Catching up...

Sorry I haven't posted in a while, have been busy. Today me and my sister had STAR testing for our charter school. It isn't that important, but from what I heard, the test was to show Ocean Grove (The school) that the kids they are teaching aren't completely illiterate. It was scheduled to go from 9 am to 2 pm today and tomorrow, a regular school day, but me being homeschooled, i'm not used to it, especially the half-hour blinkin' fast lunchandrecess. The test went well, there was some misunderstanding at the beginning, but i finished the whole thing an hour before time was up, and I don't have to come back tomorrow for another round, good thing. The test was at a church, right next to some Yahoo buildings. Tomorrow, we might be going ice skating, it depends on whether we get our school work done or not.

I am addicted to this free app on my cool iPhone, Parallel Kingdom, it's realllllllly addicting. it also works on iPod Touches or g1 android phones. If you get this, make sure to read the WHOLE guide. Nobody likes people constantly asking how to get weapons, or just asking how the game works. Another good app is Pocket God. It costs a dollar, but worth it. It is updated every week or so, introducing a whole new feature each time. It used to be #1 in the U.S app store, but has dropped to #4. probably because the last update was late. Hope it goes back up once the update is released.

Last week we had some friends from Oregon down to our house, a total of 13 people consisting of two families, one of which I mentioned in an earlier post as "Friend". His mother has a blog, which I read regularly. Going to drive to portland next week with siblings.

That's all folks! Will try to remind myself to write in the blog more.

Earlectrocution and You

A piece of advice, never, EVER, go down a plastic slide with headphones on. Or you will be electrocuted. Yesterday, i was at the park, listening to music with (My sister's) headphones, and I started to go down a plastic slide. as I slid, i feel a sharp pain in my ears, along with a crackling sound. I stop, scramble back up to the top, crackling (Possibly sparking too) with pain. Fortunately, They still worked, and my sister did not kill me. And I did not die.

Yesterday I also went to Jump Sky High, it's called the trampoline place for a reason. There are three rooms, all with trampolines covering the ground in square patterns. One room has just trampolines, probably 40' x 20', a smaller (approx. 30' x 15') one has a foam pit, and another similar sized one which is a dodgeball court (awesomeness!!!). We get to go there every Monday, which is also pretty awesome.

Today was my first day riding in the front of the minivan, very exciting! Somebody in front of us threw a cigarette onto the road, which made a few sparks (it was nighttime), I panicked, because I had never been able to see that from the backseat, even though it happens regularly.

Our cat, Betsy, is becoming friendlier, and is, as I write this, she is sitting on the couch just a few feet away from me. This is most likely because we started giving her wet food twice a day downstairs, which we did not do previously.

Beware of plastic slides.

The Return of the Blog

I'm back, and with A facelift too. Lately we have moved into our new house, I have had two birthdays, gone to Macworld 2008, two more MacCamps, had many trips and vacations, and joined a homeschool charter school.

Some details about the house; It was built in 1907, a craftsman house, a major fixer-upper, the good thing is that the last owners didn't do anything to the house, so its character and originality was preserved. The bad thing is, the previous owners didn't do anything to the house, and now it's just a mess. The downstairs bathroom was so bad that the you couldn't see the floor behind the toilet because of the dirt. There were maggots in the shower drain. They were using that shower. There was a tree growing on the side of the house, and the roots were slowly lifting the house up, and destroying the foundation. I mean, it was so dirty, you would put your hand on the wall, it would stick. Thankfully, most of that has been taken care of.

But, the neighborhood, on the other hand, is the most amazing one I have ever seen. there are eight other kids I know just on my street alone, and many adults that I have met in the area. I have never actually had a neighborhood where I hang out with people that live there.

I am traveling to Oregon again in April for a few weeks for MacCamp, and to see the rest of the family.
Portland is definitely my favorite city, I will probably live there sometime in the future. Although my favorite place overall is the family farm, where my great-aunt and great grandmother live.

That's all for now, i'll post soon.

Fried fish

I'm back from my eighth Mac Camp (a camp with macs, what else?) in Oregon. I went with Grandma and Friend, I had lots of fun there playing on computers, learning about them, spending time with Grandma and Friend, meeting people, and having fun.

Afterwards, We hung out at the Farm for a while, and came back up to CA.

We went to a Korean restaurant at Cupertino Village, basically a strip mall full of Chinese/Japanese/Korean stores, restaurants, grocery stores, and such. A very cool place.

Today is Halloween. I don't have a plan, costume or sanity, Partly because of the stressful move, or not enough sleep, or maybe it's my siblings shrieking at the top of their lungs while whacking me for no particular reason. *hint hint*

I found this cool thing called Pleo, it's made by Ugobe, the same company that made Furby. It is a robotic baby Camarasaurus, the closest thing to being alive (which isn't) that you can get for less than a thousand dollars ($349.95, to be exact).

Welcome, People!

Hello, and welcome to Hairless with Lice. This being my first day on the web, I would like to welcome you with this post.

Yesterday we went to the Durga Puja with our Indian aunt and uncle and the rest of the family, a annual Indian worship of the goddess Durga in the fall, which is the year's largest Hindu festival of Bengal. we got mendhi (henna) patterns, I got a Peacock on my upper arm, Mom got an abstract pattern on her palm, Lily and Sonal got abstract on the backs of their hands. There was lots of good Indian food to be had, such as puri with potato Bhaji.

Afterward, in the evening we went to Disco Dandia, which is an Indian dance done with a pair of foot-long sticks that two people hit together in different patterns to the the beat the music, which forms an intricate dance. then we went home. (We were all half deaf, the music was really loud.)