Two more days of school. No work, for another three months. Well actually, that’s only partially true. There is no more school work, but my entire summer is filled with volunteer work. The really sad part about it is that I have to leave all my friends. I’m leaving the school in my area to go [...]
I just finished Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury. I had never read Bradbury before and found his writing a little dificult at first, but as the story progressed, I grew to enjoy how he works in emotion with his writing. It’s actually a very cool style of writing that I don’t think I have ever [...]
On Thursday, I went with the school band up to Disneyland for a “workshop”. I payed $60 to spend 4+ hours on a bus, wait an hour to get a ticket, and go on four rides. That’s not the greatest use of money, especially when a soda costs in excess of two dollars. The workshop, however, [...]
Earlier in the week, I posted about a play where the characters were radicals and their parents were all communists. That led me to ask why communism was popular in the 40s and 50s. Now I can comfortably say I have an answer. After the stock market crashed in 1929, the great depression followed. This was [...]
I watched the Fahrenheit 911 trailer last night and, from what I’ve seen, this movie looks better than his others. I have seen Bowling for Columbine and Canadian Bacon, a lesser known Michael Moore movie. Canadian Bacon is about a United States president who feels he needs to be known for something. He decides to [...]
Last night, I say a very interesting play. It was very political and I’m sure most of the jokes went right over my head. It was paired with another play, called “Mothers Against”. Together, “Mothers Against” and “Daughters of the Revolution” gave both sides of the same gubernatorial election. “Daughters of the Revolution” gave the [...]