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I've been a busy bee this past week/weekend. Last week I went to Six Flags Great Escape in New Jersey with my friend, Jay. Jay also took me to the Adventure Park at the Discovery Museum in Bridgeport, CT. Its basically this obstacle course through the trees...I was a big baby about it. I'm not afraid of heights or anything, I LOVE ROLLER COASTERS, but when you're climbing through trees on a tiny tight rope or other crazy contraptions it gets a little scary. And of course there were kids younger than me whizzing right by, but they have been doing it for a while and that day was my first day. I'll probably try it again, if they have one closer to my hometown or I'll go visit my friend in CT again, because it may be scary, but I was hooked in the whole time and I should really conquer my fears and not let it win. So that was my adventurous week, and then it got into the romance category. My best friend since I was 8 years old is getting married in October, so we h...

So I finished the book Shadow of Night ...it was amazing! I can not wait until the third installment comes out and I hope that its soon. The character development of Matthew and Diana is great. Throughout the book they find out more about themselves and each other, even though they are decades in the past. Matthew, because he lived in that time period, has to revert back to his old ways and the reader can see how different was in the past compared to the present. When time traveling, you learn that you are not supposed to alter time. Matthew and Diana left an important mark on Elizabethan London and the rest of history. Historical figures come and go throughout the book, such as Christopher Marlowe, Walter Raleigh, Queen Elizabeth and a brief mention of William Shakespeare. Diana was there to learn more about her magic, but only developed her power towards the end when a surprising character appears and helps rid her of her fear of magic. There are plenty more characters in the book, ...

I'm almost done with Shadow of Night ...I won't give a run down of the book until I'm done, so instead I'm going to discuss a little show called Toddlers and Tiaras - some may be aware of this show as it has been on for a few years now on TLC. I watch this show on a regular basis - 1. Because I can't help watching a train wreck happen 2. Because there's nothing else on and reality tv can be pretty entertaining 3. I can't understand how some parents can put their children through something so grueling and cruel as a beauty pageant. Now, you may think that because I watch the show I condone this sort of behavior and in turn I am one of the many viewers that keep shows like this on tv. But, let me explain a little bit. My mind works in ways that make it attracted to things that I can not explain or understand - for example I'm fascinated by the Holocaust, beauty pageants and witches, vampires and werewolves (not the Twilight kind either). Beauty pageants ...