A note in a library book

A couple days I found this note in a library copy of, oddly enough, Life of Pi by Yann Martel which I'm reading for my book club. (It's pretty good so far, but I'll save all that for another post)

"If you take this out, you will be taking out your soul.
-A reader
Please keep this in!!!"



"Note from Author,
THIS IS ABOUT
Fat KID CAMP

Suzanne Collins"

Okay, so first of all, the "you will be taking out your soul" bit made me laugh out loud.

Second, while I haven't read all that much of the book yet, as far as I know it isn't about "Fat KID CAMP", whatever that is. And why did the "author" capitalize "KID CAMP" but not "Fat"?

Third, who the heck is Suzanne Collins? If they're referring to the author of the novel, I think Yann Martel is a little too different to be a spelling error.
Or do they mean the author of the note? Or was Suzanne's name added later? Or am I just over-analyzing a random note probably from a bored teenager?

These questions spinning around my head, I decided to add my own little phrase to the note:

"What an...interesting little note.
I 'spose I will leave it in. -D"

I think I might like to start my own note. But perhaps with less confusing capitalization and references to some sort of camp.
I'll post photos if I end up doing so.

Alright, well, that's about it for now.

~Dorothy

Does anyone actually read this?

I've been wondering this lately...Does anyone actually read my blog?
I have a few followers, but I wonder if they check it regularly...I wonder who exactly reads my blog, whether they're all people I know or if random people from like, I dunno, Turkey or something check it out sometimes.
This is my random question of the day.

~Dorothy

My Musical Friend

Ah, my musical friend. Our Heintzman piano.

We bought this lovely piano just over a year ago and I have been in love with it ever since.
After a long search and many annoying, pushy salesmen, we came across this one being sold privately. We wrote the cheque that very night.

Made nearly a hundred years ago and refurbished in the past 10, it's a really good instrument.

The wood is sort of a brown-mahogany colour, but I'm not sure if you can see that in the picture.
(Also note the Bach Box! :)


The keys have very good response and you can get a lot of sound out of that thing. Some of them are yellowed, they're made of ivory, but that's okay.

The front panel tips out when the cover over the keys is lifted to give more sound and tone.
You can pull the front panel out further to see the hammers in action, but as far as I can tell there's no way to keep it propped that way.

Anyway, I'm terrible at finishing off posts (note the constant use of "anyway") so I will leave you with a ~ (whatever those are called) and my name as usual.

~Dorothy

My Bach Box

Bach and I have a turbulent relationship.
I tend to have issues with learning his piano music, and so to cope with my frustration, I shove this little Bach plaque I got from a piano graduation into what I call my Bach Box:



Yeah. I'm a little odd.
The other problem I have with Bach is that he usually ends up making me love his music in the end. Right now I'm working on one of his Inventions, and unfortunately I now (sort of) like it.

Well, thanks for reading folks!
~Dorothy

Movies I Really Should've Seen By Now

Whilst (my new favorite word) wandering around Army and Navy, I was thinking about all the movies I really should've seen by now, and decided to make a list to put here.
So here it is:


1. Slumdog Millionaire
The hold up here is I can only think of one friend who hasn't seen it that I could go with.
Ah well, maybe it'll come out on DVD soon.

2. Inkheart
I recently re-read the book, which was awesome, and while I've heard the movie isn't that good, I still want to see it.

3. The Dark Night
Everyone who's anyone has seen it. Except me.

4. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
I really want to see this one. Apparently it's kind of depressing, but the plot sounds very good.

5. Master and Commander
All my friends love this movie, and they have good taste in movies, so I should really see it.

6. Sweeney Todd
Another film my friends love. The soundtrack is awesome from what I've heard, but it does look rather gorey. (sp?)


I think I've probably forgotten a ton, so I think I'll end up editing this list later. Post in the comments if you can think of any I've missed!

~Dorothy

Script Frenzy

My latest anxiety and excitement is Script Frenzy.
This past November I participated and won it's sister challenge, NaNoWriMo for the first time, and I feel like I should probably give this one a shot, even though my April's already going to by busy.
I'm planning to write a stage play, I'm not sure entirely what about, perhaps following the life of a burnt out (no pun intended) popcorn salesman who befriends a young run away with a secret after a nightmare of some sort.
Yep, I've been using the random plot generator. xD
But hey, I tend to be rather random anyway, so it should go fine.
I'm drawn toward stage plays as opposed to screen plays or TV show scripts because I love theater, and I could potentially make a play out of it some day (with a lot of revision) if I wanted to, while a TV show or a movie isn't going to happen anytime soon, despite my loathed nickname of "Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz".
It should be easier than NaNoWriMo as you only need a 100 page script, and my NaNo came out to about 140 pages, plus a script has quite a bit more spacing than a novel.
I'm nervous, but a ton of my friends are doing it, so that should make it better.

Descriptively yours, (yeah, bad pun)
~Dorothy

En Pointe

Sorry I haven't posted in about a month! Ah well, I'll try to post a bit more now to make up for it.

Anyway, last Tuesday at Ballet right at the end of class we were given letters from our teacher by our sub for that week.
I looked down at my copy with "Dorothy" written at the top in his loopy handwriting, not expecting much, maybe just about an extra rehearsal or something.
I nearly screamed with delight when I read the phrase:

"The students of the Grade Five Ballet class have demonstrated delightful progress this term and are now eligible to commence pointe work in the Spring Term of classes."

I bounded out into the hall talking much too quickly to my friend Allie about how excited I was.
Ever since I started ballet I've always thought pointe would be awesome.
I was scared, of course, too. I'd heard way too many horror stories about bleeding toes and the like, but then I'd also heard if they were fitted properly they shouldn't hurt too much at all.

The next day my mom and I headed out to the store recommended to us and now I have them.
They haven't been broken in yet as I have to wait until Monday for my teacher to check them as well as tell me how I should break them in.
So far they don't hurt, but then I am using little gel toe covers, and all I've done is stand and walk on them.

~Dorothy