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What if Lightsabers were real?

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Greetings, Fluffsters! I wish you all a joyous Saturday.

The online phenomenon you call “news” has been informing me that something called a “lightsaber” might now be a possibility. The article was moderately interesting, and seemed like it might be useful. You should consider reading it.

WHAT? Lightsabers might become a reality? Oh that is so cool!

If you say so…

This invention does bring up some interesting questions, though, if they are as fully capable as the lightsabers of the Star Wars franchise.

What would happen if lightsabers were real?

1) Craft saw companies would go out of business. A sword that can cleanly cut through metal can definitely cut through a piece of wood no problem. It would also have a much nicer finished edge than the metal cut.

2) Food could be more sanitarily made. I’m looking at you, people who use their knives to cut and eat food.

3) More limbs would be missing. Habits die hard, and I’m guessing a few folks would try to eat off the blade of the “knife” they use, never mind that the blade itself can cleanly remove your tongue. And face.

4) Pocket Lightsabers, anyone? You have to admit, that would be pretty cool. Useful, too. It would be similar to a pocket knife, but more easily transportable.

5) TSA would increase even more. Soon they’d need to do some sort of search to ensure that you aren’t taking a mini lightsaber on board the plane.

There are also some questions this raises, though. In the Star Wars universe, the guns are primarily light based. We also have proof that the lightsabers are able to block and reflect the substance of light. What would a lightsaber do to a metal bullet, though? Does it instantly melt, and therefore provide extra casing for the lightsaber? Does the metal vaporize? Would anyone using an extra wide lightsaber be protected from machine gun bullets?

All of these things might be worth considering.

I hope you have a good weekend, Fluffsters!

Stupid thrice blasted allergies, and responses to them.

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Hi, Fluffsters!

Apologies for any lack of coherence in this post coming up. I’m allergic to corn pollen, and I’m temporarily in an area surrounded by corn fields. This is making me very unhappy right now.

On the plus side, though, it provides an easy way to think of a topic for today:

Ways to deal with allergies.

1) Take medicine. About 2 times out of 7 (it seems) this actually helps. I recommend Loratidine. It sometimes even works on colds.

2) Mope. This garners a bit of sympathy, and might get you free hugs. On the other hand, this makes you less pleasant company and makes people less eager to spend time with you, thereby decreasing your normal number of hugs. So actually, this is probably not the best option.

…Because hugs are the most important thing.

3) Surround yourself with tissues. This is a must. Especially if your medicine isn’t working.

4) Buy a chapstick for your nose. This is to help your nose after you’ve rubbed it raw with tissues or napkins, or whatever else you have to wipe your nose with. I actually recommend the mint ones. Although they dry out your skin, they make your nose tingle and make it not hurt. At least for a while.

5) Eat chocolate. This won’t actually help your allergies, but at least it tastes good!

6) Drink caffeinated coffee. This actually works. At least, it’s worked for me. Decaf? Not so much. Caffeinated bubbly beverages? Maybe. But coffee’s good, and it has anti-oxidants, which are supposedly good for you and stuff.

7) Cut off your nose. I’ve yet to try this solution, but I imagine it would remove congestion in your nose. On the other hand, then you’d go without a nose for the rest of your life, and therefore look weird. And be unable to smell anything. But, you know, priorities. You’d no longer have allergies, right?

8) Stand up and walk around. I’ve found that this often really helps. I have no clue why, but sitting down or lying down are typically the worst positions for allergy-fighting. Standing up and walking seems to frequently be the best. At least for me.

9) Write a blog post about it. Of course, this doesn’t actually help with your allergies. But it at least provides writing material.

So there you go, Fluffsters! Hopefully one of these options will work for you. If you have any other thoughts, please let me know? My nose seriously seems to be trying to kill me right now…

How to delay going to bed

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Hello, Fluffsters! Happy Tuesday!

I’m procrastinating on going to bed. Here are some easy ways for you to do so as well.

Avoid going to bed.

1) Start doing more homework / work / cleaning / anything productive. You can’t actually go to bed while you’re doing stuff, right? I mean, then you won’t get back to it!

2) Keep doing something fun. “But I’m in the middle of sewing my dress! Just one more seam, and I’ll be done with the bodice…”

3) Start “just the first chapter” of a book. This only really works when a) You’re genuinely trying to avoid going to bed, or ii) you’ve still got a bit of time left before you want to go to bed, otherwise you’ll feel guilty enough about doing so to not actually use this technique. After you read the first chapter, though, I wager you’ll probably continue into the second, third, or even twelfth chapter. (That reminds me: Twelfth. Odd word, that, isn’t it?)

4) Write a blog entry. And then write another, because there’s some question as to whether or not you actually should post the one you wrote previously.

5) Check Facebook / email “one last time.” This will almost definitely delay going to bed by at least an hour, as there will be a variety of links you probably want to follow through on.

6) Start researching a topic. What are “duck calls” anyway? Or “galaxy nail art“? Or who even is Fluffy McGiggles?

If all of those fail

7) Start writing a book / story, or drawing a picture. Those can take infinite amounts of time to perfect or add to. They don’t always, but they can.

By the time you get through all of those on the list, you’ll have reached tomorrow, and your procrastination will have succeeded! Exhaustion tomorrow, here I come!

Well, happy Tuesday. I hope you have a great day, and learn how to stay awake after not going to bed…

Sources of Inspiration

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Hello, Fluffsters!

Can you believe I started this blog more than half a year ago? And that there have been posts EVERY DAY since then? So, I’ve written over 200 blog entries?

Well, today I’m going to talk about where…

Sources of inspiration for Fluff Posts.

1) Random objects lying around my area. I currently have a soft orange piece of fabric hanging up by my computer, for example, that led me to writing the orange fluff post.

2) Conversations with friends. I think most people probably don’t even want to know what we end up talking about, that I come up with things like muffin-flavored shrimp. Okay, so that conversation itself was a relatively harmless discussion of semantics and favorite words. That’s at least where the defenestration and exsanguination came from. I don’t remember where shrimp came into the equation.

3) Asking friends for ideas. My post on whipped cream was roughly inspired by some friends I spoke with about a week before I posted that.

4) Real life Fluff Encounters. When I encounter a fluffy rabbit, I’m going to photograph it. It’s that simple. (Same goes for skunks, porcupines, and cows.) Then, when I examine what pictures I have, I can turn them into fluff posts.

5) Random events around where I am. An organization was selling random rubber ducks. I therefore decided they would make a marvelous fluff post.

6) Random pictures I draw. They’re a fairly easy way to add a fluff post. After all, a picture’s worth a thousand words, right?

7) Other stuff I read. Some stuff is just too ridiculous to not share it. Such as when authors completely forget the purpose of their sentences, and switch comparison. Also, the internet provides a ready source of inspiration. News as well.

Well, there you have it! I hope you have a wonderful Monday!

Two Sides of putting Hair Up

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Hello, Fluffsters!

As I’m sure you remember my telling you, I’m not bad at hair braiding. In fact, I frequently rather like putting my hair up. It has many advantages. I have recently discovered, however, that it has some disadvantages…

Advantages of putting hair up

1) It gets it off your neck. Especially if you put it up all the way. And not having hair on your neck in the middle of the warm season feels a lot better.

2) It looks pretty. Especially if done well, an elegant bun/braid can be quite pretty.

3) It sometimes gets complements. All right, so that ties in with 2. But it still counts as a separate list item, right?

4) Fewer tangles. If put up well, your hair gets less tangled throughout the day if you braid it and put it up than it would if you just left it down for the entire day.

5) It gives practice, like in case of special events. You know. If you put your hair up a lot normally, you are more experienced at it for events that call for fancy hair styles.

6) It’s a fairly inexpensive way of expressing creativity. If you’re good at braiding, you can try using multiple braids, and then braiding the braids together. You can try french braiding. You can try french braiding starting at a different place on the head. You can put your hair up in a semi heart shape. The possibilities are limited only by your imagination! (And the length of your hair. But that’s a given.)

Disadvantages of putting hair up

1) How many Bobby Pins did I put in again? Especially if you have thicker / curlier hair, it’s easy to misplace a bobby pin or three. It might be rediscovered in the shower later on. Or maybe when you’re trying to sleep that night, and something keeps poking you in the back of your skull.

2) Bad hair days are even worse. If your hair doesn’t cooperate, you don’t just have annoying hair to worry about- you have the loss of your accustomed hair-do.

3) It takes a while to put it up. 20 minutes, for me. Of course, that’s a combo of hair & make up. But the fact of the matter still remains that it takes a long time to braid hair that’s as long as mine. Doing between 2 and 4 braids, and then turning it into a bun, takes time. (There’s no way around that.)

4) It comes down easily. Especially if you’re having “bad hair day.” One solution is to use copious amounts of hair spray & gel, but then your hair feels crunchy. I actually sort of like the crunch, but it does detract from “softer” looks.

5) If people become accustomed to seeing you with a fancy “do”, it becomes harder to impress people with your hair. My normal hair style, for example, would probably have worked for homecoming and other fancy dances… if I hadn’t turned it into my “normal” style. Of course, I can still do it that way, but it’s not as special. An easy fix for this is to put some sparkles into your hair, or other random accessories that you normally don’t use. But the fact of the matter is that your hair is still basically in the same style as before, and is thus less impressive.

6) Neck Sunburns. Hair provides valuable protection from the sun. So by getting it off your neck, you are exposing more of your skin to the sun, and thus increasing the likelihood of burn.

7) If done badly, it can lead to disastrous hair consequences. I remember one time when a combination of my dad, my older cousin, and I tried to 4-braid my hair. Note the word “tried” in there- it’s important. The style failed miserably, literally. I was very miserable the next while when my mom removed the “rats nest” in my hair. It was painful. So yeah. If the “do” is not done well, it can cause tangles. If done right, it’s good. If not, it’s knotty. 😉

So there you go, Fluffsters! I hope there’s some information you can use to decide whether to put your hair up regularly, or keep it down.

Happy Saturday!

Whipped Cream

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Hello again, Fluffsters! I hope you’re having a good week. I’m having an excellent one so far. It’s being busy, exhausting, and very tiring, but it’s also being a lot of fun.

I was realizing, however, that I need some more varied “traditional fluff” on this page.

No. You really don’t.

Yes, actually, I really do.

That is why today I am going to talk about:

Things About Whipped Cream.

1) It qualifies as fluff. Even the densest whipped cream is smooth and airy. (If it isn’t, it doesn’t qualify.) It is, in fact, part of the definition of whipped cream.

What? It’s part of the definition?

Yes. I originally thought I’d need to make up the definition to match, but it turns out I don’t. It really is part of the definition!

2) It goes great with any type of summer fruit. Peaches, blueberries, strawberries…. The list could go on, but you get the picture I’m sure.

3) It goes well with other dairy products. Ice cream sundaes, for example, are amazing. Ice cream, whipped cream, and chocolate sauce. Yum. Banana splits with whipped cream are also phenomenal.

4) Whipped cream can be easy to make. All you really need is a blender. (preferably one with a seal-able lid.) Put whipping cream into the blender, sweeten to taste, and whip it until it turns light and fluffy.

5) There are a few interesting variations. My Dad, for example, always puts vanilla into his. That stuff is amazing. It’s almost like ice cream, but not quite. And that’s only in part because it’s not frozen. Other variations of his that are interesting, and can be really good, involve putting other flavors in. I don’t remember whether we’ve tried one with peppermint extract or not, but that would also be pretty amazing.

Other variations, of course, include the “industrial” kind that sometimes don’t even have real cream in them. (Koolwhip, I’m looking at you…) These do have their place, but they aren’t real whipped cream if they don’t have cream. Sometimes store bought whipped cream can be good, though.

And so, Fluffsters, whatever your take is on whipped cream, I hope you enjoy. Happy Wednesday!

What would happen if lightsabers were real?

Some ways to tell that you need coffee.

Ways to deal with allergies.

Avoid going to bed.

Sources of inspiration for Fluff Posts.

Orange Fluffy Things

Tubas.

Advantages of putting hair up

Disadvantages of putting hair up

Things About Whipped Cream.