Watch. Read. Listen.

Watch:

I remember I was asking my mom last summer if some of my friends and I could go see the midnight showing of the fourth Indiana Jones that weekend. Dad, overhearing and misunderstanding, said, "Yeah let's go tonight!" He thought I was asking my mom if we could go see Iron Man that night. This surprised me since it was Monday- and school was still in session. But that night me, Paul, and dad went to Tyler and saw Iron Man with the promise that Paul and I would get up for seminary the next morning. It was fantastic and I told everyone how incredibly awesome it was. This was also the first time I had ever seen Robert Downey Jr. in a movie before and I have to say, he is incredibly good-looking. We got Iron Man on Netflix this week- I don't think I'll let mom send it back.

Read:

I suppose this section will be determined by whatever we are reading in my English class. Right now it's Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad. I really want to like this book- but I swear it's hard to read. I feel like a moron admitting this but I've had to go to Sparknotes more than once for help. Luckily I've gotten just enough to write my essays for the tests and contribute adequately to the discussions in class. I'm only half way through it though- maybe I'll get more into it as we get closer to the climax.

Listen:

Okay so I was first really introduced to the musical Wicked during the summer of 2006 when I visited the Blair's in New York and Erin took me to see a show on Broadway. I wanted to see the Phantom of the Opera but she persuaded me to move Wicked to the top of my list. Unfortunately we didn't get to see it and instead saw the Phantom. That same summer I returned to Lansing, Kansas to visit some of my friends. My friend Bobbi Walden had the soundtrack at her house. She told me it was AMAZING, but we never listened to it. This summer, my friends in the Band saw it during their trip to Chicago. It's all they've been able to talk about. I felt out of the loop so I went ahead and bought the soundtrack.

OH. MY. HECK.

I cannot listen to anything else. I listen to it on the bus, in the car, at the gym, when I'm sneaking my headphones in during class, everywhere! I think if my choices ever came down to going to see this musical or having a car- I would choose Wicked. It's coming to San Antonio this summer, so a bunch of friends and I are saving up our money to go down there for a Senior trip before we all leave for college.