Sunday, September 26, 2010

Update on Ronny! (and everything else)

In 2008 I promised to update on my kittens...so...:D There's only Ronny now, but he's doing fine. Yesterday he caught a bird and two mice!
I think it's so strange but nice that winter is creeping in so slowly. Usually by now the air is crisp and cool, and it sort of tastes like autumn in the air. Instead it's rather hot most days, though some of the leaves are falling off of the trees. I wonder if global warming has anything to do with it?
I'd like to have snow like that again :) That was really fun! I'm always disappointed if the snow is only an inch or two high—that's no fun.
This year I'm taking French 1, which is lots of fun! Hopefully it'll help me advance more when I get into high school.
I'm STILL working on Just a Penny, because I keep procrastinating on the cover letter. :) If only I could get that done, then we would finally be able to send the manuscript to Deseret publishing. I'm hoping today will be the day.
Our neighbors had kittens! They're so adorable, just little scraps of fluff and big blue eyes. Of course, Mom said we couldn't get one because she put her foot down after we got two. Sighhhh. It's fun to pet them, though, and the tan male is feisty. He hisses whenever you pet him too much. :) The others don't really mind. They can walk, too, but in a wobbly way.
Well, I don't think I can think of anything else...oh, right. Wendy Mass is coming to our school! Isn't that neat? She wrote "A Mango Shaped-Space," which is one of the books I really like by her.
I can't think of anything else at the moment...so, adieu!
~Anna

Tribute to West Side Story

Another one of the greatest musicals ever...

Riff: Look, Tony, I've never asked the time of day from a clock but I'm asking you—come to the dance tonight.
Ice: Just play it cool, boy—real cool.
Tony: You heard - it's gonna be a fair fight!
Doc: And that's going to cure something?
Tony: From here on in, everythin's gonna be all right! I got a feelin'!
Doc: What have you been taking tonight?
Tony: A trip to the moon! And I'll tell ya a secret. It ain't a man that's up there, Doc. It's a girl, lady. Buenas noches, Senor.
Doc: Buenas noches? So that's why you made it a fair fight...
Tony: I'm gonna see her tomorrow an' I can't wait!
Doc: Tony... things aren't tough enough?
Tony: Tough? Doc, I'm in love!
Doc: And you're not frightened?
Tony: Should I be?
Doc: [after a pause] No. I'm frightened enough for the both of us.
Bernardo: I'd like to go back to San Juan...
Anita: I know a boat you can get on!
Tony: I- I didn't believe hard enough.
Maria: Loving is enough.
Tony: Not here. They won't let us be.
Maria: Then we'll run away.
Tony: Yeah, we can.
Maria: Yes.
Tony: We will...
Maria: Hold my hand and we're halfway there—hold my hand and I'll take you there, Someday, Somehow, Some...
(The word dies on her lips)
Maria:(whispering)...where...
Tony: It's all right—we're really together now!
Maria: But it's not us—it's everything around us.
Tony: Then I'll take you away, where nothing can get to us! Not anyone...or anything.
Maria: I feel pretty, oh so pretty!

Maria: Te adoro, Antone.
Anybodys, Tomboy: I ain't never gonna get married. Too noisy.
A-Rab: You ain't never gonna get married. Too ugly.
Anybodys, Tomboy: Hey buddy boys!
Action: Ah, go wear a skirt.
Anybodys, Tomboy: Listen...
Ice: The first thing we do is we start showin' around like we have nothin' to hide...
Anybodys, Tomboy: Listen!
A-Rab: Supposin' they ask us about the rumble?
Anybodys, Tomboy: Supposin' they ask you where's Tony and what party's lookin' for him? WITH A GUN.
Ice: Hey, you know somethin'?
Anybodys, Tomboy: (miffed) I know I gotta go get a skirt.
Doc: When do you kids stop? You make this world lousy!
Action: We didn't make it, Doc.
Lieutenant Schrank: Oh—do you mind?
Doc:(tiredly) I have no mind. I'm the village idiot!
Doc: Why do you kids live like there's a war on?
Maria and Tony: Today, the world was just an address—a place for me to live in—no better than alright...
But here, you are, and what was just a world, is a star! Tonight!