“It is the duty of every citizen according to his
best capacities to give validity to his
convictions in political affairs.”

- Albert Einstein

O.K., this is going to be really short.

Does anyone remember that geography blog that Uncle Ben did about a week ago with the challenge to name all 50 states as quick as you can? He said that the smack-talking time to beat was 3 minutes and 26 seconds.

Well, I beat it. HOLLA!!!!

I did it in 3 minutes and 10 seconds!!!

That will be all.

Ciao for now.

*Ahem*
I haven't posted for awhile. I have almost nothing to post about, sooo... I know! I'll post about dinner!

Tonight's dinner was chicken and al dente rice (courtesy of Reverend Mother and Mall Diva. I helped, too — I was the Chicken Transportation). Mom had mixed some white rice and some brown rice together, then realized that brown rice cooks very s-l-o-w. Thus, "al dente."

So there we were, sitting at our peninsula, munching away. (Oh, and just for all you smart-alecks out there who read my sister's last post, just because I am assumed to speak the chicken language doesn't mean that I don't eat chicken.) After awhile, MD said, "You know, I don't think that I like crunchy rice."

"Yeah, me neither," I said. "Is there any more?"

It's just not easy being me. Here's the dealio:

Last weekend my parents had some golfing buddies over to play cards, and I got to play too! Somehow the talk turned to icky things that make me want to yell, "Go get a secret, secluded room!!!" I'll just give you one line, and leave it to your imaginations: "Oooh! Is that Latex?" *Tiger Lilly sobbing in the backround.* Why me?

After that, the talk turned to celebrities. Mainly, how stupid it is that all the TV talks about is Anna Nicole Smith and Britney. Zzzz... I'm sorry, how stupid is it to talk about how stupid the TV is? I just don't an attention span for that. To be fair, there was good stuff, too. We had Chocolate Turtle Cake! *Hallelujuah Angel chorus in the backround.*

Then, last Tuesday I had double Tae Kwon Do. The first class was the normal one: running, hitting, kicking, sparring, practicing forms. The second class was the Special Martial Arts Training Program (SMATP). No, that doesn't describe the sound we often make, and it's not 'special' as in mental, but special as in WEAPONS!!! (No, Kevin, not guns.)

There are only three people in the SMATP because the test to get in is really hard. But one of our people has not shown up for about 5 weeks. He has Bronchitis. ANYWAY, in the second class I practiced my sweet Boe Staff formation. Then I got to throw the other student. Who is 16. And is a black belt. But Master Yu decreed it, and it's best not to upset Master Yu (sixth degree black belt and all that). There are actually a few techniques to throwing people, and most of them involve your shoulder. Somehow I strained my thigh muscles. We were training for the demonstration that we have to do at the promotion test next Saturday. Yep, that's right, I'm on a Demo Team!

Ciao for now, peeps!