it's your nightmare come true.

Ok, guys. You remember that horribly cheesy, terrifyingly drowned in background noise, forced into the worst plot R&J movie we made back in the fall? 

Ben and Juliet. (*winces*) Yeah, that one.

You thought you had survived through it all. You thought it was over with. You had this tremendously glorious feeling of relief after watching the credits roll by as you realized you would never again have to live through a whole 11 minutes of awkward phone calls, misplaced tripods, and confusing love complications.

And you were wrong.

Behold, ladies and gentlemen, the sequel to the infamous Ben and Juliet, written in an epic-like short story form as a creative writing assignment and having come into existence only because a certain "gab coulter" had not the creativity to think up anything else.

Don't worry, we will *not* make this "sequel" into a movie. In fact, we may (hopefully) make a movie over the summer in order to redeem ourselves.

'cause now we're armed with Adobe After Effects, maybe a few green screens, hopefully sometime soon a new camera, and the knowledge that plot and script means everything.

So go about your life in peace. 

Until you look on your dashboard and see a "it's a nightmare come true - 2nd edition".

It's a scientists vs. God thing. Guess who won.

guess what, guys. we're making a wright flyer.

That's right. My Engineering class is making a 1:2 scale model of the Wright Flyer out of cardboard and Makedo supplies (who knows; we might need to raid a recycling place to get enough cardboard).

I am unspeakably excited.

Last week, we had a contest to see who could come up with a small scale model of a larger project (preferably with moving parts) we could make out of cardboard and Makedo supplies. The entries were giant sunglasses, a giant laptop, the Eiffel tower, and the Wright Flyer (yep, that was our team). We made a twenty-minute tiny scale model of it, and (this is awesome) it actually flew! Let's pray our larger model will work out just as well. ;)

(oh, yeah. And when everyone cast their votes, the Wright Flyer won. :D But that was to be expected, right?)

Anyway, we'll take LOTS of pictures especially if (when) we test it in flight. (cross your fingers!)

yay! a blog parade!

(Now don't you just <3 that button?)
Thanks to Nana for hosting such a lovely blog parade and giveaway!Her first question...
When did you first give your life to Jesus? How did He reach out to you? What was your first response?
Seeing as this question doesn't get specific (like baptism vs asking Jesus into your heart), I'm going to say April 2007 when we converted to Catholicism. That Easter Vigil, so far, was the best night of my life. I felt soaked in God's grace; the whole Church was soaked in God's grace through all the Sacraments going on (baptism, confirmation, and the Holy Eucharist). Soon after, the devil got back at us (yes, I do believe he was getting back at us after our conversion). Opa (grandpa in Dutch) fell on the tennis courts and fractured his skull. We waited--with him in the ICU--,praying for a miracle. During this time, our Aunt Monica (who was staying with us at the time because Opa was in the hospital) got appendicitis and had surgery. Dad got small bowel obstruction and had surgery. Then Opa died. How did God reach out to us? That year, we learned Mom was having a baby--one that we had prayed for for years. But Satan was still at work...

Later that year, Dad had to get neck surgery to fix something in his spinal cord. Then we learned Mom had placenta previa; she had to stay on bedrest and kept having to go the hospital because of bleeding. But when Bug was born in April 2009, we knew it was all worth it.Now don't you agree?

Since then (did you think I was done?), my whole faith-life has changed. It's so different now. It was like before our conversion we were like "when will my life begin", and now we're like "I see the light" (ok, ok. I used the titles of songs from Tangled to help explain religion. haha oh, well...). I just feel like without the Sacraments where would I be, and who would I be...

where'd they all go...

Saturday Evening Daybook

So sorry, dear followers.

Here is the oh-so-neglected Saturday daybook...

(hosted by the lovely Jo March)
Date... 7 May (I haven't done this since March--scary)
Starting time... 7:54 pm
Mood...ready for Sunday!!
Outside my window...it's raining, the sky getting darker and darker
I'm thinking...when are Dad, Viv, and Annette coming home?!! I want some lemon squares!
I'm currently reading...just finished the whole Alex Rider series (it's mostly for middle schoolers, but this is the author that was given permission to write a Sherlock Holmes book.)
I'm listening to...Mom is reading to Josie as Bug takes his bath.
I'm wearing...brown capris, blue/green/white short sleeved shirt

I'm looking forward to...going to a friend's house soon...

I'm hoping...that I can get a lot of sleep tonight, that I can do gators over the summer, that I get into the honors program at our local community college (the list goes on)

Yesterday, I...watched The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (thanks to redbox), and...I enjoyed it more than I thought I would. I liked the green mist and how it was always present for the evil stuff. However, the script (in my opinion) was a little disappointing. Also, (for the storyline) it felt like it stretched on and on without much action.
I'm hungry for...lemon squares!

The song stuck inside my head is...just now I happen to have the Darth Vader thingamathing song stuck inside my head....

I love...to read!

I loathe...sticky flip flops.

This week, my goal is...do well on my final exam for biology!!

Did I meet last week's goal?... -.-

Ending time... 8:05 pm