Peridots and Perseus

This Friday I got a hole punched in either of my ears. My aunt Jamie will be happy to learn that no, the holes weren't punched with a surgical needle multiple times, they were only done once with a little gauge-puncher-thing. I got my birthstone, a peridot, which is a fun word to say (Yay! I love fun words like peridot and Zulu and Ouagadougou!) and a cool lime green color. By the way, you say that o-word WAH-gah-DOO-goo. I'm having to clean them 3 times a day now, and can't wear hoops or even change them for months. Suckish, but I don't want to mess with my ears anymore for a while. I get to show them off tomorrow, so yay! AGAIN! Also, I'm writing a retelling of Perseus and Medusa, so I got online to do research because I may draw pictures, too. Either Greeks were really perverted, or people just walked around naked as a jaybird all the time. I really doubt the latter, but there usually is the little fig leaf of the scarf positioned just so to cover up what must be covered. Oddly, when I typed in "Medusa" some pictures of pretty snake-haired girls came up. Um, hello? She's supposed to be so hideous she paralyzes you? Gosh, the art world is being hypnotized by Hollywood to paint seductive monsters! WHAT IS THIS WORLD COMING TO!?!? Here's an example:

Hooray for random school breaks!

For some odd reason, the school board decided that we could use a shorter summer and more breaks in between. I do homework with lots of breaks, so I didn't object. But the calender called for a completely useless week-long break in the middle of Februrary that they called "President's Day Holidays." It started today, and I'm wondering what to do in the middle of the month with no school all the sudden. Others, like my buddy Britney in another school district, got her break taken away because of the snow week that swallowed Georgia. This is why you build snow days into the calender just in case, genius school board people! I do have some plans, however. I know for sure that Dad'll take us to Chattanooga on Monday, so I'm looking foreward to the children's museum. Mom may not want me going because last time, I sorta went crazy loco. 1 word: overstimulation. But I've gone there before, so maybe this time that won't happen. We also always go to Sticky Fingers. I believe my dad when he says it's in the Mosaic Law somewhere, because we never ignore it. As soon as Mom sails back from the FRICKIN' BAHAMAS, we'll hopefully go to Claire's and get our ears pierced. I got a gift card for Claire's (thanks Granny!) but Roxy managed to spend it all in one trip, on a bookbag. Only my sister could make $15 go that quickly. and I have a few minor project-type things for school, so there's that. But that'll only use up, like, 3 days. Then I have to figure out how to fill up the next 4. Roxy may want to burn the rest of her savings today, though, so a video game or a kit of some kind will come out of Target with us.

Cool Kindles rock!

I am tapping my heart out with this post because I'm posting this from my Kindle. I may actually be in love with this thing. Really. Period. What she said. Not only does it let me get online and read books, it is a jealousy generator for pretty much everybody in my youth group, especially Tripp. If you can read this, continue the jealousy. Rarely can I ever say somebody wishes they were me. Amazon, if you can read this,I can advertize very well. ;)