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okay, so we should not go to the beach on the 26th

reasons:
-Sophie is having her party that day
-It is freaking cold!!!!!!! average hi 60 average lo 39 this equals bad odds on warmth
-PotC III for FREE! we could still go if we go to the beach..but we would miss the treasure hunt

so yeah, read 'em and weep! those be the cards we be handed...

:'(

Okay, so I cannot go to Penguicon this year. Anyways, everything on Sunday is lame and I believe the recital w/ Amy is that day. *sigh*
That is okay though, because I believe filming starts Saturday for our latest project...I think. ~Reminder: Make an aluminium foil hat~

So, there has been much turmoil over the plans for Saturday the 26th of April (April, right? day of Junior Formal). The story of the plans to go to the beach are as follows:
-it was a random idea, I think by me
-it was not meant to leave anyone out. if you have not heard about it, it is probably because we thought of it last Friday and do not have things worked out yet
-We are thinking of going to Spring Mill Pond in South Lyon. This is about 30 ish minutes away and is kind of part of Kensington Park. Fortunately, it is much prettier than Kensington. It will probably be cold though. That is why we do not know if we are going yet. Also, the park might not stay open late, as it is so early in the season still. Of course, this is fortunate for those of us who want to see PotCIII for free at the Civic...but yeah, that is another story
-I am thinking that if we do go, we can leave in the morning, hang out while it is still warm, visit the sand dunes (yes, sand dunes!!) and maybe bring food to grill at those traditional park grills. That could be fun and tasty :D By leaving for the pond earlier, we could get sick of it before it gets too cold, or we can just enjoy it longer. Either way: win, win!
-About the pond: I already said it is cold and pretty. The water is very clear with great visibility. It also gets really deep. At some points it gets to, like, 30 feet. Fortunately, along the shore it is nice and shallow for a good while for those of us who do not like to swim in deep waters. BEWARE! the pond is further across than it looks. Every year drunk teens try and cross and end up drowning or just getting hurt. Let's not be one of them (not meaning the drunk part here, but that would be bad too. I mean the dead/hurt part especially)
-kein angst bitte shoen! seriously. I am sorry this is instead of junior formal, it was the plans of people who were not planning on going anyways. beefs w/ people who were planning on going should stay between those involved...it makes me sad when people/persons (Elyse) are/is mad at me. (hence the tear in the title)

um...yeah, that is about it...
of course, no one reads this, so this blog is a moot point, but if there are questions, well, I can just direct people here :D and I can remember what I planned...I do tend to forget stuff...hm..like sleep and homework.

Penguicon Science Fiction and Open Source Convention!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

okay, so it may be the ultimate nerdiness...but this sounds amazing!
Tamora Pierce (beloved author of many fantasy books and apparently host to this website about female heroes sheroescentral.com) is going to be there! also a bunch of webcomic artists, including the author/artist of xkcd (a nerdy comic amy showed me). They are all into scifi and open source. OPEN SOURCE! all lovers of linux...and only in troy. i want to go so bad!!
ooo, they also have giant singing tesla coils. y'know, like in the Prestige, but revamped. (See below)


it looks so amazing. If anyone has interest, look at the website penguicon.org. Oh, and talk to me, it is in a week, so if anyone wants to go, we have a week to figure it out. I think we would have to go on Sunday, so it is only $10...if it is possible to go at all...

and sorry for all the errors, but i was too excited to care about spelling/punctuation/capitalization

Great Song!

I know you won't directly understand, but that is why we have translators.
So, this song totally reminds me of Corey when I hear it, "Meine heisse Liebe" (my hot(temperature) love)

Du bist die Erste, an die ich morgens denke,
die Einzige, der ich seit Jahren meine ganze Liebe schenke.
Du hilfst mir durch den Tag,
das ist das erste Mal, daß ich dir das so sag'.
Ich liebe dich und deinen schwarzen Humor,
dein Temp'rament kommt mir so latino-americano vor.
Du bringst mein Herz zum Rasen,
manchmal muß ich sogar blasen,
denn du bist viel zu heiß...

Meine heiße Liebe: My hot love:
Meine Tasse Kaffee! My cup of coffee
Wenn ich dich morgens seh', when I see you in the morning
bin ich meistens noch im Koma, I am still in a koma
doch dann riech' ich dein Aroma, until I smell your aroma
schon bin ich frisch und munter,
und draußen geht die Sonne wieder unter.
Guten Morgen, heiße Liebe!

Sie nennen dich im Fernseh'n liebevoll "die Krönung" -
für mich bist du viel mehr: Dein Koffein ist die totale Dröhnung,
die ohne Frage 'reinhaut,
und meine Magenschleimhaut
ist genauso weg wie ich.
Manchmal mische ich dich auf mit saurer Sahne,
dann wirst du plötzlich kreidebleich und blaß, und ich ahne:
Saure Sahne wird ja klumpig,
darum guckst du auch so grumpig,
und dann schütt' ich dich in's Klo.


Meine heiße Liebe.... My hot love...

Ich trinke dich in Amsterdam, New York und in Berlin, I drink you in Amsterdam, New York and Berlin
Milch und Zucker (oder ohne), aber nur mit Koffein, Milk and sugar (or without), not just with caffeine
du bist nicht gut für mich, aber gut für mein Adrenalin. You are not good for me, but you are good for my adrenalin


Meine heiße Liebe....

Dallmayer, Tchibo, Jacobs "Café au lait"
sind okay, doch ich steh' mehr auf Dritte-Welt-Kaffee:
Der kostet mehr, ist aber fair, soweit ich das seh'.
In dreißig Jahren bin ich hoffentlich schon Opa,
und dann fahr' ich mit dem Zug quer durch Europa
und trinke jede volle Stunde einen großen Pott Mitropa.
Ich trinke dich in Amsterdam....

Awesome Weekend

So today is Sunday, but it does not feel like it should be. I have had such an amazing weekend, I feel like it just should not end.

Yesterday was MCGC state championships and we won third place! It is so amazing; we each have a metal and the guard got a plaque. I was sooo ecstatic! Then we got to watch the higher level guards. One guy threw his rifle so high, we couldn't even see it because the score box (standard sports arena score box) was in the way. AMAZING! We also got to see Interplay's show again, as well as Plymouth Canton World guard and the college guard from MSU and Lansing Community College. The Interplay show was soooo cool. They performed to "I can see clearly now the rain is gone", so they all wore rain jackets. At one point half or so of the group tossed their flags and while the flags spun in the air, the other half or third pulled the jackets off the tossers and then the tossers all caught. I don't know if that makes sense...but understand this: It was sooooo cool!

Today awesomeness continued with Robohawks and Amy's concerto. At Mr. B's I finally got my navigation systems to work again. This is a big step for the project, and it means I am finally back in the swing of programming. Also, it means so much to me, as I have been in such a slump all season, which made me sad. Today Robert and I tested the system around Brouillette's house, and then we all went to a soccer field and tried it out more. Yays! it worked :D Tomorrow we get to test it at Heritage Park...fun fun :P Ooh! and on Tuesday we make Balaji swim in the pool to do some tests for us. It will be funny..teehee.

So after Robohawks I went with Amy to practice the concerto for her spring concert through her private lessons. All them violinists were pretty good, and Ted (the hippie pianist that always accompanies Amy) apparently plays cello. His G string broke (hmm...I think that is a sexual term too...strange) and he ended up fixing it with a piano tuner's knot. I never knew this was possible, to continue playing with a broken string, but he played for the whole hour. AMAZING.
The other violist was kind of lame, he had just switched off of violin. I don't really like him, as he believes a "perk" of playing viola is that one gets to sit out more. Lame-o!

Lastly, what has made my day is this movie I am watching instead of homework: Damien:OmenII. I want to watch the original The Omen now...
1970s horror rules! let's watch more!
I think I am annoying Rachel with my comments about it. Especially considering she has probably already seen it, but...yeah

I guess I will do my homework...but later...maybe
oh! bitch! The step mom is a follower of Damien. Aww...but then he burnt her up. Jerk.
Now I want to see more of these movies...Like the first, and maybe a marathon of all the rest....
the music be so so cool. All, churchy and sweet and operatic and creepy and ... well...awesome

Podcasts!!!

Podcasts are amazing!!!!!

So, I currently have podcasts from college chemistry, physics, psychology and many other random classes. It is sooooo great! It is all thanks to my cousin, Devin. He showed me the wonderful world of listening to professors with senses of humor or funky accents! Hopefully I will actually continue listening...

Besides college courses, I also have files from this show from NPR called RadioLab. They investigate random things, from why people yawn, to a babies first laugh to old radio shows/broadcasts. My favorite, during which I keep getting interrupted, is this one about the War of the Worlds broadcast from the 1930s. I have always been interested by it, as I never understood how people were put into such a panic. Surprise, surprise, it also happened in Quito, Ecuador in the 50s or 60s...or another time, I listened to this a bit ago. They took the script from New Jersey, translated it, edited it to make it relevant to Ecuador and broadcasted it on the main radio station of the city.

It put people in a panic!

When they found out it was just a hoax...

...they ransacked the studio. Eight lives were lost.


I love PODCASTS! Where else do I get such incredible stories??!?!??!

There is this other thing I enjoy called ThreadBanger. These are a bunch of real cool people who make their own clothes/style. They have patterns, ideas, follow fashions, talk to designers and a whole bunch of other awesome stuff. So awesome! they taught me how to custom design a corset...though, I be shaped weird...so it doesn't fit as well as I would like...but...almost there :D
and much. Yeah, so they have a podcast too. It be sweet, yo.

uh, yeah, so ejumakate urselves yo! (lols, it be funny 'cause i am commanding you to be educated, but i am screwing up all....te hee)

check out foreign language podcasts, or college podcasts. It be totally sweet!

best online show evah!

so, everyone needs to watch this really awesome show I found called Life from the Inside. The description from the site is as follows, or, if you don't want to read, you can follow this link http://lifefromtheinside.com/episode_short04.php

"Mason Evan Harris was the best "English Language Foreign Holiday Novelty Songwriter" in the business. That was 5 years ago. Now that his money has run out, he's reluctantly come out of retirement to start a new career as a less-than-enthusiastic jingle writer. The road back to financial stability would be easier if his friends would just leave him alone...and if he was willing to leave his apartment."

Really hilarious!

The whole show is seriously funny, well written and quite original. It is hard to believe it is not a) on TV and b) professionally written/acted/produced. You can find the episodes at http://lifefromtheinside.com/episodes.php.