NEW BLOG

THIS ONE IS MESSED UP BEYOND REPAIR, SO I HAVE A NEW BLOG. I AM GONNA PUT A WHOLE BUNCH OF HTML ACCESSORIES ON IT OVER CHRISTMAS BREAK. THE URL IS:

cheesywine.blogspot.com

That is it. Sorry for confusion. I had a bunch of HTML, and for everyone else

NEVER EVER PRESS THE "REVERT TO CLASSIC TEMPLATES" UNDER "EDIT HTML"
BIG MISTAKE. PLEASE CHANGE YOUR LINKS THIS BLOG IS NO LONGER IN USE OTHER THAN A CRASH TEST DUMMY

THANKS

CHEESYWINE

The Best Presidential Candidate!

How could Al Gore not back this candidate? He's green! And I mean he is actually green. Is Rudy Giuliani green? I think not. Has anyone ever confused Hillary for a giant shrub? No way! Does Barack Obama match his broccoli? Not a chance! Only one candidate is truly green, and that's the Incredible Hulk. Plants love him. Polluters fear him! Problems with pollution of the world's waterways? No problem! Hulk is in the Justice League. He can just give his pal Aquaman a call. In fact, who needs a woman president when the president is friends with Wonder Woman? She can totally kick Hillary's butt in a fight... I think.

from Hulk For President

I have a problem...and updates

Here are some updates.

My dad got a new car. Here is a picture. The car is black not silver. It is really nice and will be my first car...hopefully. I have a problem with Dana calling me out for my lack of posting, but I will forgive her since she has no grounds to base her claims. In other news

Dylan is ranked 50 in the state in tennis, and I am 190 or so I think.

Well, I gotta run I'll be back on later with a bunch of Christmas videos, etc. Thanks for all your loyalties my fans!

Here is the post!

This is a really hard list to create because there are different categories. I am gonna just make a general idea. Maybe I will post on different categories later in life.

Here we go!

1. The Office
2. 24
   
3. House
   
4. Criminal Minds
5. Drake & Josh
6. Numb3rs
7. CSI
   
8. Seinfeld
9. Extreme Makeover (Home Edition)
   
10. Law and Order
    
11. Dancing With The Stars
12. 6 Days to Sunday
    
13. American Idol
14. K*Ville
15. Prison Break
16. Lost
17. House Hunters (for Dana)
    
18. Critical Situation (Nat. Geo)
19. Sports Center

If anybody would like to see different shows on the list just leave comments...

READ!

I will be updating with more posts later. And Bryan,

NC is wayyyyy better!!!!!!


I have nothing to post about, so I'm going to play tennis. OHHHH, I know. I will post (tonight) a list of the 25 or 50 BEST shows on TV rite now, or within the last 5 years. Feel free to make coments, recommendations!

Dana, you are an inspiration

Top 10 Reasons To live in NC

#1. The sweet tea here is way better than anywhere else in the US

#2. The people are more polite than they are anywhere else (especially FLA)

#3. High-School football dominates the state

#4. There are churches at every turn on these country roads ( so if you're picky this is the place for you)

#5. People don't cut you off nearly as much on the highways

#6. You can rest assure that there will NEVER be an overload of deer, rabbits, and certainly not squirrels due to all the hunting

#7. You can count the stoplights in our town on 1 finger. That's right 1 finger!

#8. There are certainly enough mountains and history to keep you busy for ever.

#9. The worlds first airplane was created and flown here.

#10. I LIVE HERE!

IM BACK!

Hey guys sorry for the wait but i've been uber-busy lately. I just wanted to say thank you to Dana for keeping me updated on her "life" lately with her many posts. My math grade is now an 88 incase anyone was wondering. I just wanted to give props to FSU and UF for their fabulous wins yesterday, but when the FSU MIAMI game was actually worth something (national championships) they got a bunch more hype. I didn't even know they were playing til Bryan told me about it. Well, give me an idea for a post and i will definitely post!

The Phantom of Algebra II

Well, everyone seems to be so impatient for a new post so here it is:

Here is the deal, i have been in high school for 3 weeks now, and i have to say it is pretty sweet. That is except for Algebra 2. Just a little backround info here, i have made straight A's all my life and that record is in jeopardy MAJOR JEOPARDY. Back to the post, I am in Honors Algebra 2 which is the hardest class for a freshman. And last year in math, i made a 97(A +). So far this year, i am in the trenches in math. (just to mention i am in all honors classes). I like my teacher, she goes to my church, but i don't really like her teaching. She is not very emotional WHICH IS TOTALLY FINE, except for the fact that i had a CRAZY teacher last year who was the best i've ever had in my life. Back to the point... My math grade is rite now at this very moment a 78% (C-). NOT GOOD. Now, i am doing my best to bring it up, but I am just at a loss for words.

**Just to let everyone know, if i end up making a C in math, i will never be allowed to blog, email, play PS2, get on the computer, date, or even be allowed to leave the house AGAIN. Pray for me**

Well, just to put this into perspective, this teacher has two Honors Algebra 2 classes each day. So far, 3 A's in both classes COMBINED. yes, that's rite COMBINED! Now, let me clear something up. If I make a B in math, then that is the equivalent of an A in a non-Honors class. I get the same GPA points with a B that i would with an A in a non honors class. But i want an a to get my GPA above a 4. But I am making like 97's in every other class, and so that isn't so bad i guess. But I am not in trouble yet, i have 6 weeks to get that 78 to an 85 or higher. So, Dana you mite have had a little spill this morning, but I had a monumental flood in my life this morning when i found out my grade!

Real football...

Ahhh, yes. it's that time of year again. the time of year when you wake up and go to church. The time of year when you think God really does care about your favorite team.The time of year when you watch a game with 100 thousand fans for a team with 53 players, the time of year when you are most liable to throw the remote at the TV, or step on the dog in rage or lose your voice due to excessive screaming. Yes it is the NFL season again. And it is the most wonderful time of the year. What you look forward to all week long, what keeps you going thru the boring school days, what you think about 24/7. Yes, it is Steelers football. So, my friends, when you think you can't make it any longer, or are too bored to go on, remember that on Sunday, Big Ben will arrive, and the Steel Curtain will be opened and then.............KICKOFF. NFL football is here, don't miss it!

Football

So, it all comes down to this.

Workouts started on June 12th, and i have only missed five days since the start of workouts. And that was to go to Caswell. Well, our first game is tomorrow night, and I am actually starting at Tight End (TE). That is saying something considering the fact that last year, i got ripped off, in the way tht i didn't get to even get looked at for starting QB. Anyways.... starting is a pretty big deal, and especially for a Freshman who is playing with Sophmores also. But I can't wait til tomorrow, and i will be sending picts tomorrow night, so this was just a heads up post i guess you could say. Tomorrow, I will make a new post with picts, so check it out

I thought i would settle the score...

OK, i admit my last post was a little bit of a let down, but my blog pool was dryer than the lakes up here. Here is the point of my post:

Jason Bourne Compared To Jack Sparrow.

I will compare facts between the two movie heroes.


Jason and Jack compared:

Jason Bourne and Jack sparrow. More manly name? goes to Jason. super heroes arent named after birds. Score Jason
Swords and Guns. Swords=midievel Guns=21 century. Score Jason
Jason=has a girlfriend, Jack= tried to take Will's. Score Jason
Jason=not super pretty girlfriend; Jack=smokin hot "companion". Score Jack
Jason=tries to save lives; Jack=tries to take them. Score Jason
Jason=never dies; Jack=dies but comes back to life. Score Jack for incredible recovery
Jason=never did die; Jack= has died. Score Jason
Jason=works for good people; Jack=tries to kill them. Score Jason
Jason=wins the poll on bryan's blog; Jack=loses poll. Score Jason


And now for the score totals:
Jason=7, Jack=2.

But i realize that Jason and Jack each "contribute" to history in two totally different century's. Theoretically that would be comparing apples and oranges since they had totally different weapon choice, enemies, modes of transportation, and settings.

Ahhh, who cares, we compare apples and oranges regularly, so why not compare Jason and Jack? I do not think Dana has even seen the third installation of the Bourne movies, so she really has no grounds to prove that Jack is better. Of course I haven't seen the third installment of Pirates, so I have no grounds to talk. Once agair that would be comparing apples, and oranges. But who cares about apples and oranges, the new term for that would be comparing Jason to Jack.
So Dana, i hate to tell you but it looks like Jason wins this series of "debates". So maybe you should think about your driving abilities instead of Jason and Jack when you are on the road. And one more thing, i hope this post provided some insight on the topic Jason vs. Jack.

You look tired, you should get some rest!

The Tube

What is the first thing that comes to mind when you hear Youtube?

Multi-million dollar computer company, inappropriate videos, educational, helpful, or just a waste of time?


Well it is actually all of those things. I personally spend a lot of time on the Tube, and I usually watch music performances live, or football videos, or piano covers of songs... you get the point. Well I think that the people who created Youtube will eventually make users pay to become members, so i strongly advise you to become a member now. I am considering this also. I think this because Youtube already has 120 something million dollars since they were sold to Google. And that is even with the site being free to access. They make money off Youtube because of the advertisements on the side bars, and the TV commercials. I also like Youtube because if I want to buy a song on Itunes, but i don't know if it has any "vulgar" language in it, i can just head on over to the Tube and check it out for myself therefore saving me $.99, and a wasted song if it is bad.

Well that is not the point of this post. The point is to show how much revenue a free internet site can generate. Here are the numbers:

(numbers courtesy of wikipedia)

Annual monthly income: $15 million
In late 2006, Google bought online video site Youtube for $1.65 billion in stock

Well, Youtube also has televised the presidential debates, and the Youtube video awards.

Obviously Youtube is a billion dollar industry.

info courtesy of wiki

Like many technology startups, YouTube was started as an angel-funded enterprise from a makeshift office in a garage. In November 2005, venture firm Sequoia Capital invested an initial $3.5 million;additionally, Roelof Botha, partner of the firm and former CFO of PayPal, joined the YouTube board of directors. In April 2006, Sequoia put an additional $8 million into the company, which had experienced huge popular growth within its first few months.
During the summer of 2006, YouTube was one of the fastest growing websites on the Web, and was ranked the 5th most popular website on Alexa, far outpacing even MySpace's rate of growth. According to a July 16, 2006 survey, 100 million video clips are viewed daily on YouTube, with an additional 65,000 new videos uploaded every 24 hours. The website averages nearly 20 million visitors per month, according to Nielsen/NetRatings, where around 44% are female, 56% male, and the 12- to 17-year-old age group is dominant. YouTube's preeminence in the online video market is staggering. According to the website Hitwise.com, YouTube commands up to 64% of the UK online video market.


Wikinews has related news:
Google purchases YouTube for $1.65 billion
On October 9, 2006, it was announced that the company would be purchased by Google for US$1.65 billion in stock. The purchase agreement between Google and YouTube came after YouTube presented three agreements with media companies in an attempt to escape the threat of copyright-infringement lawsuits. YouTube will continue operating independently, with its co-founders and 67 employees working within the company. The deal to acquire YouTube closed on November 13, and was, at the time, Google's second largest acquisition.

Well there is Youtube in a rather large nutshell, hope you enjoyed it.

What can Bourne do for you?

Well, let me start off by saying that yes, i know that I haven't posted in a long time, but this one will be good.


Just a few hours ago, we went to see the Bourne Ultimatum. I haven't seen the first two, so I thought I would kinda be lost. Turns out it was pretty easy to follow. It had very good action scenes, and the smarts and wit of Jason Bourne is...INCREDIBLE. For anyone who hasn't seen it, I strongly advise you to see it!! If you like 24, then you will be blown away by Bourne. I thought this was probably the best movie I have seen all year, if it's not the best I've ever seen in my life! I put a video of the trailor of it on the side of my blog. At least check out the trailor. Here is a basic overview of the plot line courtesy of Fandango.com


All he wanted was to disappear. Instead, Jason Bourne (Matt Damon) is now hunted by the people who made him what he is. Having lost his memory and the one person he loved, he is undeterred by the barrage of bullets and a new generation of highly-trained killers. Bourne has only one objective: to go back to the beginning and find out who he was. He must travel from Moscow, Paris, Madrid and London to Tangier and New York City as he continues his quest to find the real Jason Bourne—all the while trying to outmaneuver the scores of cops, federal officers and Interpol agents with him in their crosshairs.

This movie is different from the hundreds of action movies in this way:

It combines smarts, strength, and REALISM all in one movie.

The website rottentomatos.com is a movie critic site that rates movies with a percent that comes from EVERY review ever published(from the smallest article to the New York Times) and gives it a percentage. They get this percentage based on the number of GOOD reviews compared with the number of BAD reviews. Well, this movie scored something like a 92% which is the highest I've ever witnessed. Compare this to the " Bratz" movie that also comes out this weekend, which got a 8%.

I am just trying to give you people something to do this weekend, so take my words wisely and go see the Bourne Ultimatum. And check out the movie trailor(s) on the sidebar of the page.

Until next time dear fans......

Ahhhh, Good Times

So, as you all probably know, the Bates' and Grammy just came up to visit. We had a great time, and did a lot of cool things. We went to this children's museum on the first day, which was all hands-on stuff. That was surprisingly fun. We played tons of games, and things of the kind. We made plans to go tubing down this river. I've done it before, and it is pretty fun. We ended up not getting the tubs, and so we just swam and went into the rapids and things of the sort. Well, my feet got cut so bad by the rocks that we tripped over a thousand times. The thing is that the water is so low here that normally the rocks would be a little deeper under water and we could swim over them. Need I say that the water wasn't so low so every little crack we stubbed our toe on or stuff like that. So, I ended up giving Aubrey a piggy back ride basically the whole way up the river. I will have pictures coming shortly, but for Bryan:

happy b-day, sorry if I offended you that I didn't say it on your actual b-day. And you can email me your number. it will be safe with me!

P.S. Robbie check your email more often!

Sincerely,
Your friendly neighborhood Spiderman

My Tennis Tournament.

This past weekend, I did my first tennis tournament. It was in Spartanburg. There were some pretty good people in it. There were players ranked 33, 36, 98, 82, and 107 in the state. Just to name a few. Well, I played against a kid that was ranked in the thousands on Friday, and beat him 6-2, 6-0. Total Beatdown! Well, since i won, i had the possibility of playing on Saturday 3 times. (8, 12, 4). Well, i had to play at 8 and that's early no matter what, but add in the fact that we had to drive 45 mins. to get there, we had to wake up at 6:20. i played at 8, so I played a kid ranked 82 in the state. For those of you who don't know, that is REALLY good. I beat him 6-3, 6-4. Then, I played at 12, and lost 6-1, 6-2. That kid was ranked 36 in the state. He was awesome. So, Dylan beat 35 in the first round, and lost to 23 in the second round. If i just say a number, that is the persons ranking. So, now I should be ranked in the state for beating 2 decent kids, and and losing to an awesome one...

An Unlikely Super Hero...

My super hero is not exactly a super hero. I'm sure you all have heard of him, but here goes nothin'. He is the star of the TV show 24.

What's the first thing you think of when you hear Jack Bauer? Bad language? Runs like a girl? Always wins?

Well, I thing Jack Bauer should be a super hero since he always saves Los Angeles from nuclear bombs, nerve gas, nuclear missiles, etc. He is definitely the "luckiest" person alive in the TV world though. Whether that's because he produces the show 24, which he also stars in, or he is just plain lucky. You be the judge. He always tortures his victims to tell him the truth about a nuclear explosion, or what not. He always seems to get shot in his bullet proof vest. Fishy? Doubt it! He runs like a girl, yes indeed you better believe it, but Mr. Jack always saves the day, so that's why he's my favorite super hero. Robbie and Bryan:

Did you know that IN THE SHOW he used to be a heroin addict? True story.

Go Jack Bauer! He always loses everyone from his tactical team, but he always survives. Those of you 24 watchers, do you remember that episode last year when Jack blows up a plant to get rid of the terrorists(right before they set off the nerve gas to go into the air condition of every household in L.A. he saves them)? Well, he runs his girliest in that segment, so you might want to see it. Last thing here, why do all the terrorist attacks happen in L.A. anyways?...

4th Of July

Here are our fireworks, and our mailbox with firecracker-sparkler things. That pic with the fireworks stacked on a table is only half(.5, 1/2, dos/quatro) of what we had

Cherokee

Cherokee Speedway:



Last night Dad, Dylan and I went to Cherokee Speedway. It was an "interesting" experience even though I've been there before. The track is 1/2 mile long. Here is a summary of the track

I have 5 ways to describe this:

1. DUSTY


2. Loud


3. Dangerous


4. Smoking & Drinking


5. Interesting

Right now, you are thinking Cherokee is a dangerous place that you would not want to spend an evening. You are probably right. Cherokee is a race track in Cherokee County, SC. It is a dirt track (hence DUSTY) with red clay being the dirt. They have several races each night. Renegades ( junky cars) are the cheapest cars in the whole circuit, and last night when we went to Cherokee 3 that's right 3 tires came off the cars right into the front of the grandstands. Now if you don't know, a tire can kill someone from a far distance away. EX. A man was working on his car in his DRIVEWAY, when a car somewhere in the area of 120 yards away lost a tire. Well this tire rolled said distance, and hit the man AND KILLED HIM. Now you know the lethal-ness of tires. Anyways, a car comes flying down the race way and loses a tire. Well, the raceway has fences, and walls. The tire comes over the fence (in height) and luckily lands back on the track. This happened three different times. That was scary, and nerve wracking. (hence dangerous). They also have "Young Guns": a under 16 race. A 12 yr. old won that last time. OH, yeah, a 17 yr. old won the Super Late Models last night!

Well, now to the Loud part.

That night just happened to be an All-Star night at the track. So, you have cars from all over the southeast coming to this track, and therefore more cars = more noise. They have late models, and super late models racing in the finale, (at separate times) and those cars are like modified Taurus', and Monte Carlo's, etc. Anyways, there were like 25 of each kind of car, and they made a DEAFENING noise not to mention the dust they kicked up. It was unreal.

Smoking & Drinking:

Fast and simple, almost everyone had a cigarette in one hand, and a beer in another (except for our family and about 50 others). To put this in perspective, there were at least 5 thousand people there, so the chances for inhaling second hand smoke are greatly increased.

Take a look:

Renegade

Young Gun

Super Late Models

Super Late Models

Caswell

Caswell is a baptist church camp. It is located on Oak Island, NC. Here are a few pictures of the camp, not taken by me.

*This is a very long post since we were there for a week, and it was an awesome experience*

The building circled in the picture is the conference center. Off to the right, is the pier since you can probably tell that by the wood color. That is a SMALL picture of the size of the camp. That is MAYBE 1/4 of the campus size. ohhh, where do i start??

Daily Schedule:

Monday (traveling day):

1:00 p.m.: Registration Opens

5:00-6:30p.m.: Supper

7:00 p.m.: Worship

8:00 p.m.: Get Acquainted in Hatch(auditorium pictured above)

10:00 p.m.: Church Group Devotions

11:00 p.m. : In Rooms

11:45 p.m.: Lights Out

Tuesday-Friday Daily Schedule

7:30-8:15 a.m.: Breakfast

9:00.: Wake Up Celebration

9:30-11:10: Small and Large Group Devotions (respectively)

11:15-Noon: Morning Celebration

12:00-5:20: Free Time!

5:20-6:30: Supper

7:00: Worship (best time of day!)

10:00: Church Group Devotions

11:00: In Rooms

11:45: Lights Out

Now that you know my schedule, I'm going to "preach" about my preachers.

Large Group Devotions Leader:

Chad Hambrick:

He is a RECOVERED drug addict, and a buff man. I didn't have as much time with him, but he is a great guy.

Worship Preacher:

Afshin Ziafat:

Affy is a CONVERTED Muslim. He is a great preacher! His family disowned him when he announced his decision to become a Christian. He has since led both of his brothers to Christ, and is reworking his relationship with his dad. He has had some relationship problems, but he has persevered through them. He had panic attacks when he was going through these problems, and kept going. A few months ago, his brother had the same kind of panic attacks, and Affy led his brother to Christ by showing his faith. Affy has met a lot of famous people such as (Bryan): Hakeem Olujawan, Chad Childress, and Jason Elam(Broncos Kicker). Affy is truly an inspiration to me and he is an incredible person.

This camp was one of the greatest things that've ever happened to me. If you would like me to "elaborate" on any of my statements, please ask.

And Robbie, NO I'M NOT DEAD. I will post new blogs when I remember more details.

Campus:

There are girls barracks, boys barracks, an indoor basketball gym, tennis courts, putt-putt, pier, huge fields, cafeteria, chaper, Hatch Auditorium, beaches galore, a pool, classrooms, conference rooms, staff barracks, individual houses for the smaller groups.

We had a great time at Caswell (pronounced Cas-wull). We never were in bed by midnight, and were always up at 7:15. We also had towel fights, which didn't turn out so great because me and one of my friends actually got into it during our fight. There are gashes on everyones legs from the fights. That was so much fun. Alderman's watch out!

The Praise Band was sooo good, that a lot of people bought their cd's for 15 bucks. They were probably the best church band that I've ever seen. I will definitely go next year (God willing). I wish I could take Robbie and Bryan with me ( no disrespect Ben, you have to be a rising 7th grader to go) because it was life changing experience.

BYE!

I Am A Champion

Those of you who want to hear about my dad's sporting pains, READ ON.

My Dad, Brother, and me (occasionally my mom) go play tennis about 4 or 5 nights a week. When my mom doesn't come, it's me against my Dad & Brother. They had a streak of about 10 straight matches won against me. Well, that all changed on Sunday night. I beat them. I came from behind and of course WON. But the reaction was the funniest. They were like "no biggie, we just lost one." Well, it's now Saturday, and my streak has become four straight. We will probably go play tonight, and then it will be five straight. But that's not the point.

After each loss, they got more angry. Just like a volcano preparing to erupt. Towards the end of the match, they (Dad and Dylan) were screaming at themselves, hitting balls 50 feet into the air for no apparent reason, smoke coming out of their ears, throwing mini-tantrums,..........etc..... Me? I'm as cool as the other side of the pillow!

Please! Give them a break. They hadn't loss in who knows when, and when I stomp on their faces, they just can't take it. It's like a dog peeing on your bushes, very annoying. You catch my drift? So cut them some slack. Thursday night was the funniest of all, though. Let me tell you why. I was losing all throughout the match, but naturally came back to win. They were both FURIOUS. It was the funniest thing I've ever seen! Dylan was serving horribly, and I was just cracking up watching him lose point after point. Meanwhile, Dad can't play the net to save his life, which is even more funny because I'm on one side of the court and he tries to hit the ball on the other side, but it either goes out by 2 feet, or right back to me. He'll be the first to tell you that he can't volley for anything. So, by this point I'm in so much pain from being hunched over in laughter they manage to get a couple points on me.

A small price to pay for such high-quality comedy!

The best part is that everyday they will talk smack and be all optimistic blah blah blah..............
Then I just eat their game like Lucy eats popcorn..............................................

School's Out!!!

Today was our last day of school!! Yeah, I know: June 8th is really late.... TELL ME ABOUT IT.

I can't wait to go to P.A. (tomorrow). So, today we got out at 11:30. Several kids at our school rented 2 Limos to take them to this Mexican restaurant. Of course, some of the girls were crying since we are going to HIGH SCHOOL. It was a bittersweet day today since we won't get to see the 7th graders for a whole year. That stinks. Anyways, about 10 boys from our grade wore suits and ties for the last day. Now, the fun really starts. The Alderman's are coming to our house today and then we are all going to P.A. Summer is great since I can stay up til 12 o'clock, and wake up at 10 o'clock. Ya know how it goes.

But the fun doesn't last for long, since I have football workouts starting June 18th. Those go all summer long. Our actual mandatory practice starts on July 30th. Then we have 2-a-days until our first scrimmage. Our first game is the day before school starts. So, I will enjoy summer while I can.....

Ahh, the joy....

Look at these photos. Lets start with the Steelers. They are with a doubt, the historically one of thebest franchise in the National Football League. They are the most rough, tough, scrappy bunch of men you will ever see in your life. It's kinda interesting that I like the Yanks, though. I guess that's because the Yanks are historically VERY classy. And the Steelers and the Yanks are very different. They are the two best franchises in their respective sports. Even though both teams have had struggles as of late. The Yanks are 12 and 1/2 games out of first place in their division, and the Steelers are having a rough off season. But, good off-season or not, I am a DIE-HARD Steelers fan. Those of you who know me can agree with that. And to all of you who say that the Yankees "buy" their championships I have this to say:

Just cause we have the money to get the TOP players, and the other teams don't:

HaHa!

Those of you ready to pledge your allegiance to one of these teams leave a comment specifying which one

Mrs. Rubin

Now 6 school days til summer! Dana, I would like to hold you up on your "offer" to take me to Carowinds with your family. This has nothing to do with this blog, but I wanted to let you know where we stand. Now:

Mrs. Rubin is my math teacher. She is very young (not gonna tell her age) and she is spazmatic. She looks up to Kim Possible... That's right Kim Possible. She is the coolest math teacher that I've ever had, and that's kinda weird considering the fact that most math teachers are considered to be boring. Anyways, we just had field day today, and she walks around snapping pictures at everyone left and right. She is the girls soccer coach, and she does the best imitation of one of the players(mrs. rubin, you know who this is). Let me just tell you, today during volley ball and toug-of-war she was like SCREAMING AT US like "Come on you guys, you can't lose to them". She makes Algebra 1 fun, during which she usually cracks a few jokes on a boy in our class named Jordan(mrs. rubin you know why). About Kim Possible. She idolizes Kim Possible so she imitates her by designing her own clothing line. "KP's". She bought like 5 pairs of them at Gap and wears them everyday. She walks into class not matching, and we will tell her, and she's like"ya, isn't it totally cool". Overall she is hilarious and she can draw like a freakin maniac. She can draw me in like 5 mins. VERY DETAILED TOO. Don't even get me started on how she teaches Alge.1...........

Mrs. Rubin, if you read this please leave a comment and tell me what you think about my description of you.

To the rest of you who read this, you are totally confuse arent you. Like Mrs. Rubin says " That's my job"

End Of School Routine

For those of you who don't know (which probably includes everyone) our school ends June 8th. Yeah, I know, we get out late. Tell me about it. But there are a few perks to it. 1, we can have end-of-the-year-pool-parties since it's not so cold outside and the water warmed up. 2, we don't go back until August 25th. 3, Well, actually that's it. Anyways, the ending weeks of school are hectic probably because of a totally insane schedule. So, let me take you through a blog-o-sphereical tour of the last month of my life.


Early-May: We go into "Review Groups". This is a two week period of intense reviewing for the "EOG". That is an End-Of-Grade test. We have them in 3 subjects. Math, Language Arts, and newly Science. So, we get mixed up with other kids on our team. (a team is a section of teachers). FAST FORWARD:

May 22nd: 1st day of EOG's. Tuesday of this week. Today is a L.A. day. A 56 question test full of boring selections.

May 23rd: 2nd day of EOG's. Wednesday of the week. Math day. A 80 something question test.

May 24th: Today. Last day of EOG's. Science day. A 92...that's right 92 question test. Now, this test is something of a "field test". This is something of a "practice test" but the teachers don't want to admit that the test doesn't count. Either way, pass of fail, this test won't hold us back. Well, my science teacher is my Sunday School teacher. Just thought I'd throw that in. Basically , I didn't feel prepared for the test, because... well, I don't know why. It was just one of those feelings.

May 25th: Annual Signing Day: Tomorrow. We get to go out with the whole eigth grade to sign each other's yearbooks... you know how that goes.

All right, I'll wrap it up.
Here's the point;

1. We finish the EOG with 2 and a half weeks left of school.
2. Then we have EOC's. Basically end-of-course tests.
3. We have various fun days left in the year for the last 2 weeks of the year, but Lord have mercy, what are we gonna do for 2 weeks??

OH, did i mention?? I'm going to high school next year?

I CANT WAIT

Dollywood

Yesterday(Friday) me, mom, Dylan, my Aunt Amy and her whole family (except Brian) went to Dollywood. It wasn't exactly the warmest day ever having a high of 65 but with no sun shining the whole day. OH, did I mention that 1/4 of the park is water rides?? Well, let me give you a little backround information on Dollywood. It is named after Dolly Parton, is located in the center of 2 mountains, and is shaped somewhat like a "L". So, my favorite ride is the Tenessee Tornado (which is in the very back of the park) is a very long walk from the entrance. It has a 130 foot drop straight down, applies 4 G-forces to your body, goes 70mph, has 3 loops, and drops straight into a mountain. So, you guessed it THRILLING. I rode it 3 times. At the front of the park is a new section called......I don't remember the name. Well, it has the Thunderhead ride. I rode this ride 7 times It is a wooden ride and has the country's ONLY(wooden) fly-by. That is when a roller coaster goes through the station during the ride. As you can imagine, when a roller coaster is going upwards of 40 mph on a wooden track, it is very loud. Then there's the Mystery Mine. The lines were very long the whole day for that ride, as in 1hr,45min long. So, I had to ride it some time so I did. It was AWESOME!! It has a 95 ft. drop, and an 85ft drop. It also has 2 90 degree climbs. STRAIGHT UP with no angle whatsoever. That was awesome.

Now to the WATER RIDES. I rode "River Rampage" which takes you through rapids. That means that one person on every boat gets SOAKED. Guess who that person was????
ME!!
Okay, it's 4 oclock and i've dried from river rampage(which we rode at 12o'clock) and now we are getting on Daredevil Drop. Water ride. I didn't get soaked on this one, but I got drizzled with water. Now we're on Mountain Sidewinder. First off, you have to climb a mountain to get to the darn thing. Next, a worker has to weigh you to see if you are heavy enough to ride it. If you aren't, then he pairs you up with other people. So, I'm on the ride, and this is my first time on the ride. It got me a little wet. FAST FORWARD: Next time I'm on the ride I get DRENCHED all through my sweatshirt, everything. Then we rode other various non-water rides till seven when it closed. It was a fun day, and a wet one.

P.S. I still don't think my clothes have dried 12 hours later!!

PPS. I fixed my clock on the bottom of the page, so whenever you see the time, that is the time that I published it

Birthday

The next few pages are picts from my b-day. See that cake that is is the picture? That is my mom's Butterfinger cake. It is the best ever!!!

I Turn 14!!!

These are some of my presents

This is of my new weight bench that I got on my birthday from Dick's sportings goods.


Me working out
Dylan working out

For Everyone

For Everyone, who wants a new post!

i am going to post one on sunday the day of my birthday. sorry, for the wait, but i want to see what comes on birthday day!!

My adventure with a snake (very long post)

Dana,

After hearing your "terrifying" story about a snake caught under the garage door it reminded me of a story; here is a TRUE story that happened to me:

FLASHBACK

It's 2 weeks ago at about 3:30 and I am playing outside with Dylan and his friends.
We are playing Airsoft (Dana, and Grammy should know about this) and I have caught 3 of the people on the other team and am holding them captive. It was me against like 5, YA, i know totally unfair!! Anyways, I have them pinned against a tree, and the other 2 are trying to run so they don't get caught. All of a sudden, i hear someone screaming BLOODY MURDER!!! They were like "oh my goodness, a snake a snake" and I'm like " no there isn't now get over here".

Well, they finally got me to cave in and i went over there and low and behold a 4 and a half foot snake lay sleeping on a tree limb. Not the tree that my prisoners were on thank God. Anyways, i had a "brilliant" idea to get my airsoft gun and shoot the black off its scales. It had just eaten which was visible by the knot in it's stomach and was taking a mid-Sunday nap. It took at least 200 rounds of ammo to wake the darn thing, and by the time that it did wake up I was almost out of ammo. So there we are all 6 of us looking at this humongous snake like we are all brave souls. I get one of Dylan's friends to get about 10 inches from it and use my last maybe...um...... 50 rounds of ammo to pelt the stupid black varmint. It had already been wide awake and now it was attempting to crawl down the branch with Airsoft BB's bouncing off it's scales and it must have been as mad as a WET HORNET slithering down this branch.

............................................ohhh, i gotta take a break, the suspense is killing me..................................

(continuing) By this time i am already half way down the road to my house while Dylan and Co. are still unloading on the poor snake. Ya, see I'm more afraid of snakes than little kids of Michael Jackson. That is the truth!!!! Anyways I gather up my courage and walk back up to the tree and see that my little brother has managed to lose sight of the snake and has no clue where it is. So, now there is a snake crawling around somewhere half-way up the street.

Sorry this post is so long, but Dana ignited a fire dormant inside of me to retell this horrifying event!!

Ok, so maybe i used the term "brave souls" loosely because me and 5 other able bodies could not keep track of a 4 and 1/2 foot snake that was on a tree limb. Needless to say, i will not be participating in any activities in that part of the street until that little killer is caught. I don't know if i mentioned this, but it was but a "puny"(and i use that term loosely) black snake that made me run right out of my shoes since I was wearing flip-flops.

At least you, Dana, can sleep at night knowing that this "killer" is dead, unlike me.

Grammy:

Grammy, there are a lot more lighthouses in NC, but I couldn't find a picture of all them. We toured the one with the black and white stripes(Cape Hatteras Lighthouse) and it was 257 STEPS and (for those of you who don't know this which includes me) that is equivalent to a 12 STORY building! The view from the top was beautiful, and you could see everything for miles.

It was also biker weekend in the Outer Banks and so that added a little bit of extra NOISE.

This one was for you Grammy, because you love lighthouses.

Outer Banks of NC

(below) Jockey's Ridge, a state park

(above left and center are Cape Hatteras and Ocracoke Island Lighthouses)These are some picts from the Outer Banks of NC. I just got back today and I had a great time. FOR THE RECORD: These are not my picts, and all credit goes to the rightful owner. My picts were not digital, hope you enjoy!

These 2 picts to the left is the Wright brothers monuments

Another One for Dana

Dana, this is our dog, Lucy. i don't think that you have ever seen her. well, i will give you a virtual "tour"
Lucy when she was about 2 months old












Lucy at 6 weeks old
Lucy now! Lord help us. she is the most spazmatic dog ever. and she actually is 3 months older than that now. she is also bigger now.


when we first got her
















Well, this is a quick tour of lucy. scroll down for the blog i posted before this.

Ok dana, Tennis 101

for all you people who know about tennis i am sorry, but i have to explain it to a few people who dont(cough, cough, dana, cough).


Step 1: we rank our players by "seeds". our #1 seed will play their #1 seed and our #2 seed will play their #2 seed. and so on and so on.

Step 2: we have 6 singles matches. (our top six players) and 3 doubles matches.

Step 3: we have to win more than 4 matches to win the overall match. ( so if our top six win, we automatically win the whole match). you can win 5-4, 6-3, 7-2,8-1, or 9-0.

Step 4:(Dana, this is where it gets complicated) our #1 doubles team is right now is Me and Katelyn(the girl who was in the picture). she is our #2 seed and i am the #3 seed. Our #2 doubles is our #1 and #4 singles player. so it all just depends on how the coach pairs our doubles teams.

Step 5: when we win all our singles matches, and can't lose, we do not play real #1, #2, #3 doubles teams. that is when we play the "backups" as doubles teams. there are also exhibitions that don't count toward the regular score.


Dana, if you think this is a lot, don't even get me started on score keeping......

By the way, disregard what time my computer said i posted this thing at, it said 4:19am. there is no way i would wake up that early to post a blog

This is my tennis blog

Our #2 seed

Here are some tennis photos: for the record i am 9-1 so far this season. The girl in the photos is our number 2 seed.

REMEMBER TO PRAY FOR THE VICTIMS IN THE VIRGINIA TECH TRAGEDY.