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!
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!?!
--- 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!
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.
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:
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 --------------
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!
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! ☺
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.
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!
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
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.
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
Hey! Thanks for checking out my blog. My name is Clifton and I am 15. I love making videos and hope to get a career in film making. I also like acting, photography, video games, and making new friends. I am in the Boy Scouts and the OA. That's pretty much it about me. Now go read my blog!!!
