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Tuesday, July 15, 2008

Summer

Summer is not my favorite season but I don't mind it. School is out, allowing me to lounge around and do as a please. Such a peaceful time but I prefer structure, organization, and obligations. But then again, I have a very odd mind where little gnomes instruct my every move. At least that is what Sister Friend and I think. Odd story, but with us, nothing is out of the ordinary.
When I am being myself I usually look dazed, not paying attention to the world, thinking about other things, but I never know what I am thinking about. But somehow we got into a discussion about it and it somehow led to talking about voices in our heads. "Do you hear voices in your head?" Sister Friend asked. We were at the diner where my mom works, her having eggs, homefries, bacon and toast ( as usual) and I an egg, ham and cheese sandwhich (my favorite). "No," I had replied "but I do make them up...." She laughed again and questioned what they sounded like or something similiar. "They are little gnomes that tell me what to do and mess with my head." I laughed. It was so fun joking with my aunt. Carefree and joyful. " I hear them too," she whispered, going along with the joke. We laughed. I still love that memory, crisp and clear. I miss her company, even if I had just seen her a minute or a week ago.
By the way, I picked the character of gnomes inside my head because any moment, any day, they will all come alive and rule the world with ruthless power. Don't say I didn't warn you.
Today's Happenings...... Woke up at 10:oo. Oh, the pleasures of summer with no school. Planned on watching Ellen. She had just started dancing when Bush came on the screen rambling on and on, so of course I was mad. How dare he mess with me during my daily dose of Ellen? How rude! But I got over it. Finished War of the Witches by Maite Carranza and started Princess and the Hound by Mette Ivie Harrison and finished it by two. Should I now start my critizism? War of the Witches was good, well thought through and translated from Spanish to English fairly enough but I was sorely dissapointed in the ending where they did not tie up loose ends and it is a stand alone novel. In Princess and the Hound, a fairy tale, it was fairly good with a decent plot, exceptional imagery and description but the characters were not well defined, mostly having the same personalities. Two of the main characters were too alike and she often confused and mixed the two personalities making it seem unrealistic, not really defining the lines, but then again I am picky. Now I am reading A Song For Summer by Eva Ibbotson which is not bad but not enough of description. Mum came home with pizza (yum!) and we enjoyed eating it out on the porch. Then we joked around and I locked her out and we laughed through the glass.
Now I sit her typing away, ready to watch my selection of shows Wipe Out, I survived a Japanese Game Show, and the Outsiders. Tuesday I watch too much tv. Too damn bad.
~May peace be with you and light shine on your path~May hope rest within your heart~May the sun shine down on you and warm you soul~And may all your utmost desires come true~ (my own words.. MINE! lol)
~Hope~