AAH!!!!

This is how a normal printer works:
-You put a piece of paper in
-You tell it what picture or document to print
- It sucks in the paper,
-It prints
-It spits out your picture or document

This is how my printers work:
-You put a piece of paper in
-You tell it what to print
-It tricks you by printing the first thing normally
-The second time, it sucks in your paper
-Then, it crumples it up and rips it to shreds
- It spits your mangled paper back out
-Then it prints on itself
Oh and the mangled paper you receive is covered in random blobs of ink.

This is what I get for actually attempting to be proactive this weekend.

Normally, on weekends I just sleep in, sit around the house, and do nothing. This weekend however, I had plans. My plans were; start scrapbook I have wanted to start for years, write and print stuff out for revision, blog, and work on my coin collection.
3 out of 4 have so far failed. Well, until now. Now 2 out of 3 have failed.
This is how my morning went:
I got up and ran with my computer downstairs so that I could start scrapbooking. Then, I encountered an hour of printing on printers who obviously DO NOT like me. Then, I decided to screw the idea of printing for FREE at home on MY printers and just order them online at Target which would be uber expensive. So, I went to Target.com, which promptly froze my computer for an hour. Either that or the printers' minds of hatred transferred into my computer, because after many attempt of Force Closing Safari, my computer informed me that, "Safari had over-ruled your force shut-down." Eventually, however, it worked. EEP. Let's hope my printers eventually work for me or we come to some sort of agreement in peace. Hmm.

February....Wha?

As I often write in my journal, oops, I haven't written for awhile. Well, if it's any consolation to anyone, I am writing in my journal again and, hey look, BLOGGING.

That's new.

Anywho, here's the bulk of the events that have recently occurred,

-School

-SCHOOL

-More school, oh, and lots and lots of long second periods learning about Andrew Jackson, to whom my friend and I refer as AJ Jackson Porter the Dracula. Long story. 

-Hey, the formal dance happened. Finally. He who must not be named finally allowed us JH kids to have fun.

-Usual shenanigans

-Argumentations and tears. Also long story.

-I've started writing a new story (aah, how many times does this happen? A LOT)

- My art class gets to paint and draw on the walls

-Orientation for HIGH SCHOOL O.o

-Lot's of photos

-Oh and we had Pashmina scare

Events 1-3 School, school, and Andrew Jackson

Our school has two teams for each grade, and apparently our history class is behind the other team's because we decided to go in depth with the Andrew Jackson unit, in which we have been endlessly discussing the most controversial president. Yeah. I would explain more about him but I've already had to write SEVERAL biographies about him and am extremely tired of telling people about his life. But, I can tell you this, I am really intrigued by this political cartoon of him at war with the national bank,

(photo above found in Google images)

At first I interpreted the hydra to be Franklin's 'Join or Die' snake.... I still wonder if perhaps it is symbolized by it.... Oh and for those who are curious, the middle human is Martin Van Buren and the far right person is completely fictional. The person on the left is.... yeah yeah it's Jackson

Event #4- The Dance

After months of dance deprivation due to our assistant principal (uggh), we FINALLY had the formal dance. My best friend Georgia and I were uber excited, we had our outfits planned and everything, and the whole Friday planned out. Except....

Originally, I was going to bring all of the stuff I needed to school with me, and then I'd walk to Georgie's house and we'd hang out and get ready for the dance, then walk to the dance, walk back to Georgia's house where we would both get picked up by my parents and return to my house for a sleepover. Everything was going according to plan, when in second period, the morning announcement team reminded us that we couldn't get into the dance without our ever-so-precious ID cards. I silently went over the list of stuff I had in my backpack in my head while my friend hurriedly finished her notes on slavery in the 1800's, when I realized that I had forgotten something. The one thing I had forgot, was, wait for it....

duh duh duh!

My ID card. Eep. I suddenly burst out of my chair and screamed, "CRAP!" And then my history teacher threatened to send me into the hall. Okay, maybe it wasn't that dramatic, but mostly along those lines. At break, I promptly ran and half-dragged a starving Georgia to the office with me so that I could call my mother, who kindly decided not to pick up. In the hall, we walked briskly in heated discussion all the way to the cafeteria.

"Well, what are you going to do?" inquired Georgia as she debated between Strawberry Pop-Tarts and the strangely addicting fruit snacks. I debated fiercely with myself until I finally said,

"I'll go home on my bus, run home, grab my ID card, and run to your house!"

"Dude, you live like two miles away!"

"I know but we've walked to each other's houses before, I can do it!"

"Yeah but by when? Midnight?"

"Don't worry!" I said, even though inside my need-to-have-a-plan self I was worrying.

At 2:30 that afternoon, I found myself running to the bus. At 3:00, I found myself tearing up my house trying to find the ever so annoying ID card that I had apparently lost. Eventually, a discovery of the fact that I had hidden money and a very confused hamster who was trying to sleep later, I finally found it. I then wrote a very messy note to my mother, and ran out the door (after locking it of course). And ran two miles across town with a backpack on my shoulder on a very warm February day. Oh, did I mention, I was wearing high heels. So at half-past four, I found myself at Georgia's house with two very blistery feet. It ended up being okay after that, besides the fact that for once, not many people came to the  dance, and a lot of our friends didn't show up, but it was an okay dance. Then Georgia and I stumbled all the way to her house. Stumbling because she was wearing 6 in. heels and I was wearing 6 in. wedges.

Events #5-6

These are purely the legal business of my friends and I and I do not wish to share our arguments on the internet.

Event #7

Pretty self-explanatory. We are reading To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee in English Class, and I love it! It's very inspiring, which is what inspired me to write a story, which I am in the process of writing.

Event #8

Also pretty self-explanatory. And we got cupcakes for it.

Event #9

Excitement in which I will not go into detail about at the moment.

Event #10

Photos. I shall post some.

Pashy and her healing wound

I gotz me some China Glaze!!!!

Me feeling particularly military-esque

Some tres delicieux pasta I made one day, I shall perhaps post the recipe one day, but it needs a little tweaking. I added a little bit too much garlic salt, but besides that, it was delicious!

Random Photo Time!!!!

O! Snow! Where hath thou been? Thee hast been goneth to the mountains? When shall thee returneth to us and show thyself? Thy only knoweth, for I do not control the weather. It's been a long time since it snowed, is it too much to ask for some more?

This is possibly the weirdest Sweetheart Candy I have EVER seen!

Person 1: UFA!!

Person 2: Uh.... yeah.... UFA to you too....?

No Tom!

No, Dale, no. Okay....

MORE SNOW!!!!

Event #11

Pashmina is my fawn Djungarian dwarf hamster, who we all believe is part monkey. She is almost always awake and climbing around and doing monkey bars at perilous heights inside her cage. Let's just say she is really goofy, but it's cute and I love her. Well, she climbs alot, and recently I found myself sick at home, I was really bored and looking up at-home cold and flu remedies, when I looked over and saw Pashmina acting strange, I came over to investigate and found that she was bleeding all the way down the right side of her belly. I panicked and hurriedly called Mom, who was at an exercise class and begged her to come home. We took her to the vet, where we found out that she was perfectly fine and her wound was barely a wound at all, all of the blood was just from when she first licked it all over herself when she first got cut in an attempt to clean it. We were also informed that it could be from her bedding, so we took her home, Mom cleaned her cage (I couldn't because I was sick) and I am happy to report that she is all better :)

Well that was a long post, wasn't it?

Also, check out my mother's blog,

http://www.lisasartmusings.blogspot.com/

Ah few, Blogger almost deleted my post which I have spent TWO WHOLE HOURS!!!! writing. My next post would have been a very angry rant. Ah well, thank goodness it didn't delete it!

Also, check out the result of my name-nerdiness and etymology obsessiveness,

http://etymologyofnamesandwords.blogspot.com/

Be Green- Transportation

Perhaps one of your goals (or more) for the new year includes something about making your life more green and efficient. Good choice mate! Here are some good ideas for helping the world this year & beyond:

1. Considering buying a new car? If so, look at hybrids and more energy efficient cars, they may be more expensive, but better for the Earth in the long run. Besides, what's money worth if we destroy our planet with all of our pollution? That's right, nothing. Or, an even better alternative, don't buy a new car, and use your current one a lot less. That will mean less scrap metal, chemicals, and plastics in the landfills.

2. Don't drive- walk or bike. Walking and biking are great, green ways to get around, especially if you don't need to go far. You don't put out any harmful emissions or fumes when you walk or bike. These are also great ways to exercise if you find that you don't have time for fitness classes or don't like going to gyms. So, four plusses here; it's a completely green way of getting around that burns calories, gains muscle, and keeps you awake and in great health.

3. Take advantage of local transportation. Most cities or towns have some form of community transportations, such as trains, trams, busses and other methods. If your community does not offer means of local transportation, carpool often or walk/bike.

4. You could always just get rid of your car. Though this measure seems a bit drastic, selling your car could gain you advantages. If you live in one of those places where you just don't need a car, sell it, and use local transportation or walk/bike. Without a car, you'll save tons of money you'd otherwise be paying for gas and repairs. Even though train, tram, and bus tickets may add up over time, they will still be less than gas and repair costs and more energy efficient.

So, try these ideas for the new year, even if you can't do something like selling your car, do what you can to lower emissions and help the Earth. And tell your friends, family, or colleagues at work to do the same, it will make a difference.

(photo above found in Google images)

It's A Brand New Year

It's 2012 and time for new things and new goals! I'm already starting out the new year with one new thing- I dyed my hair! I'll post pictures later. I've also made a list of goals that hopefully I'll actually complete this year. One of my goals is to blog everyday (or as much as possible) so we'll see how that goes. I'll also make more video blogs -not as frequently though- and my best friend and I are going to make a movie/ series that I will post more information about later. What are your goals for the new year?

Second Piercings

I have had my ears pierced since fourth grade, and lately I have been wanting a second piercing above them. My mom has two piercings, the upper ones she keeps the diamond studs that my dad gave her in, and the bottom ones she wears hook earrings. My mom said that when I got enough money, I could get the second piercings. Finally today I did. Since I have already gotten my ears pierced, I kind of knew what to expect, except this time was a lot less painful. I still needed to sit down afterwards though because I get really queasy and faint at the sight of needles or anything piercing my skin. But, now it's done, and it's really neat in my opinion!

Tips for getting your ears pierced:

- Save up your money, it can be expensive

- Get either gold or silver if you are unsure about how sensitive your ears might be

- Get parental permission, and bring them with you because they'll need to sign a waiver

- Go somewhere that pierces your ears safely and properly (I went to Claire's)

- Take good care of your ears (i.e. clean them often, wait the appropriate amount of time before changing earrings, etc....)

- When the six weeks are up (when you can change studs) make sure you keep earrings in otherwise your piercing might start to close up

That's about it. If you have any more questions, feel free to ask.

 

While we were at Claire's I also saw this adorable hat! Ir's definitely going on my Christmas List!

Homemade Nail Polish.... kinda

Hey guys! As you may already know, I really like nail polish, it's kind of like a form of art if you think about it ;) , and I love colors, especially mixing them! So I decided to make my own nail polish. I've done so before, but with a different technique, involving clear polish and eyeshadow pigments, (I'd be happy to make a tutorial on that as well if you guys would like one) but then I found a different technique on the internet. Here it is:

What you'll need:
-nail polish (white or a light color, if you want you could try clear too)
-food coloring (be sure not to use it in your food once you've used it in your nail polish)

Because I did not have any white nail polish that I wished to mess up, I used a light pink polish by e.l.f.
(I also don't have a before picture.... but it was just a light pink)

Then, I took my yellow food coloring and poured quite a few drops directly into the bottle (the more drops, the darker)

Then I just shook it up for a while until it mixed.

This is what I ended up with:

Yup. Show me how your's turned out!

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Whoa

Sorry I haven't been blogging lately, I've been busy and there's been a lot going on. Here's a little bit about what's happened recently:

-School. Bleh :P
-More school
-Orchestra concert :3
-I started making paper (which I'll have a tutorial on)
-Yeah....

I also bought theses adorable puzzle erasers:

 Yes yes, I am an obsessive Angry Birds player sometimes ;)

I also finally got a chair for my desk! We re-did my room this summer, but we've still been working on finishing touches and I was lacking a chair, we finally found this one at OfficeMax and it's super comfy!

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