A New Post #2 Five Blogger Points to Whoever can Spot the Song Title in This Post!

Man, I need to come up with a stock of better titles! Lately they've been getting worse and worse. Hopefully this is better than the last one.

Good news/bad news.
Good news: Avalon posted
Bad News: Avalon posted.
*Drat Angus!* We got it up to (hold onto your hats!) 133 comments! Isn't that amazing? Or at least kinda cool? Or slightly interesting? Maybe? *cough* So, she has continued her story some, if y'all want to check it out.

Um. What was I going to say?

I can't wait until Wednesday!! I get to see (hold on a sec. Mom's drooling over a label maker commercial. "I need a lllllabellll maker. Lllllllabelllll makers are my friends! I llllllove llllllabelllll makers!") two episodes of LOST in a row, due to missing it last week for Mythbusters. Oi, I wish They had kept LOST on at 9:00 instead of 8. Now Jordan always wants to see his favorite, Mythbusters, and so we have to take turns. And next Wednesday I have Bible study. Oi, I wish Angus would break this senseless vow of silence! (Oooh, I like using 'oi' as an exclamation! Maybe I really am an Aussie at heart.) The library won't let us watch it, as the computers are slightly too old or they blocked something or whatever. Anywhooze, the *hmph* point is they WON'T LET US WATCH LOST!!


But, Rapunzel is saying that I'm awfully negative, doing a lot of 'hmph'ing and 'drat'ing. She just called me a Negative Person!!!! How does she dare to do that??
"Quite easy. You're dark and depressing. Bottom of a well. With the first ladder rung out of reach. Maybe not that bit but...Kiwi! Not that! No!! *poke jab* I mean it! Don't say that bit!" (that was taken word for word from Rapunzel's big mouth.) "*Raspberry*"
"Right back atcha, 'Punzel!"

Aren't sisters wonderful?
"No, they stink! They're rotten, stinkin', devious little pests! Stop that! I didn't say stinkin'! You want to have hair tomorrow when you wake up, don't you? I'll pluck you bald....hair by hair!...........I should shut up now, shouldn't I?......Okay, you can put down 'clobber clobber!'" (please read disclaimer at the bottom)

um. *contemplates taking that out* *removes some of the more 'offensive' stuff* *disagrees with Rapunzel about what should and should not come out* *Kiwi wins!!*


ANYWHO! Back to an interesting topic.
I can't think of an interesting topic! My life is dull!


Yesterday, while doing research for History, I ran across an interesting (to girls) website: http://www.recollections.biz/. They sell Victorian, Edwardian, Civil War era, and pioneer-style dresses. I'm not going to be able to afford even one for a long time yet (and even then, I have no place to wear it to), but they're pretty to look at.


Hm. Oi, I sure do love to drive Rapunzel nuts! She's busy begging me to take even more of our conversation out. I'll give in a bit, so she'll stop 'jump starting' me.


And now, in the blink of an eye, my computer time is nearly up.
Ah, parting, 'tis such a sweet, sweet sorrow...


Let me know if any of you die so I'll know why you're not commenting. Because if you're not dead, you have no excuse for not commenting!! *coughdagmarcough* *coughmatttelldagmartocommentcough*


Rapunzel says I'm 'starting to babble' and to not 'start that again', so I'll stop and I won't, respectively. Oi. Sisters.


G'day!
~Kiwi


Please note: Rapunzel is not a shrew or a nag, she was not mad, she was playing along. Don't think that she's mean. Just....and older sister. Now she's leaning on me. "BUZZ OFF!"
Goodbye.

Blah Blah Blah, Yackety Yack Yack Yack, Yammer Yammer......(aka "Another Boring Post That Few Shall Actually Read")

That's an encouraging title, isn't it? I should rename it. I'll try to make it sound exciting, and make you want to read it b'cuz it looks interesting, and then squash your hopes with yet another dry, boring post. :D Yes, it would be mean and misleading, but last time I checked, it's a Free Blogosphere, people! If you got a problem wi' dat, you'll just have ta deal wid it!

Note to those who may not have read my blog before and may be slightly scared by that first paragraph: Don't worry, I'm just in a slightly stinky mood, which doesn't happen often. Continue reading and relax.

Someone (who shall remain anonymous, but she commented in the last post) told me that the 'Guess the Song' game was too hard. I admit, I tried to make it difficult, but I suppose other people just don't know their songs well enough to sing them all the way through and pick out the obscure phrases I used. So, you peeps have two choices:

1: Go back and try to figure out the songs, or

2: Wait for my next post, where I shall post slightly more well-known phrases from the same songs, but if you guess there you'll only get half the points.

3: (I know, I said 2 choices, but I changed my mind!) Just don't play.

Whatever you want. "The Reader is *Almost* Always Right!" is my motto.

We have passed the 100 comment mark in our Comment Blitz of Avalon, but methinks we are all getting bored with it. I know I'm starting to. Isn't that an awful thing? Getting tired of a movement you started? It's like.......*tries to come up with a good example*.........Skittles getting tired of watching Monk. Now that would be sad. (I know, that's not a perfect example, but I can't think of anything else.) I might start copying the comments from earlier this Blitz and re-using them on the same post. Can't you imagine Avalon's surprise when she sees two- or three-hundred comments?? I'd want to be there to see her face. *hopes Avalon is not reading this*

A Sudden Awful Thought: what if this doesn't work??? What if she is desensitized to the horrors of our Blitz??? What can we possibly think up that's worse? Hmm. Perchance, if our little Blitz fails (I wonder, what does 'fail' actually mean? C'mon, Kommander Kiwifruit never fails! If she failed, she wouldn't be Kommander Kiwifruit. She'd be Private Kiwifruit in charge of bathroom-floor-scrubbing-with-toothbrush! Have faith in me!.......and pray that it's not misplaced. ;P'), I will ask y'all for suggestions.

ho hum.

I have finished my cards! Not officially, 'cuz I haven't printed any out yet, but they're finished! Now, on to my next painting project, and then............(the following is to be said in a 'CHARGE!!!'-like manner) ETSY!!!!! And then (hopefully).......MONEY!!!! And then.......STUFF MONEY CAN BUY!!!!!! Like cds, tee shirts, concerts, dvds, ipods, cameras, COMPUTERS, cruises, cruises in the Bahamas, cruises to Hawaii, cruises in the Mediterranean, cruises to the Rockies, cruises, music cruises, etc, etc, etc.

Anywho. I need to print one out to send to my Great-Grandma, who sent me a Christmas present, and to whom I have not yet sent a thank-you card. I started out designing a thank-you card to send her but got sidetracked. I'll have to send her one of these to show that I really was doing something of importance, not ungrateful.

We went Kite Flying on Tuesday. We have a two-handled (trick) kite, which I like immeasurably better than the plain ole one-stringed kite. And yesterday it was calmer but we still flew the trick kite. It was perfect yesterday (except, Rapunzel says, for the cold weather, the this, the that, and all the rest.), so calm and peaceful. The kite, instead of shooting up into the air when released, just sauntered up slowly and calmly. It was a lot easier to control, so I could do 'swoopties' to either side with it, or even loopdeloops.

Today 12-yr-old-bro and I, Kirsten, Jumbo Shrimp, and their brother went into the woods for a while and practised punching each other. That needs a little explanation, I think. Punching as in faux-punches. For movies. 'Tis fun. I got to beat Kirsten up several times. :D We were working on shoulder-punches today. Next up, punches-to-the-nose. >:0D (<- evil-smiley-face with swollen nose)

Now, I'm going to announce a new nickname for 12-yr-old-bro. This one actually makes sense and will stick for a while. Jordan. Have any of you ever seen the Bernie Mac Show?

If you haven't and want to, be forewarned: you have to pick and choose the episodes carefully, and then keep your finger ready on the mute button.

Jordan is a lot like my brother. A Lot like my brother. (Or is my brother a lot like Jordan?.........)

Mom is making me end my post now, so goodbye.

~Kiwi~

P.S. Duncan Phillips has a blog!! And he likes LOST, too!!! Smart person. He's all the smarter if he can explain to me what's happening (in LOST). I'm LOST. :D

For Lack of a Better Subject....For Lack of Any Subject, actually

I have many subjects for this blogpost.

For one thing, y'all are doing awesomely well on the Comment Blitz! We're up to 74 comments.....in a mere week! Owan and Judi, you people are totally fantastic! I loved the recycling of comments, Owan, and Judi's spelling out of that (difficult yet popular) word 'Post!!!' was good. Keep it up! We are already near to breaking the record.

Um. Drat. I had most of a post written out on paper, but have lost the paper. Hmph.
I have been tagged by a Friend of Narnia, so I suppose I'll do that.

1.YOUR REAL NAME: Kiwi Elizabeth Fruit (Note: Kiwi Elizabeth Fruit is not quite my real name, but it'll work, won't it?)

2.WITNESS PROTECTION NAME (mother and fathers middle names): Carol Keith

3.NASCAR NAME (first name of your mother's dad, father's dad): Robert Loran

4.STAR WARS NAME (the first 3 letters of your last name, first 2 letters of your first name): Fruki (Cool! That'll be my next blogger-name)

5.DETECTIVE NAME(favorite color, favorite animal): Black Horse

6.SOAP OPERA NAME (middle name, town where you were born): Elizabeth Moline

7.SUPERHERO NAME (2nd fav color, fav drink, add "THE" to the beginning): the Red Mountain Dew (a.k.a. "Code Red" Mountain Dew! That worked out really well.)

8.FLY NAME (first 2 letters of 1st name, last 2 letters of your last name): Kiit

9.ROCK STAR NAME (current pets name, current street name): Angus Rink (Computers count as pets, don't they? and Rink is a former address. Yes, I cheat. Boo hoo.)

10.YOUR GANGSTA NAME (first 3 letters of real name plus izzle): Kiwizzle
So yup. Those are my multiple names. :D Another pointless tag.

How about some 'guess the song'? Another rather 'pointless' game, but kind of fun to do...if you're good with contemporary Christian music.

The Rules:
1. Guess the Title of the Song, the Artist(s), and the Album.
2. You are not allowed to look up anything on the Internet, your personal files, or your ipod, or your mp3 player. Your only resources are your memory or someone else's memory. (Oh, and your computer's memory is off-limits!)
3. Five points for correct song title, five for correct artist, five for correct album.
4. Follow all the rules!!!

Got the rules down? Okay, let's go!

1. I'll guard your heart. With quiet words I'll lead you in.

2. Back to the first love I ever knew!

3. I’ve never lied. Well, I guess I’ve told a few.

4. I'm so blue, so blue

5. But I could never live in a yurt on a diet of Mongolian barbecue

6. Haunted by each heartbreak and mistake, I've let weigh me down

7. Sometimes I still never see when perfect opportunities come my way

8. And that's everything you've ever needed and it's all you've got

9. I know I was wrong and I've made some mistakes

10. Where's your treasure, where's your hope if you get the world and lose your soul?

11. But I know what you meant to say instead was really that you wanted us to run away

12. It’s for the poor, the broken and the meek, it’s for the ones who look a lot like you and me

13. You're always good, always good to me.

14. It's not living if you don't reach for the sky

15. Lift up your head my dear friend this tunnel does have an end
Goodbye, and good luck.

Um. There wuz something more I wanted to say. Drat. Again.
I finished a new set of cards! Now I must scan them, design the card, and they'll be ready to print and sell once I get an Etsy set up.

Oh, yeah! The mini-survey I conducted! Here're the results in no particular order:

Adam Agee:
1. espn
2. grand cayman, cayman islands
3. hoo hoo

Skittles:
1. Chocolate!!
2. Greece
3. NIGHT CRICKET!!!

Blueh:
1. Fun weakness? newsboys. ALL THINGS NEWSBOYS.
2. NEW ZEALAND. :D That's where my best friend is. :D
3. I'm both! A night AND morning person! :D If I had the stamina, I'd stay up for a full 24 hours. Which I've only done ONCE. :P

Guitargirl:
1- I'm gonna have to go with Blueh on this one; newsboys :-)
2- Concerts
3- I'm not sure. I can actually be a grouch anytime; it doesn't have to just be in the morning or night ;)

Judi:
1: Music..I have 150 cds..and still not enough..
2: There's this little walk way outside my youth building at church that I just LOVE to take walks on in the morning..I could go back and forth..so while it's not Italy or anything..it's a pretty place..
3: Night person..absolutely..I'm a creature of the night :-)

Owan:
#1 That would be Down Under the Big Top. ;)
#2 I want to go everywhere. I want to tour America and Canada and visit the British Commonwealth, mainly. Also Russia and France.
#3 I'm a afternoon person, I think.

Matt:
1. Music. That shouldn't shock anyone. :D
2. Umm, I don't know.
3. Night owl. Definitely

Pooky's Girl:
1. Candy that does not contain chocolate.
2. Home (ie, Iowa).
3. Night owl to the extreme. Of course, having insomnia does not help things...

Kirsten:
1. Coffee with chocolate creamer (It's so satisfying).
2. Peninsula State Park, Door County, Wisconsin.
3. Night Owl.

Friend of Narnia:
1. Chocolate
2. Bear Mountain, New York! (or anywhere in the mountains in NY, for that matter)
3. Night owl!!! Tina and Emmie and I were up till 2AM after you guys left on Monday! ;D And that's it. So we have no morning peeps reading this? That's good. Morning people annoy me when they get up early and wake me. Mom says it'll serve me right if I married a morning person. Okay, that is now a requirement: any boyfriend of mine must be a night owl! :D

What else? My friend, Jumbo Shrimp, has joined our community! I'll let y'all jump on over to her blog, if you want. She has a good poem by Shel Silverstein on right now. Hi Jumbo Shrimp!
I wish that Blogger had the same sort of deal as Juno. They (Juno) say that if you refer a friend to Juno, you get $30. Well, my friends Avalon, Catfreak, Kirsten, and Jumbo Shrimp have all been inspired by Yours Truly to join, I should get....*does some math*........$120!
Um, yes. I'm running out of things to say. Oh, Avalon and Catfreak: email me with the email addresses you use for blogging, and I can invite y'all to join a blog I created for us! We can use it like Myspace or Facebook, only just with us. (sorry to leave the rest of y'all out. :)

And methinks that's about it. Boy, can this post get any boringer?

Official Apology:
I apologize for all the boringness on this post. I apologize for the extreme lack of news on this post. I apologize for making you fall asleep during this post. I apologize for anything offensive in this post, unless I meant to offend you. I apologize for taking nigh a week to post this. I apologize for anything else you can think of.

Goodbye.
~Kiwi the boring Fruit~

P.S. I just remembered! Skittles awarded me!!

Isn't it lovely? It's my first blog award. I loves my blog award. :)

There are some rules for this:
* Put the logo on your blog or post.
* Nominate at least 10 blogs which show great Attitude and/or Gratitude
* Be sure to link to your nominees within your post.
* Let them know that they have received this award by commenting on their blog.
* Share the love and link to this post and to the person from whom you received your award
Here are the blogs I nominate:
Jumbo Shrimp
Kirsten
HMS Avalon
Catfreak
Owan
Guitargirl
Dagmar
Matt
Heather
Judi
Zoe

Okay, now that really is everything I have to say at the moment. G'day, mates!

Hello, my friends!/Cancellation of Comment Blitz

Sadly, I must cancel the Comment Blitz. Well, actually I guess it's a good thing, as Avalon has finally posted again. But I was looking forward to blitzing her again! ;-D (I wish I could put little emoticons on here. Their faces are so much more expressive.) Thank you, Avalon, for posting again!!

Ho hum bug.

Sorry, I'm just a little bored. I had a great idea of what I wanted to say today, but it just up and left.
I'm bummed. Downhere, Jason Gray, Daniel Kirkley, Jaime Jamgochian, and Lanae Hale are coming near My-ville on a Bethlehem Skyline Tour. Tickets are only $20, for five artists plus dinner, but I don't got twenty extra bucks! So donations are accepted, the larger the better.... Just kidding. But I'm trying to buy Christmas presents now so that if I can get my sticky fingers on $20 I can spend it on a ticket instead of presents. So I need to finish buying things, and make twenty bucks, but then I need to actually find where I can get tickets, 'cause I've been searching the Internet for 'em. But THEY'RE NO WHERE TO BE FOUND!!!! ANYWHERE! I searched Downhere's website, Jason Gray's, the Bethlehem Skyline Tour site, and HMPH.
WAIT A SECOND!!!!! I FOUND 'EM, THE TRICKY LITTLE BUGGERS! Hahaha! The Kiwifruit triumphs yet again! I found them on the website of the church that the concert's gonna be at. But that's odd. This website says tickets are $12, whereas I was informed they were $20. I'll have to research that, but this'll make it easier to get to go!!! Happy Day!

I'm going to publish this now, to appease the public (namely Judi, whom I think is just itching to bug me into posting :-), but I've got a poem to put up later, so keep checking back.
TaTa For Now!!
~Kiwifruit the Konqueror

Cubs Game this Friday!!!/Updated on Friday

I'm excited about the Cubs/Brewers game on Friday! Unfortunately, it won't matter that much to the Cubs team, but it's also kinda good. It means that the Cubbies are going to the Play-offs! I'm really happy about that! My dream for this year? One of them, at least, is that the Chicago Cubs go to the world series. And then sweep the other team. All you non-Cubs fans: DO NOT BURST MY HAPPY LITTLE DREAM-BUBBLE!! This is our year! So, I'm looking forward to it. Asdef and I are making pillow case signs to hold up between innings and when the Cubs win. After the game we plan to give them to our Cubs-fan Grandpa to add to his Cubs collection. I'll give more details on what they look like once we get them finished. I will be the medium-height girl wearing a Cubs tee-shirt with 'Soriano 12' on the back. I'll also probably be wearing a red paisley bandanna and a big grin on my face. (:^D) Look our for us!
Lets see... Oh, an update on Operation Post-It:

Our efforts were not in vain. We were successful! HSM Avalon has posted a total of TWO times since we started our comment blitz. The comment count went up to 83, thanks to a lot of great post-ers! Now, Miss Avalon has posted a way to have a very popular blog. Y'all'll have to check it out. She also, miracle of miracles, added onto her story!!!!! Congratulations, fellow post-ers! Now we may have to turn this on Catfreak 70 soon, if she doesn't update. Don't tell her, Avalon, we'll just let her alone for a few more days, then start in on her. >:-D (that's an devious little evil grin, for those of you who don't recognize it)
I think that this Comment-Blitz could become a very useful tool. Also, Judi, we need to keep in mind your friend 'Jonno', who hasn't posted in a while, either.

I need to end this now if I want it posted tonight. I'll write more tomorrow, if possible. Don't forget to watch the Cubs/Brewers game on Friday @ 7:00 pm central time!

~Kiwi

UPDATE--FRIDAY MORNING:
Okay, now it's Friday morning, seven hours, thirty-four minutes left until the game starts. Here's a description of my poster: on one side is "KIWI is HERE!" with a big red arrow pointing down underneath it. To the left side (right to anybody watching) is the Cubs logo in blue and red. On the other side will be "CUBS ROCK MY WORLD". Let me know if you see me! Asdef is working on one that says "GO CUBS GO! 1st CUBS GAME!!!" On the other side he's putting a big blue 'W', I think.
After the game, Mom, Dad, and the boyz will be coming home while Rapunzel and I go with our aunt and uncle. We're going to cruise Milwaukee all Saturday before coming home that night.

I can't wait 'til tonight!! Don't forget: Blue Cubs shirt w/ Soriano 12 on the back, jeans, red bandanna, big sign saying 'KIWI is HERE" or "CUBS ROCK MY WORLD". That's me.

~Kiwifruit

Comment Blitz Up-date:

The comment count is now up to 47 comments! We're almost half-way to one hundred! I think we might be able to make it into triple digits before Avalon posts again. But then again, maybe not. Keep it up! I now extend the Comment Blitzing time frame once again. We must continue commenting until Avalon posts again! Do not weary of it, but instead find humor in it, enjoy coming up with witty things to say! Read other comments, use the same comment more than once, if all imagination fails you and you cannot come up with a new way to say "POST".

Continue the Comments!

~Kommander Kiwifruit

PS. BTW, there's another new post under this one.

Comment Blitz Up-date:

Way to go, troops! As of 17:50 hours MCT, there are thirty-seven comments asking for a post! As I shall be busy moving our base camp tomorrow, as I have been for the past two days, I am now extending the time slot reserved for this desperate attempt to Sunday at 19:30 hours MCT. By that time, we may have a response from Avalon.
Several of you expressed worries at commenting on an unknown blog. I know Avalon personally, and don't think she'll mind, and I think she knows that I know most of you. And if she doesn't: "Avalon, I know most of these people personally, and the ones I don't know commented at my request. I know you won't mind..."

Continue on, fellow bloggers, and perchance we shall make it to one hundred comments before the time is up!

~Komander Kiwifruit