Random Stuff

The martian by Andy Weir

On Saturday, we (my dad, my sister and I [my mom's on a business trip in Pittsburgh]) watched "The Martian". I liked the movie and my dad just happened to have the book. I started it and it's O.K. though I will say I'm NOT bringing it to the readathon today. Another thing is that "The Voice" season 10 is starting today. I'm sad that I'm going to miss it because of my opera rehearsal.

Snow Day Fun Day (That Doesn't Even Rhyme)

Today was a snow day in Michigan. Whoo-Hoo! My dad, sister and I spent the day relaxing. We went the the grocery store and library to take back books and movies/get Ava's baking supplies. We watched Brian Arnold's Team: Party Time take the lead against Drew Dreschel's "Real Life Beasts".

Party Time: 6th team to advance to finals

Expendabulls: 3rd to advance to finals

Lab Rats (in purple):5th team to advance to finals

Stratis Faction:Wild Card to finals

TNT:1st team to advance to finals
Storm Team: Wild Card to finals

Midoryama:2nd to advance to finals

Ronin:4th to advance to finals

Birbery Book Clubs

Today and yesterday I went to the Birbery Book Clubs (which you need to attend at least 2 to participate in the quiz bowl [that and read all 10 books]) 6 different books have been mentioned in the first two book clubs. They are:

• The War That Saved my Life
• Echo
• Stella by Starlight
• The Boys Who Challenged Hitler: Knud Pederson and the Churchill Club
• Circus Mirandus
• Mark of the Thief

In those six, the 3 that I haven't read are in these catagories:

• Magical Tales (Circus Mirandus, Echo, Mark of the Thief)
• Historical Fiction (Boys Who Challenged Hitler, Stella by Starlight, Echo, The War That Saved my Life)

I like listing things. Anyways, here are a couple of pictures.

The War That Saved my LIfe Book Review

I'm almost finished with a book called "The War That Saved my Life" by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley. It's about a girl named Ada who has something called a clubfoot, which is where someone who has one's foot is twisted. This book is about Ada's life during WWII. Her mother, Mam, is ashamed by her foot and locked her up in her room for most of her life, but she runs away with her little brother Jamie to the country (They live in London) and meet Susan Smith, the woman who is forced to take the 2 in because nobody wanted to take them in. They quickly bond with Susan and Ada learns so many different things along the way.

Hamilton Jr.

If  you saw all of the Grammys on TV or live, you know about the musical Hamilton. It's about Alexander Hamilton, the forgotten founding father. As you may not know, it has tons and tons of swearing. I thought that maybe I could edit the play so it was a Middle School/High School/College appropriate version (with the director Lin-Manuel Miranda's permission). After a few weeks, my dad shut my dream down AGAIN. The first time was when I wanted to be a football player when I grew up. At the time, I was very little, so he can't judge. I hope I can get his permission because I believe that Hamilton is the best musical in the world and can be even better. I also hope I can be in a Broadway production of Hamilton when I grow up.

Friday Fright-Day

On Thursday Night my Dad was trying to open a can of tuna for his dinner. He couldn't get the can all the way open so he tried using his hands. Bad move, dad. Then my sister distracted him so he was looking away and he returned to the tuna. He accidentally cut his finger on the sharp edge of the tuna. Of course I wasn't in the room where it happened (Hamilton: the Musical pun),  but my dad was there. He was the victim so he told me what happened when he got back from the Urgent Care. The Tuna Can cut deep into his ring finger WITH his wedding ring on it My dad told me that they would have cut his ring off or he could take it off before the stitches.




                                         

This man took away a normal Thursday night for the Roessler family

Band

Yesterday in band class we got one of my all time favorite band pieces: (pause for effect) The Pink Panther! It's the theme to the show The Pink Panther (so hard to guess, right?). Some other good things happened today. I finished Masterminds by Gordon Korman and aced the test on moodle. I finished all the valentines I need to bring for the Valentine's Day party. It's going to be really fun!