It tasted like blueberries and strawberries with just a little bit of whipped cream and chocolate sauce on top. I ate the clouds too. They are like cotton candy, except a million gazillion trillion kajillion times better.
Someday I'm going to eat the sunset.
Vivian
Friday, October 15, 2010
Physics Adventures Continued...
If you read my first blog, you probably already know that a lot of things happen in physics class that aren't exactly related to physics. Don't get me wrong. I love my teacher, he is very good at what he does AND he is really tall; I'm just not all that fond of the subject. The idea that the world can be described purely in terms of force and motion just confounds me - a girl who is prone to stopping in the middle of conversation to pause, look at the sky, point out one cloud or another, and inform whoever happens to be listening, "I want to sleep on that one fluffy cloud with a cup of hot cocoa by my side."
The point is, I'm not really a physics person, which is why I, against my best intentions, end up noticing a whole lot of random stuff in that class.
Today we watched another funny video. It wasn't supposed to be funny, but I thought it was quite amusing. My favorite part hands down is when a guy was windsurfing. As he walked to the beach, his dark hair was so wet that it looked really stringy, like black spider legs. That image distracted me so much that my mind fixated on it for so long that before I knew it, the video had ended. All I know is that the video had something to do with physics and windsurfing. Ah well, I was never a very good movie-watcher. ALways get sidetracked by details. like the time I watched a movie with my friends and I kept thinking how strange this one guy's nose was...
Anyhow, at one point in the physics video a man was showing another man (who was middle aged and somewhat bald) this submarine-like thing; I don't actually remember what it was that he was showing. Then he asked that bald guy if he was excited, and Mr. Baldie replied, in the most serious way, "I am Super Excited!" But he elongated the s sounds, so it came out, "I am ssssssuper exssssssited." For the rest of the class, my table partner and I kept saying, "I AM SSSSSSUPER EXSSSSSSITED!!!!" because that's just how we roll.
VIvian
P.S. My friend gave me 3 chocolate chip cookies! Today is a good day.
P.P.S. I was flipping through my physics textbook and stumbled across a picture of a guy in short shorts, like the guy in that first video. I think I'm starting to sense a running theme here...
P.P.S. As much as I admire the male physique, I still think guys look just fine with their clothes on, don't you think? I'm not really into the whole Taylor Lautner thing. Keep your shirt on man. Just keep it on. :)
The point is, I'm not really a physics person, which is why I, against my best intentions, end up noticing a whole lot of random stuff in that class.
Today we watched another funny video. It wasn't supposed to be funny, but I thought it was quite amusing. My favorite part hands down is when a guy was windsurfing. As he walked to the beach, his dark hair was so wet that it looked really stringy, like black spider legs. That image distracted me so much that my mind fixated on it for so long that before I knew it, the video had ended. All I know is that the video had something to do with physics and windsurfing. Ah well, I was never a very good movie-watcher. ALways get sidetracked by details. like the time I watched a movie with my friends and I kept thinking how strange this one guy's nose was...
Anyhow, at one point in the physics video a man was showing another man (who was middle aged and somewhat bald) this submarine-like thing; I don't actually remember what it was that he was showing. Then he asked that bald guy if he was excited, and Mr. Baldie replied, in the most serious way, "I am Super Excited!" But he elongated the s sounds, so it came out, "I am ssssssuper exssssssited." For the rest of the class, my table partner and I kept saying, "I AM SSSSSSUPER EXSSSSSSITED!!!!" because that's just how we roll.
VIvian
P.S. My friend gave me 3 chocolate chip cookies! Today is a good day.
P.P.S. I was flipping through my physics textbook and stumbled across a picture of a guy in short shorts, like the guy in that first video. I think I'm starting to sense a running theme here...
P.P.S. As much as I admire the male physique, I still think guys look just fine with their clothes on, don't you think? I'm not really into the whole Taylor Lautner thing. Keep your shirt on man. Just keep it on. :)
Wednesday, October 13, 2010
YAYYYYY
If you know me well, you would know that I hate technology and technology hates me. Detests me. Despises me.
It's a mutual thing.
BUT I finally managed to make the subscribe via email little gadget thing to the left of the poll (I had half a mind to bust out some Beyonce and start singing, To the left, to the left). SO SUBSCRIBE or else all my hard work will have been in vain :(
Also, you'll miss out on doses of craziness. Everyone needs doses of craziness and I happen to have too much of it and would be more than happy to share it with you people.
CHECK YOUR SPAM if you don't receive the emails after subscribing. Sometimes they come a couple hours late.
Vivian
It's a mutual thing.
BUT I finally managed to make the subscribe via email little gadget thing to the left of the poll (I had half a mind to bust out some Beyonce and start singing, To the left, to the left). SO SUBSCRIBE or else all my hard work will have been in vain :(
Also, you'll miss out on doses of craziness. Everyone needs doses of craziness and I happen to have too much of it and would be more than happy to share it with you people.
CHECK YOUR SPAM if you don't receive the emails after subscribing. Sometimes they come a couple hours late.
Vivian
Thursday, October 7, 2010
Blame my DNA
Good evening peoples!
My friend told me how his mom always yells at him because he's "not smart enough" or "not good-looking enough" (by the way, a mom should NEVER say that her kid is ugly. Just saying). She moans and groans over the fact that his memory maybe isn't the best and he doesn't learn as quickly as she would like him to. Heck, she even criticized him for the pimples on the side of his face.
Did you notice that every single one of these criticisms involves a trait that he can't actually a control? In fact, all of these characteristics are genetic. Biologically speaking, half of his DNA comes from his mom, and half from his dad. So inborn traits like bad memory...well, it's not his "fault"; it's either his dad's "fault" or his mom's. So isn't his mom kind of criticizing herself (or her husband)? It's one thing if she had said, "I wish you would work a bit harder" or "be more responsible." That is a reasonable request. It's another matter altogether to blame one's own child for innate qualities like not having a "good memory."
I love parents. I think that they are generally fantastic and wonderful and without them, more kids would die from drunk driving, STD's, and other bad mistakes. I am grateful for parents and their guidance. But I wish the more critical parents would stop and think a bit before they mindlessly insult their own kids - and in the process, unintentionally insult themselves.
Vivian
My friend told me how his mom always yells at him because he's "not smart enough" or "not good-looking enough" (by the way, a mom should NEVER say that her kid is ugly. Just saying). She moans and groans over the fact that his memory maybe isn't the best and he doesn't learn as quickly as she would like him to. Heck, she even criticized him for the pimples on the side of his face.
Did you notice that every single one of these criticisms involves a trait that he can't actually a control? In fact, all of these characteristics are genetic. Biologically speaking, half of his DNA comes from his mom, and half from his dad. So inborn traits like bad memory...well, it's not his "fault"; it's either his dad's "fault" or his mom's. So isn't his mom kind of criticizing herself (or her husband)? It's one thing if she had said, "I wish you would work a bit harder" or "be more responsible." That is a reasonable request. It's another matter altogether to blame one's own child for innate qualities like not having a "good memory."
I love parents. I think that they are generally fantastic and wonderful and without them, more kids would die from drunk driving, STD's, and other bad mistakes. I am grateful for parents and their guidance. But I wish the more critical parents would stop and think a bit before they mindlessly insult their own kids - and in the process, unintentionally insult themselves.
Vivian
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
The Physics Video That Taught Me Everything But Physics
A few days ago I watched a physics video that, as the title suggested, was fascinating but not particularly helpful to my comprehension of physics. It wasn't the video's fault - I swear - it's just that I kept getting so distracted by little things that I simply was unable to focus on the physics aspect of the video.
For one thing, because it was teaching the concepts of projectiles and "force" on an object, it showed a bunch of athletes running around throwing discs and stuff. I dont' know the actual name for the sport; I just recall a bunch of very athletic men (no women, sadly) throwing balls and discs. These men were unintentionally distraacting in two ways: First of all, they wore really. short. shorts. Guys should NEVER wear short shorts. I cannot reiterate that enough. Guys wearing short shorts is just...wrong. I know of no other way to say it. Second of all, these wonderful young men grunted eaach time they hurled something in the air, which sent the class in a fit of hysterics. I kept wanting to run up to the TV and yell at the screen, hey, guys, take it easy all right?
Also, the video showed segments of Galileo Galilei (by the way, isn't that the most bizarre name? Hilarious but bizarre. Imagine being a parent and introducing your kid to other parents: "Hey everyone. Meet my kid, Galileo Galilei) walking around looking very old and solemn. I wonder how much they paid the actor to dress in a robe, put on a long Dumbledore-esque white beard/wig, and pace his "study room" looking wise and knowledgeable. Do you guys ever wonder hwo much they pay people to be in those science videos? I've always wondered that. Probably also a reason why I never do well when teachers give quizzes on these videos, because I'm always too busy thinking about this stuff.
Well, that's all for today. And if you any of you know the answer to the whole "How much do they pay science video actors" PLEASE LET ME KNOW BECAUSE I WANT TO KNOW SO BADLY.
Vivian
For one thing, because it was teaching the concepts of projectiles and "force" on an object, it showed a bunch of athletes running around throwing discs and stuff. I dont' know the actual name for the sport; I just recall a bunch of very athletic men (no women, sadly) throwing balls and discs. These men were unintentionally distraacting in two ways: First of all, they wore really. short. shorts. Guys should NEVER wear short shorts. I cannot reiterate that enough. Guys wearing short shorts is just...wrong. I know of no other way to say it. Second of all, these wonderful young men grunted eaach time they hurled something in the air, which sent the class in a fit of hysterics. I kept wanting to run up to the TV and yell at the screen, hey, guys, take it easy all right?
Also, the video showed segments of Galileo Galilei (by the way, isn't that the most bizarre name? Hilarious but bizarre. Imagine being a parent and introducing your kid to other parents: "Hey everyone. Meet my kid, Galileo Galilei) walking around looking very old and solemn. I wonder how much they paid the actor to dress in a robe, put on a long Dumbledore-esque white beard/wig, and pace his "study room" looking wise and knowledgeable. Do you guys ever wonder hwo much they pay people to be in those science videos? I've always wondered that. Probably also a reason why I never do well when teachers give quizzes on these videos, because I'm always too busy thinking about this stuff.
Well, that's all for today. And if you any of you know the answer to the whole "How much do they pay science video actors" PLEASE LET ME KNOW BECAUSE I WANT TO KNOW SO BADLY.
Vivian
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