Kid History, Episode 6

Blog Entry for September 2, 2011

Yesterday I showed Shimmy Dude and the Quack Kid History Episode 6.  Kid History is a You Tube video series made by a Mormon family from Utah – the Roberts.  Go Utes!!  I showed The Quack in the morning before class.  The Quack is not one to show his emotions very openly, so when he smiles or even chuckles that means he thinks something is hilarious.  Actually, the Quack openly laughed, which never happens, which means he thought it was hilarious.  The Quack will be quoting Episode 6 for a while, of that I am sure. 

I showed it to Shimmy Dude during 2^nd Period and it was awesome because he had his computer hooked up to the laptop projector, so he showed it from that for the whole class to enjoy.  Shimmy Dude laughed so hard I thought he was going to fall out of the chair; same with the Quack.  The kids in my class thought it was silly, but I think that is weird, because everyone I know thinks Kid History is hilarious.  I think some Teenagers here in New Mexico do not know how to laugh at silly things and have wholesome fun.  When there are no cuss words the teenagers here seem to not want to laugh or show that they might like it.  The older, “more mature people,” liked it.  But I think the kids did like it.

I think the Quack’s favorite part of the video was when one of the guys was stuffing his face with tofu pancakes.  The Quack laughed so hard at that.  Shimmy Dude laughed at everything, but I think he liked the part where the kid is telling the guy to guess what song he is singing.  Shimmy Dude also laughed at the part where the kid says, “It’s in a cup instead of an ice cream cone, and I like the ice cream cone because then I can eat the ice cream cone.” 

I have the video pasted below.  Let me know what you think of Kid History!

My Grandma and Grandpa (Cont'd)

Blog Entry for September 1, 2011

I love my Grandpa.  I was the only grandkid that he had that spent the most time with him; considering I lived with him during the first 9 years of my life.  That is because we lived in the same house as my grandparents because my parents bought my grandparent’s house.

I had the best life as a kid because I got to spend it with my grandparents which was good because grandparents are kind.  Whenever I got in trouble with my mom, I would run to my grandma.  I spent most of my time with my grandpa.  He would watch TV a lot of times until late and I would sneak out of my bed and go upstairs to watch with my grandpa.  We would watch Perry Mason, Murder She Wrote, Spaghetti Westerns, The Good, Bad and the Ugly, John Wayne films, and Bonanza.  We always watched The Price is Right on the Game Show channel.  My grandpa gets impatient with the Contestants and tells them what they should do and then he gets mad when they make stupid mistakes.

My Grandpa plays in a Harmonica band and I would go and play spoons with the Senior Citizens.  I kept perfect rhythm and they loved it.  I went three times, and at the end of every time my leg was so red from hitting it with the metal spoons.  My Grandpa used to buy me lots of Harmonicas.  I would go everywhere with him.  He also taught me to play the Accordion; in fact he gave me an accordion that he got from Italy.  I think it is awesome because many people wanted to buy it from my Grandpa, and he would not sell it.  Instead, he gave it to me.  He has also given me coins from his collections and my birth year set of coins.

My Grandma and Grandpa Nielsen

Blog Entry for August 31, 2011

I love my Grandpa.  I was the only grandkid that he had that spent the most time with him; considering I lived with him during the first 9 years of my life.  That is because we lived in the same house as my grandparents because my parents bought my grandparent’s house.

I had the best life as a kid because I got to spend it with my grandparents which was good because grandparents are kind.  Whenever I got in trouble with my mom, I would run to my grandma.  I spent most of my time with my grandpa.  He would watch TV a lot of times until late and I would sneak out of my bed and go upstairs to watch with my grandpa.  We would watch Perry Mason, Murder She Wrote, Spaghetti Westerns, The Good, Bad and the Ugly, John Wayne films, and Bonanza.  We always watched The Price is Right on the Game Show channel.  My grandpa gets impatient with the Contestants and tells them what they should do and then he gets mad when they make stupid mistakes.

My Grandpa plays in a Harmonica band and I would go and play spoons with the Senior Citizens.  I kept perfect rhythm and they loved it.  I went three times, and at the end of every time my leg was so red from hitting it with the metal spoons.  My Grandpa used to buy my lots of Harmonicas.  I would go everywhere with him.  He also taught me to play the Accordion; in fact he gave me an accordion that he got from Italy.  I think it is awesome because many people wanted to buy it from my Grandpa, and he would not sell it.  Instead, he gave it to me.  He has also given me coins from his collections and my birth year set of coins.

Truly, Madly, Deeply

Blog entry for Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Over the weekend, I discovered an amazing movie about a woman who loses her husband, or whose husband is dead, and she is a musician.  I think her husband died while in the service of the Navy.  Her husband comes back somehow as a ghost, yet he is tangible, touchable a body of flesh and bone even though he is deceased.  He brings dead friends back with him to live at his house with his wife.  He is a musician, he plays violin, sings and plays piano.  His wife is happy that they are back together.  But, then the wife meets a new man who she likes very much.  But, now she has to choose between a man that she truly, deeply, madly loves that is dead and a man that she loves truly, deeply, madly that is alive.  She has to choose which one she wants.  I think that she chooses her dead husband, but I am not sure because I have not watched the movie yet.  I like it so much because it has Alan Rickman in it and he is an amazing singer and pianist in real life as well.

The Beyonders (Cont'd)

Blog Entry for Monday, August 29, 2011

Jason goes to the Blind King.  He finds an almost completely ruined castle with the walls falling down and crumbling.  There is decay, bird droppings all over the floor, and a blind guy with a rag wrapped around his eyes sitting on a really rotted throne.  He has a green jacket with dirty white fur with three people around him and Jason thinks it is ridiculous.  Jason thinks this is some kind of act.  Even the Gate Master is serious.  The Gate Master tells Jason that he should show a proper amount of respect for someone of that much magnificence.  It is ironic because the castle is run down.  Jason says the Lore Master from the repository of learning sent him.  The King takes him immediately to his chamber where they eat dinner and they talk about the things Jason learned from the book bound in human skin.  The book is called the book of Salazared. 

The King then chooses to introduce Jason to another person who arrived two days prior to Jason.  The King summoned the visitor with his servants, and a girl came in that is Jason’s age with short brown hair and dark brown eyes whose name is Rachael.  She is from Olympia, Washington and she is also a Beyonder.  Jason, the King and Rachael started having a ridiculous conversation about the Yankees and the Red Sox.  They talked about American sports and stuff like that.  They also talked about the capitol of Pennsylvania.  They are eating roast Pheasant while talking.   Rachael has different clothes on so others will not suspect that she is a Beyonder.  Jason needs to change his clothes as well so as to not be suspected.  Rachael has to decide whether she will go with Jason or hide out at a farm.  Jason and Rachael are both in danger due to the things they have found.  Earlier, Frannie had been taken, Aster had been killed, and they thought Puggles had been killed because they had talked with Jason.  The King mentioned that if Rachael and Jason were not more of a threat, then the Emperor would not be as much of a threat to them.  Rachael decides to go with Jason and they leave the next day.  They discuss what he learned and he tells Rachael all he knows.