I can hardly believe that this is 2010. I can hardly believe I'm facing my 2nd semester at NCTC. Gracious. It's been at least 2 weeks since I last blogged, so here are some things that have been going on:
1. The Fort Worth Stock Show and Rodeo has arrived once again in Texas! My parents and I attended last year, but were only able to afford going to the stock Show, not the Rodeo. I would love to go to the rodeo one year though! We're thinking of going again this year, because the FWSSR always runs about a month. Yesterday, we had to make a trip to Ft. Worth to buy some things for school (clothes mostly), and because my dad wanted to reward me for babysitting last week. So he asked me, "How would you like to see A Christmas Carol in IMAX?"
I was like HECK YES! So that was the main purpose of our driving 2 hours into the metroplex. My dad and I had seen ACC before, and it was amazing. A little bit scary/creepy/freaky, but overall a great film! I also read the book last week, and it stuck very close to the book. Reading ACC will become a Christmas tradition for me. My mom, whom I assumed would hate it, came out of it saying she really, really liked it!? Who knew? The museum in Fort Worth (The Fort Worth Museum of Science and Natural History) is building/remodeling their entire establishment. The thing was huge! we last were at the OMNI last Memorial Day to see Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian., and they didn't have near that much built. I was simply amazed how much they accomplished in a few short months. But anyways. I would really like to go back when they complete it and fill it with all their new exhibits. ACC was even better in IMAX, and I caught little nods to the book that I hadn't seen before (mainly because I hadn't read the book before and wasn't looking for them), and again realized just how brilliant Robert Zemeckis and Alan Silvestri are (Zemeckis directed, Silvestri composed/conducted the score).
2. I found out what my grades were for the fall semester: 3 A's and one B. If I hadn't been sitting down when I saw them, I would've fainted. The B was in biology. The A's were in history, composition and algebra. Yeah, I can't believe I got an A in algebra either.
That's about it. Really, the first few weeks of 2010 has seemed to drag. But I know that once school starts, they will fly by like nobody's business. And that's perfectly OK with me.
