I almost forgot --

Random Rosie Comment of the Day:
Her favorite thing to chew on are her squaky hamburger toy, table/chair legs, any corners on the walls, and feet/pant legs.

Sorry I missed the comment for the 23rd, 24th, and 25th. I'll try to be better in the future -- but not over this weekend, remember! Read the post directly below this -- we're going skiing! :-D

I'm off to go skiing directly after school today (we have the day off tomorrow for teacher conferences or something -- YIPPEE!!!), so don't expect any posts over the long weekend -- where we're going there's no internet.

I'll report back after my big adventure on the bunny slope! :-)

Random Rosie Comment of the Day:
She by far prefers sleeping with her head elevated.

Also:
I've updated the Rosie page on my web site. It now looks much better! :-)

Because it's been so long since my last web site upload, I've uploaded what I have so far of Version 3.1. I'll upload the rest whenever I get it done. :-)

Toph Tucker

Say hello to the new member of the Tucker family -- Nina Rose Tucker! :-D

At some point I'll make the web site all pretty and everything, but for now it's kinda clunky. Oh well. Adios!

Nina Rose Tucker

Now, after that quickie post, here's a rundown of this ever-so-exciting day.

Exciting thing #1:
There was a rumor at school that someone was running around with a gun. There wasn't. However, there was a suspicious **unarmed** character fleeing the local Fleet bank, who was caught on school grounds. Moral of the story? Don't believe rumors!

Exciting thing #2:
The school dance. Yay. Not actually all that exciting. Moral of the story? Next time get more soda so we don't run out so quickly.

Exciting thing #3:
Writing this! Yes, indeed, this is so much fun I'd classify it as downright exciting! Moral of the story? Blogging is fun!

Exciting thing #4:
The most exciting thing of all, even though technically it wasn't really something that happened today. Wondering what it is? I'll tell you what it is! We're getting a puppy! Yippee! :-D Moral of the story? Um.... how about puppies are cool? Does that qualify? No? Not really? Oh well.

Okay. That's all. Have a nice day! :-D

Hi there, loyal readers!

I've just created a site on Xanga, a rival blogging site to Blogger. But don't worry, Blogger -- so far you're still my favorite. :-)

Anyway, if you want to check it out here's a link:

tophtucker's Xanga Site

MY THOUGHTS ON THE RELEASE OF STAR WARS IV - VI ON DVD:
Many people are upset that the upcoming 4-disc (3 for the movies, then 1 for an all-new documentary) will include only the newer Special Edition versions of the movies, which change some minor plot points and brush up on the look of the originals. I never really saw much of the originals, and the only time I've seen any of the originals in theaters was when they were re-released as the Special Editions. I, overall, prefer the new ones. Why? They look better. They also have some new footage. Here's a rundown of all that:

EPISODE IV:
- New scene: Han & Jabba
- More shots of Mos Eisley, making it seem less deserted
- Better dewback stuff
- Cooler shots just before Battle of Yavin

EPISODE V:
- More setup shots for Cloud City
- Better landing sequence
- Once they're inside, you can see out windows
- More Wampa stuff
- You see Vader's shuttle going from Bespin to his Super Star Destroyer

EPISODE VI:
- New & Improved Sarlacc
- New musical sequence in Jabba's Palace
- Shots of people celebrating all over the galaxy towards end
- New Ewok celebration stuff

Also, the overall film quality of everything is vastly improved. Now, for the downsides I've heard most often:

- Greedo shoots first in Cantina scene (Episode IV)
- Something about Luke slipping or screaming or something that I never quite seem to get (Episode V)

Not all that much. However, I suppose that for most people there's the whole issue of "This is how I first saw it." In my case, I've pretty much always seen them as the Special Editions. I do think it would be nice if Lucasfilm released an original version DVD, but I'm not nearly as riled-up over it as some people seem to be.

The bottom line is: I can't wait until September 21st! :-D

Quick note: The little green icon at the bottom of my sidebar is a sort of "fire escape" for if you're caught reading blogs at work. :-) It's supposed to send you to a suitable site for work, but so far it's just sent me to Google. Oh well. Good in concept, I suppose...

One thing I forgot to mention yesterday: in school on Friday I spent 5 hours on tests! Yippee!!! It was lots of fun -- you should try it sometime! :-)

Happy Valentine's Day!

Today we got out of school and entered a FOUR DAY WEEKEND -- yippee! :-D Happy Valentine's Day Eve, everybody.

My new favorite thing in the world is Helium-4 at (or below) 2.17 Kelvin. At that point it becomes a "superfluid", a really weird liquid with zero viscosity. Somehow they can crawl up the side of jar & over the top, and then come back out again, too. It's really weird! :-D