2007: A Year in Review

Quite plainly, 2007 has been quite a year, in so many ways.

WORLD:

-The Chinese scare us all with their poison toys
-Virginia Tech has a mass shooting, leaving 31 dead
-Alberto Gonzales makes a complete fool out of himself
-Midwest doesn't merge; the cookies stay (thank god)
-UWMadison makes a huge break through in the world of stem cells
-A bridge collapses in Minneapolis, killing 13 and injuring many more
-Al Gore won't shut up about global warming, no one else will either for that matter
-Oil prices rise, fall, rise, fall, whatever
-The Presidential Election continues to heat up; the field is narrowed down a bit
-Primaries are moved up considerably
-A Writers Strike begins; no end in sight yet
-Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows is released; initial US printing of 12 million; and US & UK first day sales reach 11 million
-Brown replaces Blair as PM
-Nancy Pelosi becomes the first female speaker of the house
-Larry Craig makes the phrase "wide stance" mainstream and launches a million jokes
-Karl Rove leaves the White House
-Iraq, Gen. David Petraeus, Blackwater, and waterboarding are hot topics
-Pakistan's PM Benazair Bhutto is assassinated; ramifications yet to be seen
-Wildfires in Cali, what's new?
-Boris Yeltsin, Norman Mailer, Kurt Vonnegut, Evel Knieval, Ingmar Bergman, Lady Bird Johnson and several others die



PERSONAL:

-I turn 17.....and can watch R rated movies (17 isn't so exciting of a birthday)
-Take two more AP tests--get 5's on both (AP Lang & Comp, AP Euro)
-Cassie continues her 3rd year at Madison, becomes a bigger polisci nerd than I thought possible
-Jenny continues her Art History (note: there is no and between those two words)
-Jen, Cassie, Amy, and I go to Green Bay in August for the PPCC reception & scrimmage in August; eat lots of delicious cookies (and popsicles)
-I spend a week in Washington DC for Presidential Classroom and have an awesome time, getting to hear Colin Powell speak and spending a day in Philadelphia (which is also awesome)
-I have a lot of snowdays for school (3, I think)
-I successfully complete all of my New Years Resolutions
-I read Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows; a little part of me dies inside; Jen, Cassie, and me were also first in line (What's that? We can't hear you from the number one spot.)
-Madison accepts me, and I am pumped
-I start my senior year of high school, love and hate every moment of it
-The Departed becomes my favorite film
-Internet Explorer introduces tabs, this makes me happy
-I went to prom, still love my dress
-Jenny decides to study abroad in London baby!
-I develop a personal vendetta against roosters
-I read 19 (almost 20) books
-My family sees The Nutcracker; my father also reveals some unknown dancing talents
-Rosemary potatoes--need I say more?

Let's hope 2008 is just as exciting of a year.

Happy Christmas

Happy Christmas (War is Over)

John Lennon

So this is Christmas

And what have you done

Another year over

And a new one just begun

And so this is Christmas

I hope you have fun

The near and the dear one

The old and the young

A very merry Christmas

And a happy New Year

Let's hope it's a good one

Without any fear

And so this is Christmas

For weak and for strong

For rich and the poor ones

The world is so wrong

And so happy Christmas

For black and for white

For yellow and red ones

Let's stop all the fight

A very merry Christmas

And a happy New Year

Let's hope it's a good one

Without any fear

And so this is Christmas

And what have we done

Another year over

And a new one just begun

And so happy Christmas

We hope you have fun

The near and the dear one

The old and the young

A very merry Christmas

And a happy New Year
Let's hope it's a good one

Without any fear

War is over

If you want it

War is over now

Merry Christmas

Snow Day!

Haha! Another snow day for me! And on the perfect day, Harry Potter and the OotP came out on DVD. I bought new lights for my room (the others burned out) and now I get to watch Harry Potter with pretty new purplish/pink lights. I love snow days, but I love it even more that we don't have to make this one up. AND, tomorrow is only a half-day. This is awesome.