One Year

Well, folks.

It's been one year

The anniversary slipped by without my notice

I've been slacking on posting

I still enjoy this blog

But it may not continue for longer

I don't know

I like twitter better

We shall see.

Things I learned from decorating Easter eggs.

Don't wipe your white-paint laden hands on black yoga pants. Bad idea.

Color code. Pink+green+yellow+gold+bronze+white+black+brown don't go together.

Painting with a toothpick is much easier and much more tedious than it sounds.

Blowing eggs takes the orbicularis oris muscle (aka mouth) of trumpet players, not flute/bassoon players...it's legitly hard work. 

Drawing on round stuff is hard. 

Don't use different colored Sharpies and expect the colors to be the same.
Taking pictures for a DIY blogpost on spring-y colored wrapping paper is BOMB. Example, since the post won't be up for another year-

Like, WOAH I'm tumblr now.

This day only happens once every 4 years

Happy Leap Day.

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. 

From the Archives of Happy Little Thoughts- Gaah my event preferences for this year are out. (and many sidenotes)

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!!!

Steaming at my coach. CJAP's alright I guess. 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?

This was just an extremely long post/rant about Science Olympiad and my coach in particular. :/

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.
On a sidenote on a sidenote, I have a hole in my mouth.


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

This was last year (2014/15)'s. Stay tuned for this year's.