Harvard and Bunnies

Hello world!

This is me, reporting after another absence of sorts. I figured it'd be fun to get back in the bloggy mood, and, to be honest, nothing much has happened in the past two weeks.

I think.

Nothing I can remember instantaneously, anyway. There are some pretty hectic, wonderful, exciting things coming up, though!

First of all, an interview for Harvard College. Tomorrow. With a plastic surgeon.

This is Harvard's Dining Hall. It's like Hogwarts! ^^

Excitedly Nervous = Me

This interview may make or break me in terms of acceptance. I don't think I'm strong enough to get in on just my grades alone, so this could be helpful. I just hope I don't screw up big time. I also hope that this doctor is more conversational in person than he was on the phone.

There are a few more exciting events coming up, and I shall (hopefully) keep this updated. We shall see if time permits.

Also, -shameless plug- look at this awesome blog just started up by someone dear to my heart, almost as dear as Bunny!

Until then,

O.O.

Snow Day = The End of Christmas

Hello world...

Today, my prayers were answered!

SNOW DAY!!!

We did indeed get that giant windfall of snow that was promised. I use the term windfall literally. There were drifts up to my head. They covered our automobiles. T'was awesome.

Funny thing was, they canceled school before the snow even started falling! BEFORE. There was not a flake in the sky, and the school closings were pouring in!!!

It was wonderful!

Most unwonderful was the fact that my mother took the opportunity to make me and my brother help her finally put away the Christmas decorations and take down the tree.

Yes, we still had it up on February 1st. It's somewhat of a family tradition to keep our tree up obscenely long. And our lights are still up on the house! We'll probably take those down eventually. Give us a month or so.

Anyways, this midnight post must come to a close. Here's to another day off of school tomorrow!

But before I go, a short winter joke for ya:

What's an ig?

An eskimo's house without a loo!

Harharhar!

Have a good one!

O.O.

Blood and Snow

Hello world!

I would just like to inform you that this guy is your newest blood donor! That's right! There is a pint of my blood sitting in a refrigerator somewhere!

We had a blood drive at our school yesterday, and while I've tried to donate before, I could never get a full pint. Well, yesterday was apparently the day. The nurse was surprised at how quick I was finished, and when they tried to clot the bleeding, it took two tries. I guess my veins just wanted to keep giving!

. . .

Well, enough about blood. On to something more exciting, like...


SNOW DAYS!


For days (and by days, I mean since Monday), all that anyone at school has been talking about is the upcoming snow storm and the guarantee of a snow day tomorrow. Well, I've yet to see the actual storm itself, but even my dad seems confident that we're not going to have school tomorrow, and he's never confident about that sort of thing! Here's to hoping I'll have all day to catch up on sleep and required reading tomorrow!

Speaking of snow, here's a snow sculpture that I might consider making tomorrow if we get the snow I'm wishing for. (Nerd alert!)



Playing Dungeons and Dragons in the snow with snow dice and snow creatures. Can you think of a better way to spend a snow day?

I think not!

Hoping and praying for a godsend of snow tonight!

O.O.

Unicorns, Babies, and Cupcakes

Well...

It's been 10 days, but I'm back again! So far, it's going better than my other attempt to revive this old blog! :D (Look back about 2 posts. You'll see it.)

And this time, I bring tidings of great joy! Great joy, in this case, is also known as Robot Unicorn Attack!
Once you do indeed begin to play, you can kiss your life goodbye. Trust me.

I discovered this wonderful concoction of flash game, rainbows, dolphins, robots, and unicorns last summer, and as my friends will attest to, I talked of little else for about a week or more. (It may have been up to a month. I don't really remember. The time line gets a little iffy in my brain at that point.)

The reason I'm finally posting this now is that this game recently experienced a revival at my school. I don't know where the heck it came from, but for once, this man was on top of the trend! That's right! I knew what all the cool kids were talking about!

Needless to say, my friends, who had heard all about this game before, suddenly started playing it and now understand my seemingly-insane obsession with robot unicorns. This lovely little picture illustrates the process of addiction pretty well if you ask me.

(This is unfortunately not mine. It belongs to epicponyz.com and google for finding it for me.)

And so, dear reader, I now pass this wonderful game on to you. Play it. Love it. Share it. Rainbows forever.

Also, I offer you excuses as to my prolonged absence from The Blog. I've been in the wonderful national capital of Washington D.C. since last Saturday until Tuesday.

Which, in hindsight, doesn't explain my absence until now... But hey!

Once again, I made the voyage to DC for the annual March for Life to support babies everywhere. I love babies.
And while I was there, I was able to stop in to a neat little cupcake store with my friends called Georgetown Cupcakes! (I'm in a promoting mood today, I guess.) The women in my group were quick to inform me that this little cupcakery was well-known to the American TV-viewing public as the star of the show DC Cupcakes. I didn't so much care for that, but the cupcakes were, indeed, DEEEEElicious!

My favorite had to be the peanut-butter chocolate lava fudge cupcake. That's right.

Peanut-butter-lava-fudge!

You couldn't name a cupcake anything more delicious than that!

For a bit I was afraid I was doomed to become somewhat of a cupcake snob because of my experience, but yesterday, this was quickly banished by my consuming a half dozen funfetti cupcakes with dark blue frosting at a friend's birthday party. I guess my tummy simply can't resist the wonders of a mini cake in a wrapper.

And so, reader, I must leave you. Enjoy the unicorns and go find yourself a cupcake to eat (preferably funfetti to match the rainbows!) but don't go too crazy, alright?

À bientôt!

O.O.

Hello World!

First of all, let me just say that this blog no longer deserves to be continued.

Second of all, let me inform you that it is now being resurrected!

And the congregation said:

"AMEN!"

That's right folks, Orange Oreos is back in business!

(And this time, I plan to keep it that way, unlike a certain other post that came right before this one two years ago. I swear I'll do my best!)

A lot has happened in these past two years: girlfriend, plays, musicals, camping, roller coasters, Phineas and Ferb, Dungeons and Dragons... These are a few of my favorite things, and they sum up the in-between post time pretty nicely.

Oh yes, and there's also the every-lovely college application process and standardized testing. How on earth could I forget that? Yours truly hopes to go off to school somewhere to study something or other come fall, and unfortunately, the institutions at which he wishes to continue his studies make him go through the torturous process of college and scholarship applications.

Thankfully, all of that is (mostly) done. All I have to do now is wait out the next few months and hope for a few big, fat envelopes in the mail. Wish me luck!

Hopefully, you'll be hearing a lot more from the Orange Oreo from this point on. You might even call it a late New Year's resolution. You can thank my brother for starting his own 365-blog and reminding me about this forlorn little place.

Peace and cookies,

O.O.

-peeks into blogiverse carefully-

-Wipes finger along the edge of blog. Results in dusty finger.-



Oops. I think I neglected my blog just a twee bit. :\


I can't honestly say that I had a good reason to be lazy in my bloggy-life. But now I'm back! :D

So my life is finally starting to slow down a bit. HUZZAH! Now that I have free time on my hands, I'm finding myself spending all of it on Facebook and Les Mis. (Speaking of which, I'm finally on Book Two, Pg. 106, and Jean Valjean has finally appeared!)

A lightening-round recap of my life for the past month: we finished our one-act plays about two weekends ago, and they were awesome, although not too many people came to see them... :( ; I made $30 tutoring! ; I spent all that money, plus more, on prom! (Which was totally kick-butt awesome, too.) ; I helped out backstage with my little brother's middle school play (CATS! o.o A ridiculously high-level show for a middle school, but the director is enamored to it so much that he did it anyway... Not a good decision...) ; and my allergies kicked in.

And that about brings you up to speed on my life! Hopefully, I can swing back into the blogging groove and stay there.

Oh, speaking of grooves:

Getting up early: No
Running: No, but I helped garden! :D
Floss: But of course, good sir!

Busy, Busy, Busy Once More

So...

I finally thought that for once I had gotten rid of all my deadlines, things to do, long-term notices, etc. and could rest in peace.

That didn't last long at all. It left much, much to quickly! I don't have much to complain about, I know, but suddenly I found out I was going to prom in two weeks, got two new roles in a play that starts next weekend, got a job tutoring, and I need to get further ahead in my French class...

Whew. Just putting it all down somewhere helps a lot. At least now I can look back on that whenever I forget my list of things to do.

It'll be a fun, fun last two months of school, that's for sure! :D

Waking early: Non... (Something tells me this goal is gonna be dropped... :P)
Flossing: Oui!
Running: Oui!

Senior Buddy Auction!

Well, today was bundles of fun, and a perfect way to go back to school after Easter!!

Instead of going to school, we actually went to the gym for a fun, out-of-school day! Then again, any day out of school tends to be fun...

Anyways, we had our annual Senior Buddy auction! You basically auction off each of the seniors in the graduating class, and people bid on them, and the highest bidder gets that senior as his buddy to do anything he commands! Mwahaha! The teachers also put up extra credit points, cookies, steak dinners cooked by them, etc. All the money raised goes to homecoming next year! Woot!

So, naturally, I bought a senior for $16, and split him 50-50 with my friend, who'lll take him half the day, me the other half! I know him from drama and stuff, and he's a pretty neat guy. I get to dress him redonculously, he'll bring in boardgames to play during class, buy me lunch and slurpees, etc.

Then we had a bunch of class gainst class competitions. I tied the donut-eating comp. for my class with the seniors. -fist pump- And then we went bowling to raise money for a homeless shelter!

So all-in-all, a good day, and no homework for me!

Getting up early: No...
Running: Yup!
Flossing: Yup!

So... 'Bout Those Resolutions....

I got up at 9:30... I figured I'd let myself sleep in, seeing as I don't get another break from school for eons...

And I ran for the first time since the fall! :D -lifts glass of water- Here's to hoping this is the start of a trend!

Also, I'm going to start flossing religiously (hence, before I go to sleep every day). Hecks to the yeah!

So, for today:

Flossing: Check
Waking up early: No
Running: Check

Hope everyone had a wonderful Easter!

I'm Baaaaaaack!

:D

Well... I guess that's all I have to say for today.

Tomorrow I'm starting a new resolution of sorts. I'm gonna start running!

...

I'm horribly bad at resolutions, so we'll see how that goes. I'm also gonna start getting up at 6 every day! :D I'll update you all to tell you how that's going in a couple days...

I guess all these new resolutions came from this awesome site called 43 Things. It lets you make a list of up to 43 things that you want to accomplsih in your life, short- or long-term! C'est awesome!

That's all for now. Short for a post after a long break, but I'm tired and I need to get up early tomorrow morning! ;)

Looks Like This is the Last Post for a While

So guess what guys?

I think I'm going to give up the internetz for Lent! o.o

I've wanted to do this for a couple years now, but I've never really thought I could do it, but now I figure I might as well try, no?

So this might be the last post for quite sometime... I might give myself a break every Sunday to drop a few lines! :P

Naturally, I need it for French class and e-mail, so I'll let myself check those, but that's all! If you really need to tell me something, drop some mail to paulkizzleboy@aim.com

I'll see you all later! Au revoir!

French Song of the Week #1

Starting today, I hope to find a French song that I like each week and post it on here every Sunday! My French teacher suggested it for "cultural enrichment", and I thought what better way to learn French culture than through music??

So for the first song, hopefully the start of a tradition, I offer on to all of you the song "Paris" by Camille!



I particularly like the tap dancer around 2:15! :P

Enjoy!

(Kudos go to Blusparrow, because I semi-borrowed her idea!)

Musing on the Subject of Life

Lately, I've been thinking quite a bit, about religion, morality, philosophy, and life in general.

In other words, I've been doing the same old thing! :D I love a good thinker.

Anyways, my recent "reason for life" philosophy isn't anything new, me thinks, but it took me a while to sort of centralize my thoughts around one word: caring.

Now, this is going to sound Barney-esque... but caring makes the world go 'round.

I've been thinking this through, and the only reason we feel emotions is because we care. We feel happy when someone we care about achieves a goal, or when something we care about gets lost, we feel sad.

And it goes beyond emotions. Lately, I see in my peers and myself a general attitude of "whatever". There's no impetus, no zeal for anything! Learning, fine arts, philosophy, and anything that requires effort, it seems, are just thrown to the side, and that just makes me sad. Hardly any of my classmates read, and they see it as a punishment instead of a way to learn and grow!

Maybe this is just me, but entertaining philosophical thoughts and just higher thinking once in a while is a good thing. It keeps your mind open to possibilities and lets you grow as a person. If you care about yourself and others, truly care, wouldn't you want to do everything possible to help them?

Would we still have poverty, war, and fierce, bitter resentment and arguments if everyone just cared for each other and wanted the best for them?

Again, not a revolutionary thought in the least, but as of now, I'm making a resolve to simply care more and not be so "whatever". I don't want to lose the ability to think, or the ability to care and love.

(... Man, that all sounds cheesy! :P)

Busy, Busy, Busy!

I haven't written a post in a looong time, it seems.

School, play, homework, eating, thinking, and reading have all kept me preoccupied these last few days. The weekend was fun, but it sure wasn't as restful as I had hoped it would be. But that's okay. I've been napping again! Maybe that's why I never have time for anything... I spend all my time hibernating!

Well, whatever the reason, I know that I must be busy because I haven't even started to read Les Miserables yet! Normally, when I get a new book, I go ballistic and read as much as possible.

Not this time...

Speaking of books, I have to write an in-class essay on Farenheit 451 tomorrow in English. I really love the novel, so much so that I even bought my own copy after reading it, but an essay doesn't sound fun at all...

But I digress. My life is busy, but I guess I wouldn't have it any other way. I just wish I had a day to take a breather and not do anything. Maybe this weekend...

Woot, Woot!

Guess WHAT?!?!?!

I got my own, unabridged copy of Les Mis today! -does very happy dance-

And I'm going to a party!!! -gets ready to dance-

And there's 8 inches of snow on the way!!!!! -does snow dance in hopes of a now day Monday-

And I got to sleep in today! -dances because he has energy-

And I feel like I want to get things done! -stops dancing to finish homework, clean room, and make card-

WOOT!

Meery Popp'ns!

I found this little series on Protagonize completely amusing! It's a fan-fiction of Mary Poppins!!! :D

Check it out here! You won't regret it!

It's Friday!

FINALLY!

I've been waiting all week for this day to come, and now that it's come, it's been an awesome day. I watched movies in two classes, had a test in another, a quiz in another, and no homework in any class except English! The only bad thing about it is that I have play practice 6 - 8, so no plans for me...

But I have Swedish Fish!
SCORE!

Tomorrow looks like it'll be a pretty regular day until the afternoon, and I get to go to a partay later! Woot woot!

In other words, let's hope this'll be a fun weekend! I hope you all have a great one, too!

Doodle!

Here's a doodle I drew on my right arm in some class today. ( I forget which one...)


I'm pretty happy with it, considering I don't know what it is (some monkey/bear cross?), it was inspired by a scribble, and I drew it with my left hand!!! Hooray for ambidextrousness!

Snow, Sleep, and Stocks

So... I'm really tired. It's only Tuesday and I feel as if I've been through a week of school... My weekend rest seems to have disappeared.

Thankfully, the weather reports say that there's a slight chance of a snow day... And I'm hoping for it, because I need it. (zzzz.... and I need to catch up on French.)



One thing we've been doing in school lately is studying the stock market, and seeing as we're in the lowest of the lowest dip possible right now, chances are stocks will go up soon. I'm thinking about scrounging up a few bucks to invest, if at all possible! Big dreams for a sophomore guy, but wouldn't it be great to actually have spending money?!?! :D

Anyways, beyond my fiscal dreams, and real dreams once I go to sleep, there's no much going on...

Bonne nuit!

P.S. I'm angry that ABC is already repeating Scrubs episodes! Gr! >:(

Mp3 Player Ambulance Needed!!!

My day has been ruined.

Totally, utterly ruined.


My mp3 player, a Creative Zen 8GB, just gave me the White Screen of Death. It turns on, plays music, works fine, EXCEPT THAT THE SCREEN IS COMPLETELY WHITE. I can't see anything!

I've tried everything, and my Zen is in the refrigerator now to see if one guy's solution of cooling it down makes it work temporarily. I've updated the firmware, pressed the reset button numerous times, tried the gazillion tricks there are on the Internet, and nothing.

Looks like I'm going to be stuck listening to Chicago (the last thing I listened to) for a while...

The worst thing is that many, many people are having problems with this mp3 player, which is really too bad because it is totally kick-butt when and if it works!

I can only hope Creative will give me my money back... Apparently, Apple will end up getting my money even though I dislike the monopoly they have on mp3 players... D: