Placenta, and Other Horrible Names.

Parkview Hospital has a huge billboard by an intersection that displays the names and weight of the babies most recently born. Sometimes, as we go past, we read the names. It is a sad reminder of the recent fad for "unique" baby names. There are plenty of normal names, but mixed with the Helena's and Adrian's are the La'quaisha's and  the Qarin's. Today I saw the name "Mikhai Lamarie", and it made me want to post about terrible names. In my hometown, there was a girl named Placenta. Her mom thought it sounded pretty. I think that parenting classes should address the issue about naming children, because no child should have to be named Placenta. My sister says that when naming  a child, you should imagine there name after "43 president of the United States of America," or "Nobel Prize winner," at the very least they shouldn't be ashamed to have a brand of clothing named after them. I have to go watch the King's Speech, so I will post again later.

The Problem With Blogging

Today I was thinking about this blog. I don't know if I've ever mentioned why I started it, but I will summarize now, just in case.

In early February,  a friend of mine--we'll call her Chuckathias (she asked me to change this from the original post)-- and I had an idea. This happens about twice a week. I have an idea, I pitch it to Chuckathias, she agrees(or occasionally disagrees), we start, and then we forget about it. However, this idea made it to the next level. For once I had an idea that made some amount of sense, so we pitched the idea to the rest of our friends. The idea was this:  we would all start blogs, and by the end of the 2011, whoever had the most blogging points would win a dollar. Since I am the only one who posts on a regular basis, I am winning by quite a lot, but it's still only April.

I enjoy blogging, which is probably why I'm winning, but sometimes it gets difficult. It seems like I have weeks when nothing at all happens, and then weeks when I have a billion things I want to post about. Today, I want to post about the Oregon Trail, scones, my pet peeves, the tornado in Alabama, the fact that we haven't had a day without rain in nearly two weeks, and migraines, but right now I can't post about any of those things because I have to go and make scones to celebrate the royal wedding, and doing my homework would probably be a good idea too.

Life Lesson # 3

Life Lesson #3- When handling boiling syrup, take care not to knock it from the burner.

     Yesterday I was making buttercream frosting by the stove-top method. When the mixture of sugar and water started boiling, I turned the heat down and went to find the lid to the sauce pan. I pulled one out and put it on the pan, but it was too big. As I was taking the lid off to get the right size, it caught the edge of the pan, pulling it from the burner. Boiling syrup spilled down my arm and across my kitchen floor. My arm was not badly burnt but I had to mop the floor a total of seven times.

This isn't my picture, but it should give you the idea.

Thunderstorms and the Doctor.

      Today I have two things to talk about, so to keep things clear, I am splitting this into two parts.

Part One: Thunderstorms

    The Ten Day Forecast for my city is looking pretty grim, to see what I mean, Click Here. In the next ten days, we have only a single day without a forecast of rain. The American Midwest is not a fun place during the spring and summer months, especially if you get migraines from the weather. Last night, we had an extremely violent storm. I woke up at one in the morning to see some of the brightest lightening and loudest thunder I have ever heard. Even though my digital camera was on my bedside table, I didn't get up to record the lightening as I usually do. It was one of those thunderstorms that make walking around a dark house by yourself unthinkable, which is not a common occurrence. The night before had also held a relatively large thunderstorm, which I did record. The video I had of that storm won't upload, but I'll try to post it separately.

Part Two: Doctor Who

    Tonight was the premiere of Doctor Who: Season Six, so we threw a Dr. Who party to celebrate. We had everything you could ever want: a Tardis cake, fish fingers, custard, caffeinated beverages. Some people on the internet have tried eating fish fingers  and custard, and they always say that they taste delicious together. I tried them, and it was disgusting. But, on the bright side, I do have pictures to post.

Tardis Cake

A post fish finger-dipping bowl of custard.

Some really cheap fish fingers.

Christian Service Week

I don't have much time to post this, so I'll make it short.

I go to a Christian school, and every year we have a day that we go out into the neighborhoods around our school and do service projects. We might be doing anything from rearranging someone's furniture to cleaning gutters. Tomorrow is the service day, but this year the middle school is not allowed to participate, which frustrates me. Still, I love Christian Service Week because we have chapel every day with a great speaker.  This year's speaker was one of the teachers, and he did an absolutely amazing job. The Prezi he used can be viewed here- http://sgrwebster.com/

You should all watch this immediately because it really shows you how to be like Christ. I wish that you could see him actually teaching it, but this is the best I can do.

Doctor Who!

Today I was planning on making a very thoughtful blog post, but I got distracted by doing my quotes (something I should really be doing right now) and my home work. The homework wasn't too bad, but I am drowning in my quotes. Because I really should get back to that, I am going to make a short post about the greatest show on television. The new season of Doctor Who starts on Saturday!!! Anyone who watches Dr. Who will understand that it deserves the three exclamation points.

I've watched Dr. Who since the beginning of last season, but I have seen all of seasons 2-5, as well as some of the older ones. I think that All the incarnations of the Doctor are great, but I have three favorite Doctors.

1. David Tennant
2. Tom Baker
3. Matt Smith.

That's the link to the trailer, and if you don't watch Dr. Who already, you must see it and watch this season. So, do any of you also love this show? I think that most the Nerdfighters love it, but I want to know if you do, and if so, who your favorite doctor is.

Life Lesson # 2

Life lesson #2- When making brownies from a mix, it is best to remember the eggs.

This picture does not capture the fact that the brownies were bubbling.