Random Fact Thread

[Antenora]

-I like that quote, it's very wise.
-It's been some time since I read anything by Wodehouse.
-We have several fruit trees in our yard.
-There's a very small lemon tree, from which we've managed to get a few pretty good lemons.
-We also have an orange tree, but it's not giving much fruit.
-We once tried making orange juice from a few oranges we got, and it didn't come out well.
-There's a peach tree, too, and it gives a lot of peaches.
-There used to be two peach trees, but I don't know quite what happened to the other one.
-Somewhere in the back of the yard is a fruit tree that we can't clearly identify.
-Father said it was a kumquat tree, I think.
-There was also a guava tree, although I don't think it gives fruit anymore.
-I ate a guava once, and hated it.

[SF]

-so I'm at my friends Kim's house with 4 other girls
-it's 8:30 here (ugh)
-we're going on a walk to benefit an organization
-after that we're meeting up with the boys and going to the mall
-well, I must go, I'll be back on later

[Dante]

-Morning, Snicket-Face.
-It's been a while since I read any Wodehouse, too.
-But I think I've read all the Jeeves and Woosters.
-And I never much liked the others.
-We get them on audio sometimes, though.
-Maybe we should start getting the Snickets on audio tape or CD, if we're out of things to listen to.
-Although that would only really be an excuse to get the audio songs.
-Mother seems to be asleep.
-I suspect the same of Father.
-I don't know what my brother's doing, but he's also silent.
-The only thing I can hear is the humming of the computer, the ticking of the clock, and the tapping of keyboard keys.
-I'm not sure if it's still raining outside.
-What with all the water on the window, it's hard to tell.
-I think it may have stopped, though.
-But the sky still looks very grey.
-I'm feeling quite well now.
-Although my glasses seem to be smudged once again.
-If anyone likes comparing times, it's 1:40pm here.
-Say, that's quite late.
-We mustn't have had lunch until quite a while after twelve...
-In fact, I don't think we ate until around one, but I'm not entirely sure.
-New pencils and pens seem to spontaneously come into being on this desk.
-There's now an extra black biro, and a very short red pencil (note: in colour only; it does not write in red).

[Antenora]

-Maybe the pens and pencils appearing on your desk are ones that I've lost.
-I've certainly lost a few pens and pencils recently.
-I'm playing Grow RPG.
-It's very addictive.
-I don't like the first Grow game much, but I like Grow RPG and Grow Cube.
-I only have one Snicket audiobook, and I think I'll wait for them to release that CD with all the audiobook songs.
-That probably won't be out until some time after Book 13 is, though.
-From what I've heard of the songs, I really like them.

[Dante]

-I really like what I've heard of the songs, too.
-But that CD probably won't be out for over a year.
-Maybe I should just rent them somewhere.
-My parents would probably prefer that, anyway.
-Grow RPG is fun.
-I don't much like the first Grow, either.
-It seems less logical, and it's not so bright and colourful.
-Now it's definitely raining outside.
-How miserable.
-And 2pm already.
-Did I just hear footsteps?
-Yes.
-Somebody must be up and about.
-See, the clock just struck.
-And it's awoken Mother.
-And there's the grandfather clock.
-Excuse me while I go and fetch Mother a glass of water.
-*sigh*
-Well, I'm back.
-Hopefully, my family will go out for a walk - in the rain - soon, so that I can get some peace and quiet.

[Antenora]

-I was thinking of checking out all the ASoUE audiobooks and making a tape of the songs, but I couldn't find them at the library.
-They're pretty expensive at the bookstores, too.
-The sky outside looks a bit cloudy.
-I hope the weather's better today than it's been these past few days.
-According to the thermometer, the humidity is 70%, which is more than it has been recently.
-I hope it stays like that, because I hate dry weather.
-I'm going to visit my grandmother at her new house soon.
-I haven't seen her in months, although Father's been visiting her every once in a while.
-We're also going to a shopping center that's not far from where she lives.

[Dante]

-We have an instrument which is supposed to tell humidity and weather and stuff.
-I think it's a barometer, although I can't remember.
-I also think it's a family heirloom.
-Let me go see what it says.
-...
-Well, the long hand is pointing between "Fair" and "Change."
-It's resting between the number 8, and a large number 30.
-The small gold hand is more to the right, pointing just right of "Fair."
-It's between a 4 and a 6.
-Now if only I knew what all that meant.
-My parents and brother have gone out for a walk.
-I had to help Mother with dinner for a while.
-I had to peel onions,which always hurt my eyes.
-On the bright side, I got some tomato purée.
-I hope you have a nice time at your grandmother's house, Antenora.
-I don't know if the nearby library has aSoUE available for rent in audio format.
-Probably not.
-I could hear the wind howling a moment ago, but now it's just the clock, the computer and the keys again.
-I just went over to examine a strange item of yellow plastic hanging on a nearby chair.
-It turned out to be some amusing game in liquid, in which you had to press buttons in order to direct some hoops into a little bucket, or something.
-I fiddled with it for quite a while before wondering why.

[Antenora]

-I have a bunch of those liquid-filled games someplace.
-I used to be fairly addicted to playing with them.
-I think I have one that no longer has any liquid in it, because it either leaked or just dried up.
-My maternal grandparents have a very old barometer.
-We might have had one, once.
-There was an interesting editorial in the paper about celebrities giving their children strange names like Moon Unit and Fifi Trixabelle.
-It mentioned some odd names from the 16th century: Philadelphia Bunnyface, Abraham Thunderwolf, and Offspring Gurney.
-I like writing down strange names, mostly because I wish I'd made them up myself.
-One of the cats just climbed up the screen door.

[Dante]

-Strange names are pretty interesting, when they're not humiliating.
-I noticed that just about every character in some of the dramas on TV here have odd names.
-Or at least, they did whenever it was that I looked.
-And knowing my memory, that could have been years ago.
-If you're writing a book, strange names would be useful if you intend it to become extraordinarily famous.
-We used to get old liquid games here and there.
-I can't remember any now, though.
-Just that one.
-Although I think we probably did have others like it.
-*cough* *cough*
-Today has gone very quickly.
-I think that's because my mornings seem very short.
-I imagine the dull weather doesn't help.
-My family has been back a while now.
-I'm not sure if it was still raining while they were out.
-I think it's stopped raining now.
-There are a few browning leaves on the lawn.
-The sky's still completely grey.
-All in all, it's a fairly unpleasant day.
-On the bright side, I would say I'm almost recovered from my cold.
-I've only got the cough now.
-Most of my colds start with a runny nose and a sore throat, and then I get bad headaches for a short time, and they end with a bad cough.
-This one has been relatively short.
-Only three days, and only one of those days was really bad.
-My right middle finger is pretty sore right now.
-Darn it, Mother's just told me she wants us to do some serious work on dinner again soon.
-I spend too much of my Saturday afternoons wasting my time on her stupid cooking.

[Charles Vane]

I think its even more fun to be a technical adult and act childish then to be a child and act childish. Because its expected of you in the latter.
Though I realize that it is slightly annoying that whenever we're all laughing someone has to think we're drunk or high or something. It's not the only to have a good time people. I'm just perpetually hig on life or something.
Vaccums are loud. I totally spelled that wrong. How very Mark Twain of me.
I feel bad just sitting here and typing while my mom is cleaning all over the place.
Maybe I should make myself look busy and pretend to clean the desk.

[deanna.]

-I watched Ferris Bueller's Day Off for the zillionth time this morning.
-w00t.
-My parents went on a bus trip for a week.
-I might go see a movie today.

[Sixteen]

-I bought a flute today.
-I'm going to learn how to play next week.
-I know how to read music and my teacher said that's the hardest part.
-My Amazon book won't be delivered until Monday, at least, it seems.
-*sigh*
-I climbed a hill that's close to where I live today.
-It's called Howth.
-Some of you may know of it, but I doubt it.
-Anyway, you can see most of my city from up there and the views are amazing.
-I forgot my camera.
-But I go there pretty often.
-There'll be more chances.
-I've started writing my first fanfiction.
-It's the history of Esmé and Olaf's relationship.
-I've written 4 chapters so far and I think it's good.
-I'll post it next week some time.
-I want Book the Twelfth.
-
-Soon.
-I sent my 667er article to Akbar.
-Tomorrow should be a good day, weatherwise.
-Overcast, but staying dry. Temperatures reaching up to sixteen degrees.
-Hehe: sixteen.
-I like that number.

[deanna.]

-OMG, I'm almost at 1000 posts!!
-*dances*
-Yay.

[Charles Vane]

I put too much mayo on this sandwhich.
I've discovered I can't resist West Side Story or Fried Green Tomatoes.
I dont know if I've seen the bgining of Ferris Buller's Day Off.
my birthday party is tomorrow.
And I have vauge dance plans.

[Alice Wilde]

-I'm being kidnapped by an X-files-crazed fan.
-More on this later.