The beautiful sandcastle was destroy from volleys of Bocce balls! We were fortunate enough to make a few trips up to Bear Lake this summer! Seems so long ago now... Mythbusters has to be one of the greatest shows on Discovery. Joe is especially a fan. I've been trying to upload their video, but I haven't been able to. We watched one last week entitled "Phone Book Friction" where the interlace two phonebooks (alternating pages) and try to tear them apart. Amazingly enough, it is really hard. In the episode, Adam figures out how to rip a phone book in half. Joe got this really excited look on his face, grabbed an old phonebook, and attempted to rip it apart. He was so funny! Unfortunately, the phonebook got the bettter of him. Here is a link to the video where the finally got the phonebooks apart by using two tanks! Go Mythbusters!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOt-D_ee-JE
And lastly, vampires. A friend of mine asked me what I thought about the Twilight series, so I thought I'd share my opinion on the vampire books I've been reading.
First, Dracula. The true vampire book. I really enjoyed this book. It's written in the form of diaries kept by people who have encountered/have something to do with Count Dracula. Here is where you find all the garlic & cross lore. I would recommend it to everyone.
Second, the Twilight series. I think that these books are very entertaining, at least worth reading once. I do like them, although I sometimes think that there is too much romance and not enough story. Some people have compared them to Harry Potter, but for me there really is no comparison. Harry Potter has a lot of depth to it, in story and in character.
Third, The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova. This book is very good as well. It follows the Dracula (Vlad the Impaler) route, but in a modern time. The story is told through letters; the narrator following her father's letters. It is set in modern times, but through the letters you go back in time. It is a large novel, but goes into a lot of depth about Dracula, and about the characters.
Oh ... I also got a new job. I am now employed by Symbiotics as their receptionist/water lab supervisor/whatever else they need! Hopefully the blog wasn't too long!
