Word/Image Association

I associate words with other words and images in strange ways. Here are some lists.

Words
America/American = cheese
Jesus = cheesecake
Rome = pizza
quick = fingernails
click = cicada

Can’t think of images right now. I’m working on it.

Here’s my Yuletide haul:

Many chocolate coins (NOT made in China)
Marzipan potatoes
German sour cherry gummy candy
Dragon model
“Angry Little Girls” pencil and notepads and container of some kind
Grow Your Own Hanging Gardens of Babylon
“Keroppi” mini calendar
Log pencil
Mojo bag
Mirror box
Candleholder and candles
“You Know You’re a Writer When…” book
His Majesty’s Dragon
Brisingr
ERratum
The Fire Eternal
The Key to Rondo
Inkdeath
Dragonology Code-Writing Kit
Folkmanis Griffon puppet
Uglydoll OX

Can’t remember the rest. I already have His Majesty’s Dragon, too.

Bye.

Tags: awesome, books, first 10, holiday haul, image association, word association, Yule

For Something’s Sake!

Dag. I hate this dag holiday rush stuff. (“Dag” is my new all-purpose word. Like it? It’s shiny.)

But really. I still need a frame for the thing I’m giving Peyton. Heck, I still need to DRAW the thing I’m giving Peyton. Not to mention my lack of anything for anyone else.

It’s getting worse all the time…

Speaking of butchering Beatles songs, look what I made up:

When you’re listening late at night
You may think the band are not quite right
And they’re not
I’m way out of key

What would you think if I sang out of tune?
Would you stand up and walk out on me?
Well, I hope not ’cause I’ll sing you a song
And I’ll probably be out of key

By the way, do you know how funny “Yesterday” sounds if you replace the word “yesterday” with “scrambled eggs” in every verse?

Scrambled eggs
Love was such an easy game to play
Now I need a place to hide away
Oh, I believe
In scrambled eggs

Why she had to go I don’t know, she wouldn’t say
I said something wrong, now I long for scrambled eggs

Yeah. Only problem with this is, Roth and Lysander like to sing it. Especially Lysander.

It’s funny.

It was the first time.

You know, Lysander, I have to agree.

You always side with her!

So?

Shut it, you overgrown lizard.

That’s enough, guys. Um, bye.

Tags: Beatles, Christmas, first 10, imaginary friends, music, suckish, Yule

Jingle Nyx, Jingle Nyx, Jingle All the Way…!

Yule is coming!

I really wish, just once, that someone would come into my room and ask what I was listening to so I could do this:

Mom: What are you listening to?
Me: Christmas music.
Mom: [listens to Beatles music for a second] What kind of Christmas music is this?
Me: Beatles Christmas music!

And then I could laugh manaically and get a strange look for my trouble.

Lysander: Ahem.

What?

You talked about the Beatles.

But I didn’t mention THAT thing.

Fine. But I’m watching you…

Bye.

Tags: Beatles, Christmas, first 10, imaginary friends, manaical laugh, music, Yule

Literature Class: An Exercise in Suckish

Yes, it’s true. Literature class is suckish, very muchly so too. I hate it. (I’ve probably said it before, but I’ll tell you again)

It’s not the reading I hate, of course. What were you thinking, you sick person? It’s the analyzing every which way, blah blah.

So today Ihad to read the story “Papa’s Parrot” and answer some questions. Questions 1 through 8, to be exact. So I was thinking, “Easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, ooh, what’s this?” The question was “What can you learn from Harry’s experiences?”

I wrote From Harry’s experiences, I learned and then stopped. Why? Because I was trying not to be honest and say “From Harry’s experiences, I learned absolutely nothing! Hello, waste of time!”

I mean, REALLY. Harry’s experiences were: not visiting his dad’s store, and being asked “Where’s Harry?” by a parrot. No big life lessons there. Maybe I should’ve written “From Harry’s experiences, I learned that lit. class sucks! Oh wait, I already knew that.”

Tags: dull, first 10, literature class, school, stupid, suckish