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impulses :)

Posted by beelia in Corona Time, Posts with Personality and tagged with , ,

Yo, what’s up? Today, I’m going to talk about…

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I know, weird topic. However, I am the queen of impulses, so therefore, I’m going to write about them.

Since this post is about my impulses, I will be writing it including all of my impulses and random thoughts (including paragraph skips). šŸ™‚Ā This post probably won’t be very grammatically correct. Sorry šŸ™

 

So, recently I’ve had the impulse to start crochet.

I’ve never done anything like it before, but just last night I mentioned it and my mom said she’d order the materials. I don’t have much else on the crochet topic.

 

We’ll also be covering my hair impulses. I get these a lot. Like, a lot a lot. Back in the summer, I was really tempted to get bangs. That phase happened when I wasn’t even allowed to cut my hair. I’m actually really glad I wasn’t allowed to because, wow, I would not look good with bangs.

My most recent hair impulse is still going on. I swear, as soon as I get out of quarantine, I will be cutting my hair and dyeing the front two strips of my hair. Don’t be surprised if I just dye my entire head blue; it’s not out of consideration.

 

Honestly? Even this post idea was on impulse. I had no idea about what I was actually going to write once I started.

 

Anyways, that’s all I have today. Leave a comment if you wish; maybe a link to your blog.

quarantine routine !!

Posted by beelia in Corona Time, Middle School Musings, Posts with Personality and tagged with , , , , , , ,

Hi y’all. As we been knew, the coronavirus has taken over the world. Virginia has officially shut down schools for the rest of the year. You know what that means? I had to establish my own little routine.

  • Wow, list time! Such a fancy way to organize things.

 

  1. Wake up.Ā I know, such a hard step. Although I don’t like to admit it, I’ve only woken up before noon three times this quarantine. My typical wake up time is around 1am. I know, I have a problem.
  2. Bathroom tings.Ā My personal morning (afternoon) bathroom routine always starts with the hygienic cleansing of the bones inside of the mouth. Putting this simply – brushing my teeth. After that I do my little skin-care routine (I’m not gonna go in depth on that). Boom! I’m done with the bathroom.
  3. Getting dressed.Ā This step has been skipped everyday. Everyday is pajama day.
  4. Catch up.Ā Waking up at noon has its own little perks (such as extra sleep), but it also comes with a lot of drawbacks. It requires me to catch up on everything that happened overnight and throughout the morning. Pretty much I just check all of my notifications.
  5. School (ew).Ā This was only added this week, unfortunately. Since my mom’s a teacher, she’s been adamant that I complete things for school. I don’t enjoy it at all, especially since only a few of my teachers have actually posted things related to our actual class. The second my teachers actually start assigning online work, and not just optional hyperlinks, I’m sure I’ll have a much better time.
  6. Vibe.Ā 
  7. Movie time!Ā So far, my family has watched some sort of movie literallyĀ every night.Ā My family has become very addicted to Marvel movies. We’ve started a marathon and we’re trying to watch every movie in chronological order. Before our marathon started, my sister and I would watch a Disney movie every night too.
  8. Bathroom tings pt. 2.Ā I’ve decided to skip meals for the sake of writing this post. In Bathroom Tings Pt. 2, we get to experience me doing the exact same steps as before. Except, surprise! We switch the order!! Instead of brushing my teeth first, I wash my face first. Gotta love skin-care, amirite?
  9. Sleepy time.Ā Alas, back to sleep. Once again, I start my slumber until the next afternoon.

 

I’ve done pretty much nothing this entire quarantine. My “routine” literally just consists of procrastination. Love y’all, see you next post.

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9 Things I’ve Learned

Posted by beelia in Color Guard, Middle School Musings, Posts with Personality and tagged with , , , , , ,

9 Things Iā€™ve Learned This Year

 

Ā  Ā  Ā As we all know, 8th grade is a very educational year (I think). Itā€™s the year right before we transition into high school. So below, Iā€™ve collected a number of things Iā€™ve learned this year. Theyā€™re not all specifically educational, but Iā€™ve learned them this year in 8th grade.Ā 

 

 

  • About Anchor. In our Communications class, we had a podcast unit. We used this website called Anchor. Anchor is a website that easily lets you record and share your podcast to many major listening sites.
  • Lists. Although Iā€™ve made many Kahoots, I never knew you could make a question into a list. In Civics class, we had a Kahoot where every single question was a list/put the answers in order. It was weird, especially since Iā€™ve never seen a Kahoot list before.Ā 
  • Lists, continued. Another thing Iā€™ve learned about lists is how many things attract viewers. Apparently, odd numbers gain more views. I always thought multiples of five or two would be the best way since theyā€™re numbers that everybody knows and theyā€™re an easy way to gage how many things are on the list. Guess not though.Ā 
  • Hexagon inside a circle. Yeah, I know. This one is a bit wack. I learned how to draw a perfect hexagon inside of a circle! As you can probably guess, I learned this little ‘trickā€™ in Geometry. This isnā€™t that important; I just thought of it.
  • Colors. Iā€™ve realized that a lot of people think I like the color combination of yellow and black. Sure, my blog is bee themed, but thatā€™s just because my spam account on Instagram is bee themed. If I was more creative and had come up with a better username, my account would definitely be light pink. Most likely, Iā€™d find some sort of way to incorporate yellow in there too. Fun fact about Beelia, I hate bees (bumblebees and honey bees are on a fine line).
  • Pathos, ethos, logos. Wow, something thatā€™s actually educational. In Communications, I learned about the advertisement techniques that every advertisement has to use. Pathos, which appeals to the emotional side. Ethos, when advertisements appeal to credibility and show that their product is legit. Logos, advertisers use facts and logic to prompt you to buy their product.
  • Biteable. Back at the beginning of the year, we all created a how-to product on what makes a quality comment. You can view the video right here !
  • One-handed 45. As some of you might know, I participated in fall guard/marching band during the fall season. What a lot of people donā€™t know is that color guard actually has their own individual, inside winter guard season. Our show this year is Hamilton themed. The ending flag toss is definitely the hardest toss Iā€™ve ever learned. We have to use one hand to throw a six-foot metal pole in the air at a perfect 45 degree angle. We have been learning the toss for around three months already and we still havenā€™t been allowed to move on to using one hand to actually toss.
  • Thesis statements. Iā€™ve decided to close off my list with another thing thatā€™s actually educational. Before this year, I didnā€™t actually know how to form a proper thesis statement. I had no clue about the [topic]+[position]+[two broad reasons] before 8th grade English. I may be a good writer for essays and things, but somehow Iā€™ve never been taught this before.Ā 

 

 

Ā  Ā  Ā These things are just a small portion of all the things Iā€™ve learned this year. Iā€™ve learned so much, and the year isnā€™t even over. I hope to learn and experience so much more before this year ends.

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2020 !!

Posted by beelia in Middle School Musings, Posts with Personality and tagged with , , , ,

Hello !! Iā€™m back and planning to be a lot more active here (probably not, but Iā€™ll try). Today in Communications Class, we did a little activity to learn more things about our classmates. We just asked little questions, like what their favorite song or color is. It was really weird going around and learning everybodyā€™s personality more, even while interviewing them.
A lot of them seemed to like singing, but they all said that they were bad at it. However, none of them had the same favorite color. Like, Emma S. said that her favorite color is purple, but Brie likes red.
It seemed that many of them had four people in their family, including themselves. However, there was one who had 12 people ! Thereā€™s also Emma G, who seems to have more pets than humans. Most people who had pets had a dog, but obviously not everybody has pets. Even I donā€™t have a pet, but I am pushing to get some guinea pigs. Specifically two guinea pigs, since guinea pigs are social creatures and wonā€™t be happy without a friend. During my research, I was trying to learn if a guinea pig would be happier with or without a friend. I learned that theyā€™re much happier with friends. In fact, theyā€™re so social that Switzerland made it illegal to own only one guinea pig!
I also noticed that a lot of my class couldnā€™t decide on a certain favorite food. Everybody would hesitate when asked that question, so everybody had to change the question to favorite type of food – like Italian or sweet. Personally, I enjoy the food that I grew up on, which is Vietnamese. A lot of people also couldnā€™t think of their favorite movie, but not many people actually ended up changing the question so that it was more genre-based instead of title-based.
Anyways, thatā€™s all I can come up with for this post! How can you relate or contrast to my classmates? Please leave a comment!

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Last week of SBC !!

Posted by beelia in Blogging Challenge, Posts with Personality and tagged with , , , , , ,

Hey fellow bloggers !!Ā 

Last week of the SBC, but Iā€™m probably still going to post occasionally.

 

Ā  Ā  Ā So, Iā€™m just going to get right into the post. I really enjoyed this blogging challenge, even though I only managed to turn in, like, five submission forms. I wrote seven blog posts overall, since my class skipped emoji week. Personally, I adored week three – fun with photos. I love writing, and since that one was when I actually got to write a fictional story, I simply adored it.

Ā  Ā  Ā I loved reading the emoji week though. I didnā€™t do it, but everybodyā€™s post was just so creative. I especially enjoyed this one post I read because it was a math post. Iā€™m in an advanced math class (not the most advanced, that class only has, like, ten people), so the math was easy for me. I noticed that a teacher commented on that post with a different answer than mine, and even though I know I couldā€™ve been wrong, it made me happy with the knowledge that I couldā€™ve been better at math than a teacher (I know I was right; I fact checked myself ten different ways).

Ā  Ā  Ā I received twenty comments. Both my photo story and my comments post got six comments. Commenting is a very essential part of blogging. It encourages the blogger to write more, it allows bloggers to communicate and interact, it allowed people to give feedback to the blogger, and it turns a blog from a static place to an interactive space.

Ā  Ā  Ā I didnā€™t actually learn many new web tools because I have a page on a different website that has a lot of the same things you can do here. Of course, itā€™s not necessarily a blog, you can just design your about with links and things very easily. I did learn about Biteable, however. You can still check out my Biteable video on commenting in my post titled, ā€œLeaving Quality Comments.ā€

Ā  Ā  Ā When it comes to future blogging, Iā€™m a bit lost. I need prompts to write, and without the SBC, I donā€™t have as many prompts. I want to update more and try to gain a bigger and more diverse audience, but Iā€™m just not sure how to find them.Ā 

Ā  Ā  Ā I truly canā€™t wait until the next Student Blogging Challenge, but until then, Iā€™ll probably be a lot less active.

(Have a nice butterfly!)

 

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marching band experience !!

Posted by beelia in Blogging Challenge, Color Guard, Posts with Personality and tagged with , , , , , , ,

Yā€™all remember my post about marching band, right? I mean, I posted it a few days ago. Iā€™d hope your memory isnā€™t so bad that youā€™ve already forgotten it. Or maybe you didnā€™t see it. If not, then you should totally go check it out after you read this one.

Anyways, that post was just a short post about states, but this one is about everything !

 

Ā  Ā  Ā We started in the summer with highly encouraged but still optional guard practices, just so that weā€™re not murdering band kids when band camp starts. Let me tell you; that was a good idea. Band camp was as expected: hot, miserable for the first day, and absolutely worth it. At the time, you may want to quit just because of band camp. You have to wake up early only to march for the length of a school day. Now that itā€™s been long over and the season is pretty much over, I canā€™t help but long for the next band camp.

Ā  Ā  Ā I decided I wanted to do color guard at a very young age. Going to parades and things and seeing the people twirling flags, wow. I knew I wanted to do that. I didnā€™t know what it was called until last year. My older sister joined guard in as a freshman; two of her close friends had done it in 8th grade so we knew I could join. I donā€™t know why my sister thought I should join, since itā€™s her activity. She recruited me, and now she must deal with me. Iā€™m not planning on quitting anytime soon.Ā 

Ā  Ā  Ā Our first few football games were obviously a disaster. Not only were some band kids and the guard not entirely caught up in memorizing everything, but we had to do everything while marching properly to our drill spot.

Ā  Ā  Ā Our first competition, however, was amazing. I think we either got second or third; I donā€™t actually remember (we couldā€™ve even gotten first). It was pretty hot, but not too bad considering our guard uniforms are pretty much just unitards with some sheer fabric draped over it. Our uniforms are a deep maroon, still more on the pinkish side. Since weā€™re a high school band, we have to wear shorts under is of the same color as our skirts, and they go down mid thigh. Around the chest is sheer fabric just loosely hanging off to give an elegant effect. The skirt goes down to our ankles and is made of the same material and color as the sheer fabric.

Ā  Ā  Ā Our overnight competition was so fun. We traveled down to Virginia Beach and went to Busch Gardens the day after the competition. I roomed with the three other youngest in our marching band. Weā€™re not technically supposed to be in marching band (since weā€™re in 8th grade), but since our guard used to be so small, we got permission. Since we went during October, Busch Gardens was currently doing their Halloween activities. We stayed for most of the day, and dinner took place at 4:30. We had to do announcements before we could leave back for the buses to get back home, so our dinner ended at 5:45; which just so happens to be when the scary things start. Now, hereā€™s a fun fact about me that you might not have expected. Iā€™m a complete wimp. I noticed the workers in their Halloween costumes, and I knew I was screwed. I vividly remember watching them walk up to me, fully expecting a scare. Maybe a nice giggle or just threateningly trailing me, but no. You want to know what they did? They literally just screamed at me. That may not sound scary, but Iā€™m a literal coward. I started crying. I donā€™t know why I included this, considering I donā€™t want to talk about it. Oh well.

Ā  Ā  Our marching band show was titled ā€œNight At The Ballet,ā€ so our show consisted of four songs from popular/well-known ballets. For song one, also called part one, we had a song by Tchaikovsky. It was a mix of a Sleeping Beauty song and a song from Swan Lake. I donā€™t know song names so you wonā€™t be getting any specifics. Part two was from Scheherazade by Rimsky-Korsakov. Part three was the very well known story of Romeo and Juliet, written by Prokofiev. Our closure song was from Firebird by Stravinsky.

(It says “me!” but the exclamation point looks like an l)

Sorry if this was a bit confusing or boring, but I still hope you enjoyed! You know, I just told you all about my first season of color guard, why donā€™t you tell me about your first experience with something? Whether itā€™s a sport or an arts program, Iā€™d love to hear.

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photo story

Posted by beelia in Blogging Challenge, Posts with Personality, Writing and tagged with , , , ,

Ā  Ā 

Ā  Ā  Ā I skulk through this building. Passing sights that once brought chills rushing down to my very soul. Memories crawl up my back, yet I donā€™t stop once to reminisce. Iā€™m on a mission, and nothing except success will cause me to stop.

Ā  Ā  Ā I can hear the bated breath, can smell the rotting tinge of fear. I feel myself start to quiver. Not sure if itā€™s with excitement, or if Iā€™m still affected by the pheromones. I stop moving, sensing the source has slowed down. I know the source will come to my room soon. How fun it is to finally have visitors again! I sit in my chair, turning my head expectantly towards the door.

Ā  Ā  Ā I can hear the sourceā€™s footsteps speeding up. I can hear the heartbeat speeding up, the source approaching my door. How curious. It seems this one isnā€™t put off but the smell of blood. This one isnā€™t affected by the handprints, the lingering feeling of dread that hangs around me. I sit, watching as the source collapses into the room, shutting the door tight behind them. I donā€™t move, donā€™t make a sound. I know that if I do, the loneliness will settle in once again.

Ā  Ā  Ā The source turns around, thinking theyā€™re safe. They did just outrun my guardian, afterall. They peak around, not noticing me until I grin. We stare at each other. One human, one shadowy figure. They watch as I approach, not realizing before it’s too late.

My guardian is the friendly one here.

 

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meet the class !!

Posted by beelia in Blogging Challenge, Posts with Personality, Uncategorized and tagged with , , , , , , , , , ,

Meet the Communications Class!!

Beelia, here from the East Coast! Week one of the Student Blogging Challenge and let me tell you, I’m excited to visit all these different blogs.

With this challenge, my class has made some avatars and this post is to share our class slideshow with you !Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā 

Did the slideshow not help? Well, thatā€™s too bad. Check out their blogs below!Ā 

The one who loves animals

The one who loves art

The one who loves Hamilton

The one who plays piano

The one who plays volleyball

The one who trains dogs

The one who loves worldbuilding

The one who wants a pet bird

The one who likes hiking

 

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A to Z – About Me

Posted by beelia in Blogging Challenge, Middle School Musings, Posts with Personality and tagged with , , , , , , , ,

Ā  Ā  Ā Hi, this is just a random post to give you an idea of my personality, so I hope you learn something about me today. First off, I kind of want to bee an interior designer when I grow up. Iā€™m not sure when I decided this, Iā€™ve just always been good at finding colors that go well with each other, plus, I find it relaxing to decorate rooms so interior design would be an excellent job for me – I think. Anyways, I adore fuzzy animals, especially bees (though Iā€™d hope youā€™d figure that out by now). Bumblebees are such adorable creatures, though sometimes they lack the grace you expect from flying creatures. Honey-stly, I adore puns, animal puns just make them so much better. Maybe you could leave some puns in the comments? Haha, Iā€™m kidding! Unlessā€¦?

Ā  Ā  Ā Okay, Iā€™m sorry for the lame tiktok joke, Iā€™m not meant for the life of a comedian. Unfortunately, nobody laughs at my jokes, unless I stole them, or Iā€™m the only one laughing. Really though, please leave a pun or joke I can steal in the comment section. Also, the joke would, hopefully, qualify as a bee jokes. Since, you know, recently, all of my jokes have been bee themed, since my blog is bee themed. Unfortunately, thereā€™s not many bee puns out there, unlike cat puns (Iā€™m just claw-ful at thinking up bee puns. Cat puns are so easy compared to the fur-midable task of making bee puns).Ā 

Ā  Ā  Ā You know what would have some weird puns? Vacuums. I know, I know, weird topic, but itā€™d be fun! Like, Iā€™m going to suck all that negativity out of your life, and clean it up to make room for those vacuum puns. Okay, nevermind, abort mission. How about we talk about music instead? Letā€™s talk about the great musical instrument, the xylophone! I canā€™t play it, I donā€™t remember how it sounds, so I canā€™t think of anything to say about it, sorry. All I remember is that I hated playing it back in third grade music, yuck! Welp, thatā€™s all for now. Iā€™m going to go zip away, bye bye!

 

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word art

All About Me(lia)

Posted by beelia in Blogging Challenge, Book Review, Middle School Musings, Posts with Personality and tagged with , , , ,

 

  • I was born in Japan. My parents happened to be on a two year long business trip when I was born. I stayed there for a few months before we moved back to the USA. I donā€™t remember anything from Japan.
  • I lived in Thailand for two years. During third and fourth grade, my family went on another two year business trip. I have to be honest, I miss Thailand. I loved the heat (as crazy as that sounds), the school was so amazing, and most of the teachers were fun.
  • I despise the color orange for no known reason. I donā€™t really have a reason for this. Maybe itā€™s because, in third grade, there was a kid that wore only orange. I have no idea, other than that, I hate it. The only time I think orange looks ok, is streetlight aesthetics.
  • Iā€™m in color guard. Iā€™ve always wanted to spin color guard, even as a little kid watching a marching band. I just always had a want to touch those flags and be able to do pretty things with it. Although my school doesnā€™t offer color guard, our sister school does.
  • I love volleyball. Unfortunately, I had to quit volleyball in favor of color guard. I played volleyball for three years and I was about to start my eighth season when I had to stop. I would love to go back to volleyball, even if all of my past skills (such as my overhand serve) have left me.
  • All I do is school, play Minecraft, watch anime, and sleep. Iā€™m not sure how to describe this. I go to school, come home (or go to color guard practice), play Minecraft for a few hours before I go and watch some anime or show until the am, which is when I remember I have to sleep. So yeah, the only reason Iā€™m not a complete couch potato is because of color guard and my occasional meetup with my volleyball friends.
  • My birthday is March 7th, but in America itā€™s March 6th because apparently I have two birth certificates. So, I was born in Japan, but Japan is 13 hours ahead of the USA. When I was born in Japan, it was 2am. Since Iā€™m an American citizen and not a Japanese one, we had to call back to inform them of my birth. I assume my parents told them I was born on March 7th, 4am, but Iā€™m not entirely sure. I remember my dad once said something about my two birth certificates, one Japanese and one American. Incase you havenā€™t figured it out, March 7th, 4am, in Japan is March 6th, 3pm in the USA.
  • I love reading. I adore it. I love most genres, especially romance and horror. I have to admit, Iā€™m not that big on the typical YA dystopian romance novel, but thatā€™s just because they literally all have the same plot. Though I love romance, sometimes thereā€™s too much romance in dystopian books. But anyways, I love reading. My favorite book is either Ready Player One by Ernest Cline or Carry On by Rainbow Rowell.
  • Iā€™m half Vietnamese, half white. I would hope this is self explanatory. My motherā€™s from Vietnam, I donā€™t know which part. And my dad, well, his family pretty much comes from every European country out there. Our family name comes from Scotland, but I think most of our family origins come from France or something like that.
  • I love animals. I want a pet desperately. But nobody in my family has enough time for a dog (weā€™ve tried), and both my sister and mother are allergic to cats. My mom refuses to get a pet that stinks up the house, so that puts almost every animal out of the picture. Although cats stink occasionally, we have all agreed that if there weren’t any allergies in place, weā€™d definitely get a cat. Which, you know, is pretty disappointing. Since cats are my favorite animal, itā€™s quite sad to hear that if there werenā€™t health problems, Iā€™d get one. Iā€™ve helped out at an animal shelter kind of nearby our house, and all of the animals are so friendly.

 

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