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tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-42801439588227660902018-03-02T09:45:57.198-07:00The InsomniacDream a little bigger.Northhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-4280143958822766090.post-19413793934448384992013-05-15T14:18:00.000-06:002013-05-15T14:18:11.417-06:00Moving!

Greetings, readers! I apologize for my absence these past couple of months. It's a little pathetic, really. I ran into a few problems with this blog page that stopped me from writing, so my friend Riley S kindly put together a new blog for me. I'll move my old posts over to this new blog eventually. I have to do a few small things first, like graduate. Riley is absolutely amazing, and can up with the idea to start a blog together called Smiles No Matter. My friend Scooby will also be collaborating on this project.

You can follow my new blog here: This Blog Name Was Stolen

You can follow the optimistic/perspective/insights blog here: Smiles No Matter :)

Please keep in mind that both blogs are just starting up, but content will be posted regularly. Readers, keep being awesome.

I just found this picture completely adorable. Cheers!

Northhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-4280143958822766090.post-19758980839756279862012-12-02T12:57:00.001-07:002012-12-02T17:14:58.183-07:00Survey Survey!Because I had nothing better to do at 1 am. Except I'm posting it now, because I fell asleep before I finished it.

If Abe Lincoln and George Washington got into a fight who'd win?
That's a silly question. Everyone knows Abe is a super star vampire slayer. Did you see him swinging that ax in the commercials? Someone needs to study up on their history.

Are you dating anyone?

Nopers.

Love at first sight?

It can happen! At least I think so.

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

If it happens it happens. It isn't something that should be forced. Like I don't want to date just for the sake of dating. It should have deeper meaning than that, and there should be both an emotional and an intellectual connection. It'd be nice to date someone that can hold a good conversation. I don't like being clingy either, there should be mutual trust in a relationship. It'd also be nice if he had a quirky sense of humor...like me! Well he'd probably be funnier than me, I'm not terribly funny. But falling in love unexpectedly, for someone you'd never thought you'd like, that's cool to.

If zombies are dead, how can they walk? Their bodies shouldn't function at all.
My pancreas doesn't work. That's a life sustaining organ. So technically that makes me part zombie? Bam. Question take down.

What's on your mind RIGHT NOW?

Does everyone see the color blue as the exact same color as me? Like is it possible for different people to see the same color but see it in a slightly different shade? Maybe my thoughts only makes sense to me. Right, I was filling out a survey here.

If you had a snail that could magically grant wishes, what would you name it?
I wouldn't use one of my wishes to name a snail. If anything the snail would be trying to sell me something. It'd probably try to convince me to buy Crocs or something. Or a lifetime supply of Mountain Dew, which I haven't had for years. No, it would be selling a litter of abandoned puppies that I don't have enough money to buy. That would be sad. That snail wouldn't grant me a wish. And he would be named Sheldon.

What makes you the happiest?

Drinking tea/coffee with a blanket and reading a good book. Running or listening to music. Being surrounded by nature. I love nature. Annnd being creative (yay writing!) or helping others out.

You collect....
Comics, quotes, postcards, buttons/pins

Let me guess, you're blond.

Ouch...that's ok. Technically I'm Strawberry-blond.

Someone just stole your ice cream cone!
Oh. Well that's okay, whatever. If they want to be mean that's their problem.

Where do you want to be in 5 years?

Graduated from college. I'd like to have a husky! Maybe grow my own garden. Hopefully by then I would've seen more of the world. I'd like to have a job of course. Hopefully I'll still be writing.

What's a quirky thing about you?

Hold on, let me get the list out. I'm just full of quirky. I like eating my fruit cold. I always move the apples to the refrigerator to keep them cold. And sometimes I'm oddly energetic.
What is your guilty pleasure?
Fuzzy socks. Fuzzy blankets.

What are common things that are said to you?

"Try to concentrate." "Spacey much?" "You smile too much." "That's random." "You're very quiet sometimes." "Answer your phone/Did you get my text?" "You're...very excited today. Did you have coffee?" "Are you sure you won't get lost? Never mind, just leave your house really early." "That's a different perspective." "You're good at listening."

What's an embarrassing moment?

I was listening to a comedian on my ipod at the pool and I couldn't stop laughing. Everyone must have thought I was crazy, since they just saw me listening to my ipod. Good times...

Do you like to party?

I'm more of an introvert, but I love meeting new people and going to parties. And dancing! But I like books.

If you had the chance to go back in time for 24 hours, where and when would you go?
Paris. 1920's. I'd walk around Paris in the rain. I'd meet F. Scot Fitzgerald and Zelda, Ernest Hemingway, maybe Josephine Baker or Picasso. No, actually I'd like to meet Shakespeare and Jane Austen.

Who do you like better, Bill or Ted? Why?
Ted. It sounds like a friendlier name. Reminds me of a teddy bear.

What's your favorite type of soda?
Diet Dr. Pepper! Most people think it's Diet Coke, but that's because it's usually the only diet drink available.

What is one thing you'd change about yourself?

My sneeze. It's very loud.

If you were on death row, what would your last meal be?
Ahhh why am I on death row? I'd probably eat ice cream or guacamole and a burrito. Mexican food is delish.

You have the choice to live with a gorilla who knows sign language or a dog who sings lullabies, which do you choose?
Dog! I'm a dog person. Monkeys scare me.

What did you do yesterday?
Make an angry face at my dog to see if her facial expression would change. Then smile, to see her reaction. That made my day. My dog just got really excited and thought she was getting a treat. She got one. That's probably a weird thing to do, but it was fun.

Any last comments or questions?
Snails are more awkward than turtles. Awkward snail.

What would chairs look like if our knees were on the back of our legs?
I'm trying to picture this in my head...I can't. Wait. We end on this? Aw.

Northhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-4280143958822766090.post-43064875351110977392012-12-02T09:08:00.000-07:002012-12-02T10:48:42.533-07:00The Pancake FlopWell at least we didn't burn the school down.

My partner and I attempted to make paleo pumpkin pancakes. Basically they just didn't have flour in them. It was a recipe my culinary teacher made up, since she doesn't eat grains or anything processed. While everyone made fluffy crepes, we had volunteered to make this special recipe.

Let's just say it was a mess. While our pancakes were far from light and fluffy, we did manage to melt the spatula. The butter didn't melt all the way either, so the batter was questionable. Both my partner and I were hesitant to try our experiment. My teacher, however, was brave enough to try it. She liked it, or at least pretended to for our sake. Honestly, I'm not sure they were safe to eat.

I like to cook. I like to make food for people, because it makes people happy. It's like a hobby. This pancake flop was the first time I had really failed at cooking. And this, readers, is not acceptable. Nope. Nopers. Nope. Of course this left me with only option: make the pancakes at home to prove that I can still, in fact, cook. Proceed carefully.

I followed the steps precisely. You couldn't flip over the pancakes because of the no-flour thing. I broke this rule and flipped them anyways. You know, since I'm such a rebel. But last time I tried to cook them at culinary they were a half-burned, half-under cooked mess. Some sort of mutant creature from planet Don't Make Me Eat That.

Success! The pumpkin pancakes were actually edible. Most of them. And now my confidence in my cooking has been somewhat restored. Kinda. But that's not the point. They were pretty good pancakes. Mistakes have never tasted so great.

Two days later I'll look back at this post and think Really? Did I really write that? Paleo pumpkin pancakes. Maybe I was just really hungry when I wrote this. Moving on...

In that case, I leave you with a random song.

Favorite quotes: "It's unstoppable!" "Save us from the lumpy thing!"
Priceless.

Northhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-4280143958822766090.post-14319168286069355102012-12-01T22:01:00.001-07:002012-12-02T10:17:19.654-07:00Why Run a 5K?It's hard to believe all that's happened this year. The holidays often make us think of past years, our last Thanksgiving or Christmas, or the people that were with us then. I've changed so much since last December. Christmas, after all, was right before my life unraveled. I was totally unprepared for what I was about to go through. If you've read Battlefield, this is probably old news. As for an update, I have done some volunteering, went on a walk for diabetes, and have good control once more.

I just read a story about a 6 year old girl who almost died from diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA). She was thought to have the flu, but it was diabetes that was making her sick. DKA is caused by extremely elevated blood sugars and usually requires immediate hospitalization. The doctors told her family to say their goodbyes, she had been losing consciousness, but luckily she was able to pull through. It's hard to hear others go through struggles like that-it's devastating for a family. No parent wants to have their child go through that.

I had a similar experience with severe DKA a couple months ago, and my body almost shut down. It's this experience that caused me to become fearful, and to give up the fight you might have read in Battlefield. It took me till early October to tell my parents about the experience; I was home alone when it happened. My parents knew that I was suffering from anxiety (turns out it was blood sugar related) and not checking my blood sugar. They didn't know about the heart issues or how my vision would blur. Or how my muscles would freeze up every night, and the mornings I woke up numb and confused. A couple days after the experience, I didn't know how to bring it up to them. At first I didn't want them to worry. Then I felt like it was too late to talk about it. I should have been hospitalized for DKA that day, but instead I accidentally overdosed in a hazy panic to lower my blood sugar. Overdosing caused me to have a severe hypoglycemic episode, and that's when it got dangerous. All the insulin hit at once.

I almost fell asleep, the crash caused me to be become disoriented. Somehow I got myself up and wandered downstairs and into the garage. Almost lost consciousness there and started to go back to my room, but I couldn't walk straight or keep my balance. Or bend my fingers, I had no use of them. I didn't realize my situation until I lost my sense of touch and taste. My tongue was strangely tingly, and the sensation itself was overpowering. My blood was nearly the consistency of water when I pricked my finger. Even though I knew now what was happening, I couldn't open any of the containers. I couldn't lift the milk container, so I dropped it, and I started to forget what I was doing. Eventually I was able to find something that wasn't in a package or a container, and at that point had to practically inhale sugar. At one point I picked up a phone, but had trouble pressing the buttons and remembering any numbers. Basically I was a 100 year old woman with a 17 year old soul. Or a mindless zombie, searching for sugar instead of flesh. Take your pick.

By the time my parents got home in the evening, my blood sugars were in the 200's and I was exhausted. The rest you probably know. But if I had fallen asleep in my bed, which I almost did, my parents probably wouldn't have found me in time. Considering my symptoms, the amount of time it took for my blood sugar to rise, and the fact my meter couldn't even register my blood sugar at first, there's no way I could have woken up on my own. I almost blacked out several times in the kitchen, which would've been safer because it would've been obvious that I was unconscious and not simply sleeping.

So I decided a couple months ago to run a 5K. I've always been afraid to run a 5K because of my diabetes and the risk involved. But I can't truly say diabetes doesn't stop me from anything until I do. So now I'm turning into a health nut, and I'm going to run the 5K in the spring. Diabetes has taught me not only to value life, but to persevere and to be ambitious. In order for there to be change, there needs to be action. Wishing didn't change my situation, but action did. It's hard, and you have to face your demons, but it's worth it. And I'm not perfect. I can be stubborn. Occasionally I need someone to throw bricks at my head. I avoid conflict like the plague, though conflict usually isn't a problem. I can be too quiet at times, sometimes too hyper. But I'm always learning, and that's how it should be. I laugh at my mistakes all the time, I make lots of them. I'm fine being imperfect, because life isn't about being perfect. It's about creating moments, helping others, and enjoying the small things. It's about a journey with no destination. I'm so thankful to be healthy again, to be able to feel like myself, and I'm thankful for amazing family and friends. I could have avoided so many health problems if I had only been open with my parents, and that's a lesson I'll never forget.

I guess most people figure there's only one major hill to get over in life, just one challenge, and then everything will be fine. But often times we're put through trial after trial before we come into the clear. I'm in the clear, and I'm running.

Northhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-4280143958822766090.post-18967468357760817332012-11-16T18:15:00.001-07:002012-11-16T19:16:39.785-07:00LostSee that person over there? Yeah, the one that's reading that map upside-down. Kinda has a confused look. Holding a cup of coffee in one hand. Ohhh, that's going to be hard to clean up. That person just dropped their coffee. Wow. What a klutz. I'm pretty sure some of the coffee even got on the map. That's embarrassing.

Who is that person?

Well, that would be me.

As I mentioned before in my Why North? post, I am very directionally-challenged. That is, if "directionally-challenged" is a word. I make up words sometimes. It's okay. Shakespeare made up words too. Words such as blushing, jaded, lonely, zany and worthless. But I'm getting off on a tangent.

Wednesday night. 5:30 pm.

My friend and I are driving on the highway. We were on our way to go to our youth leader's house. Wait, weren't we supposed to get off on I-25? Check the phone. Oh. This is bad. Hold on, the phone's rerouting.

Siri: Turn right at the next exit.
Me: Okay. Okay. Siri knows what to do.
Friend: Yeah, let's trust Siri!
Me: So glad we have Siri. Siri won't panic.
Friend: Yeah.
Me: Yeah.

Friend: Is that an airplane?
Me: I think we're heading to the airport...

20 minutes later. Now in Look a Cow, Colorado. In other words...in the middle of nowhere.

Siri: Turn right and return to civilization as soon as possible.
Friend: Why are we always getting lost?
Me: It's me, I know it. I'm a bad luck charm. I'm always getting lost.
Siri: Are you listening to me anymore? Turn right. Listen to me.
Friend: Remember that time we got lost going to so and so's house?
Siri: I DEMAND ATTENTION. TURN RIGHT ON TO THE CLOSED ROAD.
Me: We lost Siri. Now what?

10 minutes later.

Friend: We found it! We found the house!
*Insert excitement here*
Siri: Continue 1.3 miles and turn right to arrive at your destination.

Moral of this short story...uh...don't trust Siri.

Northhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-4280143958822766090.post-37610612221096346692012-09-28T17:27:00.000-06:002012-12-02T10:08:13.804-07:00BattlefieldA short break from the usually not very serious, sometimes quirky posts that are found on this blog.

 Living with diabetes is a constant balancing act: balancing blood sugars, insulin doses, carb counting, site changes, always making sure you have your supplies. I'd be lying if I told you that I had been in control of my diabetes for the past year. I promised myself when I was diagnosed that I would never allow my type 1 diabetes to control me or prevent me from doing what I love. I kept this promise for 9 years, living a healthy and active lifestyle, until this last year. I lost my balance.

As junior year progressed I allowed my blood sugars to slip out of control. I wasn't sleeping well and was stressed over my classes, so I began to forget about checking my blood sugar and giving myself insulin doses. I made it through 1st semester finals, but soon afterwards everything went downhill. Most people think that being diabetic means a few shots a day and a change in diet, when in reality it affects every aspect of a person's life. My blood sugar range was anywhere from 50-600's. To translate, a diabetic nightmare. Low blood sugars really put a whole new meaning to "being out of it". When you're blood sugars are low, it can be hard to even formulate words or think clearly. I was in the mid-high 600's when I was diagnosed with diabetes. If I wasn't low, my blood sugar was at least 300, and towards the end of the semester it was in the 400's. I felt sick all summer and 2nd semester, and some days even the most simple tasks seemed impossible. It got to the point where I never wanted to check my blood sugar, because I didn't want to see that 600 or HI displayed on my meter. I tried not to eat for a short while, but I eat a low-carb diet anyways and that made little difference. The stomach pains, the irregular heartbeat and low energy levels to the inability to concentrate and nausea only made it that much harder for me to push through my classes. By the time I was done with that chemistry final I was in full zombie mode.

Living a life centered around a balancing act had become increasingly frustrating. Letting my diabetes go haywire was my attempt at trying to forget I was diabetic. As if not taking care of it would make life simple again. After reading through several diabetic blogs (D-blogs) I realized that there are a lot of type 1's out there that have had thought about giving up control, "another way to look at it is if you were driving along the busy highway and decided, 'this has been an awfully long drive I think I will just STOP' well you can stop if you want, you know how to stop- just step on the breaks, however, with that come the consequences of a. being a badly injured or b. dying. You can't just stop on the highway without consequences" (Kayla's Life Notes). I can't figure out how to say it any better than Kayla.

I didn't let myself believe that my diabetes was out of control. I tried to re-balance my blood sugar many times, only to lean too far right or left and end up feeling like my efforts made no difference. My control has been better since the summer, but it's far from great.

I realize now that I've never been an advocate for myself. I never tell my teachers if my blood sugar is high or low unless I really have to, and figure I'll be fine taking that test with a high blood sugar. The reason is that I don't want to make my disease an excuse for doing poor on a test, for explaining my behavior when experiencing a severe blood sugar, or use it as an excuse for constantly tripping over words when talking to a stranger. I've had a lot of people, as in 5 or 6, tell me that that they never realized I was diabetic until this school year now that I've started checking my blood sugar more. It's just something I never talk much about unless I'm asked, even though it's something I think about constantly.

The thing that bothers me the most is that I'm blessed enough to have all the supplies I need to keep my diabetes in control and yet there are underprivileged kids with this genetic disease that don't have access to this technology. I have this technology and hardly used it. I'm blessed to have a supportive family, blessed to have a pump, to have insulin. I let my diabetes attack me because I was tired of fighting an uphill battle, but it's no excuse for being stubborn. I've had this disease for 10 years after all.

Everything happens for a reason, and my struggle with diabetes has made me stronger. Diabetes changed me, and inspired me to help others and be more involved in the diabetic community-whether it's the online community or in real life. Or educate those that don't know anything about the disease. I remember feeling so lost when I was first diagnosed; I felt blind and isolated. If I can help at least one person by sharing my experiences, then that's enough. Adding to the list: participating in more research studies and volunteer opportunities that come my way. Maybe I'll even me a counselor at a type 1 diabetes camp for children. Or as a career, become a nutritionist or dietitian.

Sharing this post, my experience, is motivation to get back on track. And in a way it's also a public declaration of my intention of keeping that promise I made to myself when I was younger. While it's impossible for any diabetic to have perfect control of their blood sugars, it doesn't mean we have to give up on our own dreams or goals or let diabetes control us and who we are. I didn't have a choice in living with type 1 diabetes-no one would choose this disease. But I do have a choice in my attitude. I can spend every day asking the question why do I have to be diabetic? or I can live every day by being an example of how someone can live his/her life to the fullest and overcomes every day challenges with a positive attitude. Diabetes doesn't define me, I won't let it define me, and I won't allow it control my life again. Life's a battlefield-but diabetes isn't going to take me down.Northhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-4280143958822766090.post-86269620247933773102012-09-26T21:53:00.002-06:002012-09-26T22:03:59.916-06:00CountrifyIn celebration of finally finding my lost ipod, which was hiding behind the printer, I've decided to post a few of my favorite country songs. I used to dislike country in middle school, but somewhere between braces and glasses to contacts and driving a car, country music became one of my favorite genres. Not saying I'm all out country-there's still some songs that are a little too bluegrass for me. But there are some decent songs. Don't believe me? Then I urge you to listen to some of the songs below. Listed in no particular order. Oh and ipod, it's so good to have you back. Thanks for disappearing for a few weeks.

Boondocks by Little Big Town

Take a Back Road by Rodney Atkins

American Saturday Night by Brad Paisley

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Stuck Like Glue by Sugarland

This music video...so funny yet disturbing!

Boondocks by Little Big Town

A Little More Country Than That by Easton Corbin

Northhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-4280143958822766090.post-78877044768991776992012-09-20T15:02:00.000-06:002012-09-21T23:16:19.263-06:00Wacky Tacky

My English teacher dressed up as a hippie today. I didn't recognize that it was her blowing bubbles while sitting on a blue rug by my classroom door. She was even wearing a wig. I thought the bongos were a nice touch.

Today's theme for Homecoming week was decades day. Most people wore tie dye or dressed as a hippie, some senior girls went cavewoman. I saw a Clint Eastwood on Monday-Western day. Some guy dressed up as a pirate. Chicken Fried by Zac Band Brown was played in almost every class, which I'm cool with. That's quality music right there. It's one of my favorite songs actually. And you know your Government teacher has a sense of humor when he plays the Barbie Girl song on Wacky Tacky day.

My hearing will most likely by permanently impaired on Friday, when the senior girls have the privilege of scaring the freshies and running through the halls screaming and cheering as loud as possible. No doubt almost every car in the parking lot will be tagged with "13ow Down," "Obey" and "Sennniiors" before school evens starts. Not to mention the assembly, which involves the senior class shouting down the rest of the school and beating the freshmen, sophomores and juniors at every game. It's just tradition. Being a senior definitely has it's benefits.

Today also happens to be my birthday, no biggie. But unlike my peers, I'm not spending the night TPing the Junior girls. Instead, I have been busy talking to representatives at an insulin pump fair. It's not as bad as it sounds. I won't bore you with details, but I'm pretty excited about getting a new pump. You can only get a new pump every 4-5 years because of insurance and whatnot, so it's a huge decision. Biggest hang-up? What color I should get. I'm thinking either blue or pink. I was surprised, this pump actually looks like it was invented sometime during this decade. Improvement!

Northhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-4280143958822766090.post-36313849461010848172012-09-16T18:12:00.000-06:002012-09-21T23:31:41.568-06:00Ikea-izedWhile we're on the topic of nonsense words, I'd just like to announce that my house is slowly becoming Ikea-ized. Another new word to add to the dictionary, but there's not really a better way to describe this trend.

Ikea is a Swedish store that sells everything you could possibly need to furnish a house, and it even has it's own grocery store. The key word here is Swedish. My family couldn't resist. The store is extremely large-I'm convinced that there's several customers that get lost in there and never see the light of day again. Which isn't that big of a problem, Ikea has everything you could possibly need and want. You could become an Ikean, sleep on a different bed every night and eat Swedish meatballs to your heart's content. I never liked their Swedish meatballs, but most people like them. Eventually so many people would get lost in this maze of furniture you could create your own little town. The person that has been living there the longest gets to be mayor.

Back to my Ikea-ized house. First it was the recliners, then the curtains, then part of the basement and then the couch. I open up the cupboard-bam! Every package is written in Swedish. Or almost every package. Welches has been replaced by Sylt Lingon, regular chips by Uffa Da chips. My backpack has not escaped from this takeover, Ikea is written all over it. My drawing pad also sports a nice and somewhat large Ikea label. Not saying that I don't like Ikea. It has some cool stuff for really good price. And besides Swedish hot dogs, mashed potatoes and meatballs-the food is pretty decent. Well, the foods I've tried.

So, who all wants to play hide-n-seek in Ikea?

Yet another question: what would happen if you released all these cats in a Ikea store...?

Northhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-4280143958822766090.post-88600532175106456502012-09-15T20:28:00.001-06:002012-09-22T12:19:24.665-06:00Nonsense

I just really like this picture. So fantasical.

3'o clock am. What am I doing? No, that was a rhetorical question. Good guess though-I do actually own a How to Rule the World handbook, but I was reading something else at the time. In fact, I was going through the poems I had written my sophomore year. Some of them are rather embarrassing, and I'm determined to rewrite these poems fairly soon. However I did come across one poem that I really like. The poem was inspired by the infamous poem, The Jabberwocky, by Lewis Carroll. Carroll's poem puts mine to shame, but I shall post mine nonetheless. Basically the poem is filled with made-up words, or "nonsense" words that tell a story. The Jabberwocky is one of my favorite poems. There's your random nerd fact of the day. Well here it goes, my sad attempt at trying to be poetic.

In Kingdom Trimel

By: Me

'Tis brentance that tele this tale,

Of despicady,

And maht.

It was a sable day,

And everyone was in a quick-quack.

For the kimble king was to return,

With the mayen men and his bride-to-be,

The new quare queen!

There was to be a japperlappy festival,

To celebrate this minsoval.

With songs of Jipah, and foods from Tilak.

No one could disagree,

That this was an impopan day indeed.

The plar, however, was in a rage.

Nothing was going right.

The cook had zipare,

And the mufamees and the relarees could not play.

For their prized ringazings belahcoos would not ring.

Among this qiffsta and qiffle,

Was a yuppster lad named Dave.

Unlike everyone else,

He was warifee and wagadee.

It was he that would save the day.

Now Dave wasn't a cesier or a therince.

Our hero was about as ablain as ablain can be.

He just happened to know a few things.

By now you've probably guessed,

That Dave cured the cook,

And fixed the belahcoos so that they sang.

He did just that, and much more.

Dave, the ablain yuppster,

Who used to live just down the lane,

Saved the kimble king at the festival

When he about drank a sikud drang.

If the king had drank the drang,

There would have been many treves,

In the kingdom Trimel,

Mourning over the end of King Armel.

Now the yuppster lad is no longer ablain,

He is a hero.

We call him Dave.

Simple and nonsensical. I'm such a poet.

Northhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-4280143958822766090.post-35170410576317420812012-09-07T15:09:00.000-06:002012-09-07T15:11:17.830-06:00On the RadioYou know that moment. You're driving in the car, humming along to a familiar song, when suddenly a brand new song pops up on the radio. And it's pretty catchy. By the end of the little tune you already decided that it's your new favorite song. I mean, it just sounds so good! For the rest of the day that song is stuck in your head. You don't even know who is the singer is, haven't heard his voice before, but it's a super addicting song. The first thing you do when you get home is look up the song, hoping to find it on radio's website so you could figure out the name and title.

And that's when the embarrassing truth is uncovered. Your new favorite song? Boyfriend....by Justin Bieber. As Jane from 27 Dresses puts it, I felt "like my favorite love song was written about a sandwich." This, of course, was awhile back when the song first came out. I'm not a Bieber-hater or "Belieber" but his songs just really aren't my style. My current favorite bands have been Imagine Dragons and Mumford & Sons, just so you know.

I have also recently discovered Spotify-which is some "social" radio that is connected to Facebook and spams all of your friends with every song you listen to. It's really quite nice...except for the spamming thing. Spotify has become my new iTunes, so I suppose that qualifies as my latest addiction. Seriously...my Spotify library grows by about 30 songs per day. Guess this is what happens when you're suddenly without insane amounts of homework. I need to get a life. I mean, a nerd without any homework? Now I actually have time to do things after school...

I'll just spend the next hour or so adding new songs to my library while I think of things to do with my life.

Northhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-4280143958822766090.post-10047817154573614072012-08-23T21:05:00.000-06:002012-09-24T14:02:48.832-06:00Common QuestionsA post on common questions people ask me about having diabetes...this is probably the best introduction I've ever written for a post. Go me :D

...On the Pump

My pump model-so fashionable

Can you play games on that? Always asked by the guys. Sorry it doesn't have pacman on it...you'll have to resort to the games on your graphing calculator to survive another hour of math.

Is that a pager? Okay, okay. I know my pump looks like it was made in the 90's or whatever, but what teenager uses a pager? Ah what can I say...I'm behind the times.

What happens if I press that button? Depends on which button you're pointing to. I don't recommend pressing random buttons-it'll yell at you if you do. No really, it gets angry and makes lots of beeping noises. Might explain why some people think its a pager.

...Are you sure you can't play games on that? Um, yeah. Kinda disappointing.

....On Everything Else

Does that pokey-thing hurt? My poker is a device I use to draw blood to check my blood sugar throughout the day. You get used to it, although it can leave scars on your fingers if you're not careful.

Woah that's a cool device thing! Can I check my blood sugar? If you want to, I'd have to change the needles for sanitation reasons.

Actually I changed my mind! I'm freaking out. I'll just watch you do it. That's fine too.

Will you die if you eat too much sugar? Technically, yes. Very few diabetics die from high blood sugars though. I'd have to eat an unreasonable amount of sugar without giving myself insulin and get extremely sick as a result. High blood sugars aren't as dangerous as low blood sugars-it's a very very slim risk. I'd realize my blood sugar was way too high before that could happen. Anyways, best to stay away from the super sugary foods in general (aka regular pop, doughnuts, anything screaming HEY CARBS EAT ME! I don't eat all that cake I bake and decorate-I just like making cakepops and food for people).

So what are low and high blood sugars like? Ah I could write several posts on this...so I'll just sum it up.

 Low blood sugars (60 or below)-Impaired judgement, dizziness, confusion, trembling, fatigue, anxiety, inability to focus, numbness in mouth and tongue (can cause slurred speech or just harder to communicate in general), etc...

 High blood sugars (180 or above)-Increased thirst, fatigue, difficulty concentrating, abdominal pain, just totally out of it etc..

Wait, there's two types? Most people know there are two types but don't know the difference. And there are some that don't know there are two types at all. Type 1 (the one I have) is genetic, Type 2 is related to obesity but some thin people are known to get it.

Do you miss being non-diabetic? To be honest I don't really remember what it's like not having diabetes! Can't miss what you don't know-although a cure for diabetes would be amazing.

What is your lowest and highest blood sugar? Occasionally every diabetic will have an "off" day (or week) blood sugar wise. My lowest blood sugar was a 20 (happened a couple years ago), my highest being 600 (happened when my pump site didn't work and I didn't realize it). Normal blood sugars are in the 100's. Those were extreme cases!

How long have you had diabetes? 10 years now! Today is my anniversary-hence the post.
Northhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-4280143958822766090.post-34376465036858177582012-08-22T23:20:00.000-06:002012-08-23T21:52:34.042-06:0010th AnniversaryAs of tomorrow, I will have had type 1 diabetes for 10 years.

10 years ago I had no clue what it meant to have Type 1 diabetes. I hardly knew that the disease existed. When the doctor said that from now on, my life was going to be completely different, my 7 year old self couldn't quite grasp the reality of the situation. I saw the concern on my parents' faces-I knew how sick I'd been.

I was both confused and scared when I received the news. I was even a little relieved to finally have answers, and to be rid of my biggest fears of what my illness meant. Then I figured that the disease would simply disappear after awhile and the rest would just be an awful nightmare. I wanted to go back to how things were, but it soon became clear this wasn't going to happen. The disease, unfortunately, stuck.

My parents had their work cut out for them. They were the ones that had to give me the shots, remind me to check my blood sugar, to push me into a routine, and to teach me to live a completely different lifestyle. And to be honest, I probably didn't make it much easier for them at the time. I really respect my parents. They were the ones that really helped me understand my situation and grow from it. They have always supported me through the highs and the lows (no pun intended). And I'm blessed to be able to benefit from the medicine and technology that keeps me healthy today. Diabetes affects every aspect of a person's life-emotionally, physically and even socially sometimes. However, having diabetes has caused me to become more aware of my health. It's taught me some valuable lessons-some were hard lessons to learn.

Mostly I'm just thankful that my brother and cousin, both who are at risk for diabetes, haven't developed the disease. Hopefully they never will. And who knows, maybe someday I'll be able to say that I had Diabetes.

Northhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-4280143958822766090.post-45172580309537573252012-08-21T22:40:00.000-06:002012-08-22T22:42:12.069-06:00Way to GoSecond day of your last year of high school! How did it go?

I kept tripping on flat ground today. Not to self: don't buy cute flip flops if they happen to be a little too big for your feet. Doesn't work out. Go figure! I tripped about 5 or 6 times today, that's almost a record for me. I got flat-tired a couple of times in the halls too. Klutz with over sized flip flops = klutz just might do a face plant on the sidewalk. Not that I actually did a faceplant...no really!

To wear the cute flip flops or not to wear the cute flip flops? That is the question...

Exhibit A: Obviously a high quality picture

The wear on the flip flops is the result of me tripping multiple times. Way to go me, way to go.

Northhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-4280143958822766090.post-77250766511386120192012-08-19T21:13:00.001-06:002012-08-20T18:56:14.248-06:00Night Owl

About sums up my week

If I could have conversations with my brain....

1:00 am

Brain: Hey. Hey guess what.

Me: It's one o' clock, I'm going to bed. What?

Brain: Ha! That's funny, because that's not going to happen. Pulling an all-nighter tonight!

Me: There's work tomorrow, remember? I need to sleep.

2:00 am

Brain: You can't go to sleep yet!

Me: Didn't you see the clock? I'm tired, let me sleep.

Brain: No. Not happening.

Me: You do realize school starts this Monday?

Brain: Oh shush. Don't complain, go clean your room or something. Honestly, it's a mess.

3:00 am

Me: Okay, really tired now. I cleaned my room.

Brain: You know you've been doing a lot of conversations in your posts lately. Like this one. You should try to be more creative.

Me: Fine, fine. Can I please sleep?

Brain: I'll think about it.

4:00 am

Brain: What's the meaning of life?

Me: 42. Do you know what's crucial to survival?

Brain: Uh, coffee. Obviously.

Me: This is exactly why I've been staying away from caffeine this summer.

5:30 am

Brain: Sheldor the Conqueror. AFK. That was a great episode.

Me: Stop thinking of Big Bang Theory quotes and let me sleep. Please?

Brain: A neutron walks into a bar and asks how much for a drink. The bartender replies "for you, no charge". Ha! I liked that episode too.

Me: You're impossible.

Brain: If you don't mind, I'd like to stop listening to you and start talking.

6:00 am

Brain: I give you permission to sleep now. Have a nice nap. I'll wake you up in four hours.

Northhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-4280143958822766090.post-4661059803080556492012-08-16T21:27:00.003-06:002012-08-23T21:37:37.281-06:00Why North?It's about time I explained the reason behind my pen name, North. Often times in novels, when a character travels south, it is usually a forewarning that their experiences or plans are about to go haywire. South is the direction that you don't want to go, if you happen to be a character in a book. North then, is the direction that one wants to take in life. North is the direction you want to follow. North being truthful, loyal, sincere, etc, etc. I hope that by the time the last chapter of my life is written, my life will ultimately point North. And as a Christian, I know God has many plans for my life.

I won't insult your intelligence by explaining how north relates to travel. When I was little, as soon as I heard that we were going to take a trip, the first item to pack was always my journal. I wanted to write down every detail-everything I saw and learned on what, to me, was a new and exciting adventure. I knew that by writing down all that I experienced I would keep those memories forever, sealed in black ink. As St. Augustine put it, "the world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page". Traveling has opened my mind and has made me more aware of my world. Sure, I haven't traveled all over the globe, but that doesn't mean my experiences were any less real.

Traveling has sparked other interests in my life as well. Not only does it feed my curiosity and encourage me in my writing, but it has given me an interest to study other cultures. A couple summers ago, I spoke with a bilingual man that knew Hawaiian. He told me that learning a second language was one of the best decisions of his life. As he put it, "learning two languages allows you to see the world in a different light. You see a tree, but you also see a kumula'au1. You can express yourself in ways that you never knew you could before, and communicate with people that you otherwise wouldn't have been able to." He was interesting to talk to, and it was sometime after that I began to seriously think about becoming fluent in another language.

In short, North represents my love for writing, my faith, and my curiosity about the world around me. Of course, it was only after I picked this name did I realize the irony in it.

I'm directionally-challenged. I get lost all the time...I'll blame google maps for this.

1 Hawaiian name for tree

Northhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-4280143958822766090.post-66272769457386104122012-08-11T13:36:00.000-06:002012-08-19T21:24:35.423-06:002:00 in the MorningSchool starts in a week. And I, being the overachiever that I am, didn't finish my summer homework. Actually I lost the entire packet. I came to this realization last night at 2 in the morning. Since I wasn't going to be getting much sleep anyways, I decided that looking for said packet was my only option.

Spoiler Alert! I didn't find the packet. Really the only thing I accomplished was destroying what once was a fairly clean and organized closet. I did, however, find several items I didn't realize I had.

Things I discovered:

1. A license plate.
2. A twilight book? Wait what. That is definitely not mine. Anyone want it?
3. A shoe I painted in 5th grade (for an art project)
4. Narnia
5. An old collection of CDs. Score!
6. Yeah I didn't really find anything that exciting. I was pretty happy about finding the CDs.

After I successfully tore apart both my closet and desk, I figured it was about time to use the help line. I now have the summer reading packet, thanks to a friend. And now I must end this rather pointless post to read a book on 'How to Read Literature'.

This really is an awful post. I should make it a personal goal not to write after getting only a few hours of sleep. So Reader, here's a random song to listen to.

I have this song on my ipod. It's pretty great.Northhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-4280143958822766090.post-46146245972380284702012-08-10T15:56:00.000-06:002012-08-19T21:25:00.226-06:007 feet, 5 inches"It says here your daughter is 7 feet, 5 inches tall. We were just calling because we're fairly sure that this in inaccurate."

"Oh it's always been hard finding clothes for my daughter. It's a nightmare trying to find shoes for her. I'm kidding. She's really 5 feet, 7 inches. I can't believe she did that! I'm sorry."

This was a very recent phone conversation my mom had with one of the ladies at the office. Seniors had to give their height at registration-for when we put on those black robes and throw caps into the air. I don't know what was going on in my head when I was at the graduation table. My blood sugar must have been low at the time, either that or I was talking to friends while filling out the forms. Needless to say, I got teased about this. Not that I mind at all. I actually find the whole situation pretty funny. After all, I've always been the tall one in the bunch. It's scary to think that I'm going off to college this time next year. I'm sure my parents, and the office ladies, are thinking exactly the same thing.Northhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-4280143958822766090.post-77504642928107728432012-08-07T21:26:00.001-06:002012-08-21T18:09:41.088-06:00Abstract ThinkerI was given a fairly simple task to complete. Put the 3x4 puzzle box together while being timed. Simple. The puzzle pieces I had to use for this puzzle were oddly shaped and twisty. They resembled giant french fries really.

"People with concrete thinking often do very well for this activity. It will test how well you can put 3-D objects together," explained the test overseer. "If you don't test well for this then you're an abstract thinker." This was just one of the many hands-on activities I had to complete for my aptitude test. The test tells you what your natural abilities are, and that will help in figuring out a career. It even tests your tonal and design memory. As someone who has no idea what to do with their life after high school, this was the test I desperately needed to take.

It was about a minute into this particular test when my confidence started to waiver. Thirty seconds later, several pieces fit together. Success! I turned each block over in my hand, trying to ignore the fact the test overseer now had a very bored expression on her face and was attempting to casually glance at the timer in her hand. Three more french fry blocks to put in place. I felt very accomplished by the time the blocks once again formed a cube. Sure I had a rough start, but I think I made up for the lost time in the end. I just might be a concrete thinker after all.

And then the overseer set out a new puzzle box, this one more complicated. I can easily do this.

I figured it out. Eventually. Although I was totally focused on the puzzle, I'm fairly certain my test overseer got a good nap in while I was at war with the french fry blocks.

Stick figures-I'm, like, so artist

Turns out abstract thinking is typical for people who are good at subjects like English, history and psychology. Abstract thinkers reflect on events and ideas. For example, if there was a female athlete was running while holding a torch the concrete thinker would see the painting in the "here and now." Concrete thinkers are more likely to see the athlete simply as she appeared to be, while an abstract thinker would look at the painting and argue it reflected the painter's values as the woman and torch represented The Statue of Liberty.

And on another note, did you know that the cubicle didn't get it's name from it's shape? It's name is actually derived from the Latin word cubiculum, which means bed chamber. Fun fact.Northhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-4280143958822766090.post-62569996216828806042012-08-05T21:42:00.001-06:002012-08-05T21:42:34.939-06:00Workin' It

So my official job title is technically "Gate Guard". It sounds a lot more important than it actually is. Basically I make sure people sign in at the pool, get the occasional band-aid, that sort of thing. Most of the time I just read a book and avoid the sun as much as possible. Apparently having light skin, strawberry-blond hair and blue eyes is a recipe for sunburns, blisters, and lots of aloe. One thing you'll never hear someone say at the pool, "Nice sunburn! Dang, I wish I could burn like that". And despite having 75 spf sunscreen, I'm not going to take any chances.

Oh, did I mention the Weasley family goes to my pool regularly? Yep, you heard be right. Even got a couple autographs. I love my job.

Okay, okay fine. I lied. I didn't get an autograph... and I might have lied about meething the Weasleys too. Sorry. But hey, they could still be a ginger wizard family! You never know. After all, they never seem to get sunburned. They must have found the ultimate sunscreen of sunscreens, or they use magic to protect their skin from the sun. I'm convinced it's the magic.

Sadly, summer is almost over. I have to pick up my schedule of school soon. But on a happy note, I haven't gotten sunburned! I have completed one of my goals for this summer. Mission accomplished.

Post inspired by: Entertaining puppets with bulging eyes.

Northhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-4280143958822766090.post-58524159764220200342012-07-31T13:41:00.003-06:002012-08-06T00:58:54.866-06:00Hey You!Hey You! Hey You, come back here! Oh sorry, I'm not talking to you. Hey You, get out of the bushes! That's a bad dog.

The other day I was out walking my dogs when I met someone new on the trail. She was an elderly lady out walking her cute little dog. And her dog had the coolest name-Hey You. Not only did the dog have the best name ever, but it was also a Westie. Westies are one of my favorite breeds, as are Huskies and Shi-tzus. I used to have a Westie when I was little. He liked to eat the couch.

Anyways, Hey You was just about the most adorable thing I've ever seen. He inspired me to name my next dog Hey You...not that I'm planning on getting another tiny fur ball anytime soon. Bowser would also be a fun name for a really small breed of dog. I think it would be cute, but maybe that's the nerd side of me that's talking. I love the Mario characters.

Hey You! (sadly I didn't get an actual picture of him...)

It rained on little on the walk, but it lasted only a couple of minutes. And there was a rainbow!

No rain, no rainbow

New Discovery: White Teacup Poms. Mini Harp Seals in disguise?
If you buy one, name it Bowser for me. Please. Pretty please.

Northhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-4280143958822766090.post-62002340129214490522012-07-04T21:37:00.000-06:002012-08-07T21:38:47.277-06:00Squirrels are Weird

Don't get me wrong, squirrels are adorable. And really fluffly. That was a typo, I meant to write fluffy. But honestly I like the sound of fluffly better so I'm not going to correct it.

My neighborhood is overrun with dozens of these furry ADD creatures, Even better? They love to mess with people. Specifically me. When I'm driving. And no, I did not accidentally run a squirrel over with my car. However, squirrels will randomly run in front of my car whenever I'm in the neighborhood.

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRSgfDZoIDo&t=1m50s

(couldn't upload the video)

Sometimes the squirrels just like to sit in front of my car, in the middle of the road, and stare at me. This happened to me a couple of days ago. I was driving down my street when one squirrel romped across the road and ran under a parked car, then saw my car coming and suddenly decided the middle of the road was a much better place to hang out. And then we just kinda sat there staring at each other.

It moved...five minutes later.

I'm starting to think it's the same squirrel that's been running in front of my car. It happens all the time. In fact, it's probably the same squirrel that stole my dog's dog bone last year. I looked out the window one day to see a squirrel running across my fence with my dog's bone in its mouth.

Or it could be the squirrel that was stealing jelly beans at the Easter egg hunt. It was eating a handful of candy in a tree. Hopefully no one got rabies. It was kinda insane, although that might have been because of all the sugar it consumed. Pretty sure it was Twitchy's cousin.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ck8fY-haMc&feature=player_embedded

Squirrels are weird. And entertaining. But weird.Northhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-4280143958822766090.post-70959749859319074192012-06-12T17:04:00.000-06:002012-08-17T21:16:15.887-06:00The Sun is Shining!

"Morning! It's morning everyone! The sun is shining..."

The sun really isn't shining. It's evening. I just felt it was necessary to insert a Finding Nemo quote somewhere in this post. Why? Because it's a good movie, that's why. And guys, I'm free! Summer is here, no more school! Actually I've been out since Memorial Day, I just sorta forgot to blog and tell you guys that I'm alive. I know most of you probably assumed I didn't survive finals, so I hope that you're happy to find that I'm still alive and well. Oh, and my summer has been going great. I've been babysitting a couple of days. Lost a couple rounds of connect the dots to a 1st grader, but let's not talk about that. I also have another job, and I'm starting an internship on Monday. It's also been rainy here in Colorado, the weather here changes every 5 minutes. And this is probably going to be the shortest post I've ever written. Awww yeah.

Congrats, you've now been updated! I give you permission to go do something else now. Like, read a book or something. That's what I'm gonna do anyways. Northhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-4280143958822766090.post-41355701991349363952012-04-12T21:25:00.000-06:002012-08-17T22:43:42.873-06:00Read it with Passion!

"The plays' the thing wherin I'll catch the conscience of the king." Act II Scene ii

"Read it with passion, Jared!" It's only 8:00 in the morning, but it looks like one of us had already made multiple trips to Starbucks before class started. How could a person have so much energy this early in the morning? I glanced over at my teacher, Mrs. F, who held a plastic sword and was pointing it at a stricken student in the front row. We were currently in the process of assigning roles for our dramatic reading of the day, and my teacher was choosing her victims carefully. Mrs. F made Jared practice his lines several times before she was satisfied with his performance. Welcome to my first hour English class. Yesterday Mrs. F stood on a desk waving scissors around her head as she read the infamous poem, "The Rape of the Lock" (no-it's not what you think, some girl just gets part of her hair cut off). We now refer to scissors as forfexs in that class.

For the past couple of weeks, however, the focus of our studies has been Hamlet. Hamlet is one of my teacher's favorite works, which is apparent by her enthusiasm. She is satisfied with our dramatic readings only when we have disrupted the class next door, "louder, louder! You're supposed to be angry here! Make me believe it!" My teacher is known for being one of the most passionate teachers in the school.

Mrs. F swung her sword again, almost hitting a student. "Fabulous job, just fabulous!" she shouted after we finished our reading. "Oh you're just going to love this next part! Claudius is going to plot Hamlet's death, and Hamlet gets captured by pirates! Isn't that wonderful?" She paused dramatically, waiting for our reactions. Twenty-eight students stare back at her blankly. I was fairly certain the student to my left was drooling in his sleep, but I didn't want to look to be sure. That's when a student spoke up, "did you really cut your hair off on accident when you were reading the Rape of the Lock several years ago?"

"Yes, I did. Now back to Hamlet, who wants to read for Laertes?"

Today I have learned two things. Firstly, that my teacher is pretty good at fencing (yes-she did a demonstration for us). Secondly, that I am undoubtedly in love with the play Hamlet. Or any Shakespearean work for that matter. Although Hamlet is rude to pretty much everyone, he's witty. This play is brilliant. Shakespeare, you are a genius.
Northhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-4280143958822766090.post-46343575791406914412012-04-04T21:42:00.000-06:002012-08-17T21:44:33.246-06:00Scars Tell StoriesEvery scar has its own story. Unfortunately all of my scars I earned in slightly less than heroic ways. For example, I have a four inch scar on my leg. Yes, I did measure it in case you were wondering. Any guess on how I got it?

No, I did not fall down a cliff. That's a close guess though. I haven't ever fallen off a cliff recently, but I've taken a tumble or two from climbing extremely large boulders. I believe the correct term would be called bouldering. As in climbing up a giant rock, hoping you don't fall; and if you do someone might be there to catch you.

Any other guesses? And no, I didn't get this scar from surgery either. Well, since you're begging to know I suppose I'll just tell you.

I got the scar on my leg from running into a chair.

Not many people know this, but the responses from the people I have told are hilarious. "How does someone get a scar from a chair?" Well I don't really know, ask the chair. I'm sure I did something to it in the past that caused its feelings to get hurt, and then in retaliating it left me a scar when I ran into it. What I do know is that I felt a sharp pain when I collided with the thing and by the time I walked to the next class my leg was covered a large amount of blood. The teacher ordered me to go see the nurse, where I spent the next ten to fifteen minutes of my life trying to stop the unending flow of blood.

Some of my friends found my story to be a little pathetic, "that's kinda sad, you should come up with a cool story. Tell people you got attacked by a wild animal!" My friends never fail to give good advice. Others found my story more entertaining, "that sounds like something you'd do!"

Another scar I have is on my wrist. One of my good friends was responsible for this particular scar. It was last summer when I was at the pool with my friends. My friends jumped into the pool, but being stubborn I stood near the edge and tried to gain the courage to get into the cold water. My friend decided to be kind enough to spare me the anxiety of jumping in myself, so instead simply grabbed me by the wrist and pulled me into the water. I had to get out of the water soon after to stop the bleeding.

Today I might have one more scar to add to my collection. Or should I say scars. My family went on a trip to Mexico over spring break, which is part of the reason I haven't posted in awhile (my apologies). Anyways, today we got home and I went to go get my dogs from my grandparents. My grandparents had five dogs at their house this week, as they were watching my two dogs and my cousins' two dogs also. When I stepped through the door I was immediately greeted by all five. As a result I left with numerous claw marks (a couple broke the skin) on my arms and legs from them jumping up on me.

But I'm not complaining, my dogs are pretty adorable.

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This thesis focuses on the sudden proliferation of a highly popular genre in French cinema over the past two decades. While genre cinema, French and otherwise, and especially comedy have historically been under-examined in France, this study contributes to a gradual shift towards the application of more traditionally Anglophone cultural and gender studies approaches to the analysis of French cinema. It also looks at the question of generic evolution and the relationship between domestic practice and Hollywood paradigms, including the way in which the national cinema is being reconceptualised in the face of an increasingly transnationally conceived film market. Major lines of enquiry thus concern both the rom-com's French specificity, including the extent to which the genre is 'naturalised' and/or exported, and its representational politics, particularly with regard to gender. Is it appropriate to see the rom-com as a feminised genre in France and, if so, in what sense? How does the genre negotiate major contemporary social shifts, particularly those linked to gender? Notable here are the extension of singlehood and the increased acceptability of female autonomy; the concomitant decline of marriage; and the increased range of 'acceptable' gender roles today - especially the rise of the professional woman, which in turn has implications for masculinity and for the family unit. Do films broadly reflect and embrace such shifts or do they resist, critique or downplay them? Finally, how are these questions inflected by considering production and reception contexts, as well as the issue of gendered authorship? In seeking to answer such questions, the thesis encompasses analysis of both formal aspects of the genre and specific narrative details. In so doing it hopes to pinpoint some of the ways in which the French rom-com has been mediating perceptions of key social trends over the past two decades, both at home and ultimately globally.
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Artist: Van Halen
Song: Hot For Teacher
Year: 1984
Album: 1984
Ahh, the days when MTV actually played videos and the bands made interesting promos for their songs. I miss those days... a lot. This was one of the most visual and entertaining videos from the 1984 album. It shows David Lee Roth's passion for game show hosting and precedes all the student/teacher scandals of the past decade by well over a decade.
Back in 1984, I guess the teacher and student fantasy was still an acceptable daydream. These days you can't be too careful with those kinds of thoughts. They will get you in all sorts of trouble. People are way too sensitive in this politically correct age of enlightenment. Which is another way of saying, people can't let things go anymore. There is more pressure on the students and the teachers to act upon these feelings because the pressure is everywhere else in their lives. It's OK to live in a fantasy world. The reality of these fantasies are usually nothing to write home about.
The first element that hooks you into the song is the drum track. It almost sounds like a kid's heart beating fast on that first day of school. Then the guitar comes in and takes it to a whole new level. Van Halen ruled the rock world in 1984 and this is the showcase for that statement.
These songs may have been lost to time if it hadn't been for the videos. The "Hot For Teacher" video was one of the best off of this album. It's a cross between a fantasy and Animal House. Then again, so were the Twisted Sister videos. I suppose that's why this type of video was popular back then and still gets a smile.
One aspect of the video that most people don't know would be the addition of Phil Hartman. He does the voice of Waldo in the video. I wouldn't have picked that out either. Now that I know Phil was the voice, it's unmistakable. I just wouldn't have thought to listen for his voice there.
This was the last great album before Van Halen imploded on itself and restructured. Sure, they had lots of success with Sammy Hagar after this, but it will never be the same. Once the initial magic is gone it's hard to recapture.
Oh, wow, man, I said
Wait a second, man
What do you think the teacher's gonna look like this year?
Fuck man!
Oh yeah!
T-T-teacher stop that screamin'
Teacher don't you see?
Don't wanna be no uptown fool
Maybe I should go to hell
But I am doing well
Teacher needs to see me after school
I think of all the education that I've missed
But then my homework was never quite like this!
Ow! Got it bad,
Got it bad,
Got it bad,
I'm hot for teacher!
I've got it bad, so bad
I'm hot for teacher!
Hey, I heard you missed us
We're back! (Hey!)
I brought my pencil
Give me something to write on, man!
I heard about your lessons
but lessons are so cold
I didn't know about this school
Little girl from Cherry Lawn
How can you be so bold?
How did you know that golden rule?
I think of all the education that I've missed
But then my homework was never quite like this!
Whoa! Got it bad,
Got it bad,
Got it bad,
I'm hot for teacher!
I've got it bad, so bad
I'm hot for teacher!
Oh man, I think the clock is slow
(What are you doin' this weekend?) I don't feel tardy
Class dismissed!
I've got it bad,
Got it bad,
Got it bad,
I'm hot for teacher!
Oh! Ooh, yes I'm hot
Oh my God!
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Hot For Teacher - Van Halen
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Wow! It's December already! It's scary to know just how fast the year flies.
Well I suppose I should be making the announcements as to when I'll be shutting down the Brutally Honest Command Center for the year... if I don't do it now, I'll probably just arbitrarily shut things down, and then people will complain about it.
So here goes...
The last Brutally Honest Audio Rant for 2004 will be on December 15th. I don't know what I'll have in mind for it yet, but it will probably be short and sweet to tide things over until January.
The final column for 2004 will be out on December 20th. As has been tradition, this will be the 2004 Brutally Honest Awards.
Tenative restart for the website will either be January 17th or 24th of 2005.
However, I WILL keep this blog website active, providing updates and quick thoughts on whatever happens.
So what happens during the downtime? Well besides enjoy the holiday season and take care of the utter insanity that goes on every year at this time in my bill-paying job, I spend the downtime retooling the website and my audio broadcasts. New graphics, new layout, new music... Lots of fun stuff to do. Anyway, it should be real interesting.
Oh, quick link: if you want to get some of the audio clips you hear in my shows, including some holiday stuff, check out the Daily Wav. They put at least 2 clips up per weekday and only ask for a modest voluntary PayPal donation to help keep things running.
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Valentines day….. I'd be lying if I said this is not a greatly anticipated day;
pressure for the men,
expectation for the women,
business for the flower vendors, hotels all over the country, jewelers, boutiques…
The day of Love….. One day that might change everything in a relationship, for better or worse, a lot is determined on this one day.
One day…. When all excuses are reason for one to believe you don't prioritize the relationship, even if honestly, you can't make it. That if this man creates time for you, gets you a gift, fancy dinner, drops you home or you opt to go back to his and have a memorable night, you are loved, his loyal to you….. This one day holds so much weight on the progress of a relationship.
One day…..when a man somewhere would rather count rocks, stand at the stage and admire matatus, wait for the final day to register as a voter, perfect coincidence, anything really to avoid his seven so-called-girlfriends whose time his been wasting. Of course his phone is off, and he will have a perfectly good excuse, for all seven of them….
One day…..when a beautiful female will sit opposite her handsome man in a classy restaurant as they have their dinner, they've been together six months now, and he did not disappoint. Everything was as she would have dreamed it, he picked her up, on time, took her to favorite restaurant, good food, lovely conversation. At the end of the meal, he hands her a rectangular shaped box. She opens it, it is a beautiful gold necklace, she's supper excited gets up to hug him and give him a kiss. He shares her joy. She goes back to her seat, she has nothing to give him, not that he asked but really, nothing…. not even a tie or card, it's a day of Love, not your birthday, he went all out, and you got him nothing, love huh?!
One day…..when someone somewhere wants to beat themselves up over an ex, their past, kill the mood with memories of how good last year was, how valentines was special, think of what would have been if they were still together, walk around all negative and bitter….. For what though, live and learn but never stay stuck, it's your past, bury it!!!!
One day…..when all both of you want is each others company, spend time together, do something you both enjoy, it's not over the top, it's not just a one day affair. Why?! Because you both value and love each on a daily, regardless of the day or date. For both of you everyday is a day of Love.
One day….. That's an anniversary for some- Happy anniversary, birthday for others – Happy birthday, just a normal Tuesday for others – Happy Tuesday, a loved one passed away on this date – may they forever rest in peace, celebrate their life…. A day of Love, who said it has to be a spouse, it's love, whether the significant other, family, friends, everyone you love, let them know it.
My parents will forever be my fave couple, they are friends first, they've been together too long but the love is still there, I see it. To them, my entire family, my friends and all of you loyal loyal reader, happy one day……. Happy Valentines


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Saskatchewan could use carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology to boost revenues from enhanced oil recovery (EOR) projects from just over $500 million a year in 2015 to more than $2 billion a year by 2025, according to a study by Integrated CO2 Network (ICON). When carbon dioxide is captured from coal-fired generating stations or other industrial processes and injected into nearly depleted oil reservoirs through EOR projects, it can increase the recovery rate from those formations by five to 20 per cent. For example, the Cenovus EOR project has been injecting about one million tonnes of CO2 a year into oilfields in the Weyburn area for over a decade and producing about 16,000 barrels of oil per day. "We see the potential is in the range of 30 to 40 megatonnes (of CO2) per year for EOR production,'' said Robert Craig, director of strategy and technology for ICON, a Calgary-based carbon capture and storage initiative supported by Canadian energy companies. "We forecast EOR revenues (from CO2 injection) in excess of $2 billion by 2025," Craig said, adding that government also receives increased tax and royalty revenue from the incremental oil production from EOR.


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Microsoft Grabs Rise of the Tomb Raider in Xbox Exclusive - Update
Microsoft revealed at Gamescom that Rise of the Tomb Raider will be an Xbox exclusive.
Update: Phil Spencer, head of Microsoft's Xbox division, confirmed Rise of the Tomb Raider will be a timed exclusive for Xbox. It will launch holiday 2015 for Xbox 360 and Xbox One. After the exclusivity deal ends, publisher Square Enix is free to do what it will with the game and the Tomb Raider franchise. Spencer did not comment on how long this exclusivity deal will last.
Original story: Rise of the Tomb Raider, the upcoming sequel to the rebooted Tomb Raider, will be an Xbox exclusive, Microsoft revealed this morning. The announcement comes from Gamescom as a surprise as many assumed the sequel would be available on multiple platforms like its predecessor.
Developer Crystal Dynamics released a statement explaining why the studio believes an Xbox-only release "is the best thing for the Tomb Raider sequel." Crystal Dynamics head of studios Darrell Gallagher wrote, "Our friends at Microsoft have always seen huge potential in Tomb Raider and have believed in our vision since our first unveil with them on their stage at E3 2011. We know they will get behind this game more than any support we have had from them in the past."
Gallagher later stated Crystal Dynamics doesn't mean to walk away from Tomb Raider fans who only play on PlayStation or PC. He indicated Lara Craft and the Temple of Osiris will be available on PC this December, and Tomb Raider: The Definitive Edition is available on PS4 in addition to Xbox One.
This is a good steal for Microsoft, as it looks like PlayStation's getting the leftovers; however, this is unfortunate news for anyone without an Xbox One who was looking forward to Rise of the Tomb Raider. Crystal Dynamics nor Microsoft have revealed if this will be a timed or permanent exclusive. It wouldn't be the first or hardly the last time for a company to fudge what "exclusivity" means. The move is a strange one, considering Square Enix stated Tomb Raider underperformed in sales. Even so, the PS4 version of Tomb Raider had double the sales over the Xbox One version in the UK.
Rise of the Tomb Raider launches on the Xbox One for the 2015 holidays. The game was first announced at E3 during Microsoft's presentation.
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Most likely timed exclusive. Well its a property war right now. Seems both Sony and Microsoft are snagging up as many exclusive deals as they can.
Ryse and Dead Rising 3 were "Exclusive" as well (Maybe it's just games with "Rise" in the title?). I'm still going to play this on the PC. The only thing that's changed is I wont be paying full price for it. See you when you're on a Steam Super Sale. I doubt it will take long.
If this isn't a timed exclussive I'm ready to officially declare Square Enix mentally insane. Unless Microsoft gave them the biggest shitton of money, and for a lower tier IP like Tomb Raider that seems doubtful.
Like others have said, it's a timed exclusive. Everything about it smells of timed exclusive.
ok so tomb raider have a cross platform fan base and now they go exclusive to xbox. how those that make sense beside the money from M$
This better be a timed exclusive. I really enjoyed the last Tomb Raider and was looking forward to this one.
Microsoft,man. So annoying.
I have seen some utter bizarre and bonkers decisions that just baffles the mind in it's making. But this has to be right up there with vibrating harry potter broomstick for the under 10's.
Boy I can't wait to see Sony or someone do this with Sony and no one call them out on it.
Any statement that doesn't mention how much Microsoft is paying them isn't explaining why they think it's "the best thing for Tomb Raider."
Time to hold another game hostage again.
This is seriously getting ridiculous now. Buying a whole new system just for a new game. Is this another "sin" in the gaming industry?
Sounds like a great idea to hit those sales targets, halving your market means double the sales and doubling your sales means ten times the profit. 5 million units sold, guaranteed!
I really do hope this is timed and not Squeenix making a massive fuck up that they will later blame on PC piracy or something.
I'm looking forward to playing this as "Rise of The Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition" on my PC.
Wave bye-bye to your sales targets then. Even if it's a timed exclusive this will still cost them.
Lmao wat?
Yeah people are freaking out over this (kinda like how they freaked over Bayonetta 2) but in this case even if Crystal Dynamics won't hint at future plans I'm confident this will see a PC and Sony release. There's just too much money at stake and Square Enix was already anxious enough with the first Tomb Raider bringing in cash. I rarely get new games at launch anyway so it makes no difference to me.
My bet is like with Dead Rising 3 the only reason Rise of Tomb Raider is being made is that Microsoft is helping fund it quite heavily and they want their money's worth in a timed exclusive before other platforms see it.
So presumably Microsoft have got their cheque book out and handed Squenix enough of the development budget for them no longer to care about the final sales number in regards to whether or not the game makes them a profit.
Considering how well this went with Titanfall (as in, not very at all) it seems odd that Microsoft are so keen to try again, with a single player game that will no doubt be ported to everything else in a couple of years time (see: Mass Effect). Although this time they seem to have gone full possessive little brother and banned Tomb Raider even from PC land, which might help?
I've heard it might be so Microsoft have someone to fight Sony's client Uncharted at next years Summerslam or whatever time they'll both be releasing. If so than it'll be sad considering how experienced a performer Tomb Raider is to see them get jobbed out to Uncharted like that, heck it may well be a squash.
Tomb raider helped get Uncharted over when they were together, but now what was the least popular performer of the two is going to make the other tap out at every encounter (So Tomb Raider is Cesaro, Uncharted Swagger?).
Anyway, its a timed exclusive as everyone and their moms know at this point. They'll suffer bad sales and put it on the PC, if not the PS4 within the year they release. Sony to be spiteful may well do that policy where they'll require the game to be "upgraded" in some way just to spite Enix and Microsoft.
There would at least be some logic behind a decision like that, not so much here.
After Ryse and Dead Rising 3, I doubt this will stay an exclusive for very long.
I also doubt Square Enix would ignore the much bigger PS4 install base.
EDIT-I'm watching the Jim live stream on the main page, and he just erupted in a stream of "fucks" when he heard this news XD
Even if it's just a timed exclusive, fuck Microsoft and Square Enix. Seriously.
I pre-ordered the goddamn Collector's Edition for PC last time around and consider this a nasty stab in my back.
Given all the other third-party "exclusives" that have gone on to become multi-plat, I wonder if long-term exclusivity is dependent on sales figures?
Square Enix complains about Tomb Raider "only" selling around 4 million copies.
So they make an exclusive deal with a system that has sold roughly 4-5 million period.
Yeah... this makes zero business sense.
I'm getting a whiff of the Gamecube Resident Evil exclusive deal. That didn't exactly work out for anyone.
That's kind of amazing, when you look at the numbers like that. :D
On the plus side, RE4 has appeared on basically every platform since, so that's not a bad omen!
Timed exclusive.
No way will it get enough sales on the Xbox One. Even with the money MS will give (besides, more is better :P ). It will get ported to PC and PS4.
most likely a timed exclusive, the previous game barely broken even accross 5 platforms, hell that game sold more copies than the total amount of xbox ones sold thus far, at worst, the game could mean a huge blow to the developer, a la ryse, at best, the game will perform well, but the publisher will still port the game, atleast to PC, to get more sales, a la dead rising 3
i hope the people that say timed are right and that it'll even be good at all
So, new Tomb Raider reboot in 2020 after this game has horrible sales, and no third Tomb Raider game will be made.
Way to screw over your Playstation fans, Squeenix.
I'm unnverved by this from a fan perspective. I've played every Tomb Raider game since 1996 on my PC. It's been there forever, this is just a slap to the face.
However, even beyond that point, there simply aren't enough Xbox One's out there to justify this. By the time this game is released, at most, there will be 6-7 million consoles out there. I honestly don't think Lara is a system seller, as big as she is, and I don't really think the Xbox One exclusivity, timed or otherwise, will help with the sales expectation Squeenix has, which we now know is bonkers.
yes it is
if it sells poorly like Ryse, port it to other platforms
if it sells good like Dead Rising 3... port it to other platforms
Well I guess I'll see Lara grace the 2016 Steam Summer Sale then, just like Dead Rising 3.
Mattel released a HP Nimbus 2000 that kids could pretend to ride between their legs which vibrated.
OK, seriously. Does the board at Square Enix just have a death wish?
You can't say that a game didn't sell enough despite being the bestselling in the series, and then make the sequel an exclusive for the least popular console...
This doesn't make me want to buy an Xbox One, it just means that I won't be purchasing the new Tomb Raider. Although, given the xbone's current history with third party exclusives I'll probably pick this up when it hits PC in 2016.
I really have to question exactly how this is the best decision. There is no way that Microsoft can pay them enough to match the sales they would get from PC and PS4, plus given the xbone is the lowest selling of the platforms the last game was on, expecting something a 60%+ attachment rate is insane.
Even if it's not a time exclusive... it's a timed exclusive. All of the so called Microsoft exclusives have been released on other systems because there just isn't enough XBox One's floating around. And the one's that are won't be definitive sales. On the other hand, it's a holiday 2015 release, so it's safe to assume there will be more in circulation by that time. I just don't think they can have a "success" with a single console release. Especially when the first one under performed. As time goes on, I have ever dying respect for Squenix.
If Sony takes a beloved childhood series that's been on PC for ages and suddenly makes it PS4 exclusive, you better believe I'll be calling them out on it.
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