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7/31/2012

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Hello from life! Cause I’m alive. And I have nothing more creative to offer by way of introduction. Or much to tell you about the last week. Expect Squirrels is about to start filming! That’s gonna be pretty cool :) Assuming we have enough time to get everything on camera before everyone starts leaving in about 2 ½ weeks… we’re going to have to keep a pretty tight schedule, but I believe in us! Anyway, Expect Squirrels and babysitting is most
 of my life at the moment. Speaking of babysitting, though, Kennedy and I went to see that claymation pirate movie this morning. I remembered Anna Beth talking about it, but I couldn’t remember why until I heard one of the characters and realized it was Martin Freeman! Hugh Grant was also in it (it took me until the credits to figure that one out), and DAVID TENNANT! I was sooooo excited when I heard his voice coming from Charles Darwin! The actors pretty much made the movie for me, though the plot and stuff was actually pretty entertaining. I don’t usually like watching claymation stuff, but this one was really funny. So… now that I’ve exhausted that riveting topic… time for Question Tuesday!
Jill:
What seemingly mundane activity do you find incredibly relaxing or
exhilarating?

Well, one thing I really like is just typing. Not even the part where I come up with the words to type (that generally just lengthens the whole process and means there’s a lot of time when I’m just thinking). I actually like having something in front of me just to type out. Like, just now, I typed out your questions instead of copy-pasting them, just because I wanted to.
This question also makes me think back to AP Bio senior year when we talked about the basics of organic chemistry. I don’t remember exactly what we were doing, but Sanaa and I were doing a worksheet where we drew simple carbon chains or something from chemical formulas, and I remember us talking about how relaxing it was, just to sit there and do organic chemistry. Do you remember that, Sanaa? Of course, this was just very basic organic chemistry- I doubt we would have found it relaxing anymore if we’d gotten more in-depth in
 the subject :P
Do you have any irrational fears?
Well, sure. Humans in general are not, in my opinion, very rational creatures. So I’d say you’d have a hard time finding anyone without some kind of irrational fear. For example, I got sick after I went to see the first Harry Potter movie with my family, so for awhile I was afraid that the movie, or the series, or something had caused me to get sick. Obviously I got over that, but I think it’s really funny to go back and think about all the misconceptions I had when I was little.
As far as a lasting irrational fear… I know I have some... but because you asked me this question I can’t think of any :/
When you see the word“home” what is the first image to come to mind?
This is hard to answer. When I read the question, the first thing I thought of was my room… because that’s where I was… I was going to try again later, but every time I look at this question I’m in my room. So, sorry. Nothing poignant or profound is coming to mind.
What would you want your patronus to be (Has someone already asked that
question?)

I don’t think I’ve been asked this question yet. Wasn’t I just saying recently that I hoped there’d be a quiz on this in Pottermore once it got to Prisoner of Azkaban?
Anyway, I think I’d want a cat. Umbridge may have had a cat patronus, which
doesn’t exactly make me want to have anything remotely associated with her, but McGonagall also did, so I think it balances out nicely. Plus I love kitties, so how could such a patronus do me wrong? :)
Should modern people apologize for the crimes committed in the past?
I don’t think so. It seems pretty ridiculous to me that people who had nothing to do with a crime, didn’t even exist when it was committed, and are only associated with said transgression by their relation to the culprits, would have any reason to apologize for the actions of their ancestors. Sure, we should recognize that whatever happened was wrong, and we should actively seek to prevent anything similar from happening again, but how would an apology have any meaning coming from people who are completely innocent of the offense to
individuals who are likewise detached from the situation?
Not including your house, what is your favorite place in our city?
Ummmmmmmmm. Campus?
What’s the strangest thing you believed as a child?
Bah! Once again, I know I thought a lot of strange things when I was little, but just because you asked nothing is coming to mind. It’s so irritating when this happens!
Why is silence often considered awkward?
I feel like part of it is related to people always having to be doing something. Like, no one seems to want to just sit and think anymore. So if there are other people around, they feel like they should be talking to them. And if the conversation falls into a lull, they feel like they have to fill it with something, no matter how pointless or repetitive, just to have something to
say. I also feel like that’s one way to tell when you’re really comfortable around a person: when a group of people can just sit in non-awkward silence together without feeling pressured to fill the void.
How different do you think life would be if clocks had never been invented? (or would it be different?)
Well, without clocks, we may have come up with a different way of telling time- like hourglasses or something- but I feel like things would be a lot more relaxed and less rushed than present-day life is. I mean, the main support of so many people’s fast-paced lifestyles is the fact that they have the exact time available to them, so they know exactly how long they have to be at work, exactly when they need to get up in the morning, exactly when they need to
leave to get somewhere on time. But if we didn’t have that, if we just had approximations of roughly what time of day it was based on how much time seemed to have passed, or where the sun was in the sky, a lot of that rush and pressure would disappear. Instead of, “Be at work by 8,” it would be more like, “I’ll expect you shortly after sunrise” or, “Come as soon as you wake up.” It would also be more difficult to come up with any kind of alarm clock (aside from
natural things, like sunrise and rooster crows), so you wouldn’t really be able to blame anyone for sleeping in too late- because what are they supposed to do about it?
What are some misconceptions that you think people you first meet have about
you?

Well, for one thing, I’m pretty sure most people who meet me (and don’t have any kind of context to go on- like me sitting in their class at school or going to vote or something) probably don’t guess that I’m 20 years old. Like, I’m pretty sure I don’t look 12 anymore, but someone guessed me at 14 when I went to camp last month. And even when they do have
context to go on, like when I’m helping with Middle School at church, I do wonder whether people are trying to figure out what that 8th grader is doing leading her peers in small group… But that one doesn’t really bother me. Really, I just think it’s funny when people find out how old I actually am, partially because they all have the same reaction- “well, you’re going to appreciate this a lot more when you get older. Just think, you’ll be in your 40s and still having people ask if you’re 20!”
Another thing I think people perceive about me is more my fault. I’m not very good at talking to people I don’t really know, so I tend to be pretty awkward in those kinds of situations… I feel like people probably finish a conversation with me and recognize that I’m not a big fan of unfamiliar social situations. But hopefully they don’t think it’s because I’m conceited or think
I’m better than them or anything. That would be unfortunate :/
What is the most recent good news you’ve received (large or small)?
That we have a man for our web series!                                                                                                   
Which is stronger: actions or words? (Specifically referring to the sayings: “The Pen is mightier than the sword” but “Actions speak louder than words”)
Lol, that’s the funny thing about those little sayings- just about every one of them has a complement that says exactly the opposite. Personally, I think that if someone says one thing and does the opposite (without there being a reasonable explanation for the discrepancy), people are going to trust his actions more than his words (hence the “actions speak louder
than words”). Because it’s really easy to say something and create an image for yourself, but your actions are way more likely to show your true intentions and beliefs. At the same time, though, I’m the kind of person who needs words. Someone can do something, but no matter how clear the intent, I won’t be sure what it means unless the person also explains so I can be sure that our versions of the event match up. Because misconceptions are really common with
words, but they’re even easier to come across when people rely on body language or behaviors to get their message across. Obviously the words should match the actions, but ideally, both should be present to make sure that things are as they are said to be.
What are your thoughts on this picture? http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m77zsgLqoM1qz6f9yo1_500.jpg
I’m not sure what I think about this picture. I mean, I certainly
like the idea of just going to school forever and learning stuff. I like to
learn, and there are so many subjects I’d be excited to learn more about. But
what’s the point in learning all this stuff if you don’t have some goal in mind
of how you can use it? I’m not saying that every fact you learn in your life
ever should have a direct application later on- a lot of times the effects of
what you learn are much more subtle. But I do feel like a life spent just trying
to improve our own minds and expand our own views of the world is really…
pointless. Even selfish. Maybe everyone doesn’t need to “earn a living”in the
sense of having a 9-5 job they go to every day to put food on the table. But
everyone needs a purpose in life, a goal to strive toward, a way to try and make
her life mean something to someone other than herself. Learning is certainly
important, but it’s what we do with what we learn, more than what we learn,
that’s important.
What are your thoughts on this picture? http://www.funnycutepics.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/kitten-heart.jpg
Aaaaaaaawwwwwwww!!!!!!!!!!!
Would it matter to you if you found out you and your entire world was a figment of someone’s imagination?
Well… I mean, it kind of already is. We only exist because God created us. In a sense, we, and this whole universe, are just a figment of God’s imagination. And I’m pretty happy with that :)
Does Anna Beth still have commitment issues if she’s willing to marry a city? (see: AB’s obsession with London)
I’m gonna have to say yes. In fact, I’d say she’s willing to marry the city instead of a person becauseof her commitment issues- she’d rather be joined in matrimony with a place than actually commit to another person :P (love you, Amma Bef!)
At the movie theater, which armrest is yours?
Whichever one isn’t being used by someone I don’t know.

AB:

So if there was a guy… and you both obviously liked each other a lot but you weren’t officially dating, would you be bothered if he spontaneously kissed
you?

Well, I’d certainly rather he not kiss me until we were actually
dating. It’s cute in movies and all, but I don’t personally find it very
realistic. For one thing, in the movie you usually know that both people are
attracted to each other, but in real life you can’t really know that until
you’ve actually both discussed it- which generally leads to being in a
relationship. I mean, I’m sure if it happened, and everything did work out and
all, then it would be fine, and it’d be an adorable story to tell and all, I
just think it’d be better to talk first and kiss later.
Would you prefer to be asked before being kissed, even if you are dating the
guy?

I’d rather not be asked, actually. I feel like that just makes it weird. Personally, I think it would be better if he just surprised me. Assuming we were already dating. (see above answer)
How long would you personally like to wait before being kissed by a guy you’re dating? (just make something up if you don’t know- no cop-outs!)
K, well I’m not actually going to cop out, but I am going to point out that, having no experience with this, I can’t really say. I think I would want to wait at least a week or two, though, or as long as it took to feel like the relationship was more… established, I guess? Like, I’d want to get past that initial phase of questioning reality and wondering if this was actually happening to the point where I could actually feel like the relationship was real and could last.
Assuming it’s NOT a book by John Green, what is your first reaction when you read in the synopsis of a book that it is a “cancer book”? (Not that the words “cancer book” would be in the synopsis, but you know what I mean)
Yeah, cancer books (unless written by John Green) are not really my thing. Unless I’m purposely looking for a good cry, I would probably shy away.
What is your favorite Olympic sport?
I’ve never followed the Olympics particularly avidly, but I do like watching gymnastics and ice skating.
What do you think of the Olympic mascots this year?
The Olympics has mascots?
 …K, just looked it up. You mean those Wenlock things? They look
pretty cute :) I didn’t bother to look that much into it though, so I have no
idea what they do or why they exist or anything. So… yeah, that’s about all I
think about that.
What was your favorite part of the Olympic Opening Ceremony?
I liked the part with the dreams/nightmares. Especially when Voldemort showed up!!! Though it was kind of disappointing when Mary Poppins showed up to save the day instead of, say, Harry Potter, or the Doctor.  I have to admit to being a little biased, though, never having seen Mary Poppins before.
Why does Jill always ask such good questions?
Because she lives on the Internet.
What is the most creative name you’ve given to a toy/stuffed animal? What is the least creative name you’ve given to a toy/stuffed animal?
I feel like we’ve already discussed this a lot: I am not creative at naming things. I’m pretty sure I didn’t even name most of the stuffed animals I owned. Either they already had names (like all my teenie beanie babies) or I just gave them random names like Rachel and Jessica to suit whatever game I happened to be playing at the time.
Which is your favorite otter that looks like Benedict Cumberbatch?
Aww, the first one’s definitely the cutest! Look at his little paws!!!! http://dangerousminds.net/comments/otters_who_look_like_benedict_cumberbatch
How many books have you read so far this year and what was your favorite?
I don’t exactly count how many books I read in the year. Especially not when the year is over halfway over. But my favorite is definitely TFiOS!
If you were a Disney princess, what kind of animals would come when you started to sing?
Kitty cats, of course!
If your life could be summed up in a Keep Calm poster what would it say? Keep Calm and______
Read the book :)

So, I’ve been naming Question Tuesday favorites for awhile now, but I don’t really feel like there’s been much of a point to it… until now! For anyone interested, I’m going to offer an award to anyone who can rack up enough points! You get one point for each week you win favorite Question Asker, and if you get to 12 points, then you get to hijack Question Tuesday from me! This means that whatever Questions I get that week are yours to answer (on your
respective weekday) AND you get to pick a topic for me to discuss in lieu of
Question-answering. It’s up to you all if you’re interested, though-I’m
certainly not going to keep track of who has how many points. Several of you
have already done your own Question-sessions, and it’s not like I’m going to
stop you from doing that if you want to, I just thought it’d be fun to give you
a chance to be the resident Question-answerer for a week :)

So if you’re interested, keep track of your points (and put in an
effort to get more…) and let me know when you get enough! (Don’t just lie,
though- I’m going to make you cite all the dates that you allegedly won before
you can actually have your prize). Earning another point this week is Anna Beth!
Her Questions were fun, and I was kind of (jokingly) mean to her in one of
Jill’s Questions, so I thought I’d make it up to her… Have a good week,
 everybody!

 Love,

 Sara
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I'm Back!

7/30/2012

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Hello from the inside of my eyelids. That's right: I'm sleeping right now. But I'm typing a blog too. I'm just that talented.
Today Jill, Rachael, and Anna Beth picked me up from the airport in Nashville. Before that I was in Dallas, and before that I was in L.A., and before that I was in Taiwan. The first thing I thought when I got off the plane in Nashville was, wow, i'm one of  the only asians here.
Then we went to Arby's and I had my first meal back in America.  It was ok, but I already miss the food in Taiwan. And the drinks! There was a tea shop on every corner, and there were so many flavors, even things that wouldn't sound good were delicious!
Also, I have a new baby cousin! He's Lily's little brother and his name is Jackie. Guess what his last name is? That's right, it really is Chan. I'm related to Jackie Chan now! Anybody want an autograph?
Anyway I tried to stay awake, but I can't. So I'm going to go back to being asleep now. It's good to be back. I misse

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hey there ladies

7/29/2012

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So, please go catch up on my other blog first!






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Did you do it?




I'm embracing adventure by going to Honduras for 5 weeks next summer!  


There is a team here that is really awesome!
It turns out I mesh a lot better with west coast people.

I have one week - what?!  If anyone is interested in getting me a welcome back to america gift, I have some ideas....  I should be seeing many of you August 17!

LOVE YOU ALL!!  

I'm going to try to blog on my other blog every day this week, so please pester me so that I remember.  Yes, permission to bother bother bother.  So go for it!


WUV WUV WUV


WUV EVERYTHING
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The Olympics!!!!! 

7/28/2012

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Hello from the first full day of the London Olympic games! Basically my plans for today are to have the Olympics on the entire time and just mute them when I happen not to be as interested in that playoff game or that initial trial. To help me with this goal, I also have my laptop and several books (currently I’m finishing The Mermaid Chair by Sue Monk Kidd but will soon begin The Fault in Our Stars by John Green in my attempt to read all of his novels before Vandy starts) that will entertain me immensely. I also have the last Host Club to read, assuming I give up on waiting for the actual volume to come in stores… (I’m undecided on whether or not to read it online. Although apparently Sanaa is trying to get the volume…) Plus, I slept in this morning. All in all, this is an excellent start to a relaxing weekend at home with my family. :)

Ok. Minor rant. Why must NBC insist on time-delaying the most popular events? Personally, I feel they should offer those events live, not just online as they are thankfully doing. I mean, yes, I understand their ratings will go up if they show those events at night. Still. Can’t they just show them at both times? I mean, I’m looking at the actual tv listings at the NBC Olympic website, and there are channels not being used. Show the coverage on one of those! Please! I mean, I’m going to watch it online live and then later in primetime as well. It’s worth a re-showing and a re-viewing, so why not show it twice?!

Work is going well! There’s only one week left of my internship, and I am determined to finish my program with as many options as they’d like me to accomplish. Hopefully I’ll get them all done… I had a bit of a scare Thursday when my group mentor found a major flaw in the application. Thankfully, I fixed it, and it really hasn’t affected performance. Still. That was really, really scary, and I’m still working on completing testing over the next week to make sure that doesn’t happen again. It’s hard to be 100% positive on it, though, as you really do need other people testing it to check all of its components. One more week!!!!! Then I’ll finally have some time for summer…

Assuming I’m not including my prep for taking the GRE. My hope is to take it August 11th, so I have a bit more time to continue my prep. I did a personal challenge and completed 50 pages of my GRE prep book per day for 4 days- the only section I have left is the Analytical Writing section, which honestly really scares me. I’m hopeful that it won’t be as bad as I’m worried it will be… I just find it tedious lol. So there’s more prep for me over the next couple weeks. I haven’t signed up yet (still!), but very soon I shall do so.

That’s about it for me this week… except for the awesome fact that my apartment now has furniture!!!!! =D Anna Katherine moved in last night… and I wasn’t there to see it because she arrived after I came home. I’m really excited to see it Sunday night- yay!

In honor of the Olympics, I’ve chosen the following song as the song of the week… I really am glad that Paul McCartney got to close the Opening Ceremony this way. I found his entire performance wonderfully moving, and I’d love to see a Beatles resurgence happen because of it :)

The Beatles- “Hey Jude”
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London 2012!!!

7/27/2012

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Hello from Anna Beth's house and the beginning of the 2012 Olympics!!!!
      Sara, Rachael, Anna Beth, and I had an awesome Olympics party for the Opening Ceremonies, including an international feast of tacos, fish n' chips, pavlova, and fish fingers and custard. (We would have had some Italian and Japanese food to have even more variety, but sadly achoo it got left behind in the mad dash to find a working TV that actually had the right channel).
      Anyway, this year's opening ceremonies were so awesome! I love the Olympics! I need to get my TV working properly again so I can watch the events. (Woot! fencingswimminggymnasticsetc!!!!)
    
The following is what Sara and Anna Beth decided to write while I was away from the computer for a second. I'll leave it up so we can all laugh at how untrue it is.
   [Today was also successful in that we all decided how much we love Sara. She is absolutely our favorite person in the whole world. I mean, she's just so great, don't you think? She's so witty and groovy and cool and funny and smart and amazing and just generally we are all so lucky to  be friends with her. You know, she didn't even want to watch the Opening Ceremonies, but we knew that the party would be no fun without her. And it was just such a great experience with her being the life of the party! If only there were more people like Sara in the world. Then we could be around her all the time, instead of having to share her with her family and other people. It's just so sad that she has to be away from us sometimes. :( And that's really the most important thing I have to say about this week- Sara is the best, and I mean it.
But then the torch bearer fell and David Tennant saved the Olympics!]

And that's the end of that absurdity, lol.
    Today was also successful in that we basically finalized the costuming for some of the characters of our webseries! (webseries coming this fall!)
     Oh, and apparently Rachael, AB, and I have decided we want to play cookie roulette. I both look forward to this and am a little horrified by this decision lol. (Cookie roulette: some cookie are normal, others have random things like beef jerky or mustard baked into them)
     Let's see, what else can I mention? Oooh! Sara, I just wanted you to know how much fun I end up having thinking up questions for you just because I'll end up either thinking of or finding random questions that I inevitably looking up the answer to myself. I've found out some ...well, I find them interesting at least. Like the question: "Where do they put toe tags on cadavers without legs?" Evidently, if there's no foot, the tag is on the ankle. if no leg, it's on the wrist. if no limbs at all, the tag is just put in the bag with the body. Or I could tell you about less morbid things I've found out while researching questions. If no one buys a ticket for a movie (if it's at a commercial theater) they still show the movie, just in case someone buys a ticket halfway through. Or, the realization that you can't blow bubbles in space. Or the interesting thought of what "macaroni" actually refers to in Yankee Doodle leading to researching the meaning behind all the lyrics.   
     meh, this blog is long enough now. Thanks Sara and AB for writing most of this for me!

Love,
Jill
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Writing and Togas

7/26/2012

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Hello from my recycle bin. Yes, I'm doing such interesting things: cleaning out the files on my computer. I do have some exciting news, though...Expect Squirrels is finished! Well, the writing of it, anyway. All ten episodes have been written and revised. We still have a TON of work to do, and only a couple of weeks to get it done, but at least we have scripts. Real, printed, hard-copy scripts! Now memorize your lines, everybody!
In other news, Jill, Rachael, and I were revisiting the story we started writing last November and it has gotten me in the mood for writing. I mean, I'm often in the writing sort of mood, but it usually ends up all in my head, rather than on paper. While I'm really looking forward to school starting and all my new classes, it just dawned on me that a lot of writing is in my future...and not the fun kind. The for-class kind, the kind that's not really the writing I want to write, even if it's a creative writing class. So I'd better get to writing things I want to write now, while I have the time. I have three different story ideas rolling around in my head, but I don't have very well defined plots for any of them. Grrr. I hate when that happens: I have just a vague idea, but I really like it and want to write it, but then I'm like, "RAWR but what HAPPENS???"
Anyway, enough about my writing dilemmas. Just know that, come November, I hope we can all have writing dilemmas, as I WILL challenge you all to participate in NaNoWriMo. :)
Otherwise...THE OLYMPICS START TOMORROW! TOGA! TOGA! TOGA! I can't wait to see the Opening Ceremony (sigh...London...I have a crush on a city.) and eat lots of yummy food at our Olympics Party tomorrow night! Go Team USA and go Team GB! 

Here's to hoping the Doctor shows up carrying the torch!
Love, 
Anna Beth
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Of course I didn't almost forget about posting today...it's the only thing I've been thinking about all day...

7/25/2012

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Hello from my couch! I now get to say that now because in the time that I was in New Zealand, my older brother got my Dad a wifi thingy. Yay! I love wifi!
So thanks to Amber's magic, we learned that we had about 200 different viewers on Sunday, so I gotta ask--who is reading this? Post a (nice) comment if you dare!
For the past couple of days, I've been watching the vlogbrothers like CRAZY! I'm almost caught all the way up (I'm in September 2011 at the moment) and every video makes me want to go to VidCon even more!!! More than that, I want to be able to STAND OUT at VidCon when we finally go there next summer (I also want to talk like John Green).
So I've been asking myself, "how can we accomplish this?" Besides making our web series successful (http://expectsquirrels.weebly.com/index.html)(Expect Squirrels this Fall!), I want to hone my clothes making and pretty-making skills in the next year. "I want to make pretty!" --Anna Beth about me :)
I also need to catch up on a lot of YouTube...and make flash cards with pictures of YouTubers on them and have Jill and Sara quiz me.
I just watched the video by John Green about how he met Sarah...it made me go "AAaawwww!!!" and now I'm watching Hank's video and his 5th anniversary with The Katherine....:)
I gotta say, although I'm really glad that we only have one more episode to write, I'm REALLY nervous that we won't have the time to film it with the quality we want....does that make sense? Hopefully Mark is still willing...I'll find out this weekend.
Uh yeah. That's about it.
-Rachael


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We're almost done! :D

7/24/2012

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Hello from finallymy house! It’s 10:30 at night, and I’m just getting home after a long day of
  babysitting and web series writing. But it was a good day, so I’m not complaining. We actually got a lot more scripted than we were hoping for, so now we only have one more episode to complete! Woohoo! Of course, after that we have to figure out who’s going to play the male lead… and the adults… but focusing on the positive, we’re almost done writing!!! And you know what else is awesome? The SOKY fair is in town!!!!!! I want to go so much, you guys!!! At this point, though, it looks like Jill’s being a bum and not wanting to spend the $10 for awesome friendship zipper fun time. But it’s going to happen! And I have work in the morning, so we’re moving on to Question Tuesday! Besides, I don’t want Weebly to get upset at me for excessive exclamation use…

 Amber:
 Why do they say there's no "i" in communcation, when there's a second "i" still in the word? (referring to Brotherhood 2.0 intro)
 I’d like to say that they were aware of the second“I” (at the very least, they were after they made the mistake) and were simply furthering the joke of the typo. But maybe they were
just inattentive twice. We may never know.
Do you have a happy dance?
To have a happy dance, I would have to react to happiness by dancing. And I don’t dance. So no.
Do you have a nerdfighter account? (In which case, we should be friends, as I became a nerdfighter way before watching the videos *shame, shame*)
I just tried searching for you there. You're not there! Why are you not there? (go be there!)

… I’m not sure what you’re talking about. There are a lot of nerdfighter related sites, none of which do I belong to.
Do you like bacon?
 Nope.
What are you currently reading, and are you liking it?
 Well, I just finished reading Fahrenheit 451 for the nerdfighter book club, and it was pretty good- the ending was much better than most dystopias I read. Right now, I’m reading a book called Ivy by Julie Hearn. It’s set back in the 1800s in London, and it’s pretty interesting. The main character is a girl named Ivy who stands out because of her bright red, curly hair (like Meridah’s :). Her parents die when she’s three, so she goes to live with her awful criminal aunt and uncle, and the story follows her as a child and the events that lead up to her addiction to laudanum (opium) and currently she’s a teenager (16ish?) modeling for an artist. It’s not really like anything I’ve read recently, but I think I like it. I’ll reserve judgment until I see how it ends though…
Did you like/have a furby when you were little? What do you think about the new
ones?

I did, though I don’t remember doing very much with it. I just looked up the new one you were talking about, and it sounds…interesting. To me, it just seems like another proof that kids
have way to much technology. Like, for the new furby you can buy an app that lets you interact more with it and translate what it says. Kind of ridiculous.
If you lived in the world created by The Giver (one of my favorite, if not my absolute favorite, children's books), do you think that you could have gathered enough courage to leave the town? Would you have wanted to leave the town? Would you even think about leaving the town?
I’ve heard a lot about the Giver, but I’ve never actually read the book. So I’m afraid you’re asking the wrong person… anyone else can feel free to answer, though. Jill, you’ve read it, right? Care to answer Amber’s question for me?
 
Jill:
Do you think 90's cartoons were really as awesome as we remember them to be, or is it just the nostalgia?
I think most 90’s cartoons were, in fact, better than current ones. I mean, animaniacs, rugrats, pokemon, sailor moon- they’re all so good, and I still like to watch them. I mean, there were
still some pretty dumb cartoons in the 90’s (catdog, spongebob- I know most people disagree with me, but my opinion is set), but the ratio of good to bad cartoons is waaaayyyy lower now that it was when we were growing up. To reinforce this opinion, I asked my parents what they thought, and they agreed with me- 90’s cartoons were just better. Well, technically my mom’s favorite cartoons are like, the Flintstones and stuff from before even she was born, but
she still agrees about the downward trend.
If could only have one meal for the rest of your life, what would you
choose?

Something yummy and including the proper proportions of all the food groups so “the rest of my life” would not be cut short by a heart attack or diabetes. And definitely something including chocolate. Like brownies. Yummmm. My mom makes yummy chicken marinated in
Italian dressing, served with veggies and macaroni and cheese. Maybe that?
Would you rather eat nothing but oatmeal for the rest of your life or [error 404: joke not found]
 :D Expect Squirrels: A web series that has nothing to do with squirrels. Coming soon to a YouTube near you!
Would you rather eat a bacon flavored cupcake or cupcake flavored bacon?
Ewwww. So, by “flavored” do you mean that they each taste completely like the other, or that they each attempt to taste like the other but really taste nothing like either what they are or
what they’re flavored as? Because I’m in favor of whichever one tastes less like bacon.
If you could eliminate any word from the English language, what would it
be?

I’d eliminate a bad word. Like “chores” or “work.”
What is(are) your favorite word(s) of any language?
You know that asking these questions is rendering me completely incapable of thinking of the desired words, right? All I can think of are phobias, like triskaidekaphobia and
hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia (which is so ridiculously awesome that Word
doesn’t even recognize it, in case you were curious :D). Phobias are pretty
cool. Not actually having them, of course, but the words themselves are fun to
say and sometimes have really amusing etymologies (the person who came up with
hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia, for example, had a really cruel sense of
humor!).
If you could invent (or add) a new Olympic sport, what would it be?
Couch potatoing- who can sit lazily and watch the other Olympic sports for the longest. 

K, sorry this one’s so much shorter than usual, guys, but I really don’t have time today… I’m also sorry that I probably won’t fix any of the formatting on this. Maybe I’ll go through and fix it later. Or one of you can :) Anyway, this week’s winner: Ambah! So much happy vlogbrothery-ness! Be sure to give me Questions! ¡Adios!

Love,

 Sara
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too much america

7/22/2012

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I'm already feeling american'd out.  I can't believe I only have two weeks left!  And we have been having too many American days anyway.  Saturday we went to the Caribbean market (the really nice grocery store) and Fior Di Latte (the fancy ice cream place).  You can find some fun pictures of me by creeping on this blog =  http://karissa-eachstepbyfaith.blogspot.com/?spref=fb

Umm, hmm.  I'm just really very tired.  I don't have anything interesting to tell you.  I hope we can all spend some time together on my way back to Asbury (although it won't be all of us - because Jill).
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DFTBA Saturday

7/21/2012

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Hello from Nashville! This weekend has been wonderful… because four awesome people just visited me! I was so excited when Jill, Anna Beth, Sara, and Rachael said they could come down and visit Friday and Saturday- and I hope I’m right in saying we had a blast! We did everything from visiting a really awesome bookstore in Hillsboro to swimming this afternoon and staying up late talking about the craziest things (ice blue ducklings, anyone?) I loved having you guys visit- thanks again for coming! :) And come back soon!!! <3 <3 <3 <3

Overall, my week has been pretty good! Colorado was amazing- I was really sad that I had to return back earlier than my mom and sister and leave behind my wonderful niece and nephews! I love spending time with them and my brother and his wife in Colorado, and I feel that every time I go out there, I just find myself wishing I could stay even longer… There’s talk of my family returning during fall break, which would be wonderful! I’d get to visit them again and see their new house, which should be finished being built by that time, so hopefully I’ll get to look forward to that. :)

Another important note is that the program/application/plugin that I’ve been working on this summer is almost complete! It’s really rewarding to see something finally take shape and have the results you were hoping for… There’s 2 weeks left in my internship, and I will try to make the best of them and finish the project’s frayed ends. Plus, I had to give a presentation of my work on Friday… and it went well! =D I was really nervous about it, but I’m so relieved it was fine. I give the same presentation on Tuesday in front of an even larger group, and I hope it goes as well as Friday’s presentation did. :)

More fabulosity (yes, I love this word, although I didn’t realize it was only a word in urban dictionary)  : I have officially watched all of Brotherhood 2.0! YES! Obsession: most definitely. Watching all of the vlogbrothers’ videos: happening. DFTBA: always. Actually, would anyone mind if I changed Saturday's title to being DFTBA Saturday, or Singing Saturday, or something even more awesome? (suggestions welcome) I don't exactly do Spanish soap operas, but I wish Sanaa still could!

Regardless, I feel it’s only appropriate to make this my song of the week, since you know, it just is. (Although Chameleon Circuit’s “Kiss the Girl” came really close… ;)

Hank Green and Michael Aranda: “DFTBA”

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