Tell us we will die like dogs

In a way, each of us has a Voldemort to face. For some, shyness might be their Voldemort. For others, a lack of education might be their Voldemort. For us, Voldemort is a big, dangerous man who wants to kill us. But as sure as my name is Lucky Day, the people of Santa Poco can conquer their own personal Voldemort, who also happens to be *the actual* Voldemort!

Hello 2009

I don't know I guess I should figure out what my 2009 goals are.

1. Straighten my teeth. Or I should say re-straighten my teeth.
2. My patience
3. Being on time - no early! 5 minutes early to everything!
4. Play piano more. Hmm...memorize a song. Possibly Pachelbel's Canon in D.
5. Less anxiety.
6. No more excuses.
7. Stop relying on other people for validation.
8. Review old subjects, like math, and focus more on learning than on grades.
9. Write more letters!!!
10. Pray better. Listen better.
11. Floss more. Or at all.
12. Read better.
13. Write again. I feel like Vol 3 is long overdue. What WILL my dedicated one-person audience say? I should probably ask...
14. Do more random acts of kindness and not get caught up with my own life so my friends and family get pushed to the side...
15. Run faster!
16. Just be okay with whatever happens.

With Hard Work and Perseverance, You TOO Can Beat Lord Voldemort!

As per the facebook post I left JC:

So I finally read the 7th Harry Potter book and on the night BEFORE I finished it I had a very peculiar dream, probably because I left it off at the really-good-part-(finally)-at-the-end. So there we were - all of us in the Pi Room awaiting the arrival of Lord Voldemort. I even had a pan shot of Voldemort flying to the Pi Room in my dream, complete with a snake-like face, red eyes, and intimidating cape. Then he showed up and the room started flooding with purple stuff and we all attacked Lord Voldemort and beat him with physics! He dissolved into cape and a paper face and then we discovered that Lord Voldemort was really John Malkovich! And then we threw the face into a trash bin and lit it on fire. MAGIC fire.

I feel like a "El Guapo" parody is now required...stay tuned.

Canadian Bacon

I got served.

I got a C in Problem Solving. I hate getting C's. I specifically asked for "good Christmas cheer" and instead he knocks me down a grade.

YES I KNOW this is my fault. I definitely have no idea how to do MOST of the material we covered and a C is honestly generous but darn.

Well the good thing is I haven't let it destroy my life and I decided to take it like a man (gender-neutral, of course) and live my life and NOT spend all of it staring at my grades with a tub of ice cream.

A tub of ice cream doesn't sound bad though...

Putumayo Presents...!!!

PUTUMAYO NOW HAS AFRICAN AND CELTIC LULLABY CDS OUT!!!!

I AM SOOOO EXCITED!!!! AAAH!!






I. must. add. to. Putumayo: Dreamland. and. Putumayo: Asian Dreamland. Yes. MUST.

Lloyd Alexander Died

I just found out today my FAVORITE AUTHOR EVER died.

Merry Christmas, world. Happiness and laughter are dead.

An Alec Guinness Christmas

So I've been celebrating Christmas this year with the late Sir Alec Guiness. It started when I invited myself over Bizzle's house to celebrate her birthday. We watched Scrooge (Sir Alec played Jacob Marley).

Fun Fact: Alec Guinness detested his role as Obi-Wan Kenobi and suggested to George Lucas to kill the character off...okay that wasn't so fun but whatev.



The next night my father made me watch Dr Zhivago where Alec played the Bolshevik general Yegref Zhivago.

Another Fun Fact: Omar Sharif has a degree in physics.

And another one: Geraldine Chaplin was not only the daughter of Charlie Chaplin but also the granddaughter of playwright Eugene O'Neill.

A few nights later my mother was introduced to Family Guy via the Star Wars spoof episode. No Alec was not in this but it's sorta related.



Now I'm waiting for my sister to finish watching Interview with a Vampire so I can watch a Blackadder Christmas Carol. Remember kids, nothing says "Merry Christmas" better than vampirized Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt sucking blood every three minutes.

But Blackadder should make all things better.