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I am feeling a little incoherent right now and I don’t really want to write…but.

I do not understand Obama’s new stimulus package. I thought that to restrict inflation you were supposed to restrict the cash flow, not flood the market with more money. But then again I have had no economics at all and he’s the president.

Ampersands are cool, don’t you think? Even the word ampersand is cool. And they’re hard to handwrite.

All the school I did today was math, some Language Arts, and Latin. And music. In Latin I really need to learn some more words, because all my translation excercises are about the Gallic Wars or the Virgin Mary.

Literature is Emma this month. I didn’t actually care for Emma THAT much…I’ve read it before. I thought that the plot was good but not big enough for a three-volume novel. So far this year my favorites have been the Importance of Being Earnest, Sherlock Holmes, Beowulf, and Three Men in a Boat.

Viola update: I am really happy now because my orchestra director gave me unlimited access to an entire drawer full of old solo and small ensemble music, proving that all you have to do is ask. I chose a Corelli sonata to start with, and a transcription of the Telemann violin concerto and a graded repertoire book of easier pieces.  Another plus is that after playing viola, I can find the big intervals on the violin much more easily. AND I just got nearly begged to do a gig on the viola after having played for three days!

That was a true statement that sounds much cooler than it was, but I’m gonna keep the illusion of coolness and not elaborate.

I actually was kind of enjoying writing about nothing but it turns out I have a mysterious violin lesson they all forgot to tell me about, so I have to eat supper, get dressed, find my music and get out the door in 15 minutes. And I didn’t practice my Wolfhart this morning….uh-oh.

America.

America is an amazing country.

A country where you are free to wear a funny furry hat.

Or thumb your nose at someone. Even if you are an important public official who sometimes sends pollsters dead fish in the mail.

And there is a peaceful transition of power.

And the freedom to wear go-go boots.

And to wear matching purple scarves like the Bushes.

And to be the Politician That Wouldn’t Die like the Clintons.

The freedom to elect a president of a different race.

 

And above all…. the freedom to be attacked by a vicious swimming rabbit.

 

Life is good.

ATTACK RABBIT!

Did you know that Jimmy Carter, a former president of the United States of America, once got attacked by a giant swimming rabbit?

 

 

Really. Read about it here. The incident described by Carter’s press secretary: The animal was clearly in distress, or perhaps berserk. The President confessed to having had limited experience with enraged rabbits. He was unable to reach a definite conclusion about its state of mind. What was obvious, however, was that this large, wet animal, making strange hissing noises and gnashing its teeth, was intent upon climbing into the Presidential boat.

The way it happened, apparently, is he’s out in this boat…and he got randomly attacked by an enormous swamp rabbit. Now, if this happened to me, and I was, or was on my way to being, the leader of the free world, I would not have told reporters about this. Photo courtesy of the Jimmy Carter Library. If you look, you can see Jimmy hitting the water with his oar and the rabbit (on the right) swimming away.

 

A large…wet…berserk animal! Attacking the President!

Imagine.

The only equivalent my generation has is the George Bush Pretzel Incident, which is not the same inasmuch as that was pretty much a stupid accident, whereas you haven’t got any control over a giant insane swimming rabbit.

 

What has America come to?

I plan to write more on the peaceful transition of power later…but a bit tired right now, and tomorrow’s a school day and I have auditions to practice for. Plus I can’t find the picture  I want to use.

But I’m sure you all wait in eager anticipation for my political judgements, which of course I am making based on dinner-table conversations, a lifetime of newspaper reading, and half a year of American Government. Happy Chinese New Year!!

The Obama Excuse

This is why I will not be in church tomorrow.

Ben Speaks

This is an interview with my little brother, Ben, that is being conducted as I type.

Me: So how are you today?

Ben: ..silence….

M: So how are you today?

B: Oh, we’re starting?

M: Yes.

B: Um. How are you, is the question.

M: I’m fine, and why did you say that last setence backwards?

B: Wait. What? I didn’t say it backwards!

M: Yes you did, the correct way would be , “The question is, how are you?”.

B: OK, I admit it.

M: you admit what?

B: I did say it backwards. Wow, you can type fast. Did you know that Huckabee dropped out? He did, I swear. You can check the New York Times.

M: Yes, I did know that. What do you think of this year’s election?

B: Dangit. Blood battle. It’s the first time I’ve actually payed attention to it, so I don’t know if this is what it’s like all the time or if I just don’t listen to the other ones.

M: Who do you think will get the democratic nomination?

B: Democratic? Man. Um, Hilary Clinton.

M: Obama’s ahead in delagates right now. You don’t think it’ll be him?

B: Hillary’s got a lot of superdelagates and it doesn’t seem like she’s getting rid of them, so…

M: What about that guy who switched to supporting Obama last week?

B: One guy…….If that keeps happening, then I’m wrong.

M: Who do you think will win the presidency?

B: John McCain. He got endorsed by the president, did you know?

M: Yes, I knew that also.

B: Poop.

M: Beg pardon?

B: You know what I said, you just typed it on the screen!

M: It wasn’t that kind of a beg pardon.

B: Poop. *laughs hysterically*

END OF INTERVIEW

B: Is this the end? Dangit.