Corner View~Holiday Part 1

I'm going to write about the coolest vacation I've ever had. Now, I take a couple or few month vacation every summer with my family. We usually visit friends and family, which is all great, but one time, we went to Europe. I know some of you Corner View folks live in Europe, so your probably like, "Yeah, so? Big deal!" But for us this was awesome.
First we went to Paris. We stayed in a tiny little apartment with little hot water in the shower, next to a roaring city full of traffic....But we hardly noticed any of that stuff 'cause we were having such an awesome time.
Here's all the good things:
1. Our apartment was right next to an ice cream shop
2. Every morning, dad would go out to a pastry shops and get us croissants, baguettes, and sometimes sugary pastries for breakfast.
3. Every day we would go out and see national monuments (such as the Eiffel Tower), or go to parks or just go around the city.
4. Every night we would go out to a restauraunt and eat food that made us think Oh my God! I'm never going to taste something as good as that in my life! But then the next day, the next restaurant would top it. Then we would walk around and get pastries or gelato.
5. We walked a lot which was fun (and also--eh em--balanced out the extra few pounds we were gaining because the food was so good we couldn't get enough of it)

We only stayed in Paris for a little while--5 or so days. But it was one of the most amazing experiences, I ever had.

Throughout the week, I'm going to keep telling you about my trip to Europe (that was only one part) so stay tuned!

Corner View~Green

I care very much about the earth and I'm very concerned. With so much pollution and cutting down of trees, the earth is very much out of balance. There's global warming and animal hunting. Some animals are on the brink of extinction. There is one type of leopard that there are only 35 left in the world. It's extremely sad.

I sang a song by Michael Jackson called "Earth Song" on YouTube. Here's a link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRgLQke-1Dc

I love this earth, and I hope humans can get it together in time.....

But lately, there's been more hope. More people are starting to be aware and do things like recycle and plant trees. My family recycles, composts, reuses glass jars and bags, and does whatever else we can to help the earth. I hope this earth has a good future.

Corner View~Orange

This picture was taken in Paris.

I'm getting my braces off soon!!!!!!!!!

Corner view~Humor :}

Humor. Such a beautiful thing. ={ "sniff, sniff." Sorry, I get emotional. You will probably understand, that I feel comedy is an art. There's slapstick, deadpan (like Steven Wright), improvisation like Robin Williams, whom Sky loves and posted about on her corner view.

I always use humor. My whole blog is pretty much based on humor.

Here's one of the funniest things I've ever seen from youtube. Now be patent, 'cause it gets funnier.

Corner view~7

Seven--or 7 is a lucky number (and my dad's favorite number).

I will write about my seven favorite things.

7 favorite foods: 1. potatoes, 2. hamburgers and french fries, 3. smores!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!, 4. my mom's homemade Indian food, 5. buttered spinach (yes, I know most kids gag at the mere THOUGHT of spinach, but I like it buttered!), 6. Anything with even a drop of sugar in it (preferably 7 pounds of sugar, though), 7. lasagna (you're welcome Garfield).

7 favorite colors: 1. blue (my favorite), 2. green, 3. purple, 4. yellow, 5. sky blue, 6. the next color to be discovered, 7. any color from another dimension!

7 favorite things: 1. Percy Jackson (read my blog post about him), 2. Pokemon (my OBSESSION at the moment), 3. donating to the poor, 4. drawing, 5. reading, 6. Taekwondo (here's a post, but I'm a blue belt now, not a yellow belt), 7. Theater (singing and acting because I want to be an actress/singer)

Corner View~School

Alright, I know most of you folks out there are going to write about how school used to be, and all your old school stories. I'm only 11, so I'm still going to school! So I will write about my school at the moment.

Now, if you follow my blog, you will probably know that I home school. I have an awesome new teacher named Miss Yvonne. She's really nice, and she really lets us have a say in what we work on, how we work, and what kinds of projects we do. I do math on www.ixl.com. It's really fun! My dad teaches history, and he's great at it. Instead of teaching us about the boring, gory stuff, and making us memorize dates, he teaches us about the spiritual and really interesting stuff like Gandhi, Buddha, and Gurdjief.

I love home-schooling and will probably do it next year as well!

P.S. My mom's taking over corner view for some time while Jane's away!