Top 10 Things - Moon

The Top 10 Things

To do on the moon

1. Have a jumping contest with that other guy you're with. Long Jump: Choose a starting point. Whoever can jump to your rocket ship in the least number of jumps wins. High Jump: Whoever jumps the highest wins. If you jump higher than your ship, you get bonus points. If you jump out of orbit, double bouns points.


2. Flipping contest! No special effects or talent needed.


3. Try to brush your teeth without any special tools. Just you, your toothbrush, and your toothpaste.


4. Try to brush your teeth without using your hands!


5. Puppet shows! No strings needed. For even more fun, film it and broadcast it back to Earth.


6. Dissassemble your rocket ship. Now put it back together. Careful! That screw might be important. Don't let it float away.


7. Do it blindfolded.


8. Juggle. Best to start easy in low gravity! Boost your self esteem by juggling heavy things like boulders you find. Boost it even more by juggling 5 or 6 boulders.
   


9. Try to gargle water. I dare you.


10. Talk back to Houston with witty comments like, "Oh yeah? What are you gonna do about it?" Or, "I'd like to see you try to do this!"

Biology

Biology

Behold the class
Where evil resides
Where school grades crash
Where doom seems to hide

Stare through the glass
In the window beside
You may try to pass
But the others have died

What makes the sound
Echo inside?
I could say I've found
But I would have lied

The blackness blankets you
The darkness drapes
Do you think you can make it?
'Cause you can't escape

The tattered old books
Laugh in your face
The bone-splinting looks
Slowly dim without trace

The deafening silence
Is the only thing here
Interesting science
Has now turned to fear

Marked by the sleep
Shown heavily in bags
Counting the sheep
Cease after being tagged

The blue marker squeaks
Hope long since sailed
Students' face bleak
Scratch onwards to fail

So what can you do
To escape this demise?
To bid this adieu
And grasp at the skies?

Heed my last words
And do all that you can
'Cause the best thing I've learned
Is stay away from that man

~ Trevor Howell

Creatures Of Immense Power

An old craving of mine has come up.



Yep. That's right.

Pokemon.

Don't judge.



There's just something about this little yellow rat that is so . . . indescribable. But in a good way! Lately I've had a beckoning back to my old addiction to this old Game Boy Advance game (in my opinion the best one out there). And when a beckoning to the old school comes up, well . . . you can't ignore that! I realize that many of these blog readers have never experienced the tidal-wave of pure AWESOMENESS that the world of pixilated creatures has to offer.

Shame.

All I can say is that I hope that one day your travels around the world will take you to a far away, magical kingdom where the theme is, "Pokemon To The Max." Whether or not such a place even exists is completely up to you. But let me just warn you:

Don't go up against legendary creatures without the intention to either, a) kill it for exp., or b) capture it

If your choice is the later, make sure you have a variety of good Pokeballs with you and high-level Pokemon to get its HP into the red zone (when it's easiest to catch). Of course, if you have a Masterball you can just throw-on-site, because those bad boys will capture without fail. Just use it wisely, 'cause you can only get one in the entire game! (Unless you cheat, but I wouldn't know anything about that . . . )




I have also come up with 10 reasons why Pokemon is so addicting. If this doesn't convince you, well, you're a hopeless case.

1. All of the people on the screen are the same size (Allie, that means you won't be putting up with short people comments anymore ;)
2. It's technically impossible to "Catch-'Em-All" without either a) having somebody who's willing to trade a bazillion Pokemon with you, or b) cheating. (Heh heh . . . ) Thus, creating the state of mind of saying, "I haven't caught-'em-all yet!" And creating the urge to play until you have indeed caught-'em-all.
3. You can fly on them! How cool is that?!
4. You get to command your Pokemon to do whatever you want them to do! . . . Well, except fetch a soda from the fridge. If you want a pop, you'll have to leave the screen and just drag yourself there. Better yet, just take the game with you while on your way!
5. Some of the Pokemon are actually bigger than humans! Like Charizard.
6. Charizard is a dragon!!!!!
7. Pokemon have mind-boggling powers. Literally.
8. You can catch as many as your heart so desires. That is, of course, accounting for the fact that you have enough space to store all of your little minions. If you don't have enough space in your Pokemon storage, well then just get rid of all those stupid bug Pokemon. Nobody likes them anyway. (And the trainers who do always get pwned by your Charizard)
9. Fact: Mew is easily the most powerful Pokemon in the game. (Closely followed by either Mewtwo or Deoxys) . . . (Or maybe even Charizard)
10. Another fact: Nobody doesn't like Pokemon!

So try it out! What are you waiting for?! The digital frontier of Creatures of Immense Power are out there, just waiting for you to show up in their eternal lives. So get out there! And if you have any questions, feel free to throw 'em at me. I'll answer anything you got.

Gotta Catch 'Em All!

P.S. That's Charizard

Top 10 Things - Pockets

Top 10 Things
You would most likely find in my pockets

1. A black pen
2. Paper (either blank or a piece of homework)
3. iPod
   
4. Earbuds
   
5. My hands
6. Candy (sometimes)
7. Nothing (I don't always like carrying things in my pockets)
   
8. Lint
9. A monkey wrench (. . . Ok not really. But my pockets in some of my pants are big enough, and you've got to admit, it might come in handy in some situations)
   
10. More nothing-ness