The senior picnic was so awesome. The whole senior class got to go outside and get FREE food and hang out all of third period. It was relaxing for the first ten minutes. Sitting on the grass and talking to friends and enjoying the nice weather. Well someone got the football out and I went over and messed around. Well it was mostly white people over there and a couple of my black friends. Well some more black people (mostly our Varsity football players) came over and wanted to play a game.
I was excited for a good game. Well I turned my back and I realized that I was the only white person playing. I thought to myself, "What did I get myself into?" Thank God though to the fact that most of the biggest guys were on my team.
Offensive wise I hated playing. I got the ball ONCE. I was getting so irritated about this and the one time I do get it. The funniest thing happen. Before I get to that, there was a whole sideline of people watching this game and that made me nervous cause I don't want to be the guy who looks bad in front of whole bunch of people. Anyways, I caught the ball and took steps and this guy rams me so hard in the gut and he sends me flying. In my point of view, it felt like the matrix. Everything slowed down and like I was sitting in mid air. The ball wasn't in my hands anymore and I see it in front of me in mid air as well. Somehow I grabbed it and landed on my butt in the sitting position. And all I heard was ooooohhhhhhh. I'll admit I felt embarrassed.
Defensively wise, I stood my own. All these guys have been in Weight Training since 7th grade and I did it for one semester. So all these guys were strong and I knew I couldn't go head on with someone. I don't remember how many tackles I got but I got quite a few. The only way I could tackle someone was to go for his legs. It was kinda awkward doing it cause I had this big guy running at me and so basically I had to let him run over me and on the way down I grab his legs. You look stupid getting run over but still get the tackle. Everytime I did that I got mad cause the other team would laugh at the fact I got ran over even though I tackled the guy. It confused me.
Well when the game was over a whole bunch of people congratulated me about "playing with the big boys." The guys who made me smile the most was my friend Taylor. In the previous semester, Taylor and I had Weight Training and we played football alot. We were both really good. Anyways, Taylor was like "my boy!" It was a great moment for me but man I was so sore haha. Oh side not, my right shoulder got messed up sometime during that game and still hurts to this day when I do tweak it.
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Mario's Quest for Princess Peach
So here's a video back from 12th grade. My sister is going to be really embarrass by it but she will, well might, get over it. Well Christina's AP Lit class had to create an epic story. They were allowed to be in groups and everyone except Christina's group did a story on paper. I wasn't even in the class and I was in the video all over the place. They needed an extra person, and I thought it would be fun and it was.
video
At the part where I fall and slide on the ground. I ended up bleeding from that. What can you say, I go all out with my performances haha.
Well at this rate, I don't think the video is going to upload. So if it ever does you can skip this paragraph. The group decided to create their own Mario scenario. Christina was Bowser and Boo. I ended up playing Boo cause Christina couldn't run in the camera right. Well the story starts off with Mario and Princess getting married and I'm the pastor. Than Bowser runs in and captures Princess Peach. And so the story continues on with Mario and Luigi trying to get Peach back.
Well the video was uploading and uploading and it took forever. The video is seven minutes long and I was surprised how big the size was. 1.54 GB I'm guessing its that size because theres like three songs on it.
video
At the part where I fall and slide on the ground. I ended up bleeding from that. What can you say, I go all out with my performances haha.
Well at this rate, I don't think the video is going to upload. So if it ever does you can skip this paragraph. The group decided to create their own Mario scenario. Christina was Bowser and Boo. I ended up playing Boo cause Christina couldn't run in the camera right. Well the story starts off with Mario and Princess getting married and I'm the pastor. Than Bowser runs in and captures Princess Peach. And so the story continues on with Mario and Luigi trying to get Peach back.
Well the video was uploading and uploading and it took forever. The video is seven minutes long and I was surprised how big the size was. 1.54 GB I'm guessing its that size because theres like three songs on it.
Random Facts
Random Fact # 1. I don't really hang out with people my own age. I never really have. Like in high school I hardly ever hung out with people in my grade. I mean I hanged out with my best friend Kevin but thats about it. Like I learned later that I was always invited to things Christina was invited to. It sucked but I got over it really quickly. It was nice to be asked instead of the twin thing. Anyways, now I'm hanging out with people who are a year older than me. A few friends of mine have lunch on Mondays and Wednesdays every week from twelve to two. The last month and a half we've been playing alot of hacky sack. It's really funny, the first day my friend like went to kick and he went up than down hard on the ground. It was so funny.
Random Fact # 2. I have hobbit feet. The person who officially gave me the tile is my friend Jade. I don't remember what day it was but she looked at my feet and was like woah hobbit feet! So the name stuck. I have wide feet and I have a little hair on top of my feet and on my big toe and they do kinda look like hobbit feet.
Random Fact # 3. My favorite genres of music are Rock and Christian. My favorite bands are Nickelback and Hillsong. I pretty much listen to everyone except for RAP. I mean I listen to it now and than but I can never really get into it. I even liked the music from Phantom of the Opera.
Random Fact # 4. Good luck hurting me on the outside cause I have a high tolerance for pain. Unfortunately, I am a wuss a sensitive person.
Random Fact # 2. I have hobbit feet. The person who officially gave me the tile is my friend Jade. I don't remember what day it was but she looked at my feet and was like woah hobbit feet! So the name stuck. I have wide feet and I have a little hair on top of my feet and on my big toe and they do kinda look like hobbit feet.
Random Fact # 3. My favorite genres of music are Rock and Christian. My favorite bands are Nickelback and Hillsong. I pretty much listen to everyone except for RAP. I mean I listen to it now and than but I can never really get into it. I even liked the music from Phantom of the Opera.
Random Fact # 4. Good luck hurting me on the outside cause I have a high tolerance for pain. Unfortunately, I am a wuss a sensitive person.
Shawn Michaels
Shawn Michaels is one of the greatest wrestlers to have ever set foot in a wrestling ring. He wrestles in the WWE (World Wrestling Entertainment). He's been wrestling with the WWE since 1988.
Shawn Michales real name is Michael Shawn Hickenbottom and he was born on July 22, 1965. At the age of of forty-three he is still wrestling better than most guys half his age. Every wrestler has a finishing move, Shawn's is the super kick. When his opponent gets up from being on the ground, Shawn waits in the corner and he lifts his leg and drops it to make a loud thud. He does this to get the crowd going. He waits till his opponent faces him and he raises his foot and nails his opponent in the face. It's one of my favorite finishers because it looks like it will hurt.
One of the funniest and most memorable moments with HBK (oh thats what he calls himself, HBK stands for Heart Break Kid) was a couple years ago when HBK and Triple H were doing DX. Whenever these guys are together its chaos for everyone and its extremely funny. One night they were talking about how Vince McMan said that they didn't know controversy. HBK goes into a frenzy and says I know controversy and he super kicks three people walking down the hall. It might not be funny when I tell it but if you watch it, you'll laugh. Here's a link for it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=obXYqcsDtj4&feature=related
The one thing I didn't like about him is what I read in his book, Heartbreak & Triumph, the Shawn Michaels Story. I learned that HBK always came up with great matches to where he would lose. If someone needed to make look good, it was a win over HBK. Looking back on everything I realized that he's been in so many great matches but he never wins. HBK is very capable of winning but he chooses to lose ahead of time (cause the show is fake and there is a story line) to make his opponent look good. Like at last Wrestle Mania, I knew HBK was going to lose to the Undertaker even though he owned him the weeks before.
Shawn Michales real name is Michael Shawn Hickenbottom and he was born on July 22, 1965. At the age of of forty-three he is still wrestling better than most guys half his age. Every wrestler has a finishing move, Shawn's is the super kick. When his opponent gets up from being on the ground, Shawn waits in the corner and he lifts his leg and drops it to make a loud thud. He does this to get the crowd going. He waits till his opponent faces him and he raises his foot and nails his opponent in the face. It's one of my favorite finishers because it looks like it will hurt.
One of the funniest and most memorable moments with HBK (oh thats what he calls himself, HBK stands for Heart Break Kid) was a couple years ago when HBK and Triple H were doing DX. Whenever these guys are together its chaos for everyone and its extremely funny. One night they were talking about how Vince McMan said that they didn't know controversy. HBK goes into a frenzy and says I know controversy and he super kicks three people walking down the hall. It might not be funny when I tell it but if you watch it, you'll laugh. Here's a link for it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=obXYqcsDtj4&feature=related
The one thing I didn't like about him is what I read in his book, Heartbreak & Triumph, the Shawn Michaels Story. I learned that HBK always came up with great matches to where he would lose. If someone needed to make look good, it was a win over HBK. Looking back on everything I realized that he's been in so many great matches but he never wins. HBK is very capable of winning but he chooses to lose ahead of time (cause the show is fake and there is a story line) to make his opponent look good. Like at last Wrestle Mania, I knew HBK was going to lose to the Undertaker even though he owned him the weeks before.
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Inheritance Cycle Book 3
The title, Brisingr, means "fire" in the fictional ancient language. It was released on September 20, 2008. I went to the Barnes & Nobles on the 19 and I waited till midnight because they were releasing the book at that time. I've waited a couple of years for the book to come out and now I have to wait another at most two years for the last book. According to the Algaesia site, the book sold 550,000 copies on its first day of sale.
This book is about "The Seven Promises of Eragon Shadeslayer and Saphira Bjartskular" Throughout the first two books, Eragon and Saphira made promises through out the stories. In this book, they make amends to most of them.
Eragon, Roran, and Saphira rescue Roran's fiance, Katrina, who is held prisoner at Helgrind, the dwelling place of the Ra'zac. Eragon also finds Sloan, Katrina's imprisoned father and a traitor to Carvahall. While Saphira, Roran and Katrina return to the Varden, Eragon slays the remaining Ra'zac. Using Sloan's true name (which he discovers by accident), Eragon commands him to travel towards the Elves' domain before returning to the Varden himself. Meanwhile, Arya finds Eragon in a town named Eastcroft, and together, they return to the Varden. At the Varden's camp, Eragon attempts to reverse the curse he accidentally set upon Elva but after a failed first try Elva says that she doesn't want the curse to be entirely removed after she discovers she can ignore it, later saying that next time she and Eragon met they would not be a friend or a foe, but she keeps her loyalty to Saphira. Eragon proceeds to repays small debts, and settles other minor affairs.
Part of the reason why the book was getting really big was due to Paolini adding a hundred pages about Sloan. Sloan had betrayed his friends. Sloan had betrayed Roran of letting the Ra Zac to capture Katrina. Sloan wanted them to take Roran but they ended up taking him and Katrina. The reason he added Sloan was to show a side of Eragon we haven't seen yet. He didn't want to become a killer. It was his duty to protect to fight in the army but he didn't want to be God when it came to deciding his faith.
Oh and about Roran. There is a chapter where he kills 193 people in one battle!
This book is about "The Seven Promises of Eragon Shadeslayer and Saphira Bjartskular" Throughout the first two books, Eragon and Saphira made promises through out the stories. In this book, they make amends to most of them.
Eragon, Roran, and Saphira rescue Roran's fiance, Katrina, who is held prisoner at Helgrind, the dwelling place of the Ra'zac. Eragon also finds Sloan, Katrina's imprisoned father and a traitor to Carvahall. While Saphira, Roran and Katrina return to the Varden, Eragon slays the remaining Ra'zac. Using Sloan's true name (which he discovers by accident), Eragon commands him to travel towards the Elves' domain before returning to the Varden himself. Meanwhile, Arya finds Eragon in a town named Eastcroft, and together, they return to the Varden. At the Varden's camp, Eragon attempts to reverse the curse he accidentally set upon Elva but after a failed first try Elva says that she doesn't want the curse to be entirely removed after she discovers she can ignore it, later saying that next time she and Eragon met they would not be a friend or a foe, but she keeps her loyalty to Saphira. Eragon proceeds to repays small debts, and settles other minor affairs.
Part of the reason why the book was getting really big was due to Paolini adding a hundred pages about Sloan. Sloan had betrayed his friends. Sloan had betrayed Roran of letting the Ra Zac to capture Katrina. Sloan wanted them to take Roran but they ended up taking him and Katrina. The reason he added Sloan was to show a side of Eragon we haven't seen yet. He didn't want to become a killer. It was his duty to protect to fight in the army but he didn't want to be God when it came to deciding his faith.
Oh and about Roran. There is a chapter where he kills 193 people in one battle!
Inheritance Cycle Book 2
Eldest begins following several important events in Eragon. The story is the continued adventures of Eragon and his dragon Saphira, centering around their journey to the realm of the Elves in order to further Eragon's training as a Dragon Rider. Other plots in the story focus on Roran, Eragon's cousin, who leads the inhabitants of Carvahall to Surda, and Nasuada as she takes on her father's role as leader of the Varden. Eldest ends at the Battle of the Burning Plains with a bang, where Eragon faces a new Dragon Rider, and a new dragon, Thorn.
I really like this book. Roran has his own story now and he’s a badass, plain and simple. The Ra Zac and soldiers come looking for Roran to you use him as bait to lure out Eragon but Roran has no clue that his cousin is the new rider. Well basically Roran defends the village with a hammer. He gets it from the blacksmith, Horst, and bashes so many people with it. He also helps them get through the Spine. Did I say awesome he is? Well he steals a small ship to take them to Teirm and there they steal one of the best vessels ever. And they sail along the coast all the way to Surda. Here’s a pic of the map to help you visualize it.
http://img150.imageshack.us/img150/8372/eragonmap2ye2.jpg
For Eragon’s part that I read the most is about the last hundred pages of the book. It’s the biggest battle of the book and one of the coolest parts too. This is the part where the Urgals come in. This is where the alliance comes in. Eragon kicks some much butt in the battle too. But it’s like tens of thousands on the Varden side versus hundred of thousands of the Empire side. Oh and Roran arrives on the ship near the end of the battle and he takes out the strongest magicians in the Empire.
So if you have guessed that Roran is my favorite character, you guessed right
I really like this book. Roran has his own story now and he’s a badass, plain and simple. The Ra Zac and soldiers come looking for Roran to you use him as bait to lure out Eragon but Roran has no clue that his cousin is the new rider. Well basically Roran defends the village with a hammer. He gets it from the blacksmith, Horst, and bashes so many people with it. He also helps them get through the Spine. Did I say awesome he is? Well he steals a small ship to take them to Teirm and there they steal one of the best vessels ever. And they sail along the coast all the way to Surda. Here’s a pic of the map to help you visualize it.
http://img150.imageshack.us/img150/8372/eragonmap2ye2.jpg
For Eragon’s part that I read the most is about the last hundred pages of the book. It’s the biggest battle of the book and one of the coolest parts too. This is the part where the Urgals come in. This is where the alliance comes in. Eragon kicks some much butt in the battle too. But it’s like tens of thousands on the Varden side versus hundred of thousands of the Empire side. Oh and Roran arrives on the ship near the end of the battle and he takes out the strongest magicians in the Empire.
So if you have guessed that Roran is my favorite character, you guessed right
Inheritance Cycle Book 1
One of my favorite book series ever is the Inheritance Cycle written by Christopher Paolini. It started out at the Inheritance Trilogy but the author said the third book would have been too big. So book 4 is still on the works. I’m going to do a blog on each of the books and that’s why this blog is called Inheritance Cycle book1
Paolini began writing the first book, Eragon, at the age of fifteen. After writing the first draft for a year, he spent a second year rewriting it and fleshing out the story and characters. His parents saw the final manuscript and decided to self-publish Eragon. Paolini spent a year traveling around the United States advertising the novel. By chance, the book was discovered by Carl Hiaasen, who got it re-published by Alfred A. Knopf. The re-published version was released on August 26, 2003.
The book is about a young farm boy named Eragon, who finds a mysterious stone in the mountains called The Spine. A dragon named Saphira hatches from the stone, which was really an egg. When King Galbatorix finds out about Eragon and his dragon, he sends his servants, called the Ra Zac, after them in an effort to capture them. Eragon and Saphira are forced to flee from their hometown, and decide to search for the Varden, a group of rebels who want to see the downfall of Galbatorix. The man they travel with is the town’s old storyteller Brom.
The way I even read this book was by complete luck. I was at Barnes & Nobles and I saw the second book Eldest in the most random spot. It was on the ground on the way to the bathroom. It had a cool looking dragon on it and I picked it up. I read the cover about what happened in the first book and I got hooked on it. I got Eragon and Eldest that day. The next day I took it to school and a few of my friends have read them already.
Paolini began writing the first book, Eragon, at the age of fifteen. After writing the first draft for a year, he spent a second year rewriting it and fleshing out the story and characters. His parents saw the final manuscript and decided to self-publish Eragon. Paolini spent a year traveling around the United States advertising the novel. By chance, the book was discovered by Carl Hiaasen, who got it re-published by Alfred A. Knopf. The re-published version was released on August 26, 2003.
The book is about a young farm boy named Eragon, who finds a mysterious stone in the mountains called The Spine. A dragon named Saphira hatches from the stone, which was really an egg. When King Galbatorix finds out about Eragon and his dragon, he sends his servants, called the Ra Zac, after them in an effort to capture them. Eragon and Saphira are forced to flee from their hometown, and decide to search for the Varden, a group of rebels who want to see the downfall of Galbatorix. The man they travel with is the town’s old storyteller Brom.
The way I even read this book was by complete luck. I was at Barnes & Nobles and I saw the second book Eldest in the most random spot. It was on the ground on the way to the bathroom. It had a cool looking dragon on it and I picked it up. I read the cover about what happened in the first book and I got hooked on it. I got Eragon and Eldest that day. The next day I took it to school and a few of my friends have read them already.
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