• Caroline's birthday party - Tuesday after school
• finish article for the Lamplighter, interview some seniors and such... (due Wednesday)
• finish self-portrait (due Thursday at the beginning of class)
• study for physics final (Wednesday)
• precalc graded homework (due Tuesday)
• rewrite of lab write-up in physics (due ASAP)
• French reading - chapter IV in Bonjour Tristesse
• APUSH reading in Degler and three questi...

Snagged from here.

1. Pride and Prejudice - Austen
2. To Kill a Mockingbird - Lee
3. Jane Eyre - Bronte
4. Gone with the Wind - Mitchell
5. Lord of the Rings - Tolkien
6. The Catcher in the Rye - Salinger
7. Little Women Alcott
8. A Prayer of Owen Meany - Irving
9. The Stand - King
10. The Great Gatsby - Fitzgerald
11. Mists of Avalon - Bradley
12. David Copperfield - Dickens
13. Kristen Lavransdotter - Undset
14. Beloved - Morrison
15. Age of Innocence - Wharto...

In no particular order...

• Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
• Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
• Adventures Of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
• The Aeneid: Virgil by Virgil
• Aesop's Fables by J. Pinkney
• Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll
• Confucius Analects by Confucius
• Animal Farm by George Orwell
• The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin by Benjamin Fra...

• Raised by Another
• Born to Run
• Hearts and Minds
• Numbers
• Flashes Before Your Eyes
• The Constant
• Greatest Hits

• precalculus - study for quiz (finding asymptotes)
• APUSH - read packet, three questions
• composition - summary of feedback, revision letter
• French - reread part II, chapter I of Bonjour Tristesse
• Advanced Studio Art - nothing
• physics - worksheet that I brilliantly did not pick up

• bus
• car
• paddleboat
• canoe
• kayak
• ferry
• airplane
• bicycle
• walking

Or almost. Sometimes I've been in public and had to hold back my tears, to my dismay.

• The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
• A Very Long Engagement
• The Notebook
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J. K. Rowling
• LOST - "The Beginning of the End" (season 4 premier)
• LOST - "Through the Looking Glass" (season 3 finale)
• Skins - "Everyone" (series 2 finale)

Ideally I'd like to read all of these before I die.

1. "Ulysses," James Joyce
2. "The Great Gatsby," F. Scott Fitzgerald
3. "A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man," James Joyce
4. "Lolita," Vladimir Nabokov
5. "Brave New World," Aldous Huxley
6. "The Sound and the Fury," William Faulkner
7. "Catch-22," Joseph Heller
8. "Darkness at Noon," Arthur Koestler
9. "Sons and Lovers," D. H. Lawrence
10. "The Grapes of Wrath," John Steinbeck
11. "Und...

• smoking
• a criminal record
• animal cruelty
• racist
• sexist
• more tattoos than bare skin (a couple tattoos are okay, but too many is just... bleh)
• a fanatical Christian (particularly one who tries to force his beliefs on others... ugh)
• physical abuse
• a sincere dislike of reading
• a staunch Republican (moderate Republicans are okay, but if you're really hardcore about it I question your sanity)

• the Bible Belt
• the fact that the Republican party has basically become the Christian party and they want to force their conservative beliefs on everyone
• state bans on gay marriage
• urban sprawl
• Southern accents
• the general ignorance of the American public
• George W. Bush and his complete and utter idiocy
• big media
• the Patriot Act and invasion of privacy in general
• everyone thinks California is the best place...

• Anne - mother
• Doug - father
• Carolyn - sister, twenty months younger than me
• Joan - grandmother, mother's side
• Phil - grandfather, mother's side
• Marie - mother's sister
• Mike - Marie's husband
• Alanna - Mike and Marie's daughter, eight months older
• Tommy - Mike and Marie's son, three years younger
• Linnea - Mike and Marie's daughter, four and half years younger
• Ruth - mother's sister
• Mark - Ruth's husband
• Jackson...

• smart
• funny
• pretty
• loyal
• reliable
• a good artist
• a bookworm
• nice

• Burton Valley Preschool
• ? Elementary School (kindergarten in CA)
• Clark Elementary School
• Wilkins Elementary School
• Amherst Middle School
• The Derryfield School

• straight A's (and maybe a B+ or two, because face it, A's in Advanced Studio Art, APUSH, and Mr. Anthony electives may be hard to come by)
• a 4 on the AP exam
• highest honors throughout the year
• 2200 or higher on SATs
• A+ in French IV and Precalculus
• don't go insane
• make some good pieces for the Advanced Studio Art show at the end of the year (ones that don't make you cringe)

• Penny - mixed breed
• Pebbles - mixed breed
• Larry - cat
• Wally - cat
• Speedy - hermit crab
• Rocky - fish
• Marlin - fish
• Nemo - fish
• Chum - fish
• Bubbles - hermit crab
• Pearl - hermit crab
• Poppy - miniature schnauzer
• Chula - miniature schnauzer

• A++ on first French IV "dissertation"
• first JV field hockey win (1-0!)
• JV field hockey sleepover at Rachel's house
• warm and fuzzy movie party at Claire's house
• 65/60 on physics test
• PAPER TOWNS
• three-day no homework weekend
• reaccepted to Breakthrough Manchester
• read Getting the Girl by Markus Zusak
• bought Leaves of Grass and snazzy NaNoWriMo notebook at Borders
• NaNoWriMo plot has started to take shape
• I have...

These aren't really in any order, because I don't think I could rank them if I tried.

• Brand New
• The Hush Sound
• Motion City Soundtrack
• Dashboard Confessional
• Jason Mraz
• Death Cab for Cutie
• ADELE
• The Academy Is...
• JamisonParker

• sprained my ankle (sliding practice in softball)
• sprained my wrist (tripped playing tennis)
• massive ear infection of DOOM
• a piece of rust in my eye
• pink eye
• strep throat
• prolonged coughing bouts (bad enough to need medication)
• lost a toenail (I opened a door and it ripped in half)
• kneecaps popping in and out of place at random times during sporting events/group hugs

• travel to every state in the United States
• stay in a crappy European hostel
• own a grand piano (and be able to play it reasonably well)
• have an entire room in my house dedicated to being a library
• kiss someone in the rain
• float in the Dead Sea
• go on an epic road trip (preferably Paper Towns style)
• walk across Abbey Road with three friends (and have someone take our picture, obviously)
• go in a hot air ballo...

• standardized test prep
• the smell of math textbooks
• wearing high heels
• frolicking in green fields
• organizing my bookshelf
• popping pimples
• office supplies of all kinds
• history jokes

• House, M.D.
• Skins
• That '70s Show
• Gilmore Girls
• Boy Meets World
• The Tudors
• America's Next Top Model (You wanna be on top?)

• Degler - page 114-147
• precalc homework
• review chapter four of Bonjour Tristesse
• composition journal #9
• NaNoWriMo prep - more plot work, character development (main and secondary)
• watch Gossip Girl
• start work on physics calculations for the next two parts
• composition reading in Norton book (maybe)

• talking about books
• being a nerdfighter
• awkward romantic gestures
• kissing my forehead
• lots and lots of hugs
• cuddling
• not buying me a lot of unnecessary things
• letting me pay for dates sometimes