Random Facts of Uselessness #8

I've been thrown into this vicious sleep cycle. Every day, I can't sleep until about one in the morning. Then I wake up at nine or ten. Later on, at about four in the afternoon, I find myself so fatigued that I have to take a nap. Then, I can't sleep. Problem is, I'm too lazy to do anything about it.

Hello everyone! It's been a while, hasn't it?

• Banging your head against the wall burns about 150 calories per hour. What about a desk?
• When hippos are upset, their sweat turns red. How does that even work? Like is their sweat magically psychic or something?
• You will produce enough saliva in your lifetime to fill two swimming pools. Um, gross? Certainly not looking forward to jumping in that refreshing pool.
• About 8,000 Americans are injured by musical instruments. Good thing I no longer play the flute.
• A small child could swim through the veins of a blue whale. What? You should see the face I'm making right now typing this. It looks something like this:
  

Have fun spreading those facts around the world!

From my corner to yours,

Jennifer Whyskers

So...... I'm Valedictorian... (And don't you dare delete my pictures)

Hello!

I found out about this a while ago but I've just been too "busy" (AKA, lazy) to actually type this out. But today I decided to because I don't want to clean my room either.

Anyway, on Monday, I will be graduating from middle school. I also, as the title says, am valedictorian. Was I shocked? Not necessarily. I've always had straight A's, so I always felt I had a shot at being valedictorian. There was one other boy who I thought might win it because he also was on the high honor roll for most of the year. What was really surprising was that boy didn't win salutatorian. My friend did. Not that my friend isn't smart, she is. I just expected it to be the other boy. (Girl power right here: All four years that I've been in middle school, both the valedictorian and salutatorian of the graduating classes were girls.)

The sucky part? I have to write a speech. And say that speech at graduation. Basically my friend and I FaceTimed each other and complained how we didn't want to write the speech to procrastinate actually writing the speech. Ugh.

But, because I'm a nerd, I included Harry Potter quotes in my speech. I also tried to add tiny bits of humor so it's not boring. I really don't think I succeeded, but whatever.

While trying to write my speech, I contacted one of my friends who was valedictorian last year. She told me to remember that my speech should pretty much say, "Whelp, it was fun while it lasted, but I hate you all and good luck with the rest of your lives." I didn't say that, by the way.

The best part of being valedictorian? I hold the power. Since the valedictorian speech is at the end, I am the reason that people can't leave and go home to their nice houses. Basically, you better be nice to me, or I'll just keep rambling on for hours. Hehehehehehehehehehe!!!!!!!!!!!!!

On an unrelated note, I'm annoyed at my high school. They expect us to get our summer homework offline, but don't give us our schedules to know what classes we need to get the homework from. Logic.

Also unrelated: I got really annoyed at someone the other day. He was looking at a picture off my phone. When he gave it back to me, I realized he deleted most of my pictures. He told me he just deleted some useless selfies and pictures. Um, I'm sorry, but my pictures of Taylor Swift are not useless! Then, he had the audacity to say she sucks. >:( Oh my god did I want to kill him. Thank god I have iOS 8 so I can recover deleted pictures. Oh, and I'm sorry, it's my phone, don't you dare delete my pictures. It's one thing if it's a picture of just you, but pictures of me in DC with my friends? Seriously? He's lucky I had to leave, because I would have strangled him. KABJLEFRHKJABKKLHRBJLERGFKHFJEH!

That's my rage right there. I write jibberish when I'm really excited, or really, really, REALLY angry. Guess which one I am right now.

Wow, I ended way off topic. Guess that's what happens sometimes.

From my corner of the world to yours,

Now We Have Bad Blood for Centuries

If you haven't figured it out yet, I really, really, REALLY like Taylor Swift. Also, I am kind of obsessed with Fall Out Boy. Not once did I think, "Would it sound good if they just happened to be mashed together?" because I thought that their styles wouldn't mesh well. Taylor is poppy and upbeat, while Fall Out Boy is a little more rock and roll. Those won't blend well. Wrong.

Enter Bad Blood vs. Centuries. How did I survive without this? That's right, I didn't. I have died and gone to music heaven. And the genius who came up with this? Genius. The songs fit so perfectly it's like they were made for each other. I'm obsessed with Taylor mashups at the moment and this one is by far my favorite. Now, someone needs to put Centuries to the tune of Bad Blood and see how it fits. I bet you it's amazing. I'll go as far to say I'll bet you five bucks it's amazing.

HEHEHEHEHEHEHE!

I probably should have seen this coming. I mean, Victoria Secret Fashion Show anyone?

Best performance EVER!!!!!!!! They need to team up more often. 

Also, this is kind of adorable. :)

Now the only thing that would make this better is if Taylor performed the Bad Blood mashup with Fall Out Boy at my graduation party. Too much? Hey, a girl can dream.

From my corner to yours,

Jennifer Whyskers

I'm Back!

I am a terrible, horrible person, because I've been home for almost a week now, and I still haven't posted anything. I'm so sorry! *crawls into corner and sobs*

Hello everyone!

I'm happy to say I made it back safely from my trip to D.C., and it was AMAZING! I thoroughly enjoyed myself. It was so much fun! I got to see several different monuments, museums, and government buildings (My favorite was probably the Franklin Delano Roosevelt memorial. Even though it rained while I was there.)

I honestly don't know how to describe my trip, so I'm just going to list all the places I went. Maybe with pictures. If I'm not too lazy. Hehe. And they may not be in the right order. I'm just going to list the ones I remember.

• Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial. This was by far my favorite. It had four "rooms" that represented his four terms as president of the United States. It was so beautiful and serene.

• Arlington National Cemetery. I'm pretty sure there was a funeral going on somewhere in the cemetery because I kept hearing gun shots.
• The White House. Duh. (We only saw the outside. We couldn't go in it.)
• The Capital Building. I actually took a tour inside and got a glimpse of the speaker of the house, John Boehner. Just a teeny tiny glimpse. But still cool. Also, the dome was under construction, so we couldn't see the entire thing. Bummer.

Can you find George Washington in the picture? Look hard! If you find it, put in the comments where he is.

• The Vietnam Memorial. My uncle who Taylor Swift reminds me of was in the Vietnam war. He didn't die in the war though.

The idea for the memorial was the result of a contest. The winner designed the wall. Originally, the Vietnam veterans hated the memorial design because it was black while the other monuments were white. The veterans thought it would be perceived that the Vietnam war was a negative thing. However, when it was built, they realized that you can see your reflection in the wall, representing those people's families who sacrificed for the war too.

• The Korean War Memorial

There are 19 statues, which are reflected in the black wall to make 38 soldiers in total. This represents the 38th parallel, or the line that divides North and South Korea.

• WWII Memorial. This was probably my second-favorite memorial, mostly because of what happened during WWII. My tour guide kept going on about how this was one of the greatest times in American history, whereas I can't consider WWII to be a good time in anyone's history because of what happened in Germany and the Holocaust. 

• Martin Luther King Memorial.
• Smithsonian Natural History Museum. The Hope Diamond is both gorgeous and cursed.

• Smithsonian American History Museum. I got to see Dorothy's ruby slippers! I actually had a pair when I was younger, but they got glitter everywhere so I donated them.

• Lincoln Memorial. Good old Abraham Lincoln. What a great president. Also in that memorial is a marker of where Martin Luther King gave his "I Had a Dream" speech.

• Jefferson Memorial

There is probably more, but I'm too lazy to actually put my brain to use. It continues to sit on my dresser as I refuse to bring it to school with me. 

The other thing I learned while in our nation's capital is that I'm a pizza snob. But I already knew that. And there are no good memes for pizza snobs. Get on that internet.

From my corner of the world to yours,

Jennifer Whyskers

Can't Contain Excitement

Guess what?

I'M GOING TO D.C.!!!!! It's my school trip this year. I am SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO excited to spend three days with three of my best friends touring our nation's capital, stuffing our faces with candy, and jamming out to R5's new songs. :)

I also can't wait for school to end. Like now. My school year ends on the 22 of June. THE 22 OF FLIPPING JUNE! I am so done with school now. Like I used to have bad days and normal days. Now they're practically all bad.

Something amusing did happen today in school. My geometry class had to take a high school math placement test last week even though we took it last year. My math teacher from the high school, however, didn't want us to take it. Plus she has to grade them. So not only does she have to grade the algebra kids' tests, she has to grade ours. Also, normally the multiple choice are scored on a special form that can be run through the computer, which grades them. However, my class had to fill out a photocopy, which has to be hand scored. 100 questions times 25 kids equals a ton of unnecessary work.

Basically my teacher told me she's shredding them. Fine by me.

Apparently, however, it's not fine with my principal, who wants the scores to improve the seventh grade algebra class. Kinda hard to do when they're shredded.

I have no idea if my principal called my math teacher in time, or if our tests are sitting in a pile at the bottom of the shredder. I guess I'll find out tomorrow. I just thought that was funny. I honestly hope they got shredded. That's what my school gets for lack of communication.

Ugh. I still have to pack for my trip. We leave early Wednesday morning and get back Friday afternoon. So I still have some time to pack, but knowing me I'll wait till the last minute like always.

And Pretty Little Liars comes back tomorrow. I NEED TO KNOW WHO CHARLES IS NOOOOW!

Who is this? I NEED TO KNOW MARLENE KING!

From my corner to yours,
Jennifer Whyskers