Obama's Miracle!

Guess what? I'm sure you already know this, but I'm writing it anyway! Obama just became president! On exactly January 20th, 12:00 PM. (Inauguration Day)

We got to watch it at school! The janitors fixed the TV's in our classrooms so we could watch it while we eat lunch. I decided to eat my cookie VERY slowly during Barack Obama's speech. I ate like, one tiny little crumb per minute. Eventually, I couldn't stand it anymore and just gobbled it down. If you're me, and I love chocolate, and you have a mouth watering chocolate chip cookie in your hands and you try to eat it slowly, it's kind of hard. Anyway, I can't believe John Roberts screwed up the thing Obama is supposed to say to swear into office. I think he got 'truthfully' or something like that in the wrong place. Use cue cards if you have to!

I thought Barack Obama's speech was awesome amazing! The word choice, how he structured it, he's outstanding at giving speeches.

This is huge. About 100 years ago, black people like Obama were treated VERY cruelly. This was a terrible time in American history. Black people had to go to different schools that the white, and the white had many more privileges. And now, look at us! Voting for a black president and he WINS! This is a huge miracle. Like he said in his earlier speech, change has come to America.

Just because Barack Obama is now president, that doesn't mean discrimination has come to an end. I still see it in school, and sometimes in public. Bullying is also included. This is a terrible thing, and we should not do it. It is wrong, it hurts people, and it creates a dissaster. We should not be proud of when we tease a person because of the color of their skin. To see an example of discrimination, click here. It is about a third grade teacher who teaches her students about discrimination, and puts it to action. This one has nothing to do with your skin color, but your eye color instead. The Have you ever heard the saying, 'Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.' ? Well that's false. Words can hurt, and they can hurt bad. Whether they are written in an e-mail, said on the phone, or in person. We need to stop it. So pass it on. Stop the bullying, stop the discrimination!

The Lightning Thief

Have you heard of The Lightning Thief? If not, then here you go! I would totally recommend it for 5th graders. It's an excellent book so far for me- I'm just about halfway into it. It has a lot to do with the Greek gods and goddesses.

The Lightning Thief is about a boy named Percy Jackson who got kicked out of boarding school- for like the sixth time now. Tons of Greek 'monsters' have been looking for him, trying to kill him, I think. Because he's a half blood. It's a tad confusing, if you ask me. His best friend, Grover, has to protect Percy and get him to safety. The minotaur, half god half bull, tracks down Percy with his mother on vacation- and things go terribly wrong. It's very addicting!!

Don't miss the sea of monsters, the second book in the amazing series. The Titan's Curse is the 3rd in the bunch, and believe it or not, there's a fourth: The Battle Of The Labyrinth. Read them all! They're great. :-)

AG's Girl Of The Year 2009

Every year, American Girl (aka AG) has a brand-new doll. The doll is only available for a year, so you gotta act fast! Each Girl Of The Year doll has their own little story.

In 2007, the world met Nicki. She loved horses, and was also a skier. Last year, 2008, Mia came to town. She adored ice skating and competing in it. Now, meet Chrissa! She likes to swim. But this year, American Girl introduces the first ever Girl Of The Year DVD, American Girl: Chrissa Stands Strong! When Chrissa moves and goes to a new school, girls welcome her with teasing and tricks. They're constently bullying her, and Chrissa can't stand it! She learns how to handle the bullying and STOP it. Get the Chrissa DVD and doll today! Go to www.americangirl.com and click on 'Movies' for more info on the latest Girl Of The Year. And stop the bullying! Pass it on.

Warriors Books

Prepare to read a book of cats like no other. Click here to see a quick video on how it all began. You can also see what your warrior name is- or if you feel your not a warrior yet, just take the first half of your warrior name and put 'paw' at the end. Like, my warrior name is Spottedfire. As an apprentice, my name would be Spottedpaw. If you are a leading person, very loyal, brave, and strong, you might want to be the leader of your clan. If so, take the first half of your warrior name and add 'star' at the end. As a leader, my name would be Spottedstar. Take a quiz to find out what clan you are in! All you have to do is go to www.warriorcats.com, click on 'Participate', then click on 'Warrior Extras' then they're at the top- find out your name and clan! This may all sound very confusing to you. They're five clans. Starclan, Thunderclan, Riverclan, Shadowclan, and Windclan. You cannot be in Starclan unless your dead. So I guess you now know what clan all your great great great great great great etc. grandparents are in!  We usually say there's 4 clans.  I myself am in WindClan. Yeah! Go WindClan! You'll never drive us out again!! (Read book one to find out what the heck I'm blabberin about.)

Let me introduce you to the Warriors world. Cats call us humans twolegs. Hehee! And if you have a pet cat, in the warriors world, your cat would be called a 'kittypet'. Every full moon, by the spirits of there ancestors, all of the clans gather by 4 trees. They call that place the fourtrees. Appropriate name! Now you'd think during this time that they can, the clans would fight. Nope. Every moon they gather to talk about issues in the forest, and other things. They have a truce every moon. But not all of each clan can go. The clan leader must decide who will stay at camp and who will go to the gathering. Now StarClan, like I said, isn't like the other clans. StarClan is like the god clan of the forest cats. Any cat who dies rises up to become a star in StarClan at midnight- I think. Also, in the books, they mention something they call the warriors code. What is the warrior code, you may ask? 8 things. 8 rules, or in this case, laws. If you're caught disobeying the warrior code, you will get a big punishment. The 8 laws of warriors are:

1. Defend your clan, even with your life. You may have friendships with cats in other clans, but your loyalty must remain to your clan, as you might meet them in a battle.

2. Do not hunt or trespass on another clan's territory.

3. Elders and kits must be fed before warriors and apprentices. Unless they have permission, apprentices may not eat until they have hunted to feed the elders.

4. Prey is killed only to be eaten. Give thanks to StarClan for it's life.

5. A kit must be at least 6 moons old to become an apprentice.

6. Newly appointed warriors will keep a silent vigil for one night after receiving their warrior name.

7. A cat cannot be made deputy without having mentored at least one apprentice.

8. The deputy will become clan leader when the leader retires or dies.

Once you start reading the first book, you'll catch on. They are very addicting!!

Book one: Into The Wild

Book two: Fire And Ice

Book three: Forest Of Secrets

Book four: Rising Storm

Book five: A Dangerous Path

Book Six: The Darkest Hour

The New Prophecy:

Book one: Midnight

Book two: Moonrise

Book three: Dawn

Book four: Starlight

Book five: Twilight

Book six: Sunset

Power Of Three:

Book one: The Sight

Book two: Dark River

Book three: Outcast

Book four: Eclipse

NEW! Book five: Long Shadows

Super Edition:

Firestar's Quest

And don't miss the manga series and all the Warriors guides! Have fun diving into the world of warriors! And for more online fun, go to www.warriorcats.com. :-) Meow~!

Diary Of A Wimpy Kid

Need something to laugh? Meet Greg Heffley. He's the 'wimpy kid' who writes in a diary. But when people see 'DIARY' on the cover, they get the wrong idea. Greg has strange friends, and the most annoying brother, Rodrick. He wasn't the one who chose to write in a diary- it was his mom. Laugh all the way through Diary Of A Wimpy Kid! Great drawings, and it even has handwriting that looks like a kid's handwriting. The life of Greg- and then the life of Greg with a diary. Big difference, I'd say.



Love it? Gotta have more? Well thanks to Jeff Kinney, the author of these hilarious books, made another one. Say hello to Diary Of A Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules. Yeah. Rodrick kinda takes over this book and lives his life. Things have been getting out of hand with keeping Greg's last diary away from Rodrick. The title pretty much says it all. Rodrick rules.

Not enough? No problem. Just recently, Jeff Kinney wrote another diary of wimpy Greg. I myself love these books and think they are very funny. But I haven't read the third or first. I read the second one first. Yeah.. you see I really wanted to just get an idea of what it was like- and I couldn't get a hold of a copy of the first one, and at that time the third hadn't even come out yet. Soooo.. I started with the second book. Kinda weird. I didn't want to wait until the first one was available! I just had to get a hold of one of those diarys. And they're so funny! I totally recommend these books for kids 10 and up.

Wanna create your own diary? Well here you go! The Diary Of A Wimpy Kid Do-It-Yourself Book. Write comics, draw pictures, and write about your life. Even glue a picture of yourself on the cover! List all your things that need listing, draw your family the way Greg would, and more! Heads up- some are orange, and some are red. Either way, have fun reading Greg's diary's of his wimpy kid life!

(Editing my blog about a year later, don't miss these other books as well:)

 

 

Happy 2009!

It's the new year, 2009! Time to make you new years resolution. Mine is to make it over 60 posts at least on my website- so you people have more to read! To brighten your day. So put on that happy face!

Every year on new years eve, two friendly families come over to celebrate the new year- and sleep over!! I'm always looking forward to it. And in the morning, we go to a hotel for breakfast/brunch. It's really a sweet treat to start of the year- every year! Waffles with all the syrup and chocolate chips you want, omelets with tons of options, hash browns, bacon, sausages, and more!

A little unexpected thing happened during dessert on new years eve- I wiped my nose, because I felt some stuff dripping out of it. Turns out that stuff was blood!! I immediately ran to the napkins and wiped like mad. It started to drop down my face- eeeww!! I tilted my head back, trying to make the waterfall of blood stop with loads of tissues. Once we got it to stop dripping, I had to go upstairs and lie on my back for ten minutes. ! My ice cream was melting! Nooooooooo. It was a pretty boring ten minutes, because every ten seconds seemed to take a minute considering how fast time goes. My nose finally dried up. The good news was that I got extra ice cream fudge at the end- yummy!! I've always had a bloody nose at the wrong time. One time, it was during the moment of silence on Memorial Day. Another time, it was during the cake part of my friends birthday party. So weird!

I hope everyone has a nice new year of 2009! And if you like, you can comment saying what your new years resolution is. Have a happy 2009! :-)