I searched youtube for Downhere Christmas songs and found several that I might use. This first one is a compilation of clips they did while recording "How Many Kings" earlier this year. I can't wait to get my hands on that album! Or, maybe even better yet, *coughlistenupmomanddadcough* see them in Waukesha on December 18th....*coughdidyougetthehint?cough*
But anyway. Here's the video:
Cool stuff, isn't it? I especially like the bit with the drums. And "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen," which I heard on the radio the other day (it's awesome.). Ever notice how, no matter how tired you get of a song, hearing it in a new arrangement is (nearly always) refreshing? I'm not tired of "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" at all, but new arrangements are great.
Okay, I've posted, now bring me some figgy pudding!!
~Kiwi~
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Saturday, December 12, 2009
Thursday, June 11, 2009
100th post!!!!!!!!
On a blogger's 100th post, it is customary to post 100 random things about yourself. Here's my 100 things. I hope you don't get too bored!
1. I know and can sing many many songs. Most of the songs played on Air1 and K-love in 2008 I know by heart.
2. I love to read. (P.G. Wodehouse, Shannon Hale, Christopher Paolini…)
3. I have been home schooled since birth.
4. I’m going to graduate in ’010!
5. I am hopelessly addicted to blogging.
6. As I write this, I’m listening to “Protest to Praise” by Downhere.
7. I simply adore biking.
8. I’m contemplating getting a bug-shield for my bike.
9. I nearly had a bike crash earlier today.
10. One of my favorite hobbies is painting.
11. My “Old Movie Blog” is fun to do research for!
12. I have met 15 famous people: Daniel Kirkley, Jason Gray, Jason Germain, Marc Martel, Glenn Lavender, Jaime Jamgochian, Lanae Hale. Brian, ’Nirva, Gabe, and Tedde from the Diverse City Band, and Hawk Nelson.
13. Concerts are great fun to attend!
14. But I’ve only been to three: Newsboys, Bethlehem Skyline Tour concert, Winter Jam ’09.
15. I don’t have a boyfriend, and don’t really see a need for one right now.
16. I really need to build up my “Artiste’s imagination”
17. No, I don’t have Facebook, Myspace or Twitter.
18. I should be doing chemistry right now.
19. I love to run, but I haven’t got any endurance.
20. My name doesn’t actually have a ‘k’ or ‘w’ in it.
21. “Rockstars need money,” and so do I.
22. I really really really want to see Paul Colman in July!!
23. I have one of the starring roles in The Play.
24. I used to sleepwalk on occasion. Who knows if I still do so…
25. I have two brothers and one sister.
26. I know at least the choruses to 80+ Newsboys songs. By heart.
27. I was ecstatic to get a letter from my friend the other day. AND it had a picture of her in it!!
28. Writing 100 Random Things about me is harder than I originally thought!
29. Sometimes I (randomly) burst into a (random) song.
30. I used to have a sheep that I showed at the fair. Her name was Mandy, and then she had a lamb named Freddy. I still have a 3rd place ribbon that Freddy won…
31. I was in 4-H once, but didn’t like it.
32. My sister and I are NOT twins!!
33. I like having my nails brightly painted.
34. I recently memorized the first stanza of “What is so Rare as a Day in June?” by James Russell Lowell.
35. I prefer geometry to chemistry.
36. I am quickly running out of things to say.
37. I really really really want to enter Downhere’s tee-shirt contest!!! Really!
38. I don’t get to wear pj’s to school. Horrible, isn’t it? :-P
39. I have a stuffed turtle.
40. Flip-flops rate higher with me than tennis shoes.
41. I have never broken a bone. (Of my own, that is…)
42. Volleyball is amazingly fun!
43. I do a lot of diving in volleyball.
44. I have 6 cds: the Newsboys’ GO, Thrive, In The Hands of God and the ITHOG EP. Michael W. Smith’s Live the Life, and Avalon’s Testify to Love.
45. My dresser top is always a mess ‘cause it’s my “catch-all.” But more on that later.
46. I can’t believe I accidentally skipped this one!
47. I love the Newsboys’ Going Public cd.
48. I want a new pair of shoes.
49. I can’t wait for consistently warm weather.
50. I have a “Zits” cartoon taped to my door that describes me perfectly! I’ll have to give y’all a pic of it sometime.
51. I cannot brain today. I have the dumb.
52. Sadly, I appear to be the “Teasable Type.”
53. Colors are cool!
54. I don’t like washing dishes.
55. My occupation? Dishwasher, scullery maid, bathroom scrubber. Oh, and most-of-the-time student.
56. My plan for this summer is to stay as active as possible. That means bike rides, volleyball, double Dutch jump rope, anything else that’ll keep me moving!
57. This has been 57 random things already!
58. One of my friends ‘owes’ me $31.64 already. It’s a long story…
59. I went horseback riding once in Tennessee in ’06.
60. Skip-bo is a good card game.
61. I don’t play any instruments.
62. I accidentally skipped #s 46-49! Oops!
63. Hopefully I’ll be able to hand out awards to my faithful blogreaders soon…
64. I learned that it is possible to start a Twitter account with a fake email.
65. But I either deleted the account or forgot the password. I forgot the password, anyway. The account may still be there. *runs off to check* Nope, it’s still there! www.twitter.com/kiwidafruit. No updates, though. Unfortunately, I can't get in to delete it because of the forgotten password.
66. I luuuuuuuv my digital camera! (Thanks, grandma & grandpa!!)
67. I have been hit in the face by the ball in the following sports: soccer, baseball, dodgeball, and basketball.
68. I have been knocked down in the following sports: dodgeball, soccer, basketball, football (LET IT BE KNOWN: I was not playing football voluntarily. It was entirely against my will that I was standing out there in that field, watching everyone else know what to do!), tag, and, as of Sunday, volleyball.
69. I used to be quite accident and injury prone.
70. I enjoy beading earrings, necklaces, and bracelets, but haven’t been ‘inspired’ to do so lately.
71. Writing is fun, but not ‘on demand’ writing.
72. Geometry was so much better than chemistry!
73. I like the game Bomber Penguin. (Skittles, you'd like it! give it a try.)
74. I just found two cool videos of Marc Martel that I'll have to post soon!
75. I am ¾ of the way done with this thing!!
76. My toenails are pink right now.
77. I want to visit my great-grandma (and Skittles!) in Florida!
78. Have you ever played ‘Pit’? I have.
79. I am 17 years old, 2 months, 2 weeks, and 5 days old.
80. I want my own email address. (Hinthinthint)
81. Blogger frustrates me!
82. I like music videos.
83. I want to make a music video to “Praying for Sunny Days” by Hyper Static Union.
84. Catchphrase is a good game to play with friends, especially when it gets rowdy!
85. I’m going to give 25 points to whoever reads all of this!
86. I think I’ve been on blogger for about one year.
87. I just read through a year’s worth of my life in my diary.
88. I have had one of my watercolors sold at an art auction.
89. I want to see Dagmar soon ‘cause I have a s’prise for her…
90. My room is a wee little bit messy right now.
91. I had no school today.
92. My middle name is Elizabeth.
93. My hair, after being twisted up in a bun for 24+ hours, looks really odd!
94. I am/Praying for sunny days to return to me…..
95. I don’t have a best friend…I have about 20!
96. If you looked at my dresser right now, you would find: 3 porcelain dolls, a crystal bell, four cds, a Willow Creek angel, a little-bitty doll, five glass bottles, perfume, Mary Kay product, four ponytail holders, an IOU note (from my friend, now worth $31.64), a library card, four barrettes, two pairs of earrings, a cd insert, two batteries, song lyrics, bangle bracelets, two necklaces, flattened-out foil from a blue Easter crunch-bunny, a ring case, bookmark, a radio, and $1.33 in small change. I hope you found that fascinating!
97. Three houses ago, ‘Punzel and I chased the landlord’s cows around. (I was 6-7)
98. I have a signed Newsboys poster with a large, long haired hole in it…;D
99. I am very very very distantly related to Dan’l Boone. I think.
100. I survived my first 100 Random Things post!! Hallelujah!
Okay, I'm going to make the rest of this brief. I owe a big thanks to Dagmar and Matt, because they got me started in blogging and have answered numerous questions about it.
Thanks to Mom & Dad, for letting me get a blog.
Thanks to everyone who reads this blog and comments.
A smaller 'thank you' to the people who read this but don't comment. Comment if you want to get a big thank you.
And thanks to my followers, just for following.
Basically: THANKS ALL Y'ALL TO EV'RYONE WHO READS THIS!
So long, readers!
~Kiwi~
1. I know and can sing many many songs. Most of the songs played on Air1 and K-love in 2008 I know by heart.
2. I love to read. (P.G. Wodehouse, Shannon Hale, Christopher Paolini…)
3. I have been home schooled since birth.
4. I’m going to graduate in ’010!
5. I am hopelessly addicted to blogging.
6. As I write this, I’m listening to “Protest to Praise” by Downhere.
7. I simply adore biking.
8. I’m contemplating getting a bug-shield for my bike.
9. I nearly had a bike crash earlier today.
10. One of my favorite hobbies is painting.
11. My “Old Movie Blog” is fun to do research for!
12. I have met 15 famous people: Daniel Kirkley, Jason Gray, Jason Germain, Marc Martel, Glenn Lavender, Jaime Jamgochian, Lanae Hale. Brian, ’Nirva, Gabe, and Tedde from the Diverse City Band, and Hawk Nelson.
13. Concerts are great fun to attend!
14. But I’ve only been to three: Newsboys, Bethlehem Skyline Tour concert, Winter Jam ’09.
15. I don’t have a boyfriend, and don’t really see a need for one right now.
16. I really need to build up my “Artiste’s imagination”
17. No, I don’t have Facebook, Myspace or Twitter.
18. I should be doing chemistry right now.
19. I love to run, but I haven’t got any endurance.
20. My name doesn’t actually have a ‘k’ or ‘w’ in it.
21. “Rockstars need money,” and so do I.
22. I really really really want to see Paul Colman in July!!
23. I have one of the starring roles in The Play.
24. I used to sleepwalk on occasion. Who knows if I still do so…
25. I have two brothers and one sister.
26. I know at least the choruses to 80+ Newsboys songs. By heart.
27. I was ecstatic to get a letter from my friend the other day. AND it had a picture of her in it!!
28. Writing 100 Random Things about me is harder than I originally thought!
29. Sometimes I (randomly) burst into a (random) song.
30. I used to have a sheep that I showed at the fair. Her name was Mandy, and then she had a lamb named Freddy. I still have a 3rd place ribbon that Freddy won…
31. I was in 4-H once, but didn’t like it.
32. My sister and I are NOT twins!!
33. I like having my nails brightly painted.
34. I recently memorized the first stanza of “What is so Rare as a Day in June?” by James Russell Lowell.
35. I prefer geometry to chemistry.
36. I am quickly running out of things to say.
37. I really really really want to enter Downhere’s tee-shirt contest!!! Really!
38. I don’t get to wear pj’s to school. Horrible, isn’t it? :-P
39. I have a stuffed turtle.
40. Flip-flops rate higher with me than tennis shoes.
41. I have never broken a bone. (Of my own, that is…)
42. Volleyball is amazingly fun!
43. I do a lot of diving in volleyball.
44. I have 6 cds: the Newsboys’ GO, Thrive, In The Hands of God and the ITHOG EP. Michael W. Smith’s Live the Life, and Avalon’s Testify to Love.
45. My dresser top is always a mess ‘cause it’s my “catch-all.” But more on that later.
46. I can’t believe I accidentally skipped this one!
47. I love the Newsboys’ Going Public cd.
48. I want a new pair of shoes.
49. I can’t wait for consistently warm weather.
50. I have a “Zits” cartoon taped to my door that describes me perfectly! I’ll have to give y’all a pic of it sometime.
51. I cannot brain today. I have the dumb.
52. Sadly, I appear to be the “Teasable Type.”
53. Colors are cool!
54. I don’t like washing dishes.
55. My occupation? Dishwasher, scullery maid, bathroom scrubber. Oh, and most-of-the-time student.
56. My plan for this summer is to stay as active as possible. That means bike rides, volleyball, double Dutch jump rope, anything else that’ll keep me moving!
57. This has been 57 random things already!
58. One of my friends ‘owes’ me $31.64 already. It’s a long story…
59. I went horseback riding once in Tennessee in ’06.
60. Skip-bo is a good card game.
61. I don’t play any instruments.
62. I accidentally skipped #s 46-49! Oops!
63. Hopefully I’ll be able to hand out awards to my faithful blogreaders soon…
64. I learned that it is possible to start a Twitter account with a fake email.
65. But I either deleted the account or forgot the password. I forgot the password, anyway. The account may still be there. *runs off to check* Nope, it’s still there! www.twitter.com/kiwidafruit. No updates, though. Unfortunately, I can't get in to delete it because of the forgotten password.
66. I luuuuuuuv my digital camera! (Thanks, grandma & grandpa!!)
67. I have been hit in the face by the ball in the following sports: soccer, baseball, dodgeball, and basketball.
68. I have been knocked down in the following sports: dodgeball, soccer, basketball, football (LET IT BE KNOWN: I was not playing football voluntarily. It was entirely against my will that I was standing out there in that field, watching everyone else know what to do!), tag, and, as of Sunday, volleyball.
69. I used to be quite accident and injury prone.
70. I enjoy beading earrings, necklaces, and bracelets, but haven’t been ‘inspired’ to do so lately.
71. Writing is fun, but not ‘on demand’ writing.
72. Geometry was so much better than chemistry!
73. I like the game Bomber Penguin. (Skittles, you'd like it! give it a try.)
74. I just found two cool videos of Marc Martel that I'll have to post soon!
75. I am ¾ of the way done with this thing!!
76. My toenails are pink right now.
77. I want to visit my great-grandma (and Skittles!) in Florida!
78. Have you ever played ‘Pit’? I have.
79. I am 17 years old, 2 months, 2 weeks, and 5 days old.
80. I want my own email address. (Hinthinthint)
81. Blogger frustrates me!
82. I like music videos.
83. I want to make a music video to “Praying for Sunny Days” by Hyper Static Union.
84. Catchphrase is a good game to play with friends, especially when it gets rowdy!
85. I’m going to give 25 points to whoever reads all of this!
86. I think I’ve been on blogger for about one year.
87. I just read through a year’s worth of my life in my diary.
88. I have had one of my watercolors sold at an art auction.
89. I want to see Dagmar soon ‘cause I have a s’prise for her…
90. My room is a wee little bit messy right now.
91. I had no school today.
92. My middle name is Elizabeth.
93. My hair, after being twisted up in a bun for 24+ hours, looks really odd!
94. I am/Praying for sunny days to return to me…..
95. I don’t have a best friend…I have about 20!
96. If you looked at my dresser right now, you would find: 3 porcelain dolls, a crystal bell, four cds, a Willow Creek angel, a little-bitty doll, five glass bottles, perfume, Mary Kay product, four ponytail holders, an IOU note (from my friend, now worth $31.64), a library card, four barrettes, two pairs of earrings, a cd insert, two batteries, song lyrics, bangle bracelets, two necklaces, flattened-out foil from a blue Easter crunch-bunny, a ring case, bookmark, a radio, and $1.33 in small change. I hope you found that fascinating!
97. Three houses ago, ‘Punzel and I chased the landlord’s cows around. (I was 6-7)
98. I have a signed Newsboys poster with a large, long haired hole in it…;D
99. I am very very very distantly related to Dan’l Boone. I think.
100. I survived my first 100 Random Things post!! Hallelujah!
Okay, I'm going to make the rest of this brief. I owe a big thanks to Dagmar and Matt, because they got me started in blogging and have answered numerous questions about it.
Thanks to Mom & Dad, for letting me get a blog.
Thanks to everyone who reads this blog and comments.
A smaller 'thank you' to the people who read this but don't comment. Comment if you want to get a big thank you.
And thanks to my followers, just for following.
Basically: THANKS ALL Y'ALL TO EV'RYONE WHO READS THIS!
So long, readers!
~Kiwi~
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Big, Long Post/After the Concert, part 3
Okay, here is the afore promised post. I have divided it into sections, each headed by a big, bright red title so you can skim easily. Skip the boring parts if you want, no one's forcing you to read all of it!
Written on 1-12-2009
Well here I am (in a river of questions/can I pour my heart out/to a listening ear :), sitting at the table in my room, being bored. It has been one week since I was Banned from the Computer.
*edits out big, long, boring complaint*
So.
My past week:
Last Monday, we went to the library and I found Steve Taylor's Squint cd. As at least one of you knows (and the rest should), Steve Taylor has been a big Newsboys influence for a long time. He has written and co-written many, many, Many songs. On Thrive and Go combined, he wrote five and co-wrote ten out of twenty-one. I wonder where the Newsboys would be now if Steve hadn't joined forces with them? Maybe they'd be just as popular, or maybe they'd have disbanded long ago. It's just an interesting thought for all you NB fans out there. I should ask Peter where he thinks they'd be w/out Steve Taylor if I ever meet them...Anyway, I like his music somewhat. He seems to have tamed it a little in the NB cds.
And on to another subject.
Tomorrow [keep in mind this was written last Monday] is Daniel Kirkley's birthday! Happy birthday, Mr. Kirkley!
Regarding Guitargirl's comment, which was "Daniel Kirkley looks like a shrimp next to you. ;)"
Here is a row of little frowny-faces for you:
>:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:(
And, just in case I don't get to post again before it, Jason Gray's birthday is January 18th. Happy Birthday, Mr. Gray!
Last, but not least, Monkey's birthday is on the 15th. He'll be 8!
Anybody else have a birthday this month?
Back to this past week;
Tuesday: I did school. Big whoop.
Wednesday: Um. I went out and joined my bro and our friends in the woods. We got bored. The ice on the creek wasn't stable enough for us to go on it safely, and we can't do anything on the Stronghold until Spring or Summer, so we got bored and cold.
Thursday: School. I started an interesting book for History. It's called At Her Majesty's Request, by Walter Deen Myers, and it's about Sarah Forbes Bonetta. She was an princess from some tribe in Africa. When she was five, King Gezo (from another tribe) had his warriors raid her village, and they killed the rest of her family, but brought her back to King Gezo. Their intentions were to sacrifice her. Two years later, and Englishman, Captain Forbes, was visiting King Gezo (on a mission from Queen Victoria to try to stop King Gezo's major role in the slave trade) when the tribe was starting the ceremony of killing all these captives to 'honor their ancestors'. When Captain Forbes saw this seven-year-old girl about to be killed, he tried everything he could think of to stop it, and succeeded when he told King Gezo that Queen Victoria would never murder a child, and if Gezo did it then Victoria would not respect him. So Gezo offered the girl as a present to Queen Victoria. She was quite delighted with this girl, whom the Captain named Sarah "Sally" Forbes Bonetta (HMS Bonetta was the name of Forbes' ship).
Anyways, this book was quite interesting. I enjoyed it. Check it out sometime!
Shopping: Thursday Afternoon: Rapunzel needed new shoes, so I went with her to the mall. I found a cute pair of Bermuda shorts at Kohls, but didn't buy them *kicks herself. Hard.* At JC Penny's there were two really pretty prom dresses that we almost had time to try on. But, even though we had already checked the other stores, Rapunzel decided that we should go back through them in case we missed something. Hmph. I'd much rather try on dresses that I'll never buy than look for shoes that we'll never find. :P Friday: Rapunzel had an exam for her college studies (she's going into Gemology. Did I ever mention that? It's pretty cool.), which our friend's dad was proctoring, so I went down as well, and got to hang out with two old friends. Hey Mir and Abbie! They gave us belated Christmas gifts of bath salts (I got Cucumber Melon, which smells amazing), and a copy of the 2008 VBS songs. I remember all of them! And most of the motions. The only one I don't remember is #4, which I refuse to listen to. It was a horrible song. But I know better now. Never, ever, EVER tell your friends what VBS song(s) you hate. They'll torture you for the rest of your life. *coughzachcoughmirandacoughabbiecoughisaaccoughcough* Now I have songs humming 'round my head that I haven't thought of in months.
Saturday: I sat around and watched Monk. It was an all-day marathon, but I only saw the equivalent of 2 1/2 episodes; 1 full and three halves. I wish I could have seen more, but we had supper with someone from church. But we might get to see a brand new one on Friday.
To Skittles: I like Monk! :)
Sledding: Sunday: We went sledding at a nearby park. It was a big, steep hill. I got tumbled several times, and my leg hurts now.
Avalon and Catfreak: has the youth group gone sledding at church yet this winter? That hill is quite tame compared with the one we went down!
We made a train with fifteen people and about seven sleds, and went (or tried to go) down that way several times.
Written on 1-13-2009
Today is Daniel Kirkley's birthday. Join me in singing? *sings happy birthday to Daniel Kirkley*
I hear rumors [later confirmed] that the Newsboys have their new song on their Myspace and Facebook pages. I wish I could hear it! But I'm not supposed to be on the computer, and anyways, Angus has apparently taken a vow of silence. And even at the library I can't do anything because Mom blocked my access to the Internet. >:-( hmph.
It's cold today and to be the same for the rest of the week. +1 degrees with wind chills of -20 or lower. Ugh.
Phone call: Yesterday I got to call my friend, whom I haven't talked to since we moved four months ago. It was nice talking to her again. She gave me the lovely news that she is never, ever, ever going out with Jake again, which was wonderful to hear. (Jake is one of the Goons back in Cornland.) She still has a 'boyfriend' (even though she's only 12!!), but at least he's not Jake.
Anywho. I'll stop writing now and do more schoolwork.
Goodbye.
Written on 1-14-2009
Hellooooo, again. I'm bored. B-o-r-e-d, bored. Yesterday Mom and Dad told the four of us that we were to figure out some system that we could use about the computer. *cuts out a long, boring explanation of why we need a new system*
Also yesterday, we went out after supper and bought Monkey a paint-by-number set [which turned out to have no numbers on the little pots of paint! How do you forget to put the numbers on the pots of paint???] and a professional sketchpad, since he's into drawing now.
Today I did schoolwork (I got a 94% on my science test! :), painted a tad (I got an idea for stationary and notecards), watched T.V. ( love the Mythbusters. <3),>
Written on 1-12-2009
Well here I am (in a river of questions/can I pour my heart out/to a listening ear :), sitting at the table in my room, being bored. It has been one week since I was Banned from the Computer.
*edits out big, long, boring complaint*
So.
My past week:
Last Monday, we went to the library and I found Steve Taylor's Squint cd. As at least one of you knows (and the rest should), Steve Taylor has been a big Newsboys influence for a long time. He has written and co-written many, many, Many songs. On Thrive and Go combined, he wrote five and co-wrote ten out of twenty-one. I wonder where the Newsboys would be now if Steve hadn't joined forces with them? Maybe they'd be just as popular, or maybe they'd have disbanded long ago. It's just an interesting thought for all you NB fans out there. I should ask Peter where he thinks they'd be w/out Steve Taylor if I ever meet them...Anyway, I like his music somewhat. He seems to have tamed it a little in the NB cds.
And on to another subject.
Tomorrow [keep in mind this was written last Monday] is Daniel Kirkley's birthday! Happy birthday, Mr. Kirkley!
Regarding Guitargirl's comment, which was "Daniel Kirkley looks like a shrimp next to you. ;)"
Here is a row of little frowny-faces for you:
>:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:(
And, just in case I don't get to post again before it, Jason Gray's birthday is January 18th. Happy Birthday, Mr. Gray!
Last, but not least, Monkey's birthday is on the 15th. He'll be 8!
Anybody else have a birthday this month?
Back to this past week;
Tuesday: I did school. Big whoop.
Wednesday: Um. I went out and joined my bro and our friends in the woods. We got bored. The ice on the creek wasn't stable enough for us to go on it safely, and we can't do anything on the Stronghold until Spring or Summer, so we got bored and cold.
Thursday: School. I started an interesting book for History. It's called At Her Majesty's Request, by Walter Deen Myers, and it's about Sarah Forbes Bonetta. She was an princess from some tribe in Africa. When she was five, King Gezo (from another tribe) had his warriors raid her village, and they killed the rest of her family, but brought her back to King Gezo. Their intentions were to sacrifice her. Two years later, and Englishman, Captain Forbes, was visiting King Gezo (on a mission from Queen Victoria to try to stop King Gezo's major role in the slave trade) when the tribe was starting the ceremony of killing all these captives to 'honor their ancestors'. When Captain Forbes saw this seven-year-old girl about to be killed, he tried everything he could think of to stop it, and succeeded when he told King Gezo that Queen Victoria would never murder a child, and if Gezo did it then Victoria would not respect him. So Gezo offered the girl as a present to Queen Victoria. She was quite delighted with this girl, whom the Captain named Sarah "Sally" Forbes Bonetta (HMS Bonetta was the name of Forbes' ship).
Anyways, this book was quite interesting. I enjoyed it. Check it out sometime!
Shopping: Thursday Afternoon: Rapunzel needed new shoes, so I went with her to the mall. I found a cute pair of Bermuda shorts at Kohls, but didn't buy them *kicks herself. Hard.* At JC Penny's there were two really pretty prom dresses that we almost had time to try on. But, even though we had already checked the other stores, Rapunzel decided that we should go back through them in case we missed something. Hmph. I'd much rather try on dresses that I'll never buy than look for shoes that we'll never find. :P Friday: Rapunzel had an exam for her college studies (she's going into Gemology. Did I ever mention that? It's pretty cool.), which our friend's dad was proctoring, so I went down as well, and got to hang out with two old friends. Hey Mir and Abbie! They gave us belated Christmas gifts of bath salts (I got Cucumber Melon, which smells amazing), and a copy of the 2008 VBS songs. I remember all of them! And most of the motions. The only one I don't remember is #4, which I refuse to listen to. It was a horrible song. But I know better now. Never, ever, EVER tell your friends what VBS song(s) you hate. They'll torture you for the rest of your life. *coughzachcoughmirandacoughabbiecoughisaaccoughcough* Now I have songs humming 'round my head that I haven't thought of in months.
Saturday: I sat around and watched Monk. It was an all-day marathon, but I only saw the equivalent of 2 1/2 episodes; 1 full and three halves. I wish I could have seen more, but we had supper with someone from church. But we might get to see a brand new one on Friday.
To Skittles: I like Monk! :)
Sledding: Sunday: We went sledding at a nearby park. It was a big, steep hill. I got tumbled several times, and my leg hurts now.
Avalon and Catfreak: has the youth group gone sledding at church yet this winter? That hill is quite tame compared with the one we went down!
We made a train with fifteen people and about seven sleds, and went (or tried to go) down that way several times.
Written on 1-13-2009
Today is Daniel Kirkley's birthday. Join me in singing? *sings happy birthday to Daniel Kirkley*
I hear rumors [later confirmed] that the Newsboys have their new song on their Myspace and Facebook pages. I wish I could hear it! But I'm not supposed to be on the computer, and anyways, Angus has apparently taken a vow of silence. And even at the library I can't do anything because Mom blocked my access to the Internet. >:-( hmph.
It's cold today and to be the same for the rest of the week. +1 degrees with wind chills of -20 or lower. Ugh.
Phone call: Yesterday I got to call my friend, whom I haven't talked to since we moved four months ago. It was nice talking to her again. She gave me the lovely news that she is never, ever, ever going out with Jake again, which was wonderful to hear. (Jake is one of the Goons back in Cornland.) She still has a 'boyfriend' (even though she's only 12!!), but at least he's not Jake.
Anywho. I'll stop writing now and do more schoolwork.
Goodbye.
Written on 1-14-2009
Hellooooo, again. I'm bored. B-o-r-e-d, bored. Yesterday Mom and Dad told the four of us that we were to figure out some system that we could use about the computer. *cuts out a long, boring explanation of why we need a new system*
Also yesterday, we went out after supper and bought Monkey a paint-by-number set [which turned out to have no numbers on the little pots of paint! How do you forget to put the numbers on the pots of paint???] and a professional sketchpad, since he's into drawing now.
Today I did schoolwork (I got a 94% on my science test! :), painted a tad (I got an idea for stationary and notecards), watched T.V. ( love the Mythbusters. <3),>
Goodbye.
Written on 1-17-2009
Phone Conversation: hello again. :) I just got off a 1 1/4 hour phone conversation with m'dear friend Dagmar! (don'tcha just love free cellphone minutes on weekends?)
A comment poll: Who amongst you have 'sit-down-and-write-a-pen-and-ink-on-paper' kind of pen-pal? What is the hardest thing about writing back? I'll explain the reason behind the question later, so as not to influence your answers.
Dagmar and I decided that maybe when we're 18 and 20 or so and one of us has a car of her own, we'll take a four-day weekend and go somewhere far away on that Friday. On Saturday, we come up with alter-egos and go about the town as our psuedo-pselves. We could be someone else for a day or two. Wouldn't that be fun? Going somewhere and being somebody totally different and not having to worry about what people think of you? I might just change to flashy and flamboyant clothing, concocting outfits no one else would dream of wearing. And we'd never have to go back there again, and very well might never see the people again.
Ohps, Mom and Dad are coming up. Lights out!
Written today (1-20-2009)
Ho hum! I'm back on the computer! I like you Angus! (Iway alsoway ielay otay Angusway allway ethay imetay.) He's still not talking to us. Rrgh. Um, let's see. On Friday, I got to see a simply hilarious new episode of Monk. Did you get to see it, Skittles? I hope you did, it had us all nearly dieing of laughter.
Saturday I didn't really do anything.
New Concert: Sunday I went sledding and was invited to a (DUN-DUN-DUN) TobyMac concert by Owan and Heather! It's on Friday night waaaayy down in Illinois (several hours from here), and all sorts of peeps are gonna be there: The Afters, Newsong, Stephanie Smith, Francesca Battistelli, pureNRG, and the site says Brandon Heath as well. None of my Absolute Favorites, but hey, it's a free concert (Owan and co. won 8 tickets. If I had to pay, I don't think I'd go), and I like most of the people, and it can't hurt, can it? Unfortunately, Rapunzel can't go because of work. :(
Owan and three of her sisters get to introduce TobyMac....by video. That's how they won the tickets; there was a contest to make a video introducing them which, if chosen, would introduce TobyMac at the concert.
I'm pretty excited about going. Not quite as much so as with the Newsboys concert I attended 'way back in '07 or the Bethlehem Skyline concert I went to last year, but still pretty happy to go. :) Thanks for inviting me, Owan! Thanks for letting me go, Mom and Dad!
Monday I went to the library. I have decided that Inkheart is not a movie I want to see, or a book I want to read. The next books in the series are Inkspell and Inkdeath. The lady who wrote them also wrote a bunch of trashy 'tween' books involving ghosts, zhombies, and who knows what all. Ugh. My friend said a teacher reccomended it to her, and while Sis and I were standing looking at the poster in the library, a librarian came up and told us that she loved the book and can't wait to see the movie. I might look at the book, just out of curiosity, but I'm not going to check it out. Checking out a book is like giving a vote in it's favor, and I won't do that for a book I know isn't very good.
So, should I go ahead and finish up this post (it is pretty long), or should I finish up telling about the DH concert? I think I'll just finish telling about the concert. I'm sure you-all are tired of hearing about it already, and there's no use writing another post that no one will read.
Bethlehem Skyline Concert
Bethlehem Skyline Concert
After we got the pic with Lanae' and Daniel, we trotted over to Jason Gray. He was already talking with someone, so we stood politely to the side and waited our turn. As he wrapped up the conversation, he suddenly clapped his hand down on my shoulder. I guess to let me know he knew I was there, but it almost made me jump! 'Twas quite startling! We talked. Of course. 
Jason had performed the only song by him that I know well ("Blessed Be"), and we thanked him for that. Jason said that he was afraid that everyone was getting tired of it, but we assured him it would take a lot more repititions for us to get sick of that song, because we very rarely hear it anymore. He told us to call our radio stations and ask for it. Then he posed for a nice picture with us. :)
Jason had performed the only song by him that I know well ("Blessed Be"), and we thanked him for that. Jason said that he was afraid that everyone was getting tired of it, but we assured him it would take a lot more repititions for us to get sick of that song, because we very rarely hear it anymore. He told us to call our radio stations and ask for it. Then he posed for a nice picture with us. :) Okay: Here was the highlight of the highlight of my evening. (remember that the highlight was getting to meet everyone.) I had not seen Glenn Lavender anywhere after the concert, so Rapunzel and I went over and asked his band mate Jason "Where is Glenn hidding?". Jason (Germain) told us that we should go hunt him down because he'd love it. So we did. Here is most of my conversation with Glenn Lavender:
"Pardon me, Mr. Lavender, but Jason gave us permission to hunt you down and force you to sign this."
"Oh, sure, no problem." He was packing up some things, but stopped to sign my book. Here's where it gets (even more) interesting.
"Can you sign it 'To Kiwifruit'?"
Glenn's head jerks up. "Who.. who's Kiwifruit??"
"I am!"
"You're Kiwifruit?!?"
"Yes!"
"I saw those comments and thought is was someone from New Zealand."
He signed my notebook with "To Kiwifruit!! Great to finally meet you!", then saw my ticket and offered to sign it, too. :)
And that's how the Bethlehem Skyline Concert Experience ended. I think that was a good ending, don't you? I was surprised that he recognized my nickname!
Thank you, Jason, Marc, Glenn, Jason, Daniel, Jaime, and Lanae' for making that such a good experience for me! I was very impressed at how friendly all of you were! I'll definately try to come to the next concert by any of you in my area.
Thusly ends my post. :) Farewell, all my readers!
~Kiwifruit
Friday, January 2, 2009
Happy New Year!! / After the Concert, part 2
Happy New Year, Y'alls! Isn't it a wonderful year? I sort of expected it to be a bit different than last year, with all the hype and celebration. It feels like 2008 still. Now I need to practise typing '2009' 2009 2009 2009 2009............
I still catch myself writing 2007 occasionally. It'll take me forever to catch onto this 2009 thing.
A quick overview of the New Year celebration at church: We had two hours of singing/prayer to begin with. I nearly died of smothered laughter twice (thankfully during the singing, not the prayer! That would have been embarrassing!). The first time needs a lot of explanation, so I'll skip it. The second time, we were singing "Everlasting God" and it kept getting higher, and higher and higher so that even the worship leaders were having a hard time singing it! I was sitting next to a friend, then Rapunzel and two other friends. We all started giggling a bit, but the friend next to me and I got it the worst, and I laughed so hard I was crying by the end of the song. Thankfully, it was the last song....
Then some friends and I played a rousing game of Pit. It's an awesome game we got for Christmas from Mum and Dad. I won twice. Next, I played a lot of Apples to Apples and won two green cards in a row. I ended up with three, I think.
During the Apples to Apples game, one girl was trying to take pictures of another, who did not want to be photographed unawares. That was quite entertaining, trying to get pics of her. And then, after we got bored with it and some people had to go home, I stood around talking with my friend and her friend, who I'm not quite sure what to think of. He has a very confusing effect on people. Sort of a talent for getting your mind muddled. It's really hard to get a coherent sentence out around him.
Then, it became 2009, and the three boys left there (my bros and another kid) blew noise makers and laughed and clapped. Woo hoo! Somehow, it doesn't feel like the future. No flying cars, no hovering cities, no transporter beams....what's the point of '09? *sigh*
So. On to the "After the Concert, Part 2" part of me post.
*ahem*
Where were we? Ah, yes, I had just met one Daniel Kirkley. After chatting with Daniel Kirkley some, we moved on in the line to Jason Germain, who is tall and makes me feel short even though I was wearing two-inch heels. Here is us meeting him:
That's my book he's signing. I look sad, don't I? Well I wasn't!Inbetween this picture and the next, he asked us:
"Sisters?"
*nod heads and answer in unison* "Yes."
"Twins?"
*laugh and shake heads and answer in unison* "No!"
"Oh, do you get that a lot?"
Ha! Argh! I wish we had used the answer that we have practised many times, but never had a chance to use: "Yes," I say, "She's the older by two years...." I thought of that, just as we were shaking our heads.
He also asked if I'm a musician. Because of the necklace I had on. (note to Mom: And you said no one would notice my jewelry! *reserves the right to say 'I told you so'*)It's some sort of musical sign, but you can tell from that description how much I know about music! I said, no, it's my sister's, but I do sing a lot.
Jason figured out that Rapunzel, Owan, and I could form a band.... :D He's really nice, too.
And here are, from left to right, Miss Kiwi, Mr. Jason Germain (all bent over so he could fit in the same picture with us and not have his head cut off), Miss Rapunzel, and a bad picture of Miss Owan. (Sorry, Owan! I don't know how to edit the picture.). Look at the guy in the background. Behind and to the left of me. Doesn't he look like Jason? When I first caught a glimpse of him, I thought it was Jason, with a bit of lip fuzz.And then, we casually sauntered over to Jaime Jamgochian and Lanae' Hale. We enjoyed a good talk with Jaime. Rapunzel was in a musical year before last which included a song by Jaime. I'll give you the song title once I get it from my sis. Jaime asked Rapunzel to email her a link to it, or if we had Facebook to show it to her on there. So far, we haven't found it on the Web. :( And, somehow, Jaime avoided the camera and we have no picture of her. :'(
But, here're two of Rapunzel and me with Lanae' Hale and Daniel Kirkley:
This is a good picture of Daniel and me. 
And this is a good one of all of us. I thought there were two messed up pictures, but I guess there weren't.Y'know, here I look a lot taller than Daniel, but if I hadn't worn heels we would have been almost the same height.
And that's all I'll say about The Concert for now, because I still have material for one more post, plus copies of autographs. :) I'm getting quite a bit of Blogger Fodder out of this. :)
Note to Soul Skittles Regarding her Last Comment: Sorry I 'lied'. :) But I think you lied, too, in your last comment, about me having "like one thousand" up on you.
Note to Owan Regarding Several Things: This is a warning. Be very careful in all you do. You do not want to anger me. The last person to anger me.... well, let's just say that her movie collection was raided and it was Not Pretty. That's all I have to say. That and, how are your 'poachels'?
Note to All who Read This: My friend, HMS Avalon, wishes me to tell you that she wants a few more readers and y'all are all welcome to visit. At least, I think that's the message I'm supposed to give you.
And now I must go to Bed. Ugh. I don't like Bed.
Last thing: I'm going to try to blog on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, and possibly once on weekends.
There. I'm done. Y'alls can comment now!
~Kiwi
Friday, December 26, 2008
Merry Christmas! (a few days late)/After the Bethlehem Skyline Concert, part 1
Heylo! I hope all y'all had a wonderful Christmas! I sure did. Monkey bought me a pair of post ear rings, which he disguised by putting in a Mountain Dew bottle, wrapping it in an unraveled paper towel tube and packing tape, then in wrapping paper. Mom and Dad gave me a book, two jackets and two long sleeve shirts, and an alarm clock. The nice thing about the alarm clock is that you can wake up to an alarm, the radio, or a cd. The unhappy thing is that there's no headphone jack.
Grandma and Grandpa were supposed to come up Christmas Eve and stay until today, but decided that the weather was too bad and they would wait until Sunday. When the phone rang while we were opening presents, my guess was "Grandma and Grandpa calling to say they're coming after all?" Mom said it was them, but they were just wishing us a Merry Christmas. Lo and behold, Someone came driving up at about 11:00.....Grandma and Grandpa! That was a great surprise. They gave me a big, beautiful, warm fuzzy blanket that alone is as warm as my two comforters.
I asked him if he would give me an autograph, since I had spotted him.
So he gladly obliged. :)
And then he posed for a picture with us. I'm in purple, the other girl is Miss Rapunzel. I wish that lady's head hadn't been in the way!
Then we just happened to run into Daniel Kirkley.
"Hi," Daniel smiled and held out his hand. "I'm Dan...." He laughed sheepishly. "I'm Daniel."
Like I didn't know who he is! I requested an autograph from him.
"Oh, sure, sure!" He signed it with a flourish.
"Wow, quite legible, too!" Not! Those people have some of the most illegible signatures I have ever seen!
"Well, do you want me to print it underneath?" He asked, jokingly.
"Sure!"
"Really??"
"Why not?"
Daniel said that he'd almost forgotten how to print his name! lol!
Here're two pics with Daniel Kirkley signing our notebooks.
Daniel Kirkley is one of the nicest people I ever hope to meet. He's friendly, interested in his fans (He asked me about Myspace or Facebook, of which I have none, and then requested that I email him my blog address. I wonder if he got the email....Mr. Kirkley, if you're reading this, please don't lurk! Let me know you're here by commenting!)
And I leave you with that picture. I'll post more pictures later, and maybe scan their autographs and put them on here. Especially one, in particular......
Merry Christmas all, and Happy New Year!
Talk to you-all later!
~Kiwifruit
Grandma and Grandpa were supposed to come up Christmas Eve and stay until today, but decided that the weather was too bad and they would wait until Sunday. When the phone rang while we were opening presents, my guess was "Grandma and Grandpa calling to say they're coming after all?" Mom said it was them, but they were just wishing us a Merry Christmas. Lo and behold, Someone came driving up at about 11:00.....Grandma and Grandpa! That was a great surprise. They gave me a big, beautiful, warm fuzzy blanket that alone is as warm as my two comforters.
We had Ham.
I think that paragraph needs no further words. Ham is good.
Yesterday we had Christmas at my other grandparents' house, with most of my Aunts and Uncles there. (Hi, all you!) We had a gift exchange with unmarked presents and I ended up with one of the best ones: a large tote bag in yellow, orange, brown, and white stripes. Grandma warned me ahead of time that Bigger may not be Better. In the biggest package, which TOO got, was a roll of toilet paper! Thanks for the warning, Grandma!
Now, I shall continue on my report of The Concert. Alright, I already talked about most of the concert, but I forgot to mention that it was Jason Gray's 17th wedding anniversary, so he sang a song for her and gave her a big bunch of red and white roses. *aw*
After the concert, as we were strolling down the hallway, we passed an off-shoot hall with a six-foot screen blocking part of it and Marc Martel's hat sitting on the screen. Rapunzel pointed it out to me.
"Hey, Kiwi, look." *points*
"What?"
"The hat. It's Marc's!"
"Are you sure? Why would he leave it there..." *steps closer* "'Punzel, there's an arm! I think Marc's back there."
"He's not back there, I don't think."
*Kiwi steps even closer* "That's Marc. I'm sure of it!"
Out steps (cue drumroll) Marc Martel! "Oh, rats, you found me." :) I wonder, does he make a habit of hiding behind screens, spying on his fans?
We even got a few pictures with him, and a (illegible) signature! Here's a few pics:
I asked him if he would give me an autograph, since I had spotted him.So he gladly obliged. :) And then he posed for a picture with us. I'm in purple, the other girl is Miss Rapunzel. I wish that lady's head hadn't been in the way!Then we just happened to run into Daniel Kirkley.
"Hi," Daniel smiled and held out his hand. "I'm Dan...." He laughed sheepishly. "I'm Daniel."
Like I didn't know who he is! I requested an autograph from him.
"Oh, sure, sure!" He signed it with a flourish.
"Wow, quite legible, too!" Not! Those people have some of the most illegible signatures I have ever seen!
"Well, do you want me to print it underneath?" He asked, jokingly.
"Sure!"
"Really??"
"Why not?"
Daniel said that he'd almost forgotten how to print his name! lol!
Here're two pics with Daniel Kirkley signing our notebooks.
Daniel Kirkley is one of the nicest people I ever hope to meet. He's friendly, interested in his fans (He asked me about Myspace or Facebook, of which I have none, and then requested that I email him my blog address. I wonder if he got the email....Mr. Kirkley, if you're reading this, please don't lurk! Let me know you're here by commenting!)And I leave you with that picture. I'll post more pictures later, and maybe scan their autographs and put them on here. Especially one, in particular......
Merry Christmas all, and Happy New Year!
Talk to you-all later!
~Kiwifruit
Monday, December 15, 2008
The Bethlehem Skyline Concert
Okay, I have no clue where to start, so I’ll try starting at the beginning. Oh, wow, so original! But I’ll only go about half-way through the evening. I’ll be able to get some good posts out of this.
So. We arrived just as the doors were scheduled to open, but some people managed to get in there earlier and so the front rows were taken. :( We got some pretty good seats off to the left of center stage. =D
While waiting for the concert to start, we played a hand-clapping game where the loser had to get up and do a fifteen-second ‘random dance moment’ as penance. That was fun! I only had to do it once.
Then, the pastor (or I’m assuming he was the pastor) went up and announced that the concert was starting. Ten seconds passed, and no one appeared on stage. Twenty seconds. Thirty seconds is as long as impatient people like me can wait, so Owan, who came with us, started a slow clapping rhythm that slowly grew louder and faster as more people joined in. That was cool! I’ve never been an instigator of something like that! Behind the clapping, we could hear sheep and angel voices. Jason Gray came out after what seemed like an eternity and said something like “I heard that and it sounded like a rock concert starting, then you hear angels going ‘aaaaahhhh’ in the background!”
Jason was the emcee for the evening, and he did a great job at that. Jaime Jamgochian came out after Jason did “Miriam”, and she sang “O Come, O Come Emmanuel” Next, Daniel Kirkley was called out. He’s amazing! Centricity got some really talented artists for this tour. He sang “What Child is This?” I’ll post a video of him doing this song, because I haven’t got a clue how to describe his voice.
Lanae’ Hale came out next, and she did a nice song. She has a pretty voice, but she’s a little more country-music-style than I usually listen to.
An’ den….. Downhere! Their first song was “Glory to God”. I’ve only heard it twice before Sunday, but I know most of the chorus already. Here's a pic of Marc:
And another: 
We didn’t get many good pictures, but I do have to thank Mom for loaning her camera. Without it, the pictures wouldn’t be even this good!
I’m going to just post a few more pictures of the concert here, because otherwise I’ll end up writing up the entire concert. You can watch video of the last Bethlehem Skyline concert at www.mogulus.com/downhere if you want. Here’re the pics!
I’ll post more tomorrow or day after. Have fun!
Kiwi da Happyfruit
So. We arrived just as the doors were scheduled to open, but some people managed to get in there earlier and so the front rows were taken. :( We got some pretty good seats off to the left of center stage. =D
While waiting for the concert to start, we played a hand-clapping game where the loser had to get up and do a fifteen-second ‘random dance moment’ as penance. That was fun! I only had to do it once.
Then, the pastor (or I’m assuming he was the pastor) went up and announced that the concert was starting. Ten seconds passed, and no one appeared on stage. Twenty seconds. Thirty seconds is as long as impatient people like me can wait, so Owan, who came with us, started a slow clapping rhythm that slowly grew louder and faster as more people joined in. That was cool! I’ve never been an instigator of something like that! Behind the clapping, we could hear sheep and angel voices. Jason Gray came out after what seemed like an eternity and said something like “I heard that and it sounded like a rock concert starting, then you hear angels going ‘aaaaahhhh’ in the background!”
Jason was the emcee for the evening, and he did a great job at that. Jaime Jamgochian came out after Jason did “Miriam”, and she sang “O Come, O Come Emmanuel” Next, Daniel Kirkley was called out. He’s amazing! Centricity got some really talented artists for this tour. He sang “What Child is This?” I’ll post a video of him doing this song, because I haven’t got a clue how to describe his voice.
Lanae’ Hale came out next, and she did a nice song. She has a pretty voice, but she’s a little more country-music-style than I usually listen to.
An’ den….. Downhere! Their first song was “Glory to God”. I’ve only heard it twice before Sunday, but I know most of the chorus already. Here's a pic of Marc:
And another: We didn’t get many good pictures, but I do have to thank Mom for loaning her camera. Without it, the pictures wouldn’t be even this good!I’m going to just post a few more pictures of the concert here, because otherwise I’ll end up writing up the entire concert. You can watch video of the last Bethlehem Skyline concert at www.mogulus.com/downhere if you want. Here’re the pics!
I’ll post more tomorrow or day after. Have fun!
Kiwi da Happyfruit
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Joy!! Happy Day!!/New Poems
Rejoice and be merry, me fellow bloggers! Yours Truly is going to see Downhere. Live. In concert. In 26 days. Wooooohoooooo! I can't wait!! *does a little happy dance* After I get this posted, I'm going to try to find a countdown thingymajig that will actually work on here (for some weird reason, unknown to mankind, animalkind, and most likely alienkind also), set it for December 14th, and host a party every time it counts down one week. Big party on the 13th. Y'all'll have to party without me on the 14th. Why? Because I'll be at The Concert, of course!!
=^D =^D =^D =^D =^D =^D =^D =^D =^D =^D =^D =^D =^D
And Daniel Kirkley will be there, and he's got an amazing voice, too, and Jason Gray, and Jaime Jamgochian, and Lanae' Hale.
Like I said. Happy Day.
Now, here is a brand-new poem, written just this afternoon, never before seen by anyone outside of this family. I hope you enjoy the privilege. ;) Please ignore the dots. Those aren't supposed to be there, but it was the only way I could get the words to align correctly.
And then here's my least favorite. It needs more work on it, like on the last line of the first stanza, but I can't find anything that'll work better.
See what I mean about that last line of the first stanza? But there are no other words that rhyme with 'ago' and still make sense in the poem! Doe, foe, low, mow, moe, snow, bow, beau, go, hoe, joe, no, oh, poe, row, stow, sow, sew, toe, tow, woe, yo. None work! A large virtual high-five to someone who can give me a better line.
*The story behind this poem goes like this: I wrote a eulogy for Bob and Larry, and I fear that Angus has gotten a bit jealous of them. He won't work consistently for me because of this jealousy, so I wrote him this, hoping to appease him.
Oh, before I leave, I was tagged by Soul Skittles to tell 7 random things about meself. So here goes.
1: I hate being trapped inside by cold winter weather.
2: I discovered that chap stick works well to keep your nose from becoming raw when you have a stupid cold and have to blow your nose fifty times per hour. But it's best to use clear stuff, not blue or purple. :-)
3: I'm waiting (rather impatiently) for the day that LOST comes back on tv, 'cause I'm addicted to it.
4: For some reason, I keep waking up at some time in the middle of the night, but I don't know when because I don't have a clock in my room. (hey, you wanted random...)
5: I LOVE listening to Christian music. To name just a few: Newsboys, Downhere, Kutless, Stellar Kart, Paul Colman, Paul Colman Trio. I could continue my list for a few days, but I didn't think y'all'd appreciate that
6: I run out of random things very quickly, and dread finding more.
7: I'd like to visit Australia and New Zealand someday.
So, I tag:
Judi
Catfreak
Avalon
Zoe
So ends this insanely long post. Will this keep you all happy for a while longer?
~Kiwifruit
P.S. It snowed yesterday, but didn't accumulate. I don't like snow right now.
=^D =^D =^D =^D =^D =^D =^D =^D =^D =^D =^D =^D =^D
And Daniel Kirkley will be there, and he's got an amazing voice, too, and Jason Gray, and Jaime Jamgochian, and Lanae' Hale.
Like I said. Happy Day.
Now, here is a brand-new poem, written just this afternoon, never before seen by anyone outside of this family. I hope you enjoy the privilege. ;) Please ignore the dots. Those aren't supposed to be there, but it was the only way I could get the words to align correctly.
..........................I wish I could be
.............................................as happy
.........................................................as
...........................................................a
...........................................................CLAM
...................................For then,
..............................................when
.................................................people say
...................................................“you look
.......................................................as happy
...................................................................as
.....................................................................a
.....................................................................CLAM,”
...................................................I can say
...................................................................“I
.........................................................................AM!”
There is my masterpiece. D'you like it? I've always wanted to write a 'stair-step' poem--one where the lines sort of end up looking like stair-steps. And now I have. But now that I have fulfilled my "life's dream", what else is there to live for? I am no longer as happy as a clam. There's no reason to be. ;-(
Anywho; this was the third day in a row that I wrote a poem in. I think this is the best poem out of the three. Here's my second favorite. It was written on an envelope to some friends back in Iowa. (Catfreak and Avalon: if you have not yet received my letter, wait to read this.)
.............................................as happy
.........................................................as
...........................................................a
...........................................................CLAM
...................................For then,
..............................................when
.................................................people say
...................................................“you look
.......................................................as happy
...................................................................as
.....................................................................a
.....................................................................CLAM,”
...................................................I can say
...................................................................“I
.........................................................................AM!”
There is my masterpiece. D'you like it? I've always wanted to write a 'stair-step' poem--one where the lines sort of end up looking like stair-steps. And now I have. But now that I have fulfilled my "life's dream", what else is there to live for? I am no longer as happy as a clam. There's no reason to be. ;-(
Anywho; this was the third day in a row that I wrote a poem in. I think this is the best poem out of the three. Here's my second favorite. It was written on an envelope to some friends back in Iowa. (Catfreak and Avalon: if you have not yet received my letter, wait to read this.)
I say 'How're you?'
To my friends back in Iowa
And wonder what they do
Without me there.
I talk and talk
'Bout random things
Like how I want to walk
O'er to their house like I used to.
Sadly, then, I write 'Goodbye'
And wonder how long
Till I can say 'Hi'
And stand there right beside them.
And then here's my least favorite. It needs more work on it, like on the last line of the first stanza, but I can't find anything that'll work better.
Angus
Although you came into my life
Just a few short months ago,
I feel that I know you well,
As if you were my beau!
The reason for our meeting
Was not a happy one*
But we got past that quickly
And went on to weeks of fun.
Me, clicking happily away,
And you just sitting there
following my every whim
With complementary flair.
My every wish
Ends up as your command,
To get what I want from you,
I barely need raise my hand!
Occasionally, however,
for reasons unknown on earth
You provoke me nearly to tears
Making me wonder about your worth.
Is what I'm doing
Worth begging your co-operation?
Or would I be better off
Sending you on extended vacation?
Yet when all is said and done,
Instead of making a fuss,
I will love you (almost) forever,
My dear computer, Angus!
See what I mean about that last line of the first stanza? But there are no other words that rhyme with 'ago' and still make sense in the poem! Doe, foe, low, mow, moe, snow, bow, beau, go, hoe, joe, no, oh, poe, row, stow, sow, sew, toe, tow, woe, yo. None work! A large virtual high-five to someone who can give me a better line.
*The story behind this poem goes like this: I wrote a eulogy for Bob and Larry, and I fear that Angus has gotten a bit jealous of them. He won't work consistently for me because of this jealousy, so I wrote him this, hoping to appease him.
Oh, before I leave, I was tagged by Soul Skittles to tell 7 random things about meself. So here goes.
1: I hate being trapped inside by cold winter weather.
2: I discovered that chap stick works well to keep your nose from becoming raw when you have a stupid cold and have to blow your nose fifty times per hour. But it's best to use clear stuff, not blue or purple. :-)
3: I'm waiting (rather impatiently) for the day that LOST comes back on tv, 'cause I'm addicted to it.
4: For some reason, I keep waking up at some time in the middle of the night, but I don't know when because I don't have a clock in my room. (hey, you wanted random...)
5: I LOVE listening to Christian music. To name just a few: Newsboys, Downhere, Kutless, Stellar Kart, Paul Colman, Paul Colman Trio. I could continue my list for a few days, but I didn't think y'all'd appreciate that
6: I run out of random things very quickly, and dread finding more.
7: I'd like to visit Australia and New Zealand someday.
So, I tag:
Judi
Catfreak
Avalon
Zoe
So ends this insanely long post. Will this keep you all happy for a while longer?
~Kiwifruit
P.S. It snowed yesterday, but didn't accumulate. I don't like snow right now.
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