I found this great website today! (Actually, it was in one of the gaming magazines I get from the library.)
It's called Kongregate. It's an internet gaming website, but there's twist. All the games on it were made by people just like us. So people make their games, put them up on that website, and then you can rate them, favorite them, and even vote for them to be the best game of the month. Sounds like the YouTube of internet gaming. You can even submit your own games, sounds hard, I'd rather just play games other people have made. :D You win points for rating games or winning games, and you can use points to buy collectable cards. Eventually, Kongregate is going to let people battle with the cards. They've described it as, "card-based, tag-team, rock-paper-scissors Street Fighter with +10 awesomeness!" You have to create an account before you can do any of this, but here's the best part. It's totally free! Yeah!
There's all sorts of games there, puzzles, strategy, action, you name it! There's even multiplayer games. One of my favorites is called, "3D Logic." It's a puzzle game where you have to connect colored squares to each other. The squares are arranged on a cube, like, well...a Rubik's cube, I guess. There's over 1,000 games, and apparently it's getting popular, even though it was just started last year over 600,000 people use it. It's really fun, so go check it out if you have extra time on your hands. (Something we don't have too much of around here...) Here's the link, if you want it.
http://www.kongregate.com/
Thursday, November 29, 2007
Monday, November 26, 2007
Hit the ground running!
So did everyone have a good Thanksgiving break?
We did, it gave us a chance to relax a little bit, and we got to put up the Christmas tree too, That was fun, but no time for that, because now...
off we go into the busiest week of the entire year!
Olivia's Nutcracker rehearsals start today, her HEAVY DUTY rehearsals!
Well actually, tonight all she has is a spacing rehearsal, where they go over to Clowes Memorial Hall, and do a rehearsal on that stage, and every few minutes they stop the music and tell a person to stand in a different place, it's very boring.
It'll all be over in one week though, whew...
Anyway, in the mean time, all of us will be running around like little mice, or, as my mom says, we'll have to wake up and hit the ground running!
And since my dad is working now, it'll be even busier!
Everyone pray for us this week please, and especially for Olivia, that God will give us the strength and patience for this week!
We did, it gave us a chance to relax a little bit, and we got to put up the Christmas tree too, That was fun, but no time for that, because now...
off we go into the busiest week of the entire year!
Olivia's Nutcracker rehearsals start today, her HEAVY DUTY rehearsals!
Well actually, tonight all she has is a spacing rehearsal, where they go over to Clowes Memorial Hall, and do a rehearsal on that stage, and every few minutes they stop the music and tell a person to stand in a different place, it's very boring.
It'll all be over in one week though, whew...
Anyway, in the mean time, all of us will be running around like little mice, or, as my mom says, we'll have to wake up and hit the ground running!
And since my dad is working now, it'll be even busier!
Everyone pray for us this week please, and especially for Olivia, that God will give us the strength and patience for this week!
Monday, November 19, 2007
What People Will Do...
Wow! Can you imagine paying $13,000 for a pair of tickets to a concert?
Well, apparently someone can and did! The tickets to a seat at the
Hannah Montana: Best of Both Worlds tour are near impossible to get, selling out minutes after they go on sale. But a stay at home mom from Indianapolis shelled out $13,000 for 4 tickets and backstage passes to the show. The tickets were auctioned off on the radio, with the proceeds going to the Peyton Manning Children's Hospital, (Which I've been to before for my asthma) So at least she can feel good about spending all that money!
Another parent spent 6 days hanging from a statue to win some tickets for his kids!
What people will do!
I knew Hannah Montana was all the rage today, but I didn't know she was THAT popular!
Would you spend $13,000 or spend 6 days hanging from a statue for tickets to a concert? I wouldn't!! It's scary even!
Here's the link to the story,
http://news.yahoo.com/s/wrtv/20071116/lo_wrtv/14616597
And here's the link to the story about the man hanging from a statue.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/hannah_montana_contest
Well, apparently someone can and did! The tickets to a seat at the
Hannah Montana: Best of Both Worlds tour are near impossible to get, selling out minutes after they go on sale. But a stay at home mom from Indianapolis shelled out $13,000 for 4 tickets and backstage passes to the show. The tickets were auctioned off on the radio, with the proceeds going to the Peyton Manning Children's Hospital, (Which I've been to before for my asthma) So at least she can feel good about spending all that money!
Another parent spent 6 days hanging from a statue to win some tickets for his kids!
What people will do!
I knew Hannah Montana was all the rage today, but I didn't know she was THAT popular!
Would you spend $13,000 or spend 6 days hanging from a statue for tickets to a concert? I wouldn't!! It's scary even!
Here's the link to the story,
http://news.yahoo.com/s/wrtv/20071116/lo_wrtv/14616597
And here's the link to the story about the man hanging from a statue.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/hannah_montana_contest
Wednesday, November 14, 2007
Shadowing...
Yesterday, Olivia and I had our shadowing at Herron High School.
The person I shadowed with was really nice to me, he introduced me to all his friends. Olivia said that the person she shadowed with was nice to her too, she even got her e-mail address.
They only have 4 periods, I thought they'd have a lot more.
Well, the first period was Algebra 1. Since Olivia and I are taking Algebra 1 this year, it was just like what we are learning. I was even able to figure out all the problems! The classes are pretty small, most had less than 10 people.
Next was homeroom, my mom thinks that it's a waste of time.
All you do is sit there for 20 minutes, waiting for the next period to start.
Then I went to 3D art, which is modeling with clay and stuff like that. The students were working on relief carvings.
After that was lunch, the cafeteria food was so-so. (Translation=GROSS!):D
The milk was frozen! I saw Olivia there. After lunch I went to study hall.
Completely boring. If you have homework to catch up on, that's the place to do it!
The last thing I took was Latin. Better study up! Good thing the teachers don't give out too much homework!
Everyone was really nice to us, the people we shadowed (and their friends) said they'd look for us if we go there next year. I liked the school, it seems like a place I'd want to go.
The person I shadowed with was really nice to me, he introduced me to all his friends. Olivia said that the person she shadowed with was nice to her too, she even got her e-mail address.
They only have 4 periods, I thought they'd have a lot more.
Well, the first period was Algebra 1. Since Olivia and I are taking Algebra 1 this year, it was just like what we are learning. I was even able to figure out all the problems! The classes are pretty small, most had less than 10 people.
Next was homeroom, my mom thinks that it's a waste of time.
All you do is sit there for 20 minutes, waiting for the next period to start.
Then I went to 3D art, which is modeling with clay and stuff like that. The students were working on relief carvings.
After that was lunch, the cafeteria food was so-so. (Translation=GROSS!):D
The milk was frozen! I saw Olivia there. After lunch I went to study hall.
Completely boring. If you have homework to catch up on, that's the place to do it!
The last thing I took was Latin. Better study up! Good thing the teachers don't give out too much homework!
Everyone was really nice to us, the people we shadowed (and their friends) said they'd look for us if we go there next year. I liked the school, it seems like a place I'd want to go.
Wednesday, November 7, 2007
Surprise Visit
Yesterday, my Grandpa surprised us and came up from Cincinnati to visit.
We went out to Forbidden City for lunch, it's one of our favorite restaurants, and my Grandpa's too, They don't have them in Cincinnati. We had just gone there on Sunday, and one of the waiters remembered us! It was kind of funny.
Yeah, so we all had a good time.
We went out to Forbidden City for lunch, it's one of our favorite restaurants, and my Grandpa's too, They don't have them in Cincinnati. We had just gone there on Sunday, and one of the waiters remembered us! It was kind of funny.
Yeah, so we all had a good time.
Monday, November 5, 2007
First impressions
Well, we went to that open house for that school last Friday.
I still don't know what to think. If we go there, it's going to be a lot different.
The building is kind of old, but it has "character," as my mom says. It used to be an art school, I think before it became a high school, so that explains it.
They had the students be the guides for the night, so we got shown around by a person that's gone there for a little while. The school isn't all that big, it has three floors, but it's easy to find your way around. The classes are small, I think I only saw about 15 or 20 chairs in each class. The teachers were all very nice, that's a good thing! :D
The school just opened last year, so it's not like everyone's been there forever.
They have lots of classes, physics, math, (we're doing geometry next year, ugh...)
music, art, history, and drama and choir are electives. (The drama department is putting on a production of "The Christmas Carol" this year, my mom says that we'll go see it, actually, the student that was our guide is playing, Fred, Scrooge's nephew in the play)
They also have cross-country and basketball, if you want to do it.
Some people we know might go to Herron with us, there's our friend, McKenna Baker, who used to live down the street from us.
My mom said that Olivia and I looked "shell-shocked" the whole time during the open house, and I have to admit that my first impressions of the school were kind of negative and I was very skeptical. It's not that I didn't like the school, I guess I was scared of going to an actual school for the first time. I guess I really don't like change. But now that I've had time to think about it, I'm curious about the school, everyone seemed nice, and I want to go back and check it out. It sounds kind of fun, it's just going to be different. But anyway, we'll know more after shadowing.
Oh, and I got the date wrong, Olivia and I are shadowing a week from this Tuesday!
I feel a little nervous about it. And another good thing! My dad says that we're not required to take P.E., he thinks, so I won't make a total fool of myself! Yay!
But we do have to wear uniforms, I have to wear khaki pants and a black or white shirt, which isn't that bad, but Olivia has to wear a black and red plaid skirt, she HATES plaid, and she's already thinking of ways to jazz it up a bit. Good thing they have Casual Fridays! Well, I'll write more about it after our shadowing day.
I still don't know what to think. If we go there, it's going to be a lot different.
The building is kind of old, but it has "character," as my mom says. It used to be an art school, I think before it became a high school, so that explains it.
They had the students be the guides for the night, so we got shown around by a person that's gone there for a little while. The school isn't all that big, it has three floors, but it's easy to find your way around. The classes are small, I think I only saw about 15 or 20 chairs in each class. The teachers were all very nice, that's a good thing! :D
The school just opened last year, so it's not like everyone's been there forever.
They have lots of classes, physics, math, (we're doing geometry next year, ugh...)
music, art, history, and drama and choir are electives. (The drama department is putting on a production of "The Christmas Carol" this year, my mom says that we'll go see it, actually, the student that was our guide is playing, Fred, Scrooge's nephew in the play)
They also have cross-country and basketball, if you want to do it.
Some people we know might go to Herron with us, there's our friend, McKenna Baker, who used to live down the street from us.
My mom said that Olivia and I looked "shell-shocked" the whole time during the open house, and I have to admit that my first impressions of the school were kind of negative and I was very skeptical. It's not that I didn't like the school, I guess I was scared of going to an actual school for the first time. I guess I really don't like change. But now that I've had time to think about it, I'm curious about the school, everyone seemed nice, and I want to go back and check it out. It sounds kind of fun, it's just going to be different. But anyway, we'll know more after shadowing.
Oh, and I got the date wrong, Olivia and I are shadowing a week from this Tuesday!
I feel a little nervous about it. And another good thing! My dad says that we're not required to take P.E., he thinks, so I won't make a total fool of myself! Yay!
But we do have to wear uniforms, I have to wear khaki pants and a black or white shirt, which isn't that bad, but Olivia has to wear a black and red plaid skirt, she HATES plaid, and she's already thinking of ways to jazz it up a bit. Good thing they have Casual Fridays! Well, I'll write more about it after our shadowing day.
Friday, November 2, 2007
New School
Tonight, we are going to an open house for a school that Olivia and I might be going to starting next year. It's called Herron High School. It's like the charter school we were thinking about doing, (the public school at home sort of thing) but it's actually a school. It's in downtown Indy, but school doesn't start until 10 AM on Mondays and 9 AM Tuesday-Friday. I'm excited! Sometime next year, Olivia and I are going to "shadow," we are going to follow some students around and see how the classes are for a day. I'm going to be nervous for that. I wonder what it will be like, Olivia and I have never gone to a public school before. Actually, the school is kind of small, about 300 kids, my mom said. Well, I'll write more about it on Monday! Oh great, I just realized, we'll be "the new kids!" Oh man...
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