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I am SO exhausted. Today was the tour of the Arts programs at Citrus College. It was awesome. First, we went into the performing arts auditorium to watch some performances and get orientation. Then, we went to the workshop each of us signed up for. I signed up for the woodwind one, featuring flute, claranet, saxophone, and bassoon. Then we had lunch (tortilla chips with toppings, not enough cheese for nachos) and went back to the auditorium for more performances and a giveaway. Then I had a flute lesson, which I trudged through while half asleep. Now, after hours of sleeping, I came on here to see if there were any new reviews in my art topic, and the new post was so long, I amost collapsed.
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Well, my Math teacher has us period 3B, and she describes her previous block as "The 2B from [other place]." So since this week is HSPAs and her class was acting up more than usual due to the classroom move and schedule warping, and since we were ahead of her other class, she decided to give us a 2-day break and showed us movies. YAAAAAAAAY! I voted for A Beautiful Mind but more than half the class voted for Dodgeball. =< I mean I never watched Dodgeball to the end and it was a good movie, and very funny. But A Beautiful Mind is AWESOME. Love that movie. And I've only seen the whole thing once. Anyway when we finished Dodgeball we started on A Beautiful Mind but my teacher warned us we wouldn't be able to finish it. Even just watching the first half hour, though, it was pretty dang nice. Oh, and our Boys Basketball team apparently won something big and is going to some big state championship or whatever, and the entire school was decked out in school colors and those game-music things were playing, I mean, you know, those kinds of songs that are supposed to get you really pumped and psyched and stuff. Like "We Will Rock You" and "Let's Get It Started" and whatnot. Yeah. All playing insanely loud over the PA. Yeah. Today and yesterday. We also got an pep-talk announcement from our principal and apparently 1/5 of the school is attending the game, which is somewhere else. But, I mean it was all over the place. Megaphones, announcements, huge posters everywhere. It's great that we won something we've never won before, but I got my ears blasted out returning from fourth block to my locker... And I thought I'd get lucky today. See, either because of the snow (unlikely, 'twas mostly melted) or because of the fact that 500+ people would be going to the basketball game, including lots of staff (most likely) something like half the after school clubs were cancelled. Latin club still on of course. Who needs basketball when ya got LATIN eh? So I'm like, this is great, there'll be ten people on the late bus and I'll get home in no time. Well, not quite that few. More like 15-20, but that's still a lot less than usual. Unfortunately our usual late bus driver was ALSO at the basketball game. So we got some guy who has no idea where he's going. We ended up in a place I've never seen before, and me taking the late bus 2 days a week, I have a good idea of what's on our route and what isn't. So I got home at around usual late bus time, and that only because I got off early, at the development next to mine. Wasn't too far of a walk. And I'm still vaguely sick, though no temperature. Cough and sore throat. ... I had a lot to talk about today. o_O Oh, remember that old cat preview image I had? Well it's no nearer to CG completion. BUT I have greatly developed the world and storyline she's gonna be in. Unfortunately I have only 1 name and that's for the main character. *sigh*
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Tubular Bells will have to wait. I can't put this entry off one second. I just was goofing off one day when I did this. You'll probably have to expand the image to read it. And no, I wasn't trying to type "Paul Bunyan." Paul the Bunyan is some random drawing someone drew in my Technical Theatre class for use in a skeleton set. They're a good artist, but this drawing certainly didn't show it. But forgive me; I'm getting off-topic. I might someday create the page, just because it says I can. In more important news, I GOT A WII! I was in New York for my summer camp reunion, and we stopped at Nintendo World. They had no Wii's, so wii asked "When do you get your next shipment of Wii's. They answered "Tomorrow morning." So wii went to the store at 9 o' clock, and when they opened at 10, WII GOT A WII! Other things we did in New York included seeing the Broadway production of Mary Poppins (which even outdoes The Lion King in its inedible awesomeness) and going to Books of Wonder, a bookstore whose awesomeness is likewise inedible. While at Books of Wonder we got "Peter Pan in Scarlet" which is an amazing and suspenseful story, as well as a SIGNED COPY of "The Invention of Hugo Cabret, a picture book that totally OWNS with its realistic pictures and complex plot. But anyway, Lemony Aanchir will be back soon with a Tubular Bells-oriented entry. I hope. -
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This blog entry is dedicated to someone very special that I hold very close to my heart. She is going through some very rough times, and I want everyone to pray for her to get better. We all hit that little bump in the road that sends us off course. You must gather all courage and hope you have to get yourself back on track and continue the road ahead. You're always in my heart Ashley. -Omi
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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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At 12 pm, the big air raid alarm siren pole thing went off. Scared the living crud out of me, even though it was just the monthly test. Thing is, the darned thing is standing right next to our house, so everytime it goes off, it scares our cat so much, she gets under one of the sofas. I feel bad for the little witty kitty. -----+----- I have to leave for work in 20-ish minutes (at the time of writing). Gotta start on my cottage bench. Funky little thing, I think I'll buy it for myself. Could use one right about now. -----+----- So, my mother found out about my sword. Good for her. And me. She was absolutely fine with me having one, which was weird, since she absolutely hates weapons in the house. Although I believe she's fine with it because the sword isn't sharpened. I don't think the sword can hold an edge really well anyway. -----+----- Okay guys, quit with the 'nuff said stuff. A couple of times is fun, but it gets kinda annoying when you start to see it in a lot of posts. Same thing with people typing in a very bright colour. It kinda gets hard on the eyes, especially if that post happens to have some useful (or useless, depends on how you look at it) information. -----+----- Guess what? Without a Voice by HeavensDust is out and it's already on its way to my home. It should arrive in a couple of days. I already know some songs off the album, and they're all awesome. That reminds me, should I bring back the Downloads? Would like an answer for this one. -----+----- There's a big rumour that Megadeth will join the other bands on Fields of Rock. If they do, I can only hope they'll perform on Saturday. And Motörhead is performing on Sunday instead of Saturday, which is lame. :/ Another event in June is the Arrow Rock festival, which I'll be attending with my mother. As the name might suggest, there'll be a lot of older rock bands performing on ARF. The confirmed names are Aerosmith, Scorpions, INXS, Toto, Thin Lizzy, Europe, Steve Vai and Outlaws. I have a feeling it's going to be fun. -----+----- Next time I'll be posting what other artists think of BoA. You are my everything....My love...
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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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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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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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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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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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I wrote this in eighth grade and the teacher gave me an A. :wakeup2:
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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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My sister just gave birth to her second son like 2 hours ago. Name is Brent. -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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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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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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HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR! Have a wonderful Year of the Pig
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Hello, remember me? Most likely not. It's been quite a while since I've added an entry. Hate to say this, but I am pretty much done with BZPower. I'll pop in once in a while, but don't expect to hear from me a whole lot. I'm just not into Bionicle anymore. People say, "Hey, what do you think of the Mahri and Barakki," and the response in my head is what the heck is mahri and barakki, some sort of food? As I said, I'm simply not into it anymore and that's just the way it is.
