Christmas Break

Oh dear. Once again I have neglected this blog. To be honest before Christmas break I had this plan to blog everyday even if the posts were only a couple of sentences or a funny quote I found. Then Christmas break arrived and I didn't want to do anything. For a while the morning consisted of video games (Super Paper Mario for the Wii to be precise) and the afternoon consisted of sitting in front of my computer and watching videos while I made bracelets for my friends. A majority of the time I wasn't sure what to watch and would sit in front of the computer and thing "Bored!" and then watch more videos. The main problem was that I really needed to read the forty pages of reading I was supposed to for AP Psychology. Don't worry I read it but most of it I read yesterday. In fact pretty much everything I should have done right away I did yesterday. Not the best planning right there but at least I had one really productive day.

Well I hope you had a fantastic Christmas and New Year. My was relaxing and just good until I got to the point of "I really need to do something productive but I really don't want to." I hope school goes well for those of us in school and work goes well for those that are working.

My first day of school was so slow. My schedule was: off, math, off, economics, off, psych. So I had multiple breaks which was probably good for my sanity but I didn't have anything to do which made it extremely slow. I have a quiz tomorrow which I'm kinda bummed about but I'm not too worried about it.

Sorry if this is a really random post. I'm waiting for the parking lot to be less crowded so I can leave. I refuse to leave when everybody else does because there is a very good chance that I will get hit and I don't really want to get hit. So I'm waiting and that is why this post is really random. My bad.

Well anyway I think I can leave now so have a great rest of your day!
~Scooby

Christmas Colors

Red and green are Christmas colors. When I see them together I automatically think "Christmas! Yeah!" It's just the way it is. Red and green are Christmas colors. Not purple or blue or macaroni yellow. But why not? Well that's the thought I had so I thought I would google it and save you the trouble looking for the answer.

So one website says there are two reasons for these two colors being the official Christmas colors. 

1. Green was seen as the symbol of life before Jesus was born. They would cut down trees and put them in their house during winter to symbolize that they are still alive despite the harsh weather (Christmas tree history right there too...your welcome). The Romans would hang up holly wreaths during a festival called natalis solis invicti (“birth of the invincible sun") in order to welcome back the sun and warm weather. They celebrated these holidays on December 25th. There are also other pagan holidays that contributed to the colors but there isn't much more information about them.  
2. Many of the traditions previously mentioned occur after the death of Jesus too. They are amplified when the green color is seen more as eternal life. Red was also added more with red berries and apples to symbolize the blood Jesus shed.

That's all I really want to share and is the majority of what I found. If you want more here (<-- click that word right there) is a website that you can hear more details that I got bored with because my music is distracting me from focusing on it. 
 
Well I hope you enjoyed that short little background on the colors of Christmas. I don't know about you but it makes me feel better knowing that there is an actual reason red and green are the colors and not just some random colors people decided looked cool together.
~Scooby 

The Fort

Talk about ridiculous prices, creepy old guy, food, dressing up, Waugh and gift, and singing ladies plus magically appearing food and sneaky waiters and waitress saying thank you very much to every one and thanking us. Think of singing "please don't eat me" from dragon song in avpm while eating

So as I said in my previous post I had a Christmas party on the first with some family friends. Every year we get together and we trade off going to each others house. This year it was our friend who is really big into Christmas. When I was younger she would always buy us each at least 10 presents. She still does now just not as much because we got rid of the gift exchange part. Anyway this time she decided to take us to The Fort. The Fort is a very fancy restaurant where two people can easily spend over $100.

This be the place.

 So before we actually left I asked my parents if I needed to dress up. The response: "YES!" I couldn't even wear jeans! That's my life! If you don't know me I hate dressing up. It's a pain in the butt. My normal outfit consists of jeans, a T-shirt, and a hoodie (socks and tennis shoes as well). My hair is also up in a pony tail and no make-up is on my face. When I'm home and know I'm not going anywhere I will where sweats instead of jeans and slippers. Anyway they said I could wear some black pants I had but I really didn't want to because they always have cat hair on them and aren't that comfortable and I'm all about comfort. So I decided if I had to go to this place and dress up it was all or nothing. Since my parents wouldn't let me wear sweats I went with a dress. I even straightened my hair and put on some makeup (I used my friend's boots that I borrowed at one point and haven't given back yet....oops). I brought clothes to change into for when we went back to her house because I refused to stay in that outfit longer than I had to.

The food:
Well once everything started we got drinks (I got water because after looking at the prices of their appetizers I was afraid their drinks would be really expensive too). We got an appetizer that had three different kinds of sausage on it. The one I had tasted like chili to me. Kinda weird. Then we got our main meals (I got filet mignon) it was very good and like $40 dollars. Ridiculous. Absolutely ridiculous. The first time I got the menu I wanted to know if they had a kids meal because I would be fine with that. Well let's just say my father said no to that too. The food was really good though. I'm not a big steak fan but that was good stuff. I would eat that again. My father got a full rack of ribs and I kid you not the stack was as big as my head. There was a lot of food and that was good too. The vegetables were also really good which impressed me because normally I will pass on them at a restaurant.



The Atmosphere:
There was this Mountain Man there that would sneak up behind you and just stand there until you turned around. The only way you would know that he was there is when the people around you would tell you. At first I didn't think he was a mountain man...I thought he was a strange Santa Claus because he had the beard and everything except for the clothes. I was confused. He was rather creepy.



There was also this group of four ladies that would go around singing Christmas carols at each table. That was really cool. They were good too.

The Service:
The service was very good (probably part of the reason it is so expensive there). You got an appetizer menu and once you were done eating your appetizer they would take your dirty dishes and give you new dishes for the rest of your meal. I was really confused at first because they took my knife and fork. When we got our main meal they gave us a different knife that seemed rather sharp to me. You would also be eating and then suddenly see that more food arrived and be really confused as to how it got there and if a waiter/waitress put it there. It was magical. Like the tables at Hogwarts. Our waitress also kept saying "Thank you very much" after we ordered. It seemed strange to me because you are the one making us the food we should be thanking you (granted it isn't free by any means but your still giving us good food). Plus it was weird because she said it to every person and it got really repetive.

Other:
After we were done eating we were given this pieces of paper. Some of the said that if you went to their store you would get a gift. So we went to the shop and got a block of fancy chocolate. That was nice. On the paper the word "Waugh" was written which I didn't really understand why it was there. Maybe that is somebody's name. When I googled it there was an author with that last name and a Waugh school district and a bunch of other people.

The prices were ridiculous in my mind. You didn't get any more food than you would in any other place yet you spent at least $40 unless you were a vegetarian. If you're a vegetarian and you get their vegetarian dish that is $20. Vegetarians for the win!

While I was eating my meal I got a song stuck in my head. It is a Starkid song called "The Dragon Song." Before I share the video you should know that the only part of the song that was stuck in my head was when he sings "So please don't eat me." I was singing "please don't eat me" in my head while I was eating my meat. Sigh. How does that even happen? On the video I would go to 5:45 if you don't want to watch that much and actually want to know what I'm talking about. If you want to watch the whole video go for it!

That was my adventure at The Fort. Sorry this post was rather long.
~Scooby

Survey Time!

So my friend who also has a blog tagged me and my other friend who has a blog to do this survey (you should go check out their blogs here and here!). I think I talked about them before. How their blogs are super pretty and that's why I want mine to be pretty. Remember? No well okay then.

Before I actually do the survey I have to say that I never thought I would get tagged to do this by having a blog. I mean I know that this happens in emails and on Facebook and sometimes people that vlog do it too but I just never really thought it would happen to me. Strange.

Okay. Let the fun/games begin/commence (I couldn't decide which words I wanted to use don't judge!)

If Abe Lincoln and George Washington got into a fight who’d win?
Well let's see George Washington had teeth made of gold, ivory, lead, and animal/human teeth. So he could chomp through any defenses Abe would have...unless Abe's hat was some special material that protected him from gold, ivory, lead, and teeth. If it was today though I'm not sure because they would both have to be zombies. Wait! Is this like an actual fight or like an argument? Be more specific! I'm probably thinking about this way too much...oh well.

Are you dating anyone?

Oh wait. You were serious? No I'm not. In fact I will probably end up living alone and being the crazy cat lady in your neighborhood. I have however thought about having a fake boyfriend and seeing how everybody would react.

Love at first sight?

This kind of confuses me because when you meet somebody you normally go out on a date right? So you don't actually fall in love with them right when you see them. You don't randomly see a stranger and then get married do you? If so (and your happy) cool, congrats! I just find it unlikely.

What do you think about love? If single, what are you looking for?

Love. I love Italian food. It's so good. Oh. Not that kind of love? Well it's good when it works out but it causes a lot of problems while making it work out or while searching for it. What am I looking for? I don't know somebody nice, funny, tall, and doesn't mind my strangeness and makes me happy I guess.

If zombies are dead, how can they walk? Their bodies shouldn’t function at all.
Because they are magical.

What's on your mind RIGHT NOW?

Ack! Put on the spot! Um...um...Christmas! I need to make my blog all Christmasy (when you see this post the blog should already be pretty) and my parents are putting up decorations as a type. Except I'm rather upset because its December and its 60 degrees out. What is this nonsense!?

If you had a snail that could magically grant wishes, what would you name it?
Snaily the Magical Snail of Happiness. SMSH for short.

What makes you the happiest?

I really like watching a movie or reading a book while its snowing outside and I have a blanket on and a cat laying on me a cup of hot cider next to me and a fire going in the fireplace. Yep I like that.

You collect....
Erasers (pretty much any office supply). I used to collect rocks when I was younger...I don't know what happened to all of them but there were a lot. I make bracelets? Does that count? No...oh darn.

Let me guess, you're blond.

You would be wrong! So ha! Your not as smart as you thought you were!

Someone just stole your ice cream cone!
Well that's rude. They owe me an ice cream cone! But I'll probably rant about it and then forget about it.

Where do you want to be in 5 years?

Graduating college with an internship or an idea of what I'm going to do or go.

What's a quirky thing about you?

I have no idea. You'd have to ask somebody that knows me about that.

What is your guilty pleasure?
Oh gosh. Maybe the videos I watch on youtube. They are mainly vlogs by dudes that are like 21 and sing and create cool stuff and make me jealous of their lives.

What are common things that are said to you?

"You're good at listening" "kedkjdkjddkjf" "Stop!" "You wear tie dye everyday" "Wear it! Please! It will be so cute!" "I hate you!!! ...but not really."

What's an embarrassing moment?

I would talk to myself at work? Oh! Skype told me that someone messaged me so I looked and there was nothing there. So I messaged them anyway and confused that person with my confusion.

Do you like to party?
 Depends on the party. It can't be super crazy or I think I will probably feel sick or just out of it. If we like have a normal party without screaming and such sure they can be fun. Just not everyday...that's too much.

If you had the chance to go back in time for 24 hours, where and when would you go?
Oh gosh. I have no idea. Oh! I know! When and where Jesus was born! Bam!

Who do you like better, Bill or Ted? Why?
Hmm I'm going to go with Bill just because I could call him Billy and that's part of the name Billy Bob Joe Bob. Also now the name Ted reminds me of the movie Ted which I haven't seen and don't want to see.

What's your favorite type of soda?
I don't drink soda. I drink pop. Just kidding. I'm not really picky the only one's I don't like are Coke and Pepsi. My favorite could be Mountain Dew I guess.

What is one thing you'd change about yourself?

More confidence maybe.

If you were on death row, what would your last meal be?
If I was dying would I really be thinking about what kind of food I want? Well let's say Italian food. If I'm going to be really specific I would have lasagna from the Italian restaurant I went to in Lake Tahoe (that is a city don't worry) that was the best lasagna I had in my life.

You have the choice to live with a gorilla who knows sign language or a dog who sings lullabies, which do you choose?
Dog because they have already taught some monkeys to know sign language so a dog that can sing would be more unique.

What did you do yesterday?
I watched videos and then went to The Fort for a Christmas party with some family friends. More on that in a later post.

Any last comments or questions?
This is a very strange survey. Where do people find these things?

What would chairs look like if our knees were on the back of our legs?
There probably just wouldn't be a back. If there was then it would be in the middle of the chair and there would be elevated somewhat so that ur legs could fit underneath it. Try thinking about how we would have to walk...weird.

~Scooby

It's Only September!

On my way to church this morning we had a Christian radio station playing in our car. At first I wasn't paying much attention to the music. Then I realized I liked the song and got happy. I got so excited that I even said "Oh!" out loud. Before I could say anything else I realized why I got so happy. It was a Christmas song that was playing.

A Christmas song...in September. What?!

Okay I really love Christmas music but I also think that it should only be played at a certain time. That time is after Thanksgiving. Why? Because we should focus on every holiday equally not just the one's that make us the happiest. Don't skip over Thanksgiving just because you don't have anything to sell to people. Think about the commercials for Thanksgiving. "Be thankful for what you have! But your rug looks worn down and you should get a new one." They can't really advertise Thanksgiving so they skip over it. Not okay, but I digress.

Why does this bug me so much? Well I'm glad you asked.

1. As I have already pointed out its only September. We haven't even come close to thinking about Halloween for crying out loud!
2. The Christmas songs they were playing on this Christian radio station weren't Christian. Now I don't think all Christmas music should be about Jesus. Some of my favorite Christmas songs aren't about Jesus. I just think that a Christian radio station should be able to a Christian Christmas song. I heard three Christmas songs on this station and none of them were about Jesus. 

The radio station did explain that they are randomly playing Christmas songs only this weekend. They explained that they are doing this because its been a hot summer and they are playing Christmas music to help us mentally cool down. Like our brains were going to explode because it's not Christmas yet. Well whatever it was an interesting surprise and I don't listen to that station very much so I guess I'll survive.

Do you need to mentally cool down? Well here you go:

~Scooby

P.S. Until I get smarter at videos you are going to have to deal with awkwardly sized videos.