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Once upon a time, there was a man called Rumbleshirtskin. He was about three foot tall with an uglified nasty pointy chin and beard and stuff. And nobody knew his name was Rumbleshirtskin except Rumbleshirtskin.

This is a story called Goldilocks. No, it's called Rumbleshirtskin. There was once a girl named Goldilocks who had very bright hair. Her hair shone like a 1000 watt lightbulb. Her parents kept telling her to turn out your hair, which she could not do. So she put a…

Yes, that's right. I'm finally going to explain what was wrong with that class and why I dropped it. This should be a fun time, folks.

First of all, we have to look the first email sent by the teacher, for it is the teacher that made me drop the class. To look into this, let's look at another email sent out at about the same time. It was the teacher of Theatre History, who you may remember me saying I like, and it was the first email she sent. How does she greet us? "Hi…

Hi everybody! As promised on my video today, here's the blog about my reaction to my classes this semester. Of course, as I'm writing this the video mentioned isn't even edited yet, so you may see this before you see my video, and if you do, hi! Welcome to my blog! Again! It's been awhile! OK. Let's do this.

Directing: This is one of those classes that I had to take, but that I was apprehensive about taking. Mostly it's just because I'm not much of a leader. However, after…

So, at the beginning of this semester, I wrote a blog about my first reactions to my classes. I am now going to give you my final reactions. Last semester, I did this in vlog form and I didn't like it as much, so I'm switching it back to blog. Yay! Here we go.

"British Lit to 1660: I think this will be a fun class. As the name states, we'll be looking at early British literature. I had a class like this for my senior english class, but I think it will be more informative on the…

Hey, everybody! I'm back! Well, I'm back for this blog, anyway. I think my focus will still be mainly on vlogs and not blogs, but for this particular subject, I'm writing a blog. Woot!

Anywho, like I do at the beginning of every semester, I am going to let you know what I think of my classes at the end of the first week. So, here we go.

British Lit to 1660: I think this will be a fun class. As the name states, we'll be looking at early British literature. I had…

For those who don't know, today is Jim Henson's 75th birthday. In honor of that, I am currently watching The Muppet Show. I'm also going to devote this blog to him today.

I didn't grow up watching The Muppet Show. I did watch Sesame Street and I remember enjoying it. I discovered The Muppet Show around high school. I began watching it and fell in love with it. I loved the breaking of the fourth wall and I love the characters. I've already reviewed the show, so I won't go into…

Yes, I am writing two blogs in one day. Woot.

I just finished my first week of classes and now I'm going to give my thoughts on each.

Music Theory III: This class is giving me difficulty. The first day was amazingly boring. My teacher read from a book about how to help us remember things. I don't remember much about it, because I was trying not to fall asleep. However, once he actually started teaching us things, it was more interesting. I don't mind theory.…

I finished reading His Dark Material the other day and now it's time for the review. So here it is, the review of the 3rd book on the list: His Dark Materials trilogy.

I have read this book before, so this is the first book that I had actually read before (Hitchhiker's was close, since it was read to me). I really enjoyed it when I first read it (and the few times after that). When I picked it up to read it again, it had been awhile, and I was wondering how it would hold up.…

Now that you have seen me essentially rant about the Harry Potter movies, let's look into why I thought the movies were good.

First of all, like last time, there may be spoilers in this blog, so ye have been warned.

If there is one thing I felt these movies did well, it was the casting. Everyone (for the most part) looked, sounded, and acted the part. It's hard to pick out favorites among the actors because all of them were so superb. I could spend an entire…

I recently got back from a trip cross-country to watch my cousin get married. It was a wonderful trip and I greatly enjoyed it and I will tell you all about it. First, though, there is something more important to talk about.

I watched the final Harry Potter movie.

As such, I think it's fitting to give my opinion on the entire movie franchise. That is, my opinion on the movies. That was a weird way of putting it. Anywho, I'm going to split this up into two…

So, you may remember awhile ago, when I reviewed those two books that I would talk about why I had so much free time. And then I proceeded to not do that. The reasoning behind that is simple. No one pestered me about it. Since I am no longer writing a blog every day and since no one brought it up all the time, I felt no motivation to explain why I was able to finish two of the books on the list. But right now, I'm going to. As soon as I make lunch.

Alright. I have lunch. Now…

For today, I'm going to review #4 on the list, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Again, I'm going to give my personal opinion on the book and then why I believe it's on the list.

This was actually my first time reading it, though not the first time hearing. My father actually read this book to me several years back and I remember enjoying it. So, I had high expectations going on. And they were met. I don't know if there was some deeper meaning that the author was going…

That's right ladies and gentlemen, I have finished the 2nd book on the list, Pride and Prejudice. I have also finished the fourth book on the list. The reason why I finished the fourth and not the third is, while not complicated, something I'm not going to go into right now. I will talk about my escapades of the past week and a later date. For today (or, rather, tonight) I am going to review Pride and Prejudice. Like with Lord of the Rings, I am going to give my personal opinion on the book…

I realized as I was looking through my blogs that I never posted my final thoughts on my classes for last semester. So, I'm doing it now. First, my original opinion, and then what I think of it now.

"Performance Studies: This class seems fun. We have already talked about performing and acting and the differences between the two and I think it will be enjoyable. Not too happy about performing in front of the class by myself, but other than that, I think I will enjoy this…

So, I'm writing today's blog specifically for three people, all three of which haven't read my blog before. That's not to say those of you who have read my blogs can't read this. This is a script that I wrote about ninjas. Also, it's somewhat long, so you don't have to read it unless you want to.

(DOCTOR NINJA walks across the screen)

DOCTOR: (Voiceover) Hello. I am the Doctor, though probably not the Doctor you…

That's right folks! I finally finished Lord of the Rings last night and now it's time for the review. First, my opinion that why I believe it's on the list.

OK. This may be dangerous, but I'm going to come right out and say it. I didn't like this series that much. There were certain aspects I liked, but it had one flaw that really bogged the story down. It had too much description. Don't get me wrong. Description is important. However, it is possible to have too much and this…

So, you may have been wondering where I've been since the beginning of the month. Or maybe you didn't care. Either way, I haven't told you about my progress in quite some time, since I had the London journal and then the April Fools thing. Basically, it's not happening before summer is over. As I mentioned in my blog before my London adventures, I met with a snag. That snag was the loss of my hat. My hat was going to be used for one of the characters in this video. Therefore, that made…

The potato war rages on. I thought we had defeated all of them on that last fateful battle, but they came back. It was unexpected. They stormed our camp and no one could defend. All of my associates are gone. I'm wondering if there's even any point in continuing.

Yes. Yes there is. I must avenge those who have been lost. I must attack the potatoes with avengence. They will rue the day they messed with me. Those potatoes are going down.

If I do not return, know…

3/13/11

We woke up extremely early today to leave the hotel by 5:15. Now we’re on our way home. So, did I enjoy it? Yes. It was a new experience and the farthest I’ve traveled. It’s a different culture, too. If I were given the choice, I would definitely do it again.

So, that was my trip to London. It was a lot of fun and definitely worth the money.

Video update: There isn't any. I still haven't worked any more on it. However, I do…

3/12/11

We left the hotel at 9 this morning and went to the Tower of London. We had a tour of the Tower led by a pretty hilarious beefeater. After the tour, I wandered around the Tower a bit. It was an interesting place. I enjoyed it, except that I lost my hat and that made me upset. Other than that, it was a good experience. After that, we had free time. I headed to the Ben Franklin house. I had lunch in that area and then went on the tour. It wasn’t the historical…