Cute Ukulele-Playing Kid of the Week

Here he is! I want to hire him to play at my wedding. And then I want to dress him up in a sailor outfit and give him a shiny blue balloon.

His facial expressions are priceless.

San Valentin

Happy Valentine's Day!!
 ... even if you choose to see it as Singles Awareness Day ... there's always chocolate!!!
Love love love (hug)

I Promise I'm Not a Stalker

Stalker (n.): the pathological anonymous follower and tab-keeper of another person or persons.

Awkward moments abound when you pass someone in the hallway for the seventh or eighth time in one day. As they start to look at you strangely, you think of telling them it's just a coincidence, but then it would seem weird if you mentioned that you noticed it too. People avoid being slated as stalkers every day. On Facebook, if someone posts a question on their friend's wall that you know the answer to, of course you want to answer it but refrain because you barely know the people and the question was posted less than a minute ago. This is intentionally avoiding being a stalker. However, sometimes it looks like people are being stalkers even when they're not. Here's something that happened to me a few minutes ago:

For my English class, we often post our homework responses in an online forum, a wiki where you can see what your classmates have posted. Homework over this weekend was to read two poems and respond to one of two forums in the wiki. Having read both of them, I chose my favorite of the two and typed up a stellar response. Clicking onto the wiki, I noticed so far, only two people had responded to the poem I had chosen. Excellent! I copied my response from my open word document and prepared to post it into the "reply" box. But what is this? A new response?
-less than a minute ago- Response from ********..
Aw man, this guy just wrote almost exactly what I did! And he posted mere seconds before I was going to!!
Now I'm at a crossroads. Should I just not post my response at all, and respond to the other wiki? Or change my response so it's not so similar? But it was such a wonderful response!! It took me about half an hour to write this one stellar paragraph! It's full of quotes and references, the spelling and grammar are all correct, and it seems to be the longest of the responses so far. But I can't post it!! It's very similar to the one that was just posted, and if I posted mine only a few minutes after his, it would seem I copied from him ..
So, in the end, I changed a few aspects of my paragraph and posted it. It's not as stellar as it was before, and it's still quite similar to the one posted above it. I can't help but think how things would be different if I had just posted my paragraph a minute before I was going to ...
Oh, crap. I just checked our previous night's homework and discovered I posted directly after him on that night, too ...

I promise I'm not a stalker.

Reasons Why I Should be British

I have come to the conclusion that I was supposed to grow up British. I love all British things!! I think that British people are lovely and attractive and have a better sense of humor than Americans.

THE REASONS:

X Factor: One of the biggest American shows EVER is American Idol. I watch the British equivalent, X Factor, and I think it is wonderful. British people seem to have more raw talent than Americans. Sort of like how Britain's Got Talent is about 400x better than America's Got Talent. Just saying ..

HARRY POTTER!!! My obsession. I love absolutely everything about the series, as does everyone!! Harry Potter is something that will never get old. Thanks Ms. Rowling!!

British people can laugh at themselves. This is something you never see Americans do. British people make videos of themselves making tea and ridiculing their slightly old-fashioned system of government. Americans would never make fun of themselves, and deny everything that is their own fault ..

British people are darn attractive. Or as they would say, "dishy" or "fit." But seriously. British teenage boys especially. I think it's mostly to do with the accent, which I love. Which brings me to ...

That beautiful accent!!! Whenever I come across a person with that beautiful British accent, I just want be like, "OOH! Say more words!!" British accents make the people speaking them seem more kind, civilized, funny, and attractive in my mind. All good things! Gotta love that accent. It's irresistible. And fun to try speaking, too!!

Music. Beatles, anyone? Some of the best music has come of of Britain. Must have to do with how the British are so creative!

Musicals. BILLY ELLIOT NEED I SAY MORE. Okay, I will. Sweeney Todd, for example. My Fair Lady!! Gotta love 'em.

Comedy. We already know that British people are the funniest people in the world, but this point is really brought home by Mr. Bean, who I could watch all day.

Britain is Beautiful! People in the UK (yes I know that includes parts of Ireland, which is beautiful too) really know how to take care of their land. Picturing Britain, I picture green landscapes and stunning architecture. Lovely! No wonder people were told to "think of England" when they were going through something unpleasant.

The lingo. I would much rather say I had a "smashing" time at the party. Or saying, "oh, bollocks" when something goes wrong. Which I do! And said in that lovely accent, the language is art! I have also come to reali(s)e that I know more British than American slang. Hmmm..

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BBC is bookmarked way before the New York Times website or the Washington Post on my computer. I know more about British entertainment and slang than I do American. British children are adorable. Not that I don't love my country, I just feel like I turned up at the wrong place sometimes. Maybe I just didn't speak clearly enough to the Floo Powder ..

Ah, well, I'm off for a spot of tea. Cheerio!