Act Four, Scene One
Bottom asks the fairies to scratch his head, and is hungry for some hay. Titania, completely in love with him, orders the fairies to find him food. Together they then soon fall asleep.
Oberon enters and looks at Titania. He tells puck that Titania gave him her young boy earlier in the woods, and so it is time for him to remove the spell from her eyes. He orders Robin to change Bottom back to normal, but first he wakes up Titania. She at first thinks she dreamed about being in love with an ass, but then sees Bottom still asleep by her side. Oberon helps her off the ground and tells her that tomorrow they will dance at the weddings of Theseus and the other two couples.
Theseus, Hippolyta and Egeus arrive where the lovers are sleeping. They are in the woods to celebrate dogs in preparation of the day's ceremonies. Theseus sees the lovers and has them woken by sounding the hunting horns.
The lovers tell Theseus what they remember from the night before, and Lysander declares his love for Hermia while Demetrius speaks of his love for Helena. Theseus decides to override Egeus' will and have all three of them get married in Athens that day. They eventually all depart for Athens. Bottom wakes up and realizes that he has been abandoned in the woods by his friends.
Sunday, May 13, 2007
Monday, May 7, 2007
Act 3 Summary
Act Three, Scene One
All of the actors arrive in the woods and discuss the play they are working on, Pyramus and Thisbe. Bottom is afraid that if Pyramus commits suicide with his sword, it might seem too real and make the women scared. As a result, they agree to write a prologue which tells the audience that Pyramus is really only Bottom the Weaver and that he does not really kill himself.
Next, Snout becomes afraid that Snug's role as the lion will cause a similar fright. So, they start to write another prologue to tell the audience that it is not a lion, but only Snug the joiner. The men then choose that Snug should speak to the audience directly and that half his head should be visible through the costume.
Finally they start to rehearse the play, with the puck eavesdropping in the background. Each of the actors makes several word mistakes, giving the phrases completely different meanings. The puck leaves when Bottom goes offstage, and reappears with Bottom, who now wears an asses head which the puck put on him. Bottom is blissfully unaware that he is transformed into an ass, and humorously asks the others why they run away from him.
Then Titania wakes up and sees Bottom, with his asses head, and falls in love with him. She begs him to keep singing and making jokes for her, and begs him to remain in the forest with her. She then calls four fairies in to take care of Bottom and take him to her garden.
Act Three, Scene Two
At the start of act three scene two, puck returns to Oberon and tells him what happened to Titania. Oberon is thrilled that Titania is being humiliated in this way. He then asks about the Athenian he wanted to fall in love with Helena. At this point Demetrius and Hermia come in.
Hermia is convinced that Demetrius has killed Lysander in his sleep, and in her anger she curses Demetrius for his actions. She finally goes away, leaving Demetrius to fall asleep in front of Oberon. Oberon, mad that Robin has ruined his plan to make Demetrius love Helena, sends Robin off to get her. The puck soon returns with both Helena and Lysander.
Helena believes that Lysander is only mocking her with his words of love, and tells him that his phrases have nothing of meaning. Accidentally she wakes up Demetrius, on whose eyes Oberon has applied with the herb. Demetrius sees her and also falls in love with Helena.
In the middle of this arguement over which man loves Helena more, Hermia arrives. She is shocked by Lysander's words and does not believe that he could possibly love Helena. Helena assumes that Hermia is part of the “plan”, and punishes her for violating the close friendship, which they have enjoyed since childhood.
Demetrius and Lysander begin to argue over Helena even more intensely, at which point Hermia breaks in and tries to stop Lysander. He rejects her, calling her a serpent and a dwarf, and finally leaves with Demetrius to fight over which man should get Helena.
Oberon and Robin step forward, having watched the entire scene. Oberon is furious about the mess that Robin has created and orders him to separate Demetrius and Lysander. He then tells the puck to make the men fall asleep, and to rub the juice on Lysander's eyes and make him see Hermia when he awakes. Robin mimics the mens' voices, causing them to follow shadows and sounds and effectively separating them and they then go to sleep.
All of the actors arrive in the woods and discuss the play they are working on, Pyramus and Thisbe. Bottom is afraid that if Pyramus commits suicide with his sword, it might seem too real and make the women scared. As a result, they agree to write a prologue which tells the audience that Pyramus is really only Bottom the Weaver and that he does not really kill himself.
Next, Snout becomes afraid that Snug's role as the lion will cause a similar fright. So, they start to write another prologue to tell the audience that it is not a lion, but only Snug the joiner. The men then choose that Snug should speak to the audience directly and that half his head should be visible through the costume.
Finally they start to rehearse the play, with the puck eavesdropping in the background. Each of the actors makes several word mistakes, giving the phrases completely different meanings. The puck leaves when Bottom goes offstage, and reappears with Bottom, who now wears an asses head which the puck put on him. Bottom is blissfully unaware that he is transformed into an ass, and humorously asks the others why they run away from him.
Then Titania wakes up and sees Bottom, with his asses head, and falls in love with him. She begs him to keep singing and making jokes for her, and begs him to remain in the forest with her. She then calls four fairies in to take care of Bottom and take him to her garden.
Act Three, Scene Two
At the start of act three scene two, puck returns to Oberon and tells him what happened to Titania. Oberon is thrilled that Titania is being humiliated in this way. He then asks about the Athenian he wanted to fall in love with Helena. At this point Demetrius and Hermia come in.
Hermia is convinced that Demetrius has killed Lysander in his sleep, and in her anger she curses Demetrius for his actions. She finally goes away, leaving Demetrius to fall asleep in front of Oberon. Oberon, mad that Robin has ruined his plan to make Demetrius love Helena, sends Robin off to get her. The puck soon returns with both Helena and Lysander.
Helena believes that Lysander is only mocking her with his words of love, and tells him that his phrases have nothing of meaning. Accidentally she wakes up Demetrius, on whose eyes Oberon has applied with the herb. Demetrius sees her and also falls in love with Helena.
In the middle of this arguement over which man loves Helena more, Hermia arrives. She is shocked by Lysander's words and does not believe that he could possibly love Helena. Helena assumes that Hermia is part of the “plan”, and punishes her for violating the close friendship, which they have enjoyed since childhood.
Demetrius and Lysander begin to argue over Helena even more intensely, at which point Hermia breaks in and tries to stop Lysander. He rejects her, calling her a serpent and a dwarf, and finally leaves with Demetrius to fight over which man should get Helena.
Oberon and Robin step forward, having watched the entire scene. Oberon is furious about the mess that Robin has created and orders him to separate Demetrius and Lysander. He then tells the puck to make the men fall asleep, and to rub the juice on Lysander's eyes and make him see Hermia when he awakes. Robin mimics the mens' voices, causing them to follow shadows and sounds and effectively separating them and they then go to sleep.
Sunday, May 6, 2007
Act 2 summary
Act Two, Scene One
Puck and another fairy that serves Queen Titania meet. She tells him that Titania is coming to the woods outside of Athens that night. Puck tells the fairy that it would be better if Titania and his master, Oberon, did not meet since they only argue when they do so.
Seconds later both Oberon and Titania come, both accompanied by their respective fairy followers. Immediately they begin an argument, with both of them accusing each other of betrayal and jealousy. Titania has stolen a young boy whom she keeps with her and spends her time caring for. Oberon, jealous of the attention the boy is receiving, demands that Titania give the boy to him, a request she says no to.
After Titania leaves, Oberon promises to get revenge on her for causing him embarrassment. He sends his puck to fetch some pansies, the juice of which is supposed to make a person love the first thing he or she sees upon waking up. Oberon's plan is to put the juice onto Titania's eyes while she sleeps, so that she will fall in love with the first animal she sees after waking up. Puck leaves him and Oberon hides himself.
Demetrius and Helena arrive in the woods right next to where Oberon is hiding. Demetrius tells Helena to go away, and that he does not love her even though she has told him about Hermia and Lysander trying to run away. She threatens to chase him down if he should try to leave her in the woods.
Oberon, having overheard the entire conversation, decides to make Demetrius fall in love with Helena. He tells Robin Goodfellow to take some of the juice and go put it in the eyes of the Athenian man in the woods, but doing so only when it is certain that the woman by his side will be the first person he sees. The puck agrees, and goes off to carry out his errand.
Act Two, Scene Two
Titania calls for a quick dance in the woods with her fairies, after which they sing her to sleep. Oberon takes the opportunity to sneak up and drop the pansy juice onto her closed eyelids. Soon thereafter Lysander and Hermia, tired of walking and getting lost, decide to go to sleep as well. They lie down, but Hermia demands that Lysander sleep a short distance away in order to keep up her sense of modesty since she is not married to him yet.
The puck enters, having vainly searched the woods for an Athenian. He spies Lysander lying apart from Hermia and assumes that this must be the hard-hearted Athenian which Oberon spoke about. Robin Goodfellow quickly drops some of the juice onto Lysander's eyes.
Demetrius, followed closely by Helena, runs into the clearing where Lysander is lying asleep. She begs him to stop running away from her, but he refuses and leaves her there alone. Helena finally sees Lysander on the ground and shakes him awake, unwittingly becoming the first woman he sees when he opens his eyes. Lysander immediately falls in love with Helena, and tells her that he deeply loves her. She thinks it is a cruel joke and tells him to stop abusing her.
Helena leaves, and Lysander decides to forget about Hermia and follow Helena instead. Hermia wakes up because she is scared about a dream she has had in which a serpent eats her heart. She calls for Lysander, but he is no longer near her. She then leaves her bed to go search for him.
Puck and another fairy that serves Queen Titania meet. She tells him that Titania is coming to the woods outside of Athens that night. Puck tells the fairy that it would be better if Titania and his master, Oberon, did not meet since they only argue when they do so.
Seconds later both Oberon and Titania come, both accompanied by their respective fairy followers. Immediately they begin an argument, with both of them accusing each other of betrayal and jealousy. Titania has stolen a young boy whom she keeps with her and spends her time caring for. Oberon, jealous of the attention the boy is receiving, demands that Titania give the boy to him, a request she says no to.
After Titania leaves, Oberon promises to get revenge on her for causing him embarrassment. He sends his puck to fetch some pansies, the juice of which is supposed to make a person love the first thing he or she sees upon waking up. Oberon's plan is to put the juice onto Titania's eyes while she sleeps, so that she will fall in love with the first animal she sees after waking up. Puck leaves him and Oberon hides himself.
Demetrius and Helena arrive in the woods right next to where Oberon is hiding. Demetrius tells Helena to go away, and that he does not love her even though she has told him about Hermia and Lysander trying to run away. She threatens to chase him down if he should try to leave her in the woods.
Oberon, having overheard the entire conversation, decides to make Demetrius fall in love with Helena. He tells Robin Goodfellow to take some of the juice and go put it in the eyes of the Athenian man in the woods, but doing so only when it is certain that the woman by his side will be the first person he sees. The puck agrees, and goes off to carry out his errand.
Act Two, Scene Two
Titania calls for a quick dance in the woods with her fairies, after which they sing her to sleep. Oberon takes the opportunity to sneak up and drop the pansy juice onto her closed eyelids. Soon thereafter Lysander and Hermia, tired of walking and getting lost, decide to go to sleep as well. They lie down, but Hermia demands that Lysander sleep a short distance away in order to keep up her sense of modesty since she is not married to him yet.
The puck enters, having vainly searched the woods for an Athenian. He spies Lysander lying apart from Hermia and assumes that this must be the hard-hearted Athenian which Oberon spoke about. Robin Goodfellow quickly drops some of the juice onto Lysander's eyes.
Demetrius, followed closely by Helena, runs into the clearing where Lysander is lying asleep. She begs him to stop running away from her, but he refuses and leaves her there alone. Helena finally sees Lysander on the ground and shakes him awake, unwittingly becoming the first woman he sees when he opens his eyes. Lysander immediately falls in love with Helena, and tells her that he deeply loves her. She thinks it is a cruel joke and tells him to stop abusing her.
Helena leaves, and Lysander decides to forget about Hermia and follow Helena instead. Hermia wakes up because she is scared about a dream she has had in which a serpent eats her heart. She calls for Lysander, but he is no longer near her. She then leaves her bed to go search for him.
Thursday, May 3, 2007
Act 1 summary
Act One, Scene One
Theseus, the Duke of Athens, is preparing the city for a large festival to his wedding with Hippolyta. Egeus, a nobleman, comes into the room with his daughter Hermia, the man Hermia loves is Lysander, and the man Egeus wants her to marry is Demetrius. He begs Theseus for the ancient Athenian right to either make his daughter marry Demetrius or have the power to kill her.
Theseus offers Hermia two options: she has to marry Demetrius or join a nunnery. He then leaves the room with the other men, leaving Hermia and Lysander behind on stage. Lysander quickly convinces Hermia to sneak into the woods the next night so that they may get married at his aunt's house outside of Athens. She agrees to the plan.
Helena arrives and regrets the fact that Demetrius only loves Hermia, even though Helena loves him far more than Hermia ever could. Lysander tells her to not worry since he and Hermia are sneaking away that night. Helena, while she is alone, says that she will tell Demetrius about Hermia's plans because that might make him start to love her again.
Act One, Scene Two
A couple of actors gather and Peter Quince hands out several parts to a play they want to perform for the Theseus' wedding. The play is based on Pyramus and Thisbe, and is meant to be a comedy and a tragedy at the same time. One of the actors, Nick Bottom, is afraid that if the make the lion in the play too real, it might frighten the ladies and get them all killed. They finally all agree to meet in the woods outside of the city the next night to rehearse their parts.
Theseus, the Duke of Athens, is preparing the city for a large festival to his wedding with Hippolyta. Egeus, a nobleman, comes into the room with his daughter Hermia, the man Hermia loves is Lysander, and the man Egeus wants her to marry is Demetrius. He begs Theseus for the ancient Athenian right to either make his daughter marry Demetrius or have the power to kill her.
Theseus offers Hermia two options: she has to marry Demetrius or join a nunnery. He then leaves the room with the other men, leaving Hermia and Lysander behind on stage. Lysander quickly convinces Hermia to sneak into the woods the next night so that they may get married at his aunt's house outside of Athens. She agrees to the plan.
Helena arrives and regrets the fact that Demetrius only loves Hermia, even though Helena loves him far more than Hermia ever could. Lysander tells her to not worry since he and Hermia are sneaking away that night. Helena, while she is alone, says that she will tell Demetrius about Hermia's plans because that might make him start to love her again.
Act One, Scene Two
A couple of actors gather and Peter Quince hands out several parts to a play they want to perform for the Theseus' wedding. The play is based on Pyramus and Thisbe, and is meant to be a comedy and a tragedy at the same time. One of the actors, Nick Bottom, is afraid that if the make the lion in the play too real, it might frighten the ladies and get them all killed. They finally all agree to meet in the woods outside of the city the next night to rehearse their parts.
Thursday, March 29, 2007
Chinese Civil War
In class, we were told to find out about the Chinese Civil war and then write about it. I am pretty sure we will have to connect this to the book we are reading, The Woman Warrior, in some way.
So the Chinese Civil war started in April 1927 and ended in 1950. This war was between the
Communists on one side, who wanted to make China more like the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union backed the Communists up, and they also had help from many of the poor people that lived in China. On the other side was the Nationalists, they wanted to make China more like the United States and united, not separated. The Nationalists were also called the Kuomintang. They were helped out by the United States and the United Kingdom, and many of the richer people that lived in the cities of China. The Communists were lead by Mao Zedong and the Nationalist were headed by their leader Chiang Kai-shek. In this war, there were over a million casualties through China.
Even though this was a civil war between two Chinese groups, they sometimes helped each other out. AN example of this is when Japan invaded China in World War II. But this was a short period of time and then they continued to go to war with one another. They continued to keep fighting, but eventually in 1949, the Communists ran the Nationalist off of the land that they were occupying, the mainland. The Nationalist then got chased all the way to Taiwan and stayed there. Mao Zedong the named China "the People's Republic of China" and he became the leader. He then died in 1976. Even today, both sides dis-like one another, but they aren't fighting anymore.
So the Chinese Civil war started in April 1927 and ended in 1950. This war was between the
Communists on one side, who wanted to make China more like the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union backed the Communists up, and they also had help from many of the poor people that lived in China. On the other side was the Nationalists, they wanted to make China more like the United States and united, not separated. The Nationalists were also called the Kuomintang. They were helped out by the United States and the United Kingdom, and many of the richer people that lived in the cities of China. The Communists were lead by Mao Zedong and the Nationalist were headed by their leader Chiang Kai-shek. In this war, there were over a million casualties through China.
Even though this was a civil war between two Chinese groups, they sometimes helped each other out. AN example of this is when Japan invaded China in World War II. But this was a short period of time and then they continued to go to war with one another. They continued to keep fighting, but eventually in 1949, the Communists ran the Nationalist off of the land that they were occupying, the mainland. The Nationalist then got chased all the way to Taiwan and stayed there. Mao Zedong the named China "the People's Republic of China" and he became the leader. He then died in 1976. Even today, both sides dis-like one another, but they aren't fighting anymore.
Wednesday, March 28, 2007
Ghost Story
In Class, we started writing down ghost stories. Nothing came to me so I just made up a story that I have heard of. This is a story that has had many different versions, but I put my own little twist on it.
Response to Essential Question #2
I thought this was a funny picture, but it also has a meaning to me. If somebody chooses somebody to live with the rest of their life, wouldn’t they want to find somebody that they enjoy being around and not just have a divorce? Wouldn’t somebody want to take more time in finding somebody they really like than wasting time breaking up with someone? It is another question that I will look at during this semester.
Response to Essential Question #1
This enrty goes with the video below. My essential question is "what is love?" I don't know the answer to this question because I have never had a girlfriend. So I have been asking questions to answer my main question. For this post I am asking the question, does a guy need to do a task to get acceptance. In this example, Bugs takes dance lessons to get Lola's attention. This is sort of a long video but at the end of the video, Bugs gets Lola's attention and they fall in love. I know this usually won't happen in real life, but it is an extreme that could happen once in a blue moon. I basically just saw this video and thought it would fit so I hope it does and enjoy.
Free Post: Uhh Ohh
It all started when I was around five years old. It had just rained in the little town of Olomana. The rain was a thick rain, and was almost sticky. It would grab on to you like linebacker that wanted to kill you. The rain had then passed but the roadways were still wet. I had the great idea to go over to my friend’s house that lived a block away. I wanted to go over to his house because he had all of the good games for Playstation that I didn’t have so I needed to go over.
I didn’t want to walk over to his house (because it was still drizzling) so I had another great idea of having my dad to drive me down on our scooter. He was willing to take me down on the scooter and soon after, we left. Bu this wasn’t one of those razor-push-scooter, ohh no; this was a top-of-the-line-engine-powered machine that would take me briskly to my friends house. So we started down the hill and the first turn was great. Perfect traction, wind blowing in our hair and no slipping. Then came the second turn. This one didn’t go that well. When we were turning, the front wheel had slipped on wet leaf and the tire had slipped out from under us. I had fallen on the gravel, face first, and of coarse my dad fell right on top of me. This had had to be one of the worst feelings that I had ever felt.
My face felt like it was in pieces; I had cuts and brutal scrapes on my arms, legs and torso. My dad, he had no scrapes or cuts. He had me to cushion his fall. And let me tell you, my dad ain’t a small person. I will keep his exact weight under wraps, but just know that he is a big guy. So back to the story, my dad first rushed me home so we could look at the damage. I didn’t hear anything crack on the fall so that was a good thing. Then I was rushed to the emergency room (that is about a block or two away) and taken care of swiftly.
The nurses took care of my mental pain, and the doctors took care of my physical pain. The nurses made sure that I was calm while the doctor did as much as he could to the damages. This fall could of gone a lot worse but I am happy that I was able to walk from the hospital in one piece.
I didn’t want to walk over to his house (because it was still drizzling) so I had another great idea of having my dad to drive me down on our scooter. He was willing to take me down on the scooter and soon after, we left. Bu this wasn’t one of those razor-push-scooter, ohh no; this was a top-of-the-line-engine-powered machine that would take me briskly to my friends house. So we started down the hill and the first turn was great. Perfect traction, wind blowing in our hair and no slipping. Then came the second turn. This one didn’t go that well. When we were turning, the front wheel had slipped on wet leaf and the tire had slipped out from under us. I had fallen on the gravel, face first, and of coarse my dad fell right on top of me. This had had to be one of the worst feelings that I had ever felt.
My face felt like it was in pieces; I had cuts and brutal scrapes on my arms, legs and torso. My dad, he had no scrapes or cuts. He had me to cushion his fall. And let me tell you, my dad ain’t a small person. I will keep his exact weight under wraps, but just know that he is a big guy. So back to the story, my dad first rushed me home so we could look at the damage. I didn’t hear anything crack on the fall so that was a good thing. Then I was rushed to the emergency room (that is about a block or two away) and taken care of swiftly.
The nurses took care of my mental pain, and the doctors took care of my physical pain. The nurses made sure that I was calm while the doctor did as much as he could to the damages. This fall could of gone a lot worse but I am happy that I was able to walk from the hospital in one piece.
Free Post: McMinnville, Oregon
“Wow,” I said walking out of the airplane into the airport lobby with an I-can’t-believe-I-am-actually-here face on at about 11:00 P.M., “this place is so huge”. We were there for the regional tryouts for region 4. Region 4 has about 12 states in it. I first made the state team for my age group (just like all of the other people on my team) and know I am here. My 18 teammates and I grab our luggage, and mine was the easiest to find because it was bright blue like shave ice on a summer day. After we got our luggage we got to stroll through a gigantic revolving door, but that’s not the best part. We had to wait for a long, boring hour.
The bus finally arrived and we boarded the bus. We drove for about 20 minutes to one of the many hotels. We crashed there for a night and ordered some Boston’s Pizza. The next day we took a 2-hour bus ride to McMinnville. For most of the ride I was sleeping and listening to my iPod shuffle, but near the end of the ride we passed something out of the ordinary. It was a huge building with the Spruce Goose in it. The Spruce Goose is huge airplane made out of wood made by Howard Houghes. We only passed by it so I only got a quick glance. Once we got to the actual dorms it was close to 2 o’clock P.M. Then we found out our dorm buddies.
My coach handed out the keys and I found out that I was dorming with Paul and Kody. We were the only boys that had three people in our dorm room. Everybody else had two people per room. Our dorm was also the biggest (because we had more people). Our room had a normal bed and a bunk bed. The bunk bed was kind of scary because the top bunk was only supported by a small piece of plywood. I slept on the bottom bunk.
After we all got settled in our dorm, it was time for dinner. Our coach made us strut in two lines so we looked more “professional”. Once we got into the dining room, I got an orange tray and went for the pizza line. I got a greasy cheese pizza and a side of hot French fries for lunch. I sat next to my team and we looked at our competition.
They all looked huge and strong and very good at soccer. One guy was even staring me down. It was pretty scary because he was like the biggest guy on his team and I am one of the smallest on our team. After dinner was done it was time for some fun soccer practice. We got on the field at around six or seven and went for two hours. We mainly did possession drills and it wasn’t that hard of a practice. After practice we took a short walk back to our cozy dorms and had a good night rest.
The next day we had a big meeting with all of the teams at this camp and the coaches. This meeting was just a welcoming greeting and it took a long time. It was basically the region coaches talking to all of the teams about what could happen if you made the region team. It was kind of boring though. My team was close to the front so I had to make sure that the coaches didn’t see me bored out of my shoes. “Finally,” growled my teammate David, “that’s over. It only took like forever!”
That day we had two more practices, one right after the meeting and another two hours after lunch. Lunch was still the same and had the same old greasy pizza but not the fries this time. “You guy’s can’t be eating all of this junk food. It’s bad for you. Ohh, and no ice cream,” shouted my coach. This didn’t make me angry because at home I only have ice cream like every other week. The other guys on my team were whining and mad about coach’s decision.
That night after our long and arduous practice, my roommates and I played a good game of cards and then it was lights out at 10:00. After we closed the door and had our lights out, we still talked but we stopped playing cards.
The next day was different. We got to have our first game! It was against Arizona. The game was very different from all of my games in Hawaii. There was way more possession on the field and some of the Arizona kids looked as though they could have been playing professional. We didn’t lose that bad though. The final score was Arizona 2, Hawaii 1. We then shook their hands and then had a talk with our coach “You guys had a lot of chances.” my coach went on “ You just can’t put the ball away in the back of the net. I think we should have won that game.”
At lunch again guess what I had? Some grease pizza + a side of salad and three cups of water. We had to stay hydrated so everybody was drinking about that much. The afternoon practice was mainly shooting and dribbling.
A couple of days later something terrible happened. I had a bad case of my asthma. It was in the middle of the New Mexico game so I had to come out of the game and take a couple of blows from my inhaler. Then once I felt better I went back into the game. Then guess what happened. I had another asthma attack. I had to come out again and get a blow of my inhaler. This time the trainer came over to me and asked me if I was all right and if I needed medical attention. I said I was fine but I didn’t go back into that game. The final score of the New Mexico game was, New Mexico 3, Hawaii 2. Our goalie Chris made some bad mistakes and I think the score should have been 2 to 1 us.
Our next game was against Alaska. I thought they didn’t even play soccer up there. I found out that they didn’t only play soccer; I found out that they play soccer well. We played hard this game. We didn’t give up till the whistle blew. The final score was, Hawaii 3, Alaska 1. We celebrated after the game at the dining hall and our coach finally let us have ice cream! But something happened to the ice cream maker so still nobody could have ice cream.
The trip was coming to a close and I had had a great time. We had to wake up at 4 o’clock so we could catch the bus. The bus was 45 minutes late so we almost didn’t make our flight. We ran into the terminal and jumped on the plan. We had a great time in Oregon and I will never forget that experience.
I wrote about this experience because this past week, I just finished up my State try-outs for ODP and it just made me remember about the last trip I went on for ODP. I hope I can make the state team again so I can have more great experiences with my comrades.
The bus finally arrived and we boarded the bus. We drove for about 20 minutes to one of the many hotels. We crashed there for a night and ordered some Boston’s Pizza. The next day we took a 2-hour bus ride to McMinnville. For most of the ride I was sleeping and listening to my iPod shuffle, but near the end of the ride we passed something out of the ordinary. It was a huge building with the Spruce Goose in it. The Spruce Goose is huge airplane made out of wood made by Howard Houghes. We only passed by it so I only got a quick glance. Once we got to the actual dorms it was close to 2 o’clock P.M. Then we found out our dorm buddies.
My coach handed out the keys and I found out that I was dorming with Paul and Kody. We were the only boys that had three people in our dorm room. Everybody else had two people per room. Our dorm was also the biggest (because we had more people). Our room had a normal bed and a bunk bed. The bunk bed was kind of scary because the top bunk was only supported by a small piece of plywood. I slept on the bottom bunk.
After we all got settled in our dorm, it was time for dinner. Our coach made us strut in two lines so we looked more “professional”. Once we got into the dining room, I got an orange tray and went for the pizza line. I got a greasy cheese pizza and a side of hot French fries for lunch. I sat next to my team and we looked at our competition.
They all looked huge and strong and very good at soccer. One guy was even staring me down. It was pretty scary because he was like the biggest guy on his team and I am one of the smallest on our team. After dinner was done it was time for some fun soccer practice. We got on the field at around six or seven and went for two hours. We mainly did possession drills and it wasn’t that hard of a practice. After practice we took a short walk back to our cozy dorms and had a good night rest.
The next day we had a big meeting with all of the teams at this camp and the coaches. This meeting was just a welcoming greeting and it took a long time. It was basically the region coaches talking to all of the teams about what could happen if you made the region team. It was kind of boring though. My team was close to the front so I had to make sure that the coaches didn’t see me bored out of my shoes. “Finally,” growled my teammate David, “that’s over. It only took like forever!”
That day we had two more practices, one right after the meeting and another two hours after lunch. Lunch was still the same and had the same old greasy pizza but not the fries this time. “You guy’s can’t be eating all of this junk food. It’s bad for you. Ohh, and no ice cream,” shouted my coach. This didn’t make me angry because at home I only have ice cream like every other week. The other guys on my team were whining and mad about coach’s decision.
That night after our long and arduous practice, my roommates and I played a good game of cards and then it was lights out at 10:00. After we closed the door and had our lights out, we still talked but we stopped playing cards.
The next day was different. We got to have our first game! It was against Arizona. The game was very different from all of my games in Hawaii. There was way more possession on the field and some of the Arizona kids looked as though they could have been playing professional. We didn’t lose that bad though. The final score was Arizona 2, Hawaii 1. We then shook their hands and then had a talk with our coach “You guys had a lot of chances.” my coach went on “ You just can’t put the ball away in the back of the net. I think we should have won that game.”
At lunch again guess what I had? Some grease pizza + a side of salad and three cups of water. We had to stay hydrated so everybody was drinking about that much. The afternoon practice was mainly shooting and dribbling.
A couple of days later something terrible happened. I had a bad case of my asthma. It was in the middle of the New Mexico game so I had to come out of the game and take a couple of blows from my inhaler. Then once I felt better I went back into the game. Then guess what happened. I had another asthma attack. I had to come out again and get a blow of my inhaler. This time the trainer came over to me and asked me if I was all right and if I needed medical attention. I said I was fine but I didn’t go back into that game. The final score of the New Mexico game was, New Mexico 3, Hawaii 2. Our goalie Chris made some bad mistakes and I think the score should have been 2 to 1 us.
Our next game was against Alaska. I thought they didn’t even play soccer up there. I found out that they didn’t only play soccer; I found out that they play soccer well. We played hard this game. We didn’t give up till the whistle blew. The final score was, Hawaii 3, Alaska 1. We celebrated after the game at the dining hall and our coach finally let us have ice cream! But something happened to the ice cream maker so still nobody could have ice cream.
The trip was coming to a close and I had had a great time. We had to wake up at 4 o’clock so we could catch the bus. The bus was 45 minutes late so we almost didn’t make our flight. We ran into the terminal and jumped on the plan. We had a great time in Oregon and I will never forget that experience.
I wrote about this experience because this past week, I just finished up my State try-outs for ODP and it just made me remember about the last trip I went on for ODP. I hope I can make the state team again so I can have more great experiences with my comrades.
Wednesday, March 14, 2007
Tuesday, March 6, 2007
Family Story Part 2
My dad’s story starts off in John Muir Elementary School. This is just an ordinary school, and had nothing really special about it. But the school was right next to the water in California. Their placement leads them to a huge problem for the school.
My dad had a good friend named Jimmy Scisero and they would always hang out together. They would eat lunch together, play games together and even hang out with each other after school. One day while it was 10 minutes before lunchtime, pirates attacked the school. The jumped threw the windows, broke open the doors and yelled with a pirate “grrrr!” There was even one head pirate with a kitty cat and a wooden arm. They called him “Blue Beard”.
The pirates had all of the kids and faculty cornered in the room, when my dad and his friend, Jimmy, somehow get out of the pirate-infested room. They were on the second floor when the pirates attacked. They ran down the hall as the fuming pirates chased them. They hall way made a right turn and my dad and his friend cut right. Then they saw the stairs about 30 feet in front of them. My dad started to sprint towards the banister as if he was crazed. He leaped off of his feet and went head first down the railing. He looked like a wounded duck flying through the air about to land on the banister. Once he actually touched down on the banister, he skidded down it for about 10 feet and then his movement came to a complete halt when he fell right off of it. He hit the ground like a ton of bricks and was knocked out cold. Jimmy was by his side trying to awaken my dad, when the pirates finally caught up to them.
Blue Beard grabbed Jimmy by the neck and barked, “You and your friend thought you could get away from the great Blue beard, Hahahaha!”
They took Jimmy and my dad back to their pirate ship along with all of the other students and teachers. They hauled them down to the bottom of the ship; this is where all of their captives were. They saw other prisoners that were all old and wrinkly and skin-to-the-bone. They must not have eaten for days because they all had looks of hunger on their faces.
Once all of the students and teachers were put under lock and key. The pirates set sail. My dad finally woke up and he didn’t know were he was. After Jimmy told him what had happened, my dad devised a plan.
“Excuse me, can I go to the bathroom?” my dad mumbled.
The pirate replied with: “Fine, but hurry up!”
My dad went to the bathroom, and closed the door. While he was in there, he carried out his plan. He took apart the toilet, and used all of the plumbing part to make a cannon. He placed the watcha-macall-it with the doo-hikee and it was a working cannon. He hid the cannon under his shirt so the pirates couldn’t see it. Once he got back to the “prison” he told the pirate “all done.”
The pirate closed the door and then locked it. Once the pirate on duty went away, my dad showed everybody his creation. There were a lot of ooo’s and ahhhh’s but still, my dad didn’t know what to do with it. So Jimmy took the cannon, aimed it at the back of the cell, and shot it. Bam! The wood busted open and there was a huge hole in the back of the ship. The whole class jumped out of the ship and swam to shore.
That was the last of the pirates because they died a horrible death because they drowned with the ship. My dad went straight to the hospital to get his head checked and he had a small concussion. My dad was fine after a week and had a great story to tell.
My dad had a good friend named Jimmy Scisero and they would always hang out together. They would eat lunch together, play games together and even hang out with each other after school. One day while it was 10 minutes before lunchtime, pirates attacked the school. The jumped threw the windows, broke open the doors and yelled with a pirate “grrrr!” There was even one head pirate with a kitty cat and a wooden arm. They called him “Blue Beard”.
The pirates had all of the kids and faculty cornered in the room, when my dad and his friend, Jimmy, somehow get out of the pirate-infested room. They were on the second floor when the pirates attacked. They ran down the hall as the fuming pirates chased them. They hall way made a right turn and my dad and his friend cut right. Then they saw the stairs about 30 feet in front of them. My dad started to sprint towards the banister as if he was crazed. He leaped off of his feet and went head first down the railing. He looked like a wounded duck flying through the air about to land on the banister. Once he actually touched down on the banister, he skidded down it for about 10 feet and then his movement came to a complete halt when he fell right off of it. He hit the ground like a ton of bricks and was knocked out cold. Jimmy was by his side trying to awaken my dad, when the pirates finally caught up to them.
Blue Beard grabbed Jimmy by the neck and barked, “You and your friend thought you could get away from the great Blue beard, Hahahaha!”
They took Jimmy and my dad back to their pirate ship along with all of the other students and teachers. They hauled them down to the bottom of the ship; this is where all of their captives were. They saw other prisoners that were all old and wrinkly and skin-to-the-bone. They must not have eaten for days because they all had looks of hunger on their faces.
Once all of the students and teachers were put under lock and key. The pirates set sail. My dad finally woke up and he didn’t know were he was. After Jimmy told him what had happened, my dad devised a plan.
“Excuse me, can I go to the bathroom?” my dad mumbled.
The pirate replied with: “Fine, but hurry up!”
My dad went to the bathroom, and closed the door. While he was in there, he carried out his plan. He took apart the toilet, and used all of the plumbing part to make a cannon. He placed the watcha-macall-it with the doo-hikee and it was a working cannon. He hid the cannon under his shirt so the pirates couldn’t see it. Once he got back to the “prison” he told the pirate “all done.”
The pirate closed the door and then locked it. Once the pirate on duty went away, my dad showed everybody his creation. There were a lot of ooo’s and ahhhh’s but still, my dad didn’t know what to do with it. So Jimmy took the cannon, aimed it at the back of the cell, and shot it. Bam! The wood busted open and there was a huge hole in the back of the ship. The whole class jumped out of the ship and swam to shore.
That was the last of the pirates because they died a horrible death because they drowned with the ship. My dad went straight to the hospital to get his head checked and he had a small concussion. My dad was fine after a week and had a great story to tell.
Sunday, February 25, 2007
Family Story Part 1
“Chris, stop doing that!” My dad yelled as I was sliding down the banister. I was about 8 at the time and didn’t see any harm in going down the railing on the stairs. I thought it was just harmless fun. But now I now what damage it can do after my dad told me his story.
My dad’s story starts off when he was in 3rd grade at John Muir Elementary School. He had a friend named Jimmy Scisero that would go “banister sliding” with my dad at lunch breaks. On one particular day, they were on the second floor and racing to the lunch line, which was on the first floor. So of coarse my dad was sprinting to the banister to slide down. He basically belly floped onto the railing like an over-weighted-penguin-that-had-too-much-to-eat and fell off of the railing onto the first floor. He was knocked unconscious and his wrist was broken.
When he first woke up from being unconscious, he starts yelling and screaming because of all the pain. The principle heard him screaming so the principle called my dad’s mom. My grandma then took my father to my grandfather, because he was a doctor and he could analyze my dad’s injury.
My grandfather figured out that my dad had a broken wrist and his spleen was ruptured. My grandfather then carried my dad to the hospital, which was 2 blocks away. At the hospital, they had to put my dad “under the knife” so they used anesthesia to knock him out. The doctors removed his spleen and put his arm in a plaster cast. My dad was all healed after a couple weeks and everything was back to normal.
The moral behind this story is to not go down the banister, or, to go down the banister and not get hurt. Either way, my dad’s accident was a hard way to teach a lesson.
My dad’s story starts off when he was in 3rd grade at John Muir Elementary School. He had a friend named Jimmy Scisero that would go “banister sliding” with my dad at lunch breaks. On one particular day, they were on the second floor and racing to the lunch line, which was on the first floor. So of coarse my dad was sprinting to the banister to slide down. He basically belly floped onto the railing like an over-weighted-penguin-that-had-too-much-to-eat and fell off of the railing onto the first floor. He was knocked unconscious and his wrist was broken.
When he first woke up from being unconscious, he starts yelling and screaming because of all the pain. The principle heard him screaming so the principle called my dad’s mom. My grandma then took my father to my grandfather, because he was a doctor and he could analyze my dad’s injury.
My grandfather figured out that my dad had a broken wrist and his spleen was ruptured. My grandfather then carried my dad to the hospital, which was 2 blocks away. At the hospital, they had to put my dad “under the knife” so they used anesthesia to knock him out. The doctors removed his spleen and put his arm in a plaster cast. My dad was all healed after a couple weeks and everything was back to normal.
The moral behind this story is to not go down the banister, or, to go down the banister and not get hurt. Either way, my dad’s accident was a hard way to teach a lesson.
Friday, February 23, 2007
Me, Myself and I
When I think of myself, I think of an adventurous, comical, and athletic kid. I search the land in need for something to catch my interests, I crack jokes when the time is right, and I have been playing sports all my life. The main sport I play is soccer. I have been playing for about eleven years and I think I am fairly descent. I have gone to Nationals, been to big tournaments and even lost close games. I am a player, of soccer that is, and I am Chris.
We have to blog, why?
I think we are using the "blog technique" so we have a wider audience. If we post our writings and other things (video, music etc.) we will write differently because we know that others are seeing it, not just our teacher. So our techniques of writing will hopefully get better. It will also be easier for me because when I get home, I go straight to my computer. I have to check my messages, maybe play some games, but now I can go straight to doing homework on the Internet. I also feel like this is safer than a "myspace" or "facebook" because who would want to look at a 9th grade English class, now that I think of it, maybe some nasty perverts will.
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