Nothing much has happened over the last few days. Last night I bought a new CD (which I'm listening to right now) off iTunes, and it's pretty good. (Yes, it's been so boring I'm writing about a CD I bought. lol)
On the other hand, we're leaving for Hawaii on Tuesday! Pretty excited about that! =D
Sunday, June 24, 2007
Tuesday, June 19, 2007
Water Balloon Catapult
My mom is on a work trip, so my brother and I are having various people stay with us. Yesterday, our uncle stayed with us. We built a water balloon catapult using poles, surgical tube, and red tape (all from Bi-Mart =P ) ! It goes so far! We were launching it yesterday, and we got it to go 4 houses down the street (a big hill). This morning we launched it the other direction. My brother pulled it back really, really far, and not far enough down, so it hit smack on the mailbox. It made a huge dent! Fortunately, we pushed it back out. =P We also tried to hit our uncle's car, but we didn't succeed. =P
This morning my brother showed our uncle the demented cartoon movie. It is probably more than 15 minutes long (of total randomness), and I can't really stand it for that long. Only watch it if you are completely bored and will do anything. It is the most random thing. (For example, the first part is random people walking in, saying "blah," and having their heads blown off.) If you really have nothing better to do, the link is on the right.
I will also try to more frequently rotate the videos on the right column. At the moment, it is showing my favorite band, Capercaillie, playing a song called Mile Marbhaisg. This is not the best version of the song, but I still like it. =P
Oh, and ZaPaper, would you happen to know a chinese song called Gan Lan Shu, or The Olive Tree? Misty River (a favorite band of mine) does it, and they have an interesting story that goes with it.
Nothing else to report. See ya!
This morning my brother showed our uncle the demented cartoon movie. It is probably more than 15 minutes long (of total randomness), and I can't really stand it for that long. Only watch it if you are completely bored and will do anything. It is the most random thing. (For example, the first part is random people walking in, saying "blah," and having their heads blown off.) If you really have nothing better to do, the link is on the right.
I will also try to more frequently rotate the videos on the right column. At the moment, it is showing my favorite band, Capercaillie, playing a song called Mile Marbhaisg. This is not the best version of the song, but I still like it. =P
Oh, and ZaPaper, would you happen to know a chinese song called Gan Lan Shu, or The Olive Tree? Misty River (a favorite band of mine) does it, and they have an interesting story that goes with it.
Nothing else to report. See ya!
Saturday, June 16, 2007
Concert, Fiddle Lesson, BBQ
Yesterday was an interesting day. Hmmm, the first day school is completely out is the first one in a while that wasn't boring. Coincidence?
I had my first fiddle lesson with my new "teacher" yesterday. My old teacher is taking an "indefinite break," which probably means she's going to stop teaching. I am now taking lessons from another one of her students. It went pretty well yesterday. I think we both learned a lot. =P
Last night we went to a concert. It was a local folk band called Misty River. I have all 5 of their CD's and this was my 5th or 6th concert I've seen by them. The tickets were a birthday present, and I also bought their latest CD, Stories, which I didn't have. I'm listening to it right now. =P It's okay, but Willow is still better. =P
In less than an hour, we are leaving to go to a barbecue, hosted by my old fiddle teacher. We are supposed to bring a dessert... I can smell the brownies baking!
That's it for now. See ya!
I had my first fiddle lesson with my new "teacher" yesterday. My old teacher is taking an "indefinite break," which probably means she's going to stop teaching. I am now taking lessons from another one of her students. It went pretty well yesterday. I think we both learned a lot. =P
Last night we went to a concert. It was a local folk band called Misty River. I have all 5 of their CD's and this was my 5th or 6th concert I've seen by them. The tickets were a birthday present, and I also bought their latest CD, Stories, which I didn't have. I'm listening to it right now. =P It's okay, but Willow is still better. =P
In less than an hour, we are leaving to go to a barbecue, hosted by my old fiddle teacher. We are supposed to bring a dessert... I can smell the brownies baking!
That's it for now. See ya!
Thursday, June 14, 2007
SCHOOL'S OUT!!! =D
YAY! SUMMER!!! NO MORE SCHOOL! ....for less than three months. Yes, I'm kind of a "glass half-empty" person. But summer goes by so fast!
School was fun today. The whole day we just signed yearbooks. Then we watched Blue's Clues in Humanitites because there wasn't anything else to do. lol
This summer is probably something I should look forward to. We're going on three main vacations, to Hawaii, Washington DC, and Massachusetts. The problem is that that's not going to leave much time at home and there's so much stuff I want to do!
I am NOT looking forward to next year. We had some people from the next grade up come into our class and talk to us about their year. They said there were more homework and more projects, my two worst nightmares! I certainly will not be caught wasting my summer! *shifty eyes*
Whenever I feel like it, soon, I'll post here again. Bye. =P
School was fun today. The whole day we just signed yearbooks. Then we watched Blue's Clues in Humanitites because there wasn't anything else to do. lol
This summer is probably something I should look forward to. We're going on three main vacations, to Hawaii, Washington DC, and Massachusetts. The problem is that that's not going to leave much time at home and there's so much stuff I want to do!
I am NOT looking forward to next year. We had some people from the next grade up come into our class and talk to us about their year. They said there were more homework and more projects, my two worst nightmares! I certainly will not be caught wasting my summer! *shifty eyes*
Whenever I feel like it, soon, I'll post here again. Bye. =P
Sunday, June 10, 2007
A partially interesting Sunday
Well, it's been an okay Sunday. Here I sit, listening to Seanchas will I write this post, and chatting with my friend on Skype.
Breakfast was good, we had crepes. I ate a bit less than usual. I don't know why. >_>
My brother's friend (AL's brother) is over, and they've been playing video games for the whole time. Typical. *rolls eyes* I really wish they'd have smileys on this thing...
AL was going to come over, but he apparently had too much homework, and there wasn't even any homework this weekend (last weekend before school gets out)! According to his dad, it "piled up throughout the year." Very typical of AL, lol.
And......... school gets out this Thursday! The whole week, we'll basically be watching movies, lol. Tomorrow, we're launching rockets. I'm not particularly excited about that, but I'm more worried that mine works okay (my grade is based on that). *gulp*
We are not sure where to go to dinner. We are still debating it. The Chinese place seems to be what's probably going to be chosen, but we're not sure. (Speaking of Chinese food, I've heard that actual Chinese food is very different from "American Chinese" food. Is that true, ZaPaper?)
I haven't played video games in over two weeks, I think. I'm proud of myself. (I have, however watched TV, but just a bit >_< )
I can't seem to think of a good ending. Oh, well. Bye!
EDIT: zomg the photos! I may forget to get them tonight, but I'll try!
Breakfast was good, we had crepes. I ate a bit less than usual. I don't know why. >_>
My brother's friend (AL's brother) is over, and they've been playing video games for the whole time. Typical. *rolls eyes* I really wish they'd have smileys on this thing...
AL was going to come over, but he apparently had too much homework, and there wasn't even any homework this weekend (last weekend before school gets out)! According to his dad, it "piled up throughout the year." Very typical of AL, lol.
And......... school gets out this Thursday! The whole week, we'll basically be watching movies, lol. Tomorrow, we're launching rockets. I'm not particularly excited about that, but I'm more worried that mine works okay (my grade is based on that). *gulp*
We are not sure where to go to dinner. We are still debating it. The Chinese place seems to be what's probably going to be chosen, but we're not sure. (Speaking of Chinese food, I've heard that actual Chinese food is very different from "American Chinese" food. Is that true, ZaPaper?)
I haven't played video games in over two weeks, I think. I'm proud of myself. (I have, however watched TV, but just a bit >_< )
I can't seem to think of a good ending. Oh, well. Bye!
EDIT: zomg the photos! I may forget to get them tonight, but I'll try!
Friday, June 8, 2007
Finally!
Well, school's pretty much over. We get out on Thursday, and the rest of next week is basically just watching movies and signing yearbooks. Finally, no more homework! =D
Nothing much else to report. I guess this is my first official "very short" post. =P
Nothing much else to report. I guess this is my first official "very short" post. =P
Wednesday, June 6, 2007
Major catch-up time (or not)
Sorry about this, I've totally flopped in posting. I've been really busy and stressed lately, mostly about homework (evil PT and her end-of-year projects!). So here I am again, racking my brain about what to post of the last few weeks.
The day after I last posted (the 28th) was my birthday. Happy birthday to me, yeah yeah yeah... I got some nice gifts, had some fun, etc. My birthday cake was a cheesecake =D
One of the best gifts I got was an $100 gift certificate for the iTunes store. =D I've been buying like crazy since then, but still have $73 left, lol!
The rest of the days have been regular, except for irregular amounts of homework. Nothing to report, except that I have managed to remain with A's in every class. I can't wait until next year. *rolls eyes*
While typing, I remembered that I still hadn't put those pictures I promised on here. Oh, well. I'll do it tomorrow. =P
EDIT: Since I am very bored right now and there is nothing else to do (apart from some unnecessary homework which I am very bored with =P ) I will give descriptions of my homework projects. You may now wish to proceed to the bottom of the post and skip over this terribly boring few paragraphs. For your convenience, I've changed everything you should skip over into gray.
First, we had to create a feudalistic society. And we had to be creative and come up with silly things! The example PT showed us was called "Fruitopia" and it was a whole bunch of fruits living in a feudalistic society. My friend AL did "Evil Vegetables." Someone else did Pencils. I was so uninspired. I had no ideas, so I had to do the whole thing the weekend before it was due. I ended up getting an 88% on it, which I am happy with (since it keeps my grade at a 95%).
We also had to find and draw our/a coat of arms. I am at the moment finishing mine, which I did on my grandmother's maiden name. My name nor my mom's name worked. It wasn't quite as bad as Create Feudalism, but did it have to be at the end of the year?
Earlier in the year, we had made picture books based on Greek myths. Last Thursday, we actually had to go to an elementary school and read them to first graders. I would have preferred (sp?) to never see my book again. It wasn't actually that bad, but still...
And last but not least, the rockets. I mentioned them in an eariler post. The rockets themselves are actually kind of fun, I hate to admit, but we also have to do an assignment along with them. Correction: 3 assignments. I have two of them finished. I'm thinking of working on the other one, but I think I've decided to put it off until tomorrow. =P Nothing more, since even I'm getting bored of this by now.
If you need some nice music to listen to, go to Moya Brennan's MySpace page. All four songs on there are really nice, but especially Peace Has Broken Out and Molly Fair (I'm listening to the latter right now). The link is to the right. ;)
EDIT2: Oh no! Peace Has Broken Out is gone! =(
I guess this is what iTunes is for, especially if you have a $73 credit =)
So I guess this will be one of those very short posts, and I'm sure I'll think of 1,000 other things to put on here later. Bye. =P
Oh, and does anyone know if it's legal for me to put whole songs as background music on this site?
The day after I last posted (the 28th) was my birthday. Happy birthday to me, yeah yeah yeah... I got some nice gifts, had some fun, etc. My birthday cake was a cheesecake =D
One of the best gifts I got was an $100 gift certificate for the iTunes store. =D I've been buying like crazy since then, but still have $73 left, lol!
The rest of the days have been regular, except for irregular amounts of homework. Nothing to report, except that I have managed to remain with A's in every class. I can't wait until next year. *rolls eyes*
While typing, I remembered that I still hadn't put those pictures I promised on here. Oh, well. I'll do it tomorrow. =P
EDIT: Since I am very bored right now and there is nothing else to do (apart from some unnecessary homework which I am very bored with =P ) I will give descriptions of my homework projects. You may now wish to proceed to the bottom of the post and skip over this terribly boring few paragraphs. For your convenience, I've changed everything you should skip over into gray.
First, we had to create a feudalistic society. And we had to be creative and come up with silly things! The example PT showed us was called "Fruitopia" and it was a whole bunch of fruits living in a feudalistic society. My friend AL did "Evil Vegetables." Someone else did Pencils. I was so uninspired. I had no ideas, so I had to do the whole thing the weekend before it was due. I ended up getting an 88% on it, which I am happy with (since it keeps my grade at a 95%).
We also had to find and draw our/a coat of arms. I am at the moment finishing mine, which I did on my grandmother's maiden name. My name nor my mom's name worked. It wasn't quite as bad as Create Feudalism, but did it have to be at the end of the year?
Earlier in the year, we had made picture books based on Greek myths. Last Thursday, we actually had to go to an elementary school and read them to first graders. I would have preferred (sp?) to never see my book again. It wasn't actually that bad, but still...
And last but not least, the rockets. I mentioned them in an eariler post. The rockets themselves are actually kind of fun, I hate to admit, but we also have to do an assignment along with them. Correction: 3 assignments. I have two of them finished. I'm thinking of working on the other one, but I think I've decided to put it off until tomorrow. =P Nothing more, since even I'm getting bored of this by now.
If you need some nice music to listen to, go to Moya Brennan's MySpace page. All four songs on there are really nice, but especially Peace Has Broken Out and Molly Fair (I'm listening to the latter right now). The link is to the right. ;)
EDIT2: Oh no! Peace Has Broken Out is gone! =(
I guess this is what iTunes is for, especially if you have a $73 credit =)
So I guess this will be one of those very short posts, and I'm sure I'll think of 1,000 other things to put on here later. Bye. =P
Oh, and does anyone know if it's legal for me to put whole songs as background music on this site?
