So I'm kind of psychotic about if I'm going to get angry messages from people when I post a picture or something or mention a book or post a video or anything else in that matter. Why? Copyright that's why. It confuses me so much and I'm not really sure what I'm allowed to do or say and what I'm not.
Because of these issues I thought I would share this video with you that pretty much explains my feelings on this matter.
Yes. That is how I feel and yes that was Darren Criss who is now Blaine in Glee. Now then this video is by Starkid who I have recently become obsessed with. They had Darren Criss before Glee and they have done some amazing stuff that is awesome and funny. Will you be hearing more about them? Probably.
~Scooby
P.S. So maybe my situation isn't quite the same as there's was. They took their stuff down because they did a musical on Harry Potter and had to make sure there weren't any copyright issues. They got so much attention which is why they got worried. Yeah I'm not taking this down and I'm not nearly that popular (I'm pretty sure the only people that read this are people I know).
So before I go off on a tangent I'm going to say what needs to be said. HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Gobble Gobble
Yes I know that's tomorrow but I probably won't get the chance to say it tomorrow so I'm saying it now. Deal with it.
So thanksgiving break for me started really at 8:20 AM Friday last week. Why such an odd time? Well I will tell you why. SDYC was this last weekend and I went to that (that stands for Southern District Youth Conference. It's this big conference (imagine that) where youth (wow strange that's part of the name too) go to worship and learn more about God. We left on Friday around 11 AM. Will you be hearing more about this conference? Well I would like to tell you more but I probably won't. I had a test first hour that day and couldn't make it up the day before because I was making up another test I would be missing. So I went to school for the first hour to take the test (AP Biology test...not fun) and then left.
I planned on getting a lot done over thanksgiving break. I had planned on making like 4 bracelets, reading a book, finishing with college, and doing all my homework in the first two days. I had also planned on blogging everyday. Well I finished 2 bracelets, read half my book, did some college but not a lot, and haven't even started my homework. Obviously I haven't been blogging everyday either. That sounds like something so simple to do. Just share a video or something dumb that happened and post it. Hurray! Easy peasy.
Easy peasy lemon squeezy
Well turns out its not that easy. See some stuff happened in my life that caused that to happen. The main one is that iTunes hates me and decided to stop working. There was an update for my iPod so I tried to do that but I had to get the newest version of iTunes. So I did that thinking "Well at least I will be all updated." Then when I tried to update my iPod it said "Couldn't connect to iPod server." Well when I read that I was like what and just tried it again and as you can probably guess it still didn't work. Oh I couldn't sync my iPod either.
My look when it said it couldn't connect to iPod server.
So I googled and everything I found was too smart for me to do or I didn't understand what they were talking about. So I told my father and he tried all this stuff and that didn't work so he emailed the iTunes people. Well when they replied they told him to try everything he already tried. Thanks that was really helpful...not. So my father downloaded the newest version of iTunes onto his computer and I was so impatient that I went and updated my iPod on his computer. Well I lost all my music, apps, and videos by doing that. I still have all my pictures though which is very strange to me but whatever. I got very frustrated when this happened because well iTunes on my computer didn't have any music or videos or anything because he uninstalled and reinstalled so it was blank.
Stupid Apple
My father found all my music and stuff though and put that on iTunes. Still can't sync my iPod though so I have an iTunes that is rather useless and can't use my iPod for anything I really want to use it for. So my father was on my computer for a good amount of time so I couldn't use it (I suppose I could have used his computer...oops).
I also watched the first three Pirates of the Caribbean movies. I learned that I don't really like them because they are so gross and strange...but they are so good! I finished watching the third one today and well it took me 6 hours to watch the whole thing (I was interupted many times and had to leave the house to do errands...hurray (<-- read in sarcastic tone)). That was fun and I finished some bracelets during that time.
While I was doing my errands there was one dude that annoyed me. I was stopped because the light turned yellow and the dude behind me wanted to turn right. I was the only person in front of him and I was going to straight so normally he would have to wait for me to go before he could go. Well when I looked in my rear view mirror he was all like "You have got to be kidding me". That didn't bug me though because I tend to get that reaction a lot. What bugged me was that he started to turn his wheel and went up on the curve to get past me and turn. Really? Come on now.
Because of this dude I have decided to share this video with you about driving. Note: It is a series with 10 episodes and this is the fourth episode. It is probably my newest and shortest obsession. You should watch it. Anyway this explains the rules of the road because I think the world needs to be reminded about how to drive.
I found that quite amusing and maybe it will remind you to be careful when traveling. Enjoy Thanksgiving!
~Scooby
Well as you can tell from the title this post is going to be blog talk (although I don't really think I know what that is). In this post I am going to share some of my feeling as I have watched the stats grow and do there thing.
First things first viewers. So Blogger has this nifty world map thingy that says how many viewers you have from different countries. The top one, of course, is always America. Considering how I live in America that makes sense. What confuses me though is all the other countries that actually see it. Those tend to vary constantly and normally have only like one view. How does that work if you are actually reading it? I mean, if you speak another language? Does it automatically change the language for you or are you really skilled and can read English? I think it probably changes for you automatically but that makes me wonder if there could be a translation error? For example, if I say "mer" how does that translate? Basically if I make a word up (which I do frequently) how does that translate?
The whole translation error wondering on my part makes me think of this fun link I found while I was bored. Basically it is this website where you write something and it translates it into 20 languages and then back to your own language. It's like the game telephone that you play where you whisper something into somebodies ear and and then they pass it on and by the time the last person hears it the phrase is something totally strange that it isn't even close to what it was in the first place. It's very fun, especially if you write a very strange story. Click here to enjoy this amazing website. I think I might have fixed this by adding a translation thing on the side. I tried it and it was pretty cool.
Next is views. Now I tend to pay attention to the views of certain posts more than the total views the blog has. I noticed that my Micro Gum Packs! had a whole lot more than all my other posts. I'm pretty sure this is because of the pictures on it (you'd be surprised at how much people search for a picture of gum packs). So be expecting more pictures.
Just because it needs a picture and I hope you are saying this to yourself.
Well there's my questioning this whole blogging thing. I hope I didn't confuse you (if anything I probably made you think I'm and idiot...oh well).
~Scooby
So um...I don't know if I should admit this or not but I found myself actually enjoying this and laughing at it. Especially at the end and when the guy was chasing a rooster. Nothing says gangster like chasing a rooster right? Haha so funny.
Oh yeah and lets not forget the lines "this song is groovy groovy." That may be true but considering how you're acting I don't think you should really be saying that. Just a thought. Along with "okey dokey" I think you've got a really tough song here guys...not.
Now lets get to the plot of the music video. Yes, there is a plot (I didn't notice until somebody pointed it out to me). The first dude steals the diamonds from those business looking guys (why the left the diamonds alone I have no idea). He shows it to his friend who is eating a lollipop...yes also very tough. They try to open it and get caught with the diamonds because he holds up like the monkey in the lion king.
Yes just like this.
They give it to another dude and a bunch of other nonsense happens that I don't really follow. All I really know is that there are a ton of suitcases (and of course the dude chasing the rooster...very cool).
There is also the dude that has a gone and is all confident and then when he pulls the trigger it fails. And then the people that were pointing a gun at him start beating him up? Seriously?! You could have shot him! They didn't even do a very good job at beating him up either. When you see him later he is limping (why I don't know it didn't even look like they were hitting his legs anywhere) and his lip is bleeding. Oh poor baby! Don't worry your face is still pretty even though it shouldn't be.
I like the ending though because they fail at the end and then turn on each other. Much better. Except the high pitched girl voices and screams didn't help. Oh well you were close.
Does the video make sense? No not really but I still enjoyed it because it was goofy. Just the way I like it.
~Scooby
P.S. This is the same group I did my other post on (NalinA what?) and I didn't know that until somebody told me that. It all made so much more sense!
I am currently in one of our computer labs for zoology. We are supposed to do a research paper on some topic of some animal you pick. Descriptive, I know. When I first heard about the paper I wanted to do an ocelot. However, with more research on them I could find a specific topic that would work to write 3-5 pages on.
This is an ocelot. They are so pretty!
I have now decided (thanks to our sub who is quite helpful surprisingly because she is a vet) that I will talk about an endangered animal and how to help preserve its habitat and stuff like that (yes, I know I'm being very descriptive like I always am...not!)
I have narrowed it down to either a Red panda
Aren't they so cute!?
or a clouded leopard.
I love their tail!
I'm not really sure which one I'm going to do but it will probably depend on whether or not one of my classmates does the red panda or not.
This class has been very nice we pretty much just looked up cool animals and found some very interesting species.
This is an Axolotl also known as a Mexican walking fish.
Well hope you enjoyed this random post. If you know of another really cool animal tell me about it or just admire it. Animals are awesome!
~Scooby
P.S. I "updated" my blog for the holidays. I don't really know if I really like it or not but I kind of decided I liked this one the best so I'm going to stick with it until Christmas. It's kind of bright but that means its like the leaves on trees right now! I don't know.
Happy Halloween everybody! I hope you have a super day and get lots of candy! So just a heads up I probably won't be changing the design until the week of thanksgiving so don't get mad at me if my blog is still celebrating Halloween even though its been over for a few weeks. Also probably won't be blogging much either (I got lucky today and did this during my off hour).
In the spirit of Halloween here is one of my favorite things during the holiday season...dancing lights! This one is to Gangnam Style by PSY if you didn't read the title of it already. It is kpop but if you haven't heard it, well it's very popular and you must be out of it (they played this at my homecoming).
Well thank you for visiting and I found this video too since it's a shorter post than normal and Halloween should be a fun holiday for everyone (even if your not in America). It's really quite interesting just stare at the swirly thing for 40 seconds and try not to fall asleep...I almost fell asleep so see if you can do better than me. Good luck!
I'm back!! Did you think I had gone forever and would never come back? Well never fear I am back and ready to rant! Hurray for rants! Oh wait! Before I do that...have you forgotten who I am? Well I'm not really going to say who I am but I will catch you up on what has been happening in my life (even if you don't really care).
Let's see the last post is Fun Facts About Life (Part 2) which means school must have just started. Oh yes, that's why I have been neglecting this blog. Well let's get started then shall we?
School started and took over my life. How? Well with all the homework the teachers have given me and the clubs I decided to join. The classes are actually classes that you have to think in (unlike some of the classes people I know are taking so they are just cruising there way through school all happy with no homework). There are a couple of AP classes in there (I'm still not sure if that was a good idea on my part) and then government. Oh government. Government as you can probably guess is about politics and the US constitution and all sorts of that good stuff that I am clueless on and really don't care that much about (probably not good considering I live in the US...oh well). So I have been struggling a lot more than normal to keep my grades up in government and the AP classes which is rather frustrating and annoying. Oh! I almost forgot about zoology. We have very little grades in that class and we turned in this journal of our labs and what not and he graded it. Well the teacher is a lot more picky than it would seem. For example, he took points off on me for not coloring I drew in my notes while we were dissecting it. Normally I wouldn't care that much but the jellyfish was clear. CLEAR! How the heck am I supposed to color something that is clear? Sigh silly teacher.
Continuing with sill teachers...teachers are mean. They say, and I quote, "Make this the best year you can!" So I think to myself okay cool I will try to go to every event and just have a great time. But then the teacher follows up with: "Here's your homework." *falls off of chair* Seriously? I can't do everything if you keep giving me a ton of homework! Ugh.
As for the clubs well I am currently in Culinary Club, Anime Club, and National Honor Society, and Drama (kinda sorta...I will elaborate in a bit don't you worry). I helped my friend last year make an Anime Club and it's really pretty cool. They people are very interesting and have a lot of character that makes it fun to get to know them. In the club we really just watch animes so overall it's a good time. I helped some of my friends make a culinary club this year too. That's also a good club because you make good food and I really like food. I don't understand why anybody wouldn't want to join that club because it's food. Who doesn't like food?! National Honor Society is really easy there's only one meeting a month and that just tells you about volunteer opportunities. It's good for me that I sing at my church and get all my hours there so I don't really have to worry about that one very much. And then there is drama club. Okay. So I have gone to a meeting and helped with the set (for like an hour). I was going to do more but before I actually started going to meetings (well...a meeting) I was busy. I can't remember with what, probably school, but I was busy. Then I was going to help with the set (because I can't act so I'm going to help build the set) after school for a week!...but then I got sick...Oops. So Drama is the one that I really need to start doing more, don't worry, I am working on that.
Then there's work (there is a more detailed post about this I just haven't finished it yet...sorry). I close on Friday's and work in the middle of the day on Saturday. That is (was) my main homework doing time. Now I do like an hour of homework here and there...it's such a struggle. Then on Sunday I have church (which is good and am never going to stop going to) and youth group...so that means I have very little time on Sunday to do homework. (I think this paragraph was supposed to be about work and not be complaining about not having time to do homework...oh well).
Oh yeah, did I mention that I missed a week of school because I was sick? I didn't? Well I missed a week of school because I was sick. Luckily I didn't really miss anything and stayed on top of it while I was home (I also watched the Lorax =) it was fun...I really just said that so the smiley didn't have a double chin).
Now I am on fall break! Hurray! I have no idea what I'm going to do but maybe I will be able to post stuff and rants. We'll see what happens.
Well that's been my life for the last month or so. I probably forgot something but that's just how it goes. I was going to rant about some stuff or share stuff I have discovered throughout but well this post is already rather long so there you go.
~Scooby
P.S. Do you like the design? Yes, I like the holidays I might even post about them so there is your teaser to come back again...I don't know.
