Clifton's Blog

Wisdom Teeth Removal (The Experience)

2009-06-13T22:59:00.002-04:00

Howdy,

Sorry for the long outage. Been busy with school, scouts, YouTube, and other stuff. But I wanted to update about something. I guess you can tell by the title I recently (yesterday) got my wisdom teeth extracted (4 of them). I figured I would update and tell you about the experience.

First off, I was nervous about the whole thing. I was scared that either they weren't gonna drug me enough or I would die during surgery. Hey u can't blame me.

So yesterday I got to the oral surgeon at about 8:40AM. We almost had to reschedule because my mom let me have a little black coffee that morning because I was really thirsty. But after slightly lying about me only taking a few sips we got past the nurse. They said they would put some nausea stuff in my IV to help. So we sat in the waiting room while I watched the Black Eyed Peas perform on some news program. Then the dreaded moment... "Clifton? Are you ready to come back?" My mom stayed there while the nurse walked me back to a room. I sat down in a dentist chair whle she made me verify my birthday and reason for surgery. Then I had to get weighed (129 pounds) and then I sat back down. She put a blood pressure thing on my arm and stuck two stic ky wire things to my chest and one to my side. The heart monitor started beeping. That kinda calmed me down a little because I knew I was being monitored. She lied the chair back and asked me if I had ever had laughing gas before. I said no and she told me it will make me feel a little bit dizzy and floaty and giggly. She then put a mask over my nose and told me to take deep slow breaths. I closed my eyes at that point because I really didn't want to see anything. Well, I kept breathing but didn't notice anything but my heart monitor thing started beeping faster. I guess I was just nervous. Then the doctor came in and asked how I was doing and I said good. He asked me if I was feeling the gas yet and I said no. He kind of paused and then said to keep taking deep breaths. He put a rubber band around my arm and then told me I would feel a slight pinch. It wasn't that bad. But as I layed there I was wondering why I didn't feel high or why I wasn't asleep. I did little movements to try and let them know I was still conscious. But about 30 seconds later I guess I was out of it. I woke up in a different room in a bed. My mouth was full of gause and it was numb. My mom was in there and I tried to talk to her but I guess I couldn't be understood with a mouth full of cotton. I was fully aware though, and still didn't see any effects of the laughing gas. A nurse came in and told my mom to pull around back. She then walked me out to the car (even though I could walk fine) and we went home.

The rest of the day went pretty fine. The numness started to subside and I took my anti-infection medicine and my pain medicine. The first time I took them I was fine, just slept most of the time. The second time wasn't so good. I threw up at about 8:20PM and again at about 10:30PM. I felt horrible.

This morning I woke up with little pain and actually felt normal. The only problem I had was when I tried to eat beanie weenies and tasted blood but other than that I was fine. I am feeling a little pain right now but just took some Aspirin and feeling better. I didn't swell that much at all but can still feel a little pressure.

So overall, not as bad as I thought. If you have to go through this don't worry yourself so much. I was scared to death when I shouldn't have been. The worst part is after the surgery but even that isn't too ba. You will live. :)

So yeah, just wanted to get that recorded for you. Make sure to keep checking my youtube because I'm more accurate with updating that. I'm also on twitter (I'm addicted) so check that out at http://www.twitter.com/Slyth66 .

Have a great......time until my next update, lol.

Love yall,
Clifton

Not so sweet 16...

2009-05-08T17:37:00.002-04:00

Hi Everyone!

I told you I would update again! Actually a lot has been going on, but I wanted to wait until it was all over before I updated. I'll go in the order that the events occured.

This Monday (5/4/09) I got an email from one of my scout leaders. It was telling us that one of our leaders had passed away that morning. I was shocked. He has had heart trouble for a while, and was in the hospital, but last I heard he was doing fine. They told us that the funeral was not yet planned but they would like us to attend. I felt bad for his son, who is 12 and also in my troop. I can't imagine what he is going through. This guy was a newer leader, so I hadn't known him too well personally aside from the occasional troop related stuff. But still, this is the closest person to me that has died in the past 8 years.

I got an email on Tuesday that the visitation service would be Wednesday night from 6-8 at the chapel in the funeral home. I've never been to one, so I didn't know what to expect.

So when Wednesday came along, I was very nervous. I didn't want to do anything disrespectful or embarassing. I got to the scout hut and was relieved to see other guys wearing jeans with their class A. We just talked outside for a few minutes until the bus came and we got on. Everyone seemed in a good mood, which I was thankful for. I didn't want to get to scouts and all the guys be upset, because I didn't feel that way. I mean, yes I respected him and yes I was sad for his family, but it didn't hit me too hard.

Anyways, on the way there, we rode by an ambulance. It didn't have it's lights on so I didn't really pay much attention to it. But then I noticed something once it passed by. There was an old lady in the back, alone in the bed with the light on over her. Her eyes were closed and her mouth was open. She was pale, thin, and lifeless... Tucker also noticed her. I think we were the only ones. Then we passed again and saw the same image. Honestly, that wierded me out more than the actual service. It was just unexpected and I wouldn't have thought that you could see in the back window, but we did.

When we neared the funeral home everyone was silent. One of our leaders talked to us and said how much Mr. Hyatt cared about us and how he respected us, and we should do the same for him. We got off the bus, checked our uniform, then approached the building double file. There were a group of people outside talking and laughing and as we approached they stopped and watched us. We were pointed to a door on the far end of the chapel, and a man greeted us and showed us in. We we entered the chapel to find several people sitting in the pews. We were led up to the choir stands, and sat together as a group. The man leading us jokingly said "ok, all of the tenors here, altos here, and supranos here". He then told us how honored the family feels to have us there and that what we were doing in scouting was one of the best things you can do for yourself as a young boy.

We sat and talked quietly. They were dismissing the people to go into the room by rows. One of our leaders came over and told us that it was open casket. I kinda expected it, but was still unnerved by it. He asked if any of us had to go to the bathroom and Tucker, Nick, and I went. We exited the chapel room and found the bathroom. We walked in, only to be greated by Christian, Mr. Hyatt's son, at the sink. We said hey to him. We were all uncomfortable, not knowing what to say. We definitely were not expecting him to be in there. He asked jokingly if we came there on a field trip and I told him how we met at the scouthut and came as a group. Soon after he left, and then we headed back to our seats.

When it was finally our turn to go to the room with the body, they dismissed us by row but all together. We joined a line in the hall and looked at several pictures of Mr. Hyatt and his family. It made me think again about his son and how he was dealing with it. As we moved forward, I could see into the room. The open casket was the main focus, up against the back wall suurounded by reefs and plants. All I could see was the face, but even that was hard to look at. We contuned to progress forward and entered the room and were watched by the members of the family. When we got to Christian some of his friends talked with him and he was being his normal self. That's good. Maybe he is handling it better than I had thought. Then we passed Mrs. Hyatt, his wife. She gave us each a hug and told us how proud Mr. Hyatt was of us and how pleased he would be to see us here. Then, there was the body. I cannot think of any words to describe it, but lifeless. Well a lifeless dead body, no-duh. But he looked paler than the average person would look. He had no movement whatsoever. It reminded me of a movie prop, made to look like a person. I only glanced at him, because I didn't feel I was ready to stare. But what I saw was enough. I had a few flashbacks in the next few seconds as I passed of his voice, his face looking at me, his eyes. That was probably the hardest part. But once we walked out we waited for the rest then joined back on the bus.

It was an experience I won't ever forget. I have never seen a dead body before. It wasn't scary, but I was just nervous. Now that old lady in the ambulence, THAT was scary.

Ok, now that the sad part is over...YESTERDAY WAS MY 16TH BIRTHDAY! Wohoo! I got my gifts Wednesday after the funeral because I didn't want to get up early. I was surprised for sure. No, it wasn't because of the card, or mousepad, or Hannah Montana Movie, it was the phone. FINALLY! I got my own cellphone. And I won't ever have to pay for it, wellk until I move out of course. Free internet, free text, and free minutes for me. YAY! I only have 3 peoples numbers in so far, but I will get more. I took it to school today but was SOOO careful. I don't want it taken away. The only time I pulled it out was when I showed Olivia at lunch, lol.

After school today we had a Drama Club meeting to help out with the pricing for our yard salE tomorrow morning. I don't think I will stay the whole time (6am - 12:30pm), but I'm planning to come from 10 - 12:30. It will get me thespian points and plus I need to keep in contact with my drama teacher because I'll have her again next year.

That's about it for this entry. It's kind of long but these were very big events in my life that I had to record while I remember them exactly. Other than that, everything is normal. We had a parents meeting last night for the Europe Trip in 2010 that my mom and I went to. I'm really excited about going.

So yeah, that's about it!

Everyone have a great weekend!

Clifton

PS: I just remembered, I'm a finalist in the Danimals Video Promotion contest! One of 10! The finalists videos will be voyed on by Dylan and Cole Sprouse and the winner will get a trip to Los Angeles to meet them AND 10,000 dollars! I WANNA WIN! :)

Distant Update....JEANIE BREAK!

2009-04-30T22:02:00.002-04:00

Over a month....Wow!

I guess I can blame it on school, homework, YouTube, and laziness all in one. I haven't found the time to just sit and write. I'm not much of a writer anyways. Sure I like to get things off my mind but I also don't like feeling like something is a waste of time. The main reason for this "Journal" as I call it was for me to be able to look back on my past later in life. Important events, lessons learned, and memories I want to cherish forever. Over time, it has become a place to communicate with my friends and let them in on my life. But now, as far as I know, I only have 2 regular readers. I tried to connect this with my YouTube, but didn't seem to pick up any new readers. Do I want to give it up? Of course not! But I need to find a way to keep it alive and keep my interest. Any suggestions.

A lot has happened this past month as I think back. HSAP Testing, Parents calling cops on brother (Wouldn't come in the house, so the cops came to talk to him about responsibilities and respecting parents rules), YouTube videos (over in the sidebar ---->), and I guess a lot more than I can't think of.

School was ok for a while, stress-free again. But now, my English teacher is trying to load us down again, and I am failing math. Yes, this time actually failing. Last quarter my grade in there was a 96. Now, I have a feeling it will be 60s - 70s. I'm hoping I am forgetting about some grades that will bring it up. I missed 3 days of class because of HSAP testing, and since I was the only 10th grader in that class, she didn't go back and reteach. She gave me a paper with notes on it, yeah like that will really help me. But when I think about it, I don't know if that is the only reason. I had trouble understanding the previous lesson, and made an 88 on the quiz. But to make that I had to understand something. But a 60 on my last test, that makes me feel horrible. We are able to do "Rebates" and get a few points back, but not enough to make me pass. I've never made that low on a test in any class. Math is usually my best subject too. Progress reports come out next week, and I really don't want to see what my grade is.

Speech is still fun. We have had a sub all week though. I don't like him. He's too laid back. He puts his feet up on the teacher's desk and texts in class. I miss Ms. Nelson, ready for her to be back.

(JUST TOOK A BREAK TO WATCH I DREAM OF JEANIE ON YOUTUBE)

The Webelos moved up Wednesday and are with us visiting until they join the troop. There are about 6 guys. They seem to have potential.

There was a troop campout that I skipped this past weekend. We went on the same thing last year and I had already gotten the patch they went for.

I'm also going to not go to summer camp this year. They only have one thing I need (swimming) and I don't want to go just for that. Besides, I want to look for a job.

OH YEAH!
I may POSSIBLY be going to Europe in 2010!!! There is a school trip and my history teacher is leading it. They are taking a group of 40 kids to London, France, Rome, Switzerland, and Florence for 12 days in the summer. It is 4,000 dollars but my mom said if I worked for it, she would pay for the rest. I have always LOVED to travel, and Europe was the #1 place on my list. This may be the only opportunity I have to go for decades.

There is an issue though. Its the week right before the National Jamboree with scouts... Something I've looked forward to for 5 years. I went in 2005 and loved it so much. Ever since then I have been dreaming of the day I go back. And of course, Jake and I had talked about maybe meeting up there if we had the chance.

Well, I may have to drop it once I make a final decision on this trip. I mean, I would love to go back to Washington, but I don't know if I could pass up an opportunity like this.

I'll get more info to you as it comes in and let you know about my decision.

Well, I'm gonna go and take a shower. I have a research paper (6-8 pages) due Tuesday for our rough draft, and I haven't started. I have all the info though, I just haven't pieced it together. Ahh, I'll do it tomorrow, lol.

Have a great night. I'll update when I feel something important enough comes up to write about. Until then, I hope everyone is well! Especially you Jake (talk to ya this weekend maybe).

-Clifton

A Cyber Weekend

2009-03-29T23:25:00.003-04:00

Wow, this weekend has gone by WAY too fast. Can I have it back?

Last week was good. Nothing really special happened that I can remember.

Yesterday I filmed most of my new video. It is almost entirely green screen so filming was the easy part. It was fun though putting on the different outfits and becoming the characters.

After I filmed I helped out my friend Chance with the audio for his new parody. He sent me 2 audio files with singing in them and I had to copy and paste them onto the instrumental. It was pretty fun. I think it turned out pretty good.

I watched the Kids' Choice Awards at 8pm. They were ok. I thought the best part was when Miley went on stage to accept her award. Although I think she deserved it, it was to good to pass up the opportunity to spoof:

I made that last night at like 11PM, so it's not that great, lol. That's why I put it on my side channel.

TODAY:
I finished the filming of my video! I did the Amy part. Oh yeah, the video is a music video spoof of "If U Seek Amy" by Britney Spears. It is a cover of the song, because it is already funny lol. By the way, if you ever wanted (or didn't want) to see me as a chick:

I know, I'm hot (NOT) lol.

After that I saw that one of my favorite YouTubers theoriginaltyler needed someone to edit the audio for his video. I jumped on it! He gave me is AIM (which I never use) and we talked about it. After about 3 hours of work I finally finished it! I think it turned out great. Haha, here is his video:

Lol, he is awesome.

Well that's about it for this weekend. I will try to update more often throughout this week. I emailed "Jakers" Thursday but haven't heard from him this weekend. Jake, hope your weekend went awesome! You are still my best online bud! Have a great week bro!

I'll update this week (hopefully!)
Clifton

Sarah Panzau

2009-03-23T23:15:00.004-04:00

This entry is going to be a little different from my regular entries. I wanted to take the time to tell you about a woman who came to speak at our school today. Her name is Sarah Panzau. You can see her website here:

www.SarahsJourney.com

This is taken from the site:

On August 23, 2003 I was in a near fatal car accident which changed my life forever. On the road, I was clinically dead and was given a 0% chance of survivability. I did not have a blood pressure or a pulse and was no longer bleeding. A policeman (who was on an East St. Louis over-pass picking up shell casings from a shooting the night before) and an ambulance crew (that was returning to Illinois from a transfer) just happened on my accident. While I was lifeless on the road, considering calling the coroner, they witnessed an agginal breath, and I was immediately intubated. I was stabilized and air lifted by helicopter to St. Louis University where I lived the next 6 weeks. 2 weeks in a coma and 4 weeks in intensive care and on a ventilator.

My injuries were: a traumatic left arm amputation, a LaForte type II fracture of the maxilla, a fractured mandible-in 7 places, a degloving (scalping) of the whole back of my head and left neck down to the carotid artery and jugular vein. A right sided flail chest, left knee disarticulation, severing 3 major ligaments, fractured left clavicle and scapula, a degloving down to muscle of the left scapular area, bilateral hemo thorax, bilateral pnuemo thorax, 3rd degree liver laceration, half way severing my right ear off and multiple other lacerations. I had a pulmonary embolism, which required a thoroscopy and eventually a thoracotomy. All totaled, I initially spent 77 days in the hospital. Those 77 days were just the beginning of many more hospitalizations for life threatening infections and many more surgeries for the next year and a half.

But after near 40 surgeries, I am here to tell my story. It was a miracle that I survived the accident. I was out with my friends (the people I thought really cared about me.) These so called friends let me get into my car with a blood alcohol level of 0.308. That is almost 4 times the legal limit in the state of Illinois.

Prior to my accident, I only lived for today. I lived like I would never die. I had turned my back on my family and I had very little purpose in life. I had quit school, and gave up a full ride volleyball scholarship. A two-time all American Volleyball player to bartender! I had no direction in life.

My life has totally changed and I have started public speaking to teens and young adults about drinking and driving, making good decisions, what is important in life, and the importance of parents and family. It is a presentation of courage, determination, and the celebration, that emphasizes making the right choices in life. I am speaking to area junior high and high school students concerning underage drinking. I just recently signed with Anheuser Busch to be apart of the AB speakers Bureau. AB will allow me to take my story from coast to coast. My presentation is not like any prevention lecture ever given. All in all, I have given my presentation to 90,000+ area teens and young adults. I would LOVE to continue to share my story, “Sarah’s Journey”, to young and old alike because if it can affect just one person, I will have considered my life a success.

Her story was really inspiring and makes you think how fragile life is. You never know what is going to happen. You think because you are young that "This will never happen to me". That's what Sarah thought. One bad decision changed her whole life. She found out who her true friends were that night.

Even with her disability she continues to follow her dreams. She played in the 2005 Paralympics and represented the USA. Her biggest passion now is to speak to teens and tell us about how dangerous some decisions can be like drunk driving.

Here are 3 videos about her that you may find interesting:

I don't really have much more to add. Please check out her website. I was really hit hard by her message and hope that you are too.

I'll try to do a regular update tomorrow.

Stay safe,
Clifton

Family Gathering

2009-03-15T22:37:00.002-04:00

Hey guys. It's time for my weekend update!

Friday: After school I went to the middle school beside my school to help out with a "Bingo Night" thing a kindergarten/elementary school was putting on. We went as a group (Beta Club). I didn't really know anybody there though. It was kinda weird at first, but once we got to work I enjoyed it. I started out helping with making sure the kids didn't make a mess in the drawing area, and then I moved into where they had a bunch of inflatable carnival games. I spent the whole time helping out at the "Baseball" game. It was hard trying to keep all the 3 year olds from walking in front of the person hitting the ball. There were a couple times that all 3 of us running it were like "Crap, that was close!" lol. But no one got hurt. I left at 8 and my mom came and picked me up.

Saturday: We went to my aunt and uncle's house in Gastonia for my uncles birthday. It was more like a family gathering type of thing. A lot of the people I haven't seen for years. And my cousins are weird. But in a good way, lol. We stayed there for several hours and then came home. Oh yeah, my mom scratched my other uncle's car on the way out. It was so small but she made a big deal out of it. But I think he knows someone who can fix it for free. We got home about 4 and I didn't really do much the rest of the day.

Sunday: Didn't wake up until 11:30. Went to bed kinda late last night. I spent pretty much the whole day working on a video. I came up with the idea late Saturday night, and got the whole video done today.

First, here is what I'm making fun of:

And here is my version:

Lol, I think it turned out pretty good. Let me know what you think by leaving a comment and rating on the video! I can't believe I did it all in one day. Normally a vid takes me a week or two. I stayed busy for about 6 hours straight working on it.

That's about it for this update. I hope Jake is doing ok. We wrote each other on Saturday I think. I hope I hear from him again tonight.

GAHHH! I don't wanna go to school. It's a normal week, and I don't really have anything to look forward to. At least not yet. Hopefully something will come up.

Talk to you later.
Clifton

I'm Just A Bill

2009-03-10T23:16:00.003-04:00

Hey!

Today was pretty good. My English teacher came up to me this morning before the bell rang and asked me how I was liking Scarlet Letter. Why would I want to talk about a book at 8AM???? lol. I just told her I liked it better than the last book (which is true).

Math was a review day for our test tomorrow. I think I'm pretty ready for it. We had several pages of review questions to do and I don't think I had any problems and finished it all in class.

I almost fell asleep in History! Not that it was boring, but I was just really tired for some reason. I actually went to bed kind of early last night (midnight, lol). We did an activity where we were given cards and we had to get in order to depict the process it takes to make a law. We watched this video like 3 times, lol. OH YES!

I love it! It actually gets stuck in your head, lol.

In English I did most of my homework for that night. I couldn't hear the teacher anyways, I sit beside the AC and it was going crazy today. We didn't do anything really anyways.

In Speech we went through the first round of PowerPoint Speeches. Only about half the people did them though, because the rest didn't have them done or hadn't even started. How could some students be so dumb? On the most part, they were good. None with sound though, so I hope it doesn't take off points.

I still haven't taken a shower so I better get going. Haven't heard from Jake but it's gotten to where we only write on weekends. I hate how it's so little, but life gets busier. When we first met we talked for at least 3 hours or more chatting. I have some guys I do that with now (Ryan and Steven) but we don't really talk much. Just the occasional "hey...whatsup?" lol. They are cool though. Oh and in case they ever read this, here is their shoutout so I can say, I even wrote about you in my blog! lol.

There ya go guys, lol. That actually looks awesome, wonder what mine looks like?

Neat-o!

Have a great night and I'll write again tomorrow if I have time!

-Clifton

"Where'd I Go?" Asked My Readers.

2009-03-09T21:10:00.002-04:00

Where to start???? I know I haven't updated in over a month! I'm really sorry about that. School has been super busy this semester! But my absence has also been a result of my laziness. I have had several chances to update, But I just put it off. I don't know why. Most of my online time has been spent with my YouTube. Last time I updated I was announcing my 1,000^th subscriber, and now with over 1,500 I am quickly becoming more popular. No, not a celebrity yet, lol. Maybe one day. But the more viewers I get, the more it inspires me to work on my vids and promotion. I applied for Partnership (where I get paid for making my videos) last Friday and received my rejection letter today. It was pretty disappointing because I thought I would for sure make it this time. Oh well, it gives me more time to work on improving.

I have probably lost a lot of my regular readers, and I really apologize for that. Especially you Jake. I have been updating you in little portions in my emails, but you deserve more. Also, same goes for my new friend on YouTube (you know who you are...”manager”, haha). I am going to try and commit to update daily again. Even if it's only a few sentences, it's better than nothing. I was reading some of my older entries and they were really cool to see how much I've changed. Well not really changed, just matured. I guess that's the right word. I started my journal in December of 2006, when I was 13. Doesn't seem like that long ago, but it really was. My interests have changed, my friends have changed, and my way of thinking has changed. But deep down, I am still the same person I was back then.

So an update on school. Algebra 2 Honors is going good. I was lost earlier in the year, but I think I have caught on now. It's not as hard as it seemed at first. Although I still don't have any friends in there. Well there are two girls from my speech class, but we aren't really friends.

American Govt./Economics Honors is pretty cool. Definitely more entertaining than Survey of American History last semester. The teacher is really nice. She likes for us to do activities to learn instead of just sitting in desks taking notes (which we still do some times). I'm doing pretty good in that class.

English....Blah. The teacher is nice. That's pretty much the only good thing I can say about that class. The teacher assigns us way too much work, and grades very strictly. It's like she doesn't think we have homework in other classes! And although we have been done with “The Great Gatsby” for over 2 weeks, we are still talking about it and doing assignments on it. Give it a rest already! We are starting on Scarlet Letter now. I hope she doesn't take that one as far.

Speech. Ahhh speech. Lol, I love it. My favorite class. It is teaching me a lot, and is very helpful in getting me used to making presentations in front of people. We have another speech that I will have to present on Wednesday. It had to be a PowerPoint presentation. Here is my practice vid.

Scouts is going good. We are changing out positions in a couple weeks. I will be kinda relieved stepping down from SPL. It was a lot of work, and I want to take some time just being a regular scout. I really did like being a leader though. The Jamboree is coming up next summer, I'm really excited about that. I'll be 17, lol. Not excited about growing up, but just going. I love to travel, and had so much fun when I went in 2005. I have a bunch of pics. I used to have them on my old website, but I may rescan some of them some time and put them on here. Oh yeah, and I may get to finally meet my pal Jake there :) That's one of the most exciting parts!

Well, this entry is getting long. I guess I will close here. I hope everyone has a great night, especially you Jake. I'll try to update tomorrow. See ya!

Clifton

Achievements and Updates

2009-02-02T23:08:00.005-05:00

Hey guys,

Sorry for going so long without updating. These past 2 weeks have been amazingly busy, and I barely have had any free time. Last week I moved up from English 2 to English 3, and along with that I had to take American Govt./Econ. These are both honors classes. So now I have those, Algebra 2 honors, and speech. I am very lost in math. Chapter 1 was ok, but I am so confused in Chapter two. These kids know this stuff from Algebra 1, I was never taught it. Plus the teacher is giving us extra hard problems because "We are honors kids, we should be able to do them". Yeah right! We have a "MINI-TEST" tomorrow that I have a feeling I will fail. If so, I'm going to have to consider tutoring or something, because I can't go all year like this.

I have had so much "catchup" work in English. We are reading "The Great Gatsby", and being 6 days behind everyone else, this past weekend was spent almost entirely with reading and catching up. I finally did it but I'm still loaded down with work in that class. It's really frustrating and stressful.

Speech class is awesome though, I love the teacher. She's not nice and easy going, but very professional. She used to be in the Broadcasting industry. Today and last Friday we did our 2 minute speeches which were the first graded speeches. She told us to not expect anything above an 80. She said she is grading us strictly so we can improve. If you want to see my speech, here it is. I did this as a practice last night:

I was very nervous but think I did ok. I made an 82, but like she said, anything above an 80 on our first speech is outstanding. She said that she could really tell that I was a theater student because of how I presented myself in front of an audience. She said that really helps with public speaking.

Today, I was offered by the drama teacher, to help out with running the lights for the show they are doing. She said I was one of the only guys that she could trust with that and got along well with the cast members. I felt a little weird since I was kinda hoping to drop out of the drama club until I took it again next year. Another thing, if I do this also have to come with them to a state championship in a couple weeks, which will be a 2 night trip. I think it will be fun, but again I will feel kind of like an outsider since I didn't even audition for the play. Oh well, I think I'm gonna do it and it will earn me thespian points, which will be enough to get me into the National Thespian Society. I think I am like 3 points away from that. So I am planning on helping out and going. She told me to see her during my lunch tomorrow.

Ok, so now it's time for some YOUTUBE NEWS!

On January 25th, 2009, at 12:17PM, I reached my 1,000th subscriber on Youtube!

Here are the entries I have received as responses. Thank all of you guys! I loved them!

sadlztube (Love the song! One of my faves!)

jtankte (Wow, 2 videos? You are awesome Jake!)

veronacz (Haha Steven, you always crack me up!)

Titanicluver (Another one of my favorite songs...remixed!)

corkeyboo (Haha, slow down next time! ;) )

lassy98 (You are very random... and that is cool!)

Randomjuan (Thanks for the advice! As you can see [further down] I already used it!)

YOU GUYS OFFICIALLY ROCK! :)

I am also working on a collab dedicated to my favorite YouTuber, VenetianPrincess. It will be a spoof of one of her spoofs, lol. I have been emailing her and she is "honored I am making this"! So I want to make it the best it can be. If you haven't entered, please do!

I have received about 10 entries so far. Plus, I have been talking with another Internet celebrity and he really wants to be a part of it so hopefully he gets time to enter it. I don't want to give out his name because I don't want people to enter for the wrong reasons, but trust me, he is a VERY big name.

I guess that's it for tonight. Sorry for the long entry, I had a lot of catching up to do. Jake's little brother is in the hospital so please keep him in your prayers. They don't know what is wrong with him yet but hopefully he gets better soon :( I'm praying for ya dude.

Everyone have a great night, especially you Jake!

- Clifton

VLOG - January 21st, 2009

2009-01-21T23:52:00.001-05:00

Vlog entry to replace my blog entry for today :p Watch if interested!

Crap, YouTube cut off the last minute of video. I love speech class. Scouts was good, we straightened up the hut some and cooked some left over food. We introduced 3 new guys (1 from my first block) who may be joining our troop. Jake has left for his trip which I hope goes amazingly well. I wish I could have gone. I bet he is having so much fun!

I'm working on a parody, it will be out Friday!

See ya!

First Entry of 2009...Wow, lol

2009-01-18T19:47:00.002-05:00

Dang, this is my first entry of 09. A little late aren't we? Lol. Maybe I will only update when important things happen. Like things I want to remember, not just the every day stuff. Which I like doing every once in a while but it gets a little boring to write and read. But this whole upcoming week is important because we are starting our new semester in school. I think the last one went really well. I am gonna miss everyone though, especially these guys:
(Click to Enlarge)

Hmmm, yeah it's gonna be a bummer without them. Oh well, hopefully I will see them other times throughout the semester.

So my classes are going to be:
Health/Success
English 2 Honors
Algebra 2 Honors
Speech

Not necessarily in that order because I don't have my schedule yet but something like that.

Oh yeah, I almost forgot the point of this update. This weekend we went on our Polar Bear campout. Well, THEY went Friday night. I kinda wimped out and came Saturday Morning. HEY, I wasn't the only one. It got down to 9 degrees! HOLY CRAP! That's the coldest it has been in 4 years here. I bet our guys froze their butts off!

So I got there around 8:30AM Saturday morning. Reagan was supposed to come in at that time too. I got there and unloaded my stuff at camp and my mom left. Of course, I went through the much expected "you finally decided to show up" stuff from the guys and leaders, lol. Of course they were only joking around. About 10 minutes later it was time for the SPL meeting and my assistant, Reagan, still wasn't there. He was bringing our tent so I was starting to get a little nervous, lol. I got Brian to come with me, actually he wanted to. On our way there we saw Reagan and his bro pull up so I felt better, lol. By the time I got back from the meeting they already had our tent set up. I put my stuff in and then made sure everyone had their Class A's on for the Flag ceremony and got down there.

They told us about what was planned for the day and then gave us a HUGE break until after lunch. We just kind of went back to camp, chilled by the fire, drank hot chocolate, the usual. Then we had sandwiches for lunch. I found out we missed the 1PM SPL meeting because we were eating. We told one of the leaders and he told us to go talk to Brenda, the camp leader lady. So we nervously went up there and told her we missed the meeting. She was like "I NOTICED!". Then she said there were only 5 troops that came anyways out of like 17, lol. She told us about where we were supposed to meet for the first missions and what we were going to do. So we took the info back to camp and made sure each of the patrols had all the equipment they needed packed up and ready to go.

We walked across the camp road to another large, empty field. There, they divided us up into 2 groups, ones talking photography, and ones taking fingerprinting. I went with some of my guys to photography. There, they split uus up once again. Half went to Mission one and the other half stayed at photography, then we switched off. We went to the mission first. It was "Diffuse the Bomb". The guy leading it was using a funny terrorist accent, lol. The group in front of us messed up the bomb by pulling the wires out when they were only supposed to push the buttons so we had to wait until it was fixed. After 10 minutes of not solving it, they blew up, haha. Then it was our turn. Guess what? We diffused it in 1 minute 29 seconds. BOOYAAAHH! We figured out how to do it and then tried it again and did it in less than 30, but that didn't count.

Then we switched over to the merit badge. It wasn't that great because the guy leading it said he had just been told 15 minutes ago that he was gonna be doing it. He just went over the requirements and let us take pictures. He told us some stuff though so he had to know some about photography. We have to make a collage and label the photos on it and show it to our SM. Sound familiar? Oh wait..maybe not. For our Spanish exam we had to make a photo collage in the same way.

After that we went to one other station but our other patrol/group had already done it so we skipped it and went back to camp. I think we just hung out there until dinner which was hamburgers. My patrol cooked ours over the fire and it was yummy.

Then we had another SPL meeting. We discussed RISK and the missions later that night. Then they got the captains ready to play.

So we went out in the big field again and found a random country to stand in. Like last time, it was boring. We decided to get our troop back together and then kind of walk away to the bathrooms until it was over lol. I don't like that game because if you are captured, you have to go by yourself with a group of strangers for the whole time. After that we started off on the missions. The first one was a laser maze type thing but only 3 people could do it. The next was an orienteering course. Which...we sucked at, lol. We even had one of the cool leaders with us. He taught us how to read the compass and stuff, more like retaught us, and then fallowed along with our guides. I have always thought a pace was 2 full steps, which is the way our troop has been taught. Even the leader though that, but i guess not because we were supposed to go 210 paces at the beginning and at 150 we were stopped for going WAY too far. I'm not gonna run through the whole thing but basically, we did really bad, mainly from over thinking stuff and changing our minds when we were right the first time. We got a 6 out of 20, lol.

After that we went to another rescue type mission but it was already 11 and our guys were tired and everyone was waiting forever asnd it just got cold and boring. So a group left before the 3rd one. Actually according to the time we were supposed to be on our 5th mission at that time but it was really screwed up. Anyways, a lot of us stayed behind and continued on. That 3rd mission was boring. We went in the woods to rescue some spy agent who had crashed into the woods with a broken wrist. WTF? Lol. We had to use a gps to find the spot we were supposed to take the hurt guy.

We went to the next mission but only 5 of our guys could go through. And it took them more than 20 minutes to go over the instructions with them. So the leaders let me, Reagan, and Alex H. go. The leaders were tired too lol. So me and Reagan went back to camp, set around the fire for a little bit and then got ready for bed. His little bro was already in the tent sleeping. He sleeps through a lot. He got pushed in his sleeping bag and Reagan even put his toboggan on his head while he was sleeping!

Reagan woke me up in the morning because a lot of the guys were up and it was sleeting/freezing rain/ whatever u want to call little round balls of ice falling from the sky. Packing up was boring, cold, and miserable like always. But we finally got it done. We planned to go to chapel and award ceremony but they announced at 9:30 after we were packed that it would start at 11 so we were like no way, we are out of here, lol.

When we got to the scout hut we set up the tables and unloaded the trailer. Then we set up stuff for sandwiches and the leaders were making some kind of rice and chicken stew. I called my parents and ate while i waited for them to get there. The rice was good, but i got it before it was done cooking so it was cold, lol. In a little bit my mom showed up and we headed home.

Once i got home i got straight in the shower and soon after took a 3 hour nap. And I'm STILL tired. Hopefully I'll catch up on my sleep tonight. We are off tomorrow but I have a dentist appointment early.

I guess I will close here. I 'm talking to Jake now but everyone have a GREAT night and until next time, have an awesome...couple days! :p Jake have fun on your trip.

Clifton

Rolling in the New Year

2008-12-31T22:15:00.002-05:00

Hey guys,

Whatsup? It's been a great Holiday break and I'm not ready to go back to school. Today I uploaded a video I have been working on since around Christmas. It is a look back at all the important things in 2008:

Yeah, I know the singing isn't my best. I was so rushed to get it out in time because I just had a few days to record, film, and edit it. The editing didn't turn out as good as I planned because when I imported it using my new software, i couldn't edit it in my old. So I had to do the ENTIRE project in unfamiliar software. VERY BAD IDEA! So yeah, sorry if the editing isn't up to par with my usual style. I had to cut 40 minutes of green screen footage down to 4 min. Then I had to go back and add the background and position each individual green screen shot. Oh well, hope you like it.

I'm gonna do like last year and make a list of things I want to accomplish in 2009. But first, here is my list from last year. Let's see if I lived up to my goals:

Get all A's on final report card
YEP!

Exempt my exams
YEP!

Get my Permit
YEP!

Start looking for a job
Lol, no. I'm not old enough!

Make new friends
Duh! I had to at a new school (this is before I knew I would switch)

Build better relationships with my really close friends
...I've kind of lost good relationships with people at my old school. And one of my best friends moved away. So, I can't really say I completed that. Unless you mean online and with Jake, then YES! ;)

Save Money
Hahaha....No

Exercise more
You're kidding right? NO!

Eat less junk food
I guess I sorta did this....Sorta.

Do good in "Smellin' Coffee"
I think so!

Get over my mild stage fright
Lol, I like how I said "mild" and yes, I am over it!

Pray everyday by myself (not including school)
Well, I kind of let myself down on that one. I have actually been praying less than when I was in a Christian School. I haven't really thought about it until. Dang! Sorry Jesus! I mean I have prayed, but not as often as I used to. I do sometimes at night if I go to bed kind of early. :(

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Ok, so time for REALISTIC goals for next year:

1. Become a Partner on YouTube.
2. Create at least 20 parodies over the year.
3. Get over 2,000 Subscribers.
4. Get good grades next semester (and First semester, 11th Grade).
5. Share my faith every opertunity available at school.
6. Be more outgoing, and not so shy around strangers.
7. Find a good charity to sponsor after I get a job and donate regularly.
8. Get a job.
9. Get my Drivers License.
10. Find a way to share Christ's love through my videos (without being forceful)
11. Find a way to sneak over to Jake's house and hideout in his Attic.

Haha, JK about that last one. Btw, Jake I wanted to let you know I'm still alive. Sorry I didn't write you yesterday. I didn't realize editing would be an all day process. I guess instead of writing you I'll include it in this entry. Thank you so much for being my friend this year. Well and the year before but I think this year we have grown closer than we ever were before. Sure, we had a few mishaps and even some arguments but we always ended up getting back together. Hopefully our friendship will grow even stronger in 2009, if that's possible, haha. You are my Online BFF and you will always be. I love you (like a brother) dude! :)

Well I'm having the craving for a scary movie so I'm gonna go look one up. I'll make sure to catch the ball drop too!

Everyone have a great New Years and "Good Luck in '09!"

3..2...1....HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Clifton

Have I Given Up?

2008-12-24T22:03:00.003-05:00

If there are any readers out there (that I haven't kept in contact with in other ways) then I sincerely appologize for not giving you guys an update in weeks. A lot of my time has been dedicated to schoolwork, videos, and talking with friends online. I have a Vlog that you can subscribe to at:
http://www.youtube.com/user/SlythPersonal

I try to update as much as possible along with extra stuff not on my main channel. I am not giving up on my journal, I just am finding less time to keep you updated as often as I would like. The more popular I become on YouTube, the more time I have to dedicate to my videos to keep my fans happy. And it's something I really enjoy doing. YouTube is my other life right now. And I look at it as a way to practice for my career intentions in the future. I hope you understand.

I will still try to update as much as possible, but I don't want to consider this blog a priority. I put my online friends (Mainly Jake) and my videos above anything else online. Of course I like to keep the world updated on my life, along with my future self. But I consider videos another way to record my life, the creativity side.

So yeah, just wanted to throw this quick update out there. I hope EVERYONE out there has a very Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays. I surely plan on updating before New Years with my goals for 2009. I will recheck my goals from last year and see what I achieved.

Jake, I haven't heard from you in a few days buddy. I hope everything is going ok with you over there. I know the holidays are a busy time for you, and I hope they are going great! Merry Christmas Bro!

Good Night to all, and to all a....Yeah!
Clifton

The Point of No Return

2008-12-12T22:30:00.002-05:00

10 Days in the dark. MY BAD!

This past week or so has been CRAZY busy. I really had a good time though. Our plays on Thursday and Friday of last week went fantastic. I was really pleased with my performance. This class has tought me a lot. Saturday we went to Charlotte to work on the Operation Christmas Child workshop. It was so cool to inspect the boxes and help stuff them with extra stuff. I just thought it was cool knowing that the next person to look inside that box after me would be a kid that may only recieve this one gift all year or posibly all their lives. I am definitely doing my own box next year.

So, I'm sick! Wednesday I woke up with a really bad sore throat, Thursday I had a runny nose, and today was both combined. Not to mention the medicine I took this morning "may cause drawsiness". I felt like crap in my first two blocks. Oh well, hope I get over it soon.

We have to do a monologue for Drama on Monday. I took mine from Hello, Dolly. I had one from another play picked out but I like this one better. Yesterday and today we worked on blocking it. I hope I'm ready for it on Monday. We also had to do a Resume. We had to list all the plays we have been in since 8th grade. That was pretty cool to make. We also had to list "special skills" so i put singing, jazz and irish step dancing. At the end of class today (fun class, we laughed so hard with no reason at all!) we were talking about spongebob and mrs. Daniels was grading our papers and called out my name really loud and said "CLIFTON! You can do Irish Step dancing?!?". Everybody tried to get me to do it but i didn't, lol. I only know a little bit (from old school) and I didn't want to look stupid, lol.

We watched a movie on earthquakes in Southern California in Science class. Pretty scary stuff.

Jake, are you okay there little buddy? lol. Haven't heard from you in a few days. Write soon!

I took some of that medicine again and I'm starting to get weak and sleepy. I guess I'll close here. I will probably have a new video up tomorrow so i'll try to update then. Everyone have a great night, especially you Jake!

CLIFTON

Happy 27th!

2008-12-02T22:36:00.002-05:00

Happy Birthday Britney Spears! Haha, that's the best way I could think of to open the entry :p I just downloaded your new album online on Limewire! ;)

Sorry I haven't updated in like a week. My break was pretty busy with Thanksgiving and stuff. By the way that went good in case you were wondering.

Our play is Thursday and Friday and I'm really excited about it. We have a dress rehearsal tomorrow during class so I get to wear my PJs! Lol. Tomorrow will be my first time running the lights on my own. I'm kind of scared because I'm unsure about one part in the first play. Hopefully I won't miss my cue. I don't want to dissappoint Mrs. Daniels. Other than that 1 part I think I have it down.

Saturday I'm gonna work with my partners (yes, we have another person with us now) on our trrbuchet project. We still haven't started :( I'm not gonna get into that now but I would have liked to start last weekend.

Oh I made a preview trailer for my new parody coming out Friday!

I can't wait to release it!

I know this entry is short but I just wanted to fill you in on whatsup. I'll try to update Saturday after Operation Christmas Child. I won't be able to until then unfortunately. But after this week my schedule should go back to normal.

Everyone have a great night! Especially you Jake. I haven't really heard from you in a couple days so write when you can! NIGHT!

CLIFTON

Pucks for Scouts

2008-11-23T22:56:00.002-05:00

Howdy!

Sorry I haven't updated in a few days. I've been...busy (LAZY!). Normally, I'd update on each day I missed, but I'm gonna cut it down to this weekend.

Saturday:
We had a class at church for the guys in our troop and 1 other troop working on "Disability Awareness". The instructor was from the other troop. We went around the room and asked people if they had any disabilities. He counted glasses as them but other than that there were a couple kids with ADHD, one with Diabetes, and ummmm allergies. Haha. When he got to me he kind of hesitated and I was like "my arm". he kind of looked at me and said yeah and moved on. Hold up, he kind of skipped right over me. The others he asked questions and stuff but he just kind of moved right on. OK THEN! Haha, what's even funnier was the next thing he talked about was being comfortable with people with disabilities. Hmmm, i think he needs to learn himself :p But after that we got to shoot and go get a basketball in a wheelchair. Word of advice: Don't try to roll a wheel chair using one arm, you will just go in circles. Lol, I used my feet.

When we got home I waited up and watched YouTube live. It was pretty cool, although I got lied to by Youtube!:

Link to message:
http://i33.tinypic.com/i1myqh.jpg

GRRRRRRZ! Still no apologies. WHATEVER!

OOOOH, I talked to one of my BFFs..... JAKE! We chatted for a while and it was wicked awesome! So is he!

SUNDAY:
Today we continued our Disability Merit Badge work. However.... this time it was FUN! We (scouts) met at the church at about 12PM and then headed out to Pineville, NC. There we ate a quick lunch and then rode over to the TRAIN STATION! coooooool! I've never rode a train before. We parked our bus (after running over a curb. THANKS TODD!). When we went to get our tickets I put in a 20 dollar bill (the tickets were 1.50 round trip) and it spit out like 18 gold coins., DUDE! I gave 5 of them to my scout master for a 5 dollar bill. We were all laughing when they kept coming out. I had never seen the gold dollars. They look really cool. Except... they don't say "In God We Trust". WOW! That's a first. :(

Anyways, the train ride was so cool and fun. Then we met at the "Time Warner Cable Arena" and were given a tour of the accesibility for handicap fans. Wow, there were lots of stuff for them. We also toured the private suites and it was so cool! I felt like a VIP!

Then we went to our seats and watched the game. It was a little boring except for the fights and the cheerleaders next to us. Then, one dude came over to us with 2 cheerleaders and told us we were the fans of the day. The camera turned on us and we were on the big screen. Then they made us start to cheer for the team. Haha, it was so cool. Except it was weird that hundreds of people were watching us embarass ourselves, lol. Oh well, two hot cheerleaders were sitting behind me so it's all good :)

After the game we rode the train back to where we parked. DUDE! The train was packed full of people! I almost fell over when the train started to move. Todd had to catch me, lol. I wasn't the only one though. After that we ate at Arby's for supper then headed home.

The trip was a lot of fun. So I went to my first hockey game and rode my first train/lightrail in one trip. I love Charlotte, although I'd hate to live there. Too much crime. But I love big, busy cities.

I have pics of the trip but I probably won't share them because I don't feel like editing the scout uniforms to make them unidentifiable. JAKE, I'll email some to you as soon as I'm done with this entry.

Well, that's it for this entry. Sorry it's so short, well, not really. Anyways, I'll try to write/vlog later this week. Only 2 school days, WOOOOOHOOOOOOOO!

Love ya!
Clifton

Scouting For Food - 2008

2008-11-16T23:55:00.001-05:00

First VLOG!

2008-11-12T23:32:00.001-05:00

I'M STILL HERE

2008-11-11T23:34:00.000-05:00

Yep! No time for an entry tonight but I wanted to make sure you guys knew I was ok :) Crap, now back to my history homework :( I'll update tomorrow!

President Barack Obama!

2008-11-04T23:09:00.003-05:00

CONGRATULATIONS PRESIDENT OBAMA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yay, my candidate won!!!!!!!

This is a quick entry. I just wanted to express my excitement, haha. So I can say I've been in the same room as our president, the first black president of the United States. Haha, what an awesome story to tell my kids.

Quote from January 24th, 2008

We went on our first field trip since seventh grade. Went to hear one of senator Obama's speeches. He is one of the presidential candidates in the United States for 2008. I am neither republican nor democrat. I am not that much of a politics guy. I don't really follow it that much. But it was cool to actually see a guy who could be the next president. We got a really good view too. We were in the back of the room to start with but my friends and i snuck to the middle. It was a cool speech even though he put down President Bush a lot. And when he was getting ready to come out the whole crowd started chanting "Fired Up! Ready To Go!". I guess that's his slogan or something. It was fun! If you ever get the chance to go to one of these speeches, please go! I thought it would be boring but it was really exciting!

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Oh yeah... here is my vid:

Haha, hopefully that lightens up your mood if you were a McCain supporter :)

Everyone have a great night, especially you Jake. I hope scouts was a blast!

Loveeeeeeeeeee,
Clifton

Reach Out And Touch Me!

2008-11-03T23:02:00.002-05:00

Yeah, I've been listening to Hilay Duff's new single:

Lol, I've been a Hilary Fan since Lizzie McGuire. That was my favorite show. I wasn't to big of a fan of her last album "Dignity" but her first 2 were great. I own them both and listen to them regularly. This new single is HOT! It's a whole new style for her but I'm liking it. Hey, she's 21 now, she doesn't have to live up to that preteen image anymore. She can be sexy! BTW, did you know her and my sis were born like a week apart, same year? Pretty cool!

Oh wait... this isn't my music review blog. HI!!!!!!!!!

Today was pretty cool. It went by sort of fast though. We have tomorrow off because of elections. I have been working on a video this past weekend and I plan to release it early tomorrow. So since there is no school, make sure to check it out!

Yeah I know Jake, I haven't updated in a week. MY BAD! Thanks for the reminder though. I don't know what I'd do without ya ;)

No big plans for the week. Besides school. :(

I'm gonna get to bed now. I'm pretty sure I will update tomorrow since I will have a new vidseo so check back then! Everyone have a great monday night! Especially you J-J-J-J-Jake!!!!

Clifton

Assuming Isn't Believing

2008-10-29T21:25:00.004-04:00

Hey!

Today was pretty good. It was an average day at school so I'm not gonna get into the day because I wanted to talk about something that happened after school.

Well, for a few months now one of my Assistant Scout Masters Mr. Hayes slowly seemed to back out of scouting. It started out by not coming to a lot of campouts and he eventually just stopped showing up. Well, I was really pissed about that to be honest. He was my favorite leader, been there since I started. His wife was also an ASM and I liked her a lot too. Well, after he left there were a lot of changes in the troop with the way we ran it. They were converting it to be pretty much all boy run with little help from leaders. This all started to happen while I was the Senior Patrol Leader. It made me very frustrated and also betrayed by Mr. Hayes. Why would he just drop out like that? Was it because his son wasn't as involved anymore? Did he just not care about us? I had overheard several times excuses. First was he was sick, then it was because of family trouble. I didn't believe it, I just thought it was excuses for backing out. They officially announced about a month and a half ago that he had taken a leave from scouting due to these problems. I knew it was coming, and I hated hearing it. I become really mad at Mr. Hayes because I liked him so much.

Well, we found out tonight what was really going on. Our SM talked with him yesterday and found out terrible news. He had been diagnosed with lymphoma cancer, which is a cancer in the bones and lymph nodes. It creates a large tumor on your throat. They are still doing tests and are not sure what could happen but it's not looking good. Wow.... I felt so bad. I assumed that he was just slacking off when something very serious was going on. He started out very sick. First with a cold, then fever, and it worsened after that. So the first excuse was right. He really was sick... God I felt so bad. I felt like crying because I didn't trust God for his reasoning before. Trust seems to be a big issue for me lately. So please...keep Mr. Hayes and his family in your prayers. I really hope they treat it and remove the cancerous cells... I don't know how I'd react if...nevermind.

So yeah, that was pretty much the inciting moment of the day. Jake and I have exchanged emails a couple times today about something that happened between us (my fault) a couple weeks ago. I'm not going to speak about it publicly because it is something private between us, but I feel really bad for it. I'm sorry man....

Oh yeah JAKE, I found this video on youtube today, I think it would be awesome for you to learn to play it!

Well, I'm gonna enjoy the rest of my night sitting here watching tv, lol. Have a good night everyone, especially you Jake. Goodnght.

Clifton

A Blog Changing Event?

2008-10-27T23:14:00.002-04:00

Hey reader!

Today was pretty good. I was sooooo tired though for some reason. I was trying to stay awake in History but kept feeling my head slide off my arm. It was horrible! Watching a movie about Andrew Jackson made in the 70s doesn't help either!

In Spanish I am the week's helper. Every week she picks a helper who keeps track of participation points and adds a tally mark for everyone who participates in class. Sure...pick me the day when I'm about to go night night. Haha, at one time she was like "Clifton." I just sat there daydreaming. "Clifton....Clifton?". I jumped my gaze up to her. "Give Luke a point". Oops! Haha, she was laughing though. I love that class. We have a new seating chart and I'm right beside her desk. Too bad for me though because there's a bunch of sleepers around me, lol.

Lunch was average. There was almost a fight as me and Keenan walked in but the assistant principal stopped it before it started. Dang it! I know, I'm bad. I like seeing a couple of retards duke it out every now and then, lol. As long as I'm not involved or an innocent person, it's fun. Now I'd be really P'ed off if someone attacked someone for no reason unless they were the type who looked like they deserved it. You know...the guys with their pants down to their ankles and chains around their neck. Haha, not being racial either. I've seen people of all races who act and dress like that.

Drama was pretty cool. We had auditions for our class plays. I auditioned for Patrick, Owen, and Mr. Grey. Don't worry about those, lol. I'll tell you about the part I get casted as. We will find out tomorrow.

We had a sub in science so we watched "Myth Busters: Shark Week". Haha! I love that show! Before we started there was a fire drill so we all got to stand out in the freezing cold for about 5 minutes. Yipee!

So I was thinking, today I set up a YouTube account I plan to use for personal videos aside from what I do with my parodies. I was thinking about maybe turning this into a V-log. Where I still update this page, but with a video instead of text. That way instead of reading you can just watch or listen. Sound cool right? Well, it's just an idea. Let me know what you guys think in a comment. If I get no response, I'll decide what to do on my own. That might not be pretty, lol. Just kidding!

Well, it's past 11 so I should get to bed. I have a history test tomorrow that I reviewed over for about half an hour so I hope I do good on it. We get progress reports sometime this week so I don't know if I'm dreading or looking forward to it :)

Have a great night everyone, especially you Jake!

Your writer,
Clifton

Energizer

2008-10-24T22:16:00.002-04:00

Hey my peeps!

This is seeming more like a weekly thing now than daily. I'm really sorry about that. I'm not avoiding writing. It's just this week has pretty much been dedicated to working on a video. I wanted to see how well I could work with a deadline. So Sunday morning I decided I wanted to start on a video and finish it by Friday. I wrote the lyrics, recorded, filmed, and edited it. It was a lot of work but it was fun. I guess that's what it would really be like in the film industry. Having to do things by deadlines. Well not just film, with anything in education or careers. But it's more fun and easier when it's something you like. For example, I have a 2 page paper due Wednesday about Andrew Jackson's Administration, and I haven't even planned on starting. I'll do it Tuesday night! Haha!

Oh yeah, here is the video:

Lol, yeah it is a parody of Britney Spears' Womanizer. I am fairly pleased with the results of this vid since I spent so much time on it.

Earlier this week I went through and removed all of my Titanic videos. Before that, within the past 3 weeks I had been told that 4 of my vids were removed due to Copyright Infringement. So I was like, what the heck?!? So I just took them all off. I uploaded them on another channel that will be unused. Then yesterday my "Outer Banks" video was removed for having copyrighted music, but I managed to use YouTube's "AudioSwap" to replace the audio. They are really cracking down on their stuff so you better watch out with what you upload!

The funniest thing happened this morning. As soon as it happened I told Jake so here is a copy and paste:
OMG Dude, I have to tell you the funniest thing that just happened!

So my mom and my brother were out getting his glasses fixed and my dad and I were here at home. I was in my room eating and my dad came to my door asking my how was it and I said good. He said he was getting ready to take a nap and I said ok. A few seconds later I hear "Clifton!!" and I see him running out the door. I watch from the window as he runs to his van and speeds out of the driveway. I was really freaked out. What the heck is he doing!!!??? I called his cellphone and asked him what the crap was he doing. He told me someone just stole the truck. He saw them pulling out of the driveway. I looked out the window and he was right, it was gone. I asked him if he knew the license plate number and he said no but he was going to call the police. I let him go and quickly called my mom. I told her what happened and she said, I'm in the truck! She had came home and changed vehicles to take my brother to his friends house (he has a really bad driveway and she didn't want to mess up her van). HAHA!

So I called my dad but didn't get an answer. He had already called the cops. My mom came home and then she tried to call him and finally got through. He was on the highway "chasing down the truck" and was panicking. She told him that she had it. He then started cussing and everything, it was sooooo funny. He came home and we told him to call the cops back. Well, last time he called 911, so he started to dial it again but i stopped him. then he got the phone out and called the sheriff's department. He told the person there "i'm sorry, i called early about my truck being stolen, my wife stole it". Then they said, ok let me transfer you to the dispatcher. DAD! You don't tell them your wife STOLE it!!!! Well, he then explained it to the dispatcher and she was like, "ok, let me call my officers back in then".

That was flipping hilarious dude! When my dad first called the cops they were like "are you sure it wasn't repo'ed?". and he was like "yea! i own the truck, it wasn't!".

Sorry, i just sooooooooooooo had to tell you that. HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!
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That still cracks me up even hours later :p

Well, I guess I'm just gonna surf around YouTube a bit and see if Jake gets on after his run. Oh yeah, no school for me today! Woohoo! It was a teachers work day or something but I was freeeeeee! Lol. I wish I was Jake, getting EVERY Friday off. You suck! Just kidding, lol.

Well, everyone have a nice night, especially you Jakers. I'll try to update every chance I can, probably tomorrow. See ya later alligators!

Your author,
Clifton

No Chicken...WAH!

2008-10-18T23:16:00.003-04:00

Hey everyone!

It's a short entry because I want to get to bed early so I can wake up early in the morning. Well I'm not going to bed early really, just earlier than I normally do on Saturday nights.

This week has been pretty good. I surprised everyone with my hair, haha. But I have gotten lots of compliments so I guess it's ok.

Wednesday was a scout meeting. We discussed advancing the younger guys and also about the OA Campout next weekend. I'm not going though. I don't really have a good excuse besides I don't really feel like going. I like Troop Campouts better.

Our rough drafts for our play were due Friday. I finished mine but I didn't get a chance to get it read yet so I'll have to wait until Monday. I know it could be better but this is my first try at writing a play. It's a lot different than videos. But it's still fun.

Last night I had a webshow. It was going good and even Jake came on. Then I said I needed to talk to him about something and I went off air. I know it was a private conversation so I won't really get into it too much. But I am REALLY sorry about it man. I just had so much running through my head that day and I lost sense of what Trust really was. I mean, I have lost the trust of a lot of people lately by pretending to be what they are not, and he is pretty much the only close Online Friend I have left. I mean I have some others but he is the closest. And I questioned my trust. Not because he did something wrong, but because I was losing trust with all that has been happening around me. After I got my frustration out we discussed it more and he told me about the time when he had lost trust with people online as well. I guess it's something we have both been through now. I apologized for appearing to not trust him (which I do, with all my heart, trust him). We have both said that we are like brothers and I really mean it. I told him that if I ever had to make the choice between talking to him or doing everything else I regularly do online, I would chose him. Sure, I love YouTube and MySpace and all that, but he is the most important thing to me online. Luckily, I don't have to make that decision. I can have it all! Jake, thanks for being such and awesome friend and sticking with me through all this time. It really means a lot. You rock my world!

Oh the Title of this.... Well... I had originally planned to make a parody of Hot N Cold. I have been working on it all week but when I was getting close to finishing up, I realized something. There is no Chicken Suit in The Sims 2. WHAT? I had had in my head all this time there was and I was saving that part until last. Now that there is none I have nothing to do but put this project to a halt. If anyone knows how to get a Chicken Suit let me know. I'm not giving up on this, I've gotten too far, but I am going to move onto my next. By the way, I already have half of the next song recorded! I'm gonna finish it tomorrow and work on the vid throughout the week. Yippee!

Speaking of Youtube, over the past 2 weeks I've had 3 of my Titanic Videos removed due to copyright claims by the music owners. What the crap? I've had these videos on here for how long now, over a year!?! And they are just now deleting them. That's a bunch of crap. So what I decided to do, was remove ALL of my Titanic videos from my channel. Then I reuploaded them on a new one just for storing the best. I also cleared out some of my other videos that may be "illegal". WHATEVER! So I went from 76 to 31. Wow! Oh well, I don't regret it. This is just one step closer to becoming a partner. I am going to apply for it once I get some more subscribers.

That's about it for my week. I'll try to update again as soon as I can. It's hard to update every day with school and all. But I will try my best. Everyone have an awesome night! Especially you brother, Jake that is. :)

Your writer,
Clifton.

Going Blonde!

2008-10-12T23:14:00.002-04:00

Yikes, another week in the dust! Sorry readers!!!!

The only big news I can think of for this week would be as of yesterday. I freakin' dyed (well highlighted if you want to be specific) my hair. I'm now a blondie! I love blonde hair though and I thought I would give it a try. So far, I'm lovin' it!

Yep, that's pretty much the "highlight" of my week! I'm making this entry short because I need to get to bed. Tomorrow I am going to my old school and visiting because we have the day off and they still have school. So I'm popping in for lunch. I have my outfit planned out and everything, haha!

This weekend I have been able to chat with Jake some each night and it is awesome! He is one of my bestest friends ever and I am happy every time I talk to him or read his journal. He is such a neat and cool guy. If everyone had a "Jake" in their life this world would be perfect! :) You are awesome man.

Well, everyone have a great night. See you all next time I update. Don't worry, I have not and will not give up on my journal. It is a major part of my life and I would feel leftout without it. So don't worry if I go a few days without updating. I am either too busy or too lazy to mess with it, haha. But I don't forget about it, just wimp out. :p

Later!
Clifton

We're Prepared!

2008-10-05T21:51:00.002-04:00

Hey! I got back from the Fall Camporee today! It was a lot of fun. It was themed around Emergency Preparedness. Here is pretty much what all happened:

Friday: We got there about 6:30PM. We got our stuff set up and split up into patrols and cooked hot dogs. We each had a grill and all the stuff we needed. The patrol I was staying with only had 3 other guys in it. After we ate, Reagan and I headed over to HQ for the SPL Meeting. We were a few minutes late but got caught up on everything we needed to know. After that we went back to camp and chilled for the rest of the night. We went to bed about 11PM.

Saturday: We woke up at 6:45 and got dressed. We broke into patrols again and cooked. Our patrol had bacon, sausage, and pancakes. After that Reagan and I went to another SPL Meeting. After that we had flag raising and opening ceremony. We then sent our younger guys off to one of the four stations. We went as a troop to the second one for basic review and to hear from the guest speaker. After that the younger guys went to the rest of the classes and we went back to camp to work on the entranceway. For lunch our patrol had ham and turkey sandwiches. After another SPL meeting we met to do some scenarios. Our first one was supposed to be like a plane crash. We were the rescuers. The victims were on the ground and had fake blood and little cards telling us what was wrong with them. We had to take them to safety. It was really fun. When it was our turn to be victims in the next scenario, they decided to only use 30 people. I wasn't picked. Why the heck wouldn't they pick me? I already am missing an arm so all i need is some blood and i'm good! Haha!

One of the Staff got a call in that one of the troops was missing a scout. They made tons of calls around and no one knew where he was. We then had a short meeting and actually performed a search ands rescue. It was really scary because we realized how serious it could be. Anyways, we searched for over an hour and then someone claimed to have found him. Well, later that night we found out it was faked. There was not real missing person. The staff had told one of the older guys a certain place in the woods to stand and pretend to be lost. I'm not gonna get into it here, but I think that was really stupid. I don't care if it was just a drill, you dont fake that you have a missing person just for practice. They had a lot of us really scared and praying for this guy. Whatever.

So after that we had Dinner and then worked on our skit. For dinner we had Hobo Meals. For our skit we based it off of a blond joke about Indians. It was pretty funny. The campfire went great and our skit turned out really good and everyone laughed. After that the guys 14 and over had our older scout program. It was really cool because we walked up to an old barn which actually turned out to be a small bar/club. Of course, no alcohol for us. :( WAAAAH!!!! Haha, just kidding. They had a pool table, pinball machine, Foosball table, tvs, and a bunch of couches and seats. It was awesome! Me and Reagan stayed for about half an hour then decided to head back to camp and be with our guys. Soon after we had to get to bed. Reagan and I along with 2 other guys in another tent talked for like 2 hours before actually falling asleep. It was pretty awesome.

Sunday: We got up and ate cereal for breakfast. Then we went to flag raising and the chapel service. We came back and cleaned up camp. Then at 11AM we had the awards ceremony. We won 3rd place Entranceway and 3rd Place Spirit Award. That's pretty good! Rock on guys! After that we went back to camp and finished packing while eating sandwiches for lunch. After our campsite was inspected we loaded the bus and drove the whole 30 minutes back to the church.

So that's pretty much it for my campout. I've been talking to Jake for a long time today and it is so awesome to talk with him one-on-one for a while. Anyways, it's almost midnight. SCHOOL TOMORROW! NOOOOO!

I hope everyone has a great night!

See ya,
Clifton

Summing it Up!

2008-10-02T22:35:00.002-04:00

Hey everyone!

Sorry I haven't written in a week. It seems I have really slacked off these past few weeks. I'm really sorry. I'll try to get back to my daily routine starting next week. Keyword.... try.

This week has been pretty good. It has gone by really slow though. In drama we are now working on our own plays. Tuesday we discussed our 3 play choices we wanted to do. I got one of mine picked. I will tell you more about it as the story develops. Today we talked about the ploys of our plays. Mine is a comedy so the plot seemed sort of crazy at times.

Today was a pretty cool day. We had a quiz in history that I didn't think was until Friday. It was flippin' hard too! It was about the amendments and it was matching the number of the amendment to what it did. I probably did pretty bad on that but oh well, it's just a quiz. In Spanish we did a conversation assessment and tomorrow we are supposed to design our own floor plan for a school and tell about it (en Espanol). It's probably going to be pretty hard. Luckily I have a good group that cares about their grades.

I had to buy a song today! NOOOO! I'm so used to using limewire and other sites. Just kidding (not really). I needed the instrumental for "Hot N Cold" for my new parody and I could only find it on one site and it cost $3. I asked my mom and she let me set up a paypal account using her debit card. I gave her the cash and she let me download it. It sounds pretty good. The ending has a high pitched noise in it that isn't in the real song but I'll try to work around that.

At scouts, we are having our Fall Camporee tomorrow through Sunday. I don't really want to go but I need to. It will be our first "patrol based" campout. I'm not officially in a patrol so i joined up with the group with the least people. Reagan joined the same group as well. We had to plan our own meals and supplies. It's really frustrating and like I mentioned I would rather do it the other way. Speaking of that, I was told I needed to be at the meeting an hour early because they were having a leaders meeting. Sweet! I was the only kid there so it was a little weird, haha. But we discussed things like new t-shirt designs, upcoming campouts, and popcorn sails. They tried to let me have a lot of say-so in what we do but I kinda let them do most of the talking. I will try and be more involved next time.

Well I have to go get a shower. We have to be at the church at 5PM tomorrow and I don't get home from school until about 4:30. So I only have like 15 minutes before I leave again. This is my last shower until Sunday. YUCK! I'd take one in the morning but I'd probably like fall asleep in the shower. Oh well, a lot of others are in the same situation. We're boys, we're supposed to stink. NOT!

I hope everyone has a great and safe weekend. Jake I will email you right before I leave the house tomorrow. It will probably be really short, but I'd feel really bad if I didn't tell you bye personally. So yea, I'll make sure to do that. :)

I'll try to update Sunday night when I get home and tell you all about the trip. Everyone have a good weekend!

Yours truly,
Clifton

Dead Spiders!

2008-09-26T21:38:00.002-04:00

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

Pop-Chick!

2008-09-21T21:38:00.002-04:00

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

Beach Bum Be Back

2008-09-14T21:26:00.002-04:00

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!
http://i36.tinypic.com/34qok5z.jpg

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.
http://i36.tinypic.com/24ec7tk.jpg

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

Drama Mama

2008-09-10T22:34:00.002-04:00

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

OMG!

2008-09-08T22:14:00.003-04:00

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

That's What You Get...

2008-09-02T22:20:00.002-04:00

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

Hurricane Gustav

2008-09-01T21:30:00.004-04:00

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

Burnin' Up!

2008-08-27T21:34:00.003-04:00

Oops, sorry for the 5 Missed Days! School has been going really well and I am starting to enjoy it more. I have made a few friends and found a few to sit with at lunch. Drama class has been great and we have been doing tons of fun exercises. The teacher said that tomorrow we are going to start on "Character Analysis" so that doesn't sound like much fun. I don't really know though, i just think "Analysis" sounds like a boring thing, haha.

Oh yea, I haven't mentioned this but I made a new video over the weekend. Don't judge it by my singing, lol. I suck plus I wasn't really trying. I think the more videos I do like it will make it easier for me to sound better. Yea, I still stink but I could do much better than that, lol.

Writing the lyrics was the fun part, lol. I also liked editing the audio using the "Auto-Tune" effect. It's the same effect used in "Lollipop" and Rihanna's "Disturbia". Of course I didn't use it at full power like those do, but I want to in some other video because it sounds so awesome.

Today in Physical Science we did a Scavenger Hunt type thing with converting measurements (ex. 100ml = ___ L). It really helped in memorizing how to convert using Dimensional Analysis. There is that word again...Analysis.

Tonight at Scouts I had my Board of Review for "Life Rank". That is when you have a meeting alone in a room with 2 leaders. In this case it was two leaders that don't come that often. I've only seen one occasionally, the other used to be very active in the troop when I first started. When I walked in the room the leader I knew was like "Oh no, tell them to send someone in who isn't a troublemaker like you". haha. I sat down and they asked me a serious of questions about scouting in general like what was my favorite merit badge and what did I plan on doing for my Eagle Project. Then, the leader I knew talked about how proud he was of me and how I set a great example to all the guys. He said he is looking forward to being at my Eagle Ceremony and will be proud to see me make it that far. He reminded me of when I was pretty new and he set up an orienteering course and split us into groups. He said my group was really lost and confused but i stepped up and led the group and we made it very close to the last destination and beat everyone else. He said that was my "turning point" in the program and he has seen me increase greatly in my self-confidence, commitment, and determination since I joined. Wow, I guess that just really means a lot to me coming from him.

After the Conference, Reagan was next so I waited on him to get out. When he was done I asked him how it went. He said they asked him about the same stuff as me pretty much. I asked him if they said all the "proud of you" stuff but he said "what? no.". So that kinda makes me feel better about it knowing it wasn't something they kinda told everyone. But yea, they said that I answered every question with a great answer and congratulated me. I was happy :)

So now it's about time for bed. I haven't heard from Jake since Monday night but I hope he writes soon. I've written him like twice since his last message. I miss you man! haha, I know weeks are busy for him though and I'm glad he is having a good time.

Well, I guess that is it for tonight. Have an awesome night everyone! Especially you Jake, Gage, Scooby, and ummmm.... anyone else! Oh, my friend George made a blog so I put him in my friend's blog links to the right. Check it out!

Your maaaaaaan,
Clifton

Late For Class!

2008-08-21T22:41:00.002-04:00

Hey!!!

Today was pretty good. It started out really sucky though.

So I got to school like last time. It was a little less crowded. When the bell rang we went to our lockers. I assumed we went to homeroom which was right next to my locker but the teacher told me that we go to first block. Well... this was one of the classes that was changed on me. I had written down A109 on my schedule, but the A109 wasn't the one I was looking for. I went up to a teacher and said i think i have the wrong class. He told me it should be C109. I had no clue where the C building was because I didn't know I left the A Building last time. I found it but all I saw was the gym. Then guess what...the late bell rang.

I went back into the main entrance of A Building and approached the window that said "Attendance Office". There was a lady in there and I explained to her what had happened. She showed me how to get to my class and wrote me an excuse. Oh god that was embarrassing. I had a feeling it was gonna be a really bad day.

I went to my class about 5 minutes late and turned in my slip. I noticed he didn't put anything in the computer and just read over it and threw it away. We talked about the Ancient tribes in the Americas and West Africa. We had to do several questions out of the book but we went over most of them as a class.

In 2nd Block the Spanish teacher said she got an email saying I was absent to first period. How did I know. She questioned me about it because she is also my home room teacher and she remembered me coming in earlier. I told her I turned in my slip. She told me to talk to my 1st Block teacher in the morning about it to get it fixed. Ok, trouble over..I hope. Spanish was pretty cool today. We worked on learning each others Spanish names and asking what their name was in Spanish. We also learned the alphabet. Weirdly, I knew it before hand. In Elementary we had a Spanish class about twice a week. We learned a song for the Alphabet so when we started going over it today it was really easy to recall. Most people didn't get it at all. Near the end of class we went around spelling our Spanish names out in Spanish. Most people had to use the chart and find each letter, but I just said it from memory. I got a lot of weird stares, lol. But the "perfecto" from the teacher was great, haha. I just thought it was pretty cool I remembered all that. I used to be so obsessed with learning Spanish as a second language I used to check out audio books at the library to learn, although those never helped, haha. Our homework was to learn to spell our last name in Spanish. Easy!

Near the end of Spanish I asked one of the guys I've been talking to and he said that he has first lunch too (same guy from yesterday) and that we go straight there after this class. So I ate lunch alone again. I didn't see him though but he is a freshman so i know that they have different areas and stuff. I feel weird sitting alone. I feel emo sitting alone, lol. I don't know why. Speaking of that, there was this 10th grader who had bright yellow hair. Holy crap that was awesome! It was different but it looked so cool. I wonder what it would be like if I dyed my hair that color.... Just kidding!

Third block, Theater, was amazing. We started out talking about trust and teamwork and took notes. Then we went to the stage. Wow! It felt like being in High School Musical or something! It was HUGE! Our stage at my old school was tiny and basically a big hole in the wall. This thing had several curtains and a real backstage area. Oh my gosh it was amazing! Anyways, out there we did some trust exercises. The first one was kinda serious. We all stood at the back of the stage and the teacher asked a bunch of question. Each one that was true about us we took a step forward. It started out with questions like "You have blue eyes" or "you are an only child" but as we got closer to the end the questions were deeper. Some were like "have you ever had a parent or guardian pass away" and "you feel good about yourself". I think it was a really good exercises and helped us gain trust with others. The other thing was more of a fun exercises. We got in a circle and took off one shoe. We could take off the other shoe too, lol, just put it back some. The game was called "Do You like your neighbor". We start out with one person in the middle. They then go up to a random person in the circle and ask, "Do you like your neighbor?". If you say yes, the 2 people on either side of you have to switch places before the person asking the question did. If you said no you had to say one thing you didn't like about them (ie. they are wearing jeans, they have white socks") then everyone in the circle who met that had to run to find a spot in the circle before someone else got it. It's pretty confusing but it was fun. Oh yeah I forgot one but I am running out of time. It was fun though, lol.

The sophomores had an assemble at 2:15 so we met in the auditorium (where i had just been on stage) and had a meeting. The principal introduced the office staff and stuff. I was appalled at the amount of disrespect some students showed. When the Guidance Director went on stage people were shouting out bad and disrespectful names at him. They also applauded all the assistant principals but actually booed one of them. I know, I sound like a retard, but I felt really hurt for them and sad that the students did that. It really pissed me off to be honest. I don't have time to get into why I think it's wrong but it just sickened me and hurt me for those teachers. Yeah, I'm weird like that.

Fourth blog was pretty good. We worked in groups and talked about the scientific method and variables. We have a quiz tomorrow but I think I'm pretty prepared for that. We had homework but I finished it in class. After the bell rang the teacher talked to me as I packed up. No, not because i was in trouble, he just asked where i was from and what school i came from. I don't think he recognized my old ones name, haha.

You know, it's weird, but no one has asked me about my arm yet. I don't know if its because they are scared to ask or they don't care. I don't mind answering, it's good that someone notices me, haha. Ok I sound like a total loser now :p

Well, that's it for this entry. It's long, I'm sorry Kristian! But I have a lot more to write about now. Have a good night Jake and Gage. I'll talk to yall tomorrow. TGI Friday!!!

Amor,
Enrique (Clifton)

First Day...

2008-08-20T22:03:00.002-04:00

Hey,

So today was my first day in the Public High School. I was really nervous about going this morning. I had to write Jake because he is my comfort buddy, haha. I promised him I would tell him all about it so I thought, "What better way than through my blog?". So here ya go man....

My mom woke me up this morning around 6:15. I ate some breakfast and got dressed and ready. We were taking my brother and his friend from down the road to his new school first. They are both in middle school. So we left here about 7:15 and dropped them off about 7:30. We pulled up at my school around 7:45. That's when the butterflies kicked in. Tons of people! I got out of the van and walked up under the area in front of "A" Building. I saw no one i know. I felt really weird standing by myself but as I looked around there were others. After a few minutes I saw Olivia come walking up. I felt a lot better seeing someone I knew. Well I actually saw a few people I knew walk by but they didn't see me. They were all older though.

Any ways, we looked around and saw Michael standing by himself. He was in our class at my old school. We talked with him and then the bell rang for us to go to class.

We were totally lost. Olivia and I finally found our lockers after wandering the halls forever! Luckily our home room was in the same hall way. She had a different one but she was across from me. I walked in and set down in an empty seat. The teacher was also my Second Block Spanish teacher. We had a moment of silence which I now realize is like a prayer time if you want. Lol, I didn't know what it was for at first. Then we had the pledge and the TV came on for morning announcements. The teacher was passing back papers for us to get signed. They were mainly for homeless people, lol. That's really weird and sad to think that some kids in my school don't have homes to go to. Anyways, after a few announcements the bell rang for us to be dismissed.

I then headed to my First Block, American History. I asked a teacher for directions to get to the classroom printed on my schedule but he told us that there was a mistake and he sent us to the room we were supposed to be at. I followed a group of guys there. I really don't know how I'm gonna find it tomorrow. The teacher went over the classroom rules and went over our plans for the year. We talked a little bit about basic facts about our country. I can't believe there were 3 people who didn't know what the capital of the US was...

My next class was Spanish 1, which is the same teacher and room I have as homeroom. She is really nice. She started out the class telling us about herself in Spanish. Most people were like, "huh?" but weirdly I understood most of it. I guess those Spanish classes in Elementary really did pay off. She then gave us little pieces of cereal. Each color of the cereal represented a question that we had to answer in Spanish. She had the stuff on the board so it was mainly just an exercise to get to know everyone. The questions were: Name, Grade, Age, Favorite Music, and What you did this summer. We went around the room answering. Then she gave us a list of popular Spanish names and we each had to choose one to use throughout the semester. I chose Enrique because it sounded sexy, haha. I like it though.

Third block, Play writing/Performance, was next. I finally found the classroom after asking a teacher about the wrong room number then having to go back and ask again, lol. But when I got there it was cool. They had a mirror that filled up a whole wall. I found out I was the only person the teacher didn't know, haha. So I was out of all the inside jokes. But it was cool because it is a very laid back class. We went around the room telling about ourselves, what plays we had been in, what did we do over the summer, and something interesting about ourselves. I didn't really know anything interesting but she helped. At the beginning of class I told her what school i went to. So when I didn't know anything interesting she asked how long I had went to -------. I told her since first grade. She said wow and asked if I knew another girl who used to go there. Duh! Who doesn't know everybody at my old school. It was like a family...too bad I left. Anyways, the class was AWESOME. We didn't really do much but she said tomorrow we were going to the stage to do some exercises so I'm jazzed about that. Wow...I just used a Jake word!

Oops! About 10 minutes into 3rd block we had lunch. I have the first lunch period. I went to my locker and got my lunch. I decided to eat outside since it wasn't so crowded and there were other people out there. This one kid in my Spanish class came up and introduced himself to me. He was pretty cool, lol. Other than that I ate alone. Oh yeah, my drama teacher had lunch duty so she came over and introduced me to a few people. I kept my eye on her to know when the class was over just in case there wasn't a bell, lol. But there was. Then I returned back to 3rd block.

Then is was time for my last class of the day, Physical Science. I'm gonna rush this because it's getting late. The class was really fun. We talked about assumption and stuff and did a couple of fun activities. I think this is gonna be an awesome class.

So at the end of the day, it wasn't as bad as I thought. I scared myself too much from watching TV, haha. But it's pretty cool and I think I'm gonna get used to it.

Jake...I'm sorry I didn't get a chance to email you this afternoon. When I got home my Internet wasn't working so I worked on it for like an hour until I finally fixed it. Then I had to get ready for scouts. Crap, I didn't even have time to talk about that. I was planning on emailing you after this entry but it's past 11PM and I want to get to bed early because I'm about to pass out. Just write me back after you read this. Besides, this was pretty much all for you and myself. You rock dude!

Everyone have a great night! Especially you Jake, Gage, Dustin, Kristian, and any other readers! Tell me your name so I can mention you, lol.

Night,
Clifton

Quicky but Serious

2008-08-19T23:01:00.002-04:00

Hey, I know it's a short entry but I wanted to update before my first day of school. I'm really excited about it and I can't wait! I'll make sure to write all about it, lol.

Everyone have a great night! See ya tomorrow!

A Shot At Love In New York With Flavor Flav

2008-08-16T22:51:00.003-04:00

Hey!

Howz you? I'm doing good. Today was pretty slow. My mom, dad, and bro had to work so I was home alone most of the day. I worked on a new video just because I hadn't made a real one in over a week. It was completely improvised so there is not much to it. I doubt it will be very popular.

A Shot At Love In New York With Flavor Flav!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bc2tiKIRYc0

The music is "F**k Ya Man" by Tila Tequilla. She sounds like Tommy Pickles in the song, haha.

I added a new MySpace song today. I change it a lot. I've had it set to "Far Away" by Libera for the past few days but I heard the song "Bartender" by REHAB on the radio today and I really liked it. It won't let me embed the real video but this is the song:

It's really catchy, haha. Sounds like my dad's type of music but it's new.

That's pretty much it for today. I chatted with Gage, Jake, and Dustin some. They are all doing ok. It's good to know Jake is still out there after not hearing from him, haha. Night readers!

See ya,
Clifton

Boy Scout Ringtones

2008-08-15T23:14:00.003-04:00

Wow, I just saw an ad on my blog for Boy Scout ring tones. WTF? I'd click on it but the AdSense rules say I can't click my ads. Anyone mind clicking on it for me and telling me what it's all about? ;)

So today..today..today. Wow! I did nothing! What a surprise...

I haven't heard from Jake in a couple days. I hope you are doing ok buddy!

Today was my old schools orientation. I'll talk to my friend Laura tomorrow to see how it went. I talked to Heather some today. She seems to be doing well. I'm gonna miss her :( We've been friends for so long. We will stay in contact though, hopefully we can meet up and do some stuff over the school year.

I rewatched Cloverfield today. Well not the full movie, I just skipped around. Not that you care.

Gage had to go to the hospital today from complications with a broken leg. Please pray for him and that the doctors do the best they can to treat it. Get well soon Gage!

Honestly, that's all I have for today. I hope everyone has a restful night and sorry for the super-short entry. Hopefully it will be better next time.

Love ya my pretties,
Clifton

Translate This!

2008-08-14T23:27:00.003-04:00

Hello all!

Sorry for the delayed update. Been busy (not really) the past few days. But you didn't miss much.

This morning I was bored so I surfed the net. Guess what I did? I found a translator and used it to translate my blog into different languages! Wow that is cool! Here are some links to see what I mean:
Spanish
French
Japanese

See? Pretty awesome! I had fun trying to read the Spanish one since I am taking that class next year, haha!

This afternoon I went driving with my dad to the trash dump and gas station. I got to drive the new truck. I hate driving...it is so scary! On the highway the speed limit is like 50 and I hate going that fast. I'm so scared that I'm gonna not see something and get in an accident. Ok, I'm chicken. I just don't see how people do it all the time!

I got my first blog comment yesterday, haha! Thanks Ajnabi for the comment and the mention in your blog. I really appreciate it :)

That's pretty much it. I'm having a Titanic Video Contest going on at Youtube but I've only got like 10 entries so it turned out to be kind of a flop. It goes on until the end of August so I might get some more later. No more contests from me, lol.

Speaking of Youtube, sometime this week my first video, Kate Winslet - What If (Titanic Edition), passed 1,000,000 views! Yay me! Thanks everyone for watching it. I'm getting like 4,000 views a day on it. Wow! I wish my other videos were that popular. I kinda thought that one wasn't that good since it was my first video ever. I even redid it but the new version doesn't have 1/10th of the views the older one does. Oh well, if the people like it that's all that matters.

Oh and I got HappySlip to say my name in her live show and "Mooseturd" (making fun of mustard). So yeah, I thought that was pretty important!!! This is the second time she has given me a shout out in her shows. She rocks!

I hope everyone has an awesome night. Especially you Jake! You da man!

Sincerely (Not Really),
Clifton

New Truck

2008-08-11T22:53:00.003-04:00

Hey!

Sorry I didn't finish my entry last night, I got tired!

Today was pretty good. I didn't do much. My dad told me yesterday about this truck he wanted to by from his friend and today he went to get it. Around noon he went to pick up some new wheels for it from my uncle and in the afternoon he bought the truck. It was only 300 dollars but it needs a lot of fixing up. The windshield is cracked and it needs a new paint job. He wants to sell it after he is done or give it to me. I don't know if I would want a truck, I'd rather have a car. But it depends on how it looks after it is fixed up.

Oh yeah, I made this video yesterday afternoon:
Shake It - Miley's Video

Description:
I knew it! This Metro Station's track "Shake It" played over Miley's video for "Start All Over". I made no cuts or edits in the video itself, it is exactly as is. Maybe Miley's producers had connections with Trace's. Who knows!?!

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Ok so now I am going to continue where I left off last entry.

Saturday:
Alex woke us up about 6:00AM because he said it was our chapter's turn to do kitchen duty. So we got up and ready and got down to the dining hall in about 20 minutes. There Alex, Tucker, Reagan, and I helped wash dishes and get stuff ready for breakfast. They didn't need that much help though so we left while the cooks finished up.

Breakfast was great. We had sausage, eggs, biscuits and gravy, and grits. After we ate Reagan and Tucker had a short meeting about their Brotherhood projects. Guess what? They were assigned to work in the kitchen! I had nothing better to do since Alex and his dad were going to work in the trading post so I decided to help Tucker and Reagan. So we helped clean up. Around 9:30 they told us we can take a break and come back at 11AM. At camp, they worked on some of the written work and worked on memorizing the Obligation and Song. We came back and we helped get the salad ready while the other kitchen staff made hot dogs.

Lunch was pretty good too. We had hot dogs, baked beans, and salad. After supper Reagan and Tucker had another meeting and after that they each went up and recited what they memorized to the lodge chief and answered a few questions and turned in their work. They both passed! We were dismissed but we wanted to go back and help in the kitchen because it was fun. We helped make brownies and apple cobbler. We mixed the brownies in a HUGE bowl. We even got to lick the spoons, haha.

We told the cook we were going to go watch the Ordeal Ceremony so she said ok and said we could come back any time and help her out. We signed her list of names she had of people who had helped in the kitchen that weekend to turn into the lodge.

When we got back to camp our Ordeal guys were there. They were still supposed to....uhhh, can't say that. Let's just say they were still in the middle of the Ordeal and they kinda broke some rules but oh well, there was no one around, haha. They told us about what happened to each of them the previous night and we talked about what we had done. They were split up into two groups, one had 2 of our guys and the other had 4. We planned on going to the ceremony with the most of our guys but got mixed up on locations for the ceremonies (there were many in different places for several groups) but luckily, we made it to the one with 2 of our guys. The ceremony went pretty good. I liked mine better but that could be because it was all new to me and so mysterious and exciting. But this one still went great. When they were done Reagan, Tucker, and I went down to shake all of their hands and congratulate them. Overall there were 150 candidates that went through the Ordeal. 149 of them made it (1 hurt his leg Friday night and spent the weekend at the health lodge. He will be able to redo it in the fall though). When we finished congratulating them we met up with the leader and the scout from our troop and went back to camp. In a little while the other Ordeal group got back! Congratulations!
New Ordeal Members in my troop:
Leaders - Todd, Dewitt
Scouts - Matthew, Justin, Jacob, Brian

Yay troop! After that we went down to the dining hall to wait for supper. Reagan, Tucker, and I went back to help in the kitchen.

We were working on getting the stuff out of the fridge for the salad and suddenly the power went out. We figured they had blown a fuse because they had the projector set up in the main area, but they found out the power was out throughout the entire camp! Uhoh! Luckily they were almost done with the food and they had a gas stove so we still ate, just a few minutes late and in the dark.

We had Lasagna, Bread sticks, and Salad. It was goooood! The Ordeal guys pigged out. Tucker stupidly offered to help out with serving and didn't get to eat until all of us were done, even with seconds. Sucks for you man! After that we had ice cream and the brownies and cobbler we made. I didn't eat the cobbler because I was so full but the brownies were delicious.

After that Reagan and Tucker went to get ready for their Brotherhood Ceremony. I stayed with the Ordeal guys while they got their packets. After that they had a Vigil Tap out for about 6 guys. The Ordeal guys signed the book (we have a book for the lodge with a page for each camp out since 1984. It's really cool to flip through! I found my signature on each of the OA camp outs I've been on in the past. After that we all headed up to camp.

I didn't go to the Brotherhood Ceremony because I didn't have anyone to go with and I didn't know where it was. Later I found out Alex and his dad went but I wasn't with them. The Ordeal guys and leaders went to bed early except Matthew. We planned to pull a prank on Reagan. He moved Reagan's mattress and sleeping bag to the floor and took his bunk. We waited forever for them to get there! Finally we heard them coming so we pretended to be asleep. Reagan told Tucker and then started to sleep on the floor. Then me and Matt "woke up" and told them it was supposed to be a prank. We expected Reagan to wake Matt up and Matt was gonna jump up like he was having a nightmare and scare the crap out of Reagan but it didn't go as planned. Oh well.

I congratulated Tucker and Reagan and we talked about the ceremony. We forgot Matt wasn't Brotherhood so he kinda heard about it. Oops! Haha, he probably has already forgot. Then we went to bed.

Sunday:
Justin set his alarm to go off at 6AM. We wanted to get out of there early so we wouldn't have to stay for breakfast (the power was still out by the way, they didn't get it back on) and we didn't want to stay for Chapel and Checkout. That always took forever. So we packed up and all of our guys snuck out of the Adirondack area, pass the Dining Hall, and to the bus. The official wake up time was 7AM. We were out of the camp at 6:54. Haha! We beat it! Once we got out of the mountains a little bit we stopped at McDonalds for breakfast. When we were leaving there was this weird guy beside our bus trying to capture wild cats for his church to neuter and return to the woods. Umm....ok! He had a weird accent too so after he told us that we kinda walked away. Once we got on the bus we all busted out laughing. It was funny and yet creepy!

So we got back to the church at about 9:30. It was good to be back home!

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Finally! That was a long entry, sorry about that...

So yeah, that is pretty much how it went. Thanks for taking the time to read (if you really did).

I hope everyone has an awesome night, especially you Jake. Thanks for the nice things you said in your Journal. It means a lot. I am so glad you are my best OL friend! You rock dude!

Goodnight,
Clifton

I'm In OA, And I Like It...

2008-08-10T23:59:00.000-04:00

I'm baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaack! I know you missed me!

The campout went really, really good. You want to hear about it? No? Too bad!

Friday around 3:30PM we got to the church. My dad dropped me off and I found out one of our leaders was not going which really disappointed me because he was one of the reasons I was going. He was also going as an Older Brother. Oh well...

After everyone showed up we loaded onto the bus and headed to camp. It was about a 2 our drive. We stopped at Wendy's on the way and got food to carry back to the bus to eat. When we got to camp we got off the bus, put our trash in one of the leader's coolers (haha) and grabbed our gear. We walked over to Registration. Two of our guys were already there, one leader and one adult (father and son). They are both Older Brothers as well. The thing is, they got there hours before we did and were already somewhere else. There were only 3 of us who were not going for our Ordeal: Reagan, Tucker, and me. The Ordeal guys and leaders got in line to register but we didn't know what to do. We asked one of the leaders and they sent us to the front to sign up. We went in and gave our Medical Forms and names and they gave Reagan and Tucker their wristbands since they were going for Brotherhood. They sent us out. But still...we didn't know where to go to put our stuff. We went back to the leader and he sent us in again. They told us to sign a sheet and hopefully find somewhere to sleep. How nice... So we signed it for one area just to have our name somewhere and got out of there. Back outside we told our leaders what happened and they didn't know what we were supposed to do either. So Reagan, Tucker, and I grabbed our stuff and headed up the mountain alone...

When we got to the Dining Hall we saw the scout and his dad their. Alex (the scout) led us up to where we were staying. We got the same Anderondac we did at the Fall Fellowship. We all set up our stuff on our bunks. We took off our Class A's and rested for a while. Then we headed back to the Dining Hall. We didn't see our guys there so we headed down to the trading post. Tucker bought some Ordeal flaps and I wanted to buy my 2 brotherhood ones. When I got up there I handed them my money they looked on a list to make sure I wasn't lying to them. Well.... I wasn't on the list. They gave me my money back and told me to go to the HQ to get that fixed.

We got Alex's dad to come with us to help. When we got in there they checked the database and found that my dues were unpaid. I was pretty sure I paid them earlier this year (NOW confirmed by my mom). I told them I am pretty sure my OA fees are up to date. They told me that I should be responsible for it and it's not up to them to know. Uuuhhh! Yes it is you RETARD! You guys are in charge of collecting our money. What did you do with it, spend it on that shrimp you were eating?

Anyways, after that whole Ordeal (pun intended) they found out that didn't have Reagan on record for being in the OA. Shall I say it again? RETARDS! You should keep up with important info like that. Sorry, just had to have my little SF (Scout Fit)! Haha!

So when that was over Tucker, Reagan, and I headed back to camp. It was pitch black outside. We didn't bring our flashlights because we didn't know it would take that long. So we used my digital camera on the trail, haha. We took pictures every few seconds to light the path from the flash. It really helped and I don't know what we would have did without it.

We got there and noticed that Alex and his dad wern't there yet. So we decided to wait up and scare them. Well we waited...and waited...and waited until finally we heard someone coming up the stairs. We hid in the corner of the Anderondack to scare them but it wasn't them. Instead, this was a large group of guys. They didnt see us because we were hiding but then we asked what they needed. Their leader told us that this was their Anderondack and we needed to leave. I told them that I was the SPL and we had already claimed this one. They said they signed up for it first. I said we got here first. Luckily, here came the leader we were waiting on and he convinced (more like forced) them to find another. He had that spot since 2PM and he said he sure as heck wasn't gonna give it up yo a group of guys just coming in. But yeah, we got that settled.

Ok now it's like 12:30 in the morning so I am going to wrap up here for the night. I still haven't got to Saturday which was the main day but I will update that in the morning.

In other news, I found out my old school was vandelized last night...again. At first I heard that it was massive vandelizm. Here is what I posted on myspace. All the info came from another bulletin a student had posted before it but i wanted to repost to those who didnt have him added.

I just heard from 2 students that ******** was "massively vandalized". I am unsure what all has happened but I just wanted to inform those who may not have the other students added. If you did it or have any information about it.. please admit to it. I know it seems like it ruins the fun, but it is the right thing to do and the charges and stuff will be a lot less. I know it's not something you often think about... but think about what people like Mrs. W*****s are going through now. I know she was very upset last time it happened, and this year it seems to be a whole lot worse.

Also...since when is Mrs. H*****s not coming back??? I know she told us that at the end of school but I have heard from her over the summer (from another teacher and a student who has talked to her) about her coming back. This is as recent as the end of July. On (school website) it has some other lady as the HS math teacher. What the heck is going on.

Anyone who has heard any more info about the above situations please let me know. I'm not going back to *** next year but I really do care about the school and faculty.

So yeah. Later I was called a queer by another student for posting it but I really don't care. Unlike some people I actually care about the school and the faculty. I just hope they get everything cleaned up and nothing else happens before the school year.

So yeah, i need to get to bed. Goodnight everyone! I will finish the campout post tomorrow.

See ya,
Clifton

I Ate A Big Mac

2008-08-07T21:11:00.002-04:00

Hey!

Today was somewhat awesome. Last night I came up with the idea for a video. I recorded part of it then. I set my alarm to wake me up at 10:30 this morning. I got up and dressed and stuff. I told my dad to get me something at McDonalds and well...this is what happened:

I Ate A Big Mac - Katy Perry (Parody)

Description:
My Spoof of Katy Perry's "I Kissed A Girl". It is called "I Ate A Big Mac" and is sung my a nutrient-confused Burger King employee.

Sorry the audio is off sync with the video. Youtube screwed it up!

Get the free MP3 Here (Right Click, Save Target As):
http://www.freewebs.com/cliftonmcd/iateabigmac.mp3
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LYRICS:

This was never the way I planned
Not my intention
I got so hungry At work
Lost my progression
It's not what, I'm used to
Just wanna try it out
I'm curious for food
Went to McDonalds

I ate a Big Mac and I liked it
The taste of its juicy meat
I ate a Big Mac just to try it
I hope the king don't mind it
It felt so wrong
It felt so right
Don't mean I'm Ronald tonight
I ate a Big Mac and I liked it
I liked it

No, I don't even know your meat
It doesn't matter,
You're my experimental eat
Just American Culture,
It's not what,
Health freaks do
Not what they should digest
My mouth gets so abused
Hard to confess

I ate a Big Mac and I liked it
The taste of its juicy meat
I ate a Big Mac just to try it
I hope the king don't mind it
It felt so wrong
It felt so right
Don't mean I'm Ronald tonight
I ate a Big Mac and I liked it
I liked it

Fast Food is great, so magical
Soft shell, hard buns, so kissable
Hard to resist so tasteable
Too good to deny it
Ain't no big deal, it's one visit...

I ate a Big Mac and I liked it
The taste of its juicy meat
I ate a Big Mac just to try it
I hope the King don't mind it
It felt so wrong
It felt so right
Don't mean I'm Ronald tonight
I ate a Big Mac and I liked it
I liked it
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Haha, I know I am weird!!!!!!!!

That was pretty much my day. I packed for the campout this weekend. I also wrote Jake and talked a little with Gage and Lucas. I am leaving for the campout tomorrow at 3:30 so this is gonna be my last entry until I get back. If you don't hear from me soon after Sunday...assume the worst. Haha! I hope this is a fun campout and not a sweaty miserable one. It is mainly for the new OA members going through with their Ordeal and some other guys working on Brotherhood. I am going as an "Older Brother" whatever that means.

Well I better go. I'm gonna get up early again in the morning so I can be ready for the trip. I hope everyone has an awesome weekend and I will write as soon as I get back. LOVE YALL!

Your lover, (:p)
Clifton

High School Orrientation

2008-08-06T23:12:00.003-04:00

Hey!

Today was pretty awesome. I woke up around 10AM and at breakfast and got ready for the orientation at my new school. It started at 2PM but we got there a few minutes earlier. I called Olivia and we met up at the entrance. When we first got there we had to wait in line outside to get into the building. When we got to the door they checked a card type thing my mom filled out and sent us to get our IDs. There wasn't that long of a line. In front of me was my friend Robert who used to be in my scout troop. I talked to him for a few minutes. He is going to be a freshman this year. Anyways, when I got to the front of the line I handed that form thing to the lady. She asked what grade I was in and if I was a first time student. She also asked where I was coming from. I told her and she entered it into the computer. Then I stood in front of this blue paper they had up. They took my picture and then handed me my ID on a thing to wear arounf my neck. We have to wear our IDs at all times during school. It sounds kinda weird to me but I guess it's how they keep track of all the students.

After Olivia and I got our IDs we went to the next room to get our schedules. We had to wait in a long line though. We finally got our schedules. Here is mine:

First Semester -
1: American History
2: Spanish 1
3: Playwriting/Performance
4: Physical Science Honors

Second Semester -
1: English 2
2: Speech
3: Health/Success
4: Geometry

I'm not sharing any classes with Olivia unfortunately but I kinda figured it might be that way. After our schedules our next stop was to get our lockers. We told the lady our combinations and she gave us a locker number. Guess what, me and Olivia have lockers right beside each other. Yay!

At the end of the hall Olivia went to get her parking pass but they wouldn't let her until she passed her drivers test. She tried this morning but they didn't pass her. She's trying again later this week.

Our next stop was to get our books. We handed someone our IDs and schedules. We went to the other side of the room. They called out our names and handed us our books. Wow they are big! I got my History, Science, and Spanish books. Our History one is the biggest and it has over a thousand pages in it! Holy Crap!

They told us they were waxing the floors in the building where our lockers were so we couldn't put our books up. I am going to get so lost the first day!

By the way, thanks Shelley and Matt for the MySpace messages giving me info on the teachers. It helps a lot to know how they are, lol.

When I got home I talked with Gage. He broke his leg today playing basketball so I hope it heals soon! I told him I wanted to sign his cast, lol. I wish I could.

I watched the episode I missed of the Secret Life of the American Teenager online. I also watched some episodes of my favorite show when I was younger, "So Weird". That show has got to be one of Disney Channel's best. I wish they would put it back on the air.

I did some work on my blog today. I am using this account with adsense so I have ads under every few posts. I used to have a banner on the side bar but it looked kind of out of place so I took it off and replaced it with a video bar of my latest videos. Although I recommend you go to my Youtube Page so you can rate and comment them as well.

That is about it for today. I hope everyone has an awesome night, especially you Jake. You too Gage! And you Kristian, Dustin, Ashton, Cory, or whoever the heck else is reading! ☺

Your Public High School Dude,
Clifton

Webshow Numero Dos!

2008-08-05T22:41:00.002-04:00

Hola! Comprehende Espanol?

Lol, what's up? Today was pretty good. I spent most of the morning (well, what I call morning, 1AM, lol) planning for my show. Gage came on later in the afternoon and we talked for a while. I spent some time on the boards I visit regularly as well. I haven't heard from Jake today so I hope he is doing well.

I did my second live show today and I think it was really good. I had it all planned and I was amazed I finished right when I expected to be done. The show went for about an hour which is what I plan on. I played some of Gage's music and people fell in love with him, haha. I also talked about Cloverfield 2, Distaster Movie, and Dark Knight. There were a few other subjects but I forgot already, lol.

I have my orientation for school tomorrow so I am pretty nervous about that but also excited. I hope I get at least one class with someone I already know. Olivia and I plan on meeting when it starts and going in together. That way we won't feel so alone, haha. She is going to try for her license in the morning so good luck! I need to start driving more. I only have like an hour of drive time in so far so I better hit the road.

Oooh guess what I found out! If I hold down Alt + a number on the keypad to the right of my keyboard I get symbols! ☺☻♥!!!! Holy poop! That is awesome. It works on everything!

Haha, night night everyone. Especially you Jake and Gage.

Your writer,
Clifton

FrogvilleTV

2008-08-04T23:24:00.003-04:00

Hey!

Sorry I missed doing an update yesterday. It was an ok day though. My brother turned 12. He got a new bike, a new mouse, and some money. Mary came over and we had cake and ice cream.

Today was pretty good. I didn't get.... I don't know what I was going to say. I kinda zoned out for a minute watching tv, lol. I didn't get something. Today I helped my friend Cory with a video for his site. It's going to be like a bunch of videos but this was our first one. Here is the vid:

As you can tell, I am the newscaster, lol.

I wrote Jake this morning and I talked with Gage most of the evening. I am still getting ready for my second webshow tomorrow. I have some stuff planned this time so it won't be boring like last time. I already have received a dare from someone... ;)

I watched some of the Teen Choice Awards. I think the dance challenge between the M&M Cru and ACDC was unfair. ACDC totally kicked boo-tay! I also watched that high school musical singing show thing on ABC. It was pretty cool and some of them are great singers!

Umm...yeah I think that's all I have for today. Make sure to stop by and see my webshow tomorrow at 8PM EST at http://www.blogtv.com/People/Slyth66.

Have a blessed night! Especially you Jake and Gage!

U know who it be,
Clifton

First Video Since Repair

2008-08-02T23:17:00.004-04:00

Hey!

Today was a good day. I spent pretty much all day working on a new video. I tried doing a bunch of special effects and stuff but it got too complicated and just didn't look right. I still did some but not as much as I planned and it doesn't look as real as I intended. I'll show the vid at the end of this entry.

Jake is still doing his Ordeal and I soooo can't wait to hear from him. I remember mine so clearly even though it was like 2 years ago. I know he is having a bad time right now, lol. But after this afternoon he will be so proud of himself. I am so proud of him too!

My brother's birthday is tomorrow. He will be 12. Yep.... He's growing up, lol.

I hope everyone has a good night, especially you Jakeyyyy! I hope you are ok :) Oh...and Gage said HI! You have a goodnight to Gagers :p

USGOV803 - Attack Capture - VID #001:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFAp58Z7ZRQ

Video retrieved from attack at USGOV Area #803.
PROPERTY OF THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY. PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION PROHIBITED.

Night-night,
Clifton

If You Ain't Got No Camera...

2008-08-01T22:50:00.002-04:00

Take your broke self home!

HAHA! I got my camera back this morning! Yay me! It works just as good as new. Thank you Mr. repair guy for putting it in.

First off, I wanted to open (well, close to open) this entry with a good luck wish to my buddy Jake. He is going for his OA Ordeal this weekend and I am so excited for him! You show them how it's done man! Haha, I can't wait to hear how it went.

Today was pretty good. I woke up around 12PM. I got some food and then I saw that Gage was on IM. We talked for about an hour then he had to go. He is putting his dream in his blog so I will do the same, lol.

Well it started out in a court room. It was Miley Cyrus and some other girl. I don't remember what the case was about but it had Miley really upset. I was part of the jury. Miley started crying and I stood up and said this isn't fair or something like that. Then it switched to me and a bunch of people being in this house with this evil lady controlling us. She got a group of "good" kids including me to find a closet to hide in. I went in my sisters room and went into her closet. I heard the lady beating up other kids and stuff and then i saw a 7th grader from my school come into my sisters room but then the lady followed her with a knife. I jumped out of the closet and told her to stop and please let Natalie go. She agreed with me so she told her to hide in the closet with me. We went back in and Natalie brought her blanket with her. We could barely fit in the closet. When the noise stopped we went back into my sisters room to look under the door but the lady caught us and told us to go back in the closet. When we did we heard her shooting some other people. After a while all that was left of us went back outside and turned into colored fireflies. I was a blue one. There were millions of us. We were trying to think of ways to escape without the lady knowing and the yellow, green, and red fireflies got on the roof of one of the buildings and lifted it up and flew away. the rest of us went back in and decorated Christmas trees. there was a group of yellows left that wouldn't help us because they were doing there own. the blues made a small lightweight one so we could fly away with. when we got ready to leave i woke up.

Lol, that's just a taste of how crazy my dreams usually are! Anyways, today was pretty boring. I spent most of the day chatting with Gage and surfing around Youtube. I really need a life... That is why I can't wait until school starts back. I hate doing nothing, I like staying busy and having fun. Hopefully that's what will happen at the new school.

So yep. That's pretty much it. My mom is off tomorrow so I don't know what we have planned. I hope everyone has a great night, ESPECIALLY you Jake. Get plenty of rest and don't get scared, lol. He will know what I mean. You are an awesome guy and I know you will make it through the Ordeal just fine. Don't give up! I'll be praying for you and thinking about you (duh, I do that anyways and all the time, lol). You have a good night too Gage even though we are still talking.

Love yall!
Clifton

Great News!

2008-07-31T22:11:00.004-04:00

Hey everyone!

I heard some great news this morning... The part for my camera worked!!! My dad is picking it up in the morning. Heck yeah! I've waited weeks! I want to try and do a video tomorrow. It may be short and sweet, I'm just glad to have my camera back!

So, Today was kinda boring. Spent most of it talking to Gage, lol. Woah.. I just realized I have an email from Jake. MSN Messenger didn't say I had an email. Oops! Hold on let me email him....

Ok done. Sorry about that man!

Ooh, my favorite YouTuber VenetianPrincess put up an awesome parody yesterday. Check it out!

Haha, I LOVE HER!

Well that's pretty much it for this entry. Over to the right I added a box with my friend's blogs. So far I only have Jake's and Gage's there because none of my other friends have one, lol. Gage's is new so go check it out before he gets too popular to notive his readers :p

See yall laterrrrrzzz!
Clifton

Day After First Webshow

2008-07-30T23:56:00.002-04:00

Yoyoyoyoooooo!

Whatsup! Today was pretty tight. I didn't really do much. The part came in for my camcorder. I think it is the right part. My dad is taking it to the guys who have my camera tomorrow so hopefully they can put it in. I can't wait to get it back! I have been having withdraws lol!

I got a webcam on Sunday. It is a Microsoft LifeCam VX-3000. It was about $40 so I guess it was worth the price. The sound quality is pretty bad though but i like the picture. So yesterday I decided to do a webcast on BlogTV. I was very nervous and didn't have much planned. Lol, here is the video to let you see how it went. It only recorded the first hour but it went on for about 2 and a half.

fg - Broadcast your self LIVE

I had a lot of problems with the audio. But hey, it was my first try. Only a few people showed up but it was pretty fun. I hope to do another, more planned, show next Tuesday.

I was going to do a video today but I want to wait and see if they fix my camera. I'd rather use that than the webcam. I've gotten a lot more readers lately from youtube so thanks for coming and feel free to leave your URL in a comment! I'd love to check out your channel.

So yeah, that's pretty much my entry. Everyone have a great night. Especially you Jake, glad you survived the quake, lol. Speaking of the earthquake. Check out this video from the taping of Judge Judy:

(EDIT: Found a video from multiple shows. Check it out:)

Woah! Pretty scary stuff. I'm glad there were no injuries or at least not much.

So, see yall next entry!

Love,
Clifton

Still No Camera!

2008-07-24T21:58:00.003-04:00

I'm going to DIE!!! I still haven't got my camera back from the repair shop! GRRRR! Lol, this is torture. They said hopefully it will be ready tomorrow but I really doubt it!

So I just wanted to do an update for you since it's been several days since I last did one. Nothing much has gone on here. I had a short scout meeting last night about an OA campout coming up August 8th so I'm looking forward to that.

Umm, yeah that's pretty much all thats really went on this past week. I uploaded a short video today just to fill up a space for this time i've been without my camera, lol:

I know it isn't that great but I just wanted to upload something to keep my subscribers happy until I can make a real video. And youtube really messed up the audio at some parts. Sorry about that!

I've talked with Jake and Gage a lot this week. they are doing pretty good.

Yeah, so i guess that's it for this update. Talk to you all later!

1 Month, 1 Day

2008-07-19T22:12:00.002-04:00

School starts in exactly 1 month and 1 day. No!!! I'm scared. But I am also excited to see what it's gonna be like.

I talked to Gage and Jake last night. Well I was talking to Jake and then he fell asleep on me. Haha, that's ok dude. I forgive you 100%! But yeah, I got to talk to them and it was awesome.

I haven't heard from Gage at all today and that's pretty rare so I really hope he is doing ok. He better come on soon! Please?

So today has mostly been spent on the computer. I downloaded this new special effect software and I have been playing around with it all day. I wish I had my camera back so I could mess around with my own clips. We haven't heard from the place so I'm hoping that it's ready Tuesday. But yeah, I played around with some light saber effects and some green screening. My walls suck as a blue screen because of the lighting in my room so it would be extremely hard for me to pull off a blue screen. But I still want to try though. There are also a bunch of color filters to make it have different looks. If your wondering what the software is, I'm not telling you because I got a cracked version, haha. It normally costs about $450 dollars though.

Gage just signed on, will he respond....YES!!!!!! I'm glad he's ok!

So anyways... That's about it for my entry. The video is doing pretty good. I have almost 500 views. And I'm getting tons of comments and messages telling me that I'm hot so that's a good thing, lol! I'm also getting tons of comments asking about my arm, I even had one say "liar, you do to have two arms!". lol, what the heck? Umm, how do they figure I'm making it up? lol, I wonder if some people are brainwashed by youtube sometimes :)

Everyone have a good night, especially you Jakey! :p

Clifton

7 Things I Like About You!

2008-07-18T22:09:00.002-04:00

1. You read.
2. You Care.
3. You're Always There.
4. You like me, I like you.
5. You made me smile.
6. You made me Cry.
7. You.... ok I'm bored now...

Soo.. Whatsup? If you are wondering why the heck I just wrote the 7 things up there, I just uploaded my parody of Miley Cyrus' 7 Things. First, here is her video:

And this is mine:

So yeah, I've been working on it for the past week but I'm a little upset that I couldn't use all the clips I filmed because my camera broke. My dad called the place again today and they said it may be by Tuesday. Aww! They said it would be ready yesterday, now I have to wait a whole week? Oh well, at least I finished the video. But now my brother and I have another idea for one. I'm not gonna give it away, but it will be based off of one of my favorite shows (and no, it's not on Disney).

I haven't heard from Jake in a couple days. I hope he's doing ok. I talked to Gage a little bit this morning but his computer is messed up so we haven't talked that much. I hope he gets it fixed soon!

I just remembered that my camera had the tape in it from my literature project "A Miserable Merry Christmas". Oh no! Lol, oh well, they can make fun of it all they want. It's on youtube anyways.

So that's pretty much it. Jake I hope to hear from you soon. You to Gage. Yall have a great night!!!

Your Lover, (NOT! Eww, lol)
Clifton

:( :( :(

2008-07-17T21:43:00.002-04:00

Hey! Wow it has been so long since I have posted. I guess most of my online time has been taken up by talking with my friends. Gage and I have chatted for several hours this past week and me and Jake have exchanged emails almost every day. The time in between I've been either watching youtube videos or talking to my other friends on the board. I have said before that I would be more dedicated to this blog if I knew who read it. Even if this is your first time reading, i'd really appreciate it if you left me a comment on one of my posts. Just to know it's worth it. Even if no one responds I will keep updating, not to worry, lol. But I just would like to know if I am just doing this for myself and my close friends, or are there others of you out there. If so, feel free to leave me a comment, i won't bite, lol.

Hmm, let's see. What's been going on in my life. Well, my friend Gage and I have been talking lately and he has shared some very personal stuff with me. I'm really glad that he trusts me with it and that's what makes him the great friend that he is. I like knowing how my friends are feeling or what they are going through. Some try to bottle it all up and hide it from people, scared of what they might think. And that is understandable. But most of my friends know that I would never reject someone or think differently just because they are going through a hard time and I really like it when they share stuff like that with me. I don't know, i'm just rambling, haha.

Oh yeah, I uploaded this video:

Now you are probably wondering why the Title is ":( :( :(". Two days ago my brother and I were working on making a video for youtube. We finished all the shooting and I hooked my camera to my computer and started to record it onto my system. I noticed about half way through my camera kept loosing connection. I wiggled the cable and it helped a little but then it stopped working all together. I looked in the camera where the cable goes and noticed 2 of the prongs were bent, one of those possible broken off. My dad and I went to Best Buy to try and get it fixed and they said they had to send it off to Connecticut to get it fixed. They said it wouldn't be back until early August. NO!!!! I told them no thanks and took it back home, very upset. Yesterday my dad took it to a computer repair place and they took it and said they should have it fixed in a couple days. Phew! It was $65 dollars for the prair but my parents covered that. My dad called today and they said they were still looking for the part. He said it will be a couple more days and to call back tomorrow. So I hope they have it fixed! I want to import this video and start editing it for youtube. Plus I miss my camera :(.

That's all that I can really think of that's happened so far this week. Been dreaming every night. Normally just crazy dreams, but more than half have been about school. I guess I'm just really nervous and scared. I wish I would have chose to stay at my old school in a way. But I know that this is the best thing to do because I have more oportunities to help in college. My old school didn't have anything of the sort. I just don't like the fact that I am going to a completely strange and unfamiliar place. I'm so used to being surrounded by people I know. I wish they could all come with me, haha.

I guess I'll sign off for the night. Everyone have an awesome night and i'll try and update tomorrow.

Bye-Bye!
Clifton

I'm Back and In Love with a Stripper!

2008-07-12T19:53:00.003-04:00

Well, not really. Eww!

But I am back! This week has been awesome! I wish I could go back! Here is what I did all week.

Sunday: We got up around 6AM and drove to the campground which took about four hours. Once there we set up and ate lunch. My brother and I went riding bikes and went to the Atalaya Castle and walked through it. I called my girlfriend then went to bed.

Monday: My parents went early to the beach so my brother and I stayed in the camper playing Xbox most of the morning. When they got back we all went to a few "junk stores" but I didn't get anything. I wanted to save my money until we went to Broadway at the Beach. I called Gage when we got back but there wasn't an answer so I left him a message. He called back later while we were walking on the beach that night and we talked for about an hour. Then I had to go get a shower. After my shower I headed to bed.

Tuesday: My brother and I rode bikes around the campground for most of the day then watched a movie in the later afternoon. We went out to eat at a seafood restaurant called "Ghost Ship". We used to go there every year but we haven't been since they moved locations. The buffet was still awesome though! After we ate we went to a Marina down the road and walked around the docks and the church beside it for a little while. Then we went back to camp and I went to bed.

Wednesday: I woke up kinda early because I wanted to go down to the beach with my parents. I got ready and then stayed down there for about an hour and then got bored so I went and rode my bike some and went back to the RV to watch "Vacancy". By the way, it was really good. See it if you like scary movies! I called Gage later that night and we talked for a little over an hour. Then I fell asleep watching another movie.

Thursday: My parents went to the beach early. When they got back we got ready to go to BATB (Broadway at the Beach; not Beauty and the Beast, lol). Before we left there were some big storm clouds so we were hoping that we wouldn't get rained out. We were unlucky. Once we got to the Myrtle Beach area it was pouring down. You could barely see in front of you. We parked and ran to the sheltered area where there were a bunch of shops. We walked through there but then got to the end. There were more places on the other side. So my family and I took off across the boardwalks and pavement in the pouring rain. We got to the other side and my parents chose to stay under the shelter at the theater. Me and my bro ran out to the other stores. One area we ran through was flooded and the water was up to our ankles. It felt like we were at a water park! If only I had a bathing suit and was barefoot! Anyways, we didn't go to any stores and met back up with our parents. We drove across the street to the Hard Rock Cafe. While my parents registered my brother and I went walking to some more stores. The rain finally let up and we went inside to eat. The place looked really cool and the food was awesome! I had the 10oz Legendary Burger with a Caesar Salad and fries. For dessert I had a hot fudge Sunday. Yummy! When we finished we left back to the park. I wish it hadn't rained because I have been saving up for a while for money to spend around the stores. Oh well, at least I have it all now!

Friday: We went out on the beach around noon and I played in the water and laid out some. When we got back my parents packed up and me and my brother walked down to the store and hung out around there for a while. When we got back I called Gage and we talked for a few minutes then I went to bed early.

Saturday (Today): We got up around 6AM and got out of the park at 6:30. The ride home was long and I listened to music almost all the way. We stopped to eat at McDonalds for breakfast and then got home around 11:30AM. I got caught up on my emails and forums. I read Jake's journal. He went on vacation this week too so I can't wait until he gets back so we can talk about it. I thought about him so much this week and I wished that he could have been there. But at least he was having a good time as well and I hope they had a safe and fun trip.

Here is a video I made with pictures I took on the trip:

Well, I guess I better go. I'm hungry and I want to email Jake so he will have something when he gets home. Everyone have a good night and an awesome Sunday!

Clifton

So Long..

2008-07-05T22:08:00.002-04:00

Hey. I just wanted to write tonight to tell everyone bye! We are going to the beach early tomorrow morning and won't be back until next Saturday. I woke up with a bad crick in my neck and I still can't move it without it hurting extremely bad. I hope it's better in the morning. Anyways, everyone have an awesome week and I'll write ya when I get home to let you know how it went. I love you, haha!

Clifton

Happy July 4th, 2008!

2008-07-04T23:55:00.001-04:00

Hey. Happy Fourth of July!!! Sorry for the few days of being a no show. Been too lazy to update plus not much going on. Been kind of a lazy week for me with not much to do besides sit at the computer or listen to music and relax. I've been writing Jake back and forth all week and he has stayed busy. He needs to send some of his life to me because I have none during weeks like this, haha. I've also chatted to Gage for long hours. Well hours can't be longer than hours but you get the point. We voice chatted again a couple of days ago for about 2 and a half hours.

Oh, by the way. About my latest video. I was looking through some of my old cassette tapes that me and my friend made. I must have gotten bored and wrote a song. The date that is said later on the tape is April 22nd, 2001. I was 7 years old, lol. Here is the video:

I realize that parts of this song use some lyrics and tune from John Loeffler's song "Together Forever". I have no clue who he is but there is no copyright infringement intended, lol. Hey, I was 7!

Anyways, I haven't had a chance to post that here yet until now. I also found a clip on one of my tapes from when my brother was a baby and my mom was playing with him trying to get him to talk. It's only for about 20 seconds but it was really cool to listen to knowing how long ago it was. No idea how it got on my tape though.

Today I talked to Gage early and spent the later part of my day loading my MP3 player with songs. I now have a total of 209 songs! I don't ever listen to half of them but they are there just in case I am in the weird mood to listen to them.

Sunday we are leaving for the beach and won't be back until next Saturday. We are going to our usual place we camp. I haven't been there in 3 years because last summer we went to the Outer Banks and the summer before that I went to a scout camp while my family went. So I'm kind of excited. I'm bringing my digital camera because I want to take a bunch of pictures. I plan on taking pictures at every vacation place I go and choosing the best one to be framed and to go on my wall. I have a feeling that this will carry on when I get my own house too. Maybe dedicate a room or a wall to travel since I love to visit new places. I don't know, it's just an idea that seems pretty cool at the moment. Oh yeah, Gage gave me his number so I'm going to be keeping in contact with him while I'm gone. Also gonna be calling my girlfriend while I'm there too. Unfortunately I won't have a computer so I can't talk to Jake or update my blog but I will as soon as I get home. Well maybe not as soon but you know what I mean.

Man my room is a mess. I just cleaned off my desk and now it's full of junk again. Hold on, I'm going to clean up. Be right back!......Back! Man I am such a nerd! I hate cleaning my room when I'm told too but when I think it's messy I hate it! But its clean now! I still have some change on my desk but I hope my dad can trade me out on it for some bills. Right now I have $75 dollars to take to the beach and I'm getting $5 at the end of this week. Hopefully that is enough to spend!

Well I have bored yall long enough. Have a great night and I'll try and update tomorrow. If I don't get to the blog I'll talk to you all when I get home! Jake I'll write you before I leave. You are awesome man!

See ya,
Clifton

Shine

2008-06-29T22:46:00.004-04:00

Howdy! Whatsup everybody? Me? Not much.... still hot as can be. My dad said that they are supposed to install the new air conditioner tomorrow so I hope they do it early. Preferably before I wake up. I can't stand the heat! That's one of the reasons i do not like summer time. Now heat is ok when you are at the beach or at the pool. But when you are at a place where there is no water except the shower, you are pretty much bummed out...

Soo... Today was pretty good. Church was fun I guess. Not much out of the ordinary going on unfortunately. After church I uploaded some of the video I shot at the concert. I made a playlist so I am going to try and embed it here:

Let's hope that works. Click the arrows to change songs. I guess this gives a little taste of what the concert was like.

I got a reply to the haters video I made back in April from the main person who was being a jerk. I'll put it here so you can see:

dylanc29:
"dude your a queer ur videos make no sense and this video is so gay im the one who made fun of u and id do it again ur gonna be a homesexual when u get older ,u aint gonna make it in the buisness man"

I don't know about you but to me that sounded like something an 8 year old wrote, lol. That shows the maturity of this certain 10th grader. Now, i'm not encouraging anything... but if I wasn't me and I was a regular viewer of Slyth66's videos I'd send that dylanc29 a message showing him how much of a jerk he is. Just saying :)

So anyways, I talked with Gage until like 3AM last night, lol. We had a good talk though and shared somethings a little more personal with each other. I really wanted to thank you again Gage for telling me, it means a lot.

Jake got home from his campout today think but i haven't heard from him. I'm excited to hear about how it went so I hope to hear from him soon.

If any of my readers have any suggestions on how I can make this blog better please leave me a comment. I like getting feedback from you guys. So even if u aren't that much of a reader but you happen to have stumbled along my blog, just leave a comment and if you want me to write back leave your email. Thanks!

Oops, just got a message from Jake... hold on....

Ok. he just sent me an email he meant to send Thursday. The other one is coming really soon so he said to stand by. I'm gonna keep writing until I get it. Haha, he has know idea that I'm documenting this :p

I talked to my girlfriend today and she's doing pretty good. She got her permit so she is really excited about that. Haha, I got mine before she got hers.

Oh, I found this music video by Britt Nicole and it is one of the songs she sang at the concert. Check it out, it's pretty sweet. They don't allow embedding so Here is a link!

That's pretty much all I got for tonight. I'll write again tomorrow. Have a good night peeps!

Clifton

Faith, Family, and Freedom 2008!

2008-06-28T23:13:00.002-04:00

Wow! That is all I can say. I just got back from the New Life 91.9 concert. It was amazing! Definitely the best concert I've been to. The bands all gave amazing performance and the Christian atmosphere was awesome! I definitely felt at home there. Britt Nicole gave a strong performance. I wasn't sure of who she was but once she started singing a bunch of her songs were familiar. I love her voice. I also didn't realize she was from the Carolinas! Cool! The Newsboys were excellent as well! Lol, I loved it when they added in "Drowning out the South Carolina rain" in their song "He Reigns". I took my video camera and got a few of the songs so I'll make sure to upload them ASAP!

Speaking of videos, I uploaded a new video yesterday. After taking a break from doing Titanic I realized just how fun they were! This is "One in a Million":

Anyways, just thought you might want to see it, lol.

The concert was pretty much the highlight of my day. I went to get my girlfriend's birthday present and then we picked up my brother and got pizza. We took the pizza to my stepmom's house and ate it there. Then we headed to the concert.

I'm gonna get off now because I'm pooped! Jake is on a campout this weekend and I hope it is going awesome for him! I wish I could be with him there.

Goodnight!
Clifton

Keep Breathing

2008-06-27T22:44:00.002-04:00

Hey! Well, yet another day with no air conditioner. I was woken this morning by my dad and one of the AC guys outside my window. My dad said that we won't be able to get another one until Monday. Monday! That's like a whole weekend from now.

Oh well, good thing I'm gonna be out of the house for most of the weekend. In the morning I'm going to get my girlfriend's birthday present and then after that I'm going to the "Faith, Family, and Freedom Celebration" in Charlotte, NC. It's put on by a local radio station and this year the concert is for the Newsboys and Britt Nicole. They are both pretty popular Christian singers. The Newsboys are the ones who sing this song:

He Reigns:

I love that song! Anyways, I'm pretty excited about that.

Today was pretty dull. I was planning on doing a video but the video editor I use doesn't have the effect I want. I tried downloading a few cracked versions of other programs but I couldn't find a working activation code for them. I'm still looking though.

I only played GTA IV for about 2 hours today. I don't want to wear it out as my dad puts it. I want to keep it interesting for a while. Besides, it's the only game we have right now.

I also talked to Gage for a little bit today. He's still in the hospital but he is doing better. Get well soon man!

Everyone have a good and peaceful night. I had another weird dream last night so I bet it's gonna happen yet again. If it's good enough I'll let yall in on my crazy thing I like to call my mind.

Love ya,
Clifton

It's Getting Hot with No Air

2008-06-26T22:04:00.002-04:00

Hey! I'm gonna do a short entry tonight. It's late and hot.

So yeah, our Air conditioner quit today. One of the hottest days of the year too. My dad called a man out to look at it and they said we need a new one because the compressor is burned up. We've had the same piece of junk one for 16 years. We have fans plugged in all around the house. I have my windows open and a fan on my desk but it is still really hot. Grr, I hate the heat! I'd rather freeze to death than die in the desert!

Gage had to go to the hospital yesterday because there was an infection where he had surgery. When I was talking to him last night he said he was in very bad pain and couldn't move. He called his younger brother and then his parents took him to the hospital. He is better today but they have to keep him for a few days to make sure the infection is completely gone. Just please keep him and his bro in your prayers still. I know they can make it through this.

I updated my MySpace with some info I normally wouldn't put on there. Most of my good friends know about it, just kinda embarassing. Lol, i changed my favorite shows to Hannah Montana and The Suite Life of Zack and Cody. It's true.... I watch Disney Channel.... a lot. It wasn't really a secret, just didn't feel like getting teased about something else so now that I'm getting away from certain freaks who want to be jerks I don't mind saying it. And no, you don't have to be gay to like Miley Cyrus. She is cool. Wow, lol that was weird posting. Just thought yall might want to know! By the way, yes I have a MySpace. However, it is set to private and I only add people who I know in real life so posting a link wouldn't really do you much good.

I'm gonna try and get to bed in this burning house! Wish me luck. Blagh!
Clifton

Worthless Scouting

2008-06-25T22:17:00.002-04:00

Hey guys!

Today was pretty cool. I got up and ate some cereal and then played Xbox for a while. We need to get another game before we go to the beach because with only one it gets kind of boring. We are thinking about Call of Duty 4 because I've heard that it is awesome. But GTA IV is still amazing.

Today was my girlfriend's birthday so I called her and talked to her around 3PM. We talked for about an hour and then I got online and talked to Gage and Dustin.

After a while I had to get offline and take a shower and get ready for scouts. When I was getting ready to get in the shower I pulled down the towel I always put on the floor so it doesn't get wet, and there was something crawling in it! I figured it was a roach because that is what I've seen in the bathroom before once. I called my dad and he came in and shook the towel and it turned out to be a freaking huge spider! Holy crap! I don't know if you people know this or not but I am terrified of spiders, even the tiny ones, lol. I only like them if they are in a jar or cage, even then they give me the chills. So I am a huge anti-spider person. Eww! I don't even like thinking about it!

At scouts I basically sat around the whole time. I turned in some of my paperwork for my Family Life Merit badge to my scout master and then hung around while the other guys got ready for summer camp. I got asked a bunch today by the guys why I wasn't going. This year the camp we are going to does not offer any badges that would be beneficial to me. They have swimming which is an Eagle Required one but I don't want to go just for that. I could work on that on my own time. Another reason which I found out later is the week we are going to camp is the same week I'm going to the beach with my family. So yeah, it's not because I'm loosing interest in scouts or anything, just don't have a real reason for paying so much money to not get much. But I hope the guys going have a great time.

So yeah, that's about it for me. I think I'm getting used to this new blog. It's not that it's easier, it just looks better and has more for what I want to do. Feel free to leave me comments about how you like it. I finally got my old journal backed up to my computer so if anything happens to it on my old account I still have it for personal reference.

Yall have a good night!
Clifton

My First Blogger Entry!

2008-06-24T21:32:00.001-04:00

Hey guys, sorry for the mix up. I have now official moved from my Old Site to this new blog. I think I will have an easier time here plus since my main purpose for a site is for my blog, what better way than Blogger? You can still access my Old Site to review my older blog archives. I will be working on getting them archived to my computer as well in case anything happens to my FreeWebs account. They have been great over the years but I think this is much better since I am a "Blogger"!

I was waiting on Gage to come online before I finished this entry but I'll go ahead and do it now while I wait.

Today was pretty good. My dad woke me up early and I went with him to visit my grandparents. Then we stopped by the game store and my brother and I traded in our game systems and games. My personal total I got from mine was $170. That is a lot more than I expected to get. My brother and I ended up only having to pay $100 a piece for the Xbox 360 Pro system, a used wired controller, and Grand Theft Auto IV. I wanted a wired controller because I figured it might be easier for me to use plus I didn't want to worry about recharging the batteries every few days. When we got home I set up the system in the living room and my brother and I took turns playing. We will have to save up for a wireless adapter so we can connect to Xbox Live. We both set up our player IDs so I'll share that with yall when I get online with it.

I basically spent my whole day playing that, lol. I talked to Gage some as you can tell and I'm fixing to email Jake. This is my first official blogger entry, heck yes! Haha, everyone have a great night!

Clifton