Random Things (Again!)

I don't want to make my title too long, yet I hate to use the title "Random Things," but I really have no choice. Anyway, first things first. I got tagged by Alyssa, and I had to do it. A Christmas tag, how fun. ^^

1) Do you like sugar cookies?
A: Oh, yeah. Chocolate chip are better though.

2) Do you like a LOT of lights on your Christmas tree, or just a few?
A: The more the merrier. (I actually like the tree better with just lights, not ornaments.)

3) Do you prefer a real tree, or an artificial tree?
A: Definitely a real tree. Though the vacuuming stinks. And the constant watering. But overall, I prefer a real tree.

4) What's your favorite Christmas carol?
A: What Child is This? and O Holy Night.

5) Do you like egg-nog, or boiled custard?
A. Eggnog is slightly good, but...boiled custard? *grimaces*

6) Do you want a lot of snow for Christmas, or just enough to sled in?
A. I want (and have) lots of snow...until I have to go shovel it. :P

7) What's your favorite part of the Christmas story?
A: All of it. It's such a beautiful story; not just because of the awesome plot and the fact that it was true, but because of the love in it. It's amazing.

8) What's your favorite Christmas movie?
A: A Christmas Carol--the new one, especially in 3D. ^^

9) If you could spend $1,000,000, what would you buy?
A: Books. And more books.

10) What is your favorite name(s) of Jesus?
A: I know this is technically the name of God, but Jehovah always struck me as cool. :) (but Jesus is, of course, amazing also)

I'm being lazy at the present moment; therefore, I tag anyone who loves the book/movies of The Christmas Carol, by Charles Dickens.

*blinks* that was fun. Now the next random thing...
I now have 100 followers...thanks, you guys! I love you all, you're amazing. :)

*laughs* this reminds me of this one My Life Is Average that I read. It goes something like, "A blog I followed posted about how he reached a hundred followers. I stopped following. I felt like I beat him. MLIA" *shakes head while still chortling*

And an update on my grandmother who got in the accident: she's doing a lot better. I just talked to her on the phone yesterday, and she sounded better. She's in physical therapy now, resting a lot, and she just took her first steps yesterday, which is awesome news because the days after the accident she couldn't move at all. Also, you can watch another movie about her (in which she meets the man who saved her life. Grandma and Pop-Pop [our grandpa] get quite a lot of screen-time, it's awesome.) here.

Later,

The Honest Scrap Award and a Few More MLIA's

I was awarded by JT and Evergreena (thank you guys! :D) and several others, so here are the rules:

Rules:
1. Say thanks and give a link to the presenter of the award.
2. Share ten honest things about yourself.
3. Present this award to 7 others whose blogs you find brilliant and/or design, or who have encouraged you.
4. tell these 7 people that they've been awarded honest scrap.

Okay, ten honest things...

1. I love nail polish, but I have this incredibly annoying habit of peeling it off, even before it's dry. I just did my nails about an hour ago, and each nail is already chipped. *rolls eyes*

2. I LOVE snow!

3. I always have had this odd fascination for tattoos. I think they're strangely cool (in moderation...people who have all their body tattooed are just weird) on other people, but KNOW I couldn't actually get one on me. (I know I would regret it deeply shortly after I got it done)

4. I love coffee.

5. I hardly ever wear socks around the house, even in winter.

6. I often intrepet compliments as insults, but never insults as compliments.

7. I am so sarcastic.

8. I am weird. The song "Ocean Wide" started playing on the radio a few minutes ago, and I promptly got up and began doing a manipulated version of the waltz with my sister. Before that, I was playing that I was a chipmunk and she was an acorn that I was trying to chase down and eat. Don't ask me why. (Put your minds at ease...during the chipmunk game, I never actually caught my acorn)

9. I love soccer.

10. I have an obsession with twirling my ponytail around my fingers.

That was nice. I tag any of my followers.

Now for the My Life Is Average's (see previous post):

Today, a man held open an automatic door for me. I'm not quite sure what to make of this. MLIA

Today, I went to the record shop to get a movie that apparently has an age limit. The cashier asked for my ID, and I accidently showed him a Pokémon card that I've kept in my wallet for years. He smiled and said 'Level 28. OK, you're good'. MLIA

Today, I pulled on a door that had 'push' written on it, it opened anyway. I felt like I'd beaten the system. MLIA

Today on the bus, I noticed a sign that said "no animals except service animals permitted." Next to it was a picture of a giraffe with a red X over it. I can't help wondering how many people tried to get on the bus with a giraffe. MLIA.

Today I walked into our apple tree. It scratched me. Next thing I knew, an apple fell by my feet. Apology accepted. MLIA

Today, I realised that my being British and living in Britain is a complete waste of british-ness. I am going to try and convince my Mother to move to the USA, where my british-ness can be truly appreciated. MLIA

Today I got a mass email from my history teacher informing us all that our night class was cancelled because shed broken her ankle earlier in the day. Since I knew there was going to be a substitute, I decided it would be the perfect night to skip class to go to the premier night of the Toy Story double feature. When I got to the theater I heard a woman behind me telling someone a story about how shed cancelled her class and tricked all her students so she could go see toy story. I turned around...it was my teacher. Neither of her legs were broken. We ended up sitting together and sharing popcorn. MLIA

Today, I went to the local convenience store in search for Salt and Vinegar chips. I realized I was approaching the store as it was closing, the shopkeeper told me I had 30 seconds to get what I wanted, purchase it and get out of the store. As fast as I could I raced for the chips, bought them and ran for the door. The shopkeeper was closing the door slowly and was about to shut it so I slid under the door just like Indiana Jones would. Salt and Vinegar chips have never tasted so good. MLIA

Today, I turned 16. For my birthday, most of my family decided to give me either pink or hello kitty themed things. My aunt, on the other hand, got me a red lightsaber. I'm glad somebody knows me. MLIA

Today, I was walking down the street and something fell from the sky and landed in front of me. I looked around and there was nobody nearby. It was a tortilla. From heaven. MLIA

Today, I was eating Lucky Charms and started thinking about how there should be more marshmallows because nobody cared about the cereal. At that moment, I dropped a piece of cereal on the ground, next to my hungry dog. She looked at it, then looked at me. Even my dog just wants the marshmallows. MLIA

Today while shopping for a new car the dealer took me out to the lot where I looked at the incoming dark clouds and commented that there must be dementors coming. [from HP] The dealer stopped and said "I'll be right back" and ran inside. She returned with two Hershey bars, handed one to me and said, "just in case." I have the utmost faith in this dealership for my purchase. MLIA

Today while I was at work I was checking cake orders. (I work at a bakery) One of the cakes was decorated red and blue, with a black web on top, with a Spiderman toy on top. The writing said "Happy Birthday Grandpa Gordon" I hope I get cool birthday cakes like that when I'm old. MLIA.

Today, I saw a fire hydrant with a pair of mittens on the sides. It's good to know even inanimate objects need to keep warm. MLIA.

Today, I was riding the bus home from school. There was an elderly man sitting near the front, and every time we drove down a hill he put out his arms and yelled "WEEE!!!". I wish I had thought of that. MLIA.

Today, we were assigned lab partners in science. My teacher said, "Ok, ladies & gentlemen,I assigned 1 stupid person & 1 smart person to each pair." He then chuckled. I hope he was joking because I got paired with a girl who always wins the straight A award & is the captain of the science club. MLIA.

Today, I was trying to free up some memory in my phone, so I decided to empty some old events from my calandar. I had the option to "Delete All Data Before Today". When I clicked it, it asked "Delete 01/01/1900 to 10/02/2009?" I felt like I was deleting all of the world's history. I got scared and didn't do it. MLIA.

HILARIOUS! No more words needed. ^_^

My Life is Average and Quirky Thursdays

Today, I found My Life Is Average and I was laughing harder then I have in a while.
Here's why (read them, they're hilarious :D):

Last year, my friend wrote "Help. Ninja's killed my family. Need money for Ninja lessons" on the back of my binder. I still use the binder because I love it. Today, I had a binder check. When my binder was returned to me there was 6 cents inside with the note "For your noble and worthy cause" written to me from my teacher. I love my school. MLIA

Today, I shouted "Hey look! I'm INVISIBLE!" at people walking past me when they weren't paying attention. When they turned to look I pretend to try and find where the voice came from too so that they would be confused. It worked. MLIA

Today, I was writing a paper on my laptop. As I used spell check, it asked to fix my last name. Annoyed, I clicked "Ignore". After handing in my paper, I got it back with a question mark in the top corner. Ends up I spelled my last name wrong. Never again will I question Spell Check. MLIA

Today, my son's teacher told me he spent all recess on top of the jungle gym commanding the other kid's to do his bidding. I told the teacher I would discipline him. I actually took him to McDonalds because all 5 year old dictators deserve a happy meal. MLIA.

Today I got a 66 on a calculus exam. I turned the paper upside-down and felt a little better. MLIA

Today, I was walking with a friend on our way to class. We were discussing how many na's there are in the bat man song. As we were doing this we kept going, na-na-na-na-na-na my teacher jumped around the corner and yelled,"BATMAN!" Then jumped back. New favorite teacher. MLIA

Today, while driving to school, the Spice Girls "Wannabe" came on the radio. I began singing loudly and dancing in my seat when I pulled up to a red light. I looked to my right and saw my physics teacher,also singing loudly to the song. We made eye contact. It was awkward. We are both guys. MLIA.

Today, I renamed my iPod "This ship" just for the pleasure of seeing the phrase "This ship is syncing" MLIA

Today, instead of taking notes in math, I decided to draw the back of the girl who sat in front of me's head. When the class was over I showed it too her, she showed me her notes which consisted of the head of the guy in front of her. MLIA

Today, my dad and I walked into the hospital with flowers for my mom who has just broken some ribs. The receptionist asked my dad "new baby?" he responded "no, I've always been this big." and continued walking. The look on her face was priceless. MLIA

Yesterday, I noticed that in the back of my latin class there is a locked closet. Next to it is a glowing red button. So today, I put a sign up over it saying "push for Narnia" with a big arrow under it. My Latin teacher gave me a high five. MLIA

Today, I had my cell phone taken from me at school. Why, you ask? It rang, and ignited my entire class into "Don't Stop Believing" by Journey. Losing my phone was worth seeing my teacher power slide with an air guitar solo. MLIA.

Today, my phone vibrated very loudly in Algebra 2. Just as our teacher looked up to give an accusation, the shy boy in the back says at the top of his lungs, "Oh my gosh! That bee is HUGE!" and points out the window where it 'just flew away'. It's always the quiet ones who are the real heroes. MLIA

Today, in school the teacher had asked us a question and knowing the answer I put up my hand. All of a sudden the teacher ran over and high fived me. I was really shocked until I remembered I had wrote "High 5 here!" on my hand earlier. Way to go me. MLIA.

Today, after reading several MLIA's on the battle between Yahoo and Google, I decided to participate. I decided to type in "Dinosaurs are" Yahoo said "Dinosaurs are not real" Google said "Dinosaurs aren't extinct they're just hiding". I think we all know who won this round. MLIA.

Today, in Spanish class, my friend and I was passing a note and the teacher caught us. Upon discovering that we had written the entire note in Spanish she gave us extra credit instead of detention. MLIA

*laughs* There are so many more side-splitting ones. I would post them, but I gotta get off the computer.

One last thing (I don't want to have to make a whole new post...don't like to do more than one per day ^_^)...Marissa over at A Peek Into My Life is the host of... *drum-roll*

Quirky Thursdays! *applauds* Quirky Thursday is one day every week in which we answer quirky questions in order to get to know each other better! :] I think it's a great idea, so here is the first question... (I rephrased the statement so as to make it a question)

What is one of Your Favorite drinks,

from a restaurant/Starbucks/a homemade drink/etc. etc?

Ooh...toughie...ANY kind of coffee (black, cream-and-sugured-unbelievably, latte, mocha, iced, anything. Love it!), or soda. I rarely have any variation of either of those, so whenever I have either its a huge treat. ^_^

Well that was fun! :] Now I have to get off the computer...

...but just one more last thing. :D Today, I had a soccer game, and it was pouring rain out, but I was excited, because how romantic is playing soccer in the rain? (wow...that was a run-on sentence...apologies) Okay, maybe not so romantic, but it's so much fun. It enhances the game to pieces. Anyways, the game got canceled. So yeah, here I am typing on my laptop rather then out in the beautiful rain running my tail off...and freezing my fingers into extinction.

Yeah, now I'm getting off for real. ^_^