Happy (Late) New Year!

I'm not making resolutions this year because I'm going to break them anyways, so there's really no point in making them in the first place.

I finished all 14 or 15 of my new books from Half-Price Books in about 2 days. I went to Barnes and Noble the other night and got a new book and finished it before it was time for bed. So now I want more books, and Mom keeps saying that I need to pace myself. Honestly, that *was* me pacing myself.

For Christmas I got:

Candy
An extra guitar for Guitar Hero
Books
A magnifying glass
Some UFC DVDs
Jon and Kate Plus 8, Season 3 on DVD
A coffee cup
Starbucks gift card
Half-Price Books gift card

Well, I have to go do more schoolwork. Thanks for reading!

Insert Witty Title Here

My birthday, Hanukkah, and Christmas were fun. We didn't take any pictures of us on Christmas and Hanukkah, but we did take some pictures for my birthday party. We mostly just played Guitar Hero and Spore, though we did take some time out to eat, light off fireworks, and open presents.

Isn't Muse cute wrapped up in his pink Snuggie in his pink car? Good thing he's color blind.

Ioan's Spore creatures were by far the coolest out of all of ours.

Yeah, my friends totally aren't weird at all. xD

I didn't pick up on the sarcasm when I asked Mom what to write on the cake and she said "Happy Birthday to me!"

Me, Liliana, and Roman playing Guitar Hero.

I have no New Year's resolutions, and don't plan on having any. That way, I don't have to go through with anything. Besides, I'm lazy. xD

So, I got 14 or 15 books yesterday morning and I've finished about 4 so far. Pace myself? What's that?

I'd write more, but I still have to do logic and OYAN. Thanks for reading!

Updates

I now have pictures of my purple hair. But now it's fading to pink-ish purple. xD (Shown below, in addition to another picture of my red hair) I'm doing a turquoise-aqua blue color after the purple comes out.

Muse was doing schoolwork the other day. I took some pictures. Is he not adorable?

So, I have almost no idea what I want for my birthday, Christmas, or Hanukkah. I'm either incredibly picky or I just don't want much. Possibly both. I have no idea what I'm going to make the cake look like. I kind of have a color scheme; blue, purple, and possibly red. Maybe have the cake in the shape of an octagon, perhaps? (UFC for the win!) Probably not, as Mom would freak out, 'cause she hates MMA.

I'd write more, but Julianah and Amanda are on their way. Thanks for reading!

Updates O' Plenty!

I'm now a red belt in Taekwondo. Next is Danbo (Also called black tip or zebra) and then black. Ethan's a brown belt, which is the belt before red.

I basically bleached my hair a while back and then dyed it red, which later turned orange. I dyed it purple again on Tuesday. I would post pictures of the purple hair, but I have none as of yet.

I'm now dubbed the "Cake Boss", and I'm the official cake maker and decorator for family and friends. It'll be my first time making a cake for Ethan's birthday for his party. The cake is going to be insanely epic. It's Lord of the Rings themed, which makes it insanely simple. Whatever kind of cake Ethan wants, with black frosting on top, red and yellow sparkle gel for lava, some rice Krispy treats molded to look like a ring, covered in frosting, which will then be covered in yellow fondant with Runes on it. (Edible food markers for the win!) It will say "Happy Birthday, My Precious" on it. Complex? Eh, sort of. Epic? Heck yeah!

Don't believe everything you read!

So, I was going on the boards on Neopets, and saw a board titled "Finally Critical Information About CGers?" (CGers=Cookie Grabbers) Hmm. Somewhat interesting. By this point, cookie grabbing is not new on Neopets by any means, and it is somewhat tedious to see all of the boards about it. Though, it admittedly caught my interest. I clicked, and saw a post that said that the cookie grabbers have also been taking bank account info. Shortly after, I saw a reply from another person saying that was what Fox News was saying.

Another person posted that they thought it would only get worse, because now even more hackers knew about the security hole in the site. Kreepyjess (Jessica) replied to that particular post, saying "Posting scams about getting 'free paintbrushes if you go here' and redirecting people to an off-site link with malicious coding is NOT a security hole in the site. It's a security hole in the head of anyone who falls for it."

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,530684,00.html?test=latestnews

"Nearly half of players are between the ages of 8 and 12, although some are as young as 6, and they communicate with each other while at play."

You can only communicate with other players if you are 13 or above, or if a parent has sent in the parental permission form. Or of course, if you lie about your age, which is what a lot of kids do.

"They're sent a seemingly innocuous e-mail or private message on the Neopets bulletin boards telling them about a secret Web site that will let them make their own magic paintbrushes — without having to spend precious points for them."

You cannot give out your e-mail on Neopets. However, you can send a person a Neomail. (Which are moderated and filtered) Nothing on the Neoboards is private, and it's not necessarily a "secret website" that gives you free stuff. There are lots of cookie grabbing scams, including:

• Luring people to your shop with easy to sell items at a much lower price than they are worth. Some have found coding loopholes which makes it so that buying the item is impossible, but you are still cookie grabbed. These generally hit Premium users more, but anyone who visits shops like those can be cookie grabbed.

• Putting cookie grabbers into a fake reply box on a Neoboard. Buying a Neoboard Pen at the Neocash Mall, which gives you the option of another font to use and more space to type, so it will appear that the reply box is part of their font. They are generally veered to the left, therefore cutting off parts of the left-hand side. If you have Neoboard pens, you won't be able to see the option to use them, which makes it easy to spot that it is not legit.

• Fake Tarla links. Every few days or so, there is an Ixi named Tarla who gives out free items. People have been faking Tarla links and posting the fake links, which truly links to a cookie grabber, and not Tarla.

• User look-ups, pet look-ups, petpages, galleries, shops, guilds, etc. Basically anywhere you can input your own coding, scammers can and have put cookie grabbers in those places.

• Neomails. As far as I know, people have not been able to directly put cookie grabbers in Neomails, but they can and will Neomail links to people with cookie grabbers on the pages.

Please not that these are only the most common ways that people have been cookie grabbed.

"Passwords to banking sites, account information, Social Security and credit card numbers all become fair game."

Correct me if I'm wrong, but can't a cookie grabber only grab the cookies from the site you're on when you're cookie grabbed? For example, say you're playing Neopets. You see a really good snipe on a codestone, and click on the link to buy it. You click and click, but it won't let you buy it, but it's still there. Within minutes, your Neopoints, pets, and items are all gone, your password is changed, as well as your e-mail address which is what you need to retrieve a lost password. A little bit later, your account is frozen. Do they only get your cookies from Neopets, or all of your cookies stored in your browser?

"While social networking sites such as MySpace, Facebook and Neopets spell out conditions against such practices and publicly warn users of the potential threats of infiltration, it's really up the user"

Neopets is not a social networking site, and the staff does not inform users of the cookie grabbing scams. Users inform other users.

Just my 2 Neopoints. =) (Err, cents) Thank you for reading and putting up with my ranting.

By the way, could anyone besides me tell that the person who wrote the Fox News article obviously didn't play?

Random Tangents

I now have 2 versions of Guitar Hero for the DS; Guitar Hero On Tour and Guitar Hero On Tour Decades. I like a lot of the songs on both versions, so it makes it hard when I'm trying to decide which version to play! xD I think there's an option to share songs on Decades, but I'm far too lazy to do that, and I'd need to borrow either Ethan or Abby's DS.

Ethan's going to watch his friend Nathan's hamster while he and his family are on vacation in Europe. He's so excited, it doesn't even seem natural. xD

I'm trying to save up for an iTouch/laptop/both. However, if I'm actually going to get even just an iTouch, Mom will have to cut me off of Starbucks and Half-Price Books. xD

Fernando chewed up my Apple earbuds, and they are now being held together with tape, so I call them my ghetto buds. xD I need a pair of Skull Candy earbuds. Furthermore, that way I can compare those to Gumy earbuds.

So You Think You Can Dance is on tonight, so I'm pretty excited for that. I can't wait to see who goes home!

I can practically see your eyes glazing over, so I'll stop blabbing now. xD Thanks for reading!

You Laugh, You Lose!

If you laugh in any way, shape, or form while reading any of this, copy and paste this post to your blog, and at the bottom, type the next number (Starting at 1, obviously) and your first name.

Newspaper headlines:

Something Went Wrong in Jet Crash, Expert Says

Police Begin Campaign to Run Down Jaywalkers

Miners Refuse to Work after Death

War Dims Hope for Peace

If Strike Isn't Settled Quickly, It May Last Awhile

Cold Wave Linked to Temperatures

New Study of Obesity Looks for Larger Test Group

Astronaut Takes Blame for Gas in Spacecraft

Kids Make Nutritious Snacks

Typhoon Rips Through Cemetery; Hundreds Dead


Stories:

Two hunters are out in the woods when one of them collapses. He doesn't seem to be breathing and his eyes are glazed. The other guy whips out his cell phone and calls the emergency services. He gasps "My friend is dead! What can I do?" The operator says "Calm down, I can help. First, let's make sure he's dead." There is a silence, and then a shot is heard. Back on the phone, the guy says "Okay, now what?"

A duck walks into a toy store. He goes up to the cashier and asks, "Do you have any bread?" The cashier tells him, "No, sorry," so the duck leaves. The next day, the duck comes back. "Do you have any bread?" he asks. "No," said the cashier. The duck leaves, but he returns the next day. "Do you have any bread?" he asks. "No!" said the cashier. "This is a toy store! We don't sell bread!" The duck leaves, and the cashier thinks she's gotten rid of him. However, the next day he comes back and asks the cashier, "Do you have any bread?" The cashier became extremely angry. "Listen," she said, "If you come back in here one more time asking me that, I'll nail your beak shut!" She pushes the duck out the door. The next day, the duck comes back and walks up the cashier. "Do you have any nails?" he asks. "No," said the cashier. "Good, then do you have any bread then?"

George Phillips, an elderly man from Meridian, Mississippi, was going up to bed, when his wife told him that he'd left the light on in the garden shed, which she could see from the bedroom window. George opened the back door to go turn off the light, but saw that there were people in the shed stealing things. He phoned the police, who asked “Is someone in your house?” He said “No.” Then they said “All patrols were busy. You should lock your doors and an officer will be along when one is available.” George said, “Okay.” He hung up the phone and counted to 30. Then he phoned the police again. “Hello, I just called you a few seconds ago because there were people stealing things from my shed. Well, you don't have to worry about them now because I just shot them.” and he hung up.Within five minutes, six police cars, a SWAT team, a helicopter, two fire trucks, a paramedic, and an ambulance showed up at the Phillips' residence, and caught the burglars red-handed. One of the policemen said to George, “I thought you said that you'd shot them!”
George said “I thought you said there was nobody available!”

A mother took her 3-year-old daughter to church for the first time. The church lights were lowered, and then the choir came down the aisle, carrying lighted candles. All was quiet until the little one started to sing in a loud voice, "Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you..."

A nursery school teacher was delivering a station wagon full of kids home one day when a fire truck zoomed past. Sitting in the front seat of the fire truck was a Dalmatian. The children fell to discussing the dog's duties. "They use him to keep crowds back," said one youngster.
"No," said another, "he's just for good luck."
A third child brought the argument to a close. "They use the dogs," she said firmly, "to find the fire hydrant."

One day a little girl was sitting and watching her mother do thedishes at the kitchen sink. She suddenly noticed that her mother had several strands of white hair sticking out in contrast on her brunette head. She looked at her mother and inquisitively asked, "Why are some of your hairs white, Mom?" Her mother replied, "Well, every time that you do something wrong and make me cry or unhappy, one of my hairs turns white." The little girl thought about this revelation for a while and then remembering her mother was an only child, said "Momma, how come ALL of grandma's hairs are white?"

The children had all been photographed, and the teacher was trying to persuade them each to buy a copy of the group picture. "Just think how nice it will be to look at it when you are all grown up and say,‘There's Jennifer; she's a lawyer,’ or ‘That's Michael. He's a doctor.’" A small voice at the back of the room rang out, "And there's the teacher. She's dead."

Ashley loves going on websites, and one day, she wanted to sign up for the Disney website. Ashley's mom noticed her Disney password was "MickeyMinnieGoofyPluto," and asked why it was so long. "Because," Ashley explained, "they said it has to have at least four characters."

Her mother decided that 10-year-old Susie should get something practical for her birthday. "Suppose we open a savings account for you?" she suggested. Susie was delighted. "It's your account, darling," Susie's mother said, "so you fill out the application." Susie was doing fine until she came to the space for "Name of your former bank". With just a slight hesitation, she put down "Piggy."

A mother and her young son returned from the grocery store and began putting away the groceries. The boy opened the box of animal crackers and spread them all over the table. "What are you doing?" his mother asked. "The box says you can't eat them if the seal is broken," the boy explained. "I'm looking for the seal."

Two small boys were overheard talking at the zoo one day. "My name is Billy. What's yours?" asked the first boy.
"Tommy," replied the second.
"My Daddy's an accountant. What does your Daddy do for a living?" asked Billy.
Tommy replied, "My Daddy's a lawyer."
"Honest?" asked Billy.
"No, just the regular kind," replied Tommy.

Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson were going camping. They pitched their tent under the stars and went to sleep. Sometime in the middle of the night Holmes woke Watson up and said "Watson, look up at the stars and tell me, what do you see?"
Watson replied "I see millions and millions of stars."
Holmes said "And what do you deduce from that?"
Watson replied "Well, if there are millions of stars, and if even a few of those have planets, it's quite likely there are some planets like Earth out there. And if there are a few planets like Earth out there, there might also be life."
And Holmes said "Watson, you idiot, it means that somebody stole our tent."

A boss wondered why one of his most valued employees was absent but had not phoned in sick one day. Needing to have an urgent problem with one of the main computers resolved, he dialed the employee's home and was greeted with a child's whisper. “Hello?”
“Is your daddy home?” he asked.
“Yes,” whispered the small voice.
“May I talk with him?”
The child whispered, “No.”
Surprised and wanting to talk with an adult, the boss asked “Is your Mommy there?”
“Yes.”
“May I talk with her?”
Again the small voice whispered, “No.” Hoping there was somebody with whom he could leave a message, the boss asked, “Is anybody else there?” “Yes,” whispered the child, “a policeman.”
Wondering what a cop would be doing at his employee's home, the boss asked, “May I speak with the policeman?”
“No, he's busy,” whispered the child.
“Busy doing what?”
“Talking to Daddy and Mommy and the fireman,” the child whispered.
Growing more worried as he heard a loud noise in the background through the earpiece on the phone, the boss asked, “What is that noise?”
“A helicopter,” answered the whispering voice.
“What is going on there?” demanded the boss, now truly apprehensive. Again, whispering, the child answered, “The search team just landed a helicopter.”Alarmed, concerned and a little frustrated the boss asked, “What are they searching for?”
Still whispering, the young voice replied with a muffled giggle.... “ME!”

A young girl calls her friend, who happens to be a boy, to come over because she is having trouble with a jigsaw puzzle.He gets to her house and finds the puzzle she is working on and looks at the box and lets out a long sigh and says, "Honey, the puzzle will never look like this rooster. Now let's put the corn flakes back in the box and let's watch a movie."

Teacher: Maria, go to the map and find North America.
Maria: Here it is.
Teacher: Correct. Now class, who discovered America?
Class: Maria.

Teacher: John, why are you doing your math multiplication on the floor? John: You told me to do it without using tables.

Teacher: Donald, what is the chemical formula for water?
Donald: H I J K L M N O.
Teacher: What are you talking about?
Donald: Yesterday you said it's H to O.

Teacher: Millie, give me a sentence starting with “I.”
Millie: I is...
Teacher: No, Millie..... Always say, “I am.”
Millie: All right...”I am the ninth letter of the alphabet.”

Teacher: Clyde, your composition on “My Dog” is exactly the same as your brother's. Did you copy his?
Clyde: No, sir. It's the same dog.

Teacher: Now, Simon, tell me frankly, do you say prayers before eating?
Simon: No sir, I don't have to; my mom is a good cook.

Teacher: Glen, why do you always get so dirty?
Glen: Well, I'm a lot closer to the ground than you are.

Teacher: Lenny, how do you spell 'crocodile?' Lenny: K-R-O-K-O-D-I-A-L.
Teacher: No, that's wrong
Lenny: Maybe it is wrong, but you asked me how I spell it.

Teacher: Winnie, name one important thing we have today that we didn't have ten years ago.
Winnie: Me!

During a visit to the mental asylum, a man asked the director how they determine whether or not a patient should be institutionalized. "Well," said the director, "we fill up a bathtub, then we offer a teaspoon, a teacup and a bucket to the patient and ask him or her to empty the bathtub."
"Oh, I understand," the man said. "A normal person would use the bucket because it's bigger than the spoon or the teacup."
"No," said the director, "A normal person would pull the plug. Do you want a bed near the window?"

Sayings:

Any law enacted with more than fifty words contains at least one loophole.

Evil is live spelled backwards.

God must love stupid people, he made so many of them.

When all else fails, read the instructions.

"Push" is the force exerted upon the door marked "Pull".

What some people lack in intelligence, they make up in stupidity.

There is a difference between an open mind and a hole in the head.

The light at the end of the tunnel could turn out to be the headlight of an oncoming train.

A watched pot never boils, unless you light the gas under it.

If your parents don't have kids, odds are you won't either.

Curiosity kills more mice than cats.

Save the whales. Collect the whole set.

On the other hand, you have different fingers.

Depression is merely anger without enthusiasm.

Support bacteria. They're the only culture some people have.

A clear conscience is usually the sign of a bad memory.

How many of you believe in psycho kinesis?...Raise my hand.

Okay...So what's the speed of dark?

Everyone has a photographic memory. Some just don't have film.

What happens if you get scared half to death twice?

I couldn't repair your brakes, so I made your horn louder.

Why do psychics have to ask you for your name?

Just remember, if the world didn't suck, we would all fall off.

Light travels faster than sound. That is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.

Life isn't like a box of chocolates; it's more like a jar of jalapenos.

Repetition is a sign of stupidity. Repetition is a sign of stupidity. Repetition is a sign of stupidity. Repetition is a sign of stupidity...

A decent pen: $2.99
Package of lined paper: $0.99
Knowing you have homework and "forgetting" about it: Priceless.

I'm on a mission to save the world. (I can't believe they trusted me with this)

Mirror, mirror on the wall, what the heck happened!?

Stress is when you wake up screaming and you realize you haven’t gone to sleep yet.

"Very funny, Scotty. Now beam down my clothes."

All men are animals, some just make better pets.

We have enough youth, how about a fountain of SMART?

If you don’t talk to your cat about catnip, who will?

Everyone is born right handed; only the gifted overcome it.

Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way, when you criticize them, you're a mile away and you have their shoes.

I'm right 90% of the time, so why worry about the other 12%?

Are you too gullible? We can cure you! Send $1,000 to...

My dog thinks I'm crazy. I'll be back when I'm done arguing with him.

Last night I dreamed I ate a ten-pound marshmallow, and when I woke up the pillow was gone.

They call it PMS because mad cow disease was already taken.

Life is a banquet and most poor suckers are starving to death.

Work for God; the retirement benefits are great.

The world needs messy people; otherwise the neat people would take over.

Remember my face; I might need an alibi later.

Dear Dorothy,
Hate Oz, took the shoes. Find your own way home.
-Toto

I took an IQ test...The results were negative.

The 2 most common elements in the universe are hydrogen and stupidity.

Make something idiot proof and someone will make a better idiot.

Few women admit their age, fewer men act it.

Chocolate: Catnip for the feminine world.

Some people are only alive because it is illegal to shoot them.

I'm not paranoid, just terribly, terribly alert...

A cubicle is just a padded cell without a door.

When you do a good deed, get a receipt, in case heaven is like the IRS.

I brake for...Wait... AAAH! NO BRAKES!

Sometimes I think I'm a TOTAL GENIUS…Then I realize I've already seen this episode of Jeopardy!.

I have half a mind to kill you and the other half agreeing.

It is said that "Home is where the heart is," so I will always have the excuse that I forgot something at home.

Don’t waste my time; I like to do that myself.

If at first you don't succeed, skydiving is not for you.

Good friends come and bail you out of jail, but best friends are sitting right there next to you saying "I can’t believe we got caught!”

The only reason people get lost in thought is because it's unfamiliar territory.

When there's a will, I want to be in it.

Is it good if a vacuum really sucks?

Failure is not an option; it comes bundled with Macintosh.

The dumber people think I am, the more surprised they're going to be when I kill them.

If Fed Ex and UPS were to merge, would they call it Fed UP?

If it's zero degrees outside today and it's supposed to be twice as cold tomorrow, how cold is it going to be?

If two wrongs don't make a right, then how come two negatives make apositive?

If you don’t like the way I drive, get off the sidewalk!

Dear IRS,
Please cancel my subscription.

God, please grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to hide the bodies of the people I had to kill because they annoyed me.

If the left side of your brain controls the right side of your body, then only left handed people are in their right mind.

If two wrongs don't make a right, try three.

Whoever said nothing is impossible never tried slamming a revolving door.

Education is what you get from reading the small print. Experience is what you get from not reading it.

I'm actually quite pleasant until I'm awake.

If con is the opposite of pro, what's the opposite of progress?

Apparently, 1 in 5 people in the world are Chinese. And there are 5 people in my family, so it must be one of them. It's either my mum or my dad. Or my older brother Colin. Or my younger brother Ho-Chan-Chu. But I think it's Colin...

To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism. To steal from many is research.

You know you're stressed out when you can hear mimes.

You know you should go to sleep when the sheep you’re counting start to hit the fence.

You're a good example of why some animals eat their young.

If nobody’s perfect I must be nobody.

Remember that there is no I in team...But there is a “me” in there, if you jumble it up.

Life is a test, and I didn't take very good notes.

It is hard to understand how a cemetery raised its burial cost and blamed it on the cost of living.

When everything is coming your way, you're in the wrong lane.

A penny saved is a government overlook.

Ambition is a poor excuse for not having enough sense to be lazy.

I have noticed that the people who are late are often so much jollier than the people who have to wait for them.

Time is money, money is the root of all evil, and knowledge is power. Therefore, procrastination is the key to world peace.

If ignorance is bliss, I'm the happiest person you'll ever meet.

I'm not a complete idiot; some parts are missing.

Don't follow in my footsteps; I walk into walls.

The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits.

It takes one tree to make 10,000 matches, but one match to burn 10,000 trees.

My imaginary friend thinks you have some serious problems.

The next best thing to being clever is being able to quote someone who is.

I may not know a lot, but I do know that a lot is two words.

The difference between a Canadian and a comedian is that the comedian gets paid for looking funny.

I was having a wonderful day before I woke up.

Using a Mac to avoid viruses is like driving through the forest to avoid traffic.

Stupid Questions:

What do sheep count when they can't get to sleep?

What do you call a male ladybug?

Why do we park on a drive-way and drive on a parkway?

What happened to the first 6 UP's?

Do clowns wear really big socks?

What if the hokey pokey really is what it's all about?

When dog food is new and improved tasting, who tests it?

Where in the nursery rhyme does it say Humpty Dumpty is an egg?

How do they get the "Keep off the Grass" sign on the grass?

How do they get a deer to cross at that yellow road sign?

How much wood could a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?

If a fly has no wings would you call him a walk?

Why do fat chance and slim chance mean the same thing?

Why do hot dogs come ten to a package and hot dog buns only eight?

Why do the signs that say "Slow Children" have a picture of a running child?

Why do you park in a driveway and drive on a parkway?

Why isn't phonetic spelled the way it sounds?

Why are there interstate highways in Hawaii?

Why are there flotation devices under plane seats instead of parachutes?

Why are cigarettes sold in gas stations when smoking is prohibited there?

Have you ever imagined a world with no hypothetical situations?

How does the guy who drives the snowplow get to work in the mornings?

If 7-11 is open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, why are there locks on the doors?

If a cow laughed, would milk come out her nose?

If nothing ever sticks to TEFLON, how do they make TEFLON stick to the pan?

How long has cake been around? The moment it comes out of the oven, it’s new.

If Sting retired, would he be Stung?

How can there be self-help "groups"?

When you put a sheet over your head for Halloween, are you a ghost or a mattress?

Where did Webster look up the definitions when he wrote the dictionary?

How come wrong numbers are never busy?

How do you know when you've run out of invisible ink?

Why do flammable and inflammable mean the same thing?

Why do we say something is out of whack? What is whack?

Why do we say a “pair of pants” when only one article of clothing is involved?

If olive oil comes from olives, does baby oil come from babies?

Why do people with closed minds always open their mouths?

Update, as of June 1st, 2009

We got a new dog! He's a black and white long-haired Chihuahua. Mom named him Fernando Knightley Opper, Esquire. His nickname is Muse. He looks like a drowned rat when he's wet. xD He likes to play fetch, snuggle with me, hog my computer chair, attempt to escape out the front door, and chew on Abby's toys.

I'm now a brown belt in Taekwondo. =) Ethan's still a blue belt.

Once I get off my lazy butt, I'll post pictures of some of my more recent artwork.

Thanks for reading!

-Sierra

Happy New Year's Eve, everyone! =)

My resolutions for 2009: To buy a new laptop. I'm only $82.08 away. =) (Including tax) I'd also like to earn 10 million Neopoints.

My physical growth:

• My feet are now WAY bigger than Mom's.
• My biggest shoe is a size 10 and my smallest is a size 8.
• I'm now 5'1".

What I've learned:

• Taekwondo moves
• How to spell pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis
• How to distract my opponent while playing baseball in Wii Sports
• How to lose patience when using my left hand while drawing
• I'm not good at dancing
• I get really nervous when I have to sing in video games.
  
• My achievements:
• I got my yellow, green, and blue belts, in that order
• I can grab my ankle and lift my leg above my head, which is easier with my left, for some reason
• The ability to make weird noises with my mouth.
  
  That's pretty much all I can think of. xD I tag whoever's reading this. (If you're reading this, post all of your resolutions, achievements, etc.)

Update

I am now a blue belt in Taekwondo! =D Ethan's a green belt.

We got a Wii for Hanukkah! =D Ethan's addicted. xD Abby got Littlest Pet Shop, Ethan got 2 Star Wars games, and I got High School Musical 3, Senior Year: Dance! for the Wii. Abby got me earrings, and Ethan got me a Faerie Ixi plushie. (It's a Neopet)

I'm officially a teenager, as of December 7th. =)
Deborah

Julianah

Liliana

I'm still a DJ for MNR/TMSR, and our forums have been updated; we're now The Midnight Community. =)

MNR

I am an official DJ for MNR! Go to midnightneo.com, click on Radio, and then click on Schedule to see when I'm on. I go by Sierra, of course.

By the way, MNR stands for Midnight Neo Radio. However, it will soon be changed to TwinMidnightSkies.

Can't stop hopping!

I got a Bazooka Pogo Stick from the Awana Store when I was 8. I was only about 45 lbs. then, and the minimum weight limit was 55 lbs., so my record was 4 hops off the ground. I got bored a few days ago and pulled it out of the garage. My record then became 6, and it kept rising try after try. My record is 1,504 as of yesterday. I'll be trying again soon in the garage for another record.



P.S. I am NOT going for the world record. The record is 177,737, over a span of 20 hours and 20 minutes. But if I raise my score by 2,000 bounces every day over 365 days, I will have crushed the record. But that's highly unlikely.

Update

I cleaned out my room, and re-arranged the stuff on a couple of shelves. I now have a shelf just for my trophies. (Which took a LOT of re-organization)

Allycat now calls me by name! (Sort of...She calls me Ra ra, Bear Bear, and Mommy) But we're working on Sierra. :)

I bought 9 more songs off of iTunes, which brings the total of songs on my iPod to...*Drumroll* 278 songs, which leaves me with less than 50 MB left of space. (For all of you who aren't computer savvy; not a lot of space left)

I now need to buy a new binder for my drawings, as it is totally full. (Which hasn't stopped me from drawing more pictures, though. *Ahem!*)

Mom is now making us wash our bedding once a week. :K (Ugh...) Now, for most people, that isn't necessarily a bad thing, but I'm on the top bunk, and I like to tuck all the blankets and sheets in like a package. (I don't know why; I just do. Maybe it's some psychological thing...)

Warning: Neopets related news ahead!

I've gotten 3 (!!!) new avatars in the past week or so, which makes it a total of 227 so far.

I got Bronze on Better Than You, thanks to the release of 5 new Wingoball levels.

I recently transferred a new pet over. She's a Green Kougra. Her name is YonicaBabyyeah, after one of the main characters in Hilary Duff's new movie. I plan to paint her Shadow as soon as I get the NP, and save up my real life money to buy some NC, so I can buy her a background and the Dark Princess Superpack.

*Dances*

Why am I dancing? Well, to make it easy....

...I FINISHED 6TH GRADE!!!!!!!!!!!!

And almost 4 weeks early, I might add. :D

7 x 7's

7 Things I’d like to do before I die:

1. Become a best selling author
2. Become a millionaire
3. Own a Pomeranian or Yorkie
4. Write good haikus about nature
5. Get all the answers right on the English section of my yearly CATs.
6. Convince Dad to make a higher fence so I can't lose my soccer and kick balls as easily
7. Go to a Hannah Montana or Vanessa Hudgens concert

7 things that I cannot do well:

1. Just about any kind of math
2. Shut up when instructed
3. Listen to music without lip synching all of the words
4. Finish stories that I think about writing in my head
5. Making jewelery
6. Memorize anything that has to do with science or math.
7. Save my money

7 Favorite Movies:

1. High School Musical 1 and 2
2. The Parent Trap (Lindsay Lohan version)
3. Pirates of the Caribbean 1, 2, and 3
4. Quints
5. The Lizzie McGuire Movie
6. The Devil Wears Prada
7. Selena

7 Things that I say often:

1. "You either hush up, or I smack you with a pencil; take your pick."
2. "I haven't met my limit on the computer today."
3. "Abby, your dog is an idiot."
4. "Dad/Mom, can I hop the fence? I lost my kick/soccer ball again."
5. "Cassie, you smell worse than rotting sushi."
6. "Mom, can you grade my assignments?"
7. Anything about Neopets

7 Favorite Books and Authors:

1. The Bible, by God
2. Both Avalon series, by Rachel Roberts
3. The Dear Dumb Diary series
4. The Amazing Days of Abby Hayes series
5. Holes, by Louis Sachar
6. Spring Pearl: The Last Flower, by Lawrence Yep
7. Kazunomiya: Prisoner of Heaven

Tagged.

5 things you can't live without under $5:

1. Lipgloss
2. My notebook
3. My colored pencils
4. My iPod (I know this is more than $5.00, but I couldn't think of anything else)
5. Starbucks frappuccinos

5 Favorite movies:

1. High School Musical 1 and 2
2. Over the Hedge
3. Parent Trap (Lindsay Lohan version)
4. Pirates of the Caribbean 1, 2, and 3
5. Battle of the Bands (Naked Brother's Band)

5 Baby Names you LOVE but won't use:

1. Kara
2. Adrianna
3. Lilly
4. Miranda
5. Keiko

5 songs you could hear over and over again:

1. Leave It All to Me, by Miranda Cosgrove
2. Bidi Bidi Bom Bom, by Selena
3. (There's Gotta Be) More to Life, by Stacie Orrico
4. Let Go, by Vanessa Hudgens
5. Rock Star, by Hannah Montana

5 People who influenced your life in a positive way:

1. God
2. Mom
3. Dad
4. Grandparents
5. All of my aunts and uncles

5 Things that stay in your purse at all times:

1. Make-up
2. My Happy Bunny notebook
3. Pens
4. Lots of change that I hardly ever use
5. My Gameboy

5 Moments that you knew changed you forever:

1. Deaths of family members
2. Meeting Ethan and Abby for the first time
3. Accepting God into my life
4. Having a Starbucks frappuccino
5. Baby-sitting Alison, Baby Ethan, Kelvie, Caleb, and Rachel

5 Obsessions you have right now:

1. Starbucks
2. The babies
3. Neopets
4. My iPod
5. Books

5 Places you would really like to go:

1. Somewhere sunny and warm....
2. The mall with a few million bucks
3. Gymnastics
4. Inside one of my drawings
5. Shenkuu

5 People you would love to see their top 5:

Can't think of anybody else who has a blog.

100 things about me

1. I am a Starbucks addict

2. My hands and wrists are bigger than Mom's

3. I am also a Neopets addict

4. I have more friends on Neopets than I do in real life

5. I have really weird inside/running jokes with my friends on Neopets

6. I love writing stories

7. If I have nothing between my teeth, I can make a really weird noise that bugs the crud out of Mom and Dad

8. I have a strong belief in not practicing anything.

9. After all, practice makes perfect, and nobody's perfect.

10. Or I'm just lazy. *Shrugs*

11. I believe that boring books were merely written to torture me when I have to read books in English.

12. "My" baby, Alison, hates it when I even look at another baby.

13. No joke. If I do, she slaps me, and motions for me to pick her up.

14. I know some basic HTML, but CSS is over my head.

15. I also know how to make graphics in Microsoft Paint.

16. Photoshop is over my head, as it is very complex.

17. All but 4 of my Neopets weigh more than I do. (I have about 8, but I don't feed 4 of them a lot, as they're on my side account)

18. I have 530 songs in my iTunes Library (Most of which are Mom's)

19. I have almost a gigabyte's worth of pictures, album artwork, and music on my iPod

20. I often make up stories at night with Pookie

21. Mostly bunny stories, though

22. She also sometimes helps me with my Candy Girl and Monkey Boy stories

23. Ethan and Abby have a really weird song dedicated to me.

24. I'm about 4"11-4"12

25. I only weigh about 75 pounds

26. I have a habit of piercing my ears every 3 years, ever since I was 6 years old

27. My favorite books series are "The Amazing Days of Abby Hayes," "Avalon: Quest for Magic," and "Avalon: Web of Magic."

28. My most played song on my iPod is "Bidi Bidi Bom Bom," by Selena

29. I have about 12 pages worth of random facts saved on my computer

30. I have 265 songs on my iPod

31. I'd have more, but I'm broke. :(

32. I'm hoping that my first job is either a monitor on Neopets, or a barista at Starbucks

33. I do NOT get hyper with sugar, caffeine, or Starbucks

34. I can spell the longest word in the English dictionary. (Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis)

35. My typing speed is 20 WPM.

36. My "hunt and peck" speed is more than 50 WPM.

37. I have been using the same username and password combo for 3 years.

38. My feet are the same size (if not bigger) as Mom's.

39. My favorite colors are aqua blue and black.

40. I used to have more than 40 lipglosses. :O

41. I know the words to nearly every song my iPod.

42. I actually have Neopets songs on my iPod.

43. I also have Neopets folders and notebooks for school and just for writing

44. I have drawings from more than 5 years ago.

45. I hate singing in front of other people, but often sing and hum while I'm alone

46. I have about 5 nationalities

47. I love creeping Mom out with worms, bugs, gross facts, and the AWESOME snake skin Aunt Desiree sent me about 4 years ago

48. I'm bad at making lists

49. I listen to weird music

50. I was actually almost happy when I got to learn about the Incas, Mayas, and the Aztecs in school

51. One of my favorite books (that's not in a series) is "You wouldn't want to be an ancient Aztec sacrifice."

52. I love to layer my clothes

53. One of my favorite shirts is one that has a monkey eating a banana on it, and the caption? "My brother drives me bananas."

54. I did gymnastics for 10 years, and finally quit last year

55. Mom hates just about all of my music (Especially the Naked Brother's Band, Miranda Cosgrove, and anything by any of the actors and actresses in HSM 1 and 2)

56. I am tired of writing this list already

57. I am very athletic

58. My favorite sports are kickball, dodgeball, soccer, baseball, and basketball

59. I cried when I got my first F in school

60. Mom had a spaz attack when my CAT scores were sent to us

61. I just broke my keyboard holder-upper thingy

62. I just fixed my keyboard holder-upper thingy

63. I plan to have about 5 dogs when I grow up, all different breeds

64. I loathe every kind of medicine Mom makes me take.

65. Dimetapp is my immortal enemy.

66. The TV shows "Code Lyoko," "Eebee," and "Little Einsteins" are also enemies of mine.

67. I have been called a "rip-off artist" by Abby. 0_o

68. I hate writing essays for school.

69. Same with reports.

70. That includes book reports.

71. I have more pencils, crayons, markers, and pens than I can count

72. My brain is turning into mush from writing so much.

73. We have some very evil neighbors.

74. I am almost a yellow belt in Taekwondo.

75. I love pulling pranks on my friends,

76. My best 3 were:
Telling them it was Pajama Day at Awana
Tying their arms and legs together, then tying it all together
Freezing their bras

77. These have all had many different reactions, none of them pretty. (For me, anyways)

78. I've probably written more than 15 stories over the years, none of them finished or published.

79. I love to draw

80. I like to draw so much that I now need a new folder to keep them protected. :(

81. I LOVE thinking of pranks to pull on people

82. I loathe math

83. My butt is going numb from writing this list.

84. When I first started playing Neopets, I played for approximately 7-8 hours on any weekday, about 9 hours on weekends.

85. I am a cheapskate. I refuse to buy a lot of things unless they're on sale.

86. I loathe the TRODS plot on Neopets. (I am stuck at the 3 mods. :K)

87. I have so much makeup, my old make-up bag broke from having so much in it. (And that was just the stuff I use most...)

88. I have been working on this list for almost 2 hours

89. I can hop over the baby gate in 2 seconds flat.

90. I can open up a Pack and Play in 2 minutes.

91. I get weird when I sit in one place without talking or anything for long periods of time.

92. I check my Neomail more often than I check my e-mail.

93. I am a social butterfly

94. I can squeeze through the bathroom window fully clothed.

95. I can get very jumpy when I'm concentrated on something, and a sudden noise startles me. (Like someone speaking, for example)

96. I hate brushing my hair.

97. I greatly dislike shoe shopping.

98. I get looked at funny when I enter Limited Too, for some reason.

99. I love making up funny quotes.

100. I am really happy that I FINALLY finished this list!!

Happy, Mom? I'd tag you back, but I don't think you'll let me. :(

Update

I am FINALLY finished with my second quarter of schoolwork! Yay! And if anyone's curious, I have A's in everything except math.

Alison and Ethan are learning LOTS of new words! Some of their new words are poop, boo boo, truck, no, fight, and mine.

I have recently gotten addicted to Neopets again, and I have pretty much gone off of Toontown.

Ethan and I started Taekwondo last month with Mr. Lee. He's very nice, and we have learned the following moves:

Axe kick
Side kick (I'm not talking about the cell phone)
Roundhouse kick
And how to punch correctly. It's super fun, and I can't wait until I get my yellow belt.

Abby started ballet last month with Mom's old ballet teacher, Ms. Judith Ross. She is loving it, and has already made some new friends.

Ciao for now,

~*Sierra*~

Update

On December 1st, I had the privilege of attending the birthday party of one of my best friends, Liliana Rodriguez. She turned 10, and we had an AWESOME time! We played on her Wii, did a talent show, and played outside in her bouncy house and the lovely, glorious, 3-4 inches of SNOW!

On December 8th, it was my turn for a birthday party. I turned 12, and had an AWESOME time. We had a pinata, ghost stories, makeovers, and random, crazy dance parties. (If anyone's curious, I didn't fall asleep until 3 AM. Ahem! Moving on!)

Hanukkah started on December 4th. I got a Hannah Montana 2008 calendar, clothes, a gift card to Build a Bear, a 3 disc Selena CD collection, and 4-6 lovely, glorious books.

As you all know, Christmas is technically celebrated on December 25th. However, Ethan, Abby, and I celebrated it on December 21st. I got clothes, a new coat, new gloves, shower gel, Hannah Montana: Music Jam and Cooking Mama for Nintendo DS, and High School Musical: Sing It! for the PS2, a Hannah Montana blanket, a Hannah Montana pillow, Hannah Montana, Life's What You Make It DVD, and a Bedazzler. Oh yeah, and TONS of candy.

Happy birthday to:

Liliana
Aunt Desiree
Uncle Jack
My cousin, Nicole (Nicole, if you're reading this, what color is your hair now?)


The twinsies are expanding their vocabulary! Alison's new word is "mine." She repeats this all day and sounds like those seagulls in Finding Nemo. She says this when Baby Ethan tries to take her toys. My personal favorite is when she hits him, shake her finger at him, and say "NO NO NO! Mine!"

Baby Ethan's new word is "truck." He says this when he hears the garbage truck coming down the street. When he hears this, he RUNS to the window, continually yells "TRUCK!" and throws a hissy fit until we pick him up so he can actually *SEE* the garbage truck. (Those blasted rhododendron bushes get in the way) It's so cute!

Well, I have to go to bed. Ciao for now!

~*Sierra*~

A-Z Me

A is for Avid book reader. A is also for Computer Addict, as Mom and Dad say.

B is for Babies.

C is for Creativity.

D is for Partially Deaf, as I tend to not listen to people from time to time. (Ahem)

E is for Energetic.

F is for Fwee! (Something I often say when I get excited) F is also for Frappucinos.

G is for "GIVE ME MY BOOK BACK!" Abby likes to put my glasses on and read my books when I'm not in the room.

H is for Hannah Montana, one of my favorite singers. H is also for Haikus, which I love to write.

I is for Inventive. I like to create things like piggybanks out of juice cartons, and snowglobes out of baby food jars. It is also for Israel Calderon, the ADORABLE Yorkie prince!

J is for "Just give me Alison, and nobody gets told on!" I often say this to Abby, as she is a bit clingy to Allycat when I'm not in the room. (And occasionally when I'm in the room as well)

K is for KitKats. They are one of my favorite candies.

L is for Lemon Gumdrops. YUM!!

M is for Mexican. I'm approximately 3/4 Mexican, Mom says.

N is for "NO!" When Abby tells me to kiss our dog on the lips.

O is my mouth when Baby Ethan finishes half of a grilled cheese sandwich in 2 minutes flat or less! :O

P is for Patience, which I severly lack.

Q is for Question. I am very inquisitve.

R is for "Really? I'll alert the news media. Would you prefer Komo 4, King 5, or Q13?" I often say this sarcastically when somebody says something totally obvious.

S is for Sarcasm, something I tend to use often. S is also for Starbucks.

T is for Tea, which I love to drink.

U is for Ugh! (As in, "gross" Ugh, not "weird" Ugh. Something I say when I see Uggs.)

V is for Vermicelli. Vermicelli means "worm" in Italian, and since I like to find earthworms and dissect them, I figured, why not?

W is for "WHOA!" (Something I say just about every time Abby shows me her face after she gives herself a makeover)

X is for Xylophone. I love the sound of them!

Y is for "YUCK! Do I have to eat these enchiladas?" (Something I ask Mom when she tries to make me eat enchiladas for dinner)

Z is for ZING! Which is the sound that Ethan's toy swords make when we duel together.


There! Happy, Mom? :)