Friday, September 26, 2008

Dead Spiders!

Hey! I just wanted to do a quick entry to not leave you guys hanging again. It's been a pretty good week. Nothing amazing that I can remember but if there was something it must not have been that important. Oh yeah, we had school pictures Tuesday. Other than that, not much.

Yesterday in science we had a lot of fun. We had a bunch of different labs set up at different tables and it was so cool to see what some stuff did when mixed. We even melted a penny! At the end the teacher had a remote control giant spider and he scared a few people with it. He put it on one girls desk below her papers and when she sat down he moved it. She lifted the papers and then screamed and almost flipped over her desk. Everybody busted out laughing and she was so embarrassed but she was laughing so hard at the same time. It was hilarious.

Oh, the title is because at the end of science today the teacher brought out a box with a dead Tarantula in it. I petted it and one of its legs feel off! Uhoh! It was old though and there were other parts of it in the bottom of the box, lol. It was furry.

Britt Nicole uploaded a better qualty video of "Ready" from the concert I went to over the summer. Here it is. This vid is way better than mine so watch it!


That's pretty much it for tonight. I hadn't heard from Jake since last Sunday but I finally got a short note from him this morning saying he's been busy but he's been doing good. So yay! Haha, that's what worried me the most, wondering how he was doing. So yea, talk to you soon Jakey!

Everyone have a great night (Especially you Jake. You too Gage!)

Clifton

Sunday, September 21, 2008

Pop-Chick!

Yowzers! I haven't updated in a week. Everybody makes mistakes....everybody has those days.....1234!

Today was pretty cool. I had a cold and some sort of weird eye infection earlier this week but they are both pretty much gone now.

This weekend I spent a lot of time working on a new parody. I have been trying to work on it for almost two weeks but I've been busy with the campout and school stuff. But this afternoon I finally released it!

Pop-Chick (Toxic Parody)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0BoR5Al4HYk


Oh, and when i filmed the part laying on the ground (Friday), I got stung by a yellow jacket. It hurt! Before i started filming i saw it flying around me but i just figured it would go away. About half way through filming a felt something start hurting on the back of my leg. I didn't really think about it until i started to pack up my stuff and go inside and then it started really hurting. I HATE BEES! Maybe we should just like take away their stingers and let them go. That way they cant hurt me and can still do whatever bees do. Oh well, it's better now.

Saturday night I went to Olivia's 16th birthday party and it was awesome. Most of our time was spent making Smores and jumping on the trampoline :) Her birthday was last week but her party was saturday. She's a year older than me now :(

Today my aunt and uncle came over and visited with us. I haven't seen them since Christmas so it was nice talking with them.

That's about it for today. Sorry I missed you earlier Jake. If I had known you were on i would have tried to be on too. Oh well, we will try again :) Talk to you later man and everyone have a great night. See ya!

Clifton

Sunday, September 14, 2008

Beach Bum Be Back

YAAAAAAAAAAAAWN! I'm so tired right now. I'm gonna write yawn each time I yawn while updating. Yawn.

This weekend was amazing. I had a blast. So did the guys in the troop. I guess you are probably wondering how it went. Yawn. I guess I should tell you. ;)

BUT FIRST!
When I got home from school Friday I noticed Venetian Princess had posted her video. I checked it and yep, there I was at 0:41! YAY ME! Here is the full video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njyf2WMud_M


Here is a video I made with the full clip I sent to her, lol.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5P2tZHoXP6o&watch_response


If you pay attention to the ending, theres a little bonus in there!

Ok to the campout! I got to the church around 5PM and once all the guys showed up we loaded our stuff onto the short bus and got some stuff from the scout hut and then headed out. We stopped at Wendy's about half way and had supper. We had to pay ourselves this time. We got to camp around 10ish. I decided to sleep in the camper. Actually it wasnt my decision. There were 6 people sleeping in tents, but they brought their own and had already partnered up. It was either try and fit in a tent with them, or sleep with the other guys in one of the ASM's camper, so what do you think i picked? ;) We all went to bed sort of early that night. We road out to the beach on the golf carts just to check it out and then came back to camp. Night night!

Saturday we got up around 7:30 and got ready to head out for breakfast and the "Beach Sweep". We stopped at McDonalds and then went down to the pier where we normally start. We walked down to where there was like a creek and turned ound and came back. Here are some pictures (I had to link them because they were too wide)
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Yes, I edited the troop number and church name out. So excuse the bad spots, lol.

Then we went out and walked on the peir. We saw like 5 sharks swimming around it! Matt found some fish guts and threw them in and we watched and took pictures of the sharks eating it. But then this man walked up to us and told us it was illegal and if we were caught there would be a $450 fine. Wow! So we had to stop. I have a video of it but I don't want to post any "evidence", haha. But I can show you a picture of our guys looking at the sharks!
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After that we stopped at the store at the start of the pier and got something to drink.
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After that we had some free time back at camp so we dug in the sand, played in the ocean, played in both the indoor and outdoor pools, and went on paddly boats, haha. It was a really cool afternoon. Oh yeah and some time in between all that we had pizza for lunch back at camp. At around 4PM we had a meeting about what we were going to do that night. I came up with the idea to go to "Broadway at the Beach" and they all liked it. So that's what we did! When we got there we went to Hard Rock Cafe and ate first. I had some kind of Hickory BBQ Bacon 10oz burger thing. It was really good. One of our leaders told them it was Nick's birthday so when they came out to make him a foil hat he went crazy and accidently knocked his glass over with some kind of fruit drink in it and the glass broke. Oops! They gave him a free refill (new glass) though. He told them it wasnt his birthday but they didnt care. they brought him out front and announced his birthday to everyone and gave him ice cream. Haha! Then they made our guys get up there and do the YMCA dance. I got the whole thing on video, i wish i had a way to post it. I don't want to waste space on my youtube for it. If you want to see it and you know me just email me and ill send it.

After that we split up into groups of like 4 and walked around the broadway area. My group didnt really do much but walk around. We went in this candy store with a bunch of pics of girls posing. We called it the X-Rated candy store. It was hilarous going in there with our scout uniforms. There were girls licking all over chocolate and lollipops. It was hilarious. One sign said "WE HAVE BALLS! Gumballs, lemondrop balls, etc." lol. I bought some kind of sugar powder there. Here is a pic from inside the store:
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Oh, there is this one spot on a bridge with tons or carp so we bought some fish food and threw it in. They all piled up on top of each other to get it. It was hilarious! I have that on video too. Here is a pic of a booth thing right near the walkway, lol.
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When we were done we ran back to meet the guys at the resteraunt and then headed for the bus. When we got back to camp we were all full of sugar so we talked for a while and then went to bed.

Sunday (today) we woke up and packed our stuff up. We went to the chapel service put on by one of the Venture crews and then came back to camp to finish packing and check for trash. We then headed for the flea market!

We stayed there for an hour and only a couple people bought stuff. There wasn't really anything good there. Plus it was soooo hot! Especially when we got back to the bus. We were Roasting! But then the air cooled off and we were headed home. YAY BEACH SWEEP 2008!

Well I need to go email Jake. God this took so long to do. I should have started earlier. Now I only have 10 minutes before 11 and I still have science homework. This sucks. Night everyone!


Clifton

Wednesday, September 10, 2008

Drama Mama

Hey!

Today was pretty cool. It's late so I have to make this quick. Today was a late start day so school didn't start until 10:45AM. Each of my classes were 1hr long, and in between 2nd and 3rd block we had what they call "Advisory Time". It is in our homeroom and I'm guessing its supposed to be something about bettering yourself. It was only 25 minutes long and most of that time was filling out a paper about ourselves. My 2nd block is the same as homeroom so when everyone left after class i stayed sitting there. The teacher kinda looked at me for a second and then she remembered i was in her homeroom, lol. I left my stuff in the room and went to the bathroom. When I came back the room was full of strangers, some I recognized from the first day. The teacher didnt seem to know any of them either, lol. When she was calling role she had no clue how to say the names. She didn't really call me, lol. She just said Clifton and then moved on. Then after class as everyone was walking out she just kinda stood at the door and as i passed she said "Adios Clifton". :p

So after school I went to the first drama club meeting. It was really cool and I saw a lot of people from my P/P class in there. I didn't feel so bad being the new kid because this one girl in my class who is also new was there. We had to join a committee so I joined the one where I saw the most names I recognized, Scenery Committee. I'm guessing they are in charge of making the sets. That really isnt something i am interested in, but i'd rather be in that with people i know than another one with random people.

On the way to the van after school as I was walking on the side walk a truck pulled up in front of me and honked. I didn't look up or anything, i just figured it was some random person. Then as i started to cross the parking lot I heard "Hey there buddy.". I looked up. It was one of my scout leaders, lol. I don't see him that much but he was the one i mentioned in another blog entry that said those nice things at the board of review. We talked for like a minute and then he went into the school. I don't know what he was there for but I know he has a son there. It was cool to see him.

At our scout meeting tonight we talked about Beach Sweep and then met with the OA members and talked about Fall Fellowship. The leader that I saw at school showed up at the meeting tonight. It's always nice to see him there. I know, I'm a suck up :)

Well it's really late now so I gotz to goz! Everyone have an awesome night, especially you Jake!

Clifton

Monday, September 8, 2008

OMG!

Damn! (oopsie!) It's been almost a week since I've updated. Im sooooo sorry to all my readers. I know I've been slacking but I didn't realize my last update was last Tuesday. I'm sorry Jake, no wonder you were concerned about me. I feel like a jerk. I AM ALIVE!

This past week seems to have flown by really fast. I guess maybe because it was a short week. Nothing really too exciting happened that I can remember. Most of my friends are back in school now so I guess it's hectic for everyone trying to get back on schedule.

I've been working on a new video. Here is a preview I released a few days ago:
(Youtube is doing some maintenance. The video may appear to be "no longer available" but check back in a few minutes and it should work)


Haha, yea. By the music I guess you can tell who it's gonna be on.

Who watched the VMAs last night? I DID! All I can say is.....WOW!!!!! What an awesome show. I enjoyed every minute of it.

Congratulations Britney Spears! She won her first Moonman tonight. Her awards included best female video, best pop video, and.... BEST VIDEO OF THE YEAR! I knew she'd win! Go Brit!!!

I also loved Rihanna's performance of Disturbia. When the zombies started to come out I was like, "OMFG! Michael Jackson's back!", haha. But she did great.

My favorite performance of the night was Pink's "So What". I loved how it was like watching a music video. I like when she threw the bottle or whatever through the window and set the store on fire. That was AMAZING!

The only problem I had with it was the "Best New Performer" or whatever it was called. Miley Cyrus or Katy Perry should have won in my opinion. I don't know anything about Tokio Hotel. Well... I guess I do have to respect them because they got me thousands more hits on my "What If" video. In one of their vids on youtube the lead singer played the song and lipsynced to it so that day I had hundreds of people running to my video saying "OMG Bill is awesome! He loves this song!". He must have seen my video, haha. I have over a million hits on that one and it is almost more popular than the official video.

Yea, just thought you might like to know how it went, haha. It was a great event.

Well...since I can't think of anything else I need to go get my shower over with. I sent Jake a pretty long email today. I love writing to him. I know you are wondering, "how could you love typing an email?" but it's true. I guess I just like sharing my life with him because he means so much to me. I know, you are probably sick about hearing about how great he is, but I don't care. He is such an awesome friend and I can't imagine the internet without him, haha. I consider him part of the family and he has invited many times to run away and live with him, lol. If only I could. I could (and have, several times) spend all day daydreaming about what it would be like to live with him, or near him. I'd have to completely change my laidback lifestyle, choice of clothing (NO DUH!), and time management, but it would SO be worth it. I'd give almost anything to be his neighbro. Woah, typo but I like it! He's my neigh-bro!

Everyone have a "razz" night (guess who I stole that word from, hehe). Especially you Jake. Oh and thanks to all you other people that read, it means a lot :)

Your pal,
Clifton

Tuesday, September 2, 2008

That's What You Get...

Dear Journal, (I'm gonna start like this from now on...maybe)

Today was sorta bad. Not awfully bad, but still bad. At school at least. Ok you are probably wondering why. Well let me get other stuff out of the way first.

History class was ok. We watched another movie and did our VHS Log. It was a pretty boring one though because it was just a bunch of pictures with a guy talking. It's old anyways, i liked the DVD's better.

In Spanish she paired us up in groups of three to practice a conversation. When she got to me she pointed me to be with 2 guys behind me. I turned my desk around and one was asleep and the other was talking to someone else. I kinda waited a minute and then I asked if they wanted to go over it. One dude got up and went to the teacher and told her we were ready. She already had another group going first. He came back and I asked again if they wanted to go over it. One of the guy's kinda looked at it and then put it away. The other still was laying his head down. Well, since I couldn't get anything out of them, i looked over it myself. Then she called us out in the hall. I had the first line so I said "Buenos Dias" to one of the other guys and held out my hand to greet him. He just looked at me and said "uhh..what did u say?". We wern't allowed to use English so I just kinda waited on him to say his next line. He pulled out the paper (like we aren't supposed to do) and read it. The teacher gave us another couple of minutes. We tried again. Still, he had no clue what he was doing. Neither did the other guy. I felt so stupid and yet there was nothing I could do about it. She kinda gave us a talk about using our practice time wisely. She have us all a C. Ok here's my anger...

Why the "F" should I get a C because they didn't want to work? I tried to get them involved and practice it but I couldn't make them. They are the ones who sit in the back of the class and don't do anything but talk all class. They don't give a crap about school. And what was she thinking partnering me with them? She knows I participate in class. And with this freakin' grade it will really lower my average and I only have like 7 and a half weeks to make it up. I think this was a test grade too. It is totally not fair. I am so used to getting all A's on my report cards and progress reports. And if this one freakin' grade causes me to get a C.... well I guess I am really hard on myself about my grades. My parents don't push me as hard as I push myself. Honestly, I felt like crying when I saw that grade and knowing there was nothing I could do about it. And now there is no changing it. But I mean, what could I have done? It's not freakin' fair and I'm not putting up with it again. If she does it again I am gonna have to meet with her after class or something. She is one of my favorite teachers there, but that was not fair at all of her to do that to me. So I guess "That's What You Get" when you go to a school with idiots. That made me really miss my old school, and I think that was pretty much the first time I've had a bad day in a while. It pretty much ruined my whole day. God this sucks...

Ok, now that that's over I can move on. Even though I still feel like crying over it :( I'm such a baby.

Lunch was good. I sat with Keenan again and then his sisters joined us. I'm starting to feel more comfortable with them and I guess they are becoming better friends. Like I've said before I'm not used to having to make new friends.

I finished up my testing in the computer lab. When I first got there the door was locked and no one was there so I decided to just go to third block but on my way to D building the computer lab lady, her name is Ms. Webb and I'm not even making that up, came out of the cafeteria. She said she had a meeting that ran over. She was really nice and apologetic. Oh, and she asked me if I wanted to ride the elevator so I was like SURE! It felt like a hotel or something, haha. When I got there I only had 3 questions to finish so she gave me a note and sent me to third block, Drama.

They were acting out their characters we made up a couple days ago. Uhoh! They all had theirs memorized but since I missed class Friday I hadn't looked at mine since Thursday. So as I was taking notes from the other "interviews" I reviewed over my character. Then she called me to be interviewed. Yea, I was nervous. And she said at the end she couldn't tell if it was the character being nervous or actually me. I didn't admit it but it was ME! Yea, I know we've been through a bunch of trust exercises, but I still don't know these kids. They all know each other, but i'm the new kid. I thought I'd feel comfortable because I love Theater, but I guess the crowd (my old school) really did affect my nervousness. To my old music class, I wasn't shy about anything. I was just as outgoing as everyone else. But in this new place, I am really shy, especially when speaking to the entire class. Yea..just thought you should know.

Ok I'm running low on time so I'm gonna skip science. It was an ok class. I got a 102 on my Test! YAY! Any chance those extra 2 points could transfer to my Spanish grade? :p

Tonight was our Court of Honor at scouts. A bunch of guys got rank advancements and merit badges. This was our first COH since Christmas so there was a lot to give out. I earned Life (YAY!) and I also got 5 Merit Badges. Next step...Eagle. Wow, I never thought I'd make it this far. I am so glad I got involved in scouting, I have loved every minute of it. I always look forward to our meetings and most our camp outs. Speaking of camp outs, Beach Sweep may be cancelled. I still paid my money ($40) but they said they will email us if Hurricane Hanna changes our plans. Right now it is supposed to hit the Coast of the Carolina's Friday Morning. We'll just have to wait and see. I think I said that last entry, lol. But anyways, I'm very proud of the guys in our troop for advancing and continuing to stay active.

Well that's pretty much it for tonight. Jake started his schoolwork today and Gage started his new school today as well. Kristian has his first day at his new school tomorrow. Good luck buddy and have a great time! It won't be as bad as you think, trust me. Have fun! Everyone have a great night, especially you Jake.

Sincerely (NOT!),
Clifton

Monday, September 1, 2008

Hurricane Gustav

Hey everyone!

It's been a few days since I last updated. Hello September! Happy Labor Day!!! No school today, heck yea!

As you all know, Hurricane Gustav has been threatening the Caribbean area for the past several days. Today it made landfall in Louisiana but has now weekend to a Category 1 Hurricane. There still have been several deaths and injuries involved with this storm so my prayers go out to all the families and victims who have been harmed by this storm. And Hurricane Hanna is on her way right behind it. They say it is supposed to head up the Carolina coast this coming weekend, which is when we are supposed to have our Scout trip to the beach. I hope they don't cancel. Hopefully they just reschedule it or something. But who knows, they could have been wrong on their predictions of where Hanna is heading. I guess we just have to wait and see what it does.

Friday I started on a family project with taking a bunch of our old family photos and scanning them onto my computer to back up on CD or on a Flash Drive. So far I am about half way done. Here is a video I made with pics of me when I was a kid, haha!



I miss being a kid!

This weekend I also announced the winners to my Titanic video contest:
1st - xxkeelimexx
2nd - LeoFan4Life
3rd - Splee3311

Congratulations!!!! And also a big thanks to everyone else who entered.

I got to chat with Jake last night and it was really good to talk with him. It's been a few days since I had heard from him so I was anxious to talk to him, haha. I really wish we could be friends in person rather than online. It's hard to keep up with each other online but if we were friends in real life I'd probably be involved in everything he is so we'd pretty much be with each other all day. He might would get sick of me but oh well! :p We are like brothers anyways (like I have said many times before), so we are close no matter how far away we are because he is so awesome like that! Thanks for being my friend for so long, you have made my life twice as cool, haha. You rule!

Well that's about it for my weekend. Back to school tomorrow. Awwwww! Do I have to? Oh well, it's a short week and might be going to the beach Friday so it's all good! Everyone have a great night! Especially you Jake. Oh and my other readers. Let's see.... Scooby, Kristian, Gage, Danny (thanks for the guestbook comment!), and ummmm.... YOU! :)

See ya,
Clifton