My Last Chance

...to publish a post in April.

Either time flies or I don't blog very much.

Ha. I think we know which one it is.

Tum de tum de tum. Tra la la la la la.

Muse for Today:

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury- the book, not the movie.

It's banned-book buddies with The Giver by Lois Lowry, with which it is quite similar.

Quote for Friday, April 30, 2010:

“Holy Kleenex, Batman! It was right under our noses and we blew it!”

and

“Holy strawberries, Batman, we’re in a jam!”

-Robin [I'm not sure from exactly what]

(http://greatsayings.blogspot.com/2005/03/batman-and-robin-quotes.html

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Stupid Joke

Hip-hop music that is no longer in style should merely be referred to as 'hop.'

Humans are Stupid

I think that the idea of people was bad and then it just went downhill from there. I mean, what do people do? Consume more than they produce. Pollute. Bully. Fight wars. Cut down rain forests. Take over everything. Drive H2s. Leave the lights on and the water running. Leave fast-food wrappers lying around. Have two people living in McMansions made for a small army.

And what do, say, monkeys do? They can't drive! They don't have running water or electricity! They live in the darn rain forests! They live in harmony with the environment, while humans just fight against it. What do we do so we can live? Displace animals and cut down trees and drain lakes and rivers and...and...

I need to shut up.

I apologize for this rant (actually, it wasn't a very long rant. If you watch me, I could make a whole blog ranting about book banners and genocide and people I hate and embarrassing things they make us do in school like ballroom dancing, for crying out loud! What if I'm not going to the dance? Do I need to do it then, huh? Huh? HUH?) but people make me so angry. Let's take a boy who lives down the street from me. I'll call him... Boy Who Lives Down the Street From Me. BWLDTSFM is a hapless, obnoxious character, but otherwise he is okay. Somewhat. No, not really, but he...no. Anyways. Let's pretend that he has some redeemable qualities.

BWLDTSFM is a chronic litterer. Since he lives down the street from me, he goes on my bus and he is constantly chucking food wrappers and water bottles out of the window.

(On an entirely unrelated note, have you noticed that boys often spit? Like donkeys, they'll sometimes just turn their heads to the side or open the window and spit. K is starting to do this, although he is a young 'un. Why? Girls usually just swallow their saliva. How come boys can't?)

I hate him. He will one day slip on wrappers and die and I will think "I told you so!"

Another thing. Do you know how sometimes you drive by a car that has its windows open and it's blasting the music so that everyone on Jupiter is annoyed? Well, why do you always hear rap or hip-hop? Why don't you ever drive by a car that is blasting classical music?

Quote for Monday, April 26, 2010:

Ach du lieber! There's a strange little girl over there, staring at us!

-One of the Three Little Pigs from Shrek 2 (2004)

Muse for Today:

The fact that I haven't done a Muse for Today in a very long time. Epic failure.

Also, my math class. We are flying kites.

Book Banning

I mean, really?

A while back the American Library Association released their list of the most banned books for the 2000 to 2009 decade. Harry Potter was at the top, of course, because of people who probably have never read the books, but:

Junie B. Jones and Captain Underpants were on here! They were kind of high up, too!

Seriously. My cousins, my brother, me, almost everyone I know grew up with at least Junie B. Jones! How is it bad? She talks the way that real kids talk!

Some books that I like(d) that were banned:

1. Harry Potter (series)
2. Bridge to Terabithia
3. To Kill a Mockingbird (not many other people like this book, but I do)
4. The Giver
5. Blubber
6. The Adventures of Super Diaper Baby (Yes. I am ashamed. This is the only Captain Underpants book that I've ever liked. I've read more (shame shame) but this is my RELATIVE favorite.)
7. Speak (actually, this book creeped me out. I can see why some parents would like to ban the books. No. Wait. Give us the freedom to choose our own books, please.)
8. Mick Harte Was Here
9. Fahrenheit 451 (I'm reading it now.)
10. Junie B. Jones
11. A Wrinkle in Time
12. Goosebumps
13. Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret (you'd be surprised how many of Judy Blume's books are banned)

To see the list I'm blathering about, click this link.