Download

Download of the Week

Today I’m writing about songs that I downloaded to my iPod the other day. I downloaded many songs but only few are my favorites. Some of them are Dynamite and Break Your Heart both by Taoi Cruz. These songs are in the pop genre. I also like different types of music too such as rock. Most people don’t like Break Your Heart. I know this because most of my friends told me that don’t like this song. I’m not sure why. In my opinion these great songs. I downloaded a lot of music that I like but Dynamite and Break Your Heart the best. They are the best because I like the singer’s voice.

Michigan

Michigan
My family rented a house in Michigan for one week. We stayed in our friend’s house, many people stayed there. Some people were the Swopes and the Londrigans. The Londrigans are from Springfield and the Swopes are from River Forest. There were many great experiences there but I’m going to tell you about three.
We went to the beach many times. I think the best times I had at the beach was when we played kill the carrier and sand football. I think I liked these the most because I was spending time with my friends. Most days we went to the beach to watch the sunset.
With the Londrigans we went mini golfing. I should have had three holes in one but I got zero. At the mini golf place there was also go carting. I got in first place both times that I raced. Jack and I kept bumping each other even though we weren’t supposed to. We got yelled at.
When the Swopes came we went to the outlet mall. The Swopes and I went to many different stores, such as Nike and Puma. We always stayed up till midnight watching TV.
My family had so much fun in Michigan on the beaches. I think we had so much fun because we went to the beaches, mini golfing, and the mall. These activities were fun because I got to spend time with my family.

Zip, Rifle

The Best Activities at Camp

As you probably all have heard, I went to a sleep away camp. This camp was called Hayo-Went -Ha. There were many outdoor activities such as zip lining and shooting rifles. Today I’m going to tell you about both.

The zip line took place on the climbing tower. There was one zip line that you jumped off and then you rode down and went back up. As you lost speed you went up and down more often. On my first turn I held on to the rope. That resulted in a rope burn. On my second turn I let go and it was so fun. Every time someone went down the tower shook. The zip line was not scary. I think that was the best experience of my time there.

In addition to the zip line campers could also shoot rifles. I shot at targets three different days. The targets were about 30 feet away. The first time I shot poorly I only hit the target once and the second time was for instruction period. I shot great.  I hit six out of ten. The third time I only missed two shots! The rifle was about a foot and a half long. We also loaded the rifles ourselves. These were the two best activities at camp.

Camp

Bye Bye!

This is going to be one of my last blogs. This is going to be one of my last blogs because I’m going to sleep away camp then to Michigan. I have to get a lot done this week, such as packing and getting clothes for camp. My camp is called Hayo-Went-A. My camp takes place near Traverse City. As you can guess I’m pretty happy about not writing anymore. I won’t write until the end of July. I know writing fun and all (I didn’t write this statement without laughing.) but I’m going to go to camp.

I’m packing in a duffel bag that can fit me in it. I don’t know how I’m supposed to carry this without throwing out my back! At camp we will be zip lining. For people who don’t know what that is it is a cable from tree to tree that you are attached to and you basically fly. We are also going to do polar bear swim which is when n you wake up early and you swim in really cold water. We are also going to hike up and camp on the Sleeping Bear Sand Dunes. I hope I will see you all before I leave for camp.

I will miss my parents, my room, and my cats. I won’t miss my sisters and their crying and complaining. I will write to my family three times in letters. They will email me back. After camp we will be going to Michigan as a vacation.

The Shocker

The Shocker

My name is Paul. I do not know my last name. My parents never told me. I was just called by my first name. I was the best student in my class. My favorite subject that I study is weather. I wanted to be a meteorologist when I grew up. Also I was easily bullied. I was not strong I was skinny. The leader of the bullies was this guy named Jimmy Pain. I don't think his last name is actually Pain but when I asked he just shoved me into the closest locker. He also calls me names like bookworm. After I was done eating lunch Jimmy shoved me into another locker again. I definitely had a ghastly life right?

It was a rainy day again. It had been raining six days straight. Today I only got shoved into a locker once today (That’s a first.) After school I walked home. I practically had to wade through the water and maneuver around the huge puddles. It was still storming. Once I got to my house I was trying to get my keys out of my pocket quickly to get out of the rain, but I was too slow. Two lightning bolts hit me on both sides. I fainted.

I woke up and I noticed somebody had put me into my in my bed. At school I couldn't remember anything from last night. I just had two burnt sides. After lunch Jimmy tried to shove me into a locker again but I dodged him. After that he got really mad and said "Paul do you want to fight me?"  I didn’t have time to answer, he charged at me. I really didn’t want to fight him but I did it anyway. I couldn’t help myself I closed my eyes and clenched my fists…  When I opened my eyes Jimmy was on the ground holding his chest like something hit it. People were crowding around us people and were looking at me with huge eyes. I asked what happened they said nothing. At my house I clenched my fists again and lightning bolts shot out of them. I couldn’t believe my eyes!

I had this idea I would exercise and save the cities I was near. I ran to the store got the supplies for the costume I was going to make myself. I thought it should have lightning bolts down the middle and back and blue on the sides of them. I sewed my costume. Here is what people shouted out when I was flying to a scene of a crime.

Oh no it’s rain!  Oh no it’s lightning!  No it’s the Shocker!

Reasons I shouldn't write!

Reasons I Shouldn’t Write

1. It is boring.

2. I could be doing something fun.

3. It is summer.

4. It is beautiful outside.

5. When my parents were kids they didn’t have to write in the summer.

6. I could be just relaxing.

7. My friends don’t have to write.

8. Writing is for the school year.

9. It takes a long time.

10. I only can write true statements. (This is not true.)

11. I could be playing with my friends.

12. It is making me have low points in my summer.

13. I could do something else that is good for the brain.

14. My brain drifts off to space when I’m writing.

15. It is not exciting.

16. My brain won’t turn to mush like some people say.

17. I could be getting exercise.

18. I was good at school without writing last summer.

19. Summer is supposed to be fun.

20. I DON’T WANT TO WRITE.

Black Out

Black Out

On Friday I woke up and thought this day couldn’t go wrong. My first girl cousin was just born. Her name is Liliana. First I rode my bike to basketball camp. Today was the competition day. I won all three competitions. They were knockout, free throws, and hot shot. After camp I was supposed ride my bike to the pool with a good friend of mind. We stayed at the pool for three hours. I rode my bike home just in the nick of time.

The wind was blowing 70 miles per hour, I’m not kidding. Every tree was swaying. My mom had to go get my sisters from their friend’s house. Once they got back it started thunder storming. There was a loud BANG! Suddenly the power went out. My sisters and I bolted down the stairs towards the basement. We stayed in the basement for 30 minutes.

For the next three days our family had no power. There were so many huge trees down that they blocked off many streets. We had nothing to do for the three days so we went to the movies twice. We saw Karate Kid and Toy Story. Finally at midnight on Monday the power came back on. It woke everybody up, however we were still glad to get our power back.