What to Bring

"One of the world's tiresome questions is what object one would bring to a desert island, because people always answer 'a deck of cards" or 'Anna Karenina' when the obvious answer is 'a well-equipped boat and a crew to sail me off the island and back home where I can play all the card games and read all the Russian novels I want." -Lemony Snicket, Horseradish: Bitter Truths You Can't Avoid

Yesterday, in English/Reading class, we had a variant of this question. We were asked the three things we would take if we had to leave our homes. I, for one, generally have a hard time taking these questions seriously because they aren't really happening, what counts as a "thing" is never specified, and the exact circumstances are never given. GM, who happens to also be in that class, seems to have the same thoughts about this. I particularly like one of her answers, which was to bring some pepper spray and a baseball bat, presumably to injure whoever is trying to get her to leave home. Well, I also like her other answer of "a box of everything I own."

11111

Well, you missed 11111. I do get the feeling that you won't be 2222, either. (cough, cough, everyone who used to read the blog, cough)
Sorry, I asphyxiated some liquid right there. 

Persistent Online Tutor

I went to look up some math vocabulary and this happened.

The "live" Math Tutor (capitalized because that's apparently a title or something) obviously doesn't understand no and is determined to make me work on the whiteboard. *Sigh* Unfortunately, some real life teachers can be this way too.

STOP

When someone is doing something really stupid or annoying over and over, it's like...



Please!

More Poll Stuff

If you did the poll, please tell us what your reason was/is if you chose answer 3 or 4.

Things in China That Are Worth Mentioning

This has almost nothing to do with the actual post, but I, GM, have decided to quit using tags because they are useless.

As some of you know, I went to China for about a month, and saw some pretty interesting things. This is a list of these things.

• Min Le Food Store
• On several signs in China:"China Intangible Cultural Heritage" 
• The brand of metal detector at a railway station: "Super Scanner"
• A tour guide waving over a large crowd a foam hand with only the middle finger pointing upwards

Store Signs

I went to with my mom to pick up my sister from school and passed these interesting signs.

Open 7 Days- On a grocery store. It's a little vague, to me at least. So are you open seven days a week? Or are you open any random seven days? Or have you been open seven days since your grand opening? Or has this store existed since the beginning of time and will only open for seven days starting whenever it wants to? Oh, well, I think it's safe to assume it's open 7 days a week... But I did have fun thinking of all the possible meanings. They probably just didn't want to pay for a bigger sign.

Taxes-R-Us- Well that's a miserable name... I don't know what they do there. Hopefully, they help people with their taxes, not give people taxes. The name seems to suggest that they sell taxes to people. See, Toys-R-Us sells toys. So logically, Taxes-R-Us would sell taxes...

Mostly Trucks- I thought this one was amusing for no apparent reason. Maybe because it sounds so uncertain and conversational. "Hey, how are you doing?" "I'm okay... Mostly trucks." Something like that.

A Lie: "Just One Click Away! "

Today, we I found a clothing catalog in the mail. At the end, it said "Men's items are just a click away at *insert their website which I can't remember now*!" I went to their website, and unless you are on the website's homepage with your mouse right over the link to the men's clothing, you are not "just a click away."


So I tried to figure out how many clicks it would actually take if your computer was off, and you wanted to get to the men's clothing...
Click #1- After turning on the computer, you click on your account.
Click #2- After logging in, you click on your browser of choice.
Click #3- After your browse loads, you click on the address bar and type in the website.
Click #4-After the website's home screen loads, you click on the tab that reads "MEN."
Click #5- There aren't actually any men's clothing items on that page, so you then have to select a category of stuff.

Oh wait, there's more than clicks!
Don't forget the pushing of buttons/typing on the keyboard!
So...
1 button push to turn on the computer
1 press of the enter key to enter your password
12 letters/symbols to type for the URL

The accurate advertisement would be:
Just 5 clicks, 1 button push, 1 key to press, and 12 typed characters away!

Unfortunately, it's not as catchy, but hey, it's honest.

 (Psst, you know what is just a click away once you have turned on your computer and opened your browser? The Why Not 2000 blog's latest posts! Well, assuming you've bookmarked it...)

Think and Say

Sometimes the things I think and the things I say are completely different. Well, not with my closer friends but with everyone else, yep. I don't know why I do this. Perhaps I try to conform to the weirdness/normalcy level of others around me, so I'm not singled out or something. Saying exactly what I think would probably make a lot of people either hate me or consider me extremely annoying, so I suppose saying things I'm not thinking is often a good thing.


For example:
When someone asks to borrow a tissue...
Think: Sure, have a tissue. But keep it! I don't want that tissue after you use it!Ugh.
Say: Sure...

When someone asks for anything with incorrect grammar...
Think: Aghhhhh, no, no, no. You're going to ask correctly. You should know after so many years of education! But really, I understand you, so it's arguable that this particular mistake isn't that bad, but still!
Say: Okay (if it's a reasonable thing) or No (if it's unreasonable)

When someone asks if I like his or her picture or essay or whatever, and I don't really like it much....
Think:Well, I can't say I don't like it because that would be mean. I hate to lie over something so insignificant.... But really, I think that's not terribly high quality.
Say: Uh, what a creative idea!

When everybody around me thinks someone's joke is funny...
Think: Huh? What the heck? Not funny at all! Wait, if I don't laugh they'll think I'm insulting their sense of humor, which, you know, I actually want to do since that joke was so stupid. Eh, whatever, just fake it again. There are bigger battles to fight.
Say: Ah-ha-ha! Ha... Ha...

Stuff GM Found on Google+ Today

I would publish a whole rant about how sucky the normal manufacturers of pedometers must be if Pokemon makes one and it's actually better, but I'm out of time. The thing is self explanatory.
Also, I have no proof that this is true.