Friday, June 29, 2007

I had a feeling this would happen

It's been a while since I've last posted. It's just, I don't really want to make a blog post if it's going to only be like, one paragraph. So now I guess I'll make a post, being I have enough stuff to post. So, School ended about two weeks ago, which is really nice. We went on our Six Flags trip, which was awesome. I got to ride all of their roller coasters,except two: the really wimpy white one, and Two-face, as it was being worked on. Well, now I've pretty much been on the computer for the rest of the break. It's going to be a lot like last summer. Additionally, I got a new guitar. It's a Japanese strat copy with a Fender neck and EMG pickups. Yeah, it's nice. In fact, later today, I get to play her at this party where my dad will be drumming and ol' Neil is playing lead. Neil's my dad's friend, he and my grandfather were great friends before my grandfather died.

Anyway, I've got quite a bit of summer homework. I'm not sure if I addressed the Social Studies assignment in the last post, but it's not all that bad. Just some news watching and questions. As for summer Reading, I've got to read three books and take notes on them. Of course, I want to read them all. So, here's the list of them:
  1. Fahrenheit 451 - by Ray Bradbury

  2. The Chosen - by Chaim Potok

  3. Life of Pi - by Yann Martel

  4. A Raisin in the Sun - by Lorraine Hansberry

  5. I Capture the Castle - by Dodie Smith

  6. Catcher in the Rye - by J.D. Salinger

I'm reading Fahrenheit 451 now, and I'll probably read Catcher in the Rye--my favorite book and I Capture the Castle.

So in other news, my Dad finally found a boat to buy. We've been out on it a few times, and it's really pretty awesome. I even tried knee boarding. Unfortunately, my upper-body strength isn't good enough to lift my immense weight up on the actual board. Oh well, riding on my belly is fun too. And trust me, it's pretty tough to even do that. I'm sick of being sick of my weight and saying I'll do something about it. Every time I convince myself I'll lose weight and stuff, but I never do. I seriously need to start it soon, though. I remember a few months back I was doing well at going out to jog every day. Oh well, this week, I think I'll do it.

3 comments:

M. McKain said...

Well, it looks as though you're keeping up with your site better than I do mine, though I appreciate you checking it out. I guess it is safe that you've been exposed to my poorly hidden bias since you're no longer in my class :-).

I'm hoping to get it up and running again with the election season approaching, but it's always a challenge to find enough hours in the day. Looks like you have an interesting summer reading list at least; Farenheight 451 is one of my favorites, though the movie that goes with it is quite aweful.

Let me know how 9th grade goes and feel free to shoot me an email if you need anything.

M. McKain said...

And on a side note, I was inspired to actually update my blog knowing that people actually read it!

JS3 said...

Oh yeah? Well, my Dad just bought Your DAD! How about THAT?! :P