The Fencing Drinking Game

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MOMO!
:D
We ♥ You!
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Today, the fencing coach was late. Virgil, Momo, and I spent that time devising a drinking game for fencing practice.

Some Notes: The size of a "drink" is under a lot of debate; for our purposes here, it'll be about the equivalent of a good-sized shot glass. If you so wish, you may also interpret a drink as a giant mug.
The size of a "bottle" is along the lines of an average wine bottle. Once again, if you wish to enlarge the quantity, go for it.
For those who are legally and medically allowed to drink alcohol, do so.
For those who aren't (i.e., all of the Curly Fries as of right now), substitute alcohol for the beverage of your choice. 


We are not responsible for anything that happens if/when you get drunk.


THE FENCING DRINKING GAME

One drink if. . .

• You get a chest protector that's too big.
• Somebody says the t-word [aka "think"].
• You're off-target.
• China is mentioned.
• Politics are mentioned.
• Any of the fencing people tries to sound smart and fails.
• There are only left-hand gloves when you need a right-hand one.
• None of the fencing jackets (vests? suits?) fit.
• Somebody takes the foil/epee/saber you usually use.
• You stop while running stairs/around the school oval/around the courtyard.
• You say "fence" instead of "swordfight" when refereeing.
• The scary-fencing-eleven-year-old called Goyle* (not his real name) screams/yells/shouts/makes an exclamatory remark once.

Three drinks if. . .

• Your helmet/jacket (vest? suit?) is stained with mysterious colors and/or congealed goo.
• Goyle screams/yells/etc. more than twice in a row (meaning yelling twice or more without actually talking in a normal voice in between).
• You say the t-word and don't get caught [a celebratory drink].
• You say the t-word and do get caught [an "oh-woe-is-me" drink].
• The coach is between ten and thirty minutes late.
• Every single gym bathroom is locked and you are forced to walk up to the first floor to relieve yourself.
• Somebody takes the foil/epee/saber you usually use and it takes longer than two minutes to find a suitable replacement.

 One entire bottle if. . .

• You end up with the biggest chest protector [i.e., the one so big it has breathing holes].
• Goyle goes the entire practice without talking once in a normal voice.
• You slip and fall down in an undignified fashion.
• You manage to run the entire oval [i.e., 3/4 mile] without stopping.
• The coach is over thirty minutes late.
• The coach tells you to do jackknives.
• The SFEYO best at dodgeball** manages to get out.
• The SFEYO best at dodgeball gets you out.
• You get somebody out at dodgeball [only for the people who are really bad at throwing].
• The only right-hand glove left is ancient, crusty, wrinkled, cracked, discolored, or a combination of the above.
• The only jacket (suit? vest?) left is five sizes too big or three sizes too small.

Two entire bottles if. . .

• You get the SFEYO best at dodgeball out.
• You manage to get through the entire round of dodgeball without getting out once [for the people bad at dodging].
• You accidentally stab an innocent passerby.

*So called because of Goyle of AVPM/AVPS, who displays the tendency to shout a lot and dramatically.
**Technically called something along the lines of "zhoozhee"; Momo, please tell me the correct spelling. Apparently, it's a Chinese game. It's not exactly dodgeball, but close enough.


Further Notes: "SFEYO," if you are not already aware, stands for "scary fencing eleven-year-old."
If you are drinking alcohol for this game, believe me, it is very easy to get drunk. So, once again, don't hold us responsible for anything you happen to do or say if or when you get drunk from this game.


That is all.
xiy

The Last Birthday of the Year

That's right (see title)! My birthday is tomorrow!! Yippee! I hope you all bought me ponies or else I will be quite annoyed. Just kidding! I'm excited!!

House went to Paris today and she is skipping school 'cause she's cool like that. 

I have so much work to do for this mock trial in Global Studies! I have to write questions (I'm an attorney) and I was reading this one speech and it sounded rather professional, especially for this kid. I searched the first words on this school data-base thing and sure enough, there it was. The exact same article! People these days...

Did I mention that it's my birthday tomorrow!! And the last day of NaNo even though we're all done. I just came back from dinner with my awesome neighbors and it was delicious. They gave me this fancy clay that doesn't dry out unless you bake it. I want to use it right now!!!!! Aaah!

Alright. That's all. Wasn't that a great post? Not.

IT'S MY BIRFDAY TOMORROW!

-Momo

P.S. xiy's banner is AMAZING!

Today Is Sunday But We're Going to Pretend That It's Saturday

Hey, ya'll

I didn't post yesterday because I was with my family and it was Saturday and they don't do things on Saturdays and that would have been disrespectful. 

I had a nice Thanksgiving :) there was a lot of food. We did this jigsaw puzzle all in one night:

 Needless to say, it was pretty intense. There were a lot of yellow and white pieces. 

To make up for the fact that I forgot to tell you that I wouldn't be able to post on Saturday (note that I didn't forget to post; I merely forgot to tell ya'll that I would not be able to) I'll copy and paste a wee bit of my NaNoWriMo novel. It's at about 35k right now, and yes, today is November 28th. I'm in trouble. 


(This isn't the last bit that I wrote... the last bit that I wrote was some romantic word fluff. I'll spare you.)

“Can you hear it, too?” Gibraltar asked over the roaring wind.

            “Yes!” Ajax listened. He looked to the sky, and he saw a pair of eyes staring back at him. Then the words, “pair of eyes staring back at him appeared in the clouds” appeared in the clouds. Before long, the words faded away and were replaced by, “Before long, the words faded away and were replaced by another sentence,” –another sentence.

            Everything that happened was recorded in the sky: “Everything that happened was recorded in the sky.” It even knew about Ajax’s heart beating faster and faster, and the eyes which were blinking curiously beyond the words. “It even knew about Ajax’s heart beating faster and faster, and the eyes with were blinking curiously beyond the words.” He looked up at the words, “He looked up at the words,” and studied the pair of eyes carefully. They were not the color of the ocean, like Estra’s angelic eyes – but they were chocolate brown, the color of the mud no which he stood. All of this, “…and studied the pair of eyes carefully. They were not the color of the ocean, like Estra’s angelic eyes – but they were chocolate brown, the color of the mud no which he stood. All of this was recorded in the Times New Roman words up in the sky,” was recorded in the Times New Roman words up in the sky. Ajax closed his eyes, and the sky’s words repeated thus: “Ajax closed his eyes, and the sky’s words repeated thus: Ajax closed his eyes, and the sky’s worlds repeated thus: Ajax closed his eyes, and the sky’s words repeated thus: Ajax closed his eyes, and the sky’s worlds repeated thus: Ajax closed his eyes, and the sky’s words repeated thus: Ajax closed his eyes, and the sky’s worlds repeated thus: Ajax closed his eyes, and the sky’s words repeated thus: Ajax closed his eyes, and the sky’s words repeated thus:  Ajax closed his eyes, and the sky’s words repeated thus:  …. Ad infinitum, until it covered in whole entire sky.” ….Ad infinitum, until it covered the whole entire sky.

Ta-da!!! ^_^


kbye.

music makes me happy :D

So I looked at the clock, right? And it was all like 11:14, right? And then I was like dang, what do I write about? And then my iTunes was playing and stuff, so I'm writing about the top few songs I like.

Annie Act I Overture
What can I say? I'm a sucker for overtures. And I loveee how this particular one passes my favourite little bits of the musical from section to section while capturing the mood of the story really nicely :)

Brick by Boring Brick [Paramore]
Paramore's awesome, man. Like, they're the soundtrack for pretty much every little angsty teen's life. This particular song doesn't sound like all the others' sorta similar melodies to me, which I like :)

Reflections of Earth [part of an Epcot {like, Disney} show]
Soooo epicccc.

Kan Guo Lai [this adorable Chinese song]
When I first heard it, I thought it sounded a lot like China's version of Jason Mraz's "I'm Yours," and then I read out the translation, and it's actually about this guy who can't get any chicks. But whatever. Same diff, right?

Eyelashes [Alex Day and Tom Milsom]
Ohmygoodness, they're so cute and it's such a lovely song! :D
If you don't know Alex and/or Tom, I suggest you get your butt over to YouTube right this instant and look up both of their names. And then look up this song. And then you will understand <3

This Isn't Hogwarts [Hank Green]
This song makes nerds every happy. Because as we all know, public school ain't no place for a wizard.

Married Life [Up soundtrack]
If you've seen Up, this totally makes you relive that bittersweet opening scene alllll over again. And I dunno about you, but Up is definitely on my list of the best movies ever made ever. Ever.

(I do  like normal music, too, tough. Katy and Taylor {Swift} are constantly playing. But these have been my favourites for a while, and pop fades in and out. And we all know the Harry Potter soundtracks are beastly.)
Of course there are a ton others, but those are what I can come up with off the top of my head at the moment.

Feel free to discuss your own favourites below :)

With all due respect,
House

Happy Thanksgiving!

Sorry for the bad quality; the picture was taken by webcam because (a) xiy doesn't have a scanner [*sadface*] and (b) she was too lazy to take a legit camera-picture.

~Happy Thanksgiving from the Six Little Curly Fries!~

YAY!!! It's Thanksgiving! Thanksgiving break too! It's my day to post today, but since it's also THANKSGIVING, I'm giving up my post, so that everyone of the Curly Fries (and I mean everyone. Lately the ALL curly fry posts have been a bit lacking in ppl who actually POST IN IT, >:( So EVERY CURLY FRY MUST POST TODAY :)) can post what they are thankful for this Thanksgiving. Please also post a quick summary of what you, the reader, are thankful for this Thanksgiving in the comments!

*note* Curly Fries, also post something about what you are doing for Thanksgiving
Anyways, as we are all so excited about eating turkey, cranberry sauce, mashed potatas n' gravy, blah blah blah...and all sorts of things, let's get posting about what we love to eat too! YAY!!!...Actually, how about this, Curly Fries must post on what they are thankful for (at least 3, and please have at least one original idea-something other than "family, friends"...you can have those as the other 2, ok?), and choose one of the following: 1)What you are planning on eating, or 2)What you are planning on doing.
Our faithful readers (from Canada?), feel free to join in the comments!
Luv, Lynda
P.S. Watch the Macy's parade! It's fun. :)

Momo: 1.) I am thankful for many of the same things as xiy already mentioned (she was the first to fill this in) and a lot more. I just came back from feeding homeless people in our city and it was really fun and I realized how much more stuff I have than them. I am thankful that I have a house, computers with keyboards, turkeys who so bravely give their lives for our dinners, telephones, genetics, this blog and the people who are part of it, Hyperbole and a Half, my family, God (sorry, but I had to bring in religion), school breaks, my camp, German food and the people who make it, my cats, tooth paste, eyes, all 6 of my senses, water, stairs, rocks, the sky, Greek and Latin, math, Science Olympiad, good books, music, and a lot more. I am thankful that I am alive and that I don't have a fatal disease or anything.
2.) I already said that I fed the homeless and now my mommy and I are going to cook. Then we're going to a friend's house for a feast!!! 

xiy: What xiy is thankful for:
friends/family (duh); books; blogs; the Internet; sunsets; summer vacation; the discovery of fire; planetariums; indoor plumbing; the fantasy genre; good music; chocolate; squishable sheep named Archie; the ability to draw; red pandas; curly fries and Curly Fries; plums; unicorns named Hector; windy days; school holidays; cats; air; the human circulatory system; evolution; trees; smoothies; webcomics (xkcd, Fey Winds, and FreakAngels in particular); Gimp/Photoshop; WiFi; pillows; tea with peppermint; snow(y) days; and I can't think of any more as of right now, but there's definitely loads more.

Lynda is coming over today for Thanksgiving. We're going to have a giant Chinese Thanksgiving party tonight, involving much yummy food and a lot of little kids running around.

Carrie: Herro! :) I already had my quite delicious thanksgiving feast with the fam. and my mother is making a 15-pound turkey. I don't know why. But now my whole house smells strongly of Turkey ^_^ and I get to have a whole 'nother thanksgiving on Saturday. Today was the one with my dad's family, and on Saturday I'm having it with my mom's family. Soooo lots of food and possibly 10 pounds for me. Eh, it's 'kay. I'll sleep it off. ;) I'm thankful for a lot this holiday season. I'm thankful for my loving family and friends and everyone I'm lucky to have in my life right now! I'm thankful for the fact that no one in the family has passed since there have been some close calls. I'm thankful for the roof over my head and heat that keeps me warm. I'm thankful for all of the people I have met, whether they've stuck around or not. I'm thankful for all of the fantastic experiences I've had in my life. And finally I'm thankful to be blessed with this life and all of the happiness it's brought with it. :) Love y'all! xo ♥ Carrie

Lynda: Thankful for: food, money, ranting, blogs, internet, computer, my brain, my body parts, friends/family, life, fanfiction, writing, NaNoWriMo buddies, Crew Break Month:), Birthday, 6LCF, and most of what everyone else said :)
Going over to xiy's house to play cards(actually, I already went), eat, talk, play ping-pong...OMIGOSH! I played ping-pong, 1st time in my life, not that bad at it...The ping-pong ball just liked to bounce off the ceiling a lot whenever I hit it...or just fly over xiy's head :)

House:

Virgil: Do I really have to list everything I'm thankful for? I'd be here all day. Uh, general things: God, friends, family, a nice house, books, libraries, fantastic people like J.K. Rowling, and... uh... yeah basically everything fits in those categories. I am going to my grandparent's house for the long weekend to see them and my aunt and uncle and cousins and other people. We will talk about politics and Israel and other things that don't really interest me that much, but that's okay. 

XOXOXO

~6LCF~

heyheyheyy!

Hello there! 

And today marks the first day of TURKEY DAY BREAK! Which means that we do not return to school for 5 more days! :D 

side-note from reality: Okay, seriously? Does it take a big deal to ask someone if their laundry is ready? Geez, I KNOW when I put it in. >.< Yeah, thought so...

^Lawlz. That's what she said.^_^

I'mmmmm hungry. And I wanna watch a movie. OMG! So today would've been the day that I went to go see HP7 but instead I went... 4 days ago. And it was FRICKIN' AMAZING! I had to keep reminding myself that there was a part 2 because I was anticipating the end so badly.  OMG I CAN'T WAIT FOR PART TWOOOOO!!!!

Ugh, this computer is obnoxious and isn't letting me type. It also isn't registering whenever I hit the SHIFT button! 'Shift' + 'a' = a. NO! I want an uppercase letter. It's the beginning of a sentence! Grammar, people, please! *rant, mumble* 

I want some noms. Noms would be very nice right now. But I'm a bit too lazy to go make some food, and I'm not sure what exactly we have to make. Ew. And I have to print out some school related stuff before I forget. 

Guess who's birthday is coming up? [MOMO'S!] And guess who's prof. pic gave away the banner. My bad, guys, really. I just couldn't resist. And she would've seen it sooner or later anyways, right?

Yeah, so, that's about it. 
Tschau! (< way of saying good-bye in German. Pronounced like 'ciao')

DFTBA!♥

Smiles, hugs, and lots of love, 
Carrie

D'you Know?

Today's post is going to be, in part, written in "d'you know?" form. Blame it on my complete lack of any other better things to say.


D'you know which is one of the best books in the whole world?
The Princess Bride.
♥♥♥♥

D'you know the phases of the moon?
New moon, waxing crescent, first quarter, waxing gibbous, full moon, waning gibbous, third quarter, waning crescent. And then the same thing all over again.


D'you know when the third Chronicles of Narnia movie (The Voyage of the Dawn Treader) comes out?
December 10, 2010.


D'you know that swearing helps with one's pain tolerance?
It really does. 


D'you know that all the science teachers at the school of the 6LCF are completely useless?
They really are.

D'you know what's scarier than a scary eleven-year-old? 
A scary fencing eleven-year-old.
D'you know what's scarier than a scary fencing eleven-year-old?
A scary fencing eleven-year-old with a saber.
(And the only thing scarier than a scary fencing eleven-year-old with a saber is, according to Virgil, Lord Voldemort with the Elder Wand. I, however, disagree, as Voldy never got the Elder Wand to work to its full potential; he wasn't its true owner. Ergo, Voldy isn't as scary as he could have been, though he is already quite scary enough.)

And that ends the "d'you know?" portion of this post. 
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There's no more school for the next five days! Two of those days are, admittedly, the weekend and therefore default days off, but they still count. "Five-day weekend" sounds so much better than "three weekdays off and then two days that comprise the weekend and so they technically count as break but they're days off no matter what and so they really shouldn't be counted as a school holiday." 
I love Thanksgiving. There's just so much lovely stuff going on around then. Two-day school weeks, lots of food (turkey especially), and so on.
♥
 In fact, I believe that I *might* be getting a laptop this Friday, if we can find any cheap enough and nice enough during the whole Black Friday sale thing.

And I was going to write something else, but then I completely forgot what I was going to write about. Darn you, random short-term memory loss!

Ugh. I can't remember.


So I guess that's it for today.


P.S. I remembered what I was going to write about.
The Six Little Curly Fries have an official unicorn, you see (he shall make an appearance on Momo's birthday banner), and his name is Hector.