I won a race today.
Every year, CHOICE holds a boat race. This year, as an eighth grader, I got to build a boat and race against the other classes with the eight graders in my class.
Our boat was a piece of plywood on top of six empty water jugs. Then we put some PVC piping on the front and back, so that we could hold on and swim. We used a lot of duct tape and caulk to keep it together.
Unfortunately, the boat broke almost immediately. After most of the people had rotated on and off, one of the front PVC pipes fell off. As I was getting on, the back PVC also came loose. The rules stated that the entire boat had to come back to the beach, so I held the PVC pipes on the boat.
By this time, we were halfway to the halfway point and in fifth place. We swam over to and around the marker, telling ourselves that second place was within our grasp. We steadily made our way to fourth, then third.
Then a little something happened.
Alex, the relatively small (still bigger than me) boy who never stops talking about video games, started kicking furiously. we sped forward and came to the beach, in the full glory of second place.
First place went to Mr. Brown's class, who somehow found a way to make a wooden boat. They were finished ages before anyone else. Still, it was fun.
And therefore I win.
Thursday, August 30, 2012
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Monday, May 21, 2012
Dreamception 2
I had a totally wacky dreamz (Dreamz: Noun. Dreams with a z because they were so awezome. Awezome: adjective. Awesome with a z because it is so inceptiony (Inceptiony: adjective. When something is within something else three or more times. Example: These are parentheses within parentheses within parentheses!))) today. Now to tell them to the world by means of my blog!
Something happens with marshmallows, ice cream, and whipped cream. Can't remember exactly what it was. I wake up.
When I wake up I am in the future, which is obvious because everything is too shiny and too round. I get out of my round bet and go through a round door into a round room. I slip into a round chair and start playing a video game. The game was a designing game and I made some spaceships, a forest, some mountains, and a minecart track through the mountains.
Suddenly, I heard a CRASH from outside, and people screaming. I looked out my round window and saw a gigantic wave of water with a face that had just fallen from the sky rampaging through Sky City (as the city is now called because all the buildings are above the clouds). Just so you know, the city looks like this:
Exept there are clouds everywhere and it is all a little squashed. And, um, there is a GIANT WATER BEING FROM SPACE RAMPAGING THROUGH THE CITY!
The water being turned to my round sky house (the houses are the orbs on the towers) and roared. Then it started to seep through the windows. Terrified, I grabbed a round pencil and through it at the being. The being roared and turned around.
Since I don't have all day, here is the basic outline of what followed: after some life-risking tests we ascertained that the water was hurt by graphite, so we got everybody and made pencil guns and graphite grenades and an uber eraser tank. Then we totally owned the monster. Then I woke up.
This time someone shakes me awake and I am on some stairs. This is the boring part, I do an assignment with Avery and Blue and we totally own a school competition. I wake up again.
I get ready for school, and I get on the bus, and Mr. Brown gives us a BORING math test. I fall asleep almost immediately.
In my dream (I know this is all really complicated) I am back in my world that I made in the video game in the part of the dream with the water being. I do all sorts of stuff, eventually ending up with the whole mountain EXPLODING as I ride away in the minecart. When I run out of track I am in a snowy forest and a snail caravan approaches me. After some bargaining, I sell the diamond that I found (part of the long story where the mountain exploded) and they let me in. We travel until we reach a town. I wake up.
I yawn, see that everybody's leaving, and go home from school. I tell my dad to remind me to blog and fall asleep on the couch. I continue my dream in the video game, and end up chased by dragons across a long flat sheet of ice (another long story). A gigantinormimmenselephantitansivastoweringargantuaneverending (gigantic, enormous, immense, elephantine, titanic, massive, vast, towering, gargantuan, and never-ending all put together) dragon came bursting out of the ice and ate all the dragons that were after us. We leapt out of the ice and onto dry land just in time to find the treasure before it got buried in quicksand and return to the town in full glory. I woke up.
I stretched on the couch, yawned, and went downstairs to make this blog post. Then I woke up for real.
That was my single dream that I had last night. If you do the math, and you don't have to because I did, you find that I was in a dream within a dream within a dream within a dream within a dream. Huzzah! :) I love dreamceptions.
Friday, May 11, 2012
Viking Names
During our sushi dinner we came up with proper viking names in the style of How to Train Your Dragon.
Me: Andres the Small of the Crazy Loonigans, o Hear his Name and Laugh, ha ha
Mom: Eliany the Mom of the Crazy Loonigans, o Hear her Name and Don't Wipe Your Hands on Your Pants for the Last Time and I Really Mean it, sigh sigh
Dad: Snoozy the Snorer of the Crazy Loonigans, o Hear his Name and run for Fear of Being Eaten, nom nom
Lucia: Lucia the Hyper of the Crazy Loonigans, o Hear her Name and Make Sure Your Furniture is Securely Fastened, evacuate evacuate
Pity Pur: Pity el Purro the Spanish Conquistador, o Hear his Footsteps and Tremble, literally literally
Maggy Meou: Maggy the Fast From the Depths of the Jungle, o watch her run and hide, zoom zoom
That's it for the Crazy Loonigans & Friends, make your own name and post it in the comments.
Me: Andres the Small of the Crazy Loonigans, o Hear his Name and Laugh, ha ha
Mom: Eliany the Mom of the Crazy Loonigans, o Hear her Name and Don't Wipe Your Hands on Your Pants for the Last Time and I Really Mean it, sigh sigh
Dad: Snoozy the Snorer of the Crazy Loonigans, o Hear his Name and run for Fear of Being Eaten, nom nom
Lucia: Lucia the Hyper of the Crazy Loonigans, o Hear her Name and Make Sure Your Furniture is Securely Fastened, evacuate evacuate
Pity Pur: Pity el Purro the Spanish Conquistador, o Hear his Footsteps and Tremble, literally literally
Maggy Meou: Maggy the Fast From the Depths of the Jungle, o watch her run and hide, zoom zoom
That's it for the Crazy Loonigans & Friends, make your own name and post it in the comments.
Recurring Dreams
First, let's start off with the recurring dreams. One dream I frequently have is of some people and I being stranded on a planet full of dinosaurs. The last time, two days ago, I found out that the planet is called Driftwood.
The second is more of a recurring theme, in which my friends and I have to do something to a ghost, to make his or her afterlife better. Usually, the ghosts aren't scary, just sad and lonely. :( :(
The third is when I'm in a place, usually a house, that is full of traps and death. Three days ago I had a nasty run-in with a dog the size of a dog, but with a really bad attitude. To make it worse, about halfway through my escape an evil ghost IRG came and we had to fend it off with spells from Harry Potter. Yeah, my dreams are like that.
The fourth is about me in video games. At least they feel like video games. There is always a large flying boss involved, and some sort of fungus creature. Cockroaches are not uncommon too.
The fifth and last is COMPLETE CHAOS. At least 20 to 500 heroes and villains duke it out in a massive brawl. Usually these dreams end with a large explosion or me waking up, we have won once and lost once. Both were epic.
The second is more of a recurring theme, in which my friends and I have to do something to a ghost, to make his or her afterlife better. Usually, the ghosts aren't scary, just sad and lonely. :( :(
The third is when I'm in a place, usually a house, that is full of traps and death. Three days ago I had a nasty run-in with a dog the size of a dog, but with a really bad attitude. To make it worse, about halfway through my escape an evil ghost IRG came and we had to fend it off with spells from Harry Potter. Yeah, my dreams are like that.
The fourth is about me in video games. At least they feel like video games. There is always a large flying boss involved, and some sort of fungus creature. Cockroaches are not uncommon too.
The fifth and last is COMPLETE CHAOS. At least 20 to 500 heroes and villains duke it out in a massive brawl. Usually these dreams end with a large explosion or me waking up, we have won once and lost once. Both were epic.
Tuesday, May 1, 2012
Epic emoji
Yes I will eventually finish the last post but I just found an awesome emoji:
ლ(ಠ益ಠლ
HAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WIN
Well that was it. Bye!
ლ(ಠ益ಠლ
HAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WIN
Well that was it. Bye!
Saturday, April 21, 2012
The Legend of Cornwood part three
I have divided this one into sections too. Read it as you wish.
Down we fell into the blackness. We landed in a room with of the Red King sitting on his throne covered in gold. I chipped away the mouth with my chisel and the statue (well actually it was the Red King covered in gold) said "The Gold King has gotten to me. The only cure is the RedWater. Pour some on me, quick!"
We poured some RedWater on him and the gold melted away. "Thank you," the king said, "In return I shall give you a gift. Come forth, Lukas of the Darkness Realm." Lukas stepped foreward and the Red King gave him what looked like a glove made out of rubies. "This is a very special glove. Here, try it out."
The king waved his hand and a door appeared in the wall. "This door will take you straight to the Gold King's palace. However it is locked," he said. Then he motioned lo Lukas and said, "Go to the door."
Lukas went to the door and as if by magic (actually because of magic) the glove flew towards the door and unlocked it. "Go, heroes!" the king said, "And may luck be with you"
We arrived outside the castle. The castle, being designed by a mad genius, was structured like this:
_______________
l _____ ____ 1
l 1 1 1
l 1 CASTLE 1 1
l 1__________1 1
l_____ _____1
RIVER
US
Vanyel started making a catapult to get across the river moat wall fortress. When he was done, we all climbed in and were launched over the wall. Lucas wrapped us in his cape and we landed in the courtyard with a thud.
After walking around the castle (we had to find the entrance) we entered into the maze. after following the dowsing rod for some time through the maze, we came to a glowing green orb. "Is this it?" I asked.
"No," said Vanyel, "This is some sort of substance that is messing with the dowsing rod. We're on our own."
After a lot more wandering we came to some stairs. Vanyel went down, and we followed. Suddenly, Vanyel threw himself on the floor. We did too, and just avoided being hit by a large whirring blade. Lukas reached out and caught it.
We looked down to inspect the blade, and saw the blood of emerald soldiers on it. Lukas gave Vanyel the blade and we kept going. There was writing and pictures on the walls. This is what they said:
"One day, many thousands of years ago, when the gods fell to earth, they created a tree. This tree was made out of the most rare substance of the world: cornwood. The surrounding area was then named Cornwood, in honor of the tree. The wood was said to be able to do anything and everything, even power the -17Inator. It was so powerful that the original gods sealed it in some really dark and forbidden place. The place was so dark that even the sun would just be smothered out by the darkness."
The walls went on like this for quite some time. Then we arrived at a chamber with a sleeping insane dwarf.
We could tell he was insane because of the sign on his chest that said "Insane." Lukas threw an arrow at a golden apple near his head. Because he was so insane, he started sleeping more soundly. Lukas cast the spell of silence on the room. The dwarf's snores grew louder. Lukas cancelled the silence spell and vanyel asked "Okay, so what makes people go insane?"
"Fingernails on a chalkboard!" Said Lukas. Vanyel made a chalkboardish object and started scraping it. Almost instantly, the dwarf sat up and yawned.
"Ah," he said, "thanks for making me sane again. I assume you are heroes. In return for doing that I shall give you each two things that I make out of gold."
We chose our stuff. Vanyel got a hundred arrows and some golden string for his emerald bow, Lukas got some golden batteries for his scythe and a golden something-or-other, and I got a golden shield and three golden flashlights. Lukas put his golden batteries into the flashlights and found an emerald battery for himself that made his scythe long-range. I wrapped the plasma whip around the shield and made it a plasma shield.
"There you go," said the dwarf, "And be careful. Up ahead you may have to get into combat"
Up ahead, we got into some combat. Five guard dwarves (with "Guard" signs on their chests) tried to kill us. Lukas and Vanyel each sniped two. I ran in close and slammed one of the dwarves with my shield, thereby making him DESINTEVAPORATE. Vanyel picked up one of their golden semiautomatic pistols and we moved on.
Some time later, we came to a large chamber. The large chamber had a huge tentacled thing in the middle. By squinting, I could see that the Magical Gemerald of Power (which is its official name, as we learned from the writing on the walls) was inside the creature. We set about getting to the gemerald.
Lukas cut off the tentacles from afar with his scythe and Vanyel shot it in the eyes with his gun. I held my shield behind me and slashed with my sword in front of me so he couldn't get me. Going on like this for a while, we realized we were going nowhere fast.
I ran back to vanyel and drank some RedWater, then I started slashing through the monster much quicker, so I was able to almost make it to the gemerald. However, the center part of the monster just kept re-growing too fast. I asked Vanyel for some help.
Vanyel quickly took all the tentacle bits around him to make a huge tentacle bullet, then he shot it directly into the center of the beast. I grabbed the gemerald through the hole he made and started running.
"Wait!" Said lukas, "Under the monster is an immense hole that travels past the red layer, past the blue layer, and into the platinum layer."
"But we have to go now!" I told him, pointing at the dwarves labeled "Warrior".
"We can come back later" I grabbed him out of the hole and pulled him away. Vanyel and Lukas drank the last of the RedWater and followed me as I raced ahead of the massive wave of dwarves. We eventually lost them and tossed the gemerald into the arms of the surprised Emerald king. Our first quest was over.
END OF BOOK ONE
If you're wondering, book two hasn't been made yet.
Down we fell into the blackness. We landed in a room with of the Red King sitting on his throne covered in gold. I chipped away the mouth with my chisel and the statue (well actually it was the Red King covered in gold) said "The Gold King has gotten to me. The only cure is the RedWater. Pour some on me, quick!"
We poured some RedWater on him and the gold melted away. "Thank you," the king said, "In return I shall give you a gift. Come forth, Lukas of the Darkness Realm." Lukas stepped foreward and the Red King gave him what looked like a glove made out of rubies. "This is a very special glove. Here, try it out."
The king waved his hand and a door appeared in the wall. "This door will take you straight to the Gold King's palace. However it is locked," he said. Then he motioned lo Lukas and said, "Go to the door."
Lukas went to the door and as if by magic (actually because of magic) the glove flew towards the door and unlocked it. "Go, heroes!" the king said, "And may luck be with you"
We arrived outside the castle. The castle, being designed by a mad genius, was structured like this:
_______________
l _____ ____ 1
l 1 1 1
l 1 CASTLE 1 1
l 1__________1 1
l_____ _____1
RIVER
US
Vanyel started making a catapult to get across the river moat wall fortress. When he was done, we all climbed in and were launched over the wall. Lucas wrapped us in his cape and we landed in the courtyard with a thud.
After walking around the castle (we had to find the entrance) we entered into the maze. after following the dowsing rod for some time through the maze, we came to a glowing green orb. "Is this it?" I asked.
"No," said Vanyel, "This is some sort of substance that is messing with the dowsing rod. We're on our own."
After a lot more wandering we came to some stairs. Vanyel went down, and we followed. Suddenly, Vanyel threw himself on the floor. We did too, and just avoided being hit by a large whirring blade. Lukas reached out and caught it.
We looked down to inspect the blade, and saw the blood of emerald soldiers on it. Lukas gave Vanyel the blade and we kept going. There was writing and pictures on the walls. This is what they said:
"One day, many thousands of years ago, when the gods fell to earth, they created a tree. This tree was made out of the most rare substance of the world: cornwood. The surrounding area was then named Cornwood, in honor of the tree. The wood was said to be able to do anything and everything, even power the -17Inator. It was so powerful that the original gods sealed it in some really dark and forbidden place. The place was so dark that even the sun would just be smothered out by the darkness."
The walls went on like this for quite some time. Then we arrived at a chamber with a sleeping insane dwarf.
We could tell he was insane because of the sign on his chest that said "Insane." Lukas threw an arrow at a golden apple near his head. Because he was so insane, he started sleeping more soundly. Lukas cast the spell of silence on the room. The dwarf's snores grew louder. Lukas cancelled the silence spell and vanyel asked "Okay, so what makes people go insane?"
"Fingernails on a chalkboard!" Said Lukas. Vanyel made a chalkboardish object and started scraping it. Almost instantly, the dwarf sat up and yawned.
"Ah," he said, "thanks for making me sane again. I assume you are heroes. In return for doing that I shall give you each two things that I make out of gold."
We chose our stuff. Vanyel got a hundred arrows and some golden string for his emerald bow, Lukas got some golden batteries for his scythe and a golden something-or-other, and I got a golden shield and three golden flashlights. Lukas put his golden batteries into the flashlights and found an emerald battery for himself that made his scythe long-range. I wrapped the plasma whip around the shield and made it a plasma shield.
"There you go," said the dwarf, "And be careful. Up ahead you may have to get into combat"
Up ahead, we got into some combat. Five guard dwarves (with "Guard" signs on their chests) tried to kill us. Lukas and Vanyel each sniped two. I ran in close and slammed one of the dwarves with my shield, thereby making him DESINTEVAPORATE. Vanyel picked up one of their golden semiautomatic pistols and we moved on.
Some time later, we came to a large chamber. The large chamber had a huge tentacled thing in the middle. By squinting, I could see that the Magical Gemerald of Power (which is its official name, as we learned from the writing on the walls) was inside the creature. We set about getting to the gemerald.
Lukas cut off the tentacles from afar with his scythe and Vanyel shot it in the eyes with his gun. I held my shield behind me and slashed with my sword in front of me so he couldn't get me. Going on like this for a while, we realized we were going nowhere fast.
I ran back to vanyel and drank some RedWater, then I started slashing through the monster much quicker, so I was able to almost make it to the gemerald. However, the center part of the monster just kept re-growing too fast. I asked Vanyel for some help.
Vanyel quickly took all the tentacle bits around him to make a huge tentacle bullet, then he shot it directly into the center of the beast. I grabbed the gemerald through the hole he made and started running.
"Wait!" Said lukas, "Under the monster is an immense hole that travels past the red layer, past the blue layer, and into the platinum layer."
"But we have to go now!" I told him, pointing at the dwarves labeled "Warrior".
"We can come back later" I grabbed him out of the hole and pulled him away. Vanyel and Lukas drank the last of the RedWater and followed me as I raced ahead of the massive wave of dwarves. We eventually lost them and tossed the gemerald into the arms of the surprised Emerald king. Our first quest was over.
END OF BOOK ONE
If you're wondering, book two hasn't been made yet.
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