Oscar's Odd Blog

New School Year

2010-09-19T12:59:00.000-04:00

Yes, as everyone knows, we do not need to blog just yet. It doesn't matter. IT'S BLOGGING TIME AGAIN! I'm blogging mostly because I'm bored. Yes, I'm very bored, it's a big shocker. Anyways, welcome back to the blog, because it's been months. That's all for know, I guess.

Weekly Recommendation: Week 14

2010-06-28T20:46:00.005-04:00

Hello, my friend is back. I shall not introduce him. I'm too lazy. His name is Richie by the way. Short for Richard. Anyways, I'll hand the keyboard over to him now.

K so I did the Chasing Cars one like 7 weeks back or whenever, and well I'm here to do another one.

Um, for this week I'm going to do a song by Oasis, though I'm 100% sure no one will like it. It's Champagne Supernova, and it's 7 minutes long. Um.... it was only released in the US as a single and I think it's played on the radio. Sometimes

But anyways, it's epic so yeah.

youtube.com/searchitupyourself k?

Lyrics:

Lyrics. Obviously.

Well yeah

but seriously if you really want a song you'll like, then go listen to On My Own by Hedley.

Well, it's back to me, Oscar, and that was a random way to end the year. How nice. Have a good life, everybody. I'll possibly see you school next year.

GOODBYE!!

Signed-Oscar

Weekly Recommendation: Week 13

2010-06-21T20:22:00.001-04:00

Oh look, a superstition of the unlucky number 13. Hm....what shall I be doing to celebrate this....

Ha, I knew it. Wait...is it alternative? Give me a second. No, it's rock. Oh, whatever. This is an unlucky exception, okay? It works with the week number. DevilDriver this is.

Unlucky 13

Walk under ladders
Shatter seven mirrors
They say that's bad luck
For seven years
So, drink your glasses
But not at midnight
Salt over your shoulder
Into the fury!

Goes through with insecure
Goes through with insecure

I laugh at hearses roll by

Never look in the evil eye
Hold my breath in cemeteries
Many ill wishes for my enemies

Cease fire, seize the day
I rue the day that you were made
Cease fire, seize the day
I rue the day that you were made

Go ahead and get it off your chest
With luck you may survive
The guillotine
Nothing's what it seems
Unlucky 13
Nothing's what it seems
With the number thirteen

Lay under tin roofs
While lightning strikes
Not afraid
To rule the night
So many black cats
That cross my path
It gives me power
To work my wrath
I've knocked on wood
As the clock strikes twelve
This is the hour
When all the spirits dwell

I laugh at hearses roll by
Never look in the evil eye
Hold my breath in cemeteries
Many ill wishes for my enemies

Cease fire, seize the day
I rue the day that you were made
Cease fire, seize the day
I rue the day that you were made

Go ahead and get it off your chest
With luck you may survive
The guillotine
Nothing's what it seems
Unlucky 13
Nothing's what it seems
With the number thirteen

Yeah, you!
Cease fire, seize the day
I rue the day that you were made
Cease fire, seize the day
I rue the day that you were made
Go ahead and get it off your chest
With luck you may survive
The guillotine
Nothing's what it seems
Unlucky thirteen
Nothing's what it seems
With the number thirteen
This unlucky life
This unlucky life
Unlucky thirteen

So....screamo....I'm not even kidding. Ok, link.

Unlucky 13-DevilDriver

Enjoy, even though, you probably won't.

HA! That was funny. No, I was just kidding. I wonder, if you are even reading this. Anyways, the real recommendation. Gorillaz? Yes, they are gorillas. No, they aren't, but they're pretty good. I think the fact that they aren't gorillas makes them sound good already.

Feel Good Inc.

Feel good
Shake it, shake it, shake it, Feel good
Shake it, shake it, shake it, Feel good
Shake it, shake it, shake it, Feel good
Shake it, shake it, shake it, Feel good
Shake it, shake it, shake it, Feel good
Shake it, shake it, shake it, Feel good
Shake it, shake it, shake it, Feel good
Shake it, shake it, shake it, Feel good

City's breaking down on a camel's back.
They just have to go 'cos they don’t know wack
So while you fill the streets, it's appealing to see.
You won't get out the county, 'cos you're damn ass free.
You've got a new horizon, it's ephemeral style,
A melancholy town where we never smile.
And all I wanna hear is the message beep.
My dreams, I gotta kiss, because I don’t get sleep, no...

*BEEP*

Windmill, windmill for the land
Turn forever hand in hand
Take it all in on your stride
It is ticking falling down...
Love forever, Love is free
Lets turn forever you and me
Windmill, windmill for the land-
Is everybody in?

Laughing gas these hazmats, fast cats,
Linin' em up like ass cracks,
Ladies ponies at the track
It's my chocolate attack.
****, I'm stepping in heart of this here
Care bear bumpin' in the heart of this here
Watch me as I gravitate
Hahahahahaa.

Yo, we go ghost town,
This Motown,
With your sound
You win the blink.
Gon' bite the dust
Can't fight with us
With yo sound
You kill the INC.
So don’t stop, get it, get it
Until you're cheddar header.
Watch the way I navigate
Hahahahahahaa!

Shake it, shake it, shake it, Feel good
Shake it, shake it, shake it, Feel good
Shake it, shake it, shake it, Feel good
Shake it, shake it, shake it, Feel good

(Wait about 24 seconds until he starts singing again)

Windmill, windmill for the land
Turn forever hand in hand
Take it all in on your stride
It is ticking falling down...
Love forever Love is free
Lets turn forever you and me
Windmill, windmill for the land-
Is everybody in?

Don't stop, get it, get it,
We are your captains in it. Steady,
Watch me navigate,
Ahahahahahhaa

Don't stop, get it, get it,
We are your captains in it. Steady,
Watch me navigate,
Ahhahahahaa

Shake it, shake it, shake it, Feel good
Shake it, shake it, shake it, Feel good
Shake it, shake it, shake it, Feel good
Shake it, shake it, shake it, Feel good

Ahahahahahahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa...

You might want to watch out, there's swearing. Link? Feel Good Inc.-Gorillaz

The music video scares me. A lot. Just warning you. Oh, another warning, the band is actually virtual, like, with comic book characters. Created by a group of people. It's pretty amazing how they do all that though. Just telling you. Bye. For real this time.

Weekly Recommendation: Week 12

2010-06-14T19:51:00.000-04:00

Well, I just have a few more weeks of this torture-I mean- fun, left. Well, it is pretty torturous, to do this ENDLESSLY. It's not endlessly, but you get the point. I have 3 weeks, including this one. Now, what shall I choose for recommendifying? No, that is not a word, but it still is pretty awesome. Anyways, on to the thinking process.

Step 1: Open iTunes.
Step 2: Go to www.youtube.com
Step 3: Find something alternative from a music artist that I have not shown to you yet. (By the way, according to iTunes, Linkin Park is indeed, alternative, but, I won't use Linkin Park)
Step 4: Show it to you (even though this isn't happening anytime soon)

Oh...Nirvana. SMELLS LIKE TEEN SPIRIT, EH?

Smells Like Teen Spirit

Load up on guns and bring your friends
It's fun to lose and to pretend
She's over-bored and self-assured
Oh no, I know a dirty word

Hello, hello, hello, how low?
Hello, hello, hello, how low?
Hello, hello, hello, how low?
Hello, hello, hello

With the lights out, it's less dangerous
Here we are now, entertain us
I feel stupid and contagious
Here we are now, entertain us

A mulatto, an albino
A mosquito, my libido
Yeah, hey, yay

I'm worse at what I do best
And for this gift I feel blessed
Our little group has always been
And always will until the end

Hello, hello, hello, how low?
Hello, hello, hello, how low?
Hello, hello, hello, how low?
Hello, hello, hello

With the lights out, it's less dangerous
Here we are now, entertain us
I feel stupid and contagious
Here we are now, entertain us

A mulatto, an albino
A mosquito, my libido
Yeah, hey, yay

And I forget just why I taste
Oh yeah, I guess it makes me smile
I found it hard, it's hard to find
Oh well, whatever, nevermind

Hello, hello, hello, how low?
Hello, hello, hello, how low?
Hello, hello, hello, how low?
Hello, hello, hello

With the lights out, it's less dangerous
Here we are now, entertain us
I feel stupid and contagious
Here we are now, entertain us

A mulatto, an albino
A mosquito, my libido

A denial, a denial
A denial, a denial
A denial, a denial
A denial, a denial
A denial

Well that was rather teen spirit-ish. Great. Oh, link. Give me a second to go on youtube and get a link for which you will listen to the music to these lyrics. That sounded...weird.

Smells Like Teen Spirit-Nirvana

Notice how people wore Converse in 1991.

Good night. Even though it's not even 8:00 yet. Still, you get the point.

Bye, now.

One or two more posts...eh?

2010-06-08T19:30:00.001-04:00

Well, that was fast. The year's almost over. That's all I can think of for now. Give me a break. Like, a really long break. (June 5)

(June 7) Well, that was definitely a really long break. I feel all rested up and ready to blog. Anyways, just 2 more posts. I'll do another random topic post sort of thing.

Random topic post part 1

You remember Captain Obvious? I've found that there is also one other superhero that goes with Captain Obvious. That would be Captain Understatement. Quotes from Captain Understatement (Because they are just so awesome):

“Chuck Norris jokes have been used to the point that I would agree with minor assertion that they're beginning to lose some of their humor.”
~ Captain Understatement on Chuck Norris jokes

“I have a slight habit of occasionally understating certain matters.”
~ Captain Understatement on himself

“I've heard that velociraptors can be somewhat dangerous. ”
~ Captain Understatement on Velociraptors

“He doesn't quite live up to his reputation.”
~ Captain Understatement on Chuck Norris

“I assume, from what records show, that he was not the kindest of gentlemen.”
~ Captain Understatement on Adolf Hitler

“This page might be pushing the envelope for the number of quotes suitable for an Uncyclopedia article”
~ Captain Understatement on this page having far too many quotes

“It was a bit loud.”
~ Captain Understatement on the Big Bang

“Twilight was absolutely terrible and Avatar was excellent!”
~ Captain Understatement on Twilight and Avatar

“That took a while”
~ Captain Understatement on The hundred year war

Not Random Topic Post Part 2...

Because this is Random Topic Post Part 2. Obviously.

Anyways, I'm blank. I'm going to think about this. In the meantime, I'll search for other people on Uncyclopedia. Because it's that awesome.

*searching*

CAPTAIN SARCASM. No, I don't think it's me. Shh...don't tell anyone this, but I'm his sidekick.

NO....REALLY?

Anyways, here's the first few lines in his article.

If you were looking for Captain Obvious, you really know your way around Uncyclopedia.

If you were looking for real information well done! You've found it!!.

Of all the superheroes out there, Captain Sarcasm may just be the most sarcastic.

“No, really?”
~ Captain Sarcasm on that last line

More quotes from him (also from Uncyclopedia)

No...of course it isn't. Just because the first few lines of is article mentions Uncyclopedia, doesn't mean that these quotes are from Uncyclopedia, too, right?

“With such wonderful people like you hard at work, it's a wonder we haven't invented a better mousetrap or something that will benefit all humanity, by now. ”
~ Captain Sarcasm on the world

“This article is so not ripping off the Captain Obvious article.”
~ random quote by Captain Sarcasm

“Yeah, I really get along with these people.”
~ Captain Sarcasm on his "friends"

“No, this guy is actually pretty profound...”
~ Captain Sarcasm on Captain Obvious

Oh, here's a little Captain Understatement to go with him.

“I think he's a little sarcastic.”
~ Captain Understatement on Captain Sarcasm

Don't forget Captain Obvious.

“He's called Captain Sarcasm because he's always so sarcastic!”
~ Captain Obvious on Captain Sarcasm

“No! How the hell did you know that?!?! You're a freakin' genius!”
~ Captain Sarcasm on the previous quote

“Drop and give me 20”
~ Captain Random on Captain Sarcasm and Bill Clinton and Captain Obvious and a slice of lemon peel with the chilli

“Yeah, that quote made a LOT of sense.”
~ Captain Sarcasm on the previous quote

How interesting. Moving on?

Not random topic post 3....

Because this is random topic post 3.

This is getting somewhat cliché.
~ Captain Obvious

No...it's not cliché at all...
~ Captain Sarcasm

Anyways, what's topic number three?

The Four Horsemen of "Agh, No, Make Them Stop Talking"

Well, they're the 4 people (3 mentioned before) that are somewhat annoying. Oh, sorry, that was Captain Understatement. Anyways, the four people are Captain Obvious, Captain Understatement, Captain Sarcasm, and Captain Oblivious.

“Yeah, we really have horses.”
~ Captain Sarcasm on The Four Horsemen of "Agh, No, Make Them Stop Talking"

“I am Captain Obvious. He is Captain Sarcasm, he is Captain Oblivious, and he is Captain Understatement, and we make us the Four Horsemen of "Agh, No, Make Them Stop Talking"!”
~ Captain Obvious on The Four Horsemen of "Agh, No, Make Them Stop Talking"

“I don't really do much in the group.”
~ Captain Understatement on The Four Horsemen of "Agh, No, Make Them Stop Talking"

“No! You're so important! We can't do anything without you!”
~ Captain Sarcasm on Captain Understatement

“Wait, what? Hmm? ”
~ Captain Oblivious on The Four Horsemen of "Agh, No, Make Them Stop Talking"

Well, I suppose I'm done. Good night.

Weekly Recommendation: Week 11

2010-06-07T13:08:00.003-04:00

Translator guy: Bonjour. Je m'appelle Oscar...

Me: Oh, no. Not again...

*sigh*

Translator guy, please get out.

Translator guy: Mais je suis ici pour traduire-

Me: Yes, I know that...but I don't think people want to read this in French....

Translator guy: Vous detestez la français?

Me: No, they don't hate it, they just have enough of it at school, and I'm trying to give lyrics, and they'll probably have no idea what it is in French...

Translator guy: Hmph! Au revior!

Ok, now that that's handled...AGAIN...let's get on to the recommendation!

Hm...I'm listening to the longest song I've ever heard of, which is Siberian Breaks-MGMT at 12 minutes 10 seconds. It's kinda weird, and I already did a recommendation of MGMT, so I'll try something else....okay, let me think about this.

So, after 10 minutes of thinking (yes, I looked at the clock), I've chosen Aqualung. Cool name eh? Anyways, here's the song.

Strange and Beautiful

I've been watching your world from afar
I've been trying to be where you are
And I've been secretly falling apart
Unseen

To me, you're strange and you're beautiful
You'd be so perfect with me
But you just can't see
You turn every head but you don't see me

I'll put a spell on you
You'll fall asleep when I put a spell on you
And when I wake you I'll be the first thing you see
And you'll realize that you love me

Yeah
Yeah

Sometimes the last thing you want comes in first
Sometimes the first thing you want never comes
But I know that waiting is all you can do
Sometimes

I'll put a spell on you
You'll fall asleep, I put a spell on you
And when I wake you I'll be the first thing you see
And you'll realize that you love me

I'll put a spell on you
You'll fall asleep when I put a spell on you
And when I wake you I'll be the first thing you see
And you'll realize that you love me, yeah

Yeah
Yeah
Yeah
Yeah

Do you want a link? You probably do. Here: Strange and Beautiful-Aqualung

Well, that was interesting. I'm bored again. Just a few weeks until summer. Then, it'll be more boring. There's never anything to do on weekends, and there won't be anything to do in the summer. Okay, I guess I'm done. Bye!

Awesome camps we have, eh?

2010-06-01T21:39:00.000-04:00

Did you see what I did there with the title? I'm Canadian. That's awesome. Anyways, onto the post.

So, one day, I was at camp (Yes, it was Scouts...STOP LAUGHING...that is, if you are laughing...ahem, Tracy...*cough cough*), minding my own business, when suddenly, events popped up at the camp. WE HAD TO DO THESE EVENTS! Well, partly because it was a challenge camp. I think our group was probably dead last. Our first event was fire building. The objective was to build this pile of wood up to 1 foot high so you can burn this piece of string. There was some bad news and no good news. OK, what kind of news do you want to hear first? Bad news number 1, or bad news number 2? To go in numeric and chronological (big and not understandable words, as you see) order, I will start with bad news number 1. OK, bad news number one is, we didn't get the fire to burn the string. We had a great fire, but it didn't burn the string. Bad news number 2, we don't get points for the awesome pile of wood we had built. IT LOOKED LIKE THE OLYMPIC TORCH! Well, anyways, we had failed that. Nothing was as interesting as that until dinner. Judgment time of our dinner. UH OH. We had these chicken wings, lettuce, and, for our grain, a slice of toast. Interesting. Well, they judged on nutrition value and presentation. We get a max of 6 marks for nutrition value, and 4 for presentation. Well, we had a pretty fail presentation, and got a 2 for that. We got 3 for nutrition value, but our chicken wings weren't like really fried, but pretty oily, so I guess we kinda deserved that. At least they said it tasted good. Well, we were probably dead last for that, while some groups got like, 9 for some chocolate banana crepe. I have no idea why they make that sort of thing at camp. It's camp, not a 5 star restaurant. Well, people are looking into that, because it was pretty unfair. Well, next was campfire. We had to have a cheer, a song, and a skit and the people would randomly choose one that we had to do. Well, we decided to make up the skit and song, and our cheer would be the wave. Pretty awesome. Well, here's the song that I made up on the spot. It goes to the tune of Bingo (It might not fit too well. I told you, it was made up on the spot).

There....was a group that failed at everything,

At this challenge ca-amp.

That was u-u-us,

That was u-u-us.

Yes, we fail at everything.

So....we had tried to make some knots,

They had really su-ucked.

They had su-u-ucked,

They had su-u-ucked.

Yes our knots ha-ad sucked.

Then we tried to make dinner,

That had really su-ucked.

It had su-u-ucked,

It had su-u-ucked.

Yes, our dinner had sucked.

I guess this is the end of our song,

Because it's d-one.

Thank you very much,

Thank you very much.

For listening to this fail.

Pretty awesome song, right? Well, at the campfire, we were chosen. We had to do a skit. The problem is, we didn't have time to do the skit. So, I stepped up for our group. I improvised the song, so why not this? So, I called myself Narrator, and I decided to try to name our group. I asked them for their names. We had 4 other people in my group. The first person named himself Character. The second person said I don't know, so I said that that was his name. The third person just shrugged, so I called him Shrugs. The last person said I don't really know either, so I named him that. Then I asked them why they were called those names. The first person said he was called Character because he was a character, and I asked him how long he's been a character, and he said 2 or 3 months. I asked the next person the same thing, and his response was "I don't know." Well, it's pretty obvious now. I asked the third person why he was called Shrugs, and he shrugged. Also pretty obvious. Finally, I asked the last person why he was called I Don't Really Know Either. He said "I don't really know either." Then I said "Well, I've concluded that these people have really stupid names." Glad we got through that. Phew! Well, that's mostly the main events. Oh, did I mention that at the camp, it was cloudy for the whole time, and it was raining and snowing. When the camp was over. The sun finally decided to show its face. Isn't that nice? Well, that's all. Bye!

Weekly Recommendation: Week 10

2010-05-31T17:01:00.000-04:00

Ok, week 10 we have here. Oh, that sounded Yoda-ish. Time Jam this Pearl will it be. Well, that's a little too confusing. Ok, this time, it will be Pearl Jam. YOU'VE NEVER HEARD OF PEARL JAM? HOW COULD YOU? Ok, doesn't matter, I'll introduce Pearl Jam to you. Oh, I just realized that I said Ok three times (make that four). Ok, here are the lyrics. Oh, shoot. I said it for the fifth time.

The Fixer

Yeah, hey, hey
When something's dark, let me shed a little light on it
If something's cold, I want to put a little fire on it
If something's old, I want to put a little shine on it
If something's gone, I want to fight to get it back again

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, fight to get it back again
Yeah, yeah, hey, yeah, yeah

When something's broke, I want to put a little fixin' on it
If something's bored, I want to put a little exciting on it
When something's low, I want to put a little high on it
If something's lost, I want to fight to get it back again

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, fight to get it back again
Yeah, yeah, hey, yeah, yeah

When signals cross, I want to put a little straight on it
If there's no love, I want to try to love again

I'll say your prayers, I'll take your side
I'll find us a way to make light
I'll dig your grave, we'll dance and sing
What's saved could be one last lifetime

Hey, hey, hey
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, fight to get it back again
Yeah, yeah, hey, yeah, yeah, fight to get it back again
Yeah, yeah, yeah, fight to get it back again
Hey, yeah, hey, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

As you can see, there are a lot of yeah's. Here's the link: The Fixer-Pearl Jam

Écouter, s`il vous plaît. Merci!

Weekly Recommendation: Week 9

2010-05-24T17:17:00.001-04:00

Merry Victoria Day....um...that doesn't make sense...oh whatever.

Well, isn't this nice. I'm starting to run out of ideas. Let's look through my brain.

Scanning brain: 10% completed
                       20% completed
                       30% completed
                       40% completed
                       50% completed

A fatal exception has occured...BLAH BLAH BLAH (not in reference to the song)

Well, my brain seems to be failing right now. Fortunately, I found a nice song before that happened. MEET GOOD CHARLOTTE (believe it or not, Good Charlotte is indeed an alternative band)!

Well, I'm pretty sure this song should be familiar to you. If you don't feel that this is familiar, then you don't really listen to music that much. Just saying. Not insulting you or anything. I'm just saying.

Andrew, here's some meaningful lyrics for you.

The Anthem

(Yeah, here we go)
It's a new day, but it all feels old
It's a good life, that's what I'm told
But everything, it all just feels the same

At my high school, it felt more to me
Like a jail cell, a penitentiary
My time spent there, it only made me see

That I don't ever wanna be like you
I don't wanna do the things you do
I'm never gonna hear the words you say
and I don't ever wanna, I don't ever wanna be

You...don't wanna be just like you
Oh what I'm sayin' is this is the anthem, throw all your hands up,
you... don't wanna be you

Go to college, a university, get a real job,
That's what they said to me
But I could never live the way they want
I'm gonna get by, and just do my time, out of step while, they all
get in line
I'm just a minor threat so pay no mind

Do you really wanna be like them, do you really wanna be another
trend?
Do you wanna be part of that crowd?
'cause I don't ever wanna, I don't ever wanna be

You...don't wanna be just like you
Oh what I'm sayin' is this is the anthem throw all your hands up,
you, don't wanna be you

Shake it once, that's fine
Shake it twice, that's okay
Shake it three times, you're playing with yourself, again.

You...don't wanna be just like you
What I'm sayin' is this is the anthem throw all your hands up,
Y'all got to feel me, sing if you're with me, you, don't wanna
be just like you (just like you)
This is the anthem throw all your hands up, y'all got to feel
me, sing if you're with me
Another loser anthem (whoa-oh)
Another loser anthem (whoa-oh)
Another loser anthem (whoa-oh)
Another loser anthem

VERY MEANINGFUL RIGHT? Anyways, here's the link: The Anthem-Good Charlotte

Enjoy-eth OR ELSE! Nah, I'm just kidding.

What's an official post?

2010-05-21T21:39:00.002-04:00

Well, this is an official post! I call it, "All sorts of random topics stuck onto one rather necessary post". Unfortunately, it's too big to fit the title. Well, actually, it can fit the title, but it's too mixed up.

First random topic: Science!

GAH! Science isn't cool. Well, at least form and function isn't anyways. I don't think being an engineer will be a good career choice later in life. If I ever do become an engineer, you might not want to go into the buildings that I build or design. Just saying. It's not safe.

Second random topic: Random topics!

Have you ever noticed how topics can be so random? It includes this one. Well, randomness, is indeed, something that I do. By the way, I herd you liek Mudkipz :o. Yes, I know I'm random.

Fourth...wait...no third random topic: CAPTAIN OBVIOUS.

This random topic is about Captain Obvious. Yes, he has the most Obvious sayings around, including the first sentence in this random topic. Now, to quote interesting quotes of Captain Obvious.

“People all over the world will have to purchase a new calendar within the next twelve months.”
~ Captain Obvious on the future

“Within two to three years the price of stamps will increase by an amount.”
~ Captain Obvious on the future

“Someone will die today.”
~ Captain Obvious on the future

“Someone will be born today.”
~ Captain Obvious on the future

“You will eat food within the next 30 days.”
~ Captain Obvious on the future

“Tomorrow will be another day.”
~ Captain Obvious on the future

“The future is coming.”
~ Captain Obvious on the future

“Someone will breathe today.”
~ Captain Obvious on the future

“Within two... no, three..., no wait, ok two years, there will be a year that is divisible by 2.”
~ Captain Obvious on the future

“Indeed, current events may become past events, but always remember that there will, now and always, be future events in the future.”
~ Captain Obvious on the future

“In two years time, it will be two years in the future.”
~ Captain Obvious on the future

“I'm not a doctor, but if you don't have your heart put back in your chest, you may die soon.”
~ Captain Obvious on Lack of Medical Training, also the future

“At the sound of the tone, it will be the time it is supposed to be. As in not now, but the future”
~ Captain Obvious on the future

“in one year it will be the present ”
~ Captain Obvious on the future

“Next millenium, you'll be dead.”
~ Captain Obvious on the future

“You can't touch MC Hammer.”
~ Captain Obvious on MC Hammer

Well, that was awesome. (Credits of quotes to Uncyclopedia)

NOW it's the fourth random topic: Music?

Ha, music. I just thought of that right now. I'm currently listening to Yes-Coldplay. Guess what song's after that? If you guessed Strawberry Swing, well, you're wrong. It's Viva la Vida. By the way, Yes is over 7 minutes. Oh! Here are the lyrics (Yes, I know it's pretty random):

Yes-Coldplay

When it started we had high hopes
Now my back's on the line
My back's on the ropes

When it started we were alright
But night makes a fool
of us in the daylight

Then we were dying of frustration
Saying Lord lead me not into temptation
But it’s not easy when she turns you on
Sin, stay gone

If you’d only, if you’d only say yes
Whether you will's anybody’s guess
God only God knows I'm trying my best
But I’m just so tired of this loneliness

Hey

So up they picked me by the big toe
I was held from the rooftop then they let go
Dizzily screaming 'Let the windows down'
As I crawl to the ground

If you'd only if you'd only say yes
Whether you will's anybody's guess
God only God knows she won't let me rest
But I'm just so tired of this loneliness
I've become so tired of this loneliness

Hm...it's missing Chinese Sleep Chant. Ok, hold on.

Chinese Sleep Chant (Part of Yes)-Coldplay

Fall asleep
Fall asleep
Sleep satisfied
Sleep satisfied

Fall asleep
Fall asleep
Sleep satisfied
Sleep satisfied

Sleep
Sleep
Sleep

Sleep
Sleep
Sleep satisfied
Sleep satisfied

Fall asleep
Fall asleep
Sleep crucify
Sleep crucify

Fall asleep
Fall asleep
Sleep satisfied
Sleep satisfied

Sleep
Sleep
Sleep

Sleep
Sleep
Sleep satisfied
Sleep satisfied

Wow, until I looked it up, I didn't know that it kept on saying sleep. I only heard the word satisfied. The echoing falsetto doesn't help. Ok, now, I will find one random song on my iTunes library and describe it, or whatever.

~2 minutes later, after a lot of explaining about what's going on.~

Ok, so, with the help of Angie (7H), the song that has been picked is Falling Away With You-Muse.
This song uses acoustic guitar, and starts out pretty quietly, and slowly gets louder. During the first chorus, the drums, ELECTRIC guitar, and bass comes in. It's kind of loud now. Oh, and the acoustic guitar is gone. That sucks, I liked it. Well, the vocals come in again. Chorus...blah blah blah...still the same. Finally, at the end, it gets quiet again. Oh, and the acoustic guitar comes back. There's also this sort of fuzzy noise in the background. It's pretty faint, but it leads into Interlude, which is a lot of fuzzy noise, and then, in my opinion, the best song of Absolution (the album of Falling Away With You), Hysteria comes on.

Well, that's a lot of random stuff. I think I'm done. Bye! Oh, and have a nice long weekend.

Weekly Recommendation: Week 8

2010-05-17T21:38:00.003-04:00

Well, thanks to my friend, I have one less week to handle. In a way, it feels better to have one week to deal with. In a way, IT'S RUDE! NO, I DO NOT HAVE A HORRENDOUS TASTE IN MUSIC! I don't, right? For his comments, I strongly disagree. I always have at least 2 official posts. You know these aren't official posts right?

It's been 8 weeks now. How quick! It's already in the middle of May. We're zooming along here. Anyways, here's the Fray! I haven't done the Fray before have I?

Syndicate

Half way around the world lies the one thing that you want
Buried in the ground, hundreds of miles down
The first thing that arises in your mind when you awake
Is bending you 'til you break, let me hold you now

Baby, close your eyes, don't open 'til the morning light
Baby, don't forget, we haven't lost it all yet

Don't know what you're made of 'til the one thing that you want
Is coming with the dawn and suddenly changes
Mundane syndicate meets everyone the same
All we've lost to the flame, listen to me now

Baby, close your eyes, don't open 'til the morning light
Don't ever forget, we haven't lost it all yet
All we know for sure is all that we are fighting for
Baby, don't forget, we haven't lost it all yet

Someday when this is over
We may still have no answer
For now it's when I hold her
We are closer, we are closer
We are closer, we are closer

Baby, close your eyes, don't open 'til the morning light
Don't ever forget, we haven't lost it all yet
And all we know for sure is all that we are fighting for
Baby, don't forget, we haven't lost it all yet

We are closer, we are closer
(We haven't lost it all yet)
We are closer
(We haven't lost it all yet)
We are closer

Syndicate-The Fray

Ok, week 8 is done. I think i have about another 8 weeks to go. HALFWAY THERE! Almost the end of the school year. And then, SUMMER! Bye!

Reviewing "The Final Straw"

2010-05-15T17:48:00.005-04:00

Well, my friend made ANOTHER mix. Isn't that nice of him? Fortunately, I have all the marks down. Now, here they are!

Oh, the tracklist, right....

1. Declaration of Dependence-Starfield (one of my recommendations, as you remember)
2. Bleed American-Jimmy Eat World
3. The Bitter End-Placebo
4. We Weren't Born to Follow-Bon Jovi
5. Chocolate-Snow Patrol
6. Flake-Jack Johnson
7. Last Train Home-Lostprophets
8. Brighter Than Sunshine-Aqualung
9. Little House-The Fray
10. Without a Fight-Hoobastank
11. Miss Murder-AFI
12. All You Did Was Save My Life-Our Lady Peace

1. Declaration of Dependence-Starfield

Oh WOW! This is like, one of the best songs I've ever heard. The intro is just amazing. Does that tell you anything about the marks?

10/10

2. Bleed American-Jimmy Eat World

Eh...I'm too lazy to think of a reason. I like the chorus though.

9/10

3. The Bitter End-Placebo

The intro is pretty good.

8/10

4. We Weren't Born to Follow-Bon Jovi

ACK! Too lazy to think of anymore reasons. I'll just post the marks from now on.

7/10

5. Chocolate-Snow Patrol

9/10

6. Flake-Jack Johnson

Bleh, the ending ruined the whole song

6/10

7. Last Train Home-Lostprophets

8/10

8. Brighter Than Sunshine-Aqualung

8/10

9. Little House-The Fray

10/10

10. Without a Fight-Hoobastank

8/10

11. Miss Murder-AFI

8/10

12. All You Did Was Save My Life-Our Lady Peace

8/10

EDIT: New song to replace Flake: Spanish Rain-Coldplay

6. Spanish Rain-Coldplay

9/10

And the overall average is....

8.5/10

This mix is a bit better than "A Work of Art"

Thank you for watching/reading/counting.

ORANGE! ORANGE! ORANGE!

2010-05-13T17:33:00.000-04:00

Well, once upon a time, there was a little boy named Menan. Menan told me to blog about a little thing called THE ORANGE PEOPLE! Anyways, the red people are violent. They eat eyeballs and drink blood. WINSTON SUPPORTS THIS MOVEMENT OF THE RED PEOPLE. Anyways, the Orange people live simple lives, and do jobs and go to the Olympics and that sort of thing.

This just in, ANDREW WILL NOT BLOG ABOUT THE ORANGE PEOPLE. HE SUPPORTS THE YELLOW PEOPLE. THIS IS ABOUT THE ORANGE PEOPLE. NOT THE RED PEOPLE. NO, I'M NOT SHOUTING, I JUST NEED TO SHOW YOU THAT THIS IS IMPORTANT WITH CAPS.

More breaking news, ARUURAN IS NOT BLOGGING ABOUT THE ORANGE PEOPLE EITHER.

Anyways, moving on. You must support the Orange people movement, because they live awesome lives by doing jobs and going for a good education and whatnot. Oh jeez, I have to go, because we're going back to discuss Red Maple.

Well, that was a long break from blogging. NOW! VOTE FOR THE ORANGE PEOPLE.

QUEBEC????

2010-05-11T20:39:00.000-04:00

Well, my trip to Quebec...

HAHA, yeah, right, as if I'm going to talk about my trip to Quebec. Most people are going to do that...I just wanted to mock you....and taunt you....that sort of thing. Well, I'm bored, and I have nothing to do. Well, that's the point of bored. Anyways, my friend's other mix is about to come up in around 4 days. I think it's supposed to be scheduled for the 15th. That's all. Bye!

Weekly Recommendation: Week 7

2010-05-10T19:20:00.001-04:00

This isn't Oscar doing this blog. I think he's mentioned once or twice that one of his friends made a mix for him or something like that. Yep, I'm that friend.

Before I say anything else, please don't blame me for Oscar's horrendous taste in music. I HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH IT. It was all his choice and stuffs. Well anyways, onto the weekly recommendation thing that Oscar does. TBH, it's really pointless, because I really don't think anyone actually listens to these songs. -.- It just sounds like a lazy excuse to post some blogs.

Oh look, he's complaining.

Ok with the lyrics thing (it's not like you can't just google the lyrics, but w/e. Gotta make it look like this blog has something in it).

Snow Patrol - Chasing Cars

We'll do it all
Everything
On our own

We don't need
Anything
Or anyone

If I lay here
If I just lay here
Would you lie with me
And just forget the world?

I don't quite know
How to say
How I feel

Those three words
Are said too much
They're not enough

If I lay here
If I just lay here
Would you lie with me
And just forget the world?

Forget what we're told
Before we get too old
Show me a garden
That's bursting into life

Let's waste time
Chasing cars
Around our heads

I need your grace
To remind me
To find my own

If I lay here
If I just lay here
Would you lie with me
And just forget the world?

Forget what we're told
Before we get too old
Show me a garden
That's bursting into life

All that I am
All that I ever was
Is here in your perfect eyes
They're all I can see

I don't know where
Confused about how as well
Just know that these things
Will never change for us at all

If I lay here
If I just lay here
Would you lie with me
And just forget the world?

Link: Snow Patrol-Chasing Cars

Well that was easy.

Bye.
Yours truly, Oscar's friend.

Weekly Recommendation: Week 6

2010-05-03T20:49:00.002-04:00

Another song today. Obviously. It's Monday again! Don't we all hate Mondays? Anyways, here's something by the Broken Bells (never heard of them?).

The High Road

We're bound to wait all night
She's bound to run amok
Invested enough in it anyhow,
To each his own
The Garden is sorting out
She curls her lips on a bow
I don't know if you're dead or not
To anyone

Come on and get the minimum
Before you open up your eyes,
This army has so many heads
To analyze...
Come on and get your overdose
Collect it at the borderline
And they want to get up in your head...

[Chorus]
Cause they know and so do I
The high road is hard to find
A detour in your new life
Tell all of your friends goodbye

The dawn to end all nights
That's all we hoped it was
A break from the warfare in your house
To each his own...
A soldier is bailing out
And curled his lips on the barrel
And I don't know if the dead can talk
To anyone...

Come on and get the minimum
Before you open up your eyes
This army has so many hands
Are you one of us?
Come on and get your overdose
Collect it at the borderline
And they want to get up in your head

[Chorus]
Cause they know and so do I
The high road is hard to find
A detour to your new life
Tell all of your friends goodbye

It's too late to change your mind
You let loss be your guide...

It's too late to change your mind
You let loss be your guide...

It's too late to change your mind
You let loss be your guide...

It's too late to change your mind
You let loss be your guide...

Well, April is gone, and we're actually in Quebec right now. This was scheduled a few weeks before. Isn't that awesome? Anyways, here's the link. The High Road-Broken Bells

Just 2 months to go until the end of school! We're so close to summer vacation, you can almost feel it. Bye!

Reviewing "A Work of Art"

2010-05-01T17:22:00.004-04:00

Well, my friend and I were chatting on MSN one day (yes, a lot of people chat on MSN these days) and he said that since we like the same music (he likes Muse too. What a surprise!), we can try swapping other things we like and see what we thought of it. Of course, he already made his mix. I was making mine, and I called it "The Mix". He called his "A Work of Art". Finally, we have to review each other's mix. Now, I'm no genius at criticism, but I think that I'm okay with reviewing. This is his song tracklist: (He also had one Muse and Coldplay song, but since we both like Muse and Coldplay, we took it out)
(I bet you've never heard of half of these bands) (The song name goes first and then the band name after. i.e. The Pie Song-The Pie People) (I am using a lot of brackets)

1. Try Me-Of a Revolution
2. Disarm-Smashing Pumpkins
3. No Line on the Horizon-U2 (Probably one band you heard of)
4. Nude-Radiohead (Another band you've heard of?)
5. Human-The Killers
6. Kid-The Living End
7. Interlude-Your Damien Grace
8. Falling Down-Oasis
9. Substitution-Silversun Pickups
10. Wheels-Foo Fighters
11. A Beautiful Lie-30 Seconds to Mars
12. I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor-Arctic Monkeys
13. Dani California-Red Hot Chili Peppers (I was surprised by this one, too)

Now, on to the review, which is probably going to take me a while.

1. Try Me-Of a Revolution

There are 10/13 bands that I've heard of in this mix that I've heard of before this mix. This is not one of them. The first track of "A Work of Art". The chorus is very catchy. The tune is good, too

7/10

2. Disarm-Smashing Pumpkins

It starts with acoustic guitar, and gets into more instruments as the song progresses. The chorus is really good, too.

8/10

3. No Line on the Horizon-U2

U2 wasn't a group that I really liked, but this song is great. I was surprised to find out that this was from their 12th studio album, which was released about a year ago. Believe it or not, U2 originally started in Ireland, in 1976. The guitar tune is catchy, and so are the lyrics.

9/10

4. Nude-Radiohead

Well, isn't this an unusual song. It starts with this melody, with the singer singing in high falsetto. Then, the bass comes in. Finally, the lyrics, which are kind of slurred, so I can't really make them out. Radiohead isn't something I'm a fan of, but this is alright. It repeats the phrase "Can't put the needle in" a lot though. At least, that's what the lyrics site says.

7/10

5. Human-The Killers

WOW. First, there's this really good tune, which I have no idea what instrument plays it, then the lyrics. The "Are we human, or are we dancers" part at the end of the chorus is probably the best.

9/10

6. Kid-The Living End

Wow, it sort of sounds like a kids show tune. Perfect title, eh? But, the lyrics say "Keep it up, keep it up, you're gonna kill the kid". This sounds nothing like the first song I heard of by The Living End, which is "Prisoner of Society", which was like this super hard rock song, and then this, all of a sudden becomes mellow. Nonetheless, it's still pretty good.

8/10

7. Interlude-Your Damien's Grace

It doesn't really have much to do with "Kid", but it does kind of link up to the next song, not really though, but it sounds really cool. It sounds like a spacey sort of tune. First there's this tune which is sort of like on endless repeat, and then a bell and bass comes in. Like I said, it sounds really cool.

8/10

8. Falling Down-Oasis

A sort of relaxing tune at the beginning, but after the static noise. Then, the drums and acoustic guitars come in. The lyrics are good and the tune is even better.

9/10

9. Substitution-Silversun Pickups

The beginning, I swear, sounds exactly like "Don't Panic-Coldplay". The lyrics are great. The first stanza is already great:

There's a vulture perching right off screen
And it's bitter and whispers chaotic things
And it reached in quick ain't it worrying
It's so easy to see, everyone can agree, stop listening

See?

9/10

10. Wheels-Foo Fighters

Nice intro to the song, chorus is really catchy.

8/10

11. A Beautiful Lie-30 Seconds to Mars

A quiet piano intro, and then the basic electric guitar and drums and that stuff. The fact that it can be from quiet to loud all of a sudden makes the song really good.

7/10

12. I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor-Arctic Monkeys

I really like the intro, and it works well in this fast-paced song. The lyrics are pretty good, too.

8/10

13. Dani California-Red Hot Chili Peppers

Starts with drum, then adds guitar and bass. This type of music is seems familiar, but I can't put my finger on it. The guitar and bass are pretty cool, and the lyrics are pretty directed to USA.

8/10

Well, the mix was pretty good overall, some are better than others of course.

Overall score: 8/10

I guess that's all from my terrible review. My friend is unbelievably lucky that I'm terrible at reviewing things. I just score too lightly. Anyways, I guess that's all. Now, I have to wait for my friend to hurry up with his review for my mix. Oh, here's the tracklist:

1. Aggro-The Enemy
2. A Place for My Head-Linkin Park
3. I'm Just a Kid-Simple Plan (explicit, watch out)
4. All the Right Moves-OneRepublic
5. Munich-The Editors
6. Dance, Dance-Fall Out Boy
7. The River-Good Charlotte
8. Prisoner of Society-The Living End (Remember them?)
9. Remembering Sunday-All Time Low
10. Use Somebody-Kings of Leon

Making this mix was also the first time I ever tried Photoshop, and actually succeeded, or at least, finish it without failing miserably. That's all. Bye!

Weekly Recommendation: Week 5

2010-04-26T21:14:00.000-04:00

Wow, 5 weeks already. Time's going by quickly, eh? Anyways, here's a song that sounds kind of repetitive, but still catchy, by MGMT.

Kids

You were a child,
crawlin' on your knees toward it.
Makin' mama so proud,
but your voice was too loud.

We like to watch you laughing.
You pick the insects off plants.
No time to think of consequences.

Control yourself.
Take only what you need from it.
A family of trees wantin',
To be haunted.

Control yourself.
Take only what you need from it.
A family of trees wantin',
To be haunted.

The water is warm,
but it's sending me shivers.
A baby is born,
crying out for attention.
Memories fade,
like looking through a fogged mirror
Decision to decisions are made and not bought
But I thought,
this wouldn't hurt a lot.
I guess not.

Control yourself.
Take only what you need from it.
A family of trees wantin',
To be haunted.

Control yourself.
Take only what you need from it.
A family of trees wantin',
To be haunted.

Control yourself.
Take only what you need from it.
A family of trees wantin',
To be haunted.

Control yourself.
Take only what you need from it.
A family of trees wantin',
To be haunted.

Control yourself.
Take only what you need from it.
A family of trees wantin',
To be haunted.

Control yourself.
Take only what you need from it.
A family of treeeeees...

Yea, there it is. Anyways, here's the link: Kids-MGMT

I think the lyrics that they have are incorrect but you can just ignore it. Like I said, it's unbelievably catchy. Enjoy!

The Shepherd's Granddaughter

2010-04-24T12:49:00.000-04:00

So, I have just read "The Shepherd's Granddaughter" a couple of days ago, and, from the letter, I was expecting a lot of violence. Okay, not really, but at least a little more than what was actually in the book. I also read the letter by...uh...let's see....Brian Henry against the book. I really liked the book, and I don't really think that they should ban it. It is fiction isn't it? It's not supposed to be real. Even though it's close. Reading the book gave me a feel about what the letter was talking about. I agree with Peter Carver, from the article "Not wise to ban children's book", who says that "Young readers are eager to engage with world issues. We are the next generation to make a change. We can help. Just like global warming right? On a personal opinion, I think that it's only the Palestinian view, and it's biased because of that. It's because of the fact that most of the Israelis that they have met or seen were destroying land of theirs. Now, it could be because of the terrorists that they were destroying property, but Amani knows that not all Israelis are attacking Palestinian land. She knows the rabbi, who does go against this attack. So, even from a Palestinian's viewpoint, What Amani's uncle said ("No Israeli is innocent") is probably very biased and absolutely not true. So, in the end, I'd have to agree with both sides, but this book should not be banned. Young readers need to know what is happening in the world. I can say this myself, because until the speech competition, I didn't know about this problem. I explored it even deeper when I was reading the book. I'll give a short summary to answer Mr. Gould's questions.

Overall, I think that the book "The Shepherd's Granddaughter" should not be withdrawn from the Red Maple competition. It is directed at YA readers, and we should know about what's happening to teens around our age in the world. Overall, everyone should have the right to decide what gets put on the Red Maple competition, but if that's not possible, then I would trust whoever is currently deciding what gets put in Red Maple, because they have given us different perspectives from all over the world, like in Ireland, Uganda, and Israel, from Lunch with Lenin, Greener Grass, The Shepherd's Granddaughter, After, and War Brothers. I think that the YA readers themselves should decide whether a book should be put in a library or not. We should have a trusted judgment, because other readers like us are going to read those same books, and we all would have almost the same perspective.

Anyways, that's over 200 words, but definitely not a wrap up yet. That was the end of the official post. You can stop here if you want.

Because you've been reading my dead-serious post, I've decided to lighten the mood a little. I will think of 15 random music artists (NO JUSTIN BIEBER OR ANY OF THAT DISNEY STUFF) in 2 minutes. READY. SET. GO!

Ok, done, with about 10 seconds left on the clock. Here they are!

Muse

Coldplay

Nirvana

Pearl Jam

Silversun Pickups

Wintersleep

Billy Talent

Nickelback

The Killers

Oasis

Foo Fighters

Arctic Monkeys

The Fray

Jimmy Eat World

Now, the entertaining part. Aren't you lucky that they aren't all alternative. I will think of one song for each of these artists. No, I'm not timing this. It's not like you're getting the feel of me being timed anyways. That was just to challenge me.

Invincible-Muse

Spies-Coldplay

Smells Like Teen Spirit-Nirvana

Got Some-Pearl Jam
Well Thought Out Twinkles-Silversun Pickups
Weighty Ghost-Wintersleep
Rusted from the Rain-Billy Talent
Burn it to the Ground-Nickelback
Human-The Killers
Little by Little-Oasis
Wheels-Foo Fighters
I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor-Arctic Monkeys
Syndicate-The Fray
Vertigo-U2
Pain-Jimmy Eat World

OK! So, that was long and torturous, but it's done. Bye!

Weekly Recommendation: Week 4

2010-04-19T23:53:00.002-04:00

It's been a month now, and I DOUBT ANY OF YOU HAVE LISTENED TO ANYTHING! Anyways, here's another song that's from my friend's mix (Substitution was the first). This is by Starfield, which apparently, is very Christian.

Declaration of Dependence

This is my heart's condition
This world has ammunition
To tear me down and steal my life away
I know there's more than this
More than temptation's kiss
So lift me up and give me strength to say

I will live
I will live for you
I will live
I will live for you

I've had the revelation
This is my declaration
More of you oh God and less of me
Cause you are my new existence
I offer no resistance
I'm running to the One I know I need

I will live
I will live for you
I will live
I will live for you

Anyways, that's all. Here's the link, too.

Declaration of Dependence-Starfield

The intro is definitely my favourite part. What about you? LISTEN TO IT TO FIND OUT. Bye!

Weekly Recommendation: Week 3

2010-04-12T23:39:00.000-04:00

Wow, isn't it quiet around lately? Have you noticed? Don't worry, I noticed for you. Anyways, here's week 3: Silversun Pickups.

Substitution

There's a vulture perching right off screen
And it's bitter and whispers chaotic things
And it reached in quick ain't it worrying
It's so easy to see, everyone can agree, stop listening

I know you've heard it before
But then it wasn't enough
You don't wanna be held back from the substitution
I know you've seen this before
And now enough is too much
You don't wanna be set back when the substitution comes
I'm sorry

You're a marionette in the center of
All the twisting strings coming from above
It may seem too deep to recover from
It's so easy to see, everyone can agree, just let it go

I know you've heard it before
But then it wasn't enough
You don't wanna be held back from the substitution
I know you've seen this before
And now enough is too much
You don't wanna be set back when the substitution comes
I'm sorry
I'm sorry

When the voices start spinning just be aware
I have brought enough stones for us to share
That one's grinning that one's burning, aim for the throat
Let him choke on the stones that we are to throw

It's the great downfall
Not the overthrow
If you shoot them down
It'll make you soar

When reactions turn into hurricanes
And the middle course seems a little tame
Whether full or empty it's all the same
It's so easy to see, everyone can agree, you're not to blame

I know you've heard it before
But then it wasn't enough
You don't wanna be held back from the substitution
I know you've seen this before
but now enough is too much
You don't wanna be set back when the substitution comes
I'm sorry

I don't think you're actually listening to any of this. I've asked Tina nicely to listen to Starlight last week. She listened to it. She said it was good. Remember, Starlight is by Muse. So, you know that my taste in music is at least alright. So, please listen?

Substitution-Silversun Pickups

It's no life or death situation. Well, think of it as one. As in: TRY IT.

Switching things up

2010-04-08T17:47:00.000-04:00

Well, to make some space for The Shepherd's Granddaughter post, (and get something ready for next month), I will move the review to May. Also, my friend made another mix. I'm going to review it, too. But, just marks. Some reasons, and that's all. It's also going to be put in May.

The new site

2010-04-06T19:38:00.000-04:00

Joni and I decided to make a website to help you manage ALL your homework, and give you news and all that kind of stuff.

Here's the link: http://daily7g.webs.com/

Weekly Recommendation: Week 2

2010-04-05T10:30:00.000-04:00

Yes, it's Muse's turn. Don't complain, this song is the most popular. Yes, it is. I'm not kidding.

Starlight

Far away
This ship has taken me far away
Far away from the memories
Of the people who care if I live or die

Starlight
I will be chasing a starlight
Until the end of my life
I don't know if it's worth it anymore

Hold you in my arms
I just wanted to hold
You in my arms

My life
You electrify my life
Lets conspire to ignite
All the souls that would die just to feel alive

I'll never let you go
If you promise not to fade away
Never fade away

Our hopes and expectations
Black holes and revelations
Our hopes and expectations
Black holes and revelations

Hold you in my arms
I just wanted to hold
You in my arms

Far away
The ship has taken me far away
Far away from the memories
Of the people who care if I live or die

And I'll never let you go
If you promise not to fade away
Never fade away

Our hopes and expectations
Black holes and revelations, yeah
Our hopes and expectations
Black holes and revelations

Hold you in my arms
I just wanted to hold
You in my arms
I just wanted to hold

Here's the link, too: Starlight-Muse

You will listen to it, right? Please say you will.

Enjoy your last day of Easter holiday!

The concert

2010-04-04T12:01:00.000-04:00

So, about a month ago, I went to a Muse concert (big surprise right?). I used a dollar. You know what for? I gave it to my friend for guessing the first 4 songs right. I knew for sure that that the first 2 songs were Uprising and Resistance, but then he even guessed New Born and Map of the Problematique. Anyways, the concert was still pretty good. Their support was the Silversun Pickups. Ugh...I wish I brought my camera. Anyways, that's all.

UGH! I CAN'T BELIEVE I LOST A DOLLAR! HE ACTUALLY GUESSED THE FIRST 4 SONGS RIGHT? IMPOSSIBLE!

Wait, I'm still typing? Whoops! Bye!

Idioms that don't really make sense to me

2010-04-01T21:21:00.004-04:00

So, I've decided that it's been a good life blogging here. I'll move out of this web link. I'll tell Mr. Gould though. HAHAHAHAHA.

Audience: LIAR!!!

Um...no....I'm not lying...ok fine...I am lying. Anyways, on to the real post.

Well, I've been wanting to do this for a while now. I've heard some crazy idioms. I often know what they mean, but, sometimes, I have no idea how it's supposed to mean it. So, I'll post it up, and see if you get it.

Break a leg- This is one we've all heard, but I have no idea how it represents good luck. Breaking a leg is bad luck.

Can't cut the mustard- I haven't heard this one much, an I had no idea what it meant. I searched it up, and I found out that it's someone that isn't adequate enough to compete. Well, I guess that's everyone, because no one can really cut the mustard. Who cuts mustard?

Dead ringer- Completely identical. Wow, I have no idea how "dead ringer" means completely identical.

Eighty six- No more. What? I don't know how that makes sense.

Get your walking papers-To get fired

Green room-The waiting room

Kick the bucket-Die. So...you die when you kick a bucket? Yes, we've all heard this one.

Twenty three skidoo- To be turned away. Um...what?

Well, that's mostly it. Anyone have any idea? They're all confusing to me. Especially kick the bucket. This one is the most funniest to me:

Van Gogh's ear for music- To be tone deaf. This is pretty unusual. They use Van Gogh because he only had 1 ear.

Anyways, I guess that's all. The review is coming along...pretty badly. Have I ever mentioned that I'm no good at reviewing? Bye!

Weekly Recommendation

2010-03-29T20:58:00.000-04:00

So, I know most of you hate my taste in music, but there are some songs out there that you'll probably like that I like. My absolute favourite song by Coldplay (Not Muse, because a few of you actually think Coldplay is decent) including b-sides and everything is "A Spell a Rebel Yell". The instrumentals are amazing, but half of the lyrics I can't understand, so I will search it up and paste them here.

A Spell a Rebel Yell

As far as I can see

All time and circuitry

Is wrong

As far as poetry

Sit down and sing to me

A song

It's 'cause all I want in this world

All I want in this world

Is for you to come home

A spell, a rebel yell

A spell

Soldier, come home to me

You've been away from me

So long

All I want in this world

All I want and deserve

Is for you to come home

A spell, a rebel yell

Oh-oh-oh

A spell, a rebel yell

A spell

A spell, a rebel yell

Yes, all of my recommendations are probably going to be alternative. Yes, I'm doing this weekly. Yes, I'm saying yes too much. GET OVER IT. Oh, here's the link:
A Spell A Rebel Yell-Coldplay

Please actually listen to it. I don't recommend things for no reason.

Enjoy! (Even though you might not)

What's a Earth Hour?

2010-03-28T20:35:00.000-04:00

Well, It's been 24 hours since Earth Hour yesterday. I was at a restaurant, which had to keep the lights on, because a lot of bad things could happen if the lights were turned off...

WORSE CASE SCENARIO

Person 1: Where's that steak of mine? Oh well, I guess I have to just poke around with my fork.

*pokes around with a fork*

Ah ha! I think I found it!

Person 2: Um...nope, you found my arm. WITH your fork.

Person 1: Oops, sorry...I still haven't found my steak yet...

Anyways, my family still participated in Earth Hour, because we had turned off everything while we were gone! Aren't we an environmental family? Anyways, that's all.

The other impossible quiz

2010-03-26T21:49:00.001-04:00

Oh look, I'm done this one too. I'm not posting the answers this time. This one is a lot harder than the first one. But, here is my trophy, handed to me by Chris the cat!

See? I'm so proud. Thanks for reading!

Random whatnot

2010-03-23T22:17:00.000-04:00

So, one day, I was on the computer, looking at my evil twin's blog. I notice that there are only 3 FOLLOWERS! Plus, one of them isn't even in 7G! If you are going to keep track of someone's life (which you probably wouldn't even care about anyways), then you should follow the blog. Here's the link. My brother is such a hacker.

http://oscarseviltwin.blogspot.com/

Remember, you're doing someone a favour!

Curious person: Who?

Me: I have no idea! JUST FOLLOW IT!

Coins?

2010-03-19T14:50:00.000-04:00

Uh oh, March break is almost over! Even worse, today is Friday of March break, which means it's almost over! Anyways, coins are cool. You're surprised aren't you? I have 13/14 of the official 2010 Vancouver Olympic coins in the collection. That's not good. I NEED ONE MORE! Which one? Well, I probably told all of you. It's this one!

Yes, it's this one. The sledge hockey coin. Sledge hockey is basically Paralympic hockey. They have 2 sticks, one in each hand, and their legs are strapped onto this board with something that looks like a skate on the bottom.

So, do you have it? If so, I WANT IT. That's all I'm saying. If any of you are willing to kindly donate one (if you have one) I will take it, to be polite. Or, we can trade. I have a lot of coins. Probably about 50 dollars of special coins. It's just a guess, I don't really know. Or, I can trade just a regular quarter. I don't think I should be doing this. Oh well, it's for fun. Bye! (Andrew, I will not trade you my hockey coin if you don't have some coin that I want in return!)

Discussing the busy weekend

2010-03-16T21:05:00.001-04:00

Oh my goodness! This is probably the busiest weekend I have ever had in MONTHS! *glares at speech*

Speech: What did I do?

Me: YOU! You were the one that caused me all this trouble! If you weren't here, then this wouldn't be a problem.

Speech: *sniff*

Anyways, it's very busy! I have a day camp tomorrow from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM, leaving about 3 or 4 hours to practice my speech. On Sunday, I have to go to my friend's house for his birthday party. That's always a whole day thing, so I probably won't get any speech time then. I hope Mr Gould will give me Wednesday when Menan goes to France. Good luck to me!

WAIT...WHAT? I NEVER POSTED THIS YET? Well, it's too late now. Oh well. That was written on March 5th. Today is the 16th. Amazing. I can't believe I didn't post this yet. Bye!

Speeches (And life and all that)

2010-03-10T22:29:00.000-05:00

Well, today I had spoken my speech (because, what else are they for...burning? ...Don't answer that.) and it was okay! I hope I got a good mark, because Mr. Gould said my content and presentation was pretty balanced (apart from the awkward walking...heh heh). I didn't seem nervous at all, and time flew right by. I've had experience before, but...i think I lost the speech. Well, I do have it, but it's a hard copy. I'm not typing it out here. Oh well. Bye!

The Impossible Quiz answers (all)

2010-03-06T23:08:00.003-05:00

Thanks to Tina (Thank you, Tina!), I am reminded of the impossible quiz which took me 1 year to actually finish. Here's my trophy!

Here's the link : http://www.notdoppler.com/theimpossiblequiz.php

Anyways, here are the answers (NOT EXPLAINING)

1. Four
2. No, but a tin can
3. K.O.
4. Click "the answer" literally
5. Put the mouse where it tells you to and go around the game screen and click next question
6. Shallots
7. An elephant
8. Find the Yes! below the S and E in search.
9. The top right "That One"
10. Click the dentures (You get a skip. NEVER USE ANY OF YOUR SKIPS. You get 7 in total)
11. n
12. Click the dot on the i
13. F'Taang
14. Torch
15. Click H-O-R-S-E on the keyboard
16. H
17. Click the question number, 17.
18. Hammer on the stopwatch
19. CLICK IN ORDER! Blue paint, orange paint, green paint two times, yellow paint, and then press Go!
20. Seal! (2nd skip)
21. The top left box. If you wait, you will see that it turns green, so choose that.
22. +1 skip (you don't get a skip though)
23. Bran
24. Click the 'V' in "Lives"
25. Shoe polish
26. Arsefacey
27. Go to 28
28. Abundance (A Bun Dance :D)
29. Egg Mayonnaise
30. Mouse over the button and follow the white trail, don't touch green, click next question
31. Woof. Woof. Woof.
32. Babycham and Human Faeces
33. 7
34. Take your mouse off the screen, wait for 3 elephants to go in
35. DO NOT CLICK THE BUTTON. Alternatively, wait a while and click the green button to go on. (3rd skip)
36. A walk
37. All of them work, I usually pick "No"
38. Mary Rose
39. Cylindrical Adventures (read the next one before you do this)
40. WATCH OUT! Mouse over the button, but you might be very close after clicking the answer to 39, so don't move the mouse after you answer, and then you see pink. RIGHT CLICK! Not left.
<---left, right--->. move over the "bridge" when you right click and click Next question.
41. Click the hair on its head, it will say afro
42. The 42nd 42, last row, second column
43. Tom Cruise
44. Move the 44 to the left, and you will see a part of an arrow that points to a dot. Click that, or you can just do the puzzle so you can understand.
45. Top right button.
46. OMGF U KILLS SONIKKU U -explicit- Actually, it only says bastud.
47. Find the red button, but you can't see your mouse
48. Snaaaake!
49. Splapp-Me-Do (The bottom right one)
50. O.K.
51. Just click on one of the monsters repeatedly. It should probably be fast, too.
52. Click the 2nd last one to going to the right. No No Yes! No
53. ...But Pa might not
54. No, about 20cm off the ground. (Next question has time bomb.)
55. A games console for wholemeal biscuits (4th skip)
56. Click buttons in this order, blue red blue yellow
57. Erm...One?
58. Shepherd's pie (Dracula rules) (WATCH OUT! Read next question)
59. Charge Ur Lazer! That means, click the guy as fast as you can! Don't stop until he "lazers" the bomb. (10 seconds)
60. You have to be honest! If you lost at that question, say no. If you didn't, say yes. It says right there on the question.
61. Click the thumb up (top left corner)
62. Click the moss (the green stuff at the left)
63. Tasteless white filth
64. Egg>28
65. Like question 4, click the "largest" literally
66. Click the exclamation mark after "end of the world!" at the question (10 seconds only).
67. A big hairy arsonist
68. Stroke the cat, move the mouse back and forth on the cat and fill the green bar.
69. Lol, 69
70. Using its anus
71. The green box is moving! Time it correctly, and click the box with the green one!
72. There is something clickable at the middle in between "lives" and the question number. The picture might freak you out. Just saying ;)
73. Top right box
74. No one knows that (Read the next question before answering)
75. This is tough. There is a bomb that will explode in 1 second, but, there is an Escape! button right below the question number (5th skip).
76. Click the sugar once and then the honey twice.
77. Question 77
78. Four
79. Click the U in the box that says "What do you mean?"
80. Filthy Romanians
81. Move your mouse over the lightning rod a lot until lightning strikes it, and there is an arrow. Click the arrow (Read next question before answering)
82. You have 6 seconds to clip all the toenails. Good luck! I screwed up on this a bunch of times before.
83. National Dyslexic Association (Read on before answering)
84. Your job is to avoid all meteors and touch the shooting star. I recommend avoiding them, but watching where everything is. When the shooting star comes by, the whole cycle restarts. The last two skips are in this question, too. You will want to pick those up as well.
85. I loved it!
86. The Prince
87. You will notice the dot after 87 in the question circle is missing, when you hover over where it is, you will see it appearing. Click it. (Read on before answering)
88. Press as fast as possible! You are trying to break Sonic's leg in 10 seconds. It's more disturbing than you think.
89. Blindness (You might want to read the next few questions before answering this)
90. Nonce (10 seconds to answer) (Read on before answering)
91. Mouse under third hole of the paper (it's not at the bottom), and it will rip. Keep following the rip and rip the whole page. (Keep on reading)
92. Descending! You have to be fast about this. Memorize the order of the numbers or write it down. 194, 27, 26, 14, 9, 3, 2.5, 1, 0.4. You have to find it on the people's heads and it's not in order. Enjoy the song! (Keep reading)
93. Move the bomb and click Go! (You can stop reading now)
94. It's a bomb. Don't do anything, it's a dud.
95. Move the mouse out of the game screen, wait for the cat to pounce on the fly and jump off, and click the button. (Read the next few questions, up to 99, they all have 10 second bombs)
96. A right mess! (Keep reading)
97. 10+ times! (Keep reading)
98. CLICK THE WORDS, NOT THE COLOURS, blue red blue yellow, remember that. (Keep reading)
99. Wait until the bomb reaches down to 1, then click next question on the sign.
100. Two, but don't answer yet. Take a break or something, because the epic 10 is coming up. (Read through all the questions before going, they all test your speed)

By the way, you didn't use any of your skips did you? You'd better not. If you did, you might want to restart. You need all 7 skips for the last question.

THE EPIC 10

101. Type in Chihuahua in the keyboard, FAST!
102. Touch the dots, not the squares, and one of them doesn't have one.
103. You might want to right click to see your mouse for this. You have to find a strawberry thing, it's kinda hard, but if you cut the game screen into quarters, it would be at the bottom right quarter.
104. Large yellow sad moon (At the bottom right)
105. Watch out for this one! You have to spell banana. You have to use the b in gooseberry (in the last box), the a in apple (second last box), and the SECOND n in nectarine (second box)
106. After you mouse over where it says put mouse here or whatever, just click your mouse, and don't let go. WHAT EVER YOU DO, DO NOT LET GO OF CLICKING YOUR MOUSE. Left click, not right click. When it stops, click the yellow arrow. Stay on the road.
107. Move your mouse around. It will say GAME OVER, but don't click anything, it's a fake, so just wait, and don't click anything.
108. This one, you might want to write down. Click 4, then click the space bar, then click 8, and then the space bar, then 15 and the space bar, 16 and the space bar, 23 and the space bar, and finally, 42 . So, the numbers are 4 8 15 16 23 42. Click space bar in between each (DO NOT PRESS SPACE BAR AFTER 42). WRITE THOSE NUMBERS DOWN! Oh, and press execute after you do that. NO SCREWING UP. Good luck!
109. Click as fast as you can on the monkey's butt. You're trying to make poo. Once you are done, click the arrow in the poo.
110. If you make it here, congrats! You probably would finish. All you have to do is click all 7 skips.

If you finish all 110 questions, good for you! Don't worry, it takes practice. It took me a year, so you get the point. Good luck and have fun!

Closing ceremony

2010-02-28T23:11:00.001-05:00

The closing ceremony is finally over. It is now around 11:00 PM. There were performances by Avril Lavigne, Hedley, and others too. I loved the mime part at the beginning. Well, I'm going to miss the Olympics. The golden goal by Sydney Crosby was exciting too. I guess, that's all. Not much to say. Probably because it's 11:00 PM and I'm tired. My mind is wiped out from working on the speech. My speech is 3:25 seconds. It was originally 3:40 long. It's hard to cut things out, but, it's done. Okay! Time to sleep. Bye!

Coldplay Top 10

2010-02-16T17:34:00.003-05:00

Host: Hello everyone! Welcome to "Talking to the People", sponsored by Oscar Projects Inc. Yay! Today, we have a very special guest. He is the founder, director, and the workers of Oscar Projects Inc. Let's give it up for Oscar! *clap clap clap*

Oscar: Hello umm....

Host: Call me Host.

Oscar: ...Okay....hello, Host.

Host: I believe that you are here for a special reason, am I correct?

Oscar: Yes you are. I am here for another top 10! Aren't they awesome?

Host: Err....no...

Oscar: !!!!

Host: I mean, I was lying...top 10s are...awesome?

Oscar: Good....AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

*evil cackling continues on for a long time*

Host: Alright, so the top 10?

Oscar: Yes, of course. This top 10 is also a song top 10. This time, it will be Coldplay. I will also give you the lyrics and post a link to a youtube video to the song. NO REASONS! Like last time, the album is also posted.

Host: Sounds good! Shall we begin?

Oscar: Yes we shall! Here is the Coldplay top 10 of Oscar Liang! *woosh to an epic countdown :D*

10. The Scientist (A Rush of Blood to the Head)

The Scientist-Coldplay

Come up to meet you, tell you I'm sorry
You don't know how lovely you are
I had to find you, tell you I need you
And tell you I set you apart
Tell me your secrets, and nurse me your questions
Oh let's go back to the start
Running in circles, coming in tails
Heads on a science apart

Nobody said it was easy
It's such a shame for us to part
Nobody said it was easy
No one ever said it would be this hard

Oh take me back to the start

I was just guessing at numbers and figures
Pulling the puzzles apart.
Questions of science, science and progress
Don't speak as loud as my heart.
Tell me you love me, and come back and haunt me,
Oh, when I rush to the start
Running in circles, chasing tails
Coming back as we are.

Nobody said it was easy
It's such a shame for us to part
Nobody said it was easy.
No one ever said it would be so hard

I'm going back to the start.

9. Yellow (Parachutes)

Yellow-Coldplay

Look at the stars,
Look how they shine for you,
And everything you do,
Yeah they were all yellow,

I came along
I wrote a song for you
And all the things you do
And it was called "Yellow"

So then I took my turn
Oh all the things I've done
And it was all yellow

Your skin
Oh yeah your skin and bones
Turn into something beautiful
D'you know you know I love you so
You know I love you so

I swam across
I jumped across for you
Oh all the things you do
Cause you were all yellow

I drew a line
I drew a line for you
Oh what a thing to do
And it was all yellow

Your skin
Oh yeah your skin and bones
Turn into something beautiful
D'you know for you i bleed myself dry
For you i bleed myself dry

Its true look how they shine for you
look how they shine for you
look how they shine for you
look how they shine for you
look how they shine for you
look how they shine
look at the stars look how they shine for you

8. Cemeteries of London (Viva la Vida)

Cemeteries of London-Coldplay

At night they would go walking ‘till the breaking of the day,
The morning is for sleeping
Through the dark streets they go searching to see God in their own way,
Save the nighttime for your weeping
Your weeping

Singing la lalalalala la lé
And the night over London lay

So we rode down to the river where the toiling ghosts spring,
For their curses to be broken
We’d go underneath the arches where the witches are in the saying,
There are ghost towns in the ocean
The ocean

Singing la lalalalala la lé
And the night over London lay

God is in the houses and God is in my head… and all the cemeteries in London
I see God come in my garden, but I don’t know what he said,
For my heart it wasn’t open
Not open

Singing la lalalalala la lé
And the night over London lay

Singing la lalalalala la lé
There’s no light over London today

7. Speed of Sound (X & Y)

Speed of Sound-Coldplay

How long before I get in
Before it starts, before I begin
How long before you decide
Before I know what it feels like
Where to, where do I go
If you never try then you'll never know
How long do I have to climb
Up on this side of this mountain of mine?

Look up, I look up at night
Planets are moving at the speed of light
Climb up, up in the trees
Every chance that you get
Is a chance you seize
How long am I gonna stand
With my head stuck under the sand
I'll start before I can stop
Before I see things the right way up

All that noise, and all that sound
All those places I got found
And birds go flying at the speed of sound
To show you how it all began
Birds came flying from the underground
If you could see it then you'd understand

Ideas that you'll never find
All the inventors can never design
The buildings that you put up
Japan and China all lit up
The sign that I couldn't read
Or a light that I couldn't see
Some things you have to believe
But others are puzzles, puzzling me

All that noise, all that sound
All those places I got found
And birds go flying at the speed of sound
To show you how it all began
Birds came flying from the underground
If you could see it then you'd understand

All those signs I knew what they meant
Somethings you can't invent
Some get made, and some get sent
Birds go flying at the speed of sound
To show you how it all began
Birds came flying from the underground
If you could see it then you'd understand
Oh, when you see it then you'll understand

6. Violet Hill (Viva la Vida)

Violet Hill-Coldplay

Was a long and dark December
From the rooftops I remember
There was snow
White snow

Clearly I remember
From the windows they were watching
While we froze
Down below

When the future's architectured
By a carnival of idiots on show
You'd better lie low

If you love me
Won't you let me know?

Was a long and dark December
When the banks became cathedrals
And the fog
Became God

Priests clutched onto bibles
Hollowed out to fit their rifles
And the cross was held aloft

Bury me in armour
When I'm dead and hit the ground
A love back home unfolds

If you love me
Won't you let me know?

I don't want to be a soldier
Who the captain of some sinking ship
Would stow, far below

So if you love me
Why'd you let me go?

I took my love down to Violet Hill
There we sat in snow
All that time she was silent still

So if you love me
Won't you let me know?

If you love me,
Won't you let me know?

5. A Whisper (A Rush of Blood to the Head)

A Whisper-Coldplay

A whisper, whisper, whisper, whisper
A whisper, whisper, whisper, whisper

I hear the sound of the ticking of clocks
Remember your face, and remember see where you are gone
I hear the sound of the ticking of clocks
Come back and look for me, look for me when I am lost

Just a whisper, whisper, whisper, whisper
Just a whisper, whisper, whisper, whisper

Night turns to day and I still have these questions
You just won't break, should I go forwards or backwards
Night turns to day and I've still got no answers

Just a whisper, whisper, whisper, whisper
Just a whisper, whisper, whisper, whisper

Now I hear the sound of a ticking of clocks
Remember your face, and remember see where you are gone
I hear the sound of the ticking of clocks
Come back and look for me, look for me when I am lost

Just a whisper, whisper, whisper, whisper
Just a whisper, whisper, whisper, whisper

4. Lost! (Viva la Vida) (Not to be confused with Lost?, Lost@, Lost+(feat. Jay-Z) OR Lost-)

Lost!-Coldplay

Just because I'm losing
Doesn't mean I'm lost
Doesn't mean I'll stop
Doesn't mean I will cross

Just because I'm hurting
Doesn't mean I'm hurt
Doesn't mean I didn't get what I deserve
No better and no worse

I just got lost

Every river that I've tried to cross
Every door I ever tried was locked
Ooh-Oh, And I'm just waiting till the shine wears off

You might be a big fish
In a little pond
Doesn't mean you've won
'Cause along may come
A bigger one
And you'll be lost

Every river that you tried to cross
Every gun you ever held went off
Ooh-Oh, And I'm just waiting till the firing stops

Ooh-Oh, And I'm just waiting till the shine wears off
Ooh-Oh, And I'm just waiting till the shine wears off
Ooh-Oh, And I'm just waiting till the shine wears off…

3. Lovers in Japan/Reign of Love (Viva la Vida)

Lovers in Japan-Coldplay <--WARNING: If you get dizzy really easily, I don't recommend watching.

Lovers in Japan/Reign of Love-Coldplay <--This version includes Reign of Love

Lovers, keep on the road you're on
Runners, until the race is run
Soldiers, you've got to soldier on
Sometimes even the right is wrong

They are turning my head out
To see what I'm all about
Keeping my head down
To see what it feels like now
But I have no doubt
One day, we are gonna get out

Tonight maybe we're gonna run
Dreaming of the Osaka sun

Dreaming of when the morning comes

They are turning my head out
To see what I'm all about
Keeping my head down
To see what it feels like now
But I have no doubt
One day the sun will come out

Reign of love
I can’t let go
To the sea I offer
This heavy load

Locusts will
Lift me up
I’m just a prisoner
In a reign of love

Locusts will
Let us stop
I wish I’d spoken
To the reign of love

Reign of love
By the church, we’re waiting
Reign of love
My knees go praying
How I wish I’d spoken up
Or we’d be carried
In the reign of love

2. Viva la Vida (Viva la Vida)

Viva la Vida-Coldplay

I used to rule the world
Seas would rise when I gave the word
Now in the morning I sleep alone
Sweep the streets I used to own

I used to roll the dice
Feel the fear in my enemies' eyes
Listen as the crowd would sing:
"Now the old king is dead! Long live the king!"

One minute I held the key
Next the walls were closed on me
And I discovered that my castles stand
Upon pillars of salt and pillars of sand

I hear Jerusalem bells are ringing
Roman Cavalry choirs are singing
Be my mirror, my sword, and shield
My missionaries in a foreign field
For some reason I can't explain
Once you go there was never, never an honest word
But that was when I ruled the world

It was a wicked and wild wind
Blew down the doors to let me in.
Shattered windows and the sound of drums
People couldn't believe what I'd become

Revolutionaries wait
For my head on a silver plate
Just a puppet on a lonely string
Oh who would ever want to be king?

I hear Jerusalem bells are ringing
Roman Cavalry choirs are singing
Be my mirror, my sword, and shield
My missionaries in a foreign field
For some reason I can't explain
I know Saint Peter won't call my name
Never an honest word
But that was when I ruled the world

I hear Jerusalem bells are ringing
Roman Cavalry choirs are singing
Be my mirror, my sword, and shield
My missionaries in a foreign field
For some reason I can't explain
I know Saint Peter won't call my name
Never an honest word
But that was when I ruled the world

Host: Finally! Our number 1 song. We have the envelope right here. The number 1 song by Coldplay according to Oscar is....

*opens envelope*

Pawferry King?

Oscar: ....uhh....

Host: Is this right?

Oscar: No....

Host: FIRE THE EWEW! (Exciting winning envelope writer)

Producer (to EWEW): You're fired!

EWEW: NO!!! I need to pay the rent on my mother's house! My mother only let's me stay there if I pay rent!

Host: Anyways...the real number 1?

1. Strawberry Swing (Viva la Vida)

Strawberry Swing-Coldplay <--BEST VIDEO EVER. Why? Because the whole thing was done on the floor. With chalk. Sounds hard? YES. And yes, that's Chris.

They were sitting, they were sitting in the strawberry swing
Every moment was so precious

They were sitting, they were talking in the strawberry swing
Everybody was for fighting
Wouldn't wanna waste a thing

Cold, cold water bring me 'round
Now my feet won't touch the ground
Cold, cold water
What you say?
It's such, it's such a perfect day
It's such a perfect day

I remember we were walking up to strawberry swing
I can't wait 'til the morning
Wouldn't wanna change a thing

People moving all the time
Inside a perfectly straight line
Don't you wanna curve away
And it's such it's such a perfect day
It's such a perfect day

Now the sky could be blue
I don't mind
Without you it's a waste of time
Could be blue I don't mind, without you it's a waste of time
The sky could be blue, could be gray without you I just slide away
The sky could be blue, I don't mind, without you it's a waste of time

Host: Alright! Thank you very much for that...very long post.

Oscar: Yes, it was long.

Host: Yes.

Oscar: Yes.

Host: Yes.

Oscar: Yes is a song by Coldplay.

Host: Awesome.

Oscar: Are we done?

Host: Yes.

Oscar: Okay then, I'll be leaving now.

Host: Bye!

(By the way, this whole thing is about 2500 words.)

The Evil Twin's Blog

2010-02-11T19:21:00.000-05:00

So, all of you have heard of my evil twin right? He changed my post *cough cough hacked cough cough*. Well, now he's made his own blog *cough cough more hacks cough cough*. You can see it though, it's at http://oscarseviltwin.blogspot.com. So, go ahead, No one is stopping you.

What's New in Life

2010-02-08T22:42:00.003-05:00

Quick overview of today. Today was a peaceful day actually. Partly because no one was screaming that cookies are better than pie (I'd say that this would be a social justice issue, but that would get me a bad mark on the speech D:). I'M STARTING TO GET SICK! I might miss school. WOOHOO! Just kidding. Some Olympian is coming for SAM to the core, and I don't think I want to miss that. Just to tell you, I'm posting this at around 10:45 PM. Why? Because I feel like it! You're not my mom. No yelling! I'm listening to Coldplay. The top 10 is coming out in about a week. I already have it scheduled. Bye!

Blogging about nothing

2010-02-01T15:10:00.002-05:00

Ergh...my mind seems blank. I guess I will blog about nothing. Nothing is a wor-...ohh....you thought I meant that I wouldn't be blogging..hahaha...no. I'm going to be blogging about NOTHING, shown to you in bright lime green. Wow, I really need to get a life. Heh...blogging about nothing. Anyways, nothing is a word that is combined from the words no and thing, for example there is no such thing as unicorns, or, there is nothing called a unicorn, it's a mythical creature. So, nothing is nothing. Absolutely nothing. Nothing. Nothing. Enough of the repetition. Anyways, to drain words (because I'm evil that way), I will start to write nothing repeatedly. So much for no more repetition. Nothing nothing nothing nothing nothing nothing nothing nothing nothing nothing nothing nothing nothing nothing nothing nothing nothing nothing nothing nothing nothing nothing nothing nothing nothing nothing nothing nothing nothing nothing nothing nothing nothing nothing nothing nothing nothing nothing

Ha! Now wasn't that fun? MORE NOTHING! Nothing nothing nothing nothing nothing nothing nothing nothing nothing nothing nothing nothing nothing nothing nothing nothing nothing nothing nothing nothing nothing nothing nothing nothing nothing nothing nothing nothing nothing nothing nothing nothing nothing nothing nothing nothing nothing nothing nothing nothing nothing nothing nothing

Allow me to check the dictionary for the term nothing....

Loaded 20%....searching for a dictionary....
Loaded 40%....searching for a good dictionary....
Loaded 60%....STILL searching for a good dictionary
Loaded 80%....Searching for the word nothing...(I FOUND A GOOD DICTIONARY)
Loaded 100%...Here it is!

Nothing
–noun 1.no thing; not anything; naught: to say nothing.
2.no part, share, or trace (usually fol. by of): The house showed nothing of its former magnificence.
3.something that is nonexistent.
4.nonexistence; nothingness: The sound faded to nothing.
5.something or someone of no importance or significance: Money is nothing when you're without health.
6.a trivial action, matter, circumstance, thing, or remark: to exchange a few nothings when being introduced.
7.a person of little or no importance; a nobody.
8.something that is without quantity or magnitude.
9.a cipher or naught: Nothing from nine leaves nine.
10.(used in conventional responses to expressions of thanks): Think nothing of it. It's nothing. Nothing to it.

Does it make sense? Yes it does :D. Now, to see how many words this is. 362! Not including these sentences though. It's so short compared to the rest of my posts. One post is over 800 words, remember? Anyways, I will talk about more nothingness. All done! See? I'm desperate for words, so I will write random things. I will now not use the backspace key and type as quickly as I can. Ready? Set? Go! hello, my name is Oscar. I ham not using the backspoace key. I'm not good at this. Haha...I use the backspace key alot if you havn't noticed. All therse terrible mistakes without the aswesome backspace key. IT SAVES MY LIFE YOU KNOW. I can't use it now. It's fun to not usee it though. It feels so free to screw up and mean it. I SCREW UP AND I LIKE IT!!!! AHAHAHAHAHA....I'm akt school. I just got the book subamarine outlaw. Menan tells me that it's a good book. I hpoe soe . Jeez, using , I mena, not using the vbackspace is kind of annoying. I'm not doing this on purpose though. I mean, I'm not aming, Whoops, making the mistakes on mpurpose. I told u, using the backspace key is very important in my typing. Anyways, it's about a boy and a man ywho decides to make a submarine and travel around the see. It seems kind of scary. I still won't use the backspace key, but here's the summary. What happns whne a fearless young explorer teams up with a junkyard genius and builds a submarine? Going to sea with an unusal crew, a strangly intelligent seagull with attitude and a dog that nobody wanted, Alfred unwtting ly becomes the "Submarine Outlaw" and discovers that the sea is a busy place. Escaping from the coast guard when he is mistaken for a Russion spy sub, rescuing a familyh on a sailboat in a strom, and running from thieves who are after the gold coins he has rased from the floor of the Louisbourg harbour- Alfred learns that a modern explorer muse keep his wites about him as he sails on the high seas, or beneath them. STOP! Well that was fun. Let's see how many words I have now. 726. Much better. This is a post for February, and today is January the 28th. So, for now, I'll wait. Bye! Oh..and I also realized that by mistake, I wrote the word muse :O. Now it's really bye. Bye!

Updates on life

2010-01-25T20:12:00.003-05:00

The Coldplay top 10 will take a while. I'm new to Coldplay, and it's going to get a while to get used to it. A small hint is that most of it is from X & Y and Viva la Vida. Probably. Maybe all of it could be in Viva la Vida or X & Y. Anyways, has anyone figured what the nothing part means? :D. If you have, then good for you! You should be proud of thinking in common sense. "Psst, I'm Oscar's evil twin. I'm evil, so I'll tell you that that was a hint. *wink*".

X & Y song covers

2010-01-24T12:21:00.027-05:00

Hey everyone. I'm bored, so for fun, I'll show every single cover from the album X & Y. They're all different. Let's see if you can figure out how they work.

Square One

What If

White Shadows

Fix You

Talk

X & Y

Speed of Sound

A Message

Low

The Hardest Part

Swallowed in the Sea

Twisted Logic

'Til Kingdom Come (I made this on my own. SO PROUD :D)

If you're the first to find out the code, and tell me the code and prove it by saying "I found the code" in the code to my gmail, sam.oscar.liang@gmail.com. Any way of sending it to me will do. If you do that, then I will give you....praise. I'll give you a starting point. Search up the album, X & Y on Wikipedia. Good luck!

NEW Song lyrics

2010-01-18T18:29:00.000-05:00

EDIT: Hi, I've decided on a sudden change of song lyrics, thanks to a friend's recommendation. Here are the lyrics to Don't Panic, by Coldplay.

Bones, sinking like stones,
All that we fought for,
And homes, places we've grown,
All of us are done for.

And we live in a beautiful world,
Yeah we do, yeah we do,
We live in a beautiful world,

Bones, sinking like stones,
All that we fought for,
And homes, places we've grown,
All of us are done for.

And we live in a beautiful world,
Yeah we do, yeah we do,
We live in a beautiful world.

And we live in a beautiful world,
Yeah we do, yeah we do,
We live in a beautiful world.

Oh, all that I know,
There's nothing here to run from,
Cause, yeah, everybody here's got somebody to lean on.

I believe this is the 3rd Coldplay song in our class (EDIT: There's 4 people in our class that used a Coldplay song: Phoebe, Winston, Menan, and me. If I missed you, comment about it). Here's the music to it: Don't Panic - Coldplay
The music video is the strangest thing ever, and the total time for the song is actually 2:21. Doesn't matter. Enjoy!

Song lyrics that are supposed to be poetic

2010-01-14T18:34:00.011-05:00

Hi! This is for the lyrics homework we have to do. I'm having trouble deciding which song to use, so I'll post both :P. Here is the lyrics to Map of the Problematique by Muse and What I've Done by Linkin Park.

Map of the Problematique- Muse

Fear and panic in the air
I want to be free
From desolation and despair
And I feel like everything I sow is being swept away
Well I refuse to let you go

I can't get it right
Get it right
Since I met you

Loneliness be over
When will this loneliness be over

Life will flash before my eyes
So scattered and lost
I want to touch the other side
And no one
Thinks they are to blame
Why can't we see
That when we bleed we bleed the same

I can't get it right
Get it right
Since I met you

Loneliness be over
When will this loneliness be over
Loneliness be over
When will this loneliness be over

It sounds kind of weird without the music, but it'll make sense with it: Map of the Problematique-Muse

The lyrics say "saw" instead of "sow" in the video, but I'm certain that it's sow. You can even hear that.

What I've Done- Linkin Park

In this farewell
There’s no blood
There’s no alibi
‘Cause I’ve drawn regret
From the truth
Of a thousand lies

So let mercy come
And wash away

What I've done
I'll face myself
To cross out what I've become
Erase myself
And let go of what I've done

Put to rest
What you thought of me
While I clean this slate
With the hands of uncertainty

So let mercy come
And wash away

What I've done
I'll face myself
To cross out what I've become
Erase myself
And let go of what I've done

For what I’ve done
I start again
And whatever pain may come
Today this ends
I’m forgiving what I’ve done

I'll face myself
To cross out what I've become
Erase myself
And let go of what I've done

What I’ve done
Forgiving what I’ve done

I guess my choice is to go with What I've Done, but I still like the lyrics to Map of the Problematique. Also, here is the link to the music: What I've Done- Linkin Park

Don't mind the unusual video, but it's kind of saddening.

I guess that's all. Thank you for reading the lyrics that are supposed to be poetic. Also, I've posted a poll for you to decide which lyrics you like better.

Top 10 Muse Songs (Picked By Me)

2010-01-01T21:58:00.004-05:00

HELLO EVERYONE!!! HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!! Ah, it's finally 2010. Almost my birthday, too! Yep, January 4th. Anyways, I'm not here to talk about my birthday. As most of you know, my favourite band, tied with Linkin Park, is Muse. Almost none of you have ever tried it. I don't see why you're always complaining that it's no good. I've tried Mr. Beaver..I mean...Bieber (not really), and I didn't like him. So, I'm making a top 10 list of my favourite Muse songs. I'm really getting into this top 10 thing, eh? It's studio albums only. Adding b-sides and stuff would just make it 100 times harder. Do you know that Muse almost has 100 songs made in total? That's pretty hard, so I'm making it studio albums, with only 59. That's not a few, but it's the best I got. So, I started with 10 songs. Took me about 10-20 minutes to think about it. After, I changed it a little. Here was my original:
10. Overdue
9. Screenager
8. Darkshines
7. Fillip
6. Resistance
5. Apocalypse Please
4. The Small Print
3. Hysteria
2. Hyper Music
1. Uprising

I changed it a bit, and here's my final listing, with all reasons that they're on it. Here is my top 10 Muse songs! (I've also placed the album it comes from.)

10. Darkshines (Origin of Symmetry)

The guitar has a Spanish-esque sort of feel. It's really good, but probably the most emo song by Muse. How? Here's the chorus:

Dark shines,
Bringing me down,
Making my heart feel sore,
'Cause it's good.

See? Emo, right? Ayways, let's move on.

9. Screenager (Origin of Symmetry)

This song is only in here because of instrumentals. I mean, the lyrics were okay, but it was the instrumentals that caught my attention. Listen to it, not live, because I don't think they can do that live. You might get what I mean. I don't know. Moving on....

8. Fillip (Showbiz)

The word fillip means something about happiness, or whatever, but it's a good song. That's all I can say. It's a good song. Strange, really. Ok, NEXT!

7. Resistance (The Resistance (haha))

The chorus is great. The "it could be wrong, could be wrong" in between the chorus lines makes it really good. The song is about what it says in the title, resistance. Makes sense, right?

6. Map of the Problematique (Black Holes and Revelations)

When I first started this, I completely forgot about Map of the Problematique. I love both lyrics and instrumentals. Take a look at this:

And no one,
Thinks they are to blame.
Why can't we see,
When we bleed, we bleed the same?

Good, huh? I know :D. Moving on...

The top 5 hasn't changed, but of course, reasons, reasons, reasons. So, the top 5:

5. Apocalypse Please (Absolution)

This song is about the end of the world. When you have a great topic like that, how can't you make a good song? It has a great piano part, too.

4. The Small Print (Absolution)

I can't really explain the meaning of all this myself, so I found something that I guess makes sense.

While initially played before Absolution's release, it went by the name 'Action Faust.' The song can be understood as, clearly alluding to Goethe's Faust, being sung from the point of view of the Devil to someone selling their soul to him in exchange for, presumably, musical prowess and fame. It shows the transaction as ultimately manipulative on the part of the Devil, dooming the recipient to be a "slave to the grave" and robbing him of all memories of "the good days". The Devil's identity can be seen in the line "I'm a priest God never paid"; he is able to mediate supernatural power but does so outside of the service of God. The final title "The Small Print" yet again underlies the motif of a dishonest contract between a Devil and Faustian figure.

Weird....NEXT!

3. Hysteria (Absolution)

A popular song, and one of my favourites.

The song is about wanting something or someone that's out of reach so badly that this frustrates you till no end. It becomes an addiction.

Hmm...how nice.

2. Hyper Music (Origin of Symmetry)

I've explained this to you in my last post. NEXT!

1. Uprising (The Resistance)

Also explained in my last post. Plus, there are TEDDY BEARS in the music video. WOO! Who doesn't like teddy bears? Some people say that they look creepy, but they're still teddy bears.

That's it! Before we wrap up, I want to give a special award:

Longest song: Citizen Erased (Origin of Symmetry)

This is the longest song that Muse has ever written, reaching a total time of 7 minutes 21 seconds. That's pretty long!

I guess that's all! I'll see you back at school on the 4th (MY BIRTHDAY). Bye!

Best and Worst Songs (In MY (Not Your) Opinion)

2009-12-24T11:14:00.002-05:00

HELLO THERE! I AM REPORTING ON CHRISTMAS EVE AND IT'S VERY COLD AND WINDY. Ahem....my bad. I'm not outside. I'm not a weather reporter. I don't plan on being a weather reporter. I don't like snow. I ESPECIALLY don't like being outside in the snow. It's WAY too cold. I like autumn. Not too cold. I don't like spring because....hey...this isn't about music. Okay...let's begin before I waste any more words. This shall be about the best and worst songs over the period of...ever. Remember, this is my opinion. The opinions and views expressed here do not necessarily represent those of the other classmates. In fact, I'm pretty sure that no one has the same opinions as me. So, we'll start with the top 3 songs of Oscar's opinion. So! HERE ARE MY TOP 3 SONGS!!!!!

3. Hyper Music-Muse

Hyper Music is great. It has this upbeat guitar tune that I can't get enough of. Basically all the reason that I've placed this 3rd.

2. Hit the Floor-Linkin Park

The chorus is really catchy. Here's the chorus, but you'll probably need to actually hear the song to get what I mean.

(One minute you're on top)
The next you're not, watch it drop
(Making your heart stop)
Just before you hit the floor
(One minute you're on top)
Next you're not, missed your shot
(Making you're heart stop)
You think you've won
(And then its all gone)

Like I said, you'll need to actually hear it, but some of you might not like it. My opinion, of course. Next!!!! NUMBER 1!!

1. Uprising-Muse

I don't know why I like it so much, but I just do. But the chorus is pretty good.

So that was my top 3! Next up, since 3 just won't cut it, I've made the top 10 worst songs. This is where most of you will disagree. It's been tough, but here it is.

10. TiK ToK-Ke$ha

The song isn't bad, but isn't good. It's not the song that's put TiK ToK into number 10. It's the music video. SHE LOOKS DRUNK. Also, I've seen the video about 5 times thanks to my sister, so that doesn't make it any better.

9. 7 Things-Miley Cyrus

You don't need to sing about the 7 things you hate about him. If you don't like him, JUST DUMP THE GUY. Simple enough? I think so. NEXT!

8. The Climb-Miley Cyrus

Once again, it's mainly the video that put this song in its place. I mean, why do you need to need to take off your coat and your boots? If you take off your boots, then your feet get hurt from climbing. Leaving the case doesn't really help either. Your guitar wouldn't be protected! Now, we don't want that to happen right? Exactly. NEXT!

7. SOS-Jonas Brothers

Ahem...calling for an SOS just because some girl broke up with you or whatever isn't needed. Just get over it. I mean, you don't need Save Our Souls. Your souls will mend sooner or later.

6. Love Bug-Jonas Brothers

You know, I didn't think that the Jonas Brothers were half bad a long time ago. Now, they've got all this mushy stuff, and it's ruined them. I mean, LOVE BUG? I'll leave it at that. Just remember...a bug of love doesn't exist.

5. Party in the USA-Miley Cyrus

The song isn't good, and the music video made it worse. A US flag just comes out of no where. GOOD WORK. You know, 8 year old girls look up to you. You're supposed to be a role model. You're outfit doesn't really help with that.

4. First Dance-Justin Bieber

I don't like Justin Bieber. His music just isn't good, but Usher ALMOST made it better. Almost.

We're almost done! Now, here comes the top 3 worst songs EVER! In my opinion, of course. Guess who they're all by?

3. One Less Lonely Girl-Justin Bieber

Like I said before, his music isn't any good, BUT THE MUSIC VIDEO. That's just sad. I mean, you send a girl on a treasure hunt just so they can get their scarf back, and besides, if you have one less lonely girl, then what about the rest of the lonely girls? They will just feel even more lonely.

2. Love Me-Justin Bieber

I'm pretty sure that you have enough girls loving you. You don't need any more. I'll leave it at that.

FINALLY, NUMBER 1!! It is......

1. One Time-Justin Bieber

There are so many things wrong with this. We'll start with the song. Didn't you say that you were going to say it ONE TIME? Not one thousand times? Okay, that was a little exaggerated, but he did say it a lot of times. Also, how old is he? 15? 16? His voice is so high, you'd doubt he's hit puberty yet. Now, the music video. What's with all the pointing? Pointing is rude, you know. All those hand gestures just make the video weird.

That's all! I hope you've enjoyed my post, although all the Bieber fans will hate me. Actually, they already do hate me. I guess that's all. I'll post in the New Year, perhaps even New Year's Day. BYE!

My...other camp which was better

2009-12-11T19:07:00.005-05:00

Oh look...another camp. Camps make me miserable sometimes...some are better than others....hmm...I believe I need a witty comment here or something to attract your attention. Now...let me see....what is there....*looks at list of witty comments* Ah! here's one that works..."describe how camps make me miserable sometimes" Hmm....seems I already did that....and it doesn't seem witty....let's try something else...*looks again*...here's one that works..."describe endless use of dots"...hmm...ok...we'll try it....hmm....I've just noticed how many dots I've been using...I'm feeling a little dotty eh? Heh heh....not as great as I thought. Ok...now to talk about my camp. It all started on a dark fall night in October...I went over to my camp which was a long drive away. There were the troops (12-16 years old) and the cubs (8-11 years old).We didn't do much that night. We had hot chocolate and went to bed. The next morning, we had breakfast. We had a hike and saw a scout's shop. After that, we went back to our cottage. The troops played Risk for about 3 or 4 hours. We were also trying to make floating lanterns with plastic bags. Most of the bags melted, and one got off the ground a little bit. We had dinner, and we had a campfire. That was about it for the night. The next morning, we didn't do much either. We had our Scout's Own after breakfast. We had lunch after, and the camp was over. Pretty basic, and definitely better than the other camp. I guess that's all. I'll post again later in the month probably. Bye!

My...great....not really....it was a bit of a nightmare...camp :(

2009-11-29T21:13:00.007-05:00

Bonjour! Je m'appelle Oscar! Je suis ici...HEY! You! Translator guy! GET OUT OF HERE! Ok. Now that that was handled, let's get started! I will be talking about my awesome camp! *adds comment like "Sarcasm or verbal irony has been applied to previous sentence"* So, to start off, I'll talk about this camp. 4 people in my scout group are going to a camp. There is more than 4 people in our group, by the way. So the camp is for APL and PL. Wondering what that is? Well I'm not surprised! It stands for assistant patrol leader and patrol leader. I know...it's very nice...we don't need to talk about it. Anyways, we got to the camp, and there were a bunch of other scout groups, too. So, we set up our tents and everything. We had 4 events in the afternoon that day. They were about leadership, doing the flag break ceremony, teamwork, and the other one, I couldn't remember. You can't blame me, it was a month ago. After, it was the part that made the camp miserable. It all started with 1 problem. 1 BIG problem, actually. We were missing something. Something important. WATER. Liquid to survive on. WE WERE DOOMED!!!! Well, there were other groups, so we asked for some water. We tried to boil it, but someone in our group failed at pumping gas into the stove. We got help with that and the stove started working. Eventually we cooked cup noodles. Then, there was a bathroom problem. There was no bathroom! Fun, right? We had to go outdoors. I ended up going once in the entire camp. One time. Oh look. The name of a song I don't like. At least there's a better reason for me to not like it. I'm getting off topic, so I'll continue. During the time the water was boiling, we tried to light the lamp. I wasn't doing that, so no one can blame me. Well, at first, the lamp was also failing, we couldn't light it up either. Eventually, we got it light up, and it scared the 2 people that were lighting it half to death. Why? It's because the whole lamp burst into flames. It fell to the floor. The grass caught on fire and the lamp started working normally. We picked up the lamp and the fire was stomped out. Around that time, we were told that our tent wasn't waterproof. We didn't have enough of those peg things. Fortunately, it didn't rain that night. Except we were still not done. Since we didn't have enough water, we didn't cook all the food. In fact, we didn't cook 3/4 of the food, and since we were outdoors, we had to watch out for racoons. OR BEARS. Also, the whole cooler of food weighed about 20 lbs, so finding a tree branch that would hold the whole thing was tough. Eventually, we found a tree branch. We weren't sure if the branch would hold the cooler. I suggested that we sleep in shifts, but everyone knew that wasn't happening. We were all tired from a miserable camp. We crawled into our tents and went to sleep. At that time, it was 11:00 p.m. Fortunately, the next morning, we saw that all our food was still on the branch. That morning, we started packing up most of our stuff, sleeping bags, flashlight, something like that. We still had breakfast, and 4 more events to go. Breakfast was way better than dinner. Another group offered to help us. We gave them some of our food, and they cooked it all. We had a normal breakfast. We had the 4 events, and I really had to go to the washroom again. I held it in all the way until we left and got to a Tim Hortons to get me something to drink. Over a period of 23 hours, I had less than 1 L of water to drink. At least it was over. I felt so tired, and I still had to finish up some homework. Eventually, I did and had a good night's sleep. The end. Well, it's not the end. It's just the end of my story of my miserable camp. So, now it's the end. I am done for November. See you in December! By the way, I don't like snow. It's too cold. I'm just telling you more about me. Bye!

Lest We Forget

2009-11-28T14:22:00.006-05:00

HI!!! Since we are moving into the month November, I am making a post about remembrance day. It's also one of the requirements of this month. So, I will talk about the battle of Vimy Ridge. I saw the pictures in the link that Mr. Gould posted. They were of soldiers fighting. Some even died! It's amazing what people will go through to keep the peace in the world, and it's terrible that people decide to create a war. It's sad that people will try to kill others. The people in war were sleeping in these tiny wooden beds..it looked terrible. We remember why we are free. We remember how these people put themselves through a living nightmare so everyone else can be happy. They put their lives on the line, and I'll we can do is remember those who died for 2 minutes. If this is all we can do, then we should do it, because WWI lasted for years, and we think about them for 2 minutes. If you don't, then you don't care about your peace in this world. I guess that's all I have to say. Since today is already the 28th, I will probably make my other post tomorrow. Blogger out! Ugh...that sounded so cheesy. Bye!

Personal Favourites

2009-10-23T17:30:00.003-04:00

HELLO! Welcome to a new post at Osc's Odd Blog, brought to you by OSC Project Inc.! Give them a round of applause! *clap clap clap* Alright, that's enough. So, today I will be talking about my personal favourites and dislikes. *clap clap clap* Alright, enough clapping, you're too kind. Now, I have been sort of talking about that kind of stuff on my profile. *clap clap clap* STOP CLAPPING!!! Wait...why did you clap then anyways? Ok...it's time for the audience to leave and go see a therapist or something. So, where was I...ah yes. As I was saying I already kind of talked about it on my profile, but now, I'll go into greater detail. If I don't, it's won't be 200 words long and it wouldn't be a proper post. *audience laughs* HEY! I TOLD YOU TO LEAVE!!! Anyways, I'll start with something simple... BOOKS! Yes...wait, even better. I'll just list the favourites and then I'll describe them. Here it goes:

Book(s): My favourite is the Harry Potter series. They are always exciting and always has an excellent plot. The best, I would say, is the Deathly Hallows. Why else would people pay $50 just to buy it? It's was so exciting, that I finished the whole book in 3 days! I mean, people run away from school, go on a hunt to find these items and finally, de- wait...I'm not going to tell you anymore. NEXT!

Music: I prefer all sorts of music, but in music groups, my favourites are Linkin Park, and Muse. I'll bet that most of you have never heard of Muse. Am I right? I probably am! My favourite song from Linkin Park is Hit the Floor. For Muse, it's Uprising. Listen to it. IT'S GOOD. I know only 3 other people that have heard of Muse and listens to them (One is Tracy). My dislikes, I won't tell you *cough Justin Bieber cough cough*..a bit of a cold, I'm sorry. Well, I won't tell you because some of you are going to plan to kill me afterwards. Moving on....

Colour: I don't see why I didn't put this first. It's the simplest of course. This one is easy, and no one should be able to object because everyone likes different colours. My favourite colour is orange! My least favourite colour is....brown? I don't know, it's not bad, but least favourite.

I don't really have all that much, but hey, it's matches the to do list at the top of my blog: personal favourites. It works. So, I am done! *clap clap clap* HEY! When did you people come back? I thought the door was locked. Oh well, good bye!

In grade 6...

2009-10-06T13:03:00.008-04:00

Happy October! The month of Hallow's Eve (Halloween)! I don't usually do much for Halloween though. Well, I've got a new post today. It was MY LIFE IN GRADE 6! *echoes* Ah....I love that echo. Now, let's start. In the new year, I was really excited to go to grade 6. The last year before middle school. Cool! Well, I was in a split class so I was with grade 5s, too. Normally, I should've gone to a regular gr 6 class, but my mom told the principal to change things a little and I ended up with gr 5s, too. Now, let's skip to....sports! Oh, yeah, lots of INJURIES. Ouch. They were mostly in volleyball. For example, one time, someone served the ball, it hit my back. Another time, I was going for the ball. Someone else was also going for the ball. We ran into each other, and no one got the ball. Then there is basketball. Not as much as volleyball, but still a few. One, for example, was when I was about to shoot the ball, I got slammed into the wall. Not that hard, but it still hurt. There is also soccer. I've been smacked in the face, stomach, and chest with the ball a lot of times. It's not funny. I know you're probably laughing, SO STOP IT!!! I guess that's all the injuries. Moving on to the next... SOES. Yay! It was fun. There was the game Predator and Prey. It was fun, except for the fact that my shoes and socks got drowned in MUD. I couldn't wear those shoes for the rest of the time I was there. There was also canoeing. There was 3 people in a canoe and 2 people paddling on 1 side, 1 person paddling on the other. My friend, who was also in the canoe I was in, could still overpower me and the other person in our canoe. He had the experience that we didn't have. He was the only person on 1 side while the other 2 were on the other. I got splashed. A lot. A LOT!!! My pants were soaking wet by the time I got out. Isn't that just awesome? There was also swimming (Icy cold water) and these games that the Natives use to train with. There was this game where you have to be really quiet to catch a jingly metal...thing when someone else was guarding it, but had their eyes closed. When it was my turn to get the metal piece, I crab walked to the metal, picked it up, and slid on my bottom back to my seat. I was almost there, when I accidentally dropped a small part of it, and it hit another part. That got the person's attention (actually, it was Linda Chen) and she caught me. So close. I guess that's all for SOES, so I'll move on to the graduation ceremony. Whee! I was voted valedictorian and had to make a speech about 5 minutes long and present it to the whole school, and parents of some of the graduates. I was really nervous at the beginning, but it seemed only about 2 minutes. Some of my classmates said it took forever! Wow, time really passed by. Well, I guess that's all in grade 6. I'll be posting 1 or 2 more times this month, so, just wait for more! Wow, that was my longest post yet. Ok, goodbye!

For fun

2009-09-28T19:45:00.001-04:00

Wow....I'm very bored. I have nothing to do. I guess I'll make an extra post. What shall it be about? IT SHALL BE ABOUT EVIL!! Actually, no. I'll tell you about how my first month at SAM has been. I'll also use it to test the blog features. So, SAM has been pretty good so far. All the teachers are great. I've been in strings class, trying to actually hold a bass (the unbelievably large string instrument). I am 1 of 2 people in my class that plays the bass. The bass is about 60 years old, according to Mrs. Howells. I don't think I want to break that. We are doing a picture book for 3rd-4th graders in drama. One of those fancy ones with the pictures in it and the lesson and that kind of picture book. In gym, we've been running (a lot, I might add), and playing bordenball and King's Court (a kind of dodgeball game). It's been an exciting first month. English, Science, Math, Core, and all my subjects have been very exciting. I'll estimate that it's about 200 words now, I hope. Good bye for real this time, because the month is about to end, which means that I probably won't post again until next month. So, goodbye!

The Introduction

2009-09-18T16:59:00.002-04:00

Hi people! It's Oscar. I call this post the introduction. Why? Well, it's to introduce myself to you... even though I doubt a lot of you will read it or anything, but it's just in case you do read it, and, it's also homework, so I have to do it anyways. Well, I'll give you some general info about me first. I was born on January the 4th (I know it's early, don't bug me about it) on 1997. I was born in Toronto, Canada, in Toronto General Hospital. My former school was Alexmuir Junior Public School through K-8. I was in band and I played the trombone. I also play the piano. I'm in level 5 and I took an exam in level 4. Going back to the topic of school, I was valedictorian of my school (thanks to all who voted for me). I had a lot of friends, but now they all go to Henry Kelsey. So now, I'm working on making new friends, but 15 people come to SAM from Alexmuir. That's not too bad, except only 3 of them are boys, and the other 12 are girls. So yeah, that's not too great. I have okay grades, about an A-B average, I don't really bother trying to figure that out and I'm not all that good at art (I can't believe I can say that after we read The Dot). Well, I guess that's all, and it's over 200 words now, too (yes, I counted, I'm that specific). I'm done for the month, so uhh...blog you next month? Well, goodbye!