Sand Art Crafts

Sand art project bottles? I'm in charge of doing an activity for my university's Little Sibs weekend, where the siblings of the students come to visit. For my booth, I've decided that I want to do edible sand art, which would include pixie sticks and some kind of small vial/bottle to put them in. I need the bottles to be very small otherwise we'll be going through a lot of pixie sticks, and I was thinking the best places to start looking for such a thing would be Michaels or Joann Fabrics. Does anyone know of specific places I can find small bottles (and no, I don't have enough time to collect baby food jars!)?? Thank you!!!

Sealing a glass sand-art bottle? i have to mail a glass bottle filled with a sand-picture to someone, but the top isn't sealed completely. what materials can i use to seal the top of this bottle, so the sand inside won't shake around and mess up the picture?

Does anyone remember sand art (1960s), Mixed colored sand and dripped it from bottle to make things.? The bottles looked like plastic ketchup and mustard bottles from a diner in those days. I just remember playing with it with my cousins in the Metro Detroit area. I'm pretty sure it was a purchased project as I remember a box with pictures. I already raised my two children and never ran it the project again (just Moon sand these days). Just wondered if anyone else remembers it. Thank you. Caryn

introduction for sand art in a bottle speech? need a good introduction

How do you prevent the different colored sand in a bottle from getting mixed together when you shake it? My 8 year old daughter is into Sand Art where you add different colored sand in a bottle. The problem is when you shake or even transport the bottle the sand starts to shift and mix together. How do you prevent the different colored sand in a bottle from getting mixed together when you shake it?

Does anyone know a web site where i can buy colored sand not that molding sand just dyed sand for art projcets? I need small amounts of colored sands for my sunday school class. Not much just enough to fill small glass bottles.

What fundraising activities should we do? We're trying to put together a carnival-type fundraiser, but all the fundraising ideas we have now are a booth for bottle sand art, for example (http://www.guildcraftinc.com/images/products/full/722-310%20Sand%20Bottle.jpg), an italian soda booth, and a tie-dye shirt booth. We're looking for something along those lines?

Looking for ideas on Unique Carnival Games for town picnic? I'm in charge of the games for our town picnic. So far I think we're going to have the tic tac toe ball toss game as well as a booth to do the little sand art bottles and another booth to get face painting and temporary tattoos. I'm also considering the floating duck game, the lollipop tree, and the fishing game. However I'd really like something a little more unique that hasn't been done a zillion times already. I'd really LOVE to make a plinko game I'm not sure how tough that would be. Also would like to make a very simple homemade version of skee ball. I've seen a couple of these online too but not sure how great they'd work. Love to hear your ideas.

Coloured sand Arts. Arts and crafts? I would like to know how to colour or dye sand, have you seen those glasses vases or bottles with coloured sand in them? well i would like to make some myself. can anyone give me some tips or pointers? Thanks

i have a tru ade glass bottle from 1954. how much is it worth? its not in perfect condition but just wanted to see if was worth anything before my wife turns it into sand art! LOL

Donating ITEMS??? My neighborhood always has a tag sale and the kids (age 11-14) end up having some sort of fund raiser every year for some charity. This year, it's called "Kids Paradise". There is going to be temporary tattoos, face painting, decorate tye-dye t-shirt, sand art, treasure hunt, water balloon toss, and knock down the bottle. Plus a bake sale, beverage stand, and raffle. Every year, between both the tag sale and the fund raiser we raise almost $1,250. This year, it may be more. The kids are sick of doing boring things where they go to the place and give them money. Any suggestions where they could donate the money but buy things? Thanks in advance. Plus a car wash sorry :)

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Allergic to watercolors? I have always been allergic to colored sand (you know, the sand they put in the little glass bottles to make cool designs?), but just recently we have been using watercolors in my art class and I break out using them. My face gets extremely red and it burns like fire for pretty much the rest of the day. I tried even using crayola watercolor pencils, but it had the same affect. Anyone know what it could be causing this reaction? Does anyone think wearing a face mask would help?

What teacher did you dislike or hate the most and why? If you wan to tell the world, add school, city and stat In Tempe Arizona, Mr Jiminez was my 6th grade teacher at Flora Thew School and he had favorites. Unless you were pretty, popular or smart he didnt give you the time of day. Once we had to make a independent art project and I made a vase out of a bleach bottle and I glued colored sand all around it to simulate mountains and desert scenery and the next day I came in to class and he spray painted my whole project psychadellic orange. I had enough and "cussed" him out and was sent to the office. He gave me a D on my project and I asked him why and he said it wasnt original.

THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE CHILDCARE PROVIDERS.... 10 POINTS TO LOOK OVER AND APPROVE MY PLANS!? I am opening a daycenter. Yes, it's approved by the government. Right now, I'm in the process (along with the people who opened it with me) to: - hire employee's - organize which rooms are needed, where, what they are for, etc - decorate rooms Right now, I've decided to work on figuring out what each room is going to be for. I'd like those of you in a childcare bussiness to approve it. Look it over and tell me what your suggestions are. Obviously this is a stressful thing. Little Ones Cradle (6 weeks to crawling)- We are only going to have 8 babies in her at the most. This room will have 8 little cribs lined up with the works, mobile, bedding, blankets, and comfort items. Of course we have 2 changing tables with each child's diapers, wipes, etc. We have a 9 block cubby section with a basket for each child. This is to keep 2 sets of extra clothes, coat, and shoes. There will be a glider to rock the children to sleep or feed bottles. In addition we have a feeding table up for those who are starting to eat foods. Then of course we have a play area with age appropiate toys. Inch Worms (crawling to walking)- This room is similar to the Little Ones Cradle, however instead of 1 big room, there is a wall with a door dividing it. One side has cribs, changing tables, cubbies, gliders, and feeding tables. Then on the other side of the door, we have an entire play area. All are are appropiate and safe, plus the entire area is covered in a bright cheerful mat to keep the children from hurting themselves. Tiny Footsteps (walking to 3 years old)- This room has a mat flooring for safety reasons. There are lots of toys. Plus a story area for the children. STILL NEED A NAME FOR THIS ROOM (3 years old to 4 years old)- This room first has a morning/afternoon circle. Then we have lots different centers for center time, science, math, blocks and building, library, ABC center, manipulative play, sand/water table, acting center (puppets, puppet show area, dress-up clothes, stage), play kitchen, dolls, and computers. Busy Bees (4 years old to 5 years old)- This room is almost the same. It has a circle area for the opening/closing circle. Then there are many centers for the kids to play in inculding science, math, blocks and building, library, ABC center, manipulative play, sand/water table, acting center (puppets, puppet show area, dress-up clothes, stage), play kitchen, dolls, and computers. Hungry House (lunch room)- This room is obviously to eat lunch! Mighty Jungle (Indoor Gym)- Huge room with slides, mats, and climbing. It replaces our outdoor area on rainy days. Sleeping Beauties (nap room)- This room is just an empty room that will have cots for the children over 2 and a few cribs for the children under 2 but in Tiny Footsteps. Little Picasso (art room)- The art room is a joy for most the children. We have fun projects for them to complete each day. They begin going to the art room then they begin to crawl. Motzarts In Training (music room)- The children have lots of fun in this room. They learn to play instruments, sing, dance, clap beats, and move with music. All children come to this room starting when they begin to crawl. What do you think? Also if anyone can think of a name for 3 years old to 4 years old I would love it! blondie- Yes, the Inch Worms will be eating in their room. I agree way to hectic for them to be eating in the regular lunch room.

What color dirt do you have in your area? I am working on an art project and I am looking for people who have different colored Dirt, yes dirt, in there area. I DO NOT want sand or soil, as I am trying to make mud. I would love super dark dirt, light dirt (white, ivory) dirt colored dirt, red etc Or any other really cool natural dirt color. I need at least 3 water bottles filled. If you want to help me with my project please email me at pictures.of.lily@hotmail.com and I will give you a shipping address where I would love you to send me colored dirt from your area ! Your name/area will be displayed (only if you want it to) under each sample of dirt when the piece is put on display. I really appriciate any help I can get !!! Also I am located in Ontario, Canada

Mommies, what are your kids getting for Christmas this year? I know it is a while away, but I already started my list. Lacey (2) - Beach Towel Swim Suit Puzzle 5 Books http://www.toysrus.com/product/index.jsp?productId=3306411 http://www.toysrus.com/product/index.jsp?productId=3306413 Purple Beanbag Chair Disney Princess Folding Table and Chairs Step2 Write Desk Play Baby Crib and High Chair Maya (2) - Beach Towel Swim Suit Puzzle 5 Books http://www.toysrus.com/product/index.jsp?productId=3306415 http://www.toysrus.com/product/index.jsp?productId=3306402 Pink Beanbag Chair Step2 Flip and Doodle Art Desk Step2 Write Desk Play Baby Stroller and Car Seat Lacey and Maya - http://www.toysrus.com/product/index.jsp?productId=3295288&cp=2269728&isTopSellingItem=true Cara (1) - http://www.toysrus.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2267410 Beach Towel Swim Suit http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=10040264 Pink Toddler Comfy Chair http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=4308023&povid=cat615999-env94345-module95370-rLink11 4 Puzzles 10 Books 2 Baby Dolls Play Baby stroller, car seat, crib, clothes, bottles, and play pen It is hard to buy for Cara, because she gets so many of her sisters' stuff. Some things are hard for them to share, because they always have them (like dolls) so they each get their own. The twins have so much stuff already also. Plus they are each getting some clothes. We will also give all three of them a large bucket with new sand toys and water toys (we live on the beach). I am sure I will pick up more stuff along the way.

10 yeard old daughter's craft party? My daughter is turning 10 July 27, and I am trying to think of a fun birthday party. Last year she had a luah party and she really liked that, but this year i was thinking maybe a craft party? I could get a lot of tables and set them out and on one i could put like washable paint and paper and one could have coloring books ,crayons,and markers.. and one could have the different colored sand that you put into bottles.. but what other kind of crafts could we put out? she is really into arts and crafts so i just know she would like this.

rate me now itself jokuy@? A bloke walks into a pub and walks up to the bar. The barman is stunned to see that instead of a normal head the customer seems to be sporting a giant orange in its place. The orange headed fellow buys a few drinks and after a while he and the barman begin chatting. "I hope you don't mind me asking mate, but you seem to have a giant orange instead of a head." the barman blurts out. "Well yes," the orange headed customer replies. "There is quite a funny story behind that actually. You see, a few weeks ago I was an ordinary bloke. I was walking along the beach and my foot just happened to kick a bottle sticking out of the sand. I picked it up to discover it was very, very old. I unstoppered it and, just like in the movies, a genie appeared and granted me three wishes." "Yeah? No shit? What did you wish for?" enquired the barman. "Well, for my first wish, I wished that I was rich beyond my wildest dreams. And so Kapow! right next to me, on the beach appeared treasure chests full of gold, precious gems, priceless works of art, the works!" "Fucking hell!" exclaimed the barman, "but, " he said looking at the giant orange resting on the customers shoulders, "What did you wish for for your second wish?" "Well what does every man want after wealth...? Women, of course. I wished that I wanted a whole harem of women to do my bidding day and night. So, Kapow! All around me appeared hundreds of women, all sizes and shapes, all colours, all completely different, apart from one thing. They all adored me! Worshiped me! would do anything and everything that I commanded of them." "Right...," said the perplexed barman. "So, what on earth did you wish for for your third wish?" "Well," replied the customer, "for my third wish, I wished, that I had a giant orange for a head."

Would you rather.... 1.Be 4'1 or 7'9"? 2.Live without music or live without T.V.? 3.Eat a bar of soap or drink a bottle of dishwashing liquid? 4.Be called a racist or a traitor to your country? 5.Lose your legs or lose your arms? 6.Have a beautiful house and ugly car or an ugly house and beautiful car? 7.In a fire, save a sibling or a stranger? 8.Be spanked or be put on a restriction (on your favorite thing to do)? 9.Eat sushi or liver? 10.Have 3 eyes or webbed feet? 11.Meet the president of the U.S. or Billy Graham? 12.Find true love or 1 million dollars? 13.Always have to say everything on your mind or never speak again? 14.Be gossipped about or never talked about at all? 15.Have stars in your eyes or eyes in the back of your head? 16.Have x-ray vision or bionic hearing? 17.Be able to hear any conversation or take back anything you say? 18.End hunger or hatred? 19.Publish your diary or make a movie on your most embarrassing moment? 20.Get caught singing in the mirror or spying on your crush? 21.Be stranded on an island alone or with someone you hate? 22.Get even or get over it? 23.Always lose or never play? 24.Be forced to tell your best friend a lie or tell your parents the truth? 25.Know it all or have it all? 26.Always get first dibs or the last laugh? 27.Give bad advice or take bad advice? 28.Have sand in your shorts or water in your ear? 29.Forget your sunscreen or your sunglasses? 30.Kiss a jellyfish or step on a crab? 31.Own a ski lodge or a surf camp? 32.Forget who you were or who everyone else was? 33.Have one wish granted today or three wishes granted in 10 years? 34.Give up your computer or your pet? 35.Overthrow a dictatorship or lead one? 36.Write the worst book in history or record the worst song in history? 37.Get free chocolate for one year or free potatoes forever? 38.Have half days everyday or no homework forever? 39.Wear all pink or all purple to school? 40.Take a math test or do a lab in science? 41.Have a mansion in the middle of nowhere or an apartment with 10 friends? 42.Be a deep sea diver or an astronaut? 43.Bake cookies in cooking class or do art projects in art class? 44.Run the mile or give a speech for English? 45.Have a pie-eating contest or a wheelbarrow race? 46.Have a big group of friends or one very close friend? 47.Not be able to talk or hear for one day? 48.Be nervous but excited or relaxed but bored? 49.Wear a school uniform or last year's Halloween costume? 50.Spend the day surfing the internet or the ocean? 51.Be an actress/actor in a big movie or the director? 52.Have an ugly, loyal dog or a prize-winning, snobby cat? 53.Be a professional baseball player or a champion horse breeder? 54.Be saved by Superman or meet Winnie the Pooh? 55.Go to an amusement park or to a family reunion? 56.Have a kangaroo or koala as your pet? 57.Be rich with an unhappy job or make less money with a job you like? 58.Not be able to use your phone or your e-mail? 59.Snowboard in the winter or swim in the summer? 60.Be a tree or live in a tree? 61.Write a mystery or a poem? 62.Meet an alien visitor or travel to outer space? 63Be forgotten or hatefully remembered?

Would u Rather.........l? Be 4'1 or 7'9"? Live without music or live without T.V.? Eat a bar of soap or drink a bottle of dishwashing liquid? Be called a racist or a traitor to your country? Lose your legs or lose your arms? Have a beautiful house and ugly car or an ugly house and beautiful car? Be blind or deaf? Live in Antarctica or Death Valley? In a fire, save a sibling or a stranger? Be spanked or be put on a restriction (on your favorite thing to do)? Eat sushi or liver? Have 3 eyes or webbed feet? Meet the president of the U.S. or Billy Graham? Find true love or 1 million dollars? Always have to say everything on your mind or never speak again? Be gossipped about or never talked about at all? Have stars in your eyes or eyes in the back of your head? Have x-ray vision or bionic hearing? Be able to hear any conversation or take back anything you say? End hunger or hatred? Publish your diary or make a movie on your most embarrassing moment? Get caught singing in the mirror or spying on your crush? Be a dog named Killer or a cat named Fluffy? Be stranded on an island alone or with someone you hate? Get even or get over it? Always lose or never play? Be forced to tell your best friend a lie or tell your parents the truth? Know it all or have it all? Always get first dibs or the last laugh? Give bad advice or take bad advice? Have sand in your shorts or water in your ear? Forget your sunscreen or your sunglasses? Kiss a jellyfish or step on a crab? Own a ski lodge or a surf camp? Forget who you were or who everyone else was? Have one wish granted today or three wishes granted in 10 years? Give up your computer or your pet? Be the sand castle or the wave? Overthrow a dictatorship or lead one? Write the worst book in history or record the worst song in history? Get free chocolate for one year or free potatoes forever? Have half days everyday or no homework forever? Wear all pink or all purple to school? Take a math test or do a lab in science? Have a mansion in the middle of nowhere or an apartment with 10 friends? Be a deep sea diver or an astronaut? Bake cookies in cooking class or do art projects in art class? Run the mile or give a speech for English? Have a pie-eating contest or a wheelbarrow race? Have a big group of friends or one very close friend? Not be able to talk or hear for one day? Be nervous but excited or relaxed but bored? Wear a school uniform or last year's Halloween costume? Spend the day surfing the internet or the ocean? Be an actress/actor in a big movie or the director? Have an ugly, loyal dog or a prize-winning, snobby cat? Be a professional baseball player or a champion horse breeder? Be saved by Superman or meet Winnie the Pooh? Go to an amusement park or to a family reunion? Have a kangaroo or koala as your pet? Be rich with an unhappy job or make less money with a job you like? Not be able to use your phone or your e-mail? Snowboard in the winter or swim in the summer? Pick your own nose or someone else's? Be a tree or live in a tree? Write a mystery or a poem? Meet an alien visitor or travel to outer space? Be forgotten or hatefully remembered? Last but not least... Would you rather be doing this quiz or doing something else? =P

super fun would you rather!!!!? Be 4'1 or 7'9"? Live without music or live without T.V.? Eat a bar of soap or drink a bottle of dishwashing liquid? Be called a racist or a traitor to your country? Lose your legs or lose your arms? Have a beautiful house and ugly car or an ugly house and beautiful car? Be blind or deaf? Live in Antarctica or Death Valley? In a fire, save a sibling or a stranger? Be spanked or be put on a restriction (on your favorite thing to do)? Eat sushi or liver? Have 3 eyes or webbed feet? Meet the president of the U.S. or Billy Graham? Find true love or 1 million dollars? Always have to say everything on your mind or never speak again? Be gossipped about or never talked about at all? Have stars in your eyes or eyes in the back of your head? Have x-ray vision or bionic hearing? Be able to hear any conversation or take back anything you say? End hunger or hatred? Publish your diary or make a movie on your most embarrassing moment? Get caught singing in the mirror or spying on your crush? Be a dog named Killer or a cat named Fluffy? Be stranded on an island alone or with someone you hate? Get even or get over it? Always lose or never play? Be forced to tell your best friend a lie or tell your parents the truth? Know it all or have it all? Always get first dibs or the last laugh? Give bad advice or take bad advice? Have sand in your shorts or water in your ear? Forget your sunscreen or your sunglasses? Kiss a jellyfish or step on a crab? Own a ski lodge or a surf camp? Forget who you were or who everyone else was? Have one wish granted today or three wishes granted in 10 years? Give up your computer or your pet? Be the sand castle or the wave? Overthrow a dictatorship or lead one? Write the worst book in history or record the worst song in history? Get free chocolate for one year or free potatoes forever? Have half days everyday or no homework forever? Wear all pink or all purple to school? Take a math test or do a lab in science? Have a mansion in the middle of nowhere or an apartment with 10 friends? Be a deep sea diver or an astronaut? Bake cookies in cooking class or do art projects in art class? Run the mile or give a speech for English? Have a pie-eating contest or a wheelbarrow race? Have a big group of friends or one very close friend? Not be able to talk or hear for one day? Be nervous but excited or relaxed but bored? Wear a school uniform or last year's Halloween costume? Spend the day surfing the internet or the ocean? Be an actress/actor in a big movie or the director? Have an ugly, loyal dog or a prize-winning, snobby cat? Be a professional baseball player or a champion horse breeder? Be saved by Superman or meet Winnie the Pooh? Go to an amusement park or to a family reunion? Have a kangaroo or koala as your pet? Be rich with an unhappy job or make less money with a job you like? Not be able to use your phone or your e-mail? Snowboard in the winter or swim in the summer? Pick your own nose or someone else's? Be a tree or live in a tree? Write a mystery or a poem? Meet an alien visitor or travel to outer space? Be forgotten or hatefully remembered?

Would you rather ...1st person to answer correctly gets 10 points!? Be 4'1 or 7'9"? Live without music or live without T.V.? Eat a bar of soap or drink a bottle of dishwashing liquid? Be called a racist or a traitor to your country? Lose your legs or lose your arms? Have a beautiful house and ugly car or an ugly house and beautiful car? Be blind or deaf? Live in Antarctica or Death Valley? In a fire, save a sibling or a stranger? Be spanked or be put on a restriction (on your favorite thing to do)? Eat sushi or liver? Have 3 eyes or webbed feet? Meet the president of the U.S. or Billy Graham? Find true love or 1 million dollars? Always have to say everything on your mind or never speak again? Be gossipped about or never talked about at all? Have stars in your eyes or eyes in the back of your head? Have x-ray vision or bionic hearing? Be able to hear any conversation or take back anything you say? End hunger or hatred? Publish your diary or make a movie on your most embarrassing moment? Get caught singing in the mirror or spying on your crush? Be a dog named Killer or a cat named Fluffy? Be stranded on an island alone or with someone you hate? Get even or get over it? Always lose or never play? Be forced to tell your best friend a lie or tell your parents the truth? Know it all or have it all? Always get first dibs or the last laugh? Give bad advice or take bad advice? Have sand in your shorts or water in your ear? Forget your sunscreen or your sunglasses? Kiss a jellyfish or step on a crab? Own a ski lodge or a surf camp? Forget who you were or who everyone else was? Have one wish granted today or three wishes granted in 10 years? Give up your computer or your pet? Be the sand castle or the wave? Overthrow a dictatorship or lead one? Write the worst book in history or record the worst song in history? Get free chocolate for one year or free potatoes forever? Have half days everyday or no homework forever? Wear all pink or all purple to school? Take a math test or do a lab in science? Have a mansion in the middle of nowhere or an apartment with 10 friends? Be a deep sea diver or an astronaut? Bake cookies in cooking class or do art projects in art class? Run the mile or give a speech for English? Have a pie-eating contest or a wheelbarrow race? Have a big group of friends or one very close friend? Not be able to talk or hear for one day? Be nervous but excited or relaxed but bored? Wear a school uniform or last year's Halloween costume? Spend the day surfing the internet or the ocean? Be an actress/actor in a big movie or the director? Have an ugly, loyal dog or a prize-winning, snobby cat? Be a professional baseball player or a champion horse breeder? Be saved by Superman or meet Winnie the Pooh? Go to an amusement park or to a family reunion? Have a kangaroo or koala as your pet? Be rich with an unhappy job or make less money with a job you like? Not be able to use your phone or your e-mail? Snowboard in the winter or swim in the summer? Pick your own nose or someone else's? Be a tree or live in a tree? Write a mystery or a poem? Meet an alien visitor or travel to outer space? Be forgotten or hatefully remembered? Last but not least... Would you rather be doing this quiz or doing something else? =P at least answer 10 of them :) for 10 points

would you rather?? answer please!!!! ha ha? Be 4'1 or 7'9"? Live without music or live without T.V.? Eat a bar of soap or drink a bottle of dishwashing liquid? Be called a racist or a traitor to your country? Lose your legs or lose your arms? Have a beautiful house and ugly car or an ugly house and beautiful car? Be blind or deaf? Live in Antarctica or Death Valley? In a fire, save a sibling or a stranger? Be spanked or be put on a restriction (on your favorite thing to do)? Eat sushi or liver? Have 3 eyes or webbed feet? Meet the president of the U.S. or Billy Graham? Find true love or 1 million dollars? Always have to say everything on your mind or never speak again? Be gossipped about or never talked about at all? Have stars in your eyes or eyes in the back of your head? Have x-ray vision or bionic hearing? Be able to hear any conversation or take back anything you say? End hunger or hatred? Publish your diary or make a movie on your most embarrassing moment? Get caught singing in the mirror or spying on your crush? Be a dog named Killer or a cat named Fluffy? Be stranded on an island alone or with someone you hate? Get even or get over it? Always lose or never play? Be forced to tell your best friend a lie or tell your parents the truth? Know it all or have it all? Always get first dibs or the last laugh? Give bad advice or take bad advice? Have sand in your shorts or water in your ear? Forget your sunscreen or your sunglasses? Kiss a jellyfish or step on a crab? Own a ski lodge or a surf camp? Forget who you were or who everyone else was? Have one wish granted today or three wishes granted in 10 years? Give up your computer or your pet? Be the sand castle or the wave? Overthrow a dictatorship or lead one? Write the worst book in history or record the worst song in history? Get free chocolate for one year or free potatoes forever? Have half days everyday or no homework forever? Wear all pink or all purple to school? Take a math test or do a lab in science? Have a mansion in the middle of nowhere or an apartment with 10 friends? Be a deep sea diver or an astronaut? Bake cookies in cooking class or do art projects in art class? Run the mile or give a speech for English? Have a pie-eating contest or a wheelbarrow race? Have a big group of friends or one very close friend? Not be able to talk or hear for one day? Be nervous but excited or relaxed but bored? Wear a school uniform or last year's Halloween costume? Spend the day surfing the internet or the ocean? Be an actress/actor in a big movie or the director? Have an ugly, loyal dog or a prize-winning, snobby cat? Be a professional baseball player or a champion horse breeder? Be saved by Superman or meet Winnie the Pooh? Go to an amusement park or to a family reunion? Have a kangaroo or koala as your pet? Be rich with an unhappy job or make less money with a job you like? Not be able to use your phone or your e-mail? Snowboard in the winter or swim in the summer? Pick your own nose or someone else's? Be a tree or live in a tree? Write a mystery or a poem? Meet an alien visitor or travel to outer space? Be forgotten or hatefully remembered

66 choices of Would you rather...? You can do how many you want... It doesn't matter. 1. Eat a bar of soap or drink a bottle of dishwashing liquid? 2. Be called a racist or a traitor to your country? 3. Lose your legs or lose your arms? 4. Have a beautiful house and ugly car or an ugly house and beautiful car? 5. Be blind or deaf? 6. Live in Antarctica or Death Valley? 7. In a fire, save a sibling or a stranger? 8. Be spanked or be put on a restriction (on your favorite thing to do)? 9. Eat sushi or liver? 10. Have 3 eyes or webbed feet? 11. Meet the president of the U.S. or Bill Gates? 12. Find true love or 1 million dollars? 13. Always have to say everything on your mind or never speak again? 14. Be gossipped about or never talked about at all? 15. Have stars in your eyes or eyes in the back of your head? 16. Have x-ray vision or bionic hearing? 17. Be able to hear any conversation or take back anything you say? 18. End hunger or hatred? 19. Publish your diary or make a movie on your most embarrassing moment? 20. Get caught singing in the mirror or spying on your crush? 21. Be a dog named Killer or a cat named Fluffy? 22. Be stranded on an island alone or with someone you hate? 23. Get even or get over it? 24. Always lose or never play? 25. Be forced to tell your best friend a lie or tell your parents the truth? 26. Know it all or have it all? 27. Always get first dibs or the last laugh? 28. Give bad advice or take bad advice? 29. Have sand in your shorts or water in your ear? 30. Forget your sunscreen or your sunglasses? 31. Kiss a jellyfish or step on a crab? 32. Own a ski lodge or a surf camp? 33. Forget who you were or who everyone else was? 34. Have one wish granted today or three wishes granted in 10 years? 35. Give up your computer or your pet? 36. Be the sand castle or the wave? 37. Overthrow a dictatorship or lead one? 38. Write the worst book in history or record the worst song in history? 39. Get free chocolate for one year or free potatoes forever? 40. Have half days everyday or no homework forever? 41. Wear all pink or all purple to school? 42. Take a math test or do a lab in science? 43. Have a mansion in the middle of nowhere or an apartment with 10 friends? 44. Be a deep sea diver or an astronaut? 45. Bake cookies in cooking class or do art projects in art class? 46. Run the mile or give a speech for English? 47. Have a pie-eating contest or a wheelbarrow race? 48. Have a big group of friends or one very close friend? 49. Not be able to talk or hear for one day? 50. Be nervous but excited or relaxed but bored? 51. Wear a school uniform or last year's Halloween costume? 52. Spend the day surfing the internet or the ocean? 53. Be an actress/actor in a big movie or the director? 54. Have an ugly, loyal dog or a prize-winning, snobby cat? 55. Be a professional baseball player or a champion horse breeder? 56. Be saved by Superman or meet Winnie the Pooh? 57. Go to an amusement park or to a family reunion? 58. Have a kangaroo or koala as your pet? 59. Be rich with an unhappy job or make less money with a job you like? 60. Not be able to use your phone or your e-mail? 61. Snowboard in the winter or swim in the summer? 62. Pick your own nose or someone else's? 63. Be a tree or live in a tree? 64. Write a mystery or a poem? 65. Meet an alien visitor or travel to outer space? 66. Be forgotten or hatefully remembered? Haha... I praise you if you answer all 66 of them!! :D Thank you everyone for acually answering all of them!!! GREATLY APPRECIATED!!!!!! I PRAISE YOU thank you for answering my pointless question!!! haha

WOULD YOU RATHER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!?????? Be 4'1 or 7'9"? Live without music or live without T.V.? Eat a bar of soap or drink a bottle of dishwashing liquid? Be called a racist or a traitor to your country? Lose your legs or lose your arms? Have a beautiful house and ugly car or an ugly house and beautiful car? Be blind or deaf? Live in Antarctica or Death Valley? In a fire, save a sibling or a stranger? Be spanked or be put on a restriction (on your favorite thing to do)? Eat sushi or liver? Have 3 eyes or webbed feet? Meet the president of the U.S. or Billy Graham? Find true love or 1 million dollars? Always have to say everything on your mind or never speak again? Be gossipped about or never talked about at all? Have stars in your eyes or eyes in the back of your head? Have x-ray vision or bionic hearing? Be able to hear any conversation or take back anything you say? End hunger or hatred? Publish your diary or make a movie on your most embarrassing moment? Get caught singing in the mirror or spying on your crush? Be a dog named Killer or a cat named Fluffy? Be stranded on an island alone or with someone you hate? Get even or get over it? Always lose or never play? Be forced to tell your best friend a lie or tell your parents the truth? Know it all or have it all? Always get first dibs or the last laugh? Give bad advice or take bad advice? Have sand in your shorts or water in your ear? Forget your sunscreen or your sunglasses? Kiss a jellyfish or step on a crab? Own a ski lodge or a surf camp? Forget who you were or who everyone else was? Have one wish granted today or three wishes granted in 10 years? Give up your computer or your pet? Be the sand castle or the wave? Overthrow a dictatorship or lead one? Write the worst book in history or record the worst song in history? Get free chocolate for one year or free potatoes forever? Have half days everyday or no homework forever? Wear all pink or all purple to school? Take a math test or do a lab in science? Have a mansion in the middle of nowhere or an apartment with 10 friends? Be a deep sea diver or an astronaut? Bake cookies in cooking class or do art projects in art class? Run the mile or give a speech for English? Have a pie-eating contest or a wheelbarrow race? Have a big group of friends or one very close friend? Not be able to talk or hear for one day? Be nervous but excited or relaxed but bored? Wear a school uniform or last year's Halloween costume? Spend the day surfing the internet or the ocean? Be an actress/actor in a big movie or the director? Have an ugly, loyal dog or a prize-winning, snobby cat? Be a professional baseball player or a champion horse breeder? Be saved by Superman or meet Winnie the Pooh? Go to an amusement park or to a family reunion? Have a kangaroo or koala as your pet? Be rich with an unhappy job or make less money with a job you like? Not be able to use your phone or your e-mail? Snowboard in the winter or swim in the summer? Pick your own nose or someone else's? Be a tree or live in a tree? Write a mystery or a poem? Meet an alien visitor or travel to outer space? Be forgotten or hatefully remembered?

Would You Rather..........? Be 4'1 or 7'9"? Live without music or live without T.V.? Eat a bar of soap or drink a bottle of dishwashing liquid? Be called a racist or a traitor to your country? Lose your legs or lose your arms? Have a beautiful house and ugly car or an ugly house and beautiful car? Be blind or deaf? Live in Antarctica or Death Valley? In a fire, save a sibling or a stranger? Be spanked or be put on a restriction (on your favorite thing to do)? Eat sushi or liver? Have 3 eyes or webbed feet? Meet the president of the U.S. or Your Fav Celebrity? Find true love or 1 million dollars? Always have to say everything on your mind or never speak again? Have stars in your eyes or eyes in the back of your head? Have x-ray vision or bionic hearing? Be able to hear any conversation or take back anything you say? End hunger or hatred? Publish your diary or make a movie on your most embarrassing moment? Get caught singing in the mirror or spying on your crush? Be a dog named Killer or a cat named Fluffy? Be stranded on an island alone or with someone you hate? Always lose or never play? Be forced to tell your best friend a lie or tell your parents the truth? Know it all or have it all? Always get first dibs or the last laugh? Give bad advice or take bad advice? Have sand in your shorts or water in your ear? Forget your sunscreen or your sunglasses? Kiss a jellyfish or step on a crab? Forget who you were or who everyone else was? Have one wish granted today or three wishes granted in 10 years? Give up your computer or your pet? Be the sand castle or the wave? Write the worst book in history or record the worst song in history? Get free chocolate for one year or free potatoes forever? Have half days everyday or no homework forever? Wear all pink or all purple to school? Take a math test or do a lab in science? Have a mansion in the middle of nowhere or an apartment with 10 friends? Be a deep sea diver or an astronaut? Bake cookies in cooking class or do art projects in art class? Run the mile or give a speech for English? Have a pie-eating contest or a wheelbarrow race? Have a big group of friends or one very close friend? Not be able to talk or not hear for one day? Be nervous but excited or relaxed but bored? Wear a school uniform or last year's Halloween costume? Spend the day surfing the internet or the ocean? Be an actress/actor in a big movie or the director? Have an ugly, loyal dog or a prize-winning, snobby cat? Be a professional baseball player or a champion horse breeder? Be saved by Superman or meet Winnie the Pooh? Go to an amusement park or to a family reunion? Have a kangaroo or koala as your pet? Be rich with an unhappy job or make less money with a job you like? Not be able to use your phone or your e-mail? Snowboard in the winter or swim in the summer? Pick your own nose or someone else's? Be a tree or live in a tree? Write a mystery or a poem? Meet an alien visitor or travel to outer space? Be forgotten or hatefully remembered?

POLL: Would you ratherrr...? Star if you like :) BTW... you don't have to do all of them :) WOULD YOU RATHER...: Be 4'1 or 7'9"? Live without music or live without T.V.? Eat a bar of soap or drink a bottle of dishwashing liquid? Lose your legs or lose your arms? Have a beautiful house and ugly car or an ugly house and beautiful car? Be blind or deaf? In a fire, save a sibling or a stranger? Eat sushi or liver? Have 3 eyes or webbed feet? Meet the president of the U.S. or Billy Graham? Find true love or 1 million dollars? Always have to say everything on your mind or never speak again? Be gossipped about or never talked about at all? Have x-ray vision or bionic hearing? Be able to hear any conversation or take back anything you say? End hunger or hatred? Publish your diary or make a movie on your most embarrassing moment? Get caught singing in the mirror or spying on your crush? Be stranded on an island alone or with someone you hate? Get even or get over it? Be forced to tell your best friend a lie or tell your parents the truth? Give bad advice or take bad advice? Have sand in your shorts or water in your ear? Forget your sunscreen or your sunglasses? Kiss a jellyfish or step on a crab? Own a ski lodge or a surf camp? Forget who you were or who everyone else was? Have one wish granted today or three wishes granted in 10 years? Give up your computer or your pet? Be the sand castle or the wave? Write the worst book in history or record the worst song in history? Get free chocolate for one year or free potatoes forever? Have half days everyday or no homework forever? Take a math test or do a lab in science? Have a mansion in the middle of nowhere or an apartment with 10 friends? Bake cookies in cooking class or do art projects in art class? Run the mile or give a speech for English? Have a big group of friends or one very close friend? Not be able to talk or hear for one day? Be nervous but excited or relaxed but bored? Spend the day surfing the internet or the ocean? Be an actress/actor in a big movie or the director? Have an ugly, loyal dog or a prize-winning, snobby cat? Be saved by Superman or meet Winnie the Pooh? Go to an amusement park or to a family reunion? Be rich with an unhappy job or make less money with a job you like? Not be able to use your phone or your e-mail? Snowboard in the winter or swim in the summer? Be a tree or live in a tree? Write a mystery or a poem? Meet an alien visitor or travel to outer space? Be forgotten or hatefully remembered?

bucket list hmm... ok? dye you hair pink. ride a harley down route 66. swim in every sea visit all 50 states Tour a real castle Visit the Smithsonian Institution go to d.c. Visit Stonehenge Go whitewaterr rafting down the Colorado River in the Grand Canyon grand canyon see 7 wonders of the world Go Scuba Diving in 5 of the best spots on earth scuba dive.... EVERYWHERE POSSIBLE!!!!!! shark dive banjo bass stand up bass Learn how to do a wall flip where you run at the wall and then walk up it and do a back flip off it wake board ice hotel? Experience Time Square in New York for New Years? Swim with Dolphins and have them push me out of the water jump off a bridge into water Mentor a child Parasail? Skydive Spend a day performing random acts of kindness Teach someone to read Stay in a Castle Go for a real ride in a hot air ballon Learn to Drive a Race Car (Nascar) Ride a Fighter Jet Plane name a star field of dasies See Graceland Go to the beach and write Love in the sand spend a week on a boat have a video blog Make a toast at a wedding. Go to a childrens hospital and read to them???? Dress up like a waiter and serve finger food you made yourself and impress the guests so they asks abut the food you served and the catering company gets confused asking what? We didn't serve that Give a stranger a hug who looks like he/she needs it. Lie under a street light for at least a full cycle (like the Notebook, aww)???? Climb on top of a local water tower/tank!!!!!!!!!! Make a lip sync video and post it on youtube!! rearrange construction cones Have a race with shopping carts Grab a bike and ride it around in Wal-Mart Create an alter ego and live it out for a week.??? nothern lights Grow my own garden. Scuba dive in the great barrier reef. Walk up and down a busy shopping area with a sign that says "Free Hugs Cow tipping frog gigging. Have a classic movie night outside with friends Ride a bike off a dock right into the lake! !!!!! Sleep on your roof water balloon fight at night in woods??? MLIA story published dress up as waldo and walk around town/the mall watch all the hp movies in a row no sleep :) (angel has to) swim in the Atlantic ocean and Pacific ocean at the same time climb to the top of Mt. Rainier make a HUGE cake watch the sunset then stay up all night to watch the sunrise take photos in a photo booth make homemade ice cream make real lemonade plant a tree milk a cow go to the Hollywood sign Sleep in a Tree house Give 100 complements in one day Win and Scream Bingo at a Bingo Hall Dance in public place See a Broadway show Go to the Eifel Tower Send a message in a bottle Cut a ribbon at an major opening Throw a surprise party Visit every Continent Go in a submarine build a real and big snow man Go in a Rainforest Ride in a Helicopter Do a Chinese fire drill Ride a Zipline somewhere Get a license to fly a plane solo. locks of love Visit Castle Bran in Romania(Dracula's castle). Own an original work of art Read entire Bible in one year Visit Galapagos Islands Jump off a roof into a pool. Jump from a trampoline into a pool Have a picnic on the roof. i apologize i needed somewhere to save this and at work there are so many sites i can't get into but i honestly didn't think anyone would look here

I have a major problem....? I got home from work early today and decided to make a start on re-varnishing the front door. I was about to start sanding when I heard a noise upstairs. When I went up I found my wife in bed with my best friend. She was even wearing the bra and pantie set I bought her to celebrate our 1st wedding anniversary last week. There were empty bottles of wine all over the floor from my vintage collection and they had been filming their romp together on my new digital movie camera and were playing it back on my state-of the-art 60" TV. My question is this: do you think two coats on the front door will be enough?

Acrylic peeled right off Schmincke primer? I used Schmincke primer to prime 3 large canvases. I primed the canvas then lightly sanded it and started painting with acrylics on them. I worked for 3 months on my paintings 9 to 5. Then the acrylic started peeling off the Schmincke primer. I put mat medium on the Schmincke primer. That peeled off too! The bottle says the primer is good for acrylics and oils. I have used paint for 15 years. I am an art professor and professional studio artist. I have never seen something like this. It puts me back about $3000. I searched everywhere and only saw praise for Schmincke paints. Has anyone else had problems with this brand of paint or am I crazy?

What color dirt do you have in your area? I am working on an art project and I am looking for people who have different colored Dirt, yes dirt, in there area. I DO NOT want sand or soil, as I am trying to make mud. I would love super dark dirt, light dirt (white, ivory) dirt colored dirt, red etc Or any other really cool natural dirt color. I need at least 3 water bottles filled. If you want to help me with my project please email me at pictures.of.lily@hotmail.com and I will give you a shipping address where I would love you to send me colored dirt from your area ! Your name/area will be displayed (only if you want it to) under each sample of dirt when the piece is put on display. I really appriciate any help I can get !!!

Can Anyone Critique My Story So Far? Sand In My Shoes Chapter 1 What do you do when you meet pressure everywhere and all you want to do is just stop up and scream at the top of your lungs? When your days are so stressed and stretched you go from manipulating your brain in the morning to manipulating the limbs of your body in the afternoon? Because that’s what I feel at this particular moment. Expectations everywhere, from everyone. Friends, family, teachers. Why can’t anyone see I’m about to collapse in the middle of it all? I can’t stand it anymore! Sally this, Sally that... It’s like I don’t have the time to be me. Right now, I just want to run away. From homework. From dancing lessons. From Oldest Girl duties. From everybody around me. From being imperfect. From my solo. Mam’zelle, my trampy ballet teacher, has been so hard on me lately. I feel guilty every time my feet fall from underneath me and she comes over, pulling me up for the umpteenth time. “You can do it, Sally! Let me see my Sally bloom...” And I try doing a triple pirouette again... and again... and again... But every time I end up on the floor, or looking like a drunk thirteen-year-old trying to find the way home after a particularly heavy night of partying. I know she means well, but I just want to let the tears bursting to run down my cheeks let go every time I do something wrong in ballet. I don’t want to disappoint Mam’zelle … but I do. Over and over again. All this work doesn’t give me many minutes off. Of course, ballet is a part of my leisure time, but nowadays it feels like anything but that. I have been watching friend after friend fade away from me since fifth year, when everything intensified with standardized tests and all. Seen the sadness in their eyes when I whispered, “Sorry... I have a ballet class that day... and homework.” And then they started being adopted. And lost contact after a while... and I became the fifth wheel. And they forgot most of the busy, clever Sally Sparrow. I'm glad the few friends I have are people I know will stick with me till the end. They are friends I can rely on … trust. Thank God for them. If they hadn’t been there, I don’t even dare to thing of what would happen. I would probably be even more of a wretch than I am now. I used to smile, I used to laugh. I found it easy to reply in a funny way or generally be a happy human being. But at some point that suddenly became very hard. Of course I smile when dancing, but it’s just thirty-two muscles in use in my face. I can’t put my finger on when that happened, but it probably had to do with all the major changes in my body when I became a teenager. Have you heard about that sort of thing? I suddenly lost control when dancing … my body just wouldn’t co-operate, the technique became impossible. My balance played tricks on me. It took years to get back to where I was … and all of it because my body decided it was time to turn into a woman. Of course everybody goes through this process, more or less, but I felt it was extra heavy on me. My heart doesn’t smile anymore, either. If you take a closer look, I’d bet anything my eyes don’t smile either. I don’t know what can really make me smile any more. Another word familiar to me is confusion. I feel like I have never been able to be completely sure about something of importance. Never. I feel like I’m just drifting around, living life in a routine. I can buzz around, not really knowing what I am doing unless it has to do with ballet or school. That’s the only hag I can put anything on. Ballet and school. Boyfriends and love have ended up the same way as my friends. I remember some temporary crushes I’ve had through the years, but never something serious. I had one boyfriend once, and that lasted for three weeks. I remember our last words so clearly... “I’m so sorry, Bryn, but I don’t have time. You know what I mean... I’m too busy for this relationship to continue, and there are... circumstances.” “Too busy, Sally? When will you stop being busy? How will you ever be able to live life when you’re so dedicated to everything but me? I thought I would be your number one priority... But the way it looks now, I don't think you'll be able to put any future boyfriends first either...” I had stormed out of the dancing studio, still having dancewear on. He was so right. A part of me had turned him down because I knew I wasn’t really in love. My feelings for him had been too ‘friend-like’ when it came down to it. I had fooled myself, thought I was in love when I was really just longing for somebody’s arms around me, somebody who could understand me and love me. When he pointed out the busy-part to me I felt a whip of pain soar through my body. He was so right I was almost afraid to admit it. I was so glad we only had one night of kissing and cuddling. I think it was then I found out it wasn't supposed to be us after all. That is another one of my invisible mistakes. I hate taking risks. I never want to do something if I’m not sure exactly how it will turn out. I don’t even dare to fall in love any more. It's too risky. Getting hurt by a bloke I think is right for me is something that definitely won’t do my self-image a favour. Everything makes me feel less valuable. Even when I received top marks in most of my exams last year did I feel the jolt of joy inside me I ought to have felt. My teacher, Miss Stein, didn’t stop bragging around about the result of my Math exam, as I was one of her three favourite students who received over a ninety. I didn’t exactly feel proud, I just breathed out in relief because now nobody had anything to put their finger on. The mirror is my worst enemy these days. When I look onto the blank surface that shows me my reflection... I don’t see anything worth being proud of. I have always despised the way I look. No matter how many times mother told me I had a beautiful face did I look any different in my own eyes. I started taking dancing-lessons at five. It's been with me all the way and been a great help to clear my head and focus on other things. I got so good that at the school plays we started having little performances, and everybody loved it. That is one of the few things making me happy; to stand on a stage in front of an audience. Soon we had three ballet classes at the school. Mam’zelle came along, and turned out to be a great teacher for all three of them. She always knows how to encourage her students. I was in the first class during my first, second and third year, then changed to the second class. Now I’ve been in the third and best class for a year, with five lessons a week. I loved it. It used to be the one thing that cleared my head off everything else. But Bryn changed that. Now I know ballet can also be a burden. “You can do it, Sally! Try once more!” My eyes filled with silent tears as I sat down on the matt floor. I buried my head in my hands, feeling the blood rushing through my feet in the hard Pointe shoes. “I can’t do it, Mam’zelle. I can’t.” She sat down next to me and stroked my back. “I know you will be able to. Just have confidence!” All the other girls in my class figured there was something wrong that day. When I sat down and gave up on that exercise. When Mam’zelle escorted me to the changing room and had a long, nice chat with me about confidence. Now the delayed autumn-show is coming up. I have been practising all summer. Mam’zelle has given me another ballet solo. And I know it will turn out disastrous. With my mood and my lack of determination, I’m bound to collapse on stage and turn as red as a tomato in front of a thousand students. I’m going to be remembered as the failure of the year. Chapter 2 It was Saturday morning, and I constantly screwed up my eyes in pain. Lucy had dragged me out of bed an hour ago, and now I was lying almost dead on the orange settee in the corner of the sitting room. “You so deserved that…” Hanna came over, looking sternly at me. “That’s what you get when you’re hanging out with Julian Fisher when he’s drinking.” “What?!” I yelled, but quickly calmed down, because my head just ached more when I spoke louder. “I didn’t go to bed with him like any other girl would do!” Hanna threw it off. “I’m sure you would have if you’d had only one more sip… what got into you? You’re the Head Girl, for crying out loud!” I looked at her, my eyes poisonous. “What about the Head Boy? He wasn’t exactly sober either?” Hanna just rolled her eyes and sat down next to me, wrapping her arms around my body. “Sally… That was a bad, bad, BAD move. Do you even know what you did before we came and rescued you?” She whispered, keeping her voice down so I wouldn’t cry out in pain. “Can’t say I do,” I sighed. “Unless James or anybody tells me...” “Do you call him a reliable source? He had been drinking too, you know.” “Yeah, well, he wasn’t drunk! He probably remembers. I’ll go ask him,” I said firmly, trying to get up without getting the feeling of a thousand knives burying into my body. “Oh no, you’re not! I’m getting him down here, you can’t even stand up properly,” Hanna exclaimed, getting up and making sure I settled down again. “Be back in a moment…” “It’s the party-girl!” Julian came over to me, singing in a cheerful voice. “Get away, Julian, your decibel-level is a bit too high for me right now…” I murmured. I pulled my blanket over my head, covering my probably hideous-looking face. “Ok, sorry,” he whispered and came to my level. “Anything I can do for the tired girl with the worst hangover?” “A glass of water would be nice…” I yawned. “A glass of water it is!” Julian yelled, smirking and dancing up and over the floor. ‘What’s with him today? He seems unnaturally happy… Ouch, that yell hurt…’ Gwyneth came over next, I didn’t get why I had to be so popular when I just wanted to hide away and sleep in the closest cupboard. He was looking tired as well, but not nearly as bad as I did. “I’m surprised you’re still alive, Sally!” she said irritably. “Guess who dried up all the stuff you threw up last night?” “Sorry,” I said, trying to reach out for a hug. “Don’t think so, Sally… you still stink, I’m afraid. Don’t know what made me come over here in the first place!” “Ah.” I blushed a little. “Well, be glad you threw up, or you might have ended up in the hospital. You didn’t save any, to put it that way…” “Hm… can I ask you a question?” I dared to say, still half-hiding my face. “Sure, shoot,” Gwyneth smiled, sitting down at my feet. “What did I … er… do when, well, you know… the alcohol had started running in my veins?” I forced out. She pretended to be thinking. “Hard to tell how many bottles you had, but it sure came up again after some hours. Before that you lost it completely, you just messed around like drunk people happen to do, you know?” “Meaning?” I said firmly, sitting up as far as I could manage without passing out. “Well... You noticed Julian being a little… happy this morning?” he began. ‘Holy mother of God! I couldn’t have… That’s not POSSIBLE… Please tell me I didn’t sleep with him… Anything but that… Oh my GOD!’ My mind was going berserk. My eyes were widened into a shocked expression, and I held my breath as Gwyneth continued. “He made you… well… let’s just put it this way; you’ll slaughter him when you find out… that…” “TELL ME!” I yelled, throwing myself down onto the couch again as the pain ate my brains out. “Ok, Sally. He made you burn all the stories you’ve written for… well… practically every month up till now. Then you had a nice little twisted game of snap, ending with you sitting there in your underwear laughing like a little baby with your unfocused talking. When you were about to remove the straps of your bra, Hanna, Luce, Grace and I burst in and rescued you…” ‘What? Thank God they came in time… thank God I didn’t sleep with James… Or showed him my more intimate places… Oh, the relief!’ “And not to mention… You kind of went at it with James.” ‘NOOOOOOOOOoooooooo…’ “WHAT? What happened! Am I still a virgin? Gwyneth!!” She laughed at my desperate reaction. “I must say James impressed me. The poor chap stopped you when you were half-way through pulling his trousers off. You went mad, Sally!” ‘No, no, no… this isn’t happening!’ “Sally, be glad it ended there. Be happy there weren’t that many seeing you behave like that. Because that could cost you your position…” I started crying. I was so super-sensitive these days it scared me. “I’m sorry, Gwyneth! I promise I’ll never, ever drink again!” I sobbed into her grey shirt, soaking it. “Maybe I’m not the one you should apologise to?” she whispered, pointing at James making his way down the stairs from the boys’ dorm. “By the way… could you back away a little? You still stink.” James looked almost mad, like a dog longing for his prey. Don’t know how that expression came into mind, but that was exactly what he looked like. “Sally, you should be damn happy. I think that’s about the first time I’ve managed to control myself, ever,” he groaned. “I’m in awe,” I smiled, pulling him into a hug. “You stink,” he whispered into my shoulder. “I know, sorry about that,” I hissed. “God, Sally! That was the hardest thing I ever did! You should be unbelievably thankful, because you weren’t exactly shy last night...” “ James… calm down, you sound as if it was the end of the world!” Gwyneth exclaimed, and I put my hands over my ears. “So… Why didn’t you stop me when I was about to strip playing exploding snap with Julian?” I said sternly to James. “You managed to keep me from shagging you just fine.” “Sally… A bloke ought to have some fun, can’t let all chances pass by,” he smirked. “Oh… you son of a--” I started, but Matthew finished for me. “Bitch, I know. After you’ve met my mum that phrase gets a whole new meaning. To me it’s not offensive at all. More of a compliment. Reminds me of the fact that I am such a fine young man even though I have a bitch for a mother.” I rolled my eyes and rested my head on the couch again. My head was about to explode. “By the way…” I said by second thought. “Did you get your way with March? I think you did because you were probably so turned on after rejecting me it got easier to have a go at her. Or were you just so pissed and fucked up you backed out? Which one is correct?” James ignored me and turned away indignantly. When I saw Julian coming with my water, I gave him the coldest of stares. “You had better re-write all those stories over again that you made me blow up, Fisher! You evil big-headed twit!” I hissed. “Who spilled…? Damn you, Gwyneth!” The water in the glass he held ended up soaking Gwyneth’s face instead of easing my hangover… I woke up three hours later from a refreshing nap. I rubbed my temple as was relieved to know it was slightly lighter than it had been earlier. I lay down again to sleep some more when I heard a conversation going on in the couch next to me. I peered my eyes open and noticed Julian and James sitting there. “How far did you intend to go with Irma yesterday, Julian?” James asked, interested. “I don’t know, but she sure smashed her own bubble when she started whispering the names of other guys when we kind of got on the inside of things, you know… So it didn’t feel right to go any further,” he laughed. “Oh? But if she hadn’t, would you have?” James continued. “Probably not,” Julian said casually. “She wasn’t my type.” “Too brutal and fierce for you? Figured that. At least she was better than her best friend? Don’t even remember the name of that girl…” “Better? Nah, they were about the same. Irma Lesley too brutal and Stephanie Gilhart too quiet. Quite the contrary team, don’t you think?” “Uh-oh… Do you think Sally’s sleeping?” James stopped Julian. I felt their eyes on me, and I made a satisfied, sleepy moan to make them think I was sleeping. “She’s sleeping like an angel, believe me, after last night she could be sleeping through this century…” James smirked. “Yeah, guess you’re right,” Matthew answered. “Good job with… ahem… holding her at an arms length?” Julian chuckled. “Don’t make me discuss that, Julian… that was killing me.” Julian patted James on the back and probably gave him an evil stare. “What exactly did she do?” Julian pushed. “I was busy in my corner…” “You don’t want to know. If she did that to you, our beloved little Miss Sparrow would definitely not be a virgin any more,” he said slowly. “I didn’t know for a fact that she was a virgin… How do you know?” Julian kept going. James looked relieved when Julian picked an easier topic to discuss. Though I was not very happy about them discussing my virginity. “It slipped some day when we were talking. That’s another reason I stopper her, it would be a shame if Sally’s first time should be when she was drunk, and with one of her childhood friends in addition. She’d probably throw up for the rest of her life just by the thought of it…” Julian giggled softly. “It’s good to know you care about her, James… As long as it stops there.” “Don’t worry, Julian,” I heard James’ strangled voice, but obviously Julian didn’t. I pondered why. ‘What was that about? As long as it doesn’t go any further? Was I missing something here? “So you think I’d have her if she did the stuff she did to you? Tell me!” ‘Don’t tell him, James… I don’t want to hear this…’ I thought desperately. “No, I’m not telling.” James sat his foot down. “Hey, James, what is this? We tell each other everything, right?” Julian complained. “Yeah… but no… I’m not telling you this.” “You’re going soft for her! I’m telling you!” Julian exclaimed, scandalized. I almost gasped in surprise. “What? No... I just don’t want anybody to know, because I know Sally wouldn't appreciate it if I told the whole world...” he assured Julian. “It’s just me! Is it such a big deal? You’re obviously becoming trusted friends or what?” Julian said irritably. “Yep, and that’s the way I intend to keep it. I’m keeping so many of Sally’s secrets now I know they’ll all spill if I tell you this one.” “Go go go go go!! Tell me a tiny weenie one, and the big ones will come rolling along?” Julian said excitedly. ‘No, James… keep it together! Don’t you dare … wait a second… I could just wake up! He won’t tell then…’ The bright idea enlightened in my aching head. I yawned and stretched my arms, and intended to have some fun… So I pretended to be sleep talking before I woke myself up. “Oh, James, James. Wherefore art thou James? Deny thy father and refuse thy name!” I opened my eyes and saw Julian’s face expression reflect pure shock. James was so red in the face I wanted to laugh out in amusement. I yawned some more and looked over at the two boys. “What’s with the faces? I know I look terrible, you don’t have to make a face at me…” I smiled at them, knowing what was going through their minds. Oh, I'm a very mature twelve-year-old, just so you know. haha. OOps. Well, I'm meant to be thirteen in July, so whatever...

School christmas fair ideas? For the school christmas fair, my year group has been put into small groups of around 4. My group has 4 people in it including myself. Every group needs to come up with an idea to do. We can borrow money, but we have to make it all back. So obviously we want a reasonably amount of profit at the end. So far we have come up with ok ideas, but I think we could do something better, a little bit more original. We have come up with tea and coffee, chocolate fountain and guess the name of the teddy. None of these really stand out. I have been looking on the web and can't really find anything. I've found sand art (in bottles), so if they like it we might do that. But anyone have anymore ideas? Desperate! Its the group who gets the most profit wins really. So please help Its anything. Some people are doing little games. Others are selling Christmas cards. Others are doing drinks, some food. Its litreally anything. We need to sell stuff to try and get a profit, but with starting out by using as little money as we can.