"The children are melting!"

I like writing in a chair in front of a computer. Normally I sit at the dining room table with Francis and lean over it and God, it cannot be good for my back. I mean, I'm not leaning back into the chair or anything but it's nice to be at a computer at eye level. Sorry Francis.

Francis is my laptop if you haven't caught on. See I got him back at the end of the summer, I paid for most of him. He's pink and he's proud of it. Okay, you must be saying "This girl is insane, talking about her PC like it's alive." Truth is, I do that a lot. I do it to my dog all the time. I like to think she doesn't mind. I'm pretty sure it's not that uncommon. Personification is just another way for me to vent my creativity.

Why did I name him Francis? Well that's because of my father. He likes to say "Dara Ann Francis sitting in a tree..." so in honor of my dad [and because I didn't make my confirmation name Francis] I named him that. I have a friend with a whole household full of Lord of the Rings characters for computers. My mother's is "Urg" for all the times she has screamed at it.

Technology is so interesting lately; some transition, huh? Maybe it's not the technology that has me captivated, it's the people. With my recent lack of restraint regarding watching early episodes of Doctor Who I have fallen prey to the infamous Youtube! I mean, Charlie is partially responsible for my obsession with the show but because I have watched all of Charlie McDonnell and Alex Day's videos I had nothing to watch...and then I found the Vlog Brothers.

Normally two brothers vlogging would not interest me too much...but one of them is an author! John Green, I have not read any of his novels but I have read Scott Westerfield's! How do they relate? They're friends!

Oh, Scott Westerfield, creator of Peeps, The Last Days, So Yesterday and The Uglies Saga. I don't like the last series; this is mostly because the entire series is from a girl's point of view and I really like Westerfield's books that focus on a male character. I feel that he portrays females as floaty and stereotypical, but being a man he captures a different side of male characters which I find intriguing. I recomend Peeps, it's wonderful!

-Insert transition here- THE HEAT! I'm melting, or rather, the children are. The title is a quote from one of the parents at the bike decorating contest I went to for my GP. Okay, I'm exaggerating, I was melting this afternoon; it is almost 10:30 and my face is in place, not sliding off.

Meet one of the many groundhogs dwelling under my neighbor's shed; they eat our grass. Crazy, crazy, fat, fast running rodents.

XDara