KAYA'S COMING HOME!!!!!!!!! (and the camera's still broken)

Kaya actually is coming home! Not in a week, not in two weeks, but two months. Possibly one month. At least, that is what she said. She was in Costa Rica and found out she missed her Oregon homeland. So she's coming home! I'm so excited!
The camera's still broken, and we need to buy the battery on the web. Grrrrrr.....
We are going to have a huge surprise party for her! And it'll also be Srajana's birthday around that time, so it'll be double the celebration. :D.
Soooooo,
EXCITINGLY EPIC!!!!!!!!
Sonali Matthews

ODYSSEY EQUALS EVILNESS!!!!!!!!!!

This has to be a quick post-sorry I haven't had time to post! Why? Three simple words.

ODYSSEY EQUALS EVILNESS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
No, seriously, it is finally not my fault that I did not post. You see, my teacher assigned the original Homer Odyssey the Monday after my last post. Because of all that horrid homework, plus math, Spanish, Roman report, etc, I have had 0 time to post and I had to stay up till eleven for a week also. When I finally finished, I had math stuff to catch up on. Plus, I was auditioning for a musical, and had to prepare for that too. Let alone a bunch of text book stuff I WAS given, that I thought I did not have to do. But enough complaining. After a week of finally having the time to read other blogs and catch up, I have given myself permission to write a post. Anyways, this post will be all about how much I hate the Odyssey. E, A, K, and S, if you are reading this, please don't comment! It's for safety reasons. Tell me at school. Also, if you don't like long complaining-ish posts, you may not want to read this. HOWEVER, I find it quite interesting and it's probably a dire warning not to read any literature by Homer.

Sooo......

The Odyssey is a stupid book,
About a guy who should die in a brook.
Here is the story of what happened to him,
After Odysseus left Troy by the brim.

He went to a cave to get some cheese,
Guess who came? Well, it wasn't bees.
Cyclops ate all of Odysseus' men.
That did not have normal names like Jack, James, and Ben.

They rid of Cyclops and started for,
Charybdis and Scylla, who were not a bore.
Charybdis was a whirpool, Scylla a beast,
Then they ate God's cattle, what a feast!

Everyone died except our hero,
Who I wish had a simpler name, like Nero.
He ended up on Calypso's horrible island,
And then left for Alcinoos-why not Ryland?

He then met Athena,
Who said he must not act like a hyena.
Odysseus went to his swineherd's home,
And there, dressed, ate, and combed.

He met his son and made a plan,
So the suitors from his house he could ban.
They hid the weapons, but the nurse found out,
Odysseus swore her to secrecy all about.

Odysseus strung the arrow hard,
Oh, Homer is worse than the Bard!
Antinoos dropped dead and bloody,
Likewise fell his old buddy.

Eventually Odysseus met his wife again,
And Telemachos was happy-but he'd be happier if he was just Ken.
So this horrible story is now told simple,
If you read this story, I'm sure you will get a dimple!

So, I'm very sorry you had to read this long complaining post,
But my poetry is not to boast,
I hope this poem settles your wish to read,
The very epic poem-The Odyssey.

Sorry there has not been anything about the dolls in this post! I promise to put in something next time. It's just that there has not been much going on, and I had to put this into words somehow.

Thanks for your patience!
Srajana

Rock Climbing

I hate Kaya, maybe not Sonali, but Kaya. It started in PE. We were doing rock climbing, and we were doing races to the top. We raced in pairs the teacher put us in. Neela was with Rebecca, Ruthie was with Sonali, Felicity was with Gwen, and I was with Kaya. Rebecca gave me a thumbs up, and I knew what to do. When it was our turn, we went a quarter of the way, so it would be an easy move, and then I jumped to grab an easy rock on the wall, Rebecca was expecting that Kaya lose her balance and the whole class would laugh at her, but when I jumped I fell and lost my balance. Neela was spotting me and was so shocked that she lost the rope. I almost fell onto the mat, but Sonali quickly caught the rope from Neela and pulled me back up. Then, Kaya, who didn’t move an inch when I fell, put my hand onto a rock, and we both ended up touching the top at the same time. I despise her! She doesn’t have to meddle so much into other peoples situations! I could’ve easily grabbed a rock! Sonali M. is okay, but why does Kaya even have to be here? I just don't get it.

Julie

Pictures, Picture Story, Lanie, and Gwen

Sonali's Time Travel Adventure started on a Friday morning....
The wind started to blow and Sonali started to shake as soon as she said "I wish I could see the Great Depression Era."
Sonali fell onto a soft bed.

When she opened her eyes, she saw a girl with hair not brushed, and a 1930's dress.
"Who are you?" She asked.
"I am a time traveler." Sonali said.
Sonali left, and the girl rushed to her typewriter to type up what happened. It would make an amazing fantasy story for her writing class.
And Sonali went home and told her friends the story.
And Srujana styled Sonali's hair pretty too!

And here is just a pretty picture of Neela.In other news, this is our review on Lanie. By Srujana.

1) Doll-Pretty, but her dress is sort of awkward.
2) Butterfly Outfit- Soooo pretty!
3) Garden Outfit-OK.
4) Nightgown-Not so great. I don't really like the slippers.
5) Lanie's Accessories- Neat! I love the laptop.
6) Camper and Gear- $$$! But cool.
7) Raccoon and Can Set- American Girl ran out of ideas.
8) Wildlife Set- The theme was done before for Kaya. It's not very unique.
9) Lanie's Hammock Set- Pretty good. But you could make it easily for a much cheaper price. Srujana's sister made a hammock for her stuffed animals out of a white laundry net for nothing.

And Sonali loves time traveling. She can even travel internationally. She went to 1830, London just the other day! And she went to some OK skatepark. And a bunch of other places too.

Well bye! Hope you liked the pictures!
Srujana and Rebecca