AP CLASSES! and a bunch of other stuff… February 24, 2009

I worked out my schedule today and I am taking FIVE AP classes next year. 5. I know. So I better have the BEST summer this year because I am going to have NO social life next year! I’ve thought about it and I can’t really drop any of them. I really want to take them all! So I’m going to. It’s probably not the best idea, but there you have it.

 

I made dinner tonight! Courtesy of ChooseVeg.com, I found two recipes, one for “Cheesy” Potato Casserole, and the other for Asian Cucumber and Sesame Salad. I loved them both, however I don’t think they quite meshed together. I’ll put separate posts of both of them

 

I’ve been listening to a podcast every night (though maybe not tonight because I’m beat) and they are wonderful. Colleen Patrick-Goudreau is the most enlightened, fabulous person I have ever heard. Except for you know, Gandhi and such I would HIGHLY HIGHLY suggest listening to one of them. They truly range in length, from about 5 minutes to over an hour, so it’s up to you. She discusses various topics about being or going, vegetarian and vegan. I love her enthusiasm and it makes me want to do more for the animals!

 

I’ll put a couple pro-animal posts on here eventually. Hopefully soon

 

I might go to England with my friend this summer! For a foreign exchange program. It will kill me to leave martial arts for an entire MONTH, but I’m pretty sure it would be worth it! Nothing is set in stone however. Especially because of this dang economy…

 

Have a wonderful week everyone! I love you all!

 

Love, KT

Bicycling! February 22, 2009

Hey all! I know it’s been ages since I last posted, but I figure I might as well start up again. Hopefully I will keep it updated this time

 

So today is the last day of a week long break and it was very refreshing! Yesterday it was unusually nice weather for February so we pulled out the leashes and our bikes and took off towards the park.

 

I’ve never been much of a biker, that was always Meg, and she’s always asking if I’ll go with her. But nonetheless it was soo fun! I love how when you’re speeding down a hill (I never go too fast hehe) you can feel the wind pick up and your little arm hairs are going all over the place and you feel like you lost 50 pounds. Well that’s how it is for me at least

 

Me and Penny

 

Daddy and Meg

 

 

 

The dogs had a wonderful time, and I took pictures of myself with them, since I’ve rediscovered how much I love taking pictures (though my talent is not so great). So enjoy! Have a wonderful week!

 

Love, KT

Summer Camp! June 24, 2008

Hey all! I’m gonna start blogging again for this summer, so stay tuned!

 

I just got back from summer camp, a 4 day martial arts training spree. I got to know a ton of people and had lots of fun. It helped me realize that I don’t handle a lack of sleep and stress very well, and I surprised myself with my lack of self control. This weekend truly was a learning experience for me, learning how to interact with other people, without giving them the wrong idea or being too friendly. And occasionally, my naturally giggly self became too much and got me in difficult situations. One thing I need to work on.

 

As I’m growing up and my giggles appear as flirtations, I’m slowly learning boundaries to keep and which friends to make. Although I honestly want to be friends with everyone, some friendships are too tricky to keep unfortunately. I’ve decided that my ultimate life would be completely myself, without having to hold back any of my laughter.

 

All in all, camp was awesome, and I can’t wait for next year!

 

Love,

KT

Recent Life January 5, 2008

Hey All!

Okay, so I know the last time I posted something was last year (haha) but I just wanted to tell you all that I am doing great!

 

I celebrated my 16th birthday about a month ago and I haven’t quite gotten my license yet…I’m planning on getting it soon though. Christmas was great, we visited my cousin and her two adorable kids. Miranda

Gabe

 

Those are pictures I took with the new camera I got for my bday

 

For my birthday party we decorated cookies! (vegan of course) and we had lots of fun. Especially with my new camera

 

HALF of the cookies Mom and Mimi made!

 

I decided to bring in the leftover cookies to Martial Arts, because there were SO many left over…yeah without icing they don’t taste much like..well like cookies. But since most of my demo team friends don’t have high salaries, they were pleased with free…bread like cookies.

 

Martial Arts has been a ton of fun. I did get invited to join the Demo team, so two times a week I train with the best Martial Artists at the school. I have DEFINITELY improved and am even more excited to continue. Also about a month ago I was moved up to the adult class (because I turned 16!) So I’m being challenged for hours on end!

 

I hope you all had a wonderful holiday!

Back! Not sure for How Long… September 20, 2007

Firstly, I apologize for not writing. High school has started and it is taking a lot out of me…don’t think my body really agrees with waking up at 5:30…Other than that, life has been great. As some of you may know, I love and appreciate chaos. For one, it makes the slightly boring parts of my day go by faster, and I can look forward to all of the wonderful things in my life!

 

Martial Arts is the one truly stable thing in my chaotic life right now, which I think is helping to keep me grounded. I try to go everyday, for one, it is truly helping to make me stronger, and it is a great way to release stress and to push myself. I recently started going to an extra Martial Arts thing, with the adult class, which is 20 times harder. No joke. I feel so lame and inexperienced in there, which just makes me want to work harder…Like my flexibility, which girls are supposed to be better at…but half of the guys in the class are better than I am…but I love pushing myself even if it is terribly painful and makes me sore…I’m going to All Night Training tomorrow night, which is exactly what is sounds like…training..all…night…but I excited!

 

I am volunteering at the aquarium this school year too, and my first day is this Sunday, yup my weekend is pretty full, with All Night Training, and aquarium, and homework, and all that fun stuff.

 

I am very sleepy, so I will call it a night. I hope this was enough to tide you all over for a while…

Flash Back August 8, 2007

I think I was born in the wrong era. It would be so amazing to live in the 1940’s (the Great Depression is a minor set back prior to that…) or much earlier, 360 BC, the times that Alexander the Great lived in. Or the years of the setting for the theatre/movie Tristan and Isolde. Everything was much truer in those earlier times, yes, women were treated terribly, but there was still some justice. Jobs meant hardly nothing to them, there weren’t computer programmers, or cell phone companies, there were blacksmiths and herbalists. Everything was much simpler, but raw and unshapen. Wars were erupting all over, to claim what little land was known of, but they were fought with swords and tomahawks and bow and arrows, not guns and missiles. Everything took skill, to be a leader you had to act like one, you had to earn your place, not people with lots of money bribing their way to the top. Those who won the wars either had lots of people or skill. People lived for love, without that, there was just monotonous fights and living on the land. There were no supermarkets, there were outdoor markets where you bought from your neighbors, or imported from somewhere close by. In the 1940s there was glamour and hope for better times. The music and movies are fantastic from then, all revolving around this one concept; love. Nowadays there are ‘chick flicks’ or ‘romantic comedies’ that don’t have the same truth that reverberated in other times. The best romance movies, in my opinion are always set in other times, times that had more romance, that people came across, not desperately searching for on the Internet, or blind dates. Even the books I am mildly obsessed with, Twilight, New Moon, and recently added, Eclipse, they are based in our time, but all of the fantastic characters come from past times, that have lived through the world as it has changed. There was a certain something that made the glamour these days stand to shame when compared to those times, or the love stories we hear. It is a pity that technology and freedom have replaced the trueness of love and a way of life.

Haha, Pictures of Me and My Bestest Friends July 31, 2007

Eva (Cake), Dev (Hotdog), Me (Hamburger…vegan one of course…)

These silly pictures were taken at Ye Old Curiosity Shop in Seattle, a couple piers away from the Seattle Aquarium. The owners may have started to get a little mad at us for trying on all of their AMAZING hats (and glasses in Dev’s case…) although we did organize their hats very nicely after we finished, they looked much better than they did originally.

  

Witches…

Eva (Crab), Dev (Frog), Me (Alligator)

Here is the best picture I got from my whale watching trip a while ago…

We saw a bit of J-Pod!

Marine Conservation July 31, 2007

I have decided to, in the near future, to start raising money for and spread awareness about our oceans and to conserve them. This idea has been brewing for a while, and I watched a dive show at the aquarium (of course) that focused on conservation, and I have decided to take some action. I went through a few Marine Conservation groups and societies, and I am leaning towards Scripps Research Institute, which is stationed at the University of California, San Diego, the college I am thinking about going to. I am open to any suggestions, and I hope to have more news soon!

Aquarium Kids and Veggies Rock! July 31, 2007

Haha, this little kid at the aquarium today was afraid to touch the sea star I had put in a bowl, but his Mom was so enthusiastic about getting him to touch it. When I put it a sea star in a bowl, it is for the smaller kids to touch, because not all of the can reach the touch tanks, so this little boy was probably around 1 year, he could walk, but only speak a few words. I touched the sea star, and went on this whole rant about how this sea star is the nicest one in the tank, and that’s why he got to be in the bowl. Most kids believe me, but this child was freaked out. I touched it to demonstrate how harmless it was, and he smiled, a little braver. His Mom said, “Do you want Mommy to touch it, OH, it’s soft! Here, you touch it Jakey.*” All the while that his Mom was touching the sea star the little boy was screaming, “NO MOMMY, DON’T DO IT!!” Then his Mom, teasing, flicked some water at him, and he screamed, “AHH, I GOT WET!!” and proceeded to wipe his face ferociously. He was smiling now though, this must be a game that he played with his Mom…So he finally got the courage to touch it, after around 5 minutes of pleading…and he put his little finger in to touch it, and before he even touched it, his finger was just in the water, he yanked it out and started screaming, “MOMMY I GOT WET AGAIN!” Then he finally touched the sea star and loved it, he didn’t want to leave. This was so entertaining for me, his Mom was probably trying to get him to touch it for a total of 10 minutes. Jakey was so cute, he would freak out, but with a huge grin on his face. Little kids are so cute!   (*Not sure if his name was Jakey…)

There was this other little kid that wanted to know how much Big Al, our largest Northern Fur Seal, weighed. He can weigh up to 600 pounds (I think?), so he is pretty large. He said, “Mommy does that seal weigh 15 pounds?” All excited and all-knowingly. His Mom just laughed and said, “He probably weighs about 1000 pounds.” She later asked me how much they actually weigh, but that little boy was SO sure of himself…This is a picture of Big Al, taken by Dev!

This AMAZING article on MSN today, that thing popped up with all of the news (Windows Live Today) when I signed into Live Messenger and told me about this article titled, “Is it cheaper to be a vegetarian?” The answer, according to the article (and my opinion) is YES. Because the staple foods are so cheap. But we eat more fresh veggies that can get expensive, but non-vegetarians don’t normally eat enough. READ IT…http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/SavingandDebt/SaveMoney/GoVegetarianToSaveMoney.aspx?vv=450>1=10222 AND by the way, I LOVE Whole Foods.

Dog Fighting? I thought we were advancing as a society… July 24, 2007

You may have heard the dreadful news that on Mike Vick’s (football player) property, illegal dog fights were happening. All evidence points to Mike Vick heading it, and why not? He is a successful NFL player, and no one would think bad of him because of a couple of dead dogs, right? TERRIBLY wrong. These news confounded me when I first heard them. Why would anyone seek pleasure in watching dogs maul themselves to DEATH? Many others feel the same confusion as to this enjoyment, so dog fighting has been banned in most states, including the state that Vick’s property is on. Apparently, Vick knows nothing about these dog fights, and was just as surprised to find out as we are? Well, that is a bunch of junk. All signs are pointing to guilty, and yes, I am sorry if he actually is innocent, but I want to be sure that everything possible is being done to give these dogs the justice they deserve. I know that he isn’t the only dog fighting encourager (assuming he is one) and that other dogs too deserve their justice. But the thing about these public dogs, is that someone well known has them, and if these dogs are granted their justice, more will go into helping all dogs.

Inform everyone you know about the dreadful happenings to these poor innocent animals. I don’t want to hear anything about them, “wanting to fight,” they are made to fight, sometimes threatened to do so.

Here is a fabulous article to take a look at…http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19921373/

Also…get a facebook account if you don’t have one…