Talk about ALL the things!

Today was pretty awesome. Two of my three teachers were away so we had supplies in for them. In biology class we ended up having a big discussion about pokemon and then a debate over what the plural of platypus is. Then in english we were reading the final act of Othello as a class and things just got really out of hand we ended up laughing so much and just having a bunch of fun. And it's the weekend now!

I'm hanging out with Deidra right now, sleeping over at her place to be more exact and we just spent the evening playing Twilight Princess and then we watched Super 8. Let me tell you Super 8 was a fantastic movie in my opinion. There was action, a little romance, aliens, mystery. The best part of all though was that it wasn't just another movie with the same old Hollywood actors. It was just a bunch of like teens that I hadn't really seen in any movies before (though they have been in a few, I looked them up).

Adam, your Swindon Town fanfic is going really well so far, I'll be sure to check in on it from time to time. I hope you keep it up because it's definitely better than a lot of the fanfiction that I've read on other things.

For Christmas my family has a sort of double celebration I guess you could say. On Christmas Eve we spend the evening at my Grandparents house for an awesome dinner (with ham not turkey) and then presents. Then on Christmas Day we open the family presents and have my uncle over for a second christmas dinner. We always get a real tree for our house and it's usually pretty tall so we have to use a ladder to decorate the top. My mom does a bunch of baking and we all pitch in to help. My favourite things we make are gingerbread cookies, shortbread cookies, and meat perogies. The food is definitely my favourite part of the holiday, but watching all the christmas tv specials comes at a close second.

Happy Birthday Kira! I hope you have an awesome weekend and an awesome birthday. And don't stress too much about school or anything just try your hardest and work your way through whatever they send your way and you'll be fine. I honestly believe that worrying about it will just make it worse than whatever it would have been.

Campion, it sucks you're limited in your bandwidth use. I don't know how it is with everyone else, but where I live, or I guess with the plan my family has, there isn't really a limit to how much bandwidth we use. I honestly never even knew what bandwidth was until like a couple years ago when someone was talking about it on a youtube video.

As for something that I watched before and got back into, all I can really think of off the top of my head would be Doctor Who. It played on cable for the Eccleston and like one of the Tennant seasons when I was younger and all I can remember thinking was that it was a really cool show. Then it stopped for some reason and I kind of forgot about it until I got into Nerdfighting. So I went back and watched all the episodes from Eccleston and onwards, and it's still as good as I remember.

DFTBA
Kayla

Oh and I almost forgot, this week my school started a gardening club so I joined it. It seems like it'll be a lot of fun so I can't wait till we start growing things.

Labor Day = No school!

I always feel like I have something else I need to do... but I don't.  I know I don't have anything that I need to do.  I'm just sort of anxious for some reason.  Probably because it's a three day weekend and school starts back up tomorrow.

I loved the Legend of Zelda games.  My favorites (because I can never choose one) are Ocarina of Time and Wind Waker.

Ten things that make me happiest:

1. Making my family/teachers proud.
2. All the things I do on/everyone I know from the internet
3. Accomplishing a goal/project
4. Laying outside on a trampoline, in the country, when the weather is perfect.
5. Finding the perfect, most comfortable position in your bed, and just laying there in the warmth.
6. My cats.
7. When all the snow finally melts, it's 45 degrees (Fahrenheit) and you don't have to wear a jacket.
8. The first day of school.
9. The last day of school.
10. Knowing/feeling I belong to an amazing group of friends.

A week from now, next Monday, is the day my brother leaves for basic training.  He is going to train to become part of the Special Forces in the US Army.  I'd like to see him off at the airport, but my dad wants me to go to school, and I also don't want to see my parents cry.

Still no luck with Pottermore.  In July I had finally decided I would be best in Ravenclaw.  I wish I didn't choose a house for myself as I will probably be sorted into something different.

For English, we have to read a book by the end of the quarter.  The book had to be an AR (Accelerated Reader) book.  Once we finish the book, we have to go take the AR quiz.  I chose Looking For Alaska even though I have already read it.  The book is beautiful.  My favorite quote can be found near the end of the book.  

"Those awful things are survivable, because we are as indestructible as we believe ourselves to be. When adults say, 'Teenagers think they are invincible' with that sly, stupid smile on their faces, they don't know how right they are.  We need never be hopeless, because we can never be irreparably broken. We think we are invincible because we are." 

If John came up with that on his own... he is a genius.  Sometimes I wish we were assigned to do a paper on our Role Model so that I could write all about John and Nerdfighteria.

Kate