Metal

My favorite kind of music is heavy metal. Some names of bands I listen to are Blessthefall, Vanna, and Killswitch Engage. My favorite band is the devil wears prada.
I also listen to older rock like AC/DC and Guns n’ Roses. For some insane reason I hate rap and hip hop with a burning passion. Every time I hear a song like that I get so annoyed. I never listened to rap or hip hop even one I was little. I have been listening to rock for as long as I can remember what music was.

--Borat

Ginger Girl's Tips, Tricks, and Advice

Hi my name is Ginger Girl, I am in 7th grade and love school. I am working on learning tricks to do well in school and other things so if you need some tips or advice please leave a comment and I will try to answer it in about a week. Your comments don’t have to be about school they can be about anything; cooking, cleaning, chess, anything really. I can even give you computer help. I am also good at animals. If I don’t know the answer I will soon know.

Grinding Milton's Gears

You know what really grinds my gears?

You know what really grinds my gears, when I’m at a basketball game some of the players try to shoot but they always miss their shot. That is what really grinds my gears. These are some of the things that grind my gears. The thing that grinds my gears is people that are slow at doing everything like at sports, reading etc. Another thing that grinds my gears is when I’m at a theater at people won’t shut up. The last thing that really grinds my gears a lot is when people spell a word wrong and say it wrong.

Shane's View

What’s Happening

Know what almost all Americans with retirement benefits are asking “will I lose my benefits?” It a huge problem for retires form the car industries. With companies trying to stay above water they are cutting retirement benefits like dental fast. Last year benefits dropped 27% and are expected to drop more now. My whole family is affected by this so I hope the bailout works but so far it does not look good.

You know what twists me off, the salmonella incident. We had a batch of fresh baked peanut butter cookies and had to throw them away. I can’t believe that the Peanut Company knew about it! They endanger a ton of people just to and I quote “make some money on these peanuts on the floor”. this was after they proved the peanuts had salmonella. Repeat after the company had proved they had salmonella. What greed. I hope the company is shut down.

Emanuel's World

My name is Emanuel. My hobbies are playing my guitar and listening to music such as rock and metal. On my free time I watch TV, play games and go to town. When I go to Borat’s house we mess around with fireworks, play Guitar Hero and play our guitars. The surprising thing about this is, even though we turn it up all the way and play recklessly and loud, nobody complains to us that it is too loud. We also watch videos on his computer.

One day Borat (Bryan) and I were chillin’ outside the bathroom when we saw a head pop out of the boy’s bathroom. We ignored it the first time, but, the kid kept peeking out of the door for a long time. He stayed in the bathroom for about 15 minutes then came out, kicked my shin and ran away. He stopped in front of his classroom, and kept looking at us. Then he ran into his classroom. We were laughing for about 5 minutes and then we went inside. We tried to re enact it but we couldn’t make it as funny as the first time.

Marco's Hopes

I hope that president Barrack Obama does a good job in the White House. Or at least better than the ex president George Bush, but doing better than George Bush isn’t very hard because, in my opinion, Bush is the worst president that has ever been in the White House. He is one of the most hated presidents.

Barrack Obama is a good president so far but it has only been a couple of weeks since he took office. Maybe he will be a bad president or maybe he will be the best president that the United States has ever seen before.

He is a pretty inexperienced president and that is why some people didn’t want to vote for him. Some people thought that John Mcain would be a better president because he has more experience than Obama. Either way if John were to be president then he would have been the oldest president yet.

Candy Grams

Friday the 13th of February in the year of 2009

Every Valentines Day at our school, we do a special fundraiser called candy grams. A Candy gram is basically a valentine message that is sent with a piece of candy attached to the card. Almost every year the 8th grade does three types: friendly, super friendly, and mushy. This year when the 8th grade chose the rhymes it took a long time. But when we finally decided, we were happy with our choices. The friendly rhyme is monkey, monkey in a tree; I wish you were up here with me. The super friendly is rubies are red, sapphires are blue, you are a gem, so I’ll treasure you. The mushy rhyme is the rain keeps the flowers from dying, the sun keeps the earth lit up when it’s shining, and the night-time sky has a blanket of stars and the moon, and baby I got you! I wish they would have used this rhyme: Roses are red, lizards are green, you’re the best looking thing I’ve ever seen. The 8th grade does candy grams every year as a graduation fundraiser. This year a lot of other kids in my class are helping a lot and I (Chelsea). Now all we need is for more kids in my class to bring candy because we usually make about 3,000 candy grams. So, far I think we’ve got about 1,500 so I guess we’re half way there. I’ll report back to you when something else exciting happens.

Monday the 23rd of February in the year of 2009

After the Fact

Well, what can I say? We just got back from our week of vacation and my class just found out about how much money we made off of the candy grams. This morning when I asked my teacher, he announced to the class that we made over $600 from our candy gram fundraiser. That means we did better on the candy grams than almost every other class that has ever done candy grams (at least that’s what our teacher says). This is our second fundraiser this year and we’re doing really well so far. I think we have about $1,149 in our account because we have also gotten some donations. We’ve got a pep rally coming up soon and I can’t wait ‘till we get to go. There isn’t much else going on right now but I’ll get back to when something exciting happens.

You know what really grinds my gears?

You know what really grinds my gears? When I’m at a fancy restaurant and baby junior over at another table is screaming his head off and the parents don’t do anything to stop it.
And that is what grinds my gears.

You know what really grinds my gears? Those senior citizen drivers that drive about 2 miles per hour when the speed limit is 65 miles per hour.

And that is what grinds my gears.

SNOWBOARDING!

by Silver and Cream Ale

Yesterday was our third middle school snowboard trip to Mammoth. Marissa and I decided to go. We both had lots of fun shredding up the hill and falling (Marissa fell the most). That was one of the best times we had in “school”.
The day wasn’t exactly the greatest weather to rip up the mountain in, but there was plenty of new, soft, powdery snow to fall on (Lucky Marissa). The weather at the mountain was hecka windy and cold. We toughed it out and rocked our own socks off. Sometimes our fingers or toes went numb.
Sadly we were both with different instructors and groups until it was time to free ski or snowboard. Marissa got to go snowboarding with Jordan. To bad for Marissa, she had to stay on the bunny slopes (So did Juan). Jordan didn’t really try to make her better, but instead he stayed with the less experienced beginners. She got to just snowboard down the hill as much as she pleased, but one time when she was snowboarding down, she fell and got her board stuck in the powdered snow. She also almost ran into the pole when she got blown by the wind. Marissa got to roll in the snow a few times (Wahoo!!!).
I got to go with Harmey who took me on the bigger slopes. At first we had a test run on the bunny slopes to see who would be in the more advanced group. I got to go with the more experienced boarders. We worked our way up to the bigger slopes. When I was snowboarding down I got to eat a butt load of snow. That was not as fun as it sounds (But it was delicious). Harmey kept telling me that I should toe turn, but I was sort of tired of the taste of snow. One time Jacob went on the wrong trail so our group had to go the same way, and we lost one of our group members. We found her during lunch on our way to the cafeteria. I had a blast, even though I was almost always last.
Since Marissa and Juan were in the same group they arrived at lunch first. They were buying from the cafeteria (EXPENSIVE). Marissa and Juan bought their lunches together and it came out to be $25.33. They bought 2 pieces of pizza, fries, and two drinks. Then I arrived (UGGGH said Marissa). All we did was eat and drink (Beer just kidding). After we got full (Full of beer) Marissa had to fix her snowboard pants. While she was in the restroom Juan and I hid from her. It took her awhile to find us. Dumb, Christa told her where we were. Juan and I thought she was taking a dump because she was taking so long. It turns out she was fixing her hair (OMG what a girly girl). Then we headed down to get all our stuff and headed for the lifts.
After lunch we got to free ski or board. We both went with our friend Juan. We were only allowed to go on the bunny slopes, because you are only allowed to go on the slopes that your instructor took you on during the lesson. We still had lots of fun racing to the bottom of the hill. Marissa came in 1st place because she’s so good (Just Kidding she got 3rd). Juan got 2nd and I think we know who won (If you didn’t get it, it was ME. STUPID).
After the race we sort of had a snowball fight. We went down into the woods but it was so steep that we took our bindings off. Marissa (the blonde) was slipping so she decided to stop herself by stepping on the stomp pad when she only had one binding on. This is how she popped her hip, but she was okay (I was hoping it broke). We finally got to a spot where we sat down right next to the trail. The first thing we did was lay there and talk. Then we buried Marissa (I was again hoping she would get hurt). I decided to walk around in the three ft high snow. A Mammoth instructor saw us and thought we were stuck and we told him we were fine, so he left. We decided to get out of there before one of the Lone Pine instructors saw us. That was the end of our semi-snowball fight.
Marissa thought that she was holding back me and Juan so she went to go find Maggie (first time snowboarder). When she found her she decided to go in. These were the ten most boring minutes of her life. Juan and I raced on a couple more runs just for fun. One time we raced my brother and Gregory, but we lost by a lot. After all that nonsense happened we started getting cold so we went inside to find Marissa. We found her upstairs with Preston. Marissa suggested we go down and look at the stores. I sort of didn’t want to, but it turned out to be really fun.
Marissa, Juan, and I were messing around with the clothes and stuff. When we all got to the back of the store we saw a whole bunch of snowboards and we were just talking about how this board is better than that one. Marissa was more interested in putting a whole set of stuff together. For example she might have said that she wanted a black board, blue bindings, white goggles, yellow pants, and a pink helmet. Juan was taking pictures of them with his phone to show his mom went he got back and asked her if he could get a snowboard( his mom might let him get one online. LUCKY). I knew my parents’ answer would probably be no and even if they did consider it, my mom would shower me with questions. Marissa’s mom said she could possibly get one for Christmas if she contributed at least a little money. It would be pretty cool to have a snowboard of my own, but oh, well. Marissa also really wants one.
We spent our last 30 minutes in the store and getting our stuff together. When we were in the basket room a guy from Mammoth thought Marissa was 15 and I was 14. He thought I was tall (I’m almost the shortest one in my class. I don’t know what he’s smoking.). We had a lot of fun on the mountain and in the store. On the way back I don’t know what happened because both I and Marissa were asleep and Juan was way in the back. That’s about it for that snowboarding trip.

Skating vs. Guitar Playing

For the week off I went to Barstow to visit my sister, my grandma, my dad, and some friends. I went to the skate park with my sister and saw all kinds of people doing all kinds of tricks. It seemed fun so I went to a skate shop to buy my own board. I was stoked to try it but I railed my head right when I stood on it. But I didn’t buy it for nothing so now I have been skating just as much as I play the guitar; and that’s a lot.

Strawberry Wonders, Caramel Sauce, and Hot Fudge

Ice Cream

There are many different flavors of ice cream. Many people like the plain ones like chocolate, vanilla, and strawberry; others like more exotic flavors. These are mainly mint chocolate chip, pumpkin, coffee, rocky road, cookies and cream, Cherry Garcia, kiwi, and green tea.
Ice cream has been a favorite for many people for years. It has been a hit at parties, pot lucks, barbecues and other get togethers. Many people like it on hot summer days or as a tasty dessert. Lots of people like to make homemade ice cream as an activity at some of the get togethers.
Like our teacher says “Everyone has an opinion just like they have a nose”. We believe that people have more opinions on ice cream flavors than other sweet treats. This is why we want to ask you what your favorite flavor is.

What is your favorite flavor of ice cream?
Vanilla
Chocolate
Strawberry
Cherry Garcia
Mint Chocolate Chip
Rocky Road

Amanda & Danielle

Our names are Amanda and Danielle. We are both 12 years old and we’re in 7th grade. We are both on the Middle School Basketball Team. We have won all of our games except 3 out of 16. We placed 3rd in our tournament. We have an upcoming tournament in Rosamond. I, Amanda, play center, and Danielle plays a guard. Next, year we are going to become team captains! We are going to tell you about our Coach Mary and basketball. (How good we areJ)

First, of all we’d like to say that our Coach Mary is loving, caring, and AWESOME!!1 She’s the most awesome coach in the WHOLE WIDE WORLD!!! She is a pretty tough coach……she’s tougher than the boy’s coach. She’s just awesome!

Our tournament in Rosamond didn’t go well as we thought it would. We lost and didn’t even place consolation. There was this one girl from a different team who was like our coach Mary said “Was an Amazon” She was about as tall as our 5th period teacher. (We lost BAAADL)We still LOVE basketball!
TOGETHER IF WE BELIEVE, WE CAN ACHIEVE, AND WE WILL SUCCEED!

This blog is by Paul

You know that bill that was passed yesterday. That bill really sucks for Californians because it raised taxes on everything like income, sales, and property tax. As if we didn’t have enough tax to worry about in California, and I think that Obama shouldn’t have led to this conclusion so fast. We should give the money to the small banks because they know the locals and they know the geography of where they are. Unlike Bank of America, the small banks care more about the customer. I mean I don’t understand why they haven’t even mentioned the idea of even being done.

I’ll lose my mind if this stimulus package doesn’t work. We only spent billions and billions of dollars on trying to bring our economy up. The only things that the government focuses on are the big companies and think that small companies can’t do anything to bring up our economy. The government doesn’t even consider the small companies to being able to do anything.

People want tax breaks, but that isn’t going to do anything what we need is more stimulus checks. So we can buy more stuff and bring the economy up.

I hope our economy will reach the ground and start bouncing back up, because so far 3 stores that I know of have closed down. Mervyns, Circuit City and KB Toys have gone bankrupt. Chevy and GM are almost closed down. California is losing a ton of money. I’m pretty sure this recession will only last at the max 10 years.

R.A.R.E

R.A.R.E is an organization that my mom and dad started when they got married. This is no longer being run by my parents, but my brother is doing his best to keep it going. At my father’s house, we have two Ball Pythons that were both rescues. My brother once had a 7 foot long Boa and a 9 foot long Boa. Snakes this big usually eat chickens, rabbits, or other animals of that variety. This organization used to take in animals such as turtles, tortoises, snakes, lizards, and many others. This organization was originated in Salono County, Fairfield, CA. At our old house in Fairfield our back yard, house, and garage was filled with tanks that had reptiles and that such, waiting for a good home or a zoo to take them in. This organization has been running since 1995. In this organization, we not only take the animals in, we also educate people about them. My parents used to take some of the tamest animals with them and show them to kids at schools. They would show them there different body types, how to tell the gender of a snake, and let children pet some of them. We no longer go to schools, but we still take in a few of them whenever we can.

YOUR MOM, YOUR MAMA JOKES, ALL ABOUT YOUR MOM

What’s up with the saying “your mom” I mean it’s not funny, It’s hilarious!

I mean it’s a great come back. Someone says “you’re ugly.”
Then you say “your mom” or “Your mom is ugly”.
This one time this kid at school said “You’re really smart.”
Then I said “oh yeah tough guy, your mom is really smart.” And he was like aaaaaaaaaaaa, like not saying anything.

Here is the major rule you should follow if you want to be funny and stay out of trouble. It’s okay to say you mom as long as if you don’t say it all the time. You should also know when it’s a good to say your mom. You shouldn’t say it when you’re in class and the teacher is serious, when you are getting a ticket, and so on and so fourth.
Here are some Your Mama Jokes for when people insult you. Your mama is so fat when she sat on the rainbow skittles popped out. Your mama is so fat when she wears a red dress people mistake her as the Kool-Aid dude. Your mama is fat when she stepped on the scale it said to be continued. Your mama is so bald you can see what’s on her mind. Your mama is so bald when she takes a shower she gets brain washed. Your mama is so stupid she gets tangled in a cordless phone. Your mama is so stupid she traded her car for gas money. Your mama is so fat when she split her knee gravy came out. Well those are mostly all of the mama jokes I know, so when people insult always remember your mom.

Peace Out,
Greeneman@Greenemail.com

Bryan Rocks (and rolls)!

Since I listen to a lot of rock music and wonder what its like to be a famous musician, I wanted to learn how to play the electric guitar. Luckily I have a cousin who plays acoustic and electric guitars. He taught the guitarist from the band Korn how to play the guitar when he was in college. He has been playing for years so I figured he would be able to teach me how to play.

The first thing he helped me with is getting started with a nice starter guitar. I ended up getting a used B.C. Rich. He had told me it was the perfect starter type of guitar for a real good price. My cousin lives in Fresno so I only get to see him every couple months. But I can get some lessons off the internet and videos of how to play songs that are easy.

With the way I can play now after a year of practice every day for about an hour or more, Im teaching a friend how to play on drop E and looking for some people who would want to start a band. So I am kind of getting somewhere were I want to go.

Playing the guitar is my most favorite thing to do. Whenever I get bored and have nothing else to do I am playing until my fingers bleed. And I never get bored with playing, its just fun for me. I now have two guitars I play on all the time.

The only thing I still need to practice a lot is getting comfortable playing around people. I can play around my friends and sometimes my family but if I tried to play around someone I don’t know for instance if I was doing a show it would be hard for me. But besides that I love playing the guitar whenever I have the time.