Do Hard Things

I finished reading Do Hard Things and It was amazing. You should read it. It was really good.

School :(

Today was the first day of school. I guess it could have been worse but it still wasn't that good. It's still school. I'm just going to have to go through it and hopefully summer will be soon. The only good thing about school is band and It might be a good band but the band hall is too small for all those people. It's driving me insane. And it's the first day. I love playing music but there aren't enough lockers for the instruments. Well at least for saxophones and trumpets. It's driving me crazy. It was so tight in band today.

I got a new cell phone. It's my first one that isn't a hand-me-down. It's blue and it slides so it's pretty cool. Cooler than I expected my parents to let me get. But my sister has one but hers is white.

I'm loving cello. It's amazing. I'm getting good for just a couple months of playing. I'm really enjoying it. I love my cello. My cello teacher has me doing really easy beginner stuff. I started harder songs like Musette and something from Sleeping Beauty (the ballet) But I think I chose the perfect string instrument. Not huge like the bass but you don't put it under your chin which bugged me when I played violin. I already knew bass clef from piano so it's been pretty easy to pick up on. Just need to learn tenor clef. But not yet.

I got the August Rush soundtrack. I love that movie. And it has a cello which is amazing. It has some language that it could have left out. And a part that shouldn't have been in there but is kind the whole reason why the movie took place. They still probably could have changed it. But it has amazing cello and other music. I love it. It would be so much fun to play some of the music. Put it would be pretty hard. Still it's really cool. I love that movie. It kinda ended abruptly but whatever.

I started reading Do Hard Things and so far it's amazing. I would suggust it. Go to the website and check it out. It's really cool.

The olympics are over. And it's so sad. :( I enjoyed them a lot. Shawn Johnson and Nastia Liukin were amazing at gymnastics and Michael Phelps is a great swimmer. It is insane. But it was cool to see even if it was just on the TV. I have a friend who I want to make the 2012 Olympics in London so I can go see her. That would be cool.

Movies and Music!!!

This summer I have been watching old animated Disney movies that I haven’t seen in forever. I’ve seen Dumbo, Sleeping Beauty, Toy Story, Fantasia, 101 Dalmatians, Jungle Book, and right now I am watching Snow White. I want to watch Beauty and the Beast, Lion King, Peter Pan, Pocahontas, Robin Hood, Oliver & Company, Little Mermaid, Aladdin, Bambi, The Fox and the Hound, Pinocchio, and probably some more. Well considering that it’s July and I have 2 weeks of camp coming up it is looking less likely for me to finish that list. But I really love these movies. Also I want to watch The Sword and the Stone. We have it somewhere but it isn’t with the rest of the movies.

Snow White had really good animation for being made in the 1930’s. Some parts of Sleeping Beauty had really bad animation.

PIXAR

I love PIXAR films. I haven’t seen Wall-e because I don’t want to see a bad PIXAR movie and I’m pretty sure that it is a bad movie. My parents saw it and said it wasn’t the best movie. But everything else PIXAR has done was amazing.

Computer Animation

The new computer animation is cool but I like the older animation a little better except when it is bad animation.

Music

Movies probably have the best music written today. I love the music for Snow White, Beauty and the Beast and a lot of movies. In my opinion the best composers of today are John Williams, Hans Zimmer, and Michael W. Smith. My dad said that that was bias.

Hey!

I haven't posted anything in forever. I got back from Zoe's house a few days ago. It was so much fun. But I really miss Zoe and Tabeeb. I'm watching I Love Lucy. It's a good show.

I've been having to read 2 books for school next year. A Tale of Two Cities and Edith Hamilton's Mythology. They are really boring. I'd rather be reading what I want to read but I really want to be in Pre-AP English2. So I have to read those books.

My cello is going pretty good but it's really hard and hurts my hand. I think I have a lesson today. I loved playing Zoe's harp. It was so much fun. I wrote a song for the harp but it's really easy. I also wrote a song for the piano. I'm not sure how good it is. It's fun to play but it might be too repetitive.

I watched a weird movie last night. It was called Little Manhattan. It was about a boy who thought he was in love with this girl. The kid was just 10 or 11. It was kinda funny. And at the end of the movie it played a song that Zoe sang for voice. After the movie I had that song stuck in my head.

Well that's all I have to say. Bye