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Post by sapphiresmoke on Apr 22, 2008 21:37:23 GMT -5
Lol. I'll definitely read it, then.
Have either of you read Angela's Ashes or 'Tis? They're both good.
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waypoint
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Post by waypoint on Apr 23, 2008 8:51:29 GMT -5
Unfortunately not : / I believe my friend once read Angela's Ashes though. I never got around to it myself.
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Post by Ruger on Apr 24, 2008 20:47:48 GMT -5
have you guys read "Number The Stars" ? I read it in 5th grade and again in German class. It is about the Holoucoust. (sp...ik it's wrong..)
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Post by sapphiresmoke on Apr 24, 2008 22:44:29 GMT -5
Lol. I believe it's Holocaust, Ruger. I've never read that book... Another to add to my list, though, from the sound of it.
Angela's Ashes and 'Tis are both really good. I haven't read the third companion book, Teacher Man, yet, but I plan to soon.
I'm going to be gone again this weekend... Talk to you both Monday!
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Post by Ruger on Apr 25, 2008 20:07:04 GMT -5
Yeah I'll have to add them to my list also!
And, I will be gone atleast Saturday. Going to Rochester (Red Bud) to do a Cavelry Renactment
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Post by sapphiresmoke on May 1, 2008 22:01:26 GMT -5
Yeesh. What happened? The conversation died...
I was expecting to come back after being gone for a week and have HOURS of reading to do to catch up. Lol.
A quick catch-up on my life:
The choir Chicago trip last weekend was amazing. We stopped in two high schools on the way to Chicago to sing for them. At the first one, when we sang "Lamentations of Jeremiah," some of the kids in the audience recognized it. Mr. Buckles, my choir director, invited their choir up to sing with us. It was amazing; really powerful. That night, we spend four hours at Chula Vista, an indoor waterpark. The next day, we shopped on Michigan Avenue for an hour, then spent several hours at the Museum of Science and Technology. It was very cool. After that we went to a performance of Blue Man Group (guys painted blue and dressed in all black, a combination of music and comedy - it was SPECTACULAR, the highlight of the trip) and had Chicago-style pizza for dinner. Finally, we went up to the top of the Sears Tower when it was dark. It was beautiful... Almost makes me want to live in a city. The last day, we sang in a Baha'i Temple. It was really cool... We sounded like adults, not a high school choir, because of the acoustics. The rest of the day was spent at Six Flags, then we started the six hour drive home.
Monday morning, I had to go into school early to take a pre-calculous [sp?] test. Ugh. Lol. I hate math. From then on, I've been busy with soccer - both practice and games. On Tuesday, we played a... well... not-so-good team and beat them 3-0. We play the same team again tomorrow, this time on their field. Today, we played a better team and tied 0-0. It was a tough game, made tougher by the fact that the last time we played them we won 2-1. Oh, well... At least they never scored on us. Next weekend, the Varsity team (I'm on JV) is playing in a tournament... They're going to pull five JV players up to help them out. I'm praying that I'm one... I know I'm ready to step up to the Varsity level. I've been ready since the beginning of the season, and before that. I overheard my coach telling the assisstant Varsity coach that I played really well today, so hopefully...
On Wednesday, my school held "Grim Reaper Day." I don't really know what word to use to describe it... Deep, I guess. It was to warn students about drunk driving and alcohol abuse before prom. It only happens every three years - that way, it doesn't become routine, but all the students get to experience it at least once. During the day, students are "reaped." The principal, a police officer, a "grim reaper," and an escort (a student who agreed to stay with the victim for the rest of the day) go to the classroom of the victim in the middle of class. The officer announces that the student has died (there were various methods, like alcohol poisoning and a crash caused by drunk driving). The student is escorted from the room. A short time later, the student returns wearing a black "Grim Reaper Day" t-shirt. From the time that they "die," the victims are not allowed to speak for the rest of the day. They don't eat lunch with their friends; they don't participate in class beyond the bare necessities. They are, essentially, dead to their classmates. At the end of the day, there was an assembly. There was a mock funeral as the women's choir sang "Amazing Grace," then the victims names were read off, and there was a moment of silence for the students who "died" during the day (who were lying on the floor, covered with white sheets... their escorts stood at their heads, holding fake tombstones with their names on them). My choir sang "If You Were Standing Here," the official song of SADD (Students Against Drunk Driving). A man whose mother was killed by a drunk driver spoke, then one of my classmates read a poem from the hallway. "Taps" was played in the hall, and we were dismissed. Some of the students left in tears, others in shocked silence. Some, being high school students and not inclined to believe that we're all mortal, laughed it off. I was personally one of those in shocked silence. It was a very somber, meaningful day. Some of my friends were among the reaped... I almost cried when their names were read off, even though I knew they weren't really dead. I'd watched some of them walking around, preparing to lie under a sheet for a long time (the choirs came early to prepare, as well). It was a really sobering (in more than one sense) experience.
All in all, I have a very busy life... But I'll make more time for this now.
Oh, one more thing! Prom is tomorrow! I'm just going with friends, but I'm still really excited. I love my dress... Lol.
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Post by Ruger on May 2, 2008 22:14:45 GMT -5
yeah i've been hanging out with friends alot lately, especially alex and ty, and been out late late late. lol
Sounds like you had a blast! So glad to hear it!
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Post by sapphiresmoke on May 4, 2008 13:44:48 GMT -5
Lol. I'm glad you've been having fun!
I'm just bubbling over with news lately... Guess what happened yesterday!
My old riding instructor called me... She doesn't give lessons anymore, but she's running a breeding farm. She has two yearlings and a two-year-old that she hopes to sell. She wants me (yes, ME!) to help her train the yearlings and show them! I couldn't believe it... When she said she'd like me to help her out this summer, I expected grooming or cleaning stalls or something... Not actually training yearlings! I'm SO excited... I just have to be sure I can get enough time off work and such (I have to get a job this summer to help pay for college) to work with them enough. It would be all in-hand showing, obviously, as they're yearlings. I think my parents are going to go for it, too... I know it will be kind of dangerous, because they're young, and they've only been off the farm once before. They'll be really spooky at the show. But still! I really want to do this... Wish me luck!
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batteredrose
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Post by batteredrose on Jul 25, 2008 10:04:32 GMT -5
I love :
the point horror series [ really good plots and unexpected twists ]
warrior cats
the sight,fell and fire bringer by david clement davies. These three books are awesome and full of prophecies and animals. the sight and fell are about a pack of woles and fire bringer is about a herd of deer
catcher in the rye - j.d. salinger . Really well written and the main characters outlook on life is interesting.
ANYTHING by ernest hemingway. He is a genius! The old man and the sea is my favourite.
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Post by sapphiresmoke on Jul 25, 2008 13:00:12 GMT -5
I don't really read horror, and I've never read anything by Ernest Hemmingway, but I read Warriors and really liked it.
The Sight, Fell, and Firebringer are AMAZING. I just finished Fell last week... Talk about a spectacular book.
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Post by xvampiresx on Jan 17, 2009 23:57:22 GMT -5
Some of my favorite reads include: So Yesterday - Scott Westerfeld Peeps, The Last Days - Scott Westerfeld Mediator - Meg Cabot Invisible Monsters - Chuck Palahniuk 13 Reasons Why - I-just-forget-the-author's-name
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Post by sapphiresmoke on Jan 18, 2009 19:10:12 GMT -5
I've heard of most of those, but I haven't read any of them.
*adds to reading list and stares at paper as it grows longer and longer* Lol...
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Post by Genesis on Aug 7, 2009 22:24:49 GMT -5
Dhapir and its sequel (Thief of Lives) by Barb and J.C. Hendee are the best books I've ever read. The Cleric Quintet series by RA Salvatore is pretty dang good to.
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Post by sapphiresmoke on Aug 7, 2009 22:52:35 GMT -5
I definitely agree with you about The Cleric Quintet. How much of R. A. Salvatore's work have you read? I've finished all the books about Drizzt, and of course The Cleric Quintet, and I'm just getting into some of the other stuff. I've never heard of the other two books, but I'll have to add them to my list... We seem to have sort of the same taste in books.
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Post by Genesis on Aug 9, 2009 20:25:01 GMT -5
I've read all of the Drizzt books except the new ones (I didn't like the new ones because they were so dang predictable). I didn't finish the Demon Wars saga or whatever the heck it's called. The Cleric Quintet was my favorite though.
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