Funny Quotes

Yesterday, my family and I ate dinner at a Pizza restaurant when we got into Palo Alto, CA (about an hour from San Fran), and it had some funny quotes around the wall. Here's a few that really made me laugh:

"Lottery: a tax on people who do not understand probabilities."

"If at first you DO succeed, try not to look astonished."
--this was really funny because Mandi's always saying, "If at first you don't succeed, erase all evidence that you tried." And then there's the classic, "If at first you don't succeed, try, try again." And then Chris', "If at first you don't succeed, then sky-diving's not for you!"--

"After eating, do amphibians have to wait an hour before getting out of the water?"

And then, one that is in my Grandpa's house:
"One of the advatages of being disorderly is that you are always making exciting discoveries."

New Additions

I added another list that I think will be most enjoyable. Please, if you can think of anymore aminals that are alien-looking, then post/put/type/leave/whatever a comment. Also, if there's a word you like to use, tell me and I'll add it to the ever-expanding list!

Sincerely, Jekka the Goat Senoj

Whirly Twirly Planets

I paid a visit (and very nerve-wrecking drive) to the clark Planetarium in SLC. It's cool, but not as cool as the Hansen Planetarium in the good ol' days. We saw a movie, Deep Sea. . .in 3D!!!! It was sweet, but I would only give it three stars because it lacked dolphins. It had a lovely right whale at the end, but no dolphins. Not to mention it said that the most graceful predator in the ocean is the manta ray. *rolls eyes* Nope. Sorry, that title would go to the dolphins. They're more graceful. Silly "scientists"! If you're going to do a documentary on the ocean, you HAVE to have dolphins!!!

See the picture on the right? Aren't they so cute! *nuzzles picture* My precioussss. . . .my preciousssssessssss. . . .

As for the planets. Tiny to big balls hanging from the ceiling. Pretty cool stuff. . .but then there were the shiney meteors!! *devilish gleam* They were very shiney and looked very heavy and fell from the sky and were very shiney and were all weird and deformed and were very shiney. . . .and were very very VERY shiney!

WANTED

Who: Jenni Ethenielle Edgar Conder (alias Elvish Pirate Gypsy Minion Fiend)

What: Lovely qwick notes quill and inkwell with lovely and very hard-to-obtain, rare ink

Where: Stolen right off of my desk, and then out the window she went and into her flying pirate ship

When: Under a full moon on the midnight of Strudruary 33, 0702

Why: I don't know! She's the criminal mischeif maker, not me!

How: quick and slinky like an elf, but drinking very chocolaty hot cocoa and singing a sea shanty

Reward: Chocolate, cake, and pie of your choosing along with a non-guided tour of Neverland and Questkid.

*wails* Please! Please! PLEASE! Report to me if any of you have found my lovely quill and ink!! My address is none other than wizardseal.blogspot.com. If you'd rather call then I'm afraid your out of luck, she used it to break my window.

Please! Return to me my beloved qwick notes quill!

The World of Tolkien

In answer to a request posted by Beth, I just finished reading the latest Tolkien book (put together by his son), The Children of Hurin.

I'll tell you now, it is very sad and ends tragically (especially the last two pages of the book), and yet I liked it. It just amazed me at how well Tolkien knew his own world of Middle-Earth. This story is just about one family, who through their deeds are remembered well into the Third Age (where LOTR happens), because in the introduction and appendixes there are excerpts from LOTR referring to what happens in The Children of Hurin and the places in it (i.e. Gondolin, Nargothrond, Doriath). It just amazes me at the depth of Middle Earth and its history. I mean, all this stuff that Tolkien thought up spans thousands of years!! It's amazing and I love it!

And now, since reading this book, I am in a big-time Lord of the Rings mood. Perhaps when I come home (bright and early tomorrow morning, by the way) I will have that marathon that I've been meaning to have for two years. The one where I devote one or several days to watching the extended versions and drooling over the beauty of the elven swords and buildings. *sigh* I love the elves. . . .

Hot and Muggy

Nifty title, neh? Well, so, yesterday was good ol' Father's Day. The day to tell my Dad how much I love him, how much he means to me, and reflect on all the Daddy-Daughter dates we went on, all the camping trips, all the jeep and hiking trails we have shared, and just plain the crazy time at home when Chris was stealing our milk and Satan's Cat (Midnight) was climbing the drapes. All those lovely memories and what do I do? I. Forget. To. Call. Him. Yes, on Father's Day and miles from home I forget to call my Dad. Actually, the thought crossed my mind and I said to myself, "Self, I need to call Pops and wish him a Happy Father's Day." But instead I get home, fill my rumbling belly, and play a game with Mandi and my newfound/met sister, Sarah, and then watch a movie. I feel so bad! Last year, when I was here kicking around in Memphis, I remembered and I called him, but I forget this year! I called him today and deeply apologized and told him that I owe him cookies big time, but I still feel so bad! I love my dad! I have so much fun with him, and I can't wait to get home so that I can give him his Father's Day gift. I'd tell you what it is, but he may be watching *nervous glances around* So, yeah, I feel bad, and I hope all will be better when I get home. Some people may think it's just Father's Day, but Father's Day is special! Especially for me, I'm so close to my parents, this day is very special.

Anywho, I suggest checking out the Disenchanted Forest put together by the one and only Jenni Ethenielle Edgar Conder. It's awesome! Her painful construction turned out to be magnificent! I likes it! *standing ovation and round of applause*

Mythology

August 28, 2007 is the release date of. . .yes, THE LATEST OLOGY BOOK BY CANDLEWICK PRESS!!!! (I note that due to all those copy-cat publishers out there) Ooh, I'm so excited!

This truly is a wonderful year! Harry Potter, Leven Thumps, Mistborn, Boneville, and now Mythology! Which reminds me, I still have to get my hands on my own personal copy of Egyptology. . . .

For Fun and out of pure excitement. . .the list of the current ology books:
Egyptology (with a handbook as well)
Dragonology (with a handbook and how-to-tame-a-dragon kit)
Wizardology (I think there's a wand-making kit but I'm not sure. . .)
Pirateology (with a build-a-ship kit)

Yeee! Excitement!

And so I went to Memphis

Hi y'all! here I am, chilling at my friend, Mandi's, house in Memphis, Tennessee. I just got back from a fun week at Girl's camp, trying not to scratch all the bed bug bites I have all over me (that's what you get for not showering while camping in the woods, in humidity, and bug-infested cabins. Lesson learned: take showers even when you normally won't). Right now, I'm gonna go to bed soon and then go to the Hunstman Space Museum with Mandi and her Mom and my Mom. I'm looking forward to it.

As a little update, I finally went to Moab!!! After one and a half years of missing all the trips my family went, we finally went!!! I had such a lovely time and I had a blast! We were only there for two days, but it was refreshing. The first day we did an easy trail called Lathrop Canyon, and Tiffany drove the blue jeep. She did very well *applauds* THen, the second day, we did Elephant Hill, a more difficult trail and the most difficult one in Canyonlands National Park. On that trail, we did a fun hike called the refrigerator. It is called that becuase cracks have formed in-between the rocks over the years, and when you walk through them, it is very cool and refreshing. I didn't want to leave, and it was fun to explore in all the different cracks. It was a fun time.

I'm also twenty now. Twenty! It's really mind-boggling becuase I still feel like I'm fifteen. I'm okay with not driving. I would be much happier without a cell phone. And, yes, I can communicate without having to text people considering my cell phone never travels with me. And serious dating? *snorts* I have a mission to serve and no silly boy is going to stop me! Why serve one mission when I can serve two? One in a year, and another when I'm older? Silly girls. Marriage is not THAT important! (okay, so it is a little, but I'm sure not ready, nor do I want it) I still have stuff to do! Places to see! People to annoy! *happy sigh* I will never grow up! I'm a Toys 'R' Us kid!

An update on Samurai, I wrote more while I've been in Memphis, but I've mostly been reading. I finished Princess Academy by Shannon Hale. Marvelous! I enjoyed every moment of it. And now I'm going to read the book Mandi gave me for my Birthday: The Children of Hurin. It's the newest book by J.R.R. Tolkien that his son edited and then got published. I'm looking forward to reading it. Well, I'm tired and the comfy bed in Mandi's faerie room is calling me. Good night!