Weekly News Round-Up #43: 01/12/2013

So, the first thing that ANT says on Monday is, "I put up my Christmas tree this weekend". Note: It was still November on Monday.

One the same day, ANT and Master had a little debate about a certain painting in the study room. Master claimed that it featured a man with a map, however ANT believed that the map was a tablecloth.

There was a little more confusion in the Stats lesson. ConscienceSarah and Mexx Bear talked about Starbursts (sweets/candy) and there was a question about the probability of some men getting ill. Also, ConscienceSarah drew a wonderful scene in the middle of a question. Take a look here:

ConscienceSarah's tipi, Plains Indian, fire and buffalo #toomuchstats #notenoughstats?

It was also a rare Club Week, which called for us all to do some tennis. It must also be noted that not much tennis was involved in the session. There was some difficulty regarding keys to courts and who should go and get the right key... To end the day, we did a little singing. And when I say 'we', I mean everyone, apart from ArwaChihuahua and ANT.

The most part of the week was spent discussing Alexis' old YouTube channel, which currently does not have any videos on it. Triangle and The Appalling One dedicated an entire lunchtime to making fun of a video that used to be on Alexis' channel. At the beginning of the video, Alexis does a little half-spin on the chair, however, during lunch, the story morphed into Alexis uploading a whole chair-spinning video. I think it's fair to say that everyone, apart from Alexis, had a good laugh about it all ;p

For Christmas, Master promised ConscienceSarah some new staples for a very small stapler. Master measured the staples and concluded that they were 7mm in width. Now, where are we gonna find staples of that size...?

Amusing (at least I think so) anecdote: ANT contemplated getting Master and advent calendar for Christmas. It was only later that she realised that it would defeat the whole point of the calendar to gift it to someone on Christmas Day.

Second amusing (well, not really) anecdote: On #Minecraft, Master was trying to place down some blocks, whist ANT had a jolly good time blocking Master's path.

On Friday, ANT shared with us her absolute favourite Twitter page: Nailed It. Let me tell you now, it's fantastic.

Friday was also a good day as the cafeteria was selling chips in ANT's favourite shape. Yes, ANT has a favourite chip shape. Who doesn't? And if you were wondering what shape of chip ANT favours, it's just the normal sort, not the curly fries. Now, if this scenario seems incomplete, let me complete it for you now: Master couldn't help but have a little chuckle at the salt sachet. And I'd be lying if I said that there wasn't a comment or two about packaing.

The weekend was an interesting one. We found ourselves downloading Snapchat. This prompted a competition between ANT and Master (two of the most fiercely competitive people. Well, not quite)...the 'Selfie with the Most Insignificant Object' Contest. So far, we've had a #sinkselfie, #bottleselfie, #hooverselfie, #toiletrollselfie and #tvselfie with Bradley Walsh (?) on the telly. We'll keep you posted on any more selfies.

Until next week, have a good one ;)

Quote Advent Calendar: Day 8

"If anything, that experience has made me more determined not to have kids."
- A.T.

Story behind quote:
ANT's conclusion after babysitting a couple of kids.

Quote Advent Calendar: Day 7

ANT: "Nice cereal bar?"
Master: "Thanks mate...?"
ANT: "No, I meant is it a nice cereal bar? Not much to say about it otherwise...'I bought it myself'."
- A.T. J.C.

Story behind quote:
A simple misunderstanding.

Quote Advent Calendar: Day 6

ArwaChihuahua: "We just have to go through the cow field, so only the cows will see us."
Master: "Oh no, I'm gonna be wearing red...!"
- A.A. A.T. J.C.

Story behind quote:
When discussing how we were gonna get to Wicks' for the Marvel Movie Marathon, we established that being seen, by the general public, in our crazy outfits wouldn't be much of a problem, however Master's Iron Man costume does have a fair amount of red on it. And what colour do cows typically charge at...?

Quote Advent Calendar: Day 5

"Doth mother know you weareth her drapes? No really."
- J.C. K.W. H.W.

Story behind quote:
Ironically, Wicks' Thor cape was really a curtain.

Quote Advent Calendar: Day 4

ANT: "That court doesn't see much sun usually..."
Master: "I don't know about you, mate, but I can see plenty of sun from here."
- A.T. J.C.

Story behind quote:
As usual, there's plenty of tennis court banter on a Wednesday afternoon.

Quote Advent Calendar: Day 3

"We don't want this year to go to pot."
- J.N.

Story behind quote:
An unintentional pun.

Quote Advent Calendar: Day 2

"There's no getting out of it...you can't say 'dog ate my iPod'."
- A.T.

Story behind quote:
App homework. There is no excuse for not doing it.

Weekly News Round-Up #42: 24/11/2013

Hello everyone! I must admit that we have some rather exciting news this week, but you'll have to wait until the end for the big announcements.

First of all, arguably the most outrageous thing that happened this week was the sitaution where Master decided to drop a subject, which was finalised with a range of signatures on the Quit Sheet. The consequences have been rather sever, with many people, including Alexis, Triangle and Bob, being rather disappointed. It is unlikely that Master will be forgiven anytime soon.

On a brighter note, ANT really out-did herself this week. In English, the criteria was to draw a scene from 'A Midsummer Night's Dream', which included a couple of fairies. ANT, however, decided to go the extra mile and illustrated a fairy kingdom, complete with everything from leisure facilities, such as a bowling alley, to a fairy cemetery. Here it is, in all its glory. Try and spot the bowling alley:

ANT's fantastic fairy kingdom

In contrast to the previous event, being rather light-hearted, we had a pretty intense assembly on road safety. Even ANT, who was in the first group to attend, wished us luck.

Thursday lunchtime was an incredibly eventful one.
First of all, DisneyLoverMolly had a little trouble with a Sprite bottle. Many tissues were called to the scene.
Secondly, here's where the announcements come in...
There are currently quite a few projects in the pipelines. We're talking about a Creative Writing Club Round-Up, which will hopefully be available over on the Book Blog. This will sum up everything that goes on on a Wednesday lunchtime.
Also, we've talked about creating a podcast, or a 'podcaast', as Master likes to say. I'm sure you'll agree that this is quite a significant development as we are expanding from written trivialities to audio trivialities. We'll keep you updated on what's gonna be happening.

Amusing (hopefully) anecdote of the week: To mess with everyone, ArwaChihuahua and Wicks were sitting on the same chair, but at one point, without anyone noticing, swapped coats. This prompted some confusion. To make it even more mind-boggling, they managed to synchronise their hand gestures.

Another amusing (perhaps) anecdote: DisneyLoverMolly brilliantly noticed the similarities between ANT and Haymitch Abernathy from 'The Hunger Games'. Seriously, there is no personality match more accurate!

And yet anouther amusing (maybe) anecdote: Master sneezed twice in 'silent study'. At this point, ANT turns round and states, "It's SILENT study."

Until next week, have a good one ;)

Quote Advent Calendar: Day 1

"Next click please...*sigh* no, go back one..."
- A.G.

Story behind quote:
This is what happens when you have an excessively animated PowerPoint presentation...