It’s time for a brief kittenpause!
I know you all have been dying to hear from me! I mean, it's been several weeks. Illness (and sunburn) can be distracting!
My guest post on InterestingNews is coming up soon! -July 18-
I think I asked for a vote last post and with a rousing two votes it had something to do with fun in the summer. I have decided that this necessitates a quick tutorial on capturing those flighty fancies with the sulfur butts - that's right this is a HOW TO CATCH FIREFLIES post (or lightning bugs if you prefer)
STEP 1: First of all, make sure fireflies are in your area. This can't be done without the little buggers, after all.
STEP 2: You need to be outside when the fireflies are out. Generally speaking, they appear around dusk. Sometimes you have rogue fireflies that like to stay out late - The teenagers of the species if you will...
STEP 3: Pick a firefly. Track its movements by attempting to predict where it will next glow. Move slowly toward it. If possible have low lighting around.
STEP 4: Once you've picked your firefly, attempt to sihlouhette it against the low lighting so you can see it not only when it blinks. Continue moving towards the firefly in a low crouch with both hands slightly extended and cupped.
STEP 5: When you're close enough to the firefly quickly attempt to entrap it in your cupped hands, as if your hands were a Venus Fly Trap. Once you start moving in, they'll try to evade you by going higher.
Hurrah! You have caught your firelfy (lightning bug)! There are other techniques such as the come-from-under and just make it land on your hand, and the downward swipe grab. As you advance in the circuits, you will have time to refine your technique.
Also, if you fail to catch one on your first attempt it's okay to target another specimen! I suggest naming them, but that may just be me.
Don't forget to free your new friend! The fun is in the catching, not the keeping!
I hope you've enjoyed your quick break. But now it's time to press PLAY on your life!
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
YOU DECIDE
KITTENPAUSE TIME!!
So a weekend without a computer (it was lost in an epic virus battle) left me very bored and very appreciative of my laptop. *huggles to my compy*
It occurs to me to ask what YOU the reader want to read about/me to do... So I have some options and, of course, you are not limited to said options:
1. post about kitties - why they're adorable, why I want one, why I can't have one, and why people should adopt older kitties.
2. I write a song a put a video of it on youtube. My keyboard has this nifty accompaniment thing, so it could be pretty awesome.
3. post about fun things to do in summer (add your suggestions, please!) this includes a how to catch fireflies and make your own failure of a flashlight, smores: what color should your marshmallow be?, beach time, picnics, balloon wars, creek adventures, and more!
4. Book suggestions time! I start a lovely book club and give you suggestions and you give me suggestions. Current read: Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
5. WILDCARD - I go on bing.com or google or something and search random and pick the seventh link as a topic. only if it's pg-13 or lower. hehehe
and of course, any lovely topics or challenges you have.
OH and fairly soonish (in July, I think?) I'll be guest posting on my friend's blog, so I'll be sure to link to that then!
that was just a quick kittenpause!
PLAY!
So a weekend without a computer (it was lost in an epic virus battle) left me very bored and very appreciative of my laptop. *huggles to my compy*
It occurs to me to ask what YOU the reader want to read about/me to do... So I have some options and, of course, you are not limited to said options:
1. post about kitties - why they're adorable, why I want one, why I can't have one, and why people should adopt older kitties.
2. I write a song a put a video of it on youtube. My keyboard has this nifty accompaniment thing, so it could be pretty awesome.
3. post about fun things to do in summer (add your suggestions, please!) this includes a how to catch fireflies and make your own failure of a flashlight, smores: what color should your marshmallow be?, beach time, picnics, balloon wars, creek adventures, and more!
4. Book suggestions time! I start a lovely book club and give you suggestions and you give me suggestions. Current read: Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
5. WILDCARD - I go on bing.com or google or something and search random and pick the seventh link as a topic. only if it's pg-13 or lower. hehehe
and of course, any lovely topics or challenges you have.
OH and fairly soonish (in July, I think?) I'll be guest posting on my friend's blog, so I'll be sure to link to that then!
that was just a quick kittenpause!
PLAY!
Saturday, May 30, 2009
Selling Houses
KITTENPAUSE!!
It's been a while, I know, but since there aren't too many dedicated readers, I don't feel tooo bad.
A couple of things to talk about in this post.
Part 1: Selling Houses
For the entirety of my two weeks at home for this summer, my house was on the market. Mind you, the house went on the market just as soon as I got home. Thanks Mom and Dad :) heheh anyway a couple things you should know about selling houses since it'll probably happen at some point in your life... 1. Make sure to take care of your house, that little nick on your baseboard won't be such an issue to fix now, but if you let it get away from you, that means lots of trouble later. 2. It doesn't matter what your taste in houses is, it matters what potential homeowners want. This means, if you want Top Dollar, you need to invest a little into making the house look like a hotel penthouse instead of your home. It also means not leaving your stuff out and minimize your impact as a person living there.
Selling houses also means you can't be in your house... which was icky for me because EVERYONE was busy! All my friends have summer jobs, and since I was only home for two weeks, I obviously didn't. So sitting in cars for 5 hours was a commonplace occurrence for me. As was sleeping on the couch/floor so I didn't have to make my own bed. hehehe.
Part 2: Up
I just think everyone should see this movie because it's adorable. Tear-jerking, laugh-inducing, adorable.
Part 3: The Hills
The past two days I have, aside from working on Art homework and some research research (haha), been watching the Hills. I am astounded by the jerkiness of the guys, the prettiness of the girls, and I am left wondering why I can't have a cat if LC can have two. I want one!!! Ah to have a brain numbing job... NOT
Anyhow, I hope my ruminations have brought you a little bit of humor :)
PLAY
It's been a while, I know, but since there aren't too many dedicated readers, I don't feel tooo bad.
A couple of things to talk about in this post.
Part 1: Selling Houses
For the entirety of my two weeks at home for this summer, my house was on the market. Mind you, the house went on the market just as soon as I got home. Thanks Mom and Dad :) heheh anyway a couple things you should know about selling houses since it'll probably happen at some point in your life... 1. Make sure to take care of your house, that little nick on your baseboard won't be such an issue to fix now, but if you let it get away from you, that means lots of trouble later. 2. It doesn't matter what your taste in houses is, it matters what potential homeowners want. This means, if you want Top Dollar, you need to invest a little into making the house look like a hotel penthouse instead of your home. It also means not leaving your stuff out and minimize your impact as a person living there.
Selling houses also means you can't be in your house... which was icky for me because EVERYONE was busy! All my friends have summer jobs, and since I was only home for two weeks, I obviously didn't. So sitting in cars for 5 hours was a commonplace occurrence for me. As was sleeping on the couch/floor so I didn't have to make my own bed. hehehe.
Part 2: Up
I just think everyone should see this movie because it's adorable. Tear-jerking, laugh-inducing, adorable.
Part 3: The Hills
The past two days I have, aside from working on Art homework and some research research (haha), been watching the Hills. I am astounded by the jerkiness of the guys, the prettiness of the girls, and I am left wondering why I can't have a cat if LC can have two. I want one!!! Ah to have a brain numbing job... NOT
Anyhow, I hope my ruminations have brought you a little bit of humor :)
PLAY
Sunday, May 10, 2009
TRAINS
IT’S TIME TO TAKE A KITTEN PAUSE
Anyone else think my pausing theme is getting a little obnoxious? If you have jokes involving the word pause, you can feel free to let me know… if you want me to completely get rid of that intro, I can do that too.
Okay, so in honor of National Train Day (Saturday, May 9) I had this grand concept to talk about how trains are the forgotten form of travel in an age of planes and cars. Of course, I figured I’d talk about how many different exhibits they had at 30th Street and NYC’s Penn Station and how important the railroad is for America’s Economy and blah blah blah. Of course, now I’m on the train for about 10 hours and I just don’t feel that love for trains right now. Particularly when trees fall across the track and we have to stop for them to move it. ARGH. I think we might actually be on schedule now, but I’m not sure. In any case I have a full 5 hours on this train to look forward to and I’ve already eaten all my food and taken two hours worth of naps, so I guess this is just one of many attempts to distract myself from the next few hours of my life without the internet.
I guess I can still say a few good things about trains. As Sheldon would say that are superior to planes because of the lulling click-clacking. Of course, Sheldon is also slightly insane and a television character. They do offer some pros though – no security and no worries about liquid limits. Actually, that’s kind of worrisome. They’re really best for short distances. Sadly there is no smiling witch pushing a cart full of wizard treats. They do have a dining car, and I think dinner today is scallops! But I’m not paying for that. There’s plenty of leg room on this train and you do get to see some pretty amazing vistas – of course this depends on the train you ride. Still, the convenience of traveling short distances by train is not to be denied. You’re never really stranded if you live by a train station. And there are also good books that have to do with train rides – John Green’s Christmas collab for instance. And you get to use your cell phone!
But enough about trains, even if it is National Train Day, I want to talk about being done with school! Hooray! Sometimes I thought I’d never get through this past week, but I have and I’m happy I made it. It’s a little sad to realize that I’ll never see some of my senior friends again and that the room I spent about 8 months of my life in will probably never be open to me again. All the same, I am excited to begin the adventures of summer research, an acting class, and even going to Otakon (which reminds me, I need to check some dates on that). I loved getting to meet new people this year, and I’m looking forward to spending more time with many that I’ve become good friends and less time with those that I find cause more friction in my life. Breaks are nice :) And maybe there will be a little music playing/recording/singing if things go the way I want them to. Look out for interesting projects from me this summer!
Anyhow, I’ve filled your life with enough of my nonsense, go back and experience your life!
PLAY
Monday, May 4, 2009
The Black Hole of Studying (or is it not studying?)
*kittenpause* (as in *pause*"You said what?")
As I'm sitting at my computer employing the myriad ways to procrastinate during finals, it occurred to me what a black hole finals week is in the life of a student.
No, really. The only thing I have any idea about that's going on in the world is swine flu and that's largely because my mom told me about it (and the other people around me... the point is I didn't find out about it until the panic was well underway).
Finals week has always seemed really obnoxious to me. Does a teacher really need to give me a final test to see if I've learned the material? Shouldn't my grades over the semester indicate that? I'm either going to do the same as I've done all semester or I'm going to fluke and the test is going to bring me down. I'm convinced they only do it to make sure we pay attention the last week of class... in retrospect perhaps there is a point to finals...
But all this is brought on by the fact that instead of studying for my Theology and ACS finals, I've spent my day StumbleUpon-ing and watching Doogie Howser, M.D. But there's only so much stumbling a person can do. I can almost feel my brain frying... I thought maybe writing would help me feel intelligent again. I did look at my review sheet, realized it was much harder than I had anticipated, and promptly stopped paying attention.
So either way it goes, I fry my brain. There's the black hole of studying that I will be in for the next four or so days or there's the black hole of Stumbling. Or the black hole of minesweeper and spider solitaire. Agh! I open those games and I don't even realize why!!
Okay, I've wasted enough of your life. Maybe tell me how you like to waste your time/what's a black hole for you?
Now get out there and PLAY.
edit: sorry for the lack of links... the black holes have sucked out my brains...
As I'm sitting at my computer employing the myriad ways to procrastinate during finals, it occurred to me what a black hole finals week is in the life of a student.
No, really. The only thing I have any idea about that's going on in the world is swine flu and that's largely because my mom told me about it (and the other people around me... the point is I didn't find out about it until the panic was well underway).
Finals week has always seemed really obnoxious to me. Does a teacher really need to give me a final test to see if I've learned the material? Shouldn't my grades over the semester indicate that? I'm either going to do the same as I've done all semester or I'm going to fluke and the test is going to bring me down. I'm convinced they only do it to make sure we pay attention the last week of class... in retrospect perhaps there is a point to finals...
But all this is brought on by the fact that instead of studying for my Theology and ACS finals, I've spent my day StumbleUpon-ing and watching Doogie Howser, M.D. But there's only so much stumbling a person can do. I can almost feel my brain frying... I thought maybe writing would help me feel intelligent again. I did look at my review sheet, realized it was much harder than I had anticipated, and promptly stopped paying attention.
So either way it goes, I fry my brain. There's the black hole of studying that I will be in for the next four or so days or there's the black hole of Stumbling. Or the black hole of minesweeper and spider solitaire. Agh! I open those games and I don't even realize why!!
Okay, I've wasted enough of your life. Maybe tell me how you like to waste your time/what's a black hole for you?
Now get out there and PLAY.
edit: sorry for the lack of links... the black holes have sucked out my brains...
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
ipod touch and Kristina Horner's new album
STOP! kittenpause!
So if you've been following my blog (which you obviously should be - if you haven't it's like 2 more posts to read, just do it!) you'll be aware that I was on a pretty big 5AG kick which has resulted in my following (in a most fangirl manner) Kristina Horner (italktosnakes). I'm wicked excited because she just came out with a new album which should also be on itunes shortly (next month maybe?) This is a new geeky dance type music album along the lines of Mrs. Nerimon, an extremely catchy ode to italktosnakes' boyfriend, which is included on the album (yee!). You can listen to the album music for free on their (and by they I am of course referring to the new band she's formed called ALLCAPS) myspace right now. Anyhow, I think she's a really worthwhile youtuber/blogger/twitterer/singer to follow. The best part is she's only 21 and she's earned everything she has now completely out of her own determination. Yay technology!
On the note of technology I'm looking at getting the ipod Touch, but I've heard rumors that there may be a new one coming out in June. Obviously, the price will decrease a lot from the $199 refurbished price, so there's no sense in buying it right now. That gives you (right now nobody, but maybe more people will read) approximately two months to convince me whether I should actually buy an ipod touch or if you think something is better.
Oh, and yay for school being almost over but shame on those final exams. A few weeks of doom and then FREEDOM.
And can we discuss how defunct the whole housing lottery system is? Why in the world do I have to live on the remote corner of south campus with a girl I don't really know? How am I supposed to stay awake on that walk home?
All right, that's enough, you can press the "play" button on your life again ^_^
So if you've been following my blog (which you obviously should be - if you haven't it's like 2 more posts to read, just do it!) you'll be aware that I was on a pretty big 5AG kick which has resulted in my following (in a most fangirl manner) Kristina Horner (italktosnakes). I'm wicked excited because she just came out with a new album which should also be on itunes shortly (next month maybe?) This is a new geeky dance type music album along the lines of Mrs. Nerimon, an extremely catchy ode to italktosnakes' boyfriend, which is included on the album (yee!). You can listen to the album music for free on their (and by they I am of course referring to the new band she's formed called ALLCAPS) myspace right now. Anyhow, I think she's a really worthwhile youtuber/blogger/twitterer/singer to follow. The best part is she's only 21 and she's earned everything she has now completely out of her own determination. Yay technology!
On the note of technology I'm looking at getting the ipod Touch, but I've heard rumors that there may be a new one coming out in June. Obviously, the price will decrease a lot from the $199 refurbished price, so there's no sense in buying it right now. That gives you (right now nobody, but maybe more people will read) approximately two months to convince me whether I should actually buy an ipod touch or if you think something is better.
Oh, and yay for school being almost over but shame on those final exams. A few weeks of doom and then FREEDOM.
And can we discuss how defunct the whole housing lottery system is? Why in the world do I have to live on the remote corner of south campus with a girl I don't really know? How am I supposed to stay awake on that walk home?
All right, that's enough, you can press the "play" button on your life again ^_^
Monday, April 20, 2009
Doctor Who and BEDA
hit the "kittenpause" button and enter into this little snippet of the past:
Doctor Who is my new life. Well not all of it, but I am certainly enjoying having seen all the current episodes, as well as watching the spinoffs. I still have to get a hold of the originals, but I'm not really sure where to get a hold of them... ideas, anyone?
And in addition, my Harry Potter kick is still alive and well. I bought a new Hogwarts hoodie at Hot Topic and it is uber-love :)
OH and this weekend was adventure weekend. That means that I GOT TO MEET JOHN GREEN!!! YAY!! Albeit, it wasn't the most fabulous introduction and he had a ton of people there (which is good for him, yay Nerdfighteria!) but I got my copy of Papertowns signed, so it was well worth it! Yay John Green!
I can't believe I only have eight days of classes left of my freshman year of college! It's been so long, yet so short! Of course, this means finals are coming up but... what will you do? It'll be nice to enjoy things.
And in regard to BEDA (Blog Every Day in April) - clearly I fail. But I think it's still a nice idea, and I'm enjoying reading italktosnakes' blog!
s'all for now. You can hit "play" on your life button now...
Doctor Who is my new life. Well not all of it, but I am certainly enjoying having seen all the current episodes, as well as watching the spinoffs. I still have to get a hold of the originals, but I'm not really sure where to get a hold of them... ideas, anyone?
And in addition, my Harry Potter kick is still alive and well. I bought a new Hogwarts hoodie at Hot Topic and it is uber-love :)
OH and this weekend was adventure weekend. That means that I GOT TO MEET JOHN GREEN!!! YAY!! Albeit, it wasn't the most fabulous introduction and he had a ton of people there (which is good for him, yay Nerdfighteria!) but I got my copy of Papertowns signed, so it was well worth it! Yay John Green!
I can't believe I only have eight days of classes left of my freshman year of college! It's been so long, yet so short! Of course, this means finals are coming up but... what will you do? It'll be nice to enjoy things.
And in regard to BEDA (Blog Every Day in April) - clearly I fail. But I think it's still a nice idea, and I'm enjoying reading italktosnakes' blog!
s'all for now. You can hit "play" on your life button now...
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