books

I read The Scarlet Pimpernel. I liked it, though it wasn't exceptional, and i probably would've liked it more if i hadn't seen the main part of the end coming (the secret). Hmph.

I'm reading The Adventures of Pinocchio now. It's definitely a kid's book, but entertaining.

"Poor Pinocchio! I really pity you!"

"Why do you pity me?"

"Because you are a puppet and, what is worse, because you have a wooden head."

At these last words Pinocchio jumped up in a rage, and snatching a wooden hammer from the bench he threw it at the Talking Cricket.

Perhaps he never meant to hit him; but unfortunately it struck him exactly on the head, so that the poor Cricket had scarcely breath to cry Cri-cri-cri, and then he remained dried up and flattened against the wall.

That happens fairly early, and from then on it's the ghost of the Talking Cricket who guides Pinocchio.

[two men] And becoming more and more angry, from words they came to blows, and flying at each other they bit, and fought, and scratched manfully.

Lol… manfully.

I'm also considering Italian as a fourth language when i finish the Latin textbook. It's probably that or Russian. Perhaps a 'fourth language' is the wrong way to put it; 'third and a half,' maybe. I don't plan on doing Latin all the way. Maybe i'll do something with languages in college. Of course, that's then competing with Music Education and English Composition. Oh dear. I wouldn't like to do a double major if possible. There's always minor.

Coraline

What is that? A book review?? No, couldn't be… i'll just… mention a bit of literature…

I really, really liked the book Coraline by Niel Gaiman. Read it. It's a pretty fast read, not that long a book. It's kinda creepy, but… yeah, for most of you, don't read this right before bed. However, it's a really really cool book. Read it! I got it a arnes & Noble in the exasperating 'Teen' section last Tuesday, though it's been more often described to me as a children's book. It's about a young girl named Coraline (NOT Caroline, Coraline) who just moved into a new apartment…

I've already read Stardust by the same author. And watched the movie. Nathaniel had a witty review on his blog on the movie. And at the end of my copy of Stardust was a short story by N. G. entitled: October in the chair, from a collection of short stories (Fragile Things) that Nat and i bought together the same time as Coraline. And then i read the first story - an extremely Holmes-ish one, A Study in Emerald. I think i like Coraline the best, though it's been a bit since i've read Stardust.

Listening to music and playing solitaire…

… on our ipod* mini!

But we broke the CD part of our computer while putting music on it, so we can't do anything with discs on this computer. We'll have to use the office one when Dad's not using it.



Just talking to Naomi. She decided that because Saranita** only says yellow, when holding yellow things, yellow must be her favorite color. And to be persuaded otherwise Saranita will have to say these exact words:
"But, Mother Dearest, yellow isn't my favorite color – [pink] is!" Or whatever color she truly likes.

Hmm. Yellow was our first favorite color. Well, Lellow first, the Yellow. Then… Gold, and Blue, and now Orange. And pink is our second favorite, which is partly good because it "goes well with our skin tone," and partly a shame because it's a terrible combination with orange. Oh well. We like them both, kept apart.

Mom came home.

We finished 'Tom Sawyer' today.

We're alphabetizing the books in our room. By author, of course. We've gone through S. Perhaps we shall now do t-v, and - dare we try in one go? - w-z!

*Shame on the computer for not knowing the word "ipod," or for that matter, "okay."
**Triple the shame for not knowing "Saranita!"