Author Archives: Dragon Co. (Austin Smith)

Speak Your Mind 17 #81-85

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QUESTIONS

1. Do you like it when your parents come to school to watch things you are in?

2. Have you ever been chased by a goose?

3. Do you like lemonade?

4. Is (Did) your school basketball teem winning (win) a lot of games this year?

5. How many windows are there in your house?

ANSWERS By: Austin Smith

1. My school didn’t hold the things I was in, so I’m not sure, it depends on the thing.

2. No, but I have chased them.

3. Yes, I really like lemonade.

4. I have no idea, I don’t pay attention to basketball.

5. About 44 windows. (I may have miscounted)

Review – Sanford Design Pencils

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Ah, the pencil, the fundamental unit of art (mostly). Many people will try to tell you there is a difference in the performance of different brands of pencils. While there may be it is so small that it is almost unrecognizable. The main difference between pencil brands are the aesthetics and feel. So I’ll leave finding which hardness of lead you prefer and focus on the feel of the Sanford Design pencils.

The lead obviously comes in all hardnesses, and I can verify that it does actually write. But that is not he major factor in choosing a pencil, really. This variety of pencil feels good in the hand to me personally. They are slightly smaller than the regular number 2 school pencil, and maintain the slightly uncomfortable ridges of their hexagonal design. But being small the ridges are less noticeable and help with grip on an otherwise smooth and slippery pencil. The writing on the side is clear but shiny, and in glare is hard to read, but from my experience doesn’t wear off. It has a nice feel in the hand and is not prone to slipping, but after continued use the corners do tend to dig into ones hand.

This pencil variety is my pencil of choice when it comes to art, though it doesn’t have an eraser the comfort and better lead (when compared to school pencils) makes up for it. Although I will admit that the main reason I use it is because the art stores I frequent carry it and not another brand. I recommend trying out a bunch of different pencils to see which you like best.

Speak Your Mind 16 #76-80

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QUESTIONS

1. Who is the principal at this school?

2. Do you like to sing?

3. What is your favorite treat at an ice-cream store?

4. Why are well lighted streets a good idea?

5. Did you ever try to pick something up and find that it was so heavy that it didn’t even come off the floor?

ANSWERS By: Austin Smith

1. I’m not going so I don’t know.

2. Only if the song is good.

3. Mint chocolate-chip in any form.

4. To prevent accidents? (I don’t like the phrasing of this question, it doesn’t give me room to say if i think it’s a bad idea)

5. Not to my recollection.

Cleaning The Dishwasher

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I don’t clean out the dishwasher. I just don’t. I have no idea why. Okay, well, I do clean it, but it takes so long for such a small task. And maybe I do know why. It is just the way my mind works. I feel like it is just unimportant. When I am reminded of it I just put it to the back of my mind. To my mind I have more important things to do. I don’t know what they are right now but they must be much more important then something as menial as cleaning the dishes. What wonderful things could I be doing instead of putting up the dishes? But most of the time what I do is not as important as cleaning the dishes. However I still could be missing something, and because I was putting up the dishes I could miss the most amazing thing that I could ever do, or the path to do so. The act of putting up the dishes is pushed to the back of my mind, I always have to do something else first, even if that is just sleeping on the couch.

Does this reflect something in me? Does anyone else have problems with cleaning out the dishwasher? I like to work. Sometimes I find work to do. Sometimes I just make it. But I can’t empty the dishwasher. And I can’t take out the trash. My mind just doesn’t click with that. I can’t tell if it is simply something that is wrong with me or what. Most other people I know can do basic chores. But they also are generally able to simply drop what they are doing to get it done. I can’t. To me it is all about finishing what I’m doing now. If I stop I lose steam and will never finish it. I will have a half finished thing taking up space on my shelf forever. I just have to finish. And to finish I can’t clean out the dishwasher. I just have do end up doing something wonderful and to do so I can’t let the dishwasher slow me down. (I think, or I could be completely wrong!)

But even if I am wrong nothing has been able to get me to clean it out any faster. I guess I’m just stuck with a full, clean dishwasher forever.

Speak Your Mind 15 #71-75

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QUESTIONS

1. What is an animal you are afraid of?

2. Do you have any older brothers?

3. What size shoes do you wear?

4. What should a person do if his/her name is mispronounced?

5. Do you like your fingernails ling or short?

ANSWERS By: Austin Smith

1. Anything that can kill me with venom, and cockroaches, those things are freaky.

2. Yes, I have one older brother.

3. I wear 12s or 13s depending on the brand.

4. First make sure that the person was talking to them (that happens to me sometimes when there are five Austin’s and two Justin’s) and then politely correct their pronunciation.

5. I like them as long as I can get them without them getting in the way. They’re more useful that way.