I've been reading the Fountainhead for upcoming AP Eng. Composition and it's probably one of the best books I've ever read. Ayn Rand's words are so sharp and fitting; there's nothing extra or fluffy surrounding or weaving through her sentence. Her characters (one of these being the protagonist, Howard Roark) have very pronounced personalities and portray several ideal and examples of her philosophy, objectivism, but are still believable and in fact very easy to relate to. It's definitely what would be considered an "intellectual" book, yet it lacks the dry, preaching quality that often plague such "intellectual" reading. She uses intriguing characters that pull at the readers curiosity to wield a classic and innovative look at a genuine battle of good and evil.

Yup. Good read so far.

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Howdy everybody! I'm currently nestled up in our toy trailer (toy being in reference to big motor, gas-driven toys like dirt bikes - our main purpose for this vacation is to ride the things up and down the lengthy, fun trails they have here.) wardriving in Ouray, Colorado. We went on our second trail ride this week and I'm am SORE! I'm not sure exactly how far we went, but I think it's pretty safe to say we went over 30 miles. And while that might now seem like much to car driving folk, trust me, when most of those 30 miles are composed of highly sloped, slippery rock clad trails, you get a bit more worn and beat up than had you been in a cosy Jeep. In other words, today was awesome! I fell down a few times because I didn't give enough juice from the throttle to go up a few of these slippery slopes or just because I didn't take the smartest portion of the trail to ride. On the way back to town, my dad and I saw 4 deer (actually, I only saw 3 of them but those three included a mom and a baby and another doe) amid the colorful and thick wild flowers. The mountains are green and sometimes rusted and HUGE! As I'm sitting on my bed in the trailer, the sky is a-thundering and the clouds are a-pouring!

When we're not riding, I've been either beading, napping, or reading (3 cheers for the mighty Fountainhead! (hip hip hooray)^3 <--let's face it math folk are lazy typers ^_^). Life's tough.

Oh I almost forgot! We also saw a woodchuck while we were up there! Now, how much wood can that woodchuck chuck if that woodchuck can chuck wood?

I'll try and add some photos in a bit, but first some require some photoshopping!

Later cats!

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I just registered for my senior year in high school today. There's only a couple weeks left in summer, but it has surprisingly seemed to last longer than most summers even thought its been the most fun. Perhaps time does not only fly, but also sit and think about happy, curious thoughts...hmm...that's an interesting tangent. But yes, registering for school...my schedule is such that I only have 4 classes (AP Physics, AP Calculus, AP Eng. Comp., and AP Gov/Econ.) on campus, a Jazz Band class at one community college and a Discrete Math class at another community college. My main motivation for having such a reduced schedule is so I may continue my land surveying job. Overall, it looks like a nifty order of events, leaving enough time to add in projects here and there.

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