Pippa's Blog

¿Qué Voy Hacer?

2009-10-26T21:16:00.002-04:00

Smart Story:

I can easily recall the chills I got when I sat on the cold, stone-like wooden chairs. Who knows what my family requested our waitress to bring to our booth, the only physical sensation I can vividly remember, was the crispness of those chairs. I did hear the low-pitched grumbling of the bus boy as he passed by our table, but everything else blended into the usual Sunday morning chatter of my parents. It is the usual small talk about how my father is glad he finished fixing up the bathroom or how my mother saw so and so at the grocery store. It is the kind of talk that just seems to fill in those tiny, boring holes in everyone’s weekend. But the tides of conversation easily turn when the waitress returns to our table. The smeared black eyeliner on her droopy lids could clearly indicate a rough morning. But there are no excuses for rude manners and a missing smile in my dad’s eyes. The moment she walks away my father must say something about how workers should be friendly or be fired. As the waitress paces herself over to the cashier while we put on our coats, my dad makes sure to say “Your Welcome!” in response to her silence. Just like the bus boy, he grumbles his way outside to our mini van with the rest of the family.

My father has always been this way, embarrassing my sisters and I at restaurants as he tells off our waiter or makes us leave in a huff. He is not an angry man, he just expects the best quality treatment from our server. If he is paying his hard-earned money at any store, then we should be treated with uttermost respect. No matter how bad someone’s day is, they must act with regard to the costumer.

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¿Qué Voy Hacer? ~ What Do I Do?

It seems like my blogging career is coming to an end. I am no longer motivated to create posts, nor have i made an effort to keep an eye out for peculiar stories or events. I want to blog, but i've lost virtually all of my motivation. Got any ideas? Any things that will spice up my blogging life?

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My sister and I went to a new candy store in town. It was the most amazingest candy store ever. It just overall had good vibes. Hundreds of candies, lots of color, great music, and even a section of old fashioned candy from the good ol' days! Teal, my sister, bought a 1 yard stick of gum for her friend. When my sister left to return to college, she brought everything but the gum. For the past week i've been tempted to munch on it, but i had good will power. Lets just say that about 1/4 of it is already gone and was very much appreciated!

Where's My Inspiration!?!?!?!

-Pippa

Pinhole!

2009-10-09T19:27:00.003-04:00

This has been a very crummy past few months. Very crummy. So I would not blame you if you've ditched my blog by now, but wait! There's More! I'm going to try to step it up and start blogging more! So keep in touch with Pippa's Blog, or you will regret it!

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So, earlier this week was my very first time developing a photo! I made my high school's photo class (which i couldn't get into last year), so now every morning i get out there and take pictures with my digital, my Pentax, and currently, my pinhole camera. My pinhole camera is pretty cool and fun to make! It is basically a shoebox with a tiny (pin-sized) hole on the cover that releases light onto some photographic paper. It is basically a cardboard camera! Very easy to make. The only problem that an everyday person may face is where to develop the single photo. Luckily, my school has a very sketchy dark room in the basement. So if you have access to a dark room, then you are in luck! One photo takes roughly 10 minutes to develop. Now if you don't 'have access to a dark room, then all i can guess is that you put the light-sensitive film into a solid dark baggie (that won't leak in the sunlight!), and bring your film to a 1 hour photo store. My very first photo didn't come out that great! Well, it is great for my very first pinhole photograph, but in general it is a little too blurry for my fancy. But when i get to bring my photos home, i'll scan them and show you all my wonderful pinhole photographs!

-Pippa

2009-09-20T13:50:00.004-04:00

So I recently realized that my last post was number 100! Woo Hoo! One Hundred Blog Posts! So i would like to congratulate all of you for reading my 100th Post (and my 101th). I should have had a party or something, but instead you can all go out and pop open some fancy shmancy champagne. Once again, thanks for keeping this old blog going through all those months.

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Sometimes, if i don't have enough time to blog I simply just quickly type up a story on word, hoping that i'll post it later. So you will now all witness one of my fantastic "Smart Stores". Not quite sure why i call them that, but i like the alliteration. Usually these stories develop out of me venting. This one in particular about not having snacks in my house. These could get pretty interesting! Anyways, without further a due here is Pippa's first Smart Story:

Why does my house not have snacks? Well I have no idea, I guess that “If they’re not on the list, I don’t buy them!”. Well then, I guess I will go snack deprived and have to eat the disgusting icee pop sitting at the back of our freezer. I like snacks. I snack all throughout the day before and after meal times. But what is one to do when snack are not there? Starve, complain, and eat paper. Once, when I was maybe in 4^th or 5^th grade, I had begged my dad to make me breakfast on a Saturday morning. He refused because he had “work” to do, which consisted of checking his email all morning. So I decided to protest by not making myself food (all I knew how to make was hard scrambled eggs and burnt toast). I sat in our TV room and proceeded to eat computer paper. For 2 hours I nibbled off paper like a rabbit nibbles on lettuce, hoping that my dad would come to his senses and make some food for me. I ate about 3 and a half pieces of paper throughout 45 minutes. The protest finally ended when I unlocked the door and grabbed a cookie for breakfast. Sometimes I still feel like eating paper just to show my parents that without their food making skills, all I can do is eat acid-free paper. So here I am now, starving because of a lack of snacks. Things like string cheese, granola bars, those little 100 calorie packed goods, maybe a fruit role up or two, basically anything that does require much effort to prepare. Bananas are good too! Things that are filling, yummy, and easy to make. Cheese and crackers are good, as long as you have good cheese (I LOVE sharp white Cheddar and Swiss!). And the ONE snack that seems to be the only thing my father ever offers to make me is Carrots and Ranch. Every time he says carrots and ranch, carrots and ranch, ranch and carrots! Let’s just say I’m a little sick or carrots and ranch dressing! But then again, would i rather eat paper?

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I'm considering starting a new part of Pippa's Blog called "Ask Pippa". I'm not stealing this concept from another blog, because you will definitely see this throughout the internet. So instead of sulking about not answering people's questions, i am inspired and have decided to create "Ask Pippa". So if you've got ANY questions, email me at AskPippa@gmail.com

-Pippa

One Heck of a Day!

2009-09-11T18:07:00.002-04:00

Today really was one heck of a day. It isn't that i bunch of crazy events occurred today. But just one in particular that seemed to discombobulate things! Just like last year, i made the Jv Soccer team! Today was a 90% to 100% chance of rain. It was that terrible rain that just pounds on your windows! All day we had rain on and off. The Jv team had soccer practice on the fairly new turf field at 3:30. At school some girls were saying that it was actually 4:30! So i got excited when i found out that i could leave my last period of school and have two and a half ours to nap (or homework i guess)! At around 4:05-ish i started getting ready and checking my email. No new emails from the coach talking about the time change or cancelled practice because of rain. I flipped out and realized that i was totally wrong, and that i was late to my 3:30 soccer practice! I rushed down there at 4:15 and i shouted at a girl running near by the fence. She shouted that it was over, done, complete! I had stressed out so much because i was coming late to practice and now right when i got there it was over? I ran over to our Coach and told him how word spread that practice began much later than it actually did. I then felt so bad that i grabbed the big bag of soaking wet pinnies so that i could wash them. They always stink REALLY bad! So the only thing a really got out of this was to learn not to freak out over something so simple and that now our team will have super soft pinnies!

-Pippa

Long Time No Chat!

2009-08-13T17:19:00.004-04:00

Its been quite a while since I've gotten back to this blog. Having been gone for 5 weeks and then moping around for another week (which is currently going on), isn't a good enough excuse for not returning to the blogging life. But i do have to admit that writing this post came after an intermission of watching Paul Blart: Mall Cop. You rather find it so stupid that jokes are actually funny, or (like me) you find it so stupid that your eyes hurt from you trying to claw them out. Some even just agree how depressing it is. But if you're into that kind of comedy then you'll love it! I'm also quite shocked that this movie is even considered PG, the suggestive humor is definitely not "kiddie appropriate". But you may want to Blockbuster or Netflix this because it is so bad and corny that you might actually find it entertaining! It is in fact horribly entertaining. This has inspired me toward having a bad movie night! Anyone got any other bad movie suggestions (movies that are so bad that they are good), and i don't mean another security mall cop movie!

Please Leave me Some Bad Movie Suggestion Comments!

-Piper

My New Telephone!

2009-06-24T11:04:00.004-04:00

I have been Telephone-less for quite some time now. I guess i did have my own phone in my bedroom, except for the fact that it didn't work. Furious that it was still in my room and taking up space, i would push it off my night stand. The only reason it was stealing valuable space on my night stand, was because it was the base for one of our other phones. Ironically, i think that that other phone was broken too, so I'm still not sure why we had to show them our hospitality. But new light has shed on my bedside! While baby sitting a family that i adore, i came upon a box with lots of shredded paper spilling out. The spilling paper soon revealed an old rotary phone. For those of you who have no idea what I'm talking about, it is a telephone that has a round wheel that you can stick your fingers in and rotate to dial, instead of pushing buttons. The mother of the beloved family, popped it in my hands and told me i could have it! She said that it had gone with her to work, for a possible promotional type of thing, but it just didn't work out, so now it was mine! She also remarked that it wasn't just an old, funny-looking phone, it was an old, vintage, funny-looking phone that still worked! The only major problem was that the plug was 4 prong:

Those 4 prongs don't exactly fit into my wall's outlets, but i still brought the phone to its new home! It sat in our garage for a few days, before we figured out how we were going to make it work. My padre (Mr. Fix-It) and i went to radio shake to see if they had any converter type things, but we returned home without luck. My dad immediately went to eBay and found just what we needed! It came a few days later, and i opened the package to find that it was just another bunch of wires with a 4 prong thing attached to it! Ugh! We had ordered the wrong part! After dissecting the telephone, my dad managed to somehow make it work! Mr. Fix-It had done it again! Now i am typing up this post, while sitting next to my lovely white telephone! I've been using the phone at any opportunity i get, just because it is so cool to use! The actual telephone number is on it, from its very first user. I googled it to find that the phone is from Kentucky! My kentucky phone was made in September of 1969 (it was made to look like a 30's or 40's style phone) by the United Stated Telephone Company. Pretty cool, huh?

It looks very similar to the photo above.

-Pippa

Lost: Cooking Intuition!

2009-05-28T20:45:00.001-04:00

I'm going to write a cookbook for someone who cannot cook.

When it comes to food, he is as dumb as bricks and probably will need a picture book.

Maybe I'm being harsh and possibly cruel,

but all i know is that he can make gourmet food taste like cardboard and gruel.

My simple Mac & Cheese, with instructions on the box,

ends up becoming who-knows-what, and it tastes like sweaty gym socks.

The wrapped up thing in the fridge was mistaken as butter.

And now I'm eating my dinner with expensive goat cheese, and crumbly in a clutter.

What am i going to do, when barbecue ribs seem to go with every meal?

Are the delicious? Yes. But not with Chinese, because that completely lost appeal.

Maybe i should stop whining and just make my own food.

Or maybe i should just buy takeout, because that would surely end the feud.

-Pippa

The Results

2009-05-26T15:27:00.002-04:00

Unfortunately I did not win the election.

But fortunately, when one door closes another one opens: My name has was bumped down onto the representative ballot, and I'm in! I absolutely love student council, and i wish i could participate in it any way possible! Working on this campaign has been a fantastic experience (corny, i know!) and i hope that i will be able to do it all over again! I have no regrets of this campaign. Thanks again for all you suggestions, love, and support! I'm sure you will be hearing of my latest ideas in student council in soon-to-come blog posts of next year.

Four out of five scientists chose Pippa, the Fifth one is an Idiot!

-Pippa

Just a thought about Life.

2009-05-02T15:45:00.002-04:00

Honestly, i do love my life. That doesn't mean there aren't bad things that occur, but imperfections make opportunities! I work well under pressure, i learn from my mistakes, i try my hardest, and i learn to love the world i live in. We all may have times where nothing feels worth it, but they balance out with the times where we believe everything is worth it! Things can only balance out if we try to make everything worth it. So live your life knowing that you are in control of your love for the life.

-Pippa

I Love Toast!

2009-04-21T17:22:00.005-04:00

I have a new found obsession: TOAST!

For some odd reason, i've been eating buttered toast as a snack. Any opportunity i get, i'll eat toast to "calm the beast in me". But yesterday was a bad toast day! Someone had increased the toasty setting to a moderately high setting! Not noticing the minor change, i put my whole grain bread in the toaster and waited. My toast popped out with a loud bang, i quickly pinched it (knowing it would be hot), and opened container of Smart Balance buttery spread (technically it's not butter because it's made with olive oil). My toast came out BLACK! We all know that burnt toast taste absolutely terrible, no matter how much butter you put on it! So i grabbed a knife and tried to scrape off the "evil-ness"! With great success, i had a very thin piece of toasty-toast, saturated with butter. Afterwards, i noticed the gigantic mess i had made from my rapid toast-scraping event! I was pushing all the burnt crumbs in a pile, when i noticed that i could spell something out with them. I used my fingertips to spell something out and then left it there, hoping someone would find it! After a few hours, no one had found it, so i was forced to obviously point out my masterpiece. I call it Crummy Art! I hope that this can be inspirational to artists worldwide!

Send in your photos or ideas of Crummy Art!

-Pippa

Oh My Glordy!

2009-04-07T17:47:00.004-04:00

Oh My Glordy!

I bet that right now, you think i'm crazy because i'm making up words. Which is true! Glordy is a combination of God and Lordy, which came from a funny childhood story. A friend of mine was telling me about how when she was little, she thought that praying to God and praying to the Lord were two different things, because God and Lord were two different people. She asked her mom if God and Lord were friends (aka: bffs!), and her mom told her they were obviously the same person! So we decided that if "OMG" originally means "Oh My God", then we should change it to me "Oh My Glord!" or "Oh My Glordy!". As we confirmed this, we saw something bazaar! For the first semester, there has been construction on the roof, of our high school. They were removing the large structure that used to house the gigantic, old bell. Now we don't have a bell at all, but they decided to replace the structure anyway! As my friends and i were talking about "Oh My Glordy" we saw the new, MASSIVE replacement, being hauled into the school driveway. Even though were were exhausted from track practice, we sprinted over to it, screaming "Oh my Glord!". We got the construction men to take our picture with it! We decided that it would be appropriate to name the HUGE thing; Glordy! We are probably going to be the only students who will ever touch Glordy, considering it is spring break and no students would ever want to be caught at the school, and because about 30 minutes after we touched it, Glordy would be hoisted on top of the school, where no one could touch it!

This is Me with Glordy!

And this is All of us with Glordy!

-Pippa

Hostess!

2009-03-29T10:59:00.004-04:00

Hostess!

I would totally be the "hostess with the most-est!", if i could build a cake out of Hostess cakes! I don't think i could ever be able to eat it, considering how bad Hostess cakes are for you. If a Twinkie supposedly "Never Goes Bad", i can't even imagine all the chemicals that goes into a Twinkie to make it last forever. Of course all the hostess desserts are absolutely, pure deliciousness, but i would be sent on a super guilt trip after i ate one (which happened yesterday: i ate a hostess cupcake!). I was googling hostess snack cakes when i came upon this crazy masterpiece. Once again, it is probably the worst possible thing to eat, but it is pretty awesome! There are Twinkies, CupCakes, HoHos, Suzy Q's, DingDongs, Donettes, Mini Muffins, Sno Balls, and Fruit Pie: pretty intense, i know! If you google "Hostess Cake" you will end up finding hundreds of images of gigantic cakes made of/resembling hostess cakes!

Long live the artificial goodness!

-Pippa

Cell Phone Disaster!

2009-03-19T18:17:00.001-04:00

The Brave, Little "Mob" (British Slang for Cell Phone)

Tuesday night, i slept over a Tildee's house. After a great day of Saint Patrick's Day fun, we decided to hang out till Wednesday. That Wednesday we had no school because of a stupid teacher conference, so we made plans to go to the Aquarium! But I'll save that crazy story for another blog post! Anyway, Tildee and i went out for a walk to go climb the "climbing tree" by duck pond (the same place/spot where ducks ate my homework... see my first few posts!). On our way home, we were totally out of it because we were tired, hungry, and freezing cold! We were jumping around, giggling, as we made it to her house. Later that night, we were going to call up some more people to go for a midnight Starbucks run! But my Cellular Device was nowhere to be found! For an hour and a half we looked for my cell phone. All around her house, outside, everywhere! It was really dark, but Tildee decided to look outside. With a flashlight and rain boots on, Tildee was set outside on a mission to find the Lost Phone of Byron Lane. She was looking in the side of the road when she spotted something small, ovular and kinda shiny. Finally, we thought we had made some progress, in our search! But when she ran up close to it, it was just a leaf. We gave up, hoping it would magically show up later. But of course it didn't. Wednesday night, it rained. Well, more like poured! We completely forgot about the phone! 15 minutes ago, i got a call from Tildee! She said there was good news and bad news. First off, she found my cell! She said that on her way home, she saw my phone about 3 yards away from where the leaf was! Bummer, we were so close! The Bad news? Well, my phone had been sitting outside, in the street, for two days. The rain had clearly gotten to it, and the chances for survival are slim. Did i forget to mention that it got run over by a car too? Well, the antenna is completely gone, probably stuck inside a rubber tire. This phone is totally hopeless! BUT, Tildee blow dried it for a while, turned it on, and it was like an explosion! An explosion of amazing-ness, that is! IT WORKS, it still works! What are the odds? Well now i have a deranged looking phone, and a fantastic survival story that comes with it! I still don't have the phone now, but i hope i will get it tomorrow! I'll post some pictures, ASAP!

Miracles Do Happen!

-Pippa

Graffiti Art, 08'

2009-03-18T16:17:00.000-04:00

Graffiti Art!

This is from quite a long time ago, but it is definitely blog worthy! My good friend, The Masked Masquerader, really needed a night stand for her bedside. My mind quickly thought of a genius plan; we would go buy a cheap night stand at the thrift shop, then go design it with pain or something. We decided that it was truly a genius plan, so we stopped at the thrift store to pick up a white night stand. Then we returned home to decorate it. This is where the concept of "Graffiti Art" comes it! The Masked Masquerader has an excessive amount Sharpie permanent markers, which is just what we needed to decorate the old, bland furniture. We spent an hour or so, doodling everything we could think of (in an array of colors!) and finally finished. Now my dear friend has a super stylish night stand, which went from lame/dirty to Cool/Amazing! This is a really great idea for turning old and ugly white furniture into really interesting and spunky furniture. Check out our work:

-Pippa

Chocolate Peanut Butter Protein Bars

2009-03-16T21:28:00.000-04:00

Chocolate Peanut Butter Protein Bars,

and their crazy powers which make people/animals spontaneously eat them!

I had finally finished my homework, and packed up all my books into my zebra-print, over-the-shoulder backpack. For hours it sits on top of my desk chair, just like any other day. But today was different, for my dog, Little Bear, decided to challenge the animal-like bag! Bear's mission was to savagely defeat the zebra bag, and rip out all its contents in order to find the ultimate prize, a chocolate peanut butter protein bar. The "emergency protein bar" sat in a small zipper pocket inside my bag (which i had just discovered a few days ago). It was for a time where my hunger would possibly overpowered me, and when i had nothing else to eat. But it pretty-much looked a flat pancake, but still appetizing to "The Beast" (Little Bear). I came back up to my bedroom to find all my books scattered on the floor (along with some clothing, which has been sitting there for some time). I go straight to my backpack, whose turquoise insides are gushing out like a crazy waterfall covered in dog slobber. Now i am backpack-less, and I'm in search for a new backpack for tomorrow's school day! If you have any concerns for the beast, he is pleasantly plump, licking his paws on the couch!

-Pippa

SNOWMAN Madness!

2009-03-10T17:28:00.000-04:00

Snowman Madness!

I know it's been a while since my last post, but I've been fairly busy making snowmen and all. We had a gigantic blizzard, and received a whomping, 9-12 inches! Honestly i think i just made the word "whomping" up, but it sounds dramatic! It wasn't exactly the best snow, but it was still snow and it was still fantastic! A friend of mine, Tildee, and i decided to build a snowman at our high school! It was on our school's track, so you could only see it (or possibly vandalize it) if you walked on the really, snowy track. So we went outside during lunch, in 30ºF weather, to build a snowman! Tildee had brought two corks for eyes, and a really, deranged carrot for his nose. Unfortunately, this was another snowman that would look like Jabba the Hut. My hands went numb, so i had to use my feet. Tildee was doing most of the sculpting, while i was doing most of the snow piling.

This is what he looked like after our hard work:

Quite a beauty, i know! He was very happy looking, like he just wanted to give you a hug! But stupid high schoolers walked past him and decided that they didn't like his amazing-ness. They pretty much kicked his head off (he doesn't really have a head, so lets go with "top half"), and they stole is genuine carrot nose. We found the corks and tried to put him back togeather. But this time, our snowman wasn't happy and jolly, he was looking for revenge! So we made him angry and scary so that people would be affraid to vandalize him!

This is after his face-life and plastic surgery:

Don't mess with him, those angry carrot eyes (which were magically in my backpack, all dried out!) will shoot lasers and burn all vandals!

-Pippa

(p.s. Feel free to comment!)

Photoshop Madness!

2009-02-14T12:41:00.000-05:00

Photoshop Madness!

I've been playing around with photoshop, and here are some of my pictures! I've decided that it is really fun to create pictures that are really unrealistic and silly. Here they are:

-Pippa

My First Track Medal!

2009-02-09T19:09:00.000-05:00

I had my last winter track meet, this past Saturday. It went from 7am to 6:30 pm, basically taking up my ENTIRE DAY! But it was worth it, i ended up winning a Bronze Medal in a 4x200m relay race (4 people, each run 200 meters). Before my last race (which was the relay) i had ran a 600 meter (i ran it pretty good too!), i ran a 300 meter (meh, i did good, but nothing special), and then i had my relay race (which i did fantastic in!). I know this is really irrelevant, but my dog, Little Bear, just licked my plate clean; he licked all the salad dressing/pasta sauce AND he ate a bunch of bitter lettuce and tomatoes that i pushed to the side! Wow, he must really love his greens! Anyway, back to my story! I had ran my 600m, and then decided to refuel. I ate some edamame and drank LOTS of water. Little did i know that those two things would give me the worst tummy ache ever! Next up was my 300 meter, i was tired, exhausted, and i thought my stomach was going to explode! I ran it anyway, being the trooper i am! I decided to refuel, but only on water; because i now know what food does to my stomach before i run! Finally i thought i was going to pass out; my eyes were drifting (so was my mind), my stomach was going to erupt, and i had a terrible head ache. I absolutely did not want to run! I could not do it! I groaned, moaned, and whined, but one way or another, i HAD to do it! My teammates gave me the most inspiring pep talk ever! They meditated with me, we did breathing exercises, and they basically calmed me down and took most of my cares away! My stomach was still rumbling, while i waited as the third leg of the race. My teammate comes sprinting, full force, and hands me the baton! I run, as fast as a i can. The pain, worry, and aches go away, as i try to focus. I make the first turn when i here someone scream at the top of their lungs "COME ON, RUN FASTER!". I knew it was directed towards me, so i picked up my pace and ran for my life! My heart was pounding as i could see our anchor, our last runner! We were doing fantastic, but i still had to complete my mission. My heart was racing, my arms were pumping, and my face scrunched up; this was what training was all about. I pushed my body beyond its maximum, and i handed off the baton. Our last runner sped around the track like road runner. Her body cut through the air, in an almost, effortless way. And there we had it, our bronze medals!

All the pain and agony was totally worth it!

-Pippa

Dangers of The Sun

2009-01-29T16:49:00.000-05:00

Mr. Sunny Sun!

Almost everyday i sit at my desk and stare out the window on my left, just spacing out. Today, my curtains are closed except for a tiny, little slit, where sunshine seeps through. That little burst of sunshine completely covered my head, at the exact angle i was sitting at. I glance over and stare at the unbelievably, bright sun. After 15 seconds of squinting, i turned away. My eyesight was all blotchy and messed up. I tried to read an email someone sent me, but i just couldn't see! The flashing blotches covered almost every other word, making it illegible. I quickly replied, explaining the situation. (Luckily I'm a good typist, so i didn't need to decipher the keys) He replied back, saying that he remembered when he looked at the sun for a while, and then went to tennis practice. He missed every, single ball that came his way, all because of those evil blotches. I guess I'm not the only one who would stare at the sun for a fairly, long period of time. Anyway, my main point is that when i was little, I was told to NEVER, EVER stare directly into the sun, ever. People told me that I would go blind! But it was all lies; you don't go blind, you just see lots of blotches that distort your seeing! ... Right now I'm staring out my window, looking at the beautiful colors of the sunset. And what do you know, the sun is red! Hoary!

Don't Stare Into The Light!

-Pippa

Previous Blog Post Update!

2009-01-20T18:12:00.000-05:00

HOARY!

Today, is a fantastic day! Not only has the United States of America witness history (Inauguration of Barack Obama, our First African American President!), but I found the picture from last year's making of the snowman! He is very plump and plentiful, not icy, clumpy, and deformed! We also (we as in Belu and I) made a wall around him for some protection! Sadly it will never protect him against the sun! Here is the photo of me (wearing the same winter coat), and of our very first Snowman:

The ratio between me and him is very different from this year's ratio! But we love them all no matter what shape or size, for they are snow, and snow is pure happiness!

Think Twice before You Eat That Snow Cone, Next Time!

-Pippa

Stumpy Joe!

2009-01-11T13:46:00.000-05:00

Pippa's Annual Making of the Snowman!

Every year one friend and i go to the same spot to create a masterpiece. It is an annual event that i hold to bring smiles to peoples faces! We build our snowman next to the sidewalk in one of the major intersections, in town! It is the perfect location for people to see it when they go to work, drive around, or walk to town. Last year was a fantastic snowman! The snow was fantastic, wet, sticky, and a lot of it! We made the classic snow man, three big balls of snow, carrot nose, junior mint eyes/buttons, and a beautiful pine needle comb-over! This year was just about the same, sorta! The day before we built Stumpy Joe, it was snowing like crazy. It was the perfect snow! But when we woke up, everything was frozen!!! We had to make to snowman, no matter what. We went to a local, super small market and bought the carrot and junior mints! We set off to go build our snowman. Sadly, the snow was terrible and we couldn't even form a ball. We crunched up all the ice and made a crumbly mound of snow. We though that some slush might help, but it was no use at all. Behind us was a big parking lot for the train station. The plow-guy had made a GIGANTIC pile of snow, after plowing the whole lot. We noticed a few big "pre-made" clumps of snow (about the size of a basket ball). We ran up a hill to get to the pile, we each grabbed onto the frozen ball, and waddled down the hill, back to the snowman site. We stacked them on top of the nine inch mound of crumbles, and that was how a snow creature was born! We weren't sure if it was a snow man or snow lady, because the mound looked like a flowey dress, but his body was similar to a man. We thought maybe he was Jabba the Hut, a gigantic, glob monster from Star wars (google it!). But we had originally called him stumpy (because of his stump-like bottom), and my friend, Anna, called him Joe (like the average Joe!). We ended up creating "Stumpy Joe", the snow creature! And there he is, in the photo above!

Smile, Stumpy Joe has the Affect on people!

-Pippa

Aghahah!

2009-01-08T19:14:00.000-05:00

Stress!

Well lately i've been very stressed out! i've had loads of school work, track meet/practices, and lots of late nights. But i recently entered a HUGE art/writing contest. I entered six of my best/favorite photos from the past year or so. I've super nervous but i will find out the results in a few months! by then i will have probably forgotten the whole thing! It is a nation-wide contest, that begins in my state. If i do well, i will compete my photos against other kids in all of the other states! I've very excited! It will be a good experience for me. And winners also recieve scholarships, which would be super helpful and fantastic on a resumé! I know i've been a little lazy, and i haven't done many posts lately! I feel terrible, but my new years resolution will be to try to blog more often. Because making time for blogging is Very important!

Wish Me Luck (on both the contest my resolution!)

-Pippa

Happy Holidays!

2008-12-27T17:27:00.000-05:00

Happy Holidays!

Happy Chrisma-hana-kwans-ica, and happy almost new year! My Christmas was fantastic, everyone loved the presents i gave them and i loved the presents they gave me! My previous blog post was the anniversary of getting my dog, Little Bear, destroyer of all things fun (PS2, toilet paper, *see previous posts)! We got him on the night of the 22ed, probably a very important moment in my life! I love him so much, mainly because his stupidity makes me laugh! There was one present for Bear under the tree, on Christmas day. When my sister opened it for him we all cheered and clapped. This got Bear really excited. So he lunged over to us, grabbed the box with his teeth, then pranced back under the piano (his cave), and began gnawing it open. Luckily we snatched it before he got very far (what we got him wasn't exactly edible). My dad had ordered the "Pedi-Paws" for Bear. It is a pet nail cutting mechanism, that sands down the nail (instead of chopping it off), which is safe because it doesn't cut the vain within the nail (a common problem). We laughed because we knew the only reason he wanted it, was because we were all cheering, not because it cut his nails!

Even though we are ready to cut his nails, we can't. We have to slowly introduce him to the loud machine noise it creates (sounds like a blender), so that he won't be afraid of it. We have to train him to associate the Pedi-Paws with getting treats! Bear is going to be really fat because we already give him lots of treats for doing all kinds of things that he is supposed to associate with treats!

Wish Me Luck!

-Pippa

My Camera's Broke!

2008-12-22T14:49:00.000-05:00

Oh No!

My camera is broke, and there is only 2 days before Christmas! No one else ever really takes photos, so i usually take pictures of everything. It also just recently snowed about 7 inches, so i won't have any "first-heavy-snow" pictures! Everything looks so beautiful and amazing, and i don't have my camera to take pictures! I feel kinda materialistic, but i know that everyone will want some form of documentation. Then in the future we will all be happy and remember the "golden days"! I can try and use my art skills to draw everything, but my skills are not that fantastic! There is also WAY too many things to draw... the tree, all the presents, the weather, all the people, and everything else! It will be a huge job, that is why having a camera is so much easier! I also just love photography, and i love using technology (specifically cameras). My padre and i are going to send it to a repair dude, somewhere in New Jersey! Hopefully the person can fix my camera, or i guess i need to get a new one (*hint*hint* for any parent of mine reading this!). But i do have hope, and if i believe... all my dreams will come true!

Happy Hollidays!

-Pippa

Frosting Attack: The Photo!

2008-12-15T19:45:00.000-05:00

There is simply bliss on my face (along with frosting and sprinkles!)

-Pippa

Birthday's Rock!

2008-12-14T01:14:00.000-05:00

Frosting Attack!

Today is my Birthday! Right now it is 1:15am, December 14th, 2008! I feel so, alive! Just kidding, i feel like I'm going to collapse. I just babysat for what seemed like forever, but that's ok! Yesterday i had a few friends over, and we pigged-out on junk food/sugar/cupcakes, and it was awesome! As a tradition, you always put a dab of frosting on your nose, when it's your birthday! My friend KT put a huge glob of green frosting in her palm, and as i walked by she "high-fived" my face! It was on my nose, and my chin, and soon to be whole face. Of course my parents got out the video camera's and digital cameras, which must have motivated my friends even more! Within 3 minutes, my entire face was covered in chocolate frosting, vanilla frosting, green frosting, red frosting, lots of different colored sugar sprinkles, normal "jimmies" (sprinkles), m&m's, and other mystery objects. It was all caught on tape too! I was laughing the whole time, and made no effort to escape the room! Although it took 3 minutes to cover my entire face, it to like 10 minutes to wash it all off. My face was SUPER sticky, and had a slight green tint. After i discovered this, it was already time to go to the public movies! Luckily i was able to wash it all off, only leaving a slightly sticky residue on my face. The sink looked like someone sprinkled hot chocolate mix all over it, and there were plenty of melting M&M's in there too! It was definitely AWESOME!

As soon as i can, i will post the pictures and/or the video!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

-Pippa

WINTER!!!

2008-12-08T07:12:00.000-05:00

Today, is too early to be blogging, but here i am (7:13 am to be exact!)! Right now it is about 19ºF, but according to weather.com "it feels like 3ºF". All day it won't make it past 30º, ALL DAY! I have after school track outside(I think I'm going to die!). It is so inconvenient, therefore i will only prohibit extremely cold weather (32ºF or below) when it snows! No one cares if it is ridiculously cold when its snowing! Everyone is too distracted by the globs of snowflakes gracefully falling, to notice that it is so cold your spit can't make it to the ground (1. because it is so could it would probably freeze before it hit the ground, 2. because your mouth would be frozen shut!) I am also disappointed by the weather, because it means you can't shower in the morning, unless you want icicles growing off you head! Everyone loves to shower in the morning, during winter, because the suck-ish fact that you need to get out of bed, and relieved when you get to visit the hot/steaming shower! All I'm really saying is that winter, and its too-cold-weather is too cold. And is only enjoyable when it snows!!! I do have to admit to being biased toward hating the cold, because last winter, my house went without heat the entire season. We basically survived on heating blankets, space heaters, and using the oven any chance we had. This year is very different, i am proud to say that we are using our heat! The really bogus part is that our house is made in the 50's so the insulation is pretty bad. Basically all warmth escapes our house within seconds, but it's still great while it lasts!

Hope it Snows Today!

-Pippa

Happy Late Thanksgiving!!!

2008-11-28T13:03:00.000-05:00

Happy Late Thanksgiving!!!

I love Thanksgiving! It is one of my favorite holidays! The only problem is that I'm a vegetarian, so i miss out on the Delicious turkey sensation. I don't want to eat turkey, but i know it plays a huge role in thanksgiving. There's the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, where there is always a gigantic turkey balloon, smiling at everyone! And don't forget how there are all kinds of politicians and government people who dress up in turkey outfits! Then eating the turkey itself is a huge thing. There are so many different variations of turkeys, like the vegetarian Tofurkey (a really yummy tofu turkey), the tur-duck-in ( a chicken cooked inside a duck, then cooked inside a turkey), then are some people who have buy multiple turkeys because one turkey is just never enough! My family basically eats everything but the turkey. We all get dressed up and decorate. This year it was my job to make the center piece. So i made a turkey out of vegetables! The turkey's body was a yellow bell pepper, its neck/head was a carrot, its feathers were green beans, cranberries, and dried mango strips, its eyes were cloves, and its gobble thing (gizzard) was also a mushed cranberry! Here is a photo of it:

I worked very hard on him, and named him Herald (after a wild turkey that by my house! i named him Herald too!) I think that hand-made centerpieces are the best. They are way better then any store bought thing, that is mainly why mine is so special! Just like my centerpiece, my thanksgiving was great! We ate loads of food, lots of potatoes (those things are a necessity)! Comment on how your thanksgiving was (i'm sure it was fantastical!)... and how your centerpiece/ decorations were? Why don't you just tell me about your ENTIRE thanksgiving if it makes you feel better!!!

Happy Thanksgiving!

-Pippa

Da roof, Da roof, Da roof is on fire!

2008-11-22T15:46:00.000-05:00

House Fire

Last night there was a very large house fire in my town. My friends and i were at the movies watching Bolt at the time. But after, when we got picked-up, my friend's mom told us about a huge fire at a local house. We all stared at each other because there were ambulances and fire trucks zooming through town, previously(5 min ago), and we were talking about what they could be for (a fire of course...but details!) She said that on her way to pick us up she saw all the police cars and fire trucks, surrounding this house that was in flames. So we convinced her to drive us by, so we could see the burning house. It was the craziest thing i had ever seen. The house's attic was in flames, with white/grey smoke puffing out of it. There was a window that was spitting out fire, almost onto the house next door. The yellow thatched house was now turning black, with pieces of debris gracefully falling off. There were firefighters everywhere, and there were two large hoses blasting water over the house. I didn't understand why they weren't aiming at the house that was on fire. But then i stood in the middle of the street, at the dead end, and watched as the firefighters attempted to control the fire. Their hoses shot at the roof, rapidly ripping off the roof tiles, and navigate the fire away from the house next door. Puffs of smoke emitted from the house when it was finally under control. I focused on the people not wearing helmets, and heavy fire-proof jackets, instead i watched the others: the people who were watching. Small groups of people stood at the entrance to the dead end, too afraid to move closer, but too interested to move back. A fairly large group of boys call my name, all i do is stare at them with my wide eyes of concern. I was then forced to walk back to the car to go home, by my friend's mother. The first thing i did in the car was to give a report to my parents. My mom was worried because we have family friends who live on that street, but we don't know what color their house is. The yellow thatched house wasn't our friend's house, it was their neighbors. It turns out the two men living in the house ran out as fast as they could when they detected smoke. They left too quickly to grab a phone. They went to our friends' house, and pounded on the door. Our friends didn't come soon enough, so the men punched a hole in the glass window and screamed "CALL 911!" Of course, they did call 911, and help arrived. Our family friends' have 2 very little boys. One is in preschool, and the other is in 1st grade. Both of them are traumatized from watching the house next door glow a deep orange. The younger one is a very sensitive boy who was probably the most affected. Our friends' house was slightly burnt, because in the cold, dry, winter weather fire spreads easily! I hope that everyone is ok. That was the first live house fire i have ever seen, and i don't think i will forget it!

-Pippa

Welcome to the 70's!

2008-11-18T07:18:00.000-05:00

Welcome to the 70's!

The Year is 1970, the month of January. Today it is the 1st of January, that means: "Happy New Year in 1970!" According to my computer that is what the date is today. For like 2 hours i've been trying to figure out why gmail wouldn't let me log in, why i couldn't log in to blogger, or log onto ANYTHING! I was going crazy, until i went to gmail (Google Mail). After trying to log in, finally i clicked "Can't Log In? Click Here." I took all these survey things, and the last thing to do was too see update your computer's time/date. Almost everytime you try to restart my computer, it changes the date/time to some random number. Of course after i restarted it last night the time was: January 1, 1970! I was losing my mind (that is a very common thing!), becasue i could not figure out what was wrong with my password and username! Finally a changed the date to the REAL time, and i am finally able to log in and go to my blog! I bet you that the mac book i am using now wasn't even invented in the 1970's! After this thought, i wondered why the internet didn't even work at all, and if i clicked it open it should say something like "Sorry, but your request for 'internet' has been aborted. Instead why don't you go do Hippie things!" Then i just stopped thinking, because i was too busy writing this post, and i was too distracted by the possible image of a hard core hippie on a computer! But now i'm on a fully functioning computer that is set for the time November 18th, 2008!

Peace!

-Pippa

The Reality of Biology!

2008-11-17T18:25:00.000-05:00

The Magical Beaker!

My Biology class is possibly the best class i have a day! I sit in the back of the room, so it is easy to get away with note passing, doodling, and what-not! Like 3 times a week i have double bio... that means that basically i have bio on that period, then the period after that i have bio, and then i go home! But it has become a tradition that when the 2ed period of bio begins me and the group of people around me pass around a note for the entire period(FYI: This note is generally made up with doodles of fire-breathing cats, and water-breathing turtles, and phrases like "Pippa is so Cool!"). One time we were so bored that 2 me and two other people decided to do the wave while she was writing on the board! Another MAIN reason why i love my Bio class is that we have 4 Gingers in our period. Ginger \Gin"ger\ , Noun & Adj: A person having bright Orange-Brown hair, and freckles. Even better then having 4 Gingers in my class, is that ALL of them sit around me. I am surrounded by Gingers, like no joke i have one on every side of me! I'm a brunette so i feel like an outcast sometimes, but then i remember that they are all carrot-tops with freckles! It gets me every time! Ok, i'll get to my main point, telling my story of the Magical Beaker! As i was talking with friends instead of taking notes, my teacher turned on a hot plate on. On top of the hot plate was a fairly big beaker of water. She wasn't turning it on for a lesson, she was turning it on because she WANTED to turn it on. Like 10 minutes later, this kid in the front row is freaking out...like not like he was angry, more like he was losing his sanity/ he was being funny. Then he points to the beaker and says....."IT'S YELLOW!!!" Everyone gasps in shock. The beaker filled with clear, transparent water, had now turned a murky, pee-colored yellow! My teacher started to freak out because she didn't know why or how it happened! Every five minutes that same boy would point and remind the class how the impossible was now possible!

Society has evolved: From Water to Wine, to Water to Yellow Stuff!

-Pippa

Natalie Dee

2008-11-14T21:47:00.000-05:00

Comics!

About a year ago i discovered these really cool comics, Natalie Dee. I showed all my friends, and i am absolutely obsessed with them. There is a new comic everyday, which is awesome! The website is: www.nataliedee.com! The comics are really cool, creative, and unique! They are always about something random, there isn't really a continuing story line or any of that "boring" stuff. Here is an example...one of my personal favorites right now:

I have no idea why they appeal to me so much! They are really inspirational so I've decided to make my own comics...i have no idea how, but i will somehow manage to do it! I need a cool name though, like something completely random but interesting. For example, there is a comic strip called "Tooth paste for dinner", it is so random that i want to look at it. But if you make it too random like "Under my mother's potato" then it is just weird. But I'm still not really sure on how to tell the difference, yet (can anyone!?!?!). I think that everyone should be able to make their own comic strip and have a super cool name for it. If you have any ideas for a name, that would be great because then you will have to make an amazing comic strip and show me. I will honestly try to make a comic strip (or at least start one!) and i will post it!

Don't Forget To Check Out That Website!

-Pippa

BARACK OBAMA you brighten my sky!I

2008-11-08T23:46:00.000-05:00

Obama!

The second Barack Obama was announced president my life was changed! I know that sounds really corny, but it is true. Even if i was a McCain supporter i would still feel happier in some way. He brought hope to so many people, it is just inspirational. Not everyone is happy with the results of the 2008 election, but either way change was coming towards America! We are part of a historical event. What we lived through will be written in textbooks!!! I am proud to say that i will be in a textbook! I won't actually be in a textbook, but i will have lived through a textbook moment! I know this blog post should have been on November 4th, 2008 (election day) but i was too busy absorbing everything! The day after i found out Barack Obama had won the election, i was so happy. Not a normal happy, as in everyday-i-am-happy kind of happy, but a happy were i just kept looking up. Nothing got in my way, i was simply optimistic!

Congratulations!

-Pippa

Halloween!!!

2008-11-03T17:05:00.000-05:00

Happy Halloween!

My friends and i might be some of the only high-schoolers that still Trick-or-Treat! I think Halloween is the best excuse to knock on people's doors and get free candy! It is a tradition for my friends and i to weigh in our candy. So far, every year I've had the most candy. This year i had 8.4 POUNDS!!! I'm still eating it gradually, hoping that it will last me the whole year. Of course i don't eat it all by myself, i have an entire sugar-hungry family to help me with that. My friends and i still dress up, too! We go ALL-OUT, every year. This year i was a Mexican Wrestler, a Luchador! My costumes are always homemade, completely unique! I don't sew them or anything, i just pick up random things that relate to my theme. Here is what i looked like:

The color is all funky on the photo... but i was wearing hot pink tights, hot pink shirt, yellowey-gold underwear, yellow high socks, a really weird belt, and a super styln' cape! Alot of people thought i was NACHO LIBRE...but the pink version. I have no idea why i would be a pink version of Nacho Libre. This was probably one of my favorite costumes yet! My friends were: a fly, a pirate, a girl in a poodle skirt, and a person going to a masquerade ball! We all were out really late, basically we were the last trick-or-treaters left! But there were hundreds of kids in one part of my town, the Manor. Basically people go there to egg houses, tee pee, and throw tomatoes...or get egged and covered in shaving cream! No one ever goes there for candy, simply the thrill of eating shaving cream and egging houses!

Happy Late Halloween!!!

-Pippa

Power Outage!

2008-10-28T16:21:00.000-04:00

Power Outage!

There was a MASSIVE STORM on Saturday. It was more of a wind storm than a thunder storm, though (It was still raining)! I huge tree fell and yanked down some electrical cords, and they landed on top of my sister's car. And bulky metal cars + live electrical wires + rain = one-way trip to heaven (well, only if you've been good)! We had to shut off the power to prevent further hazards, so i was power-less. And did i forget to say that the massive tree pulled off our Internet/cable/phone/connection-to-the-civilization cord. So i haven't had internet, or a telephone, or t.v., basically all materialistic things in life that i depend upon. So I've not been able to blog about it, until now! But i still don't really have Internet...i have a working telephone, a working t.v., and a small square of my house has Internet. Sadly this small square is in my kitchen, right next to the garbage can! Perfect, i get to blog and smell the sweet stink of rotten rubbish! I don't really mind as much as one would think. Anyway, this whole experience reminded me of how materialistic i am. Or i could stretch that farther and say, how materialistic we are. My little community is still under a dark cloud... for the past 3 days we've had rain, CRAZY WIND, rain, and grey-ness. This morning was crazy!!!! It was really stormy this morning so when i woke up the sky was black! I almost thought that i woke up in the middle of the night, and i was planning on going back to sleep until i heard my madre down stairs, reading the paper...and no i don't know what the sound of someone reading the paper sounds like. I JUST KNOW! It was at around 7:40 am, when it started to clear up. Now that i think about it, it was just like Alaska. In that it is only light for like 3 hours of the day or something. How does one adjust to that, knowing when it is morning and knowing when it is light if the sky is always black!

Don't Get Electrocuted!

-Pippa

What the who-ha-diddly-do?

2008-10-17T18:38:00.000-04:00

What the Who-ha-diddly-do?

This kid is amazing. My friend and i were sitting against a brick wall (super fun, yeah i know!), and there was a basket ball hoop in front of us. Some senior kid (high school senior...duh!) jumped up really high trying to tough the basket ball net. He was clearly capable of toughing it, but his aim was very off... every time his hand swiped near the backboard. Finally i glance up, after spacing out for a long time, and the boy's feet were dangling off the sides of the hoop. I was like "WHOA!!!! That is amazing!", i quickly got out my cell and got a picture of it, because that is a very worthy blog idea! The only problem was that i couldn't actually see the boy, just his legs! I was behind him. But anyway here are the terrible quality photos (but still awesome)...

Yes, awesome i know! It was a very high basketball net too! This kid should invest in some type of climbing thing...somthing that requires you to climb on something, using most of your arm strenght, to probably fall off...at a dangerous hight.

Don't try this at home kids, this was done by an un-professional.

-Pippa

Obama & McCain

2008-10-16T18:39:00.000-04:00

My High School Debate!

At my High School we are having a presidential debate! This year it is the Obama Team vs. the McCain Team. Everyone, other than the debaters (They had to try out to be a debater), were put randomly on a team. I was chosen to be on the Obama Team, specializing in Publicity. Basically i get to make shirts, posters, buttons, etc... but don't think that it's not fun, it is LOADS/BUNDLES of Joy. Tomorrow we are having a bake sale to help raise money (we have no fund, what so ever!) the theme is Democratic/ Obama/ political-ness. Pretty much every thing has to be blue (democratic color) or have a donkey on it. Personaly i don't want to eat a cupcake with an ass on it (not a bad word, just another word for donkey!). But oh well, a cupcake is a cupcake, unless it is a muffin... thats just an Ugly Cupcake! Anyway i'm trying to get to the main point of this post, which really has nothing to do with donkeys or ugly cupcakes. My good friend Julia, painted this amazing and fantastical portrait of Obama and McCain! She brought it to school, and talked to many people, who eventually hung up her painting. They hung it up in a spot where everyone can see it. My school sorta looks like a square horseshoe/ a partially side-less square. But the hallway connecting both Main sides is where they hung it up! It is so great, and i love it. It isn't just some lame picture of them, it is really artys and, to me, it makes a statement. Lately i call her muffin, so when i refer to a "Muffin" i don't mean an ugly cupcake. So muffin does this style of painting, which is totally awesome, where everything is monocromatic (All one color, but different shades). Obama is blue, and McCain is Red! Here is the photo, it is a pretty bad/suckish shot, but still! Enjoy:

Wait, i just found another picture, a close up... here it is!

Yay, Politics!

-Pippa

My Encounter with Jalapeños

2008-10-11T16:45:00.000-04:00

Jalapeño Peppers

I hate peppers, all peppers, and any type of peppers! Last night my parents were in the city, while i was washing the dishes. While they were gone, my job was to load and unload the dishwasher. I normally wouldn't have to do both, but I've been super busy these days so I've haven't had the time! Anyway, i always get soaked by the time i finish the dishes. So i am always rubbing my eyes and scratching my head. But this was possibly the first time i decided to use rubber gloves. These really ugly yellow rubber gloves, sitting under the sink. There is also lots of black spots on it, like tar or something. So my face starts burning when i'm done with the dishes. I though maybe i rubbed soap on my eyes/in my mouth. I just didn't understand why my face felt like it was burning off! When my parents came home, i was like "MOM, my face/lips/tongue BURN" I told her that i was rubbing my eyes and face with those yellow gloves. She was like "Ohhhh, those are the gloves i use to shop Jelepeños!" She poisoned me, why would she put those under the sink for me to kill myself with! The pepper juice is supper hot/spicy/and it burns! All she told me to do was suck on an ice cube! Of course i am better now, but don't cross me because i'll know how to get my revenge!

Peter Piper Picked a Peckle of Pickled (evil) Peppers!

-Pippa

Pill Bugs Rule!

2008-10-05T17:16:00.000-04:00

Rolie-Pollies!

Two week in Pippa's Biology class we got to play with PILL BUGS! They are so cool! Pippa used to play with them all the time in my childhood. Pippa remembers when Pippa would spoon them in my hand, and poke them until they rolled up into a little ball! They are so awesome!!! For our "Pill Bug" Lab, in Biology, all we had to do was put 10 rollie-pollies in a dish and observe them! My friend's experiment was to see if they preferred a dark or a light enviorment. She also had one of the biggest and fattest Sow Bugs (there WAY too many names for these isopods) out of the entire class! Her group named him "Darth Vader" because he went in "The Dark Side"! If Pippa was an isopod, Pippa would definitely be a "Darth Vader"! For Pippa's experiment Pippa wanted to see if they liked water! Pippa put them in a dish and dropped a bazillion water droplets on the plastic! One stupid little pill bug walked straight into a water droplet, but he couldn't get out! He was in a bubble of water, but he couldn't get out! It was almost as if he was on a treadmill because he kept running, but he didn't move! It was possibly the funniest thing Pippa had ever seen!!! P.S. Pippa decided to talk in 3ed person today, just like Suede in Project Runway!

Love The Bug

-Pippa

WHOA!!!!

2008-10-02T21:13:00.000-04:00

SKILLED!

Here is photo of my first Travel soccer game of the season. I didn't really play well that game, but you would never guess in this shot! I feel like one of those soccer stars that has all of those cool shots of them about to kick a ball, kicking the ball, or falling! But i love it when you see a action photo with dirt clods soaring through the air. Unfortunitly i can't produce dirt clods at will, but i can look totally awsome in soccer shots (well at least one of them!).

Knowing most parents, my padre sent out an email with this shot in it. And of course, everyone agreed it was AMAZING (pronounced uh-mahz-ing)! While looking through his flooded email inbox (most about me!) someone replied saying i have a good surfer stance and should surf. That guy who responded, Kevin, sent a website URL where there were many photos of surfers. Here was one i thought i most resembled:

I think i have a very similar surfing stance. Though because of my complete lack of coordination and me great fear of sharks, i don't think i'll every try surfing! Although if i ever did surf, i would have a super styln' outfit, an amazing surfboard, and i would somehow find the skills! Surfing photos are also pretty cool, but they're all the same. They would only be cool if they also had dirt clods flying in mid-air! But i find the photos that are photoshopped to make the surfers look like their about to get eaten by a shark and or gigantic carrot!

SUPPER STYLN'

-PIPPA

King of The Mild Frontier

2008-09-13T11:57:00.001-04:00

Best Autobiography EVER!

Summer reading is possibly the worst thing you could do to waste your summer vacation! In Middle School and Elementary School you have a selection of books you can read! But when you get to High School there is only 2 books to read, but the are both already chosen for you! There is a book that everyone has to read: parents, students, teachers, etc... and then there is one book that your whole grade has to read. The first book that everyone had to read was possibly the most boring book i have ever read in my life! I usually love to read books (not during the summer, though) but i just couldn't get into this book. My mom said she would pay me ten bucks if i could finish it before school started (which i did, yet my pockets are still empty!)!!!!

But the book that my grade had to read, "King of the Mild Frontier" by Chris Crutcher, was possibly the greatest autobiography i have ever read! It is a great book for teens to relate to, sometimes it almost feels like it is your own life's story! My friends and i all laugh together when someone brings up one of the book's stories, because they are all so funny! It is also one of my favorite books because it really tells you some of life's lessons. "Life's lessons in deep, hilarious disguise" says another raving reviewer! I defenitly reccomend this book, and give it a full 5 STARS!!!

If you haven't read the book already: Read It! If you have read the book already: Re-read It!

-Pippa

Welcome to High School!!!

2008-09-11T06:59:00.000-04:00

Journal Entries...

So i am a freshman, the bottom of the totem poll! In my English class we have to write "Journal Entries" sometimes. We do that because 9th grade English is all about JOURNEYS! I want to share with you my first entry...Begining High School!

" Dear Journal, i have begun my 4 years in prison, where i expect to be eaten alive! The Rules: The biggest, strongest, and eldest are in control, and the newest are struck with confusion and left to fend for themselves. Some say we're guppies in a tank full of piranhas. But others find the transition some what beneficial. Although we risk our lives, reputation, and innocence to enter the big tank, we are shown the privileges of the upper class-men, and all who enter High School!

While the guppies attempt to migrate from class to class, we all are stared down at with intimidation. Although a majority of them silently challenge us, there are few who show us mercy. They guide us from room to room, and show us short-cuts to reach our classes. There are the few who even tell you the best places to indulge your food. We are also given one time period, a day, where we can spend the duration ANYWHERE, even home! Although I'm still trying to find the right path, i know that one day i will be the piranha: where i can easily survive."

Can't wait for Freshman Friday!!!

-Pippa

No, wash me!

2008-08-28T22:47:00.001-04:00

WASH ME!

Of course, the classic "Wash me!" is written in dusty cars all over. But i've decided to write other statements on dirty windshields. My padre was driving me through town when i noticed "I'm an @ss!" on a car, i laughed because it wasn't the usual "wash me" written on the glass! From then on i was inspired to write unique messages on cars...not necessarily "I'm an @ss" or anything related to that. So far i have only done one (my sisters car), and it said "MEOW!" on it... but for no particular reason. I've decided to move on to harder things.

Ya, like i could do that! But hey...there is a message within it..."happy holidays!". I want to write random things on cars that make you think about! I don't know if "MEOW!" is the right way to begin, but i will keep trying! Got any ideas? Leave a comment with a phrase that you would use!

Here's another one:

"Don't wash me, wash that ugly car over there!"

-Pippa

I MADE JV!!!

2008-08-28T21:58:00.000-04:00

Yeah! Score for Pippa!

I am now a member of my high school junior varsity soccer team (phew...that's a long title!) It was very hard work... but it was worth it. Of course there was a strong power in me that told me to ignore doubt (sorta worked). I now have soccer 4-6 hours a day (roughly), not all for JV but for my Travel team also! My life is soccer 24-7! Everyone who tried out did an amazing job, including those who didn't make it.

Congrats To All!

-Pippa

Soccer Tryouts!

2008-08-22T19:14:00.000-04:00

Soccer Tryouts!

Yup, that's right... HighSchool soccer tryouts! Today was the first day, the first day of my brutal whipping! I've been relaxing on vacation for a week! While some were begining to work out...i worked out my channel changing finger, and went to the beach! I did jog, once or twice! But anyway... we began our practice with some jogging (at a slow pace). But the thing is... we never stop jogging. We alternate with some high knees, sprinting, butt kicks, and other conditioning. I'm pretty sure we kept going around the soccer field for about an hour and a half. Then we had about 4 hours to relax at home, but then we needed to arrive back at the field for some playing time. I am very impresses with myself and every other girl out there... we all pushed our selves and kicked butt! I almost hope that no one gets cut, because we all are very dedicated players. Anyway, after the running, sprinting, and jogging, i came home DEAD TIRED.

Here is a photo of what i looked like after practice:

Ya, i know...i was VERY red. But exercising like that made me realize how much more i could be working out, how much more Americans could work out. We all work out, but sometimes you've got to Maximize your Exercise (A slogan used by the trainer) to find success. Anyway... i am going to try and be very VERY prepared for tomorrow!!! Also have you ever tired sprinting across a field with your hands up and straight into the air? Well i have, and i suck greatly at it! I NEED my hands to run... imagine me running with my arms in the air... and me wobbling from side to side trying to balance. I look like a drunk man trying to skip!!! My point is: Never try to sprint with your arms straight up in the air and expect success!

Wish me Luck!

-Pippa

The Black Dog!

2008-08-15T16:33:00.000-04:00

Martha's Vineyard!

Holy Moley, right now I'm in the middle of the ocean, on a steam ship ferry thing, going to

Martha's Vineyard (near Nantucket!). I'm using the boat's "Free WIFI" connection to blog!

As you may have assumed I'm

on vacation (duh!) going to Martha's Vineyard, the island.

We had to drive hours to get to the little port where we had to wait for our ferry. But of course my sisters get to sit in the single seats in the middle, my parents in the front, and me...in the back with my 90 pound husk-ador (husky+Labrador).

Also did i remind you how

we are all crammed in an huge red S.U.V. From the outside

this thing looks like there is a circus inside... but from the inside, when you have all your luggage, a dog (and his massive dog bed), 3 routey teenage girls, and massive amounts of food, it is VERY uncomfortable. Only a flea circus could fit in there...hardly!

(Ignore the moose...look at the HUGE red s.u.v behind him)

I'm now on the island... looks just like how i remembered it! Even the air smells just

how i remember it. But one thing that really drives me nuts it that everywhere i go there are the stupid bushes called "rose hips" THEY ARE EVERYWHERE...they look like small bushes with stupid apple/fruit/cherry things (not edible)!!! They also have little thorny things, that hurt a lot when your barefoot!

I love MV! (Poop on you Nantucket lovers)

-Pippa

p.s. Note that the title is "The Black Dog!" this is bec

ause Little Bear (my dog) resembles the famous Black Dog!

My New Obsession!

2008-08-10T17:29:00.000-04:00

POP-ICE: My New Obsession

I know it may be a little late to inform you about my "new" obsession, but i decided to do it anyway! Me and some of my amigos have decided to make a summer goal, EAT 1,000 Icy-pops (that's what we call them... pop-ice?...LAME)!!! So far we have roughly 310 down. But hey i know summer is almost over *tear*, but i have been gone for a month. These little tubes of liquid color contain PURE SUGARY GOODNESS(and only 15 calories a piece). I'm absolutely obsessed! Breakfast, Lunch, or Dinner, i eat about 12 a day! Next to my freezer is a super long (4 ft.) chart where we take tally of each icy-pop we eat! I've gotten to the point where i will eat and/or slurp icy-pops even if they haven't frozen yet! If you ever come over to my house, feel free to indulge!!!

The Colors, They Burn

-Pippa

Talk About Cheap!

2008-07-30T21:05:00.000-04:00

The Japanese are CRAZY... when it comes to hotels.

Japanese capsule hotels are ridiculous! It is like sleeping in a coffin! I was watching some crazy reality t.v. show, and some how half of the contestants ended up in a capsule hotel! I am now terrified, sleeping in a box (ahh claustrophobic) with cheap blankets and pillows....AHHHHH! Its one of those things where you go in, but you don't know if you'll ever come out! For some odd reason, when ever i think of one of the "rooms" i feel as though some crazy old cat women and her 27 cats should all live in there! I also think that if you ever walked into one of the hotels, that had no more vacancy, and you opened up each little curtain to see all the really strange people in there. Obviously the cat lady and her "children" would be there! I think that the entire idea is crazy, what they look like is crazy, and what you could possibly get out of sleeping in one of them...CRAZY!

Here is a picture of one of them just incase you have no idea what i'm talking about

CLAUSTROPHOBIC!

-Pippa

RAIDED!

2008-07-28T11:52:00.000-04:00

RAIDED!

Camp: One of the many places to conduct schenanigans.

Camp is the place to pull pranks, raids, sneak-outs all throughout the night, and for me i do them all. One night you get raided the next night you get revenge...that's just how it works. The day my cabin gets raided by the CITS and Oldest girls, was one of the best and worst nights of my life. I am a heavy sleeper, and i mean really heavy, if you blew a blow-horn in my face i might flinch then fall back asleep. I somehow woke up at 1:30 am to find 15 girls giggling and whispering loudly, i open my eyes to find a mysterious figure standing right in front of my bed "Emma?" i say, her response was to turn her back towards me. I open the bathroom door (my bunk was right next to it, relieving me from getting up) i say "Jimmena?" i see a dear in head-lights say "Ya?" and for some odd reason the little dear pulled her hand, that was holding a tampon, behind her and smiled. My response was simply to close the door and fall back asleep, but i was too distracted by the excessive amount of shaving cream splattered on the floor in various designs (some people take pride in their work) to even try and sleep. A few other girls woke up, but only after the raiders left. Some girls were less fortunate then others, they woke up by girls on top bunks knocking over cups of water that were sitting on the very edge of the bed. Eventually we are all awake whining and mumbling about what happened. But the 2 brave counselors go straight to the bathroom, and instead of anger and rage we are all surprised with laughter. "Its raining tampons!" one girl shouts. We looked on the celling to find that a dozen tampons were plastered to our celling. The Whining then turned into giggles, as we explored the rest of our cabin: Pads opened up and put on our walls saying "have fun cleaning up", a shaving cream messages read as "RAIDED!", outside more lotions and potions on the walls, and toilet paper sludge on the ground and roof (tee peeing doesn't work in the rain)!

We were honestly pleasantly surprised and excited for tomorrow!

Tomorrow was the day WE were going to raid

-Pippa

I'm Back!!!

2008-07-26T13:14:00.000-04:00

Dear Readers,

I am back with stories of raids, cheese whiz, and sneak-outs!

Camp was AMAZING, but secretly i missed blogging for those many days!

This doesn't really count as a blog post, but I'm writing it to inform you that I'm back and ready to type!

Lots of Love (and CheeseWhiz)

-Pippa

Gone Fishin'

2008-06-29T09:32:00.000-04:00

3 Weeks......You are going to be sitting there doing nothing, waiting for me to come back and continue blogging. But i am at Camp (Finaly my parents have made up for all those suck-ish summers)

Start Your Own Blog, Talk to Ferns, Flash Your Goldfish, Just do SOMETHING!

-PIPPA

Pudding?

2008-06-26T13:29:00.000-04:00

REVENGE
I had no Jell-O® so i used PUDDING! It sorta didn't work because milk doesn't come out of a toilet...water does. And in order to make pudding you need to mix the powder with warm milk! So i had to make a lot os substitutions, instead of warm milk i used toilet water, instead of a whisk i used a toilet-bowl brush, and instead of Jell-O® mix i used PUDDING mix.

Here is a picture timeline that i took:

Above: The Butterscotch Pudding Mix

Pouring in The Mix

"Whisking" The Pudding Concoction

Destroying The Evidence

I LIKE PUDDING!

-Pippa

Pippa's End of The Year Ritual

2008-06-25T12:50:00.001-04:00

The Burning of The Science

This new ritual takes place in Pippa's backyard, where the large fire-pit calls

Pippa's name. Her friends gather round as papers burn. For each paper

or selection of papers, we give a speech and then all chant until our needs are

sitisfied. But this specific occasion was made mainly for earth science

, a dreaded class involved with extreem BORDOM. The event

took place on the day of the Exam, which is perfect!!! We snacked, chanted, burned, swam in a pool

, and snacked some more until ALL WAS BURNED!

-Pippa

LAST DAY OF SCHOOL!

2008-06-24T20:19:00.000-04:00

Tomorrow Is The Last Day of School!!!

That is why i am gonna pull some pranks, eve

n though school is only 2 hours (b/c thats when we find out our

grades on finals)!!! So i am planning on buying Jello® packets and putting

them in the toilets, but a person need to mix the water + jello mix so that it will form, so i'm gonna flush the toi

let first then i'm gonna pour the mix in while new water is pouring in! I'm super excited! If you got any othe

r ideas...leave me a comment!

Although i only have one prank, it is gonna be awsome!!!

-Pippa

The Evil Stench in The Dreaded Math Room

2008-06-06T19:56:00.000-04:00

Math Room = Pure Chaos

A few days ago, like 2 or 3, i paced into the math room hunched over, hoping for the slightest sliver of fun to crawl out of Mrs. Melliorg (The Dreaded Math Teacher!)!!! But slightly disappointed when she said nothing but words: Soda-r Pop, Parabala-r, Matilda-r, Naom-er, Pippa-r, etc...But then the teacher's aid walks over and says "Smells like this place was skunked, or something!" I was like "P.U.!!!!" It actually smelled like skunks, like someone dropped a skunk-bomb in my math room! Then i thought, maybe it was mrs. melliorg taking a dump, in the back of the room. NASTY! But of course i can't let my imagination take over, other wise i won't be able to tell the difference between fantasy and reality!!! Also back to skunks, i was looking online and apparently there was a SKUNKFEST 2006! Holy Moly!!! Skunk-Fest, like a festival dedicated to small, putrid smelling, rodents! It is like a dog/cat show but for skunks. Here are some titles for the skunkfest that i made up!

Prettiest, Skunk
Softest, Skunk
Smelliest, Skunk
Fattest, Skunk
Most Likely to Become President, Skunk
Best in Show, Skunk
Future Business Skunk of America (or Poland)
Largest Skunk Buttox
Bi-lingual, Skunk
Naval (Navy not Belly Butten) Skunk

My Math Room Stunk, But i Still Love Skunks!

-Pippa

Ahhh...HUGE BUG!

2008-05-31T10:11:00.000-04:00

I Saw The Biggest Beetle EVER!!!!!

While skimming the top of my "Above Ground Pool", i saw super tiny ripples coming from the sides. I was like WHOA! As i went to inspect it, i grabbed the pool net and scooped it up. But i was almost not gonna save it because it was so big and scary looking. But honestly i would never, leave it there to drown. But i tried to flick it off over the side of our terrace, so that it could like happy and learn to stay AWAY from me, and so that i could be happy and stay AWAY from it! This bug it the size of my index finger (pointer finger, duh) or the size of anyone's nose, almost 2 1/2 inches big! At that point i realized that because of this pool, i discover lots of insect wildlife in my general neighborhood! Almost every time i go to the pool, i find something new! Large black/white Beetle [Which I took a pic of], weird swimming bug that lived in my pool for a month (it was immune to Chlorine), plenty of water beetles, ants, bees, spiders (yuk), etc.... IT IS CRAZY! Maybe i should collect all of the bugs, and create a insect Zoo!!! I was freaking out, because it was this massive beetle in my pool. It is almost like finding a cockroach in your shower! Although i was freaking out, it was still uber exciting!

LOVE THE BUG!

-Pippa

Math and Spaghitti!?!?!?!?

2008-05-27T17:13:00.000-04:00

Weird Thing of the Day: (From Pippa's Life...duh)

Ok, so I'm in my totally boring MATH CLASS, and when i say boring i mean like every kid is staring at the clock or counting tiles on the celling/floor the whole period making an attempt to not snore(we at least for me!). Back to my story, we were doing some type of graph thingy and she handed out a piece of pasta. I honestly don't know why she even gave us, completely immature 8th graders, a piece of pasta. It was really funny though, i mean what kids did with them. This one boy who usually causes chaos he picked it up, turned around, and started laughing (like i quiet EVIL laugh) i got a little scared, but then i was partially relieved when the teacher said says "Billy, Put it down. PUT IT DOWN!!!" But the only problem was all the kids started to quietly giggle while Billy kept laughing (the evil laugh)!!! The teacher sounded like an owner trying to get her dog to drop her designer shoes, before she slapped the dog with a newspaper! Then this other kid was breaking the pasta in tiny little pieces and showed the same teacher [more like teacher's aid] his work looking for praise, but instead she sneered and turned away. That boy usually does things to provoke that teacher so he can fake flirt and not pay attention to math! After that drama, this other kid decided to eat the pasta. He snuck the spaghetti out of class and started to nibble it as he walked through the halls. Which was weird and gross because she uses the same pieces of pasta throughout the year, guess he didn't know that! Then in the middle of class when no one was really listening to me, i gave a speech all about spaghetti! I said something along the lines of mindless rambling about how mad pasta is...i don't even remember.

Love The Pasta

-Pippa

1000 VIEWS!!!

2008-05-26T11:10:00.000-04:00

Yeah!!! Pippa's Blog now has over 1,000 views!!!!!

I would love to thank everyone for helping me reach that goal!

I am so excited... WOOT!!!!!

THANK YOU SOOO... MUCH!!!

-Pippa

Trees Eat Stuff?!?!?!?!?!?!!?!

2008-05-26T10:12:00.000-04:00

You Thought They Were Your Friends, But Now The Are Destroyers of All Things Man-Made!!!

While taking another one of "Pippa's Strolls", i do a double take at this tree. "WHOA" It looks like the tree got hungry, and ate a sign. I've herd of Human Garbage Disposals, but Shrubbery Garbage Disposals, It just doesn't roll of the tongue! Anyway, this tree was engulfing the sign that probably said..."No dumping", "Curb Your Dog", "Don't even think about parking here" ,etc...But everyone keep you eyes peeled because this could be a sign of a tree rebellion!!! Thinking about how the tree grew over the sign, which is practically eating according to me, maybe if i stuck my hand there for like a really long time then i could become "Tree Hand"! It isn't as good of a name as "Gold Finger" (James Bond, duh) but i could change my name to "TREE FINGER"!!!!!!!! But i could never do that because:

1) How could i stick my hand there for that long. (I am very impatient)

2) I don't want to become a house for birds and squirrels (My hair is not a nest!!!)

3) If my hand does get engulfed then i would be immobile.

4)Also wouldn't the tree eventually eat my entire body!!!!

Watch Them Trees!!!

-Pippa

Barbie Head?!?!?!

2008-05-24T10:39:00.000-04:00

Once Upon a Time There Was A Barbie Doll...

This Barbie was taken captive by a group of little boys. These boys were savages and praised each other for creating chaos and destruction! The innocent little barbie need surgery, so the boys decided to "operate" on her. After waking up from be unconscious, the barbie was split into two!!! Her head and the rest of her body was no longer attached. Apparently the boys also gave her some "cosmetic surgery" on both her head and her body. She had a fairly large tattoo on her back reading "Harley Davidons Rule" And multiple scars all over her face. Her hair was also died an ugly brown poopy color! They also drew on an ugly bikini with blue sharpie! The stupid boys brought her to school with them one day to show off their creation! But instead of laughing at the poor doll, they messed around with her even more. They created an organization dedicated to tormenting this barbie. With over 25 members, the boys brought in more things, like cork-screws, stickers, and worst of all...AXE DEODORANT!!!!!! The poor barbie screamed in terror when the tortured her, and put her in the dogs mouth! But then all the sudden, the boys turned her into a plastic/metal cyborg (after connecting her head) The barbie turned evil, and wanted revenge. She became "THE GIRL-INATOR", and one by one girl-ifying each boy. But one boy escaped her girlification and got hold of the barbie. He wanted to end this ONCE AND FOR ALL! The boy had an emergency operation and took apart the the Barbie's entire body. He burned every part of her! All but one part that rolled off the table and out the door. Barbie's head was rolling faster then the boy could run, and she rolled all the way across the road near the school. But then the boy did one of those "Slow-Motion Jumps" and caught the Barbie's hair. The sky turned grey as it began to rain. Lightning shook the boy as he walked over to the front of the school! With all his might the boy began to spin his left arm, that was clutching onto the head. Then he hurled the head into the dark of the night, screaming "I AM SPARTA!!!!!" and galloping home. But the Barbie's head was not destroyed, the Barbie's head was dangling from the tree's branches screaming...."Nooooooooooooooooooo..." But now the Barbie's head sits there spitting on little boys as the cross under her.

THE END!

-Pippa

Andy Goldsworthy

2008-05-20T21:28:00.000-04:00

Andy Goldsworthy

This man...Andy Goldsworthy spends days of his life creating art completely out of nature. As you see above, he makes sculptures out of stones, leaves, rocks, icicles, and other natural material. But he does it so he can appreciate the beauty in nature. He builds these sculptures, and then he watches as the blow away, collapse, or float away. He has made a video "Rivers and Tides" which shows some of his work and his efforts. But sometimes he doesn't even document his work. He will sketch it just to prove to himself the beauty in nature. He is crazy, but he is easily mesmerized by nature. It is amazing! Many times he fails when his work crumbles or blows away, but he keeps trying till he gets it! Another inspirational man, other then Indiana Jones! I also want to try to create some sculptures similar to his. He has an odd tendency to make art of swirling, curving, spiraling things! Also although i am being forced to say this, i would like to thank my sister Teal, for introducing me to the work of Mr. Goldsworthy. Also for putting me through an hour movie about Goldsworthy... which was worth it! It is one of those amazing inspirational movies! Definitely a great movie!

Love The Beauty of Nature!

-Pippa

New: Lego® Indiana Jones?!?!?!?

2008-05-20T20:46:00.000-04:00

I Am Lego Man, do do do do do do do do do do!

Aghh...crazy-ness! These people on Geekology.com decided to make a replica of a boulder (like the one in Indiana Jones) and roll it down a MASSIVE hill, while some dude runs for his life!!! The Boulder was made out of 5,000,000 legos!!!!! And as the kid ran down the hill dressed in "Indiana Jones" clothing [and yes, he had THE hat] while his friends were playing the theme song. Later i laughed my pants off when this GIMUNGUS boulder hit a tree, and landed on a Car!!!!! The car alarm was ringing through all of the laughter of me and all the geelologist-people! Although they were probably going to get in massive trouble It was totally worth it though! I am now inspired by Indiana Jones to make my own video, which is in the process of being created!!! Also note, that this is more evidence that LEGOS CAN DO EVERYTHING!!! The make Lego cars, Lego towers, Lego clothing, Lego Stephen Hawlking, lego Pokemon, lego toilets, and for those who recently joined the Carrot Appreciation Club...a Lego Carrot!!!!!

You Can Do It To...With One Lego At A Time.

-Piper

The Chinese Earthquakes!!!

2008-05-15T17:22:00.000-04:00

Chinese Animals Predict Disaster!?!?!?

With a Massive Earthquake in China, People Wonder "What Went Wrong" But The Animals Knew!

May 12, 2008 a HUGE earthquake hit Eastern Sichuan, China, as a 7.9 EARTHQUAKE...WHOA!! People say that the lakes and river's water levels dropped drastically, leaving thousands of toads roaming the streets. (to bad it wasn't in France, feed the homeless!!!) And then all of the animals at the zoo went nuts and started acting strangely!!! Many countries have thought about using animals to predict disaster, but a British Geological Survey says no relieble way has been found to use animals to predict earthquakes. Seismologist say that there is NO POSSIBLE WAY to predict earthquakes. But many disagree, i think that there is some cool magic sense that they have, and can tell when danger is about!

It Could Be Just Crazy-Talk, or It Could Save Lives!

-Pippa

BATTLE AT KRUGER!!!!

2008-05-13T21:39:00.000-04:00

"The Battle at Kruger, the YouTube Phenomenon..."

This is the most weird/crazy/odd/cant-be-real video!

I don't know how i find this stuff. But there it is, my computer screen full of crap. But this video was no ordinary crap, this was one of the coolest crap that was every played through my eyes. OK so... The Battle At Kruger was this massive fight within safari-animals, that this guy just happened to get on film. I highly recommend seeing this video on YouTube®, just search "Battle at Kruger" there should be 30 something million!!!! But anyway back to my summary, OK so there are these really big/old/fat buffalo grazing, on grass(duh) near a pondy thingy (Could be a lake, but knowing me, i have NO idea!) Then it turns out there are a bunch of lions watching the buffalo, while the buffalo are totally oblivious, kinda like "Oh look GRASS, no wait guys come over here there's MORE GRASS!!" Anyway... the lions take off, and one lion takes this MASSIVE leap at one of the baby baffle that is running toward the water. The baby buffalo is atacked, while the herd runs off. But then while the lions, being complete savages, are gnawing on the baby, while it is in the shallows of the water. Then a group of crocodiles come and play tug-o-war with the lions over the "still-standing" Baby. But the lions succeed and pull the animal on shore. But that is when another weird things happens. The herd of buffalo all come storming over and start buckn' (with their horns) the lions, scaring them away. Distracted, the lions loose the baby as he WALKS AWAY towards the herd!!! It is crazy! Although i basically told you what happened, YOU HAVE TO SEE THIS VIDEO! It is so...phenomenal, like one of those "one-in-a-lifetime" videos!

Go, See The VIDEO. There is no gore...just amazing-ness!

-Pippa

CUPCAKES!?!?!?!?!!??!!?!?

2008-05-09T18:18:00.000-04:00

Pippa's Cupcake!

When it comes to perfection, i Pippa, and possible at the bottom of the list. I enjoy things messed up, and not perfect! I guess i am used to it now. But anyway, back to the story, i went to "Take You Kid to Work" and my mom works for a magizine company. So we all went to a couple of the different magizines, and one of them was all bout cooking. So we got to decorate cup cakes! And the pictuer of their cupcakes were PERFECT. Like someone made a mold of the cupcake, that was exact in size, shape, details, etc.. So i decided that my cupcake was going to be all about the frosting! So most of this is frosting!!!

Note to Self:

BIGGER IS BETTER (only frosting-wise)

-Pippa

DIY: Mustache

2008-05-01T19:46:00.000-04:00

D.I.Y. MUSTACHE!!!!

I am a girl, not a guy (hope not)! And i can't grow facial hair, as fun as not having it may sound, some of us want facial hair! So with Pippa's NEW DO-IT-YOURSELF Mustache you can grow your own stache for only 7 payments of $29.95! But if YOU CALL NOW, you will get an unlimited amount of Pippa's DIY Stache! The full order comes with TWO rolls of masking tape, made in Moscow, these rolls of tape are made out of the finest fibers and glue to help prevent rashing and skin irritation! Also Comes with 6 re-useable markers, in shades of: BURNT BLACK, YUCKY YELLOW, POOPY BROWN, RASHY RED, ORANGEY ORANGE, and comes with the limited edition: DUMPSTER GRAY! Order now at 1800-593-4826-1796-4822-91834-2435-937643-29486. CALL NOW AND YOU WILL RECIEVE GIFT: your very own comb for you upper-lip's forest!

SIDE EFFECTS MAY INCLUDE: MUSTACHE DOES NOT INCLUDE ACTUALL HAIR, MAY INCLUDE RAT POISEN IN MARKER. DO NOT EAT ANY OF THE ITEMS FOR THEY MAKE CAUSE EXPLOSIVE DIARAHHA, ERUPTION OF THE INSIDES, AND MAY CAUSE PREGNENCIES! IF ARE HAVING PROBLEMS PLEASE CONTACT A DOCTER. MUSTACHE MAY ALSO CAUSE: ACNE, WEIGHT GAIN, WEIGHT LOSS, EXTREEP FATIGUE, ADHD, BLADDER PROBLEMS, CONTINUOUS GAS, SUDDEN FOOD CRAVINGS, DEATH, HILOUSINATIONS, and more...

-PIPPA

EVIL GNOMES!!!!

2008-04-29T16:24:00.000-04:00

Gnomes: The Evil Ceramic Garden Protector?

Honestly, gnomes freak me out! The whole "If you look into their eyes you'll turn to stone" is just plain creepy! There are some exceptions, such as those cute little hand-painted 2 inch gnomes. They are really cool! But most people buy those creepy giant ones that often "protect" their gardens/flower beds...etc! But the EVIL gnome (to the left) doesn't "protect" he TAKES DUMPS ON YOU LAWN!!!!! Maybe it's not him (ya right!), its the giant gophers/birds/neighbor's evil-er dog taking a poo on your prized possession grass! But HEY, n-o-b-o-d-y will ever know!

Hate The Gnome, Destroy The Gnome, And Watch The Gnome (but not with your eyes {you'll turn to stone})

-Pippa

NEW MATCH?

2008-04-28T19:31:00.000-04:00

Dog vs. PlayStation2, Who Will Win?

Another Match to the Deaths! Similar to gladiators fighting, another match with dog, the previous winner against toilet paper! Well, fateful PlayStation2 has defeated dog many times, but this time there was a FATALITY! That i why RockBand, the crazy video game phenomenon, has not made its way to Pippa's TV set!!! Agggggghaaa! Dog pulled his last move, the "tinkle-winkle", ALL OVER POOR LITTLE PS2! The evidence was simple, the poor little PS2 didn't work (b/c of the pee), while the dog left with a guilty smerk! Take our poll (bottem of page) to tell us your opinion!

Looks like Dog has won: 2 down with many to go...

-Pippa

Another Messed Up Sculpture

2008-04-26T19:18:00.000-04:00

AGGG, The head on this duck is BACKWARDS!

Ok, weird, i know! But maybe the people made like a MASS PRODUCTION of these ducks, thinking that evolution would happen really soon! Boy were they dumb! It isn't that he is turning his head to say "Oh hey, hows it going" it was more like "i think i just broke my neck, or my mom was a shape shifter" Either way...weird! And another odd factor: there wasn't a crack! and when i say crack, not like a butt crack (hope not one of them) but like a dolls head= in a sense that her head moves and there is a small crevice that divides the 2 pieces, and on the duck there wasn't, just a backwards head! Oh well, i guess they over estimated evolution!

Another One of Those Little Perks of Life

-Pippa

Pippa's Wooden Carrot!

2008-04-23T11:11:00.000-04:00

Pippa's Wooden Carrot!

Here is me smiling with the carrot

And here is me holding the carrot

And here is me going to kiss the carrot!

SECRETE OBSESSION WITH CARROTS ANONYMOUS:

"Hello Everyone! I, Pippa, Have a Weird Obsession with Carrots. There i said it!*Breaks Down in Tears* Are You People Happy?*followed by more whimpering*"

Fueef *wipes sweat off forehead*, that was a toughy! Ok glad that was over. But anyway (i seem to drift off topic, a lot) in my technology class i decided to make a WOODEN CARROT! Most kids pick like their initials, or an animal, or hearts/peace signs/stars,etc.... But Pippa ain't like most kids, Pippa is DIFFERENT, that is why Pippa is talking in 3ed Person!!! =) I decided to make a carrot, OUT OF WOOD! WHOA, that's crazy! But some kids are similar to Pippa, in a sense that they run away from the pack, and not with it! Some kid made a Hamburger, may not be as good as a CARROT, but still he did all the details and everything. Cut out pickles, lettuce, the burger, cheese, basically everything, and glued them together!!! Although that is pretty awesome, THE ALMIGHTY CARROT is indestructible, and when you rub it a magic carrot genie comes out and grants you 3 wishes. Well it is more like 2 because most people wish that all the splinters in there had were gone (from rubbing the ALMIGHTY CARROT)!!! And the ALMIGHTY CARROT also gives fashion advice, and gives you advice on restaurants (p.s. The ALMIGHTY CARROT only likes restaurants with carrots, and fashion with orange in it!)

ALL THAT I AM TRYING TO SAY IS THAT...

CARROTS RULE!

Love The Carrot, Praise The Carrot, Eat The Carrot!

-Pippa, Member of the CARROT Appreciation Club!

EARTH DAY!!!

2008-04-22T20:45:00.000-04:00

Here is a Fun Earth Day Activity:

TOOTHBRUSH BRACELETS

Things You'll Need:

Old Toothbrush (The Clear Plasticy Kind)
Tweezers or Pliers
Pot
Tongs
GINORMOUS Mug (or a regular one works too)

Things You Gotta Do:

Pluck the bristles from the toothbrush!
Boil Agua (Spn: Water....duh)
Drop the toothbrush into the boiling water for 5 min! (you'll need the pot and some water)
Take out the toooooothbrush out of the water and bend it in the desired shape!
Plop the bent brush into cold water! (Use the forc...i mean mug.)
And there you have it...a beautiful bracelet. (and your recycling)

If you leave the bristles on then you can brush your teeth on-the-go!

-Pippa

SPRING BREAK!!!

2008-04-21T11:09:00.001-04:00

OMG... SPRING BREAK!!!

The once in a year break where people all go to FLORIDA?

Yes, i new fact about Pippa: I Hardly EVER goes on Vacation for spring break!!! Yeah, i know, super LAME! But if i went on vacation then i couldn't be blogging, and doing other fun things....Ok no, i lied there are no fun things! Someone save me from the horrible reality of NO VACATION! I guess i am semi-okay with that (not really)! But what i never could understand is why everyone goes to Florida-Land of the Old People! Or maybe not Florida but some other tropical place, it is called SPRING BREAK because spring is coming which is followed by hot and sunny weather! Jeez can't people just wait a few days! When they come back from spring break vacation, it won't be as sunny, and they will be like (accent:really annoying complaining child) "Mom, lets go back to Florida! Here everything is like, cold and boring. Where's the parties and old people?" And of courses, because you got to live the glamorous like for a week, going back to school will be totally bogus! It would be like eating amazing candy, then having your mom make you eat prunes for the rest of your life (until summer)! NASTY!!! Honestly i think this whole blog entry is just to show you how lucky some people are, and how jealous i am =(, really jealous!

Wish You Were Here, Back in Reality!

-Pippa

A Quote From Pippa

2008-04-17T20:05:00.000-04:00

Here is a Quote To Think About

Quoted from Pippa, (A former rapper, and rookie wise man)

Yes, i know, i change jobs a lot! But anyway i have been thinking (more than usual) about humans, and how we all are such perfectionists. We seek imperfections in ourselves and others, subconsciously. And once we find them, we exploit them, or fix them. Such As: Magazines, retouching photos, make-up, choosing a president, buying something, befriending someone, art, school work, etc... But my main point it that we naturally make decisions by how perfect something is, and depending on our choice things happen! Here is my quote, one to simply make you think!

"Imperfections Create Opportunities."

Remember: We all have opinions, and this is one of mine.

You may disagree or agree, but they are both a sign.

Either way,

remember the quote,

and it may change your day!

-Pippa

Ain't it a Chipper Day?

2008-04-14T15:05:00.000-04:00

When Chipmunks Attack... The deadly reality of small cracker loving rodents, Coming up Next on Fox 5!

No, just kidding! We have a bird feeder right in front of our kitchen window, and most of the seeds spill on the ground, which is mostly occupied by rodents/birds: doves, chickadees, squirrels, chipmunks, etc..... So i got my camera and decided to get some cool bird pictures, with the birds on the feeder! Totally not paying attention, like usual, i had realized that a little chipmunk was eyeballing me. Watching my every movement, as he didn't move a muscle. He almost looked like one of those wax figures, immobile. But i took pictures of him, not very good ones. At that point i decided to lure him out from under my front porch steps, the previous home of another rodent: groundhogs! But anyway, back to my story, A Ritz Cracker® was the only bait i had in my empty and lame pantry. But it worked! How else do you think i could have got that awesome picture above!

(Note: the little squished cylinder, next to the creature, is a cracker!)

-Love the Monk, and Love the Cracker!

-Pippa

Kick'n Car

2008-04-13T00:15:00.001-04:00

Super Mad Old VW-Bug!

Today, my padre (father) was driving me home from soccer practice, when this really loud car approached us. It was a refurbished (made new again), so it had a nice new coat of paint, new upholstery, etc... It was painted a dark teal color, kinda green but mixed with dark blue! I never even knew that it was refurbished, mainly by the color, until my dad told me! Because usually you see old fashioned car painted hot blue, orange, and red, never an original color that the car came in! And it always looks horrible! But this car was really cool. My dad was telling me that when the VW Bug first came out, it had no way of telling you how much gasoline you had, so at any point it would run out of gas and the car would stop. At that point you had to push a button to release the emergency 1 gallon of gas, so you could drive to the gas station! Ha, thank goodness for new technology! Also my dad said that the motor was so simple, that if you opened it up it would look like a lawn mower! That is probably why it was SO LOUD!!!!!!!

Love the Bug!

-Pippa

2008-04-10T17:09:00.000-04:00

NUTELLA,

A Kid's Best Friend!

I LOVE Nutella! If i could, i would eat it on everything! But i gotta give my good friend Tildee some props, because without her i never would have tasted it! It has that chocolaty sensation, one of delicious-ness. But you don't taste the Hazel nut, at all! Things you can eat Nutella with:

Bread: to make a Nutella Sandwich!
Spoons: HELLO, solid nutella = solid happiness!
Bagels: Better than Cream Cheese!
Cresconts: Do what the french do!
Pancakes: Much, much, much better than Mrs. Buttersworth!
Coffee: Mix it with coffee, and turn it into hot chocolate, sorta!
ANYTHING!!!! ALMOST EVERYTHING, except pizza...ewww

TRY SOME NUTELLA, TODAY!

(If you have any other ways to eat nutella, then leave your idea on a comment!)

-Pippa

My Slow Motion Video!

2008-04-09T19:24:00.000-04:00

My Slow-Motion Super Hero Video!

Unfortunatly i can't upload the video, but i will continue to try!

(Instead of the video here is a Photo, b/c i thought you might wanna see SOMETHING!)

Another one of my weird stages, this time it was SUPER HERO!

Ok, my friend, An-Na and i both decided to do a slow motion video! It is really hard though, so give me a break if it ain't Little Miss Perfect! But it was really fun! When your doin' stuff in SLO-MO you really have to concentrate! My friend (The Masked Masquerader) is doing the beat! I (The Caped Crusader) am doing all the humming, which is surprisingly hard! After reading this, i expect you all to create your own slow motion video!

BE CREATIVE

-Pippa,

founder of the Super Hero Institute of Training!

The Reality of Blogging!!!

2008-04-08T21:46:00.000-04:00

My Apology Letter!

Dear My Blog Readers,

I am terribly sorry, for i have not been as committed as usual, to blogging!

I am not deleting my blog, or erasing it, nothing like that! But i am apologizing because i

haven't been keeping you up-to-date! So far i have 4 entries, this month, when i should have 8! I usually write

1-3 posts{entries}, daily, but lately i haven't! So from now on i will try to get back on to my daily schedule, and

have 1-3 posts{entries} roughly by 5 p.m.-ish! The reason for my disorganized-ness is simply, STRESS! School: tests, quizzes, dramas, and also Field trips, my Washington D.C. trip [WHICH I WILL SOON BLOG]

Sorry, once again!

-Pippa

CLEAR CONVERSE!!!!!

2008-04-07T21:06:00.001-04:00

WHOA!! SEE-THROUGH CONVERSE!

Many Thought They Didn't Exist, Many Still Believed, But Many Haven't Even Heard About Almost Invisible Converse!!!

I know they are AWESOME! But even though i want them sooooo...oooooo much, they only come in kids sizes like 3 and below!!! I am so mad! I have crazy socks, and these are the perfect shoes to show off my ridiculous socks! But reading review, they said that they fog up (ewww), sometimes get a yellow-ish tint, the tongue digs into your ankle, and also they are really bad shoes for winter snow/rain because there are little holes on the side to help ventilate your feet!

But another MAJOR prob. is that only 1 store sells them...Journey's and they don't even have Journey's in the Westchester district! So unless you decide to shrink your feet (somehow) and fly to...where-ever they sell them, then you can have em'!!!! Well i might be a Little JEALOUS!!!! But i think that shoes are a great accessory, especially if you want to express yourself immensely or quietly!

Shoes, Lets Get Some Shoes!

(Btw if you find another store that sells them...TELL ME!!!)

-Pippa

Pippa's Political Slogans...

2008-04-06T17:28:00.000-04:00

Pippa's Political Slogans:

For the record, i did this for shear entertainment and too test my ability to rhyme! Also i request: If you decide to steal my work, then fine! But if you don't leave the creator THEIR credit, then i will be UBER-MAD, and i will never talk/see/think/ or even leave this entry up, because of you!

Enjoy!

BARRAK OBAMA:

I'm a mama for Obama! (pro)
Ride a Llama for Obama! (pro)
I wear my Yamika for Obamica! (pro)
Obama is such a drama! (con)

HILLARY CLINTON:

Hillary is our Artillery! (pro)
Clinton is our Win-ton! (pro)
Hillary ain't our pillery! (pro)
Vote for Hillary, be in the pillery! (con)

JOHN McCAiN:

McCain is Lame! (con)
McCain ain't Lame (pro)
You'd be insane to vote for McCain! (con)
You'd be insane not to vote for McCain! (pro)
I ride the train for McCain! (pro)
McCain has no brain! (con)
McCain has no mane to tame! (con)
McCain will be a pain! (con)
McCain will cure the pain! (pro)
Don't restrain, vote for McCain! (pro)
Vote for McCain he'll entertain! (con)

Make up your own Political Slogans, (leave them in a comment)

-Pippa

GRILLZ!!!!!!

2008-04-01T19:26:00.000-04:00

I AM GRILLED DOWN NICELY!

Tin Foil Grillz: A MUST-HAVE for a ridiculously armature rapper's success! And i guess... since i have grillz... i am now an armature rapper, yo! Ok, not really! I couldn't rap for my life, ha! But HEY, who am i to say that an average Joe-Shmoe like me couldn't enter the path of a RAPPER! I've tried, and failed, so i have an excuse not to try again! BUT YOU, don't so.....you should become a Rapper! Slam down some rapps (aka:POEMS) on your dog! Talk about a pineapple eating a sock! BE CREATIVE!

LET YOUR MIND TAKE YOU PLACES!

-Pippa (former rapper{with grillz})

Celebrity Baby Names: THE WEIRD ONES!

2008-03-30T19:38:00.000-04:00

Talk About Weird Names...

I know Pippa ain't so normal, but these are just ridiculous!

Apple: Gwenth Paltrow and Chris Martin

Willow Camille Reign: Will Smith and Jada Pinkett-Smith

Brooklyn: David + Victoria Beckham

Ireland: Alec Baldwin and Kim Basinger

Kal-El Coppola: Nicholas Cage (Kal-El is Superman's orginal birth name)

Marquise: 50 Cent

Tallulah, Scout, and Rumer: Bruce Willis and Demi Moore

Memphis Eve: Bono

Moon Unit, Dweezle, and Diva Muffin: Frank Zappa

Sage Moonblood, and Seargeoh : Sylvester Stallone and Shasha Czack

Zola Iby: Eddie Murphy and Nickole Mitchell

Shiloh Nouvel: Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie

Suri: Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes

Even though your name isn't as weird at the previous list, love your name. Originality doesn't always matter!

Love Your Name, Who You Are, and What You Came From!

-Pippa

Fast Food Freestyle

2008-03-27T21:38:00.000-04:00

Some kids went to a drive through a fast food place, and this was their order was...

"I need a double cheeseburger and hold the lettuce

Don't be frontin' son no seeds on the bun

We be up in this drive thru Order for two

I gots a craving for a number nice like my shoe

We need some chicken up in here

in this dizzle for rizzle my nizzle Extra salt of the frizzle

Dr. Pepper my brother Another for your mother Double double super size

And don't forget the FRIES!"

I saw it on youtube.com, these kids all decided to rap their order, freestyle! And the person at the other side of the intercom, had NO CLUE what the wanted except for a double cheesburger! It was Mad funny, because each person was doing a cool beat, and the main guy was rapping at the intercom! And the worker on the other side clearly got his co-workers to here it, because they never got the order down! Also another factor that made is ridiculouse was that the main kid's voice was mad low (sounded really cool though)!

TO CHECK IT OUT COPY AND PASTE:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=F:n45-7Pn2Y

Or search on Youtube:

Fast Food Freestyle

OR YOU CAN SCROLL DOWN, PAST ALL OF MY ENTRIES!

Next Time You Go to McDonalds(Yuk!) You'll Always Think of This!

-Pippa

Elephant Basketball!

2008-03-27T17:45:00.000-04:00

Elephant Makes Slam Dunk!

I am totally jealous! But hey, i gotta give him props, it takes some serious skill to do that! But i think this guy should totally be in the March Madness! If you look on Google, yahoo, youtube, I'm sure you could find plenty of videos/pictures with elephants shouting basket balls, playing sports, and doing other human-like things!

Speaking of Large Grey-ish Mammals, i think i've seen a hippo (Named Jessica) who lived at the zoo, but she also was raised by this couple! Everyday she would get tucked into bed at night, get massages, and open a kitchen door {to get to fridge}, ALL BY HERSELF! WHOA! Animals really do have skills, other that eating/sleeping/pooping!

Animals Rule!

-Pippa

Some Dogs Don't Swim!

2008-03-26T18:54:00.000-04:00

Dogs With Floaties?

I Guess Some Dogs Don't Swim!

Yes, i know my dog is really weird! But hey, if he loves to swim (with assistance that is) then why can't he do it with floaties? Now honestly, my dog can swim without em! But husky-labradors (HUSKADORS) have that crazy love for swimming in the summer (lab) and going nuts with the snow in the winter (husk), he just can't resist a stylish accessory that says "I'm a poor little dog who can't swim, come give me hugs and play with me from your pity!". All you need to do is get your dog a little doggy pool, threw on some floaties, and there you have it, AN EASY WAY FOR YOUR DOG TO SWIM without the hassle of you supervising! But don't be like Paris Hilton, by making a habit of OVER-accessorizing her little hairba...I mean Tinkerbell!

Remember: Better Safe Than Sorry!

-Pippa

Turtles Have feelings?

2008-03-25T21:28:00.000-04:00

Happy Birthday! From Your Best Friend, Mister Turtle!

Weird, i know! What can i do when i find a turtle in your yard, and a Birthday Tiara? Duh... A BIRTHDAY TURTLE! Happy Birthday! This mysterious creature climbed up to my front yard from L-mont reservoir, where my eyes spotted him! Later that day, my padre and i, brought her back down to the lake! And 2 days later she came back! And she was burring her eggs, or something, because she was diggin' like a MANIAC!

LOVE YOUR TURTLE!

-PIPPA

(Just to clarify, we found the tiara in our yard, then put it on our turtle)

Toilet Paper vs. Dog

2008-03-25T20:57:00.000-04:00

Toilet Paper vs. Dog, Who Will Win?

As you can see in the photo to the side, Toilet Paper put up a good fight, but it wasn't enough for the Dog. The fight ended with a tie, but it left toilet paper wounded!

Wow, i'm sure glad that L.B. (Little Bear my Pooch) has broken that habit! And Ow, also glad i didn't use the paper after it was..."wounded"! Ya know, i don't really know how a dog could get over such a habit! I mean, do you spray it with that nasty spray that prevents them from biting stuff? Because then you wouldn't be able to use it... such a waste!

Does your pet have a habit, comment me your stories!

-Pippa