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Greetings, fellow gerbils!
Hey there, it's Gerry here! As you may have gathered, I am a gerbil and this is a blog about my life on this planet. I appear to humans through a machine called the GerbilMaestro, which is an exact copy of my master. I control this machine and most of the time pretend to be my master in front of other humans.
I hope you enjoy reading my blog. Thanks a gerbillion!

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Wednesday 30 April 2014

What's App-ening Wednesday? #10: Dragon City

Hey everyone! Today we've finally got another app review for you, this time on the popular game, Dragon City...


I first came across this game when ConscienceSarah spotted someone playing this during a break from #toomuchmaths. Sharah told me about it and said maybe I should give it a go.

First of all, this is pretty much your typical dragon trainer game. You earn money from having dragons, you grow food, feed your dragons, battle your dragons for more money, which is then re-invested in various ways. Basically, you're playing for the sense of achievement when you meet a goal, whether it be set by the game, or a personal target.


Yes, I know. This floating island of mine looks like a mess.
It's a pretty repetitive game, but it ends up becoming your daily routine. I have no idea why I'm still playing this, I'm not even competing with ANT!

One aspect that I like about Dragon City is that most tasks, such as breeding dragons or growing food, tend to take a good 8 hours at a time to be completed, which consequently means that you're not having to pay much attention to it.

Overall, Dragon City is a bright and jolly game, however, in my opinion, it simply doesn't match up to the pull-factor of others on the market (I may or may not be talking about Disco Zoo). Still, check it out and see for yourself all the wondrous breeds of dragons available!

Happy gaming :)

Note: This blog is not affiliated with Dragon City. This post was written purely for the sake of entertainment.

Monday 28 April 2014

MouseMouseMonday #31: Honey Badgers - Masters of Mayhem

G'day, everyone!

Today, we present to you a review on the second episode of BBC 2 documentary series 'Natural World 2014 - 2015'. This episode is based on honey badgers, and I think you'll agree with us that it was no coincience that the first broadcast date just happened to be a few days before ConscienceSarah's birthday.

Being part of B.A.D.G.E.R. we all felt obliged to tune in, and today I'll be sharing some of my thoughts on the programme. For whatever absurd reason, if you haven't yet seen it, you've got until Friday 16th May 2014 to take a look for yourselves.

Here's the link to iPlayer: http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0418x7x/Natural_World_20142015_Honey_Badgers_Masters_of_Mayhem/

[Note: We are not affiliated with the BBC. This post was written purely for the purpose of entertainment.]

With the title of the show being 'Honey Badgers - Masters of Mayhem', it sure did a good job of showing the fierce and chaotic side of the animals. It has proven that honey badgers are not as gentle as their less honey-obsessed relatives that represent the beloved house of Hufflepuff. Let's get this straight, never mess with a honey badger. With very few animals to call predators, honey badgers are fearless and more than capable of standing their ground during a fight.

Image from http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/galleries/p01xcz9r

Meanwhile, outside of the boxing ring, honey badgers are also immensely clever. This programme has shown that they are uncanny strategists who are resilient and more than determined to get what they want. Consequently, many of the show's presenters and interviewees, even though hopelessly trying to find new ways to keep the animals out of trouble, have been impressed with their mental ability, with one bee keeper expressing that he has 'a lot of respect' for these 'little warriors'.

Aside from showing that honey badgers are fearless and clever, there was little information about some of the key points brought up, for example, why the cubs stay with their mothers for so long. This was mainly due to the fact that honey badgers are very difficult to film, often destroying much equipment, and of course you never want to get too close to one. There was a particular scene where a fellow honey badger enthusiast was sitting and observing a bunch of honey badgers raiding some bins. At one point, he said 'silly honey badgers', to which I thought it would be rather cliché if he dropped his torch and went to pick it up but when he looks up again there'd be a honey badger running up and pouncing on him. Of course, that never happened, but still, don't insult honey badgers. Better safe than sorry/dead.

All in all, it was a lot of fun to watch!

Sunday 13 April 2014

Weekly News Round-Up #58: 06/04/2014

Howdy ya'll! Hope you've all had a smashing week. It's been a pretty busy one for us, but here are some highlights...

On Monday, DisneyLoverMolly brought us some of her delicious home-made chocolate brownies. I think it's safe to say that we all enjoyed them very much!

The following day, DisneyLoverMolly was explaining to ANT and Master about how some children, from her mother's school, believe it to be most useful to measure giraffes and monkeys in kilometres and grams, repectively. ANT thought that it would be useless to know how to measure the weight of an animal whereas Master disagreed and argued that it is likely to be a key skill for vets and zoo keepers.

During the middle of the weel, Ruby decided to draw what might very well be the scene from ConscienceSarah's worst nightmares. Here it is:


Following on from this, DisneyLoverMolly managed to create a masterpiece which is pretty much the epitome of our group. Surely there is no better way to sum us up than this picture:


What a fantastic way to end the week!

Until next time, have a good one ;)

40 Quotes of Lent: Day 40

"Have you the colander?"
- H.W. J.C.

Story behind quote:
Wicks asks to see the Podcaast calendar, which we have dubbed the 'colander'.

Saturday 12 April 2014

40 Quotes of Lent: Day 39

"There'd be really obvious clues like 'home sweet ____', then everyone would get to go home."
- A.T.

Story behind quote:
ANT's idea for Orienteering Club.

As featured in WNR #54: 09/03/2014

Friday 11 April 2014

40 Quotes of Lent: Day 38

"...*sigh* no, YOU are Bertie!"
- A.T. H.W. J.C.

Story behind quote:
A line from the Podcaast series that Wicks particularly appreciates.

Quote taken from Outtakes Vol. 2

Thursday 10 April 2014

40 Quotes of Lent: Day 37

"'Livin' La Vida Loca' is one of the best songs ever!"
- S.A.

Story behind quote:
If you say so, ConscienceSarah...

Wednesday 9 April 2014

40 Quotes of Lent: Day 36

"My question is 'do honey badgers give a darn?'"
- H.W.

Story behind quote:
The slightly more implicit version of Wicks' original question.

Tuesday 8 April 2014

40 Quotes of Lent: Day 35

"You will be offered chocolate for 30p. Whatever you do, do NOT buy it!"
- H.W. S.A.

Story behind quote:
Wicks goves ConscienceSarah some good advice on supermarket own-brand chocolate.

Monday 7 April 2014

40 Quotes of Lent: Day 34

"On your feet, lose your seat."
- Lunchtime Lads

Story behind quote:
An alternate version of 'you snooze, you lose.'

Sunday 6 April 2014

40 Quotes of Lent: Day 33

"Product placement in a post-apocalyptic world is pretty difficult to achieve."
- H.W.

Story behind quote:
Wicks was particularly impressed at the fact that there was some sort of product placement in 'Divergent'.

Weekly News Round-Up #57: 30/03/2014

Greetings, fellow rangers! I hope we're all ready for this edition of WNR, let's get started...

Even though Monday is reknowned for being the day where we are lowest in numbers, there was still plenty of discussion going on at lunchtime...

We started off by talking about Pottermore and a few issues that we have with the site, including being locked out of accounts, not being able to cast spells fast enough and also the troubles of making Polyjuice potion. Afterwards, there was plenty of chat on what Hogwarts house we would all be in. Wicks claimed to be a Slytherin to the core, whilst we were getting Gryffindor vibes from Ruby and it was areed, without any argument, that ConscienceSarah is a Hufflepuff.

Following on from talking about Hufflepuff, we talked about honey badgers and how vicious they can be. At the same time, Ruby and Wicks were trying to persuade ConscienceSarah to go to Ukulele Club. This later morphed into blackmail, with Wicks listing multiple scenarios where she would let an angry honey badger loose into ConscienceSarah's house. Ideas ranged from getting in through the air vent to pretending to be a pizza delivery person (with the honey badger inside a box disguised as a stack of pizza boxes).

Tuesday lunchtime proved to be problematic as there were no plastic forks in the canteen, which meant that Alexis and ConscienceSarah had to eat their pasta and curly fries, respectively, with spoons. Later on, DisneyLoverMolly made an attempt to snatch Alexis' Fanta, however she didn't realise that the lid was not secured and ended up splashing Master a little. Afterwards, everyone had a go at trying to shake up the bottle, but, thankfully, Alexis took care of the 'controlled explosion'.

Wednesday breaktime saw Wicks trying to eat an exceptionally fiery chicken pastie, which she claimed to have weakened her taste buds for a good 3 days afterwards. I think we can safely say that this item has earned its place on the 'Wicks' Worst Buys' list.

That same afternoon, we went to Creative Writing and Illustrations Club. We were productive to various degrees, with Wicks writing a fascinating tale in black and green pen, ArwaChihuahua drawing a box (where she promised ideas would go), ANT creating a magnificent peacock and Master outlining the plot for 'The Honey Badger Attic Attack', which may or may not have been inspired by events from earlier on in the week...

Thursday was a rather exciting day which saw us forming a new society. It all started when Wicks was researching honey badgers, for the purpose of learning more about these fabulous animals. She came across this web page by another blog called 'Game Lodge Index'. We were all so impressed by the site and Ruby felt it would be suitable to contact them, congratulate them on their site and ask a few more questions reagarding honey badgers. When signing the email, we wanted to seem like a group, so we formed B.A.D.G.E.R. (Board And Directorate Governing Enthusiastic Rangers). It was agreed that we should specialise in honey badgers, especially since the acronym, by 'coincidence', reflects this. We have yet to receive a reply, however we'll keep you posted!

Friday, as usual, started in the study room. ANT complained about receiving Amazon emails that suggested getting Kindle books for Mothers' Day. She believed that it would be the worst present, especially if your mother didn't have a Kindle.

People came out of the canteen at lunchtime with varying degrees of success, in terms of food. DisneyLoverMolly triumphantly announced that she would have not 1, but 2 sauces with her chips. Meanwhile, Wicks opted for a sprinkle of pepper. All in all, I think we all agreed that ANT had hit the chip jackpot as her plate was piled high. She claimed that "the dinner lady just kept piling them on. [ANT] was starting to wonder when she would stop." What a way to end the week on a high!

Until next week, have a good one ;)

Saturday 5 April 2014

40 Quotes of Lent: Day 32

"What prosthetics? Oh yeah, the dead people..."
- J.C.

Story behind quote:
After seeing 'Divergent', we stayed for a little while during the credits. Master was momentarily confused at the mention of the prosthetics company involved with the film.

Friday 4 April 2014

40 Quotes of Lent: Day 31

"What's the big deal, you get a chicken!"
- R.W.

Story behind quote:
It makes just as much sense now, without context, than when Ray said it originally...

Thursday 3 April 2014

40 Quotes of Lent: Day 30

"It's beautiful, what a fine creature!"
- A.T.

Story behind quote:
ANT on DisneyLoverMolly's dog, Scout.

Wednesday 2 April 2014

40 Quotes of Lent: Day 29

Master: "It says 'meeting in progress'."
ConscienceSarah: "It says 'no meeting in progress', unless the chairs are having a meeting."
- S.A. J.C.

Story behind quote:
When ConscienceSarah went for her senior role interview, Ruby and Master accompanied her to provide moral support. The trio approached a door with a sign saying 'meeting in progress', however there was no one in the room. Here's how the conversation went...

Tuesday 1 April 2014

40 Quotes of Lent: Day 28

"You remind me of that glitch in Sims where they just keep clapping."
- A.T.

Story behind quote:
ANT's response to DisneyLoverMolly and Master's 'Who can clap for the longest time' competition.