Tea leaves

O.K. SO me and my friend Cassie are big HP fans right? Well we decided to do the tea leaf thing......The tea tast unusualy Nasty... * gags* I just finished mine. It has a spotty cloud, a heart , and a dagger. So one of my trusted friends , who I love, is going to cause a threat to my life and have problems doing so.....Lol!!! This is quite funny to try. Here's the site.http://www.mojomoon.net/tleaves.html Tootles!!!!

Tales From the Dark Tower

Hi! Yesterday I had to spend all day going to different peoples houses to see people( that I'm not sure how I'm related to.) Anyway, While I was at my Pappow's I was talkin' to my step cuz Nicole and she says that Tales from the DArk Tower is a really good book except it's a Manga. ( She's into all that Anime junk) Well, the book had really cool vampire pics and junk so I thought I'd share the site. http://www.monolithgraphics.com/pages/excerpt.html. She also said Helsing was a good Manga ( Also has cool pics.) But I don't have the site yet. Tootles

Christmas Eve

Yay! Christmas Eve! Can't wait till mornin'. Of course I get up at about 12 or 1 to open my presents. My trick: Drink lots of water so you need to pee in the middle f the night. :D Sounds strange, but it works. Anyhow, Merry Christmas and all that junk!!!

Harry Potter

Guess What!! I'm sure most of you ( that read Harry Potter) already know this, but for those of you that don't ..... Harry Potter and the halfblood Prince comes out July 16!! Yay! I am so totaly tired of waiting. I read the first one when I was in third grade. So the books are sorta getting slowly under my grade level. I was at books-a-million at 12 A.M. when the last book came out. I reall didn't think The Order of the Phoenix was very good compared with the other HP books . Oh well, I must be off. Things to do chores to avoid.

Crosswords

I was .....not cheating... on some X-tra credit Mrs.Tilley gave us one day. She always gives us a crossword and sh gave my period do it a day earlier and gave us the next day because we got half our notes down and the projector broke down and there was the sight with the answers down at the bottom. Jsut thaought I'd share. http://www.nytimes.com/learning/teachers/xwords/java/20000101.html Tootles!!!

Monday and No School!

Yep that's right. I actually wasn't up at 4:45 this morning trying to get my algebra done at the last minute. : D Though all I did was clean today. Which I only did when supervised. I had a book hidden under the sink. The only activity I have to keep me busy is the barn. I would play in my tree house, but It's still at my old house and Daddy refuses to help Mom and me move it.WE would move it ourselves but it's too big. I haven't the least clue what the square footage is. I guess it's probably 11 x 8. All four sides are connected to a tree and we have plastic windows and a door ( my last tree house was just a wooden platform.). THe coolest thing is that the roof is fiberglass tin stuff so that light can get through. You really can't see anything out of it 'cause it's blurry, but you can prety much see stuff. You can see colors and stars and stuff you just can't make out the definite edges. Anyhow, since I don't have my Treehouse I decided to make my own little place in the barn loft. Hehehe. Dad is gonna have a cow when he sees it. I've got a chair , a love seat and a bean bag up there . The reason he hasn't seen it yet is becaus eI piled all the hay around it to keep off the wind. My wind barrier also doubles as a way to keep my loft room secret. Tootles!

Christmas Break!!!

Yay!!!! Finally time for two weeks off. Just one more day of school and it's not even a full day.I haven't posted since Monday when I forgot to mention that I had to do a concert the next day. Well, I love concerts in band. Yet I really despise chorus. Why did I join? Because Holly did and that way I'd have someone to talk to doings lunch period. ( chorus joins together in our o' so fun meetings during our lunch. So we have about ten minutes to eat.) Anyhow, not for sure what I'll do without seeing my friends for a whole week.... Yes I do. Reminisce I don't have to do Algebra for two whole weeks. Hehe gtg. Stil go tSChool in the mornin'. Tootles!!!!

Computer Class

I'm sittong here in after school computer class waiting on Matt and Thomas to get here. I don't think they're coming. I just can't turn my back on them for two seconds to talk to anna and now they're gon. * scowls* If they don't come back I'm going to be mad forever. Why? Because the only other person in here is a seventh grader.Oh Well, Tat Math test I as talking about. The one I didn't have a clue how to do. WEll, I don't think I did so swell on it. Althouh I'm bound to get at least 1 out of 5 right. gtg they're here

Caomputer Class 3

It wouldn't be so bad sitting in here, but Matthew is a Physco Path. Hi Matthew!!1 F.Y.I. your mental condition has been noted.

Hi

* Blinks* Still here.

Computer Class 2

Still here. Don't get to leave for another 13 minutes or so. Not that i don't like computer class. I just have better things to do. Like Homework. * sighs* I'm lying. i nevr do my homework. : D Anyhow, I was going to post on my Xanga, but the schol parental controls won't let me. 8 scowls8 I hate the school computer systems!!!! Oh Well. only 12 minutes left.

Xanga

'Sup?
I just got a XAnga acount. I don't know why though. I hardly ever post on my Blogger acount. Oh Well, I huess that's what you get from being unnaturally bored.

Friday

So, It's Friday. Sometimes I just despise Fridays. Why? You ask. Well, you see Fridays is when my , ever so favorite, teacher Mr. Griswold chooses to give us tests on stuff we don't know how to do. We're actually supposed to know how to do it, but I'm am totally and completely clueless as how to find the perpendicular equation for the coordinate of the mid point (1,2). It's quite sad really. * sighs* I'm eventually going to have to learn it because I refuse to have to retake Algebra one when I get to highschool.That would mean that my whole eighth grade year of Math was absolutely pointless. Today Holly and me convinced a seventh grader that we were sisters!!! I know. We have nothing better to do besides confuse lesser beings than ourselves.( Is what we have always referred the grade below us as. Not that I'm looking down at seventh graders. Just the current seventh graders of my school.) It would not of worked , but we Got Mr. C , the band director, to say that we were. He's the coolest. I sent Holly the Library of Classic Vampire Literature and she is reading The Feast of Blood ( Also known as Varney the Vampire) and she says that it is really good. I guess I'll have to read it. It is at the moment 11: 58 P.M. just thought I would let you know since my blog is set up where it doesn't show the time. I'm waiting for my little cousins to fall asleep so I can turn off the movie that they are watching. They look ridiculous. I , being the best cousin ever, Pulled out all of my makeup( plus a little of my mom's) and had them dressed up as gypsies. I got eyeliner and gave them mustaches and a goatee thing . Yay!!! Movie is finally over and the little hooligans are asleep. SO I guessI better go to bed. * waves* .................Tootles.

Day Off

Sorry that I haven't wrote in a while. I've been grounded from the computer for about two weeks. Anyway, got out of school today at 12:30. Usually doesn't happen. My theorie is that our superintendent used to be a mail man. Come rain, shine, sleet or snow we'll be there. Anyway my current reading has diminished down to the findings of the school library. Which isn't bad or anything, but Ms. Lacey likes historical factual books. Ms. Lacey is our librarian. So that means we have a lot of books full of facts. Though there is quite a quantity of my more favorites: Historical fiction, and Fantasy. Been sort of bored lately. I hate being bored. A bored person is a boing person. So I made my cuz Kelly help me build a fort out of the hay in the barn loft. I'l have to go move it in a minute. I moved it to close to the edge so when it rains again it will probably get wet. If I didn't mention it in my previous post( I don't feel like checking) Sunshine by. Robin McKinley was pretty good. http://www.dagonbytes.com/thelibrary/vampire/index.html Here is a cool site with some vampire stories on it. Thoug h I haven't looked at the whole sit and don't know if the rest of it is rated G. Just thought I'd give you a fair warning. Tootles!!!

Rani Trader has been through a lot. After being implicated in the murder of the beloved Prince Tuvashanoran, her guild was destroyed and she was forced to run, traveling through the castes, changing name, until she was finally found innocent by the boy prince: Halaravilli. The Society of the Serpent was destroyed, but Rani was left with nothing. Her family was dead her guildsmen were scattered. Two years passed, and King Halaravilli promised her that he would help her reform her beloved guild. But then she and her king fall victim to a ruthless betrayal, and Rani is spirited off to a foreign land. There she is faced with the horror of a kingdom destroyed by civil war. A kingdom reduced to employing armies of children...
I think the book is really good. although you might want to read the Glasswright's Apprentice first. I tried looking up some sites on the books, but I only got 33 hits on MSN. The people who wrote the reviews do not seem to like it. It's sort of Hhinduism'ish with casts and junk, but that just makes it more interesting.

Party

Just got back from Kelcie's house. Kelcie (if I haven't mentioned her) is one of my friends.So she had her B-day party and we all like walked around to different people's houses. Was quite fun. Anyhow, Christmas parade tomorrow. Yay!!! I love parades. I get to march in really cold weather and wear an outfit that makes me look like some kind of color blind pirate, but I like it anyway.Maching that is, not the outfit. : D I finished all the books I bought. All of them are really good I might mention. Can't wait to get the third book for the Glasswright's series. Tootles

Books

Yay!!! Just got three new books. I hardly ever get new books since Books-a-Million is in Chattanooga.( An hour and a half or so away) As I wrote earlier I usually get to go on the occasion someone is sick. So I broke my toe. :D aren't I smart?! OK I didn't mean to, but it worked out just as well. Anyway, I bought Sunshine by. Robin McKinley( The book I've been wanting forever and an age), Dracula By. Bram Stocker, and The Glasswright's Progress By. Mindy L. Klasky. The picture on the cover of Dracula is a bit morbid and useless though. It shows Castle Dracula on a hill and below it are pikes with silhouettes of a bunch of people that have been impaled. I've almost finished reading it and I can't ,for the life of me, figure out why they would put a picture of Impaled people on there.
Their isn't ,as far as I've read, been anyone impaled and since I only have about five chapters to go there isn't really any time for Dracula to be throwing any one off a balconys and junk. He's much to busy hiding from his hunters. If he starts impaling peolple any time soon their must be a very strange twist at the end. Well I must be off to finish reading. Tootles

Chapter Seven

LOG OF THE "DEMETER" Varna to Whitby
Written 18 July, things so strange happening, that I shall keep accurate note henceforth till we land.
On 6 July we finished taking in cargo, silver sand and boxes of earth. At noon set sail. East wind, fresh. Crew, five hands . . . two mates, cook, and myself, (captain).
On 11 July at dawn entered Bosphorus. Boarded by Turkish Customs officers. Backsheesh. All correct. Under way at 4 p. m.
On 12 July through Dardanelles. More Customs officers and flagboat of guarding squadron. Backsheesh again. Work of officers thorough, but quick. Want us off soon. At dark passed into Archipelago.
On 13 July passed Cape Matapan. Crew dissatisfied about something. Seemed scared, but would not speak out.
On 14 July was somewhat anxious about crew. Men all steady fellows, who sailed with me before. Mate could not make out what was wrong. They only told him there was SOME- THING, and crossed themselves. Mate lost temper with one of them that day and struck him. Expected fierce quarrel, but all was quiet.
On 16 July mate reported in the morning that one of the crew, Petrofsky, was missing. Could not account for it. Took larboard watch eight bells last night, was relieved by Amramoff, but did not go to bunk. Men more downcast than ever. All said they expected something of the kind, but would not say more than there was SOMETHING aboard. Mate getting very impatient with them. Feared some trouble ahead.
On 17 July, yesterday, one of the men, Olgaren, came to my cabin, and in an awestruck way confided to me that he thought there was a strange man aboard the ship. He said that in his watch he had been sheltering behind the deckhouse, as there was a rain storm, when he saw a tall, thin man, who was not like any of the crew, come up the companionway, and go along the deck forward and disappear. He followed cautiously, but when he got to bows found no one, and the hatchways were all closed. He was in a panic of superstitious fear, and I am afraid the panic may spread. To allay it, I shall today search the entire ship carefully from stem to stern.
Later in the day I got together the whole crew, and told them, as they evidently thought there was some one in the ship, we would search from stem to stern. First mate angry, said it was folly, and to yield to such foolish ideas would demoralise the men, said he would engage to keep them out of trouble with the handspike. I let him take the helm, while the rest began a thorough search, all keeping abreast, with lanterns. We left no corner unsearched. As there were only the big wooden boxes, there were no odd corners where a man could hide. Men much relieved when search over, and went back to work cheerfully. First mate scowled, but said nothing.
22 July.--Rough weather last three days, and all hands busy with sails, no time to be frightened. Men seem to have forgotten their dread. Mate cheerful again, and all on good terms. Praised men for work in bad weather. Passed Gibraltar and out through Straits. All well.
24 July.--There seems some doom over this ship. Already a hand short, and entering the Bay of Biscay with wild weather ahead, and yet last night another man lost, disappeared. Like the first, he came off his watch and was not seen again. Men all in a panic of fear, sent a round robin, asking to have double watch, as they fear to be alone. Mate angry. Fear there will be some trouble, as either he or the men will do some violence.
28 July.--Four days in hell, knocking about in a sort of malestrom, and the wind a tempest. No sleep for any one. Men all worn out. Hardly know how to set a watch, since no one fit to go on. Second mate volunteered to steer and watch, and let men snatch a few hours sleep. Wind abating, seas still terrific, but feel them less, as ship is steadier.
29 July.--Another tragedy. Had single watch tonight, as crew too tired to double. When morning watch came on deck could find no one except steersman. Raised outcry, and all came on deck. Thorough search, but no one found. Are now without second mate, and crew in a panic. Mate and I agreed to go armed henceforth and wait for any sign of cause.
30 July.--Last night. Rejoiced we are nearing England. Weather fine, all sails set. Retired worn out, slept soundly, awakened by mate telling me that both man of watch and steersman missing. Only self and mate and two hands left to work ship.
1 August.--Two days of fog, and not a sail sighted. Had hoped when in the English Channel to be able to signal for help or get in somewhere. Not having power to work sails, have to run before wind. Dare not lower, as could not raise them again. We seem to be drifting to some terrible doom. Mate now more demoralised than either of men. His stronger nature seems to have worked inwardly against himself. Men are beyond fear, working stolidly and patiently, with minds made up to worst. They are Russian, he Roumanian.
2 August, midnight.--Woke up from few minutes sleep by hearing a cry, seemingly outside my port. Could see nothing in fog. Rushed on deck, and ran against mate. Tells me he heard cry and ran, but no sign of man on watch. One more gone. Lord, help us! Mate says we must be past Straits of Dover, as in a moment of fog lifting he saw North Foreland, just as he heard the man cry out. If so we are now off in the North Sea, and only God can guide us in the fog, which seems to move with us, and God seems to have deserted us.
3 August.--At midnight I went to relieve the man at the wheel and when I got to it found no one there. The wind was steady, and as we ran before it there was no yawing. I dared not leave it, so shouted for the mate. After a few seconds, he rushed up on deck in his flannels. He looked wild-eyed and haggard, and I greatly fear his reason has given way. He came close to me and whispered hoarsely, with his mouth to my ear, as though fearing the very air might hear. "It is here. I know it now. On the watch last night I saw It, like a man, tall and thin, and ghastly pale. It was in the bows, and looking out. I crept behind It, and gave it my knife, but the knife went through It, empty as the air." And as he spoke he took the knife and drove it savagely into space. Then he went on, "But It is here, and I'll find It. It is in the hold, perhaps in one of those boxes. I'll unscrew them one by one and see. You work the helm." And with a warning look and his finger on his lip, he went below. There was springing up a choppy wind, and I could not leave the helm. I saw him come out on deck again with a tool chest and lantern, and go down the forward hatchway. He is mad, stark, raving mad, and it's no use my trying to stop him. He can't hurt those big boxes, they are invoiced as clay, and to pull them about is as harmless a thing as he can do. So here I stay and mind the helm, and write these notes. I can only trust in God and wait till the fog clears. Then, if I can't steer to any harbour with the wind that is, I shall cut down sails, and lie by, and signal for help . . .
It is nearly all over now. Just as I was beginning to hope that the mate would come out calmer, for I heard him knocking away at something in the hold, and work is good for him, there came up the hatchway a sudden, startled scream, which made my blood run cold, and up on the deck he came as if shot from a gun, a raging madman, with his eyes rolling and his face convulsed with fear. "Save me! Save me!" he cried, and then looked round on the blanket of fog. His horror turned to despair, and in a steady voice he said,"You had better come too, captain, before it is too late. He is there! I know the secret now. The sea will save me from Him, and it is all that is left!" Before I could say a word, or move forward to seize him, he sprang on the bulwark and deliberately threw himself into the sea. I suppose I know the secret too, now. It was this madman who had got rid of the men one by one, and now he has followed them himself. God help me! How am I to account for all these horrors when I get to port? When I get to port! Will that ever be?
4 August.--Still fog, which the sunrise cannot pierce, I know there is sunrise because I am a sailor, why else I know not. I dared not go below, I dared not leave the helm, so here all night I stayed, and in the dimness of the night I saw it, Him! God, forgive me, but the mate was right to jump overboard. It was better to die like a man. To die like a sailor in blue water, no man can object. But I am captain, and I must not leave my ship. But I shall baffle this fiend or monster, for I shall tie my hands to the wheel when my strength begins to fail, and along with them I shall tie that which He, It, dare not touch. And then, come good wind or foul, I shall save my soul, and my honour as a captain. I am growing weaker, and the night is coming on. If He can look me in the face again, I may not have time to act . . .If we are wrecked, mayhap this bottle may be found, and those who find it may understand. If not . . . well, then all men shall know that I have been true to my trust. God and the Blessed Virgin and the Saints help a poor ignorant soul trying to do his duty . . . From the book Dracula by. Bram Stoker

Dracula

I was looking up stuff on Dracula, the book, by Bram Stoker and found a site whre you can read it. Which is so totally cool because the only way I get new books is if I'm sick and have to go to Chattanooga. Plus I have about six books I'm wanting to buy. Anway I'm puting the link to the dracula book on here. Tootles http://www.literature.org/authors/stoker-bram/dracula/chapter-01.html

Van Helsing

My mom just got from Nashville, where she went for a conference, and guess what! She got me a Van Helsing shirt. Of course it doesn't actually show his whole face, but oh well. I'll get over it. Anyway,I watched Van Helsing about two weeks ago and now I want to read the book. Although I realize that the book most likely want have Hugh Jackman playing the main roll, and he probablt will not have an automatic cross bow.( Which would be so totally cool to have). I just finished the book To Kill A Mocking Bird and it was actually a really good book. I thought it was going to be boring, but half way into it it got a lot better. I think I'll reread it tomorrow. I tried to put a Van Helsing picture an the blog, but couldn't figure out how. Some advice if go to look up Van Helsing don't go to MSN and type in Vampires. It was really freaky. Well, I haven't done homework in about three days or so. I might want to get on that. Tootles

Cousins

Hi yall, I'm just sittin' here drinking hot choclate with my little cousin, Colton. Been keeping busy doing nothing. Just got finished waching Around the World in 80 Days. Almost ready to set up my bow for it to dry. Now I just have to find an elevated narrow surface in my house that is at least 5ft. 1in. long. Oh well, I have to go. He, my cuz, is playing with an ornamental dagger and will likely impale himself if I don't stop him. * rolls eyes* My family is so clumsy.
So I'm off to play the playstation. Yay!!! Tootles

Hi

Soooooo. Today has been fun. got singled out during band to play something, and totally bombed it. : ( Oh Well, I 've been working on my dramatic departures. Don't work to well though. Tried today after school. I left. They were still laughing. Hope they don't think I'm mad at them. Anyway , found out that Bush won during fourth period. Coolio.

Early

* yawns* I got up at five this morning to check out who was winning the election, and..... Wait! that's what I'm doing right now. O.K. so at the moment Bush has 269 electorial votes so all he needs is one more state to win. I don't remember how many Kerry had ( not as many as Bush) , but maybe we'll have the answer to whose going to be the pres. of 2005 when I get home. Right now I got to go take a shower before school. Tootles

http://www.primitiveways.com/fletching_by_hand.html Here's the site that I meant to put on my last post. I could just edit the other posts, but I don't feel like it. * shrugs*

November

I found this really cool site on how to make a bunch of completely useless stuff. Seeing how interested I am in useless stuff though this was quite fortunate. I've been working on a bow for about a week now. ( one you shoot. Not tie) The progress of it is about to kill me. I had to cut down a sapling first and then split it so it could be pulled back, but I kept cutting down trees with big hollow spots in them and you don't find out that the spots are there until you've started splitting them. Which is harder than you think. So I'm on my fourth piece of wood.After I'm done with the tillering , splitting and junk, I have to let it sit out for about a month to dry, While I'm waiting for it to dry I'm going to make arrows for it out of wooden dowels. All this is isn't necessary because I already have a bow and about 10 or so arrows. I'm sure I could do something more useful with my time. Like study algebra or practice my saxophone........Like I'd really do something like that:D
While I'm typing I'll mention( just for all my thirteen year old friends) I get to vote in th next election. Yay! Yep I'm fourteen and they rest of my friends aren't. I hardly ever get one up on them. So Ha. Don't fret though I'm not so pathetic that my age is my only advantage. I'm ever so quick witted ;) Tootles .

Hey

Hi Ya'll, I've done absolutely nothing since thge last time I wrote. So I have nothing to write about. :D Tootles

Gorgon

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Medevil Name

Your medieval name is: Gweneveire. You are
innocent, quiet, beautiful and angelic. You
harbor an inner beauty and you usually keep to
yourself, following the lines of conformity.
You're totally innocent and loyal.

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Pirates

Well, I didn't get to play pirates. : ( One of my cousins had crutches 'cause he wrecked his four wheeler. Plus it's been about 52 degrees today .So we stayed in and played the ps2 .Later on we went outside, but didn't play pirates. Still too cold to wear our Pirate outfits. I'm teaching Fritz to stay still while I stand up on him. He's getting really good. Well got to go. Tootles. ( here's the site to Sunshine book) http://www.robinmckinley.com/

Pants

My Mudd pants are gone. Gone!I was riding my horse bareback with my Mudd pants on ( bad idea). My beloved horse Fritz( whom I love dearly) dragged me against the fence post. It was an electric fence post so it had little spikes on it to hold the fence up and now my pants are in need of repair. I would buy new ones, but I don't really care much what I look like( too much). I really want some more books to read so I'll just go to school in tattery pants. I'll start a trend. Patches are in. :) I have to watch my little cuz's tomorrow. Yah! I love having people to play with. I'll make them dress up and we can be pirates. I just can't pass the opportunity to wear an eye patch and bandana. I also get to go to the mall tomorrow. Time for some books! I want the newer book by Robin McKinley called Sunshine. It seems like it will be interesting . I've read a little of it online. The beginning is very intriguing. I gotta go. My Mother beckons. Tootles

Trick 'r Treat

I can't wait for Halloween! I have to decide between what I'll do. Roll houses or stay at my house and shoot( with paintball guns)people who try to roll us or give out candy....Definitely one of the first two.I want to take my friends rolling houses, but most parents don't think vandalism is an acceptable recreational activity. I also want to go to a haunted house that's going on at the park a few days before Halloween. What should I dress up as? Axe Murderer? Elf? Lady Knight? Junior High Teacher ( would scare any decent kid)?Such a dilema.* looks perplexed* Well I must go decide. Tootles

Women Warriors

* In the late 1300’s, 30 women defended the town of Mugello until reinforcements arrived.
v In 1240AD, the Teutonic Knights were beleaguered by the Prussians and took refuge in several towns. In Culm, most of the knights were eventually killed and the city would have been taken except for the efforts of the women of the town. They closed the gates, donned mail, and mounted the wall, spears in hand. The Prussians withdrew.
v The women who fought in the defense of the town of Tortosa against the Moors in 1149 were honored by the Count of Barcelona. He created a knightly order especially for them.
v Lady Agnes Randolph successfully held her castle for 5 months against the Earl of Salisbury in 1334. After each assault, she had her maids dust the battlements to show her scorn for the attackers.
v The Dutch city of Harlaam, attacked by the Spanish in 1568, was defended in part by two sisters (Amarron & Kenau Hasselaar) who led a battalion of 300 women armed with sword, dagger and musket. Refusing to wear men's clothing, they wore light armor over their dresses.

Try outs

Ugh! I tried out for basketball today. Bad idea since I hadn't touched a basketball in years. I thought there would be some on e there who was really bad and I could say" Hey at least I'm not that bad". Unfortunately I was that person. * cries* Oh well, I still have band.........I have no life. I'm really having fun in all my other classes though. The newspaper is getting along well. We are going to try to print out the first one soon and It'll get easier once we get it done once.I'm doing a pathetic book review. Why is it so pathetic you ask. It's for 1st through 3rd grade. *sighs* Plus the book has to be in the school library. I'm not grounded this week so I maybe can go to the movies. I've been grounded for the last past three or four weeks... It seems I talk in the wrong tone of voice. What is uup with that? I talked less to them, my parents, and they got suspicious that I'm up to something. So they ask. I reply in the wong tone of voice. I get grounded. It's just a giant repeating circle. That means it would be a good idea to go to the movies before the cirlce makes it's next go around. I think I'll go see the Shark Tale movie. That's al that's on right now. Talk to you later. Tootles

Newspaper

Well, now I'm regretting signing up for all that stuff at the beginning of the year. I'm am so busy. Although I'm sure everyone has a boat load to do to. In the yearbook staff I am supposed to be making an autograph page.Two friends and I are the editor/coordinators of the Newspaper.I have Chorus Wednesdays and Friday's during lunch.Newspaper on Tuesday and Thursday during lunch, and lots of Algebra to do that is absolutely useless.Oh yeah, I also need to practice my saxophone nonstop for the next month so a one of the lowly seventh graders don't take it.Student Council though is pretty easy.*sighs* I'm done with my self pity now:p Although through a few machinations I have succeeded in getting Matthew to help with the newspaper.( He has to help figure out the layout/format of it so we can print) I only think this is going to be good for one meeting though :( I'll have to figure something better out. ) Next time I right I'll try and be more optimistic....in other words try not to mention school. Fairwell for now. Tootles

No school!

Yay! We get out of school tomorrow.Reason: the ever so distuctive hurricane. I feel sota bad about being happy about it. Anyway, I'm just sitting here trying to turn a walnut shell into a teacup. Been working on it for 2 hours. I read about Merlin drinking out of a walnut cup in the Merlin series . No, I don't have anything better to do if you are wondering. I also hve to clean my room since I have all that extra time in which to do it tomorrow :( Oh well, -Tootles

Well, another day at the school entirely wasted on the betterment of young minds today...*sighs*...You think they would eventually quit trying to educate us when they noticed we just don't have the brain capacity it takes to cross multiply. Anyway not much going on, but school. Tootles

The Vulcans

Well, I have a question.....what exactly are the Vulcans. Some of my friends and I are the founders ( according to Matthew) of our new "club" called the Vulcans. You know the dude on Star Trek who has pointy ears? I think we're talking about him and his race of ppl..hmmmm...I have a sight with a picture of the dude and he's doing our club handsign . I think we should all have Vulcan names. (Actually I think we should have a club based on a more attractive race of aliens :) Well, I have to go . Tootles

Well, I have to say Yearbook staff is really cool. We have already been debating the cover. Which I can't tell what they look like. It's a secret. :P Anyway I have to go get ready for the highschool football game. Tootles

Year Book Staff

Well, guess what? I have failed once again to get my friends and I into a club/society so we can hang out. I got into yearbook staff, but unfortunately Thomas and Matthew didn't. I blame it on the fact that we turned in their essays after the bell had already rung. Although the teachers said we could turn them in until 3:00 and the bell rings at 2:30.* sighs * Anyway they're not a lot of people that I know on it. Thank goodness for Cassie. She got on the yearbook staff to. I really look forward to getting to take pictures etc. Now for my last resort for mission hang out ( that sounds so corny) ....... The math class. Holly and I have a plan. One day we are just going to tell her mom that we have after school math.Which she doesn't. Then I can go with her( my mom's a teacher and stays late) and tell Mr. Griswold that our mom's told us we could go to after school math and they said to say thank you for offering it. That way he's confused and can't remember if he sent home notes with the 8th grade Algebra class or not. hehehehe I'm just hoping we don't get caught at it. That is if we decide to proceed with mission hang out... I really haven't ran this by Holly yet....:) I have a lot of free time ,as you can tell, to think these things through. So if anybody wants to e-mail me a suggestion about this feel free. Write me at Bandbutterfly1@aol.com ............ Tootles!

The Siege of Avalon

I've played this game on my computer and beat it about ten times now trying to save my girlfriend. ( I have to choose a male character in the gam So of course he has the girlfriend not me.) Anyway in it Avalon is a fortress built from the remnants of a nation attacked by ahoul a race of ork things. It's really cool, but I like a lot of King Arthur'ish games. Anyway here's a link to a site where you can learn more about it. http://www.gamexperts.com/?gameslist_id=2895 Tootles

Site

http://abc-123.blogspot.com/ Oh yeah, here is Matthew's blog if you want to read his view of the trial

Sunday's trial

Well, we were going to do the trial ( the Cassie vs. Avery thing) ,but I wasn't on the computer so I don't know if they did it or not. I was going to be on when I got back home from my Mammow's house ( were we,my family, eat Sunday dinner), but my little cousin's were there and wanted to go to the creek. So I went to the creek the barn and everywhere else you could think of before I remembered the trial:( .I hope nobody's mad at me. They really didn't have to have me I was only the lawyer. Oh well, if they haven't done it yet we can get together and specify the time of the trial. Anyway nothin' much is up I have after school computer tomorrow . We can discuss the trial thingy there. I've been tryin' to find fencing class on the computer. Not to take on the computer. I want to take classes so I'm trying to find a place that offers them on my computer. I guess I worded that right. Yesterday Mr.Porter, A distant cousin of mine, gave me these cool wood thingys that come from a swamp or something . The swamp water rubs them smooth and make them look weird. They're some kind of tree top thingys.He actually got them in the early 50's which makes them even cooler. (FYI) My brother is going to get his pilot's license and Mr. porter is going to teach him hoe to fly. That's why Mr. Porter travels so much if I mention it. My rabbit is doing fine. Tootles :)

The court of the honarable judge Matthew

Tomorrow Cassie,Avery, I , and the o' so honorable judge Mathhew * rolls eyes* are holding a trial tomorrow (by way of chat room). Case: Cassie vs. Avery.... Why must Avery annoy Cassie continually? The trial will of course be held after church around 1 or 2 o'clock.I will be Cassie's lawyer and Avery will have a court appointed lawye (anyone else who's on). My gosh I am a dork aren't I..*shakes head* ... I am now an AOL lawyer...hehehehehe. Anyway I haven't done much of late. I have been taking care of silly rabbit. trying to figure out a good name.My mom wants to name it Kitty Kitty. Is that not mean? I want to name it after a book character. Tootles

Student Council

Guess what.....I got on the student council! Yah! I really wanted on to be with my friends though and only Holly got on * looks sad* I can't believe Thomas or Matthew didn't get voted in. Oh well, We still have a chance with yearbook staff. Plus+ one of teachers gives an after school math class (Mr.Griswold of course like I'd put up with the other math teacher Arnold.) . Well took it last year with my friends in Pre-algebra . I think that's the only class he offers it to is Pre-Algebra,but Holly and I are going to ask about it. Like he'd really turn us down an opportunity for a better education(Time to hang out).Matthew,Cassie , Thomas and I also go to after school computer on Mondays. The football game went well. I didn't fall or crash or die or anything so I think it went well. We won 8 to 6. Also another good thing for the game. Even if the band is more important than the players, they count also :) My rabbit is doing good and has put on weight since I caught it. Anyway.....Tootls :)

Kitty Cat

Yesterday I found my Cat who had caught a baby rabbit sitting in the field.So I went to take away the rabbit so he would maybe get the idea ot stop eating them. Well, Unfortunately the Rabbit was still alive. What to do?Of course I brought it inside and fixed it up a box to stay in 'till the morning ,.....turns out a front leg is broken though. So I'm going to keep it until the leg heals and realease it into the wild. On to other things I've been up to. Today we marched as I said earlier and now I have to leave due to the Mother of mine insisting I get off "right this minute". So I 'll continue updating on how the stupid rabbit is doing.Tootles:)

Marching

I love band,but despise having to lisyen to the band director :) Just to let you know. Today we got our places in the line up so we know were we have to go in the formation and before we did anything it rained on us.....bummer....Anyway we have to be ready by Thursday for the football game. We have only been practicing 2 weeks *looks worried* ,but I think we'll make it.Any way have to go. Tootles

Sunday

Hi, today is the inevitable day right before Monday. I will not complain about the inevitable
because there is absolutely no point in it. Well, I turned in my essay ( the yearbook staff one). Now I have to wait until September the sixth to find out if I made it. I have to turn in my Student Council Tuesday. I ,fortunately, joined chorus successfully. It turns out Mrs. Manor really doesn't care if your tone deaf. So now I get to hang out with more of my friends during lunch (chorus gets to go to lunch early). I really haven't done anything else. So tootles.

'Sup

Well, I started school last week and I am actually very happy to be back. I really missed my friends although depressingly they're only a few of them with any of the same classes. I only have Thomas in one and Matthew and Holly are in , guess how many......... Absolutely none of them. At least Kelcie is in all my classes, but two. I really can' t complain about my classes either. I really like algebra it's my favorite class . I finally get History and not Geography ( I want to Major in Archaeology). I get reading which is extremely easy. Mrs. Dillard is making us read a thirty page book *rollseyes*. I find it insulting that she doesn't think we're capable of reading more than what's included in a first grade reading book. Oh well, Let's not be Pessimistic. I'm writing an essay on what I could contribute to the yearbook staff . That's how they narrow down who gets to be on it. There is the limited amount of six people allowed. I'm also going to join chorus again this year Mrs. Manor doesn't mind if your tone deaf so I can still get on :). Plus I'm going to run for student council. I was in it last year,but then I was a seventh grader. Now I am in eighth and we ,my friends and I ,are now top dog of the school. Well I have to do my Algebra. Tootles :)

3 1 day of.... Doom's day

Today I went to school. I saw like Nobody at all, except for my Bestfriend Kelcie, and Thomas and one of my friends Cassie. Oh how I wish summer Vacation was here! (Even though I desperately need to improve my math.) Anyway just thought I would speak of the Future days of horror(school).

Clumsy

Today I was Climbing my tree( the tree I always climb) and I was going to do a flip off the branches. Well I was hanging upside down and accidentally let go. The worst part though was that I fell into a fold out chair that was full of rain water so now I'm soakin' wet. :) Anyway only 3 days until school is here. How utterly depressing.Anyway I look forward to seeing my friends. Tootles

iRepairs

Hey, I've been busy lately or I would have wrote the past two days. The day before yesterday I was in Chattanooga. I went to Hamilton Place Mall and bought books at Walden's bookstore.( Pendragon "Black Water" and The Complete Poems/Stories of Edgar Allan Poe) Then I had to go to Giant Steps and get my Saxophone repaired (Head piece recorked and octave key replaced.) I've already finished my Pendragon book. It's another cliff hanger like the Reality Bug, and guess what. The next book doesn't come out until ........ summer 2005! Don't you hate that. Now everyone who has read it has to wait a whole 'nother' year to see what happens.Anyway some of my Bro's friends are spending the night tomorrow.(absolute catastrophe) :) Well, that's all for now. Tootles

Day 2 of Blog

I went fishing at my Small pond in my front yard today.With my three cousins Shania age 7, Dolton age 8,and Colton age 12 . There's nothin'' in there, but small Brim and a few catfish so I don't even know why I try. I tried to ride Fritz ,my horse, but he's been mad at me ever since I made him run around the field so he wouldn't come to me. It wasn't like I enjoyed the last time I rode neither . The mean thing threw me off. I guess I'll just have to start using the saddle more often so I have something to hold me in place. I usually ride bareback.Oh well, I need to go change my template Matthew says it's messed up. I think I messed it up when I tried to Customize it.Tootles.

First Blog post

I have no idea how to do html's. I'll have to ask Matthew later,so it's not my fault if my page is not very...correct... Anyway Matthew told me to get a blog so I got one *rollseyes*.
I haven't really did anything today,went to the creek,read,rode my horse,. A pretty uneventful day,but I'm enjoying the little bit of freedom I have left .School starts soon. I look forward to seeing my friends and going to band. I don't look forward to Algebra,science or Techno :)
Well, now I have a blog to write about my uneventfulness. Tootles.