Monday, December 15, 2008

Ho Ho Yo

I wanna new par of Avaitor sunglasses 'cuz my mudda stepp'd on my ol' par an' days broke now. I also wanna new headset for ventrilo. My old headset is super duper old and da wires is comin' undone man. I want mo' moneyy ana da-beates pump would b totally legit. That's 'bout da extent of me xmas list. Peace out Santa.

P.S. Santa isn't real so your Christmas wish for students that can spell doesn't count Mrs. Fey.

Tuesday, December 9, 2008

Christmas Cheer

We're going to have to take this blog back a few years; back before last year when I was in the hospital being diagnosed with diabetes, back before the past 6 or 7 years before last Christmas, back to a time when I was little and believed in Santa.

When I was little our family used to go to Kearney, Nebraska to my grandparents house every year. Along with our family my aunt and her family went to. On Christmas eve we'd invite all of our great aunts and uncles, second cousins, and all sorts of other relatives over to my grandparent's house. There we'd have our famous soup supper, with the choices of soup between chicken noodle soup and oyster. I always picked chicken noodle. After dinner we'd play a variety of different gambling card games as a family. I caught on quickly and loved to gamble my parent's money. Then send all our extra relatives home and go to bed.

I'd wake up the next morning, super early! I'd rush to wake every one else in the house up so that we could open presents. I'd get a new set of Legos which would always make my day. Legos were the best present ever. I hate growing up... Now all I get are a bunch of clothes and lame things. Sometimes are I electronic gadgets which are just as good as Legos, but man... The Legos were: Bomb!

Then we'd eat my grandma's famous egg casserole. One of my favorite meals. We'd play with our cousins the rest of the day. Watch our new movies, play with our new toys, play board games. Later that afternoon, we'd drive home. A holiday well spent.

Wednesday, December 3, 2008

New York Times

Word of the Day: Nascent-coming or having recently come into existence
The nascent garage band was formed by a group of high school teen-agers who had similar tastes in rock music. They plan to play their first show on Dec. 18 at the local auditorium.

Elisabeth Bumiller has been the White House Correspondent for the New York Times since 2001. Before becoming a reporter for the New York Times, Bumiller worked for the Washington Post and was an author. She wrote "The Secrets of Mariko: A Year in the Life of a Japanese Woman and Her Family" and "May You Be the Mother of A Hundred Sons: A Journey Among the Women of India." Bumiller recieved her B.S. in journalism at Northwestern University and her M.S. in journalism at Columbia University.

David Leonhardt has been the Business and Economics Reporter for the New York Times since 1999. Before working for New York Times, Leonhardt worked for Business Week magazine in Chicago and worked for the Washington Post. He studied mathematics at Yale University, but never recieved a degree. His coverage of corporate executives' pay was a finalist for the 2002 Pulitzer Prize along with his stories on the business scandals of that year.