Friday, December 25

Christmas

it is late
and i should be going to bed
but for some reason i am writing this blog
i guess ill share my gifts with you
even though i hate doing that
because it just seems like
oh look
i got this
and this
and...BE JEALOUS OF ME
so if you dont care
skip to the next break
but for those curious folk
...
first of all
i got the worlds most awesome cat tower
it is shaped like a tree and pim loves it
that might have something to do with the fact that it is covered in cat nip
...
anyway
i think that pim is just adorable when she plays with it
also
pim got a mousy
that was hand sewn by taylor
filled with more cat nip
and pim got some cat bowls
that are extremely awesome
and too heavy for her to push around
yay
no more mushy food and water combination
no more mildew coating the bottom of her bowls
yay
yay
yay
dont forget the rosienator
she got a new dog bed
that is just what she needed
i got a beanie baby cat
named cricket
that has cat nip on it
by accident
and pim tries to eat it
we finally got ticket to ride
europe version of course
but i do want to try the nordic one somewhat
one of my personal favorite gifts was all six harry potter movies on dvd
thank you taylor
we got three new wii games
unless you include harrison
then we got four
a money counting coin jar that automatically counts your money
and car windshield cleaning device thing
which will be helpful
a really cool ornament of winnie the pooh
candy (of course)
a power ball ticket
i will win!
pajamas
the two winnie the pooh books
yay finally
barnes and noble gift card
and lots and lots of free doughnut coupons

we woke up
and then looked in our stockings
then we ate breakfast
whats this
breakfast on christmas
thats new
we had eggs
then cinnamon rolls
that were delicious
then we started the opening
then we played clints new game
that he got from harry
that is called munchkins
and is one of the coolest card games ever
dad got blues brothers (movie)
and we watched that
and i wasnt looking forward to it
but it was actually good
then we played de blob
a wii game
with mom
and she and taylor got frustrated
and harry always wins
and i won only two times
and then i came up here

clint got steamboy
a movie
so hopefully we will watch that soon
and i got ticket to ride
a board game
oh yeah
i forgot to put that on the list above
and hopefully we will play that soon too

pretty much
the gift that has me the most excited is the cat tower
for reals
it is awesome
everyone should get one
even if they dont have a cat

and so now
i will go
so i can get up
and hopefully get some after christmas sale shopping done
and so i can use my barnes and noble gift card
cause i am excited about that
i love books

vote on the poll
only three votes are in
and somehow two of them are mine i think
maybe
unless someone just voted
like twenty minutes ago
at two thirty at night
hmmm
seems unlikely

goodnight
and merry christmas
to all i didnt get to say it to already

Sunday, December 13

poll 2

on the favorite sports poll
other has won
with only two votes
this isnt going so well
i only got four votes overall
i will try extending the date
but if nobody votes
maybe i just wont do it

in other news
harrison comes tomorrow
yay

also
i have noticed that it is impossible to like books that fish assigns
i probably would have liked the great gatsby
but i just cant stand it
i dont know why

Tuesday, December 1

Virginia

going to viginia for thanksgiving was great
cant wait for new years
we had a lot of fun
going to eastern market
cough cough
then riding the metro to some random place
and walking around the freezing city of dc
with joey anna and taylor
walking aimlessly
freezing cold
and i was sick
and it only made me sicker
fun
right
then being stuck inside while the others had fun outside
playing frisbee in the dark
and i think capture the flag with a glowstick
and who knows what else
and i missed it all
being inside
reading
but i do like to read
we watched harry potter 1 again
yay
i love that one
it is so fun to make fun of the actors the entire time
they were so little
we had a fun thanksgiving dinner
and lots of sparkling cider
katie was nice and made food for me when i was sick
and we played life
and clue
which i won
i beat the anna
THE ANNA
ha ha
we made a fire one night
when it was freezing cold
and had a fire dance
that was nice
and played much oregon trail
i beat the first of second
cant remember which
and the fifth
very exciting
and we had more zoo tycoon races
trees with legs won
with my vote
yay
giraffes are always the best
we went to museums
the national museum of natural history
i love their mammel section
it was fantastic
and we went to another
which anna and i ran through
i accidently kicked a stroller
and we cut a lot of people off
but it was fun
and we had no time to waste
we only got 25 minutes to see the whole museum
which we pretty much did
very exciting
now im trying to catch up on homework that i missed
because i missed two days of school
yay
i have a fever of 101.0 right now
just delightful
well
it was fun anna
and joey
and kate
and aunt and uncle
and penny <- of course

Winner

cats have won the poll with three votes
of course

Sunday, November 22

Poll

i have added a poll
to try to add some interest to my blog
i will try to keep them updated
posting a new poll
when the old one expires
have fun
the first one is kind of lame
but you can pick more than one answer
if you need to

however
do not forget to check the book list under the poll
it has grown
if you didnt notice
so you should always check it
always
memorize it
now
!

Saturday, September 26

rain and birthdays, birthday and rains

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOM!!!!!!!
I LOVE YOU BUNCHES
<3

its been raining a lot lately
i and love it
lots of lots of rain
just wonderful
taylor and i wend out in the rain
and walked around in shorts and flipflops
with umbrellas
and it was nice
we walked around in all the puddles
and looked at all the artificial streams

ill miss the rain

Monday, September 21

observations

it has rained a lot lately
i like it though
and i dont want it to stop
i dont understand why rain is a negative thing
if we move
i will definitely miss the rain
oh i will miss the rain

im not much liking having to read a farewell to arms again
i didnt like it the first time much
so how am i to like it again
i think we try to dig too deep when reading stories
if you notice the deep things while reading
then great
but i dont want to have to go look for them
i read books for the story
not for the philosophical reasons
or the whatever other reasons
that arent even there
you have to try so hard to make it seem like it
that is just ruins it
you cant possibly enjoy the book
maybe its not the point to enjoy the book
but why read a book just to get deep meanings out of it
whats the point

why study the reasons for why the old dead composers did things
they just did them
we dont have to create theories off of it
my teacher today said that when we go to concerts later in life
he wants us to be able to appreciate the music more
he wants us to be able to say
oh that was a great placement of a leading tone
or
ooh that perfect fifth with that triad was a great sound
who does that
why would we do that
when i listen to music
i want to listen and enjoy it
not pick it apart for dumb theory stuff
but the class is an ap creadit
yay
lets just hope i make something like a five on the exam
apparently ninety-three percent make fours and fives in mr dr john greirs class
he has an average of over four

im still not done reading lotr
believe it or not
but i really like it
so i added it anyway
read it
now
this second



are you reading it

so now i am going to go brush my teeth
and then hopefully i will read
lotr

actually i should read afta
but i wont

goodnight





are you reading it now
i mean it

Thursday, September 3

School

so school has started
and i thought this year would be really stressfull
i dont know about that anymore
i have two classes at easley
then i go home for an hour
which is great because i can eat
and do homework
then i go to the fine arts center for my music class
and my music theory class
which are shorter than easley classes
only an hour each
then i go home

this year at easley my classes are
algebra 2
biology
french
and english 3
i am a bit worried about fish
he seems to like assigning a lot of work
just for the sake of assigning a lot of work
french will be okay
biology teacher talks a lot
and algebra teacher is annoying

i will probably have to take some online classes
but that will be okay
not too much time out of my day
and i am doing the gcyo
or greenville county youth orchestra
which is like cys
but a higher expectation level
i am also doing cys
and am still taking oboe lessons

hopefully this year will pass by quickly
or hopefully well just get to christmas break soon
im already ready for it

thats about all thats been going on
i am half way through with the last lord of the rings
they will definitely be on the recommended book list

marmots do matter

Friday, August 14

Update

its been a while since people updated
including me
so here is am

nothing much has happened lately
taylor and clint are doing marching band
i am waiting until next week when i start school
and gcyo
and cys
where ill be so busy itll be crazy
ill tell you more about that next week

ive basically sat around
walked rosie
played the piano
practiced my oboe
and practiced driving
yep...

im reading lord of the rings now
and then ill have a lotr movie marathon
yay

Saturday, July 25

Oops I Forgot

i forgot to mention a few things we did on our trip
first of all
on the way to junction and the family reunion
we missed our turn off
we went on and on
until finally mom got service and we stopped and checked a map on her phone
we found out that we were on our way to denver
yay denver
we wasted about two hours with this expidition
but it was fun
we like getting lost

on the way though
we saw big rock candy mountain
and it was disappointing
it looks nothing like candy
it looks like chocolate and vanilla powder
however it does look cool
just not like it should

if you read one of the comments from my aunt
it said that we went panning for gold
i forgot that too
we did find little
tiny pieces of "gold"
it could have been anything really
but it was an adventure

thats all i remember

i updated my reading list
with books that i read a long time ago and just forgot to put on
and some are more childish than others
but they were my favorites when i was little
so they earn a spot on the list just as much as any other

the baseball game was long
very long
four and a half hours too long
ha ha
i dont much like baseball
but it was fun
grandma narrated the whole game
sang the national anthem with the three girls on the field
and complained whenever they switched from outfield to infield
because she wanted them to play ball
she didnt understand why they were just throwing the ball around to each other
"what are we doing
playing catch"
we ended up loosing by three points
ten to seven
we got to watch the fireworks show however
for some reason the theme for the game was christmas
they gave out presents
and people were wearing christmas hats and colors

its ronaldo now

Friday, July 24

Recently

wednesday
my mom
taylor
and i
went to see harry potter
it was weird because when we went into the theater
nobody was there
nobody
but then two people came
and they sat somewhere behind us
and then two more people
and they sat two rows in front of us
and then the movie started
seven people in the whole theater
i thought there would be more
considering how popular the movie is
and we were worried it would be sold out
ha ha
my mom absolutely loved the movie
she said its one of her top ten
you have no idea how many times ive heard how much she likes it
she said she would watch it again
and quite frankly
i would too
i think it was great
and probably the best of the harry potter movies so far
i am not going to tell you what happened though
so those of you who have not seen it
do not worry
but do see it soon
although it was a serious movie
there were quite a few parts that make you laugh
at least they made me laugh

last week i ordered wands from noblecollection.com
i got two
one for taylor
because i still hadnt gotten her her present
and one for me
because they are awesome
they came last wednesday
but we were in utah
so when we got back i wrapped it
and taylor opened it thursday
i got sirius blacks wand
and it is really cool looking
taylor got cho changs
and it is really cool too
but she already
on the day that she opened it
broke it
it isnt siriously broken
just two tiny chips out of the tip
but she only found one of the chips
she is going to glue it back
and it will fit seamlessly for sure
so you wont even be able to tell
but there is another tiny piece missing
that she is so worked up over
sorry taylor
but it will look okay
trust me
you wont even notice
now these wands may seem pointless
because they cost so much
and what can you do with them really
but of course
you can do magic
everyone should have one
i wont get another though
well
maybe when i am rich one day
herm herm
but if i did
i like fred and georges
tonks
ginny
luna
cedric
and fleurs
others are cool too
but not my favorites

just about thirty minutes ago
taylor
mom
dad
and dads teenage basketball friends
tyler
and benji
and i
went down to our warehouse
and moved radiators out of a huge truck
and into the warehouse
then
we moved some of the boxes out of one truck
and into another
it was hot
and dry
and super dusty
i took off my sock
and my foot was clean
from where my sock kept the dirt off
but my legs were covered with dirt
and there was a dark ring of dirt around my leg where my sock ended
it looked funny
but it took us an hour and forty-five minutes
and i get paid fifty dollars
so that is more than twenty five dollars an hour
so i am not complaining

well that is what ive been doing
i think im going to a baseball game later today
so maybe ill tell you about that

Tuesday, July 21

I'm Baaack!!

yes yes
i'm home
within internet access
and phone service
so let me recount my trip
however
for a more detailed post
read taylors blog
because she even tells you how many seats there were per row
and what we ate almost every day
but this is my version

we left on tuesday
really early in the morning
and flew to salt lake city utah
when we arrived
my aunt paula picked us up
we hung out for a while at her house and talked
until grandma took us home
when we got to grandmas
we met aunt sue
and matt
and anna
matt looks a lot older
and anna
my cousin toni's daughter
was really cute
absolutely adorable
we ate and talked for a while until they left
and then we slept

the next day we drove out to junction
where we had the reunion in an old courthouse
it was old and really cool
and big
i wish i had a house like that
for the first two nights
taylor and i stayed in the library
which was by far the coolest room in the house
full of books
with a cool loft
that you werent allowed to go in

the first day we got there we ate and made smores
the next day
we woke up and went to the park to play tennis
then i think we hung out
and played the coolest outdoor game ever
it is called koob
everyone needs to play it
it is supposedly an old viking game
but basically
there are four stakes in the ground that act as the playing ground
the four corners of the rectangle
on the two shorter sides there are five blocks standing up
and the goal is to knock them over with long wooden batons
you have six throws per turn to knock them over
and if you do
then the other team throws them over onto your side
and they have to try to knock them over
if they dont
you keep them on your side
you are supposed to try to get all the blocks on your side
and when you do
then you have a chance to knock over the block in the middle of the field
called the king pin
if you do
then you win
if this explaination was confusing
then go to getkoob.com
or something like that

anyway
then we went skeet shooting
they had the launcher
and everyone had a turn to shoot them out of the sky
harrison got all five of his first ones
my mom even hit a lot of hers
i didnt try
i just didnt want to
there was no appeal
but i was fun watching

the next day
we went to the lake
i didnt have a bathing suit
so i didnt swim or tube
and it was just too hot to go on the boat or the canoe
so i stayed under the shade
and hung out with the aunts
and the great grandkids
it was fun to get to know them
and play basketball with them
we played more koob this day
and i was undefeatable overall
except once on sunday but ill talk about that later
liz and i were on a team with toni
but toni left at the beginning to take care of anna
so we recruited taylor
we were against nick kimber and sunny
the game started and we were losing
or maybe we were winning
i dont know
and then we made a comeback
but then the other team made a comeback
because i missed the king pin
bounced right off the top without knocking it over
but then we made a comeback and won

or maybe it went us then them then us win
i dont know

but the game lasted forever
and we had a huge audience
and it felt great to win

the last day of the reunion
we probably played koob in the morning
then left to the bryce canyon
it was pretty but hot
and once youve seen one part
youve seen it all
but the aunts and uncles insisted on seeing it at different perspectives
then we went out to eat at a drive in in penguitch
i had a grilled cheese and a chocolate shake
yum
then mom grandma taylor and i went to cedar city
where mom grew up
and saw all of her childhood
like her elementary school
and her house
and her friends houses
and her college
and her picture on the wall in the college
or more the picture with her in it on the wall in the college
ha ha
but then we went to aunt sues house
and played bang with sue mom thad harrison taylor and i
the outlaws won
go outlaws
that was sue taylor and i

the next day we had a family party at aunt sues
we played koob
and ate
there were really good rolls cooked in a sun cooker
and extremely good brownies
i think made by todd and loris family

then we played bang
and the outlaws won again
it was a longer game
with eleven people to start
eventually harrison was out
who was an outlaw
then ally
another outlaw
then liz
a renegade
then matt
a deputy
then me
and outlaw
eventually bret killed taylor who was the sheriff
so the outlaws won
go outlaws again

the parents played puerto rico
then there was a koob match
liz kirsten and bus
against me sue and matt
matt was bad
no offense
but it was his first time
sue was amazing
and i stunk
so we lost
my first loss
but my first time not on lizzys team
that is why i lost
ha ha

the last day full day in utah
we went to logan
and spent the day with harrison
we saw his house
and went out to eat at einstein bagels
which was delicious
and bought him some athletic shoes
and some pants
and then went home to watch singing in the rain
and hale center theater
which was a tiny theater with seats on three sides
the play was really good

the last day
we woke up
went to get taylors glasses and mp3 player that she left in lizzys car
and then made our way to the airport
grandma took us
the ride home was short
and now i am here

in other news
i finished farewell to arms
and although i complained about it earlier
i liked it enough
it wasnt bad
now i am reading the water is wide
and it took some getting into
and it is decent also
not something i would read by choice
but okay

well thats about it
goodnight

oh contraire snaperdoodle...

Sunday, July 12

skirts and owls

i finally went shopping
and i got clothes
the first time ive had new clothes in ages
i got quite a few tops
and three pairs of shorts
and i got skirts
skirts!!
i dont think ive had skirts since i was eight
i have two now
however they left the ink tag on it
so we are going to take it to get it taken off tomorrow
we also went shoe shopping
because i was supposed to get some new flip-flops
but i couldnt find any i liked
so guess what i got
converse
yay
i love converse
i finally got some plain black and white ones
who doesnt have plain black and white converse
everyone should have a pair
and i also got some blue and brown ones
with a bee on them
i drove in the black ones already
ha ha
i like driving
i drove home from rite aid
mom wont let me drive on 123
too dangerous she thinks
i dont much want to drive on it anyway
but i have only gotten to drive twice so far
hopefully i will get to drive some tomorrow
ha ha

melissa
clints girlfriend for all of you who dont know
and my friend
i think she is at least
haha
is really good at sculpting clay
really good
i mean amazingly good
she made taylor a pegasus for her birthday that was gorgeous
and she asked me what she should make next
and i told her to make a barn owl
because barn owls are amazingly beautiful
probably my favorite type of owl
but i dont know enough types of owls to decide that
but anyway
she made it
and it is really amazing
at the same time i made a hippogryph
in spirit of buckbeak of harry potter
and it is okay
but i like him anyway
haha

pim is extra cute lately
and she lets me hold her finally
and pet her without running away
i love her

i am leaving to utah
on tuesday
for the family reunion
i cant wait!!!!!


we made wands
clint melly taylor nick and i
in spirit of potter
out of clay
and we baked them
but they still turned out floppy
and they are ridiculous
haha
mine broke
so i made another
but it just turned out really fat
so it looks like a giant finger
its pretty ugly
then clint took his wand when we
went to michaels pizzaria
with melly clint taylor and nick
had a blast
bread knots are delicious
and then we went to the coffee shop
saw the person clint crashed into
i mean
didnt crash into
hem hem
and we bought one smoothie
for the five of us
what an experience
then we made a video
watch it on clints blog

im finished with death of a salesman
it was lame
and now i am reading farewell to arms
it is also lame
nothing gets accomplished
i hate books like that
and books about war
grrr
i wish i could read what i want

well
thats about it

ps
easy street gets really annoying after hearing it twelve million times
ha ha
im just kidding mom
well maybe not
but i love you!

baked alaska

Thursday, July 9

Marathon!!

today was fabulous
i had a full day of harry potter fun
with two amazing people
austin
and taylor
we watched all five movies
no breaks except for dinner
and austin brought his wand
and we looked at wands and merchandise online
i want a wand
i think that would be amazing
but all the merchandise
like figurines
bookends
prop replicas
like rings
necklaces
and crystal balls
cost soooooo much
and it isnt even the correct size for some stuff
like the crytal balls and stands are five inches
that is like three inches of crystal ball
thats tiny
but it was fun seeing all the stuff
and thinking about owning it
ha ha
it was a great day
and i do not consider it a waste at all
go harry potter!!!!
cant wait for the new movie

noblecollection.com

Wednesday, July 8

Learners Permit

i finally got my drivers permit today
missed three out of thirty on the test
i drove around the parking lot of the park
then drove home
i drove home
how exciting

Tuesday, July 7

The End II

i know my last post said the end
and was going to be my last harry potter post
but i lied
i have one more
it will be short
and wont be a spoiler

i just want to say
that i have read jk rowlings other works
and i liked them

although the tales of beedle the bard was short
they were cute stories
that make convincing fairy tales

the fantastic beasts book was cute
and funny
the creatures were interesting
and it was fun reading the notes that harry ron and hermione wrote in it
(hem hem)
getting to learn more about some of rowlings own creatures

and last
quidditch through the ages
it was informative
on a subject that you cannot be informed on because it isnt real
but yet again
it was fun reading about the different teams
and players
and brooms
and fouls
and plays
and the progression of the game through time
as you will see to your right
(look at the reading list)
they made it on
also an old childrens classic
harold and the purple crayon

thanks for reading and commenting on my rambles of harry potter
this may be the last harry exclusive
but i do not promise that i wont bring him up again at least once

goodnight all
and sleep well
happy birthday taylor
and goodbye harry potter
goodbye hairy potty
goodbye hatty porrer
goodbye hairrer pootty

and hello death of a salesmen

ps
i wrote this blog on taylors new computer
that she got for her birthday
it is tiny

and blue

Monday, July 6

The End

SPOILER ALERT
clint keeps saying
that im ruining the books for those who havent read them
well then
dont read the rest of this blog
if you want to keep it a secret

more deaths
it said that around fifty people died
just for harry
but it only names four
fred
like i mentioned
which made me really sad

i wonder what happened to george

anyway
the only people in the order
that i specifically told myself i didnt want to die
were tonks and lupin
and they were the only ones that did die
i sort of knew that already
but i wasnt sure
because i remember someone telling me about harry having to care for ted
their child
when he was seventeen
because hes his godfather
but it was still sad
i liked them
but at least rowling killed both
it would have been worse if only one died

colin creevey also died
the kid with the camera
who was obsessed with harry
that wasnt so sad

i hated the ending
she went to far
telling that harry marries ginny
and has three children
james
albus severus
and lilly
i already knew it
but reading it made it worse
and ron and hermione
which i also knew
had rose
and hugo
what kind of names are those
and if she is going to go to the trouble
of telling us that much
she could have at least told us what harry does for a living
she told us what neville did

overall
a dumb ending

but i actually liked the seventh book
people told me it was bad
and constant arguing
but notice i didnt make a post complaining about the arguing
because there wasnt a lot
some
but enough to make sense
i mean
really
they were constantly in trouble of dying
you would have built up tension too

those of you who havent read the series
read it
now
im command you
cause it is actually worth it
maybe not you clint
you are an exception
because you would spend your whole life trying to read them
and you would never finish

oh yeah
and voldemorts death was a little lame
harry used expelliarmus to kill him
i mean really
whats up with that

and why couldnt rowling tell us what happened to luna
she was one of my favorites
she told us about harry
and ginny
and hermione
and ron
and neville
and even draco
and dracos son scorpio
strange name
i wanted luna to marry neville
but only because she told us about the others marriages
if she had just kept her mouth shut
it would have been better
let us decide whether harry marries
or whether neville becomes a teacher

anyway
thats it
happy reading

Sunday, July 5

deaths

crabbe jr
and fred now

Obsession

sorry if you are getting tired of my constant posts
all to do with harry potter
but i have to keep you updated

i am serious
rowling must have an obsession with death
so many people die in her books

it was dobby just now
ill miss the old elf

Saturday, July 4

SAD

read my comment on sixth book

i didnt know hedwig died
im glad nobody told me
so it wasnt spoiled
but thats sad

boohoo
sniff
snuffle
glurg
sob
sniffle

**78 pages in and already another person dead
mad-eye moody
and george lost his ear already

Friday, July 3

Sixth Book

sixth book is over
dumbledor dead
sad sad


and rowling is a good author
really she is

Tennis

grrr
federer vs nadal
suspended due to rain

wimbledom

Thursday, July 2

Harry Potter cont.

i finished the fifth book
and once you get past the constant arguing in the first half
and the very annoying teacher
it was actually good
i liked it
but less so than the others
my favorite is the first
of course
now i am reading the sixth
obviously
and it is weird
because it is the first book of the series that ive read
and not know what was going to happen
dont tell me please
the others
i have seen the movies
so i knew pretty much what they were about
but i havent
of course
seen this movie yet
now
the movies did leave out some things
or change some things
but they were pretty accurate
i was surprised
however
how inaccurate the third through fifth were
the first two were almost perfect

well
thats all

Monday, June 29

hmm

im now a third of the way through
and there is less arguing
the teacher is still annoying me out of my mind
but there isnt as much about how everyone is talking about harry
whipering about harry behind his back
talking rather loudly about harry in front of him
confronting harry about how they think hes crazy
or how they dont believe a word he says
in fact
now some people are telling him how they believe him

i dont know why im telling you what is happening
because if you cared you could just read it

goodnight

EERGG!!!!!!

so the fourth harry potter wasnt so bad
actually i sort of liked it
but compared to the fifth
it was the best ever
because the fifth is the worst so far
AAAAAAHHHHHH
it is so annoying how ron hermione and harry get mad
at every little thing
and scream and yell
the whole book
mind
i am only a quarter of the way though
but it is really getting annoying
and the stupid new teacher
that comes from the ministry
is getting very highly on my nerves
i want to throw the book across the room



but i wont
because i like harry potter books nonetheless
the stories are still good
and the characters loveable


sorry bout that
i will now go continue reading
seeing as i stopped just to post this
goodnight

Saturday, June 27

Harry Potter

so when I was in virginia
as you should know if you read the previous post
we watched every harry potter movie so far
in preparation for the new one that is to come
and i felt left out that half the time i didnt know what was happening
because
and this may surprise you
i havent read any of the books
well i did read the first and second
but so long ago i dont remember any of it really
all i know about harry and his friends
comes from watching the movies
so my cousin anna
told me that i had to read the books
so i finished the series i was reading
the firebringer series
quite good
and on my read it list
and started right away on the harry potter series
not so much because i was excited
but because i have three books to read for school before school starts
i have been reading constantly since
literally
that is all i do all day
and they are quite good
i must admit
and i think that rowling did a good job on the first three
i am now on the fourth
about a quarter of the way through
and am a bit disappointed
it just doesnt have the same appeal as the others
the cute but seriousness that the others had
and it doesnt seem as well thought out
now of course i knew this would happen
because i have heard how her writing went downhill
but i will finish the series
and watch the remaining movies
i cant wait for them really
im surprised i didnt like harry potter when i was young
i definitely like it now

i heard that the last movie is going to be realeased in two parts
does anyone know if this is true
if so
thats stupid

Friday, June 19

Virginia

we just got back from my cousins house
in arlington virginia
i wish i could go back
i miss them all so much
but pim is throwing a fit
she wont stop meowing
and she already threw up once
she is obviously mad at me for leaving her for so long
oh well
what do you do
rosie is alright
pretty excited
except i already found two ticks on her
i hate ticks
my least favorite bug
along with earwigs

so virginia was fun
as soon as we got there we started watching harry potter
the first one that is
then we played hoopla
but it was already really late because we got there at 11,30
so we slept

the next day
i dont remember what we did next
i know we played ulitmate frisbee
my team
clint and i
lost against anna and joey
and one day we went to the goblin castle
so lets just say that was today

the goblin castle
not a very interesting place really
this is the home where g-ma is living
grandma for those of you who need translation
we ate her snackies that she keeps just for our visits
and watched soccer
we watched a lot of soccer when we were in virginia
all the teams i wanted to win lost
we also played whiffle ball this day
my team
the musketeers
consisting of clint and anna and i
lost against the fireflies
joey and taylor
lastly we watched harry potter
the chamber of secrets

the next day
we went to the zoo
i think
it was fun
pandas
maned wolves
sloth bears
etc
lemurs
like zoboomafoo
ha ha
so when we got home
we watched an episode of zoboomafoo
and it was wonderful
monkey-ish
i feel monkey-ish
yes yes
good times
we also played another game of whiffle ball
same teams
and we lost again
another thing we did was play crickett
who knows if we played it right
but it was fun
and my team of clint and i lost
again
against taylor and joey
21 to 20
we didnt really finish though so i think it was really a tie
lastly we watched harry potter
the prizoner of azkaban

the next day
this might be the day we actually went to the zoo
but im just going to say that we ate lunch with grandma
we went to a place called joes
and grandma had pizza and pasta
and breadsticks and meatballs
amazing
we then went home and played more crickett for a while
until we went to get ice cream
i had chocolate chip cookie dough
im not sure what else we did on this day
but watch harry potter
the goblet of fire

the next day
i dont know at all what we did this day
probably stuff from the other days
because i know we played one sport a day
one day we played zoo tycoon
that was exciting
lightning the legend won the race
ha ha
and we played horse racing on the playstation one day
we watched harry potter
the order of the pheonix

the next day
i only remember making a map
and making up characters to go with the map
and randomly making a story-game up as we went
it sort of crashed and burned
no harry potter
because the movie isnt out yet
grrr
but we did watch another episode of zoboomafoo
emu-ish
i feel emu-ish

the last day
we woke up
ate
packed
left
end of story

so that was virginia
any of you that made it this far
i congradulate you
this was probably very long and boring
goodnight

who could it be
this animal who i do see
can you help me guess
this mystery

me
and you
and zoboomafoooo
come on in and see whats new
were doing the things that animals do

*update*
i forgot to mention our sardines games
outside
in the dark always
i never had to be the one to hide
because i made sure always to be one of the first to find them
i am good at that game

gobdin
and the forest of ge
ha ha

Thursday, May 14

Faces

can you look at someones face
and then look at it different
and they look like a different person
theres not really any facial change
they just seem
different
i dont know
that is the only way to describe it
only
i can only seem to do it with people i dont look at too much
but people i have looked at some
not someone i just meet
you have to know them a while
but not too long
it wont work with your best friend
or your mom
or sister
but you should try it
because it almost seems like it changes their personality
they become someone else
its interesting

Wednesday, April 22

the pillowman

i just finished reading 'the pillowman' by martin mcdonagh
and was amazed
and youll probably be amazed too mom
that i liked it
it was humorous
in a dark way
and the stories
although gruesome
were well written
one of my favorites was the story 'the story of the little deaf boy on the big long railroad tracks. in china'
however
i think the play would be only mildly good as a play
because it just wouldnt have the same appeal to me
i like books more than plays
so i say all this because i have added it to the book list
even though it is a play
although i warn those who read it
that it is very gruesome
and has language
but it is good

Tuesday, April 14

same ol' same ol'

i agree with meredith
we havent been posting as much
which isnt because i dont like it
or dont have the time
but i dont have anything to say
like now
and every time i do post
i talk about how i have nothing to post about
so it is always the same

i added once again to the book list
if anyone actually looks at it
or reads any of it
who would like to know

we went on our trip to virginia
which was okay
except historic jamestown
because we didnt do anything
except go on a tour
with a mean tour guide lady
who always yelled at us for going too slow
but other than that the trip was fun
we went to busch gardens
rode rollercoasters
but my favorite was the 3d ride
darkastle
it really felt like we were falling

i started back to school again today
now that spring break is over
and it was as lame
if not more
than i expected
why do we have to go through so much school
i understand a few years
but harder few years
that you learn more
and start school later
not when we are five
or whatever
because i dont remember anything that i learned in first grade
or kindergarten
and especially preschool
i dont really remember much of anthing from elementary
or even middle school
but that was probably because we have such bad teachers

i have yet another audition this weekend
and im not really sure if i want to
it is for the greenville county youth symphony
and i dont know anything about their program
ive heard good
and bad

well
life continues as bothersome usual
but it could be worse

Friday, March 20

Eiznekcm Hgiel Kalehc

pim here in my lap
oh
there she went
she was really cute earlier
well
she is always really cute
but she was playing with a pipe cleaner
and then her and rosie started playing together
but their kind of playing is
"ha ha
i just punched you"
*scurries away before they're hit in return*
so they chase each other around and punch each other
cute
but looks painful

just finished my desert
a banana
mmm
a little too young
still a little green
but good all the same

which reminds me
the pie
apple cinnamon
enveloped in a thin crust
on the windowsill
my haiku i wrote in school today
about a pie
yes

so if you havent heard
i made the fine arts center
along with amber tepidino
a flute
and another flute player who is returning from last year
(also two percussion players
but who cares about them)
he he
so that will be exciting

im doing well in school
i think all as
not sure
(checking online)
yep
94 95 99 99
and the rest are 100s
but you dont care about that

taylor and clint have a twenty four hour relay
started at four pm
and is going to
you guessed it
four pm
they run in the morning
four am i think
early
ugh
id hate that
glad im not into sports
he he

but other than that
i dont think theres much going on
im trying to read more
if thats of any interest to you
i really like turtles
but then again
i really like a lot of things

like bears (of all kinds)
and australian bears (which arent bears [look it up])
and cats (wildcats and domestic)
and topograpy
and taoism
and landscapes
and rain (also umbrellas i really like umbrellas)
and cheddar and sour cream ruffles (mmm)
and books (especially when they are about lame princes)
and giant pigs in our yard
and rosie
and clint (i love you [you too mom meredith austin emma])
and shoes
and i think you get the point
i like lots of things

i dont remember why i started listing all of those things now
(ask clint
or melissa
i like listing things)

first one to answer this question gets a prize
(dont get your hopes up)

what is the ingrediant "natural flavors"

good night room
good night house
good night ashbury glenn
good night easley
good night sc
good night us
good night n america
good night western hemisphere
good night world
good night inner solar system
good night solar system
good night spiral galaxy arm
good night galaxy
good night galaxy system
good night universe
good night everything

Monday, February 16

Birthday

today
february 16
is my birthday
and around 11:30 tonight
i will officially be 15
i guess thats pretty exciting
right
so now i can get a job
and get my drivers permit

i have to go eat ice cream
(homemade icecream
mmmm...)

Friday, February 13

Whee...

tomorrow is my audition
and valentines
but more importantly my audition
for the fine arts center
and i am excited
but nervous
hopefully ill do well

my birthday is monday
and luckily we dont have school
because its presidents day
yay me!

Tuesday, February 10

the pool

heres a poem i wrote in the fourth grade
i hope it beats clints

one day at school
there was a pool
dont ask me why
just ask the guy
who brought it

did you like
---
this weekend
on saturday
i have an audition
for the fine arts center
in greenville
i hope i do good
because i think this will be a good opportunity for me
and for my family even

however
this week has been more homework-i-sized
i have a project
that was supposed to be due friday
and at the last minute
monday
my teacher changed the date to the next time we have class
wednesday
so i had to work on it all today
i have to create a way to keep an egg from breaking
after dropping it off a two story building
onto the concrete
my first creation took a long time to make
and was completely straws and tape
and it worked
on grass
but failed miserably on cement
and it made me angry
so i made a new one
out of a wet-wipe box
bubble-wrap
and shock-absorbing straws sticking out of it like a porcupine
i named it... tornadee
hehe
also
i just got a project assigned today
for black history month
that is due next week
i have to research an african american
and make a presentation on it
i have a test friday
a test tuesday
a paper fr-
...why am i telling you all of this
well
basically
i wish i had more time to practice what i need for my audition

other than that
nothing is really happening
pim is adorable as ever
and rosie as annoying as ever
(just kidding rosie
i love you)

so thats all

happy clint?

Monday, January 26

Update

I don't really have anything to update on
but maybe
if someone actually even reads my blog
they were wanting to know how things were going
so I will try.

saturday
I had all state auditions
I messed up on sight reading
but other than that I did okay
I made fifth
....(I think)
and am second alternate
which pretty much guarantees I'm not going to play
but at least I got seated.
(Albert didn't *snicker snicker*)

other oboe updates
I made first in the county
(over albert)
first in region
(over albert)
and first in orchestra
(over albert)
but I wonder about that last one
because as soon as he went into the audition
his reed broke
and I felt sorry for him
because I could tell his dad really wanted him to do good
and I could tell he was having trouble with the reed
and I know how that feels to have your reed let you down.
How lame....

in other news
I am reading the outsiders for school
and it's pretty good
but now good enough to put on the read it list
but I still think you should read it
(if that makes sense)
but I did add a series to the list
and a couple other books
so check it out
(my goal is to fill it up)

lastly
I went to meredith's after my audition saturday
(adopted sibling 'and miles to go before I sleep')
and we got a tour of her campus
(USC)
which was cool
I like the brick pathways
that was probably my favorite part
not to say it wasn't interesting
but they were the cool kind y'know
that have moss on them
and are being pulled up by roots
and bricks are falling out and stuff
anyway
they looked really cool
and I wanted to steal them
but I don't think that is possible

so I guess I had more to say than I thought
hope somebody actually reads this
but it was nice reflecting on my week if not
bye bye
have wonderful days full of particle explosions!