Oy...I took back my D.V.D player from my mother in the living room. She was like, "What movie are you going to watch? Shrek 2? I mean, El Dorado?" First of all, no one is allowed to mix those movies up. Second of all, what's so wrong with enjoying animated movies? I know my mom isn't the biggest fan of cartoons and such, but she still doesn't have ( Read more... )

Whoa...I'm in disbelief right now. In French class, my teacher passed out packets and announced that we would be reading something new. Candide by Voltaire. I was stunned and ecstatic at the same time. The packets gave a summary of each chapter and it turns out that the characters' visit to El Dorado lasts for two chapters (seventeen and eighteen ( Read more... )

Today went very well because something special happened when I went to Menard's with my mom. I was walking through the store, all stressed and hopeless and whatnot when I heard familiar music begin to play over the loudspeaker. It was the beginning of Elton John's "Someday Out of the Blue". I went into shock and started to repeatedly pace one of ( Read more... )