The school year is coming to a much-welcomed close! We’re at the stage where we’re just prepping for finals and no one’s actually teaching anything. My schedule for next year filled up VERY quickly, and some of the courses I wanted to take [AP Psych, Advanced Acting] had to be put on hold for things I had to take [SGA, French II]. I’m also still missing a PE credit, which is embarrassing and ridiculous, but will have to wait until my senior year.
This summer I’m doing so much visiting and traveling with the family that I don’t think I’ll be able to do much by way of activities and such. But I will enjoy going to Disney World [for the Presbyterian General Assembly, of course], the beach, and Philadelphia. Much to my mother’s disbelief, virtually no one hires people under 16, so a job isn’t much of an option at this point. My mother doesn’t think this to be true.
Okay, my favorite things for May:
Star Trek – What an awesome movie. I’d never seen a Star Trek film or television program before seeing the new movie, but that didn’t matter. It was fun and exciting and I enjoyed it immensely. Wolverine, take note. This is how you make a summer movie.
Summer Heights High – An Australian comedy mockumentary series about a public high school called Summer Heights High. Chris Lilley created the show and stars as Mr. G, the flamboyant drama teacher; Ja’mie, the exchange student from a private girls’ school; and Jonah, the troubled youth who is ‘the best break dancer in the whole suburb.’ Netflix it.
Katie Herzig – I like her all the time, but her latest album, Apple Tree, has been on repeat on my iPod of late. She’s one of the most original and consistent singer-songwriters right now. She’s performing at WorkPlay on Sunday the 17th. You should go.
TCBY – Go to TCBY. Order the Cookie/Cookie Dough parfait. Your life will change.
Star Trek was a good movie. I was really in to The Next Generation but liked this take on the franchise. I also like how they stuck with some of the themes of the old shows.
We have been listening to Katie ever since we met her in Winter Park Colorado. back then she was in a band called Newcomer’s Home. They were good but she has really blossomed on her own. She is amazing. Have you seen the video with her and Matthew Perryman Jones? Not to difficult to look at either.
I just put Summer Heights High in my Queueueueueu
Fair warning: Summer Heights High is extremely over the line. It could not be produced on American television, except on HBO [where it aired here last fall]. If you’re sensitive to extreme irreverence [something tells me you're not Evan] then you shouldn’t watch it. It airs on public television in Australia, which is curious. Apparently, public tv over there is actually good.