Friday, July 3, 2009

Randomness at its Greatest

Alright, prepared to be TOTALLY AND COMPLETELY WEIRDED-OUT 'cause this post is gonna blow your mind. There is no real purpose to it... other than to induce a hilarious reaction out of you, my readers... but I'm sure you'll enjoy it anyway 'cause, according to some recent studies... I Am Hilarious.

Anyway... here I go... filling your head with randomness and all that good stuff, so, hang on tight. This is going to be a bumpy ride.

This is a picture of some of the characters in one of my recent story ideas called "Metallaphor". They come from another planet called Metallaphor (which, in their language means God of Fire) in a distant galaxy. This planet is a little closer to their sun than ours is, and thus its very hot, volcanoey and on the edge of being uninhabitable like Venus, but it's still full of life, (intelligent life too) color, and culture, much like our own world.

However, the people of the neighboring planet, which is a little farther out than earth and just barely out of the reach of Metallaphor's gravitational field, but still habitable and is called Istaicara (pronounced Iss- [like hiss] TYE-car-uh) [which means Crystal Land in Metallaphoric] think they are better than the Metallaphorics and therefore they have created a law that governs them very strictly and often unfairly. As part of that law, interbreeding of Metallaphorics and Istaicarans is strictly forbidden and doing so can result in death. Many other crimes that in our world would only result in imprisonment result in death as well... but only for Metallaphorics. Often Isaticarans escape from similar crimes with no sentence at all. It is an unjust galaxy. The Metallaphorics pictured below are on the death row. They have their sentence around their neck to identify them (that's what the sashes are) and (of course) the sentence is written in Metallaphoric.

From left to right they are: Luki (which means "Blue" in Metallaphoric, and who is on the death row for biting the hand off of an Istaicaran man), Lonna-Magi (Lonna means "gone/no loner present/absent" and Magi means "Lava" so the best translation of her name is Absent Lava... but to us that doesn't make any sense. To Metallaphorics, who are always afraid of erruptions, living on a highly-volcanic planet, the phrase Lonna-Magi (Absent Lava) means that there is nothing to fear and that there is peace.) [Lonna is on this death row because she questioned the authenticity of some Istaicaran Crystals she purchased] (Istaicaran Crystals are the strongest substance in their galaxy, much like our diamonds, and therefore should not shatter when they come in contact with hardwood floors. Some of Lonna's "Crystals" shattered which lead her to believe they were glass instead of crystals and that the store she had purchased those crystals from was selling glass as "prized Crystals" and therefore ripping her off a ton.), Caileb (Which means Sunlight in Metallaphoric and who is on this death row because he disguised himself as a Istaircaran and lived on Isaticara for two years, he married the only daughter of the Kohl Pacair [Master Father, which is basically the Istaicaran version of the president of the world] and the Kohl Junair [Master mother], and she became the carrier of a half-Istaicaran, half-Metallaphoric child.) [He is also the main character of this story:)], Ero Colia (Ero is just a title like Mister and Colia means "Bringer of Ice". This guy is on death row because an Istaicaran man accidentally stabbed himself while trying to pick up a Metallaphoric knife out of a box that Ero Colia was holding) and Chaida (which means child-like and who is on this death row for murdering thirteen Istaicarans as well as thirty-two Metallaphorics in cold blood).

This is a picture of a random book cover I decided to make. I didn't really have an idea to go with it, so you will probably never see this one on the shelves, but it turned out really cool looking.

Where Purpleonia is... I'm not exactly sure... but the lady on the front is obviously from there (hence the purple skin) and is obviously scared of it.

This is Lucy. Isn't she just lovely?

Yeah... I know. She freaks me out too.

This is a chart that shows Uranium Distribution on it. It's pretty chill.

Green means there ain't a lot of Uranium there, Yellow means there's a moderate amount and Brown means there's a ton... basically.

This is my favorite symbol. (Don't tell the government that!) It's not 'cause I like Nuclear Bombs or anything (even though they are pretty chill), but because it's got visual appeal (to me at least) and it's a symbol of power.


Whenever I see this thing, I want to sing Plankton's version of the FUN song. If you know it... you're chill. I'm not so sure about all the words... but here's how I remember it goes:

F is for fire that burns the whole city down
U is for Uranium... (lengthy pause) BOMBS!
N is for No Survivors...

And then they cut plankton off... but I still like to sing it. It's a mega-chill song.

This is my favorite number.

It's my favorite number because it's 3 cubed, or in other words it's 3 X 3 X 3, which is 3 times itself three times! And three... is just a BEAST NUMBER! (Don't ask me why... it just is, okay?)

This is a picture I drew a while ago called "Moonrise". It's chill.

(Some people think this guy looks like a Jedi. I dunno... I was kinda thinkin' werewolf... or vampire... but Jedi could work. They're chill too.)

This is a neat anime picture I found on the Internet. I want to share it with you.

There. I shared. Kindergarten taught me something I guess.

Some people (Like me little brother Jacob) who are obsessed with ipods might want to know that there are ipod-playing toilet dispensers...

...and golden iPods.
Freakish, eh?
This is how the world will end.

Or at least that's what you'd say if you were a STAR WARS NERD! He, he, he, he, he....
(I'm kind of a STAR WARS nerd... but I don't quite believe that) :)
This is a kickawesome skateboard. If I could board, I'd SO get this one... but unfortunately I can't board so, I don't have this one. It'd make a nice wall decoration though (hint, hint).

This lady's dress is awesome. I'm not the HUGEST fan of her music (although it is preatty chill) but I LOVE her dress!



So that's basically it... I can't wait to here your reactions.... or something like that. :)

Stuff that's Chill

Chill is my new word. It is basically a substitute for the way-over-used and ancient word "cool" and I plan to use it a lot from here on out. For a while I thought of coming up with a word to use instead of cool that was actually another word for "warm", just to be funny, but recent experiences (aka sunburns and bug bites, which someone at Girls Camp refereed to as sun bites and bug burns) have convinced me that warm things are lame. So I use the word chill instead.

What kind of stuff is chill? Um... I guess I'll just give you a list. (I LOVE Lists!) :)

  • Isaac Wright (he's MEGA CHILL... at least in my opinion. I even made a shirt for Cosette that claimed he was better than Edward Cullen... whether that is true or not is entirely up to you... I'm hopelessly biased... being Isaac's creator).
  • Blogging
  • Chocolate
  • Anime
  • Overcast Days
  • Vampires
  • Moonlight (the Tv series as well as the stuff)
  • The moon (Also MEGA CHILL... 'cause it's WAY better than the sun)
  • Sunglasses
  • Harry Potter (the dude AND the series)
  • The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (also known as the LDS Church or, more commonly, the Mormon Church) See this link to learn more: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints
  • Wikipedia (Even though the teachers hate it... it is just... well, chill.)
  • Google
  • Skateboards
  • The Itunes store
  • Ipods
  • Solar Eclipses
  • Blood Banks
  • Hospitals
  • Mortuaries
  • Graveyards
  • Scraggly old trees
  • Evanescence (it's a band)
  • Creepy old buildings
  • Werewolves
  • Ghosts
  • Zombies
  • Mermaids
  • Jedi
  • STAR WARS
  • Storms (Tornadoes, Tsunamis, etc. They're all chill.)
  • Freezers (Both the kind that we generally think of and use and the ones in Moonlight that the vampires sleep in, 'cause they're both Very Chill.)
  • Refrigerators (they're chill, literally.)
  • Laptops and computers
  • The Sno Isle Library System
  • The Twilight Series (My books are way more chill... but whatever. These are still chill).
  • Jasper Cullen (I think he's kinda hot... at least more so than Rob Pattinson... Ugh!)
  • Carlise Cullen (Now HE'S like an oxymoron. He's BEASTEDLY HOT and yet, MEGA CHILL).
  • Ice
  • Roses
  • Nuclear Weapons
  • Aloe Vera
  • Anolog Clocks (They look chill... but I can't read them) :)
  • And lots of other stuff.

Do you get the picture now? Do you know how to use the word "chill" properly?

Good.

Now it's time for you to practice, 'cause I don't want to hear the word "cool" ever again. Nothing is "cool" anymore. It's all chill. :)

The Pros and Cons of EFY and Girls Camp

I haven't been able to post for a while... but it's not because I'm lazy, or undeckish or anything like that... it's 'cause I've been off at EFY (Especially For Youth, which is a REALLY BEAST LDS {Latter Day Saint, also known as Mormon} Church Program for those who don't know) and my Ward's Young Woman's Girls Camp. I only got two days in between and I didn't get to type or do anything on the computer really... and I'm feeling so technologically deprived I feel like I"m about to post, like, twenty posts.... so bear with me here.

There are some good things about EFY and camp... and some bad... but first I wish to focus on the good... 'cause my kickawesome friend Cosette (who is THE MOST OPTIMISTIC PERSON IN THE WORLD!) has inspired me to try taking a slightly different outlook on life. :)

Pros about EFY

  • It was THE MOST SPIRITUAL ENVIRONMENT {besides the temple} I HAVE EVER VISTED IN MY LIFE
  • Marshall McDonald, the MOST DECKISH HYMN PLAYER IN THE WORLD was there to enlighten our souls with his KICKMAZING music (it's so kickawesome that there are no words to describe it) and to play my favorite hymn (If You Could Hie to Kolob, which is usually played really dully and without a lot of inflection because lots of people don't like it for some odd reason) so well that I will never hear it the same again.
  • The classes were really, REALLY good. they were informative, insightful, inspiring, spiritual (to the point where tears were running down your cheeks and soaking up your notes...) and life-changing. I will never be the same again!
  • I bore my testimony about God's love for me (which I had acquired throughout the week) at the testimony meeting on Thursday. (Don't wear any makeup on any day at EFY, but if you feel like you can only afford to miss one day of makeup... don't put any on on Thursday. You will cry it all off. Trust me. I didn't wear any makeup... but I saw some other people who did and they didn't look so good after testimony meeting.)
  • The Food was AWESOME! I ate SOOOOOOO MUCH! They had chicken and fries (REAL chicken and fries... not the cheap plastic stuff they sell to you at Elementary school and the Prison Camp/School some refer to as Totem Middle School) Italian noodles, really good muffins in, like, every flavor, and delicious pancakes.
  • Our counselors were beast. I don't know what else to say about Bruce and Lauren... but they were beast.
  • We played fun games... Anthill and Ninja Destruction. (I'll definitely post about these later... they're SOOOOO beast!)
  • We had TWO MEGA CHILL dances ("chill" is my new word for "cool", 'cause cool is just so last year) where they played music that was beast and appropriate, and where I met some REALLY HOT GUYS... with really good muscles :)
  • I met a guy who's favorite city in the WHOLE WIDE WORLD was Seattle... JUST LIKE ME. (And I thought I was the only one! I'm not alone!)
  • I made some REALLY good friends in my company. They might be reading this... they might not... But they're beast too.
  • We had a pizza night... which was fun.
  • We got to sleep in BEDS, use SHOWERS, HAIRDRYERS, and such... which usually isn't the case with Church Camps.
  • My testimony was strengthened in just about every way... and THAT is probably the MOST important (and MEGA BEAST) thing of all.

Pros about Girls Camp

  • I was with all my friends! They were all really nice to me and... yeah.
  • We got to play in the river at Cascade Park... which was fun, except for the fact that I got pulled down stream a bit... and some other girls had to rescue me
  • I got to introduce everyone to Isaac Wright, my blog and all that fun stuff.
  • I learned that people are more accepting of vampire-lovers, such as myself than I originally thought.
  • LOTS OF GIRLS HATED THE SUN WITH ME. I am not alone. :)
  • I got cool gifts from my Secret Sister (thanks Zoe!)
  • Testimony Meeting was inspiring, and spiritual like EFY. The felling was slightly different... but it was a good feeling all the same.

Okay... now for the part that's going to make me look like an ungrateful sap. The Cons of EFY and Girls Camp.

Cons about EFY

  • I couldn't touch my laptop, iPod, piano, check my email and post on this blog.
  • I missed my family (not too much, but I still did).
  • There were Cheerleaders sharing the campus with us... and all of them were immodest 24/7. Most of them were also quite fond of waggling certain parts of their bodies which shall not be named, trying to flirt with the Mormon boys, who didn't even want to look at them, hence their lack of clothing, being REALLY snobby and prissy (they were living the stereotype of cheerleaders... it was embarrassing) and cutting us in the lunch line.
  • Once there was a whole BLOCKADE of about 300 cheerleaders in front of Cosette's dorm and we had to walk RIGHT THROUGH them to get to her room. It was amazing, but it was also REALLY DISTURBING 'cause you could tell as you walked through them that they were thinking "Why is she wearing so much clothing? It's like... Arizona out here... like totally!" and that was really creepy. (Cheerleaders, besides Rebbecca Thomas.. she's beast, are, like, my WORST NIGHTMARE. Forget vampires, werewolves, zombies, and all that "scary" stuff. Those guys are my friends. Cheerleaders are WAY Scarier.)
  • I didn't get much time to read my book (I did finish it... but I had to use every spare moment to do so) and do other things like write in The Broken Book... and other authorly stuff. There was minimal free time at EFY. It was go, go, go all week. (Part of the reason I didn't get to read my book though was because it had a picture on it that I assumed would disturb about half of the people in the lunch room with us... so I tried to keep it secret from them. It's really NOT a bad book... it's actually really good... and the picture isn't really bad either... but here's what the cover looked like.

    Do you see now why they (my worst nightmare) wouldn't approve? There's a DEAD CHEERLEADER on it! It makes me look like a murderer!

Cons about Girls Camp

  • It was HOT. Like REAL ARIZONA HOT. On Thursday it was 85 degrees!
  • I got REALLY BAD sunburns on my cheeks and on the back of my ears... they still hurt really bad.
  • I got really bad sun rashes on my face and arms just like last year. (seriously, I'm ALLERGIC to the sun. I get hives when it's rays touch my skin. It's INSANE!)
  • Mosquitoes mistook me for the Puget Sound Blood Bank... luckily I packed my Benadryl... but it's still totally lame.
  • Spiders, earwigs and a vast assortment of flies were everywhere.
  • Our tents were freezing cold at night and boiling hot during the day. (Come on! We live in a TEMPERATE ZONE! Why can't the weather at least act like that's the case?)
  • I got dehydrated and felt miserable most of the week. :(
  • Again, I couldn't touch my iPod, my laptop, or blog, check my email and start a Facebook account (which I plan to do 'cause all my EFY friends have one) and that was lame.
  • The food wasn't as good as EFY food. It was still good... but I started to miss regular home food.
  • I missed my family a LOT.
  • The zipline is really dangerous now, thanks to the park's attempts to make it safer. (Seriously, to ride it safely, you had to wear skateboard gear! The zipline, like, smacked you right into the tree!)
  • My friend Cosette got burned REALLY BAD. Worse than me. And like EVERYWHERE. It's Horrible.
  • There was more free-time here, and that was nice, 'cause Cosette got to draw everyone a boyfriend (mine looks amazing like Isaac Wright... which makes me wonder...) but I really didn't get to read anything. Oh well that's alright. :)
  • We didn't sing enough camp songs/play silly games like kick the can and Big booty. We need to do more of that kind stuff. Ooh and we need to do more stuff like we did my first year, like go to water parks, go river-rafting, etc. That was fun. :)

Overall both Girls Camp and EFY were beast and I have no regrets about going to both of them. However, I'm so glad to be home!