Otto the octopus wrecks havoc - Telegraph

This octopus is the COOLEST FISH-SQUID-WATER-DWELLING-CREATURE EVER!!!!!!!

Otto the octopus wrecks havoc - Telegraph

Luge?

      Well, today after school, I walked home with my little sister.And, for some reason unbeknownst to me, she brings her skateboard to school every day, but she doesn't ride it... So, there we were, walking across the bridge, with her carrying her skateboard with her. We came near to the end of the bike/wheelchair ramp, and my idea buzzer went off! I threw my backpack down for a stop system, grabbed her skateboard, and ran to the top of the ramp.I sat down on the skateboard, and pushed off. I began going slowly, and then faster, and faster. The metal was diamond cut, or as Nemo says, "Like the cover of Fear of Music", so the wheels made a TON of noise, so much so that you couldn't even hear the explicative I was screaming as I went down. I hit the backpack with my feet, and slowed down enough to stop after 10 or so feet. I wanted to go again, but my sister took her skateboard and walked home. I dashed up to my room, grabbed my longboard, which is pretty lame for anything else, and a pillow, and headed back out. I went down, a little more secure
with the bigger board and less tilt. I went down some more, and then got a call form my friend H. He showed up, and went down. A little later, he decided that we should do two-man lugedeathsled. On the way down, the skateboard moved back an forth in progressively larger amounts, and then I felt that sinking sensation, and we started to tip over. Then, the world spun around a couple times, but I was still sitting on the board, and when we landed, the board's front wheels were stuck in between the slats on the side of the bridge, and we were lying on the bridge in pain. It was worth it. After a few more runs, we decided to switch to somewhere that had grass on both sides, so we went to one of the sidewalks down a hill, just wide enough to go down, but narrow enough that if we fell off, we'd hit grass. We got on, and pushed off the top of the hill, not realizing how steep it was, and flew down. The first half was pretty smooth, but as it flattened out, we began to lose control. I was thrown from the board, and pulled my pillow in front of my face, just in time, as I bit the dust. Then, H landed on top of me, and something hard made contact with my head. Lying on the ground in pain again, we decided it was a great day.

A couple things:

• Does anyone know where you can buy pet octopi? 
• You should go to Free Rice, learn to speak with more eloquence, and donate rice!!! Hooray!
• I got some stories I wrote for English back, so expect those in the next couple days.
• Yep, that's a picture of a dinosaur I spent at least 30 minutes on after a test yesterday.

SOLSC Day 7

     Today was the most beautiful in a while. Before getting half a blok away from the building, I knew that I was going for a bike ride. I walked home, skimmed over my homework, drank a glass of milk, and headed out back. Opening our shed, I saw a familliar sight, my bike in the middle, with helmet resting on the seat. I pulled it out of the shed, and hopped on. I haven't ridden my bike in a month or two, so it took a little getting used to again, but as the adage goes, once you ride a bike, you never forget. And what a beautiful day it was. I just took the streets northward, but it didn't really matter which direction really, as long as I went. Biking around without any destination. I breathed in the fresh air, embraced the sun's warmth, and loved my bike. It may not look like much, but to me it's everything. On it, I can get away from it all, even if I'm still on familliar streets. While riding, I passed by a young boy inside a fenced-in playground, 2 or 3, in preeschool, looking out through the chain link fence, and one coud tell that he wanted the freedom I had, and that's what my bike is to me.

     Song of the Day: Roger and Out, Niel Young, off of Living with War

SOLSC Day, What Day is it now?

Considering the joke-ness of yesterday's post here's a slice of my life:

     Well, the Dinosaur contest is finally over. I accidentally had gotten a sneak peek, so I prepared a somewhat mediocre Instructable, so I could enter the contest as soon as possible. I submitted it, only to realize that I was a day early, and January had Thirty-ONE days. Luckily, the project was accepted. So, with some picture advice from Nemo, I returned, and made my second one, which I am much happier with, especially the pictures.
     They announced the winners today, and I got second!!! Hooray! That's not to say that I think that my Instructable was better than anyone else, but the judges did, but the Instructables submitted were all great. I assumed that the one that won first place would win first, he made a freaking Chocolate Dinosaur!! His project was great, so, if LostRite is reading this, you did a great job! Overall, it just goes to show that winning first isn't everything, but taking the effort to enter the contest is what really matters. Life and Times of a [Stupid] Ginger, bringing you all the morals of preschool television (Bonus points for anyone that can figure out a decent anagram.)

     Nemo just asked me "so how much bleach DID you swallow?" I do not recall swallowing any bleach, I am confused. Can anyone give me a clue? Please?

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An Average Conversation with Nemo

Well, I didn't really do much today, so here's an average conversation with Nemo, I hope he's ok with this, otherwise, too bad.

Nemo: NEIL YOUNG what the hell? William Shatner? Nemo: Presumed dangerous Red: NIEL YOUNG! Nemo: NEIL YOUNG. Red: You know wh was a lame president William Henry Harrison Nemo: a bunch of them what's a man with the big WHH? Red: A woman? Nemo: wait that's not a sentence I meant to say "what's the matter with the big WHH?" Red: Thursday, March 4, 2010 Fado - DC 808 7th Street Northwest, Washington, DC 20001 (United States) - Map (202) 789-0066 Set: 9:30 PM 21+ Tickets: $5 FRIDAY, MARCH 5 VACATION SATURDAY, MARCH 6 VACATION Sunday, March 7, 2010 98 Rock 97.9 FM, Baltimore, MD (United States) - Map INTERVIEW: 11:00 PM Stream online at www.98online.com LIVE WEBCAM Monday, March 8, 2010 The Quarter @Bourbon St. 316 Guilford Ave, Baltimore, MD 21202 (United States) - Map Set: 11:00 PM All Ages Tickets: $5 Other Info: 88 Rock sponsers Noise in the Basement at the Quarter @ Bourbon Street. Come check out the best local music! Fools & Horses Nemo: huh how are there other songs like the ones that aren't on that album you have Red: Well, you see I sgned up to get, like, 5 free teacks But the internetz hates me Nemo: teacks wait so what happened Red: So If you join thier fanmail They give you 5 free songs Off thier ew album But the internetzzz hates me Nemo: no typos here, no, I don't see any Red: Haha HOLY CRAP A BEAR http://www.ustream.tv/channel/kermode-spirit-bear-hibernating---first-ever Nemo: what makes it a spirit bear it's just sleeping somebody go wake it up Red: You first Nemo: k keep watching that stream, you'll see me in a couple weeks when I finish walking there and then it will be the first spirit bear mauling to be caught on film I still don't get why it's a spirit bear Red: Jesus In bear form I have no idea Because it's actually in a trance where it enters the spirit world So I saw this really cool program on the history channel Earth 2100 Nemo: that's not history that's the future Red: And I thought "Dammit all, Nemo was right, and Red was an ignorant d-bag" The end Nemo: yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay sounds really fuuuuuuuuuuuuuun Red: "Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay" is a palindrome! Nemo: whooooooooooooaooooooooooohw oh noooooooo one of my army men has a broken leg Red: Oh nooooooooooo You have two options Nemo: but the leg is attached to the base, and the base is attached to the other leg so it's just kind of in place Red: Surgury, which involves fire, and the army man possibly melting/catching on fire, or making a cage and putting one of your dinosaurs in it, and feeding all the wounded army men to the dinosaur Nemo: hm that second one sounds good hey so are you going to that fools and horses thing Red: Which one? Nemo: the one you copy and pasted I guess like the address was in baltimore but then why else would you copy and paste it it boggles the mind Red: Oh I just put that up for no good reason Nemo: oh that makes sense Red: Indeedy Nemo: indeedily dokey-ly Red: Yep Nemo: so you should do the slice of life story challenge Red: ? Nemo: it is a challenge where you write a slice of life thing every day for a month and then you obtain great riches one of those three things I made up Red: Oh The challenge part? Nemo: yeah Red: Huh Nemo: there are assuredly great riches Red: I thopught it was, like, this writing challenge, where you had to right a 3 page story about a slice of your great grandchild's life Nemo: great riches in PERSONAL GROWTH yeah I have no idea why I'm doing it I just sort of am nah just a slice of your life I guess Red: Ok When does it start Treat: um two days ago you do it on your BLOG Bryan: WOAH Nemo: WHOAH Red: So LinkszZ? Nemo: http://twowritingteachers.wordpress.com/ I think you know this blog that does it? http://tswalkingthedog.blogspot.com/ Sent at 5:41 PM on Wednesday Red: huh We should start a band Nemo: yeah dude I just need to get an electric guitar gee-tar also when are we going to play simplified dungoens and dragons with dinosaurs and army meN? Red: HHHHHHHmmmmr 1 sec Sent at 5:46 PM on Wednesday Red: Hahaha! Sent at 5:51 PM on Wednesday Red: But 1 more minute Nemo: aw I don't want to read all of that Red: i'm looking for it... Still looking... Sent at 6:01 PM on Wednesday Red: Oh But those were the rules! Nemo: oh wait what put it back up Sent at 6:06 PM on Wednesday Nemo: ok this looks promising I may even read it soon anyway you should do the slice of life challengezzzz Red: I should In a bit Foist I'm making my blog more pollitally concious Nemo: !! Red: And by pollitically, I mean, Gingerism Nemo: haha I KNEW IT you guys are like the Black Panthers except racially inferior to whites Red: But this is serious man Wanna boycot south park?. Nemo: sure I don't watch it very often anyway I more or less stopped after the pee episode Sent at 6:14 PM on Wednesday Nemo: what is this what is this bar on top of your blag Red: It will make sense in a little bit. But now I need to do my enlish homework on the iditarod thong *thing Ewwwww How long was your jack london thing before formatting? Sent at 6:38 PM on Wednesday Red: Hello? Nemo: um what Red: Did you get any of that Nemo: I don't think I did a jack london thing Red: YOU DID PUNK I SAW IT Nemo: um okay if you say so I have no idea how long it was Red: Ok Sent at 6:44 PM on Wednesday Nemo: Also if you are writing a thing about Jack London I insist that it be titled Jack London Calling kthxbai Red: YES Sent at 7:25 PM on Wednesday Red: Ok Done Sent at 7:46 PM on Wednesday Nemo: okay time to CHECK THIS SHIT OUT Red: Have you reded my blogzzz? Nemo: I am doing so RIGHT NOW Red: HOORAY!!!!! *Throws hat in air* Nemo: what you have a hat Red: UM Yes And I just threw it in the air Nemo: can I safely emote: *snatches hat and absconds with said hat* Today we had our writing SOL's today? Bryan: Huh I am illiterate Nemo: kind of ironic, isn't it? today we had a test on how well we could write today Red: Just a lttle Nemo: I think I did really well today Red: You can quote this conversation Nemo: also Girls, you are too confusing. Just going to say it. I think that every buy ever will agree with me, even William Henry Harrison. Red: DAMN IT ALL Nemo: you know who was a decent president William Henry Harrison Red: For all of 2 months Red: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WHH Nemo: huh, I guess the big WHH is also a theory of superconductivity THE LEGEND LIVES ON ...and an episode of "Lost" Red: So I unjustly criticized William Henry Harrison He was a pretty decent president, but didn't live long enough to follow up on that You either die a hero, or live long enough to become the villian He died a hero Batman can't do either, becasue he's not a hero He's just a professional BADASSSSSS Or, as gordon says, "He's the hero we deserve, but not the hero we need." But of harvey dent, not twoface, "He was the hero we needed, not the hero we deserved " Sent at 9:28 PM on Wednesday Nemo: wow is this what happens when I walk away from the monitor for a bit] I get a fucking novel about batman and william henry harrison well sir blow it up to 350 words and you have yourself a book deal Red: ! Pretty good, you? ! Drat wrong conversation Sent at 9:33 PM on Wednesday Red: SLEAP TIME Sent at 9:59 PM on Wednesday

Solsc: I love parties & dances. I don't really know why though... Also, I turned the stop drop and roll into a dance move.

SOLSC Day 3!

     Well, nothing much really happened today, except that I realized that I am no good at saying stuff. Also, now I'm watching Snow Dogs, for I am determined to watch every movie about Sled Dog racing made in my lifetime. Are there any others?

     So, a slice of my life, which truthfully isn't that great. Today during lunch, one of the people at my table gave me a handful of raisins. And, me being a cocky son of a gun that I am, I threw them up in the air and caught them in my mouth. I got pretty good at it! I managed to catch 6 in a row too! Of course, about 1/5 went on the floor, so I picked them up. Then the lunch staff person came around and confiscated my raisins. I think that it was worth it.

     Yeah, I know, that was pretty lame, but to make up for it, here's an Instructable I made, all by myself! You could go to the link, or I could just embed this! Also, I personally think that I took pretty good pictures, but, that's me and my low standards for myself...



Dr. Magnetic Dinosaur (Or How I Learned to Stop Searching and Love the Earbuds) - More DIY How To Projects

SOLSC Day 2!

Well, SOLSC Day 2! Time for a slice of my life:

     In the mornings, students wait outside the doors to our school, I don't really know why, but it helps with crowd control and keeps us from breaking the school. So, standing with a group of people, one of the girls in the group noticed a lady waking a dog, now, this dog was really skinny, you could count the ribs, and someone made a joke that she needed to feed her dog. I don't know whose idea followed, but someone thought it would be funny to all yell at her to feed her dog. Granted, more people than not thought that this was a bad idea, including me, so they counted down, and 3 or 4 of them shouted out "Feed your dog!" and began laughing, until the woman turned around. I ditched and merged into another group of people, and pretended to be looking at my friend's Ipod, not wanting to get in unnecessary trouble. The people that did yell tried to run, but the woman recognized them, and told them how she had just adopted the dog, and it was a rescue dog, and how to show a little more respect in the future. Luckily, I was unnoticed, and didn't get in trouble at all.However, the assistant principal of my school saw the events, and talked to those who were scolded, and was not happy at all. Those who were busted had to write a letter of apology, and do community service. Granted, what those people did was stupid, but I disagree with their punishment. I personally do not think that the school should require them to write a letter of apology, I'm sorry, but my school is not my mother, I'm going to look for my moral lessons elsewhere, thank you.I understand disciplinary actions when there is something inside the building, and even if there is a serious offense on the school grounds. But, that kind of scolding from the administrative staff for a couple people making a stupid joke, then getting told off already? That seems like overkill to me.For instance, if something like that on the street, the recipient would tell you off, and you would realize that you were a jerk, and that would be the end of it. However, I also find some fault in the woman. I'm sure she knew it was a joke, and that the group of kids were just being knuckleheads, and she could have just kept walking. Now, this next part is going to come out wrong, but I think that that is a problem that many older women, and some men, have, they don't understand when something's a joke, and feel the need to tell someone off. I don't really know, but that's just based off my observations, and the ListServe...

   So, DC Legalized Gay Marriage! Take THAT Archdiocese!!! But, it's more than showing the Catholic church what's what (My church is FULL of hippies, gays, and lesbians, go figure) but if the country's capital can do it, why not the rest of the country?

    I am confident without a doubt that if Kurt Cobain was still alive, he would have, at one point, gone on a really great harmonica tour, and it would have been the greatest things ever. Now, since he's gone, Dave Grohl, if for some unforeseen reason, you stumble across my blog, I'm a huge fan! But, you have to do the harmonica tour! It's all up to you man! Also, why not start off back in Northern Virginia, you know, that place where you grew up? kthxbai

    That's about it for today. Well, tomorrow I have a concert, so, sleap would be nice. Thanks for reading this far!

Politically Conscious! SOLSC Day 1

      I've decided to make my blog more politically conscious, and by that, I mean Gingerism-Conscious. This is troubling, to say the least. The levels of hate crimes are rising more than since the witch burnings!  Here's a Google search for Gingerism, today, it has about 8,770 results, tomorrow probably more, the day after that, god knows. (What is this?),
Related News: I'm going to go and beat up these kids.

With that out of the way, I'm working on The Slice of Life Story Contest, thanks to Nemo's Peer Pressure. Here goes:

     Today we had our writing SOL's today. They were pretty fun I guess. The teacher whose room I was in kind of droned on when explaining the rules to us, becasue none of us had heard them 37 times before. I was tempted to write about Carl Sagan, (I don't want to say the prompt, just in case the writing police are reading this...), and then I realized that I don't really know anything about him. So, I picked Theodore Roosevelt, who is a pretty cool guy, I think. Starting off was a bit difficult, but it was easy afterwards. During the editing phase, I realized I have no self-confidence in my spelling, even though the vast majority of the words I thought were right were wrong. Go Figure.
     I bet you want some kind of lead up to these events, don't you? Ok, I'll comply. So, I was pretty tired after I woke up, and- HOLY CRAP I NEED TO DO MY ENGLISH HOMEWORK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
*33 Minutes Later* Ok, that's done, time to continue with the story: -my mouth hurt (Braces Stink), so I decided to do 100 sit-ups, and took some ibuprofen. Things were better. I wolfed down my breakfast, and was about to run out the door, when I realized I needed Balto. If you haven't seen it, you should. It is a great movie, and if you don't like it, you are a terrible cynic who thinks that you are more mature than you actually are (Unless of course, you're an adult, but that doesn't mean you don't like it...). Before TA, I ran upstairs to my English teacher's room, and handed it to her, hoping we would watch it after the movie was over, granted, everyone in my grade would hate it, except for those ones that aren't Terrible Cynics.
     After lunch, we went back to our rooms, and began to work on a project that's due tomorrow, and the teacher turned on the TV, I held my breath, but to my dismay, the movie was not Balto, but, I got over it, THE END.
Yeah, I know, that's a pretty crappy slice of life, but that's all that really happened today. Tomorrow will be better, Tomorrow's always better (Huh, that sounded like I have some depression issue, I don't! I just have a bright outlook on life! It's remarkable how little those two coincide....)

So, my bum levels have decreased enough for me to post my various thoughts from my WRITING NOTEBOOK (See I am using it, just like I promised!) here:

• A while ago, in math class, my friend, sitting in front of me, pulled out Pokey and Gumbo figures, and a squishy octopus. I pulled out some dinosaurs, army men, and a hot wheels car out of my pocket, and when it was time to do classwork, he just turned around to "Work with us", and we just played with toys for the rest of math class, and did a little work... Our teacher walked up, and asked "What's going on?" My friend who pulled out Pokey and Gumbo responded, "Um, they're for inspiration, we can put them awa-" but before he could finish, our math teacher inturrupted him, "Good enough." and walked away. I love math class. Then, in science, we were taking notes, and I decided to build a ramp. I used my music folder coming down from my binder, which went onto my calculator case propped up on an erasor and my book, and onto the lab table. I let go of my car, it went down the music folder, hit the calculator case dead-on, was airborne for 2-3 inches, it landed back on the book at the right angle, kept rolling, dropped off the centimeter difference to the table, kept going, and 4 inches before the edge of the table, it veered left, and stopped. It was the GREATEST THING EVER. I just stood up in the middle of class and put my arms in the air "Yes!". Then my teacher made me take it apart, but it was definitely worth it. Definitely. 
• In english, we were supposed to write a paragraph in 3rd person limited, and due in part to a bet with the guy sitting next to me, I wrote 3 pages. I was pretty happy with the results actually, and hopefully I'll get it back, and post it on here. In fact, it's one of those stories I'd continue if I wasn't such a bum. Any encouragement? 
• Girls, you are too confusing. Just going to say it. I think that every guy ever will agree with me, even William Henry Harrison.
• Two (Really Different) Songs I'm digging right now: Walking on a Thin Line and Lost Cause. I don't know why, but I'm loving them. Also, The Nightwatchman, AKA Tom Morello (Yeah the one from Rage Against the Machine, guess what, it's acoustic!!) Is pretty amazing, if any of you have "One Man Revolution" I will bake you cookies if I can have it, I'm so in love with Fabled City. (You should check them out, or bug me about it!)
• This is one really long post. Thank you all for reading this far. Here's something to make it worth your while, and also my opinions on you.