Saturday, June 05, 2004
Howdy! Another fun day...
1. Opened some graduation gifts, incl. 2 Star Wars books -- yippee!
2. Played some Xbox
2. Headed off to another graduation party at 4:00; party went 5:00 - 10:00, though we stayed a little over 15 minutes late. Played plenty of Halo, which was great for me -- only 2 people (my friend & I) owned the Xbox version, so we had a clear advantage. Just to give you some idea of that, in one 4-person game, the final score was about 46 - 43 - 6 - 2. Not exactly evenly matched. :)
Well, gotta go to bed now. Believe it or not, I just got back from the party -- my friend and I (we were carpooling) ended up talking for a while after dropping him off at his house. Anyway, adios!
1. Opened some graduation gifts, incl. 2 Star Wars books -- yippee!
2. Played some Xbox
2. Headed off to another graduation party at 4:00; party went 5:00 - 10:00, though we stayed a little over 15 minutes late. Played plenty of Halo, which was great for me -- only 2 people (my friend & I) owned the Xbox version, so we had a clear advantage. Just to give you some idea of that, in one 4-person game, the final score was about 46 - 43 - 6 - 2. Not exactly evenly matched. :)
Well, gotta go to bed now. Believe it or not, I just got back from the party -- my friend and I (we were carpooling) ended up talking for a while after dropping him off at his house. Anyway, adios!
Friday, June 04, 2004
Wahoo! I'm a 9th Grader! :-)
I graduated from Middle School today, went to lunch, saw the new Harry Potter, went to a graduation party, came home, and wrote this -- all in one day! What an accomplishment! :-D
It's bed-time for me now, but I'll update with my impressions tomorrow -- my first full day of summer break! Yippee!
And just a bit more than 348 days left! YIPPEE!!! WAHOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!! Adios.
I graduated from Middle School today, went to lunch, saw the new Harry Potter, went to a graduation party, came home, and wrote this -- all in one day! What an accomplishment! :-D
It's bed-time for me now, but I'll update with my impressions tomorrow -- my first full day of summer break! Yippee!
And just a bit more than 348 days left! YIPPEE!!! WAHOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!! Adios.
Thursday, June 03, 2004
Wednesday, June 02, 2004
Today was our two-hour math exam. We had one 13-page packet to do on most all the stuff we did throughout the year, and then another 6-page packet only on "Chapter 10," which is the most recent stuff we've been doing. Even using all the extended time, I was only able to get a little less than half of it done. Oh well! The good news is: it's all over. We have no more work in Middle School -- ever!!! :-)
After the exam, we had little 20-minute sessions of each class. In Science we cleaned up a bit after the CSP chaos, in History the whole class played hand games, and in English we reminisced about the year gone by.
In Computer Class we did pretty much nothing other than surf the internet, though the winner of the recent "business plan" project won. My team -- "T-Ned Toys" -- won! Our idea was to make action figures based on NBC's hit reality series, The Apprentice. The best part was that they talked and had certain actions associated with them! So, for example, by pressing the button on its back, you could make the Donald Trump figure might say "You're fired" and do that weird hand thing. Donald Trump action figures... what an idea. Too bad it wasn't mine... ;-)
For our last Middle School class EVER -- Spanish -- we went outside to the tennis courts and just kind of played around. In started raining a little bit at first, and then it started raining A LOT. I got pretty wet. ;-) Of course, not as wet as the 6th graders, who had a water balloon fight.
After that, my carpool & I took a little trip to the local Barnes & Nobles, which also has a Starbucks cafe. While we were there it started REALLY raining -- about 100 times worse than the worst of before -- but, fortunately, by the time we left it had subsided. I love B&N. :-) We go there so often we even know the manager! Hehehe...
Well, that's all for now. Maybe I'll update again tomorrow and go into a little more depth... or who knows, maybe not! :) Adios.
After the exam, we had little 20-minute sessions of each class. In Science we cleaned up a bit after the CSP chaos, in History the whole class played hand games, and in English we reminisced about the year gone by.
In Computer Class we did pretty much nothing other than surf the internet, though the winner of the recent "business plan" project won. My team -- "T-Ned Toys" -- won! Our idea was to make action figures based on NBC's hit reality series, The Apprentice. The best part was that they talked and had certain actions associated with them! So, for example, by pressing the button on its back, you could make the Donald Trump figure might say "You're fired" and do that weird hand thing. Donald Trump action figures... what an idea. Too bad it wasn't mine... ;-)
For our last Middle School class EVER -- Spanish -- we went outside to the tennis courts and just kind of played around. In started raining a little bit at first, and then it started raining A LOT. I got pretty wet. ;-) Of course, not as wet as the 6th graders, who had a water balloon fight.
After that, my carpool & I took a little trip to the local Barnes & Nobles, which also has a Starbucks cafe. While we were there it started REALLY raining -- about 100 times worse than the worst of before -- but, fortunately, by the time we left it had subsided. I love B&N. :-) We go there so often we even know the manager! Hehehe...
Well, that's all for now. Maybe I'll update again tomorrow and go into a little more depth... or who knows, maybe not! :) Adios.
Tuesday, June 01, 2004
Hello there! First of all, I'd like to point out that I have a new, secondary blog: Toph's Star Wars Blog. Check it out! (That means that I won't be posting much Star Wars stuff here anymore.)
Today in school we started off by practicing for our "promotion" on Friday, aka graduation. Then the whole middle school went to Dave & Buster's in Providence, Rhode Island. A little while ago we were given the choice of going to either "Good Times" (another arcade place) or Canobie Lake Park. However, Canobie Lake Park was rained out, and thus we all went to Dave & Buster's. It's on the very top floor of this giant mall - which, by the way, happens to have at least a couple dozen escalators. Oh well. It was fun anyway.
We started out with lunch at "DAB," as I'll call it from now on. We were served by a nice guy named Jon. Anyway, after that, we headed out to the arcade portion of DAB. I played Star Wars Racer a few times, some cop-chase thing a few times, a Ferrari racing thing, and maybe something else that I'm forgetting. Unfortunately, at that point my little "credit card" ran out of credits, and I had to stop playing. :(
We also went to DAB earlier in 8th grade, a couple days before winter break started. That day we went to some play -- the one with all the ghosts of Christmas past, present and future -- and then we went to DAB. That time they had another Star Wars game, called -- imaginatively enough -- "Star Wars Arcade." It was lots of fun, and it's too bad they took it away. I complained to the management, but they just said that they rotated games from time to time and that there were still plenty of good ones out there.
I actually still have my DAB credit card from that time around with a few credits left, which I suppose I could have brought this time for a little extra play time. Oh well. Maybe next time! :)
This was the 8th grade's last bus ride together. :( So sad... less than 3 full days of class left! Actually, NO full days left -- Wednesday and Thursday are 2:10 releases (the norm is 3:40), and Friday's a noon dismissal.
On a totally unrelated note, I discovered something REALLY cool in Microsoft Word today. (That program has SO many undiscovered features that 99% of the world never even realize exist.) Go to Tools > Options, then click the Spelling & Grammar tab, then check the "Show readability statistics" checkbox towards the bottom. (Last item under "Grammar" section of the tab; second-to-last checkbox.) Once that's checked, after every session of Spellcheck MS Word will tell you various stats about your document -- number of words, blah-de-blah, and so on. The best stuff is at the bottom. The Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level, for example, predicts what grade-level student should be able to understand the document. Cool, huh!?!?!? I certainly think so. Try getting as high a grade level as possible. My record is 12 -- which, I believe, is the highest possible.
Bed time for me! Good night moon. And good night to you, too! :)
Today in school we started off by practicing for our "promotion" on Friday, aka graduation. Then the whole middle school went to Dave & Buster's in Providence, Rhode Island. A little while ago we were given the choice of going to either "Good Times" (another arcade place) or Canobie Lake Park. However, Canobie Lake Park was rained out, and thus we all went to Dave & Buster's. It's on the very top floor of this giant mall - which, by the way, happens to have at least a couple dozen escalators. Oh well. It was fun anyway.
We started out with lunch at "DAB," as I'll call it from now on. We were served by a nice guy named Jon. Anyway, after that, we headed out to the arcade portion of DAB. I played Star Wars Racer a few times, some cop-chase thing a few times, a Ferrari racing thing, and maybe something else that I'm forgetting. Unfortunately, at that point my little "credit card" ran out of credits, and I had to stop playing. :(
We also went to DAB earlier in 8th grade, a couple days before winter break started. That day we went to some play -- the one with all the ghosts of Christmas past, present and future -- and then we went to DAB. That time they had another Star Wars game, called -- imaginatively enough -- "Star Wars Arcade." It was lots of fun, and it's too bad they took it away. I complained to the management, but they just said that they rotated games from time to time and that there were still plenty of good ones out there.
I actually still have my DAB credit card from that time around with a few credits left, which I suppose I could have brought this time for a little extra play time. Oh well. Maybe next time! :)
This was the 8th grade's last bus ride together. :( So sad... less than 3 full days of class left! Actually, NO full days left -- Wednesday and Thursday are 2:10 releases (the norm is 3:40), and Friday's a noon dismissal.
On a totally unrelated note, I discovered something REALLY cool in Microsoft Word today. (That program has SO many undiscovered features that 99% of the world never even realize exist.) Go to Tools > Options, then click the Spelling & Grammar tab, then check the "Show readability statistics" checkbox towards the bottom. (Last item under "Grammar" section of the tab; second-to-last checkbox.) Once that's checked, after every session of Spellcheck MS Word will tell you various stats about your document -- number of words, blah-de-blah, and so on. The best stuff is at the bottom. The Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level, for example, predicts what grade-level student should be able to understand the document. Cool, huh!?!?!? I certainly think so. Try getting as high a grade level as possible. My record is 12 -- which, I believe, is the highest possible.
Bed time for me! Good night moon. And good night to you, too! :)
Monday, May 31, 2004
I'm back! In case you're wondering, I've been studying for my 2-hour Math exam on Wednesday. Not fun...
Anyway, last weekend was LOTS of fun. The best part was that Rosie got to come with us! She went swimming a few times, met a few friends, found a dead fish, and plenty more. She was really good staying with us; when she did wander off the path, she was quick to return. We had s'mores Saturday night and another fire Sunday morning, though that time there weren't any marshmallows involved. (But there was hot chocolate!)
We canoed around a bit -- actually, "dinghied" around would be more appropriate -- including one time when I had to head out to retrieve a wayward tennis ball. We also visited Day's, which is a nice little store they have up there. Finally, I read. A lot. I finished Star Wars: Shatterpoint on Friday, and now I'm almost done with Star Wars: Specter of the Past. Actually, I didn't end up having time to read nearly as much as I wanted to. I'm a big fan of Star Wars books, although reading them out of order like this kind of messes me up. One day, maybe I'll read through them all from beginning to end. I've read a lot of them -- the whole X-Wing series, the Thrawn and Black Fleet Crisis trilogies, the entire Young Jedi Knights series, the Jedi Academy trilogy, I, Jedi, Darksaber, the Courtship of Princess Leia, and more. I've read the first couple of books in the New Jedi Order series, and I'm looking forward to finishing that up. I'm also looking forward to reading Survivor's Quest, Tatooine Ghost and plenty more Clone Wars stuff.
And, while we're on the subject... there's only 352 days, 4 hours, 8 minutes and 14 seconds left until Star Wars Episode III! YIPPEE!!!
Anyway, last weekend was LOTS of fun. The best part was that Rosie got to come with us! She went swimming a few times, met a few friends, found a dead fish, and plenty more. She was really good staying with us; when she did wander off the path, she was quick to return. We had s'mores Saturday night and another fire Sunday morning, though that time there weren't any marshmallows involved. (But there was hot chocolate!)
We canoed around a bit -- actually, "dinghied" around would be more appropriate -- including one time when I had to head out to retrieve a wayward tennis ball. We also visited Day's, which is a nice little store they have up there. Finally, I read. A lot. I finished Star Wars: Shatterpoint on Friday, and now I'm almost done with Star Wars: Specter of the Past. Actually, I didn't end up having time to read nearly as much as I wanted to. I'm a big fan of Star Wars books, although reading them out of order like this kind of messes me up. One day, maybe I'll read through them all from beginning to end. I've read a lot of them -- the whole X-Wing series, the Thrawn and Black Fleet Crisis trilogies, the entire Young Jedi Knights series, the Jedi Academy trilogy, I, Jedi, Darksaber, the Courtship of Princess Leia, and more. I've read the first couple of books in the New Jedi Order series, and I'm looking forward to finishing that up. I'm also looking forward to reading Survivor's Quest, Tatooine Ghost and plenty more Clone Wars stuff.
And, while we're on the subject... there's only 352 days, 4 hours, 8 minutes and 14 seconds left until Star Wars Episode III! YIPPEE!!!
Sunday, May 30, 2004
Thursday, May 27, 2004
Today in school we had the CSP fair, where people walk around and look at everybody's presentations. It was pretty fun, and I actually learned some stuff. :-)
Afterwards, we had a little post-CSP party with ice cream and so on. While walking back from that, my History teacher, my English teacher and I walked past a sparrow. My English teacher pointed out that it was a baby, and then realized it was injured and its right eye was hurt. She went to my Science teacher and got a box full of little bits of newspaper for it, which we then -- over the next two-three hours or so -- filled with mulch, twigs, leaves and grass to make a nice little nest. We even had a styrofoam cup for it to drink out of! (Although it didn't really want to drink -- or eat, for that matter. We got it to eat, but only a tiny bit of bread. We found plenty of inchworms, but the bird wasn't interested.
One of my classmates, who helped make the next, was planning to bring the bird home and then bring it to the Tufts medical center near her house, where it would be safer. I'm not sure how that ended up -- about ten minutes before school was let out, I had to go to this meeting about redesigning the school's web site, which lasted until about 4:45. I do, however, happen to know that the bird was still safe with my classmate at pickup time.
Earlier tonight, we went to a 7:30 movie with a couple other kids. It had funny parts, but also not-so-funny parts... anyway, I have to go to bed now. Goodnight, everybody!
(By the way, I have tomorrow and Monday off -- four day weekend!!! To top it all off, next week is our last week of school! WAHOO!!! Although, since it's also my last week ever of middle school, it is a bit sad.)
Bye bye!
Afterwards, we had a little post-CSP party with ice cream and so on. While walking back from that, my History teacher, my English teacher and I walked past a sparrow. My English teacher pointed out that it was a baby, and then realized it was injured and its right eye was hurt. She went to my Science teacher and got a box full of little bits of newspaper for it, which we then -- over the next two-three hours or so -- filled with mulch, twigs, leaves and grass to make a nice little nest. We even had a styrofoam cup for it to drink out of! (Although it didn't really want to drink -- or eat, for that matter. We got it to eat, but only a tiny bit of bread. We found plenty of inchworms, but the bird wasn't interested.
One of my classmates, who helped make the next, was planning to bring the bird home and then bring it to the Tufts medical center near her house, where it would be safer. I'm not sure how that ended up -- about ten minutes before school was let out, I had to go to this meeting about redesigning the school's web site, which lasted until about 4:45. I do, however, happen to know that the bird was still safe with my classmate at pickup time.
Earlier tonight, we went to a 7:30 movie with a couple other kids. It had funny parts, but also not-so-funny parts... anyway, I have to go to bed now. Goodnight, everybody!
(By the way, I have tomorrow and Monday off -- four day weekend!!! To top it all off, next week is our last week of school! WAHOO!!! Although, since it's also my last week ever of middle school, it is a bit sad.)
Bye bye!
Wednesday, May 26, 2004
Wahoo -- the CSP is OVER!! Today, a little bit past 1:20 PM, Nora Lutz completed her presentation on Nuclear War, and then we were completely DONE!!!
These days, and especially in the coming days and weeks, I'll be working a lot on Tophtucker.com V4.0 and the new TuckLyne web site, which should launch along side it. Those two giant updates should be coming this fall. In the meantime, I'll try to keep the current version up-to-date.
To top it all off, here's my first RRCOTD in a long time...
Random Rosie Comment of the Day:
She's certainly getting bigger, but she still loves (1) holding her own leash, (2) biting people (though she's getting better at that!), (3) jumping around, and (4) her squeaky hamburger.
These days, and especially in the coming days and weeks, I'll be working a lot on Tophtucker.com V4.0 and the new TuckLyne web site, which should launch along side it. Those two giant updates should be coming this fall. In the meantime, I'll try to keep the current version up-to-date.
To top it all off, here's my first RRCOTD in a long time...
Random Rosie Comment of the Day:
She's certainly getting bigger, but she still loves (1) holding her own leash, (2) biting people (though she's getting better at that!), (3) jumping around, and (4) her squeaky hamburger.
Tuesday, May 25, 2004
Today, from about 9:47 to 9:57, I did my CSP presentation. I'm really glad it's all done now! WAHOO!!! I think it went pretty well... feel free to leave your comments using my nifty new comments system! Just click "comments" at the bottom of this post, and then click the link to leave a new comment.
Adios, amigos! And there's only 358 days, 1 hour, 56 minutes and 21 seconds left until Star Wars Episode III comes out! As Little Ani would say: YIPPEE!!!
Adios, amigos! And there's only 358 days, 1 hour, 56 minutes and 21 seconds left until Star Wars Episode III comes out! As Little Ani would say: YIPPEE!!!
Monday, May 24, 2004
Yikes! We just got hit with a mega-lightning bolt here. Well, not actually hit -- but it sure was loud!
And there's another one!
We had a lot of lightning this morning, too.
By the way, there's only 359 days, 2 hours, 2 minutes and 10 seconds left until Star Wars Episode III comes out! YIPPEE!!! I can't wait. This past weekend I watched Epidode I, and earlier tonight I watched the Battle of Naboo all over again.
Adios!
And there's another one!
We had a lot of lightning this morning, too.
By the way, there's only 359 days, 2 hours, 2 minutes and 10 seconds left until Star Wars Episode III comes out! YIPPEE!!! I can't wait. This past weekend I watched Epidode I, and earlier tonight I watched the Battle of Naboo all over again.
Adios!
Sunday, May 23, 2004
Friday, May 21, 2004
Howdy! Like the new look? So do I! At some time I hope to make it match more with my regular site, http://www.tophtucker.com/.
Anyway, not only does this make my blog look a gazillion times cooler, it also adds important functionality -- you can now comment on my posts! Yippee! Just click the little Comments like at the end of each post and then click Post a Comment. In addition, you can now check out my Blogger profile on the right!
Sadly, my Links have dissappeared temporarily, but fear not -- they'll be back in a jiffy! Hopefully, at least.
On a totally separate note, today was my last day ever of Middle School classes! Next week we present our CSPs (Creative Scientists' Projects), and the week after that is the last week of school altogether!
Adios, amigos! And there's less 363 days left until Star Wars: Episode III!
Anyway, not only does this make my blog look a gazillion times cooler, it also adds important functionality -- you can now comment on my posts! Yippee! Just click the little Comments like at the end of each post and then click Post a Comment. In addition, you can now check out my Blogger profile on the right!
Sadly, my Links have dissappeared temporarily, but fear not -- they'll be back in a jiffy! Hopefully, at least.
On a totally separate note, today was my last day ever of Middle School classes! Next week we present our CSPs (Creative Scientists' Projects), and the week after that is the last week of school altogether!
Adios, amigos! And there's less 363 days left until Star Wars: Episode III!
Wednesday, May 19, 2004
Monday, May 17, 2004
Hey y'all!
Sorry it's been so long since my last post. I've had a lot going on - science project, tons of quizzes, and a big computer class project. Now I'm about to go to school. This will be my last regular week of classes, and then we have two more weeks of special schedules after that.
I have to go now. I'll try to update this again soon, hopefully with an entirely new look for the blog!
Sorry it's been so long since my last post. I've had a lot going on - science project, tons of quizzes, and a big computer class project. Now I'm about to go to school. This will be my last regular week of classes, and then we have two more weeks of special schedules after that.
I have to go now. I'll try to update this again soon, hopefully with an entirely new look for the blog!
Tuesday, May 04, 2004
I've just uploaded some changes and additions to my web site.
- The entire Games section is updated.
- The various home pages have received minor updates.
- The School now has two new pages: the under-construction School Projects page, and the very beginnings of a School Trips page.
- The Library page has some minor changes. The Reviews and Editorials section, contrary to what I say on the page, is not online yet but will be soon.
- Willy's page has been updated.
- The entire Games section is updated.
- The various home pages have received minor updates.
- The School now has two new pages: the under-construction School Projects page, and the very beginnings of a School Trips page.
- The Library page has some minor changes. The Reviews and Editorials section, contrary to what I say on the page, is not online yet but will be soon.
- Willy's page has been updated.
Friday, April 30, 2004
We just got back from our 1-week 8th grade trip to Washington D.C. It was really fun! I took over 100 pictures -- I hope to post some of the best on my web site in the near future.
We went to the Smithsonian, the Capitol, all sorts of monuments and more! I'll be posting a more complete report on my web site soon (probably coinciding with my photo updates and a new School section update.)
Gotta go to bed now -- adios!
We went to the Smithsonian, the Capitol, all sorts of monuments and more! I'll be posting a more complete report on my web site soon (probably coinciding with my photo updates and a new School section update.)
Gotta go to bed now -- adios!
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