Tag!

Alright, the ever-wonderful Anne Therese (Creativity) tagged me and so I’m passing it on.

To anyone that I pass it on two, you have to answer the same questions I answered.

1.  What can you hear? - I can hear my fingers typing and my IPod playing “Don’t Stop Believin” by Journey
2.  What is something coming up that you are excited about? - SEARCH on November 20th in Ardrosson.  (What is SEARCH you ask? - The answer will be up soon.)
3.  What is your favourite drink besides water? - My favourite drink besides water...hmm..Ah-ha!  The Cookies-and-Cream Milkshake from FatBurgers (A quality fast food resturant)
4.  What is your favourite place to vist on the web? - I would have to say that my favourite place on the web would be the Council of Elrond forums (A Lord of the Rings forum)
5.  Where do you like to wander? - I love to wander and wind my way through forests.
6.  How do you unburden? - I unburden by reading a book and thinking or talking with friends.
7.  What is your favourite season? - This is the only question for which I don’t have one answer.  It’s a toss-up between Fall - for the amazing colours - and winter -for the beauty of snow.
8.  Please list two people you want to tag - Alright.  The two people I tag are...Drumroll please.....my darling sister Queen Lucy @ The Fords of Beruna and Rebecca @ Living for Christ.

Big But (notice only one T, not two of them)

Here’s another great video.

That’s all for now!

Me Linebacker

This is a very very entertaining video.  Watch it and be warned.

That’s all for now!

Edmonton Archdiocese Youth Rally Retreat Thingy

Well, I just got back from the Edmonton Archdiocese Youth Rally Retreat Thingy (I can't remember what it's called right now.)  What is this Edmonton Archdiocese Youth Rally Retreat Thingy you ask (really I'm asking it for you but hey use your imagination)  Well it's basically a bunch of Catholic talks aimed and young adults and youth with mass and praise & worship songs.  This year, the band that played was FX of Grace.  They are a group of teenage boys who got together to form a Catholic Praise and Worship band.  They have a single out on ITunes called Dance.  I highly recomend it.  Also, their first album will be released onto ITunes in TWO WEEKS.  That I can also highly recomend as they played some of their songs from it today.  For the mass, the band was ___(I can't remember the name right now but as soon as I remember this will be edited.)  Then after mass and supper, there was a dance.  With a range of songs from the Y.M.C.A to Cadillac Ranch.  (Unfortunately, it wasn't a ballroom style dance, but a bunch of us homeschoolers ballroom danced anyway for bit's of it.)  Oh, I almost forgot.  The speaker for the talks was Michael Chiasson.  He was originally from Houston, Texas and moved to Canada only recently.  (I'd put when he moved but like so many other things in this post I forgot.)  He had two main points.  The First: You are AMAZING!!!  In other words.  Everyone that you meet is an amazing person and so are you so treat others properly, and also hold your head up eye because you are amazing.  The second point (and those reading this who went to the Family Life Conference or heard the talks there described will have heard this.)  was:  I'M ALL IN.  It's also Michael's theme for the year.  Going into details, basically being ALL IN means giving everything to God, everything to the faith.  All in all it was an impacting day/night.

Well, that's all for now! ;)

I’m Back V1092253782 (or around there abouts)

Well, I’ve missed um well um let’s just say a lot of days...  And this time I don’t think I have any excuse...  Oh here’s one...no wait it’s not November...Oh!  No that won’t work either....  Ah-ha!  My excuse is I haven’t been blogging or moderating comments because I am to darn lazy.

...Anyway, in this post I shall be - besides apologizing for my laziness - discussing  modern "art".

if you go to a modern art gallery, you must be really careful as you might hang your coat on an exhibit or wipe your boots one as well.  That’s because both coat hooks and welcome mats are commonly used in modern art.  Also, if you blindfold yourself and throw paint at a wall, that’s art.  I propose a change from this.  Make the criteria for art be something that the normal person can’t do.  I can throw paint at a wall blindfolded.  Not art.  I can throw trash on the ground.  Not art.  I cannot sculpt a statue that looks just like King David.  Art!

And now more light-heartedly (if such a thing is possible)
Cat Herding.  (I bet that both Queen Lucy and Anne Therese are laughing right now without watching the video.)

Well that’s all for now...

What is Dog Latin?  Everyone knows what Latin is.  Most know Pig Latin (or should I say Ostmay owknay Igpay Atinlay)  But Dog Latin is an unfamiliar concept to most.  The best way to describe it is Fake Latin.  The fundamental rule for Dog Latin is it has to sound like Latin and sound like what you want it to mean.  An example:


Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
Who guards the guards themselves?
(famous Latin quote)


Quis custodian ipsos custodianes?
Who cleans the cleaners
(dog Latin)


For another example look one post back.




P.S in case you don't know about Pig Latin, I shall show examples of it.  I'm not going to explain it though, as that would take all the fun out of it.


Isthay isyay Igpay Atinlay.


Osay isyay isthay.


Ancay ouyay uessgay ethay ulesray ofyay Igpay Atinlay?


A parting thought:  Dyslexics of the world untie!

I have a couple things.  First, two similar Latin* phrases and their translations Veritas Vos Liberabit (the truth shall set you free) and Veritas Vos Liberabbit (The truth shall free the rabbits)  There, now that that is out of the way I shall talk about recent events.  Just yesterday, I got back from Youth 4 Truth.  A Catholic Homeschooling Teen Retreat organized by some friends of mine.  I went last year as well.  Last year, I knew most of the people at the retreat by the end.  This year I knew everyone.  There were sixty of us.  It took place from Tuesday to Thursday at the Mount St. Francis Retreat Center in Cochraine.  There was adoration, confession, daily mass, (which I helped do the music for) praise & worship songs, (which I helped do the music for) talks, and testimonies from those who were at World Youth Day.  Also, there was quite a bit of free time.  During the free time we played: Ultimate Frisbee, Mao, (a card game where the only rule you can tell people about is this one) King, (or King and assassin (supposedly a medieval game, it is kind of like a walk-around version of chess)) and of course *drum roll*   Garbage Ball!  In addition to playing Garbage Ball, there was a garbage ball sportsmanship award.  All in all, Youth 4 Truth 2011 was a blast