Fluffy pink clay aliens are taking over the world. Got it?

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Well, recently all I've been doing is mooching around on my computer, eating muffins, falling rather painfully on my butt and doing homework. Blah. Nothing like Italy. Or, for that matter, Jamaica. My cousin (the one with Sblog the Super Blog) went to Jamaica and all I got was a pencil with dreads and a license plate with my name and Jamaica on it. Blah. Speaking of Italy and Jamaica, Lav, did you find your coat?

I'm sorry to say that the Randomness Awards '08 were called off, due to lack of participation from our viewers. Guys, I must say I'm disappointed in you. We might do it later in the year, and then, guys, could you please give some ideas? Lav, Bri and I can't do everything. And anybody who reads this blog, could you comment on this post and say that you read it, and whether you like it or not? Please be honest. I'd like to know if I'm not hollering my random ramblings into space. "Hey, Mars, do you read me?" We'd also appreciate if you gave us some suggestions :]

I'm thinking about adding a new feature-- where you can become a guest blogger and write a post. I think it'll be really interesting. Anyway, remind me to develop that.

And here's our next Wrandom Word of Whenever!:

protuberance: bulging, projecting

Related Words: protuberate, protrusion, obtrusion, jutting

Randomly,

Annie

Hello

Sorry it's been a long time since I've been on. I went to Italy, teachers tried to drown me with homework, and my dad has been doing extensive research on various unimportant things, such as my history curriculum from last semester and how to build a proper fire. So, in short, I haven't had much access to my computer. Let me update you on random things:

I got a new phone

I climbed 463 steps

I saw some very good movies

I memorized 2 new digits of pi (that brings my total up to 32!)

I have 3 drops of chocolate soy cream on my hand right now

I've watched way to much television

And I yelled at my brother when he told me to die a painful and horrible death.

I know what you're wondering: How does she survive with such an annoying sibling? Well, I have the dolphin (Muahaha!) and I'm getting a lock on my door.

Currently, My parents are in an intense board game tournament, so I have the computer. I'm going to use it while I can.

Earlier, I mentioned I went to Italy. The sistine chapel was a room full of people looking up, the Duomo was a tiring climb, and Rome is filled with very old buildings. That was a basic overview of my trip.

I just want to say Merry Christmahanukwanzaakah, Happy New Year and any other holiday you might have celebrated that has occurred since my last post. Keep on coming back, and remember to participate in the Randomness Awards '09!

3.14159265358979323846264338327950,

Lavvie

Randomness Awards '09

In celebration of the past year's randomness, Sites to Know (And Other Random Things) will be holding Randomness Awards 'o9. It will take place from now, Monday the 22nd of December '08, till Saturday the 31st of January '09. This will require a lot of participation from our loyal viewers. The categories will be:

Randomest Site
Randomest Picture (can be Polyvore)
Randomest Game
Randomest Piece of Writing
Randomest Saying
Randomest Overall

If you have any other ideas for categories, comment and we'll consider them. If you'd like to enter yourself or nominate something, contact us at sitesrandomness@aim.com. Hope you have a real good time!


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Process

You, the viewers, give us objects of randomness in each category.

Us, the judges (Lavvie, Bri and Annie, myself), look over all entries and choose three for each category that we think is the best.

You, the viewers, vote on which one should win!

We're sorry, but the winners do not win anything except the honor of winning. We can, though, make a badge to display on a webpage.

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Announcements

12.22.08: Categories open for suggestions and nominations

Randomly & Crazily,

The Randomness Crew

You know an odd feeling? Sitting on the toilet eating a chocolate bar

...Yeah. So, sorry I haven't posted in a while. Been busy with singing grapefruits and other random things.

So anyway, IT SNOWED! Like, a blizzard, and it's not even winter yet! How cool is that? My mom keeps saying Bah Humbug. I have no idea what that means, but I think it's to express her disgust at the weather. I don't really understand, but it might be because the doors to my car are frozen shut. Oh well, who needs to drive when you can have a SNOWBALL FIGHT?

So, I found another addicting game. Downhill bowling. You know how in those bowling games, it's always, speed, power, angle? Well, this isn't like that. You control the bowling ball as you race through a beautiful 3-dimensional course. Well, here it is!

Will post more L8ER!

Randomly,

Annie

Tissue? I Hardly Even Know You!

Hiya, folks! Just wanted to say, I am recovering from a bite that one of my friends gave me! I am only frothing at the mouth slightly now, and people are no longer extremely alarmed, they are very alarmed! No, just kidding. But I did get bitten! It really, really hurt. I went to the nurse and I'm like, I bumped into a column. And she just gives me this weird look. It was all red with teeth-shaped bruises. The bruises are still there now. It's kinda funny once you think about it =)

I realized that I haven't properly introduced myself yet. My extremely random bestie Lavvie has already done it, and I know Bri's planning on doing it. Sooo, yeah. Let's get started!

Likes: piano, violin, randomness, reading, friends, randomness, Polyvore, blogging, randomness, computers, programming-- oh! and did I mention randomness?
Dislikes: mean people, bad books, ignorant people, know-it-alls, global warming, pollution

Favorite color: purple
Favorite food: ravioli, chevre
Favorite chocolate: all kinds, but Hershey and Godiva, milk
Favorite candy: I can't resist Reeses-- they're addicting =)
Favorite subject: science, French (comment TU trouves? c'est passionant et amusant, je pense)

Anything else? I'm very passionate about saving the environment. I love to read, play piano, and hang out with my friends. My dog is the cutest ever.

That's about it! ;-)

Oh, and about the title: whenever I ask my dad for a tissue, he says, "tissue? I hardly even know you!" (As in, "Kiss you?")

Randomly,

Annie

Fearless

*humming some new Taylor Swift songs* Oh, hey! I don't know about you guys, but I've been waiting for this album for a loooooooong time. It was totally worth it. All the songs on here are better than every one expected. My favorite songs (not in order) are Fifteen, Breathe, Forever & Always and White Horse. Ah-mazing.

I realize that I'm not the usual poster, so let me introduce myself. I am one of Annie's really good friends. I'm Brielle, but you can call me Bri. Either is fine.

So, anyways, as I was saying. Taylor Swift=Amazing. I totally recommend this album to anyone! These songs (plus Trainwreck by Demi Lovato and Decode by Paramore) were stuck in my head all day! Ask Annie, I was humming them all day =)

So, I'll definitely be posting more often now. So, TTYL!

Bri =)

Total Randomness

Don't you totally love this photo? When I first saw it, I thought they were both actually towels!

Earlier today I went to look at dresses for my Bat Mitzvah. It was pretty funny because we kept getting lost. I was all over my mom's iPhone, finding directions, reading them wrong... we were cracking up.

So I looked at all these dresses. I cannot wear strapless, but that's fine by me. I found all these nice dresses that were pretty inexpensive, but my favorite dress-- a poofy blue plaid number-- was over $1000 dollars! Can you believe that? My mom's like, "You're not getting that." Actually, she wasn't. I'm like, "I'm not getting that," because I really don't want to force my mom into buying something really expensive. And I think that was fine by her.

Right now, I'm reading The Book Thief, by Markus Zusak, not to be confused with The Lighting Thief, by Rick Riordan (Ryer-dan). It's really, really good. Instead of telling you what it's about, I'll quote from Death, who narrates the book:

"It's just a small story really, about, among other things: a girl, some words, an accordianist, some fanatical Germans, a Jewish fist fighter, and quite a lot of thievery...."

It's such a good book! You really should read it. It is kind of mature, though. More for 5th grade and up.

Randomly,

Annie

...pɐǝɥ ʎɯ oʇ buıɥsnɹ sı poo1q ǝɥʇ 11V

I couldn't resist that! That's from Fliptext.org, which is just a really cool site where you can... well, flip text around! ¿ǝǝs

Okay, here's a joke. It was originally very inna-pro-pro, but I modified it so my blog doesn't get in trouble. Here it is:

Okay, so there was this apartment building, with four floors.

On the 1st floor, a man was selling pickles from a bucket.

On the 2nd floor, a man was painting green out the window.

On the 3rd floor, a man was sticking his finger out the window.

On the 4th floor, a man was throwing knives out the window.

The man on the 4th floor cut of the 3rd floor man's finger. The finger fell and was painted green by the 2nd floor man. It landed in the 1st floor man's pickle bucket. An old lady bought it, took a big bite, and said, "Mmmm, crunchy!"

Like it? Post in the comments!

Randomly,

Annie

Snakes Optical Illusion

Wow, this really boggles my mind. I saw a painting of this first at a small science museum in Florida. Now I found it on the web. It makes you really dizzy. Well, here it is:Notice how if you stare at the screen just away from it, the snakes seem to move? Freaky, isn't it? (If you're having trouble getting the snakes to move, click on it for a bigger picture.)

Randomly (And Dizzily),

Annie

Welcome, Bienvenue, Tervetuloa, 欢迎, Benvenuto, Bienvenido, приветствую

Hi, and welcome to Sites to Know (And Other Random Things)! I hope you get a whole load o' randomness out of this blog. For those of you monolingual people out there, the language order is this: English, French, Finnish, Chinese (simplified), Italian, Spanish and Russian. Hope you likey!

Randomly,

Annie