Avatars!

I just found this on my computer and thought they were so kawaii (cute)! I even did my homework and found a site to make them!

http://www.mikecpeck.com/blog/images/avatares.swf

Unfortunately it seems the e-mail feature doesn't work on it...oh well. Screenshot time!

I even did the Saylors family. This was probably around the time I did a lot of babysitting for them!

Ultimate Princess Bride Quiz

1. Who plays the grandson? (a) Jonathan Jackson; (b) Macaulay Culkin; (c) Ben Savage; (d) Fred Savage.
2. What type of group does Vizzini say he, Fezzik and Inigo are? (a)lost circus performers; (b) servants for the prince; (c) lost soldiers; (d) traveling salesmen.
3. What would Westley say when Buttercup would command him to do something? (a) do it yourself; (b) as you wish; (c) as you please; (d) rightie oh.
4. How did Buttercup refer to Westley? (a) servant boy; (b) hey you; (c) farm boy; (d) Westley.
5. With what country is Vizzini sent to start a war by the assasination of Princess Buttercup? (a) Florin; (b) Tabre; (c) Ethiopia; (d) Guilder.
6. What is the third danger of the fire swamp that Westley says he doesn't think exists? (a) fire spurts; (b) ROUSs; (c) lightening sand; (d) snow sand.
7. What do both Prince Humperdink and Westley say when Humperdink is screaming 'Surrender' and Westley screams 'Death First!" and Buttercup says, 'Do you promise not to hurt him?!' (a) shut up; (b) say again; (c) what did you say; (d) what was that?
8. After Buttercup's return to the castle, she has a dream. And in this dream someone is yelling at her. Who? (a) an old hag; (b) her mom; (c) a small child; (d) a dog.
9. Whath event prompted Buttercup's promotion to queen in her dream? (a) death of the king; (b) her mom said so; (c) war with Guilder; (d) because she wanted to.
10. What is the name of the Count who has six fingers that Inigo is set to kill to avenge his father? (a) Count Rugen; (b) Count Faust; (c) Count Braiden; (d) Count Richard.
11. What does the Count mentioned in number 10 say after Inigo has said his whole "you killed my father" spiel a number of times? (a) okay I get it; (b) stop saying that; (c) persistant little cuss; (d) enough already.
12. What does Miracle Max classify Westley as when Inigo and Fezzik bring Westley to him? (a) mostly dead; (b) all dead; (c) completely dead; (d) alive and healthy.
13. What is one of the insults Westley throws at Humperdink in the bedroom scene? (a) conceited creep; (b) jerk; (c) miserable vomitous mass; (d) ugly evil horse's behind.
14. What does Westley tell Humperdink he may keep when he puts him through "the pain"? (a) his eyes; (b) his hands; (c) his feet; (d) his ears.
15. Who will take over Westley's spot as the Dread Pirate Roberts? (a) Fezzik; (b) Humperdink; (c) Miracle Max; (d) Inigo.

Puzzle of the Day -- Level 2

Hal and Jennie are chatting when Jennie poses this question, "Dad, I'm 22 now, but just how old are you?"

Hal replies. "You wanna know how old your old man is, eh? Hmmm, well, I tell you what. I'm as old as your age plus half of my age."

How old is Hal?*

(Not really, Dustin!) LOL

Birthday Excitement!

It was my 22nd birthday on the 24th (Thursday) and I can't say it was the most exciting birthday ever but I've had fun. On Thursday I went out with my dad for a couple hours to look for a new/used car for himself as his car just got totaled. When we were there he had to fill out a form and put my age and it was then that he realized that it was in fact my birthday that day. He and I then went out to lunch at Maki Yaki, or as my mom likes to call it Mucky Yucky. I haven't had it in a long time and it was really tasty. I had a chicken teriyaki bowl and tempura CA roll and mochi ice cream for dessert. MMMMmmmmm....good stuff. After that I drove my dad over to get a blood test and after that I drove him back over to the car dealer so my mom could take a look at it before he bought it. I went home to relax before I had to go to school that night. Bleh. >:P

Saturday was my surprise party day. It wasn't a surprise that I was having a party, the surprise was what my party entailed. I gave the reigns to my SIL Chiemi who planned the day out for me (I'm sure with my other SIL Kellie's help). Unfortunately for me she did not plan my morning and because of my mom it did not entail sleeping in (which I really could have used), it entailed kick-boxing (don't get me wrong, I enjoy it, I just would have preferred not to have to go that day) followed by a thrilling hour of picking up trash to Keep Downey Beautiful (where I got a wonderful bright orange shirt....thrilling!). It was way hot out there in the sun which upsets me to no end because every other year when I wanted to have a pool party for my birthday, it was cold and the one year I don't have a pool party planned, it's blazingly hot. The weather likes to spite me, I feel.

At about 1:30 Chiemi and Kellie showed up at my house and we headed over to the mall to get manicures and/or pedicures...something I've wanted to do for a while now. It was relaxing, but I was sad that we couldn't get a hold of Christy as we didn't have either her nor Tom's cell numbers and so she got left out. Sad :( We'll have to go again soon.

After that we went over to look at a potential house for GE and Dustin and Chiemi. It was nice. Then Chiemi, Kellie and I needed to head off and they took me over to Macy's to get my makeup done all glamorously. I was worried it wasn't going to look good, but I ended up liking it luckily. When that was finally over we headed back to my place to get dressed in my fancy dress that I wore for Brett and Kellie's wedding reception. My mom then took me outside to take some "glamor shots." (The new picture on the side is one of them)

Then I was told we were going to BJ's for dinner but as I was going with Brett and Kellie, we needed to go and pick up her sister Kristi. We got her and then they told me that we needed to stop by the Cerritos institute to pick up something for her mom. When we got there they wanted me to go in with Kristi and so I reluctantly went with her (reluctant because I'm a lazy bum and didn't want to stand up). We got in there and the lights turned on and everyone shouted "Surprise!" I can't say as I was really shocked/surprised but it was unexpected. The most shocking part was more that there were some people that I wouldn't have thought were there like Denise Pellegrino, Brian Morris and Elise Saylors (and to a lesser extent my Grandpa and GB). They had gotten yummy food from Costco and Chiemi made cupcakes. I opened my presents(my replacement Zen with case and a few other things)/cards (with money). Then we were told stories about my past and my wonderful cuteness. All in all it was a lot of fun (even though I thought it was sorta strange to have my birthday party at the institute building).

Puzzle of the Day

1. A bear walks ten miles due south, ten miles east, ten miles north, ending up on the spot where it started. What color was the bear?

2. Eight cards were missing from a standard poker deck with no jokers, making it impossible to get a straight flush. Which cards were missing?

3. Avery, Jones, Robinson, Kucic, and Himmelfarb are the starting players on the college basketball team. Avery, who wears jersey number 30, told number 45, Jones, that Robinson was the mean one. Kucic, who wears number 35, told Himmelfarb that Avery was absolutely right. But Robinson, number 40, is even-tempered and kind to everybody. What number is on Himmelfarb's jersey?

4. Halfway through the season, Kucic the basketball player was hurried into the largest hospital in Lexington, Kentucky. The admitting nurse called Dr. Masterson's emergency beeper. In five minutes Dr. Masterson called back. The nurse explained the emergency and asked, "Where are you?" "We're in the middle of Gary, Indiana," she heard the doctor say. "How long will it take you to get here?" "Two minutes." What was Dr. Mastersondoing when she received the emergency call?

Puzzle of the Day

Commoner Puzzles are made up of two columns with five things (words, names, and places) in each. The goal is to find what all the things in Column A have in common that none of the things in Column B shares as well. Example:
Column A Column B
Allegiance Practical
Flag Yard
Of Drum
Republic Patriotic
Stand Sit
Solution: All the words in Column A are in the "Pledge of Allegiance."

1.
Column A Column B
Mud Flour
Lemonade Glass
Cement Steel
Tea Onyx
Coffee Oxygen

2.
Column A Column B
Lime Pear
Apple Plum
Pineapple Lemon
Cantaloupe Honeydew
Orange Fig

Flood It!

Puzzle of the Day

Every field must have its own abbreviations. For example, the ISBN (International Standard Book Number) is on the back of a book; a trucker going from Los Angeles to Phoenix, Tucson, El Paso and San Antonio might note her route as LA/PHX/TUC/EP/SA; a baseball coach might use P, C, 1B, 2B, 3B, SS, LF, CF, RF for pitcher, catcher, first base, second base, third base, shortstop, left field, center field, right field. What do the following lists of abbreviations mean?

1. ARI, ALG, GEO, TRI, PRO, STA, CAL
2. COM, DRA, ADV, ACT, SPO, MUS, HOR, SCI
3. VLN, VLA, CEL, BA, TRU, TRO, FH
4. SON, SAM, MIT, GOL, TOS, PAN, ZEN, QUA
5. CEL, KNI, BUL, ROC, CAV, JAZ, LAK
6. LGA, LAX, SFO, DAL, SEA, MIA, DET
7. YOS, YEL, OLY, GLA, CAR, MAM, EVE, SHE
8. FIR, GDY, DUN, GDR, MIC, KEL, UNI

Puzzle of the Day

Sometimes people with large vocabularies use unecessarily flowery language. For example, the title of not one but two Alfred Hitchcock thrillers could have been "The Male Homo Sapiens with an Overabundance of Accumulated Data." Fortunately, the title he used for both versions of this classic was The Man Who Knew Too Much. What were the original names behind the following florid movie titles?

1. Greetings, Handtruck
2. Taurus Throwing a Tantrum
3. Occidentally Located Narrative
4. The Gargantuan Facile
5. Solar Satellite of the Members of the Pongidae Family
6. Distance Divided by Time
7. Obliterated from Existence in Conjunction With Atmospheric Vapors in Motion
8. Departing from the Most Populous Metropolitan Area of the Silver State