RECENTLY
So there is an annoying ad on Photobucket for THE AMAZING CHINESE TEA DIET which kind of made me laugh. Also, here is a lovely picture from an illustrated version of Cinderella, from the 50s of course. I did some Very Genius Photoshopping to fix up the picture, which originally had a gigantic crack down the middle.
You know what? I'm really just sad. I haven't posted in like two weeks. And we're going off to Disneyworld soon, which means I won't really get back until the middle of April. Oh well.
What's new? I'm reading Sophie's World (very enjoyable, kind of like what Chasing Vermeer tried to be but failed) and some of Plutarch's Lives (rambling, almost stream-of-consciousness, I can't find a real structure to any of his biographies which is Rather Annoying) and I just finished The Libation Bearers (one word: BLOOD) and unfortunately I shall have to read Oedipus Rex soon. Yuck. Gouged eyeballs are not my idea of fun.
But anyway. I've also been listening a lot to St. Vincent. "All My Stars Aligned" is an exquisite song. Go find it somewhere. And I've been watching American Idol and so far I like Brooke White the best. Let no one demean this show as mere fluff, for it is not. It has provided me with my first true example of the rumored parent-child age gap. Remember Danny Noriega, the little emo boy with the skinny jeans and dyed hair? It's kind of funny, because my sister, I, and pretty much all my friends thought he was the Cutest Thing in the Universe and all our parents looked at us like we had seven heads. Because, in their opinion, he was not the Cutest Thing in the Universe, he was simply an obnoxious kid with skinny jeans.
Anyway, I think he has a great future career as an online celebrity. Like on Youtube or something.And the real point of this entry...to repost a brilliant joke I found on someone else's blog. I realize it is pathetic of me. But I don't care. It was still brilliant. Her blog: http://paperpiano.wordpress.com/
How Does a Homeschooler Change a Lightbulb?
First, mom checks three books on electricity out of the library, then the kids make models of light bulbs out of sugar cubes and wire (because you can build anything out of sugar cubes and wire), read a biography of Thomas Edison and do a skit based on his life.
Next, everyone studies the history of lighting methods, wrapping up with dipping their own candles.
Then, everyone takes a trip to the store where they compare types of light bulbs, as well as prices, and figure out how much change they’ll get if they buy two bulbs for $1.99 and pay with a five dollar bill.
On the way home, a discussion develops over money, and the mom has everyone figure out what coins and bills the cashier gave her based on logic.
Finally, after building a ladder constructed out of branches dragged from the woods, the light bulb is installed.
Genius.
anyway.
Mah rubber bands are all like, ouch!