My Mom's Obsession With The Shopping Channel

Hi all,
At our place, there are only ever three things on our t.v. - Monday nights - Chuck - excellent, all the other weeknights - Chuck Season 1 (on DVD thanks to my cool Aunt and Uncle) and Chuck Season 2 re-runs (on our computer). These help us to get through to the next new episode on Monday's. So far, so good, right? Well, there is one BIG thing that tampers with this excellent system. Channel 7, MTS, 24 hours a day - yes - TSC, otherwise known as The Shopping Channel. My Mom is obsessed with this channel. She wants to watch everything from jewelry to beauty products to kitchen stuff. Last weekend was the channel's "birthday" so we had to watch every day because there was a contest where, if you spotted three beach logos, you could enter to win a cruise. I helped my mom find that last logo and all I know is we better be on a boat and soon. I asked my Mom what she wanted for Valentine's Day and she said a TSC gift card. I didn't get it though because that is way to cheesy. I love my Mom. I love Chuck. I do not love The Shopping Channel. What do you all think?
Kate

Why Everyone Should Tune In To Chuck

Chuck is an awesome t.v. show because it has lots of action scenes and spy stuff. Sarah, one of Chuck's handlers, is really pretty, but more importantly, she does a mean front snap kick. No-one can mess with her. The show is very complicated but it has lots of funny parts too. My favorite character is Casey. He is the other one of Chuck's handlers. He is played by Adam Baldwin, who, in my opinion, is the most under-rated of the Baldwin brothers. He is scary and funny and super strong, all of which are very cool. Then there is Ellie and Captain Awesome, who are both - awesome! Every, single character who works in The Buy More always blurts out something surprisingly hilarious. The best part about the show is that, in every episode, there is some kind of fight scene, and for my Mom, some hint of romance between Sarah and Chuck. So we watch it together, for different reasons, but we agree that Chuck is the best show ever! If you are not watching it, you should be! We give it two thumbs up!

Why Guitar Hero Is So Awesome

Guitar Hero is awesome because it is just like real guitar, but better. You can go on easy, medium, hard or expert. I am on hard. I did one song on expert but it is really hard! My favorite part is versing the Devil. If you beat the Devil, you get to go to the next level. I have beaten the Devil on medium, which, for an eight year old, is pretty noteworthy. You can also buy stuff like characters, outfits, songs and guitars, but I am not much into the "shopping" part of the game because I think that is kind of girly. P.S. I am a girl, but come on, let's just play the guitar! Rock on all you hard core Guitar Hero players. Keep it real.

My Lazy Cat

First of all, my cat looks like she weighs 30 pounds. She just sits around all day, staring and eating. This led me to thinking ... what if I could just sit around all day, staring and eating? Pros and cons. First, the pros - it would be kind of nice to get scratched on the belly and eat whenever I wanted. I would also like to lay around and not have to go to school or do any homework. (And I think it is the dream of all children to not have school or homework). Now, the cons - I wouldn't want to get squashed on the road by trucks and have my life ended with the title of "roadkill." But, then again, I could simply just stay indoors. So, to conclude, there really are no cons. Cats have a great life and I wish I were one.

My Crazy Monday At School

Hi all,

First of all, everybody at school is saying "hi" and "ciao" and I am wondering if they are saying "hello" or "goodbye." Did you know that "ciao" means both? So what I want to know is how are you supposed to know if someone is starting a conversation with you or ending one? Anyway, we had a crazy math test today. We had to divide both halves of fake profit money and write five paragraphs about why math is awesome. Can you believe that? Come on! We should vote to see exactly how many third graders think math is awesome. I, for one, like math, but this particular task, not crazy about. My favorite part of the day, as always, was gym, but all of us were sweating profusely because our gym teacher made us play hockey with long sleeved pinneys on! Don't get me wrong. I love gym and I love hockey, but I don't love sweating like a pig. So I hope tomorrow I can figure things out. As a side note, I think school should only run from Tuesday to Friday, and that someone should really, seriously consider a four day school week. Bye for now. I mean, ciao for now,

Kate

Poll Results

My first poll - 'Do you think you allowance is enough?' ended and I am happy to report (to my Mom especially) that 100% of poll responses voted that their allowance is not enough!

I will have to ask Mom reconsider my allowance!

Please click on my new poll question, "do you like summer or winter better or are you undecided?"

Kate

Movie Tickets

Hi everyone,

Today was my first radio appearance, my Mom and I were on 'Hot 103' because we won movie tickets to an advanced screening of the movie Hotel for Dogs. It's so cool because we get to see it before anyone else can.

Back to school tomorrow, my vacation is over!!!

Kate