WTF, mates?

155. I completed 7 online health assignments in a day.

This kind of seems like a lot, but it really isn't, especially since they all still need to be graded, as well as some assignments I did earlier this week. Hopefully that will boost my percentage, and get me closer to 70. I'll probably end up doing like 10 assignments tomorrow night, and try to just finish it all up. I'll be happy when I'm completely done with all of this.

Smoke and Mirrors

154. I played "The Wikipedia Game"

Molly and I were bored in the Mac Lab, adn she said we should play the Wikipedia Game, which I'd never played before. So what you do is go to Wikipedia, select a word, or thing, I suppose, and then go to a random article, and see who can get to the page with the word on it first without typing anything. So, you can only use the links on the pages. I had a hard time, I lost both times we played. The words were Spinach and Manatee. I'm not entirely convinced that Molly didn't just make up that game. We'll see.

Gestalt Theory

Totally out of the blue:

153. Mar. 23: I looked up on Wikipedia, the Hatfield-McCoy fued.

I've never ever known what this is, and nevertheless have used it as a reference point on many occasions. The article happened to be very dry, so I don't feel completely enriched on the subject, but apparently, one of their earliest fueds was over the ownership of a hog, or something of that sort. They later got into many more arguments, involving inter-clan partner stealing, I think. Honestly, I didn't set out to be an expert. And obviously, that didn't happen. I can't even say whether those "facts" up there are correct. I wouldn't suggest you quote me on them-- but I can't stop you from turning this blog into a "learning moment."

The Castle

152. Mar. 22: I payed full price for something at J. Crew.

Love the crew though I certainly do, I do not pay for things full price at what they charge. Heavens, I would depress myself. So, this means I never really get to get things I really like, and it's one of those admire from afar sort of things. So, when I got $65 worth of giftcards towards there for Christmas, I got really excited. But, until now, I hadn't used them. I got a t-shirt, which you can get a lot of mileage out of, and i most certainly can. I would post a picture, but I can't find it on the website. It's white with a gold fish. I reminded me of something you could buy at the lodge at Crow Wing, if J. Crew where making their t-shirts.

The One With All the Other Ones

I'm not really into blogging/doing new things this week. Can you tell?

151. Mar. 21: I went to a state high school basketball game where my team won.

Yeah, we could talk about technicalities, but I was super excited about this. I didn't go to the game two year ago, where the beloved tigers lost to Central, and last year I went and cheered my heart out, but we lost, but this year we won, and I was so happy! Obviously, it's a thing about school pride, and the games are pretty fun, I have to admit. I just wish I would have gone to one during the regular season. Whiiich, totally could have been my new thing one day, but it's too late for that now. So, I'm very proud of the lady tigers. That team is the highlight of our whole school, I assure you.

All's Well That Ends Well

150. Mar. 20: I saw Much Ado About Nothing.

I had a really hard time understanding what was going on at first, because I didn't even know what it was about, and there was somesort of puppet motif in the beginning that I didn't quite understand. And a certain lesser plotline was completely lost on me, because someone who I affectionately refer to as "the crazy kid" (he really is) doesn't know how to speak normally. Like either really loud, shouting, fast, or quiet and fast, or just really messed up. So, I wouldn't say that it was my favorite Shakespeare, but it was pretty good. I probably enjoyed it more because of the people who were the principle actors.

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

This one is kind of weird, but I happened to do it, and it happened to be new:

149. Mar. 19: I peeled and sliced an avocado.

Messiest thing ever. I love avocados, but I think I would prefer to have someone else cut them for me. It would yield better results.

Wave your hands, stomp your feet, South High Tigers can't be beat

Proof that I am not meant to be a caregiver. The flower fell off my plant.

Paul's Case

148. I called 867-5309.

I had the intention of asking for Jenny, but I was greeted by a recording from Jenny herself, and it was really a cheap ruse of an advertisement for Benjamin Franklin Plumbing, or something of the sort. So, alas, I didn't get to make the oldest prank phone call in the book, but I did try. I'm one phone call wiser.

Love is an exploding cigar we willingly smoke

I don't have a whole lot of amazingness to show for myself.

147. Mar. 17: I watched The Real Housewives of New York City on the night it airs.

As in, I've never watched an episode before the night it premieres, only in re-runs. Real Housewives of NYC is my guilty pleasure that I actually don't feel guilty in the slightest for liking. It's not like Housewives of OC or Atlanta. They're really trashy. New York is actually a lot classier. I mean come on, half the season takes place in the Hamptons. I don't mind most of the women on it, either. Except for LuAnn, she is the greatest charlatan to ever walk this earth. But the point is, I don't feel lame for liking it.


This might interest a small crowd. I found it while I was feeling homesick for Crow Wing this afternoon. Beth Gauper wrote it, so obviously it's from the first hand perspective. This warm weather is about the time every year I start to get really antsy..

Zephyr

I was seriously racking my brain for a creative one today, but I just wasn't coming up with any. I know this wasn't really a serious suggestion, but:

146. I created an Amazon wish list.

And they have my blog's interest in mind, too-- they made sure to let me know it was my FIRST Amazon wish list. So far, I added a Billy Joel t-shirt, and season four of Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman. I plan to add much, much more.

Fred Jones, pt. 2

145. I planted some little kitchen herbs.

I was at Ikea today with Lizzie and we went to the "Green Room" at my insistence, and I saw little kitchen herb kits, and I've always wanted to do that, so I thought why not? I got Basil, because it's the best thing in the world, and I planted it earlier this evening.

So, I look forward to having some fresh basil in the next 10-12 weeks. That should be enough time to enjoy it, right? I suggest that everyone does this, there's nothing wrong with fresh kitchen herbs. The little plastic kit is only $3.99.


So, as I mentioned I went to Ikea today with Lizzie, and then we decided to go to Target as well, and I did a little looking around, and found a swimsuit that I'll probably get for this year, even though I still have two perfectly good ones from last year still. I don't mind having a lot of variety. It's probably making up for the lack of variety of swim suits in my "youth". Then I looked arond the movie section and made a mental note of all the movies I want to buy. It's a lot.
Then Caroline and I went on a walk after dinner to Washburn Water Tower. We discovered it about a year and a half ago, and now we like to go there from time to time. Meaning, not really enough. It's a nice little walk. It was a good cardio work-out, because it's so hill-y and tangletown-y. Eugh, tangletown..

So, it was a quaint little day, I suppose. Very nice weather, and it's suppose to be 60 tomorrow! Holla. That should be awesome. I'm super excited for this weather. If I hadn't already been listening to Billy Joel, I would totally start now, because warm weather is my Billy Joel cue. It reminds me of the cabin, and gets me all jazzed.

Philadelphia Blades

144. I drank Green Tea.

It was okay, I'm not usually a huge fan of tea. It tasted a lot like straight up Earl Grey. It made me feel kind of sick afterwards, too.


I'm not tired at all right now. Usually after SNL I don't have a huge problem getting to sleep, but I slept till 1 today, so it's gonna be awhile. There's nothing worse than being bored and wide awake.

The Creative Habit

143. I hula hooped for an hour straight.

But it's not just the average hula hoops, it's an excercise one. It's super heavy duty. And it hurts a lot, if you're not used to it. I hadn't used it in like 6 months, so it was awful at first. And then it was fine, but then it hurt, because my skin was dry. I suggest if someone else ever does this make sure you watch something entertaining. I threw on a little season 2 of 21 Jumpstreet. Oh, Officer Tom Hanson...What an ace. Anyways, my skin hurt like mad afterwards, like I'd just been sunburn, and it felt super weird to walk. I'm gonna feel super bruised tomorrow. But it's good excercise. It's actually kind of fun, just not if you do it for an hour. I'll stick to 30 minutes at a time.

On another note, I'm still going strong on giving up pop for lent. I don't know if I've ever made it this far on pop. Last year with Diet Coke and Lays Chips wasn't too bad, but all pop was murder for the first couple of days. I was really tired, and thirsty. But I'm actually enjoying not drinking pop now. But practically every night this week I've had a dream where I'm drinking pop and I start freaking out. Like I have this half drunk can in my hand and I think "how I do I keep letting this happen?"

Also speaking of dreams, I had a dream a few nights ago that I was hanging out with Billy Joel, but it was circa Piano Man, and we dueted on "A Whole New World" because he didn't have anyone for the ladie's part. It was pretty awesome.

It could be worse, I could be alone

142. I recycled with NHS.

Even if you're not in NHS, you can recycle with them, and I kind of always wanted to, because I like recycling, and you get out of class, and I don't what it is, the recyclers always seemed cool for some reason. But it's hard, and the bin is really creaky, and you have to sort out all of the trash that might be in there, and you can't put the newspapers in there, because those get picked up separately, and it's just like distributing for newspaper, if you're not organized, you don't know where anyone has been. So, I don't think I will be doing it again unless they really need people, but now I know, right?

Treasure Mathstorm!

Things I learned this week:
1. Having a dark backround on any website (blog!) that you may have is more eco-friendly because it requires less energy to project. In fact googling twice requires as much energy as it does to heat a cup of tea. I learned that from Seventeen magazine.

So, I guess that should be "thing" I learned this week.

I feel like people are losing interest in this blog. Fast. Besides the obvious 1.) Update more frequently (I'm trying this week, I really am) and 2.) Do cooler stuff (I don't feel like I have to explain myself on this one) what can I do to generate more interest within my, what I'm sure are few, blog followers. I lack creativity for things such as these.

You give your ode to the fall through

141. I ushered at church

I never knew how, and always thought it looked really confusing, so I never really wanted to do it. But, I guess it's pretty easy, so I won't be "scared" to do it anymore. Good for me.

So we stand upon the ledges of our lives with our respective similarities

140. Mar. 10: I mended something.

Specifically: My Dark Knight blanket. There's this piece that's been hanging off and bugging me to no end, so I decided to suck it up and do something about it.

Before

After

I'm still looking for my hidden talents. Sewing? Not one of them.

I Promise to Love You

139. I clipped coupons.

Pretty self explanatory. My mother, sister and I were going out to buy Caroline some groceries, and I wanted to clip coupons since I'd never done it before, and we saved like 10 bucks because of them. Pretty useful, but I don't think I have to tell anyone that twice.

2001: A Space Odyssey

138. I learned the Greek Alphabet.

Alpha Beta Gamma Delta Epsilon Zeta Eta Theta Iota Kappa Lambda Mu Nu Xi Omicron Pi Rho Sigma Tau Upsilon Phi Chi Psi Omega

Thats not to say that I didn't just copy that down from somewhere, but I did write it from memory, I swear. I recited it to my mother right after I learned it, so she will attest.

It's probably very useful to know the greek alphabet, so I hope I don't forget it at all. I'll have to keep practicing.

Get behind me, Satan!

137. Mar. 7: I watched Raging Bull.

It has always seemed like this great piece of film that I had never seen, but must, because it's one of the greats. And it was great, but not amazing. It was really well directed (though, not as good as Goodfellas) and Robert DeNiro was very good. But not very attractive when he gained 60 pounds. Now, I need to watch Taxi Driver, and I'll be able to tide myself over.


This past week, I've been so obsessed with Indiana Jones, it's crazy. It always seems to come in phases with those movies. It all started when we were talking about optical ilusions in Psychology, and whenever anybody talks about optical illusions, I think about the part near the end of The Last Crusade when Indy has to take the "leap of faith", and then the stone walkway appears beneath his feet, as sort of an optical illusion. Yeah, well so, I've been watching Last Crusade a lot, but I keep falling asleep, but then I was babysitting Sig and Stellan on thursday night, and they wanted to watch it! I didn't even influence them. I'm getting pretty good at getting them to share my tastes. Although, I need'nt be reminded 100 times that "oh yeah, that guy melts at the end, yeah he's the bad guy." Got it. But then I watched Raiders of the Lost Ark yesterday, and then Temple of Doom while I was cleaning my room.

But, as I expected to happen, I'm also really obsessed with Billy Joel, and Movin' Out. I've been trying to perfect Scenes from an Italian Restaurant on the piano like a madman, and I can't stop thinking of how amazing the dancing was in the show. I just think people who aren't fans of Billy Joel are crazy. But I respect their choice...I suppose..

Plan 9 From Outer Space

136. Mar. 6: I saw Movin' Out.

I was so incredibly excited when I heard it was coming to town, you don't even know. I love love love Billy Joel, and I have the Movin' Out piano book, and I've wanted to see it for years. It was so great. It was like a Rock Opera. Think Mamma Mia, but without dialogue. The dancing was really great, and who doesn't just want to listen to Billy Joel songs for like 2 hours? The guy doing Eddie was so incredible, if I were a guy, I would want to dance just like that. Or at all, since I'm not a dancer. As I've said before, I wish I were a dancer, but I'm pretty clumsy. Plus, a lot of their bodies are really stupid looking. I do not want to be skin and bones, or super muscular. Grody. So, I'm going to try and make a point of seeing it again any chance I get. I would reccomend it to any Billy Joel fans. Or anyone, I suppose, but I guess it probably sweetens the deal if you're a fan of Billy Joel.


I also went to Jane's birthday party yesterday, which was fun, but me and Lizzie were 3 hours late, so we didn't get to do paint a plate. The reason we were 3 hours late was because I was going to get a ride with Lizzie, but she was going to go at like 3:30, because she had to work. But then we didn't get to leave until about 4, and the paint a plate place was on Grand Ave., and neither us of knew how to get ther from Turtle, let alone to St. Paul. So, we went all around trying to find Grand, and we eventually found it, but prett much everyone else was done. I'm not blaming Lizzie at all, because neither of us had any idea where we were going, but I was sad that we had to miss some of the party. But then we ate Davanni's, and she opened presents, and we played Tabboo, but then I got picked up to see Movin' Out.

Somewhere in the world right now, it's breakfast time

135. Mar. 5: I watched a video or Ms. Matera doing a quiz bowl type of thing in High School that was broadcasted on T.V. in Kentucky.

So, that seems a little long winded, but all of us on the editorial staff love it when Ms. Matera shows us anything from her personal life, so we absolutely loved it when she brought in a DVD of a quiz bowl type of show she did in high school. She had long hair, and her southern accent was much thicker. It was hilarious. Although, it distracted us from working on the paper...

Oh! Sweet Nuthin'

134. Mar. 4: I woke myself up and went to school on the bus.

Dudesie went to New York that morning, and Mother didn't want to have to wake me up or drive me to school because she had to take him to the airport. If anyone knows me, I cannot wake up. Ever. Especially in time to make the bus. I got there in ample time. I was waiting by the bus stop for about 10 minutes, because I forgot what time it came, and I didn't want to miss it. So, I had to sacrifice breakfast for that one. But in the end, I was very proud of myself.

Foshay Mansion

133. Mar. 3: I ate lunch at the MIA.

I've always wanted to, but I'm often there on field trips, and I don't get chance. It just seems so quaint to eat lunch at a museum. It reminds me of when I was at the Louvre and I got food at one of the cafes there. But anyways, the MIA has D'Amico food which is awesome, so I got a sandwich and San Pelligrino Lemonade. It's one of life's simplest pleasures to feel a little fancy.

Philip Zimbardo

132. Mar. 2: I watched two John Woo films in one day.

We had just started our John Woo unit in Film Studies and we started The Killer, and then when I got home later, I was watching Bravo, and Windtalkers was on, which is also John Woo, so I was like whoa, I should totally watch this. I don't like Windtalkers as much as The Killer. He is much better with his Hong Kong cinema for sure. You can get away with a certain level of cheesiness, that you can't get away with in Hollywood.

Fair enough

131. Mar. 1: I saw a Dudesie original play performed at a different location than DLLC.

Kyrstin Gustafson's church in Forest Lake was doing a production of Elijah and the Prophets. It was pretty dece I suppose, it was only their first time ever doing a play there. They definitely seemed more prepared than we usually are....

My pointless point of view

130. Feb. 28: I waited tables with my good buddy Stellan.

It could have been a disaster, but he was very well behaved. I kind of immediately regretted choosing Stellan because of that, but it wasn't too bad.

Impression, Sunrise

129. Feb. 27: I was a senior in the Church musical.

Emily had suggested this one awhile back, and I decided to use it, because I didn't really get a chance to do anything else new that day.

201 Russian Verbs

Wow, I'm sorry. This is getting bad. I'm sure other people can relate, some times you just get burned out on blogging. It's hard to do it everyday!

128. Feb. 26: I got the highest score in the class on a test.

Alright...granted it was my Psychology class which has, count 'em, 5 people, but it totally still counts. I'm a little awesome at that class, I must say.

Close Encounters of the Third Kind

127. Feb. 25: I took medicine at school.

I was in really bad shape, Mari supplied the medicine. I've never been the type of person to carry medicine with me everywhere, especially not school. I should probably change that.

This marks my first day of giving up pop for lent.