Schools In- But Not Forever

I started school this week, which was a LOT of fun. It's strange being a junior, an upper-class man, though. I'm still not used to saying I'm in 11th grade. However, I have great teachers this year. I'm the Assistant for my Spanish I teacher from last year, Senora Everist, and I'm going to design a class website for her. My AP (Advanced Placement) English teacher, Mr. Sudak, is funny and entertaining, as is my AP European History teacher, Mr. Lambert. I also have Spanish II, Algebra II (which involved getting a $79 graphing calculator), a semester of Ceramics, a semester of Weight Lifting, Graphic Arts II, and Marine Science. The funny thing with my Marine Science teacher, Ms. Kiki, is that she got her Bachelors Degree at UW-Madison, so she's a HUGE Packer and Badgers fan. She also is the teacher for the Science Olympiad team, coach for JV and Varsity soccer, and plays ice hockey and soccer in her free time. Also, she reminds me of Mags, my Latin teacher from West, and my friend Shoshana, combined.

With school, swim team has also started again. Most of my friends from last year are on the team, including Ryan and Nick, the music geeks, David, our resident movie-director-in-the-making, Sunny, the girly-girl of us all, Kat, my fellow classmate from history last year, and Ellie, the Sonoran Desert Museum junior docent and girl scout (who just returned from a six-month sabbatical in Japan). I'm still the shortest on the team by a good inch, but it gives my friends and coach, RJ, a good thing to tease me about. GO CFHS FALCONS, SWIMMING STATE CHAMPS FOR TEN YEARS RUNNING!

Terra the Tarantula

A few days ago, we had a surprise guest in our house. It had rained the night before so Dad put towels down by the bases of the doors in case any water came in. The next morning, we lifted up one of the towels and found a little, light brown tarantula. After we released it outside, we found that it loved the woven mat that sits on the patio just off my parents' room. It sat there for a good few minutes and we managed to snap a few pictures of it.

Puggy Dreams

Last week, my mum went to Salt Lake for a Stampin' Up convention and my dad flew to Madison for the annual Woodrow Golf Tournament (which consists of only him and fifteen of his closest friends). Meanwhile, I stayed here, in Tucson, with a friend of mine who just returned from Japan. She'd been living there the past six months so this was a great time to reconnect. Before I left the house however, I took a video of our dog, Isabel, to remember her by. Now, for those of you who know Izzy, you may have realized that she is a VERY hard sleeper. You can walk over her several times, slam doors, and such, but she won't wake up. This video proves it. Also, Mozart, our tabby cat, makes an appearance and my dad can be heard in the background, talking to the man who was fixing our security system (that's what all the beeping is). Enjoy this funny little video courtesy of my new 5th Generation, RED-Bono's-new-clothing/accessory-line version iPod.