did you know

Chewing gum takes seven years to pass through your digestive system.
____ True ____ False _____ Only Juicy Fruit

ANSWER: False. The gum component itself is pretty indigestible, but will "pass" in a mass and will not stick your insides together, either. This one probably got going when exasperated parents tired of buying more gum after half an hour because their kids had chomped, then swallowed, their allotment. Also, swallowing gum was seen as ignorant and lower class.

Cracking your knuckles will cause arthritis in later life.

__ True ___ False ____ Maybe

ANSWER: False. Depending on your point of view, knuckle-popping sounds disgusting or cool. There is no evidence that cracking your knuckles inflames the joints and leads to arthritis. The cracking causes the bones to pull apart, forming a gas bubble and breaking the adhesive seal in the joint. Crack! About a quarter of the people in the U.S. crack their knuckles and might begin to lose their grip a little. Constant cracking can weaken the fingers.

Staying out in the cold and wind will give you a cold.

___ True ___ False

ANSWER: False. Colds are caused by viruses, with enough variations to give you a choice of 200 versions of a cold (which is why you get them over and over again). Because viruses get into healthy cells, it's difficult to kill them without knocking off the good cells. This is the job of your immune system, which usually clears out cold viruses in a week or two. You can get the virus through inhaling infected air droplets sneezed or coughed by an infected person, or by touching something that an infected person has touched and then transferring the germs to your mouth or nose. You don't get it from cold air, slush, wind, or other wintry conditions. Cold viruses are more active in the winter, and that's why people get more colds in the winter. So what's the best way to ward off this miserable virus? Wash your hands often. take THAT mom!!

Drinking warm milk puts you to sleep.

___ True ___False ___ ZZZZZZZZZ

ANSWER: True. Milk contains a chemical known as tryptophan. However, some foods, such as cheddar, avocados, some imported beers, and bologna or salami, can keep you awake.

Contrary to popular belief, opossums, squirrels, chipmunks, and mice do not carry rabies.

todayis david bowie's birthdaty (1947)

The word taxi is spelled the same in English, German, French, Swedish and Portuguese.

9 out of 10 lightning strike victims survive!

Europe is the only continent without a desert.

The strongest human bite force ever recorded: 350 pounds. The strongest shark bite force ever recorded: 132 pounds!

Car accidents rise 10% during the first week of daylight savings time.

Over 10,000 birds a year die from smashing into windows.

A hard working adult sweats up to 4 gallons per day.

The U.S. Government will not allow portraits of living persons to appear on stamps.

Flamingos can only eat with their heads upside down.

The word 'gymnasium' comes from the Greek word gymnazein which means 'to exercise naked.'

-40 degrees Celsius is equal to -40 degrees Fahrenheit.

There are more than 1,000 chemicals in a cup of coffee. Of these, only 26 have been tested, and half caused cancer in rats.

Over 98 percent of Japanese people are cremated after they die.

In an average lifetime a person will walk the equivalent of three times around the world.

Goats do not have upper front teeth

One in three male motorists picks their nose while driving.

A person swallows approximately 295 times while eating dinner.

Fifteen people are known to have been crushed to death tilting vending machines towards them in the hope of a free can of soda.

A full-grown bear can run as fast as a horse.

okok i won't put any more of them. they are jsut so addictive!! what was your favorite one? or the one that suprized you most

gah here we go again

so after a month or so of letting my wrist heal, i decide to risk using it again for stunting... bad idea. it never really did heal all the way, but it got to a point where i was sure it wasn't getting any better, so i just decided maybe it would just need to be used again to be fully healed. so i tried it out yesterday. ya, it started hurting around 5 and got steadily worse till now i'm wearing the brace again. gah! it means i can't play piano, and typing this is taking forever. i really think i just have a weak wrist now, like forever. abbie suggested i see a physical theripist, cause she has a shoulder like that. it would be nice to do that. but i don't think i can be a base anymore for cheer. and i can't be backspot either, cause i'm too short, and that would KILL my wrist *shudder*. the only option left is to either be a flyer, or not stunt at all. *sigh* i love stunting!! i don't want to give it up!! but i know the flyer in my stunt group (she's kinda like sharon, for those of you who know her. ugh) would never give up her position, because she thinks it gives her power over us and makes her in charge. ugh! and she's actually a pretty good base too! it would be so simple if we just switched places! we actually use her as a base soemtimes. i want to go talk to the teacher and ask her what she would think, but i feel like people are going to say to me "oh just go get it looked at again, i'm sure it's nothing. you're faking it." and my flyer will start again with her "oh i have back problems *cough* so i can't really be a bace" BULL!! EVERYONE HAS SEEN YOU BASE MANY TIMES. what should i do?

so, ok idk what to title this yet, cause i don't even know what i'm going to write about!

what I'm listening to right now: 'love fool' by the cardigans

song I'm going to listen to next: 'grace Kelly' by Mika

things I'm wondering right now: who is grace Kelly anyway? is there any man in the world who's voice is higher than Mika's? what is he? a 1st soprano? why is my AP world history teacher's mouth so big?? seriously! i saw him yawn, and i think he must be related to Kirby... scary... and what the heck does julyed mean?? Emily you are weird!! how is that Mexican???

things I'm dreading: tomorrow. it's a b day. ugh i hate them. AP world history sucks.

books I'm reading: a curse as dark as gold

songs I'm going to learn on the piano: 'landed' by Ben folds 'mad world' by gray jules, i already mastered Bella's lullaby

random words I'm going to use on conversation some time, i swear verisimilitude... that's all. gah i'm so bored. what am i doing this for?

abbie's back from india!!

i'm SO jealous!! she had a blast though. but talk about jet lag! anyway she says the guys there are totally hot haha and that they would love me because i have red hair. they love different hair colors and everyone wants to be paler. they actually have this lotion stuff that is supposed to make you paler. what is it? SPF 1000000? anywho i SO want to go there now.

wishfull thinking *sigh*

-buy a concert grand steinway piano, (probably even more expensive than the one i played today at riverton, for $20,000 *sigh* it was the most amazing thing ever


-get horses and a stable, with stable hands (hey i like horses, but i don't want to be the one picking up the poop, and hey if i'm rich it's all good)

-BEACH HOUSE in the keys, yes :D that would be so awesome.


-get an austin martin vanquish, you know i've always been in favor of the black ones, but this white one is pretty hot




hmmm the pictures are a tid messed up.. and i'm too lazy to fix it, if you want to see the rest of the picture, right click on it and open it in a new tab

omg, i'm in love

i was in fashion place mall shopping for Christmas, when we were all tired and almost done, just getting to the hall where the exit was, when i was stopped by a woman selling hair curlers and straighteners, and she wanted to try out her product on my hair (perfect for her, long and pin straight, it would be easy to curl, but i had my doubts). Mom was at the end of her rope and said no thanks though, and we walked on, but after some begging, i got her to let me go back and try it (you have FIVE MINUETS) (i absolutely LOVE it when ppl touch my hair, it's heavenly. i seriously used to have trouble staying awake getting my haircut when i was younger, i got so comfortable) the woman asked me if i ever curl my hair and i said i tried, but it never stays in, but she was confident this would work. and lo and behold it did!! It took the shortest time imaginable, and instantly i was hooked!! even that night i dreamed about it lol, i dreamed i had one and when i woke up the next morning i was sure i HAD to have it. so wel looked on ebay (i wasn't the only one who wanted it) and we got one and it came today! (we got the pink one :P there is a full spectrum of colors) i'm so excited to try it you have no idea. anyway, my older sister emily was in the mall in laton by her new house, when she saw it too, and had her hair curled. she is just as hooked as me! it's crazy!!

uh-oh, what have we done....

well in church yesterday it was me, mom, ham, and Hannah sitting there, and when we were singing, me soprano, Hannah alto and ham somewhere between baritone and bass, my mom though it was really good or something... so she was like 'when we get home I'd like to pull out that song again (angels we have heard on high)and sing it again'. uh-oh.... then we sang 'silent night' and mom started digging through the music for....you guessed it...'candle light carol'.... she couldn't find it anywhere though, and consented to order six new copies online, hoping to rope Emily and rj back into it. mom was full on crying when we were singing, and tom just didn't care. he wouldn't sing with though. too bad. well he only sings in the shower (funniest thing ever, but that's another story). so when we were delivering homemade backed goods to our friends and neighbors in the 'hood, mom had me and Hannah sing a carol for them. she was all like "guess what we just found today!! hahaha" like she's never heard me sing before *rolls eyes* anyway it's not THAT good. it's not like we're the next Osmond's or whatever.