Catching Up!

Sorry, I haven't been posting for a VERY long time! There's a lot of things I wanted to post about so I'll just include them in one small post. First of all, the 2012 London Olympics started two days ago. The Olympics started in Olympia, Greece in 8 B.C. to the 4th century A.D. Now, it occurs every four years in different places around the world.

Second of all, yesterday, I visited Minnesota and the Mall of America. The drive was five hours long but seemed like twenty! The Mall of America is the biggest mal in the United States. Overall, the trip was great.

~CityLover

My Review on the Amazing Spiderman

A few days ago, my friends and I watched the Amazing Spiderman, a really awesome movie.

 

Peter Parker, a teenager, lives with his aunt and uncle. His parents leave and never return when he is young. He soon finds his dad's work bag with research documents and finds that his dad used to works with Dr. Curt Connors at OsCorp. He then goes into OsCorp, sneaks into a lab with spiders and gets bitten by one. He soon discovers the powers he receives from the spider.

 

He meets Dr. Connors, a man with one arm, and gives him the equation that is based on his dad’s research. This equation makes it possible to grow limbs in animals. When Connors is alone, he injects the formula into his body thinking that he could grow his arm, but slowly turns into the Lizard, the villain of the movie. Watch this movie to find out how Connors forms back into a human and how Spiderman saves NYC. 

 

My rating for this movie is an eight because it was such an amazing movie!

Cool Fireworks Pictures

On the 4th of July, I took some pictures of the beautiful fireworks. 


Below are some pictures I took of the fireworks with manual focus and manual mode. 
I hope you like them!

My Review on The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate

I recently read a marvelous book called The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate by Jacqueline Kelly. This book is about a young 11 year-old girl, Calpurnia Virginia Tate (Callie Vee) and her life at the turn of a century.

This book takes place in Texas 1899. Callie Vee has to survive one blazing hot summer with her six brothers and her cantankerous grandfather, who is a naturalist. But as she becomes more interested in science and the world around her, her relationship with her grandfather evolves into a more positive one.

The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate has a problem in every chapter, but it eventually gets solved.

My rating for this wonderful book out of ten is a stunning eight! This author, Jacqueline Kelly, really brought the book to life and I strongly reccomend it.

Jazz Festival

Yesterday, my dad and I attended the jazz festival, which lasts three days and occurs annually. I took plenty of pictures and even shot some videos! The jazz festival was very fun and I hope to go again next year.

Four people played as a quartet. One played the piano, another played the drums, a man played the trumpet and one played the cello. They were very talented and by just hearing their music I wanted to play along!

At the jazz festival, there is more than live music. There is plently of food, shops, clothing, games, desserts, and much more! I bought a blue raspberry shaved ice. Shaved ice is basically a snow cone, but Hawaiian. It was absolutely delicious!

Below are some pictures I took at the Jazz Festival.

Adorable dog tied outside Buffalo Wild Wings (Near the Jazz Festival)

Jazz festival sign

Herky, our university's mascot, as a jazz music player.

Someone playing the piano

Cellist

People listening to the wonderful jazz music

Chess player moving a piece