The news for today.

I felt artsy today and decided to play with my camera since I can't draw or paint or anything like that.

I was looking through all the old documents I have saved on this computer and it was...entertaining, and weird, and a little bit embarassing too. My favorite document is the letter I wrote to my sister, which I believe I had planned to send to her before we left for camp, so she would receive it at camp. It basically outlined a secret mission I was giving her, that she had to complete because I was going to become evil in the next couple of days.

I'm thinking I'm definitely going to finish that letter, and send it to her while we're at camp this year.

Anyway, on to the other news of the day: I learned stick shift!

Sort of. Me and my dad practiced in one of the many parking lots across from the Mall of America, as I had to go there for shopping anyway. It was fine; I stalled the car quite a few times, but I didn't hit anything!

Bought a dress at the mall, and shoes because I have somehow managed to lose my black flats (yeah...I don't know how I managed to lose a pair of shoes either.) Then we came home and a friend came over, and we watched Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid and the beginning of Rebel Without a Cause.

I'm going to be honest: Rebel Without a Cause was a pretty "meh" type movie for me. I felt as though James Dean was (accidentally or on purpose) playing a character who was either drunk throughout the entire movie, or mentally impaired, because he slurred his words, and was just generally crazy.

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid was better, and I actually liked it - though part of the reason may have had something to do with the fact that William Goldman was the screenwriter. He did The Princess Bride as well (and wrote the book), and that was probably one of my all-time favorites as a child.

AND FINALLY: I will announce the challenge for February tomorrow; as this challenge is done, and I failed, I will also announce my punishment.