real men will let you put sparkles in their hair

School is going fine. I always seem to be working on homework, but I think that might be my workaholic personality more than anything. Because my brother never seems to do homework but is still getting good grades.. So, right now I'm writing a post while I should be studying for a rather big in class essay I have on Monday. The last of my homework... I've been putting it off all weekend. I would say that my procrastination makes me less of a nerd, but I was still doing lots of other work. ...because I procrastinated it on it.. I see now. I'm not a nerd/workaholic, I just procrastinate on things so that I have a ton of homework to do all the time? Yeah. I have no idea.

Either way, this weekend was also CHS homecoming, and even though I don't attend CHS, I got to go! Because I would be going there if I didn't go to Brebeuf and all my bestest friends go there. Why am I even explaining this? You know this! Probably. Anyway, IT WAS SO AWESOME. I went to the homecoming game on Friday evening and it was great! It was really nice to see all my friends and old buddies :D Also, we didn't really watch much of the game.. Some people behind us were being obnoxious and throwing cans into the crowd(how immature) so we sort of ended up hanging around outside the stadium and talking. It was fun. And then Saturday night, THAT WAS AWESOME. :] I love dancing. I did so much dancing on Saturday night, with the music and the people and the jumping and the fist pumping. It was rather intense. I also have the feeling my school's homecoming would be completely different.. different atmosphere, far fewer people, less sweat maybe? I'm not sure if I'll be going to the Brebeuf homecoming(the dance part at least).. but I guess it might be a good idea? For the sake of comparison at least. ;] Alright, now it's time I focused my thoughts on the rise and fall from power of the Hittite rulers, Anittas, Hattusilis I, Mursilis, and Hantili. The Hittites were an Indo-European tribe who, while Hammurabi was taking Mesopotamia and uniting it by force, were joining into small kingdoms. The Egyptians knew them as Ht, a title from the name of their homeland: Hatti, the territory of the Hittites. Though their kingdom was formed in strength and bore many conquests, the story of the Hittite dynasty is a tumultuous one... -_- sigh. (if you managed to read through this post and actually find it even semi-interesting, you have my praise)

If I Was a Boy at Sea

Happy Monday! I like how, after listening to this song, I always end up feeling energetic and peaceful at the same time.. plus, Discovery is the combination of Rostam Batmanglij (from Vampire Weekend) and Wes Miles (from Ra Ra Riot), which is pretty great.

Welcome To Friday

This week has been INTENSE. I started school on Monday, and it has been very interesting. I was really nervous to be starting, especially since I'm attending an entirely new school where I didn't yet know a ton of people, but I'd say it's gotten better as the days have progressed. Today was a lot of fun, and we had a pep rally at the end of the day where everyone was full of energy. Still, I am sooo happy the weekend is here. I'm probably going to fall into a short term coma tonight and wake up Sunday morning refreshed and ready to do lots of homework. Haha, oh boy. So, one interesting thing I learned today was in art where the teacher got out some clay at the end of the class and was talking about our first project. (we're going to be making tea bowls.. eventually.. so far we've spent class learning about Japanese tea ceremonies and Zen Buddhism) So, he was setting the clay on a wooden board and describing how we would store our creations when he stopped and showed us how he had dried clay on his hands. Apparently, if you clap/rub your hands together to get the clay off it will send out little particles that you'll inhale, but won't be able to exhale. If you work as an art teacher or work with clay very often then these clay particles can build up and eventually trap water in your lungs causing you to essentially drown in your own fluids over time. So, the moral of this story is that you should wet your hands to get rid of excess clay! Intense indeed.

Okay I Lied

I don't feel like posting much else about our vacation in England! And I was going to post some footage taken during the trip, but I can't seem to get the video in a format I can edit.. So that's not happening either! Darn. (I'm sure you don't mind) So instead I'll just show you this picture(that I took on my cellphone! I'm surprised at the quality.. I thought it would be much worse):

...pretzel m&m's! Because my mom and I kept seeing them advertised but couldn't find them in any stores.. until yesterday when we were at kroger! Now that I've tried them I can say that they are good. Not AMAZING or anything, but yummy for sure.

My second point in this post is that if you happen to be a visitor of this FANTASTIC PILLAR OF NONFICTION INTERNET LITERATURE then you should leave a comment on this post! If you want to. Don't have to. I'm just wondering who's around! :]

Guess What?

I AM HOME :D And even though it's only 8:21pm here, I'm too tired to do an actual post. So you just come back later(like tomorrow.. or the next day?) for more information on how my vacation in England went! Because right now in England, because of the 5 hour time difference, it is 1:21am. So I'm really sleepy. Good night.

Because It's Important

I like this sign.

It was outside a park near Highgate Cemetery where we went to visit Karl Marx's grave.

(which was Spencer's idea)

How To Do The Laundry..

1. Open the drum door.
If the door cannot be opened, see "Problem Solving Guide"
Also, make sure there are no cats or small animals inside the appliance before and after using it. That could be bad.

We were trying to figure out how to use the washer/dryer in the apartment where we're staying in Bristol, hence the instruction manual pictured below.

These scenic pictures were taken from the car on our way to visit stonehenge.

And this is stonehenge!

...and this is a swan! This picture was taken when we went punting(a punt is a type of boat) in Oxford.

So... I'd say we've been enjoying England greatly thus far!

We've visited:

• Bristol(which has sort of been the base camp for all of our other trips out)
• Bath with the Roman Baths and Bath Abbey
• Stonehenge(which was actually pretty cool, we were especially lucky to have had great weather on the day we visited)
• Salisbury with Salisbury Cathedral(a really quite impressive place in terms of archictecture and artistry)
• Oxford where we toured around and visited Christ Church and some universities (and went punting)
• Blenheim Palace(another really impressive and beautiful place) My favorite part was the area around the Palace including the gardens and landscaping, all of which was designed by Capability Brown.
• The Cottswolds including the villages of: Bourton-on-the-Water, Slaughter, Snowshill, and Broadway

And now we're back in Bristol getting ready to take the train to London, where we'll stay for 4 days. Then we head off to Loughborough for my mom's cousin's wedding! (which is actually the reason we're in England)

Other interesting pictures:

Chimney pots viewed from the apartment in Bristol

A flower monster! Salisbury is heavily populated with these creatures...

The dam at Blenheim Palace which was constructed in order to form a water feature for the palace grounds.

Quite impressive I think. ^_^ And pretty!