12/29/07 Weekend replies

Comments:

Vancouver:
I have a question about the new poll... Is being a human (ie, yourself) not an option? Just curious before I respond to the poll. :)

Great reflective post. :)

Muncher:
Well, I was going for a sort of twenty questions sort of thing, so a human would fall under the animal category. (Curious how humans are often grouped with 'animals'.)

Thanks! (Just don't expect it every time. XD)

Thanks to you too, mom! (Ha! Thought I forgot about you, didn't you? Well think again! ^^)


Okay, so that's most of why I posted on a weekend. Questions should be answered, should they not? Also, if any of you are dying to be mineral water, just put it under other...

-yawns- I did some tests yesterday with the background image. Photoshop is nice. Annoying at times, but nice. ALL I WANT IS TO COMBINE THE LAYERS! HOW HARD IS THAT????

Yeah... I have issues.

So now that you have once again led yourself into this fascinatingly inconstant world...

You can leave now. You don't have to. But you might want to. I saw a note the other day...

Bonjour, bonjour...
Ce doit vous informer que nous nous laisserons tomber près plus tard pour voir si nous avons accompli le travail sur notre dernière visite. Tandis que nous ne doutons pas de nos capacités, il serait ignorant pour aller sans lui donner un essai final...
Les Singes

The worst part is, I don't know what they did... So yeah. You might want to run. -dashes out the door- Hedgy, make sure they don't brake anything!
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#o

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Thanks, Hedge!

12/28/07 The beginning of the end

Alas, '07 draws to a close, naught but a simple memory, to linger on in the confines of our earthly minds. To say that it was meaningless would be a mockery. '07 was a year of event and should not be forgotten by time.

Elements of '07
-The realignment of the stake
-Divorce of the parents of Jacob Renolds
-Announcement of remarriage of the dad of Jacob Renolds
-Realization of greatness: Surfacing of Jason Bourne
-Tackling of major issues, known only to the few they pertain to
-The creation of the Asylum
-Brotherhood 2.0
-A fair share of decent movies being released
-The furthering cause of the Asylum
-The continued growth of family

All these things, and many more, have etched the year 2007 solidly within our minds. My call now is to let this not be forgotten.



Solemn , eh? Well, don't get too somber. There's no humor in that, and if there is no humor, what is this? That's right. Another mushy blog that makes you think. Well, if I wanted just that, I wouldn't have created the Asylum, would I? So, back to the crazy!

Emails have been piling up, so naturally I spent much of today looking through them. (You can miss a lot, it seems, when you give little heed to daily life) Holidays, holidays. Such wonderful times they are. So with changes of tradition clear on the horizon, let us all look forward, grasping hold to the future.

(I'm trying to get into the writing mood)

Ooh! Let's see how the poll went! Shall we?

Poll Results to what people would do if they could travel through time:
1) Go into the future and see if there is any hope for the world.
2
b) Go into the past and try to change things for the better.
1
3) Leave things alone. Time traveling only makes people disappear.
1

Along with this, I must sadly admit that my little ice monkey melted before I found place for it in the freezer. -sighs- This next challenge shouldn't be a problem, though. ^^ I'll do it Monday or so to avoid being blue during church meetings.

Updates!

New thankful list.
New challenge.
Soon to be new poll.
New background and other such changes.

Delightful, isn't it? Such a charming little place this is becoming!

Well, as the day wears on, so must I. I leave you now.

~Jacob M. Renolds
Lord Muncher
And the ever present Ben & Company

12/21/07 FOUR DAYS?!?

So things are drawing close and I have no idea what's happening. (aside from the usual Christmas eve get together)

Sharp shutter and Towel boy are really making me think though. I have an idea what they may have gotten, but it just seems too... strange. Especially since mom was there.... Who knows? All I know is that Sharp shutter is getting some pretty unusual gifts. Two, in any case...

We had some bread in Seminary today. Good bread. Seasonal sugary bread. I haven't eaten any yet, but it looks good. -nods- The ward party is tonight! I wonder if it'll be as good as CC ward parties... They were very good. Especially the one day play! (I was in a suitcase for part of that...)

Anywho, I'd best be off. Much to do. Much to forget! Goodbye, peoples!

12/20/07 Basketball

Well, last night's service thing went well. The young women wrapped christmas presents and the young men cleaned the mechanical rooms. And got bitten by holy spiders. (It doesn't seem to be serious.) So yeah, that was good. Afterwards we played basketball and I learned that I stink. I can't pass, I can maybe make a shot if I'm moving, but on a brighter note, it turns out I'm decent at defending. So I guess I can go unnoticed well, which, oddly enough comes in handy. (no kidding) So yeah. I stink.

Um, Tuffy is here. -nods- I think I forgot to mention that earlier. -looks at dog- She doesn't like eating, apparently. I think it's her French upbringing. French seem to dislike scarfing their food. I guess that's a good thing, but when another dog inhales her food in three seconds, it sort of makes for interesting situations. Namely Tuffy sitting by her food while Anna stares at her from the other side of a barricade. Life. XD

Yay!
I'll be right back...

I may have to head down to the library and see if the book is there. I requested it, but it says it's 'on shelf' I click the info thing and it says it's missing. Who knows?

I just realized that I have my Library Barcode memorized. ^^
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He he he... Bye!

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12/19/07 The Bourne Identity!

I just finished the book! Very good. Very well researched. -nods- Now, I won't go on and ruin it for everybody (believe me, I want to...), but I will say that it's very different from the movie. But that is as it should be, for it would lose something otherwise. This way, it still kept me wondering while keeping the quick moving story. I highly recommend it. Although there are definitely moments to skip, as with most books. Now, all I must do is wait for the next book to be get to the library. (it seems the books are popular...)

Anywho, that's about it, aside from informing you that the youth are cleaning the church building. (not that that is of any significance)

Sayonara!

12/18/07 Countdown...

Three days, five chapters. No biggy. Anywho, thanks, Pink! I'm glad someone is happy with the changes. Hopefully this will make it easier to update the little side points. Which reminds me, I should really work on that ice sculpture...

CHRISTMAS! Ono weeko! Are you ready? (Seeing as the stuff that really matters doesn't really need the stress, why not?) I dunno, this Christmas has crept up without me noticing much. (that is, until I walked in a store...) I think it might be the books. Life always go faster when you have a book. And a superduper reading light / bike light! (It's especially good for reading because it's red. Less pain on the eyes, you know?) I love that thing. Plus it's LED! I don't know why, but I like saying LED.

(O) -yawns-
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Hubert has been sleeping in lately. Something about it being his contribution towards the holiday spirit. So thanks, Hubert, you really took one for the team, there. We've appreciated it, though. We really have.

LED.

#oJ Hedge, here, likes the stockings. He thinks they're colorful.

So that's roughly it. Life is good. Life is fast. I. Need. Sleep. But more importantly, I need Bourne music, a book, and some good strawberry yogurt. (Yogurt+Book=Not at the same time)

Sayonara!

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LED

12/17.2/07 Compare and contrast

Comments: (and that is all, I think)
- I suppose Crescive will work:
Um - no.

Since the only brushes I've really used much are the ones in computer programs, I really don't think that's a good nickname. Especially since I haven't used even those for a long time. I use paths more lately. Vector graphics are great. Even if I did paint, that one is way too cheesy and I'd have to stop reading your blog if you tried to call me that.

(btw I guess you could call it aqua, but I would call that color teal - which is a color I don't like.)

Yeah, (Blocked word) - stop being so picky about someone else's nickname. ha ha. (I hope you were talking about her and not me.)
And I don't think anyone wants to be named what they eat. (Besides, I know I'm not the only one that reads this blog that takes medicine everyday.)(? Say what?)

I am sticking with my original request. Light blue and aquarium or crescive (or my real name that I've been using on the comments forever - btw (Blocked word), I pointed that out a couple days ago).
OKAY! Where do I start? Okay, yes. I was referring to you when picking the title.
Let's take a look as to why I may say that.

- Vancouver:
LOL

Hey Fish - I love that you stopped commenting using your name, even though you have plenty of times! lol

You really want your name to be "Fish"? lol How about your name be... I don't know, something about being an artist, or maybe something about being a sick-o, ooh, or better yet - you can be "Druggie"! lol Is that how you spell druggie? (Oh... That's the what say...)

Hmmm, maybe "Fish" is good. lol

Oh wait - Fish really should be Aqua and then you can use aqua for her color too! :)

Compared to...
- I suppose Crescive will work:
Um - no.

Since the only brushes I've really used much are the ones in computer programs, I really don't think that's a good nickname. Especially since I haven't used even those for a long time. I use paths more lately. Vector graphics are great. Even if I did paint, that one is way too cheesy and I'd have to stop reading your blog if you tried to call me that.

(btw I guess you could call it aqua, but I would call that color teal - which is a color I don't like.)(So much for not being picky...)

Yeah, Vancouver - stop being so picky about someone else's nickname. ha ha. (I hope you were talking about her and not me.)
And I don't think anyone wants to be named what they eat. (Besides, I know I'm not the only one that reads this blog that takes medicine everyday.)

I am sticking with my original request. Light blue and aquarium or crescive (or my real name that I've been using on the comments forever - btw Vancouver, I pointed that out a couple days ago).

Yeah. Stroke may be an option. I'm close enough to having one. -shakes head- It just occurred to me that these colors look really weird when you group them together on a black background...

12/17/07 Changes on the blog front...

Customize? Oh. YEAH! So as some of you may have noticed, I've added a few things to the blog. The thankful list, the picture. More is to come. (maybe) I'll work on it, but now I have to go. Sorry this post is very short, but I'm very interested in modifying everything! Bye!

12/14/07 Picky picky picky

Comments:
- Brushstroke
Fishy?!
Can't I at least be just fish?
or aquarium or if that's too long, aqua.
Since you were really tired, I won't get too mad. :)

I hope you enjoy the book. You know you can renew it if you need more time. (From 12/13.2/07)
Is that aqua? Anyway, I told you guys to submit requests for names and what not, so don't feel like you haven't been warned. XD -looks up- I guess Brushstroke will work for the time being. (here meaning the next time someone reads this...)

Yeah... About that... There's a waiting list. But it isn't all that bad. I figured out that it's better when you're listening to the sound track. (Don't ask how I figured it out...)

I don't have any specific reply to Vancouver's post, but it was good. -nods-

Okay, so The ice rink was good. I had fun. Definitely impressed with the Hip-O. -nods- He said it was his first time there and he was flooring it. Very good.

Only one disappointing thing. They didn't have my shoe size, so they gave me a larger one. -shakes head- Say hello to my little blister. He just moved in on my ankle. -looks at it- So little, yet so inconsiderate of what it's whacking with a chainsaw...

We had hot chocolate! (Gentlemenship pulls off. Everyone who was crowding at the front got a scalded tongue. Or at least most of them. The ones who didn't add cold water.)

Okay, so I think I'm done here. I've got fifteen chapters to read. Bye! -grabs book-

12/13.2/07 COMMENTS?!?

I forgot! Okay, so Fishy is light blue. (no offense, but it's the only thing I can think of) Pink is... well, pink. Vancouver (names...) is green, anyone else have preference of what their color is?

As I said down there, \/ , I feel sleepy... Bye! I'll talk about the ice rink tomorrow...

12/13/07 Tired...

I figured out that the average chapter of The Bourne Identity takes about an hour to read, and it's due the twenty-first... So yeah... Twenty hours of reading before then. (These books that make you think aren't the best for light reading...)

So yeah, I fell asleep while wrapping up chapter 16. And I'm tired. I should read some more. It's starting to get interesting. (not that it wasn't before)

-sighs- I don't know how much I feel like writing. Everything seems blurry nowdays... Bye everybody.

12/11.2/07 WOOOOOOT!!!

FINALLY! It's done! I now know the perfect recipe for passing 100% required tests.

- Prayer before and after
- Happy Dance Song played several times throughout
- Several weeks of reviewing questions
- Multiple previous failures to tell you where you messed up
- Work area that is both comfortable and efficient
- Strawberry yogurt

So yeah, I think I'm done until next semester... Japanese, PE, and reading opportunities. ^^

Well, and chores and scouts and things like that. -does happy dance-

Maybe I should make noodles. You know, the awesome, unhealthy Chinese kind? So good...

BYE!!! -waves frantically-

12/11/07 Preparations...

Before we begin, I'd just like to let you guys know that if you don't like the comment idea, all you have to do is say so. It's not like you have to avoid posting just because you don't want to see the colors... Jk...

Okay, so tomorrow, as some know, the YW/YM will be going ice skating. Woot! I actually know I can do it this time. (I've already been there once this year.) Anyway, it should be great! And this it's evening. It won't be all warm or anything! ^^

Topic... Okay, so as the title suggests, I've been making some preparations. White boards and TV tray at the ready, Happy Dance Song open in another tab, Celtic music all organized. All the makings of a temper controlled afternoon... And I'll need it. This is about the fifth-ish try for the test thingy. (hurray...) I absolutely loath 100% required tests... No room for typos or brain freezes... Okay... -plays happy dance song- I gotta run. See ya!

12/10/07 The computer is slow...

It keeps acting like it doesn't want to work, and I need to take another swing at the retched test. (Yes, I'm still doing it. Dumbfound you, you sorry, pathetic typos! You don't deserve to live!) Yeah, I'm a little testy this morning...

So Saturday-ish Bjab went christmas shopping. I had no idea what I was doing. I mean, the secret project was going well, but I still needed to worry about Bja. (odd name...) So yeah, I found some things... One is rather hard to wrap. I'm having trouble, do you think I should try a bag? Or a box. A box might work...

Anna, please don't bark at the neighbors. I know if I let you out, you will, and I'll get upset, and I'll make another retarded typo, and I'll be stuck on this thing for another few days...

I have to go. I figure if I spend half an hour on each question I'll avoid disaster. (Then again, I've always dealt better on instincts... No. I'll confirm...)

I have to go. -does roundhouse kick on computer chair, picks it up, discreetly putting it back- I hate 100% tests... At least 98%. I would have had it on the first round... -sighs- Bye.

12/09/07 Elves, gnomes, quotes, and comments

Comments:
- Vancouver
"Oh I don't know, at the time Pink was pretty involved with the internet, their situations may be quite similar. But of course, not identicle.

I agree that elves are tall. (Have you SEEN Legolas? He ain't no dwarf... cause that would be Gimli.;) ) You're right, Santa must use gnomes. Now I'll have to tell Cadi that she's not one of Santa's elves anymore, she's one of Santa's gnomes. lol" (From 12/06/07)
I agree on the elves, but there are some major differences between TB and Pink. (Incidentally, the actor for Gimli was taller than Legolas. Funny, eh?)


- Pink
"Maybe there are different varieties of elves. :)

And, at least I learned a money-making hobby out of my hours on the net. :)" (Also from 12/06/07)
Okay, there are differences in elves, but not when it comes to height. When they're short, they're gnomes. -nods
Secondly, yes. Pink found ways to make it beneficial, rather than a mere time consumer.

Okay, So as you may have noticed, I'm trying a new comment response method. So if you'd like a certain color, just add it in the post. ^^

So we're having dinner now, so I have to go. Really quickly though. (once again, no comments on typos, I'm not proofreading...)

Elves, tall.
Gnomes, short.
How I see it. How my world is oriented. The end.

I've been thinking and I realize that if I ever become famous, I'll need to have quotes.
So here is one, but there'll be more later.

"Death is like an elevator. You're the one who decides which button you push, and the downward elevator doesn't have music."

I'll work on that. Potatoes cannot wait...

12/06/07 -_- Hardly similar...

Well, at least Pink (Seriously, I need names... Hmm... Just a sec.) had a life outside of the internet. This is /all/ he does. It's getting to be disturbing. I mean, seriously. There are girls here, too. Even in the ward, for crying out loud. Is there any reason to want to look out of states? That and he complains about the dances when he doesn't socialize. I mean, if he would ask a girl to dance now and then, maybe he would like them better. Or the odd group dancing. That's always fun. But does he like that? No, he prefers to be separated by miles of cyberspace. (That's the right word, right?)

Anywho, Pink isn't at all relatable in this situation. I'm going to start working on some way to scramble the names a bit. You know, some code thing, maybe having to do with languages...

Wow, I am so not thinking clearly... A pox on all colds! (Odd thing, really, showing a desire for an illness itself to become ill...)

I haven't had much time for my charming little book. Book II of the Asylum reading marathon: Bourne Identity. Sadness. Maybe I'll get to it tonight. I've always like getting high on sugar and reading into the twilight.

So yesterday's activity with the youth was nice. I got to be an elf. ^^ I felt myself shrink fifty centimeters, although that may have just been the tall doors. Anyway, I never reallu liked Santa's elves much. Elves are tall, not short. I think he had gnomes. -nods- So I was a gnome yesterday. It was nice.

That'd be about it, except for the fact that we watched part of the Ten Commandments in seminary. We're in the Old Testament, you see. Anyway, that'd be about it now. I gotta run and pretend to be productive...

12/04/07 Alias

Sorry, just thought I'd post it again. I do like looking at it. I think I'll try making one of my own some day...

Spoiler warning. Once the text turns back to normal, it'll be okay for those you are sensitive about me talking about Digital Fortress. (Just highlight the text and it'll be fine.)

Alrighty! So I finished it yester- today at 12:07 this morning. I forgot to turn on my alarm clock... It was a good book. A few places that I felt the need to skip due to some unpleasant events, but I liked the plot. Basically, Ensei Tankado starts working for the NSA (National Security Agency) and eventually hears that they're planning to make a code breaking machine to make them able to read people's E-mails. He doesn't like it. So, he naturally spills the secret. The people ruin his credibility and he begins work on Digital Fortress.

Now, I could go through the whole story, but I'll just go over the basics. He wrote Digital Fortress and posted it on his website, letting people download it. The only problem was, it appeared to be encrypted with itself. The Algorithm for an unbreakable code, locked by itself. Naturally, the NSA want to have a look at it. Now, Tankado had said he was having an auction and that he would announce the winner at a specific time unless the NSA revealed TRANSLTR (the machine). Unfortunately, he was killed, messing up everybody's plans. To make a long story short-ish. Digital Fortress was merely a virus which would infect the NSA's data banks unless they revealed TRANSLTR, at which point Tankado would give them a code which would shut the virus down. The whole thing is a fast-paced thriller thing that never seemed to let you know what the feel solution was until the end. In sort, pretty interesting. (Plus very nice for getting yourself interested in codes.)



Okay, it's all clear now.

Back to business...

PP stands for Pumpkin Pie, which in turn is an alias for one of TB's friends. (The one he was dating online despite the fact that she's thousands of miles away and was several years younger than him. -four-) So yeah, I wasn't pleased that he found that that was something he should refrain from telling his parents until his younger brother caught wind and ratted him out, at which point he said they had settled it and that they were "just friends". Suspicious?

Once again. Boys... -shakes head-

Now, if it were someone we knew, who lived a little closer, who was closer to the same age, who perhaps shared some of his beliefs, maybe that would be better. I mean, he should be social, but not like /that/. Not when you're just a teenager. Long-distance relationships aren't all that stable when we're talking about teenagers. And them being completely different in age does not help.

I'll start talking about my life again tomorrow. I've ranted enough, I should think. I adjourn to my studies. -bows and vanishes in a puff of virtual smoke-

12/03/07 -whacks left eye with a rubber mallet-

I'm not happy with my eye right now... For the past- -glances at clock- forty-three minutes, my left eye has been draining out its fluids... Not the right one. Just the left. Getting on my homework, I might add. -whacks it again- Maybe it's allergies.
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I feel the need to say something completely irrelevant, like two-tailed hornets having two stingers as well, but I think I won't.

I strangely don't feel like saying anything. It's probably the cold. I have a cold. I don't like it. My nose is giving my eye a bad example.

Towel boy wrote TB+PP=BFF on his arm yesterday. Made me want to wail on him. Honestly, there is such a thing as self control, and using the term 'best friend' is hardly a way to mask those idiots. No offense (Alright, maybe a little.), but he really is quite immature. Four years difference between teenagers is hardly acceptable, and saying that you're just friends when you know darn well that you're not is just stupid. Especially because he knows I read over his shoulder and know what stupid thing he's doing that day. Boys...

I need to read- Ew... Something in this tissue resembles a small slug... ANYWAY... I have issues.

I think it's time for a dunk in ice water... Or just water. Just something cold and wet. -walks off-

Slightly better. My eyes looks puffy, though. I gotta go. However lacking I feel this post is in the terms of uplifting gaiety, I have low hopes for possible outcomes of me continuing. As always, I'll see you later.

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