tumblr and apples and things

So basically all I've done this afternoon is finish Three Bags Full and then browse tumblr, because it is such a lovely waste of time and there's so much wonderful stuff there. Though it is kind of confusing, especially at first, because there's really no comment system and if one doesn't have an account it's difficult to navigate unless one knows the url of the tumblr itself. And then there's the whole how-do-you-credit-a-picture-when-it's-been-reblogged-10,000-times thing, which I think is an issue, though I'm not sure exactly of the details. But overall it's a fun place to waste time in and everything is easy once one gets used to it.


[I don't remember if I ever put it on here (I probably have; lately, school-induced lack of sleep has shot my short-term memory to pieces), but here is my tumblr, if you care to take a look.]

Tomorrow I think my family is going apple-picking, which unfortunately cuts down on frantic-NHD-researching time with House, though I much prefer apples to the Marie Paul etc. etc. Marquis de Lafayette (though he's cool too--after spending so long researching Robespierre, it's a lovely change to be reading about a guy who is actually remembered fondly in history ^.^). For one, apples are much tastier and apple-picking is fun and I get to spend my time practicing my pathetic tree-climbing skills and exploring the apple orchard (there's this weird little old house nearby and I like to imagine the story behind it) and eating fruit :D. Gala apples are my favorite; I hate red delicious apples because they're always too mealy and icky and the skin is always too thick and red delicious apples are the only kind of apples school cafeterias ever have (that and tough-skinned, dehydrated oranges; smallish bananas; and maybe not-entirely-fresh salad on a good day)--those, and sometimes super-sour green ones--and I absolutely detest them. But gala apples are nice, and also fuji ones.

Apple pie is good too. I want pie. ;w;

Nanowrimo (I've given up on spelling it 'NaNoWriMo,' because that involves hitting the shift key too many times and my lazy-butt high-school-sophomore self is too lazy to do so; it's also why I didn't capitalize the apple names earlier, even though I think that apple names are supposed to be capitalized) is in ten days omg. I'm not sure if I can finish it this year, but I shall do my best.

There was a bio test today and it was difficult but Momo, Virgil, and I were featured in one of the short-answer questions and it was exciting. :D We were a detective firm and, through the discovery that the murder victim's oxidized electron carriers, disproved a policeman's theory about suffocation being the cause of death (long story). I think I got that question right, though there was another question that was really difficult. :|a

Aaaaaaaand that was an unusually long post (I never noticed how many Us 'unusually' has, but upon reflection, there's quite a lot). I must be feeling very chatty today.

xiy

Why October is Obviously the Best Month of the Year

Hello, all!!

La la la la, la la la la, Virgil's world! La la la la, la la la la, Virgil's world! Virgil loves October and mochae too! That's Virgil's worrrrrrrllllld!!!

I'm a little bit on the hyper side right now because I just had a grande mocha from Starbucks and I don't usually get grandes because they're ginormous. (Firefox accepts ginormous as a word!) Today, however, I was in desperate need of caffeine after a long rehearsal so I deviated from my usually order of merely a tall (which, for you non-Starbucks-goers, is a small) and got a grande. I love mochas. Or is it mochae? Is mocha a first declension noun? Mocha, mochae (f): yum.

Today is Saturday, September 25th, which means that a certain someone's birthday is coming up! It also means that the most awesome time of the year is once again nearly upon us: October. 

I've spent my whole entire life trying to decide which time of the year is the best. The Christmas season is, of course, high up on the list, but where the 6LCF live it gets unreasonably cold in December. November could be argued as the best month since it is National Novel Writing Month, but the stress and lack of sleep partially cancel out the awesomeness. Summer is awesome since there's 1) no school and 2) my birthday, but summer also involves putting on sunscreen, which is one of my least favorite activities. It also involves sweating a lot, which I also do not enjoy. (I used the word "also" too many times in the last couple of sentences. I apologize.) There's really no argument for February or March or April.  Sorry, guys.

October is very clearly the best month of the year, and I am going to tell you why. 

This is going to be in list form, because I had enough of writing persuasive essays in English class last year.

The reasons are in no particular order.

1.) Hoodie weather!

In October, the temperature gets just cold enough for one to wear a hoodie all day, but not so cold that one has to wear an unflattering marshmallow jacket. Hoodies are the best type of clothing to hug people in. 

2.) Pretty leaves!

The leaves go all pretty in October - not like in November, when they start to get all brown and gross. The best kind of leaves are October leaves.

3.) Apple cider!

People drink apple cider in October. I love apple cider.

4.) Halloween! 

     a. Pumpkin carving!!!

     b. Haunted houses

     c. Hay rides

     d. Dressing up

     e. Trick-or-Treating

     f. Candy!

     g. Making decorations

5.) Outlining!

In October, you can enjoy the awesomeness that is NaNoWriMo without the actual stress of knowing that you have to complete your 1,667 words per day. You can outline, world-build, character-build, and all that good stuff. 

6.) Routine

When October comes around, the year has at last fallen into a normal-ish routine. After October, one starts to get really sick of this routine, but it's awesome for the time being. 

7.) Clubs

Extra-curricular activities at school take all of September to get going, and then in October, everything is finally organized. Science Olympiad events will be assigned. Latin Club will be able to start thinking about things that are more important than the Homecoming Parade.

8.) The tennis season ends!!!

This one is fairly self-explanatory. I will finally have a life, and I will no longer have to physically exert myself.

9.) Hot drinks! (Apple cider sort of falls under this category)

October is the month in which one transitions from frappuccinos (cold drinks) to cappuccinos (hot drinks). This is really, really exciting.

10.) Harry Potter movie marathons on ABC Family

Of course I own all the films anyways, but abc shows them with the deleted scenes! OMZ!!!

Those are just a few of the many reasons why October is the best month of the year. I would open the comments to discussion, but is discussion really necessary when it's just so plain that October is the best? No, I didn't think so.

In the comments, add one more reason why October is amazing that I haven't listed already. 

DFTBA,

PDBAZ,

Peace, Love, and Otters,

Virgil

P.S. I forgot one! October is when there's a family weekend at my sister's university! I get to see her for the first time in almost two months! Yayyyy!!!

Complete Sentences are Overrated

"Nothing like a hot chocolate after you're done with the science." <3

• I'm impressively lazy, so this post comes to you in bullet-point format thing
• BREAKING NEWS NOT REALLY:
• 6LCF are going to Build-A-Bear Workshop to make a mascot
• Carrie & House will not be attending
• *tear*
• SOMEBODY STILL HASN'T VOTED IN THE POLL UP THERE^^^^^
• IF THIS IS YOU, PLEASE GO VOTEEEE
• AAAAHHHHHHHHHGGHH
• RAWWWWHHHAAARRRR
• WHEEE IT'S A RAINBOWWWWWWW
• ^I think that might have been the ugliest rainbow I've ever drawn
• Yayyyyy!
• This week:
• Terrible terrible terrible fails of auditions
• Probs made last chair in CYWS (at least I'm in)
• Failed at SGORR (their system's weird as anything, though)
• Megasuperimpressivefailed at Wind Ensemble auditions
• at least Symphonic'll look like an insane improvement?
• Build-A-Bear Workshop
• I already told you about this
• whatever
• I got new (wintery fall) clothes
• Yay, new clothes
• New clothes, yay
• Idolizing the upperclassmen
• I have found my idol in the school :D
• *obsess*
• ^1/2 jk
• Soccer has made progress!!!! :D :D :D :D :Dzomg
• Really?
• Really.
• We won our first game (vs our kinda rival school, I guess), so yayyy
• 2-0
• yayyyyy JV
• J pride, yo
• Yay :D
• Now I have to go up and put spirit up around the school
• Autumn is approaching!!!!
• My favourite month! Yayyyy, autumn!!!
• Thanksgiving!
• Sweaters!
• Pretty trees and nature crap!
• (Hopefully) no rain! [lol]
• Not winter, so it's not -3,000°!
• ZOMG HOT CHOCOLATE AHHH LOVE HOT CHOCOLATE AHHHH
• Other fall-y stuff!
• Goodbye
• yeah
• uh
• bye
• with all due respect im too lazy to capitalize or punctuateorpressthespacebar hah jk thats obnoxious
• house

• (PS) i pretty much always forget something so this is where the PS would go yeah