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Realizing that BZP could be offline for a great deal of time, I have decided to begin blogging by sending myself e-mails containing blog entries. These e-mails, once BZPower is back online, will be posted on my blog as entries. And my, did I pick an excellent time to begin blogging this way. First you must know that my father is originally from India, but has extended family all over the world, including (but not limited to) London, Dubai, and America. Well, yesterday at approximately five o'clock P.M., three of my relatives flew into an airport in Florida (exact airport excluded for security reasons). At nine-thirty this morning, my father picked up us kids and brought us to his apartment to meet them for the first time in at least eight years. For security reasons, I will now assign my relatives aliases based on their names. My aunt shall be Rose, my female cousin Bauble, and my male cousin Chocolate. This is the first time in eighteen years that Rose and Bauble have come to America, and Chocolate's very first visit ever. Today, we only socialized and met each other. However, tomorrow begins the barrage of outings planned as my father shows his relatives the wonders of Florida. The list of destinations includes: Disney's Magic KingdomDisney's E.P.C.O.T.Disney's Animal KingdomM.O.S.I. (Museum of Science and Industry)Busch GardensSea World Only one of us kids can tag along on each trip due to space restrictions. I will be going to M.O.S.I. tomorrow. Ah! I almost forgot. My aunt brought each of us gifts from London. Each of us received various fine chocolates and T-shirts, but I believe I received the best gift of all: Glatorian Legend Gelu! Since I got Kiina at the beach house, Gelu was the only non-vehicle-accompanying Glatorian I did not own. Woo! On that happy note, I leave you until next time!
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Home at last! We got home from the beach house around 10:40 this morning.
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I finally actually went to the beach. I would have gone earlier, but the swimsuit that fit me a month ago was suddenly too small.
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...so, of course, we're turning right back around and heading to church for the final VBS performance.
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Woo! I'm at the beach house, and it is seriously awesome this year. The guest list is longer than ever, and the house is big enough to accommodate, sporting two floors and three large bedrooms. The guest list is as follows: -My mom -Me -My brother -My sister -My grandmother -My uncle -My two aunts -My two cousins -My dog -My grandmother's dog The best part? I have most of the bottom floor (which is just a "rec room") to myself for sleeping and building (Of course I transported my entire disassembled Bionicle collection!). Almost as good is the fact that, unlike every other year, this house has free wireless internet access, so I can keep all of my faithful readers (if there are any) updated. Tonight, we just arrived and my aunt flew in from California.
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Today I realized that I never blogged what this week's $20 contest theme was. This week's theme is unique in two ways. Firstly, it is broken up into two parts. The first part of the contest ended on Sunday, and the theme was to come up with ways to teach songs to kids. This contest stems from the fact that every night this week we are attending VBS, and my mom is teaching the music portion. For those who don't know, VBS stands for Vacation Bible School. It's for kids K-8 grade. Being in transition between ninth and tenth grade, I'm just helping out by running the lyrics on the projectors when the songs are playing (that's where I am right now). Anyway, the second unique aspect of this contest was that the first part had no clear winner - participants receive $2 per idea used. The second part of the contest is due on Friday (as usual), and concerns next week's activities. Every year my family rents a house by the beach, and we stay there for a week. The theme of the second part of the contest is to come up with something to do during beach week that WE HAVE NEVER DONE BEFORE. This is quite a feat considering how many years beach week has been a tradition - I can hardly remember a year we've gone without. So, that's this week's themes.
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I'm back home and just $25 away from the G1. I had $45 and get $30 for my grades. So I just need to clean Rosie's cage and mow the lawn.
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I'm going to Orlando this evening when my mom picks me up. I mentioned that my mom went to an AVID conference in Orlando; I'm just going to join her. I'll still be able to blog from there (they have free internet access). Don't forget to watch for opportunities for Grammar Points!
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So, my mom is going to Orlando until Tuesday for an AVID conference (she's a teacher). Before she left, I grilled her about ways to make money. She gave me three possibilities: -Clean Rosie's (the guinea pig's) cage: $5 -Prep the garage for cleaning: None, but clears the way for making money actually cleaning the garage when she gets back. -Nitpick: $10 per hour. Most of you are probably raising your eyebrows at the third option. No, my mother does not mean nagging, she means literally picking nits. Nits, for those that don't know, are lice eggs. My younger sister recently acquired lice. Though the lice have been eradicated, the nits remain. Nits must be slowly, laboriously, time-consumingly picked to remove them from hair. My mom hates lice, so she decided to pay me $10 per hour of nitpicking. In fact, she hates them so much, that she has offered to simply buy the phone for me if I manage to remove every nit from my sister's hair. Wish me luck.
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Went to bed around midnight. Woke up at two in the morning. Went back to bed. Woke up again at ten in the morning. Went to church. Came home. Blogged. So, that's my day so far. But yesterday was much more interesting. You see, my mom is somewhat technologically impaired. That, coupled with a slight scatterbrain, has resulted in her being unable to properly use and keep track of a cell phone. Nine times out of ten, if you gave my mom a call on her cell phone, she wouldn't answer it. Sometimes it's lost, sometimes it's out of charge, sometimes it's out of minutes (it was a pay-per-minute phone) - so on and so forth. Starting about a year ago, my mom decided to begin integrating more technology into our lives (more specifically, hers) in order to become more up-to-date. The most noticeable effect of this decision, until yesterday, was her acquiring a laptop. However, yesterday, my mother finally decided to remedy her phone situation, and bought a T-Mobile G1, and a plan to go with it. For those that don't know, I'm the opposite of my mother in that I love technology. So, of course, I fell in love with the G1. My mom has agreed to add me to her plan as soon as I have enough money to buy the phone for myself. The G1 costs $100. I already have $40, $20 from mowing the lawn and $20 from doing some computer work for my mom. My goal is to get the G1 before July 11, or, failing that, simply before summer ends. But preferably before July 11.
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Went to the school tonight and saw the play. It was okay. Not my kind of story. Not that I had the option to stay behind.
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The winner was Kelly Park. I'm disappointed that it wasn't Typhoon Lagoon, but I'm not complaining too much; Kelly Park seems like a really cool place. The next theme is to pick the coolest place or activity that begins with Q, X, or Z. If anyone has any ideas for this, shoot them my way.
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The contest has been narrowed down to four entries based on popular vote: -Kelly Park, a tubing adventure with rock climbing on the side. -Segway riding, 'nuff said. -Go-Kart Racing, again, 'nuff said. -And yes, Typhoon Lagoon made it into the top four. The votes are all in, but my mother has ultimate power over the winner. The results will be announced within the hour. I hope it's Typhoon Lagoon, but I wouldn't mind Kelly Park (one of my brother's entries).
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My sister got tired of waiting and coerced me into playing Dicecapades with her. It's a fun game (I won) with a lot of cool challenges. I think my favorite was when I had to roll 18 standard dice until they added up to 72 or more - in 30 seconds. Somewhat more interestingly, immediately following the game, we discovered a frog on our floor. I haven't the froggiest idea (ha-ha) of how it managed to get in, but it did.
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So, I've decided to begin the reactivation of my blog by simply posting entries again. So, today is Friday, June 26. Not too much is happening today. My brother left at 10 a.m. with a friend, he'll be there until 4 p.m. There are two things I'm really looking forward to today: -The end of this week's contest. - Playing Dicecapades. I'll start with the first one. On Monday of this week, my mother announced that this week and each week of summer break hereafter, a contest would be held. The theme and objective would be different each week, and the winner of each contest (either by popular vote or mother's choice) would receive $20. For those who don't know, I have a 10-year-old sister and a 13-year-old brother that will be competing with me (I'm 15 years old). The contests open and close Friday nights at 8 p.m. This week's theme was to create a plan for a two-day trip. The destination could be anywhere in Florida (that's where I live), and you had to plan everything - times, cost, a hotel stay (if your trip takes two days; one-day trips are permitted). My entries (you can have as many as you like) are both one-day trips, one a plan for Blizzard Beach and the other for Typhoon Lagoon, both Disney water parks in Orlando. I suspect that I am not the only one that came up with these parks; investigation has revealed that all three of us have at least one 1.5-hour trip to Orlando as one of our entries (the parks take roughly 1.5 hours to get to from where we live). My brother mentioned that of his four entries, only two are good. My sister also has two entries. We'll find out tonight. Playing Dicecapades is the lesser item on the list, only there because we've owned it for almost a week and haven't played it. The game contains 133 dice of varying shapes, size, and colors, which you use to complete challenges and activities as you move around the board. Before I wrap up this blog entry, I'd like to reintroduce the Grammar Points system. If a reader ever spots a grammatical error in one of my entries, they will be awarded Grammar Points, and their name will be placed in a special content block along with the number of points they've earned. Spelling errors are worth one point each, and other errors will be worth two or three (depending on the individual error). I'll come up with awards eventually, but for now, good luck!
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Mornin', everyone. Not much going on today. My uncle's paying me a visit this afternoon to 'punch out' my room. For those that don't know, that's construction slang for 'add finishing touches to.' You see, I live in my mom's garage. No, seriously. Two years ago (roughly), my uncle built a simple room in the garage, and I moved into it. So, my uncle's coming over today to do some painting, caulking, and possibly wooden flooring. This process will probably last until the end of the week. So until then, where do I sleep? Also, for the record, I am fourteen years old. I'm allowed to live in my mom's garage with no harm done to my nonexistent social status.
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Well, it's been quite some time since I posted an entry here. I plan to start blogging more often, and give my blog a theme. Anyway, here's a quick list of interesting things that have happened since I last blogged. A parent-teacher conference was held at my school Thursday night. My mom went with me, and I got positive comments all around. My mom tried to enroll me in AP Chemistry, and found that (as I told her) I have to take Chemistry Honors first.My mom got sick on Monday. She hasn't worked since then. It's a condition her grandmother had that has lain dormant in her for the past 29* years. So now she has to take about six pills a day, and gets both tired and thirsty very quickly.My mom finally decided to repair the dent in her rear bumper she got over a year ago when she backed into a truck. Of course, the truck was left unscathed.I've been playing Heroscape even more. Actually, I just suffered a miserable defeat at my younger brother's hands. Again, if you play Heroscape, let me know. I plan to make my blog more interesting soon. Stay tuned, folks!
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DATE LOG: 01.11.09 at 1023 Hours Initiating standard conversation module... ...module initiated. -------------------- So, last night. We didn't go to my uncle's because my mom wasn't feeling well. However, my friend did stay ridiculously late - it was around midnight before we dropped him off at his house. We played three games of Heroscape total. My brother and I on a team defeated my friend in the first game - well, actually, he surrendered, but we were killing him anyway. In the second game, it was a three-way free-for-all, but my friend and brother teamed up on me anyway, so I lost. We didn't get to finish the final game, but I won since I had more points left. So, two out of three - not bad. Nothing has really happened yet this morning. I woke up around 9:43 a.m. because I stayed up so late last night. I'll keep you posted if anything new happens. -------------------- Standard conversation module deactivated. -Unit #CRKK- Vahki Commander Vahki Command Code: 3262 Forum Division Zone: 2 Staff of Suggestion
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DATE LOG: 01.09.09 at 1107 Hours Initiating standard conversation module... ...module initiated. -------------------- This morning, I had what might be referrred to as an unsettling experience. First, some background information: As you know, my mom works as a teacher. Over winter break, the school secretary asked my mom to babysit her dogs. My mom accepted. We still have the dogs - they haven't been picked up yet. The dogs are chihuahuas, and there are six of them: Two adults and their four puppies. Here's a family roster: Copper: The male adult of the chihuahuas, copper is extremely sociable once he gets to know you. He can stand up on his back legs for short periods of time. Copper is a solid brown color.Penny: The protective female adult and mother of the puppies. She's more outgoing than Copper, but less in-your-face enthusiastic when she's your friend. Penny's fur color is identical to Copper's.Diego: The youngest and largest of the puppies, Diego has cream-colored fur and a pure white mark on his forehead. When he was younger, he took advantage of his size and bullied the other puppies, but is now much more relaxed. Diego is my mom's favoite puppy.Puggy: Puggy's fur is an almost orange brown, and, as his name suggests, has a face that looks very much like a pug's (sans the hyperactive pant). Puggy is the most widely favored of the puppies - he is the favorite of my brother, one of his friends, and two of my friends. Puggy is the most laid-back of the puppies.Pumpkin: Nobody is sure why Pumpkin is called Pumpkin, but she is known for getting a disturbing, manic look in her eye that will cause her to do crazy things - such as jump off the couch or sleep in a basket. Once, when Penny was wagging her tail in front of Pumpkin, Pumpkin would snap at it every time it went past her - and miss. Pumpkin is the slimmest puppy and sports fur that is a mixture of black and tan.Midnight: Midnight is my personal favorite of the puppies. In contrast to the healthy Diego, Midnight sports a black coat and could be referred to as the runt of the litter. Already the weakest of the puppies, Midnight aquired an eye infection at a very early age. These two factors lead up to her getting less food from Penny. Today, all three factors came to a head. When we found Midnight this morning, she was completely motionless, legs sprawled, barely breathing. It was very clear that she was close to death. She wouldn't open her mouth for us to hand-feed her. Panicking, my mom called my grandmother, who used to own a farm and - while not a qualified veterinarian - knows a great deal about animals. I honestly don't know what she did when she arrived, but she soon had Midnight drinking milk from a dropper. I was relieved. From what I can tell, Midnight is going to live. My grandmother was going to take her to the veterinarian's office once it opened. Besides this morning, today has gone fairly well. In first period, a guidance couselor cam in to talk to us about planning for college, as she has once a month since September. In Algebra II, we reviewed last night's very easy homework and then had a quiz on what we've covered since January 6th. I'm pretty sure I aced it. In third period, we turned in our homework and reviewed what we've been learning this week. Now in fourth period, we had a very easy test on what we've covered since the sixth, which I passed with a 100%. Yesterday, I massacred my friend in Heroscape. It was pathetic. If anyone here plays Heroscape, let me know. I'm going to end this entry now. I should be able to make an evening entry tonight. -------------------- Standard conversation module deactivated. -Unit #CRKK- Vahki Commander Vahki Command Code: 3262 Forum Division Zone: 2 Staff of Suggestion
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DATE LOG: 01.10.09 at 1422 Hours Initiating standard conversation module... ...module initiated. -------------------- Midnight is alive. When my grandmother took her to the vet's office yesterday, she discovered that Midnight had been in what's called a diabetic coma. Essentially, Midnight has low blood sugar. Right now, Midnight requires constant supervision and has to be fed every two hours. We also discovered that Midnight has a condition that causes her eyes to be two different sizes. The chihuahuas are being picked up tonight. My grandmother is considering adopting Midnight. In other news, today has been fairly uneventful. We were going to attend her school's Family Fun Fest, but she isn't feeling well right now, so we skipped it. In about an hour, maybe two, another friend of mine will be visiting. We plan to play Heroscape and Super Smash Brother Brawl. If anyone reading this plays either game, let me know. For the game of Heroscape, my brother and I will be teaming up against our friend. However, he gets a bigger army than we do combined, so it should be fairly even. Later tonight, we may or may not head over to my uncle's house for Lohri. Lohri is an Indian holiday to celebrate the new year, but we really just use it as a chance to build a bonfire with our Christmas tree. Because that's what we do - build a Christmas tree-fueled bonfire, eat hot dogs, roast marshmallows, and generally have a good time. Adding any part of a Christmas tree to a fire is like pouring gasoline on it - our fires have gotten quite tall. That's all for now, folks. If anything interesting happens, I'll keep you posted. -------------------- Standard conversation module deactivated. -Unit #CRKK- Vahki Commander Vahki Command Code: 3262 Forum Division Zone: 2 Staff of Suggestion
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DATE LOG: 01.07.09 at 0638 Hours Initiating standard conversation module... ...module initiated. -------------------- Another day, another morning. I always have a lot of free time in the mornings. You see, I wake up around 4:45 a.m., and school doesn't start until 7:26. On top of that, my school is across the street, and it takes me just five minutes to get there. So, lots of free time. Because of this, I'm going to try to make an entry every morning and afternoon. The morning entry will detail the previous evening's activities (post-afternoon entry) and the afternoon entry will concern school and anything else I feel like talking about. So, last night, almost immediately after I finished my afternoon blog entry, my family arrived home. My mom works as a middle school teacher about forty-five minutes away from home, and my brother attends that school. Depending on what after-school activities/seminars/trainings/etc. are taking place that day, they can arrive home anywhere between 4:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. Most often, it's around 5:30p.m. or 6:00 p.m. Anyway, once they got home (with my sister in tow, as usual; she stays at my grandmother's house after school until my mom picks her up), we devoured the pizza my mom brought, then my brother and I decided to finish the game of Heroscape we had begun the day before. Heroscape is a very fun strategy game created by Hasbro. For more information, just Google Heroscape and the official website will pop up. If anyone that reads this plays Heroscape, please let me know. Playing against and discussing with my brother gets old after a while. Once the game was finished (I won, hurrah) the evening wound down. We watched Singing in the Rain, and my mom tried her best not to fall asleep. She's always exhausted after school, a combination of a lack of sleep and hard work. I need to wrap up this blog entry now so that I can ready myself for school. Remember, the Grammar Points system is still in place: Any grammatical errors you spot in my entries will earn you points. -------------------- Standard conversation module deactivated. -Unit #CRKK- Vahki Commander Vahki Command Code: 3262 Forum Division Zone: 2 Staff of Suggestion
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I am stuck on BIONICLE: The Game, and I was wondering if I could get some help... (my blog seemed like the best place to put this...). Click the thumbnail below to see the full image. Does anyone know how to get past?
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I got the blue screen of death today! ......
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The examinations are done,now I can come over for a month Guess you're all stuck with me now The points where great,72,9%,that's good for the 2nd year of secondary school!The good thing about the not-going-to-BZP problem is that we didn't get the Virus!Very sad for you all,I know the horror of it. Christmas is almost starting!I'm afraid that means my 1-year Premier membership is almost over too,but I'll ask my parents if I can get a lifetime Pr.-Membership.I recently bought the Spiderman 3 game for PC,but it isn't working already :angry: But I shouldn't complain,I'm back to a place where I like to be! KONGu-nUPARU
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Today i had my first lesson of English! I learned stuff like:What did you say?I'm sorry,could you repeat that?Pardon?Hello,i'm Konguparu,and i'm from Belgium. Stuff needed for communication... ... I'm speaking on this forum for more then a year!!This is gonna be such an easy year!The only words i have problem with,are not useful words,like flippers.
