Not so Daily Discoveries of Red

Revised Edition

2009-03-23T10:44:00.003-05:00

So, revised edition of "Talking Dogs".

“That was a great run, though, I wonder, do you think it'll come back again?” asked a high yipping voice.

“I hope it doesn't, it wasn't much fun. It just kept rolling on, didn't even notice us.” answered another high voice, though it wasn't as eager as the other voice had been.

Two dogs ran around the corner of a disheveled old house. The yard was covered with trash and old household items. One dog seemed to be a cross between a chihuahua and a dachshund, it was dingy yellow, with one white ear, and was the source of one of the yipping voices. The other dog was a undeniable mutt, though what kind of breeds it had in it was impossible to tell. It too had a yip in its voice, though not quite as high pitched.

“It was too big to really get any pleasure from it.” the lower voice sounded again. “I guess we'll just have to wait for some better entertainment .”

“We always have to wait. I don't want to wait any longer, let's just go chase the big four legged one across the street. It's always good sport.” the high voice came from the yellow dog, named Tako by his sister, Bell.

“Not yet, here comes another great monster. Maybe it'll stop and the thing inside will talk to us like some do. That is always entertaining. Let's go before it leaves again.”

The dogs ran around the corner out of sight, and a human voice rang out, yelling some unintelligible word.

“Now that was sport,” said the lower dog voice, now the day is done, let's go.”

I'm now leaving for piano, then I'll have to finish Algebra when I get back, and this evening I have soccer practice. Gotta go.

Red

2009-03-20T12:09:00.004-05:00

This is part of my school work, I have once again been ordered to write on my blog by Mum. So I will try to write my writing from school work at least once a week.
Here is my first work of this week. I call it for now "Talking Dogs". Feel free to suggest different names and corrections. Have fun at my expense for now. Now I will go do something else that is slightly more interesting to me. Swing dance lessons at the park. Good bye everyone, have fun this weekend.
Red

“That was a great run, though, I wonder, do you think it'll come back again?” asked a high yipping voice.
“I hope it doesn't, it wasn't much fun. It just kept rolling on, didn't even notice us.” answered another high voice, though it wasn't as eager as the other voice had been.
Two dogs ran around the corner of a disheveled old house. The yard was covered with trash and old household items. One dog seemed to be a cross between a chihuahua and a dachshund, it was dingy yellow, with one white ear, and was the source of one of the yipping voices. The other dog was a undeniable mutt, though what kind of breeds it had in it was impossible to tell. It too had a yip in it's voice, though not quite as high pitched.
“It was too big to really get any pleasure from it.” the lower voice sounded again. “I guess we'll just have to wait for some better entertainment .”
“We always have to wait, I don't want to wait any longer, let's just go chase the big four legged one across the street. Its always good sport.” the high voice came from the yellow dog, named Tako by his sister, Bell.
“Not yet, here comes another great monster. Maybe it'll stop and the thing inside will talk to us like some do. That is always entertaining. Let's go before it leaves again.”
The dogs ran around the corner out of sight, and a human voice rang out, yelling some unintelligible word.
“Now that was sport,” said the lower dog voice, now the day is done, let's go.”

Information

2008-10-22T19:11:00.006-05:00

For everyone's information, this is a strictly informative post, so don't expect too terribly much from it. We (Peter, Annalee, Aunt Susan and I) will be going to Mexico in the next couple of months, so I thought it appropriate to post the annual Mexico letter.

October 11 2008

Dear Friends,

Annalee, Lillian, and Peter Fearing are going on a service trip to Mexico with their aunt, Susan Radford, and Chase Oaks Church in Plano. The trip will be from Wednesday, November 26, through Sunday, November

30. The goal of this trip is to share the love of Jesus by building relationships in the community, building new houses, refurbishing existing homes, and conducting neighborhood outreach to children. These houses are 12 x 24 on a cement foundation. Those who get the homes have certain requirements to meet before they are considered and a local church works with them before, during and after the building has been completed. They will definitely be painting – both the house and themselves!

**Speaking as Aunt Susan, it’s a privilege to get to take the kids with me on this trip. The ways God opens their eyes to His work in another part of the world is amazing. We call these “God sightings” in the midst of the trip. The kids enjoy the work, the relationships with the family we serve and their co-workers and their faith expands. To quote the oldest, Ross, from the first time he went with me “These people are happy and they don’t have anything.” That’s a huge, eye-opening comment for kids coming from our culture where we can have it all almost whenever we want. Thanks for your participation in growing the kids and helping to give them expanding their vision of what our God can do and for helping to provide housing for those who don’t have any, giving them opportunity to hear the truth of God’s love for them.

The cost of this trip for the three of us and Aunt Susan is $1730 and needs to be received by November 7. The money required for each person includes transportation, food, lodging, and supplies for the mission – building, paint, roofing materials, and also materials for the outreach. If you would like to contribute to the Thanksgiving mission, we would ask that you make out checks to Chase Oaks Church. You may designate Mexico Mission in the notes, but please do not write our names on the check. Susan Radford will be giving these checks to the organization, so please send any contributions to:

Susan Radford

705 Warwick

Plano, TX 75023

We would also appreciate prayers for safety for the whole project in traveling and working and that we would be able to make a difference in the physical and spiritual

lives of those we build homes for!

Okay, so I think you get the idea about that. I also have been trying to sell popcorn for my Venturing crew. Venturing is a branch of boyscouts that is for boys and girls, though our crew is only girls. Anyway, we're raising money so that we can go to Philmont scout ranch. So ends my informational post, till next time.

TTFN, tata for now!

Red Baron

2008-09-23T13:42:00.003-05:00

Last week, hurricane Ike hit Nacogdoches. A couple of trees fell in our neighborhood, but only one actually hit a house. Thankfully, that one didn't do much damage either, as far as I could tell. However, none of us were here to enjoy the hurricane to it's fullest as all of us were in different places. Mom and Dad went to San Diego for some conference, Peter Annalee and I went to Mineola to the Cargill's house and Ross and Andrew went back to college. I'm sure we all had fun in our respective areas, other than college. But as I was only in Mineola, I couldn't tell you what other people did. So, you'll have to be happy with an account of what I did all week. And then some.

So, Tuesday we left for our respective places, Andrew and Ross to A@M, and Mom, Dad, Peter, Annalee and I to Mineola. I think I spent most of the two hours it took to get to Mineola either reading or staring out the window. Once we did get there, we all lugged our various amounts of luggage into the house and bid adieu to Mom and Dad. There were only four of the six, er, seven now Cargill's at home. The seventh being the oldest's, Kristin's, husband. Kimela, the second oldest, is in college, I think. Then Katie and Ryan are both at home with Dr. and Mrs. Cargill.

Now, to summarize the week: I don't really remember all that we did on Tuesday, but we did go swimming in their pool and played various games.

Wednesday: We started off by doing our school work, for me that was Math and Biology. After doing those things in a remarkably quick amount of time, everyone else was still busy doing their school work, so I sat down with a book I was supposed to read. Once everyone was done with their school, we once again played various games which included card games, something called the foot game, and eventaully, swimming. After dinner, we watched Jurassic Park 1, wich wasn't terrible, but wasn't the greatest movie I've ever seen either.

Thursday: Once again, we all did school work. Once again I finished very quickly and read a book till everyone else was finished. And again, we all played various games until dinner. After dinner, Dr. Cargill announced that he was going to take us on an ecological tour of the Mineola Nature Reserve. He also gave us assignments to research. The idea was that we would tell each other what we had learned about our subjects. So, once we had our individual things to research, we were also told that they had visitors that night. Needless to say, that ment that all of us had to go back to Katie's and Ryan's rooms to research and then, to eventaully play.

Friday: School, read, play. Lunch, then depart for the Mineola Nature Preserve. It was a really neat trip, not only did we see raccoons and a beehive, but also various poisonous snakes. But I'm getting ahead of myself.
Once we got to the preserve, we all took a restroom break as there were none on the trail. I can't go into much detail, as I don't remember very much of it. On the trail, the paved part that is, there was a beehive. We also saw a bunch of tree frogs in a swampy part of the park. About three-ish, Katie, Mary and Mrs. Cargill had to leave for Katie's lessons. I don't recall what kind of lessons they were though.
After they left, we walked for a long while, until we came to a part of the path where there were posts from an old rail-way lining the path. In the dirt, someone had written "raccoons in post". Certain people were, of course curious. So someone had the bright idea of sticking a stick inside the post to see if there was anything there. Thankfully, that person didn't hit the mother raccoon, else we might have had some casualities. They did however, manage to wake the baby, which promptly started vocalizing it's discontent with the situation. After which everyone, including me, had to stick their heads in to investigate.
When that had ended, we continued walking until we got to the river, where we took a break on some benches. After resting for a small amount of time, we continued on our way. When Peter and Ryan had reached a bridge, Ryan let out a tremendously high pitched yell, and jumped four feet in the air. It so happens that just as he had reached the bridge and was about to walk across it, he saw a tremendously sized water moccosin snake and what appeared to be it's child. Again, we continued on our way, until we reached the home stretch. We were, again, confronted by a deadly poisonous snake, this time a rattlesnake. It curled up and rattled and we threw stones at it until it slithered away. After that, we had no more incidents of the kind again. We arrived home safely and with plenty of jellybeans having been dispatched. We ended the day by watching Jurassic Park 2.

Saturday: No school! Of course I did sleep late, but then, who doesn't sleep late on a Saturday? The day consisted of various games and swimming in the pool. We also almost officially closed the pool, but not quite. I mean that we did everything but put the pool cover on. After watching Jurassic Park 3, we all went to bed.

Sunday: We all got up earlier then usual so that we could get to Church on time. However, only Katie, Ryan, Annalee, Dr. Cargill and I went to morning worship. Mary was going to stay for the second worship, but got carsick and, well, got sick. I don't really remember much else that we did that day but watch a movie. Unfortunatley, I also don't remember which movie we watched.

Monday: The day we left. But we didn't leave until around 1:30. Until then, we did school, and played games again. The trip home was uneventfull. But, once we did get to Nacogdoches, I had to immediatly to a Venturing meeting that I was going to late to anyhow. The point of the meeting was to clean the cars at Tipton Ford. So, we finished up around 8:30-ish and everyone went home.

Tuesday: A mostly normal day, except that I didn't do all of my normal work, as Mom was still recovering from San Diego. That night, I again went to Tipton Ford, this time only a few minutes late.

That's all I'm posting, as for Wednesday through today, as far as you know, they didn't exist. So, hope your happy with that, 'cause that's all I'm going to write until tomorrow at earliest.

TTFN, tata for now!
Red Baron

Who Cares What This Thing is Called?

2008-09-08T21:31:00.003-05:00

Did you notice my very elegant title? I decided that I've just about run out of title names, so I just made one up. Hee hee! So on to ordinary, every day, run of the mill things.
More school work. More tears shed over Algebra. More great sighs of exasperation over geography. More banging my head on the table because I don't know what I'm doing and why. But I guess it's not all bad, after all, without school what would I do all day? Okay, so that's not exactly fair. I shall rephrase. Without school, I wouldn't know how to read! Imagine that! Me, not reading! That would be strange indeed. Speaking of reading, would you like to know what I have been reading? Something called "A Father's Promise". It's a book about the second World War. Specifically, about a Jewish-Christian boy in the second World War. It's rather interesting, and considering that I don't normally go for books without dragons in them, that's saying something.

Randomness. Dad just made me look a personage (or rather, as he says, a story about a person) called Enide. Apparently, she was as Arthurian character. Here's the story.

{Enide and Geraint/Erec meet while the hero is on a mission to defeat a cruel knight, and her family provides him with armor and food. They fall in love and marry, but the hero begins to forsake his social and chivalric duties for domestic bliss. Rumors spread, and Enide blames herself. One night, her husband overhears her crying about damaging his reputation.

In Chrétien's version, Erec begins to question Enide's love, but in Geraint the protagonist misunderstands her sobs and thinks she has been unfaithful to him. In both romances, the hero makes her accompany him on a long and dangerous trip, and forbids her to talk to him. Enide ignores this command several times to warn her husband of impending danger. Over the course of the trip, Erec/Geraint proves his abilities as a knight have not faded and accepts that Enide's love and loyalty are genuine, and the couple is reconciled.}

Get the general idea? Good. Anyway, back to books. Maybe not. I just changed my mind. Instead, I'll tell you about today. Other than school (groan) I went to a Venturing meeting tonight. Mostly we talked about fund raising (hint hint!) for Philmont. Our plans were to start... You know, maybe I shouldn't tell you. :P!!! Very, very secret plans they were. And I shall not divulge them! Ha ha ha ha ha haaaaaa! Weeelllll... I guess I can tell you that we planned on doing some yard work eventually. That's not too secret. Other than that, we colored while the adults talked. We all acted, in other words, like four year olds. Though with less squabbling and more giggling.

I've always wondered, what is is with teenage girls and giggling? Is it some hormone type thing? Or do we all have some secret agreement just to annoy the boys and keep them up all night. Hmmm... Definitely something to ponder, especially for you guys out there. Pbthh.

So anyway, from now on, I'll try to think before I giggle. But it'll definitely take some effort. *Giggle*!

TTFN, tata for now!

Red Baron

2008-09-03T11:49:00.002-05:00

I am posting today because I have been taken to task by several people about certain things I wrote yesterday. Firstly, I would like to say that I said something very wrong about losing to ASU. Aggies never lose. That is the truth. Also, the band at half time always wins no matter wether the football team does well or not. So, excuse me for those very large mess ups.

And this is for all of you who have written and told me so. :P!!!!!!!

TTFN, tata for now!

Red Baron

P.S.

2008-09-02T20:16:00.003-05:00

I also have posted on my picture blog in the recent past. I will also try and put pictures of A@M on it. Just you know.

TTFN, tata for now!

Red Baron

2008-09-02T19:47:00.002-05:00

Today we officially started school in the Fearing household. But, only Peter had to do all his school. Because Courtney Yerkes stayed over. Yeah!!! She also spent the night last night and left about two when she was suppposed to have left closer to ten.

In case you were wondering, the reason I didn't blog on Saturday was because we went to A@M and came back around one o'clock. I also didn't blog on Sunday because I just don't normally blog on Sunday.

So, Saturday. We left around eight thirty-ish and ended up getting there around ten. I think. Anyway, when we did get there, we ate lunch at Andrew and Ross' Corps barbecue. It was hamburgers. And pie for dessert. It was alright, but not my favorite. After lunch, we went to the M.S.C. (Memorial Student Center) until around four or earlier. While we waited, Annalee, Dad and I went wondering around and found an art gallery and a museum type thing. The art gallery wasn't as interesting as the museum. Maybe because they wouldn't give you candy for finding the lost pig. Oh well, we found the pig anyhow. At the museum, other than finding pigs, we also found several very beuatiful and valuable pieces of art by very famous artists.
After leaving the M.S.C., we went to the football field and watched the march in. Though oringinally we hadn't meant to stay f0r the game, we did. It wasn't a very good game. We lost (we reffering to the Aggies) eighteen to fourteen against Arkansas State. So, after losing the game and leaving the stadium, everone congregated at the parking garage and the Radfords left. Us Fearings then went to our car and drove home, getting back here somewhere around one-ten.

Sunday was a normal Sunday. Yesterday the Yerkes came over and stayed till dinner. I won't go into all the wierd and strange things that Courtney, Annalee and I did that day, but we did have fun. Just so you know. Courtney also spent the night, but I already told you that. I also will not go into all the details of playing with Courtney today either. We had a generally good time. It also started raining yesterday, not the prescribed terrible, hard, relentless kind that was forecasted. Just drizzle. All last night and all today. Sigh.

Josh came over today to do some sort of school with Peter and Mom, and he stayed until after dinner. I played a game of Stratego with him and lost. But I also played a game against Annalee and basically won. But only because she forfeited. >:P Anyway, not much else happened yet, so nothing else to really say. Oh, yeah, do you like my new quote? I personally like it, so it's staying for a while longer.

TTFN, tata for now!

Red Baron

Knit, Purl

2008-08-25T17:10:00.003-05:00

Hey, does everyone like my new colors? I decided that since two, and possibly three, of my brothers are over at A@M that the colors were appropriate. Anyone object? If you do, that's just too bad, because I like it this way. So, pbtthhhh! Hehe.

Going in other directions... Dad is now requiring me and Annalee to ride our bicycles down the county road almost every day. It's okay, but after the first day, my bones are rather sore. Why do they make roads so bumpy? The road has some pretty spectacular views though, if you know where to look. One of these days, I'm going to take my camera with me and post the pictures on my other blog.

Moving on, Mom was ordering books for our school today. Ack! Also, she informed us of our new chore schedule. Another ack. Apparently this year, I'm starting Spanish and geography and a Lord of the Rings study. The study at least should be interesting.
Last night we were watching Two Towers. We got as far as the start of the Helm's Deep war. That would be where the orks charge the wall. I also finished my first ball of yarn on my knitting project. I've decided to call it a shawl, though Annalee seems determined that it WILL be called a poncho. Why? I really don't know.

So today's subject, knitting. To start off, I'll tell you the diffenece between stockinetter and knit or purl, just cause I can. The main difference is that stockinette (we'll call it stock.) is alternated knitting and purling. Now, stock. doesn't really look any different from regular knit or purl, but if you look really close, it appears to have a row of knit between every purl stich. That could be normal though. You'd have to ask my mother about that. I have told you about my project, which is all stock. It's really not hard at all. At one point Mom did a row on the shawl, and it looks different from mine because I knit through the back, which I'm told is unusual.
Anyone fans of Doctor Who? Well my mother found these patterns online for a knitted Dalek. The pattern was called Extermi-knit. Mom also found a pattern for the oversized scarf of the fourth doctor. Interesting I think.
So, Evelyn, how is your scarf coming? I assume that you've gotten somewhere, right? Well, good luck on it. I never got very far on any of the scarfs I started. Just recently, I got the farthest I ever got on any knitting project. Cool.
Comments are suggested. :)

TTFN, tata for now!

Red Baron

Fixed

2008-08-21T12:16:00.005-05:00

I fixed the colors. Do you think that they look better know? I couldn't remember exactly what the original ones were, so I just decided to wing it.
Maroon and gray are close enough, right? They better be.
TTFN, tata for now!

Red Baron

P.S

2008-08-20T13:18:00.002-05:00

Just in case you hadn't noticed, I changed the colors on my blog. Did anyone notice? Okay, rather obvious. Is it too much of an eyesore? Did you prefer the old colors? Tell me please! Take me out of my misery!
TTFN, tata for now!

Red Baron

Wednesday Rain

2008-08-20T12:19:00.002-05:00

I can't think of much that's happened today. It rained, but it rained yesterday too, we might need it but I find it rather depressing. However, after rain is very pretty, if the sun is shining that is.
Mom apparently has decided that blogging should be a part of school, or so my reliable sources tell me, 'hem'. So now I'm told, I'll have to go through the labors of appearing to tell you all about what has happened. Underline appearing.
So, today, it rained. Annalee and Mary insisted on waking me up earlier then I wanted to, and I awoke to find that it was raining. Which means a whole day shut up inside with the noisemakers. So, once I had finally decided get out of bed, they decided that as long as I was up, I might as well wake up all the way. They proceeded to scream and shriek, running through the house and doing such things as would be expected of monkeys.

Speaking of monkeys, last night I finished reading The Jungle Book. It was rather strange in parts, especially the bander-log (monkeys). Mary had just watched the Disney version of former said book and the differences between the book and the movie. For one thing, Baloo was not as jolly as Disney depicted him, and the wolves had a much greater part in the story. Also both Bagheera and Hathi were much more dignified in the book. In the book there were no vultures, though they were rather interesting characters, and the diferences go on and on. I think I preferred the book. So, they are two very different versions of the same story.
I also read a small book of short mysteries, the kind that have really small flaws that you have to look for. I figured out a few and decided that I might as well get some sleep.

Today has not been much but that's fine becuase I rather relish a nap when I can get one, IF I can get one. What with some certain small noisemakers, it's rather hard to get a nap around here unless they're napping too.

So, maybe more interesting things tomorrow.
TTFN, tata for now!

Red Baron

Cats Galore

2008-08-18T12:16:00.007-05:00

Yes, it's Monday. Thankfully, we haven't started school yet, but it's just a matter of time till Mom decides that we have to. I've also been thinking about this blog. It used to be my alternative to writing in a journal, but I've gotten way out of the habit of writing on it. Therefore, I'm going to ask Mom to make it a part of my school. I'm thinking, write in it twice a week at least, and writing about interesting things. So today's subject, if I decide to actually follow through with this, is going to be cats. Pretty much all cats, but some cats escpecially. Like which ones are which and how to identify them and so on.

Recently I've been reading a series of mystery books by Lillian Jackson Braun. They're about two Siamese cats, so I thought that Siamese especially would be intersting cats to write about. Here goes.

Siamese, as I've been told, are hard cats to catsit. Certainly my mother thinks so, she has told us stories concerning a certain Siamese who she catsat at one point. Apparently it was not the smartest of cats, as it would not use it's commode (cat litter box) at all. Also, Siamese are incessently loud and can annoy the most patient of people. Mom has a cat that we call her birthday presesnt because she found it on her birthday, and we are almost cerain that it is part Siamese simply because of it's loud and insistent voice. Insistent because it meows almost all the time it there are people nearby, and it becomes even more insistent if it wants to go outside or get more food. Such a cat can be quite a pain because of it's loud voice and small brains. But there is also another point of view on the Siamese.

In the books that I've been reading recently, the two main characters are both Siamese, one of which is thought to be remarkably smart because of it's crime solving capabilities. This cat's name is Kao Ko' Kung, Koko for short. And his female companion's name is Yumyum. No, don't ask me how they got they're names, becuase frankly, I don't know. So, two very different opinions and I haven't ever met a Siamese in person, so I wouldn't know which to believe.
Some other cats with known personalities are several of our own. They aren't pure bred or even close to it, so I call them mutts. Pardon the allusion to dogs. Anyway, we have three cats, and although only two of them are related, they all have the same color coats and one little white spot on their chest. Cyprus, our only female, is the confirmed queen of the house. Beamer the oldest, is our fat cat who lazes around most of the time. Then there's Schafur, the brat. He is the part Siamese I talked about earlier, and is also the most annoying of the three.

So, comments on cats are encouraged.
TTFN, tata for now!

Red Baron

2008-07-30T14:59:00.003-05:00

Yes, yes. I know it's been a while. And I know that I don't have any excuses, well, actually, I have been at my grandparents house for the last four days. Is that a reasonable excuse? Probabley not, but I don't care. Anyway, how about I tell you all about Dallas? That sounds good.

Dallas. Well, I took the normal three to four hours to get there, well, maybe not four, but you get the idea. I read "The Cat Who Played Brahms" almost the whole way there. By the way, that's a really nice mystery series by Lillian Jackson Braun about two cats and a journalist. Anyway, I read that almost the whole way, and when we did get to Dallas instead of going straight to our grandparents house like we normally do, we went to their church. We stayed there for the evening worship which was basically whatever any adult male thought he should share, some hymns, and the Lord's Supper. They had a pastor from, um, I don't remember where, but it was a foreign country where they spoke Spanish, I think. I also think that it started with a "B". Well, his name was, um, someone Carlos. Man! I have a really bad memory, I can't even remember his name! I'm very disgusted with myself at this point. >:P When we got around to the Lord's Supper, I forgot which cups had wine and which had grape juice, I of course, accidentally ended up with the wine. Gee, I nearly choked! I eventually got over that, and we finished the service.
Next day, Mom, Peter, Bet and I went shopping for quilt stuff and knitting stuff. At the yarn shop, called the Woolie Ewe, I got this really cool pattern and yarn for a shawl/wrap around thing. It's rectangular in two colors, and is made entirely of knit. No purl or anything else, just knit! In other words really easy, except for the fact that It's rather large, of course. I chose two shades of blue. Now, I know that at this point certain people would probably describe in length what exact color they were, but I'm just not a very good describer, so you'll have to do with dark blue and light blue. So... After spending half the morning quilting and knitting, we got lunch at Subway and proceeded to return to Bet and Grandaddy's house. But when we did get there, Mom decided that that would be the most opurtune moment to go to the Half Price Book store, and I'm rather glad that she did, because we spent most of the afternoon there. We also didn't have the little girls with us, so we spent even more time there than we normally did. I found this book by Christopher Tolkien that's about J. R. R. Tolkien's works. I also got several Rose is Rose comic books and several other The Cat Who... books. Then we retired to dinner and bed, I'm quite glad to say.
So, after Monday came Tuesday. And aren't you glad that it did? Anyway, after several hours of blissfull sleep, Annalee decided that I needed a wake up call that I DIDN'T need. So then, Mom took me and Mary and Annalee to the local park and she and I did some knitting. Annalee, I'm quite happy to say, spent her time very efficiently. Can you guess what she did? Chased grackles of course! What else would a self respecting ten year old do at a park full of things to climb on and to play on? Chase grackles! Well, at least Mary did some actual playing, and at least Mom and I got some knitting done.
We left Dallas about two after eating lunch at our grandparents house. We got home around four and had pizza for dinner. Yum.

Well, I can't think of anything else we did in Dallas, so a three paragraph report will have to tide you over until I think of something else to say. Say! I could say that the Yerkes are finally returning from their long and difficult journey into the great unknown of Arakansas. Yeah! Courtney is going to spend the night here on Friday, and I'm sure she'll have lots of awful, nerve wracking tales to tell. After all, her neighbors are deep Red Necks. How about it Courtney? Anyway, we also have Mary Watson's wedding going on this weekend. The wedding in which Annalee and I are expected to sing in. Well, it's only two verses, how much of a fool can one make of ones self with only two verses? I'll leave that question to the critics and move on.
Tomorrow, Andrew and Ross will be moving chairs for the reception, and Annalee and I have a piano lesson. Also, Mom will be leaving for her quilt retreat that will end on Friday evening. She's abandoning us! Help! We're going to be stuck with Ross in charge! Auughhhh! Well, then again, he makes some exceptional meals sometimes. But there's not much evidence that he feels very cooky right now. Speaking of cooky, I made dinner tonight. Parmesan Pasta Primevera. Pretty impressive, no? It turned out all right, but it needed more salt. Ah well, next time, next time. Hopefully there won't be a next time for quite some time, but that's just me hoping. I don't know about anyone else, they're probably hoping that I don't ever take up the sauce pan again. But, again, that could be me. Proabaly not.
Not much else to say, is there? If there's some subject that you think worth a mention by a certain charcter in Red, just say so.

T.T.F.N. Ta ta for now!

Red Baron

Ramblings of a Long Day

2008-06-24T16:38:00.002-05:00

Annalee, stop reading over my shoulder. yeah right! Ughh. Go away! Too bad. Go elsewhere, your being rather annoying you know. >:P Nahhhh. STOP HUMMING! Your going to hurt yourself doing that you know. go away! Or else....... OR ELSE. that s what. blH. PBTHHH! NO! At least I don't hink I will. And I'll fix the mistakes too. SO GO AWAY!!!! URFGHH. Peters mean. NYAH. pbthh. FROWN. >:(

Sorry about the dialogue, Annalee was just being an annoying little sister. Except for Peter's little bit, he decided that he was going to listen to music on his computer over there, and that I couldn't listen to music over on this computer. NYAH. Well I'll just listen to my own over here all by myself. SO there!

Ok, I'll leave Peter alone now, maybe. So, We're listening to the Doctor Who soundtrack, which I must say is quite impressive. Some of you people should see it some time. Dad got the third series for Dad's day, so now we can watch it whenever. It's been about three weeks since we got it and almost everyone has watched every single one of them. We're real fans if you didn't notice.

On to more realistic, mundane things. Like, perhaps, the fact that I have now moved on to algebra in math? And the fact that I'm already finding it the hardest thing to do? If you didn't notice, I'm doing this rather earlier in the day then one would expect, because I didn't go to the shop today. I'm going on thursday instead. Nothing else much has happened around here today, so theres not much to say at all. Uhhhh... The shift button is sticking, now do you think that that is because someone stuck something down there? Or could it be that the keyboard it just old? Or is some invisible little alien thing down there trying to prevent me from writing to you? Hmmm... Now I know that I've watched to much Doctor Who. Ok, write and tell me if you want me to write about some certain subject and maybe I will.

TTFN ta ta for now!

Red Baron

Cub Scout Day Camp

2008-06-16T19:16:00.002-05:00

The title says it all. Alright, so, yes, I did volunteer to help with a cub scout day camp. And I'm going to be working all this week except for tomorrow. For reasons unknown Miss Vicky was going to be unable to go to work tomorrow, so I will be staying home tomorrow because I already told everyone that I won't be going tomorrow. That's a lot of tomorrows. Anyhow, pretty all I did today was to play ultimate frisbee (which was actually more like ultimate amoeba), then after eating a lunch of banana bread, boy banana has a lot of n's and a's, I practiced a bit of archery with Andrew, my brother. That was actually more like me missing the target a whole bunch of times. After that I went down to the fishing hole (pond) to help with the fishing. I did actually catch a fish after the first couple of dens had visited. I don't have any pictures because I didn't bring my camera. Sorry. I'm told that I caught a bass that weighed, um, four and three quarter ounces. Elizabeth Slaten has a picture, maybe I'll talk her into giving me a copie or two of it. Then, after fishing we did closing ceremony, which wasn't much of a ceremony I thought. We (that is the cub scouts) took down the flag and then marched, well ran, back to the fireside which didn't have a fire and which we had just come from. Talk about exhausting sentences! Well, like I said, it wasn't much of a ceremony, more of a "we had lots of fun today, come back tomorrow!" sort of thing. That was my day, any questions? Oh yeah, just in case you were wondering, the only reason Peter didn't get volunteered was because he was going to summer camp. He is now at summer camp. Anything else? Boy that was a long paragraph.
TTFN ta ta for now!

Red Baron

Friday

2008-06-07T12:01:00.003-05:00

O. K., Friday now.

Friday:
After sleeping in till about ten thirty, I had breakfast. Right after breakfast we went dewberry picking. That lasted all of about five minutes because it started to rain. When we finally got back to the house, we didn't have anything else to do, so we helped May Watson to get all of her stuff up stairs. when that was done, we watched Monsters Inc. extras. It'd been a while since I'd seen them so it was kinda cool. Then we went and bounced on the trampoline for a while and I put my foot through the area between trampoline and frame. Ouch. By the way, Dad have I had my tetanus shot? Anyway, I feel fine now, so that should be alright. After that we had to get ready for Mary's shower, did I tell you she's getting married? You probably knew that. I did however tell you that I'm going to be one of her junior brides maids, Annalee's going to be her other one and little Mary is going to be her flower girl. Yippee. Back to the shower. We got there about thirty minutes early so that Mrs. Rita could visit with her relations from Louisiana. We spent till nine thirty at the party then everyone left and we had showers and went to bed. That's all that happened and I'll write about today later.
TTFN tata for now!

Red Baron

Thursday

2008-06-07T11:40:00.002-05:00

I'm going to write about several days right now, starting with Thursday.

Thursday:
Mary, Annalee, and I went to the Watson's house on Thursday. Well, actually we didn't go to their house until lunch time. We spent the morning at Grapeland Safari Park, which is basically a very small zoo without cages. They had all sorts of animals ranging from buffalo to ducks, and all of those animals all put together begging for food all at once is rather like an ambush. The buffalo especially were good at ambushing. They put their slobber all over the windows and tended to put their heads in the car. We also saw lots of different varieties of deer, and also some antelope and mountain goats. They had zebras and llamas and one alpaca. Also, some alligators, which we couldn't get very close to because they were penned up. About birds, well they had ducks, geese and turkeys, some guinea fowl, and several peacocks. They even had two albino peacocks, which were quite amazing. When we'd seen all the wildlife, we went back to the front area to get some slushies. Boy were those good slushies, I got one called tiger's blood and it was really great. They had goats up front and a calf too, I'm trying to remember what the calf was called. Oh well, the two goats were babies and apparently twins, they certainly acted like twins. The calf kept licking my leg too, it felt really weird, sorta' like a cat tongue except about ten times bigger. On the way to the Watsons' house, we stopped by the Caddoin mounds which were really cool. We got to eat some buffalo sausage which tasted just like beef jerkey. Then we went and saw a really old fake pepper tree, which looked just like ours, except bigger and it's blossoms were pink. When we did finally get back to the Watsons' house, we cleaned the buffalo slobber of off Mary's car and went and ate lunch. That's all I'm going to say about Thursday.

Red Baron

Mowing Day

2008-06-04T10:53:00.002-05:00

I'm back! Did anyone even notice that I haven't posted for a couple of days? Probably not. But lets get to the point, I am now posting again.
Today is mowing day. Big deal. Well, actually it is rather a big deal because now it's just me and Peter doing all the work. I have no idea where Andrew has gotten to, but that's beside the point. Of course, now that Peter and I are doing all the work, that means that we're both being paid more. That's one nice thing about it, I guess. Also this means that we're going to have to start training Annalee to mow. The most she's ever done is pull cord for blowing, and that's not a very hard job at all. This also means that I'm going to have to start learning how to do the weed-eating. I hope weeds taste good, though I expect them to be kinda stringy. We've almost finished the mowing, Peter is currently doing the side yard, which is I think the second hardest part. He's already done the weed-eating.
Caleb Jones is also here for math with mom, from what I can hear he just succeeded in figuring out a particularly hard problem. I'm not sure why he's doing math with mom, but I'm guessing that he just wants to stay in shape for school or something similar.
I'm going to go check on Peter now.

Fifteen - twenty minutes later,
Done with the mowing, finally. We started at about nine-thirty this morning and it is now eleven-twenty six. Now all that needs to be done is the blowing which will probably get done later on this afternoon. Oh, yeah and I also have the hiccups. AUGH! I'm going to go get lunch now.
TTFN ta ta for now!

Red Baron

2008-05-30T18:20:00.003-05:00

Yeah! I'm back! From Camping. At Ratcliff lake. By the way, that's why I didn't write at all yesterday. I didn't have the most time in the world cause I went to Lindsey Stephenson's birthday last night. Back to camping.
We got to Ratcliff about four O-clock yesterday and set up the tents. We didn't actually start the fire for dinner until late, so we didn't eat until about eight. We had hobo packets which are just a bit of meat with whatever vegetables you want on top. We then spent a little bit cleaning up dinner and eating s'mores. Amazingly we did have facilities there. The showers were nasty, so none of us took showers, we just changed. After that, we went to bed. Notice that I said "went to BED", not "went to sleep". They sat up all night talking.
SO, I woke up around seven thirty and sat around waiting for breakfast while everyone else (not including our adult leaders) snoozed. We had a casserole for breakfast, then cleaned up. We then broke down camp and put everything in the cats. Once that was done, we did a little bit of hiking. You know, it just accured to me that I should tell you who went, here's the list. Mr. Selmen, Mrs. Slaten, Dr. Scott, Briana Selmen, Brooke Selmen, Elizabeth Slaten, Sarah Slaten, Molly Perkins, Brittany Selmen, Courtney Reese, and Me. That's a long list. Please don't make me write it again.
Now, where was I, Oh, we were going hiking. Yes, we went hiking, came back, did some more hiking, and ate lunch, all before twelve. Lunch consisted of small snack food such as fig newtons, trail mix, beef jerky, cheese and crackers. The cheese was in these cans that squirted out sorta' like whipped cream. After finishing lunch we hiked back to camp then drove back to the lake to do some swimming. We swam for about three quarters of an hour then got some ice cream and drove home.
I'll be writing later this evening about today, because I figured that this has been enough for one post.
TTFN ta ta for now!

Red Baron

Post Script

2008-05-28T16:55:00.002-05:00

I just remembered something! I'm going to be going camping on Friday! Yippee! My day just improved. We'll (that's Venturing crew 342) be going to Ratcliffe lake and spending Thursday night and Friday morning there. Just thought y'all oughta' know.
TTFN ta ta for now!

Red Baron

Wednesday

2008-05-28T15:45:00.004-05:00

Well, it hasn't been the best day. I started out by sleeping late and having an annoying little sister try to "wake me up" by screaming in my ear and banging on things. Then I found out that since I hadn't done any school for, uh, four days, I didn't have a list to do school with. Mom was helping Annalee, so I went outside for while and went back inside to find that Mom was taking a shower. So I didn't start school until after ten O-clock. Thankfully, I only had Catechism and math. And that didn't take very long at all. SO! Not the best day I've ever had. Anything else? Not really. Annalee and Mary spent about four hours watching Arthur on you-tube. Kinda weird.
Anyway, speaking of Annalee, she is going to get a beta goldfish. A pass-me-down from Jaree Bell, the daughter of some missionaries. The fishes name is Dr. Pepper. It's kinda brown and looks like a goldfish, except that it's brown.
So, that was my day. Not much to it. So,

TTFN ta ta for now!

Red Baron

2008-05-27T17:24:00.002-05:00

So,here I am again, trying to come up with something interesting to write about for your benefit. Weeellll, I went to the shop again today and burnt myself on the hot glue gun. Ouch. Actually it didn't hurt as much as one might suspect, I mean, yeah it did burn a lot at first, but after a while (that means a while in a bucket of cold flower water) it quit hurting so bad. If you would like to see pictures of my day at the shop, please check out my other blog.
I didn't have to do school today. That was nice. But seeing as I was at the shop all day, it would have been kinda hard to do any school work. Uhhh... anything else? Hmmm... I guess I just didn't do anything else today but work. So I might as well tell you about work.
Well, when I first got there, I counted the money in cash drawer. Then I watered plants, which involved taking the plants out of their pots and then soaking them in a large bucket of water for up to two minutes, then draining them and putting them back into their pots then back into their places in the display.
Then I started to put together a little Styrofoam ball covered with leaves and flowers. That's when I burnt myself. After that I helped process flowers that were delivered. This is how to process flowers. First take them out of their wrapping and trim the ends and stick into some solution that makes them soak up water. After that it is just a matter of putting them into buckets of water and then into the cooler. Today we received irises, golden rod, misty (which looks very similar to baby's breath). I also went on several deliveries around town, had lunch at Subway, and made a daisy arrangement. So, in other words, I had a very full day packed with flowers and flower care which I'm sure any of my brothers would not enjoy. Oh! I forgot, I also cleaned pots! Ahhh! That is one of the most delightful jobs. Just you and the pots and the brush. All by yourself. Hmmm... I must be getting old.
Anyway, that concludes what I did today other than things like getting dressed, eating breakfast and the like. So,
TTFN ta ta for now!

Red Baron

Note

2008-05-26T10:44:00.002-05:00

Probably no one know yet, but I have come up with a new blog on which I will be putting certain photos. If anyone wants to look, here is the link to it,
http://computersaremorecomplicated.blogspot.com/

I WILL be writing later on today, so no need to fear that this is it for today.
Thank you for your undivided attention.

TTFN tata for now!

Red Baron

2008-05-25T18:31:00.014-05:00

Ok,ok, so I haven't posted in like, a year. I've already kicked myself several times, so no need to be sarcastic- Petr! Alright, I'm going to give you updates for the past several weeks. Number one, Mary Watson is getting married and Annlee and I aregoing to be brides maids. Neat'o. I've also started an apprenticeship at Dream Maker's Florist shop under miss Vicky Dudely. It's actually a lot more fun than it sounds, plus it doesn't take as much physical work like some other jobs. For example; Ross, Andrew and Petr have all done work at the local bike shop with Mr. Christian learning how to take apart and put back together bikes. Now, that (I imagine) would take a lot of work to do that, not to mention the greasy hands. Yes, you do get a little dirty putting plants in pots and stuff, put nothing that can't be immediately wiped off with a wet towel.

Oh! Just in case you were wondering, the reason my art lessons were discontinued was because my teacher became pregnant. Surprise! I've no idea whether it is going to be a girl or boy, only that it is due sometime in December. Ummmm.... Anything else happen that I didn't tell you about? Oh, yeah, certain people will be glad to know that, along with the Yerkes I have started learning about poetry. And... I've actually had to write a couple pieces of poetry myself. And if I follow the rules that I am given, I found that it is very difficult to write unless hit with a very sudden burst of inspiration. So, after this brief explanation, perhaps you will understand why this poem is not the best it could be. P.S. Y'all are free to criticize as much as y'all want except for Petr!

Rivers flooding, flooding, flooding

Streams are overflowing, flowing

Rain is falling, falling, falling,

Falling in the countryside.

Cars are rolling, rolling, rolling

Buses honking, honking, honking

People running, running, running.

People running in the city.

Thunder booming, rolling, tolling

Lightning crashing, slashing, smashing

Rain is falling, falling, falling,

Rain is falling everywhere.

Ok, now you can comment all you like.
Red BARON

Something to Know

2007-11-28T09:41:00.000-06:00

Yes, I do know that it's been a while since I last posted. Of course, I was gone all last week, so I have an excuse for that. Oh! Yeah! I forgot to write about Mexico! Silly me. -:~D-yes we did build houses, and yes we did do a whole lot of hauling stuff around. Well, not THAT much hauling stuff around. And just in case you wanted to know, it was very cold and rather wet. It actually snowed at one point(not that much snow, but still, it snowed)and the rest of the time it either sleeted or rained very lightly. I actually ended up on the roof this year! As opposed to last year, when about the only things I could do were to paint and play. Is one paragraph enough to satisfy you? Well, it better be, because thats about all I want to say. Oh, one more thing, they had a couple of parrots in the hotel, and they could say "hello". Isn't that wonderful? I plan on posting some pictures sometime in the future, Mexico pictures that is, just in case you were wondering about that.
Now, what to write about now? Um... something? OK, something something something something. I 'kinda like writing something. Theres something in it that just seems so repetitive. Do you know what I mean?
My brain seems just about empty, I think it all leaked out from doing all that Perelandra vocab, which, it just so happens, I did about five minutes ago. And I haven't even started math! AUUUUGGGGGGHHHHHH! I think that I will now conclude today's post.

Red Baron

I Forgot Something

2007-10-23T08:38:00.000-05:00

I forgot to say this one thing.....

WHITE RABBIT!!!!!!!!
Thank you for being patient.

Red Baron

Perelandra Vocab is Nuts!

2007-10-23T08:08:00.002-05:00

H'llo all. Sorry for the delay. It's been a while since I actually thought about blogging. Has anyone ever read Perelandra by C.S. Lewis? Well, that's the book that Mom was referring to in her comment. I think it has to be one of the few books that he wrote, that I don't like. He just spends so much TIME on little details like, for instance, what the fruit tastes like(even though it might taste amazing, I still find kinda' annoying how much time he spent on that one fruit), what the sky looks like, and other things like that. Now some of you might actually like that kind of thing, but I find rather more than just annoying, sometimes I get the idea that Lewis was intentionally carrying on. I think I might be getting more than a little paranoid. Well, anywho, did y'all ever notice that the guy's name was Ransom? Is that supposed to refer to something? You also notice that there is a lot of..um.... how shall I say it? referring back to something, somethings? I 'm also currently going through basically a study guide to Perelandra. It involves a whole lot of vocab, which could be liked better by some peoples(that would be me, and possibly other peoples?). I'm pretty sure that F.B. has no idea what I'm talking about, right? Not that I have something against vocab, it's just that they use the oddest words. Maybe that's why they use vocab, so that I'll maybe learn something. Am I learning something? Possibly, though I'm pretty sure that it's nothing to do with learning vocab words.
I've come up with a new name for my blog, I don't know if anyone noticed it though. I kinda' like it though. Well I'll just leave y'all to ponder the meaning of my new title, and post some Garfield.
You know, I just came up with a much easier way of doing it, I'll just put the link on the sidebar! Why didn't I think of that before? Anyway, I shall ask your opinion of things like that later, and get back to something interesting. "Hey Red! Why something interesting? Why not something fun?!". Hmmmmm... that's an idea. I'll think about that for a while, and get back to thinking about it tomorrow, or sometime like that. See y'all.
P.S. Don't expect a whole lot of posts just to show up out of nowhere. It takes time to think about what to right!

Red Baron

Possibly?

2007-10-10T10:23:00.000-05:00

I have fixed the problem of the dissapearing pictures. This will probably fix the problem, that is, it might.

2007-10-09T09:51:00.000-05:00

For some reason my picture didn't work out yesterday, so, I'm going to try again, this time with my baby quilt that I mostly finished yesterday.

PRETTY QUILT

IT WORKED!! Now let's see if it will stay on my post. It worked on my post too, so now you have a very nice picture of my second quilt. Noooww, I have to work on my Chinese quilt. Which I plan on finishing by May, I think.
Garfield and Calvin and Hobbes coming up.
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http://www.ucomics.com/calvinandhobbes/2007/10/09/
That's interesting. I got a Webkinz for Annalee's B-day(which, for all of you who didn't know, was yesterday)and she's naming, excuse me, DUBBING it Bandy Banda Fearing. She also says that if you've been naughty in the last thirty seconds, you won't be able to hear Bandy talking. Have we come upon another, lesser Santa? In the being able to tell naughty and nice since of course, I don't think that Bandy would be able to carry all those presents. Bandy would probably be mistaken for one of the presents and be carried off(no offense Bandy)! Oh, yeah, and Bandy's superhero name is..... BANDA THE PANDA! Dun dun dun dun dun dun duuuuunnnn! And Mary and I also gave Annalee a drawing kit. Has Annalee used it yet? I don't know. HEY ANNALEE! HAVE YOU USED IT YET?!! That was a no. Oh well. She'll use it eventually.
That's all folks. TTFN, ta ta for now!

Red Baron

POOR DOGGY

2007-10-08T09:26:00.000-05:00

Yello'. What did you expect? Did you want me to post sooner or something? (I was wondering how long it would take for mom to tell me to get a move on) I have, as of yesterday, finished my quilt top. All that's left now is to put the borders and the backing on, and to quilt it. And I get to do all that as soon as I finish school. Well, I have to at least get the borders on. I also have soccer and Quilt Guild meeting tonight, so I have to finish a whole lot of stuff that I would otherwise have finished by now. Example, soccer practice. I have decided that this will be my last season of playing soccer, and boy, am I ever happy about it! I plan to continue reffing, though. Mostly because were' almost always short a couple reffs. No, that is not an actual word. Anyhow, this computer is going amazingly slow, so every couple of seconds I write a few words and they take several more seconds to appear, kinda' annoying is that.
Calvin and Hobbes and Garfield coming up.
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http://www.ucomics.com/calvinandhobbes/2007/10/06/
http://www.ucomics.com/calvinandhobbes/2007/10/07/
http://www.ucomics.com/calvinandhobbes/2007/10/08/
How 'bout I try to put a picture on here. Trying. And it absolutely won't let me put it where I want it.
POOR DOGGY
Now THAT'S more like it! I finally figured it out. It's actually easier than I thought. By the way, do you like my doggy? Seems kinda' familiar, huh. Petr has put it on his blog before, along with several other rather amusing pictures and videos. I like the font color I chose though, it matches the sweater. Or it almost does, not quite though. Close enough. Now that I've posted an amusing picture(and it almost took half an hour, at least it felt like half an hour)I will continue with life as I know it, which means mostly school. TTFN, ta ta for now!

Red Baron
P.S. I figured out how to put all of those foreign words on one site, so I don't have to be forever adding them to the side bar.

Who Knew that "Foil" Had so Many Meanings?

2007-10-01T10:02:00.000-05:00

Mom let me off of regular school today, I only have to do my L.A. test. I am so lucky, aren't I. I get also get to work on my quilts. My baby quilt has to be finished by next Monday(for those that didn't know, I'm in the Nacogdoches Quilt Guild), and my other full sized quilt has to be finished by April, so I've got lots of time. Oh, yeah, and I have to do blogging also. I'm doing it!
What do you all think of my solution to the North-South problem? It might not be very practical, but hey! I fixed the problem, didn't I? On to other problems. Does anyone know the exact definition of a "foil"? No, I'm not talking about that weird metal called aluminum foil(did anyone other that me know that aluminum foil is wierd?). I'm talking about foils in the characteristic sense. As in, protagonist, antagonist, and foil. I come up with the weirdest questions, don't you think? Here is the exact definition from the Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary. (Now I have to find it)They actually don't have the definition that I'm looking for, so onto the encyclopedias! That's very strange, the encyclopedia doesn't have it either. Where to look next. I'll search it on Google. "A foil is a secondary character who contrasts with a major character and, in so doing, highlights various facets of the main character's personality." That is an exact quote from the Wikipedia thing. I don't think that I'll put the rest of it on here, seeing as it goes on for about one page. They also put in things like, several examples, first of just random people from random books, and then examples from things like, classic literature, which seems to be mostly from Shakespeare. Then from pop culture(why they call it that I have no idea, I guess tha that would be another thing to ponder), things like Star Wars, and Harry Potter. Alright, enough about foils, though I could tell you about the other kinds of foils. Never mind, that would just take up more space.
My test on L.A. includes writing an essay on a short story called "Luck of Roaring Camp". Maybe I'll just make a whole other blog just to put my essays on, that would be nice, I'll think about it. Well, I'll just be getting back to essaying, is that a word? I suppose it is, seeing that it isn't under lined. I'll get back to things tomorrow. TTFN, ta ta for now! Oh yeah, I forgot about comics, here they are.
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http://www.ucomics.com/calvinandhobbes/2007/09/30/
http://www.ucomics.com/calvinandhobbes/2007/10/01/

Red Baron
P.S. I noticed that Ellentia has a new blog, so I'm going to fix the side bar.

Make Sure Your Brain Doesn't Explode

2007-09-27T10:32:00.000-05:00

On request, I'm going to try to find something interesting to talk about, other than philosophy. Red Barons don't seem to think much of it, though I've no idea about blue or green barons:)
So, here goes. I think most everyone has heard of the east-west issue, going both ways at once I mean. But has anyone ever heard of the South-North issue? While y'all think about that, I'll try and figure out an answer to it. Ah ha! Have you ever tried hanging of the bottom of a plane while taking off? Now most of you probably haven't(normally Red Barons are the only people with enough insanity to even think of doing something like that), but if you time it just right, I bet you could swing down just as the plane is going up, therefore, you would end up going South and North at the same time. Of course, an easier and safer way to do that would be to take JCPenny's idea and just turn ninety degrees to the left or right.
So now that I have discussed a kinda' interesting view of something, I can get back to daily life, please? Alright, I'll tell you about everything but school. How about, GLOBAL WARMING! Aughhhhhh! Everyone run! The planets about to blow up! Now how you would be able to run when the planet blows up, I don't know, go ask one of those people out there who actually thinks about that kind of stuff. Is that enough to think about for one day? I hope so.
About dinner time Annalee, I think Mary, and I are going to be going to Hannah Harris' house for pizza and swimming. Who wants to bet that I won't stay in the water for more than ten minutes? Well, we usually end up playing pretend games more than swimming, so I guess I won't have to worry THAT much about it. I wonder how Mary got her name? Not the Mary part, I know about that, but what about the "I think" part? I wonder. So many things to ponder, I think I'll just let it be for now, I don't want my brain to explode or anything. Maybe this would be a good time to post Garfield and Calvin and Hobbes.
http://www.ucomics.com/calvinandhobbes/2007/09/26/
http://www.ucomics.com/calvinandhobbes/2007/09/27/
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Think what you would like, and comment. TTFN, ta ta for now!

Red Baron

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2007-09-25T10:35:00.000-05:00

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http://www.ucomics.com/calvinandhobbes/2007/09/25/
Not much to say, though I have just about finished school now. That's nice. I'm not going to say much, because there isn't much to say, other than, it is now about 12 days to Al's B-day, and I still haven't gotten her anything. I also am not going to say much because there doesn't seem to be much going on out there, and a whole lot of people don't seem to have time to comment. What's the point of a blog if no one will comment? Ah well, I guess I'll just have to get on with life. Try and(if there is actually anyone out there) memorize some of the Spanish words, that's why I put them there, so you can use them. So the word( since I figured out that they repeat two words each day) is on the side bar as usual.
See y'all.

Red Baron

Mexico Trip Information

2007-09-24T10:10:00.001-05:00

I can't think of much to tell all y'all today so, I think that I will proceed with a pet update. The cats are all doing fine, though Schafur gets louder every day, at least I think so. Beamer is heavy, as usual and Cyprise is fuzzy and purry, as usual. The gerbils seem to sleep more each day, and they chew a whole lot too. We think that Nathan, Petr's gerbil, either has something in his ear, or has gone partially blind in one eye. And that concludes todays pet update, now for some more computerized pet updates.
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http://www.ucomics.com/calvinandhobbes/2007/09/24/
Personally, I think the pig tried to convince John to go to the prom, but he was to entranced with someone else, poor piggy.
I have nearly finished school now, I only have to do some reading in Genesis and I have to read the lesson in L.A. and, hey! It's only 10:20! I'll be finished before lunch time if I hurry! That would be really nice, don't you think?
You notice that I have been posting Spanish words for the last week or so, that's intentional. The reason that's intentional is because, Petr, Annalee and I are going to Mexico this Thanksgiving. I'm just hoping that if we do actually get to go, we'll be able to get back across the border. Pleas pray for us. You know, I could attempt to put the fund raising letter on here, once Aunt Susan checks it for us. That'll be in the next couple of days hopefully.
Anyhow, we'll be out there for about a week, staying at a hotel during the night and morning, and crossing the border after we eat breakfast. We will come back before dinner time and after lunch time, so we'll get to eat all together. We will be building houses for the people and painting them, we will also give them a Thanksgiving pinata and lunch.
I think that will be all for today, Adios( is that how you spell it?)Amigos!

Red Baron

Monotonous School

2007-09-21T10:02:00.001-05:00

I'll just start out with Calvin and Hobbes and Garfield.
http://www.ucomics.com/calvinandhobbes/2007/09/21/
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I can't think of anything to say. So now what? I could tell you several things, if I wanted to. Annalee's trying to go around the room without touching the floor, the room being the playroom. Mary's suggesting that Annalee go over to the Sander's(our next door neighbors) and ask for one of their Baby Blues books. They have a whole lot of them, they also have several Zits books. Something else to say...... Annalee's B-day is in about 17 days now, and I haven't a clue what I'm going to get her. All I know is that she wants is a Webkinz, which is some sort of new thing going around. Apparently you get a stuffed animal with a code on it and then you go to the Webkinz web-site and type in the code, along with several other things. I have to finish school now, I've barely started my first thing and it's already 10:23 in the morning. SIGH. I guess I oughta start back on school now. See ya'.

Red Baron

Theme of "Call of the Wild"

2007-09-20T09:40:00.000-05:00

I said yesterday that I was working on an essay about the theme in "The Call of the Wild". I decided that just because I could do it, that I would post it. Here it is.
Nature, as many would think of it, is beautiful, but to many it is as perilous as any a dragon of myth has been described. To Buck, the key character of Jack London's “The Call of the Wild”, nature is wild and had been calling him for many a day, therefore, it was dog against the wild call of nature.
In the beginning, Buck virtually ruled over his home in warm comfortable California. He didn't feel the need to leave, Buck lived a very contented life. “The dignity that comes of good living and universal respect, enabled him to carry himself in right royal fashion.” We saw that Buck did have a large amount of dignity, the kind of dignity that comes of living life like an aristocrat. Buck lived four long years in the lap of luxury at Judge Miller's place. He spent those four years growing into the country aristocrat that we saw at the beginning of Jack London's “The Call of the Wild”.
However, Buck was not to live this life forever. He was transported to the bitter and cold North, but before he got there, he fought a hard fight and learned a hard lesson from the Man in the Red Sweater. After that fight Buck had to learn how to survive winter in the North, which involved finding warmth and food. Buck learned these things from watching other dogs. Buck fought and killed Spitz, the lead dog, after Spitz stole a wild rabbit that Buck had been chasing. After that fight, “Buck was in open revolt. He wanted, not to escape a clubbing, but to have the leadership”. It soon became obvious to Francois and Perrault, the men who drove the dogs, that there was no other choice but to put Buck in the lead.
All this while, the Call had been sounding, and Buck had been dreaming about his ancestors, those dogs who had been friends of the cavemen. After John Thornton had become his master, Buck continually wandered off and would come back after hours, sometimes days. One time while wandering, Buck came across a herd of moose. The head bull tried to ward Buck off, but he continued to follow the herd, Buck was not after any calf, but the lead bull. After many days Buck got his kill and wandered back to John. Soon after Buck got his kill, John Thornton was killed by natives that found John and his camp. Buck came back from one of his wanderings to find the camp occupied by the natives, Buck unceremoniously drove them out of the camp. A pack of wolves wandered near by after night had fallen, and called out. Buck was ready to follow this time, “Man and the claims of man no longer bound him”.
Buck soon after claimed leadership over the wolves just as he had over the sled dogs. The Natives feared him and revered him. Nature had had it's victory.

There it is. I worked long and hard on it. I'll let that message sink in while I put the dailys up.

http://www.ucomics.com/calvinandhobbes/2007/09/18/
http://www.ucomics.com/calvinandhobbes/2007/09/19/
http://www.ucomics.com/calvinandhobbes/2007/09/20/
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Now that I've done that, I can go find something constructive to do. Like read my book. Private thoughts, for Aunt Susan's eyes only! You know Aunt Susan that I like fantasy, right? Well for my B-day(this is just a thought now)I think I would like book two of the Eragon series, if you can find it. And Annalee wants a Webkinz for her B-day.
I think that that will conclude my blog post for today. Oh, yeah, I put those foreign words on the side bar.

Red Baron

Cavin and Hobbes Makes a Comeback

2007-09-19T09:48:00.002-05:00

I have decided to to instead of Italian word that I will do a Spanish word until Thanksgiving, that's when I go to Mexico for those of you who don't know. I'm so happy that this time I won't have a cast on! Well just to forgo any more elated exclamations, here is Calvin and Hobbes(Petr says that I can put it on the side bar, but I don't think I want to).
http://www.ucomics.com/calvinandhobbes/2007/09/17/
I haven't looked at that particular comic yet, so I think I will just really fast. Thats an interesting one, I always wondered if Calvin knew what a hanger was, but I guess he doesn't. Now for Garfield.
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I think this shows just what is going on in John's head, "if I can do something to make her happy, I'll do it". I also think that John watches too much football. But that's my opinion, if all you boys out there(Shadow, A.D.L.S.) like football don't agree with me, feel free to contradict me.
You know, I think I'll attempt to put those Spanish words on the side bar, if I can figure out how to. PETR!!! Oh well, he must be outside at the moment, I'll just have to figure it out on my own. I figured it out! Yippee! I am sssoooo smart, aren't I. Now to make sure that it worked. It worked! Look under "Family of Red" for those foreign words.
Can you believe it? I read through Dr.Jekyll and Mr. Hyde without puking! Please, please, hold your applause, I have to read Twelfth Night now and I've only gotten through the first act. Shakespeare was always hard for me to understand. Well I've got to get back to writing that essay, so, write to y'all later.

Red Baron

Who wants to know?

2007-09-18T11:19:00.000-05:00

H0w to start. Have any of you never had no idea how to start off a post? This is a first for me, seeing as I haven't been writing for as long as anyone else. Well I guess that will have to do for an introduction, of some sort. Now what? I've finished TRK and I'm now working on the appendices, it took me an hour just to read three or four paragraphs of names. It's kinda tedious, but I'm expecting that it'll get better as I go on. Of course I still don't know what to write about now. My typing has improved! Is that exciting? I didn't think so. Todays been just about the same as every other day, except that I get to write a different kind of essay, one about the theme in The Call of the Wild. I'm not quite clear on what I'm supposed to be writing, but I'm sure that I'll get through it. Oh, yeah heres the daily.
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I guess I'll put a Scripture in here too.
13. Wherefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near me with their mouth, and with their lips do honour me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear toward me is taught by the precept of men:
14. Therefore, behold, I will proceed to do a marvellous work among this people, even a marvellous work and a wonder: for the wisdom of their wise men shall perish, and the understanding of their prudent men shall be hid.
- Isaiah 29:13
Now what about that word of the day. Should I? Na. I'll just do that Italian word thing.

You know, I think I just might do instead of, or just in here somewhere, the Calvin and Hobbes comics in here. That might be interesting. Remind me to do it tomorrow.
Now what? I guess that that will have to do for today, I'm hungry. I'm going to go eat lunch. See y'all.

Red Baron

Which One?

2007-09-16T17:23:00.001-05:00

OK all, I have now made it that I don't have to moderate comments anymore, so if you comment, it should appear somewhere on the comment page. On the down side, you have to do that weird word verification thing, so you'll have to be able to read to comment. Here's the daily Garfield. Hope you enjoy.
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Now that I've done that, I'd like to say that: I'm sorry that I hadn't moderated comments in a while, and I'm glad that someone did comment, even if it wasn't on my last two posts.
Well, here I am, back from church, and I have basically nothing to do but play computer and read T.R.K. Is that right? I can never remember anything like that. I have now gotten past the ring being put into the mountain, Orodruin, or some other name. It would be commonly known as the Mount Doom. Cheerful name, isn't it? Back to the ring, it was actually more danced in then thrown in, they got at least that right in the movie. I've read now to the begging of the feast, I don't know who it was for or from, though I'm assuming that Aragorn payed for most of it.
Who knows what I'm going to way next? Well, it's definitely not going to be anything about school that's for sure. At least, I think that's sure. Can anyone come up with anything maybe more interesting than Garfield for a daily post? I was thinking maybe a word of the day, or something like that, but I don't know. I'll think about it. Ah! I'll do a Bible verse of the day! I'm pretty sure that Google has one of those, be back. I'm back, and here's the verse.
His lord said unto him, Well done, thou good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.
- Matthew 25:21
There it is. Do you like it? I think I'll try several other things to, just sec.
Jumbo = Enorme (09-16-07)

Anchor = Anclaje (09-15-07)

Basic = Básico (09-14-07)
There is a Spanish word of the day, I'll try an Italian one too, just for the fun of it.
How bout' that? I actually copied three, no, four things from my Google page and put them on here. Isn't that amazing. Now don't you think that I'm taking back what I said about computers being complicated, they still are. I just figured out how to do some stuff on it. Please tell me if you like one of these things so that I can start posting them regularly. I think that will be all for now, bye.

Red Baron

Is There Anyone Out There??!!

2007-09-13T10:19:00.000-05:00

I don't really know why I post on a daily basis(that excludes Saturday and Sunday). I mean, I haven't had a comment for TWO DAYS! WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHH!! Well I guess that I'll just have to get on with life. If anyone had noticed though, I added some links to my blog so that you can look at other peoples blogs. I think that I'm going to find something interesting to update from time to time, other than just writing. http://images.ucomics.com/comics/ga/2007/ga070913.gif
There, I have just given you a link to Garfield of the day. Please go and read it. I had to figure out how to do that and it took a bit to do that. Maybe I'll come up with something a little more interesting later.
Till then

Red Baron

Title?

2007-09-12T11:37:00.000-05:00

Can you believe it?! I actually finished school before lunch! If that isn't amazing I don't know what is. I did reading, physical science, math, and L.A. before it was 11:00. Cool.
Alright, time for the report on, um, how do you say it? T.T.T.? Well, however y'all put it( I love that word) I've gotten to the Forbidden Pool. Frodo and Sam had leaned of Boromir's death. I can't think of any other important parts. So thats it for that.
Peter and I just finished blowing after we had mowed since about 8:30 or so, actually I only mowed for about an hour and I didn't start at 8:30. Peter and Andrew have been mowing all morning. That better? I suppose so. I could attempt to put my paper on here. It's about the kind of narration that Jack London used in the Call of the Wild. OK, be right back.

Jack London used narration in his book, The Call of the Wild to bring the readers directly into the action, and to show them what life was like during the Klondike gold rush for the sled dogs that were used by the seekers of the yellow metal.
The story of Jack London's The Call of the Wild is told by the key character of the story. London used Limited Narration in this book. Limited narration uses that person or animal to tell directly what that person or animal thinks of his surroundings, his friends, and many other things. This kind of narration can also tell us what that person or animal is feeling, things such as temperature, terrain and hunger.
And Buck, the main character of The Call of the Wild, is no stranger to hunger. London used Buck to tell the story in a straight forward heads on way, so that we can know exactly what Buck is thinking, feeling, seeing, and smelling. In the use of Buck as narrator, London tells us what Buck is like, and his experiences in the cold and frigid North.
In the North is where Buck started the hard and punishing life of being a sled dog, though he used to be a virtual king of his old home in California. In using Limited Narration London brings the reader into Buck's mind. This kind of narration is appropriately used in this book because without knowing what Buck is thinking and feeling, the reader would not know what is happening.
Limited narration affects London's story in the way that lighting a candle gives light and heat to the area around it. Without this kind of narration the story would not be able to go anywhere. If the story didn't go anywhere, what would be the point in reading the book? Without Buck as narrator the reader would not be able to read the book in a clear way.
Jack London has used Limited Narration in brilliant way to tell the story of Buck. London also shows us his world view in a way that makes it an interesting read, and a book worth reading.

How do ya' like it? I didn't have to work to enormously hard on it, quite thankfully. Now that you've all seen that you're just gonna' have to comment, it took me a little to remember how to do that.

Anyone else do something not relatively hard on school today? Or yesterday? Or any day for that matter. I crave some comments!
Please please please comment! Yours truly

Red Baron

School Isn't Always that Bad

2007-09-11T10:43:00.000-05:00

Yes Shadow, I said that school isn't always that bad, and I mean it!
School hasn't been to hard on me today, thankfully. I still have my three hardest things to do, but I think that they won't be very hard. I have to write an outline for L. A., I have to start and finish physical science and math, and I have to eat lunch. Speaking of lunch, I'm starving. I'm most likely going to end up eating a P.B. and J. sandwich and a kiwi, possibly some chips and kooliad. Did I spell that right? I don't think I did. Let me try again, Koolaid. Thats a little better. Whats for lunch out there? Or should I say up there? Seeing as most of y'all that read this blog are either in Oklahoma of Dallas somewhere. Well, I take that back, I do occasionally get a comment from Hopper.
Right now I have to write on this blog(like a maniac?), and finish L.A. at least before I can get lunch. That means that I can't read T.T.T. for another twenty to thirty minutes, grump. I lost the book last night, so I started to read T.R.K., I think thats how you would put it. Is that right? I guess it is, so anyway, I started to read T.R.K. last night, but I didn't get very far. Just about a chapter. On T.T.T. I've gotten to the chapter "Of Herbs and Stewed Rabbit." It's kinda' funny how Tolkien arranges his book, with the Fellowship first and then Frodo and Sam. The fellowship being whats left of it, Aragorn, Legolas, Gimli, and Gandalf the White. The computer must not like those names, it says that every one of them is misspelled! Humph! I don't have much else to say about reading, so thats it for my book report thingy.
I learned today, besides that I'm hungry, what Monarchianists teach, and how that is wrong. I also had to figure out how to spell Monarchianists, thats a very difficult word to spell you know. The basic idea behind Monarchianism is that only one of the three persons of the Godhead could really be "King". I was learning about the trinity this morning. I've been going through a Catechism study guide and I've had to answer on an average about twelve to thirteen questions per week.
I can't think of anything else to say, and besides I have to finish L.A. and eat lunch, so See y'all

Red Baron

Very Serious Post(I think)

2007-09-10T10:35:00.000-05:00

Some days I just don't see the point in doing anything, what with life making everything a mess. And then I remember that I have other things to do, like reading, and praying and things like that, and I just decide to take a break from life for a while. I also remember that I have this thing called a blog that I need to post on, and I end up sitting here writing like a maniac, just to keep people commenting, and to remind me that there are other horrors in the world worse than the ones I endure(school and what not).
About that paper that I was writing yesterday, I might attempt to post it but I also might decide to post some other paper that I have written in the past, I don't know. But the important part is that I got it done and ate dinner last night. I also got desert last night, chocolate ice cream, thats Dutch Chocolate ice cream to you. I love Blue Bell.
Today has been awful busy, and rather grisly. I read in Flames of Rome(some book I have to read for school) about Nero's persecution of the Christians, and I have had to endure a rather daunting looking list that I got kind of annoyed at( I'm not going to tell you what happened to the list, though I had to resurrect it later). I also found out that I have the privilege(not!) of reading Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde for school also. BLAH! Sorry for people that like that sort of book, though I can't imagine the kind of person who could like that kind of book. But, hey, at least I spelled their names right! Right? Well at least I don't have to read Frankenstein, do I? I hope not.
I need to get back to awful daunting school now. Nuts! You mean I can't just sit here all day writing like a maniac for all those people who read my blog?! Thats too bad. That I can't write maniacally for y'all. Ah, well. I guess that I'll just have to write for y'all tomorrow. Bye.

Red Baron

Not Much

2007-09-07T13:21:00.000-05:00

Y'ello all. Not much happenin' today. Just a bunch of scouty brothers getting ready to go to some scout camp out. And in case your wondering, no scouty is not a word, it's just some sort of figment of my imagination.
I have no gotten to the siege of Isengard, or at least the retelling of it. If those of you who have read the book(The Two Towers, by J.R.R. Tolkien) will remember, it was retold by a couple of furry headed and footed strange little creatures called hobbits, other wise know as Halflings. Now that you have had my daily update on reading, Maybe I'll think of something interesting to say. Not.
Geometry is steadily getting harder, I did circles today, and I didn't like it very much. I'm also working L. A.(Literary Analysis). Currently I should be writing an essay about the world view of Harry Potter, but I decided that I wanted a break, so here I am! I currently have one paragraph written, but I have to have a whole page written before dinner! How am I ever going to do it? I guess y'all will have to bear with me while I pour out my woes on y'all. Thanks, by the way. I can't think of anything else to say so that will be it for today.
Bye
Red Baron

Does "Um"Mean Long Pause or Short Pause?

2007-09-06T09:11:00.000-05:00

Not much going on around here right now. I found out that I have tendinitis last night! Well, I guess thats not as bad as it could be, I mean I could have broken another bone. Thankfully I didn't, so miss elfy aunt out there will just have to bear not being able to cry over her dwarfy little niece(no offense meant Arwen).
Funny thing it is, I finished Fellowship of the Ring a couple of days ago, and I'm on to two towers now. I've gotten to the siege of Helm's Deep, and it's definitely different from the movie, in a whole lot of ways. For instance, Gandalf brought Erkenbrand not Eomer. And it wasn't Theoden's choice to go to Helm's Deep, Gandalf told him to go there. Sigh, the way they mess things up in the movies. Well, now since I did a paper on a book last week, I'm going to right a paper on a movie, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. Hey! Did I spell that right? I must have, because there isn't one of those little red squiggly lines underneath it(it being the word sorcerer's). Cool. I wonder how that paper is going to be like. Apparently I'm going to be trying to figure out what sort of world view Harry and his friends have. Weird.
I'm starting to go dry on ideas, so I'm going to start just randomly spurting out things about school. Right now, at this moment in time,I've been counting for Mary because she and Annalee are playing a very loud and disturbing game of hide-and-seek(SCREAM! SCREAM! Shriek).
Geometry isn't as hard as I thought it would be, you know? It's mostly memorizing a bunch of shapes and stuff, so far. Mary just came up with another rule for their hide-and-seek game, no hiding in the girls bathroom. Probably because it doesn't have any outside windows, so it's rather dark in there.
I haven't started that poetry book yet, I wonder when we're going to start it. No idea. Um.. Oh! A couple of days ago I was listening to N.P.R. and I heard this article on "ums" and "uhs". Apparently, if you say "uh" that means that there will be a short pause. If you say "um" that means that there will be a longer pause. Or is that backwards? I don't remember.
Well, I have to get back to school work(blah!), so Hosta La Vista all!

Red Baron (also known as Gimli)

Life is Miserable

2007-09-04T09:07:00.000-05:00

I need help. I have this essay thing that I have to have a rough draft of today and I can't even come up with a first word, much less a whole page! I also have to do two, let me say that again TWO experiments that, and reading, and who knows what else! My life had become miserable in less than fifteen minutes. What am I supposed to do?! I guess I'll just to reading, since that seems the least stressful right now. I only have five books in which I only have to read at least three chapters in. And how has your day been? Most likely more miserable than mine, at least for those who are in college and what not.
Now that I have got some of that miserableness out of my system maybe I can type a little more cheerfully. I doubt it. Ah well, thats the everyday normal life for you, always either boring or hard. Is miserableness a word? maybe I should look that up in a dictionary, when I have the time. I don't have much time today so that will have to satisfy all y'all for right now. I like that word(if it is a word), y'all, it has a nice east Texan ring to it. See all y'all later.

Red Baron

Remember, Remember

2007-09-03T09:08:00.001-05:00

By popular demand (one vote) I have titled my last post "Now What?".
Now, since I promised to write about Sunday school, and I didn't write about it yesterday, I will now write about it, if I can remember about it. We went out on a branch today because our pastor was out of town, and we had a guest pastor. So here goes. Um........ I think it was about different types of theology. I think. OK, thats all that I can think about right now, so if I suddenly remember something important in the middle of writing y'all have to bear with me, OK? Good.
Onto more things long forgotten, like reading Fellowship of the Ring for the second time after about three years. Has anyone else read that book lately? I'm planning to read all of the books in the next month or so, so y'all might receive occasional updates on it. So far I have gotten to Lothlorien and , uh, how do you put that accent mark thingy on it? Anyhow I've gotten as far as Galadriel's Mirror. Silly computer, it thinks that Galadriel is spelled wrong! Ah well, as I have said before, computers are very complicated.
Now for the best news. IT'S LABOR DAY!!!!!! And you know what that means, NO SCHOOL!! Whoopee, run around in circles screaming for joy! Oh, wait, I forgot, Shadow likes school. I'm soooo sorry that you have to miss school Shadow, at least the rest of us can have fun! Our Aunt Susan is leaving after lunch though, so I'm a little sad. But now I can have fun all day!
Has anyone done it yet? September 1st was, yesterday? Well, just in case no one has done it yet, WHITE RABBIT!!!!!!
Now thats done with and I still can't think about what Sunday school was about, so this is farewell for now,
Farewell

Red Baron

Now What?

2007-08-31T09:41:00.000-05:00

How does anyone ever give their posts a title? It's just so hard to come up with something, ever! Ah, well. If y'all can come up with something then surely I can come up with something, though y'all probably think for hours on what to title your posts. Hm, I seem to remember Petr having trouble with this at one point too. Isn't that amazing.
Ahah! I think I have something! You'll see in a minute. "Now What Do I Name It?" Isn't that beautiful. Sigh, I amaze even myself sometimes.
Well, now that I have amazed everyone but probably my sister, I can get back to more interesting things. Like.... um...... school? Naaaaaawww. How 'bout... piano? Sure. OK. Um, I haven't practiced since two days ago, I think, if I'm remembering right. OK, so thats not very interesting. How 'bout soccer? I haven't started yet but I'll have practice on Mondays and Thursdays. Thats not very interesting either, so I guess that I'll have to say, what about you? What do you have planned this fall that hasn't even begun yet? I'm sure there's lots, so keep it to small three paragraph comments please. If possible.
Neat, so now what? You know, I think I have come up with a better title than that other one. "Now what?" I think that that should fit just nicely. Don't you think so? Tell me which one you like better and I'll put the title on tomorrow. Good? Good.
I havn't written any other thingys so all you peoples will just have to wait till next week to read my next ,uh, thingy. You think thats long enough for a reasonable post? Well I do. So until tomorrow

Red Baron

not a real post

2007-08-30T10:02:00.000-05:00

I have just been told that my background is to bright, so as of today I will have a different color background.
P.S. you don't have to comment on this, but you may comment on how it relieves you that it will be different.

computersarestillcomplicated( i don't care what you say petr)

2007-08-30T09:12:00.000-05:00

Computer are soooo complicated. You know how Petr's got that neat picture of Shaffur on his blog? And how about Shadow's? Isn't that cool too? And Petr still won't tell me how to get a picture of my own. Not that he could exactly, seeing as he's on his way to Colorado at the moment. Sigh, those debate people got to go to all the fun places all the time while I get stuck at home. Sigh. Oh well, I guess that I'll just have to endure it. Of course, Annalee and Petr and I are going to Mexico this Thanks Giving, hopefully, if they give us our passports on time.
But enough traveling woes from me, do you have any traveling woes? Hm.... maybe I should have said that differently. Oh well. I think you get the idea. Any other woes from any of you school loving, very strange people(no offense Shadow)?
Mom says that that thingy, essay, or whatever you call it, was really good for an amateur. Am I an amateur? I could try and put it on here, or would that be to lengthy. It's a good five paragraph long one, and I had to change it from one of my favorite fonts to fit it on one page. I think I will. OK, get ready for a long winded paper about how setting makes a story. Now how do I do this again? Be right back. OK, I'm back. Mom says that she'll finish reading a book to Mary, and then she'll help me transfer that, um, thingy. Until then I guess I'll just have to find something to do, so all ya'll out there'll have to wait for a while. See you in a little while. OK, here it is. Please enjoy, and add comments on it please.
In "the Call of the Wild ", the setting is the most important part, because it shapes the future of the characters. Jack London uses the cold inhospitable North to shape the deterioration of Buck, the four year-old Scotch Shepherd-Saint Bernard mix. The story of Buck starts out in the warm, friendly, comfortable setting of Santa Clara valley in California. In the year of 1897, "when the Klondike strike dragged men from all the world into the frozen North", Buck 's life started to change. The "King over all creeping, crawling, flying things of Judge Miller 's place, humans included " was taken from his own familiar, place of birth, and was transported in a matter of days over many miles to the cold inhospitable North. Here was neither peace, nor rest, nor a moment's peace. All was confusion and all were alert. There was always danger of losing life or limb.

The deterioration of Buck from a favorite family pet to a leader of wolves was another thing entirely in that it happened more gradually. The beginning of Buck's change was when he was first transported to the North. His first experience of the savagery of the dogs of the North was when one of his fellow traveling companions was thrust into a fight with one of the older dogs. It happened quickly, and Curly, for that was the dog's name, went under the tide of dogs almost instantaneously.

When Buck had begun to change he was still mostly gentle, but now that he had witnessed the savagery and lack of mercy in the "Law of Club and Fang ", he no longer felt the need to be merciful. The ultimate example of this was when Buck contested with Spitz, the lead dog of the sled team. The instant Buck and Spitz met they had hated each other. Their last fight occurred when Buck led the sled team on an almost impossible chase after a rabbit. Spitz had stolen the kill and they had a fight worthy of a place in the tales of the Klondike gold race. They fought for control over the other dogs and for mastery over each other. Buck won the fight and Spitz did not live to see another day.

Buck 's change was completed after many years when his last master, John Thornton, was killed by the Yeehat Indians, on his quest for a lost gold mine. When Buck found that he was freed from all commands he left to find the wolves of the forest and quickly became their leader and a scourge to the Indians.

As Buck's surroundings changed so did he. The setting in this story from warm, pleasant California to the cold and inhospitable North shows that the outside world can affect our thoughts and actions.

Alright, thats over with. Now what? I have no idea. I think that thats all the posting that I'm going to do today. And remember, computers are still complicated, no matter what you say, I still say that computers are complicated.

As usual PLEASE comment

P.S. I fixed the print on the last post so that you can actually read it.

Red Baron

Literary Analysis

2007-08-29T12:00:00.000-05:00

Essays are hard! I think that probably the first one is the hardest. And what does F.B. think? Of course, I don't know if F. B. even know if I have a blog, so cancel that last question. My essay(if you can even call it that) is supposed to be some sort of overview on Jack London's The Call of the Wild. And I'm supposed to have a rough draft finished by today! Oh well, I guess I'll survive, even if that dog person didn't. Don't ask who the "dog person"is, just go read the book. Maybe then you'll understand why I don't really want to write an overview about it.
Hey! Guess what? I actually wrote on my blog! Isn't that cool? Okay, so maybe it isn't that neat, but it amazes me! So how is everyone else's school going? I expect not that great, but then, some people like it. How can anyone like school?! I obviously don't know, so if you think you know the answer, please tell me. Meanwhile, I have to avoid being distracted by people who just randomly print things on Dad's computer and walk in about five minutes later(hint hint, brother, little sister)to grab whatever it was that they were attempting to print. Which would mean school work for brother, and activity pages from some Mickey Mouse computer program. Sorta' annoying when I have school work of my own to do. Why we don't just get the other printer fixed I have no idea though.
Oh! What do you think of my fancy spell work up there at the top? Literary Analysis. Pretty neat, huh? Such a long, hard word to spell, is analysis. Well, maybe I'll write some more later, I'm getting pretty hungry here, just typing away for about an hour or more, so I'm going to go eat lunch.

Till tomorrow

Red baron (please comment. Also tell me if you like the smaller print.)

What Am I Doing?

2007-08-28T11:35:00.000-05:00

Question: what am I doing here and what is the purpose of my life?
Answer: well, I don't know what I'm doing at this here computer, but I can answer that second part! The purpose of my life is to glorify my God and spread his word. Now, I can also tell you what you're doing here too. The same reason I'm here. And can also tell you how not to tell other people about God. But maybe I'll save that for a later time when I've just discussed it so that I can actually remember what I was going to say!( I'll tell you some more details on Sunday)

Hey! I actually decided to post on my blog! Isn't that amazing?! Alright, maybe it isn't amazing, but let's get on with it. I'm sitting here watching Annalee play some sort of gold fish internet thing with Peter and Mary looking on. Not exactly the most interesting thing to do now that I've finished school(WHEW!!). I think my hardest subject is either math(geometry) or Literary Analysis, which I have yet to start, it's happening this afternoon at 3:30 at my house with the Yerkes girls. I don't know how I'm going to like it or not. It involves a whole lot of reading and this is the year that I get to learn how to write essays(BLAH!). I will have further tellings tomorrow about how awful school is( though I admit that sometimes the writing is kinda' fun).

Until then( PLEEEEAAASSSEEE comment),

Red Baron

First Day of Blogging

2007-08-27T15:23:00.000-05:00

First Day of Blogging-
As I have just stated, this is my first day to start blogging. I hope that this is really worth it, because I probably won't do much on it after a while. Just thought all you people out there would like to know, in case you might be thinking of checking this thing regularly.

Okay, on to more important things. You might be asking me "what important things?" My answer......(drum roll).... I have no idea! Isn't that amazing!? Come, come, I know you think it's just about the most wonderful thing ever said!
Now with that out of my system, I can write about more common, daily basis things, like school work and such. This has also been my first day of school. Not amazing. I have found out that whether or not I like it, I am going to be posting on this blog. For school. IT'S TORTURE!!! Just kidding. Ha ha?
I am also doing math(geometry), Literary Analysis, and the Grammar of Poetry. The last two of which I am doing with Bethany and Courtney Yerkes.

Is that enough for you people to comment on? If it isn't please comment and let me know.

Red Baron