The Donuts Were a BAD idea

Alright, so yesterday I was babysitting, two girls one 14 and one 12 with special needs. The 14 year old decides that she wants to make donuts. She has the "perfect" plan, go buy Pillsbury pizza dough and fry it. (Yuck!) I ask if this is something she has done before, yes yes of course she has. Now usually I don't automatically believe the kids I babysit, and don't go along with whatever silly project/activity they want to do, but yesterday was different. The combination of the fact that I was sooo tired and too lazy to come up with another idea, the fact that she really is trustworthy, and the fact that she is pretty independent and really doesn't even need a babysitter made me decide to go along with her little plan. So we headed off to the grocery store and got us some pizza dough. We got back to the house and heated up some oil. Once it was hot we started putting balls of the dough in. It wasn't really working, the outside would burn but the inside would still not be cooked. I asked again if she had really done this before. She said yes, but fessed up that it didn't work last time either. GREAT, gross donuts and a mess to clean up, freaking fantastic. If that wasn't bad enough the oil started smoking. Immediately I turn off that stove and we turn on the fan. This wasn't helping. The house was filling with smoke, so I take the pot outside and set it in the dirt. The oil was still smoking. By this time we have all the doors and windows open and I'm getting a little frazzled. The babysitter that was supposed to stay with the girls over night was on her way, what would she think of me with this crazy disaster going on. I decide that the smoking oil needs to stop. So I grab a hose, stand far away and spray the pot down, I'm sure you know what happens next, EXPLOSION!!! I must say it was pretty awesome, and it's a good thing I knew to stand back. Anyway a couple minutes later the other babysitter shows up to the smoke filled house. Turns out she is cool and totally understands this cooking disaster. I left a voicemail on the mom's phone, she hasn't called me back. I know I'll be hired again because the mom and I are good family friends and she is very chill, I'm just looking for that reassuring, "Blair it's no big deal" call. Anyway the moral of the story is that you should stick to buying donuts instead of stupidly letting the child you're babysitting convince you it's cool to make them yourself.

Mini Rant

Alright folks (such an odd word) it is time for a mini rant session. I have recently found a new pet peeve. People trying to look like something they're not. For example there is no reason to dress in all black and grey with tons of dark eye liner if you are a happy bubbly person whose secret favorite color is hot pink. Along the same lines don't wear super conservative outfits when we all know you are dying to wear some hard core rock attire. Or if you are basically the definition of the perfect prep school girl, then why do you feel the need to be the bad girl pierced and tattooed all over? Or the goody two shoes that wears "dresses" that are the length of a shirt. Honestly I can't stand the slutty clothing to begin with, if we can see "you" when we're behind you walking up stairs then it's too short, i don't need to see that. So while I don't like these types of outfits to begin with, it bothers me much more when they are the exact opposite of who you are. a good girl doing it just gives off the wrong impression. Now I know that even I every once in a while want to dress like "something I'm not" sometimes I want to rock the dark eye liner etc. even wear something a bit more sexy, but I wouldn't do it all the time because that is not who I am and I wouldn't want people thinking that that is who I am and give them the wrong idea. Anyway that's my rant session, anyone agree with me? disagree?

Tables

So this week in website design has been all about tables. Personally I think that they are a pain in the butt to make, but they are really great for organizing your webpages. I know what you're thinking, having a table suround everything on your webpage would look silly, but luckily it doesn't have to be that way. Its also really fun because you can make different cells different background colors so your webpage can have lots of different background colors. So while it takes a lot of time and effort to organize table stuff in HTML code it really is helpful in viewing your webpages and for others, cause who doens't like a clean and organized webpage?!

I Love Disney

Alright, I know what you might be thinking, this 18 year old wears childrens bows AND is obsessed with Disney, that is just too much. Seriously though, Disney animated movies rock, especially the soundtracks. Just YouTube disney movies and all of the clips of songs will come up, after veiwing a couple I am certain you'll be obsessed too. Especially if you were a big Disney fav as a wee-one then you are sure to find that you remember most of the words and you will be inclined to sing along. This morning I sang to at least 5 songs, out loud, in my school's hallway...and sure enough people gathered around and began to sing along! So here are my list of favorites that I think you def need to check out:

I'll Make a Man Out of You - Mulan

Colors of the Wind - Pocahontas

Savages - Pocahontas

Steady as a Beating Drum - Pocahontas

Just Around the River Bend - Pocahontas

I Just Can't wait to Be King - The Lion King

The Bare Necesities - The Jungle Book

Under the Sea - The Little Mermaid

Part of Your Wolrd - The Little Mermaid

I Won't Say I'm in Love - Hercules

The Gospel Truth - Hercules

Zero to Hero - Hercules


I could go on and on....but I'm sure you're capable of finding more yourself. Disney is addicting, and that's my random revelation.

Cursors

Alright, so you may have noticed my awesome new cursor, a red bow instead of a boring arrow. So as not to be rude/commit a crime I'd like to give http://www.cursors-4u.com/ credit for that awesome cursor!! =)

COLORS

I have a new appreciation for people that create websites, it takes a lot of work! I never knew that there was so much text needed just to make each letter in a given word a different color.
<Font size = "8" color = "f725cd"> C </font>
<Font size = "8" color = "ffa210" > O </font>
<Font size = "8" color = "fffc10"> L </font>
<Font size = "8" color = "4eff10"> O </font>
<Font size = "8" color = "5ff0fd"> R </font>
All of that text, and it only spells out COLOR. But it is totally worth it, think of how lame and boring a website would be without color. BLAH BLAH BLAH(i heart ke$ha)websites would put you strait to sleep if it weren't for color. Also who knew that the primary colors we were taught in kindergarden were not the primary colors that are used to make a webpage. We learn that primary colors are red, yellow, and blue, but when it comes to screens displaying color the primary colors are red, green and blue. Supah interesting.

Rainbows

In website design we are working on colors. As a result I had a dream about rainbows last night. I drempt that I discovered a new kind of kind of rainbow. It wasn't an arc or a half arc, it was just a strait line across the entire sky. It was BEAUTIFUL! Anyway, have you ever just stopped to admire a rainbow? They are sooo cool! I wish that you could touch them, or that the ledgends about the pot of gold at the end were true, but they are still nice. Always there to brighten a dark day.

My Birthday!

So yesterday I turned 18. Wow, i feel sooo old, not. Anyway I just figured I write out all of the awesome stuff I can do today that I couldn't have done 2 days ago:
1. call all the toll free numbers
2. order things from the tv
3. buy lottery tickets
4. buy porn
5. buy cigarettes
6. get into clubs
7. lease something
8. test-drive cars
9. buy a house
10. go to real jail
11. get a normal license
12. get a job anywhere
13. gamble (at select locations)
14. go to strip clubs
15. join the army
16. get piercings without parental consent
17. get a tattoo
18. drink in many foreign countries
19. and of course, VOTE!

I wish I could think of one more thing to make it 20....but anyway, super fun. Even though I don't plan on doing most of the above(except go to real jail, that's a life goal *insert sarcasm here) it is nice to know that I can do all of this. Yippee freedom