"Ponies AND rainbows?"

Ah, nothing like a good quote to end the school week with.  Courtesy of The Lost Hero by Rick Riordan.  For Percy Jackson fans that don't already know, this is the first book in the second PJ series.  No, Percy and co. are no longer the main characters, but they do still exist.  In fact, this book begins just a few months after the end of The Last Olympian.  I do have my own copy, and you can borrow it if you'd like, but I'll warn ya now that the waiting list is long.

(Speaking of which, I still haven't quite figured out the official list.  Excuse the interlude...

-Liz
-Danielle
-David
-John R. from math
-Andrew from English and Spanish
-Rebecca, somewhere down the line?)

Like I said, a lot of people.  Which gives me some happy, fuzzy feelings in my tummy.  Why?  I have no idea.  I just like that I have a big enough library that I can lend out books all the time.  It feels good.  Which brings me to another interlude...

(Who has what of mine?  Let's try to remember:

-Rebecca - Witch & Wizard - is also next in line for complete PJ series and Nicholas Flamel series
-David - all three Night World volumes - and I have his Greek/Roman mythology book
-Andrew - Battle of the Labyrinth and The Last Olympian
-Julia - my DVDs of HP5 and HP6)

Hey, if I can't become a psychologist, and the CIA rejects me, I could always be a librarian.

Speaking of YA fantasy novels, I had a super-power moment again while I was home alone an hour ago.  I tend to do that when I'm alone:  imagine I've got some ability.  Today, I was shooting invisible arrows made of energy and flying on air currents.

Every since I was very young, my dearest wish has been to have a power.  Any power would be fine, but in particular powers of the mind (telekinesis, telepathy, premonition) and of the elements (pyrokinesis, cryokinesis, "bending" of the elements, - like air, water, earth, and fire in A:TLA - summoning of elements like Percy Jackson or Leo Valdez can do in Riordan's books) pique my interest.

Why would I need or want a power?  I'm definitely unique enough as I am, what with my insane-fast brain and other traits my friends and peers and family love to emulate.  Truth be told, I'm not sure.  Maybe I want the reassurance that there's something more than the darkness clouding my view as I form my opinions on this world.  Maybe I've got an over-active imagination.  Maybe I'd rather live in my books and shows and movies than on Earth.

So, my few readers, a parting question:  What power would you want?  And, more importantly, would you even want a power in the first place?

-Hannah