Five Weird TV... Things...

I love television. Especially when I can go, hey, that guy looks familiar. Oh yeah, he's on so-and-so! XD

5. Katy Perry: On How I Met Your Mother as Stella's cousin

4. Neil Patrick Harris: Barney Stinson from How I Met Your Mother on Glee as Bryan Ryan

3. Neil Jackson: Sasha Belov from Make It Or Break It on How I Met Your Mother as Robin's surgeon date (Or vice-versa. HIMYM was first)

2. Geoff Stults: Walter from The Finder on How I Met Your Mother as Max, one of Robin's boyfriends (Again, vice-versa).

1. Michael Clarke Duncan: The basketball coach from The Suite Life of Zack and Cody on The Finder as Leo Knox

Eight delicious desserts

Summer time!

8. Soda floats: I'm a Coca Cola girl, but with a scoop of vanilla ice cream, any soda will do.

7. Pie: Not cold, but tasty nonetheless

6. Almond Milk: So it isn't a conventional dessert. I always have this after dinner!

5. Gelato: Not fatty enough for my taste, and too lukewarm

4. Peach Cobbler: And other pie-like things. Yum.

3. Ice Cream: Classic creaminess that everyone loves.

2. Italian Ice: Super cold and crisp!

1. Popsicles: After-practice or after-dinner snacking. Cools you down and gives you lots of sugar!

What I'd really like to try is "grunts." Apparently, it's like cobbler except better...

Five Exemplary Websites

5. Twitter: Blah blah social networking. This site is on here because you can stalk people with it. I no longer use Facebook because of the amount of information I could uncover about other people through it. I find twitter does the same, so if you ever need to do a research project on a modern-day young person...

4. Tumblr: Tumblr is an addicting website. There's just so much on there, so many subcommunities and fan-cultures within the large network. I personally browse the tags gymnastics, Sherlock, and Doctor Who most often.

3. FanFiction.Net: I love reading stories on this website. The only thing that bugs me is the format. However, there are mountains of talented, creative amateur writers out there that can imagine so much more into a previously created fictional premise.

2. PostSecret: Talk about Community. The PS Community is huge, expansive, and almost completely open. It's a beautiful thing. I like Secret Sundays very much.

1. DeviantArt: This is my personal favorite because of my involvement in it. I like to display my photography here. Artists get criticism, which, because it isn't censored, isn't always clean or constructive. Also, there are quite a few instances of art theft. However, these blunders can be overlooked to discover an online community that can help you grow as a sketcher, writer, photographer, whatever.

Facebook has been left out because unlike these other sites, you absolutely have to have an account to access most features. Youtube has been because it's assumed that everyone has heard of the awesome-ness of Youtube. That and I don't personally like it so much.

Nine Intriguing TV shows

With absolutely no justification or system for ranking, here are just some awesome TV shows:

9.  Touch: Numbers are simply awesome.

8. Detroit 1-8-7 (Cancelled): This was a quality cop show. Why'd they cancel it?

7. New Girl: While sometimes a bit inappropriate, this show is funny.

6. Torchwood: Slightly sexualized British sci-fi. Spin-off of Doctor Who.

5. The Finder: Walter is this awesome maniac who finds things.

4. How I Met Your Mother: Funny funny funny!!

3. Bones: Who doesn't love a show filled with corpses?

2. Sherlock: BBC's interpretation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's meticulously crafted classics, a beautiful show with amazing actors.

1. Doctor Who: Amazing Science Fiction. Great picture quality, awesome stories, awesome characters.

... I'm such a Doctor Who fangirl. My rankings here are extremely biased. Oh well! :)

Also, I really really love this screen from Sherlock:

Awesome ABC's: Animals

Aardvark

At practice the other day, Lucy, one of my 5th grader teammates, asked me: "What's an animal that starts with an N? A U?" It got me thinking. And thinking. And dang it, I couldn't think of anything! Another teammate got newt for N, but we were stuck with the U. Therefore, a list!

A: Aardvark, Anteater, Alligator

B: Bear, Boar, Baboon

C: Cat, Chimpanzee, Chameleon

D: Dog, Dolphin, Donkey

Impala

E: Elephant, Egret, Emu

F: Falcon, Fish, Fox

G: Gorilla, Giraffe, Gazelle

H: Horse, Hyena, Hippo

I: Ibis, Impala, Ibex (small mountain goat thing that's apparently awesome) 

J: Jaguar, Jellyfish, Jackal

K: Kangaroo, Koala, Kookaburra <-- The Laugh, Kookaburra song was on a very creepy episode of Doctor Who called "Fear Her."

L: Lion, Leopard, Lemur

M: Monkey, Meercat, Moose

Quokka

N: Narwhal, Newt, Nightingale

O: Octopus, Orangutan, Owl

P: Parrot, Penguin, Panda

Q: Quail, Quokka, Quetzal

R: Raccoon, Rabbit, Rhino

S: Swan, Squirrel, Shark

T: Tiger, Turkey, Turtle

U: Urchin, Uakari

V: Vole, Vulture, Vicuna

W: Weasel, Wallaby, Wolf

X: X-ray Fish, Xyloryctes beetle, Xiphius gladius

Y: Yak, Yellowjacket, Yellowhammer

Z: Zebra, Zebu, Zander

Seven 100% Believable Excuses

For why I neglected the blog on Friday. It was only actually Friday since the weekend counts as one day in my world, but honestly, I just didn't get around to it. Whoopsies :)

7. I got grounded.

6. My internet crashed.

5. My computer flipped out.

4. I got burned on my fingertips so I couldn't type.

3. A horse trampled my laptop and I'm on a borrowed one.

2. My dog ate my battery and I needed to wait for the new one to come in the mail.

1. The power lines in my neighborhood were cut by burglars and we were out of power for the whole weekend.

Funny how they get longer as the list progresses, huh? :)

Six Beloved Childhood Friends

6. Caillou - This show about the four year old and his friends was a favorite of mine as a kid. The language is simple  and the picture, while also simple, is intricate. I especially liked his Chinese friend and their episode about chopsticks.

5. Clifford - I personally must own about 20 of the Clifford picture books. What little kid doesn't dream of having a dog they could ride to school?

4. Thomas & Friends - A beloved television series and book series about a tank engine and his hardworking little friends!

3. Elmo - Nanana, nanana, Elmo's World! Elmo's World is enjoyable for both little kids and their parents (and grandparents and big sisters). My little sister often will plop herself on my lap and demand to watch it. Like with other kid's show successes, the selling point for Elmo is his approachability and simplicity. Kids like someone they could cuddle and hug and do handstands with in their head.

2. Barney - Barney the purple dinosaur... who doesn't remember this loving, lumbering friend? I love you, you love me...

1. Scooby-Doo - Scooby-Doo and his crime solving buddies scares little kids but intrigues them at the same time. The fast, hyper, pumped-up activity of the characters make the show more suited towards older-than-toddlers-but-not-yet-tween kids.

My little sister's current favorites are Elmo and the Mickey Mouse Clubhouse show, but that wasn't around when I was a toddler, so it's been omitted from this list.