Anyone good with a PC??

I just realized just how terrible the quality of my videos are... I'm SO sorry! I got a new camera and computer (I now own my own PC, and I use to own a Mac so I'm not use to it...) and I don't have any editing software, much less can I even get the videos onto the desktop.. Or post them.. I have a few idea's for videos but I have no clue how to get them onto the Art Drawer... :( Is there anyone who is good with computers?? Email me please and I will tell you more details about the problems I am having with my computer and posting videos!! I appreciate ANY help I can get! <3 YOU ALL!!

Keep it Nurby! ~RK

SOPA and PIPA: Save us!

PIPA and SOPA are federal acts that can potentially wreck the internet. It is supposed to be stopping copyright infringement and online piracy by censoring the web of all things that are not owned by the writer, or artist, etc., like the Art Drawer (possibly). It will be voted upon by Congress on January 24, 2012. It is taking COMPLETELY down YouTube, Wikipedia, all fan-made websites, fan art websites, fan fiction websites, drawing tutorials of TV characters, EVERYTHING. Two of my own blogs could be taken down (Harry Potter-referencing ones).

Click here for more information! This is a blog I did with six of my friends. I wrote the first post! It gives you information about PIPA and SOPA and how we can make a difference in their rulings (not as in, take away Congress's power, but to change their decision).

(The link is: http://NoPIPAsopa.blogspot.com/)

Random + Writing - THE WEB!!,
CB

The Signs of the Holidays (Video)

The Signs of the Holidays

Time Duration: 28 seconds

Music: Piano, Guitar, Strangs, Tamborines, and Muffins (Garageband music by CB. Rights protected)

This is a non-religious video that shows some of the signs that the holidays are here. Like nutcrackers and golden bells, and mistletoe. Please enjoy!

Newscast Taping

I was in a taping of a newscast yesterday. It wasn't like, CNN or something. It was an assignment to write a transcript for a Greek/Roman "newscast." We all did other projects, but one of my friends, who also writes scripts, wrote a transcript and we all participated (there are six 6th graders in my class. All the rest are fifthies. d(; ) I played Persephone, goddess of gardens and flowers. Sarmasi played Demeter, goddess of agriculture, who is also Persephone's mother. Bigab played Athena, goddess of wisdom and battle strategy.  Macreon played Larry Zuza (a play on the host of the CNN Student News show, Carl Azuz). Scarlett Telsarct played Dionysus, god of wine (the actress was a girl). And Rasim was our technician (all of their names were scrambled for security. Those aren't ACTUALLY their names).

Anyway, we all played our parts pretty well, and we recorded it in our school's newsroom. It was a lot if fun! If I can get access to it, I will post it here.

Random + Writing,
CB

Sewing Your Own Drawstring Bag

You have probably seen those little fabric bags that have a piece of yarn or string going through the top, so that you can pull the string and the opening gets all bunched up and closed. These are called drawstring bags. If you have seen them for sale, chances are, they were pretty expensive, or they were holding something expensive. Well, now, you can make your own in 8 easy steps!

These are the 4 bags I have made using this technique. The green floral one was made differently, but similar to the ones you will be making. It is different in that the drawstrings come through a different way. They come through the sides and not the middle, but it works the same and is as easy to make as the others.

Materials:

• Two fabric squares of any size
• Thread
• Sewing needle
• String or yarn (enough to go all the way around the top of your squares twice)

Time Duration: About one (1) hour

No. of Steps: 8

How To Make It:

1. Make sure that your two fabric squares are about the same size. Don't worry about small differences, because none of the edges will show.
2. Turn the squares inside out (so the front of each square are facing each other). Thread your needle with enough but not too much thread. Decide which end of the squares you want to be the top (left open) and put the first knot on the corner of that end.
3. Sew away from the top (in the direction that leaves the top open) and go as far as you can with that thread. If you need to thread the needle again, that is okay and to be expected. Make sure you finish sewing in the very top corner opposite your first knot. Tie it off.
4. Cut a length of yarn or string that s long enough to go around the top of your fabric square twice with some left over. Flip down the rim of the bag so that the front of the fabric shows (a little less than an inch). Slip the yarn into the crevice that appears. If you don't have enough thread to go all the way around the bag with a bit left over, tie it off and rethread. Begin at the side you finished at, and sew through only one square at a time. Use the over-under stitch and go to about the middle of the next square. 
5. When you get there, cut a very small hole (for the yarn/string to go through) in the layer that is NOT flipped down (this hole goes to the side that is facing the front of the fabric). 
6. Put one OR both ends of string through the hole. If you only put one, cut another hole near the first (but not touching) and string the yarn/string through. 
7. Now, turn your bag inside out. Pull on the strings and close and open the bag until they are about the same length. Cut the strings to about 1 inch more than your desired length. Tie a triple/double-knot near the end of each string. If you have enough string, you can tie a knot through both strings at the hole/s (MAKE SURE THE BAG IS FULLY OPEN).
8. Make any other minor adjustments to your bag until it is exactly how you want it.

Now you have your own drawstring bag!!

NaNoWriMo

I am not doing so good. I have 2000 some words when I should have 6668 words. :( Tell me how you are doing!!

4 Month Anniversary

Yay! We have kept the Art Drawer going for 4 months so far. I hope we have a lot of great readers, nay, I know we do. You guys have stayed with us through thick and thin, through bad writing days and good writing days. And weird days. A heck of a lot of weird days. But that is beside the point. The point is, thanks. The point is, the Art Drawer is not only here for our enjoyment, but yours, too. And we hope you have enjoyed the Art Drawer so far, because there is a lot of it left! Because November is the 4th month of the Art Drawer, AND National Novel Writing Month, why don't you write some fan fiction of CB and RK's daily lives? You can leave them in the comments. You know, what you think we are like based on our posts. Thanks! Hahaha!

Random + Writing,
CB

Science Fair *UPDATE*

I found one last night! I didn't find it, but it came to me.

Does pH, Salinity, or Temperature in a substance affect how well it conducts electricity?

I don't want to tell my procedure, because then other people can copy me, but my hypothesis is that, over all, the substance with the most salt in it will conduct electricity the best.

Thunderstorm *Video Updated as of October 5, 2011*

I don't remember what day I filmed this, but it was pretty recently, and it is kind of scary, if you are out in it. When it got really rapid, I had to go inside. 

Music:

07 Behold the Darkness

Medwyn Goodall

iTunes

I think the music is REALLY cool!!! And thunderstorm is cool too! (The music doesn't end there, I just had to stop it because it is really long.)

At the end, it says:

Thank you for watching this thunderstorm.
Isn't it crazy that all of that happens inside a cloud???

Random + Writing,

CB

October!

Today is the beginning of October! I have been in October three hours longer than RK! :D RK is already here, of course, but at 12:00 this morning, she wasn't in October yet, until 3:00 AM for me! FREAKY!

Happy Halloween! To get into the Halloween spirit, comment to us what you are going to be for Halloween!

Last year I was a pirate, and the year before I was a nerd. Last year my mom was the crazy cat lady, and the year before tat she was a nerd with me.

Last year, RK was Finn and Marceline the Vampire queen from Adventure time. I'm not real sure what the story was, there. I think she was Finn at a costume party and her Marceline wasn't finished..? IDK. She can tell you more.

Hap-py HALLOWEEEEEEEN!

Random + Writing + October,
CB

Name Change *UPDATE*

Okay, my name is back to C-O-N-N-O-R, But instead of being exactly that, it has a silent 6 between the N's.

CON6NOR

See? Anyway, I still sign my name CB now. :)

Random + Writing + 6,
Con6nor B

IMPORTANT TO READERS: NAME CHANGE

I am changing my name. Not officially and legally, and also not forever, but just for fun.

If you read the 20 Things People Typically Get Wrong About My Name post, you will know my name is Connor.

Now, it is spelled Khannir. Sounds the same, but is spelled differently. My drama substitute teacher says she changed her name in college. Now, between the two N's in her name, there is a silent 8. Haha! Cool! :D

So, now, I am going to sign my name KB. Eh? Eh?

Random + Writing,
KB

Our School

I was coming home today, and at exactly 3:21, a fire rescue vehicle was leaving my school without its lights on. No ambulance. It might have left already, filled or empty I don't know. All the aftercare kids were standing outside the music room in the North wing. I wonder what happened? My teacher was absent today, so she wouldn't know, but maybe someone will tell her tomorrow. I hope everyone is okay... They should have had me there!! (I am a survivalist)

Random + Writing,
CB