Electronic Bushes

Today while walking out of the library at the end of the day; Eleanor, Ashleigh and I made an unusual discovery. A computer in the middle of the bushes... which was random and quite funny. We were told to report it, because apparently 3 computers were stolen from the school. So with finding one computer, there's 2 more to go. Thing is, why would someone go to all the trouble of stealing a computer only to drop it in a pile of bushes? I've put together a list of possible theories...

1. Say that all the computers were taken in one night, and there was a shortage of thieves, perhaps they were not able to carry so many computers at once, so one was purposely left behind with the intention of coming back for it later.

It's not possible that the thief threw the computer into the bush in a hurry, or that someone in the office got angry at it and tossed it out of the window and into the bushes, because the computer looked quite in good shape - all the pieces (modem, keyboard..etc) were there and upright and it showed no signs of having been carelessly tossed down. The computer had to have been placed there deliberately.

2. Perhaps it was stolen by a student who put it in the bush as a joke. Not likely, as this seems risky and pointless - if a student hated a certain computer teacher, wouldn't it make more sense to vandalize the computer?

And now that it's been estasblished that the computer was deliberately placed there - what purpose would sticking it in a bush have served? The most likely conclusion I could draw from the scene was that it was placed there as a hiding spot. Although this doesn't seem terrible solid either, as in the bushes is not exactly the best hiding spot in the world - although if the robbery happened at night and all the doors and windows were shut and the thief/s were in a hurry, perhaps they didn't really have anywhere better to put it?

All I can say is, it's an awfully funny and strange scenario. Anyone like to present some ideas? ^_^

Summer is over...

Happy March everyone. Hurrah for autumn, though I am kind of bummed that summer's done with for another year...it went by pretty quickly. However news forecast is still predicting summer weather throughout March...though summer weather in autumn sure isn't the same as summer winter in summer --_____--

The leaves of the trees around my place are starting to turn red and brown. Soon they will drop off and I can build a giant mountain of leaves to jump up and down in (not that I've ever done that that I can remember....but I fully intend to)

So things to achieves this autumn (and I WILL achieve all of these things and come back to check them off when I have!):

[x] Finish that ghastly book Anayalight by the 23rd April for Alice's birthday present

[x] Survive through the first online brain bee competition coming up soon...

[x] Turn 15...and become 1.5 decades old. (Guess this is inevitable, unless I fall off a building or something :/ )

[ ] Get 100% on at least one school test (come to think of it, I don't even remember the last time I fully aced something. Looks like this'll be interesting...)

[x] Be sleeping in a BED by the time winter arrives so I won't have to huddle on the floor when it's cold.

[x] Clean my room so when the bed comes, it has somewhere to go.

[ ] Make somebody laugh until either they choke on their food or spit out whatever liquid that was in their mouth. Just because it's funny.

Objection

It turns out that playing Ace Attorney in French isn't nearly as easy as I thought it'd be...darn.

It also doesn't help that half the characters' names have been changed (what's up with that? I liked Larry Butz being Larry Butz; not Paul Defes or whatever French name he's been given =__=) and now they scream "Ob-ject-sionne!" instead of "OB-JECT-SHEN!" Mind you, it's still pretty fun ;)

Darn you, technology

Just ignore the music player. I have failed to make it work, but I'm going to destroy it later because I'm currently working on a maths pre test. So just to let you know, you've not gone deaf, and it's not your computer - it's mine -____-

Aquium and Dettol

Those Aquium and Dettol hand sanitizers have got to be one of those backfiring inventions
Sure, they're a handy alternative to washing your hands when you're out at a picnic, and it can't hurt carrying it around in your bag (unless it spills everywhere- and Emily D is right: the stuff STINKS), but still, you have to consider that the main reason these no water needed handwashes are used, is to disinfect kid's hands right before they eat.

And any kid (or anyone, for that matter) who has ever eaten anything right after rinsing their hands in the stuff, will know that their food always tastes disgusting. In case you haven't already figured it out, it's when you accidentally touch your fingers to your lips when you're taking a bite, and then you can taste the really horrible soapy disinfectant taste. And then you get the disinfectant smeared over your mouth, so if you lick your lips, you can taste the strong soapy taste and it's horrible! And then once it's on your tongue the yuck taste can go over the inside of your mouth: your teeth, inside of cheeks....until your perfectly edible club sandwhich or Happy Meal starts to taste like a ghastly combination of chemical antibacterial agents and chicken nuggets (or whatever it is you're eating - either way, you can kiss it goodbye because food never tastes the same once you've got aquium/dettol on your hands to begin with).

My advice to you? Unless you're trekking through some deserted uninhabitated desert with no access to running water, then get off your lazy bum and just use the tap! Walking twenty metres to the tap won't kill you, and believe me, your lunch will taste a lot better! ^_^



That is all.

Oh, and by the way, does anyone know how to put music players onto blogspot? There are websites saying exactly how to do that, but I think I've signed up for 5 of them, none of which have worked. So somebody with a blog with music, please let me know how you did it.

The mysterious music pause

Today my mum was screaming in the car at my brother, and then she shouted "STOP" because he must have been doing something stupid.
Owl City's cd was playing, and just after she shouted 'stop' it glitched, and paused for a few seconds before playing again. nobody touched the controls, the cd has never had any disk problems before, and it was fine when i played the same track again.

she was quite happy with herself, and said that even Owl City was scared of her.
Umm....which was strange.
But I find this quite amusing (and somewhat "mysterious" eh heh heh

NINJA!

Today "theinvisible Ninjaman" added me on facebook. No idea who it is, but it made me laugh. Ha. Ha. ha.

On a lighter note.

H A P P Y B I R T H D A Y C I N D Y ( :

RIP Hypo!

After getting back from our grandpa's today, Daniel noticed that Hypo! had disappeared from his tank... Mum was quick to suspect Leo, but I knew our cat just didn't have the heart (or physical skills needed) to kill a fighting fish. Also, he'd have to be a genius to get onto the coffee side table, take off the lid, eat the fish and replace the lid without leaving a single bit of fur or drop of water.
I had a sick feeling that maybe Hypo! had jumped out of the small gap out the back of the tank, and fallen down the back of the table. As I moved his tank...there was Hypo!...right underneath it. Not moving and surrounded by wet, black sludge. And then he twitched. We put him back into the water and fed him. He was pretty weak. Apparently Siamese Fighting Fish have an organ that allows them to breathe atmospheric air, but we didn't know how long Hypo! had been out. It could've been anywhere from the time we left the house to go to school.
Hypo! died at approximately 8.30pm, 8th February 2010.

I never knew Siamese fighting fish jumped. I thought it was just Hypo! being...well, hypo. For all of you who own Betta fish, they do jump, and you should make sure they can't jump out of their tanks so this doesn't happen again.

RIP Hypo!
I believe there is a reason for all things happening, and maybe God let this little fish die to teach us a lesson, to be more careful of looking after them in the future, or perhaps something else I haven't figured out yet. Hypo!'s death is small and insignificant to you, but remember that cute, tiny, funny, blue, hyper fish for a moment, and be nice to my brother if you see him, because he's kind of upset.

I apologize for this depressing post, but I thought it might be a bit helpful, and to remind all SFF owners to keep their tanks safe! I'm feeling a little sad right now, too... listening to Owl City. Like always, he makes me feel just that little bit happier and carefree.

Siamese Fighting Fish

Well well well. Our house now has three new pets... little sqiggley things in tanks that smell like shrimp and that dried fish stick stuff some people (by which I mean, people excluding me) eat at Chinese New Year.

So yep, last Wednesday we went out to City Farmers and bought 5 Betta Fish...or something or other can't really remember scientific name.
1 for Emily
1 for Daniel
1 for Hannah (happy birthday)
1 for Cindy (happy birthday)
and 1 for me!


And they were so named:
Nugget
Hypo!
Robby Patty
Princess Sparkles
and Phoenix

In case you were wondering:
Yes, Nugget is the biggest, slightly round and eats excessively.
Yes, Hypo! is hypo a lot of the time, and Hypo! is spelt with an exclamation mark.
Yes, Robby Patty was named after Robert Pattinson : for one vampire obsessed friend
Yes, Princess Sparkles is a male... pink, and kind of sparkly (renamed Prince Sparkles)
and Nick. Well...yes, it is a bit weird naming a fish after a bird, but Nick was named after Ashleigh's deceased fish Phoenix (umm. the first, I guess)

So yup, they're very cute ^__^