I felt quite lazy today. perhaps a bit slugglish as well.

Sitting in the sun reading huck finn in the afternoon and

sitting by the fire watching pride and prejudice at night.

I became a little delusional after a while.

I stared at the word "been" and i couldnt recognize it.

Beeeeeen?
It sounded like bean.

The 2 "e"s looked funny next to each other.

The more i thought about it, the more confused i became.
So i stopped.

i feel so much better now that i've gotton some homework done.(i finished mao zedong's portrait..now i just have to do research and memorize it all)

Today, my sister and i made the most wonderful smoothie.
I'll share the recipe with you: -blend frozen blueberries,raspberries and strawberries with vanilla yogurt,soy milk,and a banana. Then push the SMOOTHIE blend button. Pour in a glass, stick some cheap little umbrellas and plastic mermaids and VOILA!

As much as i love winter break, i have so much work to catch up on.. :(
Well i hope everyone had a wonderful christmas!
anddd, i got my permit yesterday!
Except i was "driving" in my neighborhood and drove onto a sidewalk.

Happy Holidays everyone!

"it loved to happen" -marcus aurelius

note: all new york pictures were taken by my sister.
[she hogged the camera the entire trip]

W i n t e r B r e a k !

Last night, Ellen and I spent 4-5 hours baking frantically. Our gingerbread men have been ressurected at last! While they baked, i walked Jack..again.Then at sundown we lit her menorah and i did all the lighting(all by myself)! We said a prayer(more like i tried to repeat what she said) and it was very lovely.

Later, people came for the party. Baja Fresh! While eating tacos, guacamole, chips, rice, and beans, we discussed our favorite books. :- )

to ellen. xxoo kyle ;- )

today was very.eventful.

After deciding I needed to go outside, I ran over to ellen's house, greeted her brother,chatted with her mom, then spent the next hour jogging/walking with jack.

I climbed to the top of the highest point in the preserves and just sat there for a quite a long time watching the tiny cars go by,staring at this church, and watching little blue birds play in cactus, and thinking.

Meusem of Natural History

boat view from ellis islandyou do not want to know how lost i got in the metropolitan meusem.

Empire state building

Last night, my dad told me all these stories and legends about Genghis Kahn and him(my dad) growing up and being taken away by communists. It was quite intresting.

Genghis Kahn.1162-1167 -a powerful mongolian conquerer. "The Mongol Empire ended up ruling, or at least briefly conquering, large parts of modern day China, Mongolia, Russia, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Georgia, Iraq, Iran, Turkey, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Afghanistan, Turkmenistan, Moldova, and Kuwait."

and being 1/8th mongolian-this is all so exciting. Why didnt my grandma tell me she's half mongolian until this summer..

Drew this during the second fine arts assembly.

Happy belated birthday leah!<33

I spent all last night memorizing Annabel Lee by Edgar Allen Poe. Horray- 15 extra points for me.

Last Saturday, we worked on our chinese skit project. Chris, Brendan, Brian, Marvel, Jamie, Roberta and I all went to Anna's lovely house to film it. From 11 am- 9 pm we: watched hurcules, drove to a park, ate a whole lota food her parents bought for us, oh and did the project. Its pretty much like a sniper movie with guns, a wooden ax and shooting scenes. Im really looking forward to seeing the final thing!!

As i walked through the parking lot today , i recogized Mr. Granger's car but i didnt recognize him because his hair got shaved, and was wearing this nerdy but little nice vest. But he waved and i saw it was him. I miss house class, and speaking of house classes.. how the heck did miss pandhi win teacher of the week. this is a fraud! and outrage!!

speaking of mr granger..

"I have loved the stars too fondly
to be fearful of the night."

silhouette of the elephant.

Albertsons didnt have bisquick for some reason on Sunday, so as i pondered over why, i noticed a pretty box and decided i should try a new brand of pancake mix. When i got home, i felt a strange urge to clean the whole kitchen. So i did. And while i dug through the dusty probably rat filled old cabinets, i found 3 nice dinner ware things. A cooking pot type of thing and 2 plates-Those are going into my future house!

wheeeee.