New Year's Eve

People stay up later on New Year's Eve than New Year's, in my perspective. Anyway I'm going to my cousin's house tongiht. What are your New Year's plans? Only one day till the new year. Anybody have any New Year's Resolutions? Here are a few of mine:
1. No A-minus, on A or A-plus
2. Work really hard at school
3. Work really hard at ballet
4. Watch only one hour of television a week.
5. Eat more vegetables.
There are five. How many of them I will actually fulfill, I do not know. I mean, I already eat a reasonable amount of vegetables, I think. Every day. As for television, I don't watch any programs like Nickelodeon or Disney Channel or Cartoon Network, I like to watch game shows. Like Jeopardy, You Deserve It, and so on. I'm trying to cut back. I already work really hard at ballet. And same with school. Oh well, I could work harder. Much harder.
Question of the Day: Do you take the trouble to put up a Christmas tree and yard lights? Why or why not?

Sorry and hello

Sorry, yesterday I went to Monterey Bay. First I had to drive a half hour to pick up my cousin and spend 15 minutes there loading the bike rack. Then a one and a half hour drive to Monterey, and then we biked from Fisherman's Wharf to Lover's Point and back. Then lunch at Fisherman's Wharf. I would have loved clam chowder in a bread bowl, but I'm lactose intolerant so I enjoyed some fish and chips (chips meaning french fries, which I didn't eat much of because they contain acrylamide which causes cancer. Eek.) for lunch. After lunch (which, BTW, was at like three thirty) we reloaded the bike rack and drove one and a half hours to my cousin's house, dropped him off, and drove forty five minutes to a restaurant to have dinner. By the time I got home, it was time for a card game. My parents meet up with four others to play a Chinese card game, and we play at this house where there's a girl in my grade, she's my good friend, and we stayed until two AM. So....sorry.
   My apology was so long that I think it accounts for my post.
Yesterday's Question of the Day: Why do some people go to pizza restaurants only to buy salad? Like California's Pizza Kitchen, for instance. It's a PIZZA KITCHEN, not California's Salad Bar! Might as well go to a real salad, bar, they'd have more choices and better quality.
Question of the Day: If a coupon has no expiration date and you dig it up a year after you got it, is it still valid? Why or why not?

Christmas Gifts

I totally forgot to tell you about my Christmas gifts. And as I have nothing else to post about today, I will tell you about them.
OMG I GOT 175 BUCKS IN BARNES AND NOBLE GIFT CARDS!!!!!!!
Here's how: every time someone asked what I wanted, I said, "Barnes & Noble gift card." So I got 50 from my aunt and uncle, 50 from my other aunt and uncle, 25 from my grandparents, 25 from a family friend, and 25 from another family friend. From one family friend, I received an awesome jeweled bookmark and a really pretty necklace. From my parents, a Kindle Fire EEEEEKKKKK!!!!! YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!! They also gave me a Sherpa lined traveling vine hoodie from Eddie Bauer. They ordered it in extra small petite, yet it is still big.
Question of the Day: Where is considered the Bay Area and why?

Obviously...

NO Internet. Or wi-fi. Well, it wasn't cheap. So...yeah. Well, I hope you had a Merry Christmas, all!!!!!!! And if you have read the Kane Chronicles, you will know about the Demon Days. They start today!!!! Happy Holidays, all. Becasue Kwanzaa, I believe, is still going on, and I'm (ha-ha) starting a countdown to the New Year. Check back tomorrow!
Question of the Day: Anyone have a blackout the morning of December 23rd? I know, not a really good question. I woke up that morning at 4:26 AM to go skiing-have to drive 4+ hours. I turned on the light and was waking my brother and cousin (they sleep in so they slept in my room so I could wake them up haha) and then the light turned off randomly. On my way to tell my parents, who were supposed to be up but not up (haha again), I walked straight into a wall, entered the bathroom twice, bumped into my mom's dresser, and tripped over a backpack before getting to them. The blackout was only in a small area, thank goodness. There were barely any cars, so it was okay that traffic lights were off. If you had a blackout, maybe you live near me!

Book Recommendations

As I have nothing to blog about but must do this as a countdown to Christmas...
BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS!!!!
1. Warriors series by Erin Hunter
2. Seekers series by Erin Hunter
3. Canterwood Crest series by Jessica Burkhart
4. Harry Potter series by J.K.Rowling
5. Percy Jackson series by Rick Riordan
6. The Kane Chronicles by Rick Riordan
7. The Heroes of Olympus series by Rick Riordan
8. The Secret Series by Pseudonymous Bosch
9. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon by Grace Lin
10. 13 Treasures by Michelle Harrison
11. The Rag and Bone Shop by Robert Cormick....I think.
Okay, please recommend any good books to me in the comments!
Question of the Day: Is being a conductor easy or hard?

Inclusive or Exclusive

What's three plus four? Seven by going four, five, six, seven. You don't go THREE four five six. Why not? I don't really know. How many days until Christmas? There are four ways to go about counting and three different possibel solutions. Let me show you:
1. Including today AND Christmas: Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday-5 days.
2. Including only today and not Christmas: Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday-4 days.
3. Including only Christmas and not today: Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday-4 days.
4. Excluding both: Thursday, Friday, Saturday-3 days.
I would go with number 2 or 3. Number 2 because if it's already Christmas, why count the day? Number 3 because that's standard addition. Number one and four have reasonable arguments, as well. I, for one, really don't know.
Question of the Day: In your persepctive, which of the counting methods above are correct? Why is that one correct and not the others?

P.S. I know that's a hard Question of the Day, but that's the kind of questionI LOVE. Hard and frustrating, one htat no one can answer satisfactorily. Except for some super logical person like Max-Ernest. I would love to hear his opinion on this question!

Reblog

I hope this is how you reblog, guys!
So . . . anyone interested in winning a copy of INITIATION? (Out Jan. 3rd). :) If so, I'm giving away TWO signed copies!

The rules are easy:

You must be a US resident

You have to comment on THIS post and leave your email address so I can get in touch with you

Your comment topic is: "How are YOU going to celebrate Initiation release day?" :)

You get extra entries if: you reblog about the contest, tell your friends about Initiation (I trust you!), Tweet, Facebook, or do whatever you like to let other people know about it's release. If you leave what you did in your comment, I'll add it as an extra entry.

Two winners will be drawn at random at midnight on Monday. Good luck! I'll email the winners the next day. :)

xoxo

That post was by the author Jessica Burkhart, who writes the amazing Canterwood Crest series!

Sleeping In

What time did you get up today? I got up at eight but hung around and ate breakfast and read a book and stuff before this thought came to my head. I know WHY people sleep in-they're tired or lazy. Simple as that. You slept at 2 AM? You won't be getting up for a while. You flew to USA from Japan? You'll be sleeping like a LOG. Or you are lazy and don't want to get up. That's what I don't get. I mean, there's nothing to do in bed! You just lie there! The only time I do that is when I randomly wake up at 3 AM and want to go back to sleep. But if it's a reasonable time to get up, like 8 AM, get up!!! There's a lot to do every day, and soem of that stuff needs to be done in the morning, right? Maybe I feel this way because I make a to do list every day I stay at home (without school) and list whether to do it in the AM, PM, or either. Hmmm...
Question of the Day: Why is sleeping in called, well, sleeping in? What does it mean by sleeping IN?

First Second post

As in, it's the first time I've posted twice on the same blog in one day. I was hanging around with nothing to do, and was like, "I feel like posting something on my blog." I really don't have much to say except for this: My eyes are really sore. I'm massaging the nerves, looking far away, looking at green, everything to soothe my eyes. Alas, my eyes are still sore. What does alas mean? Hey-that's your second question of the day, though you could just look it up. One more thing-I am going to the Hot Pot restaurant tomorrow for lunch! Yum. Have a nice night, all.

Understudy

I was reading a book where the understudy was trying to injure the main character so she could go onstage. If I were an understudy, I would be pretty bummed, too. I mean, I wouldn't try to injure the main person, but still. Like, you don't get to have any actual parts because you need to be free to take the role in case. But if you don't have the role, then you just wasted your time with the rehearsals and everything.
Question of the Day: What would you feel/do if you were an understudy?

Countdown to Christmas

Hello everyone!!!!! I will be posting every day as a countdown to Christmas. As for my Questions of the Day, they will still be posted but won't be all that GREAT, I can't come up with that many!!!! I am going skiing from the 23rd-26th. I will still post, though. I hope. If there is no Internet, whaddaya gonna do? Well, I have to get back to practicing now.
Question of the Day: When you close your eyes, you can still see. The only thing you are seeing, however, is your eyelid. But you are still seeing-and I have a test to prove it.
Is there a nice, bright lightbulb around you? Make sure there is-the Sun might be too harmful to your eyes. Look up at it-NOT NOW!!!! BUt after you look up at it, there will be a flash blob of color. Close your eyes once you see the flash blob. Can you still see the flash blob? Yes you can. Whiuch means your eyes are still seeing, right?????

Halloween Queen

From the title, you can tell that I am going to be a Queen for Halloween. Weeelllll, I probably won't trick-or-treat very long, cuz I want to pass out candy in my queen costume!!!! Go Halloween Queens! I mean, who wants to be a princess when they can be a queen? Which brings me to my next piece of news: I have created a pretend game with my friend. I am not mentioning her name at all. BUT, I can tell you what it is. We're twin sisters that are fifteen, and that is, I believe, at one point the age at which a girl is eligible for marriage. So we just kinda talk a lot, and look through our very peasant-ish jewelry and pretend it's super valuable and everything. My friend's princess name is Quinavyre. My princess name is....actually I haven't decided. Maybe Yvole? I heard the awesome name Fawndria from somewhere but can't use it cuz its copying.
Question of the Day: Is two to the power of four one number or four?

Okay....

Maybe I haven't blogged for a bit, but still, what can you expect from someone who, you know, has a life? Took a break from watching The X Factor. The judge Nicole, um, Scherzinger or something is really pretty. She won Dancing with the Stars, didn't she? With Derek. I like DWTS, I want Derek to win, because I like him.
Question of the Day: How do bees make honey?

The Rag and Bone Shop

The Rag and Bone Shop is a super good book that I suggest you read is you haven't already. Contrarto most people's beliefs, it is not about a shop that sells rags and bones. I imagine that kind of store would not have any business whatsoever, but that is beside the point. Check out the book!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Question of the Day: What is a scone supposed to look like?

Miley Cyrus

Nobody is telling me about Miley, so I guess I won't do the blog. I was kinda sorta looking forward to it, but whatever. I'm still deciding. Sooooo..........guess what my secret nickname for Miley is? Mimi. It's Mimi. Partly because I have a good friend named Mimi. I have a lot of friends: Elizabeth, Irene, Gabby, Britney, Amanda, Kristie, Elaine, Michelle, Julia, Megan, and Natalie come to mind. My BFF? Well, you guess.

Naw, I can't choose between: Irene, Michelle, Natalie, Megan, and Julia.
Those are my top five so good enough. Anyway, guess Elizabeth's nickname! From the following: Eliza, Beth, Liz, Liza, Zabeth, Izabet, or Libeth?
Hint: It is not Liza, Izabet, or Eliza.
Answer: Libeth. B/c Libeth is cool that way.
Question of the Day: Do plants feel pain?

Smiley Miley Cyrus!!!

No one is commenting, so I'm still in the dark about the Miley blog. But maybe, is I can't start a Miley blog, I'll go ballet! Maybe.............ih, I'm still deciding.
Question of the day: Is urea liquid? I know the urea is flushed out of your body by water-creating urine, or pee. But....without the water, is urea liquid? If not, what can it be? Powder, I suppose?

People, my latest fave Miley song: Party in the USA!
Put my hands up, they're playing my song, the butterflies fly awaaayy!!! Noddin my head like YEA, movin my hips like Yea!!!!!

Yes, Ma'am!

Have you ever addressed your teacher as Ma'am or Sir? Allow me to tell you that it is very fun. To me. But I probably have lots of disagreeing people. Whatever, I like to call them ma'am and sir. Answer to the riddle: six! You have five different colors. So worst case is, the first five are all different colors. But the SIXTH must match one of the others. 
Question of the Day: Who thinks Amelia Bedelia is too literal, and why?
                                                           -Chammie
P. S. People, do you like Miley? Miley blog is up for serious consideration and YOUR VOTE COUNTS!

It's Friday!

It's Friday, Friday, everybody get down on Friday, Friiiiday!!!!! The song is okay in my opinion. Rebecca Black got tons of hits. Whether viewers liked it or not. So, very vague tea egg instructions: Make then Sunday night before Moon Festival arrives!!!!
Boil eggs with dried aniseed.
Take them out with a large spoon (they are super duper hot.)
Put them on a plate. Use the large spoon to gently whack the eggs so that the shell is broken but it doesn't come off. 
Boil again with soy sauce and green tea leaves
Let sit overnight. 
Enjoy!
    They are really good and easy to make. Go Chinese Tea Eggs! Now, I've posted to tell you a few things. Number one, band starts in exactly one week. I'm so excited because I can play the flute in a band again. I LOVE flute duets but during the summer it was just me and my flute. 
Number two, I took a math test today and am pretty sure I aced it, and
Number three, if you like Miley Cyrus then please comment because I might think of starting a new Miley Cyrus blog. If enough people say that they like Miley, then I will start the blog.
Serious news: I will give an announcement if I start a new Miley blog! For those who wish to follow my ballet life, very very sorry but I don't have the time to manage one. So, just enjoy my music blog and my wishful thinking one!
Question of the day: This is a riddle. See the answer in my next post!
You are about to leave for a vacation, but you remember that you didn't take socks! So you go into your room. The lights are off and you can't see. However, you remember that you have 4 pairs of blue socks, 8 pairs of black socks, 7 pairs of white socks, 2 pairs of red socks, and one pair of green socks. How many socks do you need to take out before you are sure that you have at least one matching pair?
    Just thought of this:today is the meeting to find out what part I am. I have a class but my mom will go. I really want to be a Christmas light and I will tell you if I get it. Only bits and pieces of ballet for this blog. Bye!

School overload

I had a social studies test today. And I have a math test tomorrow and a grammar quiz on Tuesday the thirteenth, not to mention a book report due in twenty days!!!! It's not like I'm a bad student-I like to think that I am a good one, because I usually get straight A's. But even so, I don't like being overloaded with academics. I do have a life. Whatever, I don't get assigned too much homework so........
Question of the Day: What is real cheese? Cheetos claims they use real cheese, but the bright orange artificial powder doesn't look like the string cheese in my refrigerator. At all. What's "real cheese?"

Doodly doodly doo

There is a TV show I like, and I found out it was canceled. But today I was looking at the daily schedule fo television shows and found it on a different channel!!!!!! So I'm happy. And it's Labor Day, so I don't have to work on my book report!!!!! Now, since this blog is really boring, I'm going to make it a bit more interesting. It is now a music blog. I will post my favorite songs and I MIGHT just add a few of ym own lyrics. Current favorite songs: I Hope You Find It by Miley Cyrus, Mean by Taylor Swift, Who Says by Selena Gomez, and more Miley Cyrus-The Climb.
Question of the Day: Why is the nickname for William "Bill?" For those of you that do not know, Bill Gates' real name is William. Why is his nickname Bill? I think it should be Will.

UGH!

Ugh, my teacher assigns monthly book reports!!!! I have to do book reports ALL YEAR, basically. That sucks really bad.
Question of the Day: Where is the sky? As in, if I put my foot up two inches, it is not in the sky. But airplanes are in the sky. At what height is something considered "in the sky?"
I LOVE the series Warriors.

Introduction

Hello everyone (although I bet my blog is deserted)!!!!
This blog will be about:

• random stuff that requires being blogged
• a possibly interesting "question of the day" that I encourage people to answer to themselves
• the weird things going on in my head

And that's about it.
Question of the day: What color is darker than black? There is one, research the kind of recently found planet the size of Jupiter that lurks around the sun-like star G-023-blah-blah6-7384-whatever whatever. Thanks!