My Very Lovely Day: Fri, Jan 23, 2013

My day today was just great. AKA, my day sucked. First of all, my sister has the stomach bug. I don't want the stomach bug! I love my sister to pieces, but please don't share your germs with me. No one wants to be up all night throwing up. And if you do, you are crazy. Absolutely crazy.

Besides that, math class was boring and confusing. Right at the moment we are learning about triangles and different lines and points in triangles and I can't keep them straight. What the heck is the difference between the orthocenter, centroid, circumcenter, and incenter? And, why the heck do we need to be able to find this stuff anyway? Oh, and actually doing the work and getting really ugly fractions? Forget it. It's not happening.

As usual, my teacher gave me homework. Fun. That right there brings down the rest of my day. 20 questions with parts A, B, and C. Oh, and don't forget part D!

Oh, but wait! It gets worse!

Why I hate Math Textbooks

If you are a student, I can almost guarantee that you hate to do math homework. Unless you are a nerd who loves math. In that case, lucky you! I wish I had enthusiasm and actually wanted to do my math homework. Instead, I dread doing anything that even involves coming anywhere near my Geometry textbook.

(Random Fact: Arithmophobia is the fear of math. 2+2=4!!!!!!)

As usual, my Geometry teacher gave my class homework from the textbook. When I counted the problems, I was happy to see that there were only about 15 problems to do. Remember, I am in geometry, so about 7 or 8 of those problems involved some kind of graphing, which I happen to despise. I hate graphing with a burning passion. However, in comparison to some of the homework I've been given, this was not a lot of homework at all. 

When I got home, I began to start my homework. The first 7 or 8 problems were no big deal, even if several of them involved graphing. I was so excited to see that I was almost done with my homework, until I got to some of the application questions. 

Why I Hate Insurance Companies

As you may know, I am allergic to the world.  To just highlight some of the long list of allergens I am allergic to, the most serious allergies of mine are:

• Peanuts
• Horses
• Cats
• AND MANY MORE!!!!!!!!!!!!

Because of these multiple allergies, I have to carry around an EpiPen. I’ve never had to use one, knock on wood, but better be safe than sorry! Plus, the school also has to have one in case of an emergency. On top of that my mom normally carries one as well.

Trust me, there is no shortage of epinephrine at my house.

Anyway, the EpiPens don’t last forever. In about six months, they expire and I have to get three new sets. It just so happened that mine expired at the end of December, so I had to get new ones. My allergist recommended I get the new kind of EpiPen that talks you through what to do to inject the medication. You know, just in case I am unresponsive and I cannot stab myself, someone else knows what to do. It’s a really nice feature to have.

So, my mom went into the pharmacy to get three sets of the new talking EpiPens with the assumption that they would each be approximately $100. She knew that the new talking ones were a little more expensive than the old, non-talking ones, which were $75 a set. She, at the time, thought $75 was outrageous. Boy does she wish she could go back to paying a mere $75.

Random Facts of Uselessness #2

Hello everyone!

Here are some more of those random facts freshly plucked from my brain. As you know, freshly plucked facts of uselessness are the best kind of facts.

Here are my random facts of uselessness, #2.

• "Four", is the only number that has the same number of letters as its value.
• Peanuts are one of the ingredients used in dynamite. Guess I am not blowing anything up anytime soon.
• Research shows that mosquitoes are attracted to people who have recently eaten bananas. Good thing I don't really like bananas.
• Chionophobia is the fear of snow.
• Young giraffes sometimes moo.

And there you go! Now the next time you here a moo, it is either a cow or a baby giraffe. I hope it's the giraffe.

I mean, look at that face!

From my corner to yours,

Jennifer Whyskers

Why I Hate Allergies

Hello everyone!

Recently I went to the allergist because I had an allergic reaction to who knows what that wasn't going away. I've had allergic reactions before, but they usually went away after I took a Benadryl. Or, if the hives and rash from the reaction were persistent, my doctor would give me a round of prednisone and the rash and symptoms would be gone. But not this time.

Nothing was working. All Benadryl was doing was making me sleepy, and the prednisone would make it go away before promptly coming back. So, my doctors decided that it was time to see an allergist. Joy.

For three days before my visit to the allergist, I couldn't take any antihistamines. Which means no allergy medication. No Benadryl, no Zyrtec, nothing. It was awful. By the time I got to the allergist, I wanted to tear my skin off. Literally. I thought I couldn't be any itchier. Boy was I wrong.

When I finally saw the allergist, he had me scratch tested on my forearms. This is where things get really bad.

I reacted to almost everything, which my made my arms itch and swell like crazy. Even my face started to swell from the scratch test. The worst part was I couldn't touch my forearms for 15 minutes. 15 minutes of wanting to dig my nails into my skin and just rip it off. Not fun.

After those agonizing 15 minutes, my allergist finally came in and read my arms for allergies. The result? I am allergic to:

• Peanuts. No going nuts for me. Not unless I want to explode into a balloon and tear off my skin.

• Horses. No majestic riding into the sunset for me. It's so bad I can't even go down the same street as a horse without exploding. Want to go to Dunkin Donuts? Oh no sorry I can't, some guy has a horse-drawn carriage on the same street. It also really sucks because my aunt has a horse and I have actually learned how to ride a horse. I just had to take a Benadryl before and after the lesson and shower the instant I get home.

• Dogs and cats. And I know what your thinking: Jenn, you have a dog and a cat? Do you have to give them up? The answer is no. My reaction was only mild. It's mild enough that as long as cat hair doesn't get on my face, I'll be fine. Plus, an allergy pill everyday will keep me from experiencing symptoms. 

• Several (and when I say several, I mean at least 8) different types of tree pollen, which are most prominent in the springtime. Looks like I just gained another reason to hate the spring.

• Several types of mold prominent in the fall. (Sorry there is no picture they were all really nasty and gross.) Guess what? I hate the fall too.

And there is probably more too! The scratch test just tested for environmental things. (We threw the peanuts in there because we already knew I was allergic to peanuts. And we were right.) Now my allergist wants me to get a patch test to test for other things I could be allergic to. And that involves getting stickers on my back for two days. Oh, more joy!

That was total sarcasm by the way.

From my itchy, scratchy corner to yours,

Jennifer Whyskers

Random Facts of Uselessness #1

Hello everyone!

As you may or may not know, I am quite the nerd who is full of random facts that no one really cares about. Except for me.

I have decided to start to compile a list of all of these random facts and post them for the world to enjoy. Then, you can go up to your family members and impress them with all of your knowledge.

So, without further ado, here is my list of random facts of uselessness, #1

• A goldfish has an attention span of three seconds.
• Boxing is the only sport where neither the contestants nor the spectators know the score until the very end.
• A lemon contains more sugar than a strawberry.
• If China's population were to walk past you one at a time in a line, the line would never stop due to the rate of population.
• Cashews come from a fruit.

And there you have it! This is the beginning of my list of the random facts you may or may not know about our world. I hope you enjoyed my very first Random Facts! Now go out into the world and impress your family, friends, co workers, peers, pets, anyone really with your new found knowledge.

Until next time, from my corner to yours,
Jennifer Whyskers

Why People Scare Me Sometimes

Hello everyone!

Welcome to my very first rant! I hope you enjoy this because I found this rather annoying.

Recently my friend showed me this tweet that someone had tweeted on Twitter that really made me question the IQ of our fine country. And the tweet said something like this:

Harry Potter confuses me. I honestly don't understand why they would make 7 horrible and stupid books after 8 incredible movies.

Seriously? Have you been living under a rock for the past 20 years? Or have you just isolated yourself in your house? The books came first!

And this is my opinion, but the books were so much better than the movies. (Except for maybe the fifth one; in the book Harry was a brat.) Even if you don't like Harry Potter, the books are far from stupid. The story line and books are so interconnected it is as if J.K. Rowling wrote the entire series in her head before she started. Things that happen in the seventh book could only have happened if something in the first book happened and minor things that you wouldn't think would impact the plot at all affect the story so much. For example, the fact that Lily's patronus was a doe impacted Severus, who was in love with her. His patronus took the form of a doe, and it was he who cast the patronus which led Harry to the sword of Gryffindor in the last book. Since Lily Potter's patronus was a doe, Harry at first thought the patronus was his mother's.

See! Far from stupid, like Harry Potter is on a different dimension than stupid and that tweet.


This tweet really scared me though. Unless it was written by a two-year-old (who shouldn't be on Twitter), this person should have known that the books almost always come before the movies. What makes people think otherwise is because there is always that percentage of the population that only reads the street signs and wouldn't be caught dead on the same street as a bookstore. Want to go to Starbucks? Oh sorry, I can't, there is a bookstore right down the street. Seriously people! Why don't people read anymore?

Until next rant, from my corner to yours,
Jennifer Whyskers

P.S. Obviously if you have read this far into this post you are not one of those people who don't read anything. You're reading right now.

More about Me

Why hello everyone!

I kind of decided that if you are going to listen to me rant about all the things in life there is to complain about, I should tell you a bit about myself.

• I am 14 years old.
• My favorite color is pink.
• I have 1 dog, 1 cat, and about 20 fish.
• I hate olives.
• My hobbies include singing, reading, and hanging with my friends.
• I have memorized (and promptly forgotten) 300 digits of pi. 3.14159265358979...
• I am afraid of spiders. 
• I am full of random facts of uselessness that I find interesting. Everyone else finds them annoying.
• My favorite food is gelato. Not ice cream, gelato. There is a difference.
• I like cats. Even though I am allergic to cats.
• My favorite number is 6. Don't ask me why but it is.
• I hate mustard.
• I love bacon dipped in maple syrup.

And that is pretty much it for my random facts of uselessness about me (See what I did there!). Oh, one more thing. I love to listen to music, primarily Taylor Swift and Fall Out Boy. Because Taylor Swift and Fall Out Boy are so similar.

From my corner to yours,

Jennifer Whyskers

Welcome to My Corner!

Hello Everyone!

Welcome to my very own corner of the world! I have decided to open up my corner of the world to you for your enjoyment. My corner consists of, well, me, my computer, my ingenious mind (Hehe no.), and of course you. It may sound boring to you now, but trust me when I say that I am far from boring. At least I hope I am.

My one rule for this blog is quite simple: Leave your problems behind at the pressing of my blog. I honestly hope I can help you forget your woes for least 5 minutes with my hilarious sense of humor (Which doesn't exist!) and the countless things that make me angry. Because sometimes all you need to feel better about yourself is to read about someone facing the same problems as you are, having the same complaints as you do, and ranting on about how sometimes, life can be pretty sucky. And trust me, I will do a lot of ranting. Better to rant here to an accepting, understanding Internet than to my friends and family, who are sick of me and my complaints.

Cause the Internet is so accepting and understanding.

Anyway, I just want to say I am thoroughly excited to finally open my corner's doors and present to you a piece of me and my life. My corner is about to get a little bit bigger, which is pretty cool if you ask me.

I hope there is enough room!

From my corner of the world to yours,
Jennifer Whyskers