Thursday, December 15, 2011

Skyrim Part Two

    I fell to the floor as the dragon jumped over the wall. A group of Imperials near me tried to fight. I ducked back and tried not to move. I tried not to get seen by them. Then they got turned into a pile of flaming corpses. I followed my friend to a small cabin. He took off my cuffs and gave me some armor with weapons. Then he took me to a small exit out of the city. We think that no one else made it. 
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Skyrim

"Death to the Imperials," a woman prisoner yelled as a axe swung down on her friend's neck.

"To the chopping block, prisoner," a man said kindly. I stepped forward. A loud sound wave bounced off the mountain.

The general said, "Keep going." The sound went again. Then a huge dragon flew straight at us. It landed on one of the towers. The Imperials scattered. I jumped away.                                                     

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Wednesday, December 14, 2011

Drunker


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This story starts out in a bar on the east side of San Francisco. Tom comes staggering out. He starts walking to work. He checks his watch. It's 3:00 in the morning. His car is gone. 

He tries to call the cops but he dials 119 instead of 911. He gives up and goes hitchhiking. But he ends up walking to work. When he gets there, his boss is pissed at him for being so late and drunk. 

It is lunch time already so his boss tells him to go to the cafeteria and have lunch. Then he goes to the cafe to get some coffee. As he went through the cafe, he started accidentally knocking stuff over. The high school kids are freaked out. "Who the heck is he?" The glasses shattered everywhere. Kids with thin shoes stepped back. The chefs tried to tell him to get out and after five seconds he does as he is told. The next day his boss and boss's boss talk about that. He is fired the next morning. 

He starts looking for a new job. But the interviewers read his files and they say, "Didn't go to college. Has a problem with drinking. Sorry, can't take you." He keeps searching.

One day he knew that he had to go to college and stop drinking. So he goes to college and got an A but he couldn't stop drinking. So he tried getting a job again. He still couldn't get a job. So his uncle is a medicine inventor and makes a thing that will help. He gives it to his nephew Tom. Tom has to take the pills every day for three years. So he gets the pills. He goes back to get his job. Everything goes well until he retires. The pills stop working. He gets even worse than before. 

So he goes to his uncle. His uncle says, "You've been overdosing the pills.” 

That's impossible. I did what you said,” Tom said doubtfully. 

I'm sorry but that's the only explanation,” his uncle said believably. 

But Tom is retired. He doesn't care now. He doesn't try to stop anymore.
 







Monday, December 12, 2011

BLUDY MARY

 
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Scot got up, got his weapons and prepared for a morning patrol. He heard screaming! But it was just a girl screaming at him. He was used to that. Not everyone is used to a big furry werewolf. He was patrolling for demons and other monsters.

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He has a team of other full time werewolves. One is a mage named Flex that controls magic. He is very powerful. One time he killed five demons. Not even Track could take him down. Track is a demon that we hunted down for years, until we found Flex. He smashed Track like a bug. We're hunting a special type of demon called the Strangs. They turn people inside out. Their leader's name is Garth, someone you don't want to meet--someone that not even Flex could take down.

This morning Scot was worried there was something wrong. The air was still. The town was quiet. It was usually hustle bustle. He had forgotten that it was Christmas morning. But still the demons were everywhere this time of year. He suddenly felt rumbling. He knew what was happening. "Here kitty kitty," he chuckled. This was a tunnel worm. This one had already tangled with him. It ran like a shy puppy.     But it was going to another victim. The victim was bone in five seconds. The carcass landed on Scot's head. He ran and am nam nammmed or ate its face. It wouldn't stand a chance

Meanwhile, Flex, who was in the woods, was taking on Adagos. The fluffy demon dog of doooooooooooooooommmmmmmmmmmmeeeeeeeeee as he likes to say it. He likes to suck people's brains out. The dog turns into a skeleton. It started to reach for a gun and a silver bullet. Flex was scared but still strong. He  took the bullet with his magic and shot it at the skeleton and killed it but, when he did, it triggered probably the wost undead problem they'd ever gotten.  People locked them selves in their homes. Undead were easy to Scot and Flex but there were a lot of them. Dun dun dun.



  













Monday, December 5, 2011

Apocalypse

Apocalypse
 by Malachi
Three teenagers were walking. A shark jumped and ate them on campus. Apparently what happened was an earthquake in Japan had caused a tidal wave that destroyed many homes but the worst thing it did was damage a nuclear power plant. Radiation pollution along with green house warming mutated sharks into sharks that could walk as well as swim. They started to take over.  They spread a zombie disease. The president was ripped out of his window. Then tossed from side to side like a rag doll.
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Serlok was a man trying to make a machine to help the people of the world, but he got mauled by a zombie. Sewage maintenance people all over the world started disappearing because zombies were in the sewage tunnels.  People got flooded over because no one was there to maintain the sewage tunnels. Almost everyone died.  Only an estimated 300 people lived. They thought all hope was lost.

Every single person then got a transmission on their cell phones.  The text said, "We're aliens.  Our planet has been blown to bits.  We're wondering if we could come stay on Planet Earth for awhile until we find another planet to sustain us."  They were called the Vingks. They beat down the Apocalypse with all their massive weaponry that killed the zombies.

The people thought the aliens would kill them after they stopped the Apocalypse, but the aliens did not even touch the people in a harmful way. The humans voted whether the aliens could stay. It took a long time for the votes to be counted. There were threats. One man threatened to hang one senator if he didn't vote to make the aliens go away. The senator was so scared he jumped off a building instead.  After two months of counting the votes, a few zombies still roamed around. The aliens are allowed to stay on Earth. The vote was 246 to 53.

There couldn't be a celebration though.  People all over the Earth had terrible headaches. The earth was covered with a sort of fear. People started to get visions. One man was talking and he fell over screaming. People got massive headaches. The aliens told the people what was happening.

"CAGMA!!"
 
Corer, a Vingks, who was a former general, explained very slowly and sadly.  "A Vingks named Zexer. betrayed his captain. He killed his friend. He became known as CAGMA. He destroyed our home planet. Now he has returned to destroy Earth."

Meanwhile, in CAGMA's ship a discussion was occurring between him and his lieutenant or Gabe as he was known.

"Shut up," bellowed CAGMA.
"You suck at being the General. I'd be better," sneered Gabe.

Red smoke came out CAGMA's ear. The other aliens ziped up in rad suits but Gabe was new. He'd never seen him like this so he stood still. BLUUT. Five minuts later there was a pile of slime where Gabe had been standing.

"Yuk," puked the sergeant.

"There's only five of us left now. We'll never make it.  You're going down," screeched the commander as he and the others charged CAGMA. They captured him and left him to die on a desert asteroid. The others left and the Vingks found a home. The humans were saved. 
                            

Thursday, December 1, 2011

HARRY POTER

Title: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

Author: J. K. Rowling

Publishing Date: First published 1999

Some of the characters are Hermione, Dudley, Ron, Hagrid and Dumbledore. The main character and protagonist is Harry Potter. Harry is an orphan. He has a Z shaped scar. He is curious. He is good with friends.   Hermione is a smart, bossy girl who is a muggle-born (non-magical.) Dudley is a fat bully who is even nasty to his parents. Ron is a funny, red-haired boy who lives in a magic cottage.He has a big family. Hagrid is a half giant with a very cheerful personality. Dumbledore is the headmaster of Harry's school. He is a generous man. The antagonist is Voldimort.  He is an evil weird dude who is ugly!

This story is set in fantasy England in the later 1900s. Harry Potter lives with his evil aunt and uncle. Harry is magic born. He goes to a magic school. He lives at Privet Drive which is in London. Dobby shows up--a little house elf.  He causes disaster by trying to help Harry.  Voldimort is using a diary to destroy his school.  The diary controls Ginny.  It makes her hang Mrs. Norris after the basilisk paralyzed her. The basilisk drags Ginny into the Chamber of Secrets. Harry saves the world in this book.by destroying the magic diary.

The theme is breaking the rules can solve problems. For instance, Harry Potter had to get into the forbidden hall or he'd never figure out about the big dog.
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Tuesday, October 18, 2011

The Wienerschnitzel

A  wienerschnitzel
A bouncing wienerschnitzel
Running down a path
Under a bridge,  a bridge
Thump,thump on the path under a bridge.

A germ
A gangster germ
Charging at the wienerschnitzel
A bouncing wienerschnitzel
Running down a path
Under a bridge,  a bridge
Thump, thump on the path under a bridge.

A ant
A ginormous ant
Leaps at the germ
A gangster germ
Charging at the wienerschnitzel
A bouncing wienerschnitzel
Running down a path
Under a bridge,  a bridge
Thump, thump on the path under a bridge.


A  wienerschnitzel
A bouncing wienerschnitzel
Slaps them all down
Running down a path
Under a bridge,  a bridge
Thump, thump on the path under a bridge.

My Three Biggest Fears

    My three biggest fears are the dark, my dad, and my house at night.  I am scared of the dark because of human eating monsters.  Monsters like the night because they're safe in it but not me! They could eat me alive.  Dad is scary because he yells really loud and very grumpy.  Sometimes I cry.  He tells me to "get over it." Going to bed at night is scary because the lights get turned off.  I feel safer in a tent than in my house.  Why?  I don't know. Other people would think differently but these are My fears.

Saturday, October 15, 2011

How Sumerians' Invention of Irrigation Led to More Food and Eventually Forms of Writing



Imagine going back in time with the Sumerians. Imagine being back in time with people traveling from place to place.They had no permanent homes. Then Sumerians found great land to make villages into cities.  They dug trenches to irrigate which led to an abundance of food which gave them more time to create things like writing.

The land in Sumer flooded a lot. The Sumerians grew crops but the crops got covered in salt from the river. Sumerians then built levies which kept the water from flooding and destroying their crops. Then they controlled the flood to their crop with ditches around the fields.  Also, the ditches helped keep the plants from drowning. This is how the Sumerians invented irrigation.

Irrigation led to more food.  The Sumerians planted fields of wheat and barley.  They also planted lots of date trees.  They grew vegetables like those we eat today for instance, cucumbers, onions, and other things.  Thanks to irrigation, the food surplus got them on their feet.  More food gave them more time to do other things besides farming.

More food led to great things. For instance, Sumerian writing was the first full-fledged writing. It shows that they mapped the stars.  Their writing shows they used a form of counting.  They used round cylinders with carvings on them to sign a tablet. Their writing created the beginning of the writing that you use now.

Irrigation led to food spurt which led to a great form of writing. Isn't it interesting how they went from being nomads to being a great civilization? Their civilization led to our writing and our government today.
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Aztec Brutality

Imagine being at an Aztec sacrifice ceremony. Imagine a villager or a noble getting his or her organs chopped out. Imagine a priest holding a heart still beating. Nowadays, we'd arrest him. But then, the Aztecs thought it was for their own good. They thought the world would end if they didn't sacrifice. The Aztecs were very brutal but ceremonies and sacrifices were very important to them.

The Aztecs were savage. They killed an estimated 20,000 people per year. They did not only kill people but they killed animals. There were many types of sacrifices actually. They thought they owed blood to the gods and,  if they didn't provide blood, they would be punished. People would even cut themselves to offer blood to the gods so good things would happen. Every month, they would sacrifice at least one person. They would put them on a stone slab and open their chest and take out their heart and hold it to the sun.

Before the ceremony, there would be a fast. The night before, there would be dancing, singing, and instrument playing. Priests and priestess would preform the ceremonies. Four priests or priestesses would hold down the captive while another one would cut under his ribcage to remove his heart. They would burn it and roll him or her down the stairs. If he was noble or brave, they would carry him or her down. Some sacrifices were small and some were huge with many killed.

To the Aztecs, sacrifice was very important. They thought that the god's would punish them if they didn’t. They believed that the world would end if they didn’t sacrifice. If they didn't sacrifice, everything would stop. The animating spirit of humans was located in the blood which was located in the heart when it is beating fast. The gods hungered for the animated spirit which was in the heart. Without sacrifice, they thought the whole world would stop. 

Imagine going back in time and watching an Aztec sacrifice. Nowadays it would be considered disgusting. But that was how it was then. Isn't it cool, the difference between now and then?                
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the grim reaper

Mr. Grim was walking, and a weird fat kid sat on him. "SSo  amigoss, want to die?" Mr. Grim hissed. 

The fat kid screeched like a mother beep. Then he ran away. He tripped over a glossy gas can. "Ouch, I broke my leg," he screamed.

"Death or ssslavery?" Grim asked. "You're going to have to ssuck it up anyway," Grim laughed.

"I don't want either. And I don't want to suck it up," whimpered the kid.

"Man, you're a bossy little boot, aren't you?" laughed Mr. Grim.

"I want to go home," sniffled the boy.

"Ahhh," the Grim Reaper squealed as he tripped over the back of a rock.  And the boy ran home.

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music

Dear Grateful Dead,

Our music program is hanging on a cliff. If you help us, we could pull ourselves up. You can save us and we will thank you. 

We're like Hogwarts. We have a music teacher like Professor Flitwick but he's not short.  He's smart.  He teaches harmony.  The more money we have, the more he can spend on instruments and our program.

Will you help us? All we want is a donation. 

Thank you.


Marketing Lessons From The Grateful Dead   

Monday, September 19, 2011

The Last Tale Of Gilgamesh

   

What is that? Is that our great king and hero lying there on the sand so weak and helpless? Oh, poor Gilgamesh. He lost his friend and lover. He hears a bird. He looks; it is his lover with her body as a bird.  "Look.  See the mountain?  The Sun God is going to his lair."

Gilgamesh followed the sun.  On the way, he made friends with a lion cub.  He came to a house.  A woman opens the door and asks, " Do you want some wine?"

"No, I want to cross the river."   He struggles but he does make it across.  A figure stands before him in  awe. Gilgamesh says, "Are you Utnapishtim."

"Yes."

"What is the secret to immortality?"

"Only gods can be immortal."

"But you were once the same as me.  How did you become immortal?"

"Don't know really. I did a favor for the Gods. Alright, but you'd have to stay awake for six days and seven nights."

After awhile, Gilgamesh falls asleep.

"You failed, but there is still hope. That plant keeps you young."

Gilgamesh gets the plant.  "Hope is back," he says and fall asleep on a nearby island.

Ishtar, a wicked woman, ate the flower.  She cackles.  Gilgamesh wakes up.

"Ishtar, you evil one," he screams.

Then his dead friend, Enkido, comes to him as a griffin. Gilgamesh see's  his city. He see's the immortality he sought, his great city.
                                                           

Monday, August 22, 2011

How I Feel About Music


I hate most music.  I have lots of favorite songs though.  It's weird.  I like music you can dance to and musical movies.

I like to dance though it makes it hard to write. 

My three favorite song based movies are Across the Universe,  Alvin and the Chipmunks, and A Knight's Tale.  I like song based movies better than normal movies.

It's weird that I hate half of the music but I like half of the music.

Monday, June 13, 2011

The Flying Monkey

By Malachi

A lost baby dinosaur thinks he found his uncle because his uncle is short and scruffy and his scales stick out on all sides. “Wait,” he says. “It's a monkey.” The scared monkey slaps him. The monkey jumps and turns into Jetfire, a transformer that has two wings on its back and two machine guns on its arms. He kills the dinosaur by shooting him in the crotch. The monkey flies home and lives happily after.

Tuesday, June 7, 2011

The Meerkat Necessities



The Meerkat looks like a weasel because they’re long and skinny.  They are 10” tall or more.  They weigh 1.5 pounds.  They dig with their ears folded. 

Where They Live:

They live in the great planes of Africa.

Group Members:

They have 3 main members of the pack-- alpha male, alpha female, beta male. They live in groups of 15 and more. Each meerkat has a job. They live in groups. They like to play.

Sometimes they stand as a group and face the sunset.  No one quite knows why.  The taller ones are in the back.  The shorter ones are in the front---kind of like they are posing for a picture. 

Special Characteristics:

Their eyes are like built in sunglasses so they can stare across the plains.  The black rings around their eyes prevent glare.  Their eyes also have an extra lid called a nititating membrane.  It works like a windshield wiper to remove sand from their eyes.  They can stare in the sun and not be blinded and look for predators. 

Reproduction:

In a litter, there are 5 or more pups.  Pups nurse from all mothers. Mothers can nurse while  standing. Pups stay in the den for 41 days.

Intelligence:

Meerkats are some of the smartest animals in the animal kingdom.  They have separate jobs.  They have their own language.  They have 70 different entrances to their hole in case they get trapped. There is a dirt mound around each entrance. They are very alert and also have lookouts. They are very hard to catch. Meerkats are one of the smartest rodents in the world. They dig tunnel after tunnel and room after room. They are active by day, but they do have a night watch.

Style of Feeding:

Meerkats are good hunters. Their common prey are small lizards, ant babies, fruit, eggs, birds, snakes, rodents, grasshoppers, crickets, and worms. 

Names:

Meerkats are also called suricates.

Conclusion:

Meerkats are very smart. They’re faster than a bat can fly. They have a huge diet and they’re very protective of their children. They are so cute that many people like them. Timon from the Lion King is a very laughed at character. Meerkats are very intelegent.


Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Nature




When I run through the woods,
It feels like the world’s coming to the end.
We must be more careful with the earth.
It is the only thing we have left.
We have to correct our mistakes.
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Saturday, January 8, 2011

Three Favorite Things


My three favorite things to do are go to Six Flags, enjoy Halloween, and enjoy Christmas.  Six Flags has many fun rides like the Cobra. Also, the aquarium there is awesome!  I enjoy Halloween--mostly the candy.  But you also get exercise trick-or-treating. I enjoy Christmas with the presents.  Don't forget the family.  You get to see people you haven't seen in a long time.  These are my favorite things.  What are yours?

Fire



Fire Burns.  Fire Glows.  I love fire so I would have to have fire as my superpower.  Why?  Because fire is my favorite element and my favorite topic. I wish I could fire-bolt bad guys.Fire power would be awesome.

Wednesday, January 5, 2011

TWO TRIBES

 
TWO TRIBES

The Paiute have grass houses.
The Yurok have wooden houses.
They can be under ground.
They both use bows and arrows.
They also trade.
The Paiute eat ants.
They both are in different groups.
The Paiute live in the desert.