Wednesday, May 29, 2013

Potatoes & Prices

Dear world,
Today we have two very different, but both funny stories to pass on. The first, by my dear co-writer (who isn't really writing :)), and the second, by me, your writer.
The lights in the kitchen blazed brightly as the sun sank beneath the trees and twilight gathered over the land. The crickets started chirping, making a lovely duet as music from the piano streamed through open windows and doors, and the clank of pots and pans, being  moved about could be heard, as an accompaniment. In the kitchen, food was being taken off the stove and put in serving dishes as the table was being laden with food. The smell of sizzling steaks hot of the grill, warm potato salad pulled straight from the oven, creamed spinach bubbling merrily on the stove, were enough to make anyone's stomach growl. One of the cooks bustling about, upon seeing her companion serving himself to some of the delicious potato salad and fearing that he might not like it said, "Wait! Taste it before you eat it!"
and:
The sun beat down through the glass of the doors, on the back of a young girl as she sat at her computer. It was about 4 O'clock and she was just getting up to read some history, when the back of a book caught her glance. It read: $14.95 USA    $22.50 CANADA. Now a fact must be noted about this young girl, several months before, following in the footsteps of her dear sister, she had changed her clock to run on military time, thus at 5:19pm, her clock read, 17:19. So deranged was this poor girl's mind, that upon reading, "$14.95" she immediately thought, "Oh, $2.95"

Friday, May 17, 2013

FedEx and Fridays

Welcome back to your Weekly Entertainment Spot!
Today we have two stories to share with you:
*rat-a-tat-tat* the knock resounded through the house. Pulling the earplugs out while jumping out of the chair, she ran to open the door. Opening the door, she saw the FedEx man, who, upon seeing her, said, "Oh! Let me go get it!" and he ran out to his truck. Nervously she stood there, waiting for him to come back. Soon he appeared from inside the truck, carrying a big box of wine. When he got within earshot she said, "ohhhhh I'm not 21..." At this, he put down the box of wine and exclaimed, "You're not?! Ohh you should have told me before I brought this....I thought you were your mom!" hehe, he thought I was 21+ :)
The second story, showing the slow decay of brain cells throughout the week, and the effect of becoming delirious in anticipation of the weekend:
Me:  I've written 3/17/13
about
3 times today
*facepalm *
Lizzie:  oh haha
I totally didn't notice what was wrong
Me:  it's Friday, what can I say?
Lizzie:  for a while
Me:  hahahahahahaha
Lizzie:  I was like .....uhhhhh why is that bad?

Monday, May 13, 2013

Lizzie's Words of Wisdom

So I'm gonna try to write more posts, the thing is, a lot of stuff isn't tragic/comic....oh well, I guess I just have to start finding those in everyday occurrences!
haha okay so Lizzie's like this oracle, she's always spouting out words of wisdom and life lessons. Her most recent phrase went like so, "Finding good stuff on facebook is like combing through a thrift store...there are a lot of dumb ones..." I guess to a lot of people that's actually not very funny, but hey, I'm dead tired and it was funny soo yeah haha

Wednesday, May 1, 2013

Smart Boards and Spongebob

Good morning class!
Today I would like to enlighten you on the lack of knowledge in my brain. First I shall begin with a story...
It all began one fine Sunday evening, in a cafeteria, at the lovely parish of St. John the Beloved. There was a group of about 10 young adults, talking. The topics ranged from everything under the sun, from Prom to school to food etc... So, while the topic of School was floating around, things were mentioned such as "whiteboard....chalkboard....smart board."
One girl mentioned how all the middle schoolers got to have smart boards, while they only had whiteboards and such things like that. (Also, keep in mind that these lovely teens were mostly from brick and mortar schools from around the area.) So while these conversations are going back and forth, up peeps a little voice, belonging to yours truly:
"wait...what's a smart board?"

Also, another homeschooled blunder of mine:
The bus was late. Yes, it was Sunday, February 24, and a group consisting of about 15 Teens were stranded in the middle of nowhere in West Virginia, waiting for the bus that would never come. It had broken down on the road halfway to the Retreat Center. So....time to kill, what should be done?
Grab the games from downstairs! Quickly the box containing the wonderful game of Taboo was brought up. This game consists of about 200 cards with 1 word written at the top, and then 5 words written below which are "taboo." In pairs, one person has to get the other person to say the word, by describing it using any words except those 5 listed (and the word itself, obviously).
Soo about 8 girls and boys sat at a table, fortified with sugar cookies, and played. Now one girl, a homeschooler, decided to pair up with a certain Public schooler. So they sat across from the table...the timer about to be flipped...working on telepathy.....and START!
"Ohohoh!!! Who lives in a _________ under the sea!!" says the Girl with a life.
...................dead silence from the sheltered-knows-nothing-about-spongebob-homeschooler........
anddddd the whole table erupted in laughter, because every single person at that table knew the answer, except for that little homeschooler turning bright red. :)