Hi again, everyone. It's Friday (finally!). Yesterday was Thursday. I had piano lesson. And I did it again! I always, always do this! When she shows me the contest pieces, I always pick the hardest one! I picked a 5-6 page Chopin waltz. I just remember her looking at me and sternly saying, "This is going to take a lot of work." I just grinned and said, "Yep!" And now......

Well, last night I also had a volleyball game. We played a varsity game, which is best 3 out of 5, and it took 5 whole games. We were so exhausted at the end, but we WON! Yay! And guess what? The volleyball tournament is NEXT WEEKEND! AAAAH!

Well, I have practice today. :)

Drop me a comment! Smokey the Bear says, "Put it out!"

"I have a bad feeling about this...." -Han Solo

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Hi again. Today was Sunday. My mom was sick so she didn't go to church. I had to do nursery- 2's and 3's again. I love that age-they're so cute! Plus my best friend was in there, and her little brother. Tonight I went to youth group. It was so fun! We played a relay game where you passed off a banana and did all these crazy things....it was great. I had to do the chicken dance. And we won!!!!! Serious fun!

Well, drop me an omelet!

I got my Classical piece for the contest. Whoo. I always do this! I get starstruck at the lesson and pick the hardest piece for a contest, then I have to learn it! She actually said, "This is the hardest piece." And I said, "I want it!" Oh well. It's beautiful anyway.

Guess what. My sister had two soccer games on Saturday. She won one and lost one. (By the way. please visit my sister, hotlipsbarton, at her blog!) But anyway. For the first game, I was facing the sun. I put sunscreen on my arms, but my neck got really sunburnt! I always do this! Auuugh! And this morning, at church, everybody was, like, "Hey, were you out in the sun yesterday?" or "You have a really bad sunburn!" or "I like your red tattoos! Whoops! Another sunburn, huh?" Auugh!

"Listen: I don't know who you are, or where you come from, but from now on, you'll do as I say, okay?" -Princess Leia in Star Wars: IV-A New Hope

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Hey again everybody. Today was Monday.....I had class then I went to the last half of volleyball practice.  Pretty fun. Tomorrow is a game!

I had to write an essay this morning. Really fast. I will never leave my homework that late again!

Guess what? This Thursday I get two of the pieces for the contest this year!!!! I'm so excited! I can't wait to hear them. I hope they aren't as hard as last year.

Last night we watched a Masterpiece Theater called, "Shadow From The North." It was so good! Except my favorite guy died......it was very sad......but you should watch it if it ever comes on.

Jot a comment down on a scrap of paper, then put the comment on a train, then send it to a young man in a gopher suit that will be waiting at the station, then the gopher guy will get on a horse and ride it to an airport, where the pilot will take it and stuff it in his gym bag, and it will fly over a nature reserve, where the pilot will chuck it out the window and it will land on a bald eagle's back, and that eagle will fly all the way up into thy sky and the comment will become attatched to a rocket, where it will travel up, up, up into the atmosphere and then fly off and hit a star destroyer, but that star destroyer (which, by the way, is huge and round and black and looks like a moon from a distance) will get blown up by a farmboy in an X-wing fighter, but the comment won't get hurt: it hits this certain farmboy's X-wing, and he carries it back to another planet, where it will accidentally get put in a paper shredder. Some awful, littering alien will dump his trash out on the road, but, as this is a galaxy far, far away, the road is really a starship. The starship takes off and your comment falls millions and billions of miles back sown to earth, where it lands in a tree in Yellowstone National Park. A bear gets this comment stuck to his claw, and a kind park ranger takes it off and takes it home. She goes to a birthday party that night, and the comment falls out of her pocket and gets stuck to the boot of a cowboy who happens to be there. When he gets home, after the rollicking party, he takes off his boot and finds the comment stuck to the bottom. He chuckles, wondering how it got there, and he thinks it's so funny that he emails his friend and tells her about it. This friends happens to be you, and you say, "Woah, that's that comment I tried to get to carygrant19!" So you got to this website, get on my blog and click on 'post a comment.' You write the contents of this comment in the comment box and click send, never knowing where this particular comment has been.......

"A jedi shows no fear, nor hate, nor love." -Star Wars

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Hey everybody. I've been sick and dead busy, which is why I haven't written. Sorry! How are you doing? Everything's OK here....volleyball is alright, school is fine. We have to drive two hours away for a game on Thursday and the so-called 'gas crisis' (as I'm sure you've all heard about) is supposedly getting worse. I'll probably have to carpool again. (oh, joy!)

MOVIE REVIEW:

Cover Girl: starring Gene Kelly and Rita Hayworth. This is an odd movie, made in the 40's, but a good one! Kelly stars as Danny, a nightclub owner who is in love with one of the girls in his club, Rusty Parker (Hayworth). She loves him too, but she has dreams of making it big, and when she hears of a cover girl contest, she jumps at the chance. When she wins, she becomes huge, and he's left in the back ground. This is a good movie, and it also stars Phil Silvers, as their sidekick.

Talk of The Town: starring Cary Grant, Jean Arthur and Ronald Coleman. This is honestly one of the best movies I've seen in a very long time. Cary Grant plays Leopold Dilg, an escaped convict on the run from the law. He comes upon the house of Nora Shelley (Arthur) who knew him when she was younger. She protests that it isn't her house: it's just one she's cleaning up for a new tenant, a professor for the city. This movie is a must see.....it has romance, drama, action, social commentary.......it's amazing.

Well, see you later. Got to go watch Dancing With The Stars!

"My, my, this here Anakin guy........." -Wierd Al

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Hi again everybody. It's Sunday. Today I did nursery. It was pretty cool, although we had 2 criers, and we're getting used to a new nametag system. I was considering going to a youth group thing, but I'm so exhausted by the week and I had to finish homework, so I stayed home.

Speaking of sunburns, I have a bad one. I was sitting at my sister's soccer game yesterday and was just trying to get a tan on my legs and my face got burned. Stupid, stupid. I never tan, so why would I have then? Well, anyway. I have a friend who gets really good tans every summer. And what do I get? Ugly sunburns! Uggh!

Drop me a comment! Eat Goldfish! Wear sunscreen!

"Why can't you behave?" -Kiss Me Kate

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Hi again. It's Saturday, the arcadia of the week. I'm tired. My sister had a soccer game today. And she lost. And was sad. But she's totally over it now. Not completely, she says. She's sitting next to me. And telling me what to say. Ha, she says. Wow. At least there's no volleyball. ;)

AHH! The printer scared me. It made a loud noise.

THIS ENTRY IS POINTLESS. Auuug! Goodbye!

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Hi again everybody. It's finally Friday and, believe me when I say I'm extremely thankful. This week has been murder. With the odd holiday on Monday, but choir that evening, then the 3 hour drive on Tuesday, no volleyball on Wednesday but a church meeting and choir, a game on Thursday and practice on  Friday. Add piano practice, algebra and two weeks worth of homework onto that and you get exhaustion.

MOVIE REVIEW:

The Shop Around the Corner: Starring Jimmy Stewart and Margaret Sullavan. Jimmy Stewart is a shop clerk who lives and works in Budapest, Hungary. He corresponds about culture with a fascinating young woman that he's never met, and is anxious to meet. At the same time, another young woman comes to work in the same shop as him, and they immediately butt heads, arguing about everything. Finally the day comes when the young man is to meet his mystery correspondant. Suddenly, tragedy strikes.  This movie was later remade as You've Got Mail, starring Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan. (I love Tom Hanks!) This is a very good movie.

Drop me a comment.

"Dear Friend............" -The Shop Around The Corner

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Hi again. Good news! Yesterday I had a volleyball game 2 hours away, and we won! It was so great. I rode with 3 of my friends and, let me tell you, it was an insane ride. Halo 3, ice cream, coffee, laughter, pictures, movies, baby screaming, volleyball socks. Yipers. :) We won in two games, 12-25 or so, then we watched the varsity play. After that we all went out to dinner at Applebee's.  (That was also insane.) On the way home: baby crying, NBA video games, singing, sleeping, screaming, milkshakes.  We arrived back home about 11:30. :)

I slept till 10 this morning. Ahhhhh....it felt really good!

MOVIE REVIEW:

Adam's Rib: starring Spencer Tracy and Katherine Hepburn, another one of film's greatest duos. They star as 2 married lawyers who one day see a story in the paper about a wife's murder attempt on her adultering husband. They each take different sides, the wife arguing for the woman and the husband for the man. Unfortunately for him, as soon as he gets to the office he realizes that he must do exactly that: fight for the husband in a real court of law. When the wife finds this out, she immediately takes the wife's case. This is one of their best, in my opinion. They play so well together because of their real-life romance that went on behind the scenes. I would definitely get this one!

Drop me a comment!

"15 men on a dead man's chest-Yo-ho-ho and a bottle of rum!" -Treasure Island

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Hi again everybody. I know it's been a long time, sorry, but I've been uber busy. Volleyball started the 11th, and school is rolling along again as well. Ahhhh.....the school year is on again. Eeep. My algebra book is being idiotic-teaching me addition and subtraction in the beginning of the book. But like my physical science book.

Volleyball. It's so crazy. 12 girls on the team. 4 days a week. Driving two hours to games. Laughing. Screaming. Diving. Serving. It's terrible and fabulous at the same time. It's a crazy, adrenaline-pumping, addictive thing that an otherwise sports-opposed artsy person could be on a volleyball team, sweating like crazy, playing volleyball 4 days a week. Yipes!

I also have started a class called Three R's (Reading, Writing and Rhetoric.) I love it so much! It's a lot of writing, and we had to read 'Treasure Island,' but it's still great fun.

I have a movie review for ya'll!

Dark Passage: starring Humphery Bogart and Lauren Bacall, one of the greatest duos in film history. Bogart plays a criminal who has escaped from prison in order to find his wife's real murderer-he was framed for the crime. He meets Irene (Bacall) who knows that he's innocent and helps him get past the police. This is a really really good movie-you have to watch it. The beginning is sort of unconventional; everything is seen through the eyes of Bogart's character. You should watch it!

Drop me a comment!

"Addition!? I only learned this when I was, like, 3!" -me, regarding my math book.

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Hi.....today was the first volleyball practice of the season. I'm so exhausted. There was so much running....and the heat......but oh well. It was pretty fun anyway. Unfortunately we have our first game of the season, a scrimmage against one of the biggest high schools in town, on Thursday, leaving us two days to prep. Please believe me when I say: Yikes!

Well, not much more to write.  Mesa Jar Jar Binks! Mesa exhausted-a!

Summer shlorpes to an end with a bang and a slap on the back. School starts at some undefined time; possibly towards the first of September. I already have my algebra book (uggggh) and my science book (yesss!) so that good. Right now I'm slumped in front of the computer, listening to 'Things We Said Today' by The Beatles and moving as little as possible. Yikes!

Drop me a comment!

"Scoundrel? Scoundrel...I like the sound of that." -Han Solo in Star Wars:V

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P.S. This blog is colored in my team colors. Hustle! (What the heck does that even mean? So many people yelled it at me today-does anybody understand it's origins?)

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Hi again, everyone. It's Saturday, thank goodness. This week has been a scorcher, with every day getting up to the 90's, except for yesterday, which was nice. Last night I went to youth group-it was so much fun! We had a talent night, which was amazing. Two of my friends played guitar, somebody touched his tongue to his nose, another did a Rubik's cube in 1.5 minutes. I, personally, played the Star Wars theme song on the recorder. (Yeah, baby!)

Doom and destruction! Volleyball starts Monday! Not that I don't love it, but 8 hours of practice next week is a very daunting task to face. Summer went by much, much too fast.

Today we decided to go through old clothes and give away stuff. It took quite a while, because I have to try stuff, on, and if it doesn't fit me, my sister has to try it on, and if she doesn't want it we give it away. It's a long process.

MOVIE REVIEWS:

The Big Sleep: Starring Humphery Bogart and Lauren Bacall. Bogart plays a P.I. who is hired by a retired general to track down someone who is blackmailing him. As he goes about it, he meets Carmen, the general's frivolous younger daughter, and Mrs. Rutledge, the general's divorced older daughter (Bacall.) This movie is very complicated but thrilling-Humphery Bogart and Lauren Bacall are fantastic together. This film is also the perfect example of a genre gone by-film noir, with the stunningly beautiful women, the hard-hitting detectives, and that aura of suspense that doesn't show up much today. You really have to see this one.

Star Wars V: The Empire Strikes Back: This is my favorite Star Wars movie ever. Though darker than the previous one, I find the plot is enveloping and wonderful. I love how we follow Luke to depressing, swampy Degobah where he meets Yoda (cutest little creature in the galaxy) and learns to be a Jedi-and then switch back with lightening speed to Han, Leia and the droids as they escape the Imperial forces and meet up with Lando in City in the Clouds. The scene in the carbon chamber makes me cry every time. Auug! I love this movie! You must watch 4 first, though.

Well, au revoir. Drop me a comment!

"Why do people keep giving me guns?" -The Big Sleep

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Hi again everybody. It's so, so hot. Uggh. 90 degrees, that's how hot. Thank goodness I went ahead and did my workout early, or I might have died of heatstroke.

Saturday I went to an archery class. It was unfortunately not at all like I thought it would be-I had imagined a bow like Susan's in Narnia or Legolas's in LoTR but it was a crossbow (one where you actually pull a trigger) and the other bow had pulleys and we were shooting at a fake deer. (The target for the crossbow was a big block with circles on it-it had to be a very sturdy thing, cause the crossbow was a lot more powerful than the regular bow.)  A little disturbing? You bet! I know that some of you are very hunting oriented but I'm not and I was a little hesitant. I don't like hunting for sport, and this was almost like teaching us how to do that. It was a homeschool class, though, so I knew a few of the people there (one of the guys was at the dances last fall.) Oh well. It was an experience. (The crossbow did give you a great feeling of power, though.)

MOVIE REVIEW:

Carousel: This movie, a musical by Rodgers and Hammerstein, is one of the creepiest ever, in my opinion. Julie is an unassuming girl who goes to a carousel and meets Billy Bigelow, a lowdown carny worker. They end up running off together and getting married, but their marriage is destined for failure, as Julie is an idiot and Billy is abusive. Some of the songs are good, though, such as June Is Bustin' Out All Over, You'll Never Walk Alone and If I Loved You. Unfortunately, the plot is warped (Julie belives that even if Billy beats her she still loves him cause 'he's her man.') I would watch it, but it's reccomended with reservations cause it's a bit creepy.

Well, drop me a comment! Put on suntan lotion! Don't wanna getta sunbuhn!

"Your lack of faith is disturbing, Admiral." -Star Wars

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Hi again. It's Friday (hooray!) Yesterday I did my workout (ugggh!) and then went to my friend's house (yaaay!) We baked cookies and talked a lot. I am so tired today.  I'm not doing my workout today....even though I missed Monday and Tuesday. It was so hot on those days-I would have died of heat stroke! Honestly!

Well, I have two movie reviews for you today.

Movie reviews:

The Harvey Girls: This was a really wierd one. Starring Judy Garland, Ray Bolger and Angela Lansbury, this one sounds like it would be good. It's about this train (The Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe) which is carrying all of these waitresses who are going to open up a new Harvey restaurant in New Mexico. On this train is this young girl (Judy Garland) who is going out west to marry a man she has only ever written to. Unfortunately, in the town, the owner of a shady saloon called the Alhambra (and the judge) are plotting ways to get rid of the Harvey girls, because he's afraid they will make the town honest and clean and put his nasty saloon out of business.  Once they get there, there's a huge musical number, and the young girl realizes that the man she thought she was writing to didn't write the letters at all-he hired the owner of that shady saloon to do it. Anyway. The storyline continues in this sense, but the musical numbers are thrown in at odd points and the 'It's a Great Big World' number is reminiscent of a middle school drama production. Ray Bolger (who you would think would get a lead role) plays this freaky blacksmith who dances. More oddly still, Cyd Charisse, the world famous ballet dancer, is thrown in. She hardly gets to dance, and plays a character that is totally opposite her personality.  But I would still say that this-if you truly like musicals-is worth watching.

Star Wars IV: A New Hope: I'm so glad I got to watch this, after that wierd musical. I love Star Wars. This os one of my favorites, all though my favorite of all time is The Empire Strikes Back. Here's the general plot line-Princess Leia has been captured. Luke Skywalker (young farmboy) goes with Obi Wan Kenobi to Mos Eisley where they meet Han Solo and Chewbacca, a  pilot and his first mate who agree to take them to Alderran-where they think the princess is. You really have to watch this movie! (I love Han Solo!) (I always thought that is isn't totally necessary to watch 1, 2 and 3 first, but you can if you want. This is the 1st in the old trilogy.)

Coming soon: Carousel! (The creepiest movie ever!)

PLEASE drop me a comment!

"Watch your mouth, boy, or you'll find yourself floating home." -Han Solo

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Hi again everybody. It's Wednesday, the hump day of the week, and the day I go to volleyball. It was so hot there today-the sweat was running down my neck. We did get to scrimmage, though. That was fun.

Anyway. You may be wondering about the subject line. Well, today me and my sister were playing Life, you know, that game where you......have a fake life......get a job......have children....basically like life......but you knew that. Anyway. We were bored with the rules so by the end I said, "Well, for my turn, I'm robbing the bank!" "No, I want to rob the bank," she said, ripping the money from my hand. It went downhill from there, with each of us ending up in the millions and having more children and naming them all after characters in Harry Potter. It was so cool.

Monday was my grandpa's 84th birthday, and we had meatloaf, potatoes and (drumroll please) a cake that me and my sister made! Here's a pic:

(I hope it works.) My grandpa loves cowboys, and so we took a picture of him, cut out the head and put it in a cowboy body (which I drew myself.) As one of my best friends would say, Swweeeeet!

I have some movie reviews, but they'll have to wait, cause it's time for dinner!

"I have a bad feeling about this...." -Obi-Wan Kenobi in Star Wars: A New Hope

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Hi again, everyone. It's very very hot, as per usual. But, what else would I expect, it being the 19th of July? Deep into summer, we are, and we are also edging closer and closer to-dare I say it-school. And for me, volleyball season! Ahhhhhhh! I HAVE to read Treasure Island before class starts! Eeeep!

Yesterday I went to youth group. It was so much fun! I love youth group, and it was nice to see our youth pastor again before he leaves to start a new church in the fall.

Something you might not know about me: I really love Manga, which is Japanese graphic novels. I especially love one called Bleach. Anyone else like it?

Well, drop me a comment! Save the world!

"I'm not a witch, I'm your wife!" -The Princess Bride

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Hi again everybody. My life has been pretty good lately! Except for the heat, it's enormously ruthless and oppressive. The humidity has been almost 100 percent a lot in the last few days. Unfortunately, I am bound by my word to do my volleyball workout 3 times a week, even if it's blazing hot out. That's why I tend to do it in the morning, not the afternoon. (You know, running in the snow might be easier. Volleyball season should be in the winter.)

I have TRUCKLOADS of movie reviews. Honestly. While my sister was at camp we just sucked them down. By the way, she had a very good time at camp, and was glad she went, even though bad boys kept stealing her camera.

MOVIE REVIEWS:

Sorrowful Jones: Starring Bob Hope and Lucille Ball. Everybody knows that this is the same Lucille Ball as in I Love Lucy, right? Good. This is actually before the show started, but only by a few years. Bob Hope plays Sorrowful Jones, an illegal bookie in New York City. When a 5-year-old girl is left with him as a marker for a bet that a horse will win, he has to drag her along with him until her father can pay up. Unfortunately, her father, who accidentally finds out that the race is rigged, gets killed, and Jones is stuck with the little girl. This is a very good movie, once you get into it, although the beginning is a bit confusing, but it's so good in the end, and a bit surprising. (I'm talking about the scene where they pray-watch it and you'll see what I mean.) This is a good one.

The Paleface: Starring Bob Hope and Jane Russell. Russell plays Calamity Jane, who is hired by the government to track down men who are smuggling guns to the indian tribes. She is to ride on a wagon train, with a government man posing as her husband. Then that guy, the one who's playing her husband, gets shot, and she realizes that there are men on her trail, sent from the smugglers, trying to kill her. She stumbles upon Painless Peter Potter, a dentist in the town, who she uses by marrying him and startieng out on the wagon train. I really like this one because, even though she's using him, she starts to love him as they travel together. And Bob Hope is so funny as the dentist! They made a sequel to this one, called Son of Paleface, which I like just a little better (cause it has Roy Rodgers in it!) You should see this one first though.

The Princess Bride: I told you I had a bunch, didn't I? I did! Well. I love the Princess Bride. It's just hilarious. Although I did know somebody who didn't like it once. I don't know why.  Buttercup is a farmgirl who falls in love with the farmhand, a handsome boy named Wesley. He goes to sea, though, and then she recieves word that he is killed. I really can't tell you much more about it, or I'd spoil the story for you.  This has got to be one of my favorite movies ever!

Lord of The Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, and The Return of the King: Oh my word. I love LoTR. No movie markes me almost cry so much. It's so heartbreaking, at times. You must watch all three. There's almost no point in summarizing. I can't do it justice. This isn't the first time I've watched it, though, but I understand it so much better now. My dad doesn't like battles, so he doesn't watch this kind of movie that much, but this story is amazing. You have to see it.

Well. OK. Hope you find those helpful.

Drop me a comment! Eat organic food!

"He didn't fall? Inconceivable!"

"You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means." -The Princess Bride

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Hi again, everybody, and to the newcomers, welcome to wonderland.Today is Wednesday, which means volleyball (yessss!) Unfortunately/fortunately, I got my volleyball workout yesterday! It's basically a series of excersizes that my coaches gave out to the team so we don't become flabby and weak over the summer. Man, it's rough. I hate suicides! (For those who know what suicides are, you know what I mean.) Suicides are basically thus: Mark out 50 meters. Run 15 meters, then back to start. Run 25 meters, back to start. Run 40, back to start, then run the entire 50 meters and back to start. Do this 5 times.

Well, that got old reeeally fast. Especially cause it was so humid outside. At least I did it. 

To explain the title: My dad saw the back of my hand, on which I had written 'Treasure Island'  in large, blue letters, in order to remind myself to start reading it before classes start (Must read! Must read!) and he thought it said 'Thesaurus Island.' "That's where people just walk around, yelling out words," I wittily remarked.

MOVIE REVIEW:

Harry Potter and the Order of The Pheonix: I promised it, and here it is! This 5th installment in the Harry Potter series is, I think, the best one. It's my favorite. I saw it in the theater last year about this time (in exchange for reading my required school book, Tom Sawyer.) I love how the characters mature throughout the series. In this one, Harry is 15 and is going back to school. Unfortunately, he is attacked by dementors back in Little Whinging, where his Aunt Petunia and Uncle Vernon Dursley live. Hew gets a letter saying that he's expelled from Hogwarts, but then a group of (very very cool) wizards show up to rescue him. This is one of my favorite movies and I hope you like it. Watch 1-4 first though-it will clear things up a bit.

Drop me a comment! Have a nice day!

"Just because you have the emotional range of a teaspoon doesn't mean everyone does, Ron!" -Hermione in Harry Potter and The Order of The Pheonix

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Hi again, everybody. How's summer going? It's really hot here. Unfortunately, our house doesn't have air conditioning, as do a lot of yours, I'm sure. Uggh. Fortunately, I got to go to my grandparent's house today. Even though I had to vaccuum, I got to see them, and be in air conditioning for a while.

My sister is now at camp. I hope she's having a good time. We can write to her, so we're sending some stuff.

GUESS WHAT? GUESS WHAT? This week we're watching Lord Of The Rings again! I'm so excited! And we're watching Harry Potter 5.

Well, no movie reviews, but there will be soon!

Drop me a comment, save the whales!

"One day you're going to be the death of me." -Obi-Wan Kenobi to Anakin Skywalker in Attack of The Clones (so true! Boo hoo!)

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Hi again, ya'll. I meant to write yesterday but never got to it, what with visiting grandparents and all.  We went to see fireworks last night downtown, and that was amazing. I love fireworks. I love how loud they are.

Well, anyway, my sister leaves for camp tomorrow so she'll be packing today. I'm glad I'm not leaving again, besides the fact that, yes, we are NOT going to the beach this summer. *sob* But I'm really glad tomorrow is Sunday. I can't wait to see my friends and just praise God again.

Movie review:

Desk Set: starring Katherine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy. Katherine Hepburn plays Bunny, a research librarian for a television company. She's extremely good at her job, as her memory is fantastic. She's engaged (for 7 years) to a television exec, but their relationship is fizzling. Enter Spencer Tracy as Sumner, an engineer who is secretly planning (with the president of the company) to replace the girls in research with a huge 'electronic brain'-the computer of the time. Since this movie was made in 1957, this computer is gigantic. It almost takes up the whole room. But Bunny and he co-workers come up with ways to fight it. In the beginning, Bunny and Sumner are suspicious of each other, but (of course) they fall in love in the end. This is a very cool movie and quite funny, especially the Christmas scene. You should definitely see it!

Drop me a comment! And take this advice: 'Don't eat yellow snow!'

"Mulligan stew! That's a good one!" -My Favorite Wife

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Hi everybody. I'm so sorry I haven't written in ages. I just got back from vocal music camp! It was fun...and guess what? I met another homeschooler! Last year when I went, I was almost an exhibit because I was the only homeschooler in a group of maybe 35-40 people. (You can imagine, I felt a bit lonely.) But this year I met a nice girl who was homeschooled too! So that was a plus. But anyway. I had a very good time. On the way, (this camp is in New Jersey) we stopped in Virginia to see the American Shakespeare Center do Twelfth Night and King Lear. OH MY GOODNESS, it was so amazing. I actually have seen Twelfth Night done before, but never, ever like this. The timing was perfect. Then King Lear.............I had never seen it performed before. The story is so heartbreaking! There are only three characters left alive in the end! The whole room was silent, and people were crying. It was beautiful and terrible at the same time, and the acting was stupendous.

I forgot to tell you! I actually got an mp3 player! I had been saving all my money since before my birthday for one and I finally got one for the trip. I was sooooo happy! Some of my songs are The Beatles, Hello Dolly, Aretha Franklin, Diana Ross, and other stuff. Yay!

Anyway. Phew. No movies lately, sorry, but there will be some soon!

Write me a comment! Please!

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-tpk

Does anyone else like Manga?

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