Mission: Impossible... Every Tuesday

It's six thirty and time to get up. I slowly drag myself up and stomp off to the bathroom to get ready. I eat my breakfast consisting of one piece of toast while brushing sleep out of my eyes. I hear a sharp cry and nearly jump out of my seat. It's my mom yelling at my little brother about how we are already late. I groan and get my booksack and swim bag while grabing a snack for after school. We are almost there, when we see police men cutting people off and checking inspection stickers. It's a slow going but at the same time we are rushed. I finally get to school at seven fifteen. It was going to be a long day.

I trudge through the day yawning and compaining like everyone else, but most people don't have as many things to compain about as to me and my friends. After school, we imeadatly go to swim practice, we better not be late or else we'll get yelled at. After our entrance abs, we do a warmup in the pool folowed by our first set the our main set. The sets usually contain 200's with techniqe, sprint, and stroke laps. we do these until four thirty. Then we go to dry land practice which is abs, weights, and sometimes running, depending on the set. One of the worst things ever are the munchkin jumping jacks. You do a squat while doing a jumping jack for a minute.

After swim ends at five thirty, I go with a few of my friends to wind ensable. Yes, it is a big privelage, but sometimes it is just a chore. The songs are compicated, I can barely breathe already, and now I have to blow into my flute for it to make a sound. At least Mr. Taranto gives us food.

By then I have had a twelve hour day at school... I guess it's time to go home and do homework now...

<3

Life of Pi pt. 3

Ok. I am almost done with the book. It took me a really, really long time, but I am extreamly close to being finnished. Pi has gone through some pretty rough stuff. First his whole family dies in the sinking of the ship that he is on. Then he gets stuck on a boat with a carnivorus tiger named Richard Parker. He suffers through exaustion, dehydration, and no food. The danger of a tiger is continuasly lurking just behind him. Thats not all. Sharks are always surrounding him, storms thraeten to bring his life boat underwater, and there seems to be no way out of the vast pacific ocean. He is barely alive for mor than half the book.

I can't imagine being in his shoes. Having to survive on barnicles and the occasional fish. The fresh water only comes when it rains and a dangerous animal threatening to kill and eat you every second. It dosen't sound exactly like my cup of tea. Maybe if I was on an island, but not a small lifeboat like Pi. It is truely a miracle how he survied for so long on a life boat with a 450 lb killer a board too.

Monday-Sunday: pgs. 112- 279. 2 hrs and 10 mins

Literacy Novel

I have a few ideas for my literacy novel. Okay, maybe just one. But before you judge, I think it is quite adequate for the assignment. I can't tell yet, for I don't like to share my ideas before they are finished. My idea, of course, is a personal story that has to do with my cousin and I when I went snow skiing with her last year.

What has that got to do with writing you may ask? Well, all of it. I will write it with as much skill I can muster seeing as that my writing skills are terrible. You know that just by reading this blog. I do like writing, I'm just not good at it. I would say reading is my better talent.

Life of Pi pt. 2

Finally! I have gotten to part two. It took hours upon reading, 155 minutes to be exact, but I have finally gotten to where his ship sank. I have also read two days into where he sank. He is terrified out of his mind being on a boat with nothing for a zebra, hyena, orangutan, and a tiger for company. His hopes of seeing a rescue boat have dwindled to almost nothing. Lost, and hasn't eaten anything for days. Poor guy.

I am really enjoying the book now. On my last post I absolutely loathed the book. It is starting to really warm up to me. I hope the plot keeps increasing and doesn't slow down any. It probably won't. A book where the main character is in grave danger will rarely decrease in plot when the story has just begun. <3

Comment response

Thanks for all of the comments! I really loved all the ones on my band post. I'm glad people agree with me that band is hard. But before I go onto another band rant I need to stop myself. It is mostly my friends posting on my wall and I understand that. Thanks for the tips Dr. D. I will try to do a better job at blogs. My writing isn't very developed. Sorry if my thoughts seem jumbled.

I had no questions to answer. I had two comments from Amiee Claire and Wendy from The Princess Bride. I recommend it to Amiee Claire and Wendy and I can talk about it now! I think it should be required. Just saying, Its that good. I am really thankful to all of the comments! <3

Life of Pi

The Life of Pie is by Yann Martel and it is o.k. I picked it up on Wednesday the fifth of September. I red the back and it sounded good. I like a good adventure. I started reading it and he started with sloths. Yes sloths. Three toed sloths. It was boring but i thought it would get better. So I kept reading it. He just went on and on about his name and zoology. Not to mention his three religions at one time. Christianity,Hinduism, and Muslim. The three leaders of the churches all ran into each other at Pi's zoo. They had an immense argument about which religion he should follow. Soon Pi walked away to get ice cream leaving them all disappointed.  

I think the book is alright, but on the back it says that he gets stranded with only a tiger for a friend. I just wish it would cut to the chase. I mean i'm seventy one pages into it and he still hasn't gotten on the boat yet.  Isn't that what the books all about? Hopefully he will get better soon. I have read one hundred fifty five minutes of this book. I usually read faster but this book is a little hard to understand. <3    

The Princess Bride

As y'all know, Hurricane Issac gave us a week off school. In that time, my power went out. So I read The Princess Bride. Overall it was a lot like the movie, although some scenes were not in the movie that seemed like little extras that were in the book. I liked the book better than the movie because the book gave more plot detail and described the characters feelings and emotions in words that the movie couldn't have. I liked how William Goldman, the author, tells the readers about Buttercup's nightmares before she was married to Prince Humperdink. Although I don't like how he interrupts the book with his own thoughts as part of the chapter. I still very much liked the book.

 One of the scenes in the book that was not in the movie was when Inigo and Fezzik needed to find Wesley to get into the castle. hey go to the Zoo of Death and ask the albino. He tells Inogo and Fezzik to go through the entrance and go down the stairs to level five. hey start to go down to the fifth level, but run into many dangerous creatures such as poisonous spiders and giant bats. Most of the book was in the movie- the main parts at least. The book was very good and the movie is good too. Both are hilarious!

I read pages 1 - 423 in 210 minutes over the past week. From August 22- September 1.

Hurricane Isaac: An Hour Without Power

I had just finnished reading a chapter in "The Princess Bride". We were at my gradparents because they had a generator. It turns out that it did'nt work. I was so bored. My mind is just droning on and on about the different things that come to mind when the power goes out.  Like "When is the power comming back on?", or simply "It's hot." Mostly complaining. My grandparents were trying to talk to me, too bad I had my earbuds in. I took them out, "What?", I said. "Your Mom says that y'all are going to your cousins." Yes. They have power! Finally I can stop sweting. I started packing all of my stuff. My clothes, computer, books, makeup, and so on. The rain was still beating against the windows ans the wind was blowing the trees bare. The curfew started at dusk, which was now. We scurried to the car, crossed the highway and got there without running into policemen.

When we got there, we were greeted by friendly faces, and air conditioners. Thank God. I went and immediatly plugged in my computer. My Uncle David was cooking macaroni and cheese for everyone. My grandparents got there a little bit after us. We did'nt have internet or cable so we couldnt look on the news for updates. At least we had light. After dinner my cousin, Connor, invited me to play Xbox with him. How could I resist? While we were playing various games like Halo and Lord of the rings Conquest, everyone else in town did'nt have power. It was awesome. No more suffering in the heat.

After we got home, it turns out that we had never lost power. <3