#crazygirl

Sometimes I like to dare myself to do crazy not smart totally idiotic things.
Things that probably won't make me benefit, but are totally out of this world fun.
Well... Most of them. And I'm going tell you about those times, because there funny.
First things first, The "Chipotle would never let me do this story!"

Have you ever tried eating a Jalapeno pepper? Oh, and what about one with seeds?
Did you ever think that  maybe it wasn't smart? I have done all of that, except I don't usually tend to think things through before I do them. Take this moment for instance.
Eva and I decided to eat a Jalapeno pepper, because we're super smart.
So, we both ate one. We didn't taste anything... until we ate it with seeds.
Piece of advice, milk doesn't help a single bit when your mouth is on fire. I suggest water, or maybe even soaking your lip in the unhelpful milk. ( Trust me, it helped...kinda)
Eva and I were seriously bent over the sink spitting out the spice, or trying to at least.
And the worst part... There were two kids that we were supposed to be watching, were watching us!
I'm pretty sure they think we're weird now. I hate Jalapeno peppers, they invade my dreams, turning them into nightmares...I'm shuddering, #I hate them!

Okay, so you've read my first story, are you ready for the second one?
This one is called " Oregon calamity."
Okay, so a little while ago, I was playing a card game with my family called The Oregon trail.
And, during the game, Eva started talking in a random southern accent.
BTW  this game is about traveling across the Oregon trail, and if you pick up a card that says something like " snake bite" then your dead. But if you make it across the Oregon trail then you win! Unless you die of drowning.  Cheery, am I right?
Anyways, Eva started talking in a random southern accent, and that started me off. I was known as the Crazy Russian. I begged my sister Sage ( in my Russian accent) to do her Scottish accent, but she refused. So I had to have enough effect with my Russian to cover up for her.
Eva's main was comment was " you ate all my rations!" Which believe me, she used a lot.
My main comment was " one day your arrogance will fail you and you'll find yourself in the deep depths of your gruesome gruesome grave." Do you know how AWESOME (ISH...) THAT SOUNDED IN A RUSSIAN ACCENT!?
There was also the occasional " what? You think that just because I have died of drowning that I won't still haunt you?"
My other cousin Madi and I ended up winning that game. I became the president of Oregon. We played that game for a long while, until my family got annoyed of me and said " no more Russian accent!" And I replied " what? But Crazy Russian is amazing?" Guess who won that argument?
me! me! me!
# crazy Russian!

So yeah, that was that story. I think you're going to like the last one.
It's called " my feet are numb!"

It was snowing outside. But not that nice fluffy, totally nice and actually comfortable snow
no, it just had to be hard and cold! And icy. And that was when I had the great idea to dare someone to walk in it barefoot. Guess what!? No one said yes, but  I couldn't let that AWESOME dare go to waste... So I might've done it myself. Yep, that's right! I stripped off  my socks and shoes! and WALKED IN THE SNOW!!!!!!!!
Barefoot may I add.
It was quiet intense. # my feet are cold!

Mom filmed me, and when I came back shivering, she asked me if it was cold.
" Well" I answered " my feet are numb. So I actually can't quite feel anything."
Then, she replied " oh. So its not so bad?"
I had looked up at her as if she was crazy. It was fun.

If you'd like to see the video of me being stupid, scroll down.

When A Six Year Old New More Then Me

This is Juno

Hey guys, I bet you're wondering why this specific post is called, " When a six year old knew more then me." Well the answer to that, has nothing to do with -irony. I'm not lying or tricking you.

My six year old cousin, Juno, literally knows more then me. We both take Spanish lessons, and she knows waaaaay more then I do. Guess what I learned from her? "Helado" means "ICE CREAM"!
That's just skill right there. My cousin teaching me the word for ICE CREAM in another language is brilliant!
I was looking up a translator app, trying to keep up with her. But, when I finally had gotten a sentence in together, she'd look at me and say " That didn't sound right?" Then of course, she'd look over my shoulder re-reading it, seeing if I had gotten the next sentence right(:

She is amazing! I can't understand her most of the time, because she speaks so much Spanish.
Eso es bonita gauy si tu eres preguntando yo
( That's pretty cool if your asking me.) Just so you know, I had to look up that sentence on google translate, that was not me just speaking fluently in flawless Spanish, and I'm not sure google even got that right. I'll have to ask Juno next time I see her.

Juno said to me in Spanish once, " I dropped my shoe out the window!" And I answered with a
" That's cool Juno." Thinking she meant something else. Of course, she didn't actually drop her shoe out the window. Maybe she just needed a distraction to set up a bug in our car because she actually works for the government, and we're the prime suspects on a case. Hey, it could happen.
Maybe she's fluent in all sorts of different languages because she does missions in other countries.
Oh no... I just set my family up to be suspects at the government!
QUE TENER YO HECHO? (What have I done?)
Or, maybe she's just being a cute little girl? No, I think she works for the government.

I'm realizing that I often use stuff in my posts like "They're working for the government!"
or " They're smugglers!" Have ya'll noticed that?(:

Anyways, what I'm trying to say is that I have trouble speaking Spanish, and my little cousin does not. Totally not jealous or anything... (I see what you doing) You're disagreeing with me!?

Juno is the cutest cousin ever! She hates it when I call her cute though. Uhhh... if you ever randomly bump into her because you're both going to Venezuela to help a monkey and an elephant work out a relationship  problem... can you maybe leave out the detail where I just called her cute?
Great! Thanks! You guys are just so awesome!
You know what else is awesome?
That I have one word in Spanish memorized.
HOLA.
Not really an accomplishment but hey... It's something!

Merry Christmas!.. And A Happy New Fear

My little cousin Juno ( left) got this cool
tent for Christmas.  Does anyone else see that creepy
invisible elf in the background spying on us? 

It's been Christmas ya'll! I'm so pumped. So, you know how all sorts of blogs have Christmas posts? Well, this is kind of one of those. A Christmas post. Merry Christmas everyone and Happy New Year.
Okay, so here is the big question. Are you ready? You sure? You really super duper sure?
Great, you guys are awesome. So... here it is. Does... anyone else... think... that elf on the shelves are creepy? No seriously! They make eye contact from whichever direction you look at them.
It's like their creepy camera's monitoring your every move. And with their jolly little hats, and huge round adorable " you can trust me" eyes. Don't let them fool you. Their probably all just smugglers who work for this big band where the leader is Santa, and they smuggle out all your presents and valuables. See what I'm getting at? Maybe Elf on the shelves are actually trying to dominate the world!? And renaming it " Whoville!" Ahhhhh! Okay, I need to pull myself together.
It's up to me to defeat them.
So here's my plan.
I take over Santa's job, after disguising as an elf that works for him, and getting him to trust me.
Then, deliver the presents to the houses and communicate in elvish to the elf on the shelves that I can get them to world domination. Yeah... yeah, and then I'll lead them to my secret lair and
and  right into a trap... Muahaha. It's the perfect plan. I'll collect all the elves on the shelves, and then send them to Mars!

Tight fit. Cool game. 

Oh man... I think we need to change the topic before I explode. How about some Christmas Carols?
One two three four!
Sing silver belles sweet silver belles
Elves are near, world domination. 
No oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh elves. 
and they are smugglers and they are smugglers. 
Oops, I don't think those are the words
They see you when your sleeping. They know when your awake. 
They steal from you at night so put up security alarms so they won't take.
uhhhh... whoospie. my bad. hehe...
let's try one more time.
Jingle belles Jingle belles, elves take all your stuff. 
World domination is near, they should be in handcuffs.

Okaaay, that was a fail...but it doesn't matter.
What I really want to say has nothing to do
with smuggling, conniving, incredibly creepy elves on the shelves. I'm here to say this...
Merry Christmas and Happy New Years to all of you. I hope it is filled with joy, and not elves.
I hope everyone reading this agrees with my elf theory, and enjoys their Christmas.
Wishing you a merry Christmas from Ginger Spice and Cocoa

I look over, and that's when mom snaps the
picture.

My cousin Elah's house
of graham crackers. Watch out Hansel
and Gretel!

When I got my leather jacket.
We call ourselves the Awesome Gang!

                                                                                        

My uncle Josiah ( Middle) me ( Left) and Sage ( Right
posing for a picture that mom was taking. Holding and wearing our new gifts.

Juno, admiring the graham cracker houses.

My grandma ( also known as Nonny)
opening up a gift that my uncle gave her

Various Photo's Of Mine Part 2

Pictures are fun. They are REALLY fun!!

Here are more I'd like to share with you, so behold...
Various photo's of mine PART 2  (Ooh dramatic. Just imagine while I was saying that, that there are lights flickering on and off and suspenseful, adventure music playing. Then it would be like the best thing EVER.)

I think I like taking pictures of flowers. It's so easy. God did all
the hard work in making them beautiful, and so all you have to do
is point and shoot and they almost all turn out the way I want them to turn out!

Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens.
( I actually don't see any kittens, but... it works...somehow.)

This is Eva's eye,  isn't it pretty?

EXPOSURE! EXPOSURE! EXPOSURE! I LOVE
EXPOSURE! :)

I really hope my camera didn't get wet well taking that.
I know I got wet, but not too much. It's a fountain at a garden store so....

Is it a cello? or is it a violin?

Peter, Peter, Pumpkin Eater...Or Was He?

So, I'm here to talk about my late pumpkin, Shadow Hopkins. (Before Halloween, I bought a pumpkin and named him.)


He was a good pumpkin, with a black belt in karate. He was also a master of disguise.
Shadow even dabbled in art a little bit, and piano. He was a fan of Mozart.
And so I kept him longer then I should've. Shadow Hopkins was a strong pumpkin. He resisted the urge to soften. Sometime after Halloween, I finally had to throw him away, but before we get to that fateful day, I shall tell you how this began to happen.

One day, I realized that he had begun to smell bad, but I paid no attention. The next day, he was softer, and had a black spot.

Still, I let him live.

He began to shrink. I know, weird right? A pumpkin, shrinking. I couldn't believe Shadow Hopkins
was shrinking. I knew he was beginning to rot, BUT I COULDN'T LET HIM DIE!!!!
Sorry, got a little dramatic there.

Then, a few days ago, I realized he was falling apart. Oh, my dear Shadow Hopkins! Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!
I ignored it still... (Can you blame me? I mean, he's a pumpkin with a black belt in karate. How can one throw him away? I even named a book character after him in a series I'm writing.)
Then, I picked him up and realized I could see inside him... not a good sign. WARNING.
He was seriously fluffy. White and fluffy on the inside. I would've taken a picture for you... but I just couldn't...I seriously would've but... I'm sorry, but pumpkins aren't supposed to be fluffy! It's abnormal.
Let me give you some advice. Before a pumpkin gets fluffy... THROW IT AWAY!

Shadow Hopkins 
was a good pumpkin. 
black belt in karate. 
defeated James Moriarty. 
traveled back in time and met Mozart. 
Was capable of so much more.

Rest in Peace. 

Various Photos Of Mine

This is water I caught falling from a little
waterfall at a flower shop.

Hi group, I said I'd show you some of my photography pictures. So I will.

I took this at my summer camp. My teacher told us
to  use exposure, and so I tried. This was the result.
Makes me feel happy that I can capture images
such as a bright rose. 

This is my eye. I took the picture by putting the camera right under
my bottom lashes and snapping it. It's kind of cool in a creepy
sort of way. Like the beginning to an adventure movie.

The black  background is actually a
chair. I had to prop of the flower just right
to make it seem like I edited it and made it
so that the background could look as black as
I wanted it to look.  

I LOVE THIS PHOTO! I can see every part of the butterfly.
And it makes me happy. Does anyone know what kind
of Butterfly it is?

This was nearly impossible to take.
The background is leaves, that I again had to use
exposure to blacken.

Here's that same butterfly. 

Neighbors With An Alligator

Jealous anyone?

Hello folks,
I'm back, and better then ever. So in this post I'm going to be talking about my
Beautiful Enthusiastic Amazing Cool Happy vacation!
Also known as THE BEACH VACATION.
I had a lot fun, except for the moments where I went underwater for a long period of time and my eyes stung.
My fault by the way... I wasn't acting very smart. I won't go into details, but my cousin Eva and I went out a little deeper then we were suppose to ( On accident of course)
and couldn't touch. Out there, were the HUGE waves.
Not saying I was freaking out or anything... Ok ok! I was a little bit!
There was a big wave and the only way Eva and I could get out of it, was by swimming, which also meant sacrificing are breathing for like ten seconds! Alas, we saved ourselves with our death-defying skills (that, and the fact the wave got smaller when it came over to us was also helpful.)
That's a little more dramatic then it actually was by the way, but still! It was scary at the time, but now I'm just like " Wow! That was awesome!" Eva and I had a buddy system, because we weren't allowed to go into the deep water alone. We stuck together, except for one time while we were sitting and the tide pulled us apart. I had to run to rescue her... but that's a story for another time(:

Next, I want to tell you about my neighbor Patrick, who was an alligator. We had a lake in are backyard and ever so often, we saw Patrick swimming close to our deck! It was super cool! And at the same time a little scary. "Ahh! My neighbor is an Alligator!"
So... yeah, mixed feelings.

Meet Patrick, great animal, good with kids

Then there was the horrible hurricane, Hurricane Micheal! We had to leave a day early to escape it! It was hard to leave early, but when I saw how hard it rained the next day, back in Charlotte, I was glad not to be on the coast anymore.

The vacation was so fun! My mom loved taking pictures of me when I wasn't looking. When I saw them, I remembered how beautiful the ocean is, but also noticed how windblown my hair was, no seriously... the wind was so crazy it felt like the sand was stinging my legs. Sometimes, it was hard to see.
Family trips are always fun, am I right?

This is my model shot. 

Buddy system ( In shallow waters)

My family, best part of the trip

Sometimes I wonder why I was itching my head in the middle of a big wave.
Can anyone tell me?