Questions from Katie!

Because I'm at a loss as to what to write, I'll be answering random questions from Katie.

Q:What all did you eat today?

A:Haha, this may be embarrassing. I nibbled on food all day today. It involved some granola bars, a petit four, cottage cheese and mandarin oranges, peanut M&Ms, ham, and a popsicle. There may or may not have been some more in there. Heh.

Q: What do you think of when I say "Marshmallow"?

A: I think of this time when I roasted marshmallows as a kid. We were out in the woods around our house, and we had built up a fire. I think one got dropped on the ground, and our dog Bruno ate it. It got stuck on his nose, and he spent a long time afterwards trying to lick it off.

Q: What is your favorite frozen yogurt topping?

A: Kiwi! I don't know why, but I just love kiwi on top of vanilla frozen yogurt.

Q: Would you rather be burning up/almost dehydrated or FREEZING cold?

A: I would rather be burning up, I guess. Neither sounds very enjoyable, but when I get cold my feet go all numb and frostbitten looking.

Q: Explain the saying, "It's raining cats and dogs."

A: Well, you see, the explanation involves me making things up completely, since I have no idea what I'm talking about. A long time ago, there was a storm so bad that it swept away all of the animals in the world into a big tornado (which is a Spanish word, but the storm was before Spain). When the winds finally died down, all of the animals were deposited topsy-turvy on the villages, the rivers, and the hills. It was a great mess, but as they fell from the sky, the people shouted "It's raining cats and dogs!" THE END.

A Paper? For Math?

Yes, I'm writing a paper for math. I think it's part of a "writing across the curriculum" program that was instated at my school a few years ago. There really isn't writing all of the way across the curriculum like they had probably hoped, but all I know is that I have to write a math paper once a year. I don't really mind, but this year I got the most vague and general topic possible: math in space.

So I've been scrambling to find somewhere, anywhere to find info about this. I don't even know where to start. Even the internet seems to be at a loss when I make searches. I went to the library and picked up two books (The Facts on File Dictionary of Astronomy and The Universal History of Numbers). There's no way I would read either of those books on my own, and they certainly aren't light reading. They did look promising, so let's hope something useful is in them.

April Showers

Apparently a monster storm is heading this way. I don't really care much about it as long as I get out of school, but that's probably unlikely. I'm going to go ahead and cut this off here, before the power goes out.

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Three hours later...

My power knocked out the internet just as I was clicking publish. How's that for humor? All of the sudden the lights were flashing on and off, and hail was hitting the windows so hard we had to shout to hear each other. Let's try publishing this again.

Hello Again

I'm back for the second blog of the day. I spent most of today just relaxing after a long, stressful week.

I don't think I've announced it here on my blog, but I've finally picked which college I'm going to, and I have my housing lined up! After so many months of dragging my feet and deliberating (but mostly dragging my feet), I picked Auburn. It was a strange move for me, since I've pretty much rejected college football and large campuses all of my life. This should be an adventure.

I'm excited to start getting the stuff together for my dorm. I've always enjoyed planning how to decorate my room, and this is a chance to get a fresh start at that. My I've already purchased my comforter for my bed, and a lamp to match it.

Words are Curious Things

Hah. The blog everyday thing lasted... a day. Without Katie around to pester me, it's far too easy to forget. So instead, I'm rewording it to be "A Blog for Every Day in April". I can do that. So today, you get two blogs!

I'm growing a marigold in my windowsill. I've just decided to name it Gerald. His little cotyledons (thank you, science class) popped up out of the dirt last night.

But enough of that.

Blog Everyday in April...

... or something like that. Katie has convinced me to give it a shot, but I don't have nearly enough to say to do something every single day. This should be interesting.

So there's one other event in April: Script Frenzy. It's like National Novel Writing Month, except you have to write 100 pages of script in 30 days. It's not nearly as hard as writing a 50,000 word novel, and I found last year that it wasn't that great of a challenge. I probably won't be doing it this year, just because with graduation and such coming up there are more pressing things. Last year I finished it in... about a week? Mariah finished it in well under a week, so I don't think either of us are doing it again.

Yesterday I bought a new album, Barton Hollow by The Civil Wars. I've been listening to their music for a couple of years now, since I got one of their live albums for free. Most of their songs are duets, and I'm always fond of that kind of music.

Now, today was April Fools Day. April Fool's Day? I'm never sure if there is an apostrophe or not. There weren't nearly as many pranks as I had expected, but there were a few, including some cupcakes that weren't actually cupcakes (cold mashed potatoes and meatloaf in disguise), taped sink sprayers, and the like. This day isn't as epic as I remember it being, but then again, I've never been much for pranking.

2010 Movies in Summary

As a farewell to 2010, I'm going to list out every movie I saw in theaters and give each a quick review and rating. Ready? Go!

01/01/10: Avatar

While this movie has stunning graphics, the message in it reminds me too much of Fern Gully for me to enjoy it as much as everyone else seemed to. 2.5/5

01/16/10: The Princess and the Frog

It was nice to see a 2D film again, but this one was nothing special. 3/5

02/05/10: Dear John

I laughed my way through this movie. Unfortunately, I don't think that's what they had in mind when they made it. 1.5/5

04/02/10: How to Train Your Dragon

Love this movie. It's the best animated movie I've seen in a long time. The plotline of it reminded me a lot of the movies from my childhood in the 90s. 4/5

04/10/10: How to Train Your Dragon

What? I liked it that much and my family wanted to see it.

05/07/10: Iron Man 2

Not nearly as good as the first one. Still, it was better than a lot of other superhero movies out there. 3/5

06/25/10: Toy Story 3

This was such an incredibly sad movie. Pixar has always been a hit and miss thing for me, and sadly I didn't like this one as much as I had hoped to. 3/5

07/23/10: Inception

I love movies that make you think, and this is certainly one of those movies. This was my favorite movie that I saw this summer. 4/5

08/02/10: Despicable Me

A cute, if predictable movie. I try not to ask too much of my animated kid movies. 3/5

08/13/10: Inception

I can safely say that it was still confusing even after a second viewing. And now months later, I can say that it does make a little bit more sense after a third.

11/18/20: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Part 1)

That title is a mouthful. A faithful adaptation of the book, I think this was one of the better HP movies. 4/5

11/19/10: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Part 1)

It was watchable for a second time in 24 hours, which is more than I could say for The Half-Blood Prince.

11/25/10: Megamind

The realm of kid's animated movies seems over-saturated with superhero type movies, but this one wasn't too bad. 3/5

12/24/10: Tron: Legacy

A much better movie than I had expected. I wouldn't mind watching it again. 3.5/5