Sound Bites

Yeah, sorry, guys, I'm just giving you short posts about anything and everything. Translation of all these posts: Nothing much is happening except normal life and a stressful but fascinating report. So I have two sound bites today (besides this introductory paragraph) that probably won't interest you anyway, but you might like to see it anyhow...here goes...

First, as you might know if you're closely related (hi, Auntie!), my father and I are writing a very dumb Star Wars story. The whole plot of it has been lost. First it was defeat the evil Resiaks, a type of alien. Then it was defeat Darth Dolor, the latest Sith. Then it was defeat Darth Sidious who faked his death. Now it's defeat Darth Murderous who suddenly turned to the Dark Side. Darth Murderous used to be Luke Skywalker. Also, Obi-Wan and Yoda faked their deaths, pretended to be ghosts, pretended to be Anakin Skywalker's ghost, and now are trying to learn Jedi ways from J.P. Patches (clown from Pacific Northwest). Luke's daughter, Annie, is not sure whether to trust them or not, when she finds out that there are some people who have also faked their deaths. So it's stupid. Very, very stupid. It gives me and Daddy something to talk about, though, as I defy the conventions of Science Fiction and leave him to redeem it, which he can't always do. Also, between us, Luke has been married twice and has six children, of varying ages and varying temperaments. Guess who Darth Dolor was?

Secondly, (and perhaps more interesting, too. Good things come to people who endure), Becky and I have started a literary club. We read books together and do writing on them. Stuff like writing to the main character, or writing epilogues, or "deleted scenes"...it's fun. We've been laughing and giggling over a book we borrowed from Aunt Iantha, and now we're going to begin on...probably...this biography of Abraham Lincoln that Becky just adores. We take turns, choosing. Next? It'll probably be Anastasia: The Last Grand Duchess by Carolyn Meyer. We're both fascinated by the Romanovs, though I wish everyone would talk about Olga, or Titania, or Maria for once. Why Anastasia? Because a lot of people thought she survived, I guess. Anna Anderson and all that. Well...maybe when I grow up I'll write about Maria. Fun...huh?