Thursday, June 25, 2009

Meh.

A while back, I wrote about thinking and wondering about the military, about if I could do it, what I would do, would I do it?

At this moment. The answer is yes. And friends of mine would kill me if they read this. Haha.

I did some research and I can go into the medical field and specialize in a field I'm already interested in. I want to be a clinical psychologist. So I can go into mental health.

I'd do Basic Training and then like, I think it was, 20 weeks of training in my specialization.

I don't have anything else to say other than:

BYE NOW!

--Piddle

Sunday, June 21, 2009

Ice Cream Conversations...FUN!

Haha. So I realized that my mom and I do this thing every time I have ice cream. I get some and put it in a bowl. If it's a new flavour we haven't tried yet, then I'll go in her room and tell her about it. Then in a few minutes she'll meet me in the kitchen and eat it out of the tub. And we have conversations while eating...

Me: So....?
Mom:-incoherent mumbling noise whilst she spoons more ice cream into her mouth-
Me: Yup. Uh huh. Totally.

Then we do have real conversations.

Tonight's was about a conversation we had in the pool today. We were talking about one her old, high school stalker mafia boyfriends. And my sister goes, "What are you guys talking about?" and my mom goes, "Boyfriends." And my sister says, "Why, does Allie want one?" and we just kind of laughed as she swam away...

But we brought up one of my friends who's brother was literally in love with me a few years ago. And it was funny because his mom had no idea until last summer when we went to visit him she said, "I think Ryan had a crush on Allie" and my mom was just like DUH. -facepalm-

The boy would put lipstick on and chase me around the house and draw pictures for me and give them to a random times...he was completely in love with me.

So...that's about it.

--Piddle

Tuesday, June 16, 2009

Officer Camp and Vacations and No Air conditioning....OH MY!

So yus, all of the above things are true. I did, in fact, go to officer camp (and pass algebra! and get a 100% on my final exam! whoo!), go on vacation, and we have no air conditioning.

I felt like blogging merrily about my entire vacation, but now I dont. So, I'll do the short version...maybe...

So, my family left for Panama City Beach, Florida on Saturday June 6th. I stayed at my Batman's house Saturday and sunday and then left Monday for Officer Camp for drill team. I came back on Thursday and flew to florida at 10 at night. then spent two days in florida and then drove back home with my family.

The guy I sat next to on the plane was in air force and I thought that was totally cool.... :P

uuummmm....I really dont have anything to ramble about...which is weird, but I'm sure I'll find something later!

Oh!!! Michaela! Thank you so much for my award!

--Piddle

Friday, May 29, 2009

Get yourself together

Honestly the title doesn't mean a thing, it's lyrics to the song I'm listening to. Anyways, I realized that this cycle thing goes on. I blog...then I like disappear off the face of the earth for days....then I come back and say that I'm not dead, nothing's eaten me, ect....well...yeah.....

There's a story this time. Well, every time there is, but there's a legitimate reason this time. I'll explain. Well, the past week I have come home from school...and went straight into my sister's room, did my homework and basically sat in there all night. Why, you ask? Well, the only time I went into my room was to get clothes and to sleep. Why? I was seriously afraid that something would eat me. My room was such a mess. It was a complete wreck. The couch was non-existent. And by non-existent I mean covered in clothes and bags and my floor was covered in clothes and shoes and books and it was horrendous. So, today, I was in my sister's room and she looked at me and she said, "Why don't you go clean your room?" and I said, "Something will eat me." and she dragged me off the bed and pushed me in the room and closed the door and said, "Clean. Now. You know you want to." And I yelled to her, "Where do I start??!!!!!" and she yells back, "That couch!"

So, I did.

Then I freaked out because I found 6 of my 9 dance clothing pieces. And I needed to find the other three. I was completely flipping out. So I texted Batman. I said, "I'm attempting to clean my room, I can't find three of my dance tops. Help!" And she gave me a list of places I'd already looked. I went through my entire closet, folding all twenty billion shirts I have and found two of them. Two! So, I went to the living room and told my grandpa. And he said, "well, sit for a while, clear your head, and then go look again"

Mom came home a few minutes later. I said, " Have you seen my red heart top?" She goes, "Yeah, it's in the laundry room. We haven't washed it yet, cause I didn't think you needed it. Do you need it?"

And that's how I regained use of my room and computer. Because I couldn't sit in here so I couldn't even bring myself to turn the computer on....

So, now for the brownie saga.

I had to make brownies for a drill team thing on Tuesday. I was sick, so mom said she'd make them so I didn't cough on them. I wouldn't have coughed on them. Hmph.

My dad was supposed to bring them to me right after school at 4 o'clock. The thing didn't start until 4:30. So, I figured 4 would be good. Well, I get to school in the morning and one of my friends who's sort of the leader figure in the officer group said, with puppy eyes, "Is there any way you can get them here earlier?"

So, I called my mom and asked if she could bring the brownies. All the while feeling horrible because she really needed to get to work. Then I realized I didn't have my geography stuff. My geography teacher is really tall intimidating guy who yells really loud and you never know if he's joking because the next second he's yelling at someone. So, I kind of wanted my stuff. So I call her back and asked her to search through my room (it looked like it did before I cleaned it) for my stuff. All the while feeling horrible because she needed to get to work.

She finds everything. And it's pouring down raining outside. She opens her car door. Starts to get in and the wind blows the door shut and she has to pull her legs in fast. In that motion she falls and the brownies spill all over the passenger seat. She called my dad in tears. Well, I didn't know this at the time. But she made me feel plenty guilty on the car ride home from school. But, it's okay, by that time she had calmed down enough not to get mad at me.

So, tomorrow, I'm going to dye my hair and Batman and I are going to make colourful t-shirts with puffy paint! I'll post a picture of my hair and probably the shirts too. I'm excited.

Oh! I wanted to put this in here. I got this email and its about a special way to show gratitude and thanks toward people in the military. This guy in Seattle started it two years ago and is trying to get the word out.

http://www.gratitudecampaign.org/shortmovie.php

Take the time to watch that video and watch the long version too. :)

Ways to Join the Gratitude Campaign:

1. Remember to say 'thank you.'
2. Wear Red Shirts on Fridays.
3. Tie a Yellow Ribbon.
4. Blog about it.
5. Tell others about the Gratitude Campaign.

I really like it and I think it's great. I'm still not decided on what I'm doing though....

--Allison

Saturday, May 16, 2009

Everything that's been going on...

Alright. Well, I know I haven’t been heard from in ages. But I can assure you, I am still alive.

First things first:

New York:

AMAZING!

The city is spectacular. I would live there if I could afford it. It’s a very sensory place. It’s all about the sights and smells and sounds. You walk the streets and one second you smell car exhaust and then next you’re at a street corner smelling hot dogs. There’s cars and people everywhere. They have signs that read “NO HONKING $350 FINE” which of course no one pays any attention to. At night, outside of your window there’s at least thirty cars honking and suddenly you’ll hear a fire truck.

I don’t want to re-account for the entire trip so I’ll do the high lights.

Broadway:

In the Heights is a masterpiece. It’s about a group of people who live in a section of the city called Washington Heights. It’s near a bridge. That’s about all I know. And it’s their last three days Washington Heights because their power was shut off. People fall in love, sing songs, fight, ect.

Mama Mia was super fun! There was this one usher guy and he was probably 80 something years old. And he kept yelling at people for using cameras and junk during the show and then during the finale…something catches someone’s eye, and we turn around….he’s dancing along to the music. AND! He knows the dance that they’re doing on stage!!!!!

Now…Social Officer Tryouts:

I tried out for Social Officer for drill team. And…I made it!!!!!!!!

Tryouts were this morning and the results were ready at 1:30.

Last night though, I couldn’t sleep at all. I tried counting sheep in English, French and Spanish. Then I tried naming all the U.S. Presidents in order, but I couldn’t remember who came after Andrew Jackson. Then I was singing to myself. I got one hour of sleep and then went to tryouts and I’m so tired right now I could fall over.

So, I just wanted to get all of this out there!

--Allison

Monday, May 4, 2009

hmmm...

I don't really have anything to say...

Liar! Liar! Liiiiaaaarr!!!


TWO DAYS 'TILL NEW YORK!!!!!


I'm so excited that I'm not going to waste time rambling about how excited I am. Or is that what I'm doing? Maybe I should shut up? Survey says yes. Vlad says yes. Ok. Shutting up.

First off, today I was washing something off my hand (just one hand) during dinner I spilled something on my and went to the sink and turned on the hot water tab and put my hand under. Then I realized it was steaming and that my hand hurt and I calmly said, "Maybe I should use the cold water tab so my hand doesn't burn. What do you guys think?" all the while the hot water was still on my hand and my family was kind of just staring at me...


Well, I found it amusing.


Secondly, Batman came over briefly to give me a cool drawing of a dinosaur her friend Sammy drew. She came over on Saturday night too. It was storming like crazy and she shows up at my door and well, she stayed all night and then went errand-running with mum and me on Sunday. So. Anyway, just before she shows up...wait .... I have to explain the situation...


So my dad did a bunch of work for our neighbour a while back (cough two years ago cough) and paid for a lot of the stuff and the neighbour promised that he would stain our fence once we power-washed it. So today he came over to stain the fence. His wife ended up coming over with her pork chops (loi? Porkchop!!!! That's my sister!!! HA!!!) and used our grill. So anyway we were out there (we being neighbour, mum, dad, grandpa, porkchop and that's it for now) and I saw this tree branch on top of a bag of trash in my yard. (it was our trash). So, I pick it up and started carrying it around. Then my grandma pokes her head through the door and says "Batman's here" and she came and gave the picture and we chatted about Joshua (the tree branch) and then we showed her mommy Joshua. And then she left. But I did get some pictures...
I kept walking around telling people: "This is Joshua. He's a piece of a tree. He's in the process of dying, so I figured I'd show him around a bit!" I even sent my friend a text message saying: "If you see this in your neighbourhood do not be afraid. I come in peace" or something along those lines....
Then we were talking about (we being myself and grandpa) about New York and the window displays in the shops. So I posed for the out-doorsy shop window....

So, yes, Joshua had a grand ol' time until the neighbourhood brats started pulling on his leaves and making he death more painful. Seriously! The little boy wouldn't go away! I think that's all....Bye now!!

and for your enjoyment:

I was going to Ascii Art you a bunny (go look that up if you don't know) but my computer freaked out and is being butt head....hmph.

--Piddle

Friday, May 1, 2009

Fun movies!

Ok, so firstly, (yeah, I know that's not a word) I'm in a super good mood for weird reasons...secondly, but the real firstly (yeah, I know secondly isn't a word either) I'd like to thank you guys -cough Alanna and Michaela (did I get it right? I didn't check) cough- for being so supportive/helpful with the whole Batman moving thing. I've only seen moving from the other side where it's you that is moving...so I just wasn't sure what to do...anyways...THANKS!

Now. I've been on a movie craze for the past week. Sort of. I haven't watched many movies in the past week, just more than usually during the school year.

So yeah...

We rented The Princess Bride. It's completely awesome!

Here's some quotes...I don't think imdb has any good ones though...I'll see...

Vizzini: Jump in after her!
Inigo Montoya: I can't swim
Fezzik: I only dog paddle.
Vizzini: AGGHH!

Inigo Montoya: Hello. My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die.

Miracle Max: You rush a miracle man, you get rotten miracles.

Fezzik: You never said anything about killing anyone.
Vizzini: I've hired you to help me start a war. It's an prestigious line of work, with a long and glorious tradition.
Fezzik: I just don't think it's right, killing an innocent girl.
Vizzini: Am I going MAD, or did the word "think" escape your lips? You were not hired for your brains, you hippopotamic land mass.
Inigo Montoya: I agree with Fezzik.
Vizzini: Oh, the sot has spoken. What happens to her is not truly your concern. I will kill her. And remember this, never forget this: when I found you, you were so slobbering drunk, you couldn't buy Brandy! [turning to Fezzik]
Vizzini: And you: friendless, brainless, helpless, hopeless! Do you want me to send you back to where you were? Unemployed in Greenland!

Inigo Montoya: That Vizzini, he can *fuss*.
Fezzik: Fuss, fuss... I think he like to scream at *us*.
Inigo Montoya: Probably he means no *harm*.
Fezzik: He's really very short on *charm*.
Inigo Montoya: You have a great gift for rhyme.
Fezzik: Yes, yes, some of the time.
Vizzini: Enough of that.
Inigo Montoya: Fezzik, are there rocks ahead?
Fezzik: If there are, we all be dead.
Vizzini: No more rhyming now, I mean it.
Fezzik: Anybody want a peanut?
Vizzini: DYEEAAHHHHHH.

Inigo Montoya: You are sure nobody's follow' us?
Vizzini: As I told you, it would be absolutely, totally, and in all other ways inconceivable. No one in Guilder knows what we've done, and no one in Florin could have gotten here so fast. - Out of curiosity, why do you ask?
Inigo Montoya: No reason. It's only... I just happened to look behind us and something is there. Vizzini: What? Probably some local fisherman, out for a pleasure cruise, at night... in... eel-infested waters...
Vizzini: INCONCEIVABLE.

Inigo Montoya: [drawing his sword] You seem a decent fellow... I hate to kill you.
Man in Black: You seem a decent fellow... I hate to die.

Man in Black: All right. Where is the poison? The battle of wits has begun. It ends when you decide and we both drink, and find out who is right... and who is dead.
Vizzini: But it's so simple. All I have to do is divine from what I know of you: are you the sort of man who would put the poison into his own goblet or his enemy's? Now, a clever man would put the poison into his own goblet, because he would know that only a great fool would reach for what he was given. I am not a great fool, so I can clearly not choose the wine in front of you. But you must have known I was not a great fool, you would have counted on it, so I can clearly not choose the wine in front of me.
Man in Black: You've made your decision then?
Vizzini: Not remotely. Because iocane comes from Australia, as everyone knows, and Australia is entirely peopled with criminals, and criminals are used to having people not trust them, as you are not trusted by me, so I can clearly not choose the wine in front of you.
Man in Black: Truly, you have a dizzying intellect.
Vizzini: Wait til I get going! Now, where was I?
Man in Black: Australia.
Vizzini: Yes, Australia. And you must have suspected I would have known the powder's origin, so I can clearly not choose the wine in front of me.
Man in Black: You're just stalling now.
Vizzini: You'd like to think that, wouldn't you? You've beaten my giant, which means you're exceptionally strong, so you could've put the poison in your own goblet, trusting on your strength to save you, so I can clearly not choose the wine in front of you. But, you've also bested my Spaniard, which means you must have studied, and in studying you must have learned that man is mortal, so you would have put the poison as far from yourself as possible, so I can clearly not choose the wine in front of me.
Man in Black: You're trying to trick me into giving away something. It won't work.
Vizzini: IT HAS WORKED! YOU'VE GIVEN EVERYTHING AWAY! I KNOW WHERE THE POISON IS!
Man in Black: Then make your choice.
Vizzini: I will, and I choose - What in the world can that be?
Vizzini: [Vizzini gestures up and away from the table. Roberts looks. Vizzini swaps the goblets] Man in Black: What? Where? I don't see anything.
Vizzini: Well, I- I could have sworn I saw something. No matter.First, let's drink. Me from my glass, and you from yours.
[they drink ]
Man in Black: You guessed wrong.
Vizzini: You only think I guessed wrong! That's what's so funny! I switched glasses when your back was turned! Ha ha! You fool! You fell victim to one of the classic blunders! The most famous is never get involved in a land war in Asia, but only slightly less well-known is this: never go in against a Sicilian when death is on the line! Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha! Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha! Ha ha ha...
Vizzini: [Vizzini stops suddenly, and falls dead to the right]
Buttercup: And to think, all that time it was your cup that was poisoned.
Man in Black: They were both poisoned. I spent the last few years building up an immunity to iocane powder.

Inigo Montoya: Are you the Miracle Max who worked for the king all those years?
Miracle Max: The King's stinking son fired me, and thank you so much for bringing up such a painful subject. While you're at it, why don't you give me a nice paper cut and pour lemon juice on it? We're closed.

Miracle Max: Get back, witch.
Valerie: I'm not a witch, I'm your wife. But after what you just said, I'm not even sure I want to be that any more.

Valerie: Bye Bye boys!
Miracle Max: Have fun stormin' da castle.
Valerie: Think it'll work?
Miracle Max: It would take a miracle.

Miracle Max and Valerie are super funny. There's this one scene after the whole "witch" thing where Valerie goes "Ever since prince humperdink fired him his confidence is shattered" and then Max gets mad at her for saying the name (Humperdink) and she chases him around the hut yelling "Humperdink! Humperdink!"

Another movie I watched was Back to the Future! I love that move...

some of my favourite quotes:

Dr. Emmett Brown: [the DeLorean has just made the first time-jump] Ah! What did I tell you? 88 miles per hour! The temporal displacement occurred exactly 1:20am and zero seconds! Marty McFly: Ah, Jesus Christ! Jesus Christ, Doc, you disintegrated Einstein!
Dr. Emmett Brown: Calm down, Marty, I didn't disintegrate anything. The molecular structure of both Einstein and the car are completely intact.
Marty McFly: Then where the hell *are* they?
Dr. Emmett Brown: The appropriate question is, "*When* the hell are they?" You see, Einstein has just become the world's first time-traveler! I sent him into the future. One minute into the future to be exact. And at precisely 1:21am and zero seconds, we shall catch up with him and the time machine.

Younger Dr. Emmett Brown: [running out of the room] 1.21 gigawatts? 1.21 gigawatts? Great Scott! Marty McFly: [following] What-what the hell is a gigawatt?

Great movie! Love it! I watched Bolt tonight! The one with Miley-stupid-Cyrus. But the movie was so cute and really funny!!

We go to New York on THURSDAY!!!

By the way. I don't own any of those quotes above. I wish I did, but I don't. So, don't sue me.

--Piddle