6. Ah, the library

You know what, I can't study in the no shhh zone. There are always too many people there and they are always talking! It's very distracting. So instead of studying and attempting to work on my research paper there, I go where I feel most at home, the Asian Collection on the fourth floor. It is so wonderful to feel like home with all the Asian artifacts. The best part of the Asian Collection is the quiet serenity that welcomes all kinds of studying. That brings peace unto my soul, and can write an effective part in the quiet. Yay for the nice quiet places in the library. I do enjoy the Asian Collection because of its excellent use of decoration. There is the most intriguing pagoda. I mean, it's pretty bomb. I wish I were allowed to touch it and marvel its excellent design. So thank you Harold B. Lee Library. Thank you for the excellent decore and the nice quiet studying. I will be staying in your quiet places for the next four years.

5. Indiana Jones!

I love Indiana Jones. I always have and I always will. Except I didn't like the new movie. It was decent until it went all sci-fi on me. Aliens and secret universes are too overdone. I get enough of Area 51 back home in Idaho. We have some weird things that happen there, like horses staying in a pasture with a single rope outlining the entire pasture. Anyway back to Indiana Jones, I love action movies. I don't know why but there is always something thrilling about cracking a large whip and running away from a perfectly shaped rock that is rolling toward you. So thanks Sis. Steadman for showing me a little bit of a movie that I haven't seen in ages. It's ok that you had to make the reference back to the issues paper. I still thoroughly enjoyed the ten minutes of Harrison Ford making the connections for his next adventure. Sometimes I wish that I could be the female version of Indie and go all over the world finding lost treasures and hooking up with random hot guys that stay for just that journey. It would be great. Go Indiana Jones!

4. Sources

Well, I guess it's that time to write that issues paper. And there is so much controversy in the world today that there are many topics that we can write on and take a stance. But what makes a source? In my opinion, anything can be a source. So Sis. Steadman, why can't I just randomly pick up a newspaper off the newstand and call that my first source (Just so you know, I am just kidding, I know why...)? But not everything can be based off fact when there first has to be some kind of opinion, or some kind of question. Isn't that the basis of a scientists' paper about stem cell research? They had a question that they went and research and now it's a fact. But of course it's something that really interested that particular scientist. And this controversy I picked is something that interests me. And I have a question about this particular topic. So now that I get to research this topic, does my paper become a source? It's full of facts that I get from other people's research, so logically my paper could be used in another person's paper. Not only is my paper an opinion, but it is factual as well. I encourage people to use my paper as a source, and if you really really want my paper, I'll post it here on my blog and everyone has access to my wonderful opinionated and factual paper to use in their paper.

3. Fanny's Dream

Sis. Steadman read us a great book. I know that it's a children's book, but at the same time it gives a good meaning. It's a bit of a spoof off of the original Cinderella, and I'm not going to deny that I once believed in a Fairy Godmother, and that one day my Prince Charming was going to come. Cinderella did fill my head with dreams and hopes of the chance of being a princess and living a castle. I don't have any evil stepmothers or stepsisters. Just normal sisters and a loving mom and dad, and they even bought me the movie to watch with my little sister. After the movie was over we would sing and dance and dream about the day when we would be carted off to live in a castle. In Fanny's Dream, it was more realistic. The things that happened to Fanny would be more likely happen and it showed that young girls didn't need a Fairy Godmother or someone to transform their lives. It would be more likely that young girls know that they can marry someone that was their friend and still have a life, even though it might not be a in glamorous castle or with the most handsome prince. Though it's still a dream to live in a giant castle, a nice house would do just fine for me.

2. The Princess Bride

The other day in English, we watched a part of a movie that no one can say that they haven't seen. "The Princess Bride" is an all time classic. The part of the movie that we witness was the part where the man who says "inconceivable" and Wesley have the battle of wits. It was out of control at how much the inconceivable man tried to confuse Wesley. It was ridiculous. Every time the inconceivable man spoke it was a line a gibberish and in the end he dies to the fact that he didn't think that both goblets were poisoned (in my head, I saw that as a relief at all the gibberish was done). The inconceivable man lost, and not just his life. He was so unconvincing and random that no one would really listen to him. That isn't a good idea to do this. Although I did a little bit of rambling in this, I am learning to effectively use my words to my advantage. It's doing a load of good for me too. And if you haven't seen this movie, I chastise you and urge you to watch this all time classic of humor, action and love. You won't be disappointed.