today is a monday...

has this ever happened to you: your planning to get to bed at a decent hour 2 hours ahead this time, and no matter how early you prepare for getting to bed, you always end up under the covers at the same time EVERY NIGHT!?!? AND YOU TRY THIS OVER AND OVER AGAIN! sorry, I don't have a "great new product" and no, I don't even have a good one, but I do have something new, but it doesn't cost 19.95 (+ tax) MY NEW ALOWED ACCESS ONLY BLOG! (its where I'll save things for my reffrence only, including my writing so I can continue on it online! =D) (its called "89millionAnd7 [IDENTIFICATION REQUIRED]" but its empty now, so I'll make a deal: if you comment on this post, you can see it, who ever you are! LIMITED TIME ONLY! not that I know why anyone would want to! well, change my mind, I think whoever reads this should get a chance, so for A LIMITED TIME ONLY, I'll make it accessible to the public! and pretty much the only way you'd find it is by this link: 89millionand7access.blogspot.com ENJOY! =D! so, anyways, now I must SLEEP! AND I'M 4487 DAYS OLD!! =D

Have you ever tried to take a profile picture with photo booth?

my question is stated in the title. have you? well, EVERY TIME I TRY IT GETS FAILED, and even when I try to make it look like my eves are half closed, it STILL LOOKS LIKE THEY'RE WIDE OPEN! and the thickness of my eyelashes don't help much, because IT LOOKS LIKE I'M SOME KIND OF GOTH WANNABE WHO GOT A LITTLE CRAZY WITH MASCARA! ESPECIALLY SAD FOR ME BECAUSE I DON'T TOUCH THE STUFF! so, anyways, I watched the academy awards, and I can't remember anything else today, except I had a dream about blogging, and I'd always post something REALLY good, one of those things that you CANT repeat, and then some error would come up and it couldn't be recovered, which is entirely unrealistic, because blogger is so well set up that they save every so often, which is pretty often! well, anyways, like always I'm still aging and promoting that, because (classic ending: drum roll please...) NOW I'M 4486 DAYS OLD!!! =D

- OKAY, so now I repositioned my computer lower, which has helped a bit, but NOW IT LOOKS LIKE IT COMES WITH FREE ZIT HIGHLIGHTS! and not to mention THESE GLASSES WERE SUPPOSED TO BE GLARE FREE! ah, what ever... just as long as I don't have to pay for the zit highlights!

febuary 26, 2011 Anno Domini

so, today was Saturday, and I didn't do much today, but yesterday I didn't post much, so I guess I'll add to that. so, I had the math thing, and on the way we made a paper miniature marimba band, and then they had FREE PIZZA!!! so, everybody had to get one slice, and I was like WHAT? but then when they said that we could go for seconds, I WAS THE ONLY ONE, and I was like WHAT?? but a few people got some later, but I got 4 pizzas and 2 sodas, and the whole time in my brain it was like FREE PIZZA! FREE!! FREEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and I was hungry =D! so, then today I watched pirates of the Caribbean, and this strange other movie that I have no idea what its called, and did a few other things. soo, here I am again, listening to my favorite audio program! AND I'M 4485 DAYS OLD! =D

salve AT NIGHT

soooo, today I had this math thing and my team won 2nd in the district, and I got this heavy weapon like triangular trophy thing, and I had my first marimba mini class thing, and I'll post more tomorrow, which isn't to far!=D

hi, to who ever may read this

so, I have put up my vitamin water collection, which I can post pictures of later, and have tried to draw a picture, and repeatedly erased his eyes, because they never look right! how do you draw the eyes of someone who is temporarily mentally insane and furious to the point of (temporarily) wanting to murder the man who was the cause of his anger? (poor poor Damian. sometimes I regret the fate I gave him...) SO ANYWAYS, I NEED THEM PERFECT! of coarse its not possible to be PERFECT, but it has to be perfect enough for my standards. so, anyways, today wasn't the best day for me, and I had a strange dream where all of my teachers wanted to terminate one of my teachers from the school district for no apparent reason at all, and it was kind of funny watching this, because watching well behaved adults shake their fists and shout "TERMINATE PAM!" over and over (Pam is the teachers name) when they didn't have a reason, is HILARIOUS! so, anyways, I need to get some sleep. goodnight readers! (and uncompleted drawing of Damian) =D

lsekfj;asihdoiwehfjba;sdihvpoas-I DONT EVEN CARE IM SO TIRED!

okay, sorry about that, but today is the day I ignore spellcheck!!!!!!! GOOD BYE! so, REALY tired after Columbo as always! and today was my first day at school for a whille, and at socialstudies, today was health, and of coarse with liz its mental health, and there was this pyramid thing by whats its name and each level below had to be accomplished so the higher ones could be, like you have to have food, water, etc to have security, and at the top was like doing stuff for others, insight, or something. so, I realized, that out of 8, I barely had 3! now thats tough. my role ISNT QUITE PLEASENT. WHY SPELLCHECK!?!?!? OKAY. done with that. so, then marimbas and art were the usual, and I have to finish this up, and um... yes, for some reason I am tired at this hour, AND I'M SOME NUMBER OF DAYS OLD!! => (THATS MY FORSED SMILE) (sorry about the quality lack today, I wont even bother reading it) (RED LINES UNDER WOOOORRRRRDSS!!!!! DIE SPELL CHECK! good night, who ever may be reading this, and remember my quote, and hopefuly I will) (cherrish this moment for you may never experience it again) (I have it in latin on the side of the page) =D

VITAMIN WATER

so, I have just sorted my collection of vitamin water labels for the move to my room, AND IT TAKES UP SEVERAL TABLES! sadly, I can't find some of them, which probably are packed. oh yeah, my new mattress- I MIGHT AS WELL BE SLEEPING ON THE FLOOR- (well, maybe not mine because it's solid concrete) (with a crack in it) and to add up with that, it was really hot in there, usually I'd like it, but this was like 80 degrees! okay, done ranting about my room, so, um... how was your day?...- WHAT KIND OF ANSWER WAS THAT!? okay, moving on, so, one recommendation: don't drink one of those giant 4 serving bottles of energy vitamin water within 5 minuets, along with bacon and eggs. 52 GRAMS OF SHUUUUGGGAARR! but, its all good! =D

what? monday? oh yes, must be pres. washingtons birthday...

so, its PRESIDENTS DAY, AKA George Washington's birthday. so, last night I had the strangest dreams, which were connected to one dream. the second was quite pleasant, until its rather shocking and disturbing end. and strange enough, it had Samson in it, you know the strong guy with the hair that he couldn't cut because if he cut it he would be weak, and when someone like that is in your dream randomly like he was, it has to mean something. so while making my new bed (which is a pain having to make a bed 18" from the ceiling and the mattress wasn't the right size or shape, and then there was the ladder...) anyways, during that I was thinking of the dream(s), and I came up with its meaning: watch out for Delilah. and then I was like, sure that will help me, BUT NOT IN THE NEAR FUTURE! so, then I got really tired, and now I will sleep! and I'm somewhere around 6421290 minuets old! =)

sun feb 20, says my computer

so, just got done watching karate kid, and I thought it was great except the fact that IT WAS ABOUT KUNG FU, NOT KARATE! they should at least match the title with the subject. so, before I had a dream about Columbo, except he was investigating an attempted murder. hmm. well, besides almost being boiled alive in my friends shower, nothing much has happened, and um... did I mention I watched the pirates of the Caribbean last night? well, I'm 107498 hours old! =D

slooooooooooooooooowwwwwww mmmmmmoooooottttiiiooonnnnn

my computer is in slow motion right now because I uploaded a full page picture scanned at 1600 dpi, AND ITS SOOO ANNOYING! so, today I didn't do much, I just played the piano and drew, and few other things. so, um... yeah. pretty much it. EXCEPT NOW I'M 4478 DAYS OLD! =D

SATURDAY FRIDAY!

IT FEELS LIKE A SATURDAY because I'm off today! so, today I'm at a friends house (again) and earlier, too early, I had a dentist appointment, and at one point I almost suffocated because THEY PUT THEIR HAND OVER MY NOSE! TALK ABOUT UNPROFESSIONAL! some people... well, anyways, then I had oyster stew, and then pizza, and now I'm stuffed. so.... AND I'M 4477 DAYS OLD!

hi, LAST DAY OF THE WEEK!

this is the last day of the week for me, although it seems much like a Tuesday, so after school I went to a friends house and found a AWESOME tv show called eureka, and dismantled several bean bags. so, now my posts for the last few days have been late at night, and I have been tired, as I am now, so, and, yeah. so, =D

waaak!

I ALMOST FORGOT TO POST! I was in bed, almost asleep, and I was thinking, what did I post today? and then I realized and then ran in here, and I have to lean very close to the computer to see with out my glasses and I am sooooooo tired, so GOOD NIGHT, AND I'LL FOST MORE LATER, UNLESS I DIE! why is post a spelling error? I see a faint red line underneath it. hmm.

hhhhhiiiiii...

what to name the post... my sister is trying to find something that agrees for using a sentence with the word agree in it for her homework, and she says "if I say 'politics agree' then would that offend people" and I'm like drawing this king guy looking off his balcony while listening to Lucy in the sky with diamonds, so I'm like "what?" and then I'm like "politics are more of a topic..." and then she says "what if I say that 'republicans agree'" and then I kinda laugh, (no, this isn't necessarily reflecting our political views, she hardly knows basically what a republican is), and so I say "doesn't that sound a little bias to you? maybe you shouldn't talk about politics in this. and then later she says "What should the government promise?" and I'm like what? and she says "I put down 'the government promised blank, so, what should I put down?" and I'm like, "maybe you shouldn't write about politics in your homework..." so, yeah, stayed home again, AND NOW BACK TO MY DRAWING! =D

um... oh yeah! its valentines day!

happy valentines day peoples- no wait- RECALLING THE STORY OF VALENTINES DAY, VALENTINES WAS A ROMAN, CAUSING HIM TO SPEAK LATIN!!!! IT SHOULD BE PRONOUNCED WALENTINES DAY!!! so, today was day 6 of- the sickness- *dramatic music* so, it kinda repeats itself like a mirror, so day1 was kidney pains, day 2 was a cough, day3 was occasional (but mild) nausea, day 4 was a fever, AND BANG! REPEAT! MIRROR! because day 4 was a fever, day five was also a fever, but doubled! and the night of day 5 I threw up, going to day 3, except ADDING THE SYMPTOMS OF DAY 4! and then now, day6, I have a cough, ALONG with a fever! so, tomorrow, hopefully this should end. did I mention that I had a VERY VERY severe sore throat during days 4 and up? that was the base of everything. so, OH YAH, VALENTINES DAY! so, yes, I stayed home, except for a doctors appointment in vain, and then I had a excellent cup cake, then some food that I couldn't really eat well, because along with the soar throat I had a tooth ache, but nothing could of caused it due to lack of oral hygiene because I just visited the dentist and my teeth were PERFECT! so, then I ate some cake and some ice cream, soft foods, and I REALLY WANTED THEM, so, then was the annual hunt, done in our household ever since I can remember on each valentines day, which leads to candy and other random things, so, that was good, and THEN I WATCHED COLUMBO! (of coarse) =D

dwaaaaaaaAAAAAAAaaaaAAAAAa.

okay, so now from the base of my neck up is very painful, and I still have this fever, and last night, going over songs in my head, I was like "tonight's gona be a good night"- FORGET IT! so, last night I had the strangest feeling, and I couldn't really stand up so long, and I didn't get any sleep, so unbelievably I fell asleep while watching Columbo, and so basically all I've done today is watch Columbo and Spongebob, so, PAINFUL HEAD AND NECK ACHE! soooo cold...

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so, today was day 4... first strange kidney pains, then a severe cough, then occasional nausea, and then a very severe soar throat along with a fever, so, basically I just watched Columbo all day. I'll try to add more content like before! =D

FRIDAH AND I'M TIRED!

another late post... soooooooo tired.... ohyah! I went to a symphony which was awesome, except for the fact that I had to "casually" dress up, and I WAS WEARING MY NICER CLOTHES AS IT WAS! but at least I didn't have to wear the main coat that my parents wanted me to wear, and every time someone had that style coat, my dad would point it out, and I'm like, I DON'T CARE HOW STYLISH YOU THINK IT IS! IT LOOKS LIKE A GRANNY COAT AND IT IS VERY UNCOMFORTABLE! AAND IMPRACTICAL! THOSE PEOPLE ARE AT LEAST 4 TIMES MY AGE! so, after that, I got sushi! at this awesome place! with different color plates that go around and around and each color had a price! it was SOOO awesome! and gooood! =D!! ohyah, and I read half of "The Metamorphosis" I think its called, and I hope Gregor turns back into a human! its sad! I think he's a centapid, but my dad thinks he's a caterpillar. hmm.... AND GREGOR'S DAD THREW A APPLE AT HIM AND IT WAS STUCK IN HIM FOR OVER A MONTH! =(. and then I came home, and then I'm tired right now, regardless the grammar! =D

...today....

so, today was Thursday... whenever I watch Columbo I always forget... not much has happened.... havn't been feeling the best for the past days... but I can remember Columbo! there was this guy who murdered this other guy that was the owner of a football team who got it from his dad, so he murdered him with a chunk of ice while the guy was swimming, and the way Columbo knew it was him was- watch it for your self! it was a good one! =D

ANOTHER HALF DAY!

so, today was another half day and I did a skit for social studies, which was interesting, and then after that I had a chile rellano and chicken mole at the awesome mexican food place that I haven't been to in a while. and then I went TO IKEA FOR THE FIRST TIME EVEN THOUGH MY MOM THOUGHT I HAD BEEN THERE BEFORE BUT I DIDN'T!!!! IT WAS SOOOOOOOO AWESOME! ITS GENIUS! THEY HAVE THIS AWESOME MAZE OF PLACES WITH ROOMS AND FURNITURE AND ALL THIS STUFF, AND THEY HAVE FOOD! AND THEN YOU PICK UP THE BIG STUFF AFTERWARDS! IT WAS SOOOOOOOOOOO AWESOME! and normaly I hate shopping! but I got all kinds of things like a wardrobe, a 3.5 inch mattress, a set of 6 mini cups, a pillow and a blanket (which I slept on the ride home) and many other things! and now I'm tired, and I'll be going to bed now. AND I WILL BE MOVING INTO MY NEW BED SOON!!! =D!

2sday again...

so, today my cat was purring and walking in circles around me and bumping her face into my nose repeatedly, 23 times, earlier...and I did something.... oh yah! so my day started when we did this writing thing, where each person has to start with "it all started on a cliff..." and branch off and write 4 lines, and then pass it to the next person in a group of seven and they would do the same, and then you would get your paper at the end. so, I started out with something along the lines of it all started on a cliff. nobody knew why. then I described the cliff and passed it on. now the person before me made everybody who died go to hell, (just quoting the word sorry if she offended you), so, it got kind of interesting. some guy even saw the ice cream man down there, thanks to me! =D- no wait- poor ice cream man. so, mine turned into some story where there's this ninja turtle guy and god sends this raccoon angel after him, and he dies, and you can only guess where he goes because of her... I laughed. so, yeah. all pancakes and waffles. AND FRENCH TOAST! =D okay, so then at lunch I found that I'm supposed to design pages for the year book, and then I found out a cause of a problem- A PHOBIA OF ALL THINGS! that cheered me up! =), but now I have to find the cure... and then I sat out P.E. and did my missing math homework + my current stuff, and it went much quicker! and then I came home! =D

MMMMMMMAAAAAAAARRRRRIMMMBBBBBBBBAAAAAAAAA

so, I made it to the MARIMBA GROUP!!! =D, and I got a MALT!!! (maybe for the first time, I think) if you say malt multiple times it reminds you of one of those judge dudes with the mallets, ("order in the court!"), or maybe its just me. so, for the past few hours I have been watching columbo, so, I kinda forgot the rest! =D

REVENGE FOR THE SEAHAWKS!!!!!!

THE GREEN BAY PACKERS WON!!!!!!!!!! AND THE STEALERS LOST!!!!!!!!!!!!!! REVENGE FOR THE SEAHAWKS!!!!!!!!!!!!! =D =D

so, now I'm here, listining to the beetles... =)

so, now I'm at my grandmas house, and as you can probably see, I have added a quote by myself, in latin. so, um... too bad I don't have any words of wisdom- I LOVE THIS SONG TOO!!!! ITS FROM THE CURIOUS GEORGE SINGER DUDE! =D! so, today I fought for the side of justice and lawness, so.... and I did something.... I forgot. I LOVE THIS SONG TOO!!! (Pandora radio!!) so, yah, just sitting here, OH YEAH ITS A WEEKEND SO I HAVE AN EXCUSE TO HAVE A SHORT POST! =D

TGIF!!!!!!!!!=D!!!!!!!

"TGIF" is what my friends mom made up (Thank God It's Friday) and um, some one else made up something for FYI, but, for the courtesy of my younger readers (and my parents) I will not say what it means! so, today I was like, in Carter Kane in the morning mode, in the morning (I'll quote the first chapter of the second Kane Chronicles book, WHICH HASN'T COME OUT YET BUT I HAVE A PREVIEW) (the 1st person is Carter Kane) "“Khnum was one aspect of the sun god,” I said. “Ra had three different personalities. He was Khepri the scarab god in the morning; Ra during the day; and Khnum, the ram-headed god, at sunset, when he went into the underworld.”
“”That’s confusing,” Jaz said.
“Not really,” Sadie said. “Carter has different personalities. He goes from zombie in the morning to slug in the afternoon to—”
“Sadie,” I said, “shut up.”" (that was an unquote, back to my world) yeah, so, like Carter, I'm not a morning person. and then at school, in history we were assigned to groups to make a SKIT on the western expansion (why?), and here we have classic peaceful (half) vegan girl, and classic violent skateboard dude and me, the not-so-classic 89millionAnd7, complete with absolute split personalities, so at school, I'm like the one who is known by my teacher Liz, "the silent one" and to add to that wears mainly black, except for my jeans and splatter painted shoes. I'm a loner, just to say. so, we have those people, classic (mostly) peaceful (half) vegan, classic violent skateboarder dude, and serious (remember my split personality) 89millionAnd7, AKA "the silent one" which is, awesomely also the nickname of the ruku virus, well known in my favorite audio program, and I'm also in between the two of them on their debate. so, skateboard dude wants a rabbit in a trap, because the group called the mountain men (you can probably find them on Wikipedia) created new kinds of traps and weapons and stuff. and in my head I'm like, how are you going to pull that off? (I would of used italics, but my font is already italic) so, then, while their trying to figure it out, I'm balancing my pencil on my fingertip, rocking back and forth, which for some reason always captivates skateboarder dude, and he always tries to do it too. so, before long, we start to get off track, until the teacher gives him the idea of bringing a Nerf gun, and I'm like, good going Liz, (in my head) but sadly, he couldn't bring ammo. that would of been fun to watch. so, then after lunch, I made these vegan pastry things, (this mini class is AWESOME!) and while the girls there were talking the strangest things came up, like the teacher was talking about the poor state of cows having to produce milk so often, one of the girls was like "GUY COWS DON'T HAVE MILK MAKERS!?!?" and another was like "do guys have boobs?" and everybody was like, laughing, even me, but I was laughing with out using my voice, which is strange but quite common. and then someone else said that in a weird children's book she read that "babies are made when 2 people come together and start purring" (another one where we were laughing with my strange silent laugh, and I have NO idea how we got on that topic) so, strange conversations, and then I got 4 (soybean) meat pastries, and one apricot! and I got a recipe too! (I may post it later...) and then I had algebra WHICH MY AWESOME SCIENCE TEACHER WAS TEACHING!, and by then the left half of my brain was dead (and still is) and my right one was thriving, and to much disappointment  of my dad, I am becoming more and more right brained by the day, and I'm even becoming ambidextrous. maybe that's why I have a B+ in math, usually way below standards (I'm lucky mathematical minds run in the family). and, that may explain the rather irrational, far out dreams I've been having, and the sudden urges to write unusual fiction and draw rather, strange pictures, I guess I'll put it. I'm becoming my seven year old self again! I love my island I'm living on. its strange, because when I moved to the town I've been in for the past 3-4 years I became very left brained (logical, mathematical, etc.) and before that and now (that I've moved back, and It's been almost a year now) I was very creative and artistic, and I even used to make up stories of hundreds of neon colored birds all living with me in a feather covered 100 floor tall building (this was a LONG time ago, I've definitely became more dark recently, and the stuff I write now is in a sadder, violenter tone where few face a rare but glorious victory, so to speak. Its especially bitter for one of my characters who I've bashed around a million times, but now I've noticed we have a TON in common, and I'm becoming a Dustfinger merged with a young Fengolio. how did I get on this topic? oh well, so, now I'm here, and um... yeah. wish Damien luck! (he needs it) (should I make him die? nah, not yet.) (don't worry, he's fiction) (unless silvertounges real) (um... so, now to think outside the parentheses) there. oh yeah, and I said something earlier right before going to bed, because during school I usually long for it, "Cherish this moment, for you may never live it again." and then I realized that it sounded really awesome, because when I'm like, 30, I wont be experiencing now then, and now is the only time I'll experience now, so, yeah! so... remember it, it will come in handy if your like me. it could always be worse... and then you'll wish you'll be in now then, so, if that makes sense, so, think about it, ;)

the story of the 5 dollar bill

once apon a time there was a verry thirsty 89millionAnd7, who after P.E. wanted some vitamin water from a "soda machine". so, 89millionAnd7, looking foward to the taste of DELICIOUS, WONDERFUL, EXTRAMUNDANELIKE (I love the word extramundane! =D) VITAMIN WATER, inserted a 5 dollar bill found earlier under a table into the machine, and THE 5 DOLLAR BILL CAME BACK OUT!! then, 89millionAnd7, now quite paranoid, inserted the 5 dollar bill again, and to 89millionAnd7's fears, IT CAME BACK OUT AGAIN!!!!! now, this process lasted about 4 minuets, and finally I gave up, and the 5 dollar bill is still in my coat pocket. sigh. so, now I'm posting on this blog, and um.... I had another weird dream last night.... and one of the main characters of the other one was in this one... and that's all folks! AND I'M 4462 DAYS OLD!! I remember when I was 4438 days old... I was so young back then =D

AMBIDEXTROUS

today I have come up with a goal: to become entirely ambidextrous! and I tried out for the marimba group at my school, and had Latin! oh yeah, and I had another memorable dream last night. it starts when I'm in my room, listening to my favorite audio program,(I know, right! =) ) and my sister had a lot of her stuff all over my floor, like her hamster cage, this glitter scrap booking thing, and her ipod, and I'm like, great. now I have to clean this up. but then when I come down stairs I see a friend (kind of) of mine, and he's the type that all he wants to do is play video games and goes through all these useless fads that he spends a lot of money on and then hates a couple years later, so, not my type of person, so, the thing is, the guy's wearing this girl coat, and its white and it has one of those brown furry things on the hood, and I'm like "okaaaaaaaaaay.... no wait- how did you get here?" so, then I find out that under the coat he's dressed as an elf, and I'm like "I'm just going to.... clean out my room.... yeah...." so, I go up to my room again, and this guy from my school is there too. by now, its very weird, and I'm like, "um.... hi?" just thinking: how (and why) did this guy get here? and then I'm like, "um.... this is my friend d-" and my "friend" is like "oh, your here too!?" apparently, he knew the guy. and I'm like "okay... I'll get back to you... after I clean up my room a bit..." and then when I come down they're sitting on bean bags and watching veggie tales, and I'm like, "oooookkkkkkkkaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyyyyyy....." very strange. and awkward. and then I start to go to my room again, and my sister is there, and she says something to me in this weird accent, and then I think it may turn out to be a night mare, and I try to open my eyes, and see a flash of light but then realized that I wanted to stay in the dream, so I try to keep asleep, and then she says "why do you have that thing on your head?" with that accent, and I'm like, forget it, and try to wake up again, and then I'm like, good. that was over. but then I realized that I was in my room from when I was like 7, and I'm like wait... that's not right. and then I wake up again but to the room from when I was 10, and then I wake up to my parents room, and then finally to complete darkness. that must of been my room, unless this is a dream right now. curious thought.... oh well. at least I don't have pink glitter in my room, =D

SUN!!!

today THE SUN WAS OUT!!!!!!! =D! (if I were one of those ancient people with the rituals and stuff, I would do a sun dance instead of a rain dance) (if any dance at all) AND I GOT AN A- ON MY FINAL EXAM FOR ALGEBRA!! =D! of coarse I had that class again... makes me feel like some sort of Percy Jackson... at yancy academy.... WHY? >:/. but there was badminton today! =D AND I'M 4460 DAYS OLD!! =D

p.s. why has my golden daily pageviews average GONE DOWN????? did I offend you guys? did I do something wrong? maybe it was the winter break... hmm...