Yesterday was the state Science Olympiad competition. It was really fun and I had a good time. Since I was on the C team I did not have to worry about winning. I could just lay back and have fun. The B team won for the 13th year in a row like it always does. At the competition by our home room people were giving out free stuff. I picked up a poster that had all the mission patches on it. But the main purpose they were there was to talk to us about going to their university.
I competed in three events chemistry lab, food science, and boomilever. Chemistry was a little hard to understand and took me awhile to learn a concept. I thought that chemistry lab was kind of easy and that me and Luke, my partner for the event, did pretty well. Then food science was okay. Me and Luke, who was my partner for this event too, had to determine the amount of energy in a cashew. To do this you had to light the cashew on fire with a Bunsen burner and then set it on a plate which had a can of water over it with a thermometer that told us how hot the water was.
The last event I was on was Boomilever. For those who do not know it is kind of like crane but just the top part. To me this was the event I liked the most. We started to practice for this event by just getting a good design and improving it. To tell how good it was you had to test it. To test it you mount it onto the testing structure and then you have a block on the end of the boomilever with a chain on it. On the chain there is a bucket. You then fill the bucked with sand to see how many kilograms it could hold before it breaks. I felt very confident about this event.
After the competition was over and we ate dinner we went to the award ceremony. This is where they announced who won which events and the over all winner. I was so excited because I knew that I could get the silver medal for boomilever. As they were announcing it you never know if you are ahead or if you did not place at all. But sure enough I won the silver medal. Now I have one of each. I have one gold, one silver, and one gold. I also won a 1,500 dollar scholarship to the University of Utah.
After the award ceremony we went back to the school to have our traditional ice cream party. My aunt works at Smith’s dairy factory near Wal-mart. She can always get us ice cream for free or coupons for ice cream. We all got our ice cream and then we talked with each other. After that we went home. I enjoyed going to bed because this competition wears you out.
Sunday, March 30, 2008
Sunday, March 23, 2008
spring break
So far my spring break has been good. On Friday I stayed home. My friend from California came that night and I talked with him and we played my wii. They left around 8:00 because they were warn out from the drive. Yesterday I woke up early so I could go help people set up an Easter egg hunt. It was fun, I had to help hide the eggs. After it started we all ate breakfast then we let the kids find the eggs and then we cleaned up. After we were done we had to go around the neighborhood to pick up scouting for food bags. We had a lot of bags and a lot of food.
After that I went to get my hair cut, and then went for lunch. We ate at the food court and we were done at about noon. I then went home and watched a movie. The movie was dan in real life. It was pretty good even though I fell asleep in the middle. When the movie was over I finally found my phone that was missing for a couple of weeks, so I plugged it in because its obvious that the phone was dead. After that I helped my parents do some yard work. When we were done we went inside and my mom started to make dinner. My parents had to go to a wedding reception after dinner.
I threw the frisbee with my brother for a little bit. Then we went inside. He played on the computer and I played the wii. After my parents got home we sat out in our hot tub. We sat in it for about an hour and then we got out. Then me and my brother watched tv and then went to bed.
Today my grandma and grandpa are coming to eat dinner with us for Easter. My mom is cooking pork tenderloin. My aunt that is going to college is here for her spring break and she will be eating with us too. One of my older aunts and her family is coming also with their kids. It will be fun because we they can stay later because it is not a school night. We usually talk and watch tv or we play a game. Sometimes we even do both.
Tomorrow we are going to take our friends from California to the megaplex theater to see a movie. After that we are going to take them across the street and show them the rock climbing wall and everything. We might play a game of mini golf and play at the arcade. If I am lucky enough then we might do the surfing simulator. We probably won’t do the skydiving one because it is expensive. Same with the bowling it is not as expensive but would cost a lot . After we might come back to our house so the adults can play some more cards or we will go to different places and play.
After that I went to get my hair cut, and then went for lunch. We ate at the food court and we were done at about noon. I then went home and watched a movie. The movie was dan in real life. It was pretty good even though I fell asleep in the middle. When the movie was over I finally found my phone that was missing for a couple of weeks, so I plugged it in because its obvious that the phone was dead. After that I helped my parents do some yard work. When we were done we went inside and my mom started to make dinner. My parents had to go to a wedding reception after dinner.
I threw the frisbee with my brother for a little bit. Then we went inside. He played on the computer and I played the wii. After my parents got home we sat out in our hot tub. We sat in it for about an hour and then we got out. Then me and my brother watched tv and then went to bed.
Today my grandma and grandpa are coming to eat dinner with us for Easter. My mom is cooking pork tenderloin. My aunt that is going to college is here for her spring break and she will be eating with us too. One of my older aunts and her family is coming also with their kids. It will be fun because we they can stay later because it is not a school night. We usually talk and watch tv or we play a game. Sometimes we even do both.
Tomorrow we are going to take our friends from California to the megaplex theater to see a movie. After that we are going to take them across the street and show them the rock climbing wall and everything. We might play a game of mini golf and play at the arcade. If I am lucky enough then we might do the surfing simulator. We probably won’t do the skydiving one because it is expensive. Same with the bowling it is not as expensive but would cost a lot . After we might come back to our house so the adults can play some more cards or we will go to different places and play.
Sunday, March 16, 2008
High School
Many of you know that both high schools have been to our school to talk to us about our sophomore year. I am going to Layton High School. They gave us a hand out of what class we can take. After all of the required classes and seminary I only have about one year of electives that I can take. I might take some classes online. I will probably just doing the normal eight classes. And finish with the exact amount of credits need at the end of my senior year. I would have liked to graduate early but if you take seminary you can not.
There are many choices of classes you can take even the core classes you have can have different types, Like science there is biology, physics, and chemistry. After the core classes there are a lot of class you can choose from. Not all classes are offered to 10th graders. Some classes you can only take your senior year. You also have to look ahead for college because some colleges require two years of foreign language. Then you have to look beyond that so you know what kind of classes to take that will help you with the job you want.
I already knew what math I was going to take and that was pre-calc honors. I am in Algebra Two and I am doing good in that class. Science was a little tricky. They recommended that I should take a biology class, but the counselor that came to our school said I should take the Physics with Technology. I had a little trouble with english because I was trying to decide if I should take honors or not. One reason was that I did not want to take too many honors classes. Since they split the schedule into two days that I would be able to take honors english.
After I had decided my three core classes I had to decide on other required classes and electives. I had to decide between honors world civs. or regular world civs. I decided to go with the honors course. Then their was the other required classes I had to take, like health, fit for life, and computer tech. Then of course every 10th grader is taking drivers ed. That leaves me with two two year long electives. Of course one of those is filled by seminary. Now I have one year left which I am going to use to take spanish. I am trying to decide if I should move on to course two or if I should retake course one. I am mainly doing this so I can have the two years of foreign language if I go to a college that requires two years.
I can not wait for high school. We can leave school to eat lunch at restaurants. Ths sometimes makes you late for your next class, so you have to go somewhere close. I won’t leave every day, but when I do I know where I could go that would not make me late for my next class. The closest places to go would be across the street to the surf and swim snack shack, or to the arby’s that is just down the street and around the corner. It will be so much fun.
There are many choices of classes you can take even the core classes you have can have different types, Like science there is biology, physics, and chemistry. After the core classes there are a lot of class you can choose from. Not all classes are offered to 10th graders. Some classes you can only take your senior year. You also have to look ahead for college because some colleges require two years of foreign language. Then you have to look beyond that so you know what kind of classes to take that will help you with the job you want.
I already knew what math I was going to take and that was pre-calc honors. I am in Algebra Two and I am doing good in that class. Science was a little tricky. They recommended that I should take a biology class, but the counselor that came to our school said I should take the Physics with Technology. I had a little trouble with english because I was trying to decide if I should take honors or not. One reason was that I did not want to take too many honors classes. Since they split the schedule into two days that I would be able to take honors english.
After I had decided my three core classes I had to decide on other required classes and electives. I had to decide between honors world civs. or regular world civs. I decided to go with the honors course. Then their was the other required classes I had to take, like health, fit for life, and computer tech. Then of course every 10th grader is taking drivers ed. That leaves me with two two year long electives. Of course one of those is filled by seminary. Now I have one year left which I am going to use to take spanish. I am trying to decide if I should move on to course two or if I should retake course one. I am mainly doing this so I can have the two years of foreign language if I go to a college that requires two years.
I can not wait for high school. We can leave school to eat lunch at restaurants. Ths sometimes makes you late for your next class, so you have to go somewhere close. I won’t leave every day, but when I do I know where I could go that would not make me late for my next class. The closest places to go would be across the street to the surf and swim snack shack, or to the arby’s that is just down the street and around the corner. It will be so much fun.
Sunday, March 9, 2008
Super Smash Brothers
Today the new super smash brothers game came out. I will not be getting it today though because I am too busy. I will have to wait till tomorrow to get it. I am not worried about them running out of copies because I reserved it in October when it was going to come out in December. Then they pushed it back to February. Then they pushed it back to today. I have been waiting a long time for it to come out. It is kind of like waiting for a movie or a book today. I was a little upset when it was pushed back to today, but I have hardly noticed because I have been so busy with homework and other stuff.
It is suppose to be one of the best games of the year. It has good graphics, and they have loaded it with a bunch of new stuff that the last game did not have. I know a little about the game but they have not reveled very much about it, so it will be surprising to see what is in the game. I like these games because they are fun. I did not like the one for the gamecube as much because it seemed like they added to much at once. The one I thought was the most fun was the one for the n64. I hope that this one will be as fun as the n64 one.
This game has a lot more characters and more stages than the one for the gamecube. Another thing about this game is that it has more than one way to play it. You can use just the remote, or the remote and the nunchuck, you can use the classic paddle, or a gamecube paddle. Then there are different settings for the game. You can play with items or without them. Then there are special modes you can do. There are things like tiny mode where everyone is short. Then there is one where you hardly even it them and they go flying.
The game is pretty much the same as the other ones. It played by the same rules as the other ones, which is why they are so fun. It will take some getting use to, but once you get the hang of it and practice it a lot you can be so good that you can beat a lot of people. Each character has different moves, and most moves have the same button combo it just does something different. Most people will pick a character and will only be them and then they become very good with that one. I try to play with all of them, but there are my characters that I am most comfortable with and very good at being. I have a cousin that is good and we are like rivals. We get so competitive when we play with each other. Most of the time you can not tell who will win until it is over. I just can not wait to get mine tomorrow.
It is suppose to be one of the best games of the year. It has good graphics, and they have loaded it with a bunch of new stuff that the last game did not have. I know a little about the game but they have not reveled very much about it, so it will be surprising to see what is in the game. I like these games because they are fun. I did not like the one for the gamecube as much because it seemed like they added to much at once. The one I thought was the most fun was the one for the n64. I hope that this one will be as fun as the n64 one.
This game has a lot more characters and more stages than the one for the gamecube. Another thing about this game is that it has more than one way to play it. You can use just the remote, or the remote and the nunchuck, you can use the classic paddle, or a gamecube paddle. Then there are different settings for the game. You can play with items or without them. Then there are special modes you can do. There are things like tiny mode where everyone is short. Then there is one where you hardly even it them and they go flying.
The game is pretty much the same as the other ones. It played by the same rules as the other ones, which is why they are so fun. It will take some getting use to, but once you get the hang of it and practice it a lot you can be so good that you can beat a lot of people. Each character has different moves, and most moves have the same button combo it just does something different. Most people will pick a character and will only be them and then they become very good with that one. I try to play with all of them, but there are my characters that I am most comfortable with and very good at being. I have a cousin that is good and we are like rivals. We get so competitive when we play with each other. Most of the time you can not tell who will win until it is over. I just can not wait to get mine tomorrow.
Sunday, March 2, 2008
Camp out
This Friday my troop went on a camp out. We stayed at a cabin in Heber valley. Their was a good three feet of snow in the mountains. We left Friday at four o’clock and it took us a hour and half to get their. The drive way down to the cabin does not get plowed and it can not be shoveled because it is gravel. We had to hike our gear in while stepping through the three feet of snow. After we had unpacked all of our stuff and all of the equipment was out of the car we started to cook dinner.
For dinner we ate ribs. They where real good and the sauce was delicious. For desert we had peach cobbler cooked in the Dutch oven. From hiking in we had packed down a path through the snow which we widened to make a hill to sled down on snow boards with. And at the end of the hill we made a jump which took a lot of people time to actually land after going off the jump. It was fun and it made you tired after climbing up the hill a few times after you went down.
Since the cabin has running electricity one of our scout masters brought his Wii and we played Guitar Hero three for most of the night. We had a scout bring another guitar and we had face-offs. We had to rotate so everyone could play. I thought I was pretty good but after seeing them play I looked like I was playing for the first time. They gave some pointers and I hope I will be able to beat them next time. Of course I am not going to tell you some of the secrets I learned.
We switched to ray man after we got tired. It was a game that would make you laugh just by watching it. It was basically just a bunch of mini games. In one you had to kick a bunny through a soccer goal. Another ones we played was one where you used a horn and a bell to guide the bunny in a direction to make hit rakes, electric batteries, and fires. Then on one you had to pound a bunny on the head with a hammer as many times as you could and whoever made the biggest goose egg. Their were a lot of others that were fun, too.
After we woke up and ate breakfast we were able to play some more outside. Around eleven o’clock we had to pack and take every thing up to the cars. After we left we were going to Heber to have lunch. We where going to eat at dairy keen but someone said their was a place called Annie’s that had good milkshakes. When we got their a sign said they were closed for the winter. So we went back to our original plan and ate at dairy keen which is like a dairy queen and Dylan’s combined. It took us another our to get home. It was about three in the afternoon and it was raining.
For dinner we ate ribs. They where real good and the sauce was delicious. For desert we had peach cobbler cooked in the Dutch oven. From hiking in we had packed down a path through the snow which we widened to make a hill to sled down on snow boards with. And at the end of the hill we made a jump which took a lot of people time to actually land after going off the jump. It was fun and it made you tired after climbing up the hill a few times after you went down.
Since the cabin has running electricity one of our scout masters brought his Wii and we played Guitar Hero three for most of the night. We had a scout bring another guitar and we had face-offs. We had to rotate so everyone could play. I thought I was pretty good but after seeing them play I looked like I was playing for the first time. They gave some pointers and I hope I will be able to beat them next time. Of course I am not going to tell you some of the secrets I learned.
We switched to ray man after we got tired. It was a game that would make you laugh just by watching it. It was basically just a bunch of mini games. In one you had to kick a bunny through a soccer goal. Another ones we played was one where you used a horn and a bell to guide the bunny in a direction to make hit rakes, electric batteries, and fires. Then on one you had to pound a bunny on the head with a hammer as many times as you could and whoever made the biggest goose egg. Their were a lot of others that were fun, too.
After we woke up and ate breakfast we were able to play some more outside. Around eleven o’clock we had to pack and take every thing up to the cars. After we left we were going to Heber to have lunch. We where going to eat at dairy keen but someone said their was a place called Annie’s that had good milkshakes. When we got their a sign said they were closed for the winter. So we went back to our original plan and ate at dairy keen which is like a dairy queen and Dylan’s combined. It took us another our to get home. It was about three in the afternoon and it was raining.
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