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Well, I've finished all my books--except Wuthering Heights. I took a break from that. They were all really, really good. The Host and City of Bones especially. Except the plot twist at the end of CoB infuriated me. Grr. I won't go into detail, but I squealed "WHAAAAAAT?!" really, really loud and really, really high-pitched when I read it. Oops. I think I scared my mom :P.

My favourite out of all of them, though, was The Host. It was captivating. You know when people say "It was a book I couldn't put down", meaning that it was captivating and not literally that they couldn't separate it from their person? Well, when I say that, I mean it literally. I was at my friend Grace's birthday party (we went to see Get Smart and had a sleepover) and I read for a total of... two and a half hours. With everyone there. Antisocial? Yes. Ashamed? Maybe. Regretful? Not in your wildest dreams. I can't even explain it. Well, I can try. It's science fiction, kind of Body-Snatcher-esque. In the present time, a race of aliens (who call themselves souls) have invaded Earth. They are nearly completely indetectable, due to the fact that they cannot live in their own bodies. They are essentially parasites who are inserted into humans and take control of their body and mind. The human who used to control the body usually fades away, with the soul in complete control. The souls are not volatile or evil--they are actually peace-loving beings who didn't want humans to fight each other or destroy the Earth. The price of that is that humans--well, they just don't get to take part in that world. There are human renegades as well: humans who are in hiding from the aliens because they don't want to lose their bodies/souls/hearts/etc. The book is about a soul named Wanderer whose host body--Melanie Stryder-- refuses to relinquish control of her mind. Melanie worries constantly about her brother and true love, who are humans in hiding. Eventually, certain events force Melanie and Wanderer to join forces and look for them. AWESOME, FABULOUS, INCREDIBLE. I absolutely loooved it. (Guess what my recommendation of the day will be :P )

Anywho, that is just one thing. I passed my lifesaving course exam. Woot for me. (That was facetious.) It was really easy. I had been stressing for nothing. I also jumped off the ten-metre again. It actually hurt this time--the bottoms of my feet were KILLING me. Ouchies. Forgot to point my toes. Oh well. 

My young cousins are coming to visit for a week. They are very sweet kids (a girl, 11, and a boy, 7) and I'm excited to see them. We rarely spend time together even when they come to visit us (they live very far away). I think I've explained this, though, so...

As I mentioned, my suggestion today is The Host. Really, if you have a chance to read it, DO.

Bye for now!

~Annabel

What to say? What to say? I have an idea! How crazy. I just went to Florida and it was absolutely amazing. I'm so freaking tan now. Its kick ass. Because up her in New York (near Canada land of the moose, right above us...) we've got snow like crazy. I mean down in the middle of the united states, theyre all omg weve got an inch of snow lets close school for a month! not even kidding. How did I get so off topic? no clue. check me out www.myspace.com/kaitygirl214  peace!  <Kaitlyn>

load up the weapons army fatigues made for the desert, mission accepted.. freelance with no direction shoot till im deaf without sound then whats progressing stoup to the depths when all the hits are infective, but never a faker got shit that will earthquake ya fake noisemaker after 3 bullets you spit a tracer i stay with a scope...couple bombs made out of soap knife to the throat pull the gauge the range is close you thought when you spoke, not thinking properly shows you already lost if 1 man can kill your squad think of hi squad and all the damage they'll cause insanity cause you facing us all i feel alive when death is in my eyes 10000 bullets fly by without the time and i know that im getting mine but ima ride with fire in my eyes.

Juhu! Ich habe sie endlich gefunden, eine Internetseite auf der ich mein Tagebuch schreiben kann und Ihr koennt es lesen!!!! :-)

Es tut mir leid, dass Ihr so lange nichts von mir gehoert habt...

Die Zeit vergeht hier so schnell... und jetzt hab ich nicht einmal mehr 2 Monate in Mexico...

Ich vermisse Euch alle und freue mich schon Euch wieder zusehen!

... und jetzt wuensche ich Eich viel Spass mit meinem Tagebuch!!! :-)

P.S.: bitte ueberlest die Rechtschreibfehler...

been a plaeasent day so far not long to wait things will be so good,jim will have a great day things will work out for him im positive and things will work out well for me im positive,it is nice so far cloudy light rain cooled down ,ive been learning manchester cooking on  a manchester channel channel m.interesting,its a show called cooking imppossible,  quite a challenge but very very interesting the show is done by tameside markets,and it is fun to watch,it will be a terrific day!  im learning alot of new stuff and just enjoying myself,looking forward to the future,

 Well a person I admire in my life would be my Aunt S,because she's a strong willed woman and very  independent and doesn't depend on anyone for anything. I have a lot of qualites like my aunt.She has a good job and she has a wonderful Fiancee' who with,and she has great relationships with her two only daughters. Now that I'm a mother I look at everything for what it is,me having a good relationship with my kids is a must and I'm not letting anything or anyone mess that up! I don't want to depend on anyone to do what I want...  that's why I need to get my license,and better job!!It will come in due time,well when he's ready for it to come!!Well TTYL!

Yep this is getting boring everyday.

I mean staying home, and just surfing the net.

Besides, our internet has a prob. and i don't know how to fix it.

You know what's weird?

Our internet only works in the morning

then after that it won't work anymore. Even at night, it not working.

Gosh "may tama talaga ang net namin".

Anyway, last fri. we had a swimming lesson.

And i think i improved it.

Hahaha! It's so fun last fri. gosh we're like just playing around.

When it's supposed to be a swimming lesson. Our swimming teacer even got mad at us

'coz we're so noisy and i think he's annoyed by us. Hahaha!

Sorry for that sir!

We're just having fun and that's the first time our whole class bond together at the pool

But that not the last day peepz!

We'll have swimming lessons every fri. of the first quarter.

The bad thing is after our s. lesson, we're like so tired

and we have another class after our s. lesson.

Neways, gotta go. have 2 eat first

Nyahahaha!

Bbye

Alwayz N Forever,

The person I admire the most was my grandmother.  Of course she is no longer living, but she had the most admirable qualities of anyone I have known.  I wish to be like her someday. 

She was a very fair person.  She had 4 children and a bagillion and a half grandkids and great grandkids.  We were all treated equal.   At Christmas time, we all got the same gifts.   There was no favoritism or behavior of such.

She was a very honest person.  You asked her what she thought and she told you. 

She never made you feel as if you were less of a person even if she disagreed with you.  She let you have your own thoughts and feelings, but loved you the same no matter what.

She included everyone.  She always had an extra plate at meal times for a stranger or an extra friend.   She always had a gift for an unexpected guest at Christmas time. 

She was kind and generous, honest and fair. 

I would like to think that I have some of those qualities, but I will always strive to be just like her.