I'm back again, here with the Monologue of the Day, which I've been wanting to post somewhere for ages.
It's from Pirates of the Caribbean 3, where all the pirates are discussing what to do about the East India Trading Company taking over the world and killing everyone.
And I don't own any of this, by the way.
Cuttlefish. Eh? Let us not, dear friends, forget our dear friends the cuttlefish. Flippin glorious little sausages. Pen em up together and they will devour each other without a second thought. Human nature, isn't it? Or... or fish nature. So yes, we could hole up here well provisioned and well armed and half of us would be dead within the month, which seems grim to me any way you slice it. Or, as my learned colleague so naively suggests, we can release Calypso, and we can pray that she will be merciful. I rather doubt it. Can we in fact pretend that she is anything other than a woman scorned, like which fury hell hath no? We cannot. Res ipso loquitur tabula in naufragio, we are left with but one option. I agree with, and I cannot believe the words are comin' out of me mouth, Captain Swann. We must fight.
I LOVE THIS!!!!!!!!!!
Word of the day:
Perscipacity: Good judgement!
Saturday, July 24, 2010
Thursday, July 22, 2010
a list of fun words to say (without the defenitions)
isothermobathic
untheistic
antineuralgic
unperfidious
untheistic
antineuralgic
unperfidious
um.....
hello! I'm bored. And I'm really bad at posting regularly. Go figure! But I'm just here with the word of the day:
unsanguineous - not like blood, not bloody, underconfident
unprognosticated - not predicted
hooray!
and by the way, it is prognosticated that I will be out for the next two weeks, starting on Sunday. hooray! or, boo..... :P
unsanguineous - not like blood, not bloody, underconfident
unprognosticated - not predicted
hooray!
and by the way, it is prognosticated that I will be out for the next two weeks, starting on Sunday. hooray! or, boo..... :P
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
YAAAAY!!!!!
My super-awesome amiga, who's lived in Australia for the last two years, is FINALLY BACK! I got to talk to her this morning. I was extremely excited.
Although this is the one week where I have nothing planned, I still have to clean my room... sigh... It really sucks. I mean, I know it's good to be productive and stuff, but I really hate cleaning my room with a burning, firey passion. I also dislike doing SAT prep. SAT prep and room-cleaning can both go die.
For randomness' sake, I'm going to start doing the Word of the Day (NOT from the SAT prep, becase I already KNOW all of them, so I'm only going to use the SAT words if I actually LEARNED something.). So, word of the day for today is Wandle, which means Supple. It's crazy what you can find on the Scrabble website. You can enter letters and it'll combine them into different words for you. I guess it would be really helpful if you had a phone/ iPod with internet connection and a fat lot of bad letters while playing Scrabble. Mind you, it could also be considered cheating.
Okay, I'm going now... goodbye!
Although this is the one week where I have nothing planned, I still have to clean my room... sigh... It really sucks. I mean, I know it's good to be productive and stuff, but I really hate cleaning my room with a burning, firey passion. I also dislike doing SAT prep. SAT prep and room-cleaning can both go die.
For randomness' sake, I'm going to start doing the Word of the Day (NOT from the SAT prep, becase I already KNOW all of them, so I'm only going to use the SAT words if I actually LEARNED something.). So, word of the day for today is Wandle, which means Supple. It's crazy what you can find on the Scrabble website. You can enter letters and it'll combine them into different words for you. I guess it would be really helpful if you had a phone/ iPod with internet connection and a fat lot of bad letters while playing Scrabble. Mind you, it could also be considered cheating.
Okay, I'm going now... goodbye!
Saturday, July 17, 2010
backpacking update
On Sunday, we went and got to Goshen at around three or four. We did a pack check, set up our tents, had dinner/ campfire, and went to bed. Monday, we set out to the first outpost and, on the way, got thoroughly lost and wound up in a Webelos (2nd grade ish) portion of the camp. We ate lunch with them and told them about backpacking and pirates. It was awesome. So after lunch, it started to rain, and when it let up slightly, we put on pack covers and ponchos and went off. We got thoroughly lost again and wound up in a different camp in Goshen, where a leader gave us a better map than the one we got at base camp. We set out again, got thoroughly lost AGAIN, and eventually called base camp for directions. By the way, it was still raining, and we were completely soaked to the bone, through the boots, through the socks, and was prunifying our toes. Anyway, we finally made it to our first outpost, Mountain Man. We threw tomohawks, darts, shot 50 caliber guns (or 45, if you wanted), and hung out at the trade-only camp store (for lack of a better term). I got half a handful of seed beads for a gimp that I had done.
The next day, we went off and got to the next outpost, Civil War, in good time (as in, we made it there in less than six hours, with minimal lost time). We arrived at noon, set our stuff down and made sure it was in a place where it would be able to become/ stay dry in case it rained again, and we went on a hike to a mountain called the Knobb. We were trying for the Trailbalzer Award, which requires at least 20 miles of hiking and doing 2 peaks, among other things. While we were hiking The Knob, guess what? IT RAINED AGAIN!! And guess what else? WE GOT LOST AGAIN!! YAY!! We finally made it to the top as it stopped raining, and the view felt like something out of Avatar, because it was all foggy and green and the view was sort of obstructed by a LOT of trees.
We passed through Mountain Man on the way back, who radioed back to Civil War that we were on our way. We were supposed to check in between one and five pm, and it was around six pm. When we arrived, the guy who was running Civil War (one of them, anyway) shot some blanks into the trees to startle us, and we all screamed. Literally. One of us went into the fetal position, one nearly jumped into the trees, and one of the adults yelled, "God bless Abe Lincoln!" It was HILARIOUS!
After that, it rained some more and when it let up, we 'signed up for the army' and did some training, attack formations, and learned how to charge. And I also pulled a tick off the back of my tentmate's neck during the training. We also learned about some artifacts from the civil war and other cool stuff.
The next day, we did some shooting, and I 'earned the Seargent's eternal respect' because I pulled off all of the (paper) tops of the little shot-sized powder bags off with my teeth. I also hit the target twice. After packing up, we set off for the Native American outpost. The hike, again, only lasted about an hour, probably less. There, half of us hiked to Swinging Bridge, and half (me included) built a dam in the stream as our service project (a requirement for trailblazer). Then the half that stayed behind did some shooting at a cookie target and then shot at animal-shaped targets. I hit the most of my half. I also overshot one into the trees. It has yet to be found, but we did find a different one that had been lost at another point in the summer.
After dinner, we went to Mountain Man for their campfire, as part of the Native American program. We also introduced the Boy Scouts to a couple of Girl Scout songs. It was fairly awesome.
Thursday morning, we hiked over to Kayaking, and decided to hike our second peak, Viewing Rock, that day, instead of on Friday. It was a steep hike, but it was also a 'Circle of Life' moment. You just HAD to sing it, because it was that sort of view.
When we returned to Kayaking, we kayaked (surprise!) and capsized on purpose. The boys, after dinner, also challenged us to a game of volleyball. The post leaders couldn't find the volleyball, but we did play a few games of Ninja and Don't Touch the Trash Can, a game that is very hard to explain.
Friday, we woke up early, and made it to another Webelos camp by nine or so. We hung out there and handled the snakes in the nature center (which was really awesome, by the way), and then we headed on our way. We made it back to base camp by eleven, and we all took our first official showers of the week, which felt really nice. We didn't even bother staying for lunch, but did final photos and headed home, eating lunch on the way.
The end!
The next day, we went off and got to the next outpost, Civil War, in good time (as in, we made it there in less than six hours, with minimal lost time). We arrived at noon, set our stuff down and made sure it was in a place where it would be able to become/ stay dry in case it rained again, and we went on a hike to a mountain called the Knobb. We were trying for the Trailbalzer Award, which requires at least 20 miles of hiking and doing 2 peaks, among other things. While we were hiking The Knob, guess what? IT RAINED AGAIN!! And guess what else? WE GOT LOST AGAIN!! YAY!! We finally made it to the top as it stopped raining, and the view felt like something out of Avatar, because it was all foggy and green and the view was sort of obstructed by a LOT of trees.
We passed through Mountain Man on the way back, who radioed back to Civil War that we were on our way. We were supposed to check in between one and five pm, and it was around six pm. When we arrived, the guy who was running Civil War (one of them, anyway) shot some blanks into the trees to startle us, and we all screamed. Literally. One of us went into the fetal position, one nearly jumped into the trees, and one of the adults yelled, "God bless Abe Lincoln!" It was HILARIOUS!
After that, it rained some more and when it let up, we 'signed up for the army' and did some training, attack formations, and learned how to charge. And I also pulled a tick off the back of my tentmate's neck during the training. We also learned about some artifacts from the civil war and other cool stuff.
The next day, we did some shooting, and I 'earned the Seargent's eternal respect' because I pulled off all of the (paper) tops of the little shot-sized powder bags off with my teeth. I also hit the target twice. After packing up, we set off for the Native American outpost. The hike, again, only lasted about an hour, probably less. There, half of us hiked to Swinging Bridge, and half (me included) built a dam in the stream as our service project (a requirement for trailblazer). Then the half that stayed behind did some shooting at a cookie target and then shot at animal-shaped targets. I hit the most of my half. I also overshot one into the trees. It has yet to be found, but we did find a different one that had been lost at another point in the summer.
After dinner, we went to Mountain Man for their campfire, as part of the Native American program. We also introduced the Boy Scouts to a couple of Girl Scout songs. It was fairly awesome.
Thursday morning, we hiked over to Kayaking, and decided to hike our second peak, Viewing Rock, that day, instead of on Friday. It was a steep hike, but it was also a 'Circle of Life' moment. You just HAD to sing it, because it was that sort of view.
When we returned to Kayaking, we kayaked (surprise!) and capsized on purpose. The boys, after dinner, also challenged us to a game of volleyball. The post leaders couldn't find the volleyball, but we did play a few games of Ninja and Don't Touch the Trash Can, a game that is very hard to explain.
Friday, we woke up early, and made it to another Webelos camp by nine or so. We hung out there and handled the snakes in the nature center (which was really awesome, by the way), and then we headed on our way. We made it back to base camp by eleven, and we all took our first official showers of the week, which felt really nice. We didn't even bother staying for lunch, but did final photos and headed home, eating lunch on the way.
The end!
Friday, July 16, 2010
ASP update
We left from our normal departure place at around 12. We spent the night in a church near the VA/ TN border and went to the church service there on Sunday morning. We also saw fireworks on Saturday for the 4th of July at a school near the church.
On Sunday, we continued our journey to Johnson City, TN. There, we set up our stuff and had dinner and stuff. Monday morning, we got to our worksite. We had to support the floor joists, demolish the wall and support the wall supports, and do new footers for the foundation. The hardest part was the footers. Why? Well, YOU try digging a 2 foot square hole while a multi-ton house is in the middle of it.
Anyway, Monday and Tuesday were mostly demolition. The family didn't actually live there, as half the floor had already been ripped up and the bathroom wall had been knocked down; the bathroom looked right into the ripped-up floor room where the wall had been demolished and a severe lack of hallway by the door. They lived with their son during the time we were there.
Anyway, it's hard to recall what happened when, aside from Friday, but whatever. I made 12 basketball 3-pointers over the course of the week (5 on monday, 7 on Friday) and also found my long-lost power tool twin, who doesn't even live in the same state as me. It doesn't matter, though. It's still awesome. Anyway, I also learned how to do the power drill, and, on Friday, successfully drilled in about a third of the sub-floor all by myself. I feel proud. I also learned how to do a new saw (my title, after all, being Saw Queen): the reciprocating saw. It's basically the electric version of the classic saw. I still prefer the circular/ skill saw.
I also did a whole ton of friendship bracelets and things, and we all got a cross to wear somewhere on our bodies during the week. A lot of people wore it around their necks, but I wore mine (normally) knotted on my hair tie or on my belt loop. There WAS a lot of dirt and stuff, but I really didn't care. It was good prep for the backpacking trip, as was breaking in a new sleeping bag and learning how to comfortably sleep on hard ground.
In all, I really enjoyed it. It was INSANELY fun, so much I can't describe. YAAAY!!!
On Sunday, we continued our journey to Johnson City, TN. There, we set up our stuff and had dinner and stuff. Monday morning, we got to our worksite. We had to support the floor joists, demolish the wall and support the wall supports, and do new footers for the foundation. The hardest part was the footers. Why? Well, YOU try digging a 2 foot square hole while a multi-ton house is in the middle of it.
Anyway, Monday and Tuesday were mostly demolition. The family didn't actually live there, as half the floor had already been ripped up and the bathroom wall had been knocked down; the bathroom looked right into the ripped-up floor room where the wall had been demolished and a severe lack of hallway by the door. They lived with their son during the time we were there.
Anyway, it's hard to recall what happened when, aside from Friday, but whatever. I made 12 basketball 3-pointers over the course of the week (5 on monday, 7 on Friday) and also found my long-lost power tool twin, who doesn't even live in the same state as me. It doesn't matter, though. It's still awesome. Anyway, I also learned how to do the power drill, and, on Friday, successfully drilled in about a third of the sub-floor all by myself. I feel proud. I also learned how to do a new saw (my title, after all, being Saw Queen): the reciprocating saw. It's basically the electric version of the classic saw. I still prefer the circular/ skill saw.
I also did a whole ton of friendship bracelets and things, and we all got a cross to wear somewhere on our bodies during the week. A lot of people wore it around their necks, but I wore mine (normally) knotted on my hair tie or on my belt loop. There WAS a lot of dirt and stuff, but I really didn't care. It was good prep for the backpacking trip, as was breaking in a new sleeping bag and learning how to comfortably sleep on hard ground.
In all, I really enjoyed it. It was INSANELY fun, so much I can't describe. YAAAY!!!
oh, wow...
Well, you may have noticed that I've been a little quiet for the ENTIRE MONTH OF JULY SO FAR. Well, I can tell you why. I just got back an hour ago from a backpacking trip with my venturing crew. It was AWESOME (except for the part where we were soaking wet the first two days from hiking in pouring rain). We left on the 11th. On the 3rd, I left for my second year of Appalacian Service Project with my church (ASP). It was SO AWESOME! 17 hours between two trips is not enough to do a blog post. Okay, it is, but I really didn't feel like doing a blog post because I'm lazy and I wanted to see what people said about my photos. And I was supposed to be packing for the backpacking, but I was really on Facebook... shh...
Anyway, I will only be back for this week of July before going off on ANOTHER MISSION PROJECT! YAY! I'll do a basic update of ASP in the next post and then an update of the backpacking trip in the next post. And it'll be awesome, and you'll read it, and you'll comment on it, and then life will be happy. HOORAY!!!
Anyway, I will only be back for this week of July before going off on ANOTHER MISSION PROJECT! YAY! I'll do a basic update of ASP in the next post and then an update of the backpacking trip in the next post. And it'll be awesome, and you'll read it, and you'll comment on it, and then life will be happy. HOORAY!!!
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