Going Out on a Limb

Mood: spiffy
Listening to: Prince Caspian soundtrack
Reading: so many to choose from; I can't decide

Okay. So I'm deviating from the norm with my latest website addition: I've put two of my school research papers on the Writing page. What inspired me to do this? I'm not quite sure. Maybe that I spent so much time on them, I felt like someone other than my parents and my teacher should read them...heh. Call me a nerd, a geek, or whatever you prefer, but the fact is, I'm just academically inclined. I enjoyed learning about the topics of those two papers, especially the Scopes Trial. (More on that later, maybe.) I'm sure that whoever reads my papers will learn something they didn't know before and maybe gain some appreciation for the subjects. I won't die if nobody reads them; I'm just saying that they're there :)

Go to the Writing page and scroll to the bottom, or go directly to: Dred Scott v. Sandford or The Scopes Trial

Summertime Is Here!

Mood: calm and free
Listening to: Tell Me What You Know by Sara Groves
Reading: Dreamrider by Barry Jonsberg

Summertime is here, happiness and cheer, fun for all that children call their favorite time of the year! Yes, Christmas carols are still fun to sing in the summer. :)

Hm. For the first time in months and months, I am able to breathe freely. Final exams are over, no more homework or papers to write, and yes, I have entered the domain of seniorhood. At the top of the high school food chain now. :D

I'm not going to waste a moment of this summer. I want to spend every second doing something important, fun, helpful—something edifying. I have more than enough books to read and stories to write, art to create and ideas to devour. Simply put, I am going to get reacquainted with myself and with God this summer. :)

Some thoughts. In the spirit of up-to-date-ness, I saw Prince Caspian for the second time a couple weeks ago, and enjoyed it much more than the first time. :) I also got the soundtrack and have been listening to it voraciously. "The Call" by Regina Spektor is a lovely song that I have grown very attached to, and I also adore "This Is Home" by Switchfoot.

The album by Sara Groves that I'm listening to for the first time right now is surprisingly beautiful. The lyrics are very poetic and insightful. I think I'm also going to grow attached to this album. :)

And as for what I'm currently reading, I actually finished Dreamrider last weekend but it's the only thing I've read lately. It's interesting: I usually don't go for the sort of contemporary Teen Fiction genre (except for Artemis Fowl), but this book sparked my interest because of the concept of lucid dreaming. I didn't really like the author's style, with short sentences and simple wording, but I appreciated how complex and interwoven the story was. It was sort of an edge-of-your-seat psychological thriller. I liked it, but it won't necessarily be going on my list of favorites.

That's all for now; I promise to update my blog more often this summer! :)