Staying up till 2:30 to finish book = baaaad

Don't look back

Reading a book that is all in present tense is strange. No past tense at all. Everything moves forwards. "He ran down the hall" doesn't exist, "He is running down the hall" replaces it. It's strange. Usually books have past tense in them. But not the one I just . . . see? How do I say that without past tense? I don't know. It's strange, always looking forward, never looking back.

20 minute poem

I wander the silent house at night
my feet cold upon the floor
the darkness presses against my sight
I come to an old wood door

What secrets do you hold?
do I really want to know?
will I really be so bold?
yes, I will, please do show

I wander the silent house at night
the only door my imagination
against desire will I fight?
no, I yield to temptation

I open the door

I step forth

To a new world

A friend did a sketch of me. I like it.

I wanna slackline

Presidential Lunch

The chairs that the selected guests of the Inaugural luncheon look really uncomfortable.

But apple spongecake sounds really tasty!

Isn't it rather uncomfortable to be watched by the media while you're trying to eat lunch?

(couple minutes later)

Well the news guys just said that they were asked to turn off their cameras during the lunch. He was like, "of course they have the right to a private lunch." But he didn't sound happy about it.

It's me :)

I was looking around at the Circus Juventas website for pictures for my other blog when I can across some old pictures of myself. It was pretty amusing. I can't post em, cause it's on a site where you have to buy the pictures. But here's the link. In case you couldn't tell, I'm jumping rope :)

Taiko Ninja

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It's my gmail theme.

Flying cars!

Cars can fly!!!! At least this one can. Not totally unassisted, because it still needs a sort of wing attachment, but it gets off the ground.

(Image from CNN)

Not sure I would call this a real flying car, but it's a step closer than anything I've seen before.

It's COLD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sleep Deprivation

The Knight and Rogue novels by Hilari Bell are very, very good. They are also responsible for me staying up till 2:30 two nights in a row, but I consider the lost sleep well worth it. Well, now I do. When I just woke up I wasn't so sure. But seriously, those books are definitely worth the time.

Weekends

Whoever decided on the weekends? Why is it Saturday and Sunday? I get wanting to take a break, but who got to pick?

Pop, soda, coke, tonic, fizzing-carbonated-stuff-that's-bad-for-teeth

I was researching umbrellas (long story) when I came upon the word "colloquially". I googled it and got to the wikipedia page about colloquialism. There I found this really interesting picture.
It shows where people tend to refer to soft drinks as pop, soda, or whatever.

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Math at MacPhail

Every Thursday I do math from the MacPhail Center for Music. It's interesting to work on math problems and listen to trumpets warming up in the background. Currently, I'm listening to a piano player practicing the Suzuki song "Lightly Row".

(That was a while ago. Because MacPhail is a school, they've got some sort of filter on their wireless so I couldn't post while I was there. Now I'm home, it's late, I just fenced my first high school meet, and my knee hurts)

Tree Octopi!!

Don't actually exist. :( Wouldn't it be cool if there were octopi that could climb trees! However there is this really detailed HOAX site about the Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus. I was quite surprised. There was quite a lot of effort put into this site by the looks of it. I even thought it was true, until the bit about the main predator of the octopus is the Sasquatch.

Insanity

You really shouldn't take me seriously

My grip on sanity is labeled 'precariously'

I'm not referring to myself. It's just an interesting line Ruby thought up a while ago. Wouldn't it be interesting to make a poem based around it?

Hm. . .

Would you ever want to play football? Other members of my family have, but I don't think I would like to try.

Nicolas Apple

Did you know that with refrigeration Fuji apples can last 5 to 6 months?? That's sort of scary. I mean, how did they breed those things to last so long? I really like Fuji apples though. They're most tasty.

O_o

Bananagrams is a spelling exercise mixed with a puzzle, disguised as a game.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!