No, I’m not the Grubmaster

As I feverishly prepared to depart on another camping trip, the thought sprang into my mind. “You know, I bet people (on my blog) would like to read this poetry I’m preparing for troop entertainment.” I am posting my poem before reality kicks in, as it did last year, but too late for the troop [...]

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The Prince Caspian Film Isn’t Half Bad

It seems my blog gets more visits when I actually write on it. I didn’t think I was so popular…
This weekend I saw Prince Caspian at last. Is a result of seeing movies on a large screen that they seem slightly disjointed? Perhaps this resulted from the nonstop action; perhaps it was a result of [...]

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Time Travel

I have of late discovered time travel. The most telling consequence is this: yesterday, it was July the 22 of 2008. However, the calender in my room reads April 29 2008 today. Thus, I must be enjoying the cool weather of April and not just the blast of the air conditioning.

Another of the more telling results is that I may now sit in front of the computer and instantly find myself two hours after of the time I sat down. On a downside, I do not seem to be able to revert to the time I sat down. The secret to time travel I must assume, then, is the Internet. It has been touted as “progress!” “A tool for education!” I must assume that the education they speak of is the inadvertent discovery of time management and progress is the rate at which the Internet speeds through your available time.

But it is not only the Internet, but work that seems to be involved in time travel. Absorbing work bends and stretches time instead of moving through it. Work, it would seem, is not a series of pipes. But as I was saying, work always takes too much time. The difference is in perceived time and actual time. Work I enjoy tends to take actual time instead of the reverse.

The secret to time travel, I suppose, is a change in typical state. Time tends to move slow when doing something on hours on end, does it not? I recommend you don’t do anything; at least then the date on your calender won’t change.

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Of Wodehouse and Poetry

We happened to watch a P.G. Wodehouse episode several days before we left on vacation. By this rather unusual element of the story line, the entire family was inspired to write poetry to be read in the car. Although few of us finished ours, I thought that these were fitting, if somewhat amateurish, tributes to Wodehouse’s ability to write comic verse.

Ode to that Banana
Banana, epitome of life,
Yellow flesh and slap-stick peel,
Ageless is my happiness
And fruit pulp is my zeal

It follows where ever go I may
In pocket, purse, or glove box
The friendly reek of stinking feet
And shoes without their socks

It tans anew with each passing day
Its peel bursts with heated sap!
Its precious youth at last is past!
My zeal seeps over maps

This banana, of chocolate color
Might have no longer a life
Though gourmands hold that in a dough
It has a bit of bite

Oh mushiness of life and vigor
Of fruit flies that dip and dive
Bequeath to me the life that keeps
So m’y maggots alive.

The second one one contains more Wodehouse references, but it is not as skillfully done, I’m afraid.

What is a Mulliner?
Mulliners are men of the highest sort
Who in their affairs, never come up short
For they are followed
And their name hallowed
By adventures of very good sport

A Mulliner is always related
To M. Mulliner, who situated
As a jolly good bloak
Of the taverns long soaks
In the tales of the past tribulated

A Mulliner has good resource
Whether of not he flees a pitchfork
He has a good smile
And eats spinach while
He usually ends up no worse

The Mulliners are always flat broke
(For they are a proud middle class folk)
Often in love but rare
Do family like the pair
So a Mulliner often elopes

A Mulliner is never daunted
Though often his mettle is wanted
Despite what goes on
His manner is calm
For truly his courage is flaunted

Happily, these were not the end to my ability to mull over Wodehouse for the month because my grandmother was cleaning out her house and she gave us several books I had not read. And it rained, and I ate cheetos.There was peace in the house.

~Joanna

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Prettiness

Whee! it’s so pretty here! The trees here are just getting into bloom and it was beginning to get warm before the cold snap and the birds are chipper. Although I feel somewhat guilty about enjoying this because people in my family have major allergies… Then it snowed, and I was wearing shorts. Do people [...]

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Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End

Well, Thursday at midnight, with a rather larger amount of people than I would have guessed unless I had thought about it, I went to see Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End. I think that the movie was anticipated enough for me to review it to the third of the population that didn’t [...]

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Phantom of the Opera

I saw The Phantom of the Opera this weekend. Hmmm… It had great singing and an interesting plot; but if you think of it, it was really semi-mediocre. The genius villain wanna-be hero The Phantom very un-ingeniously messes up his chances with Christine when he goes about yelling at her. The owners of the opera [...]

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Star Treck and LOTR

So, I’m sitting here thinking (and battling a bout of writer’s block) and reflect “You know, a lot a people imitate LOTR.”
I mean, think about it; it only became a really big hit when someone(s) smart in the movie industry found the book and said,
“Hey, this Tolkien character could write! Let’s make a movie!” It’s [...]

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Review of The Return of the King

In this post I will review the third and last part of the Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King. Prepare yourself for ummm…textic scenes.
Spoilers ahead

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I Don’t Exist

Thursday I did 9:32 hours of schoolwork; that is a lot considering I do not exist. Yep, that’s right, according to the BSA database I, one of the most active supporters in my crew of “real” camping, am not registered as an active member of Venturing crew ____ . [...]

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