Ferrin, Trensincourt, Nicolas, and Copernum- The Beyonders, Part 1

After leaving the town of the Tavern-Go-Round, Jason and Rachel continue their quest for Trensincourt and Nicolas.  On their way, they come across a bag hanging on a pole about 10 feet in the air, and they hear a voice coming from the bag.  It turns out it's a head of a man named Ferrin who was mugged by some men, and separated from his head.  But then if he has been separated from his head, how is his head still talking and alive?  The answer:  Ferrin is a displacer, which is a person who can separate body parts from his body, and they will fuse back together.  Also, when separated from his body, they continue to get blood circulated to their body, and can still feel.  And, Ferrin can even still control the rest of his body.  Anyway, he told them his body had been buried, and all the money he possessed had been taken away from him.  

Jason found where the earth had been tilled and disturbed, marking evidence that this was his burial site, and began digging with his hands to unearth his body.  He then stood on Ferrin's headless shoulders and retrieved his head from the bag.  Then Ferrin removed his head from the bag and fused it back to his neck.  He was so grateful that they had saved him that he agreed to travel with them as long as they were not scared of being prone to danger because displacers are despised and treated with hate and strife.  However, Jason and Rachel are also looked down on for the task they are undertaking, so they agree to travel with him.  

Keeping you in suspense...,

DINGBAT OUT!!!!

IT"S HERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

YYYYYEEEEEEAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! MY MOVIE TRULY MADLY DEEPLY IS HERE!!!!!!!!!!!!  AFTER THREE LONG WEEKS, MY BRAND NEW NEVER BEFORE OPENED MOVIE TRULY MADLY DEEPLY IS HERE ALL THE WAY FROM CANADA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  OH MY GOSH, AFTER SEEING A LITTLE BIT OF IT, IT'S REALLY GOOD.  BEFORE I WAS ONLY ABLE TO WATCH LITTLE CLIPS ON YOUTUBE, NEVER ALL OF THE PIECES!  OH MAN, THERE IS ONE SCENE WHERE NINA'S SISTER IS OVER WITH HER SON, HARRY, AND SHE IS HELPING CLEAN NINA'S HOME.  NINA LIVES IN A FLAT THAT IS INFESTED BY RATS, AND HARRY ALMOST EATS SOME OF THE RAT POISONING, AND HIS MOM GETS MAD AT HIM; MOSTLY OUT OF FRIGHT.  THE SCENE IS ALSO SUPER MESSED UP THOUGH, BECAUSE, YOU SEE, NINA'S HUSBAND, JAIMIE PLAYED THE CELLO.  THE CELLO IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING SHE HAS BECAUSE IT IS ONE OF THE ONLY THINGS SHE HAS LEFT OF HIM.  SO WE KNOW THAT NOW RIGHT?  WELL GUESS WHAT?  SHE SITS DOWN WITH HER SISTER AND PUTS HARRY ON HER LAP, AND HER SISTER TELLS NINA THAT HARRY IS TAKING CELLO LESSONS.  SHE SAYS THAT HE NEEDS A CELLO TO HAVE IF HE'S GOING TO STAY WITH IT AND BE SERIOUS, AND THEN SHE DOES THE MOST SCREWED UP THING EEEEEVVVVEEEERRRR!!!!!!!  SHE ASKS IF HARRY CAN HAVE JAMIE'S CELLO.  NINA LOSES IT; I MEAN BIG TIME!!!!!!!!!  I MEAN WHAT A JERK, TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT!!!!!!!! REEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLYYYYYYY INSENSITIVE!!!!!! 

THE FUNNY THING IS NINA'S SISTER IS SHOCKED AT HOW SHE REACTED.  NINA WAS SO UPSET!!!  "I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU JUST ASKED ME THAT! YOU SHOULD NEVER HAVE ASKED!" THE FUNNY THING IS, THAT NIGHT IS THE NIGHT JAMIE COMES BACK, AND THIS MAN WHO WORKS FOR HER AS HER MAINTENANCE MAN, TITUS, WHO IS POLISH, TELLS HER TO GO TO PARIS WITH HIM FOR A WEEK AND MAKE LOVE.  HE ALREADY PURCHASED THE TICKETS, BUT I MEAN HOW CAN SHE GO WITH HIM?  HER HUSBAND'S BACK!!!!!  SHE WOULDN'T HAVE GONE ANYWAY BECAUSE SHE MISSED JAMIE, BUT STILL, I MEAN COME ON!!!!!!!  AWKWARD!!!!!!!!  TITUS IS CRUSHED BECAUSE HE ALREADY PURCHASED THE TICKETS AND HE TELLS HER HE LOVES HER.  HE IS JUST TRYING TO BE NICE, AND HELPFUL, BUT SHE DOESN'T ACCEPT HIS OFFER.  SHE THEN CLOSES THE DOOR ON HIM AND RETURNS TO FIND JAMIE GONE.  SHE GOES TO HER ROOM TO CRY, AND HE SNEAKS UP BEHIND HER, SCARING THE CRAP OUT OF HER!!!! LOL!!!!!  THEN THEY TALK FOR A MINUTE AND KISS.  ANYWAY, THE MOVIE'S REALLY LONG SO I'M GONNA STOP HERE, BUT CHECK IT OUT ON YOUTUBE!!!!!!!!  GREAT MOVIE!!!!!!!!!
SO ANYWAY, THAT'S WRAP,
DINGBAT OUT!!!!!!

Worth By After Daybreak

Ever since my Freshman year I've wanted so badly to sing with the Quack and the Shimmy Dude.  Well this year, I found this amazing song called Worth by one of my favorite bands, After Daybreak.  After Daybreak is a group of 3 Mormon Men from Utah (GO UTAH!!!!!!!), and they have AMAZING voices, and create amazing harmonies.  I was so impressed with this song because the harmonies were so beautiful. I showed the Quack, and he was impressed!  He was like, "wow!  That's beautiful!  Can you get the sheet music?"  It was pretty cool, and that's the song I want to do.  I haven't shown Shimmy Dude yet, but I am 100 percent certain he'll like it.  The Shimmy Dude loves harmonies, and melody, and anything music.  Same with the Quack.  They're both extremely obsessed with Jazz music, and I'm obsessed with 50's music, and 40's music, so we have a lot in common.  Also, all of us love classical music.  So, anyway, to fill you in on the painting, we named more people on our painting in the Stake Center at seminary. There’s one guy who looks like he has a red crest like a rooster so I named him roostie, and there's one woman who has her hands like a robot, so we call her robot woman.  Then there's a baby and his name is Mr. Barbour Jr. and the other baby in the picture is Mr. Barbour Jr. Jr.  LOL!  Anyway, I have the music video of Worth on here for everyone to see.  I just had to share it it's so beautiful.  Anyway, watch it, and enjoy.

That's all for now.

 

DINGBAT OUT!!

Snow Cake

Oh my Gosh I found a good movie that I really love called Snowcake!!!! It has my two favorite actors:  Sigourney Weaver and ALAN RICKMAN!  I love it because it's about this man who meets this girl named Vivienne in a diner,  She pesters him into giving her a lift.  They drive for a while, and he tells her about himself.  His name is Alex Hughes.  She wants to be a writer, and she is trying to get to know him, so he can tell her stories to inspire her for writing.  He tells her that he just got out of prison for killing a man, and that she should normally avoid the people who appear normal like he did to her.  He also tells her he has a brother who's gay.  He doesn't talk much because he's sad, and has had a difficult past, but she brings it right out of him.  They start getting really close.  I have two favorite lines.  The first is when they stop to eat at McDonald's and Vivienne says, "So, here we are, sharing a meal. You know if I was a few years older this would be a date."  Than Alex says, "A few? You're generous."  I thought that was hilarious.  My other favorite line is when she has just bought her mother these balls that light up and play music, and Alex says, "Great, just what she always wanted," and Vivienne says "you don't know my mother mister sarcastic!  She's gonna' be beside herself when she sees these." Then right after that it gets really really sad.  Alex pulls the car out, and this music comes on and Vivienne turns it up and starts singing.  He has this big smile on his face.  He’s stopped, waiting to go, when this huge 40 ton demi truck smashes into their car at a rate of at least 90 miles per hour, flipping the car over.  Alex gets out without a scratch, but Vivienne was killed on the spot.  He feels so guilty he can't even stand it, even though it was 100% the semi-truck driver's fault.  Alex goes to pay his respects and confess what role he played to her mother, Linda, but she doesn't show any sadness.  The reason is that she has high-functioning autism, which is why I like it because I can relate incredibly well because I have Aspergers, which is on the autistic spectrum, but not really autism.  That is why I like this movie so much, because it's about a relationship that grows between someone with autism and someone who doesn't.  They end up healing each other, and he falls in love with a girl named Maggie.  With the help of Linda and Maggie, he is slowly able to accept himself again.

Well, that’s a wrap,

DINGBAT OUT!!!!

Trensincourt and the TAVERN-GO-ROUND - Beyonders (Cont'd)

This blog is for the week of September 12 through 16

The Beyonders (Cont'd)

The bartender says they have puckerlies.  They have the best seafood at the bar.  They serve puckerlies alive.  Puckerlies cost three and a half drooma.  Puckerlies are eaten by squirting a little blue colored pulpa oil to loosen them up.   Then you suck them out and they are gelatinous and good.  They order a platter of puckerlies.  There is a guy sitting at a table near the door that is feeling bad from the spinning.  The guy asks for a bowl of clam chowder.  The bartender says he needs to wash dishes or show him he has money.  Jason offers to purchase clam chowder for the man.  The man is one of the survivors of the Giddy 9, a group of performers.  The man’s name is Tark.  Simeon is the leader of the Giddy 9.  A Prophetess told them that if they played music off of the waterfall they would summon a hero and that is how Jason arrived because there are no heroes in the land.  Jason is the one that shot the arrow in the shoulder of one of the performers.  Tark says that if he meets the one who shot the arrow he will kill him.  Jason indicates that perhaps the one who shot the arrow was just trying to help them and remains silent about the arrow.  Jason tells Tark if he really wants to be a hero and go after a villain, then he should go after Maldor.  Tark agrees and gets confident and heads out of the TAVERN-GO-ROUND and starts stomping.  In Lyrian, women do not count for much.  Kerny asks Rachael and Jason how they liked the Puckerlies.  Rachael responds first.  Kerny gives Jason a weird look.  Jason replies saying Rachael gets excited about her food.  Kerny asks if Jason and Rachael need a place to stay.  Kerny says his mother owns an inn.  Kerny escorts Rachael and Jason to the Inn. 

There is this guy with curly orange hair and tons of freckles wearing a long sack with holes in it who says that Jason and Rachael smell like foreigners.  Kerny says it is five drooma for one room.  Jason pays for two rooms.  Jason explains Rachael is his sister, so the cost for the rooms is 8 drooma.  Later on, Rachael and Jason receive a knock on the door.  Jason opens it and it is Ned.  Jason grabs his pinyard.  Ned tackles him and takes the pinyard.  Ned says that Jason knows of the book that is bound in human skin.   Ned has a string and is controlled by Maldor.  Ned covers the string on his hand with a black glove.  Ned tells Jason he is in danger.  Jason and Rachael are almost out of food to eat.  Rachael goes to talk Gerta to see if she can get some food.  ason naps.  Ned taps on Jason’s window.  Ned and Jason go up on the roof.  Some guys come in and check the rooms.  Jason and Ned jump off the roof.  When the men cannot find Jason, they run away.

GALLORAN - Beyonders (cont'd)

This post is for the week of September 12 through 16.

Beyonders (cont'd).

Jugard is safe from the crab because the opening of the cave is too small for the crab to get through.  Rachael comes in saying something chasing her.  Jugard says Macroid cannot resist blood.  Twice Jugard had cut himself on accident and Macroid would bang at the entrance for hours trying to get at Jugard.  Jugard noosed Puggles to use him as bait and he jumped on top of him and sliced him while Jason and Rachael were already running ahead, and then he cut the rope.  Rachael and Jason barely escape.  Now the crab is chasing Puggles.  It slices Puggles in half. 

Rachael and Jason get out of the elevator and they are safe.  Before they left, Jugard had told Jason who he could contact to find some information on the word that can kill Galloran.  The person Jason must find is located in Trensincourt and his name is Nicholas Dangler.  Jason and Rachael travel for a while and they end up in a fishing town where  here are a lot of different faded buildings.  There is a spinning building that is spinning really fast.  There is a boxed shaped face man (red) he pulls them in.  The TAVERN-GO-ROUND is the name of the building.  They walk in a room in the building where there are tables all around.  There is a guy there that asks what he can get them.  Jason and Rachael had to balance because of the spinning.  Jason asked why the building is spinning.  The bartender tells him that it is due to an underground river.  The speed depends on the current speed of the river.  The bartender tells him it is going fairly slow at this time.  When he walks to the middle of the bar the spinning force lessens.  The name of the bartender is Kerny.

What should I talk about? SEMINARY!

I really don't know what to talk about, so I'll talk about what I did today.  First I got up at 5 o'clock, went to seminary at 6 where we got breakfast burritos from Brother Pinon.  We could only get a breakfast burrito if all 16 of us passed off the scripture mastery of the week.  This week, it was Genesis 1:26-27.  Surprisingly it took everyone until we had only ten minutes left to finish it.  I had passed it off a day earlier, so I worked on passing off 3 other scripture mastery scriptures.  You see, there’s this girl in my class named Jodi and we are always neck and neck.  We’re the best in the class, but last year she beat me at memorizing all the scriptures.  I swore to myself that I would not let that happen again.  I have my pride you know!  So this year I'm going to memorize all 25 scriptures first; not second; not third; first!!  I have 8 memorized so far so I'm tied with Jodi.  It doesn't help that we're both extremely competitive!  At the end of seminary we got either a breakfast burrito or a breakfast sandwich, depending on preference.  Sister Pitts also made cinnamon roles in the Annex building for her students, so naturally I had to steal one!!  Lol!!  Here's something really funny that my friends and I do.  I carpool with a family named the Harpers and a boy named Josh.  So you have Sister Harper, Adam, Dale, Josh, and me.  I swear my friends are wacko!!  They’re awesome.  Josh and Dale are convinced that Mr. Barbour, my teacher, is a dog.  I don't know where they get these crazy things from, but it's pretty funny.  Josh always asks, "How’s the Barbour?"  There’s a painting near the entrance that depicts Jesus teaching, and the basket in the corner is the Barbour, the man with a crazy hat is the Quack, and well, we don't have one for Shimmy dude yet, but there is a man in the picture that we named Bill!!  Josh is always asking me. "Is the Barbour bald, because if he is that would be hilarious because he's a Barbour!!"  Josh is such a DORK!!  I love him; he's one of my very best friends.  I tell everyone about my teachers.  Josh, Adam, and Dale absolutely love the Barbour even though they've never met him.  I think that's enough.

DINGBAT OUT!!

FRUSTRATION and Favorite Actors

OH MY GOSH!!!!  I HAVE WAITED FOR FOR TRULY MADLY DEEPLY FOR TWO WEEKS NOW!!!!!!!! I WANT IT SO BAD!!!! I've learned so much more about it  It's weird, he dies of a sore throat I found out.  I mean literally, all of a sudden he stops breathing.  I swear I am absolutely in love with Alan Rickman.  He portrays the character of Jamie with such finesse, and subtleness, and naturalism.  He acts a lot like Rex Harrison, who is amazing at what he did on stage!  And OH MY GOSH, Juliet Stevenson is absolutely amazing as an actress, especially in this movie.  I don't have many favorite actors, but most of my favorite actors are British.  I like the ones who focus on naturalism.  I love that.  Some of the best ones are David Niven, Charlton Heston, Kay Kendall, Rex Harrison (OF COURSE), Alan Rickman, Juliet Stevenson, Maggie Smith, Richard Harris, Tony Shalhoub, Stanley Tucci, Meryl Streep, Nicolas Cage, and Julie Andrews.
My top 6 Actors (in order of most favorite to least favorite):

1. Rex Harrison
2.  Alan Rickman
3.  Meryl Streep
4.  Julie Andrews
5.  Tony Shalhoub
6.  Stanley Tucci

Well, I don't have much more to say for this time around,

Dingbat out!!!

Jugard and the Titan Crab (Beyonders cont'd)

Galloran (the Blind King) gave Jason the title of Lord of Caberton and gave him a ring and a pinyard.  Galloran gave Rachael an Orantium and Rachael and Jason set off to find the sea cave.  Jason and Rachael argue about who is going to jump off a cliff into the sea.  Jason is extremely stubborn and insists on jumping so he strips down to his boxers.  Rachael and Jason flip a coin to see who will jump and Rachael wins, but Jason jumps anyway.  He dives right between two very sharp rocks to avoid getting hurt.  Jason swims into the sea cave.  He then climbs a 10 foot ledge.  On top of the ledge is a man with wiry muscles and white/gray hair twisting a piece of seaweed that makes it glow.  Jason tells the old man that he is sent by Galloran.  But the old man stays quiet and stares.  Jason looks away and stays quiet.  He didn’t want the old man to think that he is pushing him.  Finally the old man speaks and tells Jason he is wise because he demonstrates patience and wisdom.  The old man says his name is Jugard.  Jason asks if the old man knows a syllable of the word?  The old man says the fourth syllable of the word is  “en.”  So Jason now has two of the six syllables:  “A” and “en;” the first and the fourth.  After the old man and Jason had been talking for a while, Jugard talks to Jason about how it is relatively impossible to get out of the cave because the only way out is a little elevator and it is occupied by a Titan Crab.  Five people had tried prior and they had been killed by the crab.  Jugard tells Jason to take a peek at the crab and Jason does.  Jugard named the crab Macroid and it is a female.  Jason notes that the crab has black armor that is almost 100% impenetrable.  Jason and Jugard hear a splash.  Rachael shows up saying she was chased by a strange creature.  She climbed up the ledge while there was a creature jumping 8 feet high up the 10 foot ledge.  Jugard throws his seaweed down over the ledge so they can see what the creature is.  The creature that chased Rachael is Puggles the bore hound.  Puggles is chasing Rachael and Jason because he has been conscripted, which means that he was reprogrammed in his brain to have only one desire of chasing down Rachael and Jason.  Puggles was conscripted by Conscriptors.

More Independent writing for World Literature....

Henry worried about his mother, a sweet woman with short sandy hair streaked with grey, and a plump face with big blue eyes, darker than his own.  She had tried to stop the men from taking her boys, crying and screaming, fearing she’d never see them again.  He remembered her face, full of terror.  He shuddered, shaking it away, tears once again welling in his eyes. He focused on the soft repetitive motion of Gerald’s fingers running through his hair, which made him relax slightly.  Now his mind started wandering to Katy, sweet little Katy.  She was his 6 year old sister.  He had been her personal protector since the day she was born.  The thing that burdened his mind most was who would protect her now?  He was her protector!  He let her dow….   Henry’s thoughts were interrupted by Gerald’s soft voice.  “I’m concerned about these wounds getting infected,” Gerald said.  “Maybe I can try and treat them.”  Henry scoffed.  “I really don’t see how you could chap,” he said in a rather amused tone.  “I mean considering the crucial fact that it’s as dark as a cave in here, and you’ve nothing to treat me with.”  “Oh there you go again!” Gerald spat.  “You’re always the Pessimist!  You know if they’re not treated they’ll get infected, and I am not going to sit here like a miserable oaf and watch you die!”  Gerald’s voice was alarmingly loud, scaring Henry a bit.  He had never meant to hurt Gerald; he was merely trying to state an obvious fact.  He realized that all Gerald wanted was to feel helpful to his brother, and at the moment, Henry was denying him that privilege.  His brother had to be the most loyal and honorable man he’d ever known.  He willingly let go of his obstinate attitude.  “Alright Gerald, I’m sorry, do whatever you see fit.”

Independent Writing for World Literature

“How much more of this must we endure Gerald?” Henry said in a high-pitched whimper; tears were streaming down his unshaved cheeks and swollen neck.  His naked torso was shredded and covered in blood from the most recent lashing. Gerald exhaled icily, fighting back a scream, his nose filled with the smell of his brother’s blood and the stench of death.  He was surrounded with the wailing of Men, women and children in pain and anguish, separated from their families.  He exhaled again.  “A few more days of this hell and we’ll both be dead,” he said in a submissive shaky voice, indicating the realization of defeat and succumbing to despair.  Gerald couldn’t take it much longer; sometimes he wished death would come and take him.  He arose and staggered in no distinct direction in the complete darkness of the filthy stall, finally finding his brother on the other side, grabbed him by the arms tenderly, careful not to hurt his wounds, pulling him gently towards his clothed chest.  Henry’s tension immediately eased and his muscles became weak as he willingly fell in his beloved brother’s arms.  Henry loved his brother Gerald dearly.  Gerald always knew how to succor people; especially Henry.  He had the rare ability to be unconditionally kind and loving, like a mother with a sick child, or a loyal dog with a small child.  Gerald started ruffling his hair and he relaxed even more; mind retracing to the past.

The Dreaded Half Smile. DUN DUN DUN! The small miracle!



This is me at the Dentist the first root canal visit!



Yesterday I got pulled out of school last period to go get my root canal finished and properly sealed.  Well, in order to go into my mouth and do something that extenuating, the Endodontist has to numb the “crap” out of it.  So, when I’m done, I can’t kiss, I can’t smile right (it’s terrible) but I now find it extremely funny!  I wanted it to happen during school so I could come back with my lopsided smile and show my friends Jake, Sam, Briana, and Cheyenne.  I also really wanted The Quack to see it; and Shimmy Dude. It’d be cool to show off.  I meant to take some pictures but I didn’t get to it. Sorry guys. It’s pretty funny too.  

So, anyway, it didn’t hurt nearly as bad as last time because last time the tooth was so infected.  I’d had an abscessed tooth for over a year.  I’m really glad that my dad listened to the promptings of the Holy Ghost and got me in, because literally another week or so, and it would have been too late, I mean I would’ve died; literally.  And all that time we thought it was just sinus pressure.  I mean really, if you have an abscessed tooth for too long, it’ll lead to your heart.  Once the abscess is in your heart and starts eating away at it, it’s too late.  That fact gave me chills.  My Heavenly Father is always looking out for me, and I know that.  He’s saved my life and kept me out of danger many times, this isn’t the first; just another small miracle.  So anyway, I know shimmy dude will want to read this story because he’s really religious like me. Well if I keep talking about the religious aspects and miracles, I’ll start crying, so THAT’S A RAP!!!

DINGBAT OUT :D

Dragsters and Go Karts

Also at lagoon I got to race dragsters against my cousin Emily and my Dad.  Needless to say I won every time.  My Dad was boggled at my reaction speed.  But, it is just that when there is  competition around me, or a need to prove myself, I focus so intensely and take it EXTREMELY SERIOUSLY; ESPECIALLY IN SPORTS!  Just ask Shimmy Dude or The Quack:  They've seen me.  They know! LOL :) (just kidding!)  My mom told me my cheeks were full of air, and my eyes were huge, my eyebrows down, and I didn't even know.  Anyway, the dragsters they have there are real professional dragsters that they use to drag race with, and they reach up to 83.2 MPH in 2.3 seconds!  They're the all time adrenaline high.  Anyway, that's always sooooooo fun!

Then we (meaning my Dad, Cousin, Aunt, Uncle and I) rode Go Karts around the track and my car was so fast!!  It was my favorite color too: lime green.  My Aunt Becky's black car was slow, and I passed her 2 times!  I also passed my Uncle Dave, who had a really slow purple car.  My brother Ben was on the other track, and he had to drive for Allie because she was too small.  Poor Allie.  I mean, it's sad, she's like four foot two, and my brother's five foot three, and he's only just barely 10!!  I found that extremely funny! 

The only draw back to these two races was that just previously I had ridden the rocket and then right after that, the Samarai, and I had a headache like crazy and felt like puking.  However, for some reason, racing the cars helped me not feel so sick, which was good. AWE MAN, I think I'm all worded out.

Well then, with that said,

DINGBAT OUT!!

LAGOON!!

This Labor Day weekend I went to Lagoon with my parents, my brother and his friends Eli and Allie Seegrist, my uncle Dave and Aunt Becky, and my cousin Emily.  Lagoon is an amusement park located in Farmington, Utah, and it is the most amazing place in the world!!  I rode the fearsome four while there: the Rocket, Wicked, Colossus, and the Spider.  My favorite of them is wicked.  On Wicked, you immediately start at about 100 miles per hour, going up at a 90 degree angle, and then down at a 90 degree angle.  The total speed at the time when you reach the bottom is about 120 miles per hour or so guestimated.  Then you go into a tight corkscrew, and wow, it’s so intensely fun.  My brother’s friend Eli became a total thrill junkie after that trip!! I rode so many thrill rides, that in 5 hours of riding them, I almost puked three times!!! 

Here is a funny story:  Eli’s sister Allie wanted to go on the Wild Mouse; a really jerky ride.  Allie is super puny, even though she’s 8.  On the Wild Mouse, there’s only one bar that comes down on both people.  The bar was snug on me, but Allie still had a foot of room - I mean that girl is small!!  Anyway, if I hadn’t have held on to her, she would have literally flown right out of the car!  I mean it was scary, and that ride is so jerky and exerts so much force that I literally felt my arm starting to stretch and break!  At 9 o’clock I was sooo tired, and sore and sick; I just wanted to go home.  The rides that made me the sickest were Colossus, Wicked, The Cliff Hanger (which hangs you completely upside down for 5-10 seconds), and the Samari.  All in all I had a lot of fun and so did everyone else.

That’s a rap.

Dingbat out!

   
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COLLOSSUS COASTER/ THE FIRE DRAGON



THE ROCKET

Wicked (the yellow coaster)

                                                                                                                          

Spider Coaster

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.

ABQ Academy and Nauvoo, Illinois

I did a whole lot of things during this past Summer, but my favorite things were ABQ Academy, Nauvoo, Illinois and Taylorsville, Utah.

I went to ABQ Academy for summer classes.  I took Ceramics, Pixels and Pictures, Steel Drums, Digital Dimensions, Cartoon Relief, the Works and Chess Club.  My favorite teachers were Mrs. Walthall, Mr. Corbin, Mr. Gabe, and Mr. Sedillo.  Mrs. Walthal was my Cartooning Relief teacher.  She was super goofy and crazy like me, and loves art; especially cartooning!  She reminds me a lot of the Quack!  She’s so AWESOME!  Mr. Corbin was my Steel Drum teacher and I loved him!  He played steel drums (duh), regular drums, marimba, and I don’t know what else.  He is so talented, has perfect pitch, and has the enthusiasm of me * 2; and if you know me, that means a lot! 

Mr. Gabe and Mr. Sedillo are my Chess teachers, and they are so awesome.  I have been in their summer class for three years now and I learn so much every time.  They are both REALLY NICE GUYS!  Well, anyway, I had a lot of fun at ABQ Academy and I made a lot of friends. 

Now on to Nauvoo, Illinois.  For those of you who don’t know, I am Mormon (LDS is the proper term).  Nauvoo was the city that the Saints traveled to after being chased out of Missouri by Governor Boggs.  The Prophet of our Church, Joseph Smith, named the town Nauvoo, which is Hebrew for beautiful.  This is ironic because Nauvoo was all swampland.  But, the Saints drained it and built it up in seven years to be one of the most populated, prosperous, beautiful towns in Illinois.  The Saints were so dedicated that they melted down all of their valuable china, and every thing important to them, they gave away freely to aid the building of the Nauvoo Temple.  Now that you have some background information, I am going to talk about when I went there this summer.

I went to Nauvoo, Illinois for something called EFY (Especially for Youth).  EFY is a program for Mormon youth ages 14-18 to come together, feel the spirit together, and grow stronger testimonies together.  EFY Nauvoo is a special session, meaning we get to do things that other EFYs around the world don’t get to do.  We get to go to Carthage Jail, where the Prophet Joseph Smith was martyred, and we get to walk on the Trail of Hope and Old Nauvoo.  We even get to do baptisms for the dead in the Nauvoo Temple.  I went to EFY Nauvoo last year and I went again this year.  This year I was in the Browning Company and they were amazing!  We became a family, and after the first day, I came to love them so much!  The people in my group were Kim, Kat, Kayla, Avery, Aubrey, Mitchell, Austen, Chris, Kaleb, Ben, Jason, Wilson, Jase, Sam, Gretchen, Riley, Meghan, and that is all I can remember. There were a few more.  Oh, and Adrian.  He was my COW (Crush Of the Week)!  Anyway, we got really close and had a lot of fun!  Well, that is a rap for this Blog!  Dingbat out!

 

Nauvoo Temple

Trail of Hope

Browning Home and Gunsmith