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

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

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

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...)

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!

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?

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!

December Again

It is December yet again
It seems like just the other day it was December
and I was trying to figure out what to get everyone
It is amazing how fast time flies
I realized the other day
that in just three and a half more years
I'll be graduating
and that seems sort of long
but seeing how fast this year passed
it really isn't...

With December comes Christmas
but I really don't want much this year
for the first time ever
I really want an English Horn
but I know that is just a fantasy
:)
So...
other than that, I just want gift cards to any bookstore
except that one that used to be the old Mexican restaurant.
So if you were wondering
that's all

Goodnight

the number 7

This was recommended to me by
my brother
Harrison
"The Chelak"

7 things that do
• rain
• Mom scratching my arm in church
• Me and My Katamari
• watching Pim spaz
• stars
• Miyazaki
• Japanese architecture

7 things that don't
• sweaty-hot
• headaches
• Harry Potter for NGC
• cat litter
• pollution
• High School Musical
• sky scrapers

7 things to do
• hang glide
• dogsled
• write a novel
• learn 3 other languages
• do Aerial Silks in the circus
• participate in Ninja Warrior
• visit waterfall in Svartifoss, Iceland

7 ways to look at soap
• smell
• use
• taste
• feel
• listen
• look
• throw

7 animals that won't
• Pandas-1600
• Kemp's Ridley Turtle-1,000 nesting females
• North Atlantic Right Whale-300-350
• Tigers(altogther)-4000
• Northern white Rhinos-4
• Sumatran Elephant-2440-3350
• Amur Leopards-less than 40

7 .coms
• Dictionary.com
• Freerice.com
• 20000-names.com
• gama-go.com
• whiteninjacomics.com
• brotherhood2.com
• free-hippo-expedition.blogspot.com

7 ways of transportation
• bike
• hitchhike
• walk
• electric moped
• horse
• fly
• rainbow

I do suggest...
but much harder than I thought
tired
night night

Thank You Joints

I'll start by saying
"sorry it took so long to update"
even though I doubt anyone actually cares anymore
or even checks if I updated.
It really had been a long time...

Well
life has been pretty dull
marching band ended a long time ago
and we did make it to state
which made me happy
where we placed seventh
which is good so it also made me happy
but I'm sort of glad it's over.
It took up so much time.

I have been reading more lately
and have finished some books
that I did
in fact
add to my Read It!!! list
so check it out.

The family's doing good
I'm passing with all A's in all of my classes
the pets are all still living
even the last gerbil
Fish
who just doesn't seem to want to die
even though Taylor only feeds it probably every other week
and even more so
THE fish
(not the gerbil)
who I don't even think has a name
and is older than Fish.
I really think I'd be more sad if the fish died
rather than Fish.

Anyways
I think Harrison is finally planning to do SOMETHING
I'm not quite sure what
but hopefully he will be happy in what he does.

Other than anything I may have mentioned worth salvaging in your brain
I haven't really done anything else.
So to whomever reads this
thank-you
and make sure to thank your joints today
because they go through so much crap that you do to them
and they hardly ever protest
and they never get thanked.
Think of how hard life would be without your joints
...
yep
pretty difficult getting up those stairs
so thank you joints
for everthing that you do
even without notice or thanks