What are you doing right now?

[EndOfTheEarth]

Besides posting on here and replying to this thread. Original credit for this goes back to Fate and Nathan on MX.

[McFood]

XD

My friend recently became obsessed with it. She sends me texts at random times like "I just lost the game. Did you too?"

EDIT: I just lost the game. Again.

[Xuut]

I haven't forgotten about it yet so I can't loose until I do.

I just informed my friends about it. I was so surprised they didn't know. They just seemed like the type of people who would know what it was.

Now they bug me about it all the time.

[nathan_p]

Re. the game:

Fun thing to do at a con -- when fuckwits holler "I lost the game!" yell "SHUT THE FUCK UP" right back ._.

Well. Not so much fun as "what we wound up doing"...

[McFood]

My friend kept on asking questions like 'Wait, what're the rules again?'

It annoyed the hell out of me for about five days, then she started constantly announcing that she lost.

[Sora]

Um...I'm actually pretty happy! Happier than I normally am anyway. I didn't fail in Band today, I spent lunch catching grapes in my mouth, reading Winnie the Pooh stories to my friends, and having a contest with this random guy about who could jump up the most stairs which I was winning before some teachers saw us. Plus yesterday I ate ramen for every meal, found a treehouse, and saw the Coraline movie which is epic.

In other news...English portfolio ideas are due tomorrow. It's this mega-huge project where we read 400 pages of fiction about a topic, do a heck of a lot of research on it, and then give a 20-30 minute lesson to the class. What should I do mine on? The topic has to be broad, have fiction written about it, and not be something I already know (not genetic engineering or quantum physics).

Any suggestions?

[nathan_p]

The Black Death is all that comes to mind -- you could/should read Doomsday Book by Connie Willis. Fascinating subject, and the book is damned good.

[Sora]

We're not allowed to do diseases, though ) :

If you like reading them...I definitely recommend The Hot Zone. Can't remember who it's by...but it was amazing. Really graphic, though-a kid barfed from the descriptions when our teacher read it allowed in class.

[nathan_p]

*has already read it* I think I'll check it out again tomorrow.

In which case huh. Balls. You could still read that one on the criteria of the Middle Ages >.>

[Sora]

? Criteria of the Middle Ages.

I know...we're not allowed to do any "uncomfortable" topics. Jeez-we're in middle school, I think we can handle that kind of thing.

Anyway, what I'm planning to do is "getting over obstacles"-specifically climbing mountains and trees and parkour. I'm going to do a stunt video of sorts.

I'd love to do a more intellectual topic, though-but I mean, you also have to consider the kind of thing that would keep 8th graders entertained.

[nathan_p]

Oh. You could give the excuse that it is about the Middle Ages and do your project on living in those times. >.> I fail English.

I usually go "to hell with entertainment value, I'll just make my presentation short". No one's listening when I talk anyway...

[Sora]

Oh, okay. I like English class, actually-it's a bit too simple-minded, but at least we're learning things I feel are important (and my teacher doesn't get mad if I include quotes from Dumbledore in essays-he says they're "outside sources")

I may not fit in with kids my age, but most of them respect that although I'm nerdy I can be funny. And in Advanced English class, they normally get the jokes. So I try to do something that will keep others entertained as well.

[Contradiction]

I want to read the Coraline book. Mostly because I thought the idea was interesting, and I saw the movie, but also because it's written by Gaiman. :D

Edit: No, sorry. No suggestions. :\