Have you ever seen something to that affect?
Its the new revolution - e-mail (or, the new one, gmail)
Can you imagine how things have changed? Picture it, new generation, a tradition that is dying, at least for writing and stuff (packages are still going by mail, teleporters are still prototyping atm)
OLD WAY:
1.Write letter
2.Get in car/put on walking shoes
3.Go to post office
4.Wait in line for letter box
5.Put letter in box/give to operator
6.Go home and wait for letter to be delivered
7.Letter gets driven via postman to destination - takes days to weeks
7.5.Letter gets sent over plane to postmans office, who drives letter to destination - takes weeks to months
8.Recipient reads letter/possibly takes time to respond
9.Repeat steps 1-7 if you want a reply
YAY!!!
NEW WAY:
1.Write letter
2.Hit conveniently located "send" button
3.Wait 5 minutes to a day or two
4.Read reply that magically appears in your inbox
5.Reply if you want to
YAY!!!
And as I am quite sleepy after watching another one of pop's movie selections. The movies he selects are nearly ALWAYS (id say 24/25) one thing. AWESOME!!!
We watched Coming To America, and it was wierd, stupid, and all of that good stuff that we like in movies.
Well, long story short, at 11 at night, Im a bit sleepy, and have to go to bed >.<
So, until this blog grows itself another post,
Xaviertrix
Saturday, November 28, 2009
Friday, November 27, 2009
Thanksgiving!! Yay!!
Hello readers!
It's time for my own thanksgiving post, as all of you have undoubtedly already have...
I was just too sleepy after the festivities last night to write!
Now that I am awake and ready, Its time to get typing! (Although you already know the story, from mom's blog :p)
NOV 26-
Yay! The first trimester of school is over!!!
Im happy, and wired, and had the hardest gym class in the universe at last period.
So what does that mean?
Try not to fall asleep on the bus, then two hour nap!
After waking up, I go onto my computer, reply to my emails, eat, then sleep summore!
THANKSGIVING-
I was awoken at 4 in the morning by my mom, to get cooking. And boy did we cook. I would say at least a dozen different foods to eat, the turkey being the most significant, along with pies, casserole, cookies, croissants, and much more! It was to feed a whopping 3 families, so having a lot of stuff was accepted. And besides, its thanksgiving, so you cant feel TOO guilty about all that food you are going to stuff yourself with.
We picked up a friend, and then drove over to the house where all of the festivities would be hosted. We did this as soon as we finished cooking, which meant 11:30. (Thats SEVEN HOURS of getting ready and cooking.. my little sister used up all the water in a few minutes by maxing out both the hot and cold water, making everybody else angry, myself included (because I got the last shower :o)
Then, after driving for an hour, we arrived!
Then all of our worries and troubles faded away.
We ate, played games, and ate some more.
We had contests to see who could throw the grape the highest into the others mouth (usually ended up in my brothers eye ^.^)
The adults even showed fun, having a contest who could eat the most food covered in chili sauce without water... My mom and someone else (brain freeze:forgot name >.<) tied at about three plates.
I couldn't stomach any of it, im really bad with spicy stuff, my face begins to resemble a tomato after a while :o
Six hours later of forgetting to be serious, goofing off, and having a great time, we had to leave D:
Well, we would see each other again soon (probably a week tops), so we happily said goodbye, and made our leave ungracefully and full of food ^.^)
When we got home, sleep overcame me, and I stayed that way for the rest of the night.
TODAY-
Black friday was spent doing. Nothing much else to it. Until noon, I slept. Then, I played with LEGO's with my brother for a few hours (we dont play that often, but we go all-out when we do)
About when we finished, mom came home, and I snapped out of the hypnotic spell of the little plastic bricks to come and write this ^.^
Hope you enjoyed,
Xaviertrix
And Happy birthday George! You are an awesome person and I hope you got all that you wished for ^.^
It's time for my own thanksgiving post, as all of you have undoubtedly already have...
I was just too sleepy after the festivities last night to write!
Now that I am awake and ready, Its time to get typing! (Although you already know the story, from mom's blog :p)
NOV 26-
Yay! The first trimester of school is over!!!
Im happy, and wired, and had the hardest gym class in the universe at last period.
So what does that mean?
Try not to fall asleep on the bus, then two hour nap!
After waking up, I go onto my computer, reply to my emails, eat, then sleep summore!
THANKSGIVING-
I was awoken at 4 in the morning by my mom, to get cooking. And boy did we cook. I would say at least a dozen different foods to eat, the turkey being the most significant, along with pies, casserole, cookies, croissants, and much more! It was to feed a whopping 3 families, so having a lot of stuff was accepted. And besides, its thanksgiving, so you cant feel TOO guilty about all that food you are going to stuff yourself with.
We picked up a friend, and then drove over to the house where all of the festivities would be hosted. We did this as soon as we finished cooking, which meant 11:30. (Thats SEVEN HOURS of getting ready and cooking.. my little sister used up all the water in a few minutes by maxing out both the hot and cold water, making everybody else angry, myself included (because I got the last shower :o)
Then, after driving for an hour, we arrived!
Then all of our worries and troubles faded away.
We ate, played games, and ate some more.
We had contests to see who could throw the grape the highest into the others mouth (usually ended up in my brothers eye ^.^)
The adults even showed fun, having a contest who could eat the most food covered in chili sauce without water... My mom and someone else (brain freeze:forgot name >.<) tied at about three plates.
I couldn't stomach any of it, im really bad with spicy stuff, my face begins to resemble a tomato after a while :o
Six hours later of forgetting to be serious, goofing off, and having a great time, we had to leave D:
Well, we would see each other again soon (probably a week tops), so we happily said goodbye, and made our leave ungracefully and full of food ^.^)
When we got home, sleep overcame me, and I stayed that way for the rest of the night.
TODAY-
Black friday was spent doing. Nothing much else to it. Until noon, I slept. Then, I played with LEGO's with my brother for a few hours (we dont play that often, but we go all-out when we do)
About when we finished, mom came home, and I snapped out of the hypnotic spell of the little plastic bricks to come and write this ^.^
Hope you enjoyed,
Xaviertrix
And Happy birthday George! You are an awesome person and I hope you got all that you wished for ^.^
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
Fav food..
Do you have a favorite food?
Two? Three?
I was wondering... what might those be?
My brother, sister and pops like shrimp and artichokes. *cough*
My mom likes.. um... food?
I like grapes and pretels
My dog likes everything except dog food
So, what do you guys like? Comment on it, and ill put it up in the next post...
Have you ever wondered why I usually..
1) Put random stuff all the time
2) Make two unrelated sections in the same post?
Well, its because I run low on ideas too :p
Two? Three?
I was wondering... what might those be?
My brother, sister and pops like shrimp and artichokes. *cough*
My mom likes.. um... food?
I like grapes and pretels
My dog likes everything except dog food
So, what do you guys like? Comment on it, and ill put it up in the next post...
Have you ever wondered why I usually..
1) Put random stuff all the time
2) Make two unrelated sections in the same post?
Well, its because I run low on ideas too :p
Monday, November 23, 2009
MY uvula...?
Today started off with a long, wracking cough that sent shivers down my spine. To aid that, my voice sounded like I had swallowed a whoopee cushion full of frogs... Which meant it was time to visit the doctor.
We went through the basics, such as checking my heart rate, asking if I had been sick, looking in my ears and eyes... But when he went to my mouth to check for anything bad, he saw my uvula!
Apparently, my ENTIRE life, I had been living with a uvula growing (or stuck, nobody could tell) to the top of my mouth! It is quite strange when compared to anybody else's.
My uvula dosen't feel wierd, seeing as I have gone my entire course of existence with it growing like that, but it would probably explain why I cant roll my letters. (mexican rr)
Also, I have searched the internet for about an hour and STILL can't find any evidence that this has happened before... any help, readers?
We went through the basics, such as checking my heart rate, asking if I had been sick, looking in my ears and eyes... But when he went to my mouth to check for anything bad, he saw my uvula!
Apparently, my ENTIRE life, I had been living with a uvula growing (or stuck, nobody could tell) to the top of my mouth! It is quite strange when compared to anybody else's.
My uvula dosen't feel wierd, seeing as I have gone my entire course of existence with it growing like that, but it would probably explain why I cant roll my letters. (mexican rr)
Also, I have searched the internet for about an hour and STILL can't find any evidence that this has happened before... any help, readers?
Sunday, November 22, 2009
Harry Potter! O M G!
Hello avid readers!
In about one hour, my family and I will be heading off to watch the next Harry Potter movie at the Vally Theater! It is going to be soo awesome!
We have to get there a whole hour before it starts, because knowing the series, the seating will fill up super fast, and if we want to have any good ones/ones were we sit next to each other, we have to go early!
During this time, my brother will do his homework >:)
Later I will post some stuff about the second "GREAT CLEANUP"..
But first, I have to go get ready for the movie!
In about one hour, my family and I will be heading off to watch the next Harry Potter movie at the Vally Theater! It is going to be soo awesome!
We have to get there a whole hour before it starts, because knowing the series, the seating will fill up super fast, and if we want to have any good ones/ones were we sit next to each other, we have to go early!
During this time, my brother will do his homework >:)
Later I will post some stuff about the second "GREAT CLEANUP"..
But first, I have to go get ready for the movie!
Friday, November 20, 2009
The incredible play at my school!
Hello readers!
Im just going to skip the long, sophisticated intro that you guys probably read my blog for and skip to the boring details! yay!
As you already know, I a valued staff member of the yearbook crew, and hence get free reign to go to all of the events. Well, I went to the first play of the year!!! (out of 3)
This play, 'the secret garden' was about a girl who's parents died in India, and she is sent to england into a manor belonging to her uncle.
She is VERY spoiled at that time, and refuses to even eat the special porridge that the cook makes for her. Her caretaker tries to hire a governess, but the girl absolutely refuses.
After a night, she hears crying somewhere in the house, but all of the servants claim that they didn't hear anything, then walk quickly away. She gives up for then.
Then, trying to jump rope inside, she is told to go outside by her caretaker.
The focus then switches to the gardener's apprentice, who happens to be related to the maids/servants. He is shown to be planting lots of plants, then talking to a robin about his daily life.
The girl then skips onto the stage, and after some conversation, decide that she could be his friend. After picking up the corn, the gardener walks away, and the girl walks towards the house.
The next day, the girl hears crying again, and as she intimidates one of the maids, the maid spills the beans that someone is there, but the mistress (caretaker) would fire them if they told. The girl then decides to snoop.
After snooping around, she finds a guy in the attic, about her age. He is a crippled, just like his father/her uncle, making them cousins. He is in a wheelchair, and is just as spoiled as she was. After fighting a bit, they become friends over a secret garden that was revealed from earlier hints.
Then was an intermission.
After the intermission, the girl found the key to the secret garden, and declares it hers, the gardener's apprentice's, and the crippled boy's secret. They then begin to plant seeds there, with the crippled boy getting better all the time, less spoiled, and stronger.
The uncle, in India, has a dream about his deceased wife who died in the garden (fell out of a tree, dont ask), and she says for him to go back and begin your life again.
He does, and at the same time he does, he manages to see his son walk for the first time in four years, and they all go off happily ever after :)
During this play, I was taking photos with my camera, a big, professional camera, and video recording. (long play, about 2 hours long).
I was taking good photos, but suddenly, the batteries died JUST before the final scene. I had to rush over to the media center, switch out the batteries, and run back before it ended, and managed to, getting pictures of the end hug and the bowing.
It was awesome :)
So, until next rambling post,
Xaviertrix
Im just going to skip the long, sophisticated intro that you guys probably read my blog for and skip to the boring details! yay!
As you already know, I a valued staff member of the yearbook crew, and hence get free reign to go to all of the events. Well, I went to the first play of the year!!! (out of 3)
This play, 'the secret garden' was about a girl who's parents died in India, and she is sent to england into a manor belonging to her uncle.
She is VERY spoiled at that time, and refuses to even eat the special porridge that the cook makes for her. Her caretaker tries to hire a governess, but the girl absolutely refuses.
After a night, she hears crying somewhere in the house, but all of the servants claim that they didn't hear anything, then walk quickly away. She gives up for then.
Then, trying to jump rope inside, she is told to go outside by her caretaker.
The focus then switches to the gardener's apprentice, who happens to be related to the maids/servants. He is shown to be planting lots of plants, then talking to a robin about his daily life.
The girl then skips onto the stage, and after some conversation, decide that she could be his friend. After picking up the corn, the gardener walks away, and the girl walks towards the house.
The next day, the girl hears crying again, and as she intimidates one of the maids, the maid spills the beans that someone is there, but the mistress (caretaker) would fire them if they told. The girl then decides to snoop.
After snooping around, she finds a guy in the attic, about her age. He is a crippled, just like his father/her uncle, making them cousins. He is in a wheelchair, and is just as spoiled as she was. After fighting a bit, they become friends over a secret garden that was revealed from earlier hints.
Then was an intermission.
After the intermission, the girl found the key to the secret garden, and declares it hers, the gardener's apprentice's, and the crippled boy's secret. They then begin to plant seeds there, with the crippled boy getting better all the time, less spoiled, and stronger.
The uncle, in India, has a dream about his deceased wife who died in the garden (fell out of a tree, dont ask), and she says for him to go back and begin your life again.
He does, and at the same time he does, he manages to see his son walk for the first time in four years, and they all go off happily ever after :)
During this play, I was taking photos with my camera, a big, professional camera, and video recording. (long play, about 2 hours long).
I was taking good photos, but suddenly, the batteries died JUST before the final scene. I had to rush over to the media center, switch out the batteries, and run back before it ended, and managed to, getting pictures of the end hug and the bowing.
It was awesome :)
So, until next rambling post,
Xaviertrix
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
A good book series that I have nearly completed!
Hello avid readers!
I was recently browsing the school library, and when passing a common spot, I stopped dead. A series that I had started last year at school, a six book one, and the school library only had the first four of them!
But as I passed, I noticed two shiny new books on the shelf. The final two books!!!
I had been awaiting for this moment for such a long time, and hence immediately checked both of them out. I also signed up for battle of the books, my inspiration rekindled to read.
The series itself is called "The dragonback adventures", and focuses on a boy raised as a con man, and an alien dragon-thing that must work together with a human to survive. They go on an adventure against incredible odds to save the dragon's kin arriving in spaceships in a matter of months, and hence begins the series.
It is an incredible read, and kept my attention raptured on the words flying past my face in a flurry of pages for hours on end (about five) to read the 400-page books (1. they have small print, 2. i actually pay attention to the plot, and hence read slower), whereas usually it would only take three hours to read a book of that size.
I am currently 80 pages into the final book, and the action has not yet picked up, but the plot is incredibly interwoven.
If you were to only read one series throughout a long, long time (like 2 months!), I would certainly suggest this read!
So, without further ado, I end my post :p
Xaviertrix
I was recently browsing the school library, and when passing a common spot, I stopped dead. A series that I had started last year at school, a six book one, and the school library only had the first four of them!
But as I passed, I noticed two shiny new books on the shelf. The final two books!!!
I had been awaiting for this moment for such a long time, and hence immediately checked both of them out. I also signed up for battle of the books, my inspiration rekindled to read.
The series itself is called "The dragonback adventures", and focuses on a boy raised as a con man, and an alien dragon-thing that must work together with a human to survive. They go on an adventure against incredible odds to save the dragon's kin arriving in spaceships in a matter of months, and hence begins the series.
It is an incredible read, and kept my attention raptured on the words flying past my face in a flurry of pages for hours on end (about five) to read the 400-page books (1. they have small print, 2. i actually pay attention to the plot, and hence read slower), whereas usually it would only take three hours to read a book of that size.
I am currently 80 pages into the final book, and the action has not yet picked up, but the plot is incredibly interwoven.
If you were to only read one series throughout a long, long time (like 2 months!), I would certainly suggest this read!
So, without further ado, I end my post :p
Xaviertrix
Monday, November 16, 2009
The Rare Purple Elephant pt. 18 - Scalt's story
After a few cups of something closely resembling mud, Scalt began to talk of how he got of the boat.
"It all began when they fell asleep" He explained to the remaining elders, for many had gotten tired and went to their homes and to bed.
"I knew that I would eventually be discovered, so I did the only thing I could have done:" Explained Scalt, gradually sinking lower into the ground as he talked, seeming either embarrassed or ashamed, noticed Rebbo.
"I, *gulp* left the dirt entirely"
Everybody knew that Scalt had left with a clump of dirt to sit in, it had only been done around FOUR times in history, all of them in dire situations.
Molys didn't go out of the ground, and they always told spooky stories of how the part under the ground was horrifyingly grotesque.
But of course, time was running short, and the story had to go on, so Scalt continued.
"I then climbed onto some nets and jumped off of the boat..."
Nobody, save for Rebbo, who cried out "You can swim!?!" was surprised. Molys could dig through dirt faster then they could run. Why not swim?
One of the nicer animals in the consul told Rebbo this information.
"And then, because in the water all of us are completely safe, I swam back to shore, and burrowed here immediately!"
Rebbo wondered why they were safe in the water, but a dark thought was swimming at the back of his mind, and he had to ask.
"Scalt!" Cried Rebbo out as Scalt was turning to leave
"Were there nets hanging off of the side of the boat? When you left?"
Scalt didn't seem to fear Rebbo as much as everybody else, and replied with a yes.
"Yes, they were hanging as far as I could see!"
Rebbo's face turned to a chalk white color.
"That means that they are getting ready to use them."
END OF PT 18
How did you guys like the [predictable] plot twist at the end? :p
Ill continue on this ASAP!
"It all began when they fell asleep" He explained to the remaining elders, for many had gotten tired and went to their homes and to bed.
"I knew that I would eventually be discovered, so I did the only thing I could have done:" Explained Scalt, gradually sinking lower into the ground as he talked, seeming either embarrassed or ashamed, noticed Rebbo.
"I, *gulp* left the dirt entirely"
Everybody knew that Scalt had left with a clump of dirt to sit in, it had only been done around FOUR times in history, all of them in dire situations.
Molys didn't go out of the ground, and they always told spooky stories of how the part under the ground was horrifyingly grotesque.
But of course, time was running short, and the story had to go on, so Scalt continued.
"I then climbed onto some nets and jumped off of the boat..."
Nobody, save for Rebbo, who cried out "You can swim!?!" was surprised. Molys could dig through dirt faster then they could run. Why not swim?
One of the nicer animals in the consul told Rebbo this information.
"And then, because in the water all of us are completely safe, I swam back to shore, and burrowed here immediately!"
Rebbo wondered why they were safe in the water, but a dark thought was swimming at the back of his mind, and he had to ask.
"Scalt!" Cried Rebbo out as Scalt was turning to leave
"Were there nets hanging off of the side of the boat? When you left?"
Scalt didn't seem to fear Rebbo as much as everybody else, and replied with a yes.
"Yes, they were hanging as far as I could see!"
Rebbo's face turned to a chalk white color.
"That means that they are getting ready to use them."
END OF PT 18
How did you guys like the [predictable] plot twist at the end? :p
Ill continue on this ASAP!
Friday, November 13, 2009
ANOTHER DELAY!?!
ARGH!!!
I just spent ALL DAY fixing this video on youtube for you... it got glitched a little, and couldn't show it to you until now!
So, without further ado, the video i made!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYd60_8Xu_8&feature=related
Part two of it!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fB-csDFdy0&feature=related
Thanks for watching/reading!
-Xaviertrix
I just spent ALL DAY fixing this video on youtube for you... it got glitched a little, and couldn't show it to you until now!
So, without further ado, the video i made!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYd60_8Xu_8&feature=related
Part two of it!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fB-csDFdy0&feature=related
Thanks for watching/reading!
-Xaviertrix
Thursday, November 12, 2009
Some answers to my avid readers questions! (all 2 of them)
So first up, we have Dave's question!!!
The little lines on those hills were probably caused by one of two things.
The first possibility is that that area was once underneath a body of water, such as an ocean, and those lines were the features formed by the tides boring lines into the bedrock over a long period of time. If you drained the red sea, you would achieve a similar result. Do not try that at home, however!
The second possibility is that there was once a glacial dam in that spot, such as the one that was once in Missoula.
A glacial dam is a valley or bowl shaped indent in the earth with a hole in the side. During the ice ages, glaciers would have formed across these holes or ends of valleys, creating natural dams. Unfortunately, the dams would always collapse.
The problem was not from the thousands of tons of water pushing against it from the inside, but rather, an internal one.
Glacial dams are heavy. This means that they will not budge for anything unless they collapse. Well, the ice on top was ice, but that posed problems for the water in the glacier below (ice freezes top first). The ice on top would take up more space then it originaly would, as ice expands, and hence you would eventually have no room at the bottom for the water to expand. This would leave the water to try to escape the great pressure pushing down on it from the ice above.
This supercold water would flow through tiny cracks, and their kinetic energy would create little bursts of heat that would melt the cracks, expanding them. And you all know what happens when there are too many cracks in a dam...
BOOM!!!
The water on the other side would knock it over.
As this water was flowing out, it would pull at the earth, creating those lines.
(yay for long answer!)
Now George, how am I feeling this time?
I am feeling better now more then last time, as we are planning to go during a school break and into the SMALLEST school month of the year, so I will not be missing much. In Mexico, I would be going to a new school anyway, so I would probably not be going to see anybody anyway.
I think that this year, it actually might be better then last year... it is pretty much the school that melds my emotions at the moment anyway :)
So, thanks for reading guys!!! (And sorry if one answer was a LITTLE bit longer then the other, I had just learned recently about glacial lake missoula, and all the info was stuck in my head, it was easy to remember and easy to get out ^.^
Well, until next post, (which will be the next part of the story!)
-Xaviertrix
The little lines on those hills were probably caused by one of two things.
The first possibility is that that area was once underneath a body of water, such as an ocean, and those lines were the features formed by the tides boring lines into the bedrock over a long period of time. If you drained the red sea, you would achieve a similar result. Do not try that at home, however!
The second possibility is that there was once a glacial dam in that spot, such as the one that was once in Missoula.
A glacial dam is a valley or bowl shaped indent in the earth with a hole in the side. During the ice ages, glaciers would have formed across these holes or ends of valleys, creating natural dams. Unfortunately, the dams would always collapse.
The problem was not from the thousands of tons of water pushing against it from the inside, but rather, an internal one.
Glacial dams are heavy. This means that they will not budge for anything unless they collapse. Well, the ice on top was ice, but that posed problems for the water in the glacier below (ice freezes top first). The ice on top would take up more space then it originaly would, as ice expands, and hence you would eventually have no room at the bottom for the water to expand. This would leave the water to try to escape the great pressure pushing down on it from the ice above.
This supercold water would flow through tiny cracks, and their kinetic energy would create little bursts of heat that would melt the cracks, expanding them. And you all know what happens when there are too many cracks in a dam...
BOOM!!!
The water on the other side would knock it over.
As this water was flowing out, it would pull at the earth, creating those lines.
(yay for long answer!)
Now George, how am I feeling this time?
I am feeling better now more then last time, as we are planning to go during a school break and into the SMALLEST school month of the year, so I will not be missing much. In Mexico, I would be going to a new school anyway, so I would probably not be going to see anybody anyway.
I think that this year, it actually might be better then last year... it is pretty much the school that melds my emotions at the moment anyway :)
So, thanks for reading guys!!! (And sorry if one answer was a LITTLE bit longer then the other, I had just learned recently about glacial lake missoula, and all the info was stuck in my head, it was easy to remember and easy to get out ^.^
Well, until next post, (which will be the next part of the story!)
-Xaviertrix
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Internet: The eighth wonder of the world
You know the seven wonders, among them the pyramids, the Eiffel tower, Niagra Falls... but one more is already in existence... The internet.
Have you ever thought of it, in practical terms?
The pyramids connected people to the gods, the Eiffel tower two nations, Niagra Falls two countries! But the internet... It links every single human up into a place where you can do virtually anything... communicate, play games, even buy stuff!!! It is incredible!
I apologize for having an EXTREMELY short post, but I am currently very low on ideas... So, I am going for a Q and A!!!
Ask questions with comments, and I can answer as many of them as I can by tomorrow afternoon or morning...
So, just think of something, and ask!
-Xaviertrix
Have you ever thought of it, in practical terms?
The pyramids connected people to the gods, the Eiffel tower two nations, Niagra Falls two countries! But the internet... It links every single human up into a place where you can do virtually anything... communicate, play games, even buy stuff!!! It is incredible!
I apologize for having an EXTREMELY short post, but I am currently very low on ideas... So, I am going for a Q and A!!!
Ask questions with comments, and I can answer as many of them as I can by tomorrow afternoon or morning...
So, just think of something, and ask!
-Xaviertrix
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
AGAIN I put a link up on here... Click on it!
Hi readers!
I again direct you to a talented writer by the name of Wintermoon13, nicknamed Winter, at http://www.fanfiction.net/u/2100708/wintermoon13, I would enjoy it much if you would go to the page, scroll to the bottom, read some of the stories, and review!!!
So far, I am the only one doing this, but I hope you do too!!!
Now, for what I did during tonight's band concert, the first one of the year, and as a plus, the first thing I covered as a yearbook crew member!!!
OK, to start off, I went over there at 6:30... I was a little late, so half of the stuff was set up, but I got to help with the setup of the music stands. Unfortunately, there were about fifteen short, so I guess fifteen people had to have memorized their notes...
Soon after, the people started POURING IN at an astounding rate, about five hundred in all.
I was chosen to be one of the five mobile photographers, and was given a good, sturdy camera to take pictures with during this time. It was HUGE, and took AMAZING photographs.
I probably got around 75 in all, most of them pretty good. Up in the back at the top of the risers were two more members of the yearbook crew with a video camera on a stand, recording the whole show!!!
It was awesome, to say the least.
An hour of pictures later, it was time to clean up. Helpfully, the person in charge asked the parents who came to each pick up one chair and fold it up against the wall. That saved the yearbook crew the trouble of taking a half hour of doing that. There was one more thing to do, however. The platform that the video camera sat on on the top of the risers had to be dissasembled. To do this, the seven or so of us there had to unwind all the bolts, and guess what happened? Someone accidently knocked the pile of bolts down THROUGH the risers, splitting them up. Seeing as I was the only one who could actually fit down there, I had to go pick up all twenty-four of them. Took me fifteen minutes to find them all and get back out, and by then the whole wooden construction was taken apart. Well, at least I didn't have to pull of the sideboards, which everybody said was difficult to do without falling or slipping off of the VERY tall risers.
In the end, I got my new camera for taking photos, a Canon PowerShot A11015 12.1, apparently quite new. Now I can ditch the ancient one that was nearly IMPOSSIBLE to take pictures with.
When waiting for my ride back home, I talked with the others waiting for their rides, all from the yearbook crew. There were three others at first, and we talked a bit on how the crew changed from last year. When one person got picked up, it was just me and two girls. I brought up a conversation about the most 'strange' advertisement any one of them have ever seen. They couldn't think of any good ones, but I could.
Once, when I was driving through Arizona with my family to Mexico, I saw this huge billboard that said "Phone out? Call us, and we'll give you a hand!"... I forget what company it was. We cracked up quite a bit on that one...
And then, without warning, it was time to go, and I went home, and wrote this blog :)
Ciao readers!
I again direct you to a talented writer by the name of Wintermoon13, nicknamed Winter, at http://www.fanfiction.net/u/2100708/wintermoon13, I would enjoy it much if you would go to the page, scroll to the bottom, read some of the stories, and review!!!
So far, I am the only one doing this, but I hope you do too!!!
Now, for what I did during tonight's band concert, the first one of the year, and as a plus, the first thing I covered as a yearbook crew member!!!
OK, to start off, I went over there at 6:30... I was a little late, so half of the stuff was set up, but I got to help with the setup of the music stands. Unfortunately, there were about fifteen short, so I guess fifteen people had to have memorized their notes...
Soon after, the people started POURING IN at an astounding rate, about five hundred in all.
I was chosen to be one of the five mobile photographers, and was given a good, sturdy camera to take pictures with during this time. It was HUGE, and took AMAZING photographs.
I probably got around 75 in all, most of them pretty good. Up in the back at the top of the risers were two more members of the yearbook crew with a video camera on a stand, recording the whole show!!!
It was awesome, to say the least.
An hour of pictures later, it was time to clean up. Helpfully, the person in charge asked the parents who came to each pick up one chair and fold it up against the wall. That saved the yearbook crew the trouble of taking a half hour of doing that. There was one more thing to do, however. The platform that the video camera sat on on the top of the risers had to be dissasembled. To do this, the seven or so of us there had to unwind all the bolts, and guess what happened? Someone accidently knocked the pile of bolts down THROUGH the risers, splitting them up. Seeing as I was the only one who could actually fit down there, I had to go pick up all twenty-four of them. Took me fifteen minutes to find them all and get back out, and by then the whole wooden construction was taken apart. Well, at least I didn't have to pull of the sideboards, which everybody said was difficult to do without falling or slipping off of the VERY tall risers.
In the end, I got my new camera for taking photos, a Canon PowerShot A11015 12.1, apparently quite new. Now I can ditch the ancient one that was nearly IMPOSSIBLE to take pictures with.
When waiting for my ride back home, I talked with the others waiting for their rides, all from the yearbook crew. There were three others at first, and we talked a bit on how the crew changed from last year. When one person got picked up, it was just me and two girls. I brought up a conversation about the most 'strange' advertisement any one of them have ever seen. They couldn't think of any good ones, but I could.
Once, when I was driving through Arizona with my family to Mexico, I saw this huge billboard that said "Phone out? Call us, and we'll give you a hand!"... I forget what company it was. We cracked up quite a bit on that one...
And then, without warning, it was time to go, and I went home, and wrote this blog :)
Ciao readers!
Monday, November 9, 2009
The Rare Purple Elephant pt. 17
It was nighttime.
The molys had led Rebbo straight to the consul (the captain, taken as too difficult to understand, was left outside of the protective ring of trees", much to everybody's surprise.
"I brought him!" Cried out Jack triumphantly, holding the rope in his appendages underground.
"You were supposed to tell us first!!!!!" Cried everybody at the consul at Jack.
He wasn't phased in the least.
"Well, I did my job, so I'm going off to go do something random!" Jack stated, leaving Rebbo in the hands of the Chamoa, a monkey-like creature with tentacles sticking from it's back. One of these was holding the rope with Rebbo wrapped in it. The other nine or so were hanging from a tree, suspending himself in midair. The tentacles looked as though they could break bricks without trouble, so Rebbo kept his mouth shut as it talked.
"Where is Scalt, mammal?" It said with clenched teeth, barely suppressed anger anger easily visible in the air near him.
"Well.." Rebbo stammered, looking nervously at the animals nearby. "He was left on the ship when the Captain and I were thrown off by traitors."
"Well, why might have the rouges missed the leader of one of our peoples?" Inquired the Chamoa leader, speaking less angrily at Rebbo, in his strange English accent.
Rebbo thought a second before speaking. "Well, maybe.. um.. because of his unique phisique-" started Rebbo, before the Chamoa cut him off, looking actually humorous now. Apparently they changed moods fast.
"Its because he's tiny, isn't it?" The Chamoa asked with bright eyes. THIS certain Chamoa changed moods FAST. "Haha, Scalt does it again!"
"Shouldn't we go rescue him, elder silver? Asked some of the Leaders towards a graying squirrel with huge front claws.
"I think that there is no need to rescue Scalt. However, we must listen to what he says and take it all in. Calmly." The elder spoke in a slow, steady voice, which seemed to lull the crowd into a dull silence.
They didn't doubt the elder, Silver, Pearl and Ruby of the elders had the greatest hearing. The stories of them being able to detect a flea rustling were absolutely true.
All of a sudden, an unusually wet, muddy mound burst from the earth, shaking itself until it became clear.
"Scalt!" Cried someone in the crowd.
The molys had led Rebbo straight to the consul (the captain, taken as too difficult to understand, was left outside of the protective ring of trees", much to everybody's surprise.
"I brought him!" Cried out Jack triumphantly, holding the rope in his appendages underground.
"You were supposed to tell us first!!!!!" Cried everybody at the consul at Jack.
He wasn't phased in the least.
"Well, I did my job, so I'm going off to go do something random!" Jack stated, leaving Rebbo in the hands of the Chamoa, a monkey-like creature with tentacles sticking from it's back. One of these was holding the rope with Rebbo wrapped in it. The other nine or so were hanging from a tree, suspending himself in midair. The tentacles looked as though they could break bricks without trouble, so Rebbo kept his mouth shut as it talked.
"Where is Scalt, mammal?" It said with clenched teeth, barely suppressed anger anger easily visible in the air near him.
"Well.." Rebbo stammered, looking nervously at the animals nearby. "He was left on the ship when the Captain and I were thrown off by traitors."
"Well, why might have the rouges missed the leader of one of our peoples?" Inquired the Chamoa leader, speaking less angrily at Rebbo, in his strange English accent.
Rebbo thought a second before speaking. "Well, maybe.. um.. because of his unique phisique-" started Rebbo, before the Chamoa cut him off, looking actually humorous now. Apparently they changed moods fast.
"Its because he's tiny, isn't it?" The Chamoa asked with bright eyes. THIS certain Chamoa changed moods FAST. "Haha, Scalt does it again!"
"Shouldn't we go rescue him, elder silver? Asked some of the Leaders towards a graying squirrel with huge front claws.
"I think that there is no need to rescue Scalt. However, we must listen to what he says and take it all in. Calmly." The elder spoke in a slow, steady voice, which seemed to lull the crowd into a dull silence.
They didn't doubt the elder, Silver, Pearl and Ruby of the elders had the greatest hearing. The stories of them being able to detect a flea rustling were absolutely true.
All of a sudden, an unusually wet, muddy mound burst from the earth, shaking itself until it became clear.
"Scalt!" Cried someone in the crowd.
Friday, November 6, 2009
Hello!
Again I am sorry for not posting more often, I have busy sleeping for the last 13 hours or so.
It is a good way to let out steam.
Did you know that sleeping isnt determined by how long you stay up?
It is actually determined by how much stress you have.
So, if you are me, with my brother and sister, I sleep alot, but if you are my sister, who gets whatever she wants from me, she dosent want much -.-
But,of course, life dosent work that way. I have LESS time to sleep, 7th grade says so, and my sister gets 3 hours MORE... Stinks for me..
Oh well. It was good to sleep that long for once.
Recently, as you already know, I have gotten my very own Savings account, with a Paypal to match it.
I was planning to spend a little of it, but *blam* that was shot out of the air when the pops cannon gave me some terms to think of.
I asked to think about it during the day, and he agreed. I usually accept his terms, he is very nice with them, but this time, the two factors (me wanting that one thing for a good four months and the terms being as they usually were) forced me to decline. Its not good to wait 4 months for something and immediately take the FIRST deal that comes your way. It just wasn't worthwile, sorry pops >.<
Well, I am starting on another story that I promised someone I would make, so, until I post on this small scrap of internet again,
Xaviertrix
It is a good way to let out steam.
Did you know that sleeping isnt determined by how long you stay up?
It is actually determined by how much stress you have.
So, if you are me, with my brother and sister, I sleep alot, but if you are my sister, who gets whatever she wants from me, she dosent want much -.-
But,of course, life dosent work that way. I have LESS time to sleep, 7th grade says so, and my sister gets 3 hours MORE... Stinks for me..
Oh well. It was good to sleep that long for once.
Recently, as you already know, I have gotten my very own Savings account, with a Paypal to match it.
I was planning to spend a little of it, but *blam* that was shot out of the air when the pops cannon gave me some terms to think of.
I asked to think about it during the day, and he agreed. I usually accept his terms, he is very nice with them, but this time, the two factors (me wanting that one thing for a good four months and the terms being as they usually were) forced me to decline. Its not good to wait 4 months for something and immediately take the FIRST deal that comes your way. It just wasn't worthwile, sorry pops >.<
Well, I am starting on another story that I promised someone I would make, so, until I post on this small scrap of internet again,
Xaviertrix
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Some links for your amusement
Hello!
As you probably already know, a destructive virus, named "Personal Guard" has ravaged my mom's computer, destroying files, creating obsessive pop-ups, preventing internet use, and worst of all, completely disabled Mom and pops's adsense accounts AT THE SAME TIME. Hundreds of dollars accumulated were deleted, just in a heartbeat. We are not sure exactly how it happened, but all that we know is that mom's computer must be completely reset.
So, because I am feeling a bit down about that, I am going to share a few links with you guys who still read this little rambling stream of text in the great, vast ocean of STUFF known as... The internet.
So, I am going to clear away some of this stuff, and show you some of it that I personally think are incredibly awesome.
The first one, a certain author by the name of Wintermoon13, who I have previously mentioned, creates great writing so far, and is very nice, listening to all comments and reviews to her stories.
Wintermoon13 - http://www.fanfiction.net/u/2100708/wintermoon13
Here is a great 5 part animation named "There she is!!", all 5 videos total around a half hour. I recommend these videos to you guys: but, unfortunately, the links are rather confusing to aquire. Instead, I would advise you to google "There she is!!", and it will probably be the first result.
And one more, final link, is one to a music creator/remixer named unrl, or chungstarr as he prefers. I especially enjoy the final version of NightLight, it is very nice. http://www.newgrounds.com/audio/search/author/unrl
So, without further ado, I finish my post.
Xaviertrix
As you probably already know, a destructive virus, named "Personal Guard" has ravaged my mom's computer, destroying files, creating obsessive pop-ups, preventing internet use, and worst of all, completely disabled Mom and pops's adsense accounts AT THE SAME TIME. Hundreds of dollars accumulated were deleted, just in a heartbeat. We are not sure exactly how it happened, but all that we know is that mom's computer must be completely reset.
So, because I am feeling a bit down about that, I am going to share a few links with you guys who still read this little rambling stream of text in the great, vast ocean of STUFF known as... The internet.
So, I am going to clear away some of this stuff, and show you some of it that I personally think are incredibly awesome.
The first one, a certain author by the name of Wintermoon13, who I have previously mentioned, creates great writing so far, and is very nice, listening to all comments and reviews to her stories.
Wintermoon13 - http://www.fanfiction.net/u/2100708/wintermoon13
Here is a great 5 part animation named "There she is!!", all 5 videos total around a half hour. I recommend these videos to you guys: but, unfortunately, the links are rather confusing to aquire. Instead, I would advise you to google "There she is!!", and it will probably be the first result.
And one more, final link, is one to a music creator/remixer named unrl, or chungstarr as he prefers. I especially enjoy the final version of NightLight, it is very nice. http://www.newgrounds.com/audio/search/author/unrl
So, without further ado, I finish my post.
Xaviertrix
Monday, November 2, 2009
My birthday!!!
Hello readers! I have just woken up after eating WAY too much cake, and I now post on what happened, just as it did!
My family has just finished my birthday celebration, and it was the best one in a long time!
To start off, in the morning, after the word spread after an hour or so of school, EVERBODY was saying "happy birthday Francis" to me, so that was pretty awesome. During humanities I got to wear a paper crown that birthday people wear.. not much, and it itched, but it was cool. And at the end of Math, the teacher rallied everybody to sing the birthday song for me >.<
When I got home, we did something awesome: went to get my savings account!
We went to OnPoint, everything flowed smoothly, and an hour later, I walked out of there with an incredibly new, unused checkings account with $40 on it for me to spend!
Yay!
But just a few short minutes later, that was forgotten. I got to choose my own cake! A grand event over here ^.^
So, after driving into Albertsons, we walked over to the cake section. There were around fifteen, and most of them looked GREAT!
So, after ten minutes of hard deciding, I finally chose a double layer chocolate fudge cake! Yum!!!
We got it with a basic "Happy Birthday Francis!" and a skull and crossbones, to celebrate the day of the dead, and some french vanilla ice cream to supply us with some vanilla for the chocolate.
Immediately when we got home, I got bombarded with happy birthday calls from my family, and had some party poppers, magic sets, cards, and best of all, a set of German-designed, chinese made, super HD bass headphones!!!! They were incredible!
And then, after eating a delicious dinner of ravioli, it was time for the lights to go dim, and the whole family to sing "happy birthday" at me!
As I was posing for the camera above the cake for mom's picture, we all heard the dreaded noise come from it: The battery is dead noise.
So, I had to just wait for the batteries to find replacements as the candles became flickering stubs. We were all in good spirits though, everybody was bent over laughing.
And after that, it all went by in a flash. We cut the cake, we ate the cake and ice cream, and got a HUGE sugar rush, ran around for a few hours, then dropped down dead tired.
And that is the story of my birthday ^.^
My family has just finished my birthday celebration, and it was the best one in a long time!
To start off, in the morning, after the word spread after an hour or so of school, EVERBODY was saying "happy birthday Francis" to me, so that was pretty awesome. During humanities I got to wear a paper crown that birthday people wear.. not much, and it itched, but it was cool. And at the end of Math, the teacher rallied everybody to sing the birthday song for me >.<
When I got home, we did something awesome: went to get my savings account!
We went to OnPoint, everything flowed smoothly, and an hour later, I walked out of there with an incredibly new, unused checkings account with $40 on it for me to spend!
Yay!
But just a few short minutes later, that was forgotten. I got to choose my own cake! A grand event over here ^.^
So, after driving into Albertsons, we walked over to the cake section. There were around fifteen, and most of them looked GREAT!
So, after ten minutes of hard deciding, I finally chose a double layer chocolate fudge cake! Yum!!!
We got it with a basic "Happy Birthday Francis!" and a skull and crossbones, to celebrate the day of the dead, and some french vanilla ice cream to supply us with some vanilla for the chocolate.
Immediately when we got home, I got bombarded with happy birthday calls from my family, and had some party poppers, magic sets, cards, and best of all, a set of German-designed, chinese made, super HD bass headphones!!!! They were incredible!
And then, after eating a delicious dinner of ravioli, it was time for the lights to go dim, and the whole family to sing "happy birthday" at me!
As I was posing for the camera above the cake for mom's picture, we all heard the dreaded noise come from it: The battery is dead noise.
So, I had to just wait for the batteries to find replacements as the candles became flickering stubs. We were all in good spirits though, everybody was bent over laughing.
And after that, it all went by in a flash. We cut the cake, we ate the cake and ice cream, and got a HUGE sugar rush, ran around for a few hours, then dropped down dead tired.
And that is the story of my birthday ^.^