"To Be Or Not to Be, That is the Question" and APPARENTLY There is No Answer Like the Question Suggests There Is...

... Because usually questions have answers. Just a general observation. I'm hyper!

Did you know that I really like Shakespeare- especially Hamlet- and have been reading it since somewhere around 3/4th grade? Yeah, I know barely any of you knew that. I might share my secret with you soon- maybe. But my most recent Shakespearean interest? Of course you do. Have any of you ever heard of the graphic novel called Kill Shakespeare- I know that's supposed to be underlined but I don't know how? Well, it's an awesome idea. Hamlet has been sent to England to be killed, remember, when the ship is attacked. Hamlet meets Richard the Third. And they realize that they, along with some of Shakespeare's other characters, need to get rid of Shakespeare or at least his quill, because they're a little fed up with the Bard controlling their lives.

How do you like that idea?

We Are Many Things, But Sane is Not One of Them

I will not bore you with all the things we actually are. Wait, no, that's a lie. I need a morale boost. Which I usually don't because I have learned to feed off of my own opinion of myself- if I didn't my self-esteem would be zero (there is a lack of compliments here).

We are- now this list is specified towards Solis and Acton kids here:

Awesome

Funny

Creative

Wacky

Fun

Happy

Weird

Strong

Different- in the good way, not always though

Joyful

Imaginative

Naive

Wonderful

Close- to each other

Family

Former/ present Family School students- so we can work hard

Loved

Carefree

Readers

Players- we play imagination games together, an art that seems lost once you hit 6 now

Forgetful- which can be good

Laughing

Ready to take over the world tomorrow so that we can make more movies and get that tenth Artemis Fowl book- Right, Mitchell?

There my self- esteem is once again through the roof, and I didn't even have to talk to myself (my usual form of boosting my self-esteem, don't tell anyone though... I can't go to the asylum!)

Never Mind, Maybe I Won't Post This...

I AM INSANE, AND RANDOM, AND CRAZY, AND HAPPY, AND WIERD, AND this might be a bad idea for a post...

Here's A Little Thing I Want to Tell You About that Book You Have Heard About Once...

...Or twice, or three, (or- you know- every step you take) times. So You know that world- wide phenomenon with a vampire and a werewolf and a girl. Yeah, that one.


Well apparently, Barbie dolls wanted to jump on the band wagon.





These are Barbie Dolls for that book that is aimed at young adults girls, you know, 14 years and up. Do you know the age group for Barbie Dolls? Yes, 6- year- olds, not their sister who happens to be 6 years older.

And what, may I ask, is up with one of the guys not wearing a shirt? Really people... Think of all those poor damaged 6-year-old girls who won't be able to truly love a guy unless he glitters in the sun or has to run around without a shirt half the time. No, really.

I just thought that I should bring this very important and urgent matter to you intention. Thank you and good night.

This is Just Another Note to Let You Know I'm Alive... And I Have a Little Note!

Hi!

How are all of you doing? I'm doing pretty good- you know doing seven specialists in fourteen days- stuff like that. I just wanted you all to know that all of the kids are doing plays! It's fun.

Have a great summer- it is coming up, you know. I might blog more later, I don't know.

-Emily

I Thought I Should Let You All Know that I Am Still Alive and Breathing, If I am Sane is Purely Your Opinion

Long title, huh? I love long titles, but you know what I love more than long titles? The idea that one day, one great day, some author or something will come to ABQ that is not LDS (aka- not Brandon Mull, he was great though!)! Have you guys ever noticed that everything happens in New York City, the place I am slowly trying to make my parents take me to, even though they still like the idea of London- which I like too, don't get me wrong, but New York City is New York City.

FANG IS NOW OUT! AND IT ROCKED AND STUNK AT THE SAME TIME! AMAZING! AND I HAVE TO GO AND HUNT JAMES PATTERSON DOWN AFTER THIS SO YOU BETTER BE GRATEFUL THAT I AM TAKING THE TIME TO TYPE THIS WHEN I SHOULD BE HITCHING A RIDE TO FLORIDA AND FINDING A PHONE BOOK SO THAT JAMES PATTERSON WILL LEARN HIS LESSON (AND I CAN GIVE HIM A HUG FOR PUBLISHING 3 BOOKS A YEAR FOR KIDS MY AGE- THREE). And yes, that was all supposed to be in caps.

Different yet slightly related topic. Did you know that for some award the finalists for best book that I have read are Catching Fire and City of Glass so I know 2 of the 5 books. And for the best author I have read MAX by James Patterson, The Last Olympian (obviously) by Rick Riordan, and Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins- three out of five! How awesome is that?

So I am alive, I believe that the above paragraph has proved to you that I have lost some sanity, but still have more than four brain cells- which is really good because I still have the giant state test that isn't really that hard for me, or half the people that I know at school, but we still like to pretend that we have to think! Oh, yeah! I went to California. Maybe I'll talk about that later.

-Emily

P.S. How do you like that mention about California? Did it make it sound like I didn't care about it at all?

It's that Time of Year Where The Family Schoolers Question Their Supposed Sanity

I fear the time of year after Winter Break. Why, you ask? Because it is at that time where we are usually doing three or four GIANT projects in about two months. Pure torture. No. It's school.

Don't believe me? As of last week we were working on:

Inquiry Two

Inquiry Three

Writing Project

Self Assessment

Along with our regular homework.

Do any Family Schoolers possess sanity? Your call...