January 15, 2008
1. An apple, onion, and potato all have the same taste. The differences in flavor are caused by their smell. To prove this – pinch your nose and take a bite from each. They will all taste sweet.
2. Grapes explode when you put them in the microwave.
3. Only food that does not spoil: honey.
4. When it originally appeared in 1886 – Coca Cola was billed as an “Esteemed Brain Tonic and Intellectual Beverage”.
5. Guinea pigs and rabbits can’t sweat.
6. Ketchup was sold in the 1830s as medicine.
7. A group of twelve or more cows is called a flink.
8. Pigturducken is a pig, stuffed with a turkey, which is stuffed with a chicken, deep fried in oil, which is usually put into something similar to a horse trough over propane burners.
9. When Gerber baby foods began to sell in parts of Africa, they continued to use their usual packaging, with the cute baby on the front. They didn’t realize until later that where they were selling it, it was a common practice to help illiterate people buy things by putting pictures on the wrapper of what was inside.
10. A ball of glass will bounce higher than a ball of rubber. A ball of solid steel will bounce higher than one made entirely of glass.
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January 14, 2008
- Ichigo Neko
I know this sounds really emo but.. to get rid of the walls that I’ve been surrounding myself with for so long that keep me away from making good friends.. I can’t really explain this so… yeah.
- !~July-Chan~!
Hmmm… I would have to say… Be nicer to my father…
I think thats going to be a tough one though because whenever we like talk well most of the time I end up yelling at him because he never really makes and sense and never understands what I’m trying to say…
like we are talking about how being absent for school is bad then it leads to how if you don’t follow him we will go on the wrong path and we might end up becoming bad people doing drugs and in gangs… OMG! How could I not yell at him… He never understands us and I never get to do anything! LIFE SUCKS!
I actually think this is my #1 New Years Resolution every year but it quite never works out…. It seems he is getting meaner by the minute… Maybe its cuz the meds… lol.
- Shouga
Overall, I would say my real resolution is to be myself, and to be strong. After all the years I’ve spent trying to be someone I’m not, and being weak when I was younger and allowing other people to influence me, I’ve finally been able to break out of this pattern this year. And I want to continue this, and be who I truly am inside.
- Shinobi Guyver
My number ONE New Year’s Resolution is to make a difference in people’s lives. The way I plan on accomplishing that is to become a teacher.
- Darkisc
My 2008 Resolution goes to Akari. I resolve that I will be with Akari here in California, to start our lives together, and that we will begin our family, as the McKinney family. My resolution is to bring Akari to California.
- Atsu-chan
My resolution for 2008 is to get better. I still get depressed.
- Norika Hiwatari
Hmm… well, my number one New Year’s Resolution for 2008 would be to study well in school and in college. Aim for high grades! *raises fists and poses*
- ConCon
Number 1: Make use of my time.
- wiccachick
Let’s see, staying clean would have to be the first, then quiting smoking. They would be the hardest and the most profitable one’s to do!
- ouranfan101
My NUMBER 1 New’s Resolution is……TO BECOME A NARUTO CHARACTER COSPLAYER!!
Explaining my resolution: This year in 2008 I will try to buy the costumes(or make them) and make my own YouTube series as a cosplayer!! x3
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January 14, 2008
- Atsu-chan
One beautiful thing that I saw..was the act of kindness when I was in the hospital a few years ago. You see, no one knew what was wrong with me. I even had to go to the Children’s Hospital in Columbus, Ohio. It turns out I had Depression..a severe case.
One girl was in the same room I was…she looked like she had cancer, but most of her hair had grown back. I was getting a blood test done and I was crying and struggling to get away from the needle.
Well, that girl..who’s name I never got..came over and hugged me in order to calm me down and make me stop crying.
I got the blood taken..and then I left. She actually left with me and hugged me again on the way out, saying, “I hope you’ll get better soon, hun. Take care of yourself and remember, someone is always watching out for you. Everywhere you go.”
- Satoki
The most beautiful thing I have seen is … imperfection. For something to be perfect, they rely on the imperfections – the faults in people, the flaws of their lives, the masks they so carefully craft to hide thei true feelings … no, it’s like ying and yang. And I’m always dazzled, always fascinated by how real, how scared, how frightened, and how moody people can be.
I’m going to sound like a sadist, but understanding people’s fears, seeing their tears – to me, for some reason, it’s like a song, a beautiful song. It happens everyday, and it reminds me of reality, before I lose myself in a fantasy world.
- I know and am around a lot of children and teens who are terminally ill. And yet they are some of the most optomistic people I know. I’ve also seen great generosity in people. Hundreds of people who will pull together to help a child in the hospital or to spend a week making an amazing summer for someone who spends most of their life around needles. So I suppose the most beautiful thing I’ve seen is the human spirit at its finest.
- AsprngWrtrFrvrD
The most beautiful thing I have seen is the way that just having someone there for you as more than a friend can transform someone’s life. Someone I know has gone through a lot of stuff in their life. More than most people go through in their whole life and she started dating someone and the transformation is just woah. She still has her problems and she still is upset ut just to see her face light up when you mention her boyf it makes me so happy. She has got to be one of, if not the nicest person I have ever met and she does not deserve all the crap she has gone through so to see her so happy and full of life is just really really beautiful.
- DeemedRenge
The most beautiful thing I saw was my date when I danced my first slow dance, I guess it wasn’t beautiful per se, but the feeling was, it was just like even though the date was just ‘as friends’ it was just the feeling of; ‘Wow, this guy took a few hours out of his Saturday night to go with me to this.’
- neko_kyo92
beautiful thing i ever seen was over at the LOPC. all the choirs had dressed up so beautifully, their voices and songs just make your heart fly. It was very nice, specially wen the lights dimmed and the solo sang her part. such a BEAUTIFUL~ voice.
- LalaOsaka
The most beautiful thing I’ve ever seen is the Northern Lights. Something about them is just so elusive and pretty, the way the colors just seem to flow through the air.. I could sit for hours and watch them.
- Suzumiya Haruhi
My two friends and I were swimming in the lake, at sunset… And in one side of the sky was a rainbow, while in the other, the clouds were being silouhetted by the sun. They were a yellow-pinkish-purple, and it was like the perfect moment…
- twistafate
When I was riding in my classmate’s car and we were going over this overpass and I just happened to look up at the sky. The light from the sun was escaping through gaps in the clouds and were creating this effect that was simply beautiful. You could actually see the rays that were shining down. It’s just awe inspiring.
- little_kitty
I’d have to say that the most beautiful thing I’ve ever seen was my first time at the ballet. The lines and extensions – not to mention their jumps, that they hit were so lovely and perfect is amazed me that they were even human.
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