This book made me feel like I was back in high school again. There are some characters in this book that could have gone to my high school. It’s a good story and a pretty quick read. What’s it about? Two boys who are best friends and who don’t exactly have an ideal family life. One lives with his mom who is basically negligent and the other lives with his mom, too, but her choice of profession (no, not THAT profession) is questionable. Where are their dads? Gone. Everything in their lives changes in one night when the two boys go to a party with a girl they just recently met. Do things change for the better? In the end? Maybe.
Archive for September 17th 2012
There was an awesome maker fair in town this weekend at OMSI. What’s a maker faire? There was everything from catapults, to robots, to paper making, to archery, to Steampunk to chocolate art and then some. I didn’t get a ton of pictures, but these will give you the basic idea of the event. The boys had a great time and the weather was perfect.
A ginormous catapult that launched watermelons and pumpkins. Yes, I think this was Colm’s favorite part of the whole day.
Liam getting ready to launch the rocket he made.
Colm launching a tennis ball off a much smaller catapult.
Liam in the Intel tent where you could make your own keyboard with wires and this foil tape-like stuff. You then placed it on a clipboard, hooked it up to these metal clips and then as you played your body became part of the circuit that would then create the music. It’s hard to explain, but it was very cool.