How to Cutify Torn Jeans

First, to preform this craft the tear in your jeans can't be too high. In my opinion about 10" down from your waist would be the minimum. Now you should cut evenly around the jeans in the middle of the tear. [Do this on both pant legs...] Next you should cut the same length of the tear that is still showing around both pant legs. [Or you could make the remaining tear longer so the other cuts will be longer too...] Now you need some differently colored thread and a needle. Now using a running stitch or what I call a loop de loop stitch sew over the thread that has already been sewn with the colored thread.[move needle in a circular fashion in a way that the circle the needle is rotating in intersects with the fabric.] Then you're done!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Things you need

*scissors
*needle
*colored thread [various types]
*torn jeans
*imagination!!!!!!!!!


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Nina

My Neighbor Totoro

As you may have seen in the most recent post one of my favorite movies is a Miyazaki film titled My Neighbor Totoro. This wonderful movie is about a family, Mei, Satsuki, and their Mom and Dad.

Mei and Satsuki

Mei finding the Soot Sprites

As the family moves into their new house they notice some exciting things. Otherwise known as soot sprites and other things. After Satsuki leaves for school, Mei, [the younger one,] goes outside with her lunch too pick flowers but, too her surprise flowers aren't the only thing she finds....Totoro! You should really watch this movie. Either from your public library or a Blockbuster nearby, this movie is TOTALLY WORTH IT!

Mei and Totoro

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Nina

Thoughts of Writing

I bet this is a boring story. But even if it is I really need something for this month’s writing. Other classmates are writing awesome stories about aliens and diaries and one is even about a talking bubble! But this one is about, well, I don’t really know yet. My teacher always says we need to “show, not tell!”

“I’m showing and telling. Braking the rules a bit aren’t I?!” says my friend.

Let me explain, that’s my-

“Gangster!”

Friend. And don’t take her appearance from those lines to seriously this is what she is usually saying…

“Chair….Bowl….I’m a tree!” she says. 

So as you can see, she is not-“Gangster!”  There she goes again.

 Anyway, I have to find out what this story is about! What about Aliens attacking Prada from outer space because they’d die for the latest trends, or maybe cannibalistic pineapples taking over the earth! I like that one but who knows how my classmates will react when they hear me reading my story about pineapples cruising the streets of cities across the country. Actually, I can picture it, pineapple strutting around New York City with their non-existing heads held high!

Now I can’t stop thinking about the delicious fruit roaming my neighborhood, eating my neighbors, cutting down the climbing tree with its sharp and pointy edges. Pineapple juice being spilled, humans being forced to hand over their Pineapples to the new pineapple draft. In the cruel horrid future!

Anyway, that idea is a little, over the top! So I think that I am going to write a story about a lost kitty cat named Snowbell. BORING! Hmmm, what about a town that is run by lollipops and gets destroyed when humans find it? ---???? Ugh, I guess I’m never going to find an idea for my story.   

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Nina

My Quilt [a poem]

Sun glowing, down on the snow,

Christmas trees shining, in every window

patches of pines and holly scattered like crumbs

dry, dead, lifeless,

fields of corn,  

rabbits scurry,

eagles fly,

fires roast in houses near by,

I think of these things as I quilt,

my quilt of so many things.

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Nina

Parks and Recreation

I love the TV show Parks and Recreation! It is sooooooooo funny! If you haven't watched it you should totally watch it on Netflix! This show is about Leslie Knope a deputy director at the Parks department of Indiana. Leslie dreams of being president one day. The TV show manly consists of troubles that the Parks department face and the members of the Parks departments lives. You should really try watching Parks and Recreation. It will crack you up!

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Nina

Hayao Miyazaki

Hayao Miyazaki is a Japanese film director who creates stunning and beautiful movies. My favorite Miyazaki films are Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind, Castle in the Sky, Ponyo, The Cat Returns, Kiki's Delivery Service, and especially Spirited Away and My Neighbor Totoro.

But there is one movie that I don't love as much as Miyazaki's other films. And this movie is his latest and final film: The Wind Rises. This movie [in my opinion] has no plot at all. The Wind Rises is a documentary about a Japanese plane engineer. Though not all aspects of The Wind Rises actually happened  to  Jirô Horikoshi [the engineer in the story.] I don't admire this movie because at one point Jirô proposes to someone who he as been together with for less than two days, and like I said before there is no plot.          

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Nina

Schwazzee's Six Month Anniversary!

Happy Sixth Month Anniversary SCHWAZZEE INCORPORATED! WOO HOO! I started this blog on December 28th and today it is May 28th! It's the sixth month landmark!As a celebration for this wonderful day, I will post TONS AND TONS of posts today so you should keep your eyes out for more awesome posts!!!!!

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Nina

X-Men- Days of Future Past

This post is about the latest X-Men movie, X-Men: Days of Future Past

I give this movie three out of five stars. I like this X-Men movie though it does have some ups and downs. For ups, the plot is a great idea! The Wolverine has to go back in time to change what happens in the future. But, the future [for me at least,] is a little too dark. Literally! The sky is always black and there is no color. But, in the past where the wolverine is, it is wonderfully colorful! Of course, it is in the early 1970s. But the plot had way too many "side plots." In other words, there were too many things going on in the movie at once. Also, everything happens pretty fast. The movie is long, [maybe even too long] but in each scene I feel like my eyes are going to pop out of my head because everything happen soooooooooooooo fast! That is why my favorite part of X-Men Days of Future Past is the Time in a Bottle scene. In this scene, you view the movie from Quick Silver's perspective, [Quick Silver is a young mutant with the power to move faster than the speed of sound] so everything has slowed down. Why I titled this scene the Time in a Bottle scene is because that is the song that is played in the scene. Quick Silver runs around the walls and puts the police men in the room into position in which they will punch themselves or another cop. Quick Silver also moves the bullets that are about to hit Magneto, Charles Xavier, Wolverine, and Beast so that they will shoot the wall and not his fellow mutants.

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Nina

Happy Memorial Day!

Happy Memorial Day everyone! Let's all give our thanks to the women and men who passed while serving the United States os America's army!

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Nina

Good Character Names [For a story]

Girl names

Darci

Peach
Trix
Lilac
Lavender
Sage
Thyme [I really like plant/herb names if you can't already tell!]
June
May
Penny
Pepper
Stephanie
Penelope
Ruby
Emmeline
Natalie
Beatrice
Olivia
Fiona
Quinn
Liliana
Paloma
Kiki
Sophie
Charlotte
Theodora
Elanor
Harriet
Boy Names
Theo
Ash
Bennett
Callum
Julien
Leo
Oliver
Graham
Ethan
Coal
Sebastian
Xavier
[I don't know that many boy names, sorry!]


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Nina

Miley Cyrus says "Get it together" to Jennifer Lawrence?

Go here> http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop-shop/6099049/miley-cyrus-vomit-jennifer-lawrence-madonna-oscars-2014


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Nina

The Life of Me Part 2

I decide to pack my bags now; it is getting pretty close to three. I pack seven and ½ t-shirts [one is torn in half.] I also pack three pair of pants [which are all jeans.] And finally, I pack my gun. My glue gun. I have had my glue gun since I was four and 3/4. I always keep track of when I get things I like.

Ah, I take one last breath of my house holds stinky air and head out the door. Wooden floor boards with sparkles scattered over them creak below my feet as I walk out our rickety door. Now I feel sad, how could I do this do my family? They need me, without me they would be in the doll dumps…L[Where discarded dolls go, otherwise known as where totally mess up and destroyed dolls go.]  But I don’t care if my family ends up in the doll dumps. Even if they do depend on me, they wouldn’t even know it.

So I will leave, feeling no pity or sorrow for what I am leaving behind- Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa! I can’t do this!!! I can’t leave everything behind, I- I- I-I just can’t!!!!!!!!!!!!! I wail as I dash back inside of my now sweet smelling house. I race back into my room and squeeze my teddy bear until all of his fluff comes out!

But now, I don’t want to be stuck in my house I want to be outside, with Mr. and Mrs. Cashawoopsie! So, I run back outside, this time determined not to go back in. I run far away from my house. Over the river and into the woods, off I go to the Cashawoopsies house!  This is the song I decide to sing as I travel to the Cashawoopsies house.  I hope there not cereal killers. That would be creepy!

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Nina

The Life of Me

Hello my name is Harry Lalaloopsie, and yes I am related to the makers of Lalaloopsie dolls, well, I actually am kind of girly. I was born on a hot summer day, a really, really, really hot day. It was so hot that all of houses caught on fire from the wild fires. And I, Harry Lalaloopsie was born. But on that day no one cared that a baby was born, or if their child was crying all anyone cared about that day was the dolls. The dolls, those darn pinkish purple dolls, they ruined my life forever!!!  But, nonetheless, I have survived ten horrible years in the sparkly doll making household of my Ma and Pa.  

And today is the day I will leave my home, family, everything behind. Today I will leave to live with my family company’s enemy, the makers of the Cashawoopsie dolls. I know the name Cashawoopsie is misleading but they are pretty nice, to me at least. I am leaving in two hours, at three o’clock. At three o’clock no one is awake, or outside so at three o’clock I will escape my present life and start a new one with my new family, the Cashawoopsies. 

“Harry, when’s that new doll going to be ready!” yells my dad.

“Do I have to, I’m tired, hungry, and I want to go to bed!” I yawn.

“Okay, I’ll do it then…”my dad sighs…

            Did you just see that? How my dad just dismissed me like that?! That happens a lot, like every day! It’s very annoying… But all of that will end when I leave at 3:00. I can’t wait to get away from my creepy pink stalkers, the dolls.

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Nina

Logo #2

This is another logo I came up with for SCHWAZZEE INC! Do you guys like it?

Anyway,

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Nina

Best songs.....Ever! [And songs I like...]

Carol King: I Feel the Earth Move
Pitbull and Usher: DJ got us Falling in Love
The Beatles: Penny Lane
Katy Perry: I Kissed A Girl
Queen: Bohemian Rapsody
The Pixies: Gigantic
Flo Rida: Right Round
Guns n' Roses: Sweet Child o' Mine
American Authors: The Best Day of my Life
Lady Gaga: Bad Romance
Pitbull and Ke$ha: Timber
Flo Rida: I cry


If you have any songs you know and like please comment them below!

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Nina

Books and Morel Hunting

Today I went Morel hunting again! And guess how many Morels I found.......65! 65 MORELS!
Below are some pictures of the Morels I found>>>

Anyway,here are some good books you should read and reviews of them.


A Long Walk to Water:By Linda Sue Park
A Long Walk to Water is one of the most touching books I have read in my entire life. This book is about to kids in Sudan at different time periods. A girl named Nya walks everyday to get water, for more than 7 hours. Salva, a young boy in Sudan has to abandon his town and is considered a "Lost Boy." This true story is heartbreaking but brings you to the reality of modern life.

Winterling: By Sarah Phrineas
Winterling is a magical book that sucks you into it's beauty after the first chapter.  A girl named Jennifer falls through a portal into a magical land that holds secrets of her long gone mother and father. Winterling is a magical book, I recommend it!

The Way We Fall: By Megan Crewe
The Way We Fall is the I am currently reading and I LOVE it! The Way We Fall is about a 16 year old girl names Kaelyn. An unidentified virus starts to spread throughout her town. With her friends and family dying, what will she do?! I really like this book, if I were you I would go to the nearest library or bookstore and read it!

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Nina

Morels

Today in the after school and summer camp "Taproot" I found these two Morels!

Morels are an edible mushroom the grow in April and May. They are delicious cooked, but slightly bland raw. Here is a picture of were Morels grow. >>>>

As you can see from the picture to the right, Morel sightings are usually in the northeast, a little in the midwest, and a little in the south. Morels typically grow underneath and around dead trees. To be specific, Morels are found under & around dead elm trees though they can be found elsewhere also.

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Nina

Shining Evil Part 2

I woke up the next morning in a candy store. Candyrama. Surrounding me were thousands of chocolate coins. I unpeeled one. Yum. After grabbing a couple chocolates I ran out the door located in the front of the empty shop. Ever thing was totally normal. Too normal.

Everyone was walking in the park instead of on the streets. That’s it! I ran into the park and joined everyone. They were all staring at a gold statue. That was moving.  But the weird golden statue wasn’t moving from place to place. It was….dancing? I poked it. It ran. I ran too.

                The golden statue was quite fast. It hadn’t made any sounds yet but I was skeptical if it was deceiving me of its intelligence purposely. I started to sprint fast. Faster. Faster. I caught up with it.

                Now that I could see it better I could tell it was a blob. A shining golden blob. I looked back then. Back at what was supposed to be a beautiful array of lilac and juniper trees. But no. There was no flowering tree behind me, or no bright baby blue berry’s on the leafy juniper trees. It was all ash.                                                 

                And like the phoenix, from the ashes came new life. If the golden blobs were alive that is.  That’s when I decided to define the blobs. They were evil, Shining Evil.

The evil circular things started to surround me. I hope I don’t faint again, I thought to myself. The golden blobs came closer and closer. I could now see their demented faces as they inched further and further towards me. Their eye brows furrowed down toward their squinted eyes. Their mouths reminded me of a rainbow. Minus the joyful colors.

I started to poke them. Then they stopped shining. They were just gold. Golden evil.  And they also stopped moving. Whatever works! I thought as I strode down the blackened path.

The recently crowded courtyard in the middle of the park was now deserted. Except for a few crumpled up tissues and a Starbucks napkin, there wasn’t a trace of human life.

The tree’s there had also been black ash. And after I put this all together I realized I was standing in, and surrounded by the horrendous ash. 

I started walking out of the park when I heard someone yell my name, "Gwedolyn, Gwen! Help-" And then they stopped. 

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Nina

Shining Evil Part 1

Shining Evil

I’m just a normal girl that lives in a normal town, with normal friends. I’m just a normal girl is what I told myself all summer long. Why? Because I’m not a normal girl.

It started roughly a year ago. I went downtown on a Thursday after school.  I passed by Candyrama on the way to the art shop. I was planning to get some gold paint for my next project, a golden bird flying over the ocean. 

                Jacqueline was planning to meet up with me at the art shop but I knew she really ment she couldn’t make it. The thought crossed my mind of inviting Maryella who lived down the street but Coleman would kill me if he found out. Coleman is my little brother and when Coleman was 2 and Maryella and I were five she accidentally stole his lollipop. So, I was on my own.

When I arrived at the store a sign on the front door read: CLOSED DUE TO ART PARADE ON MAIN ST.  I kicked the door a couple of times because I saved up my allowance for the bus ride here and for the paint. I remembered that Candyrama was having a sale on chocolate today and Valentine’s Day was coming up so I went and bought some gold chocolate coins.

                I munched on the coins as I walked back home. “Gwendolyn!” Yelled my mom as I rushed into my window after I climbed up my old tree house.

                Stuffing the chocolate into my back pocket as I picked a book and jumped in a chair I could smell something in my room.  Mom burst through the door. “Gwen!”

                My mom surveyed the area, grabbed a strange container from my desk and ran briskly out of my room. She never saw me. I was inches in front of her face and she never saw me. I ran to the mirror. My reflection was there. Ew!

                 I brought my foot from the ground only to see a sticky liquid attaching my foot the ground. The liquid was golden but reminded me slightly of molasses. Then it started to grow. And grow until it entirely covered my body. That’s when I fainted.***

I will post more of the story tomorrow!

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Nina

Happy Mother's Day!

This post is to wish a Happy Mother's Day to all of you wonderful mother's out there! If you're going hiking, or having breakfast in bed, I hope you have a wonder Mother's Day!

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Nina

Cool Links

amazingblacktiger.blogspot.com My friend Nadine's blog!
http://lonelyshadows.edublogs.org/ My friend Emily's blog!
http://maureensmakesducttapestuff.blogspot.com/ My friend Maureen's blog!
If you have any cool blogs to share comment them below!

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Nina

Animal Facts and Etc

*Goats' pupils are rectangular so they can watch the field they are grazing on for predators.
*Sharks were in oceans before dinosaurs were walking.
*A wolf can consume 20 ponds at once.
*There are hairs on bees eyes.
*Snails are able to sleep for 3 years.
*All polar bears are left handed unlike most humans.

http://www.globalanimal.org/2011/09/28/15-weird-animal-facts/
TFK Magazine


Etc [Books] 

Esperanza Rising: By Pam Munoz Ryan
Esperanza Rising is about a rancher's daughter [Esperanza] and how much her life changes. After her father dies, and Uncle proposes to her Mother she ends up working servant's jobs, moving from Mexico, and many other things. Please read about Pam Munoz Ryan's grandmother Esperanza and her wild adventures.

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Nina

Qualities of a good Car Chase

*At one point the driver has to drive against traffic.
*The car either smashes or lands on some kind of stand. [News stand, food cart, balloons, etc..]
*The car experiences some kind of air or goes of a bridge,cliff, or a building.
*Tires screeching, loud noises from other cars.
*Car goes off of the road, [on a sidewalk or on dirt.]
*Driving in reverse
*Putting on the brakes and skidding around a round a bout or a corner.
*A scene in the chase includes cops/ cops car or motorcycles being destroyed.
*Includes a guy falling off of a motorcycle.
*Two wheels in a narrow space.
*Good guy barley makes it through a trap the bad guy set up or an explosion.

If you have anymore "Qualities of a good Car Chase" please comment them in the space below!

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Nina

Poems 4

Test

long, stressful,

terrifying, tiring, ming-controlling,

pencil, paper, chocolate, sugar,

stress-relieving, relaxing, amazing,

delicious, scrumptious,

Cake

Spring

colorful flowers,

birds chirping up in the trees,

oh how I love spring.

Schwazzee Incorporated,

isn't overrated,

check on a post,

then give them a toast,

Schwazzee Incorporated. 

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Nina

Poems 3

Evil Babies
Prancing round the night,
hopping to and fro,
these little dancing babies,
are singing in the snow,
they sing, they dance,
they twirl, they prance,
the little dancing babies,
know what they shouldn't know,
the evil moon a gleaming,
and a twinkle in the night,
what a perfect time to dance!
what a horrid, horrid sight,
the evil babies have made their plan,
they wrote it down in ink,
now all that's left to do,
is have a nice long drink.

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Nina

Iowa City turns down TV show "Girls."

The University of Iowa originally turned down the HBO TV show "Girls" when they asked to film the next season in the university campus. Then the city of Iowa City let's girls us Iowa City for filming, but not the campus. Now, Iowa City has completely turned down Girls or Girls decided to film elsewhere. As a result Girls is filming in a part of Brooklyn that looks vaguely like Iowa City.

Brooklyn [spring]

Iowa City [fall]

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Nina





http://www.press-citizen.com/story/news/local/2014/05/01/girls-using-brooklyn-neighborhood-as-a-stand-in-for-iowa-city/8561701/