YAYY!!!

I finished my first ever "official" NaNoWriMo! Of course, it wasn't the full thing (It was 10K, one-fifth of the full thing)....but still....I'm really really proud of it...and pumped to go again in April...yeah, probably not before then.

Christmas music

Now, don't get me wrong. I've started listening to Christmas music ever since the middle of October...but this morning, I legitly heard Christmas music on the radio. I'm in heaven.

My (nonserious) thoughts.....about Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving is a season of gratitude
It's also more than that
It's a season of messed up routines
Of stomach flu
Of so much sleep
Of turkey
And of oversized idiots tackling each other
Why can't they each get their own ball?

Thanksgiving is an awkward holiday
Stuck between the start of school and Christmas
Gives people a false happiness of a break
But pulls away, with a teasing tone
"Too bad, you still have three more weeks before break!"
It symbolizes the start of Christmas
Goodbye turkey, hello Santa

Black Friday is also odd
People trying to get best deals
Buying things that will be useless in two months
A day to be greedy
And to get more things
After the day of being thankful for what you have

In all, Thanksgiving is a nice holiday
But it's also an odd holiday
It's a trailer for Christmas
An excuse for overeating
And for overspending
Goodbye Thanksgiving
Come back and be awkward again next year.

From the Archives of Happy Little Thoughts: Black Friday

I've come across some wonderful Black Friday quotes. Here are a few that I'd like to share with you-

• Black Friday is the day where people trample others for sales exactly one day after being thankful for what they already have.
• Black Friday is made so that the people who spilled food on their clothes during Thanksgiving dinner will have a chance to buy more. 
• YEAH!! My medical bills for Black Friday were more than what I saved during Black Friday!!

and my favorite-

• Black Friday should be called the Hunger Games. People kill each other and the winner gets a $20 Crock-Pot.

Annual Science Olympiad moaning and groaning

Well...it's actually pretty late for a SciOly "what are you doing to me" post....but I have yet to make one for this year, so here goes!

This year, I have Chem Lab, Cell Bio, and Fossils Experimental Design. WHAT?! Mr. C what did you do to me?! You kicked me off fossils?!?!
IMSOMADIMSOMADICANTEVEN ITS NOT FUNNY IKNOWITISBUTDONTLAUGH

You had me help with the fossils binder last year with the promise that I could do it THIS year because you had people who could do it last year....WHY?! NUUUUUU It's always nice to know I wasted like 20 hours of my life...UGH.

Also...so Mr. C decided that apparently I'm really really good at lab events/study lab events...my third year of SciOly, because (probably) of my single digit placing last year at nats...seriously? After 2 years of building..you decide that I'm good at study stuff. Thanks. I know I can't blame you..how could you have known, but...hhrmph.

I don't even KNOW my partners for Cell Bio and Chem Lab! I haven't even talked to them, ever, for goodness' sake. And what? They can't study until January? WHAT?!

Every year, I'm always SO mad about my events...but slowly grow to love them as the year wears on.


<OOH, I know what I can do! I can revisit last year's post and see what the difference is between then and now!>
*copies and pastes*
I have CJAP, Bottle Rockets, and Air Trajectory.

The one and only one I want to do is not one of them. :I I seriously JOINED Science Olympiad this year for that event!!! Mmm...well it's kinda the same way with this year. I survived last year, so I'll probably also survive this year.

Steaming at my coach. CJAP's alright I guess. It certainly was! I loved every moment of it. I told him I didn't want to do building unless no one else wanted to do it. Apparently no one else did, and he stuck me with 2. :/ My little brother's stuck with 3 building events. How my brother gets to have more events then I do is something I don't get. :/ The building event count for our family is 5. O_O Only the rule is that it's at least one per family. Gaah. Why doesn't he just give us like 2, one per kid? I ended up LOVING bottle rockets (and failing miserably at nationals...seriously, our state time would have gotten us in the top 10..but we got worse than 30th!)....and also loving Air T...but also being really really frustrated at the end.

This was just an extremely long post/rant about Science Olympiad and my coach in particular. :/ I don't blame ya'.

Note to Mr. C., if you ever read this- I am not ranting AT you, I'm just ranting because I want to. :D

Also, on a sidenote, I have a long short story due in <24 hours, and I haven't started it yet. That's submitted. I got a good grade. I remember.
On a sidenote on a sidenote, I have a hole in my mouth. That's healed.


The moral of the story is- Don't mess with me right now. I think you can now. 

The innocence of youth

Whilst at piano teacher's house, dialogue between me and piano teacher's daughter, age 2.

Me: *uses eraser*

Her: *picks up eraser* What's this?

Me; That's an eraser. You can use it to take off pencil on paper.

Her: How?

Me: *Draws a line on the piece of paper then erases it*

Her: *eyes widen* ooh....how?!

Me: You want to try? *draws several lines on paper and offers it to her*

Her: Yes! *takes paper and eraser and runs away* *comes back 5 minutes later with erased (used lightly) paper*

Ahh...the innocence of not knowing what an eraser is...I with I could be like that.

AAUGH #3

Oh, hello, Wordpress. I refreshed the page and what did you do to me? I'm so lost I'm so lost I'm so lost... I hate random site updates....AAUGH!

Just got 2048!!!

After a 2 year long struggle....

2048, at long last

Funny Things Kids Say #1

Heard this little 3/4 year old say-
"I like to eat a lot- my middle name is FOOD"


Wow...some parents have brainwashed their kid. Eesh.

My History notes

just pulled a disappearing act. What to do?

So sweet

Whilst camping, I was curled up in a folding chair (y'know, the camping type ones) trying to stay warm. A guy saw me and went to his car, got out a blanket, and put it on me. Aww... :D

My attempts to take a tumblr-y looking tumblr photo

Hot drink ----> Cold drink

Much, much editing.

So frustrated with my sleep schedule

When I get up early, I'm too tired to get up, so I go back to bed then wake up too late (or so I feel) to be productive. I'm also too lazy to go to bed early.....ugg help here please?

Got stabbed by my biology teacher today in class

....don't worry, it was just a blood-type test. It hurt still though.

Bassoon Reeds

Moldy reed v.s. New reed, which tastes terrible

Hmm...which of these is the lesser of two evils?

Hitting one's funny bone

My funny bone hurts, and water is wet.

Apples!!

So many apples.
Mama likes buying apples.
Picked 9 pounds
Bought 12 pounds
Then bought 46 more pounds
Equals lots of apples.
Apple pie time.
Many, many, apples.

The hairbands on my wrist match the season

I swear, it was a total accident. I think it's making me look more organized than I actually am. Who actually matches their hairbands to the season? I don't even match my hairbands to my outfits.

Today I learned #3

Never teach boys to shoot balls.

It's finally cold enough

to eat ice cream slowly, savoring the taste, without worrying that it's going to melt and get all over. Life is good.

Today I learned #2

Video calls are great motivators for one to clean one's room.