100 is a Big Number

Picture of me blogging. In the sky because I like that cloud shit.

Today marks my...........

100th post!

Yay! Everyone thank you for always commenting, liking, and subscribing. If it weren't for you I wouldn't have made it this far... Is what I would say if my reading audience wasn't less than 10 5 people and I did this for a reason. This doesn't have to do with anyone other than me actually so... Good job! Christa, you did well. 100 posts is a lot of hard work, please keep doing your best. Thanks, Christa. *;_;*

Since I was a kid, the number 100 was always something I looked for. When you like something you always look for the opportunity to spot it right? One hundred was always my goal. I wanted to jump rope one hundred times, I wanted to collect one hundred pennies, watch one hundred movies, fold one hundred cranes, have one hundred friends, get 100 on my next test. I just wanted to see the number 100 in front of me. With years the number seemed to shrink, one hundred didn't seem like something so big anymore. 100 had sunk in the sea like a forgotten anchor, but now it had resurfaced from the cloudy oceans. One hundred was right in front of me. I had been working at the elderly home in my free time without ever thinking I would meet someone who reached 100 years old. She was a kind lady with lots of patience. Work didn't even seem like work when I spoke to her. I always spoke to her like an interviewer on a first job, bursting at the seams with questions and enthusiasm. "One hundred is a big number after all, right?" How did she feel about seeing war and conflict? What about the technological advances in this century? Did she have great-great grandchildren? It must have been painful to see everyone leave the world ahead of her. The stress, burden, anxiety, and heartaches. A number was nothing compared to her experiences. Was one hundred really an enjoyable number? In reply, she turned my way. Just smiling. 


I didn't want to write a story either, but I don't know what else I could've incorporated 100 into... Imagine if I my post was 100 characters long or I wrote a story using the word "one hundred" 100 times. Has anyone ever folded 100 cranes? I think it's 1000 that is meant to do something though. <RANDOM>I have this clear piggy bank in my closet that's half filled with paper stars. I was trying to fill it up in elementary school but gave up because I ran out of paper (~world's least motivated human~).</RANDOM>
100 used to be THE SHIT. And then I realized there were bigger numbers like a million or googol. (Infinity ∞ ?) When I was in grade 1 or so and started learning small multiplication I remember asking this girl was 10x10 was. I don't remember if she gave the right answer but it was a number out of my thought-range and I thought she was the smartest person in the world. Was I a dumb kid..?I'm done for today so thanks for reading and I'll keep writing until... the next milestone lol.

"Depend on Setouchi Natsu"..?? My bad translation? Lol. Artist: Inumaru

CYU.

Nostalgic Twist

Pokemon life. Ronery magnemite is ronery. Artist: Tanabata Suika

It had been 12 years since we found this cave. "Wow, it's seems smaller now that I think about it..." "Yeah? We called it a cave but it's just a space between some rocks really." We made our way through the two meters of rocky passage to see a dirty sheet of paper taped to the back-wall. "X" was all the paper read. The wave of nostalgia almost swept us off our feet. "This is it right?" "..Yeah" The memories we had buried together 12 years ago was right in front of us. "Alright, let's check this treasure box out."

12 DAYS UNTIL SCHOOL

Hey, hey Y'ALL.. *AHEM* Hi, today's theme was childhood memories & nostalgia. You know in grade 6 my friends and I actually had our own time capsule treasure box. We buried it by the big sakura tree (omg this is so cliche) at our elementary school and promised that open it in grade 10.. Turns out that my friends got too anxious in grade 8 and looked for it. Apparently, the box was empty and everything in it was gone :(. I remember putting something like a hairclip or eraser in there. It was fun.. Too bad some kids at the school probably dug it up and stole our shit ;(. 

"SIDE CHARACTER'S BACK-STORIES"

Here's some shit I found on my table. I bought the white eraser the other day because the cow one isn't reliable and I feel bad grinding away at it's face or udders :(. The dinosaur is a gift from Mexico.. It bobbles its head and hijacks planes. SHIT GUYS IT'S MY GENGAR FIGURE. Interesting story how I got it.. sorta. I was trick-or-treating one year and we came to this old lady's house. She said she didn't have any candy but brought out this whole tray of toys, shit it was nuts. There were bouncy balls and finger traps and mini-puzzles, all that shit that was awesome when you're like 12 or so. I saw gengar and it was the coolest shit so I picked it. I actually don't think I knew what it was back then, just that it was some pokemon or som'shit. Yeah. Side-character back stories here. Pick holder from my brother, I only have purple picks. The rest get lost ._. Purple is a MAGIC colour, yes? I only use the top one because it's THUH BEST.

That's the end of my back stories, please tune in for tomorrow, and I shall be discussing "setting back-stories and tearful character back-stories". It's a back-story season. Looking for excuses to test camera while I write. 2 birds with one stone! Going to wake up before 11AM tomorrow so I'll try my best not to sleep at 8 again. These days my bedtime is closer to 11AM rather than my wake-up time...

I made a cat. IT LOOKS LIKE A CAT RIGHT? EVEN MY MOM CAN TELL.
Besides my nice craftmanship, look at that delicous macro bokeh action. HNNNNNNNNNNNNnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnG. 

LATERS.

Summer Reboot

Beautiful picture that I has been scaled down to fit my tiny blog space :(... Artist: Cola (Gotouryouta)

Before I start deciding when to become nocturnal (dapner's influence ;( ) I should put some restraint on my... "summer life" and re-set that ridiculous goal that I tried last year around this time. 

BOOM! DAILY BLOGGING! BOOM!

(sorry they cut my budgets this month so you'll just have to imagine the explosions)

So I was taking a stroll down nostalgia lane and ended up reading a whole bunch'a my posts. It was surprisingly entertaining!! Those lame daily posts I wrote out of free-time and boredom actually turned out to be something I could look back and laugh at.. sorta? Lol. So I guess this is my second shot at the impossible goal. No guarantees that it will go on past second term of school but chronicling my life is a fun idea~ Now should I start at where I've been this past month? Since my last post was a summary of the end of school and an incessant ramble/jumble/mumble and it's August and all that..............Alright then::~~~:::~GO~ (LOLWUT?)

Do you like the doily/frilly frame? I figured that you could change those in the options today lol.. It's so cute :3.

THISSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS.......
POKEMON. Pokemon has been eating my soul (very pleasantly, though). It is the reason for my lack of exercise, socializing, and so many more (but in an enjoyable way). Most importantly, I LOVE IT. POKEMON IS THAT..IT'S THAT THING!! To me, Pokemon has become that thing that everyone talks about that you claim to know and think is cool until you actually find out what it is and the experience is mind blowing and nothing else is impor... Making myself sound like a maniac right now. 

All this is quite true.. But I've been doing other stuff too!! And the fact that I've stopped playing for the past 3-5 hours and have started blogging means that I'm, well, getting "STUFF" done.

<Empty void because I have nothing else to say about my summer "activity" and here's some pokemon fanart>

Artist: Nappa Hato

I have lots of things to say but I'll leave that for tomorrow or another day's post.. Since my biggest fear in blogging is running out of things to say... Which actually happens very often :(. So I'll try to fix that? And gouge out all the interesting things or just collect bits of my day for blog posts.
This is the harsh path called "blogging". Maybe I'll start bringing a camera with me everywhere and write down ideas for my daily posts.................... Probably not. (I'm not the kind of person with that kind of dedication).

This has been my re-emerging into the "BLOG LIFE" and my incoherent ramblings will be continued for tomorrow.

Artist: Naba

CYU.

Reading! I can do it too!

Multitasking :). The way I do it. This is from Sore demo Machi wa Mawatteiru. Arist: Naotan

GOOD EVENING, world! I have an interesting topic that has come to me after I sat at home with a "book" for the first time in..well, a while. Haven't sat so still in my swivel chair since school started. But first is music intro!

Today's song is... Math rock!

Post-rock as well. The band is toe and the song is called "C". I know lately I haven't been putting a lot of thought into what I post up, but this is a really inspirational band and this time I mean it. The riffs are intricate and the drums really draw you in; not a moment is wasted in these songs. Ladies and gentlemen, I present you, something I am really proud to call math rock (MAH FAVOURITE GENRE). I'll refer to this band often (I've already did so..) please bear with me? :)


So the topic that was brought to my attention was.. Literacy. That's right. What I lack the most ROFL. I know international literacy has improved within this decade since we're trying to reach our arms out and share the education, but (more or less than) 796 million adults (15+) are unable to read or write. Aw man.. And to think that 131 million or so kids around my age (youth) are unable to do so either. I know that it depends on how much the country can provide for their people and that is very reasonable. But we live in a modern civilization now where reading and writing is almost something that.. people naturally expect out of others. The most ridiculous bit is that some of these illiterate people are living in Canada.. The very country I receive my education from. W-Wait a minute, HOW DOES THAT WORK!? Canada is actually standing around 8th or 9th place on the literacy scales. Which is great, but even 40% of our adults don't have strong literacy skills. I can see how that works with immigrants and late learners because education for adults isn't always the cheapest thing. Hopefully the youth will become strong and literate for the future. Well, that I can only hope. And depend on statistics lol.


I wanted to talk about my experiences with reading and er.. books in general. I don't read often nowadays. Don't know how it happened, when did it start? Why? I can't remember. But ever since I was in grade 3 I was REALLY REALLY INTO BOOKS (HENCE MY SUPER GREAT CHOICE OF WORDS). Yes, back when we called novels "chapter books" and anything with more than 100 pages was an "impossible" book. I really liked to read and challenge myself with novels and THEIR TEXTS. But you know how all the interesting books are always in the adult section? And even when you know that they might not be interesting, the fact that you don't touch that section of the library is already enough to make you curious. I read some adult books, some were too hard for me to comprehend. And then I just took a really long book break. This was the summer of grade 6 I think. WHEN I DISCOVERED MANGA! Comics. I love them. Illustrations are great ways to make people interested in reading. Sometimes I don't remember that I'm being educated while I read that shit (Depends on what you're reading). So next time you read a comic book (Watchmen is a good example, shit is hard) and someone tells you that you're not actually learning anything from it, stand up and say "BULL SHIT!" because comics have their own value as well. Unless you're reading some dumb shit, then there's nothing to defend. Just quietly run along and finish your homework or whatever you were supposed to do.
I borrowed manga from a friend today (Nichijou- 日常- Daily if you're curious). And I just sat at home until I finished it. Manga is nice, it has words and pictures so it's not hard on my brain, and it's short so I can finish the book quickly and continue with my life. I'm actually a really slow reader.. I swear I read a lot faster back in the -cough- day. I learned how to read Japanese from manga. Well, not exactly, but I definitely couldn't have honed my skills to what I have today without manga. Thank god for manga and literacy! Last but not least, communication has sure brought us together, eh? :)

Goodnight World!

Sorry for missing Literary Day by a few..er..-cough- days. Here's another reading picture I found in my magic folder.
It's from Shinkai Makoto's 5 cm per second.

Nostalgia's Way

Here's some sunset picture since it's the end of the day. Artist: Mifumoto

I originally wanted to talk about time travel and stuff like that, but I figured it would take research and fuckin' hell no am I going to spend more time researching on stuff like this. 

Sorry for misleading you.

Just to continue with my post about Burning Qu'ran's and Terry Jones. I read an article about students from Iran threatening to kill Terry Jones. I SUSPECT THEY'LL CHOOSE TO KILL HIM WITH FIRE.

I'm wondering how I can spice my blog up. Sometimes I think when I say the things I write, it makes them a lot more interesting. But I don't think vlogs would do that well either. I don't know where I'm leading my blog anymore. Not sure how many misleading blogs I'm going to write either.

Sometimes I just like to tune out of everything and think about what the fuck am I exactly doing. Why am I trying? Why aren't I trying? Why is everyone trying? Why am I at school?
I don't always find a good answer but if not, I'll make an excuse for myself.
THIS BLOG POST SUCKS.

I have officially begun about nothing and will end in nothing. I don't even want to talk about school anymore. There is nothing to talk about. I'm starting to wonder if I thought I would have anything to write about when I took Daphne's daily blog challenge.
My blog post isn't going anywhere today and I have no picture compilation to show you. Oh. Wait a bit..
I'd like to talk about my evolution as the Christa I am today, and my past music taste.
Lol, this is a weird topic because I didn't think about it until I heard that Julian Casablancas from The Strokes released a solo album today. I'm very late, I know. But I remember the old days when my favourite artists were: The Strokes, Arctic Monkeys, Bloc Party, and.. Feist (Vampire Weekend later too, I think). I don't know, I used to like rap a lot too. This was all in grade 6. Grade 6 was a weird year for me, I liked to act very mature and had a cool taste in music and I liked to be "outgoing" and hang out with people which were usually my older grade fr..iends? I don't know anymore. There was also a time when I really liked Elliot Smith and this folk singer.. I forgot his name. I went through bands like um, those plastic bags you use for garbage storage -cough-. I still listen to The Strokes and Arctic Monkeys' old stuff now and then, but it's rare and I don't think of them much. Seems like this turned out to be quite a long post. I'll end this with one of my favourite songs by Arctic Monkeys because their music gives me a nice nostalgic feeling and Alex Turner's voice is so cool.
Goodnight, world!

Well, this was a nice trip down nostalgia. I don't regret anything and I'm continuing to move on. And since live is always cooler (DOES NOT ALWAYS APPLY TO POP BANDS), here is the live version of "Fluorescent Adolescence". The reason why I don't listen to them often anymore is because their newest album and single SUCKED ):. They changed quite a bit media has caught onto them.