Last Friday we had our third Big Brother/Big Sisters event of the semester, a Thanksgiving reading day. About 15 community kids ended up coming, which isn't a bad turnout for a wintry inside day. Emily and I had bought decorations, including a big turkey poster, a "happy thanksgiving" sign and a happy scarecrow with crazy flailing arms and a mouse on his shoulder. Just like the pilgrims. One of the volunteers ended up being an expert at making animal balloons, and she made a lot of them for the kids, which was a big hit. If you doubt her expert ability, I quote her friend, upon finding a balloon-making book: "Oh look, a book about how to make cool animals. Now you won't have to watch instructional videos on youtube." She proceeded to make a balloon squirrel. Pretty awesome. The kids seemed to have a good time.
On Saturday we had interviews for next year's newspaper staff. It wasn't too bad, I just assured them that I would retain some level of objectivity in my news stories. I found out that I got News Editor last night, and I think they did a pretty fine job overall, it should be a good volume.
Oh yeah and the Jets beat the last undefeated team in football. Sweet.
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i can't believe you stole that picture of a bluejay from tony. he hid in the woods for weeks waiting for that shot. (look at the lower left corner if you never noticed)
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