so I went to the 5k downtown yesterday to watch my mom run – before the kids ran ONE WHOLE MILE!!! the adults ran the Superhero 5k – and teens that say adults don’t channel their inner child often are very wrong at that race – b/c most of the adults were in costume – including a Wolverine, a billion Supermans, Spiderman, and the like
but the fastest superhero finished second overall – The Riddler – huh, who knew…
“Forgotten Sundays” – great book by an NFL announcer about the relationship he had with his father, an NFL coach, and how those memories tied to Sundays from long ago – great non-fiction for football kids
“The Big Sport” – or something like that – basically, a book about football being king – the author is not a fan of Saban – or of the SEC – so he won’t win many fans around here – he does have good points about the advantages the NFL and NCAA take over the fact that people go gaga over football – as a baseball fan, it burns me up:)
“Younger” – I read this one in honor of my grandmother – and then no Avon products were mentioned – bummer – but a book about keeping your skin young – you can obviously tell I do a good job already – actually, I learned from the book I’m pretty bad about it – so you should see a younger me in the days to come b/c I’m going to exfoliate much better:)
“The Plateau Effect” – to me, snow days are free days to do independent study – and so while most people would waste time off, I used it pretty well – I got that book read – and it was a wonderful book – I’d actually teach from it in class if we had enough copies – for my 8th grade – I plan to use the material in a presentation this fall at a state gifted conference – so pretty useful book to me and good use of time during the break
bring on the warmer weather – I speak softly in order not to jinx it
what will the world come to when Bri blogs first???
maf
First!!
First!
That’s interesting… Both of us were first.
I think you two were the only two to stick it out for a blog – the rest gave up:)
maf
That’s wonderful! The two of us together have the power to rule the Blog forever!
I think so – it’s nice that there’s something you do well at, seeing as how you’re a rotten detective and all… 🙂
My detectiving is just a cover-up! Brilliant!
I think for detective-ing to work as a cover up, you have to at least appear to be good at it…
did you get to read my story Friday about your skills??? I could write a whole book on your investigation – maybe next year…
No, I’m afraid I didn’t get a chance to read your story. 🙁
Potato!
detective, you simply must read the story Monday – find me at lunch if you have time
yeah potato!!!
In my defense I had to work on my Science Fair board.
Oh wow! Go Brianna and Rochaal for second! But be happy you got a silver medal Roshil. After all they are probably worth more than the gold. 🙂
hey guys.
I am reading this book that has a really weird name so i will not say it, but it is about this kid who gets this hippie teacher and he is making them do yoga and talk to their inner selves and other hippie stuff. Well, the kids are all coming up with names for him like “the beard man” (because he has a long beard). The new teacher is a vegetarian and wears shirts that say stuff like,”McDonalds is a monster.” That is as far as I have gotten.
So I have to ask, have the 7th and 8th graders given up on being first, or is it that we have “better” things to do? In my case, I ‘m just lazy. 😉
Hey dudes lovely weather we are having wow its been a while since we could say that.
hey I am reading The Astonishing life of Octavian Nothing and so far its about a quiet secluded child named Octavian who is the son of an African princess Cassiopeia he grew up in a house with men that were full of philosophers and scientists in colonial Boston Octavian is part of an experiment to see if African Americans is inferior to the European race he is watched closely by 03-01 which Octavian is basically a slave owned by this man and then Cassiopeia makes the people mad who funded this project so they have to go under the new watchful eye of Richard Sharpe, who cuts Octavian off from his books. now this man is apart of another thing but trying to figure out and hes trying to prove that African americans are inferior so he starts by cutting Octavian off from his books and this is how far I’ve come my prediction hes going to stop all of Octavian’s education and put him to work for part of his experiment.
SHOUT OUT TO MY RUNNING BUDDIE HELLO MR.MAYFIELD 😉 🙂 😉 🙂
aw man i hoped no one had been on.
Hunger Games
After Katniss was done talking to Haymitch. She had to to go to talk to Cinna. Then Cinna left to go get Katniss’s dress. Then there was the girl that Katniss and Gale saw on day in the woods. (On day Katniss and & Gale were out in the woods. Remember know one is supposed to be there! Well… a capital plane came down and shot one boy in the head and then they tazed the girl or something and she fell on the ground then a big claw came down and took the girl away. And Katniss & Gale just sat and watched all of this happining.) Then Katniss whispered I shouls have saved you. Or At Least TRIED!!! “No, don’t feel bad, if you had tried to save me you would have gotten killed.” said the girl. “Well…
That is all for today! read again!!! 🙂 😉 🙂 😉 🙂 😉 🙂 😉 🙂
Weeeeeeeeeeeell, I think I may have overdone the pitiful three paragraph essay in Mrs. Lickwala’s class. A whole four paragraphs! Oh the struggling faces…it was kind of sad.
After reading some more of A Midsummer Night’s Dream today, I’m STILL waiting on the Hermia v. Helena beatdown. I mean, I know it was the 1500’s and all, but they still got angry at each other. For all I care, she could call her dress “shabby” and I would still be happy. That or call her “fair”-the bad way.
It’s really dissapointing that I’m not hearing this for the first time-you can send the coal and switches to Tyler maf…he is well deserving-I can’t imagine how much the element of suprise would play part if I had never heard the plot line before. *cough* Tyler *cough*
Why are they hatin on McDonald’s?!? It’s not like they use real meat anyway 🙂
Hunger Games
“Well at least I would have tried to save you, and not just sat there in disbelief!” Katniss said. As they were talking the girl and others were turning Katniss’s skin to glowing satin, stenciling patterns on her arms, painting flame designs on her 20 perfect nails. Then Venia goes to work on her hair, weaving strands of red into Katniss’s hair. Then they erase her face with a layer of pale makeup and then draw her features back out. They made her have dark eyes, full red lips, dark eye lashes. Then they cover her body with powder that makes her shimmer in gold. Then Cinna comes in the room with Katniss’s dress. Then tells Katniss to close her eyes. Katniss can feel the silky feeling of the dress hit her naked skin. Then holds onto the girl as she steps into her shoes with her eyes closed. Then there was silence. Then Katniss asks, “Can I open my eyes?” “Yes!” says cinna. Then she looks into the mirror and…
That is all for today!!! Read tommorw! 🙂 😉 🙂 😉 🙂 😉
Hey guys! This is the race of corbotian super-villains in honor of the Riddler’s win at the super-HERO race (seriously could he had been the flash or superman or at the very least, and my personal favorite, green lantern?). Corbo is Mrs. Mack, Seth is Mayfield, and Mayfield is Batman since the Riddler hates the Bat.
Announcer: And the Super-villains are off folks!
Mayfield: Uh, I’m exhausted, I should have trained!
Mrs. Mack: Well isn’t that unfortunate.
Mayfield: Don’t even start, I guess I’ll just walk to the finish.
Mrs. Mack: Good luck to you.
Three hours later…
Announcer: And the Batman wins! Wait he isn’t even a villain! I’d take his medal but he beat everybody by at least a mile, and that midget giant dressed as mayfield is in dead last… So we’ll just have to give Batman the medal afterall.
And that is the true parody of how the supervillain race of Corbotia started and ended… because the only cameras posted throughout the distance of the race are at the start and end since Corbo knew he’d lose and Leonato says Die! and Corbo did at the end of the race.
Hunger Games
and… The creature standing before her (as Katniss said) in the mirror came from another world. Katniss thought. Her skin shimmerd and eyes flashed. Some one told Katniss that there clothes are/come from jewels. The reason they told her this was because her dress was coverd with jewels. Sooo many colors, red, yellow, white with bits of blue. That when you look from far away (fron the audience) it makes a picture, flames. When you move it looks like she is “ON FIRE”. She said, “I am not pretty, nor am I beautiful, I am as radiant as the sun.” Then they all kind of just stared at Katniss. Then Katniss whispers to Cinna, “Oh, Cinna… Thank you!” 😉 Then Cinna tells Katniss to twirl for him. Then has his team leave as he admires the dress he made and how it looked on her to make any last min. changes. “So…
That is all for today! Read again! 🙂 😉 🙂
Hunger Games
“So… all ready for the interview?!” says Cinna. Katniss can tell by the expression on his face that he has been talking to Haymitch and Effie.
And he knows hoe dredful she is about it. “I am awful… Haynitch called me a dead slug. No matter what we tried, I could not do anything good enough. Oviously I am not the people that Haymitch wants me to be. ” replies Katniss. Cinna thinks for a mommet. ” Why don’t you just be yourself!?” he says. “Myself?! That is know good ether. Haymitch says I am to sudlen and hostile” she says. “Well you are… around Haymitch,” says Cinna. “I don’t find you that. I mean… The prep team adores you. You even won over the gamemakers! And that is hard to do, yet you did so. Also the citizens of the capital, well… they can stop talking about you. No one can help but to admire your spirit.” My spirit…
That is all for today! Read again! 😉 🙂 😉
http://www.talklikeshakespeare.org/
^
Cool/funny Shakespeare rap dedicated to him for his 449th birthday. Must see! (Or i guess must watch)
Hi, I’m the kid your parents warned you about. And I am here to write poetry for you, in addition I will tell you how you should stay away from me and my weirdness.
~Till Time Changes Again~
I seldom feel your jubilant spirit at day break,
sunrise to sundown, you tend to change with the time.
I deal, suppress my criticism for your sake,
but revealing my better judgment: You fake.
Thou fakes his intelligence, makes me smolder,
you boast your achievements and flaunt your actions.
What a dunce you are, smart from toe to shoulder,
with every hour your heart freezing colder and colder.
You personality is faulty yet you transform completely,
beauty is brains, to which you have none.
Forgiveness will be granted, however not from me,
our friendship is lost despite it’s desperate pleas.
You pretended to care, but not anymore,
being two-faced has consequences, in case you didn’t know.
Your ego thrives on affection, dishing out false lore,
however you just realized you’re not one to adore.
I must be lucky to figure all this out,
my pain is withdrawn due to your obvious act.
Your friendship is dreadful beyond any doubt,
I finally realized what you’re about.
Faking and lying is your “harmless” fame,
you get away with everything, creating my displeasure.
Everyone’s judgement is cloudy, you, I shall blame
but I’m the only one that knows your little game.
^
Yeah….that took me two days to finally get. And there are still parts I don’t exactly like…
http://www.talklikeshakespeare.org/
^
Cool/funny Shakespeare rap dedicated to him for his 449th birthday. Must see! (Or i guess must hear)
Hi, I’m the kid your parents warned you about. And I am here to write poetry for you, in addition I will tell you how you should stay away from me and my weirdness.
~Till Time Changes Again~
I seldom feel your jubilant spirit at day break,
sunrise to sundown, you tend to change with the time.
I deal, suppress my criticism for your sake,
but revealing my better judgment: You fake.
Thou fakes his intelligence, makes me smolder,
you boast your achievements and flaunt your actions.
What a dunce you are, smart from toe to shoulder,
with every hour your heart freezing colder and colder.
You personality is faulty yet you transform completely,
beauty is brains, to which you have none.
Forgiveness will be granted, however not from me,
our friendship is lost despite it’s desperate pleas.
You pretended to care, but not anymore,
being two-faced has consequences, in case you didn’t know.
Your ego thrives on affection, dishing out false lore,
however you just realized you’re not one to adore.
I must be lucky to figure all this out,
my pain is withdrawn due to your obvious act.
Your friendship is dreadful beyond any doubt,
I finally realized what you’re about.
Faking and lying is your “harmless” fame,
you get away with everything, creating my displeasure.
Everyone’s judgement is cloudy, you, I shall blame
but I’m the only one that knows your little game.
^
Yeah….that took me two days to finally get. And there are still parts I don’t exactly like…
Lol Will. You just want to give me coals and switches because someone told you “thou art wise as thou art beautiful.” I’m sorry that they said that mean comment to you. I would change his or her head into that of a donkey. (Have you gotten to those parts yet 7th grade)?
Sup. BTW, did anyone like my review of THAT game. Other than than “A Mid
summer Night’s Dream”, I rwally haven’t been reading. I’m still waiting for Emilly (Dickerson) to fork over the first of the Warrior books. Plus, some of my favorite books in the school’s library,I’ve already read. Can anyone recommened a book no a kid with a short attention-span and can’t stay with loooooooong books (like Harry Potter). Of the subject of books, I got a guy that will sell me an 1986 El Camino for fifteen hundred denaros. I’m so happy that my first car will be from my home coutry (Mexican Joke). It was either that or an 1984 Ford jacked up on a seriously ridiculous suspention. I had to grab the stearing wheel just to pull myself up into the cab. But after consulting with afew friends lately, I think I might actually start of with a Harley. Since my dad works up at the Harley shop in Pelham, he can probabley get a good deal on a Road King or a Street Glide. If you don’t know what any of the motorcycle references are, go ahead and look at them on google. I gotsta get of. I’m suppose to be getting ready for church. Bye.
Hey guys, I’m going to to a creative talking about Write in the Middle.
We arrive.
As our feet touch the brick paved roads, we’re ready.
Will won’t stop talking.
Fred is complaining about the food, and how it’s better at his diner.
Shelby is on her phone.
Kobe keeps going to the bathroom.
Tyler scared off Mr. Scott.
And I…well…I was the angel child.
Every time someone would do something bad, I would call them a shrewd acorn or something.
Nobody else thought I was being good, but I did.
Mr. Mayfield even bought me a car in reward of my angel-ness.
Yes, it’s going to be a long day at MU.
Heyyyyyy Spotted obscene Acorns out there
Heyyyyyy Spotted obscene Acorns out there
Heyyyyyy Spotted obscene Acorns out there Ok so we finally got to the chick fight in A Midsummers Night Dream! And boy did it get ugly…but of course you soon realize it’s just a comedy and there is no violence involved (bug bummer) So here are some blogs for this week.
“THE CHICK FIGHT OF THE AGES”
One day…in Metroville…At the local Starbucks.
Becky: I would like a Large Mocha Frap. extra Whip
Waitress: Yes mam be right with you.
(Becky walks away in girly stride)
(Enter Maddie)
Maddie: (texting) Umm…I would like a Grande Frap.
Waitress: Aight be right with you.
(Maddie sits beside Becky)
(Becky goes and gets coffee)
Becky:OH YEAH THANK U JESUS
(Takes pic of coffee, texts away)
Waitress: I have a Grande Frap For…Maddie!
(Maddie gets up…still texting)
Maddie:EXCUSSSSEEE me I need to get to my coffee.
(Becky stands in way)
Becky:Ummmm…why don’t you go back to the 1200s where that ugly shirt belongs.
Audience:Ooooooooooooo
Random guy in crowd: (whistles)
Maddie: Well at least I’m not a fat-kidneyed jolt-head!
Becky: (in shock)At least I wouldst eat thy dead vomit and howl’st to find it.
Maddie: *SLAPS Becky* May pole!
Random guy in crowd: (Whistles) and (claps)
Becky: Wow I would think that would happen coming out of a mouth of a puking milk-livered boar-pig!
Maddie:*Snaps her fingers* You starveling, you eel-skin, you dried neat’s-tongue, you bull’s-pizzle, you stock-fish–O for breath to utter what is like thee!-you tailor’s-yard, you sheath, you bow-case, you vile standing tuck!
Becky: You…you errant fly-bitten dewberry
TO BE CONTINUED….
Of course the moral of this story is to never stand in a way of a mad girl and her Starbucks
yes tyler, we have. I have a question, (I ALWAYS have a question) In a guy’s case, do you say, “you are handsome as you are wise” or say beautiful? I guess the guy would know it was an insult if you said beautiful. Okay now I’m confusing myself. 😉
Tuesday
Okay my book with the weird name is now finished. I thought it was pretty cute. In the end all is well, of course, and the dude that wants to be who he really is but is judged is not judged anymore. All the same. Jason and emily are back together, Nobody messes up in the concert, everything is perfect. Almost all fiction books are alike… almost. this one is same as all the others. One thing I really liked about this book is that it was from all of the characters point of view. You got to hear this person’s point of view about an event then hear another person’s point of view. My least favorite thing about this book is the stupid cliffhanger… with no sequel. I guess you are supposed to make your own ending. oh well.
Wednesday
Now I am reading drums, girls, and dangerous pie. LOVE IT! it is such a great book. finding out about his little brother and leukimia, kind of caught me off guard. I absolutely love all of the stuff he says about band. #clerineter 🙂
that was short so PEOM TIIIIIIME!!
The wind ruffled my hair,
like my daddy used to do when I was little.
It reminded me of good times.
Of all the smiles,
Frowns,
and funny faces of my years past.
Of all the times things I have said to my mom,
friends.
Then I realize,
when is the last time I have showed how much I care?
I tell myself I should be doing better.
Then I shiver.
All my thoughts are swept away.
With the wind.
BYE!!
I’m on the bus to write in the middle! excited. Our shirts are really ugly tho
Well, my name says it all. How does a detective get lost anyway? Wow, I needed the missing girl’s help to find the drinks!
great job racheel. 😀
So I have no Idea how to contact u guys…i guess the blog will do. Anyyywaaaayyyyss, it was cool being able to eat lunch with some of u and stuff. Shelby was wearing an awesome shirt with pink Floyd and stuff. i was wearing the gross write in the middle shirt. lol
stupid questions for the day from Anna:
does it cost money to send mail
why do old people try to text
why isn’t bacon a color
how many years till the zombies come
how did i make it to 7th grade
BOOK: Star Wars (I bought the 1st book! (But, unfortunately, I just finished the first book today in class. 🙁 ))
PROMPT: Creative
SIDE NOTES: Yeah… I didn’t know I was that close to the end of the first Star Wars book. Anyway. I did creative because reasons. 🙂
Creative:
How to control Cukoos:
Step 1: Find the Cukoo that lays golden eggs on your first try.
Step 2: Obtain the song allowing you to turn into a Cukoo.
Step 3: Turn into a Cukoo.
Step 4: Grab a Cukoo.
Step 5: Jump off of a building.
Step 6: Throw the Cukoo when you reach the point in air you want your Cukoo throne to be; Cukoos only respect leaders with thrones in air. Step 7: This will freeze you in air. Order some awe-filled Cukoos to build a Cukoo throne around you.
Step 8: Order your Cukoos to build an army of Cukoos.
Step 9: Go to war with other Cukoo leaders.
Step 10: Use the golden egg Cukoo as a bomber.
Step 11: Use the milk obtained from picking the golden egg Cukoo as a grenade.
Step 12: Use any other possible methods of winning these wars.
Step 13: Annex every Cukoo land, giving you complete control over them.
Step 14: If you fail, run from the Cukoos, they will rebel and attempt to destroy you after realizing you’re not a Cukoo.
Step 15: Then destroy any leaders they have formed.
Step 16: Turn back into a Cukoo and try again.
Ok, I am reading Charlie Bone and the castle of mirrors. In this book Charlie goes to Bloor’s academy, only to find his trumpet missing. When he talks to the teacher he says to look in the art room. When he gets there he sees Lysander and Tancrus(I think thats how you spell it). Then they tell him to look in the first years class. There he finds a Endowed kid with it. Then he right the rules 100 times. Afterward he goes to bed after getting found by Dr.Bloor. Then he gets found by his great-aunt, the Matron of the school, and gets told to go to bed. Later in the weekend he loses his wand. oh and Anna Banana you never put question marks on your questions
I’ve now poseted 4 times. I feel like I’m spamming.
Im bored and my amazing 6 followers (who are mostly old people…) won’t post anything or respond to my posts. So guess what?? I’m gonna make MY OWN BLOG. Yep. I’ll post the address here.
You better follow my new blog. Muhaha….I’ll call it…”the bacon blog”…
Heyyyy, I’m on my phone but I must blog for two days worth soooooo….bring on the fun of a bunch of short blogs because I don’t want them to get cut off.
Blog 1
SPOILER ALERT!!! Alaska dies…idk how to feel, I’m like dying inside but I’m also fine. If I had wrote the story though I would:
Have the Eagle make the announcement about her death, have all the parts about people reacting and then it would just stop. Cause nothing else can reall happen at the part. But I guess something does have to happen cause its calling “LOOKING for Alaska” and no looking has happened yet and especially no looking for anyone by the name of Alaska. I think maybe “Alaska” is used as a metaphor for her soul presence not her physical presence. Maybe they’re looking for something she mentioned when she was alive (like a love long question she had that never got answered, there is a question she asked Pudge that never got answered) or maybe they’re looking for something she left behind.
Lol i barley remember these main character real names because they all go by nicknames except Alaska.
Pudge- Miles
The Colonial- I can’t remember his name
Alaska- Alaska (remained unnamed until she was like 7, she got to pick her own name)
Benny,nix,chong and lilah traveled east to find the plane.while they were out there chong was taken to gameland by preacher jack.tom went to find chong and while he was gone a horde of 7 thousand zombies came to the way station.they escape by setting the whole horde on fire.when they escaped they slept in a tree and benny dreamed that nix became a zom and he woke up sweating.when it became morning he and nix went to look at the remains and saw charred bodies laying everywhere.nix gasped in horror as they looked upon all the destruction they had set with two matches.they hugged each other and kept walking east.all of a sudden a dark figured walked from the woods to cover their tracks
Alright, so I’m going to do the creative writing from Anna Kathryn Davis today as journals.
It all started out so simple.
I didn’t see it coming.
One day, it…happened.
Once upon a time, nobody liked me.
I was breathing heavily.
And it was all over.
I could finally take a deep breath.
I’m glad that I’m through with that.
The end,
It was gone.
This week I’m reading wednesday wars. I think the theme of the book is “don’t judge a book by it’s cover”. I say that because holling (the main character) thoght that his teacher hated him but he realized that she wasn’t that bad.
Life is short,
but very long.
Some people say,
were nothing at all.
Lord of the rings hobbits dwarves elves and kings and queens epicness Lord of the rings the greatest tail ever told on your screen potatoes!Frodo must bring the ring to the elves,aragorn fights off the nine evil ringwraiths the fellowship forms……:)
Mario!!!!!!
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Hey guys so Write in the Middle was fun. I got slapped with my own book, the food was amazing…. Good times.
So I’m gonna do the Write in the Middle creative.
Once upon a time, I was in a writing conference.
I was never the same after the writing conference.
I was beginning to question my judgement when the author talked about shaving her head.
I always go back to the day of Write in the Middle, which, in this case, was a year ago.
Everyone remembers the day Anna Kathryn Davis came to Write in the Middle.
The end
All was well.
And that’s all I got.
And everyone ran screaming.
Everyone died.
Hope you enjoyed the beginning and ending lines.
I’m reading about Lincoln and his family and how they went through a rough time when two of their four sons died one of typhoid fever. One of the two sons left was educated and had good manners because his mom was very strict before she went into depression. The other one though was lawless because his father told his wife that they should let them run around and be free. Which is of course what they did.he had good sons but one of them had a carelessness for laws and that was tad. The others name was Robert and he was much more civilized than tad
This week i have been reading th naruto manga. It is about a orphan named naruto whos main goal is to become a ninja. He and his teamates sasuke and sakura and their teacher master Kakashi have to protect an old man as their first major assignment. On the way they meet a ninja named Zabuza who tries to kill the three and the old man before they get to his home in the land of the waves. they “defeat” him and get to the land of th waves where a man named gato sends men to kill them. Gato was the one that hired zabuza in the first place. but before gatos men attack they meet the old mans daghter and grandson Tsumami and Inari. Inari beleives that there are no such things as heros and narutos out to prove him wrong