Panda?

I want to just scoop this kid up and take him home with me. SO. CUTE.

Buono Giorno, Amici!

I'm bloggity-bloggy-blogging! Do da do...

The post is for you. Yes, you.

How are YOU doing today? I want to know.

I had a good day. At school our first few classes were shortened, so the whole school could participate in a Walkathon. The WHOLE school. The school colors are gold, white, and black, but each grade has a color. 6th graders are gold, 8th graders black, and 7th graders (like me) white. Now with the recently fixed softener, there hasn't been any time to get around to washing white clothes. (I've grown so used to not wearing the any white clothes that I barely notice if they're washed or not.) Of course there were no clean white stuff today, so I just wore a white sweatshirt over an orange shirt. (I don't really have any yellow clothes. That needs to change.) Anyway, the Walkathon was fun, for I got to walk with my friends and say hi to teachers or acquaintances that I don't get to speak to often.

The sun was out more today, but it might have been colder than yesterday. (Look at me, talking about the weather. You don't want to listen to all that.) Autumn is leaving quicker than I thought! And jeez, it's already Halloween next week!

It's awesome how fast I'm writing this post, but I'm not using the "proper" form of typing. ;0)

Oh, hey! November's coming up, and you know what that means! Thanksgiving (nom nom nom potato cheese casserole nom) and...(drum role) HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS PART 1!!!



Don't pretend that you are not utterly ecstatic about it. I know you are. The great part is that since the showing is during the school year and NOT the summer, kids at school get to gossip about it the day of the release, and people will talk about it the next day being like, "AWESOMEST. SEVEN DOLLARS AND FIFTY CENTS. EVER SPENT!"

As you can see, the title for this post is in Italian. Yes, I have regained my enthusiasm for learning Italian. I don't have Spanish until the end of the school year, so I can enjoy learning Italian for a while longer.

I have such a long mental list of books I want to read and/or need to finish. Some books I've wanted to read for a while, but I never get around to it.

Books I want To Read:

- Running with Scissors
- Eat, Pray, Love
- Halo (a book I got for my birthday)
- Burned? (7th House of Night book)
- Awakened? (8th House of Night book coming soon)

And let's not forget those random books that I pass/look/see at the library and think "hm, that looks interesting..." but I never get it, because I'm already reading some other book.

Note that Burned and Awakened have question marks next to them because I'm not exactly sure if I want to read them, but I probably should because I've already read and own the six other books.

Books that I Started to read/read a good chunk of but Never finished:

- It Was the Best of Sentences, It Was the Worst of Sentences
- Black and Blue Magic
- Star Girl
- Lord of the Flies (the writing is kind of poor)
- Mockingjay (up to chapter 4, but it's kind of boring)

There are no doubt more books, but those were the ones I could think of just now.

Well, buona notte! (At least for me.)

Autumn Wisconsin

I took a walk today this late afternoon, the sun just starting to set. The whole time I listened to the In Between Dreams Jack Johnson CD, and I felt pretty cool. I was really proud of myself of how awesomely awesome the awesome pictures of mine are.
So I walk, and it begins! 8D

I actually like how overgrown our grass looks sometimes. It's cool, and there was a lot of those straw thingies in the yard; like patches of them everywhere.

"I R a hoodlum!"

You know all those red berries on the bushes in our yard? The poisonous ones? Well, all today a bunch of birds have been swooping in and nom nom nomming on the berries! I got really close to a bird. It had already swallowed the berry, but I saw it do so. It was so cool!

This picture above is probably my favorite of all of them.

I looked like a homeless hoodlum, [with my giant swatshirt and baggy sweatpants], looking for trouble. I put my hood down to not scare the neighbors, and I took out my camera to show them I was a harmless citizen, just taking pictures. I probably still looked creepy, though, [looking like I was taking pictures of their homes], so I made sure my camera was always pointed at the sky. Jeez, I can't go walkin' in my own culd du sac without the neighbors eyeballing me.

This is my favorite time of day: Rays of orange light streaking through the trees, slightly chilly, shadows dancing in corners, light hitting leaves and bark jsut right...

This is me, bringing Hartford to you. Have a good upcoming week! :o)

Inception: Review

Inception was a very good movie. No, it was AMAZING - magnificently and deliciously imaginative. I, for one, have never seen a movie about dreams before. Although that doesn't mean that there aren't any out there, I still will go as far as to say that the plot was very original, in the fact that it dealed with the whole basis of original ideas in the first place. I mean, that is exactly what Inception is. Implanting an idea successfully into someone's mind, making the person believe that it was their idea in the first place without any inspiration. The details are still a little fuzzy.

Leonardo DiCaprio, in my opinion, did an excellent job in this movie. If not better, than as good as Shutter Island. He does the whole 'my-wife-is dead- and- I'm-still-grieving' thing very well. I loved this movie not simply just for the creativity, but for the music, plot, characters, and all that jazz. My favorite types of stories is when the main character is keeping a secret from everyone else, and someone is or already has figured it out. The angst - that's just gold.

What made this movie better for me? The surprises of seeing familiar actors. Like Ellen Page, Micheal Cane, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and Cillian Murphy. (When those actors are rolled into one, what else to expect but AWESOME?) The fact that I had never seen a trailer for the movie might have helped, as trailers usually give away good parts of a movie and kind of take away the mystery of it all. (This point is true, in the fact that after I saw the movie I looked up some trailers for it, and Danny was right: They're very misleading.) I only knew that the movie involved dreams and it had Leo DiCaprio in it. Plus everyone was saying that it was the best movie ever and my own brother thought it was amazing.

That's another thing - what I heard from other people. So, before seeing the movie yesterday, I lowered my expectations a lot. I told myself that it was going to be really crappy while the trailers were going through, and people were exaggerating to the limit. Low and behold, after watching the movie that was 2 HOURS and 35 minutes, if felt like no time had gone by at all. It felt much shorter. The movie had been excellent, made me think, and it took me the rest of the day to absorb it fully.

Now, I want to see it again. I want to buy a ticket with my own money, and see Inception again by my self. I've never gone to the movie theater by myself before, and it would be an interesting experience. Sit wherever. Never have to turn my head every now and then to see how the other person is reacting. I'll just sit down, move if I want to move, and relax. But I would also not mind to see the movie again with Heidi (she's GREAT to watch movies with) and/or with Danny.

Too bad that I missed the 4:15pm showing of the movie today. That's the only time I can see it - the other times are either too early, or too expensive. I can't see it tomorrow, because Moma, Kelly, Heidi, and I are going to go visit Katie and Amy in Madison for the day tomorrow, after which Heidi has to stay around and see her new dorm. So hopefully I'll be able to go on Friday, but we might have the unfortunate displeasure of Kyle coming over. If not, I'll go on Friday or Saturday.

I would love to see Inception again. I would recommend it to anyone who loves to think during a movie, and enjoys witty and angsty and cool and confusing and downright original. Especially all the people who love the concept of dreams, keep a dream journal, or just have nothing to do this summer or this weekend of right this minute, and want 2 hours and 35 minutes of awesomeness.

Almost Summer

Well, I haven't posted in almost exactly three months. Good time to start again, huh? What with school ending and stuff. I'm going to try and make this summer not boring. Ever since I've been getting the summer vibes (end of the year tests, AC is installed, mosquitoes invade), I've been cleaning and appreciating school more, because my teachers are nice and I get to see my friends every day. This summer I'm going to try and teach myself the basics of the piano. The library never fails to provide the right books. I'm also going to try and be active, advance more in my Italian, paint my nails differently each week, and figuratively scarf down as many books as I can.

When it's summer, I can read books until 5am everyday if I want to. Plus there can be sleepovers and camping and no homework for two and a half months (for me). School doesn't end for me until June 11th, and the day after I have the Washington D.C. trip with my orchestra for four days and three nights. Doesn't that seem fun? Months ago I didn't know if I was going and I didn't feel that excited about it, but now I'm plenty excited.

Lately I've been not that busy. This weekend dragged on pretty well. In almost all of my classes at school we're starting end of the year tests. Which reminds me...I should study especially for math...

The other day I was looking for something to wear, and I saw Kelly's cute, big black and white checkered hoodie. Of course it's too hot for that, but it is so SOFT. And I like how the sleeves and hoodie are big and baggy. So, I have decided to save my money to buy a green and white striped hoodie. I feel like it would be totally worth it. :)

One of my goals this summer is to start blogging again, at least once a week. So tune in next time on my blog. That means you, Amy!

Adventure with Daddy

Oh my gosh, so today Heidi, Kelly, and I went on an adventure with Daddy to Menomonee Falls! We visited Moma at Cracker Barrel, and then went to an AWESOME arts and crafts shop - it was bigger and greater than Hobby Lobby! We were in the same aisle most of the time, and we got a bunch of neato stuff. And guess what? I got an ink pen! With a jar of ink and a really cool quill! Isn't that SPECTACULAR? See for yourself:












It's so awesome. At the store they had more ink colors and stuff, and it looked real cool. Heidi and I are writing letters back and forth, and it's pretty sweet. I'm from Westchester, and she's from Yorkshire. THIS IS SO FUN!

How was your weekend?

Chess

Chess is the best. Have a good weekend, everyone!

Recently

Hi everybody! I've kind of been neglecting my blog for a while, so I thought that I would post today.

Last week Heidi, Kelly, and watched Avatar: The Last Airbender episodes on Heidi's computer. One day we ate doughnuts while doing said activity.




I played with Barbies and dressed them as hobos.


Ooh, plus I took a bunch of cool pictures of Barbie shoes.




Ah, I'll never get tired of that. I'm going to the library now, I think. Have a good Saturday!