Hello. I am sorry I haven't got around to posting in a while. I have been doing so much lately. Right now I am in Sacramento, California for my uncle's graduation. This year I will be going into high school as a freshman. I am really disappointed right now because it turns out that my school district has decided that no freshman is going to be double blocked which means that I am going to be stuck in the bottom two bands. That is a real bummer. I was the best trombone player in my school and I am going to be forced into the bottom bands. But the band is fighting them so I hope that that will be changed.
Last weekend was very important to me because I finally got confirmed. I had to go through the intire service in this hot gown. After the sermon we went up to the alter and the pastor asked us questions about our faith. All in all it was not to painful but it is something that I will remember for a long time. 9:32 AM
Title: Journey to the Center of the Earth
Author: Jules Verne
Rating: 5
Axel, the nephew of Professor Otto Liddenbrock, was surprised when his uncle came home early ranting about a 300 year old authentic Icelandic manuscript, but when a cryptograph is found in its pages his uncle will not eat, sleep or rest until it is solved while forcing his household to do the same. Then Axel discovers the cryptograph's secret but is determined to keep it from his uncle. But hunger can weaken a man's will and Axel finally gives in and tells his secret. His uncle is thrilled and immediately they prepare to set out for Iceland. There they are joined by Hans, a quiet Icelander that would be their guide, and together they set out for their final destination; the center of the earth and fame. 9:21 AM
Saturday, June 24, 2006
Title: Dances With Wolves
Author: Michael Blake
Rating: 5
Lieutenant John Dunbar of the United States army has just been sent to Fort Sedgewick with supplies to help the men there. But when he arrives he is amazed to find the fort completely empty, but he still decides to stay and hold the fort. But their are only two people that know were he is and one has just been killed and the other sent off to the loony bin. But when he rescues a Comanche woman from the forest he meets a band of Comanche and they become friends. He eventually becomes part of the band and gets a new name, Dances With Wolves. But when the army returns he must decide if he is a member of the United States Army or a Comanche warrior. The age of the Indians was coming to a close but it still lives in the hearts and imaginations of the readers who are inspired by Dances With Wolves. This book has inspired me to learn more about the Comanche Indians. What has it inspired you to do. 1:29 PM
Tuesday, June 13, 2006
Junkfood and Journaling
I am doing "Junkfood and Journaling" for the summer at my local library. We are given specific prompts to use as an topic for each week. This week we are writing in the style of Samuel Pepys. The twist is that "he" is here in the modern century! I choose to have Samuel come to the present in a time machine.
Dear Diary,
A lot has changed in 300 years but it is good to experience another time period. Many of the customs that I practiced 300 years ago have either changed, become less practiced, or even ceased to exist. Women are no longer just housewives and child bearers they have been given almost all the privileges that a man has. I see children every where having fun and creating mischief that is impossible in my time. The clothing that these people wear is Outrageous! The women and young ladies show mush more than they should and every one is wearing this strange material called jeans. It is almost impossible to get through a conversation with out some form of slang or improper grammar. And they are much better and also much worse off than us. I hope that I will be able to return to my time soon and bring back some of tease marvelous snickers bars. 7:27 PM
Saturday, May 13, 2006
Title: Dealing with Dragons
Author: Patricia Wrede
Rating: 5
Take one dragon and one princess and you have to deal with dragons. Add a stone prince, some wizards, and a witch into the mix and you have Dealing with Dragons.
Cimorene is the youngest of seven daughters to the king of a very large kingdom. She wants to do more in her life than be proper all the time and get married to an idiot prince. She wants an adventure and she is given the chance when a talking frog tells her a way to get away. But after she follows the frogs directions she finds her self in the midst of five dragons that are deciding weather or not to eat her. One of the dragons decides to take Cimorene to be her princess. All is well (exept for the endless line of princes and knights trying to reasue her) until wizards show up and start making trouble. But when the king of the dragons is killed Cimorene smelt a rat, or a wizard in this case. But who will be the next king of the dragons. 9:52 PM
Sunday, March 26, 2006
Title: Dragon's Dawn
Author: Anne McCaffrey
Rating: 5
A brand new world open for colonization. A way to start over with a clean slate. A planet called Pern.
Pern. A planet with many positives and very few known negatives. For 8 years they flourished on this land that has almost every thing that they ever wanted. A new planet to explore and colonize with millions of acres of land to support their every need and a world free of the terror and hardships of war.
But when a terrible menace called Thread, an almost evil substance that feeds on and destroys any thing organic, descends on them things start to look very grim on their new home. With the help of a species of small fire-breathing dragonets they are able to fight off the Thread. But the Tread continues to fall but they continue to fight it. But how long can they keep it up. The only way to survive is to find or create something that will be able to fight Tread, is intelligent, though even fairly intelligent would suffice, and can be controlled by people. Since there were no such creatures to be found they put their best genetic engineers to work.
After months of hard work the first clutch of genetically engineered dragons hatched. Each of the 18 dragons chose a person to care for them and eventually ride them. 18 dragons and 18 riders destined to fight Thread. But will it be enough? 6:42 PM
Saturday, November 12, 2005
Title: The Raven
Author: Edgar Allan Poe
Rating: 5
This is one of the many poems by Edgar Allan Poe. It is a very good poem but at first I didn't really understand it. It took awhile before I fully understood it even after I had been told the main idea. In this poem raven represents death. What I believe that that the man in this poem is going to die and death is tapping at his door. This poem uses lots of figurative speech and it makes it sound very pretty. Such as "Prophet!,' said I, 'Thing of evil! Prophet still if bird or devil! Whether Tempter sent or tossed thee here ashore, Desolate ye tall undaunted, On this home by horror haunted-tell me truly, I implore- Is there balm in Gilead?- tell me- tell me I implore!' Quoth the Raven, 'Nevermore." It would be a good idea to read The Raven. 4:14 PM
Monday, September 26, 2005
Fort Parker State Park
On Monday the 26th we went to Fort Parker State Park. We got to see the main f ort but the visitors center was closed. It was kind of disappointing because w e didn't get the whole picture. But we still had a great time. My favorite par ts were the block house, thats were the fire down at people that are trying to attack the fort, and the little door that leads to the spring were they get t here water. This little door was really cute because it was a lot smaller than regular doors. The only problems I see in this door is it is a good way for t he enemy to get in and tall people would have trouble getting through, this wo uld be kind of good if the enemy was also tall. Another problem is that if you are being attacked you can't get water. I really hope that I can go back some day.
8:05 AM
Thursday, September 22, 2005
Ready for Rita
Hi, everyone! We are getting ready for hurricane Rita. The weather is really beautiful down here. To get ready we are sticking everything that could get damaged by the water in trash bags and putting them up high. The news says that the highways are packed so we are leaving about two in the morning for Waco. It will be about an eight hour drive if traffic is not too bad. I hope all you down south are ok in the storm or already gone.
PS. I know I haven't been putting up book reviews lately but I have a lot of new reports that I am going to put up soon. 12:13 PM
