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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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Sunday, 26 January 2014

Podcaast Ep. 2: Wicks' Birthday Quiz

Happy Birthday Wicks! To celebrate, Wicks has put together a 'How well do you know me' quiz to test Jen...

Think you can beat Jen's score? Take the quiz yourself:
http://www.quizyourfriends.com/take-quiz.php?id=1401201512334684&a=1&

Music credits:
Ukulele extract by Wicks. Taken from the Pilot Episode.
All other music from http://incompetech.com/
Music:
Call to Adventure http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1300022
Mariachi Snooze http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/?keywords=snooze
Aces High http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100763
Work is Work http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100006
Image credits: Wicks
Video credits: Ruby and Wicks
Editing credits: Jen
PerfectSandwiches YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6HHYrI6tNqXx0Wy0TpMfPQ

Listen here:

Wicks' Week of Quotes - Day 7

"Your presence is a present in itself!"
- H.W.

Story behind quote:
A clear example of Wicks' generosity and good spirit.

Weekly News Round-Up #48: 19/01/2014

Hello everyone! Hope this week's been good to y'all :) To be fair, it's been a pretty quiet week where not much has really happened. But still, here's a few things that did happen...

To kick off the week, Wicks came in sporting a truly fantastic 'A Game of Thrones' inspired hair style. ConscienceSarah was actually so impressed that she felt she had to show the WelSHEEP...

Fast-forwarding to the middle of the week, we had a fantastic time at Creative Writing Club. I'm gonna stop here because I don't want to steal ConscienceSarah's thunder, so you'll just have to wait and read her report on the matter ;)

Wicks also alerted me on that same evening that this blog has reached 22,000 views! It really came as a bit of a surprise, of course, a surprise of the best kind. I just wanna take this opportunity to thank you for reading. I really hope you enjoy it because it's just so much fun to write :)

Thursday lunchtime was a relatively eventful one including plenty of bottles and singing.
In one particular instance, The Appalling One managed to slide Alexis' bottle of J2O across the table and, unexpectedly, knock over Triangle's Coca-Cola, which landed dangerously close to his lunch.
Soon afterwards, George had accidentally shook up his unopened bottle of Coca-Cola. Much caution was taken when he went to open it, taking care to make it a controlled explosion.
Somehow, a few minutes afterwards, Wicks, ANT and Master started singing Queen's 'Bohemian Rhapsody'. It just so happened that Triangle was sitting on the other side of the singing trio, therefore away from everyone else. It must be noted that he was not the most enthusiastic about joining in and every now and again, when he thought no one was watching, he would shake his head in disappointment... Oh dear.

On that same afternoon, when ArwaChihuahua, ANT and Master were walking home, they had a pretty good laugh at a boy who was walking across mud, slipping and sliding about (because it had been raining) but never truly falling. ANT brilliantly described it as 'living life on the edge' ;p
Promptly afterwards, we also encountered a particular individual who was, as ANT called it, 'power-biking'. It was incredible. He was going so fast and I turned around just as he rode up the curb and pretty much flew into mid-air, only to land just a second later. Wow.

Much happened on Friday lunchtime...
ConscienceSarah came to the conclusion that DisneyLoverMolly sneezes and screams like a man.
As payback for such a ridiculous claim, DisneyLoverMolly, Wicks and Master dedicated a portion of their time to stealing ConscienceSarah's chips.
Afterwards, DLM shared a pack of Starbursts. Wicks took the opportunity to cunningly re-shape the wrapper to make it seem as though there was a sweet inside. The best part was when a few peeps fell for the prank ;p
The discussion was held by DisneyLoverMolly, who interviewed us all on our favourite Disney characters. At one point, ConscienceSarah was arguing with DLM, and therefore interrupting Cap. At this point, Master, uncharacteristically, flipped and said firmly 'would you just stop shouting in ma ear??!' Surprisingly, Wicks seemed to find this utterly hilarious...

To end a pretty decent week, ANT started hiccupping rather loudly on the way home. I think it's fair to say that she was rather annoyed at the way it enhanced her laughter.

Until next week, have a good one ;)

Saturday, 25 January 2014

Wicks' Week of Quotes - Day 6

"She has a very abnormal relationship between sweet and savoury. She likes to call them by their first names."
- H.W.

Story behind quote:
At lunchtime, ConscienceSarah decided to eat her pudding before the main course. Inspired by her fantastic word choice, Wicks created an equally worthy variation on the original author's lunch habits.

Friday, 24 January 2014

Wicks' Week of Quotes - Day 5

"I'm just a bundle of laughs...the embodiment of joy and wonderment...and apparently also humility."
- H.W.

Story behind quote:
Wicks describes herself in a few words, and I must agree that her view of herself is rather accurate :)

Happy Birthday, Wicks!

Hope you have a fantastic day! ;)

Thursday, 23 January 2014

Wicks' Week of Quotes - Day 4

"Get on a computer!"
- H.W.

Story behind quote:
We came to a group conclusion that The Appalling One needs to get on a computer for Skype.

Wednesday, 22 January 2014

Wicks' Week of Quotes - Day 3

"With great responsibility comes...oh never mind!"
- H.W.

Story behind quote:
And inspirational quote from Wicks.

Tuesday, 21 January 2014

Take the 'How well do you know Wicks' test!

So, this Friday (24th January) will be Wicks' birthday! Coincidentally, we'll also be releasing a Podcaast on the same day. To celebrate, Wicks divised a quiz about herself, which Master had a go at on the Podcaast. Now, this is your chance to try it for yourself ahead of the big day, so click here to see if you can beat Master's score!

See you on Friday for the Podcaast ;)

Here's the link for the quiz again:
http://www.quizyourfriends.com/take-quiz.php?id=1401201512334684&a=1&

Wicks' Week of Quotes - Day 2

"She's not posh, she's just weird."
- M.B. H.W.

Story behind quote:
DisneyLoverMolly and Wicks both reach the same conclusion about ConscienceSarah.

Monday, 20 January 2014

Wicks' Week of Quotes - Day 1

"Not you, Ukraine!"
- H.W.

Story behind quote:
As a joke, Wicks and Master decided that we would only allow fan art from Russia...

[Note: Fan art will be gladly received from all countries.]

Sunday, 19 January 2014

Guess who's birthday's coming up...

As many of you will know, Simon Wicks' birthday is on this coming Friday (24th Jan) and to celebrate, we've put together...
...'Wicks' Week of Quotes'!

It's starts tomorrow and continues all through the week, so don't miss out!

Weekly News Round-Up #47: 12/01/2014

Wassup everyone? Welcome back to another year of Weekly News Round-Ups! We all arrived back at the Academy in high spirits after the holidays and it was a pretty interesting week...

On Monday, Alexis decided that he would put aside his role as a guidance counsellor and instead his main title is now 'YouTube specialist'. To anyone that is concerned, he will still be guiding people, but only as a part-time job.

Speaking of job titles, we've just written up a page of profiles for the whole team, which you can find by clicking here. There's updated bio's which people haven't really complained about yet. I'm proud of us for managing to write ANT's description without mentioning salt at all.

That same afternoon, we had another incredibly productive board meeting. Wicks and Master were joined by Alexis, who offered some great ideas on how to improve our chair-spinning techniques. Additionally, we brought up some relevant issues with the Podcaast, which are currently being solved.

Tuesday saw ANT showing DisneyLoverMolly and Master the Scribblenaughts app. In all honesty, they weren't totally impressed by what is the only app that ANT has ever paid for. What made it even worse was that there was a glitch that meant it would reset the levels every now and then, so it would be impossible to progress effectively. What is most interesting is that ANT still finds the app worthwhile...perhaps she can justify this by writing us a review...?

The new year has also proved to be revolutionary for the Academy's canteen. At lunchtime, we noticed the brand new long-boat baguette design, which meant that they cut off the ends of the baguette and put them at both ends of the filling.

Wednesday was the day that we called an impromptu board meeting and decided we needed to design an office environment for the team to work in. The attendance levels were outstainding by our terms as we had the majority of the team, apart from ANT, present. There were many discussions as to what the sort of items we needed and we sketched out a few layout ideas. Later on, we decided to design our own offices and then have a grand reveal sometime next week. Please note that this office space does not exist currently. We just have big imaginations.

On Thursday, quite a few things went on. Lunchtime consisted of Triangle not having any money, George revealing his fear of libaraies (?), and The Appalling One taunting Alexis about having #5likes...
Later that evening, we also did some recording for the Podcaast. We won't say too much about it, but it ended with Wicks and Master going through some old photos and identifying a few of them to be suitable for toothpaste (tuthpaste) adverts.

Friday was a day of true excitement for everyone. DisneyLoverMolly was thrilled when lunchtime rolled in, as she had Doritos with a range of dips. Meanwhile, ConscienceSarah's pastie wasn't really to anyone's liking. ANT expressed a strong dislike at the aesthetic aspects of the filling. Speaking of ANT, she managed to lose her sachet of salt in between walking from the canteen to the cafeteria. The best part was when we were walking back home, she suddenly exclaims 'Oh my goodness' and explains that the salt sachet had been in her pocket the whole time! #classic

That evening, we went to the Academy's unplugged music show. Overall, we had a fantastic evening, with ANT being especially impressed and vowing to attend all the upcoming concerts! Even though the majority of the acts were fantastic, some could still improve. One particular borderline poor performance had the Principal yawning, ANT sighing, and Master having a hard time keeping down the laughs. All in all, what a great evening...roll on the next one!

Until next week, have a good one ;)

Sunday, 12 January 2014

Podcaast Ep. 1: The Animal in You

Welcome to the first official episode in the Podcaast series! Here, Ruby, Wicks and Jen talk about some rather interesting and obscure conversation starters as well as taking a personality test to find out what animal each of them are.

The Animal in You Test: www.animalinyou.com/test.php
Music credits: http://incompetech.com/
Music:
Take a Chance http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-...
Call to Adventure http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-...
Image credits: Wicks
Video credits: Ruby and Wicks
Editing credits: Jen
PerfectSandwiches YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6HHYrI6tNqXx0Wy0TpMfPQ

Listen here:

Quote Week: January - Day 7

"Use your head..."
- T.K.

Story behind quote:
On the last day of school, ConscienceSarah decided to hide some mints whilst Master was out of the lunch room. The Voice of Reason gave this clue to help Master find the final mint. It happened to be in ConscienceSarah's head band.

Saturday, 11 January 2014

Quote Week: January - Day 6

"There do not exist integers."
 - Maths textbook

Story behind quote:
Cap. and Wicks encountered a rather strange sentence in Maths...

Friday, 10 January 2014

Quote Week: January - Day 5

Master: "How fast is your elevator?"
ANT: "It's just so fast, I can't even see the floors, it's making me dizzy..."
- A.T. J.C.

Story behind quote:
#TinyTower

Thursday, 9 January 2014

Quote Week: January - Day 4

Master: "I've got a smoothie shop and a soda brewery."
ANT: "But have you got a rock climbing centre?"
Master: "...No..."
- A.T. J.C.

Story behind quote:
ANT and Master got a little competitive on their Tiny Towers...

Wednesday, 8 January 2014

Quote Week: January - Day 3

"This smells of 1000 calories."
- A.T.

Story behind quote:
ANT's first thought on the cupcake that she bought.

Tuesday, 7 January 2014

Quote Week: January - Day 2

"Stop lying to yourself. What you really want is a burger."
- A.T.

Story behind quote:
ANT believes that Master's whole healthy eating scheme is due to self-deceit... #falsehood

Monday, 6 January 2014

Quote Week: January - Day 1

"If you think about it, the blog is like...our lives..."
- J.C.

Story behind quote:
At the board meeting, Master had a profound (?) thought that Wicks just couldn't take seriously.

Quote Advent Calendar 2013 Archive

2013's Quote Advent Calendar in full...

Day 1: "Next click please...*sigh* no, go back one..." - A.G.
Day 2: "There's no getting out of it...you can't say 'dog ate my iPod'." - A.T.
Day 3: "We don't want this year to go to pot." - J.N.
Day 4: "That court doesn't see much sun usually..." - A.T. J.C.
Day 5: "Doth mother know you weareth her drapes? No really." - J.C. K.W. H.W.
Day 6: "We just have to go through the cow field, so only the cows will see us." - A.A. A.T. J.C.
Day 7: "Nice cereal bar?" - A.T. J.C.
Day 8: "If anything, that experience has made me more determined not to have kids." - A.T.
Day 9: "What an ingenious plan! Get him in his natural habitat..." - A.T.
Day 10: "This is gonna take us ages. We're gonna be here all lesson..." - S.A.
Day 11: "They're not real men...they might defy the odds!" - S.A.
Day 12: "It's alright in small doses." - A.T.
Day 13: "I didn't think I would like learning about plants, but now I want to be an ecologist!" - Anonymous
Day 14: "It tastes of health." - A.T.
Day 15: "This smells of an hour's work." - A.T.
Day 16: "A presentation on coal production. It's really as exciting as it sounds." - A.T.
Day 17: "Ha! That looks appetising." - A.T.
Day 18: "How's the full on head brace???" - M.B. J.C.
Day 19: "It's not a night club. It's a write club." - M.B.
Day 20: "If ANT was a sound, she would be the sound that you'd make if you dropped something that you wanted to eat. Just disappointment." - H.W.
Day 21: "Yule love it!" - S.A.
Day 22: "By day you can see my shadow, and by night you can hear my call, and you will know that the spirit of Raven travels with you." - Raven Magazine
Day 23: "Go for it. Go mental!" - A.T.
Day 24: *That asterisk conversation* - A.T. H.W. J.C.
Day 25: "The sound of power!" - A.T.

What a year it's been...until next December, have a good one ;)

Twelve Days of Cwismas: Day 12

On the twelfth day of Cwismas, the Gerbils sent to me...
Twelve Sandwich Podcaasts,
Eleven selfie contests,
Ten spinning chairs,
Nine fairy kingdoms,
Acht heiße sitzen,
Seven Candies crushing,
Six Raven profiles,
Five Writing Clubs,
Four quit sheets,
Three Stats puns,
Two head brace pranks, and
A Marvel Movie Event!

Sunday, 5 January 2014

The first Quote Week of 2014...

...January Quote Week starts tomorrow!

New Year's Eve 2013 - Dragonology

Hello peeps! Just wanted to wish y'all a happy new year! I hope that 2014 is another year of joy for you :)
Today, I thought I'd share with you how Wicks, ArwaChihuahua and Master spent New Year's Eve. It involved a lengthy game of Dragonology and a few interesting card games.

So, it started when Wicks invited us all round, however, the only two people free were ArwaChihuahua and Master. They were on board for an afternoon of classic board games.

It must be noted that Wicks had an incredible range of games, everything from the 'Horrible Histories' board game to Monopoly (the Millionaire version, where you're considered poor if you've only got 2 million in the virtual bank). In the end, we settled for the most exciting-looking game, Dragonology, based on the popular book.

The aim of the game was easy enough to get to grips with. Players must roll the 12-sided dice and move around the board, collecting 'Bits of Knowledge' or Transportation cards. These will aid the player to collecting dragons. Once a player has 3 dragons, they must make their way to the 'Dragon's Eye' in order to secure a victory.
Even though the rules of the game were simple enough, there were different types of 'Knowledge' cards that baffled Master to no end.One type of card that Master queried about the most was the 'Snatch' card, which involved something along the lines of asking anothe player for a specific card (?)

One of the best aspects of the game was that all the figurines were so brilliantly crafted, apart from this one particular dragon that seemed to have one of its wings stuck on the wrong way round. There was also much fun to be had by attaching multiple figures together or placing them in certain situations.

We managed to keep the game going for around 3 hours and I think it's fair to say that we were all a little tired of the game by the final hour. The situation was that ArwaChihuahua had a bunch of Steamboat Transport cards, however she was unable to use them due to the fact that she was often on land. Meanwhile, Master had an abundance of 'Shield' cards, which was mildly irritating. Not to mention, the remainder of the 'Knowledge' cards were 'Déjà vu' cards, which gave you an extra go. Apart from that, there were a few 'Swoop' (we like to pronoune it as 'shwoop') cards as well, which made it just that bit more entertaining.

In the end, everyone pulled together to try and get Master to the 'Dragon's Eye' because we just all wanted it to end. So, there we have it! Dragon Man Dan (Master's character) won! It was a special occasion as it is currently the only time when Wicks has not won the game.

After that draining game, we decided to play cards. In Wicks' card swap game, no tactics were required and it was purely down to luck. This was a refreshing and most welcome change.
Then we had a few games of 'Snap', a game that ArwaChihuahua is well-practised at. Whilst Wicks and ArwaChihuahua excelled at this game of speed, Master's overall number of wins was truly pitiful.

All in all, we had a fun time! Hopefully we can have another games session with the rest of the team sometime soon :)

Twelve Days of Cwismas: Day 11

On the eleventh day of Cwismas, the Gerbils sent to me...

Eleven selfie contests,
Ten spinning chairs,
Nine fairy kingdoms,
Acht heiße sitzen,
Seven Candies crushing,
Six Raven profiles,
Five Writing Clubs,
Four quit sheets,
Three Stats puns,
Two head brace pranks, and
A Marvel Movie Event!

Saturday, 4 January 2014

Twelve Days of Cwismas: Day 10

On the tenth day of Cwismas, the Gerbils sent to me...
Ten spinning chairs,
Nine fairy kingdoms,
Acht heiße sitzen,
Seven Candies crushing,
Six Raven profiles,
Five Writing Clubs,
Four quit sheets,
Three Stats puns,
Two head brace pranks, and
A Marvel Movie Event!

Friday, 3 January 2014

Twelve Days of Cwismas: Day 9

On the ninth day of Cwismas, the Gerbils sent to me...
Nine fairy kingdoms,
Acht heiße sitzen,
Seven Candies crushing,
Six Raven profiles,
Five Writing Clubs,
Four quit sheets,
Three Stats puns,
Two head brace pranks, and
A Marvel Movie Event!

Thursday, 2 January 2014

Twelve Days of Cwismas: Day 8

On the eighth day of Cwismas, the Gerbils sent to me...
Acht heiße sitzen,
Seven Candies crushing,
Six Raven profiles,
Five Writing Clubs,
Four quit sheets,
Three Stats puns,
Two head brace pranks, and
A Marvel Movie Event!

Wednesday, 1 January 2014

Twelve Days of Cwismas: Day 7

On the seventh day of Cwismas, the Gerbils sent to me...
Seven Candies crushing,
Six Raven profiles,
Five Writing Clubs,
Four quit sheets,
Three Stats puns,
Two head brace pranks, and
A Marvel Movie Event!

Happy New Year, everyone!

Image by Wicks
I hope 2014 is another year of joy for y'all :)