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Hi, this is my Livejournal, and in the following post is a list of all the books I own, and ones I'm planning to buy. If you have a suggestion, please post it here : ) .

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The following is a list of all the books I own, and a list of those I want to get, and a list of books suggested to me.
If you know of any books you think I should get, please, please suggest them here. I like suggestions.

( The List: )



( To buy: )

Tags: books
Current Mood: Looking for books

Remember flying a kite as a child and getting it stuck in a tree despite the wind blowing the other direction? Or maybe you hanging a shirt or towel down on a branch only to turn around and find it gone? Did you ever think it might be something more... sinister? Don't worry, it's not just you.

The arbourus deltivorus, or North American Kite-Eating Tree, can be found throughout the prairies and the midwestern United States. They are exceptionally sturdy trees, due partly to their diet, and have round leaves that fall in late autumn.

Like other carnivorous plants, the Kite-Eating Tree consumes nutrients beyond what most other plants do, and beyond what photosynthesis alone provides. It is, however, different from other carnivorous plants; instead of eating insects, the Kite-Eating Tree ingests cloths and other fabrics.

The Kite-Eating Tree is curious in that it grows in two different stages and uses a different food source in each stage. In the spring, it uses the energy it gets from the sun to sprout buds and leaves, but throughout the summer it will strengthen its trunk and branches by digesting fibres.

Similar to sundews and other 'flypaper' plants, the Kite-Eating Tree has thin tentacles that retract to trap their prey. The tentacles are thin, light, nearly invisible (though you may be able to distinguish them by squinting), and are held aloft by the slightest breeze. Upon contact with any woven material they gently pull the fabric toward the main body of the tree where it is consumed.

The Kite-Eating Tree a the natural enemy of spiders as it will devour their webs, sometimes catching the spiders at the same time. While generally preying only on fabrics, in hard times they have been known to known to eat the nests of birds, and even those of paper wasps, although paper consumption is more commonly associated with the tree's cousin, cathaeus deltivorus.

Tags: randomly random randomness
Current Mood: weird
Current Music: dooooo, doo doo doo dooooo, doo doo doo doo doo doo doooo

Sister is playing Wii fit. She is taking physical fitness classes stuff in university. It's telling her all stuff she already knows and she's getting mad at the little chibi Wii board on the screen.

Then it told her her Wii Fit age was 32. She wasn't impressed by that. Mom and I laughed. :)

Then she did the first deep breathing exercise under yoga. She came in third on the high scores.
Me: "I'm better at breathing than you!"
Her: "Oh yeah, well I got third on my first try!"
Mr: "Yeah, well I got first on my first try."

Now the tree pose. I've been standing and leaning on my leg in that pose for years without knowing I was inadvertently doing yoga. Go figure.

She just beat my best score in ski jump by 2 and my tightrope walk by 1. Tch. On the bright side, she got constantly smacked in the head by shoes in the football/soccer goalie game.

Now she's doing the step thing. She didn't get that the blue ones were both to the same side so wa scrambling to get her fet in the right spots for a while, including much crossleggedness.

And now I have to go. Sister will likely be playing Wii Fit all night or until she gets too mad at the thing for being stupid.

Tags: outernet

I've been rather deprived of internets the last few days.
Saturday I worked all day, so was only on a bit in the evening.
Sunday was moving back home day, so I was moving heavy things into the van, shopping (one store in Brandon actually had some Wii fits so I finally got one), then riding in said van for four hours.
Monday I spent cleaning out my room. Most of the stuff in my room was garbage old papers or broken toys or generally things that needed to be garbaged. Cleaned everything out so now I have room in my room. Then, moved everything out of the van and upstairs to my room and put it all away.
This morning was spent setting up the TV, Wii, and Laptop stuffs as well as getting the router going. I had to buy a new router because my dad is convinced the old one is messing up the internet connection when it's actually just him messing up the internet connection. Finally I have everything done and I can rest. Yay. *collapse*

Tags: outernet
Current Mood: tired
Current Music: Captain Kidd - Great Big Sea

It's been so long without any new signups, it's sad. I still need 7 players and sign-ups have kind of dried up.

If anyone reading this hasn't signed up and wants to play, please read on, sign up, and play.

http://dba.zanarkand.co.uk/index.php?topic=1001.0


I am now out of places to advertise.

Tags: online
Current Mood: sad

My favourite children's shows. Children's shows these days just don't measure up.

Fred Penner's Place
Tell-A-Tale-Town - (I think) still airing on BookTelevision, which I don't get, even at home.
Mr. Dressup
Teddy Ruxpin - I had the actual stuffed toy thing too. Not anyomre, alas.
The Raccoons - I actually have most or all of the songs that played in the show :D. Currently airing on Teletoon Retro
Lamb Chop's Play-Along
Fraggle Rock - (I think) still airing on BookTelevision, which I don't get, even at home.
Sharon, Lois & Bram's Elephant Show
Babar - Possibly still airing on Treehouse.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz - in looking to track down the exact adaptation I watched, I found out that it was actually an adaptation of an anime. (I think) still airing on BookTelevision, which I don't get, even at home.
Shining Time Station

Later-ish ones:
Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego
TaleSpin
The Adventures of TinTin
Samurai Pizza Cats
Where on Earth is Carmen Sandiego


Anyone else like, or have other favourites to share?

Tags: outernet
Current Mood: nostalgic

Last night I had a dream of watching a commercial. It was advertising that Wingfield was going to be airing on CBC radio. With my recent lack of sleep in tow, I went to tune my mp3 player into CBC Radio 2 to see if I could pick it up, only to forget that my mp3 player needs to be recharged. And then that it was a dream.
I wish it hadn't been, though.

Tags: outernet
Current Mood: disappointed
Current Music: Piano Black - Seatbelts