Just to let you know...

I'm currently visiting family and you might not hear much from me until the weekend. Bye. And merry Christmas everyone!

BTW

Hi everyone. You may e thinking that I haven't posted in a while. Well, I actually did but blogspot says that I posted that post in November... here's a link to the post. You'll hear more from me later today or tomorrow. Here's a link to that post from about 4 days ago... http://orangeblogrox.blogspot.com/2011/11/day-to-day-life.html

Oops...

Well, I haven't posted in a long while. I would have enjoyed to compensate for that by writing a super long post but I can't - sorry. What I can do for you at the moment though is write a Haiku or two (ha- that rhythmic!). I should probably warn you that while I'm half-decent at writing poetry, I sorta lack haiku skills. Whatever- I'll still give it a go..:

OrangeGirl writes about objects in her bedroom in Haiku:

Sock puppets are cool
Making them is my hobby
Button eyes, yarn hair

My selective calc.
Never works when I try him
Friends get real digits

Cucumber the sock
He is a real movie star
Yum-yum's forever pal

Stuffed mule on my bed
The Grand Canyon is his home
His name is Brighty

Giant stack of books
Belongs to the library
Knowledge to be gained and lost

Neon Hued Curtains
Brightening up my bedroom
Dotted and orange


Wow- that was longe rthan I expected- maybe I should try hiku posts more often...

Bye folks,

Peace,

Orange Girl

Annoyed with Apple

Grrrrrrrrr... I'm starting to get really frustrated. Today I decided I would finally update my iPod touch to IOs5. The software is really cool and impressive the speed of recovery is not. iTunes stared to reload my apps about an hour ago and I only have 10 out of my original 72 (maybe 73?). Anger! Oh, and none of my songs and TV episodes are there either. I understand that my posts are shorter than those of almost every other blogger but who honestly cares? At least I actually post more than once a month (at least most of the time...)You know what's one of the best songs ever? Baby monkey (riding backwards on a pig) by Parry Gripp. Youtube it. I would put the link but youtube currently isn't working on my computer \. Oh, would you look at that? 'What?', you say. 14 apps, that's what! :)

Requests?

I've now had this blog for a bit more than year. It's turned out pretty well I mean sure, I only have 615 pageviews but I kow for a fact that 0% of the are mine. I now have 38 posts. This leads me to probably the biggest problem with my blog. My posting. It may be partially forgetfulness or maybe partially laziness but I beleive there is a more immenant problem. I have no idea what to talk about. You can and will help. Anyone reading this post must comment telling me what they want me to talk about. I could be anything, as long as it's appropriate! Thanks! Now comment!.

Day to Day Life

I finally won my Friends and my moose-pulled sled race on our way to our town's one room school house. I'm so proud of Jimmy, my family's moose for getting me there on time. We've just recently received a crate of slates of chalk for math and language class, technology never ceases to amaze me! At recess time everyone was taking advantage of the super mild temperature of -15 degrees, I was almost summer was coming up instead of winter. Once my brother and I Got home we began to eavesdrop on our parents. They were considering upgrading from our cozy igloo in Ottawa to a more spacious one in our nations capital, Toronto...







How many people actually believed this sounds like the life of an average Canadian? We have to stop those stereotypes! Ottawa is our capital, not Toronto! We are just as technologically advanced as the USA! Proof? This post was written on an iPod touch 4th gen. We don't have pet moose! In fact, I don't think I've ever seen one before and I've been in Canada my whole life! Oh, and it's not _that_ cold up here...

Please get your facts straight, canadiens matter!

Toonie metaphor

Toonies are cool. For you non-Canadians, toonies are our 2 dollar coins. they are all shiny and they have polar bears on them. Also much more convenient than 2 loonies (1$ coins). I have one with 3 polar bears on it and it says "knowledge". They kind remind me of those sandwich cookies with jam in the centre of 1 cookie but not the other. Boy, do those taste good... :)

This was a sort of pointless rant... But it's better than not posting at all.

Editing time :)

Within the past few days I've started try to fix up my blog. Firstly I've fixed the column sizes. I'm currently trying to add HTML coding gadgets (for instance, look at the bottom of the page for the ball clock). I'd like to add all sorts of GIFs as well. Maybe some interactive animals. I'm trying to make a new title image. Lastly, I'm considering changing the background image. I'm still debating over whether to use one of bloggers or an HTML coding. So, if next time you visit my blog and it looks very different, don't worry, it's still the awesome orange blog. :)

Oh My

I haven't posted in a while. there will be a good, solid post later today. I promise.

Albert: my bffl!

This is Albert. He's my pet rock and one of my BFFLs. I got him at antelope island which is on The Great Salt Lake (in salt lake city) when I was on vacation this summer. He seems to get along pretty well with all my gnomes and stuffies. And he's huggable!!!!! :)

Garden gnome Erasers

I got these about a month ago at claires! They are the coolest things ever. I <3 garden gnomes! They are the coolestest! I even did a speech on the one year. The photos were taken from my iPod so they probably aren't the best quality, sorry. Speaking of my iPod, I downloaded the blogger app and therefore hope to post more frequently.

This game is amazingly addicting! Try playing it! I have nothing more interesting to post at the moment...

Sorting quiz

Which Hogwarts house will you be sorted into?

I'm a ravenclaw, how about you? Take this test to find out.
Sorry for the super delayed post

Depressed Cow

 "Do you like fuzzy?", Asked the green reporter. "Sometimes," replied the pressured man. She was under stress because her marker ate an antelope and was having bowel problems.

  How many days does Spikey have left to live?

  Why is purple a colour?

  And last of all, who murdered that innocent Koala?


Find out all of this and More In the randomness chonicles. Coming to a blog near you (http://orangeblogrox.blogspot.com/)

Hi

The title basically says it all. I didn't die :) I'll post interesting stuff in a few days, don't worry.

Please comment to tell me your favorite type of cookie. I, personally don't have a favourite, I love them all!

No, nom, nom!

Canada Day!

Happy Canada Day to all my fellow Canadians! And, for the non-Canadians reading this, we do NOT live in igloos or have met polar bears/moose. Isn't that cool? XD

Anywhoodles, Happy Birthday Canada!

Summer!

As you guys probably know, it's now summer! Yay!

Anyways, because of this, my posting may be a bit irregular. For instance, I may not post anything for three weeks then post once a day for a while. You can now consider yourselves warned!

Kiki and bouba

Every heard of the kiki and bouba effect? It's really cool but i don't feel like telling you about it so look it up your selves. I'm nice enough to give you a picture though...

=)

300 pageviews!!!!! Thank you guys soooo much. If you enjoy reading my blog and aren't already a follower please consider it. ♫La la la!♫

Mobile!

My blog is now available on mobile!!! :)


Here's it's code-y thingy who's name I always forget:

I'm soooo excited!! I have my very own code thingy!!!!! XD

You can like scan the code and see my blog on it's mobile form on your mobile device!!!!!

Sock puppet

  I had a sudden urge to make a sock puppet yesterday. Sadly I was distracted by a burn on my leg caused by spilling hot tea.

  Today I had a chance to make it, here are some pictures.

 

Chat-bot Translator

If any of you guys  have g-mail, invite en2fr@bot.talk.google.com to your chat list. It translates anything you type into French. BTW, it is NOT a person!


Here is an example chat I had with them. I suggest that you don't continue unless you speak french.

me: Comment ça va?

en2fr: Commentaire ça va?

me: Comment ca va?

en2fr: Commentaire ca va?

me: Ca va bien, merci, et vous?

en2fr: Ca va bien, merci, et vous?

me: Euh, c'est dacord

en2fr: Euh, C'EST DACoRD

me: Your face is dacord

en2fr: Votre visage est DACoRD

me: your face is ugly

en2fr: votre visage est laid

me: No, your's is you stupid robot! >:-)

en2fr: Non, votre robot vous est stupide! > :-)

me: >:(

en2fr: >: (

me: Poo you!

en2fr: Poo-vous!

me: That's not a word, you have bad grammar, "poo" isn't even in french!!! :{ pwned!

en2fr: Ce n'est pas un mot, vous avez la mauvaise grammaire, "caca" n'est même pas en français! : {Pwned!

me: Pwned isn't french either!!!! So ha!

en2fr: Pwned n'est pas français non plus!! Donc, ha!
25 minutes

me: You don't make any sense you silly little robot! :)

en2fr: Vous n'avez pas de bon sens idiot de petit robot! :)

me: I hate you!!!!!

en2fr: Je vous hais !!!!!

me: LIar, I dislike you more!!!!

en2fr: Menteur, je n'aime pas plus que vous!!

me: Exacly my point, you are an idiot XD

en2fr: Exacly mon point de vue, vous are un idiot XD

me: Bad grammar (tisk, tisk)

en2fr: mauvaise grammaire (tisk, tisk)

me: You are soooooooooooooooooo annoying!!!

en2fr: Vous êtes soooooooooooooooooo ennuyeux!

me: What does "soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo" mean in French?

en2fr: Que signifie «soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo" signifie en français?

me: Beats me, but you just proved that you're too stupid to know!!!

en2fr: Beats moi, mais vous venez de prouver que vous êtes trop stupide pour savoir!

me: Beats is french?

en2fr: Beats est le français?

me: NO, it's not. You're asm dumb as a cracker

en2fr: Non, ce n'est pas le cas. Vous êtes asm muet comme un pirate

me: Bye bye ugly-face

en2fr: Bye bye laid-face

me: Meannie! I'm nevr gonna talk to you again

en2fr: Meannie! Je suis nevr vais vous parler à nouveau

me: *never

Hehehe, you're speachless

en2fr: Hehehe, vous êtes speachless

me: Liar, I just spoke.

en2fr: Liar, je viens de parler.

me: Anyways, I'm outta here!!! Bye!!!

en2fr: Quoi qu'il en soit, je me casse! Bye!


This chat demonstrates my high level of maturity.

Amazing Animals

This will be my new semi-regular segment on my blog. It's called 'Amazing Animals'. Each time I'll post the name of an awesome animal and gives some facts and a picture.


This time my animal is the pygmy hippo. Here are some Q&A about them. I got them of the internet FYI.

1. Are pygmy hippos friendly?

Although pygmy hippopotamuses look relatively small and docile, they can be extremely aggressive when it comes to protecting their home or enclosure. They are not thought to be social animals. However, our animals are familiar with their daily Zoo routine and do recognize their keepers as food providers.

2. Could they hurt you?

Yes. They have large, sharp, tusk-like canine teeth that are used for protection and defense.

3. Why do they open their mouths?

That is usually a threat display. By opening their jaws and exhibiting their canines, the hippopotamuses hope to intimidate possible enemies. Also, our animals have been conditioned to open their mouth so keepers can inspect their teeth. Keepers give them treats to reinforce this behavior.

4. What is the white oil on the pygmy hippo's body?

Pygmy hippopotamuses produce this oil naturally. It protects their skin against water loss. 

5. How closely related are pygmy and Nile hippos?

Pygmy and Nile hippopotamuses are both members of the same family of mammals Hippopotamidae. At first glance they may look and act very much alike; but they are, in fact, two very distinct species with different lifestyles and physical adaptations.

Here is a picture of an extremely cute baby pygmy hippo:

Apologies

Sorry I haven't posted anything lately, I've been kinda busy. I'll have more interesting post soon.  

200 views!

So happy!!!!!!! Thank you all for reading this and my other posts!

Here are some ideas for future post topics:

• Happy Bunny
• another quote collection
• Poll results
• Random cool stuff that I read about
• Other

Any ideas? Please let me know.

Jim Benton Sketch of the Day

Have you ever heard of happy bunny? Well, he basically this genius sarcastic bunny. There are all sorts of his quotes. Well, have you ever considered that there is actually a person who created him? NEWS FLASH: there is and his name is Jim Benton. I am a huge fan of happy bunny and have visited Jim Benton's site ( http://www.jimbenton.com/ )numerous times. There is one section of his site called "Sketch Of The Day" (http://www.jimbenton.com/page5/page5.html )where he post a picture that he drew everyday. He are some of my favourites:

Super cool blogs

Do not be offended if your blog isn't here, just post it in the comment section and assuming I now you I'll add it to the list. Lets see how long this can become.

http://zaanannim.blogspot.com/ (The Zaananim blog)
http://beatlez4ever.blogspot.com/ (Beatles 4 ever)
http://blog.hellocupcakebook.com/ (This really awesome official cupcaking blog)

Socks

WARNING, THIS POST CONTAINS TRACES OF EXTREME RANDOMNESS!!!
Hi!
I know I haven't posted in a while and I'm really sorry 'bout that. Anyways I'm going to talk about socks. People think I'm weird because I only like to wear bright, colourful socks. Well they're wrong I'm weird in so many other ways. Back to topic, recently you guys have voted on a poll to say what colour your favourite socks are. The majority of you (9 people, 56 %) said that your favourites are multicoloured. 1 of you or 6% preferred white socks, 2 of you pink, 1 of you red and 3 of you purple. Me, I chose multicoloured, of course. My favourite socks are stripes of various neon colurs (pink, orange, yellow, blue) and has a big, fuzzy purple peace sign. Awesome right?
 What do your favourite socks look like? Comment to tell us.

100 Page Views!

Thank you all so much for visiting my blog. 100 pageviews!!!

Cupcakes

I am a huge fan of baking. For now it's just a hobby but here are some pictures of some really epic cupcakes I've found online.

brains

Hamburger

Chocolate Chip Cookies

Cookie Monster

Dogs

Ducks

Artist's Palette

Chinese Takeout

Turkey Dinner

Gulliver

This is Gulliver, he is a snowman.

Valentine's day

Hi, today is valentines day. A day all about:

Basically just an excuse to eat lots of candy/chocolate and to tell people you like them. A pretty lame excuse of a holiday. Too cinnamony for my taste. Good points: Seeing peoples reactions!!

Anyways what's your opinion on this holiday? (Please comment)

Poll Results

4 of you (that's 100% of those who voted) chose truth. Thanks for voting in the poll.

Wacky Headlines

I love these things! Can you believe that they were actual headline in real newspapers?

Here are some:

• Stolen Painting Found By Tree
• Eye Drops Off Shelf
• Iraqi Head Seeks Arms
• Astronaut Takes Blame for Gas in Spacecraft
• Kids Make Nutritious Snacks
• Hospitals are Sued By 7 Foot Doctors
• 'Obama' bank robber on the run in Austria
• Include your children when baking cookies
• Kids made nutritious snacks
• Enraged Cow Injures Farmer with Ax
• Two Sisters Reunited After 18 Years In Checkout Counter
• New Vaccine May Contain Rabies

Teenybopper

Apparently Justin Beiber is a teenybopper.

A teenybopper is basically a singer who is adored by tweenage girls.They are forgotten very quickly and usually only remembered by: a) Cleaning your garage 5 years later and finding their merchandise which is "so yesterday"

or b) Explaining the term "Teenybopper" to your kid(s) which leads them to post about Teenyboopers on their blog.

Video of older Teenyboppers: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrHSQ32lZ7s

I can definitely imagine Justin Beiber in that outfit!

Fun fact: those sickly pink, old fashioned skirts with poodles on them are called Teenybopper skirts.

Identity Crisis

I was bored so I looked up the definition of an identity crisis online, here's the results:

An identity crisis is a time in life when an individual begins to seriously quest for answers about the nature of their being and the search for an identity. 20th century developmental psychologist Erik Erikson developed this term, which is used frequently. He used it mostly to apply to the period of transition in the teenage years when kids begin to define what they will do as adults, and what their values are. It is now thought that an identity crisis may occur at any time of life, especially in periods of great transition.

Orange

I know I said I'd post orange stuff on this blog and have yet to fulfill that promise. Here's what I came up with:

Quotes

Ah quotes, one of my favourite things. Well I'd like the share some really awesome ones with you.

'It's snowing still' Said Eeyore gloomily

'So it is'

'And freezing'

'Is it?'

'Yes', said Eeyore. 'However,' he said, brightening up a little, ' we haven't had an earthquake lately.'

-The House at Pooh Corner

Speak softly and carry a big stick; you'll go far.

-African proverb

When life gives you lemons, squirt the juice in the eyes of your enemies

-Happy Bunny

It is our choices that show who we truly are, far more than our abilities.

-Albus Dumbledore