Always something to speculate about, some friends and I spent the day thinking up names of people who could/would/might/we'll-see-if-they die from now until Dec 31, 2011.
Come on now, you knew this could be coming. A list about celebrity death predictions? Right up my alley.
So without further ado...
CELEBRITY DEATH WATCH 2011
Dan Ackroyd - 58 (he popped into my head and I thought I'd better just go with my gut)
Chuck Berry - 84
Ray Bradbury - 90 (He's old and a lot of big name authors have been going lately)
Lillian Jackson Braun - 97 (she's really old and I've been thinking she was going to die for the last couple of years)
Jimmy Carter- 86 (he's gotta stop writing books sometime)
Dick Clark - 81 (wouldn't it be ironic if it was on New Years Eve?)
Tim Conway - 77 (from the Carol Burnett Show)
Billy Crystal - 62 (another Dan Ackroyd situation)
Doris Day - 88 (she's old and hasn't been seen for a while)
Kirk Douglas - 94
Michael Douglas - 66 (they say he's better but...)
Roger Ebert - 68 (we all know about his health issues. How much longer will he be with us?)
Queen Elizabeth - 84 (Charles has gotta take over sometime)
Peter Falk - 83
Aretha Franklin - 68
Zsa Zsa Gabor - 93
James Garner - 82 (sad but it could be coming)
Billy Graham - 92
Andy Griffith - 84 (haven't heard much from him lately)
Larry Hagamen - 79 (TV star of Dallas and I Dream of Jeannie)
Russell Johnson - 86 (the Professor from Gilligan's Island)
Kim Jong-il - 69 (He's been ill... haha, I know, bad joke)
Lindsay Lohan - 24 (Getting out of rehab... possible OD in the future. Sad but it sometimes happens)
Rose Marie - 87 (I'm thinking it's going to be soon.)
Penny Marshall - 68 (she has been ill and has cancer)
Taylor Momsen - 17 (that girl's headed for trouble)
Peter O'Toole - 78
Nancy Reagan - 89
Carl Reiner - 88
Keith Richards - 67
Andy Rooney - 91
Taylor Swift - 21 (I'm pretty sure this was just someone's wish but at least it would turn the manic mourners off of Michael Jackson)
Elizabeth Taylor - 78
Amy Winehouse - 27 (I was suprised she was 27. The same age as me! She looks a lot older than that. I guess drugs, alcohol, and life on the road will do that to you. Keith Richards?)
Thursday, December 23, 2010
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
Christmas Break Re-Read
I have been commissioned (for enjoyment, not pay unfortunately) to reread one of my favorite books from yesteryear and bring it to share for the high school book club in January.
The rules are as follows:
1) The book must be at least a chapter book (no picture book cheaters in this crowd).
2) The book must be something you read when you were younger.
Here in lies the problem. For the high schoolers the "read when you were younger" means jr high. For me, what does that constitute? Books read in jr high? High school? College? I'm not sure how to define this.
The high school librarian is doing Little Women which opens up a whole other field of classics that maybe I didn't read when I was younger but were meant to a younger audience.
Here are the titles I've been contemplating...
1) All American Girl - Meg Cabot
By far my favorite Meg Cabot book for it's awesome wit and fun action.
Plot: a girl living in DC instinctively jumps on a would be presidential assassin and gains fame as "The Girl Who Saved The President". Insanity and hilarity ensues as she meets the first family and starts a friendship/maybe more with the first son.
2) Dealing with Dragons - Patricia C. Wrede
The first in a four part series. The third book in the series is the one that got me back into reading in the 6th grade.
Plot: A tomboy princess runs from home when she is told she will be forced to marry a prince she doesn't know. She runs into a dragon (usually feared) and takes a job as a Dragon's Princess (a job one is normally kidnapped for). While learning the ropes she has to ward off knights
trying to "rescue" her and help hysterical princess who actually were taken, she also has to top the plot of an evil wizard.
3) Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen
A classic. If I have to tell you the plot I am very ashamed of you.
4)Princess Diaries - Meg Cabot
Meg again but this time the title she is most known for. Another fav from yesteryear (and by yesteryear I mean high school and jr college. Sad but true, I didn't discover her until much later than I should have. This is the first in a twelve part (with extras here and there) series of the
hilarious happens and hijinks of Princess Amelia Mignonette Thermopolis Renaldo, Princess of Genovia.
Plot: Mia is your everyday New York girl who like to blend into the background. Unfortunately, she finds out she is actually the princess of Genova (a tiny country located between France and Spain) of which her father is the current monarch. The book is quite different from the
movie but the main elements are there. Her life is pretty much pathetic since she does not want to be a princess, is clumsy, not that pretty, is terrible at math, has blond triangle hair, a cat that eats her socks, a crush on her best friend's brother, a horrible grandmother who is given
her Princess Lessons and a mother who is now dating her Algebra teacher.
5. Life of Pi by Yann Martel
Not sure this one will count but it has been a favorite of mine since 2005...
Plot: Pi Patel and his family are traveling with animals from their zoo in India to North America to start a new life (The animals are set to go to other zoos). The future is not what was expected however when Pi's boat sinks and he is trapped on a life raft for many days with an injured
zebra, a hyena, an orangutan, and a full grown Bengal Tiger. Soon only Pi and the tiger remain. A story of survival in the face of tragedy.
6. Me: Stories of My Life - Katharine Hepburn
A nonfic, always good to have at least one in the mix, about the life of the incomparable Katharine Hepburn.
Plot: Katharine Hepburn's entire life up until 1991 when the book was written (she died in 2003).
Any other ideas or suggestions appreciated but let me know what you think...
The rules are as follows:
1) The book must be at least a chapter book (no picture book cheaters in this crowd).
2) The book must be something you read when you were younger.
Here in lies the problem. For the high schoolers the "read when you were younger" means jr high. For me, what does that constitute? Books read in jr high? High school? College? I'm not sure how to define this.
The high school librarian is doing Little Women which opens up a whole other field of classics that maybe I didn't read when I was younger but were meant to a younger audience.
Here are the titles I've been contemplating...
1) All American Girl - Meg Cabot
By far my favorite Meg Cabot book for it's awesome wit and fun action.
Plot: a girl living in DC instinctively jumps on a would be presidential assassin and gains fame as "The Girl Who Saved The President". Insanity and hilarity ensues as she meets the first family and starts a friendship/maybe more with the first son.
2) Dealing with Dragons - Patricia C. Wrede
The first in a four part series. The third book in the series is the one that got me back into reading in the 6th grade.
Plot: A tomboy princess runs from home when she is told she will be forced to marry a prince she doesn't know. She runs into a dragon (usually feared) and takes a job as a Dragon's Princess (a job one is normally kidnapped for). While learning the ropes she has to ward off knights
trying to "rescue" her and help hysterical princess who actually were taken, she also has to top the plot of an evil wizard.
3) Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen
A classic. If I have to tell you the plot I am very ashamed of you.
4)Princess Diaries - Meg Cabot
Meg again but this time the title she is most known for. Another fav from yesteryear (and by yesteryear I mean high school and jr college. Sad but true, I didn't discover her until much later than I should have. This is the first in a twelve part (with extras here and there) series of the
hilarious happens and hijinks of Princess Amelia Mignonette Thermopolis Renaldo, Princess of Genovia.
Plot: Mia is your everyday New York girl who like to blend into the background. Unfortunately, she finds out she is actually the princess of Genova (a tiny country located between France and Spain) of which her father is the current monarch. The book is quite different from the
movie but the main elements are there. Her life is pretty much pathetic since she does not want to be a princess, is clumsy, not that pretty, is terrible at math, has blond triangle hair, a cat that eats her socks, a crush on her best friend's brother, a horrible grandmother who is given
her Princess Lessons and a mother who is now dating her Algebra teacher.
5. Life of Pi by Yann Martel
Not sure this one will count but it has been a favorite of mine since 2005...
Plot: Pi Patel and his family are traveling with animals from their zoo in India to North America to start a new life (The animals are set to go to other zoos). The future is not what was expected however when Pi's boat sinks and he is trapped on a life raft for many days with an injured
zebra, a hyena, an orangutan, and a full grown Bengal Tiger. Soon only Pi and the tiger remain. A story of survival in the face of tragedy.
6. Me: Stories of My Life - Katharine Hepburn
A nonfic, always good to have at least one in the mix, about the life of the incomparable Katharine Hepburn.
Plot: Katharine Hepburn's entire life up until 1991 when the book was written (she died in 2003).
Any other ideas or suggestions appreciated but let me know what you think...
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