Opera cup

Today on Nantucket is the Opera house cup. It is a huge race where lots of 22-meter sailboats will be racing all over the Nantucket sound.

15 days

15 days until my birthday....! Must make it...

Sailing

Recently, I have been taking sailing lessons in Polpis harbor. I do not have any photos of them, so I am showing you this instead.

Not my only webpage

In case you didn't want to read all of my posts, this isn't my only webpage. You can also go to www.isacidrainstillaproblem.wetpaint.com to find about what my friend will and I did in the st. Albans science fair.

Top Secret

This is me, my brother, and my mom working on our totally top-secret project for the Nantucket sandcastle contest. Last year, we built Chitzen-Itza, a Mayan pyramid, and won an honorable mention. I'll give you a hint: Think Greek

Nantucket

I am on nantucket now. I will be there for the next to weeks. By the way, turn left at the grey house with white trim. You are not on Nantucket, so you don't get that, but it is hilarious!

Cabin 6

This writing was written in front of my cabin at Interlochen. It says; Welcome to Cabin 6

Coming soon to this blog: Photos of Interlochen! Photos of Nantucket! And, possibly, more Duel videos.

Capture the Flag

At Interlochen, you get to play capture the flag. It was in the woods, cabins 2,4, and 6 (thats me) vs. cabins 1,3, and 5 (Boo.). My team lost two games to the odd-numbered-team. But in the third game, I became very close to winning. Me and my friend Henry snuck past enemy lines, and I snatched their flag. I ran with it for about 60 yards until I was tagged right before I got back on my side and won. Then, we ran out of time and the game ended.

Interlochen

As you may have noticed, I have not had very many post recently. That is because I have been at Interlochen sleep away camp in northern michigan for the last two weeks.

Nantucket

Today, I just got back from my families vacation to Nantucket. One of the reasons that I didn't update my blog was because we had no internet connection up there. On the Independence day, there was a free-for-all water-squirt gun fight at main street. Then at night, I watched fireworks at Cliff beach. My favorite firework was a white background with red and blue stars.

Williamsburg

This weekend, my family went on a vacation to colonial Williamsburg. We left on friday and returned yesterday. On friday, my dad, my brother, and I went golfing on the spotswood nine-hole course. On saturday, my mom, my brother, and I visited Busch gardens. It is an amusement park in Williamsburg. My favorite ride was called Curse of Darkastle (I did not misspell that). It is a 4-D simulation ride where you are trapped in a haunted castle. On sunday, I walked around colonial Williamsburg. Then at noon, my family left for home. We were supposed to get home at 6:00, but we got home at 8:40 instead.

Cats

three weeks ago in my family's back yard, a family of cats moved in. They decided to stay in our yard and are still there. But being cats, they hunted two birds and a squirrel. Previously, my family's house was a place where migrating birds stopped by and squirrels flourished. Now, hardly any animals stay there. My family came to the decision to call animal rescue to remove them. We did not want to call animal control, who would put them to sleep. But after we made several calls, none of the animal rescue people could do anything about our cat problem. After calling animal control, they said that they would keep the cats for five days. If they thought they could be domesticated, they would send them to an adoption center. If they saw that they couldn't be trained after five days, they would put them to sleep. We thought the two kittens were able to be trained, but we doubt the mother cat will be. My mom had the idea to capture them herself to see if they could be trained, but we don't think that will work. We have no idea what to do. 

Rock creek park

Today, I visited rock creek park with my friend Jake. He was working on a documentary about animals. He already has Crocodiles, Monkeys, Elk, and various other animals in it. Today, we looked for a Wood Thrush. It is a bird with a brownish-orange back and a white belly. Though we heard it's calls, it evaded us today. Instead, we found a chipmunk and a robin, in it's nest.

SUMMER

As some of you may know, my last day of school was on Friday. Now I am free until the fall.

Up

Today, I saw the movie Up for the second time. It is about a man named Carl Fredrickson. His lifelong dream is to visit paradise falls. One day, just when he is about to be sent to a retirement home, he inflates several thousand helium balloons and flies to paradise falls. It is a great movie. 

Last Week of school

This week is the last week of school for me. I had school on Monday where I got out at 1:30, I had school today, where I also got out at 1:30, I have school tomorrow where I get out at 1:30, I don't have school on Thursday, where my grade is going to a water park, and finally, I am going to school on Friday at 10:30. That is prize day, where awards are given to the best students. I will be officially out of school at noon.

Coming Soon

Coming soon, I will publish the entire season 1 of the duel project, including never before seen episodes like the Ultimate duel and Romans@Huns

Here is a photo I took using my camera over memorial weekend. It is (obviously) a picture of clouds overhead. 

The Duel Project

As you may have seen, there are four videos on this blog. They are all from a project I did (and am doing) with my good friends Will(Duel of the fates, Charge for victory, Duel for Honor), Justin(Duel of the Fates), and Jake(charge for Victory). Another character from these is my older Brother Caldwell (Duel for Honor, Charge for Victory. These videos were created by us in our free time. Although they may seem 'amateur hour', they are actually quite good.  

Coming soon: Romans@Huns, Ultimate Duel

Duel of the Fates

This video is called Duel of the Fates. It is about to people dueling. This is also where I got my inspiration to make duels on video. This is the story: My friends Will and Justin were walking in the woods near our school, and we had picked up some bamboo sticks. Then Justin declared that he was the most powerful sword dueler in the land. Then Will and I said we were the best. Justin leaped at me and chopped my bamboo stick into three pieces just like that. Then, Will challenged Justin to a duel to prove who was the greatest. So then, in this big amphitheater next to my school, they had a big thirty minute duel. I regret to say that my camera broke in the middle of it, so I didn't get very much film. In the end, though they don't show it in the video, Will won. About the filming: I filmed this video using my PowerShot A590 IS digital camera. About the music: The music in this video is called Wheel of Fortune from Pirates of the Caribbean 2: Dead mans chest.

Duel Preview

This video is called Duel Preview. As the title implies, it is a preview. Specifically, it is a preview to my duel movies. It includes clips from all of my duel movies except for Charge for Victory, my latest film. In it, it has Duel of the Fates, Ultimate Duel, one clip from Shade Showoff, Romans@Huns, and Duel for Honor.

About the Filming: This video was filmed with my PowerShot A590 IS digital camera

About the music: The music in this video is called Up is Down, from Pirates of the Caribbean 3: At Worlds End

Charge for Victory

Hello. This video is titled charge for victory. It is about how two people duel. It is the latest of the duel videos that my friends and I have created. The guy in the blue suit is my friend Will, the guy in the green suit is my friend Jake, and the guy in the blue shirt standing around reading is my older brother, Caldwell. He is 13. I will not tell you how the duel ends. Just watch. About the filming: This video was filmed on my PowerShot A590 IS digital camera. The swords were created and designed by my brother. For the middle of the duel, I attempted to get an arial view. That didn't really work because in order to do so, I had to film from the magnolia tree in my front yard. In the duel, some branches got in the way. About the music: The music in this video is called battle on the golden gate bridge. It is from the movie Monsters versus Aliens

Llama

This a photo of a llama I took. Not someone else.

Washington's grandchildren's grave

Today, me, my brother, and my dad visited general George Washington's grandchildren's grave. 

Here is a funny photo of a hamster my mom e-mailed to me.

Cross Country

Today at school, they had the cross country team sign up sheet. Next year, I am doing interscholastic sports, so I signed up. Cross country is where you run 2-mile races on sidewalks or over hills, not on a track.

Con Brio

if you want to see a blog made by another member of my family, go to www.conbriomom.blogspot.com

Triumph

Victory! I have achieved an 93% on a spanish quiz and a 100% on a math test

Hello. I have just been informed that instead of going to Nantucket for memorial day, I will stay home. 

Duel For Honor

Duel for Honor is a full-length video created by me and my friends. It is with only two characters,commodore  Phelps (my friend Will) and Captain Munk (my older brother Caldwell.) They duel, and one of them dies (watch the video!)

About Filming: I used my PowerShot A590 IS digital camera to film this motion picture.

About the music: The music is called Skydiving, from Get Smart

Spore Creations

Science Fair

In April, my school had a science fair. My project won an honorable mention. If you wish to view my findings, feel free to go to www.isacidrainstillaproblem.wetpaint.com

Mua ha ha ha!