| More Journal Entries by Gwen (age 7) |
[28 May 2009|02:17pm] |
On Saturday an Sunday, me and my little brother Spencer went to my grandma and papa's house. On Sunday, we had rocket day. That's when we shoot model rockets in the air. I don't always like rocket day. Usualy, I have fun chasing the rockets. This time, I didn't want to. So my aunt Brittany went over to a near-by playground with me. Then I had a great time!
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On Sunday, I went to Fishermen's Wharf. I went there with Spencer and my dad. First, we looked-at and went-in shops. But we didn't buy any-thing. Then, we had lunch. I had shimp, Spencer had mini corndogs, and dad had crabcakes. Then, we finally went to the aquarium! I couldn't wait to go in! First, me and Spencer got special souveneir necklaces. Then, we saw some scientific stuff. Then, we went to the aquarium part of the aquarium. The first room we went in was glass all over, even the roof was glass! The next room we went in had seven-gill sharks. Two divers went in to feed the sharks. Then, we went in a room with two rock pools. One rock pool had baby leopard sharks. You could pet them. They felt like velvet. There was also baby sting rays. They felt slimy. In the other pool, there was star-fish. Some felt slimy, some felt hard, and some felt soft.
[Teacher's comment: "Interesting! :) Excellent job!!"]
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On Saturday, I was Spencer's birthady party. He must have got like 6 playdough sets, 4 Lego Indiana sets, and some other stuff! I liked having the cake. It had lemon frosting with strawberry cake. I also liked the pinyata. It was in the shape of a car. I liked when the candy fell out.
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Today I went to see the Alta Loma band. I didn't like the Pirates of the Caribbean. (It kind-of scared me too.) I want to learn how to play the flute. What I like about songs is that some sounds seem like their comming from nowhere. I felt silly putting my hand over my heart when they played the National Anthom.
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On Saturday I went to my aunt Brina's house. It was so much fun! I did a fason show while everyone else played a board game. Then, when everyone else left, me, Spencer, and my mom got to sleepover there! I woke-up before anyone else! Plus, I got to pet her pet Weasly and her pet Toaki. In the morning, (when everyone was awake) we had pancakes. Then, we went to the zoo. It was so hot that we bought ice-cream. I couldn't belive my eyes when I saw Aunt Brina didn't get ice-cream!
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| Skater Girl |
[25 May 2009|07:40pm] |
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Gwen just said that she's always wanted to learn how to skateboard and now she also wants to learn how to roller skate. "Then," she said, "when I get really good at both, I want to try skateboarding with a roller skate on my pumping foot!"
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| Ah, First Love! |
[27 Apr 2009|10:49pm] |
Gwen is already in and out of love, in the 2nd grade.
She came home one day a couple of months ago, telling me that a boy in her class professed his love to her, and so she returned the...profession. ?
Lately, however, things have not been the same between the two lovebirds. Gwen says that she no longer loves him because he's not nice to her anymore and is even mean to her at times.
Thinking this was a teaching opportunity, I told Gwen that that was perfectly legitimate reasoning on her part.
Then she explained further that the way her ex-beau has been mean to her is by threatening her whenever she tries to hug him.
Then I was a little torn. I mean...okay, yeah, threats = bad, but...what's Gwen doing, trying to hug the poor guy all the time if he clearly doesn't like it??
Well, it's not an issue anymore anyway, since they no longer "love" each other. Gwen was, however, telling me today that even though she doesn't love him anymore, he's still an F. I was about to ask her to repeat what she'd said when she explained herself further.
Apparently, it goes like this:
BFF - Best friend forever
BF - Best friend
F - Friend
She went on to say that she hopes her ex doesn't fall to the following ranks:
JI - Just ignore
E - Enemy
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| Gwen's 2nd Grade Journals |
[19 Apr 2009|10:21pm] |
"On Monday, I played with my next-door neiboors. Then, I went inside and played Eye toy on the tv. On Saturday, me, my mom, Spencer and my dad went to Ikea to get a new bed for Spencer. We stayed so long, we ended up haveing lunch at their cafitearya! On Sunday, I played Spore intill I ran out of time."
"On Saturday, I helped my mom find toys for donaishon. On Sunday I went to my mom's friend's house. She was haveing a baby shower. It was asum! There was cupcakes, a Wii to play on, and other yummy foods."
"On Saturday, me and my little brother painted. It was so much fun! On Sunday, I wached the puppy bowl with Spencer and all my stuffed animals. I must have like 100, because that room was croweded! My dad watched the supper bowl along with my mom, my grandma and my grandpa. I kept track of all the anportint things like the tuchdown, tuchdown, tuchdown. Can you belive that one puppy did 3 tuchdowns in a row?! I know I can't! Plus, that puppy was the most valuebull puppy of the year 2009! Plus, a puppy got kicked out for fighting! Did you know that a dog came in that had no fur so they made it leave too?!"
"On Saturday, I went to Pacifica. I went to the beach that was there. I found shells. Then, I got a little too close to the water and it atacked me!! I was soaked! On Sunday, I went to the library. I checked out a game, 3 chapter books and a book. I liked playing on the computer in the library!"
"On Saturday, I pertended to be a kitten. My name was Vilot. Spencer pertended to be a kitten too. His name was Scooter. On Saturday, me, my mom, my dad and Spencer all went bowling. We all had fun. My mom won, my dad came in second, I came in third, and Spencer came in last with points."
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| Too much shopping in suburbia? |
[13 Apr 2009|07:14pm] |
At the dinner table:
SPENCER: I wish Mom was here.
ME: I'm not here?
SPENCER: No.
ME: Where am I??
SPENCER: Target.
That boy is really developing a bizarre sense of humor!
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| What's Your Personality Type? |
[11 Mar 2009|07:58pm] |
| You Are An ENFP |  The Inspirer
You love being around people, and you are deeply committed to your friends.
You are also unconventional, irreverent, and unimpressed by authority.
Incredibly perceptive, you can usually sense if someone has hidden motives.
You use lots of colorful language and expressions. You're quite the storyteller!
In love, you are quite the charmer. And you are definitely willing to risk your heart.
You often don't follow through with your flirting or professed feelings. You break a lot of hearts.
At work, you are driven but not a workaholic. You just always seem to enjoy what you do.
You would make an excellent entrepreneur, politician, or journalist.
How you see yourself: compassionate, unselfish, and understanding
When other people don't get you, they see you as: gushy, emotional, and unfocused |
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[13 Feb 2009|08:28pm] |
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Gwen put a handwritten sign on Spencer's piggy bank. It says, "Tips."
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| Agreed! |
[04 Feb 2009|09:00pm] |
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The 3 Variable Funny Test...
the Wit(52% dark, 27% spontaneous, 11% vulgar)your humor style:
CLEAN | COMPLEX | DARKYou like things edgy, subtle, and smart. I guess that means you're probably an intellectual, but don't take that to mean pretentious. You realize 'dumb' can be witty--after all isn't that the Simpsons' philosophy?--but rudeness for its own sake, 'gross-out' humor and most other things found in a fraternity leave you totally flat. I guess you just have a more cerebral approach than most. You have the perfect mindset for a joke writer or staff writer. Your sense of humor takes the most thought to appreciate, but it's also the best, in my opinion. You probably loved the Office. If you don't know what I'm talking about, check it out here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/theoffice/. PEOPLE LIKE YOU: Jon Stewart - Woody Allen - Ricky Gervais
The 3-Variable Funny Test!
- it rules -
Take The 3 Variable Funny Test at HelloQuizzy
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| Personality Test |
[02 Feb 2009|10:43am] |
Enneagram Test Results | Type 1 | Perfectionism | |||||||||||||||| | 70% | | Type 2 | Helpfulness | |||||||||||||| | 54% | | Type 3 | Image Focus | |||||||||||||| | 58% | | Type 4 | Hypersensitivity | |||||||||||||||| | 70% | | Type 5 | Detachment | |||||||||||| | 50% | | Type 6 | Anxiety | |||||||||||||||| | 62% | | Type 7 | Adventurousness | |||||||||||| | 42% | | Type 8 | Aggressiveness | |||||||||||| | 50% | | Type 9 | Calmness | |||| | 14% | Your main type is 4 Your variant is social | Take Free Enneagram Personality Test |
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| Quoting My Brother |
[28 Jan 2009|01:17pm] |
This is the type of thing my brother thinks about all the time.
How to Meet Your Older Self What do you think of this time travel scenario? I would like to see what my life might possibly be like 20 years in the future. I invent a time machine, set it to the year 2028, and go there. When I arrive, I find that no one has seen me for 20 years. I realize that I have skipped all of those intervening years with the help of my time machine, so no wonder they haven't seen me. In order to be able to meet my 61 year old self, I go back to 30 minutes before I left and watch my younger self prepare the time machine for the trip to the future. When he isn't looking, I sabotage his time machine so that it no longer works. He is visibly upset, but eventually he leaves the room, presumably to continue on with his life. I set my time machine for 2028 again and look up my 61 year old self. We have a conversation about how the past 20 years have gone for him. Things have gone well, but he's upset that he never got a chance to time travel. I tell him that I'll set that right -- I just wanted to meet my 61 year old self once and learn about a few of the pitfalls I need to watch out for. I thank him and head back to 35 minutes before I had originally left. I wait for 5 minutes until I see a previous version of myself show up -- the saboteur. I sneak up on him and tap him on the shoulder. He's surprised to see me, but I tell him that I've already gone into the future, and met the 61 year old version of ourselves. I tell him about the things I learned. "So now you don't need to sabotage his time machine," I say. He agrees and we both watch as that version of ourselves gets in his time machine, and disappears, on his way to 2028. Borrowed from: http://www.randomlife.com/
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| Spencer the Punk Lyricist |
[19 Jan 2009|10:39am] |
I foresee a punk band in Spencer's future. He was just sitting next to me, gazing out the front window, singing a made-up song consisting of these lyrics:
"Mommy got runned over
by a car, car, car"
At least he did change the last verse to:
"A car got runned over
by Mom, Mom, Mom"
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| One more request... |
[09 Jan 2009|07:57am] |
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...they played at New Wave City last Saturday, that I didn't find out about till just now! "Dance With Me" by The Lords of the New Church! I'm very sorry to have missed it. *sniffle* Guess I was on the upstairs dance floor at the time. But that must be a record: Five of my requests!
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| New Wave City: Sisters of Mercy tribute |
[04 Jan 2009|07:34pm] |
Lots of fun last night! They played some great songs. I just love the songs that give me that MUST. DANCE. feeling. Awesome.
And best of all? I got FOUR of my requests played! It's fun to know the DJs' styles well enough to know which bands they like, so I know which songs have a better chance of getting played. But of course I have to want to hear the songs, too. So it works out great when it's a DJ who has much the same taste in music that I do.
My played requests, btw, were "Do You Wanna Touch" by Joan Jett, "Nemesis" by Shriekback, "World in My Eyes (Cicada Mix)" by Depeche Mode, and "Drama!" by Erasure.
Also remember hearing:
This Corrosion - Sisters of Mercy
Dominion - Sisters of Mercy
Our Lips Are Sealed - Fun Boy 3
Peek-a-Boo - Siouxsie and the Banshees
"Antmusic" - Adam and the Ants
Headhunter - Front 242
Swampthing - Chameleons
Images of Heaven - Peter Godwin
Boy - Book of Love
There's a Light That Never Goes Out - The Smiths
True Faith - New Order
Love Will Tear Us Apart - Joy Division
Open Your Eyes - Lords of the New Church
Lie To Me - Depeche Mode
Brand New Cadillac - The Clash
Add It Up - Violent Femmes
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| Juxtaposition |
[01 Jan 2009|08:55pm] |
Great grandmother, 98.
Great granddaughter, 7.
One thinks her home is not her own, doesn't know where she is, has to be spoken to like a child.
One is evolving creatures from one-cell lifeforms into world dominators, in a computer game.
Is this really more or less how we all start, how we all end up?
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| 2009! |
[01 Jan 2009|12:33am] |
Despite my terrified misgivings, we let both kids try to stay up till midnight this year, to ring in the New Year. We let Gwen try to stay up when she was 4, and then again when she was 5, but it wasn't until last year, when she was 6, that she actually did it.
Spencer, however, stayed up, no problem, at 3-and-a-half.
I was really worried. When he gets tired...he gets monstrous. But somehow...he did great! Both of them did. Maybe because we kept them entertained enough. Spencer loves to watch Sam play games on the Wii, so that (Lego Star Wars) kept his attention for quite a while, while Gwen either watched too, played along, or played Spore on the computer. Then we all played Spider-Man Yahtzee (Gwen won). Then I played Boom Blox, at Spencer's request, then Gwen took a turn. Next, we watched a few cartoons. Then it was time for the countdown!
Now both kids are asleep. I hope. Need to go check before I hit the hay myself.
Happy New Year, everyone!
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| Back in the saddle |
[30 Dec 2008|04:15pm] |
Wow. Actually feels odd to be scoping again (editing deposition transcripts) instead of dressing up Sims at EA. Funny how all of the keyboard shortcuts come back to me if I don't think about them too hard.
I still haven't gotten a taste of "life back to normal" yet, though, since the kids and Sam are on winter break and since the in-laws are in town, staying with us. It's sort of like vacation...except that I had a transcript to work on and I also have the pressure of keeping the kids from going too stir crazy with all this time at home.
Kind of a strange in-between time.
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| January's New Wave City theme: Sisters of Mercy |
[15 Dec 2008|04:54pm] |
Just now, in the hallway at work, I passed a coworker.
ME: Do you have a song in your head?
SHE: [nods sadly]
ME: What's wrong? What is it?
SHE: ABBA, "Dancing Queen."
ME: That's a great song! Okay, okay. You can have the song that's in my head.
SHE: What's that?
ME: "This Corrosion" by Sisters of Mercy.
SHE AND ME: "Hey, now, hey, now, now / Send this corrosion to me..."
SHE: [walking away] That's much better!
ME: You can thank me later!
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| Dancing: New Wave City: 16th Anniversary |
[09 Dec 2008|07:56am] |
Last Saturday was New Wave City's Sweet 16 dance party. I didn't do my usual post-when-I-get-home because I was pretty wiped out. I had also attended EA's spectacular holiday party right before. So it was quite the lengthy night!
I didn't arrive at NWC until close to 11:00, and I found that quite unsettling. The place was already jam-packed with people, whereas I'm used to arriving when hardly anyone is there and then watching as people fill the place up. By arriving so late, I felt out of sorts, like I didn't know who all was there or what was going on. I actually talked to Dan (DJ Prince Charming) about it, and he said he has felt the exact same way in the past. (He usually arrives close to opening.)
I also had nice talks with all of the other regulars, including meeting DJ Tomas Diablo's dad!
Several coworkers had "followed" me over from the company party: Jon, Corey, and Jose. As suspected, Corey headed straight for the absinthe bar. He and Jose each got a drink. It was very cool, watching the bartender light the sugar cube on fire over the glass and then melt it into the drink.
But apparently, the drink sucked.
I don't think Corey and Jose wanted to finish it, but of course no one wants to waste booze either. I merely smelled the stuff and knew I didn't even want a taste of it. Smelled like black licorice. *shudder*
All in all, it was a fun night. The music wasn't quite all I'd hoped, but I did hear plenty of good stuff. Let's see how many songs I can remember, the Tuesday morning after....
( Some songs they played... )
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| Dancing: Barracuda vs. Temptation |
[23 Nov 2008|01:49am] |
Being new wave snobs, Amanda and I were highly leery of Barracuda. It's really an '80s music club, not an '80s new wave club, if you understand the distinction. The last time we went, we vowed to never return. But that was a while ago, now, and Brina really wanted to go to Barracuda. So I thought, hey, I'll give it another chance, and I encouraged Amanda to do the same.
I arrived first, at 9:45 p.m.
At 9:47 p.m., I texted both Amanda and Brina: "I'm here."
At 9:52 p.m., I texted just Amanda, "I've had enough. I'm done here."
Somehow, I managed to get the whole lot of us over to the Cat Club for Temptation instead. Whew! Much better. I just don't like the vibe at Barracuda. They don't take the '80s seriously enough.
So at Temptation, it was me, Amanda, Brina, Didi, Erik, Jon, Corey, Jose, and Cole. (Ha! And DJ Skip had made fun of me for putting myself down as "Jennie +10" on his guest list! I came really close to 10, so there!)
( Some songs they played... )
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| Smokin' |
[20 Nov 2008|10:36am] |
I'm kind of jealous that it seems perfectly acceptable for people who smoke to take breaks during the work day. No one bats an eyelash because, hey, smoke break.
Still not sure if it's worth it to be jealous, though. Because, hey, lung cancer.
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