The Potato or George Washington...

The title of my blog comes from a discussion we were having in this morning's history class; which had more impact on history, the potato or George Washington? It's actually a very 'deep question' because it deals with "The Columbus Exchange", how the economy had such phenomenal changes when Columbus found the Americas. Plants and animals were exchanged between the two main land masses on the earth; diseases were also brought over from Europe, Asia, and Africa to the Americas which had much to do with the fact that the Americas have such a 'European' impact. Well, I could go on and on and on about it because it's such a fascinating idea. :P Just think, the first thing that pops into your head when you imagine 'Italian food' is spaghetti or pizza. Imagine though if tomatoes were never brought over to Europe from the Americas... ^_^ Also, having to do with the 'potato or George Washington' thought is would there ever have been such a mass migration from Ireland if there had been no potatoes for the Potatoe Famine? Interesting ideas...

Came home and did a little reading before going to pick Naomi and Maki up at noon. Made ramen for lunch while watching two episodes of Love That Bob. I then proceeded to finish up all my homework for History class tomorrow. Sooo happy that's over and done with (the chapter quiz). The Andrew Carnegie essay was tons of fun to write since I loved his essay "Wealth". Very insightful on the responsibities and duties of the rich and wealthy.

Today is Monday so it was my turn to prepare dinner. I cooked rice then after letting it sit a while, I made DELICIOUS (if I may say so) omuraisu. ^_^ Very gooooooood... I love all 'rice dishes'.

After dinner, I helped out the school kids back in Japan with their sign dance. They are doing SOOOO well and am very proud of them. I could tell however that since it's been almost a year of doing the same dances (and the fact that they're kids and very smart and very quick to learn) they need... hmm... a new 'challenge'. So I challenged them to choreograph a fun dance all on their own. Of course I'll help out whenever I can (it's soooo frustration being over HERE when I KNOW I would love choreographing a new dance) but I'd like to see them doing something with the least amount of help from me. I have every faith they could do it. ^_^

Said good-bye, then the four of us decided to watch.... Red Eye!! I had ordered it from Amazon.com recently and it arrived a lot faster than I originally had thought it would. I must say, it was JUST as exciting and thrilling as it might have been to watch it for the first time. It's a really well done film. I like stories where the hero isn't some sort of 'action-super-spy figure' character but instead ordinary people forced into extraordinary circumstances. In a way I would say Red Eye is similar to Cellular in that sense. The ordinary hero against 'super' bad guys. ^_^

Watched the bloopers which were pretty funny; there was one scene where Cillian Murphy is trying to be very serious but there was a fly which was buzzing around and distracting him. lol!

The movie over, we all went to our rooms and I did a little, itsy bitsy bit of Japanese homework before deciding to practice my juggling. I can do three types of juggling now; not very well but I can 'do' it. ^_^ Very proud of myself!

In closing, here's a picture of Lisa and Stewart's (the parents of Abby's birthday party from yesterday) dog Buddy. Isn't he sooo small and white? It was hilarious when Don went to it and said, "Hey there buddy! What's your name?" LOL! The look on his face was so funny when I said, "His name IS Buddy." ^_^

Three fun classes tomorrow! Ciao!