Allllllrighty then

I finished Stranger in a Strange Land...the ending was weird and so hippie spiritual I almost gagged. I don't really know what to think about this book. On the one hand it's thought provoking and insightful on the other it's 'oh my goodness, why the hell, I don't even-' Blagh...I think I'm going to hate writing a report on it, but whatever...it's one book done after all.

Now I'm deciding whether to read All Quiet on the Western Front & Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee or Tale of Two Cities & Great Expectations (since I have them both in one neat little package) or just something else entirely...

For the LAST time, they're NOT MERMAIDS!!!

Geez! How many people ahve aske me that after taking a look at my copy of 'Stranger in a Strange Land'? Too many. I can sort of see where they get it but come on, hasn't anyone ever heard of it before? I mean the cover has V. M. Smith under water with his arms crossed strangely and a girl (I hesitate to say it's Jill after what's been going on in the book...bit of a manwhore aren't ya Mike?) kissing his forehead upside down.
I'm 300 pages into the book and it's taking a weird turn...don't get me wrong, I really like it, but it's definately different from the beginning parts because Mike's becoming more aware.

Some of the world history is messed up and the slang the characters used just makes me want to laugh...but that's because the book was written in 1961. The concepts are amazing, though, and the author is a master of dialogue and characterization which isn't only limmited to this novel, in fact I just found out that Heinlen is the same person who wrote Starship Troopers. I'm pretty sure I'm going to use it for my next English reading project when I get it done...and if I do it early, I might be able to do 'The Brother's Karamozov' for the same project, but I don't know. I should be better prepaired this time :)

Oh look, a random dust bunny...

I have made contact with the cat currently stalking our house. It is the sweetest thing I have ever seen...and I can already hear my inner Biology student whispering in my ear that it's just trying to use its parasitic ways to worm its way into my home. The cat is much smaller than I thought it would be...and a whole lot cuter! The lack of a tail makes it look a little like a rabbit or bunny and since it's grey and darkish...we named it Dust Bunny. Yeah...I know, but some of the alternatives were so much worse (one of these being Overcast pffft).

Happy New Years Eve! I didn't sleep well last night, so I might not be able to make it to midnight...I'll try though! I need to keep up my record after all :)

Why in the world...

...do animals flock to our house? We have tons of groundhogs, deer, many other woodland creatures, cats, dogs, hell we even had a runaway cow in our yard at some point (granted it wasn't the first time the butcher had a runaway cow). I just don't know.

So yeah, we have a cat living around somewhere by the house, probably under the porch or in the leaves by the trailer. Apparently (because I haven't seen it myself) we have a grey cat hanging around our house...and it's missing its tail. I'm not talking about a natural tailless cat either. It's really friendly towards people and even let my dad pick it up and pet it...it even started to purr, so I don't think it was wild all its life. Probably a domesticated outside cat (if that makes any sense). The things is...we can't let it live inside because we have three territorial cats, two old and one young. It was hard enough getting Pudgy and Thunder to accept Nochi and she was just a kitten, I don't think they would do it again with a fully grown new cat. I feel sorry for the thing because it's cold outside and there's still snow everywhere. We put out some food yesterday and 2/3s of it are gone today, but we don't know if the cat did that or if some other animal came by.

Hmmm...I wonder what I should name it? Something unisex because I don't know if it's a boy or girl...

Faces (and two random people)

Tis the Season...

...for betting on drugged up cats. Yeah, bet you weren't expecting that, huh?

Anyway, I hope everyone is having a great holiday season, even if it's already passed or hasn't come around yet. I received a video camera, some iTunes cards, cash, a game, and chocolate out the wazoo (seriously, why so much chocolate)...oh and iced coffee. I love my camera, I'm currently charging up the batteries and taping cats fighting each other over the catnip stash...it's quite hilarious. My voice sounds weird on tape...but in a good way, I guess? *shrugs*

Lauren keeps messing me up without even being around and it's so annoying, but I'm going to prove that it doesn't bother me...even though it's messed me up a bout five times...grr (she labeled my right shoe LEFT and my left shoe RIGHT...and just because I'm about as OCD as she is, I always have to put my right shoe on first and the labels screw me up to no end).

I got done with all of my homework on Christmas Eve because I really had nothing better to do seeing as none of the good Specials were on, well except Santa Clause is coming to town...but we just made stupid innuendos every second so some of the magic was lost. This means I can now read books that aren't classics and read to my leisure. Crime and Punishment was probably my favorite classic book out of the ones I read, although the others were really good too...I'm slowly working my courage to read War and Peace *stares at the monster on bookshelf* that thing is huge with tiny print...but I can do it! Just not right now...

I finally started Child Thief recently and finished quickly. I'm so glad Lauren shoved that book into my hands, even though I thought it was a cross between Michael Jackson and Peter Pan (have you seen the cover? Peter looks a lot like an MJ wanna be). I ended up loving the book to death. My dad heard me talk about it and now he's reading it too, so Lauren might not get it back for a while. The pictures are awesome :)

Currently I'm making my way through Mort (again). I read part of it two years ago, but school took over and I had to drop it. I just recently found it in my room and couldn't remember much of the plot to where I was in the book, so I started over. *sigh* I love the humor...it's amazing and it's like Pratchett wasn't even trying...which he probably wasn't. I need more Diskworld books.

We've been having a night visitor around our house lately, leaving paw prints in the snow. We're thinking it's probably a cat since dad thought he heard something meowing before, but I don't know. Part of me hoped Luddy came back, but he wouldn't have gone off to Jamie's and his fur would have dragged through the snow. I miss Luddy :(

Happy Birthday Simon! Frikin' 19! Enjoy being 3 years older than me for half a year like you always do...I'll catch up in July. Sorry we didn't have a cake for you, I was all for having a giant birthday muffin but everyone else said no. Stop stealing my candy! Love ya Bro ;)

It's been one helluva month, but we're makin' it through...and soon it'll be 2011!

OH, I ALMOST FORGOT!!! I also received a PillowPet...it's a dolphin...and I love it very much...its name is Delphi...and it's not weird at all...DOT DOT DOT!

Peace ;)

Are you...

For some reason, this question keeps coming up.

Are you a Man or a Slave?

Are you a Man or a Louse?

Are you Ordinary or Extraordinary?



Talk about reoccurring themes...and yet each time the question seems that much harder to answer...