tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-42348734970630288392024-03-12T22:22:40.980-07:00cats + cantaloupeinspiration from the unlikeliest of placesDanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08299059738783425958noreply@blogger.comBlogger38125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4234873497063028839.post-14868022058715212892017-04-13T03:07:00.000-07:002017-04-13T03:07:11.694-07:00how to squeeze a little volunteering/random acts of kindness into your day-to-day!! ♥Hey guys!<br />
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As the title suggests, today we'll be discussing how to squeeze volunteering into your day! I have a couple of tips I'd like to share to get in the giving spirit!<br />
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<b>1. Microvolunteering. </b><br />
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You guys, this is so legit. If you have even five minutes of free time during your lunch break or at night, you can do this. And it needn't be hard! World Microvolunteering Day is coming up; will you guys join me in making this year's rock? It takes little to no effort, unlike those stupid survey sites. You're basically being some awesome organization's assistant for a few minutes. How cool is that?</div>
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<b>2. Virtual volunteering.</b></div>
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So you want to stay at home, but you still want to volunteer. No worries! Virtual volunteering is SUCH a great option. Sparked is my personal favourite website to do this on; organizations may ask you for your opinion (not a canned, scammy survey! Just real people from the organization asking for help rating their website, etc.), or ask for someone to maintain the Facebook (great for those social media mavens!!)</div>
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Okay you guys. So you're totally lazy and you don't want to actually <i>do</i> anything. Sure, there's a volunteering option for you! My personal 3 favorite are BOINC, Tab for a Cause, and Goodsearch. </div>
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<b>3. BOINC</b></div>
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So BOINC is a great platform that lets you hook up all your devices (except for Apple mobiles and Windows mobiles!! boohoohoo) and some great organizations, such as SETI@home, will use your spare processing power while your phone/comp is charging. It's a win-win situation! I'd personally be very interested in asking the administration at my school to install BOINC on the computers. As far as we know, BOINC doesn't really affect the speed of the computers, as it stops running when a user is using the computer...</div>
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<b>4. Tab for a Cause</b></div>
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An acquaintance of mine actually introduced me to <a href="http://www.tabforacause.org/?r=11143191">Tab for a Cause</a>, which I've really grown to love. It's an extension for Chrome, and each time you open a new tab (which, if you're like me, is ALL. THE. TIMEEEEE) you earn a 'heart', which is the virtual currency you can use to donate to charity... For example, if I opened 3 tabs, I have 3 hearts, which I can now donate to the charities Tab for a Cause has partnered with (users can choose which charities among TfaC's various partners.)</div>
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<b>5. Goodsearch </b></div>
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I'm sure most of you have heard of Swagbucks and Bing Rewards. And yeah, they seem great! Search and earn free gift cards! WOOT. But if you live outside of the U.S., you can't use Bing Rewards, and Swagbucks' search engine is slow, or so I'm told, plus the earnings are unpredictable and sporadic. So if you're looking for a way to give to charity with no money out-of-pocket, look no further! Goodsearch lets you raise 1 or 2 cents per search, and the search is powered by Yahoo! (which is powered by Bing, so pretty much you get great-quality search.) The best part about it, for me, is the amazing feeling of accomplishment you get when you see how much you've earned. In fact, I'm almost at $100! Crazy, right? :) I almost can't believe it myself!!</div>
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<li>athletic footwear is so expensive. actually, clothes are expensive. it's really sad.</li>
<li>99% of the time I waste is spent reading blogs or news.</li>
<li>i am that bad kid on the block the neighbor moms hide their children from.</li>
<li>blogs are so interesting like I promise I'm going to try harder. I already have 3 posts scheduled/queued so I don't have a super long hiatus. <3</li>
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<li>I'm absolutely <i>obsessed</i> with the Geeky Girls Knit podcast. HEAVEN.</li>
<li>Nat Geo. Need I say more?</li>
<li>gmail chatting okay</li>
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<li>renaissance of the good old days??</li>
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<li>The idea of Rookie. I haven't read Rookie in more than two whole months (all without going on a Rookie diet - ew) but I'm still enamored with the idea of it.</li>
<li>I had the idea to make my own zine yesterday, and I'm still living off the high I got when I started thinking about that idea. eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeEEEEEEEEEEEE</li>
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Five items a week/day/month doesn't make me seem so insane, now does it? wink</div>
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On November 29, 2014, Ko Wen-Je, a physician with Asperger’s syndrome, won the Taipei mayoral election. While it was a triumph for a candidate who did not have any kind of political background, there was a larger force at play besides his own abilities. For the first time in history, the younger generations in Taiwan, fed up with the inaction and incompetence of incumbent politicians, decided to take matters into their own hands by publicly voicing their frustrations and directions of change, and actively transforming the ways political campaigns are conducted. As a result, Taiwanese young voters aged 20 to 35 turned out to be the dominating factor in this election and perhaps all elections in the coming years, said the Commonwealth Magazine’s Du Yihuan in “Why Will Young People Dominate at the Midterm Elections?”, a reflection of the impacts of young Taiwanese on 2014’s Taipei Mayoral election. <br />
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The story of this “Young Political Activists” movement began 15 months prior, when the death of a mistreated conscripted soldier, Hung Chung-Chiu, led to widespread protests. Hung was forced to do strenuous physical drills as a punishment for carrying a camera phone with him into a military base, even though this offense should only have warranted administrative punishments. As a result, he suffered from heat stroke and fell into a coma before dying of organ failure at a military hospital, a mere two days before he would have been relieved of conscription duty. The incident sparked roaring outcries, particularly among younger generations, and impelled a record 100,000 people demonstrating outside a Ministry of Defense building. This series of protests was a major reason for the drastic changes in legislation that followed, including the abolition of court-martial during peacetime, and the treatment of military prisoners as civilian prisoners.. <br />
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The Hung Chung-chiu incident struck a nerve in the hearts of young Taiwanese. Paired with discontent of the government’s attitude towards low salaries (“22K” is an oft-quoted statistic, referring to the monthly salary in New Taiwan Dollars afforded to minimum-wage workers, an amount that barely makes ends meet) and growing economic inequality, various scandals, such as the food safety incidents that surfaced in late 2013, only served to build up the smolder and long-lasting grudge in the hearts of activists waiting for the culmination, the tipping point, the needle on the haystack. And it did come, albeit after months of no action.<br />
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On March 18, 2014, a group of university students stormed into the National Assembly house, and, with the aid of the oppositional party, occupied it for the next two weeks. This incident, later known as Occupy Parliament or the Sunflower Student Movement, was triggered by the passage of a cross-strait service trading agreement. Students and other young people that later would join them were angered by the potential service job loss caused by this agreement, as well as the hasty process in which it was passed. To peacefully end the occupation, the government eventually accommodated the movement’s main adjuration, “demand transparency in pacts negotiated with China,” according to Du, by extirpating the agreement altogether and restarting. <br />
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A couple of months later, when election season was fully upon Taiwan, a tectonic shift in attitude was evident when contrasted with previous elections. In the past, young people either didn’t vote or only voted according to their parents’ suggestions or stances, much less actually participate in the election process. This year, however, the number of young people who signed up as candidates for local political positions had grown by more than tenfold. This also showed the remarkable change in young people taking initiative and taking responsibility for their own government. In addition, instead of following their parents’ political stances, they are thinking for themselves, coming up with their own, informed conclusions, and even make strong cases for their ideal candidates to their family members.<br />
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All over the world, young people invariably fall to the bottom of the economic ladder, and are forced to politically engage themselves in order to enact socioeconomic changes that were otherwise considered impossible boundaries to cross. Some organized peaceful strikes and protests to earnestly voice their appeals, like the Occupy Wall Street movement; others went to the extremes of instigating a civil uprising that started with riotic demonstrations and eventually led to a revolution, for example the Syrian Revolution. But Du’s article shows how young Taiwanese take a different route. They recognize and even embrace the existing political system, are able to leverage modern technologies and social media, and eventually beat career politicians at their own game. The young generation in Taiwan is not only pushing the once unshakable boundaries rooted in political stalemate, but is also showing the world a new and effective path of bettering their homeland.<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Ma Ying-Jeou, who would later become one of the KMT party's most influential leaders, catapulted into Taiwan’s political scene in 1981, as the personal English translator for then-President Chiang Ching-kuo after receiving his S.J.D. from Harvard. He defeated the seemingly unbeatable incumbent Chen Shui-bian at 1998’s Taipei City mayoral election, and set a record for the highest number of votes at 2008’s presidential elections. Today, with 14 months still left in his second term, his approval rating has already plummeted down to under 10%, making him almost a premature "lame duck". This is a story of two “Ma”s.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">After President Chiang’s death, Ma started to garner public attention due to his status as a strong advocate for exercise and an ardent blood donor. His image became that of a persevering runner steadily jogging on the streets. In 1997, he’d resigned from the position of Minister without Portfolio because he felt ashamed that he was a part of a government that had let down the citizens for failing to save the victim of a high-profile kidnapping case. This furthered his reputation, as it was such an unprecedented move among career politicians. </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">The 228 Massacre, which began on February 28, 1947, was an incident in which the KMT murdered or imprisoned many Taiwanese, including many of the elite, while occupying Taiwan during the Chinese Civil War. This, of course, caused a huge chasm between the two ethnic groups: the refugees and government powers from China, and those who had already settled in Taiwan. However, every year there was always a commemoration, which Ma attended annually, showing his sincerity even before he had become an important politician. This was an action that no KMT members had previously taken, due to their reluctance to admit such an event had even taken place. Truly, this was taken as a great step towards mending the gap that had plagued Taiwan's politics for years.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">As Mayor of Taipei City, Ma brought about many changes, most notably one of the world’s foremost Pay-as-You-Throw waste management systems. In this pioneering program, residents of Taipei City are only allowed to dispose of trash contained in special bags purchased from the government, while recycling can be disposed of free of charge. This scheme has reduced Taipei’s trash by more than 35% to date since 1999, and has increased the recycle output by approximately 260%.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">As President, Ma worked tirelessly to make peace between Taiwan and China, successfully repairing connections and instituting a diplomatic truce between Beijing and Taipei. This allowed Taiwan to maintain diplomatic relations with 22 countries, no small feat when most countries would prefer to seek China’s recognition in exchange for Taiwan’s. A notable breakthrough in regards to cross-strait re</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">lations with China was the Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement, abbreviated as ECFA, which sought to reduce commercial taxes between the two sides and promote economical interaction. This had great consequences, drastically increasing the trade between Taiwan and China.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">In addition, under Ma’s leadership, Taiwan became the 37th country to gain admittance to the United States’ Visa Waiver program, allowing Taiwanese citizens to enter the U.S. without a visa. Meanwhile, 86 more countries started to accept Taiwanese travelers with digital visas, visas on arrival, or without visas at all, bringing the total count from 54 to 140. On another note regarding international travel, Ma opened Taiwan's doors to Chinese tourists, giving the tourist trade a huge boost.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">He did things that no other politician would dream of doing because it would influence their approval rating. For example, he drafted a law to start implementing more taxes for civil servants, teachers, and soldiers, an idea that infuriated the general public, yet was necessary for a nearly bankrupt government to keep operating. Was the country’s general wellbeing worth losing a large share of his supporters? It was a complicated decision. In the end, Ma chose the righteous and less “politically correct” way.</span></span></div>
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Danahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08299059738783425958noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4234873497063028839.post-15938586687148198532014-11-17T00:43:00.000-08:002014-11-17T00:43:02.429-08:00Double Crochet Zippered Pouch pattern<span style="font-family: inherit;"><scroll waaaaaayyyyyy down for the pattern></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I've been a bit more active yarn-wise recently. I can't explain it. I think it's because of the crafting kick I've been on since Halloween, when I made a mask and a wire hairband for my school's charity crafting club, the Star Jar Club <a href="http://the-star-jar.tumblr.com/">(link)</a>. And after midterms, I felt that I literally had nothing better to do! Plus, the weather's getting cold now, (even landing me with a cold), so I thought it would be nice to pick up those needles/that hook again. While I realized I had forgotten how to cast on for knitting (silly me) I still knew how to double- and single-crochet, so I made this pattern for a double crochet zippered pouch. It is fully lined with coordinating fabric. Hope you guys enjoy! I was thinking about making more stuff for Star Jar, and I realized that since Nerd Girl Yarns is hosting the <a href="http://blog.nerdgirlyarns.com/2014/09/24/winter-is-coming-the-ngy-giveaway-game/">Winter is Coming NGY Giveaway Game</a> right now, I couldn't not participate! Hope you guys come and check me out on my Ravelry, as well!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Hello! This is a pattern for making a zippered pouch. It is my first ever pattern so please bear with me!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">You can customize the size of your pouch to your liking. I made a small-ish one, 12 dc across by 6 rows. I would not suggest going above 6 rows, as it is a pretty good depth already. I believe that you could, in theory, stretch it to 7 rows, though. However, you may decide to make more stitches across than 12.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Basically start with any yarn that will work with your size hook and that you feel comfortable with; I just used Red Heart Super Saver. You will also need two pieces of liner fabric to go on the inside that are a bit longer and wider than you want your pouch to be, in order to account for seam allowance. Also, you will need a zipper in the desired size, or, if you cannot find one small enough, there are tutorials all over the internet that will tell you how to tack, or shorten, a zipper.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">This is a perfect scrapbusting project as it uses very little yarn to crochet up 2 rectangles. It is also very beginner-friendly and is suitable for a first crocheting project, although sewing the liner may prove a bit more tricky and requires the use of a sewing machine if one does not wish to undergo the laborious process of hand-sewing.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">A note before you begin, though: You will crochet two rectangles. Please note that the finished pouch WILL be smaller than the rectangle, due to "seam allowance" when flipping it in and out. Please allow more room. To be safe, if you wish, chain 13 instead of 12 if you want the finished product to be 12 stitches across.</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Double Crochet Zippered Pouch</span></b></h2>
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">Author: Dana Chiueh</span></b></h2>
<b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Materials</span></b><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Yarn 1: Worsted or DK weight yarn, around 30 yards</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">I recommend Red Heart Super Saver or Caron Simply Soft for inexpensiveness, but you can definitely use any yarn you wish that is in the DK-Worsted weight category!</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Yarn 2: Worsted or DK weight yarn, around 5 yards </span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">in the same, coordinating, or contrasting colour. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">You will need this to sew the pouch outer together.</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">H/8 (5mm) hook</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Yarn needle</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">2 pieces of coordinating fabric in a bit longer and wider than you want your finished pouch</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">A zipper*</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Fusible interfacing or felt (optional)</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">*best if you could find a zipper that is the exact size, but you could still tack it if you cannot find a correctly sized one.</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Gauge</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I did not feel that this was necessary, due to the fact that it's merely an accessory, and that it uses so little yarn, but to provide for comparison purposes:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">6 dc stitches by 2.5 rows was 2 inches square for me.</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Procedure:</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Crocheted Outer</span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Using Yarn 1, chain</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> 12, </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">+ 2 for the first dc</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">note: if you want there to be visual interest with "holes" on the edges to create a lacing-like effect, chain 12, </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">+ 3 for the first dc.</span></li>
<li>also, you don't necessarily have to chain 12. If you want a pencil-pouch length, you would chain maybe 30 or possibly even more. 12 is a rough guideline for a coin/money purse size.</li>
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<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Turn and dc into the third/fourth chain stitch (chain #12, right before the extra chain stitches); continue to dc.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Turn and chain 2 (or 3) and repeat.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Stop when you want. I stopped after 6 rows. Bind off, and weave in the ends with a yarn needle.</span></li>
<li>Make another identical rectangle. Set both aside.</li>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Lining</span></div>
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<li>If you wish to have a sturdy pouch, now is the time to attach the fusible interfacing or to sew on the felt. </li>
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<li>Beware though, that if you are making a small pouch it may become quite bulky with the addition of the crocheted outer.</li>
<li>Note that the wrong side of your fabric or (if using) the unattached side of the fusible interfacing/felt coordinates with the crochet yarn, because you will probably be able to see through the small gaps in the yarn. Meaning, don't pick an atrocious felt colour like grape to go with your orange crocheted rectangles, unless that is by design.</li>
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<li>Place your two pieces of fabric right sides together and sew on three sides, leaving the top free.</li>
<li>Clip corners and cut off all excess fabric. Set aside.</li>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Construction</span><br />
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<li>Put the two crocheted pieces right sides together (if you have a preference for which side looks better). Using a yarn needle and the same yarn, stitch them together with overlock stitch, leaving the top free.</li>
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<li>Use the same yarn unless you want to create visual interest.</li>
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<li>Turn out.</li>
<li>Put the lining inside of the crocheted pouch, being careful to put the wrong sides together.</li>
<li>Using a sewing machine, stitch the lining opening and the crocheted pouch opening together.</li>
<li>Tack the zipper, if necessary.</li>
<li>Turn the whole pouch inside out, and attach the zipper.</li>
<li>Open the zipper and turn the pouch back to the correct side. Smooth. If using cotton yarn, you may iron. Ironing acrylic yarn is not recommended.</li>
<li>You're done!!!</li>
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That's it for today, everyone! Hope you like the finished product! <3</div>
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<a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54492/92/8F7180DBF563E70B3DF1B23B3B56D3CF.png" style="background: transparent; border: 0 !important;" /></span></a>Danahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08299059738783425958noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4234873497063028839.post-41191120294087461772014-08-02T16:24:00.004-07:002014-08-02T16:24:23.553-07:00This summer....<div class="MsoNormal">
Today was such an incredible day. But first, I’ll brief you
on everything that’s happened since I last posted. However I’ll talk more about
what has happened since I’ve come to Setauket.</div>
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Recently my days have been filled with coding mornings and
lazy noons; then math math math nonstop for hours. I hate math. But I’m
terrible at it, so I need to WORK a lot. I am taking the PSAT in mid-October so
I need to be ready. Surprisingly my “Writing Skills” are sort of terrible. I’m
not sure why. The multiple-choice answers are somewhat ambiguous and I also
have poor vocabulary. Least you would expect from me eh? I have sub-par, I
guess. I can spell all the words I don’t know the meanings of (HUGE hyperbole
okay because we all love our literary devices).</div>
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So. Coding mornings? Yes. I have been writing a bunch of
things in C because my dad says so… It’s a summer project. It’s a thing. Yes. I’ve
also been learning JavaScript (I’ve been learning for about a year or so on
Khan Academy; I never knew it was JS until I realized last month). It’s pretty
exciting. I’m actually motivated to do it because of the badges and things. AND
Pamela and Vi are so nice and funny and it makes people feel like they are capable.</div>
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Side note: I’ve “coded” my own version of Flappy Bird.
Except for 1) It’s Rainbow Dash, so it’s really Flappy Pony and 2) I didn’t
really code it. I’ve been using TouchDevelop to code it and it’s one of the projects,
which means that TD helps you do it every step of the way and tells you exactly
what to code. It’s cheating, but I understand everything that goes into it so I’m
“learning”, I guess. TouchDevelop is a Microsoft thing, by the way, and I first
used it at a Microsoft YouthSpark CodeIT! session.</div>
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This summer is IT. This summer is THE SUMMER. I’ve been
involved in A LOT of charity/volunteer work. Okay, so everything is “unsubstantial”
but I don’t care. It’s fun to do the things I’m doing: papercrafting signs for
the newly unhomeless, writing book reviews for the teens in our community,
donating a lot lot lot lot. A lot of it comes from DoSomething.org, which has a
bunch of challenges/scholarships they encourage teens to participate in.
Anyway, I’m not an ad, but I totally endorse it. I’ve also donated to our local
library’s food drive and I’m going to donate things to the Lupus charity. But the
biggest charity thing of the season will be me and my friend’s Lemonade/Cookie
Stand. AAH! Guess who’s making the cookies?!
Yup. And they’ll be madeleines!!</div>
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So why is today the best day? Because I totally found a huge
stash of wrapping paper!! AAAAAAH! Now I can use that to make Wildlife Cards
(for park rangers) and Birthday Cards (for homeless children). So yup. Today is
wonderful.</div>
<a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54492/92/8F7180DBF563E70B3DF1B23B3B56D3CF.png" style="background: transparent; border: 0 !important;" /></a>Danahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08299059738783425958noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4234873497063028839.post-38664282397130777872014-02-27T21:53:00.002-08:002014-02-28T05:16:30.986-08:00Amber: A Girl Living in the Time of Slavery<span style="font-family: inherit;">#throwbacktime !!!!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">So here is a story I wrote when I was in second grade about slavery. At the time, everybody (meaning, teachers, parents...) really liked the slaves' working song I composed within it (only lyrics, duh, not including the actual melody, which it has none.) Now, I still can't understand what is so special about it........?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Here it is!</span><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: inherit;">Note: I'm sorry that Amber's last name may be offensive to some (like, oh, her last name labels her, too). I was very young at the time of writing this... also, I do think that the word Black is in some surnames so it's not specifically targeted at Amber's race.</span></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">xxx</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: large;">Amber: </span><span style="font-size: large;">A Girl Living in the Time of Slavery</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Once, in the time of slavery, there lived a girl named Amber Blacker. She was a slave living on a plantation in a little tiny shack in Georgia.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Amber was separated from her baby sister, Anne, and from her hard working, loving sister, Sofi. Amber could not imagine life without her parents. Everyday Amber walked long distances to get water from the well and bring it to her master.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Her best friend was Becah Magres. Becah had been brought from Africa recently. Her Granny was still in Africa. Becah missed her very much. “I hardly knew her,” she said. “My Momma used to say Granny was the one who helped us all.”</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">One day, Amber was picking cotton on the plantation, when Becah started singing. When slaves sang, their songs had secret messages:</span><br />
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<b><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">When will the horses come, one by one? Let’s hope they will come soon. Here they come. Here they come. The carriages they pull. The Freedom Land, the freedom Land, is where they will go to.</span></i></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">She understood this message: the horses and carriage are like trains. The Freedom Land is Canada. All of the slaves Amber knew escaped to Canada.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">One day on August 19th, Becah, Amber, and their families escaped on the Underground Railroad with Harriet Tubman. They were scared, but they did not talk. They would get caught if they did. "The first stop is Lulu’s house”, muttered Harriet under her breath. They hid in Lulu’s garden. Her garden was full of weeds so no one could see them.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">During the night, they ran to Dunkin’s Barn. Dunkin had seven barrels-- perfect!! Each person hid in a barrel. Then Dunkin put the barrels in a wagon and drove them to their next stop. Day after day, night after night, they ran and hid. Finally, they reached Canada!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">They cheered for joy. ” I must go now,” said Harriet. “Be good and I’ll get your sisters,” she told Amber. Amber smiled. Harriet always kept her promise. Exactly a month later, Harriet brought Anne and Sofi to Canada and they all lived happily ever after.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">xx</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Oh yeah, and I got a new signature!~ <3</span><br />
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<a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54492/92/8F7180DBF563E70B3DF1B23B3B56D3CF.png" style="border: 0 !important; background: transparent;"/></a>Danahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08299059738783425958noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4234873497063028839.post-75661390160259703122014-02-03T01:55:00.001-08:002014-02-03T02:09:00.830-08:00Writer!<p>Hi y’all! Today I’m using Writer to compose this post! That’s pretty exciting, but some (maybe most?) of you guys don’t know what Writer is.</p> <p>Well, the official name is Windows Live Writer, and it comes with the Windows Live Essentials pack (free! yay!). I found out about it when I was downloading Windows Live Movie Maker, which is also part of the Essentials pack. Anyway, this program immediately caught my eye. It’s like offline composing, and it’ll publish to your blog for you, and it’s a nice, easy to use interface, and it doesn’t have orange (!!!!!!) and also it lets you edit with your blog template (except for Google fonts like mine; more on that later).</p> <p>The one thing that I absolutely cannot stand about Writer is the font problem, which of course could probably (in theory) be solved by downloading your default blog font from dafont.com or some other font library to your computer. Because my blog font, “Coming Soon,” is a Google font, it isn’t available on my PC (as of now). Normally this wouldn’t be a problem, because usually when composing in the Blogger window it shows your words in Times New Roman, and you see the final product in the Preview screen, or else after you’ve published the post. But, in the preview screen of Writer, it <em>also</em> shows everything in TNR. I have a gently and slowly decreasing hate for TNR, but it’s nevertheless still <em>there</em>.</p> <p>So, sorry for my rant about fonts (some people don’t care, but I do not belong to that category of people). And, if you would, you can check out Writer online. It’s had no problems (thus far, which is like the time it took me to write this post <img style="border-bottom-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-left-style: none" class="wlEmoticon wlEmoticon-winkingsmile" alt="Winking smile" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-y9dvx5rKx88/Uu9qeMS47jI/AAAAAAAABek/kuX4yl6dpDk/wlEmoticon-winkingsmile%25255B2%25255D.png?imgmax=800" /> )</p> <p>Oh, speaking of emoticons: Writer is great for this stuff! It provides you with emoticons while blogging. When I was trying to type ( d ) (without the spaces, duh) it turned into this: <img style="border-bottom-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-left-style: none" class="wlEmoticon wlEmoticon-martiniglass" alt="Martini glass" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-2leoaj700dg/Uu9qfAUfNMI/AAAAAAAABes/sxSxMEhZP4U/wlEmoticon-martiniglass%25255B2%25255D.png?imgmax=800" />, and when I was trying to type ( f ) it turned into the lovely <img style="border-bottom-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-left-style: none" class="wlEmoticon wlEmoticon-redrose" alt="Red rose" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-muohYzBcZ80/Uu9qf2uU34I/AAAAAAAABe0/lwnh3oFSeZs/wlEmoticon-redrose%25255B2%25255D.png?imgmax=800" />.</p> <p>So I would definitely recommend Writer to those of you in the blogosphere reading this. Thanks for reading and please leave a comment~! <3 thank you, it would make my day <img style="border-bottom-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-left-style: none" class="wlEmoticon wlEmoticon-openmouthedsmile" alt="Open-mouthed smile" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/--7w9hhzIEhw/Uu9qgtHRSAI/AAAAAAAABe8/vXDddOKGdoo/wlEmoticon-openmouthedsmile%25255B2%25255D.png?imgmax=800" /></p> <p><strong>Note:</strong> I am not in any way affiliated with Windows or any of its partners. The opinions expressed in this blog post are my own.</p> Danahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08299059738783425958noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4234873497063028839.post-65101580045232958552014-01-27T03:45:00.003-08:002014-01-27T03:45:33.320-08:00RE: "what it takes" to be american by terrySo, <a class="g-profile" href="https://plus.google.com/115706951753994705308" target="_blank">+Theresa Kuei</a> over at <a href="http://thepeacefulosmanthus.blogspot.com/">The Peaceful Osmanthus</a> wrote a<a href="http://thepeacefulosmanthus.blogspot.com/2014/01/what-it-takes-to-be-american.html"> very interesting blog post</a> about a largely debatable topic, and here is my response. All the below stuff is my opinion, although I do reference one other site.<br />
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Firstly, why does everyone say 'the States' when they move abroad? >:( Personally, I think that 'U.S.' is SO much more ear-friendly (that's not a real thing). By the way, the correct capitalization is 'the States', not 'the states'. But whatever, that's not really the point.<br />
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Well, I saw this issue on a Grammar Girl article once. She referred to U.S. citizens as 'Americans,' and that sparked a HUGE debate. Click <a href="http://www.quickanddirtytips.com/education/grammar/american-and-other-demonyms">here</a> for her "response article."<br />
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Butt, I will say that there's really no substitute for "a word to mean citizens of U.S.A." And note that I said "a word" so don't tell me "U.S. citizens". Honestly, I also assume that "Americans" (in its U.S. usage) could also refer to people who not necessarily are citizens, but who identify as "Americans"-- i.e., a person "from" or "of" the U.S.A.<br />
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Ex: illegal immigrants, especially their children (who are still alien, nonetheless). The children, who have probably never visited the country of their heritage, identify as "American" (U.S. usage). But, they may not be citizens. So, in that sense, "Americans" can mean MORE than "citizens of U.S.A." It may just mean "people of U.S.A.", for this particular usage (the so-called "U.S. usage").<br />
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In common usage, "Americans" refers to people "of" the United States of America, (and I use the term "of" loosely) but Latin Americans and Canadians, Mexicans, etc., probably DO identify as "Americans" (continental usage). I support the usage of "Americans" in dealing exclusively with U.S. people, but I also agree that it can be used otherwise, making it somewhat confusing. Butt what we have got to understand here is that the full name of USA is "United States of America," and that "America" is actually IN ITS NAME. So, that's why I support using it. There simply is no alternative, and also, it's technically an abbreviation, soo.... yup.<br />
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<3 sorry for very long article <3Danahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08299059738783425958noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4234873497063028839.post-9334177788701323192013-12-30T01:09:00.000-08:002014-01-27T03:46:17.741-08:00HAIIIIII-kusThis morning I thought<br />
things would somehow be the same<br />
but they were different<br />
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Today I thought that<br />
things would somehow be different<br />
but they stayed the same<br />
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Which one was your day?<br />
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xxDanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08299059738783425958noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4234873497063028839.post-74567922949227833202013-12-06T06:50:00.000-08:002013-12-06T06:50:00.646-08:00HAI THERE.:))<br />
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I realized that this blog has no theme, but that's okay, because it's mainly a place where I randomly say things that I want to say to the world and that's okay :)<br />
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Actually, there is a theme somewhere and it's probably diy which includes all those prompts and things from 'ye olden days' of this blog because that lets you DO IT YOURSELF and also yeah.<br />
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MERPP.Danahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08299059738783425958noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4234873497063028839.post-22037019248178856462013-11-01T03:19:00.001-07:002013-11-01T03:19:25.414-07:00Whut.HIIIIIIIIIIIIII<br />
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So the Pocahontas thing was a success. I mean Success. With a capital S.<br />
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Yeah, pictures soon. Not now. I don't have them yet :3<br />
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And the dress itself looks really itty bitty but then when i wear it it's long enough so...............<br />
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hi.Danahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08299059738783425958noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4234873497063028839.post-20299375967713563902013-10-26T06:46:00.001-07:002013-11-01T03:19:18.292-07:00Mani Saturday!! (10/26)Okay so "Mani Saturday" is a weird moniker, but stick with me :)<br />
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I LEARNED HOW TO DO ACRYLIC PAINT NAIL DESIGNS!!!!!!!!!!!<br />
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This is amazing as I LOVE acrylics..... LOVE.<br />
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I have so many CraftSmart paints that nobody knows about (haha, now you know <3).<br />
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So I finally decided to use what I learned in this video:<br />
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[boyfriend does my nails]<br />
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to do my own toenails!! <3<br />
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Now, as none of you know, (lol) I can't paint my nails because of my nailbiting problem that annoyingly still exists although I cured about 85% of it.<br />
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But............ toenails are fair game and so I did my left foot toenails for this post!! <3<br />
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2. New "Elsia" nail polish in 001(clear): see <a href="http://www.kose.com.tw/elsia/pointmake/qdnc.html">here</a>. I got it from Watson's and it was (a little) expensive but there was a sale so :3</div>
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3. Emnono nail polish, used as a base coat but it's just regular nail polish. Emnono is a no-name brand, lol. I got it from AliceBox which is our local girls' store (for lack of better name........ 0.o.......... basically it sells hair accessories and cute bracelets and rings and socks and bags and trendy clothing upstairs)</div>
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4, 5. "Ivory" and "Bright Red" craftsmart acrylic paints. <33 love.</div>
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Um, YAY! I know that it doesn't look like there's much difference, but the second one definitely is shinier (see those highlights?) and also, IT DIDN'T BLEED!~!!!!!!!!!!!!! HOORAY!!!!!!!!<br />
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I MADE THIS V BEAUTIFUL (not to be narcissist, but I already am, so...) RED-CORAL scarf for my grandmother, I am SO proud of it <3<br />
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Isn't it pretty?! The flower is a ribbon thing that I learned how to make at a tour of a very fun ribbon factory!~<br />
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Well the very pretty and digitally enhanced one is the top picture <3Danahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08299059738783425958noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4234873497063028839.post-19936453265412678372013-08-21T12:21:00.001-07:002013-08-21T12:21:36.782-07:00Um, so, some writing, yeah?Yeah, I haven't been sharing a lot of writing on here. *Sigh*. Oh well. Here's my entry for <a href="http://smileyfacegirl.blogspot.co.uk/p/story-competition.html">this </a>competition, hosted by SmileyFaceGirl......<br />
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Times had been tough for forever, or so it seemed to Carmel.
Every day, she would look out the window for a sign of a pink lantern, which
signaled her parents’ homecoming from their voyage out to sea. But for now, the
children would have to manage the little house by the sea by themselves. </div>
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Carmel
shivered in the cold December air as she scanned the horizon desperately. The
dark clouds warned of a thunderstorm, so she ran inside. Her younger sister,
Rosie, was already closing the windows and locking them securely. When the
thunder boomed, baby Millie started crying. Carmel rocked her baby sister,
keeping her eyes on the door, waiting for her older brother Frederick to come home
from his job at the market.<o:p></o:p></div>
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There was a sharp knock on the door. In her anxiety, Carmel
forgot to look through the peephole before opening the door, but it turned out
to be Mr. June, who was Frederick’s boss. “There’s been an accident;” he said
grimly, “Frederick’s been taken to the hospital.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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Carmel’s hands flew up to her mouth. “What happened?” Rosie
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“It wasn’t his fault,” Mr. June said quickly. “It was
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Carmel felt sick, but she tried to be strong. “We have to go
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The thunderstorm had left so many casualties. Fisherman had
drowned at sea. There was no hope of finding the pink lantern tonight, but
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When they reached the hospital, there was a long line of
people waiting to visit their loved ones. Carmel recognized Leila, whose
husband was a fisherman. She was weeping and praying, her mouth making the
shape of “I love you”, but no sound was coming out.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Danahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08299059738783425958noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4234873497063028839.post-75486474835871835232013-08-19T07:37:00.001-07:002013-08-19T07:37:13.931-07:00And the verdict is................Well, you wouldn't have guessed, as I ranted about how I wouldn't like it in the last post (), but the verdict is..............<br />
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Wow, I wouldn't have guessed either.</div>
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So last night after I finished my blog post, I went to think of more ideas and came up with this one, which I thought was a pretty good idea....</div>
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We went to Jo-Ann's. Possibly the best fabric store ever. I've always wondered what will happen if Jo-Ann and Michael (from Michael's) got married? I guess it will result in the biggest, most amazing craft superstore EVER!!!!!!!</div>
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Well, anyway, we went and got this nice synthetic suede for cheap :) Yay!</div>
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The suede for the body of the costume cost $7.72 for 1 yard and 25 inches (end of bolt). We actually saved $7.86 there, because of discount, and end-of-bolt savings.</div>
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WHAT. No. nonononononono.</div>
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No. Although the girls look like they're having fun, I will not have it. I'm not going to be dressed up as an alternate version of this:<br />
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So I've got to DIY it anyway. Well...... I have no ideas. Yikes.</div>
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At first I thought: Vanellope von Schweetz! I've got the black hair down, right?</div>
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But then I was like, ew no, it's going to be cliche this year.</div>
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Then I was like, hey let's be Mavis from Hotel Transylvania!</div>
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Then I was like, ew no, she looks so goth.</div>
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Then I got a brilliant idea while browsing the aisles of Michael's:</div>
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How about this gal?!</div>
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I might actually be this doggy. She's from Go, Dog, Go! Which was, like, the first book I ever read, except not really. :D</div>
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But, this girl is making me have second doubts:</div>
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Then I thought I hit gold. An SNSD girl!!! OMG maybe?! </div>
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Danahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08299059738783425958noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4234873497063028839.post-30711924556758969542013-08-16T13:24:00.000-07:002013-08-16T13:24:40.079-07:00Announcing the new STYLE section!!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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My new friend David told me this quote, I have no idea where he got it from but I think it's very "subtly inspiring" which is nice in itself! Well I may be reading too much into this quote (^^) but I think it means that it is only in the human nature to make mistakes, and that making mistakes is okay; but complaining or whining is not. Very positive and firm message! :)</div>
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Well, as you already know, it's almost my first blogiversary here at On Cats and Cantaloupe (two of my favorite things in the world) !!!<br />
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So............ I decided to make a couple of changes. *gasp*! Don't worry, the changes will be amazing and I promise to carry them out.<br />
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First, a new blog background/template. Did you guys notice that? I love it. It's such a cute template...... I've actually had it stored in my Google Drive for a long time and found it today, whilst cleaning out my Drive (hehe, too many things in there.....)<br />
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Second, new blog name! Woot woot. An important notice is that <b>this does not change the blog address. </b>Please do not type "cats+cantaloupe.blogspot.com" into your address box. I assure you, it will not lead you here. It will lead you to a Google page if you are using Chrome. Otherwise........ I have no idea. Probably a "This website does not exist" message, I guess.<br />
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Third, I am announcing a..............<br />
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~ danaDanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08299059738783425958noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4234873497063028839.post-42739372107178682912013-08-14T19:15:00.001-07:002013-08-14T19:15:42.663-07:00Remembering through the yearsHi, it's me, Dana, and it's almost my first blogiversary for Cats and Cantaloupe! I can't believe it, time really does fly. Also, it's almost my second blogiversary for my other blog, Once Upon a Book, although I forgot about my first one and so I'm treating it extra special all the same.<br />
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I want to commemorate this special occasion when it's actually September, although I'll be very busy with school and whatnot. Today I want to talk about something different.<br />
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I saw this picture online today, while randomly surfing the Internet, and it kind of made me really sad. I know that maybe a lot of you readers are laughing at this picture, but I hope not. I believe that you are all good people.<br />
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You know, I was talking about this with one of my friends the other day. About how under-represented girls with terminal illnesses and such are in pop culture, and young girls are especially un-exposed to it.<br />
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Is cancer so horrible that it would scar your child for life if he/she knew about it? No. Yes, it's scary, because it can kill people, but not scary like a monster. They would probably think that it's like a cold, or the flu, only on a (much) bigger scale.<br />
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But then again, there's the issue of marketability. And I'm not just talking about the actual character TV show/movie/whatever. Big companies need to market their products. Ugh.<br />
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See here's the problem, as I was saying to my friend. Parents would not want their children to go around saying, "I want to be just like ____ and be have no hair!" and stuff like that. Also as this person would probably not be a princess (or she could be), no costume to sell. So... yup.<br />
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The above picture made me really sad because it reminded me of Talia Joy Castellano. Rest in peace, beautiful angel <33.<br />
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Till next time,<br />
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xoxo dana<br />
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P.S. no poster. I was super busy with YouTube stuff. yep. I uploaded about like 5 videos today, took down two, and yeah. Busy busy day.Danahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08299059738783425958noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4234873497063028839.post-10664648318924709022013-08-09T16:33:00.000-07:002013-08-09T16:33:34.545-07:00How to be completely organized, like, all the timeOkay. So, I'm basically copying the Discovery Girls magazine. Whatever. I don't care. (I love it~! >.<)<br />
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Anyway, I really loved this article and learned a lot from it. So now I'm summarizing it and/or transcribing/quoting it in a minor way.<br />
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Article #1: Time Management<br />
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<li>Color code your subjects. Maybe you might want to get red for math. Or green for English. You can also use a marker and color in the bottom of the notebook so that you can see it from your desk (if you have this kind of desk.)</li>
<li>Have a pencil case. If you use a binder then you can get one with holes but that's really not necessary, as long as you don't lose things and or lend it to friends who tend to lose things.</li>
<li>Type up your notes. I've never done this before because I think it might tend to be time-consuming but I'd LOVE to try this! Except for the pictures of course. I dislike scanning. Hey, maybe I could OCR my notes? (Gotta write legibly enough.)</li>
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Danahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08299059738783425958noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4234873497063028839.post-36117039423993170912013-08-08T15:11:00.000-07:002013-08-16T14:16:06.016-07:00A DIY tutorial!!!!!!So, omijosh, today is a HUGE day! Guess what I made with <a href="http://www.joann.com/keepsake-calico-fabric-large-turquoise-green-multi-chevron/zprd_12804324a/">this</a> chevron-ish calico cotton I purchased from Jo-Ann's? (I had a 40% coupon due to my overly-frugal attitude when it comes to shopping).<br />
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Can't you guess?!<br />
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OK, fine. It's this "Fabric Covered Notebook or Binder" diy project that I found on<a href="http://crazylittleprojects.com/2012/09/fabric-covered-notebook-or-binder.html"> CrazyLittleProjects.com</a> (link to original tute.)<br />
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Since it's time for BTS (back to school) anyway, I thought I'd make something to make the school day more bearable than it already is. It's like boosting an 85 to a 90. ^^ (Don't remind me of the <a href="http://catsandcantaloupe.blogspot.com/2013/02/the-great-school-makeover.html">Great School Makeover</a> epic fail.)<br />
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So, I had this incredibly <strike>ugly</strike> plain black binder. I sadly don't have pictures of the original, but <a href="http://www.bookbinders.com/assets/images/cloth-binder-1-black-750.jpg">here's</a> what it looked like.<br />
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Anyhoo. Oh yes, I have a motto poster (for once!!)</div>
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I have a blue version too!</div>
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I found the quote from a poem by Emilie F on allpoetry.com, titled "1964". It's a very lovely poem, y'all should go check it out!! :)</div>
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Till tomorrow, or next year,</div>
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<br />Danahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08299059738783425958noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4234873497063028839.post-38041364063579824182013-07-26T16:14:00.000-07:002013-08-16T16:14:23.389-07:00Outfit of the Day!!!Hey guys, it's me AGAIN! I seem to have soo many things to share with you! That's a good thing :)<br />
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BRR! It's soooooo cold here. Come on! It's only the end of July. And it's New York. Not the Arctic.<br />
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I took this selfie with the help of a self-timer and a piano. I wish I had a tripod and a camera remote. Oh well. That's part of the list of things I want, which goes on indefinitely and includes items like "a smartphone that's not dumb (unlike my current one)" and "another cat" and "a sibling" and "an allowance" and "pierced ears before high school."<br />
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I know that it's unlikely you'd want to replicate my casual look, but dark red and navy go together very well, and just in case:<br />
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<br />Danahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08299059738783425958noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4234873497063028839.post-80788993901997145802013-06-04T06:43:00.002-07:002013-06-04T06:50:02.045-07:00Ooh guess what?Guess what? I just thought of something. The Great School Makeover totally failed. BUT I did make the chalkboard, to be fair, and it made me super famous (within our school) so YAY!<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">OH I JUST FOUND OUT THAT I NEVER PUBLISHED THE GREAT SCHOOL MAKEOVER POST WHICH I SPENT LIKE TEN MINUTES WRITING LIKE DURING WINTER BREAK............-.-'''</span>Danahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08299059738783425958noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4234873497063028839.post-27123114581816579132013-06-04T06:41:00.000-07:002013-08-08T15:17:40.498-07:00Aack!Aack! It's been forever, hasn't it? I made a motto poster for today but I don't know where my USB is and I should be doing homework but whatever because I'm a bad person.<br />
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WOW AMAZING THINGS HAPPENED IM SO EXCITED.<br />
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So yes. Guess what? If nobody submits any songs (YES!) I am going to find the best Taylor Swift songs ever and put them on there. Too bad. I know at least five (?) people will like it. Oh, that's only 1/12 of the whole grade?!?! Oh well.</div>
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The Moment I Knew~~~~</div>
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I wanna do a Draw My Life some time! Should I? Am I too young? I possess the ability to make something sound really good/really bad. So yeah. Like, when someone bit like ALL OVER MY FACE so much that people thought I was contagious, that was <i style="font-weight: bold;">physical bullying</i>!!! And when my best friend told me not to talk to this boy, that was <i style="font-weight: bold;">social bullying</i>!!!! BTW all of this happened in preschool ^ ^.</div>
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