My Book

At the moment, I'm working on a book, as are Thomas and Anthony. The book I'm doing is collection of essays that I've written. This book is, in my opinion, particularly nice one, as I rather enjoy writing essays, and, of course, I've always enjoyed discussing an interesting topic.

I've picked two or three essays to start with, as this book is obviously not meant to be exhaustive. I've already written one, which I'm rather fond of, and I'm in the process of writing a second, which should hopefully go well. These two essays are connected in an interesting, if not immediately noticeable manner. The first one covers music, and it's ability to be applied to life. The second is basically showing the same thing about movies. Although, when set out like that, this connection seems fairly obvious, if one were to just read them, it is not automatically
seen as deliberately connected.

Writing books is something that my family has been doing for longer than I've been alive, and it's a good way to keep memories of when one was younger, as the books generally show the interests of the time. Included is a picture from one of my previous books. I did this when I was five.

Suzie Q.

The song Suzie Q is a classic song that has been played by wide range of artists; The original song was recorded by Dale Hawkins, a co-writer of the song.
The song was then covered by Carl Perkins. His version is quite a solid, rhythmic rough-edge cover of this song, and is probably my favourite version. The song was later covered by the band CCR. Their version is much more laid back in its feel than that of Carl Perkins. Theirs also has more words, and more solos. I would say this version probably has the most impressive solos.

As a side point, the Suzie Q was also a dance step popular in the 1930's

Last Saturday

Last Saturday was quite a full day; We were out almost the entire day. At about ten o'clock Jonathon and I were picked up for a birthday party a friend was having at the beach. The party was quite good, but the beach, or at least the water, was regrettably absolutely freezing. My hands actually turned blue for a little while. The party was quite a small one, just five people including the birthday boy and Jonathon and I. The other two we met for the first time, and I would say they are both nice, fun people.

After we got back at around four, we had to leave for a homeschooling dinner at five. That was also very enjoyable; we started of by talking with some friends, and then the little kids wanted me to play scarecrow with them, which was good, and then we had dinner. The dinner itself was good, because every family brought a dish, so there was a variety of tastes. After dinner and desert, I started dancing to the music that was playing, just for fun, and then the younger children decided to join me, and I became dj and dancer. That was quite enjoyable, though I was limited to only a few CD's (mainly Bee Gees). That lasted the whole night, and then we all wandered off home. All in all an excellent day.