Reaching For Stars

THE FIRST EPISODE OF CSI EVER IS ON AND GREG IS SO ADORABLE

IT'S GRISOSM'S FIRST EPISODE!  I'VE SEEN THE FIRST... AND THE LAST!

I DON'T LIKE HOLLY AND SHE DIES ANYHOW AND NICKY AND WARRICK?

BFFFLS!!!

AND THE CRIME SOLVE SCOREBOARD! THEY HAD IT! AND THEY ACTUALLY USED IT!!!!!!

THIS MADE MY LIFE!!!!!!!!!!

The characters are all exaggerated.  Warrick is a bigtime gambler.  Nicky is a bigtime people person.  Catherine is very motherly and stubborn, and still has an authority problem.  Holly is very scared and very new.  Brass is very mean, for some reason.  Greg is quirkily perverted (as usual) and incredibly adorable (as usual).

Grissom is very joky,

Genius,

Leaderlike.

He's someone who'll be missed.

I love how Nicky is thrilled when he becomes a level 3.  Greg's now a level 3!!!  And I also love how they always call him Nicky.  They use a lot of the same lingo, too.  First blush sound familiar?

Paul Milander did it.  I'm telling you.  Watch out for him on August 17.  Also, Holly is going to die.  Warrick is going to get in trouble for betting in exchange for a warrant.  These are things I know from experience.  I pretty much have the series in my head.  I love watching these old episodes and knowing what's going to happen.

Now I'm watching the second one.  All I can say- I told you so!

I love how everyone hates Sara.  **FORESHADOW!**  And Bobby D's there!!!!

I'm loving the CSI bling too.  Warrick has an earring??  Greg has his leather cuffs (and I wonder where those came from.  Leather cuffs, latex in a print, good god.)

Jason Mraz is my favorite singer ever.  Period.  I was watching a youtube vid, and Katy came up and said, "Oh man, he's... not... hot!"  And I said, "It's not about his face."  (Even though it was a bad picture abotu him and he is a babe [= )

With talent like his, he deserves real fans.  And while, yes, there are a ton of people out there like me that are real fans and know all the words to 3/4 of his songs, there are even more posers.  They hear I'm Yours, like it, and say they are a hard core Mraz fan.  My challenge?  Name three of his songs.  You can do that?  Name three that aren't on We Sing.  We Dance.  We Steal Things.

Ha!

So in order to create more real Mraz fans, I'm making a blog series called 44 Days.  Ever day for 44 days, I will review a Mraz song.  I will give my personal opinion and anything else I know about the song.  I will also post a youtube vid with it.

I was going to start with the latest hit, I'm Yours (album version), but I found this and haha- it wins

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4EWzA3lCb34

(Watch where he falls alseep with the music note shirt- he has the same earbuds I did [before they broke... pieces of crap...].  Also, where he says "my vision is as simple as light"- that's in the Dynamo of Volition.  And guess what?  Jason vs tour was released July 3rd 07.  We Sing. wasn't even in the making then!)

And for your convienence, here's the rest of the series

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bs7A0oq7TOk&feature=related

(Notice the hair when he's in the white tee talking.  He doesn't often fix his hair... maybe that's where the hats come in...  I also realized he doesn't use picks often [for guitar, not hair : P].  Very stylistic.  And ohmygod, his voice.  Don't even get me started!  He plays Plane here- this is the FIRST song I saw him perform live [well, as live as YouTube gets...])

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsGd-hKzbBw&feature=rec-fresh+div

(If you didn't see, it's fisheyed- it's sceptical until you see the bent guitar neck- that's the kicker.  Also, the song he's playing is Bella Luna, which is titled in Italian, so it's only kind of given he plays it in Italy.  And like you aren't extremely impressed with some of those guitar riffs )

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sb-X8olV-3g&NR=1

(Ha!  I almost didn't catch this one. But I did   What a beautiful vid.  And notice- when he's takeing the vid and his reflection is in the window, he has the earbuds!  And the glasses at the end- hahahahaha!  I notice they weren't his usual nerd specs.)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2WAqEznK1Q&feature=related

(Umm... or maybe The Dynamo was in the making?  Hahah!  And good god, the juggling.  That IS impressive.  Doesn't it make you jealous!?  And omigod- In the Hall of Mountain King was my last piano lesson!  Hahah.  "And of course, I've got nothing but love for the listener.")

Mahalo!

"And is made by Parker Brothers."

Haha- I <3 English.

Yes, I figured that was the Title as soon as I heard it.  I know- it's time to blog again.  And about multiple subjects:

1. PS-  Omigod Phillips you creeping lunatic I cannot believe you did that!!  Well, at least he knows I exist.  Even though he associates me with a creeper (and NOT the fine kind!)!  But haha, I win.  Check your e-mail and you'll know what I mean.

2. Eave.  Stupid flaming ginger RUINED my life.  Sighh.  Oh well.  For now, I'm just Lying Around CSI's on tonight (which we've both been waiting for!)

3. Speaking of CSI, today is GRISSOM'S LAST DAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

4. We have no school tomorrow or monday, so I have 4 days to do a ton of homework instead of one night

5. I'm going to Harrisburg on Saturday if the weather isn't deadly.

6. I have Mike and Ikes.

7. I'm going upstairs for a klepley.  Yay Poland!

So my friends and I are nuts.  We pretty much proved that last year-- what, with yelling at people out windows, hitting on random guys at Hershey, that whole thing with the box of soda, and every other crazy thing we've done, I'm surprised we're not in jail.

Which is why me and my gals are so tight !! 

They're pretty much my entire life, and I'm psyched for every opportunity we have to all be hanging out together (AD districts, parties, dances, and the BAND TRIP!!), since sadly that doesn't happen often anymore.

I was watching the show Gameshow In My Head, which reminded me of all our outlandish antics, and I came across ome Pieces of Flair with these on it, so I figured, why not?  We'll be together in Wal-Mart sometime soon, and if not, a lot of these can be done just about anywhere.  So here goes!

OUR CRAZY LIST
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1. Set all the clocks in housewares to go at 5 minute intervals
2. Go into a changing room, wait, and then yell, "Anybody got toilet paper??"
3. Grab rolls of wrapping paper (or light sabers) and fence with them
4. Hide in a rack of clothes and when people come around to look at them say, "Pick me!  Pick me!"
5. Walk up to complete strangers, saying, "Hi!  Hey!  I haven't seen you for so long!!" etc etc and see if they play along to avoid embarassment.
6. As the cashier runs your purchase over the scanner, look mesmerized and say, "Wow, magic!"
7. Attempt to fit each other into very large gym bags.
8. Dart around suspiciously while humming the theme from Mission Impossible.  Stand in an aisle until someone with a cart comes along, then right before they pass you, summersault in front of them like you were dodging it.
9. Drape a blanket around your shoulders and run around saying, "I'm Batman. Come Robin, to the Batcave."
10. Follow people through the aisles, staying about 5 feet behind them. Do this until they leave the store.
11. Grab boxes of adult diapers or other inappropriate items and drop them into people's carts when they aren't looking
12. Go to the Service Desk and ask to put a bag of M&M's on lay away.
13. Hold indoor shopping cart races.
14. Run around and collect multiples of random items (like 7 boxes of cheerios), then leave them on a shelf in another department (like put the cheerios in a single-file line on a rack in the auto department)
15. Make a trail of lemonaid on the way into the restrooms
16. Make up products and ask employees if they have them (Shnerples, Takenlites, Orangacados, etc)
17. Move "Caution: Wet Floor" signs to carpeted areas
18. Play soccer, using the entire store as your field
19. Play with the automatic doors- going in, coming out, going in, coming out, etc etc
20. Play with calculators until they all say Hello upside down
21. Redress manequins any way we want
22. Set up a tent in the camping department and tell other people you'll invite them in if they bring pillows from the bed department.
23. Start playing Calvinball; see how many people you can get to join.   (HAHA- this is from calvin and hobbes- you make it up as you go along, much like me and ryan's Cricket [long story- involves running around barefoot, trying to hide another's shoes, get your own, and cross a line with your shoes on and in poession of the ball])
24. Take bets on your games (soccer, Calvinball, fencing, etc)
25. Take shopping carts for the sole purpose of filling them and stranding them at strategic locations.
26. Take up an entire aisle in toys by setting up a full-scale battle with G.I. Joe vs. Barbie.
27. Test the fishing rods and see what you can catch from other aisles.
28. TP as much of the store as possible before they stop you.
29. Tune all the radios to polka stations; then turn them off and turn the volume up to full blast.
30. Walk up to an employee and tell him/her in an official tone, 'Code 3' in Housewares and see what happens.
31. When 2 or 3 people are walking ahead of you, run between them yelling "Red Rover."
32. When an announcement comes over the loud speaker, drop to your knees and scream "NO! NO! It's those voices again!!!"
33. Skip around the store with linked arms and sing
34. When someone steps away from his or her cart to look at something, grab it and move it about 15 feet away, then book it and watch from afar what happens.
35. When there are people behind you, walk really slowly, especially in thin aisles.
36. While handling guns in the hunting department, ask the clerk if he knows where the anti-depressants are, acting as spastic as possible.  (this one is BAD, but really funny!)
37. (another bad but funny one-) Run up to an employee (preferrebly a male) while squeezing your legs together and practically yell at him "I need some tampons!!"
38. Creep around the store and hum or whistle either realy perverted songs (milkshake) or really creepy songs (like the one we played for the halloween parade)
39. Walk behind people and comment on them ("Omigod isn't that girl ugly?"  "The guy in front of us is such a babe!" etc)
40. Walk behind peple and hum songs that are appropriate for them (a She-wolf-y girl would be milkshake, a hoy guy would be womanizer, etc etc)
41. Put on boxers over your jeans and walk around like that
42. Put bras in the hands of mannequins in the guys department, and speedos in the hands of mannequins in the girls deparement
43. Fill your cart with boxes of condoms, and watch everyone's jaws drop when you attempt to buy them.
44. Two words- Marco Polo
45. While walking around alone, pretend someone is with you and get into a very serious conversation. Like, pretend another person is standing beside you and talk to them.  For example, pretend the person is breaking up with you and you begin crying "How could you do this to me? I thought you loved me! I knew there was another girl, but I thought I had won. You kissed ME darling." Then act as though you are being beaten and fall onto the ground screaming and having convulsions.
46. have one friend sit on the check out line and pretend to check them out
47. Take a stuffed animal into a crowded area and start stroking it, saying "Good, bessie.  Good girl."
48. Go into the shoes and try multiple pairs of shoes on, putting two different shoes back in every box
49. In the makeup department, spray yourself with every perfume there is, then walk up to a boy who is with another girl and start flirting with him in that annoying, ditsy way.  "Hey, boi, how you doin?"  and if the guy doesn't respond, turn around and start doing it to the girl
50. Play freeze tag in very crowded aisles
51. Run around frantically, screaming, "THE BRITISH ARE COMING!!!!!!!"
52. Go to the checkout and buy a hershey bar.  Repeat the process, one bar at a time, at the same register until the clerk notices
53. Fill your cart up as much as possible, and then try to use the express lane
54. Put boxes of tampons in guys' carts when they're not looking
55. Tell an employee that you are suing, since the store doesn't sell walls
56. Dress up in stupid stuff from the store, then stand and pretend to be mannequins
57. Walk stiffly and stuffily through the aisles with your head down repeating to yourself, "The clowns are not eating me.  The clowns are not eating me."
58. Have a conversation with the person that greets you at the door, long enough so that he/she cant greet people who walk through the door.
59. Get a pregnancy test and ask a stranger "Is this one the most accurate??"
60. Take an item (clothing or personal care), something embarassing and very large, and go up to a random person and ask, "Are THESE ones big enough for you?"

Feel free to contribute!!

I added this entry for anyone with a 30gb Zune that froze recently.

For any Zune that took place in the Great Zune Freeze of 2008.

I guess it was Microsoft's way of ringing in the new year, but yesterday a lot of 30g Zunes froze, including mine.  And this is what I did:

1. I freaked out and tried restarting it with the play/pause button.  Nothing happened.

2. I let the battery drain completely, then tried recharging it.  Nothing happened.

3. I googled it.  I found a lot on info on the web, BUT NOTHING HELPED!  There were things with the exact problem, but it didn't work.

4.  I let it die again, and as it started, I tried the whole back button+up button restarting thing, and I thought it'd help, so I let it charge overnight.  Then when I came over to it this morning, I found it was still frozen.  I was so mad.  I was about to throw the thing on the floor when I found out that I wasn't the only person this happened to yesterday.  Weird, huh?

I was seriously freaking out (I have school on the 5th, and my bus ride home is about 50 minutes.  Then, I have 2 2-hour bus rides to Lycoming for Academic Decathlon).  I didn't know what to do.

That's when I found this:

http://www.tipsity.com/technology/2008/how-reset-fix-zune-if-your-zune-frozen-locked-or-stuck-loading-screen

It was SO helpful!  It was a little tricky, ripping the Zune apart, but here's my quick how-to for fixing a frozen Zune.

1. Take a really little flat head screw driver and, jimming it into one of the skinny ends, take off the little black plastic housing that the Zune cord connects to.

2. Take out the little screws on each end.

3. Pry off the cover (it is actually the back part of the Zune that is the cover) with a flat head.  The top of the Zune (the part with the screen) will have the stuff attached.

4. Check out the black battery at the top.  You don't need to take it off or anything, just follow the yellow cable down the Zune to the bottom part of it.  Once you do that, look at the part where the yellow film reconnects with the Zune.  See that little brown thing on top of the white plastic housing?  Pull it up- the flat head may be useful here, also.

5. Look at the other side of the Zune, straight across from the brown thing you lifted.  There should be another yellow loop connecting the same way.  Pull up that brown thing too.

6.  Wait three seconds.  Then put the right one back down, and IMMEDIATELY put the left one back down.

7. The Zune will restart.  Connect it to your computer, if you need to.  If it goes through a cycle kind of thing where it shows the restart screen, then a blank screen with the backlight on for a while, then it goes to the regular Zune home screen and it says that it needs to delete everything because of an error, click okay, and then it does it all over again, wait until it restarts again.  AS SOON AS THE STARTING SCREEN COMES ON, click and hold the BACK button and the UP button on the Zune pad for about 5 seconds.  IMMEDIATELY after you let that go, press and hold the BACK button and the LEFT and CENTER buttons.  A screen will (hopefully) come up that will take you through the steps of deleting everything off your Zune.

8. Follow those steps.

9. The tech support site said to reset your clock, and I wasn't sure if it meant computer clock or Zune clock, because I didn't know my Zune had a clock (a very lame thing not to have).  So I reset my computer clock just to be sure, and now I'm resyncing everything.  Which is going to take forever, because I have about 4 gigs worth of songs, vids, and pics.  I imagine since it's a 30 gig, most people have much more, but nonetheless.  When I'm done syncing everything and I disconnect my Zune, I'll fix the computer clock.

Hope this helps- Comment and let me know!

Haha- we watched Elf in cultures.  I pretty much love that movie, so I quoted about the whole thing to Mandy.  Yay!

I had a really good day today.  Easy algebra (Pythagorean Theorm, my FAVORITE thing to do in algebra), a normal 2nd period band (I played I'm Yours on piano), an open note test in bio (yay mystery box), an easy day in english ("Hilary- Stuck between Barack and a hard place." hahah), lunch as usual, computer lit (need I ever say more?  It was even an especially good class), a free day in French (got caught up on TLNOWC- the mr. k book), and then Elf in cultures (and I aced the test).  Despite my tardiness (aargh- flat tire on the car- we told dad to fix it!), I had a good day!  I only have english homework.

There are two downsides- 1. I have to decorate for Christmas when I go home, and we all know how THAT always turns out; and 2. I left my Zune at home because I wasn't sure where it was and we were late as it is (was?).  Now I have to go home and have nothing to listen to on the bus.  Crap.  50 minutes of boredom.

NO!

Now I'm avoiding boredom.  I gtg.

Byes!

I typed a whole huge post on Jason Mraz and his site (which I've been exploring) and just, ya know, giving my take on it all.  And it was the longest entry ever.  But I hit fricking F5 and it went back.  You hear me.  Back.  As in, I lost it all.  So here are the main points.

www.jasonmraz.com

1. The journal is all amazing, especially the one for December 8.  I love the part about the primordial soup.  So cool, so deep.

2. The bio.  Read it.

3. I'm Yours.  I have that demo version.  I acquired it in AUGUST.  AUGUST.  Wayyy before anyone around here.  And I love both versions, but I've come to prefer the album one.  I've come to adore the scatting, the clarity of the chords, and the part where he sings "this oh this oh this is our fate- I'm yours."

4. Where he says about stealing.  It's so deep.  When you hear we sing, we dance, we steal things, you think of singing, dancing, and breaking the law.  You don't think about recycling and how everything we use has been used by others.  HUGE kudos to Mraz on that analogy

5. The vocal game.  That's cool.  I may try that.  Also, the Dynamo of Volition is one of the very very few of the 36 songs I don't have down-pact by heart.

All very great.  There WAS a ton more, but I'm way to lethargic to type it.  It's thursday.  I have to keep up my energy until 10.

And I had a good day.  All but 6th and 7th periods.  Those sucked and were fantastic all at the same time.  It's the little things that make it worth while.  And before 5th period. Woah.  Between 4th and 5th.  Holy crap.

And speaking of that, I have to go.  I'mm getting my books together, going to my locker, and going home

Haha- I would put Weekend Update, but it's not the weekend.  So here's the Stubborn Wednesday Update.

First- forensics.  It's first because I put my script here and all.  Phillips and I did a run-through in front of the team and it actually wasn't bad at all.  Amy was impressed, which is good!

Second- County band.  OMIGOD IT'S TOMORROW!!  STHTP here we come!!  Haha- Fina and Ashley understand that one!  But yes, I'm totally pumped for tomorrow (tee hee- Eave- I had a good day : ] ).

Third- Hmmmm... Oh yes.  My dream last night.  It was hilarious.  It came from Facebook and the Synergy concert last night.  Katy and I were at a concert at school (it wasn't Synergy- it was a specific person who I'm not going to put) and we were sitting in the aud where we were for the Synergy concert after school.  She was like "Hey, c'mon- let's go up there!"  And we went over and sat down right where the extra risers were for the sopranos.  It was like there were thise risers the whole way out- they were, like, part of the stage, but they were kind of backstage---  Idk, dream logic.  Well, the singer came offstage and I stood up.  The singer's face lit up when he saw us.  He said, "Oh hey!!  I'm so glad you guys are here!  I'm _____!"  I was like "I know!!!"  I was totally awestruck that such a famous star would be talking to me like I was the one making his day.  He took a step toward me, so I kinda stepped  back a bit, but he opened his arms and made a face like, "Duh!  Come here!"  And he hugged me like we were bffs and I was like "ooohmigod..." [ -stupid dumb blissful little smiley.]  It was hysterical.  We continued talking (me like he was a star, him like I was his bff and we talked everyday) and it was amazing.  Tee hee- good dream

Fourth- Eave.  Of course.  So yesterday at my favorite time of the day, I was thinking how he acted then and how he actde at other times.  And this line came to mind: "I want to be with the one I know."  And it took me a while to realize it, but it's from Seven Things by (gag) Miley Cyrus.  I'm just going to post some nice lyrics here so we can all laugh at how appropriate they are (the bolded parts are wayyyy too sincere).

I probably shouldn't say this/ But at times I get so scared/ When I think about the previous/ Relationship we've shared/ It was awesome but we lost it/ It's not possible for me not to care/ Now we're standing in the rain/ But nothin's ever gonna change until you hear, my dear/

The 7 things I hate about you/ The 7 things I hate about you/ You're vain, your games, you're insecure/ You love me, you like her/ You make me laugh, you make me cry/ I don't know which side to buy/ Your friends, they're jerks/ And when you act like them, just know it hurts/ I wanna be with the one I know/ And 7th thing I hate the most that you do/ You make me love you/

It's awkward and it's silent/ As I wait for you to say/ What I need to hear now/ Your sincere apology/ And when you mean it, I'll believe it/ If you text it, I'll delete it/ Let's be clear/ I'm not coming back/ You're taking 7 steps here

The 7 things I hate about you/ The 7 things I hate about you/ You're vain, your games, you're insecure/ You love me, you like her/ You make me laugh, you make me cry/ I don't know which side to buy/ Your friends, they're jerks/ And when you act like them, just know it hurts/ I wanna be with the one I know/ And 7th thing I hate the most that you do/ You make me love you/

Compared to all the great things/ That would take too long to write/ I probably should mention/ The 7 that I like

The 7 things I like about you/ You hair, your eyes, your old levi's/ And when we kiss, I'm hypnotized/ You make me laugh, you make me cry/ But I guess that's both I'll have to buy/ Your hand in mine/ When we're intertwined everything's alright/ I wanna be with the one I know/ And the 7th thing I like the most that you do/ You make me love you

Okay.  So the unbolded parts are sad.  I wish they weren't bolded.  Well, not all of them, but select ones (*cough*lastchorus*cough*) would be fantastic if they weren't bolded.
"And I'm looking in the mirror all the time, wondering what he doesn't see in me.  I've been funny, I've been cool with the lines.

Ain't that the way love's supposed to be?

MP: I-moo am-moo or-yoo eacher-too.

ME: Huh??

MP: I-moo am-moo or-yoo eacher-too

ME: Oh you have got to be kidding me.

MP: Ease-ploo, in-moo uh-thoo arget-oo anguage-loo.

ME: Oh-moo.  Oo-you.  Av-hoo.  Ot-goo.  Oo-too.  Ee-boo.  Idding-koo.  Ee-moo.

MP: Excellent- moo.  Ut-woo is-mooor-yoo ame-noo?

ME: Okay, I thought this was supposed to be Classical Greek, not some stupid code little kids use when they want to play spy agents behind the back shed.

MP: Ow-coo Eek-groo is-moo a-moo ery-voo ooseful-yoo anguage-loo.

ME: Useful for what?  If I wanted to speak a nonsense language, I could speak Pig Latin.  I'm practicall a native speaker, since I've been communicating in it since the age of five.

MP: Oo-yoo eak-spoo ig-poo atin-loo?

ME: Of-moo orse-coo.

MP: I-moo ever-noo ould-coo earn-loo ig-poo atin-loo.  I-moo ink-thoo at-thoo I-moo ad-hoo a-moo ad-boo eacher-too.

ME: You mean you actually took a course in Pig Latin?

MP: Es-yoo.

ME: Who would be stupid enough to offer a corus in Pig Latin?  And then, who would be stupid enough to sign up for the class?  And I can't believe you couldn't learn it.  HOw hard can it be?

MP: Eye-moo eacher-too uhsn't-woo ained-troo in-moo uh-thoo oo-noo ethods-moo of-moo anguage-loo eaching-too.

ME: Oh-say eye-ay ould-cay eak-spay in-ay ig-pay atin-lay and-ay oo-yay ouldn't-way understand-ay a-ay ingle-say erd-way.

MP: Now you stop that!  I told you that we would only be communicating in the target language!

ME: Ut's-way uh-thay atter-may?  Oo-yay on't-day understand-ay ee-may?  Ut-by I'm-ay eyeing-tray oo-tay each-tay oo-yay oo-thray oo-nay anguage-lay eaching-tay ethods-may.

MP: what?

ME: It's called "immersion."  Just basic "communication."  Oo-yay ut-nay ase-cay!

MP: Do you want to learn Cow Greek or what?

ME: I didn't sign up for Cow Greek.  I signed up for Classical Greek.  When I saw "C. Greek" listed in the course catalog, I assumed that it was Classical Greek.

MP: Why would anyone want to learn a dead language?  It's useless!  Nobody speaks it.  You can't travel anywhere with it.  You can't communicate in Classical Greek.

ME: Right, but Cow Greek is definitely sweeping the nation!

MP: I'm sorry if you are findinghis course too difficult.  THis happens every semester; students come in the first day and find the immersion process too stressful because they don't understand, so they make up excuses to account for their inability to acquire the language.

ME: It's not a language!  I't sgibberish.  I could go next door and put up a sign for my own course in Sheep Chinese.  Es-yah.  Eye-bah an-cah each-tah eep-shah eyenese-chah.  What do y ou think of that?  Or, I could just take your job over and teach your stupid language.

MP: What did you say?

ME: Let me translate it for you into Cow Greek.  I-moo ould-coo ust-joo each-too or-yoo UPID-STOO ANGUAGE-LOO.

MP: Well, I don't even see the point of continuing the lesson if allo're interested in doing is insulting me.  But I'll have you know that I am the best language instructor at this university.  I even had one student abtain a perfect score on the TOGCFL on his first try.

ME: The TOGCFL?

MP: Test of Cow Greek as a Foreign Language.  With a score lkike that, he was guaranteed admittance into any institution of higher learning where Cow Greek was the language of instruction.

ME: There are no schools that teach classes in Cow Greek.

MP: Well of course there are.  Because it makes a lot more sense to learn Cow Greek than any other language because of language transfer.

ME: What?"

MP: You obviously know nothing about second language acquisition theory and that is why you are so resistant to my methods and this whole course in general.  Language transfer is the process by which language features from your native language transfer into your use of a second language.

ME: According to my theory, language transfer is the process by which a student transfers from one foreign language classroom to another.

MP: Wait a minute.  Don't transfer.  Perhaps we could set up some trafe off tudoring.  I teach you Cow Gree and you teach me Pig Latin.

ME: Oh-nay ay-way ose-hay.

I went to the Thanksgiving service at church.  Pastor Bob had a really cool analogy with the 10 leppers lesson.  It's like the world is the 10 leppers and the leprosy is our screwed up society.  Only one person turns around and thanks God.  It was cool.

And here, for the sake of Thanksgiving, let's type the lyrics of my fave Thanksgiving song.

Give thanks with a grateful heart.
Give thanks to the Holy One.
Give thanks because He's given Jesus Christ, His son.
Give thanks with a grateful heart.
Give thanks to the Holy One.
Give thanks because He's given Jesus Christ, His son.

And now, let the weak say, "I am strong."
Let the poor say, "I am rich."
Because of what the Lord has done for us.

Give thanks.

Yay!