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Independence Day

Hello, interwebs. Forgive my absence for the past two Saturdays; I've been on vacation and had no access to my beloved Ning. Thank you so much, Chip, for covering the forum while I was gone. :) Now, for all the Americans here, it's Independence Day. I wouldn't normally blog about holidays, because most just annoy me, but out of all the holidays, I'll have to say this one is my favorite. Why? The fireworks, of course. If you observe this holiday, what are your plans? And what's your favorite hol… Continue

Added by Jennifer on July 4, 2009 at 2:20am — No Comments

Tagging sucks

...if you didn't do it initially. I started going backwards to add tags to my blog posts when I realized I should have had "politics" in a lot of them and didn't. I suddenly ~~noticed~~ discovered there is an "add tags" option, so I thought I could do that instead of going to the edit screen again for each one. Then I went back again to add another to one of the posts, and, sad pandas, realized that if you use that option, it gets rid of any previous tags. So I'm basically at square one again… Continue

Added by Gabrielle on July 4, 2009 at 1:36am — No Comments

nerd fighter?

Hello. Today is the one year anniversary of calling myself a "nerd fighter" and following the videos of john, and hank green. in honor of this I feel that I should write a few words that may or may not fall under someone’s eye. now before I had the nerd fighters mind set, That is "we are nerds and we are prod", I was lost like many people. I was a boy who was not a jock or a fool. I could see that the world was big and i was one small "uncool" freshmen in high school that didn't fit. I was like… Continue

Added by Brian on July 4, 2009 at 1:10am — No Comments

heeeeeeeeeeey

so hello nerdfighters ning blog thingy. been a while since i've been here. i felt like writing a blog today so, obviously, that is what i am doing. lately i've been listening to lots of music. i really like this music but it makes me sad. sad because i'm an insanelly jealous person. i really just wish that i could do that. so i'm a little sad. but i'm planning to fix this, i'm going to to get the instruments we have and learn to play them. hopefully i will succeed. that would make me very happy… Continue

Added by Stephanie on July 3, 2009 at 11:27pm — No Comments

I Need help with a Challenge that has been issued to me.

Friday, July 3, 2009 Summer Challenge #2 - The Second of Many - L to TFoM I have been challenged to learn a song, or at least part of a song in another language. It seems there is a preference for a song in Japanese, but I have not been limited to any particular language or song. Boy, this is going to be tricky. Today I looked for "Twinkle twinkle, little star" on You Tube (and in Japanese) and while I found many entertaining videos of Japanese people who had made ocarinas out of fruits and vege… Continue

Added by thefirstofmany on July 3, 2009 at 9:15pm — No Comments

My Nerdfighterly Adventure!

My friend Bri and I took an adventure around a nearby city and made it more awesome. Take a look!

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Added by Morgan on July 3, 2009 at 9:13pm — No Comments

This is a must.

If you live in San Fran, please take me in for this weekend<3 I have to go all three days. SO PUMPED!!! < modest mouse 3 http://www.sfoutsidelands.com/artists/index.php (: Continue

Added by Karr Elias on July 3, 2009 at 4:43pm — No Comments

Books, Books, and More Books: July's Reading Relay Marathon

I am just going to pretend that I didn't disappear from the Ning for over a month. I'm not even going to give an excuse because it is just so hopelessly generic and unimaginative, it's just not worth stating. Instead I am going to talk about my 50 Books Challenge. I have read 26 books this year. This puts me relatively on schedule. I'm a little behind but nothing significant. Actually, I was hoping to get the majority of the books read before school starts. However, I did not anticipate how bus… Continue

Added by Pippa on July 3, 2009 at 12:30pm — No Comments

LUSH

i finally got me some Lush shampoo bars. friends went to belfast and got me some as there is no shop in the republic and i did not want to order a whole bunch without trying them first. and it's a litle far to go to try one little thing. they have a lot of cosmetics, but i wanted the shampoo bars because i have stopped using showergel and liquid soaps about six month ago and the difference is so amazing. i have used the same bar of soap for six month in the shower and even though this is quite e… Continue

Added by sabelmouse on July 3, 2009 at 11:19am — 5 Comments

Tunguska Secret Files

So I love to play those computer games like Myst and Riven and Uru and that stuff. My grandma is the one who got me into them. So she has this game Tunguska Secret Files and it's really fun and challenging. She also has the walkthrough. So I was playing it and anyone who's played it knows what I'm talking about, I was at the spot when she finds Perez and then I was done with the whole Irealand part. Anyway by the time I'd gotten to the research centere I was like having a lot of trouble so I sta… Continue

Added by Michelle on July 3, 2009 at 10:23am — No Comments

Book the Fortieth: Terrier

Title: Terrier Author: Tamora Pierce Page Count: 563 Status: Reread Synopsis: Beka Cooper is a rookie with the law-enforcing Provost's Guard in the capital city of Tortall. To the surprise of both the veteran Dogs and her fellow Puppies, Beka requests duty in the Lower City. The Lower City is a tough beat. But it's also where Beka was born, and she's comfortable there. Beka is assigned to work with Mattes and Clary, famed veterans among the Provost's Dogs. They're tough, they're capable, and the… Continue

Added by Cassie G on July 3, 2009 at 9:40am — No Comments

we can finally get interesting looking vegetroubles again, at least in europe.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/gallery/2009/jul/01/wonky-fruit-vegetables-supermarket-eu?picture=349560914 Continue

Added by sabelmouse on July 3, 2009 at 9:18am — No Comments

INJUSTICE IN THE INDUSTRY, minorly..

After messaging this topic I realized how really unfair the industry or writing can be. Any fan of the band Boys Like Girls would know that they are not only releasing a new album soon but have already released a single from that album, called Love Drunk. After seeing the twice last summer I was pretty thrilled and promptly began listening to the new song and learning the lyrics etcetera etcetera.. Then, it came to my attention that the chorus of the song Love Drunk was almost exactly shared the… Continue

Added by Emily on July 3, 2009 at 9:00am — No Comments

Holy Gosh

Holy gosh, I just finished reading An Abundance of Katherines after reading non-stop for four hours, and holy gosh, it was amazing and holy gosh, I want someone to talk to about how amazing it was, but NO ONE I KNOW HAS READ IT HOLY FUCK IT'S BLASPHEMY. I only checked it out because I think John Green is cute and funny, and everyone knows cute and funny people write good books! ...right? Continue

Added by Shadow Gamble on July 3, 2009 at 1:40am — 2 Comments

Polarizing

We all desire simplicity. And why not? It's easier to understand, easier to proliferate, and generally an easier state of being. However, to simplify is a tool - not a goal. With the melting of arctic ice the northwest passage will soon become one of the most commercially viable trade routes on the planet. Not surprisingly sovereignty over the area is now a subject of debate. When most Canadians hear about this they immediately claim "it's ours. Where's the debate?" The debate is similar to a d… Continue

Added by Tashi Freeman on July 3, 2009 at 1:00am — 1 Comment

So I reading....

Earlier today I was surfing the web about ways to help our soldiers and past ways people have done so. I tripped (gracefully) over this article: "Joseph Macri of Westfield, a junior at Oratory Prep School, has announced that he is running a book drive for American soldiers overseas."- http://www.thealternativepress.com/article.asp?news=3218 I always knew that soldiers had a lot of down time, but what I did not know was that one of their favorite things to receive in care packets was books. My u… Continue

Added by Elizabeth Armstrong on July 2, 2009 at 11:06pm — 1 Comment

I wonder if I can keep this up?

Hola! well this is my first blog...on this site. I've tried countless number of times to keep one up and running, but then I soon forget about it. Another blog weekness of mine is I never know what to write about. However, since I'm on this site I'll just write about pure awesome-ness. Continue

Added by Rebecca on July 2, 2009 at 9:10pm — 1 Comment

50 books in 2009!

I'll be updating the blog post with all of the books I'm reading to get to my goal of 50 books. 1) Stop In the Name of Pants! by Louise Rennison 2) Paper Towns by John Green 3) Looking for Alaska by John Green 4) Uglies by Scott Westerfeld 5) An Abundance of Katherines by John Green 6) 13 Little Blue Envelopes by Maureen Johnson 7) 21 Proms 8) Pretties by Scott Westerfeld 9) Like Water To Chocolate by Laura Esquivel 10) Native Son by Richard Wright 11) Let It Snow by John Green, Maureen Johnson… Continue

Added by Gloria Elia on July 2, 2009 at 9:00pm — 2 Comments

HHA

I'm not letting your incredible FAIIIL bring me down. I am back baybay. Continue

Added by Cass on July 2, 2009 at 8:30pm — No Comments

Pictures!

So I didn't get round to blogging last week. It was late (GMT+2) and I was going to blog. But then news surfaced that Michael Jackson has suffered a cardiac arrest, followed some time later by the news that he had passed away. The internet came to a halt, sites crashing because of the traffic. It was a weird evening, to say the least. And blogging about pictures just didn't come to mind anymore.
How will the world manage without Michael Jackson? I do… Continue

Added by Ningmaster Tom on July 2, 2009 at 7:00pm — 5 Comments