5 Things That Make Me Laugh (Hysterically)

I don't know if you've noticed yet but I love to laugh and I love laughing and laughing gives me love etc. So here are a few, very few, things that just make me hysterical


1. Stress
don't ask why, but when crunch time comes along I'm prone to screeching fits of what sounds vaguely like laughter


2. Skiamaru Nara
this guy right here, I just love him so much! And Temari.


3. Julie and Julia
Or more specifically Julia


4. Joshua's Friends and Teamates
I love all of them 'cause they're so cute and funny... I also like to talk about them a lot.

5. Graceling and Fire
two of my favourite books in the whole wide world and I crack up everytime I read them

Boys, Balls, and Bugs

I've decided that I love all boys under the age of thirteen! They are just the most fascinating people ever and so adorable. Just a little while ago I went to one of Joshua's soccer games. Now, we're in Canada and more specifically Edmonton so all the boys, save three, are Asian. There were a ton, I mean clouds of mosquitoes and everyone was looking like they were doing some kind of funky chicken dance, wavin' their arms everywhere. Eventually one of the boys caught one of the pesky bugs and stared in wonderment at the twitching wings and convulsing legs. The assistant coaches' son Jerry, who's Asian, proceeded to talk about a kid in his class who had caught a mosquito and had slowly killed it, pulling of its legs, wings and finally the head. During the whole story, all the boys were completely engrossed in the agonizing death and Jerry's face looked so evilly gleeful that I exploded with guffaws. I'm pretty sure that they think I'm a little messed in the head. (not saying that I'm not but still)

What Happens When You Have a Korean Name in America

It struck me the other day, that despite the fact you, Jojo, are Korean fully and I am not, I have a Korean name.

Here are some of the things I have been mistaken for over the years instead of "Arah"......

No. 1:

Autumn

No. 2:

Auburn

No. 3:

Ada

Yeah, I don't actually know who Ada is.

No. 4:

Otter

Possibly my favorite nickname yet! And it does sound strangely like my name...

No. 5:

Arya

As in Eragon's heroine. This one will really crack you up, but many people actually think my name is spelled this way. :)

No. 6:

Aria

There are actually real live people named Aria, so it was a good guess!

No. 7:

Aura

Not entirely sure where the inspiration for that one came, but I was called Aura just last week.
No. 7:

Aurora

That's it!

So next time you get called 'Joanna', remember all of the possibilities... muahahaa!

Of Gross Things and Cutting Fat

Today I had the lifelong experience of dissecting a cow's eye. Awesome! It was actually really fun especially the part when all the "macho" guys started screaming like little girls who get their pigtails pulled. My maniacal laugh didn't stop then and only increased at my friend's reaction to the eye. It looked like a blue onion skin filled with jello and growing some kind of cancerous tissue. Anna, my friend, proceed to screech and shudder whenever she even thought about touching it. I had sacrificed my gloves to her and even with them on she couldn't touch The Eye. A screaming match followed and finally she relented to grabbing the fatty tissue. Without much ado, we finished the dissection of the eye. Hee Hee, all in all, I think it was a great laugh and I did learn some things... well the important stuff anyway.

Quotes and Such

So I was thoughtfully reminded by my dear cousin that I have actually co-created a blog with her and decided to write something in it. My brother and I are very random and we love quotes. From youtube videos, books, tv shows and just random inside jokes. Today, we took a road trip to Elk Island Park ( which is not an island and has non-existent elk) and about halfway there we dutifully started spouting our favourite lines from Naruto. Our parents were flabbergasted and really quite confused at the sigh of their children yelling half-sentences only to melt in to quivering jello molds of laughter. Really. How weird do kids get?

Dad Angst Cat

Swallow in Hiding

When I began homeschooling, I did NOT know it would entail making kites. Here I am- hiding. Heehee