The Lilac Closet

The Foreseer

2009-02-02T16:15:00.000-08:00

I got this from collegeboard.com and it's quite the nifty. Here's what mine said:

INFZs* are reserved, modest, imaginative, and neat. As an INFZ you are particularly concerned with expressing and living up to your beliefs and values and with developing an emotional understanding of the world around you. You strive for harmony and peace in all areas of life. You value learning, integrity, and personal growth. You believe that life is a puzzle and that it is your challenge to solve it.

You prefer having a few close and deep friendships and generally dislike being part of large, crowded events. You tend to keep your inner thoughts and feelings to yourself although you may reveal them to a very good friend. You take criticism personally no matter what its intended purpose. You love independence and usually enjoy being different from everybody else.

Your greatest challenge is to develop a sense of purpose and meaning for your life and when this path becomes clear, you will work quietly and methodically toward your goal. You may find your life purpose in an overarching political or social issue but do not like to be in the spotlight while working to further the cause. You are someone who focuses on the big picture and only then considers its salient parts. As an INFZ you take a planned and meticulous approach to managing your time. You find it difficult to adapt to unexpected change and may show this discomfort openly. You are creative and precise in expressing your ideas, which you do most effectively through writing. You love to read, study, and learn, finding intellectual subjects and ones that relate to emotional and personal growth most appealing.

INFZs are most often found in career fields where they can contribute to the welfare and benefit of others in a stable and slowly changing environment. As an INFZ you will be most satisfied and productive when you are involved in work that enables you to use your imagination and creativity. You are most interested in jobs that allow you to work quietly and dependably towards your goals.

Strengths
Quiet determination, amiability, and a genuine concern for others.
Noticing possibilities and relationships missed by others.
Single-minded concentration and the ability to follow through.
Keen insight into future possibilities.
Undertaking complex projects involving people or social concerns.
Working to establish harmony and the common good for all.
Bringing creativity and a humanistic vision to an enterprise.
Exercising caution while pursuing dreams and visions.

Learn Best...
New subjects or topics.
Ideas and visions focusing on the future.
Teachers who emphasize imagination and creativity.
Subjects that are intellectual and humanistic.
Topics that contribute to a sense of meaning and purpose in life.

Socially...
Prefer talking to one or two people rather than to a group.
Prefer writing reports to talking in person.
Express yourself through poetic and vivid communications.
Adopt unusual approaches and points of view.
Are influenced by opinions and by information that is passionately presented.
Evaluate the worth of what you hear and see through personal experience.

Motivated by...
Order, neatness, and clarity of instructions.
Fixed schedules and deadlines.
Working alone or in small group settings.
Progress, but not rapid change.
Being appreciated and having contributions recognized.
Warm and friendly surroundings.

Cool, right? I love doing these things. I like being labeled. As long as I like the label.
Sorry it's been a while.

*I don't know what INFZs means.

Death To ALL!!! -gulp-

2008-09-27T17:32:00.000-07:00

This is a pretty hilarious website. It won't take long, check it out!!!

Everyone's doing it!

2008-08-25T08:11:00.000-07:00

Plurk is the new blog!

Hello?

2008-08-09T14:48:00.000-07:00

I GOT A PERMIT!!!! I DROVE A CAR!!!!!!
That's all.

Dark Knight

2008-07-18T19:46:00.000-07:00

And..... We're back with a confusing review.
WHAT DO I THINK! This is one of the creepiest movies I've ever seen. It was fantastic.
I really have no idea what I think about this movie.
The acting was perfect and the whole thing looked amazing.
BUT the acting was probably too perfect.
The connection I kept on making was to Lord of the Flies. Unfortunately.
I really don't know what to make of this movie.
I'm probably gonna have to sleep on it. If I can sleep.
Others might not be as struck by this movie, but the ethics and morals and values made everything painful.
Too confusing? I thought so.
This was probably the best movie I've ever seen. And I hated it.

19-lingual

2008-06-13T12:03:00.000-07:00

List of Languages I Can Speak*

English
Spanish
French
Italian
Dutch
German
Thai
Chinese
Norse
Afrikaans
Greek
Latin
Korean
Hebrew
Ubbi Dubbi
Pig Latin
Portuguese
Australian
ASL

This is all I can think of right now.

*Your definition of speak might be different than mine.

Frog Guts

2008-05-15T08:09:00.000-07:00

Did you know that karaoke is Japanese for empty orchestra?

Nifty, eh?

Creatin' Machine

2008-05-05T17:55:00.000-07:00

Look at what I made!*

It's BACTERIA! In reference to the bacteria in The Magic School Bus: Inside Ralphie **
The bacteria that I'm talking about shows up 5 minutes into the video.
Biology students should watch. ;D

*It's a lot of silly putty.
**PLEASE NOTE: That the link above is to a video that is slightly graphic (in the beginning). Viewer discretion is advised.

Middle Sates, HERE WE COME!

2008-04-18T11:10:00.000-07:00

This week Middle Sates has been here to look at our school to see if we qualify for awesomeship.
What does are school do to prove we're worthy? We do what we do best of course! BOMB SCARES!
This week we had two of them. One on, I think, Tuesday during 4th period (one of my free periods) So we stand out on the turf for 40 minutes and are extremely disappointed when they say that we can go back inside.
Today, Friday, it happens again. It's 7th period, math, and we're taking a test. It's about 10 -15 minutes into class and all of a sudden the guy comes on and says "Blah blah blah, please go to the turf, blah blah blah, evacuate." So my teacher say alright leave your test on your desk and go to the turf. I bring my bag, and not my binders, and start heading down. We all make it to the turf and sit in our assigned spot. (Academic Circles - don't ask.) I stand there for about 30 minutes and then I go find friends.
Two periods go by (each period is about 40 minutes) and during that they say that we're going home. Now that would be more exciting if it wasn't 10 minutes before we would usually get home, but whatever.
It takes FOREVER for the buses to get to the school, which is really weird because they should have already been there for the usual pick up.
They call out the bus numbers one at a time, very slowly. It sounds like we're playing bingo and luckily I won near the beginning of the game.
We aren't allowed back into the school, so I have no books with me.
Sooooo I HAVE NO HOMEWORK!
I got home later than I usually do. And it's going to take a while before the bro and sisters get home.

ALL AFTER SCHOOL ACTIVITIES ARE CANCELED

Dance Moves

2008-04-14T17:04:00.000-07:00

Okay. I was looking around YouTube and I found this video and it made me laugh so hard. Maybe I'm a tad sleep deprived, but whatever.

I'm totally going to bust these moves out for the next dance!
I do some of them at the dances already.

Fresh

2008-04-13T15:33:00.000-07:00

Today, after church, I was walking to the car and I saw some tufts of green sticking out of the lawn. I went to investigate and found out that they were wild onions. So I pulled a couple of handfuls out. We took them home, washed them, and put them on our baked potatoes!
Delish.

I totally took that picture!

Fiona - in her favorite fake tree.

2008-04-08T06:48:00.001-07:00

Sorry it's a little messed up. Better quality pictures coming soon.

Oh boy.

2008-04-07T06:54:00.000-07:00

Today was the first day with my new English teacher. She is definitely not as good as the last teacher I had.
-She plays soccer on Sundays.
-She used to be a stand-up comedian.
-She has bad ankles. (She almost fell in class. One kid couldn't stop laughing, because it did look a little funny. (Will demonstrate)
-She gives a lot of homework. (More than I'm used to. Which is none, but whatever.)

Lit. log. on "chapter" one of OMAM.
Study guide.
Read chapter one.
Vocab.

Mary no likey.
-Her comedy is not good for a first period class of kids who are sick of English teachers.
-I feel bad for her. We're a very harsh class.
-She talks too fast.

Love Letters

2008-03-30T17:18:00.000-07:00

This is a pretty funny video that my friend showed me.

Never Get Attached

2008-03-25T06:48:00.000-07:00

Today my English teacher told the class that she was going to be leaving very soon.

Last year my first English teacher was pregnant and was going to leave in about three months. She left, and the next teacher came in. She was here for about four and a half months. Then she left because she wouldn't be able to work at our school next year and she got a better job in the city. So teacher number three comes in and teaches for the rest of the year.

Evaluation: Overall year was actually pretty good. No homework. At all.
1. She was okay. She was a little boring, and had a mushy gushy mind. (Due to baby in belly?)
2. My least favorite. She was way too into the creativity stuff. Draw this, draw that. And the one book that we did read while she was teaching us was Fahrenheit 451. We didn't even finish the book because every single day we debated about television.
Don't get me wrong, I love to debate, but she was very bad at understanding. Not much depth. (Harsh?)
3. My favorite. She was down to earth, understood our situation, and was lenient because we had a "rough year".

Now this year my first teacher was pregnant and stayed for about three months. She then left and my current teacher comes in. She now says that she is leaving because she won't be able to teach here next year, so she can get a better job someplace else.

Evaluation: Not as good as last year.
1. Crazy. (I have English first period.) Way too loud and obnoxious. And is obsessed about dehumanization. Grades critical lens essays by how you define the quote. Crazy.
2. Better. She is a better first period teacher and understands my point of view. Grades critical lens essays by how you support your definition of the quote. (The correct way.)

Unbelievable.

Sorry!

2008-03-24T06:44:00.000-07:00

Alrighty. Let'sa go!!
-At this very moment I am in the library and there is a group a small children. I'm a little freaked out. They're taking up all the tables.
-As most of you know we got a baby corn snake a while ago. I'm trying to get a picture so there will be one soon. And we have chosen a name for the snake: Fiona.
-Out of the few times Fiona has egested/excreted, twice it has been on Mom.
-I just recently finished writing a research paper for social studies. The whole thing (title page, bibliography, actual paper, etc.) is (I think) 13 pages. It made me want to cry. It's 40% of my third quarter grade. Joy.
-There's this pretty cool website that has SAT practice questions. So you all have fun with that.
-IF ANYONE DOESN'T ALREADY HAVE TICKETS TO THE PASTA DINNER ASK ME!
-Okay. Now I know what the kids are doing in the library. They wrote books and the high school students are illustrating for them.
-We're going to start Of Mice and Men very soon in English.
-List of my classes in order of awesomeness. Greatest to least.

Science (What can be more fun than learning about LIFE?! And I have the BEST teacher in the world)
Math (I'm sorry, but I LOVE proofs.)
Social Studies (It's fine. My teacher does this thing where he makes the history sound more story like so that's good. But now we're going to start learning about the industrial revolution and WWI. And I think WWI is one of the most boring wars ever. But I did learn about it in 8th grade with the worst teacher ever. We'll see.)
English (Depressing. I have it first period and nobody is awake, but I don't think it would make much difference.)
Spanish (Boring teacher. Poorly made quizzes.)

Chorus is somewhere in there. My teacher is pretty cool, but my classmates are obnoxious.
-I think I'm allergic to spring.
-Abstract "art" is NOT art.
-I just sneezed.

Finally a Smarty Pants

2008-03-16T05:33:00.000-07:00

I'm going to be in Honors Chemistry next year. I finally get into one. I've actually turned down two other honors classes: English and global studies.
Interesting.
Whoops

My life depends on the sweets!

2008-03-11T06:43:00.000-07:00

For Tuesday night activities I think the young women are going to make THE BEST cookies EVER.
They're called... ALFAJORES. They are the most delicious cookies ever. I could eat them everyday. I can't describe how the taste because I can't remember. All I remember is that they are the best thing ever invented.
I probably won't share.

Amazing

2008-02-26T16:07:00.000-08:00

I love looking at notebooks that I had used for school. The books from elementary school are pretty hilarious. So I was reading a notebook from 5th grade and came across this:

Stand tall, stand proud

Voices that care are crying out loud

And when you close your eyes tonight,

Feel in your heart how our love burns bright.

So now I think that I was a kid genius. This is one of the most amazing things that I have ever written. Then I start to think about it, and think it might be a little too brilliant. So I type the whole thing into Google, and I come up with the lyrics to "Voices That Care".

You can imagine my disappointment.

Did you miss me?

2008-02-25T06:44:00.000-08:00

Sorry I've been away. I've been busy? So yeah.
What happened to me over the break and other stuff:

My glasses will never be fixed. The guy "fixed" my glasses. Then I put them on my head and they broke again. We take them back to the store, and a different guy fixes them. And they break. Don't go to BJ's for your glasses.
As for the actual glasses man, I hope I never see him again. Basically he was really bored because not only was he a glasses man, but he was a matchmaker too! The worst part was when I had to tell him my number... backwards. I had to tell him ####-###-(###) I had to say dash and all that stuff. I wanted to die.
I got a snake! It's a baby corn snake that I got from PetCo. It's white/orange/red and it's a girl. I haven't figured out a name yet. Any suggestions would be LOVELY.
I have a lovely cold/flu/pneumonia/strep and I'm living off of Airborne Gummies and cough drops.
I think the stake choir did a very nice job. Except for the till we meet song. Everyone kind of sang there own version of that. I could have sworn the congregation thought we were crazy. It didn't sound much like singing. More like mur-mur-ing. (mur mur mur mur)
My room is only half a mess.
I can't wait until the next break. When is that?
There might be snow/sleet tomorrow.
When I type it's doing this weird overlapping thing where if I have to go back and change a word it deletes what I did after that.
I have a terrible but wonderful memory. I can remember what I was for Halloween 8 years ago, but I can't remember what happened on Friday.
Seminary is WAY too early.
I'm always less sick during the day than in the morning and bedtime.

That is all.

Praises

2008-02-12T06:59:00.000-08:00

My Happy List

Even though I don't thinkn it's necessary, we have an early dismissal.
I have no homework.
I'm wearing my glasses to school for the first time!!
I CAN SEE!
No proof test today (again)!
The rest of the periods I have are free!
I'm wearing my glasses right now. Even though I don't have to wear them.
I feel cool.

My Sad List

We're out of juice.
I don't get to take my proof test today.
One of the lenses in my glasses isn't in all the way.
My glasses have to go back to the scary glasses store guy.

UPDATE: Mom took the glasses to the scary man and he fixed them. They're all better. I wear them often, and clean them even more.

Yes We Can

2008-02-08T12:18:00.000-08:00

The groundswell of enthusiastic support for Barack Obama continues to ignite across the country and is unprecedented in modern political history. He is building a broad, diverse coalition and has energized millions of young people to become engaged in the political process for the first time. He has also inspired so many who had been disenfranchised in the past to rise up and embrace a movement of hope and unity.
Yet the path to a glorious victory in November will be extremely arduous and require tremendous fortitude. We face an opponent and a former President that will descend to any depth in their ruthless pursuit of power. The Clintons thrive and excel in the cut throat tactics of political warfare and as they sense that their reign is slipping away, they will resort to literally whatever it takes to prevail.
The vast majority of the Clintons base consists of white women and the elderly. This is a highly disciplined block of voters that will always turn out in high numbers. Our challenge is to ensure that the massive show of support for Barack is translated directly into votes during the remainder of the primary. We must not dilute the tidal wave that is sweeping the country by attending the rallies and then failing to get registered and cast a vote on Election Day.
The country is at a critical crossroad and the choice of leadership could not be cast in starker contrast. Barack Obama is the inspirational, visionary leader that comes along once in a lifetime. He will be the uplifting force of change to repair the wreckage of the Bush/Cheney regime and be the face of a revitalized, united America that will restore moral authority across the world. Whereas the Clintons will turn the clock back in perpetuating the bitter partisanship that has had a corrosive, debilitating effect on our country for the twenty long years that they and the Bushes have occupied the White House.
Our moment in history is before us and it may never present itself again. We must seize the opportunity and have the courage to make Barack Obama the next President of the United States.

-Robert Luciano- Atlanta, GA

From this article: Obama Leads in Poll; Clinton Hits the Airwaves.

Juice!

2008-02-07T16:26:00.000-08:00

Nobody looks good in a purple mustache.

Except for her.

Fine. Be that way.

2008-01-30T15:45:00.000-08:00

Barack Obama, all the way.

Disaster*

2008-01-30T07:46:00.000-08:00

Today I was walking in the hallway to go to the library. I'm walking, walking, walking, and I SLIP!

NO! I do not fall down.

But I did slip... on a pencil. And there was a little arm waving action.

Just thought you peeps would like to know, I almost died.

*Waiting to Happen

Seminary

2008-01-25T13:11:00.001-08:00

Here is a small list of some seminary inside jokes.

- Are you sure it's ____ (whatever book was just said). (KEEP IT ALIVE!!)
- Tinkerbell spirit
- SNAKES... on FIRE!!

I'm sure there will be much more to come.
Also I got 91% on my 100 question science midterm.
And I got 96% on my 39 question math regents.

Battle of the Bands

2008-01-23T04:11:00.000-08:00

"The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity."

-Dorothy Parker

Novembrance

Go to……
1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random The first article title on the page is the name of your band.
2. http://www.quotationspage.com/random.php3 3 The last four words of the very last quote is the title of your album.
3. http://www.flickr.com/explore/interesting/7days The third picture, no matter what it is, will be your album cover.
4. Use your graphics program of choice to throw them together, and post the result as a comment in this post.
(Don’t forget to follow the Terms of Use at Flickr and provide a link back to the page at Flickr.)

Family Mottos

2008-01-14T16:41:00.000-08:00

We have been trying to figure out a good family motto.

Brother suggested, "D---ys are picky"

Mom said, " I like D---ys are delicious, but P-kins eat a lot. So that might be a problem."

Not So TGIF

2008-01-06T18:24:00.000-08:00

On Friday I was having a pretty good day. Not too much homework yet, and the classes were nice and nothingful. Now, my science classroom is on the second floor of my school. So I have to walk up some stairs. Duh.
These stairs are not just strait up, they go up for a bit, then you have to turn and go up again. Right? So the people on the upper stairs can throw stuff on people down below. Can you see where I'm going?
So I'm walking up the stairs trying not to fall down, (It really is a problem. I'm basically a falling-down-the-stairs-a-phobic.) and surrounded by tons of loud boys. So I'm walking up the first little flight of steps, and I feel something fall into my hair. I thought it was some sort of paper falling from up above so I keep walking. Then I feel the something in my hair, you know, like a weight difference. You can feel some thing in your hair. So I run my hand through my hair, and feel. . . gum.
Yeah that's right. Sticky, white, still very moist gum. (And possibly mint... -barf.)
So I'm holding my books and holding the gum and a clump of my hair in the other hand. I had to hold the gum or it would go EVERYWHERE.
Now the gum wasn't on the top of my head, it was actually in the lower right side of my hair.
If I had to choose a place for gum to fall, that would be the place.
So I finish going up the stairs, and walk into my science classroom. Scissors I need.
So I walk up to my science teacher and say, "Umm, Ms. Science teacher, can I borrow some scissors?" Holding the gum in my hair.
"Yeah sure." She says while working on the overhead.
"Umm, where are they?"
"There should be some right in that drawer over there." She says while pointing to a drawer at her desk.
"Thanks because I was walking up the stairs and some gum fell in my hair." Still holding the gum and now showing it to her.
"Oh my!"
Well, I was talking sort of loud because I was feeling a bit hysterical, feeling a lot of emotion and everything.
-I was still pretty happy, it was Friday.
-Excited. I have no clue, but I was. I guess it's not everyday you get some gum stuck in your hair.
-And I was sad. Who wants gum in their hair?
So I'm thinking many people might have heard about what had happened to me.
But it's all okay. I clipped the nasty out of my hair, put it in the trash, and walked away.
I sat down and class started. Then I realized I had touched somebody else's gum. Ew. And that I didn't wash my hands. Well it just so happened that the school put purell in every classroom because of staff or something. So I killed 99.9% of the germs on my hands. Yay!
But today I have a head ache.
COINCIDENCE?!?!
Yeah, I think so.

(Guitar Hero)

2007-12-25T10:35:00.000-08:00

Merry Christmas!!!

Charlie Brown!

Ten Tings

2007-12-21T07:54:00.000-08:00

Meme!!! Ten things about me. Let'sa Go!*

Today is my birfday.
I'm 16.
I'm the one who told Alice about Chick-Fil-A. She had actually never even heard of Chick-Fil-A before I told her.
All the computers in my school are four minutes fast. Every single one.
Right at this very moment people from band are playing music. (Turning around and watching. Shhh.)
The people played Oh Come All Ye Faithful and We Wish You a Merry Christmas. It was just four girls playing flutes. Twas nice.
I wish I could play the violin.
My brother reminds me of my uncle (Dad) and my grandpa (Mom). It's pretty funny (odd).
I'm in the library and there is a guy talking about how he wants to see beer cans when he walks into his dorm room. Loser.
My friend forgot my present. I have to wait until we come back from the break.
11 is a palindrome.**

*Mario.
**MY BIRTHDAY IS A PALINDROME!!! 12/21/1991

DOUBLE PALINDROME

A Family

2007-12-19T17:03:00.000-08:00

Numeros Cuatro y Cinco

2007-12-19T15:54:00.000-08:00

Number Four
Oh my goodness!! I only just looked at James's blog and saw that his five part meme is due tomorrow! I don't know what would happen if we didn't make it in time, but I'm not going to try and find out.
The fourth part is your favorite actor and band/singer. Hmm. What to put? I don't think I have one. I have favorite genre, but that switches a lot. So I like most music. I'll listen to almost anything. Out of the iTunes genres:

Alternative
Blues
Children's music
Christian and gospel
Classical
Comedy
Country
Dance
Electronic
Folk
Hip-hop/rap
Holiday
Jazz
Latino
Pop
R&B/Soul
Reggae
Rock
Soundtrack
Vocal
World

The ones I won't listen to are reggae and rap. Now there's a difference between hip-hop and rap. Rap is just someone talking rhythmically. Hip-hop has something else to listen to besides someones nasty lyrics.

Number Five
Number five is: What movie you are dying to go see? Hmm. Well there are some movies that I haven't seen in a while that I want to see. Monsters Inc., Beauty and the Beast, Into the Woods, and Monty Python and the Holy Grail. WE HAVE ALL OF THESE MOVIES! We have Monsters Inc. on video, and out VCR is broken. We have Beauty and the Beast, Into the Woods, and Monty Python and the Holy Grail on LASER DISC! The laser disc player is broken. It's quite sad.
What movies do I want to see in theaters? Umm. Enchanted, I Am Legend, and I'm also gonna want to see National Treasure: The Book of Secrets which comes out on Friday.

I think this is everything. AWESOME!! I'm done! I've completed the meme! FIRST!

Tee Hee

2007-12-18T06:49:00.000-08:00

Last night my sister (R) was standing on the couch and singing,

"Good morning Voldemort!!!"

An accidental adjustment in the original lyrics "Good morning Baltimore".

Number Tree!

2007-12-17T14:00:00.001-08:00

The third part of James's meme is your favorite board game. As many of you know my family is sort of the game family. We have spread different games far and wide to everyone we know. We really should get paid. So I don't have one favorite game. I have a list, but I guess most/none of these are actually board games.

-Puerto Rico: A delightful game where you build your own colony. It's pretty hard to explain but let's just say that my favorite part is when the colonists (those little brown dots in the picture) come to your colony.*
-The Great Dalmuti: An awesome game that teaches the lesson that "life is not fair." (Nasty pictures though.) Spider pit, spider pit.
-Greedy Hands: An exciting game that will either make or break you.

-Citadels: A super fun game. Just make sure that James doesn't become king.

*It's pretty funny. When the come I greet them. "Heeellloooo little people! Thank you for coming to my colony!!"

It Takes TWO!!

2007-12-15T13:43:00.000-08:00

The second part of James's meme is the easiest song you can get stuck in your head.
Now I'm having trouble with this. Does it mean the simplest song that gets in my head or is it the song that's in my head the most?
Well, I won't do either of those. I'll do my favorite song.
It is.....
"It Takes Two" from "Into the Woods" but you see, it must be sung with Chip Zien. MUST.
I don't know what it is, but his voice makes me melt. It might just be in that song, but still...
Here is a clip, but you have to go to the very end. That's when they sing the song.
If you've never seen "Into the Woods" then you MIGHT be confused when you watch the clip. And if you haven't seen it then see it! It's fablus.

New!

2007-12-15T06:52:00.000-08:00

Dad is getting his new car RIGHT now. It's a silver prius.

Awesome.

And I got new shoes yesterday. :D

TGIF

2007-12-14T10:52:00.000-08:00

School bus + Friday after noon + Teenage boys = Fart contests and sheep noises

Chocolate and a quarter

2007-12-13T10:44:00.000-08:00

Dat's a lot o' chocoalte.

Numero Uno

2007-12-10T14:47:00.000-08:00

James has a meme for everyone to do. The first part is your favorite kid TV show that you saw when you were young.
My favorite TV show was/is probably....

The wonderful PBS kids TV show Arthur. We have a rule where we're not allowed to watch TV during the week unless it's a day off from school. We also had the simplest kind of cable. After Sept. 11th our pictures came in really fuzzy. Some were not as bad and others were really terrible.

We got the best picture during the fall and winter. Which was fine except we could only watch Arthur on Fridays because it wasn't on over the weekend.

During the summer we could watch TV everyday. The only problem was that you couldn't see the shows on PBS at all. Everyday we would check to see if we could see a little bit of PBS. When we could pick out the shapes of the characters and understand what they were saying it was the best day ever. Most of the time it was black and white fuzz, and a really loud buzzing noise.

I remember one day I turned on the TV and you could see and hear the people, but there was also COLOR! It was still really fuzzy, but who cares! I sort of ran into Mom's room and yelled that Arthur was on. I was SUPER excited.

Our TV had another problem. Something was wrong because sometimes the whole screen would go a red/black color and you would have to hit the TV to get it back to it's correct color. You would have to hit the TV less and less as it warmed up.

Since the best shows were in the morning, you can guess how Mom and Dad woke up each morning.

It wasn't a soft tap either. You had to hit the TV REALLY hard.

I remember one time when the P-kins came over and we were watching some sort of show or movie. Well the kids new about the secret of hitting the TV, and one time Christian got up and started hitting the TV when it had turned its sickly color. Bro. P-kins started saying/yelling at him for hitting our TV, and all of our family at once said, "Oh no! That's what your supposed to do."

There were many tricks to our TV. One was that you had to make sure nothing breakable was on top of the TV while you were hitting it. If there was something it would probably fall and die. Another was that you didn't have to hit it hard every time. Sometimes if you stared at it hard enough it would change. In its younger years you could just stomp on the floor and it would change back.

Ahh the good old days.

It doesn't matter now. We have a new TV that doesn't need any sort of hitting (not yet at least).

But we don't have TV shows. No more Arthur for me. I love Arthur, but the problem is, is that all the voices are different, so now I'm disappointed whenever I catch a glimpse of it at someone else's TV.

That's my answer. Arthur.

LAV IT!

Do it or die

2007-12-09T18:15:00.001-08:00

Now Here's the deal. You MUST do this. (Alice correct me if I'm wrong) Christmas is coming the goose is getting.... ICY!!!!!
People! People! LISTEN! It's the holiday season and Santa Clause is comin' round, but there must be winter snow that's white on the ground!
It's probably the most wonderful time of the year because of all the wonderful weather. What I need you all to do is....
-Always sleep with you pajamas inside out.
-Sleep with a LICKED metal spoon under your pillow. (Must be licked each night).
-And check the weather every five minutes.
What is this for? It's for getting our snow (even though ice is better).
This truly works. I'll have Alice tell you the story.
Those bells won't jingle unless Kris Kringle has some snow for his sleigh!!! OKAY?!?!

Extra Credit: How many songs did I mention in this post?
Super Extra Credit: What book was I thinking of when I wrote the post?

Rant-a-long

2007-12-07T08:00:00.000-08:00

Alright, alright, ALRIGHT (exclamation points) I'm posting (exclamation point) Are you happy?(exclamation point)? There seems to be some sort of problem with my keyboard. There is no number one, and with no number one there is no exclamation point. Tis horrible.
Now I must tell you all about my name.
M.Q.C. = Mary Quite Contrary. I am stuck with this name.
I can't say that I'm not contrary, because then I am. I can't say that I am, because... then I am. WHAT SHOULD I DO ?(exclamation point)?(exclamation point)?(exclamation point)
People, help me with the awesome-est comeback for this nickname. I don't mind being called MQC as long as I can make a witty remark about it. I NEED WITTY(exclamation points)
Thanks for the help.*
Look at the weather this weekend. It looks lovely!!!!!**

*You better help me.
** Oh My GOSH!!! I didn't even realize. There is another button where the one is supposed to be.
Now I can do them!! What ever is to the left of the one is not there, and the key right above it. No time to change now the bell is going to ring.

Bored Baby Story

2007-11-27T07:43:00.000-08:00

I wrote this about a year ago.

Okay,
So one time Sam and I were walking down our road, and we were walking walking, counting how many piles of dog plops we could see. Then we heard this noise in the "woods" so we just kept on walking, la di da di da. Then we heard it again, and along with that a little growl, kinda like a... thing in the back of your throat. Oh! Like when I make my demon voice, that's what the noise was. Okay. Getting creeped out we are walking walking, then jumped out of the woods was a RABID RABBIT. Like the Monty Python rabbit, only slightly less terrifying. So there it was running in circles, foaming at the mouth, eyes all popping out. I scream, Sam yelps, and we just stand there staring. Then I start jumping up and down freaking out, and I start running in circles wondering what to do, but then I accidentally kicked it. It went flying back into the woods and Sam and I run for our lives. THEN I fall down, break all of my fingers trying to catch myself. I'm in quite a large amount of pain... and then my eyes open.
I turn over, it's 4:50am, and "Movin' Out" by Billy Joel is playing on the radio. And in 25 precious minutes I have to get out of bed.
Ugh. What a horrible dream*.

*Not a real dream.

Not so Wednesday

2007-11-26T15:51:00.000-08:00

I give up!! I was waiting to put this picture up on Wednesday, but I couldn't hold it in. Besides I had piano today, and I usually have that on Wednesdays. So there.

"A paperclip can be a wondrous thing. More times than I can remember one of these has gotten me out of a tight spot..."

I'm Singing in the Drain

2007-11-25T17:18:00.000-08:00

I have a chorus concert on December 5th at 7:30. Just so everyone knows. It's going to be pretty awful. We sing, I think, three songs.
-"It's the Holiday Season" - I basically hate this song. It's not my style. I can't sing it well.
-"From an Irish Cabin" - Lovely song, if you want to fall asleep.
-"Shine On Me" - My personal favorite. Quite exciting. One problem. I'm the only one who actually sings. Unless this awesome person comes, but she doesn't seem to come too often.

Be there or be square.

Wednesday

2007-11-20T18:49:00.000-08:00

I'm intrigued by the Wordless Wednesday and whatnot.

RICE!!!

2007-11-17T07:01:00.000-08:00

Look at this! It's totally awesome. Those of you with a way with words MUST do this. I'm not that good, but I didn't try very hard. I kind of don't want to explain it because the sun is in my eyes and I can't see the screen.
Click the link and be amazed!

Tanks for the award Sista P.

Meme of Death

2007-11-14T18:21:00.000-08:00

OKAY! Okay. I know that Alice didn't tag me for this one, but I insist on "doing" it.

This meme is...
My Top Ten Fictional Characters From Novels That I Am Madly In Love With And Would Gladly Meet, Fall In Love With And Live Happily Ever After Were I Not Under 18 And In No Situation Whatsoever To Begin Any Sort Of Romantic Connections; Fictional Or Otherwise.

Alice's first one is my inspiration for the tagging of myself.

"Edward Cullen- I guarantee that every other girl I send this meme to with have the exact same number one as me. Edward is the unbelievably gorgeous, sensitive, vegetarian vampire that is the star of Stephenie Meyer's genius Twilight. Yes, Jacob is cool, but Edward is........incredible! The whole fictionality of him (is fictionality a word Luisa?) is what makes him so... Do you know that phrase, "You want what you can't have". Well, there you go! Completely fictional and unreachable, even to the main mistress Bella, and completely mysterious and enigmatic."

Uhh. Is that a money back guarantee!?! Because I'm pretty sure Edward wouldn't even be on my top 10! Oh snap!!
No. I don't care much for Eddy, he... annoys me. Ugh! Look what you've done! Now next time I see people I'm just going to yell, "NO!! You're wrong! Why Edward!?" The more I think about it the more I (Dare I say it? ...No.) super dislike him. Jacob. Only Jacob.
*Evil Look (that means you, Jess)*

I'm right you're wrong. That is all I have to say about this entire subject.

Don't forget the "contest" for the picture.

Would you like a bucket-o-baby?

2007-11-11T18:27:00.000-08:00

Right here is where you can see an... uncanny picture. Indeed, 'tis special. On another blog there has been a fill in the blank sort of thing. Describe what is going on in the picture. Two comments have been:

Duh- this is clearly straight from a Mother Goose book.

You know the one-Jill and Jill went up the hill

To fetch a bucket-o-baby,

Jill made a mess of her unflattering dress,

And the other Jill made a lovely blackbaby pie.

AND

That the child in the bucket was clearly the evil overlord.

Both very lovely stories. I would love to see what other people think of this picture. Leave a comment on this post about what you think is going on in this picture. A nice little story will do. I will choose my favorite, post it, and that person will be famous.

Rules:

-You have to comment the story. No telling or emailing me the story. They won't count.

-It has to be in by Thanksgiving-eve.

-You have to do it.

Mother

2007-11-10T18:41:00.000-08:00

Mom tells me everything.*

A list of things she tells me*
- Various people were moving.
- Maria (my aunt) was getting married.
- Grandma's dog died.
- My cousin was born.
- And probably a lot more.

*I had to figure these things out all by myself.

Dictionary.com

2007-11-08T14:18:00.000-08:00

I had some English homework to do. I had to analyze a quote and then relate pieces of literature (that we have read this year) to the quote. The quote is, “No one wants advice - - only corroboration.” I had to look up what corroboration meant. So I go to dictionary.com and type in corroboration and it says:

1.
the act of corroborating.
2.
a corroboratory fact, statement, etc.

Lovely.

Mi Familia!

2007-11-05T17:17:00.000-08:00

Here are the rules for the contest:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MjfgmxIrS4.
And here is what my uncle and cousins did:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxjvYt93UeM&NR=1

Awesome.

PS - M-tez, it will probably be best if you don't watch.

The Dumplings (insert scary music here)

2007-11-05T07:54:00.000-08:00

There seems to be some controversy about the infamous chicken and dumplings. I have heard many a rumor about these dumplings. And as I hear these many stories I put my own story together creating the ultimate truthful* story of The Chicken and Dumplings

Chef Karen will be competing against Iron Chef Chow Doun for the ultimate prize of 1 katrillion dollars! Secret ingredient... anything you like. Lauren (14), Will (12), and Julia (7) (Ben wasn't there) will be judging to see who will become the next Iron Chef.... of the WORLD!
With 1 hour to cook the ultimate meal Chef Karen and Iron Chef Chow Doun set out on the most extreme competition of their lives. They get to work. Chef Karen is working on what looks like some sort of a dumpling soup, and it seems like Iron Chef Doun is working on some pizza.
15 minutes into the competition and Chef Karen is working hard to get those dumplings done in time. So far it seems that Chef Doun only has enough pizza for one, but is he making enough food for all 3 judges? We'll be back right after this commercial break.

Child: Mommy Mommy! Can I have some Ovaltine?!
Mother: Sure dear.
Child: Mmmmm. Ovaltine...... HOT!

And were back with 30 minutes left on the clock and Chef Karen is right on schedule for her chicken and dumplings, and Iron Chef Doun looks like he's opening up a bag of... is it candy? Yes, it looks like a big bag of Halloween candy. Let's look back at Chef Karen and see how she's doing. Wow! it looks like this is really stressful for Chef Karen as she is trying to cook the chicken to perfection and get the dumplings just right. Let's ask her how she thinks she's doing.
"Well everything is going great. What I'm trying to do is create a new taste for the judges, and I really hope they like it."
Well We hope so too. Now let's see how Iron Chef Chow Doun is doing.
"好地比萨饼在去大。以及糖果在盘子完美被放置。我在尝试而不是做出同样的膳食为每法官创造一种不同的膳食。"**
Well that sounds interesting. We have 10 minutes left on the clock, and it looks like Chef Karen might finish with a little time to spare. And Iron Chef Doun seems to be pouring a big bowl of KIX cereal.

5...4...3...2...1!
Alright Chefs, step away from your food!

Iron Chef Chow Doun will be serving his food first. He places the pizza in front of Lauren, the cereal in front of Will, and the plate of candy in front of Julia. They all take their first bite, and smiles appear on their faces.
Lauren says, "This pizza is exquisite! The way the cheese and sauce melt together on the bread, it's genius!"
Will exclaims, "This is the best bowl of cereal I've ever had. It's truly remarkable. I have nothing else to say except, well done!"
Through a mouth full of candy Julia says, "How did you know?! You knew exactly where my soft spot was. I'm not going to be able to stop, this candy is fantastic!"
The three judges eat all their food greedily forgetting completely that there is still another meal to judge.
Now it's time to see what the judges think of Chef Karen's chicken and dumplings. Each judge gets one bowl of soup.
They all stare at the soup and with a swish of their hand they all say. "It looks fine, but I'm way too full to eat anything else."
And that ends this episode of Iron Chef.... of the WORLD. Iron Chef Chow Doun gets the title and the reward money.

What is the moral of this story? If you're going to make a questionable dinner that you are testing on your family for the first time, starve your children.
As my motha always says, "Hunger is the best sauce."

*This story is completely false.
**Well the pizza is going great. And the candy is placed perfectly on the plate. I'm trying to create a different meal for each judge instead of making the same meal.
(That Chinese it totally real. It says exactly that.)

La la la Lollipop!

2007-10-30T07:12:00.000-07:00

According to... Alice Sista P. started the blog trend of our ward. I would like to disagree. Sister P. had a blog for a LONG time. I actually think James started the trend. Once I saw that he had one I was inspired. Then Alice made one, and now...... MAITE! I now think blogging is an epidemic.
On my way out from Spanish class, I think I made up a song. It goes like this: La la la la la la la la la la la la BLEHHHHH! What are the notes? Not a clue, but whenever I sing the song in my head I start cracking up. So it's obviously a really awesome song.
What do I DO in Spanish? Today we played bingo. Quite fun, won a homework pass. But every other day I usually practice my signature. Still no progress.

Woot!!

2007-10-24T11:34:00.000-07:00

Oh my goodness! I totally forgot to tag somebody for the meme. Who do I tag? The one and only JAMES!

Also I got 101% on my biochemistry test!!!!! Shocking, I know. And AMAZING!!

VICTORY!!!

Me Me ME!

2007-10-23T07:23:00.001-07:00

So there are these "quiz" type things, almost like the quizes at blogthings. I was tagged by Sis. P, who was tagged by Radioactive Jam, who just happens to be really funny and is another blog that I admire (stalk). Anyway! This is supposed to be 8 random things about me. So lets get this train wreck a-rollin'!

Uno. I can type 55 wpm.

2. In the beginning of the school year teachers give their classes a "get to know you" worksheet. One sheet has many little boxes that have a statement. Such as, "I play an instrument" or, "I was born in a foreign country" What you have to do with this sheet is get a signature in each of the boxes. Follow? No? I'll explain later. One time we were doing this in health. And yes, one of the boxes was, " I was born in a foreign country" So one person walks up to me and says, "Where were you born?"

I say, " Uhhh Utah...?"

He says, "Oh great! Can you sign your name right there? (pointing to foreign country box)"

America, I pity thee.

4. I think I'm going to have Swedish meatballs for my birthday dinner, along with something made out of potatoes.

5. Today (Tuesday 10/23) I took a pre-test in biology today on biochemistry. I got a 89% (40/45)! Which was so much more than I thought was was gonna get.

6.

You Scored an A

You got 10/10 questions correct.
It's pretty obvious that you don't make basic grammatical errors.If anything, you're annoyed when people make simple mistakes on their blogs.As far as people with bad grammar go, you know they're only human.And it's humanity and its current condition that truly disturb you sometimes.

The It's Its There Their They're Quiz

You Are Apple Pie

You're the perfect combo of comforting and traditional
Those who like you crave security

What Kind of Pie Are You?

You Are a Blue Crayon

Your world is colored in calm, understated, deep colors.
You are a loyal person, and the truest friend anyone could hope to find.
On the inside, you tend to be emotional and even a bit moody.
However, you know that people depend on you. So you put on a strong front.

Your color wheel opposite is orange. Orange people may be opinionated, but you feel they lack the depth to truly understand what they're saying.

What Color Crayon Are You?

9. I skipped number three. ;)

Personality Colors!

2007-10-10T07:18:00.000-07:00

These are the colors we learned about in health. There are four colors, and you can be one, or two, or all of them. But here are the strengths and weaknesses for the colors.

Blue
Strengths

Imaginative

Liberal in appreciation

Empathetic

Democratic

Enthusiastic

Excellent listener

Cooperative

Intuitive

Nurturing

Weaknesses

May procrastinate
Wants to please everyone
Sometimes too emotional
Unproductive
Needs approval/needs to be complemented

Yellow
Strengths

Responsible

Precise

Punctual

Concerned w/ detail

Follow through

Weighs actions

Patient

Steady

Dutiful

Decisive

Weaknesses

May decide too quickly

Doesn't like change

Needs perfection

Might only care about grades

Over think negative

might not appreciate a good grades

Green
Strengths

Fair
Idea makers
See the whole picture
Makes decisions objectively
Very smart
Pioneers
Principled
Gets message out

Weaknesses

Become bored
Move on too quickly
May be skeptical
Don't state the obvious
Assumes everyone understands
May be too focused

Red
Strengths

Diplomatic
Negotiator
Expedient
Flexible
Practical
Self confident
Realistic
Open minded
Enthusiastic

Weaknesses

Might not keep promises
Tests rules
Unpredictable
May be intimidating

What be ye?

P.S. - It took me FOREVER to get this all right. This is not the best program for organizing information. So you better like it.

Wait! Stop!

2007-10-05T19:22:00.000-07:00

I DON'T LIKE HOT DOGS! Just so everyone knows. Unless I'm starving at a Jubilee rehearsal, I will not eat a hot dog. Don't give me a hot dog (or a veggie dog.... hot veggie?) I will NOT eat it.
I also do not like pickles.* Don't give me a pickle for Christmas.**
If anything else comes up then I'll have to make a list of everything I don't like. I don't want to do that. It would be a very long list.
So people, please, use your better judgement.

*I had a slight over usage of the word pickle.
** People, being confused by my love of the WORD pickle, thought I loved pickles. Thinking I would like a pickle for Christmas. For their sake, it's a good thing they didn't do it.

Newsies

2007-10-03T06:48:00.001-07:00

If the earth was square you wouldn't fall off the edge. Think of THAT! Can you study for math? I don' t think so. I mean, you can, but who would? And where is my hot dog?! (Two different links. One on hot, one on dog.)
But here are some of my Newsies (Santa Fe!)
-Breaking news-
The Derby household has just acquired a new computer game. What game? This game, Settlers 6. It's pretty painful, but also extremely delightful. Does that make sense? I THINK NOT!
I need glasses. I will look awfully awful wearing them. The bad news is, contacts are against of my religion. So there.
This is a strange "thing" isn't it? A tad odd. ;)
-Sad news-
This happened a while ago, but our Chinese food place burned down. I KNOW! What shall we do?!?!
-Happy news-
Birthday!!!! In... (Doing the math, it's gonna take a while) 78 days?
Mathematical error!
It's 82 days until Christmas.

Note to self

2007-09-28T06:57:00.001-07:00

Just in case nobody new, it's REALLY gross when people blow their nose at the table. Specifically while people are eating. This has now happened to me WAY too many times. It must end now! I would prefer it if nobody ever blew their nose, but then I think of the effect of that.... yuck.

-Rolls eyes-

2007-09-27T15:43:00.000-07:00

There seems to be some suspicions about what the "health thing" is about. It's about colored personalities. Once I get all the information then I'll share it all with you. It's all very interesting. It's not gross....
-.-

Bean the Fly Slayer

2007-09-27T13:21:00.000-07:00

That's me! I wasn't going to post because I was waiting for something, but I decided to post anyway. That doesn't make much sense. We're learning something in health, and I want to post about it, but I don't have enough information about it. There, that's better.
I HATE DBQs and Thematic essays. They are the two worst things ever. I think I have to do one by Tuesday. Hmm. I should find out.
Good news! James posted!
And I'll give you a preview of what the Health thing is about. Some people might be able to tell what I'm talking about. I am blue and yellow.

News

2007-09-24T11:27:00.001-07:00

So I was reading Sis. P-kins blog. Specifically a post about James. Reading, reading, reading, STOP! Utter-shock. James and I... have the same nickname: Bean. Holy cow! Totally excited. -High five- James and I are too cool for school! WE WIN!

Oh look!

2007-09-22T19:18:00.000-07:00

I now remember that I wanted to put some of my poems on the blog.
I wrote this poem last year. We were given a plethora of objects, and had to choose one to write a poem about. I chose the lemon.

Is it magic,

how you turn something so sour,

into something oh so sweet?

To turn a little lemon,

into a delightful treat?

To take a bunch of lemons,

and turn it to lemonade?

This magic is so wonderful,

we should throw a big parade.

The people who work this magic,

should win a Nobel prize.

Because these things we eat so much,

are really lemons in disguise!

Hmm. I've written better. Like this one! I wrote this one right before I went to girls camp.

I don't like long trips, I don't like them one bit.
That's just too long, for having to rest and sit.
I get a little car sick, and a bit anxious too.
These long car trips are hard to get through.
So for this whole thing, you're gonna have to wish me good luck.
For I have a feeling I'm going to up-chuck.
Don't get me wrong, this is all very fun.
But I'll be glad, when this is all said and done.
I'll be back on Saturday, too tired to stand.
My hair all messed up, and a bag in my hand.
I'll go straight to bed, never wishing to wake.
I won't even wake up, if there is an earthquake.
I have to get going now, away to my death.
I can't think of a next line that goes with death.

Ha ha ha.

Victory is truly half mine!

2007-09-22T07:35:00.000-07:00

For a while there has been a contest on another blog. This was the contest: http://thederbyrose.blogspot.com/2007/09/i-need-some-creative-help.html. My entry was "Angel wings and little things" So here are the results: http://thederbyrose.blogspot.com/2007/09/and-winner-is.html. Of course, only half of my entry won. But that's good enough for me!

Prepare yourself

2007-09-21T19:50:00.000-07:00

Exactaly 3 months until my birthday. Get ready!

Victory?

2007-09-21T07:05:00.000-07:00

I killed it!!! I win! What I did was I trapped it in the bathroom. Then I stepped on it. To tell you the truth, I felt a tad remorseful about it. I'll spare you the details of what actually happened, but it was kinda evil. I don't miss it, but I still feel bad. :'(
We had good times together.

Evil beings

2007-09-20T18:19:00.001-07:00

We have a super fly. Seriously, every time it gets near me I stop everything I'm doing to try and kill it. I could have sworn that flies only live for 24 hours. That might be true for most flies, but not this one. Ergo SUPER fly. I'm thinking of ways to kill the fly when in the car today I remember Sis M-tez's technique... vacuuming them. I know, I'm as shocked as you are. I would love to vacuum this evil fly, but there are three reasons why I shouldn't do this. One: Our vacuum is way too bulky to run around the house with. Two: I would probably break everything in the house trying to catch the fly. Three: I would act like a total fanatic and people at the bus stop would question my sanity.
So you see my problem. What I really want is for the fly to drop dead. But I think that's out of the question.

Disney Laughs

2007-09-19T15:45:00.000-07:00

Fake laughter hurts!

If you know anybody who has been suffering from Disney Laughter Disorder (DLD) please contact this number: (123)-456-7890. Someone you may know might be diagnosed with Dumb Show That Was Never Funny Disease (DSTWNFD).

This is something serious and should not be handled lightly.

(Fake number... Don't call.)

I only know of two...

2007-09-19T12:30:00.000-07:00

I too like the smell of skunk, it relaxes me. Okay, so maybe not the first whiff. But with the second intake of breath, I get very calmed. I only know of one other person who shares my admiring of this smell.
I don't know if that's how the other few people view it, but I like it.
So hooray for skunks and their self defensive smelliness!

Welcome Home

2007-09-17T17:01:00.001-07:00

Hey everyone! Look, tis a blog! This is nifty. WHAT am I going to do with this whole thing?! This will be great when I have nothing to do with a free period. Awesome. I would be more excited, but I'm pretty tired. And I actually have a lot to do. Hmm. I should probably get to work on that. Like my flowers?