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.
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
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.
Saturday, October 10, 2009
My Favorite Thing Ever
THE BEATLES ROCKBAND
I got this for my birthday, and I'm already good enough on the drums to play on EXPERT. Pretty impressive, if I do say so myself.
On the other hand, Christian hates it. He doesn't like the fact that I have a game I like and I want to play it whenever I can. I'm cutting into his valuable Playstation time. Poor dear...
Friday, October 9, 2009
My Weekly Update
This is what I look like this week. I've been so stressed out.
Monday we had no school, so I wasn't that stressed that day.
Tuesday I went to an after school tutoring session because I got a "D" on my last math test (oh, no!) I'm not stupid, though. Right now I just have a very bruised ego.
Wednesday I took the make-up test to (hopefully) get a better grade so I won't have an "F" in my Honors Algebra class... that doesn't look good on my records...
Thursday was the craziest day of this week. I had a test in my science class, then after school I went to a National Junior Honor Society meeting. We elected officers. My bud Elen was elected president. Cool, huh? I helped her write her speech. Anyways, after school we had to drive super fast to get to the spelling bee. I don't really want to talk about the Bee... my ego is damaged enough as it is, if you catch my drift...
Friday: I just tried to make it through the day. I honestly don't even remember what we did in school today...
That was my wonderfully relaxing week. (Actually, now that I look at it, it's not really that impressive...)
The Best Ever...
My FAVORITE gum... so good.
My favorite flavor of Orbit mist.
Next time you want some gum, you should go for a pack 'o' this stuff. You won't regret the extra 15 cents, I promise.
Thursday, October 8, 2009
The Evolution of a Nickname
I don't know if I can explain how strangely nicknames evolve, so I'll just have to provide an example. This is the evoluton of my baby sister, Sophie's, nickname.
Sophie-
Phophie- (sydnee coined this one)
Pophie Trophie Ninja-
P.T. Ninja-
Edgar (don't ask)-
Ickle Edgarkins-
Gerkie-
Gerkie-my-workykins-
Gerkin-
Dill-
Dilly-my-willykins-
Willy
We still mainly call her Gerkie and pretty much anything with "Ickle" in front of it... although Sydnee's been known to use any one of theses names when referring to the baby. Poor Sophie's going to have no idea what her real name is...
I also sometimes call her my "cutie puh-tootey with a little fruity booty)
Evolution of Sydnee's Nickname
although it's not as impressive as Sophie's...
Sydnee-
Bean-
Beanie-
Ickle Beanykins-
Beanykins-
Beany-my-weanykins
That's pretty much it.
Sophie-
Phophie- (sydnee coined this one)
Pophie Trophie Ninja-
P.T. Ninja-
Edgar (don't ask)-
Ickle Edgarkins-
Gerkie-
Gerkie-my-workykins-
Gerkin-
Dill-
Dilly-my-willykins-
Willy
We still mainly call her Gerkie and pretty much anything with "Ickle" in front of it... although Sydnee's been known to use any one of theses names when referring to the baby. Poor Sophie's going to have no idea what her real name is...
I also sometimes call her my "cutie puh-tootey with a little fruity booty)
Evolution of Sydnee's Nickname
although it's not as impressive as Sophie's...
Sydnee-
Bean-
Beanie-
Ickle Beanykins-
Beanykins-
Beany-my-weanykins
That's pretty much it.
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