The Time has come

Hello All! So as promised i am updating! everyone say YAY!! as a side note, i was thinking of adding a ne feature to the blog... any ideas? and i think i am going to to a theme every update too!

Theme of the Week: Time

News of the Week:

So i think it has been what 3 weeks? well as usual not much has been going on... we had finals last week... i hope i get a c in at least one class, but i am not getting my hopes up... I also had a bit of a cold last week...I finaly finished my mom's scrapbook, and my aunts scarf! i wrapped the book, but the tape for some reason is not sticking so you know what that means! YAY i get to wrap something else!!! YAY!! I love wrapping!! ummm... Oh! Alex and i did a little x-mas thing at work Sunday... she got me this real cute bracelet like the one she has, that i love. so now i dont have to keep taking hers! hehe. Apperently everybody at work knows what Danny is getting me but me... pout! and Iris was holding it over my head all night on Sunday... oh the anticipation! ummm what else? oh i discovered a great German band called Wir sind Helden (we are heroes) i am sure their music will be featured at some point. ok so i guess on to the blog!

Song of the Week:

The Final Countdown by Europe.
here is the link to, as usual the youtube video! it is not that great, but i looked around forever, and i got tired hehe
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZkllM8znx4

Quote of the Week:

Time is a sort of river of passing events, and strong is its current; no sooner is a thing brought to sight than it is swept by and another takes its place, and this too will be swept away.
~~~ Marcus Aurelius

Picture of the Week:

"The persistance of time" by Dali



This Week in History:

December 23:
2000 death of Victor Borge, musician and comedian.

December 24:
1924 Albania becomes a republic.

December 25:
Christmas Day! Did Santa bring you good stuff?? hehe.

December 26:
First day of Kwanzaa.

December 27:
1978 Spain becomes a democracy after 40 years of dictatorship.

December 28:
1945 U.S congress officaly recognises the Pledge of Allegiance

December 29:
1845 Texas is admitted as the 28th state

German:

This week we have a theme of Time, so lets learn how to tell time in Germany! Now do we all remember how to count in German? lets review quickly... i will just put the german, and if you want to review how to pronounce the words, go back to the lesson for September 30th! so just a quick review:
Eins
Zwei
Drei
Vier
Fünf
Sechs
Sieben
Acht
Neun
Zehn
Elf
Zwölf.


So to make it a "teen" number you just put the Zehn (10) after each number... Vierzehn (14) etc...now to make numbers after the teens, the structure is interesting... like in olde english, you would say "One and Twenty" (21) that would be: Eins unt Zwanzig. the "Zig" is like the "ty" at the end of english words. Also the Germans are on the 24 hour clock, so for 1 pm you would say it was 13 o'clock or "dreizehn uhr" (13 hour) so lets get into the actual translations shall we?

German: Uhr (OOO-ah)
English: hour (also Clock, O'clock)

German: Halb (HAL-b)
English: Half to (in german, the hour is always to the next hour for example 1:30 would be half to two or "Halb drei" get it?

German: Viertel vor (VEE-er-tel VOR)
English: Quarter to

German: Viertel nach (NAH-ch)
English: quarter past

So some time examples! I am assuming you will not need translations on these since you can just read a few sentances before...

German: Halb Vier
English: 3:30 am

German: Halb Zwanzig
English: 7:30 pm

German: Viertel Nach neun
English: 9:15 am

German: Vietel vor elf
English: 10:45 am

German: Achtzehn uhr
English: 6:00 pm

German: zwei unt zwanzig uhr
English: 10:00 pm (two and twenty o'clock which is 10pm... get it?)

see? it is not that hard! so this turned out well this week... as usual if you are stumped by the german post comments, and i will do my best to help (as you know i am still learning myself, but i think i got this one! hehe) also let me know what new feature you would like to see on this blog... and submit your ideas for themes... next time i think may be new years... maybe... i am not sure...and don't forget updates are every two weeks now so the net post will be on January 6th 2009!! wow already 2009... sigh... Well i guess that is it for this week! see you next time!

Hey all! so i for got to tell you that i was gonna update every other week. But this is finals week at my school, and i am sick, so i will update next tuesday... i promise the update will be posted by noon on tuesday! so check it out... in the mean time, my cousin sent me the link to this hil-arious blog, so i have to pimp it here, http://fuckyoupenguin.blogspot.com/2008_12_01_archive.html

check them out!

You are the weekest link... goodbye.

Hello All! Sorry about last week! I just couldn't face spending hours on writing this last week. (by the way some of my keys are sticking, but i will try my best to catch my typos, but i may miss some!) Lets get started shall we?

News of the Week:

So i havent done muchthis week other than kn it a scarf i am making for my aunt for x-mas. i am almost done, i only have a few more rows, and then casting off, so i moved on to the scrapbook i am making for my mom. i have a bunch of old pictures of her as a kid, and i am putting them into a scrap book. i am hoping to find my camera, and take pics of each page so you guys can view them and tell me how much you love them. lol. now lets see... i went to my uncles house this weekend for Thanksgiving. we go every year. it was fun. other than that, i dont have any news... things have been slow here.... finals start soon, and then i will have about a month to relax, before school starts... then i will be working a lot more, so that i can afford to go on another road trip in the summer 2010. So far i know we are hitting St. Louis, San Fransisco, The Grand Canyon, New Orleans, and Wiliamsburg VA. i am sure we will also go to Arkansas to at least for a day to see my cousins new baby... though the baby will be two by then but thats ok i guess, since i cant afford to go befor then.

Song of the Week:

"I Fought the Law" by The Bobby Fuller Four
Here is the you tube link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPXnoLAEUSQ

Quote of the Week:

The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.
~~~ Samuel Johnson

Picture of the Week:



This Week in History:

December 2:
1939 La Guardia airport in New York City opens

December 3:
1818 Illinois becomes the 21st U.S state

December 4:
1848 Native American Cheif, Crazy Horse is born... he was killed by bayonette in1877

December 5:
771 Charlemagne becomes king of the franks

December 6:
1849 Harriet Tubman escapes slavery.

December 7:
43 Cicero dies

December 8:
1889 the Koninklijke Nederlandse Voetbalbond (KNVB) is founded in the Netherlands... the KNVB stands for "Royal Netherlands Football Association". They are my 2nd fave national football team!!

German:

This week we will do some grammer! German nouns are broken up in to 3 catagories; Masculine, Feminine, and Neutral. There is no trick to learning the words... it is not like in Italian or spanish where the feminine end in "a" and masculine end in "o"... from now on, when i give you wordsi will try to give you the article too. Masculine words get the article "der" (day-er), feminine get "die" (dee) and Neutral get "das". Also, all nouns have to be capitalized... all the time. So... here are some examples.

German: das Auto (AOW- toe)
English: the Car

German: das Haus (House)
English: the house

German: die Altstadt (AH-L-SHH-tat)
English: the oldtown

German: die Bar (BAH)
English: the bar

German: die Entschuldigung (EN-SHOE-L-dee-GUNG)
English: the apology

German: der Rhine (RINE)
English: the Rhine

German: die Stadt (SCH-dat)
English: the street

German: die Schokolade (SHOW-KO-la-deh)
English: the chocolate

German: das Becken (BEH-KUN)
English: the sink

Well i guess that is it for this week! Next week i have a whole planed theme, which will be fun! Though the German will be very advanced, but wee will plow through!!! it is great! see you next week!

Sorry

Sorry folks, no post this week... I am just so busy, plus there is not much to say... so have a good Thanksgiving everyone!!!

Jinkies Gang!

Guten tag, unt Willkommen!! Das est Stop the World I Wanna Get On! Lets get started shall we?

News of the Week:

So this week i found out that we have a new reader!! so shout out to Laura from M.O.!!!!!!! If you read this, and you want a shout out let me know!! since i only now know of 4 people who read this... but thats ok, even though SOME people (cough*Danny*cough) don't read the whole thing! you can also comment, even if you don't have a blogger id! so please do! so this week something exciting happened... i paid my credit card off!!! YAY!! Also i registered for classes... I am taking 5 history classes.
1. The Civil War
2.Egypt of the Pharohs
3. Medievl Britian
4. Women in the Middle Ages
5. Europe since 1945.
so i think it will be fun! I was a little listless this week, so i didn't do much... oh i got Tony's x-mas gift this week too, i would tell you what it is, but i am not sure if he reads this... prolly not, but i wouldn't take and chances. lol All i have left to buy for gifts are Danny, Emily and Alex, but they will prolly all be gift cards... and i dont mind sayin it even tho Danny reads this cause i always do that...lol Also i got some Liverpool stuff! I got a tee shirt, and a window sticker for my car, and i got a walett, but they sent me the wrong one, they sent me a more kinda manish one, but i was like, with all the troubble it would take to send it back, and the one i ordered is out of stock, so i decided to keep it but it is ok.

Song of the Week:

"The Maid That Sold Her Barley" by Deanta
Here is a web video with the words (and obviously the music)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2qj1PVUXfE&feature=related

Quote of the Week:

In order to be irreplacable, one must always be different.
~~~ Coco Chanel

Picture of the Week:


This Week in History:

November 18:
1626 St. Peter's Basilica is concecrated

November 19:
1961 Meg Ryan is born

November 20:
1789 New Jersey becomes the first state to ratify the Bill of Rights

November 21:
1920 Bloody Sunday, where more than 30 Irish were massacred durring the war for their independance

November 22:
1922 Here's one for Tony! Howard Carter opens the tomb of King Tutankhamun (King Tut) in Egypt

November 23:
1936 The first edition of Life magazine is issued

November 24:
1859 Charles Darwin publishes The Origin of the Species

German:

This week we will do some random words including colors, and animals!

German:Katze (CAT-zuh)
English: Cat

German: Hund (HOO-nd)
English: Dog

German: Schlange (SLAN-gay)
English: snake

German: Vogel (VOO-gel)
English: Bird

German: tier (Tee-ah)
English: animal

German: Schwarz (SHH-va-tz)
English: black

the next ones are in terms of color...

German: orange (oh-ROUN-ja)
English: orange

German: rot (ROO-t)
English: Red

German: blau (BLAW)
English: blue

German: gelb (GEL-b)
English: yellow

German: grün (gr-OO-n)
English: green

German: purpurrot (per-per-ROO-t)
English: purple

German: rosa (ROO-zah)
English: pink

German: braun (Brown)
English: brown

Well i guess that is it for this week! see you next week!

YAY CHUCK!!!!!

Hey all!!! So this week has been slow, but that is good, since my last post was late, and SOME PEOPLE were complaining (*cough, danny, cough*)so i have to get this out on time...

** Note on last week, I forgot to mention that Danny brought those AMAZING chocolate covered strawberries to my party... so yumm

News of the Week:

So lets see... I didn't do much this week... I was just waiting for Heather to visit... so she came on Monday, and hung out with us for about 2 hours... though she has a job, so she couldn't stay... pout. She was up for the Stargate Atlantis (SGA) convention. I cant complain to much cause she got me an autographed picture of my second fave character "Chuck" played by Chuck Campbell. My fave character was not there, so she got that one. Aperently he was shocked that he has a fan base... lol. Anyway the pic of the week is him, just so you know who he is. The Autograph says: "Francine, Thanks for your support! Chuck Campbell" and he put a smiley face. I just adore him!!! Heather had an awesome time, and you will have to visit her site, cause she will probably write about it! http://tales-of-swanky.blogspot.com/ but other than that... slow week...

Song of the Week:

"Overkill" By Colin Hay

This song was Featured on the Scrubs episode "My Overkill". This is the snippett of that episode: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBKP944G0Pw&feature=related

Quote of the Week:

"Unscheduled off world activation"
~~Chuck on SGA(played by Chuck Campbell) This is practicaly this only line... lol

Picture of the Week:

This is Chuck Campbell as Chuck on SGA!!





This Week in History:

Now my question to you guys is, if there is a birthday, do you think i should put a pic of the person? I am leaning to no, but if you guys want to know who these people are... let me know

November 11:
1983 Cutie defender for the German national football team (and Bayern Munich) Philipp Lahm's birthday

November 12:
1933 Hugh Gray takes the first known picture of the Loch Ness Monster

November 13:
1990 The world wide web first began.

November 14:
1948 Prince Charles of England's birthday

November 15:
1777 the Continental Congress approves The Articles of Confederation after 16 months of debate.

November 16:
1974 One of Tony's Fave footballers Paul Scholes's birthday (he plays for Manchester United)

November 17:
284 Diocletian is proclaimed Greek emperor.

German:

So this week, yet agian i am not with it enough to create a German lesson, so... There is no German this week... but i pronise next week i will have something for you!!!

So i guess thats it!

Of Presidents and Liverpool

Hey Y'all!!! Sorry this is out sooo late. I know you all await this with bated breath... lol. so lets not waste any more time!!!

News of the Week:

So this week i was sooo busy! On Tuesday I did some research and FINALLY found my English Premeir League team! My team is Liverpool. This is their website, though i know noone wants to look at it! http://www.liverpoolfc.tv/ Then for the rest of the week I cleaned and decorated for my halloween after party. That was fun. Alex did a dance to Tearin' up my Heart by N SYNC for tony... Cindy got in on tape... and Danny, Dan, and I used the OUIJA board... It was suprisingly acurate... though who knows if one of us was sub conciously moving it... though i did see it move when noones hands were on it... and on sunday and monday i recovered from the party... cleaning etc. and then Tuesday, i was busy voting, going to school, AND watching a Liverpool game... which is why i missed my Tuesday deadline... while we are on the subject... you know what pisses me off???? all these freakin crazy right wing people who act like they are the only smart people, because they voted Mcain... and you know what? I am sick of it! if Mcain won, i would not be calling people sutpid. I would hope that he could improve this country. and i would not have sore fealings about it. I am not saying that all Mcain suporters are like that... I know that Heather may not support Obama, but she is not going to act like everyone who voted for him was stupid... it is people like that who are dividing this country apart! and you know what? i am talking of spicific people, but i am nice, so i am not putting their names, but you understand why i am so mad!!! and i HOPE they read this, so that maybe they can improve their crappy aditudes!!! anyway... i have to calm down... ok so thats about it... thanks for letting me rant.

Song of the Week:

"I Wanna Be Free" by The Monkees!
you tube Video!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCnlyMXt6Zw
Monkees.net
http://www.monkees.net/default.htm
also i know this song will not come up since i do not have it, but it reminded me of High school drama class
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SubpzqswJRE

Quote of the Week:

In a cat's eye, all things belong to cats.
~~English Proverb

Picture of the Week:

this is the Liver bird, the symbol of Liverpool!



This Week In History:

November 4:
Election Day (U.S)


November 5:
1940 F.D.R is ellected to his 3rd term as president of the U.S

November 6:
1861 Jefferson Davis is elected president of the Confederate States of America

November 7:
1929 The Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) in New York City, NY opens to the public

November 8:
1431 Vlad the Impaler is born. he died in 1476.

November 9:
1888 Jack the Ripper kills Mary Kelly, his last known victim

November 10:
1775 the U.S. Marine Corps is founded.

German:

OK so I have no idea what to do for German this week... I didn't get alot of feedback, so i think i will talk about the German Football Team today! (see Danny! You don't have to learn this week! Just Enjoy!)

So here is a logo of the German football team


So the team was founded in the 1880's but it gets a bit messy because of the 2 World Wars... They have won the European Championships 3 times... 1972, 1980 and 1996. They have won 3 World Cups...1954, 1974, and 1990. This past European Championships they made it to the Finals agianst Spain. They sadly lost 1-0. Though, the Spanish goal was spectacular, and scored by Liverpool's own Fernando Torres. (i hate Spain though... lol). They do not have their own stadium, but rather rotate home games between the regional stadiums. (i think this is a good idea, since the German people do not have much National pride, and this helps). Their current team consists of popular playsers:
Captian: Michael Ballack


Striker Lukas Podolski


and CRAZY Midfeilder Bastian Schwiensteiger



So thats about it for this week!!! I know that it is late, so i kept it short!!

Hey all! I am writing this very late this week, so i hope i can get it in on time!!

News of the Week:

Well there isn't much in the news... oh! but you know what exciting thing DID happen to me this week? well y'all know how addicted to food i am right? well i went to Dunkin donuts to get a bagel this week, and Danny was working, and he gave me a CHOCOLATE COVERED STRAWBERRY!!!!! and it was the most AWESOME chocolate covered strawberry EVER!!! and he gave me a candy apple which was good too, but not as AWESOME as the strawberry!!!!!!!!! so yeah... how is that for Danny news? lol so this section was pretty short huh?

Song of the Week:

"Love Thee Dearest" by Paul Byrom.

here is the you tube video! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPzFVpXEPQU

Quote of the Week:

Hold on, man. We don't go anywhere with "scary," "spooky," "haunted," or "forbidden" in the title.
~From Scooby-Doo

Picture of the Week:



This Week in History:

October 28
1886 The Statue of Liberty is dedicated.

October 29
1970 The birthday of awesome Keeper for the Dutch National Football Team, Edwin van der Sar! He also plays for Manchester United (the mighty reds... the red devils... Arsenal sucks... just sayin' since i know people who think Arsenal is cool... but they are wrong.)

October 30:
1922 Benito Mussolini is made Prime Minister of Italy

October 31:
Halloween!!!

November 1:
1604 William Shakespere's Othello is preformed for the first time

November 2:
1950 the birthday of playwright/author Geroge Bernard Shaw, who wrote Pygmalion in 1912.

November 4:
This will make Heather forgive the Arsenal crack... 1982 Birthday of one of Heather's Favorite people...Evgeny Plushenko, olympic Gold (and silver) medalist. (happy now?)

This Month in History; Top 5 Honorable Mention:

October 4th:
The first satellite is launched into space, Sputnik I.

October 11:
National Comming Out Day in the U.S.

October 14:
The Chicago Cubs winn the 1908 World Series, their last W.S win to date.

October 17
1931 Al Capone is arrested for tax evasion.

October 24:
Birthday of sexy man, and Manchester United striker, Wayne Rooney.

German:
So this week we will resume our grammer lesson with Kommen (Ko-men) meaning "to come", Sprechen (Spray-Key-en) meaning "to speak",and Haben (Hah-ben) meaning "to have". I am awaiting a html code from Heather for a grid, so you will have to bear with me on this. (BTW Heather has a blog where she teaches html, so y'all should go there!!! http://tales-of-swanky.blogspot.com/)

Kommen:

German: ich komme (ick Ko-me)
English: I come

German: du kommst (doo kom-st)
English: you come (informal)

German: er/sie/es kommt (air/zee/es Kom-t)
English: He/she/it comes

German: wir kommen (veer -kom-men)
English: we come

German: ihr kommt (ear kom-t)
English: you come (informal, to several people ie. y'all come)

German: sie kommen (zee kom-men)
English: they come

Sprechen

German: Ich spreche (ick spray-key-ah)
English: i speak

German: du sprichst (doo spreesh-t)
English: you speak (informal)

German: er/sie/es spricht (spree-sh-t)
English:he/she/it speaks

German:wir sprechen
English: we speak

German: ihr sprecht
English: you speak (formal to many people)

German: sie sprechen
English: They speak

Notice how i did not give you the pronounciations on all of them, since you can just cross refferance with earlier pronunciations in this entry:).

Haben

German: ich Habe (ick hahbah)
English: i have

German: du hast (hah-st)
English: you have

German: er/sie/es hat (hah-t)
English: he/she/it has

German: wir haben
English: we have

German: ihr habt (hah-bt)
English: you have(informal, to many people)

German: sie haben
English: they have

So thats the German for today!! Now, i am not sure what to do for next weeks German... here is where your feedback is esential... maybe you can let me know a theme you might want to learn about... i don't know... think about it...

Also just letting you all know that in a week it is election day! so if you are registered make sure you vote!!! (if you are old enough, and are not registered, i dont want to hear any complaining in the next 4 years!!!) And also all you Cher fans out there, Cher will be on Ellen on monday, so everyone watch!!! I guess that is it for this week, Pippies! (btw... Kringles was a nancy drew referance not a Santa one... lol)

Robbing the Hood

Hey all! Yes, it's the best time of the week!!! i should have a name for my readers like the girl who does Friendly Hostility does... like Cine-lings... or Frakles... or Plinketts... that one was just for fun... lol ok so lets get started, shall we?

News of the Week:

So this week Heather ttaught me how to do some html, so i am hoping that they work! lets see... what happened this week? not much until Sunday, Alex and I were about to leave work, and i went to get my keys, and realized... i locked them in my car... at least it wasnt running! so i had to call Tony for a key... and i felt mad bad, so i bought him a Manchester United poster. THEN i was going out to my car on Monday, and i noticed i had a flat tire... so Tony said we could get some air at the gas station and then get it changed, but when we got to the gas station Tony noticed the hole, and it was leaking air faster than he could fill it, so we had to call AAA and get it changed since i dont have a wrench thingie... (gosh, i am such a girl... lol) and then i had to go home on the donut to meet the gas man, and Tony went to get me a new tire. such car drama!!!! I am also getting ready for my Halloween after party... I think there will be about 10 ish people... Though, i am pissed that people cant even rsvp... even if they are not sure they are gonna come, it only takes like 20 seconds to say yes or no... it is mad rude. anyway... enough venting... I got the cats costumes too... Lolli will be Ellen, Six will be a mouse, and Rusty will be, well i am not sure... I have a collar that could be used as a second ellen, but maybe i should give him something more girly and make him Portia de Rossi to make him and Lolli match... i havent decided... I also have been into this show "Robin Hood" it is a BBC show i am getting from Netflix I Love the guy who plays Guy Of Gisborne. Richard Armitage is his name... here is the BBC site. Check it out!!!
http://www.bbcamerica.com/content/195/index.jsp

Song of the Week:

"I think I Love You" By the Partridge Family


Here is the Youtube Video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJYSu2OVCGM

Here is a fun unofficial site:
http://www.cmongethappy.com/

Quote of the Week:

"Three may keep a secret, if two of them are dead"
~~ Benjamin Franklin

Picture of the Week:

Well since i am smitten with Richard Armitage here is a picture of him AS Guy of Gisborne:


This Week in History:

OK so quick note, next week we will feature the honorable mentions for October... so keep that in mind!

October 21
1833 Alfred Nobel, founder of the Nobel Prize, is born. He died in 1896.

October 22
1953 Laos gained its independance from France.

October 23
1925 Johnny Carson was born, he died in 2005.

October 24
1929 "Black Tuesday" Stock market crash, Spelling the begining or the Great Depression

October 25
1760 George III became king of Great Britian (the King George from the American Revolution)

October 26
1905 Norway becomes independant from Sweden

October 27
1858 26th President of the U.S, Theodore Roosevelt is born. He died in 1919.

German:

so lets make a few sentances now that we know some items and some grammer!this will be a short lesson this week, so be happy Danny!!!

German: Du bist gut. (doo behst goot)
English: You are good.

German: Ich bin Francine. ( ick bin Francine)
English: I am Francine.

German: Deutschland ist in Europa. (Doy-ch-land iss-t in Europa)
English: Germany is in Europe.

German: Das ist sehr gut (dah-s iss-t s-air goot)
English: That is very good.

German: Was ist das? (vah-s iss-t dah-s)
English: What is that?

German: Haben Sie Zeit? (hah-ben zee Zee-t)
English: Do you have time?

Thats it for the German for this week!!! Next week we will learn the forms of Haben (hah-ben) Meaning "to have". if you have any sugestions of what you would like to learn in German let me know! (and don't tell me you dont want anything Danny!)

Thats it for now my little Kringles!!! (a work in progress lol)

Famous Chefs

hey all!!! It's that time of the week again!!! I lookforward to writing this all week, so lets get started!! also... i had made this entry look all pretty, with oranized spaces etc, but i edited it twice and it still came out messed up... so sorry... pout

Weekly News:

So lets see... oh! so you know that guy in my Philosophy class? yeah i think he is totaly NOT interested. like for the first coupple of weeks, he was talking to me all the time, but now it is like he is avoiding me... weird... i just dont get it... he doesn't even say hi to me anymore... I say hi to HIM but he just kinda looks away... weird right? oh well. he was to young for me anyway, but i thought i could at least get a friend out of it, but i guess not. though he did shout hi francine to me in the garage on friday... i am sooo confused.

on Saturday I went to the Mohegan Sun Cassino, for Cindy's birthday, and i would like to record the events of our dinner, since it was most extraordanairy dinner. So we sat at the bar and Alex was talking to this woman on her right, and Cindy and her boyfriend were talking amungst them selves, so i was just starring off into space and i notice the bartender pouring out Guinnes, so i was like let me look at who got that, since it is Keith Harkin's favorite drink... just kinda absently, and then i was like oh that guy is kinda cute for an older guy... wait he looks like chef Robert Irvine... but it cant be... not in the middle of nowhere in Connecticut! so i was like oh he just looks like him. and then i noticed the Chef of the restarunt came over and was talking to him... and i was like omg it IS!!! (by the way incase you are living under a rock, he is on the Food Network's show "Dinner Imposible" and has a CRAZY hot body!!!!!) and for like 20 minutes i was like i am gonna go over there... no i am not.... yes i am.... no...yes...no... so then Cindy's boyfriend was like "Cindy! that is the guy from Food Network!" and i was like I KNOW!!! i have been looking at him for like 20 min!!! and i was like Jarrod! go get his Autograph!!! but he was not gonna do it... soooooooo guess what i did? yup! i went over and got it!!! i got up (kicking Cindy in the prosess. Sorry Cindy!!!) this is aproximately how the convorsation went (i am not positive cause the Adrenilane was crazy!!!)

me: (tap tap on his rippling shoulder) Um... Excuse me...Are you Chef Robert Irvine?
him: yes i am
me: can i get your Autograph?
him: sure!
Me: oh my gosh thank you! (i handed him the only paper i had in my purse which was my pay stub. He flipped it over) oh that is just the only paper i had it is my pay stub.
him: ok so Francine
me: yup My mom is going to be so jelous! we love you and she thinks you are so hott!
him: so what do you do francine?
me: (not wanting to tell a famous chef that i work at dunkin donuts) oh well, right now i am a student.
him: oh what are you studying?
me: history
him: (while signing) ah well i am getting some pictures down in a little while so if you want to wait i will give you one of those.
me: oh wow that would be great!
his friend: are those the x rated ones or the regular ones?
him: the x rated ones.
me: oh my gosh my mom would like that even more! (he handed me back the paper and pen) thank you so much!!! (i walked away)

this is what the autograph says:
"Francine- Great meeting you!! Thanks for watching the show. Mom, I love you too!! Robert Irvine :) 'Dinner Impossible'"

I couldnt get up for a little bit... but noone wanted to stay, so we didnt... we went back to the cassino and i lost 15 more dollars. SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!

not much else happened this week... ummm Danny wanted me to put more mentions of him in here, but i have nothing to say so... lol...

also... i noticed that now on celticthunder.com they have in their shop a celtic thunder hoodie, and t-shirt, among other things, so if anybody is having a hard time comming up with x-mas ideas... lol


Song of the Week:

"867-5329 Jenny" by Tommy Tutone

here is the youtube video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqUPApCUt90

Quote of the Week:
Dream as if you'll live forever; Live as if you'll die today.
~James Dean

Picture of the Week:

So since i met him here is a picture of Chef Robert Irvine!

This Week in History:

So the general consensus is to do one each day and then honorable mention at the end of the month... so that is what we shal do!

October 14:
1066 The Battle of Hastings

October 15:
1951 The Aclaimed TV show "I Love Lucy" premeirs.

October 16:
1793 Marie Antoinette is killed by having her head chopped off, durring the French Revolution

October 17:
1931 Al Cappone is convicted for tax evasion

October 18
1898 The United States takes posession of Puerto Rico

October 19:
1965 Our favorite Megaphoned-carpenter Ty Pennington is born... (there wasnt much for this day incase you couldn't tell lol.)

October 20:
1803 The U.S Senate approves the Louisiana Purchase

German:

so this week we will do a little grammar, just for a change! This week we are learning the forms of "Sine" meaning "to be" the pronunciation is all self explanitory... except where otherwise listed. also note that the "s" is pronounced "z"

German: ich bin
English: I am

German:du bist

English: You are (informal)

German: er ist

English: He is

German: sie ist (ZEE ist)

English: She is

German: es ist

English: it is

German: wir sind (vear-zind)

English: We are

German: ihr seid

English: You are (plural... as in Y'all)

German: sie sind

English: they are

German: Sie sind

English: you are (formal)

Food and Fun

Hey all! (or should i say Guten Tag!) Welcome to Stop the World! I has been a busy and fun week, so lets get started!

News of the Week:
So this weekend Tony and i went to see CELTIC THUNDER!!!!!! It was so awsome. i love them! they did all the songs on the DVD, and also Danny Boy. We were there sooo early. my mom told us to leave at 2 in case there was traffic, so we did... no traffic. AND it only took us like a minute to park, so we were there and out of the car by 3:30... the show started at 9. we wandered around a bit, and we ate... we wandered about some more... FINALLY it was 7:30, so we thought lets go see if anything is going on, so we wandered over to the theater, where a rather substantial que had formed. we got in it, and at 8ish they let us in. we found our seats (which incidentaly were 3 rows from the top... kinda reminded me of one broadway show...) the show was awsome... my camera bateries ran out, so i was not able to get alot of pictures, but once i get them on disc i will post them. Oh, and the woman sitting next to me ONLY clapped for Danny Boy... I know!!! Isn't that messed up?!?!?!!?!?!?!?!?!?!!?!?!?!?!?!?!!? she didn't even clap for Ireland's Call, and all the crazy Irish old ladies clapped for that! Stupid Skank. And she was like my mom's age... it is not like she was 100 years old! ugh. i got one of those fancy programs too... So yeah that was Celtic Thunder. The rest of the week was boring, since i have been sick... on friday i took a Philosophy test... he says it will be 2 or 3 weeks before he hands them back... he is incredibly weird... but yeah... thats it for this past week... hopefully the next will be more exciting...

Song of the Week:

"Some Beach" By Blake Shelton! Great song. I like this ramdomness! so here are some links!

here is the video on youtube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8KKBxMgkok

and Blakeshelton.com
http://www.blakeshelton.com/index.php

Quote of the Week:

All your dreams can come true if you have the courage to pursue them.
~ Walt Disney


This Week in History:

Side note before we start, last week i left out a very special Date. October 4th is the Birthday of my friend Emily! So belated blog shoutout to her!!!
Also it is getting harder and harder to find JUST ONE thing for each date... maybe i will do a main date, and then an honourable mention, OR i can do one thing for the day durring the week, and then at the end of the month i can post a few honourable mentions for the month... let me know which would be better.

October 7th
1982 Broadway Musical "Cats" Opened, running for 18 years, it closed September 10th 2000

October 8th (there was so much good stuff to put, but since i am a American History Major...)
1793 John Hancock Died at the ripe old age of 56 (b. 1737)

October 9th
1003 Leif Erikson Lands in L'Anse aux Meadows in Canada, becoming the First European to reach North America.

October 10th
1813 Giuseppe Verdi (Italian Composer, if you dont know that though...) Was born. he died in 1901 at the ripe old age of 88.

October 11th
Saturday Night Live debuts with George Carlin as its first host.

October 12th
1773 America's first insane asylum opens for "persons of insane and disordered minds" in Virginia

October 13th
54 (C.E) Nero accends the Roman throne

Picture of the week:

German of the Week (Danny's Favorite part!! lol):

So i think i am going to do this a little differently. i will put the way the word/phrase is suposed to be spelled, and then the way it sounds. that way you will know when i start to type the way it is suposed to be by accident... Also if there is an umlaude (the two little dots above "o"s or "u"s i will put a % after the word (if it has both an o and a u i will put the lette also for example: (% u) if it is the u.
Also Shout out to Germanpod101.com which is great at teaching me this stuff! Go there! you can listen to it for free, and the one month subcription is only $8 so what have you got to loose? (but keep comming here! lol)
so i said i would teach you some food names this time right? it is a very long list this week, but you can practice them when you get your lunch, or your Borders frosty mellony drinky thingy. lol.

English: To Drink
German: Trinken (Trink-ken)

English: Cake, Pie
German: Kuchen (Koo-hun or Koo-kun)

English: Noodle
German: Nudel (Noo-Del)

English: Banana
German: Banane (Ban-an-eh)

English: Apple
German: Apfel (Ap-full)

English: Tangerine
German: Manderine (man-de-ri-neh)

English: Watermellon
German: Wassermelone (vas-sa-meh-lone-eh)

English: Pineapple
German: Ananas (an-an-as)

English: Sandwich
German: Butterbrot (Boo-ter-broot)

English: Salad
German: Salat (Zah-Laad)

English: Fruit
German: Frucht (Fruh-t)

English: Roll
German: Brotchen (%) (Broch-t-chen)

English: Pancake
German: Pfannkuchen (p-fan-koo-gen)

English: Sausage
German: Wurst (%) (vur-st)

English: egg
German: Ei (eye)

English: Jam
German: Marmelade (mar-muh-la-deh)

English: Butter
German: Butter (boo-tah)

English: Honey
German: Honig (hone-egg)

English: Tea
German: Tee (teh)

English: Bacon
German: Speck (speck)

English: Lunch
German: Mittagessen (meat-Ta-Guess-Sen)

New Format

Hey All! or who ever reads this! lol here is my weekly update! i figured that i would update on tuesdays or wednesdays, since i have a big break between classes on those days. so, i decided to have a format for my posts, so it is not just news on my week, and this way will be fun for all! (if indeed, more than just Heather reads this) ok so the new format will be as follows:


1. news of the week
2. song of the week
3. quote of the week
4. this week in history
5. interesting or funny pic of the week
6. finaly the part i am sure you all have been waiting for, German of the week!!


so lets begin, shall we?


News of the week:
this weekend my mom was in Maine, so i had a pretty uneventful week. i had 2 tests. one in Chinese culture, and one in Korean culture. I think i did ok, but you never know... i did get an 86 on my Korean one, and i will probably find out the Chinese tomorrow. mostly when i wasn't working or at school, i played football (just fyi, i ALWAYS say football instead of soccer, if i mean the american football i will say american football, otherwise just assume i am talking about soccer.) with tony on the gamecube. on thursday i went to On the Border with Alex. it is always a fun night. we went to AC Morre, where i got the 10th or 12 stocking stuffers... Yay! but other than that...


Song of the Week:
in this section i will put all my songs on random and the first one that comes up will be the song of the week... just to be fair... unless otherwise noted...


well since tony and i are going to see Celtic Thunder at MGM Grand at Foxwoods on saturday the song of the week is, picked at random, since they are all good!... "Lauren & I" sung (and written) by Keith Harkin! this is not my favorite, but i wanted to be fair! lol this song comes from Celtic Thunder's self titled album... to get the full experiance, i would recomend getting both "Celtic Thunder" and "Act Two", or you could get all but 3 of the songs by watching "Celtic Thunder: The Show" it is sold on amazon.com, or you could look it up on youtube, although i dont think all the songs are on there, but you WILL get to see "Chirstmas 1915" which is NOT on the DVD. Here are some links to Celtic Thunder stuff, i will not always be able to put links on the song section, but i will try.


Celtic Thunder's Oficial page:
http://www.celticthunder.ie/


Celtic's Myspace (here you can add "Lauren & I" to your Myspace Profile as well as my fave "Raggle Taggle Gypsy"):
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=206083710&MyToken=87f3f3d9-4bbc-401d-97e9-eb00bc9f345f

Keith Harkin's Myspace (i am putting this cause he sings it and wrote it... you can get to the other guy's pages through the link above)

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=86354554

Amazon page:
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_gw?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=celtic+thunder


Youtube Video for this song:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIajAxOaA0A


Quote of the Week:
Here i will put a fun or prosaic quote, please comment, and tell us your thoughts on the comment! if it is one i heard in real life, i will put a little backround, since some of the things i hear at school are INSANE!!!


todays quote comes from my classical mythology class. keep in mind we are talking classical mythology here... so the teacher was saying how the end of the Greek and Roman gods was Christianity and this girl whispers to her friend...


"Why do we always end up talking about religion in this class?"


I think this needs no further explination...lol


This Week in History:
the question i have for YOU is, do you think we should do it from the comming week, or the past week? for now, i will do the comming week (including this day).


On September 30th 1955 James Dean Died in a car crash in California.


On October 1st, 1971 Walt Disney World in Orlando Florida opened


On October 2nd 1950 the first Peanuts comic was published


On October 3rd 1863 Abraham Lincolon declares Thanksgiving a national holiday set for the 4th
Thursday in November


On October 4th 1883 The Orient Express makes it's first run.


On October 5th 1970 PBS becomes a television network

On October 6th 1966 LSD is declared illegal in the United States


Picture of the Week:
since we are going to see Celtic Thunder, i thought i would keep up the theme!







German!!:
So last week i said i would teach you to count. Now, keep in mind these are NOT the way they are suposed to be spelled, as i think it would be esier for you to learn by knowing how they SOUND.



English: One

German: Eye-n-s


English: Two
Greman: S-vine


English: Three
Greman: Dry


English: Four
Greman: Fee-ah


English: Five
Greman: Funf


English: Six
Greman: Zex


English: Seven
Greman: Zee-ben


English: Eight
Greman: Ah-kuh-t


English: Nine
Greman: Noy-in


English: Ten
Greman: Tzay-n


Next week i think we might learn some foods, like sandwiches, cakes, and fruits. As well as how to order at a shop or restarunt.



I guess thats it for today! Let me know what you think of the new format!

Learning!

So i decided that every week i will have you learn with me! i am learning German, and i will post a few new phrases every week! so today we will learn some reasonably easy words. i will type them as they sound so that you can easily say them.

so here we go!

English: Hello
German: Hallo

English: Bye
German: Chus (more acurately Choose)

English: Yes
German: Yah

English: No
Greman: Nine

English: Thank you
German: Danke

English: German
German: Doych (which i usualy type as Deutch)

English: And
German: Unt

so there you go! practice these, and we will be back next week and we will lear to count to ten!!!

ok so today i was getting out of my car and sliced my finger open on a cd. i know! who does that? how does that happen? i dont know. i must have lifted my hand wrong. i used up a whole wendy's napkin for all the blood. i know you wanted to hear about that lol.
so i have decided that i am 25, and beggars cant be choosers. so i am making a move on 3 guys... tim who is at school though as i am sure i have said he is probably 18, but i guess it cant hurt... except my pride. lol also there is the guy who comes into the store... bradley or brandon or whatever... i even know what i am going to say to him. when i next get a chance to talk to him, i will be all 'you know that offer to call me still stands, so if you ever find your self single, let me know" what do you think? and i am talking to this guy from match.com called Patrick, though he is kinda borring... but he does know altittle about real football... not much, cause he watches american football (from now on this will be refered to as rugby lol) he has a cat named squishy... kinda gay... lol. and i dont know how to log on to the school's wireless... you need your windows login... but i dont know that... i wonder how to get it... i cant look it up, since it will not let me navagate away from that page w/o a password. grrrrrr so i will look it up when i get home i guess. owww my finger hurts!... so anyway here is a random thing for today
a break down of the guys in my school:
lets say, for example there are 1000 guys in the entire school (there are more, but i can't add so... you know)

based on race:
white:500
african american: 350
hispanic: 100
Asian/other: 50

based on attractiveness:
hottie Mchott-hot: 100
cute: 200
eh just ok, but dateable: 300
eww: 400

based on style:
preppy: 200
sporty: 600
geeky: 150
ghetto: 50

based on sexuality:
obviously Straight: 600
obviously Gay: 300
obviously bi: 25
unknown: 75

based on weight:
scrawney: 100
thin: 460
average: 300
built:40
bigger: 25
omg thats fat albert!: 75

so thats it... lol ok bye!

random thoughts

So Random thoughts...

1. I was driving to school today and on the corner of willow st, there was a cop directing traffic... what pissed me off was i had a GREEN ARROW to turn and he let all these people going the other way go! it pissed me off royaly!!! anyway...

2. Did you ever kinda judge people by their names? for example there is a girl in my philosophy class named "Cinnamon". now i ask you... WHAT??? Who names their kid after a spice??? I mean what kind of job oppertunities soes this person have? other than stripper... "Ladies and Gentlemen, the president of the united states Cinnamon Jones!" come on now!

3. Next time you are in a park or area where there are alot of people and squirels just watch the people... it is weird how people just can not take their eyes off those little rodents... weird...

4. Do you really need a microphone in a class of like 15 people? My philosophy teacher has a wireless mic that he uses... we have AT MAX 20 people in the class... crazy old guy...

that is all for now...

Stop the world... I wanna get off!

do you ever look at you life a go "what the hell???" i have been doing that alot... i know i dont talk about it to my friends, but i cant seem to vocalize these things... so when i am laying in bed at night just thinking, cause i cant sleep and it is freekin 2:30 in the morning, i think over things and... i dont know... think that there has got to be somthing more...i mean i need a break... not like a vacation type of break, since i just had a pretty cool one with heather, but like a life break... some times i think life is moving way to fast for me. here i am with just about 1/3 of my life gone, and what have i got to show for it? lets review... here is what i always Thought would happen by the time i was 25

1. Graduated College
2. Be engaged, if not married
3. own a condo, if not a house
4. have a job that i actually LIKED, and would look forward to going to everyday... or atleast that i could say "yeah i work here" to people with out being embarassed

and here is how my life stands respectivly

1. still in school with AT LEAST 3 more years to go
2. I dont remember the last time i had a DATE, let alone a boyfriend... (i mean seriously... maybe 7 year since i had a boyfriend? i dont know...)...or a snog. the only guys i know are either GAY or to young for me (think like 7 years to young...)
3. I live alone with 3 cats in my mom's attic, which i feebaly call an apartment...
4. i work at Dunkin donuts for a little more than minimum wage. I HATE nay DREAD going to work. as soon as i leave on sunday i spend the rest of the week dreading going back. i am constantly worried about being fired for the stupidest little thing like wearing the wrong shoes or something... i cant call out, since i will be fired if i don't find my own replacement, so i go in sick more times than not. i dislike, if not hate 90% of the people i work with. i can think of only 3 people in the whole store that i dont want to kill atleast once in a shift. and most of the time there is so much drama and back-stabbing that it is a wonder i am still there.

so now what? there has got to be a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow right? right? i really am trying to look on the bright side of things most of the time, but... it is sooooo much easier to manage my friends lives than my own... and i know my friends try to help me out, but when i get to the moment and i am all alone... there is nothing there... nothing to say... it is easier said than done... i am sorta set in my ways... god that is horrible to say at 25 is it not?
sometimes i notice my self acting pessimistic so that i dont jinx anything... like i will say "oh i wont pass that test" when deep down i want to... or "he is just being nice cos he is that way" or "guys like that dont go for girls like me" but you know what? i desprately want them to... but all my tying to convince myself gets me nowhere...

i feal trapped... trapped in this never-ending monotany that is my life... every week it is the same... tomorrow i will wake up, clean my "apartment" go to work, come home, go to bed, get up, go to school, come home, go to bed get up, go to school...etc. until friday when i will get up, go to school, come home, go to work, come home go to bed...etc.

i am a sandwich person... like in kids in the hall... there are those people who go all through their miserable days and keep thinking to themselves "well at least i got that sandwich to look forward to".

which brings me to my food addiction... i am trying... REALLY trying to diet... but someimes i think... why? what is the point? noone is looking at me anyway. which makes me eat... which makes me depressed, which makes me eat... i go all day thinking when am i gonna eat next? some times when i miss a meal, or eat later i get shakes, and irritable... not because i am hypo-glycimic... or hungry... usualy i am NOT hungry... i dont know...

i just feal like the time i spend here is wasted... even now i am typing this when i should be asleep... i feal like nothing i do is ever gonna be good enough... i dont know... maybe it is just cos it is a quarter after 3 in the morning... and i know thinkgs wont look so bad in the morning... but you know what? after each morning is another night...
alone

ps. no i am not gonna off myself... i dont have a guts for that lol

pps. i really like the line about endless monotany... maybe Jacki will use it in her next story... lol