Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Glogster
We are doing a unit on drugs in my health class and each student was required to make a virtual "poster" about the drug of their choice on glogster. This is my masterpiece, and isn't it wonderful, if I do say so myself.
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Who Woulda Thunk It?
You'll never guess what I did today...
I made bread.
Who woulda thunk it?
You see, we made bread in Young Women's last Wednesday, and it was pretty much the best ever. So I got the recipe from my young women's leader and I made it at home on Monday night. But, it turns out, the first time most definitely isn't the charm. I mean, the bread was delicious and all, but I was just too inexperienced. What I mean is, the loaf was really lumpy. It looked like it had horns and little stubby feet. When I tried again today, the loaf came out beautiful and perfect. However, now I'm starting to think that I liked the lumpy loaf better...
Either way, I pretty much am in love with bread-making. I would seriously do it every day.
The bread recipe I have is more of a snacking bread, or like a bread to go with soup. But I think it would be super cool if I could get a really good recipe for sandwich bread and then we wouldn't have to buy bread anymore; I could just make the bread we use for lunches and toast and stuff.
Anyhoo, I think I've pretty much exhausted this topic.
I made bread.
Who woulda thunk it?
You see, we made bread in Young Women's last Wednesday, and it was pretty much the best ever. So I got the recipe from my young women's leader and I made it at home on Monday night. But, it turns out, the first time most definitely isn't the charm. I mean, the bread was delicious and all, but I was just too inexperienced. What I mean is, the loaf was really lumpy. It looked like it had horns and little stubby feet. When I tried again today, the loaf came out beautiful and perfect. However, now I'm starting to think that I liked the lumpy loaf better...
Either way, I pretty much am in love with bread-making. I would seriously do it every day.
The bread recipe I have is more of a snacking bread, or like a bread to go with soup. But I think it would be super cool if I could get a really good recipe for sandwich bread and then we wouldn't have to buy bread anymore; I could just make the bread we use for lunches and toast and stuff.
Anyhoo, I think I've pretty much exhausted this topic.
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
New Obsessions
It all started with the Beatles. I read the entire wikipedia article on them, and also the articles about Paul and Ringo, although I haven't gotten around to John and George yet. I thought it was all really interesting.
Then I decided that I may as well look up all my favorite bands, because part of being a hard-core fan is knowing all there is to know, right? Liking a band is one thing, but knowing a band is a completely different thing. So, I wiki-ed all my favorites, adn some of my close seconds.
Then one day I was at the library and I happened upon some books about the origins and development, if you will, of certain genres and I was really intrigued. I had a vague idea of how some genres got their start, but I hungered for more. So I checked out a couple of books about genres and influential artists and stuff.
And it was really cool. I sort of became obsessed. I went on Pandora and listened to songs from all of the artists mentioned in the books and stuff. I wanted to pick it apart piece by piece and figure out how it all worked, you know? I'm especially intrigued by why people like certain styles of music better than others. Why do I like hard rock but not metal? Why does someone else like trance and hate reggae? I wish there was an exact science behind it. Something like, if you have brown hair and blue eyes then you like techno. If you are tall and have skinny chicken legs, then you have to like R&B. Then I could just take one look at a person and figure out what kind of music they like. Unfortunately for me, it doesn't work that way, but I still want to delve deeper into the science of music and personalities and stuff. It's incredibly interesting.
But anyways, back to researching groups. I read in one of my books that "The Rolling Stones reintroduced U.s. musicians to the blues roots of rock, and paved the way for the hard rock and heavy metal sounds of the late 1960's through to the 1980's." Another thing I thought was interesting was "The Stones were seen as the rebellious alternative to the squeaky-clean Beatles." This made me want to learn more about the so-called "Stones." I have some of them on my iPod that I've just never bothered really listening to, so I picked out a couple of the hits mentioned in the book ("Jumpin' Jack Flash" and "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction") and I have to admit, they're okay. Although, I still prefer the Beatles, just for the record.
So, if you haven't noticed already, this thing has become a major obsession for me. I just find it all extremely interesting. It's so exciting to have a new hobby.
Also, I'm sorry if you're all drooling all over the keyboard and half-asleep by now. I don't mean to bore people half to death, I just get carried away and over-explain things. Pretty much the same way I'm over-explaining this.
Then I decided that I may as well look up all my favorite bands, because part of being a hard-core fan is knowing all there is to know, right? Liking a band is one thing, but knowing a band is a completely different thing. So, I wiki-ed all my favorites, adn some of my close seconds.
Then one day I was at the library and I happened upon some books about the origins and development, if you will, of certain genres and I was really intrigued. I had a vague idea of how some genres got their start, but I hungered for more. So I checked out a couple of books about genres and influential artists and stuff.
And it was really cool. I sort of became obsessed. I went on Pandora and listened to songs from all of the artists mentioned in the books and stuff. I wanted to pick it apart piece by piece and figure out how it all worked, you know? I'm especially intrigued by why people like certain styles of music better than others. Why do I like hard rock but not metal? Why does someone else like trance and hate reggae? I wish there was an exact science behind it. Something like, if you have brown hair and blue eyes then you like techno. If you are tall and have skinny chicken legs, then you have to like R&B. Then I could just take one look at a person and figure out what kind of music they like. Unfortunately for me, it doesn't work that way, but I still want to delve deeper into the science of music and personalities and stuff. It's incredibly interesting.
But anyways, back to researching groups. I read in one of my books that "The Rolling Stones reintroduced U.s. musicians to the blues roots of rock, and paved the way for the hard rock and heavy metal sounds of the late 1960's through to the 1980's." Another thing I thought was interesting was "The Stones were seen as the rebellious alternative to the squeaky-clean Beatles." This made me want to learn more about the so-called "Stones." I have some of them on my iPod that I've just never bothered really listening to, so I picked out a couple of the hits mentioned in the book ("Jumpin' Jack Flash" and "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction") and I have to admit, they're okay. Although, I still prefer the Beatles, just for the record.
So, if you haven't noticed already, this thing has become a major obsession for me. I just find it all extremely interesting. It's so exciting to have a new hobby.
Also, I'm sorry if you're all drooling all over the keyboard and half-asleep by now. I don't mean to bore people half to death, I just get carried away and over-explain things. Pretty much the same way I'm over-explaining this.
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