Eraser Explosion!

It's Life Science. Everyone is busy working on boring worksheets about lab equipment- that is, except one boy. This boy is the only one left standing after a horrific brainwash of science materials. He starts picking at the pink eraser on his pencil. He picks at it harder. It finally breaks and falls onto the floor. The boy doesn't notice. That's unusual, he thinks, suddenly wondering about the hole at the top of his Dixon pencil. How did it fall off?......

Enter Eraser City.

Because of several incidents such as the one described above(that did not actually happen from what I've seen, but it could), the population in Eraser City has suddenly increased. Between today, yesterday, and the day before, 11 new residents moved into the counties.

Here they are!

Suzuki. Suzuki got her name from a Japanese motor company. She is from Japanese descent. She loves sushi and lives next to Jean-Claude in International County. Because Suzuki was created on an eraser-plus the metal part- broken from a pencil, she gets to wear shimmery "clothes" every day. Suzuki was created by me.

Jean-Claude. Jean- Claude is a French eraser. He was created by me on a strange rubber part found under a desk that appears to be an eraser. There are rumors that Jean-Claude is opening a baguette shop in the new county, CJ County. As you know from the paragraph above, Jean-Claude lives between Suzuki and Luigi. He has a record amongst his neighbors for Biggest Mustache.

Sunshine. Sunshine is an extremely happy eraser. She lives in CJ County and is Sweet Rose's sister. (Their personalities give it away.) Sunshine, just like her name says, is always smiling like the sun and will cheer you up if you're down. She was created by me on a regular orange eraser. Sunshine is also another *tattooed resident, hers is the sun.

Lila Lemon. Lila Lemon is a regular yellow eraser created by me. She carries out a dramatic life in CJ County with her neighbors. She loves acting and started a petition to build the CJ County Playhouse. (Play house, not Playhouse.... you get the point.)  Although her last name is Lemon, Lila Lemon is always in the limelight-that is, when she's not sharing it with her eraser pals!

Shimmer. Shimmer is a yellow sparkly pencil grip with a face scribbled on who was created by Laney. She is another cousin of Sweet Rose. Her house is located in another new county, Laney County. Some of Shimmer's best talents include whipping up tasty smoothies and playing the piano. She owns Shimmer's Smoothies on an intersection in Laney County.

Tic Tac. Tic Tac is a red eraser broken from a pencil made by Laney and me. He got his name because we thought we had found an eraser on the floor, but it was a REAL Tic Tac! Tic Tac says if he had a flavor, it would be cherry. He lives in CJ County with Sunshine, Lila Lemon,Super Small Seth, and Waffle Willie.

Waffle Willie. Waffle Willie was named by K and created by me on a broken green regular eraser. He has curly hair and lives in CJ County. Waffle Willie became Cranky Christopher's friend because of their love for waffles. He owns a new restaurant (Wondrous Waffles) in CJ County as well. Waffle Willie even has a waffle tattoo! It says, in rebus form, "I Love Waffles."

Snowy. Snowy is one of Frosty Phillip's cousins. He was created by me on a white eraser broken from a pencil. Snowy lives very close to Frosty Phillip's Island on a nearby island called Freezing Warm Island, which is half cold and half hot. He is a champion at making snow angels.

The Guardian Angel. The Guardian Angel was given to me from Laney as a present. In reality, she serves as a paper clip holder. She lives in CJ County and creates happiness for all the erasers. The Guardian Angel's house is surrounded by a river and a garden and is in the center of the county.

Princess Pink. Princess Pink is Sweet Rose's cousin. She was created by me on a broken pink regular eraser. Princess Pink enjoys researching medieval times and playing dress up. She lives in the old castle in Laney County. Princess Pink, like her other cousins, shows excellent kindness and manners!

Super Small Seth. Super Small Seth is a distant cousin of Tiny Tim and Miniscule Millie. Like his cousins, he was created on a tiny scrap of a red eraser broken from a pencil. He lives in CJ County and loves music and art. The three of them even have their own song!

Stay tuned for more eraser madness.... BLOG YA LATER!

Next Time, On Claire's Creative Days... The true story of the Lays Boycott Club! The first eraser heritage chart! Plus, popular dance moves at the school dance! All this and more on the next blog posts...

*If you are a parent and have been reading about the tattoos (my mom was), THEY ARE FAKE! They are just washable. :):)=)

Intresting Islands and Honey Badger Madness

Eraser City, as you may know, has two major islands outside the mainland. I have never gone into them in depth, so here goes....

Badger Island is the perfect getaway when searching for a warm, sunny spot to live out your vacation dreams. There are bamboo cabins, a smoothie and souvenir shack, and awesome party spaces on the docks! If you like studying the science of the ocean rather than surfing in it, there is an observation deck, underwater museum, and a field full of honey badgers to study. Unfortunately, as convicts leaving the jail in Chaotic County using the secret passage found out, there's an underwater prison, too. Spy Bob often heads here for relaxation after chasing down erasers who rap about anchovies (hint, hint).
Frosty Phillip's Island is where you should go if you're searching for something that is the exact opposite of Badger Island! It is FREEZING and snows every day year round. The population is ten: erasers one, polar bears nine. That doesn't mean you can't have fun, though! Frosty Phillip is happy to let tourists into his home to hold sledding contests, make snowmen, and buy snow globes. If you want to buy hot chocolate and other groceries or chow down on a lemon-lime icee, make sure to check the convenience store and slushie shack. If your feet are sinking in snow, you can get snowshoes for free at the local shop. And if you just want to get out before you become an ice cube, stop by Freezin' Flights Travel Agency!

Each island also has mini islands. Badger Island has Little Badger Island and Mini Badger Island, and Frosty Phillip's Island has The Island Of The Wild Polar Bears.

Now......on to the honey badgers.

When Eraser City was still springing up, all of the buildings were being named after stuff Laney, K, and I were obsessed with. Laney and I are crazy about zebras, and K loves honey badgers. It's very random, but what can I say, he loves honey badgers! If you counted how many things in Eraser City were named after honey badgers, you'd be surprised....
*The Honey Badger Blast at the amusement park.
*Honey Island at the water park.
*Badger Island.
*Honey Badger resturant.
*The Honey Badger Hotel.
*Annnnnd....there was that dance Laney and I made up about Lays bags, zebras, and slow dancing that had honey badgers in it........
So, in other words, a lot, not counting the stuff I missed! I guess this is going to be another one of our quirks this year.

BLOG YA LATER!

Next Time, On Claire's Creative Days....Jean-Claude moves to International County! Reasons why Keyboarding should be illegal! Plus, the story of the Lays Boycott Club! All this and more in the next few posts....

Eraser City Goes Global

If you read the breaking news at the bottom of the post about ducks, limo rides, and subscriptions, you may know that this post is about Eraser City going global, which is exactly what has happened thanks to International County. International County hosts a variety of cultural eateries (including another restaurant by Cranky Christopher: IHOW! The International House of Waffles), the library, the My Little Pony Song Writing Headquarters (Don't ask), the Zebra Peace Gardens, and two new residents from around the world. Introducing......

Josephina Paper. Josephina is Mexican and is (gasp) not actually an eraser. Because we were having an eraser shortage, we drew her face on a scrap of notebook paper. Josephina was created by me and is bilingual. She loves tacos and will probably become friends with Hot Tamale after meeting him. (They are both big taco lovers!)

Luigi. Luigi is not a Mario character in this case, but a white eraser (again) broken from a pencil created by me. He loves Italy so much that he got a tattoo of the Italian flag on his back! A big pizza lover, Luigi lives two houses down from Josephina. The house in the middle is for my duck. (Yes, I made my GA duck a house in Eraser City!)

I promised Mom that I'd play Othello after snack. So until next time.... Blog ya later!

P.S. Breaking Eraser News! Learn about the chain of islands and their islands! Find out some weird facts about the importance of badgers in the eraser world! All this and more in the next blog post....

Subscriptions and DUCKS!

So, here I am in History, about to go to some assembly about a magazine subscription sale our school does for fundraising, sponsored by Great American Opportunities. I'm thinking....Yawn.

That is, until I actually got there!

When I did, they were playing Hey Soul Sister (catchy!!). And that was just the beginning! Apparently, now by doing magazine sales, we can help out our school and do fun things, too. The more magazines we sell, the more cool prizes we can win, including....
*An inflatables party in our gym!
* A stretch limo ride to Cici's.(drool...pizza with meatless sauce....unlike the cafeteria....)
* A speaker that lets us play our Mp3 music out loud. (Handy when watching Chopped with cousins!)
*.....and last, but certainly not least.....

DUCKS!!!!!

The mailman duck I won already for turning in some letters for relatives about our sale. He came with a bag of Warheads so I could "feed" him. Most of them ended up in my stomach, though. When I make my first sale on GA's (Great American's) website, then I'll win the duck with the laptop. There are a few other ducks up for grabs, but I couldn't find images for them. Boo hoo. :(

I'll post more about the sale in the future, but for now, I have to say....Blog Ya Later!

P.S. ERASER NEWS FLASH! Eraser City goes global! Meet Josefina and Luigi! All this and more in the next blog post....

The New Residents

Sorry about all the eraser bios, it's just that I have big news, which I am talking about in this post. Eraser City is BOOMING and is now divided up into (so far) 2 counties:

Chaotic County is very large and busy. There are lots of schools, homes, and businesses, including the Lays Boycott Organization! (To be explained in another post....) Zeke\Zoey, Hot Tamale, Minuscule Millie, Tiny Tim, and Spy Bob all live here.
Calm County is used for fun and recreation. There is a water park and amusement park, arcade, dollar store, shark infested pond(or at least that's what the rumors say..), and candy store here. There was only one resident here- Candy Cathy, owner of the candy store on C Crossing-except she hadn't moved in yet, so the place was as good as empty.

That is, until enough erasers arrived that we had to create a new subdivision! Introducing.....

Cranky Christopher. Cranky Christopher was created by L\Laney on a red eraser. As his name suggests, he has a very negative outlook on life. He owns the restaurant Cranky Cooks on C Crossing. Hardheaded as he is, Cranky Christopher has one weakness.....waffles...

Mrs.Plaid. Mrs.Plaid was created by me on a pink eraser. She is an elderly eraser who wears plaid every day. Her house is in Criss Cross Forest, right next to Plaid Creek. Even though she lives alone, Mrs.Plaid's friends stop by every day. She was inspired by L\Laney's love for all things plaid.

Sweet Rose. Sweet Rose was created by me on the back of another pink eraser- this one the color of a rose, unlike Mrs.Plaid's hot pink. Unlike Cranky Christopher, Sweet Rose is always very cheerful and excited about the world around her. Ironically, the two of them are next door neighbors! They have personality clashes most  of the time.

Well, I have to go fry some bacon(that's dinner at our house!), file some papers, and practice for Keyboarding (ew....) but I'll be back soon. Blog Ya Later and Happy 102nd Post!

Meet Hot Tamale!

You heard right, folks! Hot Tamale mysteriously turned up claiming to be Frosty Phillip's long lost cousin. He is bright red and was drawn on the back of another eraser broken from a pencil. Created by L\Laney, Hot Tamale lives in a house by the airport so he can visit his cousin. He loves Mexican food! Hot Tamale also revealed that Frosty Phillip lives on a remote snowy island north of Badger Island (population 10). Now his friends can visit- after buying snowshoes.:):)

Oh yeah, and thanks to L\Laney for posting a comment! It was getting lonely around here.
Blog ya later!

Eraser Invasion!

6th grade not only brings new friends(like L, who may be reading my blog. Hi!), more homework (groan), and another year of Destination Imagination (YESSSSS! *dances around the room in sheer joy**dreams about challenge*), but certain "fads from the past". Such as eraser buddies.

Introducing our new erasers!

Zeke and Zoey Zebra. These two were created on opposite sides of a Pink Pearl eraser by me and are brother and sister. They were inspired by L's love for zebras. As you can probably tell by their last name, Zeke and Zoey love zebras, too. They wear stripey clothing, own a house called "Zebra Mansion" and teach at the Zebra School in Eraser City. Zeke and Zoey love rapping and often get arrested for singing about anchovies and disturbing the peace. (????)

Spy Bob. Spy Bob was made by L's friend K. He was drawn on the eraser at the top of a pen cap (K has an erasable pen!) and patrols the city, often arresting Zeke and Zoey for anchovy related crimes. Spy Bob owns several buildings in Eraser City, including his house, the air base, and "Area 51." He likes flying over to Badger Island (K likes honey badgers) and renting a hut for vacationing.

Tiny Tim. Tiny Tim is tiny. He was made by L out of a broken eraser from a pencil. He loves hanging out around his tiny house and visiting Badger Island's underwater aquarium. Tiny Tim has a sister named Miniscule Millie and is friends with Zeke and Zoey.

Frosty Phillip. Also created by L, Frosty Phillip doesn't live in Eraser City. He lives in an igloo in the middle of nowhere, complete with a garden of icicles and sled slopes, snowglobe rooms, and Christmas rooms! His friends have not visited yet....it's very cold up there.....

I will be updating on the chaos of middle school soon (if I can survive Keyboarding first....). So, BLOG YA LATER!