I Just Read About That…

SOUNDTRACK: ANIMANIACS-Wakko’s 50 State Capitals (1995).

To the tune of “Turkey in the Straw,” Wakko teaches you all of the capitals of the 50 States.   I suspect that if I had the energy, I would try to remember this (as many commenters on YouTube say they’ve done).  While I know most of the capitols, I certainly don’t know them to a  catchy tune.

This song is not as explicitly insane as the countries of the world song, but it’s still pretty awesome.  Thank you, Animaniacs for being this generation’s School House Rock!

[READ: July 2012] Chi’s Sweet Home 9

Volume 9 of Chi’s Sweet Home has just come out and the whole family was excited to read it (Clark grabbed it first!).

I don’t know how long the series is going to run, but if anyone thought it was winding down with Book 8, nothing could be further from the truth.

As the book opens, Chi is wearing her Elizabethan collar to protect her from her injuries (I actually don’t recall what injuries they were).   But she soon gets that off and her family realizes that since she couldn’t go outside with the collar on, maybe they should make her an indoor cat after all–she’ll certainly be safer!

And so begins Chi’s frustration–unable to get outside and nobody helping her out!  And she had promised Cocchi that she would met him at the fountain   For the first time in the series (as far as I can remember) another character gets an entire strip to himself: poor Cocchi, the naughty stray cat feels sad and lonely as he waits for Chi who promised she’d be back to play today.   If you think it’s frustrating to wait for people  imagine being a cat and having no way to communicate!

But Chi does make it out, on an undignified leash!  Until, yes, the leash slips off and Chi goes free.  Free to find Cocchi, free to, gasp, fight for dinner, free to, horrors, sleep outside!

In a side story, Cocchi, while looking for Chi, meets a kitten that looks just like her.  The kitten proves to be part of Chi’s litter, and we see that Chi’s mother really does miss her.  Oh!  Now it doesn’t seem as fun that Chi is with Yoshi’s family.

The book ends with Chi bringing a surprise visitor home, one who has never seen a home before.  Will he get used to the cushy life, or try to make Chi a tougher Cat.

The only bad thing about Book 9 is this news:  Book 10 comes out in Summer 2013–Almost a year wait!  Withdrawal!!