9-30 Fun Fact!

Taylor Swift had an influence on Florence + The Machine's latest release, How Big How Blue How Beautiful!

9-29 Fun Fact!

Grimes's first album Geidi Primes was inspired by the Dune franchise!

9-28 Fun Fact!

60% of the world's snow leopards live in China!

9-27 Fun Fact!

Tigers can jump up to 12 feet in the air!

9-26 Fun Fact!

Tortoiseshell cats are almost always female!

9-25 Fun fact!

Amur leopards are the rarest leopards in the world!

9-24 Fun Fact!

There are more kangaroos than humans in Australia! (So did they fight in the emu war too?)

9-23 Fun Fact!

Anatidaephobia is the fear that somehow, somewhere, a duck is watching you.

9-22 Fun Fact!

Did you know banging your head against the wall burns 150 calories an hour? Who knew! (Don't try this at home).

First and foremost, let it be said

"I am writing this at 7:10am, on the hard dry tarmac of a vacant forecourt, astronomically speaking, it's the first day of autumn"

Happy Fall, everyone!

9-21 Fun Fact!

The 2015 musical  Be More Chill is based off a book of the same name by Ned Vizzini!

9-20 Fun Fact!

Bismuth is twice as abundant in the Earth's crust as gold!

Week 4: I succumbed to taking a nap.

And let me tell you, it was glorious.

9-19 Fun Fact!

Today is National Talk Like A Pirate Day! Argh!

9-18 Fun Fact!

Patti LuPone, who stars on Broadway, voices Yellow Diamond in the Cartoon Network show Steven Universe!

9-17 Fun Fact!

Snakes don't have eyelids!

(they don't have any arms!)

9-16 Fun Fact!

Today in 1400, Owain Glyndŵr was declared King of Wales!

Neat.

9-15 Fun Fact!

Among the many other amazing national days today (cheese toast day!), I had to choose my favorite: NATIONAL LINGUINE DAY!

9-14 Fun Fact!

Today is National Live Creative Day! I'm going to work on my book; what are you guys going to do?

9-13 Fun Fact

The Star Gate sequence in Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odessey was created using slit scan photography. Basically, the camera is placed on a dolly between two pieces of blacked-out glass, which had small slits of transparency. Many different images and colors are placed on the opposite side of the glass, and the camera is moved back and forth. Check it out!

Doggos

There's a husky puppy on our campus and he's the cutest little guy! Just thought I'd share. Who doesn't love husky puppies?

9-12 Fun Fact

It's my mom's birthday today! Happy birthday, Mom! Here's to you surviving another year with your crazy family (and here's to those macadamia nuts I got you!)

9-11 Hungry Fun Fact!

Riceroni was invented by Vince DeDomenico in 1958!

Lava Trails Hike + Wupatki with the Famalam!

9-10 Fun Fact!

Scandroid, formed in 2013 by Klayont/Celldweller (Red) and Varien (Raven), is releasing a new album, titled Monochrome, on October 27th of this year!

9-9 Fun Fact!

A Bagh nahk is a weapon originating in India that is often called Tiger Claws, due to their resemblance to the feline's features! Theeeeeeeey're GREAT! (at doing, y'know, what weapons do)

Second Week Completed!

As of an hour ago, my second week of college is officially done! It's not too rough so far, but I'm sure I'll look back on this and laugh bitterly later. On to the weekend!

Fun Fact 9-8

May 3rd is Macaroon Day. Yum!

9-7 Fun Fact!

A toucan's bill is made out of the same material (keratin) as our teeth and hair!

9-6 Fun Fact!

Catwoman has been around since Batman's first comic appearance!

First Speech!

I completed my first speech in Public Speaking, and I think it went really well! Due to a misunderstanding on my part, I didn't have any guides (notecards, outline) to help me, but I think I did better because of it. Here's to hoping I did well and that my next speeches are even better!

Making up for Lost Time Part 2 - Fun Fact 9-5

Did you know: The Milky Way is a barred spiral galaxy! Other barred spirals include NGC 1365 and
Messier 108.

Making up for Lost Time - Fun Fact 9-4

Did you know Saturn has 62 moons?

9-3 Fun Fact(s)

In honor of "Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812" closing on Broadway today, here are some comet facts!



(On another note, just because the show is closing, doesn't mean we can't still enjoy the music and memories it left us with. Everyone go give it a try!)

-Comets orbit the sun in an ellipse, just like the planets!
-The average speed of a comet ranges from 10 to 70 kilometers!
-Halley's Comet is visible every 76 years!
-The Great Comet of 1811 was said to have been a warning for Napoleon's invasion of Russia and the War of 1812 (sometimes it's referred to as Napoleon's Comet!)
-This is the same comet that appears in the finale of "Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812"!

Adulting #1

My roommate and I needed to go to Walmart today, and it was an adventure. We we trying to take the city bus and had just missed one. We waited a while, then realized we were on the wrong side of the street! So we sprint and catch the bus just in time. We got to Walmart, didn't impulse-buy everything we saw (read: not everything), and returned safely. Yay adulting!

9-2-17 Fun Fact

Fun Fact - In the Little Shop Of Horrors movie, Audrey II (the singing plant!) was not made with CGI. It was a puppet, and its scenes were shot in slow motion and then sped up to give it a more realistic appearance. Check it out!

September's First Fun Fact

Fun Fact: Chickens Float!

Well, here we are.

My friend Melissa once told me I should do a blog about all the crazy random things that happen in my life, because one day when I was telling her about them she said "Damn, Cam." The name stuck, and thus, here we are. College is wild and I'm gonna tell you all about it.

I wanna post fun facts too. Everyone loves fun facts.