Today was the first part of HSPA English -- my speciality! But I'm a little confused. I figure that one day would be Reading, where we'd read a story and answer questions about it, and one day would be Writing, where we'd do a Picture Prompt (get a picture and write a story on it) and a persuasive essay. But today, we did a Picture Prompt, read a story and answered questions, and then did a presuasive essay. So now I have no idea what we're doing tomorrow.

Picture prompt was a little difficult, but I managed. It was a picture of this old couple on a swing. I ended up doing something on how the guy had a traumatic flashback of WWII in the Pacific against the Japanese. If we do another tomorrow (which I hope we do, I like them), hopefully it'll be a more interesting picture.

I saw that seven-minute HD clip from Spider-Man 3. As far as physical pain goes, I didn't think they'd ever top the scene in Spidey 2 when he fell on top of that car. Boy, was I proven wrong. Poor Harry. No one should have to go through that. If ya want details, he was chasing Peter on an airboard thing (similar to the Green Goblin's in Spidey 1) down a narrow alley when he hit a horizontal web Peter made at eye level. He got clotheslined and whiplashed so bad, did a backflip (unintentionally), dented what had to be a three-foot diameter steel pipe with his skull, bouced off a ventilation shaft on a wall, bounced again off a dumpster and finally rolled to a stop on the pavement. And all this happened in the course of 2-3 seconds. Ouch.

Oh, does anyone know where I could download something that allows me to play m4a files? I've never heard of m4a before, but I got an e-mail that needs it. Thanks in advance!