Friday, February 25, 2011
Mother Nature Hates Us
Yes, she does. The weather started to warm up last week and we were all excited but the wind was too hard so we couldn't go shoot the trebuchet which is the only thing left to do for our project. And just when we got our hopes up for a windless day, it snowed! It freaking snowed the beginning of this week and we had a delay for school and there is still ice on the ground today!. Then yesterday it was warming up and the birds were chirping and happy, it even smelled like spring. But no, today its all rainy and windy. The sky has threatened rain all day, and in band last period it was still holding off. And in the three minutes it took me to walk from the band room through the school to the buses the heavens opened up. It poured just long enough for the entire high school to get soaking wet going to our buses. By the time our bus was leaving the school the rain had already stopped. It didn't rain the entire bus route (over half an hour) but no joke the second Sassy and I got off the bus it started to rain and in less than thirty seconds it was pouring so hard that I could barely hear Sassy talking. AND the wind was blowing so hard that it almost ripped a sign out of the grass. I was afraid that the trees next to us were going to blow over and kill us! Seriously ask Sassy I was afraid for my life. It that three minute walk home we were got so wet and cold and deaf from the wind. When we got home I went upstairs and told Lex about Mother Nature hating us. Before I was even done talking to Lex, Sassy called me to the window and guess what? The wind and rain had stopped and the sun was smiling down and laughing, LAUGHING at us. I swear it was. But the wind did start back up again. It was blowing so hard a few minutes ago that I found my deck chairs flying towards the neighbors house. It was insane! I was watching a fountain across the street and it wasn't doing it's normal up and out kind of fountain thingy, it was more like going up and away in just this big wall of water. It was crazy. But the moral of this story is that Mother Nature Hates Sassy and I. Mainly me I think but that's just because Sassy got on the bus before me and it was still raining. But that's my only evidence. Still I sense hatred.
Saturday, February 5, 2011
Friday Night!
So this Friday night, (yesterday at this point) Sassy, Jay, Lex and I went out with some friends. The night started out that we were supposed to go bowling. We were picking up 3 friends and then meeting some at the bowling alley. But being the ones we are things had to be funny. So in the trunk we put chain and a pillow case. Our first stop was to pick up my pocket sized friend who shall be known as Lieutenant. But she is quite difficult and told me before hand that she would only get in the car if I had cheese fries ready for her. Royal farms made $6.98 from me.
In case you were wondering we didn't use the pillow case and chain on Lieutenant. I didn't get a chance because the element of surprise was ruined by an unnaturally annoying individual. Ok, so that's a nice way of putting it. Lieutenant's sister saw me. Actually her sister scared me. I went to the front door and before I could do anything her sister jumped out at me and made a loud noise and funny face through the glass in the center of their fancy front door. It startled me, and as much as I hate to admit it, made me appreciate her sister (whom I usually dislike) just a little bit there for second. But only a second. :)
Next was my Wacky Wednesday friend. Since this was the first time ever going to pick her up at her house we ended up lost once or twice. Ok, I'lll be honest we missed like five turns and got lost twice. And to be honest with you, it was my fault. Or well technically Sassy's, he was the one that let me have the map. (We aren't that old fashioned it was the map app on the phone.) But when we finally found Wednesday's house we didn't use the chain on her either. It might not have gone over well with her dad who had never met us before that point. But we were determined to use that chain and pillow case.
Last to be picked up was Lefty. We pulled up to her house and got the chain. We were determined. Lieutenant, Wednesday, and I hid on either sides of the back door to Lefty's house and I knocked. It would be too creepy if we just walked right it. I knew Lefty would answer the door because she knew we were coming to pick her up, but I still waited until I saw her face before I jumped out and put the pillow case over her head. Lieutenant, my best right hand girl jumped right after me and put the chain around her. Wednesday just stood there shaking with laughter. She didn't believe us when we said we were kidnapping Lefty.
After we had Lefty chained and cased we waved to her grandmother and then dragged her out the door. Jay, Sassy and Lex were watching from the house and laughing at us.
After the successful kidnap of Lefty we headed for the bowling alley. We didn't get lost this time though because Sassy took the map. I don't blame him. Now if you think this was the funniest part of our night you are sadly mistaken.
Upon arrival at the bowling alley and meeting up another friend of ours, Eggroll, along with a few other friends of hers and her little cousin we were informed that it was tournament night and there were absolutely no lanes for us to use. Sad Face. But while Eggroll and the others tried to figure out what to do, Lefty, Wednesday, Lex and I ran around the arcade pretending to be dinosaurs, zombies, birds, I was a gnome for a while, some bunny rabbits, and danced like idiots. Eventually Eggroll decided that a movie would be a great alternative to bowling. We thought otherwise. So while the rest of our group got in their cars with the intention of going to a movie, me and my crew got in the car and decided that going from bowling to a movie wasn't really that fun. We ended up at Kmart. Playing hide n seek. Yes, Kmart and hide n seek.
Wednesday was it first and I really appreciate her method. She caught me quite quickly and all she did was insist that I give her my pony tail holder and switch sweatshirts and there she is, looking like me. But she did the same thing with Sassy and Lefty. Lol Wednesday. But when Kmart employees got a little suspicious we decided it was dinner time.
McDonalds doesn't have many positive experiences with these Not So Average Teenagers, but hey you can never get too tired of those chicken nuggets. But this time there wasn't much incident besides seeing that teacher. Which for some of us (Lefty) was actually a good thing. Weirdo.
After McDonalds we decided that going to the mall nearby. This mall though happens to contain 6 things: Radio Shack, nail salon, shoe repair, walker store, an awesome gum ball machine and the pot heads that come to get stoned. NOT US! I swear, we went to go run around for a while. It was fun watching the stoners stare at us while we played tag and acted like idiots. Then we went to Radio Shack and guess what, we acted like idiots there too. The guys working there didn't mind too much until that song came on and Wednesday and I started dancing around. That was when they were like "I think it's time you guys were leaving." Sassy pulled it off as if they were closing and dragged us out of the store. Ah, Sassy. After Radio Shack we went and messed around by the stoners again before heading outside to be idiots in our own way. That was when we started beating Lex up. We started by messing around and play fighting but then we started hitting him where it hurts the most.
When we got too antsy we went to the boardwalk. Yes we live at the beach. The boardwalk was fun and by now its like 9 at night. To give you an idea we picked Lieutenant up at 5 that night. Four hours later we are standing freezing our idiot asses off in the cold. But it was all worth it. We stood on the actual beach for a while after playing hacky sack on the boardwalk and ninja when we got sick of hacky sack. But on the beach we started beating Lex again and each other just a little. Ahh, a night is not complete without throwing your friends flat on their backs at least twice. :)
When the youtube came out with the comedian acts we headed to the car. Brian Reagan will always be my favorite comedian!
We dropped Lex at home and then headed to Lefty to drop her off first. We chained her and sent her in, grabbed some Mountain Dew, watched the last half hour of Criminal Minds with her grandma and then took Wednesday home. Only to find that Wednesday left the keys on her kitchen table. She called her dad and after sitting outside her house for twenty minutes her dad came home and let her in.
Lieutenant was the last to be dropped off. By then Sassy was sound asleep in the back seat. Poor Sassy. Sassy, Jay and I got home just past midnight to find Lex still up on the Xbox even though it was an hour and a half ago that we dropped him off.
Bed time at last, only to remember that I have to be up at 6 the next morning to go to Dover with my Mom. That was a fun morning. Thank You Caffeine!
This adventure was brought to you by Dee, a very non-average teenager.
In case you were wondering we didn't use the pillow case and chain on Lieutenant. I didn't get a chance because the element of surprise was ruined by an unnaturally annoying individual. Ok, so that's a nice way of putting it. Lieutenant's sister saw me. Actually her sister scared me. I went to the front door and before I could do anything her sister jumped out at me and made a loud noise and funny face through the glass in the center of their fancy front door. It startled me, and as much as I hate to admit it, made me appreciate her sister (whom I usually dislike) just a little bit there for second. But only a second. :)
Next was my Wacky Wednesday friend. Since this was the first time ever going to pick her up at her house we ended up lost once or twice. Ok, I'lll be honest we missed like five turns and got lost twice. And to be honest with you, it was my fault. Or well technically Sassy's, he was the one that let me have the map. (We aren't that old fashioned it was the map app on the phone.) But when we finally found Wednesday's house we didn't use the chain on her either. It might not have gone over well with her dad who had never met us before that point. But we were determined to use that chain and pillow case.
Last to be picked up was Lefty. We pulled up to her house and got the chain. We were determined. Lieutenant, Wednesday, and I hid on either sides of the back door to Lefty's house and I knocked. It would be too creepy if we just walked right it. I knew Lefty would answer the door because she knew we were coming to pick her up, but I still waited until I saw her face before I jumped out and put the pillow case over her head. Lieutenant, my best right hand girl jumped right after me and put the chain around her. Wednesday just stood there shaking with laughter. She didn't believe us when we said we were kidnapping Lefty.
After we had Lefty chained and cased we waved to her grandmother and then dragged her out the door. Jay, Sassy and Lex were watching from the house and laughing at us.
After the successful kidnap of Lefty we headed for the bowling alley. We didn't get lost this time though because Sassy took the map. I don't blame him. Now if you think this was the funniest part of our night you are sadly mistaken.
Upon arrival at the bowling alley and meeting up another friend of ours, Eggroll, along with a few other friends of hers and her little cousin we were informed that it was tournament night and there were absolutely no lanes for us to use. Sad Face. But while Eggroll and the others tried to figure out what to do, Lefty, Wednesday, Lex and I ran around the arcade pretending to be dinosaurs, zombies, birds, I was a gnome for a while, some bunny rabbits, and danced like idiots. Eventually Eggroll decided that a movie would be a great alternative to bowling. We thought otherwise. So while the rest of our group got in their cars with the intention of going to a movie, me and my crew got in the car and decided that going from bowling to a movie wasn't really that fun. We ended up at Kmart. Playing hide n seek. Yes, Kmart and hide n seek.
Wednesday was it first and I really appreciate her method. She caught me quite quickly and all she did was insist that I give her my pony tail holder and switch sweatshirts and there she is, looking like me. But she did the same thing with Sassy and Lefty. Lol Wednesday. But when Kmart employees got a little suspicious we decided it was dinner time.
McDonalds doesn't have many positive experiences with these Not So Average Teenagers, but hey you can never get too tired of those chicken nuggets. But this time there wasn't much incident besides seeing that teacher. Which for some of us (Lefty) was actually a good thing. Weirdo.
After McDonalds we decided that going to the mall nearby. This mall though happens to contain 6 things: Radio Shack, nail salon, shoe repair, walker store, an awesome gum ball machine and the pot heads that come to get stoned. NOT US! I swear, we went to go run around for a while. It was fun watching the stoners stare at us while we played tag and acted like idiots. Then we went to Radio Shack and guess what, we acted like idiots there too. The guys working there didn't mind too much until that song came on and Wednesday and I started dancing around. That was when they were like "I think it's time you guys were leaving." Sassy pulled it off as if they were closing and dragged us out of the store. Ah, Sassy. After Radio Shack we went and messed around by the stoners again before heading outside to be idiots in our own way. That was when we started beating Lex up. We started by messing around and play fighting but then we started hitting him where it hurts the most.
When we got too antsy we went to the boardwalk. Yes we live at the beach. The boardwalk was fun and by now its like 9 at night. To give you an idea we picked Lieutenant up at 5 that night. Four hours later we are standing freezing our idiot asses off in the cold. But it was all worth it. We stood on the actual beach for a while after playing hacky sack on the boardwalk and ninja when we got sick of hacky sack. But on the beach we started beating Lex again and each other just a little. Ahh, a night is not complete without throwing your friends flat on their backs at least twice. :)
When the youtube came out with the comedian acts we headed to the car. Brian Reagan will always be my favorite comedian!
We dropped Lex at home and then headed to Lefty to drop her off first. We chained her and sent her in, grabbed some Mountain Dew, watched the last half hour of Criminal Minds with her grandma and then took Wednesday home. Only to find that Wednesday left the keys on her kitchen table. She called her dad and after sitting outside her house for twenty minutes her dad came home and let her in.
Lieutenant was the last to be dropped off. By then Sassy was sound asleep in the back seat. Poor Sassy. Sassy, Jay and I got home just past midnight to find Lex still up on the Xbox even though it was an hour and a half ago that we dropped him off.
Bed time at last, only to remember that I have to be up at 6 the next morning to go to Dover with my Mom. That was a fun morning. Thank You Caffeine!
This adventure was brought to you by Dee, a very non-average teenager.
Thursday, February 3, 2011
Science Project
Sassy and I have a science project for school. They told us we could do anything science related. We are both taking a chemistry course but of course, chemistry that would be fun isn't available to us. So we are doing a physics type project. Ever heard of a trebuchet?
Our project is to build a pumpkin flinging device, and then shoot it and come up with something scientific then. I'm thinking precision and accuracy or something like that. But so far we are having fun just building this sucker. It's as tall as me without the arm attached, and pretty just plain tall WITH the arm on. So far we've built the base, the uprights and supports, and attached the arm. All that's left is the sling, weight and actually making it shoot the projectile. Our projectile is TBD (to be determined) but the weight is ice melt, yes 200 lbs of ice melt. We only have another month until this slinging siege warfare device needs to be operational. So far with the weather hating us, that's gonna be a difficult deadline. We'll make it though. With my awesome hat and Sassy's ability to actually wield a power tool we might make it.
Our project is to build a pumpkin flinging device, and then shoot it and come up with something scientific then. I'm thinking precision and accuracy or something like that. But so far we are having fun just building this sucker. It's as tall as me without the arm attached, and pretty just plain tall WITH the arm on. So far we've built the base, the uprights and supports, and attached the arm. All that's left is the sling, weight and actually making it shoot the projectile. Our projectile is TBD (to be determined) but the weight is ice melt, yes 200 lbs of ice melt. We only have another month until this slinging siege warfare device needs to be operational. So far with the weather hating us, that's gonna be a difficult deadline. We'll make it though. With my awesome hat and Sassy's ability to actually wield a power tool we might make it.
What we're like
Since my first post didn't give much information on who we are, I'll give you a little more. Jay lives at home for the time being because he can't afford a car yet. In a few months he'll have enough for a car and then he's moving a few miles down the road to live over top our parents business. The parents plus Aunt own a family run nursery for little kids 0-2 years old with special acceptances into the preschool program for 2-3. Jay's going to live in the apartment above there once he gets his car.
Sassy's a junior in high school and plans on attending an art school. He thinks homework is a waste of time so despite his stellar intelligence he just barely passes most of the time. Sassy loves to bake and do photography. Most recently we baked lava cakes and if I do say so myself they tasted pretty damn good. Love Sassy's cooking.
I'm a sophomore in the same school and plan on attending a law school. I think homework is a waste of time but do it anyway. I'm currently 4th in my class out of 350 kids.
Lex is adopted. We adopted him a few years ago when he was 10, about the same time that Boris joined the military. Lex has school problems from bullying to dyslexia. It doesn't help most of his teachers thinks he's just a loud mouth brat. I personally agree half the time that he's a brat but the other half of the time I think he's pretty cool.
Lex and I often find ourselves hanging out in the Kmart sword fighting with those Styrofoam swords they sell for like $5. It's pretty fun especially when you see the kids younger than you holding their parent's hand and staring at you. The parents shoot daggers but the kid you can always tell wants to join in the fun. Sassy doesn't like to join in the sword fight fun, but we'll break him eventually and get him to play too. Sassy is the only one of us that his maturity level matches his age (most of the time).
Boris is married and barely visits anymore. But when he comes to visit it's never boring. Miss you Boris!
We have a zoo in our house. We have 3 dogs: Gerbil(boy), Daisy(g), and Daphne(g). Daphne is blind and epileptic. Daisy and Gerbil are just crazy. Plus we have a cat name Monkey(g). And like four tanks of fish. Plus our two cockatiels: Bob(b) and Montague Python Elwin Buck Beak or just Monty(not sure if its boy or girl, but we call him a boy).
There's never a dull moment in our house. You'll see.
Sassy's a junior in high school and plans on attending an art school. He thinks homework is a waste of time so despite his stellar intelligence he just barely passes most of the time. Sassy loves to bake and do photography. Most recently we baked lava cakes and if I do say so myself they tasted pretty damn good. Love Sassy's cooking.
I'm a sophomore in the same school and plan on attending a law school. I think homework is a waste of time but do it anyway. I'm currently 4th in my class out of 350 kids.
Lex is adopted. We adopted him a few years ago when he was 10, about the same time that Boris joined the military. Lex has school problems from bullying to dyslexia. It doesn't help most of his teachers thinks he's just a loud mouth brat. I personally agree half the time that he's a brat but the other half of the time I think he's pretty cool.
Lex and I often find ourselves hanging out in the Kmart sword fighting with those Styrofoam swords they sell for like $5. It's pretty fun especially when you see the kids younger than you holding their parent's hand and staring at you. The parents shoot daggers but the kid you can always tell wants to join in the fun. Sassy doesn't like to join in the sword fight fun, but we'll break him eventually and get him to play too. Sassy is the only one of us that his maturity level matches his age (most of the time).
Boris is married and barely visits anymore. But when he comes to visit it's never boring. Miss you Boris!
We have a zoo in our house. We have 3 dogs: Gerbil(boy), Daisy(g), and Daphne(g). Daphne is blind and epileptic. Daisy and Gerbil are just crazy. Plus we have a cat name Monkey(g). And like four tanks of fish. Plus our two cockatiels: Bob(b) and Montague Python Elwin Buck Beak or just Monty(not sure if its boy or girl, but we call him a boy).
There's never a dull moment in our house. You'll see.
First of All
To start I would like to say, that this is a blog about some Not So Average Teenagers. It is me, Dee, and my brothers Jay, Sassy and Lex and all our friends. Yes these are not our real names, our parents didn't name us Dee, Jay, Sassy and Lex. But these are nicknames that we have. Jay is 21 and lives at home, Sassy is the extremely tall 17 year old geek, I'm 16 year old smart (ass), and Lex is 13 and dorky, but we love him anyway. We have another older brother and he's 23 is a Marine and we call him Boris. I love my brothers and all our wacky. These are our adventures. Past and Present.
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