It Happened One Life

Month: January 2008

  • Edgar Ellen Poe

    This is all Ellen. Every week she needs to use her spelling words in some way–a story, a poem, any kind of writing. This week, this is what she came up with, all on her own, in about 15 minutes according to Kim. Note: the spelling words she had to use are in italics.

    Dirge of the Passed

    Once before
    I had a love
    a maiden fair
    and sweet.
    Once again,
    as long ago
    in a foreign place
    we shall meet.

    Our meeting place
    a restaurant
    with fine food
    for breakfast, lunch
    and dinner.
    Come and eat!
    Take a seat!
    Be careful
    not to fritter.

    But then- alas!
    A man in black
    breaking my
    tranquillity.
    He said
    that my love
    had fallen from a tree.

    On to
    a serrated edge
    my true love had
    fallen.
    There she lay,
    quiet as hay
    until death
    came calling.

    So here she lays
    peacefully
    in her sarcophagus.
    My saddness rests
    upon my shoulders
    for I am
    Frank Manopidos.

    By Ellen

    This is why Ellen is one of a kind.

  • The Bucket List

    Ellen came down tonight with the following list of “Things to do before I die.” Where she got this from, I’ve no idea–we asked and all she could say was that she just thought of it. Usually, this stuff comes from something she’s read or heard about, but this one–no idea.

    Anyway, here’s her list, in her order (and spelling):

    Win a Nobel Prize
    solve a rubix cube
    watch all the batman, spiderman and superman movies
    watch all 3 monty python movies
    get 99 in one skill on runescape
    go to a caucuss
    go to hawaii
    go to japan
    learn to play sax like Lisa
    sue someone
    be part of a jury
    Read “Coraline”
    be part of a public riot

    So, some things to envy, some things to puzzle over. That’s my girl.

  • Smart Assery

    See, I KNOW I shouldn’t be surprised when my kids are smart asses, since I’m one for the ages, but it always makes me laugh when they do it in a clever way. Then, and only then, do I beat them savagely.

    Yesterday, Kim and I were heating up some dinner, and Kim put a Chinese-food-container full of corn in the microwave to heat it up. She left it in a little too long and the plastic top got all wobbly and rippled from the heat. So, Ellen comes in and sees it:

    E: what happened here?
    K: it wasn’t my fault! the microwave did it!
    E: (walking out) Suuuure…blame the inanimate object.

    Happy 10th birthday, kiddo. May you never change.