Mad Science

The camp. Pictures are part of this post. And the camp was written up in the "Inland Valley Daily Bulletin." Pretty neat, and it also made for some good contacts for me as well, which is always a great thing.

The Polar Express

A summer movie yeah? I thought it was just the thing for after spending the day in the heat outside (or not the whole day really, more like until 1). The movie itself was not too shabby, I thought it was well done, and reminded me of the book. Can you believe Jewish parents would buy their daughter this book? I'm not so sure, maybe it was a gift, but I distinctly remember having this book read to me, and reading it (ok, it was just pictures I believe)... Strange huh? Well that and my dad saying he was Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny, and a whole slew of other religious figures including God. haha. Funny guy? And something about the gatekeeper for purgatory. Although I never really figured what that meant until I was a bit older than a child child. Ah well, life is funny sometimes.

Because of Winn-Dixie

A cute movie, just about how a dog can bring people together and so on. It was entertaining and nice, not the greatest most moving movie ever - but we don't really need those all the time. Something like this movie really just does the trick.

new camp and randomness

The camp for this week, Monday through Thursday is a day camp called Mad Science. Julie and I (she's the other "Mad Scientist") made t-shirts for this camp, pretty neat and all, and we're running the science stations for all the girls. The experiment like things are pretty fun, the girls are working towards 6 or so patches/badges, which is supposed to be amazing, and they're loving the science. This is how girls should be learning and experiencing this sort of thing. They loved asking questions - so many why why why questions that I couldn't even try to answer some. I mean --> "where does the word science come from?" and "who invented science?" really have no answers. If you know, reply and I'll forward the answers on to the girls. Should be taking some pictures later in the week after I stop to take a breath from the busy-ness and snap some.

Yesterday was a drive to the airport day, today was a F&M discussion day with a trip to Sprague (close) and Honnold-Mudd library (further or is it farther). Now I have a stack of 5 books to get my reading on with. Going to celebrate grandfathers 95th birthday in FL soon, that should be great too.

For now --> some reading, more camps, and who else knows what. If only I weren't so tired. Whoowee. Spread the fun around...

Club Adventure

Camp was... Thursday through Sunday. We went up into the mountains to a property called "Twin Valleys" in Wrightwood (in case you know where that is after all). A rundown of the whole weekend is shortened and is below. Camp was very fun, makes me almost wish I had stuck it out with OSRUI becoming Avodah (camp help) and then onto counselor, etc. But now I have school and then hopefully internships and engineering things to fill the summer with, so I guess that hope has flown its coop.

Pictures above, then a quick story or two below this line.

So the camp is about one hour and a bit away, but of course the school bus we're on (on the way up to camp) breaks down and overheats, leaving us on the freeway broken for a while, and then stuck being hot all the way up to the camp site. Camp site is pretty nice considering I didn't know what to expect. Cabin, showerhouses, and outhouses not bad overall, and we pitched tents right away. I was with the older aged girls, going into grades 5-7 I think if I'm not too mistaken. We had plenty to eat, a long hike, crafts to do, a day at the lake with fishing and canoeing, and then finally a trip (quickly, thank goodness) back home. Fun I'll say.

Harry Potter and more camping

So if you're an intellegent human being, you should know that the night before last I was there buying HP number 6. haha. Barnes and Noble was semi-crowded, but luckily it was all reserved, and it wasn't too bad a wait. Finished the book yesterday... visit here to read about what I thought. I'm not going to spoil it or anything so don't worry.

As far as this past week goes, I had camp all week. Some pictures to go up later, but not too many due to dying batteries. It was a real live girl scout camp in my opinion, well put together, and fun for the girls and me, at least semi-fun - which is great in this case. I was their leader, which meant I got to do all the fun stuff and be large and in charge too. An interesting change from the other camps where I was a mere helper. I've got a picture frame (and two pictures... odd huh?), a bag of swapies (things you trade with other groups, some were quite cute), and a lot of memories. Not too shabby huh?

That's about it, another weekend off followed by even more camps, a true away for 4 days camp, a variety of meetings, and the possibility of a visit maybe... if only.. Anyway, that's about it for now, hope all is well.

Hitch

Another movie watched. Kind of cute, yet would have been better if a bit more original. Reminded me of "How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days." Eh. Still kind of cute anyway.

Girl Scout camp, a serious one I might add, started today. My two crafts fell apart, but luckily my aids amended that quickly. Thank goodness for younger girls who know their stuff. Pictures up later I hope. Other than that, I'm kind of tired from all that effort... only to continue till Friday when even another camp starts. Fun.

Bewitched (the movie)

Ah. Did I love this show when I was a kid. I loved all those old nick at nite reruns, which they've taken off the air for crappy reruns. Darn them. Anyway, this movie -- cliche but cute. I like when things are pretty and colorful and loving and cute. I'm just a sucker. Not the greatest movie of all time, but entertaining.

House of Flying Daggers

Watched this today too. Not too bad, the cinematics and music were great, but the movie was a bit slow and had way too many parts of just riding or swordfighting which wans't that great after much of the same with similar type movies. Crouching Tiger.. was better I think. This one had snow at the end though, which I thought was a fabulous touch, although I did wonder where it came from. Not too shabby.

Fireworks on the 4th of July. Bang bang. And the loudness just bounced off the CMC towers and sounded way so loud. Wow. 

Internet Addiction, have you got it?

Read this article here. Wowser. I'll let it speak for itself, but this is what I see happening with thefacebook.com and a variety of other websites that love to hook you in. But these people have serious serious problems, so if you think it's you, just wean off. I mean books are great too!

Mr. and Mrs. Smith

Saw the movie, thought it kind of long (considering I was also hungry the entire time), and suppose I'd say -- not so good. There wasn't even that much action for an action movie, not enough killing I'd say...

It was just eh.

lack of posts

This must mean I'm gone right. Or not. Had "world neighbors" camp this week, only to find out that I'm not a leader, or a helper with kids, but rather a helper in the kitchen for the cooking section. Cooking makes me too warm, and the little kids hate to stand at the stove, and I had to. Waa Waa. Ok, so it wasn't really all that bad, and it was kind of fun, even if the camp was run poorly and some of the people acted inappropriately. At least I ate well, sometimes anyway.

Today... went to the GS (girl scouts) council (office) and helped make up the incentives for neighborhoods. You know they sell those delicious cookies, and get nice little gifts in return, like when you sold stuff for school and all that jazz.

Then... Four wisdom teeth removed. Ow. But this dentist was pretty good, the needle putting in guy wasn't half bad, but it's aching only just now. And on July 4th weekend too. PooPoo. Ah, celebrating the country with blood -- hey blood is red, that's an americanish color...

Girl Scout Camp 1 - Cooking and Crafting, a picture of the girls in my group... 

Puzzle Championships, missed again...

Oh. So after seeing a bit of this on my google homepage, I click away only to find that the time has passed. I remember seeing this last year and thinking how cool, but alas -- I missed the date again. See for yourself. Eh.

Other than that the camp has been fun, starting on Monday with some delicious smores, we've moved on in "cooking and crafting" to now doing borwnies and toffee ( I think ). The girls are all nice and cute and fun, and I'm glad it's all coming together. Hoorah. And pictures from my new camera soon enough.

I've been to busy to post?

Ah. What the hell happened to me?

I suppose I'm a Naruto addict. For those who don't know, Naruto is a Japanese TV Cartoon, and yes, you may know my loathsome nature towards cartoons, but eh. It happens I suppose, after all that anger anyway.

My first earthquake ever was quite interesting, it seems I slept through the real first one, so that one was promptly ignored. The other was about 2 days ago, real small, for a minute like. I was sitting at the computer, thinking people were jumping up and down or moving crap around the suite, but to my surprise, when driving back to work, I heard that it was an earthquake -- cool! Not so cool for the stuff that fell in people's houses near its center, but cool for me. First ever. Wowee.

First Aid/CPR class was taken today, and it felt like all day for real. Long and kind of boring, some was interesting, but they didn't get to the real good stuff, so I feel cheated. However, I do have official certification and all that, and am confident (maybe) to save someone's life. Neato.

Dinner at China Star with Summer Math people and some others... meaning fun and yum. Always a good combination.

So I've been doing good for myself here, and I'm ready to start on Monday with all new camp activities thank goodness, cause the office stuff is getting a little much already. How many letters can I cut out really? You couldn't even guess... :)

Movies Galore

So, so many movies.

First Elektra -- Didn't expect that much, and thus was only mildly entertained. I suppose it wasn't worth watching after all that, but what's done is done.

Office Space -- a movie I'd seen almost all of, just not together, and not in order, in other words I'd seen most of it on television at different points in time. The movie really wasn't that bad, was semi-funny, and it's nice to watch people screw up their lives. It's good to know other people can do it too.

Star Wars III -- after talking to many who'd seen it and complained about the dialogue, etc. I really can't say I cared that much for the dialogue, or even noticed except for the fact that all conversations seemed so unnatural. I liked it, and who cares if other people didn't, cause I thought it put some pieces well into place. Now, I won't say it did leave me with some other questions, some retarded ones in my opinion, but I guess it's George Lucas' choice to do it this way. I mean he is the head honcho, and he decided against making a 7, 8, and 9th episodes, a smart move in my opinion.

Other than movies, I've been shopping and feeding myself for the week, while doing odd tasks around the GirlScout Headquarters until the real stuff starts....

An interesting article...

In Tokyo, a Ghetto of Geeks

This is interesting. Why? Well it's a good idea and it seems to have happened, but I've never seen anything like it myself. However, I am curious as to what these girls think, who have to dress in the racy outfits, etc. Do you think they get paid more than the regular kind of waitress, or what's in it for them. Do people really like attracting so much attention in that way... do those men really become pedophiles? That is the question, and the article brings all this to light.

New favorite Comic

Speed Bump... it's too cool. Go to SpeedBump.com and check it out.



(I took the other out... why? Becuase it made the page look terrible...)

Another movie and Another place

Ok, so I watched... Taxi, yes, that's it. Entertaining if nothing else, but slightly humorous, but reminds me of too many other similar type movies with chases and the fastest cars, etc. Ok nonetheless.

Plus, I'm in California now, back at school almost all ready. Haha. Girl Scouts, here I come...