The Game of Kings

Chess.

Formerly used to teach war strategy, it is now a popular game among intellectuals (and strategists) everywhere. It's also a game that I used to be quite good at.

I stopped playing when I was around 11, just after my grandmother died.

I never really realised the connection until a few months ago.

See, my grandma bought me my first chess set. All of the pieces were marked with their names (Pawn, Rook, Queen, Knight, etc.) and the board itself had it's places marked on it. She taught me how to play chess, and she helped me develop my strategy.

Just for a laugh, I tried to play chess again. I failed. Miserably. It's definitely one of those games that requires a large amount of practice in order to be any good at it, but it's frustrating knowing that I used to be really excellent at playing chess, and my abilities have whithered away over the years. If anybody has any helpful hints or strategies that may come in handy for me, it would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks so much!

Cheerio,

Molly

I burn, I pine, I perish!

That's one of my favourite lines from The Taming of the Shrew, by William Shakespeare (though I'm shocked if someone doesn't know who wrote it...). We're reading it in lit right now, and I couldn't be happier.

It's one of my favourite of Shakespeare's works. I've read it several times before, and the modern remake (10 Things I Hate About You) is spectacular.

Joseph Gordon-Levitt + Heath Ledger + Shakespeare = epic win of epic proportions.

I'm tired.

That's all.

Cheerio!

Molly

Laaaaaaate. Late.

Hey guys.

There hasn't been one post from me in the past... well, in the past few weeks, actually.

I've had a lot to do.

Homework, reading, moving, homework, taking a trip to California, homework, tiny chicken disease, school, reading, reading, reading.

If the tiny chicken disease didn't end up happening (hooray for re-circulated airplane air!), this list may have been something tremendously exciting! But it's just moderately exciting. Which is fine by me.

Updates... updates...

Oh!

So, my dad and stepmom just moved into their new house in Danville, CA. I came to visit them over Labour Day weekend, which was two days after they moved into their house. Therefore, the house was quite riddled with moving boxes. My baby sister, Zoe (who is now a two-year-old, so I shouldn't really call her a baby, but old habits die hard) seemed to be the only family member who was even close to being unpacked.

That weekend was nice. I'm quite excited to get to know the area that I will now be calling home a little better. If you live in the Bay area, by the way, hit me up!

I'm going to try to put up a new video at some point this weekend, but I have a lot of homework, plus I'll be reading, going to a block party, going to church, helping run a car wash, going to youth group, and possibly going to a 17th birthday party. Good lord I'm busy.

In unrelated news: School this past week has really proven to me how valuable watching vlogbrothers can be. It has provided me with a whole bunch of random trivia that has helped me in class discussions. Yay for nerds!

I should probably go do something productive now.

Which probably means that I'll end up playing a Harry Potter game or Super Mario Galaxy 2.

Until later!

Cheerio!

Molly