Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
*****SKATEBOARD UPDATE*****
List Of Tricks that i can do at least 5 times out of 10
Fakie Bigspin
Pop shuvit
Kickflip
Heelflip
Varial Kickflip
Frontside 180
Halfcab Flip
Backside Flip
Backside
Halfcab
Kickflip Body Varial
Nollie
Switch Ollie
Nollie shuvit
Nollie frontside shuv
Fakie Bigspin
Pop shuvit
Kickflip
Heelflip
Varial Kickflip
Frontside 180
Halfcab Flip
Backside Flip
Backside
Halfcab
Kickflip Body Varial
Nollie
Switch Ollie
Nollie shuvit
Nollie frontside shuv
Review Of Every Skatepark I Have Ever Been To
I've been to many parks to skate. Many. Indoor and out, slippery and stout, raining and pouring, cloudy and snoring, I really should stop now. Anyway, I'm going to write a complete review of skateparks, because I love writing reviews.
Loveland Skatepark (outdoor)
This small skatepark was built after protests from skaters that they had nowhere to skate. I'm not sure where that comes from, since most of the people that come to the skatepark have cars, so they can go to way better parks. Anyway, the Loveland Skatepark is very small. It has a Euro, a Funbox, a quarterpipe, bench, vert wall, and 8-set. That's it. I'd say I'm glad they built it because it gets boring fast, but it's nice to have a park within skating distance. One of the very good things about the skatepark is the material for the ground. It's a welcome relief after gravely driveways and rough streets. This, however, would NOT be my first choice to go to for a skating session. I give this park a 4.5/10.
Wyoming Skatepark (outdoor)
This is about twice as big as the Loveland Skatepark, but it's way better. Not only does it have an awesome rail with a challenging but doable drop, but it has a hump that gives you a lot of speed really effortlessly and that's a blast to ride on. The Wyoming Skatepark also has a bowl, which is my only complaint about this park, because no one rides it, so it was basically a waste. It takes up about half the park, so whoever built it should have just built more street stuff there. Other than that, this is a great park, but also not my first choice. This skatepark would probably be my third choice. Total score: 8/10
Miami Meadows Skatepark (outdoor)
Sad to say, Miami Meadows has so much potential for fun that is partially wasted by the horribly slippery wood and the extremely rough and speed-reducing ground. If the wood wasn't so slippery and the ground was smoother, this park would come out ahead of many others. It has a great mini halfpipe, a double hump, a set of quarterpipes, a few basic funboxes, and a tricking funbox. It's so hard to do anything on this stuff, though, because the ground is so darn rough and the stupid wood so slippery! Probably the highlights of being at this park are skating down the big vert roll-in and jumping from the platform above the halfpipe to the bottom of the halfpipe. This park is fun for about an hour and a half to two hours. Score: 6/10
Sessions Skatepark (indoor)
About twice as big as the Wyoming Skatepark, Sessions really isn't that big, especially for an indoor skatepark. But that doesn't mean it's not one of the best skateparks I've ever been to. As well as having a great skateshop, they have a line of vending machines stocked with water and candy, just what skaters crave before and after a long session. Once you get into the park, you're faced with a big desicion. What should you hit first? The 5 stair? The gigantic vert roll-in? The corner that was turned into a hill? The ramp in the middle of the floor that's a blast to kickflip off of? What about the halfpipe? I love this park, and most days when I go I want to stay for 2 sessions, which is 4 hours. This park is great. There's a ramp with a place to sit at the top, so it's like you're sitting on the ramp but not sliding down. Whenever you want to go, picking up speed is effortless, and you can go wherever you want. One of the best things is the corner/hill. The smaller vert roll-in provides some good speed, and the funbox does the same. You zoom up the hill with a large crack, and zoom back down. It's so much fun. Sessions is one of those parks where you can skate around, not really doing anything, and still have fun. One of my favorite things to do, though, is trick off the big moveable ramp, and then come back around and lipslide the long rail. It's completely worth the 7 dollars to spend 2 hours here. Total Score: 8.8/10
Anderson Skatepark (outdoor)
This skatepark is okay. It has a pretty fun bowl, but the bowl is a little steep for me. The ledge they have, though, is really fun to grind on and ollie on. One of the good things about Anderson is the material on the ground. It isn't wood, it's some sort of chalky substance that kind of bleaches your wheels, which is cool. The bad thing is that everyone there smokes, and the other not so good thing is that whoever built the park did a very bad job of choosing where to put the stairs, as no one can jump then since the angle is so bad. You really have to turn sharply. It makes no sense to me. Anyway, there are banks that are fun to do pop-shuvits up, which is what I usually spend my time doing. I think next time I'll take a second look at the 7 stair, because it's been a long time since I've been to this park. Anyway, total score: 7/10
Ollie's (indoor)
The fact that this is the biggest indoor skatepark in the entire Eastern U.S.A. has to give it a good grade right off the bat (or board), but there are other reasons to love it. Aside from the slightly slippery, but almost perfect wood, and the tendency to get splinters if you fall in the halfpipe, what a great park! The two stairsets, 5 and 8, are a must-have for any indoor skatepark. They provide a fun challenge. The street course, over in one corner of the park, also is stellar and fun to cruise around in. One of the best things at this park, strangely, is the huge halfpipe no one can drop in on. It's like 15 feet high, and a really cool dark red color. Mostly what people do in it is play skate at the bottom, and sometimes I start at the bottom and start pumping until I'm getting pretty high, which is really entertaining. Another thing you'll see people doing is going to the top and sliding down. I love doing that, it's a blast. Even if i could drop in on the halfpipe, I'm guessing sliding down on my butt is more fun. Anyway, back to the park. There's a small bank very good for clearing and tricking, and a nice big funbox with some rails. Overall, great park, worth all the money (7 bucks). Score: 8.4/10
DC Skate Plaza (outdoor)
Without question, this is, in fact, the best skatepark that ever existed in the history of the world. Not only is it outdoor, so you can enjoy the sunshine, but it has a water fountain right in the middle of the skatepark, a small necessity strangely missing from many skateparks nowadays. The best part, though, is that there aren't any annoying bowls or huge ramps that I can't do anything on. Rob Dyrdek, the awesome pro skater who created this park, decided to make it total street. NO ramps. NO bowls. NO roll-ins. NO funboxes. NO halfpipes. None of it. It's all street, which means i can hit every single thing in this giant park (except the 12 stair), from the 3 stair, to the 7 stair, to the 6 stair, to the 5 stair, to the banks, to the platform, etc. One of the greatest ideas was putting in a bunch of different stairs to help you learn. The total list is: 2 stair, 3 stair, 5 stair, 6 stair, 7 stair, 9 stair, 12 stair. See what I mean? If you hit the 2, then it's not much longer until you ollie the 3. 5 stairs is only 2 more stairs than that, so it's not long before you're jumping the 5. Then you get the courage to try the 6, and it's easy. The 7 comes not long after that, etc. etc. The biggest set I've jumped there is the 7 stair. So that's one of the good things. Another great, great thing is that the material used for the ground is perfect. PERFECT for skating. Not slippery, not impossibly hard to turn on. JUST RIGHT. A great relief. Like Sessions, it's a blast even when you're cruising around, not really doing anything. Rob Dyrdek is a genius. And how much do you have to pay to get into this huge, perfect park? What? 0 dollars? 0 CENTS? Yes, that's right. Abosutely free. All the stairsets, you can jump without paying a royalty. I mean, it would be weird if an outdoor skatepark charged people, but I'm grateful for the abscence anyway, even though it was expected. Aaaanyway, this is an awesome skatepark, absolutely amazing. The first time i went, I stayed for...Dun dun dunnn...6 and a half hours. I actually got sick because I skated for so long. It was worth it, I have to say. Total Score: 10/10
Loveland Skatepark (outdoor)
This small skatepark was built after protests from skaters that they had nowhere to skate. I'm not sure where that comes from, since most of the people that come to the skatepark have cars, so they can go to way better parks. Anyway, the Loveland Skatepark is very small. It has a Euro, a Funbox, a quarterpipe, bench, vert wall, and 8-set. That's it. I'd say I'm glad they built it because it gets boring fast, but it's nice to have a park within skating distance. One of the very good things about the skatepark is the material for the ground. It's a welcome relief after gravely driveways and rough streets. This, however, would NOT be my first choice to go to for a skating session. I give this park a 4.5/10.
Wyoming Skatepark (outdoor)
This is about twice as big as the Loveland Skatepark, but it's way better. Not only does it have an awesome rail with a challenging but doable drop, but it has a hump that gives you a lot of speed really effortlessly and that's a blast to ride on. The Wyoming Skatepark also has a bowl, which is my only complaint about this park, because no one rides it, so it was basically a waste. It takes up about half the park, so whoever built it should have just built more street stuff there. Other than that, this is a great park, but also not my first choice. This skatepark would probably be my third choice. Total score: 8/10
Miami Meadows Skatepark (outdoor)
Sad to say, Miami Meadows has so much potential for fun that is partially wasted by the horribly slippery wood and the extremely rough and speed-reducing ground. If the wood wasn't so slippery and the ground was smoother, this park would come out ahead of many others. It has a great mini halfpipe, a double hump, a set of quarterpipes, a few basic funboxes, and a tricking funbox. It's so hard to do anything on this stuff, though, because the ground is so darn rough and the stupid wood so slippery! Probably the highlights of being at this park are skating down the big vert roll-in and jumping from the platform above the halfpipe to the bottom of the halfpipe. This park is fun for about an hour and a half to two hours. Score: 6/10
Sessions Skatepark (indoor)
About twice as big as the Wyoming Skatepark, Sessions really isn't that big, especially for an indoor skatepark. But that doesn't mean it's not one of the best skateparks I've ever been to. As well as having a great skateshop, they have a line of vending machines stocked with water and candy, just what skaters crave before and after a long session. Once you get into the park, you're faced with a big desicion. What should you hit first? The 5 stair? The gigantic vert roll-in? The corner that was turned into a hill? The ramp in the middle of the floor that's a blast to kickflip off of? What about the halfpipe? I love this park, and most days when I go I want to stay for 2 sessions, which is 4 hours. This park is great. There's a ramp with a place to sit at the top, so it's like you're sitting on the ramp but not sliding down. Whenever you want to go, picking up speed is effortless, and you can go wherever you want. One of the best things is the corner/hill. The smaller vert roll-in provides some good speed, and the funbox does the same. You zoom up the hill with a large crack, and zoom back down. It's so much fun. Sessions is one of those parks where you can skate around, not really doing anything, and still have fun. One of my favorite things to do, though, is trick off the big moveable ramp, and then come back around and lipslide the long rail. It's completely worth the 7 dollars to spend 2 hours here. Total Score: 8.8/10
Anderson Skatepark (outdoor)
This skatepark is okay. It has a pretty fun bowl, but the bowl is a little steep for me. The ledge they have, though, is really fun to grind on and ollie on. One of the good things about Anderson is the material on the ground. It isn't wood, it's some sort of chalky substance that kind of bleaches your wheels, which is cool. The bad thing is that everyone there smokes, and the other not so good thing is that whoever built the park did a very bad job of choosing where to put the stairs, as no one can jump then since the angle is so bad. You really have to turn sharply. It makes no sense to me. Anyway, there are banks that are fun to do pop-shuvits up, which is what I usually spend my time doing. I think next time I'll take a second look at the 7 stair, because it's been a long time since I've been to this park. Anyway, total score: 7/10
Ollie's (indoor)
The fact that this is the biggest indoor skatepark in the entire Eastern U.S.A. has to give it a good grade right off the bat (or board), but there are other reasons to love it. Aside from the slightly slippery, but almost perfect wood, and the tendency to get splinters if you fall in the halfpipe, what a great park! The two stairsets, 5 and 8, are a must-have for any indoor skatepark. They provide a fun challenge. The street course, over in one corner of the park, also is stellar and fun to cruise around in. One of the best things at this park, strangely, is the huge halfpipe no one can drop in on. It's like 15 feet high, and a really cool dark red color. Mostly what people do in it is play skate at the bottom, and sometimes I start at the bottom and start pumping until I'm getting pretty high, which is really entertaining. Another thing you'll see people doing is going to the top and sliding down. I love doing that, it's a blast. Even if i could drop in on the halfpipe, I'm guessing sliding down on my butt is more fun. Anyway, back to the park. There's a small bank very good for clearing and tricking, and a nice big funbox with some rails. Overall, great park, worth all the money (7 bucks). Score: 8.4/10
DC Skate Plaza (outdoor)
Without question, this is, in fact, the best skatepark that ever existed in the history of the world. Not only is it outdoor, so you can enjoy the sunshine, but it has a water fountain right in the middle of the skatepark, a small necessity strangely missing from many skateparks nowadays. The best part, though, is that there aren't any annoying bowls or huge ramps that I can't do anything on. Rob Dyrdek, the awesome pro skater who created this park, decided to make it total street. NO ramps. NO bowls. NO roll-ins. NO funboxes. NO halfpipes. None of it. It's all street, which means i can hit every single thing in this giant park (except the 12 stair), from the 3 stair, to the 7 stair, to the 6 stair, to the 5 stair, to the banks, to the platform, etc. One of the greatest ideas was putting in a bunch of different stairs to help you learn. The total list is: 2 stair, 3 stair, 5 stair, 6 stair, 7 stair, 9 stair, 12 stair. See what I mean? If you hit the 2, then it's not much longer until you ollie the 3. 5 stairs is only 2 more stairs than that, so it's not long before you're jumping the 5. Then you get the courage to try the 6, and it's easy. The 7 comes not long after that, etc. etc. The biggest set I've jumped there is the 7 stair. So that's one of the good things. Another great, great thing is that the material used for the ground is perfect. PERFECT for skating. Not slippery, not impossibly hard to turn on. JUST RIGHT. A great relief. Like Sessions, it's a blast even when you're cruising around, not really doing anything. Rob Dyrdek is a genius. And how much do you have to pay to get into this huge, perfect park? What? 0 dollars? 0 CENTS? Yes, that's right. Abosutely free. All the stairsets, you can jump without paying a royalty. I mean, it would be weird if an outdoor skatepark charged people, but I'm grateful for the abscence anyway, even though it was expected. Aaaanyway, this is an awesome skatepark, absolutely amazing. The first time i went, I stayed for...Dun dun dunnn...6 and a half hours. I actually got sick because I skated for so long. It was worth it, I have to say. Total Score: 10/10
A Rap Pun
It's finally happened. You have The Dream. You go to the Rap Drugstore (Located in Miami, Flo Rida), and you'll have to get a 2Pac of pop, as well as an Eminem. The total price of your purchase around this time is 50 Cent. The cashier, Lil Wayne, a midget, will ring up your purchase. Oh, but you forgot something. Go back and buy a cup of tea. Don't spill it on yourself, though. It's very hot, so if a spill occurs, you will experience some T-Pain, and for heaven's sake don't spill it in your eye. It hurts, a lot. That is what we call a "T.I." You will also get a Nas(ty) burn. Now head over to the ice-cream counter. You're feeling very hungry, so you order the "Notorious B.I.G." size. Seeing a Kid Cudi outside the store, you generously offer him some. After ringing up your huge purchase, you head over to your church to listen to your favorite speaker, Pastor Troy.
All in all, it's a pretty weird dream.
Thanks to these rappers for starring in my post.
The Dream
Flo Rida
2Pac
Eminem
50 Cent
Lil Wayne
T-Pain
T.I.
Nas
Notorious B.I.G.
Kid Cudi
Pastor Troy
All in all, it's a pretty weird dream.
Thanks to these rappers for starring in my post.
The Dream
Flo Rida
2Pac
Eminem
50 Cent
Lil Wayne
T-Pain
T.I.
Nas
Notorious B.I.G.
Kid Cudi
Pastor Troy
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
A History Of Twitter
1955:
I've been thinking about the sum of the areas of the two squares on the legs (a and b) equaling the area of the square on the hypotenuse (c), and also the atomic bomb today.
2009:
lol just got bak frm the movi...hilareos! lafd the hol way thru!! Rite now im wathing a grat tv show cald spongebob. bbl, ttyl! lol!
I've been thinking about the sum of the areas of the two squares on the legs (a and b) equaling the area of the square on the hypotenuse (c), and also the atomic bomb today.
2009:
lol just got bak frm the movi...hilareos! lafd the hol way thru!! Rite now im wathing a grat tv show cald spongebob. bbl, ttyl! lol!
Monday, March 23, 2009
New Dawg
We gawt a naw dawg. Gawss whawt? Shaws Cuwte. Hawr nawmes Jawliatee. Shaws saw cawt bawt shaw pawps awn thaw flawwr. Owt Sawcks. Ow Wawl. Bawt anwawy iam glawd we gawt hawr caws shaws saw cawt. Thaw eawnd. LOLZ.
We got a new dog. Guess what? She's cute. Her name's Juliette. She's so cute but she poops on the floor. It sucks. Oh well.. But anyway I'm glad we got her because she's so cute. The End. Laugh Out Loud Zingily.
We got a new dog. Guess what? She's cute. Her name's Juliette. She's so cute but she poops on the floor. It sucks. Oh well.. But anyway I'm glad we got her because she's so cute. The End. Laugh Out Loud Zingily.
Monday, February 16, 2009
Update about all the confusing Xbox 360 Lingo
Not until I got an email from my Grandmother (affectionately known as "nana" by all us kids) did I realize that I might as well be speaking Chinese when I talk about my Xbox 360. So let's start with the basics.
很好，是遊戲控制臺，手段我可能演奏比賽對此。 與我起我有稱允許我在網上演奏與人全世界的的項服務活。 我使用我送到的電子郵件現在將解釋.
I'm kidding, I'm kidding.
Well, an Xbox 360 is a game console, which means I can play games on it. Along with my 360 I have a service called Xbox Live which allows me to play online with people all over the world. I will now explain the "gamercard" using an email I just sent to Nana.
Well, an avatar is, in this case, an animated person that I can dress up to my
tastes. My Xbox 360 (an xbox 360 is a game system) is where my avatar lives. If
I turn the Xbox 360 on, my avatar will greet me. It's really cool, because I can
change his looks, hair, and clothes. The "E Truthy" part is my gamertag. A
gamertag is what people know me as when they're playing with me. This might be a
bit confusing, so let me try to explain more. I play online on my Xbox 360 with
people from all over the world, and obviously I'm not going to give them my real
name, so my 'gamertag,' or to put it another way, my Xbox 360 name, is a way to
express myself and also for protection.
My nickname is E Truth, but someone else on Xbox Live had already taken that
name, so I had to do E Truthy.
The symbols near the bottom of the image are representing the games I play. The
number to the right of the picture is my 'gamerscore.' You get gamerpoints when
you unlock achievements in a game. Achievements are something special you can
do in the game, and when you unlock them, you get gamerpoints. There's not
really any point to achievements, it's just fun to see how many you can unlock.
This might all be terribly confusing, but it was the best I could do. I think
I'll post this on my blog too for anybody having the same questions as you, or
maybe just thinking, "gamer-what? xbox-who?"
All-Knowing Grandson
很好，是遊戲控制臺，手段我可能演奏比賽對此。 與我起我有稱允許我在網上演奏與人全世界的的項服務活。 我使用我送到的電子郵件現在將解釋.
I'm kidding, I'm kidding.
Well, an Xbox 360 is a game console, which means I can play games on it. Along with my 360 I have a service called Xbox Live which allows me to play online with people all over the world. I will now explain the "gamercard" using an email I just sent to Nana.
Well, an avatar is, in this case, an animated person that I can dress up to my
tastes. My Xbox 360 (an xbox 360 is a game system) is where my avatar lives. If
I turn the Xbox 360 on, my avatar will greet me. It's really cool, because I can
change his looks, hair, and clothes. The "E Truthy" part is my gamertag. A
gamertag is what people know me as when they're playing with me. This might be a
bit confusing, so let me try to explain more. I play online on my Xbox 360 with
people from all over the world, and obviously I'm not going to give them my real
name, so my 'gamertag,' or to put it another way, my Xbox 360 name, is a way to
express myself and also for protection.
My nickname is E Truth, but someone else on Xbox Live had already taken that
name, so I had to do E Truthy.
The symbols near the bottom of the image are representing the games I play. The
number to the right of the picture is my 'gamerscore.' You get gamerpoints when
you unlock achievements in a game. Achievements are something special you can
do in the game, and when you unlock them, you get gamerpoints. There's not
really any point to achievements, it's just fun to see how many you can unlock.
This might all be terribly confusing, but it was the best I could do. I think
I'll post this on my blog too for anybody having the same questions as you, or
maybe just thinking, "gamer-what? xbox-who?"
All-Knowing Grandson
Sunday, February 15, 2009
My Gamercard!
This is my avatar I created, along with my gamerscore, which is about 3500, and some of the games I play, which are, to name a few, skate, skate 2, halo 3, and The Orange Box. Cool, huh?
Saturday, February 14, 2009
Friday, February 13, 2009
My Mosaic
Credit to whoever let me do this.
Isn't it awesome?
The funky-looking guy is Lil' Wayne.
Here are my questions.
What is your first name? Eli. (fish)
What is your favorite food? Sushi. (Sushi with lemon)
What is your favorite color? Purple. (purple sunset)
What is your favorite dessert? Ice Cream Sundae. (ice cream sundae)
What do you want to be when you grow up? Professional Skateboarder. (skaters tricking)
What is one of your nicknames? E Truth. (Seal)
What do you love most? Family and Friends. (city)
What is a word to describe yourself? Unique. (tunnel)
Where is a place you want to visit? The X Games. (snowboarder)
What public star do you like the most? Lil Wayne.
What is one of your favorite AIOs? War of the Words. (heart)
What is a good quote you know? "Life Is Good." (surreal tree)
I also searched for "music" so I could get one more image and the sunlight filtering through the trees came up.
Monday, February 9, 2009
Second Life, Snowboarding, and Sweetness
Second Life is this world where you create an avatar and talk to other people, all the while selling land. There are different lands and stuff. It's cool I guess, but there are reasons why it's also totally stupid. For one thing, you have to PAY REAL MONEY TO GET SECOND LIFE MONEY. Come on!!! Why can't you work, you know? "Press P to pick the potatoes. Press B to bring them back to the farmer." Why can't you just do that? Well, I suppose it's because you can make real money in the game. I'm not sure how, but Second Life addicts all over the country must be going broke. Get this: You have to pay $250.00 in U.S. money to change the name of your island. Whoopee. While they're doing that, why not charge you $35.00 for the virtual T-Shirt? Why not, oh, i don't know... charge you $1000.00 to change your name? Oh, here's one I should suggest: paying for selling stuff. eh? eh? Wouldn't that be great?
(type type type) "okay, sir, that'll be 500 L (L is the money they use).
(type type type) "sure thing!" (hands over 500 virtual dollars)
CHIME (text box appears)
"Congratulations! You just sold a virtual llama to Mr. Vilen Qwadlup for 500 virtual L! $501.00 in real money has been removed from your bank account and received by us. Thank you for your participation."
Ooh, let me join! Let me join!
Snowboarding is really fun. I do it a lot now..or at least when I can. Next winter I'm getting snowboard stuff and a snowboard and a Perfect North Season Pass. It's going to be AWESOME! What I usually do is go down this awesome slope called Back Stage, and then head to the Terrain Park to do an 8-foot 180. I get really high, and it's amazingly fun.
Well, I've got $97.83, and it's all going torward one thing: a Macbook. I don't really care which one. The aluminum is my favorite, but I'm not going to pay 300 extra dollars just because it looks cooler. I'll probably get a black one, refurbished. Those aren't very expensive. I'm saving almost every cent I get, and by the summer I should have enough. I'LL HAVE MY OWN COMPUTER! It's so exciting! Now all I need is a new phone...
(type type type) "okay, sir, that'll be 500 L (L is the money they use).
(type type type) "sure thing!" (hands over 500 virtual dollars)
CHIME (text box appears)
"Congratulations! You just sold a virtual llama to Mr. Vilen Qwadlup for 500 virtual L! $501.00 in real money has been removed from your bank account and received by us. Thank you for your participation."
Ooh, let me join! Let me join!
Snowboarding is really fun. I do it a lot now..or at least when I can. Next winter I'm getting snowboard stuff and a snowboard and a Perfect North Season Pass. It's going to be AWESOME! What I usually do is go down this awesome slope called Back Stage, and then head to the Terrain Park to do an 8-foot 180. I get really high, and it's amazingly fun.
Well, I've got $97.83, and it's all going torward one thing: a Macbook. I don't really care which one. The aluminum is my favorite, but I'm not going to pay 300 extra dollars just because it looks cooler. I'll probably get a black one, refurbished. Those aren't very expensive. I'm saving almost every cent I get, and by the summer I should have enough. I'LL HAVE MY OWN COMPUTER! It's so exciting! Now all I need is a new phone...
Thursday, January 22, 2009
Ebay Business
I'm practically building an empire with all the money from selling books. Rolling in money might be the expression, or tons of money, or a busload of money, or a book of money. I'm getting lots. You know my Half and Ebay exploits? Well, in 3 Days, I've sold 8 books. For, like, 20 dollars. Nana said that when she dropped off a box of books, someplace gave her 20 dollars for it. A box of books is something like double or triple what I get 20 dollars for, which is 8 books. So I'm doing good. Here's a very good tip: If you're ever going to sell something, sell it for lower than anyone else. It basically guarentees it will get bought. What would have happened if I hadn't done that? By now, I would have sold maybe 3 books. Maybe. Instead I've sold 8 for 20 dollars.. Life is Good.
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Tons of stuff
Ok, before I forget, let me tell you all the stuff I'll be writing about.
Perfect North.
Video-Game and Clubhouse related stuff.
Moving Our Computer.
Half.com/Ebay Selling Stuff.
First off, let's go hit the slopes and experience Perfect North.
After a billion years of driving, you finally see Perfect North in the distance. It's kinda foggy. As you get closer, you realize that they're spraying the slopes with snow with heavy-duty machines. Another few million years while you look for a parking space, and just like that you're in. After you pay the front desk lady a fee that seems ridiculous if you don't think about how much this must cost them to keep it running, you head down a set of metal stairs with holes in them to the lodge. The lodge smells weird but not bad, like sweaty snow. You think how lucky you are not to be snowboarding on sweaty snow. After the revelation passes, which is relatively quick, you look around for the snowboarding stuff. A doorway labeled with the words, "Snowboarding Rental," show you the way. Racks of boots greet you immediately. There are sizes marked on the racks. You hesitate, studying the boots. How about a 9?
10 very long minutes later, you finally have both boots on, if not tied. They are ridiculously hard to get on. Finally you tie them, though, and head over to the snowboard counter with your paper to get your snowboard.
"Goofy or Regular?" The guy very cryptically asks. You have absolutely no idea what he's talking about. Finally, just as you're about to bang your head on the wall or something just to break the very long silence, he says, "Goofy is right foot forward and Regular is left foot forward."
Oh. Right. You really don't know, but you tell him goofy. It's a more interesting name.
When you get out on the slopes, you're ready to hit them immediately. You decide to head over to the smallest hill first, to take a lesson. After all, this is your first time.
59 falls later, you have finally learned that snowboarding is not easy. Heck, you can barely do a toe side turn without waving your arms so fast the wind it generates could fool a radar into thinking a hurricane had struck Perfect North.
Quite a while later, you're a little better. You can now do a toe side turn and heel side turn, you know what the leash is for, thankfully (since it contributed to falls 12, 45 and 53), and you're not falling as much. You decide to go on the green lift, the smallest one. How hard could it be?
You head over to the green lift, watching in awe the skiiers and snowboarders racing down the slope recklessly and passionately. You wish you could be one of them. As you sit on the lift, one of them wipes out and does a double backflip, his ski gear flying in all directions. You try not to think about the fact that you may heading toward a crash that bad. The ski lift is quite fun to ride on, anyway, so you relax until the top, where miraculously you get off the lift without falling. A big group of kids blocks the hill. You let them go first. No need to humiliate yourself TOO publicly. The kids finally get up and roar down the hill. You shuffle your snowboard and look down. It's a bit steeper up here. You wish the ski lift had a "down" option too. Well, you can't get out of it now. Once you make sure your feet are securely in the bindings, you push off down the hill. You try a few toe side turns, falling, but actually getting a couple. Same story with heelside. Hey, this is fun! As soon as you are finished bumbling down the hill, you immediately get on again.
Four hours later, you've mastered the green slope, orange slope, and red slope. Your favorite slope is the steep, long, winding one called Backstage. You have rode down it six times so far. Perfect North rocks!
When it's finally time to go, you realize that you've eaten a half a sandwich, drunk half a bottle of water and gone to the bathroom once in eight hours of snowboarding. You're amazed that anything can be this much fun. Fun has a price, though, and your bladder is costing you right about now. You head to your accountant's desk, also known as the bathroom, to...reduce costs, shall we say.
Now let us manipulate the spaceship Eli controls and head over to the videogame and Clubhouse section.
I really like video games. In my opinion, they are the best kind of entertainment. I myself have quite a wonderful collection that I am very proud of. I have an Xbox 360, two controllers, a Halo 3 Skin and Faceplate for the Xbox 360, Xbox Live and 18 games. My best games are:
Skate.
Halo 3
Mass Effect
The Orange Box
All of these games scored more than a 9 on a scale of 10.
One of the best accesories for my Xbox is Xbox Live. This service is awesome because it actually doesn't cost that much, but it gives you access to demos, themes, customizable avatars (press the right thumbstick to make him burp), and, of course, online play. Nothing is cooler than putting on my headset, popping in Skate, and playing with Wesley, even though Wesley is currently 400 miles away. We can chat, share photos, watch the same movie, show off our avatars...it is so cool. You don't even need a credit card, so Microsoft doesn't do that stupid thing where they keep charging you for Xbox Live if you don't cancel it. It just runs out on its own and waits for you to put in another code.
The awesome idea me and Wes have is to get rid of the immensely crappy TV we have down there in the clubhouse, and get a really really nice 19-inch, HDTV flatscreen with built-in DVD player. I'll get a picture. Hold on.
We're also going to get an AWESOME Imac G4. It looks so cool! I'll get a picture for that too.
Anyway, we'll have that stuff in our clubhouse this summer. I'm going to save all my money. I have a paper route, and also I'm selling stuff on Ebay and Half.com.
Half.com and Ebay
Nana gave me about eighty books to sell on Half.com. I'm even going to get a little bit of the money. I just put them on YESTERDAY, and already I've sold four books! Selling is fun!
Ebay is the same story, except I'm going to sell some golfclubs and stuff like that on ebay. I'll get some of that money too. Cool, huh?
Last in the line is the fact that we moved our computer. It's so much better than being in the family room. We moved it into the living room. Now whenever you're using the computer, you don't need to use headphones because someone's watching TV. It's really peaceful, and really nice. I love it.
Well, I guess I've been writing a lot, so, until next time:
*bows*
*curtains close*
Perfect North.
Video-Game and Clubhouse related stuff.
Moving Our Computer.
Half.com/Ebay Selling Stuff.
First off, let's go hit the slopes and experience Perfect North.
After a billion years of driving, you finally see Perfect North in the distance. It's kinda foggy. As you get closer, you realize that they're spraying the slopes with snow with heavy-duty machines. Another few million years while you look for a parking space, and just like that you're in. After you pay the front desk lady a fee that seems ridiculous if you don't think about how much this must cost them to keep it running, you head down a set of metal stairs with holes in them to the lodge. The lodge smells weird but not bad, like sweaty snow. You think how lucky you are not to be snowboarding on sweaty snow. After the revelation passes, which is relatively quick, you look around for the snowboarding stuff. A doorway labeled with the words, "Snowboarding Rental," show you the way. Racks of boots greet you immediately. There are sizes marked on the racks. You hesitate, studying the boots. How about a 9?
10 very long minutes later, you finally have both boots on, if not tied. They are ridiculously hard to get on. Finally you tie them, though, and head over to the snowboard counter with your paper to get your snowboard.
"Goofy or Regular?" The guy very cryptically asks. You have absolutely no idea what he's talking about. Finally, just as you're about to bang your head on the wall or something just to break the very long silence, he says, "Goofy is right foot forward and Regular is left foot forward."
Oh. Right. You really don't know, but you tell him goofy. It's a more interesting name.
When you get out on the slopes, you're ready to hit them immediately. You decide to head over to the smallest hill first, to take a lesson. After all, this is your first time.
59 falls later, you have finally learned that snowboarding is not easy. Heck, you can barely do a toe side turn without waving your arms so fast the wind it generates could fool a radar into thinking a hurricane had struck Perfect North.
Quite a while later, you're a little better. You can now do a toe side turn and heel side turn, you know what the leash is for, thankfully (since it contributed to falls 12, 45 and 53), and you're not falling as much. You decide to go on the green lift, the smallest one. How hard could it be?
You head over to the green lift, watching in awe the skiiers and snowboarders racing down the slope recklessly and passionately. You wish you could be one of them. As you sit on the lift, one of them wipes out and does a double backflip, his ski gear flying in all directions. You try not to think about the fact that you may heading toward a crash that bad. The ski lift is quite fun to ride on, anyway, so you relax until the top, where miraculously you get off the lift without falling. A big group of kids blocks the hill. You let them go first. No need to humiliate yourself TOO publicly. The kids finally get up and roar down the hill. You shuffle your snowboard and look down. It's a bit steeper up here. You wish the ski lift had a "down" option too. Well, you can't get out of it now. Once you make sure your feet are securely in the bindings, you push off down the hill. You try a few toe side turns, falling, but actually getting a couple. Same story with heelside. Hey, this is fun! As soon as you are finished bumbling down the hill, you immediately get on again.
Four hours later, you've mastered the green slope, orange slope, and red slope. Your favorite slope is the steep, long, winding one called Backstage. You have rode down it six times so far. Perfect North rocks!
When it's finally time to go, you realize that you've eaten a half a sandwich, drunk half a bottle of water and gone to the bathroom once in eight hours of snowboarding. You're amazed that anything can be this much fun. Fun has a price, though, and your bladder is costing you right about now. You head to your accountant's desk, also known as the bathroom, to...reduce costs, shall we say.
Now let us manipulate the spaceship Eli controls and head over to the videogame and Clubhouse section.
I really like video games. In my opinion, they are the best kind of entertainment. I myself have quite a wonderful collection that I am very proud of. I have an Xbox 360, two controllers, a Halo 3 Skin and Faceplate for the Xbox 360, Xbox Live and 18 games. My best games are:
Skate.
Halo 3
Mass Effect
The Orange Box
All of these games scored more than a 9 on a scale of 10.
One of the best accesories for my Xbox is Xbox Live. This service is awesome because it actually doesn't cost that much, but it gives you access to demos, themes, customizable avatars (press the right thumbstick to make him burp), and, of course, online play. Nothing is cooler than putting on my headset, popping in Skate, and playing with Wesley, even though Wesley is currently 400 miles away. We can chat, share photos, watch the same movie, show off our avatars...it is so cool. You don't even need a credit card, so Microsoft doesn't do that stupid thing where they keep charging you for Xbox Live if you don't cancel it. It just runs out on its own and waits for you to put in another code.
The awesome idea me and Wes have is to get rid of the immensely crappy TV we have down there in the clubhouse, and get a really really nice 19-inch, HDTV flatscreen with built-in DVD player. I'll get a picture. Hold on.
We're also going to get an AWESOME Imac G4. It looks so cool! I'll get a picture for that too.
Anyway, we'll have that stuff in our clubhouse this summer. I'm going to save all my money. I have a paper route, and also I'm selling stuff on Ebay and Half.com.
Half.com and Ebay
Nana gave me about eighty books to sell on Half.com. I'm even going to get a little bit of the money. I just put them on YESTERDAY, and already I've sold four books! Selling is fun!
Ebay is the same story, except I'm going to sell some golfclubs and stuff like that on ebay. I'll get some of that money too. Cool, huh?
Last in the line is the fact that we moved our computer. It's so much better than being in the family room. We moved it into the living room. Now whenever you're using the computer, you don't need to use headphones because someone's watching TV. It's really peaceful, and really nice. I love it.
Well, I guess I've been writing a lot, so, until next time:
*bows*
*curtains close*
Monday, January 19, 2009
Email I sent To Wesley just Now
Well, here it is.
Dear Wesling,
Well, papa's funeral was yesterday... it sucked, as would be expected. Not the funeral itself so much, but the fact that Papa is, well, dead. My dad spoke at one point, and I got that in camera. I think I'll edit it and maybe post it on youtube so you can see it. in it you can hear your Mom laughing really loud because she was right next to me, lol.
Anyway, i saw him...and he didn't look like Papa. His skin was like covered with wax or something and he was wearing a suit. I was like, who gets to have the job of putting the suit on a dead body?
Because that would be totally creepy. Oh, one more thing. Caleb's family showed up, but THANK GOD caleb didn't come, because I really hate him.
In the latest Xbox 360 News, a young man named Eli Taylor has taken the liberty of sending his Xbox 360 off to be fixed. Authorities say that the dreaded Red Ring Of Death was the cause of the 360's failure.
"You know what? I paid over 500 dollars for this stuff! Seriously! I have 15 games, 2 controllers, Xbox Live, A carrying case, and the 360. I did NOT PAY OVER 500 STINKIN DOLLARS TO HAVE MY 360 DIE!!!! ********&*^*(&^^&*%^(*&%&^%*%^&%&*^!&*!! URGJGHG!!!&*^*," Eli said. His family declined comment.
"This really sucks," says Wesley Wittekiend, Eli's long-term friend, cousin, and eater of cheerios at midnight. "I mean, come on! He has all these great games, but of course he gets the RROD. that just sucks. like a vacuum."
Microsoft, the apprerent culprit of the red ring, delcined comment.
lol, sorry if that was a little weird, but oh well.
Anway, i sent my 360 off on Friday, and it's monday today.
Wish we luck!!! HAWHAW
From Ellie/Bob Himself/ Head Jimbo/ Eggnog/ Senator Crigzoo
Dear Wesling,
Well, papa's funeral was yesterday... it sucked, as would be expected. Not the funeral itself so much, but the fact that Papa is, well, dead. My dad spoke at one point, and I got that in camera. I think I'll edit it and maybe post it on youtube so you can see it. in it you can hear your Mom laughing really loud because she was right next to me, lol.
Anyway, i saw him...and he didn't look like Papa. His skin was like covered with wax or something and he was wearing a suit. I was like, who gets to have the job of putting the suit on a dead body?
Because that would be totally creepy. Oh, one more thing. Caleb's family showed up, but THANK GOD caleb didn't come, because I really hate him.
In the latest Xbox 360 News, a young man named Eli Taylor has taken the liberty of sending his Xbox 360 off to be fixed. Authorities say that the dreaded Red Ring Of Death was the cause of the 360's failure.
"You know what? I paid over 500 dollars for this stuff! Seriously! I have 15 games, 2 controllers, Xbox Live, A carrying case, and the 360. I did NOT PAY OVER 500 STINKIN DOLLARS TO HAVE MY 360 DIE!!!! ********&*^*(&^^&*%^(*&%&^%*%^&%&*^!&*!! URGJGHG!!!&*^*," Eli said. His family declined comment.
"This really sucks," says Wesley Wittekiend, Eli's long-term friend, cousin, and eater of cheerios at midnight. "I mean, come on! He has all these great games, but of course he gets the RROD. that just sucks. like a vacuum."
Microsoft, the apprerent culprit of the red ring, delcined comment.
lol, sorry if that was a little weird, but oh well.
Anway, i sent my 360 off on Friday, and it's monday today.
Wish we luck!!! HAWHAW
From Ellie/Bob Himself/ Head Jimbo/ Eggnog/ Senator Crigzoo
Friday, October 17, 2008
eBay
I have become quite an entrepreneur. My eBay exploits have me rolling around gaily in a mound of cash, so that I can FINALLY buy something that I want. My birthday helped too, as I recieived about 60 dollars and other items that I wanted but would have to buy if I didn't get them for my birthday. My latest invesment has been in an Xbox 360 for 150.00, and I still have around 90 in cash. Of course, I'm still selling stuff on eBay. Recently I have sold a pokemon game, my iPod classic, and 7 sports games, and I'm planning to sell a few more. eBay is basically one big "COME HERE AND MAKE MONEY" oppertunity if you know how to use it, which I suppose I do. All you do, see, is take something that you have that is pretty valuable (e.g. iPod), decide if the money you will receive is worth it, and then price the item about 10 dollars lower than anyone else. My Ipod sold in around 3 hours using this method for $150.00. I have plenty of stuff, and all I have to do is sell it. The pokemon game, for example, was totally useless to me, as I sold my gameboy advance a long time ago, but It brought me $15.00 more dollars. See? Simple. Right now I'm in the process of putting my Lego Y-Wing on eBay, and that's one of my favorite parts. To make something sell, you must learn the nuances first. First, make sure you have every item and accessory, because if it's a complete package, the item will sell for more. Take a picture of the item in person, because most people use "stock" photos, so a homemade picture will catch the eye. Do some research, and price the item a bit lower than anyone else. For the description, try to make it sound as good as possible. Include terms like Grade A, Comes from Smoke Free/Pet Free home (that is, if you really don't have any pets or smoke), 100% guarantee, and if the item is 150.00 or so, FREE (putting free in capital always captures the eye) shipping. That's what I did, and now I have an Xbox 360 with money to spare.
I hope these tips helped.
I hope these tips helped.
Friday, September 26, 2008
Library contest
I entered to win 100 dollars. I'm supposed to tell what the library means to me.
There are several different types of Page people: Flippers, Scrutinizers, Rippers, and Turners. Now, the Flippers are not my type; they skim the book, miss at least one or two crucial sections, and close the book with the illusion of a job well done. Scrutinizers prefer non-fiction books, so they can get as close to the book as possible (literally), gorge themselves with information, and then lean back feeling rather ill, not even able to finish. Rippers are usually under the age of 3, and their favorite pastime is ripping pages out of the book and then stuffing them inside the peanut butter jar, or something similar. Turners, of course, are the real deal. Hardcore veterans of books, they pay close attention to what they are reading and enjoy it aggressively (if that’s possible). You can meet all these characters at a place I like to call the library.
The library is all books’ home, headquarters, and place to cry if they don’t get checked out enough. It perfectly bridges the gap between authors and readers. Readers are eager to read all kinds of books by the authors, but how do you think that happens? The authors don’t have time to drive to Texas because someone wants to read one of their books. So, they send them to the library. If the book you would like to read isn’t at the library, the librarians will simply call it in from another branch. All you need to check out books is a library card, and it’s even free! I laugh out loud. Who needs TV now?
Libraries are very pleasant places in my experience, and one thing that makes them so is the librarians. This kind species of Homo Sapiens are usually recognized by their flowing, silvery hair and eagerness to check out your book for you. Without them, the library could not exist.
All this means a lot to me. It’s great to have a quiet place where I can read, learn, and enter contests. The librarians at my library are extremely nice, making it as much of a treat to check the book out as it is to read it. Books mean a lot to me because they have no battery power, no “plans” (two books per month; after that, 10 cents per book), and they are portable, almost never wear out, and hold detailed worlds. The library means so much to me because it is the place where I can get these worlds, hold them in my hands, pull out a card (NOT a credit card, as is the case so often today), and take them home to enjoy. To put it even more simply, my library rocks!
There are several different types of Page people: Flippers, Scrutinizers, Rippers, and Turners. Now, the Flippers are not my type; they skim the book, miss at least one or two crucial sections, and close the book with the illusion of a job well done. Scrutinizers prefer non-fiction books, so they can get as close to the book as possible (literally), gorge themselves with information, and then lean back feeling rather ill, not even able to finish. Rippers are usually under the age of 3, and their favorite pastime is ripping pages out of the book and then stuffing them inside the peanut butter jar, or something similar. Turners, of course, are the real deal. Hardcore veterans of books, they pay close attention to what they are reading and enjoy it aggressively (if that’s possible). You can meet all these characters at a place I like to call the library.
The library is all books’ home, headquarters, and place to cry if they don’t get checked out enough. It perfectly bridges the gap between authors and readers. Readers are eager to read all kinds of books by the authors, but how do you think that happens? The authors don’t have time to drive to Texas because someone wants to read one of their books. So, they send them to the library. If the book you would like to read isn’t at the library, the librarians will simply call it in from another branch. All you need to check out books is a library card, and it’s even free! I laugh out loud. Who needs TV now?
Libraries are very pleasant places in my experience, and one thing that makes them so is the librarians. This kind species of Homo Sapiens are usually recognized by their flowing, silvery hair and eagerness to check out your book for you. Without them, the library could not exist.
All this means a lot to me. It’s great to have a quiet place where I can read, learn, and enter contests. The librarians at my library are extremely nice, making it as much of a treat to check the book out as it is to read it. Books mean a lot to me because they have no battery power, no “plans” (two books per month; after that, 10 cents per book), and they are portable, almost never wear out, and hold detailed worlds. The library means so much to me because it is the place where I can get these worlds, hold them in my hands, pull out a card (NOT a credit card, as is the case so often today), and take them home to enjoy. To put it even more simply, my library rocks!
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
*Sigh*
Well, school started. It's not as bad as it could be, however, because I'm homeschooled this year. Lately I've been making a lot of skateboard videos. I can do a lot of stuff now, including jump a 4 stair. My skateboard is almost nonexistent now, so I'm kinda REALLY hoping that I'll get a skateboard for my birthday. Otherwise I wouldn't have one.
Also, sometime this year I'm building a mini-ramp in the backyard. My dad and I made an agreement that he would pay $200 and I would pay $200. I love mini-ramps. My friend Caleb and I also came up with the cool idea that we could put 2 speakers at each end of the ramp, and blast loud music while skating. Sounds fun to me. Also, I'm saving up for an Xbox 360, and I have like 20,000,000,000,000 games that I want to get, so that should be fun.
That's about it for now.
Also, sometime this year I'm building a mini-ramp in the backyard. My dad and I made an agreement that he would pay $200 and I would pay $200. I love mini-ramps. My friend Caleb and I also came up with the cool idea that we could put 2 speakers at each end of the ramp, and blast loud music while skating. Sounds fun to me. Also, I'm saving up for an Xbox 360, and I have like 20,000,000,000,000 games that I want to get, so that should be fun.
That's about it for now.
Friday, August 1, 2008
Skateboarding Update
Welll, now I can do tuns of stuf on my skateboard. I can do a kickflip, varial, pop shuv-it, shuv-it, nollie shuv-it, heelflip, boneless, and all that fakie. Hopefully I'm getting a new board for my birthday. I will now dissolve into a blob of skateboard technical jargon to amuse myself. The stuff I'm getting is:
Probably Zero, Zoo York, or maybe Element. Of course I'll shoot for either 7.5 or 7.62, prefferably a helium. I could ask for a Thomas Life And Death, or maybe a Reflection 2 (7.62). The third possibility is a Brent Atchley Breakin' from Element-it's helium! (forward ever, backward never). My favorite trucks I think would be Destructos (Mid 5.0 is best), either Silver/Green, or 24 Karat Gold trucks, which would be my first choice because that's AWESOME! I guess if the Trust wouldn't work either, though, I could just get 6.0. I want Chris Cole 52mm, since I'm street, although I ride ramps, too, so I could go anywhere from 50-55. I want Bones Bearings, so I'll probably get those. And I want caution griptape. So that's my board.
Probably Zero, Zoo York, or maybe Element. Of course I'll shoot for either 7.5 or 7.62, prefferably a helium. I could ask for a Thomas Life And Death, or maybe a Reflection 2 (7.62). The third possibility is a Brent Atchley Breakin' from Element-it's helium! (forward ever, backward never). My favorite trucks I think would be Destructos (Mid 5.0 is best), either Silver/Green, or 24 Karat Gold trucks, which would be my first choice because that's AWESOME! I guess if the Trust wouldn't work either, though, I could just get 6.0. I want Chris Cole 52mm, since I'm street, although I ride ramps, too, so I could go anywhere from 50-55. I want Bones Bearings, so I'll probably get those. And I want caution griptape. So that's my board.
Sunday, July 27, 2008
Ollies
I LOVE OLLIE'S!
We went there today. We had lots of fun. I fell four times. They were big falls. My mom came to watch me, and she really enjoyed it so it all worked out. Afterwards, we made the traditional trip to the best Skyline ever, and I ate a lot. At Ollie's you get to skate for two hours, but it felt like two minutes. It always does. Anyway, hopefully we get to go next weekend too. That's when the Johnses are coming. I love it when the Johnses come. We always have lots of fun, what with video games, food, video games, skateparks, video games, capture the flag, and video games. I can't wait for them to come.
We went there today. We had lots of fun. I fell four times. They were big falls. My mom came to watch me, and she really enjoyed it so it all worked out. Afterwards, we made the traditional trip to the best Skyline ever, and I ate a lot. At Ollie's you get to skate for two hours, but it felt like two minutes. It always does. Anyway, hopefully we get to go next weekend too. That's when the Johnses are coming. I love it when the Johnses come. We always have lots of fun, what with video games, food, video games, skateparks, video games, capture the flag, and video games. I can't wait for them to come.
Saturday, July 19, 2008
Swag Bucks
So there's this thing I found called swag bucks. You use the swag bucks search engine instead of google or whatever and you win 1-5 swag bucks per day just searching for stuff. If you get enough you can trade them in for games or consoles or just about anything. It's pretty cool, and there are like 40 different sites for different bands. It's fun winning too!
Friday, July 18, 2008
Awesome Games For The 360
Fallout 3 for the 360 is post-apocalyptic Washington D.C. You have cool weapons, cool vehicles, and cool armor. You go around shooting bad guys.
It looks AWESOME!
http://fallout.bethsoft.com/eng/home/home.php?fbid=BO1o3B
http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/889/889757p1.html
I'll edit this tmorrow.
It looks AWESOME!
http://fallout.bethsoft.com/eng/home/home.php?fbid=BO1o3B
http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/889/889757p1.html
I'll edit this tmorrow.
XBOX 360!!!
IS SO COOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
For a complete overview of the xbox 360 and xbox live (the online experience), go to this link and watch the 90 minute press conference.
http://www.gamespot.com/video/950899/6194182/videoplayerpop?rgroup=e32008_live&tag=video_main%3bwatch%3b2
Or I can tell you about it.
The 360 has great games, incredible graphics, the most comfortable controllers, and of course, the customizable faceplate. But the really neat thing is Xbox Live. It's the online experience. On xbox live, you can play with your friends online against each other, even if they're halfway across the country. You can have a party, invite 8 of your friends, and then share photos, play games, listen to music, video chat, AIM, watch cable, or watch a movie. You can put all your media-music, dvds, photos, and of course games-right on the 360 and then use it. You can also pay extra to watch movies right off the built-in rental service, and if you subscribe to Netflix, you can watch unlimited movies for free! Coming this fall, Live will have many new updates such as new arcade games and game shows, an updated interface, and more TV and movies. Coming in fall your 360 will have a personal avatar where you can change its clothes, hair, and face. Live will also be real time, so when it's winter, the latest clothes will be mostly oriented to winter. Now, that doesn't matter, but it's SO COOL.
I'm getting an Xbox 360 and Xbox Live as fast as I can can. I'll buy a refurbished one, so the total cost will be $330, in case you were wondering.
I can't wait.
For a complete overview of the xbox 360 and xbox live (the online experience), go to this link and watch the 90 minute press conference.
http://www.gamespot.com/video/950899/6194182/videoplayerpop?rgroup=e32008_live&tag=video_main%3bwatch%3b2
Or I can tell you about it.
The 360 has great games, incredible graphics, the most comfortable controllers, and of course, the customizable faceplate. But the really neat thing is Xbox Live. It's the online experience. On xbox live, you can play with your friends online against each other, even if they're halfway across the country. You can have a party, invite 8 of your friends, and then share photos, play games, listen to music, video chat, AIM, watch cable, or watch a movie. You can put all your media-music, dvds, photos, and of course games-right on the 360 and then use it. You can also pay extra to watch movies right off the built-in rental service, and if you subscribe to Netflix, you can watch unlimited movies for free! Coming this fall, Live will have many new updates such as new arcade games and game shows, an updated interface, and more TV and movies. Coming in fall your 360 will have a personal avatar where you can change its clothes, hair, and face. Live will also be real time, so when it's winter, the latest clothes will be mostly oriented to winter. Now, that doesn't matter, but it's SO COOL.
I'm getting an Xbox 360 and Xbox Live as fast as I can can. I'll buy a refurbished one, so the total cost will be $330, in case you were wondering.
I can't wait.
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
Basketball Incident
Well, we had a spat with Valerie today. (Joel and I) Valerie was playing basketball, and so we all decided we had been on the TV and computer for enough centuries and should see the light of day again, so, led by me, we all went outside and asked if Valerie would play knockout with us. She said yes. We played a round with the basket as high as it would go, and then I said that we should lower it because I was having a hard time making a shot. As I recall, I walked over to the basket, and started to lower the basket as an example (i.e. How's this, Val?). At the risk of sounding favorable to myself, Valerie didn't listen to me, and instead stalked off (hey, I'm trying to be objective here) down the street, proclaiming, as though Paul Revere would that fateful night, "I'm not playing with the basket that low! I'm not playing with the basket that low!" Of course, her and Paul Revere are a bit different. For instance, there was the absence of the horse......
Angry because I viewed her as being Mean, Mad and COMPLETELY unreasonable, I tried to turn it into a favorable situation. After griping a bit, I continued playing a game with Joel and Anna-Jessie that was incredibly fun. Anna-Jessie left after a little bit, though. I talked to her later and discovered she was feeling left out. (Well, you could have told me that! :) Anyway, Valerie came back and demanded that we give her the basket back. Now, to me, i don't know whether I should have given it to her or not. Anyway, I explained, as calmly as possible, that she had left and we were in the middle of a game, and she could practice after the game. She wouldn't have it, and stood behind the basket so that she could move it up and down and disrupt our game. I don't really remember what happened after that, but what I'm making up about it is that it was a contest, and she was really more interested in winning than practicing. Anyway, I finally decided that trying to shoot baskets at a moving hoop wasn't any fun, so I said, let's see, exact words:
"Joel, Val needs to practice, so let's respect her wishes and go inside"
Ugh, that sounded like a goody-two-shoes. Well, that's about what I said.
Anyway, Joel told me to give him the ball because he wanted to keep shooting, so I went inside.
The End.
Angry because I viewed her as being Mean, Mad and COMPLETELY unreasonable, I tried to turn it into a favorable situation. After griping a bit, I continued playing a game with Joel and Anna-Jessie that was incredibly fun. Anna-Jessie left after a little bit, though. I talked to her later and discovered she was feeling left out. (Well, you could have told me that! :) Anyway, Valerie came back and demanded that we give her the basket back. Now, to me, i don't know whether I should have given it to her or not. Anyway, I explained, as calmly as possible, that she had left and we were in the middle of a game, and she could practice after the game. She wouldn't have it, and stood behind the basket so that she could move it up and down and disrupt our game. I don't really remember what happened after that, but what I'm making up about it is that it was a contest, and she was really more interested in winning than practicing. Anyway, I finally decided that trying to shoot baskets at a moving hoop wasn't any fun, so I said, let's see, exact words:
"Joel, Val needs to practice, so let's respect her wishes and go inside"
Ugh, that sounded like a goody-two-shoes. Well, that's about what I said.
Anyway, Joel told me to give him the ball because he wanted to keep shooting, so I went inside.
The End.
Monday, June 2, 2008
Skate Update
So I get my skates, but the first day I wear them I don't wear long socks. So the skates rub against my legs, creating a thing a ma bobber that really hurts my leg. So I can't wear them. Yay nothing.
Thursday, May 15, 2008
Aggressive Skates
Today I'm ordering aggressive skates, which are, for those of you that don't know, rollerblades in a hugely upgraded version, including things like luxurious boots, fast bearings, and grindplates. For those of you that don't know, the grindplate is the place on the skate where you can grind. The bearings are what make your wheels stay on. The boot is the thing where you put your foot. For those of you that don't know what a foot is...I'm kidding, I'm kidding. Anyway, they're only $130.00. That's not very much considering most are around $200.00 and some can go for $300.00. They're my first pair, and I'm very excited I'm getting them because I've had rec skates for the past lifetime and I really need aggressive skates if I'm going to go any further. Grinds add a whole new dimension of tricks to it, you see. Anyway, here's a picture.
AREN'T THEY KEWL????????????
I'm getting the black n red ones. To quote London Tipton, "YAY ME!"
AREN'T THEY KEWL????????????I'm getting the black n red ones. To quote London Tipton, "YAY ME!"
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
The John(ses)
On Saturday we went to the Johns'. They are longtime friends of ours. My mom knew them before any of us were born. Anyway, they have six kids: Aden, Issac, Judah, Jacob, Haley, and Micah. Micah is 15 or something. Jacob is 9, I think, and Haley is 12. I'm older though, HAHA. We usually hang out with Micah in his basement playing video games all day, but on Saturday we only played Guitar Hero 17.6 hours, compared to the usual 25. Actually, Joel played. I didn't. It was a beautiful day, and the atmosphere was cheerful. First I did some card tricks for Micah. he loved them. Then we went outside in Micah's HUGE backyard and played capture-the-flag all day. We used Frisbees (TM) for flags. It was really fun. Some friends of Jacob's, Kevin and...Kenneth, came over too, but they had to leave to go see Iron Man. Then Valerie wanted to go see it, and Micah agreed, and of course Joel agreed, but it stopped at 14. No one 12 and under wanted to go. I didn't want to because I knew we could go see Iron Man anytime, and we could empathetically NOT play capture-the-flag anytime, at least not with the Johns. So I talked to Mom and Dad, and they changed their minds about us going. As you might expect, Valerie turned into a Volcano, Earthquake, Tornado, and pig (same sounds) all in one. Fearing I was going to be assaulted, I set up a defense. It was effective. The strategy was essentially staying away from her. Surprisingly and...Goodly, she didn't keep it up long, and we went back to capture-the-flag. That didn't last long, because for one we were going to have a campfire, and for two Micah told me he had firecrackers. Excited at the prospect of effectively blowing random dirt off the face of the planet, I told him we should blow them up immediately. We went outside, just the two of us, although of course with 11 kids that arrangement couldn't last long, and lay down some firecrackers. Micah had a box of "250 freaking matches...heck, let's overdo it" and the fuses on the firecrackers apparently burned down too fast for close-up straight lighting. Not wanting to risk the arrangement of my current anatomy, I assisted with the match-path that was to be laid down. Micah tore a piece of paper plate off and set it down touching the matches, then lit it. We watched it until the last second and then ran off, giggling furiously with the thrill of explosions. It went off, and as we examined the small crater-the result of said firecracker- I, or possibly Micah, came up with the idea that we should bury at least three in the ground, creating a larger hole. Larger holes are always good. After experimenting with that for a bit, I can remember a specific scene that always brings a smile to my face. Micah was just putting down an especially huge match trail, while I observed. Glancing about, I caught sight of a worm writhing around in the dirt and had a brainstorm.
"Micah!' I cackled. "A worm!"
Being the expert that he was, Micah caught my drift immediately. Letting out some cackles of his own, he grabbed the doomed worm and placed it in the small hole he had created, sounded by three firecrackers. This time I was allowed to light the plate. As it burned down, the evil laughter that escaped us could have stunned a pig. We ran back, expecting at any moment to see tiny bits of worm flying everywhere and ready to duck. The firecrackers went off with a loud, satisfying BANG and we ran over to the scene.
The worm was gone. As in, completely eviscerated. I suggested to Micah that we should invent a tiny indestructible camera to catch the carnage on a thrilling bite-size screen. Not to say that seeing the absence of the worm wasn't fun, but suggestions are healthy. The rest of the day, we hunted for things in the creek, hoping to catch a spider or maybe even a crawdad, if we were lucky. None appeared, yet right as we had to leave we found two more worms, with the help of Valerie. We deposited the find in a plastic bottle and (yes, plastic) set it into the intended firing zone, wrapped pieces of printing paper around it, of course with the two worms and the rest of Micah's firecrackers inside, and lit the paper. Standing back and not wanting to keel over dead on the spot from the toxins released, I couldn't see much. However, the bottle made a crunching sound, just as if somebody was using their hands to crumple it. Again, the same story. We walked over to the bottle and peered inside. No worms. They couldn't have escaped, as we put a cap on it, so again they had forcefully evaporated into the air. I wondered who was breathing in eviscerated worm at the moment, but decided not to mention it. As we left, we made plans for the 4th of July. Now, that's what I call fun.
"Micah!' I cackled. "A worm!"
Being the expert that he was, Micah caught my drift immediately. Letting out some cackles of his own, he grabbed the doomed worm and placed it in the small hole he had created, sounded by three firecrackers. This time I was allowed to light the plate. As it burned down, the evil laughter that escaped us could have stunned a pig. We ran back, expecting at any moment to see tiny bits of worm flying everywhere and ready to duck. The firecrackers went off with a loud, satisfying BANG and we ran over to the scene.
The worm was gone. As in, completely eviscerated. I suggested to Micah that we should invent a tiny indestructible camera to catch the carnage on a thrilling bite-size screen. Not to say that seeing the absence of the worm wasn't fun, but suggestions are healthy. The rest of the day, we hunted for things in the creek, hoping to catch a spider or maybe even a crawdad, if we were lucky. None appeared, yet right as we had to leave we found two more worms, with the help of Valerie. We deposited the find in a plastic bottle and (yes, plastic) set it into the intended firing zone, wrapped pieces of printing paper around it, of course with the two worms and the rest of Micah's firecrackers inside, and lit the paper. Standing back and not wanting to keel over dead on the spot from the toxins released, I couldn't see much. However, the bottle made a crunching sound, just as if somebody was using their hands to crumple it. Again, the same story. We walked over to the bottle and peered inside. No worms. They couldn't have escaped, as we put a cap on it, so again they had forcefully evaporated into the air. I wondered who was breathing in eviscerated worm at the moment, but decided not to mention it. As we left, we made plans for the 4th of July. Now, that's what I call fun.
Monday, May 12, 2008
Stuff
Today is Monday. Yesterday I sold my gameboy. It went for a lot higher than I thought it would go (on eBay). It started at 1o dollars and I thought if I was lucky I would get maybe 20 dollars. My mom thought 12. Well, it went for 20 until 6 seconds before the auction ended, and suddenly it said 31.00. So I really hit it big, especially since I never paid for it in the first place. So...yay. Another thing is mom owes me 22 dollars. She also owes me for the gameboy, so she owes me 53 dollars. She also will owe me after today. Usually she pays us about twelve for taking care of Kepler, so she will owe about 65 dollars. Good Bicep! And, of course, my paper route money amounts to about 60 dollars, so at the end of today I should have about 125 dollars. I already have 70, so I will have almost 200 dollars! yay!
Another thing that happened was Mother's Day. We all had tons of fun picking out Mom's presents. At first, we got her windchimes that are AWESOME and make really pretty sounds. She loved them. I wanted to get her something just from me, too, so I looked at a clock that looked like a flipflop. Valerie shot down that idea. "Eeeelliiii, Mom is trying to declutter the house!" Sigh.
But it was good because then we went to JC Penney's. While the others looked at pajamas, I wandered off and found the softest blankets EVER! Literally! In fact, I loved them so much I decided to get one for myself as well as one for Mom. Turns out I made a good choice. I gave mom a blue one and got myself a brown one, like chocolate. They are SO NICE.
Anyway, yesterday was great.
Another thing that happened was Mother's Day. We all had tons of fun picking out Mom's presents. At first, we got her windchimes that are AWESOME and make really pretty sounds. She loved them. I wanted to get her something just from me, too, so I looked at a clock that looked like a flipflop. Valerie shot down that idea. "Eeeelliiii, Mom is trying to declutter the house!" Sigh.
But it was good because then we went to JC Penney's. While the others looked at pajamas, I wandered off and found the softest blankets EVER! Literally! In fact, I loved them so much I decided to get one for myself as well as one for Mom. Turns out I made a good choice. I gave mom a blue one and got myself a brown one, like chocolate. They are SO NICE.
Anyway, yesterday was great.
Monday, May 5, 2008
I am magic
I know like, seven billion card tricks. The worst one is where I lay out four cards and you pick a card in your mind and I tell you what it is. It stinks because it relies entirely on luck.
The next two tricks are where I show you four kings, put them on the top, put one on bottom, two in middle, and leave one on top, then cut the deck and they're all back together. Yay. The second one is basically the same, only with three aces. The third one is where you pick the top two cards off the deck, and then memorize and put them intro the middle, and I throw the cards into the air and I'm holding the cards you just had. It's pretty awesome.
Yet another card trick is where I have a ziplock bag and you pick a card, then put it into the middle. I shuffle and then drop the cards onto the plastic bag. I push down hard, and when I slide all the cards off yours is in the bag. That's one of the best. And then, of course, I have one of the best ones that I just learned. I fan the cards out, you pick one out halfway, I take all cards off the top of it so it's on the top, push it back down, take the top card off and put it down, put the rest on the deck, put the card back in the middle anywhere, shuffle, shuffle, shuffle, spread the cards out, and your card is revealed because it's on a different side then the others. TAH DA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!111!!!11
The next two tricks are where I show you four kings, put them on the top, put one on bottom, two in middle, and leave one on top, then cut the deck and they're all back together. Yay. The second one is basically the same, only with three aces. The third one is where you pick the top two cards off the deck, and then memorize and put them intro the middle, and I throw the cards into the air and I'm holding the cards you just had. It's pretty awesome.
Yet another card trick is where I have a ziplock bag and you pick a card, then put it into the middle. I shuffle and then drop the cards onto the plastic bag. I push down hard, and when I slide all the cards off yours is in the bag. That's one of the best. And then, of course, I have one of the best ones that I just learned. I fan the cards out, you pick one out halfway, I take all cards off the top of it so it's on the top, push it back down, take the top card off and put it down, put the rest on the deck, put the card back in the middle anywhere, shuffle, shuffle, shuffle, spread the cards out, and your card is revealed because it's on a different side then the others. TAH DA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!111!!!11
Friday, May 2, 2008
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Searched for HAW HAW HAW on the internet today and this was the first image that came up.
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Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Latest Updates
Well, for one thing, (shrug) I guess it's not very intersting. But I guess I'll take the time to bore you anyway, since I'm sick and all.
Anyway, I just learned to levitate.
Okay, I understand...go ahead and yawn, roll your eyes, even send up a few snores from the old epiglottis-pit.
If you want to be like this guy, it's perfectly okay. I mean, I told him, and he was just knocked-out. And look at that blanket...not even comfortable! It takes real talent to tell someone that you can levitate and make it so boring that they fall asleep with an uncomfortable blanket and snores as loud as an elephant's trumpet, long enough so you can take a boring picture and post it on your blog. That happened to me. Now, before I get any questions on who this guy is, I'll clear it up. He's my cousin-in-law 467 times removed.
Now that we have that cleared up, I'll post a picture of me levitating that will probably turn of the electricity as well as your heads.
*Taken by my assissant, AjksdfjknnjjjA Jsdfkledljsskfjsikdjle Tkdlkaflakydksaldfsdfoasdsr, who's from Gaudi-Arabia.
I'll leave you to figure out how I did that. Google is off-limits.
Anyway, I just learned to levitate.
Okay, I understand...go ahead and yawn, roll your eyes, even send up a few snores from the old epiglottis-pit.
If you want to be like this guy, it's perfectly okay. I mean, I told him, and he was just knocked-out. And look at that blanket...not even comfortable! It takes real talent to tell someone that you can levitate and make it so boring that they fall asleep with an uncomfortable blanket and snores as loud as an elephant's trumpet, long enough so you can take a boring picture and post it on your blog. That happened to me. Now, before I get any questions on who this guy is, I'll clear it up. He's my cousin-in-law 467 times removed.
Now that we have that cleared up, I'll post a picture of me levitating that will probably turn of the electricity as well as your heads.
*Taken by my assissant, AjksdfjknnjjjA Jsdfkledljsskfjsikdjle Tkdlkaflakydksaldfsdfoasdsr, who's from Gaudi-Arabia.
I'll leave you to figure out how I did that. Google is off-limits.
Friday, April 25, 2008
The Bookshelf
So I was cleaning up the house today and straightned the bookshelf. It was a mess. Pictures are good, so here ya go.
Before: (may require a 90 degree head turn)
After:
General schoolbooks on the top, Anna-Jessie's schoolbooks on the right on the second shelf, mine on the left; Kepler's library books on the left on the third shelf, non-library books on the right; library books on the fourth shelf; miscellaneous on the fifth. Good, eh?
Before: (may require a 90 degree head turn)
After:
General schoolbooks on the top, Anna-Jessie's schoolbooks on the right on the second shelf, mine on the left; Kepler's library books on the left on the third shelf, non-library books on the right; library books on the fourth shelf; miscellaneous on the fifth. Good, eh?
Thursday, April 24, 2008
myPod update
Recently I was trying to make my ipod get free music (sliiightly illegial, i guess) and came across this thing called Floofa. Apparently it allows you to get music from any computer, Windows or Mac. Naturally excited by this prospect, I set down and began not knowing what I was doing. When Floofa was opened, it told me to put in an ipod fwid. I went back to the page where it told you how to use it, and nothing was there. So, I just pushed KO, or OK. Same thing. I would-be ominous message appeared on the monitor:
"Completing this action may result in data loss."
Having seen this certain message thousands of times before, and with Joel's verbal push, "Press OK," I casually pressed OK, not bothering to contemplate what might happen if 65 gigabytes of *stuff* was deleted, and it was my fault. Well, everything got deleted. EVERYTHING.
To give a helpful push to the imagination and show it how monumental this loss really was, I will provide a "before" and "after"picture.
Before:
A blissful herd of MPTurkeys
After:
A desolate desert room iPod thingie.
Thankfully, I was able to get my hundreds of songs, thousands of podcasts, and lots of movies back on my iPod. However, I lost about 80 dollars of files, so bleh.
Only 13.7 Gigabytes left! (out of 80)
"Completing this action may result in data loss."
Having seen this certain message thousands of times before, and with Joel's verbal push, "Press OK," I casually pressed OK, not bothering to contemplate what might happen if 65 gigabytes of *stuff* was deleted, and it was my fault. Well, everything got deleted. EVERYTHING.
To give a helpful push to the imagination and show it how monumental this loss really was, I will provide a "before" and "after"picture.
Before:
A blissful herd of MPTurkeysAfter:
A desolate desert room iPod thingie.Thankfully, I was able to get my hundreds of songs, thousands of podcasts, and lots of movies back on my iPod. However, I lost about 80 dollars of files, so bleh.
Only 13.7 Gigabytes left! (out of 80)
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
The Newport Aquarium
Yesterday (+Yesterday) we went to the Newport Aquarium. Needless to say, it was AWESOME with a capital Q.
I quote from my journal:
"Today I'm writing about us going to the Newport Aquarium last night for Earth Day. The Newport Aquarium is basically my favorite place to go. They have hundreds, undoubtedly thousands, of living creatures. When we came down the escalator there were a few tanks in a small circular area. In the middle of the are was a circular tank with a LOT of fish. One of the tanks had small purple and red fish, that looked like jewels. They were so colorful. After looking at the various tanks, we walked through a small tunnel where the ceiling and walls were made of glass, and we could see fish swimming over us. Past the tunnel, to our left, was a station where we could touch Horseshoe crabs, sea stars, crabs, and the odd mollusk. It was very cool. I touched the foot of mollusk, and some of it was really hard, and some of it was slimy.
After that, we examined a few more tanks before moving on. One of them contained mud skippers, fish that use their fins as legs. I spotted them.
Here are some pictures of mud skippers, although we (STUPIDLY) did not bring a camera and therefore I have no pictures of the trip.
Anyway,
After that we went into a large pirate ship-themed room with a GIGANTIC tank full of sharks, rays, turtles, and the smallest specimens, fish as big as Kepler.
The family in the picture isn't us, although the girl looking into the tank and leaning on the platform sure looks like Anna-Jessie...
We stayed for a long time, but we had to move on. After exiting that room, we traveled through another tunnel with lion fish and large puffer fish. Through that tunnel was a section called "Bizarre and Beautiful." The creatures in this section were, well, bizarre. And beautiful. In one tank resided sea cucumbers, odd things with no ears, eyes, mouth, or fins, and little yellow spots all over; all kinds of sea anemones, sea stars that were so exotic they almost looked fake, and sea urchins. Some were what you would expect to see: small, spiny things. But some were enormous, with spines a good six inches. We stayed at that one for a while.
At the next tank were really colorful fish with oddly tattered tails, blue and black.. or should I say black and blue? One of the most fascinating things that I somehow spotted was a small white crab, no bigger than a thimble, crouching amid a white sea anemone, camouflaged, waiting for prey to pass by. It was amazing. Unfortunately, we didn't bring the (CENSORED) camera.
The next tank held two small brown-dotted eels poking out of the ground, and that was it for Bizarre and Beautiful.
The next section was entitled "Dangerous and Deadly," and had a picture of a giant squid on the wall. The picture was probably about as big as the front of a small mansion. To the right were tanks with dangerous and deadly things. The first exhibit was a four-foot-long eel, with 450 volts, enough to stun a horse! The next habitat held a lethal frog. At first I couldn't find it. What I was expecting was this:
What I finally saw was this:
Anyway, in the next tanks were mostly snakes. Mom didn't like them very much. Then we saw some turtles, and walked through a crocodile habitat, complete with a cabin. After we went through a seciton with three small cute baby otters curled up and fast asleep, despite the endless shrieking of birds, we entered the bird habitat though some cool black chains. I was more interested in the chains than the birds.
After that our expedition continued into a jellyfish section. One of the tanks had jellyfish with what looked like legs. They were amazing. We watched them for a while, but when Joel started to sing, "There's a light at the end of the tentacle," we left. Well, it wasn't just beacuse he started singing, but still.
Anyway, we left and walked through a tunnel where the tank took up most of the space, and it looked like we were the center of attention. At one point the floor was clear, so it was like standing in the water, which was extremely cool. At the end of the tunnel, we turned right and sat in a bubble that looked over the tank we had just walked through. After that, we petted sharks. It was cool. I made my arm quite wet. Anna-Jessie didn't want to pet them, but Mom and Dad made her. And would you believe it? She didn't die! The sharks didn't even bite her arm off!
After that, we got ice cream, walked quickly through a penguin exhibit (why didn't we stay there longer? I suppose, after petting sharks, it's a bit of an anticlimax), and left.
IT WAS AWESOME!
I quote from my journal:
"Today I'm writing about us going to the Newport Aquarium last night for Earth Day. The Newport Aquarium is basically my favorite place to go. They have hundreds, undoubtedly thousands, of living creatures. When we came down the escalator there were a few tanks in a small circular area. In the middle of the are was a circular tank with a LOT of fish. One of the tanks had small purple and red fish, that looked like jewels. They were so colorful. After looking at the various tanks, we walked through a small tunnel where the ceiling and walls were made of glass, and we could see fish swimming over us. Past the tunnel, to our left, was a station where we could touch Horseshoe crabs, sea stars, crabs, and the odd mollusk. It was very cool. I touched the foot of mollusk, and some of it was really hard, and some of it was slimy.
After that, we examined a few more tanks before moving on. One of them contained mud skippers, fish that use their fins as legs. I spotted them.
Here are some pictures of mud skippers, although we (STUPIDLY) did not bring a camera and therefore I have no pictures of the trip.
Anyway,
After that we went into a large pirate ship-themed room with a GIGANTIC tank full of sharks, rays, turtles, and the smallest specimens, fish as big as Kepler.
The family in the picture isn't us, although the girl looking into the tank and leaning on the platform sure looks like Anna-Jessie...
We stayed for a long time, but we had to move on. After exiting that room, we traveled through another tunnel with lion fish and large puffer fish. Through that tunnel was a section called "Bizarre and Beautiful." The creatures in this section were, well, bizarre. And beautiful. In one tank resided sea cucumbers, odd things with no ears, eyes, mouth, or fins, and little yellow spots all over; all kinds of sea anemones, sea stars that were so exotic they almost looked fake, and sea urchins. Some were what you would expect to see: small, spiny things. But some were enormous, with spines a good six inches. We stayed at that one for a while.
At the next tank were really colorful fish with oddly tattered tails, blue and black.. or should I say black and blue? One of the most fascinating things that I somehow spotted was a small white crab, no bigger than a thimble, crouching amid a white sea anemone, camouflaged, waiting for prey to pass by. It was amazing. Unfortunately, we didn't bring the (CENSORED) camera.
The next tank held two small brown-dotted eels poking out of the ground, and that was it for Bizarre and Beautiful.
The next section was entitled "Dangerous and Deadly," and had a picture of a giant squid on the wall. The picture was probably about as big as the front of a small mansion. To the right were tanks with dangerous and deadly things. The first exhibit was a four-foot-long eel, with 450 volts, enough to stun a horse! The next habitat held a lethal frog. At first I couldn't find it. What I was expecting was this:
What I finally saw was this:
Anyway, in the next tanks were mostly snakes. Mom didn't like them very much. Then we saw some turtles, and walked through a crocodile habitat, complete with a cabin. After we went through a seciton with three small cute baby otters curled up and fast asleep, despite the endless shrieking of birds, we entered the bird habitat though some cool black chains. I was more interested in the chains than the birds.
After that our expedition continued into a jellyfish section. One of the tanks had jellyfish with what looked like legs. They were amazing. We watched them for a while, but when Joel started to sing, "There's a light at the end of the tentacle," we left. Well, it wasn't just beacuse he started singing, but still.
Anyway, we left and walked through a tunnel where the tank took up most of the space, and it looked like we were the center of attention. At one point the floor was clear, so it was like standing in the water, which was extremely cool. At the end of the tunnel, we turned right and sat in a bubble that looked over the tank we had just walked through. After that, we petted sharks. It was cool. I made my arm quite wet. Anna-Jessie didn't want to pet them, but Mom and Dad made her. And would you believe it? She didn't die! The sharks didn't even bite her arm off!
After that, we got ice cream, walked quickly through a penguin exhibit (why didn't we stay there longer? I suppose, after petting sharks, it's a bit of an anticlimax), and left.
IT WAS AWESOME!
Thursday, April 17, 2008
Exclusive Entrepreneural Exciting Indications Of An Insane Convict (With 1.6 lbs. of skin-toned plums)
Have you researched about the theoretical, or possibly empirical, nomothetic view of probabillstic causal outlooks?
I was promulgating my esoteric cogitations at a former residence of mine, and realized that articulating my sentimentalities and amicable philosophical observations, albeit platitudinous ponderosity, could result in clarified conciseness with coalescent consistency and concatenated cogency. Eschew, therefore, all asinine affectations with extemporaneous descantings, unpremeditated expatiations, and have intelligibility and veracious vivacity, without rodomontade or thrasonical bombast. Lastly, sedulously avoid all polysyllabic profundity, ventriloquial verbosity, and double-entendres.
10 bucks to someone who can tell me what that says.
I was promulgating my esoteric cogitations at a former residence of mine, and realized that articulating my sentimentalities and amicable philosophical observations, albeit platitudinous ponderosity, could result in clarified conciseness with coalescent consistency and concatenated cogency. Eschew, therefore, all asinine affectations with extemporaneous descantings, unpremeditated expatiations, and have intelligibility and veracious vivacity, without rodomontade or thrasonical bombast. Lastly, sedulously avoid all polysyllabic profundity, ventriloquial verbosity, and double-entendres.
10 bucks to someone who can tell me what that says.
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
AIO, BayBay!!!!
El oh el.
Adventures In Odyssey is a radio show that we listen to online. It consists of kids having problems and going to grandfatherly Mr. Whittaker, who runs his ice-cream shop "Whit's End" (El oh el). Sometimes it gets cheesy, because it can be rather unrealistic, but sometimes it's actually EXCITING, instead of the usual; "'Oh, Mr. Whittaker, should I let Johnny ride my bike on alternate Wednesdays?" "Well, Sally, let's look in the Bible to find that answer."
Inevitably, Johnny ends up riding the bike.
Of course, there's also the F.B.I. agent "Phillips," who, instead of using the more explicit side of language (example: ****! ***********! ARGH****! GET OUT OF THE WAY ****! *****!!), prefers the more domestic side, such as "Blast! Whittaker's darned gone!"
Of course, it is a kids' show, so this can be expected. However, the kids' limited intelligence begins to get tiresome sometimes. For instance, when Jimmy and Donna Barclay are given the responsibility of handling their own financial affairs, they ask in awe, "You mean we have to get jobs?"
"Yes, son, and you also have to buy your own food and pay for using the bathroom. Of course, you can always leave the house forever. You are now expected to handle everything yourself. Nothing is easy or free. You have huge responsibility. In fact, go paint the house so your former mother and I can watch some TV."
Yeah.
Anyway, despite the occasional cheesiness, Adventures In Odyssey is a wonderful show, and i definitely recommend it.
Adventures In Odyssey is a radio show that we listen to online. It consists of kids having problems and going to grandfatherly Mr. Whittaker, who runs his ice-cream shop "Whit's End" (El oh el). Sometimes it gets cheesy, because it can be rather unrealistic, but sometimes it's actually EXCITING, instead of the usual; "'Oh, Mr. Whittaker, should I let Johnny ride my bike on alternate Wednesdays?" "Well, Sally, let's look in the Bible to find that answer."
Inevitably, Johnny ends up riding the bike.
Of course, there's also the F.B.I. agent "Phillips," who, instead of using the more explicit side of language (example: ****! ***********! ARGH****! GET OUT OF THE WAY ****! *****!!), prefers the more domestic side, such as "Blast! Whittaker's darned gone!"
Of course, it is a kids' show, so this can be expected. However, the kids' limited intelligence begins to get tiresome sometimes. For instance, when Jimmy and Donna Barclay are given the responsibility of handling their own financial affairs, they ask in awe, "You mean we have to get jobs?"
"Yes, son, and you also have to buy your own food and pay for using the bathroom. Of course, you can always leave the house forever. You are now expected to handle everything yourself. Nothing is easy or free. You have huge responsibility. In fact, go paint the house so your former mother and I can watch some TV."
Yeah.
Anyway, despite the occasional cheesiness, Adventures In Odyssey is a wonderful show, and i definitely recommend it.
Sunday, April 13, 2008
AAAUUUUGGHHHH!!!
Tonight
Snow/Sleet
Lo 31°F
Freeze Warning
I STRONGLY DISLIKE rain/cold/snow. Especially when it's not supposed to happen! (this is spring. SPRING! well, yes, soft april showers, but it never said anything about COLDNESS AND SNOWNESS!
Two days I can't skateboard; today and tomorrow if it rains. That must be a record or something.
Snow/Sleet
Lo 31°F
Freeze Warning
I STRONGLY DISLIKE rain/cold/snow. Especially when it's not supposed to happen! (this is spring. SPRING! well, yes, soft april showers, but it never said anything about COLDNESS AND SNOWNESS!
Two days I can't skateboard; today and tomorrow if it rains. That must be a record or something.
Ollie's
Yesterday we went to Ollie's, the biggest indoor skatepark in the East U.S.A. It was about my fifth time there. Of course, besides a giant skatepark there's also a skateshop, albeit a small one. I always rollerblade at Ollie's instead of skateboard, beacause I'm much better at going down huge ramps and doing tricks rollerblading. I've only been skateboarding about 5 months and rollerblading for at least 4 years.
Anyway, here's a picture of my favorite skatepark ever:
Anyway, here's a picture of my favorite skatepark ever:
Friday, April 11, 2008
Yedderday Wuz Funn!
Yesterday my mom and I went to Kohl's and got a LOT of new clothes. I don't want to take pictures of them right now, but I'll put some on later. Anyway, I also got this T-I-N-Y skateboard that came with one of the shirts. It doesn't even have real griptape! It's just black paint with sand. And the trucks: you guessed it; plastic. Anyway, it's perfect for Kepler, and I can ride it, but i probably won't be replacing my regular board with it anytime soon.
Accomplishment Alert!
I can do a Shuv-it now! That's where you ollie and shove the skateboard so that it turns once (not you, just the skateboard) and you land on it. It's REALLY hard.
But I can do it.
Tuesday, April 8, 2008
New Accomplishment
I can do a 180 on my skateboard now!
It's hard, but i did it. Now I still need to work on my kickflip.
It's hard, but i did it. Now I still need to work on my kickflip.
Monday, April 7, 2008
Kep again
Here are some more cute pictures of Kepler when we went down to the basement today. He loves playing with soccer balls.
A couple of the other pictures are Kepler sleeping and at Easter looking for eggs. He likes to throw them.
A couple of the other pictures are Kepler sleeping and at Easter looking for eggs. He likes to throw them.
Cute Lil Keppers
At the moment Kepler is watching a VeggieTales movie, and he is SO CUTE!
Here are some pictures.
Here are some pictures.
Brekkie in Beddie
This morning I brought my sister breakfast in bed: scrambled eggs, toast, and water. She LOVED it. It feels so good to do something like that for somebody.
Well, my day is starting off right.
Well, my day is starting off right.
Sunday, April 6, 2008
Attack of The Jellyfish
Just remembered about a really interesting thing we learned on Friday, about these giant jellyfish that are invading Japan. Here's some links:
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/01/0119_060119_jellyfish.html
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article749446.ece
and here's a photo that was photo shopped:
http://www.mikefullerton.com/blog/content/binary/giant_jellyfish.jpg
At first I thought it was real, but the news say up to six feet in width (maybe it's length) and this jellyfish would be more like 30 feet.
Anyway, it's pretty interesting. The book we're reading is fascinating; it's called Swimming Creatures of the Fifth Day. You can buy it on Amazon, eBay, every site like that I expect.
As you might guess by the title, it's written by a Christian author. Our family happens to be of the same religion, so it worked well. The book repeatedly asks how all these animals could have evolved. For instance, fish have a faint line on the side of their bodies. This line is actually critical to their survival. Ever wondered how schools of fishes stay perfectly in sync? It's because the lines are kind of like their third eye; it can sense vibrations and so can stay with the other fish. I didn't explain it very well, but the book certainly can. I definitely recommend it to any homeschoolers. Here is an excerpt of the book.
http://www.christianbook.com/Christian/Books/product?item_no=337012&event=ENETP#curr
Aaaanyway, that's it. Just wanted to share that.
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/01/0119_060119_jellyfish.html
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article749446.ece
and here's a photo that was photo shopped:
http://www.mikefullerton.com/blog/content/binary/giant_jellyfish.jpg
At first I thought it was real, but the news say up to six feet in width (maybe it's length) and this jellyfish would be more like 30 feet.
Anyway, it's pretty interesting. The book we're reading is fascinating; it's called Swimming Creatures of the Fifth Day. You can buy it on Amazon, eBay, every site like that I expect.
As you might guess by the title, it's written by a Christian author. Our family happens to be of the same religion, so it worked well. The book repeatedly asks how all these animals could have evolved. For instance, fish have a faint line on the side of their bodies. This line is actually critical to their survival. Ever wondered how schools of fishes stay perfectly in sync? It's because the lines are kind of like their third eye; it can sense vibrations and so can stay with the other fish. I didn't explain it very well, but the book certainly can. I definitely recommend it to any homeschoolers. Here is an excerpt of the book.
http://www.christianbook.com/Christian/Books/product?item_no=337012&event=ENETP#curr
Aaaanyway, that's it. Just wanted to share that.
School Tomorrow
Tomorrow is Monday. My disposition of Mondays is not exactly like Garfield's, or like "YAY! It's MONDAY!" But I like Mondays. Mondays are when my brother and sister go to PEP, their homeschool-school, and Anna-Jessie and I stay home and take care of Kepler, our immensely cute little two-year old brother. We have more photos, but I can't find the camera. Anna-Jessie left it right next to the computer, but of course it's gone by now. It's kind of amusing that you ask everyone "Where's the camera?" "I don't know. Me either. Or me. Or me." But obviously someone did something with it. I'll bet Kepler scaled the wall and snatched it , chuckling evilly, and threw it down the toilet.
The skateboard starts rolling
Today I'm blogging about starting a blog. Interesting, huh?
Today has been uneventful, besides skateboarding, of course. At the moment I'm trying to land a kickflip, which, suprisingly enough, involves kicking the board so it flips. I can do it, but i cannot land it. My skateboard is very cool, though. I just got it yesterday. It is an Element board (which is a skate team) with red grip tape (the stuff on the top) and enjoi (another skate team) wheels.
My friends John and Nathan and I are actually starting a skate team. It won't actually be a skate team where we sponsor people in contests or anything; we'll just be skating together. Unfortunately, I am not happy with the name: Shadows Fall. In my opinion, it sounds like the name of a band. In the first place i came up with Vice-Versa, which to me sounds a lot more like a skate team. At least, more than Shadows Fall. But I'm letting it go because it's just a name.
I have big plans for this summer. For one thing, my two cousins (one 18, one 11, me 12) and I are building a clubhouse in the forest. I mean a real clubhouse. We're going to have a TV, computer (maybe a laptop), sleeping bags, mini-fridge, the whole nine yards. In addition, there will be a small second story, apparently for surveillance purposes. We might also stash the food up there. Of course, we'll also build a skatepark in the back. This will probably cost a couple thousand dollars, but with my paper route (70-110 dollars per month), donations, selling things, allowance, and more donations we should be able to get it done in a few years.
Another thing I'm planning on doing, a lot smaller project, is building a half-pipe in my backyard. It will be eight feet wide and four feet tall, and cost about four-hundred dollars. Four hundred dollars shouldn't take me too long.
Today has been uneventful, besides skateboarding, of course. At the moment I'm trying to land a kickflip, which, suprisingly enough, involves kicking the board so it flips. I can do it, but i cannot land it. My skateboard is very cool, though. I just got it yesterday. It is an Element board (which is a skate team) with red grip tape (the stuff on the top) and enjoi (another skate team) wheels.
My friends John and Nathan and I are actually starting a skate team. It won't actually be a skate team where we sponsor people in contests or anything; we'll just be skating together. Unfortunately, I am not happy with the name: Shadows Fall. In my opinion, it sounds like the name of a band. In the first place i came up with Vice-Versa, which to me sounds a lot more like a skate team. At least, more than Shadows Fall. But I'm letting it go because it's just a name.
I have big plans for this summer. For one thing, my two cousins (one 18, one 11, me 12) and I are building a clubhouse in the forest. I mean a real clubhouse. We're going to have a TV, computer (maybe a laptop), sleeping bags, mini-fridge, the whole nine yards. In addition, there will be a small second story, apparently for surveillance purposes. We might also stash the food up there. Of course, we'll also build a skatepark in the back. This will probably cost a couple thousand dollars, but with my paper route (70-110 dollars per month), donations, selling things, allowance, and more donations we should be able to get it done in a few years.
Another thing I'm planning on doing, a lot smaller project, is building a half-pipe in my backyard. It will be eight feet wide and four feet tall, and cost about four-hundred dollars. Four hundred dollars shouldn't take me too long.
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