March 31st, 2013
I know I'm going a bit overboard with the Slice of Lives....BUT I NEED TO RANT
NEVER
NEVER
NEVERRRR
EVERRRRR
BUY ANY KIND OF CLEAR FINISH OR GLOSS
FROM MINWAX
I am sitting here fuming...and I'm pretty sure any minute I will start running into walls. I spent a week on my TSA train. I finished painting it, and you could see what it looked like in the previous blog. And to finish, I decided to use Minwax's clear gloss, which was SUPPOSED to dry clear. It dried up into a yellow urine-colored "gloss". There are yellow bumps all along the bottom of the train. That means major points off. I seriously was not counting on that to happen, and now my train looks terrible. The "gloss" also made all my train's windows fall off. I have a lot of work to do, and stupid Minwax just set me back a lot. I HATE YOU MINWAX I HATE YOU
Sunday, March 31, 2013
Saturday, March 30, 2013
Slice of Life #30 - TSA Again...
March 30th, 2013
I STILL HAVE NOT FINISHED. I AM PANICKING. I HAVE OTHER HOMEWORK TO DO. I CAN'T SPEND MY LIFE ON TSA. :'(
I was planning to finish last Tuesday, but carpentry is so hard...and I have to sculpt too. I'm not that good at either-I can only draw. However, the drawings will be really hard too since I have to scale everything down and write down 50 kazillion dimensions...stressstressstress
Speaking of which, I still have a pile of homework, and spring break is pretty much over. Sorry, this blog post is really short...
BUT to cheer myself up I shall post a picture of my train. :D
It looks simple, I know. It took so long to make though...way longer than I thought. I'm still not done. I have to connect the two cars and plug in the wheels. And do all those drawings. Cryyyy
This would have been funner if spring break was its normal length. Curse you, Sandy. CURSE YOU
I STILL HAVE NOT FINISHED. I AM PANICKING. I HAVE OTHER HOMEWORK TO DO. I CAN'T SPEND MY LIFE ON TSA. :'(
I was planning to finish last Tuesday, but carpentry is so hard...and I have to sculpt too. I'm not that good at either-I can only draw. However, the drawings will be really hard too since I have to scale everything down and write down 50 kazillion dimensions...stressstressstress
Speaking of which, I still have a pile of homework, and spring break is pretty much over. Sorry, this blog post is really short...
BUT to cheer myself up I shall post a picture of my train. :D
This would have been funner if spring break was its normal length. Curse you, Sandy. CURSE YOU
Friday, March 29, 2013
Slice of Life #29 - TSA Progress
March 29th, 2013
I've been working on TSA for the past week now. It's left me almost no time for anything else, but I'm STILL NOT FINISHED. Carving a block of wood to look like a train is a lot harder than you think...It took an hour just to drill a one inch wide hole, because my wood refused to cooperate. When I was trying to carve the indents for the wheels, my knife slipped and stabbed my middle finger. Since it was a carving knife, it was a pretty deep cut. Needless to say, fingers are much, much easier to cut than wood. =_=
I still have to make the prototype, paint the train, and do all the drawings and dimensions...I have no idea how I am supposed to finish this. Well, I probably will, but I'll have no time to do other things like work on my FFF project. (btw, my hovercraft flies! Now I have to make sure the wood doesn't explode into splinters).
Does anyone have suggestions on what colors to make my train? My mom said including green makes it look childish. I'm not so sure about that. (Green is awesome). ALSO, does anyone know how to dimension curves? Like not arcs, but curves?
I've been working on TSA for the past week now. It's left me almost no time for anything else, but I'm STILL NOT FINISHED. Carving a block of wood to look like a train is a lot harder than you think...It took an hour just to drill a one inch wide hole, because my wood refused to cooperate. When I was trying to carve the indents for the wheels, my knife slipped and stabbed my middle finger. Since it was a carving knife, it was a pretty deep cut. Needless to say, fingers are much, much easier to cut than wood. =_=
I still have to make the prototype, paint the train, and do all the drawings and dimensions...I have no idea how I am supposed to finish this. Well, I probably will, but I'll have no time to do other things like work on my FFF project. (btw, my hovercraft flies! Now I have to make sure the wood doesn't explode into splinters).
Does anyone have suggestions on what colors to make my train? My mom said including green makes it look childish. I'm not so sure about that. (Green is awesome). ALSO, does anyone know how to dimension curves? Like not arcs, but curves?
Thursday, March 28, 2013
Slice of Life #28: Funny Quotes from The Croods
March 28th, 2013
So, some funny quotes from The Croods (I'm not going to use quotation marks to make things simpler):
Guy: Everything we're standing on will be consumed by lava...I call it: THE END!
Belt: dun dunn DUNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN
Son (with burning shirt): It likes me! AHH IT'S BITING ME!
Dad: Try hiding from it in the tall dry grass! *grass catches on fire* Oh. Nevermind.
While hunting:
Dad: RELEASE THE BABY!!
Grandma: I'm hungry *prepares to eat Guy's sloth, sloth points knife at her*
Guy: No, don't eat him! He'll use the knife!
Grandma: Why?
Guy: I call him a pet.
Grandma: What's a pet?
Guy: An animal that you don't eat.
Grandma: OH, we call those children!
Eep: Whoa, what is that? *points at fire*
Guy: It's fire. You've never seen it before?
Eep: No. Where'd it come from?
Guy: I can make it.
Eep: WHAAAT *grabs Guy and starts performing intense Heimlick maneuver until Guy passes out* MAKE SOME FOR ME!
Son: Hey Douglas, can you do tricks?
Douglas: *nods* (he's a dog)
Son: Roll over!
Douglas: *rolls over and falls off cliff*
Son: Good boy, Douglas!
So, some funny quotes from The Croods (I'm not going to use quotation marks to make things simpler):
Guy: Everything we're standing on will be consumed by lava...I call it: THE END!
Belt: dun dunn DUNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN
Son (with burning shirt): It likes me! AHH IT'S BITING ME!
Dad: Try hiding from it in the tall dry grass! *grass catches on fire* Oh. Nevermind.
While hunting:
Dad: RELEASE THE BABY!!
Grandma: I'm hungry *prepares to eat Guy's sloth, sloth points knife at her*
Guy: No, don't eat him! He'll use the knife!
Grandma: Why?
Guy: I call him a pet.
Grandma: What's a pet?
Guy: An animal that you don't eat.
Grandma: OH, we call those children!
Eep: Whoa, what is that? *points at fire*
Guy: It's fire. You've never seen it before?
Eep: No. Where'd it come from?
Guy: I can make it.
Eep: WHAAAT *grabs Guy and starts performing intense Heimlick maneuver until Guy passes out* MAKE SOME FOR ME!
Son: Hey Douglas, can you do tricks?
Douglas: *nods* (he's a dog)
Son: Roll over!
Douglas: *rolls over and falls off cliff*
Son: Good boy, Douglas!
Wednesday, March 27, 2013
Slice of Life #27 - Hopefully Watching The Croods Today???
March 27th, 2013
My family agreed yesterday to watch The Croods, a new Dreamworks movie that supposedly took 10 years to make. Of course, yesterday we didn't go. So, we agreed to go today morning. Well, morning is almost over. That means we will not be going in the morning. AND SO, we agreed to go in the afternoon! I'm not sure that'll happen either.
But I really, really want to watch this movie...even though it's really childish, I'd like to take a break from high school for a while and just do something fun. I've watched a couple of trailers for this movie, and it seems hilarious. Go to Youtube and search up "the croods belt's sound effect" and prepare yourself for the high pitched "dun dun dunnnnnnnn" belt issues. xD
I'm making this blog post short...I still have to do my TSA project. o.e'
My family agreed yesterday to watch The Croods, a new Dreamworks movie that supposedly took 10 years to make. Of course, yesterday we didn't go. So, we agreed to go today morning. Well, morning is almost over. That means we will not be going in the morning. AND SO, we agreed to go in the afternoon! I'm not sure that'll happen either.
But I really, really want to watch this movie...even though it's really childish, I'd like to take a break from high school for a while and just do something fun. I've watched a couple of trailers for this movie, and it seems hilarious. Go to Youtube and search up "the croods belt's sound effect" and prepare yourself for the high pitched "dun dun dunnnnnnnn" belt issues. xD
I'm making this blog post short...I still have to do my TSA project. o.e'
Tuesday, March 26, 2013
Slice of Life #26 - I GOT A PHONEEEEE
March 26th, 2013
YESTERDAY I GOT A PHONE. A LEGIT, WORKING PHONE THAT I CAN FIND THE SPACEBAR ON. :O I know right, I totally did not just get my first working phone in ninth grade.
It's an iPhone 4S, and my parents decided to get it for me after I told them what Mr. B. said: "Tell your parents that if you don't get a phone, you will fail software apps." Of course, I had a phone before, but it was one of those cheap prepaid flip phones that only costs about a dollar to buy at the convenience shop. Each text costs about 25 cents to send. But that's kind of pointless, because I don't think there was a space button on my phone. :P
What stinks is that even though I have an iPhone, I still don't have unlimited text, so I can't give my number to any of my friends for fear that they spam me intelligent messages like "MEOWMEOWBLAHMOOPYMEOWIGOTSABANANAWBU" <--so, so thought provoking! :D
So while second graders brag to each other about having iPhone 5's, I can brag about how I got my iPhone 4S in high school! (I actually don't think it's right for elementary school kids to have these kinds of phones...it's all just a fad). I myself didn't care about what phone I had...I never even asked for an iPhone. xD
^Me in elementary school^
I also can't download any games. I can only access about five webpages per day. Oh well. I guess the best part about it is just being repeatedly able to check my email...Right now, I'm looking at iPhone cases on Amazon and trying to pick one. So hard.
By the way, can someone tell me how to sign up for Celly? I forgot...And if I sign up, can the entire freshman class spam me with texts, or can only the teacher spam me with texts?
Monday, March 25, 2013
Slice of Life #25 - Some Strange Talents of Mine
March 25th, 2013
I have some weird talents--by this, I'm not talking about math, science, etc. Lets forget those common talents for now. I'm talking about things like:
I have some weird talents--by this, I'm not talking about math, science, etc. Lets forget those common talents for now. I'm talking about things like:
- When I'm typing at my computer, I can always, always hear my parents or sister if they're walking to my door. It doesn't matter if they're trying to be soft, or if my sister is trying to sneak into my room so that she can tattletale on me for checking my email. If they're really trying to be soft, I can always sense movement in the floor, or vibrations, even though the floor's carpeted. I can also tell which person it is.
- I can also walk with almost no sound, at least with no sound I can hear. Of course, I'm not like Gale or Katniss; I don't think I can walk on leaves without crunching them xD I don't know if that's a good or bad thing...like in the hallways at school, if I'm walking with another person, that person's footsteps my clipclop through the hall, but I'll have no sound at all. It might be because I wear Uggs/sneakers/boots without heels all the time. I don't know.
- My facial expressions are, as Nivetha puts it, VERY expressive. xD I don't know if she's just exaggerating or not...but since I don't make a lot of faces at home (staring at a computer screen does not require facial gestures), my family has likely not seen many of them before. When I went over to Thomas's house last month, I was talking to his mom, and all of a sudden my mom said, "OH MY LORD VIVIAN YOU HAVE SO MANY EXPRESSIONS!" Yes mom, indeed I do. They range from:
- jokingly accusative face (coined by Nick and apparently my most famous one)
- I-have-just-been-metaphorically-electrocuted face
- dun dun dunnnnn face (see the trialer for The Croods for clarification; watch at least ten seconds or until the dun dun dun part: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjkPb0ewYPo) I fond that link to be hilarious, by the way
- really-now face
- etcetcetc you get the point
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