Mmmm. Grams made some Christmas cookies today. She usually doesn't make any cookies, because of her thoughts of it as being unhealthy and all, but today is Christmas Eve, which makes a difference. We don't have a tree, as usual. But I don't mind, because we have what we have. Grams and I did arrange a place to put gifts though, right near the window. I've already gotten gifts from Grams, Hudson, Lady Lana, Marissa, Dot, Holly+Vera+Meg, Casey(something I never expected), and that's about it. If you didn't count the cute cuddling from Dorito. Grams has gotten present too, from some of her friends. Grams and I got Dorito a special present too, just so he could be included. Grams made great Christmas cookies, and I told her that I loved them so much, that she should make some more sometimes. Grams thanked my compliment and added "Nice try, Sammy. I still won't make cookies often, because I don't want cavities to..." along with more words of the unhealthiness of cookies. I decided to stay indoors today, since it's kind of chilly out there. I've read some books, and watched some Christmas specials on TV. They were pretty good this year too, I must add. We had a nice dinner of fried chicken, from KFC! Grams so hates buying any fried foods, but she let it slide again, just because it's Christmas Eve. Anyways, I better get to sleep soon. Grams is already nagging me right now. But I guess you can't expect too much to happen on Christmas Eve. Anyways, have a Merry Christmas.

Ohmigosh! My cat, Dorito, is a real fast one. Today, Grams, was cleaning the apartment, because she knows how winter drives rodents indoors and all. She opened the door to sweep some dust out, and Dorito came swooshing out of there so fast, that we didn't have a chance to catch him. He shimmied down the fire escape in the hallway, and by the time I got down there, he was already gone. So I called up Marissa, Dot, and Holly to help search for Dorito. So we bundled up a bit in sweaters and boots, and went out on foot for him. We asked around locals, and the usual reply was, "No". Vera & Meg (owners of the Pup Parlor) didn't see him either. Hudson saw him go past there, but thought it was another cat since he could tell real well. My first thought was oh no, not the cat lady again. The cat lady was somebody from one of my previous mysteries, and she was kinda crazy, lived alone in a house, with tons of cats. At the end of the mystery though, she turned out to be a bit more sane than I thought, so I kinda respect her. Kinda. Anyways, I took up some courage and rang her bell. A few seconds later: 

 

"Caroline! Can you wait a moment, will ya? Let me answer the stupid door to whoever it is." She steps out. "Yeah, what is it?" She looks at me a bit, and remembers who I am. 

"Oh, you're that girl that rescued my cat! So what do you want?"

I go, "Have you seen my cat? Remember, Dorito, with the calico cat that I brought here last time?"

She says, "Humph, I didn't steal your cat if that's what you're thinking."

I go quickly, "No, I wasn't saying you stole him, but maybe you saw him. Did you see any new cats this some hours ago?"

Cat lady says, "Well, I guess I did brought in another one to the family today. I even gave it a hair-do. I didn't think it was your cat though."

Cat Lady goes in, some screeching, and growls happen, and she returns with Dorito, looking like a fluffball.

"What did you do with him! He looks hideous!" I cried.

"Hideous? I thought I gave him one of the best hair-dos of my life. I just finished about 20 minutes ago."

I was too stunned to speak for a few seconds. Marissa kicked me a little to bring me back to Earth.

"Ok, maybe it's not so bad. (yeah, right) Just let me take him home now. My family has been missing him. It was nice meeting you again."

"No tip? Oh, just take your cat." She closes the door, without a good bye

 

We take Dorito to the Pup Parlor, and Holly, along with Meg and Vera give fix Dorito up with a better look. A much better look. All on the house, since Meg and Vera are Holly's somewhat adopted parents. Maybe Dorito doesn't still quite look quite right, but it's better than making and pasting tons of cat posters all over town again. Maybe I should have kept the ones I made last time. Oh well. Anyways Dorito is found, and still availiable for the holidays.

 

Sorry I haven't been posting lately. It's just that I've been studying for the exams so much, that it's hard to concentrate on writing my little life stories on the web for people to read. Especially when I'm so cramped for time. I do admit that I write on MySpace more than I do here, but I do like WLS a bit more better than MySpace sometimes. It's just that so many of my friends have MySpace, that it's kind of difficult to write on a whole different platform like WLS and expect readers. Well, anyways, the exams went by, and weren't too hard as I expected. 6 periods divided by 3 days, with 2 per day. Here's how it went:

I just watched "The Island" with my friend Melissa. Her brother recommended we watch it, after there was nothing to watch on Melissa's 500 channel satellite service. So we gave it a try. It was awesome. Jordan and Lincoln (the 2 main characters) discover that they are clones of real people and are made (along with everybody else) just so that they can be killed sometime, when the rich people need vital parts. They run away, and want to tell the whole world the awful truth. They get chased around Los Angeles by the Black Hawk team, hired by the head hancho of the place, to bring them back, before they tell the truth. They finally manage to get Lincoln's real person, and try to tell him what happens there. He promises to get them to NBC studios to broadcast their story. He takes Lincoln (and leaves Jordan) to NBC, where he pulls out a gun. Jordan at the same time discovers he took a gun with him. Lincoln knows he got double-crossed. They have a scuffle, and the B H team meets them, but are confused as to who is the real person. Lincoln manages to put his I.D. bracelet on the real person's wrist, and the team shoots the real person. Lincoln acts like the real guy, and manages to get to the house. Jordan is about to kill him ( because she think it's the mean guy) but Lincoln prove he is who he is to her, and they start having sex. Then they decide to break into the instiute to rescue the other clones (agnates). Lincoln has to go get another check (to get another agnate done) and Jordan rings up the card, to get purposely caught. At the institue, Lincoln knocks out one of the doctors and steals his uniform. Jordan is getting ready for her parts to be taken out, and pulls out a gun. She order the doctor and the guard to get down, and she steals the doc's uniform, and the guard's key. J & L meet, and gets ready to do battle. At the same time, some guys discover that it's the "Lincoln" they shot is the real one, and the one right now is fake. Security finds the 2 and they split up. Jordan goes to save a group of agnates from death, and Lincoln goes to shut off the reactors (the powerhouse). Jordan tries to stop 2 guys who led a group of agnates intp a death machine, and orders them to stop. The head of the Black Hawk team, turns to good, and helps her out. Lincoln and Merrick have a scuffle where Merrick dies. Lincoln shuts off the reactors, and now the agnates discover their reality. They start running, with the officials of the place trying to stop them, but they are outnumbered. The agnates rush out into the sweet sunshine and fresh air and celebrate their freedom. J & L start kissing, and the Black Hawk guy smiles. The End.

 

I loved this move because it shows how 2 people try to save their people, and the wrongs of killing clones. I also liked some of the cool effects, especially when their chase around L.A. turns the city into a disaster, with broken buildings, crashed cars, and anything that got destroyed by the Black Hawk team. It's also cool, that it's set in the future, and you can see a lot of cool tech stuff, like a cool desktop(a real desk) OS, the sleek, simple, modern looks of the institute, and it's just amazing. If the future looked as cool like that, I wouildn't mind living at the complex (if there weren't people going to take my body parts out) it's a neat vision and great story. But I heard that critics gave it bad reviews when it came out (summer 2005), and they said the storyline was confusing, and it was also just action, no story) I disagree a whole lot, and think it was a good movie. Phew, I know this was a really long post, but I just had to share that movie.

I usually have a MySpace, but a friend recommended I should also try using a Live Space, so I'm trying. So far I really like Live Spaces. It does look a whole lot nicer. Some of the controls are really nifty. It has everything I need to make a great space. Although I do wish there was more. I wish there was more customization in it. Like putting a picture as the whole background, and some other stuff. I'll be using both my Live Space and my MySpace. I'll try to put the same exact posts in each one to be fair. So right now, I'm gonna make some more adjustments to make this "my space"! :)