Holidays and Whatnot

Hello everyone; I know it has been quite some time since I last posted, but I have been fairly busy studying for finals, taking finals, and doing Christmas-related activities.  I had a great holiday and I hope all of my lovely readers of this blog have too.  I'm very excited to say that I finally got a new mandolin for Christmas, because my old one was a fifteen-dollar thrift store item and sounded terrible, with awful tone and a buzz on every note.  However, I now have a very nice Kentucky A-style mandolin which sounds amazing, and I have been playing it almost non-stop since Christmas.

Here's a picture of my new mandolin:

 I am also pleased to announce that I now have my own laptop as well, which I was able to buy with my Christmas  money.  It's a very sleek Dell Inspiron 14z ultrabook, which I am going to blog on from now on.

This is what it looks like:

  Looking back, I see that I went through a stretch where I posted a lot of Minecraft pictures that I'm sure nobody really cared about, and I'd like to apologize for that now, and I'll endeavor not to make posts of that kind in the future.
 Anyhow, I hope you all had a very nice Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, or Monkey
Day, and that today you're having a happy new year.

Happy Monkey Day!

Hello everyone, and happy monkey day! Today I have some more Nike ID shoes, although I'm sure you're getting rather sick of them by now.  Nevertheless, here are the links:
Red and blue skate shoe
Maroon, yellow and orange skate shoe
Purple, green, and orange street shoe
And here, as always, are the little pictures in case you can't load the interactive one.  The picture below is what it looks like when you scan my iPod.  Interesting.

Speaking of things interactive, I've discovered a black hole simulator (in my ongoing quest to know everything I possible can about black holes.)  It's really entertaining; you can navigate a black hole, orbit a black hole, and drop things into a black hole too. Check it out!  (Note: the link takes you to the Hubblesite black hole page.  To play with the sims click on "up close and personal" at the top of the page, then "questions and experiments" on the bottom right.  This will take you to a page with a list of activities.  All the fun ones are on the right under "Experiments."  Have fun!)

More Nike ID Shoes... And what is a label?

Today I have some more Nike ID shoes.  They're not the greatest, but maybe they'll catch on.  Anyway, the links are: 

Green and yellow Nike Air

Green, red, and yellow Nike Dunk

Green, blue, and red Nike LunarGlide

I have the little images in case you can't load the full-sized ones. And, while you're at it, design your own!  I would love to see your designs, so if you come up with any, post the link in a comment!

I also found a few neat websites, and with the gift-giving holidays coming up, they’re perfect for the geek or nerd on your list.  Take it from me.  Here are the links: 

Thinkgeek.com

Snorg Tees

NeatoShop Gifts for Geeks

Today was the first time I tried putting a label on my post.  I have no idea what that does, but it should say “Blathered by Grace at 7:04 AM”.  If it looks cool, I’m going to start putting that at the bottom of all my posts.

Halloween!

Ok, Halloween is right around the corner, which means it's the time (of the season, get it?  That song has been stuck in my head all day) to start coming up with costume ideas.  I don't really have any this year, but I've been thinking I either want to be a crime scene, a duct tape ninja, Batman, or some sort of element (but I haven't yet decided what element).  If you have any ideas for me, please post them, along with comments on my existing costume ideas. And oh yeah: A happy Halloween you have! (Or, if you like, a Yoda-y halloween.)