Hi. It's been a few days. Maybe even several. Anyway, nothing happened during the week that was blog - worthy. However, on Saturday, Pablo rudely interrupted my PWNING of NOOBS in Halo 3 to make me go running. Darn. Oh well. I feel pretty good today. Oh, and the play was today. I thought it went very well. It felt like it was over very quickly, though.
So right now I'm watching The Lost Room. It's very good. It's actually a mini - series. You should watch it.
I went got to eat Chinese food today. It was tasty. I saw this kid named Caleb Batschke or something like that. And I saw the Lymans.
I went running yesterday. I went one mile. If Pablo was here, I would have biked another 4 miles, but he wasn't. So I didn't. Uh... I noticed that Pablo's montage didn't work. I don't know why. Well, I'm the only one that would watch it anyway. So I guess it doesn't matter.
That's the game I want. Well, it's not out yet, but when it comes out I'm going to get it.
Nothing really happened yesterday. It was frighteningly average. I woke up, did my school, PWN3D some NOOBS in Halo 3 and Madden NFL 10, then I went to Isaac's baseball practice so I could play catch with Dad. Then I came home and ate dinner. That's really all.
Well, I'm really looking forward to Rose Hillis Resort. Dang. Every single time so far I've tried to retype Hillis to the correct word, I mess up and write Hillis. I wonder why...
But yeah, I looking forward to it. We're going to be there June 20 through something. We'll be at Rose Hillis Resort for about a week.
That's what we were going to wear for a play for school several years ago. We got those costumes cheap, if I remember right. What's funny is that we never even did the play. I wish we still had those costumes, but I bet we got rid of them.
That is from 2008. See the awesome one blocking number 35? That's me. Look at my awesome form. And if you look closely at number 14, you'll notice that he's wearing awesome socks. See 'em? He wore those to every game. Awesome.
I used some iodine for a science experiment today, and noticed something funny.
<--- Notice where it says "IODINE" And here's the back.
<-- Why is that ''Warning'' needed? Yeah, that reminds me of when it said, "You could be a winner! No purchase necessary! Details inside," on a bag of potato chips.
Yesterday my dad had to work again, so Laura and I went with him so we could go to Dig. We watched Cheaper by the Dozen. We were also late to Dig, but so was Tricia.
After church, Marcus came over. We listened to music and stuff for a while, then we PWN3D some NOOBS in Halo 3. Well, we usually got second place (out of four teams of two) but that was always Marcus's fault. It was funny, we were playing a game of Slayer on High Ground, and I got a Ghost (A vehicle that you can drive around) and I got sixteen out of my thirty kills with it. All were splatters (Where you smash an enemy). I got 4 Double Kills (All splatters with the Ghost) 3 Triple Kills (All splatters with the Ghost) and an Overkill (All splatters with the Ghost). It was insane. Make that inZane. Or Zanetastic. Or Zaneariffic.
I had play practice last night too. No Hayley, I don't want to switch. No, I really really would not like to. NO. GET BACK HERE. I SAID NO.
But yeah, it went pretty well. Oh! Did you know that my name backwards is Ebag Aznargen? Or I guess it's actually Aznargen Ebag. Aznargen Rotciv Ebag. Pretty cool, huh?
I haven't gone running in a week. I think I'll go later today. It's really windy, though.
Um... here's a snippet of one of my mom's old blog posts from when I turned 8:
Gabe is eight today!! The first part of the day went well. Due to having to wait for our van to get back from the repair shop (and yes, there is more to that saga, too,) we got off to a late start for our dinner. Gabe had decided he wanted to go the local pizza buffet for dinner...I think the kid could live on pizza! Anyway, since we were leaving a little later than planned we let him open his gifts before instead of after, with the plan to have cake when we got home. Sometime n here he said he had a headache and he must have been staring at the computer too long. Didn't think much of it. Had a great time opening gifts (of course!) and off we headed to dinner.
When we sat down to eat Arnel noticed that he wasn't digging in as excitedly as would have been expected and at this point Gabe said he was feeling sick. I leaned over and gave him the temperature-checking kiss on the forehead and, sure enough, hot. He said his back hurt and before much longer he had those glassy, red eyes. Poor baby. And he is such a sweetheart...even feeling as lousy as he did he kept us informed of how many calories we could burn watching television vs. swimming. He is the kind of guy that remembers the details of things like that when he reads. If he gets really interested in something he wants to know everything about it. And he asks great questions about how things work, or whatever it is...and then you know he is really thinking about it and mulling it over, because days later he will ask a follow-up question. Man, how the boy amazes me over and over again.
Did you catch the part in bold? Yeah... I was awesome back then, too.
Speaking of awesome...
I made those effects by just messing with the saturation, white balance etc. on the webcam.
And did you hear the news? This has been posted over pictures of me at my house.
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It kind of got messed up when I copied and pasted it from Microsoft Word though. For example, "Attention" is much larger, "Only" and "29.99" are much larger and "12 payments of" and the thing at the bottom are so tiny you can barely see them. But oh well. You get the idea.
WAIT... I guess you now owe me money for looking at those 5 pictures of me. Let's see... 12 payments of 29.99 for each picture... 5 pictures... So you owe me a total of $1799.4 but since I'm so nice, I'll take those 4 cents and make it 5 instead. (You see, I figure giving me a nickel is easier than giving me four pennies).
Did you know that when Peyton Hillis does pushups, he doesn't push himself up. He pushes the earth down.
Oh, and I finished my math book today. Too bad I have to start a new one. Actually, I like math. I don't really care that much.
Hello. I recently began listening to Skillet again. I listened to it pretty much non - stop for many many days, and I got sick of it. But I just started listening to it again. About 1 minute and 29 seconds ago.
Yesterday I had baseball practice again. But now I have a nice four day break. Which is good, because my left arm is sore. But I don't really know how, because I throw with my right arm. Whatever. Coach Man (Or Mann. I have no idea) helped improve my hitting skills.
I played Halo last night. I PWN3D some NOOBS. Pablo and I were destroying everyone in our paths. At least in Swat we were. There was a game where for once I actually had more kills and less deaths than Pablo. It was sweet. What else is sweet is that it's almost the weekend.
I like Fridays. I like Saturdays. And Sundays. And Peyton Hillis. He's just such a beast. Too bad he's a Brown now. Josh McDaniels upsets me. Here's another picture of him.
Here's another cool picture:
And this is just a funny comic:
Here's yesterday's rating: 7.6
I guess I'm supposed to go outside with Lillian now. Bye.
Um... yeah, it's been like, four days since I've blogged. Nothing really happened, though. I pretty much did school and practiced baseball. I got to choose what number I'm going to be for baseball first, and I chose 30, but this kid named Jason (the one that sings ALL THE TIME) went insane and dropped to his knees and pulled out a ring and said "Marry me, Juliet you'll never have to be alone, I love you and that's all I really know I talked to your dad go pick out a white dress it's a love story baby just say yes." No, not really. He dropped to his knees and said "Noo! Please pick another number! I've always been number thirty! Please!!" So I chose 25 instead.
And I'm kind of sore because I've had baseball practice yesterday and the day before and I have to go to practice again in about an hour and fifteen minutes.
Well, my mom, Pablo and Laura were going to watch a scary movie while Isaac and Lillian watched some other movie while Julia and I watched Law and Order, but for some reason they didn't watch a movie. And I was going to be playing Halo/Madden right now, but Julia has Law and Order playing on the Xbox right now. Maybe I'll go watch that.
Anyway, this week seems like it went by pretty quickly, which is a good thing.
Now, for some reason, I REALLY REALLY REALLY want MLB Baseball to start.
Well, I'm gonna go now.
Oh, the ratings for the last several days is pretty much: 7.1
I HATE EVERYONE THAT VOTED FOR ANYONE BESIDES TODRICK HALL. AMERICA IS MAKING A HUGE MISTAKE.
Yes, your worst fear has been confirmed. Todrick didn't make it. Can you believe Aaron Kelly (the twerp that's not as good a singer as Todrick) made it?! AND THAT ANNOYING BLOND GUY!?!?! BUT NOT THE SECOND COOLEST PERSON ON THE FACE OF THE EARTH!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!!? I HATE AMERICAN IDOL!!!!!!!!!!! Except Scott Macintyre and Matt Giraud sang a song together while playing the piano. I really don't see how Matt didn't make it to the end last season. I think he could've won. He was really good. BUT I'M STILL ANGY ABOUT TODRICK NOT MAKING IT!!! ANGRY! HANGRY!! I'M SO HANGRY!!!
Okay, I'm done with that. During baseball practice, I was kind of scared to throw it hard because the practice before that, I had thrown a few really bad throws because I was throwing too hard. But when you try to throw it softly, you look like a fool (with your pants on the ground). And your throws are still bad. Worse than if you were throwing it hard.
And when I was batting, it was so dark outside that I couldn't really see the ball, so it took forever to hit it.
Oh, and Gary and the other coach (Name? I have no idea) cut the annoying little kid instead of Adam ARROWSMITH so I was happy.
And Tom got voted out on Survivor instead of James, so I was even happier. (Did anyone else notice that Candice voted for Tom, too? She was the one that was making a big deal about how James needed to go).
And dude, Parvati, Russell and Coach in an alliance? Unstoppable. You've got someone that can make people do whatever she wants, the King of Survivor, and the Dragonslayer? Wow. It's almost not even fair.
By the way, I'm pretty much done with Halo. I'm usually able to play a couple games, then I just play Madden.
Dang. I forgot to blog yesterday about Tuesday. Nothing really happened, though. I just went running and biking and played video games and went to baseball practice and PWN3D some NOOBS ALL DAY. Wednesday I didn't go running or biking because Pablo went with John Hurrell. I think. But here's my thoughts on American Idol: That Casey guy (With the blond hair) really bugs me and I want him to go home. That twerp kid needs to go home
The other twerp guy (the one with the mullet) needs to go home
The one guy that sang Apologize last week needs to go home
Todrick Hall still needs to win
Andrew Garcia is awesome
Big Mike should actually get the exact same amount of votes as Todrick Hall in the finals so they'll tie
Lee Whyze (I actually don't even know what his last names is, but that's close enough) is actually really good. I just love his voice
And that's it.
Except for not.
Actually yes. It is.
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
So, sorry that the camera is all weird. I was messing with the settings, and I didn't feel like putting them back. But anyway, due to EXTREMELY popular demand (two votes for "yes") here it is:
Well, remember yesterday when I said that I have a guy on my team named Adam Arrowsmith? Good. Because... um... his last name is still Arrowsmith.
No, but really, remember when I said that I wasn't going to have many "average" days? Well, I totally failed, because yesterday was a pretty darn average day. Which is really weird, because it was a Monday. Anyway, it was a: 7.8 I'm pretty sure that's the highest I've ever rated a Monday.
I went running with Pablo yesterday. I ran for a half mile, then I biked another mile and a quarter. But Pablo says that for every mile you bike, it's the same as running half a mile, so I TECHNICALLY ran 1 1/4 miles. Well, I'm not exactly sure how far I biked, but it was equal to 3/4 of a mile running.
Even though I withstood temptation and waiting until after dinner to ask to play video games, Pablo had the Xbox until I went to bed. So I'm kind of mad that he's standing right behind me right now. So go away. PLEASE? Wait, are you almost ready to play catch? Oh. Okay then. (He's reading over my shoulder). Good. He left.
Um... Oh! I remember. For school, I was supposed to make a comic strip. So here it is.
(Click to enlarge)
So am I the only one that's insanely glad that the snow is almost gone? I mean, I like winter.... for the first, like, 3 snows, but after that, it's just like, BAM! TOTALLY READY FOR SPRING! But yeah, I'm excited. I'm also excited for Daylight Savings Time to start.
Click on this paragraph to see what a map in Halo looks like. It's actually really cool. It's like one of those virtual tours, except it's of a Halo map. So, please click on it. Then you can come right back. (By the way, it's going to take a moment to load).
Well, I'll be going now.
Why are you still reading this?
I told you that I was done talking!
STOP SCROLLING DOWN!!!!!
SERIOUSLY!!!! YOU'RE STARTING TO MAKE ME MAD!!!
So, do you even have a life?
If so, why are you still scrolling down?
I'm not kidding! Stop it right now!!
WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU?!?!?!?!?!??!?!?!??!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!??!?!?!
Well, I forgot to blog on Sunday, but all I would have said was that I went to Maggie Steep's 80th birthday party. It would have been about a 8.8. Bye the way, the lowest I've ever rated a day was like, 5.7, (the day before Laura set the taco shells on fire) and that's actually not that low. So, there will be a much larger difference between good days and bad days. There will probably only be a few days that are "average" (around a 7.5 to an 8).
Anyway, Sunday was pretty good. There was cake after church instead of cookies (leftovers from Maggie Steep's par - tay). I had 5 pieces. And I had Chinese food afterward. I couldn't even eat a whole plate, though, because of all the cake. Then I played baseball for a while, then I played Halo and Madden (Peyton Hillis ran for 370, shattering the old record for most rushing yards in a game, which happened to be owned by Hillis). Then at play practice I found out that I have to wear a stupid angel costume. So, pretty much I won't have actual pants. I hate angel costumes. But, I totally scared Hayley to death. She was laying on the chairs, and the lights were out. I crawled underneath the chairs in total silence and poked her, and she was soooo scared. It didn't work as well with Laura, though. Nothing really fazes her when she's talking to her hot Zane.
I'm an Aerosmith fan now. Well, I like about 4 of their songs. Did you know that there's a kid on my team named Adam Arrowsmith? It would be so cool if it was spelled Aerosmith.
Here's a video of Zane dancing and singing. Mostly dancing. Too bad I didn't have the webcam ready in time to catch him and my dad singing "Bohemian Rahpsody."
And here's another one. (He starts singing in falsetto for no reason towards the end, so it gets better).
And come back to this blog again in several hours, because I might put my lip - syncing to Dream On here. Unless I don't. I doubt that I will. But yeah, check back anyway. Actually, here. Vote on my poll. If it's "yes" unanimously, I will put it up. And I won't vote. You have until Tuesday to vote, and if it is unanimous, I'll put it on the blog then.
Well, Pablo's making me go running, so I'll be going now.
Well, Laura still hates Todrick Hall... But, he didn't get voted out, so it's quite alright.
Yesterday my baseball practice actually got canceled, but Pablo went out and threw me ground balls and played catch for a while. I also went on a run with Rex around the old neighborhood (it was funny, we barely got down the street before Rex started to slow down and pant). And I got pizza for dinner. And, I played High School Musical Dance! Senior Year, but I think we need a new mat.
As I mentioned in the title, Russell NEEDS to win Survivor. If you're a Russell hater, feel free to voice your opinion by commenting. Yeah, no one will comment.
Here's a funny comic strip:
If it's too blurry to read, just click on the picture. Or, try this combination of buttons (Just make sure that this is the only tab you have open, or it won't work): Alt + F4
Yeah, don't really try it. It closes the page.
Thursday's rating: 8.4
Thursday, March 4, 2010
So, in addition to Breezin' by George Benson, check out On Broadway by George Benson and Turn Your Love Around by George Benson.
So, I have baseball practice today, but I'm kind of sore. I probably should've realized I had practice today before doing those pushups and what not. Oh well.
Uh... I finished school for the week today.
Um... yesterday I didn't do so well in Halo. No, wait, I did. I don't really remember. I guess I did average. In Madden, I handed the Colts their second loss. Hillis had 200 rushing yards.
You know, I didn't really do much yesterday. I'm wearing one black sock and one white sock right now. So, since there's really nothing else to talk about, here's a funny quote.
The bus for people that need extra practice will be leaving at 2 O'clock. The empty bus will be leaving at 5.
- Some coach for some sports team. I don't really know.
Wednesday's rating: 7.956971332551 Except it was really just a 7.9 Well, I'm gonna go play baseball now.
Hola! Take a look at the picture I edited of Peyton Hillis to your lower left. Yeah, it's awesome.
So, what happened yesterday? I did a bunch of extra school, and I worked out a little.
Then I played Halo. I didn't get a Killtrocity again, but I got several triple kills and I think an overkill. I also played Madden. I lost my first game of the season (in franchise mode). Then I got to eat Taco Bell for dinner. After that, I had baseball practice. I think that I actually did better with a band - aid on my finger than I did without one. When I got home, I was going to watch American Idol, and I did, but I missed the first 1/4 of it because I was finishing up watching this awesome Broncos video. Then I got to watch Todrick Hall (The guy who's going to win American Idol) sing.
I thought he was good, but the judges seemed to disagree. Oh well. He'll still win.
And Isaac made cookies that I got to eat, so overall it wasn't a bad day.
Well, even though Sunday was the bee's knee's, yesterday was pretty much bad. I hate Mondays. Of course, if you read yesterday's blog, you would have known that. So if you didn't read it, you might not have noticed that I brought back the "yesterday's rating" thing.
Anyway, yesterday was actually not horrible (like most Mondays are) but it was far from good. Or average. Maybe not that far from average, actually. But average isn't good. I woke up early that day, and I finished school before lunch I think. Then I managed to work out for quite a while (I'm waiting for the snow to melt rest of the way, and I might go running. If someone else that doesn't run, like Laura will go with me. I feel stupid when I run alone). Then I got to go outside and play with Lillian for two hours. Then when I came in, I worked out more. Then when my dad got home, I played baseball outside with him and Isaac for a while. (A groundball came up on me and drilled me on the finger, causing it to bleed, and I had to put on a bandage, which is why I can barely type right now. Then, after eating some DELICIOUS fried zucchini and broccoli and tater tot casserole, I made my long - awaited (two days) return to video games! I played Halo 3 for a while. Guess what I got. A Killtrocity!
Killtrocity noun Getting six kills in a row - all within 4 seconds of each other - without dying. I got a Killtrocity in Halo 3 the other day!Kill tro sih tee
It was in Team Swat - No shields, no sensors. Just you, your BR, and whole lot of headshots - and the next game I got a Triple Kill, which is exactly what it sounds like: 3 kills in a row - all within 4 seconds of each other - without dying.
Then, in Madden, Peyton Hillis continued his 5 game streak of at least 125 yards and 1 TD per game. Then I played Halo 3 a bit more, then I had to get off.
So, it was actually not a horrible day. Just a bad one.
Monday's rating: 6.3
(And the only reason it wasn't a 5.something was because of the Killtrocity and getting to play some baseball).
I hate it when Pablo reads over my shoulder. Which is what he's doing now. I think I'll steal one of his chips. Oh. He left. Well, yesterday was the bee's knees. The beeth kneeth, as Andrew called it. But yeah, it was the bee's knees. Where did that expression come from, anyway? Bee's knees? Hm...
Anyway, I'm listening to (Everything I Do) I Do It For You by Bryan Adams. His voice sounds pretty cool. I like the rasp in his voice. It's kind of like John Cooper (of Skillet). Except John Cooper's rasp is different. And since we're talking about singing, I might as well let you know that my prediction for American Idol was wrong. See, I predicted Ashley Rodriguez to win, but she actually didn't even make it to the top 12. Or even the top 24. Oh well.
So do you like that picture on the left? I think it's pretty cool. So is the one underneath it. But I like the one of Peyton Hillis more. I mean, how can you NOT like this guy? He even brought back the Mile High Salute! But, Josh McDaniels refused to play him. I actually saw an article about Peyton Hillis saying that he was frustrated about his lack of playing time.
Actually, it's funny. The year before Shanahan got fired, 7 running backs got hurt and were put on the DL. And SEVEN RUNNING BACKS TOTAL ON BRONCOS TEAM AVERAGED OVER 4.0 YARDS PER CARRY! This year, I believe one running back had over 4.0 yards per carry. That was Peyton Hillis, the only running back left from the Shanahan era.
Oh well. Woah. Shaq may miss the rest of the season. Actually, I don't care at all. I don't even like basketball. Or hockey. However, I have to admit that the USA - Canada game last night was good.
By the way, I'm only about $800 dollars short to buy a drumset, so I'll be accepting donations.
