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| What I did not tell you in my last entry was "how" that poor frog died, and thus became FrankenFrog (Frank, for short).
To recap: Frank was a deceased frog from about 200+ frogs I had at the time, when I was 8 years old.
About 3 days before Frank died, I had been punished for something I did not deserve to be punished for (I'm sure of that!). I had decided, most positively, that adults suck. I decided I should take over the world, and my dear friends, my frogs, would be my hammer, my instruments of destruction, my minions. I already had a list if various adults who should suffer the most painful of deaths.
I got out my notebook and planned it all out. But, I came across 3 obsticles that could hinder my plans:
- The USA army is pretty tough. I know they would present formidable opposition to my ruling the world. And China's military would be even tougher, due to their overwhelming numbers! I'd need my frogs to have some type of armor, that's for sure.
- My frogs would need severe training. Frogs, while adorable, are VERY stupid! I needed to find a way to get the thought in their heads to do what I say, when I say it, without hesitation! I may need to find some way to genetically alter their intellectual potential!
- Frogs do not live too long in my care (ha!) I would need to design a Super Frog formula of advanced vitamins to beef them up and make them like iron.
Ok, #1 was the easiest. We love crabs and prawns. I saved all the crab shells I could from the trash, and prawn coverings too. The shells would be excellent armor, and the prawn shells could go on my frogs' little legs, like shin guards? So, over a few weeks I kept a box of shells. I had to endure all that smell (even after washing them, they smell..sigh). But splicing my frogs with crab shells...wow. Natural armor--a future enhancement! For now, they would have to endure having the shells on via rubber bands.
#2 was difficult. But I found if I put wire around all their necks, and place metal in front or behind them (with the opposite current going through the metal, as opposed to their necks) I could make them stand in line! (or get shocked). Soon they would learn the meaning of obedience! After a few days I had frogs that would stand in line, and were scared to jump
 *ok, non-jumping frogs are not exactly useful*
I also had sinkers (like for fishing) on their legs, to give them work outs when they jump in their crates in their non-training days.
I figured in anohter week, I will teach them to jump on command.....and if not...*shock!* to them.
#3 was not so hard, as I had already perfected the formula in my 8-year old mind, as I needed to create a way to make them live longer. Some did not like the shock-enforced training, and some even died after a while. (they could not pass my 'elite' training grrrr). I decided I needed to create "Fomula X"
Formula X was an exotic blend of crushed up Flintstone vitamins, Tums--for the calcium, vitamin C tablets, cod-liver oil, and "Secret Ingredient X" (aka, corn startch, yeast, ground up crab shell, and rubbing alcohol--to kill impurities they may have been carrying).
In case you are wondering, the crab shell was to give them the power to ultimately grow their own shell-like backs (maybe in a generation or two--must think ahead in these matters).
Well, after 10 deaths (one of which led to FrankenFrog) I was told by my bigger, at the time 10 year old sister, Kun "the rubbing alcohol is killing them you idiot!" grrrrr.
Fine! They can have germs. Maybe it will help them have added resistance to natural predators! As long as they could be strong enough to stand against the US amd Chinese Armies, that was most impt!
But, ultimately I suspect it was the yeast that was killing them off. It made one frog blow up to the point he was round, and could not get legs on the ground! 
By time I perfected a formula that did not kill any more of them, I had 2 issues:
- I was down to only 50 frogs, fromt he original 200+ frogs I had! I had to find a way to make them "do it" more often and faster!
- My mum ruined my armor collecting plan! She insisteed I throw out all the shells, saying it was making the entire hallway stink, that my clothes stinked, and that I smelled like a crab! She said my teacher called home to complain that I smelled worse than some of the boys. The teach also "hinted" maybe I needed a 'femine' deodorant product (at age 8!???) GRRRR God! My mom insisted I get rid of it all, and take a bath IMMEDIATELY! As if I could not take a bath after I am Queen of the world???? Fine! She just made my list of doomed adults! She'd be the first to fall under the massive stampeed of my legions of minions of frogs!
So much for my asperations of world domination. Ultimately it was my own fault. I probably should have used hamsters. They are more energetic, got big teeth, and smarter than frogs.
Looking back over the years, I now see if I could have teamed up with The Brain (from Pinky and The Brain cartoon) and Stewie (from the Family Guy cartoon). We could have succeeded in taking over the world! Ok, maybe in my next lifetime :)))
Jing :) | | |
| HiHi,
I decided to share a few Childhood stories with you: The Jing Chronicles. :)
When I was little, about 8, I had pet frogs. Lots of frogs. Easily more than 200 frogs. (they would multipy in the swampy areas near our home garden area). I would feed them, care for them in crates in our garden area.
One day I found dead frog. I cried and cried. So I cut off his little head (cus if not, I felt he will come back as ghost to haunt me hahahaha) and buried the parts in two diffent places in the dirt. I can't have ghost frog bugging me. I have homework and stuff!
I walked back into house through the garage (cus I was muddy). I walked past tools, and a spare car battery. Then I had a thought. "what happens when you hook a dead frog up to a car battery?"
I went back outside, dug up the little coffin that had his head, and rushed him inside the garage. I hooked two clamp wires from my big sisters room (she like electronics) to him and my god his mouth started moving up and down super fast, and his tongue even shot out a couple times!
I ran!!!!! After about 5min, I came back and saw the head on the ground still flapping (wires have those clamps). I tapped his head with my foot..no prob. Ok, I unclamped him.
I got an idea: I can enter it in the science fair! I ran and dug the rest of him up. I chopped off the legs, and arms. I wrapped each in plastic. and I got more wires. If I gave it current to just back legs...it jump! If too front legs, it do pushups (give current, take away current, give current, etc). It was like my own remote control frog!!!!!!!
So, I got a box from my sis, hooked the wires up to the buttons. and resistors (cus not just want to fry the poor thing). and for my sci project, I presented "FrankenFrog." It won first prize and picture of me and FrankenFrog was in the newspaper. But also caused several student to throw up, especially when the tongue shot out. LOL
I had to keep him in refrig of course. but after a few days after the project competition, my mom threw it out GRRRRRRR..... I screamed it was my frog! She creamed it was rotting grrrr.
JingJing | | |
| "Your Body Is A Wonderland"
What a sweet song! The instrumentals are great. The lyrics are "wow wow wow!" I think any girl will swoon if the guy she loves dedicates the song to her. BUT when it is from someone you try to avoid in 1-on-1 situations (because you know him, and thus want to try to spare his feelings) it is not very welcome.
Tonight we went for Karaoke. It was just my group of silly friends. One guy has feelings for me, so I have taken a lot of effort to avoid him except in group situations as I did not want to encourage his feelings more. Until tonight, I was successful. I will call him "Ralph." LOL
Before the group met, it was my main girl Jen, Ralph, and me. Jen goes to the toliet. Ralph seizes the opportunity:
Ralph: "Jing, I know how you feel, but I just have to say blah blah blah blah..." "I like you a lot. blah blah blah blah" "I really want blah blah blah blah"
Ok, he's pouring his heart out. I can feel he is sincere.
Jing: (thinking to myself: "damn, why didn't I go with Jen to the toliet! Damn!" I knew this was going to happen.) Ralph. I really appreciate you see me in such a light, but certainly you know I cannot date anyone. Even if I could, I have no feelings for anyone in that way. But I am glad you are my friend! *bright smile*
Ralph: Well, what if you could date, they we maybe can be a couple....
Jing: I'm sorry, but I just see you as my friend.
I was getting really sad and wondering "where the hell is Jen!????"
So, the rest of the time we waited for friends he was quiet and acted like a spoiled kind.
During dinner he was quiet, and acted like a kid. When people said something to him, he just grunted. If I said something, he just reply like "what you care?" sigh.... :(
So, we go Karaoke. for 1hr we have great time, even Ralph. I laugh with him and he seem to be better that we are still friends. Or so I thought...
It's Ralph's turn to sing. What did he choose? Of course "Your body is a wonderland". And the entire song, he just looking at me singing that stuff. It was like a private concert. All my friends just stare and have surprise faces, with eyes darting from him to me. I was turning beet red. 1. from embarassment. 2. from pure anger. geez grrrrrr!
I really wanted to choke him! He knew my feeling about things. I really got pissed off.
So, when it is my turn I decided to give him a message in return. What do I sing? I picked that "I dont want no scrubs..." song by TLC LOLOLOLOLOL And I made sure to give him the same 'direct' attention that he gave me so the message is clear it's for him, as his was for me.
Even now he's on the phone asking "why did you do that? Why can't you like me back?" I hate giving 'friend speach' because I know it will hurt his feelings. It takes a lot of courage for guy to admit feeling to girl. But what can I do about it besides be honest? :(
So now he is mad at me, because I do not like him. sigh.
Oh, I'm off phone now. Now he's sending SMS after SMS. grrrrr. | | |
| HiHi,
Some have asked me about my iPods: what is on them, what cases do I use, etc. Well, I have 3 iPods (used to be 4, but one died while I was trying to stop being groped on a train in Tokyo--long story):
- 4GB black iPod nano, named "iJing" wrapped in a "Blush Rush" (pink and white) iSkin Duo case. This is now my primary iPod for music. And the black nano is damn sleek!
- 40GB iPod Photo, named "jPod" wrapped in a "Diva" (crazy mix of pink and white) iSkin WildSide case. I use the jPod for offloading photos from my Canon 20D when out shooting when on vacations and away from home for more than a day. I also update it with the same music that iJing holds (just in case I forget iJing at home by accident--but what are the odds of that? *lol*). Even withthe music, I have approx 33GB free for photo offloads (that is 33 1GB compact flash cards!)
- 40GB iPod (3rd generation iPod) named "jDrive" that I use exclusively as a hard drive
Now that I use my 4GB nano most often, I had to really limit what songs I choose to update to it, due to it's limited memory capacity. Actually, I like this "limitation" as now I know I am carrying the things I like to listen to most of all.
People have asked "What playlists do you have, and what is in them, Jing?" Well, I love a mix of genre from (American and Japanese) R&B/Hip-Hop, to Drums N Bass/Tehno/Rave, to very soft stuff such as by Ryuichi Sakamoto. I'm not really crazy about most American Rock or Pop (but I do like some J-Pop). Basically, I love stuff one can REALLY dance and move to. I also have stuff to meditate and relax with (like Tibetian chanting, Rain in the forest, and Thunderstorms) I created these playlists :
- "Bam!" (my 50 most favorite songs at the moment--changes pretty often)
- "Electroshock Therapy" (my favorite DnB/Techno/Rave songs)
- "Meditate On This" (stuff to calm down to and let mind just relax and drift aimlessly, from the meditate stuff mentioned above, to ultra chilled, to soft magical piano music of Sakamoto, stuff like that.)
- "Naughty Bits" (songs with super naughty sexy lyrics *blush* hahaha)
- "Lost In Translation" (my family travels a great deal. These are songs that remind me of places I have seen in various countries--just songs that give me the same feeling as I had in those places. Why were those places special? I'm not sure. Just 'something' about them intangible stuck with me. These songs take me back to those places with such a degree that I get goosebumps when I hear them. If I close my eyes, I can see the places. I'm not sure how to better elaborate on this one.)
- "The A-List" (a "smart playlist" of all of my 4 & 5 star songs--currently 190 songs out of approx 1650 total songs in my library)
- "The Bookshelf" (contains the audiobook I am currently listening to--changes as I listen to new ones)
I also listen to various podcasts. After all of this, I have about 1.75GB of space free still.
Ok, these are the playlists on the iJing (and jPod). I hope you like them! If you have ideas for playlist names, please tell me! I am always looking to rename these (but I have not done so in months). I want to know what you guys have, too!
I just noticed my last 3 posts have been about iPods...geez. Ok, no more about them! PROMISE!
Take care!
*~Jing~* | | |
| 2 Fast, 2 Furious
I'm so damn weak for iPods. I acted too fast, now I'm too furious!
UGH! (ok, I've been watching Charlie Brown)
Aiyahhh! I am so angry! I'm full of pure, pasturized, venomous, anger.
Ok, I bought the 60GB iPod video. I have A LOT of experience with iPods (I've owned 3 others). I have a certain addiction to these little devices of musical yumminess. And, I've never had a bad experience with one that could not be easisly resolved, or explained.
BUT This new one, not even a day old has reset issues. I do this...reset. I do that...reset. It resets from resets. I've reformated/restored original factory software to it..resets. GRRRRRRRR
I decided to just stick with my 40GB iPod photo, for data use (I trasfer photo files from my compact flash card for my DSLR to my iPod, in addition to using it for groovy tunes). I will take this horrid 60GB back (that !#$@#$ piece of !@#$!@#$!#@$!#$). Still, I want another iPod to use for everyday use (so my 40GB is purely for photo archiving when shooting 'in the field' lol).
I decided to get that super sexy, black, 4GB iPod nano. It will hold 1000 songs which is more than enough for venturing out for daytrips. It's so small it will be easy to work out with as well as dance around with at home in my room at 3AM (don't ask...it's just a Jing thing. LOL).
I am not sure what is up lately with Apple. Their music store is having issues (lots of people are complaining too). Now the iPods are having issues. I'm not alone. I've seen the forums on Apple's site, as well as on iLounge.com masses are having these same issues as I am experiencing. :(
I'm listening to "Act A Fool" by Ludacris. I swear he needs to add a new lyric line:
"If you spend US$400 of your loot, and the iPod's dead, what you gonna do? ACT A FOOL!" HAHAHAHAHAHAHA
I HATE YOU STEVE JOBS! AND I HATE YOUR DOG TOO!
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