Mummification (If you are squeamish, please do not read.)

I'm writing about this because Egyptian history facinates me.  When I was little, it used to scare me; but now, it's kind of interesting.  One of the most important parts of Egyptian history is mummification, the preservation of bodies for the afterlife.

Mummification took a number of days, up to 70, to complete.  A priest would put on a mask of a jackal, to represent Anubis, who was a God of the dead and mummification.  The mummification began with purifying and washing the body.  Next, the organs in the body, all EXCEPT the heart, are pulled out (including the brain).  Then, they stuffed the body completely.  They dried out the body with natron, which is a type of salt that took the moisture out of the body.  After a 50-day process of drying out the body with natron, they removed the stuffing and it was exchanged for linen or sawdust.  They took strips of linen and wrapped the half-mummified body and they covered it in a shroud.  It was then placed in a stone sarcophagus. 

Only very wealthy people and Pharohs were given the opportunity for mummification, because the process was very expensive back then.  The people who could not afford for this process would just leave the corpses out in the sun and sand.  I think that sounds more beautiful because they just left the body to rest.  You will still see them in the afterlife, it just wasn't as an expensive pass to the afterlife.

Diabetes Alert!!

Bet you didn't know I knew about diabetes!  But, it's a very big problem here in America.  According to this article on Yahoo! News, about 26 MILLION Americans have diabetes, this is a nine percent increase.  This is CRAZY, people!  I mean, 1 in 12 people in America.  I know it seems like a small amount of people, but still, this is very bad.

If diabetes goes untreated, then really bad things can happen to your body.  Your blood sugar can go through the roof, which causes obesity a lot of the time.  It effects your eyes.  You can go blind or have really bad, impaired vision.  Loss of feeling from nerve damage can cause you to not feel injuries until they become really badly infected.  You can even wind up losing a limb from diabetes!  Seriously.  (This is from Google Health).

I care about all my blog viewers and everyone out there who has a bad disease!  Please take care of yourself, PLEASE! 

Great Girls Toys for 2011!

There are many good toys for girls this year, but these are my top three!  I think most of you know about Barbie™, so I won't write about her.  I wrote about 80's toys last time, so now I'm going to write about today's toys.  (BUT, I STILL WANT A WUZZLE!!!)  Here is my list of FABulous toys!

1.  Party Animals - These are small bears that you dress up in little rubber costumes, like a chocolate berry or a giraffe.  They're adorable, customizable, and there are twin packs that you can share with your best friend. 

They fairly new, and the commercial is on every morning.  They will be available at Target, Walmart and Toys R' Us.

2.  Zoobles - These are similar to Bakugan, but they are made for girls, mostly.  They are strange, but cute-strange not strange-strange.  They are easy to store because they come with a "happytat" that you can put them in to sleep. 

Target, Toys R' Us, and Walmart have them, but you can probably find them other places too.  They're very, very popular and pretty new.

3.  Squinkies - These are mini rubber toys that come in little gum-ball looking bubbles.  They can be animals, people, little babies, house objects and many other things.  They come in multi-packs.  They can come in gum ball machine houses, cupcake houses, and bubble packs. 

Toys R' Us, Target, and Walmart also carry these.  They are very popular.

So, those are the top three toys, in my opinion, for 2011.  Thanks for reading peoples!! 

Toys of the 1908's!

Eighties toys facinate me!  They look so much cuter and they have much more clever concepts than the less cool toys of today.  The Wuzzles™ were toys based on a cartoon by Disney.  Two animals in one cute little animal.  Bumblelion™ was a lion and a bumble bee.  Eleroo™ was an elephant and a kangaroo.  Hoppopotamus™ was a hippo and a bunny!  They are much cuter and more original than most of the stuffed animals of today.  

Barbie™ has changed a lot over the years.  One Barbie™ that Mattel made during the 80's was Troll Barbie™ which came with a mini lucky troll on a necklace with interchangable hair.  You could also stick the hair on Barbie™'s hair!!  I like the older Barbies™ better because the outfits are much more childlike and whimsical than today's Barbies™ which are more adult-like and have on WAY TO MUCH MAKEUP!!!  Like the Candy Glam Barbie™ dolls which look like Bratz™ mixed with Barbies™!!! 

My faaaaaavorite 80's toy was Jem™ by Hasbro!!!!  Good job, Hasbro!!  Jem™ was very "out there" and very bright pink!  I like the concept of the cartoon, which transfers into the dolls.  Even her enemies, The Misfits™, were pretty cool.  You should see the dolls!!  I want one so bad because of the cartoon.

It's like I want every single toy that I can't have from the 80's.  Maybe they will bring them back and "improve" them, but they're never the same.  HAVE YOU SEEN RAINBOW BRITE™!!!!???

MUSIC!!! (Homework)

 Music, what is music? Singing, and instruments? No! A way to express feeling! Or was is instruments and singing? Never mind, I'm sticking with to express feeling!  So music is many forms! Pop, Rap, Lady Gaga! I am not sure what category the Lady of Ga's music falls into! But Lady Gaga is cool anyway! So read on to learn about my favorite music.

Here is a list of my five top songs:

1.  Katy Perry, 'Firework'.

I like this song because it is empowering.  POWER!!  Some people actually think that the video is kind of odd.  I think it is pretty sweet.  It's telling people to be who you are and fight for the things you believe.  This song makes me want to explode in a thousand different colors because it's so beautiful.

2.  P!nk, 'Funhouse'

I love this song.  It's about female empowerment.  WE DO NOT NEED MEN!  If a relationship goes sour, kick him out!  Don't mope around about it, have a party and get a dog.

3.  Lady Gaga, 'Just Dance'

Again, this song is about being yourself and...DANCING!  She has all these problems, but she's forgetting it and just...having fun!!  Which is what I should do sometimes, but I'm going off-topic.  This song is, I think, pop.  What I love about Lady Gaga is that she is an eccentric and you can't define your music.  She was on the cover of Vogue wearing a bathing suit made out of MEAT.  This chick's hilarious. 

4.  TLC, 'Unpretty'

First, I would like to say Lisa 'Left-Eye' Lopez is dead, sadly.  They said they wouldn't make anymore new music without her, which makes me sad because she's gone and no more really good music will be made from this group. 

This song is about, again, being yourself and not trying to live up to someone else's expectations.  It's about self-esteem.  You can't be around people who don't like you for who you are.  You have to love yourself, not the self that someone else wants...the self that you are.

5.  TLC, 'Waterfalls'

This song says not to run after things that are dangerous and pointless.  Like a dog chasing a car, you will eventually get hurt. 

Winter World

Homework

 It's two minutes till i have to eat!Ill make it fast! ==============me
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Name: Danie Jones (my real name is so mutch longer so just call me danie other wise ill use all of the charters per post!) pet: a rescue parrot, ill name him/her later help me in coments!
If Free Time found I: sowrd fight, or tease jackie sparrow! He he he

Dad or mom: Davie and Danzille jones.... Jack sparrow's least favorite family, i cant see why?
Write a verrrry short story: <x> Bunny pirate, a rabbit that has a sowrd tail, very useless to know!
Candy/Sweet tooth:Rock Candy! Cake, cup cakes, ice cream cake, cookies, Bunt cake!

If a new kid came to school, i would : show them around, try and hang out with them teach them something!
Bffs: Devileena, Godeena, Loona, Flane,Gigi,Everyone! Almost every one not DeNile,Dean is cool though
Oh, and jackleen!, Random: Hi I AM A PIe I EAT MY SELF!
Danellielennabethsonabennasmend LooooooooooNg name!

Homework very intreging!

 Well, homework is going good!Well this how to base draw!
Start with a plain base, say frankie! (copyright link!)Ok!

Now take it paint it blue, or any other color! Coolio!
Now keep going!Draw clothing Skirts, t-shirts like right here!

So Danie Jones is the very grey and pink , and parrot loving daughter.. of davie jones!
Her least favorite person is Jackie Sparwow my freind made her up i made up danie jones!
Well, I'll post her later, but her parrot is nameless! If you want help me out in the
comments! please! so im going to go and make her, again im using a base!
Bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye
see you later dudes! You guys are sooo coool!! I think so!

Homework

       Jello! What  is up peoples? This is my  homework  and I would rather be riding my bike right this              minute!so I hope that you read it and comment no matter what!

1.       The  Nineteen Eighties, I love the fashion and glamour of rainbow leg warmers! But the cartoons! From Jem to Alvin and the Chipmunks, Pink Panther to the Jetsons!

Jem is about a girl who's father dies and leaves her a home for foster girls and starlight studios.But Eric Raymond ,Takes it over and fires almost everyone that jerika aka Jem knows. Mr.Raymond hires the Misfits  who are evil little brats who want to win at everything. Jerika does not know what to do so she gets earrings that are not what they seem..They project holograms and can change your appearance synergey. Who controls the projections? Jem and the Holigrams, Jem's Band, have a sweet sound and the Misfits sound bitter!

1. I do not know much about any others accept for the simpsons!
2. But that is a story for other less late times!

Pretty dolls and what would you do if 3 Quetions + anouncement!

      My Christmas
Aloe, Salute (Copyright numa numa!!!) My Christmas 'twas awesome-ness!
     I mostly got, Moxie (copyright MGA inc.), Monster High (copyright Mattel inc), TY girls (copyright no idea!) and Barbie (copyright Mattel) stuff!

 Like,

Glim'R (copyright google images)

Frankie Stein (copyright google images)

Lagoona blue (copyright google images)

Kellan (copyright google images)

Sizzzlin' Sue (copyright google images)

What would you do if....

A banana ate your cereal

You cat swallowed a mouse that swallowed a raccoon that swallowed a mouse witch swallowed some air!