A couple of things to discuss.
Numero uno: The iPhone4 was introduced by Mr. Midas this week. My father the techie (who has already tried to pre-order it), boasted about his future toy and its glamorous features that put my Berry to shame. 5 megapixel camera, hi-def video, clarity 4x the iPhone3, and so on. But one of the most important new features of the iPhone4 is that the iBookstore will now be accessible to the phone, with over 5 million e-books already available. Additionally, all downloaded books can be loaded to any computer and device, even the iPod! Google Books better make their move quickly, or the Golden Boy will take over as usual. To sum up: e-books are the future of the publishing industry, and Apple is taking the bite.
Numero dos: One of my friends was very insulted to be excluded from the last blog post. About the last blog post! It has so far received a record-breaking number of comments, and I’ve heard a lot of buzz about it, so thank you readers for keeping the Random Facts of Blogness legacy alive. Anyway, so my friend is all insulted, but I explained to him that he missed the deadline to contribute. Either way, his complaint reminded me that he downloaded the Webster’s Dictionary app to his phone because of some words I had used in my blog. Here’s my thing with words. We’re…involved. I love words like people love math or sports. I can’t believe I’m admitting this publicly on a blog, but I used to read the SAT vocabulary book…for fun. What?! I’m allowed! I think broadening your vocabulary is vital to someone who enjoys writing and reading. Also, when Marty Markowitz called Don Lemon’s voice “melifluous” I was slightly proud to know what it meant (unlike Don Lemon who admitted ignorance). Also also, I have always been a very good speller which brings me to….
Numero tres: The Scripps National Spelling Bee! I tivoed the Friday night program and somehow convinced my friends to watch it with me. I won the 4th grade spelling bee on the word “soldier”. Now, without tooting my horn, which I hope I don’t seem to be doing a lot this blog, I consider myself a pretty good speller, as far as normal people and spelling are concerned. But these kids! The Scripps National Spelling Bee finds children and words that are so far beyond the norm, it seems like a big conspiracy. These are obviously high-IQ, mega-nerds who spend their time memorizing etymological roots and foreign, extinct languages. I was blown away by their smarts, but unlike previous years, none were nerdier enough to provide good entertainment. Either way, the show was fun to watch, if not solely for the overdramatizing of a dumb spelling bee. I was very much disappointed to see that in the final rounds of play “gnocchi” was one of the words given. Anyone who’s ever been to a restaurant knows how to spell gnocchi. The girl was jumping for joy, lucky kid. She didn’t end up winning, another mega-genius did. I wonder how Scripps National Champion looks on a resume…?
Numero cuatro: The World Cup is nearing, and I could not care less. The media has done a pretty good job trying to make me care about this sport I know nothing about, and it’s just not working for me. We have our football, you have your futbol, I’d say we’re about even. When I went to London a few years back, David and Victoria Beckham were more famous the queen. Who deserts that for the LA Galaxy?
Hasta la proxima semana,
Rachel Lily
p.s. Not sure why I went Spanish today.
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