Finals Week

For school, we get 3 absences. If we dont go over 3 absences, we dont have to take our final tests. So, I havent gone over 3 absences and I am pretty excited for Friday because I am going to Mount Kato with some friends.  Last year was my first year at the high school and we didnt have this policy, so everyone had to take finals. The week was jam packed full of studying and mountain dew to keep you awake.  The teachers also gave us tons of study guides and extra homework.

Now that we dont have to take finals (well unless we get more than 3 absences) finals week is much easier. We still have to work hard to get all our missing assignments in, but there's not middle of the night studying. 

FeatureStory.doc

J10. What a joyous class. There are a few things I dont like much, but for the most part, its a good class. The Hero Project inparticular is one i dont find that enjoyable. It has a good intention, but the fact that it is sooo big freaks me out!The Feature story was a good one though. I wrote my story about the famous Maranda Glassel. She is writing a book about her high school life and its bound to be amazing. My story is ok. I put quite a bit of time into it, so im hoping that i get a good grade. I had the two Ahlahasa editors edit it, so i have an advantage.  

Decibel Decrease

As you all know from one of my earlier blogs, I am in the worship band for my youth group at church on Sunday nights. We have run into a few problems that are seriously kinda sucky. Parents are complaining that the music is too loud and that we are going to destroy their precious kids' ears. Of course the loudness of the band is based on the drummer, and so of course, me being the drummer is the one most affected by this. I can understand that we are very loud and it should be toned down a bit, but when my expression that I put into playing is affected by that, it pushes my buttons. When I play drums, I like to have fun, rock out, and do some headbangin. That is how I like to worship God and express myself. Of course I don't do that on the slow songs, but on the fast ones like Undignified or Every Move I Make, the first point is to worship God, but the second point is to go crazy and get up off your feet! It’s impossible to get the crowd into it if I'm sitting back there like I'm bored!

The solution that we came up with is to put a curtain behind me and completely enclose me with barriers. We also put a bunch of foam inside my little enclosed room. Hopefully it will work out so I can get back to my jammin.

There is finally snow!!

Snow!! In October!! I cant wait to shred at Buck Hill and set up rails in my back yard. Snow is the greatest form of precipitation there is. Its so fluffy and soft. I love making snow angels and snow forts for snowball fights. The one problem right now is that the snow isn't sticking, so its probably going to melt and then not snow again until winter anyway, but I can dream can't I?...

Pikes Peak State Park

Pikes Peak State Park in McGregor, Iowa is a place filled with falling leaves and autumn colors. There is an overlooking peak that looks over where the Mississippi and Wisconsin Rivers meet. The park offers camping and plenty of walking trails. My family and another family go there every year. The first year I went was quite a few years back, and I found a ravine off of one of the trails and built a fort out of it with a couple of my friends. We also found some big cliffs that we decided to rappel off of. We bring our bikes every year we bike to Point Ann, which is another point near Pikes Peak, but the only way to get there is to bike of walk. I would definetly recommend going there.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Right now I am watching the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie that was made way back in the 80s. It brings back so many memories of sword fighting and wearing costumes for holloween. My favorite turtle is definetly Michealangelo. He's the biggest goof off of the whole group and he has nunchuks which I think is the most unique weapon of the four. When I was in 1st grade, I had a Michealangelo costume for Holloween. I remember sword fighting with my friends and jumping from coutches pretending them to be buildings. It was just like being a turtle myself.

Perspective students at Northwestern

I went to Northwestern this weekend to visit my friend Paul. Now this sounds quite fun, but it was also quite awkward seeing as I was 3 to 5 years younger than everyone I hung out with. First we went to the Eagle's homecoming football game, but we left at halftime. Paul took us out to lake Joanna to go rope swinging. We climbed a long dead tree hanging over the lake, grabbed a rope tied onto a branch of the tree, let loose and plunged into the ice covered lake Joanna. Well, it wasn't really ice covered, but it could have been. The water was about five feet deep and the air was warmer than the water. Next on the list of college activities was Paul's birthday party. It was also Paul's roommate, Jonny's birthday. There were a bunch of random people I didn't know hanging out and eating food. The better than sex cake was by far the tastiest food there. We played x box in one of Paul's floormate's dorms. It was quite the college expierence.