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For those of you even more in a box than I am, Osama bin Ladin is dead.
He was killed by a squad of SEALs, and buried at sea with the traditional Islamic twenty-four hours.

Tamora Pierce wrote a discussion of the death and our reactions, which I suggest you read before this post ( Read more... )

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I get to interview Gene Spafford by email tomorrow. For my little Independent Study Project! Gene Spafford! If, like me, you hadn't heard of hime until today, look up "spaf" on Wikipedia.

I am not worthy.

Q: Why did we need to get firestarters yesterday?
A: There was a Carolina Wren nest with an egg in it occupying the old firestarter box. In the garage.

Yesterday I had to walk over to the high school for play rehearsal. I walked path the busses just like normal, but then I got onto the sidewalk and something cchanged. Maybe it was the warmer-than-usual weather. Maybe it was the quiet. Maybe it was the sudden lack of yellow. But I think there was just something in the air saying, "Spring is here!" ( Read more... )

It's my birthday, and today I woke up to see light, fluffy snow falling outside my window. This is the first time my parents remember it snowing on my birthday since the day I was born in a blizzard. It's the best birthday gift I could want.

My birthday's Tuesday, the 16th. On Wednesday and Thursday I had snow days. Today I had a delayed opening , a team day (we don't have regular class in the main subjects), and seeing The Lightning Thief. It was good, but it murdered the poor innocent book that had never done it any harm. Tomorrow and Sunday are a weekend, duh, Monday is off for ( Read more... )

Basketball is PAINFUL. It means I jam my middle finger so that now the knuckle is all swollen. *sad mcpoutyface*

I think last Friday I went on a German trip to the Christkindlmarkt! It was fun. I...don't really have all that much to say about it. Except that the man who last year sold Belgian waffles stuffed with apple or vanilla cream wasn't there, so the other place that sold waffles was overloaded, so my friend and I stood in line for 53 minutes (another ( Read more... )