My grandparents and great uncle and aunt are over right now. They're fine company for the most part. My grandma, though, is not of our generation. Singular example: my sister has a pink Snuggie. I came upstairs to find my grandma wearing it... like a bathrobe. I'm pretty sure she's seen the ads; she just doesn't grasp the concept behind it. Oh me. Otherwise, it's been a pretty chill Christmas so far. We tried a new recipe for our Christmas Chili, and my great uncle (who has Parkinson's) did a jig when I played Wagon Wheel (that's my Christmas gift for the older relatives. Music. Brilliant idea, am I right?) for everyone. Merry Holidays, and enjoy our Friday, April 2, 2010.

Day 46

Breakfast today was brunch leftovers, including scones and oatmeal. Rafi, Matt, Lex, Jay, Sam S, David, Patrick and I played knockout and 4v4 today. Isaac's dad filmed our History class; before he came I made up a string of jarglemess nonsense trying to sound smart. Reading the news went well- I played Tessie to start it off, but the track started with "...And the Boston Red Sox are the World Champions!" instead of the piano riff, so that got drowned out. Kit said he only recently started not tearing up at the hearing of that. The internet was being slow today. Lunch was pizza.

In Science Hike Rafi, David and I went to each of our sites and took measurements of the tree species. I like Rafi's site- it should be Spruce City in a few years. In Rafi and my sites the belts we took measurements in were oddly sparce. In Precalc, Kathy said David and the Milton people could do a different chapter if we could complete the exponents and logs chapter test- I did. I had a few problems with one question, but it was weird log rules I hadn't remembered. The Milton folks are planning on going to JLW. I am excited. I talked to Kasey (she's not coming this Saturday: the day of the ACT) in Spanish and told her I wasn't going, so she'll be surprised when we all show up that Saturday.

I worked on my chapter in E. Sci and printed it out, albeit after a few lack-of-paper troubles. I saw Pat's kids playing Bloons and Bloons Tower Defense. They are smart kids. In History, Phoebe and I discussed the Cold War and the inevitability, or lack thereof. She, David and I lol'ed after dinner, due to some word-association game. She said apple. I said banana. She said pear. I said banana. She said another fruit. I said banana and collapsed on the table, laughing. Dinner was excellent- pasta and vegetable with alfredo sauce and brownie sundaes for dessert. The brownies were a little suspect on their own, though. Not the same brownie taste.

After getting the news for the next day, I walked back home with Sarah and Sam, and we all met up with Rosii in the laundry room to talk about her former boyfriend hooking up with lots of her friends. I played guitar until Kit told me to stop and do work, going first from messing around with the Goin' to California B-String scale, then Goin' to California, then Pachelbel's Canon with every type of chord imaginable, then some Zeppelin (Houses of the Holy, Misty Mountain Hop, Four Sticks), and some Nirvana (Come As You Are, Polly), before finishing with Cousins by Vampire Weekend.

I listened to that while reading about blacks, Mexicans, and unions after the war; I'll finish that tomorrow. I'll read the rest of the Spanish story then too. Taylor, Rafi, David and I watched the opening to Devil's Rejects (which I want to finish with them- they look like a sick group to watch that type of movie with) and the first twenty-so minutes of You Don't Mess With the Zohan. It had jokes that weren't that funny. Tomorrow should be another nice day- maybe shorts. We'll see. Probably. Hallie gave me a chocolate lollipop today. It was good. I tried hacking Beatles and Gorillaz music from Rachel's iTunes with no success. [By which I mean people's iTunes' show up as being part of a network; I tried copying music over to my computer. It would only let me play it. Sketchy? Only a little.] I was listening to Das Racist today, and that, other than Lose Yourself, is the best rap I like.