sol 26

I could not think of what to write, so instead of doing that boring thing of writing about how I couldn't find anything to write about, I am going to write a movie review on a movie I literally just watched.

This movie was Pacific Rim, scoring and 8.0 out of 10 on iMDB which is pretty decent considering the best is a 9.3, shaw shank redemption, Pacific Rim is a great movie.

When massive monsters attack the pacific through under water portals, to another dimension, the pacific countries through aside their old rivalries to come together and build monster of our own. The Jager, ya-ger, and their pilots are some of the most world renowned people and machinery in the world. Towering nearly 300 feet in the air, these beast have many cool abilities, from spraying freezing cold CO2 out of vents, to rockets built into the elbows to give the punches that little kick.

The movie is so cool, the plot is better than what you would expect from a movie like this. All the characters are well developed and the movie makes this seem to possible that we could expect to see events like this on tomorrows news.  Definitely would recommend everyone go and watch it.

sol 25

Today was the day that my sister was born, surprisingly it is also her birthday. I even went to the extreme of waking up early and making her breakfast. I made pancakes and sausages, but my dog started barking and woke her up so she wasn't surprised when we came in. The best part was after she woke up she texts me if it would be okay if she came down right now, so I just said nah stay up there. Then five minuets later, she texts me, and I quote, hurry up.

Now I was the only one making her breakfast as my brother and mom decided that they had to go and get some orange juice because my sisters b-day was finished by without orange juice. So they left me to my batter and hot oiled griddle. I made some pretty decent pancakes albeit the first one was not so pretty. After I had made about 12 pancakes, and my mother and brother finally returned, we headed up stairs to bring the food o my sister. She was faking being asleep when we walked in but instantly sprang to life when we walked in.

We all sat down on my sister bed, pancakes in hand, and enjoyed the mourning. It was a great way to start the day.

book blog

I didn't read anything because I was really busy with hockey, people us this excuse for other things so I am using it now. I will write this about books but not about a book I read. I am starting to read the scorch trials which incase you don't know is the second book in the Maze Runner series. I am excited because the end was so questionable, like so many questions stemmed from it that I hope will be answered in this book.

I look forward to Guns Germs and Steele which is a non-fiction research like book that goes through human history. For me reading a boo like this or a book like the Samirllion, which is a complete history of middle earth, with a deadline, like if it is going through a pretty interesting part I could read fifty or one hundred pages in a sitting. But if it hits a boring part that number could be like a couple pages or nights when i just give up after a few words. It is during summer that most of this reading is achieved and over summer is when I plan on reading Atlas Shrugged and the Fountain Pen.

sol 23

Oh I cream

I love you

Your multitudes of flavor

With every possible toppings

Combined in a waffel cone

It was really love at first bite

Though all of your flavors do taste well

Nothing can compare to chocolate

With brownies and cookies

And sprinkles and fudge

All combinations can lead to only one outcome

Savory, chilled, deliciousness

sol 22

Why I love hockey, is very simple, this past season our biggest rivalry was Arapahoe. Sadly we did not beat them but they were a really good team who we could never figure out how to beat. Anywho, their best player Zach Purcell was on my team for this state camp thing where you get to see all of your AAA buddies who played on different teams, so this was a great weekend of hockey as well as meeting with old friends who make all the kids a logan look like five year old little girls.

Besides this, Purcell, along with another kid, I didn't like playing against. I got a bunch of penalties against them but they were still good players and we get a retaliation penalty so who really cares. We were on the same team together, and they both ended up being pretty great guys to play with, so two kids whom I really diss-liked became some teammates of mine who I worked well with. The other kid who I didn't know his name, and honestly didn't care was my D partner the entire weekend.

sol 21

Today me and my brother had a great day in the park. We started out by throwing this little soccer ball, a bit bigger than a common soft ball, with our hands. Then as it was a soccer ball, we progressed into kicking it back and forth. We were going pretty good as a couple of you may know my brother is a pretty decent soccer player, but then we had a magical idea, we combined the two, passing the ball with our feet but in the air. The name was juggle-soccer-pass-ball and we were getting good

The first couple of time we would just throw the ball in the air and try and head it back and forth. We would get one or two, occasionally three if my brother made a sick diving play and I managed to play the ball well enough to get it back to him. Then we transgressed into just plain out juggling, and it was hella fun. We were probably out there for two hours, and it was some of the best time I have spent with my brother in a long time.

sol 20

Today my brother, his friend, my sister, her friends and I all played a big game of capture the flag. It was very fun because we played over the entire block. We spent close to two hours racing around the entire block trying to find each others flag. My brother and Reid, his friend, talked a lot of strategy using my phone to demonstrate different maneuver each team member had to make at each different bird call.

In the end, they won, they basically cheated by hiding their flag in an little drainage pipe so it was impossible to see. Our flag was hidden in a bush but it was still easy to see, we played it better, only getting one kid trapped while we successfully captured each of them twice.  In the end it was a great way to get out in the sun and play with my brother and sister, outside for a change.

Micro pt 2

So I just finished this awesome book and it is pretty sick, however I recommend Sphere or the Andromeda Strain if you are going to read any Michael Crichton books. He does write a verity of books from sci-fi to adventure, he even wrote a pirates adventure book, but along with all of his other books, they contain very mature things. So keep that in mind when you read any of his books, but I really do recommend reading any of his books because they all are pretty amazing.

sol 16

Playing knee hockey with my brother has always been somewhat of a surefire way of playing with him. I have always loved it, for everyone who is going what id knee hockey, it is simply playing hockey on your knees with a foot and a half stick. Recently my brother has really picked up on it, and that is fun to see. I felt like this when he started playing hockey, because I could tell my-self that he started playing because I started playing.

Back to knee hockey, me and my brother play on the catwalk of our second floor, the wall and the banister create a natural wall to keep the puck in, the doors on either end are our goals. My brother and I get into it, often taking thirty minuets to play one game. I have to defend a much larger goal than he does, and the only time he scores is when he banks the puck off the wall. It makes me laugh because he gets so cocky and when we switch I easily score on him.

I always enjoy playing with my brother, even though we both be each other up.

sol 15

hahahahaha

sol 14

The name known round the league, is mine. I have played on so many teams as well as done so many different camps, that you could almost ask any AA or AAA 2000 birth-year player who I am. It is kind of fun because I can just go to any little stick and puck, and know at least one kid. It is kind of fun because there are so many good kids out there that I would never had played with or even met if it wasn't through hockey.

Hockey in general has taught me so many life-lessons and I would be such a different person if it wasn't for hockey. The one thing that makes me mad is when people just say, "Rowan this isn't hockey you can't do that." I then double take as I realize that in-fact it is not hockey, and I am not wearing pads or playing on ice.  

sol 13

Wow, today is Friday, it is the best day of the week. Today was probably the best Friday in a long time. Eddie, Nate, James, Adrian, and I just went out and played soccer while listening to music and it was so trill. We just ran around and kicked the ball it was so nice, it was also being fun outside on such a nice day.

I wish we could have done it with the entire class, but there was also something kind of nice in the fact that there was just 6 of us.  It was also kind of nice getting to spend some time with Jonathan, which looks incorrect, but he actually is really nice. I never really tried actually talk with him, but this gave me a nice opportunity  

sol 12

Well, I just got back from the Avalanche game, which they won, my friend Charlie, who some of you might remember from last year has seats. Well they're not his but he gets to go every time the owner cant go, and they are freaking sick. Right on the glass, next to the opposing teams penalty box so you get to harass anyone who gets a penalty.

Also, the cool thing is having those tickets allowed us to go to the club level which is where all of the fancy people go. For example I got a pastrami sandwich and Charlie got some of the best tacos I have had in a while. I also got some of the best gelato I have ever had, it was like thick chocolate whip cream and was utterly delicious.

The game was quite enjoyable, at first, the Avs played scared and not so offensive. But A little later into the second period the game really turned up and became very interesting. There were a lot of really awesome plays from both teams, the goalies both played well on letting up one goal each in regulation.  

book blog

I read micro pretty cool and interesting book, basically these graduate students are invited to this research lab in Hawaii, Oahu, funny cause were going there. Whilst there they are hunted down by the people who paid or them to come. By using tiny humans to covertly kill them, because no one would suspect a little ant man dude going on mass throat slicing rampage. Any who, I strongly suggest reading this book as it was written by my favorite author Michael Crichton after he died...

If you didn't enjoy that, you will enjoy this.

whilst thine man slowly peels my hard butter-scotch shell, I ponder life for what it is. Thine man who obviously is an in-bread begins to pick his nose, which in turn, begins to bleed. That flaky brown skin to which I call my own, falls around my body. Sadly I have not a brain and is limited to only such poetic thoughts. Hopefully in the future life to come, I will poses a more developed, seemingly humanoid in nature, brain. Such as my in-bread defiler 

sol 10

Well today I went to this introduction thingy at Regis, and honestly I really liked it. Even though I am Jewish I do not see that interfering with my school work and vice versa. Regis has a big emphasis on improving ones self along with others, on top of education, which the Jesuits have been known for.

I think that going to a school such a CA or Kent, those schools are not so economically diverse, and being at Regis where this one kid, who went up and talked in front of like 500 people, said he wakes up at five to ride a light rail train to his bus to get to school by eight. People like that are people I want to strive towards, hard and diligent workers.

One last thing, the all boys thing is actually quite nice, while you don't get to have girls in your class, there is a lot less whining, and more jokes and just fun. When I shadowed all of the kids seemed to just be laughing the entire time and joshing each other, while not so much at some of the public schools. Also the cookies are so flipping good, like imagine the best thing ever, and then make it warm and add chocolate and multiply it by ten and you have these cookies.

sol 9

After just spending an hour trying to get rid of this terrible safari thing on my phone which basically blocks you out and you just have to keep pressing continue for about an hour. However, due to my cat like reflex's, I was able to quit out of safari and then quickly re-open it meanwhile closing the browser that this horrible demon spawn had opened.

After this I decided to write my post on pranks. I have to say one of my favorite little, things to do is send someone a supposed cool new iPhone trick that shows you new filters. What really happens is they instantly take a picture of themselves, leading to some pretty great ones. My favorite is of devon, who took a couple tries to realize what he had done and what was actually going on. 

Well my family does not really do anything for April fools or is it close to us, but please comment what you favorite prank is, and I might do one

sol 8

Hullo, today was a good day, however it is not over and neither is my homework the day has reached its climax. Anywho, me and my brother just finished watching one of my personal favorites, Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade. Scoring 104 on iMDb's top 250 movies of all time, it is one of mine and seemingly a lot of other peoples favorite list.

It is kind of funny how they score the movies, there is actually a formula, that is how much people care about ranking movies fairly. The formula is:

The formula for calculating the Top Rated 250 Titles gives a true Bayesian estimate:

weighted rating (WR) = (v ÷ (v+m)) × R + (m ÷ (v+m)) × C

Where:

• R = average for the movie (mean) = (Rating)
• v = number of votes for the movie = (votes)
• m = minimum votes required to be listed in the Top 250 (currently 25000)
• C = the mean vote across the whole report (currently 7.0)

For the Top 250, only votes from regular voters are considered.

So very unbiased and fair. Continuing, me and my brother were able to sit together and enjoy a movie, which is unlike all of the fair rumors out there that I beat and or strangle my brother. I only tie him up with belts because he like trying to escape, and because he just leaves me and I always have to have company. Always...

sol 7

Just one more I say,

I could hurt any more

one hour, two hours 

it wont make a difference.

A small voice, intelligent sounding,

isn't there something to do

something to work on, something thats due.

Nonsense said the other, much louder voice,

today is Saturday not Sunday

for Sunday is a sad day,

so why not make it sadder.

Again the little voice chimes

"why not get a head?"

We already have a head

silly. 

Do we need one more,

"one more?, yeah I could go for one more"

sol 6

Well I really don't know what to write about so I am going to write about my hockey game. First we lost, second we are still okay because the finals are double elimination. Lastly, if we want to win it all, we have to beat the team we just lost to twice in a row. Today we played not so well, we did not take the body which means that when the other team has the puck you hit them, even after they pass the puck.

Hopefully, we play well tomorrow or we will be hanging up the skates one last time. I really can not believe that my season is now on the line. Before my coaches would say that as a way of pushing us, but now it is truly on the line and I do not know what to think. The thing is, is if we win tomorrow and then again, and then on Sunday, then we can go to nationals over spring break. Even though no one is reading this I care, because I love all of the kids on my hockey teams like brothers.

Sol 5

Well I just got done with my hockey game, which we won.  I am tired, I can barely write this post, but I will push on and try and finish this. So I will go through highlights because currently I am really banking on everything. I had a couple hits, but this one kid named Terrell completely missed his hit and just leveled one of his own players. The kid who got hit was really shaken up and could barely stand up. However he went out next couple of shifts and played his best game ever. He is a little kid but he definitely did not play like it.

I give up I am way to tired to do this, and please don't give me this "you should have done it yesterday" well this is the slice of life challenge. How can you write about your life, if it has not happened yet. I may post late but at least I do it in the spirit of the challenge. I am so tired so I am about to go to sleep.

Sol 4

Today, me and my mom made dinner together, it started out as a way to get out of homework until I had to leave. We were making breaded chicken breast, so I got to smash all of the chickens until they were flat. This was a really good way to release all of my pent up anger, and also very satisfying to smash things. Then I threw all of the beaten chickens into a bag filled with breadcrumbs and I had to mix it all up. This involved practicing my pizza spreading abilities as well as shaking the contents of the bag very viciously and even coating each piece of chicken by hand.

Finally I lay out all of the pieces of chicken for my mom to fry, I move onto the salad dressing. While my family does not like the taste of vinegar, I love it. I love sea salt and vinegar chips as well as vinegar salad dressings. I decided to experiment  to find the best mix of oregano, salt and pepper, vinegar and oil, finally I found the perfect matching ad we all sat down to enjoy our dinner. Next week I am using a red wine vinegar.
 

Sol 3 or book blog

I read a couple books on Physics, and in particular relativity dealing with time. Time, is, very odd, as I could go near the speed of light for a couple hours, only to return to earth and see that years have passed. Also, time can dilate due to the presence of large gravity. In the movie Interstellar, which is mostly based on actuality, we see Cooper, try and survive a black hole, only to find his child now more than 100 years old. Literally I do not know how any of this works, I am probably going to read all these books again because I think they should cover it somewhere but honestly I am lost in knowledge. You all out there should read or just in general learn about physics because it literally is everything.

Slice of Life 2

A while back, I heard about this cool game where you run your own little NASA, except with little green dudes called Kerbals. Kerbals live on Kerbin, and Kerbin is the games earth. There are a few other planets in the solar system, mocking the ones in ours, that are proportionally spaced to the ones in our system. The coolest aspect of the game is that is uses real world physics, and so you can create amazing star ships and moon bases, and practically anything under the sun, or orbiting it ;-).

Today, I was docking the last pieces of my Mars mission, Lazarus I, as well as creating maneuver nodes, these maneuver nodes are a more advanced way of creating a new path to follow. You can change the speed, angle and rotation of the new course and then you can execute it. I came up with a few to get me to Mars and currently, after two years of drifting through space, I am orbiting it. The next step is going to be landing my massive base and recreating my version of the Martian.

Sadly, my main engines were causing the ship to shake so violently that they collided and exploded, taking most of my solar array. Luckily I used the descent boosters to get me the rest of the way.

I know none of you care, unless Vaughn is reading this, but it is one of the coolest games I have ever played, and my parents don't get mad at me for playing. I am studying astrophysics...

Slice Of Life 1

Today I had the amazing idea to go to that little pond near machbeuf because I knew that it had to be at least somewhat frozen. My dad, brother and friend all had doubts about it, so when they parked the car they said that they were not going to bring their stick and gloves. Little did they know that the pond was almost perfect, the ice below the snow, we had to shovel, was not so frozen and skating on it rally tore it up. So my brother, friend and I just played monkey in the middle walking around in our shoes.

It was still really fun because it was almost skating on ice, but not with skates. Being in the middle of Lowry was also kind of funny because there were a few people walking by on the paths that go around the lake, and they would always say something to us like: good idea or I hope you don't fall in. We stayed out there for about an hour, and my dad, who just wanted to shovel, got an decently sized piece of ice shoveled off. I hope to go back over break when the ice on the surface will have more time to freeze, so I can actually skate on it.