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End of Camp Wrap Up

jj12493 — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 13:17:32 +0000

One experience I will remember about camp is making our own species of animal, or a flannimal, out of playdough. That was really fun and I learned things from it too, like how to make a field guide. Another thing I will remember is how we could get snacks whenever we wanted to. I probably ate three suckers each day. Probably my favorite part of camp was going to the computer lab. The computers are really cool and new. I thought it was fun typing in our blog. I will probably continue to write in mine after this camp is over today. I don’t really know what I would have liked to do more. I think that everything was pretty well timed and we didn’t do too much or not enough of any one particular thing. One thing that I would have definitely changed though would have been the time. Eight in the morning is really too early for summer. I had to get up at 6:30 each morning. So I think that that would be the only thing I would change.

YAY!

Story within a Ballad

jj12493 — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

The man that everyone at the bar came to listen to went home that one Saturday night. He couldn’t help thinking about what his friends at the bar had asked him. They had asked what he was doing, showing off his amazing talent there, only at an old bar. At the time of the comment, he had though that they had just asked it as a sort of joke and a compliment at the same time. He knew what they had meant. That he should be performing someplace bigger, better than a bar filled only with people doubtful about their lives as an audience. They all knew that he was a miraculous musician and that he could even play for Broadway shows if he wanted to. But instead somehow, he had ended up at a bar in a small town. He had never really thought about this before, but now that he was, he couldn’t help wondering why in the world he was performing here, for this amount of money, when he could be famous, rich. He couldn’t help but wonder what had happened to his life. Of course he was famous at the bar, though. Every customer and even the manager knew why that bar is so popular. It’s because of him, the piano man. Every customer, John, Paul, Davy, all of the business men, and even the old man all know why they don’t go to the bar down the street with the much higher quality drinks or the one two blocks away with the cheapest prices around. They all know they go to this particular bar only for one reason; for him. As he thought of this he even recalled one day when the waitress had told him that the only reason why she didn’t have a job at the fancy restaurant close to her house was because of him. She had told him that his music and voice just carried her away, like nothing else ever had. She also added that all the customers feel the exact same way. He also remembered the day when the manager had sincerely thanked him for choosing his bar to perform in. He knew that his bar would have most likely gone out of business if it weren’t for him. He knows that the customers only come to hear the music of the piano man, as if to forget about their like for a while.

The next Saturday night when the regular crowd was already in, he realized that the only reason he came to this bar, was for the people. He knew long ago even before he realized he knew, that the people came for him and he came for them. They needed each other. He also knew that even if for some reason he was ever asked to perform for a big show or audience, he couldn’t accept. He couldn’t leave this bar or the people who come to it. With that final thought, he started a few harmonic chords that started into the bar customer’s favorite song. Before he started singing, he silently whispered, “I am the piano man.”

My Influence: My parents

jj12493 — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 15:53:24 +0000

There have been many people who have influenced my life. With me starting my teenager years, the people who have influenced me the most would probably be my friends or parents so far in my life. I think that my parents have a bigger part though. My parents always support me and my brother, Michael, whenever they can. I also think that they have brought us up the best they could and they still are. My dad works as a geologist professor, so he had to get whatever college degrees he needed for that when I was younger. Because of that, we have moved every five years so far. First, Missouri, then Iowa, and now here in West Virginia. When we moved the first time from Missouri to Iowa, I don’t really remember if I cared, as I was only five years old and I don’t really remember. When we moved the second time from Iowa to here, it was very different. I thought that it was the worst decision my parents could have made. The only thing that kept me very happy was that my dad promised that if I moved, he would get me a dog. He kept this promise, as he always does when he makes a promise, and now I own the best and cutest dog ever. Now living in West Virginia, I know that I’ve found the best friends that I could ever find at my age here.

This year my dad is trying to get tenure this year, so hopefully we won’t be moving soon. My mom is a house mom, so she does all the hard work that they do, though I’m not sure exactly of all that she does. So with her at home all the time, she is always there when I come home from school and before I leave in the morning. My mom also takes me to and from all of my school activities, friends houses, or extra things I like to do including dance, piano, and soccer. Speaking of which, another thing my parents do for me is willingly pay for the fun activities I do. All in all, my parents have always been there for me and they always support me in what I do. They mean a lot to me.

Day 1 wrap up =]

jj12493 — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 15:47:07 +0000

June 17, 2008

Today I thought that making “flanimals” out of playdough was fun. I also thought that creating an animal and field guide based on our playdough flanimal was interesing and fun. Finding out about this website was cool too. I think that I will use it in the future after this camp.

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Flanimal: The Elehippig

jj12493 — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 15:39:33 +0000

The Elehippig

Elephante-hippous-pig

Discovered: June 17, 2008

The elehippig has a round appearance of a hippo, massive ears of an elephant, and a curly tail of a pig. When the flanimal is happy, it noisily lets out a loud bray the same as an elephant’s, even though the elehippig does not have an elephant’s trunk. This creature emits a pig’s squeel/snort when angry or scared.

The elehippig hatches after about three days from a perfectly round purple egg.It is about the size of a golf ball when it first emerges. For about two months, it lives in the water with the other five to seven other elehippigs that hatched with it. During these two months, the elehippig grows to tennis ball size. Around this time, the flanimal stops living in the water and walks to the nearest town in search of a family.

Finding a family to live with is the elehippig’s life goal and purpose, because they love people. Most oftenly, the flanimal gets accepted by a family because it is so small and cute looking. When it is a family pet, its life ends peacefully after four to six years. When rejected from a family, it goes into the nearest forest. There, it jumps up into a tree. When in the tree, it learns how to fly with its ears with help from the birds. If living in the wild, it lays eggs after four to six years in the same body of water that it hatched in. After doing so, the elehippig dies in the water at the end of its life cycle.

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jj12493 — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 14:15:10 +0000

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