Collin
P.S. What is cosmic smog?
Chapter Two: Fifth Grade
July 23, 2003
Dear Collin,
How is your summer going? Mine has been alright. At first I hung out with a lot of my friends, but now they’re all at camp or on vacation. The Disney Cruise was fine, especially since they had a new water slide on the ship, but now I’m back home and I’m soooooooooooooo bored!
Have you seen the Pirates of the Caribbean movie? I’ve seen it six times now, and I’m not even tired of it. I think Orlando Bloom is so cute!
Cosmic smog is clouds of organic molecules that spread over planets and possibly create the matter needed to begin life. So because of cosmic smog, there could be plants and water on Mars, and people from earth could live there someday. Wouldn’t that be awesome? I would definitely go live on Mars if I had the chance, although it would be annoying to have to wear a protective suit all the time.
Anyway, tell me how your summer is, I’m bored out of my mind.
Sincerely,
Glory
August 11, 2003
Dear Glory,
I’m sorry you’ve had a boring summer. I’ve been really busy, but it hasn’t been fun. My mom took a job helping out with summer camps, so I’ve been in charge of watching my younger siblings for the past two months. It should be easy, but they’re so picky and hard to keep track of. The only thingmy little sister Erin will eat is potato chips and grapes, and if I try to give her anything else she bites my arm. Really. I’ve taken them swimming in our smelly pool almost every day, but my little brother keeps sneaking dish soap into the water filters so everything gets all bubbly and they have to close it down to clean it out.
I think I’d go live on Mars if it meant I could get away from my younger siblings. They’re driving me crazy! Wouldn’t it be weird if we wrote to each other for years and years and then met on Mars? I guess it’d be nice to have a friend up there. Any place would be better than this apartment. Are you like way into astronomy or something? Is that what you want to do when you grow up?
You think Orlando Bloom is cute? Have you seen him in Lord of the Rings? He looks like an albino lizard with a mane. I wouldn’t mind having his bow hunting skills though.
Bye,
Collin
September 18, 2003
Dear Collin,
I’m going to ignore what you said about Orlando Bloom. He looks perfectly dreamy in Lord of the Rings, and I’m going to marry him someday.
I think I’d like to meet your younger brother and sister, they sound fun. But if I put dish soap in our pool filter my dad would kill me.
I do love astronomy and I really want to be an astronaut when I grow up, but my dad says I’m not smart enough. Maybe I could work at a planetarium or a museum or something. Or I could work for this new company calledSpaceX that’s run by a guy with a funny name. What do you want to do when you grow up?
How is school going for you? I always thought fifth grade would be really awesome because it’s my last year of elementary school, but so far it’s been about the same as fourth grade. Maybe things don’t really get exciting until middle school. Or high school. All the good movies are about high school.
Will you tell me all the names of your brothers and sisters?
Sincerely,
Glory
October 5, 2003
Dear Glory,
So you want to know the names of the whole Finlay clan? Here they are. Brittany is the oldest, then Patrick, then Alex, then me. Then there’s Gavin and Erin. My parents are Craig and Madeline, just in case you wanted to know their names too. My dad was born in Scotland, and my Grandparents still live there, but I’ve never met them. My dad doesn’t talk about them much. I think they got mad at him for moving away.
