Friday, March 31, 2017

SOL31, Meh4

SOL31, Meh4

So, the challenge is done.
What did it gain us?
A peek into each others lives?
Losing about 20 hours of our lives?
When you think about it, we gain little.
So why do it?
Is it for the sense of completion?
Forming into a group of people?
Why?
So it is done.
Meh.
In the long term,
It is just meh.
I spent time I can never regain,
and I spent it for apparently no reason.
So why did I do it?
Maybe it was so I know that I did something other people didn't.
Maybe it is that I did it last year.
Maybe it is that my friends do it.
I do not know.
But I did it.
Meh.
Will anyone remember this after March?
Probably not.
But we did.
And we won.
So, congratulations to everyone that did it.
Meh.

Thursday, March 30, 2017

SOL30, Dog Sitting

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This week our family is watching over our neighbors dog, Casey. We already have one dog who is a mix-golden retriever, who is very energetic, even though she is old. Casey is a large burly white dog who is droopy and not very energetic. She likes to chew on toys, which our dog does not. They are just opposites, yet they like each other. As we live right next to a park,  it is goose season. This morning, a goose flew onto our roof, and both dogs went crazy. They were barking and pacing about, something that neither of them would normally do, but because there were two of them they did. Casey is one of those dogs who wants to see everyone in the house, all the time. Take this morning. I woke up to the sound of her avidly ramming against the door to my room, so I let her in and she instantly left.

At the beginning of our time dog-sitting her she was very relaxed because of separation anxiety. When we would come into our house, she would just look at us, lying on the floor, and she would wag her tail by avidly thwacking her tail into the floor behind her. She is now more comfortable, so now she runs over to us and wags her tail instead. It is cute. Sadly, she has to be returned to her owners on Saturday, sadness. Anyways, she is very cute, droopy, and old, so she is good.

Wednesday, March 29, 2017

SOL29, Musicals

SOL29, Musicals

Musicals are in my blood, I have grown up with them and my entire family loves them. Take today for example, I decided to watch The Sound of Music and Mary Poppins, two classics that I love. I have seen both of them many times, but enjoyed them this time again. I know all of the songs, as my family also does. Rodgers and Hammerstein musicals are pretty impressive, and are some of my favorites. Some of my fondest memories are of watching very old (1930-50) musicals with my grandmother, who also particularly enjoys them, specifically Oklahoma. Oklahoma is a very old, interesting musical that is very dark and weird. There are many happier musicals that I also enjoy, such as Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, another weird one. I have watched many musicals, but stick with the classics, such as the ones I saw today. Our family watches a wide variety of movies, though. Take right now. We are currently watching The Fifth Element, a confusing old science fiction movie about the end of the world. Just look it up. Anyways, our family enjoys an odd variety of things, especially musicals.
Looking at the days prompt, i guess this ends up sort of applying.

Tuesday, March 28, 2017

SOL28, Guinea Pig Reverse Haikus

SOL28, Guinea Pig Reverse Haikus

For those that do not know, I own two guinea pigs, Norman and Bamboo. They are cute, but needy and sometimes obnoxious, and yes, squeaky. Today, for example, they were very squeaky, loud, and kind of intrusive.

They sit, squeaking in their cage,
nothing I can do,
they will not accept any food.

I hold them for quite a while,
it is to no avail,
they squeak no matter my efforts.

Oh well, I have to give up,
they are there squeaking,
forevermore, for all time.

I just wish they would be quiet,
for they are guinea pigs,
and guinea pigs will always squeak.

Monday, March 27, 2017

SOL27, Another one

SOL27, Another One

Another one I say as I write,
trying to complete my march plight.
Any topic I could scheme,
from cars to whipped cream,
of writing on them I can only dream,
for my life is not that fascinating,
and writing I would be hating.
So, while this slice is like yesterdays
and it wont amaze,
because I am writing it in a hurried craze,
hopefully this last minute style post is just a phase.

Sunday, March 26, 2017

SOL26, Nothing

SOL26, Nothing
I have given up,
I really have no clue.
I have been slices for so long,
I h ave written quite a few.
Now, I have ran out,
and this slice will probably fail,
so this is what I have,
A poem to no avail.
So this is my slice for the day,
it is really sad.
But, at least it counts,
even though it is not very rad.
So this is it,
I have nothing planned,
so this slice will be quite short,
and it will have nothing grand.

Saturday, March 25, 2017

SOL25, Lonely Frankie

SOL25, Lonely Frankie

For those that do not know, Lonely Frankie is the single fish at the bottom of my blog. If you have not already, go down and pay him a visit. He really appreciates the love 💙. I took him under my fin this Wednesday. He used to be a homeless fish living in the reef, until I added him to my small family. 

Frankie’s old home was in the great barrier reef. Due to global warming and tourism his home was destroyed, and he soon realized that his coral home would never be the same. He joined a small group of fish migrating across the sea to America, a land supposedly filled with many fish and reef families. He swam up the Colorado River to Denver, but to no avail. All he found was a large amount of people and marijuana shops. He settled into his daily routine of sleeping through his depression, and at nights he would swim to different puddles in streets hoping to get run over.

He no longer found a reason to live, and he just wallowed in dank, murky puddles constantly filled with other fish, and he was not happy at all. He eventually swam up through the city and into more urban neighborhoods. Gladly, I found him once he got into one of the lakes in Wash Park, and I brought him to the empty tank at the bottom of my blog, where he now happily resides in its dark colors.

It has been several days since he has tried to be run over, and he is now happily living. He is a permanent part of the blog family of my home page, and is a guest in this post. Hopefully once he is rehabilitated he can be released back into his home, and I can find him a family.

Friday, March 24, 2017

SOL24, Finally

SOL24, Finally

Finally.
It is finally usable to me.
For those that do not know,
my computer was a hater.
I could not plug it in.
I then had to disassemble,
Remove the pieces,
And get the charger part.
Today it showed up.
My computer works!
(Somewhat)
It is not fully running yet,
but it is back!
No more computer jumping.
I can bring and work on one consistently.
I do not have to worry about being logged in!
I can have privacy!
Finally!

Thursday, March 23, 2017

SOL23, My Soul







Do you get it?







I do not have a soul, but I do have a dark mind that is scary at times. Therefore it is non-existant. Many can most likely relate. This is brief, but accurate, and a large portion of my non existant life.

Wednesday, March 22, 2017

SOL22, Meh3

SOL22, Meh3
Yes, this again.
Meh.
Complain all you want that I am not original.
All I will say to that is

Meh

It is a consistent mood, so why not slice on it consistently.
Yes, this post will probably be meh.
That is the intention, after all.
To be meh.
I am good at being meh at life.
It is just meh.
I do not have a decent idea,
so it will just be meh.
Today was just meh (so far).
It is meh.
My favorite emotion.
Meh.
So, this post will be meh.
And that is okay,
because meh.
I hope this made your day less meh.
Even though it in itself is very meh.
Oh well.
Meh.

Tuesday, March 21, 2017

SOL21, List

SOL21, List

0. I have never been to a different country or continent

1. This is the only time I will ever post a slice like this, most likely

2. This is my second year doing the slice challenge, and running a blog

3. I have been on 3 overnights in AS so far

4. I have four cousins, and one of them is older than my mom

5. I was five when I first started going to Logan

6. In six years I will be starting college

7. Seven years ago (very approximately) I finished reading my first full chapter book on my own

8. This is my eighth year going to Logan, ever since primary

9.I have majorly used 9 different tech devices (4 laptops, 2 stand computers, 1 phone, 2 tablets)

10. I will post this blog in approximately 10 seconds

Monday, March 20, 2017

SOL20, I Do Not Know of a Prompt

SOL20, I Do Not Know of a Prompt
I do not know,
I simply, really, do not,
I am out of prompts,
I certainly have blogged a lot.
But at this point, blogging has me swamped.
But I have tried so.

I am lost at this point,
as to what to write,
There are only so many a topic,
In which writing would not be blight,
And my blogs are now all myopic.
They are now all disjoint.

I no longer have anything to post,
Nothing more to discuss,
I have nothing more to say,
not to cause a fuss,
Or give up just past halfway,
I refuse to give up at "almost!"

Sunday, March 19, 2017

SOL19, Language Change

SOL19, Language Change
I am not against change. I may not like all change, but I am capable of reforming for change, and changing things like schedules. In this post, I will talk about one change that I am not okay with. At all. That change is the language program at school. This will not be the most interesting post, but whatever.

A few beginning points.
I am most likely not going to take languages next year. For those that do not know, the school is getting rid of the AS language teachers. Yes, all of the good ones. They are replacing them with a computer system of learning languages. I hold nothing against this language program they are just replacing several really good teachers with a program that I will not learn well from. It saddens me to see the school make as large of a mistake like this. It is a mistake because all of the people who have been with the language program who are seventh graders will not be taking a language for their final year, at least most of the people I have talked to.

Pros:
There is a larger variety of languages you can take.
It is personalized to each student.
You can take them from home and in school.
Eliminates "Zero Hour" school system
Do not need fluent teachers, just supervisors, although K-6th still needs fluent teachers
Costs a little bit less in the long run

Cons:
Computers can not fairly judge pronunciation or conversation. They can only judge grammar and a robot voice.
There are not any games or fun parts of the language program. It is just sitting at a computer.
The school is having to buy many new computers, and hire new staff members to teach language.
There will not be projects on culture and food.
There is no food or culture, so we will just know the language not the place and the world behind it.
It is not hands on, it is just a bunch of students sitting in a room and not interacting.
Overall, it is not as fun.
It is harder to learn and memorize when you are just told something and not taught it in conversation.
There is nothing like phrases of the day or other fun things you learn in the language that are not made just for being practical.
I know that I will not benefit as much from learning from a computer as I would from getting to know a person and culture.
There is a wide variety of covered topics.
Students get told how to fix mistakes.
More of a Loganesque approach
Less student experience with language

Overall, there are a lot of cons, and I do not think that it will help the school because why on Earth would someone prefer to talk to a computer than a person. The school will regret the decision in the future, as fewer people will partake in the language program, and in the long run it is not that cost effective and the students will learn many of the benefits of actual people teachers. It is just awful and stupid in my opinion. These are my main reasons, and I just felt like ranting about this today.

I am frustrated, and done with this topic now.

Saturday, March 18, 2017

SOL18, Uncommon Opinions of MIne

SOL18, Uncommon Opinions of Mine
I do not like carbonated drinks like sparkling waters. Coke, and those types of drinks are OK, but I still do just have a strong distaste for soda and other carbonated drinks.

I do not enjoy pools that much. I do not hate swimming, I just do not think that it is worth going a lot to pools. They also make me freak out about germs, because, just ew. It does not help that I am not great at swimming, but still, I hate pools.

Peanut Butter. I just really do not like the taste or texture of peanut butter, crunchy or smooth. It is just in no way appealing to me.

I do not understand the recent Chipotle fad. It is not that good to me, and I also think that a lot of their menu and their "extras" are overpriced and not worth it. I would prefer to make my own Mexican style food at my house than to go to Chipotle.

I do not understand the enjoyment of Zoos. People pay money to go and see a bunch of animals that are trapped in small areas and learn a very brief account of very complicated animals.  can sort of understand the enjoyment of going to see animals, I just think they are always kind of sad looking.

I do not like or understand super technology advancements. In my opinion it does not make sense to make humans lives ridiculously easy. Why is it so hard to plug in a projector cord? It just costs money to buy that kind of technology for things like the school, and it does not improve the presentations. It just bothers me because we are literally making a thing that can over run us later.

Ketchup. I just do not think it is as good as people say it is, and in my opinion you might as well just eat a tomato, it is healthier  and it is not just paste. I just really do not like it or understand it.

I do not really enjoy popular pop music. There are some that I like, like some Adele or Taylor Swift, but most of it I just do not understand the appeal of it. A lot of it does not take a lot of talent, and while it is hard to write it just does not seem like it is so in depth that it should be as popular as it should be.

I do not enjoy or understand football at all. To me it just looks like people repetitively tackling each other to no end. I just do not get why it is appealing,  when you could watch sports like soccer that show really incredible athletics. To me, at least, football does not look like it takes that much athletic skill.

I do not understand why so many people hate the Kardashians. I do not think that everything they do is great, do not get me wrong. The reason that I do not hate them is because they show that being yourself can make you famous and influential. The same thing goes with Youtubers, famous people who have gotten a paying career on social media by being themselves and putting themselves out there. Yet again, I do not appreciate all of the decisions they make, but they have made influence for themselves just by being themselves. It is amazing what they have done by being themselves.

Wednesday, March 15, 2017

SOL17, Younger Fuzzy



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I have a second Guinea pig named Bamboo. He is much younger and newer, so I do not have anywhere near as long of a list of stories for this slice as I did for Norman. Bamboo is a much more laid back squeaky one.
He was gotten around the beginning of December. I bought him from the Dumb Friends League, a company with many, many cute piggies. I brought him home to live with Norman after Norman was very senile, unusually, and we thought that it was loneliness or pig depression. I picked him between two siblings, both male, and I picked him, the older one. He started out as about one half the size of Norman, and now he is the same size. His age is now fifteen weeks. He is very cute and he is a great addition to my pig family.
He is very loud at night. I cover their mansion at night with thick blankets. I do this for two reasons. The first of which is that they are warm, and our house gets cold at night, and I wanted them to be cozy. The second reason is that they sleep better in pitch dark, so it calms them down, and it makes it so I can actually sleep through the squeaks. This quieted them down for a while. They were much more agreeable in the morning, and they were really pleasant for a while. They now have started to squeak through the blankets, so I now have no solution to this problem anymore. Oh well.
Displaying image1.JPGHe is good friends with Norman. He looks up to him, and I think that Norman is the alpha of the two. He lets Norman control him, and will leave if Norman wants something. They do cuddle a lot, though, which is really awkward. When I walk in, Bamboo crawls underneath him, for warmth, and for comfort. Personally, I actually find this to be cute, but very weird and uncomfortable.
When they first met, it took a long time for them to get accustomed to each other. I had to give them time in our bathtub. This is because a bathtub is a clean place that does not have any smell to one of them. They took a lot of adjusting to each other, and they were reluctant to be best friends, but they settled in. They settled in like they were a very old Russian couple who lives in the Alps. They were that comfortable with each other. I only made that comparison because Bamboo also seems like a Babushka to me, so that is what I always think about when I think about him.
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I have not had Bamboo for that long, so these are all of the stories I have about him. These stories are not quite as cute, but he is my other pig, so I thought it was important to post about him as he is a cute young fuzzy.

SOL16, Eldest Fuzzy One

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SOL16, Old Fuzzy
I have a Guinea Pig. His name is Norman. I got him over the summer, he was given away from a neighbor, who was giving him away. When we first got him he lived in a horrendous cage. It was covered in cat litter box stuff, and obviously had not been cleaned in a month or more. I spent hours cleaning it, and it sparkled. He was very timid and shy, but I consistently had to hold him so he was not terrified of people. He is very sweet and squeaky now.
He is like a normal guinea pig except for that he does not believe in easy loving or moving. Whenever I clean the cage he is nearly impossible to catch. He eats everything everywhere. He ate his old house. He eats his new house. He is just very random. He is sometimes a cute unicorn. He only eats carrots, any other vegetable he refuses for some odd reason.
Recently, I bought him a friend. More on that tomorrow. He is happier with a BFF.
Not long after I got my phone I took him outside for a miniature photo shoot in an outdoor play place. The first time I took him out he jumped out of my arms and escaped into a massive pile of leaves. I died as soon as I saw that. I frantically searched until I found him. Luckily he was ok, and not dead. I, stupidly, went through with the photo shoot. Luckily no other mishaps occurred, and he is still happily living.
Displaying image6.JPGHe is a sailor. Whenever I put his house into the cage he, and his friend, turn over the house and sit in it like a boat. They then purr and the boat shakes. It seems very awkward, and it makes me kind of uncomfortable. He banishes his friend to the other half of his cage, there is a large divider, and they sometimes force each other out of their house. They have a very intense relationship. I do not know if they like each other, but they certainly have a very complex relationship.
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Recently, he got a very large tumor like growth on the bottom of one of his feet. It looked like a long piece of bark curling along the bottom his foot. I know. Gross. We took Norman to the vet, and she had never seen anything like it before. She cut it off. Lets just say that after that he acted very frustrated and painful. It was unpleasant for the both of us.
Anyways, this slice went all over, but this is a basic profile of everything about him that is unusual to Guinea pigs. He is a fun pet, and I love him through all of his purring craziness and escapades. These are the most recent and interesting story that I have with him, and they are some of my favorite pet memories.

SOL15, Meh2

SOL15, Meh
Yes this again.
Today was also just meh.
It was not long.
It was not tough.

It was meh.

It is now an adjective.
Everything was just. Meh.
Nothing exciting happened.
Math was normal.
We did some geometry.
The normal stuff.

Buddies was not extra ordinary or bad.
It was blah.
Nothing exciting happened.
He did not finish a project.
We did a write up.
It was just meh.

Short courses were ok.
World Peace Game was frustrating.
Nothing special happened.
a coup happened.
The prime minister was removed.
but meh.
People were just, meh.

Nothing interesting happened today.
A gray swatch of schedule.
Nothing unique,
unusual,
radically life changing.
nothing happened special today.
It was all just meh.

Tuesday, March 14, 2017

SOL14, Wow

SOL14, Wow
12 hours leads us to now. 
13 hours later. 
6 Hours of school.
45 minutes of Latin. 

Good turnips.

2 hours of play practice.
20 minutes of practice role call.
1 hour of constructing a presentation on old art.
1 hour of portfolio.
2 hours of math.
2 large pieces of pie.
2 hours of CCN.
4 hours of practice
30 minutes of eating.
30 minutes of trying on costumes.
3 hours of a run through.
40 minutes of my scenes.
15 minutes of changing out of costume.
45 minutes of stupid notes.
30 minutes of driving.
5 minutes of break.
5 minutes writing this slice.
Now.
1 hour later.
Here I am.
Confused.
How did it go this "fast"?
So much time passed.
Yet so little for each thing.
So many things construct a long time.
How do you have time for each specifically?

Monday, March 13, 2017

SOL13, Long

SOL13, Long
Today was long.
Very long.
When we first showed up I was energetic.
Introvert kicks in in 5.
I have dinner with friends.
4
The first act begins
my "monologues" are successful.
3
I miss an "entrance"
The teacher harshly points it out
0
It dropped, just like any chance of the rest of the evening being successful.
I start dropping lines
I can not seem to say simple sentences.
I sit reviewing in the back.
Reviewing.
Over and over.
Trying to memorize
I can't.
Notes begin.
Yes of course, everyone has to know that I missed saying three stupid words.
my "entrance".
That is by far the most important note,
not.
oh well.
It is what will get focused on.

End of the night.

Sunday, March 12, 2017

SOL12, Stuff

SOL12, Stuff

Stuff.
There is stuff everywhere.
The "rainbow curtains" fell for the umpteenth time today.
The rolling cart got tripped on.
The tapes fell off.
The stairs turned to be used as a seat are used as a shelf.
Each stair containing more stuff.
The wood shop has even more stuff.
the ex-shop.
Now a Logan works thing.
The costume rooms have more stuff.
A huge painting of a random woman.
Several random wigs.
stuff.
Somehow,
the stuff has value.
Even if it fell for the umpteenth time today.
Stuff is very important to theater.
Just look at the costume room.
Yes, way to much stuff.
Gargoyles,
feathers,
wood,
paint,
a suit,
stuff.
How often do use use such stuff.
Often?
No.
It is stuff, so it is important.
All humans crave stuff.
Stuff surrounds us as we phone (general for many different things).
We knock over stuff.
We venture into the shop and see more stuff.
There is dust on the stuff.
It is old stuff.
We are excited to go home.
At home we see more stuff.
Stuff surrounds us.
Old.
New.
It is all stuff.
Theaters have a lot of stuff.
I saw a lot of stuff today.
Sitting in the dusty theater,
underneath the old blue lights,
dust drifting down from the open ceiling onto more stuff.
It is all just stuff.
Why is the theater so attached to it?
Has it been used in previous shows?
sometimes.
Is it still necessary?
No.
Hold on.
Why is there a pig nose on the piano in which are ballet shoes?
It is simply more stuff.
Not that we do stuff with the stuff.
It is just stuff for the sake of having stuff.
The stuff makes it stuffy in here.
It is all stuff.
The rehearsal is perfecting random stuff.
We are fixing up random stuff.
Theaters are based off of old stuff.
They are surrounded in random stuff.
Attractive stuff,
however.
The stuff surrounding them and their past pulls people in.
The stuff is unnecessary but cool.
It is all stuff.
Most people like stuff.
I like theater stuff.
Every theater's stuff is unique.
It is cool stuff.
I have decided that I like stuff.
No matter how stuffy.

Saturday, March 11, 2017

SOL11, Lit Clickbait

SOL11, Lit Clickbait
This post is Lit. It is totally the bomb.com. Dab.
The internet is like the best.
Like fab.
Like 100 coats of fab.
I would like Pewdie without it.
Like where else can I hit such a lit whip?
I mean, like I would totally cut myself with a 1000 degree knife if I did not have it.
I would totally make this into a vine.
wait.
RIP vine.
Is Charlie even there?
I only got to 15 in the chubby bunny challenge.
Of course I need to see someone make a sardine smoothie!
Like, I would die without Carpool Karaoke,
I mean,
who wouldn't?
Youtube is the best,
I mean #Glitterforever17!
DIY is life.
Let me whip on that statement.
Kanye will be great in 2020.
I need to vlog this speech.
OMG!
I forgot to Insta my dinner.
I guess I will snap my shame.
Oh, Computer,
TTYL
GTG
BYEEEEEEE

This was not meant to offend any teenagers, it is just a representation of what many people are like in the modern world, and shows how awful our country will be in approximately five years. If this offended you, please contact idon'tgiveacrap@gmail.bs
Thanks!

This post in no way agrees with the beliefs of Miles, it is just a lesson for the new generation, simply stating WTF.

Friday, March 10, 2017

SOL10, Cleaning

SOL10, Cleaning

Today I intensely cleaned my room, and discovered many things. For example, surrounding my room I found an incredible amount of book marks that I barely recognized. I found a very old collection of schoolwork from about three years ago, and I highly disagreed with some of it. It contained math like 1/2 x 1/3 = 6/1. Obviously I did not understand math very much. I found many ex-crafts, projects that I started so many years ago. There are a very sad amount of these, to be honest. One of these projects is about fifty long rectangular strips of paper that I cut about two years ago when I was planning to make braided bookmarks.
After I had over filled the trash can, I got down to business on school projects. Do I really need my candidate from the beginning of the year? Must that book be in my room? Many questions I debated over what I should keep, and what is blatant trash. It is always a struggle to debate this, especially compared to what my parents think is important versus reality.

This is a short slice, but I had a short day, with cleaning filling most of it, so this is the most detail I will go into.

Thursday, March 9, 2017

SOL9, Pet Peeves

SOL9, My pet peeves
I have many pet peeves, and other things that are bothersome to me in the world. Many of these I do, I know that I am hypocritical in that sense, so hypocritical things will not be on this list. There are many things other than these that I find highly obnoxious, but these are my largest pet peeves.

People who make their writing, blogs, and overall formatting much larger than it should be, and then talk about how they wrote so much extra, and how they are sorry for the long post. This is a stupid pet peeve, but it is obnoxious because it makes some people receive much more credit than they should, when they did the same amount of work. It is not a problem, and the people that do it are not bad, it just frustrates me as it is unnecessary, and then they get praised uselessly.

When people (my parents especially) come and start to clean up my spaces when I make a mess. This, while it is helpful, is obnoxious because I can never finish what I am doing, even when I am trying to clean it up, because other people try to do it for me. While this probably should not be a pet peeve, it is because it gets in the way and it really bothers me when it happens

When people, I do this all the time, are not confident when they know that whatever they did is good. This is ridiculous to me when other people do it, because they are often fishing for compliments (something I do not do), and then they act offended when you do not tell them that they are perfect. This is a pet peeve of mine because it does not achieve anything for the person who is not confident, and it does nothing to compliment them int he end.

Ego.
Ego bothers me for many reasons. The main reason is when people self praise and talk about how much they deserve, when they are really not good. It is annoying when people act like they should get more because of how they think of themselves, when they should not. It also happens when they get too much, and act like they deserved everything. This is a problem many people have, but I still find it very obnoxious and I hat it more than anything else.

Lastly, when I am incapable of doing simple tasks like clay, paintings, and other crafty things like origami, when I really want to do things. Enough said.

Wednesday, March 8, 2017

SOL8, Oops

SOL8, Oops
I kind of forgot to post,
a fact I regret the most,
While this post is not impeccable,
I hope these rhymes are delectable,
what is a good rhyme French toast?

Well I forgot to post until now, and I know it is very late,
but when I opened my computer,
I simply had to post about this, it is just fate.
I hope this is enough,
a very barren post, I know,
But I could not miss one, so this one will just be fluff.

I am very tired now,
and I know these rhymes are bad,
and this post is just kind of sad,
But I could not miss one now,
This had to be done tonight,
So I could complete my blogging plight.

Tuesday, March 7, 2017

SOL7, Meh

Meh

Sigh

Meh

Just meh

The language program
Meh

School changes
Meh

Just meh

I am in a very meh mood
I do not really know why
I am just very meh
Mad about the new online languages
Mad about how the school staffing changed
It is all just very meh.

Meh is one of my favorite words
When I do not know what to write
I write meh
It is my main word recommendation on my phone
I use it a lot
Meh

My mood is meh
Everything is just meh today
A gray swatch of my favorite word
Meh




In short-
Meh

What did not add to this
As soon as I went to link up
I realized the Library computer had a sensor
And I just said

Meh

Monday, March 6, 2017

SOL6, The Phantom

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The Phantom of the Opera is one of my favorite Broadway shows, and it is currently the only music I own and consistently listen to. The emotion and darkness behind and in the story are portrayed perfectly with the haunting and dramatic soundtrack. There is something about the story that I find fascinating, and I do not know why I am so easily interested in the show and all of the variations of it. For example, the movie based directly on the book where you see Erik (The Phantom) sell his soul to Satan because he is nervous that people will not like his music, and he thinks that the Devil will convince people to like his music. Selling his soul to the devil has one negative, and that is that his face will be hideously deformed until he sews the skin of people he has killed to his face. Yes, I know, gory. For those that do not know, the story of the musical The Phantom of the Opera is that Christine Daae was orphaned in an opera house, and she grew up there to be in their chorus and be in their ballet. The Phantom is obsessed with her and her voice, and he will do anything to take her. He owns the theater, but never shows up but only to accept his salary. He starts to cause havoc in the theater, and it will not stop until Christine plays the lead, replacing the Prima Donna Carlotta (an Obnoxious lead soprano for nine seasons).
Anywho, the musical was written for Gaston Leroux's book, The Phantom of The Opera. The music was written by Andrew Lloyd Webber, a talented composer for his time. The music is very intensely written to suit each character, and features, in some cases, high and low vocal extremities. It is confusing to those who are not super familiar with the musical and story.
Anyways, It is something that I really enjoy and have an obsession with. I have memorized most of the music, and I would recommend watching the play, the movie is not the best, but still really good.

Sunday, March 5, 2017

SOL5, Pinterest Perils

SOL5, Pinterest Perils
Pinterest is my problem,
an addiction with a twist.
Image result for slice of lifeAll though I do not seem like it,
it is something I always miss.
Origami,
cross stitching,
humor, and many more,
no matter what I am looking for it is something I adore.
Pinning onto boards,
I collect pins in hoards.
No matter what the topic,
from large to microscopic.
My interest will always be heightened,
even if I get frightened.
While my addiction may not be incredibly severe.
Pinterest is something that I hold dear.

Saturday, March 4, 2017

SOL4, Kusudama

SOL4, Kusudama
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Kusudama are small origami balls that come in a variety of styles and designs. If you google "Kusudama" then you will probably find many examples in image searches. They are really cool and challenging, and I have found an odd hobby with them. It started with a basic sonobe, which is what the "display" at right is made of. I learned these first in origami club, being as I was not in the class and I had not been taught how to make sonobes with everyone else. From there, I found other designs, some of which were taught by the teacher, and some of them I found on my own. I now have an addiction to making the balls and making as many patterns as possible. I have failed at making quite a few of them, but I have found that to be a given with how complicated some of the designs are. I am confident enough in my skills with them that I have started to design my own kusudama balls, which is really hard to do successfully. Making them is almost therapeutic, as it is simply repetition through many pieces, but that fails as soon as it comes to assembly, as that is the hardest part of any given origami ball. Overall, they are an enjoyable hobby, and an interesting thing about me is that I make them.

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Friday, March 3, 2017

SOL3, Clay

SOL3, Clay
Smush
Redo
Smush
Start over
Why cant I get this right?
Smush
Redo
Smush
Start over
It happened again.

Oh well, I guess nothing will come out of it this time.
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The frustration is past its breaking point,
I have to stop.
I have to get it right.
I have to stop.
I give up,
I am defeated,
frustrated,
and done.

The skill just wont work this week,
Oh well

Next time?

I will stick with flat artwork.
Well, at least I tried, and I learned that I am not good at clay texturing.
That skill did not work.
Well, better luck next time.

Meh

Thursday, March 2, 2017

SOL2, Zingers

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Tea, tea, I started to drink so long ago,
then for a while it started to go.
But very recently I started to drink it once more,
when I was with my grandparents, as tea they adore.
I prefer zingers,
they have a flavor that lingers.
Black tea is fine,
but plain it is not mine.
I steep a mix of fruit and black tea,
I found that that is just right for me.
Steeping ball in hand I will mix all the land,
And bring a mug of water that definitely is not bland.
The mix packs a punch,
and goes well with brunch.
Out with coffee,
For I will always make some tea.

Tuesday, February 28, 2017

SOL1, Perfection

Perfection, SOL1
Well, from the beginning, I have been a perfectionist, but that rarely works out. Something else always seems to seep in the way, or many times get in the way through some other method. That is why I am trying not to worry about perfection, on my blog posts, quite a challenge- especially for me.

About a year ago, I took leaves from my neighborhood and using a mallet pounded them into fabric squares, preserving the colors of fall in fabric. Like many of the small things I try to do, not all of them work, consistently. The reason that I bring this up is that it showed me that imperfections can grow to be perfections. The 4 or 5 out of the 15 I made that turned out well, are know on my wall, and I enjoy how not all of the leaves are perfect. This is slowly changing about me. I have grown to like imperfection, in an odd sort of perfect way.
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One thing that I can make perfect, is sewing type things, an interesting outlet. Over winter collective, I got more interested in cross stitching, trying to finish an old project that I spent much time on over the summer. Cross stitching is something I learned to do a long time ago, and since then I have come and gone from doing it as a habit. What I appreciate about it is that perfection is so easy to achieve with it, especially if you are following a pattern.

With expo gone, when I started cross stitching again I thought about an expo four years ago, where I was running behind and a friend helped me finish my display. After that, I made a cross stitch based off of a pattern she designed, and because I am very particular about stitching that I do, for the most part it was perfect. Once back from break that year, I gave it to her in thanks for letting me complete my display. She helped me make something perfect *mostly*, and I returned something perfect to my standards, and that I think is interesting.

The leaves, are something I thought of just one day randomly, barely thinking about how to actually take on the project, with a mind set very similar to the one I used when starting the cross stitch project. While I struggled to get the leaves done correctly, the ones that were perfect showed me how to make the next ones more perfect, thus the cycle continued. My perfectionism has not gone away, but it has changed. I now think about the perfection in the imperfections of things, and how even though some of the leaves shredded, they are still something that I like.

Introduction

This blog will chronicle my experiences through March, and most likely many other random thoughts. Enjoy! Hopefully craziness does not come down too quickly this march. Oh, and you should know that the content wont be consistent in topic, I will jump around a lot.