Moonie's Ramblings

[Prof. Moonie]

My Mom told me that she tried one of the Strawberry Daiquiri coolers she got, specifically for me. She didn't like them. She feels bad that she got something that wasn't all that impressive. Mom said it's not the same way she was used to them tasting like.  

[Prof. Moonie]

About half way done with the last doll.  

[Prof. Moonie]

*dances around to "Hey Mickey"*

Hehe... xd  

[Prof. Moonie]

When marimba rhythms start to play...

*dances around*

I love this song. There's several versions of the song I like - Dean Martin, Pussycat Dolls, Michael Buble...  

[Prof. Moonie]

Whoa... I just thought of Chocolat during the instrumental part of Dean Martin's version. surprised  

[Prof. Moonie]

Time for high school dance flashback! biggrin

*listens to Usher's "Yeah!"*

They always played this song at the high school dances. They also played Cha Cha Slide at all of the dances.  

[Prof. Moonie]

And if I remember right... a lot of the guests at the dance would sing along to the song ("Yeah"). So sometimes the DJ would silence the song making us sing the next lyrics for a little bit, before turning the sound back up again.  

[Prof. Moonie]

Finished with the dolls. I'm really pleased with how well they turned out. biggrin  

[Prof. Moonie]

*chuckles as she reads the book about her hometown*

The place we call Prune Hill received it's name when one of the first settlers planted 350 Italian prunes on there. Before this, it was called Strawberry Hill. xd  

[Prof. Moonie]

The first public school in my town was built in 1886. It looks really cute from the picture that is provided in the book.  

[Prof. Moonie]

It's so cool seeing these old pictures. Especially with some of them where I actually know the location, and know what they look like now a days.  

[Prof. Moonie]

Ended up having to go look at the book about a neighboring city to learn more about the tribe I'm focusing on. I might have to look at some other books, since the tribe lived in a wide area. So some books may have more info than others.  

[Prof. Moonie]

Like this book for V-town has a lot of information about the tribe. Where as the original book I was reading about my hometown, only mentioned the tribe once.  

[Prof. Moonie]

Yeah... I definitely think I'll have to look more into the other books about the surrounding cities to learn more about the tribe I'm focusing on. I'm getting a nice chunk of information just from the book about V-town.  

[Prof. Moonie]

Since we have to focus on one concept/tradition/etc. of our tribe, I'm thinking of focusing on the tribe's food. Especially since one of their food items has an intriguing myth to it. The people of the tribe believed that the salmon were another form of people from the sea. They believed these sea people changed into their fish forms to challenge and test the tribe. If the first salmon caught during the season was treated with respect, the remains (that weren't eaten) would return to the sea... and the fish would inform the others of the respect it got, and that they should return the next year. Very intriguing.