I was talking with my mother's friend the other day, when she suddenly brought up the topic of my blog, and my most recent post.
She said "So, can you show me that bruise you got on Sunday?". I, of course, had no idea what she was talking about.
"What bruise??????" I asked.
"You know, the one you got when you were so drunk you couldn't remember where you got it!".
"Ummmmm, I don't have a bruise with a story like that.". I was now totally lost.
"Yes you do, you said so on your blog!!". Now it was all coming clear, or at least clearer that before. My last post (read "Living In The World, But Not Of It").
"Ohhhhhhh!!! My last post! In that post, I described what I don't do, because that's not what I want to portray to the world, in who I am.".
"Well, you should have been clearer, I thought that's the kind of person you were! I thought I had read you totally wrong! I thought your family was very free!".
Thus I am here to let you know, that while my last post might have given you the impression that I get heavily drunk, often, and get bruises, I do not. In fact, my bruises and the occasional drink are never linked.
I apologize for any confusion this might have caused you, or any misleading ideas! I had the biggest laugh over it, but really, it isn't that funny. I'll try to keep a straight face.
-Sarah
It's not working.
Sunglasses
Pretty Cool Glasses!
Wednesday 29 February 2012
Sunday 26 February 2012
Living in the World, But Not of It
A friend recently asked me the question: "For you, what does living in the world, but not of it, look like?". I have always been ready with an answer to her many questions, but this one stumped me.
I automatically knew that I would not be able to answer this question fast. I also could not answer this question directly.
For me, I don't know what living in the world but not of it looks like, because my view of my life differs when I look at myself when I am with different groups of friends.
When I am with my church friends, I feel very sheltered and unknowledgable of the world.
When I am with my home-schooled friends (of which I am one), I feel very worldly and knowledgeable.
Who am I?
When I am with my non-Christian friends at the barn or at work, I don't tell about how I woke up on Monday with a bruise the size of a softball on my hip and how I don't remember how I got it, because I was so drunk. I also don't swear a lot, gossip, or lie about other people.
Being different is what I strive to be. I don't want to lead an attractive life, for people to be attracted towards, I just want to lead a life that people look towards for guidance.
Leading a life like that means being transparent. Being transparent means not wondering what people want and trying to conform to their idea. It means doing what I know is right, without trying to figure out what other people think or want.
The hardest part of being different is trying to be the same person wherever you are. It means a consistency in truth.
That is what my life looks like as I try to live in the world, but not of it. I have no direct, complete answer for my friend's question, all I have is evidence of how I live my life. I think living my life to set an example to others is the most direct and complete way of answering the question: What does living in the world but not of it, look like?
-Sarah
I automatically knew that I would not be able to answer this question fast. I also could not answer this question directly.
For me, I don't know what living in the world but not of it looks like, because my view of my life differs when I look at myself when I am with different groups of friends.
When I am with my church friends, I feel very sheltered and unknowledgable of the world.
When I am with my home-schooled friends (of which I am one), I feel very worldly and knowledgeable.
Who am I?
When I am with my non-Christian friends at the barn or at work, I don't tell about how I woke up on Monday with a bruise the size of a softball on my hip and how I don't remember how I got it, because I was so drunk. I also don't swear a lot, gossip, or lie about other people.
Being different is what I strive to be. I don't want to lead an attractive life, for people to be attracted towards, I just want to lead a life that people look towards for guidance.
Leading a life like that means being transparent. Being transparent means not wondering what people want and trying to conform to their idea. It means doing what I know is right, without trying to figure out what other people think or want.
The hardest part of being different is trying to be the same person wherever you are. It means a consistency in truth.
That is what my life looks like as I try to live in the world, but not of it. I have no direct, complete answer for my friend's question, all I have is evidence of how I live my life. I think living my life to set an example to others is the most direct and complete way of answering the question: What does living in the world but not of it, look like?
-Sarah
Friday 24 February 2012
Carling Fingerless Mittens
Carling Fingerless Mittens
An original design by Sarah Murley of Maple Leaf Rag(s)
These fingerless mittens are knit top-down, from one ball of yarn. The Eye of Partridge stitches on the palm gives a nice, cushy grip, and the way the digit cover stretches farther than the palm gives your fingers more mobility, for things like holding a cup of hot chocolate, or texting!
I recommend knitting these fingerless mittens at the same time from both ends of the yarn, either on the same needle: like two-at-a-time-socks, or on separate needles, but keeping track of how far you are on each, as it isn't always nice to have a matching elbow warmer and palm warmer.
As said before, this pattern can be worked with the two-at-a-time method. If this is something you know how to do, go ahead and cast on two-at-a-time. If this is not something in your repertoire, don't worry, follow the pattern as-is.
Before You Start Your Carling Fingerless Mittens:
Measurements:
Small: approx. 15cm circumference
Medium: approx. 18cm circumference
Large: approx. 24cm circumference
Materials:
Yarn- 1 ball of “Amazing” by Lion Brand Yarn, shown in “Mesa” or any 147yds of Aran weight yarn
Needles- Set of 4 dpn in sizes 4mm (CAD 8- US 6) and 3.25mm (CAD 10- US 3)
2 stitch markers, can be made from the scrap yarn
A tapestry needle to weave in ends.
Gauge- 16sts and 24rows = 4inches (10cm) in Stockinette stitch
Knitting lingo:
CO- Cast on
Sts- Stitches
St-Stitch
K- Knit
P- Purl
S- Slip
M1- Make 1 (knit into front and back of same stitch)
Notes before you begin:
-The stars (*) show that you are to repeat in between them for the amount of times given.
-When casting on for the thumb hole, make it nice and loose.
Larger and Smaller Sizes:
The mittens shown in the picture fit a 19cm in circumference around the palm just above the thumb (size medium). As mittens can be worked in 3 sizes, details for each size are shown in 3 different colours for ease in knitting: (small, medium and large).
*Ex. k20 (30, 40)
Caring for your beautiful mittens:
Most yarn, specifically fluffy yarn, or natural fibres, will pill, which means that you will get tiny balls of felted fiber stuck to your finished item. This is caused by the item continuously brushing up against something, like your pocket, or just by age. You can prevent this by giving them a rest once in a while, and a wash.
Wash them gently, by hand, in warm water, and a bit of clothes detergent, or Eucalan (a wool wash). Lay them flat to dry, don't put them in the dryer.
Right mitten:
CO 28 (34, 40), with the 4mm needles, join into a circle, making sure the stitches aren't twisted. Place the marker at the beginning of the round, and slip the markers whenever you come to one.
Rnd 1: * k2, p2 *, repeat from * to * 3x (4x, 5x), k2, place 2nd marker, * K1, S1 as if to knit *, repeat from * to * 7x (8x, 9x)
Rnd 2: * k2, p2 * 3x (4x, 5x), k2, slip marker, k14 (k16, k18)
Rnd 3: * k2, p2 * 3x (4x, 5x), k2, *s1, k1 * 7x (8x, 9x)
Rnd 4: * k2, p2 * 3x (4x, 5x), k2, * k14 (k16, k18)
Repeat Rnds 1- 4 5x, then knit Rnd 1 once more.
Begin Increases:
Rnd 1: * k2, p2 * 3x (4x, 5x), k2, k12 (k14, k16), m1 into the next 2sts. You now have 16sts – 18sts - 20sts between last 2 markers.
Rnd 2: * k2, p2 * 3x (4x, 5x), k2, * s1, k1 * 8x (9x, 10x)
Rnd 3: * k2, p2 * 3x (4x, 5x), k2, k12 (k14, k16), * m1, k1 * 2x. You now have 18sts (20sts, 22sts) between the last 2 markers
Rnd 4: * k2, p2 * 3x (4x, 5x), k2, * k1, s1 * 9x (10x, 11x)
Rnd 5: * k2, p2 * 3x (4x, 5x), k2, k15 (k17, k19), place a st marker CO 10sts (12sts, 14sts), continue on past the newly CO sts and k3 before the marker. Divide the new stitches onto each adjoining needle, this makes it easier to decrease later.
Rnd 6: * k2, p2 * 3x (4x, 5x), k2, *s1, k1 * 10x (12x, 12x), * k2, p2 * 2x (2x, 3x)
Rnd 7: * k2, p2 * 3x (4x, 5x), k2, k20 (k24, k24), * k2, p2 * 2x (2x, 3x)
Rnd 8: * k2, p2 * 3x (4x, 5x), k2, * k1, s1 * 10x (12x, 12x), *k2, p2 * 2x (2x, 3x)
Rnd 9: * k2, p2 * 3x (4x, 5x), k2, k20 (k24, k24), *k2, p2 * 2x (2x, 3x)
Rnd 10: Knit as Row 6
Rnd 11: Knit as Row 7
Rnd 12: Knit as Row 8
Begin Decreases:
Rnd 13: * k2, p2 * 3x (4x, 5x), k2, k14 (k18, k18), k2tog, k6, {small- p2, k2tog, p2} – {medium p2, k2tog, p2}- {large p2, k2, p2, k2tog, p2}
Rnd 14: * k2, p2 * 3x (4x, 5x), k2, * s1, k1 * 7x (9x, 9x), k2tog, s1, k1, s1, {small- k2} - {medium- k2 - {large- k2, p2, k2), p1, k2tog, p2
Rnd 15: * k2, p2 * 3x (4x, 5x), k2, k14 (k18 - k18), k2tog, k4, {large- p2, k2}, k2tog, p2
Rnd 16: * k2, p2 * 3x (4x, 5x), k2, * k1, s1 * 7x (9x - 9x), k2tog, k1, s1, {large- k1, p2, k1}, k2tog, p2
Rnd 17: * k2, p2 * 3x (4x, 5x), k2, k14 (k18 - k18), k2tog 2x, p2, {large- k2, p2}
Rnd 18: * k2, p2 * 3x (4x, 5x), k2, *s1, k1 * 7x (9x - 9x), k2, p2, {large- k2, p2}
Rnd 19: * k2, p2 * 3x (4x, 5x), k2, k14 (k18 - k18), k2, p2, {large- k2, p2}
Rnd 20: * k2, p2 * 3x (4x, 5x), k2, * k1, s1 * 7x (9x - 9x), k2, p2, {large- k2, p2}
Rnd 21, 23, 25, 27, 29, 31: Knit as Row 19
Rnd 22, 26, 30: Work as Row 18
Rnd 24 and 28: Work as Row 20
Note:
If you want to lengthen the eye-of-partridge palm-grip so it is longer, now is your time to do it. Knit the R19 – R18 – R19 – R20 pattern starting with a R20, you may end on any row you choose.
Cuff:
Change to 3.25mm needles. Cuff is the same for both mittens, per size.
Row 1: * k2, p2 * 8x (10x - 11x)
Row 2: As Row 1
Repeat these rounds until you have the desired length for the cuff. Remember that you still need yarn for the thumbs, and the other cuff, if you aren't doing the mittens at the same time.
Bind off:
Bind off loosely “in pattern”. This you will do by knitting the 1st two stitches as usual in the cuff pattern, jumping the 1st one over the 2nd and off the needle. Purl the next stitch, and jump the knit stitch over the purl stitch, off the needle. Continue like this, knitting/purling the next stitch, and jumping the one before it off the needle.
Right thumb:
Pick up 12sts (14sts - 16sts) evenly around thumb hole with the 4mm needles, following where the stitching falls. Place marker to indicate beginning of round.
Rnd 1: {small- k2, p2, k2, * s1, k1 * 3x}- {medium k2, p2, k2, * s1, k1 * 4x}– {large- * k2, p2 * 2x, * s1, k1 * 4x }
Rnd 2:{small- k2, p2, k2, k6}- {medium- k2, p2, k2, k8}- {large- * k2, p2 * 2x, k8}
Rnd 3:{small- k2, p2, k2, * k1, s1 * 3x}- {medium- k2, p2, k2, * k1, s1 * 4x} - {large- * *k2, p2 * 2x, *k1, s1 * 4x}
Rnd 4: As Row 2
Rnd 5: As Row 1
Rnd 6: As Row 2
Rnd 7: As Row 3
Rnd 8: As Row 2
Rnd 9: As Row 1
Rnd 10: As Row 2
Bind off in pattern, and weave in ends. Wear and enjoy!
Left Mitten:
Work exactly as the right mitten, ending just before the increases, with a * k1, s1 * row.
Start increases:
Rnd 1: * k2, p2 * 3x (4x, 5x), k2, m1 2x, k12 (k14 - k16). You know have 16sts (18sts - 20sts) between the markers.
Rnd 2: * k2, p2 * 3x (4x, 5x), k2, * s1, k1 * 8x (9x - 10x)
Rnd 3: * k2, p2 * 3x (4x, 5x), k2, * k1, m1 * 2x, k12 (k14 - k16). You now have 18sts (20sts – 22sts) before the markers.
Rnd 4: * k2, p2 * 3x (4x, 5x) k2, * k1, s1 * 9x (10x - 11x)
Rnd 5: * k2, p2 * 3x (4x, 5x), k2, k3, CO 10sts (12sts - 14sts), k15 (k17 - k19)
Rnd 6: * k2, p2 * 3x (4x, 5x), k2, * p2, k2 * 2x (2x - 3x), * s1, k1 * 10x (12x - 12x)
Rnd 7: * k2, p2 * 3x (4x, 5x), k2, * p2, k2 * 2x (2x - 3x), k20 (k24 - k24)
Rnd 8: * k2, p2 * 3x (4x, 5x), k2, * p2, k2 * 2x (2x - 3x), * k1, s1 * 10x (12x – 12x)
Rnd 9: * k2, p2 * 3x (4x, 5x), k2, * p2, k2 * 2x (2x - 3x), k20 (k24 - k24)
Rnd 10: Knit as Row 6
Rnd 11: Knit as Row 7
Rnd 12: Knit as Row 8
Begin Decreases:
Rnd 13: * k2, p2 * 3x (4x, 5x), k2, {small- p2, k2tog, p2} – {medium- p2, k2tog, p2}– {large- p2, k2tog, p2, k2, p2}, k6, k2tog, k14 (k18 - k18)
Rnd 14: * k2, p2 * 3x (4x, 5x), k2, p2, k2tog, p1, {small k2}, {medium- k2}– {large- k2, p2, k2} s1, k1, s1, k2tog, * s1, k1 * 7x (9x - 9x)
Rnd 15: * k2, p2 * 3x (4x, 5x), k2, p2, k2tog, k4, k2tog, k14 (k18 - k18)
Rnd 16: * k2, p2 * 3x (4x, 5x), k2, p2, k2tog, s1, k1, k2tog, * k1, s1 * 7x (9x - 9x)
Rnd 17: * k2, p2 * 3x (4x, 5x), k2, p2, k2tog 2x, k14 (k18 - k18)
Rnd 18: * k2, p2 * 3x (4x, 5x), k2, p2, k2, *s1, k1 * 7x (9x - 9x)
Rnd 19: * k2, p2 * 3x (4x, 5x), k2, p2, k2, k14 (k18 - k18)
Rnd 20: * k2, p2 * 3x (4x, 5x), k2, p2, k2, * k1, s1 * 7x (9x - 9x)
Rnd 21, 23, 25, 27, 29, 31: Knit as Row 19
Rnd 22, 26, 30: Work as Row 18
Rnd 24 and 28: Work as Row 20
Note:
If you want to lengthen the eye-of-partridge palm-grip so it is longer, now is your time to do it. Knit the R19 – R18 – R19 – R20 pattern starting with a R20, you may end on any row you choose.
Cuff:
Change to 3.25mm needles. Cuff is the same for both mittens, per size.
Rnd 1: * k2, p2 * 8x (10x - 11x)
Rnd 2: As Row 1
Repeat these rows until you have the desired length for the cuff, keeping in mind that you still need yarn for the thumbs, and the other cuff, if you aren't doing the mittens at the same time.
Bind off:
Bind off loosely “in pattern”. This you will do by knitting the 1st two stitches as usual in the cuff pattern, jumping the 1st one over the 2nd and off the needle. Purl the next stitch, and jump the knit stitch over the purl stitch, off the needle. Continue like this, knitting/purling the next stitch, and jumping the one before it off the needle.
Left thumb:
Pick up 12sts (14sts - 16sts) evenly around thumb hole with the 4mm needles, following where the stitching falls. Place marker to indicate beginning of round.
Rnd 1: {small- * s1, k1 * 3x, k2, p2, k2}- {medium- * s1, k1 * 4x, k2, p2, k2}- {large- * s1, k1 * 4x, * k2, p2 * 4x}
Rnd 2: {small-k6, k2, p2, k2} - {medium-k6, k2, p2, k2, p2} – {large- k8, * k2, p2 * 8x}
Rnd 3: {small-* k1, s1 * 3x, k2, p2, k2} - {medium-* k1, s1 * 4x, k2, p2, k2} - {large- * k1, s1 * 4x, * k2, p2 * 4x}
Rnd 4: As Row 2
Rnd 5: As Row 1
Rnd 6: As Row 2
Rnd 7: As Row 3
Rnd 8: As Row 2
Rnd 9: As Row 1
Rnd 10: As Row 2
Bind off in pattern, and weave in ends. Wear and enjoy!
Copyright 2012, Sarah Murley of Maple Leaf Rag(s), All Rights Reserved
For pattern support or questions, contact Sarah Murley @
Please do not redistribute, reproduce or sell the pattern or finished object.
Thursday 23 February 2012
Funniest YouTube
This is one of the funniest YouTube videos I. Have. Ever. Seen.
Part of you feels really sorry for the kid, but the other half thanks the mother for posting the video!
-Sarah
Part of you feels really sorry for the kid, but the other half thanks the mother for posting the video!
-Sarah
Monday 20 February 2012
My Current Boyfriend's Name is Leonard
I have a lovely cat. That no one likes.
He is a beautiful cat, sleek black fur, no other colour than black in his coat, with gorgeous green eyes, and the daintiest paws. With the sharpest claws. He's horrible!
Unfortunately, he loves to use his claws, on other people's things. Luckily, he has never sharpened his claws on anything of mine, and if he has, it wasn't important, because I don't remember.
My sister has quite the aversion to this cat, Leonard, because since he came into this house, he has discovered both, in this particular order, that she does not like him, and which scratching post is the best (the leg of her bed).
He is not all malice though, he loves my Mum and Dad, especially since their bed is is comfier than mine, and to mix things up, if it isn't the bed, it is the back of the TV.
As I said before, he loves to use his claws, which was great until we found a blueprint for a site from my Dad's new job in shreds on the floor. And I mean shreds. Needless to say, he lost a life.
I was totally fine with all this (as fine as one can be under the circumstances), and totally repentant. I know it sounds weird that a animal's owner should be repentant of their pet's sins, but in our family, that's how it works. It is sort of a team effort.
Next, it was my Mum's knitting magazine. Colorful confetti lay strewn on the floor, adding to the gaiety that Leonard felt was needed to spice things up a bit. I am beginning to think he loves the sounds (maybe not of ripping paper, but of screaming humans?)
After the knitting magazine, there was a lull, where my father insisted that all the cat's claws be cut, or made blunt.
Like that was going to help!
Just recently, I got music from the Richmond Hill Philharmonic Orchestra as audition music for my entrance. Lovely gothic pieces, infused with 12-note tied notes, and shifting up to 8th position. I practiced them diligently until Leonard shredded the 2nd page for fun. I mean, if he was going to give me all that pain, he at least could have had a purpose.
He is down to 4 lives by now. Or maybe it is less by now, it's kind of hard to keep track.
-Sarah
Catwoman
He is a beautiful cat, sleek black fur, no other colour than black in his coat, with gorgeous green eyes, and the daintiest paws. With the sharpest claws. He's horrible!
Unfortunately, he loves to use his claws, on other people's things. Luckily, he has never sharpened his claws on anything of mine, and if he has, it wasn't important, because I don't remember.
My sister has quite the aversion to this cat, Leonard, because since he came into this house, he has discovered both, in this particular order, that she does not like him, and which scratching post is the best (the leg of her bed).
He is not all malice though, he loves my Mum and Dad, especially since their bed is is comfier than mine, and to mix things up, if it isn't the bed, it is the back of the TV.
As I said before, he loves to use his claws, which was great until we found a blueprint for a site from my Dad's new job in shreds on the floor. And I mean shreds. Needless to say, he lost a life.
I was totally fine with all this (as fine as one can be under the circumstances), and totally repentant. I know it sounds weird that a animal's owner should be repentant of their pet's sins, but in our family, that's how it works. It is sort of a team effort.
Next, it was my Mum's knitting magazine. Colorful confetti lay strewn on the floor, adding to the gaiety that Leonard felt was needed to spice things up a bit. I am beginning to think he loves the sounds (maybe not of ripping paper, but of screaming humans?)
After the knitting magazine, there was a lull, where my father insisted that all the cat's claws be cut, or made blunt.
Like that was going to help!
Just recently, I got music from the Richmond Hill Philharmonic Orchestra as audition music for my entrance. Lovely gothic pieces, infused with 12-note tied notes, and shifting up to 8th position. I practiced them diligently until Leonard shredded the 2nd page for fun. I mean, if he was going to give me all that pain, he at least could have had a purpose.
He is down to 4 lives by now. Or maybe it is less by now, it's kind of hard to keep track.
-Sarah
Catwoman
Sunday 19 February 2012
MLSE Team Up Foundation Fund
Most of you may know this, others may not. On Monday afternoons, from 12.30pm - 6.45pm, I volunteer at CARD. CARD stands for "Community Association for Riding for the Disabled".
During my 6-1/4 hour block, I work with the riders, whose abilities range from mildly autistic, to having lost all control of their limbs in a car accident. I also walk the horses. When I walk the horses, my job is to control their speed, make sure they behave, and keep them calm. I also do a bit of work in the barn, turning the horses in and out of the paddocks, feeding them, and generally just hanging around.
This month, February, I was voted Volunteer of the Month. I have volunteered at CARD for 5 years. That is a long time to be working at one place. Sometimes the days feel really long, and other days they are surprisingly short.
Also this month, CARD has been participating in the MLSE Team Up Foundation Fund. The basic idea is that everyday, participants vote for their favorite charity to win the $50,000 grant. CARD's plan is to renovate their washroom facilities, to include a family washroom as well as to renovate their existing male and female washrooms.
My family has been voting for the past week, but even thought we are a big family, CARD needs all the help we can get! CARD is in 26th place right now. Tomorrow at 12pm, the voting closes. Before then, we need to get into the Top 20. After that, it is up to the judges to nominate the next winner(s).
You all can do me a huge favor and vote for CARD on the MLSE website here. It is very easy, and I know it would mean a lot to the staff at CARD. The Community Association for Riding for the Disabled (CARD) thumb nail and toggle is in the "View the Contestants" gallery, about the 2nd or 3rd row from the bottom.
I know it might feel awkward voting for something you had no idea about before today, but CARD would really benefit from your vote, and in a way, so would I and all the other volunteers.
Please let your friends know about this, and send the link to them. Please also let them know where the CARD toggle is, and that the voting ends at 12pm tomorrow, Monday, Feb. 20th.
For you who missed it, here is the link again:
http://www.mlseteamupfoundation.org/giving/team-up-foundation-fund/
I'm excited to see what tomorrow's tally shows! Thank you, all!
-Sarah
During my 6-1/4 hour block, I work with the riders, whose abilities range from mildly autistic, to having lost all control of their limbs in a car accident. I also walk the horses. When I walk the horses, my job is to control their speed, make sure they behave, and keep them calm. I also do a bit of work in the barn, turning the horses in and out of the paddocks, feeding them, and generally just hanging around.
This month, February, I was voted Volunteer of the Month. I have volunteered at CARD for 5 years. That is a long time to be working at one place. Sometimes the days feel really long, and other days they are surprisingly short.
Also this month, CARD has been participating in the MLSE Team Up Foundation Fund. The basic idea is that everyday, participants vote for their favorite charity to win the $50,000 grant. CARD's plan is to renovate their washroom facilities, to include a family washroom as well as to renovate their existing male and female washrooms.
My family has been voting for the past week, but even thought we are a big family, CARD needs all the help we can get! CARD is in 26th place right now. Tomorrow at 12pm, the voting closes. Before then, we need to get into the Top 20. After that, it is up to the judges to nominate the next winner(s).
You all can do me a huge favor and vote for CARD on the MLSE website here. It is very easy, and I know it would mean a lot to the staff at CARD. The Community Association for Riding for the Disabled (CARD) thumb nail and toggle is in the "View the Contestants" gallery, about the 2nd or 3rd row from the bottom.
I know it might feel awkward voting for something you had no idea about before today, but CARD would really benefit from your vote, and in a way, so would I and all the other volunteers.
Please let your friends know about this, and send the link to them. Please also let them know where the CARD toggle is, and that the voting ends at 12pm tomorrow, Monday, Feb. 20th.
For you who missed it, here is the link again:
http://www.mlseteamupfoundation.org/giving/team-up-foundation-fund/
I'm excited to see what tomorrow's tally shows! Thank you, all!
-Sarah
Wednesday 15 February 2012
Viral YouTube
Here is one of the latest YouTube videos that went viral. Take a look:
One thought. How can you think that your father, who is in IT, won't be able to unblock the stuff you keep hidden on your computer? You would think that most people are smarter than that.
She is obviously not part of the "smarter" group.
Plus (and this is purely hypothetical), if I had written something degrading about anyone, anywhere, (which I haven't), I would not just give them my computer.
As of right now, I am not rooting for either side, but I do admit that shooting a laptop with a gun looks pretty fun.
Those hollow-point bullets are going to be a doozy to take out. Have fun salvaging your new software!
-Sarah
Remember, mud spelled backwards is dum.
One thought. How can you think that your father, who is in IT, won't be able to unblock the stuff you keep hidden on your computer? You would think that most people are smarter than that.
She is obviously not part of the "smarter" group.
Plus (and this is purely hypothetical), if I had written something degrading about anyone, anywhere, (which I haven't), I would not just give them my computer.
As of right now, I am not rooting for either side, but I do admit that shooting a laptop with a gun looks pretty fun.
Those hollow-point bullets are going to be a doozy to take out. Have fun salvaging your new software!
-Sarah
Remember, mud spelled backwards is dum.
Tuesday 14 February 2012
St. Valentines Day
There are two sides to Valentines day.
1. You are either married, or one side of a couple, and wax poetical about, "Every day should be Valentines Day between me and my (insert one)."
2. Or, you are single, and end up finishing up all the chocolates and candies your in-a-relationship friends give you because "I couldn't possibly finish all of them", or "I refuse to take part in something that I can celebrate everyday with my (insert one)".
In regards to the the last point, why do they think you can finish all their chocolates and candy if they can't? Do they believe that because you are single, and they aren't, you are more lenient towards your girth measurement after Valentines Day?
That only works if they are the only ones handing their chocolates and candies off to you after the big day. Unfortunately, there are typically more couples than singles.
But, if you are single, there is an advantage. You get your friends second-hand chocolates free, whereas you could have spent money for new chocolate tomorrow. Who wants to do that?
I can see the placards in the grocery stores on Feb. 15th, "Support orphaned chocolate! Buy us!".
What do you do on Feb. 14? Tonight, I will go to work. None of this schmaltzy "buy myself a bouquet of roses and have a friend drop them off and ring the door bell or give myself a candle-lit bath strewn with rosebuds".
Right now, in my current state, I don't have to dress up for a long night out, smile the whole night, or entertain. I just have to earn money.
Fair trade? I think so, for now.
Happy Valentines Day!
-Sarah
P.S. If it's for lovers, why the heck is it during the winter????
1. You are either married, or one side of a couple, and wax poetical about, "Every day should be Valentines Day between me and my (insert one)."
2. Or, you are single, and end up finishing up all the chocolates and candies your in-a-relationship friends give you because "I couldn't possibly finish all of them", or "I refuse to take part in something that I can celebrate everyday with my (insert one)".
In regards to the the last point, why do they think you can finish all their chocolates and candy if they can't? Do they believe that because you are single, and they aren't, you are more lenient towards your girth measurement after Valentines Day?
That only works if they are the only ones handing their chocolates and candies off to you after the big day. Unfortunately, there are typically more couples than singles.
But, if you are single, there is an advantage. You get your friends second-hand chocolates free, whereas you could have spent money for new chocolate tomorrow. Who wants to do that?
I can see the placards in the grocery stores on Feb. 15th, "Support orphaned chocolate! Buy us!".
What do you do on Feb. 14? Tonight, I will go to work. None of this schmaltzy "buy myself a bouquet of roses and have a friend drop them off and ring the door bell or give myself a candle-lit bath strewn with rosebuds".
Right now, in my current state, I don't have to dress up for a long night out, smile the whole night, or entertain. I just have to earn money.
Fair trade? I think so, for now.
Happy Valentines Day!
-Sarah
P.S. If it's for lovers, why the heck is it during the winter????
Monday 13 February 2012
That's a Children's Song?????
At the barn where I work, the arena has a PA and stereo system. Sometimes, we play CDs on it for the kids as they ride. The favorite CD is called "Greatest Classic Kids Songs", or something like that. The content list includes songs like "John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmit", "There's a Hole in My Bucket, Liza", "Where You Ever In Quebec" and classics along those lines. However, today, while listening to the CD, I heard the lines (not very clearly though, it's a huge arena), "You better kiss me or get out and swim.....". This is a children's song?!
Apparently.
I Googled it (I'm a Googler!!), and it is an actual song:
"Just a boy and a girl in a little canoe with the moon shining all around
He pushed his paddle so, you could hardly hear a sound!
And they talked and they talked, till the moon went in and he said
"You better kiss or get out and swim!"
So what do you do in a little canoe with the moon shining all around
Just a boy and a girl in a little canoe with the moon shining all around
He pushed his paddle so, you could hardly hear a sound!
And they talked and they talked till the moon went in and he said
"You better kiss me or get out and swim!"
So what do you do in a little canoe with the moon shining all a boats floatin' all a girls swimming all around!"
This a real honest to goodness children's song!
Another one I have known about longer is the Noah's Ark song. We all have sung it once or twice, preferably in Sunday School:
Abridged version:
3. The animals, they came on
they came on by twosies twosies
Animals, they came on
they came on by twosies twosies
Elephants and (clap)
kangaroozies roozies
Children of the Lord.
The animals they came off
They came off by threesies threesies
Animals they came off
They came off by three-sies threesies
Must have been those birds and beezies,
Children of the Lord
I had only been singing that for 14 years of my life before figuring out that I and been singing about the human reproductive system in church.
On another note, I am pretty sure (it's my hypothesis) that song writers try to brainwash children while they sing their songs. Hence the "Rueben and Rachel" song below.
"Reuben, Reuben, I've been thinking
What a fine world this would be
If the men were all transported
Far beyond the northern sea.
Oh, my goodness, gracious, Rachel,
What a strange world this would be
If the men were all transported
Far beyond the northern sea.
Reuben, Reuben, I've been thinking
What a great life girls would lead
If they had no men about them
None to tease them, none to heed.
Rachel, Rachel, I've been thinking
Life would be so easy then
What a lovely world this would be
If you'd leave it to the men.
Reuben, Reuben, stop your teasing
If you've any love for me
I was only just a-fooling
As I thought, of course, you'd see.
Rachel, if you'll not transport us
I will take you for my wife
And I'll split with you my money
Every pay day of my life!"
All I can say is that whoever wrote this (and it must have been a female) must have been really bitter about something that happened to her, concerning the opposite gender. Or PMSing while she wrote the song. It happens!
-Sarah
You better kiss me or get out and swim!
Apparently.
I Googled it (I'm a Googler!!), and it is an actual song:
"Just a boy and a girl in a little canoe with the moon shining all around
He pushed his paddle so, you could hardly hear a sound!
And they talked and they talked, till the moon went in and he said
"You better kiss or get out and swim!"
So what do you do in a little canoe with the moon shining all around
Just a boy and a girl in a little canoe with the moon shining all around
He pushed his paddle so, you could hardly hear a sound!
And they talked and they talked till the moon went in and he said
"You better kiss me or get out and swim!"
So what do you do in a little canoe with the moon shining all a boats floatin' all a girls swimming all around!"
This a real honest to goodness children's song!
Another one I have known about longer is the Noah's Ark song. We all have sung it once or twice, preferably in Sunday School:
Abridged version:
3. The animals, they came on
they came on by twosies twosies
Animals, they came on
they came on by twosies twosies
Elephants and (clap)
kangaroozies roozies
Children of the Lord.
The animals they came off
They came off by threesies threesies
Animals they came off
They came off by three-sies threesies
Must have been those birds and beezies,
Children of the Lord
I had only been singing that for 14 years of my life before figuring out that I and been singing about the human reproductive system in church.
On another note, I am pretty sure (it's my hypothesis) that song writers try to brainwash children while they sing their songs. Hence the "Rueben and Rachel" song below.
"Reuben, Reuben, I've been thinking
What a fine world this would be
If the men were all transported
Far beyond the northern sea.
Oh, my goodness, gracious, Rachel,
What a strange world this would be
If the men were all transported
Far beyond the northern sea.
Reuben, Reuben, I've been thinking
What a great life girls would lead
If they had no men about them
None to tease them, none to heed.
Rachel, Rachel, I've been thinking
Life would be so easy then
What a lovely world this would be
If you'd leave it to the men.
Reuben, Reuben, stop your teasing
If you've any love for me
I was only just a-fooling
As I thought, of course, you'd see.
Rachel, if you'll not transport us
I will take you for my wife
And I'll split with you my money
Every pay day of my life!"
All I can say is that whoever wrote this (and it must have been a female) must have been really bitter about something that happened to her, concerning the opposite gender. Or PMSing while she wrote the song. It happens!
-Sarah
You better kiss me or get out and swim!
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