une teste Jeudi, donc-" Kid: "Mais, si vous plait, non! On a déja--" Teacher: "I don't like your face." WEDNESDAY: When you get hit with a laptop, it hurts. It really hurts. That was the day that I decided to scrap my computerized AC13 entry, and begin anew on paper. (Please go see it). That was also the day that I lost the book I was supposed to be studying for the test thye next day. So we had to go out and buy a new one. That night was also the worst episode of Lost I've ever seen. At least next week looks good. THURSDAY: It turns out that we were aloud to look in our books for the answers on the test. Just my luck that I forgot my book at home. That night was also The Office, Scrubs, and 30 Rock. The Office was a repeat, but it was really funny. Scrubs was just a clip show, but it was great. JD: "There were also the heartbreaking moments. So if I show them all in a clip shop sequence, I could probably kill a few more minutes...." 30 Rock was okay, but still funny. Ridiculous: "What's your game, boy?" Kenneth: "Oh, Boggle, sir." FRIDAY: Snoooooooooooooooooooowdaaaaaaaaaaaay! Only the 3rd one I've had in my entire life! Woohoo! PS: Please vote for "There's Always a Bigger Fish" in AC13.
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I have loaded 3 megabyte files in Photoshop within 5 seconds. So tell me why, just WHY, ANY progam, ANY PROGRAM, could POSSIBLY need 30 minutes to open a 1.7 meg file? I'm not even exaggerating. I started the load at 10:50 and it ended at 11:20. What is SO HARD TO LOAD about a Windows Movie Maker project? Why does the program INSIST on closing every single time I open it? I could load every image I used in that movie into Photoshop within a few seconds. I could load every sound file into Audacity within a few seconds. So WHY does it take half an hour for it to work in Windows Movie Maker? Also, our bus broke down today. Second time it happened this year, but on the morning bus, not afternoon/late bus. Why couldn't I have missed part of Math instead of Latin?
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Between homework, I've been creating plans for when I'm Honored Queen. My term includes Grand Bethel -the state convention. Out of all the events in Job's Daughters, this is the largest and most expensive, because the Bethel has to pay for hotel, transportation, and for at least one out of four day's worth of meals. Another expense (and a tradition) are the look-alikes that each Bethel wears on Friday. Today, I was working on the look-alikes for Grand Bethel for during my term. My current idea is based on a Disney character, but I just went to the Disney website and they don't have a plush version! I was going to use it as the mascot, and it upsets me. But the good news is that I found an alternative mascot and several trade item ideas from the Oriental Trading Co.. At the next Bethel meeting, I am going to discuss the ideas with the Bethel Guardian. For Rainbow, I'm in charge of publicity now, so I have to write newspaper articles. I asked Nansea about blogging, and she said that as long as I follow the State Guidelines, and I put the Assembly in a positive light, I can blog. NO, I will not be using this blog, because this is a Bionicle web site; HOWEVER, I will publish a copy of the "Rainbow Blog" entries here. UPDATE: I decided not to blog for Rainbow. I'm not as sick as I was last time I wrote. That last entry... that was a sample of how emotional I can get. I was amazed by how I didn't say a negative comment about a particular person, so I call it a "gemstone." Oh, and I finally got some more nicknames. Cocoa wanted to change hers to her sixth grande camp name, but I told her that it probably went against the rules and giuidelines.
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There are many possible stories to tell from my recent travels down into the rainforests of Central America, but the one that's sticking out in my mind right now has nothing to do with the flora and fauna I was there to see nor the rice and beans that I ate during every single meal on every single day. One of the many places I stayed was in Tortugero, Costa Rica. It is an hour boat ride to get to this place, which is right along the Caribbean Sea. The housing we slept in had partial walls, but much of the side was actually just screens - screens with holes. There is electricity and plumbing, but as with many weaker septic systems, flushing paper (any paper) is not allowed. Needless to say, this is a good experience for anyone who complains about how far the 20 minute drive to the nearest grocery store is. Anyway, one of the afternoons in Tortugero, Faren and I were walking along the beach, watching a rather large storm system approaching the Costa Rican coast (yes, that's a little redundant). It was an awesome sight, and we had a blast romping about in the rain as we travelled the half mile back to the lodgings. At this time, it was really starting to get dark (setting sun plus thickening clouds equals lack of light). We escaped to the rooms eventually, ate dinner with our comrades, and enjoyed the rest of the evening. That night, us two, along with most of the other members of our group were sitting on our beds on the veranda-like walkway of the cabins (our group leader had told us that there were to be no boys in girls' rooms or girls in boys' rooms, so we just brought the furniture to a place that wasn't a room and sat and talked through the night anyway). I also took all of our containers and started to collect water samples. I was actually filling one 350mL glass in 40 seconds. That's incredible for rain (at least from what I'm used to). Around eleven, however, all of the lights suddenly extinguished and the wind started going horizontal. Needless to say, we were starting to feel a little wet. Fell sounds came from the forest. Some of the girls (and Chris) wanted to go inside. So, in the dark, with light from only iPods and otherwise useless cell phones to guide us, we piled the stuff all into one room to weather out the night. No adults came to check on us, which was a little odd, but then again, most of them were probably already asleep. A few minutes later, Chris gave out a loud shriek. Something was on him; something. He turned on his flashlight (we were in his room, so he had grabbed the flashlight from his luggage) and saw a decent sized rhinoceros beetle on him. Calmer now, he moved to knock it gently away, but flew to floor instead (at which moment the girls still standing on the floor leapt to beds). Just a beetle, I know, but in the dark, windy, raining, howling night, people get scared. Soon after, a crash of one of my glasses resonated through the air, giving everyone further fright, but we eventually got to sleep. The next morning, we had to awake before dawn and pack up to leave for the next station. It was still raining hard, and there was still no power. I grabbed my shampoo and soap and showered in the rain. Alex did, too, but everyone else seemed to find it odd and dirty. I don't see why; it's probably just as clean, if not cleaner, than the rain that falls up here. And heck, we drink from well water up here. Then it was an hour and a half back to the landing in small, open boats. I actually emerged quite dry, having strategically sat behind a very large woman. Everyone else was soaked to the skin. I personally enjoyed is episode thoroughly. I felt much closer with nature showering in the rain, even if I was using commercial shampoo from the corporate north.
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Dude. So, last night's episode? Best episode ever. I'm so hooked. I'm also a comic book movie/tv show nerd. Totally.
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Do you think I'm crazy for buying two Kalmah and a Cyclone Defender when I already had one of each?
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Today I came home and found in my room four bookmarks, a photo, and two identical notes (I think that was a mistake). Apparently a month or so ago when I visited T.A. Barron's site and did some quiz thing there I got everything correct. Now I have a huge color print of the map of events in The Merlin Effect (which I own) plus bookmarks of four other books by T.A. Barron. And the photo was autographed, which is pretty cool. I mean, the form did after all ask for my address, but I never expected to get anything like that oO He's definitely one of my favorite authors though. Not nearly as prolific as some of the other people I read, but very good. I've read... Heartlight, The Ancient One, Tree Girl, The Merlin Effect, all 7 (there were seven, right?) books in the Lost Years of Merlin (or were there four?), and... then the first two books in The Great Tree of Avalon, is that it? I'm waiting for the library to get the third one. Speaking of reading I'm currently reading Catch-22 (not the easiest of books to understand). And recently I read Boy2Girl by Terrence Blacker, one of the most entertaining books I've ever read. It's very frank and to the point, really not sidestepping the more "embarrassing" topics that most other books would sort of sneak around. Treats life like it is, and I respect that. ...and oh shoot, the online library thing won't let me renew. It says it's because of overdue fines, and claims I owe $9.50! I RETURNED the Good Earth weeks ago! And the other books are only 4 days overdue, but I can't renew them. ERGH. My mom's so gonna make me pay that overdue bill... Gonna have to renew Catch-22 as soon as I'm allowed to. Barely halfway through that book. Oh yeah, my AC entry is THAT close to completion. Watch for it sometime today.
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I bet your all thinking: "Oh my goodness! NP's been drugged by someone trying to destroy humanity!" If you weren't thinking that, well shame on you. Also, if you weren't thinking that, you'd be correct. Whadya know. Yesterday, I had a killer headache, eyeache, and my nose wouldn't stop dripping. I think it was my grandmother's idea to give me a Benadrill. NEVER TAKE A BENADRILL. I took it, my aching stopped, as did my nose. I felt great. I logged on to BZPower, made a few posts, then things went downhill. I started to feel 'woozy'..... Sick..... Most of all, tired. I blame my grandmother for not reading the side effects of the Benadrill. Augh. I slept from 10:00 to 4:00. A straight SIX HOURS. That's actualy more than I normaly sleep. Woah. Pbviously, that night I wasn't tired. Which wasn't good. 'Cause, I never get to sleep as it is. So I ended up watching: The Office Scrubs 30 Rock Futurama Futurama Family Guy Aqua Team Hunger Force Then I fell asleep. Dang. Now I'm awake. Finally. And we're gonna go see "Reno 911 Miami" today! YAY!
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My sister just gave birth to her second son like 2 hours ago. Name is Brent. -Omi
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I'm such in a good mood right now. I just wanna say you guys rule. Such a good mood I am. I'm feeling loose and free. -Omi
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I nearly fell flat on my face and/or bottom approximately ten times today. There was apparently a huge thaw yesterday which resulted in a layer of water coating many surfaces, which resulted, at night, when the temperature is below freezing, in ice. Ice that is almost invisible. And on the snow that is still left, there is also a coating on top of, guess what? Ice. And what looks like a solid puddle of ice on the grass that you can joyously slide across is not, in fact, a solid puddle of ice. It's a thin layer of ice over water and mud. What snow there is left has thawed so much by the end of the day that it's essentially slush and you can clean you shoes off in it. Winter is great, except for the colds. Spring is great, except for the allergies. In between absolutely sucks. I guess you can't go between two enjoyable eras without some confusion in between. ... I'm amazed by my capacity to draw a life lesson from almost anything.
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Short story I was in the living room i couldn't find the remote so i had to get up to change the channel and guess what. I found it...the painful way for some reason the remote was on a magazine which I ended up slipping on and falling on the floor. I mean come on who leaves a magazine out in the middle of the living room! Anyway on the way down i hit my head on the arm of the sofa and now my head feels like I got hit by Vezoks impact vision.
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Yup. I'm in my grandparents' appartment's computer room, and, yes, it's in Florida. But first, let's give a little update. I arrived in Orlando Thursday night at around 10:15. Really late. We checked into our hotel (Holiday Inn Express) and fell asleep instantly. For those of you who don't know, I'm travelling with my dad right now. At around 10:30 AM, Friday, we visited my dad's friend. That's where I was able to blog on Friday. Annnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnd then we went to MGM studios. It was so freakin' awesome! Let me tell you: if you ever go there, make sure to ride the Twilight Zone Tower of Terror- it's a 13 floor drop in a rickity ol' elavator- and it rocks! Booyah! Coming up next was Epcot. Yes, the frequently made fun of amusement park. Well, there's this new ride. The wait time is around 100 minutes, but it's so worth it. It's called Soarin'. It's a flight simulator with smells and amazing visuals and-- hang on. I won't tell you ALL of it.... We then went to Downtown Disney, a vicinity packed with stores and restaurants and nightclubs- and an enormous AMC theatre! Well, we first went to see Ghost Rider. It was pretty cool, but then my dad suggested that we leave..... Maybe it was the guy sticking his finger into a guy's chest and turning him into a rotting blue frozen corpse. I dunno. But, as of now, I shall be offering "NP's Movie Reviews"! Title: Bridge to Terabithia Rated: PG Summary: Boy's life sucks. Boy meets girl. Boy and girl play in la-la-land. Girl dies. Boy builds bridge. THE END. NP's Review: 1.5 = Go ahead, waste your money. Yeah. It was terrible. The next day we stopped over at the Magic Kingdom, where we rode the overly tacky "Pirates of the Caribbean", the overly stupid "Splash Mountain", and the overly amazing "Big Thunder Mountain Railroad". The out of control train goes mega-fast, and it's awesome! No loops, though. Later that night, we caught a glimpse at the amzing FireWorks display, and almost got crushed on our way out. You see, after the 'big show' is normally when about 2/3 of the Disney population leave..... So, we were caught in a stampede. Ungh. Then I got barely any sleep. Blah. The next day was a quick stop at the Downtown Disney Lego store (I got some pictures, I'll post them when I get home) where they were completely sold out of Carapar. Go figure, that was the only Barraki I was missing. Then we went to the Animal Kingdom, and my dad forced me to watch "Finding Nemo: The Musical". It was torture! Augh. But he had to. It's for his job. He's gonna be hired for Disney or somethin'- I dunno. Sunday we stopped over at my dad's friend's house. I (lightsaber) dueled with their son, and that's about it. They had this big train set, actually, and I ended up killing half the population when I set the train speed a bit too high. *ulp* Yesterday was the final stop. We went back to the Lego store, and, you're gonna laugh, they were completely sold out of every single Barraki. In just two days they went from completely stocked, to completely empty. I got some more pictures of that, too. After my dad bought himself a soft pretzel, we were on the road! For.... three..... hours..... Luckily, we passed a Wal-Mart, and they hade Carapar. Yay. Nothin' much else. I arrived in Fort-Meyers, where my Grandparents live. We watched Heroes (poor Simone) and then fell asleep. I'm writing this from the local computer room in the condo area. Yeah. Also, I;m sure that my Grandparents have no idea how old I am. They treat me like a kid, or at least my Grandmother does. And, to add insult to injury, she called Carapar cute. Help me. *ulp*
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I wrote this in eighth grade and the teacher gave me an A. :wakeup2:
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I won't be on AIM, MSN, or YIM from 2/21 to 4/9. The best way to contact me during that time would be PM, as I won't be checking my e-mail. I also won't be on as long as normal. Probably just long enough to check my blogs. And I really don't know what to say in this space.
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I think I've worked something out. I have a fear of dropping knives onto my feet. I realised today, when I was loading stuff into our dishwasher. I picked up a large breadknife, and suddenly felt...well, terrified of dropping it. I kept getting a vision of me dropping it onto my foot, and slicing it open. Not particularly pleasant I know, but life's like that. Yes, I'm scared of my mind too. -Aero-
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HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR! Have a wonderful Year of the Pig
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I'm going to see a ballet version of Edward Scissorhands today at the Kennedy Center. It's gonna be AWESOME. I decided it was about time to post something else in this blog.
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School's out for me! and i've learnt we've got a new student from Saudi-Arabia coming in after the break hope I can help set him on the right track.And i'm looking after my mum's freinds Yorkshire Terrier Charlie! So i've preety much got two weeks of fun relaking and (pulls out bowling bowl and lighter fluid) ULTIMATE FIREBALL !(gotta cut down on watching Freinds). Anyway I'm working on an MOC which if I do it properly will post, up bad thing with my MOC's is they cannot stand up properly oh well *Yami*
