Fire

First of all, let me say a great big thank you to my new readers; especially Denis, Marcela, and...hi mom. :)
You guys are awesome and I'm so happy that you're in my life in one way or another. 


And now, for a story from my childhood.

Ever since i was little i've had a fascination with fire. Look at this picture from my 7th birthday, for example:

Look at that. Absolutely riveted by the candles.

I think the first time my dad taught me how to play with fire, I was 6 and a half. he would wave his finger back and forth through the flame and i would just sit there and be perfectly still so i could figure out how exactly he moved his hand without burning himself.

The day I realized it was a matter of speed (not keeping your hand in the fire long enough for it to burn) I started to wave my finger in and out of the flame. It was enthralling to realize that I couldn't burn myself this way. 

This is not a good thing for a child to realize because then they assume they are invincible.

Obviously, not true. But possible, no? 

So I'd never been very afraid of fire, because I'd never had a real reason to stay away from it. Sure, we had the Fire Safety presentations in elementary and the "STOP DROP & ROLL" courses, but there was never a real threat because it had never happened to us.

Until one night when I was sitting by our fireplace and decided it would be a good idea to dry my hair next to it. Apparently not such a good idea.


I guess I just got too close to the glass and I burnt my hand on it. It wasn't too bad, in fact it was the subject of many jokes in elementary. One of my favourite jokes was where my friends joked it looked like a heart on Valentine's Day, haha.


So I still have the scar, and we still joke about it, but it's really a reminder...
I really have to stop getting so distracted by fiery things.




P.S. Thanks again to my mom for the awesome fish-shaped cake that you made that year. You're still awesome with cake.


Also, I didn't write this for pity or anything, I just thought this was a fun little story. See you tomorrow, nerds!

Friends. (yes, I have those)

Now that September is looming around the corner, I've been thinking about what it's like when you go back to school. Your old friends welcome you back with hugs and comments/tugs on your back-to-school outfits, and the new kids are paraded around like wares at a market for the cliques to claim them.

I've always been the kind of person who floats between the social groups. I know a lot of the popular people, I talk to them, but I always have found better friends in those who sing Disney songs loudly in public and who dress up to go to Harry Potter movies.

I don't always like to identify with just one group of people because that way I have a balance in the kind of things I take part in and the people I talk to.

Think about it, when you're in a group of people you act like they do. Most of the time you reflect the general opinions of the friends you have. So, if you have a large spectrum of friends, you have more opportunities to learn new things and develop new opinions.

On the other hand, the same can be said for bad friends.

If you hang out with someone who is a bad influence, they will change things in your life...

I guess the point of this post is to remember who your friends are and be careful about how much of you they influence, because it could be more than you realize.

Anyways, about September, I am kind of excited because tomorrow I will be doing one of my favourite things in the world; School Supplies Shopping.

It's not the excitement of going back to school that makes me love it, it's the fact that I get a brand new start! I am admittedly not the most organized person. I'm really quite disorganized, so I absolutely love it when I can buy new notebooks and USB Drives and all those wonderful things.

Plus, the stores that I normally go to for my scholarly needs is always full of adorable stationery and headphones with little ducks on them.

Now that I think about it....

School Supplies Shopping is the only reason I want to go back.

Darn.

life

I have yet to read the new Hunger Games book, and I can't wait until I get a chance to go to a bookstore to buy it. No spoilers please!

On a completely unrelated note, It seems like my family has forgotten to eat as of late. I went downstairs and microwaved some dinner and my dad comes to my room and says "hey, something smells good. Did you cook?"

It's not that I expect my parents to cook for me or anything, I know that I am indeed a minor and usually people see that as an obligation, but I am perfectly able and can make a decent meal on my own.

Sometimes when someone say that they will cook, and then they don't so you end up eating at 9:30pm cause everyone forgot, is kind of ridiculous. Seriously, they had Coldstone smoothies for dinner at 5.

Oh yeah, my dad has diabetes and he had to eat so he bought sushi while I bought a birthday card for Miss Hannah ;)

Speaking of illnesses, we lost someone very special yesterday. She was an extraordinary girl who showed all us nerdfighters what it means to be brave. She was so, so brave. The world lost Esther Earl to cancer on August 26th, 2010.

It's so hard to believe that she's really not here anymore. She's with us in the sense that we will remember her, but the fact that she isn't alive is impossible for me to digest right now. It never seems real until it's already happened.

As Esther said, "I'm not always amazing, and I'm not always awesome, and I'm not always strong and I'm not always brave...and you guys should know that."

I think because she posted videos and talked to people, and made them smile was enough. We didn't expect her to be strong or brave all the time. We just wanted to be there with her and support her.

Not a lot of us knew her well at all, but we didn't have to. She was beautiful and she touched so many people. I think the way people will remember her for the rest of their lives is enough to keep her alive forever.

Rest in Awesome, Esther. We love you.

Bon Appetit and all that stuff

About 2 weeks ago I watched Julie & Julia, a charming movie about the life of Julia Child and the woman she inspired to change the way she lived. 


Julie Powell was determined to make every recipe in Julia Child's cookbook in one year, and *spoilers* she accomplished her goal. Not to mention this is a true story. Well, two true stories.


So, in a fit of whimsy, I decided to make a Banana Spice pie last week... from scratch!! It had an all-butter crust and syrupy banana filling with spices and a butter crumble overtop. I have to say, it was quite good.


But it made me think about Hayley G Hoover's post a little while ago, in which she talks about never being 'overweight' but still carrying pounds that you don't have to.


Starting today I am going to eat healthy. I have a normal BMI and my weight is proportional to my height, neither one out of range of the other. It's not that I don't eat well and it's not that I'm going on a diet, I just know I can do better. 


And that's what I'm going to do.


:) 

Apprehension and Numbers

I don't know if this whole blogging thing is working out.


I mean, I don't want to give up on it or anything, but really? I have no idea what to write about.
I love to write, I've been writing since I knew what letters were, and I know people always say "just write what you know"....


But what I know is 
1) I am bad at math 
2) I have not grown since Christmas, but I am a lovely 5"7 
3) I CANNOT WAIT to dance this week (Hi Hannah ;) can't wait to see you either)
4) My new Rogers RocketStick thing is magnificent. I can't download anything though, because you have to pay for data. :P
5) I really hope someone enjoys what I put here, and even if they don't I should start writing for me. then I can post for others.


Yeah?


Love you guys. Have a great week!

Pirate English and the Interwebs

You may or may not be familiar with the Facebook language feature called ‘Pirate English’. It basically transforms your entire Facebook experience into a plunderin’ adventure full of rum and many hearties. Or wenches.

Actually, it really just confuses you for the first week until you get used to the apostrophes and the British-Texan sounding voice in your head that reads the Pirate parts to you.

The great thing about it is that you get to feel like you’re a real life seafaring pirate. There are the coolest alternatives for normal facebook terms. For example, instead of poking someone ye be skewerin’ yer mateys. Isn’t that amazing?!

Facebook refers to me as a wench on me profile. Arrr, how distasteful. But it be adorable.

(you may have to click on the picture to see it). I love it. Ahahahar!

Also, my computer is not very good at stealing Internet from other networks, so what I’m doing is getting a RocketStick (?) and what it does is it gives you a 3G network on your computer so you have Internet wherever you go (like the iPhone and so on).

So I will be able to post more frequently and on a better schedule instead of trying to put up two or more posts quite close together, I can post something new every couple of days or at least once a week.

Wooo!

On that exciting note (exciting for me, anyways) I will leave you. See you soon, darlings! *mwah, mwah!*

;) 

PRODUCTIVE!

Can I just say, I’m quite proud of myself.

Now, this isn’t a post to brag about my extreme productiveness, it’s an example of how long it takes me to actually be productive.

All of this stuff I’ve put off for way too long and just recently have had a burst of energy and motivation. The books I unpacked? They've been in my basement for almost a year.

In the last two days I have sorted out all of my important files and accounts on my computer and online, filmed and edited footage for a video (that’s going to be awhile), completely ‘cleansed’ my room- as in, extreme deep-cleaning and organizing, unpacked and organized all my books and computer programs, watched 9 Disney classics and the first season of the British Office.

Oh, and I napped. And tore up a fireplace.

Where has my life gone?

Hello, World

Hello. My name is Caro. That’s not short for anything. it’s just Caro.☺

I like writing and decided I should tackle a blog of my own...

Some of my influences are bloggers like Allie Brosh and Natalie Dee, as well as YouTubers like Natalie Tran and Kristina Horner.

I am just as awkward in writing as I am in real-life conversations. I’ll be talking to someone and I try to keep the flow going but it never works because they end up laughing nervously and walking away or nodding silently as I scramble to think of something else to say.

So I hope this goes better than real life. 

I have some things to establish before I go on writing and consequentially forget to say them:

• This is the only blog I will actually be updating ( I have another but it gets no traffic since I haven’t told anyone about it and it makes no freaking sense)

• I do have a Dailybooth account and I usually neglect to take any pictures so don't get your hopes up ;) maybe I'll get back in the habit if people start reading my crazy ramblings.

• I don’t like spam. Spam makes everyone sad. Don’t do it.

• You can find me on YouTube here, here and here. I share all of these channels with some of my best friends EVER and only a few videos are just mine. You should check some of them out, they’re not all bad. 

• You can follow me on twitter here.

• If you feel the urge to email me or anything you can reach me at nerdblogger@live.com. 

Also, I love hearing what you have to say. If you have something you’d like me to write about or some suggestions about my blog feel free to let me know! No judgement :) 

If you have a blog of your own you think I’d like to read leave me a link. I love reading other people’s work because i believe that’s how we get better at doing what we do.

I hope you like what you read, and I will always respond to comments.

Have a great day!