Pucks for Scouts

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:
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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

First VLOG!

I'M STILL HERE

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!

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!

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

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?

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

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!

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.