After VBM

Reader,

66.67% of my last blog was false.

Suffield did not receive any snow this weekend and, more importantly, there were not any Hood ice cream cups OR wayward wooden spoons at the volleyball marathon. Eeep! I'm sorry for creating any false hope :(

But the other 33.33% was correct!

The volleyball marathon occurred and it was a blast. I did a ton of work with sarah v. for scheduling, organizing and marking who won which games. I'm proud of us :) Then I reffed one game at 1:40am then chilled the rest of the time! It's a little foggy in my mind but I enjoyed every minute of it.

I also learned that different things happen to people under serious lack of sleep. Here are a few different specimens I encountered:

1. The Sleepy Bear. The Sleepy Bear simply slows down into hibernation mode when sleep is scarce. Common features of the Sleepy Bear include: Yawning, Droopy Eyes, Sudden jerks of the head to stay awake, and Lack of speech. NOTE: The more advanced specimen of the Sleepy Bear simply falls asleep before the semi-final rounds of volleyball.


2. The Crazy Kook. The Kook is best known for acting completely insane under lack of sleep. One might even question whether the Kook would pass a drug test if administered to them. The Kook is often spotted laughing hysterically, running around the Commons multiple times chasing after nothing at all, telling nonsensical stories (or possibly a most protected secret), singing, dancing, and playing the same guitar chords over and over while making up lyrics about Stop and Shop. Best protection against the Kook: A riddle with no answer. This will use their strange over-enthusiasm and complete lack of brain functioning to keep them puzzling for hours.


3. The Grump. My least favorite of the three, the Grump does not take lack of sleep well. At all. Unlike the passive Sleepy Bear of the confounding Kook, the Grump gives off strong negative vibes and affects you adversely. It is hard to say who will become a Grump under the moonlight but you will know who they are once the clock chimes midnight. The Grump is seen most often sporting a heavy scowl, folded arms and spreading many harsh words. Best protection against the Grump is simple: Utter ignorance. Avoid the Grump at all costs and don't even begin small talk. Chats about sports and weather turn to rain and loss when shared with the Grump. A simple look over at a Grump could turn to a rumor about your murder plots in mere minutes. Also beware the Grump the next day because, until they receive their sleep, their grumpiness festers perpetually. Fortunately a good night sleep is the best and only necessary remedy for the Grump.

So enjoy the rest of your Sunday, reader, and I will be writing again soon as long as I have something I should be doing insted :)

P.S. If you are looking for me at next year's VBM, I will be the girl inside the blackbear sleeping bag.

~Carissa

Snow, Volleyball and Wooden Spoons

I have a reader! I haven't asked him what he thinks of this but I'm glad that I'm not blogging to empty space.

I was about to post about the fact that I'm procrastinating about another assignment (this time it's history) but I realized that I should not make that into a habit because it's always true. But if you have any advice about acing a Cold War essay without studying for it: it would be gladly welcomed.

Nothing else it new except the sun is gone and you know how I feel about that. It's supposed to snow tomorrow too which is absolutely terrible.

Volleyball Marathon is also tomorrow. I am on NHS so I'm looking forward to staying up all night and doing basically nothing except hand out little wooden spoons which fell off the Hood ice cream cups to kids when they complain about it. I'm also super bummed because I'm not on a volleyball team. I was on the school volleyball team last fall so I consider myself pretty decent. I also love playing it, which is a rare thing because normally me and sports are like oil and water. Both teams I wanted to be on fell through. Plus, I made like nine team shirt designs on customink.com and they were all awesome. Next year... next year.

So I may not be blogging this weekend at all because of lack of sleep and a backup of homework. Between now and the next time, enjoy the weekend my friend!

-Carissa

First Entry

Here I go...

Here's my first blog entry! I am excited to be blogging for the first time but I also feel slightly guilty because I really should be writing an essay on nuclear power for chemistry. But I am in high school and I am doing what high schoolers do best... procrastinate!

So let's start this thing off with a little getting to know each other Sound of Music style, sharing a few of my favorite things:

1. 1. This font. I am really enjoying typing with this font. Which font I'm using definitely changes how I feel about what I'm writing.


2. I'm not going to lie on my first blog because the first thing that came to my mind is butter. I love butter. I made the mistake of confessing this to my advisory group one day when we were playing a get-to-know-each-other game. Just a heads up: No juniors with the last name of C through D like butter as much as I do.


3. The sun! After 17 winters I believe that I have Seasonal Affective Disorder. May it be a mild case, winter sucks. Now don't get me wrong, there are plenty of wonderful things about winter. Skiing, hot chocolate, snow, snow days, warm pajamas, ice skating, fire places, Christmas. But the inner reptile in me is truly happiest when I can feel the sun rays goldening my skin. And yes, goldening is a word.


4. Dogs. Dogs are awesome! They are loyal and smart and love you no matter what. Isn't that what everyone wants? Unconditional love? Plus they do tricks. Cats are too dumb to do tricks. Except one may argue that cats are so smart that they choose not to do tricks. But where's the fun in that? You could have a smart cat that does nothing or a slightly dumber dog that does tricks. I'll take the dog :)


5. Classical guitar music on Pandora. I think that may fall under the category of being a nerd but that's okay with me so that can go on this list too.

Maybe that's enough for now. I'll try to blog some more soon, thanks for reading! I may be corny but I want to keep this thing authentic. Peace

~Carissa