Talking Tom Cat?

Wow, I seriously have spent like an hour playing with Talking Tom Cat today! I can't believe how hilarious that little guy is! You can have hours of fun talking to him and he repeats EVERYTHING that you say. It is absolutely hilarious and I got a kick out of it.

The dollar theater in a town near us has movies for only one dollar during the summer instead of the usual three dollars, so I'm going to attempt to convince my dad to take me to see Ironman 2 tonight. Hint the word ATTEMPT. I'll try, but I'll see if I fail or not. Oh, and I have a few questions that you can think about for today, instead of my Weekly Stuff. Post what you think about the questions in the comments, I'm trying to make my blog more interactive for others, because when I read others blogs I find myself thinking about how interactive I want it to be.

If you try to fail and you succeed, what did you just do?

I was thinking about this the other day: Why don't sheep shrink when it rains?

This is another one that you can ponder for a while and never come up with an answer! Why is "rush hour" called Rush hour when no one is rushing, they just sit there in traffic?

I definitely have more pondering questions like these.

OVER AND OUT.

Angela

Think OUTSIDE OF THE BOX!

Ramona and Beezus

Tonight my mom, two brothers and I went and watched Ramona and Beezus. It was a surprisingly really good movie. I really enjoyed it. Besides us there was only one other family in the theater. There was definitely some parts that were really funny. The sprinkler war, the peanut audition, music class, the colorful car.....haha, that part was funny. It's a "must-see" movie and I suggest that you go and watch it and take your family.

OVER AND OUT.

ANGELA

Life in the Heat

So, here's a day in the life of the heat. Hot....very, very hot. One, I can't play anything outside with my little brother because he'll go outside for 10 minutes and go inside because he's "too hot." How is this possible? He has more energy than I do and I can last 45 minutes in this weather!!!! Little children do exaggerate sometimes, that's the problem. It's 94 degrees out today and we beat our record for being outside! 15 minutes! Yay! Once Luke went in, I couldn't really swordfight with myself, so therefore I decided I'd go in too....so we broke our record and then as soon as we were inside, Luke suddenly had the energy to run around the house. Isn't that a little strange? Again I mention the word. Exaggerate.

OVER AND OUT.

ANGELA

Poll Results!

And the Poll Results are:

1. What movie do you want to see in the movie theater?

First Place- Toy Story 3 with two votes

Second Place- Sorcerer's Apprentice (which I voted for) Hint Hint mom and dad, I want to see it!

2. Who is your favorite author?

First Place- C.S. Lewis (no surprise here....) with a whopping FOUR VOTES!!!!! (YAY! that means people are looking at my blog)

Second Place- Rick Riordan with 2 votes!!!! (Yay! That's six votes so far!)

Third Place- J.R.R. Tolkien with one vote....

YAY! 7 people voted on this poll!!!!

3. What is your favorite book series?

First Place- Percy Jackson! With 2 votes! Wow...

Second Place- A FOUR WAY TIE!!!! WHOO!!!! Wow....that's different. Here's the books that tied.

Lord of the Rings

Narnia

The Inheritance Trilogy

The Door Within Trilogy (Which I voted for)

So, you've seen the results! Which did you vote for? Vote on the next polls here at Dragon Fire!

Angela

Hot Days...

It's been so hot out lately! I can't stand it! I officially hate going outside in the afternoon, once it gets around six I don't mind it as much because it's a lot cooler but around 3....it get's bad....I'm bored of being inside though. Summer is meant for people to be outside. So, my little brother and I have been going outside for 30 minutes a day to practice sword fighting (why we chose to do this every day I have no idea! Why not water gun fights?) with his PVC pipe swords. (One of them is mine, but the other 4 are his, and the colonial guns, and the bow and arrows....) Anyway, it's a lot of fun, although our worst injuries come from ourselves. Yesterday I nailed myself in the head with my sword, once I got over the pain it was quite funny. And I hurt my fingers quite a few times, because only one of our swords had a nice hilt (who's? mine...:D) but, we switch on and off and use different swords so when you don't use mine then the opponent's sword slips on the electric tape which Luke smartly put on the WHOLE sword and then the other swords smacks into your fingers. Good way to injure your opponent, but then they strike back and there go your fingers too. It's fun though...although we come in and drink about 4 glasses of water each. ;)

OVER AND OUT.

Angela, the awesome and amazing and wonderful and so cool and obviously the best and radical and out of this world and....okay, I'm done...

Excerpt

Chapter 1- The Death at Dawn

Joshua trudged through the woods, twigs cracking underneath his feet. The sun was just coming up over the horizon and was spreading across the ground. The trail that Josh walked on was dirt although it was covered in leaves and twigs. Trees reached across the path as if they were going to snatch Josh up at any minute. Josh was venturing to his tree house to get away from the fighting.

Every morning in Joshua’s house, a fight arose between his parents. The same thing over and over. His father would do bad stuff throughout the night, then come back in the morning to be welcomed with shouting and tears. By the time this all started, Joshua was usually in his tree fort in the woods. His tree fort seemed to be a sanctuary of peace compared to his house in the morning.

As the sun rose higher, Joshua reached his tree fort. A large tree with many branches filled an open area. A wooden ladder hung down from a ledge of wood boards, which his fort rested on. What seemed like a large box made of wood covered the branches. Josh eagerly stepped on the bottom step of the ladder and started climbing. It took a while to make it to the top, but it was worth it. When he climbed through the curtain that was used as a door, Joshua felt immediate peace and friendliness.

A blue rug covered the wood boards, making the fort homier. In one corner, which was his reading corner, rested a beanbag and a stack of Josh’s favorite books. There was a window in the middle of one of the walls, and a laptop sitting on a table on the opposite side of the reading section. The room was peaceful and perfect for a twelve year old boy to hide out in.

Raised voices entered the room from the door. Sighing loudly Joshua slumped into the beanbag sliding Inkheart out of the book stack. He ran his hands over the cover sadly. His dad had bought him this book for his 11^th birthday. Josh had read it more than five times. Josh set it back on the top of the stack and closed his eyes leaning back. The voices flowed into the fort, louder than any other morning. Joshua looked up suspiciously. A scream pierced the air. Immediately sitting up, Joshua leaped out of the bean bag and stuck his head out of the curtain.

This is only a section of the book. I still have more that I will post later. :D

ANGELA

Maya May

Here again are some pictures of my wonderful and amazing dog, Maya May. Her first name is Maya, her middle name is May. She's a husky/lab/english setter. She should be bigger than she really is, but she's actually fairly small. A medium sized dog and great at posing for pictures!

Lily, you did say you liked that picture of Maya, so I thought I'd post a few more. There will DEFINITELY be more pictures of Maya, as there are some on my camera that I have yet to load on the computer.

ANGELA