persuasive speeches, vegetarian-ness, audio books, and some of my childhood memories

 So I found a persuasive speech topic. I will write about the benefits of a healthy diet, and throw in some things about the benefits of being a vegetarian. ( I am not one, but I don't think it would be too terribly difficult for me, since I don't just love meat. Chicken would be the only thing I think I would really really miss. And maybe the occasional hamburger.)

 And since I always seem to need to start out talking about something or other related to research papers or speech topics, on that note we will continue.

 I remember writing in "to ramble" that audio books, podcasts, and I do not get along. I'm still not sure about podcasts (although I did try "Seriously...", Alivia, and liked it), but I can no longer say I don't like audio books. I started listening to Pride and Prejudice on audio book, and I literally listen to it EVERYWHERE. I'm about halfway through the book in like less than a week, which is much faster than if I was reading the real book I think. It's so handy to just be able to listen to it while I'm working and all that. Plus the narrator is super good, which definitely helps.

 On that note, I LOVE Pride and Prejudice and can't wait to read some more of Jane Austin's books. Hearing the way they talk and everything. It's just so amusing. Maybe I should try writing a post using only speech that they would have in the early 1800's. Tell me if you think that would be amusing or just plain annoying.

 Today I made garden tea for the first time, which is incredibly strange since our family drinks the stuff fairly regularly over the summer. I guess I just never got the job of making it. It's really good though, in case anyone was wondering.

 You know those people that can rattle off memories from when they were two like it's not problem? I have a hard time remembering things from third grade. It's ridiculous.

 I can remember my fourth or fifth birthday. I wore a dress which I absolutely ADORED, and had a butterfly cake which I thought was the COOLEST thing. It was epic, to be honest. Mom used to make the coolest cakes for us. It had pink frosting, and jelly beans for design and twizzlers for antennas. Antennae? yeah, sorry. It's antennae, or so says Google.

 I can remember that I learned to read a little bit before I went to kindergarten. I also remember that kindergarten was pretty boring for me. We played a lot of this game called "Donald Duck," which required some hopping up and down on one foot, but that's about all I can remember.

 I can remember some things about first grade. I had only two classmates. Lindsay, in my grade, and another girl two grades above us. We had a strict teacher, but I was mostly good I think and so avoided any terrible punishment. But what I'm wondering is what we did for recess and stuff that year, and I honestly can't remember. OH. But one memory planted firmly in my brain from first grade was this: My teacher kept these mints in her desk, and I think once or twice I stole one of the mints. I was incredibly sorry and I remember writing her a note of apology. I never told anyone else about it, only her.

  I remember the huge trip we took when I was eight. We visited all of the Canadian provinces, except we three youngest stayed in Nova Scotia with Mom when Dad took the three oldest over to Newfoundland on the ferry. I call it "our Canada trip," because that was the purpose of the trip, but my teacher, who is also my uncle and loves to annoy me, will not let that go, since technically we went into the states too. I think that at the time I enjoyed P.E.I (We visited the Anne of Green Gables museum) or Nova Scotia the best, but if I were to go to any one of the places we visited again, it would be NYC. I think that's what I would enjoy the most now.

  I remember other things too of course, but none that come to mind at the present moment. Also, this is getting long enough, so I will end it here.