Muse

Muse is an absoulute favorite band of mine.  Whenever I am asked what my favorite band is, it is always a toss up between Muse and Rush.

This year especially, I have been trying to have more band tees.  For Christmas I am getting two Muse shirts and I own two Rush shirts. I already have band tees for The Who, The Rolling Stones, and three Pink Floyd Shirts.
Back to Muse.  Muse is an English rock band from formed in 1994. The band members are Matt Bellamy (lead vocals, lead guitar, piano, keyboards), Chris Wolstenholme (bass guitar, vocals) and Dominic Howard (drums, percussion).
Muse have released six studio albums: Showbiz, Origin of Symmetry, Absolution, Black Holes and Revelations, The Resistance and The 2nd Law. Currently, they are recording their seventh studio album... and I can't wait! I predict it will be released in 2015 and that they will not do a world tour until 2016.  I will be in college by then, but I still want to see them live in concert. 
I have not recently become a Muse fan.  What I would say though, is that I have most recently became obsessed.  Literally, within the past six months.  I turned on Twitter notifications so I know right away when Muse and each of the three band members have tweeted.  Matt is not very active, nor is Chris on Twitter.  I would say the Dom posts more than the others.  And the Muse account tweets on occasion.  Wow, I guess I sound like a crazed fan because I am referring to them by just their first name/ nickname. 
Matt is my favorite.  I find him attractive, though I am not crazy like some Twitter girls are about him.  They post things like "marry me" "you're so hot" and things like that.  I just have my silent obsession on the down low, like making him my screen saver (haha).
Never should anyone ask me what my favorite song is, it is too hard to choose!

Special Thing I Can Do

I can make a floral bow.  I learned how to make a floral bow last year in Horticulture at the Tech Center.  Before then, the only “bow” I knew how to make was when I tied my shoes or a really simple one on a present.  I learned how to make a floral bow for corsages and poinsettias. 

Here is how to make one:.

1)      First, gather your materials.  You will need your choice of ribbon, I decided to use this particular ribbon.  Then you need your wire and scissors.

2)      Next, pull some ribbon free and leave a bit of a “tail”.  Pinch it between your pointer finger and thumb to begin building it in your not dominate hand. 

3)      Make a small loop and pinch together

4)      On the opposite side, make a loop the same size and pinch

5)      Again on the side you first started with, make a loop slightly bigger and pinch together

6)      On the opposite side, make that loop the same size and pinch

7)      Now here comes the part that tends to be most difficult for people.  This is where you make the center loop, also known as the thumb loop.  Since you are using your thumb as well as your pointer finger to hold the bow together, you will take and wrap the ribbon loosely over the top of your thumb.  Then, bring it under your thumb and pinch it together.

8)      Now, you simply have to repeat the steps and make four more loops.  These loops can be any reasonable size in comparison to the other loops.

9)   The bow is done, you just need to hold it together. 

10)   Keep the ribbon still attached to the spool and take your wire and feed it through the middle of the bow, through the center loop.

11)   Fold the wire over in half and tightly twist it as close and as tightly as you can to the ribbon.

12)   Now, cut the ribbon off at a 45 degree angle and make the same angle cut on the other end-tail.

13)   Done

My Four Day Weekend

    My four day weekend was great.  It was busy as well.  Wednesday when we got home from the half day, I just chilled out, sort of.  I packed for my dad's and watched some TV.  I caught up on Chicago Fire.  On Thursday morning, all four of us woke up like a school day and left for a two hour drive to Corunna/Owosso to see my grandparents, aunt, uncle, and three young cousins on my mom's side.  Then, we went to our dad's around noon.  We headed straight to our grandparent's house for Thanksgiving.  My grandma invited her friend's family over and it was a lot of fun.  I enjoyed the meal of turkey and ham, home made mashed potatoes, corn, and my dad's home made rolls.  Of course much, much more, YUM! 
    My dad literally just informed me that he has Charter On Demand.  What? So I  watched probably 15 hours worth of tv episodes. I caught up on The Walking Dead, Talking Dead, Forever, and Christela. I still need catch up on Scandal, Grimm, Sleepy Hallow, and the episodes of shows I've missed since that last weekend.