Daily Ada

MOAR VIDEO

2013-03-27T16:33:50Z

We're on vacation, and as a side effect of helping Grandpa with his movie, well, Ada made another movie.

Worm Snake Romance

2012-06-30T18:54:48Z

Scenes from An Endless Story-Telling

2012-03-23T05:56:53Z

Ada (riffing with bathtoys):

Okay, this whale is actually a freshwater whale. The place it comes from is called... Freeriver. It doesn't have any leaders or anyone in charge, everyone just works together.

Me: Is that why it's called "Freeriver"

Ada: No, that's because they were all monsters in other places, and they went there to be free. Also, to everyone else "Freeriver" sounds like "Freaky". And they like that.

Ada (at 7.45AM, having discovered the terrarium got flooded and just revving up on the story-telling):

Ada: Well, never mind. We can have tadpoles in there, and then when they get older and frogs, we can make pictures of them and stick the pictures up on the terrarium with their names next to them. Names like... "Larry", and "Hopalina"

Two wheels good! Four wheels bad!

2011-10-10T23:03:21Z

Ada has learned the ever-valuable lesson of bicycle riding on two wheels. BEHOLD:

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Killer Snails Form Space

2011-03-26T22:15:04Z

That's right - they're FROM SPACE.

Miss Ada participates in Thing-a-day

2011-02-22T23:19:45Z

Ada is joining me for the occasional Thing-a-day, and this was her first... Perler bead kitten + bed. She named it A-1.

Ada's first poetry collection

2010-10-01T02:59:42Z

The Poems of My Own
by Ada Trouble Norton

Failed well the bees of evil's delight
Their sound kills seven men a night

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My heart beats by the water's edge
Though no fish may come to it

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For the blossoms blossom well
For Spring is almost here

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I tell you Summer may
come one day
when you are here

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The fog waves grow
across the ocean sky
The fish are birds that fly

How Do You Afford Your Rock'n'roll Lifestyle?

2010-08-04T22:18:57Z

Ada destroys her first guitar:

It was yet another Brooklyn party. When a guitar needed demolishing, she did the honors, bringing down the house with her determined and business-like guitar smashing.

Ada is beset by ducks.

2010-06-29T16:20:47Z

Really, not much else to say aside from OMG DUCKS LOOK OUT!

Last day of school!

2010-06-05T02:34:25Z

Today was the last day of first grade. As a reminder that summer vacation is awesome and school is over - not that Ada really needed reminding, since hello? last day of school? - we got sundaes at St. Francis. Say goodbye to homework for 75 days!

Were they good sundaes? Oh yes, they were good sundaes.

Chocolate Ada

2010-04-18T21:38:15Z

Girl seriously knows how to wear that chocolate. Previously.

Ada's first self-help manual

2010-04-03T03:25:03Z

How to Marry a Princess
by Ada Trouble Norton

Chapter 1

How to Marry a Princess.

First, act like you're so happy.

Second, to make sure she likes you, fall down. if she laughs, say, "Yes, that IS funny." If she doesn't, well, if she helps you, then say, "You are so nice." Then give her a flower. Then kiss her. Then hug her. Then pick her up and bow her down like a prince did. Then she will like you. Act like you're gonna save her whenever she doesn't feel safe.

Before the person tells the story about the marriage thing, pick her up and wait until the person tells the story. After that, go into your room and act like you're getting ready for a party. The end.

Chapter 2

How to Make the Princess Happy.

First, act like she's a goddess. Second, while you're acting like she's a goddess, don't forget to feed her. Also, do everything for the princess except fold the towels. Princesses are very good at folding towels. And let her take care of the garden too. Princesses like gardens.

Chapter 3

How to Rescue a Princess

First, cover yourself in armor because you don't know what kind of weapon the thing that caught your princess might have, and , don't forget to bring a sword and shields, and don't forget to bring a horse and an extra one for the princess to ride on. And if you can't get any horses, exercise lots so you can pick up the princess.

First kill the beast before rescuing the princess. Sneaking in doesn't always work. The princess will be so happy once you rescue her. Do not make her disappointed. Carry the princess all the way back to the house. Don't forget, don't drop her and not say sorry. That's what princesses mainly don't like.

Chapter 4.

How to Make a Princess happy.

First, buy her some pets. Ask her which kind of pet before buying her some pets. Second, decorate her room better than yours. Third, give her lots of flowers that smell good. And give the ugly ones to yourself.

Even if one looks pretty but smells bad, do not put it in her room. Also, don't forget to give her a dress every day.

Chapter 5

How to not Embarrass a Princess

First, do not drop her and laugh. Second, do not laugh when she is hurt. Third, well, basically, just don't annoy her.

Chapter 6

How to Clean up a Princess's Room

First, act like you're holding the shiny things like you're holding a trophy and bowing down to give the trophy to the person who won it. Then put all the flowers and stuff, use them like you're marrying a princess that minute. Third well basically clean up her room and don't forget, don't do it like a kid.

The End.

Ada's first cypher

2010-02-05T18:48:36Z

This morning Ada showed me her first self made alphabet. She explained later that most of the letters incorporated the original letter, but not all.

Mark that down- first cypher at 6, going on 7.

I am out of my mind with pride.

A day that will live in famy forever

2009-09-05T03:48:38Z

Daddy Gilbert is the official lucky parent. After nearly loosing the tooth in a burrito (ah child of California) she went home and Gilbert removed it with a napkin.

I am told she plans to show it off to her class tomorrow before selling it in the under pillow marketplace to one T. Fairy, who has expressed a commercial interest.

Recursed!

2009-06-17T16:50:53Z

Ada's six! {and 5...4...3...2...1...born.}

explaining the presidential elections to ada

2008-09-26T21:37:44Z

Daddy: So you know how some countries have Kings and Queens?

Ada: Instead of Presidents, you mean?

Daddy: Well... yes, yes. In countries that have presidents, every few years everyone gets to decide who will be president next. You write an x on a piece of paper next to the name of the person you want, and put it in a box. And then they count the "x"s and whoever gets the most, gets to be president.

Ada: What do they do?

Daddy: Presidents? Well, that's a good question. You see...

Ada: I bet they have to sing and dance lots, so that people will choose them!

[Does Presidential Dance]

Daddy: Well, kind of. Mostly it's talking.

Ada: And the best talker wins?

Daddy: And the best talker wins.

A gentle reminder that 1040-ES is due this coming Monday

2008-09-09T01:45:41Z

Remember that game that you played in kindergarten and first grade, where you couldn't walk on the lines in the sidewalk?

Step on a crack, you break your mother's back
Step on a line, you break your mother's spine

Man, the rules for that game have really changed:

RULES FOR WALKING ON THE SIDEWALK
A Game By Ada Norton

Step on the squares.

Don't step on the lines.

If the line is not a complete line, you can step on it.

You can step on the round gas meters.

You can step on the square water and cable boxes.

You can step on cracks on the squares.

You can step on the curbs, but not the lines on the curbs.

If you step on the lines 71 times, then you can't step on squares anymore, and you have to step on the lines.

If you go to sleep when you have 6 lines, you will have 0 when you wake up.

If you go to sleep when you have 10 lines, you will have 6 when you wake up.

If you go to sleep when you have 20 lines, you will have 13 when you wake up.

If you step on lines 100 times, you have the ability to step on lines and on leaves. But not squares.

You have the ability to step on squares if you step on lines 100 times. But only occasionally leaves, because they make you slip.

If you're not supposed to step on the squares, and you step on the squares 71 times, then you have to walk in the street.

(And then, we decided to translate it en Español:)

Recuerde que usted juego que se reproduce en kindergarten y primer grado, donde no podía caminar en las líneas en la acera?

Paso a una grieta, romper su madre la espalda
Paso en una línea, te rompes una columna vertebral de la madre

Hombre, las reglas de juego que realmente han cambiado:

Normas para caminar por la acera
Un juego de Ada Norton

Paso a las plazas.

No paso por las líneas.

Si la línea no es una línea completa, puede sobre ella.

Puede paso a la ronda de gas.

Puede paso en la plaza del agua y de cable.

Puede paso a grietas en las plazas.

Puede paso a la represión, pero no las líneas en los bordillos.

Si paso en las líneas 71 veces, entonces puede no paso a más plazas, y usted tiene que paso en las líneas.

Si usted va a dormir cuando tiene 6 líneas, tendrá 0 cuando usted se despierta.

Si usted va a dormir cuando se tiene 10 líneas, tendrá 6 al levantarse.

Si usted va a dormir cuando se tiene 20 líneas, tendrá 13 cuando se despierte.

Si paso a las líneas de 100 veces, usted tiene la capacidad de paso en las líneas y en las hojas. Pero no cuadrados.

Usted tiene la capacidad de paso por los cuadros si paso en las líneas 100 veces. Pero sólo de vez en cuando las hojas, porque te hacen resbalar.

Si no está supuesta a paso en las plazas, y que paso en las plazas 71 veces, entonces usted tiene que caminar en la calle.

Jel

2008-08-25T03:08:28Z

Ada: We found it when it was dead. It was a jellyfish. We threw it back into the ocean. Jel the jellyfish was named posthumously by Ada Norton, and found by Quinn Norton.

Quinn: We poked it with a stick.

"Okay, print it, and send this out to the whole world"

2008-08-13T02:22:56Z

When I am a grown-up, I'm going to do these
things, and this is all the stuff I need,
and these are the travellers I need. Only
one Ava though. I don't need a bunch of
Avas.

A Journey to Outer Space
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We will need:
A sword.
Binoculars.
A telescope.

A horse.
I need five donkeys,
Seven dogs,
Two hawks,
Two eagles,
A flashlight,
and three guns - one gun for Ava, one gun for Claire and one gun for me.
Some rope.
A computer.
A tent.

Lots of clothes, lots of buttons, three
sunhats (one for Claire, one for Ava, one
for me). A sleeping bag. A compass.

Three of Quinn's knives.

A boat, a helicopter, a submarine, a
carriage, and a table and a rocketship that
you can break up, and they turn into a
little ball that you can carry on your
back.

A lot of Cheerios and a whole big thing of
milk.

Bread, and chocolate milk. A big pack of
noodles.

Also, I need a cup, and a knife and fork and
spoon and three plates, and some firewood.

Ada, Ava, and Claire get to choose which
places they want to go:

The forest, a jungle, the North Pole,
underwater, outer space, at the beach, a
swamp, a flower meadow, the biggest hill in
the world, the tallest tree in the forest,
a desert, midnight in the forest, or in a
volcano.

Ada's directorial debut

2008-07-21T18:46:29Z

May I present Ada Norton's Burrito, please don't go, a comedic look at the struggle for resources between man and animal, and what happens when those resources run out on you.

a note from ada

2008-06-26T01:02:22Z

Ada: "Silverfishes run fast. Put that on the Net."

Ada: "I can run fast. I'm also good at climbing, running, jumping."

Zen girl story; blank verse over IM

2007-08-31T01:53:19Z

at the playground,
ada is being v cute.

there's a stage here, so I got on it and said "people of metropolis, your leader ada norton has an announcement."

so she got up and said in a big voice "NOTHING!"
and ran off.

so I said "thank you for your attention"
and she said over her shoulder "Nothing! You hear me? Nothing!"

Recursing up a storm

2007-08-20T06:53:58Z

Damn, almost forgot to post this.

Ada's 4th recursion, and somehow she seems to still be getting lovelier.

I want to sing you a song

2007-08-20T06:43:08Z

"...The birds fly up,
and when they touch the moon they know it's nighttime.
Then they fly back to their nest and go to sleep
with their babies..."

Ada at the computer

2007-07-09T01:02:14Z

She's typing, albeit with some help. Hint: the word turns out to be "horse".