by Khaled Hosseini


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 by Young-Ha Kim


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I thought you might find this interesting...I think it's neat.
 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7053982.stm

JK Rowling outs Dumbledore as gay

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by Carrie Jones


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Wow, I have been so busy with school lately that i've hardly had any time to read.  Last week was our homecoming and guess what, our football team actually won!!!!

In my English class when we weren't busy writing college application essays, we were reading Beowulf.  I just finished it yesturday and I liked it more than I though I would.  It's an ( Read more... )

WOOT!!!  Today I am officially a senior and will never have a first day of highschool again.  I must say that it was probably the most boring day of the year, all the teachers did was go through the rules...oh well, it's better than homework.

In study hall I read another short story by Voltaire called Micromegas.  It was very similar to Candide in ( Read more... )

by Voltaire

Follow naive Candide as he travels the world in this short satire.  Candide, who thinks that all is well in the world, effortlessly gets in and out of life threatening situations as he trys to find/rescue his true love.  Traveling across seas from Europe to South America and back again, even staying a bit in the famous El Dorado, Candide ( Read more... )

One word: McDonalds

This is one experience I may not live through...ok maybe i'm being a little dramatic, but still, not my first choice for work.
there are a couple of pluses
1) the place is brand new (it doesn't even open until October)
2)I desperately need money
3)I no longer feel lazy (everyone I know has had a job for years already)
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by Lauren Tarshis

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Yesturday I went to see Stardust because I read the book a few weeks ago.  I was really looking forward to it, but am sad to say was very dissapointed.  To start off, I was hoping that the movie would follow the book more closely.  I understand that it couldn't be word for word, but there were lots of scenes in the movie that never happened in the ( Read more... )