Hypothetical Day

Recently I've been acting a little too cool for my own blog. I mean, it's been months since I instigated a Hypothetical Day. Pretty sad. But it's never too late to remedy!

Before I get into a real hypothetical situation, let's say you have no idea what Hypothetical Day is. Would you rather continue blindly through this post, or read about the original HD? (Believe me, plenty of people would rather read blindly through this post than suffer through 2 of my posts in one day. So don't feel all atypical if that's what you choose. HD is pretty self-explanatory anyway.)

Now for TODAY'S Hypothetical...Day.

You are an author. You are trying to write a story. You are busy banging your head against a wall when a yellow caterpillar begins to crawl up your leg. You frown at the metamorphic insect. "What do you want?"

The caterpillar pauses. "Well, I know it's your half birthday today. Plus it's Hypothetical Day. Plus it's time for lunch, but that doesn't really matter. To get back to your question, I want to offer you a choice."

Your frown deepens. "Thanks anyway, but I make plenty of choices every day. Please let me get back to banging my head against this wall."

"There is a car," the caterpillar continues, "that will take you to any type of world you want: fantasy, sci fi, dystopian, utopian, fairytale--you name it. Whatever type of story you like or want to write, this car will take you to a world that contains those elements."

By now the caterpillar has reached your shoulder. You are beginning to feel a little weirded out.

"There is also a wrist watch," the caterpillar says, "that lets you control time and location on earth. You can go backward or forward to any time, and it takes you to any place on earth you wish to go. You can even stop time in order to meet a deadline."

"Weird," you say.

"Totes," says the caterpillar. "Did you follow all of that?"

"I think so," you reply.

"Good, because now you have to choose--the car or the watch."

You start banging your head against the wall. 


Which will you choose?

Let me know which you decide. Or I'll sic my caterpillar on you.

Animal Lion Pictures 2012

Females are the prime hunters and work together to prey. They do this by splitting into groups. One group chases the animals to a certain area whilst another group waits to ambush the victims. Their technique and skill is highly praised for its complexity and precision. Each lion begins to develop their own unique role that's specific to contributing to the success of killing the intended prey. Their diet consists of prey as large as elephants, hyenas, hippos, rhinos, etc to something as small as lizard and mice. A lot of the time their food is scavenged.

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Frilled Shark Pictures and Video 2012

This Frill Shark is the ugliest of all the sharks out there. Wikipedia says,

The frilled shark was first scientifically recognized by German ichthyologist Ludwig Döderlein, who visited Japan between 1879 and 1881 and brought two specimens to Vienna.

This shark is named so because it has 6 pairs of gills that are collar-like with frilly edges. Deep down the sea within 160 to 660 feet (50 - 200 meters) in Japan (Saruga Bay in specific), these Frilled Sharks mostly eat up the squids. 

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Frigate Bird details and Pictures 2012

While some people consider this Frigate Bird as a magnificent one, I personally do not like it. Not that my perspective matters but I also hope that at least 40% of my readers would also find this bird a little strange (if ugly is not the appropriate word).

The frigate birds are a family of seabirds and are also called frigate pelicans. It can be found breeding along the Pacific coast of Costa Rica and in the Corcovado National Park.

Frigatebird Facts

Kingdom:Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class:Aves

Order:Pelecaniformes

Family:Fregatidae

Scientific Name:Fregata

Type:Bird

Diet:Carnivore

Size (H):65cm - 100cm (25in - 39in)

Wing Span:150cm - 250cm (59in - 98in)

Weight:0.9kg - 1.9kg (1.9lbs - 4.2lbs)

Top Speed:15km/h (9mph)

Life Span:15 - 25 years

Lifestyle:Colony

Conservation Status:Least Concern

Colour:Black, White, Brown, Red

Skin Type:Feathers

Favourite Food:Fish

Habitat:Tropical coasts and islands

Average Clutch Size:1

Main Prey:Fish, Crab, Squid

Predators: Humans, Rats, Cats

Distinctive Features:Large wingspan and enlarged red throat of the male

The frigatebird (also known as the man of war bird and the pirate bird) is a species of sea-bird found in warmer, tropical regions. Frigatebirds are thought to be most closely related to pelicans giving rise to another name for them, which is the frigate pelican.
The frigatebird is a large species of sea-bird that has an enormous wingspan that often exceeds two meters in length. Male frigatebirds are most commonly known for their red throat pouch, which are inflated to attract female frigatebirds during the mating season. Click Here

Frigatebirds are generally black in colour although some frigatebirds look slightly browner than black. Outside of the mating season, male frigatebirds and female frigatebirds can be easily identified due to the fact that the female frigatebird has a white patch on her underside.

There are five different species of frigatebird that inhabit tropical islands and coasts, with the majority of frigatebird individuals being found in the Pacific Ocean although some do inhabit areas of both the Indian and Atlantic Oceans. The magnificent frigatebird, the Ascension frigatebird, the Christmas frigatebird, the great frigatebird and the lesser frigatebird are the five different frigatebird species.

The frigatebird has the largest wingspan in comparison to it's body of any bird species in the world, so the frigatebird is naturally an adept pilot. Frigatebirds have been known to stay in the air for nearly a whole week and only land on the rocky cliffs to breed or to rest.

Unlike the incredible flying ability of the frigatebird, the frigatebird is unable to walk that well and cannot swim. Frigatebirds have a diet that consists of marine animals and so frigatebirds have to pluck their prey from the water without landing as they are unable to take-off from a flat surface such as water.

Frigatebirds are sea-birds and therefore tend to have a meat-based carnivorous diet. Firgatebirds primarily eat fish including flying fish, along with crustaceans, molluscs and even small sea turtles.

Due to the large size of the frigatebird and the fact that the frigatebird spends the majority of it's life in the air, frigatebirds have few natural predators with humans being the main predator of the frigatebird. Introduced species such as rats, stoats and domestic cats are commonly found hunting frigatebirds and their eggs on the land.

Female frigatebirds lay only one egg every couple of years as the frigatebird chicks taken an average of 9 months to rear. Both the male frigatebird and the female frigatebird feed their chick for the first few months but the male frigatebird will then leave the colony leaving the female frigatebird to do the rest of the rearing by herself.Click Here

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Bbay Elephant Seals Pictures 2012

Bbay Elephant Seals

Baby Elephant seals looking very lovely.I bought some new cell for the cats and baby elephant.When you was heard so you become amazing but not yet.I want to say you some thing more about my funny cats,Baby Elephant.Last night was very funny and wonderful night for me because my all friends came here to me and fight the dogs with each others.Some times My dogs and My cats being to fight with each other.

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Girly Talk: Hair

Waaaaaasssssup? :)

At idigenglish.blogspot.com we have really been slacking offlately, haven't we? In our defence we can say that February is just not a good time for hard work. The first half is very corny and annoying and the second half is just about being done with the winter and waiting for the spring to come. That's when the slacking off part comes into the picture ;)

Oh, and we probably shouldn't be speaking to you in the first person plural. The other person on our team left a long time ago – just before the launch of the blog, you know, the spokesperson. Now we (I) need to handle the press on our (my) own ;) Plus we (I) don't want to sound douchey :P

to slack off – lenić się

in my defence – na moją obronę

be done with something, somebody – mieć czegoś/ kogoś dosyć

to come into the picture –tut. pojawiać się

first person plural – pierwsza osoba liczby mnogiej 

the launch of something – start, wypuszczenie na rynek

the spokesperson – rzecznik, przedstawiciel

to handle something – zajmować się czymś

douchey – idiotycznie, pretensjonalnie (from 'douchebag')

PONYTAIL GIRL

Getting back to the subject of today's entry – hair. At school I was always the ponytail girl so much so that my friend would berate me for being boring and predictable. However, at one point, it did change. I started experimenting with different colours and cuts and was no longer the girl in a ponytail but the girl who gets up 30 minutes before the girl in a ponytail.

an entry – wpis

a ponytail – kucyk

so much so – do takiego stopnia

to berate – zwymyślać (to criticize or speak in an angry manner to someone )

predictable – przewidywalna

a cut – a haircut – fryzura

a girl in a ponytail wearing glasses and paint-covered overalls

BAD HAIR DAY

Some argue that your hair can determine your whole day and recommend taking an extra time in the morning to style it and make sure that it looks good. Still, even the best of us may experience an occasional bad hair day. A bad hair day is a day when your hair is unmanageable, unruly or windswept. (Note that some people find the last one attractive). It's funny how bad hair days always come at the worst of times – a job interview, a first date or a school picture day. It might seem that it's not exactly rocket science to manage and properly groom your hair but can you explain why following the same hair routine gives you different results? You shampoo and condition your hair while taking a shower. Then you towel-dryit with the same amount of time and pressure. Then you brush or comb it. Then you blow-dry it and sometimes you heat-style it with a curling or a straightening iron.And yet you can never be sure if today is not a bad hair day. On the other hand, there are days when you are in a hurry with just enough time to run your fingers through your hair and make a messy bun and yet everyone compliments you on how good your hair looks. Now that's crazy ;).

to determine – decydować o (to control or influence something directly, or to decide what will happen)

to style – tut. układać

unmanageable – trudne do opanowania

unruly – niesforne

windswept – potargane przez wiatr, rozwiane

note – zauważcie, proszę zauważyć

It's not (exactly) rocket science! – It's not very difficult.

to properly groom – odpowiednio pielęgnować

a hair routine – (codzienna) typowa pielęgnacja włosów

to shampoo – stosować szampon

to condition – stosować odżywkę

to towel-dry – suszyć ręcznikiem

pressure – nacisk, tut. siła

to comb – czesać używając grzebienia

to blow-dry – suszyć suszarką

to heat-style – układać używając sprzętu do układania włosów

a curling iron – lokówka

a straightening iron – prostownica

and yet  – i mimo to

a messy bun – luźny kok, (jakby w nieładzie)

FRINGE/ BANGS

The thing about getting a fringe (especially a full fringe) is that once you get it, you cannot “unget” it. You need to wait for it to grow out. Another problem is that there is usually one way for the fringe to be. Wind, rain or other people messing with your fringe will make it 'wrong' and will make you want to go to the bathroom to fix it. Don't get a fringe or bangs (as they call it overseas) if you are not ready for the hassle.

a fringe/ bangs – grzywka

to grow out – odrosnąć also (I'm growing my hair (out) – Zapuszczam włosy).

to fix – poprawić

overseas – za oceanem

a hassle – kłopot

COLOURING

My experience with colouring my hair is short but intense. In a short period of time I dyed my hair a reddish colour and then when I got bored with being a redhead, I dyed it blond. While I enjoyed the change and the feeling of being 'a different person', I was really happy to go back to being brunette.The colouring left my hair quite damaged, thin and alwaystangly and it took it quite some time to be its usual shiny and healthy self. Oh, and getting the roots done was a real hassle.

to colour, to dye (dyeing , dyed , dyed) – farbować

reddish – rudawy

a redhead – rudzielec

damaged – zniszczone

thin – cienkie

tangly – poplątane

roots – odrosty

And now some hair-related vocabulary. I hope you find it helpful ;)

hair elastics

a hair clip

bobby pins/ hairpins

a headband

hair rollers

hair extensions

a mohawk

a pixie hairstyle

ombre hair

pigtails with a parting in the middle

a braid/ plait

Please leave a comment and tell me about your hair :))

Karola