7 things

People post these meme things on their blogs with different things to do. One I read recently was to post 7 random things about yourself. Since I'm bored (and putting off doing math homework!) I thought I'd give this a try. Now you have to realize that not all blog readers are related to the post author so they don't know a lot about the person. That's why I thought this was kind of challenging - I'm going to try and come up with 7 things that, hopefully, none of you know about me. Then, and you all had to see this coming, I'd like OTHER PEOPLE TO POST. Note that when you type in all caps it is considered yelling. Yes, I was definitely yelling. POST!!! See how easy I'm making it - I've given you a topic. Post 7 random things about yourself. Here's my list:

1. I think my arms are too hairy & I once shaved the hair off them. It looked really weird.
2. Most every time I go into a bank I'm afraid they are going to be robbed while I'm inside.
3. I wanted to have six children.
4. When I was in high school I wanted to be a doctor.
5. At the grocery store when they print out a bunch of coupons I usually leave them in the basket because it annoys me that they gave them to me.
6. I have some kind of pen obsession - I'm always buying different kinds & I probably have a couple of hundred pens around my house.
7. The last night I was in England last year I was awake in the middle of the night & was getting dressed to leave. Not leave to come home but leave the b&b and go off to London to stay. I actually started writing the note I was going to leave for my fellow travelers. I still regret that I didn't do it.
   

Ok, let's hear from the rest of you. It can't be any worse than my weird stuff!

Robin, the lonely blog mistress

Monday Post

I don't know if our Monday poster will be posting so I thought I'd update you all on their supposed location. I say supposed because according to instamapper they are in Ushuaia and the satellite picture looks like they are sitting in a fancy restaurant drinking champagne. According to their itinerary they are in a tent cabin in a forest near Puerto Natales. Ushuaia is in Argentina. Puerto Natales is in Chile. I personally do not see how they can be in both places but. . . I definitely know that of the two I'd much prefer the fancy restaurant and champagne! A tent cabin in a forest does not sound appealing to me!

I was looking at pictures online of some of the places where they are traveling and the scenery looks spectacular. When they return & Stephen gets his pictures posted, I'd encourage everyone to look at them. I imagine they are going to be amazing.

That's it for the Monday travel update!

Robin, the lonely (left to do all the work alone) blog mistress

To Our South American Voyagers

Look for the pudu in the Magellanic Subpolar Forests! Take pictures of the glaciers before they melt!

Jill (not rmt)

Silent (not so much) Sunday

Ok, I'm impressed.

x=2y-3
3x+y=5

I can solve the above linear equations by graphing and substitution!! I think I'm finally getting it. Hopefully you are all as impressed as I am!

I took my 1st midterm last week (there are 2, don't ask me why, I think it is a little excessive) and got 88% on it. At first I was kind of disappointed because I really wanted to do better and I studied a lot. But actually that is pretty good. I made two "dumb" mistakes that if I'd caught would have given me 93%. I expect one or two perceptive readers will note that #2 on the test was one of my dumb mistakes. On another one I just blanked out. There were only 2 people left in the class when I finished - oh well. On the other hand, out of 29 students, 13 scored 0-70%, 13 scored 70-90% and 3 were 90-100%. So in comparison with the rest of the class I did pretty good. Mind you (I like saying that), these are mostly young kids who have been studying this stuff in high school. I'm an old, senile person and I don't think that I've ever learned this. Of course since I'm senile I wouldn't remember!

I'm a little apprehensive because I looked ahead in the book and things look bad but I'm not going to worry about it now. If I think, I panic. While I was taking my test I kept getting upset and had to keep talking to myself to calm myself down. I don't think I did it out loud but I'm not sure. When I read this problem, I didn't panic though: Find three consecutive numbers whose sum is 27. I did it without any problem. I almost giggled when I finished because I was so pleased with myself.

I did good - pretty cool, huh? Ok, I have to go study some more now!

Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage. ~Anais Nin


Robin, the lonely (but better at math) blog mistress

Open the Door

This is a short movie called A Knock at the Door. It's really cool. Be sure & turn your sound on, the music is nice.

LOTR

I was watching The Two Towers the other night. For those of you shaking your head in confusion, that is the 2nd movie in the Lord of the Rings trilogy. If you are still confused, don't talk to me. Anyway I was thinking - everyone should watch this! Ideally you would all read the books but if you don't, at least watch the movies. Here, to tempt you, is a short video with some scenes from the movies.

November 23rd

November 23rd is coming up fast. I'm sure you all wonder why I'm telling you this. There is a reason. An important reason that readers of this blog should be aware of and concerned about. I'm not going to tell you though. Feel free to guess. If anyone guesses before I eventually share the significance, they'll receive a special prize. Although if you figure out why that date is significant, you may be able to figure out what the prize will be and decide not to post anything! Did I confuse anyone with that last sentence? I think I confused myself.

Robin, the lonely blog mistress