Imagine Dragons - Demons

I feel like I'm getting more into music, and I haz found my new favorite song!

Computer Virus

OMG, so my computer was totally attacked by a giant virus. So yes, I've been stuck without a computer for, like, a week now. And I know I had a list of stuff that I had to post, but I lost the piece of paper... It's great having no nerve connections in my brain... Grr! Anyway. For those of you who know computers...here's what happened:

1. The virus corrupted my boot list so when I got onto the computer, it started, but couldn't find the operating systems. When a computer starts it looks for the boot list to give it instructions to access your accounts, but it couldn't find mine.
2. The virus also attacked my automatic system restore so that it could not repair itself like its suppose to. And because its me, I forgot to make a backup repair disk. Yeah, I know.
3. In shutting down my repair system it also destroyed my computers safe mode, so I couldn't get anything off my hard drive to save it.
4. The virus also automatically incapacitated any system restore program that entered my system through another Windows 7 Home Premium disc.
5. So my moms friend at work took it, saved most of my stuff, and completely rebuilt my hard drive. Yeah, I know, I wish I knew how to do that!

Anyway, I got my files back, but my computer was wiped and I had to reinstall everything. The thing is, that a major factor of this virus was caused by Minecraft. I AM SOOO SAD!! Minecraft obviously had a bug that my computer just couldn't handle, and that matched with something I think I accidentally installed with an email set my computer on "Deep Fry". So yeah, kinda sucks, no more Minecraft, but at least I got my computer back. :)

Life Lesson: Always make friends with every IT and tech guy you can.

:P Chao!

Riley Died

So, um, I was cleaning out my mouse, Riley's, cage and, um, I found him dead, curled up in his house. I don't even have a picture to show you.

Lived : 2 and a Half Years
Discovered Dead: January 27, 2013 at 7:13 p.m.

Adam, the neighbor

You guys know the dreaded drug neighbor (we're going to call Adam) right? Well, good news, he now has a "For Sale" sign outside on his lawn...or whats left of it.... Anyway, lets do a little recap. Adam is the neighbor who...

• Had the police called to his house 68 times in the past 6 years
• Had 4 Police raids
• Has been beaten and stabbed by a drug dealer and his posse
• Had his house broken into several different occasions, even while its being sold
• Had three different groups with surveillance on his house
• Had a girl's body extracted from his house 9 months ago
• Is responsible for innumerable gunshot sounds and incidents
• Had the police get us to give our accounts and descriptions of the stabbing gang
• Gave me the opportunity to call 911 on strange people and their car while they were trying to break into his house.
• Is our around-the-corner-neighbor with whom we share a dilapidated backyard fence

Pretty much, a neighbor that everyone dreads. :)

But HALLELUJAH!!!! He's finally moving!

5000 Pageviews

(Insert long whistle because I can't) Thank you guys for all your support even though I haven't been very consistent. WOW, 5,000 page views. Also, how do you all like the pink-ish design of the blog now?? I'm not digging it and am trying to find something better, so look out for more changes!

Party Rock Anthem

SO this is short, but I have figured out that I REALLY REALLY like the video for Party Rock Athem by LMFAO. Its soooo great! :)

Sadie Hawkins

Hey, sorry for not posting in forever, actually for this entire year so far. :) Anyway, I have figured out, by my awful grades, that I am highly motivated to do nothing lately. I mean nothing as in NOTHING AT ALL. Lie in bed and play Minecraft.... I know that's no excuse, but I just feel BLAH. So since I am on Student Senate, I just helped set up our annual Sadie Hawkins dance today from 9 am. to 1:30 pm. It was a blast and we made it look AMAZING. It was themed retro-like "Sockhop" with swing dancing and a bar with red and black and white barstools and rootbeer floats and chrome duct tape and black and pink balloons and great light....oh, it was so original and fantastic and authentic-looking! I love setting stuff up. Of course, being the introvert that I am, I didn't go, but I think setting it up and watching everyone else have fun is the best part anyway. :) I wish I had taken pictures!!!!

I Am Scrooge

I have finally found who I am descended from. Scrooge and the Grinch before him. Seriously, I do not like Christmas except for the break from school that comes around Christmas time. There is nothing like a big holiday to stir up family problems, attitudes, and bad moods. My house is like...I really don't know how to compare it....BLAH!! My mom is depressed because my sisters wont let her take any pictures, my bad sister is b**chy 24/7 because she wants to take complete control of all the projects we were working on as a surprise for mom. I am just holing up in my room, which I must say is quite boring. But I'm munching on Beef Jerky. :D Cuz my good sis, Emma, got me a HUGE package of it as a present. :) But yes, Christmas is certainly a depressing time. Sorry, if this makes no sense...I am weriting this very quickly. But I pity other people who have family gatherings, its just hectic! OK, I gtg. C y'all!

Dog Sitting

OK, so we're dog sitting and these people have two dogs. A big fluffy, cute, old porcupine puppy named Lucy, 

and a dog that looks like its been run over by a truck and then...well....let me just show you....

then I realized that it looked a lot like that little bat creature on Star Wars Episode 6 that hangs out with Jabba the Hutt. Do you not see the resemblence?? THey could be from the same litter! :)

Stabbing Next Door

This Was a Facebook Post I made...

OK, I know everyone is going to say how awesome Cinderella was, and it was great (with its two standing ovations), but I'm going to fast-forward past losing my glasses at the performance and go straight to the 4-block drive home where my mom tells me that our next door neighbor (whom we know as the guy who has had the cops to his house 67 times) has been stabbed three times in the chest with a knife by a trio of guys who visits his house every so often.

Now that I've got a good attention-getter (be proud of me Mr. Young {english teacher}) I can rewind to about 7 months ago when our old Mexican neighbors (who were crazy about Cinco de Mayo) moved out and this new, weird guy (lets call him Adam) moved in. Now from the beginning everyone suspected he was shady, but turns out he's been moving a ton of drugs out of that house. Since his arrival, we've had all sorts of weird interactions, mostly with strange cars in weird places and middle-of-the-night meetings around the corner. The bad thing is that there's never been any proof. UNTIL, one day, about 3 weeks ago, my mom was outside and snapped some photos of three, new dudes transporting shoebox-sized containers out of the house. Yeah, bonus! So we called the cops, told them our story, and waited, and waited, but then finally deleted the pictures and forgot about it. We saw the cars still, but there was obviously nothing we could do. So we were just careful. Then, yesterday, we receive a phone message telling us that the police have connected our story with a near-fatal stabbing from two weeks ago. The nerve of those people! Wait two weeks without doing their job and then just off-handedly tell us about a stabbing next door by guys we see daily?! Yeah, whatever, but its kinda exciting and kinda creepy. Definitely going to take the long route home from school now eh? :)

Well, that combined with the body they took out of that house a couple of months ago makes this neighborhood kinda sketchy. Way to put the fear of God into ya huh?

Spiritual Maturity

I feel so proud of myself. At church tonight, our Youth Pastor, Nathan, asked all of us what we thought "Spiritual Maturity" meant. Well, this is my definition that I just kinda, on-the-spot made up, but I wanted to share it and ask what you guys thought.

"The constantly developing measurement of your following and understanding of God's Word and principles and how they apply to your daily life."

Yes, I was sure proud of sounding smart with big words for once, :) but do you agree with this? Is there another aspect that you think should be added? I just thought this was an interesting thought of the day....
So if you feel like it, share what comes to your mind after reading this. Even if it is rainbows or water buffalo. :) Thanks!

PS: And yes, I did recently see Veggietales. :D

Minecraft

Wow, we just had a 4-day weekend, and I did absolutely nothing but play Minecraft....well....at least until my java software started to reject it. Now I can't playz it. Sadness. Anyway, I started on peaceful and built (or dug) and now have found massive caverns surrounding the center of a volcano. Yeah, it pretty awesome. But I found out I have a knack for sniper archery. :) Pretty awesome. From what I've counted in my latest play times, I've killed 133 zombies, 68 skeleton archers, 47 creepers, 44 spiders, 1 slime, and 3 undermen. Not counting the villagers and animals I've killed. :D I love survival in blocks. Ok, so, yeah. Its an amazing game! And I recommend it to anyone who hasn't tried it. Definitely! :)

Althought Java sucks, just in general, so expect some minor problems. :)

Kitty Post #27

My cat got a little restless while my mom 

fumbled with the camera. :)

So here she is, gnawing on my cheekbone. HAHA! Totally unrehearsed, but completely awesome! :) I know its been forever since I did one of these, but yeah. Here it is. And I think its worth it. :) So yeah, this is a really embarressing picture of me, all of my face seems messed up. -_-

The Pantry

SO my mom and I just finished cleaning out the pantry. Yeah, scary enough already. Anyway, in 1999, right before Y2K, my dad bought like 2 TONS of dried food in preparation for the upcoming (inferred) disaster. Anyway, we lived off of that for three years and still had hundreds of boxes, like half left. We gave most of it away to a family of 8 (now 9) in New York before we moved out here. During the move, we only took about 20 boxes with 6 cans per box. Anyway, high up in the pantry, we found some leftover....FROM 1999! Now I know its mostly still good, but it sounds disgusting anyway. So....here's some of the stuff we found...

Cheese Powder, yeah,  here's another....

 

Just looks wonderful doesn't it. Blah! Looked

bad so we threw it out.

 Dried Bacon Bits: Mm-hmm, smelled like 

rotting pork rinds.

 Vegetable letter soup; I voted to trash it,

so we did, but still, really???

 A pic of the vegetable soup...

 Cocoa Mix. Still fine and fresh. Smelled great,

so I tried some and it tasted fine. :D Yea!

And this, looked Ok, tasted fine, keeper.

A completely sealed can that I tentatively opened

only to find some great Spaghetti noodles. :)

(Perfect timing, mom was debating on dinner tomorrow)

Oh, one thing that sucked though, was that 

there was old honey stuck to the bottom of everything. :(

In the conclusion, I must regret that I forgot to take a picture, but we found 5 and a half cans of...what?....beans. Yes, beans of every shape and size you could ever imagine. Yikes! SO, I guess this also outlines my eating habits for the next few weeks huh? :) Anyway, its late, so I should go, but still, I've gotta ask...really?? :D I mean, I never knew my dad well, but he seemed like a complete psycho. Not just based on this. Actually, this was a good desicion I think, and it was good to prepare for the unexpected. Even so, I think it was a little overboard. I mean, seriously, 4,000 POUNDS!! XD

The Liebster Award

OK, sorry for not posting in like forever. I have been busy, busy, busy. Busy enough to believe that saying "busy" two times more than necessary adds extra effect. :) So, according to Roni, Rebecca, and Annie, I have been nominated for three Liebster Awards which I still don't get.... Wait here while I go back to their pages and check them out. :) Oh, I get it, OK, here's my 11 things about me...

About Me

1. I want a pet Woodchuck, Panda, Python, or Koala. (or all)
2. I hate Spring and Summer, but love Fall and Winter.
3. Precipitation, Food, Crunchy Leaves and Charades makes me happy.
4. I have a sick fascination with heights.
5. I want to be the Avatar in the cartoon series. :)
6. I am equally scared as I am fascinated by heights.
7. I am probably the worst party guest ever, seriously. :)
8. MY maturity level changes with how many people I'm with.
9. Making up words is my specialty.
10. I love watching a good movie.
11. I want to die by jumping out of a plane without a parachute.

Rebecca's Questions

1. Favorite Avenger Captain America
2. Favorite Vegetable Green Beans
3. Tape or Staples? Staples, definitely
4. How many US states have you been in? 19 or 20
5. Have you ever had stitches? Nope
6. Favorite book? I have a lot of them
7. Are you tall, short, or average? Short a year ago, Average now, Growing taller all the time. Probably to about 6' 2". :)
8. Do you like tater-tots? No
9. Raspberry or strawberry? Raspberry
10. How many people are in your family? 4
11. Have you ever seen a grizzly bear? No, almost, at caddying, one hole away. :)

Roni's Questions

1. Your favorite kind of ice cream? Black Raspberry
2. Backstage or lead role? Lead Role a year ago, backstage now
3. Movies that you cried while watching in theaters? Titanic
4. Your latest New Year's resolution? Not to make New Years Resolutions :)
5. Do you wish you were more outgoing? Or do you wish you were less outgoing? I hang in the background and observe, and I like it that way. To be prepared for anything.
6. Favorite movie soundtrack? Rio
7. Your dream instrument? Super-ooper-double-looper Ugaphonium
8. Random thing that made you smile today? My Speech Topic
9. Your favorite thing to do on a rainy day? Go outside
10. Favorite brand of jeans? Um, the only brand that comes to mind are Levi's
11. Do you like my blog? Of COURSE! :)

 Annie's Questions

1. Who's your favorite actor/actress? James Roday
2. Favorite thing about Fall? Crunchy Leaves, Pumpkin, Spice, Pies, All of IT!
3. Your reason for liking photography? It's fun to see what you can capture.
4. The craziest thing you've ever done? Well that's confidential, but one had to be almost starting a forest fire with Yoski...or repelling off her roof with an old broken hose...
5. Cupcakes or cake? Neither
6. Favorite book? I have a lot
7. Pumpkin carving or trick-or-treating? Pumpkin Carving
8. What do you like most about blogging? Designing
9. If you could change one thing about the world, what would it be? Prohibition
10. Avengers or LOTR? Lord of the Rings!
11. And finally, one little kid question, Dory or Squirt? Dory 100%

I NOMINATE!!!

Bopha
Yoski (on this blog)

My Questions:

1.  Life Role Model?
2. Favorite Book?
3. Funniest Thing You've Ever Done?
4. Favorite Movie?
5. Star Wars, Star Trek, or LOTR?
6. Pets? What kind?
7. Favorite Season? Why?
8. Play an Instrument?
9. Craziest Thing You've Ever Done?
10. Favorite Sport?
11. What would you Change in the World?