CRAZY HISTORY DAY

Hi it's Emmy! The procrastinater! Well, not really. We've been working really
really hard on history day... but it just is so complicated! Our plans are
a) Create an asylum- DONE
b) Type all essays
c) Figure out where we want everything to go- DONE
d) Print essays on special paper, find pics
e) Repaint asylum, add bricks w/ sponges
f) Add paper/ pictures
g) Add quiz/ Lifesavers
h) Add fun details e.g. candles in windows
i) type process paper

It's a lot to do, I know! But we are almost done with the essays.

MONK

Tony Shaloub

Season 7, Episode 1

We watched the season premiere of Monk last night... it's called... I don't know. But Mr. Monk's brother, Jack Junior shows up-and he belongs in prison! It seems as he was escaping, he found a dead body in a car, the jail social worker, who everyone loved. Mr. Monk solves the case, but by the end, he has actually found a friend in his half-brother. This episode was funny, because his brother was just so clueless.

COFFEE

Caramel Macchiato
Starbucks, hot drink

It was pretty good. At first it was a little strong, but after I stirred the whipped cream and caramel in, it was great! I think I would prefer it cold though. Starbucks says: "A signature Starbucks® beverage. A creamy mix of vanilla and freshly steamed milk marked with intense Starbucks® espresso, topped with velvety foam and our own proprietary buttery caramel sauce." A little over the top, but it's good.

Same old, same old

I can't wait for tonight!!! Me, Molly, & Margaret are gonna watch the season priemere of Psych and Monk!! Whoo! Me and Mom went over to Barnes & Noble to get some coffee... I rate the coffee in the Consumerism section.. hehe, Consumerism!!! What a sad thing... Oh, I lost my brand-new Christmas earrings from the Cases and I feel horrible. I think I'll buy a new pair so they don't suspect it.

THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA

Gaston Leroux, Published 1911

I finished this last night because Abbie really has been dying to watch the movie with me... it was pretty good. The way it was told, you'd think it was true, too. Erik was totally my favorite character. He's just so sad! Though the book was written well, though, there wasn't too much of a plot... still it got pretty 'exciting' at different points.

GREAT EXPECTATIONS

Charles Dickens, Published 1860

I chose to read this for English- but my copy was 400 pages long with print so small a magnifying glass could hardly help. Overall, the book was actually good... Greta and Margaret HATE it, (they never finished) and continually gave it evil stares, but besides the fact that every other word wasn't even in the dictionary, I liked the plot and whatnot. I think Ms. Havisham and Herbert are probably my favorite characters.
What really surprised me was the fact that the book was actually humorous in some parts! The 'Joe giving Pip pudding' scene, the Pocket Household, and the sweety Able Magwitch are just a few. Not to mention Pip's sister's "Rampages"; whatever those are.
So really, it was quite the good book. So there, Greta and Margaret!!

History Day

Wow, my group is totally unprepared for history day... me, molly, and Margaret
are sleeping over at marge's house to work on it like, all night... but i am sort of
procrastinating against writing my Legacy bit of the essay... very nice, eh?