Our TV is Messed Up

Have you ever tried watching a show on TV and about every 5 seconds it gets pixelated, stops, and then starts again.

Then you know what I am talking about.

We have Comcast, and we have had this ongoing problem where the TV gets pixelated and then pauses, interupting our show. Even when you're not watching, it's annoying. This is kind of what it sounds like.

"H-uh-i."
"H-uh-ello."
"Wh-uh-t's u-uh-p?"
"N-uh-ot m-uh-uch. Y-uh-ou?"

The "uhs" represent that annoying sound it makes when the tv stops. It's actually kind of hilarious because sometimes when it stops, you will see a picture of, for example, a guy's open mouth for 3 seconds.

This is kind of what it looks like when the TV gets pixelated.


OK, well not really. But you get my point.

So that's all I have time for tonight. It's Sunday, and I still haven't finished my homework.

Auf weidersein!

Justin Bieber- He's finally growing up

Justin Bieber.  The name alone is enough to make millions of girls (and yes, some boys) swoon. 

I personally am not a fan.  I admit his voice has gotten deeper, but I still don't like his music.

But I think he finally might be "growing up."



This is from rollingstone.com.  There was an article about him, and in it he discussed his view on sex, fame, politics, etc.  Some of the things he said were, well, interesting.

For example: He isn't sure what political party he'd support if he was old enough to vote. "I'm not sure about the parties," Bieber says. "But whatever they have in Korea, that's bad."

Well, Biebs, I agree.  The situation in Korea is very bad.  But is that really all you could think of?  I mean isn't he 17? 

But this just took the cake.



Well, Justin, looks like you've finally grown up.  And no, Selena, just because you are covering your face with your hand doesn't mean we can't tell it's you. 

But in Justin's defense, he probably be more famous than any of us.  Probably.  Not definetly. 

To be honest, I was actually obsessed with Justin Bieber for about a year.  I actually would pretend I was his girlfriend.

Please don't judge.  I was 12. Or mabe 13.  But I don't think I'm the only one.

Then one day I realized that I personally didn't like his music.  I found something better- the classic rock station on the radio.

Now That's What I Call Music. (No copyright infringement intended)

So what do you think? Have you been infected with Bieber Fever?

I don't like teachers

You know how there are always those teachers who you just can't seem to like and you know they don't like you?

My science teacher is one of those people.

See, I had mono the two weeks before final exams. My other teachers gave me all the info I needed and posted stuff online. But my science teacher didn't post anything on the last unit we did, which I missed completely, even after she told me she would. So I ended up faint thy part of the exam. I also had to take a test on that part, and she gave me a fill in the blank study guide without answers. I looked in the textbook, but because it was worded so horribly, some of the info was not in the textbook, as it made no sense. Then when I went to take te test on a day we didn't have school, she was late! And there was nothing on that test that was on the study guide, either.

Whew. Ok then. That felt nice.

Although I do have some good news. I got a 98/100 on my history essay. That is the bet grade I have gotten on an essay this year for history.

So have a good night everyone. And remember- don't be an annoying teacher:).

Popped blisters and wood under my nail

Hello. So today at crew two very exciting things happened. My blister popped on the oar handle while I was rowing and I got wood stuck under my nail from the dock. I was in a great deal of pain on thr bus ride home, and then when I got home my parents had to dig the wood out from underneath my nail with tweezers. And you can imagine how that went down... Thank god it was on the edge of my nail.

So now I will talk about something else. And that is boys. One boy in particular who I like right now. We have been friends for several years, and he really liked me to my knowledge up until the middle of the first semester. Then I did something I will never forgive myself for (ok well maybe thats being a bit dramatic).

See, he had asked if I wanted to go to the school musical with him and I said yes I would. I thought we were just going as friends but then heard from some other friends he was going to ask me out. I had no clue what to do, so I had one of my friends tell him I didn't like him, and obviously that didn't make him happy.

Here's where it getsxi tricky. I started liking him a couple weeks ago. It seems like he still likes me but I don't know. I'm on the verge of asking him out. Well I am seeing him tomorrow at six because of crew (yes he does crew). So maybe I'll get things straightened out then?

Come on. Don't tell me you didn't think a post about a boy wasn't coming :D.

I hope they're ok...

Hey everyone. So I said I would write 3 blogs during the week and here's number 1. It's from my iTouch, but it still counts, right? :D

So yesterday at crew Practice, we were doing 6 inches(you lift your legs up about 6 inches and hold them there), and our coach's dad came over and said two boats had gone in the water! They were apparently in there for 15 minutes and had to be taken to the hospital. Why? The Potomac is freezing cold in the winter an being in there for thirty seconds could hurt you. But it sounds like they are all alright, which is good. The wind was really strong too, and they were apparently rowing away from the Key Bridge, where trees are scarce.

But this stuff happens very scarcely. It's not like we jump into the water on a daily basis...haha...haha.

So this is all I have time for, but don't worry- more is coming tonight!

-Natalia

It's Oscar Night! My predictions...

Well it's finally Oscar night again!  I look forward to this night every year and always stay up late to see who wins what.  But, to be honest, my favorite part of the Oscars is the opening with who ever is hosting.  This year it's Anne Hathaway and I believe James Franco.  A couple years ago it was Hugh Jackman.  He sang a song that, I have to say, was pretty amazing. 

Well the Oscars are starting in a matter of hours.  So here's who I think is going to win.

Best Picture: Black Swan

Actor in a Leading Roll: Colin Firth for The KIng's Speech

Actor in a Supporting Role: Geoffrey Rush for the King's Speech

Actress in a Leading Roll: Natalie Portman for Black Swan

Actress in a Supporting Roll: Helena Bonham Carter for The King's Speech

Animates Feature Film: Toy Story 3

Art Direction: Inception

Cinematography: Inception

Costume Design: Alice in Wonderland

Directing: Black Swan

Documentary Feature: Gasland

Documentary Short Subject: Strangers No More

Film Editing: 127 Hours

Foreign Language Film: Dogtooth

Makeup: The Wolf Man

Music (Original Score): The Social Network

Music (Original Song): Toy Story 3

Short Film (Animated): The Gruffalo

Short Film (Live Action): Na Wewe

Sound Editing: Inception

Sound Mixing: Inception

Visual Effects: Inception

Writing (Adapted Screenplay): The Social Network

Writing (Original Screenplay): The King's Speech

Alright.  That's all of them.  I guess we'll just have to see who wins (but I have a feeling that I'm pretty dead on :D)

Until Next time,
Natalia

I need to keep up with my blog. And Google logos.

Hi everyone.  So I have not blogged in about 2 weeks.  So I am going to make a promise.

I do solemnly swear that I will blog at least 3 times during the week and both days on the weekend. Or so help me God.

To be honest, not much has happened over the past couple weeks.  I have had crew practice every day, and actually I had it this morning.  I have been up since 4:45.  And I haven't actually slept all day.  Oh, well.  I guess this is preparing me, as my old Publications teacher would say, "for the real world."

I also went to a running store today.  It's called Potomac Running and it is so nice.  They have a treadmill and you fun on it.  The guy who works at the store watches you run, and then tells you what shoe would work best.  So I was on this treadmill, and the guy was, I guess you could say, assessing my feet.  After I was finished, he tells me that I have a conditon that affects only 5-10% of the population.  See, my arches are inhumanly high and therefore anything you do on your feet I do on my toes and the balls of my feet.  This includes running.  This also means that when I run a lot my feet swell up and my arches start to burn.  This has happened at crew practice before, and I can tell you it was not fun yesterday sitting out while everyone was erging with their wrists connected to a cord.


This is an erg, for anyone who has wondering.

So because rowing is such an high endurance sport, we do a lot of running. 

In other words, I was really bored today so I decided to look up some of the special Google logos.  Here are some cool ones I found:







I thought those were pretty neat :). 

Well to be honest not much has happened over the past few weeks that I can think of.  Although I did write an 11 page essay about the Holocaust for history class.  A lot of it was stuff we hadn't learned.  See, for some reason I've always had this weird obsession with books and movies about the Holocaust and the Holocaust Museum.  Maybe it's the fact that one man could be in charge of the horrible killing of 11 million people that sort of blows my mind.

I hope I don't get marked down.

So this is where the story ends for now.  As John Gay said, "We only part to meet again."