"The Shit Hath Hitteth The Fan...eth"

     Thanksgiving.  Yes, I am going to write about it. Sort of.  I had to rake the leaves the day before Thanksgiving and pick up the canine feces, but it was really windy… and I kept finding more piles of excrement that originated from my dog.  I raked about one third of the yard before I called it quits, filling the yard recycling bin about half way.  The next day, Thanksgiving, I had to finish the raking of leaves.  The windier it got, the worse it rained, the worse I could see things.  It was not light outside and there are about… let me count… twelve trees in my back yard.  Twelve.  I tried putting leaves in the recycling bin and I got dog shit on my hands and all up the side of my leg somehow.  The shit hath hitteth not the fan, but the wind.

There Is A Reason That I Am Only Doing Speech...

     Writing a case for my debate class is nearly impossible.  I am online only because I was looking for ideas for my case.  I am writing this now because I realized how long my case has to be.  And that's about three times the length that I have it at riiiiiight.... now.

    
This is what I did last night.  And for two classes today.  In the second class that I played it in, I got my all-time high score (which isn't very much, yes, I know).

This was taken during Principles of Technology; a class that I am ironically failing.  I had to talk to the teacher, though, and he wasn't there...  I needed to ask him what were doing and how to do it (I had missed that class on Friday and that is when he explained the project), so I (along with most of the class) played a video game, my video game of choice being the originally Soviet game.

P.S. I got to level 8.

What If Something Happened?

To you.  What if something amazing happened to you?  Something that is unexplainable?  Like a vision appearing to you, a great wonderful beast, wise beyond comprehension, came to you and told you how to handle things?  How to live to be a better person?

Today I decided that I would turn my grades around.  No more procrastinating.  Well, after this, that is...  I am almost finished with my two debate cases that gave me an F in a class.  When I turn them in, my grade will go up.  All that I have to do is write the damn thing.

Permanent Vacation on That Dreadful Website

http://www.facebook.com/Aerosmith.Permanent.Vacation

This is a page that I made on Facebook.  I am in need of assistance.  This page is not everything that I dreamed that it once would be.

Any idea, guys?

Chili I Do Not Like

I didn't title the post starting with the word 'I' this time!  No, instead that sentence has been Yoda-fied.  Every time my mother dearest makes chili, it always comes as a surprise to her that I don't like it.  Now, mind you, this happens every time.
Mum:  I made dinner, come eat!
Shelly: I I'm not really hungry, thanks though.
Mum:  I don't care, come eat.
Shelly:  Mum, I don't like chili, you know that.
Mum: What?!  You are way too picky.

     I am a vegetarian and now have a much better excuse for things like this.  There is always meat in the chili that she makes so I don't ever have to figure some way out of it.

Yes, I Totally Went There

    I am writing about something  that JUST happened to me.  Yes, it is not a good idea, but I feel that if I don't do it now that I never will.

    I had yet another Speech and Debate thing this weekend.  One of the highlights was that we got to stay in a hotel over night.  We also got to leave school early.  Excellent.  Most excellent.  I would rather sit at another school for hours (literally, and way more that five hours--way more) and be able to get out of school two hours early than go to a full day of school.

     I have this new nervous habit.  I have recently started to bite my lower lip when I get really nervous, which happened to be quite frequent this weekend.  Needless to say my lower lip is chapped beyond my healing abilities.  Unfortunately I am not a magician, wizard, warlock, witch, sub-human that heals quickly, or anything related to any of those.  I must endure this hardship with a smile on my face.  Hot damn that hurts.  Alright, maybe just a small grin.

     Amount of times that I threw up due to nerves:  three times.
     Amount of times that I threw up due to some other reason:  zero.

Once the night before and twice the day of my speech.  Man, I really blew that.  It was not very well presented.  One judge told me to not point to my poster and another told me to use it more.  Alright, eff the both of you.  I shall listen to Erin on this one.

     Amount of sleep the night before my speech: five hours of sleep.  After I had given my speech, along with everyone else in my bevy, excluding one girl who was doing debate (and quite well, evidently) went to a coffee joint.  I got a small black coffee and three shots of espresso on the side.  Wonderful, liquid meth, almost.  Gotta love it.  That's an Aerosmith song.  Did you know that?  Yeah, it came off of their 1993 album, Get A Grip.

This post is really long, isn't it?
After my coffee and espresso, I had another cup of black coffee.  Oh, but right before that, black tea.  I am so ready for sleep, but this conscious comatose state is something that is not experienced every day.  I think that I could have a bit more fun with this half-dead feeling.  I feel... quite odd.  Not bad, not good, just... different.  Things are a bit slow for me to feel.  I swear, I didn't really do meth.

   How to fix my nervous habits?  I say, my lower lip is not pleasant feeling at this moment, nor has it been all weekend.  And shifting my feet when I speak.  Also bad.

     Well, I hope this different style (and length) of post didn't bother anyone too much, or throw then off guard.  Stay alert!  Beware the lackluster life of perpetual hebetude!

CHECK OUT THE SONG OF THE DAY!

UPDATE:  Oh yeah, I also left my speech and poster at the school.  We got about ten, fifteen minutes down the road and I realized that.
Me: Hey, uh.. are we going to like.. um.. stop.. anywhere.. between here and the hotel?
(The hotel being more than two hours away)
Adult:  Why..?
Me:  Well... I was wondering if someone could... like.. bring me something.. if we stopepd.
Adult:  What did you forget?
Me:  Well, I kind of left me speech at the school...
Me:  And my poster...
(That was a very important part of my speech, mind you.)

In the end she turned around and I felt so incredibly guilty.  She didn't get any makeup.  All weekend.  My fault.  Oops..

A CD Has Been Made

I made Andrew a CD!  The purple thing is Gengar, Andrew's favourite Pokemon.

Love Today—Mika
Bang A Gong (Get It On)—T. Rex
You and Me—Alice Cooper
Sleeping Bag—ZZ Top
Magic Man—Heart
A Little Bit Me, a Little Bit You—the Monkees
(Don’t Fear) The Reaper—Blue Öyster Cult
Magic Touch—Aerosmith
You Can Do Magic—America
The Hop—Aerosmith
I Miss You—Alice Cooper
Nothing Better—The Postal Service
Nobody’s Fault—Aerosmith
Hey Stoopid—Alice Cooper
Hot Love—Twisted Sister
Jaded—Aerosmith
Such Great Heights—The Postal Service
How You Gonna See Me Now—Alice Cooper
Howlin’ For You—The Black Keys

It took a while because I kept adding Aerosmith songs for no apparent reason.

Competitions Are Not For The Weak-Minded

     I am in Speech and Debate—I going to state for my Aerosmith speech.  It is about eight minutes and ten seconds, give or take fifteen seconds.  It is eleven paragraphs long.  I need to get it memorized very soon.  I have a growing suspicion that the only reason that I got the state bid was because the other people doing their speeches that I was competing against had very short speeches.  Or they made very few connections between their sentences.  I have about four paragraphs completely memorized, which leaves a total of seven paragraphs not memorized.  I would look down and read a few sentences off of my “notes” (my entire speech on note-sized (ish) cards) and look up and say about twice that without looking.  I didn’t really point to my poster a lot, which I think may have helped to connect things.  Super nervous, hope I can memorize it within the time limit (eight minutes with 30 seconds grace)!

I get nervous, especially doing something like this.  I think I might throw up at the next event because of my nerves.

That's kind of... gross.

GweenBrick: Thomas Made a Video

GweenBrick: Thomas Made a Video

I love this blog. Hilarious fellow. Best video I've seen in quite a long time. I think that Allie's instructional video on how to put a jacket on just barely tops it. Great song, too.

I Donated Blood! Also, Too Many Posts Start With "I"

That's my left arm.  Not a very good picture but it gets the point across.  I am sore.  I am also very excited to donate again.  If it helps someone, wonderful.  Glad I could help.  My arm has a weird bump under the bruise in the centre of the bruise...  Concerned?  Never.  I will be posting my Halloween pumpkins soon.

In two days I have my first (and possibly only?) Speech and Debate speech.  It is an eight minute speech on Aerosmith.  Wonderful.  I love Aerosmith.