Kings Cup

Im sure a lot of you have heard of the drinking game Kings Cup. There are a lot of different versions of rules for the game. In Syracuse where I learned here are the rules I play by:

1/Ace- "Waterfall", whoever picks the card starts chugging, and you cannot stop untill the person before you stops.
2- "You" pick someone to drink
3- "Me", obviously, you drink.
4- "Floor", last person to point to the floor drinks
5- "Guys", guys drink
6- "Chicks," girls drink
7- "Heaven", last person to point to the sky drinks
8- "Date", choose someone to drink with
9- "Rhyme", say a sentence, and the last word of the sentence the next person to go has to rhyme with
10- "Category", Choose a category, like cereals, candy bars, types of beer and so on
Jack- "Never Have I Ever", hold up 3 fingers, someone states something they've never done, if you did it, put a finger down. First person to have all three fingers down drinks
Queen- "Question", you can save the question and ask it to someone later, but they have to remember to answer your question with another question, first person to answer the question on accident drinks
King- You pour however much beer you want into the cup placed in the middle of the table. Whoever draws the last king has to chug the whole cup in the middle.

There are a lot of versions of the game I have heard, but this is what I always played. My favorite are categories and never have I ever. I like categories especially when I pick because you can do something you know a lot of... likeee Nickelodeon shows... ready- Sponge Bob, Rugrats, Hey Arnold, Ah! Real Monsters, All That, Pete and Pete, Amanda Show, Keenan and Kell, Alex Mac, GAS, Are you Afraid of the Dark, Little Bear, Franklin, BLUES CLUES, Gulla Gulla Island, CatDog, Roccos Modern Life, and Angry Beavers... haha.

Picking Your Tree

My last post inspired me to talk about picking your Christmas tree. I have been going with my family every year since I was probably 6 years old. My dad is really good friends with an older man who owns a tree farm outside of Syracuse. He lets us come out every year and pick out a tree.

I have vivid memories of being a kid and riding in the back of the huge tree trailer with my sisters all bundled up in winter wear. I also remember arguing with them on which tree was the best for our house. Three little girls, it was hard to get one tree we all agreed on. I always wanted a really tall one, my younger sister wanted a fat one, and my older sister always seemed to pick the best one. My dad would always make fun of me for not knowing how tall our ceilings were, and that every tree I wanted wouldn't even fit in the house.


Last year I went with our foreign exchange student, my sisters, my dad, and my best friend and her room mate from college. We had so much fun playing in the snow like we were little again. The scenery out on the mountain is beautiful in the winter, covered in snow.

Everyone has their own preference on their Christmas trees, you can never choose a wrong one. Just some advice, get one that has good needle retention or your mom will kill you for picking one with needles that fall all over the floor. Also when you cut it, try to cut the base in a really straight line so it fits in your holder.

I had just recently gotten a really nice camera from my grandparents so I have a lot of good pictures from that day... check em out.

Holiday :)

I know this is a bit second grade, but I love making paper snowflakes. I learned how to make basic ones when I was little but I have figured out how to make some even better ones in my free time at school. My suitemate and I sat down for a whole day experimenting and making different snowflakes. My suitemate made a 3-d snowflake, which uses 6 pieces of paper, with slits and lots of folds, and stapling. Click here to see how to make this snowflake. This one is hanging in our common room, surrounded by simpler six point snowflakes.

I also have a tree in our room that my mom brought to me in the beginning of the year. I brought back lights after Thanksgiving and a few ornaments. I strung up the tree and put up the ornaments and even added candy canes.( To the left is my tree at home from last year and my dog.) I also have a christmas stocking here hanging from the lamp.

This time of year everyone gets antsy and really wants to be home, so I tried to make school look as homey as possible. Our snowflake forrest and our pretty little tree make our common room more cosy. We have been watching christmas movies every night too. Last night was the Grinch and over the weekend was Elf, two of my very favorite movies.

I think in this time of year, when you're stressed about finals and all you want to do is go home, you have to take some time to yourself to relax and enjoy yourself. Even with little things like making a snowflake or laughing to a kids movie, ease the tension, become less stressed.

Sick Away From Home

I think this is one of the hardest things I've had to deal with being at school. Whenever I was sick in highschool, my mom or my grandma would come over and take care of me all day. I was such a princess. They'd give me a little bell to ring if I needed anything. I'd always have hot soup brought up to my room and my friends would bring my homework from school.

College is much different. Especially at this time of year people get sick. Even worse at this time of year all you can think about is being with your family. Ive been pretty sick this week, and laying in bed for basically two days. I called my mom and told her what my symptoms were and made her feel bad for me.

Today I woke up from my nap to the sound of my moms voice. I thought I was dreaming at first, until I rolled over and saw her. She was standing by my bed with a smile and arms full of soup, cold medicine, a thermometer, and candy canes.

Im lucky to live so close and get to have my mom come take care of me, even if its just for a few minutes. She dropped off all the goodies and sat with me for a little. She told me to take my meds, drink a lot of cold fulid, and push through because I'll be home in no time. Moms always know how to make you feel better.