A Picture or Two to Ponder

"Oh No!" The little boy cried to his mother. "The trees are cold out in the snow!" "There, there my son. We know what to do," replies the mother, winking heavily in return.

Before this measley day, I did not think that "knitting" and "wicked" could fit together in one sentence without the word "not" inbetween them. I was sadly mistaken.

MMMM..... It's a delicious blueberry pie, warmly knit. Enjoy it while it's hot!

While you're eating that, you can enjoy texting with this lovely knit iPhone!

Gamble away your money with these lovely knit dice!
They roll softly, so your wife can't hear you.

Look! It's a knitted Russel Brand!

Mmmmm... Breakfast... I can just taste the hairs on my tongue after taking a scrumptious bite into one of those babies.

I swear, whoever invented knitting had A LOT of time on their hands.

..... Um ..... yeah .... I have nothing to say about this particular picture....

This woman clearly was running out of ideas on this homemade quilt.

Ok... WHAT THE HECK IS THAT? Who would want to cuddle with that ball of crap with a long knit yellow noodle sewn to it?! Here you go grandchild. It's ok, you're safe with this stuffed kiwibird. It will protect you when Mommy's gone. CSH, whatever, my butt.

I mean, what ever happened to the traditional mittens?

Sorry folks -- I take it back. Knitting is still ... knitting.

EXTRA EXTRA!

The latest in music videos -- even better if you click on "Watch in High Quality" underneath the Views label.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hXKRilPNpc By the way; nice bangs, Lil Mama.

"Oh, I'm with the vampires of course."

Ok, I know that I haven't posted in a while, my life is pretty hectic right now - but I'm gonna sneak in something really quick. Here are the updates...

AHHHHHHHH! TWILIGHT!!!!!!! Yes!! I am SCREAMING. Wow, that was a lot of exclamation points, but this is all true. The real Twilight trailer is now officially out in the media being digested by millions of people all watching TV to surfing YouTube. I think the film makers are doing a pretty good job with it actually! Here's the sneak peak itself: http://youtube.com/watch?v=xBvOhfL4mYw and something behind the scenes that I couldn't leave out: http://youtube.com/watch?v=9Je9Gd_CeC8 please at least watch one of those links!

OK, now that I'm done screaming, I have to say that Caroline really is a pretty great driver! I mean, it was a little freaky when she got a little too close to the curb, but other than that, she is a really smooth at what she does. Way to go!

My birthday is in 13 days and it feels pretty weird. I don't get to have a party though or anything -- it's a family year.

Today I just got back from my best friend's birthday party. We went up to her big sister's condo in Park City and we chilled in a hot tub and had the BEST. MEXICAN. FOOD. DINNER. EVER!!! It was unbelievable! Her dad made all the food. After that we had virgin margaritas (basically limeade, but with slush and a little umbrella to make you feel special) and sat down to watch Disturbia. Naturally, Caroline ever so slyly slinked out of the room at the opening credits. The opposite of my sister, I stayed through the whole movie loving EVERY BIT of the horror. Later in the morning when I was explaining the details to Caroline and Sage (the other girl who didn't watch -- she fell asleep) I noticed they turned ever so slightly green. Heh. I love freaking people out, myself included. Sorry Carrie and Sage though, didn't mean to really scare you. Anyway the trip was WAY fun.

The last Saturday and Sunday I spent from 10:00 AM to around 1:00-2:00 AM at East High, filming High School Musical 3. It was very...interesting. But in my eyes at least, WAY worth it. The first day I went was more hectic, and the Sunday was rather more of what I would like to call "lying low". Don't worry - they fed us and took care of us. Even Big Buhda from Fox News was there helping out. I met up with my childhood (since birth) best friend, Christine Baird, that I hadn't seen in almost 8 years, and that was a BLAST. Catching up was awesome.

I would like to say more of what we did, but I'm not too eager to test the limits on how far I can go without getting sued, so I'll just settle to tell you that Vanessa Hugens has an attitude, Ashley Tisdale has REALLY weird shoes, the guy that plays her brother has a really high girl scream, and Zac Efron is really short. And he sucks at basketball. Ironic, I know.

Lastly, on Tuesday I had a major dance tryout for C.D.T. (childrens dance theatre) at the U, and it was SO FREAKY! I was shaking like the whole time when I was performing my one minute solo that I had to show. The nerves were killing me, but I think it turned out pretty good in the end. I realize now that if I get into this group, I can probably go tour Jamaica with them next summer!

Anyway, I got to go now. Enjoy my gigantic playlist -- I only have 8 songs that I can put on still, it's so full.

YouTube Pick of the Week

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50 Things About ME!

1. I'm obsessed with ballet but don't want to take any ballet classes.
2. I have a duet with another person in my upcoming dance performance. Duet as in no one else is moving!
3. I played a whole year on Harvest Moon 64 in a day over spring break.
4. I hate bad grammar or language (I.E. Caroline's Blog).
5. I have had my ears pierced but I never wear earrings.
6. In 7th grade I was the biggest overachiever in the WHOLE SCHOOL no joke.
7. I really wish I could act like my friend Emma Munson.
8. I'm super jealous of my shadow because it's stretched out... so I look like I'm tall and thin.
9. My ELP teacher is insane. She told us.
10. This same teacher knows everything in the whole world. One day when we were working on grammar one kid randomly raised their hand and asked about fault lines and the ring of fire, and of course Ms. Domanski pipes up and teaches this whole lesson as if she just read a science teaching manual.
11. I love Jason Mraz and John Mayer a TON.
12. My step dad thought I was 12 for a while.
13. My brother RJ is 16 years older than I.
14. I'm as tall (if not taller) as my almost 16 year-old sister. So she's almost my little sister who's older than I.
15. I speak fluent HTML.
16. This is EXTREMELY depressing but I have read any Harry Potter book of your choice more than the Bible or Book of Mormon.
17. I've taken 7 and 1/2 years of piano and I still can't read base cleft notes or understand the circle of sharps (drop and leave the circle of flats. My piano teacher Megan vows to never try and attempt to teach me it again).
18. I am out of dress code every single day at Clayton.
19. I can get away with anything I want in the dress code. Easy. Yesterday I wore a totally obviously scandalously brown skirt. EASY.
20. I make the bratty b@!#$ show choir girls jealous by my rule-brake-and-get-away-with-it ability.
21. I have a surprisingly realistic sheep, llama, and goat (any kind you want varying from pygmy to mountain) sound.
22. I know like every "modern" song ever made. NO Beatles or oldie stains.
23. I totally SCORE at Mario Kart 64 and Super Smash Bros 64. I even beat a Vietnamese kid, and he was really good. Dang it all Asians are! (That isn't racist)
24. I am a professional procrastinator. I actually plan my homework throughout the day it's due so it will just be done as soon as we're asked to pull it out.
25. I love the French language.
26. I don't tan. I burn bad, peel, and then be white again.
27. I love Helen Keller jokes (no offense HK). You have to say this out loud to make it work, so say it to a spouse or somebody but.... "Why couldn't Helen Keller drive?" .... wait for their response.... then shout like it was totally obvious "BECAUSE SHE WAS A WOMAN!!!" turn on your heel and walk away laughing your head off, peeing your pants, crying, or whatever you do when you're amused.
28. Ok, Ok one more. This one is my step dad's favorite - you do it if somebody is being really annoying and you want them to shut up. "Knock Knock!" "Who's there?" "Interupting starfish!" "Interupting sta --" And right when the person is midway through their reply you quickly reach your hand out (with spreaded fingers) and shove your palm onto the persons face. (By the way this was dedicated to Gerritt Hansen. Use this joke all you want Gerritt! but not on me please...)
29. I really want to quit piano, but don't want to at the same time.
30. It is exceedingly rare that my friends actually get one of my strangled thoughts.
31. I love making fun of the sevie's (7th Graders') blind contor drawings in the halls with Maria.
32. My Mom has this amazing talent of signing me up for random babysitting jobs without asking me if I was even DOING anything that day.
33. Oh, and when I was little (like 4) my Mom tricked me into thinking that vacuuming was a GREAT treat and you only got to do it if your were REALLY good! Like a better than candy treat.
34. As a baby, my sister Caroline would put me in a doll stroller and one time she actually pushed me down the stairs. Yeah! I was buckled in and everything!
35. As a toddler my siblings would put me in a blanket and through me up in the air while they were jumping on the trampoline.
36. One of my colarbones is bigger than the other because I broke it at a young age.
37. When I'm thirty, my step dad will be 72.
38. I LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE the new 2006 Phantom of the Opera.
39. I HATE HATE HATE HATE Abercrombie!!!!
40. I've been known for my stories that I have written since 1st and 2nd Grade.
41. My third grade teacher (Mrs. Moyle at Uintah Elementary) just recently had a midlife crisis.
42. My room is right by the stairs so every time my parents use the stairs they look in my room to make sure it's PERFECTLY CLEAN. To make this shorter lets just say that I'm grounded every week. Caroline's room is sorta hidden in the back of the basement and her room hasn't been clean since January.
43. Zelda: Ocarina of Time, Destroy all Humans, Harvest Moon, Guitar Hero, DDR, the original Mario, the original Super Smash Brothers, all War and Star Crafts, Black and White, the original Sims, and Oregon Trail 1 are the best games EVER INVENTED!!!
44. Speaking of Warcraft, I could play that game and totally own before I could even read.
45. I'M A NERD!!!!!! sometimes... but not always. I mean come on, every one has to nerd out a little bit!
46. My art teacher doesn't really like me so she wouldn't let me into advanced art, but my art was picked by the District out of 5 in our school and I got overall 3rd place in 14 middle schools! HA HA SUCKA MRS. OWEN!!! BEAT THAT FOO!
47. One day in the summer when I was like 11 my 20 year old brother (at he time) actually said this, word for word, "Wow, I feel so weird.... I haven't watched Yugioh in like three days..."
48. YES CARLY PORTER. NEWSFLASH -- I DO HAVE SIBLINGS.
49. dkhsdf;xjufghsad;fjfd;kjbcvua;djbizjgbSfia;gkahicjb;ausgagjb;kchfg
50. I can draw some mean stick figure G's. Yeah, they're my bros.

Motivational Thought for the Day

MOTIVATION. Psychology tells us that motivation- true, lasting motivation- can only come from within. Common sense tells us it can't be manufactured or productized. So how is it that a multi-billion dollar industry thrives through the sale of motivational commodities and services? Because, in our world of instant gratification, people desperately want to believe that there are simple solutions to complex problems. And when desperation has disposable income, market opportunities abound.

http://despair.com/viewall.html We dare you. Me and the voices.

Sled Hockey -- The "Tuff Guy" Sport

Ok, so on Friday my family went to a sled hockey game (regular hockey except for disabled people), and I have to admit -- IT WAS AMAZING. These guys have such arm strength and they can move across the rink at really high speeds!

They have a little plastic seat that is sitting on two poles for support. One side of the poles has two blades about an inch from each other while the other end has a small metal loop for balance. Instead of one long hockey stick, they have two smaller ones to propel the sled and to hit the puck. Other than that, the entire game is exactly the same as original hockey!

We were able to go to the game because my mom has a coworker named Erin and her brother is disabled. He is in the Park City regional team (the team that was playing) and he is the all star. His name is Greg and he's participating in a sled hockey team for the 2010 paralympics in Canada. He also loves to downhill ski!

The game that we saw was really great! Greg's the best of his team and the whole audience was cheering every time he got the puck, calling him out by name and shouting. The eagles (G's team) totally killed the other team 7 to zip.

My mom almost peed her pants because it was her first time ever seeing a hockey game. There was even a small brawl and after it was broken apart, my mom turned over to me and cheerily exclaimed, "Wow Hannah! I didn't know this was such a .... a tough guy sport!"

After the momentary fist fight, the involved players were sent to what my mom retells as a "timeout" on the sidelines.

Overall, I would rate this experience an 11 out of 10. It was really exciting, and it really goes to show that even if you are disabled, you can do anything!

Plus, Tom bought me food out of the vending machines...!